Ed Wardle is a

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television producer, director, camera operator, and adventurer. In 2008, he took part in a guided 'last degree' expedition to the

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. He was also a member of the 6-person crew led by

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, which in 2013 successfully recreated

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's 1916 "double expedition" across the

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and

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. The expedition used period clothing, gear, and navigational techniques, to sail some 800 nautical miles in the ''Alexandra Shackleton'', a replica of Shackleton's original vessel the ''James Caird''. This voyage - 'Shackleton's Epic' - was made into a documentary, and '' Shackleton: Death or Glory'' was broadcast in the UK in September 2013 on Discovery UK and Australia in November 2013 on Special Broadcasting Service Australia; titled ''Chasing Shackleton'' for the USA market, it was broadcast in that region in January 2014 on the Public Broadcasting Service.

Mount Everest

Wardle reached the summit of Mount Everest in 2007 while filming '' Everest: Beyond the Limit'' for the

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. He summitted the mountain again in 2009. He summited for the 3rd time in 2017 with wounded veterans organisation The Heroes Project. In 2018, Wardle summited Mount Everest for the fourth time with

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for ''Extreme Everest'' on Channel 4. Wardle had also been approached by

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who also summited at the same time.

''Alone in the Wild''

In 2009, Wardle filmed a documentary, '' Alone in the Wild'', for

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and the

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. Wardle was dropped off in the

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in order to make a documentary discovering what it was like to live completely alone in the wild, living off the land and the wildlife he could legally catch. His only means of communication with the outside world was via

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postings each day. His video diaries had detailed his problems finding food and his inability to cope with the solitude. He had intended to stay for three months, but after seven weeks he decided that he needed to get out. His body weight fell by 28 pounds and heart rate fell below 30 beats per minute by the end of his adventure. He was interviewed on ITV's '' This Morning'' after his adventure.

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Mount Everest

''Alone in the Wild''

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