The hunt for Orang Pendek


Jungle around Lake Gunung Tuju


Sahar our Sumatran guide.


The team cross Lake Gunung Tuju in search of the Ape Man


Mount Kerinci - one of the most isolated spots on the planet


Sahar, the native guide, examining vegetation apparently eaten by the Ape Man


The mist-shrouded mountains surround the lake where the creature has been seen.


Shattered with fatigue, Richard Freeman battled his way through almost-impenetrable jungle


Jon Hare and Dr Chris Clark in the lonely jungle


Gunung Tuju - The Lake of the Seven Peaks


Sahar, the guide, examines Lolo plant - the favourite food of the Orang Pendek


Richard Freeman resting at the top of a 3000-feet waterfall.


Sahar, the native guide, who helped the team to unlock the secrets of the unforgiving jungle


Jon Hare - who later collapsed from food poisoning and exhaustion - stands by a tiger statue in the foothills of Mount Kerinci


Richard Freeman in the jungle...


Richard by the Gunung Tuju - Lake of the Seven Peaks


The sun sets over the lake in the middle of the Sumatran jungle - is this the lair of one of Nature's last great mysteries?