“These are the best professionals in the field who’ve been through it all and they say this series was the hardest thing they’ve ever gone through. Some of the crew had to roll out of hammocks in the morning and brace for walking with trenchfoot.

“There were no hotels when we were filming. “I can’t say enough about the film crew that has to haul the gear, maintain the electronics and get the footage in difficult environments,” he said. In Papua New Guinea, he slogs through crocodile-infested swamps into the former haunts of headhunters. In each episode, he lives with locals to understand their way of life and ancient techniques before setting out alone through territories that push him to his limits. In “Primal Survivor,” Audel – a former consultant to Bear Grylls – pulls from his background as a jungle guide, Outward Bound leader, teacher and survival instructor. “For the American audience, the powers to be felt the new series should focus on a central character –me.” “That unique show did real well throughout the world, but it didn’t quite get the reaction we were hoping for in the U.S. “Honestly, I preferred ‘Survive the Tribe’ because I was a mediator to the audience and the true heroes were the native people,” Audel said. Two years ago, Audel debuted on the tube with “ Survive the Tribe,” a series that had him living for weeks on cow’s milk and blood with African bushmen and gathering clams under treacherous arctic sea ice with Inuit elders. “I’ve eaten insects for so much of my life, I catch myself popping bugs into my mouth while picking berries off a bush even in Spokane,” he said. The former Ferris High School teacher’s childhood obsession with snakes and critters, along with an insatiable curiosity for primitive cultures, has evolved into another television show. Hazen Audel is returning to the National Geographic Channel this week with a new nine-episode globetrotting series called “Primal Survivor.” Eating bugs, jungle hunting with spears, digging snow caves and traveling in the harshest environments on earth – it’s all in a day’s work for a Spokane science teacher and host of a TV survival series.

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