1 00:00:10,934 --> 00:00:12,400 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:12,467 --> 00:00:13,567 WHOO! 3 00:00:13,634 --> 00:00:15,200 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 4 00:00:15,266 --> 00:00:19,266 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 5 00:00:19,333 --> 00:00:21,667 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A SERIES OF CHALLENGES 6 00:00:21,734 --> 00:00:24,367 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 7 00:00:24,433 --> 00:00:26,500 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 8 00:00:26,567 --> 00:00:28,333 NOW I'M IN SUMATRA, 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,834 A LAND RAVAGED BY THE TSUNAMI, 10 00:00:30,900 --> 00:00:34,834 TO BATTLE WITH VAST FETID SWAMPS... 11 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:36,500 FIGHTING THE ELEMENTS... 12 00:00:36,567 --> 00:00:37,767 WHOA! 13 00:00:37,834 --> 00:00:40,000 ...AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TERRAIN.... 14 00:00:40,066 --> 00:00:41,567 [ GRUNTS ] 15 00:00:41,634 --> 00:00:44,033 ...DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FIND FOOD... 16 00:00:47,433 --> 00:00:50,700 ...AND USING EVERY OUNCE OF MY SURVIVAL KNOWLEDGE... 17 00:00:50,767 --> 00:00:53,367 I'M NOT GONNA BE DOING THIS AGAIN IN A HURRY! 18 00:00:53,433 --> 00:00:56,300 ...TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. 19 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:07,967 I'M OFF THE WESTERN COAST OF SUMATRA, 20 00:01:08,033 --> 00:01:11,033 ONE OF THE MOST VOLCANIC REGIONS ON EARTH. 21 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:15,000 IT'S KNOWN SIMPLY AS THE RING OF FIRE. 22 00:01:15,066 --> 00:01:16,834 FEARSOME BLACK PEAT SWAMPS 23 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:19,533 DOMINATE THIS INDONESIAN COASTLINE, 24 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,567 SPRAWLING A STAGGERING 31,000 SQUARE MILES. 25 00:01:23,634 --> 00:01:26,667 THIS IS A PLACE WHERE LETHAL REPTILES RULE. 26 00:01:26,734 --> 00:01:29,667 EVEN SUMATRANS FEAR THESE DEADLY SWAMPS, 27 00:01:29,734 --> 00:01:31,567 AND FEW DARE TO VENTURE IN. 28 00:01:31,634 --> 00:01:33,734 IF YOU WERE STRANDED OUT HERE, 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,767 MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS IS CRITICAL. 30 00:01:36,834 --> 00:01:39,166 MAKE A BAD CALL AND YOU'RE DEAD. 31 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:41,967 THERE'S NO WAY THE PILOT CAN LAND HERE, 32 00:01:42,033 --> 00:01:44,767 SO MY ONLY OPTION IS TO USE A TECHNIQUE 33 00:01:44,834 --> 00:01:47,734 THAT IS BOTH FAST AND DANGEROUS. 34 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,867 FAST-ROPING LIKE THIS IS A TECHNIQUE 35 00:01:52,934 --> 00:01:56,533 IN THE SPECIAL FORCES AS A WAY OF GETTING SOLDIERS DOWN 36 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,533 ON TO THE GROUND THE FAST WAY! 37 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,100 IT'S ABOUT A 50-FOOT DROP, 38 00:02:01,166 --> 00:02:03,133 AND IT REQUIRES YOU HOLD YOUR NERVE. 39 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,233 AND YOU'VE GOT NO PROTECTION. 40 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:08,300 ALL YOU'VE GOT IS YOUR HANDS HOLDING ON! 41 00:02:23,667 --> 00:02:27,700 ALL I'VE GOT WITH ME ARE A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS. 42 00:02:27,767 --> 00:02:30,066 MY CAMERA CREW WILL BE COMING WITH ME. 43 00:02:40,867 --> 00:02:47,467 SUDDENLY IT IS VERY, VERY QUIET HERE. 44 00:02:47,533 --> 00:02:53,066 THIS WHOLE PLACE JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S DEAD... 45 00:02:53,133 --> 00:02:54,734 AND ROTTED. 46 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,567 AND IT SMELLS LIKE IT, TOO. 47 00:02:57,634 --> 00:02:59,867 IN DECEMBER 2004, 48 00:02:59,934 --> 00:03:02,667 THE MOST DEVASTATING TSUNAMI EVER RECORDED 49 00:03:02,734 --> 00:03:07,700 SMASHED INTO THE WESTERN COAST OF SUMATRA. 50 00:03:07,767 --> 00:03:09,734 3-METER-HIGH WAVE, 51 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,300 10-FOOT-HIGH WAVE WOULD HAVE RACED THROUGH THIS. 52 00:03:12,367 --> 00:03:17,367 AND THIS IS WHY THIS PLACE IS ALL DEAD AND ROTTING. 53 00:03:17,433 --> 00:03:20,834 A TOWER OF SEAWATER RUSHED INLAND FOR OVER A MILE, 54 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:23,367 DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. 55 00:03:23,433 --> 00:03:26,934 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME THAT EVERYTHING HERE IS ROTTING... 56 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,700 WATCH THAT. 57 00:03:30,967 --> 00:03:34,834 UNDER MY FEET IS A TANGLE OF TWISTED LOGS AND BRANCHES. 58 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:38,233 MAKING PROGRESS IN THIS IS GONNA BE TORTUROUS. 59 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:42,166 THIS IS REAL LEG-BREAKER TERRAIN. 60 00:03:42,233 --> 00:03:46,266 AND IF THAT HAPPENS OUT HERE, NO ONE WOULD HEAR YOU SCREAM. 61 00:03:46,333 --> 00:03:48,734 MY CHALLENGE IS TO GET THROUGH THIS HELL 62 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,133 AND THEN HEAD EAST 63 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,600 AND INLAND TOWARDS HIGHER GROUND AND THE JUNGLE. 64 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:56,800 BUT THAT MEANS GOING DEEPER INTO THE SWAMP. 65 00:03:56,867 --> 00:03:59,800 I'VE REACHED VEGETATION, 66 00:03:59,867 --> 00:04:02,600 BUT NOW I'M HEMMED IN BY THIS PANDANUS REED. 67 00:04:02,667 --> 00:04:04,300 IT'S TWICE THE HEIGHT OF ME, 68 00:04:04,367 --> 00:04:05,634 PACKED TIGHT TOGETHER, 69 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:08,367 AND WITH LEAVES AS SHARP AS A BUTCHER'S KNIFE. 70 00:04:08,433 --> 00:04:10,867 ALL OF THIS HERE IS JUST CALLED BLACK SWAMP. 71 00:04:10,934 --> 00:04:13,066 AND YOU CAN SEE WHY IT'S CALLED THIS. 72 00:04:13,133 --> 00:04:16,166 LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THE WATER. ABSOLUTELY BLACK. 73 00:04:16,233 --> 00:04:19,667 AND THAT IS JUST FROM ALL THE VEGETATION THAT'S ROTTING. 74 00:04:19,734 --> 00:04:21,467 GET A LOOK AT ALL THIS. 75 00:04:21,533 --> 00:04:24,200 IT'S LIKE THE SEWER OF THE JUNGLE. 76 00:04:24,266 --> 00:04:28,467 YOU KNOW, ALL THE DREGS ARE DRAINING THROUGH THIS PLACE. 77 00:04:31,967 --> 00:04:34,500 IF YOU COVER JUST 300 FOOT IN AN HOUR 78 00:04:34,567 --> 00:04:37,667 THROUGH THIS STINKING STUFF, YOU'RE DOING WELL. 79 00:04:37,734 --> 00:04:40,600 THE SUCTION IS SOMETHING ELSE. 80 00:04:40,667 --> 00:04:43,634 IT'S LIKE WADING THROUGH WET CEMENT. 81 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:47,900 AND THEN SUDDENLY I'M UP TO MY NECK IN FETID WATER. 82 00:04:51,433 --> 00:04:54,700 TRYING TO GET MY FOOTING ON THIS STUFF. 83 00:04:54,767 --> 00:04:59,934 IT SUDDENLY, LIKE, DROPS AWAY REALLY DEEP. 84 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:02,767 THE HUMIDITY MAKES IT EVEN TOUGHER. 85 00:05:02,834 --> 00:05:04,400 IT'S A PUNISHING 90%. 86 00:05:04,467 --> 00:05:07,500 YOU CAN LOSE 2 LITERS OF WATER IN AN HOUR, 87 00:05:07,567 --> 00:05:09,934 AND NOT A DROP OF THIS DISEASE-RIDDEN STUFF 88 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,233 IS DRINKABLE. 89 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:16,000 I MEAN, IT IS PRETTY EASY JUST TO PANIC 90 00:05:16,066 --> 00:05:17,700 IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, 91 00:05:17,767 --> 00:05:20,000 JUST BECAUSE IT IS CLAUSTROPHOBIC. 92 00:05:20,066 --> 00:05:23,667 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMPLETELY HEMMED IN BY ALL OF THIS STUFF. 93 00:05:23,734 --> 00:05:27,800 BUT YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP CALM AND TAKE YOUR TIME. 94 00:05:29,367 --> 00:05:30,700 I'M WORKING BACKWARDS, 95 00:05:30,767 --> 00:05:33,567 USING MY BODY WEIGHT TO PUSH THROUGH THE REEDS. 96 00:05:33,634 --> 00:05:35,166 THEY'RE CROWDED IN ON ME, 97 00:05:35,233 --> 00:05:38,634 AND IT'S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE YOU'RE HEADING. 98 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:40,233 WHAT'S HARD IN HERE 99 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:43,533 IS JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN YOUR DIRECTION 100 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,700 AND NOT GO 'ROUND AND 'ROUND IN CIRCLES. 101 00:05:47,767 --> 00:05:51,033 SO I'M JUST LOOK BACK ALWAYS 102 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:54,767 AND CHECKING THAT MY CHANNEL THROUGH IS STRAIGHT. 103 00:05:56,567 --> 00:05:59,734 THE SMALLEST CUT OUT HERE COULD MEAN TROUBLE. 104 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,667 DISEASE THRIVES IN SWAMPS. 105 00:06:01,734 --> 00:06:03,800 INFECTION WOULD QUICKLY SET IN, 106 00:06:03,867 --> 00:06:08,400 AND TRAPPED OUT HERE ALONE, THAT WOULD BE A DEATH SENTENCE. 107 00:06:11,667 --> 00:06:14,433 THERE'S PRECIOUS LITTLE TO EAT, 108 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,734 SO GRAB ANY OPPORTUNITY YOU CAN. 109 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,667 AND THEN LOOK AT THIS FELLOW. 110 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:25,300 THIS CENTIPEDE WON'T KEEP ME GOING FOR LONG, 111 00:06:25,367 --> 00:06:26,700 BUT OUNCE FOR OUNCE, 112 00:06:26,767 --> 00:06:29,266 INSECTS ARE PACKED WITH MORE PROTEIN THAN BEEF -- 113 00:06:29,333 --> 00:06:31,467 THE PERFECT SURVIVAL FOOD. 114 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:42,900 THESE SWAMPS CRAWL WITH DANGER. 115 00:06:42,967 --> 00:06:46,066 THE MOST FEARSOME IS THE ESTUARINE CROCODILE. 116 00:06:46,133 --> 00:06:49,133 THERE ARE SAID TO BE THOUSANDS AROUND HERE -- 117 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,634 17-FOOT MONSTERS WHICH LIE IN WAIT 118 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:54,533 WITH JUST THEIR EYES ABOVE THE WATERLINE. 119 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,934 THEY ATTACK WITH DEVASTATING SPEED AND POWER. 120 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,867 I WOULDN'T STAND A CHANCE. 121 00:06:59,934 --> 00:07:02,300 WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS 122 00:07:02,367 --> 00:07:06,133 IS THAT IF I SEE ONE, I'M SO SLOW JUST IN THIS DEEP MUD. 123 00:07:07,834 --> 00:07:12,934 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SUCKING -- SUCKING AT MY LEGS. 124 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,867 CROCS MIGHT LIKE IT, BUT I DO NOT. 125 00:07:16,934 --> 00:07:19,667 I'D BE EASY PREY STUCK IN THIS MUD. 126 00:07:19,734 --> 00:07:22,400 CROCS CAN SWIM AT 18 MILES AN HOUR 127 00:07:22,467 --> 00:07:24,533 AND BITE WITH AN AWESOME PRESSURE 128 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,934 OF ABOUT 3,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH. 129 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,300 ONLY LAST YEAR, TWO PEOPLE WERE GRABBED 130 00:07:29,367 --> 00:07:31,467 WHILE WASHING CLOTHES BY THE RIVER. 131 00:07:31,533 --> 00:07:32,700 ONE WAS NEVER FOUND. 132 00:07:32,767 --> 00:07:34,667 THE OTHER WAS DISCOVERED 133 00:07:34,734 --> 00:07:37,800 DECOMPOSING UNDER A LOG A WEEK LATER. 134 00:07:37,867 --> 00:07:39,900 CROCS LIKE TO LET FLESH ROT 135 00:07:39,967 --> 00:07:42,734 BEFORE RETURNING TO THE CARCASS. 136 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:48,934 BUT IT'S NOT JUST CROCS I'M WORRIED ABOUT. 137 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,100 THIS SWAMP TEEMS WITH OVER 60 SPECIES OF REPTILES. 138 00:07:53,166 --> 00:07:55,867 THE GUY I'M AFTER HAS A VICIOUS BITE. 139 00:07:55,934 --> 00:07:57,133 IT'S A LIZARD. 140 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,667 IF IT GETS HOLD OF ME, IT WON'T LET GO. 141 00:08:07,467 --> 00:08:09,533 THEY GIVE A NASTY BITE. 142 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,233 I'M TRYING TO CATCH MYSELF SOME FOOD 143 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:24,533 DEEP IN THE VAST BLACK PEAT SWAMPS OF SUMATRA. 144 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,300 IT'S A LIZARD. 145 00:08:29,533 --> 00:08:33,400 AND WHAT I'M AFTER IS PUTTING UP A HELL OF A FIGHT. 146 00:08:40,066 --> 00:08:43,867 I'VE GOT HIM. THAT'S A MONITOR LIZARD. 147 00:08:43,934 --> 00:08:45,834 LIZARDS HERE CAN BE BRUTES -- 148 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,734 UP TO 9 FOOT LONG AND WITH FEARSOME JAWS. 149 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,767 LOOK AT THESE CLAWS. MAN, THOSE ARE SHARP. 150 00:08:51,834 --> 00:08:54,567 IF I'VE GOT HIM BY THE TAIL LIKE THIS, 151 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:56,333 HE CAN'T PULL BACK ON ME. 152 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,900 BUT HE CAN BITE AND HE CAN GIVE A NASTY BITE. 153 00:09:06,867 --> 00:09:08,200 WHEW! 154 00:09:08,266 --> 00:09:13,033 AND THESE GUYS, THEY'RE EDIBLE. 155 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:16,533 PROBABLY PRETTY TOUGH, BUT EDIBLE. 156 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,800 THAT'S THE RESULT. 157 00:09:23,233 --> 00:09:27,333 LOOKS LIKE GOOD HIGH GROUND OVER THERE. 158 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:33,033 AND THAT MEANS I CAN GET OUT OF THIS GODFORSAKEN SWAMP. 159 00:09:37,667 --> 00:09:42,133 BUT THIS PLACE IS JUST RIDDLED WITH DANGERS -- 160 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,400 CROCS, SNAKES, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, 161 00:09:45,467 --> 00:09:48,400 AND SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE JUNGLES ON EARTH. 162 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:53,533 THIS IS ALSO TIGER TERRITORY. 163 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,500 THEY'RE THE STEALTHIEST OF KILLERS, 164 00:09:55,567 --> 00:09:58,133 AND THEY'RE ALSO NOCTURNAL HUNTERS. 165 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,834 SO I NEED FIRE AND SHELTER BEFORE IT GETS DARK. 166 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:05,700 WHEN YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE, PLAY BY ITS RULES. 167 00:10:07,133 --> 00:10:11,033 SO, REALLY, THE KEY TO SURVIVING IN THE JUNGLE 168 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:13,433 IS NOT FIGHTING THIS THING. 169 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:17,500 JUST TRY TO ADAPT TO IT AND USE IT TO WORK FOR YOU. 170 00:10:17,567 --> 00:10:19,767 'CAUSE IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, 171 00:10:19,834 --> 00:10:22,800 YOU CAN NOT ONLY SURVIVE IN THE JUNGLE, 172 00:10:22,867 --> 00:10:26,567 YOU CAN REALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THRIVE ON IT. 173 00:10:26,634 --> 00:10:30,900 FOR ME, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME EVER BEING IN THE JUNGLE, 174 00:10:30,967 --> 00:10:32,500 JUST FEELING QUITE CLAUSTROPHOBIC 175 00:10:32,567 --> 00:10:34,333 'CAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON HERE. 176 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,567 YOU'RE JUST HEMMED IN ON ALL SIDES. 177 00:10:36,634 --> 00:10:38,467 BUT THEN THE SOLDIER SAID, HE SAID, 178 00:10:38,533 --> 00:10:42,000 "TRY NOT TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT'S IMMEDIATELY AROUND YOU, 179 00:10:42,066 --> 00:10:44,967 BUT TRY AND LOOK THROUGH THE VEGETATION." 180 00:10:45,033 --> 00:10:46,533 AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, 181 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,500 YOU BEGIN TO PICK OUT DIFFERENT SHADES OF COLOR AND LIGHT, 182 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:54,333 AND YOU CAN THEN READ THE CONTOURS OF THE LAND BETTER. 183 00:10:56,066 --> 00:10:59,066 THE MONITOR LIZARD IS WAY TOO TOUGH TO EAT RAW. 184 00:10:59,133 --> 00:11:01,433 SO I'M GONNA FIND SOMEWHERE THAT 185 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:03,367 I CAN MAKE FIRE AND COOK IT. 186 00:11:05,467 --> 00:11:07,867 THIS RIVER CLEARING IS PERFECT -- 187 00:11:07,934 --> 00:11:09,400 PLENTY OF FRESH WATER. 188 00:11:09,467 --> 00:11:12,100 AND WHEN I'VE EATEN, I CAN FOLLOW IT. 189 00:11:12,166 --> 00:11:15,233 IT'S MY FASTEST AND SAFEST WAY OUT OF HERE. 190 00:11:18,033 --> 00:11:22,867 TRY AND FIND SOME FIREWOOD TO START COOKING THIS LIZARD. 191 00:11:24,967 --> 00:11:27,900 ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF GETTING DRY TINDER IN THE JUNGLE 192 00:11:27,967 --> 00:11:32,734 WHEN EVERYTHING IS SO WET IS JUST USE A BIT OF DEAD BAMBOO. 193 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,567 AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS REALLY WET ON THE OUTSIDE, 194 00:11:35,634 --> 00:11:38,367 ONCE I GET INTO IT... 195 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:44,533 ...UNDERNEATH IS THEN ALL THIS NICE DRY STUFF. 196 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:49,367 ALL FIRES NEED THREE ELEMENTS -- 197 00:11:49,433 --> 00:11:51,934 TINDER, KINDLING, AND WOOD. 198 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,266 THIS TENDER TAKES A SPARK REALLY NICELY. 199 00:12:02,333 --> 00:12:04,333 WHAT'S GONNA BE THE HARD BIT, I KNOW, 200 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,033 IS JUST GETTING ALL OF THIS OTHER WOOD 201 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:10,333 JUST TO COAX INTO LIFE. 202 00:12:12,533 --> 00:12:14,500 THIS JUNGLE IS BANG ON THE EQUATOR, 203 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,900 AND THE HUMIDITY IS DEBILITATING. 204 00:12:16,967 --> 00:12:18,900 THE AIR IS LADEN WITH MOISTURE, 205 00:12:18,967 --> 00:12:21,467 AND IT'S ALMOST AT SATURATION POINT. 206 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:25,967 EVERYTHING HERE IS JUST SO, SO WET AND DAMP. 207 00:12:26,033 --> 00:12:29,066 YOU NEED TO ALLOW TIME FOR A LITTLE BIT OF FLAME 208 00:12:29,133 --> 00:12:33,233 DOWN THE BOTTOM TO DRY OUT THE REST OF IT. 209 00:12:33,300 --> 00:12:39,300 IT'S JUST THERE'S NOWHERE HARDER TO DO THIS THAN IN THE JUNGLE. 210 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,967 A BIT OF AIR AND A BIT OF GENTLE COAXING, 211 00:12:45,033 --> 00:12:47,100 AND THIS FIRE WILL SOON BE READY 212 00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:50,000 FOR ME TO COOK THE LIZARD. 213 00:12:53,967 --> 00:12:57,367 SEE HOW SKINNY IT IS WHEN YOU LIE IT LIKE THAT. 214 00:12:57,433 --> 00:12:59,634 IT'S JUST ALL INSIDES. 215 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:03,734 BUT THERE IS GOOD MEAT HERE ON THE TAIL. 216 00:13:16,533 --> 00:13:19,166 AND LIVER'S REALLY GOOD SURVIVAL FOOD -- 217 00:13:19,233 --> 00:13:21,066 PACKED FULL OF IRON. 218 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:23,734 IT'S ALSO REALLY VITAMIN AND NUTRIENT RICH. 219 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:28,500 AND I REALLY LOVE IT. 220 00:13:33,533 --> 00:13:35,567 BUT YUM. 221 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:40,433 AND THIS IS LOOKING... 222 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:43,767 PRETTY WELL GOOD TO GO. 223 00:13:43,834 --> 00:13:45,233 IT'S NICE. 224 00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:50,066 YES, IT'S TOUGH, BUT, THEN AGAIN, SO IS THIS LIZARD. 225 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,033 THE JUNGLE CAN BE PUNISHING ON YOUR BODY, 226 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,500 SO USE REST TIME TO GIVE YOURSELF A ONCE-OVER. 227 00:13:56,567 --> 00:13:58,967 ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT JUNGLE LIVING 228 00:13:59,033 --> 00:14:01,266 THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO GET USED TO 229 00:14:01,333 --> 00:14:04,967 IS HAVING PERMANENTLY WET BOOTS AND FEET. 230 00:14:05,033 --> 00:14:07,033 BUT, REALLY, IF YOU'VE GOT BOOTS 231 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:10,133 THAT DON'T HAVE LITTLE HOLES IN THEM LIKE JUNGLE BOOTS, 232 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,133 YOU WANT TO IMPROVISE. 233 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,166 AND IF YOU JUST GET A KNIFE, STICK IT IN, 234 00:14:16,233 --> 00:14:20,567 THAT WILL JUST LET THE WATER, THEN, DRAIN OUT 235 00:14:20,634 --> 00:14:22,500 THROUGH THERE. 236 00:14:22,567 --> 00:14:28,233 AND THAT'S GONNA HELP STOP YOU GETTING TRENCH FOOT. 237 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:32,834 AND IN THE JUNGLE, IF YOUR FEET GO, 238 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:35,767 YOU'RE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. 239 00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:37,800 IN THIS SWELTERING RAIN FOREST, 240 00:14:37,867 --> 00:14:41,300 IT CAN TAKE JUST HOURS FOR TRENCH FOOT TO SET IN. 241 00:14:41,367 --> 00:14:44,100 BLISTERS AND OPEN SORES BECOME GANGRENOUS. 242 00:14:44,166 --> 00:14:48,266 THEN YOU'LL BE GOING NOWHERE. 243 00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:51,834 FOLLOWING THIS RIVER MIGHT BE A LIFESAVER, 244 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:54,567 BUT IT COULD BE A DEATH TRAP. 245 00:15:07,467 --> 00:15:10,033 I'M FOLLOWING A JUNGLE RIVER IN SUMATRA, 246 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:11,734 FACING A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 247 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,166 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE 248 00:15:14,233 --> 00:15:17,133 FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST RAIN FORESTS. 249 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,066 IT'S THE FASTEST ROUTE OUT, BUT IT'S RAINY SEASON, 250 00:15:20,133 --> 00:15:24,567 WHEN AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES CAN POUR DOWN IN AN HOUR. 251 00:15:24,634 --> 00:15:27,867 THIS ISN'T LOOKING TOO PROMISING. 252 00:15:27,934 --> 00:15:30,734 WATER LEVELS CAN RISE 4 OR 5 FOOT 253 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,467 IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. 254 00:15:32,533 --> 00:15:35,433 THIS RIVER NOW HAS ONLY ONE WAY TO GO -- 255 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:37,467 DOWN. 256 00:15:41,367 --> 00:15:43,834 DO YOU SEE THE POWER OF THE WATER'S 257 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:47,367 REALLY BUILDING UP NOW HERE? 258 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,734 THE STEEP SLOPES OF THIS CANYON ARE SMOTHERED IN SLIMY MOSS 259 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,100 AND DENSE JUNGLE. 260 00:15:55,166 --> 00:15:59,233 THE QUICKEST WAY OUT OF HERE IS TO CLIMB DOWN. 261 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,700 MUST BE ABOUT A 40-FOOT DROP STRAIGHT DOWN THIS. 262 00:16:05,767 --> 00:16:09,900 YOU SEE THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF WATER GOING DOWN IT. 263 00:16:12,567 --> 00:16:15,233 IF FACT, I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO. 264 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:25,967 RIGHT HERE, IF I FIND MYSELF A DECENT LENGTH OF VINE, 265 00:16:26,033 --> 00:16:29,166 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A REALLY SIMPLE 266 00:16:29,233 --> 00:16:31,800 SUPPLY HARNESS AROUND MYSELF. 267 00:16:34,033 --> 00:16:35,367 IT'S CALLED RATI VINE. 268 00:16:35,433 --> 00:16:37,900 IT'S ONE OF THE STRONGEST IN THE JUNGLE. 269 00:16:37,967 --> 00:16:40,700 IT'S KNOWN AS THE CABLE OF THE JUNGLE. 270 00:16:40,767 --> 00:16:44,567 IT'S TOUGH AND CAN GROW TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET 271 00:16:44,634 --> 00:16:47,200 AS IT FIGHTS TO GET TO THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST CANOPY. 272 00:16:47,266 --> 00:16:49,300 [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] 273 00:16:49,367 --> 00:16:52,634 IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY TURNED THE SHOWER ON. 274 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:54,767 JUST MAD RAIN. 275 00:16:54,834 --> 00:16:57,667 OKAY, GET ALL OF THIS. 276 00:16:57,734 --> 00:17:00,467 AND THE BEST WAY I CAN MAKE A HARNESS 277 00:17:00,533 --> 00:17:04,967 IS JUST TO MAKE WHAT'S CALLED A THOMPSON'S KNOT. 278 00:17:05,033 --> 00:17:06,667 AND IF YOU FIND THE END, 279 00:17:06,734 --> 00:17:09,567 WHAT YOU DO IS TAKE THE END, STAND ON IT, 280 00:17:09,634 --> 00:17:12,400 AND THEN MEASURE UP TO ABOUT YOUR CHEST. 281 00:17:12,467 --> 00:17:15,934 AND THEN YOU WANT FOUR TIMES THAT. 282 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:20,667 AND THEN IN THAT JUST PUT A REALLY SIMPLE OVERHAND KNOT. 283 00:17:24,634 --> 00:17:29,033 AND WHAT YOU'RE LEFT WITH IS TWO LOOPS EACH SIDE. 284 00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:32,500 TWO -- TWO. 285 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,433 AND THEN YOU'RE WELL-SUPPORTED. 286 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:45,000 ONE CENTRAL POINT, TWO LEG LOOPS, 287 00:17:45,066 --> 00:17:47,600 AND TWO GOOD CHEST STRAPS HERE. 288 00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:52,667 AND AS LONG AS THIS ONE HOLDS, I'M GOOD TO GO. 289 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:57,033 THIS TRUNK MIGHT LOOK PUNY, 290 00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:59,400 BUT JUNGLE TREES HAVE DEEP, LONG ROOTS, 291 00:17:59,467 --> 00:18:01,767 SO IT SHOULD TAKE MY WEIGHT. 292 00:18:09,467 --> 00:18:13,133 IT'S A RISKY STRATEGY -- IT'S WET AND SLIPPERY AS ICE, 293 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,734 AND THE RIVER IS THUNDERING DOWN. 294 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,400 ONE SLIP AND THE FORCE OF THE WATER WOULD SMASH YOU 295 00:18:19,467 --> 00:18:20,600 AGAINST THE ROCKS. 296 00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:22,600 OKAY. 297 00:18:22,667 --> 00:18:25,200 [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] 298 00:18:25,266 --> 00:18:27,900 I'M CREATING QUITE A LOT OF FRICTION. 299 00:18:27,967 --> 00:18:31,066 I RAN THE VINE AROUND THE TREE. 300 00:18:31,133 --> 00:18:35,200 THAT MEANS I CAN LOWER MY BODY WEIGHT QUITE COMFORTABLY. 301 00:18:35,266 --> 00:18:38,533 IT'S JUST BLOODY SLIPPERY. 302 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,467 AND THIS THING'S YANKING AT MY NECK. 303 00:18:41,533 --> 00:18:43,600 BUT LET'S GO DOWN. 304 00:18:45,433 --> 00:18:50,934 DEFINITELY NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS A NORMAL CLIMBING HARNESS. 305 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,667 AAH! 306 00:19:06,166 --> 00:19:09,166 I'M NOT GONNA BE DOING THIS AGAIN IN A HURRY! 307 00:19:09,233 --> 00:19:10,767 [ GRUNTS ] 308 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:32,233 WHOA. 309 00:19:34,233 --> 00:19:37,867 THIS LASTED 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN. 310 00:19:37,934 --> 00:19:41,567 BUT EVENTUALLY IT GAVE OUT. 311 00:19:41,634 --> 00:19:45,433 [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] 312 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:48,000 AND I'M ON MY WAY. 313 00:19:54,767 --> 00:19:58,567 TO SURVIVE MEANS YOU HAVE TO TAKE RISKS, 314 00:19:58,634 --> 00:20:03,300 BUT THE JUNGLE CAN BE A VERY UNFORGIVING PLACE. 315 00:20:03,367 --> 00:20:06,166 FOR THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHALLENGES STILL AHEAD, 316 00:20:06,233 --> 00:20:09,066 AND I'M GONNA MAKE A SHELTER UP THIS TREE. 317 00:20:28,333 --> 00:20:32,567 I'VE JUST FOUGHT MY WAY DOWN A WATERFALL DEEP IN SUMATRA 318 00:20:32,634 --> 00:20:36,266 IN ONE OF THE MOST UNCHARTED RAIN FORESTS IN THE WORLD. 319 00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:38,934 NOW MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THE RAIN. 320 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,867 IT'S RAINY SEASON, AND IT IS RELENTLESS, 321 00:20:41,934 --> 00:20:45,200 AND IT'S HARD NOT TO LET IT GET YOU DOWN. 322 00:20:45,266 --> 00:20:48,600 I THINK IT'S RAINING. 323 00:20:48,667 --> 00:20:50,166 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 324 00:20:50,233 --> 00:20:53,233 GOD, I'M JUST COMPLETELY DRENCHED. 325 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:57,233 THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY CALL IT A RAIN FOREST. 326 00:20:57,300 --> 00:21:00,367 AHH. 327 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:05,033 ONE THING YOU LEARN VERY EARLY ON WITH JUNGLE LIVING 328 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:07,300 IS JUST TO ACCEPT THE RAIN. 329 00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:10,500 BUT DURING THE DAY, YOU'RE JUST GONNA GET SOAKED. 330 00:21:10,567 --> 00:21:12,367 YOU JUST NEED TO GO WITH IT, 331 00:21:12,433 --> 00:21:14,900 'CAUSE TRYING TO FIGHT THIS SORT OF RAIN, 332 00:21:14,967 --> 00:21:18,834 REALLY, IN THE JUNGLE, IS A LOSING BATTLE. 333 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:22,533 BUT RAIN MEANS FRESH WATER, 334 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,600 AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY IN THE HOLLOW OF THIS BAMBOO. 335 00:21:25,667 --> 00:21:28,033 IN THE SWELTERING HUMIDITY OF THE JUNGLE, 336 00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:32,000 YOU CAN SHED AROUND 4 PINTS OF FLUID AND MINERALS EVERY HOUR. 337 00:21:32,066 --> 00:21:35,066 IF YOU DON'T TOP UP, YOU'LL GET DEHYDRATED. 338 00:21:35,133 --> 00:21:36,767 AND IF YOU'RE DEHYDRATED, 339 00:21:36,834 --> 00:21:39,834 YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING OUT ALIVE PLUMMET. 340 00:21:44,467 --> 00:21:49,066 AND THAT'S BEAUTIFUL WATER TO DRINK... 341 00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:51,533 FILTERED OUT THROUGH THE GROUND... 342 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,000 [ SLURPS ] 343 00:21:53,066 --> 00:21:55,066 ...INTO THE BAMBOO. 344 00:21:55,133 --> 00:21:57,700 AND LISTEN TO THE DIFFERENCE NOW BETWEEN THAT... 345 00:21:57,767 --> 00:21:58,800 [ TAPPING ] 346 00:21:58,867 --> 00:21:59,800 ...FOR THE WATER... 347 00:21:59,867 --> 00:22:01,266 [ HOLLOW KNOCKING ] 348 00:22:01,333 --> 00:22:03,734 ...AND THAT EMPTY. 349 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,166 WHEW. 350 00:22:06,233 --> 00:22:07,934 IT'S GETTING DARK. 351 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,834 ON THE EQUATOR, NIGHT FALLS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, 352 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:13,734 AND I'VE GOT ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE IT'S PITCH BLACK. 353 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,533 I NEED TO SET UP CAMP, AND WHAT THE ORANGUTANS DO 354 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,000 IS BUILD THEIR NESTS HIGH UP IN THE TREES, 355 00:22:19,066 --> 00:22:21,600 WELL OUT OF THE WAY OF PREDATORS LIKE TIGERS. 356 00:22:21,667 --> 00:22:24,100 THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 357 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:27,233 JUST LOOK AT THIS TREE. 358 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:29,533 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS. 359 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:35,300 AND THESE FIG TREES JUST GROW ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE. 360 00:22:35,367 --> 00:22:38,867 BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THIS BIG. 361 00:22:38,934 --> 00:22:41,233 AND, ACTUALLY, WHAT THE ORANGUTANS WILL DO -- 362 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:43,200 THEY'LL OFTEN BUILD THEIR NESTS 363 00:22:43,266 --> 00:22:46,266 HIGH UP IN THE BRANCHES AND THE LIMBS. 364 00:22:46,333 --> 00:22:50,567 BUT THEN, YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S LIKE A HUGE BIT OF DEADFALL 365 00:22:50,634 --> 00:22:53,967 THAT'S GOT LODGED IN BETWEEN. 366 00:22:54,033 --> 00:22:56,867 I JUST WONDER, ACTUALLY... 367 00:22:58,433 --> 00:23:04,166 ...WHETHER THAT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD PLACE TO SPEND THE NIGHT. 368 00:23:04,233 --> 00:23:07,433 AND THE BEST THING YOU'LL OFTEN DO WITH A SHELTER, 369 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:10,033 INSTEAD OF SPENDING HOURS BUILDING IT, 370 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:13,867 IS JUST TO USE WHATEVER NATURE'S GIVEN YOU. 371 00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:17,533 AND THIS, I THINK, MIGHT WORK. 372 00:23:19,533 --> 00:23:23,567 BUT I'M GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF COVERING ABOVE ME. 373 00:23:23,634 --> 00:23:28,667 OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA BE LIKE SLEEPING IN A SWIMMING POOL. 374 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,000 WHEN MAKING JUST A REALLY QUICK EMERGENCY SHELTER, 375 00:23:39,066 --> 00:23:42,967 YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO MUCH BETTER THAN USING THESE BANANA LEAVES. 376 00:23:43,033 --> 00:23:45,367 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THEM. ABSOLUTELY HUGE. 377 00:23:45,433 --> 00:23:48,934 YOU ONLY NEED A COUPLE OF THOSE AND YOU'RE GONNA BE COVERED. 378 00:23:50,333 --> 00:23:51,967 HERE IT COMES. 379 00:23:56,934 --> 00:24:00,900 ACTUALLY, THERE'S BANANAS UP THAT ONE. 380 00:24:00,967 --> 00:24:03,200 SEE IF WE CAN GET AT THEM. 381 00:24:03,266 --> 00:24:05,166 [ KNIFE SCRAPING ] 382 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,500 THESE WILD BANANAS ARE KNOWN AS FAMINE FOOD. 383 00:24:13,266 --> 00:24:16,133 LET'S GIVE THEM A TRY, SEE WHAT'S INSIDE. 384 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,433 OH. 385 00:24:24,667 --> 00:24:28,300 MMM. NOT KIND OF LIKE YOUR MERCHANT BANANAS. 386 00:24:28,367 --> 00:24:33,100 PRETTY BITTER, BUT LOADS OF THEM, 387 00:24:33,166 --> 00:24:36,000 AND THAT MEANS LOADS OF ENERGY. 388 00:24:36,066 --> 00:24:39,800 IT'S WHAT I NEED WHEN IT'S LIKE THIS -- 389 00:24:39,867 --> 00:24:43,367 RAINING, HARD WORK, 390 00:24:43,433 --> 00:24:47,266 AND A SHELTER TO BUILD BEFORE IT'S NIGHTTIME. 391 00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:49,367 A FEW MORE OF THESE. 392 00:24:49,433 --> 00:24:52,300 THESE LIANA VINES ARE PERFECT 393 00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:54,867 FOR HAULING UP MATERIALS FOR MY SHELTER. 394 00:24:54,934 --> 00:24:57,066 AND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF THEM. 395 00:24:57,133 --> 00:25:00,200 THEY MAKE UP ALMOST HALF THE ENTIRE JUNGLE CANOPY. 396 00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:02,700 SORT OF RUNNING OUT OF LIGHT HERE. 397 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:06,934 I JUST WANT TO GET THIS FINISHED BEFORE IT'S COMPLETELY DARK. 398 00:25:15,867 --> 00:25:17,467 I'M READY NOW. 399 00:25:17,533 --> 00:25:21,467 I'M QUITE WELL-PROTECTED FROM THE RAIN. 400 00:25:21,533 --> 00:25:24,900 A FEW MORE AND I'LL BE DONE. 401 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,033 I'M ACTUALLY QUITE NICELY COCOONED IN HERE. 402 00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:34,667 THESE BANANA LEAVES ARE KEEPING THE RAIN OFF ME, 403 00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:36,834 AND I'M BEGINNING TO WARM UP. 404 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:40,333 IF I CAN JUST GET THIS LITTLE FIRE GOING, 405 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,200 THAT WOULD ROUND IT OFF. 406 00:25:43,266 --> 00:25:47,734 GETTING A FIRE GOING IN A SOAKING-WET JUNGLE IS NOT EASY, 407 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,767 BUT IT'S WORTH PERSEVERING, 408 00:25:49,834 --> 00:25:52,634 AND IT CAN BE A HUGE MORALE BOOST. 409 00:25:55,367 --> 00:25:58,600 THERE'S A FIRE GOING. THAT'S NICE. 410 00:25:58,667 --> 00:26:00,734 [ SNIFFS ] 411 00:26:02,834 --> 00:26:06,934 IT'S SO NICE JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT RAIN 412 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,634 AND BEGIN TO DRY OUT OF IT, ESPECIALLY MY FEET. 413 00:26:13,066 --> 00:26:15,333 ONE OF THE REAL PLEASURES OF THE JUNGLE 414 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,567 IS TAKING YOUR BOOTS OFF AT THE END OF THE DAY, 415 00:26:17,634 --> 00:26:21,400 WRINGING YOUR SOCKS OUT, AND YOUR FEET. 416 00:26:21,467 --> 00:26:25,000 AND THESE PROBABLY DON'T LOOK VERY PRETTY, 417 00:26:25,066 --> 00:26:27,066 ALL WRINKLY LIKE PRUNES, 418 00:26:27,133 --> 00:26:30,166 BUT AT LEAST I CAN NOW DRY THEM OUT 419 00:26:30,233 --> 00:26:33,166 AND DRY THESE SOCKS OUT, AS WELL. 420 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,533 IF I HAD TO SUM JUNGLE LIVING UP IN ONE ACTION, 421 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,734 IT WOULD BE THAT -- WRINGING YOUR SOCKS OUT. 422 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,400 [ SIGHS ] 423 00:26:52,467 --> 00:26:54,300 AND I KNOW THAT UP THIS TREE 424 00:26:54,367 --> 00:26:58,800 I'M OUT OF DANGER OF ANY OF THE BIGGER ANIMALS. 425 00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:00,667 ALTHOUGH I SEEM TO BE SHARING IT 426 00:27:00,734 --> 00:27:02,600 WITH QUITE A FEW CREEPY-CRAWLIES. 427 00:27:02,667 --> 00:27:06,900 BUT APART FROM THOSE, I FEEL QUITE GOOD UP HERE. 428 00:27:06,967 --> 00:27:09,200 AND, HOPEFULLY, I'LL GET SOME REST, 429 00:27:09,266 --> 00:27:11,834 BECAUSE TOMORROW I'M GONNA NEED IT. 430 00:27:11,900 --> 00:27:13,567 LOOK AT THIS GUY. 431 00:27:13,634 --> 00:27:18,033 IT'S A MANGROVE SNAKE. AND THESE ARE DANGEROUS SNAKES. 432 00:27:26,066 --> 00:27:27,467 I'VE JUST SPENT THE NIGHT 433 00:27:27,533 --> 00:27:29,934 40 FOOT UP IN A GIANT STRANGLER FIG TREE, 434 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,667 SAFE FROM PREDATORS THAT PROWL THE FOREST FLOOR 435 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:34,266 OF THE SUMATRAN JUNGLE. 436 00:27:34,333 --> 00:27:36,333 I'M HAVING TO USE ALL MY SKILLS 437 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,000 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. 438 00:27:39,066 --> 00:27:40,567 BUT FIRST -- BREAKFAST. 439 00:27:40,634 --> 00:27:43,900 THIS TREE'S HOLLOW TRUNK HASN'T JUST SHELTERED ME, 440 00:27:43,967 --> 00:27:46,567 IT'S HOME TO A WHOLE HOST OF BEASTIES. 441 00:27:46,634 --> 00:27:48,033 SEE THAT? 442 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:50,634 LITTLE BEETLE LARVA. IN FACT, NOT VERY LITTLE. 443 00:27:50,700 --> 00:27:54,266 QUITE A BIG BEETLE LARVA. BUT THIS ONE IS EDIBLE. 444 00:27:54,333 --> 00:27:56,066 AND THAT'S MY BREAKFAST. 445 00:27:56,133 --> 00:27:57,867 [ SNIFFS ] 446 00:28:01,634 --> 00:28:03,834 HOLD HIM BY THE HEAD. 447 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,333 [ CRUNCHING ] 448 00:28:18,066 --> 00:28:21,734 AND IT HAS THAT TEXTURE 449 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,734 OF COLD CUSTARD... 450 00:28:26,133 --> 00:28:28,967 ...AS IF SOMEONE'S PUT SOME ROTTING FISH IN IT... 451 00:28:29,033 --> 00:28:30,100 [ SPITS ] 452 00:28:30,166 --> 00:28:32,634 ...AND THEN LEFT IT OVERNIGHT. 453 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:38,433 HERE WE GO. LOOK AT THIS MILLIPEDE I FOUND. 454 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:41,367 THAT'S QUITE A MONSTER OF ONE. 455 00:28:41,433 --> 00:28:45,000 BUT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY EAT THIS GUY. 456 00:28:45,066 --> 00:28:48,834 IF YOU SMELL HIM, IT HAS THAT SMELL OF ALMONDS, 457 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:53,066 WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN THAT IT'S ONE OF THESE MILLIPEDES THAT, 458 00:28:53,133 --> 00:28:55,867 WHEN IT'S THREATENED, IT SECRETES THIS SUBSTANCE -- 459 00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:57,533 IT HAS A BIT OF CYANIDE IN IT. 460 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,900 SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO EAT THIS. 461 00:28:59,967 --> 00:29:02,767 SO, PUT HIM BACK. 462 00:29:02,834 --> 00:29:07,900 WELL, THIS BANANA-LEAF ROOF DID AN ALL RIGHT JOB. 463 00:29:07,967 --> 00:29:10,033 KEPT MOST OF THE RAIN OFF ME. 464 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:13,000 BUT IT WAS PRETTY TORRENTIAL AT TIMES. 465 00:29:13,066 --> 00:29:17,233 BUT I'M GONNA GET A LAST BIT OF WARMTH OUT OF THIS FIRE, 466 00:29:17,300 --> 00:29:20,000 HAVE A GOOD LOOK AROUND ABOVE THE JUNGLE CANOPY, 467 00:29:20,066 --> 00:29:22,600 ENJOY THE BLUE SKY BEFORE I'M BACK DOWN THERE 468 00:29:22,667 --> 00:29:26,800 INTO THE JUNGLE AGAIN FOR TODAY. 469 00:29:29,867 --> 00:29:31,533 THE RAIN HAS LET UP FOR NOW, 470 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,600 BUT IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE IT LASHES DOWN AGAIN. 471 00:29:34,667 --> 00:29:35,900 IN JUST TWO MONTHS, 472 00:29:35,967 --> 00:29:38,300 SUMATRA GETS THE SAME AMOUNT OF RAIN 473 00:29:38,367 --> 00:29:40,367 AS THE UNITED STATES GETS IN A YEAR. 474 00:29:40,433 --> 00:29:43,900 AND THE JUNGLE HERE HARBORS SOME NASTY SURPRISES. 475 00:29:47,567 --> 00:29:49,567 JUST WAIT THERE. 476 00:29:49,634 --> 00:29:51,734 LOOK AT THIS GUY. 477 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,934 IT'S A MANGROVE SNAKE. 478 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,133 AND THESE ARE DANGEROUS SNAKES. 479 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,967 SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM OUT OF THE TREE. 480 00:29:58,033 --> 00:29:59,767 [ HISSING ] 481 00:29:59,834 --> 00:30:01,700 HE'S PERFECTLY CAMOUFLAGED, 482 00:30:01,767 --> 00:30:05,767 BUT ONE BITE FROM THIS SNAKE COULD SPELL DISASTER. 483 00:30:05,834 --> 00:30:07,667 WHEN YOU'RE HANDLING A SNAKE, 484 00:30:07,734 --> 00:30:11,400 YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT TO WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ITS HEAD, 485 00:30:11,467 --> 00:30:13,433 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S POISONOUS. 486 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:17,200 OKAY, LET'S HAVE HIM OFF. COME ON, THEN. 487 00:30:17,266 --> 00:30:20,367 COME ON, THEN. OFF YOU COME. 488 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:24,967 WHOA! 489 00:30:25,033 --> 00:30:27,200 OKAY. 490 00:30:27,266 --> 00:30:29,500 AND PIN HIS HEAD DOWN. 491 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:34,834 OKAY, I'VE GOT HIM. 492 00:30:34,900 --> 00:30:36,600 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SNAKE, 493 00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:39,533 BUT PRETTY POISONOUS IF YOU GET IT WRONG. 494 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,367 BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A MANGROVE SNAKE. 495 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,200 BUT WHAT THIS'LL DO, IF IT BITES YOU, 496 00:30:48,266 --> 00:30:50,700 IT'LL INJECT THIS, LIKE, CYTOTOXIC VENOM 497 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:53,166 STRAIGHT INTO YOU -- LIKE, NUMB, 498 00:30:53,233 --> 00:30:55,800 PARALYZE YOUR ARM FOR A FEW DAYS. 499 00:30:55,867 --> 00:30:57,433 BUT YOU CAN EAT THIS. 500 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:00,166 I JUST NEED TO TAKE HIS HEAD OFF. 501 00:31:00,233 --> 00:31:04,166 BUT HE'S STILL WRIGGLING AROUND, 502 00:31:04,233 --> 00:31:06,734 BUT, YOU KNOW, A SNAKE LIKE THIS, 503 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,900 YOU CAN EAT STRAIGHT LIKE THAT. 504 00:31:21,367 --> 00:31:25,634 BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR RAW MEAT, NOT BAD. 505 00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:29,233 WITHIN MINUTES, IT'S RAINING, 506 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:32,200 AND I'M DRENCHED TO THE SKIN AGAIN. 507 00:31:35,767 --> 00:31:37,467 [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] 508 00:31:37,533 --> 00:31:39,634 BUT THIS IMPENETRABLE JUNGLE 509 00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:43,800 SUDDENLY HAS SOMETHING TO LIFT MY SPIRITS. 510 00:31:43,867 --> 00:31:46,967 LOOK AT THE COLOR OF IT -- JUST INCREDIBLE. 511 00:31:47,033 --> 00:31:49,634 THIS IS WORTH EXPLORING. 512 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,166 SUMATRA'S JUNGLE IS SCARRED WITH DEEP POOLS LIKE THIS, 513 00:32:00,233 --> 00:32:02,467 TOPPED UP BY THE TORRENTIAL RAIN. 514 00:32:05,433 --> 00:32:07,867 THE WATER IS RICH IN MINERALS, 515 00:32:07,934 --> 00:32:10,300 WHICH MAKES IT THIS BRIGHTEST OF BLUE. 516 00:32:10,367 --> 00:32:13,433 THAT MEANS FISH, AND FISH MEANS FOOD. 517 00:32:20,066 --> 00:32:22,500 WHEW. 518 00:32:22,567 --> 00:32:26,934 THIS PLACE REALLY IS JUST AMAZING. 519 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:31,166 AND IT LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY AN OLD VOLCANIC VENT 520 00:32:31,233 --> 00:32:33,133 THAT CAME UP HERE. 521 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,600 PROBABLY WHAT ALL THE WHITE IS ON THE BOTTOM, 522 00:32:36,667 --> 00:32:38,500 THE OLD CALCIUM DEPOSITS. 523 00:32:38,567 --> 00:32:41,700 BUT THERE'S ALSO LOADS OF FISH DOWN HERE. 524 00:32:41,767 --> 00:32:45,634 GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET MYSELF SOME OF THOSE. 525 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,467 FIRST, I NEED A GOOD LENGTH OF VINE. 526 00:32:53,533 --> 00:32:55,500 PEOPLE OFTEN THINK, YOU KNOW, 527 00:32:55,567 --> 00:32:58,166 YOU CATCH FISH USING A ROD AND LINE, 528 00:32:58,233 --> 00:33:01,533 BUT THERE ARE LOADS OF OTHER WAYS OF DOING IT. 529 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,467 SO WHAT I CAN DO WITH THESE IS USE MY TROUSERS. 530 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:13,734 TIE A BIG OLD KNOT ON EACH END, 531 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:19,867 AND THEN I NEED A WAY OF KEEPING THE TOP OF THE WAIST OPEN, 532 00:33:19,934 --> 00:33:24,433 AND THAT'S WHERE THIS RATI VINE COMES IN. 533 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:29,567 AND FISH REALLY ARE ONE OF THE JUNGLE GODSENDS. 534 00:33:29,634 --> 00:33:34,500 LOADS OF ENERGY. LOADS OF VITAMINS, AS WELL. 535 00:33:34,567 --> 00:33:37,567 I'M HOPING, WITH JUST MY PAIR OF TROUSERS, 536 00:33:37,634 --> 00:33:39,700 IT'S GONNA CATCH SOME FOR ME. 537 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:46,333 THIS IS A TECHNIQUE I LEARNED 538 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,567 FROM A FRIEND IN THE SPECIAL FORCES. 539 00:33:48,634 --> 00:33:50,700 GET SOME OF THE SAND I'VE PUT IN THE POCKET. 540 00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:52,300 BUT LIKE ALL FISHING, 541 00:33:52,367 --> 00:33:55,900 IT DEPENDS ON A BIT OF LUCK AND A LOT OF PATIENCE. 542 00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:59,967 WHAT I CAN DO IS JUST SPRINKLE SOME OF THE GRIT 543 00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:05,600 AND SOME OF THE SAND AND DROP THAT IN. 544 00:34:05,667 --> 00:34:09,033 AND, HOPEFULLY, THE FISH ARE GONNA BE INQUISITIVE ENOUGH 545 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:14,333 TO COME AND TRY AND HAVE A NIBBLE. 546 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,433 AND THEN THE IDEA IS 547 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:20,900 I CAN JUST SNAG HIM. 548 00:34:20,967 --> 00:34:23,567 THE THING IS, I CAN TELL -- 549 00:34:23,634 --> 00:34:28,567 I CAN JUST TELL ALREADY, NOW THIS RAIN'S PICKED UP, 550 00:34:28,634 --> 00:34:30,467 IT'S MAKING THIS JOB OF FISHING 551 00:34:30,533 --> 00:34:33,700 A BIT OF A LOSING BATTLE, TO BE HONEST. 552 00:34:33,767 --> 00:34:35,734 WHAT'S HAPPENING, WITH ALL THE RAIN, 553 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,700 THE FISH ARE GONNA BE HEADING DEEP. 554 00:34:39,767 --> 00:34:41,934 ALL THE FISH HAVE JUST GONE. 555 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,367 BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST LIFE, 556 00:34:45,433 --> 00:34:50,100 AND YOU GOT TO JUST SMILE BACK. 557 00:34:50,166 --> 00:34:53,300 THIS WEATHER JUST FEELS LIKE 558 00:34:53,367 --> 00:34:58,266 IT'S PERMANENTLY AGAINST ME AT THE MOMENT. 559 00:34:58,333 --> 00:35:03,300 THIS TORRENTIAL RAIN HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR AGES, 560 00:35:03,367 --> 00:35:07,567 AND IT'S JUST MAKING EVERYTHING A NIGHTMARE. 561 00:35:07,634 --> 00:35:10,867 AND I'M STRUGGLING TO CATCH ANY FOOD. 562 00:35:10,934 --> 00:35:16,567 I'M PERMANENTLY WET AND COLD. 563 00:35:16,634 --> 00:35:19,834 FIRE LIGHTING'S A NIGHTMARE. 564 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:25,567 BUT, MAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUNGLE LIVING FOR YOU. 565 00:35:25,634 --> 00:35:27,900 AND IF IT WAS EASY, 566 00:35:27,967 --> 00:35:32,834 EVERYONE WOULD JUST LIVE IN THIS RUDDY PLACE. 567 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:37,834 BUT, AT THE MOMENT, IT JUST FEELS LIKE -- 568 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:40,467 FEELS LIKE A BIT OF A STRUGGLE. 569 00:35:48,133 --> 00:35:50,800 I'M SOAKED TO THE SKIN, HUNGRY, AND EXHAUSTED, 570 00:35:50,867 --> 00:35:53,800 AND THE GROUND UNDER MY FEET IS EVERY BIT AS LETHAL 571 00:35:53,867 --> 00:35:55,300 AS THE JUNGLE AROUND ME. 572 00:35:55,367 --> 00:35:58,867 WHOA! 573 00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:09,667 I'M IN WESTERN SUMATRA, 574 00:36:09,734 --> 00:36:12,266 BATTLING WITH ONE OF THE MOST DENSE 575 00:36:12,333 --> 00:36:14,200 AND REMOTE JUNGLES ON EARTH. 576 00:36:14,266 --> 00:36:17,033 NOW I'M HEADING EAST FOR HIGHER GROUND. 577 00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:19,066 THAT'S GONNA BE MY BEST CHANCE 578 00:36:19,133 --> 00:36:21,934 OF FINDING ANY SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION. 579 00:36:28,934 --> 00:36:32,166 REACHING THIS CLEAR CANYON IS ABOUT THE FIRST TIME 580 00:36:32,233 --> 00:36:34,500 I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE SUN AND THE SKY. 581 00:36:34,567 --> 00:36:36,867 THE REST OF THE TIME IT WAS JUST HIDDEN 582 00:36:36,934 --> 00:36:40,667 UNDER ALL OF THIS JUNGLE CANOPY. 583 00:36:40,734 --> 00:36:42,333 BUT IT'S LATE AFTERNOON NOW. 584 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,734 THE SUN'S HEADING THAT WAY, WHICH MEANS WEST OVER THERE -- 585 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,667 EAST, STILL THIS WAY. 586 00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:55,266 BY SCRAMBLING UP TO THIS RIDGE, 587 00:36:55,333 --> 00:36:57,033 I'LL GET A BETTER VANTAGE POINT 588 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,867 AND HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE TO HEAD NEXT. 589 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,934 I'M ALMOST TO THE TOP OF THIS RIDGE. 590 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,367 LET'S JUST GET THERE. 591 00:37:08,433 --> 00:37:12,433 BUT THERE'S YET MORE THICK AND IMPENETRABLE JUNGLE. 592 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:15,333 IT'S HARD TO FEEL AND SEE MY WAY THROUGH, 593 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,400 AND THE GROUND IS EVERY BIT AS TREACHEROUS. 594 00:37:18,467 --> 00:37:22,734 ONE LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION COULD SPELL DISASTER. 595 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,000 WHOA! 596 00:37:27,967 --> 00:37:30,233 BACK, BACK. 597 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,300 [ ROCKS TUMBLING ] 598 00:37:35,367 --> 00:37:39,033 MAN, LOOK DOWN THAT. 599 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:43,433 LOOK THROUGH THERE. PADDY FIELDS. 600 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:45,667 AND PEOPLE, AS WELL. 601 00:37:47,967 --> 00:37:51,967 MAN, THAT IS A PROMINENT-SIZED DROP. 602 00:37:52,033 --> 00:37:53,433 WHEW! 603 00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:58,233 THERE ARE A LOT OF ROOTS RUNNING OUT OF THIS TREE DOWN THE FACE. 604 00:37:58,300 --> 00:38:00,867 JUST GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT OF THE WAYS, 605 00:38:00,934 --> 00:38:03,133 SEE HOW FAR THESE RUN. 606 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,100 MIGHT WELL BE ABLE TO GET DOWN HERE. 607 00:38:06,166 --> 00:38:08,033 HOLD ON. 608 00:38:10,533 --> 00:38:12,934 IT'S A 120-FOOT DROP, 609 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,233 BUT I CAN USE THE ROOTS TO WORK MY WAY DOWN. 610 00:38:18,066 --> 00:38:23,834 IT'S AMAZING, THIS LATTICE WORK COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE FACE. 611 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:29,700 THE KEY WITH THIS STUFF IS JUST TRY NOT TO LOOK DOWN TOO MUCH. 612 00:38:29,767 --> 00:38:32,634 JUST LOOK AT THE VINES THAT I'M HOLDING 613 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:37,800 AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M PICKING GOOD, STRONG LIVING ONES. 614 00:38:37,867 --> 00:38:41,133 BUT AT THE MOMENT, THESE ARE RUNNING NICE. 615 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,066 THIS SANDSTONE FACE IS COMPLETELY SMOOTH. 616 00:38:44,133 --> 00:38:46,600 THERE'S NO CHANCE OF ANY FOOTHOLD. 617 00:38:46,667 --> 00:38:49,533 MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT THE VINES WILL HOLD. 618 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,934 KIND OF COMMITTED NOW TO THIS VINE. 619 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,166 [ GRUNTS ] 620 00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:58,467 I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO WEDGE MY LEFT LEG 621 00:38:58,533 --> 00:39:00,166 BETWEEN THE VINE AND THE WALL. 622 00:39:00,233 --> 00:39:01,934 THAT'S GIVING ME MY FRICTION, 623 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,533 SO I'M NOT TAKING ALL ON MY HANDS. 624 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:09,700 YEAH, LOOK, IT'S RUNNING. 625 00:39:09,767 --> 00:39:12,834 IT'S RUNNING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THAT LITTLE LEDGE. 626 00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:15,900 NOT QUITE SURE WHAT I'M GONNA DO WHEN I GET THERE, 627 00:39:15,967 --> 00:39:19,600 BUT I JUST NEED TO GET DOWN TO THAT POINT. 628 00:39:19,667 --> 00:39:20,834 WHEW! 629 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:24,333 IF I TRY AND KEEP MY HANDS 630 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,967 JUST AT THE SHOULDER HEIGHT OR BELOW, 631 00:39:27,033 --> 00:39:30,000 IT MEANS THE BLOOD DOESN'T DRAIN OUT OF THEM 632 00:39:30,066 --> 00:39:32,834 AND I'LL HAVE A BETTER MUSCLE ENDURANCE. 633 00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:35,967 IF I START LETTING MY HANDS GO UP HERE, 634 00:39:36,033 --> 00:39:39,600 IT GETS MUCH MORE TIRING. 635 00:39:39,667 --> 00:39:42,533 DON'T LOOK DOWN. DON'T THINK BACK. 636 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,600 JUST KEEP IN THE MOMENT. 637 00:39:47,266 --> 00:39:48,967 [ GRUNTING ] 638 00:39:53,133 --> 00:39:55,367 MAN. 639 00:39:55,433 --> 00:39:57,533 THEY'RE BURNING. 640 00:39:59,333 --> 00:40:03,634 I'M ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN ON THIS LITTLE LEDGE. 641 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:06,700 YOU SEE HOW CRUMBLY THIS WALL IS. 642 00:40:06,767 --> 00:40:10,934 BUT THAT'S THE END OF THIS VINE. 643 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:14,600 GOT TO FIND ANOTHER ONE TO GET THE LAST BIT DOWN. 644 00:40:17,367 --> 00:40:21,900 IF I CAN JUST REACH ACROSS TO THIS ONE... 645 00:40:21,967 --> 00:40:24,166 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO FOR IT. 646 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:29,100 JUST GRAB IT. 647 00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:33,266 [ GRUNTS ] 648 00:40:33,333 --> 00:40:36,200 I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND ON THIS ONE. 649 00:40:36,266 --> 00:40:37,800 THIS IS NOT AS THICK. 650 00:40:37,867 --> 00:40:40,467 WHOA! 651 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:45,500 AW, MAN. 652 00:40:45,567 --> 00:40:48,033 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 653 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:51,200 I'M SERIOUSLY RUNNING OUT OF -- 654 00:40:51,266 --> 00:40:53,433 RUNNING OUT OF STRENGTH, THEN. 655 00:40:55,266 --> 00:40:58,467 HAVE A LOOK UP AT THAT. WHEW! 656 00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:05,133 OKAY, I'VE GOT TO CROSS -- CROSS THIS RIVER. 657 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:09,100 AND THOSE GUYS IN THE PADDY FIELDS -- THEY'VE SEEN ME NOW. 658 00:41:09,166 --> 00:41:14,533 THEY THINK I'M A COMPLETELY BONKERS ENGLISHMAN. 659 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,333 OKAY, LET'S GO DOWN THERE. 660 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:21,233 THE BLACK SWAMPS AND JUNGLES OF SUMATRA 661 00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:22,867 HAVE STRETCHED ME TO THE LIMITS 662 00:41:22,934 --> 00:41:25,200 OF MY PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ENDURANCE. 663 00:41:25,266 --> 00:41:29,467 BUT IT'S A CHALLENGE I'LL NEVER FORGET. 664 00:41:29,533 --> 00:41:32,834 REACHING THESE PADDY FIELDS MEANS ONE THING FOR ME -- 665 00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:36,166 I CAN FINALLY HEAD HOME TO MY FAMILY. 666 00:41:36,233 --> 00:41:39,166 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 667 00:41:39,233 --> 00:41:42,300 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC