....Unfortunately for us, (but fortunately for him), I feel this is where Allen saw his chance to come in from out of the cold...I could just see his wheels turning:
"Hmm..if I lose my tracks, and so then my dogs, and have to "hunker" down for a nite "alone" - I could then have time to rethink my priorities and decide to return home by realizing that my dogs lives are as important or more important than my own life. Hey! then I could kill two birds with one stone by appeasing the dog loving viewers that hate me because I ate my pet dog in the Amazon, (and boy, did I receive a lot of hate mail on that one!) then I could appeal to the human angle by showing them that I really do have a softspot (but I hope they didn't notice that I did not stop to detangle the one dog's leg from the chains while we were mushing earlier)....why yes! that could work swimmingly! I can then have my crew radio home to tell them we will be back by 4 for afternoon tea and finger sandwiches! Sounds like a plan, by Jove!...Great - now I can get the hell out of this godforsaken place...."
Somehow, I missed where he looked profoundly relieved to see his dogs again, to me he just kinda sighed....but even more - I had to wonder why not one of the dogs even bothered to get up or wag their tails to greet their long "lost" master... I guess they must have felt fat and lazy after just cooking themselves breakfast...
As you can see, this letter is getting as ridiculous as the show was. In any regard, I think you get a general feeling of my distaste for this kind of staged sensationalism. Hopefully, if you were to review it again - some of these points might also become painfully evident to you too - please consider this the next time Benedict Allen comes to you with a new stunt and asks you to finance it - or worse, ask us to believe it.
Really, it would have been a really good show if he just said in all honesty - that even he underestimated the odds and dangers inherent to this kind of adventure. I would have way more respect for the guy, and your program.
Sincerely,
Andrea M.
ultimate armchair explorer.
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