1 00:00:11,020 --> 00:00:13,060 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. WHOO! 2 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:15,120 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,120 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:18,200 WHOO! 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,120 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,300 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 7 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:25,260 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 8 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:31,120 THIS TIME I'M IN THE JUNGLES OF BELIZE... 9 00:00:32,140 --> 00:00:34,320 WHERE I'LL BE TACKLING TERRIFYING TERRAIN... 10 00:00:34,380 --> 00:00:35,380 AAH! 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,020 I ONLY JUST CAUGHT THAT LEDGE THEN. 12 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:42,060 ...FIGHTING TO FIND FOOD... 13 00:00:42,220 --> 00:00:45,420 BINGO. AND LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT. 14 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:50,300 ...AND FACING OFF AGAINST SOME OF THE MOST MENACING WILDLIFE 15 00:00:50,340 --> 00:00:51,320 ON THE PLANET. 16 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:55,440 AND THAT IS A BIG BOA CONSTRICTOR. 17 00:01:06,220 --> 00:01:08,080 BELIZE IS A REMOTE COUNTRY 18 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,220 ON THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 19 00:01:10,420 --> 00:01:12,480 ONCE PART OF THE ANCIENT MAYAN EMPIRE, 20 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:15,220 IT HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST POPULATION DENSITIES 21 00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:17,000 OF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 22 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,260 HALF OF BELIZE IS JUST PRISTINE WILDERNESS. 23 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,480 IT'S THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES OF JUNGLE 24 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,120 WITH ALMOST NO HABITATION. 25 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:27,320 IF YOU GET LOST OUT HERE, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. 26 00:01:29,420 --> 00:01:33,260 THE JUNGLES OF BELIZE BOAST OVER 5,000 SPECIES OF PLANTS 27 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:35,220 AND HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS -- 28 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:39,200 CROCODILES, JAGUARS, AND EIGHT TYPES OF POISONOUS SNAKES. 29 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:44,220 THIS IS WHERE THE BRITISH ARMY DO THEIR JUNGLE-WARFARE TRAINING. 30 00:01:44,260 --> 00:01:47,240 DOWN THERE IS SOME OF THE DENSEST, MOST DANGEROUS JUNGLE 31 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:48,280 IN THE WORLD. 32 00:01:48,380 --> 00:01:51,460 IF YOU CAN SURVIVE HERE, YOU CAN SURVIVE ANYWHERE. 33 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,160 THIS WILL BE THE ULTIMATE JUNGLE CHALLENGE. 34 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:56,380 BUT IN THE LOW GROUND, 35 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:58,480 THE TREES ARE TOO THICK TO ATTEMPT AN ENTRY. 36 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:01,140 HIGHER UP, THE VEGETATION IS THINNER. 37 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:02,240 THAT'S MY WAY IN. 38 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,280 I'M GONNA RAPPEL. 39 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,240 IT'S A CLASSIC MILITARY ENTRY INTO HOSTILE TERRITORY 40 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,460 AND REQUIRES PINPOINT ACCURACY. 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,140 I'M 150 FOOT UP, WITH NOTHING BUT HARD ROCK BELOW. 42 00:02:25,140 --> 00:02:28,060 ONCE I'M SAFELY ON THE GROUND AND I'VE CLEARED THE ROPES, 43 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,080 I CAN GIVE THE PILOT THE ALL-CLEAR. 44 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,460 THEN HE'S ON HIS WAY. 45 00:02:36,340 --> 00:02:37,460 MY FIRST PRIORITY -- 46 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,320 GET MY BEARINGS AND PLAN MY NEXT MOVE. 47 00:02:40,420 --> 00:02:43,300 I'M PRETTY HIGH UP HERE -- PROBABLY ABOUT 2,000 FOOT. 48 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,040 AND THE REAL HEART OF THE JUNGLE IS DOWN THERE. 49 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,420 AND PROBABLY MY BEST WAY OF GETTING DOWN INTO THAT 50 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:55,400 IS JUST TO STICK WITH THIS WATER COURSE AND FOLLOW THAT DOWN. 51 00:02:56,100 --> 00:02:58,140 BUT LOOK AT THIS FOR A VIEW. 52 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:02,200 DOWN THERE REALLY IS A WHOLE OTHER WORLD. 53 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:05,060 AND BEYOND THAT JUNGLE -- THE COAST, 54 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:06,480 WHERE MOST OF THE POPULATION LIVE, 55 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,480 SO THAT'S THE WAY TO BE HEADING. 56 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:10,440 BEFORE I START MY DESCENT, 57 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:12,300 I'M GONNA ARM MYSELF WITH SOMETHING 58 00:03:12,340 --> 00:03:15,160 THAT WILL BE VITAL IN THE WET AND HUMID FOREST BELOW. 59 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:18,000 YEAH, THIS DEADFALL IS CARIBBEAN PINE. 60 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,240 AND THERE'S ACTUALLY LOADS OF THIS UP AT THIS ALTITUDE. 61 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,120 LOOK AT THESE PINE TREES. 62 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,460 AND I CAN USE THIS TO HELP ME 63 00:03:25,060 --> 00:03:28,480 WHEN I GET DOWN INTO THE JUNGLE PROPER DOWN THERE. 64 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,240 IT'S GOOD. IT'S FULL OF RESIN. 65 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,200 AND IT'S GOOD FOR LIGHTING FIRES. 66 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,080 AND EVERYTHING DOWN THERE IS JUST GONNA BE SO WATERLOGGED. 67 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,080 THE ANCIENT MAYA USED CARIBBEAN PINE RESIN 68 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:43,340 AS INSECT REPELLENT 69 00:03:43,380 --> 00:03:46,060 AND GLUE TO REPAIR DUGOUT CANOES. 70 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:50,160 OKAY, READY TO GET INTO THE JUNGLE PROPER. 71 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,060 AHEAD OF ME LIES A 700-FOOT DESCENT 72 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:58,120 DOWN A SERIES OF DANGEROUS WATERFALLS. 73 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,140 AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT RAINS MOST DAYS. 74 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,080 THE RIVER IS A RAGING TORRENT. 75 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,000 WORSE STILL, IN THESE SOAKING WET-CONDITIONS, 76 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,100 THE GROUND HAS TURNED TO MUD AND ROCKS INTO AN ICE RINK. 77 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:14,400 AAH! 78 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,080 ( GASPING ) 79 00:04:22,020 --> 00:04:24,220 AH, HEY, HEY, HEY. 80 00:04:29,340 --> 00:04:31,060 HYAH. HYAH. 81 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:33,240 (BLEEP) 82 00:04:37,140 --> 00:04:38,320 FLIPPING NORA. 83 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:41,300 I ONLY JUST CAUGHT THAT LEDGE THEN. 84 00:04:43,220 --> 00:04:44,280 GIVE ME A SECOND. 85 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,260 THAT WAS NOT A GOOD FEELING, THAT. 86 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,300 WE'VE GOT TO GO MUCH, MUCH SLOWER ON THIS STUFF. 87 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,140 FALL INTO THIS, AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA COME OUT OF IT. 88 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:01,400 THE POUNDING WHITE WATER IS FULL OF HUGE BOULDERS. 89 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,160 THESE RIVERS ARE KILLERS. 90 00:05:03,220 --> 00:05:06,460 LOOK -- TRYING TO WORK MY WAY AROUND THOSE ROCKS 91 00:05:07,180 --> 00:05:09,120 IS JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 92 00:05:10,020 --> 00:05:14,080 YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE LIKE WALKING ON SHEET ICE THERE, 93 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,040 AND I'VE SLIPPED ONCE ALREADY. 94 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,100 BUT ACTUALLY, I RECKON I CAN GET A WAY ACROSS HERE 95 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,000 AND FIND MY WAY AROUND THERE. 96 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,240 IT'S JUST HOW TO GET ACROSS THIS THING. 97 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,060 I PLAN TO BRIDGE THE GAP WITH THIS LOG. 98 00:05:39,180 --> 00:05:41,060 BUT GETTING IT OVER THE TREACHEROUS ROCKS 99 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:42,260 IS NO EASY TASK. 100 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,140 YOU REALLY GET A SENSE OF THE POWER 101 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:52,300 OF THE WATER NOW DOWN HERE. 102 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:54,340 AND ACTUALLY, THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS 103 00:05:54,380 --> 00:05:57,280 A FEW YEARS AGO ON A JUNGLE FIELD TRIP 104 00:05:57,460 --> 00:06:01,120 OUT HERE IN BELIZE, AND THEY CAME ACROSS A WATERFALL JUST LIKE THIS. 105 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:04,000 AND ONE OF THEM WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE, 106 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,440 SLIPPY ROCK, WENT STRAIGHT IN. 107 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,460 A FRIEND TRIED TO GRAB HIM, WENT IN AS WELL, 108 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,280 AND THEY WERE BOTH KILLED IN IT. 109 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,360 YOU KNOW, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE 110 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,360 JUST HOW LETHAL THESE SORT OF THINGS ARE. 111 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,200 IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS ALMOST JUMPABLE. 112 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,320 THE THING IS, THAT ROCK IS GONNA BE SLIPPY, 113 00:06:25,140 --> 00:06:26,400 AND IF I GO ON THAT, 114 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,120 IT'S A ONE-WAY TICKET 115 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,200 STRAIGHT DOWN THERE. 116 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,160 TWO WATERFALLS MEET HERE, 117 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,420 CREATING A MAELSTROM OF DEADLY WHITE WATER 118 00:06:35,460 --> 00:06:37,340 AND A DEATH SLIDE BEYOND. 119 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,380 I'VE GOT TO CHOOSE MY SPOT CAREFULLY. 120 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,460 IF THE LOG SLIDES ON THE GREASY ROCK, 121 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,040 I'LL BE STRAIGHT IN THAT WHITE WATER. 122 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,380 OKAY, LOOK, IT'S GOOD AND SECURE THAT SIDE, 123 00:06:51,420 --> 00:06:53,280 WEDGED IN THERE AGAINST THAT. 124 00:06:54,020 --> 00:06:57,160 BUT THIS SIDE IS A BIT PRECARIOUS. LOOK. 125 00:06:59,220 --> 00:07:02,000 FOUR INCHES OF WOOD IS ALL THAT SEPARATES ME 126 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,400 FROM THE RAGING TORRENT. 127 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,460 REALLY, I NEED TO TRY AND KEEP MY FEET OUT OF THE WATER, 128 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:12,120 'CAUSE WITH THE AMOUNT OF WHITE WATER COMING DOWN HERE, 129 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,480 IF MY FEET GO IN, IT'S GONNA TAKE ME. 130 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,460 THE FORCE OF THIS WATER WOULD SPIN ME OFF THE LOG 131 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,400 AND DOWN THAT WATERFALL. 132 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,040 OKAY, THAT'S ME ACROSS. LET'S GET YOU. 133 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,220 NOW TO GET THE CREW ACROSS. 134 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,320 OKAY, JUST REALLY TAKE YOUR TIME ON THIS. 135 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:43,200 IT'S OFTEN THESE SHORT CROSSINGS ON SLIPPY, OLD LOGS 136 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,240 THAT ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS ONES. 137 00:07:52,220 --> 00:07:54,200 THAT'S IT, NICE. WELL DONE, MAN. 138 00:07:55,180 --> 00:07:57,480 AHEAD OF ME LIES MILES OF DENSE JUNGLE. 139 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,400 WITH IT COMES A NEW SET OF CHALLENGES 140 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,120 AND A NEW SET OF DANGERS. 141 00:08:13,380 --> 00:08:15,420 I'M IN BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA... 142 00:08:16,460 --> 00:08:17,320 AAH! 143 00:08:17,420 --> 00:08:20,220 ...BATTLING MY WAY DOWN A SERIES OF TREACHEROUS WATERFALLS 144 00:08:20,260 --> 00:08:21,380 TO THE JUNGLE. 145 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,340 I'VE DESCENDED 500 FOOT, BUT I'M NOT DOWN YET. 146 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,120 WHOA. 147 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,360 WATCH IT HERE. LOOK, THAT'S A BAD PLACE TO FALL. 148 00:08:36,420 --> 00:08:38,420 TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN WORK MY WAY AROUND 149 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,000 DOWN TO THIS LEDGE HERE. 150 00:08:42,020 --> 00:08:43,200 THIS IS A TIGHT SPOT, 151 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,420 BUT IT'S THE QUICKEST WAY DOWN TO THE JUNGLE FLOOR. 152 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:47,240 THERE'S NO TURNING BACK. 153 00:08:50,100 --> 00:08:52,280 SEE, THE PROBLEM WITH CLIMBING IN THE JUNGLE -- 154 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,080 EVERYTHING IS MUD OR ROTTEN. 155 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,360 ( SPITS ) 156 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:00,420 ON A STEEP, ROCKY WALL, 157 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:03,300 THERE'S LITTLE TOPSOIL FOR THE TREES TO CLING ONTO, 158 00:09:03,420 --> 00:09:05,440 SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY WEIGHT ON ANY OF THESE, 159 00:09:05,980 --> 00:09:07,360 JUST IN CASE. 160 00:09:08,220 --> 00:09:10,420 MOSS AND LICHEN GROW ALL AROUND THE WATERFALLS, 161 00:09:11,020 --> 00:09:13,320 MAKING THE ROCK SLIMY AND SLIPPERY UNDERFOOT. 162 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,200 BUT AT LEAST THE LANDING IS SOFT. 163 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:28,980 OKAY, JUST WAIT HERE. 164 00:09:29,180 --> 00:09:30,460 I'LL TRY AND GET ACROSS THIS. 165 00:09:31,420 --> 00:09:34,340 THERE'S A TURBULENT WHIRLPOOL BENEATH THIS WATERFALL. 166 00:09:34,420 --> 00:09:36,360 I COULD GET TRAPPED AND DRAGGED UNDER, 167 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,440 SO I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ROUTE ACROSS. 168 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:41,080 WHOO. 169 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,000 YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET BEHIND THE WATERFALL HERE. 170 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,140 GONNA WORK MY WAY AROUND. 171 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:01,300 THE TREMENDOUS POWER OF THE WATER 172 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,020 HAS ERODED THE ROCK, 173 00:10:03,140 --> 00:10:05,100 BUT THERE'S A LEDGE BEHIND THE WATERFALL, 174 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,980 WHICH I CAN USE TO CROSS. 175 00:10:07,220 --> 00:10:09,240 WHAT A MAD PLACE TO BE. 176 00:10:10,220 --> 00:10:13,000 IF I WASN'T IN A STINKING JUNGLE RIVER 177 00:10:13,220 --> 00:10:15,120 FULL OF CREEPY-CRAWLIES, 178 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,000 THIS COULD BE QUITE A ROMANTIC PLACE. 179 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,240 TIME TO PUSH ON TO THE OTHER SIDE. 180 00:10:25,020 --> 00:10:27,400 WITH THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER THUNDERING OVERHEAD, 181 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:30,140 THIS IS NO PLACE TO HANG AROUND. 182 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,020 THE FOREST FLOOR IS NOW TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE. 183 00:10:37,980 --> 00:10:40,980 BUT BETWEEN ME AND IT LIES ONE FINAL OBSTACLE -- 184 00:10:41,020 --> 00:10:42,160 ANOTHER WATERFALL -- 185 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,000 AND IT'S A BIG DROP. 186 00:10:48,380 --> 00:10:52,300 IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A 30-FOOT DROP DOWN TO THE NEXT POOL. 187 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,980 THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO CLIMB AROUND THIS. 188 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:03,080 BUT ACTUALLY THIS IS A HEIGHT THAT'S PROBABLY JUMPABLE. 189 00:11:03,260 --> 00:11:05,280 BUT YOU NEED TO BE SO CAREFUL IN JUNGLE RIVERS 190 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:06,440 JUST WITH THE DEPTH, 191 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,220 SO I'M GONNA NEED SOME WAY OF JUST CHECKING -- 192 00:11:09,340 --> 00:11:11,060 CHECKING HOW DEEP THAT IS. 193 00:11:13,980 --> 00:11:16,100 THIS JUNGLE VINE ATTACHED TO A ROCK 194 00:11:16,140 --> 00:11:17,380 MAKES A SIMPLE DEPTH GAUGE. 195 00:11:23,060 --> 00:11:25,120 OKAY, I FEEL THAT ON THE BOTTOM THERE. 196 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,160 ALL I THEN NEED TO DO IS MEASURE 197 00:11:28,420 --> 00:11:30,240 UNTIL I SEE IT OUT OF THE WATER. 198 00:11:30,340 --> 00:11:33,400 AND THE TIP OF ONE FINGER TO THE TIP ON THE OTHER 199 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,080 IS ABOUT YOUR HEIGHT, SO THAT'S 6 FOOT... 200 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:39,440 12 FOOT, 201 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,280 18 -- SHOULD BE FINE TO JUMP. 202 00:11:47,420 --> 00:11:49,320 LEGS TOGETHER TO PROTECT MYSELF, 203 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,020 ARMS SPREAD SO I DON'T GO TOO DEEP. 204 00:11:56,340 --> 00:11:57,340 WHOO! 205 00:11:59,020 --> 00:12:01,420 FINALLY I'VE REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE WATERFALLS. 206 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,180 THE NEXT BIG CHALLENGE IS THE JUNGLE. 207 00:12:08,380 --> 00:12:11,040 DOWN HERE, THE VEGETATION IS DENSER, 208 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:12,200 AND IT'S HARD GOING. 209 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,420 ONE OF THE REASONS THIS PLACE IS SO TOUGH 210 00:12:18,060 --> 00:12:19,460 IS A LOT OF THE BELIZE JUNGLE 211 00:12:20,180 --> 00:12:23,400 IS SECONDARY, OR WHAT'S KNOWN AS DIRTY JUNGLE, 212 00:12:24,060 --> 00:12:27,320 AND THAT'S THE REALLY DENSE, GNARLY STUFF. 213 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,100 AND BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED 214 00:12:30,180 --> 00:12:32,380 IS THAT WHERE THE JUNGLE HAS BEEN CLEARED, 215 00:12:33,060 --> 00:12:35,280 SUDDENLY THE SUN CAN REACH THROUGH THE CANOPY, 216 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:39,080 AND IT ALL GROWS BACK TWICE AS THICK 217 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,980 AND TWICE AS NASTY. 218 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,220 IT'S WET AND SLIPPERY UNDERFOOT, 219 00:12:45,260 --> 00:12:48,200 AND IT'S TEMPTING TO GRAB THE NEAREST TREE FOR SUPPORT, 220 00:12:48,260 --> 00:12:49,280 BUT BEWARE. 221 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,400 OH, YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS GUY. 222 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,280 CHECK THIS TREE OUT. 223 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:56,300 AND THIS IS WHAT BRITISH SOLDIERS, 224 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,020 WHEN THEY ARE TRAINING IN THE JUNGLES OF BELIZE, 225 00:12:59,060 --> 00:13:00,340 CALL THE (BLEEP) TREE. 226 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,100 YOU CAN SEE WHY. LOOK, IF YOU REACH OUT 227 00:13:03,140 --> 00:13:05,060 AND TRY AND GRAB HOLD OF THAT, 228 00:13:05,180 --> 00:13:07,120 YOU'RE GONNA KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. 229 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,000 BUT IT'S ALSO KNOWN, THIS TREE, AS THE GIVE-AND-TAKE TREE. 230 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:15,000 AND LIKE SO MUCH IN THE JUNGLE, IT HAS A BAD SIDE, 231 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,380 WHICH IS ALL OF THESE SPIKES AND THORNS, 232 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:20,400 BUT IT ALSO HAS A GOOD SIDE. 233 00:13:21,220 --> 00:13:22,340 THE INNER BARK OF THE TREE 234 00:13:22,380 --> 00:13:24,220 CONTAINS AN EFFECTIVE PAINKILLER. 235 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,460 SO, IF YOU DID REACH OUT AND GRAB THAT, 236 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:32,380 YOU CAN CHEW A BIT OF IT AND THEN PUT THAT STRAIGHT ON 237 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:35,460 TO WHERE YOU'VE BEEN PRICKED BY THIS STUFF. 238 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,200 AND IT'S LIKE SO MUCH IN THE JUNGLE -- 239 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:39,280 YOU MIGHT LOOK AT IT 240 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,400 AND THINK EVERYTHING HERE IS JUST OUT TO GET YOU. 241 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,240 BUT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 242 00:13:44,340 --> 00:13:47,160 YOU CAN USE IT ALSO TO HELP YOU. 243 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,340 SO, YES, IT'S A (BLEEP) TREE, 244 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,380 BUT IT'S ALSO PRETTY COOL. 245 00:13:59,180 --> 00:14:02,360 MOVING THROUGH SECONDARY JUNGLE IS HARD AND HELLISH. 246 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,080 ALWAYS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. 247 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,140 AND KEEP YOUR OPTIONS OPEN. 248 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,100 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THAT. STRAIGHT THROUGH THERE, 249 00:14:17,140 --> 00:14:19,220 IT LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT OF CAVE 250 00:14:20,020 --> 00:14:22,100 OR SOMETHING. LET'S GET DOWN THERE AND HAVE A LOOK. 251 00:14:22,140 --> 00:14:23,380 BELIZE IS RIDDLED WITH MILES 252 00:14:23,420 --> 00:14:26,000 OF SUBTERRANEAN LIMESTONE TUNNELS. 253 00:14:26,180 --> 00:14:29,080 THESE MIGHT BE EASIER TO NAVIGATE THAN THE DENSE JUNGLE. 254 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,360 THIS IS WORTH INVESTIGATING. 255 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,460 LOOK AT THAT FOR A DROP-OFF. 256 00:14:36,380 --> 00:14:39,100 PULL THAT OFF. ( GRUNTS ) 257 00:14:39,260 --> 00:14:41,200 ( CRASH ) 258 00:14:42,300 --> 00:14:44,220 THAT'S WHAT I CALL A DEATH DROP. 259 00:14:44,260 --> 00:14:46,220 AND REALLY, ANYTHING OVER 30 FOOT, 260 00:14:46,300 --> 00:14:48,240 ESPECIALLY ONTO ROCKS LIKE THIS, 261 00:14:48,340 --> 00:14:50,240 YOU'RE JUST NOT GONNA WALK AWAY FROM. 262 00:14:50,380 --> 00:14:54,100 AND THIS MUST BE AT LEAST 60, 70 FOOT DOWN HERE. 263 00:14:54,140 --> 00:14:56,380 AND IT'S GOT A CAVE JUST RUNNING STRAIGHT -- 264 00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:59,200 LOOK, STRAIGHT UNDER, UNDER THE HILL. 265 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,200 THERE'S ALSO A RIVER RUNNING THROUGH IT. 266 00:15:01,260 --> 00:15:04,060 AND RIVERS ARE OFTEN YOUR BEST WAY TO GET OUT OF A JUNGLE. 267 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,440 IT'S JUST GETTING DOWN. 268 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,040 ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE CHASM, THERE LOOKS TO BE A WAY DOWN. 269 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,180 AND THIS VINE COULD BE MY ROUTE ACROSS. 270 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:21,000 AND REALLY, THIS SORT OF VINE JUST GROWS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 271 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,320 AND REALLY, IT'S LIKE -- 272 00:15:23,140 --> 00:15:25,440 IT'S LIKE THE CABLE OF THE JUNGLE. 273 00:15:25,980 --> 00:15:29,400 IT'S SUPER STRONG. THAT'S WHY TARZAN USED IT. 274 00:15:30,100 --> 00:15:33,100 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU PICK THE LIVING STUFF. 275 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,460 IF YOU DON'T AND PUT SOME WEIGHT ON IT, 276 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:39,280 IT'S JUST GONNA POP. 277 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,140 A STRONG VINE SHOULD SUPPORT A MAN'S WEIGHT, 278 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,080 BUT WITH A DROP LIKE THIS AT STAKE, 279 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:46,420 IT MUST ALWAYS BE TESTED. 280 00:15:46,460 --> 00:15:47,220 ( GRUNTS ) 281 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:52,000 THAT'S ALL MY WEIGHT ON IT, AND IT'S HOLDING. 282 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,180 OKAY, LET'S GIVE THIS A FIELD TEST. 283 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,400 JEEPERS. 284 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,280 ( GRUNTS ) 285 00:16:02,460 --> 00:16:04,080 THE FORCE OF THE SWING 286 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,300 SLAMS ME INTO THE ROCK FACE ON THE OTHER SIDE. 287 00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:08,400 I ONLY JUST GRAB HOLD OF ANOTHER VINE 288 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,460 TO STOP MYSELF FALLING DOWN INTO THE ABYSS. 289 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:14,360 WHEW. 290 00:16:15,180 --> 00:16:18,360 WELL, I'M ACROSS, BUT I STILL GOT TO GET DOWN. 291 00:16:20,060 --> 00:16:22,100 THIS CLIFF FACE IS COVERED WITH VINES. 292 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,340 THEY REACH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CAVERN FLOOR 293 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,200 SOME 60 FOOT BELOW ME. 294 00:16:26,460 --> 00:16:29,220 THIS VINE IS SLIPPY. 295 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,240 ( GRUNTS ) 296 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,220 THAT WAS MORE LUCK THAN GOOD JUDGMENT 297 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:37,460 THAT I HIT THAT LEDGE. 298 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,160 NOW TO CHECK OUT THIS CAVE. 299 00:16:48,220 --> 00:16:50,100 COMING UP, I'M FACE-TO-FACE 300 00:16:50,140 --> 00:16:52,280 WITH THE BIGGEST SNAKE IN THE JUNGLE. 301 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,380 AND THAT IS A BIG BOA CONSTRICTOR. 302 00:16:57,140 --> 00:17:00,300 AND HE IS A FORMIDABLE PREDATOR. 303 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,020 I'M IN BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA. 304 00:17:12,060 --> 00:17:14,080 TO ESCAPE THE DENSE JUNGLE ABOVEGROUND, 305 00:17:14,180 --> 00:17:16,420 I'M FOLLOWING THE COURSE OF A SUBTERRANEAN RIVER. 306 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,080 Grylls: THIS WHOLE CAVE SYSTEM JUST RUNS 307 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,280 STRAIGHT THROUGH THESE LIMESTONE CLIFFS. 308 00:17:23,180 --> 00:17:27,320 YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS CAN GO ON FOR MILES AND MILES. 309 00:17:28,140 --> 00:17:31,340 BELIZE IS HOME TO THE LONGEST CAVE SYSTEM IN SOUTH AMERICA. 310 00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:35,320 THE LIMESTONE LANDSCAPE HAS BEEN ERODED INTO A LABYRINTH 311 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:38,360 OF NARROW PASSAGES AND DARK TUNNELS. 312 00:17:39,260 --> 00:17:42,240 THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A GOOD FLOW OF WATER 313 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,160 PUSHING ME ALONG THROUGH HERE. 314 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,100 BUT ALL OF THIS STUFF IS RAZOR-SHARP. 315 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,060 AND ESPECIALLY AROUND MY LEGS, 316 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:55,360 IT'S LIKE LOADS OF JAGGED ROCKS TO STUMBLE OVER. 317 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,360 PROLONGED IMMERSION IN WATER MAKES SKIN SWELL. 318 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,000 IT BECOMES SOFTER AND EASIER TO CUT. 319 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:07,100 IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, SMALL CUTS SOON BECOME INFECTED. 320 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:11,080 ONE OF THE BIG DANGERS OF PLACES LIKE THIS 321 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,180 IS JUST RISING WATER LEVELS. 322 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,360 AND IT'S RIGHT BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAINY SEASON 323 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:18,140 AT THE MOMENT, 324 00:18:18,220 --> 00:18:22,280 AND WATER CAN RISE LITERALLY A FEW FEET IN A MATTER OF HOURS 325 00:18:24,220 --> 00:18:25,440 IN A PLACE LIKE THIS. 326 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:30,200 THAT'S A FEW FEET THAT I DON'T REALLY HAVE. 327 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,300 I'M BEING FUNNELED BY THE FLOW OF THE SWOLLEN RIVER 328 00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:35,060 INTO NARROWER TUNNELS 329 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:38,040 WHERE THE WATER LEVEL LEAVES ME NO ROOM FOR MANEUVER. 330 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:43,400 IT'S STARTING TO GET VERY, VERY TIGHT HERE. 331 00:18:45,060 --> 00:18:46,260 HANG ON. HANG ON. 332 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:49,000 LOOK, THERE IS STILL LIGHT THROUGH THERE. 333 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,280 THAT SUNLIGHT MEANS 334 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,360 THERE MUST BE AN EXIT NOT FAR AWAY. 335 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,040 I'VE JUST GOT TO GO FOR IT. 336 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,400 OKAY, JUST FOLLOW ME IN. 337 00:18:57,220 --> 00:18:58,220 OKAY, GO. 338 00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:07,380 THE RAINS HAVE FILLED THIS CAVE TO THE ROOF, 339 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,060 AND THERE'S NOWHERE TO SURFACE FOR AIR. 340 00:19:11,420 --> 00:19:13,320 BUT THERE'S LIGHT DEAD AHEAD. 341 00:19:13,980 --> 00:19:16,020 THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT TO AIM FOR. 342 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,180 ( SPITS ) NICE ONE. 343 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:28,220 WELL, THAT'S US OUT OF THAT CAVE 344 00:19:29,140 --> 00:19:30,200 AND ON OUR WAY. 345 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,080 WHEW. 346 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,180 HEADING UNDERGROUND IS ALWAYS A RISKY STRATEGY, 347 00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:37,980 BUT THIS TIME IT'S WORKED. 348 00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:39,980 I'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS. 349 00:19:42,340 --> 00:19:44,260 THE JUNGLE IS THINNER HERE. 350 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:47,320 IT'S TEMPTING TO GO FAST AND COVER GROUND WHILE I CAN, 351 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,420 BUT RUSHING THROUGH THIS PLACE IS A DANGEROUS GAME. 352 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,160 AND THESE JUNGLES IN BELIZE 353 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,400 HAVE SOMETHING LIKE EIGHT DIFFERENT TYPES 354 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,120 OF POTENTIALLY LETHAL SNAKES, 355 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,260 INCLUDING THE FER-DE-LANCE, WHICH GROW UP TO 8 FOOT LONG. 356 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,100 AND THEY ARE PARTICULARLY AGGRESSIVE SNAKES. 357 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:11,220 AND IF THAT'S NOT BAD ENOUGH, THIS PLACE ALSO HAS 358 00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:15,340 ONE OF THE HIGHEST POPULATION OF JAGUARS 359 00:20:15,420 --> 00:20:17,300 OF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 360 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,040 SO YOU DON'T WANT TO RUSH STUFF. 361 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,200 KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AND KEEP YOUR SENSES AWARE. 362 00:20:24,340 --> 00:20:26,040 BUT KNOWING YOUR ENVIRONMENT 363 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,180 ALWAYS IMPROVES YOUR SURVIVAL CHANCES. 364 00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:30,340 AND THE JUNGLE IS NO EXCEPTION. 365 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:32,400 CHECK THIS TREE OUT. 366 00:20:33,020 --> 00:20:35,100 THIS IS A BULLHORN ACACIA. 367 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,960 AND, LOOK, IT NOT ONLY HAS ALL OF THESE SPIKES ON IT, 368 00:20:39,180 --> 00:20:40,360 BUT IT ALSO -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE -- 369 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:44,120 HAS ALL OF THESE ANTS THAT LIVE INSIDE OF THE SPIKES. 370 00:20:44,180 --> 00:20:46,180 AND IF YOU MESS WITH THE TREE, 371 00:20:46,220 --> 00:20:49,360 ALL OF THESE ANTS WILL COME OUT TO TRY TO PROTECT IT, 372 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:52,140 AND THEY WILL START BITING YOU. 373 00:20:52,260 --> 00:20:54,060 THE ANTS ARE A STRONG DETERRENT, 374 00:20:54,140 --> 00:20:56,220 BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA STOP ME GETTING TO THIS BARK. 375 00:20:56,260 --> 00:21:00,180 WHAT THE BARK HAS IS SOME PROPERTIES IN IT 376 00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:02,200 THAT IS GONNA SLOW YOUR HEART RATE. 377 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,380 AAH, AND THESE ANTS DO BITE. 378 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:08,280 SO IF YOU GET BITTEN BY A SNAKE, 379 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,360 IT'S GONNA SLOW THE SPEED THAT THE VENOM GOES AROUND YOUR BODY. 380 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:14,060 TAKE A COUPLE MORE STRIPS OF THIS 381 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:18,120 JUST IN CASE I COME A CROPPER WITH A SNAKE. 382 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,000 JUNGLE REMEDIES CAN BE USEFUL, 383 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,420 BUT IT'S BEST TO AVOID GETTING BITTEN IN THE FIRST PLACE, 384 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,440 SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. 385 00:21:31,980 --> 00:21:33,300 COME IN. COME CLOSE. 386 00:21:33,340 --> 00:21:36,160 NICE, STEADY, NICE AND STEADY. WE'VE GOT A SERIOUS, 387 00:21:36,260 --> 00:21:38,160 PROPER-SIZE SNAKE HERE. 388 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,160 THERE. NO CLOSER, NO CLOSER. 389 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:42,280 SEE HIM? 390 00:21:48,060 --> 00:21:51,200 AND THAT IS A BIG BOA CONSTRICTOR. 391 00:21:51,980 --> 00:21:53,420 HE'S NOT LIKING ME BEING THIS CLOSE. 392 00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:57,180 AND THIS GUY IS GONNA... 393 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,420 FEED OFF SMALL MAMMALS -- 394 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:07,140 RATS, RODENTS, MONKEYS. 395 00:22:07,420 --> 00:22:11,080 AND HE IS A FORMIDABLE PREDATOR. 396 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,020 A CONSTRICTOR -- IF HE GETS 'ROUND YOU, 397 00:22:14,340 --> 00:22:17,340 HE'S GONNA TRY AND WRAP AROUND 398 00:22:18,180 --> 00:22:23,040 AND JUST SQUEEZE THE LIFE OUT OF WHAT HE'S AFTER. 399 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:25,300 I'M GOING TO AVOID THE HEAD 400 00:22:25,340 --> 00:22:27,300 AND TRY TO GET HOLD OF IT BY THE TAIL. 401 00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:28,380 THERE WE GO. 402 00:22:29,060 --> 00:22:30,340 WELL, THEY ALWAYS SAY 403 00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:33,080 THAT SNAKES DON'T BRUSH THEIR TEETH. 404 00:22:34,140 --> 00:22:36,200 AND YOU CAN NOT ONLY SMELL IT FROM HERE, 405 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:38,060 BUT IF IT GOT HOLD OF YOU, 406 00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:40,140 EVEN IF THE BITE DIDN'T KILL YOU, 407 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,040 IT'S GONNA GET INFECTED. 408 00:22:42,140 --> 00:22:44,380 AND THAT'S HOW YOU END UP IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. 409 00:22:45,380 --> 00:22:47,400 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MEAT ON THIS SNAKE. 410 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,260 I'M GONNA TAKE THE RISK. 411 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:52,960 AND THIS IS ONE SHOT YOU WANT TO GET RIGHT. 412 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:57,420 AND THAT IS A GOOD LENGTH OF SNAKE, 413 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,160 AND IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DINNER, 414 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,440 BUT, MAN, MY HEART IS THUMPING. 415 00:23:03,980 --> 00:23:05,140 OKAY, LET'S GET MOVING. 416 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,120 THIS IS WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO BUMP INTO ITS BIG BROTHER. 417 00:23:14,140 --> 00:23:17,140 IT'S 4:00. I'VE GOT TWO HOURS' DAYLIGHT LEFT. 418 00:23:17,180 --> 00:23:19,240 IT'S TIME TO CALL IT A DAY AND SET UP CAMP. 419 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,960 ACTUALLY, THIS WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE JUST TO SET UP CAMP, 420 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,160 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LEAVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TIME 421 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,240 WHEN YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE. 422 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,260 ONCE THAT LIGHT GOES, IT GETS DARK SO FAST. 423 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:41,040 YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE WITH NO SHELTER 424 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:42,140 WHEN IT'S NIGHTTIME. 425 00:23:42,420 --> 00:23:45,960 AND LOOK, I'VE GOT SOME GOOD UPRIGHT TREES HERE. 426 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:48,180 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE SURE 427 00:23:48,220 --> 00:23:51,200 YOU BUILD YOUR SHELTER UP OFF THE JUNGLE FLOOR. 428 00:23:51,300 --> 00:23:53,980 AND THIS IS WHERE ALL THE LIFE OF THE JUNGLE IS, 429 00:23:54,060 --> 00:23:56,200 WITH ANTS, SNAKES, YOU NAME IT. 430 00:23:56,380 --> 00:24:00,160 SO I RECKON I CAN BUILD A BIT OF A PLATFORM HERE. 431 00:24:01,180 --> 00:24:02,400 LIGHT BUT STRONG, 432 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,040 THESE COHUNE PALMS MAKE A GREAT FRAME FOR THE SHELTER. 433 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,340 JUST CLEAR ALL OF THESE LEAVES OFF IT. 434 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,300 COHUNE PALM GROWS ALL OVER BELIZE. 435 00:24:14,340 --> 00:24:15,320 IN THE PAST, 436 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:18,200 IT WAS A FAVORITE BUILDING MATERIAL OF THE MAYA. 437 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,040 AND THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT THE RIGHT HEIGHT 438 00:24:24,220 --> 00:24:26,000 FOR THE BED PLATFORM. 439 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:29,000 THEN JUST USE THIS MOHO BARK. 440 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,000 MOHO BARK IS ALSO PLENTIFUL HERE -- 441 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,160 LONG, SUPPLE, AND VERY STRONG. 442 00:24:34,420 --> 00:24:39,080 IT JUST HELPS IF YOU TWIST THIS BARK AS YOU WRAP IT. 443 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:40,380 IT JUST ADDS STRENGTH TO IT. 444 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:43,440 IT'S ALREADY GETTING A BIT DARKER, YOU SEE. 445 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,020 TRYING TO DO ANYTHING IN THE NIGHTTIME IN THE JUNGLE 446 00:24:47,060 --> 00:24:48,400 IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE. 447 00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:51,380 IT'S BLACK AS A WITCH'S CALDRON. 448 00:24:53,180 --> 00:24:54,440 THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE, 449 00:24:54,980 --> 00:24:57,340 SO I'M USING MORE MOHO BARK TO WEAVE MY BED. 450 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,380 WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WEAVE OF THIS IS CLOSE TOGETHER 451 00:25:02,060 --> 00:25:04,140 SO YOUR WEIGHT DOESN'T RIP THIS THING, 452 00:25:04,340 --> 00:25:06,200 WHICH IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT. 453 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:08,300 MY BED IS STRONG. 454 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:10,020 NOW TO MAKE IT COMFORTABLE 455 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,060 BY SPLITTING THESE PALM LEAVES FOR BEDDING. 456 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 AND JUST LAY THEM ONE ONE WAY 457 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,420 AND THEN THE OTHER THE OPPOSITE WAY. 458 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,420 AND AS IT'S THE RAINY SEASON, I'M GONNA NEED A ROOF. 459 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,360 OKAY, THAT'S GONNA BE THE CROSS STRAP FOR THE ROOFING. 460 00:25:25,020 --> 00:25:28,280 I JUST NEED TO FIND SOME BAY LEAF PALM TO GO ON THERE. 461 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,400 THIS IS ALSO ACTUALLY CALLED THATCHING PALM, 462 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:36,220 AND THE REASON IS 463 00:25:36,380 --> 00:25:39,960 IT WORKS PERFECTLY AS THATCHING FOR A SHELTER. 464 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,980 IT'S WHAT THE MAYANS WOULD HAVE TRADITIONALLY USED 465 00:25:43,180 --> 00:25:46,960 TO THATCH THEIR BUILDINGS WITH. 466 00:25:48,220 --> 00:25:50,320 THERE'S NO TIME TO WEAVE THESE LEAVES TOGETHER, 467 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:53,000 BUT THIS SHOULD BE OKAY FOR THE NIGHT. 468 00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:56,960 JUST CHECK THIS WORKS ALL RIGHT. 469 00:25:59,220 --> 00:26:01,440 AND YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 470 00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:05,280 JUST FINISH OFF THE THATCHING AND THEN GET A FIRE GOING. 471 00:26:06,420 --> 00:26:08,100 FIRE IS CRUCIAL. 472 00:26:08,220 --> 00:26:10,140 I CAN COOK, DRY CLOTHES, 473 00:26:10,180 --> 00:26:11,360 AND IT WILL KEEP PREDATORS AWAY. 474 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:15,320 SOME OF THIS DEAD INNER STEM FROM THE COHUNE PALM 475 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,980 SHOULD TAKE A SPARK. 476 00:26:18,380 --> 00:26:19,340 THERE WE GO. 477 00:26:20,060 --> 00:26:21,200 EVERYTHING'S DAMP HERE, 478 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,420 SO THIS FIRE REQUIRES SPECIAL ATTENTION. 479 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:27,020 GOOD FIRE MAKING IS ALL ABOUT 480 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,960 LOOKING AFTER THE FIRE WHEN IT'S LITTLE. 481 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:34,160 DO THAT, AND IT WILL THEN LOOK AFTER YOU WHEN IT GROWS BIG. 482 00:26:34,380 --> 00:26:37,960 I'M USING THE RESINOUS CARIBBEAN PINE THAT I COLLECTED 483 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,060 BEFORE COMING DOWN INTO THE JUNGLE. 484 00:26:40,220 --> 00:26:42,200 AND IT'S FINALLY WORKING. 485 00:26:43,180 --> 00:26:47,020 LET'S GET THIS SNAKE COOKED UP. 486 00:26:47,220 --> 00:26:49,060 I'M GONNA ROAST THE BOA MEAT 487 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:52,020 SKEWERED ON GREEN STICKS SO THEY DON'T BURN. 488 00:26:53,180 --> 00:26:55,200 I ONCE HEARD A STORY ABOUT A GUY 489 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,960 WHO FEEL ASLEEP IN HIS JUNGLE SHELTER, 490 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,320 AND HE HAD HIS ARM HANGING DOWN FROM THE BED PLATFORM. 491 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:03,420 AND HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING WITH A REALLY NUMB ARM, 492 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:05,440 AND HE LOOKED DOWN. AND A BOA CONSTRICTOR, 493 00:27:05,980 --> 00:27:07,420 DURING THE NIGHT, HAD ACTUALLY SWALLOWED 494 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,320 ALL OF HIS ARM ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SHOULDER. 495 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,000 AND WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY KILLED THE SNAKE AND PEELED IT OFF HIM, 496 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,080 THE STOMACH JUICES HAD ACTUALLY STARTED 497 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,060 TO DIGEST THE MAN'S FINGERS. 498 00:27:18,980 --> 00:27:21,300 AND I ALWAYS USED TO THINK THAT WAS A BIT OF A JUNGLE MYTH, 499 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,060 BIT OF A STORY, 500 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:25,280 BUT WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A BOA CONSTRICTOR 501 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,180 AS BIG AS I HAVE TODAY, 502 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,120 YOU DO START TO WONDER. 503 00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:35,340 IT'S BEEN COOKING FOR 35 MINUTES. 504 00:27:35,980 --> 00:27:38,300 THE FLESH HAS TURNED WHITE. IT'S READY TO EAT. 505 00:27:42,380 --> 00:27:46,020 ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE SKELETON, 506 00:27:47,020 --> 00:27:48,380 IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE BONY -- 507 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:51,400 A BIT LIKE JUNGLE -- 508 00:27:52,980 --> 00:27:54,200 JUNGLE SPARE RIBS. 509 00:27:56,220 --> 00:27:59,400 AS DARKNESS FALLS, THE FOREST TAKES ON A NEW FACE. 510 00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:02,360 NOW THE PREDATORS BECOME ACTIVE. 511 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:04,340 IT'S NOT JUST THE SNAKES 512 00:28:04,380 --> 00:28:06,240 YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OUT HERE. 513 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:09,340 ONE OF THE BIG DANGERS ACTUALLY IS VAMPIRE BATS, 514 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,320 AND THEY CAN SUCK YOUR BLOOD FROM YOU AS YOU SLEEP 515 00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:14,960 WITHOUT YOU EVEN KNOWING ABOUT IT. 516 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:17,060 AND THE BIT THEY'RE MOST LIKELY TO GO FOR 517 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,280 IS JUST THE TIPS OF YOUR FINGERS. 518 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,100 IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE, THE RAINS ARE BACK, 519 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,320 AND THIS JUNGLE IS TESTING ME TO THE LIMIT. 520 00:28:31,020 --> 00:28:34,080 MAN, MY FOREARMS ARE BURNING ON THAT. 521 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,120 I'M IN THE JUNGLES OF BELIZE, 522 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,120 HEADING TOWARDS THE COAST, AND THE RAINS ARE BACK. 523 00:28:59,380 --> 00:29:00,320 WHEW. 524 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,000 THE RAINY SEASON IN BELIZE, 525 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,100 AND, MAN, DOES IT RAIN. 526 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,280 YOU CAN OFTEN GET UP TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR -- 527 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,400 WATCH OUT FOR THAT NASTY TREE. 528 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,120 YOU KNOW, I SOMETIMES TRY TO EXPLAIN TO MY KIDS 529 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,220 WHAT IT'S LIKE IN THE JUNGLE WHEN IT POURS. 530 00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:17,260 AND THIS IS IT. 531 00:29:17,300 --> 00:29:19,960 IT'S LIKE BEING IN A HUGE, OPEN SHOWER, 532 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000 AND YOU CAN HARDLY HEAR YOURSELF THINK. 533 00:29:22,180 --> 00:29:25,400 BUT IT'S A GOOD RELIEF FROM THE HUMIDITY. 534 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:26,940 WHOO! 535 00:29:26,980 --> 00:29:28,400 AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE, 536 00:29:29,060 --> 00:29:30,380 YOU JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT 537 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:35,180 YOU'RE GONNA BE WET, WET, WET. 538 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:44,160 TRUDGING THROUGH THIS SODDEN, GREEN MAZE IS DISORIENTATING. 539 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:46,240 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE FAR AHEAD 540 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,100 AND SO EASY TO GET LOST. 541 00:29:48,260 --> 00:29:51,100 TO GET YOUR BEARINGS, LOOK OUT FOR HIGH GROUND. 542 00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:54,240 THERE YOU GO. YOU SEE THROUGH THE TREES THERE? 543 00:29:54,940 --> 00:29:58,180 THERE'S LIKE A RIDGE AND A ROCK FACE LEADING UP TO IT. 544 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,240 BUT ACTUALLY I CAN USE THAT. LET'S TRY AND GET A BIT CLOSER. 545 00:30:02,940 --> 00:30:06,240 YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS CLIFF HERE IS LIMESTONE. 546 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,360 BUT I RECKON IF I CAN GET UP TO THE TOP OF IT, 547 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,080 I MIGHT WELL BE ABLE TO GET A VIEW UP OVER THE JUNGLE CANOPY 548 00:30:12,340 --> 00:30:14,980 AND GET AN IDEA OF MY BEARINGS. 549 00:30:19,020 --> 00:30:22,020 IT'S 100 FOOT STRAIGHT UP VERTICAL VINES. 550 00:30:23,180 --> 00:30:25,000 DRENCHED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN, 551 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,940 THEY'RE GREASY AND VERY SLIPPY. 552 00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:28,960 THIS IS A DANGEROUS ASCENT. 553 00:30:30,220 --> 00:30:31,140 ( GRUNTS ) 554 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,040 YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE STICKING YOUR HAND 555 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,280 IN A LOT OF THESE 556 00:30:35,020 --> 00:30:37,220 NOOKS AND CRANNIES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEM. 557 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,220 THERE COULD BE SNAKES, POISONOUS SPIDERS, OR EVEN BATS 558 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,060 HIDING IN THIS ROCK FACE. 559 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:47,340 SO, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY UP THE NEXT BIT. 560 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,940 THIS IS RUNNING STRAIGHT INTO THE ROCK FACE. 561 00:30:52,180 --> 00:30:53,380 TRY AND GET ACROSS. 562 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,140 BUT THE RAIN IS GETTING HEAVIER BY THE MINUTE. 563 00:30:56,300 --> 00:31:01,220 PROBLEM IS ALL OF THIS LIMESTONE IS SO SLIPPY. 564 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,100 I'M 100 FOOT UP, 565 00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:04,420 I'VE BEEN CLIMBING FOR 10 MINUTES, 566 00:31:04,980 --> 00:31:06,120 AND I'M EXHAUSTED. 567 00:31:06,220 --> 00:31:10,400 LAST BIT. MAN, MY FOREARMS ARE BURNING ON THAT. 568 00:31:12,060 --> 00:31:15,200 AND YOU JUST FEEL EVERYTHING IS SO PRECARIOUS. 569 00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:19,040 WHETHER YOU PICK A LIVING ONE OR A DEAD VINE 570 00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:22,940 IS REALLY A BIT OF A -- BIT OF A LOTTERY. 571 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,960 AS I REACH THE SUMMIT, I FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, 572 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,360 THE PERFECT VANTAGE POINT. 573 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,320 I CAN SEE FOR MILES. 574 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:39,240 YOU CAN GET A GOOD VIEW UP HERE ABOVE THE JUNGLE CANOPY. 575 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,040 IT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR. 576 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:47,060 BUT IT IS JUST JUNGLE, JUNGLE, AND MORE JUNGLE. 577 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,360 WHAT I KNOW IN BELIZE IS THE PREVAILING WIND 578 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,040 COMES FROM THE EAST, AND EAST IS THE DIRECTION OF THE COAST. 579 00:31:55,220 --> 00:31:57,180 I CAN FEEL THAT WIND HERE. 580 00:31:58,980 --> 00:32:01,080 SO THAT'S THE WAY I WANT TO KEEP GOING. 581 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,040 ( SIGHS ) 582 00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:05,040 OKAY. 583 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,080 AFTER THE BRIEF REST, 584 00:32:08,140 --> 00:32:11,160 IT'S BACK DOWN INTO THE DARK AND DAMP JUNGLE FLOOR. 585 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:23,220 THERE'S A CAVE. LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 586 00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:26,140 HAVE A LOOK IN. 587 00:32:27,060 --> 00:32:29,240 CAVES ARE ACTUALLY GOOD PLACES TO LOOK FOR -- 588 00:32:29,980 --> 00:32:31,100 TO LOOK FOR FOOD. 589 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,960 YOU'LL OFTEN GET THINGS LIKE RODENTS LIVING IN THEM. 590 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,340 LET'S GET SOME SORT OF -- SOME SORT OF TORCH. 591 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,960 AND WHEN IT'S RAINING, 592 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:47,240 IT MAKES TORCH BUILDING AND TORCH LIGHTING ALL MUCH HARDER. 593 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,340 BUT I'VE GOT SOME CARIBBEAN PINE LEFT -- 594 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:51,400 HIGH IN RESIN -- 595 00:32:51,940 --> 00:32:53,960 THAT SHOULD BE FLAMMABLE EVEN IN THE WET. 596 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,020 AND THEN JUST USE THE MOHO 597 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,360 TO TIE THAT TOGETHER. 598 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:05,000 AND THAT'S GONNA GIVE ME A REALLY ROUGH-AND-READY TORCH 599 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,240 THAT'S GONNA BURN FOR A WHILE. 600 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,040 THIS CARIBBEAN PINE IS SO RESINOUS, 601 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:11,020 IT'S GONNA KEEP A FLAME GOING. 602 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,320 AND THESE PINE SHAVINGS ONLY NEED A SPARK 603 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,060 TO GET THEM ALIGHT. 604 00:33:16,420 --> 00:33:19,120 THERE YOU GO. WE'VE GOT FIRE. 605 00:33:22,140 --> 00:33:25,220 THESE DARK CHASMS ARE HOME TO ALL SORTS OF CREATURES. 606 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,980 AND IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE I COME FACE-TO-FACE 607 00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:32,260 WITH THE CREEPIEST OF CRAWLIES. 608 00:33:33,060 --> 00:33:36,400 BINGO. AND LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT. 609 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:47,940 I'M IN THE JUNGLES OF BELIZE, 610 00:33:47,980 --> 00:33:50,060 HEADING INTO A CAVE IN SEARCH OF FOOD. 611 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,380 THE ANCIENT MAYA BELIEVED THESE DARK CATACOMBS 612 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,080 WERE THE GATEWAY TO THE UNDERWORLD. 613 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,980 IT WAS HERE THAT THEY CARRIED OUT 614 00:34:01,060 --> 00:34:04,340 MANY OF THEIR RITUALS, INCLUDING HUMAN SACRIFICE. 615 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,320 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE WATER HERE 616 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,220 COMING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE ROCK. 617 00:34:11,940 --> 00:34:15,200 IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO FILL A WATER BOTTLE. 618 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:19,320 AND THIS IS GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAN, FILTERED, 619 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,020 FILTERED BY THE ROCK. 620 00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:25,160 AND ACTUALLY THE MAYA USED TO BELIEVE 621 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,400 THEIR RAIN GOD LIVED IN THE CAVES. 622 00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:29,280 AND THE REASON FOR THIS -- THEY THOUGHT, 623 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,960 WHEN THEY SAW WATER COMING OUT LIKE THIS, 624 00:34:32,060 --> 00:34:34,920 IT WAS ACTUALLY BORN FROM THE ROCK. 625 00:34:35,980 --> 00:34:37,320 THEY WEREN'T A MILLION MILES WRONG. 626 00:34:37,980 --> 00:34:38,960 IT IS PURE. 627 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,920 IT'S NOT BORN OF THE ROCK, BUT IT IS PURE AND GOOD TO DRINK. 628 00:34:49,140 --> 00:34:50,360 LET'S KEEP MOVING THROUGH THIS. 629 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,360 THE SEEPING WATER HAS FLOODED MOST OF THIS CAVE, 630 00:34:54,980 --> 00:34:57,100 BUT FURTHER IN, I FIND HIGHER GROUND. 631 00:34:58,060 --> 00:34:59,060 SO, IT'S DRY HERE. 632 00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:00,940 AND UP OUT OF THE WATER IS JUST THE SORT OF PLACE 633 00:35:00,980 --> 00:35:04,400 THAT RODENTS WILL MOVE TO WITH THE RISING WATER LEVEL. 634 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,140 IT'S A GOOD SPOT TO CONTINUE MY HUNT. 635 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:11,920 COME OVER HERE. LOOK. 636 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:14,920 LIKE A GIANT RAT. 637 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,960 SEE THAT? SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM. 638 00:35:17,220 --> 00:35:21,020 THIS AGOUTI IS A FAVORITE PREY OF BIG CATS LIKE JAGUARS. 639 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,300 IT'S LEAN AND TASTY, BUT FAST. 640 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,160 AH, MISSED HIM. HEY! 641 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,100 HEY, WHERE'S HE GOING? 642 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,100 HE SHOT UP THAT LITTLE TUNNEL. 643 00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:33,380 GOT HIM BY THE BACK LEGS, AS WELL. 644 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,320 NO, HE'S NOT COMING OUT OF THAT. 645 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,340 BUT NO LUCK THIS TIME. 646 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,020 THAT WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD, GOOD MEAL AS WELL. 647 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,240 THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO EAT HERE, 648 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,400 BUT THEY'RE MUCH LESS APPETIZING. 649 00:35:55,380 --> 00:35:57,160 FLIPPING NORA. 650 00:35:57,340 --> 00:36:00,000 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT. 651 00:36:00,140 --> 00:36:01,920 YOU SEE, THAT'S A WHIP SCORPION. 652 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,940 IT'S LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A SCORPION AND A SPIDER. 653 00:36:05,980 --> 00:36:08,940 LET'S SEE IF I -- LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET HIM. HOLD ON. 654 00:36:09,980 --> 00:36:13,220 WHIP SCORPIONS ARE FOUND IN CAVES AND ROCK CREVICES. 655 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,200 THEY'RE WEIRD-LOOKING, BUT THEY'RE NOT VENOMOUS. 656 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,980 I'VE EATEN SCORPIONS BEFORE, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. 657 00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:28,120 OHH! 658 00:36:28,980 --> 00:36:32,240 BINGO. AND LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT. 659 00:36:32,340 --> 00:36:33,340 UGH. 660 00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:39,040 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOU BEGIN TO EAT IT. 661 00:36:45,980 --> 00:36:49,200 PROBABLY THE BACK END IS WHAT BIT I GOT. 662 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:50,400 UGH. 663 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,280 AND THAT'S A BIG MEAL. 664 00:36:55,260 --> 00:36:57,120 THAT WASN'T WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, 665 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:58,360 BUT ANY FOOD IS GOOD FOOD 666 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,940 WHEN YOU'VE GOT DIFFICULT TERRAIN AHEAD. 667 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,120 THE JUNGLE FLOOR IS GETTING WETTER. 668 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,940 THIS COULD BE THE OVERSPILL FROM A RIVER. 669 00:37:11,180 --> 00:37:14,060 I HEAD INTO THE DEEPER WATER TO SEE WHAT I CAN FIND. 670 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,380 LOOKS LIKE OPEN WATER AHEAD -- LOOK. 671 00:37:21,940 --> 00:37:23,200 YEAH, I CAN SEE IT FLOWING. 672 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,020 THERE YOU GO. 673 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,300 AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE START OF A WATER COURSE, 674 00:37:32,060 --> 00:37:33,940 AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FOLLOW. 675 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,160 THAT WATER IS DEEP ENOUGH 676 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:39,180 TO HIDE BIG PREDATORS LIKE CROCODILES. 677 00:37:39,220 --> 00:37:41,300 BUT A RAFT SHOULD KEEP ME OUT OF HARM'S WAY. 678 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,360 AND THERE'S PLENTY OF WOOD HERE TO BUILD ONE. 679 00:37:46,940 --> 00:37:48,940 GET A LOAD OF THESE STRAIGHT ONES. 680 00:37:52,380 --> 00:37:54,100 ACTUALLY, LOOK. 681 00:37:54,180 --> 00:37:55,960 THIS IS GUV APPLE TREE, 682 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:57,940 AND YOU RECOGNIZE THAT 683 00:37:57,980 --> 00:38:00,200 FROM THESE LIMBS THAT ALL SEEM TO JOIN TOGETHER. 684 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:02,940 STILL, IF I FIND A DEAD ONE OF THOSE, THAT WILL HELP ME. 685 00:38:05,020 --> 00:38:09,100 JUST LIKE BALSA, GUV APPLE WOOD CAN BE INCREDIBLY USEFUL. 686 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:11,360 THIS IS SO BUOYANT. 687 00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:14,060 LOOKS HEAVY, SUPER LIGHT. 688 00:38:14,180 --> 00:38:16,980 PUSH IT DOWN, AND IT JUST RISES, 689 00:38:17,020 --> 00:38:18,960 SITS RIGHT ON TOP OF THE WATER. 690 00:38:20,020 --> 00:38:22,320 BUT IT ONLY WORKS, REALLY, BASICALLY, ONCE THEY'RE DEAD. 691 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,220 IT'S KIND OF LIKE CORK. 692 00:38:25,980 --> 00:38:27,240 AND GET A LOAD OF THOSE. 693 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,300 THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA MAKE THIS RAFT OUT OF. 694 00:38:31,220 --> 00:38:33,220 FIRST JOB IS THE FRAME. 695 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:38,080 USING LONG, STRAIGHT BRANCHES TIED TOGETHER WITH MOHO BARK, 696 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,020 IT'S QUICK TO BUILD. 697 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,940 AND IT SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE MY WEIGHT. 698 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,220 AND THEN IT'S JUST A QUESTION 699 00:38:48,260 --> 00:38:53,240 OF PUTTING THESE GUV APPLES UNDER THE FRAME. 700 00:38:54,180 --> 00:38:55,380 LOOK HOW BUOYANT THAT IS. 701 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,020 ALREADY THAT'S LIFTING THE FRAME 702 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,120 RIGHT UP OUT OF THE WATER. 703 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:03,940 BUOYANCY IS USUALLY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM 704 00:39:03,980 --> 00:39:06,220 WHEN BUILDING A RAFT, BUT NOT THIS TIME. 705 00:39:08,140 --> 00:39:10,320 THIS IS LIFTING IT RIGHT UP, 706 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,140 AND LOOK HOW THAT KEEPS ME OUT OF THE WATER. 707 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,180 OKAY, I'LL PUT A FEW MORE IN AND THEN LASH THEM DOWN, 708 00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:19,960 AND THAT'S GOOD TO GO. 709 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,020 LET'S SEE IF THIS RAFT HOLDS ME OKAY. 710 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:32,400 NEXT, IT'S NIGHTTIME ON MY RAFT, 711 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,920 AND I'M IN DEEP TROUBLE. 712 00:39:35,060 --> 00:39:38,300 I CAN HARDLY EVEN SEE WHAT'S AHEAD NOW, 713 00:39:39,980 --> 00:39:43,920 AND THAT'S NOT A NICE -- NOT A NICE FEELING. 714 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,060 I'M ON A JUNGLE RIVER IN BELIZE, 715 00:39:56,100 --> 00:39:57,940 HEADING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE COAST, 716 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,000 WHERE I'M HOPING TO GET PICKED UP. 717 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,260 Grylls: THIS RIVER IS REALLY WIDENING OUT NOW. 718 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,920 BUT IT'S ALSO BEGINNING TO GET DARK, 719 00:40:08,180 --> 00:40:12,060 AND THIS IS NOT A GREAT PLACE TO BE AT NIGHTTIME. 720 00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:16,240 THERE'S CROCS IN THIS RIVER AND ALSO BULL SHARKS. 721 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,100 BULL SHARKS SWIM UP THESE RIVERS FROM THE OCEAN 722 00:40:20,140 --> 00:40:21,320 LOOKING FOR EASY PREY. 723 00:40:21,980 --> 00:40:24,040 SO I'M KEEPING MY BODY WELL OUT OF THE WATER 724 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:25,180 AND MY EYES PEELED. 725 00:40:26,340 --> 00:40:28,300 BUT THIS IS GONNA TAKE ME -- 726 00:40:28,340 --> 00:40:32,020 JUST TAKE ME DOWNSTREAM TO THE COAST. 727 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,280 IT'S JUST TRYING TO WORK OUT 728 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,020 QUITE HOW FAR THAT'S GONNA BE. 729 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,340 NIGHT IS APPROACHING FAST, 730 00:40:40,380 --> 00:40:43,200 AND THERE'S NO OBVIOUS PLACE TO PUT ASHORE. 731 00:40:43,380 --> 00:40:45,180 I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF. 732 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,040 IT'S PRETTY IMPENETRABLE. 733 00:40:50,020 --> 00:40:51,960 AND THE MOON'S OUT, AS WELL. 734 00:40:55,060 --> 00:40:57,340 THE TRUTH IS I'M PRETTY COMMITTED TO THIS RIVER NOW. 735 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,260 BUT ONE THING'S WORKING IN MY FAVOR. 736 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:04,960 THE FLOW IS DEFINITELY PICKING UP. 737 00:41:05,060 --> 00:41:06,160 I'M MOVING FASTER NOW, 738 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,140 WHICH MEANS I'M GETTING NEAR TO THE COAST. 739 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,200 THE COAST IS WHERE MOST PEOPLE LIVE, 740 00:41:12,300 --> 00:41:15,160 SO IT'S THE MOST LIKELY PLACE TO GET PICKED UP. 741 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:19,120 BUT IN THE DARK, THERE'S MUCH LESS CHANCE OF BEING SEEN. 742 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,360 I NEED TO PUT THIS ONTO NIGHT VISION. 743 00:41:24,140 --> 00:41:25,140 OKAY. 744 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:28,360 LET'S GET PADDLING. 745 00:41:29,060 --> 00:41:30,920 THE BIG CONCERN ON THIS RIVER 746 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:32,140 IS THAT YOU COULD MISS THE MOUTH 747 00:41:32,180 --> 00:41:34,300 AND DRIFT STRAIGHT OUT INTO THE DARK OCEAN. 748 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,980 THE THING IS I CAN HARDLY EVEN SEE WHAT'S AHEAD NOW, 749 00:41:41,140 --> 00:41:45,080 AND THAT'S NOT A NICE -- NOT A NICE FEELING. 750 00:41:47,980 --> 00:41:50,100 I'VE BEEN ON THE RIVER FOR THREE HOURS NOW, 751 00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:53,380 AND IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD, BUT THEN I ROUND A BEND. 752 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,280 THIS IS THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER HERE, 753 00:41:55,340 --> 00:41:57,360 AND THERE'S A PINPRICK OF LIGHT STRAIGHT OUT. 754 00:41:57,940 --> 00:41:58,980 THAT'S THE SEARCHLIGHT. 755 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,280 STAND UP AND MAKE SURE I'M SEEN. 756 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,000 HEY! 757 00:42:05,220 --> 00:42:07,000 AT LEAST IF THEY CAN'T SEE ME, 758 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:08,960 I'LL MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR ME. 759 00:42:11,060 --> 00:42:12,220 THEY'RE DEFINITELY TURNING THIS WAY. 760 00:42:12,260 --> 00:42:14,300 LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THE PORT AND STARBOARD LIGHTS. 761 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:15,940 HEY! 762 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,900 THEY'VE SEEN ME. HELP IS ON ITS WAY. 763 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,200 THIS IS THE END OF MY BELIZE JUNGLE ADVENTURE, 764 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,040 AND IT'S TIME TO GO HOME. 765 00:42:32,220 --> 00:42:33,140 HEY.