1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,834 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 2 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:15,300 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:15,367 --> 00:00:17,600 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:17,667 --> 00:00:19,967 WHOO! 5 00:00:20,033 --> 00:00:22,400 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 6 00:00:22,467 --> 00:00:25,500 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 7 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:27,634 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 8 00:00:28,867 --> 00:00:32,033 I'M TRAVELING THROUGH ZAMBIA IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 9 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:35,667 FOLLOWING THE ZAMBEZI RIVER, SWOLLEN BY FLASH FLOODS 10 00:00:35,734 --> 00:00:39,066 AND HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST RAPIDS. 11 00:00:39,133 --> 00:00:41,433 I'LL BE FACE TO FACE WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST 12 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:43,800 AND MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN THE WORLD. 13 00:00:43,867 --> 00:00:46,834 EATING WHATEVER I CAN FIND... 14 00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:49,200 AND PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT. 15 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:51,400 I FEEL LIKE TERRIBLE. 16 00:00:54,066 --> 00:00:57,000 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 17 00:00:57,066 --> 00:01:00,066 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 18 00:01:00,133 --> 00:01:05,166 I'M IN ZAMBIA, FOLLOWING THE MIGHTY ZAMBEZI RIVER. 19 00:01:05,233 --> 00:01:07,467 AT 2,200 MILES, 20 00:01:07,533 --> 00:01:09,834 IT'S THE FOURTH-LONGEST IN AFRICA. 21 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:12,333 MY CHALLENGE IS TO GET OUT OF THE RIVER 22 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,900 AND THEN HEAD INTO THE BUSH. 23 00:01:14,967 --> 00:01:16,934 I'VE GOT SOME BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS, 24 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,834 AND MY CAMERA CREW IS COMING WITH ME. 25 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,500 IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE. 26 00:01:20,567 --> 00:01:22,500 IT'S THE WET SEASON, 27 00:01:22,567 --> 00:01:25,600 WHEN AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES OF RAIN CAN FALL IN A MONTH. 28 00:01:25,667 --> 00:01:29,533 MAJOR FLOODING HAS ALREADY CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 60 PEOPLE, 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,934 AND THIS RIVER IS AT BURSTING POINT. 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,433 THE RAINY SEASON THIS YEAR IN ZAMBIA HAS SEEN RECORD RAINFALL, 31 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,834 AND THE COUNTRY NOW IS AT ITS MOST DANGEROUS. 32 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:42,834 ROADS AND TRACKS HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY, 33 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:45,033 COMMUNICATIONS HAVE GONE DOWN, 34 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:49,100 AND PLANES STRUGGLE TO LAND AS RUNWAY TURN TO QUICKSAND. 35 00:01:49,166 --> 00:01:51,233 IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE HERE, 36 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:54,400 GETTING OUT IS GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE. 37 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,133 I'M FLYING ALONG THE ZAMBEZI RIVER 38 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,433 TOWARDS THE WATERFALL CALLED THE MOSI-OA-TUNYA, 39 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:07,967 WHICH MEANS "SMOKE THAT THUNDERS." 40 00:02:08,033 --> 00:02:11,900 IT'S BETTER KNOWN AS THE VICTORIA FALLS. 41 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:15,800 WHOO-HOO! 42 00:02:15,867 --> 00:02:19,867 IT'S OVER A MILE WIDE AND 300 FOOT HIGH -- 43 00:02:19,934 --> 00:02:23,033 THE BIGGEST SINGLE WATERFALL IN THE WORLD. 44 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:26,834 BENEATH ME, 85,000 CUBIC FEET OF WATER 45 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:28,967 IS ROARING OVER THE FALLS EVERY SECOND. 46 00:02:29,033 --> 00:02:32,433 HANGING OUT IN THE SPRAY IS QUITE A RIDE. 47 00:02:39,767 --> 00:02:42,667 BELOW THE WATERFALL IS THE BATOKA GORGE. 48 00:02:42,734 --> 00:02:45,200 THE 400-FOOT WALLS OF BASALT ROCK 49 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:46,800 FORCE A MILE-WIDE RIVER 50 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:50,033 INTO A GAP NO WIDER THAN A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY. 51 00:02:52,133 --> 00:02:55,567 THE POWER OF THE WATER HERE IS INCREDIBLE. 52 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,967 THESE RAPIDS ARE KILLERS, 53 00:03:01,033 --> 00:03:03,333 AND PEOPLE DIE IN THEM EVERY YEAR. 54 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,834 THEY'RE DANGEROUS ENOUGH ON A RAFT, 55 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:08,767 BUT ALL I'VE GOT FOR PROTECTION IS THIS. 56 00:03:10,767 --> 00:03:13,634 I'M HOVERING 25 FOOT ABOVE THE WATER. 57 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:16,834 I'M ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWESOME POWER 58 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:19,033 OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT RIVERS 59 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:21,500 WITH JUST MY BODYBOARD. 60 00:03:31,367 --> 00:03:35,367 WHAT I'M AIMING FOR IS THE TONGUE OF THE RAPID, 61 00:03:35,433 --> 00:03:37,367 RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER. 62 00:03:37,433 --> 00:03:41,200 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT OUT OF THIS ALIVE. 63 00:03:41,266 --> 00:03:42,934 HERE IT IS! 64 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,533 I'M DUCKING UNDER THE WAVE AS IT HITS ME 65 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,634 SO I DON'T GET BATTERED. 66 00:03:49,567 --> 00:03:52,834 THIS IS THE TOUGHEST WATER I'VE EVER BEEN IN. 67 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:54,767 SOME OF THE WAVES COULD BE 10 FOOT HIGH, 68 00:03:54,834 --> 00:03:57,467 AND THEY'RE POUNDING ME FROM EVERY ANGLE. 69 00:03:57,533 --> 00:04:01,967 I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING PULLED IN A DOZEN DIRECTIONS ALL AT ONCE. 70 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:05,300 THE WATERS HAMMER INTO TWO FAULT LINES, 71 00:04:05,367 --> 00:04:07,967 PROPELLING ME ALMOST 20 MILES AN HOUR. 72 00:04:08,033 --> 00:04:09,734 YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT'S COMING, 73 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,233 AND IT'S LIKE BEING BLASTED BY FIRE HOSES. 74 00:04:15,300 --> 00:04:17,066 AND WHEN THE RIVER SPITS YOU OUT, 75 00:04:17,133 --> 00:04:19,600 YOU'VE ONLY GOT SECONDS TO RECOVER. 76 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:21,033 I'M IN BETWEEN NOW. 77 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:24,867 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO FIGHT TO GET YOUR BREATH BACK. 78 00:04:24,934 --> 00:04:27,166 IT'S ALL ABOUT CONTROLLING THAT SENSE OF PANIC, 79 00:04:27,233 --> 00:04:28,667 KEEPING CALM, 80 00:04:28,734 --> 00:04:31,066 AND CHOOSING YOUR MOMENT TO TAKE A BREATH. 81 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,967 TIME THAT WRONG, THOUGH, AND YOU CAN DROWN. 82 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:45,600 I NEED TO GET ASHORE 83 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:49,634 BEFORE THE NEXT SET OF RAPIDS PULLS ME FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. 84 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:52,500 I WANT TO BE HEADING FOR -- 85 00:04:52,567 --> 00:04:54,834 HEADING FOR THE BANK UP HERE. 86 00:04:56,433 --> 00:04:58,333 AND GET OUT OF THESE. 87 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:04,934 I'M FAIRY-GLIDING, WHICH MEANS WORKING MY WAY OUT DIAGONALLY 88 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,433 AND NOT FIGHTING THE CURRENT. 89 00:05:13,867 --> 00:05:16,600 [ EXHALES DEEPLY ] 90 00:05:16,667 --> 00:05:19,934 [ Breathing heavily ] KIND OF JUST DON'T REALIZE HOW... 91 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,967 BIG THOSE MONSTERS ARE 92 00:05:22,033 --> 00:05:25,367 UNTIL YOU'RE RIGHT IN THEM. 93 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,333 INTIMIDATING PLACE TO BE. 94 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:35,200 YOU GOT A LOT OF POWER COMING DOWN THAT RIVER. 95 00:05:35,266 --> 00:05:39,934 ANYWAY, I'M IN ONE PIECE, AND I'M ASHORE. 96 00:05:41,967 --> 00:05:45,200 IT CAN BE ALMOST 100 DEGREES OUT HERE, 97 00:05:45,266 --> 00:05:48,867 BUT THE HUMIDITY MAKES IT FEEL 20 DEGREES HOTTER. 98 00:05:48,934 --> 00:05:50,900 IN TEMPERATURES LIKE THIS, 99 00:05:50,967 --> 00:05:53,300 THE AIR IS LADEN WITH WATER VAPOR, 100 00:05:53,367 --> 00:05:54,900 AND IT'S DRAINING. 101 00:05:56,834 --> 00:06:00,166 SCOUR THE RIVERBANK FOR DEBRIS THAT MIGHT HELP YOU. 102 00:06:01,133 --> 00:06:03,000 OH, BUT A FLIP-FLOP COULD BE USEFUL. 103 00:06:03,066 --> 00:06:05,867 LOADS OF THINGS YOU CAN WITH THAT -- START A FIRE WITH IT. 104 00:06:05,934 --> 00:06:09,200 IF YOU BURN IT, THERE'LL BE BLACK SMOKE -- GOOD SIGNAL FIRE. 105 00:06:09,266 --> 00:06:11,934 A BIT OF FLOAT FISHING. KEEP THAT. 106 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:17,066 BUT NOW I WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THIS RIVER AS FAST AS I CAN. 107 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:21,467 REALLY, YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF CROCS IN THIS RIVER, 108 00:06:21,533 --> 00:06:23,767 JUST 'CAUSE BABY CROCS HAVE BEEN KNOWN 109 00:06:23,834 --> 00:06:26,000 TO GET SWEPT OVER THE FALLS, SURVIVE, 110 00:06:26,066 --> 00:06:28,100 AND THEN, LIKE, GROW INTO MONSTERS 111 00:06:28,166 --> 00:06:30,100 IN POOLS JUST LIKE THIS. 112 00:06:30,166 --> 00:06:33,934 THERE'S A HUGE POPULATION OF CROCODILES IN ZAMBIA -- 113 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,667 MORE THAN 75,000 OF THEM. 114 00:06:36,734 --> 00:06:39,600 DON'T DRINK FROM THE SAME RIVER SPOT TWICE. 115 00:06:39,667 --> 00:06:44,400 CROCS WATCH YOU THE FIRST TIME AND GET YOU THE NEXT. 116 00:06:44,467 --> 00:06:47,266 AND NEVER CAMP NEAR THE WATER'S EDGE. 117 00:06:49,266 --> 00:06:53,200 THE ONLY WAY OUT OF HERE IS UP, BUT THE RAINY SEASON MEANS 118 00:06:53,266 --> 00:06:56,634 THIS VOLCANIC ROCK WILL BE AS SLIPPERY AS ICE. 119 00:06:58,467 --> 00:07:01,967 BUT FIRST, I'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS DENSE VEGETATION. 120 00:07:02,033 --> 00:07:05,667 BUSHES OF CAMEL AND BUFFALO THORN TEAR INTO YOU. 121 00:07:05,734 --> 00:07:08,000 THIS STUFF'S HORRIBLE. 122 00:07:08,066 --> 00:07:11,000 IT'S ALL REALLY SHARP, AS WELL. 123 00:07:11,066 --> 00:07:16,600 IT'S LIKE BEING TANGLED IN, LIKE, RAZOR WIRE. 124 00:07:16,667 --> 00:07:18,700 AAH! 125 00:07:21,133 --> 00:07:23,066 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 126 00:07:23,133 --> 00:07:25,400 LOOK, THIS IS THE SORT OF STUFF I'M CLUTCHING AT. 127 00:07:25,467 --> 00:07:28,400 THAT'S WHY IT'S PROVING TRICKY. 128 00:07:28,467 --> 00:07:30,433 EVERYTHING IS SO LOOSE. 129 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,133 I'M BETTER OFF RISKING THE ROCKS TO GET OUT OF HERE, 130 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,266 BUT IT'S GONNA BE DANGEROUS. 131 00:07:38,333 --> 00:07:40,734 THESE ARE SOAKING WET. 132 00:07:42,767 --> 00:07:45,700 THIS STUFF'S FINE AS LONG AS YOU STICK ON THE DRY. 133 00:07:45,767 --> 00:07:47,767 IF YOU START TRYING TO CLIMB ON THAT, 134 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:49,533 YOU'RE JUST GONNA GO. 135 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,300 THERE'S A LINE OF DRY STUFF HERE. 136 00:07:54,233 --> 00:07:56,333 I'M PICKING MY ROUTE AS I GO. 137 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,400 IT'S CALLED WIRING MY WAY UP. 138 00:08:02,033 --> 00:08:04,333 OKAY, AT LEAST WE CAN SEE NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING. 139 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,667 JUST ALL OF THIS ROCK'S LOOKING PRETTY WET, 140 00:08:07,734 --> 00:08:10,000 AND THAT MEANS SLIPPY. 141 00:08:10,066 --> 00:08:12,333 BUT WE'RE KIND OF COMMITTED NOW. 142 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,734 TRY TO FIND A ROUTE UP HERE. 143 00:08:17,166 --> 00:08:19,734 I'M ALREADY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE RIVER. 144 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,433 ONE SLIP CAN BE FATAL. 145 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:26,200 AND THIS IS REALLY THE CRUX OF IT. 146 00:08:26,266 --> 00:08:28,767 IF I GET UP TO THIS, THERE'S A TREE AHEAD, 147 00:08:28,834 --> 00:08:31,066 AND I'M OFF THIS WET SLAB. 148 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,033 [ GRUNTING ] 149 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:36,200 THIS COULD GET ME OUT OF TROUBLE. 150 00:08:37,533 --> 00:08:41,934 ALL OF THIS ROCK HERE, ALL THE WAY UP, IS REALLY SLIMY. 151 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,300 I CAN USE THE TREE... 152 00:08:46,367 --> 00:08:49,400 JUST TO KEEP OFF THE ROCK. 153 00:08:49,467 --> 00:08:52,800 I'VE JUST GOT TO HOPE THIS TREE WILL TAKE MY WEIGHT. 154 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,800 [ CRACKING ] 155 00:09:17,867 --> 00:09:19,600 FALL OUT OF A TREE, 156 00:09:19,667 --> 00:09:24,033 LAND STRAIGHT ON A CACTUS ON A PRECIPICE. 157 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:26,033 THE PLACES I GET MYSELF INTO. 158 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:28,767 [ BREATHING HEAVILY, GRUNTING ] 159 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,333 THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN I NORMALLY LIKE DOWN THERE. 160 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,100 BUT UNLESS THIS IS A FALSE HORIZON, 161 00:09:39,166 --> 00:09:41,166 IT'S THE TOP OF THE GORGE. 162 00:09:47,734 --> 00:09:49,100 WHEW! 163 00:09:49,166 --> 00:09:52,133 MY NEXT CHALLENGE IS TO HEAD INTO THE AFRICAN BUSH, 164 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,967 WHERE I'M GONNA HAVE TO EAT WHATEVER I CAN FIND. 165 00:09:55,033 --> 00:09:56,567 OH, MY GOODNESS! 166 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,233 I'M IN THE BUSH IN ZAMBIA IN THE HEART OF AFRICA. 167 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:13,867 A HOT, STEAMING 1,500 SQUARE MILES, 168 00:10:13,934 --> 00:10:16,867 AND THE FIRST THING THAT HITS YOU IS THE HUMIDITY. 169 00:10:16,934 --> 00:10:19,967 AND I'M JUST POURING SWEAT NOW. 170 00:10:20,033 --> 00:10:21,967 AND IT'S A RAINY SEASON HERE. 171 00:10:22,033 --> 00:10:24,734 EVERYTHING IS SO GREEN AND LUSH AND DAMP. 172 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,967 AND THAT DAMPNESS MIXED WITH THIS HEAT 173 00:10:28,033 --> 00:10:30,767 MEANS IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE JUST BEING STEAMED. 174 00:10:31,734 --> 00:10:34,600 YOU CAN SWEAT UP TO 12 LITERS A DAY, 175 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:36,700 AND YOU'RE PRONE TO CRAMPS, EXHAUSTION, 176 00:10:36,767 --> 00:10:39,400 AND, WORST OF ALL, HEATSTROKE. 177 00:10:39,467 --> 00:10:41,066 YOUR BODY'S INTERNAL THERMOMETER 178 00:10:41,133 --> 00:10:43,867 SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL, AND YOU COULD COLLAPSE. 179 00:10:43,934 --> 00:10:47,433 OUT HERE ALONE, THAT IS A DEATH SENTENCE, 180 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:51,133 SO TRY TO STAY IN THE SHADE, AND ABOVE ALL, KEEP HYDRATED. 181 00:10:52,133 --> 00:10:56,367 THIS THICK VEGETATION IS JUST SO DISORIENTATING. 182 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,533 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARRIVE SOMEWHERE NEW, 183 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,233 THE BEST THING YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO IS JUST SLOW THINGS DOWN 184 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:07,033 AND GIVE YOUR SENSES TIME JUST TO TUNE IN, 185 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:09,500 ESPECIALLY SOMEWHERE LIKE THE AFRICAN BUSH 186 00:11:09,567 --> 00:11:11,200 WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH ANIMAL LIFE. 187 00:11:11,266 --> 00:11:15,333 AND THEY SAY WHEN THERE'S LOTS OF NOISE, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN, 188 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,066 'CAUSE WHEN THE BUSH GOES REALLY QUIET, 189 00:11:18,133 --> 00:11:20,900 THAT'S A SIGN THERE'S PREDATORS AROUND. 190 00:11:20,967 --> 00:11:24,967 TO SURVIVE HERE, YOU'VE GOT TO USE NATURE TO HELP YOU. 191 00:11:25,033 --> 00:11:26,333 SEE THAT? SEE THE BABOON? 192 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,834 [ CHATTERING ] 193 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:31,834 THEY'RE KIND OF JUST ENJOYING THESE TREES. 194 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:36,333 THEY CAN BE A GOOD EARLY WARNING SYSTEM OF OTHER PREDATORS. 195 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,600 IF THERE'S A LEOPARD OR SOMETHING AROUND HERE, 196 00:11:38,667 --> 00:11:40,767 THESE GUYS ARE GONNA GO CRAZY. 197 00:11:40,834 --> 00:11:43,800 THIS THE PERFECT COVER FOR LEOPARDS AND LIONS. 198 00:11:43,867 --> 00:11:46,700 IF YOU'RE SLEEPING OUT AND WANT TO BE SAFE, 199 00:11:46,767 --> 00:11:50,400 IT'S AN OLD AFRICAN TRICK TO STAY BY BABOONS. 200 00:11:52,333 --> 00:11:53,834 IN THE RAINY SEASON, 201 00:11:53,900 --> 00:11:57,266 THERE IS FOOD ABOUT IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 202 00:11:57,333 --> 00:11:59,934 DEAD ACACIA TREE. 203 00:12:00,066 --> 00:12:02,667 WHAT THE LOCALS WILL ALWAYS DO WITH THIS -- 204 00:12:02,734 --> 00:12:05,834 THEY COME UP, PUT THEIR EAR TO IT, 205 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:09,467 AND LISTEN FOR LARVAE INSIDE. 206 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:17,700 HERE YOU GO. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. 207 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:23,033 THAT'S A RHINO BEETLE LARVA THERE. 208 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:26,367 YOU CAN JUST EAT THEM -- EAT THEM RAW. 209 00:12:26,433 --> 00:12:29,533 WHEN THEY'RE COOKED, THEY'RE A BUSH DELICACY, 210 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,767 AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THERE'S PLENTY OF THEM HERE. 211 00:12:32,834 --> 00:12:35,233 NO WONDER THEY FRY THEM. 212 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:40,400 UGH! 213 00:12:40,467 --> 00:12:42,166 READY FOR THIS? 214 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:45,333 [ GRUNTS ] 215 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:49,333 OH, MY GOODNESS! 216 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:54,233 THIS ONE HAS BEEN LIVING IN THERE 217 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:58,900 A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. 218 00:12:58,967 --> 00:13:03,100 I'M NOT GONNA NEED TO EAT FOR A WEEK AFTER THIS ONE. 219 00:13:09,667 --> 00:13:11,367 UGH! 220 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,400 POUND FOR POUND, INSECTS LIKE THESE 221 00:13:17,467 --> 00:13:20,066 CONTAIN MORE PROTEIN THAN BEEF OR FISH. 222 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:22,166 THEY'RE PERFECT SURVIVAL FOOD. 223 00:13:22,233 --> 00:13:23,667 UGH! 224 00:13:23,734 --> 00:13:25,667 THIS ACTUALLY RANKS 225 00:13:25,734 --> 00:13:31,133 AS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS I HAVE EVER, EVER EATEN. 226 00:13:38,767 --> 00:13:40,667 THAT TASTE... 227 00:13:43,033 --> 00:13:46,634 IT'S LIKE IF ALL YOUR FRIENDS GOT ALL THEIR BOGIES TOGETHER, 228 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:50,467 SQUEEZED THEM INSIDE A SAUSAGE... 229 00:13:50,533 --> 00:13:53,500 AND THEN YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH. MAN. 230 00:13:55,066 --> 00:13:57,000 THE ZAMBIAN BUSH IS HOME 231 00:13:57,066 --> 00:14:00,367 TO SOME OF THE MOST LETHAL KILLING MACHINES IN THE WORLD, 232 00:14:00,433 --> 00:14:01,400 SO BE VIGILANT. 233 00:14:01,467 --> 00:14:02,667 WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT! 234 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,634 NOW, THIS LOOKS QUITE LIKE A HYENA MOVING THAT WAY. 235 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:11,400 SEE THESE -- LIKE THE PADS OF ITS PAWS. 236 00:14:11,467 --> 00:14:15,834 NOW, THAT, THOUGH -- THAT IS NOT HYENA. 237 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:18,500 SEE THESE THREE? 238 00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:20,000 THAT IS LEOPARD. 239 00:14:20,066 --> 00:14:23,000 THEY'LL ACTUALLY RETRACT THEIR CLAWS AS THEY MOVE, 240 00:14:23,066 --> 00:14:24,333 SO YOU JUST SEE THE PADS. 241 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,133 BUT THIS IS MOVING THAT WAY. 242 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:27,800 LET'S KEEP FOLLOWING THIS. 243 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:30,700 LEOPARDS USUALLY KILL EVERY FOUR DAYS. 244 00:14:30,767 --> 00:14:31,900 THEY'LL TAKE ANYTHING -- 245 00:14:31,967 --> 00:14:34,000 FROM DUNG BEETLES TO ANTELOPE -- 246 00:14:34,066 --> 00:14:36,200 AND THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN TO ATTACK HUMANS. 247 00:14:36,266 --> 00:14:38,900 BUT THESE TRACKS MIGHT LEAD ME TO FOOD. 248 00:14:38,967 --> 00:14:41,567 THERE WE GO. 249 00:14:41,634 --> 00:14:43,667 IT'S AN IMPALA. 250 00:14:43,734 --> 00:14:45,767 GOD, LISTEN TO THE FLIES ON THAT. 251 00:14:45,834 --> 00:14:47,600 [ FLIES BUZZING ] 252 00:14:47,667 --> 00:14:49,934 I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU 253 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,333 IT'S WHAT THAT LEOPARD... HAS DONE. 254 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,333 AND, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS A LION OR HYENA, 255 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,066 THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THIS -- 256 00:15:00,133 --> 00:15:02,066 BONES AND EVERYTHING. 257 00:15:02,133 --> 00:15:04,433 YOU KNOW, BUT I'M SURPRISED HE'S OUT IN THE OPEN. 258 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:06,333 YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF WOULD OF THOUGHT 259 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,100 IT'D BE DRAGGED INTO ONE OF THESE THICKETS, 260 00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:11,300 WHICH KIND OF TELLS ME THAT THE LEOPARD 261 00:15:11,367 --> 00:15:13,600 WAS PROBABLY SPOOKED OFF BY SOMETHING. 262 00:15:15,367 --> 00:15:16,900 BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL OFTEN DO. 263 00:15:16,967 --> 00:15:18,400 THE LEOPARD WILL EAT TWICE, 264 00:15:18,467 --> 00:15:20,433 MAYBE ONCE IN THE EARLY EVENING, GET ITS FILL, 265 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:22,567 AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, MAYBE IN THE EARLY MORNING, 266 00:15:22,634 --> 00:15:25,467 AND THEN HE'LL LEAVE THE REST TO THE HYENAS. 267 00:15:25,533 --> 00:15:28,700 BUT I'M GONNA GET AT THIS BEFORE THE HYENAS. 268 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,900 YOU KNOW, IT'S FRESH. 269 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:38,300 BUT TOMORROW, ALL OF THIS JUST WILL HAVE GONE. 270 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:42,133 THIS WOULD BE SAFER COOKED, 271 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,700 BUT IT'S NOT THE TIME OR THE PLACE TO STOP AND LIGHT A FIRE. 272 00:15:46,767 --> 00:15:47,800 [ GRUNTS ] 273 00:15:47,867 --> 00:15:49,166 [ FLIES BUZZING ] 274 00:15:49,233 --> 00:15:51,834 I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND HERE TOO LONG. 275 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:54,100 THE HYENAS ARE GONNA BE ALL OVER THIS SOON. 276 00:15:54,166 --> 00:15:56,634 BUT THEY'RE THE LEAST OF MY PROBLEMS. 277 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:59,934 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THOSE! MAN! 278 00:16:00,066 --> 00:16:01,533 HIPPOS. 279 00:16:10,667 --> 00:16:14,467 I'M IN THE ZAMBIAN BUSH HEADING TO THE LOWER ZAMBEZI RIVER 280 00:16:14,533 --> 00:16:16,133 WHICH SNAKES ITS WAY THROUGH 281 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,500 SOME OF THE MEANEST TERRAIN IN THE WORLD, 282 00:16:18,567 --> 00:16:19,934 AND I CAN HEAR THE SOUND 283 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,667 OF SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CREATURES IN AFRICA. 284 00:16:22,734 --> 00:16:24,667 [ GRUNTING IN DISTANCE ] 285 00:16:24,734 --> 00:16:26,834 THIS STRETCH OF THE RIVER IS HOME 286 00:16:26,900 --> 00:16:29,734 TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST POPULATIONS OF HIPPOS. 287 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,000 THEY'RE THOUGHT TO KILL MORE PEOPLE 288 00:16:32,066 --> 00:16:36,100 THAN LIONS, ELEPHANT, BUFFALO, LEOPARDS, AND RHINOS TOGETHER. 289 00:16:36,166 --> 00:16:39,066 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THOSE! MAN! 290 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:45,934 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE OF HIPPOS COME UP, 291 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,900 PROBABLY BEEN GRAZING THIS NICE GRASS, 292 00:16:48,967 --> 00:16:51,233 AND THEN BACK INTO THE WATER. 293 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:52,567 BUT IT'S NOT SURPRISING. 294 00:16:52,634 --> 00:16:54,967 THIS WHOLE PLACE, THIS WHOLE LOWER ZAMBEZI, 295 00:16:55,033 --> 00:16:57,033 IS JUST TEEMING WITH HIPPOS. 296 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:59,700 HIPPOS MIGHT BE VEGETARIAN, 297 00:16:59,767 --> 00:17:03,033 BUT THESE 13-FOOT, 4-TON MONSTERS 298 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:06,200 ARE FIERCELY TERRITORIAL AND PROTECTIVE OF THEIR YOUNG. 299 00:17:06,266 --> 00:17:09,533 THEY'LL ATTACK ANYTHING THEY THINK IS A THREAT, 300 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:13,367 AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR 200 DEATHS A YEAR IN AFRICA. 301 00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:16,567 BUT AS ALL THE TRACKS ARE HEADING OUT TO THE RIVER, 302 00:17:16,634 --> 00:17:18,967 I'VE GOT TIME TO TRY AND GET SOME FOOD. 303 00:17:19,033 --> 00:17:21,333 I'VE GOT THE INNER THREAD OF SOME STRING 304 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:22,734 AND A COUPLE OF HOOKS -- 305 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,767 ENOUGH TO IMPROVISE A FISHING KIT. 306 00:17:24,834 --> 00:17:28,100 SO, THAT FLIP-FLOP I PICKED UP... 307 00:17:28,166 --> 00:17:30,767 OR WHAT'S LEFT OF THE FLIP-FLOP. 308 00:17:30,834 --> 00:17:33,433 WHAT I PICKED UP WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE RIVER 309 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:35,634 IS NOW GONNA COME IN HANDY. 310 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:38,166 THREAD THAT THROUGH AND OVER ITSELF. 311 00:17:38,233 --> 00:17:40,100 THIS WILL MAKE A GREAT FLOAT. 312 00:17:40,166 --> 00:17:42,233 I FOUND SOME BAIT IN THE MUD, 313 00:17:42,300 --> 00:17:44,533 AND MY WATER BOTTLE DOUBLES AS A SPOOL... 314 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,166 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE IT A CAST. 315 00:17:46,233 --> 00:17:49,767 ...WHICH MEANS MY LINE WON'T GET TANGLED. 316 00:17:51,834 --> 00:17:54,433 SO, WE'LL MOVE BACK A BIT FROM THE WATER'S EDGE. 317 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,033 IT'S NOT ONLY FISH THAT LIVE IN THIS RIVER. 318 00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:59,700 THERE'S PLENTY OF COVER HERE FOR A CROC TO LAY UP. 319 00:17:59,767 --> 00:18:01,634 THEY'RE THE KINGS OF CAMOUFLAGE. 320 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:03,100 ON THIS RIVER, 321 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:06,900 THERE'S THOUGHT TO BE FIVE OF THEM EVERY TWO MILES. 322 00:18:06,967 --> 00:18:09,667 WHENEVER YOU'RE FISHING ON THE BANKS OF THE ZAMBEZI, 323 00:18:09,734 --> 00:18:11,900 ALWAYS KEEP FACING THE WATER. 324 00:18:11,967 --> 00:18:13,567 NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON IT. 325 00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:17,400 ANY CROC ATTACK WILL ALWAYS COME FROM THIS SIDE. 326 00:18:17,467 --> 00:18:19,500 THEY'RE OPPORTUNISTIC KILLERS, 327 00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:23,133 BUT THEY'RE MOSTLY NOCTURNAL, SO I SHOULD BE SAFE UNTIL DUSK. 328 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,834 AND THERE MUST BE PLENTY OF FISH HERE. 329 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:28,133 I'M GONNA LEAVE THE LINE FOR A WHILE NOW 330 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,934 AND CHECK OUT THE RIVER FURTHER DOWN. 331 00:18:36,233 --> 00:18:38,934 ALL RIGHT, YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL 332 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,400 JUST IN THIS MARSHY BIT. 333 00:18:40,467 --> 00:18:43,767 THIS IS KIND OF PERFECT JUST FOR CROCS. 334 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,433 THERE'S SOMETHING QUITE EERIE ABOUT THIS PLACE. 335 00:19:00,166 --> 00:19:02,300 YOU KNOW, I'M VERY EXPOSED HERE, 336 00:19:02,367 --> 00:19:05,300 AND ALL I CAN HEAR IS JUST LOADS OF HIPPOS AROUND. 337 00:19:05,367 --> 00:19:06,967 AND I DON'T LIKE ALL THIS MARSH -- 338 00:19:07,033 --> 00:19:09,634 NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S IN IT. 339 00:19:11,567 --> 00:19:15,667 I'M GOING BACK TO CHECK MY LINE AND THEN GET OUT OF HERE FAST. 340 00:19:15,734 --> 00:19:17,333 WHERE'S THE FLOAT? 341 00:19:19,266 --> 00:19:21,300 LOOK, SOMETHING HAS TAKEN THIS, 342 00:19:21,367 --> 00:19:23,967 'CAUSE BEFORE, IT WAS BEING SWEPT THAT WAY. 343 00:19:24,033 --> 00:19:25,934 YEAH, I THINK WE GOT SOMETHING. 344 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,667 A LITTLE CATFISH. AWESOME! 345 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:32,867 LET'S GET HIM ONTO DRY LAND BEFORE HE GETS OFF THE HOOK. 346 00:19:32,934 --> 00:19:34,667 [ GRUNTS ] 347 00:19:34,734 --> 00:19:36,367 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS 348 00:19:36,433 --> 00:19:39,000 THERE'S SO MANY CROCS IN THIS RIVER -- 349 00:19:39,066 --> 00:19:41,700 'CAUSE IT'S SO FULL OF THESE SORT OF THINGS, 350 00:19:41,767 --> 00:19:43,233 BUT MUCH BIGGER. 351 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:45,867 BUT THAT IS GONNA BE SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT. 352 00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:51,867 THAT'S FOOD SORTED, AND WHILE I'VE STILL GOT PLENTY OF LIGHT, 353 00:19:51,934 --> 00:19:54,800 I'M HEADING BACK INTO THE BUSH, WHERE I'LL BE SAFER. 354 00:19:59,433 --> 00:20:02,834 I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO SET UP CAMP FOR THE NIGHT. 355 00:20:04,934 --> 00:20:07,166 THIS BAOBAB WILL BE GOOD. 356 00:20:07,233 --> 00:20:10,800 THESE HUGE TREES CAN BE 60 FOOT HIGH OR MORE 357 00:20:10,867 --> 00:20:14,333 AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO SURVIVE FOR UP TO 3,000 YEARS. 358 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,166 BUT OUT HERE, YOU NEED TO PICK YOUR CAMPSITE CAREFULLY. 359 00:20:18,233 --> 00:20:19,834 ACTUALLY, HANG ON. 360 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:22,700 NO, NO, THIS IS GONNA BE NO GOOD. 361 00:20:22,767 --> 00:20:24,367 BLACK ANTS. 362 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:27,533 THESE AREN'T JUST ORDINARY ANTS. THEY'RE VICIOUS. 363 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,533 GIVE A REALLY PAINFUL BITE. 364 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,400 GET A NIP FROM ONE OF THESE, YOUR HAND WOULD SWELL UP. 365 00:20:32,467 --> 00:20:35,433 I DON'T WANT TO SHARE MY CAMP WITH THEM. 366 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,767 I'LL TRY ANOTHER. 367 00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:42,166 HEY, LOOK. IT'S COMPLETELY HOLLOW. 368 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:48,033 LOOK AT THIS. ALL THE WAY UP. MASSIVE! 369 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:49,767 YOU MIGHT KIND OF THINK, YOU KNOW, 370 00:20:49,834 --> 00:20:51,734 THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO SHELTER IN 371 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,934 'CAUSE YOU GOT NATURAL COVERAGE FROM THE RAIN, 372 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,934 BUT REALLY, YOU'D BE WRONG. 373 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,100 YEAH, YOU'RE SO ENCLOSED IN HERE, 374 00:20:59,166 --> 00:21:00,500 AND IF SOMETHING DOES COME IN, 375 00:21:00,567 --> 00:21:05,166 YOU GOT NOWHERE TO BACK OUT AND ESCAPE TO. 376 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,066 BUT THAT ONE... 377 00:21:09,133 --> 00:21:10,734 MIGHT BE A LITTLE BETTER. 378 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,233 IT LOOKS GOOD. 379 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:15,300 I'M GONNA SLEEP ON THE GROUND, BUT TO SURVIVE OUT HERE, 380 00:21:15,367 --> 00:21:17,500 YOU MUST ALWAYS HAVE AN ESCAPE PLAN. 381 00:21:17,567 --> 00:21:20,300 THIS TREE'S GONNA BE MUCH BETTER. 382 00:21:20,367 --> 00:21:24,066 IF WE CAN GET UP THERE, I'LL HAVE A REALLY GOOD VIEW OUT. 383 00:21:24,133 --> 00:21:27,834 MAKING A BOLT-HOLE ISN'T HARD. 384 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:32,033 BAOBAB BARK IS LIKE A RIND, AND THE INSIDE LIKE A SPONGE. 385 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:35,600 I JUST NEED TO CHISEL A FEW STICKS TO USE AS RUNGS 386 00:21:35,667 --> 00:21:37,834 TO BUILD A LADDER BEFORE DARK. 387 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:44,233 THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DAYLIGHT LEFT, ACTUALLY. 388 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:47,467 AND A GOOD WAY OF JUDGING IS JUST TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE 389 00:21:47,533 --> 00:21:49,800 FROM THE SUN DOWN TO THE HORIZON. 390 00:21:49,867 --> 00:21:51,800 IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND OUT, 391 00:21:51,867 --> 00:21:54,367 AND THEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR LITTLE FINGER 392 00:21:54,433 --> 00:21:56,700 AND THE NEXT FINGER IS 15 MINUTES. 393 00:21:56,767 --> 00:21:58,200 SO I CAN MEASURE. 394 00:21:58,266 --> 00:21:59,834 15...30... 395 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:02,934 ABOUT HALF AN HOUR OF LIGHT LEFT. 396 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,033 SO I NEED TO GET A WIGGLE ON. 397 00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:09,300 I JUST NEED TO PUT ONE MORE IN... 398 00:22:09,367 --> 00:22:12,533 AND I RECKON THAT WOULD DO. 399 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,900 [ CLAPS ] 400 00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:17,934 WHAT A VIEW. 401 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,767 WELL, IT'S NOT EXACTLY ROOMY UP HERE, 402 00:22:21,834 --> 00:22:24,834 BUT IT WILL KEEP ME SAFE FROM THE ANIMALS. 403 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:29,066 BEFORE IT GETS DARK, I WANT TO JUST PUT ONE MORE OF THESE IN, 404 00:22:29,133 --> 00:22:35,066 AND IT'S THIS THAT YOU'D USE TO SECURE YOURSELF TO. 405 00:22:35,133 --> 00:22:38,900 JUST IN CASE YOU NEED AN ESCAPE ROUTE IN THE NIGHT. 406 00:22:38,967 --> 00:22:40,433 IT SAVED A FRIEND OF MINE 407 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:42,867 WHEN HIS CAMP WAS ATTACKED BY BUFFALO. 408 00:22:42,934 --> 00:22:45,867 NO WONDER THE BAOBAB IS KNOWN AS THE TREE OF LIFE. 409 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:51,333 I'VE GOT AN ESCAPE IF I NEED IT. 410 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,634 NOW I NEED FOOD. 411 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:55,200 [ CRACKLING ] 412 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:00,433 CATFISH IS READY TO GO. 413 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:03,467 PUT HIM ALONG LIKE THIS, 414 00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:05,700 AND THEN HE'S NOT GONNA BURN. 415 00:23:05,767 --> 00:23:07,567 HE'S NOT DIRECTLY OVER THE FLAMES. 416 00:23:07,634 --> 00:23:09,834 AND A GOOD WAY OF JUDGING A GOOD DISTANCE -- 417 00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:12,667 IF YOU CAN HOLD YOUR HAND THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS 418 00:23:12,734 --> 00:23:16,200 AND THEN IT GETS TOO HOT, THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. 419 00:23:16,266 --> 00:23:17,867 [ CRACKLING CONTINUES ] 420 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,867 IT'S LIKE EATING WARM MUD, 421 00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:25,667 BUT IT'S PROTEIN, AND IT'S GOOD ENERGY. 422 00:23:25,734 --> 00:23:27,867 AND I'VE GOT EVERYTHING I NEED HERE. 423 00:23:27,934 --> 00:23:30,100 I'VE GOT WARMTH, I'VE GOT SHELTER... 424 00:23:30,166 --> 00:23:32,166 AND I'VE GOT FOOD. 425 00:23:32,233 --> 00:23:36,634 AND A PRETTY AWESOME SOUNDTRACK TO LISTEN TO WHILST I EAT IT -- 426 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:39,033 THE SOUND OF AFRICA. 427 00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:41,166 BUT TOMORROW, I'LL BE FACE-TO-FACE 428 00:23:41,233 --> 00:23:43,300 WITH THE LARGEST KILLER IN ZAMBIA. 429 00:23:43,367 --> 00:23:46,967 JUST AN INCREDIBLE SIGHT. 430 00:24:07,033 --> 00:24:11,266 I'M IN THE BUSH IN ZAMBIA IN THE HEART OF AFRICA. 431 00:24:11,333 --> 00:24:14,000 I SPENT THE NIGHT SLEEPING UNDER THIS BAOBAB TREE, 432 00:24:14,066 --> 00:24:16,400 AND NOW I'M UP IN THE BRANCHES TO GET FOOD, 433 00:24:16,467 --> 00:24:19,033 READY FOR MY NEXT CHALLENGE. 434 00:24:21,233 --> 00:24:24,200 I PROBABLY STAND A BETTER CHANCE, ACTUALLY, 435 00:24:24,266 --> 00:24:25,634 FROM DOWN THERE. 436 00:24:27,567 --> 00:24:31,934 AS SOON AS I'VE EATEN, I'M HEADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 437 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,667 OH. 438 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:37,900 WHOO! 439 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:43,300 OKAY, WE'VE GOT SOME BAOBAB FRUIT. 440 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,567 AND THESE FRUITS ARE GREAT. 441 00:24:48,634 --> 00:24:50,266 YOU KNOW, BABOONS REALLY ENJOY THIS. 442 00:24:50,333 --> 00:24:53,367 IT'S A STAPLE FOOD ACROSS AFRICA. 443 00:24:53,433 --> 00:24:57,767 AND THIS REALLY DOES HAVE LOADS OF VITAMIN "C" IN IT. 444 00:24:57,834 --> 00:25:02,333 LOOK -- YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE KIND OF CRUMBLY CHEESE, 445 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,634 BUT IT TASTES LIKE JUST DRIED-OUT CHEESECAKE. 446 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:07,667 MY FAVORITE. 447 00:25:07,734 --> 00:25:09,934 TIME TO GET MOVING. 448 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,800 OKAY, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS, 449 00:25:13,867 --> 00:25:18,667 SOME OF THIS CHARCOAL THAT I CAN USE LATER. 450 00:25:18,734 --> 00:25:20,000 [ ZIPPING ] 451 00:25:20,066 --> 00:25:24,900 AND THEN OVER THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE I'M GOING TO -- 452 00:25:24,967 --> 00:25:27,133 THE ESCARPMENT. 453 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,667 ALWAYS GET ON THE MOVE EARLY 454 00:25:28,734 --> 00:25:32,834 BEFORE THE CRIPPLING HEAT AND HUMIDITY TAKE THEIR TOLL. 455 00:25:32,900 --> 00:25:35,200 ONE OF THE STRUGGLES OUT HERE 456 00:25:35,266 --> 00:25:38,900 IS JUST GETTING WATER THAT YOU CAN DRINK THAT'S FRESH. 457 00:25:38,967 --> 00:25:40,567 NOW, YOU CAN GET IT FROM THE RIVER, 458 00:25:40,634 --> 00:25:41,900 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BOIL IT. 459 00:25:41,967 --> 00:25:44,166 BUT ONE THING YOU CAN DO AT THIS TIME OF DAY, 460 00:25:44,233 --> 00:25:46,500 IN THE EARLY MORNING, IF YOU'VE GOT LONG GRASS, 461 00:25:46,567 --> 00:25:48,100 IS JUST COLLECT THE DEW. 462 00:25:48,166 --> 00:25:50,033 AND ONE WAY OF DOING THAT... 463 00:25:53,266 --> 00:25:55,767 TAKE MY SHIRT OFF, TIE THAT THERE. 464 00:25:57,934 --> 00:26:00,900 AND THAT SHOULD GET NICE AND DAMP NOW. 465 00:26:00,967 --> 00:26:04,567 THIS IS AN OLD TRICK I PICKED UP FROM AN ARMY FRIEND. 466 00:26:06,133 --> 00:26:09,467 IN THICK DEW, IT SHOULD SOAK UP PLENTY OF WATER. 467 00:26:10,567 --> 00:26:13,533 NOW, THIS SHOULD BE WET ENOUGH NOW. 468 00:26:25,266 --> 00:26:26,533 [ SIGHS ] 469 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,667 THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WATER TASTING LIKE FRESH DEW. 470 00:26:29,734 --> 00:26:33,433 WELL, THIS IS LIKE THAT... BUT WITH A HINT OF SWEAT. 471 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:35,066 BUT IT WORKED. 472 00:26:35,133 --> 00:26:38,100 IT'S CLEAN AND IT'S DRINKABLE. 473 00:26:38,166 --> 00:26:41,000 YOU CAN GET AS MUCH AS A QUARTER OF A LITER 474 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:42,433 IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. 475 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:46,333 NOW I'M HEADING DEEPER INTO THE BUSH. 476 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,166 AS IT'S THE RAINY SEASON, WATER'S PLENTIFUL. 477 00:26:49,233 --> 00:26:52,333 ANIMALS NO LONGER NEED TO STAY CLOSE TO THE RIVER, 478 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,967 AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE MORE LIKELY 479 00:26:54,033 --> 00:26:56,867 TO GET A DANGEROUS SURPRISE. 480 00:26:56,934 --> 00:27:01,066 JUST AN INCREDIBLE SIGHT. 481 00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:07,000 ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE FEMALES WITH THEIR YOUNG. 482 00:27:07,066 --> 00:27:09,400 AND THAT MAKES THEM ESPECIALLY PROTECTIVE 483 00:27:09,467 --> 00:27:11,800 AND, THEREFORE, DANGEROUS. 484 00:27:11,867 --> 00:27:15,133 IF THEY THINK THEIR YOUNG ARE THREATENED, THEY'LL ATTACK. 485 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,634 IN ZAMBIA, 10 PEOPLE A YEAR 486 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:21,700 ARE TRAMPLED OR GORED TO DEATH BY ELEPHANTS. 487 00:27:21,767 --> 00:27:25,066 I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN SO MANY ELEPHANTS. 488 00:27:25,133 --> 00:27:30,200 LOOK, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE RISE IN THIS PLAIN. 489 00:27:30,266 --> 00:27:32,567 [ ELEPHANTS GRUNTING ] 490 00:27:36,634 --> 00:27:40,000 THERE MUST BE 80 OF THEM HERE, AT LEAST. 491 00:27:40,066 --> 00:27:43,567 I'LL TELL YOU, MY HEART IS JUST POUNDING. 492 00:27:43,634 --> 00:27:49,000 THEY CAN BE AS TALL AS 13 FOOT AND WEIGH AS MUCH AS 8 TONS. 493 00:27:49,066 --> 00:27:50,467 THE FIRST SIGN OF DANGER 494 00:27:50,533 --> 00:27:53,066 IS WHEN THEY FLAP THEIR EARS AND GRUNT. 495 00:27:53,133 --> 00:27:56,166 BUT THESE GUYS REALLY ARE HUGE. 496 00:27:56,233 --> 00:28:00,367 CLOSE UP, YOU JUST REALIZE WHAT MASSIVE ANIMALS THEY ARE. 497 00:28:00,433 --> 00:28:02,533 IF THE WIND WAS IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, 498 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,033 I COULD BE IN TROUBLE. 499 00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:07,433 IF THEY CHARGE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD YOUR GROUND, 500 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:11,333 BUT THEY CAN RUN AT NEARLY 20 MILES AN HOUR. 501 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,333 THE ONLY REASON I CAN GET THIS CLOSE 502 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,900 IS 'CAUSE I'M DOWNWIND OF THEM. 503 00:28:14,967 --> 00:28:16,367 THE WIND'S COMING TOWARDS ME, 504 00:28:16,433 --> 00:28:18,467 AND, THEREFORE, THEY CAN'T SMELL ME. 505 00:28:18,533 --> 00:28:21,634 THEY HAVE VERY BAD EYESIGHT BUT A VERY GOOD SENSE OF SMELL. 506 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,300 BUT IT'S QUITE AN INTIMIDATING PLACE. 507 00:28:24,367 --> 00:28:27,634 JUST FEEL THEM ALL CLOSING IN ALL AROUND NOW. 508 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:29,400 [ GRUNTING CONTINUES ] 509 00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:30,734 NOW, THAT'S WEIRD, 510 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,767 BECAUSE PART OF ME JUST WANTS TO BACK AWAY AND RUN, 511 00:28:34,834 --> 00:28:37,433 BUT PART OF IT'S QUITE MESMERIZING. 512 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:40,567 YOU JUST KIND OF FEEL ROOTED TO THE GROUND. 513 00:28:44,867 --> 00:28:48,600 YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE ALL TURNING AND LEAVING NOW. 514 00:28:50,233 --> 00:28:55,567 IF ONLY COULD KNOW HOW COMPLETELY DEFENSELESS I AM 515 00:28:55,634 --> 00:28:58,567 STANDING OUT AMONGST ALL THIS GRASS. 516 00:28:58,634 --> 00:29:00,967 BUT WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SEE. 517 00:29:01,033 --> 00:29:05,367 I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. 518 00:29:05,433 --> 00:29:07,634 AS QUICKLY AS THEY APPEARED... 519 00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:11,333 BOOM, NOW THEY'VE GONE. 520 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,166 IF THERE ARE ELEPHANTS HERE, THOUGH, 521 00:29:13,233 --> 00:29:15,967 THERE MUST BE A WATERING HOLE NEARBY. 522 00:29:16,033 --> 00:29:19,400 JUST THE SORT OF PLACE FOR GIANT, EDIBLE BULLFROGS. 523 00:29:19,467 --> 00:29:20,567 HAVE A LOOK AT THIS! 524 00:29:20,634 --> 00:29:22,934 YOU CAN SEE HIM JUST THROUGH THE GRASS. 525 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,233 AND THESE BULLFROGS 526 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:26,967 ARE THE BIGGEST FROGS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. 527 00:29:27,033 --> 00:29:29,867 ALL THE FROGS DOWN HERE ARE EDIBLE, 528 00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:31,533 BUT THEY DO PROTECT THEMSELVES. 529 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,600 AND, YOU KNOW, SOME FROGS WILL, LIKE, 530 00:29:33,667 --> 00:29:36,467 SECRETE THIS POISON OFF THEIR BACK TO DETER PREDATORS, 531 00:29:36,533 --> 00:29:38,734 BUT THIS GUY'S GOT THESE BIG LOWER TEETH. 532 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,667 SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST TRY AND GRAB HIM. 533 00:29:41,734 --> 00:29:43,333 I'LL END UP GETTING BIT BY HIM. 534 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,900 BUT I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO GET ONE OF THEM. 535 00:29:45,967 --> 00:29:49,367 I'M USING A BRANCH FROM A WAIT-AWHILE BUSH. 536 00:29:49,433 --> 00:29:52,900 GET CAUGHT ON THIS, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING. 537 00:29:52,967 --> 00:29:55,200 RHODESIAN SPECIAL FORCES USE THIS 538 00:29:55,266 --> 00:29:58,100 TO SNARE THEIR PRISONERS AND STOP THEM ESCAPING. 539 00:29:58,166 --> 00:30:00,934 HOPEFULLY, IT WILL WORK ON MY BULLFROG... 540 00:30:04,934 --> 00:30:06,934 ...IF I CAN KEEP UPRIGHT. 541 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,533 WHERE THE HELL'S HE GONE? 542 00:30:11,634 --> 00:30:13,200 UGH! IT STINKS. 543 00:30:13,266 --> 00:30:16,166 HE'S GOT TO SURFACE SOMEWHERE. 544 00:30:18,533 --> 00:30:20,934 OH, THERE HE IS. SEE HIM OVER THERE? 545 00:30:24,033 --> 00:30:26,033 GOD, HE'S A SLIPPERY ONE, THIS FROG. 546 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:27,066 OH, THERE HE IS! 547 00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:33,233 THERE WE GO. WE GOT HIM. 548 00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:35,667 AND ONCE HE'S ON THAT WAIT-A-BIT BUSH, 549 00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:38,066 HE'S NOT GONNA GET OFF IT. 550 00:30:38,133 --> 00:30:39,800 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 551 00:30:39,867 --> 00:30:41,000 COOL. 552 00:30:41,066 --> 00:30:41,967 AND THAT'S DINNER! 553 00:30:44,367 --> 00:30:49,934 [ CRACKLING ] 554 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,266 OKAY, LET'S HAVE SOME FROGS' LEGS. 555 00:30:54,333 --> 00:30:56,200 YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT THE SKIN OF THESE, 556 00:30:56,266 --> 00:30:58,100 BUT THE MEAT INSIDE IS GOOD. 557 00:30:58,166 --> 00:31:01,333 SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST KIND OF KABOB IT, 558 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,367 AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS BURN ALL OF THE SKIN OFF 559 00:31:05,433 --> 00:31:07,700 AND LEAVE ME WITH THE MEAT UNDERNEATH. 560 00:31:07,767 --> 00:31:09,767 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALSO EAT THE -- 561 00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:12,066 EAT THE BREAST MEAT OFF THAT, AS WELL. 562 00:31:12,133 --> 00:31:15,400 THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A GOOD BIT ON HERE. 563 00:31:15,467 --> 00:31:18,400 I ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH SOME LEGS. 564 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,233 ONE THING ABOUT BEING OUT IN THE BUSH LIKE THIS 565 00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:25,900 IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY VERY HARD TO EVER SWITCH OFF, 566 00:31:25,967 --> 00:31:28,700 EVEN WHEN YOU GOT A FIRE AND SOMETHING TO EAT 567 00:31:28,767 --> 00:31:32,500 AND EVERY BONE IN YOUR BODY KIND OF WANTS TO JUST RELAX AND STOP. 568 00:31:32,567 --> 00:31:33,967 BUT YOU CAN'T HERE, YOU KNOW? 569 00:31:34,033 --> 00:31:37,634 YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANIMALS ARE LURKING IN THESE GRASSES, 570 00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:42,100 AND YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP YOUR SENSES ALERT. 571 00:31:44,767 --> 00:31:46,900 THESE LOOK DONE NOW. 572 00:31:46,967 --> 00:31:49,433 I'LL TRY A BIT OF THIS MEAT. 573 00:31:56,467 --> 00:31:59,667 WELL, IF YOU'RE FRENCH, YOU'D LOVE THIS. 574 00:31:59,734 --> 00:32:03,967 BUT KIND OF TASTES A BIT DIRTY, REALLY. 575 00:32:04,033 --> 00:32:07,133 BUT IT'S A BOOST FOR MY NEXT CHALLENGE, 576 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,800 AND I'M GONNA NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET. 577 00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:14,734 I FEEL LIKE TERRIBLE. 578 00:32:24,133 --> 00:32:27,433 I'M IN SOUTHERN AFRICA IN THE ZAMBIAN BUSH. 579 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,433 I'M ON MY WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS 580 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:31,600 TO RENDEZVOUS WITH A HELICOPTER. 581 00:32:31,667 --> 00:32:36,266 AND IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, THERE'S FOOD TO KEEP YOU GOING. 582 00:32:36,333 --> 00:32:40,700 ONE OF THE MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THESE MOPANE TREES 583 00:32:40,767 --> 00:32:44,300 IS THAT THEY'RE COVERED IN... 584 00:32:44,367 --> 00:32:45,967 THESE MOPANE WORMS. 585 00:32:46,033 --> 00:32:48,200 HERE YOU GO. 586 00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:51,300 NOW, SEE THIS GUY? 587 00:32:51,367 --> 00:32:54,300 AND THESE WORMS WILL ONLY LIVE ON THIS TREE. 588 00:32:54,367 --> 00:32:57,000 WHAT THEY FEED OFF ARE ALL OF THESE LEAVES. 589 00:32:57,066 --> 00:33:00,333 BUT THESE WILL GROW INTO THESE BIG MOTHS. 590 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:01,734 BUT THEY ARE EDIBLE. 591 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,200 ABSOLUTELY LOADS OF THEM. TWO UNDER THERE. 592 00:33:05,266 --> 00:33:07,600 OKAY, LET'S COOK THEM UP. 593 00:33:07,667 --> 00:33:12,133 I'VE GOT THIS CAN THAT I FOUND FROM THE BANKS OF THE RIVER. 594 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,634 AND WHAT I CAN DO WITH THIS IS MAKE LIKE A LITTLE STOVE, 595 00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:19,634 AND IF YOU EVER NEEDED TO JUST CONTAIN A FIRE -- 596 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:21,300 JUST HAVE A LITTLE ONE -- 597 00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:24,500 SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN WORK PERFECTLY. 598 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,333 LET'S PUT SOME HOLES IN IT... 599 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,367 TO GET THE AIR THROUGH IT. 600 00:33:32,433 --> 00:33:34,200 AND ONCE I GET THE STOVE GOING, 601 00:33:34,266 --> 00:33:36,400 IT'S GONNA GET HOT REALLY QUICKLY, 602 00:33:36,467 --> 00:33:39,900 SO I WANT TO GET THESE WORMS READY TO GO ON THEM. 603 00:33:39,967 --> 00:33:41,066 AND WHAT YOU DO IS, 604 00:33:41,133 --> 00:33:45,533 GRAB IT BY THE HEAD AND THEN JUST SQUEEZE. 605 00:33:49,166 --> 00:33:53,800 AND ALL OF THE GUNK WILL THEN COME OUT THE BOTTOM. 606 00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:55,300 I CAN'T EAT THEM RAW 607 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,667 BECAUSE THEY'RE COVERED IN SOME SERIOUSLY PRICKLY HAIRS 608 00:33:57,734 --> 00:33:59,867 WHICH COULD DAMAGE YOUR THROAT. 609 00:34:01,934 --> 00:34:04,667 THIS IS REALLY HOT NOW. GET THESE ON. 610 00:34:04,734 --> 00:34:06,900 PACKED WITH SMALL PIECES OF KINDLING, 611 00:34:06,967 --> 00:34:09,100 MY MAKESHIFT STOVE REALLY PUMPS OUT SOME HEAT. 612 00:34:09,166 --> 00:34:12,233 THIS ONE SHOULD BE DONE, I THINK. 613 00:34:21,033 --> 00:34:23,467 TASTES EXACTLY HOW YOU'D IMAGINE 614 00:34:23,533 --> 00:34:28,433 A CHARGRILLED, BRIGHTLY COLORED WORM FULL OF WARM PUSS 615 00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:30,433 WOULD TASTE. 616 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:32,367 UGH. 617 00:34:35,734 --> 00:34:37,734 BUT BEFORE LONG, I'M BEGINNING TO THINK 618 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,533 THAT THAT WAS ONE BUG TOO MANY, 619 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,700 AND I'M SOON FEELING ILL. 620 00:34:42,767 --> 00:34:45,800 THE PUNISHING HUMIDITY ISN'T HELPING EITHER. 621 00:34:45,867 --> 00:34:48,066 WITHIN HOURS, I'VE GOT DIARRHEA, 622 00:34:48,133 --> 00:34:50,600 AND OUT HERE, THAT CAN BE A DISASTER. 623 00:34:50,667 --> 00:34:53,634 UNLESS YOU BURY IT, YOU COULD ATTRACT PREDATORS 624 00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:55,734 JUST WHEN YOU'RE AT YOUR WEAKEST. 625 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,734 BUT IT'S THE DEHYDRATION THAT'S MY BIGGEST PROBLEM. 626 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,266 IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION, 627 00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:04,266 YOU'RE LOSING FLUIDS THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO. 628 00:35:04,333 --> 00:35:07,433 YOU CAN COLLAPSE, AND WITHOUT HELP, YOU CAN DIE. 629 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:09,567 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP DRINKING. 630 00:35:09,634 --> 00:35:11,100 'CAUSE IT'S A RAINY SEASON, 631 00:35:11,166 --> 00:35:13,166 A LOT OF THIS WATER COMING DOWN -- 632 00:35:13,233 --> 00:35:16,500 YOU CAN SEE IT'S REALLY SILTY. 633 00:35:16,567 --> 00:35:18,767 THERE'S A LOT OF SAND AND A LOT OF MUD IN IT. 634 00:35:18,834 --> 00:35:20,533 MY STOMACH'S IN TURMOIL. 635 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,066 AS WELL AS FLUID, 636 00:35:22,133 --> 00:35:25,367 I'M LOSING SALTS AND MINERALS THAT MY BODY REALLY NEEDS. 637 00:35:25,433 --> 00:35:27,967 I MUST FILTER AND BOIL THIS WATER. 638 00:35:28,033 --> 00:35:29,967 I NEED A FIRE. 639 00:35:30,033 --> 00:35:31,400 BECAUSE IT'S SO WET, 640 00:35:31,467 --> 00:35:35,700 A LOT OF THIS WOOD IS JUST COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. 641 00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:39,266 AND WHAT I ALWAYS TELL MY LITTLE BOY 642 00:35:39,333 --> 00:35:41,300 WHEN WE'RE COLLECTING FIREWOOD IS, 643 00:35:41,367 --> 00:35:43,934 IF IT CRACKLES WHEN YOU BREAK IT LIKE A FIRE... 644 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,500 [ CRACKS ] 645 00:35:45,567 --> 00:35:47,200 ...THAT MEANS IT'S GOOD TO BURN. 646 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,567 ONE WAY I CAN CLEAN THE WATER 647 00:35:54,634 --> 00:35:58,967 IS JUST TO IMPROVISE SOMETHING OUT OF MY RUCKSACK. 648 00:35:59,033 --> 00:36:00,400 WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR 649 00:36:00,467 --> 00:36:03,533 IS JUST A POCKET THAT I CAN USE AS A STRAINER. 650 00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:07,767 LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. 651 00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:14,233 AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMPROVISE THIS WITH ANYTHING. 652 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:16,634 YOU KNOW, I'VE USED MY SOCKS BEFORE -- 653 00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:19,934 EVEN UNDERPANTS. 654 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,900 AND THEN, WHAT I'VE ALSO GOT 655 00:36:21,967 --> 00:36:24,667 IS SOME OF THE CHARCOAL FROM MY FIRE. 656 00:36:24,734 --> 00:36:27,433 AND CHARCOAL'S ALWAYS GOOD TO USE. 657 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:32,667 WHAT IT DOES IS ABSORB A LOT OF THE TOXINS IN THE WATER. 658 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:35,734 THIS SHOULD ALSO HELP TO MOP UP 659 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,200 THE HARMFUL BACTERIA IN MY GUT -- 660 00:36:38,266 --> 00:36:41,266 A CLASSIC BUSH REMEDY. 661 00:36:41,333 --> 00:36:44,500 THE SAND WILL FILTER OUT THE LARGE PARTICLES OF DIRT, 662 00:36:44,567 --> 00:36:47,533 AND THE POROUS CHARCOAL WILL SOAK UP THE SMALLER ONES. 663 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:52,400 IF I GET ALL THIS KIND OF MUCKY WATER, POUR IT IN... 664 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,333 ...AND THEN I BOIL THIS UP 665 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,066 TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE IT'S GOOD TO DRINK. 666 00:37:02,133 --> 00:37:06,400 WHAT I'M ALSO GONNA DO IS JUST GRIND UP... 667 00:37:06,467 --> 00:37:10,200 SOME OF THIS CHARCOAL TO TIP INTO IT. 668 00:37:10,266 --> 00:37:12,867 I'VE GOT BAD DIARRHEA, 669 00:37:12,934 --> 00:37:17,433 AND I KNOW THAT THIS STUFF IS GONNA HELP MY STOMACH -- 670 00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:20,800 HELPS ABSORB THE TOXINS. 671 00:37:22,734 --> 00:37:25,834 AND THIS IS ALMOST BOILING NOW. 672 00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:29,367 PEOPLE OFTEN THINK YOU HAVE TO BOIL STUFF FOR AGES, 673 00:37:29,433 --> 00:37:31,000 BUT ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN PROVEN, 674 00:37:31,066 --> 00:37:32,934 ALL YOU NEED IS TO GET IT BOILING. 675 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:34,667 IT'S CALLED A ROLLING BOIL. 676 00:37:34,734 --> 00:37:37,967 AND THEN THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH TO DRINK. 677 00:37:38,033 --> 00:37:40,000 COOL IT DOWN. 678 00:37:40,066 --> 00:37:42,433 LET YOU SEE INSIDE IT. 679 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:43,767 IT'S BOILED. 680 00:37:43,834 --> 00:37:46,433 PRETTY BLACK, BUT THAT'S DRINKABLE, 681 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,634 AND IT'S GONNA HELP MY TUMMY. 682 00:37:50,533 --> 00:37:53,300 IF YOU'RE ILL, YOU'RE BETTER OFF STAYING BY A STREAM 683 00:37:53,367 --> 00:37:56,467 SO YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF FLUID TO KEEP YOU HYDRATED. 684 00:37:56,533 --> 00:37:58,467 BUT I'M FEELING TERRIBLE, 685 00:37:58,533 --> 00:38:01,667 AND THIS IS THE LAST THING I NOW NEED. 686 00:38:05,667 --> 00:38:08,567 WELL, THE STREAM'S LED TO THIS. 687 00:38:08,634 --> 00:38:14,000 AND THAT IS LOOKING PRETTY SHEER ALL THE WAY 'ROUND. 688 00:38:14,066 --> 00:38:19,000 AND THERE WILL BE A WAY UP THIS IF I HEAD BACK A BIT... 689 00:38:19,066 --> 00:38:21,500 YOU KNOW, MAYBE GO AROUND. 690 00:38:21,567 --> 00:38:22,967 BUT A LOT OF ROCK CLIMBING 691 00:38:23,033 --> 00:38:26,567 IS ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A LINE OF WEAKNESS IN A FACE. 692 00:38:26,634 --> 00:38:28,900 AND THIS ONE MIGHT BE DOABLE. 693 00:38:28,967 --> 00:38:32,734 THIS CRACK GOING UP THERE -- IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. 694 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:36,433 AND THE REST OF IT LOOKS PRETTY IMPENETRABLE, 695 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:39,433 BUT THIS LOOKS DOABLE... 696 00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:42,100 AND KIND OF IRRESISTIBLE. 697 00:38:42,166 --> 00:38:46,533 I NEED ALL THE STRENGTH I'VE GOT TO GET UP AND OUT FAST. 698 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:50,533 AT TIMES LIKE THIS, SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT WILLPOWER, 699 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,834 BUT I'M FINDING THIS CLIMB REALLY TOUGH GOING NOW. 700 00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:55,533 NOT FEELING -- 701 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,767 NOT FEELING AS STRONG AS NORMAL. 702 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:02,367 THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE EASIER. 703 00:39:02,433 --> 00:39:05,100 AND THERE'S QUITE A GOOD-SIZED DROP NOW, 704 00:39:05,166 --> 00:39:09,100 AND I'M GETTING QUITE COMMITTED ON THIS. 705 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,266 I FEEL LIKE... [ SIGHS ] 706 00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:17,000 I FEEL LIKE TERRIBLE. 707 00:39:17,066 --> 00:39:19,000 I'M ONLY HALFWAY UP. 708 00:39:19,066 --> 00:39:21,834 I FEEL SICK, AND I'M EXHAUSTED. 709 00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:24,266 GETTING TO THE TOP IS GOING TO BE A BATTLE. 710 00:39:33,066 --> 00:39:36,066 I'M CLIMBING OUT OF THE LOWER ZAMBEZI VALLEY 711 00:39:36,133 --> 00:39:38,000 IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. 712 00:39:38,066 --> 00:39:40,967 I'M EXHAUSTED, WEAKENED BY ACUTE DIARRHEA, 713 00:39:41,033 --> 00:39:42,567 AND 60 FOOT UP. 714 00:39:42,634 --> 00:39:44,834 I CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER. 715 00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:46,433 I FEEL LIKE TERRIBLE. 716 00:39:46,500 --> 00:39:50,533 I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE TO STOP HERE FOR TWO SECONDS. 717 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,533 THIS DIARRHEA... 718 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,200 IS NOT WAITING FOR ANYONE. 719 00:39:55,266 --> 00:39:57,967 SORRY, SORRY, SORRY. 720 00:40:02,533 --> 00:40:05,100 I DO FEEL BETTER THOUGH. 721 00:40:05,166 --> 00:40:07,333 OKAY. 30 MORE FEET. 722 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,867 EVERY TIME YOU HAVE TO STOP LIKE THIS, 723 00:40:09,934 --> 00:40:11,600 YOU BECOME MORE DEHYDRATED. 724 00:40:11,667 --> 00:40:15,800 DIARRHEA CAN MEAN YOU LOSE 40 TIMES MORE WATER THAN NORMAL. 725 00:40:15,867 --> 00:40:19,567 ADD IN THE HEAT, THE HUMIDITY, THE EXERTION, 726 00:40:19,634 --> 00:40:21,767 AND THIS BECOMES SHEER HELL. 727 00:40:27,834 --> 00:40:32,166 BUT AT THE TOP, THERE'S SOME RESPITE FOR MY STRUGGLING BODY. 728 00:40:32,233 --> 00:40:35,400 THIS IS A PLACE TO COOL DOWN, 729 00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:38,700 AND THAT CLIMB WAS MUCH TOUGHER FEELING LIKE THIS, 730 00:40:38,767 --> 00:40:40,533 ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT. 731 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,200 BUT THIS IS GONNA BE HEAVEN. 732 00:40:47,233 --> 00:40:49,300 PURE HEAVEN. 733 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,600 NO MORE CLIMBING NOW AS I PICK MY WAY INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 734 00:40:56,667 --> 00:41:00,066 I'M SHATTERED, BUT MY REWARD FOR GETTING UP HERE 735 00:41:00,133 --> 00:41:03,166 IS THE CHANCE TO BE IN ONE OF THE OLDEST PLACES ON EARTH. 736 00:41:03,233 --> 00:41:04,367 THESE HILLS WERE HERE 737 00:41:04,433 --> 00:41:06,433 WHEN ALL THE CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD 738 00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:07,900 WERE STILL JOINED TOGETHER. 739 00:41:07,967 --> 00:41:12,367 THEY'RE 10 MILLION YEARS OLDER THAN THE HIMALAYAS. 740 00:41:14,367 --> 00:41:15,567 YOU KNOW, REALLY, 741 00:41:15,634 --> 00:41:18,934 ZAMBIA'S SHOWING ME AFRICA AT ITS MOST BEAUTIFUL. 742 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,100 BUT IT'S ALSO SHOWN ME AFRICA AT ITS MOST -- 743 00:41:22,166 --> 00:41:24,634 MOST DANGEROUS AND ITS MOST WILD. 744 00:41:24,700 --> 00:41:26,734 [ SIGHS ] 745 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,467 BUT FOR ME, IT'S DEFINITELY TIME TO BE HEADING HOME. 746 00:41:30,533 --> 00:41:32,734 I'VE GOT A HELICOPTER COMING SOON, 747 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,066 AND TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T MISS ME, 748 00:41:35,133 --> 00:41:37,000 I'M GONNA MAKE A SIGNAL FIRE. 749 00:41:41,133 --> 00:41:43,300 THIS IS NO ORDINARY FIRE. 750 00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:45,533 IT'S GOT TO LIGHT FIRST TIME 751 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,634 AND CREATE A THICK PLUME OF SMOKE. 752 00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:50,166 I'M RAISING THE BASE OF THE FIRE OFF THE GROUND 753 00:41:50,233 --> 00:41:51,500 SO AIR CAN GET UNDER IT, 754 00:41:51,567 --> 00:41:53,300 AND IT'LL BURN BRIGHT AND FAST. 755 00:41:53,367 --> 00:41:55,934 AND THIS PYRAMID CONSTRUCTION 756 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,333 HOLDS ALL THE LAYERS OF FUEL IN PLACE. 757 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,967 GET IT RIGHT, AND IT SHOULD BE SEEN FROM MILES AWAY. 758 00:42:02,033 --> 00:42:05,800 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A SIGNAL FIRE 759 00:42:05,867 --> 00:42:09,734 IS TO MAKE SURE THE TINDER YOU USE GOES UP FIRST TIME. 760 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,800 YOU MIGHT ONLY JUST HAVE ONE CHANCE AT RESCUE. 761 00:42:12,867 --> 00:42:16,300 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE FAFFING AROUND TRYING TO GET THINGS LIT. 762 00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:18,600 AND A GOOD WAY OF MAKING SURE YOUR TINDER'S DRY 763 00:42:18,667 --> 00:42:21,967 IS JUST TO RAKE YOUR HANDS THROUGH THE TUFTS OF GRASS, 764 00:42:22,033 --> 00:42:25,667 AND WHAT YOU'RE LEFT WITH IS THE GOOD, DRY STUFF. 765 00:42:31,767 --> 00:42:34,700 THE IDEA HERE IS, ALL OF THIS DRY STUFF UNDERNEATH 766 00:42:34,767 --> 00:42:36,367 ACTS AS, LIKE, A FUSE. 767 00:42:36,433 --> 00:42:39,867 TAKES VERY FAST AND VERY HOT, 768 00:42:39,934 --> 00:42:43,533 AND THEN BURNS ALL OF THIS LIVING STUFF 769 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,934 THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE SMOKE AND BE THE SIGNAL. 770 00:42:51,934 --> 00:42:54,133 THAT'S THE HELI. 771 00:42:56,934 --> 00:42:59,066 [ FIRE CRACKLING ] 772 00:42:59,133 --> 00:43:00,800 [ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ] 773 00:43:05,066 --> 00:43:08,600 THE CHOPPER'S SEEN ME. IT'S HEADING IN. 774 00:43:13,700 --> 00:43:16,000 AND I'M OUT OF HERE.