1 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,060 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 2 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:15,180 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,380 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,280 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,080 IN THE SORT OF PLACES WHERE YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 6 00:00:25,140 --> 00:00:27,240 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 7 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,040 I'M HEADING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF TURKEY, 8 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:32,060 WHERE I'LL BATTLE WITH TREACHEROUS RIVERS... 9 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,400 JUST GETTING BOUNCED FROM ROCK TO ROCK. 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,440 ...DISCOVER ANCIENT CAVES... 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,400 ( BAT SHRIEKING ) WHOA! 12 00:00:40,460 --> 00:00:43,300 OH, MAN, IT JUST FLEW STRAIGHT UP MY JACKET SLEEVE. 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,120 ...AND SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE 14 00:00:45,180 --> 00:00:47,360 IN A CONSTANT STRUGGLE WITH NATURE. 15 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,380 TURKEY IS THE GATEWAY TO THE MIDDLE EAST. 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,080 IT'S A TOUGH COUNTRY 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,020 IN A DANGEROUS PART OF THE WORLD. 18 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,080 IRAQ IS JUST ACROSS THE BORDER. 19 00:01:04,140 --> 00:01:06,300 SYRIA AND IRAN ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. 20 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,240 BUT BENEATH ME IS THE ANATOLIAN PLATEAU. 21 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:13,100 IT'S A MIX OF DESERT AND THESE HUGE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 22 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,340 AND THE WHOLE REGION IS PRONE TO VIOLENT EARTHQUAKES. 23 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,380 THIS IS GONNA BE A TOUGH PLACE TO SURVIVE IN. 24 00:01:21,380 --> 00:01:24,340 WE'RE NEARING MY DROP ZONE OF 15,000 FOOT. 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,160 THIS IS THE UPPER LIMIT THAT THE HELICOPTER CAN REACH, 26 00:01:27,380 --> 00:01:30,080 AND IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST JUMPS I'VE EVER DONE. 27 00:01:30,140 --> 00:01:33,380 BUT BENEATH ME IS THE MASSIVE 9,000-FOOT MOUNTAIN, 28 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,000 WHICH GIVES ME ONLY SECONDS TO JUMP 29 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:39,120 AND DEPLOY MY PARACHUTE BEFORE IMPACT. 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,120 I'M TAKING A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS, 31 00:01:42,180 --> 00:01:44,040 AND MY FILM CREW WILL FOLLOW ME. 32 00:01:58,180 --> 00:02:00,480 2,000 FOOT -- TIME TO DEPLOY. 33 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,380 MY INTENDED LANDING ZONE IS LOOKING IMPOSSIBLE. 34 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,440 IT'S JUST TOO STEEP AND TOO ROCKY. 35 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:09,160 I NEED AN ALTERNATIVE AND FAST. 36 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:11,220 TRYING TO FIND A LANDING SPOT 37 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,400 DOWN HERE IS GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE! 38 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,480 THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN IS JUST STREWN 39 00:02:17,220 --> 00:02:20,140 WITH BOULDERS AND BIG ROCKS. 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,000 ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LAKE JUST DOWN BENEATH ME... 41 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:27,440 AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA AIM FOR. 42 00:02:29,340 --> 00:02:32,060 IT'S EITHER TAKING A DUNKING AND GETTING WET, 43 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,320 OR PROBABLY BREAKING AN ANKLE. 44 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,140 THE LAKE'S ONLY 50 FOOT ACROSS, 45 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,100 BUT FROM THIS HEIGHT, IT'S LIKE LANDING ON A PENNY. 46 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,020 THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR. 47 00:02:43,140 --> 00:02:44,460 THIS IS GONNA BE TIGHT. 48 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,120 MADE IT. 49 00:02:52,180 --> 00:02:54,000 BUT AS THE CHUTE FILLS WITH WATER 50 00:02:54,060 --> 00:02:55,300 IT WILL START TO SINK. 51 00:02:57,340 --> 00:02:59,400 BUT MY FOOT'S TANGLED IN THE RIGGING LINES. 52 00:02:59,460 --> 00:03:02,280 I NEED TO GET FREE BEFORE IT DRAGS ME UNDER. 53 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:13,460 ( SPITS ) 54 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,260 ACTUALLY QUITE HAIRY, THAT. 55 00:03:16,420 --> 00:03:17,460 LOOK. 56 00:03:18,020 --> 00:03:21,340 AND THAT IS ALWAYS A DANGER WITH WATER JUMPS. 57 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,140 YOU GOT ALL OF THIS WEIGHT PULLING YOU DOWN, 58 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,380 AND IF YOU GET RIGGING LINE TRAPPED, 59 00:03:29,060 --> 00:03:31,300 IT CAN BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT. 60 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,200 I'M QUITE RELIEVED TO BE AT THE BANK. 61 00:03:36,260 --> 00:03:37,360 LET'S GET THIS OUT. 62 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:43,420 I CAN FEEL I'M REALLY STARTING TO SHIVER. 63 00:03:44,060 --> 00:03:46,000 IT'S A SIGN I'M GETTING COLD. 64 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,360 SO I WANT TO GET MOVING. 65 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,460 IT'S COLD UP HERE, EVEN IN THE SUN. 66 00:03:51,020 --> 00:03:53,100 AND WHEN NIGHT COMES, IT'LL GET EVEN COLDER. 67 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,460 YOUR BEST OPTION -- DESCEND TO THE TREE LINE. 68 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:57,440 THEN I'M OUT OF HERE. 69 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,060 THE FASTEST WAY OFF A MOUNTAIN IS TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF WATER. 70 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,320 RIVERS ARE LIKE NATURE'S HIGHWAYS -- 71 00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:09,360 THEY FOLLOW THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE. 72 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,480 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I INTEND TO DO. 73 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:21,280 OKAY, THAT WAY. 74 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,180 WHERE THERE'S WATER, THERE'S USUALLY ANIMALS. 75 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,260 GOATS FEED ON THIS HIGH GROUND. 76 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,320 HERE WE GO. 77 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,040 THERE'S AN OLD GOAT CARCASS. 78 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:34,160 YEAH, LOOK. 79 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:35,480 MAN. UGH. 80 00:04:36,140 --> 00:04:38,060 ABSOLUTELY STINKS. 81 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,460 IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING HAS BEEN FEEDING OFF THIS, 82 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,280 I CAN'T -- I CAN'T EAT THAT. 83 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,040 BUT THERE'S LOADS OF THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH ANIMAL SKIN. 84 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,140 IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MATERIALS OF NATURE. 85 00:04:50,340 --> 00:04:53,020 THAT WILL BE USEFUL. KEEP THAT. 86 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:55,100 LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 87 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 FOLLOWING A STREAM DOWN TOWARDS THE TREE LINE 88 00:04:59,060 --> 00:05:01,060 SHOULD EVENTUALLY LINK UP WITH A BIGGER RIVER. 89 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,300 ALMOST THERE. 90 00:05:11,180 --> 00:05:13,320 WELL, THIS IS THE RIVER I'VE BEEN HEARING. 91 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,220 AND NOW I'VE FOUND THIS, I REALLY WANT TO STICK WITH IT 92 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,280 AND FOLLOW IT DOWNSTREAM. 93 00:05:18,460 --> 00:05:21,320 I RECKON THE BEST THING I CAN DO IS ACTUALLY MAKE A RAFT 94 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:25,080 AND USE THAT TO FAST-TRACK ME OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. 95 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:27,140 LET'S GET SOME MATERIALS. 96 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:29,120 THERE'S PLENTY OF BIRCH HERE -- 97 00:05:29,180 --> 00:05:32,320 NOT THE BEST MATERIAL, BUT IT'S FLEXIBLE AND BUOYANT. 98 00:05:32,380 --> 00:05:34,340 IT'LL DO FOR MAKING THE FRAME. 99 00:05:35,180 --> 00:05:39,000 AND WHAT I WANT IS LOADS OF LONG, STRAIGHT, 100 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:40,460 FLEXIBLE PIECES, 101 00:05:41,180 --> 00:05:44,200 AND I'M GONNA BEND THEM AND SHAPE THEM INTO A RAFT. 102 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,440 ONCE YOU'VE GATHERED ENOUGH MATERIALS, 103 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,020 IT SHOULD TAKE YOU ABOUT FOUR HOURS TO MAKE A CORACLE RAFT. 104 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,180 I'VE NEVER MADE ONE OF THESE BEFORE, 105 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:56,300 SO I'M NOT 100% SURE IT'S GONNA WORK. 106 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,460 BUT I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY IT WON'T. 107 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:02,480 LET'S TIE IT ALL. 108 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:07,360 THE WHIPPY BRANCHES BEND INTO A CIRCULAR SHAPE 109 00:06:07,420 --> 00:06:08,460 TO FORM THE HULL. 110 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,220 OKAY, AND THAT'S THEN THE BASIC SHAPE... 111 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:18,480 OF THE RAFT. 112 00:06:20,220 --> 00:06:21,420 A COUPLE OF SUPPORT BEAMS 113 00:06:22,020 --> 00:06:24,200 AND IT'S READY TO PUT THE PARACHUTE SKIN ON. 114 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,040 ONE THING THAT'S ALWAYS HARD IS TYING MATERIAL LIKE THIS, 115 00:06:32,260 --> 00:06:34,160 AND A GOOD LITTLE TRICK I ALWAYS USE -- 116 00:06:34,340 --> 00:06:38,000 GET A STONE, STICK THAT IN IT, 117 00:06:38,060 --> 00:06:39,400 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE 118 00:06:40,460 --> 00:06:42,200 TO GIVE YOU SOME TENSION. 119 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:46,180 THE GOATSKIN I COLLECTED ON THE MOUNTAIN 120 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:48,040 WILL MAKE A STRONG PADDLE. 121 00:06:49,220 --> 00:06:50,340 ON A FAST-FLOWING RIVER, 122 00:06:50,420 --> 00:06:52,060 YOU CAN COVER TWICE THE DISTANCE 123 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,040 THAT YOU COULD ON FOOT, IF YOU CAN STAY AFLOAT. 124 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,260 YOU JAM THIS IN HERE. 125 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:00,460 OKAY, THAT'S SET. 126 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:09,140 WELL, THIS IS FLOATING ALL RIGHT, 127 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:11,240 PRETTY LOW IN THE WATER, 128 00:07:12,180 --> 00:07:16,020 BUT IT'S TAKING ME DOWNSTREAM MUCH FASTER THAN I CAN WALK. 129 00:07:17,140 --> 00:07:20,180 IF YOU CAN STEER YOUR RAFT, AIM FOR DEEP WATER. 130 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,100 THE FLOW HERE IS MUCH SLOWER. 131 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,400 BUT THIS THING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. 132 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,400 THE CURRENT IS DRAGGING ME INTO THE SHALLOWS, 133 00:07:26,460 --> 00:07:28,420 AND IT'S THE LAST PLACE I WANT TO BE. 134 00:07:30,340 --> 00:07:34,320 IT'S THE SHALLOW STUFF THAT CAN OFTEN BE MORE DANGEROUS, 135 00:07:35,020 --> 00:07:37,020 JUST 'CAUSE THE WATER FLOWS FASTER. 136 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:38,200 OW. OHH. 137 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,440 NAVIGATING UNKNOWN WATERS IS A DANGEROUS GAME. 138 00:07:42,020 --> 00:07:45,200 YOU MUST STAY ALERT AND RELY ON ALL YOUR SENSES. 139 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:49,220 CHANGES IN THE SOUND OF THE RIVER WARN OF IMPENDING DANGER. 140 00:07:51,260 --> 00:07:52,220 HANG ON. 141 00:07:53,180 --> 00:07:55,280 BIG NOISE OF WHITE WATER AHEAD, 142 00:07:56,420 --> 00:07:58,260 AND THAT PROBABLY MEANS RAPIDS. 143 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,120 BUT IT'S WORSE THAN RAPIDS. 144 00:08:01,260 --> 00:08:05,100 GETTING DOWN A 120-FOOT WATERFALL IS NOT GONNA BE EASY. 145 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,260 IT'S A VERY PRECARIOUS LEDGE I'M ON. 146 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:18,460 I'M IN THE TURKISH MOUNTAINS 147 00:08:19,020 --> 00:08:20,160 HEADING DOWN A WHITE-WATER RIVER 148 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:21,420 IN MY PARACHUTE RAFT. 149 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:23,300 BUT I'VE BEEN STOPPED IN MY TRACKS 150 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,000 BY A 120-FOOT WATERFALL. 151 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:28,300 LET'S GET THIS IN HERE. 152 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:34,420 THAT IS NOT LOOKING PROMISING. 153 00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:42,420 JUST WATCH ON THE EDGE. 154 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:47,020 THAT IS A PROPER DROP OFF. 155 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,180 THAT MUST BE 120 FOOT STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE POOL BELOW. 156 00:08:52,460 --> 00:08:55,440 IF I WENT OVER THIS IN A RAFT, I'D KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. 157 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,020 THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO CLIMB DOWN THERE 158 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,200 HOLDING THIS RAFT. 159 00:09:04,140 --> 00:09:07,160 SACK IT. I'M JUST GONNA SEND IT OVER AND FIND A WAY DOWN. 160 00:09:07,220 --> 00:09:09,160 OKAY, SHE'S GOING. THERE SHE GOES. 161 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:19,200 OKAY, LOOK, SHE'S GETTING PUSHED OUT TO THE EDDY. 162 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:20,360 NOW I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY DOWN. 163 00:09:23,180 --> 00:09:24,100 LET'S TRY DOWN THIS BIT. 164 00:09:25,460 --> 00:09:27,020 AH, MAN, LOOK. 165 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,020 THERE'S THE RAFT 166 00:09:29,180 --> 00:09:31,360 TAKING A POUNDING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WATERFALL. 167 00:09:33,380 --> 00:09:34,400 BUT IT'S TOO SLIPPY. 168 00:09:34,460 --> 00:09:36,320 THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO CLIMB THAT. 169 00:09:39,140 --> 00:09:40,240 AND I'VE GOT AN IDEA. 170 00:09:44,340 --> 00:09:45,460 ONE THING ICANDO 171 00:09:46,140 --> 00:09:49,140 IS JUST IMPROVISE A REALLY SIMPLE CAVING LADDER. 172 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,140 I'VE GOT SOME OF THIS PARACORD STILL FROM THE PARACHUTE. 173 00:09:54,380 --> 00:09:55,380 HERE WE GO. 174 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,400 TIE IT OFF, AND THEN I CAN MAKE IT FROM HERE, THEN MOVE IT. 175 00:10:02,340 --> 00:10:06,020 IT'S GIVEN ME TWO STRANDS FOR EITHER SIDE OF IT. 176 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:07,060 JUST NEED TO GET SOME WOOD. 177 00:10:09,140 --> 00:10:11,380 IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF MY PARACHUTE CORD, 178 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,240 BUT USING BRANCHES AS STEPS, 179 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:16,060 YOU CAN KNOCK ONE OF THESE UP PRETTY QUICKLY. 180 00:10:18,020 --> 00:10:18,980 OKAY. 181 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:25,320 I'M GONNA DO A TAUT-LINE HITCH. 182 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,120 SO, TWO UNDER AND THEN ONE ON TOP. 183 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,340 AND THAT IS GONNA SECURE THAT NICELY. 184 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,280 THIS TOWERING VERTICAL ROCK FACE 185 00:10:35,340 --> 00:10:38,000 LIES BETWEEN ME AND MY RAFT. 186 00:10:38,980 --> 00:10:41,360 DOUBLING UP THE PARACHUTE CORD SHOULD MAKE IT STRONG ENOUGH, 187 00:10:41,980 --> 00:10:43,980 BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. 188 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:46,400 WELL, IT'S HOLDING. 189 00:10:47,140 --> 00:10:48,180 HOLDING INITIALLY. 190 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:52,240 I WANT TO GET DOWN THIS AND OFF AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 191 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:54,400 THE SPRAY FROM THE WATERFALL 192 00:10:54,460 --> 00:10:56,980 IS MAKING THE LADDER WET AND SLIPPERY. 193 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,080 THE LADDER IS NOT GONNA REACH ALL OF THE WAY DOWN, 194 00:11:06,220 --> 00:11:07,440 BUT I'VE GOT A SMALL TOEHOLD, 195 00:11:08,060 --> 00:11:10,240 SO I CAN REST AND WORK OUT MY NEXT MOVE. 196 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,200 THIS IS A VERY, VERY PRECARIOUS LEDGE I'M ON. 197 00:11:15,980 --> 00:11:18,340 I'VE GOT ABOUT 3 INCHES OF FOOT SPACE -- LOOK AT THIS. 198 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:21,100 AND I'M ALSO OUT OF LADDER. 199 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,180 KIND OF MEANS IT'S TIME TO...JUMP, 200 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:29,100 BUT THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT 25, 30 FOOT, AT LEAST, 201 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,080 AND I DON'T KNOW THE DEPTH OF THIS. 202 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,060 I NEED TO AIM FOR THE MIDDLE OF IT, 203 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,160 WHERE MOST OF THE WATER'S GOING. 204 00:11:37,340 --> 00:11:39,420 I'VE GOT TO LAUNCH MYSELF OFF THIS TINY LEDGE 205 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,140 AND THROW MYSELF FORWARD AT LEAST 15 FOOT, 206 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,200 OR RISK LANDING IN THE ROCKY SHALLOWS. 207 00:11:44,340 --> 00:11:47,200 AND WHEN IT'S TIME TO JUMP, YOU JUST GOT TO GO FOR IT. 208 00:11:47,380 --> 00:11:50,080 OKAY, IT'S TIME TO DO THIS. 209 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:52,400 HERE WE GO. 210 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,060 OKAY, IT'S GOOD! COME ON DOWN! 211 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,200 THE RAFT IS STUCK IN AN EDDY 212 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,140 AND HAS TAKEN A POUNDING UNDER THE WATERFALL. 213 00:12:11,980 --> 00:12:13,300 GET THIS THING INTO THE SHALLOWS. 214 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,140 GET IT SORTED OUT, 215 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,140 AND THEN WE'LL CARRY ON DOWNSTREAM. 216 00:12:18,180 --> 00:12:19,360 IT'S IN BAD SHAPE, 217 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,200 AND I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS THING WILL STILL FLOAT. 218 00:12:23,420 --> 00:12:25,040 ( SPITS ) 219 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:28,380 MAN, THIS IS NOT IDEAL. 220 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:31,340 THIS IS JUST -- 221 00:12:31,420 --> 00:12:34,220 AW, MAN, I'M JUST TOO HEAVY FOR THIS. 222 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,380 WELL, AT LEAST IT'S TAKING ME DOWNSTREAM, 223 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,100 BUT NOT QUITE THE WAY I ENVISAGED! 224 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:42,460 THE RAFT IS SWAMPED, 225 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,040 BUT I'M NOT READY TO ABANDON IT YET. 226 00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:47,340 IT'S PROVIDING ME WITH GOOD PROTECTION FROM THE ROCKS. 227 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,240 BUT THE WATER'S GETTING ROUGHER, 228 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,000 AND IT'S TOO MUCH NOW FOR MY FLIMSY RAFT. 229 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,380 IT'S PITCHED OVER, AND I'M BACK IN THE WATER. 230 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:06,240 WELL, THE RAFT'S FLIPPED. 231 00:13:07,260 --> 00:13:08,420 I'VE LOST THE PADDLE. 232 00:13:10,020 --> 00:13:11,180 BUT I'M STILL ON THIS THING. 233 00:13:11,380 --> 00:13:13,320 THE RIVER'S FULL OF SUBMERGED ROCKS, 234 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:17,060 AND AT THIS SPEED, A DIRECT HIT COULD CATAPULT YOU OUT. 235 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,260 WHOA! 236 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,400 JUST GETTING BOUNCED FROM ROCK TO ROCK. 237 00:13:22,460 --> 00:13:23,440 IF YOU LOSE YOUR BALANCE, 238 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,420 YOU COULD END UP TRAPPED UNDERNEATH. 239 00:13:26,340 --> 00:13:30,220 BUT IF YOU CAN HANG ON, WHITE WATER IS FAST WATER. 240 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:36,040 WELL, I'M SHOOTING ALONG NOW. 241 00:13:46,140 --> 00:13:50,200 OKAY, THIS RAFT'S PRETTY WELL GRINDED TO A HALT. 242 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,180 IT'S JUST GETTING SO SHALLOW. 243 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,140 IT'S GOT ME THROUGH THE RAPIDS, 244 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,060 BUT ME AND MY RAFT HAVE BOTH TAKEN A BATTERING. 245 00:13:58,340 --> 00:14:00,140 IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN PRETTY, 246 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,420 BUT I'VE MADE SOME GOOD DISTANCE DOWNRIVER. 247 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,140 BUT, REALLY, I'M GONNA MAKE BETTER PROGRESS NOW ON FOOT. 248 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:09,020 SO LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 249 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,400 THE RAPIDS HAVE TAKEN UP A LOT OF MY ENERGY. 250 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,340 I WANT TO FIND SOME FOOD. 251 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,200 THERE YOU GO, LOOK. 252 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,260 SEE THIS GUY? 253 00:14:25,180 --> 00:14:29,120 IT'S REALLY JUST LIKE A SNAIL BUT WITHOUT A SHELL. 254 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,240 SLUGS ARE EDIBLE, 255 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,340 BUT THEY'RE ONLY SAFE TO EAT IF THEY'RE COOKED. 256 00:14:34,060 --> 00:14:35,080 GET THAT ON THERE. 257 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,060 GET THESE SLUGS. 258 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,020 THERE YOU GO -- I GOT ONE. 259 00:14:40,220 --> 00:14:44,200 AND THE CREW HAS MANAGED TO FIND ANOTHER COUPLE TO ADD TO THIS. 260 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:46,200 I DON'T HAVE MANY SLUGS, 261 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:48,340 BUT THEY WILL PROVIDE A SMALL ENERGY BOOST 262 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,440 UNTIL I CAN STOP AND FIND MORE FOOD. 263 00:14:51,260 --> 00:14:53,080 SQUEEZE THE GUTS OUT -- LOOK. 264 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,060 SEE ALL OF THAT STUFF THERE. 265 00:14:57,060 --> 00:15:00,340 THAT'S THE BIT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA CONTAIN THE PARASITES 266 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,020 IF IT'S BEEN FEEDING ON SOMETHING NASTY. 267 00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:09,020 BUT THE MEAT OF THEM IS GONNA HAVE LOTS OF GOOD PROTEIN. 268 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,320 AND, ACTUALLY, I HEARD OF AN AUSTRALIAN GUY 269 00:15:14,260 --> 00:15:16,980 WHO ATE A SLUG AT A PARTY FOR A DARE, 270 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:18,240 AND HE ATE IT RAW, 271 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:23,040 AND HE ACTUALLY GOT MENINGITIS FROM A PARASITE INSIDE IT 272 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,440 AND WAS IN A COMA FOR AGES AND AGES. 273 00:15:26,020 --> 00:15:27,300 SO, YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO RISK IT. 274 00:15:27,980 --> 00:15:31,260 BUT THOSE LOOK WELL-BOILED UP NOW. 275 00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:35,420 AND IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY APPETIZING -- 276 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,220 SLUG STEW. 277 00:15:38,380 --> 00:15:40,160 IT'S GONNA GIVE ME A BIT OF ENERGY. 278 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,320 IT'S NOT MUCH OF A MEAL, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. 279 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:51,440 VERY GOOEY, VERY SLIMY, 280 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,360 BUT GOOD BIT OF ENERGY AND GOOD BIT OF PROTEIN. 281 00:15:59,260 --> 00:16:01,380 EVEN IF IT TASTES (SPITS) 282 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,180 HORRIBLE. 283 00:16:07,220 --> 00:16:09,400 THE RIVER GORGE HAS TAKEN A LOT OUT OF ME, 284 00:16:09,460 --> 00:16:11,100 BUT I'M GONNA NEED ALL MY STRENGTH 285 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,160 IF I'M GONNA GET OUT OF THIS CANYON. 286 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,060 I'VE BEEN MOVING DOWNRIVER ON AN IMPROVISED PARACHUTE RAFT 287 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:27,100 IN THE MOUNTAINS OF TURKEY. 288 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,200 JUST GETTING BOUNCED FROM ROCK TO ROCK. 289 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,260 I'VE FOUGHT MY WAY THROUGH WHITE-WATER RAPIDS, 290 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,960 BUT IT'S TAKEN ITS TOLL ON MY BODY. 291 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,120 TOOK QUITE A HAMMERING IN THOSE RAPIDS. 292 00:16:40,420 --> 00:16:45,380 I'VE GOT QUITE A FEW NICKS AND CUTS DOWN HERE. 293 00:16:46,140 --> 00:16:48,020 WHAT I'VE NOTICED IN THIS VALLEY 294 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:50,000 IS THAT THERE'S LOADS OF ALL OF THIS WILLOW 295 00:16:50,060 --> 00:16:51,200 GROWING EVERYWHERE. 296 00:16:51,340 --> 00:16:54,380 AND YOU CAN USE THIS STUFF TO HELP YOU. 297 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,180 TAKE OFF SOME OF THESE LEAVES, 298 00:16:57,380 --> 00:16:59,100 AND IF YOU CHEW THEM, WHAT THEY DO 299 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,100 IS RELEASE AN ANALGESIC, SHOULD HELP WITH THE PAIN, 300 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,240 AND ALSO ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, HELP WITH THE SWELLING. 301 00:17:06,120 --> 00:17:09,020 IT'S AN ANCIENT REMEDY THAT STILL WORKS TODAY. 302 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,160 NOW I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO REST AND TAKE STOCK. 303 00:17:12,420 --> 00:17:15,260 YOU SEE ALL OF THIS RIVER RUNS STRAIGHT THROUGH 304 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,240 THIS VERY STEEP-SIDED GORGE. 305 00:17:17,380 --> 00:17:20,980 IF YOU LOOK UP THERE -- SEE THOSE LITTLE CAVE ENTRANCES. 306 00:17:21,060 --> 00:17:22,320 AND IT'S THIS PLACE THAT THE CHRISTIANS 307 00:17:22,380 --> 00:17:25,260 ALMOST 2,000 YEARS AGO USED TO HIDE 308 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,280 WHEN THEY WERE BEING PERSECUTED BY THE ROMANS. 309 00:17:28,980 --> 00:17:30,340 UNBELIEVABLE! 310 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,240 DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING THESE OUT. 311 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,980 THE TURKISH INTERIOR CONTAINS THOUSANDS 312 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:40,140 OF ABANDONED MAN-MADE CAVES CARVED INTO THE SOFT SANDSTONE. 313 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,020 THEY'RE SCATTERED ACROSS AN AREA THE SIZE OF VERMONT. 314 00:17:43,220 --> 00:17:44,360 AGAINST ALL THE ODDS, 315 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:46,360 PEOPLE MANAGED TO SURVIVE OUT HERE. 316 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:50,380 IT MUST HAVE TAKEN SO MUCH COURAGE AND DETERMINATION. 317 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,380 JUST INCREDIBLE. 318 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,180 YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE. 319 00:17:58,980 --> 00:18:02,200 IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD PLACE JUST TO HAVE A BIT OF A BASE 320 00:18:02,380 --> 00:18:05,360 AND GET MY KIT SORTED AND DRIED. 321 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:11,120 I'M GONNA GET DOWN TO THE RIVER AND GET SOME FOOD. 322 00:18:15,340 --> 00:18:18,220 THIS GREEN STRETCH OF RIVER IN BETWEEN THE STEEP CLIFFS 323 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,200 IS A PERFECT HUNTING GROUND. 324 00:18:20,340 --> 00:18:22,080 THERE YOU GO. THERE'S ONE CRAB. 325 00:18:23,980 --> 00:18:24,980 OH! 326 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,280 THAT'S A BIGGER ONE. 327 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:29,260 AND THESE ARE FRESHWATER CRABS. 328 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,140 COOK THEM UP. THEY'RE GONNA BE GOOD TO EAT. 329 00:18:32,380 --> 00:18:35,100 RIVERS LIKE THIS ARE USUALLY TEEMING WITH FOOD. 330 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,960 YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 331 00:18:37,180 --> 00:18:39,320 THERE'S A FROG. SEE HIM IN THERE? 332 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:41,260 JUST UNDER THE WEED. 333 00:18:42,380 --> 00:18:44,420 THERE WE GO. GOT HIM. 334 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,200 AND THAT'S JUST A COMMON FROG 335 00:18:48,180 --> 00:18:50,320 AND IS GONNA BE GOOD TO EAT. 336 00:18:50,380 --> 00:18:53,060 LOAD OF CRABS, BIT OF FROG, 337 00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:54,980 JOB'S A GOOD 'UN. 338 00:18:56,380 --> 00:18:59,220 A FEW MORE CRABS AND I'VE GOT A MEAL. 339 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:02,140 OH, NO, NO, NO, NO! 340 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,320 THE SLIPPERY LITTLE... 341 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:08,340 THE FROG'S JUST HOPPED OUT. 342 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,380 THAT IS THAT FROG'S LUCKY DAY. 343 00:19:13,060 --> 00:19:14,160 WELL, I'M A FROG DOWN. 344 00:19:14,260 --> 00:19:16,400 I'M DEFINITELY GONNA MAKE SOMETHING TO CARRY THESE WITH. 345 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,040 NETTLE STEMS MAKE GOOD CORDAGE 346 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:21,100 IF YOU CAN GET PAST THE STINGERS. 347 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:23,400 THEN TO GET THE STINGING BITS OFF, 348 00:19:24,060 --> 00:19:25,280 YOU REACH FOR THE END, 349 00:19:25,340 --> 00:19:28,400 AND THEN JUST DRIVE YOUR FINGER ALL THE WAY DOWN IT. 350 00:19:29,020 --> 00:19:30,380 AND YOU DON'T GET STUNG 351 00:19:30,980 --> 00:19:33,040 BECAUSE THE FIRST FEW LEAVES ARE TAKING THE BRUNT 352 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:34,240 OF THE STINGING NETTLES, 353 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,300 AND IT LEAVES YOU JUST WITH THAT. 354 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,220 BASH THE STALKS TO BREAK UP THE FIBERS INSIDE. 355 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:47,040 THEN I TIE THE CRABS... 356 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:51,960 ...TO THIS. 357 00:19:52,380 --> 00:19:55,020 THE BACTERIA THAT FEED ON DEAD SHELLFISH 358 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,000 CAN GIVE YOU GASTRIC POISONING. 359 00:19:57,120 --> 00:19:59,200 SO WHERE POSSIBLE, KEEP SHELLFISH ALIVE 360 00:19:59,260 --> 00:20:00,420 UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. 361 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:02,980 MY CLOTHES ARE DRY NOW. 362 00:20:05,020 --> 00:20:06,340 I'VE GOT SOME FIREWOOD, 363 00:20:07,220 --> 00:20:08,960 GOT MY CRABS, 364 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,180 GONNA HAVE A LITTLE EXPLORE 365 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,440 AND SEE IF I CAN FIND SOMEWHERE GOOD TO COOK THESE UP. 366 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:17,020 THE CAVES GO DEEP INTO THE CANYON WALL. 367 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:20,060 THESE UPPER LEVELS WERE ONCE THE LIVING AREAS. 368 00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:24,060 THERE YOU GO. 369 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,080 LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY'S, ONE TIME, DUG A PIT IN HERE. 370 00:20:28,220 --> 00:20:32,420 BUT, ACTUALLY, I CAN USE THAT TO BOIL MY WATER IN. 371 00:20:35,060 --> 00:20:38,200 YOU SEE THE WAY THE SMOKE IS GOING STRAIGHT UP THE STAIRWELL, 372 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,300 LIKE A NATURAL FUNNEL IN A CHIMNEY. 373 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,980 AND THESE GUYS -- THEY THOUGHT IT ALL OUT. 374 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:47,000 ONCE HEATED IN THE FIRE, 375 00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:49,100 THESE STONES WILL BOIL THE RIVER WATER, 376 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:50,160 TO COOK THE CRABS. 377 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,020 I'M GONNA KEEP JUST PUTTING THESE ROCKS IN, 378 00:20:56,140 --> 00:20:59,120 AND WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR HEAT, TAKE THEM OUT, 379 00:20:59,180 --> 00:21:00,420 AND HEAT THEM UP AGAIN IN THE FIRE. 380 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:03,960 AND THIS IS NOW ALMOST BOILING. 381 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,320 GET THE CRABS IN. 382 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,420 SHELLFISH ARE OFTEN FULL OF PARASITES, 383 00:21:12,060 --> 00:21:14,160 SO I'M GONNA COOK THEM FOR 20 MINUTES TO BE SAFE. 384 00:21:14,220 --> 00:21:16,280 THESE CRABS ARE GONNA BE READY NOW. 385 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,160 AND THE CLAWS OF IT -- FINE TO EAT JUST LIKE THEY ARE. 386 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,000 ( CRUNCHING ) 387 00:21:25,060 --> 00:21:28,200 MAN, THAT'S A WELCOME CHANGE. THAT'S ACTUALLY DELICIOUS. 388 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:31,260 I HAVEN'T FINISHED EXPLORING THESE CAVES YET. 389 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,380 I'M GONNA TRY AND FIND A SHORTCUT OUT OF THIS VALLEY. 390 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,020 WHAT I'M GONNA TRY AND DO IS SEE HOW HIGH I CAN WORK MY WAY UP 391 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:39,260 THROUGH THESE CAVE SYSTEMS 392 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,240 AND SEE IF I CAN CLIMB MY WAY OUT OF THE VALLEY. 393 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,440 BUT TO DO THAT IN THESE CAVES WHICH ARE SO DINGY, 394 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,400 I'M GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF TORCH. 395 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,020 AND WHAT I'VE STILL GOT IS ALL OF THIS GOAT FAT. 396 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,080 IF YOU MELT ANIMAL FAT AND POUR OFF THE IMPURITIES, 397 00:21:57,140 --> 00:21:58,320 YOU GET FLAMMABLE OIL. 398 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,980 SOAKING STRIPS FROM MY T-SHIRT IN THIS HOT OIL 399 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,060 WILL CREATE WICKS FOR A TORCH. 400 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,000 IT'S A TECHNOLOGY OLDER THAN THESE CAVES. 401 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,240 I'M GONNA GET DEEP INTO THE LABYRINTH 402 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,200 TO TRY AND FIND A WAY OUT OF HERE. 403 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:19,240 JUST EXTRAORDINARY PLACE. 404 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,360 MAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO STUMBLE DOWN, 405 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:28,960 STUMBLE DOWN THAT IN THE DARK. 406 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,320 BACK UP, FIND ANOTHER WAY. 407 00:22:34,340 --> 00:22:37,100 YOU CAN JUST SEE BATS ALL ALONG THE WALL HERE. 408 00:22:38,020 --> 00:22:39,180 ( BAT SHRIEKING ) WHOA! 409 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:42,140 OH, MAN, IT JUST FLEW STRAIGHT UP MY JACKET SLEEVE. 410 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:45,200 OW. 411 00:22:45,300 --> 00:22:47,000 WITH SO MANY TWISTS AND TURNS, 412 00:22:47,060 --> 00:22:49,340 IT'S EASY TO GET LOST IN A CAVE SYSTEM LIKE THIS. 413 00:22:50,220 --> 00:22:52,440 WHEN TROOPS INVADED AFGHANISTAN, 414 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,040 THEY RECKONED BIN LADEN WAS HIDING OUT 415 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:58,100 IN CAVE SYSTEMS JUST LIKE THIS. 416 00:22:58,300 --> 00:23:01,080 YOU CAN SEE WHY IT'S BEEN SO HARD TO FIND HIM. 417 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,440 YOU JUST DISAPPEAR IN THESE SORT OF PLACES. 418 00:23:06,420 --> 00:23:09,440 OKAY, I WANT TO GET UP AND OUT OF HERE. 419 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 IT'S MAKING ME FEEL QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE, THIS. 420 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,020 IN A NATURAL CAVE, 421 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,400 YOU'D BE ABLE TO FOLLOW SIGNS OF WATER OR WIND 422 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,120 TO FIND THE ENTRANCE, 423 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,000 BUT WITH MAN-MADE STRUCTURES, 424 00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:23,960 THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE SAME LOGIC. 425 00:23:24,020 --> 00:23:25,400 THAT'S WHY THEY CAN BE CONFUSING. 426 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,140 THIS TORCH IS GOING OUT. 427 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,160 WANT TO BE FINDING A WAY UP AND OUT PRETTY SOON. 428 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:43,080 SWEATING HALF WITH THE HEAT, BUT HALF WITH NERVES IN HERE. 429 00:23:44,980 --> 00:23:46,340 THERE'S A BIT OF A WINDOW UP AHEAD. 430 00:23:48,420 --> 00:23:50,160 DEFINITELY MAKING PROGRESS. 431 00:23:52,420 --> 00:23:55,400 HERE WE GO. IT'S A LEDGE. 432 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:57,260 JUST TAKE IT EASY. 433 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,240 I'M STILL ONLY HALFWAY UP THE CANYON. 434 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:00,380 I NEED ANOTHER PLAN. 435 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,100 MAYBE I CAN CLIMB UP THE LAST BIT OUTSIDE. 436 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:07,060 BUT THE CANYON IS JUST THE START OF MY PROBLEMS. 437 00:24:07,220 --> 00:24:09,960 FROM NOW ON, I'M GONNA BE PUSHED TO THE LIMIT. 438 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,180 A KILLER PLACE TO HAVE TO SURVIVE IN. 439 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,060 HERE WE GO. 440 00:24:36,180 --> 00:24:37,940 I'M IN A CANYON IN TURKEY, 441 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,120 TRYING TO GET OUT OF AN ANCIENT CAVE SYSTEM, 442 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,320 BUT THERE'S A 50-FOOT VERTICAL CLIMB, STILL, 443 00:24:42,380 --> 00:24:44,080 TO GET ME OUT OF THE VALLEY. 444 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,260 MAYBE WE CAN CLIMB UP THE LAST BIT OUTSIDE HERE. 445 00:24:47,260 --> 00:24:48,980 IT'S QUITE HARD TO SEE. 446 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:50,260 JUST HOLD YOUR HAND FOR ME NOW. 447 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:57,120 YEAH, THIS IS GONNA BE DIFFICULT BUT DOABLE. 448 00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:01,080 PROBLEM IS, ALL OF THIS SANDSTONE IS SO CRUMBLY. 449 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,340 LOOK AT IT JUST FLAKING OFF. 450 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:06,420 OKAY, LET'S GIVE THIS A GO. 451 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:13,020 THIS ROCK IS TREACHEROUS, 452 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,120 AND THERE'S A 150-FOOT SHEER DROP BELOW. 453 00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,380 THIS ROCK IS JUST SO CRUMBLY. 454 00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:24,240 IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR THESE GUYS 455 00:25:24,300 --> 00:25:26,000 CARVING CAVES OUT OF ROCK, 456 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,000 BUT FOR CLIMBING ON, DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL THAT SAFE. 457 00:25:31,420 --> 00:25:32,980 TAKE IT STEADY. 458 00:25:35,060 --> 00:25:36,940 IT'S LIKE CLIMBING ON PLASTER. 459 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,340 THE ROCK FACE IS JUST COMING OFF IN MY HANDS. 460 00:25:42,420 --> 00:25:44,060 LOOK, WE'RE UP HERE... 461 00:25:44,420 --> 00:25:46,100 AND OVER THE TOP. 462 00:25:50,180 --> 00:25:53,040 NOW I'VE ENTERED A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. 463 00:25:53,380 --> 00:25:56,060 I'M HEADING INTO DESOLATE, ARID STEPPE. 464 00:25:57,120 --> 00:25:58,300 MAN, CHECK THESE OUT. 465 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:01,960 THE 60-FOOT STONE CHIMNEYS HAVE BEEN CARVED OUT 466 00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:03,980 BY WINDS OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS. 467 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:06,000 IT'S UNFORGIVING TERRAIN. 468 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:17,180 MAN, A KILLER PLACE TO HAVE TO SURVIVE IN. 469 00:26:18,260 --> 00:26:19,360 BEATING SUN, 470 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,260 MINIMAL WATER AND MINIMAL LIFE, 471 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:27,140 AND, REALLY, I CAN FEEL THIS PLACE JUST, MINUTE BY MINUTE, 472 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,000 SAPPING ME, AS WELL. 473 00:26:31,060 --> 00:26:34,180 THE HEAT IS PUNISHING MY ALREADY-EXHAUSTED BODY. 474 00:26:37,420 --> 00:26:40,940 THIS PLACE IS JUST UNBELIEVABLY HOT, AS WELL. 475 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:46,180 JUST THE REFLECTION OF THE SUN OFF ALL OF THIS SAND AND... 476 00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:50,360 MUST HAVE BEEN A HELLISH PLACE TO LIVE. 477 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:55,380 WHEN YOU'RE EATING WILD FOOD 478 00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:57,980 AND COVERING LARGE DISTANCES ON FOOT, 479 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,260 YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE. 480 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,000 AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, I'VE GOT FOOD POISONING. 481 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,280 THIS IS GONNA HELP ME. 482 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:08,280 I'VE ACTUALLY HAD DIARRHEA FOR MOST OF THE DAY, 483 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,280 AND THIS LITTLE PLANT IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE GOOD 484 00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:14,080 FOR WIPING MY BACKSIDE WITH. 485 00:27:14,180 --> 00:27:16,980 THE REASON IT'S GOOD -- LOOK -- IT'S REALLY SOFT. 486 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,220 AND THE REASON IT'S LIKE THAT, 487 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,080 IT'S GOT THESE TINY LITTLE HAIRS ALL OVER IT. 488 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,340 IT MEANS IT WILL LOSE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MOISTURE. 489 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,020 BUT WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS WHAT IT CAN DO FOR ME 490 00:27:29,140 --> 00:27:30,300 WHEN I NEED TO GO, 491 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:34,100 WHICH I HAVE A FEELING IS IMMINENT AGAIN. 492 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,020 JUST GONNA TAKE ALL OF THESE. 493 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:40,060 DIARRHEA IS YOUR BODY'S WAY OF FLUSHING OUT GERMS, 494 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:42,200 BUT IT USES UP PRECIOUS FLUIDS. 495 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:45,000 IF YOU CAN'T REPLACE THEM, YOU'LL DEHYDRATE. 496 00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:46,380 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND WATER. 497 00:27:47,340 --> 00:27:51,220 ACTUALLY, THIS WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE TO TRY AND DIG FOR WATER. 498 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,280 YOU CAN SEE THAT ANY RAIN COMING DOWN THESE GULLIES 499 00:27:54,940 --> 00:27:56,040 IS GONNA GET FUNNELED DOWN 500 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:57,300 TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS DRY RIVERBED. 501 00:27:58,340 --> 00:27:59,380 HAVE A DIG HERE. 502 00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:01,980 AS A RULE OF THUMB, 503 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,160 THEY RECKON YOU CAN SURVIVE THREE WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD, 504 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,320 BUT ONLY THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATER. 505 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,360 SO IT'S GOT TO BE YOUR PRIORITY IN A PLACE LIKE THIS 506 00:28:12,020 --> 00:28:13,020 TO FIND IT. 507 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,240 THE BEST CHANCE OF FINDING WATER IS IN THE OUTSIDE BEND 508 00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:17,940 OF A DRIED-UP STREAM. 509 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:19,100 LET'S TRY THIS BIT. 510 00:28:23,060 --> 00:28:25,400 OH, NO, THIS IS NO GOOD. ACTUALLY, THIS IS BONE-DRY. 511 00:28:26,020 --> 00:28:30,060 AND SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO ALSO KNOW WHEN TO STOP. 512 00:28:31,060 --> 00:28:32,360 AND IN MANY WAYS, IT'S GONNA BURN UP 513 00:28:32,420 --> 00:28:35,060 MORE MOISTURE, SWEAT, AND ENERGY 514 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:37,940 DIGGING A BOTTOMLESS HOLE FOR NOTHING 515 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,100 THAN MOVING ON AND TRYING ANOTHER PLAN. 516 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,260 IN A WEAKENED STATE, 517 00:28:45,340 --> 00:28:47,980 FINDING FOOD IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. 518 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,060 HIDDEN UNDER ROCKS, SCORPIONS ARE EASY TO FIND, 519 00:28:51,140 --> 00:28:53,980 BUT THEY ARE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ADVERSARY. 520 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:58,340 HERE'S A SCORPION. SEE THIS GUY? 521 00:28:59,180 --> 00:29:02,240 AND, ACTUALLY, THIS IS A DEATH STALKER SCORPION. 522 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:04,040 THESE ARE NASTY ONES, 523 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,080 AND, ACTUALLY, THESE CAN BE LETHAL. 524 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,960 AND, ACTUALLY, JUST ACROSS THE BORDER, IN IRAN, 525 00:29:11,020 --> 00:29:13,060 THERE WERE SOME SOLDIERS OUT ON PATROL, 526 00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:15,340 AND THEY WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND LOOKED UNDER THEIR TENT, 527 00:29:16,140 --> 00:29:17,980 AND THERE WERE 17 SCORPIONS THERE. 528 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:21,420 THEY HAD ENOUGH VENOM BETWEEN THEM TO KILL A COW. 529 00:29:22,020 --> 00:29:24,000 YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH THESE GUYS. 530 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,300 LET'S JUST TAKE HIS STINGER OFF. 531 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:31,300 AND, LOOK, THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN SEE HIM STRIKING ME. 532 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:32,980 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 533 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,980 GRAB YOU WITH ITS PINCERS AND -- WHAM -- IN. 534 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,180 BUT WHEN YOU'RE NOT FEELING 100%, 535 00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:41,420 YOU'VE GOT TO STILL KEEP THE ENERGY GOING IN, 536 00:29:42,020 --> 00:29:43,240 AND THIS IS ENERGY. 537 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:47,960 90% PROTEIN IN THIS, AND THIS IS FINE TO EAT. 538 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:01,280 HE TASTES JUST LIKE HE LOOKS -- NASTY. 539 00:30:05,140 --> 00:30:06,240 OKAY, ON. 540 00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,980 AS IT GETS DARK, I'M GONNA KEEP MOVING. 541 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,940 I WANT TO USE THE COOL OF THE NIGHT 542 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,240 TO CONSERVE MY ENERGY. 543 00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:16,160 AND THIS WAY, YOU'LL SWEAT LESS. 544 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:23,240 ALMOST LOST ALL OF THE LIGHT NOW. 545 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:25,080 JUST GONNA SWITCH THIS OVER TO NIGHT-VISION. 546 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,160 ( BEEP ) IT'S WORKING. 547 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,200 AND I RECKON I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE MUCH BETTER PROGRESS 548 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:33,240 MOVING IN THE COOL OF THE NIGHT, 549 00:30:34,060 --> 00:30:36,960 THAN TRYING TO DO BATTLE WITH THE SUN 550 00:30:37,020 --> 00:30:38,180 IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. 551 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:42,300 IT'S JUST COMPLETELY SAPPING, SAPPING MY ENERGY. 552 00:30:43,020 --> 00:30:45,080 SEE IF WE CAN MAKE UP A BIT OF DISTANCE NOW. 553 00:30:45,380 --> 00:30:48,940 BUT THIS IS HOW SO MANY OF THE SILK-ROUTE CAMEL TRAINS 554 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,420 USED TO MOVE -- BY NIGHT AND NAVIGATING BY THE STARS. 555 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:55,360 OKAY, LET'S GET GOING. 556 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,000 TRAVELING AT NIGHT CARRIES RISKS. 557 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,000 SNAKES AND WOLVES BECOME ACTIVE. 558 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:03,320 AND WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY, 559 00:31:03,380 --> 00:31:05,420 YOU COULD EASILY FALL AND INJURE YOURSELF. 560 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,420 BUT YOU CAN COVER A LOT OF GROUND. 561 00:31:13,060 --> 00:31:15,380 I'M EXHAUSTED, BUT BEFORE I FIND SHELTER, 562 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:18,380 I'M GONNA SET SOME TRAPS FOR RODENTS OR SMALL REPTILES. 563 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:24,160 THIS ACTUALLY WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE TO SET A TRAP. 564 00:31:24,220 --> 00:31:26,420 A LITTLE BIT OF FLAT GROUND, FIND A GOOD ROCK. 565 00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:28,200 IT'S PITCH BLACK NOW. 566 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:32,180 THE INFRARED CAMERA CAN SEE ME, BUT I MIGHT AS WELL BE BLIND. 567 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,140 I'M TRYING TO MAKE A DEADFALL TRAP -- 568 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,320 A HEAVY ROCK, PROPPED UP WITH THREE STICKS, 569 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,040 BAITED WITH A BERRY. 570 00:31:40,060 --> 00:31:41,000 WHOA. 571 00:31:41,060 --> 00:31:43,240 IN THE DARKNESS, IT'S A BATTLE. 572 00:31:47,260 --> 00:31:51,980 THIS ISN'T THE EASIEST THING TO DO JUST BY FEEL. 573 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,280 TRYING TO SET THIS JUST BY TOUCH. 574 00:31:58,420 --> 00:32:00,160 COME ON, WHERE ARE YOU? 575 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:06,300 OKAY, THAT'S SET. 576 00:32:06,980 --> 00:32:08,380 SO, HOPEFULLY, THAT MIGHT WELL GET SOMETHING. 577 00:32:08,940 --> 00:32:10,100 THE MORE TRAPS YOU SET, 578 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,240 THE MORE CHANCE YOU STAND OF CATCHING SOMETHING. 579 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:14,160 BUT I'VE HAD IT. 580 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,960 I NEED TO GET INTO A SHELTER AND GET SOME REST. 581 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,000 THIS IS LOOKING QUITE PROMISING. 582 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,040 THERE'S A HOLE UNDER THIS ROCK. 583 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:29,240 THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF PLACE SNAKES AND SCORPIONS WOULD LIKE. 584 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,160 ACTUALLY, BRING THE CAMERA. LET'S HAVE A PROPER LOOK. 585 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,180 ANY SNAKES OR SCORPIONS WOULD SHOW UP 586 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,360 IN THE CAMERA'S NIGHTSCOPE. 587 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,240 AND THIS IS GOOD, BECAUSE, REALLY, 588 00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:40,080 NATURE'S DONE A LOT OF THE WORK FOR ME. 589 00:32:40,140 --> 00:32:41,100 I'VE GOT GOOD COVERAGE. 590 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,220 I'VE ONLY GOT THESE TWO ENTRANCES. 591 00:32:45,140 --> 00:32:47,260 I'LL PROBABLY BLOCK THOSE UP TO MAKE SURE I'M 100% SAFE. 592 00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:53,000 WOLF PACKS ROAM THESE LANDS BY NIGHT. 593 00:32:53,140 --> 00:32:55,140 I WANT TO CREATE A BARRIER BETWEEN ME 594 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,380 AND ANYTHING WITH TEETH. 595 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,360 JUST GET MYSELF IN HERE 596 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,140 AND BRICK THIS LAST BIT UP FROM INSIDE. 597 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,000 I'M STILL FEELING TERRIBLE, 598 00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:16,140 BUT THIS IS A SAFE, SECURE PLACE TO TRY AND RECOVER. 599 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,000 PASS US THE CAMERA. 600 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:21,340 THAT'S IT. 601 00:33:23,340 --> 00:33:27,120 THAT'S PRETTY WELL BRICKED UP NOW. 602 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,260 IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A TOMB. 603 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:36,360 AS LONG AS THIS BIG BOULDER DOESN'T COLLAPSE, 604 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,040 I'M GONNA BE SAFE IN HERE. 605 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:41,260 BUT TO BE HONEST, I'M SO TIRED, 606 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,140 I JUST WANT TO CURL UP AND SLEEP. 607 00:33:47,020 --> 00:33:48,120 LONG DAY. 608 00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:50,360 I NEED TO REST. 609 00:33:52,180 --> 00:33:55,260 TOMORROW I MUST TAKE ON THIS DESOLATE PLACE ONCE AGAIN. 610 00:34:08,260 --> 00:34:09,980 I'VE SPENT THE NIGHT UNDER A ROCK 611 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,260 ON THE BARREN STEPPE OF THE ANATOLIAN PLATEAU. 612 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,320 YESTERDAY MY BODY WAS BATTERED BY FOOD POISONING 613 00:34:15,380 --> 00:34:16,940 AND THE INTENSE HEAT. 614 00:34:20,140 --> 00:34:24,180 MAN, I WENT OUT LIKE A LIGHT LAST NIGHT. 615 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,160 APART FROM BANGING MY HEAD WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, 616 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,960 I ACTUALLY FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW. 617 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,320 AND I FELT SAFE IN THERE, AS WELL. 618 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,020 OKAY, GO AND CHECK THESE TRAPS. 619 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:43,200 OH, MAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 620 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,940 IT'S TAKEN THE BAIT, BUT IT HASN'T SPRUNG THE TRAP. 621 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,120 CHECK THE OTHER. 622 00:34:52,260 --> 00:34:54,080 THERE WE GO. THIS HAS GOT SOMETHING. 623 00:34:54,180 --> 00:34:56,220 DON'T WANT TO LIFT THIS UP AND LET HIM GET AWAY. 624 00:34:58,220 --> 00:35:01,020 LOOK, HE'S STILL ALIVE, LITTLE LIZARD. 625 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,080 LET'S TAKE HIM, AND THAT'S BREAKFAST. 626 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,100 REPTILE MEAT IS RICH IN PROTEIN, 627 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,180 JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO RECOVER YOUR STRENGTH. 628 00:35:14,380 --> 00:35:16,920 THAT'S A PROPER TURKISH KEBAB. 629 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:26,180 LET'S SEE IF HE'S READY. 630 00:35:31,940 --> 00:35:34,100 MM. MAN, HE'S TOUGH. 631 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,040 IT'S LIKE EATING OLD SHOES. 632 00:35:38,940 --> 00:35:40,220 BUT THIS FOOD IS ALL WELL AND GOOD, 633 00:35:41,020 --> 00:35:45,040 BUT, REALLY, TO DIGEST IT, YOUR BODY NEEDS WATER. 634 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:47,360 AND OUT HERE, IF YOU CAN'T FIND WATER, 635 00:35:48,140 --> 00:35:50,260 YOU'RE IN BAD SHAPE -- THAT'S WHY PEOPLE DIE. 636 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,080 SEVERE DEHYDRATION STARVES YOUR BRAIN OF BLOOD. 637 00:35:56,180 --> 00:35:58,960 YOU GO INTO A COMA AND WILL EVENTUALLY DIE. 638 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,960 WITHOUT WATER, YOU NEED TO FIND A WAY OUT 639 00:36:02,020 --> 00:36:03,240 WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE STRENGTH. 640 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:09,280 JUST TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS MOONSCAPE IS HARD. 641 00:36:09,340 --> 00:36:13,080 EVERYTHING JUST LOOKS THE SAME HERE. 642 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,100 IT'S JUST CHIMNEY AFTER CHIMNEY. 643 00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:19,020 BUT I RECKON IF I CAN TRY AND GET A BIT OF HEIGHT... 644 00:36:20,180 --> 00:36:22,400 SEE IF I CAN GET MAYBE UP TO THE TOP OF ONE OF THESE, 645 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,320 I'LL BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD IDEA OF THE LIE OF THE LAND. 646 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,220 OH, NO, THIS IS LOOSE. 647 00:36:35,060 --> 00:36:36,300 ACTUALLY, PASS THAT HAND CAM. 648 00:36:39,260 --> 00:36:42,160 THIS CHIMNEY IS 60 FOOT OF CRUMBLING ROCK. 649 00:36:42,220 --> 00:36:44,000 IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR THE CREW, 650 00:36:44,060 --> 00:36:45,320 SO I'M TAKING OVER FOR THIS ONE. 651 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:50,200 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 652 00:36:50,260 --> 00:36:53,960 YOU SEE HOW LOOSE ALL OF THIS IS. 653 00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:55,180 I'M CHIMNEYING MY WAY UP, 654 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:58,260 WEDGING MY BACK AND MY FEET AGAINST THE NARROW CREVICE. 655 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,100 SO I BRIDGE ACROSS THIS. 656 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,380 I CAN'T GET A DECENT GRIP, THOUGH, ON THE ROCK. 657 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,060 IT'S LIKE CLIMBING A HUGE TOWER OF CRUMBLING SAND. 658 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,320 LOSE YOUR FOOTING ON A CHIMNEY CLIMB, AND YOU'RE DEAD. 659 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:16,980 ( SPITS ) 660 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:21,080 GOT A MOUTHFUL OF DUST, ANYWAY. 661 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,320 WHEW! 662 00:37:31,020 --> 00:37:32,240 NOW THAT'S A VIEW! 663 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,120 OKAY, I GOT A GOOD LIE OF THE LAND UP HERE. 664 00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:42,180 ( PANTING ) 665 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:46,200 I CAN ACTUALLY SEE A WAY THROUGH ALL OF THIS MAZE -- 666 00:37:46,380 --> 00:37:47,920 THAT WAY. 667 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,060 I FOUND A WAY OUT OF THIS TANGLED MESS, 668 00:37:50,180 --> 00:37:53,020 BUT MY ROUTE TAKES ME STRAIGHT ONTO A SALT PAN -- 669 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,060 ONE OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE LANDSCAPES ON EARTH. 670 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,220 THERE'S NOTHING ON THAT I CAN USE. 671 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:08,020 I'M MAKING MY WAY 672 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,240 ACROSS THE ANATOLIAN PLATEAU IN TURKEY. 673 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:12,980 I'VE REACHED THE EDGE OF THE ARID MOONSCAPE, 674 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,120 AND NATURE HAS FINALLY GIVEN ME A BREAK. 675 00:38:15,180 --> 00:38:16,260 THE RAINS HAVE COME. 676 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,140 ACTUALLY, THIS RAIN IS SO NICE. 677 00:38:19,980 --> 00:38:24,180 IT'S SUCH A RELIEF FROM THE BAKING HEAT OF THE SUN. 678 00:38:24,980 --> 00:38:27,020 THE VEGETATION, LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT, 679 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:28,360 IS CHANGING DRAMATICALLY. 680 00:38:30,020 --> 00:38:33,040 THIS IS ALL SAMPHIRE. 681 00:38:34,060 --> 00:38:35,100 YOU SEE THAT? 682 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:38,140 AND YOU NORMALLY GET THIS GROWING AROUND COASTAL AREAS. 683 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:42,280 THE REASON IS, IT LOVES GOOD SALTY SALINE CONDITIONS. 684 00:38:43,140 --> 00:38:45,020 BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN COAST HERE 685 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,360 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 686 00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:49,320 THIS IS A SALT PAN, 687 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,920 CUT OFF INLAND SEA THAT IS SLOWLY DYING. 688 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:57,120 WEIRD BEING ON A SALT PAN IN THE RAIN! 689 00:38:57,940 --> 00:38:59,900 BUT THAT MAKES A CHANGE! 690 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,280 IN THE HARSH EXTREMES OF ARID STEPPE, 691 00:39:02,380 --> 00:39:05,080 A FREAK RAINSTORM IS WELCOME RELIEF. 692 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:06,280 TEMPERATURES PLUMMET. 693 00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:09,900 NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO COOL OFF AND REHYDRATE. 694 00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:13,120 THE SURFACE OF THIS SALT PAN OFFERS AN IDEAL WAY 695 00:39:13,180 --> 00:39:15,100 TO COLLECT THE FRESH RAIN WATER. 696 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,920 ACTUALLY, EVERYTHING I'M WALKING ON HERE 697 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,900 IS JUST THIS CRUST OF SALT, 698 00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:25,240 AND LOOK -- IF I KICK THROUGH IT... 699 00:39:26,340 --> 00:39:28,100 YOU CAN SEE WHAT I MEAN. 700 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,200 AND ALL OF THAT THAT'S FILLING UP FROM UNDERNEATH... 701 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:34,380 ( SLURPS, SPITS ) 702 00:39:35,220 --> 00:39:37,180 ...SALT WATER, BUT REALLY SALTY. 703 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,060 WHAT I CAN DO, THOUGH, IS USE THIS RAIN 704 00:39:41,260 --> 00:39:45,960 AND MAKE A BIT OF A DEPRESSION IN THE SALT HERE. 705 00:39:47,380 --> 00:39:50,300 GET MY COAT OUT... 706 00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:55,160 ...AND USE THAT. 707 00:39:55,320 --> 00:40:00,240 AND LET THE RAIN FILL THAT UP AND MAKE A BIT OF A PUDDLE. 708 00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:04,360 BUT A PUDDLE OF DRINKABLE WATER, NOT SALT WATER. 709 00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:09,960 NEVER DRINK SALT WATER. IT CAUSES KIDNEY FAILURE. 710 00:40:10,020 --> 00:40:11,220 TO BE SAFE, COLLECT THE RAIN 711 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:13,900 BEFORE IT'S POLLUTED BY THE SALTY CRUST. 712 00:40:15,140 --> 00:40:17,200 THAT'S PRETTY WELL FILLED UP NOW. 713 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:20,080 IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT HALF A LITER OF WATER IN THAT. 714 00:40:21,220 --> 00:40:22,940 ( SLURPING ) 715 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,900 AND IT'S FRESH. 716 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:26,260 ( SLURPING ) 717 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,160 AND THIS IS ABOUT THE ONLY WAY 718 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,100 YOU'RE GONNA GET DRINKABLE WATER OUT HERE 719 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:36,900 ON THIS HELLHOLE OF A SALT PAN. 720 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,200 ( SLURPING ) 721 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,360 IMPROVISED, BUT IT WORKS. 722 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,320 AND THIS TIME, NATURE'S BEEN WORKING ON MY SIDE. 723 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:48,320 OKAY, LET'S GET MOVING. 724 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,200 THERE'S MORE CHANCE OF FINDING LIFE 725 00:40:50,260 --> 00:40:53,080 ON THE MARGINS OF A SALT PAN THAN IN THE MIDDLE, 726 00:40:53,180 --> 00:40:54,920 SO I'M GONNA SKIRT THE EDGES. 727 00:40:55,900 --> 00:40:58,360 IN SURVIVAL, IT'S SO IMPORTANT JUST TO NEVER GIVE UP, 728 00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:00,960 BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT BREAK'S GONNA COME. 729 00:41:01,020 --> 00:41:02,280 YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP MOVING. 730 00:41:02,900 --> 00:41:05,900 KEEP WAITING FOR IT. IT WILL COME. 731 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:09,040 THERE'S A CARCASS OR SOMETHING. 732 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:11,120 ALWAYS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CLUES 733 00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:13,180 THAT COULD MEAN CIVILIZATION IS NEAR. 734 00:41:13,940 --> 00:41:15,100 THAT'S A DEAD DOG, 735 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:19,020 AND THAT'S BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME. 736 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,120 THERE'S NOTHING ON THAT I CAN USE. 737 00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:27,000 BUT IT DOES SHOW IT'S A HARSH PLACE 738 00:41:27,140 --> 00:41:28,340 TO TRY AND SURVIVE IN. 739 00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:32,260 THESE ARE THE REMAINS OF AN ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD DOG, 740 00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:34,080 BUT IT'S BEEN DEAD FOR MONTHS, 741 00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:36,140 AND THE SHEPHERDS MAY BE LONG GONE. 742 00:41:39,140 --> 00:41:41,040 IT'S LOOKING BRIGHTER AHEAD. 743 00:41:42,980 --> 00:41:46,920 RAINS EASING NOW, WHICH IS GOOD FOR ME. 744 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:51,080 SELF-RESCUE IS ALWAYS ABOUT NEVER GIVING UP. 745 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,340 OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING. 746 00:42:00,260 --> 00:42:03,020 THERE ARE VINES GROWING AMONGST THE WILD BUSHES. 747 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,060 THEY'RE ESCAPED SEEDS FROM VINEYARDS, 748 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:06,320 CARRIED HERE BY BIRDS, 749 00:42:06,380 --> 00:42:09,160 BUT IT MEANS SETTLEMENTS MUST BE CLOSE. 750 00:42:11,980 --> 00:42:13,360 THE WORLD'S FIRST CIVILIZATIONS 751 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,960 EMERGED FROM THESE MIDDLE-EASTERN DESERTS, 752 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:17,980 AND IF YOU CAN KEEP GOING LONG ENOUGH, 753 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:19,180 YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE. 754 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,000 THAT'S WHERE I'M HEADING, 755 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:28,920 AND IT'S A WAY OUT OF HERE. 756 00:42:31,140 --> 00:42:32,140 COME ON. LET'S GO. 757 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,180 I'M NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE STRUGGLED IN THESE DESERTS, 758 00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:36,020 AND I SURE WON'T BE THE LAST. 759 00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:38,040 BUT IF YOU FOLLOW THE ANCIENTS' LEAD 760 00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:41,060 AND USE NATURE, YOU DO STAND A CHANCE. 761 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:46,080 THIS PLACE REALLY HAS REQUIRED ME TO DIG DEEP. 762 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:50,320 BUT I'M NOT ALONE IN THAT, I BET, OUT HERE. 763 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,000 OKAY, LET'S GET DOWN THERE. 764 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:58,000 ( EXOTIC MUSIC PLAYING )