1 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:12,320 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. WHOO! 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,340 AND I'M GOING TO SEEK OUT SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES 3 00:00:16,420 --> 00:00:19,100 IN THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH, 4 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,180 WHERE HAVING THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS 5 00:00:21,220 --> 00:00:24,400 CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 6 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:26,200 WHOO-HOO! 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,020 I'M IN PATAGONIA, 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,260 ONE OF THE REMOTEST AND WILDEST PLACES ON THE PLANET. 9 00:00:32,060 --> 00:00:33,120 THIS IS PUMA KILL. 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,100 THIS ANCIENT AND LEGENDARY LAND 11 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:38,100 HAS SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES 12 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:39,400 AND HIGHEST WINDS ON EARTH. 13 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,100 JUST, LIKE, SKIN-SHREDDING. 14 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:46,160 THIS IS A DESOLATE LANDSCAPE CARVED BY ICE AND FIRE. 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:47,280 IT'S ALSO DEADLY. 16 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,460 BEING STRANDED HERE FORCES YOU TO PUSH YOURSELF 17 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,340 HARDER AND FURTHER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,020 MY HEAD IS JUST FREEZING. 19 00:00:56,140 --> 00:01:00,060 ONLY THE TOUGHEST CAN SURVIVE IN THIS EXTREME WILDERNESS. 20 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,460 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE LENGTHS YOU NEED TO GO TO 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,320 TO STAY ALIVE IN THE FURTHEST, WILDEST END OF THE EARTH. 22 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:19,440 I'VE COME HERE TO EXPLORE 23 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,460 ONE OF THE WILDEST, WINDIEST PLACES 24 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,080 ON THE FACE OF OUR PLANET -- PATAGONIA. 25 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:32,000 I'M HEADING FOR ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING SITES IN PATAGONIA -- 26 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,060 THE PERITO MORENO GLACIER. 27 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,480 ADVANCING AT A RATE OF JUST OVER 6 FEET A DAY, 28 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:44,300 IT'S ONE OF THE FEW GLACIERS IN THE WORLD 29 00:01:44,340 --> 00:01:46,220 THAT'S GETTING LONGER. 30 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,020 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN, THIS ICE WILDERNESS, 31 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,380 CHILLED BY FREEZING PATAGONIAN WINDS, 32 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:57,140 IS ABOUT AS TOUGH AS IT GETS. 33 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:02,340 THIS IS THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH YOU'D WANT TO BE STRANDED. 34 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:10,100 I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET ACROSS THIS ICE MONSTER 35 00:02:10,220 --> 00:02:13,060 AND SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU'D NEED TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE, 36 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:15,340 AND MY CAMERA CREW IS COMING WITH ME. 37 00:02:20,220 --> 00:02:22,060 DO YOU KNOW -- THE FIRST THING THAT'S HARD 38 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,360 IS JUST EVEN MOVING ON THIS. 39 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,020 IN BOOTS LIKE THIS ON THE ICE, 40 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,320 IT'S LIKE GOING UPHILL ON AN ICE RINK. 41 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,480 LOOK, WATCH THIS. 42 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:38,260 TRYING TO MOVE ACROSS A GLACIER WITHOUT CRAMPONS 43 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:41,040 IS PRETTY IMPOSSIBLE. 44 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:47,300 AND THAT'S JUST TRYING TO MOVE 20 FEET. 45 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,020 I'M GOING TO NEED ANOTHER PLAN 46 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,220 IF I'M GOING TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS ACROSS THIS. 47 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,320 OKAY. LET'S JUST THINK. 48 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,080 IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT CRAMPONS 49 00:02:57,140 --> 00:02:59,240 AND THERE'S A GLACIER BETWEEN YOU AND SAFETY, 50 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,020 YOU'VE GOT TO IMPROVISE. 51 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,160 IF I GET MY BOOTS OFF AND THESE OFF -- 52 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,380 I NEED TO TRY AND GET THEM OVER THE END OF THIS. 53 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,380 AND THE AIM, REALLY, IS FOR THESE SOCKS 54 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:19,420 TO GIVE MORE TRACTION THAN JUST THE RUBBER SOLE OF THESE BOOTS. 55 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,340 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK, 56 00:03:23,380 --> 00:03:25,280 BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. 57 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:29,360 OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A TRY. 58 00:03:35,380 --> 00:03:37,040 AND THAT'S -- THAT'S GREAT. 59 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:40,320 IT'S DEFINITELY GRIPPIER THAN JUST RUBBER SOLES. 60 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:44,100 WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT? 61 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,380 A SIMPLE PAIR OF SOCKS GIVES ME JUST ENOUGH GRIP 62 00:03:47,420 --> 00:03:49,440 TO KEEP MY FOOTING ON THIS ROCK-HARD ICE. 63 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,340 TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY DROP TO MINUS-4 FAHRENHEIT, 64 00:03:54,380 --> 00:03:57,380 AND THE FIERCE WIND WHIPPING ACROSS THE GLACIER 65 00:03:57,420 --> 00:04:00,040 CAN MAKE THAT FEEL LIKE MINUS 40. 66 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,380 YOU DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND UP HERE. 67 00:04:05,420 --> 00:04:07,080 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING. 68 00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:11,160 WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT 69 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:15,040 IS I'M JUST GETTING ALL OF THESE, LIKE, PRESSURE RIDGES, 70 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:17,320 THESE WAVES OF ICE 71 00:04:17,460 --> 00:04:20,040 WITH ALL OF THESE CREVASSES THE OTHER SIDE OF THEM, 72 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:24,380 AND IT'S MAKING KEEPING ANY SORT OF DIRECTION REALLY HARD. 73 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,020 TO GET SOME SPEED UP, 74 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,120 I'M GONNA DITCH MY SOCKS AND USE NORMAL CRAMPONS. 75 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,260 THE 870 SQUARE MILES OF ICE SPLITS AND CRACKS 76 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:39,400 AS IT BUCKLES AND TWISTS DOWNHILL. 77 00:04:45,180 --> 00:04:49,080 CREVASSES THAT CAN SWALLOW YOU AND KILL YOU ARE EVERYWHERE. 78 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:55,360 IF I CAN'T GET OVER THEM, I JUST HAVE TO GO AROUND. 79 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,120 IT'S LIKE BEING STUCK IN A MAZE OF ICE. 80 00:05:11,020 --> 00:05:12,360 REALLY, I WANT TO BE HEADING 81 00:05:14,140 --> 00:05:15,420 MORE LIKE STRAIGHT OUT THERE. 82 00:05:15,460 --> 00:05:18,140 YOU SEE, IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT FLATTER. 83 00:05:18,180 --> 00:05:19,140 IF I CAN REACH THAT, 84 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:22,480 THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE ME INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT. 85 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:24,460 BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW -- 86 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,020 IT'S REALLY HARD KEEPING YOUR DIRECTION HERE 87 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,460 JUST 'CAUSE THERE ARE NO LANDMARKS 88 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,300 AND THE WHOLE PLACE IS CONSTANTLY MOVING AND SHIFTING. 89 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,280 CREVASSES AREN'T THE ONLY PROBLEM OUT HERE -- 90 00:05:40,020 --> 00:05:41,240 IN PATAGONIAN SPRING, 91 00:05:41,340 --> 00:05:44,080 THE GLACIER IS CRISSCROSSED WITH MELTWATER. 92 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,440 A STREAM CAN DISAPPEAR WITHOUT WARNING, 93 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,480 CARVING A HUGE CAVERN UNDER THE ICE, CALLED A MOULIN. 94 00:05:54,380 --> 00:05:58,040 IT'S A BLACK, WATERY, FREEZING GRAVEYARD. 95 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,320 THE GLACIER IS UP TO HALF A MILE DEEP, 96 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,180 AND I'M GOING DOWN THERE TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE 97 00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:07,020 IN THIS ICY HELLHOLE. 98 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,340 IF YOU GO DOWN ONE OF THESE, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA COME BACK. 99 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,200 AND THIS REALLY IS AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE 100 00:06:22,260 --> 00:06:23,240 TO BE INSIDE. 101 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:26,240 AT ANY MINUTE, IT CAN FILL WITH FREEZING WATER. 102 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,400 WHO KNOWS WHERE THIS SHAFT OF DEATH MIGHT LEAD? 103 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:37,060 WE ACTUALLY HAD A GUY KILLED IN ONE OF THESE ICE TUBES 104 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,320 ON AN EXPEDITION IN THE HIMALAYAS. 105 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,460 AND HE JUST WAS WALKING ON A GLACIER, AND IT DROPPED. 106 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,020 HE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN ONE OF THESE CHUTES, 107 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,340 STRAIGHT INTO BLACK, AND HE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. 108 00:06:49,380 --> 00:06:52,280 YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS, REALLY -- I JOKE NOT -- 109 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,060 THESE CAN BE REAL KILLERS. 110 00:06:56,460 --> 00:07:00,020 OKAY, I WANT TO TRY AND WORK MY WAY OUT, 111 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:03,140 BUT ALL OF THIS ICE IS LITERALLY -- 112 00:07:03,180 --> 00:07:05,220 IT IS BULLET-HARD. 113 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:08,440 WATER IS GUSHING DOWN THE SIDES OF THE MOULIN. 114 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,040 IT'S FREEZING ME AND SOAKING ME TO THE SKIN. 115 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,460 MY BOOTS ARE FILLING WITH ICY WATER. 116 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:21,220 I'VE GOT TO GET OUT NOW, AND I HAVE TO DO IT FAST. 117 00:07:30,340 --> 00:07:33,260 MY ICE AXES ARE HARDLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. 118 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,360 AND THIS ICE IS JUST ROCK-HARD. 119 00:07:39,260 --> 00:07:42,260 I NEED TO GET A GOOD GRIP AND HAUL MYSELF OUT. 120 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,280 IF I WASN'T ON A ROPE, I'D JUST VANISH INTO THE ABYSS. 121 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,120 GAH. 122 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,380 I'M GETTING REALLY, REALLY DRENCHED HERE. 123 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,100 I'VE HARDLY GOT ANY GRIP, 124 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,200 EVEN WITH CRAMPONS AND ICE AXES. 125 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,200 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 126 00:08:03,340 --> 00:08:06,160 MY HEAD IS JUST FREEZING. 127 00:08:15,980 --> 00:08:19,160 I'M ON THE PERITO MORENO GLACIER IN PATAGONIA. 128 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,000 I'M STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF A MOULIN -- 129 00:08:22,060 --> 00:08:25,120 A FREEZING, WATERY TOMB OF ROCK-HARD ICE. 130 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,340 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 131 00:08:27,380 --> 00:08:30,440 IT'S EXHAUSTING, PAINFUL, SLOW. 132 00:08:35,460 --> 00:08:39,080 MY HANDS ARE FROZEN, I CAN'T FEEL MY FEET, 133 00:08:39,140 --> 00:08:40,440 AND I CAN BARELY HOLD ON. 134 00:08:44,340 --> 00:08:47,460 BUT I HAVE TO MAKE ONE LAST BIG PUSH TO GET OUT. 135 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,000 I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LAST SO GRATEFUL 136 00:09:04,220 --> 00:09:05,980 TO FEEL THE SUN ON MY FACE. 137 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,460 BECAUSE DEEP DOWN IN THAT HOLE, WHERE IT'S BLUE AND THEN BLACK, 138 00:09:12,140 --> 00:09:13,440 IS NOT A NICE PLACE TO BE. 139 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,380 OKAY, OVER THIS LIP AND THEN AWAY. 140 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:27,400 I'M ESCAPING THE MOULIN, 141 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,000 BUT OUT HERE, FREEZING-COLD WET CLOTHES 142 00:09:31,060 --> 00:09:32,200 CAN STILL KILL YOU. 143 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,160 JUST WANT TO GET THESE CRAMPONS OFF. 144 00:09:38,260 --> 00:09:40,460 MY FINGERS ARE GOING NUMB. 145 00:09:49,340 --> 00:09:54,120 AND IF I JUST LEFT MYSELF SOAKING WET UP HERE, 146 00:09:54,320 --> 00:10:00,000 YOU KNOW, YOU GET HYPOTHERMIC ON A GLACIER LIKE THIS VERY FAST. 147 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:02,040 I WANT TO GET ALL OF THIS KIT OFF, 148 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,260 WRING IT OUT, PUT IT BACK ON, 149 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,020 AND THEN GET MOVING AND GET THAT BLOOD PUMPING 150 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,400 AND HOPE THAT I CAN GENERATE ENOUGH HEAT 151 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,020 TO GET THE CLOTHES DRY. 152 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:15,020 IF YOU GET COLD AND WET OUT HERE, 153 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,320 YOUR BODY LOSES HEAT THREE TIMES FASTER THAN IN THE DRY. 154 00:10:19,060 --> 00:10:22,240 UNLESS YOU GET WARM, IT MEANS ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH. 155 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,340 THIS KIND OF JUST SUCKS. 156 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,180 A FUNDAMENTAL OF SURVIVAL -- 157 00:10:27,220 --> 00:10:29,040 IF YOU GET WET, 158 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,000 YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF YOUR WET CLOTHES 159 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,140 AND GET WARM AND DRY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 160 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,160 YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXCUSE ME FOR THE NEXT 10 MINUTES 161 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:42,380 WHILE I JUST RUN UP IN HERE AND GET WARM. 162 00:10:53,980 --> 00:10:57,440 AHH! THAT'S BETTER. 163 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,180 WHOO! 164 00:11:05,220 --> 00:11:08,100 THERE'S NO SHELTER AND NOTHING TO EAT HERE. 165 00:11:08,140 --> 00:11:10,140 I'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP MOVING... 166 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,320 ...DEEPER INTO THE HEART OF THE GLACIER. 167 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,340 NOW I'M MORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GLACIER. 168 00:11:19,140 --> 00:11:22,080 YOU CAN SEE THE GOING'S MUCH SMOOTHER UNDERFOOT. 169 00:11:22,980 --> 00:11:25,080 KIND OF LIKE A NICE HIGHWAY HERE. 170 00:11:26,460 --> 00:11:29,980 BUT THERE ARE NO PIT STOPS ON THIS HIGHWAY. 171 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:35,120 SURVIVAL HERE IS A STRUGGLE FOR EVEN THE MOST WELL-EQUIPPED. 172 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,020 HEY, GUYS, COME AND CHECK THIS OUT. 173 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,460 IF YOU WANT TO MEET SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD AT SURVIVAL, 174 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,200 LOOK AT THIS FELLOW. 175 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,280 IT'S CALLED AN... 176 00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:56,260 AND THESE ACTUALLY ARE REALLY RARE. 177 00:11:56,340 --> 00:12:00,300 YOU'LL ONLY FIND THESE UP ON THIS PATAGONIA ICE FIELD. 178 00:12:01,380 --> 00:12:04,320 IN FACT, THEY'RE THE ONLY THING LIVING UP HERE 179 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,060 ON THIS PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD. 180 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,360 IT'S SO RARE, IT'S ACTUALLY PROTECTED BY ARGENTINEAN LAW. 181 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:14,020 BUT IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION, YOU COULD EAT IT. 182 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,440 AND THEY'RE PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT -- 183 00:12:16,980 --> 00:12:20,460 THESE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES, HIGH WINDS, AND THE ICE. 184 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,380 AMAZING. AND WHAT A NAME. 185 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:27,440 (UNSURED WORD) 186 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,360 WE'LL LEAVE IT. 187 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,160 I'VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A PLACE 188 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,340 THAT IS SO INHOSPITABLE AND UNFORGIVING. 189 00:12:40,180 --> 00:12:44,220 THE TEMPERATURE ON THE GLACIER CAN PLUNGE TO MINUS-40 DEGREES. 190 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:51,360 BUT THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF THE PERITO MORENO 191 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,460 MAKE NAVIGATION A REAL CHALLENGE. 192 00:12:55,460 --> 00:12:56,280 SORRY, GUYS. 193 00:12:56,340 --> 00:12:59,340 I'VE LED YOU ON A BIT OF A DUFF ROUTE HERE. 194 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,400 I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO RETRACE MY STEPS. 195 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,180 I NEED TO GET A MOVE ON. 196 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,340 WHAT I COULD DO, ACTUALLY, IS JUST CUT, LIKE, 197 00:13:08,380 --> 00:13:11,420 AN ICE BOLLARD AROUND THIS WITH MY ROPE. 198 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,260 I'LL JUST ABSEIL DOWN THIS. 199 00:13:16,340 --> 00:13:20,020 THE SURVIVAL MANUAL SAYS GO AROUND AN OBSTACLE, 200 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,180 EVEN IF IT COSTS YOU TIME AND ENERGY. 201 00:13:22,220 --> 00:13:25,460 BUT I CAN GO QUICKER IF I RAPPEL DOWN THE ICE WALL 202 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,060 AND GET ON MY WAY. 203 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,260 AND WHAT I'M DOING HERE IS JUST CUTTING A GROOVE 204 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,300 FOR THE ROPE TO FIT INTO. 205 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,220 THE ICE IS SO BRITTLE, IT CAN SHATTER LIKE GLASS. 206 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,080 I JUST NEED TO UNCOIL THE ROPE. 207 00:13:43,980 --> 00:13:46,280 I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE BOLLARD IS WIDE ENOUGH 208 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,200 TO TAKE MY WEIGHT WITHOUT SPLITTING. 209 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:49,980 IF IT'S TOO THIN, 210 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,140 THE ROPE WILL SLICE THROUGH THE TOP LIKE CHEESE WIRE. 211 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:57,360 WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS PUT IT IN A CLASSIC ABSEIL. 212 00:13:57,980 --> 00:14:02,060 JUST THROUGH THE LEGS, OVER THE HEAD, 213 00:14:02,140 --> 00:14:04,180 AND THEN I'M GOOD TO GO. 214 00:14:11,460 --> 00:14:13,260 EASE MYSELF 'ROUND... 215 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,040 AND DOWN WE GO. 216 00:14:21,180 --> 00:14:24,180 THE BOLLARD IS HOLDING. I'M OVER THE ICE WALL. 217 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:31,020 AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT USING AN ICE BOLLARD 218 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:37,000 IS YOU CAN THEN PULL YOUR ROPE DOWN AFTER YOU. 219 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,180 AND JOB'S A GOOD 'UN! 220 00:14:49,260 --> 00:14:52,200 THE SHATTERED ROCK AND GRIT ON THE EDGE OF THE GLACIER 221 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,280 COVERS THE ICE, BUT IT'S STILL TREACHEROUS. 222 00:14:55,420 --> 00:14:58,300 THE GROUND IS LITERALLY OPENING UP IN FRONT OF ME. 223 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,380 BUT IT'S NOT A PLACE TO SHELTER. 224 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,140 ICE CAVES LIKE THIS ARE CAUSED BY FREEZING GLACIAL STREAMS 225 00:15:07,180 --> 00:15:10,240 CARVING UNDERWATER CHANNELS THROUGH THE GLACIER. 226 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:12,140 OKAY, GUYS, JUST TAKE IT EASY IN HERE, EH? 227 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,300 THEY MIGHT LOOK INVITING, BUT THEY CAN BE DEATHTRAPS. 228 00:15:15,460 --> 00:15:17,160 THE ICE IS CONSTANTLY SHIFTING, 229 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,440 AND AT ANY MINUTE IT COULD FILL WITH FREEZING WATER 230 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,020 OR SIMPLY COLLAPSE AND CRUSH YOU TO DEATH. 231 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,260 AND THESE ICE TUNNELS REALLY ARE -- 232 00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:29,400 THEY FEEL LIKE THE KIND OF BEATING HEART OF THE GLACIER. 233 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,200 IT'S AS IF THIS IS JUST LIKE A GIANT ARTERY 234 00:15:33,340 --> 00:15:37,100 RUNNING STRAIGHT UNDER ALL OF THE ICE. 235 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:41,160 THE GLACIER MOVES AN AMAZING 6 FEET A DAY, 236 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,420 AND THE ICE IS UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE. 237 00:15:50,060 --> 00:15:53,340 THIS IS REALLY QUITE AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE. 238 00:15:53,460 --> 00:15:55,060 YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE 239 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:59,260 HOW MANY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ICE THERE ARE 240 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,280 DIRECTLY ABOVE MY HEAD HERE. 241 00:16:05,180 --> 00:16:07,120 EVEN THE SMALLEST SHIFT IN THE ICE 242 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,220 COULD COLLAPSE THE ROOF AND CRUSH ME AT ANY MOMENT. 243 00:16:10,460 --> 00:16:14,200 AND THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THIS ICE CAVE 244 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,060 IS THAT I CAN AT LEAST FILL MY WATER BOTTLE 245 00:16:17,420 --> 00:16:20,460 FROM ALL THE MELTING ICE. 246 00:16:22,140 --> 00:16:24,260 BUT THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE. 247 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:28,080 THIS IS NOW RIGHT IN THE BELLY OF THE GLACIER. 248 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,000 I WANT THIS TO FILL UP AND GET OUT OF HERE FAST. 249 00:16:34,420 --> 00:16:36,020 COME ON. 250 00:16:37,180 --> 00:16:38,360 OKAY. 251 00:16:40,060 --> 00:16:41,320 RIGHT. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 252 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,420 THIS IS A MOST DANGEROUS TUNNEL, AS WELL. 253 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:48,060 WHEN YOU GET ALL OF THIS STUFF JUST DRIPPING, 254 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,060 IT MEANS THE ICE IS AT ITS MOST FRAGILE. 255 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,060 THIS PLACE REALLY IS BEAUTIFUL. 256 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,260 THE KIND OF PLACE YOU IMAGINE SUPERMAN WOULD LIVE. 257 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,040 BUT IT'S ALSO DEADLY. 258 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,360 THAT'S ONE PLACE I'M GLAD TO BE OUT OF. 259 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,360 I'VE SURVIVED THE CREVASSES AND ICE CAVES 260 00:17:24,420 --> 00:17:26,220 OF THE MORENO GLACIER. 261 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,140 NOW MY NEXT CHALLENGE IN PATAGONIA 262 00:17:29,180 --> 00:17:31,420 IS GONNA TAKE ME TO THE LIMIT OF MY STRENGTH. 263 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,160 AAH! 264 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,200 I'M ABOUT TO JUMP INTO THE SEMIARID DESERT 265 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,160 OF THE PATAGONIAN STEPPE 266 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,300 IN THE EASTERN RAIN SHADOW OF THE ANDES MOUNTAIN RANGE. 267 00:17:50,060 --> 00:17:53,080 THE STEPPE GETS LESS RAINFALL THAN NEW MEXICO, 268 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:56,100 AND LOCALS SAY THE WIND IS SO RELENTLESS 269 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,040 THAT IT DRIVES MEN MAD. 270 00:17:59,060 --> 00:18:01,020 THEY SAY THE PATAGONIAN STEPPE 271 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,100 REVEALS THE PERSON YOU REALLY ARE. 272 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:05,060 AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING -- 273 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,200 RIGHT INTO THAT BARREN WILDERNESS. 274 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:44,380 THE PATAGONIAN STEPPE 275 00:18:44,420 --> 00:18:47,000 IS SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN CALIFORNIA. 276 00:18:47,220 --> 00:18:51,120 IT'S 188,000 SQUARE MILES OF LOW SCRUB. 277 00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:54,380 THERE'S LITTLE TO EAT AND PRACTICALLY NO PROTECTION 278 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,100 FROM THE NOTORIOUS PATAGONIAN WIND. 279 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,280 IT WAS A HAIRY LANDING, BUT I'M SAFE ON THE GROUND. 280 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,360 AND THERE'S NO TIME TO HANG ABOUT. 281 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,240 BUT THE REASON IT'S SO HARD 282 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,140 IS THAT IT'S THAT DANGEROUS COMBINATION 283 00:19:24,340 --> 00:19:27,980 OF THESE RELENTLESS WINDS, THE STRONG SUN, 284 00:19:28,260 --> 00:19:30,060 AND THESE LOW TEMPERATURES. 285 00:19:30,260 --> 00:19:32,340 AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE FEW PLACES 286 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,400 WHERE YOU CAN END UP GETTING SUNBURNT 287 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,080 AND HYPOTHERMIC AT THE SAME TIME. 288 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:42,000 THE WINTER LASTS FIVE MONTHS IN PATAGONIA. 289 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:45,080 AND EVEN THOUGH THE SUN OFTEN SHINES ON THE CLOUDLESS STEPPE, 290 00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:47,160 IT WON'T GIVE YOU ANY WARMTH. 291 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,280 THE WIND CAN GUST UP TO 120 MILES AN HOUR -- 292 00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:55,180 ENOUGH TO DEMOLISH HOUSES AND BLOW YOU OFF YOUR FEET. 293 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,180 ANY WATER QUICKLY EVAPORATES 294 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,060 DUE TO THE RELENTLESS EFFECTS OF SUN AND WIND. 295 00:20:09,220 --> 00:20:10,400 EVERYTHING IS SO DRY. 296 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,440 LOOK -- ALL OF THAT. 297 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,100 AND THE EARTH. 298 00:20:18,220 --> 00:20:19,280 BONE DRY. 299 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:24,140 SO, REALLY, YOUR CHALLENGE HERE IS JUST TO FIND WATER. 300 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,360 FINDING WATER ON THE STEPPE IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. 301 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,360 TO SURVIVE HERE, YOU'VE GOT TO READ THE LAND. 302 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,380 IF YOU LOOK AT THESE HILLS, 303 00:20:34,420 --> 00:20:36,440 ALL OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY KIND OF COME TOGETHER 304 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,140 DOWN INTO THIS BOWL. 305 00:20:38,180 --> 00:20:40,200 AND THEN AT THE CORNER OF IT, 306 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,180 YOU CAN SEE IT'S DARKER AND IT'S WETTER. 307 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,280 AND THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR BEST CHANCE 308 00:20:44,340 --> 00:20:45,420 FOR GETTING SOMETHING TO DRINK. 309 00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:50,960 TINY FRESHWATER SPRINGS ARE A LIFELINE OUT HERE. 310 00:20:52,140 --> 00:20:53,980 THIS IS DEFINITELY A SPRING. 311 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,380 THIS PATAGONIAN OASIS IS A MAGNET FOR THE LOCAL WILDLIFE. 312 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:04,120 YOU SEE HOW MANY ANIMALS TRACKS THERE ARE AROUND THIS. 313 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,260 YEAH, LOOK AT ALL THESE. 314 00:21:11,220 --> 00:21:12,280 THE ONLY THING IS, 315 00:21:13,180 --> 00:21:16,420 ANIMALS DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST TABLE MANNERS. 316 00:21:17,020 --> 00:21:21,080 AND WHERE THEY DRINK, THEY'LL ALSO PEE AND POO. 317 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,960 WHAT I WANT TO TRY AND DO IS JUST DIG A BIT OF A TRENCH 318 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,220 TO GET SOME OF THIS WATER FLOWING 319 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:32,020 AND TAKE THE CONTAMINATED STUFF AWAY. 320 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:33,960 AND, LOOK, IT'S STARTING TO RUN NOW. 321 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:35,000 YOU SEE? 322 00:21:35,220 --> 00:21:37,180 AND THAT'S THE STUFF I WANT TO BE DRINKING. 323 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,340 AND IT'S EASY WHEN YOU'RE HUNTING FOR WATER 324 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,000 TO BE LULLED INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY, 325 00:21:44,140 --> 00:21:47,160 THINKING IT'S THE CLEAR STUFF, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS, 326 00:21:48,180 --> 00:21:50,200 THAT IT'S THE GOOD STUFF TO DRINK -- 327 00:21:50,420 --> 00:21:56,000 WHEN, ACTUALLY, THE FRESHEST STUFF IS FOUND RIGHT HERE 328 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,160 'CAUSE IT'S COMING FRESH, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND. 329 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:03,380 SO EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS DIRTY, YOU'RE BETTER OFF DRINKING THIS. 330 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,280 IT'S NOT A GREAT IDEA UNLESS YOU'RE DESPERATE. 331 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,240 THE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL DUNG HERE MEANS YOU COULD GET 332 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,440 ANY NUMBER OF PARASITIC OR BACTERIAL DISEASES, 333 00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:26,000 BUT IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. 334 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:31,080 ( SLURPING ) 335 00:22:38,420 --> 00:22:41,280 IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T WIN ANY PRIZES IN A RESTAURANT. 336 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:43,300 BUT AT LEAST, HOPEFULLY, 337 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,140 THE SPRING BIT OF IT ISN'T CONTAMINATED. 338 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,380 AND REALLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE 339 00:22:50,060 --> 00:22:53,380 KIND OF DRINKING FROM A LOO BOWL, BUT... 340 00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:03,020 BUT OUT ON THE STEPPE, 341 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,340 IT'S ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU'RE GOING TO GET. 342 00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:11,380 THE DISTANCES HERE ARE IMMENSE. 343 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,040 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP GOING 344 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:18,020 IN THE HOPE OF FINDING FOOD, WATER, AND SHELTER. 345 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,380 BUT THIS ARID WILDERNESS 346 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,220 CAN STILL THROW HUGE OBSTACLES IN YOUR WAY. 347 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,960 ALL OF THE STEPPE IS BASICALLY CRISSCROSSED. 348 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,240 THERE'S THIS SERIES OF ESCARPMENTS, 349 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,060 AND YOU CAN EITHER GO AROUND THEM OR YOU CAN GO OVER THEM. 350 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,320 AND THIS CLIFF FACE HERE JUST LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 351 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,200 AND I LOVE TO CLIMB. 352 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,960 I'M JUST GONNA SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT UP AND OVER THIS ONE. 353 00:23:47,060 --> 00:23:51,160 IT'S ABOUT 150 FOOT HIGH AND FULL OF CRACKS AND FISSURES. 354 00:23:51,980 --> 00:23:55,080 IT'S A DREAM CLIMB, BUT A TOUGH ONE. 355 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,340 SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT A CLIFF, 356 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:01,320 AND IT WILL JUST LOOK IMPENETRABLE. 357 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,200 BUT MY DAD ALWAYS USED TO TELL ME WHEN I WAS CLIMBING, 358 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:07,100 "YOU CAN NEVER TELL HOW STEEP SOMETHING IS 359 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,120 TILL YOU LITERALLY RUB NOSES WITH IT." 360 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,240 AND IT'S WHEN YOU GET UP CLOSE, 361 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:15,240 YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE THE LINES OF WEAKNESS IN A ROCK FACE. 362 00:24:17,260 --> 00:24:21,020 GOING AROUND THIS RIDGE COULD LITERALLY TAKE DAYS. 363 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,320 BUT IF YOU'VE GOT TO GET UP HERE, THIS IS HOW TO DO IT. 364 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:31,140 AND ALL I'M USING HERE IS A SLIGHT CRACK IN THE ROCK. 365 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,320 BEHIND, I'M TRYING TO 366 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:38,340 JUST JAM MY FIST IN AND KEEP THAT IN, 367 00:24:38,380 --> 00:24:40,440 AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M LEANING ON. 368 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,280 GET THE BLOOD BACK INTO THE OTHER ARM. 369 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:46,040 AND THEN WE GO. 370 00:24:51,220 --> 00:24:53,080 REALLY, TO CLIMB EFFICIENTLY, 371 00:24:53,380 --> 00:24:57,220 IT'S ALL ABOUT DISTRIBUTING YOUR WEIGHT 372 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:01,200 SO IT'S NOT ALL ON YOUR FINGERS OR ALL ON ONE FOOT -- 373 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:03,100 JUST SPREADING IT EVENLY. 374 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,980 ON A LONG CLIMB LIKE THIS, 375 00:25:05,060 --> 00:25:07,180 IT'S VITAL TO CONSERVE YOUR STRENGTH. 376 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,060 TAKE THINGS AT A STEADY PACE AND DON'T RUSH. 377 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,340 GET INTO POSITION AND THEN MAKE YOUR NEXT MOVE. 378 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,120 AAH. 379 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,080 REALLY, THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL THE CRUX OF THE CLIMB, 380 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,120 WHERE IT'S GONNA MAKE OR BREAK. 381 00:25:33,060 --> 00:25:34,320 ( PANTING ) 382 00:25:36,180 --> 00:25:40,180 IF YOU LOOK DOWN FROM HERE, THAT'S A GOOD-SIZE DROP. 383 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,120 WHEW. 384 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,140 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO JAM MY FOOT... 385 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,040 IN HERE. 386 00:25:52,060 --> 00:25:53,260 AAH. 387 00:26:09,340 --> 00:26:10,980 AHH. 388 00:26:11,140 --> 00:26:12,200 QUITE A TOUGH CLIMB. 389 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:14,280 BUT FUN. 390 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,180 WHOO-HOO! 391 00:26:18,380 --> 00:26:19,400 FOR MY NEXT CHALLENGE, 392 00:26:20,060 --> 00:26:23,060 I'LL BE TRACKING WITH A PATAGONIAN GAUCHO. 393 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:26,040 WE'RE ON THE HUNT FOR THE MOST FEARED PREDATOR ON THE STEPPE. 394 00:26:26,180 --> 00:26:27,380 THIS IS PUMA KILL. 395 00:26:48,220 --> 00:26:51,260 I'M ON THE TRAIL OF PUMA WITH A LOCAL HUNTER. 396 00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:53,400 THE GAUCHOS OF PATAGONIA 397 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,380 HAVE HERDED SHEEP AND CATTLE HERE FOR CENTURIES. 398 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,180 THESE ARGENTINEAN COWBOYS KNOW THE ART OF SURVIVAL 399 00:27:00,220 --> 00:27:01,360 IN THIS LONELY WILDERNESS 400 00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:04,060 AND ARE EXPERT HORSEMEN AND HUNTERS. 401 00:27:04,140 --> 00:27:06,240 WHOA! WHOO. 402 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,280 AND THIS IS RAUL. 403 00:27:07,980 --> 00:27:09,200 WE'RE HUNTING FOR PUMAS AT THE MOMENT. 404 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:10,260 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 405 00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:12,180 JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE 406 00:27:12,220 --> 00:27:14,220 ANY TRACKS AROUND HERE BY THE WATER HOLE. 407 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:18,960 PUMAS ARE KILLING MACHINES, THE SIZE OF MOUNTAIN LIONS. 408 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:21,420 THEY CAN DESTROY WHOLE HERDS OF LIVESTOCK. 409 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,240 OKAY, HE DOESN'T SEE ANY AROUND HERE. 410 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,180 HE RECKONS IF WE HEAD OUT... ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 411 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,040 HEAD OUT THERE -- BETTER CHANCE. 412 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,120 PUMAS ARE A HUGE PROBLEM OUT HERE. 413 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,400 EVERY ONE HAS A BOUNTY ON ITS HEAD. 414 00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:41,300 PRETTY BLEAK UP HERE... 415 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:45,080 WHEN IT STARTS RAINING -- WITH THE WIND AS WELL. 416 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,980 DOESN'T SEEM TO DETER RAUL, THOUGH. 417 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,300 HE'S DETERMINED TO FIND A PUMA. 418 00:27:52,380 --> 00:27:56,280 AT THIS STAGE, I'LL BE JUST DETERMINED 419 00:27:56,340 --> 00:27:58,100 TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO GET OUT OF THIS RAIN. 420 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,300 EVEN THOUGH THIS AREA IS PRACTICALLY A DESERT, 421 00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:04,280 THE FICKLE PATAGONIA WEATHER 422 00:28:04,340 --> 00:28:06,400 CAN CHANGE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. 423 00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:10,320 AND IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE WE SEE THE FIRST SIGNS OF PUMA. 424 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,240 THIS IS SORT OF THE DAMAGE THAT THE PUMAS DO TO LIVESTOCK. 425 00:28:16,020 --> 00:28:18,260 SO IT MEANS WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 426 00:28:21,260 --> 00:28:23,400 I WAS ASKING RAUL WHAT SOMEONE SHOULD DO 427 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:27,180 IF THEY'RE EVER ATTACKED BY A PUMA. 428 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,260 AND WHAT HE SAID IS, 429 00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:34,020 YOUR BEST CHANCE IS TO TRY AND BLUFF IT AND STAND TALL 430 00:28:34,140 --> 00:28:36,180 AND MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS YOU CAN. 431 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,080 AND, BASICALLY, TRY TO SHOW THE PUMA 432 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,380 THAT YOU'RE STRONGER THAN THE PUMA IS! 433 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,240 LAST YEAR, A MAN FISHING IN THE NEARBY LAKE 434 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,360 WAS KILLED BY A PUMA. 435 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:48,300 IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING 436 00:28:48,340 --> 00:28:50,240 DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO OUR TARGET. 437 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,040 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 438 00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:54,080 PUMA? 439 00:28:54,420 --> 00:28:57,200 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 440 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,180 HE'S SAYING THIS IS DEFINITELY -- 441 00:28:59,220 --> 00:29:00,220 THIS IS DEFINITELY A PUMA KILL. 442 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,000 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 443 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,980 LOOK AT THE SKULL THERE OF A GUANACO -- 444 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,060 IT'S LIKE A WILD LLAMA. 445 00:29:06,140 --> 00:29:10,240 THIS IS WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT AND EATEN IT. 446 00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:13,960 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 447 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,420 YEAH, HE SAID THIS IS A TYPICAL PLACE 448 00:29:21,020 --> 00:29:22,180 A PUMA WILL BRING IT. 449 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:25,200 IT'S GOT A REALLY GOOD VIEW OUT OF THE HUNTING GROUND. 450 00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:28,940 IT CAN BE OUT OF THE SUN, OUT OF THE WIND AND RAIN. 451 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,140 AND THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF PLACE A PUMA WOULD USE. 452 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,200 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 453 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,080 HE RECKONS THERE MIGHT 454 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,240 WELL BE A PUMA NOT FAR AWAY. 455 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:46,980 RAUL IS DEFINITELY ONTO SOMETHING. 456 00:29:47,220 --> 00:29:48,380 HIS KNIFE IS POISED. 457 00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:51,220 UNDER THE ROCK, WE COME FACE TO FACE 458 00:29:51,260 --> 00:29:55,960 WITH THE DEADLY POWER OF THE PUMA -- A HALF-EATEN CALF. 459 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,260 LOOK AT THE NOSE ON THIS. 460 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,060 AND THAT'S WITH THEY DO. THEY TAKE THAT. 461 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,280 AND ALSO THAT GASH -- 462 00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:06,240 STRAIGHT FROM THE PUMA CLAW DOWN THERE. 463 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,240 AND THEN THE PUMA WILL ALSO EAT ALL OF THE SOFT ORGANS. 464 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,940 AND THAT'S REALLY TELLING HIM THIS IS DEFINITELY -- 465 00:30:14,020 --> 00:30:16,140 NO DOUBT -- THIS IS PUMA KILL. 466 00:30:17,180 --> 00:30:20,960 SO I'M JUST A BIT CONCERNED THAT THIS IS VERY, VERY FRESH. 467 00:30:21,060 --> 00:30:24,000 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PUMA KILLS AND BONES AROUND HERE. 468 00:30:24,220 --> 00:30:28,280 IT'S NOT KIND OF A GOOD PLACE JUST TO BE HANGING ABOUT 469 00:30:28,340 --> 00:30:29,380 IF THERE ARE PUMAS. 470 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,300 RAUL WON'T LET ANY PART OF THIS PUMA KILL GO TO WASTE. 471 00:30:33,340 --> 00:30:35,400 HE'LL USE THE SKIN FOR SADDLES AND BRIDLES. 472 00:30:35,940 --> 00:30:37,420 WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT 20 SECONDS -- 473 00:30:38,020 --> 00:30:39,380 HE'S ALREADY SKINNING IT. 474 00:30:44,940 --> 00:30:47,980 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 475 00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:49,160 Sí, Sí, Sí, Sí. 476 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,280 JUST ASKING IF YOU COULD EAT THIS MEAT RAW, 477 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,120 STRAIGHT OFF THE CARCASS. 478 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:56,020 SLIGHTLY WORRYINGLY, HE SAID, "YES." 479 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:57,320 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 480 00:30:58,220 --> 00:30:59,020 GRACIAS. 481 00:30:59,060 --> 00:31:01,240 ( Laughing ) WELL, THAT QUESTION BACKFIRED. 482 00:31:01,380 --> 00:31:03,220 GRACIAS, RAUL. 483 00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:16,200 IT'S BLOOMING TOUGH, THIS ONE. 484 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,000 CAN'T EVEN GET IT DOWN. 485 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,160 GONE. ( SPITS ) 486 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,960 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 487 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,260 NO, NO, NO. 488 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:31,400 NO, GRACIAS. 489 00:31:31,980 --> 00:31:33,200 NO, HE DOESN'T WANT ANY! 490 00:31:33,340 --> 00:31:34,420 OH, GREAT! 491 00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:35,980 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 492 00:31:36,220 --> 00:31:37,940 HE'S SAYING IT'S BETTER WHEN IT'S COOKED. 493 00:31:38,260 --> 00:31:39,200 YEAH. 494 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:40,220 THANKS. 495 00:31:40,980 --> 00:31:43,080 RIGHT, LET'S GET THE MEAT OFF THIS, THE SKIN OFF IT, 496 00:31:43,220 --> 00:31:45,260 AND GET DOWN OFF THIS HILLSIDE. 497 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,420 I'VE SEEN CLOSE UP THE DAMAGE THAT A PUMA CAN DO. 498 00:31:48,980 --> 00:31:50,960 NEXT, I'M GOING TO SPEND A FREEZING NIGHT 499 00:31:51,020 --> 00:31:52,300 OUT ON THE STEPPE. 500 00:31:52,420 --> 00:31:54,980 I CAN TELL TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE COLD. 501 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,920 I'M CROSSING THE WILD EXPANSE OF THE PATAGONIAN STEPPE. 502 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:13,120 EUROPEAN SETTLERS CAME HERE IN IN THE 19th CENTURY 503 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:14,960 TO FARM SHEEP AND CATTLE. 504 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,040 BUT THERE'S SO LITTLE TO SUSTAIN LIFE HERE 505 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,320 THAT HUGE AREAS SEE NO PEOPLE AT ALL. 506 00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:27,160 PEOPLE OFTEN, ON FLAT GROUND, 507 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:31,020 WILL UNDERESTIMATE DISTANCES BY ABOUT THREEFOLD, 508 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,200 ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE VERY FEW LANDMARKS 509 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,200 TO JUDGE THE DISTANCE. 510 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,240 BUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM PATAGONIA, 511 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,260 FROM EXPERIENCE, IS YOU CAN MULTIPLY THAT AGAIN. 512 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,100 THE WHOLE PLACE IS SO HUGE. 513 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,160 YOU LOOK AT THE LAKE OVER HERE. 514 00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:47,980 THAT LOOKS, WHAT, 5, 10 MINUTES' WALK AT THE MOST. 515 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,280 BUT I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S GONNA TAKE ME 45 MINUTES. 516 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,360 THERE'S A STORY OF THREE WELSH SETTLERS 517 00:32:53,940 --> 00:32:56,400 WHO FOUND OUT JUST HOW UNFORGIVING THIS PLACE CAN BE. 518 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,140 THEY STRAYED FROM A PATH AND DIED OF THIRST. 519 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,040 THEIR BLEACHED BONES WERE FOUND YEARS LATER, 520 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:04,960 JUST YARDS FROM A STREAM. 521 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,920 AND AT NIGHT, THE CLOUDLESS SKY MEANS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET 522 00:33:08,980 --> 00:33:10,320 TO MINUS-15 DEGREES. 523 00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:13,060 I CAN TELL TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE COLD. 524 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:14,360 SO, REALLY, MY PRIORITY 525 00:33:15,140 --> 00:33:17,220 IS JUST TO GET SOME SHELTER FROM THE WIND 526 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,360 AND THEN COLLECT A LOAD OF FIREWOOD 527 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,120 SO I CAN MAKE A FIRE AND KEEP MYSELF WARM. 528 00:33:23,020 --> 00:33:25,400 IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE CAMP, THE GOLDEN RULE IS, 529 00:33:25,980 --> 00:33:27,360 DO IT BEFORE IT GETS DARK. 530 00:33:32,180 --> 00:33:36,160 THIS IS ABOUT THE BIGGEST BOULDER AROUND HERE, 531 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,120 AND IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR ME TO SHELTER -- 532 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:39,980 NICELY PROTECTED FROM THE WIND. 533 00:33:40,220 --> 00:33:41,360 GOT A LOAD OF WOOD. 534 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,020 AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS BOULDER HERE 535 00:33:44,260 --> 00:33:47,000 IS THAT, LOOK, IT'S COVERED IN IT -- 536 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:48,100 OLD-MAN'S-BEARD. 537 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,340 AND ALL OF THIS IS BONE-DRY. 538 00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:56,160 THIS MOSS ONLY GROWS WHERE THE AIR IS PURE, 539 00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:00,080 AND IT'S BEEN USED AS TINDER ON THE STEPPE FOR CENTURIES. 540 00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:03,220 THE TEHUELCHE INDIANS, CONQUISTADORES, 541 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,980 AND EUROPEAN SETTLERS ALL USED IT TO MAKE FIRE, 542 00:34:07,140 --> 00:34:08,940 AND IT WORKS BRILLIANTLY. 543 00:34:11,180 --> 00:34:13,140 WHILE I WAS OUT GATHERING A LOT OF THAT WOOD, 544 00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:17,080 ONE THING I DID NOTICE WAS A LOT OF ANIMAL TRACKS, 545 00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:19,280 AND ESPECIALLY HARES'. 546 00:34:19,980 --> 00:34:22,100 IF I CAN MAKE SNARES FROM MY PARACHUTE LINES, 547 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,200 I'VE GOT A CHANCE AT CATCHING SOME FOOD. 548 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,960 AND ALL I NEED TO DO IS MAKE A BITE IN ONE END -- 549 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000 JUST A REALLY SIMPLE OVERHAND KNOT -- 550 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,040 THAT GIVES YOU THAT REALLY NICE, SIMPLE LITTLE LOOP. 551 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:35,980 THEN I JUST THREAD THE OTHER END THROUGH THAT. 552 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,180 WHEN IT COMES UNDER PRESSURE, IT TIGHTENS ON ITSELF. 553 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,360 OKAY, I'VE GOT A GOOD NUMBER OF THESE SNARES NOW. 554 00:34:44,220 --> 00:34:45,340 TAKE THOSE, THE KNIFE, 555 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:49,100 AND I'M ALSO GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THESE 556 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,280 AND JUST SMEAR THE SCENT OF THE COW PAT 557 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,000 ALL THE WAY OVER MY HANDS. 558 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:58,260 AND WHAT THIS WILL DO IS HOPEFULLY MASK MY SCENT. 559 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,180 SO WHEN I'M LAYING THE SNARES, 560 00:35:01,380 --> 00:35:07,220 ALL ANY ANIMAL'S GOING TO SMELL IS COW PAT AND NOT HUMAN. 561 00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:12,220 TRYING TO TRAP ANYTHING IS ALWAYS A TRICKY BUSINESS. 562 00:35:13,060 --> 00:35:14,940 IT TAKES TIME, PATIENCE, 563 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,240 AND YOU'RE QUITE LIKELY TO END UP GOING HUNGRY. 564 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,360 I'M TRYING TO GET THE ODDS IN MY FAVOR, THOUGH, 565 00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:22,980 BY LAYING AS MANY TRAPS AS POSSIBLE. 566 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,020 YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT'S GOT A NATURAL TRACK TO IT 567 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:29,360 THAT THEY USE REGULARLY, 568 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,300 BUT ALSO YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT ACTS AS A CHOKE POINT -- 569 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,300 THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE. 570 00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:37,020 THEY HAVE TO GET FUNNELED THROUGH A GAP. 571 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,380 AND THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS JUST TIE IT REALLY WELL 572 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,200 AROUND THE BASE OF ONE OF THESE BUSHES. 573 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:48,360 AND THEN WHAT I NEED IS JUST A COUPLE OF LITTLE BRANCHES 574 00:35:48,940 --> 00:35:50,960 TO ACT AS SUPPORTS FOR THE NOOSE. 575 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,100 YOU WANT THIS TO BE ABOUT A HAND'S HEIGHT 576 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:04,160 OFF THE GROUND AND ABOUT A FIST WIDTH. 577 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,940 AND THEN, HOPEFULLY, A HARE THAT WILL USE THIS RUN, 578 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,400 COME ALONG, HEAD THROUGH THIS, 579 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,220 AND THEN JUST GET SNAGGED. 580 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,060 THE SUN IS SETTING AND THE LIGHT FADING, 581 00:36:18,180 --> 00:36:20,040 BUT I KNOW FROM BITTER EXPERIENCE 582 00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:21,400 THAT THE ODDS ARE AGAINST ME GETTING HARE 583 00:36:21,940 --> 00:36:23,120 FOR BREAKFAST TOMORROW. 584 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:26,360 I'VE GOT THE ONLY SHELTER FOR MILES. 585 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,280 AND WITH MY FIRE TO KEEP ME WARM, 586 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:31,180 IT'S TIME TO SETTLE IN FOR A NIGHT ON THE STEPPE. 587 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,340 I THINK THE MAGIC OF PLACES LIKE THIS 588 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,120 IS THAT EVERYTHING SLOWS DOWN 589 00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:39,360 AND LIFE BECOMES MUCH MORE RAW. 590 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,040 AND THOSE THINGS THAT KEEP YOU GOING IN LIFE 591 00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:44,980 SUDDENLY BECOME MUCH MORE PROMINENT. 592 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,160 AND FOR ME, CERTAINLY, THAT'S -- 593 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:49,360 MY CHRISTIAN FAITH IS A BIG PART OF THAT, 594 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:54,000 AND IT HELPS ME THROUGH SO MANY DIFFICULT 595 00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:56,940 AND OFTEN QUITE LONELY TIMES. 596 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,260 AND FOR ME, THAT'S MY BACKBONE, I THINK. 597 00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:08,220 I'VE SPEND THE NIGHT SHELTERING UNDER A BOULDER 598 00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:10,140 ON THE PATAGONIAN STEPPE. 599 00:37:10,380 --> 00:37:13,080 LAST NIGHT WAS 2 DEGREES BELOW FREEZING, 600 00:37:13,140 --> 00:37:15,160 AND NOW I REALLY NEED TO GET WARM. 601 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,280 MY DAD ALWAYS USED TO SAY, 602 00:37:18,340 --> 00:37:20,260 "ONCE A YEAR, TRY AND WATCH THE SUNRISE." 603 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,240 WE DIDN'T ALWAYS MANAGE. BUT THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 604 00:37:25,340 --> 00:37:28,340 AND WHAT I'VE GOT HERE IS JUST WHAT'S CALLED PARAMELA. 605 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,080 AND THIS ONLY GROWS HERE ON THE STEPPE. 606 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,200 AND IT KIND OF LOOKS A BIT LIKE A MINI FERN. 607 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,300 BUT IT'S REALLY STICKY, 608 00:37:36,340 --> 00:37:39,160 AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN TELL IT'S PARAMELA. 609 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,040 BUT THE LOCALS WILL USE THIS AS A REALLY GOOD COLD REMEDY. 610 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,040 AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST USE IT TO MAKE A CUP OF TEA. 611 00:37:49,380 --> 00:37:52,040 WHOA! MAN, THAT -- IT'S HOT. 612 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,140 I WANT TO GET GOING AND SEE IF I'VE GOT A HARE. 613 00:38:03,180 --> 00:38:05,020 THIS WOULD BE LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING. 614 00:38:05,260 --> 00:38:07,960 I'M REALLY HOPING THERE'S GONNA BE A NICE PRESENT 615 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,180 IN ONE OF THESE SNARES. 616 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,400 BUT THIS TIME IT SEEMS THE HARES HAVE OUTSMARTED ME. 617 00:38:18,180 --> 00:38:20,300 NO LUCK WITH THIS ONE, EITHER. 618 00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:24,300 ALTHOUGH, LOOK -- YOU CAN SEE HARE DROPPINGS NEARBY, 619 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,200 WHICH MEANS THEY OBVIOUSLY DO USE THIS RUN. 620 00:38:28,060 --> 00:38:30,360 BUT JUST NOT LAST NIGHT. 621 00:38:31,220 --> 00:38:34,360 IT LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT HAVING HARE FOR BREAKFAST. 622 00:38:35,220 --> 00:38:36,320 ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 623 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,080 WITH LITTLE OR NO FOOD ON THE STEPPE, 624 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,300 SURVIVING OUT HERE IS A HUGE CHALLENGE. 625 00:38:41,980 --> 00:38:43,200 I'VE GOT TO MOVE ON. 626 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,040 I'M ON THE PATAGONIAN STEPPE, 627 00:38:55,180 --> 00:38:57,320 WHERE THE VICIOUS WINDS FLAY YOUR SKIN 628 00:38:57,940 --> 00:38:59,240 AND THE SUN FRIES YOU. 629 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,140 I'M AT THE MERCY OF THE ELEMENTS 630 00:39:01,180 --> 00:39:03,040 MORE THAN I'VE EVER FELT BEFORE. 631 00:39:04,140 --> 00:39:06,220 JUST LIKE SKIN-SHREDDING -- THIS WIND. 632 00:39:07,940 --> 00:39:11,280 EVEN THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF SHELTER HERE IS A GODSEND. 633 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:13,340 I'LL JUST TAKE TWO MINUTES. 634 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,180 IT'S JUST NICE TO GET OUT OF THAT WIND. 635 00:39:16,340 --> 00:39:18,320 AND THIS CALAFATE BUSH 636 00:39:19,220 --> 00:39:21,920 IS REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT GROWS HERE 637 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,240 THAT'S GOING TO OFFER YOU ANY SORT OF PROTECTION. 638 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:31,100 IN FACT, GAUCHOS STILL TODAY WILL SLEEP UNDER THESE BUSHES 639 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:32,360 AS A FORM OF SHELTER. 640 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,920 YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT THE LITTLE FLOWERS OFF THIS. 641 00:39:41,180 --> 00:39:44,020 IN SUMMERTIME, THIS WHOLE BUSH 642 00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:46,240 WOULD JUST BE COVERED IN BERRIES. 643 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,180 BUT AT THE MOMENT, IT'S PRETTY SCANT PICKINGS. 644 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:51,960 JUST A LITTLE FLOWER. 645 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:53,380 GOING TO GIVE A BIT OF MOISTURE 646 00:39:54,180 --> 00:39:57,340 AND PROBABLY ABOUT 1 1/2 CALORIES. 647 00:39:59,140 --> 00:40:01,200 BUT 1 1/2 QUITE TASTY CALORIES. 648 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:10,260 THE STEPPE IS CROSSED WITH STREAMS OF GLACIAL MELTWATER. 649 00:40:11,020 --> 00:40:13,300 THE BEST BET IS TO AIM DOWN FOR THE VALLEYS -- 650 00:40:13,940 --> 00:40:16,040 THE FAST WAY OR THE BEAR WAY. 651 00:40:21,980 --> 00:40:23,320 WHOO-HOO! 652 00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:35,140 THAT'S HOW TO GET DOWN THE SCREE SLOPE. 653 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:44,940 THESE STREAMS CARRY RAIN AND SNOWMELT FROM THE HIGH STEPPE 654 00:40:45,020 --> 00:40:46,300 INTO THE VALLEYS BELOW. 655 00:40:48,020 --> 00:40:49,040 ( SLURPING ) 656 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:50,320 THAT'S NICE. 657 00:40:51,220 --> 00:40:54,260 BEST OF ALL, THE WATER IS CLEAN AND PURE. 658 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:01,080 REALLY, FINDING A RIVER LIKE THIS THROUGH THE STEPPE 659 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,280 IS JUST LIKE STRIKING GOLD. 660 00:41:07,980 --> 00:41:09,240 IF YOU FOLLOW THE STREAMBED, 661 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:12,040 YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO FIND FOOD, AS WELL. 662 00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:14,920 I'M GOING TO KEEP FORAGING ALONG THE VALLEY FLOOR 663 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:16,040 FOR ANYTHING I CAN FIND. 664 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:17,200 HERE WE GO. 665 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,080 I THINK THESE ARE LITTLE MACACHIN SHOOTS, 666 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,120 AND THEY'RE PRETTY WEENY. 667 00:41:24,180 --> 00:41:25,280 LOOK. SEE IF YOU CAN SEE THIS. 668 00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:30,240 IF YOU DIG DOWN, YOU'LL GET THIS LITTLE BULB ON THE END. 669 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,120 BUMMER IS, IS THAT IT'S SPRING, 670 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,300 AND THEY'RE ONLY JUST STARTING TO GROW. 671 00:41:34,940 --> 00:41:38,060 BY SUMMERTIME, THESE WOULD BE LIKE SMALL POTATOES. 672 00:41:38,100 --> 00:41:41,380 BUT AT THE MOMENT, I'M NOT HOLDING OUT MUCH HOPE 673 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:43,360 FOR A HUGE FEAST. 674 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:46,180 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, 675 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,960 BUT MACACHIN IS PACKED WITH MOISTURE AND CARBOHYDRATE. 676 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,220 YOU NEED TO HAVE THE STEADY HANDS OF A SURGEON 677 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,220 TO AVOID CUTTING INTO THE ROOTS OF THESE. 678 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,040 LOOK AT THIS. 679 00:41:59,140 --> 00:42:00,100 IT'S ALWAYS A BIT OF A LOTTERY, 680 00:42:00,140 --> 00:42:02,940 WHETHER YOU GET A TINY, LITTLE ONE OR ONE LIKE THIS. 681 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:07,360 AND THAT'S DELICIOUS. 682 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:09,960 IT'S NOT EXACTLY A FEAST. 683 00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,340 BUT IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR, 684 00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:14,140 YOU CAN FIND FOOD HERE. 685 00:42:17,940 --> 00:42:21,320 ONE OF THE KEYS OF SURVIVAL IS TO KEEP WATER CLOSE BY. 686 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,940 IF YOU CAN FIND A STREAM AND FOLLOW IT, 687 00:42:24,980 --> 00:42:27,200 YOU'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE OF FINDING PEOPLE. 688 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,100 PATAGONIA HAS PUSHED ME TO MY LIMITS. 689 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:42,100 I'VE ENDURED SNOW AND ICE, WIND AND SUN. 690 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,160 BUT IT'S LEFT A DEEP IMPRESSION ON ME. 691 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,160 THIS IS THE SAME PLACE, THIS SHORELINE, 692 00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:53,360 THE INDIANS WOULD HAVE ROAMED ACROSS 693 00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:55,000 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS -- 694 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,960 AND ALSO THAT THOSE EARLY EXPLORERS LIKE DARWIN 695 00:42:58,020 --> 00:42:59,000 WOULD HAVE SEEN. 696 00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:01,280 AND REALLY, FOR ME, THERE'S SOMETHING -- 697 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,240 THERE'S SOMETHING VERY MOVING 698 00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:08,100 JUST ABOUT THIS WHOLE ANCIENT AND SUCH UNCHANGED LAND.