BBC: Them adventure holiday companies, right, they send you up Everest alone. Innit?
April 25, 2008
There was an interview with GAP Adventures founder Bruce Poontip on BBC Radio 4's Today this morning, pegged loosely on recent adventure holiday tragedies in Ecuador and Bolivia.
Of course, we can rely on the BBC to take a fair and sensible approach. Over to business reporter Simon Jack:
Don't people rely on people like you to keep them safe? I expect if me, John or Ed decided we wanted to climb Everest someone would probably take our money and say, 'Off you go.'
Oh dear.
Apparently GAP's sales are up 40% despite the sinking of its Explorer vessel in the Antarctic in November 2007, so there is evidence that the higher risks do not put holidaymakers off adventure breaks...
Listen to the interview on this audio stream - it starts at about 24:00.
Nathan Midgley, web producer
Nathan Midgley
Martin Couzins
