This was invaluable when we had a real-life medical evacuation.
Work with a recommended and well connected local fixing company – get references. We had to carry everything we needed for the trip up the mountain on yaks and horses as there were no roads suitable for vehicles beyond Jakar. Sourcing the correct hiking boots, technical equipment, specialist clothing and climbing kit for the team was a mammoth operation and the office at Icon began to look like Everest base camp.
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They tried on kit, learned how to look after each other and spot minor complaints that could turn nasty and jeopardise the whole mission – such as simple blisters going septic.
The team, including presenter Mark Evans, had to have specialist climbing training to make sure they knew what to do when they were up in the mountains. The whole team had to meet up for a day-long safety briefing – the first time they had all met and bonded. We sent an eight-strong British and French crew into the Bhutanese wilderness with the aim of finding evidence – via eDNA (Environmental DNA) samples, footprints or camera trap footage – of the elusive Bhutanese Migo (Yeti). Icon Films has searched for yetis in many locations, but the Bhutan expedition was our most remote to date. UK TX TBC (Monday 28 May in the US), Animal Planet
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