1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,300 MY NAME IS BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:02,340 --> 00:00:04,460 I'VE SERVED WITH BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES, 3 00:00:05,020 --> 00:00:06,380 CLIMBED TO THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST, 4 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,160 AND EXPLORED THE FROZEN OCEANS OF THE ARCTIC. 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:10,380 NOW I'M HEADING 6 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,160 FOR ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN THE WORLD -- 7 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,080 KILAUEA IN HAWAII. 8 00:00:16,340 --> 00:00:19,120 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COME TO SEE THE FLOWING LAVA, 9 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,320 AND EACH YEAR, 50 GET STRANDED. 10 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:24,220 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE. 11 00:00:35,340 --> 00:00:37,380 I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 12 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,380 FLYING TOWARDS THE ISLAND OF HAWAII, 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:44,440 WHERE THE KILAUEA VOLCANO HAS BEEN ERUPTING SINCE 1983. 14 00:00:48,220 --> 00:00:51,460 EACH YEAR, 2 MILLION TOURISTS FLOCK TO THESE LAVA FIELDS, 15 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:54,240 DRAWN BY THE GLOW OF THE MOLTEN ROCK. 16 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,460 BUT IT'S EASY TO GET INJURED OR LOST 17 00:00:58,020 --> 00:01:00,140 IN THIS BARREN AND DANGEROUS LANDSCAPE. 18 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,060 I'M GONNA PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION 19 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:10,380 OF A TOURIST STRANDED HERE 20 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,400 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE. 21 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:17,260 ALL I'VE GOT IS A WATER BOTTLE, A KNIFE, AND A FLINT. 22 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:19,280 ANY MINUTE NOW, 23 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:22,380 THE PILOT'S GONNA DROP ME OFF AT THE VOLCANO. 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,080 IT IS LATE AFTERNOON, 25 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,440 AND IN A FEW HOURS, IT WILL BE DARK UP HERE. 26 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,200 THE CAMERA CREW WILL FOLLOW MY JOURNEY. 27 00:01:38,060 --> 00:01:41,380 THE LAVA DOWN THERE IS TOO UNSTABLE TO LAND ON, 28 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,440 SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO DOWN ON A ROPE. 29 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,140 I'M ABOUT TO DROP INTO A DORMANT CRATER 30 00:01:51,180 --> 00:01:53,060 SOMEWHERE ON THE VOLCANO'S UPPER SLOPES. 31 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:29,380 LOOK AT THIS PLACE. 32 00:02:30,020 --> 00:02:31,400 IT'S JUST SO INTIMIDATING. 33 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:34,480 THIS VOLCANO IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. 34 00:02:35,180 --> 00:02:38,320 ONLY A FEW FEET BENEATH ME IS A LAKE OF MOLTEN ROCK, 35 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,220 WHOSE TEMPERATURE IS OVER 2,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 36 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,480 AND SEEPING OUT OF THE GROUND ARE NOXIOUS VOLCANIC GASES. 37 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:53,440 I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY OUT AND BACK TO CIVILIZATION. 38 00:02:55,340 --> 00:02:57,120 BUT WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO GO? 39 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:01,100 I'M GOING TO GET ABOVE THE CRATER TO GET MY BEARINGS. 40 00:03:04,060 --> 00:03:07,340 WOW! LOOK AT THAT. 41 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:16,040 IT'S LIKE I'VE LANDED ON THE SURFACE OF, YOU KNOW, 42 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,060 LIKE, AN ALIEN PLANET. 43 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:21,100 THE LANDSCAPE IS FEATURELESS AND UTTERLY FORBIDDING. 44 00:03:21,140 --> 00:03:23,300 EASY TO SEE WHY PEOPLE GET LOST HERE. 45 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,000 IT'S JUST THIS MILES AND MILES OF DESOLATE TERRAIN. 46 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,060 AND I CAN TELL, 47 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:32,280 THIS STUFF IS GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE TO TRY AND COVER. 48 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,240 IF YOU ARE LOST HERE, 49 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:36,300 TRY TO WORK OUT A ROUTE TO THE SEA, 50 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,320 BECAUSE IT'S BY THE SEA THAT MOST HAWAIIANS LIVE. 51 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,220 WHAT I DO KNOW 52 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:50,360 IS THAT THIS VOLCANO IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND. 53 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,380 AND THE BEST WAY OF FINDING CIVILIZATION 54 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:54,060 IS TO HEAD TO THE COAST. 55 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:56,480 SO THAT MEANS MY NEAREST BIT OF COAST IS GONNA BE TO THE SOUTH. 56 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,340 I'M GOING TO USE THE SUN AS A COMPASS. 57 00:04:00,380 --> 00:04:03,300 IT'S LATE AFTERNOON, AND THE SUN IS IN THE WEST, 58 00:04:03,340 --> 00:04:06,060 WHICH MEANS THAT SOUTH MUST BE THIS WAY. 59 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,080 THE ISLAND IS ROUGHLY 80 MILES WIDE AND LONG, 60 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,400 WHICH MEANS THE OCEAN CAN'T BE MORE THAN 40 MILES AWAY. 61 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,440 BUT WALKING ON THIS JAGGED TERRAIN IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 62 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,360 MOST ACCIDENTS HAPPEN ON THE VOLCANO 63 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,420 WHEN PEOPLE SLIP OR FALL. 64 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:26,480 AND LOSING YOUR FOOTING OUT HERE 65 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,060 CAN EASILY RESULT IN A BROKEN LEG. 66 00:04:30,340 --> 00:04:32,060 A FEW YEARS AGO, 67 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:34,360 A TOURIST DIED WHEN A SECTION OF COOLED LAVA 68 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,300 ON WHICH HE WAS STANDING GAVE WAY, 69 00:04:37,340 --> 00:04:39,000 AND HE FELL INTO THE OCEAN. 70 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,000 EVEN FOR EXPERIENCED HIKERS, 71 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,400 IT CAN TAKE AN HOUR JUST TO WALK HALF A MILE. 72 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:54,380 SULFUR DIOXIDE GAS FORMS IN VOLCANOES, 73 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:56,400 AND HERE, IT'S REALLY THICK. 74 00:04:58,460 --> 00:05:00,020 LOOK AT THIS. 75 00:05:00,060 --> 00:05:01,460 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SULFUR DIOXIDE HERE, 76 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,060 SEEPING OUT OF THESE VENTS. 77 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:07,200 AND THIS IS A SIGN THAT WHAT I'M STANDING ON HERE 78 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,480 IS LITERALLY STRAIGHT ABOVE REAL, FLOWING LAVA, 79 00:05:11,020 --> 00:05:13,480 PROBABLY ABOUT 3 OR 4 FOOT DIRECTLY UNDER ME. 80 00:05:14,020 --> 00:05:16,040 VOLCANOLOGISTS MEASURE THESE EMISSIONS, 81 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,120 LOOKING FOR SIGNS THAT A VOLCANO MAY BE ABOUT TO ERUPT. 82 00:05:21,260 --> 00:05:22,420 I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING. 83 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,140 THIS SULFUR JUST HAS THIS REAL STENCH, 84 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:34,140 AND IT'S GETTING QUITE UNPLEASANT. 85 00:05:34,180 --> 00:05:35,440 IT'S GOT THIS BITTER, SHARP TASTE, 86 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,440 AND IT'S GETTING RIGHT IN THE BACK OF MY THROAT. 87 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:39,360 IT'S JUST NOT VERY NICE. 88 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,140 IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, THIS GAS IS A KILLER. 89 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:45,080 A FEW YEARS AGO, 90 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,320 A HELICOPTER CRASH LEFT A FILM CREW STRANDED 91 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,480 FOR THREE DAYS ON THIS VOLCANO. 92 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:53,340 THEY ONLY SURVIVED BY USING THEIR T-SHIRTS AS GAS MASKS, 93 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,020 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 94 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,020 ( COUGHING ) 95 00:06:14,060 --> 00:06:17,280 I CAN HARDLY BREATHE! 96 00:06:25,060 --> 00:06:26,460 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 97 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,480 AH, THAT WAS HARD. 98 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,140 ( COUGHING ) 99 00:06:32,180 --> 00:06:35,140 MY LUNGS JUST FEEL LIKE THEY'RE JUST ON FIRE, 100 00:06:35,180 --> 00:06:37,480 AND IT'S HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE STUFF. 101 00:06:38,020 --> 00:06:40,320 I WAS RUNNING OUT OF PUFF BACK THERE. 102 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,000 BUT IT'S LOOKING... LOOKING MUCH CLEARER NOW AHEAD. 103 00:06:45,180 --> 00:06:47,240 BUT I JUST NEED A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GET MY BREATH BACK. 104 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,120 I'M THROUGH THE SULFUR, 105 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:56,340 BUT THE GAS IS A SIGN 106 00:06:56,380 --> 00:06:59,300 THAT MOLTEN LAVA IS CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. 107 00:07:01,140 --> 00:07:04,060 THIS WHOLE AREA IS GETTING REALLY HOT NOW, 108 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:06,300 AND I KEEP SEEING THESE LITTLE WINDOWS 109 00:07:06,340 --> 00:07:08,340 DROPPING DOWN INTO THE LAVA TUBES BELOW. 110 00:07:08,380 --> 00:07:12,000 HOLES IN THE SURFACE LIKE THIS ARE KNOWN AS SKYLIGHTS. 111 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,020 BENEATH THEM ARE STREAMS OF LAVA, 112 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:17,100 FLOWING THROUGH TUNNELS CALLED LAVA TUBES. 113 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,220 THE TEMPERATURE DOWN THERE 114 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,480 IS ABOUT 2,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 115 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,340 IF THE THIN CRUST GAVE WAY, 116 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:27,100 I'D BE INCINERATED IN SECONDS. 117 00:07:32,340 --> 00:07:35,000 BUT THERE IS A WAY OF CROSSING AN AREA LIKE THIS, 118 00:07:35,180 --> 00:07:36,460 AND THIS IS HOW. 119 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,240 VERY GINGERLY TEST IT WITH YOUR BOOT, 120 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:43,040 AND IF YOUR BOOT MELTS, 121 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,020 THAT MEANS IT'S TOO HOT TO CROSS. 122 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,000 I'M GONNA GO FOR THIS NOW. 123 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,320 BUT THE CAMERA CREW ARE GONNA WAIT HERE, 124 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,200 BECAUSE IF WE TRY TO DO THIS TOGETHER, 125 00:07:51,340 --> 00:07:53,340 THE SIDES MIGHT WELL GIVE IN. 126 00:07:54,220 --> 00:07:55,100 HERE GOES. 127 00:07:58,240 --> 00:07:59,280 WHOA! 128 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,200 MY BOOT STARTED TO MELT ON THAT. 129 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,080 THAT'S TOO HOT THERE. 130 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,060 WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR 131 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:13,220 IS IF THE ROCK IN FRONT OF YOU STARTS TO GO MUSHY. 132 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,240 AND IF THAT DOES HAPPEN AND YOUR FOOT STARTS TO SINK IN, 133 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:19,240 YOU'VE GOT TO BACK AWAY AND TRY AND FIND ANOTHER WAY AROUND. 134 00:08:40,340 --> 00:08:42,220 I'VE MADE IT THROUGH, 135 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,300 AND THIS ROCK IS MUCH COOLER NOW. 136 00:08:45,340 --> 00:08:50,340 BUT MY FEET ARE JUST ON FIRE AFTER THAT. 137 00:08:52,060 --> 00:08:54,360 I'M THROUGH THE HOTTEST PART OF THE LAVA FIELD NOW, 138 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,220 BUT I'VE GOT TO FIND FOOD AND WATER. 139 00:08:57,460 --> 00:09:00,080 THE ONLY QUESTION ON THIS POISONOUS LANDSCAPE 140 00:09:00,260 --> 00:09:01,180 IS WHERE? 141 00:09:15,060 --> 00:09:18,180 THE TEMPERATURE ON THE VOLCANO IS OVERPOWERING. 142 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,120 DEHYDRATION IS A BIG DANGER FOR STRANDED TOURISTS 143 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,220 ON THESE UNFORGIVING LAVA FIELDS. 144 00:09:25,300 --> 00:09:28,240 THE VOLCANO IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE 145 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,100 WITHOUT SOMETHING TO DRINK. 146 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,200 I'M JUST GETTING A BIT WORRIED 147 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,020 THAT I'M GETTING LOW ON WATER NOW. 148 00:09:45,980 --> 00:09:48,360 AND I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE 149 00:09:48,980 --> 00:09:50,100 TO SURVIVE THREE DAYS WITHOUT IT. 150 00:09:51,060 --> 00:09:53,340 BUT TO BE HONEST, THE WAY I FEEL AT THE MOMENT, 151 00:09:53,980 --> 00:09:54,440 IN THIS HEAT, 152 00:09:55,220 --> 00:09:57,260 I'M GONNA STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH ONE. 153 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:10,400 THE VOLCANO GETS AROUND 120 INCHES OF RAINFALL A YEAR. 154 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,240 BUT THE LAVA IS SO POROUS, ALMOST ALL OF IT DRAINS AWAY, 155 00:10:15,460 --> 00:10:18,020 AND THE SURFACE WATER THAT REMAINS 156 00:10:18,060 --> 00:10:20,380 SOON EVAPORATES IN THE 90-DEGREE HEAT. 157 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:24,240 MUCH OF THE RAIN THAT FALLS 158 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,240 NEAR THE VOLCANO'S ACTIVE CRATER 159 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,240 IS CONTAMINATED BY SULFUROUS GASES, 160 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,400 TURNING IT INTO ACID RAIN. 161 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,440 IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, VERY FEW PLANTS CAN LIVE. 162 00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:41,120 AS I GET FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ACTIVE CRATER, 163 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,140 I'M STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE PLANTS. 164 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,400 THE LAVA FIELDS OF KILAUEA 165 00:10:45,460 --> 00:10:48,280 WERE ONCE COVERED WITH LUSH RAINFORESTS, 166 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,240 AND SOME SECTIONS STILL REMAIN. 167 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,080 THESE ARE CALLED KIPUKAS. 168 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:56,380 THEY RANGE FROM TINY OUTCROPS OF VEGETATION 169 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,420 TO LARGE ISLANDS OF JUNGLE. 170 00:10:59,180 --> 00:11:01,240 BUT IN THERE IS GONNA BE MY BEST CHANCE 171 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,380 OF FINDING FOOD AND WATER. 172 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:24,200 ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THIS WHOLE VOLCANIC REGION 173 00:11:24,980 --> 00:11:27,360 IS THAT THERE'S NO STREAMS OR RIVERS OR LAKES. 174 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,440 BUT MY BEST CHANCE OF FINDING WATER 175 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,420 IS GONNA BE IN HERE, IN THE JUNGLE, 176 00:11:32,460 --> 00:11:35,980 EITHER IN A HOLLOW OR IN A CAVE. 177 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:43,240 BUT IT'S GONNA BE HARD FINDING ANYTHING 178 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:44,400 IN THIS DENSE UNDERGROWTH. 179 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,240 HEY, LOOK AT THIS. LOOK. 180 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:07,000 AVOCADOS. 181 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:11,260 THIS IS AN AVOCADO TREE, AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME. 182 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:13,120 I LOVE AVOCADOS! 183 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,040 I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET SOME OF THESE DOWN. 184 00:12:16,260 --> 00:12:19,240 AVOCADOS GROW ON THE HIGHER BRANCHES OF THE TREES, 185 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,240 TO PROTECT THE FRUITS FROM PREDATORS. 186 00:12:21,460 --> 00:12:24,460 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THESE TREES 187 00:12:25,340 --> 00:12:28,180 TO SHIM UP THERE. 188 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,320 LET'S GET UP THIS LAST BIT. 189 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:46,460 AND THAT IS WHAT I'M AFTER. 190 00:12:49,980 --> 00:12:52,360 I'M JUST SO HUNGRY, I'M GONNA EAT THIS UP HERE, 191 00:12:52,420 --> 00:12:56,100 AND I'M NOT GONNA WAIT TO GET DOWN. 192 00:12:56,140 --> 00:13:00,320 TRY AND GET THE POSITION, GET MY KNIFE OUT. 193 00:13:12,020 --> 00:13:14,420 AND THEN JUST GET THIS SKIN OFF. 194 00:13:14,980 --> 00:13:17,280 AVOCADOS ARE ONE OF NATURE'S SUPERFOODS -- 195 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,440 FULL OF CALORIES, PROTEIN, AND GOOD FAT. 196 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:28,240 MMM, THAT'S AMAZING. I JUST LOVE AVOCADOS. 197 00:13:29,020 --> 00:13:33,040 IF I WAS EVER STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND, 198 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,100 THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE FOODS I'D TAKE -- 199 00:13:35,420 --> 00:13:37,180 AND MAYONNAISE... 200 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,200 AND CHOCOLATE. 201 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,240 WITH A FULL STOMACH, IT'S TIME TO GET GOING AGAIN. 202 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,140 I'M HEADING FOR THE COAST, 203 00:13:47,180 --> 00:13:49,180 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'LL FIND PEOPLE. 204 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:52,220 I WANT TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. 205 00:13:52,260 --> 00:13:54,980 I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A NIGHT IN THIS JUNGLE. 206 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:58,180 THAT ONE'S A RESERVE. 207 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,320 I'VE GOT ONE FOR LATER. 208 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,220 BUT I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND ANY WATER. 209 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:17,060 LAST YEAR, A LOST HIKER SURVIVED A WEEK ON THIS VOLCANO 210 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,060 BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED. 211 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:20,320 HE KEPT HIMSELF ALIVE 212 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,260 BY SUCKING WATER FROM CLUMPS OF MOSS. 213 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,260 BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS RUNNING WATER. 214 00:14:27,380 --> 00:14:29,440 WATER THAT HAS BEEN LYING IN A POOL OR ROCK 215 00:14:29,980 --> 00:14:31,120 COULD BE STAGNANT, 216 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,000 AND STAGNANT WATER IS A BREEDING GROUND FOR BACTERIA, 217 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,160 OR IT MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY ANIMAL WASTE. 218 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,180 THEN, I SPOT SOMETHING 219 00:14:46,220 --> 00:14:48,340 WHICH COULD LEAD ME TO FRESH DRINKING WATER. 220 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,260 WOW, LOOK AT THIS. 221 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:52,040 THIS IS ACTUALLY AN OLD LAVA TUBE. 222 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,100 AND AT ONE POINT, 223 00:14:53,140 --> 00:14:55,040 LAVA WOULD HAVE FLOWED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS, 224 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,160 ON ITS JOURNEY DOWN TO THE SEA. 225 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,100 HAWAII IS DOTTED WITH OLD LAVA TUBES -- 226 00:15:01,140 --> 00:15:04,240 UNDERGROUND TUNNELS THAT ONCE CARRIED LAVA 227 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,140 FROM THE VOLCANO TO THE SEA. 228 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,320 FOR ME, IT'S A PLACE WHERE WATER MIGHT COLLECT. 229 00:15:12,060 --> 00:15:15,300 WHERE I'M STANDING WAS ONCE THE ROOF OF THE LAVA TUBE, 230 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,280 BUT IT'S COLLAPSED, CREATING THIS HUGE HOLE. 231 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,220 THAT'S MY ROUTE IN. 232 00:15:22,220 --> 00:15:25,040 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A DROP OF ABOUT 40 FEET. 233 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,300 IT'S GONNA BE RISKY, BUT I HAVE TO FIND A WAY DOWN. 234 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,360 I'VE PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION OF A LOST TOURIST 235 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,080 ON THE KILAUEA VOLCANO IN HAWAII 236 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,220 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE AND FIND A WAY OUT. 237 00:15:48,140 --> 00:15:50,300 I'VE TRIED TO GET INTO A COLLAPSED LAVA TUBE 238 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:51,980 TO FIND WATER, 239 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,260 BUT THERE'S A DROP OF ABOUT 40 FEET. 240 00:15:55,340 --> 00:15:58,300 THESE TREES HERE -- THEY'RE CALLED OHIA TREES. 241 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,080 AND WHAT THEY DO, THEY RUN OVER THE EDGE, 242 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,380 AND THEIR ROOTS RUN EXPOSED STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. 243 00:16:04,420 --> 00:16:07,220 WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS LOOKING FOR WATER STRAIGHT DOWN, 244 00:16:07,260 --> 00:16:09,000 LOOKING FOR MOISTURE. 245 00:16:09,140 --> 00:16:13,240 AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THESE TO CLIMB DOWN. 246 00:16:13,420 --> 00:16:15,960 IT'S JUST THEY'RE COVERED IN ALL OF THIS MOSS, 247 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,260 AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT SLIPPY. 248 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,200 OLD LAVA TUBES LIKE THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS PLACES. 249 00:16:25,340 --> 00:16:27,380 RECENTLY, AN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER 250 00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:31,040 SURVIVED A 100-FOOT FALL INTO ONE NEAR HERE 251 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,420 DURING A SEARCH-AND-RESCUE MISSION. 252 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,140 WHAT'S DIFFICULT HERE IS WORKING OUT WHICH OF THESE -- 253 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:38,260 WHICH OF THESE ROOTS ARE DEAD... 254 00:16:41,060 --> 00:16:42,220 ...AND WHICH ARE LIVING. 255 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,080 AND YOU'VE JUST GOT TO TEST IT 256 00:16:45,980 --> 00:16:48,300 BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR WHOLE WEIGHT ON IT. 257 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,280 IT'S SO SLIPPY, THIS STUFF. 258 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,280 IT'S JUST SO HARD TO KEEP A GRIP. 259 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:20,340 I'M THIRSTY, 260 00:17:20,380 --> 00:17:23,260 BUT I KNOW NOT TO DRINK THE FIRST WATER I FIND. 261 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,360 THERE'S A LOT OF MOISTURE DOWN IN THIS CAVE. 262 00:17:30,060 --> 00:17:32,380 BUT THE WATER ITSELF COULD BE CONTAMINATED DOWN HERE, 263 00:17:32,420 --> 00:17:36,220 JUST BECAUSE ANIMALS WILL OFTEN FALL INTO THESE SKYLIGHTS 264 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:37,980 AND THEN DIE. 265 00:17:38,020 --> 00:17:40,160 AND, REALLY, I WANT TO BE FINDING WATER 266 00:17:40,220 --> 00:17:43,080 FROM DEEPER WITHIN THE ACTUAL LAVA TUBES THEMSELVES, 267 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,240 WHERE I CAN BE CERTAIN THAT THE WATER IS CLEAN. 268 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:48,260 BUT BEFORE I HEAD DOWN ANY FURTHER, 269 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:50,360 I NEED TO MAKE MYSELF A TORCH. 270 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,160 THE NUTS FROM THE KUKUI TREE ARE RICH IN PLANT OIL 271 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,960 AND BURN EASILY. 272 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,360 THIS IS THE ACTUAL KUKUI TREE ITSELF, 273 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,400 AND THE NUTS SHOULD BE ALL AROUND HERE NOW. 274 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:05,180 NATIVE HAWAIIANS CALL THEM CANDLENUTS 275 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,040 AND USE THEM TO LIGHT THEIR HOMES. 276 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:11,040 AND WHAT I NEED TO DO IS GET IN THROUGH THIS OUTER HARD SHELL 277 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,140 AND GRAB A ROCK LIKE THIS 278 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:16,340 AND GIVE THEM A WHACK. 279 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,300 AND THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT -- 280 00:18:20,340 --> 00:18:23,060 THE ACTUAL NUT ITSELF. 281 00:18:24,300 --> 00:18:25,360 TO MAKE THE TORCH, 282 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,360 I'M GONNA SKEWER THE NUTS ON SHARP STICKS. 283 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,300 GREEN WOOD WORKS BEST, AS IT DOESN'T BURN SO FAST. 284 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,100 WHAT I NEED TO DO NOW 285 00:18:34,140 --> 00:18:38,380 IS THREAD THESE THROUGH THESE LITTLE STICKS 286 00:18:40,020 --> 00:18:41,220 AND MAKE, LIKE, A... 287 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,360 LIKE, A SORT OF KABOB OF NUTS THAT ARE GONNA SLOWLY BURN. 288 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,360 AND WHAT YOU DO, YOU USE -- 289 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,180 YOU LIGHT THE TOP ONES FIRST AND LET IT BURN DOWN THAT WAY. 290 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,180 AND EACH OF THESE SHOULD LAST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. 291 00:18:57,140 --> 00:18:59,320 SO, IF I PUT FIVE OF THEM ON A STICK, 292 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:03,320 I GOT ALMOST HALF AN HOUR OF LIGHT DOWN IN THESE TUBES. 293 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:05,320 OKAY, THAT'S ONE. 294 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,360 AND THIS LITTLE FLAME HAS ANOTHER PURPOSE 295 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,240 THAT MAY EVEN SAVE YOUR LIFE. 296 00:19:17,260 --> 00:19:19,220 AND THIS GONNA DO MORE 297 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,140 THAN JUST GIVE ME LIGHT IN THIS LAVA TUNNEL. 298 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,980 WHAT IT'S GONNA DO IS WARN ME OF ANY CARBON DIOXIDE IN THERE, 299 00:19:26,020 --> 00:19:30,160 AND IT'S GONNA ACT A BIT LIKE A CANARY DOWN A MINE. 300 00:19:30,220 --> 00:19:34,360 ONE OF THE GASES EMITTED BY THE VOLCANO IS CARBON DIOXIDE. 301 00:19:34,980 --> 00:19:37,040 IT'S INVISIBLE, ODORLESS, 302 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,960 AND IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, IT'S DEADLY. 303 00:19:41,140 --> 00:19:44,020 IF I COME ACROSS A POCKET OF IT, THIS LIGHT WILL GO OUT, 304 00:19:44,060 --> 00:19:46,340 AND IT'S A SIGN THAT I ALSO NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE, 305 00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:48,180 AND QUICKLY. 306 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,400 OTHERWISE, I COULD SUFFOCATE. 307 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,980 CARBON DIOXIDE IS NOT ONLY THE DANGER DOWN HERE. 308 00:20:09,220 --> 00:20:11,200 I AM 40 FOOT UNDERGROUND 309 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,160 AND IN A TUNNEL LIKE THIS, THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE OF A ROCK FALL, 310 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,240 SO THE SAFEST PLACE TO WALK IS NEXT TO THE WALLS THEMSELVES. 311 00:20:19,420 --> 00:20:22,260 ONCE UPON A TIME MOLTEN LAVA WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN 312 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,100 FLOWING THROUGH ALL OF THIS 313 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:27,100 AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT HAS GOT SO HOT IT HAS ACTUALLY FIRED 314 00:20:27,140 --> 00:20:31,160 THE WALLS AND IT HAS GONE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE GLASSY CERAMIC. 315 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,160 THERE'S ANOTHER SKYLIGHT HERE, WHERE THE ROOF HAS CAVED IN, 316 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,020 JUST LIKE THE ONE THAT I CAME IN ON. 317 00:20:49,060 --> 00:20:52,320 BUT THERE'S NO WATER DOWN HERE THAT I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO DRINK, 318 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,200 SO I NEED TO KEEP MOVING ON, FURTHER DOWN. 319 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,400 WOW, LOOK AT THIS -- THESE ROOTS. 320 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,160 YOU CAN SEE IT IN HERE, 321 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,220 THEY'RE JUST GROWING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE TUNNEL CEILING. 322 00:21:16,260 --> 00:21:18,380 AND THEY'RE ALL JUST LADEN WITH MOISTURE. 323 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:20,440 THERE'S PROBABLY ENOUGH HERE 324 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:23,120 FOR ME TO ACTUALLY FILL UP MY WHOLE WATER BOTTLE. 325 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,960 RAINWATER HAS FOUND ITS WAY 326 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,160 THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE CEILING OF THE LAVA TUBE 327 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,080 AND IS DRIPPING DOWN THE ROOTS. 328 00:21:29,140 --> 00:21:30,300 THE MAIN THING IS, THOUGH, 329 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:32,440 THIS WATER IS FILTERED AND IT'S CLEAN 330 00:21:32,980 --> 00:21:35,420 AND GOOD ENOUGH, PROBABLY, TO BOTTLE AND SELL 331 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,160 IN A NICE RESTAURANT SOMEWHERE. 332 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,420 ALL I NEED TO DO IS COLLECT IT. 333 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,040 I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO TRY IT. 334 00:21:49,180 --> 00:21:50,400 THIS IS FILLED UP. 335 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,160 AND THAT IS SO PURE. 336 00:21:56,420 --> 00:22:00,000 THAT IS PROPER VOLCANO WATER. 337 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,300 IT'S TIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE SURFACE. 338 00:22:09,180 --> 00:22:11,040 ( DISTANT RUMBLING ) WHOA! 339 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,400 DO YOU HEAR THAT? LISTEN, LISTEN. 340 00:22:14,340 --> 00:22:16,300 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS, BUT WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE. 341 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,000 THESE OLD LAVA TUBES ARE DANGEROUS PLACES. 342 00:22:22,140 --> 00:22:24,240 IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE -- FAST. 343 00:22:32,980 --> 00:22:35,980 I'M IN AN OLD LAVA TUBE, LOOKING FOR WATER, 344 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:38,140 BUT I'VE HIT A PROBLEM. 345 00:22:41,180 --> 00:22:42,940 THAT'S WHAT THIS NOISE WAS. 346 00:22:42,980 --> 00:22:47,020 THIS ROCKFALL DEFINITELY WASN'T HERE ON MY WAY IN. 347 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:51,940 AND THIS IS WHY THESE PLACES ARE SO DANGEROUS. 348 00:22:51,980 --> 00:22:52,400 LOOK. 349 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,040 I WANT TO GET OUT OF THE LAVA TUBE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 350 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:00,940 MY NEAREST EXIT 351 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:03,220 IS THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT I PASSED ON THE WAY IN. 352 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:07,160 THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA HEAD FOR, 353 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,420 BEFORE THERE'S ANOTHER COLLAPSE. 354 00:23:16,220 --> 00:23:19,080 THIS IS THE SKYLIGHT THAT I PASSED ON MY WAY DOWN. 355 00:23:19,140 --> 00:23:21,180 BUT THE WALLS ARE ALMOST VERTICAL. 356 00:23:21,220 --> 00:23:23,300 CLIMBING UP IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE 357 00:23:23,340 --> 00:23:25,280 WITHOUT THE PROPER EQUIPMENT, 358 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,320 AND I DON'T HAVE ANY. 359 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:28,320 BUT THERE IS A WAY. 360 00:23:28,420 --> 00:23:32,120 THE ROOTS OF A KUKUI TREE ARE DANGLING INTO THE HOLE. 361 00:23:32,180 --> 00:23:35,280 AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THIS TO TRY AND GET OUT. 362 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,140 IT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA BE -- 363 00:23:37,180 --> 00:23:39,200 IT'S GONNA BE SLIPPERY, 364 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:43,200 AND I JUST HOPE IT'S GONNA LET ME OUT. 365 00:24:12,220 --> 00:24:14,400 NOW I NEED TO GET GOING AGAIN. 366 00:24:14,940 --> 00:24:17,420 I'M TRYING TO FIND MY WAY OUT TO THE COAST, 367 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,300 BUT THAT'S NOT EASY. 368 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,020 THIS MIDDAY SUN NOW IS REALLY HOT. 369 00:24:25,060 --> 00:24:27,060 AND ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S SO HIGH IN THE SKY, 370 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,320 IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A DIRECTION, 371 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:31,080 ESPECIALLY IN THESE SORT OF BUSHES, 372 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:32,220 WHERE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, 373 00:24:32,260 --> 00:24:34,100 IT'S ABOVE HEAD HEIGHT EVERYWHERE. 374 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:37,120 AND I FEEL QUITE CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN HERE. 375 00:24:37,180 --> 00:24:39,200 I JUST WANT TO TRY AND FIND SOME CLEAR GROUND. 376 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,120 FINDING A CLEARING WILL GIVE ME A GOOD VIEW OF THE SUN, 377 00:24:43,180 --> 00:24:46,220 AND I CAN USE THE SUN'S SHADOW TO TELL THE DIRECTION. 378 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,100 BUT IN THIS DENSE BUSH, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. 379 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,940 SUDDENLY, THE TREES GIVE WAY. 380 00:25:02,420 --> 00:25:06,040 NOW IT SHOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO WORK OUT MY DIRECTION. 381 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:08,180 BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 382 00:25:08,220 --> 00:25:11,160 I CAN NO LONGER USE THE SUN AS MY COMPASS. 383 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,240 THE SUN'S HIDDEN BEHIND CLOUDS NOW, 384 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,040 WHICH MEANS I CAN'T USE THAT TO TELL ME WHICH WAY TO GO. 385 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:19,040 BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS USE THE WINDS AS A COMPASS. 386 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,380 THE PACIFIC TRADE WINDS ALWAYS BLOW IN THE SAME DIRECTION. 387 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,980 THAT'S WHY MERCHANT SEAMEN LONG AGO GAVE THEM THAT NAME. 388 00:25:27,020 --> 00:25:30,420 AND THE TRADE WINDS RUN PRETTY CONSISTENTLY FROM THE NORTHEAST. 389 00:25:31,020 --> 00:25:33,100 SO, IF I KEEP THEM ON THIS SHOULDER 390 00:25:33,220 --> 00:25:35,220 AND THEN HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION, 391 00:25:35,260 --> 00:25:37,380 THAT'S GONNA TAKE ME SOUTH AND TO THE COAST. 392 00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:53,280 AT THIS LATITUDE IN THE TROPICS, 393 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,320 IT GETS DARK REALLY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY IN WOODS LIKE THIS. 394 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:58,960 SO I'M GONNA NEED TO FIND SOME SORT OF SHELTER 395 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,400 BEFORE IT GETS NIGHTTIME. 396 00:26:05,380 --> 00:26:07,180 ONE OF THE QUICKEST AND EASIEST 397 00:26:07,220 --> 00:26:09,140 SHELTERS TO CONSTRUCT IN AN EMERGENCY 398 00:26:09,180 --> 00:26:10,960 IS A LEAN-TO. 399 00:26:11,380 --> 00:26:14,280 FIRST I NEED A FLAT AREA OF JUNGLE FLOOR. 400 00:26:15,180 --> 00:26:17,180 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN 401 00:26:17,340 --> 00:26:20,180 BUILDING A SHELTER IS GETTING A GOOD LOCATION. 402 00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:22,340 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A BIT OF A CLEARING UP HERE. 403 00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:24,220 WE WILL SEE WHAT THIS IS LIKE. 404 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:27,980 AND 405 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,320 IN FACT, ACTUALLY THIS WOULD NOT BE A GOOD AREA. 406 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:36,340 YOU CAN SEE WHERE GAME TRAIL HAS OBVIOUSLY COME THROUGH HERE AND, 407 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,340 IN FACT, THIS IS PROBABLY, PROBABLY A PIG. 408 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,960 WILD PIGS ARE HIGHLY DANGEROUS. 409 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:43,280 THEY HAVE SHARP TUSKS 410 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,160 AND WILL DEFEND THEIR TERRITORY FEROCIOUSLY. 411 00:26:46,340 --> 00:26:48,340 I HAVE GOT TO LOOK FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE. 412 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:55,980 HEY, LOOK, THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT, 413 00:26:56,020 --> 00:26:58,140 AND LIKE NATURE'S DONE THE WORK FOR ME HERE. 414 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,160 THERE ARE NO POISONOUS SNAKES 415 00:27:05,220 --> 00:27:07,200 OR DEADLY SPIDERS ON THIS ISLAND, 416 00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:10,980 BUT THERE ARE CENTIPEDES, LEECHES, AND MOSQUITOES. 417 00:27:11,380 --> 00:27:14,300 I DON'T WANT TO SHARE MY BED WITH ANY OF THEM. 418 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,380 BEFORE I BUILD THE ROOF, I NEED TO PUT THE BEDDING DOWN. 419 00:27:25,420 --> 00:27:27,060 AND THIS DEAD FERN 420 00:27:27,180 --> 00:27:29,420 IS GONNA MAKE A REALLY NICE, SPRINGY MATTRESS. 421 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,060 AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE ROOF THAT KEEPS ME DRY, 422 00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:34,040 IT'S THIS THAT KEEPS ME WARM. 423 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,940 AND THIS IS WHERE YOU LOSE MOST OF YOUR HEAT. 424 00:27:37,340 --> 00:27:41,100 OKAY, NOW I CAN START TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE. 425 00:27:45,380 --> 00:27:49,060 THESE GIANT FERNS WILL MAKE AN IDEAL COVERING. 426 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,420 BY STARTING WITH THE LOWER SECTIONS FIRST 427 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,060 AND BUILDING UPWARDS, 428 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:56,140 ANY RAIN THAT DOES FALL WILL ROLL OFF THE SIDES 429 00:27:56,180 --> 00:27:57,400 AND WON'T COME THROUGH MY ROOF. 430 00:27:57,940 --> 00:28:00,280 I'VE JUST PUT THE LAST COUPLE OF THESE IN, 431 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,280 AND THIS IS GONNA KEEP THIS RAIN OFF THAT'S JUST STARTED. 432 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,340 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE OCCASIONS 433 00:28:06,380 --> 00:28:10,060 WHERE THE TIMING OF THE RAIN IS ACTUALLY PERFECT. 434 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:13,300 ALL I NEED NOW IS TO FIND SOME DEAD FIREWOOD. 435 00:28:24,380 --> 00:28:26,200 A FIRE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, 436 00:28:26,980 --> 00:28:30,000 NOT JUST TO KEEP ME WARM, BUT TO KEEP THE BUGS AWAY. 437 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,260 THE MOSQUITOES IN THIS JUNGLE ARE VICIOUS, 438 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:37,060 AND THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE WILL KEEP THEM AT BAY, 439 00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:38,280 AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. 440 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,160 THE RAIN'S NOW PUT MY FIRE OUT, 441 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,180 WHICH WAS NOT VERY CLEVER OF ME TO HAVE LET HAPPEN, 442 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,380 BUT I FELL ASLEEP FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. 443 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,340 AND IT JUST MEANS NOW, 444 00:29:00,380 --> 00:29:04,060 THE MOSQUITOES ARE JUST HAVING A FIELD DAY WITH ME, 445 00:29:04,100 --> 00:29:08,100 AND I'M GETTING, OH, JUST BITTEN ALIVE OUT HERE. 446 00:29:08,340 --> 00:29:12,220 AND THIS NIGHT IS JUST NOT VERY PLEASANT. 447 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,320 IF I'M HONEST, 448 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,160 I QUITE WANT TO GO HOME. 449 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,980 ( THUNDER RUMBLES ) 450 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,120 IT'S MORNING ON THE KILAUEA VOLCANO. 451 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,940 MY FEET ARE REALLY SUFFERING. 452 00:29:43,060 --> 00:29:45,380 I'VE GOT BLISTERS FROM CROSSING THE HOT LAVA FIELDS, 453 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,380 BUT I'VE GOT TO GET GOING AGAIN. 454 00:30:06,060 --> 00:30:07,280 HEY, LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN. 455 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,000 ( SOFT BUZZING ) 456 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,060 THAT'S BEES. 457 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:13,100 I CAN DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY HEAR BEES SOMEWHERE. 458 00:30:13,140 --> 00:30:17,140 AND IF I CAN JUST FIND THEIR HIVE AND GET TO THE HONEY, 459 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,380 THAT WOULD JUST BE ACE. 460 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,040 HONEY IS FULL OF SUGARS LIKE GLUCOSE AND FRUCTOSE, 461 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,380 AND IT WILL GIVE ME TONS OF ENERGY TO KEEP ME GOING. 462 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,060 OH, LOOK, THERE THEY ARE. THERE, THERE. LOOK. 463 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:33,100 LOOK AT THAT -- YOU SEE THEM? 464 00:30:33,140 --> 00:30:36,940 THEY'RE JUST GOING MAD 'ROUND THAT LITTLE TREE. 465 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,380 MANY HIVES IN HAWAII HAVE BEEN COLONIZED BY AFRICAN BEES, 466 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:42,940 AND THEY'RE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE 467 00:30:42,980 --> 00:30:44,180 THAN THE NATIVE SPECIES. 468 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,980 IF THESE ARE AFRICAN BEES, THAT MEANS BIG TROUBLE. 469 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,080 OH, NO, LOOK. THEY'RE NOT LIKING THIS AT ALL. 470 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:52,360 THAT WOULD BE A... 471 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,380 YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE CERTAIN, CERTAIN MASS STING 472 00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:58,160 IF I TRY AND GRAB THIS. 473 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,020 NO, I'M GONNA NEED... 474 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,340 I'M GONNA NEED ANOTHER PLAN TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT HONEY. 475 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,380 THE BEST WAY TO CALM ANGRY BEES IS WITH SMOKE, 476 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,340 AND HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT. 477 00:31:15,220 --> 00:31:19,280 THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, THESE MONSTERA LEAVES. 478 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:24,140 AND ALL I DO IS THAT I TAKE TWO OF THESE LEAVES, 479 00:31:24,380 --> 00:31:27,260 AND THEN GET A LOAD OF THIS. 480 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:31,100 I HAVE DRIED GRASS THAT'S JUST AROUND HERE, AS WELL. 481 00:31:44,180 --> 00:31:46,180 OKAY, WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THESE 482 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,140 IS JUST LAY THIS ONE ON TOP OF THAT 483 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,080 AND REALLY ROLL THIS IN TIGHT. 484 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,220 AND THEN ROLL IT. 485 00:32:03,140 --> 00:32:05,120 AND BEFORE I ACTUALLY LIGHT THIS, 486 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,360 I ONCE AGAIN NEED THIS FACE MASK. 487 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,340 AND I CAN USE THIS OLD T-SHIRT AGAIN. 488 00:32:10,380 --> 00:32:13,920 AND THIS IS JUST TO STOP ANY OF THE BEES GOING UP MY NOSE, 489 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,180 IN MY MOUTH, OR IN MY EARS. 490 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,400 OKAY, THIS IS READY TO LIGHT. 491 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:32,100 AND THEN I JUST PULL THIS TOP ONE 492 00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:36,400 ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE BOTTOM. 493 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,080 BY WRAPPING THE BUNDLE TIGHTLY, 494 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,180 I'M LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF AIR THAT CAN GET TO THE TWIGS. 495 00:32:42,220 --> 00:32:44,260 IT WILL SMOLDER AND GIVE OFF SMOKE 496 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,280 BUT WON'T CATCH LIGHT. 497 00:32:55,220 --> 00:32:59,140 NOW, FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO WAFT THIS SMOKE OVER THEM 498 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,080 AND TRY AND CALM THEM DOWN A BIT. 499 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,080 THE SMELL OF THE SMOKE MAKES THE BEES RETURN TO THE HIVE 500 00:33:12,220 --> 00:33:14,000 AND GORGE THEMSELVES ON HONEY. 501 00:33:14,340 --> 00:33:16,360 EATING THE HONEY CALMS THEM DOWN, 502 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,400 SO I'M LESS LIKELY TO GET STUNG. 503 00:33:20,220 --> 00:33:23,100 OKAY, I THINK THAT SHOULD DO IT. 504 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:32,080 UGH! 505 00:33:40,140 --> 00:33:42,380 AH, I'VE GOT IT. 506 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:43,380 AWESOME. 507 00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:47,120 MMM. 508 00:33:49,140 --> 00:33:50,920 THE GREAT THING ABOUT HONEY 509 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,160 IS THAT THIS STUFF NEVER GOES BAD, 510 00:33:53,220 --> 00:33:54,920 EVEN WHEN THEY FIND IT IN THE PYRAMIDS. 511 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,340 ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS REHEAT IT, 512 00:33:56,380 --> 00:33:58,120 AND IT'S GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT AGAIN. 513 00:33:58,380 --> 00:34:00,380 AND IT'S JUST SO PURE. 514 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:05,220 THANKS, BEES. 515 00:34:07,260 --> 00:34:08,300 MMM. 516 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,140 THE HONEY HAS GIVEN ME A REAL BOOST TO KEEP PUSHING ON, 517 00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:20,380 AND THE COAST CAN'T BE FAR AWAY NOW. 518 00:34:24,060 --> 00:34:26,080 HEY, GUYS, LOOK -- IT'S A CLEARING. 519 00:34:40,980 --> 00:34:41,960 OHH. 520 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,160 I REALLY THOUGHT I'D COME OUT OF THIS CLEARING 521 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,400 AND JUST APPEAR TO SEE THE COAST AND THE SEA 522 00:34:49,940 --> 00:34:53,140 AND A REALLY NICE, LIKE, HAWAIIAN BEACH AND PALM TREES. 523 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:55,920 BUT INSTEAD, IT'S JUST THIS. 524 00:34:56,980 --> 00:35:00,280 AND IT'S SO DEMORALIZING. 525 00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:08,360 IF I'M HONEST, I'M EXHAUSTED NOW BY THE VOLCANO. 526 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,080 I NEED TO GET OFF, AND FAST. 527 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,040 I'M HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS THE SEA, 528 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,360 WHERE I HOPE I'LL FIND PEOPLE. 529 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,300 THE OCEAN CAN'T BE MORE THAN A FEW MILES AWAY NOW, 530 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,340 BUT IN MY PATH IS A VAST LAVA FIELD, 531 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,940 AND CROSSING IT IS GONNA BE PAINFULLY SLOW. 532 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,000 MOLTEN LAVA SOLIDIFIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 533 00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:56,300 THIS SECTION FORMED 534 00:35:56,340 --> 00:36:00,280 WHEN RED-HOT CINDERS ROLLED DOWN THE SIDES OF THE VOLCANO. 535 00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:02,140 THEY COOLED QUICKLY, 536 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,940 LEAVING A MASS OF VICIOUSLY SHARP ROCKS. 537 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:08,160 I NEED ANOTHER PLAN. 538 00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:12,280 I'M JUST GONNA GET CUT TO SHREDS TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS. 539 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:19,320 I THINK I MAY USE MY... 540 00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:24,260 MAYBE USE MY SOCKS AS GLOVES. 541 00:36:25,020 --> 00:36:26,920 WITHOUT SOME SORT OF PROTECTION, 542 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,980 THERE'S NOT GONNA BE MUCH LEFT OF ME 543 00:36:30,020 --> 00:36:33,280 BY THE TIME I GET OUT OF THIS BIT OF THE LAVA. 544 00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:38,960 MAYBE THIS WILL HELP, IF I WEAR THEM AS, LIKE, GLOVES. 545 00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:44,100 YOU CAN SEE HOW SHARP THIS IS. 546 00:36:44,140 --> 00:36:45,320 LOOK AT THIS. 547 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:49,900 GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH IT, JUST A LITTLE SCRATCH. 548 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,380 THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF PROTECTION. 549 00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:27,060 UGH. 550 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,280 THANK GOD FOR THAT. 551 00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:31,120 THAT WAS HORRIBLE. 552 00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:32,280 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 553 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,360 I'VE SEEN SOME REALLY UNPLEASANT TERRAINS MY TIME, 554 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:39,160 BUT THAT HAS TO BE THE WORST. 555 00:37:44,340 --> 00:37:46,200 IN THE SKY ABOVE ME IS MY FIRST CLUE 556 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:49,980 THAT THE OCEAN CAN'T BE TOO FAR AWAY. 557 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,240 LOOK AT THOSE KOA'E KEA BIRDS, 558 00:37:52,340 --> 00:37:53,960 AND THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR ME. 559 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,200 THEY'RE SEABIRDS, 560 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,980 AND THAT'S TELLING ME I MUST BE GETTING NEAR TO THE COAST NOW. 561 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:01,380 THE BIRDS ARE FLYING HIGH, 562 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,200 WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO THE SEA TO FEED. 563 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,180 ALL I NEED TO DO IS FOLLOW THEM, 564 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:09,980 BUT BLOCKING MY PATH 565 00:38:10,060 --> 00:38:12,360 IS A SERIES OF HUGE CRACKS IN THE GROUND. 566 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,040 THESE FISSURES ARE CAUSED 567 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,380 BY THE NUMEROUS EARTHQUAKES THAT PLAGUE THE REGION. 568 00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:21,940 OTHERS ARE JUST OLD LAVA TUBES THAT HAVE CAVED IN COMPLETELY. 569 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,380 LOOK AT THIS, LOOK, YOU CAN SEE HERE 570 00:38:26,180 --> 00:38:28,300 WHERE THE LAVA HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DRIPPING 571 00:38:28,340 --> 00:38:30,140 INTO THIS CRACK. 572 00:38:30,180 --> 00:38:32,980 AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THE SORT OF TEMPERATURES INVOLVED 573 00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:35,040 TO MELT ALL OF THIS ROCK. 574 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:39,140 CROSSING THESE FRAGILE FISSURES CAN BE DANGEROUS. 575 00:38:39,220 --> 00:38:41,100 BUT THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT. 576 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,180 SOMETIMES YOU GET THESE LAVA BRIDGES THAT CROSS THEM OVER, 577 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:51,220 SORT OF IN THE SAME WAY YOU GET SNOW BRIDGES OVER CREVASSES. 578 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:55,140 BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL CROSSING THESE 579 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,940 JUST BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS SOLID AND WHAT IS HOLLOW UNDERNEATH. 580 00:39:20,060 --> 00:39:22,200 THIS IS A PRETTY BIG CRACK, THIS ONE, 581 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:24,320 AND THIS WAS PROBABLY FORMED BY AN EARTHQUAKE. 582 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,200 BUT I NEED TO FIND A WAY ACROSS IT, 583 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:27,180 BECAUSE I'M HEADING THAT WAY. 584 00:39:27,220 --> 00:39:29,940 BUT THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO JUMP THIS ONE. 585 00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:32,200 SO I'M EITHER LOOKING FOR ANOTHER LAVA BRIDGE 586 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:33,360 OR I'M GONNA HAVE TO CLIMB DOWN 587 00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:35,160 AND THEN CLIMB UP THE OTHER SIDE. 588 00:39:40,060 --> 00:39:43,080 I RECKON I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SCRAMBLE DOWN THIS BIT HERE. 589 00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:50,200 HAWAII IS ONE OF THE MOST SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGIONS 590 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:51,360 ON THE PLANET. 591 00:39:52,180 --> 00:39:53,300 BUT THE EARTHQUAKES HERE 592 00:39:53,340 --> 00:39:56,080 AREN'T CAUSED BY TECTONIC PLATES SHIFTING, 593 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,200 BUT BY MAGMA MOVING INSIDE THE VOLCANO. 594 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:06,020 THERE ARE AT LEAST 20 EARTHQUAKES A DAY 595 00:40:06,060 --> 00:40:07,060 ON THIS ISLAND. 596 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:11,100 AND EARTHQUAKES NOT ONLY OPEN UP CRACKS, THEY ALSO CLOSE THEM, 597 00:40:11,220 --> 00:40:14,300 SO I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND LONG IN HERE. 598 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:22,120 LOOKS LIKE I CAN SEE A WAY OUT OF THIS CRACK UP AHEAD THERE. 599 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:36,120 THE WALLS OF THIS FISSURE ARE MADE UP OF FINE VOLCANIC ASH 600 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:38,380 THAT OFFERS LITTLE OR NO GRIP. 601 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,380 IT'S VITAL THAT I TEST EVERY FOOTHOLD. 602 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,360 AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR -- THE SEA. 603 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:16,280 AND THAT BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE 604 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,040 IS WHERE ALL THE LAVA THAT I'VE BEEN WALKING OVER THE TOP OF 605 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,960 RUNS INTO THE SEA AND CREATES THIS HUGE PLUME. 606 00:41:24,220 --> 00:41:25,940 I MAY HAVE REACHED THE SEA, 607 00:41:25,980 --> 00:41:28,000 BUT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE. 608 00:41:28,220 --> 00:41:30,980 THOSE CLOUDS ARE HYDROCHLORIC ACID, 609 00:41:31,100 --> 00:41:33,280 FORMED WHEN THE HOT LAVA HITS THE SEA. 610 00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:35,960 IT'S HIGHLY CORROSIVE, 611 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,360 AND IF I BREATHE IT IN, IT'S DEADLY POISONOUS. 612 00:41:39,020 --> 00:41:43,940 THIS WHOLE PLACE SMELLS LIKE A CHEMISTRY LAB GONE VERY WRONG. 613 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,080 THE COAST IS DOTTED WITH TOWNS AND VILLAGES, 614 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,360 AND I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND PEOPLE SOON. 615 00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:54,200 BUT IT'S VITAL TO BE SURE OF THE SAFEST WAY TO GO. 616 00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:55,360 IF I WENT THAT WAY, 617 00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:58,180 LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE MORE BIG STEAM JETS OVER THERE, 618 00:41:58,220 --> 00:41:59,360 SO I'M GONNA TRY THIS WAY. 619 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,180 A WATERFALL OF LAVA 620 00:42:11,220 --> 00:42:14,260 FLOWING STRAIGHT INTO THE SEA IS SPECTACULAR, 621 00:42:14,300 --> 00:42:17,120 BUT I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT AS WIDE A BERTH AS POSSIBLE. 622 00:42:25,940 --> 00:42:28,220 THEN, I SEE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. 623 00:42:33,380 --> 00:42:34,980 THERE'S A BUILDING 624 00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,080 AND A COUPLE OF TRUCKS OVER THERE. 625 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:41,300 AND IT'S JUST SUCH A RELIEF TO SEE SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION AGAIN. 626 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,300 AND I LEAVE WITH A HEALTHY RESPECT 627 00:42:46,380 --> 00:42:49,360 FOR THE POWER OF NATURE AND ALSO THIS VOLCANO. 628 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:50,320 AND IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN 629 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,200 SOME OF THE HARSHEST TERRAIN I'VE EVER KNOWN. 630 00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:57,040 BUT, FOR ME, IT IS DEFINITELY TIME TO BE HEADING HOME. 631 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,120 MY JOURNEY IS ALMOST OVER. 632 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,200 IN FEW OTHER PLACES DO WE COME SO CLOSE 633 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:07,960 TO THE NATURAL FORCES THAT HELP SHAPE OUR PLANET, 634 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:09,300 AND IT'S REKINDLED IN ME 635 00:43:09,340 --> 00:43:12,040 AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF WONDER.