Topic: [The Guardian] The undiscovered worlds that led adventurer Steve Backshall home (Read 1038 times)

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The undiscovered worlds that led adventurer Steve Backshall home

Recently back from a year of seeking unmapped wonders from Greenland to Oman, the explorer is relishing life under lockdown

For most people, being stuck in lockdown with 11-week-old twins and a 21-month-old toddler would be torture. But the explorer Steve Backshall is used to living in tough and challenging environments around the world. “I’ve spent so much of my life away in a field, sleeping in a tent, that to have this amount of time with the family at home is actually a real privilege. It’s something I don’t get very much.”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, it takes more than a few dirty nappies to disconcert a man who is used to defecating in strange places. “Every single day, scooting off into the jungle to find a place to have a poo could be either the highlight of the day – or the worst possible moment.”

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[The Guardian] The undiscovered worlds that led adventurer Steve Backshall home

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