1 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:13,333 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,333 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,533 IN SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,000 WHOO! 5 00:00:19,066 --> 00:00:21,333 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A SERIES OF CHALLENGES 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,967 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 7 00:00:24,033 --> 00:00:26,634 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 8 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:27,967 NOW I'M IN INDONESIA... 9 00:00:28,033 --> 00:00:29,266 WHOO! 10 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:31,333 ...A LAND RAVAGED BY THE TSUNAMI. 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,500 I'M GONNA BE ON A REMOTE ISLAND... 12 00:00:33,567 --> 00:00:36,400 BATTLING AGAINST THE SEAS... 13 00:00:36,467 --> 00:00:39,100 DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FIND FOOD... 14 00:00:39,166 --> 00:00:40,900 IT'S A STING RAY. 15 00:00:40,967 --> 00:00:42,467 [ COUGHS ] 16 00:00:42,533 --> 00:00:44,433 ...TRYING TO GET WATER... 17 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:46,700 ALL YOU'RE GONNA GET IS SALT WATER. 18 00:00:46,767 --> 00:00:49,066 ...AND USING EVERY OUNCE OF SURVIVAL KNOWLEDGE 19 00:00:49,133 --> 00:00:51,734 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. 20 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,934 YOU EITHER STAY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA DIE... 21 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,834 OR TAKE YOUR CHANCES WITH THE OCEAN. 22 00:01:11,867 --> 00:01:14,266 I'M OFF THE WESTERN COAST OF SUMATRA, 23 00:01:14,333 --> 00:01:17,000 ONE OF THE MOST VOLCANIC REGIONS ON EARTH. 24 00:01:17,066 --> 00:01:20,734 IT'S KNOWN SIMPLY AS THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE. 25 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,500 IN 2004, ONE OF THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKES EVER WITNESSED 26 00:01:24,567 --> 00:01:27,066 ERUPTED UNDERNEATH THESE SEAS. 27 00:01:27,133 --> 00:01:29,967 IT WAS SO VIOLENT THAT THE SEABED BUCKLED 28 00:01:30,033 --> 00:01:32,634 AND IS THOUGHT TO HAVE RISEN BY A STAGGERING 15 FOOT. 29 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:36,200 I'M HEADING FOR THE EPICENTER, THE BANYAK ISLANDS. 30 00:01:36,266 --> 00:01:39,333 SOME OF THESE ISLANDS DISAPPEARED OVERNIGHT. 31 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,200 OTHERS WERE CATAPULTED OUT OF THE WATER. 32 00:01:42,266 --> 00:01:45,900 THIS IS AS FAR FROM AN ISLAND PARADISE AS YOU CAN GET. 33 00:01:45,967 --> 00:01:48,000 IF YOU'RE STRANDED OUT HERE, 34 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:51,000 MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS IS CRITICAL. 35 00:01:51,066 --> 00:01:53,734 MAKE A BAD CALL, AND YOU'RE DEAD. 36 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,400 I'M 9,000 FOOT UP, PREPARING TO LAND IN OPEN OCEAN. 37 00:01:58,467 --> 00:02:00,734 IT'S A DANGEROUS DROP 38 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,667 AND ONE THAT I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET WRONG. 39 00:02:03,734 --> 00:02:06,233 I'VE GOT A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS, 40 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:10,033 AND MY CAMERA CREW IS COMING WITH ME. 41 00:02:22,667 --> 00:02:26,333 I'M FREE-FALLING AT AROUND 120 MILES AN HOUR. 42 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,000 [ PARACHUTE DEPLOYS ] 43 00:02:28,066 --> 00:02:29,734 BEFORE I HIT THE SEA, 44 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,400 I MUST DETACH FROM MY PARACHUTE. 45 00:02:31,467 --> 00:02:34,433 IT'S A TECHNIQUE USED BY THE SPECIAL FORCES, 46 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:36,433 BUT IT'S A HIGH-RISK MANEUVER. 47 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:39,867 THERE'S NOTHING BELOW ME TO HELP ME JUDGE DISTANCES 48 00:02:39,934 --> 00:02:43,333 AND GAUGE JUST WHEN TO DETACH. 49 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:48,266 THE DANGER IS DROPPING TOO EARLY AND TOO HIGH. 50 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:50,634 GET THIS WRONG, AND HITTING THE WATER 51 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:53,000 IS GONNA BE LIKE LANDING ON CONCRETE. 52 00:03:01,433 --> 00:03:04,767 WHOO! 53 00:03:04,834 --> 00:03:06,300 OKAY. 54 00:03:06,367 --> 00:03:08,600 [ Breathing heavily ] I HIT THE... 55 00:03:08,667 --> 00:03:10,834 THE WATER QUITE HARD THERE. 56 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:13,900 BUT I NEED TO GET THIS PARACHUTE... 57 00:03:13,967 --> 00:03:16,166 GET THIS OFF... 58 00:03:20,967 --> 00:03:22,934 ...AND START SWIMMING. 59 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,033 AND THERE'S THE ISLAND. THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING. 60 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:31,867 I CAN FEEL CURRENTS TAKE ME AWAY FROM THE ISLAND, 61 00:03:31,934 --> 00:03:35,734 SO I'M GONNA NEED TO AIM OFF IF I'M GONNA HIT IT. 62 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,934 STRONG CURRENTS SURROUND THE ISLAND, 63 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,767 AS THE OPEN OCEAN HITS THE LAND, 64 00:03:39,834 --> 00:03:41,233 AND THERE'S A REAL DANGER 65 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:44,333 THAT THE CORAL SHELF IS CAUSING A RIPTIDE. 66 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,467 FIGHTING THAT WOULD BE A LOSING BATTLE. 67 00:03:47,533 --> 00:03:49,500 THESE RIPTIDES ARE KILLERS. 68 00:03:49,567 --> 00:03:51,200 AND IN AMERICA ALONE, 69 00:03:51,266 --> 00:03:53,900 100 PEOPLE A YEAR DROWN IN THEM. 70 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:58,133 THE ONE THING I CAN HEAR IS THE ROAR OF THE SURF, 71 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,800 SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME SORT OF BREAK AROUND THE ISLAND. 72 00:04:02,867 --> 00:04:06,333 I CAN SEE A LINE OF BREAKERS AHEAD. 73 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,367 SEE THAT, SEE THE WHITE? 74 00:04:08,433 --> 00:04:11,900 YOU'RE SAFER IN THE SURF. 75 00:04:11,967 --> 00:04:14,800 THE CALM WATER INDICATES WHERE THE RIPTIDE IS, 76 00:04:14,867 --> 00:04:17,800 AS THE WATER IS SUCKED BACK OUT BETWEEN THE BREAKERS. 77 00:04:17,867 --> 00:04:20,200 YOU HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE AGAINST ITS FORCE. 78 00:04:20,266 --> 00:04:24,266 WITHIN SECONDS, YOU'LL BE DRAGGED BACK OUT TO SEA. 79 00:04:28,467 --> 00:04:32,000 STAYING IN THE SURF MEANS TAKING A POUNDING IN THE WAVES, 80 00:04:32,066 --> 00:04:35,900 BUT THEY SHOULD CARRY ME CLOSER TO THE SHORE. 81 00:04:35,967 --> 00:04:39,300 BUT THERE'S ALSO RAZOR-SHARP CORAL JUST BENEATH ME, 82 00:04:39,367 --> 00:04:42,433 AND IF YOU GET DRAGGED OVER THIS, 83 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:44,000 IT WILL CUT YOU TO SHREDS. 84 00:05:04,567 --> 00:05:06,400 I'VE MADE IT ASHORE, 85 00:05:06,467 --> 00:05:10,000 BUT MY CHALLENGES ARE ONLY JUST BEGINNING. 86 00:05:10,066 --> 00:05:13,233 WELL, I'M ON THE ISLAND, JUST ABOUT. 87 00:05:17,533 --> 00:05:19,700 MY FIRST BATTLE ON THIS ISLAND 88 00:05:19,767 --> 00:05:22,333 COMES FROM DIRECTLY ABOVE MY HEAD. 89 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,967 THE ISLAND IS ONLY 3 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, 90 00:05:26,033 --> 00:05:27,567 AND IT'S ROASTING HOT. 91 00:05:27,634 --> 00:05:29,667 DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE CLOUDS. 92 00:05:29,734 --> 00:05:33,066 THEY OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL U.V. RAYS. 93 00:05:33,133 --> 00:05:36,233 AND THE SUN HERE IS AN EVER-PRESENT ENEMY -- 94 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:39,000 12 HOURS EVERY DAY. 95 00:05:39,066 --> 00:05:41,967 I CAN ALREADY FEEL MY SKIN BURNING. 96 00:05:42,033 --> 00:05:45,634 15 MINUTES IS ALL IT TAKES TO GET INTO TROUBLE, 97 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:48,533 AND SUNSTROKE HERE CAN BE A KILLER. 98 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,367 MY MISSION IS TO SCAVENGE 99 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:53,834 FOR ANYTHING THAT CAN COMBAT THE BLISTERING SUN, 100 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:56,533 AND THIS BEACH SHOULD BE FULL OF FLOTSAM THAT CAN HELP. 101 00:05:59,433 --> 00:06:02,467 I'VE BEEN TO SOME SERIOUSLY REMOTE PLACES IN THE WORLD, 102 00:06:02,533 --> 00:06:06,233 BUT WHEREVER I AM, THERE'S ALWAYS RUBBISH, 103 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:09,467 YOU KNOW, WASHED UP, ESPECIALLY PLASTIC -- 104 00:06:09,533 --> 00:06:12,967 LIKE THIS, THAT LASTS JUST THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 105 00:06:13,033 --> 00:06:16,400 AND IF YOU HAVE GOT THAT, YOU WANT TO USE IT, 106 00:06:16,467 --> 00:06:20,533 AND SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT IMPROVISING AND THEN ADAPTING. 107 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,667 AND WHAT I CAN MAKE OUT OF THESE BOTTLES 108 00:06:23,734 --> 00:06:25,567 IS, LIKE, SOME GOGGLES -- 109 00:06:25,634 --> 00:06:29,266 TO HAVE A BIT OF A FORAGE IN THE SEA AND THE SURF 110 00:06:29,333 --> 00:06:32,066 AND SEE WHAT I CAN FIND. 111 00:06:34,166 --> 00:06:36,700 AND IF I PUT THAT INTO THE WATER TO BREAK THE SURFACE, 112 00:06:36,767 --> 00:06:40,000 I CAN LOOK THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT'S ON THE BOTTOM. 113 00:06:49,066 --> 00:06:53,400 I'M AFTER ONE OF NATURE'S MIRACLES IN THESE WATERS. 114 00:06:53,467 --> 00:06:58,166 CHECK THIS GUY OUT. I'VE A MUSHROOM CORAL. 115 00:06:59,667 --> 00:07:02,767 AND THIS GUY IS AMAZING, 116 00:07:02,834 --> 00:07:04,867 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SOMEWHERE 117 00:07:04,934 --> 00:07:08,300 WHERE THE SUN IS AS STRONG AS IT IS ON THIS ISLAND. 118 00:07:08,367 --> 00:07:11,266 BUT IF YOU EVER DOUBTED HOW COOL NATURE IS, 119 00:07:11,333 --> 00:07:12,834 WATCH THIS. 120 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:18,800 OKAY, YOU SEE THE WATER COMING OUT OF IT? 121 00:07:18,867 --> 00:07:22,066 GIVE IT A FEW SECONDS, AND THAT'S GONNA TURN TO MUCUS. 122 00:07:22,133 --> 00:07:26,533 AND LOOK, YOU SEE IT'S SUDDENLY NOW MUCH MORE GLOOPY. 123 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,266 AND WHAT THIS STUFF IS, IS LIKE SUN BLOCK. 124 00:07:29,333 --> 00:07:32,266 AND THE CORAL ITSELF, WE USE THIS AT LOW TIDE. 125 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:34,100 WHEN IT'S EXPOSED TO THE SUN, 126 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:36,867 IT WILL SECRETE THIS AS A WAY OF PROTECTING ITSELF. 127 00:07:36,934 --> 00:07:38,166 JUST AMAZING. 128 00:07:38,233 --> 00:07:40,033 SCIENTISTS HAVE ACTUALLY RECKONED 129 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:43,033 THIS STUFF IS, LIKE, AS GOOD AS FACTOR 50. 130 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:46,000 AND LOOK, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF MY SHOULDERS 131 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:48,767 GETTING A LITTLE BIT SUNBURNT ALREADY. 132 00:07:48,834 --> 00:07:51,734 RUBBING THIS IN -- OH, THAT FEELS NICE -- 133 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,734 IS GONNA HELP. 134 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,867 BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS CORAL 135 00:07:54,934 --> 00:07:58,400 IS THAT I'M NOT HARMING IT AT ALL BY DOING THIS. 136 00:07:58,467 --> 00:08:02,300 I'LL PUT IT BACK AND USE HIM ANOTHER TIME. 137 00:08:04,133 --> 00:08:06,634 ON THIS TINY ISLAND, MY TOUGHEST CHALLENGE 138 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:09,200 IS GONNA BE FINDING THE MOST BASIC RESOURCES 139 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:11,467 IN THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. 140 00:08:11,533 --> 00:08:13,367 DISGUSTING. 141 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,333 I'M ON A TINY DESERT ISLAND 142 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,767 OFF THE WESTERN COAST OF SUMATRA, 143 00:08:27,834 --> 00:08:30,767 SHOWING YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE. 144 00:08:30,834 --> 00:08:33,200 MY MISSION NOW IS TO EXPLORE IT, 145 00:08:33,266 --> 00:08:35,867 TO DISCOVER WHAT RESOURCES THERE ARE 146 00:08:35,934 --> 00:08:38,500 TO HELP IN THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. 147 00:08:38,567 --> 00:08:41,600 THE FIRST THING THAT HITS YOU ABOUT THIS PLACE 148 00:08:41,667 --> 00:08:43,700 IS JUST HOW HOT AND HUMID IT IS. 149 00:08:43,767 --> 00:08:47,367 YOU KNOW, OUT THERE IN THE SUN, IT IS JUST ROASTING HOT. 150 00:08:47,433 --> 00:08:49,200 AND THEN IN HERE, IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND, 151 00:08:49,266 --> 00:08:51,033 IT'S SO HOT AND STICKY. 152 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:54,900 HUMIDITY CAN REACH A STAGGERING 90%. 153 00:08:54,967 --> 00:08:56,767 IT'S DANGEROUSLY DECEPTIVE. 154 00:08:56,834 --> 00:08:58,667 YOU FEEL SOAKED TO THE SKIN, 155 00:08:58,734 --> 00:09:02,600 BUT YOUR SWEAT JUST ISN'T EVAPORATING FAST ENOUGH, 156 00:09:02,667 --> 00:09:04,900 AND HEATSTROKE IS A MAJOR RISK. 157 00:09:04,967 --> 00:09:07,500 YOU NEED TO REPLACE ANY LOST FLUIDS, 158 00:09:07,567 --> 00:09:10,567 AND FINDING FRESHWATER IS NOW YOUR TOP PRIORITY. 159 00:09:17,467 --> 00:09:21,367 SO, IT'S LOOKING LIKE ALL THIS ISLAND IS, LIKE, CORAL. 160 00:09:21,433 --> 00:09:23,533 AND LOOK AT THIS. 161 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:32,567 IT'S ALL JUST SOLID LUMPS, LIKE THAT... 162 00:09:32,634 --> 00:09:35,934 WHICH MEANS ANY WATER THAT FALLS HERE 163 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,133 IS JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH. 164 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:38,734 YOU KNOW, IT'S SO POROUS. 165 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,600 YOU'RE ONLY A COUPLE OF FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 166 00:09:41,667 --> 00:09:43,100 IT'S THE HIGHEST POINT. 167 00:09:43,166 --> 00:09:45,033 SEE, IF YOU MANAGE TO DIG DOWN, 168 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:47,367 ALL YOU'RE GONNA GET IS SALT WATER. 169 00:09:47,433 --> 00:09:50,600 AND REALLY, THE ONLY CHANCE OF GETTING FRESHWATER 170 00:09:50,667 --> 00:09:54,133 IS WHERE RAIN HAS COLLECTED IN THE HOLLOWS OF THE TREES, 171 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,300 LIKE IN A LEAF LIKE THAT. 172 00:09:57,367 --> 00:10:00,967 THAT'S GONNA BE RAINWATER. 173 00:10:01,033 --> 00:10:03,967 YEAH. 174 00:10:04,033 --> 00:10:08,100 THERE'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH HERE TO KEEP YOU ALIVE FOR LONG. 175 00:10:08,166 --> 00:10:11,700 IN THIS CLIMATE, YOU NEED AROUND 10 LITERS A DAY. 176 00:10:11,767 --> 00:10:15,100 DEHYDRATION IS NOW ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST ENEMIES, 177 00:10:15,166 --> 00:10:18,700 AND WITH AS LITTLE AS 2.5% LESS WATER IN YOUR BODY, 178 00:10:18,767 --> 00:10:20,934 YOU BECOME A QUARTER AS EFFICIENT. 179 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,433 THAT MAKES YOUR JOB OF SURVIVING MUCH HARDER. 180 00:10:31,967 --> 00:10:34,467 THE ODDS AGAINST YOU ARE NOW STACKING UP. 181 00:10:34,533 --> 00:10:39,867 THIS ISLAND JUST ISN'T THE LARDER I WAS HOPING FOR. 182 00:10:39,934 --> 00:10:44,000 BUT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, AND YOU CAN FIND FOOD. 183 00:10:44,066 --> 00:10:46,900 YEAH, THE HERMIT CRABS. 184 00:10:46,967 --> 00:10:48,433 LOOK, THEY SEE ME COMING. 185 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:50,934 THEY'VE ALL DISAPPEARED INTO THEIR SHELLS. 186 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,000 THEY'RE, LIKE, DISAPPEAR AND ROLL BACK DOWN THE HILL. 187 00:10:54,066 --> 00:10:55,533 AND THE SHELLS THEY'RE IN, 188 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,734 THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY THEIR OWN SHELLS. 189 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,400 THEY'RE WHELK SHELLS. 190 00:11:00,467 --> 00:11:02,800 AND WHAT THEY DO IS TAKE IT OVER. 191 00:11:02,867 --> 00:11:04,867 AND THEN WHEN THEY GROW BIGGER, 192 00:11:04,934 --> 00:11:08,667 THEY'LL ABANDON THEIR HOUSE, AND THEY'LL FIND A NEW SHELL. 193 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:10,900 BUT THESE YOU CAN EAT. 194 00:11:10,967 --> 00:11:12,300 HERE YOU GO. 195 00:11:12,367 --> 00:11:16,133 I'VE GOT THIS BEFORE HE'S GONE BACK IN HIS SHELL. 196 00:11:17,567 --> 00:11:19,867 AND ALL OF THIS -- 197 00:11:19,934 --> 00:11:22,300 OW, OW! GET OFF! 198 00:11:22,367 --> 00:11:24,333 ALL OF THAT, THE GUTS. 199 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:30,233 AND THEN HE'S GOT THIS ONE BIG CLAW HERE. 200 00:11:35,467 --> 00:11:37,500 AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT. 201 00:11:38,634 --> 00:11:41,500 THEY'RE MUCH EASIER TO GET WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR SHELL, 202 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:45,333 BUT YOU GOT TO BE QUITE QUICK TO GET THEM BEFORE THEY RETREAT. 203 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:50,467 YOU JUST HAVE TO GET OVER THAT WORRY OF BEING BITTEN BY THEM. 204 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:52,533 OKAY, I'VE GOT ENOUGH OF THEM HERE. 205 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,133 BARBECUE THEM UP. NICE CRAB. 206 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,533 I DON'T WANT TO EAT THEM RAW. 207 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,934 THEY'RE FULL OF HARMFUL BACTERIA. 208 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,233 FOOD POISONING IS THE LAST THING 209 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:05,500 YOU NEED OUT HERE. 210 00:12:05,567 --> 00:12:08,166 IT'S LIKE SIGNING YOUR OWN DEATH WARRANT. 211 00:12:08,233 --> 00:12:10,400 I'M GONNA FORAGE FOR MORE SUPPER, 212 00:12:10,467 --> 00:12:12,567 AND I NEED SOMETHING TO HELP ME. 213 00:12:12,634 --> 00:12:15,367 THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FOOD ON THE ISLAND. 214 00:12:15,433 --> 00:12:16,967 BUT REALLY, THE REAL BOUNTY 215 00:12:17,033 --> 00:12:19,934 IS TO BE FOUND OUT THERE IN THE SEA. 216 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,734 AND... 217 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,834 TRYING TO SHARPEN THE END OF THIS. 218 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:29,567 THIS WILL ACT AS A REALLY GOOD SPEAR. 219 00:12:31,767 --> 00:12:33,200 I'M GONNA FREE-DIVE 220 00:12:33,266 --> 00:12:35,867 AND THEN SEE WHAT I CAN FIND ON THE SEABED. 221 00:12:39,667 --> 00:12:42,533 THE CORAL SURROUNDING THE ISLAND 222 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,900 SHOULD HARBOR PLENTY OF FOOD, 223 00:12:44,967 --> 00:12:48,433 AND I'M AFTER SOMETHING THAT I CAN GET EASILY. 224 00:12:51,033 --> 00:12:55,133 SEA CUCUMBERS ARE SOME OF THE SIMPLEST LIFE-FORMS IN THE SEA. 225 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,100 THEY SIFT PLANKTON AND WASTE ON THE SEABED 226 00:12:58,166 --> 00:13:01,200 WITH UP TO 32 BLACK FEET AROUND THEIR MOUTHS. 227 00:13:01,266 --> 00:13:02,734 JUST LIKE THE EARTHWORM, 228 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,200 THEY'RE THE COMPLETE RECYCLING MACHINE. 229 00:13:05,266 --> 00:13:10,066 LOOKS A GIANT SACK OF BLACK SAUSAGE. 230 00:13:10,133 --> 00:13:12,767 BUT THEY'RE ONE OF THE MOST PROTEIN-RICH FOODS IN THE WORLD 231 00:13:12,834 --> 00:13:15,066 AND PERFECT FOR SURVIVAL. 232 00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:28,266 [ COUGHS, SPITS ] 233 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,767 [ GROANS, SPITS ] 234 00:13:34,834 --> 00:13:36,700 [ SPITS ] 235 00:13:38,166 --> 00:13:41,667 BLACK, SALTY, RUBBERY... 236 00:13:41,734 --> 00:13:44,700 PRETTY RUDDY DISGUSTING. 237 00:13:47,233 --> 00:13:49,667 NOW, I'M GONNA GET BACK INTO THE SEA 238 00:13:49,734 --> 00:13:53,367 AND TRY AND FIND SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL. 239 00:13:59,533 --> 00:14:01,967 I'VE GOT TO GO DEEPER, 240 00:14:02,033 --> 00:14:05,166 BUT I NEED TO TRAIN MY BODY FIRST. 241 00:14:05,233 --> 00:14:07,700 THE MORE PRACTICE DIVES I MAKE, 242 00:14:07,767 --> 00:14:10,834 THE LONGER I'M ABLE TO STAY UNDER. 243 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:20,734 AND SOON, I CAN MANAGE ALMOST TWO MINUTES. 244 00:14:29,734 --> 00:14:34,567 BUT IF I IGNORE MY BODY, I COULD BLACK OUT AND DROWN. 245 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:46,033 [ GASPS ] 246 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:49,734 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 247 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,433 HARD WORK. 248 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:52,934 JUST FREE-DIVING. 249 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,467 IT'S JUST ABOUT SLOWLY STRETCHING 250 00:14:56,533 --> 00:15:00,467 THE LIMIT THAT YOUR LUNGS CAN WORK AT. 251 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:03,834 A LOT OF IT'S JUST ABOUT SLOWING THINGS DOWN, 252 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:07,667 TAKE A GOOD FEW BREATHS, FILL YOUR BLOOD WITH OXYGEN, 253 00:15:07,734 --> 00:15:11,266 AND THAT WILL LET YOU STAY DOWN THERE FOR LONGER. 254 00:15:11,333 --> 00:15:15,066 YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO HYPERVENTILATE, THOUGH. 255 00:15:15,133 --> 00:15:19,233 YOU DO TOO MUCH OF IT, AND YOU CAN GO HYPOXIC. 256 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:23,400 HYPOXIA IS STEALTHY KILLER. 257 00:15:23,467 --> 00:15:28,567 IN THE U.S. ALONE, 4,000 VICTIMS DROWN EVERY YEAR. 258 00:15:31,767 --> 00:15:34,266 YOUR EXPANDING AIR-STARVED LUNGS 259 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:36,634 RAID YOUR BLOODSTREAM FOR OXYGEN. 260 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:38,934 BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU'RE UNCONSCIOUS, 261 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:43,100 AND YOU DIE WITHOUT ANY IDEA OF YOUR IMPENDING DEATH. 262 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,700 OKAY, WE'RE GETTING THERE NOW. 263 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,734 NOW I'M READY TO HUNT, 264 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,467 AND THERE'S A FISH I SPOTTED ON THE BOTTOM, 265 00:16:00,533 --> 00:16:02,166 BURIED IN THE SAND. 266 00:16:02,233 --> 00:16:03,667 IT'S A STING RAY, 267 00:16:03,734 --> 00:16:06,600 BUT THESE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO KILL. 268 00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:10,400 THE VENOM IN IT'S BARB IS LADENED WITH ENZYMES, 269 00:16:10,467 --> 00:16:12,333 WHICH DESTROY BODY TISSUE. 270 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:13,734 IF I GO FOR THIS, 271 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:20,400 I NEED TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. 272 00:16:20,467 --> 00:16:22,934 I'M LOOKING FOR THE TELLTALE MOUND IN THE SAND, 273 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,033 WHICH WILL GIVE IT AWAY. 274 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,500 I'M HUNTING FOR FOOD ON THE OCEAN FLOOR 275 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:43,600 ON A TINY INDONESIAN ISLAND OFF THE SUMATRAN COAST. 276 00:16:43,667 --> 00:16:45,734 I'M USING ALL MY SURVIVAL SKILLS 277 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,000 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. 278 00:16:48,066 --> 00:16:50,800 I'M DIVING FOR STING RAY. 279 00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:54,734 THIS LETHAL REEF PREDATOR HAS POWERFUL JAWS, 280 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,934 BUT ITS REAL WEAPON IS IN ITS TAIL. 281 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,367 GET TOO CLOSE TO ONE, 282 00:16:59,433 --> 00:17:03,233 AND THESE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO KILL. 283 00:17:05,734 --> 00:17:09,200 I'M LOOKING FOR THE TELLTALE MOUND IN THE SAND, 284 00:17:09,266 --> 00:17:11,800 WHICH WILL GIVE IT AWAY. 285 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,667 MY LUNGS ARE NOW BURSTING, BUT I'M DETERMINED TO GET HIM. 286 00:17:36,967 --> 00:17:39,400 WHOO! 287 00:17:42,333 --> 00:17:43,700 IT'S A STING RAY. 288 00:17:43,767 --> 00:17:45,533 [ SPITS ] 289 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,233 LOOK AT IT. BEAUTIFUL. 290 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:52,834 BUT THESE CAN BE...DEADLY. 291 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:58,166 AND THE DANGEROUS BIT OF IT IS THIS -- THE TAIL. 292 00:17:58,233 --> 00:18:01,133 AND THAT'S GOOD TO EAT. 293 00:18:02,533 --> 00:18:05,166 MY CHALLENGE NOW IS THE FADING LIGHT. 294 00:18:05,233 --> 00:18:08,066 BACK ONSHORE, I'VE TO GET A SHELTER MADE 295 00:18:08,133 --> 00:18:09,400 BEFORE NIGHTFALL. 296 00:18:09,467 --> 00:18:11,867 ON THE EQUATOR, 297 00:18:11,934 --> 00:18:14,533 IT GETS DARK LIKE THE FLICK OF A SWITCH, 298 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,100 SO I NEED PLENTY OF TIME 299 00:18:16,166 --> 00:18:18,867 TO FIND JUST THE RIGHT SPOT TO MAKE CAMP. 300 00:18:18,934 --> 00:18:21,300 YEAH, THIS VERY TIP END OF THE ISLAND 301 00:18:21,367 --> 00:18:24,367 IS PROBABLY GONNA BE MY BEST PLACE FOR A SHELTER. 302 00:18:24,433 --> 00:18:27,700 I GOT A REALLY GOOD VIEW HERE OUT TO SEA, 303 00:18:27,767 --> 00:18:31,800 SO I CAN SEE ANY SHIPPING THAT MIGHT BE COMING PAST. 304 00:18:31,867 --> 00:18:33,233 I'VE GOT A NICE SEA BREEZE 305 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:35,367 THAT'S GONNA KEEP THE SAND FLIES AWAY. 306 00:18:35,433 --> 00:18:37,100 AND I ALSO GOT THIS TREE -- 307 00:18:37,166 --> 00:18:39,967 GONNA GIVE ME GOOD SHADE FROM THE SUN. 308 00:18:40,033 --> 00:18:42,934 GOT LOADS OF DRIFTWOOD AND FIREWOOD, AS WELL. 309 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,066 LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN GET. 310 00:18:45,133 --> 00:18:47,734 MY CHANCES OF SIGNALING TO A SHIP ARE SLIM. 311 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,000 THESE AREN'T EXACTLY 312 00:18:49,066 --> 00:18:51,433 THE BUSIEST SHIPPING LANES IN THE WORLD, 313 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:56,100 BUT THERE ARE FISHING BOATS OUT THERE WHICH MIGHT SPOT YOU. 314 00:18:56,166 --> 00:18:58,767 BUILD YOUR SHELTER OFF THE GROUND, 315 00:18:58,834 --> 00:19:00,467 WELL AWAY FROM SAND FLIES. 316 00:19:00,533 --> 00:19:02,867 THEY CAN CARRY LEISHMINIASIS. 317 00:19:02,934 --> 00:19:06,767 SORES, FEVER, AND DIARRHEA ARE JUST WHAT YOU DON'T NEED. 318 00:19:06,834 --> 00:19:11,900 THIS DRIFTWOOD IS PERFECT FOR A SHELTER. 319 00:19:11,967 --> 00:19:14,433 A BIT OF WOOD IMPROVISES FOR A HAMMER, 320 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:16,967 AND I CAN TRIM THE DEAD BRANCHES WITH MY KNIFE. 321 00:19:19,233 --> 00:19:21,767 [ GROANS ] 322 00:19:21,834 --> 00:19:25,667 I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYTHING ON THIS ISLAND IS SO RUDDY SHARP -- 323 00:19:25,734 --> 00:19:29,667 THE BARK ON THIS TREE, THE CORAL. 324 00:19:31,467 --> 00:19:33,634 THESE PALM FRONDS 325 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:35,066 ARE JUST WHAT I NEED FOR MY ROOF. 326 00:19:35,133 --> 00:19:36,367 THEY'RE HUGE, 327 00:19:36,433 --> 00:19:38,500 AND THEIR LEAVES ARE NATURAL CHANNELS 328 00:19:38,567 --> 00:19:40,433 FOR THE RAINWATER TO DRAIN OFF. 329 00:19:41,667 --> 00:19:45,467 WHOA. ALMOST ME WITH IT. 330 00:19:45,533 --> 00:19:48,700 NOW I NEED SOMETHING TO LASH EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITH, 331 00:19:48,767 --> 00:19:50,934 AND I KNOW JUST WHERE TO FIND IT. 332 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,333 JUST LOOK AT THIS PLACE. INCREDIBLE. 333 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,133 IT'S ACTUALLY JUST ONE GIANT, HUGE FIG TREE, 334 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,834 BUT IT'S GOT, LIKE, HUNDREDS OF THESE VINES 335 00:20:09,900 --> 00:20:12,467 THAT ARE, LIKE, SPROUTED OFF IT. 336 00:20:12,533 --> 00:20:16,533 AND THESE WOULD BE IDEAL CORDIS FOR A SHELTER... 337 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,867 IF I CAN JUST GET THEM DOWN. 338 00:20:19,934 --> 00:20:24,300 THEY'RE SUPER, SUPER STRONG. 339 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,867 SEE IF WE CAN GET UP THIS ONE. 340 00:20:28,934 --> 00:20:32,233 THIS VINES ARE INCREDIBLY SUPPLE AND STRONG 341 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:34,066 AND WILL HELP TO REINFORCE MY SHELTER 342 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:35,867 AGAINST TROPICAL STORMS. 343 00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:40,367 VINES ARE THE ANSWER TO A SURVIVALIST'S PRAYERS. 344 00:20:40,433 --> 00:20:42,500 IN INDONESIA, THERE ARE MORE THAN 2,000 TYPES, 345 00:20:42,567 --> 00:20:45,400 AND THESE CAN BE HUNDREDS OF FEET LONG. 346 00:20:45,467 --> 00:20:47,967 SO, THAT'S A VINE DOWN. 347 00:20:54,567 --> 00:20:56,834 COOL. LET'S GO AND GET THIS BUILT. 348 00:20:56,900 --> 00:20:58,567 I'M MAKING AN A-FRAME SHELTER -- 349 00:20:58,634 --> 00:21:02,200 TOUGH ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND A TROPICAL DOWNPOUR. 350 00:21:02,266 --> 00:21:05,734 THAT THE FIRST UPRIGHT THAT'S LASHED TOGETHER. 351 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:11,233 AND THAT'S GONNA GO LIKE THAT. 352 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:17,567 [ LAUGHS ] 353 00:21:27,634 --> 00:21:32,066 AND THEN THIS IS THE OTHER A-FRAME OF IT. 354 00:21:32,133 --> 00:21:36,333 AND THEN THROUGH THE MIDDLE, WE'LL HAVE THIS. 355 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,634 I'M MAKING IT ABOUT 6 FOOT, JUST LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE ME. 356 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:41,900 WITH MY WEIGHT COMPRESSING THE FRAME, 357 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,033 THE SHELTER BECOMES ONE OF THE STRONGEST YOU CAN BUILD. 358 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:50,967 AND THAT IS THEN THE TWO LENGTHS OF THE BEDPOST. 359 00:21:51,033 --> 00:21:53,600 AND WHAT HAPPENS, I PUT MY WEIGHT ON IT, 360 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:56,300 IT WILL PUSH IT DOWN AND HOLD IT IN PLACE. 361 00:21:56,367 --> 00:21:58,900 AND I JUST NEED VINE TO GO ROUND AND ROUND 362 00:21:58,967 --> 00:22:01,233 AND MAKE, LIKE, A HAMMOCK OUT OF THIS. 363 00:22:01,300 --> 00:22:05,533 THE WHOLE THING TAKES ME JUST OVER A COUPLE OF HOURS. 364 00:22:08,734 --> 00:22:10,400 AND THAT'S THE BED FRAME. 365 00:22:10,467 --> 00:22:12,634 AND NOW I NEED THE PALM FRONDS. 366 00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:14,433 GRAB THE END 367 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:18,433 AND THEN JUST SPLIT THEM IN HALF. 368 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:21,400 IT COMES AWAY REALLY NICELY. 369 00:22:21,467 --> 00:22:25,233 AND THIS MAKES GREAT ROOFING. 370 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,500 IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND SUNNY NOW, 371 00:22:29,567 --> 00:22:32,066 BUT WHEN THESE TROPICAL STORMS HIT, 372 00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:34,734 YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT IT. 373 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,100 THEY ROAR THROUGH, 374 00:22:36,166 --> 00:22:38,600 UNLEASHING AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IN AN HOUR, 375 00:22:38,667 --> 00:22:40,000 SO, I'M NOT GONNA MISS 376 00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:42,433 ANY OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT FRESHWATER. 377 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:45,600 IF I JUST SPLIT THIS BAMBOO... 378 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:48,900 ...DOWN THE MIDDLE, 379 00:22:48,967 --> 00:22:52,033 I CAN USE THAT THEN AS SOME GUTTERING AT THE BACK. 380 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:54,533 PLACE IT DIRECTLY UNDER THESE LEAVES. 381 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,567 IT WILL COLLECT ALL THE WATER RUNNING OFF HERE. 382 00:22:57,634 --> 00:23:00,433 SO LET'S HOPE IT RAINS. 383 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:02,200 MY SHELTER'S FINISHED, 384 00:23:02,266 --> 00:23:05,033 AND I'VE JUST GOT ENOUGH TIME TO COLLECT WOOD FOR MY FIRE. 385 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:08,166 THE BEST PLACE FOR ME TO GET TINDER 386 00:23:08,233 --> 00:23:12,900 IS SOME OF THIS PALM FIBER AT THE TOP OF THE COCONUT TREE. 387 00:23:12,967 --> 00:23:15,934 COCONUT IS KNOWN AS A TREE OF A THOUSAND USES. 388 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,233 AND IT'S A LIFESAVER -- FOOD, FLUID, TINDER. 389 00:23:19,300 --> 00:23:22,667 AND WHEN THE HUSK BURNS, IT REPELS MOSQUITOES. 390 00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:29,600 THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS STUFF IS THAT IT'S ALL NICE AND DRY. 391 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:32,266 IT'S DRIED BY THE SUN. 392 00:23:32,333 --> 00:23:36,266 RUB IT UP, SO IT'S JUST THE FIBERS. 393 00:23:36,333 --> 00:23:40,634 AND THEN THAT WILL TAKE A SPARK. 394 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:42,367 [ SCRATCHING ] 395 00:23:42,433 --> 00:23:44,967 AT NIGHT, IT'S AROUND 70 DEGREES, 396 00:23:45,033 --> 00:23:48,166 SO YOU DON'T NEED A FIRE SO MUCH FOR WARMTH 397 00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:52,133 AS FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BOOST IT CAN GIVE YOU. 398 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:57,166 AND OF COURSE, IT MEANS I CAN COOK MY STING RAY. 399 00:23:58,667 --> 00:24:00,634 THE BITS OF THIS THAT I WANT TO EAT 400 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:02,800 ARE THE WINGS HERE. 401 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:09,600 A BIT OF DRIFTWOOD MAKES A PERFECT SKEWER. 402 00:24:09,667 --> 00:24:12,200 AND I'VE GOT THESE CRAB CLAWS. 403 00:24:12,266 --> 00:24:16,467 SPRINKLE THESE INTO THE HOT COALS. 404 00:24:16,533 --> 00:24:21,300 AND THEN THAT'S GONNA BE A PROPER SEAFOOD SUPPER -- 405 00:24:21,367 --> 00:24:25,533 STING RAY AND HERMIT CRAB CLAWS. 406 00:24:27,734 --> 00:24:31,000 LET'S SEE IF THESE CRAB CLAWS ARE READY. 407 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:40,367 MMM. THAT'S AMAZING. 408 00:24:40,433 --> 00:24:42,934 BE EVEN BETTER WITH SOME MAYONNAISE. 409 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,200 WITH FRESHWATER SO SCARCE, EAT LITTLE AND OFTEN. 410 00:24:46,266 --> 00:24:49,400 OTHERWISE, DIGESTION USES UP FLUIDS 411 00:24:49,467 --> 00:24:51,300 YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE. 412 00:24:51,367 --> 00:24:54,934 DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WILL HASTEN DEHYDRATION. 413 00:24:56,900 --> 00:25:00,734 OH, IT'S CHEWY AS HELL 414 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,467 AND ACTUALLY DOESN'T TASTE VERY NICE. 415 00:25:03,533 --> 00:25:06,166 I NORMALLY LOVE FISH, BUT... 416 00:25:06,233 --> 00:25:11,400 THIS IS OBVIOUSLY QUITE A MEAN ONE. 417 00:25:11,467 --> 00:25:15,200 NOW THERE'S ONE LONG NIGHT AHEAD OF ME -- 418 00:25:15,266 --> 00:25:18,333 12 HOURS OF DARKNESS ON THE EQUATOR. 419 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,533 BEING ABANDONED ON A DESERT ISLAND 420 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,934 MUST BE A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. 421 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,533 AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE DAYTIME, THIS PLACE JUST LOOKS IDYLLIC. 422 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,667 YOU GOT BLUE SKIES, SUN, SEA, SAND, 423 00:25:29,734 --> 00:25:32,900 BUT AT NIGHTTIME, IT'S JUST PITCH BLACK. 424 00:25:32,967 --> 00:25:35,000 AND THAT SENSE OF ISOLATION 425 00:25:35,066 --> 00:25:39,433 WHERE ALL YOU'VE GOT AROUND YOU IS JUST VAST OPEN OCEAN... 426 00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:41,834 IS VERY POWERFUL. 427 00:25:41,900 --> 00:25:44,867 [ FIRE CRACKLES ] 428 00:25:52,266 --> 00:25:54,000 [ SCRATCHING ] 429 00:25:54,066 --> 00:25:56,000 NOW THE WIND HAS PICKED UP. 430 00:25:56,066 --> 00:26:00,700 I CAN ALSO HEAR ALL THESE CRABS, LIKE, SCURRYING AROUND UNDER ME. 431 00:26:00,767 --> 00:26:02,000 ON TOP OF THAT, 432 00:26:02,066 --> 00:26:05,266 THIS BED IS SERIOUSLY BEGINNING TO CREAK. 433 00:26:05,333 --> 00:26:09,734 AND THERE'S ONE REALLY ANNOYING BIT OF PALM FROND IN MY BACK. 434 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,467 SO, AT THE MOMENT, 435 00:26:11,533 --> 00:26:14,800 THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SLEEPING GOING ON HERE. 436 00:26:14,867 --> 00:26:18,934 AND I'LL NEED ALL MY STRENGTH FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD. 437 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,567 LOOK AT THIS GUY. 438 00:26:20,634 --> 00:26:22,667 HE'S QUITE A NASTY-LOOKING FELLA. 439 00:26:40,634 --> 00:26:43,000 I'VE JUST SPENT A LONG AND UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT 440 00:26:43,066 --> 00:26:45,266 ON A REMOTE ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SUMATRA. 441 00:26:45,333 --> 00:26:48,734 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A SERIES OF SURVIVAL CHALLENGES 442 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,900 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET OUT ALIVE. 443 00:26:50,967 --> 00:26:52,767 AND THIS MORNING, THINGS ARE LOOKING UP. 444 00:26:52,834 --> 00:26:56,233 WHEN THESE TROPICAL STORMS HIT, THEY'RE FIERCE. 445 00:26:56,300 --> 00:26:58,133 JUST LOOK AT IT POURING DOWN. 446 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,900 AND ALL OF THIS RAIN COLLECTOR IS FILLING UP REALLY FAST. 447 00:27:01,967 --> 00:27:04,567 I NEED TO PUT MORE OF THEM OUT HERE. 448 00:27:04,634 --> 00:27:08,200 BUT FOR ME, THIS IS JUST HEAVEN. 449 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:13,033 WHEN IT RAINS LIKE THIS, YOU JUST GOT TO HAVE YOUR FILL. 450 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:16,700 DRINK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. 451 00:27:16,767 --> 00:27:20,967 AND STORE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. 452 00:27:23,667 --> 00:27:27,533 AND I'M SOAKED. I'M GONNA GO HAVE A WASH. 453 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,266 'CAUSE THE REST OF THE TIME, 454 00:27:29,333 --> 00:27:33,066 IT'S JUST BEEN ROASTING-HOT, NO WIND. 455 00:27:33,133 --> 00:27:35,500 AND NOW, IT'S JUST, LIKE... 456 00:27:35,567 --> 00:27:39,967 POURING AND A NICE FRESH BREEZE. 457 00:27:42,166 --> 00:27:45,100 [ SIGHS ] THAT IS SO NICE. 458 00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:49,767 GET ALL OF THAT SALT OFF ME. 459 00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:52,767 YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE WITH SALT FOR A LONG TIME, 460 00:27:52,834 --> 00:27:56,133 IT JUST GIVES YOU SORES, LOADS OF ABRASION. 461 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,000 AND THIS IS JUST HEAVEN. 462 00:27:58,066 --> 00:28:02,100 BEFORE THE PUNISHING HEAT AND HUMIDITY KICK IN AGAIN, 463 00:28:02,166 --> 00:28:03,800 I'M GRABBING THE CHANCE TO EXERCISE. 464 00:28:03,867 --> 00:28:05,433 IT WILL RELEASE ENDORPHINS, 465 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:07,800 WHICH WILL PUMP YOUR BODY AND MIND -- 466 00:28:07,867 --> 00:28:10,734 READY TO FACE THE DAILY STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL. 467 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:11,867 YEAH! 468 00:28:11,934 --> 00:28:14,834 AH, IT FEELS GOOD! 469 00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:21,867 THE DOWNPOUR MEANS I'VE GOT FRESHWATER, 470 00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:23,600 BUT THERE'S NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH 471 00:28:23,667 --> 00:28:26,266 TO KEEP YOU GOING ON THIS ISLAND FOR LONG. 472 00:28:26,333 --> 00:28:27,867 HOWEVER DESPERATE YOU ARE, 473 00:28:27,934 --> 00:28:30,533 NEVER BE TEMPTED TO DRINK SEAWATER. 474 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,033 YOUR KIDNEYS WILL COLLAPSE. 475 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:35,867 THERE'S A MILITARY RULE OF THUMB 476 00:28:35,934 --> 00:28:38,767 THAT SAYS YOU CAN SURVIVE THREE WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD 477 00:28:38,834 --> 00:28:41,100 BUT ONLY THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATER. 478 00:28:41,166 --> 00:28:44,500 IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, YOU'RE NEARING CRUNCH POINT. 479 00:28:44,567 --> 00:28:46,433 YOU EITHER STAY AND FACE DEATH 480 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:50,200 OR THINK OF A WAY TO GET OFF THIS ISLAND. 481 00:28:50,266 --> 00:28:55,333 BUT FIRST, I'M BACK IN THE SEA. I NEED SOME BREAKFAST. 482 00:29:05,033 --> 00:29:06,834 THIS SPINY SEA URCHIN 483 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:10,066 BRISTLES WITH PAIN-AFFLICTING DEFENSE MECHANISMS. 484 00:29:10,133 --> 00:29:11,700 AS WELL AS THE SPINES, 485 00:29:11,767 --> 00:29:13,667 SOME SEA URCHINS CAN RELEASE VENOM 486 00:29:13,734 --> 00:29:16,967 WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE PARALYSIS. 487 00:29:19,467 --> 00:29:22,667 LOOK AT THIS GUY. 488 00:29:22,734 --> 00:29:25,667 HE'S QUITE A NASTY-LOOKING FELLA. 489 00:29:25,734 --> 00:29:29,433 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE SPIKES ON THIS. 490 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:32,834 STAND ON THAT, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW ABOUT IT. 491 00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:34,767 AND ACTUALLY, OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS, 492 00:29:34,834 --> 00:29:36,900 PEOPLE ARE OUT SWIMMING OR SNORKELING, 493 00:29:36,967 --> 00:29:38,200 AND THEY'LL STAND ON IT 494 00:29:38,266 --> 00:29:40,166 AND GET THESE BARBS IN THEIR FEET. 495 00:29:40,233 --> 00:29:42,200 AND THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO GET OUT. 496 00:29:42,266 --> 00:29:44,667 WHAT HAPPENS -- PULL IT THIS WAY, IT'S FINE. 497 00:29:44,734 --> 00:29:48,333 GO THE OTHER WAY... 498 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,100 AND THERE'S JUST MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF THESE LITTLE BARBS 499 00:29:51,166 --> 00:29:52,834 THAT WILL JUST STICK IN YOUR FEET. 500 00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:55,467 AND ACTUALLY, WHAT THE LOCALS DO IF THEY STAND ON THIS -- 501 00:29:55,533 --> 00:29:57,400 THEY SAY THE ONLY WAY OF GETTING IT OUT 502 00:29:57,467 --> 00:29:59,634 IS TO GET A BIT OF WOOD AND JUST BEAT YOUR FEET 503 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:01,066 UNTIL ALL OF THESE LITTLE BITS 504 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:03,100 HAVE BROKEN UP INTO TINY LITTLE FRAGMENTS, 505 00:30:03,166 --> 00:30:05,667 AND THEN YOUR BODY CAN ABSORB IT. 506 00:30:05,734 --> 00:30:08,433 BUT YOU CAN ALSO EAT THIS. 507 00:30:11,133 --> 00:30:15,567 AND YOU WANT TO GET ALL OF THESE BARBS OFF FIRST 508 00:30:15,634 --> 00:30:18,200 SO YOU DON'T SPIKE YOURSELF. 509 00:30:19,667 --> 00:30:22,667 THEN WHAT YOU WANT TO DO 510 00:30:22,734 --> 00:30:26,133 IS SPLIT IT STRAIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE. 511 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,200 THERE WE GO. OKAY. LOOK, YOU SEE INSIDE OF IT. 512 00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:36,967 ALL OF THE SAND AND THE GUTS -- I DON'T WANT THAT. 513 00:30:37,033 --> 00:30:38,533 BUT UNDERNEATH THIS, 514 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,533 SEE ALL OF THESE BROWN BITS HERE? 515 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,934 THAT'S ALL OF ITS EGGS, ALL OF ITS ROE. 516 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,767 AND ALL OF THESE EGGS ARE GOOD TO EAT. 517 00:30:46,834 --> 00:30:50,066 THEY SAY THIS IS THE CAVIAR OF THE SEA. 518 00:30:53,467 --> 00:30:54,567 [ GROANS ] 519 00:30:54,634 --> 00:30:57,433 IT'S LIKE... 520 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:00,800 IT'S LIKE KIND OF BABY POOP. 521 00:31:00,867 --> 00:31:03,300 CAVIAR. 522 00:31:03,367 --> 00:31:05,133 BUT LOADS OF GOOD ENERGY. 523 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,800 GOOD PROTEIN AND NUTRIENTS IN THIS. 524 00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:10,033 [ SUCKS ] 525 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:12,166 IT'S A QUICK ENERGY BOOST, 526 00:31:12,233 --> 00:31:15,233 BUT WATER REMAINS MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE. 527 00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:19,533 NO MATTER HOW MUCH RAINWATER I'VE MANAGED TO COLLECT, 528 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,867 IT'S NOT GONNA LAST LONG. 529 00:31:21,934 --> 00:31:26,934 TO SURVIVE MEANS FACING SOME STARK CHOICES. 530 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,400 THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS, 531 00:31:28,467 --> 00:31:30,900 IF YOU'RE STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND 532 00:31:30,967 --> 00:31:33,500 WITH A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FRESHWATER, 533 00:31:33,567 --> 00:31:35,467 YOU'VE GOT A CHOICE. 534 00:31:35,533 --> 00:31:38,934 YOU EITHER STAY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA DIE 535 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,734 A SLOW, LINGERING DEATH OF DEHYDRATION... 536 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:48,100 OR YOU TAKE YOUR CHANCES WITH THE OCEAN AND BUILD A RAFT. 537 00:31:48,166 --> 00:31:50,900 AND WHAT THIS ISLAND LACKS IN FRESHWATER, 538 00:31:50,967 --> 00:31:54,600 IT MAKES UP FOR IN RESOURCES. 539 00:31:54,667 --> 00:31:59,200 AND I KNOW THE CHOICE THAT I'D MAKE. 540 00:31:59,266 --> 00:32:03,433 I'VE GOT TO TACKLE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE 541 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:06,634 FACING ANYONE MAROONED ON A REMOTE ISLAND -- 542 00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:10,000 BUILDING A RAFT AND TRYING TO ESCAPE. 543 00:32:18,967 --> 00:32:22,200 I'M ON A REMOTE ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SUMATRA. 544 00:32:22,266 --> 00:32:23,867 IT MIGHT LOOK IDYLLIC, 545 00:32:23,934 --> 00:32:25,867 BUT EVERY DAY IN A PLACE LIKE THIS 546 00:32:25,934 --> 00:32:27,967 IS A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. 547 00:32:28,033 --> 00:32:29,600 WHAT FOOD THERE IS, 548 00:32:29,667 --> 00:32:31,266 IS MOSTLY OUT THERE IN THE OCEAN, 549 00:32:31,333 --> 00:32:32,567 AND IT'S PRETTY GRIM. 550 00:32:32,634 --> 00:32:37,133 AND INLAND, THERE ARE ONLY SMALL PICKINGS. 551 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,100 HERE YOU GO. LOOK, HERE'S A TERMITE'S NEST. 552 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:43,600 SEE THIS? SHE RUNS ALL THE WAY UP THE TREE. 553 00:32:43,667 --> 00:32:46,400 AND LOOK, IF I HACK A BIT OF THIS OFF... 554 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,066 THERE YOU GO. 555 00:32:55,133 --> 00:32:56,233 LOOK AT MY ARM -- 556 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:58,700 LOADS OF THEM ALL THE WAY ALONG HERE. 557 00:32:58,767 --> 00:33:02,400 AND I CAN JUST EAT THESE... 558 00:33:02,467 --> 00:33:05,567 STRAIGHT OFF THERE. 559 00:33:05,634 --> 00:33:07,433 QUITE TANGY... 560 00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:09,166 BUT, NO... 561 00:33:09,233 --> 00:33:13,000 IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF THING. 562 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,333 BUT THEN, AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED, GET THEM ALL OFF. 563 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,433 OTHERWISE, THEY'LL GET INTO YOUR PANTS, 564 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:26,700 DOWN YOUR TROUSERS... 565 00:33:26,767 --> 00:33:28,400 AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT. 566 00:33:28,467 --> 00:33:31,033 BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS FRESHWATER. 567 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:33,300 THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH OF IT. 568 00:33:33,367 --> 00:33:35,367 RISK STAYING ON THE ISLAND, 569 00:33:35,433 --> 00:33:37,467 AND IT'S A CERTAIN DEATH SENTENCE. 570 00:33:37,533 --> 00:33:40,900 ESCAPE IS YOUR BEST CHANCE OF MAKING IT OUT ALIVE. 571 00:33:40,967 --> 00:33:42,500 I'M GONNA BUILD A RAFT. 572 00:33:42,567 --> 00:33:46,066 ALL OF THIS HERE IS NOW THE DOWNWARD TIP OF THE ISLAND, 573 00:33:46,133 --> 00:33:48,667 AND IT'S WHERE ALL OF THE DRIFTWOOD -- 574 00:33:48,734 --> 00:33:51,066 LOOK, YOU SEE ALL OF THIS STUFF -- 575 00:33:51,133 --> 00:33:52,467 HAS GOT WASHED UP... 576 00:33:52,533 --> 00:33:55,567 PUT HERE BY ALL OF THE STORMS AND THE CURRENTS, 577 00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:58,900 WHICH HAVE JUST WASH IT UP ONTO THIS BEACH. 578 00:33:58,967 --> 00:34:03,100 BUT IT'S THIS STUFF THAT I CAN USE. 579 00:34:04,567 --> 00:34:07,667 AND A LITTLE BAMBOO LIKE THIS IS IDEAL. 580 00:34:07,734 --> 00:34:10,166 IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN WHEN IT'S LIVING. 581 00:34:10,233 --> 00:34:12,467 IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE MOISTURE IN IT. 582 00:34:14,367 --> 00:34:17,300 AND JUST LOADS AND LOADS OF DEADWOOD AROUND -- 583 00:34:17,367 --> 00:34:21,734 DEAD, STRAIGHT, FLOATY WOOD. 584 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,000 BUT I'M NOT GONNA MISS THIS CORAL, 585 00:34:25,066 --> 00:34:27,066 THAT'S FOR SURE. 586 00:34:27,133 --> 00:34:28,867 OW! 587 00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:32,767 WHAT I WANT FOR THIS RAFT 588 00:34:32,834 --> 00:34:36,600 IS BOTH STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY, 589 00:34:36,667 --> 00:34:40,100 AND BAMBOO IS IDEAL. 590 00:34:40,166 --> 00:34:41,934 YEAH, IT'S SUPER STRONG. 591 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,133 THAT'S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD 592 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,133 USE IT FOR, LIKE, SCAFFOLDING AND BUILDING MATERIAL. 593 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:53,533 BAMBOO RULES OVER CONCRETE IN MANY EARTHQUAKE ZONES. 594 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,066 IT BENDS RATHER THAN COLLAPSES IN TREMORS, 595 00:34:57,133 --> 00:34:59,867 AND IT'S THOSE QUALITIES I NEED FOR MY RAFT. 596 00:34:59,934 --> 00:35:03,634 IT'S HOLLOW, BUOYANT, AND TOUGH. 597 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:08,500 BUT WHAT YOU COULD USE TO LASH IT ALL TOGETHER IS JUST VINES. 598 00:35:08,567 --> 00:35:13,166 BUT MY EXPERIENCE OF VINES AND THE SEA -- THEY STRETCH. 599 00:35:13,233 --> 00:35:16,500 AND, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, WHEN YOU GET SOME BIG SWELLS, 600 00:35:16,567 --> 00:35:18,166 IT CAN EASILY COME APART. 601 00:35:18,233 --> 00:35:20,300 SO, INSTEAD, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS, 602 00:35:20,367 --> 00:35:25,233 MAKE THESE SORT OF HOLES ALL THE WAY THROUGH EACH OF THEM 603 00:35:25,300 --> 00:35:27,567 AND THEN PUT A BIT OF WOOD 604 00:35:27,634 --> 00:35:30,567 STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE LIKE THAT. 605 00:35:30,634 --> 00:35:34,667 AND WHAT THAT'S DOING IS THEN USING THE STRENGTH OF THE BAMBOO 606 00:35:34,734 --> 00:35:37,000 TO HOLD IT TOGETHER 607 00:35:37,066 --> 00:35:40,467 RATHER THAN THE STRENGTH OF THE VINE. 608 00:35:42,767 --> 00:35:47,400 IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT THREE HOURS TO BUILD THIS. 609 00:36:03,467 --> 00:36:04,600 [ GRUNTS ] 610 00:36:04,667 --> 00:36:06,967 IT'S HARD WORK, THIS BIT. 611 00:36:07,033 --> 00:36:13,266 THIS IS GONNA GIVE REAL STRENGTH TO THIS RAFT. 612 00:36:18,033 --> 00:36:21,300 AND THAT'S THEN THE PLATFORM COMPLETE. 613 00:36:21,367 --> 00:36:23,867 THE ONE THING YOU'VE ALSO GOT TO REMEMBER, 614 00:36:23,934 --> 00:36:25,200 WHEN YOU MAKE A RAFT, 615 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:27,533 BUILD IT SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU CAN LAUNCH IT. 616 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,734 'CAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO MAKE A BIG THING, 617 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,634 GET READY TO LAUNCH IT, AND THEN IT'S TOO BIG AND HEAVY, 618 00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:36,767 BECAUSE THIS THING IS A BIG HEAVY BRUTE. 619 00:36:38,767 --> 00:36:40,200 BUT HOPEFULLY... 620 00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:43,667 IT'S GONNA KEEP ME AFLOAT OUT THERE ON THE OCEAN. 621 00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:49,333 BEFORE HEADING OUT TO SEA, 622 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,433 YOU WANT TO GET YOURSELF SOME PROVISIONS. 623 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:56,467 AND THE BEST THING I CAN GET IS SOME OF THOSE. 624 00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:04,934 AND THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE BEST ONE TO TRY AND GET UP. 625 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,200 AND I CAN TELL ALREADY 626 00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:12,767 THIS IS GONNA BE AS SLIPPERY AS AN ICE RINK. 627 00:37:12,834 --> 00:37:17,166 ONE WAY OF GETTING UP THIS WITHOUT USING ANY CLIMBING TOOLS 628 00:37:17,233 --> 00:37:20,600 IS JUST TO IMPROVISE SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO PULL ON. 629 00:37:20,667 --> 00:37:22,634 AND I'VE GOT THIS VINE. 630 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:23,900 WE'LL JUST TIE THIS 631 00:37:23,967 --> 00:37:27,233 IN A REALLY SIMPLE OVERHAND KNOT. 632 00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:32,767 IT WILL ACT AS LIKE A SELF-TIGHTENING SLIPKNOT. 633 00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:34,400 [ GRUNTS ] 634 00:37:34,467 --> 00:37:36,500 THE VINE WILL THEN CREATE ENOUGH FRICTION 635 00:37:36,567 --> 00:37:41,300 TO ALLOW ME TO CONTROL THE CLIMB. 636 00:37:41,367 --> 00:37:43,767 IT'S THE GREEN COCONUTS AT THE TOP THAT I'M AFTER. 637 00:37:43,834 --> 00:37:45,867 THEY CAN BE PACKED WITH A LITER OF FLUID. 638 00:37:45,934 --> 00:37:48,266 IF I USE ONE THAT'S ALREADY FALLEN, 639 00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:52,000 THERE'S LESS LIQUID IN IT. 640 00:37:52,066 --> 00:37:54,266 OKAY, THROW US THE CAMERA. 641 00:37:57,667 --> 00:38:01,667 AND COCONUTS ARE GREAT SURVIVAL FOOD FOR RAFTS 642 00:38:01,734 --> 00:38:03,600 JUST BECAUSE THEY LAST FOR AGES 643 00:38:03,667 --> 00:38:06,300 AND AREN'T GONNA PERISH IN THE SALT WATER, 644 00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:09,467 GOT LOADS OF CALORIES, AND INSIDE THEM 645 00:38:09,533 --> 00:38:13,600 IS ALL OF THAT GOOD COCONUT FLESH AND COCONUT JUICE. 646 00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:16,734 BUT RATION YOURSELF. 647 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,967 DRINK TOO MUCH, AND YOU RISK GETTING DIARRHEA, 648 00:38:19,033 --> 00:38:23,233 AND THAT'S A FAST ROUTE TO DEHYDRATION. 649 00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:26,867 SOON, I'LL BE LAUNCHING MY RAFT. 650 00:38:26,934 --> 00:38:30,300 AND GETTING ONTO THE ISLAND WAS TOUGH, 651 00:38:30,367 --> 00:38:33,266 BUT GETTING OUT TO SEA THROUGH THE SURF 652 00:38:33,333 --> 00:38:34,900 IS GONNA BE A REAL BATTLE. 653 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:49,066 I'M BUILDING A RAFT IN A BID 654 00:38:49,133 --> 00:38:51,567 TO GET OFF A DESERTED ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SUMATRA. 655 00:38:51,634 --> 00:38:53,266 IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE, 656 00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:56,000 BUT THAT'S WHAT SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT. 657 00:38:56,066 --> 00:38:58,700 IN MANY WAYS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST DANGERS 658 00:38:58,767 --> 00:39:01,266 OUT ON THE OCEAN ON A RAFT LIKE THIS 659 00:39:01,333 --> 00:39:03,066 IS ACTUALLY THE SUN. 660 00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:07,333 SO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE SOME SORT OF SHADE. 661 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,233 BEING SO CLOSE TO THE EQUATOR 662 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:12,800 MEANS THAT THE CONSTANT HEAT AND HUMIDITY DRAINS YOU. 663 00:39:12,867 --> 00:39:15,934 OUT AT SEA, THE REFLECTION OF THE SUN ON THE WATER 664 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,667 INTENSIFIES ITS STRENGTH. 665 00:39:18,734 --> 00:39:22,900 THESE PALMS ARE JUST WHAT I NEED TO HELP PROTECT ME. 666 00:39:25,166 --> 00:39:28,433 I'M ALMOST READY TO HEAD OUT TO SEA. 667 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:31,500 THERE ARE DANGEROUS CURRENTS, STORIES OF PIRATES, 668 00:39:31,567 --> 00:39:32,967 AND IT'S A GAMBLE. 669 00:39:33,033 --> 00:39:35,333 BUT YOUR CHANCES ARE BETTER OUT AT SEA 670 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,867 THAN STAYING PUT ON THIS ISLAND IN THE HOPE OF BEING RESCUED. 671 00:39:38,934 --> 00:39:44,333 THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH FRESHWATER TO SURVIVE FOR LONG. 672 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:49,634 I DO STILL BELIEVE THIS IS A GAMBLE WORTH TAKING. 673 00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:53,266 BUT IF I'M HONEST, I AM NERVOUS ABOUT WHETHER... 674 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:56,467 I'M GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THESE BREAKERS. 675 00:39:56,533 --> 00:39:59,166 THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. 676 00:39:59,233 --> 00:40:02,900 OUT THERE ARE NEARLY 100 ISLANDS 677 00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:04,467 HUDDLED ON THIS ARCHIPELAGO. 678 00:40:04,533 --> 00:40:05,767 MAKE IT TO ANOTHER ONE, 679 00:40:05,834 --> 00:40:07,800 AND THERE COULD BE BETTER RESOURCES 680 00:40:07,867 --> 00:40:11,500 OR YOU COULD BE RESCUED BY A FISHING BOAT. 681 00:40:16,133 --> 00:40:19,567 I WANT TO USE THE RIPTIDES -- NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER 682 00:40:19,634 --> 00:40:21,800 RUSHING OUT BETWEEN THE BREAKERS. 683 00:40:21,867 --> 00:40:24,767 THEY MADE IT TOUGH FOR ME TO LAND ON THE ISLAND, 684 00:40:24,834 --> 00:40:26,533 BUT IF I GET IT RIGHT, 685 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,900 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROPEL MY RAFT OUT OF HERE. 686 00:40:29,967 --> 00:40:34,734 BUT THE WAVES ARE SUDDENLY COMING AT ME FROM ALL SIDES. 687 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,066 I JUST HOPE MY RAFT STANDS UP TO THE BATTERING. 688 00:40:49,567 --> 00:40:55,000 I'VE GOT TO USE MY DRIFTWOOD PADDLE TO HELP STEER MY COURSE. 689 00:41:22,634 --> 00:41:24,133 I DON'T QUITE BELIEVE 690 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,533 I MADE IT STRAIGHT OUT THROUGH THAT CORAL REEF. 691 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,200 AND THE RIPTIDE DID EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO DO. 692 00:41:31,266 --> 00:41:32,867 IT TOOK ME STRAIGHT OUT 693 00:41:32,934 --> 00:41:37,200 BETWEEN WHERE THOSE WAVES WERE CURLING AND BREAKING. 694 00:41:37,266 --> 00:41:40,133 BRILLIANT. 695 00:41:43,867 --> 00:41:45,467 THERE'S NO TELLING HOW LONG 696 00:41:45,533 --> 00:41:47,900 YOU COULD BE ALONE ON THE OCEAN. 697 00:41:47,967 --> 00:41:50,333 AND YOU DO FEEL VERY INSIGNIFICANT 698 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,767 AS YOU FLOAT IN THIS VAST EMPTINESS. 699 00:41:52,834 --> 00:41:57,066 THERE'S NOTHING BUT A GNAWING LONELINESS. 700 00:41:57,133 --> 00:42:02,166 TRY AND CONSERVE YOUR ENERGY AND KEEP FOCUSED. 701 00:42:05,834 --> 00:42:08,433 REALLY, I'M LOSING THE LIGHT. 702 00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:12,266 NOW WE WANT TO SEE IF I MAKE IT ACROSS... 703 00:42:12,333 --> 00:42:16,100 TO ONE OF THOSE OTHER ISLANDS BEFORE THE SUN SETS, 704 00:42:16,166 --> 00:42:20,734 'CAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE ON THIS RAFT AT NIGHTTIME. 705 00:42:23,066 --> 00:42:24,667 MY RAFT TOOK A BIT OF BATTERING 706 00:42:24,734 --> 00:42:26,767 IN THE LAUNCH THROUGH THE BREAKERS. 707 00:42:26,834 --> 00:42:28,967 IT'S SITTING LOW IN THE WATER, 708 00:42:29,033 --> 00:42:32,967 AND I'M HAVING TO DO CONTINUOUS RUNNING REPAIRS. 709 00:42:40,233 --> 00:42:44,200 BUT THEN, I CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF AN ENGINE. 710 00:42:44,266 --> 00:42:46,467 IT'S THE SORT OF SIGHT YOU PRAY FOR. 711 00:42:46,533 --> 00:42:48,467 HEY! 712 00:42:50,667 --> 00:42:54,300 LET'S GET THIS OFF. 713 00:42:54,367 --> 00:42:58,834 BUMP INTO THESE GUYS, AND YOUR ORDEAL IS OVER. 714 00:43:01,367 --> 00:43:04,533 MY CHALLENGES OF SURVIVAL ON A REMOTE INDONESIAN ISLAND 715 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:07,133 IN ONE OF THE MOST VOLATILE PLACES ON EARTH 716 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,166 HAS BEEN SOMETHING ELSE. 717 00:43:09,233 --> 00:43:12,567 BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME TO HEAD HOME. 718 00:43:12,634 --> 00:43:15,567 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 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