1 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:13,367 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 2 00:00:13,433 --> 00:00:16,433 AND I'M GONNA SEEK OUT SOME OF THE MOST DARING CHALLENGES 3 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:19,166 IN THE MOST EXTREME LOCATIONS ON EARTH, 4 00:00:19,233 --> 00:00:20,867 WHERE HAVING THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS 5 00:00:20,934 --> 00:00:23,834 CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 6 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:25,166 WHOO! 7 00:00:25,233 --> 00:00:28,934 NOW I'VE COME TO PANAMA, CENTRAL AMERICA. 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,433 I'M GONNA BE DROPPED INTO SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS 9 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,433 JUNGLE AND MANGROVE SWAMPS IN THE WORLD, 10 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:36,200 TEEMING WITH DEADLY CREATURES AND PLANTS 11 00:00:36,266 --> 00:00:39,700 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET OUT ALIVE... 12 00:00:39,767 --> 00:00:42,166 WHERE YOU'LL HAVE TO FACE DOWN YOUR BIGGEST FEARS... 13 00:00:42,233 --> 00:00:43,400 OH, BATS! 14 00:00:43,467 --> 00:00:44,567 THESE CAN BITE. 15 00:00:44,634 --> 00:00:47,600 ...SWALLOW MORE THAN YOUR PRIDE... 16 00:00:47,667 --> 00:00:49,233 I'M GONNA EAT HIM. 17 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:52,834 ...PUSH YOURSELF TO THE LIMITS OF ENDURANCE... 18 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:54,934 OH! 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,767 OH, MY HANDS -- THEY'RE JUST GETTING BURNT ON THIS! 20 00:00:57,834 --> 00:01:00,700 ...AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SURVIVE. 21 00:01:00,767 --> 00:01:02,467 I DON'T LIKE IT HERE AT ALL. 22 00:01:02,533 --> 00:01:04,533 I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE NOW. 23 00:01:25,166 --> 00:01:28,100 I'M IN PANAMA, CENTRAL AMERICA. 24 00:01:28,166 --> 00:01:32,200 I'M GONNA BE DROPPED ONTO THE LEGENDARY CAMINO REAL TRAIL. 25 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:34,467 THIS 50-MILE LONG ROUTE 26 00:01:34,533 --> 00:01:37,166 SNAKES ITS WAY THROUGH PANAMA'S TREACHEROUS JUNGLE. 27 00:01:37,233 --> 00:01:41,667 THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES FORGED THIS HISTORIC ROUTE 28 00:01:41,734 --> 00:01:44,266 TO MOVE UNTOLD TREASURES OF GOLD AND JEWELS 29 00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:46,767 FROM THE PACIFIC TO THE CARIBBEAN. 30 00:01:46,834 --> 00:01:50,567 THE TRAIL ITSELF IS OVER 400 YEARS OLD, 31 00:01:50,634 --> 00:01:53,533 AND IT'S FAST BECOMING A MUST-SEE DESTINATION 32 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,533 FOR HARD-CORE TREKKERS. 33 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,533 BUT IF YOU GET LOST OUT HERE, 34 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,867 YOU'RE UNLIKELY TO MAKE IT BACK IN ONE PIECE. 35 00:02:00,934 --> 00:02:03,767 I'M GONNA PICK UP THIS MYTHICAL TRAIL 36 00:02:03,834 --> 00:02:06,333 TO FIND OUT JUST HOW TOUGH IT IS 37 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,033 AND SHOW HOW TO GET OUT ALIVE. 38 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:13,300 I'VE GOT A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS, 39 00:02:13,367 --> 00:02:16,100 AND MY CAMERA CREW ARE COMING WITH ME. 40 00:02:19,634 --> 00:02:21,667 OKAY! GO, BEAR! 41 00:02:28,033 --> 00:02:29,533 NEXT TIME I SEE THE CHOPPER, 42 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,834 IT WILL BE ON THE CARIBBEAN COAST AT THE END OF MY MISSION. 43 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:39,333 [ THUNDER RUMBLES ] 44 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,700 IT'S RAINY SEASON IN PANAMA. 45 00:02:41,767 --> 00:02:44,033 DOWNPOURS COME WITH NO WARNING, 46 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:46,967 TURNING THE FOREST FLOOR INTO A BROWN SOUP, 47 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:51,567 AND THIS THUNDERSTORM ISN'T MAKING ME FEEL ANY BETTER. 48 00:02:51,634 --> 00:02:55,767 THIS LOOKS LIKE THE TRAIL, BROKEN AND OVERGROWN, 49 00:02:55,834 --> 00:02:59,700 NOTHING MORE THAN A MUDDY VEIN WINDING THROUGH THE JUNGLE. 50 00:02:59,767 --> 00:03:02,600 ANYONE TRYING TO FOLLOW THIS PATH 51 00:03:02,667 --> 00:03:06,233 IS GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS. 52 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:09,266 WHEN THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES GOT LOST HERE, 53 00:03:09,333 --> 00:03:12,433 THEY HAD TO TURN TO THE JUNGLE'S PLANTS AND BUGS 54 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,433 TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. 55 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:18,333 IF YOU WERE LOST OUT HERE, YOU'D HAVE TO DO THE SAME. 56 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,166 HEY, CHECK THIS GUY OUT. 57 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:21,667 OH, GOT IT. 58 00:03:21,734 --> 00:03:23,934 LET'S PULL HIM OFF HERE. 59 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,300 CHECK THIS OUT. 60 00:03:25,367 --> 00:03:28,467 THIS IS A LONGHORN BEETLE, 61 00:03:28,533 --> 00:03:32,767 AND IF I JUST HOLD HIM DOWN THE BOTTOM THERE -- 62 00:03:32,834 --> 00:03:34,367 SEE HIM 'ROUND THIS WAY. 63 00:03:34,433 --> 00:03:37,367 GOD, WATCH HIM GRABBING ONTO MY FINGERS THERE. 64 00:03:37,433 --> 00:03:40,033 GET OFF, YOU BRUTE. 65 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:42,700 AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY EDIBLE, THESE THINGS. 66 00:03:42,767 --> 00:03:46,700 BUT LOOK AT THOSE PINCERS. LOOK AT THE PINCERS ON THAT. 67 00:03:46,767 --> 00:03:48,400 AND THESE ARE SO STRONG, 68 00:03:48,467 --> 00:03:51,367 THESE CAN ACTUALLY STRIP BARK OFF A TREE. 69 00:03:51,433 --> 00:03:53,033 IF I PUT MY KNIFE IN THERE... 70 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:55,367 LOOK AT THAT. IT JUST GRABS ONTO THAT. 71 00:03:55,433 --> 00:03:56,533 AMAZING. 72 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,533 BUT I'M GONNA EAT HIM. 73 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,834 I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE HEAD. LET'S CUT THAT OFF. 74 00:04:05,567 --> 00:04:08,300 AND THEN THE REST OF THIS -- 75 00:04:08,367 --> 00:04:12,333 LEGS STILL GOING, BUT THE REST OF THAT IS EDIBLE. 76 00:04:14,333 --> 00:04:16,100 OH, GOD. 77 00:04:16,166 --> 00:04:17,900 I'M GONNA TAKE HIS LEGS OFF. 78 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,634 OH, HE STILL BIT MY LIP. 79 00:04:41,834 --> 00:04:46,100 GOSH, LIKE A BIG PRAWN THAT'S BEEN SITTING AROUND FOR WEEKS, 80 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:49,900 THAT'S ALL SHELL AND ROTTING GUTS. 81 00:04:49,967 --> 00:04:52,700 NOT PARTICULARLY APPETIZING, BUT IT'S GOOD PROTEIN, 82 00:04:52,767 --> 00:04:55,066 AND I'M GONNA NEED ALL THE STRENGTH I CAN 83 00:04:55,133 --> 00:04:57,200 TO TACKLE THIS HELLHOLE. 84 00:04:57,266 --> 00:05:00,634 EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS OUT TO GET YOU. 85 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,066 [ GRUNTS ] 86 00:05:05,133 --> 00:05:06,700 ALL RIGHT? 87 00:05:06,767 --> 00:05:10,967 AND IN THE JUNGLE, EVEN THE VEGETATION CAN BE A KILLER. 88 00:05:11,033 --> 00:05:14,033 THIS IS ONE TREE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO REACH FOR THIS ONE. 89 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:17,066 LOOK AT ALL THOSE SPIKES. AND THIS IS CALLED A BLACK PALM. 90 00:05:17,133 --> 00:05:20,200 I'VE GOT ANOTHER NAME FOR IT -- IT'S A...TREE. 91 00:05:20,266 --> 00:05:21,500 WATCH OUT FOR IT. 92 00:05:21,567 --> 00:05:24,233 THESE SPIKES WILL SLASH YOUR HANDS, 93 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:26,000 AND THE WATER DRIPPING OFF THEM 94 00:05:26,066 --> 00:05:28,066 IS A LETHAL COCKTAIL OF BACTERIA. 95 00:05:28,133 --> 00:05:32,333 WOUNDS OUT HERE TURN SEPTIC IN HOURS. 96 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,066 BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS YOUR ENEMY. 97 00:05:36,133 --> 00:05:38,634 THIS PLANT HERE CAN ACTUALLY REALLY HELP ME. 98 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:40,300 IT'S CALLED THE HOMBRE GRANDE, 99 00:05:40,367 --> 00:05:42,967 WHICH MEANS "THE BIG MAN" OR "THE STRONG MAN." 100 00:05:43,033 --> 00:05:46,200 AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE INDIGENOUS TRIBES WILL USE, 101 00:05:46,266 --> 00:05:47,500 AND WHAT THEY DO 102 00:05:47,567 --> 00:05:50,133 IS BREAK OFF THIS VERY DISTINCT BIT OF THE LEAF -- 103 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,967 THIS NARROW LEAF ALONG THE STEM -- 104 00:05:53,033 --> 00:05:54,400 AND BREAK IT OFF. 105 00:05:54,467 --> 00:05:56,400 AND THEY CHEW IT, AND WHAT IT DOES -- 106 00:05:56,467 --> 00:05:58,767 IT ACTUALLY ALLEVIATES THE LACTIC ACID BUILDUP 107 00:05:58,834 --> 00:06:00,333 THAT YOU GET IN YOUR MUSCLES, 108 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,667 SO IT MEANS YOU GO FURTHER AND YOU GO FASTER. 109 00:06:02,734 --> 00:06:05,300 IT'S JUST WHAT I NEED AT THE MOMENT. 110 00:06:05,367 --> 00:06:08,767 LOCALS BELIEVE IT CAN CURE DIARRHEA AND MALARIA, 111 00:06:08,834 --> 00:06:11,233 BOTH BIG PROBLEMS OUT HERE. 112 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:14,400 UGH. TASTES REALLY BITTER, THOUGH. 113 00:06:14,467 --> 00:06:17,567 BUT ALL THE PLANTS IN THE WORLD WON'T HELP YOU 114 00:06:17,634 --> 00:06:18,834 IF YOU LOSE YOUR WAY. 115 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:21,200 THE TRAIL CAN FALL AWAY WITHOUT WARNING, 116 00:06:21,266 --> 00:06:24,800 LEAVING YOU LOST AND STRANDED WITH NO WAY OUT. 117 00:06:24,867 --> 00:06:26,800 SEE, THIS IS WHY -- LOOK. 118 00:06:26,867 --> 00:06:30,500 THIS IS WHY THIS PLACE IS SO HARD TO NAVIGATE. 119 00:06:30,567 --> 00:06:32,600 IT'S JUST ENDLESS TWISTING MAZE 120 00:06:32,667 --> 00:06:35,567 OF PATHS SHOOTING OFF AT DIFFERENT ANGLES. 121 00:06:35,634 --> 00:06:39,900 AND REALLY, WHICH WAY TO GO IS A BIT OF A LOTTERY. 122 00:06:47,033 --> 00:06:50,634 SO HARD TO JUST KEEP FOLLOWING THE TRAIL, YOU KNOW? 123 00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:52,367 IT'S SO OVERGROWN. 124 00:06:52,433 --> 00:06:55,467 THE JUNGLE HAS RECLAIMED ITS RIGHTFUL TERRITORY. 125 00:06:57,433 --> 00:07:01,800 NO, THIS IS DOUBLING BACK. BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK. 126 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:07,600 IT'S LIKE A MAZE OF BROKEN TRACKS. 127 00:07:07,667 --> 00:07:11,600 IT'S SO EASY TO JUST DISAPPEAR AND BE LOST FOREVER. 128 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:18,166 HERE WE GO -- HERE IT IS AGAIN. 129 00:07:18,233 --> 00:07:21,133 AND IT'S SO HARD TO KEEP GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. 130 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:22,667 IT GIVES YOU A PERSPECTIVE 131 00:07:22,734 --> 00:07:25,934 OF JUST HOW HARD A JOB THOSE EARLY SPANISH EXPLORERS HAD 132 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,233 TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THIS. 133 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:32,767 IF THE TRAIL VANISHES, THE WORST THING TO DO IS PANIC. 134 00:07:32,834 --> 00:07:34,967 JUST COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN. 135 00:07:40,634 --> 00:07:42,667 JUST WAIT THERE. 136 00:07:45,133 --> 00:07:47,266 COME HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 137 00:07:47,333 --> 00:07:49,767 RIVERS CAN BE THE KEY TO SURVIVAL. 138 00:07:49,834 --> 00:07:52,767 THE SPANISH MULE TRAINS OFTEN FOLLOWED THEM 139 00:07:52,834 --> 00:07:55,467 UNTIL THE JUNGLE BECAME MORE PASSABLE. 140 00:07:55,533 --> 00:07:57,800 I'M GONNA TRY AND DO THE SAME. 141 00:07:59,767 --> 00:08:03,667 PRETTY SERIOUS DROP DOWN THERE. LET'S KEEP MOVING ON. 142 00:08:03,734 --> 00:08:07,467 I NEED TO FIND SOME WAY OF GETTING DOWN THERE. 143 00:08:12,767 --> 00:08:15,300 WHOA, CHECK THESE OUT! 144 00:08:15,367 --> 00:08:18,734 I RECKON THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLD SPANISH VIPER PITS. 145 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,166 HERE, SEE IF YOU CAN GET A LOOK DOWN THIS. 146 00:08:23,233 --> 00:08:24,700 SEE ALL THE WAY DOWN? 147 00:08:24,767 --> 00:08:29,533 THIS COULD BE MY WAY BACK TO THE TRAIL, 148 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,233 BUT IT WON'T BE EASY. 149 00:08:37,467 --> 00:08:39,634 THIS IS BECOMING A LITTLE BIT HAIRY FOR US. 150 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,400 I'M IN THE PANAMANIAN JUNGLE 151 00:08:55,467 --> 00:08:57,266 ON THE ANCIENT CAMINO REAL TRAIL 152 00:08:57,333 --> 00:08:58,734 WHERE I'VE COME FACE-TO-FACE 153 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,233 WITH ONE OF THE LEGENDARY VIPER PITS. 154 00:09:01,300 --> 00:09:02,700 AWESOME. 155 00:09:02,767 --> 00:09:06,000 OVER MILLENNIA, RAINWATER HAS GOUGED MASSIVE CAVERNS 156 00:09:06,066 --> 00:09:07,700 OUT OF THE LIMESTONE ROCK, 157 00:09:07,767 --> 00:09:10,600 WASHING THE PATH AWAY LIKE IT WAS NEVER THERE. 158 00:09:10,667 --> 00:09:13,033 PANAMANIAN INDIANS FEARED THE VIPER PITS, 159 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,734 BELIEVING THAT SERPENTS AND MYTHICAL CREATURES 160 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,000 LURKED AT THE BOTTOM. 161 00:09:17,066 --> 00:09:20,100 HERE'S ANOTHER ONE STRAIGHT DOWN THERE. 162 00:09:20,166 --> 00:09:22,066 SEE THAT? 163 00:09:22,133 --> 00:09:23,533 AND LOOK -- 164 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,533 IT'S LIKE A GIANT SKYLIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ROCK, 165 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,333 AND THEN DOWN, THERE'S A LEDGE THERE, 166 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:29,467 AND THEN DOWN THE RIVER. 167 00:09:29,533 --> 00:09:31,133 LET'S JUST SEE HOW FAR THAT IS. 168 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,033 MANY UNLUCKY TREASURE HUNTERS 169 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:35,367 PLUNGED TO THEIR DEATH IN THESE. 170 00:09:35,433 --> 00:09:37,367 [ SPLASH ] WHOA. 171 00:09:37,433 --> 00:09:40,333 THAT'S MUCH FURTHER THAN I THOUGHT, ACTUALLY. 172 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,834 THAT MUST BE 50 -- AT LEAST 50 FOOT. 173 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:47,000 BUT I RECKON, MAYBE IF I FIND A VINE FROM AROUND HERE, 174 00:09:47,066 --> 00:09:49,200 I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET DOWN TO THAT LEDGE 175 00:09:49,266 --> 00:09:51,200 AND THEN DOWN TO THE RIVER, AS WELL. 176 00:09:51,266 --> 00:09:53,300 OKAY, LET'S CHECK IT OUT. 177 00:09:53,367 --> 00:09:55,000 ANYONE LOST ON THE TRAIL 178 00:09:55,066 --> 00:09:57,533 COULD EASILY FALL PREY TO THE VIPER PITS, 179 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,700 BUT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 180 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:02,400 THEY COULD BE A SHORTCUT TO GET DOWN TO THE RIVER 181 00:10:02,467 --> 00:10:04,333 AND TO REJOIN THE TRAIL. 182 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:09,900 ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS JUNGLE 183 00:10:09,967 --> 00:10:12,166 IS THAT IT'S RIDDLED WITH VINES. 184 00:10:12,233 --> 00:10:14,200 I'M GONNA FIND ONE STRONG ENOUGH 185 00:10:14,266 --> 00:10:15,667 AND USE IT TO CLIMB DOWN. 186 00:10:15,734 --> 00:10:17,333 THIS IS A GOOD ONE. 187 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,400 IT'S LONG, IT'S THIN, 188 00:10:19,467 --> 00:10:22,533 BUT, ALSO, IT'S WOOD VINE -- REALLY STRONG. 189 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:27,734 I'LL PROBABLY JUST TIE THIS... 'ROUND THIS TREE. 190 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,367 ACTUALLY, THAT'LL BE EVEN NICER. 191 00:10:30,433 --> 00:10:32,000 LOOK, THERE'S A SLIGHT GAP. 192 00:10:32,066 --> 00:10:34,967 DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT BEHIND THESE ROCKS, 193 00:10:35,033 --> 00:10:37,800 AND I CAN THREAD THIS VINE BEHIND IT. 194 00:10:37,867 --> 00:10:39,834 CHECK THERE ARE NO SNAKES. 195 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:41,800 NOPE. 196 00:10:44,467 --> 00:10:47,200 OKAY, GIVE IT A TEST. 197 00:10:47,266 --> 00:10:49,400 THAT'S NICE AND STRONG. 198 00:10:49,467 --> 00:10:50,767 OKAY. 199 00:10:50,834 --> 00:10:54,600 I'M JUST GONNA DROP THIS SECOND VINE DOWN ONTO THAT LEDGE 200 00:10:54,667 --> 00:10:56,133 IN CASE I NEED THAT. 201 00:11:02,834 --> 00:11:04,533 AND THEN... 202 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:10,533 ...WORK MY WAY DOWN THERE. 203 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,467 IT'S THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. 204 00:11:12,533 --> 00:11:14,467 I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT A GO. 205 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:22,467 OH! 206 00:11:26,367 --> 00:11:28,266 THE VINE IS SO SLIPPERY, 207 00:11:28,333 --> 00:11:30,767 AND I'M STRUGGLING TO KEEP MY GRIP. 208 00:11:30,834 --> 00:11:34,600 ONE WRONG MOVE HERE, AND IT COULD BE GAME OVER. 209 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,700 AS I DISAPPEAR INTO THE GLOOM, 210 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:43,333 MY FEET ARE SCRABBLING FOR THE SHELF. 211 00:11:47,433 --> 00:11:50,300 OKAY, I'M DOWN TO THE SHELF, 212 00:11:50,367 --> 00:11:54,233 AND I CAN SEE THE DISTANCE NOW IS QUITE A DROP DOWN. 213 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:56,000 JUST SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY, 214 00:11:56,066 --> 00:11:58,667 BUT BE REALLY CAREFUL, 'CAUSE IT'S SLIPPY. 215 00:11:58,734 --> 00:12:00,734 [ RATTLING ] 216 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,233 NICE WORK GETTING DOWN THAT. 217 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:05,734 AND YOU REALLY SEE WHERE WE'RE HERE NOW. 218 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,133 SEE THE SHELF AND JUST SEE HOW MUCH OF A DROP-OFF THAT IS. 219 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,033 HERE, WATCH THIS. 220 00:12:15,033 --> 00:12:16,967 AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN. 221 00:12:17,033 --> 00:12:19,033 BUT LOOK AT ALL THESE ROCK FORMATIONS. 222 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:21,567 AMAZING. LOOK STRAIGHT UP THERE. 223 00:12:21,634 --> 00:12:23,834 SEE ALL THOSE LITTLE SPOTS OF GREEN? 224 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:26,133 THOSE LOOK LIKE COPPER-SALT DEPOSITS. 225 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,166 AND WE CAN SEE HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY MADE A PILLAR, 226 00:12:29,233 --> 00:12:32,000 AND IT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA TIE THE VINE TO. 227 00:12:32,066 --> 00:12:33,567 BUT WHAT HAPPENS -- 228 00:12:33,634 --> 00:12:37,900 ALL OF THESE MINERALS SEEP THROUGH THE ROCK AND FORM THIS. 229 00:12:37,967 --> 00:12:42,000 I RECKON WHAT I'LL DO IS GET THIS VINE 230 00:12:42,066 --> 00:12:46,767 AND THEN THREAD IT THROUGH BEHIND THE PILLAR, 231 00:12:46,834 --> 00:12:51,266 AND THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY SOLID. 232 00:12:51,333 --> 00:12:54,000 CHUNKS OF FLAKY LIMESTONE ARE EVERYWHERE, 233 00:12:54,066 --> 00:12:55,500 AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE 234 00:12:55,567 --> 00:12:58,133 THE WHOLE PLACE IS CRUMBLING AROUND ME. 235 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,233 I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEXT BIT. 236 00:13:01,300 --> 00:13:04,133 ONCE I'M ON THE VINE, THERE'S NO GOING BACK. 237 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,800 ONE FALSE MOVE, 238 00:13:05,867 --> 00:13:10,133 AND IT'S A BONE-SMASHING FALL INTO THE ABYSS. 239 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,333 IF I KNEW HOW DEEP THAT WATER WAS, 240 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,266 YOU KNOW, I COULD POSSIBLY JUMP IN IT, 241 00:13:15,333 --> 00:13:17,800 BUT THAT MIGHT WELL BE ONLY LIKE A FOOT OR TWO DEEP. 242 00:13:17,867 --> 00:13:19,967 THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING. 243 00:13:20,033 --> 00:13:22,967 THIS IS BECOMING A LITTLE BIT HAIRY FOR US. 244 00:13:23,033 --> 00:13:25,600 HERE, LET'S GET DOWN THIS VINE. 245 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,867 [ GRUNTS ] 246 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:39,300 STILL TRYING TO GET OVER THIS OVERHANG A BIT. 247 00:13:39,367 --> 00:13:43,000 MY SHOULDERS AND ARMS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SCREAMING, 248 00:13:43,066 --> 00:13:46,200 AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT UPPER-BODY STRENGTH. 249 00:13:46,266 --> 00:13:49,333 I'M TRYING TO GRIP WITH MY FEET, AS WELL. 250 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,000 AND WHAT YOU DO -- 251 00:13:51,066 --> 00:13:54,433 LIFT YOUR FOOT UP WHERE THE VINE GOES. 252 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,967 WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS GRIP WITH MY FEET, AS WELL. 253 00:13:57,033 --> 00:13:59,600 AND THE TECHNIQUE IS, YOU LIFT YOUR FOOT UNDER THE VINE 254 00:13:59,667 --> 00:14:01,600 AND YOUR OTHER FOOT GOES ON TOP OF IT, 255 00:14:01,667 --> 00:14:04,734 AND IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TRACTION. 256 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,066 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 257 00:14:06,133 --> 00:14:08,567 BUT THAT'S REALLY DESIGNED FOR A ROPE, 258 00:14:08,634 --> 00:14:10,400 NOT A GREAT 2-INCH THICK VINE. 259 00:14:10,467 --> 00:14:11,734 LET'S GO, COME ON. 260 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,400 [ CREAKING, SNAPPING ] 261 00:14:14,467 --> 00:14:17,233 WHOA, DID YOU HEAR THAT? 262 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:20,133 THAT'S NOT GOOD. WE NEED TO GET DOWN THIS. 263 00:14:21,734 --> 00:14:24,734 OH, MY HANDS -- THEY'RE JUST GETTING BURNT ON THIS! 264 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,233 OW! [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 265 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:30,967 THERE BETTER NOT BE ANY VIPERS IN THIS WATER. 266 00:14:34,033 --> 00:14:35,433 WHOO! 267 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:36,734 AHH. 268 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,934 I REALLY THOUGHT THAT VINE WAS GONNA GIVE WAY 269 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,300 A COUPLE OF TIMES. 270 00:14:41,367 --> 00:14:44,467 BUT, MAN, LOOK AT THIS PLACE. 271 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,033 I'M INTO THE PIT, BUT IT'S NOT OVER. 272 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,266 THIS CAVE IS MASSIVE, 273 00:14:56,333 --> 00:14:58,266 CARVED THROUGH THE ANCIENT ROCKS 274 00:14:58,333 --> 00:15:01,333 BY MILLIONS OF TONS OF WATER. 275 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:06,000 I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT AND HEAD DOWNSTREAM, 276 00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:09,433 BUT I'M NOT OUT OF DANGER YET. 277 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:16,066 THERE YOU CAN SEE THE LEVEL 278 00:15:16,133 --> 00:15:19,367 THAT THE WATER WOULD RISE TO WHEN IT RAINS A LOT. 279 00:15:19,433 --> 00:15:23,400 LOOK AT ALL THAT FLUTING ALL THE WAY DOWN. 280 00:15:23,467 --> 00:15:27,467 AND THEN HIGHER UP, IT'S STILL REALLY ROUGH AND JAGGEDY. 281 00:15:27,533 --> 00:15:29,400 YOU JUST IMAGINE THIS PLACE 282 00:15:29,467 --> 00:15:32,300 WITH ANOTHER 15, 20 FOOT OF WATER HERE. 283 00:15:32,367 --> 00:15:34,133 IT'D BE LIKE A KILLER TORRENT. 284 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,066 A FLASH FLOOD HERE WOULD WASH YOU AWAY WITHOUT WARNING. 285 00:15:38,133 --> 00:15:41,033 YOU'D BE SMASHED AGAINST THESE WALLS LIKE A PEBBLE. 286 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:43,200 NO ONE COULD SURVIVE ONE OF THOSE. 287 00:15:43,266 --> 00:15:45,200 IT'S LIKE A MINI-TSUNAMI 288 00:15:45,266 --> 00:15:49,333 THAT CAN RISE FROM 6 INCHES TO 20 FEET IN JUST HALF AN HOUR. 289 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,333 IT'S STARTING TO GET PRETTY BLACK NOW. 290 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,333 SO TAKE IT REALLY STEADY THROUGH THIS BIT. 291 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,800 EVERY STEP IS TAKING ME FURTHER INTO THE DARKNESS. 292 00:15:58,867 --> 00:16:02,367 THE RIVERBED IS RIDDLED WITH BOULDERS AND POTHOLES, 293 00:16:02,433 --> 00:16:06,333 ANKLE-DEEP ONE MINUTE, THEN UP TO MY CHEST THE NEXT. 294 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,867 THIS IS JUST A NIGHTMARE. 295 00:16:11,166 --> 00:16:13,800 PUT THE NIGHT VISION ON. PUT IT ON. 296 00:16:13,867 --> 00:16:15,834 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 297 00:16:19,934 --> 00:16:21,734 [ FLAPPING ] 298 00:16:25,667 --> 00:16:28,266 WEIRD NOISES ARE COMING FROM UP AHEAD, 299 00:16:28,333 --> 00:16:31,300 AND I CAN FEEL SOMETHING BRUSHING PAST MY FACE, 300 00:16:31,367 --> 00:16:33,800 BUT IN THE DARKNESS, I'M BLIND. 301 00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:35,266 I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE BIT. 302 00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:38,767 HEY, LET'S HAVE A LOOK. COME HERE, LET'S SEE. 303 00:16:38,834 --> 00:16:41,400 SEE WHAT YOU'LL SEE. 304 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:44,233 OH, BATS! 305 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:46,567 THAT'S WHAT THAT SOUND IS. 306 00:16:46,634 --> 00:16:48,333 I HATE BATS. 307 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,734 THESE CAVES ARE HOME TO VAMPIRE BATS. 308 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,100 THEY CARRY THE KILLER RABIES VIRUS. 309 00:16:54,166 --> 00:16:56,767 THIS COULD MEAN BIG TROUBLE. 310 00:17:08,066 --> 00:17:12,333 I'M IN PANAMA, DEEP UNDERGROUND IN A PITCH-BLACK CAVE. 311 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,867 I'M TRYING TO GET BACK ONTO THE CAMINO REAL TRAIL 312 00:17:15,934 --> 00:17:18,567 TO LEAD ME TO THE CARIBBEAN, 313 00:17:18,634 --> 00:17:23,333 BUT I'M UP AGAINST SOMETHING I JUST HATE -- BATS. 314 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:26,967 YOU ALL RIGHT? 315 00:17:27,033 --> 00:17:31,767 JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD COVERED FROM THESE BATS AND SQUINT YOUR EYES. 316 00:17:31,834 --> 00:17:33,200 THESE CAN BITE. 317 00:17:33,266 --> 00:17:35,700 VAMPIRE BATS LIVE BY DRINKING BLOOD, 318 00:17:35,767 --> 00:17:39,033 BUT WORSE, THESE GUYS CARRY RABIES, 319 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:42,767 THE KILLER VIRUS THAT LEADS TO AN AGONIZING DEATH. 320 00:17:42,834 --> 00:17:46,266 BUT DEEP IN THE CHASM, BATS AREN'T THE ONLY DANGER. 321 00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:49,266 AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A WATERFALL AHEAD, AS WELL. 322 00:17:49,333 --> 00:17:51,166 [ WATER RUSHING ] 323 00:17:53,133 --> 00:17:56,900 LET'S GET THROUGH THIS AND GET OUT. 324 00:17:56,967 --> 00:17:58,300 SO, HERE'S THAT WATERFALL 325 00:17:58,367 --> 00:18:01,767 COMING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE ROCK FROM THE JUNGLE ABOVE. 326 00:18:01,834 --> 00:18:04,767 WATER IS GUSHING THROUGH EVERY CRACK. 327 00:18:04,834 --> 00:18:06,100 IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, 328 00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:08,500 THIS WHOLE CAVE COULD FILL UP AND DROWN YOU. 329 00:18:08,567 --> 00:18:10,600 I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING. 330 00:18:10,667 --> 00:18:14,000 OKAY, LET'S JUST GET THROUGH. I HATE BATS. 331 00:18:16,533 --> 00:18:21,200 YOU CAN'T SEE BEYOND YOUR NOSE OR WHAT'S UNDERFOOT. 332 00:18:21,266 --> 00:18:24,533 ALL OF THESE BOULDERS UNDER THE WATER 333 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,734 MEAN YOU'RE ENDLESSLY JUST STUMBLING. 334 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,300 [ GRUNTING ] 335 00:18:29,367 --> 00:18:32,634 THE FORCE OF THE WATER COULD WASH MY LEGS FROM UNDER ME, 336 00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:36,066 BUT FOLLOWING THE CURRENT IS ALL I'VE GOT TO GUIDE ME. 337 00:18:39,033 --> 00:18:42,133 FINALLY, I CAN FEEL THE WATER'S GETTING SHALLOWER, 338 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,567 AND THERE'S DAYLIGHT AHEAD. 339 00:18:56,300 --> 00:19:00,166 OH, IT'S GOOD TO BE OUT OF THERE AND BE ABLE TO SEE AGAIN. 340 00:19:00,233 --> 00:19:03,667 JUST GONNA CHECK MY HEAD ACTUALLY FOR BITES, 341 00:19:03,734 --> 00:19:07,500 'CAUSE, MORE THAN LIKELY, THOSE WERE VAMPIRE BATS, 342 00:19:07,567 --> 00:19:13,500 AND WHAT THEY DO IS BITE YOU AND INJECT THIS ANTICOAGULANT. 343 00:19:13,567 --> 00:19:15,600 THAT MEANS YOU JUST KEEP BLEEDING. 344 00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:17,767 AND I ACTUALLY KNOW A GUY IN PANAMA 345 00:19:17,834 --> 00:19:19,900 WHO WAS OUT SLEEPING IN THE JUNGLE, 346 00:19:19,967 --> 00:19:22,066 AND WHEN HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING, 347 00:19:22,133 --> 00:19:24,433 HIS HEAD WAS JUST STREAMING WITH BLOOD. 348 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:26,634 HE'D BEEN BITTEN DURING THE NIGHT, 349 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:28,533 BUT DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT. 350 00:19:31,934 --> 00:19:35,967 IT'S SUCH A RELIEF TO BE OUT OF THAT DARK AND FORBIDDING PLACE. 351 00:19:36,033 --> 00:19:37,967 NOW I KNOW WHY THE VIPER PITS 352 00:19:38,033 --> 00:19:40,900 ARE THE STUFF OF LEGEND AND SUCH TERROR. 353 00:19:40,967 --> 00:19:43,600 IT'S VITAL FOR ME TO GET BACK ON THE TRAIL 354 00:19:43,667 --> 00:19:46,533 AND HEAD TOWARDS THE CARIBBEAN COAST. 355 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,700 THE RIVER IS A GOOD PLACE FOR ME TO FORAGE FOR FOOD 356 00:19:57,767 --> 00:20:01,333 AND REST UP BEFORE MOVING ON. 357 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,100 I THINK SO OFTEN WHEN YOU THINK OF WILDERNESS, 358 00:20:04,166 --> 00:20:07,800 YOU THINK OF TRANQUIL, PEACEFUL, QUIET PLACES 359 00:20:07,867 --> 00:20:10,367 BUT REALLY THE JUNGLE IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. 360 00:20:10,433 --> 00:20:12,467 YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE IS SO BUSY. 361 00:20:12,533 --> 00:20:15,333 EVERYTHING'S MOVING AND GROWING. 362 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,533 YOU KNOW, MASSIVE ANTS EVERYWHERE ON THE GROUND, 363 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:18,800 MONKEYS IN THE TREES, 364 00:20:18,867 --> 00:20:22,900 AND ALL OF IT IS JUST THIS BATTLE -- BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. 365 00:20:22,967 --> 00:20:26,066 I THINK IF YOU'RE OUT HERE LOST, 366 00:20:26,133 --> 00:20:27,233 YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE JUNGLE, 367 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:30,500 THIS COULD BE A VERY INTIMIDATING PLACE TO BE. 368 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:34,066 AFTER THE ADRENALINE TRIP, THROUGH THE VIPER PITS 369 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:36,367 I NEED TO REPLACE SOME LOST ENERGY. 370 00:20:36,433 --> 00:20:39,533 BUT AVOID EATING ANYTHING FROM STILL WATER -- 371 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,834 IT'S LIKELY TO BE CONTAMINATED. 372 00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:49,867 HERE YOU GO. COUPLE OF SNAILS. 373 00:20:49,934 --> 00:20:51,667 IT'S NOT EXACTLY VERY MUCH, 374 00:20:51,734 --> 00:20:54,734 BUT THESE ARE CLEAN, AND THEY'RE GOOD TO EAT. 375 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,433 AND ACTUALLY, HAWKS WILL HUNT FOR THESE AND EAT THEM. 376 00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:59,867 THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST A MUSCLE AND ALL EDIBLE. 377 00:20:59,934 --> 00:21:02,767 YOU JUST WANT TO GET TO THE ACTUAL... 378 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:10,333 PULL HIM OUT. 379 00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:24,367 UGH. 380 00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:29,166 IT'S LIKE A GIANT, COLD BOGEY. 381 00:21:29,233 --> 00:21:30,700 PBHT! 382 00:21:30,767 --> 00:21:33,066 AFTER A PRETTY NOVEL MAIN COURSE, 383 00:21:33,133 --> 00:21:35,700 IT'S TIME FOR JUNGLE DESSERT. 384 00:21:42,033 --> 00:21:44,834 AH, YEAH, LOOK. THIS IS... 385 00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:46,967 THIS IS CANAIGRE, 386 00:21:47,033 --> 00:21:49,533 AND WHEN YOU'RE LIVING AND EATING IN THE JUNGLE, 387 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,100 THIS IS A REALLY USEFUL PLANT. 388 00:21:51,166 --> 00:21:53,367 THE TRIBES AROUND HERE WILL USE THIS, 389 00:21:53,433 --> 00:21:54,533 AND WHAT YOU DO -- 390 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,233 YOU JUST STRIP IT OFF, ALL THE HAIRY OUTER BIT. 391 00:21:57,300 --> 00:22:00,600 AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A RHUBARB, BUT WHAT IT DOES -- 392 00:22:00,667 --> 00:22:01,934 WHEN YOU EAT THIS, 393 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,200 IT ACTUALLY HELPS CLEANSE YOUR INSIDES OF ANY PARASITES. 394 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,934 AND IT TASTES LIKE, YOU KNOW, 395 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,867 JUST CLEAN AND FRESH, A LITTLE BIT ZINGY. 396 00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:18,400 BUT REALLY GOOD FOR YOUR INSIDES. 397 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:23,600 AFTER THE CREATURES I'VE EATEN HERE, 398 00:22:23,667 --> 00:22:25,166 THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEED. 399 00:22:25,233 --> 00:22:28,266 IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR BLOOD AND CLEANSES YOUR LIVER. 400 00:22:30,367 --> 00:22:34,967 PANAMA IS LIKE A MAZE OF RIVERS AND IMPENETRABLE RAINFOREST. 401 00:22:35,033 --> 00:22:36,800 FOLLOWING THE COURSE OF THE STREAM 402 00:22:36,867 --> 00:22:39,100 MEANS I DON'T HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH THE JUNGLE, 403 00:22:39,166 --> 00:22:40,734 BUT SOONER OR LATER, 404 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:45,200 YOU'RE GONNA BE STOPPED DEAD IN YOUR TRACKS BY ONE OF THESE. 405 00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:48,400 THIS IS NOT GONNA BE EASY TO GET DOWN THIS. 406 00:22:54,333 --> 00:22:58,667 ALL OF THESE BANKS ARE JUST, LIKE, SHEER ON BOTH SIDES, 407 00:22:58,734 --> 00:23:00,433 AND ALSO, ALL OF THIS ROCK... 408 00:23:02,233 --> 00:23:05,967 ...IS REALLY, REALLY SLIPPERY, COVERED IN MOSS, REALLY GREASY. 409 00:23:06,033 --> 00:23:08,133 THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT. 410 00:23:30,934 --> 00:23:32,867 I'M IN PANAMA 411 00:23:32,934 --> 00:23:36,967 ON THE HUNT FOR THE LEGENDARY EL CAMINO REAL TRAIL, 412 00:23:37,033 --> 00:23:39,967 BUT I'VE COME UP AGAINST AN 80-FOOT WATERFALL, 413 00:23:40,033 --> 00:23:42,734 AND MY ONLY WAY OUT IS DOWN. 414 00:23:49,634 --> 00:23:52,533 PROBABLY MY BEST BET IS TO USE SOME OF THESE VINES. 415 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,600 LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE GROWING 416 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:57,166 STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BANK AND HERE, AS WELL. 417 00:23:57,233 --> 00:23:59,967 AND THESE THEN RUN ALONG AND DOWN THE WATERFALL. 418 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:02,300 THEY'RE REACHING OUT FOR THE WATER. 419 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,433 GIVE ME A CLIMB UP ANY DAY -- I LOVE THEM -- 420 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:10,000 BUT DOWNCLIMBING IS MUCH RISKIER. 421 00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:16,066 THIS VINE REACHES ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE WHITE WATER. 422 00:24:18,433 --> 00:24:21,367 AND THIS SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH. 423 00:24:21,433 --> 00:24:24,300 OKAY, LET'S GIVE THIS A GO. 424 00:24:32,166 --> 00:24:34,400 I'VE GOT TO TAKE IT VERY CAREFULLY, 425 00:24:34,467 --> 00:24:36,333 AND FIRST STEPS ARE CRUCIAL. 426 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,934 ONE SLIP, AND YOU'D BE WASHED OFF THE FLIMSY VINE 427 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,166 ONTO THE ROCKS BELOW. 428 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:48,367 THE WATERFALL IS SWOLLEN WITH RAINWATER FROM THE MOUNTAINS. 429 00:24:48,433 --> 00:24:51,600 IT'S A GNARLY DESCENT, AND NOW I'M COMMITTED. 430 00:24:51,667 --> 00:24:53,567 THERE'S NO WAY BACK. 431 00:25:05,867 --> 00:25:09,533 JUST THE FORCE OF THE WATER... 432 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,667 IS MUCH STRONGER THAN I THOUGHT. 433 00:25:12,734 --> 00:25:16,333 THE TORRENT IS TRYING TO POUND ME OFF THE VINE. 434 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,967 IT'S LIKE BEING BATTERED BY A HUGE WATER CANNON. 435 00:25:22,634 --> 00:25:25,367 OH, IS THIS ALL? 436 00:25:25,433 --> 00:25:27,800 MY MUSCLES ARE STARTING TO CRAMP UP, 437 00:25:27,867 --> 00:25:29,400 BUT I'VE GOT NO CHOICE. 438 00:25:29,467 --> 00:25:32,300 I'VE JUST GOT TO CLING ON FOR DEAR LIFE. 439 00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:37,333 IF YOU LOSE IT HERE, 440 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,433 YOU'LL BOUNCE DOWN THE ROCKS LIKE A RAG DOLL. 441 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:50,500 I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND RUNNING OUT OF VINE. 442 00:25:52,467 --> 00:25:54,133 OH, GOD! 443 00:25:57,266 --> 00:25:58,533 OH! 444 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,367 THE VINE -- 445 00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:04,300 YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE VINE'S COMING TO AN END! 446 00:26:04,367 --> 00:26:05,900 JUST DOWN HERE! 447 00:26:05,967 --> 00:26:08,800 I WAS HOPING IT WOULD REACH ALL THE WAY. 448 00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:17,734 IF I CAN JUST SWING OFF THE VINE 449 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,166 AND ONTO THE LEDGE, 450 00:26:19,233 --> 00:26:21,533 I CAN WORK MY WAY 'ROUND TO THE POOL. 451 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,166 BUT THESE WET ROCKS ARE LIKE AN ICE RINK, 452 00:26:25,233 --> 00:26:28,767 AND I'VE NO IDEA HOW DEEP THAT POOL IS AT THE BOTTOM. 453 00:26:35,133 --> 00:26:36,600 WHOO! 454 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,667 IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, 455 00:26:56,734 --> 00:26:58,667 THE BODY GOES INTO OVERDRIVE, 456 00:26:58,734 --> 00:27:01,767 AND OVERDRIVE EXPENDS ENERGY. 457 00:27:04,433 --> 00:27:07,600 WHENEVER YOU COME ACROSS BITS OF DEAD WOOD, 458 00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:10,900 THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO RUMMAGE AROUND 459 00:27:10,967 --> 00:27:14,567 FOR GRUBS AND STUFF THAT ARE TUCKING INTO IT. 460 00:27:14,634 --> 00:27:19,667 THIS SORT OF ROTTING VEGETATION IS HOME TO THE FER-DE-LANCE, 461 00:27:19,734 --> 00:27:21,634 PANAMA'S DEADLIEST SNAKE. 462 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:25,066 ONE BITE WILL ROT YOUR FLESH LIKE A CORPSE, 463 00:27:25,133 --> 00:27:27,533 AND IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE DEATHS 464 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,800 THAN ANY OTHER AMERICAN REPTILE. 465 00:27:29,867 --> 00:27:33,834 BUT WHAT I'M AFTER ARE THESE BEETLE GRUBS. 466 00:27:33,900 --> 00:27:37,667 AND THEY'RE ALL JUST FEEDING OFF THAT DECOMPOSING WOOD. 467 00:27:53,867 --> 00:27:55,867 UGH. PBHT! 468 00:27:55,934 --> 00:27:57,767 THAT WAS A HORRIBLE ONE. 469 00:27:59,767 --> 00:28:02,300 MUST HAVE CAUGHT BAD ONES TODAY. 470 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:04,166 EVEN THOUGH THEY TASTE TERRIBLE, 471 00:28:04,233 --> 00:28:06,600 THEY'RE GIVING ME SOME MUCH-NEEDED ENERGY. 472 00:28:17,033 --> 00:28:19,467 THAT COULD WELL BE THE TRAIL. 473 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,100 THIS IS THE WIDEST I'VE SEEN THE TRAIL SO FAR, 474 00:28:33,166 --> 00:28:36,433 A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE MAZE OF TRACKS AND DEAD ENDS 475 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:38,166 BACK UPRIVER. 476 00:28:38,233 --> 00:28:39,967 IT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT THE END 477 00:28:40,033 --> 00:28:43,533 OF THE TREASURE TRAIL OF THE CAMINO REAL IS NEAR. 478 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,000 I'VE ARRIVED AT THE RUINED PORT OF PORTOBELO 479 00:28:47,066 --> 00:28:49,100 ON THE CARIBBEAN SEA. 480 00:28:49,166 --> 00:28:51,567 [ SIGHS ] 481 00:28:51,634 --> 00:28:54,100 JUST BEAUTIFUL. 482 00:28:59,100 --> 00:29:01,533 AND WHAT'S INCREDIBLE TO THINK 483 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,934 IS THAT 70% OF ALL OF THE GOLD THAT LEFT SOUTH AMERICA 484 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,100 DID SO THROUGH THIS FORT. 485 00:29:09,166 --> 00:29:12,533 BUT ONCE IT LEFT THESE SHORES BOUND FOR SPAIN, 486 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,700 IT WAS THEN OFTEN AT THE MERCY 487 00:29:14,767 --> 00:29:18,233 OF THE INFAMOUS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. 488 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:27,500 I'M SAFE, AND I'M READY FOR MY NEXT CHALLENGE, 489 00:29:27,567 --> 00:29:31,233 PANAMA'S NOTORIOUS MANGROVE SWAMPS, 490 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:34,367 WHERE DANGER LURKS JUST UNDER THE SURFACE. 491 00:29:34,433 --> 00:29:38,400 WHAT I'M MOST WORRIED ABOUT IN THIS WATER IS CROCODILES. 492 00:29:38,467 --> 00:29:41,033 BACK INTO THE CESSPIT. 493 00:29:53,934 --> 00:29:56,400 I'M IN PANAMA, CENTRAL AMERICA. 494 00:29:56,467 --> 00:29:59,533 I'VE JUST SURVIVED THE CAMINO REAL TRAIL, 495 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,467 AND NOW MY NEXT CHALLENGE LIES ON THE PACIFIC COAST, 496 00:30:02,533 --> 00:30:04,133 IN THE NOTORIOUS MANGROVE SWAMPS 497 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:05,967 WHICH SPRAWL ALONG THE SHORELINE. 498 00:30:06,033 --> 00:30:08,033 IT'S A TOUGH, CRUEL PLACE 499 00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:12,533 THAT HAS DEFEATED SOME OF AMERICA'S ELITE SPECIAL FORCES. 500 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:13,967 JUST LOOK AT THIS PLACE! 501 00:30:14,033 --> 00:30:16,500 IT'S JUST MILE AFTER MILE OF TANGLED LIMBS 502 00:30:16,567 --> 00:30:18,900 GROWING OUT OF THE WATER. 503 00:30:18,967 --> 00:30:23,500 THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE PLACES ON EARTH. 504 00:30:23,567 --> 00:30:28,000 THE MANGROVE DEVOURS OVER 600 SQUARE MILES OF LAND. 505 00:30:28,066 --> 00:30:30,800 IT'S MORE OF A HOME TO CROCODILES THAN TO PEOPLE. 506 00:30:30,867 --> 00:30:33,066 IT'S THE LAST PLACE YOU'D WANT TO BE TRAPPED IN. 507 00:30:33,133 --> 00:30:35,567 BUT I'M GONNA SHOW HOW TO GET OUT ALIVE. 508 00:30:35,634 --> 00:30:38,834 THERE'S NO WAY THE HELICOPTER CAN LAND IN THERE -- 509 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:40,200 IT'S JUST TOO DENSE. 510 00:30:40,266 --> 00:30:42,900 SO THE PILOT'S GONNA DROP ME OUT TO SEA, 511 00:30:42,967 --> 00:30:45,700 AND I'LL SWIM IN FROM THERE. 512 00:30:45,767 --> 00:30:48,867 CROCODILES LURK ALL AROUND THE COAST, 513 00:30:48,934 --> 00:30:52,300 AND MAN-EATING GREAT WHITE SHARKS CRUISE THESE WATERS. 514 00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:57,200 I'M FACING A 50-FOOT DROP INTO THE SEA. 515 00:30:57,266 --> 00:30:58,667 AT THIS HEIGHT, 516 00:30:58,734 --> 00:31:01,600 HITTING THE WATER IS LIKE JUMPING ONTO CONCRETE. 517 00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:05,066 I'VE GOT TO KEEP AS STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW. 518 00:31:05,133 --> 00:31:06,900 IF I DON'T, THE FORCE OF THE DROP 519 00:31:06,967 --> 00:31:09,500 WILL SNAP MY BONES LIKE DRY TWIGS. 520 00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:10,667 READY! 521 00:31:10,734 --> 00:31:13,734 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! 522 00:31:35,533 --> 00:31:39,467 I DON'T WANT TO HANG ABOUT IN HERE AND BECOME SHARK BAIT. 523 00:31:39,533 --> 00:31:41,834 I NEED TO GET TO SHORE FAST. 524 00:31:47,934 --> 00:31:52,500 I JUST WANT TO HEAD IN NOW TOWARDS THE SHORE. 525 00:31:55,834 --> 00:32:00,166 HOW THE HELL AM I GONNA GET THROUGH THAT STUFF? 526 00:32:00,233 --> 00:32:01,667 LOOK AT IT. 527 00:32:01,734 --> 00:32:03,400 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 528 00:32:03,467 --> 00:32:07,500 IT'S JUST A COMPLETE MESS OF ROOTS. 529 00:32:10,467 --> 00:32:14,400 TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH OF CLEAR AIR. 530 00:32:14,467 --> 00:32:16,867 THAT IS GONNA BE HORRIBLE. 531 00:32:19,433 --> 00:32:21,600 THIS PLACE JUST STINKS. 532 00:32:21,667 --> 00:32:25,100 THE PUTRID STENCH OF ROTTING VEGETATION IN THE SALTWATER 533 00:32:25,166 --> 00:32:27,233 IS JUST LIKE ROTTEN EGGS. 534 00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:30,266 GETTING THROUGH HERE IS GONNA BE A MISSION. 535 00:32:30,333 --> 00:32:32,300 WATCH YOUR HANDS ON THIS STUFF. 536 00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:34,100 ALL OF THIS IS RAZOR-SHARP. 537 00:32:34,166 --> 00:32:36,433 AND LOOK, THERE'S ACTUALLY ALL THE BARNACLES 538 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,166 ON ALL OF THESE LIMBS. 539 00:32:38,233 --> 00:32:41,166 SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW HIGH THE TIDE COMES. 540 00:32:41,233 --> 00:32:42,533 JUST WATCH YOU HANDS. 541 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,567 THE TIDE HERE RACES IN, 542 00:32:44,634 --> 00:32:48,066 RISING UP TO 20 FEET IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. 543 00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:51,467 I'VE GOT TO GET INSHORE TO SAFETY AND QUICKLY. 544 00:32:51,533 --> 00:32:53,934 IT MAY BE ONLY TWO MILES TO SHORE, 545 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,500 BUT THAT FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME AWAY. 546 00:32:56,567 --> 00:33:01,900 ALL OF THIS IS JUST, LIKE, SINKING MUD UNDERFOOT. 547 00:33:01,967 --> 00:33:07,033 IT PULLS YOU IN WITH EACH STEP. 548 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:10,533 EVERY STEP IN THE MANGROVE IS A GAMBLE. 549 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,033 CROCODILES LOVE THIS DEEP TIDAL WATER, 550 00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:16,333 AND THEY USE IT TO AMBUSH THEIR UNSUSPECTING PREY. 551 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:21,000 WHAT I'M MOST WORRIED ABOUT IN THIS WATER IS CROCODILES. 552 00:33:21,066 --> 00:33:25,667 AND THESE MANGROVES ARE HOME TO AMERICAN SALTWATER CROCODILES, 553 00:33:25,734 --> 00:33:30,066 AND THOSE CAN GROW UP TO 20-ODD FEET. 554 00:33:30,133 --> 00:33:34,133 THE SALTWATER CROC BITES WITH A FORCE OF 2,000 POUNDS. 555 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,600 THAT'S LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK LANDING ON YOUR CHEST. 556 00:33:37,667 --> 00:33:41,133 AND IF IT DRAGS YOU UNDER, YOU'RE AS GOOD AS DEAD. 557 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:42,567 ONLY THIS YEAR, 558 00:33:42,634 --> 00:33:46,266 THERE WERE THREE FISHERMEN ON THE EDGE OF THESE MANGROVES, 559 00:33:46,333 --> 00:33:50,867 AND A CROCODILE ATTACKED, TOOK ONE OF THEM UNDER, 560 00:33:50,934 --> 00:33:53,900 AND HE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. 561 00:33:53,967 --> 00:33:57,066 FIGHTING A RISING TIDE, THE THREAT OF CROCS, 562 00:33:57,133 --> 00:33:59,433 AND THIS SOLID WALL OF MANGROVE ROOTS 563 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:01,333 GIVES ME THE FEAR. 564 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:02,700 SURVIVING OUT HERE 565 00:34:02,767 --> 00:34:07,333 IS A REAL TEST OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH. 566 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,800 AND THEY SAY, 567 00:34:08,867 --> 00:34:13,200 IF YOU COVER A KILOMETER IN 12 HOURS IN HERE, 568 00:34:13,266 --> 00:34:14,967 YOU'RE DOING WELL, 569 00:34:15,033 --> 00:34:19,066 THAT IS HOW SLOW IT IS MOVING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. 570 00:34:19,133 --> 00:34:21,500 AAH, GET OUT! 571 00:34:21,567 --> 00:34:24,500 THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ARE ALMOST UNBEARABLE, 572 00:34:24,567 --> 00:34:27,600 AND MY LUNGS ARE FILLING WITH THE SMELL OF DECAY. 573 00:34:27,667 --> 00:34:30,567 AND THIS PLACE IS CLAUSTROPHOBIC. 574 00:34:30,634 --> 00:34:33,066 THE MANGROVE LITERALLY TAKES YOU PRISONER. 575 00:34:33,133 --> 00:34:36,467 JUST SO HARD TO SEE VERY FAR IN HERE. 576 00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:40,900 YOU KNOW, VISIBILITY'S PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT 20 FEET. 577 00:34:40,967 --> 00:34:42,700 IF YOU LOOK IN THAT DIRECTION 20 FEET, 578 00:34:42,767 --> 00:34:48,333 AND THEN IT JUST ALL MINGLES INTO...JUST DARKNESS. 579 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,500 BUT IT'S EXHAUSTING WORK 580 00:34:50,567 --> 00:34:53,967 FIGHTING MY WAY THROUGH THIS TANGLE OF ROOTS. 581 00:34:54,033 --> 00:34:59,133 IN 1989, A GROUP OF ELITE U.S. NAVY SEALS BECAME TRAPPED 582 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,734 WHEN THEY LANDED IN MANGROVE DURING THE INVASION OF PANAMA. 583 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,300 THE ONLY WAY THEY GOT OUT 584 00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:07,567 WAS BEING HAULED TO SAFETY BY THE LOCALS. 585 00:35:07,634 --> 00:35:10,033 IT'S HORRIBLE. 586 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,834 YOU ALL RIGHT? 587 00:35:18,767 --> 00:35:20,367 YOU ALL RIGHT? 588 00:35:20,433 --> 00:35:22,400 JUST WATCH YOUR FOOTING WITH THIS. 589 00:35:22,467 --> 00:35:25,266 ALL THESE LIMBS ARE JUST TWISTING UNDER THE WATER. 590 00:35:25,333 --> 00:35:28,266 IT'S SO EASY TO GET YOUR ANKLE TRAPPED IN THIS STUFF. 591 00:35:28,333 --> 00:35:29,934 [ GRUNTS ] 592 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,800 EVEN THOUGH I'M SURROUNDED BY WATER, 593 00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:34,634 DRINKING THIS WOULD BE FATAL. 594 00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:40,333 JUST ONE PINT IS INFESTED WITH 10,000 DIFFERENT PARASITES. 595 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,200 I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE NOW. 596 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:45,200 I DON'T LIKE IT HERE AT ALL. 597 00:35:47,166 --> 00:35:51,400 THESE MANGROVES ARE MAKING ME FEEL RATTLED. 598 00:35:51,467 --> 00:35:53,667 WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. 599 00:35:58,533 --> 00:36:00,634 I DON'T LIKE THIS. 600 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:03,767 LET'S GET GOING AND GET OUT. 601 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,200 I'M IN THE PANAMANIAN MANGROVE SWAMPS, 602 00:36:16,266 --> 00:36:18,867 WHERE I'M BATTLING AGAINST THE INCOMING TIDE 603 00:36:18,934 --> 00:36:20,800 AND IMPENETRABLE ROOTS. 604 00:36:20,867 --> 00:36:23,000 20-FOOT CROCS INFEST THIS AREA, 605 00:36:23,066 --> 00:36:26,200 AND I'VE GOT TO SCRAMBLE INSHORE TO SAFETY. 606 00:36:26,266 --> 00:36:27,867 IT'S JUST TWO MILES OR SO, 607 00:36:27,934 --> 00:36:30,400 BUT IT'S THE TOUGHEST I'VE EVER FACED. 608 00:36:30,467 --> 00:36:32,200 OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CLIMB UP. 609 00:36:34,166 --> 00:36:37,533 THE TIDE CAN RISE 20 FEET IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS, 610 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,066 SO YOU NEED TO GET AS HIGH AS YOU CAN AS FAST AS YOU CAN. 611 00:36:41,133 --> 00:36:42,900 BUT THERE'S NO EASY WAY. 612 00:36:42,967 --> 00:36:45,433 [ GRUNTING ] 613 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,166 JUST MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'RE ON THESE LIMBS 614 00:36:58,233 --> 00:37:00,900 YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT TWO HOLDS, 'CAUSE, LOOK -- 615 00:37:00,967 --> 00:37:03,567 YOU STAND ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS... 616 00:37:03,634 --> 00:37:06,433 AND IT GIVES WAY, YOU'LL FALL. 617 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:10,767 IT'S A BATTLE THAT SAPS EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH. 618 00:37:10,834 --> 00:37:12,300 MY CLOTHES ARE SOAKED. 619 00:37:12,367 --> 00:37:16,967 IT'S HOT, HUMID, AND IT STINKS LIKE HELL. 620 00:37:17,033 --> 00:37:19,233 OKAY, WE NEED TO PICK UP THE PACE A BIT. 621 00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:22,033 LOOK, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THESE WAVES COMING IN NOW. 622 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:23,667 I'VE GOT TO MOVE FASTER. 623 00:37:23,734 --> 00:37:26,367 IF I DON'T, THE TIDE WILL ENGULF ME. 624 00:37:29,266 --> 00:37:30,634 [ GRUNTS ] 625 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:32,266 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP A COOL HEAD. 626 00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:35,266 DON'T PANIC. JUST KEEP BATTLING ON. 627 00:37:35,333 --> 00:37:37,233 [ GRUNTING ] 628 00:37:50,133 --> 00:37:53,066 I CAN SEE ABOVE ALL THIS MANGROVE. 629 00:37:53,133 --> 00:37:56,000 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] I FEEL BETTER NOW. 630 00:37:56,066 --> 00:38:00,066 AND I SEE WHICH WAY IS INLAND, AS WELL. 631 00:38:01,433 --> 00:38:03,033 OKAY, MOVE ON. 632 00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:07,634 AT LEAST UP HERE I'M OUT OF THE REACH OF THE CROCS. 633 00:38:09,867 --> 00:38:13,333 BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER FOR LONG. 634 00:38:17,667 --> 00:38:21,266 THE CLOSER I GET TO LAND, THE MUDDIER IT GETS, 635 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:23,367 AND IT'S PULLING ME DOWN. 636 00:38:24,433 --> 00:38:27,100 OH, GOD. 637 00:38:27,166 --> 00:38:31,567 IT'S UP TO MY WAIST IN ALL OF THIS STINKING MUD IN HERE. 638 00:38:31,634 --> 00:38:33,667 LOOK, IT'S ALL LIKE -- PBHT! 639 00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:37,767 ALL LIKE THIS. 640 00:38:37,834 --> 00:38:41,734 THAT JUST MEANS EVERY TIME I TRY AND TAKE A STEP... 641 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,200 [ Straining ] ...IT JUST PULLS ME INTO IT. 642 00:38:44,266 --> 00:38:48,033 EVERY STEP FEELS LIKE YOU'RE TRAPPED IN SETTING CEMENT. 643 00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:51,367 BUT BY TWISTING INSTEAD OF PULLING MY FOOT OUT, 644 00:38:51,433 --> 00:38:54,100 IT STOPS THE MUD SUCKING ME BACK IN. 645 00:38:54,166 --> 00:38:56,533 EACH STEP IS HARD WORK, ISN'T IT? 646 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,066 THE OTHER THING IN HERE IS JUST THE SAND FLIES. 647 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,467 AND WHAT I CAN DO IS USE SOME OF THIS MUD, 648 00:39:04,533 --> 00:39:06,000 IF I REACH DOWN FOR IT... 649 00:39:08,066 --> 00:39:13,500 AND USE THIS, AND JUST, LIKE, PUT IT EVERYWHERE... 650 00:39:13,567 --> 00:39:16,500 AND IT SHOULD HOPEFULLY... 651 00:39:16,567 --> 00:39:22,166 STOP THE SAND FLIES FROM BITING. 652 00:39:22,233 --> 00:39:24,634 SAND FLIES CAN GIVE YOU LEISHMANIASIS, 653 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:26,600 A GRUESOME FLESH-EATING DISEASE, 654 00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:28,133 AND IT'S AGONY. 655 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,500 IT EATS AWAY AT THE SOFT TISSUE OF YOUR NOSE, MOUTH, AND LIMBS, 656 00:39:32,567 --> 00:39:35,233 BUT THE TREATMENT IS JUST AS BAD. 657 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:39,500 I KNOW ONE GUY WHO GOT THIS DISEASE, 658 00:39:39,567 --> 00:39:45,333 AND IT STARTED EATING AWAY AT HIS FLESH. 659 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,634 AND TO GET CURED, 660 00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:50,166 HE HAD TO HAVE UP TO 50 REALLY PAINFUL INJECTIONS. 661 00:39:50,233 --> 00:39:52,834 AND HE SAID BY THE TIME HE WAS ON THE 40th, 662 00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:56,500 HE JUST FELT LIKE KILLING HIMSELF. 663 00:39:56,567 --> 00:39:59,000 I DO NOT WANT TO GET THIS DISEASE. 664 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:04,800 [ GRUNTING ] 665 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,900 IT'S GREAT JUST TO GET OUT OF THE WATER. 666 00:40:15,033 --> 00:40:16,800 JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES BREAK 667 00:40:16,867 --> 00:40:19,934 IS A REAL MORALE BOOSTER IN THIS HELLHOLE. 668 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,200 IT'S SO NICE TO BE OUT 669 00:40:24,266 --> 00:40:29,066 OF ALL OF THAT GUNK AND GLOOP AND WATER. 670 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,000 I'M GONNA TRY AND WRING MY CLOTHES OUT. 671 00:40:39,634 --> 00:40:42,166 THERE'S WAS PLANE THAT CRASHED NEAR HERE 672 00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:44,567 I N THESE MANGROVES IN THE LATE '60s, 673 00:40:44,634 --> 00:40:47,100 AND WHAT THE PILOT DID WAS CRAWL OUT, 674 00:40:47,166 --> 00:40:48,634 DROP DOWN TO THE WATER, 675 00:40:48,700 --> 00:40:52,133 BUT HE THEN GOT STUCK IN ALL OF THIS MUD. 676 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,634 AND THE PASSENGERS ON THE PLANE 677 00:40:54,700 --> 00:40:58,033 WATCHED AND LISTENED FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS 678 00:40:58,100 --> 00:40:59,700 TO HIS SCREAMS. 679 00:40:59,767 --> 00:41:02,000 BUT HE EVENTUALLY DIED IN THERE. 680 00:41:02,066 --> 00:41:06,066 BUT THE PASSENGERS DID THE RIGHT THING -- THEY STAYED PUT. 681 00:41:06,133 --> 00:41:11,233 BUT THIS MUD IS A REALLY HORRIBLE PLACE TO BE. 682 00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:13,233 OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING ON. 683 00:41:15,934 --> 00:41:18,100 BACK INTO THE CESSPIT. 684 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,100 IT'S BEGINNING TO OPEN UP A BIT NOW, 685 00:41:25,166 --> 00:41:28,200 AND I CAN SEE MORE THAN A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF ME. 686 00:41:33,567 --> 00:41:36,634 LET'S GET OUT OF THIS PLACE. 687 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:40,300 AFTER HOURS AND HOURS OF CONSTANT STRUGGLE, 688 00:41:40,367 --> 00:41:43,066 HITTING THIS BEACH IS HEAVEN. 689 00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:49,433 THAT WAS HARD IN THERE. HARD. 690 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:51,200 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 691 00:41:53,166 --> 00:41:55,367 LET'S TRY AND GET THIS GUY. 692 00:41:55,433 --> 00:41:58,300 IT'S A LAND CRAB. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT CLAW. 693 00:41:58,367 --> 00:41:59,800 LET'S PUT HIM OUT OF HIS MISERY 694 00:41:59,867 --> 00:42:01,867 THAT'LL KILL IT. 695 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:10,400 AND THAT'S STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BRAIN. 696 00:42:10,467 --> 00:42:13,200 HE'S STILL WIGGLING, BUT HE'S NOT ALIVE. 697 00:42:13,266 --> 00:42:14,967 HE'S DEFINITELY NOT ALIVE. 698 00:42:15,033 --> 00:42:19,834 AND THESE ARE MEANT TO BE A BIT OF A DELICACY IN PANAMA. 699 00:42:19,900 --> 00:42:21,600 LET'S SEE WHAT THEY'RE LIKE. 700 00:42:23,567 --> 00:42:26,333 EATING ANY RAW FLESH IN THIS PLACE 701 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:27,634 IS DANCING WITH THE DEVIL. 702 00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:30,834 THE MANGROVES ARE ALIVE WITH BUGS AND PARASITES, 703 00:42:30,900 --> 00:42:33,200 WHICH MEANS YOU CAN GET ANYTHING 704 00:42:33,266 --> 00:42:35,533 FROM DYSENTERY TO LIVER FAILURE. 705 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:36,867 PBHT! 706 00:42:36,934 --> 00:42:40,667 MAN, THAT TASTES AWFUL. 707 00:42:40,734 --> 00:42:42,467 PBHT! 708 00:42:42,533 --> 00:42:43,800 UGH! 709 00:42:43,867 --> 00:42:45,467 IT'S, LIKE, FOUL. 710 00:42:45,533 --> 00:42:49,767 I SUPPOSE IT'S FEEDING OFF ALL OF THIS STUFF IN HERE -- 711 00:42:49,834 --> 00:42:51,734 PROBABLY NO SURPRISE. 712 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:55,867 TELL YOU WHAT -- THEY CAN KEEP THEIR DELICACIES THIS TIME. 713 00:42:58,166 --> 00:43:02,767 GETTING THROUGH THE MANGROVE MEANS SAFETY CAN'T BE FAR AWAY. 714 00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:09,867 IF YOU KEEP HEADING INLAND, 715 00:43:09,934 --> 00:43:11,967 YOU'LL EVENTUALLY FIND THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY 716 00:43:12,033 --> 00:43:13,967 THAT RUNS THE WHOLE LENGTH OF PANAMA. 717 00:43:14,033 --> 00:43:17,767 HEAD NORTH AWAY FROM THE SHORE, AND YOU CAN'T MISS IT. 718 00:43:19,467 --> 00:43:21,600 TRYING TO FOLLOW THE CAMINO REAL TRAIL, 719 00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:23,767 AND STRUGGLING THROUGH THOSE MANGROVES 720 00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:27,266 HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOURNEYS I'VE EVER UNDERTAKEN. 721 00:43:27,333 --> 00:43:30,200 THIS TRULY IS NOT A PLACE TO GET LOST IN, 722 00:43:30,266 --> 00:43:32,200 AND WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS 723 00:43:32,266 --> 00:43:36,400 I RECKON YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING OUT ALIVE ARE SLIM.