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DAVE REDMON of 'ICE ROAD TRUCKERS' CELEBRITY SERIES2011-2012 Shooting from the hip Former Ice Road Trucker Dave Redmon doesn't hold back I n the next to last episode of the fifth season of the History Channel's Ice Road Truckers, Alabama native Dave Red- mon was fired, and he boarded a plane home. In only the second episode of the spinoff IRT: Deadliest Roads, spotlighting hauls in the Andes in Bolivia and Peru, Redmon left, citing unsafe equipment as the reason. Redmon discussed the shows and his experiences with Truckers News in September, noting his squabbles with SEE DAVE LIVE LIVE CHAT LIVE VIDEO ASK DAVE QUESTIONS SPONSORED BY: JAMES JAILLET production and the spin he says History put on him in the editing of the Alaska- based show. Redmon said in the interview that his perceived firing from the show in the Sunday, Sept. 18, episode "Judgment Day," was scripted. "I know it doesn't look that way on TV, obviously," Redmon said. "They had scripted me to be the bad guy on the show, and it just scripted me to get fired." A brief snippet of the interview is NOVEMBER 15 @ 9 P.M. EST TRUCKERSNEWS.COM/CELEBRITY below, but ask him questions yourself live later this month, when he'll discuss any- thing from his experiences driving the Dalton Highway in Alaska, the Himala- yan roads in India and the crumbling mountain paths in Bolivia to his issues with the History Channel and more. Q: A: Q: A: Tell us a little about the differences between driving in the Himalayas last year and driving in Bolivia this year. The Bolivian experience was totally different than the Himalayan experience. In India, we were driving on rock cliffs that had been there since the 1700s. In Bolivia, we were basically driving on roads carved out of the side of the mountain. They were very soft, and they washed away very, very easily. If you're not careful, the road will literally fall out from under you. What are some of the major differences between driving on a paved highway and driving on the Dalton Highway in Alaska? The difference between driving in Alaska on the Daltons and driving in the lower 48 is, up there, you literally can't take your eyes off of the road for even a split second. A caribou could walk out in front of you, or a moose. The roads are so narrow that you can't see what has been overplowed and under- plowed, meaning, did the guy who plowed it go far enough out? Did he leave me enough road to drive on? Or did he go too far out, and what I'm seeing that looks safe is actually a ditch? 18 TRUCKERS NEWS NOVEMBER 2011