As you can imagine, these lethal critters don’t dig Sullivan’s intrusion into their space and often come in head strong and take him and his clients on. Sullivan has purposely sought out this exchange for the last 18 years and has been “blessed” with this crucible too many times to count. He’s still alive, and I could be wrong, but I’m betting he knows what he is talking about when he writes and speaks about fear and overcoming it.

Matter of fact, if I ran a speaker’s bureau I would sign Sullivan up . . . like right now. Talk about a guy who has looked death in the face more times than Joan Rivers’ husband had to. He has faced fear in its most raw, kill-or-be-killed form and has outlived eight cats with nine lives and thus, I believe, he could greatly help some junior sales punk who’s afraid of being rejected by persnickety clients.

It goes without saying—but I’m going to say it anyway—that Mark’s method of hunting is not for the faint of heart, weak-minded, those late on their life insurance payment or for those just starting Flomax. Hunting Sullivan style requires four things: focus, calculated risk, a big gun and brass wedding tackle. You have to want to hunt in a raw, primal sense to seek out Sullivan—and by the way, who hunts dangerous game and wants to be too safe?

In Fear No Death, Mark is not shy about why he hunts the way he hunts and why you should do it like he does. He often ridicules other professional hunters who do not cowboy up, give the animal its due and their client the greatest bang for their buck by leaving them with undeletable memory burn which comes from close proximity with possible death by the horn, tusk, tooth or foot.

Look, whether you like Mark or not, you must bow and kiss his ring when he speaks about dealing with fear, calibers and weapons for hunting dangerous game and where to place your shot when a ticked off hippo is coming at you full speed and is two feet from your crotch. This is not theory or campfire bluster from Sullivan. If he’s wrong, he doesn’t get fired or get to go back to the lab, no . . . he gets to meet Jesus.

To purchase Mark Sullivan’s destined to be classic book on hunting Africa’s most deadly game, log on to www.NitroExpressSafaris.com . When you purchase Sullivan’s book, he will throw in one of his amazing $50 hunting DVDs for free. I recommend Greatest Hippo Charges: Vol. 1. While on Mark’s site be sure to check out his little video sampler. You’ll see what I’m talking about. Oh, yes. You’ll see.

So, Christmas shopper . . . forego the socks, neckties and talking bass you were going to get your hunting loved one and get that hunter of yours Boddington’s new DVD and Sullivan’s new book, and your hunter will be happier than a pig in fresh mud. And be sure to tell them Doug Giles and ClashRadio.com sent you . . .