EMMY-NOMINATED ORIGINAL SERIES OUT
OF THE WILD RETURNS, SET IN VENEZUELA'S UNFORGIVING
WILDERNESS
~ Armed with Only
Basic Supplies, Nine Strangers Must Traverse 70 Brutal
Miles of Uncharted Terrain Back to Civilization ~
February 2011
(Pasadena, CA) - Nine ordinary
Americans volunteered to participate in one of the world's
most intense tests of will in the hit series OUT
OF THE WILD, an eight-part riveting depiction of
man's and woman's struggle against all that Mother Nature
has to throw at them. The strangers were flown in, dropped
off and abandoned in a remote corner of Venezuela's
southern frontier - a lost world that once lured explorers
in search of El Dorado, the legendary City of Gold.
They had only the clothes on their backs and a few basic
supplies. Their goal? Find their way back to civilization.
In the fall of 2010, a group
of amateur hikers, campers and outdoor enthusiasts put
their lives on hold to undertake the opportunity, and
challenge, of a lifetime. After a three-day crash course
in basic survival skills, including skills used by the
Pemon Indians - the indigenous Indians that inhabit
this area of Venezuela, the volunteers were flown in
and dropped off on top of 9,200-foot Mt. Roraima - the
inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel "The
Lost World". There they were given the first piece of
a rudimentary map, a compass and a few basic tools and
told to hike to civilization. They had no idea how far
they would have to go or how long it would take them.
Throughout their journey down
the mountain, through dense jungle, across open savannah
and down a river, the group faced extreme challenges:
hunger and exhaustion as well as Jaguars and venomous
snakes and spiders. Their only lifeline was a GPS beacon
they could activate to summon a search and rescue helicopter
to evacuate them. And some chose to do just that. For
all their struggles, the brave volunteers weren't being
offered a million-dollar prize or seven-figure job at
the end of their journey. Their reward was the chance
to have a life-changing experience.
Discovery Channel viewers
will meet the daring people who abandoned the comforts
of home to test their ability to survive in one of the
most physically and mentally demanding environments
in the world when OUT OF THE WILD premieres on
Thursday, February 17, at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern/Pacific
Times).
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