1 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,140 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,080 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:17,300 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,160 WHOO! 5 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,180 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 6 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:24,320 IN THE SORT OF PLACES WHERE YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 7 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:27,020 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 8 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:29,340 I'M IN SOUTH DAKOTA, 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,460 HOME TO THREE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE WILDERNESS AREAS 10 00:00:33,020 --> 00:00:34,000 IN THE U.S... 11 00:00:34,380 --> 00:00:35,460 JUST BACK UP. 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,400 ...THE BLACK HILLS, THE GREAT PLAINS, 13 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,240 AND THE BARREN, FORBIDDING BADLANDS. 14 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:48,400 THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PRECARIOUS RIDGES 15 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:50,000 I'VE EVER GONE DOWN. 16 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,120 THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE WEATHER... 17 00:00:53,260 --> 00:00:54,120 ( THUNDER RUMBLING ) 18 00:00:54,180 --> 00:00:56,480 THAT IS VERY, VERY CLOSE. 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,080 ...THE WILDLIFE... 20 00:00:58,140 --> 00:00:59,080 GET INTO COVER. 21 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,120 YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH THEM. 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,200 ...AND THE TERRAIN CAN ALL BE KILLERS. 23 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,280 FLYING OVER THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. 24 00:01:18,420 --> 00:01:21,460 IT'S OVER 8,000 SQUARE MILES OF GRANITE MOUNTAINS, 25 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,480 FOREST CANYONS, AND MASSIVE CLIFFS. 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,180 THE LAKOTA NATIVE AMERICANS 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,000 GAVE THE BLACK HILLS THEIR NAME. 28 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:30,160 BUT FROM UP HERE, 29 00:01:30,220 --> 00:01:33,180 IT'S A HUGE EXPANSE OF FOREST AND JAGGED PEAKS 30 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,000 AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. 31 00:01:35,060 --> 00:01:37,160 IT'S REMOTE, AND IT'S WILD. 32 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,380 THIS PLACE SEES SOME OF THE MOST VOLATILE WEATHER ON EARTH 33 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,000 WITH MASSIVE TEMPERATURE CHANGES, FLASH FLOODS, 34 00:01:44,060 --> 00:01:47,160 AND THESE VIOLENT ELECTRICAL STORMS. 35 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,480 THERE'S NO WAY THE CHOPPER'S GONNA BE ABLE TO LAND 36 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,120 AMONGST THOSE TREES. 37 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:55,420 THE ONLY PLACE THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT ME DOWN 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,100 IS ON THE TOP OF ONE OF THESE PINNACLES. 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,440 IT'S NEVER EASY! 40 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,320 THE PILOT'S GONNA BRING ME IN ABOUT 50 FOOT ABOVE THE SUMMIT. 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,000 THEN IT'S DOWN TO ME. 42 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,280 I LANDED IN BRIGHT SUNSHINE. 43 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,220 BUT WITHIN MINUTES, I'M GETTING A TASTE 44 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,480 OF SOUTH DAKOTA'S VOLATILE WEATHER. 45 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,400 JUST A SPECTACULAR LANDSCAPE. 46 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,360 LOOK AT THAT. 47 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,120 QUITE AN INTIMIDATING PLACE TO BE. 48 00:02:42,380 --> 00:02:46,120 IF YOU'RE GONNA FEEL SMALL ANYWHERE, IT'S OUT HERE. 49 00:02:47,220 --> 00:02:50,120 WHAT WORRIES ME MORE AT THE MOMENT IS ALL OF THIS. 50 00:02:50,180 --> 00:02:52,080 LOOK AT THAT BLUE SKY OVER THERE. 51 00:02:52,180 --> 00:02:54,120 THAT HAS DEFINITELY MOVED ON. 52 00:02:54,260 --> 00:02:56,360 AND HEADING THIS WAY IS ALL OF THAT STUFF, 53 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,400 THOSE DARK THUNDERCLOUDS. 54 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,040 AND THIS WHOLE AREA'S NOTORIOUS 55 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:04,240 FOR LIGHTNING AND ITS ELECTRICAL STORMS. 56 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:06,380 I'M RIGHT HERE ON THE TOP OF THIS PINNACLE, 57 00:03:07,060 --> 00:03:09,360 PROBABLY THE WORST PLACE YOU CAN BE FOR LIGHTNING. 58 00:03:09,420 --> 00:03:11,240 - ( THUNDER RUMBLING ) - THAT'S THE THUNDER. 59 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:14,060 MY PRIORITY'S GOT TO BE -- GET DOWN. 60 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,440 SOUTH DAKOTA IS IN TORNADO ALLEY. 61 00:03:17,060 --> 00:03:18,120 10 MILES ABOVE, 62 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,080 CHANGES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE JET STREAM 63 00:03:20,140 --> 00:03:21,460 CAN TURN THE WEATHER HERE FAST. 64 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,440 I'M AT THE HIGHEST POINT FOR MILES. 65 00:03:24,020 --> 00:03:25,260 AND IF I DON'T GET OFF THIS ROCK, 66 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,200 I'LL BECOME A HUMAN LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR. 67 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,000 THIS ISN'T LOOKING VERY CLEVER, EITHER. 68 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,240 LET'S TRY THIS WAY. 69 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:34,400 THIS BLACK HILLS GRANITE 70 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:37,020 IS GREAT FOR CLIMBING WHEN IT'S DRY. 71 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,380 BUT ONCE A STORM HITS, IT BECOMES LETHAL. 72 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:43,060 THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY CHANGEABLE WEATHER. 73 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,100 WE GOT ALL OF THIS ROCK THAT WAS BONE-DRY EARLIER 74 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,200 NOW LIKE RUNNING WET. 75 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,200 I'M ONLY JUST ABOUT IN TIME. 76 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,160 LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF WATER COMING DOWN THIS NOW. 77 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,440 200 FOOT BELOW THE PINNACLE, 78 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,260 THE BLACK HILLS TERRAIN IS STILL TOUGH GOING, 79 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,300 STEEP AND SLIPPERY. 80 00:04:09,140 --> 00:04:11,060 IN JUST A FEW HOURS, 81 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,340 THE BLACK HILLS COULD THROW FOUR SEASONS OF WEATHER AT YOU. 82 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,100 THE TEMPERATURE ONCE CHANGED 20 DEGREES IN JUST 2 MINUTES. 83 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,440 DRIVING RAIN QUICKLY GIVES WAY TO BLAZING SUN. 84 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,280 PERCHED HIGH ON THE HILLS ARE SOME ABANDONED BUILDINGS. 85 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,020 IF YOU'RE LOST OUT HERE, 86 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,340 YOU'D NEED TO TRY AND USE ANYTHING 87 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,100 THAT COULD HELP YOU SURVIVE. 88 00:04:31,420 --> 00:04:36,340 DEFINITELY AN OLD MINE. IT LOOKS LONG SINCE ABANDONED. 89 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:37,240 LOOK AT THAT. 90 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,380 GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN THE BLACK HILLS 91 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,140 IN THE 1870S. 92 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,160 MOST MINES CLOSED LONG AGO, 93 00:04:44,420 --> 00:04:46,200 BUT IN A REMOTE SPOT LIKE THIS, 94 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:48,340 THERE'S A CHANCE SOMETHING'S BEEN LEFT BEHIND. 95 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,220 ANY KIND OF ROPE, SHEETING, OR TOOLS COULD BE A LIFESAVER. 96 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,000 NOW, THAT ICANUSE. AN OLD BIT OF CAR TIRE. 97 00:05:00,180 --> 00:05:01,320 IF I BURN THIS STUFF, 98 00:05:01,380 --> 00:05:05,060 IT'S GONNA MAKE BLACK SMOKE, GOOD FOR A SIGNAL FIRE. 99 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:10,000 CUT IT INTO STRIPS FOR CORDAGE, YOU CAN USE IT IN SPRING SNARES. 100 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:11,440 SO I'M GONNA TAKE THAT WITH ME. 101 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:14,040 LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN FIND HERE. 102 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,280 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE OLD DRILL MARK 103 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,240 STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE ROCK. 104 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:26,240 AND THIS LOOKS LIKE THE ENTRANCE THAT'S BEEN FILLED IN. 105 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,460 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 106 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,280 AND, ACTUALLY, THERE MIGHT WELL BE SOMETHING 107 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,040 THAT CAN HELP ME DOWN THERE. 108 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,360 BUT ACTUALLY I CAN SEE A BIT OF LIGHT, AS WELL. 109 00:05:36,420 --> 00:05:37,480 CAN YOU SEE THAT? 110 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,100 WHICH MEANS AT LEAST IT'S GONNA BE WELL VENTILATED. 111 00:05:42,020 --> 00:05:44,200 BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF TORCH. 112 00:05:45,020 --> 00:05:47,160 I WANT TO BREAK A STICK OFF A LIVING BRANCH. 113 00:05:47,260 --> 00:05:49,020 THE GREEN WOOD WON'T BURN. 114 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,300 I'M SPLITTING IT AT ONE END 115 00:05:50,380 --> 00:05:53,080 AND FOLDING STRIPS OF BARK INTO THE GAP. 116 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,200 IT SHOULD GIVE ME ABOUT THREE MINUTES OF LIGHT, 117 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:57,020 ENOUGH FOR A QUICK LOOK AROUND. 118 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,040 I CAN JUST JAM ALL OF THIS BIRCH BARK INTO THIS "V." 119 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,100 THE BIRCH BARK'S GONNA BURN REALLY WELL. 120 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,080 THERE'S SO MUCH OIL IN IT. 121 00:06:17,260 --> 00:06:19,260 OKAY. I NEED TO WORK FAST NOW. 122 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:22,440 HERE, PASS THAT LITTLE CAMERA. 123 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,060 THIS MINE WORKING COULD BE UNSTABLE. 124 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,400 IT'S AN IDEAL SPOT FOR BATS, RATTLESNAKES, 125 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,160 EVEN MOUNTAIN LIONS. 126 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,000 YOU NEED TO BE SO CAREFUL EXPLORING PLACES LIKE THIS. 127 00:06:35,420 --> 00:06:38,000 SUCH AN AMAZING PLACE. 128 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,160 OKAY. 129 00:06:41,220 --> 00:06:44,200 TRY AND WORK FAST. HAVE A LOOK ON THE GROUND. 130 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:46,400 SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND. 131 00:06:51,340 --> 00:06:54,160 OLD NAIL. TAKE THAT. 132 00:06:54,460 --> 00:06:57,280 THERE'S SOMETHING QUITE EERIE 133 00:06:57,340 --> 00:07:01,460 ABOUT BEING DEEP UNDERGROUND UNDER A MOUNTAIN. 134 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,200 IT'S NOT A PLACE YOU WANT TO HANG AROUND LONG IN HERE. 135 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:08,060 THERE'S ANOTHER NAIL. 136 00:07:08,460 --> 00:07:12,040 I CAN USE THESE AS DIGGING STICKS OR TO SPLIT WOOD. 137 00:07:13,340 --> 00:07:15,180 THIS IS BEGINNING TO DIE NOW, 138 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,040 SO I'M GONNA START TO WORK MY WAY OUT. 139 00:07:20,380 --> 00:07:22,380 OH, NO. IT'S GONE OUT. 140 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,400 BUT YOU SEE THE SHAFT OF LIGHT STRAIGHT UP THERE. 141 00:07:28,180 --> 00:07:32,340 SO I SEE WHERE I'VE GOT TO GO. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 142 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:35,180 I KEEP SLIDING BACKWARDS. 143 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,220 ( GRUNTING ) 144 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:46,420 FORAGING IN THE MINE WORKINGS WAS WORTH THE RISK. 145 00:07:47,020 --> 00:07:49,120 BUT NOW I NEED TO GET DOWN FROM THE BLACK HILLS, 146 00:07:49,180 --> 00:07:52,100 AND THAT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY. 147 00:07:53,220 --> 00:07:55,020 ( GRUNTING ) 148 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,060 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN I LIKE. 149 00:08:07,060 --> 00:08:09,120 I'M IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. 150 00:08:09,180 --> 00:08:10,180 THE WEATHER HAS CHANGED AGAIN, 151 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,180 AND I WANT TO GET DOWN INTO THE VALLEY. 152 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:15,180 THIS RAIN IS MAKING THE GRANITE SLIPPERY AND TREACHEROUS, 153 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:17,100 AND I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ROUTE. 154 00:08:17,460 --> 00:08:20,240 AHEAD IS A PINE TREE. IT MIGHT JUST BE THE ANSWER. 155 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:21,420 WATCH YOURSELF HERE. 156 00:08:22,140 --> 00:08:25,300 LOOKING LIKE ANOTHER BIG DROP-OFF. 157 00:08:27,060 --> 00:08:28,460 TAKE MY RUCKSACK OFF. 158 00:08:29,180 --> 00:08:32,340 IT'S GOT LOADS OF LOOPS AND WEBBINGS ALL OVER IT. 159 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,100 AND I'VE HAD IT BEFORE 160 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,220 WHERE I'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN CAUGHT UP IN A TREE, 161 00:08:38,460 --> 00:08:41,160 SUSPENDED BY MY RUCKSACK. 162 00:08:42,140 --> 00:08:43,420 YOU FEEL A BIT DAFT. 163 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,200 SO IF I PUT IT UNDER MY JACKET, IT'S GONNA KEEP ME PROTECTED. 164 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,160 IT'S A LEAP TO REACH A BRANCH, WHICH BENDS BUT HOLDS. 165 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,240 ( GRUNTING ) 166 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,400 GOOD OLD PINE TREE -- 167 00:08:57,020 --> 00:09:00,360 LOTS OF RESIN -- THAT MEANS BENDY BRANCHES. 168 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:04,200 BUT I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 169 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,240 ALL THE STRONG LIVING BRANCHES ARE AT THE TOP OF THE TREE. 170 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,300 AND NOW IT'S RAINING HARDER MAKING EVERYTHING EVEN SLIPPIER. 171 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:19,300 OK PROB IS I'M SLIGHTLY RUNNING OUT OF BRANCHES,RUNNING OUT OF BRANCHES. 172 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,120 GET A BIT CLOSER. 173 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,120 THE LAST 15, 20 FOOT DOWN. 174 00:09:37,460 --> 00:09:39,460 I'LL SEE IF I CAN JUST WEDGE MYSELF. 175 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,000 WHEN THERE'S NO MORE BRANCHES, 176 00:09:42,060 --> 00:09:45,460 ALL I CAN DO IS CHIMNEY MY WAY DOWN USING THE ROCK. 177 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:47,280 OKAY. 178 00:09:51,180 --> 00:09:55,040 EVEN WHEN IT'S COLD AND WET, YOU CAN BECOME DEHYDRATED. 179 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:55,460 IN THIS TERRAIN, 180 00:09:56,020 --> 00:09:59,080 YOU CAN EASILY LOSE A LITER OF FLUID EVERY TWO HOURS. 181 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:01,320 WATER IS ALWAYS A PRIORITY. 182 00:10:02,340 --> 00:10:05,280 EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOT THIS NICE STREAM HERE, 183 00:10:06,020 --> 00:10:08,440 REALLY I WANT TO BE BOILING WATER BEFORE I DRINK IT. 184 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,060 AND WHAT I'M MAKING HERE IS WHAT'S CALLED A FOUR-STICK FIRE. 185 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,040 AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD WAY OF CONTAINING A FIRE 186 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:19,060 THAT'S GONNA BURN REALLY STRONG AND HOT 187 00:10:19,180 --> 00:10:21,080 AND WILL BOIL WATER FAST. 188 00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:22,200 ALL I NEED NOW, THOUGH, 189 00:10:22,260 --> 00:10:24,440 IS SOME STICKS AND A BIT OF TINDER. 190 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:28,240 OH, BIRCH TREE. 191 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,420 AND THIS STUFF IS GREAT. 192 00:10:31,980 --> 00:10:34,260 ALL WE'VE GOT TO DO IS CUT INTO A BIT AND PEEL IT OFF. 193 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,120 THAT'S THE TINDER. NEXT, I NEED SOME FUEL. 194 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:38,220 AVOID LIVING WOOD 195 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,300 OR ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN LYING ON THE GROUND GETTING WET. 196 00:10:41,380 --> 00:10:44,060 SMALL, DRY TWIGS LIKE THESE ARE PERFECT. 197 00:10:44,340 --> 00:10:46,460 AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS BUILD THIS UP 198 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:52,340 INTO A TOWER REALLY OF TWIGS AND BIRCH BARK. 199 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:55,060 AND YOU JUST CRISSCROSS IT. 200 00:10:56,020 --> 00:10:58,060 FOUR UPRIGHTS HOLD EVERYTHING IN PLACE. 201 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,400 AND BECAUSE THEY'RE GREEN WOOD, THEY DON'T BURN. 202 00:11:04,420 --> 00:11:06,180 AND THAT'S A MATCH GOING. 203 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,260 AND I CAN STICK THAT UNDER THERE. 204 00:11:08,980 --> 00:11:11,000 AND THIS THING'S GONNA GO UP. 205 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:12,980 THE CUP ON TOP. 206 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,060 AND LET IT DO ITS BUSINESS. 207 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,180 A HANDFUL OF SPRUCE NEEDLES 208 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,100 WILL ADD VITAMIN "C" AND BIT OF FLAVOR. 209 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,180 HERE YOU GO. USE A BIT OF THIS MOSS. 210 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:27,420 MOSS MITTS. 211 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:30,220 LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY. 212 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:37,340 MMM. 213 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:40,020 SPRUCY. 214 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,440 BUT HEADING FURTHER DOWNRIVER IS GONNA BE TOUGH GOING. 215 00:11:56,020 --> 00:11:57,240 QUITE A DROP-OFF. 216 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,320 THE RIVER'S IN PRETTY WELL FULL FLOOD. 217 00:11:59,380 --> 00:12:01,420 DO YOU SEE ALL THAT BROWN WATER? 218 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,060 THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO JUDGE HOW DEEP THIS IS. 219 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,080 JUMPING INTO UNKNOWN WATER 220 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,220 IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS YOU CAN DO 221 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,360 AND SHOULD ONLY EVER BE A LAST RESORT. 222 00:12:11,420 --> 00:12:17,080 IF YOU HAD TO JUMP THIS, YOUR BEST BET IS TO GO WHERE THE MAIN FORCE OF 223 00:12:17,140 --> 00:12:20,980 THE WATER IS POUNDING IN. THAT'S WHERE IT'S MOST LIKELY TO BE DEEPER. 224 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,120 THE PROBLEM IS THOUGH ALL OF THAT 225 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,120 WHITE STUFF HAS GOT MASSES OF AIR IN IT 226 00:12:25,220 --> 00:12:27,980 AND IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY BUOYANCY WHEN YOU JUMP IN. 227 00:12:28,060 --> 00:12:31,080 SO YOU PROBABLY WANT TO AIM JUST BEYOND IT. 228 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,420 BY WRAPPING EVERYTHING TIGHTLY IN MY JACKET 229 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:39,200 THEN PUTTING IT IN MY RUCKSACK, 230 00:12:39,260 --> 00:12:43,120 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP IT DRY FOR A MINUTE OR SO, AT LEAST. 231 00:12:43,460 --> 00:12:45,360 OKAY, MOMENT OF TRUTH. 232 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,100 THE WATER'S SO COLD IT TAKES MY BREATH AWAY. 233 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,080 I'VE GOT TO GET TO THE SHORE FAST. 234 00:12:58,180 --> 00:13:02,180 MY GEAR WON'T STAY DRY FOR LONG. AND I WANT TO BE ON MY WAY QUICKLY. 235 00:13:10,380 --> 00:13:12,100 AND, ACTUALLY, LOOK -- 236 00:13:12,460 --> 00:13:14,100 THAT'S WORKED GREAT. 237 00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:17,160 I'VE MADE IT DOWN IN ONE PIECE, 238 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:19,060 AND I'M READY FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE. 239 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,400 ( BIRDS CHIRPING ) 240 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:27,040 I'M NEARLY OUT OF THE BLACK HILLS NOW 241 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:29,460 AND LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO MAKE CAMP FOR THE NIGHT. 242 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:31,300 I HAVEN'T FOUND A SITE YET, 243 00:13:31,420 --> 00:13:34,340 BUT I HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THAT WILL REALLY HELP ME WHEN I DO. 244 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,980 ALL OF THESE HERE ARE CATTAILS. 245 00:13:38,260 --> 00:13:40,300 AND THEY'RE CALLED CATTAILS -- LOOK. 246 00:13:40,460 --> 00:13:44,200 SEE? THEY LOOK A BIT LIKE THE TAIL OF A CAT -- 247 00:13:44,340 --> 00:13:46,140 WELL, QUITE AN OLD CAT. 248 00:13:46,340 --> 00:13:49,340 BUT THESE ARE GREAT FOR TINDER. 249 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:52,240 THEY'LL TAKE A SPARK REALLY NICELY. 250 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,420 BUT ALSO FOR INSULATION -- STUFF THEM DOWN THE SHIRT, 251 00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:57,340 THEY'LL KEEP YOU WARM IN THE NIGHTTIME. 252 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,160 IT'S GONNA GET COLD OUT HERE. 253 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:01,260 SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOAD OF THIS 254 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,460 AND USE IT FOR THAT, AND FOR MY FIRE. 255 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,060 ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE 256 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:19,360 TO THINK ABOUT MAKING CAMP. 257 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,020 ONCE I'M AT THE GREAT PLAINS, IT'S JUST GONNA BE BARREN, 258 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:24,460 AND THERE'S GONNA BE NO MATERIALS. 259 00:14:25,060 --> 00:14:25,360 BUT HERE, LOOK. 260 00:14:25,420 --> 00:14:27,400 I'M AMONGST THE TREES, GOT LOADS OF MATERIALS. 261 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:28,980 GOT WATER. 262 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,380 THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT. 263 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,320 MAYBE AROUND HERE, 264 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,140 AND WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY AND DO IS MAKE MYSELF 265 00:14:36,340 --> 00:14:39,160 A TRADITIONAL, NATIVE AMERICAN, WAR CAMP. 266 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:41,460 THE LAKOTA SURVIVED IN THIS ENVIRONMENT 267 00:14:42,020 --> 00:14:43,120 FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. 268 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:44,460 WARRIORS WOULD MAKE THESE SHELTERS 269 00:14:45,020 --> 00:14:46,420 WHEN THEY'RE ON A SCOUTING EXPEDITION 270 00:14:46,980 --> 00:14:49,360 BECAUSE THEY COULD BE CONSTRUCTED QUICKLY AND QUIETLY 271 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,400 USING THE MOST ABUNDANT MATERIAL -- 272 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,040 DEAD BRANCHES. 273 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:55,280 AND THEN WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THESE 274 00:14:55,340 --> 00:15:00,100 IS WEAVE SOME CORD AROUND THEM TO HOLD THOSE STRANDS TOGETHER. 275 00:15:00,340 --> 00:15:04,200 WHAT I CAN USE JUST TO IMPROVISE THAT IS MY BELT. 276 00:15:05,340 --> 00:15:09,280 AND THEN WHAT THE NATIVE AMERICANS USED TO DO 277 00:15:09,460 --> 00:15:14,000 IS JUST WEAVE IT TOGETHER. 278 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,080 AND IF YOU TAKE THE MIDDLE ONE AND LIFT IT OVER THE TOP, 279 00:15:20,340 --> 00:15:24,320 IT WILL TOURNIQUET ON ITSELF AND TIGHTEN UP. 280 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,460 AND THEN THAT'S READY TO MAKE THE TRIPOD. 281 00:15:37,140 --> 00:15:40,360 ALL I HAVE TO DO NOW IS LAYER THE SHELTER WITH MORE BRANCHES. 282 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:41,420 IT WILL GIVE PROTECTION 283 00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:44,260 FROM THE SUN, THE WIND, AND ANY LIGHT RAIN. 284 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,180 BUT IF WE GET ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM, 285 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:47,300 I'LL BE IN TROUBLE. 286 00:15:48,060 --> 00:15:51,020 BUILDING A WATERTIGHT SHELTER HERE WILL TAKE A LONG TIME. 287 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:53,020 AND I WANT TO USE THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT 288 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,100 TO FORAGE FOR SOME FOOD. 289 00:16:01,380 --> 00:16:04,000 IT'S DEFINITELY ACTUALLY MUCH COOLER IN HERE. 290 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:08,020 AND IT MIGHT NOT BE MUCH, BUT FOR TONIGHT IT'S HOME. 291 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:09,440 AND I THINK SO MUCH OF SURVIVAL 292 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,180 ACTUALLY IS ABOUT THE MENTAL BATTLE, 293 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,320 TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR SITUATION. 294 00:16:13,980 --> 00:16:19,040 AND THIS DEFINITELY GIVES A LITTLE SENSE OF SECURITY, 295 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,180 AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING. 296 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,360 BUT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT. 297 00:16:24,020 --> 00:16:26,420 I WANT TO GO HUNTING, BUT FIRST I NEED A WEAPON. 298 00:16:27,340 --> 00:16:32,040 A DEER ANTLER -- PROBABLY A WHITETAIL. 299 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:33,100 TELL THAT FROM THE WAY 300 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,180 THEIR ANTLERS TEND TO CURVE AND FACE FORWARD. 301 00:16:36,340 --> 00:16:39,180 BUT ACTUALLY I KNOW WHAT I CAN USE THIS FOR. 302 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,280 CATAPULT. 303 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:45,400 I MADE LOADS OF THESE AS A KID, BUT NEVER OUT OF ANTLER. 304 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,280 I JUST NEED SOME WAY OF GETTING SOME ELASTIC. 305 00:16:51,420 --> 00:16:54,140 I CAN USE THE STRETCHY CORD FROM MY RUCKSACK 306 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,120 AND TIE LOOPS IN IT 307 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:58,080 USING A KNOT THAT WILL TIGHTEN ON ITSELF. 308 00:16:59,460 --> 00:17:01,040 WITH A LITTLE PRACTICE, 309 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:03,440 A CATAPULT IS A VERY EFFECTIVE WEAPON. 310 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,140 IT'S COMPACT, QUIET, 311 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,240 AND ACCURATE UP TO A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 20 METERS. 312 00:17:12,340 --> 00:17:16,300 AND THEN ALL I NEED IS SOME OF THAT OLD TIRE 313 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,060 TO USE AS THE ACTUAL SLING. 314 00:17:20,980 --> 00:17:24,120 AND THAT THEN NOW IS READY. 315 00:17:24,220 --> 00:17:26,980 ALL I NEED IS A BIT OF AMMUNITION. 316 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,280 BUT LATER ON, 317 00:17:29,340 --> 00:17:32,240 GETTING A MEAL IS GONNA BE THE LEAST OF MY WORRIES. 318 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:33,400 THERE YOU GO. THERE'S THE LIGHTNING. 319 00:17:33,460 --> 00:17:37,200 REALLY, I'M NOT IN A GOOD PLACE INSIDE THIS TEPEE. 320 00:17:37,420 --> 00:17:39,060 JUST BACK UP. 321 00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:49,040 I'M IN THE BLACK HILLS, 322 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:51,260 HUNTING WITH AN IMPROVISED CATAPULT. 323 00:17:51,380 --> 00:17:52,420 THESE HILLS ARE HOME 324 00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:55,120 TO COTTONTAILS, JACKRABBITS, AND RACCOONS. 325 00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:57,440 I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO KILL AN ANIMAL OUTRIGHT, 326 00:17:58,040 --> 00:17:58,420 BUT WITH A GOOD SHOT, 327 00:17:58,980 --> 00:18:01,240 I MIGHT BE ABLE TO STUN IT LONG ENOUGH TO GRAB IT. 328 00:18:02,380 --> 00:18:03,960 SEE THAT LITTLE CHIPMUNK? 329 00:18:04,220 --> 00:18:06,140 I'M GONNA HAVE TO BE QUIET AND STEALTHY 330 00:18:06,220 --> 00:18:08,160 SO I DON'T SPOOK MY PREY. 331 00:18:13,180 --> 00:18:15,120 ( CATAPULT SNAPS ) 332 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:20,140 ( CATAPULT SNAPS ) 333 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,040 CLOSE. 334 00:18:23,220 --> 00:18:25,380 I MOVE IN TO SEE IF I CAN GET ANOTHER SHOT. 335 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:29,220 BUT AS I DO, THE CAMERAMAN SPOTS A DANGEROUS PREDATOR. 336 00:18:32,140 --> 00:18:33,160 ( RATTLING ) 337 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:36,040 ANOTHER STEP AND HE COULD HAVE BEEN BADLY BITTEN. 338 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:37,180 - MAN: BEAR. - YEAH? 339 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,160 - THERE'S A SNAKE DOWN HERE. - WHAT? 340 00:18:39,220 --> 00:18:41,260 - SNAKE. - IS THERE? 341 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:46,340 OKAY. 342 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,020 IT'S A RATTLESNAKE. 343 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:48,340 ( RATTLING ) 344 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,100 AND IT'S A BIG ONE. 345 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,260 ( RATTLING ) 346 00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:55,180 THAT'S HIS RATTLE GOING. 347 00:18:55,340 --> 00:18:58,360 HE'LL MAKE A GREAT MEAL, BUT IT'S A DANGEROUS TARGET. 348 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,080 SNAKES BITE AROUND 8,000 PEOPLE A YEAR IN THE U.S. 349 00:19:02,220 --> 00:19:05,000 AND WITHOUT TREATMENT, THIS COULD BE FATAL. 350 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,320 OKAY, STAND BACK. STAND BACK. 351 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,340 HE'S PISSED OFF NOW. 352 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:11,000 STAND BACK. 353 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,040 ( THUMPS ) 354 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:16,140 ( RATTLING STOPS ) 355 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:20,160 OKAY. 356 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,000 COOL. WELL I WENT OUT 357 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,140 TRYING TO GET A BUNNY, MISSED THE CHIPMUNK, 358 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,060 FAILED WITH THE CATAPULT, 359 00:19:31,260 --> 00:19:34,260 BUT WON WITH A STICK. THAT'S ONE RATTLESNAKE. 360 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,180 MY HEART IS THUMPING 361 00:19:36,340 --> 00:19:38,980 AND I'M SO PLEASED TO HAVE GOT THAT. 362 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,240 WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE 363 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:49,100 IS DIG WHAT'S CALLED A DAKOTA FIRE PIT. 364 00:19:49,420 --> 00:19:53,040 AND THIS IS SOMETHING I FIRST LEARNED 365 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:54,980 AS PART OF COMBAT SURVIVAL, 366 00:19:55,220 --> 00:19:57,960 WHERE THE AIM IS REALLY TO STAY CONCEALED 367 00:19:58,020 --> 00:19:59,240 AND TO HIDE YOUR FIRE. 368 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,160 THE PIT WILL PROTECT THE FIRE FROM THE WIND, 369 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,340 AS WELL AS INSULATING AND CONTAINING IT. 370 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,360 AND THEN IF I DIG ANOTHER PIT OF THE SAME, 371 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:09,080 PROBABLY ABOUT HERE. 372 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,320 THIS SECOND SLOPING PIT WILL FEED AIR TO THE FIRE. 373 00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:18,060 AND THEN PUSH THROUGH SO WE JOIN THE TWO HOLES UP. 374 00:20:18,180 --> 00:20:20,200 OKAY, WE'RE THROUGH. 375 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,240 BUT THE WEATHER'S TURNING UGLY...AGAIN. 376 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,140 I'M JUST USING THIS JUNIPER BARK 377 00:20:27,340 --> 00:20:29,260 TO FLUFF UP 378 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:33,260 TO MAKE INTO A BIRD'S NEST OF TINDER. 379 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,040 THOSE CATTAILS I GATHERED ARE GOOD TINDER. 380 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,300 THEY'LL TAKE THE SPARK AND LIGHT THE JUNIPER. 381 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,200 ONE STRIKE OF MY STEEL AND IT'S ALIGHT. 382 00:20:51,180 --> 00:20:52,420 AND YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE 383 00:20:53,020 --> 00:20:57,140 IS ALL OF THE AIR IS BEING DRAWN THROUGH THIS HOLE 384 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:01,140 AND THEN FUNNELED THROUGH THE FIRE. 385 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:06,200 AND THAT'S WHY THESE DAKOTA FIRES BURN SO HOT AND SO NICELY. 386 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:11,160 FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER I KILLED IT, MY DINNER IS STILL TRYING TO ESCAPE. 387 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,320 BY WEAVING SOME GREEN STICKS TOGETHER 388 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,960 I CAN MAKE A GRIDDLE TO COOK IT ON. 389 00:21:22,420 --> 00:21:26,200 AND TO GUT THIS, ALL YOU DO... 390 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:33,000 IS GRAB ITS SKIN AND GENTLY PEEL IT BACK. 391 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,400 AND THEN THIS, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT? 392 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,260 IT'S GOOD MEAT. 393 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,080 AND PUT IT OVER THE COALS AND JUST LET THAT COOK. 394 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:50,220 THE ONLY THING I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS IF IT REALLY POURS OF RAIN, 395 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:55,200 I'VE DEFINITELY MADE THE WRONG SHELTER. 396 00:21:57,020 --> 00:21:58,360 DON'T RAIN. 397 00:22:12,260 --> 00:22:15,340 ( THUNDER CRASHES ) 398 00:22:22,220 --> 00:22:24,140 LOOKS LIKE THOSE PRAYERS HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED. 399 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,200 RECKON I'VE PROBABLY GOT ABOUT 10 MINUTES 400 00:22:27,260 --> 00:22:29,080 BEFORE THE HEAVENS OPEN. 401 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,160 IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME. 402 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:32,960 APART FROM MORE DEADWOOD, 403 00:22:33,020 --> 00:22:35,200 THE ONLY AVAILABLE MATERIAL IS SAGE, 404 00:22:35,300 --> 00:22:37,340 WHICH I CAN TRY AND USE AS A THATCH. 405 00:22:38,380 --> 00:22:40,340 I CAN ALREADY FEEL IT SPITTING. 406 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:45,020 AND I'M TRYING TO PILE THIS AMOUNT OF SAGE ON. 407 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:47,360 I CAN TELL YOU ALREADY, IS A LOSING BATTLE. 408 00:22:47,420 --> 00:22:50,440 THE BEST THING I CAN DO IS GET MY COAT ON AND HUDDLE IN. 409 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:54,180 OKAY, GUYS, IT'S GONNA BE A WET ONE. 410 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,260 SNAKE, YOU'RE ON HOLD. 411 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,140 ( THUNDER RUMBLES ) 412 00:23:01,260 --> 00:23:03,240 AND, REALLY, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, 413 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:05,040 YOU'RE IN A DANGER ZONE. 414 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:07,360 AND THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING, 415 00:23:07,420 --> 00:23:09,280 IF IT'S LESS THAN 30 SECONDS, 416 00:23:10,140 --> 00:23:12,060 THAT LIGHTNING IS CAPABLE OF KILLING YOU. 417 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:13,380 SO YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 418 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:15,200 THERE YOU GO. THERE'S THE LIGHTNING. 419 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:19,140 REALLY I'M NOT IN A GOOD PLACE INSIDE THIS TEPEE. 420 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,280 JUST BACK UP. 421 00:23:21,060 --> 00:23:26,400 YOU WANT TO KEEP AWAY FROM MOUNTAINTOPS, TREES, CAVES. 422 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,360 YOUR BEST PLACE, ACTUALLY, IN A LIGHTNING STORM, 423 00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:30,260 IS OUT IN THE OPEN. 424 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,440 YOU WANT TO MAKE YOURSELF AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE 425 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:38,280 AND JUST CROUCH ON YOUR FEET AND MAKE YOURSELF LIKE A BALL. 426 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:43,220 ( THUNDER RUMBLES ) 427 00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:45,060 THERE YOU GO. THERE'S LIGHTNING. 428 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:49,060 1, 2, 3... 429 00:23:49,220 --> 00:23:53,120 4, 5, 6. 430 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:55,160 ( THUNDER RUMBLES ) 431 00:23:55,220 --> 00:23:57,000 AND THERE'S THE THUNDER. 432 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:59,360 SIX SECONDS MEANS ONLY JUST OVER A MILE AWAY. 433 00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:02,420 THAT IS VERY, VERY CLOSE. 434 00:24:06,340 --> 00:24:08,260 EVEN IF THAT GAP IS GETTING BIGGER, 435 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:09,280 YOU'RE NOT SAFE. 436 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:12,980 LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES BEYOND THE EDGE OF A STORM. 437 00:24:13,260 --> 00:24:15,280 ALL I CAN DO IS SIT TIGHT 438 00:24:15,340 --> 00:24:19,320 AND WAIT UNTIL THE WORST OF THE STORM PASSES. 439 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,960 ( THUNDER CRASHES ) 440 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,240 THERE'S STILL THUNDER AROUND, BUT THE RAIN'S EASED. 441 00:24:30,180 --> 00:24:33,340 I'M GONNA TAKE MY CHANCE AND TRY A BIT OF THIS SNAKE. 442 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,080 ( CRUNCHES ) 443 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,060 MMM. 444 00:24:41,140 --> 00:24:44,020 NICE AND WARMING AFTER THAT SOAKING. 445 00:24:46,180 --> 00:24:48,160 BEFORE I SETTLE DOWN FOR THE NIGHT, 446 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:50,300 I'M ALSO JUST GONNA STUFF MY JACKET 447 00:24:51,020 --> 00:24:52,440 WITH ALL OF THESE CATTAILS. 448 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,340 AND THE IDEA OF THIS IS 449 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,300 IT THEN BECOMES LIKE A BIG DOWN JACKET 450 00:24:59,060 --> 00:25:04,160 AND TRAPS THE AIR AND INSULATES THE HEAT IN. 451 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:18,340 WELL, IT'S STOPPED RAINING, WHICH IS GOOD. 452 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,020 AND THESE CATTAILS STUFFED DOWN MY JACKET 453 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,280 ARE ACTUALLY KEEPING ME -- 454 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,180 I CAN FEEL THEY'RE KEEPING ME QUITE INSULATED. 455 00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:27,020 BUT THERE'S NO GETTING AWAY FROM IT -- 456 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,060 I AM DAMP, AND I AM WET. 457 00:25:30,980 --> 00:25:33,420 AND I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF THE MORNING, YOU KNOW. 458 00:25:33,980 --> 00:25:35,440 AND EVERYTHING ALWAYS FEELS MUCH BETTER IN THE MORNING 459 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,260 WHEN THE SUN COMES UP. 460 00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:57,320 REALLY JUST WARM YOUR BONES. 461 00:25:57,380 --> 00:25:59,200 I'VE SPENT THE NIGHT IN MY WAR CAMP 462 00:25:59,260 --> 00:26:01,020 AT THE BASE OF THE BLACK HILLS. 463 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,380 THE STORM EASED OFF OVERNIGHT, BUT I WAS ALREADY SOAKING. 464 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:07,020 AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME, 465 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:09,100 I'M KIND OF FINISHED WITH THIS CAMP NOW. 466 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,100 AND I WANT TO GET MY BELT BACK. 467 00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:22,960 BEFORE I HEAD INTO THE PLAINS, I'M LOOKING FOR SOME FOOD. 468 00:26:23,940 --> 00:26:26,020 IN AMONGST THE GRASS ARE BUFFALO GRAPES -- 469 00:26:26,140 --> 00:26:29,300 BITTER, BUT PACKED WITH VITAMIN "C." 470 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,240 HERE YOU GO. THAT'S PRAIRIE TURNIP. 471 00:26:34,940 --> 00:26:36,020 YOU SEE THAT? 472 00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:38,280 AND THIS IS WHAT THE NATIVE AMERICANS 473 00:26:38,340 --> 00:26:41,140 USED TO COLLECT AND DRY AS FOOD. 474 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,060 AND YOU CAN PROBABLY TURN IT TO SEE THOSE LEAVES. 475 00:26:44,180 --> 00:26:45,120 THEY'RE LIKE A STAR, 476 00:26:45,180 --> 00:26:47,060 POINTED IN LOADS OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. 477 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,340 WHAT I WANT IS THE ROOT. 478 00:26:53,340 --> 00:26:54,940 GIVE THEM A PULL. 479 00:26:58,980 --> 00:27:03,400 YOU CAN SEE THIS WHITE PROTECTED BULB INSIDE. 480 00:27:05,060 --> 00:27:06,040 AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT. 481 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:08,980 LET'S TIE IT TO THE RUCKSACK AND LET IT DRY OUT. 482 00:27:13,220 --> 00:27:14,400 OKAY. 483 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,420 MY NEXT CHALLENGE LIES IN THE GREAT PLAINS, 484 00:27:17,980 --> 00:27:20,220 A MILLION SQUARE MILES OF GRASSLAND 485 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:22,180 STRETCHING ACROSS 10 STATES, 486 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:26,260 AN EPIC LANDSCAPE EVERY BIT AS TOUGH AS THE BLACK HILLS. 487 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,220 IT'S JUST DECEPTIVE HOW HUGE THIS WHOLE AREA IS. 488 00:27:38,020 --> 00:27:42,240 AND IT'S JUST MILE AFTER MILE OF THESE ROLLING HILLS. 489 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:49,160 IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE YOU'RE ADRIFT JUST IN A SEA OF GRASS. 490 00:27:50,140 --> 00:27:52,100 BUT IT IS -- YOU KNOW, IT'S TIRING. 491 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:54,940 BEFORE WHITE SETTLERS ARRIVED, 492 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,100 THE GREAT PLAINS WERE HOME 493 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,180 TO DOZENS OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. 494 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,340 IN PLACES, YOU CAN STILL FIND STONE CIRCLES LIKE THESE. 495 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,020 THEY'RE TEPEE RINGS, 496 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:05,340 USED TO WEIGH DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THEIR TENTS. 497 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:09,940 SOME FARMED, BUT MANY WERE NOMADIC, 498 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,260 FOLLOWING THEIR RICHEST FOOD SOURCE. 499 00:28:15,420 --> 00:28:19,280 NOW, THOSE BISON ARE COMING STRAIGHT THIS WAY. 500 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,240 OKAY, GET INTO COVER. 501 00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:28,100 THESE GUYS ARE FAST, YOU KNOW? 502 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,060 THEY'LL RUN UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR, 503 00:28:30,140 --> 00:28:32,000 2,000 POUNDS IN WEIGHT. 504 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:33,420 YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH THEM. 505 00:28:33,980 --> 00:28:35,120 JUST KEEP THIS SIDE. 506 00:28:35,980 --> 00:28:37,340 IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, 507 00:28:37,420 --> 00:28:39,140 BISON HAVE KILLED OR INJURED 508 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,300 FOUR TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS BEARS. 509 00:28:42,060 --> 00:28:44,220 A HERD LIKE THIS IS AN AWESOME SIGHT, 510 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,340 BUT IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT I COULD HAVE SEEN HERE 511 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,160 200 YEARS AGO. 512 00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:52,060 THEN, 60 MILLION BISON ROAMED THE GREAT PLAINS, 513 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,060 AND HERDS STRETCHED FOR 20 MILES OR MORE. 514 00:28:55,220 --> 00:28:57,180 BUT BY THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY, 515 00:28:57,260 --> 00:29:00,060 THEY'D BEEN HUNTED TO THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION. 516 00:29:02,380 --> 00:29:04,960 OKAY, NICE AND STEADY. 517 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,420 ONCE THE STAMPEDE HAS SUBSIDED, I CAN GET A LITTLE CLOSER. 518 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,220 BUT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT. 519 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,300 AND YOU SEE THEY HERD QUITE WELL. 520 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,140 THEY WILL MOVE AWAY FROM US. 521 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,160 BISON ARE UNPREDICTABLE. 522 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,120 EVEN IF THEY APPEAR INDIFFERENT, 523 00:29:19,180 --> 00:29:21,100 THEY CAN TURN ON YOU IN A SECOND. 524 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:23,000 THEY'VE GOT A CHOICE OF WEAPONS. 525 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,220 AS WELL AS THEIR HORNS, 526 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:27,240 THEY CAN USE THEIR HUGE SKULLS AS BATTERING RAMS. 527 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,060 AND THIS IS DEFINITELY THE RIGHT SIDE TO BE ON THEM. 528 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,980 ONCE THEY'VE GONE PAST YOU, THEN YOU CAN RELAX A BIT. 529 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,960 BUT THE WILDLIFE ISN'T THE ONLY DANGER ON THE GREAT PLAINS. 530 00:29:38,060 --> 00:29:40,060 DEHYDRATION IS A CONSTANT THREAT. 531 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,080 WITH VERY FEW RIVERS OR STREAMS, 532 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,160 FINDING WATER OUT HERE CAN BE A REAL CHALLENGE. 533 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,080 SEE ALL OF THAT REALLY LUSH VEGETATION AROUND THERE? 534 00:29:51,260 --> 00:29:53,200 THAT'S A GOOD INDICATOR OF WATER. 535 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,180 YOU CAN SEE ESPECIALLY ALL REALLY CONCENTRATED 536 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,280 AROUND THAT AREA. 537 00:29:57,940 --> 00:30:00,200 AND THAT MEANS IT'S GONNA BE A NATURAL SPRING. 538 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:01,240 OKAY. 539 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,960 WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IS DIG DOWN INTO THIS. 540 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,980 IN A MOMENT, ALL OF THIS -- LOOK. 541 00:30:07,140 --> 00:30:09,100 PRETTY GUNKY AND HORRIBLE. 542 00:30:09,380 --> 00:30:13,220 BUT ONCE IT FILLS UP, IF I LET ALL THAT SEDIMENT SINK, 543 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:18,060 I SHOULD BE LEFT THEN WITH NICE, CLEAN WATER AT THE END OF IT. 544 00:30:18,180 --> 00:30:19,320 AND THERE YOU. YOU SEE IT'S FILLING UP. 545 00:30:19,380 --> 00:30:21,340 LOOK HOW FAST THAT'S FILLING UP. 546 00:30:23,940 --> 00:30:27,260 AND WHAT I CAN DO IS JUST SCOOP OUT ALL OF THIS FIRST, 547 00:30:27,980 --> 00:30:29,260 BIT OF THE WATER. 548 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,060 AND NOT REALLY DRINKABLE. 549 00:30:32,260 --> 00:30:34,340 AND THEN LET THAT FILL UP AGAIN. 550 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,260 AND THIS IS LOOKING MUCH, MUCH CLEARER NOW. 551 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,080 I'LL FILL THIS UP. YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN. 552 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:43,100 LOOK AT THAT. 553 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:44,960 AND THAT REALLY IS GOOD TO DRINK, 554 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,040 STRAIGHT FROM THIS LITTLE WELL. 555 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,200 IT'S A DEAD BISON. 556 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,080 BISON ARE FOUND ON VAST RANCHES, 557 00:31:08,180 --> 00:31:11,280 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES WITHOUT A HUMAN BEING IN SIGHT. 558 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,380 LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE'S BEEN SHOT AND LEFT HERE BY A RANCHER. 559 00:31:14,940 --> 00:31:18,140 MAN, LOOK AT ALL THE FLIES ALL OVER THIS. 560 00:31:19,180 --> 00:31:22,020 AND THIS HAS BEEN DEAD 561 00:31:22,060 --> 00:31:25,280 PROBABLY THREE, FOUR DAYS. 562 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,420 AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS USED TO USE EVERY BIT OF THEM -- 563 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,940 HIDE AS SKINS FOR THEIR TEPEES, 564 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,140 ALL OF THE MEAT AND FAT FOR FOOD, 565 00:31:34,220 --> 00:31:36,240 EVEN THE BONES FOR TOOLS. 566 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:37,380 - BUT... - ( SNIFFING ) 567 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:38,960 ...BY THE SMELL OF THIS, 568 00:31:39,020 --> 00:31:42,280 THIS IS GONNA BE PRETTY FAR GONE, I THINK. 569 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:48,160 BUT THERE IS STILL PARTS OF THIS THAT I CAN USE. 570 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:55,280 ( GAS HISSING ) 571 00:31:56,060 --> 00:31:57,160 MAN. 572 00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:01,940 I GOT A DOUBLE NOSTRIL FULL OF THAT STENCH. 573 00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:04,400 BUT LOOK. YOU SEE ALL OF THIS. 574 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,400 THIS IS W-- AW, MAN! 575 00:32:06,980 --> 00:32:08,100 WELL ROTTING. 576 00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:12,080 AND THAT MEANS THE MEAT FROM THAT IS GONNA BE NO GOOD. 577 00:32:12,340 --> 00:32:17,060 BUT THERE IS STILL PART OF THIS THAT PROBABLY STILL IS EDIBLE. 578 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,180 AND THIS IS IT -- THE FAT IN THE HUMP HERE. 579 00:32:23,020 --> 00:32:27,240 AND THE FAT IS ALWAYS GONNA TAKE LONGER TO DECOMPOSE. 580 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,240 OH, MAN. ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT -- 581 00:32:30,940 --> 00:32:33,960 ALL OF THAT HAS STARTED TO GO, MAN. 582 00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:35,060 THAT'S NO GOOD. 583 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:40,400 AND I'VE MADE THE MISTAKE BEFORE OF EATING STUFF THAT'S BAD. 584 00:32:41,020 --> 00:32:44,320 AND YOU PAY THE CONSEQUENCES, AND THAT ISN'T ANY GOOD. 585 00:32:44,980 --> 00:32:47,960 I COULD USE THE HIDE AND BONES TO MAKE A SHELTER. 586 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,120 BUT I'M ON THE MOVE, 587 00:32:49,220 --> 00:32:51,420 AND THE EXTRA WEIGHT WOULD JUST SLOW ME UP. 588 00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:57,040 MY NEXT CHALLENGE TAKES ME OFF THE PLAINS 589 00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,320 AND INTO THE BADLANDS. 590 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:01,220 ( GRUNTING ) 591 00:33:01,380 --> 00:33:03,960 THIS HAS TO BE ONE 592 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,960 OF THE MOST PRECARIOUS RIDGES 593 00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:09,360 I'VE EVER GONE DOWN. 594 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,040 I'M HEADING TO THE PLACE 595 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:22,380 WHERE THE SOUTH DAKOTA PRAIRIE STOPS DEAD 596 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,080 AND THE BADLANDS BEGIN. 597 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,020 MAN, LOOK AT THIS PLACE. 598 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:33,980 IT'S LITERALLY LIKE THE GREAT PLAINS 599 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,360 JUST DROP OFF AND DISAPPEAR INTO THIS. 600 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,120 AND THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL THE BADLANDS. 601 00:33:45,060 --> 00:33:47,120 I KNOW ONE PERSON DESCRIBED THIS 602 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,920 AS AN IMAGE OF HELL ONCE THE FIRES HAVE BURNED OUT. 603 00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:54,160 AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HE MEANS. 604 00:33:55,340 --> 00:33:57,060 WHAT I KNOW IS THERE'S A ROAD 605 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,920 THAT RUNS FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, 606 00:33:58,980 --> 00:34:01,340 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BADLANDS. 607 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,360 AND THAT'S THE WAY I WANT TO HEAD. 608 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:10,380 BUT TO BE HONEST, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GONNA BE DOWN HERE. 609 00:34:14,020 --> 00:34:14,940 OHH! 610 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,940 JUST TAKE IT REALLY EASY ON THIS STUFF. 611 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,060 IT IS LOOSE. LOOK. 612 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,300 REALLY, I THINK MY BEST BET TO GET DOWN 613 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,060 IS FOLLOWING THESE RIDGES. 614 00:34:24,260 --> 00:34:26,160 AS I HEAD DOWN INTO THE BADLANDS, 615 00:34:26,220 --> 00:34:28,040 I'M HEADING BACK IN TIME. 616 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:29,280 EACH DIFFERENT-COLORED LAYER 617 00:34:29,340 --> 00:34:32,160 REPRESENTS TINY GRAINS OF SAND AND CLAY 618 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,100 LAID DOWN OVER 75 MILLION YEARS. 619 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:40,920 IT'S LITERALLY LIKE SITTING ON TOP OF A CAKE THAT IS CRUMBLING. 620 00:34:41,020 --> 00:34:42,020 LOOK. THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. 621 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,080 MUCH OF THIS ISN'T REALLY ROCK AT ALL. 622 00:34:44,220 --> 00:34:46,000 IT'S FOSSILIZED SOIL, 623 00:34:46,060 --> 00:34:47,240 AND IT'S CHANGING EVERY DAY 624 00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:50,100 AS WIND AND WATER EROSION BITE INTO IT. 625 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,180 IT'S TERRIFYING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TRUST IT. 626 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:58,140 THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PRECARIOUS RIDGES 627 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,020 I'VE EVER GONE DOWN. 628 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:06,340 OHH! 629 00:35:07,060 --> 00:35:10,960 BUT, LOOK, THIS IT'S JUST -- REACHED A DROP DOWN HERE. 630 00:35:11,180 --> 00:35:15,120 I'M GONNA HAVE TO TRY AND TAKE MY CHANCES IN THE GULLIES. 631 00:35:15,220 --> 00:35:17,300 LET'S TRY THIS ONE. 632 00:35:21,340 --> 00:35:23,180 OH! 633 00:35:26,380 --> 00:35:28,180 OW. 634 00:35:30,140 --> 00:35:34,000 OKAY, WELL, WE'RE DOWN IN THIS GULLY. 635 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:35,340 THE TRUTH IS, 636 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,140 I WON'T BE ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THIS NOW... 637 00:35:39,060 --> 00:35:40,380 IF I WANTED TO. 638 00:35:52,020 --> 00:35:56,020 WELL, THIS LOOKS LIKE THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON IN THE BADLANDS. 639 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:57,340 YOU CAN SEE, THOUGH, 640 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,300 JUST HOW HARD IT'S GONNA BE TO NAVIGATE IN THIS, 641 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,920 ALL THESE TWISTING, MAZELIKE CANYONS. 642 00:36:04,940 --> 00:36:07,180 TRYING TO GO UP AND OVER THESE GULLIES 643 00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:09,240 IS JUST GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE. 644 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:11,360 TRYING TO HEAD IN A STRAIGHT LINE 645 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,160 IS NOT AN OPTION IN THIS GODFORSAKEN TERRAIN. 646 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:18,040 YOU SHOULD PRESERVE YOUR ENERGY AND AVOID GETTING TOO FATIGUED. 647 00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:19,340 I'M GONNA FOLLOW THIS RIVERBED 648 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,180 AND KEEP LOOKING FOR AN EASIER PATH CROSS-COUNTRY. 649 00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:25,220 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BADLANDS, 650 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,080 TEMPERATURES CAN REACH 120 DEGREES. 651 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:29,300 THERE'S NO WIND, 652 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,200 AND THE SUN'S RAYS JUST BOUNCE OFF THE ROCK. 653 00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:33,360 TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, 654 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,000 ALL THE WATER DOWN HERE IS UNDRINKABLE. 655 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:37,320 IT'S LOADED WITH CLAY PARTICLES, 656 00:36:37,380 --> 00:36:39,280 AND YOU CAN'T PURIFY IT. 657 00:36:42,220 --> 00:36:46,120 I SEE WHY NATIVE AMERICANS AND WILD-WEST OUTLAWS 658 00:36:46,180 --> 00:36:50,180 USED TO COME TO THE BADLANDS FOR A PLACE TO HIDE AWAY. 659 00:36:50,980 --> 00:36:55,960 YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS JUST SO REMOTE, SO BARREN, SO HOT, 660 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,120 BUT ALSO SO CONFUSING. 661 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,180 NOPE. 662 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,340 IT'S A REAL TEST OF ENDURANCE AND STAMINA. 663 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,400 TIME TO REFUEL. 664 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:20,980 GOOD TIME JUST TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THESE PRAIRIE TURNIPS. 665 00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:24,060 I'LL LEAVE THAT ONE. 666 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,000 AND WHAT THE NATIVE AMERICANS USED TO DO -- 667 00:37:27,140 --> 00:37:29,040 THEY WOULD OFTEN DRY THESE OUT. 668 00:37:29,260 --> 00:37:30,920 AND THEN WHEN THEY WANTED TO EAT THEM, 669 00:37:30,980 --> 00:37:33,920 THEY'D RESOAK THEM, BOIL THEM UP, AND EAT THEM. 670 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,120 BUT THESE REALLY ARE FINE JUST TO EAT RAW. 671 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,320 HARD... 672 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,220 BUT IT WILL GIVE ME SOMETHING TO CHEW ON 673 00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:44,040 AND GOOD CARBOHYDRATE. 674 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,280 THE CARBS ARE A GOOD ENERGY BOOST. 675 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,120 BUT THE SHADOWS ARE GETTING LONGER, 676 00:37:49,180 --> 00:37:51,320 AND I'M NO CLOSER TO GETTING OUT OF HERE. 677 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:53,160 FURTHER DOWN THE RIVERBED, 678 00:37:53,260 --> 00:37:55,040 THE LANDSCAPE OPENS UP A BIT 679 00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:57,080 AND THE PEAKS LOOK A LITTLE LESS FORBIDDING. 680 00:37:57,140 --> 00:37:59,200 NOW I CAN START TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS. 681 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:00,240 AND WITH A LITTLE HELP, 682 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:02,160 I RECKON I CAN BEAT THE BADLANDS. 683 00:38:02,940 --> 00:38:07,240 LOOK. I CAN ACTUALLY USE A BIT OF THIS DEAD JUNIPER BUSH 684 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,940 TO MAKE MYSELF A BIT OF AN ICE AX. 685 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,960 JUNIPER IS A TOUGH HARDWOOD 686 00:38:13,060 --> 00:38:14,060 AND ONE OF THE FEW PLANTS 687 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,360 THAT GROWS TO ANY SIZE DOWN HERE. 688 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:25,000 AND THAT THEN IS GONNA DO AS AN AX. 689 00:38:25,260 --> 00:38:27,280 JUST PUT IN AND PULL ON. 690 00:38:29,020 --> 00:38:30,200 OKAY, ONE MORE OF THOSE 691 00:38:31,060 --> 00:38:34,240 AND THEY'LL HELP ME GET OUT OF THIS PLACE. 692 00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:44,980 ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WORKING QUITE NICELY. 693 00:38:45,940 --> 00:38:48,260 AND THE WAY YOU WANT TO USE THESE 694 00:38:48,380 --> 00:38:49,980 IS JUST LIKE AN ICE AX. 695 00:38:50,060 --> 00:38:52,320 1, 2, THEN MOVE YOUR FEET. 696 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:56,220 IMPROVISING. 697 00:38:56,380 --> 00:38:59,180 THAT'S WHAT SURVIVING THIS PLACE IS ALL ABOUT. 698 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:03,940 AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE THE PRETTIEST ICE AXES IN THE WORLD, 699 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,300 BUT AT THE MOMENT THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB. 700 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:09,380 THIS SLOPE'S DECEPTIVE, 701 00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:11,960 MUCH STEEPER THAN IT LOOKED FROM BELOW. 702 00:39:12,020 --> 00:39:15,060 I'M HALFWAY UP, AND IT'S NEARLY VERTICAL. 703 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,980 THIS FOSSILIZED SOIL IS GIVING WAY WITH EVERY STEP. 704 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,940 WHOA! 705 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,240 ( PANTING ) 706 00:39:28,340 --> 00:39:30,300 SORRY. 707 00:39:31,260 --> 00:39:35,020 NOT QUITE AS FOOLPROOF AS I HOPED. 708 00:39:37,020 --> 00:39:38,160 I WAS QUITE NEARLY THERE. 709 00:39:38,260 --> 00:39:40,020 ONE MORE GO. COME ON. 710 00:39:40,260 --> 00:39:43,160 A BAD FALL HERE MIGHT NOT KILL YOU STRAIGHTAWAY, 711 00:39:43,220 --> 00:39:45,000 BUT GET SERIOUSLY INJURED 712 00:39:45,060 --> 00:39:47,340 AND GETTING OUT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. 713 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:54,100 GETTING UP THAT SCREE TURNED INTO A REAL MISSION. 714 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,020 BUT EVEN WORSE IS THE VIEW FROM THE TOP. 715 00:39:57,980 --> 00:39:59,980 ( PANTING ) 716 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,340 MILE AFTER MILE OF MORE BADLANDS. 717 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:14,160 WHOA! 718 00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:16,900 I'VE STRUGGLED UP A NEAR-VERTICAL SCREE 719 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,340 IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA BADLANDS, 720 00:40:18,940 --> 00:40:21,360 AND THE VIEW FROM THE TOP IS WORSE THAN THE CLIMB. 721 00:40:23,180 --> 00:40:25,320 ( PANTING ) 722 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,140 ( SIGHS ) 723 00:40:32,060 --> 00:40:35,280 AND THAT IS NOT WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR. 724 00:40:37,340 --> 00:40:38,280 I REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE 725 00:40:38,340 --> 00:40:40,900 A BIT OF A PLATEAU OR SOMETHING UP HERE. 726 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:46,340 BUT INSTEAD IT'S JUST MILE AFTER MILE 727 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,180 OF ALL OF THESE GULLIES AND RAVINES. 728 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,040 PBHT! 729 00:40:54,140 --> 00:40:56,280 THE ONLY CONSOLATION IS THAT GETTING DOWN 730 00:40:56,340 --> 00:40:59,000 IS GONNA BE EASIER THAN GOING UP. 731 00:41:05,020 --> 00:41:06,320 THAT'S A FAST WAY. 732 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:11,000 NAVIGATING THE BADLANDS IS HARD, DEHYDRATING WORK. 733 00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:12,380 ANY WATER IS UNDRINKABLE, 734 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,180 BUT THERE ARE SOME SOURCES OF FLUID. 735 00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:17,980 HOLD YOUR HORSES. 736 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:19,920 COME BY HERE. LOOK. 737 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:22,260 PRICKLY PEARS. 738 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:23,340 SEE THOSE? 739 00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:25,160 THIS IS QUITE A GODSEND. 740 00:41:25,340 --> 00:41:28,340 YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET WATER AND ENERGY OUT OF THESE... 741 00:41:28,940 --> 00:41:31,200 ALWAYS A BIT CAREFUL CUTTING THESE THOUGH. 742 00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:33,060 HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 743 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,100 IT'S NOT ONLY THOSE BIG SPIKES, 744 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:41,080 BUT IT'S THE TINY, LITTLE HAIRS, MICROSCOPIC HAIRS. 745 00:41:42,940 --> 00:41:43,940 AND IF THOSE GET IN YOU, 746 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,920 THEY REALLY, REALLY IRRITATE THE SKIN. 747 00:41:47,060 --> 00:41:49,220 IF YOU EAT IT, YOU'RE REALLY GONNA KNOW ABOUT IT. 748 00:41:57,220 --> 00:42:01,020 AND ONCE YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT ALL THE SKIN OFF, 749 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:02,300 JUST RECHECK IT. 750 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,980 YOU DO NOT WANT THESE LITTLE HAIRS IN YOUR MOUTH. 751 00:42:07,140 --> 00:42:12,120 AND THE REASON THESE ARE GOOD IS THAT 80% OF IT IS WATER, 752 00:42:12,340 --> 00:42:14,260 AND THE REST IS SUCROSE. 753 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,200 SO YOU'RE GONNA GET ENERGY, AS WELL. 754 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,920 OKAY, THAT LOOKS CLEAR. 755 00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:30,220 AND IT TASTES A BIT LIKE WARM CUCUMBER. 756 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:37,260 IT'S LATE AFTERNOON, 757 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,360 AND THE SUN HAS ALL BUT DISAPPEARED. 758 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,100 THERE'S PRECIOUS FEW MATERIALS TO MAKE SHELTER OR FIRE WITH. 759 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,040 I'D RATHER JUST KEEP GOING. 760 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:46,980 THE INTENSE HEAT HAS EASED NOW, 761 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,100 AND I CAN'T BE FAR FROM THAT ROAD. 762 00:42:56,260 --> 00:42:58,060 IT'S A GOOD, BRIGHT NIGHT, 763 00:42:58,180 --> 00:43:01,320 AND THE GOING'S DEFINITELY EASIER NOW. 764 00:43:02,060 --> 00:43:05,240 THAT ROAD HAS GOT TO BE CLOSE. 765 00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,100 IN THE DARKNESS, I CAN SEE HEADLIGHTS, 766 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,040 WHICH MEANS THE ROAD IS DEFINITELY NEARBY. 767 00:43:16,020 --> 00:43:17,380 THE BLACK HILLS WERE STUNNING, 768 00:43:17,980 --> 00:43:19,980 THE VAST PRAIRIE AWE-INSPIRING, 769 00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:21,180 BUT THE BADLANDS SHOWED 770 00:43:21,240 --> 00:43:23,340 JUST HOW TOUGH IT IS TO SURVIVE OUT HERE. 771 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:26,060 IT'S THE END OF MY ADVENTURE, AND I'VE EXPERIENCED 772 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:28,260 THREE OF THE WILDEST PLACES TO SURVIVE IN 773 00:43:28,340 --> 00:43:31,060 RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE USA.