New on
National Geographic in August 2008:
Adventure Wanted
Premiere date: Saturday, 16 August 2008 at 19h00
Adventurer and mountaineer, Joby Ogwyn visits exciting locations to test the wildest athletic endeavors the world can throw at him.
In the episode Stock Car Joby Ogwyn straps in behind the wheel of a thundering stock car to learn how to race in the white knuckle world of professional motor sports.
In Eiger Base Jump Joby goes to the California desert, where he leaps from a hot air balloon and free falls off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho. His ultimate challenge in the episode: a base jump off of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland.
Later, in Climbing Yosemite, Joby heads to the Yosemite National Park to conquer one of the more challenging and picturesque rock walls in all of climbing: the 2,500-plus foot Lost Arrow Spire.
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Monkey Thieves
Premiere date: Monday, 18 August 2008 at 15h30
Runs weekdays
A new series about the ultimate urban monkeys: The Jaipur troop. This troop has been living in cities for generations and many have become so urbanised that when captured and released into the wild, they are at a complete loss as to how to survive without modern conveniences.
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