1 00:00:10,867 --> 00:00:12,433 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:14,834 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:17,967 IN SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:18,033 --> 00:00:19,233 WHOO! 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,200 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 6 00:00:22,266 --> 00:00:24,500 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 7 00:00:24,567 --> 00:00:27,033 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 8 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:31,467 NOW I'M IN NAMIBIA ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA -- 9 00:00:31,533 --> 00:00:35,767 ONE OF THE HOTTEST, DRIEST, EMPTIEST PLACES IN THE WORLD. 10 00:00:35,834 --> 00:00:38,934 IT ONLY GETS JUST OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN A YEAR. 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,700 IF YOU DON'T FIND WATER, YOU'LL DIE. 12 00:00:41,767 --> 00:00:43,800 EVERY DAY HERE IS A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL. 13 00:00:43,867 --> 00:00:46,333 IT REALLY STINKS. 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,367 I'M GONNA CONFRONT ONE OF THE DEADLIEST SNAKES IN THE WORLD 15 00:00:49,433 --> 00:00:53,266 AND BATTLE WITH AN ANIMAL THAT'S OUT TO STAB ME. 16 00:00:53,333 --> 00:00:56,433 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 17 00:00:56,500 --> 00:00:59,634 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 18 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:02,700 I'M FLYING OVER THE NAMIB DESERT -- 19 00:01:02,767 --> 00:01:06,233 ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MEANEST IN THE WORLD. 20 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:10,300 A ROASTING 31,000-SQUARE-MILE CAULDRON 21 00:01:10,367 --> 00:01:13,533 WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN REACH A SCORCHING 120 DEGREES. 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,734 I'M ON THE WAY TO THE START OF MY CHALLENGE -- 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,500 THE INFAMOUS SKELETON COAST. 24 00:01:19,567 --> 00:01:21,800 THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN SHIPWRECKED HERE -- 25 00:01:21,867 --> 00:01:23,867 VICTIMS OF THE POWERFUL CURRENTS, 26 00:01:23,934 --> 00:01:26,200 TREACHEROUS ROCKS, AND BLINDING FOG. 27 00:01:26,266 --> 00:01:29,133 SHIPWRECKED SAILORS USED TO CALL THIS COAST 28 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,367 "THE GATES OF HELL." 29 00:01:31,433 --> 00:01:33,233 AND HUNDREDS OF SHIPS HAVE BEEN WRECKED 30 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:37,600 AND THOUSANDS OF SAILORS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON THIS SHORE. 31 00:01:37,667 --> 00:01:41,000 THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING -- INTO THOSE GATES OF HELL! 32 00:01:41,066 --> 00:01:44,000 LIKE ALL THOSE SHIPWRECKED SAILORS, 33 00:01:44,066 --> 00:01:46,867 I'M GONNA BE COMING ASHORE THE HARD WAY. 34 00:01:46,934 --> 00:01:49,934 I'M FLYING OUTSIDE THE SHORE BREAK AT 60 FOOT. 35 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,000 I'M CARRYING A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS, 36 00:01:53,066 --> 00:01:55,333 AND MY CAMERA CREW'S COMING WITH ME. 37 00:02:04,066 --> 00:02:05,367 I'VE GOT TO GET ASHORE 38 00:02:05,433 --> 00:02:07,400 BEFORE THE CURRENT SWEEPS ME OUT TO SEA, 39 00:02:07,467 --> 00:02:12,400 WHERE I COULD EITHER DROWN OR BE EATEN BY TIGER SHARKS. 40 00:02:12,467 --> 00:02:15,000 THAT'S QUITE A -- WHAT A PULL! 41 00:02:15,066 --> 00:02:17,133 THERE'S AN UNDERCURRENT HERE. 42 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,967 AND I'M JUST USING THIS DAY SACK TO HELP ME FLOAT. 43 00:02:23,033 --> 00:02:26,533 AND I'M GONNA NEED IT WHEN WE GET INTO THESE BREAKERS. 44 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,800 YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE SEA. 45 00:02:28,867 --> 00:02:32,300 TO SURVIVE, SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE, 46 00:02:32,367 --> 00:02:35,867 STAY CALM, AND ANGLE YOUR WAY INTO THE BEACH. 47 00:02:40,266 --> 00:02:41,834 YOU ALL RIGHT? 48 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:43,867 THE WAVES ARE DECEPTIVELY POWERFUL, 49 00:02:43,934 --> 00:02:45,600 AND THERE ARE VICIOUS CURRENTS. 50 00:03:10,667 --> 00:03:11,967 [ SIGHS ] 51 00:03:12,033 --> 00:03:14,667 THAT WAS HARD WORK. 52 00:03:14,734 --> 00:03:18,667 IF THE SEA DIDN'T KILL SHIPWRECKED SAILORS, 53 00:03:18,734 --> 00:03:21,200 THIS BARREN LANDSCAPE DID. 54 00:03:21,266 --> 00:03:23,133 WHEN YOU'RE SOAKING WET, 55 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,900 IT'S ALWAYS TEMPTING 56 00:03:24,967 --> 00:03:27,567 JUST TO STRIP OFF TO GET YOUR CLOTHES DRY. 57 00:03:27,634 --> 00:03:29,834 BUT ACTUALLY, IN THIS WIND, 58 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:32,033 THEY'RE GONNA DRY QUICKERON YOU. 59 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:33,734 EVEN WITH THIS CLOUD COVER, 60 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,934 IT'S PROBABLY OVER 100 DEGREES OUT HERE. 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,100 AND IF YOU TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF, 62 00:03:38,166 --> 00:03:40,367 YOU'RE JUST GONNA END UP SUNBURNED. 63 00:03:40,433 --> 00:03:42,634 THE SWEAT ON YOUR SKIN DRIES IN SECONDS, 64 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:46,233 AND YOUR FIRST ENEMY IS DEHYDRATION. 65 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:48,333 THERE'S NOT A DROP OF FRESHWATER HERE, 66 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,967 AND IN THIS KIND OF PLACE, YOU NEED AT LEAST 15 LITERS A DAY 67 00:03:52,033 --> 00:03:54,200 IF YOU'RE GONNA STAY ALIVE. 68 00:03:54,266 --> 00:03:57,467 THE SKELETON COAST IS ONE BIG GRAVEYARD, 69 00:03:57,533 --> 00:03:59,800 STRETCHING MORE THAN 900 MILES. 70 00:03:59,867 --> 00:04:02,734 I ONCE HEARD THAT THE HEADLESS SKELETONS 71 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,000 OF 12 ADULTS AND ONE CHILD WERE FOUND HERE. 72 00:04:06,066 --> 00:04:09,166 THEY HAD LAIN BURIED IN THE SAND FOR 80 YEARS. 73 00:04:09,233 --> 00:04:12,900 AND THERE ARE THE REMNANTS OF MORE THAN 1,000 SHIPS. 74 00:04:12,967 --> 00:04:15,700 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SHIPWRECKS LIKE THIS 75 00:04:15,767 --> 00:04:17,834 ALL THE WAY ALONG THE COAST. 76 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:19,634 AND THE REALITY, YOU KNOW -- 77 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:22,266 IF YOU WERE A SAILOR COMING ASHORE HERE, 78 00:04:22,333 --> 00:04:25,967 YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL ARE BASICALLY ZERO. 79 00:04:26,033 --> 00:04:29,667 BUT LOOK, YOU CAN TELL THIS IS, OBVIOUSLY, QUITE A MODERN ONE. 80 00:04:29,734 --> 00:04:31,400 IT'S GOT AN ENGINE, 81 00:04:31,467 --> 00:04:33,700 EVEN SOME FISHING NETS HERE, LOOK. 82 00:04:33,767 --> 00:04:37,066 AND, YOU KNOW, SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT INGENUITY. 83 00:04:37,133 --> 00:04:40,066 AND IF YOU COME ACROSS THIS SORT OF STUFF -- 84 00:04:40,133 --> 00:04:42,600 EVEN AN OLD BIT OF ROPE LIKE THAT -- 85 00:04:42,667 --> 00:04:44,066 YOU WANT TO USE IT. 86 00:04:44,133 --> 00:04:47,433 YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT MIGHT COME IN HANDY. 87 00:04:49,667 --> 00:04:51,634 YOU'VE GOT TO SCOUR THE BEACH 88 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:55,634 FOR ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP YOU MAKE IT OUT OF HERE ALIVE. 89 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:59,066 SEE, THIS IS THE HIGH-TIDE MARK 90 00:04:59,133 --> 00:05:01,367 WHERE THE SAND MEETS ALL OF THESE ROCKS. 91 00:05:01,433 --> 00:05:04,066 AND THIS IS WHERE ALL THE DEBRIS IS GONNA GET WASHED UP -- 92 00:05:04,133 --> 00:05:07,533 LITTLE OLD BITS OF TIMBER LIKE THIS. 93 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,467 LOOKS LIKE AN OLD -- PROBABLY AN OLD SEAL BONE. 94 00:05:11,533 --> 00:05:15,066 THERE'S EVEN AN OLD RUBBISH BAG, LOOK. 95 00:05:15,133 --> 00:05:18,900 JUST A BIT OF PLASTIC, BUT IT COULD BE A LIFESAVER. 96 00:05:18,967 --> 00:05:23,300 BUT WHEN YOU'RE FORAGING, ALWAYS BE WARY. 97 00:05:23,367 --> 00:05:25,166 HEY, LOOK HERE. 98 00:05:25,233 --> 00:05:27,033 THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL -- 99 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:29,033 LOOK -- WHEN YOU'RE KICKING THINGS OVER. 100 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:30,767 SEE THIS LITTLE FELLA? 101 00:05:30,834 --> 00:05:32,133 A SCORPION LIKE THIS, 102 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,533 WITH A LARGE TAIL AND SMALL PINCERS, 103 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,166 MEANS TROUBLE. 104 00:05:36,233 --> 00:05:40,000 ONE STING AND THAT COULD BE A DEATH SENTENCE. 105 00:05:40,066 --> 00:05:43,500 I'LL TAKE YOUR STINGER OFF. 106 00:05:43,567 --> 00:05:47,133 HE'S NOW...EDIBLE. 107 00:05:48,767 --> 00:05:51,734 GETTING SOMETHING TO DRINK IS CRUCIAL, 108 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,900 SO I'M GONNA USE THE SEAL BONE I FOUND TO MAKE A SOLAR STILL. 109 00:05:55,967 --> 00:06:00,266 SURVIVING OUT HERE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT SUN AND WATER -- 110 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:05,634 STAYING OUT OF ONE AND FINDING THE OTHER. 111 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:09,433 THE PROBLEM IS, THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER HERE, 112 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:12,066 BUT NONE THAT YOU CAN DRINK. 113 00:06:12,133 --> 00:06:14,900 MY STILL IS A SURVIVAL TECHNIQUE 114 00:06:14,967 --> 00:06:17,734 WHICH MIMICS THE WAY NATURE MAKES RAIN. 115 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,767 AND WHAT I DO IS DIG A PIT LIKE THIS 116 00:06:20,834 --> 00:06:23,200 AND JUST TAKE THIS RUBBISH BAG. 117 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:27,567 AND THEN JUST GET SOME PEBBLES TO WEIGHT IT DOWN WITH. 118 00:06:29,367 --> 00:06:31,500 NOW I NEED SOME SEAWATER. 119 00:06:31,567 --> 00:06:34,166 BUT HOWEVER THIRSTY YOU ARE, NEVER RISK DRINKING IT. 120 00:06:34,233 --> 00:06:37,800 FOR EVERY SIP YOU HAVE, YOU'LL JUST WANT MORE. 121 00:06:37,867 --> 00:06:40,000 SECOND WORLD WAR SURVIVORS TOLD OF SOLDIERS 122 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:41,967 WHO'D GIVEN IN TO TEMPTATION. 123 00:06:42,033 --> 00:06:43,333 WITHIN TWO HOURS, 124 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,433 THEY WERE DELIRIOUS AND FROTHING AT THE MOUTH. 125 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:48,634 LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE NEXT STEP 126 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:50,233 AND, ULTIMATELY, DEATH. 127 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:52,133 AND, REALLY, YOU WANT TO FILL THIS UP 128 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,066 WITH AS MUCH LIQUID... 129 00:06:55,133 --> 00:06:57,967 AS YOU CAN FIND. 130 00:06:58,033 --> 00:07:00,967 IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT ANY SEAWATER TO PUT IN, 131 00:07:01,033 --> 00:07:03,467 YOU CAN JUST PEE IN IT. 132 00:07:11,300 --> 00:07:14,900 AND THE IDEA IS, AS ALL OF THIS HEATS UP, 133 00:07:14,967 --> 00:07:17,133 THE WATER IN IT -- FROM THE SALTWATER, FROM THE PEE -- 134 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,000 BEGINS TO EVAPORATE. 135 00:07:19,066 --> 00:07:20,800 AND THEN AS IT HITS THE PLASTIC, 136 00:07:20,867 --> 00:07:25,133 IT CONDENSES AND DRIPS INTO THIS MUG. 137 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,300 PLACE A STONE IN THE MIDDLE. 138 00:07:27,367 --> 00:07:30,433 THEN YOU WANT TO SEAL THE EDGES REALLY TIGHT 139 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:34,900 SO NONE OF THAT EVAPORATING WATER ESCAPES. 140 00:07:34,967 --> 00:07:39,667 IN STRONG SUN, THE STILL COULD BE SATURATED WITHIN TWO HOURS, 141 00:07:39,734 --> 00:07:42,634 AND YOU MIGHT GET JUST UNDER A LITER OF WATER A DAY. 142 00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:45,400 BUT THE SEA MIST COULD THWART ME. 143 00:07:45,467 --> 00:07:47,667 NOW I WANT TO FIND FOOD, 144 00:07:47,734 --> 00:07:51,867 AND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF MUSSELS. 145 00:07:51,934 --> 00:07:54,934 SO, THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY MASSES OF THEM. 146 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,767 WELL, AT LEAST I'M NOT GONNA STARVE TONIGHT. 147 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,266 I'M GONNA HAVE TO BE QUICK HERE. 148 00:08:04,333 --> 00:08:06,867 THE TIDE'S COMING BACK IN. 149 00:08:06,934 --> 00:08:09,900 MUSSELS ARE PACKED WITH PROTEIN, 150 00:08:09,967 --> 00:08:12,567 BUT RAW, THEY'RE FULL OF HARMFUL BACTERIA. 151 00:08:12,634 --> 00:08:15,367 AND FOOD POISONING OUT HERE WOULD KILL YOU. 152 00:08:15,433 --> 00:08:17,767 THERE'S NO WATER TO KEEP YOU HYDRATED, 153 00:08:17,834 --> 00:08:20,467 SO YOUR BRAIN, KIDNEYS, AND HEART WILL PACK IN. 154 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:22,734 BUT I CAN'T COOK THEM YET. 155 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,800 THERE'S ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR OF DAYLIGHT LEFT, 156 00:08:24,867 --> 00:08:27,266 SO I MUST SET UP CAMP FOR THE NIGHT. 157 00:08:27,333 --> 00:08:30,834 I'M LOSING THE LIGHT REALLY FAST NOW, 158 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:32,166 AND I'M ALSO WET. 159 00:08:32,233 --> 00:08:34,700 AND IT'S GONNA GET REALLY COLD. 160 00:08:34,767 --> 00:08:37,333 THE ROCKS WILL BE LIKE RADIATORS, 161 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,567 HAVING BAKED IN THE SUN ALL DAY. 162 00:08:39,634 --> 00:08:42,166 I JUST NEED TO MAKE A WINDBREAK OUT OF DRIFTWOOD 163 00:08:42,233 --> 00:08:44,800 TO PROTECT ME FROM THE CHILL OF THE NIGHT WINDS. 164 00:08:44,867 --> 00:08:49,000 ONE LAST THING -- A FIRE FOR WARMTH. 165 00:08:49,066 --> 00:08:52,133 AT NIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE CAN DROP BY 60 DEGREES. 166 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:57,300 COME ON. DON'T GO OUT. 167 00:09:00,266 --> 00:09:02,800 OKAY. 168 00:09:02,867 --> 00:09:04,834 THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS BEACH 169 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:07,567 IS THAT IT'S JUST BEEN MASS AND MASS OF DRIFTWOOD AROUND. 170 00:09:07,634 --> 00:09:09,867 BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL BATTLE GETTING THIS GOING. 171 00:09:09,934 --> 00:09:11,867 I THOUGHT IT WOULD GO STRAIGHT UP 172 00:09:11,934 --> 00:09:13,433 'CAUSE IT'S ALL SO DEAD, 173 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:17,066 BUT IT'S ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF LIKE IMPREGNATED WITH SALTWATER. 174 00:09:17,133 --> 00:09:18,400 SO THE MOISTURE IN IT 175 00:09:18,467 --> 00:09:20,500 HAS ACTUALLY MADE IT QUITE HARD WORK. 176 00:09:20,567 --> 00:09:23,600 BUT IT'S GOING. 177 00:09:23,667 --> 00:09:25,700 AND I'M SLOWLY DRYING OUT. 178 00:09:25,767 --> 00:09:27,066 AND LOOK. 179 00:09:27,133 --> 00:09:29,700 SEE, I'VE GOT ALL OF THESE NICE EMBERS 180 00:09:29,767 --> 00:09:32,467 TO COOK THESE MUSSELS ON. 181 00:09:39,367 --> 00:09:42,467 OKAY, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS FELLA. 182 00:09:48,867 --> 00:09:51,000 AND THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 183 00:09:57,900 --> 00:09:59,700 THAT SET ME UP FOR THE NIGHT, 184 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:03,233 AND I'M READY FOR SOME TOUGH CHALLENGES AHEAD. 185 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:04,867 NOW, WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, 186 00:10:04,934 --> 00:10:07,600 I'M GONNA BE HEADING INLAND INTO THE DESERT. 187 00:10:07,667 --> 00:10:10,266 IF I'M HONEST, I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS 188 00:10:10,333 --> 00:10:12,600 JUST ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD THERE. 189 00:10:12,667 --> 00:10:17,300 BUT I KNOW THE REAL BATTLE IS GONNA BE FOR WATER. 190 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:20,333 AND IN THE QUEST FOR WATER, 191 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,000 I COME FACE TO FACE WITH A KILLER. 192 00:10:23,066 --> 00:10:24,967 OKAY, IT'S A PUFF ADDER. 193 00:10:25,033 --> 00:10:27,400 AND THESE ARE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SNAKES 194 00:10:27,467 --> 00:10:29,300 IN ALL OF AFRICA. 195 00:10:38,701 --> 00:10:42,334 I SPENT THE NIGHT ON NAMIBIA'S NOTORIOUS SKELETON COAST. 196 00:10:42,401 --> 00:10:44,368 BUT IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. 197 00:10:44,434 --> 00:10:46,401 I'M GONNA SHOW HOW TO GET OUT ALIVE 198 00:10:46,468 --> 00:10:49,034 FROM ONE OF THE MEANEST PLACES IN WEST AFRICA. 199 00:10:49,101 --> 00:10:52,167 THE BIGGEST KILLER OUT HERE IS DEHYDRATION. 200 00:10:52,234 --> 00:10:54,034 IT'S EARLY MORNING, 201 00:10:54,101 --> 00:10:57,067 AND THE TEMPERATURE'S ALREADY HEADING TOWARDS THE 100s. 202 00:10:57,134 --> 00:10:59,668 YOUR BODY COULD LOSE 15 LITERS A DAY. 203 00:10:59,735 --> 00:11:03,134 HERE ON THE COAST, THERE'S NOT A DROP OF FRESHWATER. 204 00:11:03,201 --> 00:11:06,267 I NEED TO SEE IF MY SOLAR STILL HAS WORKED. 205 00:11:06,334 --> 00:11:10,101 YOU KNOW, REALLY, I'D BE WANTING TO SET LOADS OF THESE 206 00:11:10,167 --> 00:11:12,167 TO GET ENOUGH WATER TO DRINK. 207 00:11:12,234 --> 00:11:14,935 ALSO, THIS STARTS TO WORK WHEN IT GETS REALLY HOT IN THE DAY, 208 00:11:15,001 --> 00:11:17,901 AND THEN THE EVAPORATION REALLY TAKES PLACE. 209 00:11:17,967 --> 00:11:20,167 BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET. 210 00:11:20,234 --> 00:11:23,368 ACTUALLY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT? 211 00:11:23,434 --> 00:11:27,701 IT'S NOT A BOTTLEFUL, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN I IMAGINED. 212 00:11:27,768 --> 00:11:29,701 IT'S ALMOST AN INCH OF WATER THERE. 213 00:11:29,768 --> 00:11:31,967 LET'S SEE WHAT IT TASTES LIKE. 214 00:11:35,935 --> 00:11:37,201 AMAZING, YOU KNOW? 215 00:11:37,267 --> 00:11:40,201 YOU GET GOOD FRESHWATER OUT OF THAT. 216 00:11:40,267 --> 00:11:42,935 BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ALL DAY 217 00:11:43,001 --> 00:11:45,201 WAITING FOR THIS TO WORK AND THIS TO FILL UP MORE. 218 00:11:45,267 --> 00:11:48,101 I COULD LOSE 2 LITERS OF FLUID JUST SITTING HERE, WAITING. 219 00:11:48,167 --> 00:11:50,801 SO I'M GONNA CUT MY LOSSES, HEAD INLAND, 220 00:11:50,868 --> 00:11:55,534 AND SEE IF I'LL FIND A PROPER SUPPLY OF WATER SOMEWHERE. 221 00:11:55,601 --> 00:11:59,067 I'VE SPOTTED SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP ME. 222 00:11:59,134 --> 00:12:02,468 LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THE TRACKS AROUND HERE. 223 00:12:02,534 --> 00:12:05,167 AND THESE ARE PROBABLY JACKAL TRACKS. 224 00:12:05,234 --> 00:12:08,701 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE MARK WHERE THE CLAWS GO IN. 225 00:12:08,768 --> 00:12:11,534 IF IT'S A CAT, IT WILL ALWAYS RETRACT ITS CLAWS. 226 00:12:11,601 --> 00:12:13,501 ALSO, JACKALS WILL MOVE IN PAIRS -- 227 00:12:13,568 --> 00:12:14,835 TWO SETS OF TRACKS. 228 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:16,635 AND LOOK, RIGHT IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER. 229 00:12:16,701 --> 00:12:18,468 THAT'S HOW THEY MOVE -- VERY STEALTHILY. 230 00:12:18,534 --> 00:12:20,868 I MUST HAVE SLEPT WELL 'CAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THESE. 231 00:12:23,401 --> 00:12:24,735 ANIMALS MEAN LIFE. 232 00:12:24,801 --> 00:12:27,401 BUT THE JACKALS HERE HAVE ADAPTED 233 00:12:27,468 --> 00:12:29,768 TO LIVE ON VERY LITTLE WATER. 234 00:12:29,835 --> 00:12:31,201 I CAN'T. 235 00:12:31,267 --> 00:12:33,601 I'M GONNA HEAD INLAND, GET SOME HEIGHT, 236 00:12:33,668 --> 00:12:37,601 AND SEE IF I CAN FIND ANYWHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A DRINK. 237 00:12:40,267 --> 00:12:42,067 WELL, YOU CAN SEE ON THE HORIZON THERE 238 00:12:42,134 --> 00:12:44,768 THE BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN. 239 00:12:44,835 --> 00:12:47,434 AND THAT'S WHERE I'M HEADING. 240 00:12:47,501 --> 00:12:49,301 BUT LOOK, YOU CAN ALSO SEE -- 241 00:12:49,368 --> 00:12:52,668 IT LOOKS LIKE RUNNING TO IT IS LIKE A BAND OF GREEN. 242 00:12:52,735 --> 00:12:54,368 YOU SEE THAT? 243 00:12:54,434 --> 00:12:56,401 AND THAT PROBABLY MEANS THERE'S A RIVER THERE. 244 00:12:56,468 --> 00:12:59,101 AND THE RIVER MEANS, HOPEFULLY, WATER. 245 00:12:59,167 --> 00:13:01,267 SO THAT'S THE ROUTE I'M GONNA TAKE TO IT. 246 00:13:03,134 --> 00:13:05,234 BUT GETTING TO THE BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN 247 00:13:05,301 --> 00:13:06,967 MEANS CROSSING OVER 60 MILES 248 00:13:07,034 --> 00:13:09,735 OF THE WORLD'S MOST TREACHEROUS DESERT. 249 00:13:09,801 --> 00:13:13,434 THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN MAKE IT WITHOUT FINDING WATER, 250 00:13:13,501 --> 00:13:16,101 SO USE NATURE TO HELP YOU. 251 00:13:16,167 --> 00:13:19,635 SEE ALL THESE ANIMAL TRACKS HERE? 252 00:13:19,701 --> 00:13:23,901 AND THESE ARE PROBABLY SPRINGBOK, MAYBE ORYX. 253 00:13:23,967 --> 00:13:27,067 BUT THEY'RE ALL AFTER ONE THING, AND THAT'S WATER. 254 00:13:27,134 --> 00:13:30,134 BUT LOOK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HERE -- LOOK, YOU SEE THAT? 255 00:13:30,201 --> 00:13:31,801 SEE WHERE THEY CONVERGE, 256 00:13:31,868 --> 00:13:35,601 COMING TOGETHER, AND LEADING OFF? 257 00:13:35,668 --> 00:13:39,935 SO, THIS IS A DEFINITE SIGN THAT I'M HEADING THE RIGHT WAY. 258 00:13:47,668 --> 00:13:52,468 WELL, IT'S NOT THE MISSISSIPPI... 259 00:13:52,534 --> 00:13:54,201 BUT THIS DRY RIVERBED 260 00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:56,801 ACTUALLY WILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER 261 00:13:56,868 --> 00:13:59,101 RUNNING DEEP UNDERNEATH. 262 00:13:59,167 --> 00:14:03,468 BUT IT'S TOO DEEP FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET TO. 263 00:14:03,534 --> 00:14:06,034 SO I NEED TO KEEP HEADING INLAND 264 00:14:06,101 --> 00:14:09,835 AND TRY AND FIND SOME WAY TO GET TO THE WATER. 265 00:14:17,001 --> 00:14:19,868 HAVING WATER IS EVERYTHING OUT HERE. 266 00:14:19,935 --> 00:14:22,434 IF YOU'RE DEHYDRATED BY AS LITTLE AS 2%, 267 00:14:22,501 --> 00:14:26,267 YOUR PHYSICAL ABILITIES ARE IMPAIRED BY 20%. 268 00:14:26,334 --> 00:14:28,267 BUT I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING. 269 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:29,601 IN THIS SITUATION, 270 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:31,967 YOU NEED TO USE YOUR THIRST TO MOTIVATE YOU. 271 00:14:32,034 --> 00:14:33,635 STAY STILL, 272 00:14:33,701 --> 00:14:36,835 AND YOU CAN FRY ALIVE IN THIS SEARING HEAT. 273 00:14:36,901 --> 00:14:38,901 AND KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU. 274 00:14:38,967 --> 00:14:42,034 THE NAMIB DESERT IS RIDDLED WITH DANGER. 275 00:14:44,167 --> 00:14:47,468 JUST GO EASY, GO EASY. 276 00:14:47,534 --> 00:14:50,334 OKAY, YOU'RE GOOD THERE. 277 00:14:50,401 --> 00:14:52,635 OKAY, IT'S A PUFF ADDER, 278 00:14:52,701 --> 00:14:55,601 AND THESE ARE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SNAKES 279 00:14:55,668 --> 00:14:57,635 IN ALL OF AFRICA. 280 00:14:57,701 --> 00:15:00,501 THE REASON THEY'RE DANGEROUS IS THAT MOST SNAKES, 281 00:15:00,568 --> 00:15:03,568 WHEN YOU APPROACH THEM, THEY'LL MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. 282 00:15:03,635 --> 00:15:05,568 THESE GUYS -- THEY'RE FAT, AND THEY'RE LAZY. 283 00:15:05,635 --> 00:15:06,967 THEY'RE REALLY WELL CAMOUFLAGED. 284 00:15:07,034 --> 00:15:09,301 THEY'LL STAY TILL YOU'RE ALMOST ON TOP OF THEM, 285 00:15:09,368 --> 00:15:11,101 AND THEN THEY'LL STRIKE -- 286 00:15:11,167 --> 00:15:13,401 ONE OF THE FASTEST STRIKES IN THE WORLD. 287 00:15:13,468 --> 00:15:16,401 IT CAN STRIKE IN LESS THAN A SECOND. 288 00:15:16,468 --> 00:15:20,568 AND THOSE FANGS CARRY ENOUGH VENOM TO TAKE OUT FIVE MEN. 289 00:15:20,635 --> 00:15:24,101 PUFF ADDERS KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER AFRICAN SNAKE, 290 00:15:24,167 --> 00:15:25,967 AND THIS IS A BIG ONE. 291 00:15:26,034 --> 00:15:30,468 ONE BITE, AND YOU'LL EITHER DIE FROM INSTANT ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK 292 00:15:30,534 --> 00:15:34,067 OR GANGRENE AS THE HEMOTOXIN ROTS YOUR BODY TISSUE. 293 00:15:34,134 --> 00:15:37,134 YOU'VE GOT NO MORE THAN FOUR DAYS TO GET HELP, 294 00:15:37,201 --> 00:15:39,701 AND THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANCE OF THAT IF YOU'RE ALONE OUT HERE. 295 00:15:41,267 --> 00:15:44,601 IT'S 60% PROTEIN, AND THAT MEANS ENERGY. 296 00:15:44,668 --> 00:15:47,701 [ SIGHS ] MY HEART'S REALLY RACING. 297 00:15:47,768 --> 00:15:49,368 BUT, YOU KNOW, A PUFF ADDER LIKE THIS, 298 00:15:49,434 --> 00:15:50,668 EVEN WITH THE GUTS AND SKIN ON. 299 00:15:52,134 --> 00:15:56,201 SO I'M GONNA MAKE A CLASSIC BUSH OVEN. 300 00:15:56,267 --> 00:16:00,101 BUT FIRST, I'LL NEED TO LIGHT A FIRE AND LET IT DIE DOWN. 301 00:16:02,701 --> 00:16:05,935 IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE, PRIMITIVE TECHNIQUE 302 00:16:06,001 --> 00:16:07,568 FOR COOKING THIS SNAKE. 303 00:16:07,635 --> 00:16:09,368 IF I JUST CLEAR THESE EMBERS AWAY, 304 00:16:09,434 --> 00:16:13,201 DIG DOWN INTO THE SAND, MAKE A BIT OF A PIT, 305 00:16:13,267 --> 00:16:15,768 AND THEN JUST GET THE SNAKE 306 00:16:15,835 --> 00:16:19,134 AND, LIKE, JUST COIL IT IN -- 307 00:16:19,201 --> 00:16:22,468 YOU KNOW, GUTS AND EVERYTHING, SKIN. 308 00:16:24,368 --> 00:16:28,468 AND THEN JUST COVER THAT IN THE HOT SAND. 309 00:16:28,534 --> 00:16:32,368 AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE SKIN 310 00:16:32,434 --> 00:16:35,501 PROTECTS THE MEAT OF THE SNAKE. 311 00:16:38,668 --> 00:16:40,234 PUSHING THE EMBERS BACK ON TOP 312 00:16:40,301 --> 00:16:43,901 ASSURES US A HIGH, STEADY HEAT TO COOK THE PUFF ADDER. 313 00:16:43,967 --> 00:16:47,067 ABOUT HALF AN HOUR SHOULD DO IT. 314 00:16:51,701 --> 00:16:53,868 AND THIS SHOULD BE COOKED NOW. 315 00:16:53,935 --> 00:16:56,167 I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR IT JUST SIZZLING UNDER THE EMBERS HERE. 316 00:16:56,234 --> 00:16:57,267 YOU HEAR THAT? 317 00:16:57,334 --> 00:16:59,134 [ SIZZLING ] 318 00:17:08,568 --> 00:17:11,534 SNAKE A LA NAMIBIA. 319 00:17:11,601 --> 00:17:13,434 LET'S TRY IT. 320 00:17:32,234 --> 00:17:35,167 FOR A SNAKE THAT'S SO AGGRESSIVE AND LETHAL, 321 00:17:35,234 --> 00:17:38,334 IT DOESN'T HALF TASTE, LIKE, SWEET AND DELICIOUS. 322 00:17:40,401 --> 00:17:42,234 BUT DON'T EAT TOO MUCH. 323 00:17:42,301 --> 00:17:44,067 IF YOU'RE DEHYDRATED, 324 00:17:44,134 --> 00:17:47,568 DIGESTION BURNS FLUID YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE. 325 00:17:49,034 --> 00:17:51,234 EAT JUST A LITTLE AND THEN GET MOVING. 326 00:17:52,501 --> 00:17:54,468 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND WATER. 327 00:17:54,534 --> 00:17:57,067 YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS JUST A CACTUS, 328 00:17:57,134 --> 00:17:58,368 BUT YOU'D BE WRONG. 329 00:17:58,434 --> 00:17:59,468 THIS THINGS ARE DEADLY. 330 00:18:09,268 --> 00:18:11,602 I'M IN THE NAMIB DESERT IN WEST AFRICA, 331 00:18:11,669 --> 00:18:13,602 FOLLOWING A DRIED-UP RIVERBED 332 00:18:13,669 --> 00:18:16,168 AND HEADING TOWARDS THE BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN 333 00:18:16,235 --> 00:18:18,102 TO FIND WATER FROM ONE OF THE HOTTEST, 334 00:18:18,168 --> 00:18:21,235 EMPTIEST, AND DRIEST PLACES ON THE PLANET. 335 00:18:21,302 --> 00:18:23,435 AND THERE ARE ALWAYS REMINDERS 336 00:18:23,502 --> 00:18:26,068 OF JUST HOW TOUGH IT IS OUT HERE. 337 00:18:27,168 --> 00:18:28,736 LOOK, YOU SEE, 338 00:18:28,802 --> 00:18:32,302 THERE'S BEEN A REAL SCUFFLE AND A FIGHT AROUND HERE. 339 00:18:32,369 --> 00:18:35,935 THE VICTIM'S BEEN DRAGGED, LOOK, THROUGH THE SAND HERE, 340 00:18:36,002 --> 00:18:38,168 DOWN INTO THIS CORNER. 341 00:18:38,235 --> 00:18:40,669 AND THIS IS IT -- A LITTLE SPRINGBOK. 342 00:18:42,669 --> 00:18:44,502 [ GASPS ] 343 00:18:44,569 --> 00:18:46,502 IT REALLY STINKS. 344 00:18:46,569 --> 00:18:49,302 NOW, THIS IS PROBABLY A LEOPARD. 345 00:18:49,369 --> 00:18:51,435 JUST SORT OF PLACE THEY'D LIKE -- 346 00:18:51,502 --> 00:18:54,068 LOTS OF LITTLE KIND OF CAVES FOR THEM. 347 00:18:54,135 --> 00:18:56,502 THE LEOPARD WOULD GO STRAIGHT INTO ITS SOFT UNDERBELLY, 348 00:18:56,569 --> 00:18:59,736 DRINK THE BLOOD, THE SOFT ORGANS. 349 00:18:59,802 --> 00:19:03,302 AND THEN ALL THAT'S LEFT IS THIS KIND OF ROTTING CARCASS, 350 00:19:03,369 --> 00:19:06,435 BUT THIS IS TOO FAR GONE FOR ME. 351 00:19:06,502 --> 00:19:08,636 WHOA, THERE'S A LITTLE BEETLE. 352 00:19:08,702 --> 00:19:11,202 SEE THAT? 353 00:19:11,268 --> 00:19:16,035 NOT EXACTLY A NICE BIT OF SPRINGBOK. 354 00:19:16,102 --> 00:19:18,669 BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS CARCASS FOR ME. 355 00:19:18,736 --> 00:19:21,302 AND REALLY, I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND 356 00:19:21,369 --> 00:19:23,702 IF THERE'S LEOPARD AROUND HERE. 357 00:19:23,769 --> 00:19:25,802 OKAY. 358 00:19:28,202 --> 00:19:31,068 LEOPARDS ARE ONE OF AFRICA'S STEALTHIEST KILLERS, 359 00:19:31,135 --> 00:19:33,102 AND THEY HAVE ATTACKED PEOPLE. 360 00:19:33,168 --> 00:19:35,102 I'VE GOT TO GET MOVING, 361 00:19:35,168 --> 00:19:38,535 BUT KEEPING MY ENERGY LEVELS UP IS A REAL BATTLE. 362 00:19:38,602 --> 00:19:41,335 YOU CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT FOOD FOR 14 DAYS. 363 00:19:41,402 --> 00:19:44,369 BUT COPING WITH THE HUNGER IS HARD WORK. 364 00:19:44,435 --> 00:19:46,068 BUT IN THIS BARREN DESERT, 365 00:19:46,135 --> 00:19:48,202 THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP YOU. 366 00:19:48,268 --> 00:19:51,569 I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO COULD DO WITH A BIT OF THIS CACTUS. 367 00:19:51,636 --> 00:19:53,168 IT'S CALLED A HOODIA. 368 00:19:53,235 --> 00:19:55,802 AND IT'S LIKE A NATURAL APPETITE SUPPRESSANT. 369 00:19:55,869 --> 00:19:59,302 AND BUSHMEN HAVE USED THIS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS 370 00:19:59,369 --> 00:20:02,369 AS A WAY OF KEEPING THEIR HUNGER AT BAY. 371 00:20:02,435 --> 00:20:05,435 AND WHAT YOU DO, YOU GET IN, GET SOME OF THIS SAP. 372 00:20:08,736 --> 00:20:10,669 OH, MAN! 373 00:20:10,736 --> 00:20:12,502 SUPER BITTER! 374 00:20:12,569 --> 00:20:16,335 IT'S LIKE JUST DRINKING... 375 00:20:16,402 --> 00:20:19,335 NEAT MOSQUITO REPELLENT. 376 00:20:22,369 --> 00:20:24,268 BUT, YOU KNOW, IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION 377 00:20:24,335 --> 00:20:26,736 WHERE YOU'VE GOT LIMITED AMOUNT OF WATER, 378 00:20:26,802 --> 00:20:29,168 YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE EATING A LOT. 379 00:20:29,235 --> 00:20:31,168 IT'S JUST GONNA DEHYDRATE YOU FURTHER. 380 00:20:31,235 --> 00:20:33,602 SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN REALLY HELP YOU. 381 00:20:33,669 --> 00:20:35,435 BUT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, 382 00:20:35,502 --> 00:20:38,602 WHAT YOU NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING IS WATER. 383 00:20:38,669 --> 00:20:42,102 BY NOON, THE TEMPERATURE IS SCORCHING. 384 00:20:42,168 --> 00:20:44,202 IT'S LIKE BEING COOKED ALIVE. 385 00:20:47,102 --> 00:20:51,369 OUT HERE, YOUR SKIN CAN BURN WITHIN JUST 20 MINUTES. 386 00:20:51,435 --> 00:20:54,135 AND IF YOUR CORE TEMPERATURE RISES DANGEROUSLY HIGH, 387 00:20:54,202 --> 00:20:56,769 YOU'LL GET HEATSTROKE. 388 00:20:58,702 --> 00:21:00,636 I'VE BEEN OUT SINCE FIRST LIGHT, 389 00:21:00,702 --> 00:21:03,636 AND I REALLY NEED SOME SHELTER. 390 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:14,968 REALLY, MAN, IT'S SEARINGLY HOT OUT THERE. 391 00:21:15,035 --> 00:21:17,535 YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY OVER 110 DEGREES. 392 00:21:17,602 --> 00:21:19,935 BUT IT'S ALSO A DANGEROUS SORT OF HEAT. 393 00:21:20,002 --> 00:21:22,102 SEE, YOU HAVE THIS WIND, SO AS SOON AS YOU SWEAT, 394 00:21:22,168 --> 00:21:25,335 IT DRIES IT, AND THEN YOU JUST DEHYDRATE MORE. 395 00:21:25,402 --> 00:21:27,869 SO, REALLY, YOU'VE GOT TO TRY AND FIND SHADE LIKE THIS 396 00:21:27,935 --> 00:21:33,002 AND JUST TAKE A BIT OF TIME TO RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES. 397 00:21:33,068 --> 00:21:34,369 [ SNIFFLES ] 398 00:21:34,435 --> 00:21:36,836 [ SIGHS ] 399 00:21:36,902 --> 00:21:40,268 THIS ISN'T WASTED TIME. 400 00:21:40,335 --> 00:21:42,736 USE IT TO PLAN YOUR NEXT MOVE. 401 00:21:48,168 --> 00:21:50,935 RESTING UP IS CRUCIAL FOR SURVIVAL. 402 00:21:51,002 --> 00:21:53,135 BUT I SOON WANT TO BE ON THE MOVE AGAIN 403 00:21:53,202 --> 00:21:54,535 TO FIND WATER. 404 00:21:54,602 --> 00:21:57,235 I'M FOLLOWING A DRIED-UP RIVERBED, 405 00:21:57,302 --> 00:21:59,168 AND THE SIGNS ARE GETTING GOOD. 406 00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:00,802 THERE ARE SOME PLANTS HERE, 407 00:22:00,869 --> 00:22:02,769 AND THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING. 408 00:22:04,669 --> 00:22:06,702 YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS WATER. 409 00:22:06,769 --> 00:22:08,902 THAT'S WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. 410 00:22:08,968 --> 00:22:10,902 IT'S LIKE A SPRING. 411 00:22:10,968 --> 00:22:13,535 AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LAST THING 412 00:22:13,602 --> 00:22:16,636 YOU'D EXPECT TO FIND OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. 413 00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:18,702 YEAH, BUT SOMETIMES, 414 00:22:18,769 --> 00:22:21,769 WHEN YOU THINK THINGS ARE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, THEY ARE. 415 00:22:21,836 --> 00:22:24,935 ALL OF THIS AROUND ME, ALL OF THIS WHITE, IS SALT. 416 00:22:25,002 --> 00:22:27,869 I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS -- 417 00:22:27,935 --> 00:22:29,569 UGH! 418 00:22:31,268 --> 00:22:35,435 THAT IS SO SALTY, MUCH SALTIER THAN SEAWATER. 419 00:22:35,502 --> 00:22:39,369 SO ALL OF THIS IS UNDRINKABLE. 420 00:22:41,736 --> 00:22:43,268 IT COULD BE LETHAL. 421 00:22:43,335 --> 00:22:45,702 AS WATER PERMEATES THROUGH THE ROCK, 422 00:22:45,769 --> 00:22:47,736 IT BECOMES SALINATED BY ROCK MINERALS. 423 00:22:47,802 --> 00:22:50,736 AND JUST LIKE SEAWATER, YOU MUSTN'T DRINK IT. 424 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:53,902 IT'LL JUST DEHYDRATE YOU EVEN MORE. 425 00:22:53,968 --> 00:22:58,002 OUT HERE, THIRST WILL BE YOUR CONSTANT COMPANION. 426 00:22:58,068 --> 00:23:02,435 AND IF YOU'RE THIRSTY, YOU'RE ALREADY DEHYDRATED. 427 00:23:02,502 --> 00:23:06,268 YOU NEED WATER, BUT DON'T BE TRICKED BY NATURE. 428 00:23:08,469 --> 00:23:11,435 YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS A CACTUS, 429 00:23:11,502 --> 00:23:13,068 BUT YOU'D BE WRONG. 430 00:23:13,135 --> 00:23:17,736 THIS IS ACTUALLY A EUPHORBIA, AND THESE THINGS ARE DEADLY. 431 00:23:17,802 --> 00:23:21,002 LOOK, IF I GO INTO THE -- 432 00:23:21,068 --> 00:23:23,202 SEE ALL OF THAT WHITE, MILKY SAP COMING OUT? 433 00:23:23,268 --> 00:23:24,902 AND AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, 434 00:23:24,968 --> 00:23:26,968 ANYTHING WITH A WHITE, MILKY SAP, 435 00:23:27,035 --> 00:23:30,302 YOU WANT TO KEEP WELL AWAY FROM, BUT THIS ESPECIALLY. 436 00:23:30,369 --> 00:23:32,902 THIS STUFF LITERALLY HAS BEEN KNOWN TO KILL PEOPLE. 437 00:23:32,968 --> 00:23:37,335 ONE OF OUR CREW GOT A TINY LITTLE BIT ON HIS FINGER, 438 00:23:37,402 --> 00:23:39,102 AND A BIT LATER ON, HE WAS SWEATING, 439 00:23:39,168 --> 00:23:41,636 WENT TO WIPE HIS FOREHEAD, GOT A LITTLE BIT IN HIS EYE, 440 00:23:41,702 --> 00:23:43,902 AND, REALLY, ALMOST BLINDED HIM. 441 00:23:47,135 --> 00:23:51,369 EVEN WHEN IT'S DEAD, EUPHORBIA'S A KILLER. 442 00:23:51,435 --> 00:23:53,669 I'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME TRAVELERS 443 00:23:53,736 --> 00:23:55,968 WHO USED DEAD BRANCHES TO MAKE A FIRE. 444 00:23:56,035 --> 00:23:59,935 TOXINS SEEPED INTO THE SMOKE, WHICH POISONED THEIR FOOD, 445 00:24:00,002 --> 00:24:04,002 AND THE NEXT MORNING, ALL 16 OF THEM WERE DEAD. 446 00:24:04,869 --> 00:24:08,035 BUT THERE IS A PLANT THAT CAN BE A LIFESAVER. 447 00:24:11,535 --> 00:24:13,335 THIS IS A LITTLE DOLLAR BUSH. 448 00:24:13,402 --> 00:24:15,135 AND THEY'RE CALLED DOLLARS 449 00:24:15,202 --> 00:24:18,202 'CAUSE, LOOK, THESE LEAVES LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE COINS. 450 00:24:18,268 --> 00:24:20,002 AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE 451 00:24:20,068 --> 00:24:23,068 THAT LOOKS SO PARCHED AND DRY, YOU THINK THERE'S NO WATER. 452 00:24:23,135 --> 00:24:25,335 BUT THERE IS IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 453 00:24:25,402 --> 00:24:29,035 AND THESE PLANTS ARE ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD SOURCE OF FLUID. 454 00:24:31,535 --> 00:24:33,669 AND IT TASTES REALLY BITTER. 455 00:24:33,736 --> 00:24:38,202 YOU WOULD THINK IT'S NOT DRINKABLE, BUT IT IS. 456 00:24:40,068 --> 00:24:42,669 I'VE SPENT ALL MY TIME IN THE DESERT LOOKING FOR WATER, 457 00:24:42,736 --> 00:24:45,968 BUT SOON, I'LL BE TRYING TO AVOID IT. 458 00:24:46,035 --> 00:24:48,836 FLASH FLOODS ARE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS IN THE DESERT. 459 00:24:48,902 --> 00:24:52,502 AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT CAUGHT IN ONE. 460 00:25:10,969 --> 00:25:13,236 I'M IN NAMIBIA IN WEST AFRICA, 461 00:25:13,303 --> 00:25:16,503 HEADING INLAND TOWARDS THE BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN. 462 00:25:16,570 --> 00:25:18,603 I'M IN SOME OF THE TOUGHEST DESERT IN THE WORLD, 463 00:25:18,670 --> 00:25:21,570 AND SO FAR, THE ONLY WATER I'VE FOUND... 464 00:25:21,637 --> 00:25:24,003 HAS BEEN UNDRINKABLE. 465 00:25:26,269 --> 00:25:27,969 THIS AREA USUALLY ONLY GETS 466 00:25:28,036 --> 00:25:30,169 ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL A YEAR, 467 00:25:30,236 --> 00:25:32,770 SO THESE MUD PATCHES IN THE DRIED-OUT RIVERBED 468 00:25:32,837 --> 00:25:35,803 COULD BE GOOD NEWS. 469 00:25:35,870 --> 00:25:40,036 YOU SEE A LOT MORE SIGNS OF WATER NOW. 470 00:25:40,103 --> 00:25:43,169 BUT IN MANY WAYS, THERE SHOULDN'T BE THIS MUCH HERE. 471 00:25:43,236 --> 00:25:45,103 YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE HAD OUT HERE 472 00:25:45,169 --> 00:25:47,737 IS JUST BLUE SKIES AND THIS BURNING HEAT. 473 00:25:47,803 --> 00:25:49,770 WHAT ALL OF THIS PROBABLY MEANS, THOUGH, 474 00:25:49,837 --> 00:25:53,436 IS THAT SOMEWHERE INLAND, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RAIN, 475 00:25:53,503 --> 00:25:55,770 AND PROBABLY A FLASH FLOOD HAS RUN THROUGH HERE. 476 00:25:55,837 --> 00:26:00,269 NO ONE KNOWS WHEN A FLASH FLOOD WILL STRIKE. 477 00:26:00,336 --> 00:26:03,069 BUT JUST AN HOUR OF RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS 478 00:26:03,136 --> 00:26:05,436 CAN CREATE A TIDAL WAVE IN THE RIVERBEDS, 479 00:26:05,503 --> 00:26:08,570 SWEEPING AWAY ANYTHING IN ITS PATH. 480 00:26:08,637 --> 00:26:13,503 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND WATER IN WHAT WAS ONCE A DUST BOWL. 481 00:26:13,570 --> 00:26:16,269 YOU SEE ALL OF THESE ANIMAL TRACKS 482 00:26:16,336 --> 00:26:18,536 ALL OVER THE GROUND HERE? 483 00:26:20,103 --> 00:26:21,837 AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY 484 00:26:21,902 --> 00:26:24,303 WHERE THEY COME TO DRINK WHEN THE RIVERS HAVE FLOOD. 485 00:26:24,370 --> 00:26:28,603 YOU CAN SEE -- LOOK -- THE GROUND IS STILL QUITE MOIST. 486 00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:33,003 I RECKON IF I DIG DOWN HERE... 487 00:26:33,069 --> 00:26:35,837 I MIGHT WELL GET WATER. 488 00:26:41,236 --> 00:26:43,003 [ GRUNTS ] 489 00:26:43,069 --> 00:26:45,370 OKAY, I'M GETTING TO WATER NOW. 490 00:26:48,536 --> 00:26:50,870 HERE YOU GO. COME HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 491 00:26:50,936 --> 00:26:55,169 IT'S 18 INCHES UNDERGROUND, AND IT'S FULL OF DIRT. 492 00:26:55,236 --> 00:26:56,770 BUT I CAN SORT THAT. 493 00:26:56,837 --> 00:27:01,203 OKAY, I'VE GOT SOME GRASS. 494 00:27:01,269 --> 00:27:03,470 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, 495 00:27:03,536 --> 00:27:07,203 I'VE GOT A BIT OF WHAT THEY CALL BUSHMAN GRASS. 496 00:27:07,269 --> 00:27:09,936 IT'S A TECHNIQUE USED BY THE SAN BUSHMEN. 497 00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:13,470 THE GRASS WILL FILTER OUT THE WORST OF THE DIRT AND SEDIMENT. 498 00:27:13,536 --> 00:27:15,503 THE BUSHMAN GRASS IS HOLLOW, 499 00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:18,136 SO I CAN USE IT TO SUCK UP THE WATER. 500 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:20,370 YEAH, STILL DIRTY, 501 00:27:20,436 --> 00:27:24,936 BUT IT'S REHYDRATING AND GOOD. 502 00:27:31,303 --> 00:27:33,336 I'M GONNA SET UP CAMP FOR THE NIGHT, 503 00:27:33,403 --> 00:27:35,737 BUT I NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE 504 00:27:35,803 --> 00:27:37,902 THAT CAN KEEP ME OUT OF TROUBLE. 505 00:27:40,336 --> 00:27:42,303 I'M ABOUT 30 FOOT UP, 506 00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:45,269 AND I THINK I'VE FOUND JUST THE PLACE. 507 00:27:47,336 --> 00:27:49,403 IT'S QUITE A NARROW LEDGE, 508 00:27:49,470 --> 00:27:52,902 BUT I RECKON IF I CAN CLEAR AWAY A BIT OF THIS SAND 509 00:27:52,969 --> 00:27:54,902 AND DIG A LITTLE BIT OF A TRENCH -- 510 00:27:54,969 --> 00:28:00,069 'CAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT GONNA FALL OFF THIS. 511 00:28:00,136 --> 00:28:03,902 IT'S NARROW, BUT AT LEAST IT'S HIGH AND IT'S FLAT -- 512 00:28:03,969 --> 00:28:06,570 WELL OUT OF REACH OF FLOODS AND PREDATORS. 513 00:28:06,637 --> 00:28:09,637 I NEED TO GO AND GET SOME FIREWOOD. 514 00:28:09,703 --> 00:28:11,737 EASIER COMING UP THAN DOWN. 515 00:28:11,803 --> 00:28:14,403 [ GRUNTING ] 516 00:28:19,169 --> 00:28:23,169 MY SCAVENGING BACK ON THE SKELETON COAST 517 00:28:23,236 --> 00:28:24,870 IS GONNA COME IN USEFUL. 518 00:28:24,936 --> 00:28:27,969 I'VE GOT THIS ROPE THAT I FOUND ON THE BEACH. 519 00:28:28,036 --> 00:28:30,336 I KNEW THIS WOULD COME IN HANDY. 520 00:28:30,403 --> 00:28:34,203 I CAN USE THIS TO WRAP AROUND THIS BUNDLE OF WOOD 521 00:28:34,269 --> 00:28:36,670 AND HAUL IT UP TO THAT LEDGE. 522 00:28:36,737 --> 00:28:39,003 BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE LONG ENOUGH LIKE THIS. 523 00:28:39,069 --> 00:28:42,203 BUT IF I JUST UNRAVEL IT, 524 00:28:42,269 --> 00:28:45,737 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT -- MAKE IT REACH. 525 00:28:51,403 --> 00:28:55,136 I NEED TO TRY AND GET THIS WOOD UP TO MY CAMP 526 00:28:55,203 --> 00:28:59,036 AND GET A FIRE GOING AS SOON AS I CAN 527 00:28:59,103 --> 00:29:02,269 'CAUSE THE SUN IS DISAPPEARING FAST. 528 00:29:04,336 --> 00:29:07,737 OKAY, LET'S GET A FIRE GOING. 529 00:29:14,770 --> 00:29:16,436 [ SIGHS ] 530 00:29:16,503 --> 00:29:18,770 SOMETIMES, THIS CAN BE SO EASY, 531 00:29:18,837 --> 00:29:21,737 AND THEN SOMETIMES, IT CAN BE SO HARD. 532 00:29:21,803 --> 00:29:24,370 AND IT'S ALWAYS HARDEST AT THE END OF THE DAY, 533 00:29:24,436 --> 00:29:26,837 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TIRED. 534 00:29:34,670 --> 00:29:36,570 DO YOU KNOW WHAT? 535 00:29:36,637 --> 00:29:38,936 I CAN'T REMEMBER IT TAKING SO LONG. 536 00:29:41,036 --> 00:29:44,069 30 FOOT UP ON A NARROW LEDGE 537 00:29:44,136 --> 00:29:46,603 IS A NERVE-RACKING PLACE TO SPEND THE NIGHT. 538 00:29:49,069 --> 00:29:52,370 IT'S ABOUT 2:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING. 539 00:29:52,436 --> 00:29:54,169 I'M JUST FINDING IT HARD TO SLEEP 540 00:29:54,236 --> 00:29:55,503 'CAUSE I KEEP THINKING 541 00:29:55,570 --> 00:29:58,003 I'M GONNA FALL OUT OF THIS LITTLE ROCK SHELF I'M ON 542 00:29:58,069 --> 00:29:59,837 ABOUT 30 FOOT ABOVE THIS RIVER. 543 00:29:59,902 --> 00:30:04,269 BUT I'VE COME UP WITH A REALLY CLEVER SOLUTION. 544 00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:06,570 THAT ROPE I USED TO HAUL ALL MY LOGS UP, 545 00:30:06,637 --> 00:30:08,236 I JUST TIED IT AROUND MY WAIST. 546 00:30:08,303 --> 00:30:11,770 HOPEFULLY, THAT'S GONNA STOP ME FALLING OFF. 547 00:30:11,837 --> 00:30:14,902 AND NOW I'LL TRY AND GET SOME SLEEP. 548 00:30:16,069 --> 00:30:20,536 TOMORROW, I'VE GOT TO TACKLE THE HIGHEST PEAK IN NAMIBIA... 549 00:30:20,603 --> 00:30:23,936 OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, INTO THE FIRE. 550 00:30:24,003 --> 00:30:26,737 ...THE TREACHEROUS BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN. 551 00:30:26,803 --> 00:30:28,203 WHEW! 552 00:30:35,937 --> 00:30:38,304 I'M IN THE NAMIBIAN DESERT. 553 00:30:38,371 --> 00:30:41,571 I'VE SPENT THE NIGHT 30 FOOT UP A CLIFF ON A NARROW LEDGE, 554 00:30:41,638 --> 00:30:44,404 KEEPING OUT OF THE WAY OF FLASH FLOODS AND PREDATORS. 555 00:30:50,004 --> 00:30:52,237 MORNING, GUYS. 556 00:30:52,304 --> 00:30:54,204 WELL, NOT A BAD NIGHT, 557 00:30:54,270 --> 00:30:57,838 IN THE SENSE THAT I DIDN'T FALL OFF. 558 00:30:57,903 --> 00:31:01,671 MY NEXT CHALLENGE IS TO TACKLE THE BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN. 559 00:31:01,738 --> 00:31:03,170 BUT BEFORE I HEAD OFF, 560 00:31:03,237 --> 00:31:05,537 I'M GONNA HAVE ONE OF MY MORE UNUSUAL BREAKFASTS. 561 00:31:05,604 --> 00:31:08,104 YOU GET ANIMALS HERE, THINGS LIKE THE ROCK DASSIE, 562 00:31:08,170 --> 00:31:11,337 WHICH IS LIKE A KIND OF BIG GUINEA PIG. 563 00:31:11,404 --> 00:31:16,070 AND ALL OF THIS STUFF HERE IS DASSIE DROPPINGS. 564 00:31:16,137 --> 00:31:19,204 THE BUSHMEN ACTUALLY USED TO TAKE ALL OF THIS DASSIE POO 565 00:31:19,270 --> 00:31:21,537 AND MAKE TEA. 566 00:31:23,170 --> 00:31:25,070 GOD ONLY KNOWS 567 00:31:25,137 --> 00:31:27,104 WHAT THIS TEA'S GONNA TASTE LIKE. 568 00:31:27,170 --> 00:31:29,671 AS EVERY ENGLISHMAN KNOWS, 569 00:31:29,738 --> 00:31:32,671 YOU GOT TO LET A GOOD CUP OF TEA BREW. 570 00:31:32,738 --> 00:31:36,537 OKAY, LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY. 571 00:31:42,604 --> 00:31:45,903 APPARENTLY, IT'S MEANT TO BE DETOXIFYING 572 00:31:45,970 --> 00:31:47,371 AND GOOD FOR THE KIDNEYS. 573 00:31:47,437 --> 00:31:49,404 BUT WORKING ON THE PRINCIPLE 574 00:31:49,471 --> 00:31:52,104 THAT THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR YOU GENERALLY TASTE PRETTY BAD, 575 00:31:52,170 --> 00:31:55,771 THIS HAS GOT TO BE VERY, VERY HEALTHY. 576 00:31:58,204 --> 00:32:01,170 UGH. 577 00:32:01,237 --> 00:32:03,671 I WONDER HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THIS. 578 00:32:03,738 --> 00:32:06,638 BUT AT LEAST I'VE GOT SOME FLUIDS ON BOARD. 579 00:32:06,704 --> 00:32:08,838 NOW TO TACKLE THE MOUNTAIN. 580 00:32:08,903 --> 00:32:14,237 AND AT OVER 8,500 FEET, IT'S THE HIGHEST IN NAMIBIA. 581 00:32:18,004 --> 00:32:21,404 IT'S A BIT OF A CLIMB AHEAD, BUT IT'S AMAZING. 582 00:32:21,471 --> 00:32:24,571 FROM A DISTANCE, THEY LOOK LIKE KIND OF TINY, LITTLE PEBBLES. 583 00:32:24,638 --> 00:32:26,270 BUT THEY ARE MASSIVE. 584 00:32:29,437 --> 00:32:31,970 THE BRANDBERG ROSE THROUGH THE EARTH'S CRUST 585 00:32:32,037 --> 00:32:35,638 SOME 530 MILLION YEARS AGO. 586 00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:39,037 THE HARSH CLIMATE AND BAKING HEAT 587 00:32:39,104 --> 00:32:41,104 HAS SHATTERED THE ROCK, 588 00:32:41,170 --> 00:32:42,771 CREATING STEEP FIELDS OF BOULDERS, 589 00:32:42,838 --> 00:32:45,170 SOME AS BIG AS HOUSES. 590 00:32:47,571 --> 00:32:51,204 THEY'RE FLAKY AND TREACHEROUS TO CLIMB. 591 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:54,804 MY ONLY WAY UP IS OVER AND THROUGH THEM. 592 00:32:58,504 --> 00:33:00,137 THIS PLACE -- 593 00:33:00,204 --> 00:33:02,838 IT'S LIKE BEING RIGHT IN THE KIND OF BOWELS OF THE MOUNTAIN, 594 00:33:02,903 --> 00:33:05,537 AND IT'S ALL JUST BALANCING ON ITSELF. 595 00:33:05,604 --> 00:33:07,903 A KIND OF PRECARIOUS PLACE TO BE. 596 00:33:07,970 --> 00:33:09,870 LET'S MOVE OUT OF THIS. 597 00:33:14,537 --> 00:33:19,671 THIS SMALL ONE IS HOLDING UP THIS MASSIVE ONE. 598 00:33:19,738 --> 00:33:22,371 DON'T TOUCH THIS ONE. 599 00:33:32,137 --> 00:33:35,970 WELL, YOU CAN SEE WHERE I'VE BEEN. 600 00:33:36,037 --> 00:33:38,371 AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHERE I'M GOING. 601 00:33:38,437 --> 00:33:41,270 JUST FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE 602 00:33:41,337 --> 00:33:44,937 OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, INTO THE FIRE. 603 00:33:53,070 --> 00:33:57,838 THIS ROCK IS AT LEAST 40 DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE AIR. 604 00:33:57,903 --> 00:34:01,137 YOUR PAIN THRESHOLD KICKS IN AT 130. 605 00:34:01,204 --> 00:34:04,870 THIS HAS GOT TO BE AROUND 150 OR MORE. 606 00:34:04,937 --> 00:34:06,404 IT'S THIS BLACK STUFF, 607 00:34:06,471 --> 00:34:08,404 THE BLACK ROCK THAT'S REALLY HOT. 608 00:34:08,471 --> 00:34:11,137 IT'S LIKE HOLDING YOUR HAND 609 00:34:11,204 --> 00:34:13,838 ON A HOT, HOT OVEN. 610 00:34:16,903 --> 00:34:21,371 THIS FACE IS PRETTY SHEER, AND I'M 200 FOOT UP IT. 611 00:34:21,437 --> 00:34:23,404 ONE SLIP COULD BE FATAL. 612 00:34:26,170 --> 00:34:28,104 THE PROBLEM IS, LOOK, ALL OF THIS STUFF -- 613 00:34:28,170 --> 00:34:30,537 YOU THINK IT'S A HANDHOLD -- WHAM! 614 00:34:39,304 --> 00:34:43,471 I'M OFF THE CLIFF FACE, AND I'M ON MY WAY TO THE TOP. 615 00:34:43,537 --> 00:34:45,304 FROM HERE, IT FEELS AS THOUGH 616 00:34:45,371 --> 00:34:49,204 ALL NAMIBIA'S STRETCHED OUT BENEATH ME. 617 00:34:49,270 --> 00:34:53,270 NOW I'M HEADING EAST TO MEET THE SAN BUSHMEN. 618 00:34:55,304 --> 00:34:58,204 THE SAN ARE HUNTER-GATHERERS 619 00:34:58,270 --> 00:35:01,270 WHO HAVE LIVED IN SOME OF THE WORLD'S HARSHEST ENVIRONMENTS 620 00:35:01,337 --> 00:35:03,970 FOR OVER 20,000 YEARS. 621 00:35:04,037 --> 00:35:05,970 THEY'RE MASTERS OF SURVIVAL, 622 00:35:06,037 --> 00:35:08,170 AND I WANT TO LEARN SOME OF THEIR SECRETS. 623 00:35:08,237 --> 00:35:10,471 I'VE SEEN FOR MYSELF 624 00:35:10,537 --> 00:35:12,838 HOW HARD IT CAN BE TO GET WATER OUT HERE, 625 00:35:12,903 --> 00:35:15,671 BUT THE SAN KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT, 626 00:35:15,738 --> 00:35:17,838 EVEN WHEN IT HASN'T RAINED FOR MONTHS. 627 00:35:17,903 --> 00:35:20,337 WHEN THERE'S DROUGHT 'ROUND HERE, 628 00:35:20,404 --> 00:35:22,237 THIS WILL ALWAYS HAVE WATER IN IT. 629 00:35:22,304 --> 00:35:23,738 IT'S A TUBER. 630 00:35:23,804 --> 00:35:26,571 THERE'S AT LEAST A CUPFUL OF WATER IN THIS GOA PLANT. 631 00:35:26,638 --> 00:35:28,638 BUT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, 632 00:35:28,704 --> 00:35:30,371 YOU'D WALK STRAIGHT PAST IT. 633 00:35:33,471 --> 00:35:35,604 SQUEEZE IT. 634 00:35:40,604 --> 00:35:43,371 ALL OF THAT'S GOOD TO DRINK. 635 00:35:46,537 --> 00:35:49,504 THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHICH PLANTS WILL KILL YOU 636 00:35:49,571 --> 00:35:51,471 AND WHICH WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE 637 00:35:51,537 --> 00:35:54,537 HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. 638 00:35:58,471 --> 00:35:59,903 WHEN IT DOES RAIN, 639 00:35:59,970 --> 00:36:02,870 ANY DROP THAT HASN'T EVAPORATED ON THIS MURULA TREE 640 00:36:02,937 --> 00:36:05,037 WON'T ESCAPE THE SAN. 641 00:36:06,804 --> 00:36:11,104 JUST BY TAPPING THE TRUNK, THEY DETECT WHERE IT MIGHT BE. 642 00:36:11,170 --> 00:36:15,471 AND THEY'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOME BUSHMAN GRASS TO DRINK IT WITH. 643 00:36:20,571 --> 00:36:24,070 THERE'S WATER JUST TRAPPED IN THE HOLLOW OF THE TREE UP THERE. 644 00:36:24,137 --> 00:36:26,671 THAT'S GREAT. HE'S DRINKING IT STRAIGHT OUT. 645 00:36:26,738 --> 00:36:29,104 OOH! GOOD? 646 00:36:36,937 --> 00:36:38,937 HERE, PASS THAT CAMERA. 647 00:36:41,704 --> 00:36:44,671 IF I JUST SCOOP THIS STUFF OUT... 648 00:36:52,337 --> 00:36:53,704 THAT'S FRESHWATER. 649 00:36:55,537 --> 00:36:58,738 IF FINDING WATER IS TOUGH, 650 00:36:58,804 --> 00:37:01,137 FINDING FOOD CAN BE EVEN TOUGHER. 651 00:37:01,204 --> 00:37:03,704 BUT THE SAN WILL GO TO ANY LENGTHS TO GET IT, 652 00:37:03,771 --> 00:37:06,537 NO MATTER HOW DANGEROUS IT MIGHT BE. 653 00:37:07,870 --> 00:37:10,104 HE'S GOT ALL HIS THINGS OUT. WHOOM! 654 00:37:18,538 --> 00:37:19,904 I'M IN NAMIBIA, 655 00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:22,672 FACING THE FINAL CHALLENGE OF A GRUELING WEEK. 656 00:37:22,739 --> 00:37:26,105 I'M GOING HUNTING WITH THE SAN BUSHMEN. 657 00:37:26,171 --> 00:37:27,971 THESE GUYS KNOW THE TRACK AND TRAIL 658 00:37:28,038 --> 00:37:30,772 OF EVERY ANIMAL THAT LIVES HERE. 659 00:37:30,838 --> 00:37:33,205 AND THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY'RE AFTER TODAY. 660 00:37:33,271 --> 00:37:36,005 THEY'VE TRACKED DOWN A HUGE PORCUPINE, 661 00:37:36,071 --> 00:37:38,904 AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DIG IT OUT FROM ITS BURROW. 662 00:37:43,238 --> 00:37:46,805 THESE GUYS HAVE PULLED OUT THEIR HEAVY MACHINERY 663 00:37:46,871 --> 00:37:49,271 TO TRY AND GET THIS PORCUPINE 664 00:37:49,338 --> 00:37:53,171 THAT'S SOMEWHERE UNDER HERE. 665 00:37:53,238 --> 00:37:55,572 AND THEY'RE QUITE BIG, THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW. 666 00:37:55,639 --> 00:37:58,372 PORCUPINES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO KILL LIONS. 667 00:37:58,438 --> 00:38:01,205 THEY CAN GROW UP TO 3 FOOT LONG. 668 00:38:01,271 --> 00:38:03,205 THEY'VE GOT AN ARMORY OF QUILLS AND SPINES 669 00:38:03,271 --> 00:38:04,938 THAT ARE A FOOT OR MORE IN LENGTH, 670 00:38:05,005 --> 00:38:07,105 BRISTLING WITH HARMFUL BACTERIA. 671 00:38:07,171 --> 00:38:09,605 AND TO THE SAN, THEY'RE A DELICACY. 672 00:38:09,672 --> 00:38:11,805 SO, IF I HIT HIM, HE'LL PROBABLY RUN OUT 673 00:38:11,871 --> 00:38:13,672 AND TRY AND SPIKE ME WITH THESE? 674 00:38:13,739 --> 00:38:17,338 OKAY, WELL, IF YOU HEAR ME SHOUT, PULL ME OUT. 675 00:38:17,405 --> 00:38:18,871 I WILL TRY TO PROTECT YOU THEN. 676 00:38:18,938 --> 00:38:21,038 OKAY, JUST JUMP IN, AS WELL. 677 00:38:23,271 --> 00:38:25,438 ARMED WITH A CAMERA AND A TORCH, 678 00:38:25,505 --> 00:38:28,538 I INCH MY WAY IN. 679 00:38:28,605 --> 00:38:32,572 PORCUPINE BURROWS CAN BE 60 FOOT LONG 680 00:38:32,639 --> 00:38:34,871 AND DEEP UNDERGROUND. 681 00:38:36,971 --> 00:38:38,572 IT'S AMAZING. 682 00:38:38,639 --> 00:38:42,472 THERE'S JUST LOADS OF BATS STUCK TO THE ROOF OF THIS TUNNEL. 683 00:38:44,472 --> 00:38:47,038 THERE'S A LOT OF DIGGING TO DO. IT'S A BIG TUNNEL DOWN THERE. 684 00:38:47,105 --> 00:38:50,205 I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S, LIKE, BIG. 685 00:38:50,271 --> 00:38:55,871 IT'S TAKEN EIGHT HOURS TO DIG THIS DEEP -- 686 00:38:55,938 --> 00:38:59,405 A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO CATCH JUST ONE MEAL. 687 00:38:59,472 --> 00:39:03,138 BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF LIFE AS A HUNTER-GATHERER. 688 00:39:03,205 --> 00:39:04,538 WHOA! 689 00:39:04,605 --> 00:39:06,305 [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] 690 00:39:06,372 --> 00:39:08,505 GET HIM, GET HIM, GET HIM. 691 00:39:11,138 --> 00:39:13,572 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 692 00:39:13,639 --> 00:39:17,105 OKAY. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE HIM. 693 00:39:21,739 --> 00:39:24,772 WE'VE YET TO SEE HOW BIG HE ACTUALLY IS, 694 00:39:24,838 --> 00:39:26,838 BUT ONE THING I DO KNOW 695 00:39:26,904 --> 00:39:30,372 IS THAT A CORNERED ANIMAL IS DANGEROUS, 696 00:39:30,438 --> 00:39:32,438 ESPECIALLY ONE WITH SPIKES. 697 00:39:32,505 --> 00:39:35,772 IT'S OKAY. YOU ARE STILL GOING? 698 00:39:35,838 --> 00:39:38,338 TELL YOU, IT'S QUITE CREEPY DOWN THERE. 699 00:39:38,405 --> 00:39:40,805 YOU CAN JUST HEAR THIS THING... 700 00:39:40,871 --> 00:39:42,472 [ IMITATES BREATHING ] 701 00:39:42,538 --> 00:39:44,705 ...RIGHT DOWN THE END OF THIS TUNNEL. 702 00:39:44,772 --> 00:39:50,672 AND WITH THIS, YOU CAN REALLY FEEL HIM. 703 00:39:50,739 --> 00:39:52,238 [ RATTLING ] 704 00:39:52,305 --> 00:39:55,572 DO YOU HEAR THAT? HE'S GOT ALL HIS THINGS OUT. 705 00:39:55,639 --> 00:39:59,205 THE PORCUPINE IS READY TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH. 706 00:39:59,271 --> 00:40:01,205 ITS TAIL SPINES ARE UP, 707 00:40:01,271 --> 00:40:03,405 AND THEY'RE RATTLING AS A WARNING. 708 00:40:03,472 --> 00:40:06,871 BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'VE GOT TO GET HIM OUT INTO THE OPEN. 709 00:40:06,938 --> 00:40:08,705 PULL IT ON. 710 00:40:08,772 --> 00:40:10,639 YOU WANT ME TO REACH IN -- 711 00:40:10,705 --> 00:40:13,005 SO, YOU WANT ME TO REACH IN THERE, 712 00:40:13,071 --> 00:40:14,871 PULL THIS THING OUT BY ITS LEGS? 713 00:40:14,938 --> 00:40:16,572 YES. 714 00:40:16,639 --> 00:40:18,205 YOU'VE GOT TO BE -- 715 00:40:18,271 --> 00:40:20,904 LISTEN, YOU'VE GOT TO BE HAVING A LAUGH. 716 00:40:20,971 --> 00:40:22,538 I'D NO SOONER DO BATTLE 717 00:40:22,605 --> 00:40:25,305 WITH THAT BLOOMING GREAT BIG PORCUPINE 718 00:40:25,372 --> 00:40:27,838 WITH THOSE QUILLS IN THIS TIGHT TUNNEL... 719 00:40:29,505 --> 00:40:32,639 OKAY, WELL, I'LL GIVE IT A GO. WE'LL SEE. 720 00:40:42,372 --> 00:40:44,938 CAN THEY RUN VERY FAST? NO. 721 00:40:46,605 --> 00:40:48,305 HEY, LOOK, COME DOWN WITH ME. 722 00:40:48,372 --> 00:40:50,505 LET'S HAVE THAT TORCH, 'CAUSE THE TORCH -- 723 00:40:50,572 --> 00:40:54,871 IT'S NICE TO KNOW WHEN CERTAIN DEATH IS COMING. 724 00:40:56,938 --> 00:40:59,971 [ RATTLING ] 725 00:41:00,038 --> 00:41:01,605 OH, QUIET PLEASE. 726 00:41:01,672 --> 00:41:04,305 HE'S AS SCARED AS I AM OF THIS THING 727 00:41:04,372 --> 00:41:08,005 SPRINTING OUT OF THIS HOLE WITH THOSE SPIKES WAVING. 728 00:41:17,171 --> 00:41:18,739 I'VE GOT IT. 729 00:41:18,805 --> 00:41:20,838 UGH! 730 00:41:24,672 --> 00:41:26,705 WE GOT SOME OF HIS SPIKES, ANYWAY. 731 00:41:26,772 --> 00:41:29,572 BUT IT'S TIME TO FINISH THIS. 732 00:41:29,639 --> 00:41:31,171 AND IT'S LEFT TO ME 733 00:41:31,238 --> 00:41:34,938 TO GET THIS THING OUT OF ITS HOLE AND KILLED. 734 00:41:45,171 --> 00:41:47,071 [ APPLAUSE ] 735 00:41:52,205 --> 00:41:54,238 IT'S BRUTAL, BUT FOR THE SAN, 736 00:41:54,305 --> 00:41:57,405 WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVAL, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR SENTIMENT. 737 00:41:57,472 --> 00:42:00,438 IF THEY DON'T KILL, THEY DON'T EAT. 738 00:42:17,005 --> 00:42:18,672 SPENDING TIME WITH THE SAN 739 00:42:18,739 --> 00:42:20,904 AND LEARNING SOME OF THEIR SURVIVAL SECRETS 740 00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:23,005 HAS BEEN A HUGE PRIVILEGE. 741 00:42:27,138 --> 00:42:31,205 NAMIBIA IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN IN. 742 00:42:31,271 --> 00:42:34,772 AND THE QUEST FOR WATER CAN TEST YOU TO YOUR LIMITS. 743 00:42:34,838 --> 00:42:36,338 BUT IT'S BEEN AN EXPERIENCE 744 00:42:36,405 --> 00:42:39,838 THAT WILL REMAIN WITH ME FOREVER.