1 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:12,360 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:13,020 --> 00:00:14,300 I'VE TRAVELED TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH 3 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,380 IN SEARCH OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,400 AND THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCATIONS. 5 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:21,380 IN THIS PROGRAM, I'LL BE DRAWING ON THE LESSONS 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,340 OF MY MOST DEMANDING EXPERIENCES 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,100 TO SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,100 TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS. 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,360 I'VE DROPPED INTO EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH, 10 00:00:34,420 --> 00:00:36,380 FIGHTING SUB-ZERO WASTELANDS... 11 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:40,360 PARCHED DESERTS, AND STEAMING JUNGLES, 12 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:44,440 BATTLING THE ELEMENTS, CONSUMING THE UNIMAGINABLE, 13 00:00:45,060 --> 00:00:47,380 DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SURVIVE. 14 00:00:49,460 --> 00:00:51,020 YOU ALIVE? 15 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:01,080 IN THIS, MY ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE, 16 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:03,420 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO DEAL WITH DEADLY ANIMALS, 17 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,260 FIND FOOD, AND BATTLE THE ELEMENTS -- 18 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:09,320 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO STAY ALIVE. 19 00:01:12,180 --> 00:01:14,240 WHATEVER ENVIRONMENT I'M CONFRONTED WITH, 20 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,260 FROM THE DRY SANDS OF THE SAHARA 21 00:01:16,380 --> 00:01:19,040 TO THE TORTUROUS SWAMP OF INDONESIA, 22 00:01:19,140 --> 00:01:21,380 THE FIRST CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS THE SAME -- 23 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,200 FIND A WAY IN. 24 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,260 FAST-ROPING LIKE THIS 25 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,020 IS A TECHNIQUE IN THE SPECIAL FORCES 26 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,480 AS A WAY OF GETTING SOLDIERS DOWN ONTO THE GROUND 27 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:37,200 THE FAST WAY. 28 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,240 WHETHER IT'S FAST-ROPING FROM A CHOPPER 29 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,260 OR A FREE FALL FROM 8,000 FEET, 30 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:44,060 IT'S ALWAYS A BUZZ. 31 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,120 AND HE JUST MADE IT IN, TO THIS RIVERBED. 32 00:01:56,180 --> 00:01:59,120 GET THIS STOWED AND THEN HAVE A LOOK AROUND. 33 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,280 AND THIS WHOLE PLACE JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S... 34 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,320 DEAD AND ROTTEN. 35 00:02:13,260 --> 00:02:15,140 AND IT SMELLS LIKE IT, TOO. 36 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:20,320 EVERY ENVIRONMENT PRESENTS ITS OWN SPECIFIC OBSTACLES 37 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,320 AND ITS OWN SPECIFIC SET OF DANGERS. 38 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:28,060 ( GRUNTS ) 39 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,400 ONE THREAT YOU'LL HAVE LITTLE OR NO CONTROL OVER 40 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,140 IS THE WILDLIFE. 41 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:37,220 BE ON YOUR GUARD AT ALL TIMES. 42 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,120 NOW, THOSE BISON ARE COMING STRAIGHT THIS WAY. 43 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,080 GET INTO COVER. DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH THEM. 44 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,220 SO, LOOK. A LITTLE BABY ALLIGATOR. 45 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,320 NOW, LOOK AT THIS GUY. 46 00:02:51,220 --> 00:02:54,340 ALLIGATORS HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL JAWS OF ANY REPTILE. 47 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,000 IF YOU'RE ATTACKED, GO FOR ITS EYES AND ITS SNOUT. 48 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,440 SEE, THAT'S HOW THEY CATCH THEIR PREY. 49 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,220 WHACK WITH HIS TAIL, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WITH HIS HEAD. 50 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,100 SNAKES CAN BE FOUND WORLDWIDE IN ALL SORTS OF PLACES. 51 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,040 THAT CAN KILL YOU. 52 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:18,180 AND WHEREVER YOU FIND SNAKES, YOU FIND DANGER. 53 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:19,360 WHEN YOU'RE HANDLING A SNAKE, 54 00:03:19,420 --> 00:03:22,340 YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT TO WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ITS HEAD, 55 00:03:23,020 --> 00:03:25,000 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S POISONOUS. 56 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:26,480 WHOA! 57 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:28,480 OKAY. 58 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,020 AND PIN HIS HEAD DOWN. 59 00:03:35,380 --> 00:03:36,380 OKAY, I'VE GOT HIM. 60 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,060 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SNAKE BUT PRETTY POISONOUS. 61 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:42,380 IF IT BITES YOU, IT'LL INJECT 62 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,320 THIS, LIKE, CYTOTOXIC VENOM STRAIGHT INTO YOU 63 00:03:45,380 --> 00:03:49,000 AND, LIKE, NUMB, PARALYZE YOUR ARM FOR A FEW DAYS. 64 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,480 MASTERS OF DISGUISE, 65 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,360 THESE DEADLY PREDATORS BLEND INTO THE LANDSCAPE. 66 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,460 YOU'VE GOT TO STAY ALERT. 67 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,280 OKAY, COME IN VERY GENTLY. 68 00:03:59,340 --> 00:04:02,020 OF THE FOUR KINDS OF SNAKES IN THE SAHARA, 69 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,360 THE EGYPTIAN COBRA IS ONE OF THE MOST VENOMOUS. 70 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:09,140 THE FIRST THING YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS JUST KEEP ABSOLUTELY STILL. 71 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,240 ( HISS ) 72 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,400 THIS ONE'S AROUND 4 FOOT LONG. 73 00:04:16,060 --> 00:04:17,180 ( HISS ) 74 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,480 IT CAN STRIKE UP TO HALF HIS BODY LENGTH IN UNDER A SECOND. 75 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:26,120 THERE HE GOES. SEE THAT HOOD COMING RIGHT OUT? 76 00:04:28,180 --> 00:04:29,400 AND THESE GUYS MOVE SO FAST. 77 00:04:29,460 --> 00:04:32,260 THEY KILL ALMOST 100 PEOPLE A YEAR IN AFRICA, THESE. 78 00:04:35,460 --> 00:04:37,100 THERE YOU GO. SEE HIM STRIKE THAT? 79 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,440 ALWAYS BACK OFF SLOWLY AND NEVER CORNER A COBRA, 80 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,140 BUT GIVE IT ROOM TO MAKE A GETAWAY. 81 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,220 COME ACROSS THIS IN THE NIGHT, THOUGH, 82 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,380 AND IT COULD BE ALL OVER FOR SOMEONE. 83 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,060 THE COBRA'S DEADLY NEUROTOXIC VENOM 84 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,460 ATTACKS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 85 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:58,340 EVENTUALLY, THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY. 86 00:05:00,260 --> 00:05:03,440 THE BASIC RULE WITH DANGEROUS ANIMALS IS, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. 87 00:05:04,220 --> 00:05:05,340 BUT IN THE HUNT FOR FOOD, 88 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,100 YOU MAY BE FORCED TO COME INTO CLOSE CONTACT. 89 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,260 IN MEXICO, SWARMING BEES MEANT ONE THING -- 90 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:12,380 HONEY. 91 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:15,380 SEE, THAT'S WHAT I'M AFTER. 92 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:17,460 LOOK, HE'S ON MY FOREHEAD. 93 00:05:18,260 --> 00:05:21,120 FOREHEAD. GO AWAY. GO AWAY. 94 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,260 TO AVOID THE STINGS, COVER UP ALL EXPOSED FLESH -- 95 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,220 HANDS, FACE, AND FOREHEAD. 96 00:05:27,020 --> 00:05:28,340 THAT ONE HAS GOT ME JUST UP HERE. 97 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,020 HERE, CAN YOU SEE? CAN YOU PULL IT OFF FOR ME? 98 00:05:31,340 --> 00:05:34,020 AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO PULL OUT. 99 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,260 YOU GUYS SEE THAT? 100 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,400 FOR SUCH A SMALL, LITTLE FLY THING, 101 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,080 IT DOESN'T HALF-DELIVER A PUNCH -- OOH. 102 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,460 BEESTINGS CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF HOURS TO AFFECT YOU, 103 00:05:48,060 --> 00:05:50,220 BUT WHEN THEY DO HIT, THEY HIT HARD. 104 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,140 MET QUITE A BRUTE OF A BEESTING, THIS. 105 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,400 IT'S MADE ALL OF THIS PART OF ME SWELL UP. 106 00:06:01,140 --> 00:06:02,260 I FEEL A BIT LIKE THE ELEPHANT MAN. 107 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,020 YOU KNOW, MY EYE AND NOSE, FOREHEAD SWELLING UP. 108 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:09,160 ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEESTINGS CAN BE FATAL. 109 00:06:09,340 --> 00:06:11,380 I'M WORRIED ABOUT ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK. 110 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,120 THE FIRST SIGNS ARE SWELLING AROUND THE EYES, 111 00:06:14,260 --> 00:06:16,100 FOLLOWED BY DIFFICULTY BREATHING 112 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:17,320 AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. 113 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,400 IT CAUSES 1,000 DEATHS A YEAR IN THE U.S. 114 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,460 FEELS LIKE A KIND OF BIG PRICE TO PAY FOR A BIT OF HONEY. 115 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:32,380 PLANTS ARE A VITAL COMPONENT TO SURVIVAL. 116 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,160 THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH FIRE, INSULATION, 117 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:37,160 EVEN CORDAGE TO MAKE A SHELTER. 118 00:06:38,460 --> 00:06:40,460 THE VEGETATION COULD BE YOUR SAVIOR, 119 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,360 BUT IT COULD ALSO BE YOUR WORST ENEMY. 120 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,260 OH, THIS IS ONE TREE THAT -- 121 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:46,360 YOU DON'T WANT TO REACH FOR THIS ONE. 122 00:06:46,420 --> 00:06:50,040 LOOK AT ALL THOSE SPIKES. AND THIS IS CALLED A BLACK PALM. 123 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:53,260 I'VE GOT ANOTHER NAME FOR IT. IT'S A (BLEEP) TREE. 124 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:54,380 WATCH OUT FOR IT. 125 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,460 THESE SPIKES WILL SLASH YOUR HANDS, 126 00:06:57,020 --> 00:06:58,160 AND THE WATER DRIPPING OFF THEM 127 00:06:58,220 --> 00:07:00,300 IS A LETHAL COCKTAIL OF BACTERIA. 128 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,340 WOUNDS OUT HERE TURN SEPTIC IN HOURS. 129 00:07:06,060 --> 00:07:07,280 WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, 130 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,460 A LITTLE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE 131 00:07:10,020 --> 00:07:11,380 TO YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVING. 132 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,280 YOU'RE MOVING THROUGH THE DESERT, 133 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,080 AND SUDDENLY YOU COME ACROSS THESE SORT OF BUSHES -- 134 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:20,080 YOU MIGHT THINK, "GREAT, FOOD. LOOKS LIKE MANNA FROM HEAVEN." 135 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,400 BUT YOU'D BE WRONG. THESE ARE DEADLY. 136 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,040 AND WHAT THEY'RE CALLED IS CALITROPIS. 137 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,120 YOU CAN TELL THAT FROM THESE BIG LEAVES 138 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,460 AND THESE FRUIT THAT LOOK LIKE AVOCADOS. 139 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,320 BUT LOOK, IF I BREAK THIS, 140 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,320 YOU GET THIS MILKY SAP, 141 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,140 AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET THAT ON YOURSELF. 142 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,260 GET THAT IN YOUR EYE, IT WILL BLIND YOU. 143 00:07:38,420 --> 00:07:41,120 TRY AND EAT ANY OF THIS, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE SICK FOR DAYS. 144 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:42,300 AS A GENERAL RULE, 145 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,400 A WHITE, MILKY SAP SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS, 146 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,140 AND THIS EUPHORBIA, MIMICKING A CACTUS, IS NO EXCEPTION. 147 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:53,080 THIS STUFF LITERALLY HAS BEEN KNOWN TO KILL PEOPLE. 148 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:57,160 ONE OF OUR CREW GOT A TINY, LITTLE BIT ON HIS FINGER, 149 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,000 AND A BIT LATER ON, HE WAS SWEATING, 150 00:07:59,060 --> 00:08:01,440 WENT TO WIPE HIS FOREHEAD, GOT A LITTLE BIT IN HIS EYE, 151 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,460 AND, REALLY, ALMOST BLINDED HIM. 152 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:11,080 SURVIVAL CAN BE A RISKY BUSINESS, 153 00:08:11,140 --> 00:08:13,480 AND THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GO TO PLAN. 154 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,120 SORRY. 155 00:08:29,020 --> 00:08:31,400 THE BRITISH ARMY HAS A SAYING ABOUT DEALING WITH PROBLEMS -- 156 00:08:32,060 --> 00:08:34,980 "IMPROVISE, ADAPT, AND OVERCOME." 157 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:36,200 THIS ATTITUDE WILL CARRY YOU 158 00:08:36,260 --> 00:08:38,160 THROUGH THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, 159 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:41,120 AND AT THE HEART OF IT LIES RESOURCEFULNESS. 160 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,460 IN DENSE FORESTS WITH NO WAYPOINTS, 161 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:45,320 IT'S EASY TO LOSE DIRECTION. 162 00:08:45,420 --> 00:08:48,000 TO SEE THE LAY OF THE LAND, GET UP HIGH, 163 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:50,400 BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE. 164 00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:54,040 I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET UP -- GET UP THIS TREE. 165 00:08:54,980 --> 00:08:56,160 I RECKON IF I CAN GET LIKE MOST OF THE WAY UP THIS, 166 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,260 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A NICE VIEW OUT OVER THE FOREST 167 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:02,000 AND GET MY BEARINGS. 168 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,100 AND TO GET UP TO THE BRANCHES, YOU GOT TO IMPROVISE. 169 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,400 WHAT I'VE GOT IS MY RUCKSACK, 170 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,460 AND THERE'S LOADS OF WEBBINGS AND DRAWSTRINGS AND EVERYTHING 171 00:09:13,020 --> 00:09:14,220 HANGING OFF THIS. 172 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,340 AND WHAT I CAN THEN DO WITH THIS... 173 00:09:20,420 --> 00:09:25,240 ...IS TIE IT AROUND MY BOOTS IN A BOWLINE. 174 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,000 THROUGH THE LOOP, 175 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,020 AROUND THE TREE, BACK DOWN THE HOLE. 176 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:32,260 THAT'S ONE. 177 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,400 AND THEN DO THE SAME ON THE OTHER. 178 00:09:37,340 --> 00:09:40,280 THE STRING AROUND MY BOOTS GIVES ME EXTRA GRIP 179 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:43,000 AND ACTS AS A CLAMP AROUND THE TRUNK. 180 00:09:44,980 --> 00:09:47,020 SO I CAN QUITE NICELY -- LOOK. 181 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,260 ( BLOWING ) 182 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,400 NOW I CAN SEE WHERE I'VE GOT TO GO. 183 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:57,140 OKAY, THIS IS ABOUT AS HIGH AS I CAN GET UP THIS TREE. 184 00:09:57,260 --> 00:09:59,060 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 185 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,380 YOU CAN SEE I CAN GET A VIEW NOW OUT OVER THAT VALLEY, 186 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,300 AND, REALLY, THAT'S WHERE I SHOULD BE HEADING. 187 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,020 ON A FROZEN GLACIER, 188 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,160 THE SIMPLE TASK OF WALKING PRESENTS A HUGE CHALLENGE. 189 00:10:15,420 --> 00:10:18,040 NORMAL FOOTWEAR IS RENDERED USELESS. 190 00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:21,360 IN BOOTS LIKE THIS ON THE ICE, 191 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:24,160 IT'S LIKE GOING UPHILL ON AN ICE RINK. 192 00:10:24,380 --> 00:10:25,340 LOOK. WATCH THIS. 193 00:10:28,140 --> 00:10:31,020 TRYING TO MOVE ACROSS A GLACIER WITHOUT CRAMPONS 194 00:10:31,140 --> 00:10:32,400 IS PRETTY IMPOSSIBLE. 195 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,100 AND THAT'S JUST TRYING TO MOVE 20 FEET. 196 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,380 I'M GONNA NEED ANOTHER PLAN 197 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,420 IF I'M GONNA MAKE ANY PROGRESS ACROSS THIS. 198 00:10:44,980 --> 00:10:48,200 IF I GET MY BOOTS OFF AND THESE OFF, 199 00:10:48,460 --> 00:10:52,360 I NEED TO TRY AND GET THEM OVER THE END OF THIS. 200 00:10:54,060 --> 00:10:55,300 AND THE AIM, REALLY, 201 00:10:56,100 --> 00:11:00,120 IS FOR THESE SOCKS TO GIVE MORE TRACTION 202 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:03,300 THAN JUST THE RUBBER SOLE OF THESE BOOTS. 203 00:11:10,460 --> 00:11:13,320 OKAY. TIME TO GIVE IT A TRY. 204 00:11:19,260 --> 00:11:21,140 AND THAT'S GREAT. 205 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,260 IT'S DEFINITELY GRIPPIER THAN JUST RUBBER SOLES. 206 00:11:28,260 --> 00:11:31,140 SOMETIMES THE KEY SKILLS YOU LEARN IN ONE ENVIRONMENT 207 00:11:31,340 --> 00:11:33,140 WILL HELP YOU OVERCOME A PROBLEM 208 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,100 IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE. 209 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,180 IN THE BADLANDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, 210 00:11:37,340 --> 00:11:40,180 WHERE THE EARTH LITERALLY SLIPS AWAY FROM UNDER YOUR FEET... 211 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,400 ICE-CLIMBING TECHNIQUES BECOME KEY. 212 00:11:45,100 --> 00:11:49,300 I CAN ACTUALLY USE A BIT OF THIS DEAD JUNIPER BUSH 213 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:53,000 TO MAKE MYSELF A BIT OF AN ICE AX. 214 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:03,380 AND THAT, THEN... 215 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,160 IS GONNA DO AS AN AX. 216 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,040 PUT IT IN AND PULL ON. 217 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:12,400 I NEED ONE MORE OF THOSE, 218 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,040 AND THAT WILL HELP ME GET OUT OF THIS PLACE. 219 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:25,320 ACTUALLY, THIS IS WORKING QUITE NICELY. 220 00:12:27,260 --> 00:12:31,320 AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE THE PRETTIEST ICE AXES IN THE WORLD, 221 00:12:32,260 --> 00:12:35,260 BUT AT THE MOMENT, THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB. 222 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,320 WHEREVER YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE WORLD, 223 00:12:42,460 --> 00:12:44,400 SOMEONE WILL HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE YOU. 224 00:12:44,460 --> 00:12:46,240 DEFINITELY AN OLD MINE, 225 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,380 AND IT LOOKS LONG SINCE ABANDONED. 226 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,200 THE PEOPLE MAY BE LONG GONE, 227 00:12:52,260 --> 00:12:56,100 BUT WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND COULD BE YOUR SAVING GRACE. 228 00:12:57,180 --> 00:13:00,280 NOW, THAT I CAN USE -- OLD BIT OF CAR TIRE. 229 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:02,400 CUT IT INTO STRIPS FOR CORDAGE. 230 00:13:03,260 --> 00:13:07,000 CAN USE AS SPRING SNARES, SO I'M GONNA TAKE THAT WITH ME. 231 00:13:07,180 --> 00:13:09,020 LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN FIND HERE. 232 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,420 OLD BIT OF FLIP-FLOP. 233 00:13:12,020 --> 00:13:13,360 CAN BE USEFUL. LOADS OF THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THAT. 234 00:13:13,420 --> 00:13:14,980 START A FIRE WITH IT. 235 00:13:15,180 --> 00:13:16,400 IF YOU BURN IT, THERE WILL BE BLACK SMOKE. 236 00:13:16,460 --> 00:13:17,980 GOOD SIGNAL FIRE. 237 00:13:18,340 --> 00:13:21,180 A BIT OF FLOAT FISHING. I'LL KEEP THAT. 238 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,380 COMBINE WHAT YOU FIND WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. 239 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,440 THE MOST BASIC COMPONENTS PRODUCE AMAZING RESULTS. 240 00:13:28,060 --> 00:13:30,320 A DEER ANTLER AND THE CORD FROM A RUCKSACK 241 00:13:30,380 --> 00:13:33,220 MAKE A CATAPULT WITH A RANGE OF UP TO 40 FOOT. 242 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:34,360 BULL'S-EYE. 243 00:13:35,020 --> 00:13:38,300 WHEN TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, YOU NEED TO BE CREATIVE FAST. 244 00:13:39,180 --> 00:13:41,060 HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SIBERIA, 245 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,220 TO ESCAPE THE COLD, 246 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,420 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A QUICK WAY TO DESCEND. 247 00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:46,420 IN THE NIGHTTIME HERE, 248 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,340 THE TEMPERATURE IS GONNA PLUMMET. 249 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:52,320 YOU KNOW, WINTER IN SIBERIA. MINUS 40, NOT UNCOMMON. 250 00:13:52,380 --> 00:13:54,020 AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE UP HERE. 251 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:56,460 THE FASTEST WAY DOWN IS BY SLEDGE. 252 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,160 OKAY, THIS IS HOW TO MAKE A TOBOGGAN THE BEAR WAY. 253 00:14:02,220 --> 00:14:05,100 THE TUVAN TRIBE, DESCENDANTS OF GENGHIS KHAN, 254 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,300 HAVE CARVED OUT A LIVING HERE FOR CENTURIES. 255 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:09,320 TO GET AROUND, THEY MAKE SLEDS 256 00:14:09,380 --> 00:14:12,260 OUT OF WOODEN FRAMEWORKS WRAPPED WITH DEER FUR. 257 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,420 OKAY, I'VE GOT TOBOGGAN FINISHED. 258 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:16,160 I'M OUT OF HERE. 259 00:14:18,140 --> 00:14:19,140 LET'S GO. 260 00:14:20,020 --> 00:14:22,000 IT BEATS WALKING ANY DAY. 261 00:14:22,220 --> 00:14:23,980 IT'S A RISKY STRATEGY. 262 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:26,240 IF I COME OFF AT SPEED, I COULD BREAK A LEG. 263 00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:27,400 BUT I'M GOING FOR IT, 264 00:14:27,980 --> 00:14:31,040 AND AT LEAST I'M COVERING GROUND SUPERFAST. 265 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:33,300 WHOO! 266 00:14:34,460 --> 00:14:36,340 EVERY 300 FOOT YOU DESCEND, 267 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:39,140 THE TEMPERATURE RISES AROUND ONE DEGREE. 268 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,340 IN THE FREEZING SIBERIAN NIGHTS, 269 00:14:41,980 --> 00:14:43,380 THIS COULD BE A LIFESAVER. 270 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:50,980 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 271 00:14:56,060 --> 00:14:59,460 THAT WAS JUST A COMPLETE WHITEOUT. 272 00:15:00,140 --> 00:15:02,020 IT'S LIKE ZERO VISIBILITY. 273 00:15:03,140 --> 00:15:05,180 IT'S LIKE BEING STRAPPED TO A HUMAN CANNONBALL. 274 00:15:07,060 --> 00:15:09,300 IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE, THE SEARCH IS ON 275 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,440 FOR A BIG CATCH IN THE SWAMPS OF THE DEEP SOUTH. 276 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,060 I'VE FACED THE EARTH'S MOST INHOSPITABLE LANDSCAPES 277 00:15:27,220 --> 00:15:29,380 TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO STAY ALIVE. 278 00:15:30,340 --> 00:15:32,360 SELF-RESCUE MEANS MOVEMENT. 279 00:15:34,260 --> 00:15:36,260 AND MOVEMENT EXPENDS ENERGY... 280 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:38,440 WHOO! 281 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,240 WHOO-HOO! 282 00:15:43,020 --> 00:15:45,240 ...SO FOOD MUST BE HIGH ON YOUR PRIORITY LIST... 283 00:15:47,140 --> 00:15:48,360 ...HOWEVER BAD IT TASTES. 284 00:15:52,020 --> 00:15:54,300 ( SPITS, COUGHS ) 285 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:57,400 PRAWN. 286 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,040 BOGEY, CUSTARD. 287 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:01,360 RUBBERY, TINNY, SUPER BITTER. 288 00:16:01,420 --> 00:16:05,020 LIKE AN EXPLOSION OF PUS IN MY MOUTH. 289 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,100 DISGUSTING. BLEGH! 290 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,120 UGH. 291 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,440 THAT'S SOME QUITE BAD ONES TODAY. 292 00:16:11,980 --> 00:16:14,420 WITH NO WEAPON, MAKING A KILL IS HARD TO ACHIEVE. 293 00:16:14,980 --> 00:16:16,140 CHECK OUT THIS LITTLE GUY. 294 00:16:16,980 --> 00:16:18,440 IF YOU CAN OVERCOME YOUR PREJUDICES, 295 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,360 EATING BUGS AND GRUBS WILL KEEP YOU ALIVE. 296 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:24,340 BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 297 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,220 A BIG, ROTTING LOG, 298 00:16:27,060 --> 00:16:30,140 AND THAT, FOR ME, MEANS ONE THING -- 299 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:31,360 FOOD. 300 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,180 BUGS AND INSECTS FEED ON ROTTING WOOD, BUT BEWARE. 301 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,280 DEAD TREES ARE ALSO HOME TO POISONOUS SNAKES AND SPIDERS. 302 00:16:40,380 --> 00:16:42,080 HERE, COME UP AND LOOK AT THIS IN HERE. 303 00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:45,420 COME ON. 304 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,240 LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S QUITE A MONSTER. 305 00:16:50,020 --> 00:16:51,140 LARVA. 306 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:53,960 MAYBE LIKE A MOTH LARVA OR SOMETHING. 307 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:56,260 AND A BEETLE, AS WELL. 308 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,420 AND THIS IS CALLED INSECT LUNCH. 309 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,380 OHH! 310 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,260 READY FOR THIS? 311 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:07,360 ( GRUNTS ) 312 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:10,320 OHH, MY GOODNESS. 313 00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:13,220 PBHT! 314 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:15,400 THIS ONE HAS BEEN LIVING IN THERE 315 00:17:16,180 --> 00:17:20,000 A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. 316 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:24,260 I'M NOT GONNA NEED TO EAT FOR A WEEK AFTER THIS ONE. 317 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,340 ( EXHALES DEEPLY ) 318 00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:32,980 UGH. 319 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,440 POUND FOR POUND, INSECTS LIKE THESE 320 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,420 CONTAIN MORE PROTEIN THAN BEEF OR FISH. 321 00:17:41,980 --> 00:17:43,380 THEY'RE PERFECT SURVIVAL FOOD. 322 00:17:44,060 --> 00:17:45,100 UGH. 323 00:17:46,020 --> 00:17:48,380 THIS ACTUALLY RANKS AS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS 324 00:17:50,020 --> 00:17:53,020 I HAVE EVER, EVER EATEN. 325 00:17:59,140 --> 00:18:00,140 ( SPITS ) 326 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,160 SNAKES MAKE A MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL MEAL 327 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,260 IF YOU CAN CATCH THEM, 328 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,420 BUT TREAT POISONOUS SPECIES WITH GREAT RESPECT. 329 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,280 SOME CAN STRIKE FROM OVER 4 FOOT. 330 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:15,020 USE A LONG STICK OR A ROCK AND AIM FOR ITS HEAD. 331 00:18:17,020 --> 00:18:19,420 ALL MEAT SHOULD BE COOKED THOROUGHLY TO KILL BACTERIA, 332 00:18:20,140 --> 00:18:22,220 BUT IF YOU'VE GOT NO WAY TO START A FIRE, 333 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,100 YOU'LL BE FORCED TO EAT IT RAW. 334 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,000 SEE ALL OF THE BLOOD COMING OUT OF ITS JUGULAR THERE? 335 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:32,260 AND THAT REALLY, IN AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL SITUATION, 336 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,180 IS FOOD AND LIFE. 337 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:36,020 AND IN THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL, 338 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:37,400 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A STRONG STOMACH. 339 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:40,140 AND THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. 340 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,220 LOOKS JUST LIKE A GIANT MARBLE. 341 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:49,360 AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS GONNA TASTE LIKE. 342 00:19:08,340 --> 00:19:09,980 SHORT ANSWER OR LONG ANSWER? 343 00:19:11,060 --> 00:19:11,980 SHORT. 344 00:19:13,060 --> 00:19:14,120 AWFUL! 345 00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:18,080 IF YOU'RE FORCED TO EAT RAW MEAT, BE PREPARED. 346 00:19:18,180 --> 00:19:19,300 IT DOES HAVE ITS RISKS. 347 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,360 GUYS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP HERE FOR TWO SECONDS. 348 00:19:24,980 --> 00:19:28,080 THIS DIARRHEA IS NOT WAITING FOR ANYONE. 349 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:31,220 SORRY, SORRY, SORRY. 350 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:38,360 I DO FEEL BETTER, THOUGH. 351 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:41,300 OKAY. 30 MORE FEET. 352 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,060 RIVERS AND OCEANS ARE RICH HUNTING GROUNDS. 353 00:19:50,180 --> 00:19:53,180 HIGH IN PROTEIN, SEA URCHINS CAN BE FOUND WORLDWIDE, 354 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,400 BUT BEWARE. 355 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,440 MANY SPECIES HAVE VENOMOUS SPINES 356 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,440 WHICH CAN INFLICT GREAT PAIN. 357 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,260 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE SPIKES ON THIS. 358 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,220 AND YOU WANT TO GET ALL OF THESE BARBS OFF FIRST. 359 00:20:10,180 --> 00:20:12,440 THERE WE GO. OKAY, LOOK. YOU CAN SEE INSIDE IT. 360 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,280 ALL OF THE SAND AND THE GUTS. I DON'T WANT THAT. 361 00:20:16,980 --> 00:20:19,980 BUT UNDERNEATH THIS, SEE ALL OF THESE BROWN BITS HERE? 362 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,380 THAT'S ALL OF ITS EGGS, ALL OF ITS ROE. 363 00:20:23,420 --> 00:20:26,080 AND ALL OF THESE EGGS ARE GOOD TO EAT. 364 00:20:26,340 --> 00:20:28,400 THEY SAY THIS IS THE CAVIAR OF THE SEA. 365 00:20:33,340 --> 00:20:35,060 BLEGH! UGH! IT'S LIKE... 366 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:39,100 IT'S LIKE KIND OF BABY POOP. 367 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,020 NOT CAVIAR. 368 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,420 WITHOUT A ROD AND LINE, YOU MAY BE FORCED TO HUNT UNDER ROCKS 369 00:20:48,980 --> 00:20:51,400 FOR CRAWFISH, CRABS, AND FRESHWATER SNAILS. 370 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,080 OW! 371 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,400 MAN, THERE'S SOMETHING -- 372 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,020 THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN HERE. 373 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,400 BUT IN THE MURKY WATERS OF THE LOUISIANA SWAMPS, 374 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,360 IT IS POSSIBLE TO GO FISHING 375 00:21:02,980 --> 00:21:05,120 SIMPLY USING YOUR FINGERS AS HOOK AND BAIT. 376 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:07,440 ( GRUNTING ) 377 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,180 OW! AAH! 378 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:14,180 THAT'S -- 379 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,200 THAT'S QUITE A BIG CATFISH. 380 00:21:17,340 --> 00:21:19,060 GET HIM ONTO THE SHORE. 381 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:25,140 LOOK. YOU HEAR THAT? 382 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,180 OH, HE'S GOT MY -- TRY TO SHOW YOU THIS. 383 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:31,980 ( SNORTING ) 384 00:21:32,140 --> 00:21:35,260 HE'S GOT MY FINGERS RIGHT DOWN HIS MOUTH. 385 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,020 WHAT I GOT TO DO IS HANG ONTO THOSE GILLS. 386 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:42,360 OW! 387 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,260 THESE SPINES ON THE PECTORAL AND DORSAL FINS 388 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,020 CAN CAUSE SEVERE WOUNDS, 389 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:50,420 AND THEY CONTAIN A POWERFUL VENOM THAT CAUSES EXTREME PAIN. 390 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,280 AND THESE GUYS JUST GONNA HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE. 391 00:22:01,980 --> 00:22:02,960 OW, OW, OW. 392 00:22:03,020 --> 00:22:06,960 HE'S JUST SHREDDED MY FINGERS. 393 00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:15,300 THAT MUST BE 20 POUNDS OF FISH. 394 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:20,280 AND, LOOK, ALL OF THAT IS GREAT JUST TO EAT RAW. 395 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,160 IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE, 396 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:28,020 I'LL TAKE ON THE RAGING CURRENTS 397 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,440 OF THE MIGHTY ZAMBEZI RIVER 398 00:22:52,420 --> 00:22:56,120 IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION, RIVERS ARE YOUR LIFELINE. 399 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,240 THEY LEAD TO LOW GROUND AND CIVILIZATION, 400 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,960 BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE DEADLY. 401 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:07,040 I'VE FACED SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST TREACHEROUS RIVERS. 402 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:10,320 THE MOST FORMIDABLE BY FAR WAS THE ZAMBEZI. 403 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,980 WITH THE RIVER AT FULL FLOOD, I WAS ABOUT TO DROP 404 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,000 INTO THE THUNDERING WATER OF THE VICTORIA FALLS. 405 00:23:20,940 --> 00:23:22,340 THESE RAPIDS ARE KILLERS, 406 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,060 AND PEOPLE DIE IN THEM EVERY YEAR. 407 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,340 I'M HOVERING 25 FOOT ABOVE THE WATER. 408 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,120 I'M ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWESOME POWER 409 00:23:32,180 --> 00:23:34,160 OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT RIVERS. 410 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,420 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT OUT OF THIS ALIVE. 411 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,040 HERE IT IS! 412 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:48,280 I'M DUCKING UNDER THE WAVE AS IT HITS ME 413 00:23:48,340 --> 00:23:49,980 SO I DON'T GET BATTERED. 414 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,340 THIS IS THE TOUGHEST WATER I'VE EVER BEEN IN. 415 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,100 SOME OF THE WAVES COULD BE 10 FOOT HIGH, 416 00:23:58,180 --> 00:24:00,260 AND THEY'RE POUNDING ME FROM EVERY ANGLE. 417 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,200 I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING PULLED IN A DOZEN DIRECTIONS ALL AT ONCE. 418 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,420 I'M FAIRY-GLIDING, WHICH MEANS WORKING MY WAY OUT DIAGONALLY 419 00:24:10,980 --> 00:24:12,220 AND NOT FIGHTING THE CURRENT. 420 00:24:22,140 --> 00:24:23,080 ( EXHALES DEEPLY ) 421 00:24:23,140 --> 00:24:27,360 KIND OF JUST DON'T REALIZE HOW BIG THOSE MONSTERS ARE 422 00:24:27,420 --> 00:24:30,420 UNTIL YOU'RE RIGHT IN THEM. 423 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:37,140 ANYWAY, I'M IN ONE PIECE, AND I'M ASHORE. 424 00:24:37,420 --> 00:24:39,400 SHALLOW RIVER WATER IS DECEPTIVE 425 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,260 AND CAN LULL THE INEXPERIENCED INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. 426 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,420 I WANT TO BE IN AND ACROSS THIS RIVER AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. 427 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,980 MAN, IT'S SLIPPY, AND THESE ROCKS ARE GREASY. 428 00:24:53,340 --> 00:24:56,360 IT DOESN'T LOOK POWERFUL, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH FORCE HERE 429 00:24:56,420 --> 00:24:58,320 TO KNOCK YOU CLEAN OFF YOUR FEET. 430 00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:00,160 A STICK IS VITAL. 431 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,180 TRAVEL WITH YOUR BODY SIDEWAYS TO THE CURRENT. 432 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,380 OH, MAN. 433 00:25:11,140 --> 00:25:15,180 LIKE I SAID, MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU IMAGINE. 434 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,160 AND THAT'S ONLY THIGH-DEEP, 435 00:25:18,980 --> 00:25:20,380 AND THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD FIGHT THAT. 436 00:25:21,060 --> 00:25:22,240 THAT JUST TOOK ME. 437 00:25:25,180 --> 00:25:26,360 IN SLOW-MOVING RIVERS AND LAKES, 438 00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:28,420 A RAFT CAN BE THE BEST WAY TO CROSS. 439 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,100 A LITTLE BAMBOO LIKE THIS IS IDEAL. 440 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:35,940 IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN WHEN IT'S LIVING. 441 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,280 IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE MOISTURE IN IT. 442 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,000 IN THE DEEP SOUTH, 443 00:25:42,060 --> 00:25:45,060 A RUINED SHACK PROVIDED ALL THE MATERIALS I NEEDED. 444 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,060 AND THEN ALL I NEED, 445 00:25:51,980 --> 00:25:54,080 IS ONE OF THOSE BIG PLY SHEETS ON THE TOP, 446 00:25:54,340 --> 00:25:55,280 AND THAT WILL BE ENOUGH 447 00:25:55,340 --> 00:25:59,980 TO KEEP ME OUT OF THE WATER AND FLOAT ME ACROSS. 448 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,180 IF YOU HAVE TO CROSS ALLIGATOR-INFESTED WATERS, 449 00:26:03,340 --> 00:26:05,380 TAKE TIME TO BUILD A RAFT BUOYANT ENOUGH 450 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:09,100 TO KEEP YOU ABOVE THE SURFACE AND OUT OF HARM'S WAY. 451 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:12,400 LET'S GIVE IT A GO. 452 00:26:13,220 --> 00:26:15,980 RIGHT NOW IS BUSINESS TIME. 453 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,300 THIS IS WORKING PRETTY WELL. 454 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,120 AND NO ALLIGATOR IS GONNA WANT TO TAKE A BITE OF THIS. 455 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,040 THERE'S SO MANY NAILS IN IT. 456 00:26:41,020 --> 00:26:42,420 WELL, IT MIGHT NOT BE VERY PRETTY, 457 00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:45,960 BUT I MADE IT ACROSS WITHOUT BEING EATEN. 458 00:26:46,220 --> 00:26:49,320 AND IN MY BOOK, THAT MAKES IT A GREAT RAFT. 459 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,220 WHEW! 460 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:54,200 WITH NO ROPE TO SECURE THE WOOD, 461 00:26:54,260 --> 00:26:57,240 BUILDING A RAFT STRONG ENOUGH TO NAVIGATE WHITE-WATER RAPIDS 462 00:26:57,300 --> 00:26:59,020 IS A HUGE CHALLENGE. 463 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:01,940 IN THE YUKON, A KAYAK LEFT IN A LOGJAM 464 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,360 SEEMED TO PROVIDE THE ANSWER. 465 00:27:04,180 --> 00:27:06,280 ALMOST AS IF IT'S BUCKLED IN HALF, 466 00:27:06,940 --> 00:27:11,140 AND THERE'S AT LEAST ONE BIG, GAPING HOLE IN IT. 467 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,000 LET'S TRY AND GET IT OUT OF THE WATER. 468 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:18,940 BEFORE SETTING SAIL, 469 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,060 THE DAMAGED CRAFT NEEDED REPAIRS. 470 00:27:22,420 --> 00:27:24,940 A SPRUCE TREE PROVIDED SUPPORT STRUTS 471 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,160 TO GIVE THE CANOE BACK ITS RIGIDITY. 472 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,960 AND THE TREE'S RESIN, THICKENED WITH ASH, 473 00:27:31,020 --> 00:27:33,280 MAKES A PERFECT SEALANT TO PLUG ANY HOLES. 474 00:27:36,220 --> 00:27:38,380 IN A CANOE LIKE THIS, YOU'LL NEED A PADDLE. 475 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:42,300 MAKE A WOODEN FRAME AND COVER IT WITH A DRY BAG OR RUCKSACK. 476 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,320 THIS AND THAT. READY TO GO NOW. 477 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:50,940 KEEP THE CANOE STRAIGHT ON TO THE FLOW OF THE RIVER. 478 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,360 ALLOW IT TO TURN SIDEWAYS, 479 00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:54,340 AND THE CURRENT WILL FLIP YOU OVER. 480 00:28:03,420 --> 00:28:04,380 ONCE IN THE WATER, 481 00:28:04,940 --> 00:28:07,340 STAY ON YOUR BACK WITH YOUR FEET POINTING DOWNSTREAM 482 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:09,380 TO PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM HITTING ANY ROCKS. 483 00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:12,160 RECEIVE A DIRECT BLOW AT THIS SPEED, 484 00:28:12,220 --> 00:28:13,960 AND YOU'RE GONNA BE UNCONSCIOUS. 485 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,120 I HUNG ON FOR AS LONG AS I COULD. 486 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:36,940 THERE WAS NO WAY THAT CANOE WAS GONNA STAY UPRIGHT IN THAT WAVE. 487 00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:40,020 AND THAT'S LONG GONE. 488 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,980 NEXT, ON A HUNTING EXPERIENCE IN NAMIBIA, 489 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,260 I FIND MYSELF TRAPPED IN A HOLE WITH NO WAY OUT. 490 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,100 SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT KNOWLEDGE. 491 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:05,000 NEVER BE TOO PROUD TO LEARN FROM OTHERS. 492 00:29:06,140 --> 00:29:10,200 DO YOU SEE THEIR CAMP AROUND THE ACACIA TREE THERE? 493 00:29:11,060 --> 00:29:13,060 - BONJOUR. - BONJOUR. 494 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:14,200 - CA VA? - CA VA. 495 00:29:14,340 --> 00:29:15,380 IN THE PARCHED DESERT, 496 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,920 THE BERBERS, THE ANCIENT NOMADIC TRIBE OF THE SAHARA, 497 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,940 SHOWED ME THE KEY TO THEIR SURVIVAL 498 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,960 IN THESE INHOSPITABLE LANDS. 499 00:29:24,140 --> 00:29:27,280 EVERY BERBER HAS A MENTAL MAP OF JUST WHAT'S WHERE. 500 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,220 AND THIS IS A REAL SKILL OF THESE BERBER FAMILIES. 501 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:33,140 THIS KNOWLEDGE IS JUST PASSED DOWN 502 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,060 FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, 503 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,380 OF KNOWING WHERE THESE WELLS ARE IN THE DESERT, 504 00:29:37,940 --> 00:29:40,160 THESE UNDERGROUND POCKETS OF WATER. 505 00:29:40,220 --> 00:29:41,980 AND IT'S THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT REALLY MEANS 506 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,180 THESE GUYS ARE THE ULTIMATE SAHARA DESERT SURVIVORS. 507 00:29:47,340 --> 00:29:49,940 IN PANAMA, THE EMBERA TRIBE, 508 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,260 WHO HAVE LIVED AND SURVIVED IN THIS JUNGLE FOR CENTURIES, 509 00:29:52,380 --> 00:29:55,020 TAKE SOMETHING MUCH STRONGER THAN WATER. 510 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:58,140 WOW. 511 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,340 IT'S LIKE A GRAPE COCKTAIL. 512 00:30:02,260 --> 00:30:03,220 MMM! 513 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,280 I HAVE AN EMBARRASSING WEAKNESS FOR PIÑA COLADAS, 514 00:30:06,340 --> 00:30:11,200 AND THIS IS GONNA RIVAL THE PIÑA COLADAS. 515 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:13,280 MMM! 516 00:30:13,340 --> 00:30:15,940 ( LAUGHTER ) 517 00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:18,060 WHAT THEY DIDN'T TELL ME 518 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,920 IS THAT THEY ADD THE SALIVA FROM THE VILLAGE ELDERS 519 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:22,140 TO HELP IT FERMENT. 520 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,320 IN MANY CULTURES, 521 00:30:24,380 --> 00:30:27,160 IT'S POLITE TO ACCEPT YOUR HOSTS' HOSPITALITY, 522 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,120 EVEN WHEN IT'S A GOAT'S PRIVATE PARTS ON OFFER. 523 00:30:30,180 --> 00:30:34,160 HE'S GONNA CUT INTO THAT, AND THEN HE'S GONNA EAT ONE OF THEM. 524 00:30:35,020 --> 00:30:38,380 AND THEN IN HONOR OF HIS GUEST, 525 00:30:38,940 --> 00:30:40,160 HE WANTS TO GIVE ME THE OTHER ONE. 526 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,220 IT'S TRADITIONAL FOR BERBER MEN TO EAT GOATS' TESTICLES. 527 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,340 THEY'RE THOUGHT TO ENHANCE FERTILITY, 528 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,180 AND IT'S CERTAINLY GONNA BE A TEST OF MY MANHOOD. 529 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,920 THAT HURTS JUST LOOKING AT IT. 530 00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:57,140 MERCI. MERCI. 531 00:30:58,060 --> 00:30:59,120 NO. 532 00:30:59,220 --> 00:31:00,320 I MUST SAY, I'VE NEVER... 533 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,080 NEVER EATEN RAW GOAT'S TESTICLES BEFORE. 534 00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:07,000 MERCI,MOHAMMED. 535 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:09,320 ( SQUISHING ) 536 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,940 MMM. 537 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,120 NO MATTER WHAT IT TASTES LIKE, DO TRY NOT TO OFFEND. 538 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,380 ( GAGS ) 539 00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:29,300 OKAY, MOHAMMED. SORRY ABOUT THAT. LET'S CARRY ON. 540 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,380 IN THE FROZEN HEART OF SIBERIA, 541 00:31:33,940 --> 00:31:35,940 WHERE THE WEATHER CHANGES IN AN INSTANT, 542 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,180 THE TUVANS HAVE LEARNED HOW TO CONSTRUCT A SHELTER QUICKLY 543 00:31:39,260 --> 00:31:42,100 TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE SEVEREST WEATHER CONDITIONS. 544 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,400 WELL, IT'S BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE. 545 00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:47,980 AND THE MOMENT, THOUGH, IT LOOKS A BIT DRAFTY. 546 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:54,980 AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING 547 00:31:55,060 --> 00:31:57,380 IS INSULATING IT WITH ALL OF THIS BRUSHWOOD 548 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:04,060 AND THEN WEIGHTING THAT DOWN WITH MORE OF THE LOGS. 549 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,000 YOU'VE GOT TO COVER THE FLOOR 550 00:32:06,060 --> 00:32:08,140 TO CONSERVE BODY HEAT WHEN YOU LIE DOWN. 551 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,120 THE TUVANS USE DRY GRASS AS BEDDING. 552 00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:13,160 AND, LOOK, WE'VE BUILT UP 553 00:32:13,220 --> 00:32:16,100 QUITE A NICE MATTRESS OF ALL OF THIS DRY GRASS, 554 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:17,220 LIKE A FOOT THICK, 555 00:32:17,380 --> 00:32:19,940 AND THAT WILL GIVE ME REALLY GOOD INSULATION. 556 00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:22,260 BRILLIANT. THANKS. 557 00:32:23,980 --> 00:32:25,980 WHEN THE SUN DISAPPEARS IN SIBERIA, 558 00:32:26,060 --> 00:32:27,940 MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT YOUR FIRE LIT. 559 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,000 IT'S GONNA GET COLD. 560 00:32:30,980 --> 00:32:34,080 I AM FREEZING, FREEZING COLD. 561 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,180 AND I'VE JUST LOOKED AT THE THERMOMETER ON THE CAMERA. 562 00:32:38,020 --> 00:32:39,400 AND HAVE A LOOK. SEE WHAT IT'S READING. 563 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:45,960 IT'S SAYING MINUS-30 DEGREES. 564 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:47,920 AND, REALLY, AT THE MOMENT, 565 00:32:47,980 --> 00:32:51,260 THIS IS JUST BECOMING AN ENDURANCE EXERCISE 566 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,320 TO KEEP MOVING MY TOES AND MY FINGERS, 567 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:02,080 JUST TRYING TO KEEP -- KEEP THEM MOVING. 568 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:06,140 THIS IS NOT FUN. NO FUN. 569 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,000 MANY TRIBES STILL RELY ON HUNTING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES, 570 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,300 AND FOR THEM, IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. 571 00:33:15,980 --> 00:33:17,280 ( SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ) 572 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,300 BRAVO! 573 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,080 NO ONE'S MORE SURPRISED THAT I HIT IT THAN ME, 574 00:33:30,260 --> 00:33:32,960 BUT I KNOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD TO EAT. 575 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,060 POISON DARTS ARE USED WORLDWIDE, BUT BEWARE. 576 00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:39,080 EVEN THE EXPERTS CAN GET IT WRONG. 577 00:33:39,180 --> 00:33:42,120 I SEE ROY HAS GOT A BIT OF THE POISON FROM THE BLOW DART 578 00:33:42,180 --> 00:33:44,000 ONTO HIS HAND, AND LOOK. 579 00:33:44,060 --> 00:33:48,020 YOU CAN JUST SEE HIS FINGERS ARE BEGINNING TO SWELL UP. 580 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,380 AND IT'S SO EASY TO DO, 581 00:33:50,940 --> 00:33:52,300 WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE, 582 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,080 JUST TO RUB AGAINST THAT VERY BRIEFLY 583 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,300 AND GET A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR HAND. 584 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,920 YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT, THEN, WOULD DO TO A LITTLE ANIMAL. 585 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,940 HUNTERS HONE THEIR SKILLS OVER A LIFETIME. 586 00:34:02,180 --> 00:34:04,960 FOR THE NOVICE, IT'S A FAST LEARNING CURVE. 587 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:06,960 WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE 588 00:34:07,140 --> 00:34:10,280 IS JUST SIMULATING THE NOISE OF AN AGOUTI... 589 00:34:10,340 --> 00:34:12,060 ( HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAKING ) 590 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,300 ...JUST WITH A LEAF BETWEEN THEIR MOUTH. 591 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,940 THEY WANT ME TO HAVE A GO AT MAKING THIS NOISE WITH A LEAF, 592 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,200 BUT I HAVE A DREADFUL FEELING 593 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,260 THIS IS NOT GONNA RESEMBLE THE SOUND OF AGOUTI, 594 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,380 WHAT COMES OUT OF MY LEAF, BUT LET'S GIVE IT A GO. 595 00:34:26,060 --> 00:34:29,160 ( LOW-PITCHED SQUEAKING ) 596 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,920 I'M NOT SURE WHAT ANIMAL THAT WAS (LAUGHS) 597 00:34:38,940 --> 00:34:41,260 BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES CHARGING OUT OF THE JUNGLE. 598 00:34:44,060 --> 00:34:45,920 IN THE DRY LANDS OF NAMIBIA, 599 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,020 FINDING FOOD IS A MUCH GREATER CHALLENGE 600 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,000 EVEN FOR THE LEGENDARY HUNTERS, THE SAN BUSHMEN. 601 00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:53,300 BUT THE SAN KNOW THE TRACK AND TRAIL 602 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,220 OF EVERY ANIMAL THAT LIVES HERE, 603 00:34:55,340 --> 00:34:58,180 AND THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY'RE AFTER TODAY. 604 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,140 THEY'VE TRACKED DOWN A HUGE PORCUPINE, 605 00:35:01,260 --> 00:35:04,120 AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DIG IT OUT FROM ITS BURROW. 606 00:35:04,220 --> 00:35:07,920 THESE GUYS HAVE BROUGHT OUT THEIR HEAVY MACHINERY 607 00:35:08,060 --> 00:35:11,380 TO TRY AND GET THIS PORCUPINE THAT'S SOMEWHERE UNDER HERE. 608 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:15,360 BUT THEY'RE QUITE BIG, THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW? 609 00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:20,300 IT'S TAKEN EIGHT HOURS TO DIG THIS DEEP -- 610 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,940 A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO CATCH JUST ONE MEAL. 611 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,140 BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF LIFE AS A HUNTER-GATHERER. 612 00:35:29,020 --> 00:35:29,980 WHOA! 613 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:31,240 ( SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ) 614 00:35:33,060 --> 00:35:34,260 GET HIM, GET HIM, GET HIM. 615 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,100 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 616 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,240 OKAY, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE HIM. 617 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,060 WE'VE YET TO SEE HOW BIG HE ACTUALLY IS, 618 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:52,260 BUT ONE THING I DO KNOW 619 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,020 IS THAT A CORNERED ANIMAL IS DANGEROUS. 620 00:36:00,180 --> 00:36:04,220 ( INDISTINCT SHOUTING ) 621 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:13,160 WE'VE GOT SOME OF HIS SPIKES, ANYWAY. 622 00:36:13,220 --> 00:36:15,000 BUT IT'S TIME TO FINISH THIS. 623 00:36:15,060 --> 00:36:16,380 AND IT'S LEFT TO ME TO GET THIS THING 624 00:36:16,940 --> 00:36:18,380 OUT OF ITS HOLE AND KILLED. 625 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,280 ( APPLAUSE ) 626 00:36:38,060 --> 00:36:40,040 IT'S BRUTAL, BUT FOR THE SAN, 627 00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:43,180 WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVAL, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR SENTIMENT. 628 00:36:43,340 --> 00:36:46,000 IF THEY DON'T KILL, THEY DON'T EAT. 629 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,980 WATER, FOOD, AND SHELTER ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS OF SURVIVAL, 630 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:58,040 BUT SELF-HELP MEANS MOVING, AND MOVING MEANS RISK. 631 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,220 IF YOU PLAN TO WALK OUT OF A SURVIVAL SITUATION, 632 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,960 COUNT ON ONE THING -- 633 00:37:15,060 --> 00:37:17,120 NATURE WILL THROW EVERYTHING AT YOU 634 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:19,280 AND BLOCK YOUR PATH AT EVERY TURN. 635 00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:23,120 TO MOVE ON, SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE RISKS. 636 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:42,200 THE BOTTOM LINE IS, REALLY, I GOT A BIT LUCKY THEN. 637 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,320 BUT YOU'LL NEED MORE THAN A BIT OF LUCK. 638 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,000 DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO IMPROVE YOURS CHANCES 639 00:37:48,060 --> 00:37:51,020 OF FINDING A WAY OUT AND BACK TO CIVILIZATION. 640 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:56,360 IT'S SO HARD TO JUST KEEP FOLLOWING THE TRAIL, YEAH? 641 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,920 THE WORLD'S HOTTEST DESERT, THE SAHARA. 642 00:38:02,060 --> 00:38:05,080 AND IT'S IMMENSE -- NEARLY THE SIZE OF THE U.S.A. 643 00:38:05,180 --> 00:38:08,360 WITH NO LANDMARKS TO GUIDE YOU, IT'S EASY TO LOSE YOUR WAY. 644 00:38:09,060 --> 00:38:11,180 BUT APPLY A FEW BASIC NAVIGATION TRICKS, 645 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,200 AND YOU SHOULD STAY ON COURSE. 646 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:17,080 ONE WAY I CAN CHECK MY DIRECTION IS JUST USE MY KNIFE, 647 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,300 AND THE SUN AND THEN THE SHADOW THAT IT CASTS. 648 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:25,900 AND IF I JUST STICK THIS INTO THE GROUND 649 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:29,920 AND PUT A PEBBLE WHERE THE SUN CASTS A SHADOW -- 650 00:38:29,980 --> 00:38:30,980 SEE THAT JUST THERE? 651 00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:33,300 AND IF I THEN LEAVE THIS 15 MINUTES OR SO... 652 00:38:34,340 --> 00:38:37,220 THIS SHADOW NOW HAS MOVED AROUND ENOUGH 653 00:38:37,980 --> 00:38:40,300 JUST TO BE ABLE TO GIVE ME TWO POINTS. 654 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,280 AND IF I MARK THAT LIKE THIS, 655 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,960 THAT'S GONNA BE MY EAST-WEST LINE, 656 00:38:47,180 --> 00:38:50,980 WHICH MEANS NORTH-SOUTH IS LIKE THAT, 657 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,220 WHICH MEANS NORTHWEST IS LIKE THAT. 658 00:38:55,380 --> 00:38:56,940 TRAVEL NORTHWEST, 659 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,140 AND YOU'LL REACH THE SAFETY OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS. 660 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,180 AT NIGHT, TEMPERATURES DROP BY UP TO 80 DEGREES. 661 00:39:04,980 --> 00:39:06,240 THE AIR IS CRISP AND CLEAR, 662 00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:09,300 AND IN THE DARKNESS, THE STARS WILL BE YOUR SALVATION. 663 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,240 THE BEST WAY OF NAVIGATING AT NIGHT IN THE DESERT 664 00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:14,240 IS JUST TO USE THE STARS. 665 00:39:14,380 --> 00:39:15,360 AND IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, 666 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,160 THE MOST RELIABLE ONE TO USE IS THE NORTH STAR. 667 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,200 BUT THE WAY TO FIND THE NORTH STAR 668 00:39:21,940 --> 00:39:24,340 IS TO USE THE BIG DIPPER, OR THE PLOW. 669 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:26,960 AND WHAT YOU DO, YOU TAKE THE START OF IT, 670 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,080 FOLLOW THE HANDLE 'ROUND, DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. 671 00:39:30,140 --> 00:39:31,320 AND THEN YOU TAKE THE LAST TWO, 672 00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:33,180 AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LAST TWO -- 673 00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:35,060 YOU MULTIPLY IT FOUR TIMES. 674 00:39:35,140 --> 00:39:38,280 1, 2, 3, AND 4. 675 00:39:38,380 --> 00:39:40,320 POINTS DIRECTLY AT THE NORTH STAR. 676 00:39:42,940 --> 00:39:44,280 STARS MOVE ALL THE TIME, 677 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,140 SO RECHECK YOUR BEARING EVERY 10 MINUTES. 678 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,080 CONSTANTLY LOOK OUT FOR SIGNS 679 00:39:51,140 --> 00:39:54,980 THAT MIGHT LEAD TO CIVILIZATION AND ULTIMATELY TO RESCUE. 680 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:02,100 JUST LOOK AT THE DEVASTATION THESE HURRICANES CAUSE. 681 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:04,180 IN LOUISIANA, 682 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:07,060 THE TRAIL OF DEBRIS LEFT BY HURRICANE KATRINA 683 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,380 LED RIGHT OUT OF THE SWAMPS TO SAFETY. 684 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,220 AFTER KATRINA, MANY FAMILIES WERE TRAPPED BY FLOODWATERS, 685 00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:19,240 AND THEY HAD TO TAKE REFUGE IN THE HIGHEST PLACE AVAILABLE. 686 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:21,320 THE ROOF LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH. 687 00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:24,040 LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND A WAY UP THERE. 688 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,100 FOR THOUSANDS OF KATRINA VICTIMS, 689 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,340 THE ROOF WAS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE TO BE, 690 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,080 AWAY FROM THE FLOODWATERS AND THE DANGEROUS SWAMP WILDLIFE 691 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:35,220 THAT WAS OFTEN WASHED UP IN THEIR HOMES. 692 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,120 IT WAS ALSO THE BEST PLACE 693 00:40:40,180 --> 00:40:42,920 TO GET NOTICED, LOCATED, AND RESCUED. 694 00:40:44,180 --> 00:40:46,260 AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE SAME FOR ME. 695 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,160 THE HELICOPTER HAS SPOTTED ME. 696 00:40:49,220 --> 00:40:52,160 AND THEN GIVE HIM THE BIG INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS SIGNAL -- 697 00:40:52,220 --> 00:40:53,340 A BIG "Y." 698 00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:56,240 IT MEANS, "YES, I NEED HELP!" 699 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:08,060 IN THE HARSH CONDITIONS OF THE DESERT, SETTLEMENTS ARE SCARCE. 700 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,280 YOU COULD BE WALKING FOR DAYS BEFORE YOU SEE SIGNS OF LIFE. 701 00:41:12,140 --> 00:41:16,920 OH, BUILDINGS, PALM TREES, AND PEOPLE. 702 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:19,380 AND THAT WOULD MEAN ONE THING -- 703 00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:21,260 YOU'RE SAFE. 704 00:41:23,340 --> 00:41:24,900 MERCI. 705 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,080 IN MOST CASES, HEAD FOR THE COAST. 706 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:32,040 99% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVE BY WATER. 707 00:41:32,380 --> 00:41:35,160 FOLLOW THE SHORELINE, AND YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE. 708 00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:40,200 WHAT I'M REMINDED OF IN THIS PLACE 709 00:41:40,940 --> 00:41:45,900 IS THAT NATURE IS ESSENTIALLY NEITHER FOR US NOR AGAINST US, 710 00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:48,980 AND WHAT DETERMINES WHETHER WE SURVIVE OR NOT 711 00:41:49,260 --> 00:41:52,320 IS OUR SKILL, OUR COMMON SENSE, 712 00:41:53,060 --> 00:41:54,220 AND ULTIMATELY... 713 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:57,900 OUR DETERMINATION TO MAKE IT HOME IN ONE PIECE. 714 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:25,060 WHOO-HOO! WHOO!