Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge
Ben Fogle embarks on an epic South American adventure from the Equator to the Tropic of Capricorn, supported by teams of deserving heroes who help him take on the world's toughest environments
Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 1
Ben Fogle embarks on a South American adventure, supported by a team of deserving heroes. His journey begins in Ecuador, where he leads his team through the Avenue of Volcanoes.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 10
Ben Fogle and the team reach the river where they must construct rafts to take them to their final camp. However, the river is in flood and Dave is suffering from 'trench foot'.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 11
In southern Peru Ben Fogle leads a team into the remote Cotahuasi Canyon, the deepest gorge on the planet, in search of the lost Incan city of Marpa.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 12
The search of the lost Incan city of Marpa takes the team ever deeper into the Cotahuasi Canyon. Nurse Mandy injures her ankle and faces the agonising prospect of being sent home.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 13
Crossing one of South America's fastest flowing rivers and weighed down by her backpack, it's a test of nerve for relief worker Phillipa, who is terrified of strong currents.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 14
The team makes a punishing ascent to reach their campsite 4,000m up on the canyon rim. As they climb ever higher, it is soon clear that charity worker Ann is close to exhaustion.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 15
The search of the lost Incan city of Marpa takes the team ever deeper into the Cotahuasi Canyon. Their final challenge is a dizzying 2500m descent straight down the canyon wall.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 16
Ben Fogle is on an adventure across the Andes from the Equator to the Tropic of Capricorn. Crossing the Atacama Desert, the team must battle scree slopes and knife-edge ridges.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 16
Ben Fogle is on an adventure across the Andes from the Equator to the Tropic of Capricorn. Crossing the Atacama Desert, the team must battle scree slopes and knife-edge ridges.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 17
Ben Fogle is on an adventure from the Equator to the Tropic of Capricorn. In the Atacama Desert, the team trek through icy water and across baking hot plains.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 18
Ben Fogle is on an adventure across the Andes from the Equator to the Tropic of Capricorn. Ben leads his team across the Atacama salt plains with their razor-sharp salt crystals.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 19
Ben Fogle is on an adventure from the Equator to the Tropic of Capricorn. Before they launch their summit attempt on Volcano Corona, the team must make a final trek to base camp.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 2
Ben Fogle embarks on a South American adventure, supported by a team of deserving heroes. One of the team is given the heartbreaking news that they must leave the expedition.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 20
Ben Fogle is on an adventure from the Equator to the Tropic of Capricorn. The team must battle tumbling boulders, freezing temperatures and fierce winds to climb Volcano Corona.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 3
Ben Fogle embarks on a South American adventure, supported by a team of deserving heroes. To scale Mount Chimborazo, the adventurers must first learn vital ice training techniques.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 4
Ben Fogle embarks on a South American adventure to Mount Chimborazo, supported by a team of deserving heroes. The adventurers' goal is base camp, where 'summit fever' sets in.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 5
Ben Fogle embarks on a South American adventure, supported by a team of deserving heroes. Ben and his team set out in darkness to launch their Mount Chimborazo summit attempt.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 6
Ben Fogle leads a team of deserving heroes through the uncharted Peruvian jungle, where they cross a raging river and break a cardinal rule of the jungle by trekking at night.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 8
Ben Fogle and his team must chart a course through unexplored rainforest. Steph is suffering from heat exhaustion and Ben decides to evacuate her out of the jungle.
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Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge - Episode 9
Ben Fogle leads a team through the Peruvian jungle. Ben announces a re-route to make up for lost time, but heat, rain and mud take their toll on one of the fittest team members.
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