1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,280 Bear: MY NAME IS BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,420 I'VE SERVED WITH THE BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES. 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:08,100 I'VE CLIMBED TO THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST AND CROSSED THE FROZEN 4 00:00:08,140 --> 00:00:09,360 OCEANS OF THE ARCTIC. 5 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,240 NOW MY CHALLENGE IS TO PARACHUTE INTO NORTHERN KENYA. 6 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:16,440 MILLIONS OF VISITORS COME TO KENYA EACH YEAR ON SAFARI, 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,260 BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS HOW QUICKLY THINGS CAN TURN DEADLY. 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,340 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO SURVIVE OUT HERE. 9 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:41,000 I'M 6,500 FEET ABOVE NORTHERN KENYA'S WILD SAVANNA. 10 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,240 EVERY YEAR, OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE COME TO KENYA TO WITNESS 11 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:47,200 THE RAW BEAUTY OF NATURE. 12 00:00:47,260 --> 00:00:50,440 MANY VISITORS SEE KENYA'S WILDLIFE FROM BALLOONS. 13 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:55,000 RECENTLY, ONE CRASHED, KILLING 2 PEOPLE AND INJURING 11. 14 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,220 THE SURVIVORS WERE STRANDED IN A COUNTRY WHERE ATTACKS 15 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:03,000 BY WILD ANIMALS ACCOUNT FOR AROUND 70 DEATHS EACH YEAR. 16 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,040 I'M GOING TO PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION OF SOMEONE LOST 17 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,000 OUT HERE TO SHOW YOU HOW TO STAY ALIVE 18 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,000 IN ONE OF NATURE'S MOST DANGEROUS PLACES. 19 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,280 ALL I'VE GOT WITH ME IS A KNIFE, A FLINT, A WATER BOTTLE, 20 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:17,240 AND A CAMERA CREW. 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,460 THE LAST TIME I PARACHUTED IN AFRICA, I BROKE MY BACK 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,160 IN THREE PLACES, SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY. 23 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:26,360 BUT I'VE GOT TO DO IT. 24 00:01:27,060 --> 00:01:28,400 SO HERE GOES. 25 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,480 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 26 00:01:55,460 --> 00:01:56,280 WHOA! 27 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,120 IT'S GONNA BE A FAST LANDING THIS TIME. 28 00:02:05,260 --> 00:02:06,440 OHH. 29 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,400 I REALLY SMACKED MY ARM. 30 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,360 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT -- I'M RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM 31 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,340 OF THE AFRICAN FOOD CHAIN HERE. 32 00:02:16,380 --> 00:02:21,360 EVERY PREDATOR AROUND WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AND SMELL ME. 33 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,300 AND I WANT TO GET MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY. 34 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:24,480 I'M GONNA GET THIS PARACHUTE OFF. 35 00:02:25,220 --> 00:02:29,220 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ON THIS I COULD USE FOR SURVIVAL 36 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:31,400 TO HELP ME, BUT THE REALITY IS MOST PEOPLE 37 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:37,080 WHO GET STRANDED OUT HERE GET STRANDED WITH NOTHING. 38 00:02:38,380 --> 00:02:42,400 KENYA IS HOME TO AROUND 3,000 SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS, 39 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,160 ALL OF THEM ROAMING FREE, MANY IN SAVANNA GRASSLAND 40 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,400 JUST LIKE THIS, AND AMONGST THEM, SOME OF THE MOST 41 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,480 FEROCIOUS PREDATORS ON EARTH. 42 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,400 IT'S MIDDAY. THERE'S AN INTENSE DRY HEAT. 43 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,440 AND THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES YOU IS A MUSTY ANIMAL SMELL. 44 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,360 THESE ARE LION TRACKS. 45 00:03:08,060 --> 00:03:09,140 LOOK. LOOK AT THIS. 46 00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:10,320 YOU CAN SEE THE EDGE. YEAH, LOOK. 47 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,440 COME OVER HERE AND LOOK. THIS IS AN EVEN BETTER ONE. 48 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,300 LOOK AT THAT. 49 00:03:14,340 --> 00:03:16,240 THESE ARE LARGE TRACKS. 50 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,480 THERE'S AT LEAST ONE LION, AND THIS IS IDEAL 51 00:03:19,020 --> 00:03:20,140 HUNTING TERRITORY FOR THEM. 52 00:03:20,180 --> 00:03:22,180 LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL 53 00:03:22,220 --> 00:03:24,400 INDENTATION OF ITS PAW IN THERE 54 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,060 AND ITS CLAWS, AND THIS TRACK IS PRETTY FRESH. 55 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:30,300 I CAN TELL THAT THESE ARE RECENT 56 00:03:30,340 --> 00:03:34,380 BECAUSE EVEN IN THIS SOFT SAND, THEY'RE STILL CLEARLY DEFINED. 57 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:39,400 GENERALLY THEY ARE MOST VULNERABLE IF THEY PROTECT IN A YARN, 58 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,060 OR THEY CORNED OR IF YOU SURPRISE THEM, 59 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,480 AND THIS IS WHAT WORRIES WE ABOUT IN THIS 60 00:03:45,020 --> 00:03:46,440 SORT OF TERRAN WHICH IS SUSTUMBLING UPON THEM, 61 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,460 YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE METING FOR EXAMPLE, 62 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,020 NOBODY LIKES TO BE INTEREPTED THEN, 63 00:03:51,060 --> 00:03:53,000 AND THE BOTTOM LINE HERE 64 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,160 ENOUGH GOOD ARE MAN EACTING LIONS AROUND. 65 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,340 PEOPLE OFTEN GET INTO TROUBLE HERE 66 00:03:58,380 --> 00:04:01,340 WHEN THEIR VEHICLE BREAK DOWN AND THEY ABANDONED THEM, 67 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,400 RISKING ANIMAL ATTACK AND DEHYDRATION. 68 00:04:05,180 --> 00:04:08,040 THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF WALKING SAFARIES. 69 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,140 HAS ALSO LET TO VISITORS BEING KILLED 70 00:04:10,180 --> 00:04:12,260 OR INJURED OR INCOUNTERS IN WILDLIFE. 71 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,460 IF YOU'RE LOST OUT HERE, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO 72 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,200 IS TO FIND A LANDMARK OR FIXED POINT TO AIM FOR, 73 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,160 AND FOR ME, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT MOUNTAIN. 74 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,460 ON THE SHOULDER OF THE MOUNTAIN, I CAN SEE A GLACIER. 75 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,160 THAT MEANS MELTWATER FORMING INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS. 76 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:32,100 AND RIVERS MEANS FARMS, VILLAGES, AND PEOPLE. 77 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,160 THE SUN IS NOW MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST, 78 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,300 WHICH MEANS THE MOUNTAIN AHEAD OF ME IS MORE OR LESS DUE SOUTH, 79 00:04:37,340 --> 00:04:38,440 MAYBE 30 MILES. 80 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:43,340 BUT RIGHT NOW, I NEED TO DEAL WITH MORE IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES. 81 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,280 THE ADRENALINE'S WEARING OFF NOW. 82 00:04:46,340 --> 00:04:50,280 NOW I CAN SEE THAT I'VE CUT MYSELF HERE WHEN I LANDED 83 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,280 SOMEHOW, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL. 84 00:04:52,340 --> 00:04:56,080 IN AFRICA, WOUNDS LIKE THIS CAN RAPIDLY BECOME INFECTED, 85 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,320 WHICH OFTEN LEADS TO FEVER, 86 00:04:57,380 --> 00:04:59,480 LEAVING YOU EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TO PREDATORS. 87 00:05:00,020 --> 00:05:02,040 SO AT THE MOMENT, I NEED THREE THINGS -- 88 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,140 I NEED SOME WATER, I NEED SOMETHING TO TREAT THIS CUT, 89 00:05:05,180 --> 00:05:10,080 AND I NEED TO FIND HIGH GROUND SO I CAN ORIENTATE MYSELF. 90 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:15,040 ALL AROUND ME IS EVIDENCE OF WILDLIFE. 91 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,100 ELEPHANTS UP AHEAD. 92 00:05:21,140 --> 00:05:22,360 I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY THERE ARE. 93 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,140 LOOKS LIKE A BREEDING HERD. 94 00:05:25,340 --> 00:05:28,420 LARGE HERBIVORES, SUCH AS ELEPHANT, BUFFALO, OR RHINO, 95 00:05:28,460 --> 00:05:31,040 CAN KILL IF DISTURBED. 96 00:05:31,340 --> 00:05:34,060 I WANT TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL OF THESE GUYS. 97 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:36,280 ELEPHANTS ARE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT ANIMALS, 98 00:05:36,340 --> 00:05:40,340 BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEIR YOUNG. 99 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,040 AND LOOK -- THIS YOUNG BULL HAS NOW SPOTTED ME. 100 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,180 AND THIS IS QUITE AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION. 101 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:51,220 HE IS RETURNING AWAY, 102 00:05:51,260 --> 00:05:55,020 BUT ELEPHANT CHARGES IN AFRICA ARE ACTUALLY QUITE COMMON. 103 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,480 AND A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A LADY AND HER SAFARI, 104 00:05:58,020 --> 00:06:00,220 AND THEY COME ACROSS HERE JUST LIKE THIS, 105 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:02,420 AND THE BIG BOO ELEPHANT BROKE FREE OF 106 00:06:02,460 --> 00:06:05,100 THE HERD AND CHARGED HER, TUMPERD HER 107 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,040 AND SHE DIED IN MASSIVE INJURIES. 108 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,400 AND HE'S DEFINITELY CHECKING ME OUT. 109 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,100 I TRY TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE HERD TO SHOW I'M NO THREAT, 110 00:06:16,180 --> 00:06:18,280 BUT NOW THEY'RE CHALLENGING ME. 111 00:06:18,380 --> 00:06:21,100 AND THAT'S THE MATRIARCH OF THE HERD. 112 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,000 THE MATRIARCH ALWAYS MOVES TO THE FRONT OF THE HERD, 113 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:25,220 READY TO ATTACK. 114 00:06:26,180 --> 00:06:27,420 SHE'S NOT HAPPY NOW. 115 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,460 AND EVERY TIME I TRY AND GET AROUND, SHE'S BACKING ME OFF. 116 00:06:32,220 --> 00:06:37,040 AND THEY'VE ALL NOW JUST STOPPED AND TURNING AND LOOKING AT ME. 117 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,100 SHE GAVE ME LIKE A SHAKE OF HER HEAD -- 118 00:06:40,140 --> 00:06:42,260 IT'S TELLING ME SHE'S ANNOYED. 119 00:06:42,460 --> 00:06:46,100 BUT I THINK THEY'RE GONNA MOVE OFF THIS WAY NOW. 120 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,100 NOPE, THEY'RE COMING AROUND. THEY'RE COMING AROUND THIS WAY. 121 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,140 GUYS, WE NEED TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. 122 00:06:55,060 --> 00:06:57,040 AND THEY'RE JUST SIZING US UP HERE. 123 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,180 BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT -- THIS IS A BATTLE I DON'T EVEN WANT TO 124 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:02,300 GET INVOLVED IN. 125 00:07:02,340 --> 00:07:04,280 I'M GONNA HEAD THIS WAY. 126 00:07:05,420 --> 00:07:08,040 YOU CAN TELL WHEN AN ELEPHANT'S ABOUT TO CHARGE. 127 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,260 THEY'LL OFTEN FLATTEN THEIR EARS AGAINST THEIR BODIES 128 00:07:10,380 --> 00:07:12,340 AND CURL THEIR TRUNKS. ( ELEPHANT TRUMPETS ) 129 00:07:13,020 --> 00:07:15,400 IF THIS HAPPENS, DON'T JUST RUN IN ONE DIRECTION, 130 00:07:16,020 --> 00:07:18,240 BUT TURN SHARPLY TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. 131 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,000 BECAUSE OF ITS POOR EYESIGHT, 132 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:23,080 THE ELEPHANT MAY CONTINUE TO CHARGE RIGHT PAST YOU. 133 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,400 NOW THAT I'VE GOT COMPANY, I'M MORE KEEN THAN EVER 134 00:07:25,460 --> 00:07:28,140 TO GET TO HIGH GROUND AND SEE WHAT LIES 135 00:07:28,180 --> 00:07:31,240 BETWEEN ME AND THE MOUNTAIN. 136 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:36,100 I'M GONNA TRY AND REACH THE TOP OF THAT ROCKY OUTCROP AHEAD, 137 00:07:36,180 --> 00:07:39,300 JUST SO IT CAN ACT AS A GOOD HIGH POINT TO GET A VIEW OF 138 00:07:39,340 --> 00:07:41,480 ALL THE SURROUNDING AREA, TO FIND MY BEARINGS, 139 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,320 SEE IF I CAN SEE ANY PROMINENT LANDMARKS 140 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:49,100 OR ANY RIVERS OR STREAMS WHERE I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND WATER. 141 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,420 BUT CLIMBING THESE OUTCROPS 142 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,140 IS NEVER AS SIMPLE AS IT MIGHT LOOK. 143 00:08:03,260 --> 00:08:06,220 I NEED TO FIND SOME WAY UP THIS ROCK FACE. 144 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,420 MY DAD ALWAYS USED TO SAY WHEN WE WERE CLIMBING, 145 00:08:08,460 --> 00:08:11,020 "YOU CAN NEVER TELL HOW STEEP SOMETHING IS 146 00:08:11,060 --> 00:08:13,040 UNTIL YOU LITERALLY RUB NOSES WITH IT." 147 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,040 AND I CAN SEE HERE THERE'S A CRACK 148 00:08:15,140 --> 00:08:16,480 RUNNING STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. 149 00:08:17,020 --> 00:08:18,200 BUT THIS IS QUITE A TECHNICAL CLIMB, 150 00:08:18,260 --> 00:08:21,360 YOU KNOW, IT'S SMOOTH ROCK, AND IT'S NEAR VERTICAL. 151 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,120 BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN TECHNIQUES THAT I CAN USE 152 00:08:23,180 --> 00:08:26,100 FOR CRACK-CLIMBING THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP ME HERE. 153 00:08:26,140 --> 00:08:27,400 ( GRUNTS ) 154 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,480 SO MUCH OF CLIMBING IS JUST ABOUT BALANCE AND KEEPING 155 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:37,320 YOUR BODY WEIGHT INTO THE FACE 156 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:43,020 AND THEN USING YOUR LEG POWER TO LIFT YOU -- LIFT YOU UP. 157 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,060 ( GRUNTS ) 158 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:48,080 I'LL JUST REACH THIS... LITTLE LIP UP HERE. 159 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,100 HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, THREE. 160 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,220 ( EXHALING SHARPLY ) 161 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:58,380 WHAT I CAN ALSO DO HERE IN THIS CRACK IS USE MY HAND 162 00:08:58,420 --> 00:09:01,360 TO JAM IT IN AND THEN MAKE IT INTO A FIST. 163 00:09:01,460 --> 00:09:05,000 AND THAT MEANS I CAN LEAN OUT 164 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,220 ON IT TO REST OR PULL MYSELF UP. 165 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:13,220 I'LL JUST REACH THIS LAST LEDGE -- I'M OVER THE TOP. 166 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,060 ( GRUNTING ) 167 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,200 ( SNAKE HISSING ) 168 00:09:25,260 --> 00:09:28,220 OKAY, WHAT I'VE GOT HERE IS A PUFF ADDER. 169 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,220 YOU CAN HEAR IT JUST HUFFING AND PUFFING. 170 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,400 YOU DO NOT WANT TO RUN INTO ONE OF THESE. 171 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:37,260 THIS SNAKE HAS THE FASTEST STRIKE ON EARTH. 172 00:09:50,060 --> 00:09:52,380 Bear: I'M IN KENYA'S VAST WILDERNESS TO SHOW YOU HOW TO 173 00:09:52,420 --> 00:09:57,080 SURVIVE HERE, BUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IS THE DEADLIEST SNAKE 174 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,400 IN ALL OF AFRICA, THE PUFF ADDER. 175 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:03,320 THESE SNAKES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE HUMAN DEATHS IN AFRICA 176 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:04,360 THAN ANY OTHER. 177 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:07,240 BITTEN BY ONE OF THESE WITHOUT ANTIVENIN, 178 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,160 YOU'VE GOT A DAY TO LIVE. 179 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,080 THERE YOU GO. LOOK, HE'S SEEN ME THERE. 180 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:13,260 HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT. 181 00:10:14,060 --> 00:10:17,300 AND THEY'RE DANGEROUS -- NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE. 182 00:10:17,340 --> 00:10:19,320 THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY SLOW, FAT, AND LAZY. 183 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,320 AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DON'T MOVE OUT OF THE WAY 184 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,980 WHEN YOU'RE NEAR IT. 185 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,220 THEY TEND TO BASK IN GRASS JUST LIKE THIS. 186 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,340 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY HARD TO SPOT. 187 00:10:29,380 --> 00:10:33,220 PEOPLE WALKING IN AFRICA STUMBLE UPON THEM ALL THE TIME, 188 00:10:33,260 --> 00:10:35,360 UNINTENTIONALLY PROVOKING AN ATTACK. 189 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,160 THEY HAVE ENOUGH VENOM TO KILL UP TO SIX MEN. 190 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,280 I WANT TO GIVE THIS GUY A REALLY WIDE BERTH. 191 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,320 PUFF ADDERS CAN STRIKE THEIR BODY LENGTH IN UNDER A SECOND. 192 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,460 THIS ONE IS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR FOOT LONG, 193 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,060 SO I'M TAKING NO CHANCES. 194 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,320 ( SNAKE HISSES ) 195 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,320 ONCE I'M AT THE TOP OF THIS OUTCROP, 196 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,300 I'LL BE ABLE TO GET A LIE OF THE LAND, 197 00:10:57,340 --> 00:11:00,340 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, LOOK FOR SIGNS OF WATER. 198 00:11:00,380 --> 00:11:03,080 WATCH WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS. 199 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:08,440 I CAN SEE FOR MILES, 200 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,380 AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF OPEN GROUND TO COVER. 201 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:12,980 BUT THERE'S AN UPSIDE. 202 00:11:13,020 --> 00:11:15,040 THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME -- THIS VALLEY. 203 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,020 AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A RIVERBED RUNNING THROUGH IT. 204 00:11:19,060 --> 00:11:22,140 AND THAT'S GONNA BE MY BEST CHANCE OF GETTING WATER. 205 00:11:22,180 --> 00:11:23,220 BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT. 206 00:11:23,260 --> 00:11:28,220 TO CONSERVE WHAT WATER I HAVE, I NEED TO GET OUT OF THE SUN. 207 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:36,020 AS I'M SEARCHING FOR SHELTER, I'M ALSO ON THE LOOKOUT FOR 208 00:11:36,140 --> 00:11:38,380 SOMETHING THE MASAI TRIBESPEOPLE HERE IN KENYA 209 00:11:38,420 --> 00:11:41,120 WOULD USE TO TREAT MY CUT. 210 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,300 THIS IS WHAT I WANT -- SOME OF THIS ALOE. 211 00:11:46,340 --> 00:11:49,040 AND THESE PLANTS ARE GREAT. 212 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,260 THEY'RE USED ALL OVER THE WORLD 213 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:55,020 FOR THEIR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES, SOOTHING. 214 00:11:55,060 --> 00:11:57,200 AND I'LL TAKE ONE OF THE OUTER ONES HERE. 215 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,360 BUT THEY'LL HELP THIS CUT THAT I'VE GOT HEAL. 216 00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:03,440 YOU CAN TELL ALOES FROM THEIR TUBULAR FLOWERS 217 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,980 AND BY THEIR THICK, FLESHY LEAVES WITH SERRATED EDGES. 218 00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:11,100 THEY'RE ALSO A BASIC ANTISEPTIC. 219 00:12:11,140 --> 00:12:13,100 AND WHAT I DO IS JUST GET IT LIKE THIS 220 00:12:13,140 --> 00:12:16,140 AND CUT IT STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. 221 00:12:17,020 --> 00:12:22,180 AND THEN ALL I HAVE TO DO IS STREAK IT TO LET THE JUICES 222 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,420 BEGIN TO COME OUT OF IT. 223 00:12:24,020 --> 00:12:29,020 AND IT'S THIS STUFF THAT I WANT TO BE PUTTING ON THIS CUT. 224 00:12:29,060 --> 00:12:33,240 AND THIS WILL ACT AS LIKE A GOOD, BASIC ANTISEPTIC 225 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,980 AND STOP THIS GETTING INFECTED. 226 00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:46,180 WITH MY CUT CLEAN, WHAT I NEED NOW IS A PLACE TO STAY COOL. 227 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:49,100 LOOK AT THIS GAME TRAIL. 228 00:12:49,140 --> 00:12:52,060 THIS IS DEFINITELY LEADING SOMEWHERE. 229 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,200 AND, YEAH, WOW, LOOK AT THIS CAVE. 230 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,160 JUST BE A BIT CAREFUL HERE. 231 00:12:58,280 --> 00:12:59,980 HEY! 232 00:13:04,380 --> 00:13:06,020 OKAY. COME ON. 233 00:13:06,380 --> 00:13:10,040 YEAH, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT PLACE JUST TO GET SOME SHADE. 234 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,320 BUT I'LL TELL YOU -- I'M NOT GONNA BE THE ONLY LIVING THING 235 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,300 THAT'S HAD THIS IDEA. 236 00:13:17,420 --> 00:13:19,140 THESE ARE RHINO PRINTS HERE, 237 00:13:19,180 --> 00:13:22,280 AND THERE'S EVEN AN OLD BUFFALO DROPPINGS HERE. 238 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,400 RHINO AND BUFFALO ARE EXTREMELY TERRITORIAL 239 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,140 AND CAN KILL INTRUDERS. 240 00:13:27,260 --> 00:13:29,400 AND I KNOW THERE ARE LION ALSO NEARBY. 241 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:32,140 SO I'M GONNA NEED TO BLOCK UP THAT ENTRANCE. 242 00:13:32,180 --> 00:13:35,200 EVEN THE MOST BASIC BARRICADE IS OFTEN ENOUGH 243 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,140 TO DETER WILD ANIMALS. 244 00:13:37,180 --> 00:13:40,380 AND THIS IS JUST OLD ACACIA BRANCHES 245 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:43,400 FOR PUTTING ACROSS HERE. 246 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:45,360 IT'S ACTUALLY AN OLD MASAI TRICK, THIS. 247 00:13:45,420 --> 00:13:49,320 THE GREAT THING ABOUT ACACIA IS THAT ITS NEEDLE-SHARP BARBS 248 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,420 PROVIDE A VERY THORNY PROBLEM 249 00:13:51,980 --> 00:13:54,320 FOR ANY POTENTIAL INTRUDERS. 250 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,980 BUT IF ANY WILD ANIMAL DOES GET THROUGH MY BARRIER, 251 00:13:58,020 --> 00:14:00,060 I NEED A SECONDARY LINE OF DEFENSE. 252 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:04,140 I'M USING MY KNIFE AND A STICK TO MAKE A PRIMITIVE SPEAR. 253 00:14:04,180 --> 00:14:07,140 AND THAT'S, THEN, A REALLY GOOD WEAPON -- 254 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:10,260 EXTENDS MY REACH AND WILL ALLOW ME 255 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,060 TO PROTECT MYSELF IF I NEED TO. 256 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:26,200 IT'S 20 DEGREES COOLER IN THE CAVE. 257 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:30,200 AND BY RESTING A FEW HOURS, I'VE AVOIDED THE WORST OF THE SUN. 258 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,060 BUT NOW I NEED TO GET WATER 259 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:35,060 IF I'M TO CONTINUE MY JOURNEY TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN, 260 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,400 WHERE I SHOULD FIND RIVERS AND PEOPLE. 261 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:39,060 IT'S ABOUT 3:00 P.M. NOW, 262 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:41,280 AND THE HEAT OF THE DAY IS DEFINITELY DYING. 263 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,300 IT'S MUCH COOLER. 264 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:44,140 AND 'CAUSE WE'RE NEAR THE EQUATOR, 265 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:46,440 IT SHOULD BE DARK RIGHT ABOUT 7:00. 266 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,020 IT'S TIME TO GO. 267 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,440 I'M GOING DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOOR TO FIND WATER. 268 00:14:57,300 --> 00:14:58,240 ( SIGHS ) 269 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,420 NOT QUITE -- NOT QUITE THE GUSHING TORRENT 270 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:03,080 I WAS LOOKING FOR. 271 00:15:03,420 --> 00:15:05,140 IT'S SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT. 272 00:15:05,260 --> 00:15:08,080 AND THERE'S NOTHING TO DRINK HERE. 273 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,220 AND THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. 274 00:15:09,260 --> 00:15:12,140 ALL THERE IS IS THIS STAGNANT POOL OF WATER. 275 00:15:12,180 --> 00:15:15,260 AND LOOK -- A DEAD TORTOISE, 276 00:15:15,300 --> 00:15:18,360 A GOOD INDICATOR THIS IS NOT GOOD WATER. 277 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:19,400 TO DRINK FROM. 278 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,120 IT'S PROBABLY GOT LIKE, 279 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:24,440 YOU NOW, PARASITES GOT RIDS OUT THERE AND THEN HARBOUR 280 00:15:24,980 --> 00:15:27,000 ARE OFTEN BUILDS A REALLY NICE 281 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,000 PARSITE THAT COULD CAUSE BAD DIARRHEA. 282 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,980 MY PROBLEM IS IT'S STILL REALLY HOT. 283 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,380 I'M GETTING DEHYDRATED NOW. I'VE GOT A HEADACHE. 284 00:15:34,420 --> 00:15:36,180 MY PEE IS YELLOW. 285 00:15:36,220 --> 00:15:39,220 I NEED TO FIND A BETTER SOURCE OF WATER THAN THIS. 286 00:15:39,260 --> 00:15:41,300 I NEED A BETTER PLAN. 287 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,160 I AM IN NOTHERN KANIA 288 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,140 WHERE MILLIANS OF TOURIST COME TO EXPERIENCE NATURE. 289 00:15:56,300 --> 00:16:00,440 BUT EVERY YEAR 70 PEOPLE DIE IN ATTACK BY WILD ANIMALS. 290 00:16:05,060 --> 00:16:08,020 Bear: IN HOT CLIMATES, IF YOU TRY TO WALK IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY 291 00:16:08,060 --> 00:16:12,020 WITH NO WATER, YOU MAY LAST NO MORE THAN FOUR HOURS. 292 00:16:12,060 --> 00:16:14,140 BUT IF IT'S A CHOICE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, 293 00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:17,360 THERE'S A SURVIVAL TRICK I WAS SHOWN BY AN OLD RANGER. 294 00:16:19,060 --> 00:16:21,020 ONE THING YOU CAN DO IF YOU'RE STUCK OUT HERE 295 00:16:21,060 --> 00:16:24,340 WITH NO WATER SOURCE AT ALL IS ACTUALLY DRINK THE FLUID 296 00:16:24,380 --> 00:16:26,040 FROM FRESH ELEPHANT DUNG. 297 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,400 IT'S PRETTY DISGUSTING, BUT IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. 298 00:16:41,140 --> 00:16:43,040 IT'S A REAL LAST RESORT. UGH! 299 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,400 THERE CAN BE HARMFUL BACTERIA IN THAT WATER, 300 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,060 BUT IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DRINK, 301 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,000 IT COULD BUY YOU EXTRA TIME. 302 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,180 NOT ONE OF THE BETTER DRINKS I'VE EVER HAD. 303 00:17:00,380 --> 00:17:04,120 I'M LOOKING FOR ANIMAL TRACKS, WHICH WILL LEAD ME TO WATER. 304 00:17:05,060 --> 00:17:07,420 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 305 00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:13,040 LOOK AT THIS. LOOK. 306 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,100 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THESE GAME TRAILS HERE, 307 00:17:16,140 --> 00:17:18,220 AND THEY'RE ALL LEADING DOWN THE VALLEY. 308 00:17:18,380 --> 00:17:20,060 AND YEAH, LOOK AT THIS. 309 00:17:20,100 --> 00:17:22,200 THEY ALL, LIKE, CONVERGE LIKE AN ARROW -- 310 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,220 COME TOGETHER, AS IF THEY'RE POINTING 311 00:17:24,260 --> 00:17:26,180 WHICH WAY TO FIND WATER. 312 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:31,060 BUT THESE MIGHT BE OLD TRAILS, AND IT IS THE DRY SEASON, 313 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:34,160 WHERE MANY WATER HOLES SIMPLY DRY UP. 314 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,100 THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SOURCE OF WATER, THIS. 315 00:17:42,140 --> 00:17:46,100 LOOK, IT'S FLOWING, AND IT'S LOOKING PRETTY CLEAR. 316 00:17:46,220 --> 00:17:49,320 AND THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF PLACE THAT ANIMALS 317 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:52,120 WOULD COME DOWN TO DRINK. 318 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:56,160 YEAH, MAN, LOOK AT THIS. LOOK. THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. LOOK. 319 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:01,100 THESE ARE LION TRACKS, THESE. LOOK. 320 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,220 THESE LIONS ARE AMBUSH PREDATORS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT 321 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,400 THAT I STAND TALL AND I DON'T CROUCH DOWN. 322 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,020 WHEN I CROUCH DOWN, I'M SAYING THAT I'M PREY. 323 00:18:09,060 --> 00:18:13,020 SO I WANT TO FILL THIS WATER BOTTLE PRETTY QUICKLY. 324 00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:22,080 OKAY. 325 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:26,020 AND IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE. 326 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,020 BEST ADVICE IS ALWAYS TO BOIL WATER TO PURIFY IT 327 00:18:30,060 --> 00:18:32,440 BEFORE YOU DRINK, BUT THAT TAKES TIME, 328 00:18:32,980 --> 00:18:34,200 AND I WANT TO KEEP MOVING. 329 00:18:34,260 --> 00:18:37,100 SO, REHYDRATED AND SAFELY CLEAR OF THE DANGERS 330 00:18:37,140 --> 00:18:42,060 OF THE WATERING HOLE, I MOVE ON SOUTHWARDS TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN. 331 00:18:44,260 --> 00:18:45,440 I'VE GOT WATER. 332 00:18:45,980 --> 00:18:48,140 BUT IF YOU DON'T, IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY, 333 00:18:48,180 --> 00:18:50,020 YOU'LL BE CRIPPLED BY DEHYDRATION 334 00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:52,160 BEFORE THE DAY IS OUT. 335 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:56,000 BUT IF YOU REST IN THE DAY AND WALK AT NIGHT, 336 00:18:56,100 --> 00:18:58,060 YOU COULD LAST TWICE AS LONG. 337 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,020 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 338 00:19:00,060 --> 00:19:04,220 BUT THE PROBLEM IS NIGHTTIME IS WHEN PREDATORS ARE MOST ACTIVE. 339 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,020 DURING MY TIME WITH THE SPECIAL FORCES, WE'D ONLY MOVE AT NIGHT. 340 00:19:08,060 --> 00:19:11,080 AND IF YOU DO THIS, THERE ARE CERTAIN SURVIVAL SKILLS 341 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:12,980 YOU NEED TO KNOW. 342 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:18,020 EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T GOT THE SUN TO NAVIGATE BY 343 00:19:18,060 --> 00:19:21,300 DURING THE NIGHT, WHAT I HAVE GOT IS THE MOON. 344 00:19:21,340 --> 00:19:24,240 AND IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST 345 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,100 AND SETS IN THE WEST, SO DOES THE MOON 346 00:19:27,140 --> 00:19:30,360 FOLLOW THAT ROUGH TRAJECTORY ACROSS THE SKY. 347 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,160 AND TONIGHT'S A REALLY BIG, FULL MOON. 348 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,260 AND I'VE JUST BEEN WATCHING IT MOVE STEADILY ACROSS THE SKY 349 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,400 ABOVE ME, SHOWING ME THAT'S TOWARDS THE WEST 350 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,180 AND THAT'S SOUTH, WHERE I'M HEADING. 351 00:19:42,220 --> 00:19:45,200 WALKING AT NIGHT, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE, 352 00:19:45,260 --> 00:19:47,340 AND YOU HAVE TO USE ALL OF YOUR SENSES. 353 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,020 IT TAKES ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO GET YOUR NIGHT VISION. 354 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:55,360 WHEN IT DOES COME, SPECIALLY WITH FULL MOON LIKE THIS, 355 00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:58,360 IT'S ALMOST LIKE WALKING IN DAY LIGHT. 356 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,240 AND WHEN YOU DO GET YOUR NIGHT VISION YOU WANNA PROTECT IT. 357 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,280 YOU HAVE TO TURN TOES ONTO READ A MAP OR SOMETHING, 358 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:06,140 JUST COVER ONE EYE. 359 00:20:06,340 --> 00:20:09,140 AND ALSO IF YOU TRY TO LOOK INTO SOMETHING IN DETAIL, 360 00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:12,020 USE A CORNER OF YOUR EYE, YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION 361 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:13,320 IS MUCH MORE SENSITIVE THAN YOUR 362 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:16,060 FOCAL VISION RIGHTLY IN FRONT OF YOU. 363 00:20:16,220 --> 00:20:19,000 AND THIS IS SOMETHING EARLY MAN DEVELOPED 364 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,980 AS A GOOD WAY OF PREOTECTING OURSELF AGAINST PREDITORS 365 00:20:22,020 --> 00:20:24,060 IN TERRAN JUST LIKE THIS. 366 00:20:26,060 --> 00:20:28,140 SOMETHING MOVES SILENTLY AHEAD OF ME, 367 00:20:28,180 --> 00:20:30,020 STOPPING ME IN MY TRACKS... 368 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,360 ...A LONE ELEPHANT. 369 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,360 JUST BACK UP, GUYS, A LITTLE BIT. 370 00:20:44,980 --> 00:20:47,080 THIS ELEPHANT IS INCREDIBLY CLOSE, 371 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:48,400 AND I JUST DIDN'T HEAR HIM COMING. 372 00:20:49,220 --> 00:20:51,160 THEY MOVE SO STEALTHILY. 373 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:53,180 HIS EYESIGHT ISN'T GREAT AT NIGHT, 374 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:56,060 BUT HIS SENSE OF SMELL REMAINS KEEN. 375 00:20:56,180 --> 00:20:59,400 IF HE CATCHES WIND OF ME, HE COULD ATTACK. 376 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,000 I DON'T WANT THIS GUY TO SEE ME, 377 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,100 JUST BECAUSE I'M SO VULNERABLE AT NIGHTTIME, 378 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,340 AND I DO NOT WANT HIM CHARGING AT ME. 379 00:21:12,220 --> 00:21:15,140 I'M JUST GONNA LET HIM PASS HERE. 380 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,380 OKAY, COME ON. LET'S GO. 381 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,260 MOVING AT NIGHT IN THE SAVANNA IS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER, 382 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,400 AND YOU SHOULD ONLY DO IT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING 383 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,220 AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 384 00:21:38,180 --> 00:21:42,160 THE SUN RISES TO REVEAL THE MOUNTAIN WHERE I'M HEADING FOR, 385 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:44,960 AND IT'S HERE THAT I HOPE TO FIND A RIVER 386 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,960 AND SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION. 387 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,160 FELT LIKE QUITE A LONG NIGHT LAST NIGHT. 388 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,160 BUT THE DAWN'S COME. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE THE SUN. 389 00:21:56,220 --> 00:21:59,280 IT JUST GIVES YOU, LIKE, NEW ENERGY. 390 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,080 BUT THERE'S THE MOUNTAIN. 391 00:22:01,140 --> 00:22:03,160 IT'S DEFINITELY CONSIDERABLY CLOSER NOW. 392 00:22:03,220 --> 00:22:06,360 I RECKON THAT'S ONLY ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY. 393 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,340 THE MOUNTAIN SEEMS TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE, 394 00:22:09,380 --> 00:22:11,960 BUT I'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO CROSS, 395 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,160 AND I NEED TO COVER AS MUCH OF IT AS POSSIBLE 396 00:22:14,220 --> 00:22:17,160 BEFORE IT GETS TOO HOT. 397 00:22:17,380 --> 00:22:20,040 BUT JUST AS I'M REALLY STARTING TO MOVE, 398 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:23,320 I MAKE AN AMAZING DISCOVERY. 399 00:22:24,340 --> 00:22:26,340 WOW! LOOK AT THIS! 400 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,320 JUST A MASSIVE OLD VOLCANIC CRATER. 401 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,980 I THINK I CAN SEE HOLES IN THE CRATER FLOOR. 402 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:36,020 THEY COULD BE MANMADE. 403 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,320 Bear: I'M IN NORTHERN KENYA, AND IN SAVANNA LIKE THIS, 404 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:52,120 YOU'RE CONSTANTLY AT RISKS FROM ANIMAL ATTACK, 405 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,320 DEHYDRATION, AND HEATSTROKE. 406 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:59,180 I'M HERE TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET OUT ALIVE. 407 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,140 I'M ON THE RIM OF AN EXTINCT VOLCANO, 408 00:23:03,180 --> 00:23:07,020 AND I THINK I CAN SEE SIGNS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY AT THE BOTTOM. 409 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:08,980 I NEED TO GET DOWN THERE. 410 00:23:09,020 --> 00:23:10,200 BUT THE SIDES OF THIS CRATER 411 00:23:10,260 --> 00:23:13,080 ARE STEEP SLOPES OF VOLCANIC SHINGLE. 412 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:16,960 THE FASTEST WAY DOWN A SHINGLE FACE LIKE THIS 413 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,980 IS TO SCREE-RUN IT. 414 00:23:19,020 --> 00:23:21,960 YOU NEED TO DIG YOUR HEELS IN AND THEN USE YOUR HANDS 415 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,360 FOR BALANCE, ZIGZAGGING YOUR WAY DOWN. 416 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:30,100 WHOA! 417 00:23:30,140 --> 00:23:31,340 OW! 418 00:23:31,980 --> 00:23:33,380 ( COUGHING ) 419 00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:35,320 THAT WAS FAST. 420 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:39,000 I MUST HAVE INHALED HALF THE MOUNTAIN IN DUST. 421 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,200 MY HANDS ARE SHREDDED. 422 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:43,300 BUT I'M DOWN. 423 00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:57,400 THIS PLACE IS LONG DESERTED, AND I'M NOT SURPRISED. 424 00:23:58,060 --> 00:24:00,320 THIS CRATER IS A REAL HEAT TRAP. 425 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:04,080 IT'S EVEN HOTTER HERE THAN UP ON THE SAVANNA. 426 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:06,140 WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SIGNS OF HABITATION 427 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,300 ARE ACTUALLY ABANDONED SALT WORKINGS. 428 00:24:08,340 --> 00:24:11,960 BUT AT LEAST THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING HERE I CAN USE. 429 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:14,040 OHH. 430 00:24:14,940 --> 00:24:18,160 OH, THIS STUFF IS SO CRUSTY AND SOFT. 431 00:24:18,220 --> 00:24:23,160 AND THIS BIT HERE THAT LOOKS LIKE TAR IS ACTUALLY SALT. 432 00:24:23,220 --> 00:24:27,320 AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE TYPE YOU'RE USED TO ON YOUR TABLE, 433 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:29,160 NICE AND REFINED, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY SALT. 434 00:24:29,220 --> 00:24:32,420 AND IF I BREAK A BIT OFF HERE, I CAN ACTUALLY USE 435 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,320 THE CRUST OF THIS TO HELP HEAL MY CUT. 436 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:38,400 IT WILL REPLACE LOST MINERAL SALTS THAT I'M LOSING 437 00:24:38,940 --> 00:24:41,320 ALL THE TIME THROUGH SWEATING, AND ALSO, IT WILL ACTUALLY 438 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:44,080 ACT AS AN ELECTROLYTE IF YOU'VE GOT DIARRHEA. 439 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:49,100 SO I'M GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS WITH ME. 440 00:24:56,340 --> 00:24:58,340 IT WAS MUCH EASIER GETTING INTO THIS CRATER 441 00:24:58,380 --> 00:24:59,400 THAN GETTING OUT OF IT. 442 00:24:59,940 --> 00:25:05,160 AND I'VE USED UP A LOT OF ENERGY FOR, EFFECTIVELY, A BAG OF SALT. 443 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:09,280 ( EXHALES DEEPLY ) 444 00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:11,940 ( SNIFFLES ) 445 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,320 WHILST I'VE BEEN IN THE CRATER, 446 00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:17,140 IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAVANNA'S PREDATORS HAVE BEEN BUSY. 447 00:25:17,340 --> 00:25:21,180 THOSE VULTURES ARE A CLEAR SIGN THAT SOMETHING HAS FALLEN PREY. 448 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,260 THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A MEAL FOR ME. 449 00:25:25,260 --> 00:25:28,340 BUT AS I'M WALKING TOWARDS THEM, I SPOT SOMETHING ELSE. 450 00:25:29,140 --> 00:25:30,140 WHOA, WHOA. 451 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,080 DOWN NOW. 452 00:25:33,180 --> 00:25:36,300 THERE'S A GROUP OF RHINO -- WHITE RHINO HERE. 453 00:25:36,420 --> 00:25:39,400 THIS IS JUST AMAZING TO SEE. 454 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,360 THEY'RE PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT 50 METERS AWAY FROM ME HERE. 455 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,320 AND I NEED TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL. 456 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,320 YOU MUST NEVER UNDERESTIMATE RHINO. 457 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:51,280 I KNOW OF TWO SOUTH AFRICAN BROTHERS THAT GOT CHARGED 458 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,160 BY A BIG BULL RHINO, AND THEY WERE GORED AND TRAMPLED ON. 459 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,320 THEY WERE A REAL MESS. 460 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:59,320 BUT THEY EVENTUALLY GOT RESCUED, AIR-AMBULANCED OUT, 461 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:03,980 AND THEY WERE DEFINITELY LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY TO LIVE. 462 00:26:04,020 --> 00:26:07,180 AND LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THERE -- THOSE TWO RHINO HAVE GONE INTO 463 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,080 THE DEFENSIVE POSITION, WHERE THEY PUT 464 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:12,300 THEIR BACKSIDES TOGETHER AND THEY FACE OUTWARDS. 465 00:26:12,340 --> 00:26:14,280 AND THAT'S OUR FIRST WARNING TO ME 466 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,140 THAT I'M GETTING TOO CLOSE HERE. 467 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,160 THEY'RE UNSURE OF ME, AND THAT FIRST WARNING 468 00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:20,320 MEANS THE RHINO ARE WEIGHING OUT WHETHER TO 469 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:22,320 TAKE ME ON OR RUN AWAY. 470 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,980 I'M RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE. 471 00:26:25,020 --> 00:26:29,020 IF I MOVE ANY FURTHER TOWARDS THEM, THEY COULD CHARGE. 472 00:26:29,060 --> 00:26:31,320 BUT AS WITH ELEPHANT, IF YOU EVER HAVE TO FACE 473 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:33,380 A RHINO CHARGE, THERE IS SOMETHING 474 00:26:33,420 --> 00:26:35,340 YOU CAN DO TO SAVE YOURSELF. 475 00:26:35,380 --> 00:26:38,360 AND IF THEY DID TURN AND CHARGE TOWARDS ME, 476 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,280 WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO IS HOLD MY NERVE 477 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,280 AND NOT TRY AND JUST OUTRUN THEM 478 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,080 'CAUSE I'D NEVER MANAGE TO DO THAT. 479 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,380 YOU'VE GOT TO STAND FIRM, FACE IT, HOLD THAT NERVE, 480 00:26:47,420 --> 00:26:50,340 AND THEN AT THE LAST MINUTE, DIVE TO THE SIDE, 481 00:26:50,380 --> 00:26:52,320 AND THEN FIND COVER. 482 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:54,140 AND LOOK, YOU SEE THEM JUST BEGINNING TO 483 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:55,240 EDGE TOWARDS ME NOW. 484 00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:57,340 OKAY, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY AROUND HERE. 485 00:26:59,060 --> 00:27:01,020 I'VE MOVED OUT OF THEIR THREAT ZONE. 486 00:27:01,060 --> 00:27:05,060 AND THEY'RE HAPPIER NOW, AND SLOWLY, THEY MOVE AWAY. 487 00:27:09,020 --> 00:27:10,400 THOSE VULTURES I SAW BEFORE 488 00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:13,320 ARE ON THE GROUND NOW AND QUITE CLOSE. 489 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:17,280 THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN FLIGHT AT MY APPROACH, BUT THEY HAVEN'T, 490 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,980 AND THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING. 491 00:27:20,140 --> 00:27:21,280 LOOK AT THAT. YOU SEE THAT? 492 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,060 THOSE VULTURES THERE -- THEY'RE SO FULL OF 493 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:25,940 WHAT THEY'VE BEEN FEEDING OFF, THEY CAN'T EVEN TAKE OFF. 494 00:27:25,980 --> 00:27:28,300 THEY'RE JUST LIKE WADDLING UP THE HILL. 495 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,000 AND THIS IS WHAT THESE VULTURES HAVE BEEN AFTER. 496 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:35,200 LOOK AT THIS -- A DEAD ZEBRA THAT'S DEFINITELY A LION KILL. 497 00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:38,100 AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LIONS HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN, 498 00:27:38,140 --> 00:27:40,020 EATEN ALL THE MEAT, ALL THE INNARDS, 499 00:27:40,060 --> 00:27:44,000 AND LEAVES THE BONE AND THE SKIN FOR THE VULTURES CIRCLING ABOVE. 500 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,320 AMAZING TO SEE IT JUST SO CLOSE. 501 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:50,000 A KILL LIKE THIS CAN MEAN FOOD FOR THE SURVIVOR. 502 00:27:50,140 --> 00:27:54,120 AND THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN TELL IF THE MEAT ON IT IS FIT TO EAT. 503 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:58,200 VULTURES ARE THE FIRST SIGN, AS THEY'LL ONLY EAT FRESH MEAT. 504 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:00,120 CHECK ALSO FOR MAGGOTS. 505 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,200 THE LACK OF MAGGOTS TELLS ME THAT THIS KILL IS HOURS, 506 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,140 RATHER THAN DAYS, OLD. 507 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,320 AND IF THE CARCASS SMELLS ROTTEN, MOVE ON. 508 00:28:09,140 --> 00:28:13,300 BUT THIS MEAT IS FRESH AND AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF PROTEIN. 509 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:16,160 AND THIS IS SO TOUGH, THE SKIN. 510 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,200 BUT LOOK AT UNDER ALL OF THIS. 511 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,340 I GOT TO PEEL THE SKIN BACK. 512 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:29,180 THAT IS ALL GONNA BE AS FRESH A MEAT AS I'M GONNA FIND OUT HERE. 513 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:43,240 ( GRUNTS ) 514 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,400 EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T TASTE THAT MAGIC, 515 00:28:46,940 --> 00:28:50,020 THIS IS THE BEST CHANCE OF ME GETTING SOME PROTEIN. 516 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:57,060 AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW A LOT OF EARLY MAN USED TO HUNT. 517 00:28:57,100 --> 00:29:01,200 THEY ACTUALLY WEREN'T GREAT HUNTERS. 518 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:07,940 THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOOD SCAVENGERS, PICKERS OF BERRIES, 519 00:29:09,220 --> 00:29:14,300 AND OPPORTUNISTIC, FOLLOWING OUT WHERE LIONS WOULD EAT. 520 00:29:16,980 --> 00:29:18,140 ( COUGHS ) 521 00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:19,380 OH, THAT'S A NASTY BIT. 522 00:29:19,420 --> 00:29:22,160 AND I'LL KEEP THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF THIS STEAK, 523 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,020 AS MUCH AS I THINK I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO EAT 524 00:29:24,060 --> 00:29:25,260 IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 525 00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:28,360 I'LL STICK IT IN MY POCKET AND 526 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,960 EAT THIS BIT BEFORE IT GOES OFF, 527 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,040 ONE LAST BIT. 528 00:29:35,220 --> 00:29:36,980 AWESOME! 529 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,080 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, 530 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,160 BUT JUST ABOUT 50 METERS UP IN THAT THICKET, 531 00:29:57,340 --> 00:29:59,360 A PRIDE OF LIONS. 532 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:11,300 Bear: I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WILD SAVANNA OF NORTHERN KENYA. 533 00:30:11,340 --> 00:30:15,120 AND I'M JUST YARDS AWAY FROM A PRIDE OF LIONS. 534 00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:17,260 THERE YOU GO. THEY'RE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME NOW. 535 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:20,260 IT LOOKS LIKE TWO LIONESSES WITH HER CUBS, 536 00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:23,100 JUST SHADING FROM THE SUN. 537 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:25,360 BUT I'VE GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL HERE. 538 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,000 THOSE LIONESSES ARE GONNA BE SO PROTECTIVE OF THEIR YOUNG, 539 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,980 AND IT MEANS I NEED TO KEEP MORE DISTANCE. 540 00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:35,020 THEY CAN MOVE 20 METERS IN JUST OVER A SECOND -- 541 00:30:35,060 --> 00:30:36,360 UNBELIEVABLY FAST. 542 00:30:36,980 --> 00:30:39,160 AND THEIR CLAWS -- RAZOR-SHARP. 543 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,200 ONE SWIPE, THEY'LL DISEMBOWEL A MAN. 544 00:30:43,260 --> 00:30:45,260 AND A BIG MALE -- IF IT WENT FOR YOU, 545 00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:47,040 ONE SWIPE STRAIGHT ACROSS THE NECK 546 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:49,200 COULD TAKE A MAN'S HEAD RIGHT OFF. 547 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,360 AND THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IF IT DID GO FOR ME IS STAND TALL, 548 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:58,280 PUT MY ARMS OUT WIDE, MAKE A LOT OF NOISE, CLAP, 549 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,320 AND BASICALLY TRY AND BLUFF, 550 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,400 'CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN RUN. 551 00:31:02,940 --> 00:31:04,940 THEIR INSTINCT IS TO CHASE. 552 00:31:04,980 --> 00:31:07,140 THEY'RE CHASE ANIMALS. THEY CAN'T HELP IT. 553 00:31:07,180 --> 00:31:09,920 AND IF YOU RUN, YOU'RE GONNA BE CHASED, 554 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,400 AND YOU'RE GONNA BE DEAD. 555 00:31:13,140 --> 00:31:15,360 ( LION GROWLING ) 556 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,060 LISTEN TO HER. LISTEN TO HER. 557 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,960 OKAY. IT'S TIME WE NEED TO BE OUT OF HERE, GUYS. 558 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,000 OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING. 559 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:32,360 I'M HEADING SOUTH, AIMING FOR THAT MOUNTAIN. 560 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,360 IF YOU'RE LOST IN THE WILDERNESS, THE USUAL ADVICE 561 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,360 IS TO HUNT FOR A STREAM WHICH WILL LEAD TO A RIVER 562 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,360 AND FOLLOW THAT DOWNSTREAM UNTIL YOU FIND PEOPLE. 563 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,280 AND THAT WOULD WORK ANYWHERE APART FROM IN AFRICA, 564 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,120 'CAUSE WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS HERE IS THAT YOU'LL FOLLOW 565 00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:51,200 THESE STREAMS AND THESE RIVERS, AND THEY'LL RUN, 566 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,140 AND THEY'LL RUN, AND THEN THEY'LL JUST DISAPPEAR 567 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,360 INTO THE GROUND INTO THESE AQUIFERS 568 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,360 AND EFFECTIVELY INTO NOTHING. 569 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,360 AND TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN TO YOU WOULD BE A REAL BUMMER. 570 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:06,080 SO THE BEST ADVICE IN AFRICA IS ACTUALLY DO TO THE OPPOSITE 571 00:32:06,140 --> 00:32:09,360 THAN NORMAL AND HEAD UPSTREAM, FOLLOW THE WATER SOURCE 572 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:15,060 ALL THE WAY UNTIL YOU FIND SOME SORT OF CIVILIZATION THAT WAY. 573 00:32:16,140 --> 00:32:19,000 I'M ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW STAGE OF MY JOURNEY, 574 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:23,400 AS THE MOUNTAIN GETS EVER CLOSER. 575 00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:26,260 THIS IS MUCH MORE LIKE IT NOW HERE. 576 00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:27,380 THIS IS LOOKING MUCH GREENER. 577 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,300 AND THIS SHOULD BE THE START OF WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY 578 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,100 LEAD UP TO THE FOOTHILLS. 579 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,360 ALSO, THESE YELLOW FEVER TREES ARE GOOD INDICATORS 580 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,980 THAT I'M NEAR A WATER SOURCE, AS ARE, ACTUALLY, 581 00:32:38,020 --> 00:32:43,020 THOSE BABOONS OVER THERE THAT ALWAYS HANG OUT NEAR GOOD WATER. 582 00:32:43,060 --> 00:32:46,100 SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS TRY AND FIND THIS WATER SOURCE 583 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,000 AND FOLLOW THAT UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 584 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,360 BABOONS ARE ALSO A GOOD SIGN THAT THERE ARE NO 585 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,020 MAJOR PREDATORS AROUND, SO I'M HOPING 586 00:32:54,060 --> 00:32:56,260 TO GET SOME WELL-NEEDED REST HERE. 587 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,380 I'VE BEEN WALKING FOR MOST OF THE DAY NOW. 588 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,360 AND IF I'M HONEST, I'M PRETTY BUSHED. 589 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,360 I NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE JUST TO LIE UP AND TO REST. 590 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,000 AND THIS ISN'T A BAD PLACE. WE'RE PRETTY NEAR WATER. 591 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,020 THE PROBLEM WITH BEING NEAR WATER IS MOSQUITOES. 592 00:33:14,060 --> 00:33:17,060 BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, WHICH THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF 593 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:18,360 AROUND HERE, IS BLACKJACK. 594 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,020 AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD INSECTICIDE. 595 00:33:22,060 --> 00:33:24,980 AND HERE WE GO. THERE'S ONE, JUST TAKE THIS. 596 00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:27,280 I CAN PUT IT STRAIGHT ONTO THE FIRE. 597 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,180 YOU CAN TELL BLACKJACK BY ITS OVAL-SHAPED LEAVES 598 00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:33,340 BORDERED WITH COARSELY TOOTHED EDGES. 599 00:33:33,980 --> 00:33:35,260 IT GROWS ABOUT TWO FOOT LONG. 600 00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:39,920 AND WHEN THE FLOWERS ARE OUT, THEY HAVE PINKISH-WHITE PETALS. 601 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,280 AND THAT WILL HELP KEEP THE MOSQUITOS AWAY. 602 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,940 MOSQUITOES ARE THE BIGGEST KILLER OF PEOPLE IN AFRICA 603 00:33:45,980 --> 00:33:48,060 BECAUSE OF THE MALARIA THEY SPREAD. 604 00:33:48,100 --> 00:33:49,240 SO THIS WILL HELP ME. 605 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,180 MALARIA KILLS A MILLION AFRICANS EVERY YEAR. 606 00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:00,360 WELL, HERE'S A STREAM. 607 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:04,200 IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT MEANS AT LEAST I'M IN THE RIGHT AREA 608 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,320 FOR STREAMS AND FOR RIVERS. 609 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,400 AND IT'S THESE STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT I'M HOPING 610 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,260 WILL LEAD ME UPSTREAM TO PEOPLE. 611 00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:15,000 AND THERE'S MORE BLACKJACK FOR ME TO BURN ON MY FIRE 612 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,040 AS A MOSQUITO REPELLENT. 613 00:34:19,180 --> 00:34:20,360 IT'S ALMOST DARK NOW. 614 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:24,320 AND PROBABLY MY BEST CHANCE OF SHELTER IS THIS TREE. 615 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,940 AND IT WILL MEAN AT LEAST I'M OFF THE GROUND, 616 00:34:26,980 --> 00:34:29,080 SO I'M NOT GONNA GET TRAMPLED BY ANY BIG GAME. 617 00:34:29,140 --> 00:34:32,360 I WON'T GET MY FACE BITTEN BY ANYTHING SMALLER, LIKE A HYENA. 618 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,960 AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME DECENT SLEEP 619 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,300 THAT I REALLY NEED NOW. 620 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:45,140 USING MY FLINT, I'M TRYING TO LIGHT SOME DRY ELEPHANT DUNG, 621 00:34:45,180 --> 00:34:47,020 WHICH I'M USING AS KINDLING. 622 00:34:47,060 --> 00:34:49,400 IT SHOULD BE BURN PRETTY WELL. 623 00:34:49,940 --> 00:34:51,380 OKAY. COME ON, NOW. 624 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,280 THERE WE GO. THERE'S A LITTLE SPARK. 625 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,980 AT NIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE HERE DROPS TO 45 DEGREES. 626 00:34:58,020 --> 00:35:01,080 HAVING A FIRE IN THE BUSH NOT ONLY KEEPS YOU WARM -- 627 00:35:01,140 --> 00:35:04,380 IT DETERS PREDATORS AND OTHER ANIMALS, 628 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,360 AND IT SHOULD KEEP THE MOSQUITOES AWAY. 629 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:12,080 BUT LIGHTING ELEPHANT DUNG IS NOT ALWAYS THAT EASY. 630 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:15,260 ( COUGHING ) 631 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:18,120 OH, TELL YOU WHAT -- THE FUMES OF ELEPHANT DUNG 632 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,360 IS REALLY NOT NICE. 633 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,080 ( BLOWING ) 634 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,120 WHAT I'M GONNA PUT ON IS A BIT OF THIS BLACKJACK. 635 00:35:35,180 --> 00:35:38,360 AND IF I JUST BREAK A LITTLE BIT OF THIS OFF AND LAY IT ONTO 636 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,980 THE FIRE, WHEN THAT BURNS, IT ACTS AS A REALLY GOOD REPELLENT. 637 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,380 AND WHAT I'M HOPING IS ALL THE SMOKE AND AROMA 638 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:50,920 OF THIS IS GONNA WAFT UP INTO THE TREE WHERE I'M SLEEPING. 639 00:35:59,220 --> 00:36:02,000 MY PLAN IS TO FOLLOW A RIVER UPSTREAM. 640 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:06,020 ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, I'D HEAD DOWNSTREAM TO FIND PEOPLE. 641 00:36:06,060 --> 00:36:07,300 BUT HERE IN AFRICA, 642 00:36:07,340 --> 00:36:09,940 ENTIRE RIVERS CAN DISAPPEAR UNDERGROUND. 643 00:36:09,980 --> 00:36:14,380 SO I'M GOING UP TOWARDS THE FERTILE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAIN. 644 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,300 THE RIVER HERE IS REALLY STARTING JUST TO MEANDER AROUND 645 00:36:17,340 --> 00:36:21,180 IN THESE BIG LOOPS, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO CROSS 646 00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:23,040 SO I CAN JUST SHORTEN THE DISTANCE 647 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,940 THAT I'VE GOT TO TRAVEL. 648 00:36:24,980 --> 00:36:26,300 ( HIPPOPOTAMUSES GRUNTING ) 649 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:32,000 THAT SOUND IS UNMISTAKABLE -- HIPPOS. 650 00:36:32,180 --> 00:36:35,180 THEY'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST KILLERS IN AFRICA. 651 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,340 Bear: I'M IN NORTHERN KENYA, SHOWING YOU HOW TO STAY ALIVE. 652 00:36:51,380 --> 00:36:54,020 BUT I'M UP AGAINST ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ANIMALS 653 00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:56,060 IN ALL OF AFRICA. 654 00:36:56,180 --> 00:36:59,260 IF I GOT IN THIS RIVER HERE AND TRIED TO CROSS THIS, 655 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:01,360 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I'D DIE. 656 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:04,060 AND THE REASON IS THOSE HIPPOS. 657 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,180 THEY ARE UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS. 658 00:37:06,220 --> 00:37:09,380 THE MALES ARE SO TERRITORIAL, AND THE FEMALES 659 00:37:09,940 --> 00:37:12,040 ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEIR YOUNG. 660 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:13,200 AND THE WORST PLACE YOU CAN BE 661 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:16,220 IS BETWEEN A HIPPO AND THE WATER. 662 00:37:16,260 --> 00:37:19,200 THERE'S AN AUSTRALIAN LADY WHO WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN 663 00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:22,940 A HIPPO AND THE WATER, AND THE HIPPO JUST WENT BERSERK, 664 00:37:22,980 --> 00:37:25,960 CHARGED AT HER, FLIPPED HER IN THE AIR, TRAMPLED HER, 665 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,020 AND BIT HER TO DEATH. 666 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:30,140 ( GRUNTING CONTINUES ) 667 00:37:30,260 --> 00:37:33,300 AND THAT'S JUST A WARNING TO ME TO STAY BACK. 668 00:37:33,340 --> 00:37:35,960 THAT'S OUR FIRST WARNING. 669 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:41,200 ( GRUNTING CONTINUES ) 670 00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:54,200 HALF A MILE UPSTREAM, THINGS LOOK A BIT MORE PROMISING. 671 00:37:54,260 --> 00:37:57,380 THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T A BAD PLACE FOR ME TO CROSS. 672 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,180 IT'S QUITE FAST-FLOWING, AND IT'S QUITE SHALLOW. 673 00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:04,980 IT'S RARE TO FIND HIPPOS IN SHALLOW WATER LIKE THIS. 674 00:38:05,020 --> 00:38:08,920 THIS IS PROBABLY MY BEST BET FOR GETTING ACROSS THIS RIVER. 675 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,140 HIPPOS PREFER DEEPER, CALMER WATER 676 00:38:11,180 --> 00:38:15,280 TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR MASSIVE BODYWEIGHT. 677 00:38:17,940 --> 00:38:21,200 THIS STUFF IS JUST SO, SO SLIPPY. 678 00:38:21,940 --> 00:38:27,120 I WANT TO AVOID BEING SWEPT DOWN IN SOME OF THE DEEPER POOLS. 679 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,000 TAKE IT EASY, GUYS, HERE. 680 00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:38,360 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 681 00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:40,980 OKAY. I'M ACROSS. 682 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:52,080 I'M FOLLOWING THE RIVER UP THE LOWEST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAIN. 683 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,060 AND ALL AROUND ME ARE REMINDERS THAT I'M IN THE MIDST OF 684 00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:58,000 A CONSTANT LIFE-OR-DEATH STRUGGLE. 685 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,160 IT MIGHT SEEM A LOT OF EFFORT, BUT FOR ME, 686 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,320 THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF FOLLOWING THE RIVER 687 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,080 IS TO GET IN IT. 688 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,980 AND THIS MOUNTAIN WATER IS TOO COLD AND FAST FOR HIPPOS. 689 00:39:13,180 --> 00:39:15,380 BUT WHAT THERE ARE, ARE LEOPARDS, 690 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,980 AND PROBABLY WHY I'M BETTER OFF STICKING IN THIS STREAM 691 00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:25,260 THAN TRYING TO DO BATTLE WITH THESE STEEP RAVINES AND FORESTS. 692 00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:40,380 I CAN TELL I'M GETTING HIGHER UP NOW, 693 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,200 JUST 'CAUSE IT'S FREEZING COLD. 694 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,160 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 695 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:02,120 THE GRADIENT IS INCREASING, AND THAT MEANS STEEP WATERFALLS. 696 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,320 BUT IT'S STILL EASIER FOR ME TO CLIMB THEM THAN LEAVE THE RIVER 697 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:09,000 AND CLIMB SOME OF THE SHEER PRECIPICES AROUND THEM. 698 00:40:23,060 --> 00:40:25,200 EVEN THOUGH THIS WATERFALL IS QUITE COLD, 699 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,360 CLIMBING IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. 700 00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:33,020 AND HAVING FUN IS THE KEY PART OF KEEPING YOUR MORALE UP. 701 00:40:33,060 --> 00:40:34,360 IT WILL SOON BE DUSK. 702 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:36,200 AND AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE DROPS, 703 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:38,980 THERE'S A REAL RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA. 704 00:40:39,020 --> 00:40:42,160 BUT WATER MEANS PEOPLE, AND THIS IS STILL MY BEST BET 705 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,020 FOR FINDING THEM. 706 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,980 THIS WATER IS JUST SO, SO COLD. 707 00:40:48,020 --> 00:40:52,220 AND I'M FIGHTING TO TRY AND KEEP THE TOP HALF OF ME AT LEAST DRY, 708 00:40:52,260 --> 00:40:55,140 BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, IN WATER THIS COLD, 709 00:40:55,180 --> 00:40:58,120 I WOULDN'T LAST LONG UP TO MY NECK. 710 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,140 I SPENT THE PAST TWO DAYS BATTLING THE SCORCHING HEAT, 711 00:41:01,180 --> 00:41:04,260 BUT NOW COLD IS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM. 712 00:41:05,220 --> 00:41:08,000 BUT THEN I SPOT SOMETHING. 713 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:09,180 HEY, LOOK. LOOK. 714 00:41:09,220 --> 00:41:10,900 LOOK AT THESE. LOOK. 715 00:41:10,940 --> 00:41:15,360 THESE FIXED LINES GOING STRAIGHT UP -- STRAIGHT OFF SOMETHING. 716 00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:18,980 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A CABLE OR A PULLEY. 717 00:41:19,020 --> 00:41:21,080 YEAH, LOOK, YOU CAN EVEN SEE A BASKET. 718 00:41:21,140 --> 00:41:24,180 IT'S PROBABLY A WAY THE LOCAL FARMERS SEND FEED 719 00:41:24,220 --> 00:41:26,180 ACROSS THESE RAVINES. 720 00:41:26,220 --> 00:41:28,180 THIS IS MY FIRST SIGN, THOUGH, 721 00:41:28,220 --> 00:41:30,320 THAT THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE SOMEWHERE NEAR HERE. 722 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,180 AND THE ROPES LOOK LIKE PART OF THE PULLEY SYSTEM 723 00:41:33,220 --> 00:41:34,360 THAT HAS COME ADRIFT. 724 00:41:34,900 --> 00:41:35,340 BUT I JUST NEED TO FIND OUT 725 00:41:35,380 --> 00:41:39,020 WHETHER THIS ROPE IS STRONG ENOUGH. 726 00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:51,000 WELL...THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO TEST IT. 727 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,960 I'M JUST GOING FOR IT. 728 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,080 ( EXHALING SHARPLY ) 729 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,140 IT'S WELL OVER 100 FEET TO THE TOP OF THIS RAVINE. 730 00:42:09,180 --> 00:42:11,320 AND THE ONLY WAY I'M GOING TO CLIMB UP THESE ROPES 731 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,240 IS THE HARD WAY, HAND OVER HAND. 732 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,000 THERE'S NOT MUCH TECHNIQUE OR FINESSE HERE. 733 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:22,180 IT JUST TAKES STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE, AND NEVER LOOK DOWN. 734 00:42:29,140 --> 00:42:31,080 OHH. 735 00:42:31,220 --> 00:42:33,160 ( PANTING ) 736 00:42:33,380 --> 00:42:35,180 THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR -- 737 00:42:35,220 --> 00:42:39,980 SOME CABINS AND CIVILIZATION OF SOME SORT. 738 00:42:40,340 --> 00:42:43,180 I THINK WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT AFRICA IS THAT IT'S A PLACE 739 00:42:43,220 --> 00:42:46,180 THAT'S FULL OF LIFE, THAT'S LOCKED IN A STRUGGLE 740 00:42:46,220 --> 00:42:47,320 FOR SURVIVAL. 741 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,960 AND FOR SOME CREATURES TO LIVE, OTHERS MUST DIE. 742 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,180 BUT THE KEY TO STAYING ALIVE OUT HERE IS TO UNDERSTAND 743 00:42:55,220 --> 00:42:57,360 THE ANIMALS, AND LIKE OUR COMMON ANCESTORS, 744 00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:01,240 USE OUR BRAINS TO KEEP US ON TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN.