1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:04,433 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 2 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:07,533 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 3 00:00:10,967 --> 00:00:13,934 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,233 AND I'M GONNA SEEK OUT SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES 5 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:19,166 IN THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH, 6 00:00:19,233 --> 00:00:22,033 WHERE HAVING THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS 7 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:24,433 CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 8 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:26,233 WHOO! 9 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:28,300 I'M IN PATAGONIA, 10 00:00:28,367 --> 00:00:30,734 ONE OF THE REMOTEST, WILDEST PLACES ON THE PLANET. 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,667 SEE THAT? AVALANCHE. 12 00:00:32,734 --> 00:00:35,233 THIS ANCIENT AND LEGENDARY LAND 13 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:37,567 HAS SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ON EARTH 14 00:00:37,634 --> 00:00:38,867 AND FURIOUS WINDS 15 00:00:38,934 --> 00:00:41,500 THAT CAN BLAST AT UP TO 150 MILES AN HOUR. 16 00:00:41,567 --> 00:00:43,734 I'VE STARTED DIGGING JUST IN TIME. 17 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,967 IT'S A DESOLATE LANDSCAPE CARVED BY ICE AND FIRE. 18 00:00:48,033 --> 00:00:50,166 THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR HUMANS TO BE. 19 00:00:50,233 --> 00:00:52,934 BEING STRANDED HERE FORCES YOU TO PUSH YOURSELF HARDER... 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,266 THAT'S A DROP! 21 00:00:55,333 --> 00:00:56,734 ...AND FURTHER... 22 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,166 I'M JUST NOT GONNA MAKE IT ACROSS. 23 00:00:58,233 --> 00:00:59,634 ...THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. 24 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:01,133 WHOO! 25 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,000 ONLY THE TOUGHEST CAN SURVIVE THIS EXTREME WILDERNESS. 26 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:07,500 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES 27 00:01:07,567 --> 00:01:11,166 TO STAY ALIVE AT THE FURTHEST ENDS OF THE WORLD. 28 00:01:19,233 --> 00:01:20,967 I'VE COME HERE TO EXPLORE 29 00:01:21,033 --> 00:01:23,567 ONE OF THE WILDEST, WINDIEST PLACES 30 00:01:23,634 --> 00:01:26,433 ON THE FACE OF OUR PLANET -- PATAGONIA. 31 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:31,000 I'M ABOUT TO PARACHUTE INTO THE PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD, 32 00:01:31,066 --> 00:01:33,300 A SUB-ZERO WONDERLAND 33 00:01:33,367 --> 00:01:35,634 STRADDLING THE SOUTHERN ANDES MOUNTAINS. 34 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:38,300 IT'S THE THIRD LARGEST AREA OF CONTINENTAL ICE 35 00:01:38,367 --> 00:01:41,433 AFTER ANTARCTICA AND GREENLAND -- 36 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:44,533 ABOUT AS FAR FROM CIVILIZATION AS YOU CAN GET. 37 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,967 IT'S NOT SOMEWHERE YOU'D WANT TO BE LOST. 38 00:01:47,033 --> 00:01:48,500 THAT'S WHERE I'M BEING DROPPED -- 39 00:01:48,567 --> 00:01:49,934 DOWN THERE -- 40 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,100 RIGHT IN THE HEART OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST WILDERNESSES. 41 00:01:53,166 --> 00:01:54,467 ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, 42 00:01:54,533 --> 00:01:57,033 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE HAS ATTEMPTED 43 00:01:57,100 --> 00:01:59,400 TO PARACHUTE ONTO THE PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD. 44 00:01:59,467 --> 00:02:02,233 THE WEATHER HAS TO BE PERFECT -- 45 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:06,433 NO WIND AND CLEAR SKIES -- AND MY TIMING MUST BE SPOT-ON. 46 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,300 THE TINIEST ERROR, 47 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:33,233 AND I COULD BE BLOWN MILES FROM MY LANDING ZONE 48 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:36,600 INTO THE FROZEN WASTELAND. 49 00:02:44,767 --> 00:02:47,967 I'VE MADE IT, BUT ONLY JUST. 50 00:02:48,033 --> 00:02:50,800 THE TEMPERATURE IS WAY BELOW FREEZING, 51 00:02:50,867 --> 00:02:53,166 AND THERE'S NOTHING BUT SNOW AND ICE 52 00:02:53,233 --> 00:02:55,166 AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. 53 00:02:55,233 --> 00:02:56,500 MAN ALIVE. 54 00:02:56,567 --> 00:02:59,667 MY EARS ARE JUST, LIKE, BURNING. 55 00:02:59,734 --> 00:03:02,834 I CAN'T FEEL MY FINGERS AT ALL. 56 00:03:04,233 --> 00:03:07,100 OKAY, I NEED TO GET THIS STASHED, 57 00:03:07,166 --> 00:03:11,433 AND I NEED TO GET MOVING AND GET THE BLOOD GOING AGAIN. 58 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:13,967 I'VE GOT SOME BASIC SURVIVAL GEAR 59 00:03:14,033 --> 00:03:15,967 AND A FEW LITTLE SURPRISES, 60 00:03:16,033 --> 00:03:18,400 AND MY CREW IS COMING WITH ME. 61 00:03:18,467 --> 00:03:20,934 BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND UP HERE. 62 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,200 YOU'RE SO EXPOSED AT THE MERCY OF ELEMENTS WHICH CAN KILL. 63 00:03:24,266 --> 00:03:27,000 BENEATH ME, THE ICE FIELD IS A MILE DEEP, 64 00:03:27,066 --> 00:03:29,900 AND IT SPRAWLS A CHILLY 8,000 SQUARE MILES. 65 00:03:29,967 --> 00:03:33,233 AND IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HARD TO DESCRIBE, 66 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:35,934 BUT IF YOU IMAGINE ANTARCTICA 67 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,600 AND THE HIMALAYAS ROLLED INTO ONE, 68 00:03:38,667 --> 00:03:41,367 YOU'D BE GETTING SOMEWHERE CLOSE. 69 00:03:43,433 --> 00:03:46,467 YOU WON'T FIND FOOD. YOU CAN'T MAKE FIRE. 70 00:03:46,533 --> 00:03:51,100 YOUR ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS TO HEAD DOWN. 71 00:03:51,166 --> 00:03:54,000 JUST KEEP ON GOING. 72 00:03:54,066 --> 00:03:56,333 DON'T STOP. 73 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,266 EARLY-19th-CENTURY EXPLORERS CAME HERE 74 00:03:59,333 --> 00:04:01,800 IN SEARCH OF A MYSTERIOUS SMOKING PEAK 75 00:04:01,867 --> 00:04:04,400 GLARING ABOVE THE SNOWS. 76 00:04:04,467 --> 00:04:07,600 THE LOCAL MAPUCHE INDIANS CALLED IT "CHALTEN," 77 00:04:07,667 --> 00:04:09,600 OR "SMOKING MOUNTAIN," 78 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:13,300 A SILENT SENTINEL KNOWN TODAY AS MOUNT FITZ ROY, 79 00:04:13,367 --> 00:04:17,266 ITS SUMMIT OFTEN SHROUDED BY MIST. 80 00:04:17,333 --> 00:04:19,166 IT WAS FIRST CLIMBED IN 1952 81 00:04:19,233 --> 00:04:21,967 AND STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ICE FIELD 82 00:04:22,033 --> 00:04:25,567 ON THE BORDER BETWEEN CHILE AND ARGENTINA. 83 00:04:25,634 --> 00:04:29,000 STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL, BUT DON'T BE FOOLED. 84 00:04:29,066 --> 00:04:31,200 THIS IS A FROZEN DEATH ZONE. 85 00:04:31,266 --> 00:04:33,600 [ RUMBLING ] 86 00:04:33,667 --> 00:04:35,900 SEE THAT COMING STRAIGHT OFF THE MOUNTAIN? 87 00:04:35,967 --> 00:04:37,233 AVALANCHE. 88 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:39,634 AND THIS IS WHY THIS AREA IS SO DANGEROUS. 89 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:41,967 YOU DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND HERE, GUYS. 90 00:04:42,033 --> 00:04:44,667 THAT WHOLE SLAB JUST DROPPED. LET'S KEEP MOVING. 91 00:04:44,734 --> 00:04:48,233 AVALANCHES CAN RACE DOWN AT 200 MILES AN HOUR, 92 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:51,800 SWEEPING ALL BEFORE THEM IN A DEATHLY EMBRACE. 93 00:04:51,867 --> 00:04:53,800 YOU HAVEN'T GOT A HOPE. 94 00:04:53,867 --> 00:04:55,934 AND THEN THERE ARE CREVASSES. 95 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,967 AND EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THIS LOOKS JUST BEAUTIFUL, 96 00:04:59,033 --> 00:05:01,300 IT'S ACTUALLY RIDDLED WITH DANGERS. 97 00:05:01,367 --> 00:05:04,166 IF LOOK UP STRAIGHT AHEAD, SEE ALL OF THOSE CREVASSES? 98 00:05:04,233 --> 00:05:06,834 AND WHAT THOSE ARE ARE BASICALLY GIANT TEARS 99 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:09,000 IN THE ICE, IN THE GLACIER. 100 00:05:09,066 --> 00:05:12,133 AND WHERE THE GLACIER IS MOVING, UNDER TENSION IT RIPS, 101 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,300 AND IT CREATES THESE HUGE CHASMS. 102 00:05:14,367 --> 00:05:17,734 AND IT'S SO EASY TO DROP INTO ONE OF THOSE. 103 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,467 AND THEN YOU'RE TRAPPED. 104 00:05:19,533 --> 00:05:22,300 IN THE WINTER, SNOW FILLS THESE CRACKS, 105 00:05:22,367 --> 00:05:25,367 AND YOU JUST CAN'T SEE WHAT'S SOLID AND WHAT'S NOT. 106 00:05:25,433 --> 00:05:27,567 THERE YOU GO. LOOK DOWN THERE. 107 00:05:27,634 --> 00:05:30,200 YOU WALK OVER THIS, NOT KNOW ABOUT IT, 108 00:05:30,266 --> 00:05:33,400 THIS IS A BIT WIDER, YOU'LL GO STRAIGHT DOWN IT. 109 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:35,533 GUYS, I WANT US ROPED UP HERE. 110 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,266 I HATE CREVASSES. 111 00:05:37,333 --> 00:05:39,900 I WAS ALMOST KILLED IN ONE ON THE WAY DOWN 112 00:05:39,967 --> 00:05:42,700 FROM MY FIRST RECONNAISSANCE CLIMB ON EVEREST. 113 00:05:42,767 --> 00:05:44,834 AT 19,000 FEET, THE ICE CRACKED, 114 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:47,266 AND THE GROUND DISAPPEARED BENEATH ME. 115 00:05:47,333 --> 00:05:48,800 I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS 116 00:05:48,867 --> 00:05:51,567 AND CAME TO SWINGING ON THE END OF A ROPE. 117 00:05:51,634 --> 00:05:54,834 THAT ROPE AND MY TEAMMATES SAVED MY LIFE. 118 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:56,500 BUT EVEN ROPED TOGETHER, 119 00:05:56,567 --> 00:06:00,567 CROSSING THE ICE IS LIKE TAP-DANCING IN A MINEFIELD. 120 00:06:12,834 --> 00:06:15,567 OKAY. I'M OUT, I'M OUT, I'M OUT. 121 00:06:15,634 --> 00:06:16,734 HOLY SMOKE. 122 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,367 COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 123 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,867 THERE YOU GO. SEE DOWN THAT? 124 00:06:21,934 --> 00:06:24,934 THAT IS WHY WE'RE ROPED. 125 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,433 OH, GOD. 126 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:28,834 AND THAT IS... 127 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:32,100 ONE LONG WAY DOWN. 128 00:06:32,166 --> 00:06:36,400 YOU'D NEVER WANT TO FIND YOURSELF STUCK IN ONE OF THESE. 129 00:06:36,467 --> 00:06:38,767 AND THIS IS QUITE A BIG ONE. 130 00:06:38,834 --> 00:06:42,066 COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. I'VE GOT YOU. 131 00:06:42,133 --> 00:06:43,900 THAT'S IT. 132 00:06:43,967 --> 00:06:46,400 NICE AND STEADY. 133 00:06:46,467 --> 00:06:48,767 WHEN I CAME OUT ALIVE FROM EVEREST, 134 00:06:48,834 --> 00:06:51,500 I VOWED NEVER TO SET FOOT IN A CREVASSE AGAIN, 135 00:06:51,567 --> 00:06:53,000 BUT I'M GONNA BREAK THAT VOW 136 00:06:53,066 --> 00:06:57,233 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET OUT OF ONE OF THESE ALIVE. 137 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:02,467 [ GRUNTS ] 138 00:07:05,767 --> 00:07:07,900 AND THIS IS REALLY LIKE BEING 139 00:07:07,967 --> 00:07:10,667 IN A VERY FRIGHTENING DEEP FREEZE. 140 00:07:10,734 --> 00:07:12,934 LOOK AT THAT DROP BELOW. 141 00:07:15,433 --> 00:07:18,433 THE SHEER ICE WALLS ARE AS HARD AS POLISHED MARBLE. 142 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:22,533 THERE'S NOTHING BUT AN EERIE AND DEAFENING SILENCE. 143 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,233 I'VE REALLY NOTICED THAT COLD. 144 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:27,900 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OUT OF THE SUNLIGHT, 145 00:07:27,967 --> 00:07:30,900 AND YOU'RE IN A DEEP, DARK, MENACING PLACE. 146 00:07:30,967 --> 00:07:32,567 GET TRAPPED DOWN HERE, 147 00:07:32,634 --> 00:07:35,700 AND YOU'D SOON BECOME PART OF THE SCENERY. 148 00:07:35,767 --> 00:07:37,867 AND GUIDES IN THE ALPS TALK ABOUT, 149 00:07:37,934 --> 00:07:40,734 WHEN THEY GO TO RECOVER CORPSES FROM CREVASSES, 150 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,700 OFTEN HAVING TO USE, LITERALLY, PNEUMATIC DRILLS 151 00:07:43,767 --> 00:07:45,634 TO DRILL A BODY OUT OF THE ICE. 152 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:49,667 THEY'RE JUST FROZEN SOLID IN THIS STUFF. 153 00:07:49,734 --> 00:07:53,166 AND THIS, FOR ME, BRINGS BACK PRETTY NASTY MEMORIES. 154 00:07:53,233 --> 00:07:57,567 AND IF I'M HONEST, I'M NOT 100% COMFORTABLE DOWN HERE. 155 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:03,634 IT'S SO DEEP, AND THERE'S NOTHING TO GRAB ON TO. 156 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:06,934 WITHOUT A ROPE, THERE'S NO WAY YOU'D GET OUT ALIVE. 157 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,834 LOOK AT MY BOOT ON THIS ICE. 158 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:12,100 YOU'RE JUST COMPLETELY SCREWED. YOU REALLY ARE. 159 00:08:12,166 --> 00:08:16,567 AND THERE'S NO WAY YOU'D WEDGE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS. 160 00:08:16,634 --> 00:08:19,934 THERE'S NO GRIP. THIS STUFF IS JUST SOLID. 161 00:08:32,567 --> 00:08:34,734 I'M IN THE PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD, 162 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,967 DEEP IN THE HEART OF A CREVASSE. 163 00:08:37,033 --> 00:08:38,533 IT'S JUST LIKE THE ONE 164 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,800 THAT SO NEARLY COST ME MY LIFE IN THE HIMALAYAS. 165 00:08:44,834 --> 00:08:50,266 THERE IS SOMETHING JUST... SINISTER ABOUT THESE PLACES. 166 00:08:50,333 --> 00:08:53,333 I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF TIGHT SPOTS BEFORE, 167 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,834 BUT THERE ARE FEW THAT MAKE ME THIS SCARED. 168 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:59,867 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE 169 00:08:59,934 --> 00:09:02,600 FOR HUMANS TO BE OR TO HANG AROUND IN, 170 00:09:02,667 --> 00:09:04,800 AND I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE. 171 00:09:04,867 --> 00:09:09,200 AND THE WAY I CAN DO THAT IS JUST TO USE A PRUSIK. 172 00:09:09,266 --> 00:09:11,967 AND ALL THIS IS IS A SIMPLE LOOP 173 00:09:12,033 --> 00:09:15,400 THAT HAS SAVED SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES. 174 00:09:15,467 --> 00:09:19,634 AND ALL YOUR DO IS WRAP IT AROUND A FEW TIMES LIKE THAT, 175 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:22,667 PUT THIS END THROUGH IT... 176 00:09:22,734 --> 00:09:26,567 AND THEN... WHAT YOU THEN NEED TO DO 177 00:09:26,634 --> 00:09:31,533 IS GET YOUR FOOT INTO THAT... 178 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,433 AND STAND UP. 179 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:37,266 [ GRUNTS ] 180 00:09:37,333 --> 00:09:41,266 AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE UP HERE, YOU SLIDE THAT UP. 181 00:09:41,333 --> 00:09:43,900 THE SOONER YOU'RE OUT OF THIS FROZEN HELL, THE BETTER. 182 00:09:43,967 --> 00:09:47,200 BUT DON'T THINK CRAWLING BACK ONTO THE ICE FIELD 183 00:09:47,266 --> 00:09:48,867 MEANS INSTANT SALVATION. 184 00:09:48,934 --> 00:09:53,367 THE WEATHER HERE IS NOTORIOUSLY FICKLE AND NOTORIOUSLY SAVAGE. 185 00:09:53,433 --> 00:09:56,400 [ WIND HOWLING ] 186 00:09:56,467 --> 00:10:00,400 THE ICE FIELD GETS ABOUT 30 FOOT OF SNOW A YEAR 187 00:10:00,467 --> 00:10:02,900 BLOWN IN BY VICIOUS SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 188 00:10:02,967 --> 00:10:04,800 FROM THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 189 00:10:04,867 --> 00:10:07,600 CONDITIONS DON'T GET MUCH WORSE THAN THIS, 190 00:10:07,667 --> 00:10:09,133 EVEN AT THE SOUTH POLE. 191 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,667 IT'S A WILD PLACE 192 00:10:10,734 --> 00:10:14,300 WHERE THE NORMAL RULES OF SURVIVAL GO OUT OF THE WINDOW. 193 00:10:14,367 --> 00:10:18,467 THERE'S A FAMOUS STORY OF A PLANE CRASH IN THE ANDES 194 00:10:18,533 --> 00:10:21,567 JUST NORTH OF PATAGONIA IN THE '70s, 195 00:10:21,634 --> 00:10:25,166 AND ON BOARD WERE A LOAD OF RUGBY PLAYERS FROM URUGUAY. 196 00:10:25,233 --> 00:10:28,433 AND SOMEHOW, 50 PEOPLE MANAGED TO SURVIVE 197 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:30,834 THE INITIAL IMPACT OF THE CRASH, 198 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:33,066 AND THEY DID JUST THE RIGHT THING. 199 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:36,000 THEY SHELTERED IN THE WRECKAGE OF THE PLANE, 200 00:10:36,066 --> 00:10:37,900 BUILT THEMSELVES A SNOW WALL. 201 00:10:37,967 --> 00:10:39,967 AND IF THEY HADN'T DONE THAT, 202 00:10:40,033 --> 00:10:42,900 THEY WOULD HAVE ALL DIED THAT FIRST NIGHT -- 203 00:10:42,967 --> 00:10:45,900 YOU KNOW, TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS MINUS 30 DEGREES. 204 00:10:45,967 --> 00:10:49,967 BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL OVER TWO MONTHS LATER 205 00:10:50,033 --> 00:10:52,233 THAT THEY WERE RESCUED. 206 00:10:52,300 --> 00:10:55,934 AND THOSE THAT SURVIVED ONLY DID SO 207 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,600 BECAUSE THEY HAD RESORTED TO CANNIBALISM. 208 00:10:59,667 --> 00:11:04,100 AND IN CONDITIONS LIKE THIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT, REALLY, 209 00:11:04,166 --> 00:11:08,300 THAT WAS THEIR ONLY CHANCE OF STAYING ALIVE. 210 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:10,800 IF YOU'RE CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD, 211 00:11:10,867 --> 00:11:15,133 FINDING SHELTER HAS TO BE YOUR ONE AND ONLY PRIORITY. 212 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:19,300 THIS WHOLE MOUNTAINSIDE IS JUST SO FEATURELESS. 213 00:11:19,367 --> 00:11:22,700 THERE'S JUST NO NATURAL SHELTER HERE. 214 00:11:22,767 --> 00:11:24,900 BUT WHAT I HAVE GOT 215 00:11:24,967 --> 00:11:29,734 IS JUST TONS AND TONS OF SNOW UNDER MY FEET, 216 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,533 AND SNOW IS A REALLY GOOD INSULATOR. 217 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,934 WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST MAKE A REALLY SIMPLE SNOW CAVE. 218 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,734 UNLESS YOU GET OUT OF THE WIND, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. 219 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,567 LOOSE DRIFT SNOW OFTEN BUILDS UP ON THE LEE SLOPES, 220 00:11:45,634 --> 00:11:50,433 AND THIS MAKES IT EASY TO DIG DOWN AND BURROW IN. 221 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:54,567 EVEN IF IT IS HALFWAY UP A MOUNTAIN... 222 00:11:54,634 --> 00:11:56,567 IN THE FREEZING WIND AND SNOW, 223 00:11:56,634 --> 00:12:01,033 THERE'S SOMETHING QUIETLY SATISFYING... 224 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:04,066 ABOUT MAKING... 225 00:12:04,133 --> 00:12:06,066 A SNOW CAVE. 226 00:12:06,133 --> 00:12:08,734 OR AS MY LITTLE BOY WOULD SAY, "DEN." 227 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,400 [ LAUGHS ] 228 00:12:10,467 --> 00:12:13,967 BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE -- THESE MOUNTAINS CAN KILL. 229 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:16,800 EVEN THE BEST-PREPARED ARE CAUGHT OUT. 230 00:12:16,867 --> 00:12:18,433 A FEW YEARS AGO, 231 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:20,834 A CHILEAN ARMY BATTALION ON EXERCISE NEAR HERE 232 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:22,667 WAS CAUGHT UNAWARES IN A BLIZZARD. 233 00:12:22,734 --> 00:12:27,066 IN ONE NIGHT, 25 CONSCRIPTS FROZE TO DEATH. 234 00:12:27,133 --> 00:12:32,100 IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE STARTED DIGGING JUST IN TIME. 235 00:12:32,166 --> 00:12:33,867 THE WIND'S BACK AGAIN. 236 00:12:33,934 --> 00:12:36,667 AND THE WEATHER HERE JUST CHANGES, 237 00:12:36,734 --> 00:12:39,400 LITERALLY, LIKE MINUTE TO MINUTE. 238 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:43,100 AND THERE'S A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE FROM DOWN HERE... 239 00:12:43,166 --> 00:12:45,433 TO UP HERE. 240 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:49,166 I'M COMPRESSING THE SNOW INTO BLOCKS TO SEAL THE ENTRANCE. 241 00:12:49,233 --> 00:12:51,967 IT'S STILL GONNA BE COLD, 242 00:12:52,033 --> 00:12:55,233 BUT IT WILL KEEP THOSE RELENTLESS WINDS AT BAY. 243 00:12:56,667 --> 00:12:59,634 I'M MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS NOW. 244 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:02,834 I'VE BEEN GOING PROBABLY 10, 15 MINUTES, 245 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:05,634 BUT I'VE STILL GOT A BIT OF DAYLIGHT. 246 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:09,000 AND REALLY, I JUST WANT TO KEEP GOING WITH IT 247 00:13:09,066 --> 00:13:13,900 SO I CAN ACTUALLY SLEEP PROPERLY INSIDE THIS THING 248 00:13:13,967 --> 00:13:18,200 AND STAY THE WHOLE NIGHT COMFORTABLY. 249 00:13:18,266 --> 00:13:21,333 AND BELIEVE ME, THESE SNOW HOLES WORK. 250 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,900 IN 1996, 12 MOUNTAINEERS WERE TRAPPED 251 00:13:24,967 --> 00:13:27,467 ON THE NORTHERN PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD IN A BLIZZARD. 252 00:13:27,533 --> 00:13:30,967 14 DAYS LATER, THEY WERE FOUND ALIVE 253 00:13:31,033 --> 00:13:33,834 THANKS TO BURROWING INTO THE SNOW. 254 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:37,266 IT'S TAKEN ME ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO FINISH THIS CAVE. 255 00:13:37,333 --> 00:13:39,500 [ SIGHS ] 256 00:13:39,567 --> 00:13:42,934 NOT A BAD JOB, EVEN THOUGH I SAY IT MYSELF. 257 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,600 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 258 00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:46,567 BUT BEFORE YOU HOLE UP FOR THE NIGHT, 259 00:13:46,634 --> 00:13:50,166 BE EXTRA CAREFUL ABOUT ANSWERING THE CALL OF NATURE. 260 00:13:51,634 --> 00:13:54,867 ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS WITNESSED A CLIMBER ON EVEREST 261 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:57,800 GET OUT OF HER TENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 262 00:13:57,867 --> 00:13:58,834 TO HAVE A PEE. 263 00:13:58,900 --> 00:14:00,934 AND SHE ONLY HAD HER INNER BOOTS ON, 264 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,400 AND SHE ACTUALLY THEN SLIPPED, 265 00:14:02,467 --> 00:14:06,400 AND SHE FELL 5,000 FOOT TO HER DEATH. 266 00:14:06,467 --> 00:14:09,900 AND THAT'S WHY CLIMBERS ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE A PEE BOTTLE. 267 00:14:09,967 --> 00:14:11,467 BUT I HAVEN'T GOT A PEE BOTTLE, 268 00:14:11,533 --> 00:14:14,066 BUT I HAVE GOT MY WATER BOTTLE, AND IT'S EMPTY NOW, 269 00:14:14,133 --> 00:14:16,567 AND I NEED TO PEE, SO I CAN JUST USE THAT. 270 00:14:16,634 --> 00:14:20,200 AND WHAT IT'S GONNA DO, AT LEAST, IS KEEP ME WARM, 271 00:14:20,266 --> 00:14:22,033 RATHER THAN JUST WASTING THE PEE. 272 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:26,834 I'M GONNA PUT THIS ON HERE... 273 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,500 [ ZIPPER OPENS ] 274 00:14:28,567 --> 00:14:32,300 ...AND THEN JUST PEE INTO THIS. 275 00:14:32,367 --> 00:14:35,066 [ URINATING ] 276 00:14:38,934 --> 00:14:42,300 AND I HAD A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE ONCE, CLIMBING, 277 00:14:42,367 --> 00:14:45,033 DOING THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 278 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:48,000 AND THE PEE BOTTLE SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND, 279 00:14:48,066 --> 00:14:51,400 AND I HAD A SLEEPING BAG FULL OF A LITER OF PEE 280 00:14:51,467 --> 00:14:53,734 FOR THE NEXT WEEK. 281 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,166 IT WAS REALLY BAD. IT JUST STANK. 282 00:14:57,233 --> 00:15:00,634 SO SINCE THEN, I'M ALWAYS REALLY CAREFUL. 283 00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:07,233 NOW I'M GONNA PUT THE LID ON THAT. 284 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,000 TUCK THAT DOWN MY JACKET, 285 00:15:13,066 --> 00:15:15,600 AND HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL KEEP ME WARM. 286 00:15:15,667 --> 00:15:17,200 BUT I'M QUITE SNUG IN HERE, 287 00:15:17,266 --> 00:15:20,266 AND I'M JUST REALLY HOPING FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. 288 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:22,734 I'M OUT OF THE STORM FOR THE NIGHT, 289 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,667 BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING? 290 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,100 I'VE BEEN BATTERED BY BLIZZARDS, 291 00:15:39,166 --> 00:15:42,133 AND I'VE SPENT THE NIGHT SHELTERING IN A SNOW HOLE, 292 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,433 BUT NOW, THERE'S AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS. 293 00:15:53,467 --> 00:15:55,166 WOW. WHAT A VIEW. 294 00:15:57,834 --> 00:16:01,700 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE WORST OF THE STORM HAS PASSED. 295 00:16:01,767 --> 00:16:03,867 IT'S STILL QUITE WINDY. 296 00:16:03,934 --> 00:16:06,033 IT'S AMAZING THE DIFFERENCE IN THERE, THOUGH. 297 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:08,667 AND ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T A BAD NIGHT -- 298 00:16:08,734 --> 00:16:13,333 A LITTLE BIT BUMPY IN THE MATTRESS DEPARTMENT... 299 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,834 AND STILL QUITE COLD. 300 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:18,734 BUT THIS REALLY CHEERS ME UP. 301 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,133 IT FEELS LIKE ONE OF THOSE TIMES 302 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,967 WHERE THE MOUNTAINS REALLY GIVE YOU STRENGTH 303 00:16:25,033 --> 00:16:28,233 RATHER THAN SAP IT FROM YOU. 304 00:16:28,300 --> 00:16:29,734 BEAUTIFUL. 305 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,533 BUT YOU CAN'T COUNT ON ANYTHING IN PATAGONIA, 306 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,567 AND IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE THE WEATHER CLOSES IN AGAIN. 307 00:16:37,634 --> 00:16:39,700 AFTER A NIGHT SLEEPING ON THE ICE, 308 00:16:39,767 --> 00:16:42,500 I NEED TO WARM UP A BIT. 309 00:16:42,567 --> 00:16:46,233 THE LAST THING YOU MIGHT EXPECT OUT HERE IS DEHYDRATION, 310 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:49,867 BUT IT'S AS LETHAL IN THE COLD AS IT IS IN THE HEAT. 311 00:16:49,934 --> 00:16:53,734 YOU CAN LOSE UP TO TWO LITERS OF FLUID IN JUST AN HOUR. 312 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,300 IF YOU DON'T REPLACE THAT LOST WATER, 313 00:16:56,367 --> 00:16:59,166 YOU WOULDN'T LAST MORE THAN A FEW DAYS. 314 00:16:59,233 --> 00:17:00,533 THE THING IS, 315 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,033 THERE'S NOT EXACTLY A LOT OF NICE RUNNING STREAMS UP HERE. 316 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,734 IT'S JUST MASSES OF SNOW. 317 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,800 BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION 318 00:17:08,867 --> 00:17:10,667 TO START EATING FRESH SNOW. 319 00:17:10,734 --> 00:17:12,000 AND THIS IS A MISTAKE 320 00:17:12,066 --> 00:17:15,066 SOME OF THE SURVIVORS FROM THE ANDES PLANE CRASH MADE. 321 00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:17,700 THEY WOULD START EATING IT, JUST LIKE THIS. 322 00:17:17,767 --> 00:17:19,967 AND WHAT IT DID WAS BURN THEIR LIPS 323 00:17:20,033 --> 00:17:23,400 AND GIVE THEM ULCERS AND BLISTERS INSIDE THEIR MOUTH 324 00:17:23,467 --> 00:17:26,800 AND ALSO REALLY LOWER THEIR BODY-CORE TEMPERATURE. 325 00:17:26,867 --> 00:17:29,166 SO INSTEAD, JUST GET YOUR WATER BOTTLE 326 00:17:29,233 --> 00:17:31,266 AND JUST STUFF IT FULL OF SNOW. 327 00:17:31,333 --> 00:17:33,233 PRESS IT ALL IN THERE. 328 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:36,834 AND WHEN THAT'S FULL, STUFF IT UP YOUR JUMPER -- 329 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:39,500 JUST BETWEEN THE LAYERS, NOT NEXT TO YOUR SKIN. 330 00:17:39,567 --> 00:17:44,233 AND THEN AS YOU MOVE, THAT'S GONNA SLOWLY MELT. 331 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:47,233 BUT, GUYS, THIS WIND IS PICKING UP, 332 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:50,834 AND IT'S STARTED SNOWING AGAIN. 333 00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:55,300 I NEED TO GET GOING BEFORE I LOSE THE FEELING IN MY FINGER. 334 00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:58,700 I KNOW FROM BITTER EXPERIENCE 335 00:17:58,767 --> 00:18:01,567 THAT ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL HAZARDS ON THE MOUNTAIN 336 00:18:01,634 --> 00:18:02,934 IS FROSTBITE. 337 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,767 THE BITING COLD FREEZES THE PLASMA IN YOUR CELLS, 338 00:18:06,834 --> 00:18:08,767 WHICH THEN BURST, 339 00:18:08,834 --> 00:18:11,400 CAUSING AGONIZING, GIANT RED BLISTERS. 340 00:18:11,467 --> 00:18:13,700 AND EVENTUALLY, OVER A FEW MONTHS, 341 00:18:13,767 --> 00:18:15,200 THEY'LL TURN BLACK. 342 00:18:15,266 --> 00:18:17,333 AND THEY'LL EITHER NEED TO BE AMPUTATED 343 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,233 OR THEY'LL FALL OFF. 344 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:23,200 AND ACTUALLY, I'VE GOT ONE FRIEND 345 00:18:23,266 --> 00:18:26,767 WHOSE FINGER FELL OFF ON THE SQUASH COURT. 346 00:18:26,834 --> 00:18:29,233 I'VE GOT ANOTHER FRIEND 347 00:18:29,300 --> 00:18:33,734 WHO HAD TO HACKSAW THROUGH HIS OWN FINGER. 348 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,567 HE SAID HE GOT CHEESED OFF. 349 00:18:35,634 --> 00:18:37,834 HE KEPT STUBBING IT, THE DEAD END OF IT, 350 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:39,367 SO HE JUST HACKSAWED IT OFF. 351 00:18:39,433 --> 00:18:43,133 THE FIRST STAGE OF FROSTBITE IS FROSTNIP, 352 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,767 AND THAT CAN HAPPEN IN JUST 60 SECONDS. 353 00:18:46,834 --> 00:18:50,367 I'VE HAD FROSTNIP MYSELF ON MY CHEEK AND MY HANDS, 354 00:18:50,433 --> 00:18:52,533 AND IT'S VERY PAINFUL. 355 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,900 AND WHAT HAPPENS, ONCE YOU'VE HAD IT, 356 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:57,934 YOUR RESISTANCE TO THE COLD AFTER IT IS MUCH LESS. 357 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,867 THAT'S WHY I GET SUCH COLD HANDS NOWADAYS. 358 00:19:00,934 --> 00:19:03,100 BUT THE DISCIPLINE IS ALWAYS 359 00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:06,100 JUST TO KEEP WIGGLING YOUR FINGERS, 360 00:19:06,166 --> 00:19:09,300 WIGGLING YOUR TOES AND ALSO YOUR FACE. 361 00:19:09,367 --> 00:19:12,967 ONCE FROSTBITTEN, NOTHING REPAIRS ITSELF. 362 00:19:13,033 --> 00:19:16,934 THE DAMAGED CELLS WILL NEVER GROW BACK AGAIN. 363 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,567 BLIZZARDS LIKE THIS CAN MEAN TOTAL WHITEOUT. 364 00:19:21,634 --> 00:19:24,266 IT'S ALL TOO EASY TO LOSE ANY SENSE OF DIRECTION 365 00:19:24,333 --> 00:19:27,400 AND EVEN EASIER TO STUMBLE INTO THE PATH OF AN AVALANCHE. 366 00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:31,734 GUYS, YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL HERE, 367 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,600 'CAUSE REALLY, ALL OF THIS FACE 368 00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:37,433 IS PRETTY CLASSIC AVALANCHE TERRITORY. 369 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:40,600 YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ALL THIS FRESH SNOWFALL, 370 00:19:40,667 --> 00:19:43,300 WE'VE GOT A STEEP SLOPE, HIGH WINDS, 371 00:19:43,367 --> 00:19:46,467 AND ALSO, WE'VE GOT THE TRIGGER, WHICH IS US. 372 00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:51,066 AVALANCHES CLAIM THE LIVES OF OVER 200 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR, 373 00:19:51,133 --> 00:19:54,800 AND THEY'VE OFTEN TRIGGERED THEM THEMSELVES. 374 00:19:54,867 --> 00:19:57,600 I RECKON IF I CAN JUST GET UP ONTO THIS RIDGE 375 00:19:57,667 --> 00:20:01,266 THROUGH THIS DEEP SNOW, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT 376 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:04,333 TO ACTUALLY SEE IF I CAN TRIGGER JUST A LITTLE AVALANCHE 377 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,867 AND SHOW YOU HOW DANGEROUS THESE CONDITIONS ARE. 378 00:20:08,934 --> 00:20:10,967 IT'S A RISKY THING TO DO, 379 00:20:11,033 --> 00:20:15,166 BUT IT'LL PROVE JUST HOW SWIFT AND LETHAL THEY ARE. 380 00:20:15,233 --> 00:20:19,834 ALL OF THIS RIDGE, REALLY, HERE IS RIPE FOR AVALANCHE. 381 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:22,567 IT'S IN THE LEE SLOPE. 382 00:20:22,634 --> 00:20:24,734 DEEP, SOFT SNOW. 383 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,834 I RECKON THIS CORNICE, WITH A BIT OF HELP, WILL GO. 384 00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:33,900 AND WHEN ONE BIT GOES, THE REST SHOULD THUNDER DOWN. 385 00:20:33,967 --> 00:20:35,266 TO ANCHOR MY ROPE, 386 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:38,233 I'M BURYING MY PACK IN THE SNOW. 387 00:20:40,667 --> 00:20:43,867 AND THAT, THEN, IS GONNA HOLD REALLY SOLID. 388 00:20:43,934 --> 00:20:47,200 NOW THAT'S SECURE, I'M GONNA RAPPEL OVER THE RIDGE, 389 00:20:47,266 --> 00:20:49,734 CREATING CHANNELS IN THE SNOW. 390 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:51,467 WOW. YOU SEE HOW DEEP THIS IS? 391 00:20:51,533 --> 00:20:54,200 THIS SHOULD LOOSEN THE SNOW PACK ENOUGH 392 00:20:54,266 --> 00:20:56,100 TO PROVOKE A MINI-AVALANCHE. 393 00:20:58,533 --> 00:20:59,934 AND I'M USING A MINICAMERA 394 00:21:00,066 --> 00:21:04,967 TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE BURIED ALIVE. 395 00:21:06,467 --> 00:21:10,700 OKAY. LET'S SEE IF THIS IS GONNA TRIGGER. 396 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:24,900 LOOKS LIKE MY MINI-AVALANCHE IS WORKING. 397 00:21:24,967 --> 00:21:26,333 WHERE'S THE CAMERA GONE? 398 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,300 IN SECONDS, IT'S BURIED. 399 00:21:31,367 --> 00:21:33,066 IF THIS WAS YOU, 400 00:21:33,133 --> 00:21:36,533 YOUR ONLY CHANCE AT GETTING OUT ALIVE IS TO BE FOUND QUICKLY. 401 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,734 BUT THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE. 402 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,934 JUST SIX INCHES OF SNOW, 403 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,333 AND YOU CAN'T EVEN MOVE YOUR EYELIDS, 404 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,066 NEVER MIND OPEN YOUR MOUTH TO CALL FOR HELP. 405 00:21:47,133 --> 00:21:48,500 AFTER HALF AN HOUR, 406 00:21:48,567 --> 00:21:51,834 YOUR CHANCE OF GETTING OUT ALIVE IS A MERE 30%. 407 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:55,934 AND IF YOU'RE NOT FOUND IN TWO HOURS, YOU'RE DEAD. 408 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:05,066 AFTER 45 MINUTES, I FINALLY FIND THE CAMERA. 409 00:22:05,133 --> 00:22:06,900 YOU ALIVE? 410 00:22:06,967 --> 00:22:12,066 MY MINI-AVALANCHE WAS JUST A FEW FEET OF SNOW. 411 00:22:12,133 --> 00:22:16,100 IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT'S 1,000 FEET OF AVALANCHE, 412 00:22:16,166 --> 00:22:19,567 TONS AND TONS OF SNOW, AND THE WHOLE THING GONE. 413 00:22:19,634 --> 00:22:21,433 THAT'S HOW DANGEROUS THESE THINGS ARE, 414 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:22,800 BUT ALSO HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND PEOPLE. 415 00:22:22,867 --> 00:22:24,900 I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE. 416 00:22:28,133 --> 00:22:30,700 I HAVE FRIENDS THAT I CLIMB WITH OFTEN TEASE ME 417 00:22:30,767 --> 00:22:35,300 THAT I'VE GOT A POCKET FULL OF NIBBLES AND CANDIES 418 00:22:35,367 --> 00:22:40,367 JUST TO SUCK ON, BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE THIS BARREN 419 00:22:40,433 --> 00:22:43,867 WITH SO LITTLE TO EAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ACTUALLY 420 00:22:43,934 --> 00:22:45,066 SOME SCIENCE TO THIS. 421 00:22:45,133 --> 00:22:47,233 AND IF YOU JUST HAVE A LITTLE, LIKE THIS, 422 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:51,433 JUST HAVE A LITTLE SUCK OF IT JUST FOR, LIKE, 10 SECONDS. 423 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:54,600 WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES, IT TRIGGERS YOUR BRAIN TO THINK 424 00:22:54,667 --> 00:22:57,166 THAT YOU'RE GETTING FOOD AND THEN IT RELEASES 425 00:22:57,233 --> 00:22:59,700 VITAL ENERGY AND GIVES YOU A REAL BOOST. 426 00:22:59,767 --> 00:23:02,500 I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND ON THE MOUNTAIN. 427 00:23:02,567 --> 00:23:05,000 WITH THE WEATHER AGAIN WORSENING, 428 00:23:05,066 --> 00:23:07,700 I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE AND FAST. 429 00:23:07,767 --> 00:23:10,300 WHOO! 430 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,367 I'M BEING POUNDED BY A BLIZZARD 431 00:23:32,433 --> 00:23:34,867 ON A FREEZING MOUNTAIN IN PATAGONIA. 432 00:23:34,934 --> 00:23:39,266 AND IN SNOW LIKE THIS, IF YOU NEED TO GET OFF A MOUNTAIN FAST, 433 00:23:39,333 --> 00:23:41,867 YOU CAN USE WHAT'S CALLED THE PLUNGE STEP. 434 00:23:41,934 --> 00:23:44,834 AND ALL YOU DO IS TAKE NICE, LONG STRIDES, 435 00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:48,133 SWING YOUR LEGS OUT, AND SINK DOWN ON YOUR HEEL, 436 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:49,567 AND IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT WAY OF MOVING. 437 00:23:49,634 --> 00:23:53,900 AND WHAT HAPPENS, THE MOMENTUM BEGINS TO TAKE OVER, 438 00:23:53,967 --> 00:23:57,166 AND THE FASTER YOU GO, THE MORE FUN IT IS! 439 00:24:09,166 --> 00:24:12,333 AND AT LAST, THE WEATHER'S ON MY SIDE. 440 00:24:14,834 --> 00:24:17,533 REALLY, WHEN THE SUN IS OUT LIKE THIS, 441 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:21,567 THE PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD IS JUST BREATHTAKING. 442 00:24:24,033 --> 00:24:27,700 I'D ALWAYS WANTED TO EXPLORE THIS HARSH MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS, 443 00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:29,767 AND, BOY, HAS IT LIVED UP TO EXPECTATIONS. 444 00:24:29,834 --> 00:24:33,133 WHOO! 445 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,834 STUNNING IT MIGHT BE, 446 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:41,233 BUT THIS IS A DANGEROUS BEAUTY, BATTERED BY EXTREME ELEMENTS. 447 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:51,367 BUT MY NEXT CHALLENGE AWAITS ME -- 448 00:24:51,433 --> 00:24:52,867 THE SUBALPINE FOREST. 449 00:24:52,934 --> 00:24:55,033 I JUST NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE IN ONE PIECE. 450 00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:58,967 GUYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? 451 00:24:59,033 --> 00:25:03,300 WE'VE GOT STILL WINDS, CLIFF FACE. 452 00:25:03,367 --> 00:25:05,967 THIS IS FLYABLE, SO LET'S DO IT. 453 00:25:06,033 --> 00:25:09,600 AS EVERY SCOUT KNOWS, YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED. 454 00:25:09,667 --> 00:25:12,100 MY BACKUP PLAN TO GET OFF THESE MOUNTAINS 455 00:25:12,166 --> 00:25:15,634 IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST PARAGLIDERS IN THE WORLD. 456 00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:17,266 OKAY. WE'RE SET. 457 00:25:17,333 --> 00:25:20,000 AND I ALWAYS SAY YOU'VE GOT TWO WAYS OFF THE MOUNTAIN. 458 00:25:20,066 --> 00:25:24,500 THERE'S A SLOW, LONG WAY, OR THERE'S A FAST, QUICK WAY, 459 00:25:24,567 --> 00:25:26,800 AND I KNOW WHICH I PREFER. 460 00:25:26,867 --> 00:25:28,567 HERE WE GO. 461 00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:36,467 WHOO! 462 00:25:45,467 --> 00:25:48,266 I LOVE PATAGONIA! 463 00:25:59,734 --> 00:26:02,767 TAKING OFF THE MOUNTAINSIDE -- LOVELY. 464 00:26:02,834 --> 00:26:06,133 LANDING IN THE BEECH FOREST -- NOT SO GOOD. 465 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:08,700 [ GRUNTS ] 466 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:13,467 THE FOREST OF SOUTHERN PATAGONIA 467 00:26:13,533 --> 00:26:16,133 IS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A GOTHIC NIGHTMARE -- 468 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,433 DENSE, IMPENETRABLE, 469 00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:20,600 AND SO EASY TO GET UTTERLY LOST. 470 00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:23,266 AND TRY TO HACK YOUR WAY THROUGH THIS STUFF. 471 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:25,567 YOU JUST GET SHREDDED, 472 00:26:25,634 --> 00:26:28,033 'CAUSE LOOK HOW SHARP ALL OF THAT STUFF IS. 473 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:30,233 AND IT'S LIKE YOU PUSH ONE BIT, 474 00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:32,634 AND ANOTHER BIT SNAKES BACK IN YOUR FACE. 475 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:35,900 AND EVERYTHING IS JUST CLAWING AT YOUR LEGS, AS WELL. 476 00:26:35,967 --> 00:26:39,133 IT'S SO HARD JUST KEEPING YOUR DIRECTION 477 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,734 JUST 'CAUSE IT'S A MASS OF THORNS, BRANCHES, 478 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,667 AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SEE. 479 00:26:46,734 --> 00:26:49,634 THERE'S NO WAY YOU WANT TO HANG AROUND HERE. 480 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:52,600 YOU JUST HAVE TO STRUGGLE THROUGH THE WIND-STUNTED BEECH 481 00:26:52,667 --> 00:26:55,700 UNTIL YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES. 482 00:26:55,767 --> 00:26:58,000 THE TREES ARE THINNING A BIT NOW. 483 00:26:58,066 --> 00:27:00,333 I'VE MADE IT TO A CLEARING 484 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,200 ONLY TO COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH AN EVEN WORSE OBSTACLE. 485 00:27:03,266 --> 00:27:06,734 THIS ISN'T LOOKING SO CLEVER. 486 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,266 THERE'S NO GOING BACK, AND I CAN'T WASTE TIME. 487 00:27:10,333 --> 00:27:12,934 I'VE JUST GOT TO GO THROUGH IT. 488 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,533 THE MACHIN PEAT BOGS OF PATAGONIA 489 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,867 ARE A LETHAL, REEKING COMBINATION 490 00:27:17,934 --> 00:27:21,166 OF ROTTING VEGETATION AND FREEZING-COLD WATER -- 491 00:27:21,233 --> 00:27:22,834 AN EVIL CONCOCTION. 492 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:25,867 GUYS, THIS ABSOLUTELY STINKS. 493 00:27:25,934 --> 00:27:31,100 I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL OF THIS IS... 494 00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:34,934 BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T LOOK VERY NICE. 495 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,367 FOR THE MOMENT, I'M KNEE-DEEP IN IT. 496 00:27:38,433 --> 00:27:40,133 LET'S JUST GET ACROSS THIS. 497 00:27:43,433 --> 00:27:45,000 THIS IS GRIM -- 498 00:27:45,066 --> 00:27:49,967 BITTERLY COLD, GNAWING AWAY AT EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY. 499 00:27:50,033 --> 00:27:55,800 THIS IS JUST LIKE A GIANT MUD-AND-ICE SLUSH PUPPIE. 500 00:27:55,867 --> 00:28:01,867 MY FEET ARE NOW SOAKING WET AND FULL OF MUD. 501 00:28:03,634 --> 00:28:07,333 LET'S JUST GET THROUGH THIS. 502 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,533 GETTING WET IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DANGERS IN PATAGONIA. 503 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,934 IF MY CORE TEMPERATURE DROPS JUST A FEW DEGREES, 504 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,767 I COULD GET HYPOTHERMIA. 505 00:28:17,834 --> 00:28:21,433 MY SENSES WILL START SLOWING DOWN, MY LIMBS NUMB. 506 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:25,333 ALL TOO SOON, I COULD FALL UNCONSCIOUS. 507 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,533 I WOULDN'T STAND A CHANCE IN THIS UNFORGIVING TERRAIN. 508 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,333 IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT'S OUT TO GET YOU. 509 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,300 IT'S EXHAUSTING, BUT YOU MUST BATTLE ON, 510 00:28:35,367 --> 00:28:39,066 GET OUT, AND GET WARM AND DRY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 511 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,767 AND AT LAST, I'M THROUGH. 512 00:28:42,834 --> 00:28:47,000 IT'S KIND OF TIME FOR FINDING SOME FOOD... 513 00:28:47,066 --> 00:28:49,100 AND MAKING A FIRE. 514 00:28:50,867 --> 00:28:54,934 ALL I'M GONNA USE JUST FOR TINDER IS ALL OF THIS STUFF. 515 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,533 IT'S CALLED "BARBA DE VIEJO," 516 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,834 WHICH LITERALLY MEANS "OLD MAN'S BEARD." 517 00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:01,934 AND YOU CAN SEE WHY. LOOK. IT'S REALLY KIND OF WISPY. 518 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000 BUT THE REASON IT'S GOOD FOR TINDER 519 00:29:04,066 --> 00:29:05,700 IS THAT IT GROWS ON THESE TREES 520 00:29:05,767 --> 00:29:08,467 AND THEREFORE IS OFF ALL OF THE NASTY, WET GROUND, 521 00:29:08,533 --> 00:29:11,567 AND IT SHOULD TAKE A SPARK PRETTY WELL. 522 00:29:13,567 --> 00:29:16,133 LUCKY FOR ME AND MY SOAKING-WET BODY, 523 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:20,900 BARBA DE VIEJO LIVES UP TO ITS REPUTATION AS GREAT TINDER. 524 00:29:26,767 --> 00:29:29,066 OKAY. WE'VE GOT FIRE. 525 00:29:29,133 --> 00:29:31,967 AND THIS IS SUCH A NICE STAGE TO GET TO, 526 00:29:32,033 --> 00:29:34,634 WHEN YOU'VE GOT THAT INITIAL SPARK 527 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:37,100 AND THEN IT'S BEGINNING TO CATCH 528 00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:39,266 AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN BUSINESS. 529 00:29:39,333 --> 00:29:42,834 AND IT NEVER FAILS TO MAKE ME SMILE. 530 00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:46,700 IT'S JUST THE MORALE BOOSTER I NEED TO FORAGE FOR FOOD. 531 00:29:46,767 --> 00:29:48,500 THERE'S A BIT OF A POND HERE. 532 00:29:48,567 --> 00:29:50,867 IT'S NOT A BAD PLACE TO HAVE A LOOK. 533 00:29:50,934 --> 00:29:53,500 AND OUT HERE, YOU CAN'T BE FUSSY. 534 00:29:53,567 --> 00:29:55,000 THAT'S ALL JUST POND WEED, 535 00:29:55,066 --> 00:29:59,333 AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE, KIND OF, WATERCRESS, 536 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,100 BUT YOU CAN EAT THIS. 537 00:30:03,367 --> 00:30:06,300 IT DOESN'T TASTE VERY GOOD, BUT YOU CAN EAT IT. 538 00:30:06,367 --> 00:30:08,133 IT TASTES LIKE... 539 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,533 SALAD THAT SOMEBODY'S PUT A LOT OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT ON. 540 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,033 UGH. 541 00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:16,367 BUT YOU MUST GRAB WHAT YOU CAN, 542 00:30:16,433 --> 00:30:19,700 ESPECIALLY AS THERE'S PRECIOUS LITTLE FOOD. 543 00:30:19,767 --> 00:30:22,467 PATAGONIAN WINTERS LAST FIVE MONTHS, 544 00:30:22,533 --> 00:30:25,634 AND I'M HERE RIGHT AT ITS BITTER END. 545 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:28,467 I FOUND A COUPLE OF THESE LITTLE BEETLE LARVAE. 546 00:30:28,533 --> 00:30:29,934 OH, LOOK. 547 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,767 ALSO...EARTHWORM AS WELL. 548 00:30:32,834 --> 00:30:36,333 BUT THIS LITTLE BEETLE LARVAE -- WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE? 549 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,000 OH, NO. I DROPPED HIM. 550 00:30:39,066 --> 00:30:40,834 OH, WELL. I'VE GOT ONE. 551 00:30:40,900 --> 00:30:45,100 AND REALLY, PATAGONIA THIS TIME OF YEAR, 552 00:30:45,166 --> 00:30:47,734 THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU GET FOR EATING. 553 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,800 NOT GONNA GIVE A LOT OF ENERGY, 554 00:30:51,867 --> 00:30:54,567 BUT IF YOU SCRABBLE AROUND LONG ENOUGH IN THIS DEAD WOOD, 555 00:30:54,634 --> 00:30:56,700 YOU'LL FIND THOSE SORT OF THINGS 556 00:30:56,767 --> 00:30:59,400 AND ALSO THESE SORT OF EARTHWORMS. 557 00:31:01,433 --> 00:31:03,467 GIVE HIM A LITTLE CLEAN. 558 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,900 TASTES LIKE MUD AND MUCUS. 559 00:31:15,967 --> 00:31:17,400 [ SPITS ] 560 00:31:17,467 --> 00:31:21,200 AND IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE WHENEVER I EAT THESE THINGS, 561 00:31:21,266 --> 00:31:24,133 THE LAST THING THEY DO IN REVENGE 562 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,600 IS GO TO THE LOO IN MY MOUTH. 563 00:31:26,667 --> 00:31:30,000 THEY ALWAYS TASTE LIKE THAT. 564 00:31:30,066 --> 00:31:32,500 POND WEED, BEETLE LARVAE, AND WORMS -- 565 00:31:32,567 --> 00:31:35,033 HARDLY A FEAST, BUT BETTER THAN NOTHING 566 00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:38,467 TO FUEL YOUR BID TO GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE. 567 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:54,300 I'M IN THE DENSE SUBALPINE BEECH FOREST OF PATAGONIA. 568 00:31:54,367 --> 00:31:56,700 45 MILES WIDE, 569 00:31:56,767 --> 00:31:59,567 IT'S INCREDIBLY EASY TO GET LOST HERE. 570 00:31:59,634 --> 00:32:02,266 THESE FORESTS CAN BE JUST SO DISORIENTATING. 571 00:32:02,333 --> 00:32:06,166 ITS UNRELENTING MONOTONY MAKES NAVIGATION A NIGHTMARE. 572 00:32:06,233 --> 00:32:10,100 ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NO HORIZON TO FOLLOW. 573 00:32:10,166 --> 00:32:13,400 IT'S JUST TREES AND TREES AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE. 574 00:32:13,467 --> 00:32:15,634 IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION, 575 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:18,800 YOUR ONLY WAY OUT ALIVE IS TO GO DOWNHILL. 576 00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:22,433 FOLLOWING A STREAM IS A CLASSIC TECHNIQUE, 577 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:24,700 NOT THAT'S IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO FIND ONE. 578 00:32:24,767 --> 00:32:27,100 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU. 579 00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:30,266 SOUND IS JUST REVERBERATING AROUND THE TREES. 580 00:32:30,333 --> 00:32:32,867 I THINK IT'S OVER THIS WAY. 581 00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:38,433 HERE WE GO! GOT IT! 582 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:44,066 OKAY. ALL WE GOT TO DO NOW IS FOLLOW THIS. 583 00:32:44,133 --> 00:32:47,233 FOR EVERY 300 FEET OF ALTITUDE YOU DESCEND, 584 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:50,033 THE TEMPERATURE'S GOING TO RISE BY TWO DEGREES, 585 00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:53,000 SO YOU'RE NOT JUST WALKING YOUR WAY OUT OF TROUBLE, 586 00:32:53,066 --> 00:32:55,667 YOU'RE ALSO REDUCING THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA. 587 00:32:55,734 --> 00:32:58,233 AND NATURE'S LARDER GETS BETTER. 588 00:32:58,300 --> 00:32:59,300 HEY, LOOK AT THESE. 589 00:32:59,367 --> 00:33:02,266 THESE ARE LITTLE CHAURA BERRIES. 590 00:33:06,033 --> 00:33:07,834 AND THEY'RE DELICIOUS. 591 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:11,567 KIND OF JUST TASTES LIKE -- A BIT LIKE SOUR APPLES. 592 00:33:11,634 --> 00:33:15,467 AND THE MAPUCHE INDIANS USED TO LIVE IN THESE FORESTS. 593 00:33:15,533 --> 00:33:17,266 THEY USED TO LOVE THESE. 594 00:33:17,333 --> 00:33:19,166 AND THEY'D EVEN FERMENT THEM 595 00:33:19,233 --> 00:33:23,333 AND MAKE, LIKE, A MAPUCHE HOOCH OUT OF THEM. 596 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:24,700 OKAY. LET'S KEEP GOING. 597 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,667 THE PROBLEM WITH FOLLOWING A STREAM 598 00:33:28,734 --> 00:33:31,300 IS YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW WHERE YOU'LL END UP. 599 00:33:31,367 --> 00:33:34,467 AND THIS IDEA OF FOLLOWING THE STREAM EARLIER 600 00:33:34,533 --> 00:33:36,000 WAS SUCH A GOOD PLAN. 601 00:33:36,066 --> 00:33:39,333 IT IS NOW LOOKING A LITTLE LESS BRIGHT, 602 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,934 AND I'M HOPING THAT IS NOT WHAT I THINK IT IS. 603 00:33:53,667 --> 00:33:56,700 WHOA! COME HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 604 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,033 THAT'S A DROP! 605 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:02,467 WAH! 606 00:34:04,266 --> 00:34:08,500 AND THAT MUST BE ABOUT 150 FOOT STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. 607 00:34:08,567 --> 00:34:11,600 YOU GO OVER THAT, IT'S GOOD NIGHT. 608 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:15,700 I SUPPOSE THE OPTIONS ARE 609 00:34:15,767 --> 00:34:21,500 EITHER JUST TO HEAD ALL THE WAY BACK UPSTREAM... 610 00:34:21,567 --> 00:34:26,033 OR MAYBE TRY TO FIND A ROUTE AROUND SOME OF THESE CLIFFS. 611 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:29,300 BUT LOOK -- EVEN THESE ARE LOOKING PRETTY SHEER. 612 00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:35,066 BUT I RECKON WITH A ROPE, THIS IS DOABLE, 613 00:34:35,133 --> 00:34:37,467 AND THAT'S JUST THE SORT OF THING I LOVE. 614 00:34:37,533 --> 00:34:40,233 THE ROPE'S READY. HERE WE GO. 615 00:34:42,634 --> 00:34:46,634 RAPPELLING DOWN THIS CLIFF IS GONNA SAVE ME HOURS, 616 00:34:46,700 --> 00:34:49,533 BUT I'VE GOT TO GET MY LINE OF DESCENT RIGHT. 617 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,967 GET IT WRONG, OR IF THE WIND PICKS UP, 618 00:34:52,033 --> 00:34:54,767 I COULD SWING RIGHT INTO THE PATH OF THE WATERFALL 619 00:34:54,834 --> 00:34:56,467 WHERE I'D BE PUMMELED TO DEATH 620 00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:59,667 BY HUNDREDS OF TONS OF ICE-COLD WATER. 621 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:09,967 LOOK! 622 00:35:10,033 --> 00:35:12,266 QUITE A DROP DOWN HERE. 623 00:35:26,834 --> 00:35:30,834 WELL, THAT'S THE WAY TO GET DOWN A BIG WATERFALL LIKE THAT. 624 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:37,900 FOLLOWING THE STREAM HAS PAID OFF. 625 00:35:37,967 --> 00:35:40,834 I'M OFF THE MOUNTAIN, AND I'M IN THE VALLEY. 626 00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:42,700 IT LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF A NEST UP THERE. 627 00:35:42,767 --> 00:35:44,867 ALREADY THERE ARE MORE WELCOME SIGNS OF LIFE. 628 00:35:44,934 --> 00:35:48,934 YEAH, THAT COULD BE A WOODPECKER NEST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 629 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000 IF I CAN FIND SOME, 630 00:35:51,066 --> 00:35:53,967 EGGS ARE A GREAT SOURCE OF PROTEIN, VITAMINS, AND FAT -- 631 00:35:54,033 --> 00:35:56,200 ONE OF THE BEST POSSIBLE SURVIVAL FOODS. 632 00:35:56,266 --> 00:35:58,600 WELL, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE. 633 00:35:58,667 --> 00:36:01,333 ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME FUNGUS IN THAT TREE. 634 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:07,600 YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M AFTER. SEE THOSE? 635 00:36:07,667 --> 00:36:09,800 LLAO LLAO WAS A SURVIVAL STAPLE 636 00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:13,734 FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF PATAGONIA, WHO SWORE BY IT. 637 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,166 THE SETTLERS CALLED IT "PAN DE INDIO" -- 638 00:36:16,233 --> 00:36:18,000 "INDIAN BREAD." 639 00:36:18,066 --> 00:36:20,634 THEY LOOK A BIT LIKE SHRIVELED GOLF BALLS. 640 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:24,934 AND I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT IT TASTES LIKE. 641 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,100 AND THE ANSWER IS LIKE A KIND OF... 642 00:36:29,166 --> 00:36:32,834 SOFT, PRETTY TASTELESS... 643 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,667 SLIGHTLY OLD MUSHROOM. 644 00:36:35,734 --> 00:36:39,333 AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ENERGY IN THIS, 645 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,500 BUT BETTER THAN NOTHING. 646 00:36:41,567 --> 00:36:45,000 LOOKS A BIT LIKE KIND OF MELTED CHEESE IN THE MIDDLE. 647 00:36:45,066 --> 00:36:46,800 WISH IT WAS. 648 00:36:48,133 --> 00:36:50,066 I'VE SURVIVED THE ICE FIELDS 649 00:36:50,133 --> 00:36:53,367 AND MADE IT THROUGH THE BEECH FOREST OF PATAGONIA. 650 00:36:53,433 --> 00:36:55,700 BUT THERE'S ONE FINAL OBSTACLE IN MY PATH, 651 00:36:55,767 --> 00:36:57,734 AND I'M GONNA TRY AND CROSS IT. 652 00:37:07,967 --> 00:37:10,567 I'M ABOUT TO FACE MY MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE YET 653 00:37:10,634 --> 00:37:12,400 IN PATAGONIA. 654 00:37:12,467 --> 00:37:15,567 REALLY, IF YOU NEEDED TO CROSS THIS LAKE, 655 00:37:15,634 --> 00:37:18,800 THE SURVIVAL MANUAL WOULD SAY "GO AROUND," 656 00:37:18,867 --> 00:37:22,634 'CAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH GLACIAL, 657 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:25,100 FREEZING-COLD WATER LIKE THIS. 658 00:37:25,166 --> 00:37:26,800 THE ONLY THING IS, 659 00:37:26,867 --> 00:37:33,400 THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF DRIFTWOOD ALL ALONG THIS SHORE. 660 00:37:33,467 --> 00:37:36,567 AND PART OF ME FEELS IT'S KIND OF IRRESISTIBLE 661 00:37:36,634 --> 00:37:39,834 JUST TO SEE WHETHER I MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUILD A RAFT 662 00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:41,767 TO CROSS THIS. 663 00:37:43,767 --> 00:37:48,200 I CAN USE MY PARACHUTE CORD TO LASH THE DRIFTWOOD TOGETHER. 664 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:53,934 WHAT YOU NEED IS A COUPLE OF THESE GOOD, LONG, STURDY TRUNKS, 665 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,533 AND THEN SOME CROSS BRACES, 666 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,834 AND THEN JUST LAY LOGS AND BRANCHES ALONG THE TOP OF IT. 667 00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:08,066 AND THEN HAVE A COUPLE OF UPRIGHTS, LIKE THIS. 668 00:38:08,133 --> 00:38:10,500 USE A BIT OF THIS PARACHUTE CANOPY. 669 00:38:10,567 --> 00:38:13,900 AND IF THE WIND PICKED UP, YOU COULD MAKE YOURSELF 670 00:38:13,967 --> 00:38:20,600 A PRETTY SIMPLE, AND NOT HALF DECENT, SAIL RAFT. 671 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:24,967 A RAFT LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE YOU ABOUT THREE HOURS TO MAKE. 672 00:38:25,033 --> 00:38:27,900 IF IT FAILS ME, I COULD END UP IN THE FREEZING LAKE, 673 00:38:27,967 --> 00:38:30,300 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED A BACKUP PLAN. 674 00:38:30,367 --> 00:38:32,000 SO I'VE GOT A FIRE GOING 675 00:38:32,066 --> 00:38:35,634 IN CASE I NEED TO GET WARM AND DRY IN A HURRY. 676 00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:37,634 GET THIS BABY IN. 677 00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:39,433 AND PEOPLE DO COME UNSTUCK. 678 00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:41,533 I'VE HEARD OF THREE LOCAL GUIDES 679 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,634 WHO WERE KILLED NEAR HERE AFTER THEIR RAFT FLIPPED OVER. 680 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:46,700 THEY WERE ALL STRONG SWIMMERS. 681 00:38:46,767 --> 00:38:49,734 IT WAS THE EXTREME COLD THAT KILLED THEM. 682 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,734 IT'S LIKE THROWING YOURSELF IN AN ICEBOX. 683 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,400 OKAY. WE'RE AFLOAT. 684 00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:59,700 PRETTY LOW IN THE WATER, BUT I AM AFLOAT. 685 00:38:59,767 --> 00:39:03,066 AND WHAT'S TYPICAL IS IN PATAGONIA, 686 00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:07,233 PROBABLY ONE OF THE WINDIEST PLACES ON EARTH, 687 00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:11,467 AND WHEN I WANT IT FOR MY SAIL... 688 00:39:11,533 --> 00:39:16,200 IT'S AS STILL A DAY AS YOU WILL EVER COME ACROSS. 689 00:39:16,266 --> 00:39:20,734 BUT THIS WATER IS BARELY ABOVE FREEZING. 690 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,200 THE THING IS, THIS RAFT IS FLOATING 691 00:39:24,266 --> 00:39:27,400 ABOUT SIX INCHES UNDER THE WATER. 692 00:39:27,467 --> 00:39:30,133 THIS IS NOT IDEAL. 693 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,100 MY BOOTS ARE BEGINNING TO FILL UP WITH WATER, 694 00:39:33,166 --> 00:39:35,834 AND IT IS ICY-COLD. 695 00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:39,333 IT'S LIKE HAVING YOUR FOOT IN AN ICE BUCKET. 696 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:43,066 I'M BEGINNING TO DOUBT WHETHER THE RAFT'S GONNA HOLD UP, 697 00:39:43,133 --> 00:39:46,634 AND I'M GETTING COLDER FAST. 698 00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:51,567 THIS IS GONNA TAKE ME AN HOUR, AT LEAST, 699 00:39:51,634 --> 00:39:54,300 TO CROSS AT THIS RATE. 700 00:39:54,367 --> 00:39:58,667 ALREADY, MY LEGS ARE GOING QUITE NUMB, TO BE HONEST. 701 00:39:58,734 --> 00:40:02,567 BUT, YOU KNOW, GUYS, IT'S CRAZY CARRYING ON IN THIS. 702 00:40:02,634 --> 00:40:05,300 I'M JUST NOT GONNA MAKE IT ACROSS. 703 00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:08,400 LET'S TRY AND PADDLE THIS BACK A BIT. 704 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,700 AAH. 705 00:40:17,266 --> 00:40:19,834 MY LEG'S JUST COME THROUGH ONE OF THE THINGS. 706 00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:24,300 OKAY. I'M GONNA HAVE TO SWIM THIS. 707 00:40:24,367 --> 00:40:27,567 IT'S GONNA TAKE ME 20 MINUTES TO GET THIS RAFT BACK, 708 00:40:27,634 --> 00:40:31,066 AND THAT'S 20 MINUTES AT THE MOMENT THAT I JUST DON'T HAVE. 709 00:40:31,133 --> 00:40:32,433 MY LEGS, REALLY -- 710 00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:35,634 THEY'RE STARTING TO JUST, LIKE, REAL PINS AND NEEDLES. 711 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:40,266 BUT REALLY, THIS JACKET AND THIS TOP 712 00:40:40,333 --> 00:40:43,100 IS MY SALVATION. 713 00:40:43,166 --> 00:40:46,634 I'VE GOT TO KEEP THIS DRY AND THEN JUST SWIM FOR IT. 714 00:40:46,700 --> 00:40:48,133 GIVE IT A GOOD GO, 715 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:52,634 BUT SOMETIMES, YOU GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO JUST COUNT YOUR LOSSES. 716 00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:54,233 OKAY. 717 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,467 [ SPITS ] UGH! 718 00:41:11,533 --> 00:41:13,934 IT IS ICY! 719 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,734 AAH! 720 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,900 [ SPITS ] 721 00:41:17,967 --> 00:41:22,166 AND YOU JUST FEEL, SLOWLY... 722 00:41:22,233 --> 00:41:27,667 DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY STINGING AND GOING NUMB, 723 00:41:27,734 --> 00:41:33,266 AND THIS IS VERY LOW DOWN THE LIST OF FUN THINGS TO DO. 724 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:50,233 AH! GOD, THAT'S COLD! 725 00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:51,700 WELL, I'VE LOST THAT RAFT. 726 00:41:51,767 --> 00:41:54,433 THAT'S STILL OUT THERE, BUT AT LEAST I GOT THIS FAR. 727 00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:56,800 BUT I NEED TO GET THESE WET CLOTHES OFF. 728 00:41:56,867 --> 00:41:59,900 YOU KNOW, THE COLD CAN BE SO DANGEROUS 729 00:41:59,967 --> 00:42:04,667 JUST BECAUSE IT NUMBS ALL YOUR FEELING AND YOUR STRENGTH, 730 00:42:04,734 --> 00:42:10,367 AND EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF THINGS BECOME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. 731 00:42:10,433 --> 00:42:13,266 AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD TO DO IT IN A BIT OF A RUSH, 732 00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:18,233 AT LEAST THESE, THANK GOD, ARE DRY. 733 00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:21,000 AHH! 734 00:42:21,066 --> 00:42:25,200 AND THAT IS CERTAINLY... MUCH BETTER. 735 00:42:25,266 --> 00:42:26,567 RESIST THE TEMPTATION 736 00:42:26,634 --> 00:42:29,000 TO FRANTICALLY RUB YOUR ARMS AND LEGS 737 00:42:29,066 --> 00:42:30,567 TO STIMULATE CIRCULATION. 738 00:42:30,634 --> 00:42:32,767 IT WILL DRAW WARM BLOOD AWAY FROM YOUR HEART 739 00:42:32,834 --> 00:42:34,133 AND VITAL ORGANS. 740 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,367 I JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T START SNOWING AGAIN. 741 00:42:38,433 --> 00:42:40,533 IF COLD BLOOD FROM THE EXTREMITIES 742 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,200 RUSHES BACK TO YOUR CORE, 743 00:42:42,266 --> 00:42:45,367 YOU COULD DIE FROM SOMETHING CALLED "AFTERDROP." 744 00:42:45,433 --> 00:42:48,000 INSTEAD, WARM YOURSELF SLOWLY 745 00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:51,100 SO YOUR BODY TEMPERATURE GRADUALLY GETS BACK TO NORMAL. 746 00:42:51,166 --> 00:42:54,467 AND REALLY, THE MORAL OF THIS STORY 747 00:42:54,533 --> 00:42:57,200 IS IF YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A RAFT 748 00:42:57,266 --> 00:43:01,000 AND TRY AND CROSS ALMOST-FREEZING LAKES, 749 00:43:01,066 --> 00:43:03,667 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. 750 00:43:03,734 --> 00:43:09,700 OTHERWISE, THIS LANDSCAPE AND TERRAIN IS VERY UNFORGIVING. 751 00:43:09,767 --> 00:43:11,200 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 752 00:43:11,266 --> 00:43:14,533 AH, I'M JUST BEGINNING TO FEEL MY TOES AGAIN. 753 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,266 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 754 00:43:17,333 --> 00:43:19,066 THE ICE FIELDS AND BEECH FOREST OF PATAGONIA 755 00:43:19,133 --> 00:43:22,834 PRESENT UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES 756 00:43:22,900 --> 00:43:25,734 WHEN I'VE WONDERED IF I'VE MET MY MATCH HERE. 757 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,166 WHETHER THE FORCE OF NATURE IS SIMPLY TOO MUCH FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL. 758 00:43:29,233 --> 00:43:33,600 TO BE HONEST, EXPERIENCING THE HARSH PATAGONIAN ELEMENTS 759 00:43:33,667 --> 00:43:36,500 HAS BEEN REALLY HUMBLING AND I'M JUST RELIEVED 760 00:43:36,567 --> 00:43:38,867 WE MADE IT OUT OF THERE IN ONE PIECE.