1 00:00:12,734 --> 00:00:14,667 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 2 00:00:14,734 --> 00:00:17,767 AND I'M GONNA SEEK OUT SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES 3 00:00:17,834 --> 00:00:20,567 IN THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCATIONS ON EARTH, 4 00:00:20,634 --> 00:00:22,200 WHERE HAVING THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS 5 00:00:22,266 --> 00:00:25,166 CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 6 00:00:25,233 --> 00:00:26,467 WHOO! 7 00:00:26,533 --> 00:00:30,266 NOW I'M IN PANAMA, CENTRAL AMERICA, 8 00:00:30,333 --> 00:00:32,066 TANGLING WITH THE MOST INHOSPITABLE RAINFOREST 9 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:33,700 IN THE WORLD. 10 00:00:33,767 --> 00:00:37,600 IT'S SO REMOTE, MOST OF IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN CHARTED. 11 00:00:39,467 --> 00:00:40,934 THIS STUFF IS HORRIBLE. 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,500 YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. 13 00:00:44,567 --> 00:00:45,800 I DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP IT IS. 14 00:00:45,867 --> 00:00:48,033 [ BRANCH SNAPS ] 15 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:50,533 THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO FALL OFF THIS THING. 16 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,867 HOLD YOUR NERVE... 17 00:00:52,934 --> 00:00:55,033 EAT WHATEVER YOU CAN. 18 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:57,133 KEEP FOR LATER. 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,867 ...LEARN SURVIVAL SKILLS WITH THE EMBERA TRIBE, 20 00:00:59,934 --> 00:01:05,133 AND PUSH YOURSELF TO THE LIMIT IN A SCRAMBLE TO BE RESCUED. 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,567 YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CHOPPER. 22 00:01:08,634 --> 00:01:11,467 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO STAY ALIVE HERE. 23 00:01:11,533 --> 00:01:14,133 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 24 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,934 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 25 00:01:17,967 --> 00:01:21,400 PANAMA HAS THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES OF JUNGLE 26 00:01:21,467 --> 00:01:25,400 TEEMING WITH VENOMOUS SNAKES, INSECTS, AND BIG CATS. 27 00:01:25,467 --> 00:01:27,934 IT'S NOT THE SORT OF PLACE YOU'D WANT TO BE STRANDED IN. 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,567 THE JUNGLE WOULD JUST SWALLOW YOU UP. 29 00:01:31,634 --> 00:01:35,000 EVEN AT THIS HEIGHT, IT'S SO DENSE, 30 00:01:35,066 --> 00:01:38,333 I CAN'T EVEN SEE THE GROUND BELOW. 31 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,800 I'M LOOKING FOR A CLEARING TO SET DOWN. 32 00:01:41,867 --> 00:01:44,900 BELOW ME, THE GREEN CANOPY LOOKS SMOOTH, 33 00:01:44,967 --> 00:01:47,600 BUT THIS IS A MOUNTAINOUS REGION. 34 00:01:47,667 --> 00:01:50,967 IT'S GNARLY, ROCKY, AND VERY UNFORGIVING. 35 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:57,567 I'VE GOT A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS, 36 00:01:57,634 --> 00:02:00,800 AND MY CAMERA CREW ARE COMING WITH ME. 37 00:02:07,667 --> 00:02:10,934 AS SOON AS I DISAPPEAR INTO THE TREES, 38 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,000 I'M KNOW I'M IN FOR A TOUGH RIDE. 39 00:02:14,066 --> 00:02:16,000 [ INSECTS CHIRPING, BIRDS SINGING ] 40 00:02:16,066 --> 00:02:18,734 Grylls: IT'S THAT EASY. 41 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,367 LITERALLY JUST A DROP OFF THE RADAR IN THESE JUNGLES. 42 00:02:22,433 --> 00:02:29,000 AND ONCE YOU'RE LOST OUT HERE, YOU'RE GONNA STAY LOST. 43 00:02:29,066 --> 00:02:31,333 I'VE GOT TO MAKE A PLAN. 44 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,734 HARDLY A SOUL LIVES HERE, 45 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,867 SO FINDING PEOPLE ISN'T AN OPTION. 46 00:02:36,934 --> 00:02:39,967 IF YOU'RE LOST IN THE JUNGLE, YOUR BEST HOPE FOR SURVIVAL 47 00:02:40,033 --> 00:02:43,033 IS TO HEAD HIGH AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. 48 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:44,834 I'M MAKING FOR THE NUSAGANDI AREA -- 49 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:47,900 THE HIGHEST PART OF THE REGION. 50 00:02:51,166 --> 00:02:54,533 THERE REALLY IS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SURVIVE IN THE JUNGLE. 51 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,500 JUST ALL AROUND YOU, 52 00:02:56,567 --> 00:03:02,734 AND THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER, FOOD, AND ALSO MEDICINES. 53 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,600 OUT HERE, WHAT YOU KNOW CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE, 54 00:03:05,667 --> 00:03:08,266 BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW COULD KILL YOU. 55 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:10,867 AH, BUT THE KEY TO IT IS KNOWLEDGE. 56 00:03:10,934 --> 00:03:12,900 CHECK OUT THIS MONSTER GRASSHOPPER HERE. 57 00:03:12,967 --> 00:03:14,367 AND THESE ARE SO FAST. 58 00:03:14,433 --> 00:03:16,667 YOU'VE GOT TO GRAB THESE QUICKLY, 59 00:03:16,734 --> 00:03:19,533 AND AFTER YOU TRY AND GO FOR IT OR IT JUMPS, 60 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,166 YOU WANT TO AIM ABOVE IT. 61 00:03:21,233 --> 00:03:22,533 [ GROANS ] 62 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,166 LOOK AT THAT. 63 00:03:24,233 --> 00:03:27,400 HE'S NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 64 00:03:27,467 --> 00:03:29,900 THAT'S QUITE A... QUITE A WHOPPER. 65 00:03:29,967 --> 00:03:32,700 I'M JUST GONNA TAKE HIS HEAD OFF. 66 00:03:32,767 --> 00:03:33,967 THERE YOU GO. 67 00:03:34,033 --> 00:03:37,300 AND THEN THE REST OF HIM NOW IS EDIBLE. 68 00:03:37,367 --> 00:03:39,834 BUT REALLY IN THE WILD, IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION, 69 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:42,700 YOU'VE GOT TO LEAVE YOUR PREJUDICES BEHIND. 70 00:03:42,767 --> 00:03:44,033 AND THAT IS ENERGY. 71 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:45,500 ENERGY MEANS MOVEMENT, 72 00:03:45,567 --> 00:03:48,767 AND MOVEMENT IS VITAL IF YOU'RE GONNA SELF-RESCUE. 73 00:03:48,834 --> 00:03:51,367 SO, HERE WE GO. 74 00:03:51,433 --> 00:03:52,867 UGH. 75 00:03:54,433 --> 00:03:56,133 [ CRUNCHING ] 76 00:04:02,767 --> 00:04:07,166 THAT TASTED JUST KIND OF CREAMY GOO. 77 00:04:09,033 --> 00:04:10,600 [ GRUNTS ] 78 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:11,967 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 79 00:04:12,033 --> 00:04:14,834 HE'S GONE DOWN, AND I'M ON. 80 00:04:17,266 --> 00:04:20,400 GAINING ANY GROUND IN THIS STRENGTH-SAPPING MUD 81 00:04:20,467 --> 00:04:22,000 IS EXHAUSTING. 82 00:04:25,467 --> 00:04:29,200 THIS IS WHY IT'S SO HARD TO MAKE ANY SORT OF PROGRESS 83 00:04:29,266 --> 00:04:30,800 IN DENSE JUNGLE. 84 00:04:30,867 --> 00:04:32,400 [ SPITS ] 85 00:04:34,533 --> 00:04:37,667 YEAH, IT'S SLIPPY. LOOK AT THAT UNDERFOOT. 86 00:04:37,734 --> 00:04:38,867 SOLDIERS, YOU KNOW, 87 00:04:38,934 --> 00:04:41,166 WOULD NORMALLY RECKON ON MOVING IN DENSE JUNGLE 88 00:04:41,233 --> 00:04:44,600 NOT MUCH MORE THAN A MILE -- MAYBE A MILE AND A HALF A DAY. 89 00:04:44,667 --> 00:04:47,433 AND THIS IS WHY. 90 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:50,900 YOUR CLOTHES JUST STICK TO YOU LIKE DAMP GLUE 91 00:04:50,967 --> 00:04:52,600 IN THE 100% HUMIDITY, 92 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:56,600 AND IT MAKES THE TEMPERATURE FEEL LIKE 120 DEGREES. 93 00:04:58,467 --> 00:05:00,533 YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE JUNGLE. 94 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:01,934 YOU'VE GOT TO GO WITH THE FLOW, 95 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,066 AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING TO HEAD UP... 96 00:05:07,133 --> 00:05:10,433 ...EVEN IF FIRST I'VE GOT TO GO DOWN. 97 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:15,333 [ WATER RUSHING ] 98 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:27,100 THE WATER LEVEL'S DEFINITELY INCREASING, 99 00:05:27,166 --> 00:05:28,834 AND YOU CAN TELL IT'S BEEN RAINING HERE. 100 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:30,266 AND WHAT HAPPENS -- 101 00:05:30,333 --> 00:05:34,200 ALL OF THE RAIN FALLS AND GETS FUNNELED INTO THESE GULLIES, 102 00:05:34,266 --> 00:05:37,800 AND THAT WATER LEVEL RISES AND FALLS HERE VERY FAST. 103 00:05:37,867 --> 00:05:40,266 AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, 104 00:05:40,333 --> 00:05:43,867 THESE TORRENTS CAN TURN ON LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH, 105 00:05:43,934 --> 00:05:46,800 WIPING OUT EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH. 106 00:05:46,867 --> 00:05:51,133 GOOD TECHNIQUE IS THE KEY TO CLIMBING THIS. 107 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,166 MAKE SURE YOU PLAN YOUR ROUTE FIRST. 108 00:05:54,233 --> 00:05:58,634 BUT BE CAREFUL -- THESE ROCKS CAN BE RAZOR-SHARP. 109 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:03,200 RIVERBEDS CAN HELP YOU COVER MORE GROUND 110 00:06:03,266 --> 00:06:06,066 AND GIVE YOU A BREAK FROM BATTLING WITH THE RAINFOREST, 111 00:06:06,133 --> 00:06:07,700 BUT WHEN THE TERRAIN OPENS UP, 112 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:09,634 YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE YOUR CHANCES. 113 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:11,967 THE STREAM'S STARTING TO PETER OUT A BIT NOW, 114 00:06:12,033 --> 00:06:14,133 AND THESE BANKS ARE LOOKING MUCH CLEARER. 115 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,100 SO I'M GONNA KEEP HEADING UP HERE -- 116 00:06:16,166 --> 00:06:17,967 TRY TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND STILL. 117 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:21,300 THE TERRAIN HERE IS SO DECEPTIVE. 118 00:06:21,367 --> 00:06:24,467 YOU CAN'T SEE FURTHER THAN A FEW YARDS IN FRONT OF YOU, 119 00:06:24,533 --> 00:06:28,700 AND THERE ARE NEW OBSTACLES LURKING AT EVERY TURN. 120 00:06:30,467 --> 00:06:33,166 LOOKS LIKE IT'S A MASSIVE DROP AHEAD. LOOK. 121 00:06:34,934 --> 00:06:39,300 THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO CROSS THAT. 122 00:06:39,367 --> 00:06:44,133 WHAT I'M GONNA TRY AND DO... 123 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,133 [ GRUNTS ] 124 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,867 THIS LIMESTONE IS NASTY... 125 00:06:48,934 --> 00:06:50,166 ALL RIGHT. 126 00:06:50,233 --> 00:06:54,800 ...SHARP AS CORAL AND FLAKY AS WAFER. 127 00:06:54,867 --> 00:06:57,333 EVERYTHING IS JUST SO LOOSE AROUND HERE. 128 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,634 BE REALLY CAREFUL ALONG THIS EDGE. 129 00:07:04,433 --> 00:07:06,100 LOOK. 130 00:07:06,166 --> 00:07:10,300 LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BIG, FALLEN TREE ACROSS THIS GORGE. 131 00:07:10,367 --> 00:07:11,867 YEAH, LOOK AT THIS. 132 00:07:11,934 --> 00:07:13,200 YOU SEE THAT? 133 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,533 THAT'S COME STRAIGHT DOWN, 134 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,367 STRAIGHT ACROSS THIS, LIKE, RAVINEY THING. 135 00:07:19,433 --> 00:07:23,133 AND THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 30 FOOT STRAIGHT ACROSS, 136 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,567 BUT THE ACTUAL LOG ITSELF LOOKS PRETTY SOLID. 137 00:07:26,634 --> 00:07:28,533 YEAH, I RECKON THIS IS DOABLE. 138 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,000 GIVE US THE LITTLE CAMERA. 139 00:07:30,066 --> 00:07:32,867 THIS SHORTCUT CAN SAVE YOU MILES OF UPHILL STRUGGLE, 140 00:07:32,934 --> 00:07:35,533 BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 141 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,867 LET'S GIVE THIS A QUICK GO. 142 00:07:40,634 --> 00:07:42,934 THE KEY IS NOT TO RUSH THIS. 143 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,700 THE SLIGHTEST SLIP, 144 00:07:44,767 --> 00:07:47,533 AND IT'S A LONG DROP TO YOUR DEATH. 145 00:07:56,634 --> 00:08:00,200 IT MUST BE 90 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS RAVINE. 146 00:08:00,266 --> 00:08:04,934 WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY -- HALFWAY ACROSS HERE, 147 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,033 AND THERE'S ALL THIS MOSS AND LICHEN 148 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:12,300 THAT'S MAKING IT REALLY SLIPPY. 149 00:08:12,367 --> 00:08:17,834 AND ALSO, IT'S MUCH SPRINGIER THAN I THOUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. 150 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:19,934 BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE. 151 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,500 IT'S MUCH FURTHER THAN I THOUGHT. HAVE A LOOK. 152 00:08:22,567 --> 00:08:26,700 THERE'S ALSO THIS DEAD BRANCH, LIKE, HANGING ON IT. 153 00:08:26,767 --> 00:08:29,800 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS TO GO. 154 00:08:29,867 --> 00:08:33,834 [ BRANCH SNAPS, WATER SPLASHES ] 155 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:37,767 THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO FALL OFF THIS THING. 156 00:08:45,967 --> 00:08:50,700 Grylls: I'M IN PANAMA, BATTLING THROUGH IMPENETRABLE RAINFOREST. 157 00:08:50,767 --> 00:08:52,567 I'M HALFWAY ACROSS A FALLEN TREE 158 00:08:52,634 --> 00:08:55,066 WEDGED ABOVE A 90-FOOT RAVINE. 159 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,233 [ BRANCH SNAPS, WATER SPLASHES ] 160 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:05,734 THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO FALL OFF THIS THING. 161 00:09:08,133 --> 00:09:09,600 OKAY, I NEED TO GET ACROSS NOW. 162 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,700 I'M TAKING A SHORTCUT ACROSS THE GORGE. 163 00:09:15,767 --> 00:09:18,834 IN THE JUNGLE, YOU'VE GOT NO HOPE OF BEING SPOTTED 164 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:20,900 UNDER THE DENSE FOREST CANOPY, 165 00:09:20,967 --> 00:09:23,834 SO I'M HEADING FOR THE NUSAGANDI AREA -- 166 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:28,133 THE HIGHEST PART OF THE REGION, WHERE I CAN SIGNAL FOR RESCUE. 167 00:09:33,333 --> 00:09:35,867 THE TERRAIN IS GETTING STEEPER, 168 00:09:35,934 --> 00:09:39,500 AND THE HEAT, COMBINED WITH 100% HUMIDITY, 169 00:09:39,567 --> 00:09:42,133 IS TAKING ITS TOLL ON MY BODY. 170 00:09:54,300 --> 00:09:57,467 ONE THING YOU NEEDN'T BE SHORT OF IS WATER. 171 00:09:57,533 --> 00:10:01,233 YOU SWEAT SO MUCH YOU NEED AT LEAST 11 LITERS A DAY. 172 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:03,166 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT. 173 00:10:03,233 --> 00:10:06,033 RUNNING ALL THE WAY UP THE TREE HERE IS A WATER VINE. 174 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:07,967 SEE THAT -- IF I GIVE IT A SHAKE? 175 00:10:08,033 --> 00:10:09,700 AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS 176 00:10:09,767 --> 00:10:14,367 IS THAT IT CONTAINS FRESH DRINKING WATER. 177 00:10:14,433 --> 00:10:18,100 AND THE WAY TO GET AT THE WATER IS TO CUT THE TOP ONE, 178 00:10:18,166 --> 00:10:20,033 AND THEN KEEP IT HORIZONTAL. 179 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:23,934 CUT THROUGH THIS... 180 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,700 AND THEN HOLD IT UP. 181 00:10:25,767 --> 00:10:28,367 AND THERE YOU GO. 182 00:10:28,433 --> 00:10:30,100 MMM. 183 00:10:31,834 --> 00:10:33,734 IT JUST SHOWS, YOU KNOW, 184 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,767 IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE JUNGLE, 185 00:10:37,834 --> 00:10:41,266 YOU CAN GET ALL THE FRESH WATER YOU NEED. 186 00:10:46,433 --> 00:10:48,867 I'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN THE JUNGLE, 187 00:10:48,934 --> 00:10:51,533 AND I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT IN THE MILITARY 188 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,934 NOT TO FIGHT IT, BUT TO TUNE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. 189 00:11:00,667 --> 00:11:02,500 AND I ALWAYS THINK THAT THERE ARE, LIKE, 190 00:11:02,567 --> 00:11:04,233 THREE PHASES THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH 191 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:05,767 WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN THE JUNGLE. 192 00:11:05,834 --> 00:11:07,533 AND THE FIRST IS WHEN THEY ARRIVE 193 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,333 WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE DANGERS. 194 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,600 AND THEN THE SECOND IS THEY SUDDENLY 195 00:11:11,667 --> 00:11:14,834 GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF JUST HOW ALIVE THE JUNGLE IS -- 196 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:17,667 WHERE THE SNAKES ARE, WHERE THE SCORPIONS ARE. 197 00:11:17,734 --> 00:11:19,700 BUT THEN THE FINAL STAGE IS REALIZING 198 00:11:19,767 --> 00:11:22,166 IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ANY SORT OF PROGRESS HERE, 199 00:11:22,233 --> 00:11:24,266 YOU NEED TO JUST RELAX AND GO WITH IT. 200 00:11:24,333 --> 00:11:26,433 AND THAT'S THE PHASE YOU WANT TO GET TO. 201 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:28,367 BUT I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING, 202 00:11:28,433 --> 00:11:31,133 AND KEEPING YOUR ENERGY AND SPIRITS UP 203 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:32,867 ARE VITAL IN THIS PLACE. 204 00:11:32,934 --> 00:11:35,467 EVERY LITTLE FIND IS A VICTORY. 205 00:11:35,533 --> 00:11:37,934 THIS IS A CACAO TREE. 206 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:44,934 THE PODS FROM THIS ARE USED TO MAKE CHOCOLATE. 207 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,266 OKAY, LET'S HAVE A LOOK INSIDE THIS. 208 00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:51,400 IT'S THESE SEEDS THAT GIVE GOOD VITAMIN C, GOOD ENERGY, 209 00:11:51,467 --> 00:11:55,266 BUT IT'S ALSO INSIDE THE SEEDS THAT WHEN IT'S RIPE, 210 00:11:55,333 --> 00:11:59,033 THEY'RE PURPLE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY MAKE THE CHOCOLATE FROM. 211 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:02,400 AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THE CHEMICALS IN HERE 212 00:12:02,467 --> 00:12:04,834 WILL RELEASE ENDORPHINS IN MY BRAIN, 213 00:12:04,900 --> 00:12:08,567 AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES YOU THE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR OF CHOCOLATE. 214 00:12:08,634 --> 00:12:12,100 EVEN IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 215 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:16,133 DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS IN THE JUNGLE. 216 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,567 JUST NICKED MYSELF ON ONE OF THESE BRANCHES. 217 00:12:19,634 --> 00:12:22,467 THAT'S THE THING ABOUT THE JUNGLE -- 218 00:12:22,533 --> 00:12:26,166 EVERYTHING HERE IS JUST SO SHARP AND THORNY AND SPIKY. 219 00:12:26,233 --> 00:12:27,500 EVEN THOUGH IT'S SMALL, 220 00:12:27,567 --> 00:12:29,567 IT'S OFTEN THE SMALL THINGS THAT CAN BE THE REAL KILLERS, 221 00:12:29,634 --> 00:12:31,433 AND ULTIMATELY THAT'S AN OPEN WOUND -- 222 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:33,967 GET FULL OF BACTERIA AND GO SEPTIC. 223 00:12:34,033 --> 00:12:37,967 I ACTUALLY HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS OUT IN THESE JUNGLES IN PANAMA. 224 00:12:38,033 --> 00:12:41,900 GOT A LITTLE NICK LIKE THIS, AND IT WENT SEPTIC VERY QUICKLY. 225 00:12:41,967 --> 00:12:44,233 AND HE ALMOST HAD TO BE AIR-EVACED 226 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:45,900 JUST 'CAUSE A TINY, LITTLE CUT. 227 00:12:45,967 --> 00:12:48,767 SO I NEED TO FIND SOMETHING TO TREAT THIS. 228 00:12:50,467 --> 00:12:55,367 THE PANAMANIAN RAINFOREST HAS OVER 10,000 PLANT SPECIES. 229 00:12:55,433 --> 00:12:57,934 MANY ARE DEADLY, BUT WITH THE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE, 230 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,834 YOU REALIZE YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH NATURE'S DRUGSTORE. 231 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:07,567 THIS PLANT CAN ACTUALLY HELP ME. 232 00:13:07,634 --> 00:13:10,967 IT'S CALLED A "DESTROYER." 233 00:13:11,033 --> 00:13:14,400 IT'S CALLED A DESTROYER NOT 'CAUSE IT DESTROYS US, 234 00:13:14,467 --> 00:13:16,834 BUT BECAUSE IT DESTROYS BACTERIA. 235 00:13:16,900 --> 00:13:20,300 AND ALL I NEED TO DO WITH THIS -- 236 00:13:20,367 --> 00:13:25,166 TAKE A LEAF OFF AND THEN CRUSH THIS UP. 237 00:13:25,233 --> 00:13:27,667 AND WHAT IT WILL DO -- IT WILL ACT AS AN ANTISEPTIC, 238 00:13:27,734 --> 00:13:32,600 BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP THE WOUND AND THE BLOOD COAGULATE. 239 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:37,567 SO, YOU GOT TO SQUEEZE ALL OF THAT SAP ON, 240 00:13:37,634 --> 00:13:42,467 AND THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP PROTECT IT. 241 00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:48,600 OVER 100 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR IN PANAMA'S JUNGLES 242 00:13:48,667 --> 00:13:51,000 FROM CUTS AND INFECTIONS. 243 00:13:51,066 --> 00:13:54,767 SO IF YOU GET ONE, YOU'VE GOT TO ACT FAST. 244 00:13:56,767 --> 00:13:58,700 [ GRUNTS ] 245 00:13:58,767 --> 00:14:02,033 THIS IS THE MOST ENERGY-SAPPING, 246 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:05,200 NERVE-RACKING PLACE YOU'D NEVER WANT TO BE LOST IN. 247 00:14:05,266 --> 00:14:07,834 A DAY IN THE JUNGLE FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME. 248 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:11,400 WHEN YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S SAFE, 249 00:14:11,467 --> 00:14:14,533 GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK AND RECHARGE. 250 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,700 JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE, GUYS. GIVE ME A MINUTE. 251 00:14:24,767 --> 00:14:27,133 [ PANTING ] 252 00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:30,166 OH, THIS IS SO NICE 253 00:14:30,233 --> 00:14:34,266 TO FIND A BIT OF A CLEARING IN THIS PLACE, YOU KNOW? 254 00:14:34,333 --> 00:14:38,734 AND THE OTHER GOOD THING ABOUT HERE IS THAT THERE'S WATER. 255 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,266 IN FACT, ACTUALLY, 256 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:44,233 THIS WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE TO MAYBE SET UP CAMP. 257 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,767 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE JUNGLE, 258 00:14:46,834 --> 00:14:48,400 WHEN YOU WANT TO SET UP CAMP, 259 00:14:48,467 --> 00:14:50,834 IS TO GIVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT. 260 00:14:50,900 --> 00:14:53,667 YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WHEN IT GETS DARK IN THE JUNGLE, 261 00:14:53,734 --> 00:14:55,166 IT GETS DARK HERE SO FAST. 262 00:14:55,233 --> 00:14:59,367 AND THE LAST PLACE YOU WANT TO BE TRAPPED OUT AT NIGHT 263 00:14:59,433 --> 00:15:00,800 IS THE JUNGLE. 264 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:08,033 AS NIGHT FALLS, IT'S A BATTLE TO FIND FOOD AND SHELTER 265 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:10,767 BEFORE THE JUNGLE CLOSES IN. 266 00:15:20,834 --> 00:15:23,900 Grylls: I'M IN THE PANAMANIAN JUNGLE, 267 00:15:23,967 --> 00:15:28,000 MAKING CAMP FOR THE NIGHT AND ON THE HUNT FOR FOOD. 268 00:15:28,066 --> 00:15:31,934 ONE THING THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF IN THE JUNGLE ARE TERMITES. 269 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,900 AND LOOK, YOU SEE THIS TERMITES' NEST HERE, 270 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:38,567 AND ACTUALLY, THEY'RE PRETTY FUNDAMENTAL TO THE JUNGLE. 271 00:15:38,634 --> 00:15:40,967 I LIKE TERMITES JUST 'CAUSE THEY DIGEST SO MUCH 272 00:15:41,033 --> 00:15:42,200 ALL THE ROTTING WOOD. 273 00:15:42,266 --> 00:15:45,533 LOOK, YOU GO. SEE THEM ALL CRAWLING OUT THERE? 274 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,867 BUT ACTUALLY, ALL OF THESE ARE EDIBLE. 275 00:16:00,133 --> 00:16:02,900 AND THEY TASTE LIKE A LITTLE BIT ZINGY, YOU KNOW, 276 00:16:02,967 --> 00:16:05,867 LIKE KIND OF NOT VERY NICE CITRUS. 277 00:16:05,934 --> 00:16:08,300 BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO WITH THESE 278 00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:11,767 THAT'S GONNA HOPEFULLY BRING ME MUCH MORE ENERGY. 279 00:16:11,834 --> 00:16:15,266 OKAY, I'M GONNA TAKE A BIT OF THIS WITH ME. 280 00:16:15,333 --> 00:16:17,467 THERE WE GO. 281 00:16:17,533 --> 00:16:20,367 I'M GONNA TAKE... 282 00:16:20,433 --> 00:16:23,367 THAT AND THAT WITH ME. 283 00:16:23,433 --> 00:16:26,200 I'VE GOT AN IDEA. 284 00:16:26,266 --> 00:16:27,634 BUT IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT. 285 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:30,333 OUT HERE, IT CAN GO FROM DAYLIGHT TO PITCH-BLACK 286 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,934 IN JUST HALF AN HOUR, AND I'VE STILL GOT TO MAKE CAMP. 287 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,533 WHEN YOU'RE MAKING SHELTER, 288 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,033 ONE OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT GOALS MUST BE 289 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:41,200 JUST TO TRY AND RAISE YOURSELF UP OFF THE JUNGLE FLOOR 290 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:42,767 'CAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO 291 00:16:42,834 --> 00:16:46,600 IS HAVE TO SHARE YOUR BED WITH ALL OF THE SNAKES AND SCORPIONS 292 00:16:46,667 --> 00:16:49,200 AND ANTS THAT LIVE ON THE JUNGLE FLOOR. 293 00:16:49,266 --> 00:16:52,467 AND THESE TWO TREES WOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD PLACE -- 294 00:16:52,533 --> 00:16:55,667 ABOUT THE RIGHT DISTANCE APART TO MAKE A HAMMOCK. 295 00:16:55,734 --> 00:16:58,967 BUT FIRST OF ALL, YOU'D NEED THE MATERIALS FOR THAT. 296 00:16:59,033 --> 00:17:01,100 AND THIS IS CALLED "BAJUCA REAL," 297 00:17:01,166 --> 00:17:03,367 AND IT'S REALLY COMMON IN THE JUNGLE. 298 00:17:03,433 --> 00:17:06,066 THE LOCAL INDIGENOUS TRIBES WOULD USE THIS 299 00:17:06,133 --> 00:17:09,233 FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, JUST BECAUSE IT'S STRONG, 300 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:11,033 BUT ALSO IT GROWS IN DIFFERENT THICKNESS. 301 00:17:11,100 --> 00:17:14,033 AND THIS STUFF IS PRETTY THIN. IT WILL BE GOOD FOR MY HAMMOCK. 302 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:16,066 BUT YOU CAN TELL -- LOOK -- IF I JUST SCRAPE IT HERE, 303 00:17:16,133 --> 00:17:17,667 YOU CAN TELL THAT'S BAJUCA REAL 304 00:17:17,734 --> 00:17:20,500 JUST 'CAUSE IT'S GOT THAT REDDISH TINGE UNDER THE BARK. 305 00:17:20,567 --> 00:17:24,467 IF I CUT IT DOWN HERE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE. 306 00:17:24,533 --> 00:17:26,133 IT JUST UNWRAPS. 307 00:17:29,133 --> 00:17:31,033 THERE WE GO. 308 00:17:32,634 --> 00:17:36,934 THIS COULD TAKE A WHILE ON YOUR OWN, BUT IT'S WORTH IT. 309 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,834 AND THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO 310 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:42,166 IS MAKE LIKE TWO CROSSES AT EACH END 311 00:17:42,233 --> 00:17:44,166 THAT'S GONNA SUPPORT THE HAMMOCK. 312 00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:48,867 AND YOU CAN JUST USE A BIT OF BARK STRIPPED FROM A TREE 313 00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:51,500 THAT WILL ACT AS GOOD LASHING, 314 00:17:51,567 --> 00:17:53,467 AND THAT'S GONNA SUPPORT ONE END. 315 00:17:53,533 --> 00:17:55,834 THE CROSS ENDS WILL CARRY MOST OF THE WEIGHT, 316 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:57,200 SO THEY NEED TO BE SECURE. 317 00:17:57,266 --> 00:18:00,233 AND THEN WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TAKE THIS VINE, 318 00:18:00,300 --> 00:18:04,900 THREAD IT BEHIND THE TREE, AND TIE THESE TIGHT. 319 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:12,367 AND THAT THEN IS GONNA BE THE OUTER FRAME OF THE HAMMOCK. 320 00:18:12,433 --> 00:18:14,800 AND THEN ALL YOU NEED TO DO THEN 321 00:18:14,867 --> 00:18:19,133 IS INTERWEAVE CROSS ONES ALL THE WAY THE LENGTH OF THIS. 322 00:18:20,634 --> 00:18:22,734 AND HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL TAKE MY WEIGHT. 323 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:23,767 [ GRUNTS ] 324 00:18:23,834 --> 00:18:26,266 [ VINE SNAPS ] 325 00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:31,834 ONE LITTLE SNAP, BUT THAT'S NOT TOO BAD. 326 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:33,834 AND BEFORE I BED DOWN, 327 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:36,834 I'M GONNA TRY MY BIG IDEA WITH THOSE TERMITES. 328 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:39,133 WHAT I'M GONNA TRY AND USE THESE TERMITES FOR 329 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,634 IS BAIT FOR FISH. 330 00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:44,667 AND WHAT I CAN DO IS JUST PUT THEM OVER THE WATER, 331 00:18:44,734 --> 00:18:46,300 GIVE IT A SPRINKLE, 332 00:18:46,367 --> 00:18:48,734 AND HOPEFULLY THEN THE FISH WILL GO FOR IT. 333 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,500 BUT WHAT I'M GONNA ALSO NEED IS A NET, 334 00:18:51,567 --> 00:18:56,166 AND WHAT I CAN USE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SAPLING I'VE GOT. 335 00:18:56,233 --> 00:18:59,700 AND ALL I NEED TO DO IS BEND THIS 'ROUND 336 00:18:59,767 --> 00:19:03,433 AND THEN TIE IT AND PUT MY SHIRT OVER IT. 337 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:08,900 AND THEN YOU'RE READY FOR A BIT OF FISHING. 338 00:19:08,967 --> 00:19:14,000 AND LOOK -- YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE STARTING TO JUMP AND TAKE THEM. 339 00:19:14,066 --> 00:19:16,166 SEE ALL THAT? HERE. 340 00:19:16,233 --> 00:19:19,367 OKAY, JUST COME ABOVE MY NET. 341 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:25,567 [ Chuckles ] IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING PATIENT. 342 00:19:25,634 --> 00:19:27,834 I'M NOTORIOUSLY IMPATIENT. 343 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:31,133 COME ON, TAKE THE ONES ABOVE MY NET. 344 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,367 LOOK, LOADS OF DELICIOUS TERMITES. 345 00:19:38,066 --> 00:19:41,834 AT THE MOMENT, THEY'RE FEASTING OFF MY TERMITES, 346 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:43,900 AND I'M NOT GETTING ANY. 347 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:50,400 OH, I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE HERE. 348 00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:55,700 OH, NO. WHERE'S HE GONE? 349 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,967 [ Chuckles ] LOOK, THEY'RE JUST, LIKE, MOCKING ME HERE. 350 00:20:03,033 --> 00:20:04,467 DO YOU KNOW WHAT? 351 00:20:04,533 --> 00:20:08,834 I'VE BEEN AT THIS AWHILE, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE TIME 352 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:12,800 WHERE THE FISH HAVE HAD THE BETTER OF THE BEAR. 353 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:20,300 GOING HUNGRY IS A REAL SETBACK OUT HERE, 354 00:20:20,367 --> 00:20:23,600 BUT A FIRE HAS TO BE MY PRIORITY NOW. 355 00:20:23,667 --> 00:20:25,300 THERE'S ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR LEFT 356 00:20:25,367 --> 00:20:28,266 BEFORE IT'S PITCH-BLACK AND THE TEMPERATURE PLUMMETS. 357 00:20:28,333 --> 00:20:30,634 BUT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY WOOD, 358 00:20:30,700 --> 00:20:31,967 A FIRE'S NOT THAT EASY. 359 00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:36,033 FINDING TINDER IN THE RAINFOREST IS NOTORIOUSLY HARD, 360 00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:41,000 AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS DEAD WOOD THAT'S DRY. 361 00:20:41,066 --> 00:20:43,634 ALTHOUGH, IN THIS CASE -- LOOK AT THAT. 362 00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:46,667 IT'S ALL SOAKING WET. LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE. 363 00:20:51,066 --> 00:20:52,734 HERE WE GO. THIS IS LOOKING BETTER. 364 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,300 SEE ALL THAT? 365 00:20:54,367 --> 00:20:59,200 THAT IS DRY, AND THAT'S GONNA MAKE GREAT, GREAT TINDER. 366 00:20:59,266 --> 00:21:01,200 SOME SURVIVAL EXPERTS RECOMMEND 367 00:21:01,266 --> 00:21:03,834 THAT YOU DON'T EVEN TRY TO LIGHT A FIRE 368 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:07,500 BECAUSE THE CHANCE OF FAILURE ARE GONNA BRING YOU DOWN. 369 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:10,500 BUT I WANT A FIRE. 370 00:21:10,567 --> 00:21:11,700 TRY AND GET THIS GOING. 371 00:21:11,767 --> 00:21:13,834 THE MOSQUITOES ARE GETTING BAD ALREADY. 372 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,634 THE AIR IS SO DAMP IT'S A REAL STRUGGLE JUST TO LIGHT THIS. 373 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:22,734 [ FLINT SCRAPING ] 374 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,166 OKAY, WE'VE GOT FIRE. 375 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:36,567 IT'S BARELY ENOUGH TO KEEP ME WARM, 376 00:21:36,634 --> 00:21:38,533 BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. 377 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,900 AND WHATEVER LIFTS YOUR SPIRITS IS GONNA HELP YOU. 378 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,567 I ALWAYS THINK ALMOST HALF THE BATTLE OF SURVIVAL 379 00:21:45,634 --> 00:21:49,900 IS BEING ABLE TO KEEP YOUR HOPES UP AND YOUR SPIRITS ALIVE. 380 00:21:49,967 --> 00:21:51,734 THERE'S A LITTLE PICTURE OF MY FAMILY 381 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,734 THAT I ALWAYS KEEP WITH ME WHEREVER I GO. 382 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:57,100 I KEEP IT LAMINATED IN THE SOLE OF MY BOOT. 383 00:21:57,166 --> 00:22:00,800 AND...I PULL IT OUT. 384 00:22:00,867 --> 00:22:03,000 I HAVE THAT -- MY LITTLE BOY. 385 00:22:03,066 --> 00:22:07,567 AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE -- MY WIFE AND MY OTHER LITTLE SON. 386 00:22:07,634 --> 00:22:09,867 AND THAT'S HELPED ME, YOU KNOW, 387 00:22:09,934 --> 00:22:14,200 SO MUCH THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT ADVENTURES. 388 00:22:17,033 --> 00:22:20,867 HUNGRY, COLD, AND EXHAUSTED, MY THOUGHTS OF MY FAMILY 389 00:22:20,934 --> 00:22:24,000 ARE WHAT I HOLD ONTO THROUGH THE NIGHT. 390 00:22:26,233 --> 00:22:30,233 IT'S EASY TO FEEL JUST PRETTY VULNERABLE HERE, 391 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:32,433 AND IF I'M HONEST, 392 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:37,467 I'M QUITE LOOKING FORWARD TO DAYBREAK NOW. 393 00:22:37,533 --> 00:22:41,433 [ WILDLIFE CHIRPING ] 394 00:23:06,834 --> 00:23:10,800 Grylls: I'VE JUST SPENT A NIGHT OUT IN THE PANAMANIAN JUNGLE, 395 00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:13,967 ONE OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE PLACES ON EARTH. 396 00:23:14,033 --> 00:23:15,734 HEY. 397 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,367 WELL, IT WASN'T A BAD NIGHT. 398 00:23:17,433 --> 00:23:19,667 THE GOOD NEWS IS, THIS HAMMOCK HELD UP. 399 00:23:19,734 --> 00:23:22,834 THERE WAS ONE MOMENT IN THE NIGHT WHERE THIS POPPED OUT, 400 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:25,500 AND I SORT OF FOUND MYSELF HANGING OUT OF IT, 401 00:23:25,567 --> 00:23:27,500 BUT IT BASICALLY HELD UP. 402 00:23:27,567 --> 00:23:30,433 THE ONLY THING IS, I DID GET REALLY COLD AT ABOUT 3:00 403 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:32,667 JUST 'CAUSE MY CLOTHES WERE STILL WET, 404 00:23:32,734 --> 00:23:35,166 AND I STARTED TO GET REALLY, REALLY SHIVERY. 405 00:23:35,233 --> 00:23:37,500 SO I JUST PUT A LOAD OF THIS GREEN ON IT 406 00:23:37,567 --> 00:23:39,867 TO TRY AND INSULATE ME, BUT TO BE HONEST, 407 00:23:39,934 --> 00:23:42,600 IT DIDN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, DO THAT GOOD A JOB. 408 00:23:44,934 --> 00:23:47,133 THE BEST WAY TO GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE 409 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,133 IS TO HEAD UP TO HIGHER GROUND IN THE NUSAGANDI REGION. 410 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,033 BUT BEFORE I GET GOING, I NEED BREAKFAST. 411 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:55,033 LOOK AT THIS. 412 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,000 SEE THIS HERE? 413 00:23:57,066 --> 00:23:59,500 THAT IS IVORY PALM. 414 00:23:59,567 --> 00:24:01,233 [ GRUNTS ] 415 00:24:07,066 --> 00:24:10,667 YEAH, NOW, THIS STUFF IS EDIBLE IF I CAN JUST GET INTO IT. 416 00:24:15,166 --> 00:24:16,867 THERE WE GO. I'M INTO IT. 417 00:24:16,934 --> 00:24:18,567 NOW, LOOK AT THIS STUFF. 418 00:24:18,634 --> 00:24:19,834 SEE ALL OF THAT? 419 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:23,700 THAT, WHEN IT SETS, GOES ABSOLUTELY ROCK-HARD LIKE IVORY, 420 00:24:23,767 --> 00:24:26,467 AND ACTUALLY, LOCAL, INDIGENOUS TRIBES 421 00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:29,000 WILL USE THIS FOR, LIKE, CARVINGS. 422 00:24:29,066 --> 00:24:32,667 AND IT SHOULD BE GOOD CARBOHYDRATE... 423 00:24:32,734 --> 00:24:34,300 AND TASTY. 424 00:24:34,367 --> 00:24:35,934 MMM. 425 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,133 IT'S LIKE KIND OF -- 426 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,667 IT TASTES LIKE COCONUT BUT IT'S REALLY GOOEY. 427 00:24:39,734 --> 00:24:42,333 IT'S LIKE SORT OF GLUE THAT HASN'T QUITE SET. 428 00:24:45,166 --> 00:24:49,967 AND REALLY ALL OF THAT IS LIKE A MEAL IN ITSELF ALMOST. 429 00:24:50,033 --> 00:24:51,467 COOL. 430 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,533 THAT'S ME SET OUT FOR A DIFFICULT CLIMB AHEAD. 431 00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:10,133 IT'S SO HARD GETTING UP. 432 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,967 ALL OF THIS IS JUST SO SLIPPY. 433 00:25:13,033 --> 00:25:14,934 AND WHEN IT'S STEEP LIKE THIS, 434 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,533 I WANT TO JUST USE THIS STICK LIKE AN ICE AX 435 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,233 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN PULL ON 436 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:25,166 AND KICK A STEP IN. 437 00:25:27,266 --> 00:25:29,300 [ PANTING ] 438 00:25:31,467 --> 00:25:33,834 GETS A BIT BETTER HERE. 439 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:35,467 JUST GET YOU OVER THAT. 440 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:44,700 ONE THING THAT THERE'S NO RELIEF FROM 441 00:25:44,767 --> 00:25:46,834 IS THE RAVENOUS MOSQUITOES. 442 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:49,934 I'M GONNA NEED A JUNGLE REMEDY. 443 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,533 THERE, YOU SEE ALL OF THIS? 444 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,233 THIS IS ALL -- THIS IS ALL THE SPOIL FROM LEAF-CUTTER ANTS. 445 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:01,734 THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. 446 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,533 THEY STRIP ALL THE LEAVES, TAKE IT UNDERGROUND WHERE IT ROTS, 447 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,900 AND THEN THEY FEED OFF THE FUNGUS FROM THIS. 448 00:26:06,967 --> 00:26:08,567 BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. 449 00:26:08,634 --> 00:26:10,433 THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY EITHER MOVED ON 450 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:13,166 OR THEY MIGHT JUST BE HAVING A SIESTA. 451 00:26:13,233 --> 00:26:17,467 BUT EITHER WAY, WHAT I CAN DO IS ACTUALLY USE SOME OF THIS SPOIL, 452 00:26:17,533 --> 00:26:20,600 AND THIS ACTUALLY CONTAINS MASSES OF FORMIC ACID 453 00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:21,867 FROM THE ANTS. 454 00:26:21,934 --> 00:26:24,967 AND FORMIC ACID IS GOOD FOR MOSQUITO REPELLENT, 455 00:26:25,033 --> 00:26:27,600 AND I'M GETTING DEVOURED AT THE MOMENT. 456 00:26:27,667 --> 00:26:31,133 SMEAR THIS ALL OVER. 457 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:36,533 OKAY, MOVING ON. 458 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:41,500 THE HIGHER I GET, THE COOLER IT BECOMES, 459 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:43,800 AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPS NEARLY 2 DEGREES 460 00:26:43,867 --> 00:26:46,266 WITH EVERY 500 FEET. 461 00:26:46,333 --> 00:26:48,467 BUT WITH HEIGHT COMES RISK. 462 00:26:48,533 --> 00:26:49,867 LOOK AT THIS. 463 00:26:49,934 --> 00:26:54,900 THIS WHOLE AREA'S JUST COMPLETELY COLLAPSED INTO, LIKE, 464 00:26:54,967 --> 00:26:57,934 JUST A GIANT MUDSLIDE. 465 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,667 AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE JUNGLE 466 00:26:59,734 --> 00:27:01,934 WHEN YOU'RE GETTING THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN FALLING. 467 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,967 BUT YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE LITERALLY 468 00:27:04,033 --> 00:27:06,300 THOUSANDS OF TONS OF MUD AND TREES 469 00:27:06,367 --> 00:27:07,734 AVALANCHING DOWN THIS FACE. 470 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,266 IT WOULD JUST WIPE OUT EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. 471 00:27:13,367 --> 00:27:16,934 IT'S LOOSE AND IT'S SLIPPERY, 472 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,233 BUT IT'S A QUICKER WAY UP THAN DOING BATTLE WITH THE TREES. 473 00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:25,033 I CAN JUST WHACK MY HAND IN LIKE THIS AND GET QUITE A GOOD HOLD. 474 00:27:30,567 --> 00:27:36,133 IT FEELS LIKE ONE STEP FORWARD AND TWO STEPS BACK. 475 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,467 [ GRUNTS ] 476 00:27:38,533 --> 00:27:42,767 ONCE IT STARTS TO GO, IT GOES. 477 00:27:42,834 --> 00:27:47,467 TO GET TO THE TOP OF THIS, YOU NEED CALVES LIKE STEEL. 478 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:51,867 I MADE QUITE A GOOD PROGRESS UP THIS, 479 00:27:51,934 --> 00:27:54,100 BUT IT'S SUDDENLY BEGINNING TO RAIN. 480 00:27:54,166 --> 00:27:57,634 AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THIS IF THIS TURNS INTO A DOWNPOUR, 481 00:27:57,700 --> 00:28:00,567 ALL OF THIS MUD WOULD JUST BECOME, LIKE, SLICK. 482 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:06,133 BUT THERE'S NO TIME TO REST. 483 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,967 I'VE GOT TO PUSH ON TO THE HIGHEST POINT 484 00:28:08,033 --> 00:28:12,567 TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF BEING SPOTTED BY THE HELICOPTER CREW. 485 00:28:12,634 --> 00:28:16,600 I RECKON THIS TREE'S CLIMBABLE. 486 00:28:16,667 --> 00:28:18,800 YOU'VE GOT THIS VINE RUNNING ALL THE WAY UP THE SIDE OF IT. 487 00:28:18,867 --> 00:28:21,367 THE CHOPPER'S DUE, AND IF I GET UP HERE, 488 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:23,100 I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT. 489 00:28:23,166 --> 00:28:25,900 THE THING IS, THEY'RE GONNA STRUGGLE TO SPOT ME 490 00:28:25,967 --> 00:28:27,200 IN THIS CANOPY. 491 00:28:32,767 --> 00:28:37,834 SO, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST MAKE A BIT OF A SIGNAL FIRE. 492 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:40,967 THERE'S A NICE PATCH OF CLEAR SKY ABOVE ME WITH NO CANOPY, 493 00:28:41,033 --> 00:28:43,867 AND THE SMOKE WILL BE ABLE TO RISE STRAIGHT UP THERE. 494 00:28:43,934 --> 00:28:45,967 [ FLINT SCRAPING ] 495 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:51,567 THIS IS GONNA NEED TO BE A SMOKY ONE. 496 00:28:51,634 --> 00:28:53,967 I'VE PILED IT WITH GREEN WOOD AND LEAVES 497 00:28:54,033 --> 00:28:57,634 SO IT CAN BE SEEN FOR MILES. 498 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:59,000 ONE LAST BURST OF ENERGY, 499 00:28:59,066 --> 00:29:02,233 AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET UP THIS TREE. 500 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:04,266 JUST THE LAST FEW FEET. 501 00:29:09,634 --> 00:29:12,467 [ Panting ] WHAT A VIEW. 502 00:29:12,533 --> 00:29:17,367 AND THAT'S THE CARIBBEAN COAST ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY. 503 00:29:17,433 --> 00:29:18,767 SPECTACULAR! 504 00:29:18,834 --> 00:29:22,200 AND IT'S THE SORT OF VIEW THAT SIR FRANCIS DRAKE 505 00:29:22,266 --> 00:29:25,734 WOULD HAVE SEEN WHEN HE CAME HERE TO PLUNDER GOLD. 506 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,200 AND LEGEND ACTUALLY HAS IT THAT HE CLIMBED A TREE 507 00:29:29,266 --> 00:29:31,533 TO GET A VIEW ACROSS PANAMA. 508 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,100 IT'S JUST AMAZING. 509 00:29:36,567 --> 00:29:39,500 YEAH, THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING UP NOW 510 00:29:39,567 --> 00:29:40,834 THROUGH THE CANOPY. 511 00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:44,967 I JUST HOPE THEY SEE THIS. 512 00:29:45,033 --> 00:29:46,934 YEAH, LISTEN. 513 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,233 YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CHOPPER. 514 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:51,533 [ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ] 515 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,767 I THINK IT'S COMING IN NOW! 516 00:30:04,133 --> 00:30:06,233 YEAH, THEY'VE SPOTTED ME! 517 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:14,033 AND I'M OUT OF HERE. 518 00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,166 IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE, 519 00:30:15,233 --> 00:30:16,667 BUT I'M ABOUT TO MEET THE PEOPLE 520 00:30:16,734 --> 00:30:19,667 WHO'VE LIVED AND SURVIVED IN THIS JUNGLE FOR CENTURIES -- 521 00:30:19,734 --> 00:30:22,100 THE EMBERA. 522 00:30:31,533 --> 00:30:35,133 Grylls: I'M IN PANAMA ON THE CHAGRES RIVER 523 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,700 WITH EMBERA HUNTERS. 524 00:30:37,767 --> 00:30:40,033 THESE GUYS HAVE LIVED HERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, 525 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:43,433 AND WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT SURVIVAL ISN'T WORTH KNOWING. 526 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,800 IN FACT, NASA TURNED TO THE EMBERA 527 00:30:45,867 --> 00:30:48,667 TO TEACH THE FIRST ASTRONAUTS HOW TO SURVIVE 528 00:30:48,734 --> 00:30:52,867 IF THEIR CAPSULE LANDED IN THE JUNGLE. 529 00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:55,467 SO, WE'RE HEADING DOWNSTREAM NOW, 530 00:30:55,533 --> 00:30:59,600 AND WE'VE GOT ASIROY, WHO'S AT THE FRONT NAVIGATING FOR US. 531 00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:01,433 AND THEN HIS SON, EDITO, 532 00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:04,100 WHO'S LIKE THE CHIEF OF THE TRIBE. 533 00:31:04,166 --> 00:31:07,867 AND THEN RUBéN, WHO'S HANDLING THE BOAT AT THE BACK. 534 00:31:07,934 --> 00:31:11,700 THE YOUNG MEN OF THE TRIBE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MARRY 535 00:31:11,767 --> 00:31:13,934 UNTIL THEY HAVE MASTERED THE SKILLS OF SURVIVING 536 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,500 IN THE RAINFOREST. 537 00:31:15,567 --> 00:31:19,433 NOW I'M GOING HUNTING WITH THEM TO LEARN SOME OF THEIR SKILLS. 538 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:20,867 NO GUNS HERE, 539 00:31:20,934 --> 00:31:25,500 BUT INSTEAD TRADITIONAL BOWS, ARROWS, AND BLOW DARTS. 540 00:31:25,567 --> 00:31:28,333 WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ON JUST THE TIPS OF THESE BLOW DARTS -- 541 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,333 THIS LITTLE POISON DART FROG 542 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,200 WILL SECRETE TOXINS ONTO THE BLOW DART. 543 00:31:33,266 --> 00:31:36,100 AND, YEAH, DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THIS GUY. 544 00:31:36,166 --> 00:31:37,300 THEY'LL KEEP THIS WITH THEM 545 00:31:37,367 --> 00:31:39,133 'CAUSE IT WILL ALWAYS SECRETE THIS TOXIN. 546 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,567 BUT IF YOU GOT SOME OF THAT TOXIN INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM, 547 00:31:41,634 --> 00:31:44,800 THAT WOULD REALLY, REALLY PUT YOU IN DANGER. 548 00:31:44,867 --> 00:31:47,667 THE SLIGHTEST PINPRICK FROM A POISON DART 549 00:31:47,734 --> 00:31:50,667 WILL SHUT DOWN AN ANIMAL'S NERVOUS SYSTEM, 550 00:31:50,734 --> 00:31:53,567 KILLING IT STONE-DEAD, BUT IT WILL STILL BE SAFE TO EAT. 551 00:31:53,634 --> 00:31:56,300 THIS IS WICKED STUFF. 552 00:32:01,133 --> 00:32:03,166 [ BIRDS CHIRPING ] 553 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,634 Grylls: You can just see Asiroy up there ahead. 554 00:32:12,467 --> 00:32:14,333 And, you know, so much of jungle movement 555 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,033 normally is you want to make noise. 556 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,834 You want, you know, snakes and animals to move out of your way. 557 00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:20,734 You want to let them know you're coming, 558 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,834 but this is really about slowing down, 559 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:25,567 tuning in your senses, and being as quiet as you can. 560 00:32:25,634 --> 00:32:27,266 And one of the most important things 561 00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:29,166 is to make sure you can find your way back 562 00:32:29,233 --> 00:32:30,500 to where you've come from 563 00:32:30,567 --> 00:32:32,600 'cause it's so easy in this jungle just to get lost, 564 00:32:32,667 --> 00:32:34,200 especially when you spot an animal 565 00:32:34,266 --> 00:32:35,634 and you charge off after it. 566 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:37,967 So they have a technique to make sure they don't get lost. 567 00:32:38,033 --> 00:32:42,700 PARA HACER SEÑA QUE NOSOTROS VINIMOS EN ESTE MISMO RUTO. 568 00:32:42,767 --> 00:32:45,500 Okay, in every 20 yards or so, 569 00:32:45,567 --> 00:32:50,233 they'll turn over some leaves in a very obvious fashion, 570 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:51,867 and then when they come back, 571 00:32:51,934 --> 00:32:54,367 they can recognize the way they've got to follow. 572 00:32:54,433 --> 00:32:57,100 Okay. 573 00:32:57,166 --> 00:32:59,967 THEY DON'T JUST STALK THEIR PREY, 574 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:02,133 THEY LURE IT TOWARDS THEM. 575 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,333 And what they're doing here 576 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,834 is just simulating the noise of an agouti, 577 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:10,967 [ HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL ] just with a leaf between their mouth. 578 00:33:11,033 --> 00:33:15,834 They want me to have a go at making this noise with the leaf, 579 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:18,400 but I have a dreadful feeling this is not gonna resemble 580 00:33:18,467 --> 00:33:20,533 the sound of agouti -- what comes out of my leaf. 581 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:21,767 But let's give it a go. 582 00:33:21,834 --> 00:33:23,867 [ SHRILL SQUAWKING ] 583 00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:32,634 I'm not sure what animal that was. 584 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:33,667 [ CHUCKLES ] 585 00:33:33,734 --> 00:33:35,834 [ Chuckling ] But we'll see 586 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:38,533 what comes charging out of the jungle. 587 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,000 BUT OUT HERE, 588 00:33:40,066 --> 00:33:43,533 EVEN THE MOST EXPERIENCED HUNTERS CAN MAKE MISTAKES. 589 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:47,300 ASIROY'S GOT A BIT OF THE POISON FROM THE BLOW DART 590 00:33:47,367 --> 00:33:48,500 ONTO HIS HAND. 591 00:33:48,567 --> 00:33:51,500 AND LOOK, YOU CAN JUST SEE HIS FINGERS. 592 00:33:51,567 --> 00:33:53,967 THEY'RE BEGINNING TO SWELL UP. 593 00:33:54,033 --> 00:33:55,200 AND IT'S SO EASY TO DO 594 00:33:55,266 --> 00:33:57,600 WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE, 595 00:33:57,667 --> 00:33:59,367 JUST TO RUB AGAINST THAT VERY BRIEFLY 596 00:33:59,433 --> 00:34:01,066 AND GET A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR HAND. 597 00:34:01,133 --> 00:34:03,033 BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT THEN WILL DO 598 00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:04,233 TO A LITTLE ANIMAL. 599 00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:07,333 BUT THE ANTIDOTE HE WAS SAYING FOR THIS IS HONEY. 600 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,000 HONEY IS A POWERFUL MEDICINE, 601 00:34:10,066 --> 00:34:13,967 AND THE EMBERA USE IT FOR A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS. 602 00:34:14,033 --> 00:34:15,533 ASIROY IS OKAY, 603 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,800 BUT HE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL HE GETS BACK HOME TO TREAT IT. 604 00:34:19,867 --> 00:34:23,467 JUST AS WE'RE ABOUT TO RETURN FOR VILLAGE, I SPOT SOMETHING. 605 00:34:23,533 --> 00:34:25,200 MIRA, MIRA, MIRA, MIRA, MIRA! 606 00:34:25,266 --> 00:34:27,333 [ WHISTLES ] 607 00:34:31,867 --> 00:34:33,967 A LITTLE IGUANA. 608 00:34:34,033 --> 00:34:36,233 IGUANITA AQUí. 609 00:34:50,367 --> 00:34:53,900 AGáRRALE A LA CABEZA, AGáRRALE A LA CABEZA. 610 00:34:56,700 --> 00:34:58,166 BRAVO! 611 00:34:58,233 --> 00:35:00,300 [ LAUGHS ] 612 00:35:00,367 --> 00:35:02,333 AGáRRALE A LA CABEZA, AGáRRALE. 613 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,500 NO ONE'S MORE SURPRISED THAT I HIT IT THAN ME, 614 00:35:05,567 --> 00:35:08,600 BUT I KNOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD TO EAT. 615 00:35:08,667 --> 00:35:10,934 [ SPEAKING SPANISH INDISTINCTLY ] 616 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,533 I JUST SAW HIM OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE 617 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,867 JUST WHERE HE WAS PICKING UP HIS DART. 618 00:35:17,934 --> 00:35:22,033 AND THAT IS -- THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S A REAL THRILL. 619 00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:25,400 BUENO, VAMOS A COMER SOPA DE ESTE IGUANA. 620 00:35:26,533 --> 00:35:28,000 [ SIGHS ] 621 00:35:28,066 --> 00:35:31,634 SO IT'S LIZARD SOUP FOR SUPPER AND HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND. 622 00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:32,767 ASIROY. 623 00:35:32,834 --> 00:35:37,600 WHEW. THAT IS DEFINITELY BEGINNER'S LUCK. 624 00:35:39,967 --> 00:35:41,767 IT'S HARDLY GONNA FEED THE 5,000, 625 00:35:41,834 --> 00:35:43,700 BUT I KNOW IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING 626 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:46,700 AS WE WEND OUR WAY BACK TO THE VILLAGE. 627 00:35:46,767 --> 00:35:49,400 HE SAID I'VE GOT THE ARM HERE. 628 00:35:49,467 --> 00:35:51,500 [ CRUNCHES ] 629 00:35:54,834 --> 00:35:58,467 I KNOW THEY ALWAYS SAY EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE CHICKEN, 630 00:35:58,533 --> 00:36:01,667 BUT IT DOES TASTE A LITTLE BIT LIKE CHICKEN. 631 00:36:01,734 --> 00:36:06,100 AND THEY'VE GOT JUST THE THING TO SWILL IT DOWN -- SOME CHICHA. 632 00:36:06,166 --> 00:36:08,867 THIS ONE'S MADE FROM FERMENTED PALM, 633 00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:10,834 AND IT PACKS QUITE A PUNCH. 634 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:12,900 Man: Tú PRIMERO. 635 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:19,333 WOW. 636 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,100 IT'S LIKE A GREAT COCKTAIL. 637 00:36:21,166 --> 00:36:22,567 Sí. 638 00:36:22,634 --> 00:36:23,800 MMM. 639 00:36:23,867 --> 00:36:27,233 I HAVE AN EMBARRASSING WEAKNESS FOR PIÑA COLADAS, 640 00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:32,667 AND THIS IS I THINK GONNA RIVAL THE PIÑA COLADAS. 641 00:36:32,734 --> 00:36:34,033 MMM. 642 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:35,133 OKAY. 643 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,000 [ LAUGHTER ] 644 00:36:37,066 --> 00:36:38,400 WHAT THEY DIDN'T TELL ME 645 00:36:38,467 --> 00:36:40,934 IS THAT THEY ADD THE SALIVA FROM THE VILLAGE ELDERS 646 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,233 TO HELP IT FERMENT. 647 00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:47,500 I THINK I NEED SOMETHING TO CLEAR MY HEAD. 648 00:36:47,567 --> 00:36:49,333 WHOO! 649 00:36:53,867 --> 00:36:56,066 AND IT DID JUST THE JOB. 650 00:36:59,634 --> 00:37:02,867 REALLY, FOR ME, TODAY HAS JUST BEEN -- 651 00:37:02,934 --> 00:37:06,467 IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING AND A REAL PRIVILEGE 652 00:37:06,533 --> 00:37:08,634 JUST TO BE ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH THESE GUYS 653 00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:10,767 AND SEE SOME OF THEIR SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES. 654 00:37:10,834 --> 00:37:13,000 AND IT JUST REMINDS ME, ONCE AGAIN, 655 00:37:13,066 --> 00:37:15,734 THAT THERE'S SO MUCH THAT I COULD STILL LEARN 656 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:16,900 ABOUT ALL OF THIS. 657 00:37:16,967 --> 00:37:19,300 SO, THANK YOU, GUYS. 658 00:37:21,266 --> 00:37:24,100 IN THE MORNING, I'M GONNA LEAVE THE EMBERA 659 00:37:24,166 --> 00:37:25,567 AND TRY TO PUT INTO PRACTICE 660 00:37:25,634 --> 00:37:27,333 SOME OF THEIR SURVIVAL SKILLS -- 661 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,033 HOW TO HIDE IN AN AREA NOTORIOUS FOR KIDNAPPING... 662 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,667 IF YOU THINK I'M EXAGGERATING THE DANGERS OF THE DARIEN GAP, 663 00:37:32,734 --> 00:37:34,066 THINK AGAIN. 664 00:37:34,133 --> 00:37:37,734 ...AND DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE. 665 00:37:49,333 --> 00:37:53,500 Grylls: I'VE SPENT 24 HOURS WITH THE MASTERS OF JUNGLE CONCEALMENT, 666 00:37:53,567 --> 00:37:54,967 THE EMBERA TRIBE. 667 00:37:55,033 --> 00:37:58,433 NOW I'M STRIKING OUT INTO THE JUNGLE ONCE MORE, 668 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,767 BUT THIS TIME I DON'T WANT TO BE FOUND. 669 00:38:01,834 --> 00:38:06,333 HERE YOUR LIFE MAY ACTUALLY DEPEND ON STAYING UNDETECTED. 670 00:38:08,634 --> 00:38:12,400 I'M NEAR THE DARIEN GAP AREA OF PANAMA 671 00:38:12,467 --> 00:38:14,600 THAT BORDERS COLOMBIA, 672 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:17,667 AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THERE, IN RECENT YEARS, 673 00:38:17,734 --> 00:38:20,266 HAS BEEN KIDNAPPING BY THE F.A.R.C. GUERRILLAS 674 00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:21,500 THAT STALK THAT AREA. 675 00:38:21,567 --> 00:38:22,767 COLOMBIA ITSELF 676 00:38:22,834 --> 00:38:25,333 ACTUALLY HAS THE HIGHEST KIDNAP RATE IN THE WORLD -- 677 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:26,634 3 A DAY AT THE LAST COUNT. 678 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:27,967 AND THEREFORE, 679 00:38:28,033 --> 00:38:30,266 CONCEALMENT ACTUALLY BECOMES A KEY TO STAYING ALIVE. 680 00:38:30,333 --> 00:38:32,967 AND THE HUMAN BODY ACTUALLY HAS A VERY DISTINCT SHAPE, 681 00:38:33,033 --> 00:38:35,266 ESPECIALLY THE SHOULDERS, HEAD, AND SHOULDER. 682 00:38:35,333 --> 00:38:37,834 THEREFORE, YOU WANT TO TRY AND BREAK UP THAT SHAPE, 683 00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:40,100 AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT JUST WITH THESE PALMS. 684 00:38:40,166 --> 00:38:42,667 IT'S JUST BREAKING UP THAT OUTLINE, 685 00:38:42,734 --> 00:38:45,200 AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS SHINE. 686 00:38:45,266 --> 00:38:47,834 ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA GLISTEN AND REVEAL YOUR POSITION 687 00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:52,000 LIKE A WATCH OR EVEN LIKE THE RINGLETS IN YOUR BOOTS -- 688 00:38:52,066 --> 00:38:55,600 GET SOME MUD ON THOSE AND ALSO YOUR FACE. 689 00:38:55,667 --> 00:39:02,166 JUST PUT A FEW LINES DOWN IT JUST TO TAKE THE GLISTEN AWAY. 690 00:39:02,233 --> 00:39:05,433 BUT ACTUALLY, WITH CONCEALMENT, OFTEN LESS IS MORE. 691 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:08,567 AND A COMPLETELY CAKED FACE IS PROBABLY JUST AS DISTINCTIVE 692 00:39:08,634 --> 00:39:10,634 AS A COMPLETELY BARE FACE. 693 00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:14,166 MY TRAINING WITH THE SPECIAL FORCES 694 00:39:14,233 --> 00:39:17,634 TAUGHT ME HOW TO CONCEAL MYSELF... 695 00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:19,133 AND THE EMBERA TRIBE 696 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,166 TAUGHT ME THAT YOUR SMELL WOULD ALSO BETRAY YOU 697 00:39:22,233 --> 00:39:24,300 LONG BEFORE YOU'RE SEEN OR HEARD. 698 00:39:26,166 --> 00:39:27,333 NEVER COOK FOOD -- 699 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,967 THE SMELL CARRIES FOR NEARLY A MILE. 700 00:39:30,033 --> 00:39:32,100 WAH! GOFF! HE JUST BIT ME! 701 00:39:32,166 --> 00:39:35,634 WHATEVER AND WHENEVER YOU EAT, EAT IT RAW. 702 00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:40,033 IT'S A LITTLE VINE SNAKE JUST WORKING HIS WAY UP THIS. 703 00:39:42,634 --> 00:39:45,767 AND THESE ARE PRETTY COMMON AROUND HERE. 704 00:39:45,834 --> 00:39:47,400 LOTS OF THESE. 705 00:39:47,467 --> 00:39:48,567 THIS IS ALL EDIBLE, 706 00:39:48,634 --> 00:39:50,700 BUT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO CONCEAL YOURSELF, 707 00:39:50,767 --> 00:39:53,033 YOU WANT TO DO AS LITTLE COOKING AS POSSIBLE. 708 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:54,433 IF YOU'RE MAKING FIRE, 709 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:56,300 THAT, SORT OF, TRACE THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE, AND ALSO SMELL. 710 00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:58,533 LET THE MUSCLES STOP TWITCHING. 711 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,333 [ CRUNCHES ] 712 00:40:15,333 --> 00:40:17,266 PRETTY CHEWY. 713 00:40:17,333 --> 00:40:19,266 I MIGHT KEEP THIS LITTLE BIT 714 00:40:19,333 --> 00:40:22,133 EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL WIGGLING AROUND. 715 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,967 WRAP THAT UP, AND KEEP FOR LATER. 716 00:40:25,033 --> 00:40:28,333 THAT'S NOT ALL THAT THE TRIBE TAUGHT ME. 717 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,367 WHEN YOU'RE BEING HUNTED, 718 00:40:30,433 --> 00:40:32,533 THE SLIGHTEST MISTAKE PUTS YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE. 719 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,667 THE EMBERA TRIBE ARE FAMOUS 720 00:40:34,734 --> 00:40:38,767 FOR BEING ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THESE JUNGLES SILENTLY 721 00:40:38,834 --> 00:40:40,967 AND WITHOUT LEAVING A TRACE. 722 00:40:41,033 --> 00:40:44,900 AND THE WAY THEY USED TO TEACH THE AMERICAN G.I.'s 723 00:40:44,967 --> 00:40:49,567 THEIR JUNGLE SURVIVAL WAS TO SAY, "MOVE LIKE A TIGER." 724 00:40:49,634 --> 00:40:53,500 YOU KNOW, EFFORTLESSLY AND REALLY CAREFULLY. 725 00:40:53,567 --> 00:40:56,133 BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 726 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,533 GRABBING TREES 'CAUSE A LITTLE MOVEMENT DOWN HERE 727 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,900 IS A BIG MOVEMENT UP THERE. 728 00:41:05,734 --> 00:41:08,734 IF YOU THINK I'M EXAGGERATING THE DANGERS OF THE DARIEN GAP, 729 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:09,800 THINK AGAIN. 730 00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:11,567 AND I KNOW OF TWO AMERICANS 731 00:41:11,634 --> 00:41:14,433 WHO WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS, 732 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,066 AND THEY DEMANDED $5 MILLION IN RANSOM. 733 00:41:17,133 --> 00:41:20,233 AND THERE WERE A FEW BRIEF EXCHANGES OF DIALOGUE. 734 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:22,834 THEN IT WENT QUIET, AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN HEARD OF AGAIN. 735 00:41:24,667 --> 00:41:26,467 IF YOU FEEL THAT SOMEBODY IS FOLLOWING YOU, 736 00:41:26,533 --> 00:41:29,367 WHAT YOU NEED TO TRY AND DO IS THROW THEM OFF YOUR TRACK. 737 00:41:29,433 --> 00:41:34,367 AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS AVOID JUST WALKING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. 738 00:41:34,433 --> 00:41:37,066 STRAIGHT LINES ARE VERY DISTINCTIVE 739 00:41:37,133 --> 00:41:39,934 AND YOU VERY RARELY GET THEM IN NATURE, 740 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,967 SO INSTEAD YOU WANT TO TRY AND SNAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH. 741 00:41:43,033 --> 00:41:48,533 ANYTHING WITH AN IRREGULAR PATTERN TO IT IS GOOD. 742 00:41:55,467 --> 00:41:59,800 ONLY MAKE A FIRE IF YOUR LIFE REALLY DEPENDS ON IT. 743 00:41:59,867 --> 00:42:02,667 OTHERWISE, THE SMOKE AND FLAMES 744 00:42:02,734 --> 00:42:05,266 WILL SERVE AS A BEACON FOR MILES AROUND. 745 00:42:05,333 --> 00:42:06,400 IF YOU DO HAVE TO LIGHT ONE, 746 00:42:06,467 --> 00:42:10,400 TRY AND CONCEAL IT IN THE BUTTRESS OF A TREE. 747 00:42:10,467 --> 00:42:14,500 AND IF YOU JUST HAVE A FIRE LITERALLY OUT IN THE OPEN, 748 00:42:14,567 --> 00:42:16,533 ALL THE SMOKE JUST GOES EVERYWHERE, 749 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,967 BUT IF YOU TUCK INTO A TREE, WHAT HAPPENS -- 750 00:42:19,033 --> 00:42:21,800 ALL THE SMOKE THEN CLINGS TO THE TRUNK AS IT GOES UP, 751 00:42:21,867 --> 00:42:24,000 AND IT SORT OF GETS LOST IN THE FOLIAGE 752 00:42:24,066 --> 00:42:26,367 AND THEN GOES STRAIGHT UP INTO THE CANOPY. 753 00:42:26,433 --> 00:42:29,533 AND IT'S MUCH BETTER HIDDEN THAN JUST BEING OUT IN THE OPEN. 754 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,800 EVEN WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE TO BEING RESCUED, 755 00:42:32,867 --> 00:42:35,266 YOU JUST CAN'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. 756 00:42:35,333 --> 00:42:38,634 MY PICKUP POINT IS JUST OVER THE BROW AHEAD, 757 00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:41,133 AND AT THE MOMENT, I'M REALLY WELL-HIDDEN HERE. 758 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,300 BUT AS SOON AS THAT HELICOPTER ARRIVES, 759 00:42:43,367 --> 00:42:45,500 ALL OF MY COVER IS GONNA BE COMPROMISED, 760 00:42:45,567 --> 00:42:47,900 AND I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT IN THE SPECIAL FORCES 761 00:42:47,967 --> 00:42:49,734 THAT YOU'RE AT YOUR MOST VULNERABLE 762 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:51,200 AT THAT POINT OF PICKUP. 763 00:42:51,266 --> 00:42:54,033 SO AS SOON AS THAT HELICOPTER LANDS, YOU NEED TO MOVE FAST. 764 00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:56,867 YOU NEED TO BE ONTO IT AND THEN AWAY. 765 00:42:58,667 --> 00:43:01,066 [ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ] 766 00:43:07,867 --> 00:43:10,533 THE JUNGLES, TRIBES, AND TRAILS OF PANAMA 767 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:13,600 HAVE BEEN A VERY MUDDY BUT HUMBLING EXPERIENCE, 768 00:43:13,667 --> 00:43:16,600 AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT HOW TO STAY ALIVE 769 00:43:16,667 --> 00:43:18,133 IN A PLACE LIKE THIS. 770 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:22,166 BUT FOR ME, IT'S TIME NOW TO GO HOME.