Greg James gets naked and jumps into the Zambezi river after raising more than £50,000 for Red Nose Day
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Greg James is clearly a man of his word and he is also extremely brave.
The BBC Radio 1 disc jockey stripped down to his birthday suit as he made good on a bet.
The 27-year-old had promised to get naked and run into the Zambezi river if he raised £50,000 for The BT Red Nose Challenge: Hell and High Water.
Get your kit off: Greg James stripped naked and ran into the Zambezi river after raising more than £50,000 for Red Nose Day
With more than enough donations made to meet the challenge Greg took off his clothes and sprinted into the river.
With only his derriere visible from the back the tall radio personality made quite a splash in the water.
Radio 1 tweeted: 'Great work @BBCR1 listeners. Mr @gregjames goes naked in the #zambezi.* *warning, may contain butts'.
Cool for cats: Greg, pictured earlier this week, made the pledge to get naked if he raised more than 50k
Greg may not have been aware of the situation but he was not the only living creature that was inhabiting the 3,540-kilometre-long river.
The Zambezi supports large numbers of hippopotamuses, lizards and many crocodiles as well as its own bull shark population.
Greg and his fellow celebrities Dara O’Briain, Melanie C, Jack Dee, Chelsee Healey and Phillips Idowu completed the biggest challenge of their lives on Friday afternoon.
Making waves: Greg and his fellow celebrities Dara O¿Briain, Melanie C, Jack Dee, Chelsee Healey and Phillips Idowu completed the biggest challenge of their lives on Friday afternoon
The rough with the smooth: Greg and Chelsee did battle with the dangerous rapids
The five day ordeal saw them travel under their own steam down Africa’s mighty Zambezi river to raise as much cash as possible for Red Nose Day.
The triumphant team finished at exactly 3.18pm. After clambering down a 200ft gorge using a ladder locally known as The Steps Of Doom, the six intrepid amateurs spent the morning clinging on for dear life as they battled the most fierce rapids of the week – even the support crew’s raft flipped over and chucked them into the deep.
Greg said: 'The rapids are really frightening, especially if you're a novice! You can't just sit back, you have to keep paddling otherwise you'll just float off and go miles away. We're in a big raft today and it keeps bouncing around, people are popping out of it like popcorn!
'I bounced into the air earlier and was only saved by Phillips grabbing me with his massive athletic claw! We’re going through rapids called The Terminator and The Gnashing Jaws of Death; they're just horrible names. I wish we could so through something called ‘small mound’ or ‘babbling brook’ instead.'
Power play: The five day ordeal saw them travel under their own steam down Africa¿s mighty Zambezi river to raise as much cash as possible for Red Nose Day
Exhausted, aching, blistered and bruised after travelling over 111km under their own steam, battling raging rapids, manic mosquitos and sweltering sun, the team are now celebrating and reflecting on their success.
Greg said: 'Let me sum up how I'm feeling in one phrase – I'm over it. Big time. I'm over the water, the rapids, the hippos, the boats, the tents, the camping, the sand, the itchy bits, the mosquitos, the blisters, the sunburn, the smell - it’s been really tough.
Mission accomplished: The triumphant team finished at exactly 3.18pm on Friday
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