Team Geared Up

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - If you’ve got BBC2 TV channel there’s some can’t miss TV on tonight…Across the Andes: Beyond Boundaries - Fri 9 May, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm. A friend’s sister, Julie who I’ve been in email contact with, is a star of the show! All of them are physically disabled, but they are determined to overcome the hurdles they face, to prove something to themselves and the world, and to go Beyond Boundaries.

Ten teenagers attempt the journey of a lifetime. Starting in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador, they try to cross the 300 kilometres separating them from the Pacific Ocean, climbing the mighty Andes Mountains in the process.

With the exception of Expedition Leader Ken Hames, none of the group have been to Ecuador before, and as they fly to their rainforest start-point their first sight of the Andes is when the enormity of the expedition sinks in.

Whether dealing with snakes and spiders, struggling to get the wheelchairs through the rainforest, or just pitching camp and cooking dinner, the challenges come thick and fast.

-Robin