1 00:00:01,734 --> 00:00:03,667 MY NAME IS BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:03,734 --> 00:00:05,634 I'VE SERVED WITH THE BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES. 3 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:07,634 I'VE CLIMBED TO THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST 4 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:10,133 AND CROSSED THE FROZEN OCEANS OF THE ARCTIC. 5 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,333 NOW MY CHALLENGE IS TO PARACHUTE 6 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,900 INTO THE COSTA RICAN RAINFOREST. 7 00:00:14,967 --> 00:00:17,900 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS COME HERE EACH YEAR 8 00:00:17,967 --> 00:00:20,600 TO EXPERIENCE THE ADRENALINE RUSH OF THE JUNGLE. 9 00:00:20,667 --> 00:00:22,300 WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW 10 00:00:22,367 --> 00:00:24,367 IS HOW QUICKLY IT CAN TURN DEADLY. 11 00:00:24,433 --> 00:00:28,800 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO SURVIVE OUT HERE. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,000 IT'S THE RAINY SEASON IN COSTA RICA. 13 00:00:39,066 --> 00:00:40,934 I'M HEADING FROM THE PACIFIC COAST 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,533 INTO THE RAINFOREST. 15 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,533 THIS REGION, THE OSA PENINSULA, MAY LOOK BEAUTIFUL, 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,000 BUT IT'S ALL TOO EASY FOR TOURISTS TO GET LOST 17 00:00:49,066 --> 00:00:54,200 IN THE 300 SQUARE MILES OF DENSE JUNGLE. 18 00:00:54,266 --> 00:00:57,033 EVERY YEAR, A MILLION PEOPLE VISIT COSTA RICA 19 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:59,867 TO EXPLORE JUNGLES LIKE THESE. 20 00:00:59,934 --> 00:01:03,800 AND LAST YEAR, THE RED CROSS HAD TO RESCUE 94 OF THEM. 21 00:01:09,634 --> 00:01:12,900 AND TO MANY OF THE CREATURES THAT LIVE IN THE RAINFOREST, 22 00:01:12,967 --> 00:01:16,367 STRANDED HUMANS ARE SIMPLY FOOD. 23 00:01:16,433 --> 00:01:18,700 Grylls: I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE JUNGLE 24 00:01:18,767 --> 00:01:20,467 AND HOW TO AVOID BECOMING PART 25 00:01:20,533 --> 00:01:22,767 OF THAT DEADLY FOOD CHAIN YOURSELF. 26 00:01:22,834 --> 00:01:24,033 AND I'M GONNA DO IT 27 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:26,867 IN LITTLE MORE THAN THE CLOTHES I'M WEARING NOW. 28 00:01:28,767 --> 00:01:31,333 ALL I HAVE WITH ME IS A KNIFE AND A WATER BOTTLE, 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,600 MUCH LESS THAN YOUR AVERAGE HIKER. 30 00:01:33,667 --> 00:01:36,433 I'M GONNA PARACHUTE IN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE. 31 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,767 A CAMERA CREW WILL FOLLOW ME EVERY STEP OF THE JOURNEY. 32 00:01:39,834 --> 00:01:41,133 AND MY MISSION IS SIMPLE -- 33 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,867 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE THE RAINFOREST 34 00:01:43,934 --> 00:01:45,834 AND TO FIND MY WAY OUT. 35 00:01:51,333 --> 00:01:54,066 THERE'S OVER A MILLION TREES IN THE CANOPY BELOW ME, 36 00:01:54,133 --> 00:01:57,033 WITH VERY LITTLE OPEN SPACE TO LAND. 37 00:01:57,100 --> 00:01:58,734 LANDING HIGH IN THE BRANCHES 38 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,834 WAS A TECHNIQUE THE SPECIAL FORCES USED 39 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:03,333 FOR JUNGLE INSERTIONS. 40 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,266 AND IT'S DANGEROUS. 41 00:02:11,433 --> 00:02:14,467 WHOO-HOO! 42 00:02:23,266 --> 00:02:25,634 BUT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW THE SPECIAL FORCES 43 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:27,400 WOULD GET DOWN INTO THE JUNGLE 44 00:02:27,467 --> 00:02:29,700 IF THEIR PARACHUTES GOT SNAGGED. 45 00:02:31,233 --> 00:02:32,367 AAH! 46 00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:37,333 I'M SUSPENDED 60 FEET UP THIS TREE. 47 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,500 ALL I'VE GOT TO DO NOW IS ABSEIL DOWN. 48 00:02:44,867 --> 00:02:47,634 THE BAD NEWS IS THAT I'VE ONLY GOT 50 FEET OF ROPE. 49 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:49,200 OHH! 50 00:02:49,266 --> 00:02:50,433 [ PANTING ] 51 00:02:53,767 --> 00:02:55,033 THIS IS GONNA BE ONE 52 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:58,567 OF THE LESS CEREMONIOUS ENTRANCES 53 00:02:58,634 --> 00:03:00,066 INTO THE JUNGLE. 54 00:03:00,934 --> 00:03:03,033 AAH! 55 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,433 OH! 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,266 THAT PARACHUTING ROPE 57 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:22,967 JUST WOULD BE SO USEFUL FOR ME OUT HERE. 58 00:03:23,033 --> 00:03:24,467 THE BOTTOM LINE IS, 59 00:03:24,533 --> 00:03:26,800 MOST PEOPLE WHO GET LOST IN THE JUNGLE 60 00:03:26,867 --> 00:03:29,066 DO SO WITH NOTHING, 61 00:03:29,133 --> 00:03:31,266 SO IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME FOR ME. 62 00:03:31,333 --> 00:03:36,300 IT'S JUST MAKING THIS JOURNEY AN AWFUL LOT HARDER. 63 00:03:39,834 --> 00:03:43,233 TO THE UNTRAINED EYE, THE JUNGLE ALL LOOKS THE SAME, 64 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:45,667 SO IT'S SO EASY TO GET LOST. 65 00:03:45,734 --> 00:03:49,033 THIS SPRING, COSTA RICA'S OWN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER 66 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:52,934 GOT LOST HERE FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE BEING RESCUED. 67 00:03:57,533 --> 00:04:00,767 COMING INTO THIS JUNGLE SO FAST 68 00:04:00,834 --> 00:04:05,133 AND SUDDENLY IT BEING SO STILL IS VERY STRANGE. 69 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,233 AND IT'S JUST EERILY QUIET HERE. 70 00:04:25,934 --> 00:04:28,266 THE ONLY WAY I'M GONNA GET OUT OF HERE 71 00:04:28,333 --> 00:04:31,066 IS TO FIND A STREAM OR RIVER AND FOLLOW IT. 72 00:04:31,133 --> 00:04:34,266 AND THE BEST WAY TO FIND THAT IS TO HEAD DOWNHILL, 73 00:04:34,333 --> 00:04:36,033 BUT IT'S TOUGH GOING. 74 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:38,000 THE FOREST FLOOR IS A SLICK LAYER 75 00:04:38,066 --> 00:04:40,033 OF ROTTING LEAVES ON TOP OF MUD. 76 00:04:40,100 --> 00:04:42,934 YOU NEED TO WALK CAREFULLY TO AVOID SPRAINING AN ANKLE. 77 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,367 AND NEVER CLUTCH THE BRANCHES, IN CASE THERE'S A SNAKE. 78 00:04:55,233 --> 00:04:57,967 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 79 00:04:58,033 --> 00:05:01,133 WHERE THE HELL AM I? 80 00:05:05,900 --> 00:05:09,800 THE TEMPERATURE MUST BE ALREADY ALMOST 85 DEGREES, 81 00:05:09,867 --> 00:05:11,600 AND IT'S SO HUMID. 82 00:05:11,667 --> 00:05:13,667 I'VE ONLY MOVED A FEW HUNDRED YARDS, 83 00:05:13,734 --> 00:05:16,433 AND ALREADY I'M SOAKED IN SWEAT. 84 00:05:19,934 --> 00:05:21,867 BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE MUCH OF THE SKY, 85 00:05:21,934 --> 00:05:24,266 IT'S EASY TO FEEL CLAUSTROPHOBIC. 86 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:29,734 THERE'S WILDLIFE ALL AROUND ME, AND, SO FAR, IT'S FRIENDLY. 87 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,700 THIS AREA OF THE RAINFOREST 88 00:05:31,767 --> 00:05:34,900 ACTUALLY HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF JAGUARS. 89 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:37,667 BUT WHAT I FEEL IS THAT THE REAL DANGERS FOR ME 90 00:05:37,734 --> 00:05:39,634 ARE GONNA BE THE LITTLE THINGS, YOU KNOW, 91 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:43,800 THE SCORPIONS AND THE MOSSIES AND THE SNAKES. 92 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:48,400 JUST WALKING ALONG, 93 00:05:48,467 --> 00:05:51,567 I NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND WATCH WHERE I TREAD. 94 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:55,900 STEP OVER A LOG OR GRAB A VINE WITHOUT LOOKING, 95 00:05:55,967 --> 00:05:58,133 AND I COULD GET BITTEN. 96 00:06:01,567 --> 00:06:03,834 LOOK. YOU SEE THAT? 97 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:06,400 THAT'S A FER-DE-LANCE SNAKE, 98 00:06:06,467 --> 00:06:09,033 AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT TO BE SO CAREFUL 99 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:10,667 MOVING THROUGH THE JUNGLE. 100 00:06:10,734 --> 00:06:14,333 AND, YEAH, IT'S GOT THE DIAMOND PATTERN, 101 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,367 AND THESE GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE 102 00:06:16,433 --> 00:06:18,767 FOR MORE DEATHS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA 103 00:06:18,834 --> 00:06:20,066 THAN ANY OTHER SNAKE. 104 00:06:20,133 --> 00:06:22,800 THEY'RE UNBELIEVABLY DEADLY. 105 00:06:22,867 --> 00:06:25,133 AND "FER-DE-LANCE" LITERALLY MEANS "LANCE HEAD." 106 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,533 WHEN THEY STRIKE, 107 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,867 THAT WILL INJECT ALMOST 1/4 OF A SHOT GLASS 108 00:06:28,934 --> 00:06:30,533 OF HEMOTOXIC VENOM. 109 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,000 AND IF THAT STRUCK AND BIT ME, 110 00:06:34,066 --> 00:06:37,467 I COULD WELL BE DEAD BY NIGHTFALL. 111 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,266 I NEED TO FIND MY BEARINGS AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. 112 00:06:46,233 --> 00:06:48,700 I'M GONNA CLIMB THE BIGGEST TREE I CAN FIND 113 00:06:48,767 --> 00:06:51,533 AND SEE IF I CAN GET A LIE OF THE LAND. 114 00:06:53,233 --> 00:06:55,033 DESPITE BEING AN EXPERIENCED CLIMBER, 115 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:57,834 IN THE JUNGLE, IT'S HARD. 116 00:07:00,133 --> 00:07:02,300 THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGHER THAN I THOUGHT. 117 00:07:02,367 --> 00:07:05,634 BUT IF I CAN GET UP HIGH AND SEE A WAY OUT, 118 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,133 IT WILL BE WORTH THE RISK. 119 00:07:12,133 --> 00:07:14,867 THIS IS LIKE NOTHING I'VE CLIMBED BEFORE. 120 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:16,400 THIS IS NOT LIKE A ROCK FACE. 121 00:07:16,467 --> 00:07:19,533 THESE BRANCHES AND VINES CAN BREAK AT ANY MOMENT, 122 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,033 SO I HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL. 123 00:07:25,533 --> 00:07:29,033 WELL, I'M GETTING SOME HEIGHT UP THIS TREE NOW. 124 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:30,900 AND... 125 00:07:30,967 --> 00:07:34,367 I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I SEEN SOME OF THOSE MONKEYS. 126 00:07:34,433 --> 00:07:38,333 AND THEY'RE NOW BENEATH ME, SO I'M GETTING SOMEWHERE. 127 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,333 I'M PROBABLY AT ABOUT THE THIRD FLOOR AT THE MOMENT, 128 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,066 BUT I'M GONNA GET UP TO THAT FIFTH FLOOR. 129 00:07:45,133 --> 00:07:47,100 BUT I COULD REALLY DO WITH A LIFT. 130 00:07:58,734 --> 00:08:01,133 THE TREES AROUND ME ARE THIN AND SPINDLY. 131 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,400 AND LIKE ME, THEY'RE PUTTING ALL THEIR ENERGY 132 00:08:03,467 --> 00:08:06,133 INTO GETTING OUT INTO THE DAYLIGHT ABOVE THEM. 133 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,233 AAH! 134 00:08:12,166 --> 00:08:14,734 I'M ABOUT 100 FEET UP NOW, 135 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,300 AND I'M BEGINNING TO FIGHT MY WAY 136 00:08:16,367 --> 00:08:17,667 UP INTO THE CANOPY ITSELF, 137 00:08:17,734 --> 00:08:21,367 TOWARDS WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE EMERGENT LAYER. 138 00:08:21,433 --> 00:08:23,967 [ PANTING ] 139 00:08:24,033 --> 00:08:25,734 THAT'S AMAZING. 140 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:31,367 IT'S JUST MY FIRST TIME ACTUALLY ABOVE THE JUNGLE CANOPY. 141 00:08:32,634 --> 00:08:34,400 IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. 142 00:08:34,467 --> 00:08:37,800 BUT IT'S ALSO PRETTY INTIMIDATING, 143 00:08:37,867 --> 00:08:42,367 JUST BECAUSE IT'S MILES AND MILES OF JUNGLE 144 00:08:42,433 --> 00:08:45,433 IN EVERY DIRECTION. 145 00:08:51,233 --> 00:08:54,333 LOOKING OVER THERE, 146 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,433 YOU CAN SEE A SLIGHT DEPRESSION IN THE JUNGLE, 147 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:59,567 AND IT'S LIKE -- 148 00:08:59,634 --> 00:09:01,500 IT'S LIKE ONE SIDE OF THAT BIT 149 00:09:01,567 --> 00:09:03,767 IS DEFINITELY HIGHER THAN THE OTHER SIDE, 150 00:09:03,834 --> 00:09:08,533 AND THAT OFTEN SUGGESTS A RIVER. 151 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,634 [ PANTING ] 152 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:15,433 I KNOW WHICH WAY I SHOULD GO. 153 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:19,667 BUT AHEAD, I'M GONNA FACE A WHOLE NEW SET OF DANGERS. 154 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,500 I'M IN THE RAINFOREST OF COSTA RICA'S OSA PENINSULA. 155 00:09:33,567 --> 00:09:36,734 I KNOW THIS AREA IS SURROUNDED BY THE PACIFIC. 156 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,133 IF I CAN FIND A RIVER, 157 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,433 I COULD FOLLOW IT DOWNSTREAM TO THE SEA, 158 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:44,066 AND THAT'S MY BEST CHANCE AT FINDING CIVILIZATION. 159 00:09:45,667 --> 00:09:48,300 THE UNDERGROWTH IS GETTING THICKER AND THICKER, 160 00:09:48,367 --> 00:09:51,066 AND I'M FINDING IT HARDER TO GET THROUGH. 161 00:09:51,133 --> 00:09:53,066 AAH! 162 00:09:53,133 --> 00:09:55,734 THIS STUFF IS JUST... 163 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,533 SO THICK. 164 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,033 AND THIS IS NOW 165 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:06,000 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SECONDARY JUNGLE. 166 00:10:06,066 --> 00:10:08,300 LOSE YOUR BEARINGS IN JUNGLE LIKE THIS, 167 00:10:08,367 --> 00:10:10,000 AND IT COULD BE FATAL. 168 00:10:10,066 --> 00:10:12,467 ABOUT ONE IN FIVE DEATHS HERE HAPPEN 169 00:10:12,533 --> 00:10:14,900 BECAUSE TOURISTS GET UTTERLY CONFUSED, 170 00:10:14,967 --> 00:10:16,800 THEN LOST. 171 00:10:19,133 --> 00:10:21,533 IT'S JUST SO HARD TO GET THROUGH THIS STUFF. 172 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,133 BUT IT IS WORTH -- WORTH ME FOLLOWING IT, 173 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,400 JUST BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S HEADING DOWNHILL. 174 00:10:28,467 --> 00:10:32,300 BUT, SECONDLY, IT IS A SIGN THAT, ONCE UPON A TIME, 175 00:10:32,367 --> 00:10:35,400 THIS SAW HUMAN HABITATION. 176 00:10:35,467 --> 00:10:38,066 AND I MIGHT WELL FIND A PATH. 177 00:10:38,133 --> 00:10:40,567 10 YEARS AGO, A MIDDLE-AGED AMERICAN WOMAN 178 00:10:40,634 --> 00:10:43,133 WENT FOR A LONE HIKE IN THE RAINFOREST. 179 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,100 SHE GOT LOST, FELL, AND INJURED HERSELF. 180 00:10:46,166 --> 00:10:48,934 UNABLE TO MOVE, SHE WAS STRANDED. 181 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,433 ALTHOUGH THE SEARCH PARTY WAS 90 STRONG, 182 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:55,433 IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO FIND HER DECOMPOSING BODY. 183 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,533 IF I HAD A MACHETE I COULD HACK THROUGH THIS IN A FEW HOURS, 184 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,233 BUT I'VE ONLY GOT A KNIFE. 185 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:04,100 I COULD BE HERE FOR DAYS. 186 00:11:04,166 --> 00:11:05,967 [ PANTING ] 187 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:08,033 I'M JUST GONNA CUT THE [INDISTINCT] 188 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:11,634 I'VE GOT -- GOT BLISTERS NOW. 189 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,834 I'M JUST NOT GETTING ANYWHERE. 190 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:17,667 [ PANTING ] 191 00:11:17,734 --> 00:11:20,000 I NEED ANOTHER PLAN. 192 00:11:28,333 --> 00:11:29,467 AAH. 193 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:37,834 AAH! 194 00:11:49,166 --> 00:11:50,734 MY LUCK'S IN. 195 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:54,734 NOW I'VE FOUND THE STREAM. I CAN FOLLOW IT. 196 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,200 IT'S ALSO GONNA GIVE ME SOMETHING ELSE 197 00:11:56,266 --> 00:11:57,900 I REALLY NEED. 198 00:11:57,967 --> 00:12:00,066 I CAN LIVE UP TO THREE WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD, 199 00:12:00,133 --> 00:12:03,166 BUT NOT MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DAYS WITHOUT WATER. 200 00:12:07,033 --> 00:12:11,367 YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SO CAREFUL DRINKING OUT OF THESE STREAMS. 201 00:12:11,433 --> 00:12:14,433 BUT THERE ARE A FEW GOOD INDICATORS 202 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,333 THAT GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT IT'S OKAY. 203 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,166 AND THE FIRST IS JUST THE OBVIOUS ONE 204 00:12:18,233 --> 00:12:20,200 THAT IT'S FAST-FLOWING AND IT'S CLEAR. 205 00:12:20,266 --> 00:12:23,667 BUT THE SECOND GOOD LITTLE TIP, IF YOU CAN SEE THESE -- 206 00:12:23,734 --> 00:12:25,767 THESE CRAYFISH SWIMMING AROUND 207 00:12:25,834 --> 00:12:27,834 AND, ALSO, THESE STONE FLIES. 208 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:30,467 THAT'S ALSO A GOOD INDICATOR THAT THE WATER 209 00:12:30,533 --> 00:12:33,000 SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT TO DRINK. 210 00:12:34,934 --> 00:12:38,300 I CAN'T BE 100% SURE THIS WATER'S OKAY, 211 00:12:38,367 --> 00:12:40,533 BUT IT TASTES AMAZING. 212 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,200 GETTING A DRINK ISN'T THE ONLY REASON 213 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,066 I'M GLAD TO FIND THIS STREAM. 214 00:12:48,133 --> 00:12:50,734 I KNOW THAT THIS PENINSULA IS SURROUNDED BY SEA. 215 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:52,300 SO IF I FOLLOW THIS DOWN, 216 00:12:52,367 --> 00:12:54,300 IT WILL PROBABLY LEAD TO A RIVER 217 00:12:54,367 --> 00:12:56,300 AND, HOPEFULLY, TO THE SEA. 218 00:12:56,367 --> 00:12:57,667 IF I FOLLOW THIS DOWN, 219 00:12:57,734 --> 00:13:01,300 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THIS JUNGLE. 220 00:13:01,367 --> 00:13:03,667 IT MIGHT NOT BE THE QUICKEST OR SAFEST ROUTE, 221 00:13:03,734 --> 00:13:04,867 BUT IT IS A ROUTE. 222 00:13:04,934 --> 00:13:07,734 AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL I'VE GOT. 223 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:14,734 AHEAD, I CAN HEAR THE RIPPLE OF THIS LITTLE RIVER 224 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,100 TURNING INTO A ROAR. 225 00:13:17,166 --> 00:13:19,266 THIS COULD SPELL TROUBLE. 226 00:13:20,734 --> 00:13:23,533 THE WATERFALL PLUMMETS INTO A STEEP RAVINE. 227 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,066 IT COULD TAKE ME A COUPLE OF HOURS TO WALK 'ROUND, 228 00:13:26,133 --> 00:13:27,900 BY WHICH TIME IT WOULD BE DARK, 229 00:13:27,967 --> 00:13:30,867 AND I REALLY NEED TO BE DOWN BEFORE THEN. 230 00:13:32,834 --> 00:13:34,433 I'VE BEEN AMAZED BY THE STRENGTH 231 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:36,066 OF THE VINES IN THE JUNGLE. 232 00:13:36,133 --> 00:13:38,600 NOW I'M GONNA PUT THEM TO THE TEST. 233 00:13:41,033 --> 00:13:43,500 THIS IS A HIGUERON VINE. 234 00:13:43,567 --> 00:13:46,500 I'M GONNA PULL IT DOWN, JOIN THEM TOGETHER, 235 00:13:46,567 --> 00:13:48,900 AND USE THEM TO CLIMB DOWN THE WATERFALL. 236 00:13:50,166 --> 00:13:51,333 [ GRUNTS ] 237 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,367 AAH! 238 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:02,934 THESE VINES ARE EXTREMELY STRONG 239 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,066 AND EASILY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO HOLD MY WEIGHT. 240 00:14:14,867 --> 00:14:16,867 I'VE TIED THE VINES TO A TREE, 241 00:14:16,934 --> 00:14:19,133 AND I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THEY'LL SUPPORT ME, 242 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,634 AS LONG AS I CAN HOLD ON TO THEM. 243 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:35,200 THIS WATERFALL MAY LOOK PRETTY. 244 00:14:35,266 --> 00:14:37,333 BUT BELIEVE ME, IT'S POWERFUL. 245 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,166 IT'S LIKE BEING PUNCHED IN THE CHEST 246 00:14:39,233 --> 00:14:40,667 WITH A BAG OF CEMENT. 247 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:48,900 IT'S SO HARD TO KEEP MY FOOTING ON THE SLICK, SLIPPERY ROCK. 248 00:14:48,967 --> 00:14:50,500 AND NOW THE VINES ARE WET. 249 00:14:50,567 --> 00:14:52,934 IT'S GETTING MUCH HARDER TO HOLD ON. 250 00:15:08,233 --> 00:15:12,333 I SHOULD BEGIN TO START THINKING ABOUT MAKING A SHELTER, 251 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,100 BUT MY NICE KNIFE IS GETTING PRETTY BLUNT. 252 00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:17,667 I'VE BEEN USING IT A LOT. 253 00:15:17,734 --> 00:15:20,967 AND TO MAKE A SHELTER, I'M GONNA NEED THIS TO BE SHARP. 254 00:15:21,033 --> 00:15:24,834 AND ONE WAY I CAN DO THIS IS TO USE SOME OF THESE STONES 255 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:27,600 THAT YOU FIND IN THESE RIVERS. 256 00:15:27,667 --> 00:15:28,834 AND, YEAH, THIS STUFF -- 257 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:32,066 THIS IS LIKE A LOCAL, NATURAL QUARTZ. 258 00:15:32,133 --> 00:15:34,967 AND IF I PUT THIS ON HERE AND GET LIKE A HAMMERSTONE... 259 00:15:35,033 --> 00:15:38,900 YOU NEED TO SMASH IT FIRST. 260 00:15:38,967 --> 00:15:42,233 AND I NEED TO GET THIS DOWN TO A PULP. 261 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:44,266 AND THEN YOU GET RID OF THE BIGGER BITS 262 00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:47,200 AND JUST START TO CRUSH IT AND GRIND IT 263 00:15:47,266 --> 00:15:48,900 AS SMALL AS YOU CAN. 264 00:15:50,433 --> 00:15:54,934 WHEN THAT'S DOWN TO A BIT OF A MUSH, 265 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,900 YOU JUST GET A GOOD BIT OF LIVING WOOD 266 00:15:57,967 --> 00:15:59,767 THAT I'VE TAKEN THE BARK OFF. 267 00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:03,233 AND THEN I JUST DRAW IT THROUGH. 268 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:10,433 AND THAT PULP, THEN, 269 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:12,900 WILL STICK ONTO THAT BECAUSE IT'S WET. 270 00:16:12,967 --> 00:16:14,734 AND THEN YOU JUST GET THE KNIFE 271 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,200 AND JUST BEGIN TO DRAW IT ACROSS THERE. 272 00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:19,867 AND THIS IS NOW... 273 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:23,734 ...COMING UP A TREAT. 274 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,400 PERFECT. HEY! HEY, LOOK! 275 00:16:31,467 --> 00:16:33,600 LOOK AT THIS GUY. LOOK. 276 00:16:33,667 --> 00:16:36,767 A LITTLE POISONOUS FROG. 277 00:16:36,834 --> 00:16:38,100 I CAN TELL IT'S POISONOUS 278 00:16:38,166 --> 00:16:41,800 FROM THE REALLY BRIGHT COLORS ON ITS BACK. 279 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:44,433 WHAT HAPPENS, IT SECRETES TOXINS FROM ITS SKIN, 280 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:46,734 AND YOU REALLY WOULDN'T WANT TO EAT THAT. 281 00:16:47,734 --> 00:16:50,900 PRETTY COOL, EH? ON YOU GO. GO ON. 282 00:16:50,967 --> 00:16:53,300 THIS LITTLE GUY IS KNOWN AS A POISON DART FROG. 283 00:16:53,367 --> 00:16:55,900 IN COLUMBIA, THEY USE THE TOXINS FROM THEIR SKIN 284 00:16:55,967 --> 00:16:57,700 TO MAKE POISON DARTS. 285 00:17:04,166 --> 00:17:07,066 I'VE LEFT THE RIVER TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING TO EAT. 286 00:17:07,133 --> 00:17:09,433 IN THE JUNGLE, IT'S NOT WORTH WASTING ENERGY 287 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:11,467 HUNTING ANIMALS OR SETTING TRAPS. 288 00:17:11,533 --> 00:17:13,600 HERE, THERE ARE LOTS OF PLANTS TO EAT. 289 00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:16,300 FALLEN FRUIT, LIKE THESE GARCINIAS, 290 00:17:16,367 --> 00:17:17,467 ARE A GODSEND. 291 00:17:17,533 --> 00:17:18,667 THEY TASTE LIKE LITCHIS, 292 00:17:18,734 --> 00:17:20,934 AND THEY'RE FULL OF NATURAL SUGAR. 293 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:26,066 PLANTS ARE THE EASIEST SOURCES OF FOOD OUT HERE. 294 00:17:26,133 --> 00:17:28,734 THREE YEARS AGO, A BOY SURVIVED 13 DAYS 295 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:33,333 ON JUST BANANAS AND RIVER WATER BEFORE FINDING HIS WAY OUT. 296 00:17:38,033 --> 00:17:40,033 MANY SURVIVORS SAY THE WORST TIME 297 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:42,867 WHEN YOU'RE LOST IN THE JUNGLE IS NIGHT. 298 00:17:42,934 --> 00:17:44,467 IT'S ABOUT TO GET DARK. 299 00:17:44,533 --> 00:17:45,667 I HAVEN'T MADE CAMP, 300 00:17:45,734 --> 00:17:47,700 AND I'M FEELING VERY, VERY UNEASY 301 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:49,834 ABOUT WHAT COULD BE AHEAD. 302 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:01,734 I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAINFOREST IN COSTA RICA, 303 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,100 AND I NEED TO FIND A WAY OUT. 304 00:18:09,533 --> 00:18:10,934 IT'S 4:00 P.M., 305 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,166 AND IT'S ALREADY BEGINNING TO GET DARK. 306 00:18:13,233 --> 00:18:17,533 AND I'VE JUST GOT TO GET SOME SORT OF SHELTER MADE QUICKLY. 307 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,934 WE'RE ONLY A FEW DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR HERE, 308 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,567 WHICH MEANS THE DAYS AND THE NIGHTS 309 00:18:21,634 --> 00:18:22,867 ARE OF EQUAL LENGTH. 310 00:18:22,934 --> 00:18:26,266 AND WHEN IT GETS DARK HERE, IT GETS DARK REALLY FAST. 311 00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:28,634 IT'S ALSO THE MIDDLE OF THE RAINY SEASON NOW, 312 00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:30,567 AND WHEN IT RAINS, IT REALLY POURS. 313 00:18:30,634 --> 00:18:32,767 IF HAVEN'T GOT SOME SORT OF SHELTER MADE 314 00:18:32,834 --> 00:18:35,133 AND A FIRE GOING BY THE TIME IT'S NIGHT, 315 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,467 I'M JUST GONNA BE DINNER 316 00:18:36,533 --> 00:18:38,734 FOR EVERY MOSQUITO IN THIS FOREST. 317 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,066 THIS SITE'S NO GOOD. 318 00:18:44,133 --> 00:18:45,600 FALLING TREES AND BRANCHES 319 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:48,066 ARE THE BIGGEST KILLERS OF PEOPLE IN THE JUNGLE, 320 00:18:48,133 --> 00:18:50,800 SO I NEED TO FIND CLEAR GROUND. 321 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:57,767 THIS AREA SHOULD DO. IT'S DRY. 322 00:18:57,834 --> 00:19:00,066 THERE'S NO STREAM NEARBY THAT COULD FLOOD IT. 323 00:19:00,133 --> 00:19:02,333 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE NO ANTS. 324 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,834 AND IT'S ANTS THAT ARE THE REAL KINGS OF THE JUNGLE. 325 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:07,433 I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN THERE'S A COLONY OF ANTS ON THE MOVE, 326 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:08,967 IT JUST DESTROYS ANYTHING. 327 00:19:09,033 --> 00:19:10,634 BUT THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO 328 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:12,767 TO BUILD A SHELTER IS CLEAR THE GROUND. 329 00:19:12,834 --> 00:19:14,467 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE USING YOUR HANDS 330 00:19:14,533 --> 00:19:15,700 WHEN YOU'RE CLEARING LEAVES, 331 00:19:15,767 --> 00:19:17,533 JUST BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SNAKES 332 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,333 OR SCORPIONS AROUND. 333 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,834 SO USE A STICK. 334 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:26,033 BUT YOU NEED TO CLEAR A GOOD AREA OF UNDER BEDDING 335 00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:28,800 AND GET, IF YOU CAN, BACK TO THE BARE EARTH. 336 00:19:28,867 --> 00:19:30,667 AND IT'S ON TOP OF THIS 337 00:19:30,734 --> 00:19:32,700 THAT YOU'RE EVENTUALLY GONNA LIE ON IT. 338 00:19:35,834 --> 00:19:38,600 I'M NOT GONNA BOTHER TO MAKE A RAISED BED, 339 00:19:38,667 --> 00:19:41,133 'CAUSE I'M ONLY GONNA BE HERE FOR ONE NIGHT. 340 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,834 MOST SNAKES AND SCORPIONS WON'T WANT TO CROSS OPEN GROUND, 341 00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:46,266 SO CLEARING AWAY THE LEAVES 342 00:19:46,333 --> 00:19:48,133 SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PUT THEM OFF. 343 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,934 OKAY, AT LAST, I'VE GOT THE GROUND CLEARED HERE. 344 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,266 AND I CAN USE THESE TWO TREES AS UPRIGHTS. 345 00:19:54,333 --> 00:19:58,867 AND NOW I NEED TO CUT MYSELF SOME CROSS BRACES. 346 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:01,900 AND THIS WILL DO. 347 00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:04,500 WITHOUT A KNIFE, THIS WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. 348 00:20:04,567 --> 00:20:07,600 HARDENED JUNGLE GUIDES ALWAYS CARRY A MACHETE. 349 00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:09,400 BUT EVEN WITH THIS SMALL BLADE, 350 00:20:09,467 --> 00:20:12,400 I CAN DO MUCH MORE THAN JUST SURVIVE. 351 00:20:12,467 --> 00:20:14,800 EVEN A PENKNIFE WOULD BE BETTER THAN NOTHING. 352 00:20:14,867 --> 00:20:17,000 AND USING A PIECE OF WOOD AS A HAMMER, 353 00:20:17,066 --> 00:20:20,033 I CAN CHOP DOWN THIN TREES EASILY. 354 00:20:22,066 --> 00:20:25,066 IT'S GONNA BE A VERY SIMPLE LEAN-TO STRUCTURE. 355 00:20:25,133 --> 00:20:26,800 IT DOESN'T NEED TWO SIDES, 356 00:20:26,867 --> 00:20:29,433 BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE WIND IN THE RAINFOREST, 357 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:32,133 AND THE RAIN IS ONLY GOING TO COME STRAIGHT DOWN. 358 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:37,300 I'M DESPERATE TO GET THIS DONE QUICKLY. 359 00:20:38,333 --> 00:20:39,800 THE SKY IS STILL LIGHT, 360 00:20:39,867 --> 00:20:41,834 BUT ONLY ABOUT 2% OF THAT LIGHT 361 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:44,233 FINDS ITS WAY DOWN TO THE FOREST FLOOR. 362 00:20:44,300 --> 00:20:48,133 AND ONCE THE SUN SETS, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE A THING. 363 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:57,700 I'M USING...LEAVES TO MAKE THE ROOF OF THE SHELTER. 364 00:20:57,767 --> 00:20:59,834 I'M MAKING A TEAR ON EACH SIDE OF THE STEM 365 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:02,333 SO I CAN HANG THE LEAVES ON THE CROSSPIECES, 366 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,033 CREATING A NATURAL EQUIVALENT OF A TILED ROOF. 367 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:06,934 AND IT SHOULD BE PRETTY WATERTIGHT. 368 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,033 [ MOSQUITOES BUZZING ] 369 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:13,867 THE AIR IS THICK WITH MOSQUITOES. 370 00:21:13,934 --> 00:21:15,233 THEY'RE ANNOYING, 371 00:21:15,300 --> 00:21:19,300 AND THEY CAN CARRY DISEASES LIKE DENGUE FEVER OR MALARIA. 372 00:21:19,367 --> 00:21:24,166 THE LONGER I'M OUT HERE, THE GREATER THE RISK. 373 00:21:24,233 --> 00:21:26,333 AND THIS TERMITES' NEST IS GONNA HELP ME. 374 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,133 IT'S ONE OF THE BEST MOSQUITO REPELLANTS 375 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,266 IN THE WHOLE RAINFOREST. 376 00:21:31,634 --> 00:21:35,500 THIS STUFF MIGHT LOOK LIKE DRIED MUD, 377 00:21:35,567 --> 00:21:37,500 BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DIGESTED WOOD -- 378 00:21:37,567 --> 00:21:40,533 AND IN EFFECT, IT'S TERMITE CRAP. 379 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,634 THIS IS THE ONLY REASON I'M GONNA BOTHER MAKING A FIRE. 380 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:44,934 I DON'T NEED THE HEAT, 381 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,333 BUT I DO NEED A BREAK FROM THE MOSQUITOES. 382 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,100 AND WHILE I'M HERE, I NEED TO MAKE USE OF THESE -- 383 00:21:52,166 --> 00:21:53,934 THESE ARE ONLY LITTLE, BUT THEY'VE GOT 384 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,767 MASSES AND MASSES OF PROTEIN IN THESE THINGS. 385 00:21:57,834 --> 00:22:01,066 IN FACT, POUND FOR POUND, TERMITES CONTAIN MORE PROTEIN 386 00:22:01,133 --> 00:22:02,700 THAN BEEF OR FISH. 387 00:22:02,767 --> 00:22:04,867 AND ACTUALLY EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOK HORRIBLE, 388 00:22:04,934 --> 00:22:07,200 THEY DON'T TASTE TOO BAD. 389 00:22:07,266 --> 00:22:09,800 WHEN THEY ARE THIS SMALL, I NEED TO SPEND A LONG TIME 390 00:22:09,867 --> 00:22:12,200 CATCHING THEM TO GET A DECENT MEAL. 391 00:22:12,266 --> 00:22:15,533 AND RIGHT NOW I NEED TO GET A FIRE STARTED. 392 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,734 OUT OF ALL THE TIMES I'VE BEEN INTO THE JUNGLE, 393 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,934 I'VE NEVER GONE IN WITH JUST NO FIRE-MAKING TOOLS. 394 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,133 BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS TRY THE BOW-AND-DRILL METHOD. 395 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,500 AND I'VE GOT A BIT OF PARACORD 396 00:22:31,567 --> 00:22:34,800 FROM MY WATER BOTTLE TO MAKE THIS BOW. 397 00:22:34,867 --> 00:22:37,333 I'VE GOT A GOOD, STRAIGHT SPINDLE HERE. 398 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,400 I HAVE GOOD, STRONG HARDWOOD. 399 00:22:39,467 --> 00:22:43,867 AND ALL I DO IS BEND THIS, TAKE A TURN AROUND IT, 400 00:22:43,934 --> 00:22:46,300 SO IT'S REALLY NICE AND TIGHT... 401 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:52,834 ...PLACE IT INTO A NOTCH I'VE MADE DOWN THERE, 402 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:56,467 AND ADD A BIT OF WOOD ON THE TOP 403 00:22:56,533 --> 00:22:58,400 TO STOP IT DIGGING INTO MY HANDS. 404 00:22:58,467 --> 00:23:02,734 AND THEN JUST SLOWLY START TO DRIVE, 405 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,533 THEN HOPE YOU CREATE ENOUGH FRICTION... 406 00:23:08,066 --> 00:23:09,667 ...TO CREATE SOME EMBERS. 407 00:23:09,734 --> 00:23:11,066 AND THEN IT'S THOSE EMBERS 408 00:23:11,133 --> 00:23:16,734 THAT I WANT TO BE TIPPING INTO, UH, ALL THAT TINDER. 409 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:21,367 BUT IT'S...BEGINNING TO SMOKE. 410 00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:24,200 I JUST NEED TO KEEP IT GOING NOW. 411 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:26,667 SMOKE! 412 00:23:26,734 --> 00:23:27,934 AW, COME ON, YOU! 413 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,233 IT'S REALLY HARD TO KEEP THE SPINDLE UPRIGHT 414 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:32,400 AND WORK THE BOW AT THE SAME TIME. 415 00:23:32,467 --> 00:23:34,900 AND WHILE IT'S NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO GET SMOKE, 416 00:23:34,967 --> 00:23:37,300 CREATING AN EMBER BIG ENOUGH TO LIGHT A FIRE 417 00:23:37,367 --> 00:23:39,367 IS SOMETHING ELSE ALTOGETHER. 418 00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:48,166 OKAY, HERE WE GO. 419 00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:50,133 IT'S COMING. THERE'S A BIT OF SMOKE NOW. 420 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,834 I JUST NEED ENOUGH EMBERS TO SLIP INTO THIS KINDLING, 421 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:55,066 AND THIS SHOULD BE IT. 422 00:23:55,133 --> 00:23:57,266 HERE WE GO. COME ON. 423 00:24:13,934 --> 00:24:17,133 OH, IT'S JUST SUCH A RELIEF TO HAVE A FIRE GOING. 424 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,700 IT'S TAKEN ME AN HOUR TO GET THIS TO FINALLY START. 425 00:24:20,767 --> 00:24:24,100 BUT WHEN I'VE GOT IT GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE 426 00:24:24,166 --> 00:24:26,867 AND PUT THIS TERMITE STUFF ON IT, 427 00:24:26,934 --> 00:24:29,700 IT'LL GET RID OF SOME OF THESE MIDGES. 428 00:24:37,066 --> 00:24:39,300 I HAVE TO SAY, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD. 429 00:24:39,367 --> 00:24:41,367 THE FRAGRANT SMOKE OF THE TERMITES' NEST 430 00:24:41,433 --> 00:24:42,967 IS GONNA KEEP THE MOSSIES AT BAY. 431 00:24:43,033 --> 00:24:45,533 I'VE GOT FOOD AND WATER, FIRE AND SHELTER, 432 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,600 AND I FOUND A RIVER THAT'LL LEAD ME OUT OF THE JUNGLE. 433 00:24:48,667 --> 00:24:51,300 ALL I NEED NOW IS A DECENT NIGHT'S SLEEP. 434 00:24:51,367 --> 00:24:54,066 [ THUNDER RUMBLES ] 435 00:24:54,133 --> 00:24:56,734 [ GROANS ] 436 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,000 3:00 A.M., 437 00:24:58,066 --> 00:25:00,500 AND I WAS JUST WOKEN UP 438 00:25:00,567 --> 00:25:02,433 WITH THE WORST DIARRHEA I'VE EVER HAD, 439 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:07,567 AND I'VE JUST BEEN 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES. 440 00:25:07,634 --> 00:25:09,100 [ SIGHS ] 441 00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:11,333 OH, I'VE JUST GOT THESE STOMACH CRAMPS, 442 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,567 AND I'M REALLY EVEN STRUGGLING JUST TO STAND UP. 443 00:25:15,634 --> 00:25:16,900 [ SIGHS ] 444 00:25:16,967 --> 00:25:18,867 TO RUN OFF INTO THE JUNGLE IS NOT IDEAL 445 00:25:18,934 --> 00:25:20,200 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 446 00:25:20,266 --> 00:25:24,533 WITH ALL THE SNAKES AND CREEPY STUFF. 447 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,467 ALSO, I JUST FEEL SO SICK. 448 00:25:26,533 --> 00:25:28,867 [ GROANS ] 449 00:25:28,934 --> 00:25:31,900 OH, HOLD ON. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. 450 00:25:31,967 --> 00:25:33,900 [ VOMITS ] 451 00:25:33,967 --> 00:25:35,834 [ COUGHS, SPITS ] 452 00:25:50,233 --> 00:25:53,133 IT'S 5:00 IN THE MORNING, AND I FEEL LIKE DEATH. 453 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,033 I SPENT HALF THE NIGHT THROWING UP, 454 00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:57,233 AND I'VE HARDLY SLEPT AT ALL. 455 00:25:59,734 --> 00:26:02,433 Grylls: I JUST FEEL SO DRAINED AND... 456 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:05,166 I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE WRONG, YOU KNOW? 457 00:26:05,233 --> 00:26:06,834 [ SNIFFLES ] 458 00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:09,400 I'VE HARDLY EATEN ANYTHING. 459 00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:12,967 I'VE BEEN SO CAREFUL WHERE I'VE DRUNK WATER FROM. 460 00:26:13,033 --> 00:26:17,033 OH, BUT I'M JUST HOPING IT'S NOT DYSENTERY. 461 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:21,567 BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'M FEELING... 462 00:26:21,634 --> 00:26:23,533 JUST COLD AND SHIVERY, AS WELL, 463 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,533 AND THAT'S NEVER, NEVER A GOOD SIGN 464 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,533 WHEN YOU'RE SOMEWHERE AS HOT AS THIS. 465 00:26:37,066 --> 00:26:40,166 DYSENTERY IS A SEVERE FORM OF DIARRHEA. 466 00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:42,367 I DON'T THINK I HAVE THIS. 467 00:26:42,433 --> 00:26:44,533 I THINK I JUST PICKED UP A TUMMY BUG, 468 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,900 PROBABLY FROM TOUCHING BACTERIA OR ANIMAL CRAP BY MISTAKE. 469 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:53,400 I'M PRETTY SURE THE WATER I DRANK YESTERDAY WAS CLEAN, 470 00:26:53,467 --> 00:26:55,934 BUT IT'S A REMINDER TO BE EVEN MORE CAREFUL, 471 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,166 AS WATER COULD CARRY 472 00:26:57,233 --> 00:26:59,600 ALL SORTS OF VIRUSES AND MICROBES. 473 00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:02,400 THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE PURIFICATION TABLETS 474 00:27:02,467 --> 00:27:04,333 WITH YOU ON HIKES. 475 00:27:05,634 --> 00:27:08,934 BUT SOMETIMES YOU'RE JUST PLAIN UNLUCKY. 476 00:27:17,266 --> 00:27:19,967 I'M GONNA BOIL THIS WATER FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES 477 00:27:20,033 --> 00:27:22,934 TO MAKE DOUBLY SURE IT'S CLEAN. 478 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,433 DIARRHEA DRAINS A BODY OF WATER AND SALTS, 479 00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:28,133 SO I'M ALSO IN DANGER OF THEN GETTING HEATSTROKE, 480 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,300 AND THAT'S A KILLER COMBINATION. 481 00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:33,400 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET LOST FOR DAYS TO SUFFER HEATSTROKE. 482 00:27:33,467 --> 00:27:36,166 EVERY YEAR, HIKERS DIE BECAUSE THEY DON'T DRINK ENOUGH. 483 00:27:43,533 --> 00:27:45,467 NOW I NEED TO GET MOVING 484 00:27:45,533 --> 00:27:48,767 AND FIND SOMETHING TO HELP SETTLE MY STOMACH. 485 00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:50,667 THOUGH THE JUNGLE CAN MAKE YOU SICK, 486 00:27:50,734 --> 00:27:54,800 IT CAN ALSO HELP YOU IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. 487 00:27:54,867 --> 00:27:56,834 I KNOW THERE'S A TREE CALLED A MILK TREE. 488 00:27:56,900 --> 00:27:59,734 ITS SAP IS REALLY GOOD FOR UPSET STOMACHS. 489 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:04,000 IT HAS DISTINCTIVE CONICAL BUDS AND ABUNDANT, WHITE, MILKY SAP. 490 00:28:04,066 --> 00:28:06,333 I'M SURE I SAW ONE ABOUT HALF A MILE UPSTREAM 491 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:07,834 FROM WHERE I MADE CAMP, 492 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:10,800 AND I JUST NEED TO GET BACK UP THERE AND FIND IT. 493 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,634 THE QUICKEST WAY BACK IS STRAIGHT UP. 494 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:20,934 I DON'T FEEL STRONG, 495 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,900 BUT I DON'T WANT TO WASTE HALF AN HOUR 496 00:28:22,967 --> 00:28:25,066 THRASHING THROUGH THE JUNGLE. 497 00:28:25,133 --> 00:28:27,834 FORTUNATELY, THIS ROCK HAS PLENTY OF GRIP. 498 00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:31,066 BUT, ONCE AGAIN, THE FORCE OF THE WATER 499 00:28:31,133 --> 00:28:32,734 IS WORKING AGAINST ME. 500 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 NOW TO FIND THAT TREE. 501 00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:57,700 NEARLY HALF THE MEDICINES WE USE 502 00:28:57,767 --> 00:29:00,400 WERE DEVELOPED FROM RAINFOREST PLANTS. 503 00:29:00,467 --> 00:29:03,567 THE PAIN-KILLER IBUPROFEN WAS SYNTHESIZED FROM THIS VINE, 504 00:29:03,634 --> 00:29:06,367 CALLED A MONKEY LADDER TREE. 505 00:29:06,433 --> 00:29:08,500 BUT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU NEED TO KNOW 506 00:29:08,567 --> 00:29:10,133 WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 507 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:14,767 AND THIS IS IT. 508 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,800 YEAH, THIS LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BABY MILK TREE. 509 00:29:18,867 --> 00:29:22,033 AND THIS IS LIKE NATURE'S MILK OF MAGNESIA, 510 00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:24,433 AND THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY GOOD FOR MY STOMACH 511 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:26,667 AND, ALSO, JUST GIVE ME A BIT OF ENERGY. 512 00:29:26,734 --> 00:29:28,100 BUT THE WAY YOU CAN TELL IT, 513 00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:30,767 IT'S JUST REALLY SIMPLE ALTERNATE LEAVES. 514 00:29:30,834 --> 00:29:34,800 IT'S GOT, THEN, THESE POINTY-END BUDS. 515 00:29:34,867 --> 00:29:37,467 AND THEN, WHEN YOU BREAK IT OFF... 516 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,500 ...YOU SEE, THERE'S MILKY SAP... 517 00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:44,467 COME OUT OF IT. 518 00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:48,867 NEXT TO THIS LITTLE SAPLING IS A FULL-GROWN MILK TREE, 519 00:29:48,934 --> 00:29:50,500 WITH ITS DISTINCTIVE BARK 520 00:29:50,567 --> 00:29:52,767 WHICH LOOKS LIKE ARMY CAMOUFLAGE. 521 00:29:52,834 --> 00:29:55,400 NORMALLY, YOU SHOULD AVOID EATING PLANTS 522 00:29:55,467 --> 00:29:56,967 THAT HAVE A MILKY SAP, 523 00:29:57,033 --> 00:29:59,367 BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN A SIGN THAT IT'S POISONOUS. 524 00:29:59,433 --> 00:30:01,266 BUT I KNOW THIS TREE ISN'T. 525 00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:03,600 THIS SAP IS A FORM OF LATEX, 526 00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:06,200 AND IT'S KNOWN TO HELP SETTLE YOUR STOMACH. 527 00:30:07,367 --> 00:30:08,834 MMM! JUST AMAZING! 528 00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:12,000 IT TASTES SO, LIKE, CREAMY. 529 00:30:12,066 --> 00:30:13,500 I NEED TO RECOVER QUICKLY, 530 00:30:13,567 --> 00:30:15,634 BECAUSE IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, 531 00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:17,800 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD LIE AHEAD. 532 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,600 I DON'T FEEL 100%, 533 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:37,233 BUT I NEED TO KEEP MOVING 534 00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:39,133 AND FOLLOW THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM. 535 00:30:53,567 --> 00:30:55,667 I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAR I'VE GONE, 536 00:30:55,734 --> 00:30:57,600 BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M MAKING PROGRESS. 537 00:30:57,667 --> 00:31:01,133 BUT IT IS EXHAUSTING, 538 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,367 AND IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME TO COVER ANY SORT OF DISTANCE. 539 00:31:04,433 --> 00:31:07,367 MY ENERGY HAS BEEN SAPPED BY MY STOMACH UPSET, 540 00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:10,000 AND I HAVEN'T EATEN PROPERLY FOR TWO DAYS. 541 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,967 I'M ALSO VERY AWARE THAT, IN THE JUNGLE, 542 00:31:15,033 --> 00:31:19,000 NIGHT FALLS VERY QUICKLY, AND I NEED SHELTER AND FOOD. 543 00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:24,900 I KNOW I'M NOT GONNA GET MUCH FURTHER TODAY, 544 00:31:24,967 --> 00:31:26,567 SO I'M GONNA START GETTING READY 545 00:31:26,634 --> 00:31:29,200 FOR ANOTHER NIGHT IN THE RAINFOREST. 546 00:31:50,433 --> 00:31:53,800 WELL, MY FIRE'S LIT, AND I'VE GOT A SHELTER MADE, 547 00:31:53,867 --> 00:31:58,667 BUT I REALLY FANCY TRYING TO CATCH SOME PASSIVE FISH HERE. 548 00:31:58,734 --> 00:32:01,467 AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR DOING THIS, 549 00:32:01,533 --> 00:32:05,734 JUST BECAUSE THE FISH THAT I'M LOOKING FOR 550 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,166 ARE MUCH MORE DOCILE AT NIGHTTIME. 551 00:32:08,233 --> 00:32:12,367 BUT ALL I'VE DONE IS GET A BIT OF WOOD, 552 00:32:12,433 --> 00:32:15,467 WRAP SOME PALM FIBER 'ROUND IT WITH SOME CAMPHOR RESIN 553 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:16,967 TO KEEP THIS THING BURNING. 554 00:32:17,033 --> 00:32:20,333 AND THIS WILL BURN FOR A GOOD 10, 15 MINUTES LIKE THIS. 555 00:32:25,634 --> 00:32:28,000 I'M HOLDING THE TORCH LOW OVER THE WATER 556 00:32:28,066 --> 00:32:30,900 TO LOOK FOR SHRIMP OR CRAYFISH. 557 00:32:30,967 --> 00:32:33,467 I'VE USED SOME VINES TO TIE MY KNIFE TO A STICK, 558 00:32:33,533 --> 00:32:34,734 SO IF I SEE ANYTHING 559 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,767 I CAN JUST STRIKE IT AND STUN IT LONG ENOUGH TO GRAB IT. 560 00:32:43,934 --> 00:32:44,900 AH! 561 00:32:47,233 --> 00:32:48,467 AH. 562 00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:51,467 THAT'S THE FIRST LIVING THING I'VE CAUGHT IN THIS JUNGLE. 563 00:32:51,533 --> 00:32:54,233 AND THAT'S A REAL RESULT. 564 00:32:59,266 --> 00:33:03,200 THESE CRAYFISH ARE EASIER TO CATCH WITHOUT THE KNIFE. 565 00:33:03,266 --> 00:33:05,367 BUT IF I CAN JUST GET ONE FISH, 566 00:33:05,433 --> 00:33:07,433 THAT WILL MAKE A REALLY PROPER MEAL. 567 00:33:16,467 --> 00:33:18,567 [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] 568 00:33:18,634 --> 00:33:21,367 [ GRUNTS ] 569 00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:25,900 COME ON. OFF YOU COME. OFF YOU COME. 570 00:33:25,967 --> 00:33:27,800 [ GRUNTS ] OH! 571 00:33:27,867 --> 00:33:29,800 OHH! 572 00:33:29,867 --> 00:33:33,266 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 573 00:33:33,333 --> 00:33:34,867 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I HAD IT. 574 00:33:34,934 --> 00:33:36,400 IT WAS DEAD. 575 00:33:36,467 --> 00:33:39,100 IT WAS DEAD ON MY KNIFE. 576 00:33:39,166 --> 00:33:42,166 OH, NOW THE TORCH IS DYING, AS WELL. 577 00:33:42,233 --> 00:33:44,100 [ SIGHS ] 578 00:33:48,667 --> 00:33:52,500 WELL, I'VE GOT FOUR CRAYFISH, AND THAT'S NOT BAD FOR SUPPER. 579 00:33:52,567 --> 00:33:54,634 BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FEAST, 580 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:57,767 BUT IT'S JUST NOW A SEMI-FEAST. 581 00:33:57,834 --> 00:34:01,467 BUT I'M GONNA GO AND COOK THESE BEFORE THIS DIES. 582 00:34:05,934 --> 00:34:07,934 WHATEVER YOU USE TO KEEP YOUR SPIRITS UP, 583 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,700 IT'LL HELP YOU SURVIVE. 584 00:34:10,767 --> 00:34:14,834 SOMETIMES IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN CAMPFIRE FOOD. 585 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,934 [ THUNDER CRASHES ] 586 00:34:30,166 --> 00:34:33,133 OH, IT'S JUST BEEN PISSING A RAIN 587 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,934 FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS NOW DURING THE NIGHT. 588 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,867 THERE'S THUNDER AND LIGHTNING EVERYWHERE. 589 00:34:38,934 --> 00:34:43,467 AND EVERYTHING I'VE GOT IS JUST COMPLETELY... 590 00:34:43,533 --> 00:34:44,934 DRENCHED. 591 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,533 IT'S JUST GETTING REALLY, REALLY DEMORALIZING. 592 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,600 FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS, THE SHELTER WORKED, BUT... 593 00:34:52,667 --> 00:34:55,800 SINCE THEN, IT'S JUST BEEN POURING IN EVERYWHERE. 594 00:34:55,867 --> 00:34:57,133 [ SIGHS ] 595 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,634 [ THUNDER RUMBLES ] 596 00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:01,734 OHH! AAH! 597 00:35:14,734 --> 00:35:17,133 ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT HAS MADE ME DETERMINED 598 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:20,734 TO GET OUT OF THE JUNGLE AS FAST AS I CAN. 599 00:35:24,233 --> 00:35:25,500 THE LAST MILE OR SO, 600 00:35:25,567 --> 00:35:28,000 THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. 601 00:35:28,066 --> 00:35:31,200 THE GROUND HAS BECOME FLATTER AND THE RIVER WIDER. 602 00:35:31,266 --> 00:35:36,066 I'M WALKING ALONGSIDE IT NOW, AND THE RIVERBANK HAS FLOODED. 603 00:35:36,133 --> 00:35:39,667 I'M ON THE BANKS OF A REALLY, REALLY DECENT RIVER HERE NOW. 604 00:35:39,734 --> 00:35:43,166 AND THIS COULD WELL BE MY TICKET OUT OF THIS JUNGLE. 605 00:35:43,233 --> 00:35:46,166 AND IF I CAN JUST WORK OUT SOME WAY OF HEADING DOWNSTREAM, 606 00:35:46,233 --> 00:35:49,100 I WILL EVENTUALLY REACH, YOU KNOW, A VILLAGE 607 00:35:49,166 --> 00:35:51,033 OR SETTLEMENT OR EVEN THE SEA. 608 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,367 AND THERE'S EVERY CHANCE THAT, BY TONIGHT, 609 00:35:54,433 --> 00:35:58,567 I COULD BE IN A WARM, COZY BED. 610 00:35:58,634 --> 00:36:01,667 BUT BEFORE THAT, I NEED TO TRAVEL A RIVER. 611 00:36:01,734 --> 00:36:04,500 AND THE FASTEST WAY TO DO THAT IS BY RAFT, 612 00:36:04,567 --> 00:36:06,300 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 613 00:36:06,367 --> 00:36:08,200 I'M GONNA BUILD A RAFT 614 00:36:08,266 --> 00:36:10,500 WHICH HAS TO BE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. 615 00:36:10,567 --> 00:36:15,266 WHAT'S GONNA KEEP IT AFLOAT IS THIS TREE, THE BALSA. 616 00:36:15,333 --> 00:36:16,967 IT'S USED TO MAKE MODELS 617 00:36:17,033 --> 00:36:19,166 BECAUSE IT'S SO LIGHT AND EASY TO CUT. 618 00:36:19,233 --> 00:36:21,767 IT'S SO EASY, I CAN CUT DOWN A TREE LIKE THIS 619 00:36:21,834 --> 00:36:23,767 WITH JUST MY KNIFE AND A STONE. 620 00:36:23,834 --> 00:36:25,867 THIS IS JUST SUCH A GODSEND TO ME. 621 00:36:25,934 --> 00:36:28,600 AND EVEN THOUGH THIS STUFF LOOKS REALLY HEAVY, 622 00:36:28,667 --> 00:36:33,133 IT'S SO LIGHT THAT IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE SUPERMAN. 623 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,800 AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE FELT STRONG FOR A FEW DAYS. 624 00:36:39,433 --> 00:36:41,100 I'M STRIPPING THE BARK TO USE IT 625 00:36:41,166 --> 00:36:42,567 TO LASH A RAFT TOGETHER. 626 00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:46,266 IT'S VERY STRONG AND SURPRISINGLY FLEXIBLE. 627 00:36:51,567 --> 00:36:55,233 BY THE TIME I'M FINISHED, I'M SOAKED TO THE SKIN. 628 00:36:56,533 --> 00:37:01,934 I'M JUST HOPING THIS IS GONNA BE TIGHT ENOUGH TO HOLD UP 629 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:06,000 FOR WHATEVER THIS RIVER'S GOT IN STORE FOR ME. 630 00:37:36,266 --> 00:37:39,033 I'M IN THE RAINFOREST, AND NOW I HAVE A RAFT. 631 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:40,400 I'M FINDING THAT FLOATING 632 00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:42,266 IS DEFINITELY QUICKER THAN WALKING. 633 00:37:42,333 --> 00:37:44,567 AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS UNDER THE CANOPY, 634 00:37:44,634 --> 00:37:47,834 IT'S A REAL RELIEF TO GET OUT IN THE OPEN. 635 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,867 AS THE MILES ROLL BY, 636 00:37:50,934 --> 00:37:55,100 I'M GETTING A REAL SENSE OF THE SCALE OF THIS PLACE. 637 00:37:55,166 --> 00:37:56,734 I MUST BE GETTING NEAR THE SEA, 638 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,767 BECAUSE THIS ISN'T RAINFOREST ANYMORE. 639 00:37:58,834 --> 00:38:01,767 THIS IS MANGROVE, SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS 640 00:38:01,834 --> 00:38:05,700 THAT GROW OUT OF THE WATER IN TROPICAL COASTAL AREAS. 641 00:38:05,767 --> 00:38:07,567 IT'S A SIGN THAT I'M LEAVING THE JUNGLE 642 00:38:07,634 --> 00:38:10,233 AND GETTING CLOSER TO SANDY SHORE. 643 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,967 IT'S NOT JUST THE TREES THAT ARE CHANGING. 644 00:38:14,033 --> 00:38:16,033 THE RIVER IS, TOO. 645 00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,800 THE TIDE IS GOING OUT FAST, 646 00:38:17,867 --> 00:38:20,567 PULLING ME ALONG AT A RATE OF KNOTS. 647 00:38:20,634 --> 00:38:24,433 I CAN STEER THIS RAFT, BUT I CAN'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. 648 00:38:25,634 --> 00:38:26,934 IF I'M NOT CAREFUL, 649 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,667 I COULD BE CARRIED STRAIGHT OUT INTO THE PACIFIC. 650 00:38:29,734 --> 00:38:32,533 SO, INSTEAD, I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN FIND A WAY OUT 651 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,734 THROUGH THE MANGROVE SWAMP. 652 00:38:45,367 --> 00:38:49,233 THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE TOUGH GOING. 653 00:38:58,333 --> 00:39:03,066 THIS STUFF'S JUST BECOMING A NIGHTMARE. 654 00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:06,333 IT'S JUST -- IT'S SO SHARP, AS WELL, 655 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,300 AND MY HANDS ARE GETTING SHREDDED. 656 00:39:09,367 --> 00:39:11,634 AND, ALSO, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW... 657 00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:15,400 WHAT'S LIVING AND WHAT'S DEAD. 658 00:39:21,066 --> 00:39:24,100 I'VE SPENT THREE HOURS CLAMBERING THROUGH THIS SWAMP, 659 00:39:24,166 --> 00:39:26,634 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING NOWHERE. 660 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,634 [ GRUNTS ] 661 00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:36,533 THERE'S SOMETHING HAUNTING ABOUT THE WAY THE SILVER LIMBS 662 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,667 OF THE TREES RISE FROM THE WATER. 663 00:39:38,734 --> 00:39:41,066 AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS LIVING IN ITS MURKY DEPTH. 664 00:39:41,133 --> 00:39:44,066 BUT AS A WAY OUT OF HERE -- 665 00:39:44,133 --> 00:39:45,867 FORGET IT. 666 00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:53,333 I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK ON MY RAFT 667 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,100 AND TAKE MY CHANCES ON THE RIVER. 668 00:40:15,367 --> 00:40:17,400 [ BIRD SQUAWKING ] 669 00:40:55,467 --> 00:40:57,233 THIS IS WHAT I FEARED MOST. 670 00:40:57,300 --> 00:40:58,967 I'VE REACHED THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER 671 00:40:59,033 --> 00:41:02,200 JUST AS THE TIDE IS GOING OUT...FAST. 672 00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:07,233 COMBINED WITH THE FORCE OF WATER FLOWING OUT TO SEA, 673 00:41:07,300 --> 00:41:10,834 IT MEANS THERE'S NO WAY I CAN PADDLE TO SHORE NOW. 674 00:41:15,533 --> 00:41:18,533 THE TIDAL STREAM AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER IS FIERCE, 675 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,467 BUT IT WON'T BE THE SAME ALL THE WAY ALONG THE COAST. 676 00:41:21,533 --> 00:41:24,567 IF YOU'RE CAUGHT IN A CURRENT LIKE THIS, DON'T FIGHT IT. 677 00:41:24,634 --> 00:41:27,634 JUST GO WITH IT AND LET IT TAKE YOU. 678 00:41:27,700 --> 00:41:31,000 SOONER OR LATER, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE SHORE. 679 00:42:06,166 --> 00:42:09,300 I'VE STILL NO IDEA WHERE THIS BEAUTIFUL BEACH IS, 680 00:42:09,367 --> 00:42:11,100 AND I DON'T CARE, 681 00:42:11,166 --> 00:42:13,100 BECAUSE A COUPLE OF MILES UP THE SAND, 682 00:42:13,166 --> 00:42:15,634 I CAN SEE THE BLINKING OF ELECTRIC LIGHTS. 683 00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:18,600 AND ELECTRICITY MEANS PEOPLE, 684 00:42:18,667 --> 00:42:21,300 AND THAT MEANS SAFETY. 685 00:42:21,367 --> 00:42:25,000 THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY FOR ME 686 00:42:25,066 --> 00:42:27,734 AND, IN MANY WAYS, ONE OF THE TOUGHEST EVER, 687 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,300 JUST BECAUSE HOW INTIMIDATING THE JUNGLE CAN BE 688 00:42:30,367 --> 00:42:31,533 WHEN YOU'RE LOST, 689 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,166 BUT ALSO HOW QUICKLY IT CAN SAP YOUR STRENGTH. 690 00:42:34,233 --> 00:42:36,967 BUT IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY WORLD IN THERE. 691 00:42:37,033 --> 00:42:39,667 BUT IT'S ALSO A WORLD THAT'S GETTING SMALLER. 692 00:42:39,734 --> 00:42:42,567 AND AN AREA THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL PIT OF RAINFOREST 693 00:42:42,634 --> 00:42:45,066 IS LOST EVERY SINGLE SECOND. 694 00:42:45,133 --> 00:42:47,533 AND, ONE DAY, THERE MIGHT NOT BE A RAINFOREST 695 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:49,066 TO BE ABLE TO GET LOST IN. 696 00:42:49,133 --> 00:42:51,133 BUT I HOPE THAT DAY NEVER COMES, 697 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,367 BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. 698 00:42:53,433 --> 00:42:54,767 BUT FOR ME, 699 00:42:54,834 --> 00:42:58,867 IT IS DEFINITELY TIME TO GO HOME. 700 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,133 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 701 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,233 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.