I'M BEAR GRYLLS.
WHOO! I'VE TRAVELED TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
IN SEARCH OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES
AND THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCATIONS
TO SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO SURVIVE
IN THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS.
I'VE DROPPED INTO EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH,
BATTLING THE ELEMENTS,
EATING THE UNIMAGINABLE,
DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.
BUT IN MY QUEST FOR SURVIVAL, I'M NEVER ALONE.
A SMALL AND DEDICATED TEAM
FOLLOW ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
FILMING THIS SHOW HAS TAKEN ME
TO SOME OF THE MOST ASTOUNDING LOCATIONS ON EARTH.
IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE,
OFTEN DANGEROUS, ALWAYS FULL-ON,
BUT ULTIMATELY, IT'S WHAT I REALLY LOVE.
I WORK WITH A FANTASTIC, SMALL CREW OF PEOPLE.
THEY'RE WITH ME OFTEN IN PRETTY HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS,
BUT IN MY EYES, THEY'RE THE REAL HEROES OF THE SHOW.
IN THIS EPISODE, I'LL BE TAKING YOU BEHIND THE SCENES
AND INTRODUCING YOU TO THE CREW.
FROM SIMON THE CAMERAMAN,
WHO FOLLOWS ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY...
BEAR IS VERY KIND OF INSPIRATIONAL,
JUST MAKES YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN DO IT.
AND IF HE'S GONNA GO, I'VE GOT TO GO.
OOH! YOU ALL RIGHT?
...TO DAVE, HIS ROPESMAN,
WHO TRIES TO KEEP HIM SAFE AS HE BATTLES TO GET THE SHOTS.
THE CAMERAMAN, THE SOUND GUY RELY ON ME, I GUESS,
AND HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ME THAT I'M DOING IT RIGHT.
WHEREVER WE ARE,
THE FIRST CHALLENGE FOR ME AND MY TEAM
IS ALWAYS THE SAME --
TO ACCESS SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE LOCATIONS ON EARTH.
MANY TIMES, THE ONLY WAY IN IS BY CHOPPER,
BUT IT HAS ITS RISKS.
OFTEN, THERE'S NOWHERE TO LAND.
THE HELICOPTER WILL HOVER JUST OFF THE GROUND,
AND WE HAVE TO JUMP IN...
OR WE HAVE TO OPT FOR THE RAPPELS.
BUT THE ROPES AND HELICOPTERS DON'T TEND TO GO WELL TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO WEIGHT THE ROPE
SO IT DOESN'T FLY UP INTO THE ROTORS
OR THE INTAKES OF THE HELICOPTER.
AND THE LONGER I'M ON THESE ROPES,
THE MORE DANGEROUS IT IS FOR EVERYONE.
AND WHEN I HIT THE GROUND,
THE FIRST JOB IS TO CLEAR THE ROPES
THEN GIVE THE FLYBOYS A SIGNAL, AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.
JOB DONE.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
IN ROMANIA, WITH STORM CLOUDS BREWING,
A RAPPEL WAS NOT AN OPTION.
ANOTHER SOLUTION HAD TO BE FOUND.
THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING IN!
AND THERE'S ONLY A TINY WEATHER WINDOW!
THE PILOT SAYS HE CAN'T LAND UP THERE!
SO IT MEANS --
IT MEANS I'VE GOT TO IMPROVISE!
Pearce: HE HAD A FLIGHT TIME OF PROBABLY ABOUT 45 MINUTES PLUS.
BUT WHEN THE HELICOPTER LOWERED HIM, I CUT THE ROPE.
AND WE LOOKED DOWN, AND HE DIDN'T MOVE.
HE'D BEEN HANGING ONTO THE CHOPPER FOR SO LONG
THAT THE HARNESS HAD CUT OFF ALL THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO HIS LEGS.
SO WHEN HE GOT TO THE GROUND, HE COULDN'T ACTUALLY MOVE.
WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THE RISK.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE JUMPING OUT OF AN AIRCRAFT AT 10,000 FOOT,
DANGER IS NEVER FAR AWAY.
WE MAY LOOK AT THE DROP ZONES FROM THE AIR.
AND WE THINK, "YEAH, THAT LOOKS OKAY."
BUT IT'S OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GAUGE IT FROM THE AIR.
AND ULTIMATELY, WHEN HE JUMPS OUT OF THAT HELO,
HIS DEATH'S DOWN TO HIM.
IN TURKEY, THE PLAN WAS TO LAND HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS.
IT QUICKLY WENT WRONG.
2,000 FOOT, TIME TO DEPLOY.
Grylls: THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN IS JUST STREWN
WITH BOULDERS AND BIG ROCKS...
ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LAKE JUST DOWN BENEATH ME.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA AIM FOR.
IT'S EITHER TAKING A DUNKING AND GETTING WET
OR PROBABLY BREAKING AN ANKLE.
THIS IS GONNA BE TIGHT.
JUMPING INTO WATER IS FRAUGHT WITH POTENTIAL RISKS --
THE MAIN ONE BEING THE RIGGING LINES CAN JUST WRAP AROUND YOU
LIKE AN OCTOPUS' TENTACLES AND EFFECTIVELY DROWN YOU.
[ SPUTTERING AND GASPING ]
ACTUALLY QUITE HAIRY, THAT.
LOOK.
IN SUMATRA, I WAS HEADING FOR A DESERT ISLAND.
THIS TIME, WITH ALL THE DRY LAND
COVERED IN THICK VEGETATION,
MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO LAND IN THE SEA.
FACING STRONG RIPTIDES AND BIG SURF,
GOING IN WITH A CHUTE STILL ATTACHED COULD BE DISASTROUS.
I HAD TO DITCH THE CANOPY BEFORE I HIT THE WATER,
BUT RELEASE IT TOO HIGH,
AND THE FALL WOULD BE JUST AS DANGEROUS.
LUCKILY, THIS TIME I GOT IT JUST RIGHT.
WHOO!
WHEREVER I GO, CAMERAMAN SIMON IS CLOSE BEHIND.
I LIKE TO PUSH THINGS TO THE LIMIT,
BUT SOMETIMES HE HAS CONCERNS.
HOVERING 40 FOOT UP JUST OFF THE SKELETON COAST IN NAMIBIA,
I WAS ABOUT TO JUMP.
BUT SIMON WASN'T SO SURE.
EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE THE JUMPS OUT OF THE HELICOPTER
INTO ANY KIND OF WATER,
I'VE ALWAYS HAD A GULP AND GONE, "HMM."
AND BEAR'S SORT OF SIGNALING, "A BIT HIGHER, A BIT HIGHER."
I'M THINKING, "WELL, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO JUMP FROM THAT,
BUT OKAY -- IF HE'S GONNA GO, I GOT TO GO."
BEAR IS VERY KIND OF INSPIRATIONAL.
HE MAKES YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN DO IT, AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'S DONE.
YOU'RE IN THE WATER, AND YOU'RE GASPING FOR BREATH.
THE TEAM HAVE BECOME WELL ACCUSTOMED
TO ME JUMPING FROM CHOPPERS
AND GENERALLY LAUNCHING MYSELF OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN.
BUT IN SOUTHERN TEXAS,
WHERE I WAS HEADING INTO THE HEART OF THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT,
THE BIPLANE WAS MY MEANS OF ENTRY.
THE PLAN WAS FOR THE PLANE TO INVERT AND DROP ME OUT,
BUT THE LARGE TAIL WAS CAUSING CONCERN.
IF I HIT IT WHEN I JUMPED, IT WOULD BE CURTAINS.
WE HAD TO FIND A SOLUTION.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THIS ONE
IS TRYING TO DROP OUT OF A BIPLANE
WHERE IT ACTUALLY GOES INVERTED,
AND I KIND OF JUST DISAPPEAR FROM IT.
THE PILOT'S GOING, "THIS IS QUITE A MAD ONE TO DO."
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, "HELP."
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF WORK WELL AS A TEAM.
WE TRY AND MINIMIZE THE RISK OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE CAN DO THIS.
YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE AN EXCITING ENTRANCE,
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ONES WE'VE DONE.
BEFORE TAKEOFF,
SIMON HAD TO WORK OUT HOW TO FILM THE SEQUENCE.
HIS BIGGEST DILEMMA -- WHERE TO POSITION HIMSELF
TO GET SHOTS OF ME SITTING IN THE COCKPIT.
THIS IS A NEW CHALLENGE FOR US
'CAUSE NORMALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW,
BEAR JUMPS OUT OF AN AIRCRAFT.
I'M SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM --
HELICOPTER, CESSNA PLANE, WHATEVER.
THIS ONE IS A LITTLE PLANE, AND IT HAS TWO SEATS --
ONE FOR THE PILOT THERE, AND ONE FOR BEAR THERE.
W-W-WHERE AM I GONNA GO?
SO, TALKING TO THE PILOT,
HE SAYS, WELL, I CAN BE ON THE WING,
BUT I CAN'T BE IN THE DRAFT OF THE PROP
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 200-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND.
SO I WOULD BE JUST OUTSIDE THAT, WHICH MEANS I'M RIGHT HERE,
ABOUT 6 FEET AWAY FROM BEAR,
WHICH, UM...
THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE TO BE.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA BE FOR THE SHOOT.
ONCE SIMON AND HIS CAMERA WERE SAFELY SECURED,
IT WAS TIME TO GO.
THE PLAN WAS TO FLY TO 8,000 FOOT BEFORE I JUMPED.
ON THE WAY THERE, SIMON WOULD FILM FROM THE WING.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Beneath me is the Chihuahuan Desert!
And it's one of the largest deserts in North America --
just vast!
But it's also empty.
There's hardly any habitation there at all.
Okay, Bear, we're coming up on 8,000 feet now.
You better get ready to jump.
WITH ME OUT OF THE COCKPIT, SIMON COULD TAKE MY PLACE.
HE WOULD FILM THE BARREL ROLL FROM MY SEAT.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
THIS WAS CERTAINLY A FIRST FOR ME AND A FIRST FOR SIMON.
BUT, ULTIMATELY, IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY IN MAKING THE SHOW.
HOWEVER WE DO IT, GETTING IN IS ALWAYS A RUSH.
BUT ONCE MY FEET HIT THE GROUND OR THE WATER,
THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY BEGINS.
I'VE FACED SOME OF THE HARSHEST PLACES ON EARTH.
AND EVERY STEP I TAKE, MY CREW FOLLOWS.
WHEN YOU'RE THROWN OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WILDERNESS,
IT ALWAYS TAKES TIME TO ADJUST.
BUT IT'S SWAMPS THAT THE CREW FIND MOST UNNERVING.
[ GASPING ]
YOU COME FROM LONDON ON THE PLANE.
LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS LATER,
YOU ARE DROPPED INTO A SWAMP,
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AN INCREDIBLY INTIMIDATING PLACE.
AND, IMMEDIATELY, YOUR SENSES ARE JUST ON ABSOLUTE OVERRIDE.
AND ANYTHING THAT BRUSHES PAST YOUR LEG, YOU JUST GO,
"WHOA! WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT?"
IT'S AMAZING HOW SENSITIVE YOUR EARS BECOME
JUST TO EVERY LITTLE CRACK OF A TWIG...
WHEN YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S UNDER THE SURFACE.
WHETHER IT'S THE SWAMPS OF THE DEEP SOUTH
OR THE JUNGLE RIVERS OF BELIZE,
SURVIVING IN WATER IS A TOUGH BUSINESS
AND FILMING IN IT A REAL CHALLENGE.
THE TEMPERATURE, THE WHITE WATER,
AND THE RISK OF DROWNING ARE ALL FACTORS
THAT MAKE ME AND MY TEAM ALWAYS THINK LONG AND HARD.
IT'S FAST-FLOWING RIVERS AND RAPIDS --
THEY'RE, FOR ME, PERSONALLY, THE RISKIEST ENVIRONMENT
BECAUSE IT'S A TOTALLY MOVING AND CHANGING RISK.
EVERY DAY, THE FLOW IS DIFFERENT.
SO IT'S A VERY TENSE ENVIRONMENT TO OPERATE IN.
Reay: I KIND OF FIND MYSELF THINKING,
"RIGHT, OKAY, IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG HERE,
"IS IT DOWN TO MY ABILITY TO GET OUT OF HERE,
OR IS IT COMPLETELY DOWN TO MOTHER NATURE?"
AND I THINK WATER IS DEFINITELY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT
'CAUSE YOU ARE COMPLETELY AT ITS MERCY.
BEAR'S VERY, VERY GOOD AT FINDING THAT LINE
AND ARTICULATING THAT TO ME.
I'M GETTING TUMBLED AROUND LIKE A PEBBLE,
CONSTANTLY PINNED UNDER TONS OF FREEZING WATER.
BUT THE RAPIDS HAVE DONE THEIR JOB.
I CAN FERRY GLIDE TO THE OPPOSITE BANK
WHERE THE SIDES OF THE VALLEY ARE OPENING UP.
COME HERE.
LET'S GET IN HERE.
GET IN OUT OF THAT FLOW.
I'M GONNA GET A HOLD OF THIS...
IT'S MORE DANGEROUS!
THE BEST WAY TO STEER CLEAR OF STOPPERS AND SUBMERGED ROCKS
IS TO BUILD A RAFT.
STAYING ON THE SURFACE
WILL VASTLY IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL.
IN ALABAMA, A RAFT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT WAY
TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND OUT OF TROUBLE.
EVERYTHING I NEEDED WAS LYING AROUND ME.
THEN USE ALL OF THIS POLYSTYRENE AS THE NEXT LAYER.
AND THEN USE THE TARPAULIN TO WRAP AROUND IT,
TRY AND MAKE IT AS WATERTIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
Groeneweg: HE FOUND SOME KIND OF PLASTIC SHEETING.
HE BUILT IT INTO A DOUGHNUT RAFT
JUST WITH ALL THE DEBRIS
THAT WAS THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE RIVER.
IT JUST WORKED BRILLIANTLY AS A FLOTATION DEVICE,
EVEN IN REALLY ROUGH WATER.
OKAY, WE'RE OUT OF HERE!
Groeneweg: THE BAD SIDE OF THE WHOLE RAFT
WAS, BASICALLY, THAT IT WAS UNCONTROLLABLE.
YOU COULDN'T STEER IT.
THE WATER WAS DECIDING WHERE IT WANTS TO THROW BEAR.
Grylls: WHOO!
MY RAFT HELD OUT FOR AWHILE, BUT ALL TOO SOON,
THE RAPIDS BECAME TOO VIOLENT, THE CURRENTS TOO STRONG.
I WAS THROWN OUT AND DUMPED INTO THE ICY-COLD WATER.
IN THE JUNGLE, FOLLOWING RIVERS
CAN GIVE YOU A FAST ROUTE THROUGH THE THICK UNDERGROWTH.
YOU SEE THE POWER OF THE WATER'S REALLY BUILDING UP NOW HERE!
PROGRESS WAS GOOD.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS STOPPED IN MY TRACKS.
MUST BE ABOUT A 40-FOOT DROP STRAIGHT DOWN THIS.
YOU SEE THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF WATER GOING DOWN IT.
IT WAS TOO HIGH TO JUMP,
SO I MADE A HARNESS AND ROPE FROM RATI VINE.
AS THE CREW AND I WENT OVER THE LIP,
WE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO FOLLOWING THIS RIVER.
BUT THEN THE HEAVENS OPENED.
THE RAIN-DRENCHED ROCKS MADE THE CLIMB A REAL CHALLENGE.
BUT WHAT WAS WAITING FOR US AT THE BOTTOM
WAS MUCH MORE CONCERNING.
THE RIVER WAS STARTING TO FLOOD.
IT HAD BEEN PROGRESSIVELY RAINING HARDER
AND HARDER AND HARDER.
AS WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RIVER,
IT WAS LITERALLY RISING BY THE MINUTE.
A LOT OF SORT OF THOUSAND-MILE STARES INTO THE EYES
'CAUSE WE ALL REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING,
AND WE KNEW THAT TIME WAS GONNA BE SHORT,
AND IT WAS HOW FAR WE'D PUSHED THAT RISK.
BUT WE MANAGED TO GET DOWN IT,
AND WE EVENTUALLY SORT OF CRAWLED OUT LIKE DROWNED RATS.
FILMING THE SHOW ABOVEGROUND IS TOUGH,
BUT WHEN WE VENTURE DEEP INTO THE EARTH,
THE STAKES GET EVEN HIGHER.
ONE, TWO...
FOR ME, SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT SELF-HELP,
FIGHTING A WAY THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT
UNTIL YOU FIND A WAY OUT.
RIVERS PROVIDE A FAST ROUTE THROUGH TERRAIN,
BUT AS I'VE FOUND ON MANY OCCASIONS,
FOLLOWING THEM CAN BE RISKY, ESPECIALLY UNDERGROUND.
THE ROOF OF THE CAVE IS GETTING LOWER,
AND THE RIVER SEEMS TO BE FLOWING UNDERNEATH THE ROCK.
SEE IF I CAN REACH DOWN.
[ GRUNTS ] YEAH, THIS DEFINITELY --
THIS TUNNEL EXTENDS ON.
TO FOLLOW THE TUNNEL,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO SWIM UNDER THIS NEAR-FREEZING WATER.
OKAY, JUST BACK UP.
I'M GOING FIRST TO CHECK IT OUT BEFORE THE CREW FOLLOWS.
I'M GONNA GET YOU GUYS JUST TO STAY HERE.
GET THIS ROPE.
GET THIS PICK.
I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT OF THE WAY INTO THERE.
AND IF IT'S NO GOOD, I CAN PULL MYSELF BACK ALONG THIS, OKAY?
BUT JUST WAIT FOR ME.
SUMP DIVES -- DANGEROUS.
BEAR WOULD ONLY HAVE ABOUT 25 SECONDS
TO ACTUALLY SWIM THROUGH THE SUMP.
HERE WE GO.
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
ONE, TWO...
Pearce: YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP WHEN HE WENT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT FEELING OF BEING UNDERNEATH,
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO SURFACE
BECAUSE IT'S JUST SOLID ROCK ABOVE YOUR HEAD.
WE ALL HELD OUR HEARTS IN OUR MOUTH REALLY.
YOUR MIND STARTS PLAYING TRICKS WITH YOU.
YOU THINK, "HAS HE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT?
HAS HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT ON SOMETHING?"
FINALLY, HE COMES BURSTING BACK UP.
[ GASPING AND SPITTING ]
THERE'S A GOOD-SIZE -- THERE'S A GOOD-SIZE AIR POCKET DOWN THERE!
HE SAYS, "MAYBE WE CAN GET THROUGH THERE,"
AND I FOLLOW HIM DOWN.
BUT IT WAS A DEFINITELY A HEART-STOPPING MOMENT.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AIR POCKET.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE OXYGEN'S GONNA LAST IN HERE.
WE DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND IN THIS.
OKAY, I SEE --
LET'S SEE HOW MUCH FURTHER WE CAN GO.
[ EXHALES, INHALES DEEPLY ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ GASPS ]
WHOO!
YOU ALL RIGHT?
THERE'S DAYLIGHT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A WAY OUT, AS WELL.
LET'S GET THIS ROPE BACK.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
I OFTEN HEAD UNDERGROUND
IN SEARCH OF FOOD, SHELTER, AND WATER.
IT GENERALLY WORKS OUT,
BUT WE HAVE GOT OURSELVES INTO SOME PRETTY TIGHT SPOTS.
IT'S SOME SORT OF SHAFT.
[ GRUNTS ]
AND IT'S RUNNING STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE ROCK.
SEE THAT?
THE ALABAMA SMARTIE TUBE, I THINK WE CALLED IT,
WAS THIS RIDICULOUSLY TIGHT TUBE HE HAD TO SORT OF GO DOWN.
AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO NARROW PLACES LIKE THIS,
IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOT TO -- NOT TO PANIC...
'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOUR CHEST CAVITY THEN EXPANDS.
Reay: HE'S SQUEEZING HIS WAY DOWN THIS THING,
AND I JUST HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE I'M JUST THINKING,
"GOD," YOU KNOW?
HE'S WEDGED HIMSELF IN THERE LITERALLY.
HE CAN'T MOVE. HE'S TIGHT LIKE THIS.
HE'S GOT A FLAMING TORCH RIGHT BY HIS HEAD.
THE FLAMING TORCH IS BURNING THE MICROPHONE FLUFFY ON THE CAMERA.
I COULD SMELL THAT BURNING.
I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, "ARE YOU INSANE?"
FINALLY, HE POPS THROUGH,
FALLS ABOUT 6 FEET, AND LANDS IN THE WATER.
IT'S JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS, AND I'M THINKING,
"WE'RE LUCKY YOU DIDN'T OVERDO IT ON THE FOOD
'CAUSE YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THERE."
WE FILM IN MANY DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS AROUND THE GLOBE.
AND EACH ONE PRESENTS ITS OWN SPECIFIC CHALLENGES
FOR THE CREW.
EXTREME-COLD CLIMATES
ARE PROBABLY THE MOST CHALLENGING FOR ALL OF US
BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAVE YOU GOT TO MAKE THE EQUIPMENT WORK,
YOU'VE ALSO GOT TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF AND KEEP YOURSELF WARM.
AND AS SOON AS YOU STOP, THEN YOU FREEZE.
IN NORWAY, WHERE TEMPERATURES REACH MINUS-40 DEGREES,
THE CREW AND I WERE OPERATING ON THE LIMIT.
BUT THE TEMPERATURE WASN'T MY ONLY CONCERN.
WE PLANNED TO SHOOT A SCENE WHERE I CROSS THE FROZEN LAKE
USING SKIS AND MY RESERVE PARACHUTE.
JUST THREE MONTHS EARLIER,
I'D BROKEN MY SHOULDER IN THE ANTARCTIC DOING EXACTLY THIS.
I ALWAYS TRY AND KIND OF TREAT FEAR
AS SOMETHING THAT'S THERE TO SHARPEN YOU
FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
AND I THINK, GENERALLY, IT DOES THAT, YOU KNOW?
IT JUST TUNES YOUR SENSES A BIT.
IT GETS THE BLOOD PUMPING, AND THEN YOU'RE INTO IT.
ONCE THE CHUTE WAS READY
AND THE CREW HAD FINISHED RIGGING, IT'S TIME TO GO.
IF I CAN GET THIS THING INFLATED,
THE WIND SHOULD DO THE REST.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE...WE GO.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT BEING ON AN OPEN LAKE LIKE THIS
IS THE WIND IS NICE AND STEADY AND CONSTANT.
THIS IS MUCH EASIER AT THE MOMENT
THAN TRYING TO DRAG MYSELF ACROSS THIS
JUST WALKING ON SKIS.
Pearce: BEAR WAS USING A MAKESHIFT PARACHUTE
WHICH WAS A RESERVE.
IT WAS COVERED IN ICE.
THE RIGGING LINES WEREN'T WORKING WELL.
YOU COULDN'T STEER IT, WHICH WAS THE MAIN ISSUE.
GIVE HIM HIS DUE --
HE'S SKIMMING ACROSS THIS LAKE IN NORWAY,
CHEWING UP THE GROUND AND CLICKING THE K's OFF
JUST MONTHS AFTER BUSTING HIS SHOULDER IN ANTARCTICA.
MY KIND OF SURVIVAL
MEANS MOVING FAST AND COVERING GROUND.
BUT MOVEMENT NEEDS ENERGY.
AND THAT MEANS FOOD, WHATEVER IT IS.
TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD, YOU NEED ENERGY,
AND THAT MEANS FOOD.
YOU CAN'T BE SQUEAMISH,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO LEAVE YOUR FEARS BEHIND.
BUT THAT, AT LEAST, IS GONNA MAKE A GOOD DINNER FOR TONIGHT.
ACTUALLY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M GONNA DO --
HERE, HOLD THAT.
[ LAUGHS ]
EATING SORT OF BUGS, SPIDERS, SNAKES,
ANYTHING THAT LOOKS PRETTY HIDEOUS,
IT ALWAYS PUTS A BIT OF A SMILE ON ALL OUR FACES, I THINK.
IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY'S GOT YOUR STEAK...
[ SPITS ]
...RUBBED IT IN DOG FECES,
AND THEN POPPED IT IN YOUR MOUTH.
WE FOUND THIS MASSIVE BUG IN A TREE IN ZAMBIA,
AND HE PULLS IT OUT OF THE TREE.
AND HE'S ABOUT TO EAT THAT ONE
AND HE STOPS AND HE SPOTS ONE
JUST AROUND THE BACK OF THE TREE
AND HE PULLS THAT ONE OUT.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
IT'S CLEARLY ITS MOTHER OR SOMETHING.
IT'S ABOUT THAT BIG.
AND HE THINKS, "I'LL EAT THAT ONE.
WHY EAT THE LITTLE ONE?"
SO HE BITES INTO IT,
AND IT JUST EXPLODED ALL OVER THE LENS.
UGH.
I MEAN, HE FLICKS A SWITCH IN HIS HEAD
TO MAKE IT OKAY TO EAT THAT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD NEVER DO.
BEAR'S SHOWING YOU HOW TO DO IT IN A DYNAMIC SURVIVAL SITUATION.
"SO, OKAY, I HAVE NO OPTION.
"I CAN'T BUILD A FIRE 'CAUSE I'M ON THE MOVE CONSTANTLY.
I JUST HAVE TO EAT THIS RAW."
AND THIS IS CALLED "INSECT LUNCH."
[ CRUNCHING ]
GOD!
[ SPITS ]
I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE CREW TO TRY THE THINGS THAT I FIND.
DEEP UNDERGROUND IN BELIZE,
I UNCOVERED A MONSTER OF AN INSECT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY LOST THEIR APPETITE.
FLIPPING NORA!
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT.
YOU SEE, THAT'S A WHIP SCORPION.
IT'S LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A SCORPION AND A SPIDER.
LET'S SEE IF I -- LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET HIM.
HOLD ON.
WHIP SCORPIONS ARE FOUND IN CAVES AND ROCK CREVICES.
THEY'RE WEIRD-LOOKING, BUT THEY'RE NOT VENOMOUS.
I'VE EATEN SCORPIONS BEFORE, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS.
HE JUST KIND OF PULLED THIS THING DOWN --
AND IT JUST LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF "ALIEN"...
BINGO.
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOU BEGIN TO EAT IT.
...AND STUFFED IT IN HIS MOUTH.
[ CRUNCHING ]
AND MY CHIN JUST HIT THE FLOOR, AND I JUST THOUGHT,
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST DONE THAT, BEAR."
PROBABLY THE BACK END IS WHAT BIT I GOT.
UGH.
THAT IS A BIG MEAL!
THAT WASN'T WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR,
BUT ANY FOOD IS GOOD FOOD
WHEN YOU'VE GOT DIFFICULT TERRAIN AHEAD.
OH, LOOK AT THIS!
THE SECRET TO SURVIVAL
IS KNOWING WHAT YOU CAN EAT AND WHAT YOU CAN'T.
BUT GETTING IT WRONG CAN BE DISASTROUS.
THAT'S A GIANT CENTIPEDE. THESE ARE --
JUST STAND BACK A BIT.
THESE ARE MORE VICIOUS THAN THEY LOOK.
WHOA!
GIANT CENTIPEDES ARE AGGRESSIVE PREDATORS,
DELIVERING PARALYZING VENOM THROUGH NEEDLE-SHARP PINCERS.
OKAY, LOOK AT HAT.
DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH IT.
HIGHLY VENOMOUS, BIG FRONT CLAWS THERE.
AND IF THAT BITES YOU,
IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY STICKING A RED-HOT POKER INTO YOU.
LET -- LET HIM DOWN HERE.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM A VERY WIDE BERTH.
OKAY, HE'S GOING DOWN.
DURING OUR TRAVELS,
THE CREW AND I HAVE ENCOUNTERED ALL SORTS OF DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
SOMETIMES WE TAKE THEM ON.
OTHER TIMES, WE KEEP OUR DISTANCE.
Shh.
Just see up there.
Okay, come down. Come down.
That's a brown bear.
Okay, we are very close here...
probably only about 50 meters.
I DO FIND THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING AN ANIMAL ENCOUNTER,
THAT WHAT IS IN THE VIEWFINDER
IS NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND YOU DO FEEL COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THAT.
AND, I DON'T KNOW, IF YOU OPEN THE OTHER EYE,
YOU ACTUALLY SEE
THAT IT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN FRONT OF YOU.
GRYLLS: But he hasn't spotted us, I don't think.
SOMETIMES, THESE ENCOUNTERS CAN BE DANGEROUS,
SO I'M FORCED TO KEEP THE CREW BACK AND GO IN ALONE.
STEADY. STAY THERE.
THAT'S A GOOD SIZE -- PROBABLY 50 OR 60 POUNDS.
YOU SEE, HE'S CAUGHT AROUND THE BACK LEG HERE.
[ SQUEALING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
STAY BACK. DON'T GET THAT CLOSE.
YOU GOT TO STAY AT THE LIMIT OF ITS ROPE.
THESE ARE POWERHOUSES.
THIS THING WAS SERIOUSLY MAD.
[ SQUEALING ]
LIKE, IT GOT HIM AT ONE POINT, AND IT SORT OF GNAWED HIS LEG.
THEY LOOK SMALL,
BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A LITTLE TANK ON FOUR LEGS.
A VERY LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY
MAKES THEM REALLY, REALLY STRONG.
AND THEY WILL JUST FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES.
[ SQUEALING ]
IT WASN'T GETTING TIRED. BEAR WAS. IT WASN'T.
IT COULD HAVE GONE ON ALL DAY LIKE THAT.
[ SCREECHING ]
YOU COULD SEE BEAR PUMPING UP THE ADRENALINE,
AND HE JUST WENT FOR IT.
HE JUST JUMPED ON TOP OF IT, AND, BASICALLY, THAT WAS IT.
[ SQUEALING ]
BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO MY WAY.
SOMETIMES THE ANIMALS GET THEIR OWN BACK.
[ BEES BUZZING ]
I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I'M REALLY WELL BUTTONED UP HERE.
I DO NOT WANT A SHIRT FULL OF ANGRY BEES
PROTECTING THEIR HONEY.
SO HE WRAPS HIS T-SHIRT, I THINK, AROUND HIS MOUTH
AND MAYBE COVERS HIS NOSE.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT'S COVERED UP.
GOES IN, PUTS HIS ARM IN.
[ BUZZING CONTINUES ]
AND YOU THINK, "WELL, HE'S GONNA MAKE THIS."
AND IT ALL SEEMED QUITE BENIGN.
LOOK AT THIS ON MY FOREHEAD.
AND THEN YOU JUST SEE ONE LITTLE BEE JUST CRAWL ALONG.
AND IT SORT OF STOPS AND STARTS TO SORT OF ARCH ITS BACK.
AND I'M KIND OF THINKING,
"OH, IT'S GONNA STING YOU. IT'S GONNA STING YOU."
LEAVING MY FOREHEAD EXPOSED WAS A REAL OVERSIGHT.
THE BEES GOT ONE STING IN.
ONE OF THOSE GOT ME JUST UP HERE.
HERE. CAN YOU SEE IT? CAN YOU PULL IT OFF?
AND THEN I'VE GOT TO GO IN AND PULL THIS STING OUT.
AND I SORT OF GET IN THERE AND SORT OF JUST...
PLUCK IT OUT.
IT'S THE TINIEST LITTLE BEESTING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO PULL OUT.
YOU GUYS SEE THAT?
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY DELIVER IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE STING FOR A LOAD OF HONEYCOMB
ISN'T TOO BAD.
THE GUY'S BEEN STUNG BY A BEE. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
AND THEN LATER ON, HE'S LITERALLY --
HIS FACE JUST STARTS TO GO.
BEEN QUITE A BRUTE OF A BEESTING, THIS.
IT'S MADE ALL OF THIS PART OF ME SWELL UP.
I FEEL A BIT LIKE THE ELEPHANT MAN.
MY EYE AND NOSE, FOREHEAD SWELLING UP.
AND THEN ANY KIND OF SORT OF DEFINING FEATURES HE HAS
JUST STARTED TO SORT OF MORPH INTO ONE.
AND HE'S GOT THIS SORT OF MOONFACE.
ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEESTINGS CAN BE FATAL.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK.
THE FIRST SIGNS ARE SWELLING AROUND THE EYES,
FOLLOWED BY DIFFICULTY BREATHING
AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
IT CAUSES 1,000 DEATHS A YEAR IN THE U.S.
FEELS LIKE KIND OF A BIG PRICE TO PAY FOR A BIT OF HONEY.
BASICALLY, ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK WAS OUR MAIN WORRIES,
BUT ALSO HIS EYESIGHT 'CAUSE HIS EYES GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER,
UP TO THE POINT THAT HE ALMOST COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
THE GLARE'S ACTUALLY MAKING IT REALLY HARD
JUST TO SEE THROUGH ALL OF THIS SWELLING.
JUST A BIT WORRIED IF THIS GETS ANY WORSE.
IT'S GREAT, ISN'T IT?
THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THAT HE GOES FOR,
IT'S A BEE THAT GETS HIM.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE ANIMALS THAT ARE OUT TO GET YOU.
FACING OFF WITH THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS
MEANS SERIOUS INJURY IS A CONSTANT THREAT.
ONE SLIP AND IT COULD ALL GO WRONG.
WHEREVER I'VE BEEN, WHATEVER I'VE DONE,
THERE'S BEEN NO SHORTAGE OF RISKS I'VE TAKEN
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.
I'VE ALWAYS LIVED LIFE TRYING TO PUSH THE LIMITS,
AND I'M HAPPIEST WHEN I'M CHALLENGED.
THE CLIMBS AND THE JUMPS THAT I TAKE WHILE FILMING
CERTAINLY TAKE ME TO THE LIMIT.
BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
WE WILL COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS OF HOW TO DO IT.
IT'S A GOOD TEAM EFFORT,
AND BEAR DIVES INTO IT OR THROWS HIMSELF OFF IT
OR CLIMBS UP IT WITH AMAZING ENTHUSIASM AND DEXTERITY.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF HIS PHYSIQUE AND HIS COMMON SENSE
AND THINKING, "OKAY, HOW FAR CAN I GO?"
THAT IS WHY HE BRINGS HIS ORDEALS TO A GOOD END.
BUT A GOOD END WAS FAR FROM GUARANTEED IN BELIZE.
I WAS AT THE EDGE OF A DEEP CHASM
AND HAD TO FIND A WAY DOWN.
A STRONG VINE SHOULD SUPPORT A MAN'S WEIGHT.
BUT WITH A DROP LIKE THIS AT STAKE,
IT MUST ALWAYS BE TESTED.
BEAR'S FAVORITE FILM IS "TARZAN,"
AND HE ALWAYS WANTS TO BE TARZAN.
HE KNEW HE WAS GONNA DO IT STRAIGHTAWAY.
AND I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS MIND.
Grylls: YEAH!
THAT'S ALL MY WEIGHT ON IT, AND IT'S HOLDING.
OKAY, LET'S GIVE THIS A FIELD TEST.
PHEW!
JEEPERS.
YOU KNOW, GIVE BEAR HIS CREDIT.
HE JUST CUT IT AND LEAPED ONTO IT
AND SWANG ACROSS THIS ABYSS.
AAH!
THE LAST THING I REALLY REMEMBER
IS HIM HITTING THE OTHER SIDE WITH SUCH FORCE
THAT IT WAS ALMOST THE WHOLE ROCK FACE SHOOK.
I ONLY JUST GRAB HOLD OF ANOTHER VINE
TO STOP MYSELF FALLING DOWN INTO THE ABYSS.
MORE LUCK THAN GOOD JUDGMENT WHEN I HIT THAT LEDGE.
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
I FACED ANOTHER GRUELING CHALLENGE WITH JUNGLE VINES.
THIS IS KILLING ME, KILLING ON THE ARMS.
THIS TIME, I PLANNED TO CLIMB UP THEM.
BUT THAT WOULD INVOLVE 180 FOOT OF PAIN.
THE MAIN CAMERA WOULD FILM THE CLIMB
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RAVINE.
I WOULD TAKE A SMALL CAMERA WITH ME TO RECORD THE ACTION.
BUT LOOSE WIRES AND THE EXTRA WEIGHT
JUST ADDED TO THE CHALLENGE.
WITHIN MINUTES, I KNEW THIS WAS GONNA BE AN EPIC.
MY ARMS ARE ABSOLUTELY SCREAMING.
[ PANTING ] OHH.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ PANTING ]
BUT THEY ARE JUST ON PROPER FIRE.
[ SIGHS ]
INCH BY INCH,
I DRAGGED MYSELF AND THAT RUDDY CAMERA UP THE VINE.
AFTER AN HOUR, I WAS NEAR THE TOP.
[ PANTING ]
IT'S ME OVER THE LIP OF THIS THING --
ONE VERY TIRED...BEAR.
[ SIGHS ]
IN ALABAMA, BLOCKED BY 200-FOOT CLIFFS,
THE ONLY WAY TO REACH A VALLEY BOTTOM WAS TO DESCEND A TREE.
THIS TIME, CAMERAMAN SIMON WANTED TO FOLLOW ME.
IT WAS OUR ROPESMAN DAVE'S JOB TO GET HIM DOWN SAFELY.
Pearce: BEAR'S AN EXCELLENT CLIMBER,
BUT THE CHALLENGE IS, FOR ME, OFTEN,
IS TO GET A CAMERAMAN AND SOUND GUY DOWN UNCLIMBED TERRITORY.
CLEAR ALL THOSE BRANCHES SO IT DOESN'T GET...
DO YOU HAVE A CAMERA?
I'LL KEEP MINE.
GOT IT? YEP.
THE CAMERAMAN AND SOUND GUY RELY ON ME, I GUESS,
AND HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ME THAT I'M DOING IT RIGHT.
THERE'S BEEN A FEW CHALLENGING MOMENTS
AND LOOSE ROCKS SORT OF FLYING EVERYWHERE.
AND SIMON'S GOT TO GO WITH HIS CAMERA, AS WELL.
SO HE'S VERY, VERY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.
GET YOUR FOOT ACROSS THAT BRANCH.
AND, REALLY, IT'S JUST A CASE OF GRIPPING LIKE A KOALA BEAR.
LOOK.
AND NOW I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN
BEFORE MY INJURED SHOULDER GIVES WAY.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTS WE GO TO,
I FEEL MOST AT HOME ON THE STEEP STUFF.
BUT DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS,
THINGS DO OCCASIONALLY GO WRONG.
I'M GONNA JUMP INTO THAT.
A SCREE RUN IN THE YUKON VERY NEARLY ENDED IN TEARS.
YEAH, IT'S ALL THIS LOOSE SHINGLE.
IF YOU STILL WANT TO GET THIS DESCENT,
YOU WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
I PLANNED TO ZIGZAG DOWN TO AVOID ANY DEBRIS,
BUT IT WAS TOO STEEP.
I SLIPPED AND CAREERED OUT OF CONTROL IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
BASICALLY, HE SHOT DOWN INTO THE BOULDER FIELD,
KNOCKING THE BOULDERS SIDE TO SIDE, OVERTAKING THEM.
BUT ALSO, THE BOULDERS BEHIND HIM STARTED ROLLING,
SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY NEARLY MISSING HIS HEAD.
THE SCREE IS LOOSER THAN I THOUGHT.
ROCKS THE SIZE OF MY HEAD ARE FLYING PAST ME.
I NEED TO CHANGE DIRECTION TO AVOID BEING TAKEN OUT.
I THINK BY THE END OF IT,
EVEN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS LUCKY THIS TIME
BY MISSING THOSE BOULDERS.
A FEW BIG ZINGERS CAME FLYING PAST MY HEAD.
I WAS TRYING TO KIND OF GET OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN TO THE SIDE.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, REALLY, I GOT A BIT LUCKY THEN.
I'M A GREAT BELIEVER IN WORKING WITH AND NEVER AGAINST NATURE,
BUT SOMETIMES SHE DOES THROW SURPRISES YOUR WAY.
STEADY HERE.
THAT MUST BE 50, 60 FOOT DOWN THAT.
IN NORWAY, I NEEDED A WAY DOWN.
AND I THOUGHT NATURE HAD THE ANSWER.
HANG ON. THAT'S A BIRCH TREE OVER THERE.
I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
THE SKIS ARE TAKING THE QUICK WAY DOWN.
AND I'M HOPING A FLEXIBLE BIRCH TREE
WILL GET ME DOWN JUST AS FAST.
THE PLAN IS TENUOUS --
GRAB THE TOP OF THE TREE
AND USE MY WEIGHT TO BEND IT OVER.
SO FAR, SO GOOD...
[ WOOD CRACKING ]
[ SPUTTERING ]
SORT OF.
WHOO!
[ PANTING ]
BIRCH TREES ARE MEANT TO BE BENDY!
BUT I'M ALL RIGHT.
THE SNOW TOOK MOST OF THAT.
WHOO!
SURVIVE THE TERRAIN,
AND EVENTUALLY YOU SHOULD FIND A WAY OUT.
AND WHEN YOU DO, IT'S ALWAYS A BLAST.
IN ANY SURVIVAL SITUATION,
YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FIND RESCUE.
AND IT CAN BE THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YOU'LL FACE.
SALVATION CAN COME IN MANY FORMS.
BUT WHETHER IT'S ON LAND, SEA, OR AIR,
WHEN YOU FIND IT, YOU GOT TO GRAB THAT CHANCE.
IT'S A FOREST FIRE.
STICK WITH ME. COME WITH ME TO THE SIDE.
IN ALABAMA, I LED THE CREW THROUGH A SECTION OF FOREST
THAT HAD BEEN SET ABLAZE.
IT'S STARTING TO GET REALLY, REALLY HOT NOW.
THE CREW HAD FIRE SUITS, BUT I HAD NO SUCH LUXURY.
IT WAS TIME TO GET DOWN AND DIRTY.
OKAY.
I'M GONNA TRY AND JUST GET THROUGH IT
TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.
STICK WITH ME, ALL RIGHT?
OKAY, LET'S GO. GO.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE, THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES.
FOR MY CAMERAMAN SIMON, THIS WAS A ONE-SHOT DEAL.
Reay: I RUN OVER THE TERRAIN,
AND I'M ANTICIPATING WHERE I'M GONNA GO, WHERE HE'S GONNA GO.
SO I'M GLANCING ACROSS AT HIM, LOOKING AT MY FEET,
AND THEN, OCCASIONALLY GLANCING IN THE VIEWFINDER.
AND WHEN YOU'VE FILMED FOR 15 YEARS,
YOU KNOW WHERE THAT CAMERA'S POINTING.
YOU ALL RIGHT, SI?
IF IT GETS TOO BAD RIGHT THERE...
WE MADE IT THROUGH THE FIRE.
NOW CAME OUR CHANCE TO LEAVE THE ALABAMA BACKWOODS BEHIND.
THAT'S A ROAD.
I'VE HEARD A VEHICLE UP AHEAD, AND IT'S COMING THIS WAY.
THAT'S MY WAY OUT OF HERE! COME ON!
THERE'S A LOGGING TRUCK MOVING FAST.
I'M GONNA TRY AND CUT HIM OFF.
I CAN MAKE IT.
NO TIME TO STICK OUT MY THUMB.
IN ALASKA, I SET OUT TO SEA ON A RAFT.
I WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE SHIPPING LANES.
OKAY, LET'S GET ON WITH IT.
IF YOU SEE A VESSEL, YOU'LL NEED TO GET ITS ATTENTION FAST.
HEY!
I BOARDED AN ICEBERG AND USED MY RAFT TO MAKE A SIGNAL FIRE.
HEY!
HELP!
THERE COULD BE NO BETTER SIGHT IN THE WORLD FOR THE SURVIVOR
THAN SEEING THEIR RESCUE SHIP TURN TOWARDS THEM!
HELP!
AS THE BOAT APPROACHED, IT STARTED TO LOOM OVER US.
SUDDENLY, IT SEEMED TO DWARF ME AND THE CREW
ON OUR SMALL, FRAGILE ICEBERG.
I'VE GOT TO BE 100% CONFIDENT OF MAKING THIS JUMP.
DO NOT WANT TO END UP CRUSHED BETWEEN THIS AND THE ICE.
BUT WE WERE SO LOW IN THE WATER,
THE CAPTAIN LOST SIGHT OF US BEHIND THE DECK.
HE WAS RUNNING BLIND, AND THEN WE COLLIDED.
WHOO!
I WAS SAFELY ABOARD,
BUT THAT WAS CLOSE -- MAYBE TOO CLOSE.
THEN THE TRAWLER KIND OF HIT THE SIDE OF THE ICEBERG,
AND WHAT I WAS STANDING ON JUST BROKE OFF.
I JUST KIND OF CAUGHT IT.
HALF A SECOND EITHER WAY,
AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE DRINK
IN PROBABLY NOT A PARTICULARLY NICE SITUATION
BETWEEN BIG FISHING VESSEL AND ICEBERG.
THAT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING WAY TO END IT.
IN LOUISIANA, CLIMBING ON TOP OF A STORM-DAMAGED HOUSE
WAS A GREAT WAY TO GET SEEN FROM THE AIR.
THE LOUISIANA EXTRACTION OF BEAR WAS QUITE UNIQUE.
BEAR WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVASTATED BUILDINGS
FROM THE HURRICANE.
HE'S GOT ME.
I'M THEN GIVING THE BIG INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS SIGNAL,
THE BIG "Y."
IT MEANS, "YES, I NEED HELP."
THE ONLY WAY WE COULD GET HIM OFF
WAS TO DROP A VERY THIN LADDER.
I MEAN, HE HAD TO BASICALLY JUMP.
AND THE HELICOPTER PILOT
WAS FIGHTING TO KEEP REASONABLE CONTROL.
THE LADDER WAS SORT OF FLAPPING AROUND.
IF HE'D MISSED THE LADDER
SORT OF DIVING OUT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING,
HE JUST WOULD HAVE PLUMMETED INTO WATER,
WHICH WAS FULL OF CROCS, SNAKES.
WHEN IT'S ALL OVER, THERE'S A GREAT SENSE OF EUPHORIA.
AND, YEAH, IT'S NICE WHEN EVERYONE'S BACK SAFE.
BUT ALSO, THERE'S A GREAT SORT OF SENSE OF BOND, AS WELL.
IT'S A GREAT TEAM WE'VE BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS.
Reay: I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE HAPPY TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER,
WHO LIKE BEING WITH EACH OTHER,
AND ARE THERE FOR THE SAME CAUSE.
IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE SHOW,
THE PLACES WE GO TO, THE THINGS WE SEE,
AND THE CHALLENGES WE FACE.
BUT ABOVE ALL ARE THE PEOPLE WHO STAND BESIDE ME
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY -- THE CREW.
WITHOUT THEM, THIS SHOW WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
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