1 00:00:12,467 --> 00:00:14,266 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:14,333 --> 00:00:16,433 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:19,467 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:20,734 --> 00:00:23,667 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A SERIES OF CHALLENGES... 5 00:00:23,734 --> 00:00:26,233 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 6 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:28,367 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 7 00:00:30,634 --> 00:00:32,467 WHOO! 8 00:00:32,533 --> 00:00:34,767 NOW I'M IN THE DENSE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM, 9 00:00:34,834 --> 00:00:36,700 TANGLING WITH SOME OF THE MOST 10 00:00:36,767 --> 00:00:39,266 INHOSPITABLE TERRAIN ON EARTH... 11 00:00:39,333 --> 00:00:40,734 [ GRUNTS ] 12 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,600 ...IN CONSTANT BATTLE WITH NATURE'S WILD SIDE, 13 00:00:43,667 --> 00:00:45,367 WHERE ONE SLIP COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE... 14 00:00:45,433 --> 00:00:48,200 BE A BAD TIME FOR THE VINE TO BREAK! 15 00:00:50,133 --> 00:00:52,934 ...WHERE EVERY ANIMAL WANTS A PIECE OF YOU... 16 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,300 SEE THAT? LOOK. SPITTING COBRA. 17 00:00:54,367 --> 00:00:55,734 [ COBRA HISSING ] 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,600 ...AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET THEM BEFORE THEY GET YOU. 19 00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:00,567 WHOA. 20 00:01:00,634 --> 00:01:02,100 I'M PITTING MY WITS AGAINST NATURE... 21 00:01:02,166 --> 00:01:03,500 WHAA! 22 00:01:03,567 --> 00:01:05,033 ...AND SHOWING YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO SURVIVE 23 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:08,400 IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS KNOWN TO MAN. 24 00:01:08,467 --> 00:01:11,300 IT'S NOW QUIET A SCARY PLACE TO BE. 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,600 I'M HEADING DEEP INTO A COUNTRY 26 00:01:18,667 --> 00:01:20,433 WHICH OCCUPIES A UNIQUE PLACE 27 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:23,166 IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ALL AMERICANS. 28 00:01:23,233 --> 00:01:25,567 THIS IS VIETNAM, 29 00:01:25,634 --> 00:01:29,533 THE SCENE OF ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL WARS IN MODERN HISTORY. 30 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,800 DURING THE CONFLICT, 31 00:01:30,867 --> 00:01:32,867 IT WASN'T JUST THE FIGHTING THAT TOOK ITS TOLL. 32 00:01:32,934 --> 00:01:35,700 THE JUNGLE ALSO PLAYED A DEADLY ROLE. 33 00:01:35,767 --> 00:01:38,367 AND OVER 3,000 AMERICAN FATALITIES 34 00:01:38,433 --> 00:01:40,967 WERE FROM NON-COMBATIVE CAUSES -- 35 00:01:41,033 --> 00:01:44,266 DISEASE, STARVATION, AND ANIMAL ATTACKS. 36 00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:47,300 IN OTHER WORDS, THE JUNGLE GOT THEM. 37 00:01:47,367 --> 00:01:49,133 EVERY YEAR IN VIETNAM, 38 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,066 30,000 PEOPLE ARE BITTEN 39 00:01:51,133 --> 00:01:54,200 BY SOME OF THE DEADLIEST SNAKES KNOWN TO MAN. 40 00:01:54,266 --> 00:01:55,967 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 41 00:01:56,033 --> 00:01:58,433 YOU'RE GONNA STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THIS JUNGLE ALIVE. 42 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:00,533 AND I'M HEADING RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF IT. 43 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,000 I'M GOING FOR THE CLASSIC VIETNAM INSERTION -- 44 00:02:03,066 --> 00:02:04,467 THE DUSTOFF, 45 00:02:04,533 --> 00:02:07,700 WITH THE HELI HOVERING FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME POSSIBLE, 46 00:02:07,767 --> 00:02:10,634 THEN I'M INTO THE JUNGLE FOR COVER. 47 00:02:23,533 --> 00:02:26,934 [ HELICOPTER ROTOR WHIRRING ] 48 00:02:30,233 --> 00:02:34,533 WOW. JUST LOOK AT THIS PLACE. 49 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:38,433 THIS...IS GONNA BE A MISSION. 50 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:40,400 OKAY, LET'S GET INTO THIS. 51 00:02:40,467 --> 00:02:42,800 ABOUT HALF OF VIETNAM 52 00:02:42,867 --> 00:02:45,166 IS COVERED IN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST. 53 00:02:45,233 --> 00:02:47,100 UNDER COVER OF THE TREE CANOPY, 54 00:02:47,166 --> 00:02:49,934 IN THE THICK VEGETATION OF THE JUNGLE FLOOR, 55 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,333 VISIBILITY CAN BE AS LITTLE AS A FEW YARDS. 56 00:02:56,367 --> 00:02:59,266 [ GRUNTS ] DIDN'T SEE THAT. 57 00:02:59,333 --> 00:03:01,467 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 58 00:03:01,533 --> 00:03:04,100 MAN, I ALMOST WENT STRAIGHT OFF THE EDGE THERE. 59 00:03:04,166 --> 00:03:05,400 IT'S JUST HARD IN THE JUNGLE 60 00:03:05,467 --> 00:03:07,433 WITH SO MUCH FOLIAGE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. 61 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:08,934 [ EXHALES DEEPLY ] 62 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,867 ANYWAY, THERE'S THE RIVER, 63 00:03:10,934 --> 00:03:12,367 WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. 64 00:03:12,433 --> 00:03:14,367 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FIND. 65 00:03:14,433 --> 00:03:15,767 AND, ACTUALLY... 66 00:03:15,834 --> 00:03:18,934 SO MANY OF THE P.O.W. ESCAPE STORIES FROM VIETNAM -- 67 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,033 THE SOLDIERS WHO WERE SUCCESSFULLY GETTING OUT 68 00:03:22,100 --> 00:03:25,634 WERE THE ONES THAT FOUND THE RIVERS AND FOLLOWED THEM. 69 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:27,033 WHEW. 70 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:30,500 OKAY, WE NEED TO GET DOWN TO THAT. 71 00:03:30,567 --> 00:03:34,500 A RIVER WOULD BE A POTENTIAL ROUTE BACK TO CIVILIZATION, 72 00:03:34,567 --> 00:03:37,900 BUT GETTING DOWN THERE MEANS A DIFFICULT CLIMB 73 00:03:37,967 --> 00:03:40,233 OVER A SHEER DROP. 74 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:42,200 BRING IT DOWN. COME ON. 75 00:03:42,266 --> 00:03:43,767 THAT'S IT. 76 00:03:46,066 --> 00:03:48,767 JUST WORK OUR WAY ALONG THIS LEDGE. 77 00:03:53,367 --> 00:03:56,500 WE'RE ABOUT 20 OR 30 FOOT DOWN TO THERE, 78 00:03:56,567 --> 00:03:59,533 BUT IT'S NOT THE HEIGHT I'M WORRIED ABOUT. 79 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,433 IT'S WHAT UNDER THE WATER. 80 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:03,333 YOU KNOW, JUST 'CAUSE THERE'S A WATERFALL HERE 81 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:04,800 DOESN'T MEAN IT'S DEEP. 82 00:04:04,867 --> 00:04:08,233 THERE COULD BE LOGS -- BIG, SUBMERGED DEADFALL DOWN THERE. 83 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:10,834 WE NEED SOME WAY OF WORKING OUT THE DEPTH. 84 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:13,567 HANG ON. YOU STAY HERE. 85 00:04:13,634 --> 00:04:16,433 BAMBOO IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST PLANTS ON EARTH, 86 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:19,800 WITH A TENSILE STRENGTH TO RIVAL STEEL, 87 00:04:19,867 --> 00:04:23,367 AND IT LIKES TO GROW RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIVERS OR WATER COURSES. 88 00:04:23,433 --> 00:04:26,300 WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THESE BAMBOO... 89 00:04:26,367 --> 00:04:29,467 IS GET ALL OF THE LITTLE BRANCHES OFF 90 00:04:29,533 --> 00:04:33,133 AND BASICALLY MAKE ONE LONG, STRAIGHT SPEAR. 91 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,133 AND IT'S THEN THAT SPEAR 92 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,634 THAT I'M GONNA USE TO THROW INTO THE WATER 93 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:42,066 AND GET AN IDEA OF HOW DEEP IT IS. 94 00:04:42,133 --> 00:04:46,700 AND ALSO PROBABLY WORTH JUST SMASHING UP THE ENDS OF IT... 95 00:04:46,767 --> 00:04:50,233 JUST TO STOP IT STICKING IN THE MUD 96 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:53,533 AND THEN ENDING UP LIKE A... 97 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,567 NASTY MAN-TRAP UNDER THE WATER. 98 00:04:57,634 --> 00:05:00,367 OKAY, THAT'S GONNA STOP IT STICKING IN. 99 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:03,233 AND THEN THE IDEA IS I CAN THROW THAT IN. 100 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:06,634 IF IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF FEET DEEP, I'M GONNA SEE IT. 101 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:10,667 OKAY, WELL, THAT'S WORKED. 102 00:05:10,734 --> 00:05:12,667 IT WENT ALL THE WAY INTO THE WATER. 103 00:05:12,734 --> 00:05:15,700 AND LOOK. YOU SEE -- IT'S JUST FLOATED UP. 104 00:05:15,767 --> 00:05:19,000 THAT MEANS IT'S AT LEAST THE LENGTH OF THAT DEEP, 105 00:05:19,066 --> 00:05:20,500 IF NOT PROBABLY MORE, 106 00:05:20,567 --> 00:05:23,967 SO I KNOW I'VE GOT AT LEAST EIGHT FOOT TO PLAY WITH. 107 00:05:24,033 --> 00:05:26,967 THE MORE SPEARS YOU CAN THROW INTO THE WATER, 108 00:05:27,033 --> 00:05:29,667 THE MORE CERTAIN YOU'LL BE THAT THERE ARE NO HIDDEN ROCKS. 109 00:05:31,233 --> 00:05:33,934 WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY. OKAY. 110 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,367 WHOO! 111 00:05:39,467 --> 00:05:41,900 WHOO! FANTASTIC! 112 00:05:41,967 --> 00:05:44,233 IT'S A QUICK WAY DOWN, 113 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:46,500 BUT, PROVIDING THE WATER'S DEEP ENOUGH, 114 00:05:46,567 --> 00:05:49,667 I'M CONFIDENT JUMPING HEIGHTS UP TO 50 FOOT WITHOUT INJURY. 115 00:05:49,734 --> 00:05:52,033 BUT YOU GOT TO CHECK OUT THE RISKS FIRST. 116 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:55,934 AND NOW I'M WHERE I WANT TO BE -- ON THE RIVER. 117 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,600 STAY HERE. LET ME GO DOWN. 118 00:05:57,667 --> 00:06:00,900 THE RIVER IS WHERE NATURE'S CUT A PATH THROUGH THE JUNGLE, 119 00:06:00,967 --> 00:06:03,400 AND IT CAN OFTEN BE THE QUICKEST ROUTE. 120 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:12,333 I TRY TO REALLY USE THESE ROCKS, JUST TO MOVE STEADY DOWN THIS. 121 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,767 YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP GETTING TAKEN. 122 00:06:14,834 --> 00:06:17,433 BUT THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF POWER IN THIS. 123 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,867 IF YOU GO WITH THE FLOW OF THE WATER, 124 00:06:19,934 --> 00:06:23,133 YOU CAN COVER GROUND SURPRISINGLY FAST. 125 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:31,500 WELL, THAT'S WORKING. 126 00:06:31,567 --> 00:06:34,767 AND I'M ACTUALLY MAKING QUITE GOOD PROGRESS DOWNRIVER NOW. 127 00:06:34,834 --> 00:06:37,333 BUT YOU CAN NEVER AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT. 128 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,934 RIVERS HAVE A HABIT OF CATCHING YOU OUT. 129 00:06:43,266 --> 00:06:45,333 STOP, STOP, STOP. 130 00:06:46,967 --> 00:06:48,800 WHOO! 131 00:06:48,867 --> 00:06:52,200 THAT'S A DROP YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO OVER. 132 00:06:52,266 --> 00:06:54,033 CAN YOU SEE DOWN THAT? 133 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:58,367 JUST GET BATTERED A BIT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. 134 00:06:58,433 --> 00:07:00,967 SEE, THIS IS REALLY WHY 135 00:07:01,033 --> 00:07:03,834 THE JUNGLE'S SUCH A TOUGH TERRAIN TO SURVIVE IN. 136 00:07:03,900 --> 00:07:06,066 JUST OBSTACLE AFTER OBSTACLE AWAITS. 137 00:07:06,133 --> 00:07:08,934 CAN YOU IMAGINE NOT ONLY TRYING TO SURVIVE HERE, 138 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,800 BUT THEN ALSO FIGHTING, AS WELL? 139 00:07:10,867 --> 00:07:13,200 IT'S REALLY WHY SO MANY YOUNG AMERICANS 140 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:14,567 HAD SUCH AN EPIC. 141 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:17,967 THEY CAME OUT STRAIGHT OUT FROM COLLEGE, NO EXPERIENCE, 142 00:07:18,033 --> 00:07:19,667 STRAIGHT INTO ALL OF THIS. 143 00:07:19,734 --> 00:07:23,367 AND IT'S NOT ONLY CANYONS AND FLASH FLOODS AND WATERFALLS 144 00:07:23,433 --> 00:07:24,934 AND IMPENETRABLE JUNGLE. 145 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,300 IT'S ALSO TEAMING 146 00:07:26,367 --> 00:07:29,900 WITH EVERY SORT OF CREEPY-CRAWLY AND SNAKE YOU CAN IMAGINE. 147 00:07:29,967 --> 00:07:33,100 AND THEY ALWAYS TALK OF THE SHOCK OF THE JUNGLE. 148 00:07:33,166 --> 00:07:35,734 AND IT'S NOT ONLY -- HOW DO YOU COPE, PHYSICALLY? 149 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:37,333 IT'S -- HOW DO YOU COPE, MENTALLY? 150 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,433 OKAY, LET'S FIND A WAY DOWN THIS RUDDY THING. 151 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:42,500 LET'S TAKE IT EASY ON THIS. 152 00:07:42,567 --> 00:07:45,900 THEY'RE SLIPPERY AS HELL. 153 00:07:45,967 --> 00:07:50,033 IT DOESN'T GET A LOAD EASIER THIS SIDE EITHER. 154 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:53,166 I RECKON THAT IF I CAN GET DOWN TO THAT LEDGE -- 155 00:07:53,233 --> 00:07:54,500 YOU SEE THAT? -- 156 00:07:54,567 --> 00:07:57,567 I MIGHT WELL BE ABLE TO STAND A CHANCE FROM THERE. 157 00:07:57,634 --> 00:08:00,700 I'M GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF GOOD, STRONG BRANCH 158 00:08:00,767 --> 00:08:02,033 TO GET ACROSS THAT. 159 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:05,934 YEAH, LET'S GET INTO THE JUNGLE. 160 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,734 THE JUNGLE IS FULL OF RESOURCES. 161 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,533 WHAT I NEED IS A BRANCH OR TRUNK 162 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,600 STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE MY WEIGHT OVER THAT DROP. 163 00:08:17,433 --> 00:08:19,433 I WANT A REALLY GOOD POINT ON THIS 164 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:22,400 TO TRY AND WEDGE IT IN ONE OF THE CRACKS DOWN THERE. 165 00:08:22,467 --> 00:08:24,066 I'M AIMING TO USE THE TRUNK 166 00:08:24,133 --> 00:08:26,667 AS A JUNGLE VERSION OF A FIREMAN'S POLE, 167 00:08:26,734 --> 00:08:29,900 WHICH I CAN USE TO CLIMB DOWN ONTO THE NEXT LEDGE. 168 00:08:32,734 --> 00:08:34,433 OKAY, THAT'S QUITE NICE. 169 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:38,500 THAT'S WEDGED IN HERE, AS WELL. 170 00:08:38,567 --> 00:08:40,433 WELL, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, I RECKON. 171 00:08:41,867 --> 00:08:43,467 THE TRICK IS TO TRY AND AVOID 172 00:08:43,533 --> 00:08:45,667 THAT WHITE WATER RUNNING UNDERFOOT. 173 00:08:45,734 --> 00:08:47,266 IT'S DECEPTIVELY POWERFUL -- 174 00:08:47,333 --> 00:08:49,066 ONE TOUCH CAN SWEEP YOU AWAY. 175 00:08:53,767 --> 00:08:55,166 CLIMBING DOWN WET ROCK 176 00:08:55,233 --> 00:08:57,533 IS OFTEN MORE RISKY THAN CLIMBING UP, 177 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,533 ESPECIALLY IF YOU PASS THE POINT OF NO RETURN. 178 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:05,600 [BLEEP] 179 00:09:05,667 --> 00:09:07,634 WELL, THAT'S THE POLE GONE. 180 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:10,533 I'M QUITE COMMITTED NOW ON THIS. 181 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:14,066 ACTUALLY, LOOK -- YOU SEE THAT LOG, 182 00:09:14,133 --> 00:09:17,900 JUST IN THE WHITE WATER, STRAIGHT DOWN HERE? 183 00:09:17,967 --> 00:09:20,500 MIGHT WELL BE ABLE TO TRY AND SHIMMY DOWN THAT. 184 00:09:20,567 --> 00:09:21,967 OKAY, YOU STAY HERE. 185 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:29,634 WITH HUNDREDS OF GALLONS OF WATER 186 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:32,133 CASCADING OVER THE FALLS EVERY SECOND, 187 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,300 THE FORCE IS BREATHTAKING. 188 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:39,233 ALL I CAN DO IS TO HANG ON TO THE LOG. 189 00:09:39,300 --> 00:09:41,367 WITH THIS WEIGHT OF WATER ON ME, 190 00:09:41,433 --> 00:09:43,433 EVEN BREATHING IS HARD. 191 00:09:53,934 --> 00:09:56,100 GETTING DOWN THAT WAS A MISSION, 192 00:09:56,166 --> 00:09:58,867 AND WATERFALLS HAVE A HABIT OF BEING RUTHLESS 193 00:09:58,934 --> 00:10:00,400 IF YOU GET IT WRONG. 194 00:10:00,467 --> 00:10:02,867 WHEN YOU'RE BATTLING AGAINST A RIVER AS STRONG AS THIS, 195 00:10:02,934 --> 00:10:05,367 YOU'VE GOT TO REPLENISH YOUR ENERGY LEVELS 196 00:10:05,433 --> 00:10:07,533 WITH ANY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET. 197 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,834 THERE'S A CATFISH IN THIS POOL. 198 00:10:24,367 --> 00:10:26,133 I'M DEEP IN THE VIETNAMESE JUNGLE, 199 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,333 MAKING MY WAY DOWN A WILD MOUNTAIN RIVER... 200 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,600 ANOTHER [BLEEP] WATERFALL. 201 00:10:31,667 --> 00:10:33,166 WHOO! 202 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:35,266 ...WHERE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE LURKING 203 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:36,867 AROUND THE NEXT CORNER. 204 00:10:36,934 --> 00:10:38,700 Shh, shh, shh. 205 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,967 THERE'S A CATFISH IN THIS POOL. 206 00:10:48,033 --> 00:10:50,033 SEE HIM? HE'S JUST GONE BEHIND THAT ROCK. 207 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:52,100 SEE? STRAIGHT IN THERE, BEHIND THE GRASS. 208 00:10:52,166 --> 00:10:53,500 THERE YOU GO. SEE HIM MOVING? 209 00:10:53,567 --> 00:10:56,433 ACTUALLY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT? LOOK. WE CAN DAM THIS. 210 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:57,967 STAY THERE. 211 00:10:58,033 --> 00:11:01,233 CATFISH ARE FOUND IN FRESHWATER ALL AROUND THE WORLD, 212 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:03,066 AND ALL SPECIES ARE EDIBLE. 213 00:11:03,133 --> 00:11:05,867 THE LARGEST OF ALL IS THE GIANT CATFISH, 214 00:11:05,934 --> 00:11:07,533 NATIVE TO SOUTH VIETNAM, 215 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,834 WHICH CAN WEIGH OVER 600 POUNDS. 216 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:12,467 THIS ONE'S A TIDDLER BY COMPARISON, 217 00:11:12,533 --> 00:11:14,500 BUT IT'S GONNA BE GOOD EATING. 218 00:11:14,567 --> 00:11:17,467 YOU SEE HIM? LOOK. HE'S JUST HERE. 219 00:11:27,867 --> 00:11:29,500 JUST CAUGHT HIS TAIL. 220 00:11:29,567 --> 00:11:32,767 OKAY, LET ME DAM THIS BIT, AS WELL. 221 00:11:32,834 --> 00:11:34,867 WE'LL KEEP HIM IN THIS POOL. STAY THERE. 222 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,133 OKAY. 223 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,867 THERE'S ONE CATFISH NOW TRAPPED IN HERE, WHICH IS GOOD. 224 00:11:42,934 --> 00:11:44,800 IT MEANS I CAN BIDE MY TIME, 225 00:11:44,867 --> 00:11:47,500 GO AND MAKE MYSELF SOME SORT OF SPEAR 226 00:11:47,567 --> 00:11:50,400 AND TRY AND GET HIM. 227 00:11:50,467 --> 00:11:53,300 THAT'S GONNA BE LUNCH. 228 00:11:53,367 --> 00:11:56,033 YOU CAN SHARPEN BAMBOO UP TO MAKE A LETHAL SPEAR, 229 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:58,066 AND I WANT TO MAXIMIZE MY CHANCES 230 00:11:58,133 --> 00:12:00,166 OF CATCHING THAT CATFISH. 231 00:12:00,233 --> 00:12:04,734 I WANT TO MAKE THIS REALLY INTO EIGHT PRONGS, 232 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:09,500 SO I SPLIT THE HEAD OF IT AND THEN SHARPEN THEM. 233 00:12:16,066 --> 00:12:17,767 AND THEN LOOK -- YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF BAMBOO 234 00:12:17,834 --> 00:12:19,400 AND WEDGE IT DOWN THE MIDDLE. 235 00:12:19,467 --> 00:12:25,200 YOU'LL SEE...THAT JUST SPLAYING THOSE PRONGS. 236 00:12:25,266 --> 00:12:27,600 SPEARFISHING LIKE THIS 237 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:29,400 HAS BEEN USED BY RIVER COMMUNITIES 238 00:12:29,467 --> 00:12:31,600 ALL 'ROUND THE WORLD FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 239 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:33,033 IT'S SUCH AN ANCIENT TECHNIQUE 240 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,133 IT'S EVEN DEPICTED IN CAVE PAINTINGS. 241 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,934 OKAY, AND THEN THOSE I CAN JUST SHARPEN UP. 242 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:45,100 AND THAT'S GONNA BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE...FISHING 243 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:48,500 THAN JUST USING ONE-PRONG SPEAR. 244 00:12:48,567 --> 00:12:51,433 OKAY, AND WHEN THEY'RE GOOD AND SHARP, 245 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:54,900 YOU CAN THEN JUST GET RID OF ALL OF THESE BITS. 246 00:12:54,967 --> 00:12:57,600 AND YOU'RE LEFT WITH THAT. 247 00:12:57,667 --> 00:12:58,867 OKAY. 248 00:12:58,934 --> 00:13:01,500 TIME TO CATCH A CATFISH. 249 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,900 WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE IS SHOOT UNDER THIS BANK 250 00:13:07,967 --> 00:13:11,967 BEHIND ALL THAT GRASS -- NICE AND SHELTERED THERE. 251 00:13:12,033 --> 00:13:14,800 AND ALSO, NOW HE KNOWS I'M AROUND, 252 00:13:14,867 --> 00:13:17,900 HE'S GONNA BE TRYING TO HIDE, AS WELL. 253 00:13:17,967 --> 00:13:20,000 THERE HE IS. THERE HE IS. 254 00:13:25,834 --> 00:13:27,467 THERE YOU GO. 255 00:13:27,533 --> 00:13:29,800 BANG ON THE MONEY. 256 00:13:31,634 --> 00:13:32,800 AND LOOK. 257 00:13:32,867 --> 00:13:34,667 THESE ARE THE BITS YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL OF -- 258 00:13:34,734 --> 00:13:36,100 THESE BARBS HERE. 259 00:13:36,166 --> 00:13:37,433 SEE THAT? 260 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:40,867 SEE THAT LITTLE PRONG JUST POKING OUT THERE. 261 00:13:40,934 --> 00:13:42,967 AND THESE ARE HIS WHISKERS. 262 00:13:43,033 --> 00:13:45,700 THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A CATFISH. 263 00:13:45,767 --> 00:13:47,100 AND THERE YOU GO. LOOK. 264 00:13:47,166 --> 00:13:50,266 IF I'D HAD A SINGLE-PRONG SPEAR, I WOULD HAVE MISSED THAT. 265 00:13:50,333 --> 00:13:52,400 I JUST CAUGHT HIM ON THE EDGE OF THIS ONE, 266 00:13:52,467 --> 00:13:53,834 SO THAT WAS WORTH DOING. 267 00:13:53,900 --> 00:13:55,066 BULL'S-EYE! 268 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,467 REALLY, I WANT TO TAKE HIS WHOLE HEAD OFF. 269 00:14:04,533 --> 00:14:06,567 AND THAT'S ALL THE GUTS THAT I DON'T WANT. 270 00:14:11,767 --> 00:14:15,000 AND THEN ALL OF THIS IS FINE TO EAT. 271 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,333 CRUNCHY... 272 00:14:29,567 --> 00:14:33,200 ...AND TASTES LIKE IT LOOKS -- UGLY. 273 00:14:33,266 --> 00:14:35,667 BUT MASSES OF GOOD PROTEIN, GOOD ENERGY, 274 00:14:35,734 --> 00:14:38,000 REALLY GONNA HELP ANY JUNGLE SURVIVOR 275 00:14:38,066 --> 00:14:39,400 FINDING FISH LIKE THIS, 276 00:14:39,467 --> 00:14:42,266 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S OPPORTUNISTICALLY FOUND. 277 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,033 AND OPPORTUNISM IS WHAT SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT. 278 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:51,533 YOU NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP YOU 279 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,367 IN YOUR QUEST TO STAY ALIVE. 280 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:04,033 IT'S A PINE TREE -- THIS ONE. 281 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:07,533 AND THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT FROM 'ROUND HERE. 282 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,734 SEE? THIS HAS BEEN SWEPT DOWNRIVER. 283 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,066 IT JUST SHOWS THE POWER OF THIS RIVER 284 00:15:12,133 --> 00:15:13,433 WHEN IT'S IN FLOOD. 285 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,767 THE PINE WOULD HAVE COME FROM WAY FURTHER UP HIGH. 286 00:15:16,834 --> 00:15:19,867 BUT, ACTUALLY, IT'S A FAT PINE, AS WELL, THIS, 287 00:15:19,934 --> 00:15:21,066 WHICH IS GOOD FOR ME, 288 00:15:21,133 --> 00:15:25,133 'CAUSE I CAN USE THIS FOR TINDER. 289 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,634 FAT PINE TREES LIKE THIS 290 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:28,834 CAN BE UP TO 80% FLAMMABLE RESIN, 291 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:30,600 MAKING IT VERY EASY TO LIGHT, 292 00:15:30,667 --> 00:15:32,834 EVEN IN THE HUMIDITY OF THE JUNGLE. 293 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:35,000 GOOD THING ABOUT THESE LITTLE PINE STICKS, 294 00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:36,400 EVEN IF THEY GET WET -- 295 00:15:36,467 --> 00:15:39,233 YOU KNOW, IF IT RAINS, OR THEY TAKE A DUNKING -- 296 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:41,400 ONCE THEY SHAKE OFF, GET A BIT DRY, 297 00:15:41,467 --> 00:15:42,967 THEY'RE STILL GONNA LIGHT, 298 00:15:43,033 --> 00:15:46,133 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO PACKED FULL OF THAT RESIN THAT BURNS. 299 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,300 OKAY. LET'S GET GOING. 300 00:15:50,734 --> 00:15:55,133 YOU'VE GOT TO READ THE RIVER FOR ANY SIGNS OF DANGER. 301 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,900 A FALLEN PINE TREE CAN BE A GODSEND, 302 00:15:57,967 --> 00:15:59,634 BUT IT CAN ALSO BE A SIGN 303 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:03,266 THAT THE RIVER ISN'T ALWAYS A SAFE PLACE TO BE. 304 00:16:04,734 --> 00:16:06,233 STOP, STOP! 305 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:09,033 THE WATER LEVEL HERE IS DEFINITELY RISING. 306 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:13,100 LOOK BACK UP TO THE WATERFALL. 307 00:16:13,166 --> 00:16:16,567 THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE WATER COMING DOWN THAT. 308 00:16:18,333 --> 00:16:20,266 OKAY, I WANT US OUT OF THE WATER. OKAY? 309 00:16:20,333 --> 00:16:22,467 IT MAY BE A SMALL CHANGE, 310 00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:25,300 BUT IF A JUNGLE RIVER LIKE THIS STARTS TO RISE, 311 00:16:25,367 --> 00:16:27,967 YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 312 00:16:28,033 --> 00:16:29,934 UP YOU COME, UP YOU COME, UP YOU COME. 313 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,367 GOOD. I'VE GOT YOU. 314 00:16:31,433 --> 00:16:33,667 A SURGE IN WATER AFTER HEAVY RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS 315 00:16:33,734 --> 00:16:35,266 OR A DAM OPENING UPSTREAM, 316 00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:38,333 WHATEVER THE CAUSE, THE EFFECTS CAN BE DEVASTATING. 317 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,100 WHOA, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK! 318 00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,800 LOOK AT THE WATERFALL! 319 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:45,367 THAT WAS JUST A KIND OF SMALL TORRENT BEFORE. 320 00:16:46,967 --> 00:16:50,567 THERE IS A LOAD MORE WATER COMING DOWN HERE NOW. 321 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:52,900 THAT WIND IS JUST INCREDIBLE. 322 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,667 YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT A SURGE OR A FLASH FLOOD LOOKS LIKE? 323 00:16:59,734 --> 00:17:01,066 LOOK AT THAT. 324 00:17:01,133 --> 00:17:04,467 FLASH FLOODS ARE A HUGE PROBLEM IN VIETNAM. 325 00:17:04,533 --> 00:17:07,533 IN 2008, OVER 100 PEOPLE WERE KILLED 326 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,700 IN A SINGLE FLASH FLOOD CAUSED BY A TROPICAL STORM. 327 00:17:10,767 --> 00:17:13,033 AND THEY RECKON JUST ONE FOOT OF WATER 328 00:17:13,100 --> 00:17:15,333 IS ENOUGH TO TAKE A MAN OFF HIS FEET. 329 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,467 TWO FEET -- ENOUGH TO TAKE YOUR CAR AWAY. 330 00:17:18,533 --> 00:17:22,467 BUT THIS HAS ALREADY RISEN AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR FEET. 331 00:17:22,533 --> 00:17:24,200 AND IT'S GOING UP FAST. 332 00:17:24,266 --> 00:17:26,767 AND THE BARE FACTS ARE -- 333 00:17:26,834 --> 00:17:28,200 YOU DROP INTO THIS NOW, 334 00:17:28,266 --> 00:17:31,200 WHERE ALL OF THIS AMOUNT OF WATER RACING THROUGH, 335 00:17:31,266 --> 00:17:32,200 IT'S GAME OVER. 336 00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:33,700 IT'S PROPERLY GAME OVER. 337 00:17:33,767 --> 00:17:36,867 THIS IS NOW QUITE A SCARY PLACE TO BE. 338 00:17:36,934 --> 00:17:38,967 THIS WATER LEVEL IS STILL RISING. 339 00:17:39,033 --> 00:17:40,634 I WANT TO GET OFF THIS LEDGE. 340 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:43,066 I'M GONNA TRY AND UPCLIMB THIS, OKAY? 341 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:47,934 THIS RIVER IS DEFINITELY NOW OUT OF ACTION. 342 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,233 AND WE'RE BACK INTO THE JUNGLE. 343 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:52,433 BUT AS FAR AS THE JUNGLE IS CONCERNED, 344 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:54,934 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SAFE PLACE TO BE. 345 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,367 COVER YOUR EYES. COVER YOUR EYES. 346 00:17:57,433 --> 00:17:59,100 SPITTING COBRA. [ COBRA HISSES ] 347 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,300 I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING A MOUNTAIN RIVER 348 00:18:13,367 --> 00:18:14,800 DEEP IN THE VIETNAMESE JUNGLE, 349 00:18:14,867 --> 00:18:16,667 BUT IT'S TURNED INTO A DEATH TRAP. 350 00:18:16,734 --> 00:18:17,867 IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, 351 00:18:17,934 --> 00:18:20,000 IT'S GONE FROM A TRICKLE TO A DELUGE. 352 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:22,967 UNTIL THE SURGE DIES DOWN, 353 00:18:23,033 --> 00:18:24,867 THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION 354 00:18:24,934 --> 00:18:26,600 OF FOLLOWING THE RIVER ANY FURTHER. 355 00:18:32,867 --> 00:18:34,934 BUT HEADING BACK INTO THE JUNGLE 356 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,033 BRINGS ITS OWN DANGERS. 357 00:18:39,266 --> 00:18:42,233 COVER YOUR EYES. COVER YOUR EYES. 358 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:43,834 SPITTING COBRA. 359 00:18:46,033 --> 00:18:48,166 OKAY, WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANY CLOSER THAN THIS. 360 00:18:48,233 --> 00:18:50,700 LOOK, HE'S JUST LOOKING STRAIGHT... 361 00:18:50,767 --> 00:18:53,500 STRAIGHT AT ME HERE. 362 00:18:53,567 --> 00:18:54,834 HE'S WATCHING. I'LL TELL YOU WANT. 363 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:56,500 I'M GONNA GET THE CAMERA ON THE END OF THIS. 364 00:18:56,567 --> 00:18:58,367 GIVE US THAT CAMERA. 365 00:18:58,433 --> 00:19:00,533 THAT'S IT. OKAY. NOW, LET ME JUST -- 366 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,000 JUST KEEP AN EYE ON HIM WHILE I TIE THIS ON. 367 00:19:03,066 --> 00:19:05,100 A SPITTING COBRA BLINDS ITS PREY 368 00:19:05,166 --> 00:19:06,266 BEFORE IT ATTACKS. 369 00:19:06,333 --> 00:19:08,734 IT CAN LAUNCH ITS VENOM OVER EIGHT FOOT. 370 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,066 I DO NOT WANT TO GET TOO CLOSE TO THIS. 371 00:19:15,934 --> 00:19:18,300 [ HISSES ] 372 00:19:23,333 --> 00:19:26,233 ITS POISON ATTACKS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, 373 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:28,634 LEADING TO PARALYSIS. 374 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:31,233 [ COBRA HISSES ] 375 00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:33,767 THIS IS ONE SNAKE YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH 376 00:19:33,834 --> 00:19:36,000 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 377 00:19:40,166 --> 00:19:41,367 [ GRYLLS CHUCKLES SOFTLY ] 378 00:19:41,433 --> 00:19:44,367 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE VENOM ON THE LENS HERE. 379 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:46,433 YOU SEE THAT -- WHERE IT SPAT? 380 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:50,300 THAT IS WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT... IN YOUR EYE. 381 00:19:50,367 --> 00:19:53,567 OKAY, LET'S MOVE AWAY FROM HIM NOW. HE'S PISSED. 382 00:19:53,634 --> 00:19:55,367 YOU SEE A SNAKE LIKE THAT, 383 00:19:55,433 --> 00:19:57,467 IT DEFINITELY GETS THE HEART GOING 384 00:19:57,533 --> 00:20:00,467 AND JUST REMINDS YOU HOW CAREFUL YOU'VE GOT TO BE 385 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,100 MOVING THROUGH THE JUNGLE, 386 00:20:02,166 --> 00:20:05,600 AND IT'S OFTEN A GOOD IDEA TO MOVE WITH A HEAVY FOOTFALL, 387 00:20:05,667 --> 00:20:07,166 AS SNAKES WORK OFF VIBRATIONS, 388 00:20:07,233 --> 00:20:09,300 AND IF YOU LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE COMING, 389 00:20:09,367 --> 00:20:11,667 THEY'RE GENERALLY GONNA MOVE OUT YOUR WAY. 390 00:20:11,734 --> 00:20:14,900 IN THE JUNGLE, EVERYTHING WANTS A PIECE OF YOU -- 391 00:20:14,967 --> 00:20:17,233 BIG OR SMALL. 392 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:19,000 AND ONE OF THE SMALLEST CREATURES 393 00:20:19,066 --> 00:20:20,800 IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST ANNOYING. 394 00:20:20,867 --> 00:20:23,367 ANYONE WHO'S EVER SPENT TIME IN THE VIETNAMESE JUNGLE 395 00:20:23,433 --> 00:20:25,300 WILL KNOW ALL ABOUT LEECHES. 396 00:20:25,367 --> 00:20:28,300 OH, I'M REALLY GETTING HAMMERED BY THESE THINGS. 397 00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:32,533 OH, LOOK. 398 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:37,400 YOU SEE THIS ONE IS JUST FULL...OF BLOOD. 399 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,266 YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW MUCH...THEY TAKE OUT. 400 00:20:45,066 --> 00:20:48,700 THE HOT, STEAMY ENVIRONMENT IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR LEECHES. 401 00:20:48,767 --> 00:20:51,300 THESE WEIRD CREATURES ARE HEAT-SEEKING 402 00:20:51,367 --> 00:20:54,500 AND WILL LIE IN WAIT IN THE LEAF LITTER FOR MONTHS 403 00:20:54,567 --> 00:20:56,767 UNTIL AN UNSUSPECTING PIG, TIGER, 404 00:20:56,834 --> 00:20:58,333 OR EVEN BEAR WALKED PAST. 405 00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,800 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, 406 00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:02,467 BUT I'M GETTING LOADS OF THESE LEECHES ON. 407 00:21:02,533 --> 00:21:05,600 LOOK. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN FEEDING. 408 00:21:05,667 --> 00:21:07,467 JUST BLOOD ON THE TROUSERS. 409 00:21:07,533 --> 00:21:10,800 ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WORTH JUST CHECKING... 410 00:21:10,867 --> 00:21:13,934 CHECKING ALL OVER THERE. 411 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,667 YEAH, LOOK. 412 00:21:15,734 --> 00:21:17,500 GET HIM OFF. 413 00:21:20,767 --> 00:21:24,500 AND I'VE GOT A LEECH -- A VIETNAMESE LEECH. 414 00:21:24,567 --> 00:21:27,700 WELL, ACTUALLY, THE LATIN TRANSLATION 415 00:21:27,767 --> 00:21:30,634 IS "TERRIFYING, FEROCIOUS LEECH." 416 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:32,200 AND THE REASON FOR THAT 417 00:21:32,266 --> 00:21:35,700 IS THAT THEY OFTEN GO FOR CREVICES ON THE HUMAN BODY. 418 00:21:35,767 --> 00:21:38,634 AND THERE'S A STORY OF A SOLIDER IN VIETNAM 419 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:41,934 WHO ACTUALLY HAD ONE GO RIGHT UP HIS "JOHN THOMAS" 420 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,033 AND ENDED UP INSIDE HIS BLADDER, 421 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:46,867 WHICH YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAPPEN TO YOU. 422 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,567 THE JUNGLE IS A CONSTANT DRAIN ON THE BODY'S RESOURCES. 423 00:21:52,634 --> 00:21:55,734 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THEM TOPPED UP WHENEVER YOU CAN. 424 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,000 IF YOU STAY ALERT, 425 00:21:57,066 --> 00:21:59,200 YOU CAN FIND FOOD IN SURPRISING PLACES... 426 00:21:59,266 --> 00:22:00,467 WHOA! 427 00:22:00,533 --> 00:22:02,734 ...AND ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. 428 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,367 HEY, LOOK. COME DOWN HERE. 429 00:22:04,433 --> 00:22:06,667 CHECK THIS OUT. 430 00:22:06,734 --> 00:22:10,800 IT'S LIKE SOME SORT OF OLD LAVA TUNNEL. 431 00:22:10,867 --> 00:22:12,767 YEAH, LOOK. 432 00:22:12,834 --> 00:22:13,934 YOU SEE ALL OF THIS ROCK HERE? 433 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,467 IT'S ALL VOLCANIC -- ALL OF THAT. 434 00:22:16,533 --> 00:22:20,000 ACTUALLY, THIS IS PROBABLY SOME SORT OF OLD VENT, 435 00:22:20,066 --> 00:22:23,634 WHERE ALL OF THIS IS THE FRAGMENTED ROCK 436 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:27,800 WHERE THE LAVA'S BURST OUT AND THEN HARDENED. 437 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,700 THEY'RE ALWAYS QUITE... QUITE SINISTER LOOKING -- 438 00:22:32,767 --> 00:22:34,133 THESE SORT OF PLACES. 439 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,867 BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOOD PLACES TO HUNT FOR FOOD -- 440 00:22:36,934 --> 00:22:38,667 YOU KNOW, JUST THE SORT OF PLACE 441 00:22:38,734 --> 00:22:42,567 THAT CREEPY-CRAWLIES, SNAKES, AND STUFF WOULD LOVE. 442 00:22:42,634 --> 00:22:45,934 ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA MAKE SOME SORT OF TORCH 443 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,033 AND HAVE A LITTLE LOOK AROUND THIS. 444 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:53,800 I'LL JUST USE A BIT OF THIS BAMBOO AGAIN. 445 00:22:53,867 --> 00:22:57,767 LET'S GET A LOAD OF THESE FAT PINE -- LITTLE BITS. 446 00:22:57,834 --> 00:23:00,066 STUFF THEM IN THE TOP THERE. 447 00:23:00,133 --> 00:23:01,266 THAT WILL DO. 448 00:23:01,333 --> 00:23:03,467 AND THEN JUST TO GET THE ACTUAL FLAME GOING, 449 00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:06,634 TAKE A BIT OF THIS FAT PINE... 450 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:10,867 AND JUST SCRAPE OFF SOME SHAVINGS FROM IT. 451 00:23:13,533 --> 00:23:17,400 AND THAT SHOULD TAKE A SPARK. 452 00:23:17,467 --> 00:23:20,433 EVEN IN THE EXTREME HUMIDITY OF THE JUNGLE FLOOR, 453 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:24,000 THE RESIN'S SO FLAMMABLE THAT IT WILL LIGHT STRAIGHTAWAY. 454 00:23:30,133 --> 00:23:32,000 AH, THAT'S GOOD, ISN'T IT? 455 00:23:32,066 --> 00:23:33,800 PACKED WITH PINE RESIN, 456 00:23:33,867 --> 00:23:38,166 THE TORCH SHOULD BURN BRIGHTLY FOR A GOOD 10 MINUTES OR SO. 457 00:23:38,233 --> 00:23:40,066 OH. 458 00:23:40,133 --> 00:23:41,800 WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SURVIVE, 459 00:23:41,867 --> 00:23:44,533 CAVES CAN BE A GOOD SOURCE OF SHELTER OR FOOD. 460 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,700 THE ONLY PROBLEM IS -- OTHER ANIMALS MAY THINK SO, TOO. 461 00:23:47,767 --> 00:23:50,033 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND. 462 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:51,533 [ GRUNTS ] 463 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,533 WHOA! GOD! WHEW! 464 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:18,600 DEEP IN THE VIETNAMESE JUNGLE, 465 00:24:18,667 --> 00:24:21,066 I'M EXPLORING AN ANCIENT LAVA TUNNEL. 466 00:24:21,133 --> 00:24:22,634 I'M LOOKING FOR FOOD, 467 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:26,266 BUT I'VE NO IDEA WHAT CREATURES MAY BE LURKING IN THE DARKNESS. 468 00:24:26,333 --> 00:24:28,500 MAN, LOOK AT THIS PLACE. 469 00:24:30,533 --> 00:24:33,200 IT'S COMPLETELY OPENED UP! 470 00:24:33,266 --> 00:24:34,900 LOOK AT THIS. 471 00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:40,500 QUITE AN EERIE PLACE TO BE, ACTUALLY, HERE. 472 00:24:47,634 --> 00:24:50,667 SOME OF THE NASTIEST CREEPY-CRAWLIES I'VE EVER SEEN 473 00:24:50,734 --> 00:24:53,066 I'VE FOUND IN CAVES LIKE THIS BEFORE, 474 00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:54,867 AND OFTEN HIDDEN IN THE CRACKS 475 00:24:54,934 --> 00:24:58,233 OR THE CRACKS IN THE ROOF, AS WELL. 476 00:24:58,300 --> 00:24:59,767 LOOK AT THAT. 477 00:25:06,567 --> 00:25:08,033 IT'S GETTING A BIT LOW HERE. 478 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:10,800 LOOK. THERE'S A BAT. LOOK. SEE THAT? 479 00:25:10,867 --> 00:25:12,233 WHOA. 480 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:14,734 SWOOPED STRAIGHT OVER US. 481 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,700 I CAN SEE LIGHT COMING IN AT THE END OF THIS. 482 00:25:17,767 --> 00:25:19,233 SEE THAT? 483 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:21,600 LET'S KEEP GOING. 484 00:25:21,667 --> 00:25:23,433 MAN, LOOK. 485 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,634 YOU CAN SEE THE BATS. SEE THEM FLYING? 486 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:27,734 SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE WHITE LIGHT. 487 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:28,734 SEE THEM? 488 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,800 LOADS OF THEM FLYING AROUND. 489 00:25:31,867 --> 00:25:33,900 OKAY. OW. 490 00:25:33,967 --> 00:25:36,834 ALTHOUGH THEY CAN OFTEN CARRY THE RABIES VIRUS, 491 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:39,900 COOKED BATS ARE A DELICACY IN PARTS OF VIETNAM. 492 00:25:43,233 --> 00:25:47,533 AT THE MOMENT, THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER ME OF SPEED. 493 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,433 THEY CAN FLY LIKE LIGHTNING, EVEN IN THE DARK, 494 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:51,967 BY WORKING OFF OF SONAR. 495 00:25:52,033 --> 00:25:56,667 BUT WITH THIS, I CAN TRY AND CLOSE THAT ADVANTAGE, 496 00:25:56,734 --> 00:25:59,333 AND THROW IT PROBABLY FASTER THAN THEY CAN FLY. 497 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,100 SEE IF WE CAN GET ONE. 498 00:26:01,166 --> 00:26:03,767 JUST WATCH OUT 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TAKE A SWING AT THESE THINGS. 499 00:26:03,834 --> 00:26:05,934 [ GRUNTING ] 500 00:26:10,367 --> 00:26:11,967 WHOA. 501 00:26:12,033 --> 00:26:16,367 BATS ARE ACTUALLY THE ONE THING I'M NOT THAT GREAT WITH, 502 00:26:16,433 --> 00:26:18,600 ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE MAD. 503 00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:21,467 NOW THE BATS KNOW SOMETHING'S UP. 504 00:26:21,533 --> 00:26:23,567 THEY'RE HEADED FOR COVER. 505 00:26:23,634 --> 00:26:26,333 TRUTH BE TOLD, BATS AREN'T MY CUP OF TEA. 506 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,333 WHOA! GOD! WHEW! 507 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,567 AND I'M NOT ENJOYING THIS. 508 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,333 YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ONE OF THESE, YOU KNOW? 509 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,800 LET'S GET OUT OF THIS PLACE. COME ON. 510 00:26:37,867 --> 00:26:40,900 SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO CALL IT A DAY. 511 00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:43,266 THOSE BATS WERE JUST TOO FAST FOR ME. 512 00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:45,066 IT'S A GOLDEN RULE OF SURVIVAL 513 00:26:45,133 --> 00:26:47,900 THAT YOU DON'T EXPEND MORE ENERGY THAN YOU GET 514 00:26:47,967 --> 00:26:49,634 WHEN TRYING TO CATCH FOOD. 515 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,700 IT'S ALWAYS A RELIEF IN THE JUNGLE 516 00:26:58,767 --> 00:27:00,166 WHEN EVENING COMES 517 00:27:00,233 --> 00:27:02,734 AND THE SEARING HEAT DROPS A LITTLE. 518 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,033 BUT OUT HERE, NEAR THE EQUATOR, NIGHT COMES FAST, 519 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:10,000 AND YOU GOT TO BE QUICK GETTING YOUR FOOD AND SHELTER SORTED. 520 00:27:10,066 --> 00:27:13,967 ACTUALLY, THIS WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE TO TRY AND MAKE CAMP. 521 00:27:14,033 --> 00:27:16,867 YOU KNOW, I CAN USE A LOT OF THESE LIMBS, 522 00:27:16,934 --> 00:27:19,233 GET MYSELF UP, OFF THE GROUND. 523 00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:23,133 YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT WATER NEARBY, PROBABLY FOOD, 524 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,200 BUT THE MAIN THING IS I WANT TO BE OFF THE GROUND 525 00:27:27,266 --> 00:27:30,133 WHERE...ALL OF THE CREEPY-CRAWLIES, 526 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,500 ALL OF THE ANTS ARE GONNA BE. 527 00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:35,233 THE FOREST FLOOR IS ALIVE 528 00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:37,700 WITH STINGING BUGS AND CREEPY-CRAWLIES AT NIGHT. 529 00:27:37,767 --> 00:27:41,266 MAKING A HAMMOCK OR A BED AT LEAST A FOOT OFF THE GROUND 530 00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:44,433 IS A MUST IF YOU WANT TO GET ANY SLEEP. 531 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:47,300 THIS IS GONNA BE PRETTY RUDIMENTARY, 532 00:27:47,367 --> 00:27:50,266 BUT AT LEAST I'M OFF THE JUNGLE FLOOR, 533 00:27:50,333 --> 00:27:54,500 AND ACTUALLY THERE'S QUITE A NICE BREEZE UP HERE, AS WELL, 534 00:27:54,567 --> 00:27:56,600 WHICH MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE 535 00:27:56,667 --> 00:28:01,333 FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY OF THE JUNGLE DOWN THERE. 536 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,900 OVERNIGHT IS A GOOD TIME FOR HUNTING. 537 00:28:05,967 --> 00:28:09,800 THAT'S WHEN MANY POTENTIAL FOOD SOURCES COME OUT TO FEED. 538 00:28:09,867 --> 00:28:12,734 AND THAT'S WHEN BAMBOO COMES INTO ITS OWN 539 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,533 FOR MAKING LETHAL TRAPS. 540 00:28:16,367 --> 00:28:18,767 THESE PRONGS REALLY ARE -- LOOK. 541 00:28:18,834 --> 00:28:22,033 YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE SHARP AS YOU LIKE. 542 00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:26,734 MANY OF THESE SORT OF VIETNAMESE ANIMAL TRAPS 543 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:31,033 WERE USED TO DEVASTATING EFFECT BY THE VIETCONG DURING THE WAR. 544 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:34,700 BASICALLY ALL THEY DID WAS UPSCALE THEM TO MAN-TRAPS. 545 00:28:34,767 --> 00:28:38,767 WHAT THEY'D ALSO QUITE OFTEN DO WAS SMEAR THE TIPS OF THESE 546 00:28:38,834 --> 00:28:40,300 WITH HUMAN EXCREMENT, 547 00:28:40,367 --> 00:28:43,000 AND THEIR AIM REALLY WASN'T TO KILL. 548 00:28:43,066 --> 00:28:44,600 THEIR AIM WAS TO MAIM. 549 00:28:44,667 --> 00:28:47,600 AND THEY KNEW THAT A PATROL WAS MUCH MORE VULNERABLE 550 00:28:47,667 --> 00:28:49,934 IF THEY HAD TO FEND FOR THEIR WOUNDED 551 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,800 THAN IF THEY WERE JUST ONE MAN DOWN. 552 00:28:52,867 --> 00:28:55,967 AND THAT REALLY IS PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE. 553 00:28:56,033 --> 00:28:59,433 ALL I REALLY WANT OUT OF THIS IS SOMETHING TO EAT. 554 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:01,200 THAT'S ALL SET. 555 00:29:01,266 --> 00:29:05,133 AND THEN ALL I NEED TO DO IS SET THE TRIGGER TO RELEASE THIS. 556 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,734 A THIN PIECE OF VINE ACTS AS A TRIPWIRE, 557 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,066 LOOSELY ATTACHED TO A SPRING STICK 558 00:29:10,133 --> 00:29:13,133 WHICH TRIGGERS A TRAP WHEN ANY PREY TOUCHES IT -- 559 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,700 SIMPLE BUT DEADLY. 560 00:29:15,767 --> 00:29:20,266 OKAY, THIS IS NOW PRIMED. 561 00:29:20,333 --> 00:29:25,367 BASICALLY, IF SOMETHING COMES ALONG AND TRIGGERS THIS... 562 00:29:25,433 --> 00:29:27,533 [ GRUNTS ] 563 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,333 ...THEY'RE GONNA GET SKEWERED IN THAT. 564 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,934 OKAY, LET'S SET IT AND THEN GET UP INTO THE TREE. 565 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:39,533 THERE'S A SCORPION HERE. SEE THAT? 566 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,800 QUITE A GOOD SIZE ONE, AS WELL. 567 00:29:41,867 --> 00:29:44,233 THERE YOU GO. I'LL LET YOU SEE HIM UNDER HERE. 568 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:45,967 SEE HIM UNDER THERE? 569 00:29:46,033 --> 00:29:49,000 WHEN YOU'RE PICKING A SCORPION UP, 570 00:29:49,066 --> 00:29:51,500 YOU'VE GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL. 571 00:29:51,567 --> 00:29:53,266 AND THE WAY TO DO IT 572 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:56,967 IS GET HIM BY THE STINGER AT THE BACK THERE. 573 00:29:57,033 --> 00:30:00,300 AND AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT HIM BY THAT, 574 00:30:00,367 --> 00:30:01,767 HE CAN'T STRIKE. 575 00:30:01,834 --> 00:30:03,700 BUT WHAT I'VE KNOWN HAPPEN BEFORE -- 576 00:30:03,767 --> 00:30:05,200 PEOPLE PICK IT UP LIKE THAT, 577 00:30:05,266 --> 00:30:07,767 AND THE CLAWS COME 'ROUND AND GRAB YOU AND YOU GO, "OW." 578 00:30:07,834 --> 00:30:10,100 LET GO OF THE TAIL, AND -- WHAP -- YOU GET STRUCK. 579 00:30:10,166 --> 00:30:11,834 SO, ONCE YOU'VE GOT IT BY THE TAIL, 580 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:13,400 YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD ONTO IT. 581 00:30:13,467 --> 00:30:16,600 WELL, THAT AT LEAST...GONNA MAKE GOOD DINNER FOR TONIGHT. 582 00:30:16,667 --> 00:30:20,166 ACTUALLY, I'LL TURN A LITTLE BIT. 583 00:30:20,233 --> 00:30:22,100 HERE, HOLD THAT. 584 00:30:22,166 --> 00:30:23,500 [ LAUGHS ] 585 00:30:23,567 --> 00:30:25,100 HERE, LOOK. 586 00:30:31,166 --> 00:30:34,000 RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT ITS STINGER OFF. 587 00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:38,567 I'M GONNA KEEP THAT FOR DINNER WHEN I FINISH MY CAMP. 588 00:30:41,467 --> 00:30:42,900 OKAY. 589 00:30:45,533 --> 00:30:48,600 FIRE NOT ONLY MAKES YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER 590 00:30:48,667 --> 00:30:50,333 AT THE END OF THE DAY, 591 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,400 IT ALSO HELPS KEEP MOSQUITOES THE AWAY. 592 00:30:53,467 --> 00:30:57,734 AND IN VIETNAM, THE MOSQUITOES CAN BE FEROCIOUS. 593 00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,734 THERE'S A STORY OF ONE U.S. SOLDIER 594 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,400 WHO WAS DRIVEN SO MAD BY THEM, 595 00:31:01,467 --> 00:31:04,900 HE ENDED UP SLEEPING IN A PADDY FIELD UNDERWATER 596 00:31:04,967 --> 00:31:07,133 WITH JUST HIS HEAD POKING OUT, 597 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,033 AND ON HIS HEAD, HE WORE A GAS MASK. 598 00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:15,800 NOW, THIS IS GONNA HELP KEEP THEM AWAY. 599 00:31:15,867 --> 00:31:18,834 MOST OF VIETNAM IS A MALARIA ZONE. 600 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:21,667 YOU SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGER OF MALARIA. 601 00:31:21,734 --> 00:31:25,133 ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE DIE OF IT WORLDWIDE EVERY YEAR. 602 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,967 A SMOKY CAMPFIRE WILL KEEP THE WORST OF THE MOSQUITOES OFF 603 00:31:29,033 --> 00:31:31,400 AND POSSIBLY SAVE YOUR LIFE. 604 00:31:31,467 --> 00:31:33,000 THERE YOU GO. 605 00:31:33,066 --> 00:31:35,600 IMPROVISED CHOPSTICKS. 606 00:31:35,667 --> 00:31:38,133 GRILLED SCORPION. 607 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:44,367 [ BLOWING ] 608 00:31:52,634 --> 00:31:54,634 I'VE EATEN LOADS OF SCORPIONS BEFORE, 609 00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:57,767 BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN RAW AND DISGUSTING, 610 00:31:57,834 --> 00:31:59,433 BUT WHEN YOU COOK THEM, 611 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:01,634 THEY'RE ACTUALLY QUITE NICE. 612 00:32:11,834 --> 00:32:14,300 AH, MAN, THESE MOSQUITOES... 613 00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:16,533 [ HIGH-PITCHED BUZZING ] 614 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,767 ...JUST RELENTLESS HERE. 615 00:32:18,834 --> 00:32:20,433 [ INSECTS CHIRPING LOUDLY ] 616 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:23,734 THEY OFTEN TALK ABOUT WHEN IT GETS DARK IN THE JUNGLE, 617 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,934 THE WHOLE PLACE JUST COMES ALIVE. 618 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,867 THEY TALK ABOUT THE NIGHT SHIFT COMING ON. 619 00:32:27,934 --> 00:32:29,066 AND I KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN. 620 00:32:29,133 --> 00:32:33,300 IT JUST SOUNDS... LIKE THE WHOLE PLACE IS ALIVE, 621 00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:36,667 WHICH I GUESS IT KIND OF IS, REALLY. 622 00:32:36,734 --> 00:32:40,266 JUST MAKES IT HARD TO SLEEP, YOU KNOW? 623 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,300 I'M IN THE HEART OF VIETNAM, 624 00:32:54,367 --> 00:32:57,000 FIGHTING ALL THE JUNGLE HAS TO THROW AT ME. 625 00:32:57,066 --> 00:32:59,433 [ COBRA HISSING ] 626 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:00,934 AFTER A PRETTY SLEEPLESS NIGHT 627 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,200 AT THE MERCY OF STINGING BUGS AND MOSQUITOES, 628 00:33:03,266 --> 00:33:05,867 IT'S A RELIEF TO SEE DAYLIGHT. 629 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,567 MAN, THIS HAS BEEN SPRUNG BY SOMETHING. 630 00:33:14,934 --> 00:33:16,433 WHATEVER IT WAS, 631 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:19,133 IT WAS LUCKY... 632 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,567 AND FAST. 633 00:33:21,634 --> 00:33:25,166 I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS...SET, THOUGH. 634 00:33:25,233 --> 00:33:27,734 DESPITE LAST NIGHT'S CLOSE SHAVE, 635 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,500 THE TRAP CAUGHT NOTHING. 636 00:33:29,567 --> 00:33:32,233 A GOOD IDEA, BUT, REALLY, IF YOU WANT TO MAXIMIZE 637 00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:34,333 YOUR CHANCES OF CATCHING SOMETHING, 638 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,767 SETTING SEVERAL TRAPS IS THE WAY TO GO. 639 00:33:44,834 --> 00:33:47,600 THE AVERAGE ADULT CAN GO TWO WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD 640 00:33:47,667 --> 00:33:49,867 BEFORE FEELING ANY SERIOUS EFFECTS. 641 00:33:49,934 --> 00:33:51,100 BUT WITHOUT FLUIDS, 642 00:33:51,166 --> 00:33:54,200 YOU WOULDN'T LAST TWO DAYS HERE. 643 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:55,600 [ HIGH-PITCHED TAPPING ] 644 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:57,900 GOOD WAY OF FINDING WATER IN THE JUNGLE 645 00:33:57,967 --> 00:33:59,433 IS JUST FROM THESE BAMBOOS. 646 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:02,133 YOU CAN SEE EACH OF THESE IN SEPARATE CELLS, 647 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,934 AND SOME OF THEM ARE FULL OF WATER AND SOME AREN'T. 648 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,934 BUT IF YOU LISTEN... THEY SOUND QUITE HOLLOW. 649 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,634 [ HIGH-PITCHED TAPPING CONTINUES ] 650 00:34:08,700 --> 00:34:09,800 [ LOW-PITCHED TAPPING ] 651 00:34:09,867 --> 00:34:12,066 THAT FEELS MUCH DULLER AND DENSER, 652 00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:14,667 AND THAT MIGHT WELL HAVE WATER IN THERE. 653 00:34:16,333 --> 00:34:18,100 AND IN A PLACE WHERE YOU NEED 654 00:34:18,166 --> 00:34:20,400 ABOUT A PINT OF FLUIDS EVERY HOUR, 655 00:34:20,467 --> 00:34:22,867 WHEN YOU COME ACROSS BAMBOO LIKE THIS, 656 00:34:22,934 --> 00:34:25,400 YOU'VE GOT TO USE IT. 657 00:34:25,467 --> 00:34:26,834 [ SLURPING ] 658 00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:30,800 [ LOW-PITCHED TAPPING CONTINUES ] 659 00:34:32,133 --> 00:34:35,333 I KNOW THERE WAS A U.S. PATROL OF SOLDIERS OUT HERE -- 660 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,333 ABOUT 140 OF THEM -- 661 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,867 AND 70 OF THOSE ENDED UP GETTING HEAT STROKE 662 00:34:39,934 --> 00:34:42,834 'CAUSE THEY STOPPED DRINKING, DIDN'T DRINK ENOUGH. 663 00:34:44,266 --> 00:34:47,667 OH, LOOK, THERE'S NOT WATER IN THIS ONE, 664 00:34:47,734 --> 00:34:48,734 BUT THERE IS THIS. 665 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,634 LOOK. 666 00:34:53,667 --> 00:34:54,867 SO, THERE YOU GO. 667 00:34:54,934 --> 00:34:57,967 NOT ONLY WATER, ALSO A GOOD, LITTLE SOMETHING TO EAT. 668 00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:04,133 COOL. 669 00:35:07,367 --> 00:35:09,800 LIKE MANY U.S. TROOPS IN THE CONFLICT HERE, 670 00:35:09,867 --> 00:35:12,166 I'M GETTING AIRLIFTED OUT BY HELICOPTER. 671 00:35:12,233 --> 00:35:14,934 ALL I HAVE TO DO NOW IS LOCATE THE LANDING ZONE, 672 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,200 BUT KEEPING ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW 673 00:35:17,266 --> 00:35:21,333 IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE IN THE DENSE JUNGLE CANOPY. 674 00:35:23,233 --> 00:35:24,900 YEAH, LOOK. THIS WILL DO. 675 00:35:26,967 --> 00:35:30,767 ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT SURVIVORS FACE 676 00:35:30,834 --> 00:35:32,767 WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF SOMEWHERE 677 00:35:32,834 --> 00:35:34,734 IS JUST MAINTAINING ANY SORT OF DIRECTION, 678 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:35,934 KEEPING ON A COURSE, 679 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,634 AND THERE'S NOWHERE HARDER THAN IN THE JUNGLE 680 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:41,400 JUST 'CAUSE YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY ALL THIS STUFF. 681 00:35:41,467 --> 00:35:43,200 IT BASICALLY ALL LOOKS THE SAME. 682 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:45,533 AND YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY 683 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,700 OF HAVING THE SUN OR THE WIND ALWAYS ON ONE SIDE OF YOU, 684 00:35:48,767 --> 00:35:50,033 ON THE SIDE OF YOUR FACE. 685 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:51,967 YOU'RE BASICALLY BURIED UNDER ALL OF THIS JUNGLE CANOPY. 686 00:35:52,033 --> 00:35:56,066 A GOOD LITTLE TRICK IS JUST TO USE A VINE, 687 00:35:56,133 --> 00:35:57,800 AND THIS IS A GOOD ONE. 688 00:35:57,867 --> 00:36:00,500 IT'S A RATTAN VINE, WHICH IS LONG, 689 00:36:00,567 --> 00:36:02,066 AND IT'S STRAIGHT. 690 00:36:04,433 --> 00:36:07,333 ALL YOU DO -- CUT YOURSELF AS LONG A LENGTH AS YOU CAN FIND... 691 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,734 GET THE END OF IT... 692 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,300 ...MAKE A FEW COILS OF THAT, 693 00:36:13,367 --> 00:36:16,000 LOCK IT ON ITSELF, 694 00:36:16,066 --> 00:36:18,100 AND THEN ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS WALK, 695 00:36:18,166 --> 00:36:20,934 AND EVERY MINUTE OR SO, AS LONG AS YOU LOOK BEHIND YOU 696 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,166 AND SEE IT LAYING OUT IN A STRAIGHT LINE, 697 00:36:23,233 --> 00:36:25,300 YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT BENDING OFF-COURSE. 698 00:36:25,367 --> 00:36:27,200 OKAY. LET'S GO WITH IT. 699 00:36:27,266 --> 00:36:29,867 THE METHOD IS SIMPLE, ALTHOUGH NOT 100% FOOLPROOF. 700 00:36:29,934 --> 00:36:32,467 IT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE JUNGLE 701 00:36:32,533 --> 00:36:34,634 CONFIDENT THAT YOU WON'T BE JUST GOING 702 00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:36,500 'ROUND AND 'ROUND IN CIRCLES. 703 00:36:44,266 --> 00:36:47,300 I'M STICKING TO MY BEARING AND MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. 704 00:36:47,367 --> 00:36:49,600 BUT ALL TOO SOON, I'M STOPPED IN MY TRACKS. 705 00:36:49,667 --> 00:36:51,166 AAH. 706 00:36:51,233 --> 00:36:54,600 A DEEP GORGE IS BLOCKING MY PATH. 707 00:36:54,667 --> 00:36:57,467 AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S QUITE A DROP-OFF DOWN THAT. 708 00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:04,033 YOU KNOW, THIS GULLY'S ALMOST JUMPABLE, 709 00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:07,667 BUT THAT ROCK THERE IS GONNA BE SUPER SLIPPY. 710 00:37:07,734 --> 00:37:10,734 I SHOULD PROBABLY JUST USE THIS VINE HERE. 711 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:11,967 BACK UP. 712 00:37:12,033 --> 00:37:13,967 SEE HOW STRONG THIS IS. 713 00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:18,100 YEAH. 714 00:37:18,166 --> 00:37:19,400 THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD. 715 00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:21,734 OKAY, LET ME GET ACROSS. 716 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,467 MY PICKUP POINT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER... 717 00:37:25,533 --> 00:37:28,600 THAT'S IF I CAN GET ACROSS IN ONE PIECE. 718 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,500 WHEW! BE A BAD TIME FOR THE VINE TO BREAK! 719 00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:52,100 EVEN THOUGH I'M OVER THE RIVER, 720 00:37:52,166 --> 00:37:54,634 THE JUNGLE STILL HASN'T FINISHED WITH ME YET. 721 00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:58,667 YOU MIGHT WELL GET THINGS LIVING IN THIS WATER. 722 00:37:58,734 --> 00:38:01,900 IT'S NOT ALL GONNA BE GOOD, EITHER. 723 00:38:14,033 --> 00:38:16,333 I'M IN THE HEART OF THE VIETNAMESE JUNGLE, 724 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,100 HEADING TO A HELI PICKUP TO GET ME OUT OF HERE. 725 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,767 UGH. 726 00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:25,333 [ EXHALES DEEPLY ] 727 00:38:29,900 --> 00:38:31,533 CHECK THIS OUT -- 728 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,834 AN OLD DISUSED RAILWAY TUNNEL. 729 00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:38,500 AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S RUNNING STRAIGHT THROUGH... 730 00:38:38,567 --> 00:38:41,200 STRAIGHT THROUGH THIS RIDGE LINE. 731 00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:44,800 WELL, THIS IS GONNA SAVE ME LOADS OF TIME 732 00:38:44,867 --> 00:38:46,533 GOING THROUGH THIS. 733 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:51,734 THIS TUNNEL IS A BIZARRE RELIC OF VIETNAM'S COLONIAL PAST. 734 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,033 UNDER FRENCH RULE, 735 00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:57,433 A NETWORK OF RAILWAYS WAS BUILT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 736 00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,834 BUT AFTER THE CONFLICT WITH AMERICA, 737 00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:01,433 RAW MATERIALS BECAME SCARCE 738 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:03,934 AND THE VIETNAMESE PULLED UP THE RAILWAY TRACKS 739 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,266 FOR SCRAP METAL, 740 00:39:05,333 --> 00:39:08,300 LEAVING TUNNELS LIKE THIS TO FALL INTO RUIN. 741 00:39:08,367 --> 00:39:11,800 IT'S JUST DECADES AND DECADES 742 00:39:11,867 --> 00:39:14,266 OF MUD AND WATER... 743 00:39:14,333 --> 00:39:18,133 FILLED UP THROUGH HERE. 744 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:22,367 YOU MIGHT WELL GET THINGS LIVING IN THIS WATER. 745 00:39:22,433 --> 00:39:25,066 JUST KEEP YOUR EYE OPEN A BIT. 746 00:39:25,133 --> 00:39:27,634 AND MY RECKONING IS -- 747 00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:30,667 IT'S NOT ALL GONNA BE GOOD, EITHER. 748 00:39:37,333 --> 00:39:41,834 IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR SNAKES, AS WELL, IN HERE... 749 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:45,767 IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A GOOD PLACE. 750 00:39:45,834 --> 00:39:49,467 GOOD FOR SNAKES. BAD FOR US. 751 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,066 HERE YOU GO. 752 00:39:54,133 --> 00:39:55,333 HERE. LOOK. CAN YOU SEE? 753 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:56,734 LOOK. COME HERE. 754 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,700 I'VE JUST SEEN A FROG. 755 00:40:04,367 --> 00:40:07,100 WHOO! 756 00:40:07,166 --> 00:40:08,734 WHAT A FROG! 757 00:40:11,900 --> 00:40:13,567 HERE. HOLD THAT. 758 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:25,834 AND, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ANY FROG IS GOOD TO EAT. 759 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:28,300 AND IT MIGHT NOT LOOK VERY TASTY, 760 00:40:28,367 --> 00:40:32,000 BUT, ACTUALLY, OUT HERE, THERE'S ARE QUITE A DELICACY. 761 00:40:32,066 --> 00:40:33,133 MAYBE NOT RAW. 762 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,834 OKAY. 763 00:40:44,867 --> 00:40:47,266 [ GRUNTS, SPITS ] 764 00:40:47,333 --> 00:40:52,200 AND THEN THAT'S ALL THE GUTS HERE. 765 00:40:52,266 --> 00:40:53,867 GET THOSE OUT. 766 00:40:58,166 --> 00:41:02,166 AND THE REST OF THAT... IS NICE TO EAT. 767 00:41:04,266 --> 00:41:06,467 KNOWN AS "GREEN CHICKEN" TO LOCALS, 768 00:41:06,533 --> 00:41:09,133 FROGS ARE FREQUENTLY ON THE MENU IN VIETNAM, 769 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,500 THOUGH THEY'RE NORMALLY COOKED FIRST. 770 00:41:11,567 --> 00:41:14,934 IN THE WILD, THEY'RE GENERALLY SAFE TO EAT, 771 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,066 AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT BRIGHTLY COLORED. 772 00:41:17,133 --> 00:41:21,367 TOADS, HOWEVER, SECRETE POISON AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 773 00:41:24,767 --> 00:41:27,300 OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING ON. 774 00:41:27,367 --> 00:41:28,800 THE TUNNEL WAS A GREAT WAY 775 00:41:28,867 --> 00:41:31,133 OF AVOIDING CLIMBING OVER THE RIDGE -- 776 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:32,700 A GOOD SHORTCUT. 777 00:41:32,767 --> 00:41:36,033 AND NOW IT'S TIME TO MAKE THAT RENDEZVOUS WITH A HELICOPTER 778 00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:37,533 TO GET ME OUT OF HERE. 779 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,133 [ HELICOPTER ROTOR WHIRRING ] 780 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,400 I CAN HEAR THE DISTANT SOUND OF CHOPPER BLADES. 781 00:41:42,467 --> 00:41:44,133 THE HELI'S ON ITS WAY IN. 782 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,634 WE NEED TO MOVE AND FIND THIS OPEN GROUND. 783 00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:49,600 AND THE PLACE YOU'RE LEAST LIKELY TO BE SPOTTED FROM 784 00:41:49,667 --> 00:41:51,700 IS DOWN HERE IN THE JUNGLE CANOPY. 785 00:41:51,767 --> 00:41:53,400 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A CLEARING. 786 00:41:53,467 --> 00:41:56,500 COME ON. KEEP WITH ME. KEEP WITH ME. COME ON. 787 00:42:01,533 --> 00:42:03,834 AND FOR TROOPS WAITING FOR A PICKUP, 788 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:07,367 THEIR MOST VULNERABLE POINT WAS WHEN THE HELI ACTUALLY CAME IN. 789 00:42:07,433 --> 00:42:10,700 AND THEIR JOB WAS TO STAY COVERT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE 790 00:42:10,767 --> 00:42:14,066 AND THEN GO OVERT VERY, VERY FAST WHEN THE HELI ARRIVED. 791 00:42:14,133 --> 00:42:15,934 OKAY, LET'S GET A FIRE GOING. 792 00:42:19,867 --> 00:42:21,834 ACTUALLY, THIS TREE SHOULD BE GOOD. 793 00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:23,467 IT'S WELL OUT IN THE CLEARING. 794 00:42:23,533 --> 00:42:25,967 AND LOOK -- WE SET THE WHOLE OF THIS THING ALIGHT, 795 00:42:26,033 --> 00:42:27,700 IT'S GONNA BE VISIBLE FOR MILES. 796 00:42:27,767 --> 00:42:30,433 A LARGE SIGNAL FIRE WITH A DECENT PLUME OF SMOKE 797 00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:32,433 CAN BE SEEN UP TO 20 MILES AWAY. 798 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:34,533 WITH THE CHOPPER GETTING CLOSE NOW, 799 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,367 THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THE PILOT WILL SPOT THIS. 800 00:42:41,767 --> 00:42:44,433 [ HELICOPTER ROTOR WHIRRING ] 801 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,767 FOR A SOLDIER ON THE GROUND, 802 00:42:58,834 --> 00:43:01,200 EVEN THE RAZOR-SHARP GRASS AND DEBRIS 803 00:43:01,266 --> 00:43:02,800 WHIPPED UP BY THE ROTORWASH 804 00:43:02,867 --> 00:43:06,333 WOULDN'T DAMPEN THE JOY OF A SUCCESSFUL HELI PICKUP. 805 00:43:08,700 --> 00:43:11,200 THE JUNGLE'S A DANGEROUS PLACE, 806 00:43:11,266 --> 00:43:12,967 BUT GETTING OUT OF THERE ALIVE 807 00:43:13,033 --> 00:43:15,100 IS THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD. 808 00:43:15,166 --> 00:43:18,100 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 809 00:43:18,166 --> 00:43:21,233 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS