1 00:00:01,140 --> 00:00:02,240 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,060 I'VE SERVED WITH THE BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES, 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,000 I'VE CLIMBED TO THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST, 4 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,140 AND CROSSED THE FROZEN OCEANS OF THE ARCTIC. 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,140 NOW I'M AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK -- A VAST WILDERNESS. 6 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:16,080 5 MILLION VISITORS COME HERE EVERY YEAR 7 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,000 TO SEE THESE RUGGED LANDS. 8 00:00:18,260 --> 00:00:20,100 HUNDREDS NEED RESCUING. 9 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,140 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE SKILLS NEEDED TO SURVIVE OUT HERE. 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,020 I'M FLYING OVER WESTERN AUSTRALIA 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,100 IN A REGION CALLED THE KIMBERLEY. 12 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:43,480 IT'S AN AREA THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA, 13 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,160 YET ONLY 30,000 PEOPLE LIVE HERE, 14 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,480 AND MOST OF THOSE BY THE COAST. 15 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,380 THIS PLACE IS WILD. 16 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:53,020 THE OUTBACK HAS AN EXTREME CLIMATE. 17 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:56,120 FOR EIGHT MONTHS OF THE YEAR, IT NEVER RAINS, 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,480 AND IT CAN GET UP TO 130 DEGREES. 19 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,140 NOW IT'S THE WET SEASON, AND IT'S EVEN TOUGHER. 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,020 HUMIDITY IS OFTEN 100%, 21 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,480 WHICH MAKES THE TEMPERATURES FEEL EVEN MORE UNBEARABLE. 22 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,320 THE AUSSIES CALL IT THE SUICIDE SEASON. 23 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,480 OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HARD-CORE TOURISTS THAT COME 24 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,100 HERE EACH YEAR, THE HEAT, SNAKES, AND CYCLONES 25 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:19,440 CLAIM 40 LIVES. 26 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:22,240 THEY SAY THAT IF YOU GET LOST OUT HERE 27 00:01:22,340 --> 00:01:27,040 WITH NO SURVIVAL SKILLS, THERE'S A 75% CHANCE YOU'LL DIE. 28 00:01:27,260 --> 00:01:30,480 I'M GONNA PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION OF A STRANDED TOURIST 29 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:35,400 TO SHOW SOME OF THE SKILLS NEEDED TO STAY ALIVE. 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:43,000 ALL I'VE GOT WITH ME IS A WATER BOTTLE AND A KNIFE. 31 00:01:43,340 --> 00:01:46,140 A CAMERA CREW WILL FOLLOW ME. 32 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,040 WHEW! 33 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:14,400 IT IS SUDDENLY JUST SO HOT. 34 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,040 IT WAS QUITE NICE AND COOL IN THE BREEZE OF LIKE 35 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,080 100-MILE-AN-HOUR SLIPSTREAM. 36 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:25,180 BUT SUDDENLY YOU REALIZE IT IS VERY, VERY HOT. 37 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,060 AND IT'S ALSO JUST HUGE. 38 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:31,200 LOOK AT THIS. 39 00:02:33,220 --> 00:02:37,020 FIRST, I NEED A DECENT VANTAGE POINT TO GET MY BEARINGS. 40 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,480 THE KIMBERLEY MAY BE THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA, 41 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,280 BUT THIS AREA OF OUTBACK HAS ONLY ONE HIGHWAY ACROSS IT. 42 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,320 FOR MILLENNIA, THIS LAND HAS BEEN COMPLETELY UNDEVELOPED, 43 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,460 AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE 44 00:02:50,020 --> 00:02:53,120 WERE AUSTRALIA'S FAMOUS BUSHMEN -- THE ABORIGINES. 45 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,240 IT IS THEIR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE 46 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,240 THAT I'LL USE AS I TRAVEL ACROSS 47 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,000 THIS WILD LANDSCAPE. 48 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,340 WOW! LOOK AT THAT. 49 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:06,040 WHOO! 50 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:09,440 THIS VAST LANDSCAPE IS TYPICAL OF THE OUTBACK 51 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,200 IN NORTH AUSTRALIA. 52 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,300 IT'S A MIXTURE OF HUGE SCRUB DESERTS, DRY RIVERBEDS, 53 00:03:15,340 --> 00:03:19,100 AND RED SANDSTONE CLIFFS FULL OF DEEP GORGES. 54 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,080 THE FIRST THING I NEED TO DO IS JUST TO FIND MY BEARINGS, 55 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,260 BUT WHAT I DO KNOW 56 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:29,360 IS THAT THE ONE MAJOR HIGHWAY THROUGH HERE 57 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,120 RUNS TO THE SOUTH OF ME ABOUT 150 MILES AWAY. 58 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,340 BUT MUCH CLOSER AND TO THE NORTHWEST, I KNOW, ALSO, 59 00:03:35,380 --> 00:03:37,400 THERE ARE A FEW OF SMALL TOWNS, 60 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,300 AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF DIRT TRACKS, 61 00:03:39,340 --> 00:03:42,300 AND THAT'S PROBABLY MY BEST CHANCE OF GETTING OUT OF HERE. 62 00:03:42,340 --> 00:03:45,480 BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'VE GOT TO WORK OUT WHICH WAY IS NORTHWEST, 63 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,160 AND WHAT I CAN DO IS USE THE SUN AND MY WATCH. 64 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,140 AND THE TECHNIQUE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 65 00:03:51,180 --> 00:03:53,420 IS YOU POINT 12:00 AT THE SUN, 66 00:03:54,060 --> 00:03:59,060 AND HALFWAY BETWEEN THERE AND THE HOUR HAND IS NORTH. 67 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,460 SO, THAT'S NORTH, AND THAT'S NORTHWEST. 68 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,440 SO I'M GOING TO HEAD NORTHWEST UNTIL I FIND A RIVER, 69 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,100 WHICH SHOULD LEAD ME DOWN TO THE COAST. 70 00:04:11,140 --> 00:04:13,340 AS 80% OF PEOPLE LIVE BY THE COAST, 71 00:04:13,380 --> 00:04:15,480 THAT'S PROBABLY MY BEST PLAN. 72 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,380 BUT BEFORE I HEAD OUT INTO THE GREAT OUTBACK, 73 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:20,460 I HAVE ONE MORE TRICK UP MY SLEEVE. 74 00:04:21,020 --> 00:04:23,080 I'M GONNA SPREAD MY PARACHUTE OUT AS A MARKER 75 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,400 SO IT'S VISIBLE FROM THE AIR, AND I'LL LEAVE AN ARROW 76 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,060 POINTING THE DIRECTION I'VE GONE. 77 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,100 THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ALL RIGHT PLACE TO CLIMB DOWN. 78 00:04:40,220 --> 00:04:45,060 THE ONLY THING IS CLIMBING LIKE THIS WHEN YOU'RE UNROPED, 79 00:04:45,180 --> 00:04:46,380 AND YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, 80 00:04:46,420 --> 00:04:49,200 IS PROBABLY THE MOST UNFORGIVING THING YOU CAN DO, 81 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,360 AND IT JUST MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO GET EVERY SINGLE MOVE 82 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,080 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 83 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,120 ONE GOOD TIP TO CONSERVE YOUR ENERGY WHEN YOU'RE CLIMBING, 84 00:04:56,260 --> 00:04:59,160 IS TRY AND KEEP YOUR HANDS AND YOUR ARMS AT SHOULDER HEIGHT. 85 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,400 AS SOON AS THEY START GOING UP, 86 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,240 ALL THE BLOOD DRAINS OUT OF THEM, 87 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:04,140 AND YOU FATIGUE MUCH QUICKER. 88 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,260 BEEN GOING JUST LITERALLY FIVE MINUTES. 89 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,100 I'M JUST DRENCHED IN SWEAT ALREADY. 90 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,060 ( EXHALES ) 91 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,180 IT'S 150 FOOT TO THE BOTTOM, 92 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:25,020 BUT WITH ROCKS AS FLAKY AS THIS, 93 00:05:25,060 --> 00:05:28,000 YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO WATCH YOUR FOOTING. 94 00:05:29,260 --> 00:05:33,220 THERE WAS AN AMERICAN TOURIST OUT HERE IN 2005, 95 00:05:33,260 --> 00:05:35,280 AND HE ACTUALLY SLIPPED AND THEN FELL 96 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,260 ABOUT 40 FOOT DOWN ROCK FACES NOT DISSIMILAR TO THIS. 97 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:43,120 BUT HE ACTUALLY SURVIVED, SURVIVED THAT FALL. 98 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:46,240 BUT THEN PROBABLY WHAT HE DID WAS PANIC, 99 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,100 AND IT'S THEN THAT HE SLIPPED, AND HE FELL, 100 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:52,120 AND THIS TIME HE WAS KILLED. 101 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,300 I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY HOT AT THE TOP OF THESE CLIFFS, 102 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,060 BUT WHAT I HAD UP THERE AT LEAST WAS, YOU KNOW, 103 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:10,300 A BIT OF A BREEZE. 104 00:06:10,340 --> 00:06:15,120 BUT DOWN HERE, I TELL YOU, IT'S JUST BOILING, BOILING. 105 00:06:15,260 --> 00:06:17,420 AND IT'S LIKE I'M NOW ENTERING THESE HOT PLAINS, 106 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:20,200 AND IT FEELS A BIT LIKE... 107 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,240 I'M OUT OF THE FURNACE BUT DEFINITELY ENTERING THE FIRE. 108 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:28,220 DOWN HERE, IT'S UNBEARABLY HUMID. 109 00:06:28,340 --> 00:06:31,180 IT MAY LOOK GREEN AND LUSH, BUT IT ISN'T. 110 00:06:31,340 --> 00:06:36,220 THE HUMIDITY IS 100%, WHICH MAKES THE TEMPERATURE FEEL MORE 111 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:38,280 LIKE 150 DEGREES. 112 00:06:39,260 --> 00:06:41,280 GOD, THE SUN IS JUST SO POWERFUL. 113 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,100 THE DANGER OF HIGH HUMIDITY IS THAT MY SWEAT CAN NO LONGER 114 00:06:45,140 --> 00:06:49,040 EVAPORATE AND COOL ME DOWN BECAUSE THE AIR IS ALREADY 115 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,040 FULLY SATURATED WITH MOISTURE. 116 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,040 THAT MAKES HEATSTROKE EVEN MORE LIKELY. 117 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:58,040 TEMPERATURES IN THE OUTBACK OF AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO 118 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,440 REACH UP TO 57 DEGREES CELSIUS. 119 00:07:00,060 --> 00:07:02,280 THAT'S OVER 130 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 120 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:04,000 IT'S UNBELIEVABLY HOT. 121 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,340 AND THE SEARCH-AND RESCUE GUYS SAY THAT IF SOMEONE IS DROPPED 122 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,240 INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT WITH NOTHING -- NO WATER -- 123 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:11,360 WITHIN THREE HOURS, THEY'D BE DEAD. 124 00:07:11,420 --> 00:07:15,300 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOU TO KEEP COOL IS YOUR HEAD. 125 00:07:16,140 --> 00:07:18,460 I NEED A HAT TO REDUCE THE RISK OF OVERHEATING. 126 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,220 I COULD USE MY T-SHIRT, 127 00:07:20,260 --> 00:07:22,440 BUT I NEED THAT TO KEEP THE SUN OFF MY BODY. 128 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,220 ALL I HAVE LEFT ARE MY BOXER SHORTS. 129 00:07:26,260 --> 00:07:28,480 WATER ON, HAT ON, SOME SORT OF PROTECTION. 130 00:07:29,020 --> 00:07:30,200 I'M READY TO GO. 131 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,460 AS MY HEAD IS THE MOST VULNERABLE PART OF MY BODY, 132 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,040 THE HAT WILL HELP KEEP ME COOLER, 133 00:07:37,140 --> 00:07:39,220 BUT MY NEXT PROBLEM IS WATER. 134 00:07:39,380 --> 00:07:41,480 I ONLY HAVE THE WATER I BROUGHT WITH ME, 135 00:07:42,020 --> 00:07:44,080 AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO LAST A DAY. 136 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,080 I'M GOING TO NEED TO RESORT TO EXTREME MEASURES TO SURVIVE. 137 00:07:49,140 --> 00:07:52,420 THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS TO DRINK MY OWN PEE. 138 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,420 I'VE BEEN DROPPED INTO THE KIMBERLEY IN NORTH AUSTRALIA. 139 00:08:05,460 --> 00:08:08,200 I AM HEADING NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE COAST, 140 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,200 TRYING TO MAKE MY WAY BACK TO CIVILIZATION. 141 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,160 BUT NOW I'M GETTING LOW ON WATER. 142 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,300 AND THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS TO DRINK MY OWN PEE. 143 00:08:18,420 --> 00:08:22,300 AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, 144 00:08:22,980 --> 00:08:25,340 AND I'M EXPECTING IT TO BE PRETTY HORRIBLE, 145 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,420 BUT I NEED TO KEEP THOSE FLUIDS GOING IN. 146 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:31,340 IT MAY SEEM DISGUSTING, 147 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:35,260 BUT YOUR OWN URINE IS SAFE TO DRINK. 148 00:08:45,140 --> 00:08:47,180 AND IF I JUST PEED ON THE GROUND, 149 00:08:47,340 --> 00:08:50,120 THAT'S ALL THOSE FLUIDS WASTED. 150 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,240 ( GROANS ) 151 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,180 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 152 00:09:09,020 --> 00:09:10,980 GAH, THERE'S NO GETTING AWAY FROM IT. 153 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,400 THAT REALLY IS PRETTY HORRIBLE. 154 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,220 IT'S, LIKE, WARM, 155 00:09:17,260 --> 00:09:22,040 AND IT'S SALTY AND NOT -- 156 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,020 NOT MY FAVORITE. 157 00:09:26,460 --> 00:09:31,040 BUT I'VE GOT ABOUT A QUARTER OF A BOTTLE NOW FOR LATER, AS WELL. 158 00:09:31,180 --> 00:09:32,240 UGH! 159 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:37,260 URINE IS ACTUALLY 95% WATER, AND IT'S STERILE WHEN FRESH. 160 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:39,340 BUT DRINK IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, 161 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,200 AS IT'S A BREEDING GROUND FOR BACTERIA. 162 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,320 THE PEOPLE WHO STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL ARE THE ONES 163 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,020 PREPARED TO PUSH THE LIMITS. 164 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,240 IN 2006, THREE MEXICAN FISHERMEN WERE RESCUED 165 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,280 AFTER A 9-MONTH ORDEAL ADRIFT ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 166 00:09:56,420 --> 00:09:59,460 THEY DRANK TURTLE BLOOD AND THEIR OWN URINE. 167 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,000 IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE PREPARED 168 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:03,220 TO GO TO THESE EXTREMES 169 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:05,340 THAT THEY ARE ALIVE TODAY. 170 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,300 BUT URINE ALONE IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH IN THIS HEAT. 171 00:10:10,340 --> 00:10:14,080 I NEED TO FIND A SOURCE OF WATER AS SOON AS I CAN. 172 00:10:14,140 --> 00:10:17,980 JUST AT REST, I SHOULD BE DRINKING 2% OF MY BODY WEIGHT 173 00:10:18,020 --> 00:10:19,320 IN WATER EVERY DAY. 174 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:23,980 THAT MEANS ABOUT 1 1/2 LITERS -- MINIMUM. 175 00:10:24,420 --> 00:10:28,400 BUT IN THESE CONDITIONS, I'LL NEED THAT MUCH EVERY HOUR. 176 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,040 LOOK AT THE SCALE OF THIS. 177 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,280 THE COMBINATION OF SEARING HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY 178 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,420 ARE BEGINNING TO TAKE THEIR TOLL. 179 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:43,060 MY SWEAT CAN'T COOL ME DOWN, 180 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:46,080 AND ALL I'VE GOT TO DRINK IS MY OWN URINE. 181 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,020 IF YOU CAN'T FIND ENOUGH FLUIDS IN THIS HEAT, 182 00:10:50,060 --> 00:10:51,980 YOU'LL DIE. 183 00:10:52,020 --> 00:10:54,200 I'M WALKING THROUGH THESE BAOBAB TREES NOW, 184 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,240 AND THESE ARE REALLY TYPICAL 185 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,120 OF THIS WHOLE KIMBERLEY REGION, 186 00:10:58,180 --> 00:11:01,320 BUT WHAT THEY DO FOR ME IS OFFER ME A LITTLE BIT 187 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:02,380 OF THIS PRECIOUS SHADE. 188 00:11:02,420 --> 00:11:04,200 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 189 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,440 FINDING SHADE LIKE THIS CAN BE A LIFESAVER, 190 00:11:09,060 --> 00:11:11,100 AS IT'S UP TO 30 DEGREES COOLER 191 00:11:11,140 --> 00:11:12,440 WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF THE SUN. 192 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,180 THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO COPE BEST IN THIS ENVIRONMENT 193 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:21,240 ARE THE ABORIGINES. 194 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,200 ABORIGINALS HAVE A VERY DISTINCT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE LAND, 195 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,060 AND THEY DON'T SEE THEMSELVES AS OWNERS OF THE LAND -- 196 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:30,200 RATHER THAT THE LAND OWNS THEM, 197 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,200 AS IF THEY'RE KIND OF CUSTODIANS OF IT. 198 00:11:32,460 --> 00:11:35,280 AND IT'S THIS SORT OF RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IS SO 199 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,440 VITAL FOR STAYING ALIVE IN THIS SORT OF HARSH ENVIRONMENT. 200 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:44,200 AS THE AFTERNOON AND THE CLOUDS START TO ROLL IN, 201 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,320 THE SUN'S HEAT IS BEGINNING TO COOL OFF A LITTLE, 202 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,340 MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO GET MOVING. 203 00:11:52,020 --> 00:11:55,140 BUT I STILL HAVE NO FRESH WATER. 204 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,060 ( THUNDER RUMBLES ) 205 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:02,280 HEAR THAT? 206 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:04,280 THUNDER. 207 00:12:04,380 --> 00:12:06,200 IT'S AMAZING, YOU KNOW -- SUN. 208 00:12:06,340 --> 00:12:09,040 I TELL YOU, IT'S GONNA BE RAIN WITHIN A FEW HOURS. 209 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:10,440 IT'S ALL MOVING THIS WAY. 210 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:15,980 OUT HERE IN THE WET SEASON, THE INTENSE HUMIDITY 211 00:12:16,020 --> 00:12:20,080 AND THE TROPICAL CYCLONES CAN LEAD TO SUDDEN THUNDERSTORMS. 212 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,340 I'M GOING TO NEED TO COLLECT SOME TINDER NOW 213 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,280 WHILE IT'S STILL DRY IF I WANT TO HAVE A CAMPFIRE TONIGHT. 214 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,320 A LOT OF THE BUSHES AROUND HERE ARE THESE KAPOK BUSHES, 215 00:12:31,020 --> 00:12:32,460 AND LOOK AND TELL THAT JUST FROM THESE LEAVES. 216 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,120 THEY'RE SOFT, THEY'RE FURRY, 217 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,020 AND THEY'RE KIND OF SHAPED LIKE A MAPLE LEAF, AS WELL. 218 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:42,280 BUT WHAT I AM AFTER IS THE SEED PODS THAT GROW ON THEM. 219 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:43,260 HERE YOU GO. 220 00:12:43,420 --> 00:12:44,980 YEAH, LOOK. 221 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,120 PULL THIS DOWN. 222 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,220 AND LOOK. YOU SEE THESE ONES HERE? 223 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:53,080 HERE YOU GO. PULL THIS OFF. 224 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,220 AND JUST INSIDE, 225 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:57,240 THERE'S LIKE THIS COTTON WOOL, 226 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,080 BUT THIS STUFF IS GREAT FOR TINDER 227 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:01,020 FOR MAKING A FIRE. 228 00:13:01,220 --> 00:13:03,380 SO I'M GONNA JUST COLLECT A FEW OF THESE, 229 00:13:04,060 --> 00:13:06,040 AND THAT WILL REALLY HELP ME. 230 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:07,380 THE KAPOK SHELLS NOT ONLY 231 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:09,120 PROTECT THE SEEDS 232 00:13:09,180 --> 00:13:12,420 BUT ALSO HELP KEEP THAT COTTON WOOL TINDER DRY. 233 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:15,340 THE NORTH OF AUSTRALIA IS ONE OF THE MOST 234 00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:17,440 LIGHTNING-PRONE AREAS ON EARTH. 235 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,000 SOME STORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER 236 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,000 1,500 LIGHTNING FLASHES 237 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:23,400 IN JUST A FEW HOURS. 238 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,280 YOU CAN SEE THOSE DARK CLOUDS AND OVER HERE THE BLUE STUFF 239 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:29,340 THAT HAS JUST MOVED, 240 00:13:29,380 --> 00:13:33,200 AND THAT IS ALL HEADING MY WAY. 241 00:13:36,140 --> 00:13:39,300 YEAH, I NEED TO GET OFF THIS ROCK NOW AND MAKE CAMP. 242 00:13:40,140 --> 00:13:42,080 WITH STORMS COME RAIN, 243 00:13:42,140 --> 00:13:44,260 AND IN THE KIMBERLEY, ALMOST THREE FOOT OF RAIN 244 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:47,200 HAS BEEN KNOWN TO FALL IN ONLY NINE HOURS, 245 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,460 AND THAT COULD LEAD TO TREACHEROUS FLASH FLOODS. 246 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,240 AND I FEEL THAT WIND BLOWING STRAIGHT TOWARDS ME, 247 00:13:56,380 --> 00:13:58,400 AND YEAH, IT'S REALLY STARTING TO POUR NOW. 248 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,000 I NEED TO FIND A SHELTER OF SOME SORT. 249 00:14:03,980 --> 00:14:08,200 AND ALL OF THIS WALL IS GOING TO OFFER ME SOME SORT OF PROTECTION, 250 00:14:08,420 --> 00:14:12,040 AT LEAST FROM THE WIND AND THE RAIN FROM THAT SIDE. 251 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,320 AND IF I CAN BUILD SOME SORT OF A-FRAME TO PROTECT ME THIS SIDE, 252 00:14:15,420 --> 00:14:17,340 AT LEAST I SHOULD GET SOME COVER. 253 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,200 THE BAD WEATHER IS ABOUT TO HIT ME. 254 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,060 I'VE GOT MINUTES UNTIL THE DELUGE BEGINS. 255 00:14:25,060 --> 00:14:27,320 OKAY, WHAT I CAN DO HERE IS 256 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:32,140 BUILD A BIT OF A BED STRAIGHT ACROSS FROM HERE, 257 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,120 ONE BRACE HERE, ONE ONTO THIS LEDGE, AND THAT'S 258 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:35,420 GOING TO AT LEAST LIFT ME OFF THE GROUND. 259 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,360 AND, THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO WHEN IT'S A TORRENTIAL THUNDERSTORM 260 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,160 IS JUST BE ON THE GROUND BECAUSE ALL OF THIS CAN JUST TURN TO WATER. 261 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,440 SO, FIRST THING IS, I NEED A PLATFORM. 262 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,380 MY PLAN IS TO BUILD AN ABORIGINAL SHELTER. 263 00:14:50,140 --> 00:14:53,160 THE ABORIGINES USE WHATEVER IS AT HAND TO DO THIS. 264 00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:56,240 STICKS FOR THE FRAMEWORK, IVY FOR CORDAGE, 265 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,320 AND BUNCHES OF LEAVES MAKE PERFECT ROOFING AND BEDDING. 266 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,260 GOD, YOU HEAR THAT? 267 00:15:05,380 --> 00:15:07,240 MAN, THIS IS GETTING CLOSER. 268 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,100 AS WELL, THERE'S LIGHTENING. 269 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:12,080 AND, THAT'S WHERE THE 100 PERCENT 270 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,080 HUMIDITY HAS GONE STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR 271 00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:17,400 AND NOW IT IS POURING DOWN. AND, THIS IS THE WET SEASON-- 272 00:15:17,460 --> 00:15:20,100 KIMBERLY, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. 273 00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:35,180 THAT IS WHY I WAS BUILDING A BED. 274 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:39,080 THIS, FIVE MINUTES AGO, WAS COMPLETELY DRY AND LOOK, 275 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,240 IT'S NOW A FOOT OF WATER, 276 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,980 AND IF I JUST TRIED TO BUILD A SHELTER ON THE GROUND, 277 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,020 THAT'S WHAT I'D BE SLEEPING IN. 278 00:15:45,180 --> 00:15:47,020 AND, YOU KNOW THE AMAZING THING IS 279 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:51,140 TOMORROW IT WILL BE ALL BONE DRY AGAIN BY LUNCHTIME. 280 00:15:51,260 --> 00:15:53,160 ( THUNDER RUMBLES ) 281 00:15:54,380 --> 00:15:55,400 AND LOOK AT THAT. YOU SEE THAT? 282 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:59,020 JUST POURING OFF THIS SANDY OUTCROP. 283 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:03,320 IT MIGHT WELL JUST STOP RAINING IN FIVE MINUTES' TIME, 284 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:09,120 AND ALL I HAVE HAD TO DRINK SO FAR TODAY IS PISS, URINE. 285 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,200 SO I WANT TO FILL THIS UP. 286 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,120 THIS IS JUST LIKE MANNA FROM HEAVEN. 287 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,340 WHOO! 288 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:19,320 THAT IS SO NICE. 289 00:16:20,220 --> 00:16:21,280 COME ON, RAIN! 290 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:26,260 I'M HYDRATED. 291 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:28,280 AGAIN, I'VE EVEN HAD A BIT OF A WASH, 292 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,420 BUT I HAVE REALLY GOT TO GET THIS SHELTER FINISHED 293 00:16:31,140 --> 00:16:33,420 BECAUSE IF I'M THIS WET WHEN IT GETS DARK, 294 00:16:33,980 --> 00:16:36,040 I'M ALSO GOING TO GET REALLY COLD. 295 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:41,040 BUT AS THE STORM RAGES ON, MY CONCERN IS THE LIGHTNING. 296 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,060 IN AUSTRALIA, LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE RESPONSIBLE 297 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:47,300 FOR TEN DEATHS A YEAR, AND THE STORM IS GETTING CLOSER. 298 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,040 I'M IN THE KIMBERLEY IN NORTH AUSTRALIA. 299 00:17:00,140 --> 00:17:01,360 I'M CAUGHT IN A THUNDERSTORM, 300 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,020 AND NIGHT IS FALLING. 301 00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:05,060 I NEED A SHELTER FAST. 302 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:06,440 THE RAIN MAY BE SLOWING DOWN, 303 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:08,380 BUT OUT HERE IN THE WET SEASON, 304 00:17:08,420 --> 00:17:10,360 IT WILL DEFINITELY RAIN AGAIN. 305 00:17:12,060 --> 00:17:15,020 I'M MAKING MY ROOF AT AN ANGLE TO HELP THE RAIN RUN OFF. 306 00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:18,420 I'VE PUT UP A BASIC FRAME MADE FROM THIN BRANCHES, 307 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,240 AND I'M TYING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH VINES. 308 00:17:22,060 --> 00:17:25,280 OKAY. NOW I JUST NEED AS MUCH GREEN FOLIAGE I CAN 309 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,160 JUST TO COVER THIS. 310 00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:29,320 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MY WATERPROOFING. 311 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:32,160 I'M USING EUCALYPTUS LEAVES. 312 00:17:32,380 --> 00:17:34,060 THEY ARE PLENTIFUL IN THE OUTBACK, 313 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:35,300 AND THEY MAKE EXCELLENT THATCH. 314 00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:39,200 AND WHAT I CAN ALSO DO IS USE SOME OF THIS SMALLER, 315 00:17:39,380 --> 00:17:42,360 SOFTER STUFF AS A BIT OF A SPRINGY MATTRESS. 316 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:43,340 LOOK AT THAT. 317 00:17:43,420 --> 00:17:47,440 THAT IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THAT. 318 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,140 ALL I NOW NEED IS A FIRE TO GET THESE CLOTHES DRY 319 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:53,440 BEFORE IT GETS DARK. 320 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,180 AND THE KAPOK TREE SHELLS HAVE KEPT MY TINDER DRY. 321 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:01,980 GOT TINDER, SOME KINDLING, AND SOME WOOD. 322 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,300 AND THEN WHAT I AM GOING TO USE TO LIGHT THE FIRE 323 00:18:04,420 --> 00:18:05,980 IS THIS STRIKER AND THIS FLINT. 324 00:18:06,020 --> 00:18:09,180 AND FLINT IS AN ANCIENT WAY OF LIGHTING FIRES. 325 00:18:09,260 --> 00:18:11,440 ALL THIS IS, IS A MODERN WAY OF DOING IT. 326 00:18:12,060 --> 00:18:17,260 AND I STRIKE THE STEEL ALONG THE FLINT LIKE THAT, 327 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:18,300 AND IT CREATES THAT SPARK. 328 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:19,440 AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS 329 00:18:19,980 --> 00:18:23,020 IS THAT WILL EVEN GO WHEN IT IS SOAKING WET. 330 00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:25,060 PUT THE FLINT RIGHT DOWN LOW, 331 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:26,300 AND AS I STRIKE IT, I AM BLASTING 332 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,420 ALL THAT SPARK STRAIGHT INTO IT, 333 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,160 AND LOOK -- FIRST TIME. 334 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,420 AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING. 335 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,340 THE SPARK GIVEN OFF BY THE FLINT 336 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,420 IS OVER 5,500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, 337 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,020 AND INCREDIBLY, IS BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. 338 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:46,140 ALL I NEED TO DO NOW IS GENTLY COAX IT. 339 00:18:53,380 --> 00:18:57,020 I THINK THE FEELING IS WHEN IT SUDDENLY RAINS IS IT BRINGS -- 340 00:18:57,120 --> 00:18:59,080 BRINGS OUT FRESH HOPE, YOU KNOW? 341 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,260 AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT IS JUST SO DRY 342 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:02,420 AND SO HOT. 343 00:19:03,020 --> 00:19:06,200 YOU THINK, "HOW IS IT POSSIBLE JUST TO SUSTAIN LIFE HERE?" 344 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:10,100 AND THE ANSWER IS WHEN IT RAINS. 345 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,040 AND AUSTRALIA REALLY IS -- IT'S A PLACE OF EXTREMES. 346 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,180 YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS HOT, IT IS ROASTING. 347 00:19:16,220 --> 00:19:17,980 WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS, 348 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:22,000 AND WHEN IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT REALLY IS SPECTACULAR. 349 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,220 FINALLY THE STORM PASSES, 350 00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:36,280 AND I CAN TRY AND GET SOME MUCH NEEDED REST. 351 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:47,220 I'M GOING TO START EARLY TO HELP AVOID THE 125-DEGREE HEAT 352 00:19:47,260 --> 00:19:50,420 AND HUMIDITY, BUT FIRST I HAVE SPOTTED BREAKFAST. 353 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,440 NOW, THIS IS A ROCK FIG TREE. 354 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,340 LOOK AT THAT. I CAN TELL THIS JUST BECAUSE IT 355 00:19:58,380 --> 00:20:00,400 HAS THIS VERY DISTINCT GRAY BARK. 356 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,320 AND THEY OFTEN CLING TO THE SIDE OF JUST LITTLE CLIFFS, 357 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:04,340 JUST LIKE THIS. 358 00:20:04,980 --> 00:20:07,000 AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEAVES, 359 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:10,200 THEY ARE OVAL-SHAPED AND ALSO THEY ARE FURRY, 360 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,040 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THAT FUR 361 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,040 STOPS THEM LOSING A LOT OF THEIR PRECIOUS MOISTURE. 362 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:22,000 PROBLEM IS, ALL THE FRUITS ARE UP THERE. 363 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,400 BUT CLIMBING UP TO GET THE FRUITS IS A RISK. 364 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,060 THIS SANDSTONE IS BRITTLE AND CAN BE GREASY WHEN IT IS WET. 365 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:34,280 SO I AM GOING TO USE THE ROOTS AS HANDHOLDS TO HELP ME. 366 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,160 THE ROOTS GO DEEP INTO THE CLIFF, 367 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,020 SO THEY SHOULD BE STRONG AND SAFE. 368 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:43,180 OKAY. 369 00:20:44,980 --> 00:20:47,040 THESE ARE THE GUYS I AM AFTER. 370 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:49,180 THERE WE GO. 371 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,380 AND LET US PLUCK ONE OF THESE OFF. 372 00:20:52,420 --> 00:20:54,040 ALL OF THIS FRUIT IS EDIBLE. 373 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,380 IT'S NOT RIPE, BUT IT'S EDIBLE. 374 00:20:57,100 --> 00:21:01,240 AND IF YOU OPEN IT UP, SEE ALL OF THOSE FIG SEEDS INSIDE? 375 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:06,040 AND ALL OF THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD 376 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,380 VITAMIN C. 377 00:21:13,180 --> 00:21:14,220 IT'S PRETTY TASTELESS. 378 00:21:14,260 --> 00:21:17,180 IT'S LIKE KIND OF CHEWING ON CARDBOARD, 379 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,240 BUT I KNOW IT'S GOOD. 380 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,980 I WANT TO COLLECT A LOAD OF THESE, 381 00:21:22,140 --> 00:21:24,140 STICK THEM IN MY POCKET. 382 00:21:25,340 --> 00:21:27,200 AS MANY AS I CAN. 383 00:21:29,420 --> 00:21:32,020 TWO MORE FOR LUCK. 384 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,020 WELL, I'VE GOT SOME FOOD, AT LEAST. 385 00:21:47,380 --> 00:21:50,980 NAVIGATING ACROSS THIS VAST LANDSCAPE IS DIFFICULT 386 00:21:51,020 --> 00:21:53,040 WITH SO FEW LANDMARKS TO HELP ME. 387 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:56,260 I'M HAVING TO RELY ON MY WATCH FOR NAVIGATION, 388 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:59,380 BUT THE ABORIGINES HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT METHOD. 389 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,980 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT ABORIGINALS ARE IN MANY WAYS 390 00:22:04,020 --> 00:22:05,980 THE ULTIMATE SURVIVORS IN THE OUTBACK 391 00:22:06,180 --> 00:22:08,000 IS THAT THEY USE THESE SONGS 392 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,160 THAT ARE PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION 393 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,360 AS A WAY OF NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS WILDERNESS. 394 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,300 AND WHAT THESE SONGS DO IS THEY ACT AS LIKE -- 395 00:22:16,420 --> 00:22:18,320 IT'S LIKE A SINGING MAP, YOU KNOW, 396 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,320 DIRECTING THEM BETWEEN HUNTING GROUNDS, 397 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:23,220 WATER HOLES AND GOOD PLACES TO SHELTER. 398 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:27,240 BUT I DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT SORT OF HISTORY. 399 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,100 INSTEAD, I HAVE JUST GOT TO RELY ON WHAT I KNOW. 400 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,320 AND THAT MEANS STICKING TO MY NORTHWEST BEARING 401 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,160 AND HOPING THAT I WILL EVENTUALLY FIND CIVILIZATION. 402 00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:44,960 I'VE HAD LITTLE LUCK FINDING FOOD, 403 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:48,040 BUT AS THE DAY GOES ON, I'VE GOT TO LOOK HARDER. 404 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,000 I NEED ENERGY. 405 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:55,320 THERE'S A SPIDER THERE, A CRUCIFIX SPIDER, 406 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,180 AND THEY ARE CALLED THESE JUST FROM THE SHAPE, 407 00:22:57,220 --> 00:22:58,400 WHERE THEY SIT IN THEIR PREY, 408 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,340 AND THAT CROSS-LIKE CRUCIFIX SHAPE, 409 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:02,400 AND THEN ALL THE WEB AROUND IT, 410 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,380 AND THE WEB THEY SPIN IS ACTUALLY AMAZING. 411 00:23:04,420 --> 00:23:07,320 IT IS ACTUALLY 50 TIMES STRONGER THAN STEEL. 412 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 AND I WAS TAUGHT IN THE MILITARY, 413 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,360 YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE SPIDERS' WEBS TO HELP WITH WOUNDS. 414 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,060 AND WHAT YOU DO, YOU COLLECT IT ALL UP, BUNCH IT UP, 415 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:17,020 PUT IT IN THE WOUND, AND IT WILL HELP COAGULATE THE BLOOD. 416 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,320 IT ACTS AS LIKE A FIELD DRESSING. 417 00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:23,140 BUT THIS SPIDER HERE, IT DOES HAVE SOME POISON IN IT, 418 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,080 BUT NOT ENOUGH REALLY TO HARM YOU. 419 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:27,380 IT MIGHT JUST GIVE A LITTLE NIP. 420 00:23:27,420 --> 00:23:31,320 AND SO MUCH OF SURVIVAL IS ABOUT OPPORTUNISTIC HUNTING, 421 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:33,200 AND THIS IS EDIBLE. 422 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:38,260 HERE WE GO. 423 00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:44,280 AND GRAB HIM HERE, SQUEEZE HIS HEAD, 424 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,360 AND THEN...PUT HIM IN. 425 00:23:58,360 --> 00:23:59,260 UGH! 426 00:23:59,420 --> 00:24:04,080 JUST TASTES OF KIND OF GUTS 427 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:07,120 AND PUS AND BRAIN. 428 00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:08,340 SPIDERS AND OTHER INSECTS 429 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:10,180 ARE ALWAYS A GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN, 430 00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:12,280 BUT IT'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH. 431 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,000 AND ON TOP OF THAT, LAST NIGHT'S RAINWATER 432 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:19,340 IS NOW GETTING LOW AGAIN. 433 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,000 SO I'M GOING TO CLIMB UP TO A VANTAGE POINT TO SEE 434 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,380 IF I CAN SPOT ANY SIGNS OF WATER. 435 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,440 BUT STILL, NOTHING. 436 00:24:36,060 --> 00:24:39,120 ALL I CAN DO IS CARRY ON. 437 00:24:48,140 --> 00:24:51,360 COMING OFF THESE HILLS IS NOT AS EASY AS I THOUGHT. 438 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,100 LOOK, I'VE JUST COME ACROSS THIS SHEER GORGE HERE, 439 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,240 AND THEY ARE ALL THE WAY UP THERE, 440 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,200 AND THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THIS. 441 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,040 I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO GET DOWN. 442 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:08,380 AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY DANGER I'LL FACE. 443 00:25:08,420 --> 00:25:12,000 AHEAD ARE SNAKES AND, MOST DANGEROUS OF ALL, 444 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,060 AUSTRALIA'S LETHAL CROCODILES. 445 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,380 I'M TRAVELING THROUGH THE SEARING HEAT AND HUMIDITY 446 00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:28,280 OF AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK. 447 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,260 I'M HEADING NORTHWEST, TRYING TO GET TO THE COAST, 448 00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:33,020 WHERE MOST PEOPLE LIVE, 449 00:25:33,060 --> 00:25:35,100 BUT NOW I AM OUT OF WATER, 450 00:25:35,140 --> 00:25:38,280 AND I'M STUCK AT THE TOP OF THIS SHEER 40-FOOT DROP. 451 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,000 THIS GORGE ISN'T LOOKING TOO GREAT. 452 00:25:47,940 --> 00:25:52,200 AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME SPECTACULAR LANDSCAPES 453 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,000 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, 454 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,980 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE MIGHT WELL 455 00:25:58,020 --> 00:25:59,420 BE THE ONE THAT BEATS ME. 456 00:26:00,180 --> 00:26:02,120 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 457 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,060 YEAH, IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT -- 458 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:12,240 PROBABLY ABOUT 40 FOOT DOWN HERE, 459 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,240 BUT ACTUALLY THIS TREE DOES NOT LOOK TOO BAD, 460 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:20,080 AND IF I COULD JUST REACH THAT MAIN TRUNK, 461 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:24,120 I MIGHT WELL BE ABLE TO JUST, LIKE, MONKEY DOWN IT. 462 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,360 AND ACTUALLY THERE WAS A HIKER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO 463 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,040 WHO GOT LOST, AND HE FOUND HIMSELF 464 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:30,980 AT THE TOP OF A GORGE LIKE THIS, 465 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,280 AND HIS ONLY WAY OUT WAS TO GO DOWN A TREE. 466 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,940 AND HE WENT FOR IT AND HE MANAGED IT AND HE GOT OUT, 467 00:26:37,980 --> 00:26:39,400 BUT IT'S RISKY. 468 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,140 OKAY. I'VE JUST GOT TO GET MY LEG AROUND THIS TREE TRUNK. 469 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:27,240 WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO HERE IS REALLY GRIP JUST WITH MY THIGHS 470 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:32,340 AND LET THEM TAKE THE STRAIN AND JUST BALANCE WITH MY ARMS 471 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,400 AND TRY AND PROTECT MY FAMILY JEWELS. 472 00:27:35,940 --> 00:27:37,060 WOW. 473 00:27:37,380 --> 00:27:39,100 WHOA! 474 00:27:46,380 --> 00:27:48,360 WOW! 475 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,200 WHOA! 476 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,420 OHHH. 477 00:28:02,260 --> 00:28:05,960 WELL, I'M DOWN, AND THERE'S WATER, LOOK. AS WELL. 478 00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:07,940 I NEED WATER, 479 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,360 BUT I CAN'T DRINK THIS WITHOUT KNOWING IT'S SAFE. 480 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,240 I HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE IT HAS COME FROM FIRST. 481 00:28:13,340 --> 00:28:14,380 IT WILL ONLY BE SAFE 482 00:28:14,420 --> 00:28:17,060 IF IT COMES FROM AN UNDERGROUND SPRING. 483 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:21,000 WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO IS JUST KEEP FOLLOWING THE STREAM UP HERE 484 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,060 TO FIND WHERE IT STOPS. 485 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:25,180 YEAH, AND IT IS STILL GOING HERE. 486 00:28:27,060 --> 00:28:29,320 AND, YEAH, LOOK, IT IS DRY UP THERE, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. 487 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:32,040 WHEN IT RAINS, IT WILL POUR DOWN HERE. 488 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,240 WHEN IT IS DRY LIKE NOW, 489 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,160 YOU WILL SEE THIS LIKE NATURAL SPRING. 490 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,100 AND THIS -- YEAH, THIS IS THE SOURCE OF IT. 491 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,980 AND IF I DIG DOWN INTO THIS... 492 00:28:45,020 --> 00:28:46,380 HOWEVER MUCH WATER I TAKE OUT, 493 00:28:46,420 --> 00:28:49,040 IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP REFILLING. 494 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:52,000 THIS SPRINGWATER HAS FILTERED 495 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:53,020 `THROUGH THE ROCKS 496 00:28:53,060 --> 00:28:54,960 TO EMERGE AS CLEAN WATER. 497 00:28:55,020 --> 00:28:58,280 THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO BE BOILED. 498 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,200 OHHH. 499 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,060 AND WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE IS THAT ALL THIS WATER JUST GETS 500 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:10,040 CLEANED NATURALLY AS IT FILTERS 501 00:29:10,140 --> 00:29:12,040 THROUGH ALL THE ROCK AND THE SAND. 502 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,120 AND IT'S 100% SAFE, THIS STUFF, TO DRINK. 503 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,000 AND THE GREAT THING IS, HOWEVER MUCH OF IT THAT I DO DRINK, 504 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,340 THIS THING IS JUST GOING TO KEEP WELLING UP AND FILLING UP. 505 00:29:30,940 --> 00:29:32,420 OKAY. 506 00:29:36,220 --> 00:29:38,340 I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THIS WATER DOWNSTREAM. 507 00:29:38,380 --> 00:29:41,240 THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT IT WILL LEAD TO A LARGER RIVER 508 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,000 AND THEN TO THE COAST AND PEOPLE. 509 00:29:44,340 --> 00:29:48,240 WALKING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PART OF ABORIGINAL CULTURE, 510 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,280 AND FOR THEM IT'S ABOUT EXPERIENCING 511 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,240 THE LANDSCAPE AND LEARNING TO LIVE WITH NATURE. 512 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,420 AND FOR ME, I THINK, SO MANY OF MY EARLY CLIMBING EXPEDITIONS 513 00:29:57,020 --> 00:29:58,080 WERE SIMILAR, YOU KNOW? 514 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:02,160 IT'S ABOUT PUSHING MY OWN BOUNDARIES AND, THROUGH THAT, 515 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,220 FINDING MY SENSE OF IDENTITY. 516 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,980 WOW! LOOK AT THAT! 517 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,420 WHOO! 518 00:30:25,180 --> 00:30:29,200 THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR -- RUNNING WATER. 519 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,220 AFTER THE HOT PLAINS, FINDING THIS WATER IS PURE JOY. 520 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:42,100 WHAA! 521 00:30:42,220 --> 00:30:44,080 AND NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M ENTERING 522 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,020 A NEW PHASE IN MY JOURNEY. 523 00:30:46,060 --> 00:30:47,300 OHH... 524 00:30:47,940 --> 00:30:51,380 I JOKE NOT WHEN I SAY IT IS 525 00:30:51,420 --> 00:30:55,080 SEARINGLY HOT HERE, 526 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:59,160 AND THIS WATER IS JUST GOD SENT. 527 00:30:59,340 --> 00:31:00,420 OHHH. 528 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,280 OHH! 529 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,360 ABORIGINES BELIEVE THAT THE RAINBOW SERPENT MADE THE RIVERS 530 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,220 AS HE TRAVELED ACROSS THE LAND. 531 00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:19,020 AND THAT SERPENT IS A SYMBOL FOR BOTH THE CREATIVE 532 00:31:19,060 --> 00:31:21,280 AND DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF NATURE. 533 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,140 THESE RIVER GORGES ARE TESTIMONY TO THAT POWER. 534 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,180 ALL AROUND ME ARE SIGNS OF FLASH FLOODS AND DEBRIS. 535 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,980 NOW IN THE WET SEASON, THE RISKS OF THESE FLOODS 536 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:38,400 ARE EVEN HIGHER. 537 00:31:40,060 --> 00:31:42,240 WHERE THERE IS WATER, THERE IS LIFE, 538 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,280 AND NOT ALL OF IT IS FRIENDLY. 539 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,240 WHAA! 540 00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:47,380 LOOK AT THIS! 541 00:31:47,420 --> 00:31:51,060 HE COULD BE DANGEROUS, BUT HE COULD ALSO BE MY DINNER. 542 00:32:00,260 --> 00:32:02,340 I'M IN THE BAKING HEAT OF THE KIMBERLEY 543 00:32:02,380 --> 00:32:04,060 IN NORTH AUSTRALIA. 544 00:32:04,220 --> 00:32:06,400 I'M FOLLOWING A RIVER DOWN TO CIVILIZATION, 545 00:32:07,060 --> 00:32:09,080 BUT I HAVE ALSO JUST COME ACROSS A SNAKE. 546 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,180 AND WITH 3,000 SNAKEBITES A YEAR IN AUSTRALIA, 547 00:32:12,220 --> 00:32:14,240 I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 548 00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:16,140 IT'S AN OLIVE PYTHON. 549 00:32:16,180 --> 00:32:17,400 LET'S JUST GET HIM OUT OF HERE. 550 00:32:17,940 --> 00:32:19,940 HERE WE ARE. YOU COME -- RIGHT, YOU COME. 551 00:32:19,980 --> 00:32:21,220 WE JUST LEAVE HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND. 552 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,180 THEY ARE ALWAYS CALMEST WHEN THEY GOT THEIR HEAD 553 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,100 ON THE GROUND LIKE THAT, BUT THIS IS -- 554 00:32:26,140 --> 00:32:29,260 YEAH, THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON SNAKE IN AUSTRALIA. 555 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:30,940 AND HERE WE GO. 556 00:32:30,980 --> 00:32:32,060 WE'LL JUST GET HIS HEAD. 557 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:36,060 YEAH, HE WILL PROBABLY LIVE OFF, LIKE, RODENTS, SKINKS, 558 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:39,000 EVEN OTHER -- ACTUALLY, OTHER SMALL SNAKES. 559 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,320 AND ONE THING THERE ARE NO SHORTAGE OF IN AUSTRALIA 560 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,380 ARE SNAKES. 561 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,020 IN FACT, I THINK IT IS SOMETHING LIKE 21 OF THE 25 562 00:32:46,060 --> 00:32:48,080 MOST POISONOUS SNAKES IN THE WORLD 563 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,920 ARE ACTUALLY IN AUSTRALIA. 564 00:32:50,060 --> 00:32:52,980 BUT LUCKILY THIS, FOR ME, IS A REAL FIND. 565 00:32:53,020 --> 00:32:54,960 THIS ISN'T ONE OF THE POISONOUS ONES. 566 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,220 THIS IS ONE I CAN EAT. 567 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,260 AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE 568 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,220 UNTIL I'M READY TO EAT HIM, BUT THAT'S GREAT. 569 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,020 THAT'S THE PROTEIN I NEED. 570 00:33:05,060 --> 00:33:06,280 AND HE'S DINNER. 571 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:09,400 IN THESE CONDITIONS, 572 00:33:09,940 --> 00:33:12,200 FOOD WILL GO OFF WITHIN JUST HALF A DAY, 573 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:15,960 SO KEEPING IT ALIVE MAKES THE MOST SENSE. 574 00:33:23,060 --> 00:33:26,020 IT'S GETTING LATE IN THE DAY NOW, AND I'VE GOT FOOD. 575 00:33:26,060 --> 00:33:27,080 I'VE GOT WATER HERE. 576 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:28,960 AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO THINK ABOUT 577 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,120 FINDING SOME SHELTER. 578 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,220 BUT OVER THERE IT LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF A LEDGE. 579 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:37,080 I JUST NEED TO CROSS THIS RIVER WITH THIS GUY. 580 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,360 THE SNAKE SHOULDN'T MIND GETTING WET, 581 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,300 AS LONG AS I KEEP HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WATER. 582 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:47,040 THE ABORIGINES HAVE ALWAYS LIVED 583 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:48,220 IN HARMONY WITH THE LAND, 584 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,920 ONLY TAKING WHAT NATURE CAN MAINTAIN. 585 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,260 AND TODAY THEY'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA 586 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,940 ALLOWED TO KILL INDIGENOUS SPECIES. 587 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:02,140 THE ONE EXCEPTION IS WHEN YOU ARE IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION. 588 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,120 NOW I'VE GOT A SAFE PLACE TO REST, I CAN KILL MY DINNER. 589 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,340 AND THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO SWING A SNAKE 590 00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:10,280 THROUGH THE AIR, 591 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,240 SMASHING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROCKS. 592 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:15,100 IT'S QUICK AND IT'S PAINLESS. 593 00:34:16,060 --> 00:34:19,060 AS IT IS SO HUMID, I DON'T NEED A SHELTER TONIGHT. 594 00:34:19,220 --> 00:34:22,360 I'M GOING TO SLEEP ON THIS LEDGE UNDER THE STARS. 595 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,060 I'VE GUTTED AND I'VE SKINNED THE SNAKE 596 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:29,320 AND I'VE GOT IT COOKING JUST ON A LITTLE, LIKE A SKEWER. 597 00:34:29,980 --> 00:34:32,080 AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO EAT THIS. 598 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:36,080 IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD PROTEIN, BUT I KNOW SNAKE. 599 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,060 THIS IS GOING TO TASTE DELICIOUS. 600 00:34:40,060 --> 00:34:42,060 ALL SNAKES IN THE WORLD ARE EDIBLE, 601 00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:45,160 BUT MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT EAT THE GUTS OR THE HEAD, 602 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,380 WHICH CONTAINS THE POISON SACKS. 603 00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,400 IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO COOK THE MEAT THOROUGHLY 604 00:34:50,940 --> 00:34:52,940 AS IT CAN CONTAIN TONGUE WORM. 605 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,220 THIS CAN CAUSE VOMITING AND IN THE WORST CASES, DEATH. 606 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,280 AND ACTUALLY THAT IS JUST DELICIOUS. 607 00:34:58,340 --> 00:35:00,140 IT'S KIND OF... 608 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,220 DEFINITELY VERY CHICKENY, BUT GOOD. 609 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,220 AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW THE ABORIGINALS WOULD HUNT. 610 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,140 YOU KNOW, THAT THEY TAKE WHAT THE LAND WOULD GIVE THEM 611 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:14,260 AND NO MORE. 612 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,940 AND IN A WAY IT'S BEEN THE SAME FOR ME, YOU KNOW? 613 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,960 CAME ACROSS THIS SNAKE, 614 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,940 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST ENOUGH 615 00:35:21,140 --> 00:35:23,340 TO KEEP GOING AND KEEP MOVING. 616 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,220 ( THUNDER RUMBLES ) 617 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,160 IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SLEEP AT THE MOMENT 618 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,260 JUST BECAUSE I AM STILL JUST POURING IN SWEAT. 619 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:49,940 IT'S SO HUMID. 620 00:35:49,980 --> 00:35:52,300 BUT IT HAS JUST GIVEN ME TIME JUST TO SIT 621 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,140 AND LOOK AROUND AND LISTEN. 622 00:35:54,260 --> 00:35:56,340 I CAN HEAR THE RIVER FLOWING. 623 00:35:56,380 --> 00:35:58,280 THERE IS A DISTANT THUNDERSTORM, 624 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,080 SO I CAN HEAR THE ODD CRACK OF LIGHTNING OCCASIONALLY, 625 00:36:01,180 --> 00:36:04,040 AND IT JUST GIVES ME THAT TIME 626 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:09,140 JUST TO GO ACTUALLY, "WOW, THIS IS SPECIAL." 627 00:36:09,180 --> 00:36:12,260 AND IT'S JUST FOR ME A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE IN SOMEWHERE 628 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,080 SO WILD BUT ALSO SO UNIQUE. 629 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:19,060 AND THAT, FOR ME, KEEPS MY SPIRITS GOING. 630 00:36:24,380 --> 00:36:28,200 DAWN HAS BROKEN OVER THE OUTBACK IN NORTH AUSTRALIA. 631 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:31,020 AS SOON AS THE SUN COMES OVER THE HORIZON, 632 00:36:31,140 --> 00:36:33,120 I CAN FEEL ITS WARMING RAYS. 633 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,380 THE TEMPERATURE IS ALREADY 634 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,300 90 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND RISING, 635 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:40,220 BUT AT LEAST I AM NEAR WATER. 636 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,360 IT'S TIME FOR AN EARLY-MORNING DIP. 637 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,100 WHOO! 638 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,060 OKAY. 639 00:36:58,100 --> 00:37:02,060 PLAN TODAY IS JUST TO KEEP FOLLOWING THIS RIVER DOWNSTREAM. 640 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,360 AND IT'S THIS THAT I HOPE IS GOING TO LEAD ME TO PEOPLE. 641 00:37:05,980 --> 00:37:08,060 BUT THE DANGER AS I HEAD DOWN -- THIS RIVER IS GOING TO GET 642 00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:11,260 WIDER, BIGGER, AND ALSO, AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE SEA, 643 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,980 CROCODILES AND ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR ME 644 00:37:15,020 --> 00:37:16,300 ARE THE SALTWATER ONES. 645 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,240 AS I GET NEARER TO THE COAST, 646 00:37:18,300 --> 00:37:21,080 I START TO SEE THE CROCODILES. 647 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,400 SOME OF THESE ARE MAN-EATERS. 648 00:37:34,060 --> 00:37:35,960 I'M FOLLOWING A RIVER DOWNSTREAM 649 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,980 THAT WILL HOPEFULLY TAKE ME TO CIVILIZATION. 650 00:37:41,020 --> 00:37:44,280 BUT NOW I'M ENTERING CROCODILE TERRITORY. 651 00:37:45,140 --> 00:37:46,980 AS I HEAD FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, 652 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,300 THE BANKS ARE WIDER AND THERE ARE FEWER ROCKS, 653 00:37:49,340 --> 00:37:51,200 WHICH MAKES MY JOURNEY EASIER, 654 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:53,200 BUT AS THE LANDSCAPE CHANGES, 655 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:55,060 I AM FACED WITH NEW DANGERS. 656 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,260 EVERYTHING IS JUST CHANGING NOW. 657 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:01,960 LOOK, THE WEATHER IS GETTING WORSE. 658 00:38:02,020 --> 00:38:04,020 THE WIND IS PICKING UP, BUT ALSO, 659 00:38:04,060 --> 00:38:06,060 THIS RIVER IS REALLY WIDENING, 660 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,900 WHICH MEANS IT'S PRIME CROCODILE TERRITORY. 661 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:12,220 THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CROCODILES IN AUSTRALIA. 662 00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:15,140 SALTWATER CROCODILES ARE THE MAN-EATERS, 663 00:38:15,180 --> 00:38:17,220 AND THEY TEND TO STAY NEAR THE COAST. 664 00:38:17,260 --> 00:38:20,280 SO FAR I'M ONLY SEEING FRESHWATER ONES, 665 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,240 BUT EVEN THESE CAN ATTACK. 666 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,220 HEY, LOOK, LOOK, THERE YOU GO. 667 00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:25,900 THERE IS FRESHWATER CROCODILE, 668 00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:26,900 20 METERS AWAY. 669 00:38:26,940 --> 00:38:28,080 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET UP A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. 670 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:29,260 HE'S ONLY A SMALL ONE. 671 00:38:30,940 --> 00:38:32,920 KEEP AN EYE OUT AROUND, AS WELL. 672 00:38:34,140 --> 00:38:36,000 THERE YOU GO. LOOK, LOOK. 673 00:38:36,060 --> 00:38:38,020 THESE FRESHWATER CROCS ARE FAST. 674 00:38:38,180 --> 00:38:40,960 THEY CAN RUN UP TO TEN MILES AN HOUR IN SHORT BURSTS, 675 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,000 SO YOU HAVE GOT TO KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. 676 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,140 SEE, WHAT THEY LIKE HERE IS ALL THESE SHALLOW POOLS 677 00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:48,300 THAT THEY'RE JUST BASKING IN. 678 00:38:48,940 --> 00:38:50,220 WE HAVE GOT QUITE A LOT OF THESE POOLS AROUND US, GUYS. 679 00:38:50,260 --> 00:38:51,940 LET'S JUST KEEP MOVING. 680 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,220 OKAY, THIS IS A MUCH SAFER DISTANCE TO BE. 681 00:38:58,260 --> 00:39:01,180 WE'RE ABOUT 50 METERS BACK NOW FROM THE BANK, 682 00:39:01,220 --> 00:39:03,040 AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT DISTANCE 683 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,220 AND KEEP FOLLOWING THE RIVER THERE. 684 00:39:06,020 --> 00:39:09,260 FRESHIES ARE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED BY THEIR LONG, THIN SNOUTS. 685 00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:13,160 THERE'S ANOTHER. THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. 686 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,200 FRESHIES TEND TO ATTACK IF CORNERED OR SURPRISED. 687 00:39:16,380 --> 00:39:20,060 I NEVER WANT TO FIND MYSELF BETWEEN A CROC AND THE WATER. 688 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,220 HOWEVER, AS I MOVE DOWNSTREAM, I AM MORE LIKELY TO RUN INTO 689 00:39:24,260 --> 00:39:28,020 SALTWATER CROCODILES, AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, 690 00:39:28,060 --> 00:39:29,380 THEY OFTEN HEAD UPSTREAM, 691 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,240 AWAY FROM THEIR USUAL COASTAL HABITAT. 692 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,920 IT'S THEIR BREEDING SEASON, 693 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,100 AND THAT MAKES THEM EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE. 694 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,040 OH! SEE THAT? LOOK. 695 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,320 SALTWATER CROCODILE. 696 00:39:44,260 --> 00:39:46,360 YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT IN THIS DISTANCE. 697 00:39:48,380 --> 00:39:51,960 NOW, THESE GUYS ARE THE ONES YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR. 698 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,980 IF HE TOOK ME, HE WOULD DRAG ME INTO THE WATER, DEATH ROLL, 699 00:39:56,020 --> 00:39:57,100 AND THEN RIP ME APART, 700 00:39:57,140 --> 00:40:00,060 AND THE CHANCES OF SURVIVING A SALTWATER CROCODILE ATTACK 701 00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,040 IN DEEP WATER ARE ALMOST NIL. 702 00:40:04,340 --> 00:40:06,220 AMAZING TO SEE SO CLOSE, 703 00:40:06,260 --> 00:40:08,220 BUT THIS MEANS THERE ARE SALTIES HERE. 704 00:40:08,260 --> 00:40:10,120 I DON'T WANT TO BE CLOSE TO THE RIVER. 705 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,060 I'M GOING TO MOVE BACK INLAND. 706 00:40:12,340 --> 00:40:13,900 COME ON, THEN. 707 00:40:13,940 --> 00:40:17,060 SALTIES HAVE BROAD, ROUND NOSES AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE 708 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:19,080 AUSTRALIA'S MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL. 709 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,220 THEY'RE CAPABLE OF BITING WITH A FORCE 710 00:40:21,260 --> 00:40:22,980 OF ONE TON PER SQUARE INCH, 711 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,340 AND SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT'S EVEN STRONGER 712 00:40:25,380 --> 00:40:27,360 THAN THE TYRANNOSAURUS REX. 713 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,060 THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 60 UNPROVOKED ATTACKS 714 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:35,080 IN AUSTRALIA EVERY YEAR. 715 00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:39,220 CROCODILES VERY RARELY MISS THEIR TARGETS. 716 00:40:39,260 --> 00:40:42,160 AND RECENTLY, THERE WAS A GUY CANOEING IN QUEENSLAND 717 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,260 AND A CROCODILE CAME UP UNDERNEATH HIM, 718 00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:46,220 TURNED HIM OVER AND TOOK HIM. 719 00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:49,220 NEVER UNDERESTIMATE SALTWATER CROCODILES. 720 00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:53,120 THEY'RE ONE OF OUR PLANET'S MOST RUTHLESS AND EFFICIENT KILLERS. 721 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,220 I'M STILL GOING TO FOLLOW THE RIVER TOWARDS THE COAST 722 00:40:58,260 --> 00:40:59,240 AND CIVILIZATION, 723 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,260 BUT I HAVE TO AVOID THOSE SALTIES, 724 00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:04,080 WHICH HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LIVE UP TO 200 METERS AWAY 725 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:05,900 FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE. 726 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,260 THIS AREA, THOUGH, SHOULD BE SAFE, 727 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,220 BECAUSE I AM SEEING OTHER ANIMALS, LIKE THE BROLGA, 728 00:41:12,260 --> 00:41:16,960 A TYPE OF CRANE, AND THE ICONIC WALLABY. 729 00:41:20,900 --> 00:41:22,220 BUT IT'S JUST LIKE EVERYTHING AROUND HERE -- 730 00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:25,900 IT'S QUICKER THAN ME, IT'S SMARTER THAN ME. 731 00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:28,360 JUST BETTER AT SURVIVING THAN ME. 732 00:41:29,380 --> 00:41:31,360 AWAY FROM THE RIVER MEANS ONCE AGAIN 733 00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:33,380 I'M AT THE MERCY OF THE SEARING HEAT, 734 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,980 AND I'M WITH A LIMITED SUPPLY OF WATER. 735 00:41:40,140 --> 00:41:44,100 SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION DO NOT ALWAYS MEAN SAFETY, THOUGH, 736 00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:47,920 AND FINDING THIS FENCE IS LITTLE COMFORT. 737 00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:52,060 AUSTRALIA HAS SOME OF THE LONGEST FENCES IN THE WORLD. 738 00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:55,900 ONE IS OVER 3,500 MILES LONG. 739 00:41:55,940 --> 00:41:59,980 THAT IS 700 MILES WIDER THAN THE USA. 740 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,960 THE CONDITIONS HERE HAVE BEEN REALLY EXTREME, 741 00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:11,320 AND IT'S AMAZING THAT ANYTHING MANAGES TO SURVIVE. 742 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,280 THOSE WHO DO, LIKE THE ABORIGINES, 743 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:15,980 HAVE LEARNED TO ADAPT 744 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,220 AND TO WORK WITH THIS UNFORGIVING WILDERNESS. 745 00:42:19,260 --> 00:42:22,220 IT'S ONLY THEN CAN YOU HOPE TO SURVIVE 746 00:42:22,260 --> 00:42:25,180 AUSTRALIA'S GREAT OUTBACK. 747 00:42:27,340 --> 00:42:32,340 AND THIS MEANS THE END OF MY JOURNEY. 748 00:42:32,380 --> 00:42:35,920 AND YOU CAN JUST SEE SOME BUILDINGS OVER THERE GLISTENING. 749 00:42:35,980 --> 00:42:38,900 THAT'S PROBABLY A SMALL OUTBACK COMMUNITY, 750 00:42:38,940 --> 00:42:42,080 BUT THAT IS MY TICKET HOME. 751 00:42:44,020 --> 00:42:46,220 AND REALLY, I THINK WHAT I'VE LEARNED 752 00:42:46,260 --> 00:42:49,140 IS THAT THE ABORIGINALS REALLY ARE 753 00:42:49,180 --> 00:42:51,140 THE ULTIMATE OUTBACK DWELLERS, 754 00:42:51,180 --> 00:42:54,380 BUT THEY'RE ALSO THE ULTIMATE GUARDIANS OF THE LAND. 755 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,220 AND IN SO MANY WAYS IT IS US THAT HAVE SO MUCH TO LEARN 756 00:42:58,260 --> 00:43:03,340 FROM THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS GREAT WILDERNESS.