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I am Bear Grylls.

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I've served with
The British Special Forces.

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I've climbed
to the summit of Everest

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and crossed the frozen waters
of the Arctic.

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Now, my challenge
is to be marooned off an island

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in the middle
of the Pacific Ocean.

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Every year, thousands of people get
into trouble in these seas.

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I am going to show you the skills
you need to survive.

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I am flying over the Pacific Ocean,

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63 million square miles of wild sea
with over 30,000 islands,

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many of which uninhabited.

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It may look like paradise

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but it can be deadly
and the huge surfs,

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unexpected currents

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and man eating sharks make
these seas

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some of the most dangerous on Earth.

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If you find yourself in the water,

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you will need to know
how to survive.

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I'll be in the same situation
as anyone

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who gets in trouble at sea
without a lifejacket.

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All I have is a knife, the clothes
I have got on and a camera crew.

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My mission is to reach
one of these islands

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and then from there make it
back to safety.

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The wind seems to be...

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To be guiding me
in the right direction here.

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Towards that island.

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We are only about two miles away.

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But my main concern
is just the currents out here

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whether they are going to let
me reach the island or not.

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Recently three children
managed to survive

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after their parents died
when their yacht capsized.

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After spending six days clinging
to the upturned hull,

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they were then forced
to swim five miles

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through shark infested waters
to a deserted island.

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They survived for a week
by drinking rainwater

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and eating berries
before they were finally rescued.

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If you are in the sea miles
from land,

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it's all
about conserving your strength.

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This is about long distance swimming
and the most efficient way

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is just to use sidestrokes
and conserve my energy

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for the surf that is going
to be surrounding these islands.

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The Pacific islands are notorious
for their powerful surf.

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And that poses another
immediate problem,

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how to get on to dry land.

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The waves and currents
are so strong,

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it's difficult just getting
onto the rocks.

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These powerful rip currents
are created

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by the huge surf rebounding off
the rocks.

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150 swimmers drown in rip currents
off U.S. waters each year

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because they panic
and try to swim against the current

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and quickly become exhausted.

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The best technique is to swim
parallel to the coast

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until you can't feel the pull
of the current.

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Then you'll be able
to make it to shore.

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Use breaststroke so you can keep
your head above the water

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and spot the best exit point.

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I finally made it.

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But I need water, food and shelter.

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But first, I must explore
the island to see

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what natural resources are here.

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But this part of the island
is surrounded by cliffs.

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I am an experienced climber

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and there are certain basic
techniques you can use here.

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First, look for the best route
with the most hand and footholds.

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(BEAR GROANS)

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Use your arms to guide you
and your legs for the power.

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Inexperienced climbers tire quickly

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because they attempt to pull
themselves up by their arms alone.

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It looks like paradise.

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But even in paradise,

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you can't survive
without food and water.

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From this vantage point,
I can see a beach.

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It looks like it's sheltered
from the wind.

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And I can see palms,
which may mean food.

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So that's where I am heading.

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But in terrain like this,
you need to be careful.

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The lush undergrowth could
hide deep chasms in the rock.

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Getting down into this valley
it's just been looking impossible.

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It just goes all the way around
at these sheer rock faces.

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But what I have found here
is this banyan tree.

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And you can see where the roots
are growing down the side

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of this rock face all the way down
to the bottom.

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And these roots can provide
a way down.

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(HEAVY BREATHING)

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This is a nasty bit here.

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And often this down climbing
is much more technically difficult

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than going up just
because it's so hard to see

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where you're putting your feet
and your hands.

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But the same rules apply.

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You got to relax, take your time.

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And not move until you are
a 100 percent comfortable

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with your hand and your footholds.

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But I tell you what,

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you can get it right
a thousand times

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and you only get it wrong once.

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And...

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What really matters here
is keeping that three point

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of contact always with the tree.

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You do not want to be just
hanging on one hand.

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What's difficult
about this is that where the,

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where the roots have grown down,

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all the rock on the actual cliff
is really crumbly.

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(HEAVY BEATH) (GROANS)

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My arms are just burning.

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Just running out of strength then.

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But I am down
and I am in the jungle.

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I want to get to the beach
that I saw earlier

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but it's easy to get disorientated
in this thick undergrowth.

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Wow, look at this.

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Look at this bamboo.

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This is just amazing stuff.

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Bamboo is so versatile.

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It can be used
for building shelters,

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making spears and many other things
vital in a survival situation.

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And I am going to take some with me.

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Wow, look at this.

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And the risk I took climbing down
definitely worth it.

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This is going to be perfect.

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And it is a thousand times more
sheltered than where I came ashore.

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It is going to be a good place
for a base.

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But also, I should be able to fish
here as well.

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Now, the question is
can I find water?

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There are over 30,000 islands
in the Pacific Ocean.

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And many of those are uninhabited.

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Being stranded
on an island like this,

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chances are someone
is looking for you.

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So to make sure you can be seen
by a rescue party,

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you need to build
what's called a signal fire.

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I want this fire to be
as big as possible

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but also as flammable as possible

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so it will burn really fast
and really bright.

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And I want to start it just
in this big pile

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of dead pine, pine needles
to act as like tinder.

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And then...

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So I use these
big dead coconut branches

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and build like a tripod around
this tinder bundle.

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The signal fire will not be lit now.

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It will be standing by in case
I see a boat or an aircraft.

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And then what I've also got here

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are some really green ones

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and if I just lay these around it,

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these will...

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Act not only to waterproof it

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and keep this whole signal fire dry

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but it will also smoke.

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And if something comes
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I'm going to need that smoke.

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But I do need to start
another fire now

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which I will need
to keep burning constantly

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so I can light my signal fire
at any time.

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To light the fire,

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I am going to use a technique
called the fire plough.

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It is widely used
in the Pacific islands.

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Hibiscus,
which grows throughout Polynesia,

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is a perfect wood to use
for the base and plough

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because it has a
very low moisture content.

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And it is not healthy

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but the sweat that drips off
my nose into it.

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I've had that happen twice now.

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I have to start again.

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So I'm trying to drip
the sweat to the left.

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Come on. You are almost there.

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By creating enough friction between
the wooden handle and the groove,

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you can work up a coal
that can then be used to light

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a coconut tinder bundle.

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Okay, look. That ambers going
now and if we just tip this

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into this tinder bundle.

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And we should have flames.

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There we go.

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We've got fire.

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Staying warm here
is not the problem

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but the sun is punishing.

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And prolonged exposure to the wind
and rain can sap your health.

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So I'm going to build
a simple shelter.

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Hibiscus is such a useful tree.

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And it's common near the shoreline
of Pacific islands.

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You can spot it
by its heart shaped leaves.

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Its smooth bark is also excellent
for lashing material.

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Normally, I would build
a shelter right back in the shade.

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But really for me
the priority out here is that

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I'm visible from the air,
anything flying over, any rescues.

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What I am going to do
is latch these on

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with more of this barked fibre.

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As a first layer,
use dried palm leaves.

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They are plentiful and I don't
waste too much energy finding them.

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And on top, fresh leaves
that are more waterproof.

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Survival is as much
about the mind as it is the body.

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And sometimes it is just a simple
thing like taking a dip

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to lift your spirits.

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Often the reason that islands
like this are uninhabited

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is that there is no ready supply
of drinking water.

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And my best way of finding a drink
is to get to these coconuts.

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And the ones I want are up there.

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But the only problem is that's
probably about 35 or 40 feet up.

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And getting them
is not going to be easy.

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There is a technique
for climbing these trees.

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Always keep pressure on the trunk

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with the balls of your
feet and toes.

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And as you go up,

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alternate moving your hands
and your feet.

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One thing you really need
is strong inner thighs.

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And if you are good
at riding horses,

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you are going to be good at this.

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But my thighs are burning.
I am only halfway up.

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Coconuts may be a lifesaver
in this castaway situation.

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But they are also killers.

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People die every year from
coconuts falling on their heads.

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And an average size nut weighing
two pounds can hit the ground

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with the force of one metric tonne.

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These are the ones I'm after.

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It's these green ones
that are the younger coconuts.

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And they contain much more
water than the older ones

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that are lying around on the beach,
the brown ones.

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Also these green ones are
much more nutrient rich.

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But the way I am going to get it off
is just to keep twisting them.

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And they should go any minute.

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Here she comes.

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And there she goes.

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Awesome.

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But coming down these trees
is much harder and more painful

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than you might think.

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I'll tell you what.

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This is not the sort of thing
you want to do as a bloke.

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There we go.

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Coconuts are rich in potassium,

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which your body loses
when it sweats.

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That is beautiful.

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It also holds vitamin C
and carbohydrate.

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So it's a good source of energy.

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And it's not surprising

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that the Polynesians call
this the tree of life.

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I know of one of the survivors
of the 2005 Tsunami

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who was rescued
from a desert island.

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And he had actually survived
for 25 days living just on coconuts.

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And it shows just what a life saver
these can actually be.

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Earlier this year,

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two sailors survived for a week on
an island after their boat sank.

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After clinging to floating debris
for a night,

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they washed up on a deserted island
which had no freshwater.

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They survived on coconuts

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and shellfish until they were
rescued seven days later

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when their makeshift flag
was seen by an aircraft.

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But what if rescue doesn't come?

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It's day two on the island.

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And if you're in this situation,
food is now your next priority.

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I am going to try my luck
in the ocean.

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First I will need to make a spear.

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This bamboo pole is a start.

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To stop the bamboo from splitting,

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I need to use some more
hibiscus bark to lash around it.

251
00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:03,980
Get that in. Get in.

252
00:17:04,020 --> 00:17:05,320
Now, I split the head of the bamboo.

253
00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:08,960
And just ease that down.

254
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,220
So that I can carve
four very sharp points.

255
00:17:16,260 --> 00:17:17,380
The sharper I make these,

256
00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,400
the easier it's going to be to
try and catch a fish of some sort.

257
00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:28,000
It will also come in handy
if I need to defend myself

258
00:17:28,260 --> 00:17:31,240
as these waters are
also hunting grounds for sharks.

259
00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,320
This is getting pretty sharp now.

260
00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:36,420
And...

261
00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:41,420
That is really about as good
a spear as I can make for fishing.

262
00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,380
There's plenty of fish
if I can only catch them.

263
00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,140
But there are risks.

264
00:17:57,380 --> 00:17:59,000
Some fish are poisonous.

265
00:17:59,180 --> 00:18:00,120
Others can attack.

266
00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:04,000
So keep your hands away
from any dark nooks and crannies

267
00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,960
because vicious moray eels will
attack whatever comes into view.

268
00:18:08,260 --> 00:18:09,960
And don't try eating them either.

269
00:18:10,220 --> 00:18:12,120
Moray eel can cause ciguatera,

270
00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:15,400
the most common form of marine food
poisoning in the U.S.

271
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I can only hold my breath
for a couple of minutes

272
00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,960
before I have to resurface.

273
00:18:24,340 --> 00:18:25,300
Of all the mammals,

274
00:18:25,420 --> 00:18:28,140
humans have the smallest
breath holding capacity.

275
00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:35,220
But I've got to keep going.

276
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,300
And it would give me such a boost
to get a proper meal inside me.

277
00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,340
That turtle would make a tasty dish.

278
00:18:49,260 --> 00:18:53,100
But in the late 1970's they were
placed on the endangered list

279
00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:56,960
so I would only think of eating it
if I was absolutely desperate.

280
00:19:06,420 --> 00:19:08,160
We're running out
of puffs down there.

281
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:13,960
But I am definitely managing
to hold my breath for longer now

282
00:19:14,260 --> 00:19:15,340
than when I first started.

283
00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:17,160
And that's what I need to do,

284
00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,160
just slowly increase the time.

285
00:19:25,260 --> 00:19:28,060
But meeting a shark is not
what I expected here.

286
00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:30,300
Luckily this is a sandbar shark,

287
00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,100
one of the least aggressive
species around here.

288
00:19:33,980 --> 00:19:36,280
But he is a reminder that
there could be others around

289
00:19:37,020 --> 00:19:39,180
so it's time to get out
of the water fast.

290
00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:46,400
But I am not giving up.

291
00:19:47,180 --> 00:19:48,980
In any survival situation,

292
00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:50,380
you've just got to keep on trying.

293
00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,200
And if that doesn't work
then come up with a new plan.

294
00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:56,980
I'm gonna try
a traditional technique

295
00:19:57,140 --> 00:19:59,040
that's used by Pacific islanders.

296
00:20:02,020 --> 00:20:05,080
I am looking for a plant
that can be used to poison fish.

297
00:20:06,420 --> 00:20:09,280
The tuber plant is common
throughout the Pacific.

298
00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:15,060
It has distinctive oval leaves
and is found near coastlines.

299
00:20:17,060 --> 00:20:18,400
The poison is in the roots.

300
00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:23,420
You want to use only fresh small
roots as they are the most toxic.

301
00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:30,180
Fish often get trapped in little
rock pools like this in low tide.

302
00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:34,980
And what I am doing here
is just crushing up this tuber root

303
00:20:35,180 --> 00:20:36,320
to get the oils out of it.

304
00:20:37,140 --> 00:20:38,320
And this is so cool.

305
00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,980
What you do is really mash it

306
00:20:43,340 --> 00:20:47,440
and then just shake all of this
into this water.

307
00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:49,180
Within minutes,

308
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,180
any fish caught by this
should float to the surface.

309
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,440
The plant and root system
contains rotenone,

310
00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,320
a natural toxin used for centuries
by indigenous people

311
00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:03,000
for harvesting fish.

312
00:21:03,380 --> 00:21:06,220
And the poison has no affect
on human beings.

313
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,320
So the fish are safe to eat.

314
00:21:14,020 --> 00:21:16,160
Cool, well that's eight
so that's dinner.

315
00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,220
Now, I have actually
caught these fish,

316
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:22,080
I need to cook them.

317
00:21:22,340 --> 00:21:27,080
And what I am going to do is
bake them in what is called a imu

318
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:30,200
and that is a traditional
Hawaiian rock oven.

319
00:21:30,340 --> 00:21:32,360
And this is something
I've always wanted to do.

320
00:21:33,020 --> 00:21:37,240
But I've just never normally had
the time to spend to do it properly.

321
00:21:38,140 --> 00:21:42,360
And what you do, first of all,
just dig a pit like this.

322
00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,160
So I am going to use
my giant nose tweezers

323
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,320
that I made earlier
which are quite cool.

324
00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:52,020
And I can just pick some
of these rocks up.

325
00:21:52,980 --> 00:21:56,020
Place them in here
and these are now really hot.

326
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,280
And it is these that are going
to slow bake the fish

327
00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:05,420
once I've wrapped them up.

328
00:22:10,420 --> 00:22:14,280
And these rocks will stay hot
for hours and hours and hours.

329
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,020
And sand is a really good insulator.

330
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,320
What I'm going to do to
these fish is to wrap them

331
00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,060
in these tea tree leaves.

332
00:22:25,380 --> 00:22:28,120
And these tea tree leaves
are really important

333
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,040
actually to Polynesian people.

334
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,120
They are known
for their medicinal qualities,

335
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,100
anti ageing always good.

336
00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:35,320
But more importantly,

337
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,020
they are going to make it taste nice
and keep all the moisture.

338
00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,300
And this is going
to be the very centre

339
00:22:41,340 --> 00:22:43,180
of what is really
the ultimate steamer.

340
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,220
And what I'm going to do then
is tie one end together.

341
00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,060
And that is ready to go
into the oven.

342
00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:58,300
And what I do...

343
00:22:59,180 --> 00:23:00,260
Is use some of these...

344
00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,400
Leaves here just to line the bottom
of the oven.

345
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,240
Put the bundle in there,

346
00:23:08,300 --> 00:23:13,300
more leaves on the top
and then basically leave it.

347
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:19,260
And this in
about an hour should be ready.

348
00:23:19,380 --> 00:23:20,340
I can't wait.

349
00:23:23,260 --> 00:23:24,180
While that's cooking,

350
00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:26,960
I'm going to extract some oil
from coconut flesh

351
00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:30,020
that will protect me against
the sun and saltwater.

352
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,080
And what I'm going to try
and do is then crush it

353
00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:34,220
and get the oil out of it.

354
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,960
I am never going to get it looking
as smooth as like sun cream

355
00:23:39,220 --> 00:23:43,200
but I just want to crush it enough
so the oil seeps out of it.

356
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,960
And it is this oil that I am going
to use just to protect me

357
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,140
against all the saltwater,
chafing and the sun.

358
00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:54,040
And then all I will need to do
is get a little bit of it,

359
00:23:55,220 --> 00:23:58,320
rub it in my hands and then
rub it onto my skin like this.

360
00:23:59,420 --> 00:24:01,140
And you see the oil coming off.

361
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,320
And that's going to give me
good protection.

362
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,320
My fish should now be cooked.

363
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:12,200
There we are.

364
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,020
And I can see just the little
fish eyes have popped out.

365
00:24:16,060 --> 00:24:17,000
So I don't know if you can...

366
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:18,980
I will pull one of them out.

367
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,300
The fish eyes have popped out

368
00:24:20,340 --> 00:24:22,340
and that's a sign
that they are ready.

369
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,420
But these you can just eat whole.

370
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,440
And this is going to be good.

371
00:24:28,180 --> 00:24:31,000
You could stay on a island like
this, indefinitely.

372
00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:32,200
But throughout history.

373
00:24:32,260 --> 00:24:36,100
Marooned sailors have often risked
it all for a chance to make it home.

374
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,260
Tomorrow,
I'm going to try something,

375
00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:39,980
I've always wanted to do.

376
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,120
Attempt to build a raft
and head out to sea.

377
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,980
I've put myself in the position
for someone stranded on an island

378
00:24:56,020 --> 00:24:57,340
in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

379
00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:00,140
I have shelter and I found food.

380
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,420
I could now wait for weeks
to be rescued

381
00:25:04,140 --> 00:25:06,200
but if your Island runs out
of food and water,

382
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,200
you will only survive
if you can leave.

383
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,160
And this is how I'm gonna do.

384
00:25:11,420 --> 00:25:15,100
The ancient Polynesians used to
travel hundreds of miles in canoes.

385
00:25:15,140 --> 00:25:16,220
That kind of look like this.

386
00:25:16,380 --> 00:25:18,040
These dug out canoes.

387
00:25:18,220 --> 00:25:20,280
But when they wanted
to go further afield,

388
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,960
what they did was
add like an outrigger,

389
00:25:23,220 --> 00:25:27,060
so it would look like this and this
added stability to the craft

390
00:25:27,980 --> 00:25:30,340
but I haven't got the time
or the tools to build

391
00:25:30,380 --> 00:25:32,100
this sort of elaborate canoe.

392
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,960
But what I have got here is
fantastic resources

393
00:25:35,060 --> 00:25:38,040
masses of bamboo and
masses of lashings

394
00:25:38,260 --> 00:25:42,320
And what I can do is build
like a, like a catamaran,

395
00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:44,400
a twin hold version of this.

396
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,260
That's much less sophisticated,
but it's got the stability

397
00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:51,120
and I can use that to get me off
this island.

398
00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:55,340
Bamboo has been chosen
by seafarers for thousands of years

399
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,300
for strength and buoyancy.

400
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,080
There are air pockets in between
the section joints of the plant

401
00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:03,960
and even tiny air chambers
in the wood itself.

402
00:26:04,260 --> 00:26:06,100
To fell one of these bamboos,

403
00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:09,020
I'm going to need to build a
fire under the base of it just

404
00:26:09,060 --> 00:26:11,400
because there is no way I would
be able to hack through this.

405
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,060
With my knife alone,
it would take me forever.

406
00:26:14,420 --> 00:26:16,020
But before I do that,

407
00:26:16,220 --> 00:26:18,320
I've got to pierce one
of these chambers just

408
00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:22,060
because these bamboos are
in sealed compartments full of air.

409
00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:24,940
And if I didn't do that
when I started the fire,

410
00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:27,140
the air would heat up
and it could explode out.

411
00:26:27,380 --> 00:26:29,940
So I need to try
and get the point of my knife

412
00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:33,140
or a bit of my knife just through it
to release that pressure.

413
00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:40,420
And this stuff is just so tough.

414
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,340
But I think, yeah I can see,

415
00:26:43,380 --> 00:26:45,040
I am just through the outer bit

416
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,960
and that should have
released the pressure.

417
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:49,960
So now to build the fire
and I have carried an ember

418
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,000
from my campfire just in this
coconut husk and it's still going.

419
00:26:58,980 --> 00:27:00,020
Yeah, okay, that's still a light.

420
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:02,320
And I can use just any of this...

421
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,300
Dead stuff here.

422
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,260
It almost died on me then.

423
00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:22,340
I can't face walking a half
a mile all the way back through

424
00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:24,120
that jungle to get another ember.

425
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:29,160
Awesome.

426
00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:37,300
I'm gonna lash it all together.

427
00:27:37,980 --> 00:27:39,280
With the bark of the hibiscus tree.

428
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:47,140
This simple catamaran like design
will give the rock more stability

429
00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,220
and give me room for provisions.

430
00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:52,000
I just can't wait to get this thing
in the water.

431
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,160
The deck has to be strong
and flexible enough

432
00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:57,400
to withstand the papal,
swells and waves.

433
00:27:58,060 --> 00:27:59,260
And lift me above the water.

434
00:27:59,980 --> 00:28:01,300
Keeping me as dry as possible.

435
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,220
And because the raft
will be so heavy.

436
00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:09,400
I'm building it on bamboo rollers
to make the task of getting

437
00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:11,240
into the water easier.

438
00:28:14,060 --> 00:28:15,260
Now, I need a sail.

439
00:28:16,060 --> 00:28:19,220
Without that, any trip will be
at the mercy of the currents.

440
00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,260
This is the one part
of this whole raft.

441
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,280
That is a complete unknown to me,
I'm trying to make a sail

442
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:30,400
and this is something
I've never done before.

443
00:28:31,260 --> 00:28:35,340
If I'm honest, I don't know whether
this is just gonna work or not.

444
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,100
I'm going to interweave these
Palm leaves to make the sail.

445
00:28:39,420 --> 00:28:41,420
Then build a timber frame
to support it.

446
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,240
Bracing the whole structure.

447
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:45,180
Maybe that will cross the bottom.

448
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,320
A few of these and then lash
all of that together.

449
00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:56,300
It just might work but I don't know
whether it's going to stand up

450
00:28:56,340 --> 00:29:00,040
to the rigors of whatever
the Pacific has out there.

451
00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:04,040
I decided to find out

452
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:08,060
what the conditions are like further
out to sea and they are not good.

453
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,000
There's no way I'm gonna be
able to get off this island.

454
00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:15,180
Until these trade winds ease a bit.
I mean just look at this.

455
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,000
It's just this frothy cauldron of
white water.

456
00:29:20,020 --> 00:29:25,100
And it's so intimidating to look at
it's just as far as the eye can see.

457
00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:28,040
Any raft will struggle
at seas like this,

458
00:29:28,180 --> 00:29:30,180
I'm going to have to wait
for the winds to ease,

459
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,160
then I spot something In the water,
a bottle.

460
00:29:34,980 --> 00:29:36,220
This could be a lifesaver.

461
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,060
If I can somehow manage to get this
bottle

462
00:29:40,300 --> 00:29:41,420
it can make all the difference to
me

463
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,100
but getting down there
is not going to be easy.

464
00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:47,260
Waves, like this can be lethal.

465
00:29:49,180 --> 00:29:53,120
Recently a family was swept off
a shelf like this by huge wave

466
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:54,240
whilst watching the surf.

467
00:29:55,220 --> 00:29:58,300
The couple drowned but the water
pushed their 11 year old son

468
00:29:58,380 --> 00:30:01,220
onto the Rocks
where he was rescued by lifeguards.

469
00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:09,400
Waves usually have
a regular pattern to them.

470
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,300
They come in sets of seven
and get bigger throughout the set.

471
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,940
So if I'm patient enough
and watch the patterns,

472
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:18,940
I can avoid the biggest waves.

473
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,300
The bottle is floated
into some calmer waters.

474
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:25,240
I'm gonna take my chance.

475
00:30:46,140 --> 00:30:48,100
This bottle can store
precious water.

476
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,340
But now it's time to head back
to the shelter side of the island

477
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,080
to put the finishing touches
to my raft.

478
00:30:56,340 --> 00:30:57,360
In the open seas,

479
00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,340
I'll need to be able
to control the raft

480
00:31:01,020 --> 00:31:03,220
so I make a simple oar
out of hibiscus.

481
00:31:04,340 --> 00:31:07,180
I am threading it together
with a fibre for strength.

482
00:31:08,340 --> 00:31:10,140
This will also act as my rudder.

483
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,960
It's hard, slow work,

484
00:31:13,180 --> 00:31:14,300
but it is worth getting right.

485
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,380
I just do not want to
be at the mercy of the currents.

486
00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:25,260
My sail is also beginning
to take shape now.

487
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,280
Weaving is one of these things
you just can't hurry.

488
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,060
And it's so nice just to actually
have the time to sit quietly.

489
00:31:33,180 --> 00:31:35,160
The sun has gone down.
The fire is going.

490
00:31:35,420 --> 00:31:38,120
And I can slowly weave
this all together.

491
00:31:38,340 --> 00:31:40,380
But it's definitely beginning
to feel now

492
00:31:41,020 --> 00:31:43,260
that this could work as a sail.

493
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,280
And it's almost as if every weave
that I am doing

494
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,140
is another step closer to home.

495
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:56,380
Once I leave, I could meet every
stranded sailor's worst fear,

496
00:31:57,180 --> 00:31:58,100
sharks.

497
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,420
That one just knocked under
the raft.

498
00:32:13,260 --> 00:32:15,000
The next morning, it's raining.

499
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,340
But that's good news for me.

500
00:32:17,020 --> 00:32:21,300
A perfect way to have a fresh shower
with all this saltwater on me.

501
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,060
That's much nicer than the salt.

502
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:28,940
(THUNDER RAINING)

503
00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:29,940
When it is raining like this,

504
00:32:29,980 --> 00:32:32,120
I really want to try
and make use of it and see

505
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:33,320
if I can collect some water.

506
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,200
And the best way of doing this,

507
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,320
just, I've just found an old bit
of coconut bark.

508
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,940
And if I place that on the sand like
this with one of these big leaves,

509
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:51,000
the rain will collect on here,
funnel down this and into this.

510
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:52,920
And this could be full.

511
00:32:53,060 --> 00:32:55,340
When it's raining like this,
just in a few minutes.

512
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,980
Now that's going to be
a nice cup of fresh water.

513
00:32:59,160 --> 00:32:59,980
In this heat,

514
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,260
you should drink at least a
pint of water everyday.

515
00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:06,120
My bottle will only give me
five days supply.

516
00:33:14,180 --> 00:33:15,180
That's hard work.

517
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,260
But it's in and that's my sail

518
00:33:20,020 --> 00:33:23,100
and it's also going to be my
sun shade when I am out on it.

519
00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:26,020
That looks awesome.

520
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,100
And I've got to make sure now
I've got all the provisions

521
00:33:31,380 --> 00:33:33,940
that I need
because I will tell you what,

522
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,320
once this baby launches,
it's so heavy,

523
00:33:36,940 --> 00:33:39,140
there is no way I would ever
get it back on this beach.

524
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,140
And I've got to have everything
I need

525
00:33:42,180 --> 00:33:45,100
for whatever the Pacific
is going to throw at me.

526
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:47,920
As well as water,

527
00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:50,320
I'm taking more coconut oil
for protection

528
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,220
and sand to polish my knife.

529
00:33:53,180 --> 00:33:54,240
If I see any ships,

530
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,300
I'll use it as a signal reflector.

531
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,180
For me, this is so exciting.

532
00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,340
And I will never forget these days.

533
00:34:01,380 --> 00:34:04,180
But I just pray now
with my whole heart and soul

534
00:34:04,940 --> 00:34:06,060
that this thing works.

535
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,020
It's a moment of truth.

536
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,980
And if you are
not completely confident

537
00:34:10,020 --> 00:34:11,180
that your raft will survive,

538
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,380
ditch it and swim back to the shore.

539
00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:18,040
But this Polynesian design
seems to be stable.

540
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,240
Well, I'm off and the winds are
much lower than they have been

541
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,160
for the last few days.

542
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,380
I've just been keeping an
eye on them.

543
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,140
And these trade winds have
definitely died.

544
00:34:27,180 --> 00:34:29,280
And this is the weather window
I've been waiting for.

545
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:34,200
And I just hope this weather stays
until I can get going a bit.

546
00:34:36,940 --> 00:34:39,360
Rough seas will severely weaken
my raft

547
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,120
and I hope this calm spell
will last.

548
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:44,400
But at the moment,

549
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,960
the first problem of being out here
is the sun.

550
00:34:50,060 --> 00:34:51,140
It's so hot here.

551
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:54,020
And this sail is giving me
a little bit of shade.

552
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,180
But my main problem at the moment
is the amount of saltwater spray

553
00:34:57,220 --> 00:34:58,280
I am just getting over me.

554
00:34:58,980 --> 00:35:01,380
And I can feel my skin getting
really just dry from it.

555
00:35:02,020 --> 00:35:05,100
And this is what I brought
this coconut oil for.

556
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:07,340
And this is the time
to be putting it on

557
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,180
to stop getting all this rubbing
from the saltwater.

558
00:35:16,060 --> 00:35:18,320
The best way of keeping cool
though in this heat

559
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,080
is just every few hours dive
in and have a dip.

560
00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:24,080
But you always want to make
sure you have got a leash on

561
00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:26,360
because there are an awful
lot of storeys of lone survivors

562
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,360
getting separated from their rafts.

563
00:35:34,260 --> 00:35:37,180
But there is something in the water
and I have got to get out quick.

564
00:35:38,060 --> 00:35:40,120
I should have double checked
before jumping in.

565
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,980
I will tell you I am lucky
to be out of that water.

566
00:35:43,220 --> 00:35:45,140
And normally the sharks
are on the surface,

567
00:35:45,180 --> 00:35:46,400
so you can see their dorsal fins.

568
00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:48,060
But these ones are deep

569
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,260
and I had no idea they were
anywhere near when I got in.

570
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,080
Whenever you're swimming off a raft,

571
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,180
you always want to keep your
clothes and your shoes on.

572
00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:05,280
And statistically,

573
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,340
whenever people have been
in the sea in groups,

574
00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:10,960
it's the unclothed ones
that are often attacked first.

575
00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:14,040
This is because sharks can confuse
a flickering sunlight

576
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:15,320
on the skin for fish.

577
00:36:15,380 --> 00:36:17,360
Wow, look at this fellow.
Look. Whoa.

578
00:36:19,300 --> 00:36:22,940
And these tiger sharks have the
most damaging bite of any shark

579
00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:23,340
in the sea.

580
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:27,140
Look at this guy.

581
00:36:27,340 --> 00:36:30,000
And if you are in the water
of being attacked,

582
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,040
the best thing you can do is yell,

583
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,260
slap the water and punch it
on the nose

584
00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:37,280
or go for the gills as those are
the most sensitive bits of a shark.

585
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,220
And it's just the scene people
stranded at sea most fear.

586
00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:45,160
And it's so hard to keep calm.

587
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,280
I've built a raft
and left the island to show you

588
00:36:58,320 --> 00:36:59,940
how to survive at sea.

589
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:04,180
But now I am facing a situation
faced by many marooned sailors.

590
00:37:06,180 --> 00:37:08,100
That one just knocked
under the raft.

591
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,000
I wish these bloody things
would go away now.

592
00:37:17,980 --> 00:37:19,180
Look, look, look!

593
00:37:19,220 --> 00:37:21,080
Woah!

594
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:23,000
Woah!

595
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:33,920
Great white's aside,

596
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:35,300
the tiger shark is responsible

597
00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:38,920
for more recorded human deaths
than any other shark.

598
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,340
Holy smoke. This is not good.

599
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,180
But soon they get bored of me
and leave.

600
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,180
It makes me wonder how people have
survived being adrift

601
00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:12,960
for week after week
in these vast oceans.

602
00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:19,260
It takes will power and resolve,
simply to keep your hopes alive.

603
00:38:20,980 --> 00:38:23,120
This is why it's so important
to keep yourself busy

604
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,200
and do all you can to find more
water and food.

605
00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:45,320
Time for a bit of fishing.

606
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:47,940
And I've got a fishhook made from,

607
00:38:47,980 --> 00:38:50,340
one of the fishbones of the fish
I caught on the island

608
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:52,040
a little bit of bait.

609
00:38:52,180 --> 00:38:55,260
A line made out
of the hibiscus fibre

610
00:38:55,980 --> 00:38:57,360
and then a bit of bamboo
for the rod.

611
00:38:59,060 --> 00:39:00,380
Fingers crossed I catch something.

612
00:39:04,340 --> 00:39:05,900
And then just settle back

613
00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:07,320
and see what we get.

614
00:39:17,060 --> 00:39:18,260
Hey, I've got something here.

615
00:39:25,060 --> 00:39:25,960
Hey.

616
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:34,200
Wow, look at this thing.

617
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,160
This is actually
a little surgeonfish.

618
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,980
These are quite nasty,
little brutes.

619
00:39:40,260 --> 00:39:42,120
And you can see why.
Look at these. Look.

620
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,200
These are razor sharp
all the way down here.

621
00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:46,380
That little knife-like thing there

622
00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:49,160
and another blade looking
thing there.

623
00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:50,380
And these are so sharp.

624
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,120
These could cut a vein easily
if you picked it up wrong.

625
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,040
And what I am going to do

626
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,180
is open it up

627
00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:01,040
and...

628
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:05,160
You can see
the spine of it actually here.

629
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,300
And what I want is to get
the fluid out of that.

630
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,020
Not much
but it's better than nothing.

631
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,240
One of the most incredible
sea survival stories

632
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:21,080
I've ever heard is
of a couple called the Baileys,

633
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:25,960
husband and wife, who were hit
by a whale in their yacht.

634
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:27,320
And they ended up in their life raft

635
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,020
for something like
well over a hundred days.

636
00:40:30,220 --> 00:40:36,120
And they lived off just turtle,
raw turtle, seabirds and fish.

637
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,080
And they, all they had was like,

638
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,080
you know, a few safety pins
and their bare hands.

639
00:40:41,220 --> 00:40:44,040
And they were eventually rescued
by a little fishing boat.

640
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:48,100
But they, their clothes were like,
you know, literally rotted on them.

641
00:40:48,340 --> 00:40:52,300
And they had terrible sunburn
and sores all over them.

642
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,020
But they were alive.

643
00:40:59,380 --> 00:41:01,900
It is over a 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

644
00:41:02,140 --> 00:41:04,180
But with the reflection
of the sun on the water,

645
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:05,980
it feels like even more.

646
00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:07,260
And without shade,

647
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,240
I am now risking sunstroke.

648
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,020
The Pacific is a vast ocean.

649
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,260
But it also has busy shipping lanes.

650
00:41:18,140 --> 00:41:20,340
However, these ships probably
won't see you,

651
00:41:20,980 --> 00:41:23,040
unless you can draw
their attention first.

652
00:41:23,260 --> 00:41:27,060
There is a boat. Probably about
four or five miles away

653
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:28,900
and I'm just seeing the top of it

654
00:41:28,940 --> 00:41:31,000
when it stops dipping in and out
of the chops.

655
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:32,140
But it's definitely a boat.

656
00:41:40,140 --> 00:41:42,960
I'm just going to use this knife
just in a bit of sand

657
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,960
just to brighten it up
and use this to signal with.

658
00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:49,180
And signalling like this,

659
00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:52,340
you can be seen up to
about 10 miles away really well.

660
00:41:53,340 --> 00:41:54,260
And there is actually...

661
00:41:56,140 --> 00:41:57,220
A guy who was rescued

662
00:41:57,380 --> 00:42:01,240
from over a 100 miles away just
from using a reflector like this.

663
00:42:02,260 --> 00:42:03,160
And all you do...

664
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,360
Is get your V of your finger

665
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,360
and then glint this in the sun.

666
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,100
Put it on the object and just
bring it in and out of view.

667
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:20,360
And pray like anything that there
is someone on deck watching.

668
00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:26,240
They are definitely,
they are definitely down there.

669
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:31,360
Even though this might look idyllic,

670
00:42:31,900 --> 00:42:34,360
it has been much harsher
than I ever imagined.

671
00:42:35,060 --> 00:42:37,380
And I've gained definitely
an understanding of just

672
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,120
how unforgiving the sea can be.

673
00:42:40,380 --> 00:42:44,220
But also how heroic some of
the people are who have survived it.

674
00:42:44,980 --> 00:42:48,920
And it is almost like one of those
places you can't appreciate it

675
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:50,920
until you have actually
experienced it.

676
00:42:51,380 --> 00:42:56,220
But for me,
it is definitely time to go home.

677
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,000
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