1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,220 Grylls: MY NAME IS BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:02,260 --> 00:00:04,400 I'VE SERVED WITH THE BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES. 3 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,260 I'VE CLIMBED TO THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST 4 00:00:07,020 --> 00:00:09,160 AND CROSSED THE FROZEN OCEANS OF THE ARCTIC. 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,000 NOW I'M TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOJAVE DESERT IN UTAH. 6 00:00:13,340 --> 00:00:16,060 THIS ICONIC LANDSCAPE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS DESERT 7 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:17,100 IN NORTH AMERICA, 8 00:00:17,140 --> 00:00:19,120 WITH PUNISHING TEMPERATURES 9 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,240 AND SOME OF THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST CREATURES. 10 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,480 SEARCH AND RESCUE LAUNCH 100 MISSIONS A YEAR 11 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:26,120 LOOKING FOR STRANDED TOURISTS. 12 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,480 NOW I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE HERE. 13 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:36,100 ( HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ) 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,000 THIS IS THE MOJAVE DESERT -- 15 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,460 3,600 SQUARE MILES OF CANYONS, ARCHES, AND SHEER CLIFFS. 16 00:00:54,060 --> 00:00:57,240 EVERY YEAR A MILLION PEOPLE VISIT THIS PARCHED WILDERNESS. 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,000 BUT TAKE ONE WRONG TURN, 18 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:02,000 AND IT'S ALL TOO EASY TO GET LOST FOR GOOD. 19 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,000 I'M ABOUT TO PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION OF A STRANDED HIKER. 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:08,180 IN A FEW MOMENTS, 21 00:01:08,220 --> 00:01:11,000 THE PILOT'S GONNA DROP ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DESERT, 22 00:01:11,060 --> 00:01:13,380 AND THEN I'LL BE LIKE ANY HIKER WHO GETS LOST, 23 00:01:14,060 --> 00:01:16,340 AND ALL I'VE GOT WITH ME IS A WATER BOTTLE, 24 00:01:16,380 --> 00:01:17,400 A KNIFE, AND A FLINT. 25 00:01:18,140 --> 00:01:20,100 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE 26 00:01:20,140 --> 00:01:22,200 IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST PLACES ON EARTH. 27 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,460 MY CAMERA CREW WILL FOLLOW ME 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,140 AS I TRY TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS LANDSCAPE. 29 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:37,400 THE THERMAL UPDRAFTS ARE SO POWERFUL HERE 30 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,160 THAT IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO LAND THE CHOPPER. 31 00:01:42,020 --> 00:01:45,400 SO THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY DOWN -- TO ABSEIL. 32 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,220 WE'RE HOVERING AT ABOUT 100 FEET NOW ABOVE THE DESERT, 33 00:01:50,260 --> 00:01:52,000 AND EVEN FROM THIS HEIGHT, 34 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:54,440 I CAN FEEL THE HEAT OFF THE DESERT FLOOR. 35 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,260 IT'S LIKE AN OVEN DOWN THERE. 36 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:59,060 I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, AND IT'S DANGEROUS. 37 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:00,440 ONE SLIP IS FATAL. 38 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,320 BUT THIS IS IT. 39 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:16,060 ( GRUNTS ) 40 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,200 I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS FAST. 41 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,040 THE HELI IS GETTING PULLED IN LOTS OF UPDRAFTS HERE, 42 00:02:23,180 --> 00:02:26,400 AND I NEED TO BE OFF THIS ROPE QUICK. 43 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:29,440 ( GROANING ) 44 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,400 CLEAR ROPE. 45 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,240 ( SIGHS ) 46 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,240 I'M STRANDED 4,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, 47 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:52,480 ON A ROCKY TABLETOP CALLED A "MESA," 48 00:02:53,020 --> 00:02:59,000 AND IT'S UTTERLY DESOLATE HERE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY HOT. 49 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,120 THE HEAT HERE IS JUST INCREDIBLE. 50 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,420 YOU KNOW, IT'S WELL OVER 110 DEGREES. 51 00:03:04,460 --> 00:03:06,340 THE BIGGEST KILLER IN THESE DESERTS 52 00:03:06,380 --> 00:03:12,380 ARE HEATSTROKE AND DEHYDRATION, AND BOTH COME ON SO QUICKLY. 53 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,200 IN THIS SITUATION, THE BEST ADVICE IS TO STAY PUT, 54 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,220 GET INTO THE SHADE, AND WAIT TO BE RESCUED. 55 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,340 BUT SOMETIMES, HELP DOESN'T COME, 56 00:03:23,380 --> 00:03:25,420 SO I'M GONNA FIND MY OWN WAY OUT. 57 00:03:25,460 --> 00:03:29,340 I KNOW THAT TWO HUGE RIVERS RUN THROUGH THE MOJAVE -- 58 00:03:29,380 --> 00:03:31,420 THE COLORADO AND THE GREEN. 59 00:03:31,460 --> 00:03:35,260 FINDING ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE THE KEY TO GETTING OUT. 60 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:36,480 THIS WHOLE DESERT 61 00:03:37,020 --> 00:03:39,180 IS GONNA BE FULL OF CANYONS AND DRY RIVERBEDS, 62 00:03:39,220 --> 00:03:42,260 AND IF I GET DOWN TO ONE OF THESE AND FOLLOW THEM, 63 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,380 IT SHOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A RIVER 64 00:03:44,420 --> 00:03:47,380 AND THEN, EVENTUALLY, CIVILIZATION. 65 00:03:48,340 --> 00:03:51,220 PLANTS NEED WATER, SO SIGNS OF VEGETATION 66 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,460 WILL SHOW ME THAT WATER COULD BE NEARBY. 67 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,300 BUT APART FROM THIS SAGEBRUSH, I CAN'T SEE ANY AT ALL. 68 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,100 WHAT I CAN SEE, THOUGH, 69 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:02,200 IS A RIM OF A CANYON IN THE DISTANCE. 70 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,460 AT THE BOTTOM OF A CANYON, I'LL FIND SHADE. 71 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,100 CANYONS CAN ALSO HAVE WATER IN THEM -- 72 00:04:08,140 --> 00:04:10,280 STREAMS THAT LEAD DOWN TO BIGGER RIVERS -- 73 00:04:10,340 --> 00:04:13,240 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA HEAD FOR. 74 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:15,420 BUT PRIORITY NUMBER ONE FOR ME NOW 75 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:18,000 IS TO GET OFF THE TOP OF THIS TABLETOP, 76 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,320 BUT GETTING OFF IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE. 77 00:04:25,340 --> 00:04:29,200 THIS WHOLE TABLETOP HERE IS JUST FORMED 78 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,200 BY LAYERS AND LAYERS OF ALL OF THIS SANDSTONE ROCK, 79 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:37,200 AND IT'S SO CRUMBLY UNDERFOOT AND VERY, VERY UNSTABLE. 80 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,200 AND WHAT I DO KNOW IS IT'S OFTEN THE DESCENT 81 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,080 THAT IS THE DANGEROUS PART OF THE CLIMB. 82 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,200 THE RISK WHEN COMING DOWN A FACE LIKE THIS 83 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,340 IS THAT YOU CLIMB YOURSELF INTO A POSITION 84 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:56,100 WHEN YOU CAN'T GO UP OR DOWN. 85 00:04:56,140 --> 00:05:01,140 WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT'S CALLED GETTING RIMROCKED. 86 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:04,300 28-YEAR-OLD CLIMBER WILLIAM McKEAN 87 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,000 GOT RIMROCKED ON A CLIFF NEAR HERE. 88 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,300 HE HUNG ON FOR AS LONG AS HE COULD, 89 00:05:10,340 --> 00:05:13,100 THEN FELL TO HIS DEATH. 90 00:05:13,140 --> 00:05:15,020 AH, BUT IF THIS DOES HAPPEN, 91 00:05:15,060 --> 00:05:17,380 THERE'S A TECHNIQUE THAT THEY TEACH YOU IN SPECIAL FORCES 92 00:05:17,420 --> 00:05:21,120 FOR BEING ABLE TO MAKE A JUMP OF, LIKE, 15 FOOT. 93 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,480 AND THE IDEA IS WHEN YOU JUMP, YOU KEEP YOUR FEET TOGETHER, 94 00:05:24,020 --> 00:05:25,420 KNEES SLIGHTLY BENT, AND WHEN YOU LAND, 95 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:28,040 YOU ROLL, AND YOU SPREAD THE IMPACT ALONG YOUR LEGS 96 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,400 AND THEN AROUND YOUR BACK. 97 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:43,340 ( SIGHS, SCREAMS ) 98 00:05:47,220 --> 00:05:49,200 ( SPITS, SIGHS ) 99 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,240 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 100 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:53,380 IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AND THE SUN IS NOW AT ITS HOTTEST, 101 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:57,000 SO I'VE GOT TO GET TO THE SAFETY OF SHADE OF THAT CANYON 102 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,100 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 103 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,380 JUST BEING IN 110-DEGREES HEAT, 104 00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:11,460 YOUR BODY ACTUALLY LOSES ABOUT A LITER OF WATER EVERY HOUR, 105 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:15,140 AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU EVEN START THINKING ABOUT WALKING 106 00:06:15,180 --> 00:06:17,040 OR CLIMBING OR MOVING. 107 00:06:18,220 --> 00:06:21,060 THE LONGER I'M EXPOSED TO THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE SUN, 108 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:23,000 THE GREATER THE DANGER, 109 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,360 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE BODY TO KEEP COOL 110 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,420 IS THE HEAD AND THE BRAIN. 111 00:06:27,460 --> 00:06:30,020 I REMEMBER LEARNING THIS REALLY GOOD TRICK 112 00:06:30,060 --> 00:06:33,380 FOR IMPROVISING A HEADDRESS OR SUN HAT. 113 00:06:33,420 --> 00:06:38,100 AND IF I USE THIS WHITE T-SHIRT HERE 114 00:06:38,140 --> 00:06:42,080 AND THEN JUST CUT ONE SIDE OF IT -- 115 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,200 AND ALL I'M DOING IS CUTTING ALL THE WAY DOWN ONE SEAM 116 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:49,480 AND THEN OPENING IT OUT. 117 00:06:50,020 --> 00:06:53,460 AND THEN I'VE GOT A GOOD LENGTH OF MATERIAL HERE, 118 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,380 AND ALL I DO IS JUST WRAP IT AROUND MY HEAD. 119 00:07:00,180 --> 00:07:04,320 AND IF I TWIST THIS NICE AND FIRM AT THE SIDE OF MY HEAD, 120 00:07:04,460 --> 00:07:09,160 PULL IT AROUND TIGHT, PULL IT AROUND MY FACE, 121 00:07:09,460 --> 00:07:14,060 AND THEN TUCK IT IN ON ITS OWN KNOT, 122 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,480 THIS WILL KEEP THE SUN OFF ME 123 00:07:18,020 --> 00:07:23,260 AND WILL SAVE ME GETTING BURNT TO DEATH. 124 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,100 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW DANGEROUS THIS HEAT IS -- 125 00:07:28,140 --> 00:07:30,140 THE BODY'S INTERNAL TEMPERATURE 126 00:07:30,180 --> 00:07:33,060 IS USUALLY 98.6 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 127 00:07:33,260 --> 00:07:36,220 ONCE THE BODY'S CORE TEMPERATURE HITS 105, 128 00:07:36,260 --> 00:07:38,020 YOU'VE GOT HEATSTROKE. 129 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,060 WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOU BECOME CONFUSED, 130 00:07:41,180 --> 00:07:45,120 THE BODY GOES INTO CONVULSIONS, AND YOU COULD FALL INTO A COMA. 131 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,420 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS, 132 00:07:56,060 --> 00:07:59,340 BUT THIS WHOLE PLACE REALLY IS MOTHER NATURE 133 00:07:59,380 --> 00:08:01,360 AT HER MOST UNFORGIVING, 134 00:08:02,020 --> 00:08:06,460 AND THIS DESERT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE HARDEST PLACES IN THE WORLD 135 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:11,340 JUST TO STAY ALIVE FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. 136 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,200 THIS ENTIRE REGION WAS ONCE COVERED BY SHALLOW SEA 137 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,280 AND JUST TEEMED WITH LIFE. 138 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,200 THAT WAS 200 MILLION YEARS AGO. 139 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,000 BUT NOW, IT BARELY GETS NINE INCHES OF RAINFALL A YEAR. 140 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,120 AND ALL THE CREATURES THAT ONCE THRIVED HERE ARE EXTINCT. 141 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:38,400 I DON'T WANT TO JOIN THEM. 142 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,400 I FOUND THE CANYON THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, 143 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,380 AND THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THERE'S WATER DOWN THERE 144 00:08:46,420 --> 00:08:48,300 BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF SHADE. 145 00:08:49,260 --> 00:08:52,320 MY ONLY PROBLEM IS HOW TO GET DOWN INTO IT. 146 00:09:11,380 --> 00:09:15,040 I HAVE ABSEILED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE MOAB DESERT IN UTAH, 147 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:18,020 ONE OF THE DRYER STATES IN NORTH AMERICA. 148 00:09:19,060 --> 00:09:21,080 AND I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE 149 00:09:21,180 --> 00:09:25,000 WITH ONLY A BOTTLE OF WATER, A KNIFE AND A FLINT. 150 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,320 I AM HOPING TO FIND WATER IN THIS CANYON, 151 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:33,000 AND I ALSO THINK IT COULD LEAD ME TO A RIVER AND BACK TO CIVILIZATION. 152 00:09:35,220 --> 00:09:38,100 BUT FIRST, I NEED TO GET DOWN INTO IT. 153 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,020 THIS EDGE IS TOO STEEP TO CLIMB, 154 00:09:41,060 --> 00:09:42,360 AND IT IS TOO WIDE TO JUMP. 155 00:09:43,060 --> 00:09:45,380 BUT IF I CAN USE A GIANT BOULDER AS A BRIDGE, 156 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,020 I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE. 157 00:09:53,420 --> 00:09:57,180 BUT I HAVE GOT TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL CROSSING THIS 158 00:09:57,220 --> 00:10:00,360 JUST BECAUSE THESE BOULDERS CAN SOMETIMES BE UNSTABLE. 159 00:10:00,460 --> 00:10:06,020 THIS SANDSTONE IS FLAKY AND ALSO IT IS A, IT IS A LONG WAY DOWN THERE. 160 00:10:07,020 --> 00:10:09,120 UTAH CLIMBER ARON RALSTON 161 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,040 WAS TRAPPED BY A BOULDER LIKE THIS 162 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,200 WHEN IT FELL ON HIM IN A REMOTE CANYON. 163 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:17,380 TO ESCAPE, HE HAD TO CUT HIS OWN ARM OFF WITH A PENKNIFE. 164 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:26,340 AND THE KEY TO CLIMBING IS ALWAYS TO KEEP 165 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,340 AT LEAST THREE POINTS OF CONTACTS WITH THE FACE. 166 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,980 AND TRY AND USE YOUR, YOUR LEG POWER 167 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,080 AS MUCH AS, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN 168 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,000 RATHER THAN YOUR ARMS. 169 00:10:56,380 --> 00:10:58,140 I HAVE MADE IT ACROSS, 170 00:10:58,180 --> 00:11:00,380 BUT THERE IS STILL NO SIGN OF A WAY DOWN, 171 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,060 AND IF I DO NOT FIND WATER SOON 172 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:05,440 I COULD BE AT SERIOUS RISK OF DEHYDRATING. 173 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,400 SEARCH AND RESCUE HAVE A SAYING IN THESE PARTS -- 174 00:11:12,140 --> 00:11:16,380 "A LOST HIKER IS DOWN IN 12 HOURS AND DEAD IN 24." 175 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,140 SO FAR, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE. 176 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,460 AT LAST, A WAY DOWN INTO THIS CANYON, 177 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,380 AND THERE MUST BE WATER DOWN HERE SOMEWHERE. 178 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,040 THE CANYON RUNS DOWNHILL, 179 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,280 AND THAT'S THE WAY WATER WOULD FLOW. 180 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,460 IT'S THE WAY I'M GONNA GO. 181 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:49,340 THERE ARE OVER 1,000 OF THESE NARROW CANYONS IN THE MOJAVE, 182 00:11:49,460 --> 00:11:51,980 SOME OF THEM ONLY A FEW FEET WIDE. 183 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:53,980 THEY'RE KNOWN AS SLOT CANYONS. 184 00:11:56,220 --> 00:11:58,180 THE SHADE DOWN HERE MEANS THE TEMPERATURE 185 00:11:58,220 --> 00:12:02,180 IS ABOUT 20 DEGREES LESS THAN ON THE DESERT FLOOR ABOVE. 186 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,420 A REALLY GOOD WAY OF FINDING WATER IN THESE CANYONS 187 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:14,060 IS LOOKING FOR CLUMPS OF VEGETATION 188 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,240 AND WATER-HUNGRY PLANTS, 189 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,400 AND, ACTUALLY, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE -- THIS TAMARISK. 190 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,200 AND JUST A SMALL BUSH LIKE THIS 191 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,420 IS CAPABLE OF SUCKING UP UP TO 20 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY 192 00:12:24,460 --> 00:12:26,060 FROM THESE AQUIFERS, 193 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,280 WHICH ARE THESE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS OF WATER. 194 00:12:29,060 --> 00:12:30,380 AND THIS IS A VERY GOOD SIGN 195 00:12:30,420 --> 00:12:33,440 THAT THERE'S A WATER SOURCE SOMEWHERE NEARBY. 196 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,120 AND THERE IS, BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 197 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:51,460 IT'S POLLUTED. 198 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,160 I CAN SEE THERE A ROTTING SQUIRREL. 199 00:12:55,220 --> 00:12:58,180 AND THIS WATER'S NOT FLOWING ANYWHERE, SO IT'S JUST STAGNANT, 200 00:12:58,220 --> 00:13:01,100 AND YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO BE DRINKING IT. 201 00:13:01,980 --> 00:13:04,340 JUST ONE DROP COULD MAKE ME SERIOUSLY ILL. 202 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,320 THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THIS CANYON 203 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,220 WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A RIVER. 204 00:13:08,340 --> 00:13:11,980 IF I FOLLOW IT, IT COULD WELL BE MY ROUTE OUT OF HERE, 205 00:13:12,020 --> 00:13:14,020 BUT MY WAY IS BLOCKED BY THIS WATER. 206 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,140 TO GO AROUND IT, I'D HAVE TO RETRACE ALL MY STEPS, 207 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,100 AND THAT'S JUST TOO FAR, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH IT. 208 00:13:22,460 --> 00:13:25,020 ( GROANING ) 209 00:13:25,060 --> 00:13:28,120 THIS WATER IS ALSO SURPRISINGLY COLD. 210 00:13:28,180 --> 00:13:31,980 AND IT'S STRANGE BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF THIS CANYON, 211 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:33,300 IT'S JUST A SCORCHING DESERT, 212 00:13:33,340 --> 00:13:37,080 BUT IN HERE, WHERE IT GETS NO SUN, 213 00:13:37,140 --> 00:13:39,360 IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREEZING. 214 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,300 BUT I'VE GOT NO CHOICE. I'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING THIS WAY. 215 00:13:42,340 --> 00:13:44,980 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 216 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,980 IN FACT, THE WATER IN THIS POOL 217 00:13:48,020 --> 00:13:51,200 MUST BE ABOUT 50 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 218 00:13:51,460 --> 00:13:55,260 BUT THE REAL DANGER OF THESE SLOT CANYONS IS FLASH FLOODS. 219 00:13:56,980 --> 00:14:00,020 A STORM UP TO 100 MILES AWAY COULD SEND TONS OF WATER 220 00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:02,360 AND DEBRIS CRASHING THROUGH HERE. 221 00:14:05,420 --> 00:14:09,200 ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO, A GROUP OF 12 TOURISTS WERE KILLED 222 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:10,980 WHEN A FLASH FLOOD RIPPED 223 00:14:11,020 --> 00:14:13,180 THROUGH THE ANTELOPE CANYON IN ARIZONA. 224 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,320 OH, THIS WHOLE CANYON HERE IS 225 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:30,020 JUST BLOCKED NOW BY THIS LOGJAM, 226 00:14:30,060 --> 00:14:33,080 AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A FLASH FLOOD 227 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:37,360 JUST COMING DOWN AND PILING UP ALL THESE LOGS AND THIS DEBRIS. 228 00:14:40,340 --> 00:14:44,160 I CAN'T CLIMB OVER THIS LOGJAM BECAUSE IT'S TOO UNSTABLE 229 00:14:44,220 --> 00:14:46,420 AND THE CANYON WALLS ARE TOO STEEP TO CLIMB. 230 00:14:48,980 --> 00:14:52,180 IF YOU WERE TRAPPED IN A POOL LIKE THIS FOR JUST TWO HOURS, 231 00:14:52,220 --> 00:14:54,200 THE BODY'S CORE TEMPERATURE 232 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,020 WOULD FALL BELOW 95 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, 233 00:14:57,060 --> 00:14:59,120 AND HYPOTHERMIA WOULD SET IN. 234 00:14:59,180 --> 00:15:02,980 THERE'S JUST NO WAY I'M GETTING OVER THIS. 235 00:15:03,020 --> 00:15:06,160 AND I SUPPOSE I COULD GO BACK, 236 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:11,040 BUT IF YOU FOUND YOURSELF IN THIS SORT OF CANYON -- 237 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,320 AND PEOPLE DO FIND THEMSELVES TRAPPED -- 238 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,100 YOUR ONLY REAL OPTION WOULD BE TO TRY AND SWIM UNDER IT. 239 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,460 BUT THE DANGER IS I JUST DON'T KNOW 240 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,300 HOW FAR IT IS TO THE OTHER SIDE. 241 00:15:22,340 --> 00:15:24,980 BUT THE TECHNIQUE FOR DOING THIS 242 00:15:25,020 --> 00:15:27,980 IS THAT YOU BREATHE REALLY DEEPLY AND SLOWLY 243 00:15:28,020 --> 00:15:29,420 FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME BEFOREHAND. 244 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:31,080 AND WHAT THIS DOES 245 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,360 IS THAT IT GETS RID OF ALL THE CARBON DIOXIDE IN YOUR BODY, 246 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,980 AND IT LOWERS YOUR HEART RATE, 247 00:15:36,020 --> 00:15:39,200 AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO GO FOR IT AND KEEP CALM. 248 00:15:39,380 --> 00:15:42,340 BUT LET'S TRY. 249 00:15:42,380 --> 00:15:45,360 ( BREATHING DEEPLY ) 250 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,420 ( GASPING ) 251 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,320 I CERTAINLY GOT THROUGH IT, AND I COULD SEE THE LIGHT. 252 00:16:19,460 --> 00:16:21,980 ( GASPS ) 253 00:16:22,020 --> 00:16:25,340 ANOTHER FIVE SECONDS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT. 254 00:16:25,380 --> 00:16:27,240 I'LL JUST GIVE IT ONE MORE GO. 255 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,420 FOUR MINUTES IS THE MAXIMUM TIME IT'S POSSIBLE 256 00:16:29,460 --> 00:16:31,180 FOR ANYONE TO HOLD THEIR BREATH. 257 00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:33,980 BUT IN WATER THIS COLD, 258 00:16:34,020 --> 00:16:37,200 I'M GONNA STRUGGLE TO HOLD IT FOR MORE THAN 30 SECONDS. 259 00:16:37,340 --> 00:16:41,000 ( BREATHING DEEPLY ) 260 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,160 ( GASPING ) 261 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:20,400 ( SIGHS ) 262 00:17:21,020 --> 00:17:23,440 OH, I'M RUNNING OUT OF POWER FAST. 263 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:25,980 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 264 00:17:26,060 --> 00:17:30,120 OH, IT'S JUST SO COLD. I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. 265 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:33,280 ( GROANS ) 266 00:17:48,380 --> 00:17:52,120 HOLDING MY BREATH UNDERWATER HAS REALLY TAKEN IT OUT OF ME, 267 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:54,380 BUT NOW THERE'S A NEW OBSTACLE. 268 00:17:54,420 --> 00:17:57,400 I'VE HIT A DEAD END, AND THERE'S NO WAY OUT. 269 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,000 I'VE BEEN SWIMMING ALONG A FLOODED CANYON, 270 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,340 IN THE HOPE THAT IT WILL LEAD ME TO A RIVER AND CIVILIZATION. 271 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 THE WATER IN HERE IS FREEZING COLD 272 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,160 AND POLLUTED WITH DEAD ANIMALS. 273 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:25,440 BUT NOW, THERE'S A NEW PROBLEM. 274 00:18:26,060 --> 00:18:28,360 I'VE HIT A DEAD END, AND THERE'S NO WAY OUT, 275 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,440 EXCEPT TO GO BACK OR TO GO UP. 276 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,060 ONE WAY OF GETTING OUT OF THESE CANYONS, 277 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:38,280 IF IT'S NARROW ENOUGH, 278 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:42,960 IS TO USE WHAT THEY CALL A CHIMNEY CLIMB, 279 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:46,220 AND THIS IS A TECHNIQUE THAT'S ORIGINALLY DESIGNED 280 00:18:46,260 --> 00:18:48,040 FOR GETTING YOURSELF OUT OF A WELL. 281 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,420 BUT IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS, AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE SO CAREFUL 282 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,420 IN THESE SORT OF THINGS THAT ARE PRETTY HIGH. 283 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,140 THIS TYPE OF SANDSTONE IS CALLED SLICKROCK, 284 00:18:59,340 --> 00:19:02,380 BECAUSE WHEN IT GETS WET, IT BECOMES SO SLIPPERY. 285 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:06,140 MY CLIMBING SHOES WILL STRUGGLE TO GET A DECENT GRIP HERE, 286 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,260 AND IF I FALL, IT'S A 30-FOOT DROP. 287 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:14,200 THE TECHNIQUE FOR DOING THIS 288 00:19:14,340 --> 00:19:18,020 IS TO WEDGE YOUR BACK AGAINST THE ROCK, 289 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,140 AND ONE FOOT BEHIND YOU, ONE IN FRONT. 290 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,140 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 291 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,120 AND KEEP WORKING YOUR WAY UP. 292 00:19:25,180 --> 00:19:27,140 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 293 00:19:27,420 --> 00:19:30,040 AND YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THE PRESSURE FORWARD 294 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:31,960 AND THE PRESSURE BEHIND YOU. 295 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,340 AND THAT'S YOUR ONLY... SAFETY. 296 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,200 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 297 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,260 OKAY, I JUST JAMMED MY KNEES IN HERE, 298 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:01,300 AND THAT MEANS ANOTHER REST -- 299 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,100 GET SOME BLOOD BACK INTO MY ARMS. 300 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:08,040 THIS ROCK'S BECOMING MUCH LESS SLIPPY NOW. 301 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,340 AND DOWN IN THE BOTTOM, DOWN THERE WHERE IT WAS WET, 302 00:20:11,380 --> 00:20:14,140 TURNS INTO SLICKROCK. 303 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,960 BUT THIS STUFF IS MUCH BETTER, 304 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,220 AND I CAN REALLY GET 305 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:22,040 A REALLY GOOD PERCH ON THIS. 306 00:20:22,100 --> 00:20:23,420 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 307 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:33,440 OKAY, IF I JUST GET MY HAND OVER THE TOP 308 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:35,260 AND MAKE IT INTO A FIST, 309 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:40,060 I CAN CERTAINLY USE THAT TO JAM IT IN. 310 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:44,140 AND IF I CAN JUST REACH THIS LAST LITTLE BIT 311 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:49,000 AND GET MY HAND IN THERE IN A FIST... 312 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:49,980 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 313 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:54,120 ...I CAN JAM THAT IN AND TAKE THE WEIGHT. 314 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,240 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 315 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:58,380 ( GROANS ) 316 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:13,440 MY PLAN TO FOLLOW THE CANYON DOWN TO A RIVER HAS FAILED, 317 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:16,180 AND STEPPING BACK INTO THE DESERT HEAT 318 00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:18,040 FEELS LIKE ENTERING A FURNACE. 319 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,400 AND STILL, I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY FRESHWATER. 320 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,120 BEFORE I CAN THINK ABOUT MAKING A NEW PLAN, 321 00:21:34,180 --> 00:21:35,960 I NEED TO GET OUT OF THE SUN. 322 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,220 BUT THE NEAREST SHADE IS A ROCKY OUTCROP 323 00:21:38,260 --> 00:21:41,980 AN HOUR'S HIKE AWAY, WHERE I MIGHT FIND A CAVE. 324 00:21:45,020 --> 00:21:46,280 IN THIS MIDDAY HEAT, 325 00:21:46,420 --> 00:21:50,040 EVEN THIS HEADDRESS IS JUST GETTING ROASTING HOT, 326 00:21:50,220 --> 00:21:54,140 AND I'VE GOT TO THINK OF SOME WAY JUST TO KEEP MY HEAD COOL. 327 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,140 AND WHAT I CAN DO, THOUGH, 328 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:01,260 IS TAKE THIS OFF AND THEN PEE ON IT. 329 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,080 AND IT'S PRETTY GROSS, 330 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:08,040 BUT IT'S ALSO NOT EXACTLY GONNA SMELL VERY GOOD. 331 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,140 BUT LUCKILY, THERE ARE NOT MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE 332 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,080 TO BE EXACTLY VERY BOTHERED. 333 00:22:15,180 --> 00:22:17,440 AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY YELLOW PEE, 334 00:22:17,980 --> 00:22:22,260 WHICH IS A SIGN I'M DEFINITELY GETTING PRETTY DEHYDRATED NOW. 335 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:29,000 BUT AT LEAST THIS SHOULD KEEP MY HEAD A BIT COOLER. 336 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,000 AND AT THE MOMENT, MY HEAD IS JUST ON FIRE. 337 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,120 ( ZIPPER ZIPS ) 338 00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:38,000 AND, YEAH, IT DOESN'T SMELL GREAT. 339 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,000 BUT THIS IS REALLY NICE AND COOLING. 340 00:22:43,260 --> 00:22:45,980 ( SIGHS ) 341 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,980 THAT'S BETTER. 342 00:22:54,980 --> 00:22:57,200 THIS HEADDRESS WILL KEEP ME COOL FOR A BIT, 343 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,220 BUT I DESPERATELY NEED TO GET INTO THE SHADE. 344 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,060 OH, IT'S JUST SUCH A RELIEF TO FIND THIS CAVE. 345 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,200 BUT I'VE ALSO GOT TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL. 346 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,120 OTHER DESERT ANIMALS 347 00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:33,420 MIGHT WELL HAVE THE SAME IDEA OF LOOKING FOR THE SHADE, 348 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:35,380 ESPECIALLY SNAKES. 349 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,140 AND, ACTUALLY, IF A SNAKE IS OUT 350 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,240 IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY IN THE DESERT, 351 00:23:39,340 --> 00:23:40,220 THEY WILL DIE. 352 00:23:40,260 --> 00:23:42,300 THEY HAVE TO HAVE THIS SORT OF SHADE. 353 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,440 AND A GOOD WAY 354 00:23:44,980 --> 00:23:49,040 IS JUST TO LOB A FEW ROCKS IN. 355 00:23:50,140 --> 00:23:52,120 JUST HAVE A GOOD LOOK AROUND BEFORE. 356 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,300 BUT THIS IS GONNA BE PERFECT, I THINK, FOR ME. 357 00:23:55,340 --> 00:23:57,180 YEAH, IT LOOKS CLEAR. 358 00:23:57,220 --> 00:24:01,000 LAST YEAR, A MOUNTAIN BIKER CALLED KURT ROGERS 359 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,340 WENT RIDING IN THE MOJAVE IN 100-DEGREES HEAT. 360 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:07,140 HE TOOK A WRONG TURN AND GOT LOST. 361 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:09,220 THE NEXT DAY, HIS BODY WAS FOUND 362 00:24:09,260 --> 00:24:11,960 A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE TRAIL, 363 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,040 DEAD FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION. 364 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,340 SHADY CAVES LIKE THIS CAN LITERALLY BE LIFESAVERS. 365 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,220 I'M GONNA TRY AND GET SOME REST HERE 366 00:24:19,260 --> 00:24:22,380 AND MOVE ON AT A COOLER TIME OF DAY. 367 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,120 IT'S EARLY MORNING -- THE BEST TIME TO TRAVEL IN THE DESERT. 368 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,300 AND MY MAIN PRIORITY IS STILL TO FIND WATER. 369 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,120 AND IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA, 370 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,360 WHEN YOU GET UP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, 371 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,420 ANY CLOTHES YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WEARING 372 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:00,220 OR BOOTS, IF YOU'VE TAKEN THEM OFF -- 373 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:04,960 ALWAYS TIP THEM UP OR GIVE CLOTHING A GOOD SHAKE OUT, 374 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:10,280 JUST 'CAUSE SCORPIONS LOVE TO GET INTO COOL, SHADY PLACES. 375 00:25:17,980 --> 00:25:20,220 I'M DOWN TO MY LAST FEW DROPS OF WATER, 376 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,960 AND I DESPERATELY NEED TO REFILL MY CANTEEN. 377 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,380 ONE TRICK IS TO LISTEN FOR INSECTS. 378 00:25:25,420 --> 00:25:28,960 BEES AND MOSQUITOS ALWAYS LIVE NEAR WATER, 379 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,240 AND IF I CAN FIND SOME OF THEM, THEY MIGHT LEAD ME TO A SPRING. 380 00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:35,200 I'VE HEARD SOME SOMEWHERE IN THIS GULLY, 381 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,100 AND THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF PLACE THEY LIKE. 382 00:25:38,140 --> 00:25:40,020 IT'S COOL, IT'S DARK, AND THERE'S PROBABLY 383 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:44,140 A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE IN THE GROUND, AS WELL. 384 00:25:46,020 --> 00:25:48,260 THE SOUND OF INSECTS IS A GOOD SIGN 385 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,960 I COULD BE GETTING CLOSE TO WATER. 386 00:25:57,380 --> 00:26:00,200 AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR -- 387 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,960 JUST THIS LINE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS 388 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,260 THAT'S THE INDICATOR THAT THERE'S A SEEP SOMEWHERE NEARBY 389 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,060 AND WATER TRICKLING OUT OF ONE OF THESE AQUIFERS. 390 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,120 AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS LITTLE POOL OF WATER 391 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,960 THAT'S FORMED HERE. 392 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,980 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT IT'S FILLING UP, 393 00:26:14,020 --> 00:26:15,180 AND THEN IT'S RUNNING AWAY. 394 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,140 AND IF I CAN JUST DIG THIS OUT A BIT 395 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:22,240 AND THEN DAM IT AND STOP THAT WATER SEEPING OUT, 396 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,420 I'LL GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF WATER THERE. 397 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,200 PROBABLY IN A FEW MINUTES, THAT'LL FILL UP. 398 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:33,140 AND THEN I JUST NEED A WAY OF COLLECTING IT AND DRINKING IT. 399 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,060 I'M LOOKING FOR A PLANT CALLED A TRUMPET FLOWER. 400 00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:41,240 NATIVE AMERICANS USED IT AS A PIPE 401 00:26:41,380 --> 00:26:46,140 BECAUSE IT HAS A HOLLOW STEM. 402 00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:50,200 BUT I CAN ALSO USE THIS AS A DRINKING STRAW 403 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,060 TO GET AT THAT WATER. 404 00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:54,140 BUT I'VE GOT TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL CUTTING THIS, 405 00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:57,000 JUST BECAUSE IF I TRY AND JUST BREAK IT OFF, 406 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,180 IT'S GONNA SPLINTER. 407 00:26:58,220 --> 00:26:59,960 SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS 408 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,340 JUST SCORE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BOTTOM, 409 00:27:02,020 --> 00:27:03,240 AND THEN THE SAME AT THE TOP. 410 00:27:05,020 --> 00:27:07,240 AND THIS MEANS WHEN I COME TO SNAP IT OFF, 411 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,020 IT'S GONNA COME AWAY CLEANLY. 412 00:27:22,220 --> 00:27:23,380 ( SUCKING IN ) 413 00:27:23,420 --> 00:27:26,060 AND THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT. 414 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,420 THE RESERVOIR HAS FILLED UP WITH WATER, 415 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,960 AND NOW I CAN USE A STRAW TO SUCK IT OUT. 416 00:27:34,220 --> 00:27:37,360 THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS THIS WHOLE PROCESS 417 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,020 OF THE WATER SEEPING THROUGH THIS ROCK MEANS, 418 00:27:40,060 --> 00:27:42,320 ACTUALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS PRETTY MURKY, 419 00:27:42,380 --> 00:27:45,020 THIS WATER IS WELL-FILTERED. 420 00:27:45,060 --> 00:27:46,960 AND I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU 421 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,280 THAT THIS IS BETTER QUALITY WATER 422 00:27:48,340 --> 00:27:51,980 THAN YOU GET IN MOST CITIES -- JUST THE TAP WATER. 423 00:27:53,980 --> 00:27:57,000 WHEN YOU'RE DEHYDRATED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO DRINK SLOWLY, 424 00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:00,960 AS GUZZLING TOO MUCH WATER TOO FAST CAN MAKE YOU VOMIT. 425 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,040 ( SIGHING ) 426 00:28:05,940 --> 00:28:08,340 ( SUCKING IN ) 427 00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:12,040 OH, THAT'S SO GOOD. 428 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,020 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 429 00:28:16,140 --> 00:28:20,060 I'VE REHYDRATED, AND MY CANTEEN IS FULL AGAIN. 430 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:22,280 NOW I NEED TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN 431 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,060 FOR GETTING OUT OF THIS DESERT. 432 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,960 AND THE BEST WAY OF FINDING A ROUTE 433 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,300 IS TO SURVEY THE LAND FROM HIGH GROUND. 434 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,280 WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS JUST ANY SIGNS OF VEGETATION -- 435 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,000 YOU KNOW, TREES, BUSHES. 436 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:37,960 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, 437 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,120 BUT THERE'S THIS LINE OF VEGETATION ALONG THERE, 438 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,180 AND THAT'S THE MARKINGS OF A RIVER. 439 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:44,960 AND IN THE DESERT, WHERE THERE'S A RIVER, 440 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,200 THERE'S ALMOST ALWAYS HUMAN HABITATION. 441 00:28:48,420 --> 00:28:52,140 IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT FAR, BUT THE ROUTE IS FAR FROM FLAT, 442 00:28:52,180 --> 00:28:56,980 AND I WANT TO TRY AND FIND FOOD BEFORE I START HIKING THERE. 443 00:29:03,420 --> 00:29:06,960 I'M GETTING REALLY HUNGRY NOW, AND I NEED SOMETHING 444 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,240 THAT'S JUST GONNA GIVE ME SOME ENERGY...AND SOME FOOD. 445 00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:14,960 AND THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF PLACE, THIS LITTLE GULLY, 446 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,220 THAT BIRDS OR RAVENS WOULD BE NESTING. 447 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:24,260 AND IF I CAN JUST GET MYSELF ONE OF THOSE, IT WOULD BE AMAZING. 448 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,960 CATCHING A BIRD WITHOUT A TRAP IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, 449 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,220 BUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME EGGS. 450 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,960 BIRD DROPPINGS OR FEATHERS WILL GIVE AWAY THEIR LOCATION. 451 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,300 THERE'S A BROKEN EGGSHELL HERE, 452 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:43,420 WHICH MEANS THERE IS DEFINITELY 453 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,300 A NEST SOMEWHERE...UP HERE. 454 00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:52,000 AND, LOOK, THERE'S MORE HERE. 455 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:59,040 AND IT COULD WELL BE ON THAT LEDGE. 456 00:30:05,060 --> 00:30:07,280 HERE WE GO. 457 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:14,180 AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A CHUKAR'S NEST HERE. 458 00:30:14,220 --> 00:30:16,180 AND THESE EGGS ARE BIGGER. 459 00:30:16,220 --> 00:30:18,980 THESE ARE MORE LIKE RAVEN'S EGGS, 460 00:30:19,020 --> 00:30:20,080 AND THIS IS WHAT RAVENS DO. 461 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:24,000 THEY'LL TEND TO DRIVE A LITTLE BIRD AWAY FROM ITS NEST 462 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,120 AND THEN LAY ITS OWN EGGS IN IT. 463 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:30,200 BUT EITHER WAY, I'M GONNA EAT THESE. 464 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,980 I'M GONNA HAVE ONE NOW AND THEN KEEP ONE FOR LATER. 465 00:30:45,020 --> 00:30:46,960 ALL BIRD EGGS ARE EDIBLE. 466 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,940 EVEN THE SHELL IS A GOOD SOURCE OF CALCIUM, 467 00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:52,200 AND I'M SO HUNGRY I CAN'T HELP BUT EAT IT RAW. 468 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,960 BUT THERE IS A RISK OF CATCHING SALMONELLA, 469 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,120 SO I'M GONNA TRY AND COOK THE OTHER ONE. 470 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,120 ( SIZZLING ) 471 00:31:04,260 --> 00:31:07,140 IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 120 DEGREES OUT HERE 472 00:31:07,180 --> 00:31:08,380 IN THE HEAT AT THE MOMENT, 473 00:31:08,420 --> 00:31:12,020 AND THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE HOTTEST PLACE 474 00:31:12,060 --> 00:31:15,300 I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE. 475 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,000 MMM. 476 00:31:19,340 --> 00:31:25,160 WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST SCRAMBLED EGGS I'VE HAD. 477 00:31:26,260 --> 00:31:28,180 I'VE SEEN A RIVER IN THE DISTANCE, 478 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:32,120 AND I JUST HOPE I'LL HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO REACH IT. 479 00:31:45,020 --> 00:31:47,960 I THINK THE RIVER I SAW ON THE HORIZON 480 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000 IS STILL ALMOST A DAY'S HIKE AWAY. 481 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,140 BUT WHEN THE LANDSCAPE IS UNEVEN, 482 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:55,040 IT'S EASY TO GO AROUND IN CIRCLES. 483 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,200 SO I'M GONNA USE A LOCAL PLANT 484 00:32:00,260 --> 00:32:04,200 TO KEEP ME HEADING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. 485 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,140 LOOK AT THESE GUYS. 486 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,960 THESE ARE LITTLE COMPASS CACTUSES. 487 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,940 AND THEY'RE CALLED THIS 488 00:32:10,980 --> 00:32:13,240 'CAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY RELIABLE INDICATORS OF DIRECTION. 489 00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:16,300 AND THEY TEND TO GROW TOWARDS THE SOUTH. 490 00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:19,140 AND TO SHOW YOU HOW PARCHED AND DRY 491 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,920 AND NUTRIENT-DEFICIENT THIS SOIL IS, 492 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,140 IT'S TAKEN THESE LITTLE CACTUSES 493 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,940 PROBABLY ABOUT 75 YEARS JUST TO GET TO THIS SIZE. 494 00:32:25,980 --> 00:32:28,300 BUT YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO RELY ON JUST ONE OF THESE. 495 00:32:28,340 --> 00:32:31,140 BUT IF YOU SEE A FEW OF THEM GROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, 496 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,180 THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION THAT SOUTH IS THAT WAY. 497 00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:36,240 AND IF I ALWAYS KNOW WHERE SOUTH IS, 498 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,380 I CAN KEEP MYSELF IN A STRAIGHT LINE 499 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,020 WHILE I'M HEADING FOR THAT RIVER. 500 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,160 THE MOJAVE IS PART OF THE GREAT BASIN DESERT, 501 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,180 THE HIGHEST DESERT IN THE U.S. AND THE FURTHEST NORTH. 502 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:07,140 IT EXPERIENCES EXTREME CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE. 503 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,300 AND AT NIGHT, IT CAN DROP AS LOW AS 40 DEGREES. 504 00:33:10,340 --> 00:33:15,320 THE HEAT OF THE DAY NOW IS BEGINNING TO DIE. THANK GOD. 505 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:20,040 BUT IN A FEW HOURS, IT'S GONNA START TO GET REALLY COLD. 506 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,080 I NEED MATERIALS FOR A FIRE. 507 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,960 AND WHENEVER YOU'RE REACHING AROUND LIKE THIS, 508 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,960 YOU'VE GOT TO BE SO CAREFUL, JUST FOR ANY SNAKES 509 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,280 THAT CAMOUFLAGE SO WELL IN THE UNDERGROWTH. 510 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,380 WITH THE TEMPERATURE DROPPING, 511 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,960 I'LL NEED TO GET A FIRE STARTED SOON. 512 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,100 THE DUSK IS ALSO A GOOD TIME 513 00:33:54,140 --> 00:33:57,040 TO GO HUNTING FOR FOOD. 514 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,960 THE MOJAVE IS HOME TO A DOZEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SNAKE, 515 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,120 AND THEY ARE ALL EDIBLE. 516 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:07,200 I'M GONNA TRY AND CATCH ONE FOR DINNER. 517 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,380 I'M JUST GONNA SEE IF I CAN JUST FIND SOMETHING TO EAT 518 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,360 AND REPLACE SOME OF THESE CALORIES 519 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,960 THAT I'M LOSING OUT HERE. 520 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,280 ALL THE SNAKES, IN THE HEAT IN THE DAY -- 521 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,280 THEY'LL BE TUCKED AWAY AND IN THE SHADE. 522 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,100 BUT AT THIS TIME, THEY'RE OUT. THEY'RE NOCTURNAL HUNTERS. 523 00:34:25,240 --> 00:34:28,160 AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FOOD, JUST LIKE ME. 524 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,040 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! LOOK! LOOK! 525 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,940 HERE WE GO -- A LITTLE RATTLER. 526 00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:49,400 AND THIS IS A GOOD-SIZED LITTLE RATTLESNAKE HERE. 527 00:34:50,140 --> 00:34:53,180 TO CATCH A SNAKE, YOU USE A ROCK TO STUN IT, 528 00:34:53,220 --> 00:34:55,360 THEN PIN ITS HEAD TO THE GROUND WITH A STICK 529 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,020 AND CRUSH ITS SKULL. 530 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:01,240 YEAH, THIS IS A FADED MIDGET. 531 00:35:02,140 --> 00:35:04,280 THEY'RE CALLED FADED MIDGETS 532 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,940 BECAUSE THEIR PATTERNING IS VERY UNDISTINCT. 533 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:09,920 IT'S VERY FADED, WHICH MEANS THEY CAMOUFLAGE BRILLIANTLY 534 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,320 INTO ALL OF THIS SAND AND ROCK. 535 00:35:12,020 --> 00:35:14,300 THESE ARE HIGHLY VENOMOUS SNAKES, 536 00:35:14,340 --> 00:35:18,200 AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THESE GUYS. 537 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,200 WOW, LISTEN TO THAT RATTLE. 538 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:23,180 THAT'S JUST HER WARNING -- SAYING, "KEEP BACK." 539 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,100 BUT SHE'S LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME HERE. 540 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,200 THIS SORT OF SNAKE -- IF IT BIT YOU 541 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:34,200 AND YOU DIDN'T GET TREATMENT, IT COULD WELL KILL YOU. 542 00:35:35,140 --> 00:35:37,200 IN A LIFE-OR-DEATH SITUATION, 543 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:39,340 I'D HAVE TO KILL THE SNAKE TO SURVIVE, 544 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,380 BUT THE FADED MIDGET IS A PROTECTED SPECIES. 545 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,080 TONIGHT, I'M GOING HUNGRY. 546 00:35:51,020 --> 00:35:52,340 SNAKES AREN'T THE ONLY CREATURES 547 00:35:52,380 --> 00:35:54,100 THAT COME OUT AT NIGHT. 548 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:57,980 MOUNTAIN LIONS DO THEIR HUNTING IN THE DARK, AS WELL. 549 00:35:58,020 --> 00:35:59,280 THEY'RE EXTREMELY RARE, 550 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,940 BUT THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF TERRAIN THEY LIKE. 551 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,400 MY NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY IS TO GET A FIRE GOING. 552 00:36:06,940 --> 00:36:10,320 IT WILL KEEP ME WARM AND WARD OFF ANY PREDATORS. 553 00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:14,260 IT'S GOTTEN NOTICEABLY COLDER NOW, 554 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:17,240 BUT I'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TINDER NEST HERE. 555 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,400 I'VE GOT MY KINDLING FROM THAT RABBIT BRUSH, 556 00:36:19,940 --> 00:36:23,100 AND I'VE GOT MY FLINT THAT I ALWAYS TRY AND CARRY WITH ME. 557 00:36:23,140 --> 00:36:28,380 THE KEY WITH A FIRE IS TO NURTURE IT WHEN IT'S SMALL. 558 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,200 IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU'RE ALL ALONE 559 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:37,400 JUST HOW MUCH STRENGTH YOU DRAW FROM HAVING A FIRE. 560 00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:54,320 I'M JUST TURNING THIS LITTLE CAMERA ON. 561 00:36:54,940 --> 00:36:57,260 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR THAT, BUT THERE'S -- 562 00:36:57,300 --> 00:36:58,320 ( RATTLING ) 563 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,140 CAN YOU HEAR THAT? THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME-- 564 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,980 THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING RATTLING OUTSIDE, 565 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,940 AND IT'S EITHER A LITTLE RATTLESNAKE GOING PAST -- 566 00:37:07,980 --> 00:37:09,240 LISTEN. LISTEN. 567 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:10,960 ( RATTLING ) 568 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,220 EITHER A LITTLE RATTLESNAKE GOING PAST THE CAVE, 569 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:17,080 OR IT COULD BE JUST A NONVENOMOUS SNAKE. 570 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,200 OFTEN WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL DRAG THEIR TAILS 571 00:37:20,260 --> 00:37:24,360 THROUGH SOME DRY BRUSH AND MIMIC A RATTLE. 572 00:37:25,180 --> 00:37:26,360 I DON'T WANT TO BE GETTING OUT 573 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,140 AND TRYING TO SCARE THIS THING OFF, 574 00:37:28,180 --> 00:37:31,380 AND I DON'T WANT IT GETTING IN PAST THE EDGE OF THE FIRE HERE. 575 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,300 I'M JUST GONNA BANG THIS WATER BOTTLE. 576 00:37:38,020 --> 00:37:40,200 JUST 'CAUSE SNAKES DON'T LIKE VIBRATIONS, 577 00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:42,400 AND THEY'LL GO ON THE VIBRATION. 578 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,320 IF I CAN JUST SIGNAL THAT I'M HERE... 579 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,980 WITH RATTLESNAKES ABOUT, IT'S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT. 580 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,220 I'VE BEEN TRAVELING FOR THREE DAYS THROUGH THE MOJAVE DESERT 581 00:38:09,340 --> 00:38:11,960 IN SEARCH OF A RIVER, AND AT LAST, 582 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,960 I CAN SEE SIGNS THAT I'M GETTING CLOSER. 583 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,160 I'VE ENTERED AN AREA OF DENSE VEGETATION, 584 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,980 AND THE BUSHES AROUND ME CAN GIVE ME A CLUE 585 00:38:24,020 --> 00:38:26,100 AS TO HOW FAR I HAVE TO GO. 586 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:34,100 ALL OF THESE TAMARISKS AND WILLOW JUST LOVE WATER, 587 00:38:34,140 --> 00:38:35,360 AND THEY'RE TELLING ME 588 00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:39,920 THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE A RIVER SOMEWHERE CLOSE NOW. 589 00:38:44,940 --> 00:38:46,060 AND THERE IT IS. 590 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,120 AND THERE'S ALSO A WINDMILL ON THE OTHER SIDE, 591 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,080 AND WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A HOUSE 592 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,960 OR SOMETHING NEARBY. 593 00:38:55,380 --> 00:38:57,240 I'M PRETTY SURE THE ONLY RIVER THIS SIZE 594 00:38:57,300 --> 00:39:00,020 IN THE MOJAVE IS THE COLORADO, 595 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,940 ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS RIVERS IN AMERICA. 596 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:04,960 IT MAY LOOK PLACID, 597 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,100 BUT BENEATH THE SURFACE RUNS A POWERFUL CURRENT. 598 00:39:08,140 --> 00:39:10,220 EVERY YEAR, UNSUSPECTING TOURISTS 599 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,240 ARE SWEPT AWAY AND DROWNED. 600 00:39:12,940 --> 00:39:14,100 AND ALONG ITS EDGE 601 00:39:14,140 --> 00:39:17,220 ARE MURKY POOLS THAT COULD CONCEAL QUICKSAND. 602 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,320 COWBOYS WERE ALWAYS SO CAREFUL OF QUICKSAND 603 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:23,260 WHEN THEY WERE HERDING CATTLE ALONG RIVERBANKS, 604 00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:26,220 JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY FOR CATTLE TO DIE IN THIS STUFF. 605 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,160 THEY WALK INTO IT. THEY START TO STRUGGLE. 606 00:39:28,220 --> 00:39:31,180 AND AS THEY STRUGGLE, THEY JUST GET SUCKED DEEPER INTO IT. 607 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:33,220 BUT IF YOU DID GET STUCK IN QUICKSAND, 608 00:39:33,940 --> 00:39:36,940 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO GET OUT OF IT. 609 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,060 ( BUBBLING ) 610 00:39:46,020 --> 00:39:48,160 AND I CAN JUST FEEL IT BEGIN. 611 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:52,380 THE MORE I TRY AND PULL THE LEG OUT, THE MORE IT SUCKS IT IN. 612 00:39:53,060 --> 00:39:55,220 AND IF I JUST ALLOW MYSELF TO STRUGGLE, 613 00:39:55,340 --> 00:39:58,360 YOU CAN SEE HOW I JUST BEGIN TO SINK DOWN INTO IT. 614 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,000 AND THE WAY TO THEN GET OUT OF IT 615 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,220 IS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO STOP FIGHTING 616 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,060 AND TRY AND THEN LIFT YOUR BODY UP... 617 00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:19,100 AND TRY AND WRIGGLE ONTO THE 618 00:40:19,140 --> 00:40:22,300 SURFACE AND CHANGE THE ANGLE. 619 00:40:24,980 --> 00:40:27,300 PULL AN ARM OUT. 620 00:40:32,180 --> 00:40:37,340 AND THEN EASE THE LEFT LEG OUT. 621 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:46,060 JUST TRY AND MONKEY-CRAWL YOUR WAY OUT. 622 00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:48,000 ( GRUNTS ) 623 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:49,380 ( SPITS ) 624 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:51,220 OKAY, NOW I'M ON THE SURFACE. 625 00:40:51,340 --> 00:40:53,120 AND THEN JUST MONKEY-CRAWL OUT OF IT, 626 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:57,120 AND YOU CAN CROSS A LOT OF QUICKSAND IN THIS WAY. 627 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,020 ( SIGHS ) 628 00:41:05,060 --> 00:41:08,140 AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO WADE THIS RIVER. 629 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:10,120 I'M GONNA HAVE TO SWIM IT, 630 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:14,040 'CAUSE IT'S ALL GONNA BE LIKE THIS HORRIBLE GLOOP. 631 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,280 BUT I JUST NEED FIVE MINUTES FIRST. 632 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,380 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 633 00:41:19,980 --> 00:41:21,020 THE WINDMILL ON THE OTHER SIDE 634 00:41:21,060 --> 00:41:24,120 IS TELLING ME I CAN'T BE FAR FROM CIVILIZATION. 635 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:25,380 BUT TO GET TO IT, 636 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,100 I'M GONNA HAVE TO SWIM THE COLORADO RIVER. 637 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,360 THE WAY TO CROSS WIDE RIVERS LIKE THIS 638 00:41:33,140 --> 00:41:36,180 IS TO SWIM DIAGONALLY AND WITH THE CURRENT. 639 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,960 BECAUSE THE CURRENT IN THIS RIVER IS SO STRONG, 640 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,180 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SWIM AGAINST IT. 641 00:41:56,320 --> 00:42:01,100 IT'S MUCH FASTER FLOWING THAN I FIRST THOUGHT. 642 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:05,360 NOW I'M ACTUALLY BEING PULLED FAST DOWNSTREAM. 643 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:12,980 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 644 00:42:13,060 --> 00:42:17,960 I JUST HOPE THERE'S GONNA BE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY OVER HERE. 645 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,360 I KNOW THERE ARE SMALL COMMUNITIES SCATTERED 646 00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:27,120 ALL ALONG THE RIVERS THAT RUN THROUGH THE MOJAVE. 647 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,160 WHEREVER THERE'S A RIVER IN THE DESERT, 648 00:42:29,220 --> 00:42:31,080 THERE'S BOUND TO BE CIVILIZATION 649 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,140 SOMEWHERE ALONG THE BANKS. 650 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,960 I FEEL LIKE MY JOURNEY THROUGH THIS REMARKABLE LANDSCAPE 651 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,340 IS ALMOST AT AN END. 652 00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:47,080 IF I'VE LEARNED ANYTHING OUT HERE, 653 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:51,180 IT'S JUST HOW FAST THIS ARID, PARCHED, BURNING DESERT 654 00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:53,280 CAN SAP THE LIFE OUT OF YOU. 655 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:54,340 AND ON YOUR OWN, 656 00:42:54,380 --> 00:42:57,160 THEY SAY THAT ONLY THE STRONG AND THE LUCKY SURVIVE. 657 00:42:57,220 --> 00:42:59,220 AND I DON'T FEEL VERY STRONG. 658 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:02,040 IN FACT, I FEEL PRETTY WIPED OUT. 659 00:43:02,220 --> 00:43:05,100 BUT I DO FEEL LUCKY, AND, FOR ME, 660 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,180 IT'S DEFINITELY TIME TO START HEADING HOME.