{"id":31033,"date":"2019-07-06T22:48:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T21:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=31033"},"modified":"2019-07-06T22:48:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T21:48:16","slug":"steve-backshall-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/steve-backshall-expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Backshall &#8211; Expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last year Unsponsored noticed on social media that Steve Backshall was kayaking in Bhutan within <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Darren Clarkson-King (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.purelandexpeditions.com\" target=\"_blank\">Darren Clarkson-King<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/salmontgomery.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sal Montgomery (opens in a new tab)\">Sal Montgomery<\/a>. 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