1 00:00:10,380 --> 00:00:11,400 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:12,020 --> 00:00:14,200 WHOO! I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE 3 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,360 SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:16,420 --> 00:00:19,200 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 5 00:00:19,340 --> 00:00:21,340 IN THE SORT OF PLACE YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 6 00:00:21,380 --> 00:00:24,000 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 7 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:27,300 I'M IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 8 00:00:27,340 --> 00:00:29,040 IN THE HEART OF THE CARIBBEAN... 9 00:00:29,460 --> 00:00:32,440 YOU DO NOT WANT THIS GOING UP YOUR TROUSER LEG. 10 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,180 ...WHERE I'LL TAKE ON RAGING WATERFALLS... 11 00:00:36,140 --> 00:00:37,360 WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET UP THERE! 12 00:00:38,060 --> 00:00:39,340 ...ENDURE TROPICAL STORMS... ( THUNDER RUMBLING ) 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,180 ...AND JUNGLES FULL OF AGGRESSIVE GIANT SPIDERS. 14 00:00:43,420 --> 00:00:47,140 THIS ISLAND PARADISE WILL BE NO WALK IN THE PARK. 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,420 ( HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ) 16 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,200 I'M FLYING TOWARDS AN ISLAND 17 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,460 OFF THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 18 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,240 THIS IS A BREEDING GROUND 19 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,160 OF THE TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES 20 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,240 THAT BATTER THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,180 WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE STORMY SEASON HERE NOW, 22 00:01:09,220 --> 00:01:13,380 AND ALREADY EXPERTS RECKON IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE WORST EVER! 23 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,340 I'M USING A TACTIC SPECIAL FORCES CALL 24 00:01:17,380 --> 00:01:21,200 A RAPID MARITIME INSERTION, FLYING IN LOW AND FAST. 25 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,060 I'VE JUST SEEN A BIG SHARK! 26 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:25,400 AND WITH SHARKS IN THE AREA, 27 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,080 I WANT TO GET AS CLOSE TO LAND AS POSSIBLE. 28 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,360 I'M GONNA JUMP FROM 40 FOOT, AND AT THAT HEIGHT, 29 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,080 YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT. 30 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,240 I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND LONG IN THIS WATER. 31 00:01:57,220 --> 00:01:59,400 WANT TO HEAD STRAIGHT INTO THE NEAREST POINT OF LAND, 32 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,480 STRAIGHT IN THERE. WE NEED TO MOVE. LET'S GO. 33 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,200 CARIBBEAN WATERS ARE PATROLLED BY GREAT WHITE, HAMMERHEAD, 34 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,280 AND TIGER SHARKS. 35 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:13,160 IN 1987, A BOAT CARRYING 160 DOMINICAN REFUGEES CAPSIZED. 36 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,020 AS THEY CLUNG TO THE WRECKAGE, 37 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,100 THEY WERE ATTACKED BY OVER 40 SHARKS. 38 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:19,440 EVENTUALLY, THEY WERE RESCUED BY THE COAST GUARD, 39 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,000 BUT 100 OF THEM WERE MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD. 40 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,460 AAH, THIS IS RAZOR -- RAZOR-SHARP. 41 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,360 A 50-FOOT LIMESTONE CLIFF IS THE FIRST OBSTACLE 42 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,120 I'VE GOT TO CONTEND WITH. 43 00:02:39,220 --> 00:02:41,120 LOOK AT THIS COASTLINE THERE. 44 00:02:41,220 --> 00:02:44,260 IT'S LOOKING PRETTY IMPENETRABLE. 45 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:46,380 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND A WAY UP THIS. 46 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,100 THESE LIMESTONE CLIFFS WERE FORCED OUT OF THE SEA 47 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:52,080 OVER 2 MILLION YEARS AGO. 48 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,180 AND THEY'VE LEFT ME WITH AN AWKWARD OVERHANG TO GET PAST. 49 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,460 THIS ROCK REALLY IS... 50 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,240 HARD AND SHARP, 51 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,280 WHICH MAKES IT GOOD FOR CLIMBING, 52 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,340 BUT PAINFUL FOR CLIMBING. 53 00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:10,180 ( GRUNTS ) 54 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,440 HIGHLY ABRASIVE, 55 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,140 THE ROCK STRIPS THE SKIN OFF YOUR FINGERS. 56 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,400 THIS STUFF IS JUST RAZOR-SHARP. 57 00:03:24,140 --> 00:03:27,280 OKAY, THAT'S AT THE TOP, UNDER THIS LIP. 58 00:03:27,420 --> 00:03:30,160 LET'S SEE WHAT IS INLAND. 59 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,420 LET'S GET OUT THERE. 60 00:03:34,260 --> 00:03:36,360 YOU CAN GO THREE WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD 61 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,460 BUT ONLY THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATER. 62 00:03:39,060 --> 00:03:40,420 DEHYDRATION CAN BE A KILLER. 63 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,340 FINDING WATER IS AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY. 64 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,060 IF IT LOOKS QUITE GREEN, 65 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:49,020 YOU THINK ACTUALLY THERE'S GONNA BE WATER IN ALL OF THIS STUFF. 66 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:52,340 BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S ALL BONE-DRY. 67 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,120 WATER'S JUST GONNA RUN STRAIGHT THROUGH THIS ROCK. 68 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:56,200 LAST YEAR, 69 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,160 TWO AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS GOT LOST ON THIS ISLAND. 70 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,120 AFTER GOING 'ROUND IN CIRCLES FOR THREE DAYS, 71 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,240 THEY CRAWLED OUT ONTO A BEACH, WHERE, NEARLY DEAD FROM THIRST, 72 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,240 THEY WERE RESCUED BY PASSING FISHERMEN. 73 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:12,180 THERE'S LIKE A NATURAL LINE OF ROCK THROUGH THIS BRUSH. 74 00:04:13,060 --> 00:04:14,000 I'M GONNA FOLLOW THIS, 75 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,000 AND AS LONG AS I KEEP THE SUN ROUGHLY AT MY LEFT-HAND SIDE, 76 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,360 I KNOW I'M NOT GOING 'ROUND IN CIRCLES. 77 00:04:18,460 --> 00:04:21,380 I'VE CROSSED THE ISLAND, AND AS I APPROACH THE NORTHERN SHORE, 78 00:04:21,460 --> 00:04:23,320 THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF FRESH WATER. 79 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:24,460 I'M RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS. 80 00:04:25,020 --> 00:04:27,280 THERE'S A SHIP. SEE THAT? 81 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,380 I'M GOING TO CHECK THIS OUT. WATCH YOUR FOOTING. 82 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,000 WITHOUT A SOURCE OF FRESH WATER ON THIS BARREN ROCK, 83 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,020 SELF-RESCUE IS YOUR ONLY CHOICE. 84 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,040 AND THIS SHIPWRECK CAN HELP ME PLAN MY ESCAPE. 85 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,360 THE WRECK IS A GRIM REMINDER 86 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,440 OF HOW FEROCIOUS THESE WATERS CAN BE. 87 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:52,340 HEADING OUT TO SEA HERE CANNOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. 88 00:04:54,380 --> 00:04:56,320 IF I CAN GET UP INTO THE CROW'S NEST, 89 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:59,380 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A REALLY GOOD VIEW 90 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:02,300 OF EXACTLY WHERE I'VE GOT TO GO. 91 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:04,420 CLIMBING UP JUST 30 FOOT 92 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:07,440 EFFECTIVELY DOUBLES THE DISTANCE I CAN SEE. 93 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,160 IT'S A GREAT VIEW, BUT IT'S BAD NEWS. 94 00:05:13,340 --> 00:05:15,420 THAT IS THE MAINLAND... 95 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,280 WHICH IS QUITE A DEPRESSING SIGHT. 96 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,080 I MEAN, THAT MUST BE ALMOST FIVE MILES OF WATER 97 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,200 BETWEEN HERE AND THERE. 98 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,400 IF YOU'RE GONNA SELF-RESCUE, THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO GO, 99 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:29,220 AND I KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO THIS. 100 00:05:29,260 --> 00:05:30,420 OKAY, WE NEED TO GET DOWN. 101 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,400 THE ONLY WAY OFF THIS ISLAND IS BY SEA. 102 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,240 LOOK AT ALL THIS RUBBISH! 103 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,160 THE VICIOUS STORMS THAT TOSSED THE SHIPS ONTO THE SHORE 104 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,340 HAVE ALSO WASHED UP HUGE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS. 105 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,260 I CAN USE IT TO MAKE A RAFT, 106 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,240 BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A GOOD ONE. 107 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:50,360 THIS IS REALLY THE ULTIMATE IN RECYCLING. 108 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:54,440 LENGTHS OF BAMBOO DRIFTWOOD WILL MAKE THE FRAME 109 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,320 AND AN OUTRIGGER FOR STABILITY. 110 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:01,080 I CAN TIE THESE THREE TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE HULL 111 00:06:02,020 --> 00:06:04,440 AND THEN DO EXACTLY THE SAME HERE TO MAKE THE SECOND ONE, 112 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:06,380 AND I'LL HAVE A MAKESHIFT CATAMARAN. 113 00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:12,200 PLASTIC CONTAINERS WILL GIVE MY RAFT VITAL BUOYANCY. 114 00:06:13,180 --> 00:06:15,480 THE PLAN'S GOOD, BUT THE ONLY THING IS, 115 00:06:16,140 --> 00:06:18,340 MOST OF THESE BOTTLES DON'T HAVE TOPS ON THEM. 116 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,100 I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND ONES THAT MATCH HERE. 117 00:06:23,260 --> 00:06:25,080 OH, COME ON. THERE WE GO. 118 00:06:25,180 --> 00:06:27,400 I NEED ALL THE BUOYANCY I CAN GET, 119 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 AND WITH GREAT WHITES PATROLLING THE CHANNEL, 120 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,380 I WANT TO BE AS FAR OUT OF THE WATER AS I CAN GET. 121 00:06:33,020 --> 00:06:35,340 I'M RIGHT ON THE HIGH-TIDE MARK AT THE MOMENT. 122 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,240 YOU SEE, AS IT TURNS, I WANT TO USE IT TO TAKE ME OUT. 123 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:44,040 THE EBBING TIDE WILL PULL ME OUT TOWARDS THE MAINLAND, 124 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,080 BUT THERE'S AN ONSHORE BREEZE WORKING AGAINST ME. 125 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,040 I'M JUST RELYING ON THE TIDE PULLING ME OUT 126 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,220 MORE THAN THE WIND'S BLOWING ME BACK. 127 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,260 IT'S OVER FOUR MILES TO THE MAINLAND. 128 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,340 EVEN WITH THE TIDE, IT CAN TAKE YOU SEVEN HOURS TO GET THERE. 129 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,260 WITH SHARKS AROUND, THAT'S SEVEN HOURS TOO MANY, 130 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,220 BUT STAYING PUT ON A BARREN, WATERLESS ISLAND 131 00:07:09,260 --> 00:07:11,140 WOULD BE SURVIVAL SUICIDE. 132 00:07:12,020 --> 00:07:16,000 IT'S ALWAYS SO HARD TO JUDGE DISTANCES AT SEA. 133 00:07:16,380 --> 00:07:19,080 YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MIGHT LOOK QUITE CLOSE. 134 00:07:19,220 --> 00:07:22,420 A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS WHATEVER YOU THINK IT IS, 135 00:07:23,260 --> 00:07:24,380 DOUBLE IT AT SEA. 136 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,240 THE MAINLAND'S CLOSE NOW, 137 00:07:26,340 --> 00:07:28,040 BUT IF THE WIND GETS ANY STRONGER, 138 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,300 I COULD BE BLOWN OUT TO SEA. 139 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,360 AS YOU SEE FROM THE TIP OF THAT PENINSULA, 140 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,400 DEFINITELY SLOWING DOWN A BIT. 141 00:07:35,180 --> 00:07:39,160 JUST OFFSHORE LIE HUGE SANDBANKS AND BIG SURF. 142 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,240 MY RAFT IS BREAKING UP. 143 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:48,460 TIME TO ABANDON SHIP. 144 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:53,180 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS LANDED ON THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 145 00:07:53,220 --> 00:07:54,480 500 YEARS AGO 146 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:57,060 AND ESTABLISHED THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT 147 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:58,080 IN THE NEW WORLD. 148 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,000 I'M ON THE MAINLAND. BLECH. 149 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:04,120 THIS IS NOT WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR. 150 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:06,440 ALL OF THIS IS JUST MANGROVE. 151 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,340 I'VE BEEN IN THIS STUFF BEFORE, BUT REALLY THIS IS A WHOLE -- 152 00:08:11,340 --> 00:08:13,300 WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL. 153 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:18,260 THIS MANGROVE STRETCHES FOR 17 MILES ALONG THIS COAST. 154 00:08:18,340 --> 00:08:20,380 YOU COULD WORK YOUR WAY ALONG TO FIND AN INLET 155 00:08:20,460 --> 00:08:22,400 OR JUST PUSH ON THROUGH. 156 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:25,200 IT'S A TOUGH CHOICE, 157 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,320 BUT COASTAL MANGROVE IS USUALLY WIDER THAN IT IS DEEP, 158 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,000 BUT IT'S NEVER EASY. 159 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:34,360 IT TRULY IS A HELLHOLE IN THIS PLACE. 160 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,040 ( GRUNTS ) 161 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,280 AAH! 162 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,040 MANGROVE IS A BREEDING GROUND FOR THE MOSQUITOS 163 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,440 THAT SPREAD DEADLY MALARIA AND DENGUE FEVER. 164 00:08:44,060 --> 00:08:45,420 BITE PREVENTION IS VITAL. 165 00:08:45,460 --> 00:08:48,240 REACH DOWN AND USE SOME OF THIS MUD. 166 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,160 AND IT STINKS LIKE HELL, 167 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:57,060 BUT IF YOU RUB IT ON YOURSELF AND LET IT DRY... 168 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:58,280 ( EXHALES ) 169 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,280 ...IT'S GONNA ACT LIKE A BARRIER. 170 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,280 I'M UP TO MY NECK IN STINKING MANGROVE, 171 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,380 AND MY CHALLENGE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 172 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:08,100 IS ONLY GONNA GET WORSE. 173 00:09:08,260 --> 00:09:10,040 THERE YOU GO. LOOK AT THAT. 174 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,140 YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH IT. 175 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,420 I'M FIGHTING THROUGH THE MOSQUITO-INFESTED MANGROVE 176 00:09:25,460 --> 00:09:28,240 ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 177 00:09:28,980 --> 00:09:33,380 IT TRULY IS A HELLHOLE IN THIS PLACE. 178 00:09:36,020 --> 00:09:38,340 MANGROVES ARE A VITAL PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM 179 00:09:38,380 --> 00:09:40,240 AND HAVE EVOLVED AERIAL ROOTS 180 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,040 THAT ENABLE THEM TO THRIVE IN SALT WATER. 181 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:44,220 I'M GONNA USE THEM TO GET THROUGH 182 00:09:44,260 --> 00:09:46,260 THIS BLOODSUCKING SWAMP. 183 00:09:46,300 --> 00:09:47,440 ACTUALLY, LOOK. 184 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,200 IT'S GONNA BE EASY TO ACTUALLY GET OUT OF THE WATER. 185 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:52,300 THERE YOU GO. 186 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,240 CLIMB ON TO THIS BIT AND THEN START USING -- USING THESE. 187 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,020 THAT'S GONNA HELP US MOVE MUCH FASTER. 188 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,160 THEY DON'T LOOK STRONG ENOUGH, 189 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,100 BUT THESE ROOTS ARE SO INTERTWINED 190 00:10:04,140 --> 00:10:06,040 THEY EASILY TAKE MY WEIGHT. 191 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,980 EVEN THROUGH THE MUD THESE MOSQUITOES ARE GETTING -- 192 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:15,240 ( SNIFFS ) -- GETTING ME. 193 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,160 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY 194 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,260 BEGINNING TO OPEN UP A BIT OVER THERE. 195 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,420 EVENTUALLY, THE MANGROVE STARTS TO THIN OUT. 196 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,340 NOW I CAN COVER SOME GROUND. 197 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,220 WE NEED TO KEEP GOING, PUSH THE PACE A BIT. 198 00:10:40,420 --> 00:10:42,080 OH, GOD. 199 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:43,220 HANG ON. 200 00:10:44,180 --> 00:10:46,420 IF YOU'RE STUCK IN QUICK MUD, DON'T PANIC. 201 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,460 KEEP MOVEMENT TO A MINIMUM. 202 00:10:49,340 --> 00:10:50,340 USE THIS ROOT. 203 00:10:50,380 --> 00:10:52,060 ( GRUNTING ) 204 00:10:53,180 --> 00:10:56,340 THESE SORT OF BOGS, THEY'RE JUST NASTY 205 00:10:56,380 --> 00:11:00,280 BECAUSE THE MORE YOU FIGHT THEM, THE MORE THEY SUCK YOU IN. 206 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,140 THAT'S ONE MANGROVE ROOT I'M QUITE GRATEFUL FOR. 207 00:11:07,460 --> 00:11:10,220 ( SPITTING ) 208 00:11:15,060 --> 00:11:18,060 THE MANGROVE EVENTUALLY GIVES WAY TO SALT MARSH, 209 00:11:18,180 --> 00:11:19,460 BUT BETWEEN ME AND THE INTERIOR 210 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,100 LIE A SERIES OF SAVAGE ESCARPMENTS. 211 00:11:22,260 --> 00:11:25,240 IN HURRICANE SEASON, YOU MUST LEAVE THE COAST AND GET INLAND, 212 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:26,260 TO HIGH GROUND. 213 00:11:26,420 --> 00:11:29,000 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I PLAN TO DO. 214 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,400 THIS ESCARPMENT'S REALLY THE FIRST BIT OF HIGH GROUND 215 00:11:33,180 --> 00:11:35,020 I'VE COME ACROSS. 216 00:11:36,060 --> 00:11:37,980 I KIND OF WANT TO TRY AND USE THAT, 217 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,100 SEE IF I CAN GET UP A BIT HIGHER AND GET AN IDEA OF MY BEARINGS. 218 00:11:43,260 --> 00:11:45,080 THESE RIDGES HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND 219 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,160 BY SUCCESSIVE FALLS IN SEA LEVEL. 220 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:48,240 IF YOU'RE HEADING NORTH, 221 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,380 IN SEARCH OF FRESH WATER AND CIVILIZATION, 222 00:11:50,420 --> 00:11:52,040 YOU'VE GOT TO GET OVER THEM. 223 00:11:52,140 --> 00:11:54,060 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET UP HERE. 224 00:11:58,260 --> 00:12:02,360 THIS IS ALL THE DEVIL'S -- DEVIL'S-TEETH ROCK, THIS STUFF. 225 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:07,340 YOU CAN SEE WHY -- ALL JUST RAZOR-SHARP. 226 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:11,060 CAN RIP YOU TO SHREDS IF YOU FALL ON THIS. 227 00:12:11,180 --> 00:12:16,400 IF THE ROCK DOESN'T GET YOU, AROUND HERE, THE CACTUS WILL. 228 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,380 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 229 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,080 WOW. 230 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,360 AND THAT'S JUST THE SORT OF VIEW THAT COLUMBUS WOULD HAVE SEEN 231 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,180 WHEN HE FIRST CAME ASHORE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 232 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,240 THAT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR. 233 00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:46,320 ( EXHALES HEAVILY ) 234 00:12:46,980 --> 00:12:48,340 YEAH, I JUST GOT CAUGHT, AS WELL. 235 00:12:48,380 --> 00:12:50,200 LOOK. WATCH OUT ON THESE. 236 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:55,380 BET BY THE TIME COLUMBUS GOT TO THIS STAGE, THOUGH, 237 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,440 WITH ALL OF THESE CACTUS, 238 00:12:57,980 --> 00:12:59,380 HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS. 239 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:01,120 OW. 240 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,260 ( SPITTING ) 241 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:06,080 AAH. RIGHT IN THE SHINS. 242 00:13:06,180 --> 00:13:08,160 I NEED TO FIND SOMETHING TO HELP WITH THIS. 243 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,980 GONNA BE MAD OTHERWISE. 244 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:12,240 EVERYTHING HERE IS SHARP AND PRICKLY. 245 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,020 ANY CUTS WILL QUICKLY BECOME INFECTED. 246 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:17,220 BUT ONE PLANT HERE WILL OFFER ME SOME PROTECTION. 247 00:13:17,260 --> 00:13:20,260 THIS IS GONNA WORK -- A TREAT. 248 00:13:20,420 --> 00:13:23,400 A PIECE OF AGAVE, CUT AND PLACED UNDER THE TROUSERS, 249 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,140 MAKES A GREAT SHIN PAD. 250 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,100 THIS IS GONNA GIVE ME A BIT OF PROTECTION. 251 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,980 BUT OUT HERE IT'S NOT JUST THE PLANTS 252 00:13:37,020 --> 00:13:38,180 THAT ARE SPIKY AND DANGEROUS. 253 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,120 OH, LOOK AT THIS! SEE THIS? 254 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:42,240 THE ANIMALS HAVE ADAPTED TO THIS ENVIRONMENT, 255 00:13:42,340 --> 00:13:44,460 AND THEY CAN BE REALLY VICIOUS, TOO. 256 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,020 THAT'S A GIANT CENTIPEDE. THESE ARE BRUTES. 257 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:48,440 JUST STAND BACK A BIT. 258 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:52,240 THESE ARE MORE VICIOUS THAN THEY LOOK. WHOA! 259 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:55,200 GIANT CENTIPEDES ARE AGGRESSIVE PREDATORS, 260 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,080 DELIVERING PARALYZING VENOM THROUGH NEEDLE-SHARP PINCERS. 261 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,380 AND DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THESE GUYS. 262 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,160 YOU DO NOT WANT THIS GOING UP YOUR TROUSER LEG. 263 00:14:06,340 --> 00:14:10,080 AND ACTUALLY, THESE ARE HIGHLY VENOMOUS. 264 00:14:10,260 --> 00:14:13,340 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE HIS PINCERS IN THE FRONT. 265 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,040 THERE YOU GO. LOOK AT THAT. 266 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:21,460 YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH IT. 267 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,460 HIGHLY VENOMOUS, BIG FRONT CLAWS THERE. 268 00:14:26,140 --> 00:14:27,340 AND IF THAT BITES YOU, 269 00:14:27,420 --> 00:14:30,160 IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY'S STICKING A RED-HOT POKER INTO YOU. 270 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,000 AND THESE GUYS HAVE EVEN BEEN KNOWN 271 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:33,320 TO GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH MAMMALS. 272 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,300 LET -- LET HIM DOWN HERE. 273 00:14:38,340 --> 00:14:40,380 WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM A VERY WIDE BERTH. 274 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,160 OKAY, HE'S GOING DOWN. 275 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,160 THESE THINGS HAVE SO MUCH TOXIN IN THEM 276 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,000 THAT THEY'RE NOT SAFE TO EAT. 277 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,080 GIANT CENTIPEDE IS OFF MY MENU. 278 00:14:52,380 --> 00:14:56,020 TEMPERATURES SOAR UP TO 40 DEGREES IN THE ARID INTERIOR, 279 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,460 MAKING THIS ONE OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE PLACES 280 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,180 IN THE CARIBBEAN. 281 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,140 THERE'S NO DRINKABLE WATER HERE, 282 00:15:02,180 --> 00:15:05,420 AND DEHYDRATION CAN DECIMATE YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL. 283 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,100 I FEEL LIKE A FLIPPING HUMAN PINCUSHION UP HERE. 284 00:15:12,420 --> 00:15:13,440 WATCH. 285 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 CACTI HAVE ADAPTED TO STORE WHAT LITTLE MOISTURE THERE IS, 286 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:18,400 AND THAT CAN BE A LIFESAVER. 287 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,320 LOOK, ALL YOU NEED TO DO -- CUT THE SPINES ALL OFF, 288 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,180 AND YOU JUST GET IT, TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN, 289 00:15:25,220 --> 00:15:26,260 AND SQUEEZE YOUR HAND. 290 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:29,280 AND IF THE SAP RUNS CLEAR, IT'S USUALLY GOOD TO DRINK. 291 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,260 AND YOU'RE GONNA GET MOISTURE OUT OF IT. 292 00:15:33,340 --> 00:15:36,980 AND, YEAH, EVEN IN A PLACE AS DRY AND BARREN 293 00:15:37,060 --> 00:15:40,180 AND HARSH AS THIS, IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, 294 00:15:40,220 --> 00:15:45,060 YOU CAN ACTUALLY STILL SURVIVE AND STILL FIND MOISTURE. 295 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,200 ( SLURPS ) 296 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:48,020 OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING. 297 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,060 WITH LITTLE TO SUPPORT LIFE, 298 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:53,020 YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY HERE TOO LONG. 299 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,060 YOUR BEST BET IS TO KEEP HEADING NORTH INTO THE HILLS, 300 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:58,140 TO FIND WATER AND CIVILIZATION. 301 00:15:59,260 --> 00:16:02,320 DEFINITELY MUCH LESS ROCK AND CACTUS, 302 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:06,280 A BIT MORE EARTH UNDERFOOT, AND ALL THE MUCH GREENER, AS WELL. 303 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,440 BUT IT DOES BRING WITH IT TWO THINGS THAT I HATE, 304 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,980 AND THAT'S JUST THIS HUMIDITY 305 00:16:12,140 --> 00:16:14,240 AND ALSO THESE RELENTLESS MOSQUITOES. 306 00:16:16,140 --> 00:16:18,020 THE CHANGING TERRAIN AND VEGETATION 307 00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:21,280 IS A GOOD INDICATOR THE STREAMS AND RIVERS COULD BE NEARBY. 308 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,180 FINALLY, SOME RUNNING WATER. 309 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:28,260 THAT'S SO NICE. 310 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:35,040 AND THIS IS JUST GONNA BE COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. 311 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,280 SURVIVAL MANUALS ADVISE YOU FOLLOW RIVERS DOWNHILL 312 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,040 TO FIND CIVILIZATION, 313 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,180 BUT THAT WOULD TAKE ME BACK TO THE DRY DESERT 314 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:44,300 AND THE SALTY MANGROVES ON THE SOUTH COAST -- 315 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,260 THE LAST PLACE I WANT TO BE. 316 00:16:46,980 --> 00:16:49,200 WELL, I ACTUALLY RECKON IF I CAN FOLLOW THIS STREAM, 317 00:16:49,420 --> 00:16:51,180 IT'S GONNA BE MUCH EASIER GOING 318 00:16:51,220 --> 00:16:54,440 THAN TRYING TO PLOW THROUGH ALL OF THIS JUNGLE. 319 00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:55,980 AND WHAT I'M HOPING -- 320 00:16:56,020 --> 00:16:57,280 IT'S GONNA TAKE ME UP THE MOUNTAIN 321 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,400 AND CARVE A WAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE. 322 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:01,260 SO, LET'S COMMIT TO THIS AND GO. 323 00:17:01,340 --> 00:17:04,260 EVERY SURVIVAL SITUATION CREATES HIS OWN RULES. 324 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:06,360 YOU'VE GOT TO ADAPT TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS 325 00:17:06,420 --> 00:17:08,980 AND REACT TO THE SITUATION IN FRONT OF YOU. 326 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:11,240 I'M GONNA USE THE STREAM TO TAKE ME UPHILL, 327 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,060 HOPEFULLY TO SAFETY. 328 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,200 ACTUALLY, THERE'S SHRIMP IN HERE! 329 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:17,340 THERE YOU GO. 330 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,060 SEE THAT ONE? 331 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,160 STRAIGHT UNDER MY FINGER, STRAIGHT DOWN THERE. 332 00:17:23,140 --> 00:17:25,320 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM OUT. 333 00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:34,420 GOT HIM. 334 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:40,120 AND THESE ARE JUST FINE TO EAT ABSOLUTELY RAW. 335 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,180 NOW, IF I JUST GRAB THE TAIL OF THIS, 336 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:47,160 GIVE IT A TWIST ONE WAY, TWIST THE OTHER WAY, 337 00:17:48,180 --> 00:17:50,400 YOU SHOULD THEN JUST BE ABLE TO... 338 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,160 PULL OUT ITS GUTS. 339 00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:58,340 THAT'S THE STUFF I DON'T WANT TO EAT. 340 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,000 BUT THEN THE REST OF THIS IS FINE TO EAT. 341 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,080 NOT THE HEAD, BUT THE BODY'S NICE. 342 00:18:09,980 --> 00:18:12,020 BETTER COOKED, BUT NICE RAW. 343 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:14,360 BUT FINDING THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME. 344 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,340 IT MEANS THAT A LOT OF THIS WATER IS GONNA BE CLEAN 345 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:19,140 AND GOOD TO DRINK. 346 00:18:19,180 --> 00:18:21,400 SHRIMP'S A REALLY GOOD INDICATOR OF CLEAN WATER -- 347 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,460 VERY INTOLERANT OF ANY SORT OF CONTAMINANTS 348 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:28,160 AND OFTEN THE FIRST THING YOU'LL LOSE IN A DIRTY RIVER. 349 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:34,060 BUT FOLLOWING A STREAM UPHILL IS A RISKY STRATEGY 350 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:36,260 IN THE CARIBBEAN IN HURRICANE SEASON. 351 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,100 YOU CAN JUST SEE THE POWER OF WHAT THE WATER CAN DO 352 00:18:40,140 --> 00:18:41,140 IN GULLIES LIKE THIS. 353 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:42,980 SEE ALL OF THAT DEADFALL? 354 00:18:43,340 --> 00:18:45,320 ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN 355 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,060 BY THIS IN FULL FLOOD WAY ABOVE ME, 356 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:51,200 UNDERCUTTING ALL THE BANKS AND BRINGING THE TREES DOWN. 357 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,160 IN HURRICANE SEASON, 358 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,040 A STREAM LIKE THIS COULD BECOME A FLASH FLOOD IN MINUTES. 359 00:18:56,180 --> 00:18:58,200 RAIN FALLING IN THE HILLS MILES AWAY 360 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,440 HAS TURNED THE STREAM INTO A CHURNING RIVER. 361 00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:02,320 AND AS THE WATER LEVEL RISES, 362 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,200 MY PROGRESS UPSTREAM GETS HARDER. 363 00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:09,100 THIS IS TURNING INTO QUITE A TORRENT NOW. 364 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:12,980 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET RAIN HIGHER UP. 365 00:19:13,180 --> 00:19:16,980 ALL OF THESE STREAMS JUST BECOME WHITE WATER. 366 00:19:18,260 --> 00:19:22,980 BUT IT CAN'T -- IT CAN'T GO ON FOREVER LIKE THIS. 367 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,420 I'VE GOT TO WATCH MY STEP HERE. 368 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,260 I'M RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS AND NEED ANOTHER PLAN. 369 00:19:28,460 --> 00:19:33,140 AT THE MOMENT, THIS IS LOOKING LIKE A DEAD END FOR ME. 370 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,340 I'M USING A TROPICAL RIVER TO NAVIGATE UPHILL, 371 00:19:45,380 --> 00:19:48,160 THROUGH THE HUMID JUNGLE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 372 00:19:51,180 --> 00:19:52,400 BUT RAINFALL IN THE HILLS 373 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,280 IS MAKING THIS RIVER MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. 374 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,960 THIS IS TURNING INTO QUITE A TORRENT NOW. 375 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:03,080 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET RAIN HIGHER UP. 376 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,400 ALL OF THESE STREAMS JUST BECOME WHITE WATER. 377 00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:12,080 IN 2008, HURRICANE HANNA HIT THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 378 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:14,100 FIERCE WINDS LASHED THE ISLAND, 379 00:20:14,140 --> 00:20:16,360 SENDING 18-FOOT STORM SURGES ON SHORE. 380 00:20:17,060 --> 00:20:18,960 THOUSANDS WERE EVACUATED, 381 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,100 AND IN NEIGHBORING HAITI, 600 LOST THEIR LIVES. 382 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,320 THIS NARROW CANYON IS FUNNELING THE WATER, 383 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,200 INCREASING ITS SPEED AND DEPTH. 384 00:20:28,340 --> 00:20:31,300 THE WALLS ARE VERTICAL, SO I CAN'T GET OUT. 385 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,160 MY ONLY OPTIONS -- 386 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,240 KEEP HEADING UPSTREAM OR GO BACK THE WAY I CAME. 387 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,040 THIS CANYON IS REALLY NARROWING A LOT. 388 00:20:49,180 --> 00:20:54,040 THIS ACTUALLY FEELS QUITE CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN HERE. 389 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:58,440 WHAT I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT, THOUGH, 390 00:20:58,980 --> 00:21:00,080 IS JUST THE WATER LEVELS. 391 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,200 YOU SEE HOW HIGH THE WATER GOES TO 392 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,060 WHEN THIS RIVER'S IN FLOOD, RIGHT UP THERE. 393 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,420 THIS IS GONNA FILL UP VERY FAST. 394 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,440 I DON'T FEEL THAT GREAT ABOUT BEING HERE. 395 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:14,320 WE'LL TRY AND PUSH AROUND THIS CORNER. 396 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:17,340 THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER ARE POUNDING THROUGH THE GORGE. 397 00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:20,140 THE CURRENT IS NOW TOO STRONG TO SWIM AGAINST. 398 00:21:20,260 --> 00:21:24,260 TRY AND MAKE YOUR WAY ALONG THIS WALL HERE. 399 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,420 THERE YOU GO. COME ON, THEN. 400 00:21:27,180 --> 00:21:28,080 COME ON. THAT'S IT. 401 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:30,040 OKAY. GET SAFE THERE. GET SAFE. 402 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,120 OKAY, WE'RE DOING THE NEXT BIT, ALL RIGHT? HOLD IT. 403 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,140 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET A BIT CLOSER, 404 00:21:39,420 --> 00:21:42,120 DIVE ACROSS THAT WATERFALL, AND EDGE OUR WAY UP IT. 405 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,340 OKAY, STICK WITH ME, THOUGH. 406 00:21:43,980 --> 00:21:46,220 OTHERWISE YOU'LL JUST GET TAKEN STRAIGHT BACK. 407 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,120 BUT THE FORCE OF THE WATER IS JUST BECOMING TOO STRONG. 408 00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:09,980 I LOSE MY GRIP, AND I'M CAUGHT IN A WHIRLPOOL. 409 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,360 ( GROANS ) 410 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:20,440 THERE'S JUST SO MUCH POWER IN THAT! 411 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,320 IT PINNED ME DOWN THERE! 412 00:22:26,380 --> 00:22:31,300 THIS IS FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE AT THE MOMENT WITH THIS! 413 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,140 GIVE IT ONE MORE GO! 414 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:43,360 THE WATER IS THUNDERING DOWN THIS CANYON, 415 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,180 AND WHIRLPOOLS BENEATH THE SURFACE 416 00:22:45,220 --> 00:22:47,020 ARE THREATENING TO SUCK ME UNDER. 417 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:50,200 WE'RE NOT -- WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET UP THERE! 418 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:53,420 WE NEED TO BACKTRACK AND FIND ANOTHER WAY! 419 00:22:57,380 --> 00:22:59,020 GOD, MAN. 420 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,120 I MUST HAVE SWALLOWED HALF OF THE RIVER. 421 00:23:03,380 --> 00:23:06,000 THAT WAS JUST ONE I WAS NEVER GONNA WIN. 422 00:23:06,420 --> 00:23:09,400 WE NEED TO FIND A WAY UP, OUT OF THIS CANYON. 423 00:23:10,380 --> 00:23:12,440 THIS FLOODED RIVER IS NO PLACE TO BE 424 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:14,960 WITH WATER LEVELS RISING SO QUICKLY. 425 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,260 I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS CANYON AND FAST. 426 00:23:17,420 --> 00:23:20,040 THE JUNGLE VINES COULD BE AN ESCAPE ROUTE, 427 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,180 BUT IT WILL TAKE GUTS TO GET UP THERE. 428 00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:26,100 VERY NICE IF YOU HAD TO USE -- IF WE HAD TO USE THESE CREEPERS. 429 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:27,960 SEE THERE? 430 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,960 SHE RUN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CANYON ROOF. 431 00:23:31,220 --> 00:23:32,200 ( SPITS )@@@@ 432 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:37,980 I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG THEY'RE GONNA BE, THOUGH. 433 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,140 LET'S TRY THIS ONE. LET'S GET A BIG ONE. 434 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:42,020 I'M OUT OF THE WATER, 435 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,260 BUT THERE'S NO WAY OF TELLING WHERE THESE CREEPERS END 436 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:46,200 OR WHAT THEY'RE ATTACHED TO. 437 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:48,040 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 438 00:23:48,180 --> 00:23:51,980 JUST A BIT WORRIED WHETHER THESE ARE GONNA KEEP HOLDING ME. 439 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:56,960 BUT IT'S GETTING THINNER AS I GET HIGHER. 440 00:23:57,340 --> 00:23:58,280 ( EXHALES HEAVILY ) 441 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,280 I CAN'T SEE BEYOND THE OVERHANG, 442 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,400 SO THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL HOW MUCH FURTHER I'VE GOT TO GO. 443 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,120 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 444 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,980 THIS IS KILLING -- KILLING ON THE ARMS. 445 00:24:13,380 --> 00:24:15,200 HANGING LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG 446 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,040 IS PUTTING INCREDIBLE STRAIN ON MY UPPER BODY. 447 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,320 MY ARMS ARE ABSOLUTELY SCREAMING. 448 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,100 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 449 00:24:25,220 --> 00:24:27,140 STILL ABOUT TWO METERS SHORT 450 00:24:27,180 --> 00:24:29,180 OF WHERE I CAN GET A GOOD... 451 00:24:30,220 --> 00:24:34,320 FOOTHOLD FOR MY FEET, AND THEN I CAN REST MY FOREARMS. 452 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,240 THIS IS HARD, HARD WORK. 453 00:24:41,420 --> 00:24:45,040 I'M DANGLING 90 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND ON A THIN VINE, 454 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,360 AND I'M NOT EVEN HALFWAY UP. 455 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:51,300 I'VE NEVER LOOKED AT SOMETHING AND JUST FELT SO FAR AWAY. 456 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,320 TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THIS WILL TAKE EVERYTHING I'VE GOT. 457 00:25:15,220 --> 00:25:16,400 I'M HANGING FROM A CREEPER 458 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,180 90 FOOT ABOVE A RAGING TROPICAL RIVER 459 00:25:19,260 --> 00:25:21,160 IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 460 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:23,160 STILL ABOUT TWO METERS SHORT 461 00:25:23,260 --> 00:25:28,020 OF WHERE I CAN GET A FOOTHOLD FOR MY FEET, 462 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:30,960 AND THEN I CAN REST MY FOREARMS. 463 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,160 THIS IS HARD, HARD WORK. 464 00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:40,020 CLIMBING LIKE THIS 465 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:42,160 MEANS MY ARMS ARE CONSTANTLY ABOVE MY HEAD. 466 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,380 THE BLOOD DRAINS FROM WHERE I NEED IT MOST -- 467 00:25:44,420 --> 00:25:46,080 IN MY ARM MUSCLES. 468 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,180 AND I'M GETTING WEAKER BY THE MINUTE. 469 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,340 WELL, THEY ARE JUST ON PROPER FIRE. 470 00:25:51,980 --> 00:25:54,260 ( PANTING ) 471 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,280 I'M PROBABLY ABOUT HALFWAY UP THIS NOW. 472 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,420 AND I'VE NEVER LOOKED AT SOMETHING 473 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,100 AND JUST FELT SO FAR AWAY. 474 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,960 FROM THE BOTTOM, THIS CLIMB LOOKED QUITE STRAIGHTFORWARD, 475 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,320 BUT NOW THAT I'M HALFWAY UP IT, 476 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:13,420 I REALIZE I'VE TAKEN ON A BIT OF A MONSTER. 477 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,180 THE ONLY SOLUTION -- BREAK IT DOWN INTO SMALL SECTIONS, 478 00:26:17,220 --> 00:26:20,020 THEN MAKE YOUR WAY UP SLOWLY, BIT BY BIT. 479 00:26:20,380 --> 00:26:24,100 OKAY, THAT'S THE NEXT SIX-FOOT SECTION DONE. 480 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,060 AND THE ARMS AREN'T ANY BETTER. 481 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:30,180 FINALLY, I REACH A PLACE TO CATCH MY BREATH 482 00:26:30,220 --> 00:26:31,300 AND REST MY ARMS. 483 00:26:31,420 --> 00:26:35,240 I'M A LONG WAY UP, BUT AT LAST, I CAN SEE THE WAY AHEAD. 484 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,020 THIS IS A BIT OF A PRECARIOUS REST PLACE. 485 00:26:38,420 --> 00:26:40,940 BUT AT LEAST I'M LEANING AGAINST THESE VINES 486 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,940 TO GET SOME BLOOD BACK INTO THE FOREARMS. 487 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:48,280 PROBABLY ANOTHER 30 FOOT, I'M OVER THE TOP. 488 00:27:04,420 --> 00:27:07,400 IT'S ME OVER THE LIP OF THIS THING -- 489 00:27:08,420 --> 00:27:12,020 ONE VERY TIRED BEAR. 490 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:15,340 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 491 00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:24,040 I'VE MADE IT OUT OF THE WATER JUST IN TIME FOR THE RAIN. 492 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,200 THIS IS WHERE I THOUGHT I'D GET A CHANCE TO GET DRY. 493 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,320 THIS TROPICAL STORM'S MOVED IN. 494 00:27:31,060 --> 00:27:32,220 ( THUNDER CRASHES ) 495 00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:34,420 BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUNGLE LIVING, EH? 496 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,040 NIGHT FALLS QUICKLY IN THE TROPICS. 497 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,200 I WANT TO MAKE CAMP WHILE THERE'S STILL SOME LIGHT. 498 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,400 WELL, IF WE TUCK IN UNDER THIS, 499 00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:46,340 I'M OUT OF THE RAIN HERE. 500 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:50,980 ACTUALLY, LOOK, THIS CAN ACT AS A BIT OF A BOLLARD. 501 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,140 AND ALSO AROUND HERE. 502 00:27:54,180 --> 00:27:57,260 SEE IF I MAKE A JUNGLE HAMMOCK OUT OF SOME VINES. 503 00:27:57,340 --> 00:27:59,180 IT'S GETTING DARKER BY THE MINUTE. 504 00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:01,040 I NEED TO QUICKLY SLING A HAMMOCK 505 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,100 TO KEEP ME OFF THE JUNGLE FLOOR. 506 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:07,120 THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE CLEMATIS VINE, WHICH IS GREAT. 507 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,320 LOOK AT ALL THIS BARK ON THIS. 508 00:28:10,060 --> 00:28:11,940 IT'S REALLY NICE, TENDER. 509 00:28:12,020 --> 00:28:13,240 YOU CAN FLUFF IT UP. 510 00:28:13,420 --> 00:28:16,060 I'LL GET THIS ONE OUT. STEP BACK A BIT. 511 00:28:16,260 --> 00:28:19,240 CREEPERS LIKE THIS GROW HIGH INTO THE JUNGLE CANOPY. 512 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:21,040 WHEN YOU'RE PULLING THEM DOWN, 513 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,180 WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES AND DEADFALL. 514 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:27,420 OKAY, THAT'S GONNA DO THE JOB NICELY. 515 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,220 LET'S GET THIS BACK TO CAMP.!!!! 516 00:28:30,060 --> 00:28:33,000 A SIMPLE REEF KNOT TIES MY CREEPER TO THE ROCK. 517 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,180 @AROUND THE BACK... 518 00:28:36,940 --> 00:28:37,420 #OH, GOD. 519 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,160 ...WITHOUT CLOBBERING YOURSELF IN THE FACE. 520 00:28:40,940 --> 00:28:43,040 #OKAY, THAT'S THE OUTER FRAME OF IT. 521 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:46,280 AND THEN YOU WANT TO START WEAVING CRISSCROSS 522 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,980 ALL THE WAY DOWN THIS. 523 00:28:58,020 --> 00:29:01,180 #AND THAT RAIN HAS REALLY SET IN NOW. 524 00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:03,340 I'M QUITE GLAD TO BE UNDER THIS OVERHANG. 525 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:05,060 !!HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. 526 00:29:05,420 --> 00:29:07,340 #OKAY, BINGO, THAT'S WORKING. 527 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,340 GONNA GO AND GET A FIRE GOING. 528 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,080 FIND SOME FIREWOOD. 529 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,120 OH, LOOK, IT'S ALL KOPI FRUIT. 530 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,420 I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M GONNA USE THAT FOR LATER. 531 00:29:20,980 --> 00:29:23,040 STARTING A FIRE IN THIS TORRENTIAL RAIN 532 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:24,240 IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE. 533 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,140 BUT THERE'S A SUPPLY OF DRY OF TINDER UNDER THE OVERHANG, 534 00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:28,100 OUT OF THE RAIN. 535 00:29:28,220 --> 00:29:30,360 AND LOOK, I'VE GOT ALL OF THIS. IT'S NICE AND DRY. 536 00:29:31,020 --> 00:29:33,260 DEAD WOOD ALREADY UNDER THE LEDGE. 537 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,400 I USE THIS AS TINDER. 538 00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:39,360 OKAY, I'VE GOT A FIRE GOING. 539 00:29:40,140 --> 00:29:41,140 ( THUNDER CRASHES ) 540 00:29:41,220 --> 00:29:44,360 MAN, THE HEAVENS HAVE JUST OPENED. 541 00:29:45,340 --> 00:29:49,120 AND I'M JUST GONNA PUT SOME OF THESE KOPI FRUIT 542 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:50,960 ON TOP OF THE FIRE. 543 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,000 AND THIS IS WHAT THE TAINO PEOPLE USED TO BURN 544 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,380 AS A WAY OF KEEPING THE MOSQUITOES AWAY. 545 00:29:58,060 --> 00:30:01,120 AND I'LL TELL YOU, I WILL TRY ANYTHING. 546 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:02,980 I'VE GOT A HAMMOCK. 547 00:30:03,140 --> 00:30:04,200 I'VE GOT FIRE. 548 00:30:04,940 --> 00:30:08,320 BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY DRENCHED THROUGH, 549 00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:11,220 AND THIS TROPICAL STORM DOES NOT LOOK 550 00:30:11,260 --> 00:30:14,140 LIKE IT'S GONNA PASS IN A HURRY. 551 00:30:26,260 --> 00:30:28,420 WELL, THE RAIN'S EASED OFF A BIT. 552 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,200 IT'S DEFINITELY SORT OF DRIZZLING, 553 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,100 AND I'M DEFINITELY STILL PRETTY SODDEN. 554 00:30:36,300 --> 00:30:38,100 AND IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE COLD UP HERE. 555 00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:40,060 YOU'RE IN THE HUMID FOREST QUITE HIGH UP. 556 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:42,140 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN 557 00:30:42,180 --> 00:30:43,300 IN THE WHOLE OF THE CARIBBEAN. 558 00:30:44,380 --> 00:30:47,060 AND WITH THE ALTITUDE COMES THE COLD. 559 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,420 WHEN YOU'RE WET, THAT'S MADE WORSE. 560 00:30:50,380 --> 00:30:53,280 AND TO BE HONEST, I'M QUITE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MORNING. 561 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:56,300 BUT THE HAMMOCK'S HOLDING UP, WHICH IS GOOD. 562 00:30:57,220 --> 00:31:01,140 SO AT LEAST I'M OFF THE JUNGLE FLOOR. 563 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,100 BUT TRY AND GET SOME SLEEP. 564 00:31:07,980 --> 00:31:10,180 THE IMPROVISED SHELTER SERVED ITS PURPOSE. 565 00:31:10,220 --> 00:31:13,240 WELL-RESTED, I'M READY TO FACE ANOTHER DAY IN THE JUNGLE. 566 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,300 I MANAGED TO DRY OUT A BIT NOW. 567 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,000 STOPPED RAINING, 568 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,260 BUT I WAS PRETTY GLAD I WAS OFF THE JUNGLE FLOOR LAST NIGHT. 569 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:26,360 LOOK, HE'S BEEN WANDERING AROUND MY WOODPILE THIS MORNING. 570 00:31:27,980 --> 00:31:29,340 BUT HE SEEMS QUITE HAPPY THERE. 571 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:32,960 BUT ACTUALLY, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM OUT TO SHOW YOU. 572 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,280 NATIVE TO THE CARIBBEAN, 573 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,100 THE GIANT BIRD-EATING TARANTULA HAS TWO-CENTIMETER-LONG FANGS, 574 00:31:39,260 --> 00:31:42,320 WHICH CAN PIERCE THE SKIN AND INJECT PARALYZING VENOM, 575 00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:44,300 WHICH LIQUIFIES BODY TISSUE. 576 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,240 THERE WE GO. LOOK, YOU CAN SEE HIM THERE. 577 00:31:46,380 --> 00:31:48,380 NOT AGGRESSIVE IF HANDLED CORRECTLY, 578 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,340 BUT WHEN THREATENED, TARANTULAS RISE ON THEIR BACK LEGS 579 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,940 AND SHOW THEIR FANGS BEFORE STRIKING. 580 00:31:54,140 --> 00:31:57,260 THEY CAN ALSO SHOOT HAIR DARTS AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM. 581 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,040 WHAT CAN BE NASTY ABOUT THESE TARANTULAS 582 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,340 IS JUST THESE LITTLE HAIRS ON THEIR LEGS. 583 00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:06,240 THEY'RE CALLED URTICATING HAIRS. 584 00:32:06,980 --> 00:32:09,300 AND IF THEY'RE THREATENED, THEY SHED THOSE HAIRS, 585 00:32:09,420 --> 00:32:12,420 AND THEY IRRITATE, GET INTO THE LUNGS, A PREDATOR'S THROAT. 586 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,240 GENERALLY, IT WILL LEAVE THEM ALONE THEN. 587 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,980 I ALWAYS REMEMBER URTICATING HAIRS 588 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,160 'CAUSE THEY "URT" ( Hurt ). 589 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,960 WHAT HAS HE GOT. LET'S BRING HIM DOWN OFF HERE. 590 00:32:24,260 --> 00:32:28,160 AND WHEN THEY BITE, THEY HAVE THESE PINCERS IN ITS FRONT -- 591 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,120 LIKE THAT, TWO FANGS. 592 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,240 HE'LL STRIKE. WATCH OUT. 593 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:34,240 AND BITE YOU. 594 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,280 WHOA, GOSH, YOU WANT SOME OF ME THEN. 595 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,260 I DON'T WANT HIM TO GET AWAY. 596 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,400 HE, FOR ME, IS GONNA BE BREAKFAST. 597 00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:54,940 I'M IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 598 00:32:54,980 --> 00:32:56,320 SHOWING YOU HOW TO SURVIVE THE JUNGLE 599 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,080 IN THE HEART OF THE HURRICANE SEASON. 600 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,940 I'VE KILLED A BIRD-EATING TARANTULA. 601 00:33:00,980 --> 00:33:02,300 NOW I'M COOKING IT FOR BREAKFAST. 602 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,920 IT'S NOT QUITE...DANISH PASTRIES AND CROISSANT, 603 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,040 BUT...OUT HERE... 604 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,140 IT'S A PRETTY GOOD BREAKFAST. 605 00:33:12,180 --> 00:33:14,220 THE FLAMES REMOVE THE IRRITATING HAIRS 606 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:15,360 AND COOK THE FLESH. 607 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:17,240 AND, YEAH, ALL THOSE HAIRS OFF. 608 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,920 NOW LET'S TRY A BIT OF THIS. 609 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,340 AND JUST LOOK -- YOU CAN SEE THE MEAT... 610 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,080 INSIDE IT THERE. 611 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,960 ( CRUNCHING ) 612 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,980 AND, ACTUALLY, IT'S GOT QUITE A LOT OF MEAT ON IT. 613 00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:40,060 NOT BAD-TASTING... 614 00:33:41,140 --> 00:33:42,100 FOR A SPIDER. 615 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,000 THIS CAMP HAS SERVED ME WELL, 616 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,020 BUT IT'S TIME TO FACE THE JUNGLE AGAIN. 617 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,920 THE GROUND IS STEEP HERE, 618 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,160 BUT I KNOW TO THE NORTH THERE'S A LARGE PLATEAU. 619 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:54,040 WITH MILES OF FERTILE LAND, 620 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,920 IT'S SCATTERED WITH SMALL FARMS. 621 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,360 GET LOST HERE, AND THIS COULD BE YOUR BEST CHANCE 622 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,240 OF FINDING CIVILIZATION. 623 00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:02,260 OH, IT'S A PRINGAMOSA. 624 00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:05,060 BRUSH UP AGAINST THIS ALONG YOUR FACE -- 625 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:07,060 GONNA BRING YOU ON A NASTY BLISTER. 626 00:34:07,140 --> 00:34:08,180 YOU RECOGNIZE IT -- 627 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,300 GOT THESE LITTLE HORNS ALL OVER THE LEAVES. 628 00:34:11,340 --> 00:34:13,960 AND IF YOU COME OUT UNDERNEATH IT, 629 00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:17,300 YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE SPIKES THE WHOLE WAY DOWN THE STEM. 630 00:34:17,340 --> 00:34:19,240 THAT'S WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TOUCHING. 631 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,200 LET'S GIVE THAT ONE A WIDE BERTH. 632 00:34:21,380 --> 00:34:23,120 KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY MORE AROUND HERE. 633 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,100 THEY'LL OFTEN GROW TOGETHER. 634 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,160 THE PRINGAMOSA IS BAD ENOUGH, BUT WORSE STILL, 635 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:34,100 THE THICK VEGETATION'S HOME TO VENOMOUS SCORPIONS AND SNAKES. 636 00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:37,100 AAH! 637 00:34:38,380 --> 00:34:40,220 BUT AHEAD IS A CLEARING. 638 00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:42,040 IT'S A DRY RIVERBED. 639 00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:43,280 FORMED BY FLASH FLOODS, 640 00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:46,020 IT'S LIKE NATURE'S HIGHWAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE. 641 00:34:46,240 --> 00:34:49,980 AND THIS, IN A FLOOD, WOULD BE UP ABOVE MY HEAD. 642 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,060 AND THAT'S WHY THESE RAGING TORRENTS ARE SUCH KILLERS. 643 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,180 BUT IT'S A PLACE TO WALK IN TO GET UP THE MOUNTAINS. 644 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,360 IT'S GREAT. 645 00:35:03,380 --> 00:35:06,920 YOU'LL OFTEN FIND UNDERGROUND WATER IN DRY RIVERBEDS, 646 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:08,940 BUT DIGGING TAKES TIME AND EFFORT. 647 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:09,960 HERE IN THE JUNGLE, 648 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,980 THERE'S A FAR EASIER WAY TO GET A DRINK. 649 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,400 THAT'S A WATER VINE, THIS ONE. 650 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,320 RECOGNIZABLE BY THEIR OAKLIKE BARK, 651 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,340 WATER VINES CAN BE LIFESAVERS. 652 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,220 WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS CUT IT AT THE BOTTOM END... 653 00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:26,260 AND LIKE THAT -- LOOK. 654 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,180 AND YOU WON'T SEE ANY WATER COME OUT UNTIL -- 655 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,160 IT'S LIKE HAVING YOUR FINGER OVER A STRAW -- 656 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:37,100 UNTIL I CUT UP HERE AND LET SOME AIR INTO THOSE CAPILLARIES. 657 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,220 YOU'LL SEE THAT RUNNING OUT. 658 00:35:43,060 --> 00:35:45,040 AS LONG AS THE SAP'S CLEAR... 659 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,300 IT'S GOOD TO DRINK. 660 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,220 FOLLOWING THE DRY RIVER TAKES ME NORTH. 661 00:35:53,940 --> 00:35:56,960 THE DESTRUCTION LEFT BY RECENT STORMS IS CLEAR TO SEE. 662 00:35:57,140 --> 00:35:59,200 THE FOREST FLOOR'S LITTERED WITH HEAVY BOULDERS 663 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:00,980 AND HUGE TREE TRUNKS. 664 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,980 THIS RIVERBED IS JUST RUNNING INTO A BIT OF A DEAD END. 665 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,300 LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY A LANDSLIDE. 666 00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:14,260 ALL THE FLOODING WATER COMES DOWN, UNDERCUTS IT -- 667 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,400 YOU GET HUGE BOULDERS COLLAPSING. 668 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,360 ACTUALLY, IT'S ONE JUST HUGE TREE ROOT. 669 00:36:20,940 --> 00:36:24,020 SEE THE TREE UP THERE RUNNING DOWN THE OUTSIDE, 670 00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:25,940 CLINGING TO ALL OF THIS ROCK? 671 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:30,240 I SEE IT'S QUITE STRONG. 672 00:36:33,380 --> 00:36:34,960 BUT SLIPPY. 673 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,360 TREE ROOTS AND VINES VARY IN STRENGTH, 674 00:36:38,060 --> 00:36:40,240 SO TEST THEM BEFORE YOU PUT ALL OF YOUR WEIGHT ON THEM. 675 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:41,300 COME ON. 676 00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:44,360 YOU WANT TO BE PRETTY CERTAIN OF EACH HOLD 677 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,320 AND ALSO WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS. 678 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,340 ALL OF THESE TINY LITTLE POCKETS -- 679 00:36:50,060 --> 00:36:52,100 SOME OF THOSE NOOKS AND CRANNIES, 680 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,040 YOU GET THE BLACK WIDOWS AND THE TARANTULAS. 681 00:36:55,140 --> 00:36:56,280 WATCH OUT FOR THAT. 682 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:00,100 OKAY, IT'S GOOD TO CLIMB UP THERE STRAIGHT UP. 683 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,000 THIS RUGGED LANDSCAPE IS THROWING EVERYTHING AT ME, 684 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:05,300 AND IT HASN'T FINISHED YET. 685 00:37:05,340 --> 00:37:08,160 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. THAT IS MUCH BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT. 686 00:37:08,340 --> 00:37:12,340 THAT MUST BE 70 OR 80 FOOT ALL THE WAY DOWN. 687 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,160 I'M IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 688 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,020 HEADING NORTH THROUGH THE JUNGLE. 689 00:37:26,180 --> 00:37:28,140 SOMEWHERE AHEAD, THERE'S A LARGE PLATEAU. 690 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:30,240 IT'S SCATTERED WITH SMALL HABITATIONS. 691 00:37:30,380 --> 00:37:34,120 THIS MAY BE YOUR BEST CHANCE OF FINDING PEOPLE AND A WAY OUT. 692 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:40,340 HERE YOU GO. LOOK, LOOK. 693 00:37:40,940 --> 00:37:41,360 THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. 694 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,080 THAT'S A WILD FOWL, SEE, GOING UP THAT LOG. 695 00:37:45,340 --> 00:37:48,000 IT'S NO SURPRISE TO FIND WILD FOWL HERE. 696 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,920 BANISHED SETTLERS BROUGHT EUROPEAN LIVESTOCK HERE 697 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,100 500 YEARS AGO. 698 00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:56,120 GOATS, BOAR, AND CHICKENS HAVE ALL MADE THE ISLAND THEIR HOME. 699 00:37:57,340 --> 00:37:59,940 YOU MUST ALWAYS GAIN MORE ENERGY FROM A KILL 700 00:37:59,980 --> 00:38:01,120 THAN YOU LOSE HUNTING IT. 701 00:38:01,940 --> 00:38:03,380 FOWL ARE NOTORIOUSLY HARD TO CATCH, 702 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,080 BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF MEAT, SO IT'S WORTH A GO. 703 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,160 ( CRACK, CLUCKING ) WHOA! 704 00:38:11,220 --> 00:38:12,920 THEY'RE CRAFTY. 705 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:14,940 LET HIM CALM DOWN A BIT. 706 00:38:14,980 --> 00:38:16,980 IT'S TEMPTING TO TRY AND RUN THEM DOWN, 707 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,200 BUT THE FOWL ARE TOO FAST AND TOO NIMBLE. 708 00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:22,320 ( CLUCKING ) 709 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,060 A SLOW, STEALTHY APPROACH IS BEST. 710 00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:33,040 JUST GET AT THE TOP OF THIS, AND LOOK. 711 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,080 NOW IT'S DOWN THERE. 712 00:38:41,380 --> 00:38:43,080 ( SQUAWKS ) 713 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,120 THIS MEAT CONTAINS BACTERIA AND PARASITES. 714 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,000 IT'S VITAL YOU COOK THEM THOROUGHLY. 715 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,900 IF THERE'S STILL PINK IN THE MIDDLE, 716 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,180 GET IT BACK ON THE FIRE. 717 00:38:56,220 --> 00:38:59,940 IT'S GOOD, LEAN MEAT, GOOD PROTEIN -- 718 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,340 DEFINITELY WORTH THE HUNT. 719 00:39:04,340 --> 00:39:07,280 AS I RISE HIGHER, I ENTER A NEW LANDSCAPE. 720 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,980 HERE RAZOR-SHARP LIMESTONE DOMINATES THE TERRAIN. 721 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,220 HAVE TO REALLY WATCH WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR FEET. 722 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:18,320 ALL OF THIS LIMESTONE IS SO ERODED 723 00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:21,140 THAT YOU WANT TO STICK ON THE ROCKS. 724 00:39:22,940 --> 00:39:26,200 ALL OF THIS IS JUST MULCH COVERING BIG HOLES. 725 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:27,940 LOOK AT THAT ONE THERE. 726 00:39:28,380 --> 00:39:29,300 BRUTAL. 727 00:39:31,140 --> 00:39:32,980 Man: (BLEEP) (BLEEP) 728 00:39:33,180 --> 00:39:34,900 YOU ALL RIGHT? 729 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:35,900 YEAH. 730 00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:38,380 YOU CUT IT. 731 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:47,140 JUST REALLY, REALLY STEADY ON THAT STEP. 732 00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:52,220 AHEAD, I CAN SEE A BRIGHT AREA THROUGH THE TREES. 733 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:53,900 IT COULD BE A CLEARING. 734 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,100 BUT THE LAND IS STARTING TO FALL AWAY. 735 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,100 IT'S SLIPPERY AND STEEP -- TOO STEEP. 736 00:39:59,180 --> 00:40:00,120 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 737 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,160 THAT IS MUCH BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT. 738 00:40:02,380 --> 00:40:04,240 LOOK AT THAT. YOU SEE DOWN THERE? 739 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:10,060 THAT MUST BE 70 OR 80 FOOT ALL THE WAY DOWN. 740 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,140 LONG ROOTS ARE DANGLING DOWN THE FACE. 741 00:40:14,220 --> 00:40:16,920 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. 742 00:40:17,140 --> 00:40:18,220 THAT COULD BE A WAY OFF HERE. 743 00:40:18,260 --> 00:40:20,980 AND THIS ONE'S A NICE -- LOOK. THIS ONE'S A NICE BIG ONE. 744 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:23,920 THEY'RE LIKE A NATURAL FIREMAN'S POLE. 745 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:24,380 SEE THAT? 746 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:26,380 OKAY, I'M GONNA GO FOR THIS. 747 00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:28,300 I CAN... 748 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:38,060 YOU CAN SEE DOWN IT -- DOWN THERE. 749 00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:41,100 THE ROOT IS COVERED IN ROUGH BARK. 750 00:40:41,140 --> 00:40:42,980 IT'S NO EASY DESCENT. 751 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:44,020 WAH. 752 00:40:44,940 --> 00:40:49,080 QUITE SORE ON THE... FAMILY JEWELS. 753 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:50,120 OOH. 754 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:52,160 AY. 755 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,980 AS I HEAD LOWER, THE ROOT GETS THINNER AND THINNER. 756 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,080 I CAN'T HANG AROUND TOO LONG, BUT I NEED A BREAK. 757 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:03,260 WRAP YOUR LEGS AROUND, ONE FOOT UNDER THE OTHER, 758 00:41:03,980 --> 00:41:08,260 AND THEN SQUEEZE, AND THAT JUST...LOCKS ME. 759 00:41:08,940 --> 00:41:11,200 TRY AND GET SOME BLOOD BACK INTO ME ARMS AGAIN. 760 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,900 ALSO, MY FINGERS ARE REALLY PRETTY RUBBED RAW 761 00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:18,300 FROM THOSE VINES YESTERDAY. 762 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,140 NOW FOR THE FINAL PUSH. 763 00:41:23,340 --> 00:41:26,340 I JUST HAVE TO HOPE THIS CREEPER HOLDS MY WEIGHT. 764 00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:30,100 ( GRUNTS ) 765 00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:34,920 OKAY, DOWN OFF THAT CREEPER. 766 00:41:35,940 --> 00:41:39,140 AND IT IS LOOKING -- LOOKING CLEAR HERE. 767 00:41:39,180 --> 00:41:40,120 THIS IS GOOD. 768 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,120 THE JUNGLE FLOOR IS SLOPING AWAY 769 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,100 AND THE TREES STARTING TO THIN OUT. 770 00:41:48,140 --> 00:41:49,360 OH, THIS IS CLEARING. 771 00:41:50,340 --> 00:41:53,040 AS THE LIGHT LEADS ME OUT OFF THE HILLSIDE, 772 00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:54,200 OPEN FARMLAND AHEAD 773 00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:57,040 TELLS ME I'M GETTING CLOSER TO CIVILIZATION. 774 00:41:59,380 --> 00:42:02,120 THIS IS DEFINITELY ALL FARMLAND HERE. 775 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,220 AND THIS PATH'S GONNA LEAD ME -- LEAD ME OUT OF HERE. 776 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,080 AND THERE'S EVEN AN AVOCADO. 777 00:42:12,380 --> 00:42:16,160 THAT'S MORE LIKE CARIBBEAN PARADISE.