The Perils of Filming in the Desert
Mongolia
Lets take a look over there!
Filming in the Gobi Desert is an unpredictable science as our cameraman Terry discovered to his misfortune today. What for him began as a serene day of filming the scavenger wildlife attracted by a nearby camel carcass, ended up as race against the clock to reach poor Terry as both he and his camouflage hide were battered for over 2 hours by gale force winds and swirling sand. Thankfully Terry was carrying his BBC satellite phone with him and he managed to get a message to our team a few hours drive away to come and rescue him. This in itself turned into a small expedition thanks to the sandstorm, which had created a lovely new dune directly across the path of the only thoroughfare we knew of through the mountains of sand. The resultant rescue mission has a certain comedic element to it.
Here is the last picture taken of our Tel before we left him in the morning with a packed lunch happily filming from his protective tent.
Photo Copyright: Karina Moreton
Watch here to see the scene we returned to in the late afternoon after we responded to his emergency call…
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Thanks mate! Reminds me I still owe you Five pounds for the tobacco,
Best, Tel
That really is the one and only terry tight pants, love your work bruv, regards mr hiles.
Way to go Terry, just like a good days fishing at the Maketu, LMFAO
Great to see you are working.
You get all the good ones.
Hope they didnt remove the lunch allowance off you.
All in a day’s work eh – think you better get your butt back to NZ and hang up that damn camera.
Tel as elegant as ever
Hey, omg, my dad didnt even tell me! Seems thats my uncle braving it again for the sake of a good shot!
Im glad your alright, Awesome shots and article btw.