Rather interesting

[Lyman]

I love Coffee and drink a lot every morning. The dark roast does it for me. I do have lower back aches all the time. I might give it up for a week or two and see if what you are on to works for me. I get head aches when I go without but they don't last long. Thanks!

[Mags]

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Ah good to read you found a solution and you're getting better.

[Dahliathemeh]

Good luck Lyman! The headaches we're bad, but only for a few days. Realizing back pain disappearing is worth it! Like I said, there are tons of articles on coffee and back pain. Just Google it.

[Redthies]

I have one cup of espresso in the morning, and that’s it. I can and often do, go without. Headaches are a pretty common side effect of dropping coffee, but I don’t think they last more than a few days. I’ve been drinking tea since I was 12 or so, and often forget how good a cup of Earl Grey can be on a cold afternoon.

My funny tea anecdote was watching a craft services girl serving “Irish Breakfast” tea (with that printed on the string tag) to a group of SAS and SBS guys that I was working on Bear Grylls’ show with. I quietly explained a little about the history of the SAS and Northern Ireland to her. I think the next morning she had a box of “English Breakfast” tea for them...

[markiver54]

My funny tea anecdote was watching a craft services girl serving “Irish Breakfast” tea (with that printed on the string tag) to a group of SAS and SBS guys that I was working on Bear Grylls’ show with. I quietly explained a little about the history of the SAS and Northern Ireland to her. I think the next morning she had a box of “English Breakfast” tea for them...

Sorry to go off topic James. Just curious about your involvement with Bear Grylls' show. I know from some previous threads, you have an interesting background.

[Redthies]

I worked for a “remote location” company that dealt with all kinds of film and tv shows. We provided locations and support for the city folk you usually get with Hollywood types.

Bear’s show was with us for 10 days, and I was their snowcat driver for that time. His safety crew consisted of a guy named Woody who was a Sgt Major in the SAS and on their selections committee, as well as an SBS fellow who had climbed Everest and other peaks multiple times. Probably the most down to earth modest guys you could ever meet.

Bear sat up front with me in the cat for our rides up and down the mountain so we had quite a bit of one on one time. It’s around 1.5 hours each way to where we were shooting. He’s quite a normal guy, given the amount of attention he gets, and the people he spends time with. We slid off a snow road in a white-out and the ear to ear grin he had when I turned the cat straight downhill (I knew what was below us) and floored it into the fog was priceless. We could hear all the exclamations of panic coming from the crew in the rear cab!

The pic below is all of us (I’m second from left) on the crew wishing Bear farewell with a special “salute” on his way to Vancouver after shooting. We radioed the helicopter pilot and asked him to fly past where we were shooting the day before...

[Redthies]

I actually did appear on screen too in that episode during a re-enactment of a survival situation he was featuring. I can be seen running from a snowmobile to rescue the “victim”. The victim was the SAS Sgt Major who decided to grab me and dry hump me on camera. Needless to say, that take wasn’t used! They were a great bunch of guys and I still keep in touch with the SAS guy via Facebook.

[markiver54]

Great story James! You obviously have had a lot of memorable moments. Kudos to you for your brave contributions to the film industry. I love adventure, especially reality! Nice ' ending ' for Bear that particular time. .pun intended!
Thanks for sharing some of your exciting past.
I think we have a celebrity on this here forum!!

Mark

[Redthies]

Let’s not get carried away Mark! I have some good campfire stories and that’s about it. I’ve been lucky to live in an area that lends itself to adventure, and have tried to embrace that as much as possible.