1 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:13,240 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 2 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,060 AND I'M GONNA SEEK OUT SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,040 IN THE MOST DANEROUS LOCATIONS ON EARTH, 4 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:21,360 WHERE HAVING THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,320 CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 6 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:25,480 WHOO! 7 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:28,100 I'VE COME TO THE SAHARA DESERT, 8 00:00:28,180 --> 00:00:31,120 ONE OF THE HOTTEST AND DEADLIEST PLACES ON THE PLANET. 9 00:00:32,060 --> 00:00:33,240 THAT IS JUST HUGE! 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,220 3.5 MILLION SQUARE MILES 11 00:00:36,260 --> 00:00:39,120 OF BURNING SAND THE SIZE OF THE U.S. 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,400 EVERY YEAR PEOPLE DIE TRYING TO CROSS IT, 13 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,360 SCORCHED BY THE HIGHEST RECORDED TEMPERATURES 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:45,360 IN THE WORLD. 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,120 'CAUSE THIS SAND IS BURNING HOT! 16 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:49,480 BEING STRANDED HERE IS LIKE BEING COOKED ALIVE. 17 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,340 WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE. THIS HEAT IS JUST KILLING. 18 00:00:52,460 --> 00:00:55,340 IT'S GOING TO BE MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET. 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,360 IN ONE OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE PLACES ON EARTH... 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,180 THIS PLACE IS RELENTLESS. 21 00:01:01,220 --> 00:01:03,180 ONLY THE TOUGHEST CAN SURVIVE. 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:04,080 GOT COBRA. 23 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,020 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU 24 00:01:05,060 --> 00:01:07,160 THE EXTREME LENGTHS YOU NEED TO GO TO, 25 00:01:07,220 --> 00:01:10,040 TO STAY ALIVE IN THE DEATHTRAP THAT IS THE SAHARA. 26 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:21,180 I'M IN MOROCCO IN NORTH AFRICA, 27 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,100 FLYING INTO THE SAHARA DESERT FROM THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS. 28 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:27,440 IT'S ENORMOUS. 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,360 A QUARTER OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT 30 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,280 AND SPRAWLING ACROSS 11 COUNTRIES. 31 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,220 IT'S A HARSH, ARID WILDERNESS THAT CAN COOK YOU AND KILL YOU 32 00:01:35,260 --> 00:01:38,200 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 33 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:40,080 THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF HERE. 34 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,300 JUST STAYING ALIVE IS YOUR ONLY HOPE. 35 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,400 IF YOU GET LOST OUT HERE, 36 00:01:45,060 --> 00:01:47,040 THE TWO MOST LIKELY THINGS TO KILL YOU 37 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,220 ARE DEHYDRATION AND HEAT STROKE, 38 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,180 AND BOTH OF THOSE CAN COME ON IN A MATTER OF HOURS. 39 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,340 THE CHOPPER'S HOVERING AT 8,000 FEET, 40 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,020 AND IT'S TIME TO GO. 41 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:03,040 I'VE GOT A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS 42 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,460 AND MY CAMERA CREW COMING WITH ME. 43 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:46,420 THIS MUST BE THE HOTTEST DESERT 44 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:48,160 I HAVE EVER BEEN IN. 45 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,080 YOU KNOW, SUMMERTIME IN THE SAHARA 46 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:52,300 IS OVER 130 DEGREES HEAT. 47 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:54,180 YOU KNOW, JUST TOUCHING -- 48 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,100 TOUCHING THAT SAND, 49 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,220 YOU CAN ALMOST NOT HOLD YOUR HAND DOWN 50 00:02:57,260 --> 00:02:58,300 LONGER THAN A FEW SECONDS. 51 00:02:59,260 --> 00:03:02,300 THE ONLY ESCAPE FROM HERE IS THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, 52 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:04,180 HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY. 53 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:06,240 BUT IN THIS FURNACE OF A DESERT, 54 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,080 YOU'D NEVER GET THAT FAR. 55 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,380 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO STAY ALIVE UNTIL YOU'RE FOUND. 56 00:03:11,260 --> 00:03:13,100 YOU NEED TO KEEP A COOL HEAD, 57 00:03:13,140 --> 00:03:15,000 SO I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ARAB-STYLE HEADDRESS 58 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,220 OUT OF MY T-SHIRT. 59 00:03:16,260 --> 00:03:18,300 IN THIS HEAT, YOUR BRAIN WOULD SIZZLE 60 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:19,340 AND YOUR BODY WOULD SHUT DOWN. 61 00:03:19,380 --> 00:03:23,200 BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, YOU'D BE A SNACK FOR THE VULTURES. 62 00:03:23,340 --> 00:03:27,080 THE LAST THING I CAN DO JUST TO HELP KEEP ME COOL 63 00:03:27,260 --> 00:03:30,420 IS JUST TO THEN PEE ON THIS T-SHIRT. 64 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,300 IT'S NOT VERY NICE, BUT IT WILL HELP KEEP ME COOL. 65 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,080 THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE ACTUALLY DONE BEFORE IN THE DESERT. 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,260 BUT REALLY ANYTHING YOU CAN DO IN THIS SORT OF HEAT 67 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,040 TO KEEP YOUR HEAD COOL 68 00:03:47,340 --> 00:03:51,180 IS GOING TO PROLONG HOW LONG YOU CAN SURVIVE OUT HERE. 69 00:03:51,220 --> 00:03:53,160 IF YOU WRAP THIS AROUND YOUR HEAD, 70 00:03:53,220 --> 00:03:54,480 IT WILL BUY YOU A FEW EXTRA HOURS 71 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:58,080 IN HEAT THAT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE BEING SLOW ROASTED. 72 00:03:58,140 --> 00:04:00,220 AND, BELIEVE ME, IT WORKS. 73 00:04:00,380 --> 00:04:02,060 I'VE HEARD AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY 74 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:04,440 OF A MOTHER WHO SAVED HER KIDS' LIVES IN THE DESERT 75 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,460 BY COVERING THEIR HEADS WITH CLOTHING SOAKED IN PEE. 76 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,360 ZIP UP, READY TO GO. 77 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,100 TO SURVIVE OUT HERE, YOU NEED FOOD 78 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:17,360 BUT, ABOVE ALL, WATER. 79 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,240 THAT'S NOT EASY IN THIS BARREN WILDERNESS 80 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:23,220 WHICH GETS JUST 3 INCHES OF RAIN A YEAR. 81 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,200 ONLY THE HARDIEST CREATURES CAN LIVE HERE, 82 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,380 AND YOU'VE GOT TO GRAB WHAT YOU CAN. 83 00:04:29,020 --> 00:04:30,280 CHECK OUT THIS LITTLE GUY! 84 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,400 OH! YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR HIM. 85 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,080 THIS IS A LITTLE CAMEL SPIDER. 86 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:39,300 AND I'M TRYING TO GET HIM TO BE STILL. 87 00:04:39,340 --> 00:04:40,320 THERE YOU GO. 88 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,220 THESE ARE LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A SCORPION AND A SPIDER. 89 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:46,360 THEY CAN GROW ACTUALLY UP TO ABOUT 6 INCHES LONG. 90 00:04:47,060 --> 00:04:49,080 THEY'RE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE BRUTES, 91 00:04:49,420 --> 00:04:51,080 AND SOLDIERS IN THE DESERT 92 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,460 ARE KNOWN TO BE QUITE AFRAID OF THESE. 93 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:56,220 YOU SEE WHAT HE'S CHASING? 94 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:58,220 IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S CHASING ME, 95 00:04:58,280 --> 00:04:59,480 BUT IT'S MY SHADOW HE'S AFTER. 96 00:05:00,020 --> 00:05:02,260 EVEN HE WANTS TO ESCAPE THE BURNING SUN. 97 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,040 AND THESE GUYS CAN MOVE PRETTY FAST, 98 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,160 ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. 99 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,260 AND THAT'S FASTER 100 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,460 THAN I CAN WALK UPHILL IN THE SAND DUNE. 101 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:13,460 OKAY. HERE WE GO. 102 00:05:14,060 --> 00:05:15,040 HE'S EDIBLE, 103 00:05:15,140 --> 00:05:16,380 AND HE DOESN'T LOOK VERY NICE. 104 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,280 BUT THE DANGEROUS BIT OF HIM -- 105 00:05:18,380 --> 00:05:21,280 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT IT'S HOLDING DOWN THERE -- 106 00:05:21,340 --> 00:05:22,340 ARE THOSE PINCERS. 107 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,460 THAT CAN GIVE A NASTY NIP. 108 00:05:25,020 --> 00:05:27,280 HE'S JUST TRYING TO -- HE'S TRYING TO EVEN BITE THIS. 109 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,320 BUT THE REST OF HIM, IF I CAN GET RID OF THAT, 110 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:32,220 IS EDIBLE. 111 00:05:34,060 --> 00:05:35,100 COME HERE. 112 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:43,160 AND THAT WAS THE NASTY BIT, HIS FRONT LEGS AND THE PINCERS, 113 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,380 AND THEN ALL OF THIS... 114 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:47,400 ( BLOWS ) 115 00:05:47,460 --> 00:05:48,420 ...IS EDIBLE. 116 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:51,260 AND ACTUALLY -- GOD, LOOK AT THAT. 117 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,420 THAT'S JUST SOFT GOO. 118 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:58,140 AND GOD KNOWS WHAT'S INSIDE THAT. 119 00:05:58,380 --> 00:06:01,100 I'M NOT PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO EATING THIS ONE, 120 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,240 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD BIT OF PROTEIN AND ENERGY. 121 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:13,260 OHH. 122 00:06:14,020 --> 00:06:17,080 LIKE AN EXPLOSION OF PUS IN MY MOUTH. 123 00:06:19,180 --> 00:06:22,040 PRETTY GROSS, BUT IT WILL KEEP YOU GOING, 124 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,320 AND BECAUSE HE'S JUST A MORSEL, 125 00:06:23,380 --> 00:06:26,080 HE'S MORE OF A LIFESAVER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. 126 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:29,100 EAT LITTLE AND OFTEN, AND YOU'LL BE FINE. 127 00:06:29,460 --> 00:06:33,120 EAT TOO MUCH, AND YOUR DIGESTION BURNS UP WATER, 128 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,160 MAKING YOU EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TO DEHYDRATION. 129 00:06:36,380 --> 00:06:39,460 IT CAN COME ON IN JUST HOURS, AND IT'S A KILLER. 130 00:06:40,380 --> 00:06:44,480 I'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT A LITER OF WATER IN THIS BOTTLE. 131 00:06:45,020 --> 00:06:47,400 BUT REALLY IN THIS HEAT, I NEED TO BE DRINKING 132 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,160 A MINIMUM OF A LITER OF WATER EVERY HOUR. 133 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,260 BUT ONE WAY I CAN MAKE THIS WATER LAST LONGER 134 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,320 IS JUST TO KEEP IT IN MY MOUTH, 135 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,380 AND THEREFORE KEEP MY MOUTH AND MY THROAT MOIST. 136 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:00,460 IT'S A SIMPLE SURVIVAL TRICK 137 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,160 BUT ONE THAT WILL BUY YOU A FEW EXTRA HOURS, 138 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,260 WHICH IS CRUCIAL IF YOU'RE GONNA STAY ALIVE OUT HERE. 139 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,320 YOU CAN LAST FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD, 140 00:07:09,380 --> 00:07:11,160 BUT WITHOUT WATER IN THE DESERT, 141 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,000 YOU'LL BE LUCKY TO LIVE BEYOND 24 HOURS. 142 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,180 IT'S VITAL TO FIND A SOURCE OF FRESH WATER. 143 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,260 YOU HAVE TO GET AS HIGH AS YOU CAN 144 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,140 TO SPOT ANY CLUES OF WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND SOME. 145 00:07:27,300 --> 00:07:29,100 IT'S JUST... 146 00:07:30,380 --> 00:07:32,460 HORRIBLE TO CLIMB. 147 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,080 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 148 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:39,360 IT'S LIKE TRYING TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN OF TREACLE. 149 00:07:40,220 --> 00:07:42,400 YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD, 150 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,420 AND THEN YOU SLIDE BACK TWO. 151 00:07:49,060 --> 00:07:50,260 AHH. 152 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,420 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 153 00:08:01,260 --> 00:08:05,020 YOU SEE THAT ON THE HORIZON? IT LOOKS LIKE SOME TREETOPS. 154 00:08:06,380 --> 00:08:09,440 SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO GO. 155 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,440 YOU NEED TO BE QUICK BEFORE THE WIND PICKS UP. 156 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,080 IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, THIS HARSH HEAT 157 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,100 CAN TURN INTO A VICIOUS, BLINDING SANDSTORM. 158 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,460 THERE ARE TWO WAYS DOWN THIS. 159 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,440 THERE'S A SLOW, PLODDING WAY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE FOREVER, 160 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,420 OR THERE'S A FAST WAY. 161 00:08:27,460 --> 00:08:30,460 WHEN IT'S THIS WINDY UP HERE, I JUST WANT TO BE DOWN. 162 00:08:38,020 --> 00:08:40,280 LEAN BACK AND TAKE BIG STRIDES. 163 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,160 WELL, THAT TOOK ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO CLIMB UP, 164 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,340 DOWN IN ABOUT 5 SECONDS. 165 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:02,420 GOOD. ON MY WAY. 166 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,420 THE SAHARAN WINDS SCULPT THE SAND DUNES 167 00:09:11,460 --> 00:09:13,200 INTO THEIR DISTINCTIVE SHAPES, 168 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,000 AND YOU CAN USE THEM TO WORK OUT WHICH DIRECTION TO HEAD IN. 169 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,200 WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE PREVAILING WIND 170 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,080 COMES FROM THE NORTHEAST, FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN, 171 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,440 AND IT BLOWS THE WINDWARD SIDE OF ALL OF THESE DUNES 172 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,280 INTO LONG, SHALLOW SLOPES. 173 00:09:27,340 --> 00:09:31,120 AND THEN ON THE LEEWARD SIDE, IT'S SHORTER, SHARPER, STEEPER. 174 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,320 SO I CAN TELL NORTHEAST IS OVER THERE, 175 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,400 WHICH MEANS NORTHWEST IS THAT WAY. 176 00:09:37,420 --> 00:09:41,340 THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU TRAVEL TOWARDS THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS. 177 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,120 BUT DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK THAT FAR. 178 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:52,200 YOU NEED TO FIND WAYS OF JUST STAYING ALIVE 179 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,160 AND HOPE THAT SOMEONE RESCUES YOU. 180 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,420 IN QUITE A PRECARIOUS POSITION UP HERE. 181 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,100 Grylls:I'M IN THE SAHARA DESERT IN NORTH AFRICA. 182 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,280 YOUR CHANCES OF WALKING OUT OF HERE ARE SLIM. 183 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,240 THE BATTLE IS JUST TO STAY ALIVE, 184 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,220 AND IF YOU REACH ONE OF THESE PALM TREES, 185 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,040 IT COULD BE A LIFESAVER. 186 00:10:18,220 --> 00:10:21,300 FOOD, WATER, AND ABOVE ALL, SHELTER. 187 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,200 ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST ENEMIES IN THE DESERT 188 00:10:25,020 --> 00:10:26,000 COULD BE HEAT STROKE, 189 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:27,360 AND IT CAN COME ON SO FAST -- 190 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,420 LITERALLY IN LIKE JUST OVER AN HOUR. 191 00:10:29,460 --> 00:10:31,380 AND I'VE SEEN SOLDIERS GET IT BEFORE, 192 00:10:31,420 --> 00:10:33,460 AND THEY'RE JUST COMPLETELY INCAPACITATED. 193 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,160 BUT THE FIRST SIGNS OF IT, 194 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:38,420 ARE HAVING A HEADACHE AND JUST BEING REALLY FATIGUED. 195 00:10:38,460 --> 00:10:41,240 AND IF YOU DON'T FIND YOURSELF A SHADY SPOT SOON, 196 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:42,400 THAT'S GOING TO GET WORSE, 197 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,000 YOU'RE GONNA STOP SWEATING 198 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,120 AS YOUR BODY TRIES TO CONSERVE FLUIDS, 199 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,280 AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET DIZZY. 200 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,180 AND IF YOU DON'T GET TREATMENT, YOU CAN DIE. 201 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,420 AND ALREADY WE'VE HAD ONE OF OUR CREW GET HEAT STROKE. 202 00:10:54,060 --> 00:10:56,060 HE'S HAD TO BE EVACUATED. 203 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:00,220 AND REALLY, THIS DESERT IS PROVING, IN MANY WAYS, 204 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:02,240 ONE OF MY TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS YET. 205 00:11:02,980 --> 00:11:04,000 IN THIS SORT OF HEAT, 206 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:06,460 YOU CAN LOSE NEARLY A LITER OF WATER AN HOUR, 207 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,360 AND YOU WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE. 208 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,380 IF YOU DON'T DRINK, YOU WON'T HAVE A HOPE. 209 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,280 YOU NEED WATER WHENEVER AND WHEREVER YOU CAN GET IT. 210 00:11:15,460 --> 00:11:17,220 I KIND OF THOUGHT FROM A DISTANCE 211 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,320 THAT MAYBE THERE'D BE AN OASIS OR SOMETHING HERE. 212 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,360 BUT THERE'S NOT. 213 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,160 BUT THE MOROCCANS DO SAY ABOUT THESE DATE PALMS, 214 00:11:25,340 --> 00:11:28,100 THAT THEY HAVE THEIR HEADS IN FIRE 215 00:11:28,140 --> 00:11:29,440 AND THEIR FEET OFTEN IN WATER. 216 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:32,160 SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT MIGHT BE WORTH 217 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:34,300 TRYING TO DIG DOWN A BIT HERE. 218 00:11:36,180 --> 00:11:38,220 THE ONLY RISK OF DOING THIS 219 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,200 IS YOU END UP JUST SWEATING MORE 220 00:11:42,260 --> 00:11:45,460 AND LOSING MORE VALUABLE FLUIDS. 221 00:11:46,060 --> 00:11:49,020 LOOK, IT'S JUST ALL BONE-DRY DOWN HERE. 222 00:11:49,060 --> 00:11:50,240 BUT NEVER GIVE UP. 223 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:51,340 BONE-DRY. 224 00:11:51,380 --> 00:11:54,200 JUST A DROP OF WATER IS BETTER THAN NOTHING, 225 00:11:54,260 --> 00:11:57,200 AND AN OLD ARMY TECHNIQUE I USED MIGHT DO THE TRICK -- 226 00:11:57,380 --> 00:11:59,080 A DEW TRAP. 227 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,320 SCRAPE A HOLE ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET DEEP 228 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,340 AND LINE IT WITH A FEW PALM LEAVES. 229 00:12:03,380 --> 00:12:06,120 THE NEXT THING I'LL DO IS, PUT ROCKS IN ON TOP OF THESE. 230 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:12,240 AND IT'S THESE THAT ARE GONNA ACTUALLY COLLECT THE MOISTURE. 231 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:17,420 AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS AS THESE ROCKS COOL DOWN OVERNIGHT 232 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:19,300 AND THEN THE SUN COMES UP, 233 00:12:19,340 --> 00:12:24,020 YOU GET A CONTRAST BETWEEN HEAT OUTSIDE AND THE COOL ROCKS, 234 00:12:24,060 --> 00:12:25,340 AND THAT CAUSES CONDENSATION. 235 00:12:25,380 --> 00:12:28,240 TO FINISH THE TRAP, ADD MORE LEAVES ON TOP. 236 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:31,440 WHAT LITTLE WATER THERE IS IN THE PARCHED AIR 237 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:32,380 WON'T EVAPORATE, 238 00:12:32,420 --> 00:12:36,160 AND OVERNIGHT THE STONES SHOULD COLLECT A FEW PRECIOUS DROPS. 239 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,020 THAT SHOULD DO. 240 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:39,420 ROCKS ARE DANGEROUS, THOUGH. 241 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,400 THEY'RE GREAT HIDING PLACES FOR DEADLY SCORPIONS. 242 00:12:43,980 --> 00:12:46,000 AH. HERE'S ONE. 243 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,240 THIS IS ACTUALLY A FATTAIL SCORPION, 244 00:12:51,020 --> 00:12:54,420 AND THESE ARE ONE OF THE MOST POISONOUS SCORPIONS 245 00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:56,000 IN THE WORLD. 246 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,120 LOOK AT THIS. IF I PUT THAT THERE -- 247 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,340 IT'S TRYING TO STRIKE AT IT. 248 00:12:59,460 --> 00:13:03,080 AND ACTUALLY THIS HAS ENOUGH VENOM TO KILL A MAN. 249 00:13:03,260 --> 00:13:05,420 IF I WAS STUNG BY ONE OF THESE SCORPIONS 250 00:13:05,460 --> 00:13:07,100 AND I DIDN'T GET ANY HELP, 251 00:13:07,140 --> 00:13:09,260 I COULD BE DEAD WITHIN SIX HOURS. 252 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,120 THE VENOM ATTACKS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM, 253 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,220 WHICH MEANS CONVULSIONS AND ULTIMATELY HEART FAILURE. 254 00:13:15,460 --> 00:13:19,080 AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR IN MOROCCO 255 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:20,300 FROM SCORPION STINGS. 256 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,160 AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT THESE. 257 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:26,440 EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SUPER, SUPER DEADLY, 258 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:27,980 YOU CAN EAT THEM. 259 00:13:28,020 --> 00:13:29,400 BUT THE FIRST BIT I WANT TO GET RID OF... 260 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:32,460 IS HIS STINGER. 261 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:35,420 AND LOOK. STRIKE, STRIKE, STRIKE. 262 00:13:38,420 --> 00:13:42,120 I'LL HOLD HIM DOWN, TAKE HIS HEAD OFF, 263 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,020 AND THEN YOU CAN EAT THIS BIT. 264 00:13:57,460 --> 00:13:59,060 ( SPITS ) GOD. 265 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,300 PEOPLE OFTEN THINK IF YOU GET BITTEN BY A SCORPION 266 00:14:02,380 --> 00:14:03,440 OR A SNAKEBITE, 267 00:14:04,060 --> 00:14:05,260 THAT YOU SHOULD CUT THE WOUND 268 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:07,220 AND THEN TRY AND SUCK THE POISON OUT. 269 00:14:07,260 --> 00:14:09,340 BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO. 270 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,340 WHAT IT DOES IS THEN CREATE AN OPEN WOUND 271 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,280 FOR THE VENOM TO GO INTO. 272 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,460 NOW, YOU'RE MUCH BETTER OFF JUST STAYING CALM IN THE SHADE, 273 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,200 KEEP THE WOUND CLEAN, AND IF POSSIBLE, 274 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,440 TRY AND APPLY A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE ABOVE THE WOUND 275 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:25,360 TO SLOW THE RELEASE OF THE VENOM TOWARDS YOUR VITAL ORGANS. 276 00:14:25,980 --> 00:14:28,260 AH, BUT THE NOMADS HAVE A REALLY GOOD WAY 277 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,280 OF GETTING RID OF SCORPION STINGS. 278 00:14:31,020 --> 00:14:33,040 AND WHAT THEY'LL DO, THEY'LL TAKE THE WOUND, 279 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,420 AND THEY'LL PUT IT INSIDE THE STOMACH OF A DYING DOG, 280 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:37,440 AND THEN THE ACID FROM THE STOMACH 281 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,420 WOULD DRAW OUT THE ALKALI FROM THE STING. 282 00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:42,060 COOL WAY OF DOING IT. 283 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:46,280 I SPOTTED SOME DATES IN THE TOP OF THIS PALM TREE, 284 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:47,340 RIGHT OVERTOP. 285 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,080 AND THOSE WOULD BE REALLY GOOD ENERGY, 286 00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:52,260 IF I CAN JUST GET TO THEM. 287 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,140 HEY, LET ME GRAB THAT CAMERA. 288 00:14:55,340 --> 00:14:57,100 IF YOU'VE GONE HOURS WITHOUT FLUIDS, 289 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,040 YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOMETHING TO REPLACE THEM FAST. 290 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,360 THERE ARE DATES AT THE TOP OF THIS PALM TREE 291 00:15:02,420 --> 00:15:04,020 WHICH SHOULD DO THE TRICK. 292 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:06,120 HOPEFULLY I'LL GET MYSELF SOME SUPPER. 293 00:15:06,460 --> 00:15:10,260 IT'S ABOUT 30 FOOT TALL, BUT I RECKON I CAN SHIM UP IT. 294 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:13,340 BUT WATCH OUT FOR LOOSE BARK. IT CAN CUT YOU TO RIBBONS. 295 00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:16,220 LOOK -- THIS IS THE STUFF. 296 00:15:16,460 --> 00:15:20,080 YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR FEET PRESSED INTO IT LIKE THAT 297 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,360 AND NOT PUT ALL YOUR WEIGHT ON ONE OF THEM. 298 00:15:23,060 --> 00:15:25,020 IT'S HARD WORK ON THE ARMS. 299 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,320 ( BREATHING DEEPLY ) 300 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:35,260 OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO CUT THESE DOWN. 301 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,100 I'M IN QUITE A PRECARIOUS POSITION UP HERE. 302 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:46,360 MY ARMS HAVE BEEN RUBBED RAW BY THIS BARK. 303 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,380 BUT I FOUND A GOOD NUMBER OF THESE DATES. 304 00:15:52,420 --> 00:15:55,280 AND THEY DON'T LOOK VERY RIPE, 305 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,200 BUT ACTUALLY DATES ARE THE BEST DESERT FOOD. 306 00:15:58,260 --> 00:16:01,360 MASSIVE SUGAR, LOTS OF ENERGY, VITAMIN C, 307 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:02,420 BUT ALSO LOTS OF MINERALS 308 00:16:02,460 --> 00:16:04,260 TO REPLACE THE SALTS THAT I'M LOSING 309 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,200 WHILE SWEATING HERE. 310 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:07,240 SO I'LL TRY IT. 311 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,260 UGH, REALLY, REALLY BITTER. 312 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,100 BUT I WANT TO EAT AS MANY OF THESE AS I CAN. 313 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:24,460 OH. 314 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:26,200 OW. 315 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:32,180 CUT MYSELF. 316 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,220 AND FOR ONCE, THE DESERT'S ON YOUR SIDE. 317 00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:38,080 THE HEAT CAN HELP TO HEAL ANY WOUNDS. 318 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,080 IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE CAMP HERE, 319 00:16:40,140 --> 00:16:41,440 THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO 320 00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:46,440 IS FIND YOURSELF SOMETHING TO INSULATE YOURSELF. 321 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:47,320 OW. 322 00:16:47,420 --> 00:16:49,240 THE HEAT'S ATTACKED YOU ALL DAY, 323 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,340 BUT JUST WHEN YOU COULD DO WITH IT AT NIGHT, 324 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,380 THE DESERT HAS OTHER PLANS. 325 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,320 A MATTRESS OF WOVEN PALM FRONDS SHOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE. 326 00:16:58,140 --> 00:17:00,080 SAND IS A NOTORIOUSLY BAD INSULATOR. 327 00:17:00,140 --> 00:17:02,020 IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF YOUR HEAT AWAY. 328 00:17:02,060 --> 00:17:05,140 SO THAT WOULD JUST KEEP YOU OFF THE SAND. 329 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,200 TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET TO FREEZING AT NIGHT, 330 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,980 SO IF YOU WERE TO SLEEP OUT, YOU NEED A FIRE. 331 00:17:11,180 --> 00:17:13,120 THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF DRY WOOD, 332 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,420 AND IT'S WORTH TRYING A FRICTION FIRE LIGHT. 333 00:17:16,060 --> 00:17:19,360 AND ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS BREAK IT LIKE HERE. 334 00:17:22,140 --> 00:17:24,040 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MY BASE. 335 00:17:25,060 --> 00:17:28,460 AND THEN OUT OF THIS. JUST MAKE LIKE A SPINDLE. 336 00:17:31,060 --> 00:17:34,240 SMOOTH OFF THE SPINDLE, NICK A HOLE AT THE BASE, 337 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,260 AND START SPINNING THE STICK TO TRY AND GET AN EMBER. 338 00:17:38,260 --> 00:17:42,140 THE KEY WITH THIS IS NOT RUSHING THE EARLY STAGES OF IT. 339 00:17:42,340 --> 00:17:45,140 JUST TAKE YOUR TIME, AND YOU WANT TO DO 340 00:17:45,180 --> 00:17:47,340 AT LEAST A MINUTE, MAYBE TWO MINUTES, 341 00:17:47,380 --> 00:17:50,440 AND JUST STEADILY BUILDING UP THE HEAT 342 00:17:51,020 --> 00:17:52,220 AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SPINDLE. 343 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:56,060 AND THEN YOU NEED TO REALLY GO FOR IT TO GET IT GOING. 344 00:17:59,060 --> 00:18:03,020 LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE. 345 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,180 AH! YOU DOG! 346 00:18:12,180 --> 00:18:14,380 AH. IT'S GONE OUT. 347 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,380 ALL THAT EFFORT, 348 00:18:18,020 --> 00:18:20,160 AND THIS TIME IT HASN'T WORKED. 349 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:22,000 AND, YOU KNOW, IN MANY WAYS, 350 00:18:22,180 --> 00:18:24,040 I NEED TO CONSERVE MY ENERGY. 351 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,260 IT'S NO GOOD JUST SITTING HERE POURING OF SWEAT 352 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,020 GOING THROUGH THAT AGAIN. 353 00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:31,160 THIS TIME I WAS GONNA TRY THE FLINT 354 00:18:31,260 --> 00:18:33,100 AND HOPE THAT MAKES IT WORK. 355 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,120 AND IF YOU WERE TO SPEND THE NIGHT OUT HERE, 356 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:44,180 THIS WOULD BE REALLY A GREAT CAMP. 357 00:18:44,420 --> 00:18:46,980 AND YOU'VE GOT A BIT OF BEDDING, 358 00:18:47,020 --> 00:18:50,320 THE SUN SETTING, AND YOU'VE GOT NATURE'S TV. 359 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,420 BUT NEVER FORGET, THE FORBIDDING SAHARA 360 00:18:56,980 --> 00:18:58,360 IS ALSO HOME TO SOME OFTHE WORLD'S 361 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,160 DEADLIEST CREATURES. 362 00:19:00,380 --> 00:19:02,120 COME IN VERY GENTLY. 363 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:05,340 WE'VE GOT A COBRA. 364 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:17,040 Grylls:I'M IN THE SAHARA DESERT IN NORTH AFRICA, 365 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:20,240 SHOWING HOW TO STAY ALIVE IN THE HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH. 366 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,120 IF YOU KEEP CALM AND USE SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES, 367 00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:27,060 YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THIS RELENTLESS HEAT 368 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:29,020 AND MAXIMIZE YOUR CHANCES OF BEING RESCUED. 369 00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:32,060 ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF AVOIDING 370 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,040 THE REAL KILLER HEAT OF THE DAY 371 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:35,440 IS TO GET UP EARLY AND GET MOVING 372 00:19:35,980 --> 00:19:37,140 BEFORE THE SUN GETS TOO STRONG. 373 00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:40,040 OUT HERE, EVEN BY 9:00 A.M., 374 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:42,260 IT IT CAN BE OVER 120 DEGREES. 375 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,040 AND ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING DRESSED, 376 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:48,060 CHECK ALL YOUR CLOTHES AND ALSO YOUR BOOTS 377 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:49,280 FOR SCORPIONS. 378 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:50,340 WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, 379 00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:53,440 THEY SEEK SHADY, HIDDEN-AWAY, DARK PLACES. 380 00:19:53,980 --> 00:19:57,220 THEY'RE NOCTURNAL, AND A PAIR OF SHOES IS IDEAL FOR THEM. 381 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,380 WATER IS ALWAYS YOUR MAIN PRIORITY, 382 00:20:00,420 --> 00:20:03,420 SO I NEED TO CHECK MY DEW TRAP TO SEE IF I'VE GOT ANY. 383 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:05,300 JUST A DROP WILL HELP. 384 00:20:05,340 --> 00:20:09,220 WHAT I'M HOPING HERE IS THAT BECAUSE THIS STUFF IS HEATED UP, 385 00:20:09,260 --> 00:20:13,020 THAT THE ROCKS UNDERNEATH SHOULD HAVE STAYED COOL. 386 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,080 AND THEN THAT CONTRAST 387 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:16,420 SHOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONDENSATION. 388 00:20:18,340 --> 00:20:20,040 AND YOU CAN SEE. 389 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:22,080 IT'S NOT MUCH, 390 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,980 BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. 391 00:20:26,020 --> 00:20:27,080 ( SLURPING ) 392 00:20:27,340 --> 00:20:29,100 IF YOU'VE HAD A CAMPFIRE, 393 00:20:29,180 --> 00:20:31,960 USE THE CHARCOAL TO PROTECT YOUR EYES FROM THE SUN. 394 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,440 IT REDUCES THE GLARE 395 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:35,340 AND STOPS YOUR CORNEAS FROM FRYING. 396 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,980 AND THIS IS WHY YOU'LL OFTEN SEE 397 00:20:39,220 --> 00:20:43,080 SPORTSMEN WITH THESE STREAKS OF BLACK ACROSS THEIR NOSE. 398 00:20:49,140 --> 00:20:52,120 COVER AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY YOUR HEAD. 399 00:20:52,380 --> 00:20:55,040 THE LAST THING YOU NEED IS HEAT STROKE. 400 00:20:57,220 --> 00:21:00,280 COME ON. ALMOST THERE. 401 00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:19,400 THE SAHARA HAS TO BE THE EMPTIEST LARDER IN THE WORLD, 402 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,100 BUT RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO SATISFY YOUR HUNGER 403 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,060 WITH JUST ANYTHING, LIKE THE DESERT GOURD. 404 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,400 THEY LOOK LIKE REALLY DELICIOUS WATERMELON, 405 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:32,000 BUT THEY'RE NOT. 406 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,000 WELL, LET'S CUT THIS OPEN. 407 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:37,180 IF YOU TRIED TO EAT THIS, 408 00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:39,380 IT WOULD BE REALLY BITTER AND MAKE YOU SICK. 409 00:21:39,420 --> 00:21:41,380 SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO DEHYDRATE YOU FURTHER. 410 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:43,260 BUT WHAT THEY DO HAVE 411 00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:46,400 IS GOOD ANTISEPTIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES, 412 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,360 SO IF YOU GOT, LIKE, BITTEN BY A SNAKE 413 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,060 OR STUNG BY A SCORPION, 414 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,040 YOU COULD PUT THIS ON IT, AND IT WOULD HELP. 415 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,080 AND ACTUALLY, THE LOCAL NOMADS OUT HERE, 416 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:57,120 THEY'LL USE THIS, WIPE THEIR BACKSIDE WITH IT 417 00:21:57,180 --> 00:21:59,020 AND HELP THEIR HEMORRHOIDS. 418 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:00,960 BUT I DON'T NEED THAT. 419 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,400 WHERE SOME PLANTS MIGHT MAKE YOU SICK, 420 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,260 YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK 421 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:08,000 TO FIND SOMETHING SAFE TO EAT. 422 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,060 BETWEEN US, THE CREW HAVE MANAGED 423 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:13,360 TO CATCH ONE OF THESE LITTLE SAND FISHES. 424 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:16,200 AND THESE ARE LIKE LITTLE LIZARDS, 425 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,040 BUT WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT THIS GUY 426 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,080 IS THAT HE USES HIS ARMS AND LEGS 427 00:22:20,140 --> 00:22:22,280 TO ACTUALLY SWIM UNDER THE SAND. 428 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,020 AND IF I LET HIM GO, IF I'M IN DEEP SAND, 429 00:22:25,060 --> 00:22:28,060 HE WOULD JUST SHOOT AWAY STRAIGHT INTO THE SAND 430 00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:30,060 AND BURROW LIKE A METER DEEP, 431 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:33,340 AND THAT'S HIS WAY OF GETTING AWAY FROM PREDATORS. 432 00:22:33,380 --> 00:22:37,060 BUT LET'S LET HIM GO HERE AND SEE WHAT HE DOES. 433 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:39,220 THIS SAND IS HOPEFULLY NOT TOO DEEP, 434 00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:42,240 SO HE SHOULD PROBABLY HEAD FOR THE DEEPER SAND. 435 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,100 BUT THEY'RE FAST. 436 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,260 LOOK, YOU CAN SEE HIM ALREADY BURROWING HIS WAY IN HERE. 437 00:22:50,340 --> 00:22:52,320 SEE THAT? AMAZING. 438 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,380 OH, THERE HE IS. 439 00:23:11,180 --> 00:23:12,300 GOT HIM AGAIN. 440 00:23:12,340 --> 00:23:14,300 THAT'S HOW FAST THIS LITTLE FELLOW IS. 441 00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:16,440 HE JUST DISAPPEARS INTO THE SAND. 442 00:23:17,060 --> 00:23:20,420 BUT ACTUALLY HE'S ALSO GOOD FOOD. 443 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,420 I'LL JUST GET RID OF THE HEAD -- 444 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:27,140 PERSONALLY I FIND THEM OVERRATED -- 445 00:23:27,180 --> 00:23:29,340 BUT THE REST OF THE BODY LOOKS DELICIOUS. 446 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,000 ( CRUNCHING ) 447 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:42,960 OH, IT'S LIKE A BIG MIX... 448 00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:47,040 OF BLOOD, GUTS, AND SCALES. 449 00:23:55,020 --> 00:23:56,040 AH. 450 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,140 ( GROANS ) 451 00:23:58,380 --> 00:23:59,400 BETTER THAN NOTHING. 452 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:02,260 A PICK-ME-UP IN THE BAKING HELL OF THE DESERT. 453 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,200 THE SUN IS NOW AT ITS HIGHEST AND HOTTEST, 454 00:24:08,340 --> 00:24:10,100 AND IT'S A HEARTLESS ENEMY. 455 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,360 REALLY, THE HEAT OUT HERE IS JUST RELENTLESS. 456 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,960 AND WE'VE JUST HAD TO EVACUATE ANOTHER OF THE CREW 457 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,200 WITH HEAT STROKE, 458 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,180 AND IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE THEY'RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES. 459 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,960 BUT REALLY, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO LIVE 460 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,140 AND SURVIVE ALL DAY AND NIGHT 461 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:29,220 INSIDE A VERY HOT OVEN. 462 00:24:34,420 --> 00:24:37,340 FINDING SHADE FOR ME AND THE CREW IS CRITICAL, 463 00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:41,020 BUT THE DESERT IS ALWAYS FULL OF DEADLY SURPRISES. 464 00:24:41,220 --> 00:24:42,320 WE'VE GOT A COBRA. 465 00:24:43,260 --> 00:24:44,400 COME IN VERY GENTLY. 466 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,280 OF THE FOUR KINDS OF SNAKES IN THE SAHARA, 467 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:50,180 THE EGYPTIAN COBRA IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS. 468 00:24:51,180 --> 00:24:53,420 THIS ONE'S BEEN BROUGHT HERE FROM NEARBY 469 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,400 FOR ME TO SHOW YOU HOW TO STAY SAFE. 470 00:24:57,980 --> 00:24:59,200 THE FIRST THING YOU'VE GOT TO DO 471 00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:01,440 IS JUST KEEP ABSOLUTELY STILL. 472 00:25:03,180 --> 00:25:05,040 ( HISSING ) 473 00:25:06,020 --> 00:25:07,380 THIS ONE'S AROUND FOUR FOOT LONG, 474 00:25:07,980 --> 00:25:10,980 AND IF YOU DIDN'T STAY STILL, THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. 475 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:15,120 IT CAN STRIKE UP TO HALF HIS BODY LENGTH IN UNDER A SECOND. 476 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:16,420 ( HISSING ) 477 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,320 THERE YOU GO, SEE THAT HOOD COMING RIGHT OUT? 478 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:23,420 AND THESE GUYS MOVE SO FAST. 479 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,300 THEY KILL ALMOST 100 PEOPLE A YEAR IN AFRICA. 480 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,200 THERE YOU GO. SEE HIM STRIKE THAT? 481 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,100 ALWAYS BACK OFF SLOWLY, 482 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:35,140 AND NEVER CORNER A COBRA, 483 00:25:35,340 --> 00:25:37,040 BUT GIVE IT ROOM TO MAKE A GETAWAY. 484 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,420 THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GIVE THIS GUY A REALLY GOOD BERTH NOW 485 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,320 AND LEAVE HIM ALONE. 486 00:25:42,380 --> 00:25:45,060 COME ACROSS THIS IN THE NIGHT, THOUGH, 487 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,960 AND IT COULD BE ALL OVER FOR SOMEONE. 488 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,960 BUT IT'S THE MERCILESS HEAT OUT HERE 489 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,400 THAT IS ALWAYS THE MAJOR KILLER. 490 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,200 AND THE SAHARA STILL HAS PLENTY TO THROW AT YOU 491 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,380 IN YOUR STRUGGLE TO STAY ALIVE. 492 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,080 THE MORE YOU FIGHT THIS THING, 493 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:09,400 THE MORE IT'S GOING TO PULL YOU IN. 494 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,220 Grylls:I'M IN THE SAHARA DESERT IN NORTH AFRICA. 495 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:35,060 THE HEAT'S A KILLER, THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING TO EAT, 496 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:38,320 AND THERE'S BARELY A DROP OF WATER TO HELP YOU STAY ALIVE. 497 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,000 AND RIGHT NOW I'M SEARCHING FOR SHADE, ANY SHADE. 498 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,000 SEE THAT LITTLE TREE OVER THERE? 499 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:50,320 WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE. THIS HEAT IS JUST KILLING. 500 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,140 WE'VE GOT TO FIND SHADE. 501 00:26:59,940 --> 00:27:04,060 AHH, THIS SHADE REALLY IS A LIFESAVER. 502 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,040 THAT SUN ISSOSTRONG... 503 00:27:12,260 --> 00:27:14,140 SO STRONG. 504 00:27:15,060 --> 00:27:18,220 CAN ALREADY FEEL IT'S COOLER, MUCH COOLER. 505 00:27:19,060 --> 00:27:21,280 IT'S WEIRD, JUST THIS ONE TREE GROWING 506 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,380 IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DESERT OF JUST DUNES AND DUNES. 507 00:27:25,940 --> 00:27:28,960 I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS THING EVEN SURVIVES. 508 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:34,120 THIS TAMARISK TREE IS PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO THE DESERT. 509 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,380 ITS ROOTS BURROW DOWN AS DEEP AS 50 FEET -- 510 00:27:37,940 --> 00:27:40,300 WAY, WAY TOO FAR TO BE ABLE TO DIG FOR WATER. 511 00:27:40,940 --> 00:27:43,340 BUT AT LEAST THE LEAVES PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING SHADE. 512 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,000 ONE THING I CAN DO TO COOL MYSELF DOWN EVEN MORE 513 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,420 IS JUST DIG DOWN INTO THE SAND 514 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,360 AND MAKE A TRENCH TO LIE IN. 515 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:55,380 ACTUALLY IF YOU JUST DIG DOWN JUST LITERALLY HALF A FOOT, 516 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:58,040 IT CAN BE UP TO 60 DEGREES COOLER. 517 00:27:58,300 --> 00:28:03,160 SO IT'S WORTH A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT JUST TO TRY AND GET DOWN. 518 00:28:03,980 --> 00:28:05,420 NEED TO GET MYSELF SOMETHING TO DIG WITH. 519 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,180 SUDDENLY THERE'S A REAL DIFFERENCE 520 00:28:13,220 --> 00:28:14,280 IN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SAND. 521 00:28:14,980 --> 00:28:17,320 THIS STUFF IS ROASTING. 522 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,060 THIS IS COOLER. 523 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:22,380 BUT THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER. 524 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:24,320 GET DOWN A BIT MORE. 525 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,260 SO I CAN ACTUALLY GET IN IT. 526 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,400 OH. HEAVEN. 527 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:34,400 WHEW! 528 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,400 AVOID MOVING IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY, 529 00:28:37,940 --> 00:28:40,060 A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF NOON. 530 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:42,140 IF YOU TRAVEL ONLY AT DAWN AND DUSK, 531 00:28:42,180 --> 00:28:44,940 YOU'LL PROBABLY SURVIVE FOR A DAY LONGER, 532 00:28:44,980 --> 00:28:46,240 EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE WATER. 533 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,080 WHAT WATER THERE IS, 534 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,100 IS OFTEN OUT OF YOUR REACH, DEEP UNDERGROUND. 535 00:28:52,140 --> 00:28:56,100 BUT SOMETIMES TINY DESERT SPRINGS BUBBLE TO THE SURFACE. 536 00:28:56,140 --> 00:28:57,280 BUT DON'T BE FOOLED. 537 00:28:57,340 --> 00:29:00,100 THIS COULD BE LETHAL QUICKSAND. 538 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,200 IT'S BEEN KNOWN TO SWALLOW PEOPLE AND VEHICLES WHOLE. 539 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,360 WE'VE SET THIS UP 540 00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:10,080 SO I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO GET OUT OF IT ALIVE. 541 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,280 AND WHAT'S NASTY ABOUT THIS STUFF IS, 542 00:29:12,340 --> 00:29:16,340 THE MORE YOU FIGHT IT, THE MORE IT PULLS YOU IN. 543 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,100 AND THEN YOU SUDDENLY REALIZE 544 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,140 IT'S NOT JUST THIS CRUST OF SAND THAT YOU THOUGHT, 545 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,340 BUT ACTUALLY IT'S ALL THAT CLAY AND WATER. 546 00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:28,380 AND EACH TIME YOU TRY AND PULL YOUR LEG UP, 547 00:29:28,940 --> 00:29:32,060 THE SUCTION JUST PULLS IT BACK IN. 548 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:35,000 THAT IS WHY THESE THINGS ARE SO DANGEROUS. 549 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,340 AND THE REASON THESE CAN ACTUALLY KILL PEOPLE 550 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:40,120 IS NOT BECAUSE THEY SWALLOW YOU. 551 00:29:40,260 --> 00:29:42,400 IT'S BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T LET YOU OUT OF IT. 552 00:29:42,940 --> 00:29:45,400 AND THE KILLER IS THAT, THE SUN. 553 00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:51,260 OKAY, I WANT TO TRY AND GET OUT OF THIS PLACE NOW. 554 00:29:52,420 --> 00:29:55,160 THE QUICKSAND IS TWICE AS DENSE AS YOUR BODY, 555 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,180 SO IN THEORY, IT SHOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DROWN. 556 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,280 BUT IF YOU PANIC, YOU JUST GET SUCKED IN FURTHER 557 00:30:01,340 --> 00:30:03,940 AND YOU WON'T HAVE A HOPE OF GETTING OUT. 558 00:30:05,380 --> 00:30:09,240 IT'S REALLY TEMPTING JUST TO REACH OUT AND GRAB A HAND. 559 00:30:09,420 --> 00:30:11,160 BUT ACTUALLY, IN MANY WAYS, 560 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:12,940 THAT'S THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO. 561 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:14,980 THE DANGER IS YOU THEN PULL SOMEBODY ELSE 562 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,060 INTO THE SAME SITUATION YOU'RE IN. 563 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,200 OR YOU COULD DISLOCATE YOUR SHOULDER. 564 00:30:19,380 --> 00:30:22,260 BUT GETTING OUT OF HERE IS A BATTLE. 565 00:30:23,060 --> 00:30:24,960 ONLY LAST YEAR, TWO YOUNG TEENAGERS 566 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,400 WERE OUT LOOKING FOR FOOD ON THE BOTTOM OF A MUDDY LAKE, 567 00:30:28,940 --> 00:30:30,980 AND BOTH DIED IN QUICKSAND. 568 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,060 SO, THE WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS IS TO TRY... 569 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,400 AND PULL YOUR LEGS UP... 570 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,240 TOWARDS THE SURFACE. 571 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,260 REALLY, THE NUMBER-ONE RULE IS KEEP CALM. 572 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:46,340 DON'T FIGHT IT. 573 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:48,280 THE MORE YOU FIGHT THIS THING, 574 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,360 THE MORE IT'S GOING TO PULL YOU IN. 575 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,020 SO JUST TRY AND CONTROL YOUR BREATHING... 576 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,980 AND TRY AND MANEUVER YOUR CHEST ONTO THE SURFACE. 577 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,960 I'LL TRY AND GET A LEG OUT. 578 00:31:02,380 --> 00:31:06,940 AND THEN JUST MONKEY-CRAWL YOUR WAY OUT. 579 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,160 ( GROANS ) 580 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:22,260 GOD, IT FEELS LIKE I'VE GOT LEAD BOOTS ON. 581 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,940 THE FIRST THING YOU'VE GOT TO DO 582 00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:30,060 IS GET THESE MUDDY CLOTHES OFF. 583 00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:33,200 IF YOU TRY WALKING FAR LIKE THIS, 584 00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:34,320 YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GET 585 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,280 MASSIVE RUBBING ALL THE WAY UNDER YOUR ARMPITS 586 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,340 AND INSIDE YOUR LEGS, 587 00:31:39,380 --> 00:31:44,140 AND YOU'LL BE RUBBED RED RAW IN HALF AN HOUR. 588 00:31:44,980 --> 00:31:45,360 JUST STRIP OFF 589 00:31:45,940 --> 00:31:48,260 AND TRY AND GET AS MUCH OF THE GRIT OFF YOU AS YOU CAN. 590 00:31:49,940 --> 00:31:52,400 IF YOU DON'T, THE GRIT IN YOUR ARMPITS AND GROIN 591 00:31:52,940 --> 00:31:54,120 WILL MAKE YOUR SKIN ERUPT 592 00:31:54,180 --> 00:31:56,140 INTOHORRIBLE INFECTIONS AND BOILS. 593 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,100 AND IF SAND CLOGS UP YOUR SWEAT GLANDS, 594 00:31:59,140 --> 00:32:01,360 YOU COULD END UP WITH PAINFUL, PRICKLY HEAT RASH, 595 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,360 WHICH IS UNBEARABLY ITCHY. 596 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,380 NEVER GIVE YOURSELF ANY MORE TROUBLE THAN YOU NEED. 597 00:32:14,340 --> 00:32:16,320 ONCE YOU'VE GOT MOST OF THE GRIT OUT, 598 00:32:16,940 --> 00:32:18,340 QUICKLY GET YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON 599 00:32:18,420 --> 00:32:20,960 SO THE SUN DOESN'T SEAR YOUR FLESH. 600 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,040 TO STAY ALIVE IN THE DESERT, 601 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,200 YOU CAN COVER MORE GROUND IF YOU TRAVEL AT NIGHT, 602 00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:31,160 BUT THERE ARE HIDDEN DANGERS. 603 00:32:31,220 --> 00:32:34,940 THIS PLACE IS IDEAL FOR SCORPIONS AND FOR SNAKES. 604 00:32:44,020 --> 00:32:47,060 Grylls:I'M IN THE SAHARA DESERT IN NORTH AFRICA, 605 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:50,020 IN ONE OF THE MOST EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS ON EARTH, 606 00:32:50,060 --> 00:32:53,280 ACROSS VAST SAND DUNES WHICH CAN BE 10 TIMES 607 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,280 THE HEIGHT OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. 608 00:32:56,060 --> 00:32:58,400 NOW I'M IN THE ROCKY DESERT KNOWN AS HAMADA. 609 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,980 IT'S MILE AFTER MILE OF DESOLATION 610 00:33:02,020 --> 00:33:03,400 SPANNING A FIFTH OF THE SAHARA, 611 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:06,020 AND IT'S A PLAYGROUND OF DEADLY CREATURES. 612 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,320 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO STAY ALIVE. 613 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,980 WE GOT QUITE A LOT OF THESE ACACIA TREES 614 00:33:13,020 --> 00:33:14,360 DOTTED THROUGHOUT THE SAHARA. 615 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,120 AND I CAN TELL IT'S ACACIA JUST BY -- 616 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,000 LOOK AT THE BRANCH HERE. 617 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:23,020 YOU'VE GOT THESE VERY THORNY BRANCHES. 618 00:33:23,060 --> 00:33:25,200 THIS IS REALLY CLASSIC AFRICAN TREE. 619 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:29,120 BUT WHAT I WANT FROM THIS TREE IS THE GUM ON IT. 620 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,040 LET'S BREAK THIS OFF. 621 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,040 THIS IS ACACIA GUM, 622 00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:39,040 AND THEY USE THIS ACTUALLY AS A BASE 623 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,200 IN SYRUPS AND CANDIES AND CHEWING GUM. 624 00:33:41,260 --> 00:33:44,000 WHAT I CAN DO IS JUST POP IT IN MY MOUTH, 625 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,980 AND IT WILL GIVE ME SOMETHING TO SUCK 626 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,020 AND GET THE SALIVA GOING. 627 00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:49,300 MY MOUTH IS DRY, DRY. 628 00:33:51,180 --> 00:33:54,100 THE ACACIAS ARE A GOOD INDICATOR THAT YOU'RE CLOSER 629 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,400 TO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, 630 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,400 AND THEY'RE YOUR ONLY WAY OUT OF HERE, 631 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,120 IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THAT FAR. 632 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,060 NOW THE HEAT OF THE DAY IS DYING. 633 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,180 THIS IS A MUCH BETTER TIME 634 00:34:08,220 --> 00:34:11,020 FOR YOU TO BE MOVING THROUGH THE DESERT. 635 00:34:11,060 --> 00:34:14,200 AND ALL OF THIS AREA HERE IS CALLED HAMADA, 636 00:34:14,940 --> 00:34:17,300 WHICH MEANS THERE'S DESERT LITTERED WITH THESE, 637 00:34:17,340 --> 00:34:22,400 LIKE, FIST-SIZE, TENNIS-BALL-SIZE ROCKS. 638 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,240 BUT THE DANGER OF MOVING THROUGH HERE AT THIS TIME OF DAY 639 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,020 IS THAT THIS PLACE IS IDEAL HIDING 640 00:34:29,060 --> 00:34:31,980 FOR SCORPIONS AND FOR SNAKES. 641 00:34:33,380 --> 00:34:34,980 IF YOU CAN CONQUER YOUR FEARS 642 00:34:35,020 --> 00:34:37,020 OF WHAT MIGHT BE LURKING OUT THERE, 643 00:34:37,060 --> 00:34:39,360 WALKING AT NIGHT MORE THAN DOUBLES YOUR CHANCES 644 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,920 OF SURVIVAL IN ANY DESERT. 645 00:34:42,060 --> 00:34:44,160 BUT YOU'LL FEEL MORE ISOLATED THAN EVER 646 00:34:44,240 --> 00:34:46,140 IN THE SILENCE OF THE DARK. 647 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,920 GOOD THING ABOUT MOVING AT NIGHTTIME 648 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,320 IS AT LEAST IT'S GOING TO KEEP YOU WARM. 649 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,020 AND ON THE WHOLE, THE PROS OF MOVING AT NIGHT 650 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,200 OUTWEIGH THE CONS, I RECKON. 651 00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:03,340 YES, THERE ARE GONNA BE MORE SNAKES, 652 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,080 ESPECIALLY IN THIS HAMADA AREA, 653 00:35:05,180 --> 00:35:09,040 BUT AT LEAST YOU DON'T GET THAT SCORCHING HEAT OF THE DAY. 654 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,960 WALK WITH A HEAVY FOOTFALL 655 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,340 SO THAT VIBRATIONS LET ANY SNAKES KNOW 656 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:18,000 THAT YOU'RE AROUND. 657 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,320 HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. 658 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:24,140 THE BEST WAY OF NAVIGATING AT NIGHT IN THE DESERT 659 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:25,960 IS JUST TO USE THE STARS. 660 00:35:26,060 --> 00:35:27,380 AND IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, 661 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,200 THE MOST RELIABLE ONE TO USE IS THE NORTH STAR. 662 00:35:31,060 --> 00:35:32,940 BUT THE WAY TO FIND THE NORTH STAR 663 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,080 IS TO USE THE BIG DIPPER, OR THE PLOW. 664 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,260 AND WHAT YOU DO, YOU TAKE THE START OF IT, 665 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,300 FOLLOW THE HANDLE AROUND DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, 666 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:43,140 AND THEN YOU TAKE THE LAST TWO, 667 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:44,980 AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LAST TWO, 668 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:46,400 YOU MULTIPLY IT FOUR TIMES -- 669 00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:50,160 ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. 670 00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:52,020 POINTS DIRECTLY AT THE NORTH STAR. 671 00:35:55,060 --> 00:35:57,360 THERE'S A RUNNING RACE THAT GOES THROUGH THE SAHARA 672 00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,380 CALLED THE MARATHON DES SABLES. 673 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,300 IT'S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST FOOT RACES ON EARTH. 674 00:36:02,340 --> 00:36:05,940 THERE'S A STORY OF ONE GUY WHO GOT LOST IN A SANDSTORM. 675 00:36:06,220 --> 00:36:08,160 HE WAS OUT ON HIS OWN FOR NINE DAYS. 676 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,080 HE STAYED ALIVE BY DRINKING BAT'S BLOOD. 677 00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:13,320 BUT EVENTUALLY, IN DESPERATION, 678 00:36:14,020 --> 00:36:16,360 HE TRIED TO END HIS LIFE BY SLITTING HIS WRISTS. 679 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,040 BUT HE WAS SO DEHYDRATED, HIS BLOOD WAS SO CONGEALED, 680 00:36:20,140 --> 00:36:21,300 IT WOULDN'T EVEN RUN OUT OF HIM. 681 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:25,020 HE WAS EVENTUALLY RESCUED BY DESERT NOMADS, 682 00:36:25,060 --> 00:36:27,080 AND IT WAS THEM THAT SAVED HIS LIFE. 683 00:36:27,940 --> 00:36:30,020 NIGHT TEMPERATURES DROP TO FREEZING, 684 00:36:30,060 --> 00:36:31,940 SO IF YOU NEED SHELTER AND WARMTH, 685 00:36:31,980 --> 00:36:34,980 DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE IT'S TOO COLD OR TOO DARK. 686 00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:38,260 WHAT YOU CAN USE IS JUST WHAT NATURE'S PROVIDED. 687 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:39,340 ALL OF THESE ROCKS. 688 00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:42,360 AND ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN BAKED BOILING HOT 689 00:36:42,980 --> 00:36:44,260 BY THE SUN DURING THE DAY. 690 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,060 THEY'RE REALLY GOOD INSULATORS, 691 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,100 AND THEY'RE GONNA HOLD THEIR HEAT WELL. 692 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,020 SO YOU JUST NEED TO LOOK FOR A GOOD AREA 693 00:36:50,180 --> 00:36:52,160 TO BUILD A BIT OF A ROCK WALL AROUND YOU. 694 00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:56,320 TRY AND MOVE SOME OF THESE. 695 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,160 IDEALLY, YOU SHOULD DO THIS IN DAYLIGHT 696 00:36:59,220 --> 00:37:01,020 SO YOU CAN SEE ANY SCORPIONS 697 00:37:01,060 --> 00:37:02,380 WHICH LOVE THIS TYPE OF TERRAIN. 698 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,200 AND JUST AS AN EMERGENCY FORM OF SHELTER, 699 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,020 THE BERBERS WILL USE THIS AS WELL. 700 00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:12,180 IT'S JUST A WAY OF KEEPING THEM WARM THROUGH THE NIGHT 701 00:37:12,220 --> 00:37:13,360 IF THEY'RE CAUGHT OUT. 702 00:37:14,060 --> 00:37:17,920 THE BLACK ROCKS OF THE HAMADA GET HOTTER THAN THE SAND 703 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,000 DURING THE DAY, 704 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:20,280 AND THEY RETAIN THEIR HEAT. 705 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,080 NATURE'S OWN RADIATOR AND PERFECT IF YOU NEED TO REST. 706 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,300 IT'S PRETTY BASIC, BUT IT SHOULD DO. 707 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,000 AND IF I WIGGLE MY WAY INTO THIS... 708 00:37:33,940 --> 00:37:37,160 ...CAREFULLY, WITHOUT DISLODGING EVERYTHING... 709 00:37:38,980 --> 00:37:43,240 ...I CAN ACTUALLY ALREADY FEEL THE WARMTH OF THAT. 710 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,980 AND I'M SHELTERED FROM THE WIND BEHIND ME 711 00:37:46,060 --> 00:37:47,240 IF I NESTLE DOWN INTO THAT. 712 00:37:48,060 --> 00:37:51,380 THERE'S HEAT RADIATING OFF ALL OF THESE ROCKS. 713 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:54,260 AND IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE THE BEST NIGHT YOU'D EVER SPEND, 714 00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,320 BUT IT COULD WELL SAVE YOUR LIFE 715 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,040 IF YOU'RE CAUGHT OUT IN THIS HAMADA. 716 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,380 OKAY, I'M GOING TO KEEP WALKING. 717 00:38:05,380 --> 00:38:06,380 WE'LL LEAVE THAT. 718 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,000 YOU NEVER KNOW -- SOMEBODY ONE DAY MIGHT USE IT. 719 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:17,020 KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU, 720 00:38:17,060 --> 00:38:19,340 AND YOU CAN COVER MORE GROUND AT NIGHT THAN IN DAY, 721 00:38:20,140 --> 00:38:21,960 POSSIBLY AROUND 20 MILES. 722 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,060 BUT THERE'S MORE TROUBLE TO COME -- 723 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,380 SOME OF THE DESERT'S MOST POISONOUS PLANTS. 724 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,060 THESE ARE DEADLY. 725 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,160 Grylls:I'M IN THE SAHARA IN NORTH AFRICA, 726 00:38:44,220 --> 00:38:47,900 SHOWING HOW TO SURVIVE IN THIS EXTREME DESERT ENVIRONMENT. 727 00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:50,900 IF YOU WERE LOST IN THIS PART OF THE SAHARA, 728 00:38:50,940 --> 00:38:53,220 YOUR ONLY WAY OUT IS TO HEAD FOR THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, 729 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,360 BUT IT'S MILES AND MILES OF DEADLY TERRAIN TO REACH THEM. 730 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,180 SOMEHOW YOU'VE GOT TO STAY ALIVE. 731 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,240 VIRTUALLY NOTHING GROWS IN THE DESERT, 732 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,000 AND WHAT LITTLE THERE IS 733 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:05,940 ISN'T ALWAYS WHAT IT MIGHT SEEM. 734 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,940 HOWEVER TIRED YOU ARE, HOWEVER HUNGRY YOU ARE, 735 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:10,360 UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 736 00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:12,300 YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE. 737 00:39:12,380 --> 00:39:14,240 YOU'RE MOVING THROUGH THE DESERT, 738 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,020 AND SUDDENLY YOU COME ACROSS THESE SORT OF BUSHES -- 739 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,100 YOU MIGHT THINK, "GREAT, FOOD." 740 00:39:19,220 --> 00:39:20,900 LOOKS LIKE MANNA FROM HEAVEN. 741 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,280 BUT YOU'D BE WRONG. THESE ARE DEADLY. 742 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,000 AND WHAT THEY'RE CALLED IS CALITROPIS. 743 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,360 YOU CAN TELL THAT FROM THESE BIG LEAVES 744 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,300 AND THESE FRUIT, LIKE AVOCADOS. 745 00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:32,140 BUT LOOK, IF I BREAK THIS, 746 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,000 YOU GET THIS MILKY SAP, 747 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,100 AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET THAT ON YOURSELF. 748 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,000 GET THAT IN YOUR EYE, IT WILL BLIND YOU. 749 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,940 TRY AND EAT ANY OF THIS, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE SICK FOR DAYS. 750 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,300 AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW CAN THIS IS 751 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,080 THAT'S WAS STRONG AS TOUGHEST 752 00:39:54,140 --> 00:39:57,360 EVEN CAMELS, THE ULTIMATE DESERT SURVIVAL MACHINES, 753 00:39:57,940 --> 00:39:59,000 CAN'T TAKE THESE. 754 00:39:59,140 --> 00:40:00,940 ONE BITE OF A CALITROPIS PLANT, 755 00:40:00,980 --> 00:40:02,040 AND THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN 756 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:04,300 TO STAGGER AROUND IN CIRCLES FOR HOURS. 757 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,100 TO STAY ALIVE OUT HERE MEANS GETTING WATER. 758 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,180 DRIED-UP RIVERBEDS ARE RARE, 759 00:40:12,220 --> 00:40:14,320 BUT THEY COULD BE THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYERS. 760 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,060 WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AS 761 00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:17,940 I'VE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THIS GULLY -- 762 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,920 ARE JUST AREAS OF TELLTALE SIGNS OF WATER, 763 00:40:21,180 --> 00:40:23,920 THINGS LIKE THE VEGETATION AROUND HERE, 764 00:40:24,020 --> 00:40:26,360 ANY GREENERY THAT NEEDS WATER FOR LIFE. 765 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,000 ALSO, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AREAS 766 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,300 WHERE THE RIVER AT ONE POINT WOULD RUN IN 767 00:40:31,340 --> 00:40:33,280 BUT THEN STRUGGLE TO RUN OUT OF. 768 00:40:34,020 --> 00:40:35,920 AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, AT ONE POINT, 769 00:40:35,980 --> 00:40:37,160 THE RIVER WOULD HAVE FLOWED ALONG, 770 00:40:37,220 --> 00:40:38,900 AND THEN THERE'S THIS, LIKE, DIP, 771 00:40:38,980 --> 00:40:41,100 AND THEN IT BEGINS TO GO UP HERE. 772 00:40:41,140 --> 00:40:42,140 SO WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, 773 00:40:42,220 --> 00:40:44,140 A POOL OF WATER WOULD COLLECT HERE, 774 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:46,900 AND AS IT DRIED, IT WOULD SOAK INTO ALL OF THIS. 775 00:40:47,060 --> 00:40:49,200 YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR OF THE SAND HERE. 776 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,940 IT'S MUCH DARKER THAN AROUND HERE. 777 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,940 SO I RECKON IF I DIG DOWN INTO THIS, 778 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:56,240 I MIGHT WELL FIND WATER. 779 00:40:57,060 --> 00:41:01,040 THE BEST PLACE TO DIG IS SANDY SOIL ON AN OUTSIDE BEND. 780 00:41:01,940 --> 00:41:03,320 RAIN SOAKS IN VERY QUICKLY, 781 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,000 BUT DEEPER DOWN YOU MIGHT FIND WATER. 782 00:41:06,260 --> 00:41:09,160 YOU'VE ALREADY SIGNS JUST A FEW INCHES UNDER IT. 783 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:11,060 LOOK AT THE COLOR DIFFERENCE. 784 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,920 THERE'S DEFINITELY MOISTURE DOWN HERE. 785 00:41:13,980 --> 00:41:15,980 REALLY, IN A DESERT THIS DRY, 786 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:22,240 EVEN TO FIND THIS SORT OF STUFF, COOL, PRETTY MOIST SAND, 787 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,180 IS A REAL RESULT. 788 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:26,380 BUT HOW AM I GOING TO GET THE WATER? 789 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,220 LET'S KEEP DIGGING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, 790 00:41:31,980 --> 00:41:33,260 TRY AND THINK OF A PLAN. 791 00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:37,000 MAYBE JUST USE MY T-SHIRT. 792 00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:41,220 WRAP THAT UP... 793 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,340 AND THEN JUST START TO WRING IT. 794 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:47,260 AND ANY MOISTURE IN THIS 795 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:49,260 WILL GET FORCED TO THE BOTTOM 796 00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:50,940 AND THEN HOPEFULLY OUT. 797 00:41:51,980 --> 00:41:54,200 ( SQUEAKING ) 798 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:05,980 NOT VERY MUCH, BUT I'M DEFINITELY GETTING ENOUGH 799 00:42:06,220 --> 00:42:08,200 JUST TO WET MY LIPS, WET MY MOUTH. 800 00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:14,240 WELL, BETTER THAN NOTHING. 801 00:42:17,180 --> 00:42:18,920 OKAY. LET'S KEEP MOVING ON. 802 00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:27,960 ALL OF THESE FOOTHILLS HERE 803 00:42:28,140 --> 00:42:31,220 ARE THE SOUTHERNMOST TIP OF THE ANTI-ATLAS, 804 00:42:31,900 --> 00:42:34,160 WHICH IS THE GIANT VOLCANIC RANGE 805 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,340 THAT EXTENDS OUT FROM THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS. 806 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,960 BUT FROM HERE, THERE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 807 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,220 ANY OBVIOUS ROUTE THROUGH THEM. 808 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:50,060 BUT THERE ARE CLUES THAT NOW YOU MAY NOT BE FAR FROM HELP. 809 00:42:50,380 --> 00:42:52,160 DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, 810 00:42:52,260 --> 00:42:54,220 BUT SOMEBODY HAS DEFINITELY CARVED MAYBE -- 811 00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:56,260 LOOKS LIKE MAYBE A GAZELLE. 812 00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,300 AND THESE ARE PROBABLY OLD BERBER DRAWINGS. 813 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,220 AND THIS IS WHAT THESE GUYS WOULD DO. 814 00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:03,920 THEY'D CARVE INTO THE ROCK 815 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,940 THE IMAGES OF THE ANIMALS THEY WERE HUNTING. 816 00:43:06,980 --> 00:43:08,120 WHAT I JUST FIND AMAZING 817 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,940 IS THAT THESE DRAWINGS HAVE SURVIVED FOR THAT LONG 818 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,940 AGAINST SUCH POWERFUL FORCES OF NATURE OUT HERE. 819 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,320 ALL THIS AREA IS HUNTING GROUND 820 00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:21,140 FOR THE LEGENDARY BERBERS, 821 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,200 NOMADS WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE SAHARA 822 00:43:23,260 --> 00:43:24,320 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS 823 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,080 AND WHO ARE THE MASTERS OF DESERT SURVIVAL. 824 00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:30,100 WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE NEEDED TO RELY 825 00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:32,940 ON SOME OF THOSE VERY SAME SURVIVAL SKILLS. 826 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:34,260 BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG. 827 00:43:34,340 --> 00:43:36,360 DESPITE THE BEAUTY OF THE SAHARA, 828 00:43:36,900 --> 00:43:39,040 IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS 829 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:40,380 AND LIFE-SAPPING WILDERNESSES. 830 00:43:41,140 --> 00:43:43,300 GET IT WRONG HERE, AND YOU DIE.