1 00:00:10,420 --> 00:00:12,240 WHOO! I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,020 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:17,140 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:17,220 --> 00:00:18,360 WHOO! 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,420 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 6 00:00:20,460 --> 00:00:23,120 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,280 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 8 00:00:26,420 --> 00:00:28,480 I'M HEADING INTO HELLS CANYON, 9 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:31,240 ON THE BORDER BETWEEN OREGON AND IDAHO. 10 00:00:31,380 --> 00:00:34,260 IT'S ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE WILDERNESS AREAS IN THE U.S. -- 11 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,240 300 SQUARE MILES OF TREACHEROUS MOUNTAINS, SNOW, AND ICE... 12 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:43,200 CAN YOU SEE IT? IT'S JUST THERE TO OUR RIGHT. 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,040 ...AND SOME OF THE MOST FEROCIOUS RAPIDS 14 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,280 I'VE EVER TACKLED. 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,460 THIS IS GONNA BE A WILD ONE. 16 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:03,120 THIS IS HELLS CANYON, 17 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:07,260 AND IT'S THE DEEPEST RIVER GORGE IN AMERICA, SEVERAL MILES DEEP, 18 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:11,180 AND THERE'S NOT A ROAD ACROSS IT FOR OVER 100 MILES. 19 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,200 I'M GONNA BE DROPPED 8,500 FOOT UP 20 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,220 ON THE IDAHO SIDE OF THE CANYON, 21 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:18,060 TRAVEL DOWN TO THE SNAKE RIVER, 22 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:20,120 AND FINISH UP OVER THE BORDER IN OREGON. 23 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,360 THE WEATHER HERE HAS JUST BEEN TERRIBLE, 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,080 AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING ME THE WINTER'S COMING EARLY. 25 00:01:26,180 --> 00:01:28,200 THIS IS GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE. 26 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:32,200 THERE'S BEEN OVER 18 INCHES OF SNOW ON THESE MOUNTAINS 27 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,440 IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. 28 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,160 THE WEATHER'S BEEN SO BAD, 29 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,020 WE'VE HAD TO WAIT A WEEK TO MAKE THIS FLIGHT. 30 00:01:38,220 --> 00:01:40,260 I'VE GOT TO TOUCH DOWN AND GET MOVING 31 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,440 BEFORE THE WEATHER CLOSES IN AGAIN. 32 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,480 THE TEMPERATURE IS HOVERING AROUND FREEZING, 33 00:01:53,060 --> 00:01:56,340 BUT A 10-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND CAN MAKE IT FEEL ABOUT 10 BELOW. 34 00:01:57,220 --> 00:02:00,080 MAN, IT'S COLD! WHOO! 35 00:02:01,060 --> 00:02:03,140 SOME BLOOD BACK INTO MY HANDS. 36 00:02:03,340 --> 00:02:05,140 OKAY, LET'S GET GOING. 37 00:02:06,420 --> 00:02:09,220 BETWEEN ME AND THE SNAKE RIVER A MILE BELOW 38 00:02:09,260 --> 00:02:12,020 ARE HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF SNOW-COVERED FOREST. 39 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,320 BEYOND THE TREE LINE LIE HUGE VALLEYS AND GULLIES. 40 00:02:15,380 --> 00:02:17,460 IT'S A VAST, EMPTY WILDERNESS. 41 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,140 IT'S REALLY JUST SO DISORIENTATING, 42 00:02:23,180 --> 00:02:27,040 AND IT'S JUST TREES AND TREES LADEN WITH DEEP SNOW. 43 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,300 IT KIND OF ALL -- ALL JUST LOOKS THE SAME. 44 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,100 JUST KEEP HEADING STRAIGHT IN THAT DIRECTION. 45 00:02:36,260 --> 00:02:38,480 ON MOUNTAINOUS GROUND, IN GOOD WEATHER, 46 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:41,060 YOU MIGHT AVERAGE ABOUT TWO MILES AN HOUR. 47 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,300 IN SNOW LIKE THIS, YOU CAN HALVE THAT. 48 00:02:44,260 --> 00:02:45,420 YEAH, IT'S JUST DRAINING -- 49 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:48,400 NOT ONLY DEEP, BUT IT COVERS UP EVERYTHING. 50 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:51,160 IT MEANS YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE 51 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,100 WHAT YOU'RE STANDING ON ALWAYS. 52 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,140 EARLIER THIS YEAR, TWO SNOWMOBILERS WERE UP HERE 53 00:02:58,180 --> 00:03:00,000 WHEN THEY GOT SEPARATED IN A STORM. 54 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:03,020 ONE GOT TRAPPED AND HAD TO DIG A SNOW CAVE. 55 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,200 TWO DAYS LATER, SUFFERING FROM FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA, 56 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,300 HE WAS RESCUED BY HELICOPTER. 57 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,080 WITH THESE SORT OF LONG DISTANCES, 58 00:03:12,260 --> 00:03:15,380 THINGS ARE ALL ABOUT JUST PACING YOURSELF 59 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,380 AND BREAKING THINGS DOWN INTO SMALL, BITE-SIZE CHUNKS, 60 00:03:18,420 --> 00:03:20,180 REACHING THAT GOAL... 61 00:03:21,220 --> 00:03:23,180 AND THEN PICKING THE NEXT ONE. 62 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,260 THE SHEER SCALE OF HELLS CANYON IS HARD TO COMPREHEND. 63 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:31,300 ONCE I'VE GOT THROUGH THE TREE LINE, 64 00:03:31,380 --> 00:03:34,460 I FINALLY GET A GLIMPSE OF THE IMMENSE EMPTINESS AHEAD. 65 00:03:40,060 --> 00:03:43,400 LOOK AT THIS -- PRETTY MASSIVE LANDSCAPE. 66 00:03:44,380 --> 00:03:48,320 YOU SEE ALL THESE VERY DEEP CANYONS. 67 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:52,060 AND WHAT'S GONNA MAKE IT TRICKY IS -- YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT -- 68 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:54,360 ALSO THESE VERY STEEP TERRACES 69 00:03:54,460 --> 00:03:57,300 AND THEN THESE SHEER CLIFFS JUST OVER AND OVER AGAIN, 70 00:03:57,340 --> 00:04:00,400 TERRACE AND CLIFFS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. 71 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,160 BELOW THE SNOW LINE AT 8,000 FOOT, 72 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,000 THE GOING'S NOT ANY EASIER. 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,200 THE CLIFFS AND TERRACES CONCEAL ANY POSSIBLE ROUTE DOWN, 74 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:12,280 AND THE TERRAIN HAD JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT TOUGHER. 75 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,460 ICE FORMING IN THE POROUS SANDSTONE 76 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,320 SHATTERS THE ROCK. 77 00:04:20,420 --> 00:04:22,440 THE TECHNICAL TERM IS FRIABLE. 78 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:25,220 THE NONTECHNICAL TERM IS TREACHEROUS. 79 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,280 THIS IS ALL JUST CRAZY LOOSE. 80 00:04:30,140 --> 00:04:33,300 HANG ON. THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS. 81 00:04:34,180 --> 00:04:37,360 I NEED SOMETHING TO HELP ME GET DOWNHILL SAFER AND FASTER, 82 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,280 SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP ME BALANCE 83 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,240 AND TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF MY KNEES. 84 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,080 I NEED A STICK, AND A BIG ONE. 85 00:04:45,220 --> 00:04:48,180 YOU CAN SEE HOW TOUGH THIS WOOD IS. 86 00:04:48,420 --> 00:04:51,200 AND IT'S BECAUSE FIRES MOVE THROUGH HERE, 87 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,300 AND ALL OF THIS HAS BECOME FIRE-HARDENED. 88 00:04:54,340 --> 00:04:57,340 IT'S HAD THE MOISTURE BURNT OUT OF IT, 89 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,280 WHICH MEANS IT IS VERY STRONG. 90 00:05:01,020 --> 00:05:02,280 THAT MIGHT GO, ACTUALLY. 91 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,140 THE TOUGHENED POLE WILL TAKE MY WEIGHT 92 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,220 AND HOPEFULLY HELP ME GET DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. 93 00:05:12,420 --> 00:05:14,140 THIS SHOULD WORK. 94 00:05:14,260 --> 00:05:16,300 TOSS US THAT LITTLE CAMERA. 95 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:18,280 GOT IT. 96 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:24,200 I'VE GOT TO PICK MY LANDING SPOT WITH CARE, 97 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,120 AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS GRACEFUL. 98 00:05:27,380 --> 00:05:28,380 BUT USING THE POLE 99 00:05:28,420 --> 00:05:30,260 MEANS I CAN RUN DOWN EIGHT-FOOT CLIFFS 100 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,040 RATHER THAN CLIMB THEM. 101 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:36,180 I CAN AVOID THE LOOSE BOULDERS AND KEEP MOVING QUICKLY. 102 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:41,460 ACTUALLY, THIS IS WORKING QUITE NICELY. 103 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,080 YOU JUST FIND A BALANCE POINT AND VAULT ACROSS. 104 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,000 IT'S WORKING. 105 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:54,280 I'VE ALREADY COME DOWN SEVERAL HUNDRED FOOT, 106 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,180 AND ON THE SCREE, I CAN USE THE POLE AS A BRAKE 107 00:05:57,220 --> 00:05:59,160 TO HELP ME BALANCE. 108 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,380 I RECKON I'VE INVENTED A WHOLE NEW SPORT HERE -- 109 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,140 MOUNTAIN POLING. 110 00:06:08,260 --> 00:06:09,260 OKAY. 111 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:15,340 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE IS A CARCASS. 112 00:06:15,460 --> 00:06:17,000 ( GRUNTING ) 113 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,080 IT'S A DEAD DEER. 114 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:20,440 IT MUST BE ABOUT A WEEK OLD. 115 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,400 IT'S BEEN PICKED OVER BY COYOTES AND CARRION BIRDS, 116 00:06:24,180 --> 00:06:26,080 AND THE MEAT SMELLS ROTTEN. 117 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,240 YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE MEAT HAS GONE OFF THIS, 118 00:06:32,140 --> 00:06:33,420 BUT THERE'S STILL THE BONE. 119 00:06:34,100 --> 00:06:36,180 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET INTO THIS. 120 00:06:37,380 --> 00:06:39,000 THERE YOU GO. 121 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,200 YOU GET INSIDE IT. 122 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,080 YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT MARROW, 123 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,340 THAT PINK STUFF. SEE THAT? 124 00:06:46,060 --> 00:06:48,420 AND ACTUALLY, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST SOURCES OF 125 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,300 PROTEIN AND FAT AND ENERGY IN A CARCASS. 126 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,080 AND IDEALLY, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO COOK THIS, 127 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,140 BUT I RECKON IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT LIKE THIS. 128 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:02,040 MARROW HAS BEEN PART OF THE HUMAN DIET 129 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:03,200 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 130 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,060 THE LEG BONE PROTECTS THE SOFT TISSUE INSIDE, 131 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:08,180 KEEPING IT EDIBLE FOR LONGER. 132 00:07:09,060 --> 00:07:11,220 MAN, THAT TASTES WEIRD. IT'S LIKE... 133 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,240 VERY BLAND PATé. 134 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:19,260 IT'S KIND OF CHEWY AND LIKE CARDBOARD. 135 00:07:23,020 --> 00:07:27,120 MMM. THAT'S GONNA KEEP ME GOING FOR A BIT. 136 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,240 THE STEEP VALLEY SIDES PRODUCE MANY SMALL STREAMS 137 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,280 THAT ARE NOW CRISSCROSSING THE LANDSCAPE 138 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,060 BEFORE RUNNING INTO THE BIG RIVERS BELOW. 139 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:39,000 I'M NEARER TO THE FLOOR OF HELLS CANYON. 140 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:40,400 I WANT TO CROSS THIS ONE, 141 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,380 BUT IT'S ROCKY, FAST-FLOWING, AND TOO WIDE TO JUMP. 142 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,420 WELL, YOU SEE, WITH ALL THIS RAIN AND SNOW, 143 00:07:47,180 --> 00:07:49,480 THERE'S A LOT OF WATER COMING DOWN HERE. 144 00:07:55,140 --> 00:08:00,380 ALL RIGHT, LOOK, IF I CAN GET THIS JAMMED IN... 145 00:08:02,260 --> 00:08:05,120 ...SHOULD BE ABLE TO POLE-VAULT ACROSS THIS. 146 00:08:12,420 --> 00:08:15,040 I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T SLIP OUT 147 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,480 WHILE I'M IN MIDAIR. 148 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:18,420 OKAY, HERE GOES. 149 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:23,380 WHOO! 150 00:08:24,380 --> 00:08:26,180 WHAT DO YOU KNOW? 151 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:27,420 THAT WORKED. 152 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,220 BUT WHEN YOU FINALLY GET TO THE FLOOR OF HELLS CANYON, 153 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,380 YOUR TROUBLES MAY BE ONLY JUST BEGINNING. 154 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:35,460 CAN YOU SEE IT? IT'S JUST THERE TO OUR RIGHT. 155 00:08:48,380 --> 00:08:49,420 I'M IN HELLS CANYON, 156 00:08:49,460 --> 00:08:52,020 THE DEEPEST RIVER GORGE IN THE U.S. 157 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,340 I'VE REACHED THE VALLEY FLOOR, 158 00:08:53,380 --> 00:08:55,420 AND I'M BATTLING THROUGH THE THICK UNDERGROWTH. 159 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,240 IN WINTER, EVEN DOWN HERE, 160 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,200 IT CAN HIDE SOME NASTY SURPRISES. 161 00:09:01,020 --> 00:09:03,080 HANG ON. WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT. 162 00:09:03,220 --> 00:09:04,980 THIS IS WATER HEMLOCK. 163 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,340 SEE, THIS IS A NASTY PLANT. 164 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,100 IN FACT, IT'S MORE THAN NASTY. THIS CAN ACTUALLY KILL YOU. 165 00:09:10,140 --> 00:09:13,080 BUT, LOOK -- IT'S GOT THIS VERY DISTINCT SHAPE ABOUT IT 166 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:15,040 AND THIS HEAD UP HERE. 167 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,180 AND ACTUALLY, I'VE GOT A FRIEND IN THE DUTCH SPECIAL FORCES 168 00:09:18,260 --> 00:09:19,460 WHO HEARD OF A SURVIVAL INSTRUCTOR 169 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,280 WHO MISTOOK THIS FOR AN EDIBLE PLANT, 170 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,360 AND HIM AND HIS STUDENTS ATE IT, AND IT ACTUALLY KILLED THEM. 171 00:09:27,020 --> 00:09:30,040 SO IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING THE SHAPE OF THIS. 172 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:31,340 JUST GIVE IT A BIT OF A WIDE BERTH. 173 00:09:31,380 --> 00:09:33,340 THERE'S ANOTHER ONE HERE, AS WELL. 174 00:09:35,340 --> 00:09:38,040 PRETTY WELL DRIZZLED SOLIDLY 175 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,380 FOR THE LAST DAY NOW, 176 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,360 MAKING EVERYTHING DEFINITELY QUITE SLIPPY ON THESE ROCKS. 177 00:09:46,060 --> 00:09:49,220 MINERALS FROM THE WATER ARE BAKED ONTO THE ROCKS BY THE SUN, 178 00:09:49,260 --> 00:09:52,120 PRODUCING WHAT LOCALS DESCRIBE AS A VARNISH. 179 00:09:52,260 --> 00:09:54,240 WHEN IT RAINS, THEY'RE AS SLIPPERY AS ICE, 180 00:09:54,340 --> 00:09:57,220 MAKING MOVING AROUND HERE UNBELIEVABLY DIFFICULT. 181 00:09:57,980 --> 00:09:59,400 THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING. 182 00:10:01,340 --> 00:10:05,060 FINALLY, I COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE MIGHTY SNAKE RIVER. 183 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:09,360 HERE, BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER LOOK IMPASSABLE. 184 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,380 REALLY, TRYING TO WORM MY WAY DOWN HERE 185 00:10:13,020 --> 00:10:15,280 WOULD JUST BE A NIGHTMARE. THERE'S ALL OF THESE CLIFFS 186 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:20,120 AND THEN ALL THESE HUGE, SLIPPY BOULDERS. 187 00:10:21,340 --> 00:10:23,300 THERE'S NO WAY OUT THE OTHER SIDE. 188 00:10:23,340 --> 00:10:25,300 THE NEAR BANK ISN'T AN OPTION. 189 00:10:26,340 --> 00:10:28,400 FINDING A CROSSING POINT FURTHER DOWNSTREAM 190 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,320 SEEMS TO BE THE BEST PLAN. 191 00:10:30,980 --> 00:10:34,460 I WANT TO SEE IF MAYBE I CAN ACTUALLY USE THE RIVER ITSELF, 192 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:38,160 SEE IF WE CAN WORK OUT A WAY OF JUST ASSESSING THE DRIFT, 193 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,080 SEE HOW FAST THIS IS ACTUALLY FLOWING. 194 00:10:47,020 --> 00:10:50,300 MOVING QUITE FAST, BUT THESE RAPIDS ARE MANAGEABLE. 195 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,080 SLOW WATER AHEAD. 196 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,320 LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SMALLER ONE FURTHER ON. 197 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:57,240 SEE IF I CAN GET INTO THIS RIVER. 198 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,180 ONE THING I AM GONNA NEED, THOUGH, IS A FLOATATION DEVICE, 199 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:02,060 SOMETHING TO HELP ME IN THE RAPIDS, 200 00:11:02,180 --> 00:11:04,360 AND ALSO A WAY OF KEEPING SOME CLOTHES DRY 201 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,980 'CAUSE I'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET WARM ONCE I GET OUT. 202 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:11,020 INSTEAD OF BUILDING A RAFT, 203 00:11:11,060 --> 00:11:14,000 MY RUCKSACK LINING CAN PROVIDE THE EXTRA BUOYANCY I NEED, 204 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,100 AND IT'LL KEEP MY KIT DRY. 205 00:11:17,060 --> 00:11:21,100 RIVERS LIKE THIS ARE COLD. I KNOW. I'VE BEEN IN THEM A LOT. 206 00:11:21,460 --> 00:11:25,200 UNLESS YOU GOT SOMETHING DRY TO WEAR AFTERWARDS, 207 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,180 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE END UP IN TROUBLE. 208 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:30,260 YOU GET HYPOTHERMIC SO QUICKLY. 209 00:11:35,220 --> 00:11:36,220 OKAY. 210 00:11:38,220 --> 00:11:40,300 AND WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO IN AT THIS BIT. 211 00:11:40,420 --> 00:11:43,280 CAN SEE IT LEADS STRAIGHT TO A HYDRAULIC THERE -- 212 00:11:43,380 --> 00:11:46,180 LOT OF PRESSURE WATER STRAIGHT ONTO THE ROCKS. 213 00:11:46,420 --> 00:11:49,120 BACK UP A BIT THIS WAY. 214 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,100 OVER 50,000 CUBIC FEET OF WATER 215 00:11:53,140 --> 00:11:55,300 FLOWS OUT OF THIS RIVER EVERY SECOND. 216 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,400 OKAY, LET'S GO. STAY RIGHT WITH ME. 217 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,200 IN PLACES, IT'S 100 FOOT DEEP, AND IT'S ICY COLD. 218 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,300 DEFINITELY QUITE BRACING. 219 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 WHOO! 220 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:12,220 THE BIG HAZARDS ARE GETTING TRAPPED 221 00:12:12,260 --> 00:12:14,080 IN A HYDRAULIC, OR STOPPER, 222 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:15,400 WHERE YOU'RE PINNED AGAINST A ROCK 223 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,300 BY THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER. 224 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:20,380 YOU GOT TO USE ALL YOUR SENSES 225 00:12:20,420 --> 00:12:22,200 TO WARN YOU OF IMPENDING DANGER. 226 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,440 NOT ONLY HEAR IT, YOU CAN FEEL THE WATER HERE ACCELERATING. 227 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:28,420 SEE IF WE CAN GO THROUGH. 228 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,240 I'VE GOT TO STAY OUT OF THE WHITE WATER 229 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,220 AND HEAD FOR THE TONGUE OF THE RAPIDS. 230 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,980 MAN, THAT'S A BIG HYDRAULIC STOPPER OVER TO THE RIGHT. 231 00:12:38,020 --> 00:12:40,080 OKAY, SWIM LEFT. SWIM LEFT. SWIM LEFT. 232 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,060 I'M AIMING FOR THE SMOOTHER GLIDE, 233 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:45,100 BUT I'M BEING DRAGGED INTO THE BOILING WALL OF WHITE WATER. 234 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,060 CAN YOU SEE IT? IT'S JUST THERE TO OUR RIGHT. 235 00:13:00,060 --> 00:13:02,360 THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT KNOCKS THE AIR OUT OF MY LUNGS. 236 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,060 THE AERATED WATER MAKES MY BODY DROP LIKE A STONE. 237 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,100 I GOT TO GRAB A BREATH WHEN I CAN 238 00:13:11,140 --> 00:13:13,460 AND HOLD ON TILL I CAN FIND MY WAY BACK TO THE SURFACE. 239 00:13:15,140 --> 00:13:18,020 THIS IS A BAD PLACE TO BE STRUGGLING FOR BREATH. 240 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,300 YOU ALL RIGHT? 241 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:27,300 WHOO! 242 00:13:29,420 --> 00:13:31,180 COME HERE, COME HERE, COME HERE! 243 00:13:32,180 --> 00:13:35,160 OH! THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT. 244 00:13:37,020 --> 00:13:39,440 I ALMOST RAN OUT OF BREATH ON THAT ONE. 245 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,160 GOOD JOB, MAN. LET'S GO. 246 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,440 SWIM THIS WAY. COME RIGHT. 247 00:13:45,260 --> 00:13:47,160 BUT THE SNAKE RIVER IS RELENTLESS. 248 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,060 THERE'S MORE RAPIDS COMING UP AHEAD. 249 00:13:49,380 --> 00:13:51,260 ALL RIGHT, COME LEFT. WE'VE GOT TO COME LEFT. 250 00:13:51,340 --> 00:13:52,340 COME ON. 251 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,300 OKAY, WE GOT TO STAY TOGETHER ON THIS, RIGHT? 252 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,320 WE'RE GETTING TUMBLED AROUND LIKE A PEBBLE, 253 00:14:05,420 --> 00:14:09,080 CONSTANTLY PINNED UNDER TONS OF FREEZING WATER. 254 00:14:12,980 --> 00:14:14,300 BUT THE RAPIDS HAVE DONE THEIR JOB. 255 00:14:14,380 --> 00:14:16,360 I CAN FAIRY GLIDE TO THE OPPOSITE BANK, 256 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,000 WHERE THE SIDES OF THE VALLEY ARE OPENING UP. 257 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:20,420 COME ON. COME ON. 258 00:14:21,220 --> 00:14:24,280 LET'S GET IN HERE. GET IN OUT OF THAT FLOW. 259 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:27,380 I'M GONNA GET OUT OF THIS RIVER, MAN. 260 00:14:28,340 --> 00:14:30,440 THIS RAPIDS ARE GETTING MUCH BIGGER, 261 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,260 AND THIS WATER IS VERY COLD. 262 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,020 GET SOME DRY KIT ON AGAIN. 263 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,280 AHH! 264 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,160 OH, MAN. 265 00:14:49,060 --> 00:14:52,280 THAT FEELS VERY NICE. 266 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:56,340 FEEL A BIT MORE HUMAN NOW. 267 00:14:57,460 --> 00:15:01,100 AND ALL OF THIS HAS STAYED REALLY NICE AND DRY. 268 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,440 OKAY, GET THIS STOWED, GET MOVING, 269 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,000 GET SOME BLOOD FLOWING AGAIN, 270 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:13,240 AND TRY AND TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO MAKE A CAMP FOR THE NIGHT. 271 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,440 RIGHT, ANY MOVEMENT -- 272 00:15:17,020 --> 00:15:21,980 GONNA NEED BLOOD BACK AROUND ME, PUMPING AGAIN. 273 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:24,120 LET'S GO. 274 00:15:25,060 --> 00:15:26,340 I'M EXHAUSTED AND COLD. 275 00:15:26,420 --> 00:15:29,060 THE WINTER DAYLIGHT IS DISAPPEARING QUICKLY. 276 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,440 IN THIS SITUATION, YOU NEED SHELTER AND FOOD, 277 00:15:32,220 --> 00:15:34,380 OR THE FREEZING NIGHT AHEAD COULD KILL YOU. 278 00:15:45,420 --> 00:15:47,220 I'M AT THE BOTTOM OF HELLS CANYON. 279 00:15:47,340 --> 00:15:49,980 I'VE BATTLED WITH THE RAPIDS OF THE SNAKE RIVER. 280 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:52,280 I'M SOAKING WET AND FREEZING COLD. 281 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,220 THERE'S LESS THAN AN HOUR OF DAYLIGHT LEFT 282 00:15:54,260 --> 00:15:57,260 TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO MAKE CAMP AND GET A FIRE SORTED 283 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,400 BEFORE THE TEMPERATURE PLUMMETS. 284 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,220 I NEED SOME TINDER AND FUEL, 285 00:16:02,260 --> 00:16:04,420 AND THIS PONDEROSA PINE CAN HELP ME. 286 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,260 ( GRUNTING ) 287 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,080 THERE YOU GO -- ALL OF THIS STUFF HERE. 288 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,100 THE TREES OOZE RESIN WHERE THEY'VE BEEN DAMAGED. 289 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,160 THE CHEMICALS IN IT ARE HIGHLY FLAMMABLE, 290 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:16,260 AND IT'S GREAT TINDER. 291 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:18,360 AND ALSO YOU USE THIS STUFF FOR -- 292 00:16:18,980 --> 00:16:21,240 IF YOU'VE GOT A CUT, YOU CAN SEAL IT. 293 00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:25,040 IT WILL ACT LIKE MEDICINAL GLUE. 294 00:16:26,020 --> 00:16:29,120 OKAY, THAT'S GONNA HELP LOADS. 295 00:16:29,380 --> 00:16:30,960 LET'S KEEP MOVING. 296 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:36,020 I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO MAKE CAMP NEAR THE RIVERBANK, 297 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,120 WHERE I'VE GOT ACCESS TO WATER AND FOOD, 298 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,220 BUT PROGRESS HERE IS HAZARDOUS. 299 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,020 WATCH YOURSELF ON THESE ROCKS. 300 00:16:43,260 --> 00:16:48,140 THEY'RE ALL JUST COVERED IN ALL THIS SLIME AND ALGAE. 301 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,300 BOTTLE -- I KNOW WHAT I CAN USE THAT FOR. 302 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,200 KEEP GOING. WE NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO CAMP NOW. 303 00:17:01,980 --> 00:17:04,140 THE VALLEY FLOOR IS ROCKY AND OVERGROWN, 304 00:17:04,180 --> 00:17:07,120 BUT MIGHT PROVIDE SOMEWHERE GOOD TO PROVIDE A SHELTER. 305 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,040 HERE YOU GO. HERE, THIS WILL DO. 306 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,220 THERE YOU SEE UNDER HERE, 307 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,160 THERE'S GOOD NATURAL COVERAGE FROM THIS ROCK. 308 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,040 IT'S NICE AND DRY AND PROTECT YOU FROM ANY FALLING ROCKS 309 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,420 COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, AS WELL. 310 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:25,260 BUT I'M GONNA NEED SOMETHING 311 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:28,260 JUST TO PROTECT ME ACROSS HERE FROM THE WIND. 312 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:30,280 IT'S GONNA BLOW STRAIGHT DOWN THIS VALLEY. 313 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,240 OKAY, LET'S FIND SOMETHING. 314 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,100 I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BUILD A SHELTER FROM SCRATCH, 315 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:38,120 SO THIS COULD BE A LIFESAVER. 316 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,340 BUT I NEED TO MAKE SOMETHING TO WEATHERPROOF IT. 317 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,020 BY WEAVING THESE WILLOW BRANCHES TOGETHER, 318 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:44,340 I CAN CREATE A FRAME. 319 00:17:45,060 --> 00:17:49,020 AND I'M KIND OF LATTICING THEM ALL TOGETHER. 320 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,360 OKAY, THAT'S THE FRAMEWORK. 321 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,040 I'M JUST GONNA PUT THIS AGAINST THE ENTRANCE, 322 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,280 AND THEN ALL IT NEEDS IS A LOAD OF GRASSES 323 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,020 TO THATCH INTO THAT. 324 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:12,000 BY WEAVING THE GRASSES INTO THE FRAMEWORK FROM THE BOTTOM UP, 325 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,340 I CAN MAKE IT WATERTIGHT AS WELL AS WINDPROOF. 326 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:18,240 I REALLY JUST WANT TO GET THIS FINISHED 327 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,200 BEFORE IT GETS COMPLETELY DARK. 328 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,240 THE SKY IS CLEAR, SO IT'LL FREEZE TONIGHT, 329 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,240 AND JUST A 5-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND 330 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,320 WOULD MAKE IT FEEL LIKE MINUS-5, 331 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:31,200 SO PROTECTION IS VITAL. 332 00:18:33,060 --> 00:18:35,140 AND THE LAST THING I NEED TO DO IS JUST USE 333 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:39,100 ALL THIS SURFACE GRASS AS MY BEDDING. 334 00:18:39,380 --> 00:18:41,060 IN THE ARMY, WE ALWAYS SAY, 335 00:18:41,100 --> 00:18:42,440 IF YOU GOT GOOD BEDDING UNDERNEATH YOU, 336 00:18:42,980 --> 00:18:45,180 INSULATING YOURSELF FROM THE COLD GROUND, 337 00:18:45,380 --> 00:18:48,280 THAT'S WORTH AS MUCH AS ANOTHER LAYER OF CLOTHING ON TOP. 338 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,100 RIGHT, WE NEED FIRE NOW. 339 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,380 I'M GONNA USE MY PINE RESIN AND SOME OF THE DRIEST GRASS 340 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:57,180 TO GET A FIRE STARTED. 341 00:18:58,420 --> 00:19:03,020 AND THIS PINE RESIN, ONCE THAT GOES, 342 00:19:03,380 --> 00:19:05,340 IS GONNA KEEP THAT FLAME GOING NICELY. 343 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:10,100 THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING SO HYPNOTIC ABOUT A FIRE. 344 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:15,040 OUT HERE, SHELTER AND WARMTH ARE THE MAIN PRIORITIES. 345 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,080 NOW I CAN START TO THINK ABOUT FOOD, 346 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,200 AND I CAN USE THE DARK TO MY ADVANTAGE. 347 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:23,000 WHERE THE RIVER LEVEL HAS DROPPED, 348 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,060 IT'S LEFT SOME POOLS OF SHALLOW WATER. 349 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:27,240 AND WHAT I'M HOPING IS 350 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,200 I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME FISH IN THERE. 351 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,200 I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A SIMPLE HARPOON HERE, 352 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:33,440 THESE THREE PRONGS. 353 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,120 AND THIS BIT JUST WEDGED IN THE MIDDLE 354 00:19:37,420 --> 00:19:39,320 ADDS STRENGTH TO IT ALL. 355 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:41,360 YEAH, THAT SHOULD DO THE TRICK -- 356 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,240 NICE AND SHARP. 357 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,260 AND NOW I'M GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF TORCH HERE 358 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:48,020 TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY FISH IN THERE. 359 00:19:49,020 --> 00:19:51,040 BY CUTTING ACROSS ON THE END OF THIS STICK 360 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:53,160 AND FORCING TWIGS AND RESIN IN THE GAP, 361 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,000 I CAN MAKE A TORCH. 362 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,320 THESE TWIGS IN THE TOP -- 363 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,440 THEY'LL ACT AS THE WICK, 364 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,280 AND IT'S THE RESIN THAT GIVES IT THE FUEL. 365 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,300 AND THAT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH 366 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,120 TO GET THAT LIT. 367 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,420 LET'S GO AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND. 368 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,060 WHERE THE RIVER LEVEL HAS DROPPED, 369 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:17,040 IT'S LEFT POOLS ON THE EDGES. 370 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,220 FISH CAUGHT IN THEM ARE MY BEST CHANCE AT GETTING A MEAL. 371 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,140 NIGHTTIME'S OFTEN A GOOD TIME FOR FISHING. 372 00:20:25,180 --> 00:20:27,160 YOU KNOW, FISH WILL OFTEN BE FEEDING, 373 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:31,060 AND ALSO WITH A TORCH, YOU CAN GET THEM TO ACTUALLY COME 374 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:33,220 AND BE ATTRACTED TOWARDS IT. 375 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:36,120 ( WATER SPLASHING ) 376 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,400 THERE ARE DEFINITELY FISH IN THIS POOL. 377 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,220 JUST TRYING TO -- 378 00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:46,140 TRYING TO SEE THEM LONG ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GO FOR IT. 379 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,280 HERE WE ARE. 380 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:48,360 ( WATER SPLASHES ) 381 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,180 THE FISH MAY BE IN THE POOL, 382 00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:53,100 BUT THEY STILL GOT PLENTY OF PLACES TO HIDE. 383 00:20:53,260 --> 00:20:55,220 MAN, THEY MOVE FAST. 384 00:20:58,380 --> 00:20:59,400 HERE'S ONE. 385 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,060 ( WATER SPLASHES ) 386 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:05,160 I GOT IT. I GOT IT. 387 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,440 HERE YOU GO. COME HERE. 388 00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:09,140 JUST HOLD THIS TORCH. HOLD IT. HOLD THAT. 389 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,280 HOLD IT DOWN. 390 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,020 THERE WE GO. 391 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:21,280 NOW, LOOK. THAT LOOKS LIKE A SUCKER. 392 00:21:22,220 --> 00:21:24,320 BUT THAT IS DINNER. 393 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,440 OKAY, LET'S GET BACK TO THE FIRE AND THE CAMP. 394 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:31,260 LET'S GET SOME LEAVES TO COOK THIS IN. 395 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,260 I'M GONNA USE THESE LEAVES TO BAKE THE FISH. 396 00:21:36,980 --> 00:21:40,340 WELL, NOW YOU CAN SEE IT'S A HUGE RESULT TO GET THIS. 397 00:21:41,180 --> 00:21:42,300 I NEED TO GUT THE FISH -- 398 00:21:42,380 --> 00:21:45,300 SLIT THE UNDERSIDE FROM THE ANAL VENT TO THE HEAD 399 00:21:45,340 --> 00:21:47,260 AND SCOOP OUT THE INSIDES. 400 00:21:48,060 --> 00:21:51,020 WHAT YOU'RE LEFT WITH IS ALL THE FLESH OF IT. 401 00:21:51,220 --> 00:21:53,200 AND THE WAY I'M GONNA COOK THIS -- 402 00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:56,960 JUST GET ALL OF THESE LEAVES, PUT THEM ON THE COAL, 403 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,960 PUT THE FISH ON TOP, AND THEN MORE LEAVES ON TOP OF THAT 404 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,220 JUST TO SEAL ALL THE MOISTURE INTO IT. 405 00:22:03,340 --> 00:22:06,280 AND THEN LEAVE THAT FOR HALF AN HOUR, 406 00:22:06,380 --> 00:22:08,260 AND THEN THAT SHOULD BE READY. 407 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,100 THESE GREEN LEAVES WON'T BURN, 408 00:22:11,140 --> 00:22:13,960 SO THEY'LL PROTECT THE FISH AS IT COOKS. 409 00:22:15,980 --> 00:22:17,360 LET'S TRY THIS. 410 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,120 SUCKERS ARE BOTTOM-FEEDERS... 411 00:22:23,060 --> 00:22:25,300 AND KIND OF TASTE LIKE IT, AS WELL. 412 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,020 BUT TO BE HONEST, FOR THE MOMENT, 413 00:22:28,300 --> 00:22:30,360 I'M JUST PLEASED FOR THE ENERGY. 414 00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:42,000 WELL, THE STARS HAVE DEFINITELY COME OUT. 415 00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:44,160 IT'S ALSO MUCH COLDER NOW. 416 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,260 THE TEMPERATURE'S REALLY DROPPED 417 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,340 AND YET STILL ONLY -- ONLY ABOUT 7:30. 418 00:22:51,140 --> 00:22:53,040 NOW IS JUST ABOUT THE TIME, AT HOME, 419 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,040 I'D BE PUTTING MY KIDS TO SLEEP. 420 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,960 THIS NIGHT'S GONNA BE A LONG, LONG, COLD NIGHT TONIGHT. 421 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:05,400 IN THE MORNING, I'LL BE LEAVING THE RIVER BEHIND, 422 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,200 AND MY NEXT CHALLENGE IS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CANYON. 423 00:23:08,380 --> 00:23:11,000 BACK IN THE SNOW LINE, THE ICY CONDITIONS 424 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,040 ARE GONNA TEST ME TO THE LIMIT. 425 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,260 ( GRUNTS ) 426 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,180 THIS IS MORTALLY COLD. 427 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:39,100 I SPENT A FREEZING NIGHT 428 00:23:39,140 --> 00:23:42,240 SLEEPING BY THE SNAKE RIVER AT THE BOTTOM OF HELLS CANYON. 429 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,040 BEFORE I BEGIN TO HEAD OUT OF THE CANYON, 430 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,940 I NEED TO WARM MYSELF UP. 431 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,020 IT WAS A LONG, COLD NIGHT LAST NIGHT, 432 00:23:51,260 --> 00:23:55,040 BUT THE SUN'S COME UP, AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER. 433 00:23:55,220 --> 00:23:58,160 I COULD DEFINITELY DO WITH SOMETHING HOT FOR BREAKFAST. 434 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,420 BUT WHAT I'VE ALSO GOT IS THIS PLASTIC BOTTLE, 435 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,380 AND WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, 436 00:24:02,420 --> 00:24:04,400 THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE PLASTIC. 437 00:24:05,060 --> 00:24:07,060 BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING TO BOIL WATER IN, 438 00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:09,240 YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST USE A PLASTIC BOTTLE. 439 00:24:09,380 --> 00:24:11,320 AND ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS FILL IT UP WITH WATER, 440 00:24:11,420 --> 00:24:15,100 AND THE WATER INSIDE -- IT WILL STOP THE PLASTIC FROM MELTING. 441 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:17,360 AND IF YOU'VE GOT A CAP, AS WELL, IT'S EVEN BETTER, 442 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,080 'CAUSE THEN YOU CAN FILL IT RIGHT UP. 443 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,100 AND THEN, WHEN YOU BOIL THAT, 444 00:24:22,220 --> 00:24:24,100 IT'S GONNA ACT AS LIKE A PRESSURE COOKER 445 00:24:24,140 --> 00:24:27,080 AND BOIL EVEN FASTER -- KIND OF A COOL LITTLE TRICK. 446 00:24:28,980 --> 00:24:30,080 PUT THAT ON TO BOIL. 447 00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:32,160 I'VE KEPT THE FISH HEAD FROM LAST NIGHT 448 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,000 FOR A BASIC BREAKFAST. 449 00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:36,260 TO BOIL WATER IN A BOTTLE, 450 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:37,960 I NEED TO MAKE A TRIPOD 451 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,160 AND THEN SUSPEND IT ABOVE THE FIRE. 452 00:24:41,260 --> 00:24:44,020 AND THEN JUST HANG THIS ON HERE. 453 00:24:44,340 --> 00:24:47,080 AND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP IT MOVING. 454 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,120 THAT BOTTLE'S NOT GONNA MELT. 455 00:24:49,260 --> 00:24:52,040 AS THE HEAT MAKES THE WATER MOLECULES MORE ACTIVE, 456 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:54,320 THE WATER EXPANDS, SWELLING THE BOTTLE. 457 00:24:54,940 --> 00:24:58,180 FISH-HEAD SOUP LOOKS PRETTY DONE. 458 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:01,420 THAT DOESN'T LOOK THE MOST APPETIZING OF BREAKFASTS, 459 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:05,260 BUT THERE'S GONNA BE LOTS OF GOOD NUTRITION IN THAT HEAD. 460 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:09,060 AND, LOOK, THESE EYEBALLS ARE EDIBLE. 461 00:25:09,260 --> 00:25:11,940 IN SOME COUNTRIES, THESE ARE A DELICACY. 462 00:25:12,060 --> 00:25:13,140 CAN'T SEE WHY, 463 00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:15,980 BUT A LOT OF THE HEAD IS DISSOLVED, MAKING A BROTH. 464 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,020 IT'S A BIT OF PROTEIN, ESSENTIAL OILS, AND VITAMINS. 465 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,980 UGH. IT'S NOT GONNA WIN ANY PRIZES. 466 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,220 AND, LOOK, THIS IS DEFINITELY BOILED NOW. 467 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,940 AND THIS SHOULD BE OKAY TO DRINK. 468 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,200 BUT YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THIS EVERY DAY. 469 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,020 AS SOON AS YOU START HEATING THIS PLASTIC, 470 00:25:37,060 --> 00:25:40,060 IT'S ALSO GONNA RELEASE A LOT OF NASTY CHEMICALS. 471 00:25:40,180 --> 00:25:42,000 BUT IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION, 472 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,320 NO OTHER WAY TO BOIL WATER, IT WORKS. 473 00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:48,300 NOT A GREAT START, BUT IN THE WILDERNESS, 474 00:25:48,340 --> 00:25:50,940 YOU GOT TO GET ANY ENERGY WHEN YOU CAN. 475 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:54,960 THERE ARE NO ROADS ACROSS HELLS CANYON 476 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,220 FOR A HUNDRED MILES, 477 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:59,020 SO FOLLOWING THE RIVER COULD PUT DAYS ON YOUR JOURNEY, 478 00:25:59,140 --> 00:26:01,220 SLASHING YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL. 479 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,100 IF YOU'RE STRANDED HERE, THE FASTEST WAY TO GET OUT ON FOOT 480 00:26:05,140 --> 00:26:07,980 IS TO HEAD STRAIGHT UP AND OUT THE OTHER SIDE. 481 00:26:10,300 --> 00:26:12,960 BUT IT MEANS CLIMBING BACK INTO THE SNOW LINE 482 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:14,960 5,500 FOOT UP. 483 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:17,360 AND IT MIGHT BE BEAUTIFUL, 484 00:26:17,980 --> 00:26:21,040 BUT MOTHER NATURE CAN ALSO TURN VERY FAST OUT HERE. 485 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,180 IT TAKES VERY LITTLE FOR THINGS TO GO WRONG. 486 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,220 THAT'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY EXPERIENCE. 487 00:26:30,140 --> 00:26:31,340 UP AMONG THE PINE FORESTS, 488 00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:33,300 THE TEMPERATURE IS DOWN TO ZERO. 489 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,420 BATTLING THROUGH THE SNOW IS EXHAUSTING, 490 00:26:36,020 --> 00:26:38,080 BUT DON'T BE TEMPTED BY FLAT, OPEN AREAS 491 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:40,120 IF YOU'RE NOT SURE OF THEM. 492 00:26:42,140 --> 00:26:44,100 STEADY ON THE EDGE OF THE BANK HERE. 493 00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:47,240 FROZEN LAKES CAN BE LETHAL. 494 00:26:50,260 --> 00:26:52,240 ALL RIGHT, SEE THESE LAKES? 495 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:54,360 OH! 496 00:26:57,020 --> 00:26:59,180 SEMI-FROZEN OVER HERE, THOUGH. 497 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,120 BUT LOOK HERE. 498 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,320 THAT'S PRETTY SOLID ICE. 499 00:27:06,940 --> 00:27:08,420 BUT IT'S STILL NOT MIDWINTER, YOU KNOW? 500 00:27:09,020 --> 00:27:12,320 DON'T KNOW HOW FROZEN -- HOW FROZEN THIS IS GONNA BE. 501 00:27:13,220 --> 00:27:15,360 YOU GOT TO BE SO CAREFUL WITH LAKES LIKE THIS. 502 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,100 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR 503 00:27:17,140 --> 00:27:19,400 FALLING THROUGH THE ICE OF A FROZEN LAKE. 504 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,140 BUT IF YOU DID HAVE TO CROSS A LAKE LIKE THIS, 505 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:24,400 THE WAY TO DO IT WOULD BE 506 00:27:24,940 --> 00:27:28,040 TO SPREAD YOUR WEIGHT, TAKE YOUR RUCKSACK OFF, AS WELL, 507 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:31,140 AND USE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. 508 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:33,040 GO ON ALL FOURS, 509 00:27:33,300 --> 00:27:37,960 AND JUST REALLY TENTATIVELY WORK YOUR WAY OUT. 510 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,260 ( ICE CRACKS ) 511 00:27:46,220 --> 00:27:49,260 SEEMS -- SEEMS ALL RIGHT SO FAR. 512 00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:51,340 THE WEAKEST POINT OF A LAKE 513 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:54,120 WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND THE EDGES OR FREEZE 514 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,200 FROM THE CENTER OUTWARDS. 515 00:27:56,940 --> 00:27:58,400 SO, THE FURTHER WE GET AWAY FROM THE BANK, 516 00:27:58,940 --> 00:28:00,140 THE THICKER THIS SHOULD BE. 517 00:28:00,180 --> 00:28:03,160 SO JUST STICK -- STICK QUITE CLOSE TO ME. 518 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,220 ICE AN INCH THICK WILL TAKE YOUR WEIGHT, 519 00:28:10,260 --> 00:28:12,220 BUT THERE ARE NO HARD-AND-FAST RULES. 520 00:28:12,260 --> 00:28:14,280 AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE TEMPERATURES CAN VARY 521 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:15,940 BY 20 DEGREES, 522 00:28:16,020 --> 00:28:18,140 MAKING EVERYTHING VERY UNPREDICTABLE. 523 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,140 BUT SPREADING YOUR WEIGHT WILL REDUCE THE RISK. 524 00:28:23,180 --> 00:28:27,000 I'VE FALLEN THROUGH THE ICE OF A FROZEN LAKE BEFORE, 525 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:32,100 AND IT IS A VERY FRIGHTENING THING TO HAPPEN TO YOU. 526 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,020 FALL THROUGH THE ICE LIKE THIS, 527 00:28:35,060 --> 00:28:37,240 AND THE COLD-WATER SHOCK COULD KILL YOU. 528 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,020 BUT IN THESE CONDITIONS, MILES AWAY FROM HELP, 529 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:42,420 YOU'LL PROBABLY DIE OF HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN A FEW HOURS. 530 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,200 AAH! 531 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,260 ( GRUNTS ) 532 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,260 THIS IS MORTALLY COLD. 533 00:28:51,220 --> 00:28:54,160 WE WERE VERY NEARLY ACROSS IT, AS WELL. 534 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,400 THE WAY TO GET OUT, THOUGH... 535 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,020 IS JUST TO WRIGGLE. TRY AND GET YOUR WEIGHT UP. 536 00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:02,980 USE YOUR RUCKSACK IF YOU NEED TO. 537 00:29:03,060 --> 00:29:04,940 GET YOUR WEIGHT UP ON THE EDGE OF THE ICE. 538 00:29:05,940 --> 00:29:07,280 AND IF IT STARTS TO BREAK AGAIN, 539 00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:09,980 KEEP MOVING UNTIL THE ICE 540 00:29:10,940 --> 00:29:13,300 IS THICK ENOUGH TO SUPPORT YOU. 541 00:29:14,260 --> 00:29:16,000 OKAY, I'M OUT OF THAT ONE. 542 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,300 THE ICY WATER CONDUCTS HEAT AWAY FROM THE BODY 543 00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:21,100 25 TIMES FASTER THAN AIR. 544 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:23,300 WITH THE CLOCK TICKING, 545 00:29:23,340 --> 00:29:25,360 COUNTING DOWN TO HYPOTHERMIA AND DEATH, 546 00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:28,040 WHAT YOU DO NEXT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. 547 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:41,400 AAH! 548 00:29:42,300 --> 00:29:45,220 I PLUNGED INTO A FROZEN LAKE IN HELLS CANYON. 549 00:29:45,940 --> 00:29:48,140 I'VE GOT TO GET WARM AND DRY QUICKLY. 550 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,280 I WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE LAKE 551 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,120 BECAUSE IT'S A COLD-AIR SUMP. 552 00:29:54,260 --> 00:29:55,920 JUST A FEW METERS HIGHER, 553 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,000 IT CAN BE TWO OR THREE DEGREES WARMER. 554 00:29:58,180 --> 00:30:00,360 GOT TO GET UP, GET A FIRE GOING. 555 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:02,940 I'VE PROBABLY GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES 556 00:30:02,980 --> 00:30:06,000 WHILE THE ADRENALINE AND ALL OF THAT IS PUMPING 557 00:30:06,260 --> 00:30:07,380 BEFORE I GET TOO COLD. 558 00:30:08,060 --> 00:30:11,160 WE'VE GOT TO USE THAT ADRENALINE TO WORK FOR ME. 559 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,000 I'M SOAKED TO THE SKIN. 560 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,280 I NEED A FIRE FAST. 561 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,400 I'VE GOT TO GET WARM BEFORE HYPOTHERMIA GETS HOLD OF ME. 562 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:22,980 I NEED TINDER. 563 00:30:23,020 --> 00:30:25,100 THIS IS LICHEN KNOWN AS OLD-MAN'S-BEARD, 564 00:30:25,140 --> 00:30:26,980 AND IT SHOULD TAKE A SPARK. 565 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,080 LET'S TUCK IN HERE AT THE BASE OF THIS ROCK. 566 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:33,120 OKAY. 567 00:30:33,980 --> 00:30:36,120 PUT THE FIRE ABOUT HERE, 568 00:30:36,300 --> 00:30:39,240 AND THEN I CAN LEAN AGAINST THE ROCK. 569 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:44,160 IF I CAN GET THIS LIT, THE HEAT WILL THEN REFLECT OFF THAT. 570 00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:46,100 BOY! 571 00:30:46,340 --> 00:30:49,380 ALREADY FEEL MY FINGERS CLAMPING DOWN. 572 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,320 I'VE ONLY BEEN OUT OF THE WATER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, 573 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,340 AND I'M SHIVERING UNCONTROLLABLY. 574 00:30:54,940 --> 00:30:57,200 I'M GETTING CLUMSY, AND MY FINGERS ARE GOING NUMB -- 575 00:30:58,020 --> 00:31:00,120 CLASSIC STAGE-ONE HYPOTHERMIA. 576 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,040 AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STORIES OF PEOPLE DYING 577 00:31:04,180 --> 00:31:06,180 JUST BECAUSE THEIR HANDS ARE TOO COLD 578 00:31:06,220 --> 00:31:09,060 TO BE ABLE TO LIGHT THE RUDDY MATCH. 579 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,280 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 580 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,080 COME ON. 581 00:31:16,300 --> 00:31:17,300 COME ON. 582 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,180 THERE YOU GO. 583 00:31:23,940 --> 00:31:27,020 OKAY, 'CAUSE A LOT OF THIS KINDLING IS DAMP, 584 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,340 I WANT TO HOLD IT OVER THE FIRE, NOT SMOTHER IT, 585 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,260 JUST MAKE SURE IT GETS DRY, AND THEN CATCH IT. 586 00:31:35,220 --> 00:31:37,060 OKAY, NOW IT'S GOING. 587 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,100 I GOT TO GO AND GET SOME MORE FUEL, SOME WOOD, 588 00:31:41,380 --> 00:31:43,280 AND THEN GET THESE WET CLOTHES OFF 589 00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:46,260 BEFORE I LITERALLY FREEZE HERE. 590 00:31:50,340 --> 00:31:53,920 EVEN THOUGH IT'S AGAINST EVERY INSTINCT IN YOUR BODY 591 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,060 TO STRIP OFF, 592 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:58,180 YOU GOT TO GET THE WET CLOTHES OFF YOU. 593 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,100 AND THIS SHELL DRIES OUT IN A PILE OF SNOW. 594 00:32:04,260 --> 00:32:06,380 SNOW'S GONNA ABSORB A LOT OF THE MOISTURE OFF THAT. 595 00:32:07,060 --> 00:32:08,180 THEN YOU CAN PUT IT ON. 596 00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:09,240 ( SHIVERS ) 597 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,140 LET THOSE DRY ON THERE. 598 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,300 PBHT! JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE. 599 00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:19,060 JUST LET ME GET SOME FEELING BACK. 600 00:32:22,020 --> 00:32:25,960 I KNOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT FIRE LITERALLY BEING A LIFESAVER. 601 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:27,300 I SEE WHAT THEY MEAN. 602 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,980 GET SOME HEAT ONTO MY CHEST. 603 00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:35,040 ( SHIVERS ) OH, MAN, THAT'S BETTER. 604 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,060 BUT, YOU KNOW, IN SURVIVAL, 605 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:39,240 IT'S ALL ABOUT ACTING QUICKLY AND FAST 606 00:32:39,340 --> 00:32:42,240 WHEN YOU NEED TO IN THE BIG MOMENTS. 607 00:32:43,260 --> 00:32:45,960 AND WHEN YOU'VE GONE INTO A FROZEN LAKE, THERE'S BIG MOMENTS, 608 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,920 AND THERE'S FEW MINUTES AFTER YOU GET OUT. 609 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,260 THE BEST WAY TO STAY WARM IS TO KEEP MOVING. 610 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,140 BUT THIS PART OF HELLS CANYON 611 00:32:57,180 --> 00:33:00,120 IS A SERIES OF INTERLOCKING RIDGES AND VALLEYS -- 612 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,280 HUGE OBSTACLES FOR ANYONE IN A SELF-RESCUE SITUATION. 613 00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:08,340 YOU NEED TO HAVE A STRONG WILL TO SURVIVE OUT HERE. 614 00:33:09,940 --> 00:33:13,020 AHEAD OF ME, THE MOUNTAINS RISE OUT OF THE FOREST AGAIN. 615 00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:15,220 I'M AT THE BOTTOM OF A NEAR-VERTICAL RIDGE. 616 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,320 TO GET OVER IT, YOU GOT TO FIND A POINT OF WEAKNESS. 617 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,020 REALLY, THOUGH, I WANT TO GO OVER THE TOP OF THIS RIDGE. 618 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,940 AND ALL OF THAT IS JUST LOOKING PRETTY SHEER. 619 00:33:26,140 --> 00:33:29,960 BUT THIS GULLY HERE IS LOOKING MORE PROMISING. 620 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,240 LET'S GET UP THERE. 621 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,920 SEE, ALL THIS SORT OF SNOW IS AVALANCHE DEBRIS. 622 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,300 ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT A BAD SIGN. 623 00:33:41,340 --> 00:33:44,080 THAT MEANS THAT THE AVALANCHE HAS ALREADY GONE, 624 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,000 WHICH IS GOOD. 625 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,220 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GULLY, IT'S WAIST-DEEP. 626 00:33:53,340 --> 00:33:57,060 ABOVE, NOW, IS LOOSE SNOW, WET ROCK, AND ICE. 627 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,300 YOU SEE ALL OF THIS? JUST ICE. 628 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,120 WITHOUT CRAMPONS OR ICE AXES, 629 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,300 THERE IS NO WAY IN HISTORY I'M GONNA GET UP THIS. 630 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:11,300 I NEED TO WORK THIS SIDE OF THE GULLY. 631 00:34:12,060 --> 00:34:13,380 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STUFF LIKE THIS. 632 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,980 LOOSE POWDER SNOW -- YOUR BEST STUFF, EXCAVATING IT, 633 00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:20,080 JUST TO GET TO THE ACTUAL ROCK UNDERNEATH IT. 634 00:34:20,180 --> 00:34:22,240 AND THAT'S GONNA BE MUCH EASIER TO GRIP ON. 635 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,160 I'VE NO AXES, CRAMPONS, OR ROPE -- 636 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:28,360 NO PROTECTION OF ANY KIND. 637 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:34,160 CAN FIND -- LOOK FOR LITTLE PINCH HOLDS YOU CAN USE. 638 00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:43,180 ( GRUNTS ) 639 00:34:43,220 --> 00:34:46,160 THIS STUFF IS JUST A NIGHTMARE. 640 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,340 EVERYTHING IS VERY PRECARIOUS. 641 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:54,080 IF I GET OVER THIS LIP, THOUGH, I STAND A GOOD CHANCE. 642 00:34:55,220 --> 00:34:57,080 I'M OVER 50 FOOT UP NOW. 643 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,180 A SLIP HERE, AND I'LL JUST GET FUNNELED 644 00:34:59,220 --> 00:35:01,320 STRAIGHT DOWN THE FACE TO THE BOTTOM. 645 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:03,300 OVER HERE WHERE YOU'VE GOT ICE, 646 00:35:03,340 --> 00:35:06,360 YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST USE YOUR KNIFE 647 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,400 TO CUT YOURSELF A BIT OF A STEP. 648 00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:15,000 THE LAST STEP GETS ME THROUGH THE NARROW PART OF THE GULLY 649 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,220 AND ONTO THE TOP. 650 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,240 NOT MANY ICE-GULLY CLIMBS LIKE THAT 651 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,180 WITHOUT ANY ICE AXES OR CRAMPONS 652 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:29,200 ON NICE, MARBLE-SMOOTH ROCK AS THAT. 653 00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:31,180 WELL, WRAP IT. GOOD JOB. 654 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,140 EVEN UP HERE, 655 00:35:38,180 --> 00:35:40,920 YOU'RE STILL NOT OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF HELLS CANYON. 656 00:35:41,020 --> 00:35:43,100 THERE ARE MORE INTERLOCKING VALLEYS BELOW. 657 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,160 THE WEATHER IS CLOSING AGAIN, 658 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,340 AND I NEED A FAST WAY TO GET DOWN OUT OF THE SNOW. 659 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,260 AND THERE YOU SEE ALL OF THESE CLOUDS ROLLING IN HERE, 660 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:54,980 AND REALLY, I WANT TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE TREE LINE 661 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:56,320 BEFORE THEY COME OVER HERE. 662 00:35:58,100 --> 00:36:00,980 ACTUALLY, THIS IS QUITE A NICE SLOPE, THIS. 663 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,040 I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE 664 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,400 A TOBOGGAN OF SOME SORT. 665 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,960 OKAY, LET'S SEE WHAT I CAN DO. 666 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,000 MY RUCKSACK LINER IS SMOOTH PLASTIC ON THE BACK. 667 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,960 IT SHOULD SLIDE WELL ON THE SNOW. 668 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:17,100 AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY THAT SHOULDN'T WORK. 669 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:19,340 PASS THAT CAMERA. 670 00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:24,080 RIGHT, LET'S GIVE IT A GO. 671 00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:28,400 IT'S FASTER THAN WALKING, AND IT USES A LOT LESS ENERGY. 672 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:36,380 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 673 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,120 WELL, I'M DOWN. 674 00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:44,220 THIS HUGE WILDERNESS GOES ON FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES, 675 00:36:44,260 --> 00:36:46,320 AND THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES AHEAD. 676 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:47,920 SO, IN EFFECT, THEN, 677 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:49,920 THE HUNTERS ARE BECOMING THE HUNTED. 678 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,060 I'VE REACHED THE TOP OF HELLS CANYON, 679 00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:04,260 AND I'M HEADING DOWN THROUGH A SERIES OF VALLEYS. 680 00:37:05,260 --> 00:37:07,900 THE LOWER I GO, THE GREENER IT GETS, 681 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,000 AND IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE I'M FIGHTING MY WAY 682 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,960 THROUGH THICK FOREST AGAIN. 683 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:15,320 ALL RIGHT. 684 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,220 ALL THESE ROCKS ARE SO GREASY. 685 00:37:20,340 --> 00:37:22,240 I'M WORKING ALONG A STREAMBED, 686 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,300 BUT IT'S TANGLED WITH HUGE FALLEN TREES 687 00:37:24,380 --> 00:37:26,100 FROM RECENT STORMS. 688 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,040 THE BEST WAY TO MAKE PROGRESS 689 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,140 IS TO STAY OFF THE GROUND AND MOVE FROM TREE TO TREE -- 690 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:34,000 SLIPPY, TRICKY, BUT QUICKER. 691 00:37:34,140 --> 00:37:35,140 OVER HERE. 692 00:37:35,940 --> 00:37:37,900 YOU CAN BURN 500 CALORIES AN HOUR 693 00:37:37,940 --> 00:37:39,240 MOVING THROUGH COUNTRY LIKE THIS. 694 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:43,080 YOU NEED ENERGY. IF YOU FIND AN EASY MEAL, TAKE IT. 695 00:37:43,340 --> 00:37:45,960 THESE ARE FRESHWATER MUSSELS. 696 00:37:49,060 --> 00:37:50,240 THERE ARE LOADS OF THEM. 697 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,080 YOUNG MUSSELS GROW IN FLOWING WATER, 698 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,360 THEN ARE CARRIED DOWNSTREAM TO BEDS OF MUD, SAND, AND GRAVEL. 699 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,960 HEY, LOOK, COME AND SEE THESE. 700 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:01,320 AND ALMOST ANYTHING YOU FIND 701 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,940 IN A FRESHWATER RIVER LIKE THIS -- 702 00:38:04,060 --> 00:38:07,020 FISH, MOLLUSKS, CRABS -- IS GONNA BE EDIBLE. 703 00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:08,920 BUT YOU'LL WANT TO COOK THESE UP. 704 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,020 THEY'RE FILTER FEEDERS, 705 00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:14,100 SO ANY TOXINS BUILD UP IN THEIR DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS. 706 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,220 IF YOU DON'T COOK THEM, THEY CAN POISON YOU. 707 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:19,160 THIS WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE TO MAKE A LITTLE FIRE, 708 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,080 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GOT GROUND THAT'S REALLY DAMP. 709 00:38:23,020 --> 00:38:24,960 IN THE WOOD -- PERFECT. 710 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:28,100 BUILD A FIRE IN THIS, GOT A GOOD FLOW OF AIR, AS WELL. 711 00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:30,240 IT JUST NEEDS SOME KINDLING NOW. 712 00:38:31,340 --> 00:38:33,240 I'M RUNNING OUT OF PINE RESIN, 713 00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:35,240 BUT NEARBY, THERE'S A BALSAM FIR, 714 00:38:35,340 --> 00:38:37,920 SOMETIMES CALLED A BLISTER PINE. 715 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,340 ALL RIGHT, LOOK, YOU SEE THESE? SEE THESE BLISTERS ON THE TREE. 716 00:38:41,380 --> 00:38:45,280 THESE ARE PERFECT FOR GETTING A FIRE GOING. 717 00:38:46,060 --> 00:38:48,340 AND, LOOK, YOU SEE? IF I PUT THE KNIFE IN THERE, 718 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:54,220 OUT COMES ALL OF THIS CLEAR, GLUE-LIKE LIQUID. 719 00:38:54,380 --> 00:38:58,960 AND THAT WILL TAKE A SPARK SO EASILY. 720 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,020 AND THEN, LASTLY, 721 00:39:02,180 --> 00:39:04,900 JUST PUT A CUT ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THESE BLISTERS 722 00:39:04,940 --> 00:39:06,200 SO THEY'RE ALL RUNNING. 723 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:11,900 AND THEN JUST WIPE ALL OF THIS KINDLING WITH IT. 724 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,080 AND JUST WATCH THIS STUFF GO. 725 00:39:17,380 --> 00:39:20,240 LET THAT CATCH, AND THEN GET THESE MUSSELS ON. 726 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,060 THE GOOD THING ABOUT A FIRE LIKE THIS, IN A TRENCH, 727 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,200 IT'S GONNA HAVE A GOOD, NATURAL AIR FLOW 728 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,160 IN, UNDER THE WOOD, AND OUT THE OTHER SIDE. 729 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,060 AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT A BIG FIRE HERE. 730 00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:35,320 I JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BURN FAST AND HOT. 731 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,380 AND THIS IS GOOD AND CONTAINED HERE. 732 00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:41,280 I'LL TELL YOU, AT THE MOMENT, I'M IN NO HURRY. 733 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,380 THIS IS NICE JUST GETTING WARM AND DRY AGAIN. 734 00:39:52,020 --> 00:39:54,920 AND THESE SHOULD BE READY NOW. 735 00:39:55,020 --> 00:39:57,180 AND IDEALLY, YOU WANT TO BOIL THEM TWICE -- 736 00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,140 YOU KNOW, ONCE, GET RID OF THE WATER, 737 00:39:59,180 --> 00:40:01,180 FILL IT UP, GET THEM BOILING AGAIN, 738 00:40:01,220 --> 00:40:02,940 AND THEN YOU KNOW THEY'RE COOKED. 739 00:40:02,980 --> 00:40:04,200 AND THESE SHOULD BE FINE. 740 00:40:07,940 --> 00:40:10,960 MMM. WOW. YUM. 741 00:40:13,260 --> 00:40:15,280 MAKE THE MOST OF MOMENTS LIKE THIS. 742 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:19,340 CATCH YOUR BREATH, ASSESS YOUR SITUATION, PLAN YOUR NEXT MOVE. 743 00:40:21,940 --> 00:40:24,060 THERE'S FEW SIGNS OF HUMAN LIFE OUT HERE, 744 00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:26,200 HARDLY ANY ROADS OR CIVILIZATION. 745 00:40:27,020 --> 00:40:29,280 IN THE WINTER, HUNTERS COME TO HELLS CANYON 746 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:31,080 TO SHOOT ELK AND DEER. 747 00:40:31,260 --> 00:40:32,960 FIND SIGNS OF A KILL, 748 00:40:33,060 --> 00:40:34,920 AND THAT COULD HELP YOU GET OUT OF HERE. 749 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:38,240 YOU SEE THE GUTS HERE. AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. 750 00:40:38,380 --> 00:40:41,980 THEY GUT IT AND THEN TAKE THE MEAT AWAY WITH THEM. 751 00:40:42,260 --> 00:40:45,180 BUT THIS IS LOOKING QUITE FRESH. 752 00:40:46,220 --> 00:40:48,040 BUT ACTUALLY, THERE'S NO REASON WHY, 753 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:49,960 IF YOU COME ACROSS SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE WILD 754 00:40:50,020 --> 00:40:52,160 AND YOU'RE LOST, YOU CAN'T FOLLOW IT 755 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,300 AND TRACK THE HUNTERS BACK TO WHERE THEY ARE. 756 00:40:55,060 --> 00:40:57,200 SO, IN EFFECT, REALLY, THE HUNTERS 757 00:40:57,240 --> 00:40:59,120 ARE BECOMING THE HUNTED. 758 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,360 GOOD WAY, THEN, TO TRY AND PICK UP THE TRAIL 759 00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:04,080 IS ACTUALLY TO BACK OFF FROM THE KILL A BIT, 760 00:41:04,260 --> 00:41:06,060 MAYBE 10, 20 YARDS, 761 00:41:06,180 --> 00:41:09,020 AND THEN JUST DRAW A PERIMETER LINE ALL THE WAY AROUND IT 762 00:41:09,180 --> 00:41:12,900 AND JUST FOLLOW IT CAREFULLY AND TRY AND PICK UP ANY TRACKS. 763 00:41:12,940 --> 00:41:14,900 IF YOU'RE LOST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD 764 00:41:14,940 --> 00:41:17,160 AND COME ACROSS SIGNS OF RECENT HUMAN ACTIVITY, 765 00:41:17,220 --> 00:41:20,020 YOU COULD USE THEM TO HELP GET YOU TO SAFETY. 766 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,300 TRACKING IS ALL ABOUT SIMPLE DEDUCTIONS, 767 00:41:22,340 --> 00:41:25,080 USING LOGIC, AND READING YOUR SURROUNDINGS. 768 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:26,280 ACTUALLY, LOOK. HERE YOU GO. 769 00:41:26,940 --> 00:41:28,280 COME AROUND HERE. COME AROUND THE BACK OF ME. 770 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:30,100 YOU'LL SEE THIS. 771 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,120 YOU SEE THAT? SEE WHERE THE GRASS IS FLATTER? 772 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:36,260 THERE'S A TRAIL STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, 773 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:41,960 WHICH INDICATES THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE MOVED THIS WAY. 774 00:41:43,060 --> 00:41:44,900 OKAY, LET'S FOLLOW THIS. 775 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:47,260 PEOPLE CARRYING HEAVY PACKS 776 00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:49,360 ARE GONNA TAKE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE 777 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,360 AND WILL HAVE A HEAVY FOOTFALL. 778 00:41:51,980 --> 00:41:53,380 SEE, ONCE YOU PICK UP THE SIGN, 779 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,180 YOU CAN MOVE QUITE FAST WITH IT. 780 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:59,000 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATIONS, ALL THE TIME, CONFIRMATIONS. 781 00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:02,940 THERE YOU GO, LOOK. SEE THIS? 782 00:42:03,060 --> 00:42:05,200 SEE, THAT TWIG'S BEEN BROKEN. 783 00:42:05,340 --> 00:42:08,020 BUT IT'S BEEN BROKEN, LOOK, IN TWO PLACES. 784 00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:09,280 SEE THAT? 785 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,280 AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BREAKS -- 786 00:42:11,940 --> 00:42:14,080 ABOUT THAT, SAME AS A HUMAN FOOTPRINT. 787 00:42:14,380 --> 00:42:16,280 AND IT'S VERY UNCOMMON TO GET THAT IN NATURE. 788 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,300 IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY A HUMAN FOOTPRINT IN THERE, 789 00:42:18,340 --> 00:42:20,200 CREATES THAT DOUBLE BREAK. 790 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:22,980 BUT THEN ANOTHER GOOD LITTLE TIP -- 791 00:42:23,020 --> 00:42:26,340 LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THAT, AND THEN MAKE ANOTHER BREAK. 792 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,280 YOU CAN COMPARE THE TWO COLORS. 793 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,080 AND IF THEY'RE PRETTY SIMILAR, IT MEANS THIS IS A FRESH SIGN. 794 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:39,360 AND LOOK, HERE YOU GO. 795 00:42:39,980 --> 00:42:43,000 YOU HAVE BROWN, MARKED EARTH SCUFFED OUT. 796 00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:45,200 HEAVY FOOTFALL -- PEOPLE. 797 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:48,240 AND, LOOK -- MORE. 798 00:42:50,180 --> 00:42:52,260 OKAY, LOOK, WE'RE ONTO THIS. THERE'S LOADS OF IT. 799 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,100 THE AIM OF TRACKING IS TO SHORTEN THE DISTANCE 800 00:42:55,140 --> 00:42:57,120 BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR TARGET. 801 00:42:57,260 --> 00:43:01,240 TAKE YOUR TIME, GET IT RIGHT, AND IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. 802 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:03,360 JUST WAIT. 803 00:43:09,180 --> 00:43:10,360 THERE YOU GO. 804 00:43:10,900 --> 00:43:13,120 SEE THAT, THROUGH THE TREES? 805 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,300 AND JUDGING BY THE SMOKE, 806 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,240 IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S DEFINITELY AT HOME. 807 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,240 OKAY, GOOD JOB. LET'S GET DOWN. 808 00:43:24,020 --> 00:43:25,380 HELLS CANYON HAS REMINDED ME 809 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,020 JUST HOW INSIGNIFICANT AND VULNERABLE HUMANS CAN BE. 810 00:43:29,180 --> 00:43:31,060 SHOWING YOU HOW TO SURVIVE IN ONE OF 811 00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:32,380 THE WILDEST PLACES IN THE U.S. 812 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:36,140 HAS BEEN AN AMAZING BUT HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.