Adventurer Ed Stafford pushes his limits with new Discovery series

British explorer Ed Stafford's new show First Man Out will see him pitched against other adventurers and survivalists - to see who can get out of some of the Earth's most hostile environments before the other. PHOTO: DISCOVERY CHANNEL
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SINGAPORE - For famed explorer Ed Stafford, getting dropped alone in the middle of nowhere is not too far out of his comfort zone.

Noted for his work in Discovery series such as Marooned with Ed Stafford, where he travels into the wild and attempts to survive with no food and only an emergency phone, medical kit and his camera, Stafford is used to flying solo.

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