It would be amazing. Going the extra mile to meet those who claim to have seen these creatures unearthed some interesting results that should pique the interest of even the most cynical of viewers. He was fishing and had this encounter one morning and he went mute for two weeks. If he was just making this story up then surely he would just raise up his hand and say, 'I was making all this up.
Can I have my job back now? To get to this fishing camp we flew into the country, took small planes, 4x4s, motorbikes, canoes and then hiked on foot to get where we needed to go. We were told if you get seriously injured there's no real way of getting you out quickly. I studied fine art in Sydney and was an oil painter, so I had an eye, but I learned to work a camera not by reading a book but by pressing buttons.
My first-ever proper shoot was a Lonely Planet documentary in Cambodia, and I completely blathered my way into it.
I cleaned his camera gear and his cars, but I started to learn the ropes and get my head around different lenses. I eventually started to go on shoots with him. At first I just carried his bags, then he let me change out a lens, and eventually he started passing on work to me that he no longer wanted. Footage is delivered with blood, sweat, and tears sometimes. Bear is a like-minded guy. We both have a strong Christian faith, and I think that helps us trust in our decisions when we get into extreme situations.
When I was a maverick single man, I saw myself as almost disposable. Now I believe there are more important things than work. The weekend my son was born, Bear was doing a shoot with Barack [Obama], and I had this massive wrestle. It was a shame to miss, but I saw the birth of my son, and that is more precious than shooting any show.
Every time I go on a dangerous shoot, I write an emergency file and send it to three people—a friend, my father, and my eldest sister—to ensure everything gets squared away in case the worst happens. I want the people I love to enjoy life. The country was left in complete tatters, and after so much internal unrest, corruption tends to rule and is often led by the gun. We knew going in that it was a risk.
From an insurance point of view, it was a nightmare. The country still has a hell of a lot of healing to do. I fly in, shoot the place up, and get the hell out.
I feel like I'm flying! Stuart C. No problem. Wild animals? More like dinner. But swanky parties? Mungo said that's the stuff of Grylls' nightmares. Grylls is known for eating creatures he finds along the way, but Mungo doesn't usually partake. There have been some occasions in his travels where he couldn't refuse, like when he visited a tribe in northern Laos on a shoot for Lonely Planet. And it didn't taste like chicken.
Mungo is now stepping into the spotlight for his own TV show, " Expedition Mungo. He acknowledges that some of the legends they explore are "ridiculous and very colorful and kind of outrageous," but says that's all part of the appeal.
Mungo and his team certainly do rough it at times, subsisting on local delicacies like chimpanzee feet and sleeping in hammocks in the middle of the jungle, but his documentary-style approach offers a more contemplative tone than the daredevil shows he's worked on with Grylls.
Mungo has learned a lot in his 10 years working with Grylls, but "Expedition Mungo" is a show all its own.
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