The Edge is an innovative treatment programme that aims to cultivate the entire self. Their programmes strengthen young men’s independence and confidence in navigating life’s challenges. The Edge uses a unique combination of counselling and high-intensity outdoor fitness training to foster self-discovery and a connection with each participant’s purpose. Located in the lush jungles of northern Thailand, our luxury facilities are surrounded by mountains, rocky cliffs, and waterfalls—the perfect environment in which to immerse yourself in thrilling outdoor adventure and gain new perspective.
Surfhouse Phuket is right on the beach in Kata, Phuket. The surf is always up and when they approached Phuket Web Media to make a promo video for them we were happy to be part of Phuket’s coolest entertainment venue……….
In May 2014 I returned to Nepal with my dear friend Gustavo Martinez Schmidt of Nubla Productions to search for and ultimately film the elusive and highly endangered Red Panda. We hooked up with my old friend and guide Chimmi Lama from Tulo Shyphro – a beautiful village at the entrance to the Langtang National Park. He promised to take us to the areas of high cloud forest where we had the best chance to observe these shy creatures.
Before leaving Kathmandu we met ZSL project leader Hem Baral and interviewed him on behalf of Earth Touch. He pointed out that although conservation efforts were in place, the Red Panda was highly threatened and not enough was being done to ensure protection from future extinction. The main threat to the Red Panda is habitat loss through human encroachment.
The trip to Tulo Shyphro is a 2 day affair that starts with a 10 hour bus ride to the small village of Tulo Barkhu. From there it’s a 5 hour hike to Tulo Shyphro. We hung out in Tulo for a few days to acclimate and shoot b-roll then hiked another day up to Sing Gompa (3580 m.), which is the small lodge before the pass to Lake Gosaikund – a popular trekking route.
It’s from here that we set out every day in search of the Red Panda. Their habitat is the bamboo forests that are found in the cloud forests at 3 – 4000m overlooking the Langtang Valley. We spent a lot of time following fresh spoor and found plenty of evidence of recent Red panda activity but am sad to say were unable to capture any on film. Undeterred we plan to return to Nepal this year to try again – this time with a little more time………
For more information about Red Pandas check out this link from the WWF or try the Red Panda Network.
Earth Touch bring you news and stories from around the world about wildlife conservation, illegal wildlife trafficking and anything and everything related to the conservation and preservation of the world around us. Phuket Web Media provide regular content to Earth Touch’s web series – Wild Oceans, Little Adventures – Big Planet, and Insiders.
Recent filming projects include a trip to Wakatobi in South East Sulawesi to film the spectacular reefs there and meet the amazing Bajau people who have lived for generations at sea.
A trip to Chitwan National Park in the lowlands of Nepal near the North India border to search for and film the Greater One Horned Rhino.
A story of the Gibbon trade here in Thailand and how the Gibbon Rehabilitation Centre here in Phuket is helping rescue gibbons from the streets where they are used as photo props or sold as pets.
The interesting though rather gruesome story of a dolphin necropsy performed at the Phuket Marine Biology Centre to determinate cause of death of a dolphin that was found washed up on one of Trang’s beaches in the South of Thailand.
Stewart Whitfield – co-founder of Phuket Web Media is Earth Touch’s S.E. Asia correspondent and provides underwater footage for Wild Oceans on a regular basis. Check out his profile at Earth Touch here.
An Earth Touch Film by Stewart Whitfield and Gustavo Martinez Schmidt
In May 2014 Earth Touch commissioned me to travel to Chitwan National Park in Nepal’s lowlands near the Indian border. This amazing wildlife reserve has the world’s largest population of Greater One Horned Rhino as well as Asiatic Tigers, Elephants, Bears, and all kinds of other wild animals that could eat you in a heart beat. With my dear friend and amazing film maker Gustavo Martinez Schmidt we spent a week within the Chitwan National Park and got away with some beautiful footage. The results of which can be seen in the film here.
Our guide in Chitwan was ZSL’s Nepali director Hem Baral whose knowledge of the park and animals found there was seemingly endless. The greater one-horned rhino is identified by a single black horn about 8-25 inches long and a grey-brown hide with skin folds, which give it an armor-plated appearance. Greater one-horned rhinos are solitary creatures, except when sub-adults or adult males gather at wallows or to graze. Males have loosely defined home ranges that are not well defended and often overlap. They are primarily grazers, with a diet consisting almost entirely of grasses as well as leaves, branches of shrubs and trees, fruit and aquatic plants.
The greater one-horned rhino is the largest of the rhino species. Once found across the entire northern part of the Indian sub-continent, rhino populations were severely depleted as they were hunted for sport and killed as agricultural pests. This pushed the species very close to extinction in the early 20th century and by 1975 there were only 600 individuals surviving in the wild. The conservation efforts in Chitwan National Park have been a success story and today rhino poaching is virtually done with the Nepali army having a shoot on site policy towards poachers…….
For more information about the Greater One Horned Rhino look at some of these links……….
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