Intrepid Journeys - Colombia (Pam Corkery)

I don't think I'll ever be the same after this trip — which will be a relief to many.

– Presenter Pam Corkery prepares for a big hike

Imagine kidnapping me and, certainly from the home front, there's been no mention of paying a ransom back. Poor them!

– Presenter Pam Corkery

'Gentle stroll to basecamp'? My bottom!

– Presenter Pam Corkery on a steep mountain in the Amazon

Why did I cling on to that idea from my 20s that I didn't like the outdoors? It's just that stupid thing of deciding something early. Then I'm lucky enough to have an experience now at 51 — it's an extraordinary wake-up.

– Presenter Pam Corkery reflects while on a boat in the Amazon

Bogatá is at an altitude of almost 3000 metres and man, do you feel it! Especially if you're on 40 ciggies a day, like me.

– Presenter Pam Corkery acclimatises to Colombia's capital city

The last time I rode a horse, I think it was mechanical and I was very little.

– Presenter Pam Corkery hops on a saddle in the Colombian highlands

Here I am, in this incredibly civilised square that's picture postcard. It could be any square in Europe...and then I look around and there's a wall of infamy: detainees, the people who have been kidnapped — some of them for up to six years — and it reminds me: I'm going to those places.

– Presenter Pam Corkery looks up at a Bogatá billboard showing victims of crime

That kidney is jigged anyhow, don't worry.

– Presenter Pam Corkery nervously jokes before she is shot during a test to prove the effectiveness of a bulletproof jacket

Not only do I hate the outdoors but I've been diagnosed as agoraphobic. I mean, I officially hate the outdoors and here I am, five hours on a horse, and loving it!

– Presenter Pam Corkery overcomes her agarophobia