1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,600 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 2 00:00:11,667 --> 00:00:14,000 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE 3 00:00:14,066 --> 00:00:17,166 IN SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME AND DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:17,233 --> 00:00:19,500 I'VE GOT TO LAST A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 5 00:00:19,567 --> 00:00:22,033 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 6 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:24,634 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 7 00:00:25,967 --> 00:00:28,000 NOW I'VE COME TO SIBERIA, 8 00:00:28,066 --> 00:00:30,033 THE COLDEST PLACE ON THE PLANET, 9 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:33,934 WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET TO -90 FAHRENHEIT. 10 00:00:35,634 --> 00:00:37,433 I'LL BE MEETING THE GUYS 11 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:39,767 WHO KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE OUT HERE 12 00:00:39,834 --> 00:00:42,266 AND LEARNING SOME OF THEIR EXTREME TECHNIQUES -- 13 00:00:42,333 --> 00:00:44,967 HOW A DEAD YAK CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE... 14 00:00:45,033 --> 00:00:46,900 EAT THINGS THAT WILL MAKE YOU GAG... 15 00:00:46,967 --> 00:00:48,400 AND I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY 16 00:00:48,467 --> 00:00:51,700 THROUGH THE TREACHEROUS SAYAN MOUNTAINS. 17 00:00:51,767 --> 00:00:55,100 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 18 00:00:55,166 --> 00:00:58,200 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 19 00:01:02,266 --> 00:01:04,333 I'M FLYING ACROSS SOUTHERN SIBERIA -- 20 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,900 5 MILLION SQUARE MILES OF BARREN WILDERNESS 21 00:01:07,967 --> 00:01:11,066 WITH A REPUTATION AS BITTER AS ITS WEATHER. 22 00:01:11,133 --> 00:01:12,533 THIS FROZEN LANDSCAPE 23 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,834 IS GONNA BE ONE OF MY TOUGHEST CHALLENGES YET. 24 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:18,567 IF YOU GET LOST IN SIBERIA, 25 00:01:18,634 --> 00:01:21,767 YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL ARE ALMOST ZERO. 26 00:01:21,834 --> 00:01:23,867 THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING TO EAT, 27 00:01:23,934 --> 00:01:27,900 AND IT'S ONE OF THE COLDEST PLACES ON THE PLANET. 28 00:01:27,967 --> 00:01:30,000 I'M BEING DROPPED INTO THE SAYAN MOUNTAINS -- 29 00:01:30,066 --> 00:01:33,767 A FORBIDDING RANGE OF TOWERING SNOW-COVERED PEAKS. 30 00:01:33,834 --> 00:01:37,400 THEY STAND BETWEEN ME AND MY PICKUP POINT. 31 00:01:37,467 --> 00:01:40,767 I'VE GOT A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS IN MY PACK, 32 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:42,667 AND MY CAMERA CREW IS COMING WITH ME. 33 00:01:42,734 --> 00:01:45,834 THE HELI'S HOVERING AT ABOUT 20 FOOT 34 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:47,900 ABOVE THE SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN. 35 00:01:47,967 --> 00:01:50,300 AND THERE'S A CORNICE STRAIGHT DOWN THERE. 36 00:01:50,367 --> 00:01:54,400 THERE'S GONNA BE SOFT SNOW UNDER THAT. 37 00:01:54,467 --> 00:01:56,133 OKAY. THIS IS IT. 38 00:01:59,567 --> 00:02:00,834 WHOO! 39 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:03,767 AT THIS HEIGHT, GET IT WRONG 40 00:02:03,834 --> 00:02:06,667 AND YOU'RE GONNA SHATTER YOUR LEGS OR SPINE. 41 00:02:06,734 --> 00:02:08,200 WHOA! 42 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:13,066 I'VE GOT TO FIGHT TO KEEP MY BODY RELAXED AS I TUMBLE. 43 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,133 [ COUGHS ] 44 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,400 FAIR TO SAY I'VE LANDED. 45 00:02:26,467 --> 00:02:29,000 I'M, UH -- LOOK AT THIS. 46 00:02:35,567 --> 00:02:38,634 IT'S THE WORST COLD I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED -- 47 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:42,100 BITING, BITTER, -20 OR MORE, 48 00:02:42,166 --> 00:02:45,100 AND IT SAPS EVERY MORSEL OF ENERGY. 49 00:02:45,166 --> 00:02:47,967 BUT GIVE IN TO IT, AND YOU'LL DIE. 50 00:02:48,033 --> 00:02:50,400 THIS IS WHY THE VICIOUS RUSSIAN WINTER 51 00:02:50,467 --> 00:02:53,033 DEFEATS WHATEVER STANDS IN ITS WAY. 52 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:57,967 THE COLD HERE IS JUST INTENSE. 53 00:02:58,033 --> 00:03:02,767 IT FEELS LIKE IT'S JUST BITING INTO YOUR SKIN. 54 00:03:02,834 --> 00:03:07,300 AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A BIT OF SNOT IN YOUR NOSE 55 00:03:07,367 --> 00:03:09,500 JUST FREEZES, YOU KNOW? 56 00:03:09,567 --> 00:03:13,667 AND HOW ANYBODY, ANYTHING CAN LIVE HERE 57 00:03:13,734 --> 00:03:16,133 IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY. 58 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,700 EVEN THE AIR YOU BREATHE IS SUPERCHILLED. 59 00:03:19,767 --> 00:03:22,300 AND ONCE YOU GET BELOW -40 FAHRENHEIT, 60 00:03:22,367 --> 00:03:24,533 ICE CRYSTALS FORM IN YOUR LUNGS 61 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,500 AND YOU'LL START TO COUGH UP BLOOD. 62 00:03:26,567 --> 00:03:30,233 FROSTBITTEN LUNGS ARE A DEATH SENTENCE. 63 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:35,634 SIBERIA IS ONE OF THE BLEAKEST, COLDEST PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN. 64 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:38,734 THE TEMPERATURE IS DEFINITELY MADE WORSE 65 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,867 BY THE SIGNIFICANT ALTITUDE, 66 00:03:40,934 --> 00:03:43,100 BUT ALSO BY THIS WIND. 67 00:03:43,166 --> 00:03:44,567 IT'S NOT VERY STRONG, 68 00:03:44,634 --> 00:03:46,934 BUT IT'S ENOUGH JUST TO GET IN EVERYWHERE. 69 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,567 REALLY, MY PRIORITY NOW 70 00:03:49,634 --> 00:03:52,300 NEEDS TO BE JUST TO GET DOWN INTO THE VALLEY. 71 00:03:52,367 --> 00:03:55,867 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A FROZEN CORPSE WITHIN 24 HOURS, 72 00:03:55,934 --> 00:03:57,467 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING. 73 00:03:57,533 --> 00:04:00,266 THE FREEZING AIR SINKS TO THE VALLEY FLOOR, 74 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:02,433 BUT AT LEAST YOU GET SOME RESPITE 75 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,400 FROM THE MERCILESS WINDS. 76 00:04:04,467 --> 00:04:07,967 SEE, THE SUN'S JUST COMING UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS. 77 00:04:08,033 --> 00:04:11,634 AND IT'S ALSO TINGED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RED, 78 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:13,400 WHICH, IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, 79 00:04:13,467 --> 00:04:15,500 OFTEN MEANS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A BREAK, 80 00:04:15,567 --> 00:04:17,700 A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER, OFTEN FOR THE WORSE. 81 00:04:17,767 --> 00:04:20,033 AND THERE'S A SAYING THAT SAYS, 82 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,100 "RED SKY AT NIGHT, SHEPHERD'S DELIGHT. 83 00:04:22,166 --> 00:04:25,166 RED SKY IN THE MORNING, SHEPHERD'S WARNING." 84 00:04:25,233 --> 00:04:28,333 THE REASON FOR THAT IS ALL OF THAT RED 85 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,800 IS THE POLLEN AND THE DUST HELD UP IN THE HIGH PRESSURE. 86 00:04:31,867 --> 00:04:33,600 SO, IF YOU SEE THAT IN THE MORNING, 87 00:04:33,667 --> 00:04:35,600 IT MEANS THE HIGH PRESSURE'S ALREADY PAST YOU. 88 00:04:35,667 --> 00:04:37,266 IF YOU SEE IT IN THE EVENING, 89 00:04:37,333 --> 00:04:39,433 IT MEANS THE HIGH PRESSURE'S COMING TOWARDS YOU. 90 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:43,433 READING THE SKY CAN SHOW YOU THE DANGER OF THE WEATHER, 91 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:45,533 BUT THERE ARE HAZARDS ON THE GROUND, TOO. 92 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,634 SO MUCH OF COMING DOWN A MOUNTAIN 93 00:04:47,700 --> 00:04:50,200 IS JUST ABOUT BEING POSITIVE 94 00:04:50,266 --> 00:04:53,000 AND THE CONFIDENCE JUST TO GO FOR IT. 95 00:04:53,066 --> 00:04:56,867 YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS OFTEN HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE TENTATIVE. 96 00:04:56,934 --> 00:04:58,734 IT'S THEN THAT THEY SLIP. 97 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,200 YOU WANT TO CONTROL YOUR OWN DESCENT 98 00:05:01,266 --> 00:05:04,533 RATHER THAN LET THE MOUNTAIN CONTROL IT FOR YOU. 99 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,800 WALKING THROUGH THE DEEP SNOW IS EXHAUSTING. 100 00:05:07,867 --> 00:05:10,900 EVERY STEP IS LIKE WADING THROUGH TREACLE. 101 00:05:10,967 --> 00:05:13,800 AND THEN THERE ARE SIBERIA'S DEADLY RIVERS. 102 00:05:13,867 --> 00:05:17,066 ALMOST ALL OF THESE RIVERS IN SIBERIA IN WINTERTIME 103 00:05:17,133 --> 00:05:19,166 ARE FROZEN OVER. 104 00:05:19,233 --> 00:05:21,166 BUT WHAT YOU ALSO OFTEN GET 105 00:05:21,233 --> 00:05:23,533 IS WATER RUNNING UNDERNEATH THE ICE. 106 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,900 AND IF YOU'RE QUIET, YOU CAN HEAR THAT. 107 00:05:25,967 --> 00:05:29,734 AND THAT'S WHY CROSSING THESE RIVERS IS SO DANGEROUS. 108 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,967 IF YOU GO THROUGH THE ICE AND GET TAKEN AWAY UNDER IT, 109 00:05:33,033 --> 00:05:35,266 YOU'LL NEVER COME OUT OF THAT. 110 00:05:35,333 --> 00:05:37,967 BUT WHAT I CAN USE ARE JUST THESE BOULDERS. 111 00:05:38,033 --> 00:05:40,867 THEY'RE COVERED IN SNOW, AND YOU CAN JUST HOP AND JUMP 112 00:05:40,934 --> 00:05:43,734 FROM ONE TO THE OTHER TO GET ACROSS. 113 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,166 ONE SLIP ON THESE BOULDERS, AND YOU'RE GONNA GET INJURED, 114 00:05:47,233 --> 00:05:50,467 OR YOU'RE GONNA CRASH THROUGH THE ICE 115 00:05:50,533 --> 00:05:52,333 INTO THE FREEZING WATER. 116 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,834 AND, REALLY, THIS IS LIKE A GIANT GAME OF CHESS, 117 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:00,533 WHERE YOU NEED TO, LIKE, PLAN YOUR MOVES 118 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,200 AND TRUSTING THAT THEY ARE ROCK AND THEY'RE NOT ICE. 119 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:07,533 OW. 120 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,300 ONE MISTAKE OUT HERE, 121 00:06:09,367 --> 00:06:12,600 AND YOU WOULDN'T STAND MUCH CHANCE OF SURVIVING. 122 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:14,667 THERE'S HARDLY A SOUL AROUND, 123 00:06:14,734 --> 00:06:17,133 AND THERE'S ALMOST ZERO CHANCE OF RESCUE. 124 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:22,266 I CAN REALLY HEAR THE WATER RUNNING STRAIGHT UNDER HERE. 125 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:30,467 WHEW. OUT OF THAT MAZE. 126 00:06:30,533 --> 00:06:32,634 OKAY, AND CARRY ON. 127 00:06:32,700 --> 00:06:35,166 I'M ACROSS THE RIVER, AND I'M ON MY WAY. 128 00:06:35,233 --> 00:06:37,600 IT'S EASY TO FORGET HOW MUCH YOU SWEAT 129 00:06:37,667 --> 00:06:39,734 WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING IN THIS COLD. 130 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,634 IT MAKES YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE RISE, 131 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:44,100 AND THEN YOU PEE MORE. 132 00:06:44,166 --> 00:06:45,900 LOSING THIS MUCH FLUID 133 00:06:45,967 --> 00:06:48,934 MEANS YOU CAN QUICKLY GET DEHYDRATED. 134 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,033 BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOUR BODY STARTS TO SHUT DOWN. 135 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:54,734 YOUR BRAIN SUFFERS, THEN YOUR KIDNEYS, 136 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,233 BEFORE YOUR HEART FINALLY STOPS. 137 00:06:57,300 --> 00:06:59,834 THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN 138 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:02,200 THAT ISN'T FROZEN SOLID. 139 00:07:02,266 --> 00:07:05,166 THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ENOUGH FORCE OF WATER RUNNING DOWN HERE 140 00:07:05,233 --> 00:07:07,200 TO STOP IT FREEZING, 141 00:07:07,266 --> 00:07:09,367 WHICH MEANS I CAN DRINK FROM THIS. 142 00:07:09,433 --> 00:07:13,734 YOU REALLY WANT TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION JUST TO EAT SNOW. 143 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,900 IT CAN ACTUALLY BURN YOUR MOUTH AND GIVE YOU BLISTERS. 144 00:07:16,967 --> 00:07:19,200 SO, WHEN YOU CAN FILL UP, DO SO. 145 00:07:19,266 --> 00:07:22,567 BUT DON'T BE TEMPTED TO GULP THE WATER. 146 00:07:22,634 --> 00:07:25,166 IT'LL QUICKLY DROP YOUR CORE TEMPERATURE, 147 00:07:25,233 --> 00:07:27,300 PUTTING YOU IN DANGER OF SHOCK. 148 00:07:27,367 --> 00:07:29,033 INSTEAD, JUST TAKE LITTLE SIPS 149 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:31,266 AND KEEP YOUR BOTTLE CLOSE TO YOUR CHEST 150 00:07:31,333 --> 00:07:33,300 OR TUCKED WELL INSIDE YOUR RUCKSACK 151 00:07:33,367 --> 00:07:35,934 TO STOP IT FREEZING. 152 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,900 BUT A RIVER IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT WATER. 153 00:07:38,967 --> 00:07:43,133 BURIED BENEATH THE SNOW ARE PLANTS THAT CAN HELP YOU. 154 00:07:45,166 --> 00:07:48,467 LOOK. THIS IS ALL SPHAGNUM MOSS, THIS. 155 00:07:48,533 --> 00:07:52,166 I'LL PULL THIS OFF AND GET A LOOK AT IT. 156 00:07:52,233 --> 00:07:55,934 AND THIS HAS ACTUALLY GOT ANTISEPTIC PROPERTIES. 157 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,767 IT'S GOT IODINE IN IT. 158 00:07:57,834 --> 00:08:00,166 SOLDIERS DURING THE WORLD WARS WOULD USE THIS. 159 00:08:00,233 --> 00:08:02,967 WHAT THEY WOULD DO -- THEY'D GRAB IT, BIG WOUND, 160 00:08:03,033 --> 00:08:05,734 STICK IT ON IT, AND THE ANTISEPTIC AND THE IODINE 161 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,133 WOULD HELP CLEAN IT AND HEAL IT. 162 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,533 THERE'S MASSES OF IT, SO I KEEP SEEING IT AROUND. 163 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:24,800 I'M IN SIBERIA IN ONE OF THE MOST DESOLATE 164 00:08:24,867 --> 00:08:27,634 AND GODFORSAKEN PLACES ON EARTH. 165 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:30,667 TEMPERATURES HERE CAN PLUNGE TO -90 FAHRENHEIT. 166 00:08:30,734 --> 00:08:33,600 IT'S THE COLDEST I'VE EVER BEEN. 167 00:08:33,667 --> 00:08:36,700 BUT IT'S THE RIVERS I DREAD THE MOST. 168 00:08:38,967 --> 00:08:41,367 IN THE WINTER, RIVERS FREEZE SOLID, 169 00:08:41,433 --> 00:08:43,567 BUT THIS ONE IS MOVING SO QUICKLY, 170 00:08:43,634 --> 00:08:46,166 THERE'S A FAST-FLOWING CHANNEL IN THE MIDDLE. 171 00:08:46,233 --> 00:08:49,300 IT'S TOO WIDE TO JUMP, AND IF I MISS IT AND FALL IN, 172 00:08:49,367 --> 00:08:53,367 I'LL BE OUT OF CONTROL AND AT THE MERCY OF THE ICY WATER. 173 00:08:53,433 --> 00:08:57,133 IT'S A LONG WAY 'ROUND, TOO, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND SWIM IT. 174 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,667 BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN SURVIVE 175 00:08:59,734 --> 00:09:02,033 ONCE YOU GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. 176 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:07,266 IF YOU HAD TO CROSS A FAST-FLOWING RIVER LIKE THIS 177 00:09:07,333 --> 00:09:09,000 IN THESE SORT OF CONDITIONS, 178 00:09:09,066 --> 00:09:11,734 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO KEEP YOUR CLOTHES DRY. 179 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,233 IF YOU END UP IN THERE, EVEN IF YOU'RE OUT THE OTHER SIDE, 180 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:16,133 YOUR SOAKING-WET CLOTHES -- 181 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,734 THEY'RE GONNA FREEZE AROUND YOU WITHIN MINUTES, AND YOU'LL DIE. 182 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,567 SO, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS STRIP ALL MY CLOTHES OFF, 183 00:09:22,634 --> 00:09:24,967 STICK THEM IN THE RUCKSACK, THROW THEM ACROSS, 184 00:09:25,033 --> 00:09:26,567 AND THEN SWIM FOR IT. 185 00:09:26,634 --> 00:09:29,233 JUST A FEW SECONDS IN THIS WATER 186 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:33,667 WILL PUT YOUR BODY INTO SHOCK, AND YOU'LL SOON GO HYPOTHERMIC. 187 00:09:33,734 --> 00:09:37,767 LITERALLY, MY TOES NOW ARE, LIKE, BEYOND COLD. 188 00:09:37,834 --> 00:09:39,166 THEY'RE NOW NUMB. 189 00:09:39,233 --> 00:09:41,900 THEY JUST FEEL LIKE BLOCKS OF ICE. 190 00:09:41,967 --> 00:09:43,400 I KNOW THAT FEELING. 191 00:09:43,467 --> 00:09:47,400 I'VE HAD FROSTBITE ON BIG MOUNTAINS BEFORE, 192 00:09:47,467 --> 00:09:49,734 AND IT'S A VERY FRIGHTENING THING. 193 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:55,300 AND WHAT HAPPENS -- YOU JUST SENSE A BIG LOSS OF FEELING. 194 00:09:55,367 --> 00:09:58,667 AND IT'S AT THAT STAGE THE TEMPTATION'S JUST TO DO NOTHING. 195 00:09:58,734 --> 00:10:01,100 BUT THAT IS A DANGEROUS TIME. YOU'VE GOT TO REWARM THEM. 196 00:10:01,166 --> 00:10:02,734 USE WHATEVER YOU CAN. 197 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,200 IF YOU'VE GOT A BUDDY, 198 00:10:04,266 --> 00:10:06,333 STICK YOUR TOES UNDER SOMEONE'S ARMPITS, 199 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,333 DOWN THEIR PANTS, ANYTHING. 200 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,667 ALL I'VE GOT ARE MY FINGERS. 201 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:16,266 COME ON. 202 00:10:16,333 --> 00:10:19,066 OKAY... 203 00:10:24,767 --> 00:10:27,467 NOW MY FINGERS ARE BEGINNING TO SEIZE, AS WELL. 204 00:10:27,533 --> 00:10:31,233 AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR FINGERS BEGIN TO GO, 205 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:33,800 YOU THEN JUST CAN'T DO ANYTHING. 206 00:10:33,867 --> 00:10:36,300 CAN'T PUT BOOTS ON, CAN'T DO LACES UP, 207 00:10:36,367 --> 00:10:38,867 CAN'T OPEN RUCKSACKS, CAN'T START FIRES. 208 00:10:38,934 --> 00:10:43,166 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVEMENT AND FEELING IN YOUR FINGERS. 209 00:10:43,233 --> 00:10:45,233 IT IS ARCTIC COLD. 210 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:46,867 I CAN SEE YOUR HANDS THERE, LEE. 211 00:10:46,934 --> 00:10:48,734 YOU GOT ICE JUST OVER YOUR FINGERS. 212 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,500 SHOW THE CAMERA THAT. 213 00:10:51,567 --> 00:10:54,166 JUST KEEP MOVING YOUR FINGERS, ALL RIGHT? 214 00:10:54,233 --> 00:10:56,767 MAKE IT A DISCIPLINE. JUST KEEP MOVING THEM. 215 00:10:56,834 --> 00:10:58,567 WE'RE GONNA RUN. 216 00:10:58,634 --> 00:11:03,133 AND IN FIVE MINUTES, WE'LL ALL FEEL HUMAN. 217 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,533 LET'S GO. 218 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,634 MY NEXT CHALLENGE 219 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:10,567 IS GRAPPLING WITH THE TREACHEROUS SAYAN MOUNTAINS. 220 00:11:10,634 --> 00:11:12,066 GO FOR IT. GO, GO. 221 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:22,600 I'M IN SIBERIA IN WINTER, 222 00:11:22,667 --> 00:11:25,867 SHOWING HOW TO STAY ALIVE IN THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH. 223 00:11:25,934 --> 00:11:28,200 MY CHALLENGE NOW IS TO GET THROUGH 224 00:11:28,266 --> 00:11:31,500 THE TREACHEROUS PEAKS OF THE SAYAN MOUNTAINS. 225 00:11:31,567 --> 00:11:35,567 THESE RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS REALLY CAN BE KILLERS. 226 00:11:35,634 --> 00:11:38,433 AND ALREADY THIS YEAR, 227 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:41,367 THREE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE, 228 00:11:41,433 --> 00:11:45,233 AND OTHER CLIMBERS AND TOURISTS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. 229 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:48,567 YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T MESS WITH THIS PLACE. 230 00:11:48,634 --> 00:11:51,367 MY WAY AHEAD IS NOW BARRED 231 00:11:51,433 --> 00:11:55,000 BY A 100-FOOT VERTICAL ROCK FACE. 232 00:11:55,066 --> 00:11:59,800 THE MIX OF ROCK, SNOW, AND ICE IS GONNA MAKE IT A TOUGH CLIMB. 233 00:11:59,867 --> 00:12:02,634 THIS FOREST IS PROVING QUITE HARD WORK. 234 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:05,400 YOU SEE THIS, LIKE, SNOW AND ROCK GULLY 235 00:12:05,467 --> 00:12:07,200 GOING ALL THE WAY UP THAT. 236 00:12:07,266 --> 00:12:09,000 BUT IT LOOKS QUITE TECHNICAL, 237 00:12:09,066 --> 00:12:13,000 SO I'M GONNA USE MY ICE AXE FOR THIS. 238 00:12:16,634 --> 00:12:19,367 THE WAY TO CLIMB DIFFICULT ROCK FACES LIKE THIS 239 00:12:19,433 --> 00:12:22,200 IS TO PLAN YOUR ROUTE CAREFULLY. 240 00:12:24,266 --> 00:12:26,367 THE KEY WITH DOING THIS SORT OF THING 241 00:12:26,433 --> 00:12:28,066 IS JUST NOT RUSHING IT, YOU KNOW? 242 00:12:28,133 --> 00:12:30,233 MAKING SURE YOU'VE GOT GOOD HOLDS. 243 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:33,066 IF YOU LOOK, I PULL ALL OF THIS SNOW AWAY. 244 00:12:36,233 --> 00:12:38,033 YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M DEALING WITH. 245 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:42,800 OH, THAT'S NICE. THAT'S A GOOD HOLD. 246 00:12:44,133 --> 00:12:46,467 GET IT WRONG, AND IT CAN BE FATAL. 247 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,266 WE'RE AT HALFWAY HERE. 248 00:12:53,333 --> 00:12:55,834 GOT QUITE A NICE LITTLE LEDGE. 249 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:59,400 THIS, LIKE, BANK OF SNOW'S ACCUMULATED, 250 00:12:59,467 --> 00:13:03,634 AND IT'S GIVEN ME A CHANCE JUST TO GET MY BREATH BACK, 251 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:07,033 TRY AND GET SOME FEELING BACK IN MY FINGERS. 252 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:11,967 THIS NEXT BIT IS LOOKING QUITE GNARLY. 253 00:13:18,033 --> 00:13:20,200 [ COUGHS ] 254 00:13:25,033 --> 00:13:29,266 ALL WE HAVE TO DO HERE IS JUST, LIKE, CHIMNEY UP THIS 255 00:13:29,333 --> 00:13:31,600 AND USE MY BACKPACK TO LEAN AGAINST 256 00:13:31,667 --> 00:13:34,600 AND THEN TO PUSH ME OUT. 257 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:38,634 EASE UP. THAT'S IT. 258 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:40,967 OKAY, NOW GO FOR IT. GO, GO. 259 00:13:41,033 --> 00:13:43,734 THAT'S IT. GOT IT? 260 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,634 LAST LITTLE BIT JUST ACROSS HERE. 261 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:49,100 ALL RIGHT, WE'RE SAFE HERE. 262 00:13:49,166 --> 00:13:52,600 COME ON, THEN. YOU ALL RIGHT? 263 00:13:52,667 --> 00:13:54,033 NICE. 264 00:13:56,834 --> 00:13:59,567 BRILLIANT! AND THAT WAS A GREAT CLIMB. 265 00:13:59,634 --> 00:14:02,166 THERE'S A NICE LITTLE WEAKNESS IN THE ROCK 266 00:14:02,233 --> 00:14:04,033 ALL THE WAY UP HERE THAT I USED, 267 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:05,667 AND I'M UP. 268 00:14:05,734 --> 00:14:08,066 GOOD JOB, EH? 269 00:14:08,133 --> 00:14:11,767 I'M AT THE TOP, AND I'M ON MY WAY. 270 00:14:11,834 --> 00:14:13,767 SURVIVAL IN SIBERIA 271 00:14:13,834 --> 00:14:16,700 WILL TEST ANYONE TO THE LIMITS OF ENDURANCE. 272 00:14:16,767 --> 00:14:19,834 AND WHENEVER I'M STRUGGLING, I REMIND MYSELF OF THE STORY 273 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:22,967 OF A YOUNG GERMAN SOLDIER CAPTURED BY THE RUSSIANS 274 00:14:23,033 --> 00:14:25,266 AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 275 00:14:25,333 --> 00:14:27,467 DESPITE BEING INNOCENT, 276 00:14:27,533 --> 00:14:31,033 HE WAS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS HARD LABOR 277 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:33,600 DOWN A SIBERIAN LEAD MINE. 278 00:14:33,667 --> 00:14:35,934 AND AFTER A YEAR DOWN THIS MINE, 279 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,333 WITH ONLY AN OUNCE OF STRENGTH LEFT IN HIS DYING BODY, 280 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,233 HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE. 281 00:14:42,300 --> 00:14:44,734 AND THIS GUY WALKED HIS WAY 282 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,400 THROUGH THREE SIBERIAN BRUTAL WINTERS, 283 00:14:48,467 --> 00:14:50,867 BUT HE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 284 00:14:50,934 --> 00:14:54,667 OF BREAKING GOALS DOWN INTO MANAGEABLE SIZES 285 00:14:54,734 --> 00:14:56,033 AND ABOUT THAT NEED 286 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:59,300 FOR JUST A SENSE OF PROGRESSION AND ACHIEVEMENT. 287 00:14:59,367 --> 00:15:02,500 AND WHAT HE DID IS HE HAD 10 BULLETS IN HIS HAND, 288 00:15:02,567 --> 00:15:05,634 AND EVERY THOUSAND STEPS, HE'D TRANSFER ONE, 289 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:08,300 AND ANOTHER THOUSAND STEPS, ANOTHER ONE. 290 00:15:08,367 --> 00:15:10,300 AND HE'D JUST KEEP DOING THIS. 291 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:15,600 AND HE DID IT UNTIL HE LITERALLY WALKED HIS WAY OUT OF HELL. 292 00:15:15,667 --> 00:15:20,600 WHENEVER I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING OUT HERE IN SIBERIA, 293 00:15:20,667 --> 00:15:23,600 I JUST REMIND MYSELF OF WHAT HE WENT THROUGH 294 00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:27,834 NIGHT AFTER NIGHT IN THESE SUB-ZERO, FREEZING TEMPERATURES, 295 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,934 NO FIRE, NO TENT. 296 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,467 AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST REMINDS ME 297 00:15:32,533 --> 00:15:35,033 OF THE LENGTHS THAT THE HUMAN SPIRIT CAN GO TO 298 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:39,533 WHEN THAT DESIRE FOR FREEDOM IS STRONG ENOUGH. 299 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,800 SURVIVAL IS AS MUCH ABOUT STRENGTH OF MIND 300 00:15:41,867 --> 00:15:43,734 AS STRENGTH OF BODY. 301 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,233 IT'S ABOUT FINDING THAT FIRE WITHIN YOU. 302 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:49,867 CHECK THAT OUT -- UPSTREAM. 303 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:55,000 YOU SEE, IT'S AN OLD LINE UP ACROSS THE RIVER. 304 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:57,300 THIS IS PROBABLY PUT HERE BY HUNTERS, 305 00:15:57,367 --> 00:16:00,767 AND THEY PROBABLY USE THIS AS A TYROLEAN TRAVERSE 306 00:16:00,834 --> 00:16:02,467 TO HAUL THEIR SUPPLIES ACROSS 307 00:16:02,533 --> 00:16:04,700 WHEN THIS RIVER, IN THE SUMMERTIME, 308 00:16:04,767 --> 00:16:07,533 IS FULL AND SWOLLEN. 309 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,634 AND IT'S KIND OF IRRESISTIBLE 310 00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:11,967 NOT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WITH THIS. 311 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:20,133 I'M GONNA USE AN OLD COMMANDO TECHNIQUE TO GET ACROSS. 312 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:25,600 SOMETIMES YOU JUST GET TIRED AND LOSE YOUR BALANCE. 313 00:16:25,667 --> 00:16:29,834 AND IF THAT HAPPENS, YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET BACK ON. 314 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:33,233 AND YOU WANT TO SWING YOUR LEG UP, 315 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:36,133 ELBOW OVER, ARM OVER, 316 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,967 LEG UP, AND THEN ON DOWN. 317 00:16:40,033 --> 00:16:43,233 WHEW! AND THAT'S CALLED A REGAIN. 318 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,066 AND LIKE SO MANY THINGS, 319 00:16:47,133 --> 00:16:49,066 THIS IS MORE ABOUT GOOD TECHNIQUE 320 00:16:49,133 --> 00:16:51,567 THAN JUST BRUTE STRENGTH. 321 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:58,634 WHEW! 322 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:00,734 GOD, MY NUTS. 323 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:05,166 THAT'S MEANT TO BE DONE ON A NICE, THICK ROPE, 324 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:08,066 NOT A BLOOMING CHEESE WIRE. 325 00:17:08,133 --> 00:17:10,100 UGH. 326 00:17:10,166 --> 00:17:14,066 BUT THIS WIRE MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE NEARBY. 327 00:17:14,133 --> 00:17:16,600 THE TUVANS HAVE LIVED HERE FOR GENERATIONS, 328 00:17:16,667 --> 00:17:18,600 AND THEY KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW 329 00:17:18,667 --> 00:17:23,300 ABOUT SURVIVING IN THIS BRUTAL ENVIRONMENT. 330 00:17:23,367 --> 00:17:27,567 ALL OF THIS DOWN BELOW IS A SMALL TUVAN SETTLEMENT. 331 00:17:27,634 --> 00:17:30,867 AND THESE GUYS REALLY ARE THE MASTERS OF STAYING ALIVE 332 00:17:30,934 --> 00:17:33,500 IN THIS SORT OF SUB-ZERO CONDITIONS. 333 00:17:33,567 --> 00:17:35,500 WHAT I WANT TO DO, THOUGH, IS FIND OUT 334 00:17:35,567 --> 00:17:38,700 SOME OF THEIR SECRETS OF HOW THEY SURVIVE HERE. 335 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:40,433 NEXT, THE TUVANS SHOW ME 336 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:41,834 AN EXTREME SIDE OF SIBERIAN SURVIVAL. 337 00:17:46,166 --> 00:17:48,433 I'M IN SIBERIA, 338 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,333 SURVIVING THE CHALLENGES OF THIS FROZEN WILDERNESS. 339 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,834 I'M ABOVE A TUVAN SETTLEMENT 340 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:56,166 AND WANT TO LEARN SOME LOCAL SURVIVAL KNOWLEDGE 341 00:17:56,233 --> 00:17:58,634 FROM THESE COLD-CLIMATE EXPERTS. 342 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:02,467 FIRST OF ALL, I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN THIS CLIFF. 343 00:18:02,533 --> 00:18:04,967 IT'S A 150-FOOT DROP. 344 00:18:05,033 --> 00:18:07,133 I COULD TAKE THE LONG WAY AND WALK AROUND, 345 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,500 BUT I'M GONNA DO IT THE BEAR WAY -- FORWARD. 346 00:18:09,567 --> 00:18:11,433 WHAT I'M USING HERE 347 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,767 IS A TECHNIQUE CALLED A FORWARD ABSEIL. 348 00:18:13,834 --> 00:18:15,767 AND IT'S A COMMANDO TECHNIQUE 349 00:18:15,834 --> 00:18:18,000 FOR BUILDING AND TESTING CONFIDENCE, 350 00:18:18,066 --> 00:18:21,700 'CAUSE FACING DOWN IS SCARY. 351 00:18:34,900 --> 00:18:38,233 SCARY...BUT FUN. 352 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:41,800 I CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT HOW THE TUVANS HAVE ADAPTED 353 00:18:41,867 --> 00:18:44,867 TO SURVIVE DAY TO DAY IN THIS HOSTILE COLD. 354 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,066 HI. 355 00:18:49,133 --> 00:18:51,533 HELLO. 356 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,767 OLJA. AND? 357 00:18:53,834 --> 00:18:56,834 BEYA. BEYA. HI, BEYA. 358 00:18:56,900 --> 00:18:58,667 OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS, 359 00:18:58,734 --> 00:19:01,133 THE TUVANS HAVE HONED THEIR SURVIVAL SKILLS 360 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,433 TO SOMEHOW CARVE OUT AN EXISTENCE HERE. 361 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:06,800 HOME IS A YURT MADE OF BIRCH 362 00:19:06,867 --> 00:19:08,734 AND COVERED WITH DEERSKIN OR CANVAS. 363 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,667 WITH A FIRE IN THE MIDDLE, 364 00:19:10,734 --> 00:19:13,600 IT'S A PERFECT SHELTER FROM THE SAVAGE CONDITIONS. 365 00:19:15,533 --> 00:19:18,700 REALLY IS JUST SUCH A REFUGE IN HERE. 366 00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:20,867 IT'S SO WARM COMPARED TO OUTSIDE, 367 00:19:20,934 --> 00:19:23,867 WHERE IT REALLY IS JUST FREEZING COLD. 368 00:19:23,934 --> 00:19:26,333 BUT THIS IS THESE GUYS' PERMANENT HOME, YOU KNOW? 369 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,834 THEY'RE NOT NOMADIC. THEY LIVE HERE ALL THE TIME. 370 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:31,533 AND THIS IS SERAT, WHO'S THE ELDER OF THE FAMILY. 371 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,533 HE'S 84 YEARS OLD, 9 CHILDREN, 372 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,266 LOADS OF GRANDCHILDREN. 373 00:19:36,333 --> 00:19:38,600 ALL OF THESE GUYS ARE DESCENDED FROM GENGHIS KHAN. 374 00:19:38,667 --> 00:19:41,333 WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE MONGOLIAN BORDER HERE. 375 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,667 BUT I THINK THEY'RE GONNA GIVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT. 376 00:19:44,734 --> 00:19:46,867 I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S BREWING OVER THERE. 377 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,867 SERAT IS MAKING A KIND OF BLOOD SAUSAGE 378 00:19:51,934 --> 00:19:55,166 FROM BOILED SHEEP'S INTESTINES AND BLOOD. 379 00:19:55,233 --> 00:19:57,000 IT MAY NOT LOOK APPETIZING, 380 00:19:57,066 --> 00:20:00,333 BUT THE TUVANS MAKE USE OF EVERY BIT OF AVAILABLE FOOD. 381 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,800 YOU KNOW, THEY BELIEVE IT'S REALLY BAD, BAD KARMA 382 00:20:03,867 --> 00:20:05,266 TO WASTE ANYTHING. 383 00:20:05,333 --> 00:20:07,166 THEY BELIEVE IT ANGERS THE SPIRITS. 384 00:20:07,233 --> 00:20:10,333 SO, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE GUTS, THE BLOOD, THE INTESTINES 385 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,000 THEY'RE COOKING AND THEY'LL EAT. 386 00:20:13,066 --> 00:20:15,500 LET'S SEE WHAT IT TASTES LIKE. 387 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:24,433 IT REALLY IS KIND OF JUST STRONG AND SALTY AND THICK. 388 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:28,567 BUT THIS IS REALLY GOOD SURVIVAL FOOD -- 389 00:20:28,634 --> 00:20:31,400 REALLY CALORIFICALLY DENSE, LOADS OF ENERGY, 390 00:20:31,467 --> 00:20:34,033 LOADS OF GOOD MINERALS AND VITAMINS. 391 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:40,200 AND, ACTUALLY, ONCE YOU GET PAST THE FIRST COUPLE OF BITES, 392 00:20:40,266 --> 00:20:43,867 IT'S NOT TOO BAD. 393 00:20:43,934 --> 00:20:46,367 AND THESE GUYS ARE WOLFING IT DOWN. 394 00:20:46,433 --> 00:20:47,867 THANK YOU, SERAT. 395 00:20:49,233 --> 00:20:52,500 THE TUVANS ARE YAK HERDERS, 396 00:20:52,567 --> 00:20:55,300 AND SERAT WANTS TO SHOW ME HOW IMPORTANT YAKS ARE 397 00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:58,967 TO THEIR SURVIVAL IN THIS BARREN LAND. 398 00:21:01,133 --> 00:21:03,166 WHAT THESE GUYS HAVE DONE IS LASSO ONE OF THEM 399 00:21:03,233 --> 00:21:05,500 THAT THEY'RE THEN GONNA SLAUGHTER, 400 00:21:05,567 --> 00:21:09,300 AND IT'S A NECESSARY PART OF THEIR SURVIVAL. 401 00:21:09,367 --> 00:21:11,800 AS THEIR LIVES DEPEND ON THEM, 402 00:21:11,867 --> 00:21:14,700 THE TUVANS HAVE ENORMOUS RESPECT FOR THEIR ANIMALS, 403 00:21:14,767 --> 00:21:19,767 AND THE KILL IS ACHIEVED IN THE MOST HUMANE WAY THAT THEY KNOW. 404 00:21:19,834 --> 00:21:23,634 AND YOU SEE ALL OF THE BLOOD COMING OUT OF ITS JUGULAR THERE, 405 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:27,300 AND THAT REALLY, IN AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL SITUATION, 406 00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:29,133 IS FOOD AND LIFE. 407 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:34,600 OKAY. TIME TO GET TO BUSINESS WITH THIS. 408 00:21:34,667 --> 00:21:37,467 THE YAK IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ANIMALS IN THESE PARTS, 409 00:21:37,533 --> 00:21:39,934 RENOWNED FOR ITS IMMENSELY THICK COAT, 410 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,333 WHICH KEEPS IT WARM. 411 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,066 BUT YOU COULD USE IT, TOO, AS CLOTHING OR BEDDING. 412 00:21:46,667 --> 00:21:49,000 STICK YOUR FINGER OVER THE END OF THE KNIFE 413 00:21:49,066 --> 00:21:50,567 SO YOU DON'T PIERCE THE GUTS, 414 00:21:50,634 --> 00:21:53,900 AND THEN JUST LET IT RUN UP ITS BELLY. 415 00:21:53,967 --> 00:21:56,533 WHENEVER I'VE SKINNED ANIMALS BEFORE, 416 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,967 I'VE RARELY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE THREAT OF FROSTBITE, TOO. 417 00:21:59,033 --> 00:22:03,634 AT -25 DEGREES, IT BECOMES ANOTHER JOB ALTOGETHER. 418 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:05,467 YOU KNOW, THE KNIFE IS JUST -- 419 00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:08,934 TOUCH THAT WITH YOUR BARE SKIN, IT WOULD JUST STICK TO IT. 420 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,333 AND IT REALLY BECOMES JUST A RACE AGAINST TIME... 421 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,700 BEFORE THIS CARCASS FREEZES AND I FREEZE. 422 00:22:16,767 --> 00:22:20,433 THIS CARCASS WILL FREEZE SOLID IN 20 MINUTES, 423 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:23,133 AND IT FEELS LIKE I COULD GO THE SAME WAY. 424 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,734 THE TEMPERATURE HASN'T RISEN ABOVE -25 ALL DAY, 425 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,133 AND EVERY LITTLE EFFORT IS AN ORDEAL. 426 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,166 YOU KNOW, I'M ALREADY... [ COUGHS ] 427 00:22:32,233 --> 00:22:35,100 ...STARTING TO LOSE THE FEELING IN MY FINGERS. 428 00:22:35,166 --> 00:22:38,800 THE CREW HAVE JUST TOLD ME, "HURRY UP!" 429 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,400 THAT'S THE NASTY SIDE, 430 00:22:49,467 --> 00:22:52,900 BUT THAT IS THE WARM SIDE. 431 00:22:55,967 --> 00:22:57,567 WHEW. 432 00:22:57,634 --> 00:23:00,967 THAT IS GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 433 00:23:01,033 --> 00:23:03,700 OKAY. NOW TO GUT HIM. 434 00:23:03,767 --> 00:23:07,200 IT'S EXHAUSTING WORK, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING. 435 00:23:07,266 --> 00:23:09,934 THE REWARDS WILL BE WORTH THE EFFORT. 436 00:23:11,333 --> 00:23:13,500 THAT'S AMAZING. LOOK. 437 00:23:13,567 --> 00:23:18,834 THAT FAT HAS ALREADY CONGEALED ALMOST SOLID. 438 00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:20,934 [ AIR HISSES ] 439 00:23:23,300 --> 00:23:27,800 DON'T WANT TO EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT SMELLS LIKE. 440 00:23:27,867 --> 00:23:29,233 UGH. 441 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:31,900 I'M AFTER THE MOST PROTEIN-RICH SURVIVAL FOOD 442 00:23:31,967 --> 00:23:33,634 I CAN GET FROM THIS YAK. 443 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:36,133 JUST LIKE THE TUVANS, IT'S THE LIVER I WANT. 444 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,367 IT'S PACKED FULL OF NUTRIENTS. 445 00:23:39,433 --> 00:23:42,500 THERE WE GO. THAT'S WHAT I'M AFTER. 446 00:23:48,533 --> 00:23:50,800 HERE WE GO. 447 00:23:50,867 --> 00:23:52,400 BIT OF THE LIVER. 448 00:23:52,467 --> 00:23:55,367 AND THIS HAS GOT LOADS OF GOOD IRON IN IT. 449 00:23:55,433 --> 00:23:58,634 AND THE TUVANS ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS CLEANSES THE BLOOD 450 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:01,800 AND ALSO LOWERS CHOLESTEROL. 451 00:24:01,867 --> 00:24:05,834 BUT I'VE NEVER EATEN LIVER RAW BEFORE -- AND WARM. 452 00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,934 OH. 453 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:27,166 WELL, IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING AT LEAST WARM, 454 00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:31,200 BUT IT REALLY KIND OF PUTS YOU OFF 455 00:24:31,266 --> 00:24:34,800 WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY DELICIOUS FOOD. 456 00:24:34,867 --> 00:24:38,567 BUT SURVIVAL FOOD AT ITS BEST. 457 00:24:43,467 --> 00:24:47,900 YOU KNOW, IT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF EFFORT TO GET TO THIS, 458 00:24:47,967 --> 00:24:51,433 BUT THIS HAS GOT MASSES OF GOOD ENERGY. 459 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:56,400 BUT, REALLY, IT'S NOT QUITE MY CUP OF TEA. 460 00:24:56,467 --> 00:24:59,667 RIGHT, THE LAST THING I WANT OFF THIS CARCASS, THOUGH, 461 00:24:59,734 --> 00:25:02,700 IS ANOTHER THING THE TUVANS SAID THEY OFTEN EAT, 462 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:06,500 WHICH IS THE EYEBALL. 463 00:25:06,567 --> 00:25:10,133 LOOKS JUST LIKE A GIANT MARBLE. 464 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:15,367 AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS GONNA TASTE LIKE. 465 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,967 UGH. 466 00:25:46,266 --> 00:25:48,934 SHORT ANSWER OR LONG ANSWER? 467 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,533 SHORT -- AWFUL! 468 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,433 IT'S LIKE AN ERUPTION 469 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:58,500 OF JUST COLD, FLUID, 470 00:25:58,567 --> 00:26:01,100 GRISTLE, BLOOD. 471 00:26:01,166 --> 00:26:04,834 I'VE HAD IT WITH THIS YAK CARCASS. 472 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:08,066 I'M COLD. I FEEL LIKE THROWING UP. 473 00:26:08,133 --> 00:26:10,600 I'M JUST GONNA GET MOVING NOW. 474 00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:13,667 OKAY. 475 00:26:13,734 --> 00:26:15,934 NOW THE TUVANS ARE GONNA HELP ME BUILD A SHELTER 476 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,467 WHERE I'LL SPEND THE NIGHT 477 00:26:18,533 --> 00:26:20,900 IN THE ICY GRIP OF THE SIBERIAN WINTER. 478 00:26:23,567 --> 00:26:27,033 I AM FREEZING, FREEZING COLD. 479 00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:28,900 AND, REALLY, AT THE MOMENT, 480 00:26:28,967 --> 00:26:32,100 THIS IS JUST BECOMING AN ENDURANCE EXERCISE. 481 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,700 I'M IN THE FROZEN HEART OF SIBERIA 482 00:26:43,767 --> 00:26:46,133 WITH TUVAN YAK HERDERS. 483 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,233 BEFORE I HEAD OFF TO MY PICKUP POINT 484 00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:50,266 IN THE TREACHEROUS SAYAN MOUNTAINS, 485 00:26:50,333 --> 00:26:53,433 I'M FIRST GONNA LEARN ABOUT HOW THE TUVANS SURVIVE 486 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:56,133 IN ONE OF THE HARSHEST PLACES ON EARTH. 487 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,200 BEFORE WE GO HUNTING, SERAT'S GOT A LITTLE TIP HE'S GONNA DO 488 00:26:59,266 --> 00:27:02,634 JUST TO KEEP THE WORST OF THE COLD AWAY FROM US. 489 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:07,266 AND WHAT HE'S GOT HERE IS A BOWL OF BOAR FAT. 490 00:27:07,333 --> 00:27:09,400 SMEARING YOURSELF WITH ANIMAL FAT 491 00:27:09,467 --> 00:27:11,133 IS AN ANCIENT SURVIVAL TECHNIQUE. 492 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,667 IT WILL PROTECT YOU AGAINST SOME OF THE WORST EFFECTS 493 00:27:13,734 --> 00:27:17,266 OF THE BITING WIND, WHICH CAN FLAY YOUR SKIN IN MINUTES. 494 00:27:17,333 --> 00:27:18,800 UGH. 495 00:27:18,867 --> 00:27:22,266 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO THIS BOAR WAS KILLED. 496 00:27:22,333 --> 00:27:24,834 UGH. 497 00:27:24,900 --> 00:27:28,300 BUT I HAVE A SNEAKING SUSPICION THE SMELL OF THIS 498 00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:31,767 IS GONNA STAY WITH ME FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 499 00:27:31,834 --> 00:27:37,033 BUT LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS AND KEEPS THE COLD OFF MY FACE. 500 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:38,400 UGH. 501 00:27:39,734 --> 00:27:42,033 [ BARKING ] 502 00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:46,634 TUVANS WILL HUNT, OFTEN ON HORSEBACK, 503 00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:48,734 BUT ALSO WITH A PACK OF DOGS. 504 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,767 AND WHAT SERAT'S LOOKING FOR 505 00:27:50,834 --> 00:27:54,867 ARE, LIKE, SQUIRRELS, HARES, WILD BOAR, DEER. 506 00:27:54,934 --> 00:27:57,100 AND THEY USE THE DOGS TO FLUSH THEM OUT. 507 00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:02,567 THESE GUYS REALLY ARE EXPERT HUNTERS. 508 00:28:02,634 --> 00:28:04,834 THEY KNOW ALL OF THIS GROUND INTIMATELY. 509 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:07,700 BUT THEY'RE ALSO EXPERTS AT HUNTING VERY EFFICIENTLY, 510 00:28:07,767 --> 00:28:11,266 USING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ENERGY FOR THE MAXIMUM RESULTS. 511 00:28:11,333 --> 00:28:13,166 AND WHAT THAT MEANS HERE 512 00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:17,166 IS TRACKING AND SETTING TRAPS FOR THEIR QUARRY. 513 00:28:17,233 --> 00:28:20,533 [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] 514 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,967 SERAT RECKONS THIS IS GONNA BE 515 00:28:23,033 --> 00:28:26,233 A GOOD PLACE TO SET SOME OF HIS TRAPS. 516 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:28,767 HE'S SEEN A FEW TRACKS OF WHAT HE THINKS IS SABLE, 517 00:28:28,834 --> 00:28:31,000 AND TOGETHER WE'LL SET THESE. 518 00:28:31,066 --> 00:28:33,233 SABLE ARE GROUND-DWELLING MAMMALS 519 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:35,033 VERY SIMILAR TO AMERICAN MARTEN. 520 00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:36,900 AND IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, 521 00:28:36,967 --> 00:28:39,133 THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM HERE IN THE SIBERIAN FORESTS. 522 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,934 GOOD FOR FOOD AND GOOD FOR FUR. 523 00:28:43,533 --> 00:28:46,900 YOU CAN SEE HE'S JUST SET THIS SMALL IRON TRAP DOWN THERE. 524 00:28:46,967 --> 00:28:49,800 AND YOU SEE WHAT HE'S DOING -- HE'S JUST COVERING IT 525 00:28:49,867 --> 00:28:53,967 WITH A LOAD OF LEAVES AND, LIKE, JUST ROTTING WOOD. 526 00:28:54,033 --> 00:28:57,400 AND THAT WILL MASK OUR SCENT. IT WILL ALSO HIDE THE TRAP. 527 00:28:57,467 --> 00:28:59,967 SABLE ARE WARY CREATURES, 528 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,634 SO WE'LL NEED EVERY BIT OF CUNNING TO CATCH THEM. 529 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:05,533 IT'S NOT ABOUT SPORT. IT'S ABOUT SURVIVAL. 530 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,834 IT'S ABOUT SUBSISTENCE LIVING. 531 00:29:07,900 --> 00:29:11,867 THEY NEED TO CATCH MEAT AND FOOD TO LIVE OFF. 532 00:29:11,934 --> 00:29:14,533 THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD NOW. 533 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,066 HOW HE DOES THIS WITHOUT GLOVES ON 534 00:29:18,133 --> 00:29:19,734 I DO NOT KNOW. 535 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,967 IT'S ABOUT -25 DEGREES HERE. 536 00:29:22,033 --> 00:29:23,767 I'VE JUST GOT THIN GLOVES ON, 537 00:29:23,834 --> 00:29:26,300 AND I CAN NO LONGER NOW FEEL THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS. 538 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:30,033 GOOD JOB. MM-HMM. 539 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:31,834 OKAY. YEAH. 540 00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:35,500 IT'S AMAZING HOW THE TUVANS HAVE ADAPTED TO SURVIVING HER. 541 00:29:35,567 --> 00:29:38,133 THE SKILLS NEEDED TO LIVE OFF THE LAND 542 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:42,500 HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM FATHER TO SON FOR GENERATIONS. 543 00:29:42,567 --> 00:29:45,266 IT'S THESE SAME SKILLS THAT SERAT HAS PASSED ON 544 00:29:45,333 --> 00:29:47,500 TO HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. 545 00:29:47,567 --> 00:29:50,233 FOR 84 YEARS OLD, 546 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:54,000 SERAT, IN MY BOOK, IS A BIT OF AN INSPIRATION. 547 00:29:54,066 --> 00:29:58,567 AMAZING -- OUT HUNTING, WALKING LONG DISTANCES. 548 00:29:58,634 --> 00:30:02,433 VERY CONTENT, VERY PEACEFUL, YOU KNOW, 549 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:04,867 AND ACTUALLY AMAZINGLY FIT STILL. 550 00:30:04,934 --> 00:30:08,533 NOT EASY CONDITIONS TO DO ANYTHING HERE. 551 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,967 TUVAN HUNTING PARTIES 552 00:30:11,033 --> 00:30:14,600 CAN COVER A LARGE AREA OF MANY SQUARE MILES. 553 00:30:14,667 --> 00:30:17,433 THEY TRAVEL LIGHT, AND TO PROTECT THEM OVERNIGHT, 554 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:20,533 THEY PUT UP A SHELTER USING WHATEVER'S LYING AROUND. 555 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,000 HERE? YEAH? 556 00:30:24,066 --> 00:30:26,700 I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HE'S GONNA DO, 557 00:30:26,767 --> 00:30:29,900 BUT I CAN BET YOU IT'S TRIED AND TESTED. 558 00:30:29,967 --> 00:30:32,433 AND I'M QUITE EXCITED ABOUT SEEING WHAT HE COMES UP WITH. 559 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,533 I'M REALLY, REALLY COLD NOW. THE SUN'S GONE DOWN. 560 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,367 I THOUGHT IT WAS COLD BEFORE, 561 00:30:43,433 --> 00:30:45,333 BUT THIS IS LIKE A DIFFERENT LEAGUE. 562 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,200 SO, WHATEVER HE'S GONNA BUILD, 563 00:30:47,266 --> 00:30:49,333 I JUST WANT TO DO IT QUICK, GET A FIRE GOING. 564 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,967 I'VE KNOWN EXTREME-LOW TEMPERATURES BEFORE ON EVEREST, 565 00:30:54,033 --> 00:30:57,100 BUT IN THIS COLD, I'M REALLY STARTING TO SUFFER. 566 00:31:02,834 --> 00:31:05,567 IT'S BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE. 567 00:31:05,634 --> 00:31:10,166 AT THE MOMENT, THOUGH, IT LOOKS A BIT DRAFTY. 568 00:31:14,266 --> 00:31:17,000 AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS INSULATING IT 569 00:31:17,066 --> 00:31:19,266 WITH ALL OF THIS BRUSHWOOD 570 00:31:19,333 --> 00:31:25,066 AND THEN WEIGHTING THAT DOWN WITH MORE OF THE LOGS. 571 00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:30,166 BUT ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS QUITE NICELY INSULATED NOW. 572 00:31:30,233 --> 00:31:32,233 WE JUST KEEP GOING WITH IT. 573 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:33,967 YOU'VE GOT TO COVER THE FLOOR 574 00:31:34,033 --> 00:31:36,467 TO CONSERVE BODY HEAT WHEN YOU LIE DOWN. 575 00:31:36,533 --> 00:31:39,600 THE TUVANS USE DRY GRASS AS BEDDING. 576 00:31:39,667 --> 00:31:42,333 AND WE'VE BUILT UP QUITE A NICE MATTRESS 577 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,300 OF ALL OF THIS DRY GRASS, LIKE A FOOT THICK, 578 00:31:45,367 --> 00:31:47,700 AND THAT WILL GIVE ME REALLY GOOD INSULATION. 579 00:31:47,767 --> 00:31:49,934 THEN I'M BRINGING IN A BIG LOG 580 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,600 TO KEEP A FIRE GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. 581 00:31:52,667 --> 00:31:54,533 BURN IT. 582 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,634 THANKS. 583 00:31:56,700 --> 00:31:59,834 SERAT AND HIS FAMILY ARE HEADING BACK TO THEIR YURT, 584 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:02,967 LEAVING ME TO FEND FOR MYSELF. 585 00:32:05,567 --> 00:32:07,166 [ GROANS ] 586 00:32:07,233 --> 00:32:08,967 WHOO-HOO! 587 00:32:09,033 --> 00:32:10,500 GAH. 588 00:32:10,567 --> 00:32:15,467 I CAN'T REMEMBER A TIME I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE FIRE. 589 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:20,233 MY FINGERS ARE ABSOLUTELY WRITHING. 590 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,367 I'M ACTUALLY QUITE LOOKING FORWARD 591 00:32:25,433 --> 00:32:27,400 TO SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THIS TUVAN SHELTER. 592 00:32:27,467 --> 00:32:29,600 IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, AND I'M HOPING 593 00:32:29,667 --> 00:32:34,133 THAT I SHOULD STAY AT LEAST QUITE WELL INSULATED IN THERE. 594 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,867 BUT WE'LL SEE IN THE MORNING. 595 00:32:35,934 --> 00:32:37,700 'CAUSE ONE THING'S FOR CERTAIN -- 596 00:32:37,767 --> 00:32:39,967 THESE SIBERIAN NIGHTS ARE LONG. 597 00:32:40,033 --> 00:32:42,900 4:30 IN THE AFTERNOON, THE SUN GOES DOWN, 598 00:32:42,967 --> 00:32:45,734 AND IT'S NOT UP AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT 8:30. 599 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,333 THAT'S A LONG TIME TO BE SHIVERING. 600 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,467 THIS IS GONNA BE 601 00:32:50,533 --> 00:32:53,367 ONE OF THE LONGEST NIGHTS I'VE HAD FOR A WHILE. 602 00:32:53,433 --> 00:32:56,166 I FEEL AS THOUGH SOMEONE'S LOCKED ME IN A DEEP FREEZE 603 00:32:56,233 --> 00:32:58,200 AND CHUCKED AWAY THE KEY. 604 00:32:58,266 --> 00:33:00,266 THE TEMPERATURE KEEPS DROPPING, 605 00:33:00,333 --> 00:33:03,700 AND I CAN FEEL THE HEAT JUST DRAINING OUT OF MY BODY. 606 00:33:03,767 --> 00:33:05,800 IN THIS SORT OF SITUATION, 607 00:33:05,867 --> 00:33:10,066 PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AND NEVER WOKEN UP AGAIN. 608 00:33:10,133 --> 00:33:13,433 I AM FREEZING, FREEZING COLD. 609 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:16,133 AND I JUST LOOKED AT THE THERMOMETER ON THE CAMERA, 610 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,000 AND HAVE A LOOK, SEE WHAT IT'S READING. 611 00:33:22,266 --> 00:33:25,233 IT'S SAYING -30 DEGREES. 612 00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:27,300 AND, REALLY, AT THE MOMENT, 613 00:33:27,367 --> 00:33:30,667 THIS IS JUST BECOMING AN ENDURANCE EXERCISE 614 00:33:30,734 --> 00:33:36,066 TO KEEP MOVING MY TOES AND MY FINGERS. 615 00:33:36,133 --> 00:33:39,033 JUST TRYING TO KEEP... 616 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:41,634 [ SIGHS ] ...KEEP THEM MOVING. 617 00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:45,634 THIS IS NOT FUN. NO FUN. 618 00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:50,367 I'VE NEVER WANTED TO SEE THE MORNING SO MUCH. 619 00:33:50,433 --> 00:33:54,000 BUT THERE'S 16 HOURS OF ICY DARKNESS TO SURVIVE 620 00:33:54,066 --> 00:33:56,567 BEFORE I CLIMB IN FOR SAYAN MOUNTAINS 621 00:33:56,634 --> 00:33:57,734 TO MAKE MY PICKUP. 622 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,734 HELI'S DUE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, 623 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,500 AND I DO NOT WANT THEM TO MISS ME. 624 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:15,667 I'M IN THE SAYAN MOUNTAINS OF SIBERIA, 625 00:34:15,734 --> 00:34:18,967 SHOWING HOW TO STAY ALIVE IN THIS GIANT FREEZER. 626 00:34:19,033 --> 00:34:21,200 I SPENT THE NIGHT IN A TUVAN SHELTER, 627 00:34:21,266 --> 00:34:24,333 WHERE THE TEMPERATURE WENT BELOW -30 DEGREES. 628 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,500 I'VE NEVER WANTED TO SEE THE MORNING SO MUCH. 629 00:34:27,567 --> 00:34:30,500 NOW I'M UP, AND I'VE GOT TO COVER SOME GROUND 630 00:34:30,567 --> 00:34:32,500 TO MEET UP WITH MY HELICOPTER. 631 00:34:32,567 --> 00:34:36,233 AFTER 16 HOURS OF DARKNESS, QUITE A LONG NIGHT, 632 00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:39,500 IT'S FINALLY DAYLIGHT. 633 00:34:39,567 --> 00:34:42,433 AND I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS TUVAN CAMP HERE LIKE THIS. 634 00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:45,600 YOU NEVER KNOW -- A HUNTER ONE DAY MIGHT USE THIS. 635 00:34:47,233 --> 00:34:48,900 AFTER A FREEZING-COLD NIGHT, 636 00:34:48,967 --> 00:34:51,533 I NEED TO GET MOVING AND GET WARM. 637 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,900 BUT I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 638 00:34:53,967 --> 00:34:57,533 NO ONE'S GONNA SEE ME FROM THE AIR IN THIS VALLEY. 639 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:02,200 REALLY, TO STAND ANY CHANCE OF BEING SPOTTED IN THESE FORESTS, 640 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:04,233 YOU NEED TO REACH HIGHER GROUND. 641 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:06,333 SO, WHAT I'M GONNA DO 642 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:11,133 IS TRY AND GET TO THE TOP OF THIS RIDGE UP THERE. 643 00:35:12,934 --> 00:35:16,333 WALKING IN DEEP SNOW DRAINS EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY. 644 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,600 OUT HERE, AS MUCH AS 4 FEET CAN FALL IN ONE DAY. 645 00:35:19,667 --> 00:35:23,133 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP FOCUSED AND PLOD ON. 646 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,567 YOU REALLY NOTICE 647 00:35:25,634 --> 00:35:29,200 JUST HOW HARD WORK IT IS WADING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. 648 00:35:29,266 --> 00:35:30,834 YOU KNOW? 649 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:34,700 JUST A FEW HUNDRED METERS, AND YOU NEED TO TAKE A BREAK. 650 00:35:36,734 --> 00:35:39,100 THERE'S BARELY ANYTHING TO EAT, 651 00:35:39,166 --> 00:35:41,333 SO WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMETHING, 652 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,133 YOU'VE GOT TO GO FOR IT. 653 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,533 YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY BADAN. 654 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,266 LOOK AT THIS -- THESE TWO LEAVES. 655 00:35:53,333 --> 00:35:56,533 AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT THESE. 656 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,567 NOT SO MUCH THE GREEN ONES 'CAUSE THEY'RE QUITE BITTER. 657 00:35:59,634 --> 00:36:01,734 BUT THE BROWN ONES. 658 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,700 AND...YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TASTE GREAT, 659 00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:07,767 BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OF ENERGY. 660 00:36:07,834 --> 00:36:10,033 BUT WHAT THESE WILL ALSO DO 661 00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:12,967 IS HELP CURE, LIKE, STOMACH PROBLEMS. 662 00:36:13,033 --> 00:36:15,000 SO, IF YOU'VE GOT, LIKE -- HERE YOU GO -- 663 00:36:15,066 --> 00:36:17,700 IF YOU'VE GOT, LIKE, DIARRHEA AND YOU EAT A LOAD OF THIS, 664 00:36:17,767 --> 00:36:19,400 IT WILL BUNG YOU UP. 665 00:36:19,467 --> 00:36:21,233 DON'T EAT TOO MUCH OF IT, THOUGH. 666 00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:23,600 OTHERWISE, YOU'LL END UP CONSTIPATED. 667 00:36:23,667 --> 00:36:27,333 I'VE GOT TO PUSH ON, THOUGH, TO MEET WITH THE HELI. 668 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,100 BUT CLIMBING THIS STEEP GROUND IS PROVING HARD WORK. 669 00:36:31,166 --> 00:36:34,533 LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BREAK IN THE CLIFFS THERE. 670 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,500 SEE THIS GULLY GOING UP? 671 00:36:36,567 --> 00:36:39,433 AND I RECKON IF I CAN REACH THE TOP OF THAT ONTO THE RIDGE, 672 00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:43,767 THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO SIGNAL FROM. 673 00:36:43,834 --> 00:36:46,300 CROSS THIS LOG, AND I'LL BE AT THE FOOT OF THE GULLY. 674 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,700 GO ON THAT LAST BURST OF ENERGY. 675 00:36:59,767 --> 00:37:02,000 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP PUSHING YOURSELF. 676 00:37:02,066 --> 00:37:04,300 NEARLY THERE. 677 00:37:05,567 --> 00:37:08,100 USE THE GRASS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN 678 00:37:08,166 --> 00:37:11,667 AND USE THESE BUSHES TO PULL YOUR WAY UP. 679 00:37:11,734 --> 00:37:15,433 IT'S A STEEP SCRAMBLE, BUT I'M DEFINITELY MAKING PROGRESS. 680 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:18,000 IT'S GETTING NARROWER NOW. 681 00:37:19,934 --> 00:37:23,100 LOOK, YOU CAN REALLY USE YOUR FOOT, 682 00:37:23,166 --> 00:37:26,467 JAB IN THE SIDE, GIVE YOURSELF SOME GRIP. 683 00:37:26,533 --> 00:37:30,266 CLIMBING STRAIGHT UP IS HARDER AND MORE DANGEROUS, 684 00:37:30,333 --> 00:37:32,000 SO ZIGZAG INSTEAD. 685 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:47,934 OKAY, WE'RE UP. I CAN SEE THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. 686 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,667 THIS AREA'S LOOKING PRETTY CLEAR. 687 00:37:54,734 --> 00:37:58,233 THIS IS ABOUT AS HIGH AS I CAN GET AROUND HERE. 688 00:37:58,300 --> 00:38:02,433 THE HELI SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPOT ME. 689 00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:04,767 THE WHOLE POINT OF A SIGNAL FIRE 690 00:38:04,834 --> 00:38:07,133 IS TO GET AS MUCH SMOKE AS POSSIBLE 691 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,200 SO IT CAN BE SEEN FROM A LONG DISTANCE. 692 00:38:09,266 --> 00:38:11,367 THE SMOKE ALSO HELPS ANY AIRCRAFT 693 00:38:11,433 --> 00:38:13,867 GET AN IDEA OF THE WIND DIRECTION. 694 00:38:13,934 --> 00:38:17,934 I WANT TO PILE ON AS MUCH OF THIS LIVING WOOD AS I CAN 695 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,767 SO IT'S GONNA SMOKE. 696 00:38:19,834 --> 00:38:22,000 HELI'S DUE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, 697 00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:25,000 AND I DO NOT WANT THEM TO MISS ME. 698 00:38:32,367 --> 00:38:34,734 AND THEN I CAN HEAR THE ROTORS. 699 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,700 THERE YOU GO! 700 00:38:36,767 --> 00:38:39,767 AND THEY'VE SPOTTED MY SMOKE SIGNAL. 701 00:38:39,834 --> 00:38:42,634 THE CHALLENGES OF SIBERIA HAVE BEEN EXTREME, 702 00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:45,200 BUT IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO MEET THE TUVANS 703 00:38:45,266 --> 00:38:47,000 AND TO LEARN FROM THEM 704 00:38:47,066 --> 00:38:49,834 JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE OUT HERE. 705 00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:52,233 IT'S DETERMINATION AND WILLPOWER THAT WILL 706 00:38:52,300 --> 00:38:55,834 HELP YOU MAKE IT THROUGH THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH. 707 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:59,033 BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD. 708 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:01,767 SEE YOU LATER! 709 00:39:06,033 --> 00:39:07,667 WHOO-HOO! 710 00:39:07,734 --> 00:39:09,867 WHOO!