 The expedition nearly ended in tragedy, when a storm hit the mountain, and rockfall nearly hit his climbing partner Aldo Kane.In 2017 the BBC premiered another two-part documentary following Backshall's expedition to New Guinea called "Down the Mighty River with Steve Backshall".The team of whitewater kayakers attempted to make the first ever descent of the 500mile long Baliem River in West Papua; an expedition Backshall had been planning since 1997.