MY NAME IS BEAR GRYLLS.
I'VE SERVED WITH BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES,
CLIMBED TO THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST,
AND EXPLORED THE FROZEN OCEANS OF THE ARCTIC.
NOW I'M HEADING
FOR ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN THE WORLD --
KILAUEA IN HAWAII.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COME TO SEE THE FLOWING LAVA,
AND EACH YEAR, 50 GET STRANDED.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.
I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN,
FLYING TOWARDS THE ISLAND OF HAWAII,
WHERE THE KILAUEA VOLCANO HAS BEEN ERUPTING SINCE 1983.
EACH YEAR, 2 MILLION TOURISTS FLOCK TO THESE LAVA FIELDS,
DRAWN BY THE GLOW OF THE MOLTEN ROCK.
BUT IT'S EASY TO GET INJURED OR LOST
IN THIS BARREN AND DANGEROUS LANDSCAPE.
I'M GONNA PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION
OF A TOURIST STRANDED HERE
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.
ALL I'VE GOT IS A WATER BOTTLE, A KNIFE, AND A FLINT.
ANY MINUTE NOW,
THE PILOT'S GONNA DROP ME OFF AT THE VOLCANO.
IT IS LATE AFTERNOON,
AND IN A FEW HOURS, IT WILL BE DARK UP HERE.
THE CAMERA CREW WILL FOLLOW MY JOURNEY.
THE LAVA DOWN THERE IS TOO UNSTABLE TO LAND ON,
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO DOWN ON A ROPE.
I'M ABOUT TO DROP INTO A DORMANT CRATER
SOMEWHERE ON THE VOLCANO'S UPPER SLOPES.
LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
IT'S JUST SO INTIMIDATING.
THIS VOLCANO IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
ONLY A FEW FEET BENEATH ME IS A LAKE OF MOLTEN ROCK,
WHOSE TEMPERATURE IS OVER 2,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
AND SEEPING OUT OF THE GROUND ARE NOXIOUS VOLCANIC GASES.
I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY OUT AND BACK TO CIVILIZATION.
BUT WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO GO?
I'M GOING TO GET ABOVE THE CRATER TO GET MY BEARINGS.
WOW! LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S LIKE I'VE LANDED ON THE SURFACE OF, YOU KNOW,
LIKE, AN ALIEN PLANET.
THE LANDSCAPE IS FEATURELESS AND UTTERLY FORBIDDING.
EASY TO SEE WHY PEOPLE GET LOST HERE.
IT'S JUST THIS MILES AND MILES OF DESOLATE TERRAIN.
AND I CAN TELL,
THIS STUFF IS GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE TO TRY AND COVER.
IF YOU ARE LOST HERE,
TRY TO WORK OUT A ROUTE TO THE SEA,
BECAUSE IT'S BY THE SEA THAT MOST HAWAIIANS LIVE.
WHAT I DO KNOW
IS THAT THIS VOLCANO IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND.
AND THE BEST WAY OF FINDING CIVILIZATION
IS TO HEAD TO THE COAST.
SO THAT MEANS MY NEAREST BIT OF COAST IS GONNA BE TO THE SOUTH.
I'M GOING TO USE THE SUN AS A COMPASS.
IT'S LATE AFTERNOON, AND THE SUN IS IN THE WEST,
WHICH MEANS THAT SOUTH MUST BE THIS WAY.
THE ISLAND IS ROUGHLY 80 MILES WIDE AND LONG,
WHICH MEANS THE OCEAN CAN'T BE MORE THAN 40 MILES AWAY.
BUT WALKING ON THIS JAGGED TERRAIN IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
MOST ACCIDENTS HAPPEN ON THE VOLCANO
WHEN PEOPLE SLIP OR FALL.
AND LOSING YOUR FOOTING OUT HERE
CAN EASILY RESULT IN A BROKEN LEG.
A FEW YEARS AGO,
A TOURIST DIED WHEN A SECTION OF COOLED LAVA
ON WHICH HE WAS STANDING GAVE WAY,
AND HE FELL INTO THE OCEAN.
EVEN FOR EXPERIENCED HIKERS,
IT CAN TAKE AN HOUR JUST TO WALK HALF A MILE.
SULFUR DIOXIDE GAS FORMS IN VOLCANOES,
AND HERE, IT'S REALLY THICK.
LOOK AT THIS.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SULFUR DIOXIDE HERE,
SEEPING OUT OF THESE VENTS.
AND THIS IS A SIGN THAT WHAT I'M STANDING ON HERE
IS LITERALLY STRAIGHT ABOVE REAL, FLOWING LAVA,
PROBABLY ABOUT 3 OR 4 FOOT DIRECTLY UNDER ME.
VOLCANOLOGISTS MEASURE THESE EMISSIONS,
LOOKING FOR SIGNS THAT A VOLCANO MAY BE ABOUT TO ERUPT.
I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING.
THIS SULFUR JUST HAS THIS REAL STENCH,
AND IT'S GETTING QUITE UNPLEASANT.
IT'S GOT THIS BITTER, SHARP TASTE,
AND IT'S GETTING RIGHT IN THE BACK OF MY THROAT.
IT'S JUST NOT VERY NICE.
IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, THIS GAS IS A KILLER.
A FEW YEARS AGO,
A HELICOPTER CRASH LEFT A FILM CREW STRANDED
FOR THREE DAYS ON THIS VOLCANO.
THEY ONLY SURVIVED BY USING THEIR T-SHIRTS AS GAS MASKS,
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
( COUGHING )
I CAN HARDLY BREATHE!
( BREATHING HEAVILY )
AH, THAT WAS HARD.
( COUGHING )
MY LUNGS JUST FEEL LIKE THEY'RE JUST ON FIRE,
AND IT'S HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE STUFF.
I WAS RUNNING OUT OF PUFF BACK THERE.
BUT IT'S LOOKING... LOOKING MUCH CLEARER NOW AHEAD.
BUT I JUST NEED A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GET MY BREATH BACK.
I'M THROUGH THE SULFUR,
BUT THE GAS IS A SIGN
THAT MOLTEN LAVA IS CLOSE TO THE SURFACE.
THIS WHOLE AREA IS GETTING REALLY HOT NOW,
AND I KEEP SEEING THESE LITTLE WINDOWS
DROPPING DOWN INTO THE LAVA TUBES BELOW.
HOLES IN THE SURFACE LIKE THIS ARE KNOWN AS SKYLIGHTS.
BENEATH THEM ARE STREAMS OF LAVA,
FLOWING THROUGH TUNNELS CALLED LAVA TUBES.
THE TEMPERATURE DOWN THERE
IS ABOUT 2,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
IF THE THIN CRUST GAVE WAY,
I'D BE INCINERATED IN SECONDS.
BUT THERE IS A WAY OF CROSSING AN AREA LIKE THIS,
AND THIS IS HOW.
VERY GINGERLY TEST IT WITH YOUR BOOT,
AND IF YOUR BOOT MELTS,
THAT MEANS IT'S TOO HOT TO CROSS.
I'M GONNA GO FOR THIS NOW.
BUT THE CAMERA CREW ARE GONNA WAIT HERE,
BECAUSE IF WE TRY TO DO THIS TOGETHER,
THE SIDES MIGHT WELL GIVE IN.
HERE GOES.
WHOA!
MY BOOT STARTED TO MELT ON THAT.
THAT'S TOO HOT THERE.
WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR
IS IF THE ROCK IN FRONT OF YOU STARTS TO GO MUSHY.
AND IF THAT DOES HAPPEN AND YOUR FOOT STARTS TO SINK IN,
YOU'VE GOT TO BACK AWAY AND TRY AND FIND ANOTHER WAY AROUND.
I'VE MADE IT THROUGH,
AND THIS ROCK IS MUCH COOLER NOW.
BUT MY FEET ARE JUST ON FIRE AFTER THAT.
I'M THROUGH THE HOTTEST PART OF THE LAVA FIELD NOW,
BUT I'VE GOT TO FIND FOOD AND WATER.
THE ONLY QUESTION ON THIS POISONOUS LANDSCAPE
IS WHERE?
THE TEMPERATURE ON THE VOLCANO IS OVERPOWERING.
DEHYDRATION IS A BIG DANGER FOR STRANDED TOURISTS
ON THESE UNFORGIVING LAVA FIELDS.
THE VOLCANO IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE
WITHOUT SOMETHING TO DRINK.
I'M JUST GETTING A BIT WORRIED
THAT I'M GETTING LOW ON WATER NOW.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE
TO SURVIVE THREE DAYS WITHOUT IT.
BUT TO BE HONEST, THE WAY I FEEL AT THE MOMENT,
IN THIS HEAT,
I'M GONNA STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH ONE.
THE VOLCANO GETS AROUND 120 INCHES OF RAINFALL A YEAR.
BUT THE LAVA IS SO POROUS, ALMOST ALL OF IT DRAINS AWAY,
AND THE SURFACE WATER THAT REMAINS
SOON EVAPORATES IN THE 90-DEGREE HEAT.
MUCH OF THE RAIN THAT FALLS
NEAR THE VOLCANO'S ACTIVE CRATER
IS CONTAMINATED BY SULFUROUS GASES,
TURNING IT INTO ACID RAIN.
IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, VERY FEW PLANTS CAN LIVE.
AS I GET FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ACTIVE CRATER,
I'M STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE PLANTS.
THE LAVA FIELDS OF KILAUEA
WERE ONCE COVERED WITH LUSH RAINFORESTS,
AND SOME SECTIONS STILL REMAIN.
THESE ARE CALLED KIPUKAS.
THEY RANGE FROM TINY OUTCROPS OF VEGETATION
TO LARGE ISLANDS OF JUNGLE.
BUT IN THERE IS GONNA BE MY BEST CHANCE
OF FINDING FOOD AND WATER.
ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THIS WHOLE VOLCANIC REGION
IS THAT THERE'S NO STREAMS OR RIVERS OR LAKES.
BUT MY BEST CHANCE OF FINDING WATER
IS GONNA BE IN HERE, IN THE JUNGLE,
EITHER IN A HOLLOW OR IN A CAVE.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE HARD FINDING ANYTHING
IN THIS DENSE UNDERGROWTH.
HEY, LOOK AT THIS. LOOK.
AVOCADOS.
THIS IS AN AVOCADO TREE, AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME.
I LOVE AVOCADOS!
I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET SOME OF THESE DOWN.
AVOCADOS GROW ON THE HIGHER BRANCHES OF THE TREES,
TO PROTECT THE FRUITS FROM PREDATORS.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THESE TREES
TO SHIM UP THERE.
LET'S GET UP THIS LAST BIT.
AND THAT IS WHAT I'M AFTER.
I'M JUST SO HUNGRY, I'M GONNA EAT THIS UP HERE,
AND I'M NOT GONNA WAIT TO GET DOWN.
TRY AND GET THE POSITION, GET MY KNIFE OUT.
AND THEN JUST GET THIS SKIN OFF.
AVOCADOS ARE ONE OF NATURE'S SUPERFOODS --
FULL OF CALORIES, PROTEIN, AND GOOD FAT.
MMM, THAT'S AMAZING. I JUST LOVE AVOCADOS.
IF I WAS EVER STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND,
THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE FOODS I'D TAKE --
AND MAYONNAISE...
AND CHOCOLATE.
WITH A FULL STOMACH, IT'S TIME TO GET GOING AGAIN.
I'M HEADING FOR THE COAST,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'LL FIND PEOPLE.
I WANT TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A NIGHT IN THIS JUNGLE.
THAT ONE'S A RESERVE.
I'VE GOT ONE FOR LATER.
BUT I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND ANY WATER.
LAST YEAR, A LOST HIKER SURVIVED A WEEK ON THIS VOLCANO
BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED.
HE KEPT HIMSELF ALIVE
BY SUCKING WATER FROM CLUMPS OF MOSS.
BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS RUNNING WATER.
WATER THAT HAS BEEN LYING IN A POOL OR ROCK
COULD BE STAGNANT,
AND STAGNANT WATER IS A BREEDING GROUND FOR BACTERIA,
OR IT MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY ANIMAL WASTE.
THEN, I SPOT SOMETHING
WHICH COULD LEAD ME TO FRESH DRINKING WATER.
WOW, LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN OLD LAVA TUBE.
AND AT ONE POINT,
LAVA WOULD HAVE FLOWED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS,
ON ITS JOURNEY DOWN TO THE SEA.
HAWAII IS DOTTED WITH OLD LAVA TUBES --
UNDERGROUND TUNNELS THAT ONCE CARRIED LAVA
FROM THE VOLCANO TO THE SEA.
FOR ME, IT'S A PLACE WHERE WATER MIGHT COLLECT.
WHERE I'M STANDING WAS ONCE THE ROOF OF THE LAVA TUBE,
BUT IT'S COLLAPSED, CREATING THIS HUGE HOLE.
THAT'S MY ROUTE IN.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A DROP OF ABOUT 40 FEET.
IT'S GONNA BE RISKY, BUT I HAVE TO FIND A WAY DOWN.
I'VE PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION OF A LOST TOURIST
ON THE KILAUEA VOLCANO IN HAWAII
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE AND FIND A WAY OUT.
I'VE TRIED TO GET INTO A COLLAPSED LAVA TUBE
TO FIND WATER,
BUT THERE'S A DROP OF ABOUT 40 FEET.
THESE TREES HERE -- THEY'RE CALLED OHIA TREES.
AND WHAT THEY DO, THEY RUN OVER THE EDGE,
AND THEIR ROOTS RUN EXPOSED STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS LOOKING FOR WATER STRAIGHT DOWN,
LOOKING FOR MOISTURE.
AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THESE TO CLIMB DOWN.
IT'S JUST THEY'RE COVERED IN ALL OF THIS MOSS,
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT SLIPPY.
OLD LAVA TUBES LIKE THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS PLACES.
RECENTLY, AN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER
SURVIVED A 100-FOOT FALL INTO ONE NEAR HERE
DURING A SEARCH-AND-RESCUE MISSION.
WHAT'S DIFFICULT HERE IS WORKING OUT WHICH OF THESE --
WHICH OF THESE ROOTS ARE DEAD...
...AND WHICH ARE LIVING.
AND YOU'VE JUST GOT TO TEST IT
BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR WHOLE WEIGHT ON IT.
IT'S SO SLIPPY, THIS STUFF.
IT'S JUST SO HARD TO KEEP A GRIP.
I'M THIRSTY,
BUT I KNOW NOT TO DRINK THE FIRST WATER I FIND.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOISTURE DOWN IN THIS CAVE.
BUT THE WATER ITSELF COULD BE CONTAMINATED DOWN HERE,
JUST BECAUSE ANIMALS WILL OFTEN FALL INTO THESE SKYLIGHTS
AND THEN DIE.
AND, REALLY, I WANT TO BE FINDING WATER
FROM DEEPER WITHIN THE ACTUAL LAVA TUBES THEMSELVES,
WHERE I CAN BE CERTAIN THAT THE WATER IS CLEAN.
BUT BEFORE I HEAD DOWN ANY FURTHER,
I NEED TO MAKE MYSELF A TORCH.
THE NUTS FROM THE KUKUI TREE ARE RICH IN PLANT OIL
AND BURN EASILY.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL KUKUI TREE ITSELF,
AND THE NUTS SHOULD BE ALL AROUND HERE NOW.
NATIVE HAWAIIANS CALL THEM CANDLENUTS
AND USE THEM TO LIGHT THEIR HOMES.
AND WHAT I NEED TO DO IS GET IN THROUGH THIS OUTER HARD SHELL
AND GRAB A ROCK LIKE THIS
AND GIVE THEM A WHACK.
AND THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT --
THE ACTUAL NUT ITSELF.
TO MAKE THE TORCH,
I'M GONNA SKEWER THE NUTS ON SHARP STICKS.
GREEN WOOD WORKS BEST, AS IT DOESN'T BURN SO FAST.
WHAT I NEED TO DO NOW
IS THREAD THESE THROUGH THESE LITTLE STICKS
AND MAKE, LIKE, A...
LIKE, A SORT OF KABOB OF NUTS THAT ARE GONNA SLOWLY BURN.
AND WHAT YOU DO, YOU USE --
YOU LIGHT THE TOP ONES FIRST AND LET IT BURN DOWN THAT WAY.
AND EACH OF THESE SHOULD LAST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
SO, IF I PUT FIVE OF THEM ON A STICK,
I GOT ALMOST HALF AN HOUR OF LIGHT DOWN IN THESE TUBES.
OKAY, THAT'S ONE.
AND THIS LITTLE FLAME HAS ANOTHER PURPOSE
THAT MAY EVEN SAVE YOUR LIFE.
AND THIS GONNA DO MORE
THAN JUST GIVE ME LIGHT IN THIS LAVA TUNNEL.
WHAT IT'S GONNA DO IS WARN ME OF ANY CARBON DIOXIDE IN THERE,
AND IT'S GONNA ACT A BIT LIKE A CANARY DOWN A MINE.
ONE OF THE GASES EMITTED BY THE VOLCANO IS CARBON DIOXIDE.
IT'S INVISIBLE, ODORLESS,
AND IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, IT'S DEADLY.
IF I COME ACROSS A POCKET OF IT, THIS LIGHT WILL GO OUT,
AND IT'S A SIGN THAT I ALSO NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE,
AND QUICKLY.
OTHERWISE, I COULD SUFFOCATE.
CARBON DIOXIDE IS NOT ONLY THE DANGER DOWN HERE.
I AM 40 FOOT UNDERGROUND
AND IN A TUNNEL LIKE THIS, THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE OF A ROCK FALL,
SO THE SAFEST PLACE TO WALK IS NEXT TO THE WALLS THEMSELVES.
ONCE UPON A TIME MOLTEN LAVA WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN
FLOWING THROUGH ALL OF THIS
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT HAS GOT SO HOT IT HAS ACTUALLY FIRED
THE WALLS AND IT HAS GONE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE GLASSY CERAMIC.
THERE'S ANOTHER SKYLIGHT HERE, WHERE THE ROOF HAS CAVED IN,
JUST LIKE THE ONE THAT I CAME IN ON.
BUT THERE'S NO WATER DOWN HERE THAT I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO DRINK,
SO I NEED TO KEEP MOVING ON, FURTHER DOWN.
WOW, LOOK AT THIS -- THESE ROOTS.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN HERE,
THEY'RE JUST GROWING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE TUNNEL CEILING.
AND THEY'RE ALL JUST LADEN WITH MOISTURE.
THERE'S PROBABLY ENOUGH HERE
FOR ME TO ACTUALLY FILL UP MY WHOLE WATER BOTTLE.
RAINWATER HAS FOUND ITS WAY
THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE CEILING OF THE LAVA TUBE
AND IS DRIPPING DOWN THE ROOTS.
THE MAIN THING IS, THOUGH,
THIS WATER IS FILTERED AND IT'S CLEAN
AND GOOD ENOUGH, PROBABLY, TO BOTTLE AND SELL
IN A NICE RESTAURANT SOMEWHERE.
ALL I NEED TO DO IS COLLECT IT.
I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO TRY IT.
THIS IS FILLED UP.
AND THAT IS SO PURE.
THAT IS PROPER VOLCANO WATER.
IT'S TIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE SURFACE.
( DISTANT RUMBLING ) WHOA!
DO YOU HEAR THAT? LISTEN, LISTEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS, BUT WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
THESE OLD LAVA TUBES ARE DANGEROUS PLACES.
IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE -- FAST.
I'M IN AN OLD LAVA TUBE, LOOKING FOR WATER,
BUT I'VE HIT A PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHAT THIS NOISE WAS.
THIS ROCKFALL DEFINITELY WASN'T HERE ON MY WAY IN.
AND THIS IS WHY THESE PLACES ARE SO DANGEROUS.
LOOK.
I WANT TO GET OUT OF THE LAVA TUBE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
MY NEAREST EXIT
IS THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT I PASSED ON THE WAY IN.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA HEAD FOR,
BEFORE THERE'S ANOTHER COLLAPSE.
THIS IS THE SKYLIGHT THAT I PASSED ON MY WAY DOWN.
BUT THE WALLS ARE ALMOST VERTICAL.
CLIMBING UP IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE
WITHOUT THE PROPER EQUIPMENT,
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY.
BUT THERE IS A WAY.
THE ROOTS OF A KUKUI TREE ARE DANGLING INTO THE HOLE.
AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THIS TO TRY AND GET OUT.
IT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA BE --
IT'S GONNA BE SLIPPERY,
AND I JUST HOPE IT'S GONNA LET ME OUT.
NOW I NEED TO GET GOING AGAIN.
I'M TRYING TO FIND MY WAY OUT TO THE COAST,
BUT THAT'S NOT EASY.
THIS MIDDAY SUN NOW IS REALLY HOT.
AND ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S SO HIGH IN THE SKY,
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A DIRECTION,
ESPECIALLY IN THESE SORT OF BUSHES,
WHERE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S ABOVE HEAD HEIGHT EVERYWHERE.
AND I FEEL QUITE CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN HERE.
I JUST WANT TO TRY AND FIND SOME CLEAR GROUND.
FINDING A CLEARING WILL GIVE ME A GOOD VIEW OF THE SUN,
AND I CAN USE THE SUN'S SHADOW TO TELL THE DIRECTION.
BUT IN THIS DENSE BUSH, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
SUDDENLY, THE TREES GIVE WAY.
NOW IT SHOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO WORK OUT MY DIRECTION.
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
I CAN NO LONGER USE THE SUN AS MY COMPASS.
THE SUN'S HIDDEN BEHIND CLOUDS NOW,
WHICH MEANS I CAN'T USE THAT TO TELL ME WHICH WAY TO GO.
BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS USE THE WINDS AS A COMPASS.
THE PACIFIC TRADE WINDS ALWAYS BLOW IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
THAT'S WHY MERCHANT SEAMEN LONG AGO GAVE THEM THAT NAME.
AND THE TRADE WINDS RUN PRETTY CONSISTENTLY FROM THE NORTHEAST.
SO, IF I KEEP THEM ON THIS SHOULDER
AND THEN HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION,
THAT'S GONNA TAKE ME SOUTH AND TO THE COAST.
AT THIS LATITUDE IN THE TROPICS,
IT GETS DARK REALLY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY IN WOODS LIKE THIS.
SO I'M GONNA NEED TO FIND SOME SORT OF SHELTER
BEFORE IT GETS NIGHTTIME.
ONE OF THE QUICKEST AND EASIEST
SHELTERS TO CONSTRUCT IN AN EMERGENCY
IS A LEAN-TO.
FIRST I NEED A FLAT AREA OF JUNGLE FLOOR.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN
BUILDING A SHELTER IS GETTING A GOOD LOCATION.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A BIT OF A CLEARING UP HERE.
WE WILL SEE WHAT THIS IS LIKE.
AND
IN FACT, ACTUALLY THIS WOULD NOT BE A GOOD AREA.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE GAME TRAIL HAS OBVIOUSLY COME THROUGH HERE AND,
IN FACT, THIS IS PROBABLY, PROBABLY A PIG.
WILD PIGS ARE HIGHLY DANGEROUS.
THEY HAVE SHARP TUSKS
AND WILL DEFEND THEIR TERRITORY FEROCIOUSLY.
I HAVE GOT TO LOOK FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE.
HEY, LOOK, THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT,
AND LIKE NATURE'S DONE THE WORK FOR ME HERE.
THERE ARE NO POISONOUS SNAKES
OR DEADLY SPIDERS ON THIS ISLAND,
BUT THERE ARE CENTIPEDES, LEECHES, AND MOSQUITOES.
I DON'T WANT TO SHARE MY BED WITH ANY OF THEM.
BEFORE I BUILD THE ROOF, I NEED TO PUT THE BEDDING DOWN.
AND THIS DEAD FERN
IS GONNA MAKE A REALLY NICE, SPRINGY MATTRESS.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE ROOF THAT KEEPS ME DRY,
IT'S THIS THAT KEEPS ME WARM.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU LOSE MOST OF YOUR HEAT.
OKAY, NOW I CAN START TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE.
THESE GIANT FERNS WILL MAKE AN IDEAL COVERING.
BY STARTING WITH THE LOWER SECTIONS FIRST
AND BUILDING UPWARDS,
ANY RAIN THAT DOES FALL WILL ROLL OFF THE SIDES
AND WON'T COME THROUGH MY ROOF.
I'VE JUST PUT THE LAST COUPLE OF THESE IN,
AND THIS IS GONNA KEEP THIS RAIN OFF THAT'S JUST STARTED.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE OCCASIONS
WHERE THE TIMING OF THE RAIN IS ACTUALLY PERFECT.
ALL I NEED NOW IS TO FIND SOME DEAD FIREWOOD.
A FIRE IS REALLY IMPORTANT,
NOT JUST TO KEEP ME WARM, BUT TO KEEP THE BUGS AWAY.
THE MOSQUITOES IN THIS JUNGLE ARE VICIOUS,
AND THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE WILL KEEP THEM AT BAY,
AT LEAST FOR A WHILE.
THE RAIN'S NOW PUT MY FIRE OUT,
WHICH WAS NOT VERY CLEVER OF ME TO HAVE LET HAPPEN,
BUT I FELL ASLEEP FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.
AND IT JUST MEANS NOW,
THE MOSQUITOES ARE JUST HAVING A FIELD DAY WITH ME,
AND I'M GETTING, OH, JUST BITTEN ALIVE OUT HERE.
AND THIS NIGHT IS JUST NOT VERY PLEASANT.
IF I'M HONEST,
I QUITE WANT TO GO HOME.
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
IT'S MORNING ON THE KILAUEA VOLCANO.
MY FEET ARE REALLY SUFFERING.
I'VE GOT BLISTERS FROM CROSSING THE HOT LAVA FIELDS,
BUT I'VE GOT TO GET GOING AGAIN.
HEY, LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN.
( SOFT BUZZING )
THAT'S BEES.
I CAN DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY HEAR BEES SOMEWHERE.
AND IF I CAN JUST FIND THEIR HIVE AND GET TO THE HONEY,
THAT WOULD JUST BE ACE.
HONEY IS FULL OF SUGARS LIKE GLUCOSE AND FRUCTOSE,
AND IT WILL GIVE ME TONS OF ENERGY TO KEEP ME GOING.
OH, LOOK, THERE THEY ARE. THERE, THERE. LOOK.
LOOK AT THAT -- YOU SEE THEM?
THEY'RE JUST GOING MAD 'ROUND THAT LITTLE TREE.
MANY HIVES IN HAWAII HAVE BEEN COLONIZED BY AFRICAN BEES,
AND THEY'RE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE
THAN THE NATIVE SPECIES.
IF THESE ARE AFRICAN BEES, THAT MEANS BIG TROUBLE.
OH, NO, LOOK. THEY'RE NOT LIKING THIS AT ALL.
THAT WOULD BE A...
YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE CERTAIN, CERTAIN MASS STING
IF I TRY AND GRAB THIS.
NO, I'M GONNA NEED...
I'M GONNA NEED ANOTHER PLAN TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT HONEY.
THE BEST WAY TO CALM ANGRY BEES IS WITH SMOKE,
AND HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT.
THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, THESE MONSTERA LEAVES.
AND ALL I DO IS THAT I TAKE TWO OF THESE LEAVES,
AND THEN GET A LOAD OF THIS.
I HAVE DRIED GRASS THAT'S JUST AROUND HERE, AS WELL.
OKAY, WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THESE
IS JUST LAY THIS ONE ON TOP OF THAT
AND REALLY ROLL THIS IN TIGHT.
AND THEN ROLL IT.
AND BEFORE I ACTUALLY LIGHT THIS,
I ONCE AGAIN NEED THIS FACE MASK.
AND I CAN USE THIS OLD T-SHIRT AGAIN.
AND THIS IS JUST TO STOP ANY OF THE BEES GOING UP MY NOSE,
IN MY MOUTH, OR IN MY EARS.
OKAY, THIS IS READY TO LIGHT.
AND THEN I JUST PULL THIS TOP ONE
ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE BOTTOM.
BY WRAPPING THE BUNDLE TIGHTLY,
I'M LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF AIR THAT CAN GET TO THE TWIGS.
IT WILL SMOLDER AND GIVE OFF SMOKE
BUT WON'T CATCH LIGHT.
NOW, FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO WAFT THIS SMOKE OVER THEM
AND TRY AND CALM THEM DOWN A BIT.
THE SMELL OF THE SMOKE MAKES THE BEES RETURN TO THE HIVE
AND GORGE THEMSELVES ON HONEY.
EATING THE HONEY CALMS THEM DOWN,
SO I'M LESS LIKELY TO GET STUNG.
OKAY, I THINK THAT SHOULD DO IT.
UGH!
AH, I'VE GOT IT.
AWESOME.
MMM.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT HONEY
IS THAT THIS STUFF NEVER GOES BAD,
EVEN WHEN THEY FIND IT IN THE PYRAMIDS.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS REHEAT IT,
AND IT'S GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT AGAIN.
AND IT'S JUST SO PURE.
THANKS, BEES.
MMM.
THE HONEY HAS GIVEN ME A REAL BOOST TO KEEP PUSHING ON,
AND THE COAST CAN'T BE FAR AWAY NOW.
HEY, GUYS, LOOK -- IT'S A CLEARING.
OHH.
I REALLY THOUGHT I'D COME OUT OF THIS CLEARING
AND JUST APPEAR TO SEE THE COAST AND THE SEA
AND A REALLY NICE, LIKE, HAWAIIAN BEACH AND PALM TREES.
BUT INSTEAD, IT'S JUST THIS.
AND IT'S SO DEMORALIZING.
IF I'M HONEST, I'M EXHAUSTED NOW BY THE VOLCANO.
I NEED TO GET OFF, AND FAST.
I'M HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS THE SEA,
WHERE I HOPE I'LL FIND PEOPLE.
THE OCEAN CAN'T BE MORE THAN A FEW MILES AWAY NOW,
BUT IN MY PATH IS A VAST LAVA FIELD,
AND CROSSING IT IS GONNA BE PAINFULLY SLOW.
MOLTEN LAVA SOLIDIFIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THIS SECTION FORMED
WHEN RED-HOT CINDERS ROLLED DOWN THE SIDES OF THE VOLCANO.
THEY COOLED QUICKLY,
LEAVING A MASS OF VICIOUSLY SHARP ROCKS.
I NEED ANOTHER PLAN.
I'M JUST GONNA GET CUT TO SHREDS TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS.
I THINK I MAY USE MY...
MAYBE USE MY SOCKS AS GLOVES.
WITHOUT SOME SORT OF PROTECTION,
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE MUCH LEFT OF ME
BY THE TIME I GET OUT OF THIS BIT OF THE LAVA.
MAYBE THIS WILL HELP, IF I WEAR THEM AS, LIKE, GLOVES.
YOU CAN SEE HOW SHARP THIS IS.
LOOK AT THIS.
GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH IT, JUST A LITTLE SCRATCH.
THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF PROTECTION.
UGH.
THANK GOD FOR THAT.
THAT WAS HORRIBLE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'VE SEEN SOME REALLY UNPLEASANT TERRAINS MY TIME,
BUT THAT HAS TO BE THE WORST.
IN THE SKY ABOVE ME IS MY FIRST CLUE
THAT THE OCEAN CAN'T BE TOO FAR AWAY.
LOOK AT THOSE KOA'E KEA BIRDS,
AND THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR ME.
THEY'RE SEABIRDS,
AND THAT'S TELLING ME I MUST BE GETTING NEAR TO THE COAST NOW.
THE BIRDS ARE FLYING HIGH,
WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO THE SEA TO FEED.
ALL I NEED TO DO IS FOLLOW THEM,
BUT BLOCKING MY PATH
IS A SERIES OF HUGE CRACKS IN THE GROUND.
THESE FISSURES ARE CAUSED
BY THE NUMEROUS EARTHQUAKES THAT PLAGUE THE REGION.
OTHERS ARE JUST OLD LAVA TUBES THAT HAVE CAVED IN COMPLETELY.
LOOK AT THIS, LOOK, YOU CAN SEE HERE
WHERE THE LAVA HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DRIPPING
INTO THIS CRACK.
AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THE SORT OF TEMPERATURES INVOLVED
TO MELT ALL OF THIS ROCK.
CROSSING THESE FRAGILE FISSURES CAN BE DANGEROUS.
BUT THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT.
SOMETIMES YOU GET THESE LAVA BRIDGES THAT CROSS THEM OVER,
SORT OF IN THE SAME WAY YOU GET SNOW BRIDGES OVER CREVASSES.
BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL CROSSING THESE
JUST BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS SOLID AND WHAT IS HOLLOW UNDERNEATH.
THIS IS A PRETTY BIG CRACK, THIS ONE,
AND THIS WAS PROBABLY FORMED BY AN EARTHQUAKE.
BUT I NEED TO FIND A WAY ACROSS IT,
BECAUSE I'M HEADING THAT WAY.
BUT THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO JUMP THIS ONE.
SO I'M EITHER LOOKING FOR ANOTHER LAVA BRIDGE
OR I'M GONNA HAVE TO CLIMB DOWN
AND THEN CLIMB UP THE OTHER SIDE.
I RECKON I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SCRAMBLE DOWN THIS BIT HERE.
HAWAII IS ONE OF THE MOST SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGIONS
ON THE PLANET.
BUT THE EARTHQUAKES HERE
AREN'T CAUSED BY TECTONIC PLATES SHIFTING,
BUT BY MAGMA MOVING INSIDE THE VOLCANO.
THERE ARE AT LEAST 20 EARTHQUAKES A DAY
ON THIS ISLAND.
AND EARTHQUAKES NOT ONLY OPEN UP CRACKS, THEY ALSO CLOSE THEM,
SO I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND LONG IN HERE.
LOOKS LIKE I CAN SEE A WAY OUT OF THIS CRACK UP AHEAD THERE.
THE WALLS OF THIS FISSURE ARE MADE UP OF FINE VOLCANIC ASH
THAT OFFERS LITTLE OR NO GRIP.
IT'S VITAL THAT I TEST EVERY FOOTHOLD.
AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR -- THE SEA.
AND THAT BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE
IS WHERE ALL THE LAVA THAT I'VE BEEN WALKING OVER THE TOP OF
RUNS INTO THE SEA AND CREATES THIS HUGE PLUME.
I MAY HAVE REACHED THE SEA,
BUT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE.
THOSE CLOUDS ARE HYDROCHLORIC ACID,
FORMED WHEN THE HOT LAVA HITS THE SEA.
IT'S HIGHLY CORROSIVE,
AND IF I BREATHE IT IN, IT'S DEADLY POISONOUS.
THIS WHOLE PLACE SMELLS LIKE A CHEMISTRY LAB GONE VERY WRONG.
THE COAST IS DOTTED WITH TOWNS AND VILLAGES,
AND I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND PEOPLE SOON.
BUT IT'S VITAL TO BE SURE OF THE SAFEST WAY TO GO.
IF I WENT THAT WAY,
LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE MORE BIG STEAM JETS OVER THERE,
SO I'M GONNA TRY THIS WAY.
A WATERFALL OF LAVA
FLOWING STRAIGHT INTO THE SEA IS SPECTACULAR,
BUT I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT AS WIDE A BERTH AS POSSIBLE.
THEN, I SEE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
THERE'S A BUILDING
AND A COUPLE OF TRUCKS OVER THERE.
AND IT'S JUST SUCH A RELIEF TO SEE SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION AGAIN.
AND I LEAVE WITH A HEALTHY RESPECT
FOR THE POWER OF NATURE AND ALSO THIS VOLCANO.
AND IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN
SOME OF THE HARSHEST TERRAIN I'VE EVER KNOWN.
BUT, FOR ME, IT IS DEFINITELY TIME TO BE HEADING HOME.
MY JOURNEY IS ALMOST OVER.
IN FEW OTHER PLACES DO WE COME SO CLOSE
TO THE NATURAL FORCES THAT HELP SHAPE OUR PLANET,
AND IT'S REKINDLED IN ME
AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF WONDER.