National Geographic
Manu Toigo discusses National Geographic's Mygrations Series and being An Empowered Woman
Manu Toigo in Africa following the Wildebeest - The National Geographic team and Mygrations follows a team of 20 elite men and women as they brave harsh elements, deadly predators and each other as they attempt to endure Africa’s grueling wildebeest migration.
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Discovery's Naked and Afraid
In the first season's finale of Discovery's Naked and Afraid, two pairs of strangers, dropped on opposite ends of the remote Panamanian jungle, eventually meet and must work together to conquer the Everest of extreme survival challenges. Towards the end of the journey, Manu was bitten by a mosquito carrying the deadly hemorrhagic dengue fever. Her survival skills were put to the test, once again, while struggling from her hospital bed in Los Angeles, California.
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Manu Toigo on Discovery ~ I, CAVEMAN
I, CAVEMAN took modern day people back to the stone age era and put them to the test to live off the land.
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Never one to miss an opportunity, Manu makes use of the original tools and trappings from her I,CAVEMAN show. On the right, you can see Manu today, during one of her camps, throwing the Atlalt: a spear-thrower or atlatl (/ˈɑːt.lɑːtəl/ /ˈæt.lætəl/; is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing, and includes a bearing surface which allows the user to store energy during the throw. Proper flex in the atlatl dart is imperative in both distance and accuracy. ... This stored energy allows the dart to fly farther and to have more force on impact than a rigid spear. An atlatl dart can be thrown with the same penetrating power as an arrow shot from a 50-pound-draw longbow. Hunting and target range is typically 10 to 30 yards, but the world-record throw is over 848 feet.