The BAFTA-winning explorer, whose adventuring and wildlife spotting episodes have been featured numerous times on TV, is clearly no stranger to risk-taking. Steve Backshall’s exploits have included diving with the likes of tiger sharks in a show about deadly predators, being bitten by a caiman in an Argentinian swamp and attempting a three month solo trek through the rainforests of New Guinea – a task which he couldn’t successfully complete.
However the 48-year-old has now addressed getting his children in on the act, while hitting back at criticism.
He is father to son Logan, three, and one-year-old twins Kit Newlyn and Willow Bo, with wife, Olympic champion rower Helen Glover.
“People have questioned the wisdom of me taking my tiny kids up mountains, canoeing, tree climbing, surfing and horse-riding,” he told this week’s Radio Times: “And of course there are risks.”
However, he continued: “Surely the risks of not doing these things are more insidious?”
Steve is adamant that, especially after the many months of remaining cooped up over lockdown, there’s never been a more important…
