Biography
Ed Stafford is a researcher who is called a professional "survival". The former captain of the British army challenges the wildlife, turning out in a variety of locations with a minimum set of supplies and tools. For the expedition along the Amazon River, Stafford was listed in the Guinness Book of Records.Childhood and youth
Ed was born on December 26, 1975 in Peterborough. Since childhood, the boy attracted the construction of salashes and the pan. Conducting youthful years in rural areas, he received skills that were useful in adulthood.
In 1985, the boy became scout and realized that his interest stretches further ordinary childish fun. Young Stafford learned to collect a backpack and behave correctly in campaign, orient the terrain. He gained confidence in his abilities, so when it had to go to the army, did not doubt the loyalty of the decision.
Personal life
It would seem, a rare woman will like the extreme travel of her men, but Laura Bindham was the opposite opinion. The wife of the "survival" supports his interests and is also a researcher. Woman with spectacular appearance and attractive figure for 17 years younger than its chosen one. Couple played a wedding in 2016.Personal life of spouses can not be called boring. Laura loves adventure no less than her husband. The family went into the adventure, deciding to demonstrate the principles of survival in the project "Man, Woman, Child, Wildlife". Together with the son of Ed and Laura went to the uninhabited island of Merac in Indonesia, where they lived within a month.
Throwing a challenge, nature and public stands, the family proved that the existence in unusual conditions can enjoy, and the presence of the Son motivated the parents to be fully armed.
EDA growth - 185 cm, and weight fluctuates depending on the difficulties that researcher begged.
Career
After completing the service in the rank of Captain, Ed worked in the UN Mission in Afghanistan. He was a member of the "Lost Jaguar Lands" project organized by the Air Force Channel as environmental. The man decided to devote to the biography of nature research and regular checks of its own resistance. Since 2002, he participated in expeditions, demonstrating the possibility of survival in the most unpredictable conditions.
In 2008, Ed organized a hiking trip along the Amazon, starting a trip to Peru and completing in the mouth of the river in the Atlantic near the Brazilian Belema. The path took 859 days and brought Stafford world fame. It passed more than 9600 km, starting an expedition with a partner onion collaire. But, quarreling with the satellite, broke up with him and reached the goal alone. Some time, before the end of the campaign, Eduran Gadiel Sanchez River was accompanied.
The researcher led a video day and removed everything that happened throughout the path. Based on impressions, he wrote the book "Along Amazon". In 2009, Ed Fafford came to the cover of Geographical magazine, and after 2 years, Discovery was removed the film for which video researchers served as the basis. He got the name "walk along the Amazon."
In 2013, the traveler became a member of the Naked Survival project, within the framework of which for 60 days was forced to be on the island of Allaua without tools, clothes and supplies. Protect your own life and ensure yourself with everything necessary man should have been without help.
A similar subject was the project "Survival without bills", which came to the screens in 2014. The program was a mini-series, talking about the survival of the main character in various conditions of wildlife. Ed visited the swamp and the jungle, on the coast, in the forest, the mountains. The main task was to find in a comfortable psychological and physical condition within 10 days in each of the stated points. The researcher did not have a connection with the outside world, it was only a camera, telephone and a first-aid kit.
Ed Stafford now
In 2019, the men took place the premiere of the new show "Ed Stafford: game of departure." The traveler gathered six "colleagues in the workshop", which previously participated in such projects to show how a person can overcome the harsh conditions of six unusual natural locations. An assessment of the behavior of the heroes led the Military Expert Andrew Wood.Now in the plans of Stafford new projects of the format familiar to it. In the 2020th, a new project prepared together with the Discovery channel starts. ED leads an account in "Instagram", where it is divided with the Follover's details of travel and personal photos.
Filmography
- 2011 - "walk along the Amazon"
- 2013 - "Naked survival"
- 2014 - "Survival without bill"
- 2015 - "Journey to the unknown with Edom Stafford"
- 2017 - "Survivor"
- 2019 - "The game of departure"