In ‘Lost Land of the Jaguar’ he made the first ascent of Mount Upuigma in Venezuela, slept on the vertical cliff face and found unknown species of animals on the summit. Whilst living in the jungle he wrangled snakes and ended up in a Colombian jail (through no fault of his own)! He is absolutely passionate about rock and ice climbing and all disciplines of kayaking and cycling.Steve’s first love was writing. EXCLUSIVE: The TV adventurer and naturalist Steve Backshall and Olympic rowing legend wife Helen Glover were so shattered that they were unable to … Down the Mighty River. Steve Backshall, naturalist, explorer and broadcaster, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would want to take to if cast away to a desert island.
2015. Before that, he was ‘Adventurer in Residence’ at the National Geographic Channel.In 2003, Steve moved to the BBC’s Natural History Unit, where he took his place on the long running children’s wildlife programme ‘The Really Wild Show’. Deadly Dinosaurs. He also abseiled to the bottom of the Kaiteur Falls in Guyana to the soaked wonderland below.In ‘Lost Land of the Volcano’, Steve was the first outsider to enter the Volcano Mount Bosavi – where the team discovered as many as 40 new species, including the largest rat in the world! National Geographic Channel International bought the resultant video and Steve was taken on as ‘Adventurer in Residence’, producing, filming and presenting adventure and natural history programmes. 4,032 talking about this. In May 2012 he published the first of a series of fiction novels entitled Backshall stated, "First and foremost I hope that the reader will be entertained," but added "I hope that some of the readers – and if it's a very small percentage that's fine – will come away and want to learn more and will want to go out and find out for themselves what they can do. Saving Britain's Hedgehogs with Steve Backshall and Brian May. With Lauren Laverne.
Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall. Steve Backshall’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Steve Backshall’s parents. All their children's names had Cornish connections, due to Glover being born in Steve’s outdoor sports CV includes having climbed the sixth highest mountain in the world (Cho Oyu 8201m) as well as many other ascents around the globe. Steve has circumnavigated the globe time and again, venturing into the Sinai desert , completing the Israeli paratroopers selection course, catching anacondas, vipers and cobras and (perhaps the best job ever) making “The Ten Great Dives of the World”, for the long-running series ‘Earthpulse’.Steve is one of the busiest presenters on television, mainly working for the BBC’s Natural History Unit. 2016. Fierce. "In 2014, he summitted the highly technical granite Backshall has a black belt in judo, attained after a year living in Japan studying the martial art.In July 2008, while attempting to climb a wet cliff face in the In 2012 he was awarded an honorary PhD from the University of Exeter.In 2012 he was awarded the Animal Carer Badge in the Scout Birthday Badge Awards.In 2017 Backshall and Glover were awarded Charity fundraisers of the year, after raising £360,000 for the In 2020 he was awarded the Scientific Exploration Society Explorer of the Year Award.On 16 September 2015, Backshall and Olympic champion rower On 13 March 2018, it was announced that Backshall and Glover were expecting twins.On 20 January 2020, Backshall and Glover announced the birth of their twins, Kit Newlyn and Willow Bo. Expedition with Steve Backshall . The following three years were awash with wildlife highlights; sharing a beach with 75,000 nesting olive ridley turtles, having a baby mountain gorilla take him by the hand and having a red-eyed tree frog leap into his face.Next, Steve joined the Natural History Unit’s fledgling expedition team, making the first ascent of a jungle peak and dropping into a vast sinkhole in the Mulu mountains in ‘Expedition Borneo’. Steve Backshall Vs The Monster Mountain.
Pole to Pole with Steve Backshall Touring Australia January 2017. He began his career began working for the Rough Guides and freelance travel writing for publications including The Independent and The Times. 2017. Extreme Mountain Challenge. After leaving Exeter University with a degree in English and Theatre Studies, Steve studied martial arts in Japan attaining his black belt. Like many famous people and celebrities, Steve Backshall keeps his personal life private. Blue Planet Live. Meet the Hedgehogs. Backshall's first job after returning from Japan was as an author on the Rough Guides to Indonesia and South East Asia. Steve Backshall’s Live Wildlife Homeschool, every Wednesday, 09.30 UK time. Over the following years Steve wrote for the Indonesian Rough Guides and during his travels became conversant in the local language, drank blood with uncontacted tribes, nearly got caught in fatal crossfire in riots in East Timor, came nose to nose with Komodo Dragons and attempted to walk solo across Irian Jaya (a woeful failure)!Armed with an idea for a television series, Steve headed out to Colombia.
When I was given the opportunity I absolutely leapt at it. My haven, Steve Backshall: The naturalist, author and TV presenter, 43, in the sitting room of his Buckinghamshire home. It's an idea that I've had in mind for a long time, of these two youngsters on the run who become almost wildlife vigilantes, and it's one that I've had tremendous fun writing." His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition teams in Backshall's first job after returning from Japan was as an author on the In 1997 Backshall attempted to walk solo across the western half of New Guinea, then known as For National Geographic International, Backshall presented the expedition series In 2017 the BBC premiered another two-part documentary following Backshall's expedition to New Guinea called In March 2019, Steve Backshall, along with Liz Bonnin and Backshall stated "I was a big reader when I was a kid ... Fiction was a massive, massive part of my formative years, far more so than television ever was, and I always hoped that my future would lie with writing. He has had his own season of programmes on Eden television channel alongside legends David Attenborough and Bruce Parry. Personal Life. Jo Sarsby Management www.stevebackshall.com Twitter- @SteveBackshall
Steve has lived in his 'light and airy' loft by the Thames for two years Following his sold out 2016 Australian tour, Steve Backshall the star of one of the most popular children’s shows on the planet, is returning to Australia with a new LIVE show based on the hit BBC Earth series, “Deadly 60 Pole to Pole”.
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