Physical Training Instructor and Security Officer, and he got to see even more of the Dartmouth community, playing for the rugby team and having a great time as a member of staff at the college.
Monty left the Marines in 1996 – he had one aim: to become a marine biologist. He studied at Plymouth University to gain his qualification, but again his story is not typical. “I financed my degree by leading expeditions around the world,” he states simply. “It sounds romantic but it was real hand-to-mouth stuff. When I gained my degree I continued to lead expeditions with my own company. I was diving in the world’s most beautiful and incredible places but was sleeping on friends’ couches when I came back because I didn’t have a home.” He was then selected for the Channel 4 programme ‘Superhuman’ in 2004 – where high achievers were brought together to undergo a series of physical and mental challenges over a number of months. Monty won – and his life began to change forever.
to live as a smallholder. He followed this with the ‘Monty Halls’ Great Hebridean
Escape’ in 2010 and his ‘Irish Escape’ in 2011. At the beginning of this year he has had his ‘Great Barrier
Reef’ series and the aforementioned Fisherman’s Apprentice screened, both on BBC 2. “It’s great to have series on TV,” he says, whilst changing Isla, “and the small bit of fame I’ve experienced has been 99 percent wonderful, people are so kind. But we’re here to settle and build a happy life as a family. That’s why I’m setting up the business.”
‘the small bit of fame I’ve
experienced has been 99 percent wonderful, people are so kind. But we’re here to settle and build a happy life as a family. That’s why I’m setting up the business’
Channel Five filmed his next round the world diving trip and released it as ‘Great Ocean Adventures’ in 2005, and then produced another series in 2006. He followed that with BBC history series ‘The Perfect Weapon’ and then came the series that made his name: Great Escapes.
In 2009 Monty became a crofter in the West of Scotland, spending months on his own (with Reuben) and learning how
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Monty’s Great Escapes will be an adventuring business, like his previous ones, but based around the River Dart. Monty will also be offering wildlife filming courses and even presenting courses for budding David Attenboroughs. “The shop is a base for us,” he says.
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