1 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,033 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:16,767 WHOO! I'VE TRAVELED TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH 3 00:00:16,834 --> 00:00:18,567 IN SEARCH OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES 4 00:00:18,634 --> 00:00:20,200 AND THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCATIONS 5 00:00:20,266 --> 00:00:23,433 TO SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO SURVIVE 6 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:26,066 IN THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS. 7 00:00:26,133 --> 00:00:28,300 I'VE DROPPED INTO EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH, 8 00:00:28,367 --> 00:00:29,934 BATTLING THE ELEMENTS, 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,500 EATING THE UNIMAGINABLE, 10 00:00:31,567 --> 00:00:34,567 DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE. 11 00:00:34,634 --> 00:00:37,734 BUT IN MY QUEST FOR SURVIVAL, I'M NEVER ALONE. 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,533 A SMALL AND DEDICATED TEAM 13 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,133 FOLLOW ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 14 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,300 FILMING THIS SHOW HAS TAKEN ME 15 00:00:52,367 --> 00:00:56,000 TO SOME OF THE MOST ASTOUNDING LOCATIONS ON EARTH. 16 00:00:56,066 --> 00:00:58,233 IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE, 17 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:00,433 OFTEN DANGEROUS, ALWAYS FULL-ON, 18 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:03,033 BUT ULTIMATELY, IT'S WHAT I REALLY LOVE. 19 00:01:06,033 --> 00:01:09,166 I WORK WITH A FANTASTIC, SMALL CREW OF PEOPLE. 20 00:01:09,233 --> 00:01:12,467 THEY'RE WITH ME OFTEN IN PRETTY HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS, 21 00:01:12,533 --> 00:01:15,834 BUT IN MY EYES, THEY'RE THE REAL HEROES OF THE SHOW. 22 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:19,433 IN THIS EPISODE, I'LL BE TAKING YOU BEHIND THE SCENES 23 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:21,867 AND INTRODUCING YOU TO THE CREW. 24 00:01:21,934 --> 00:01:23,400 FROM SIMON THE CAMERAMAN, 25 00:01:23,467 --> 00:01:26,000 WHO FOLLOWS ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY... 26 00:01:26,066 --> 00:01:28,000 BEAR IS VERY KIND OF INSPIRATIONAL, 27 00:01:28,066 --> 00:01:29,734 JUST MAKES YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN DO IT. 28 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,200 AND IF HE'S GONNA GO, I'VE GOT TO GO. 29 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:34,033 OOH! YOU ALL RIGHT? 30 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:36,266 ...TO DAVE, HIS ROPESMAN, 31 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:40,567 WHO TRIES TO KEEP HIM SAFE AS HE BATTLES TO GET THE SHOTS. 32 00:01:40,634 --> 00:01:43,734 THE CAMERAMAN, THE SOUND GUY RELY ON ME, I GUESS, 33 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,333 AND HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ME THAT I'M DOING IT RIGHT. 34 00:01:48,467 --> 00:01:49,634 WHEREVER WE ARE, 35 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:51,300 THE FIRST CHALLENGE FOR ME AND MY TEAM 36 00:01:51,367 --> 00:01:52,767 IS ALWAYS THE SAME -- 37 00:01:52,834 --> 00:01:55,934 TO ACCESS SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE LOCATIONS ON EARTH. 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,533 MANY TIMES, THE ONLY WAY IN IS BY CHOPPER, 39 00:01:58,600 --> 00:01:59,867 BUT IT HAS ITS RISKS. 40 00:01:59,934 --> 00:02:01,934 OFTEN, THERE'S NOWHERE TO LAND. 41 00:02:03,834 --> 00:02:05,600 THE HELICOPTER WILL HOVER JUST OFF THE GROUND, 42 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:08,133 AND WE HAVE TO JUMP IN... 43 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,934 OR WE HAVE TO OPT FOR THE RAPPELS. 44 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,467 BUT THE ROPES AND HELICOPTERS DON'T TEND TO GO WELL TOGETHER. 45 00:02:16,533 --> 00:02:18,266 WE HAVE TO WEIGHT THE ROPE 46 00:02:18,333 --> 00:02:20,934 SO IT DOESN'T FLY UP INTO THE ROTORS 47 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,734 OR THE INTAKES OF THE HELICOPTER. 48 00:02:25,233 --> 00:02:26,934 AND THE LONGER I'M ON THESE ROPES, 49 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,066 THE MORE DANGEROUS IT IS FOR EVERYONE. 50 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,533 AND WHEN I HIT THE GROUND, 51 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,567 THE FIRST JOB IS TO CLEAR THE ROPES 52 00:02:38,634 --> 00:02:41,700 THEN GIVE THE FLYBOYS A SIGNAL, AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY. 53 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:46,400 JOB DONE. 54 00:02:46,467 --> 00:02:47,834 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ] 55 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:49,867 IN ROMANIA, WITH STORM CLOUDS BREWING, 56 00:02:49,934 --> 00:02:51,767 A RAPPEL WAS NOT AN OPTION. 57 00:02:51,834 --> 00:02:53,900 ANOTHER SOLUTION HAD TO BE FOUND. 58 00:02:53,967 --> 00:02:55,634 THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING IN! 59 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,567 AND THERE'S ONLY A TINY WEATHER WINDOW! 60 00:02:58,634 --> 00:03:01,867 THE PILOT SAYS HE CAN'T LAND UP THERE! 61 00:03:01,934 --> 00:03:03,867 SO IT MEANS -- 62 00:03:03,934 --> 00:03:06,133 IT MEANS I'VE GOT TO IMPROVISE! 63 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:17,133 Pearce: HE HAD A FLIGHT TIME OF PROBABLY ABOUT 45 MINUTES PLUS. 64 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,667 BUT WHEN THE HELICOPTER LOWERED HIM, I CUT THE ROPE. 65 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:22,700 AND WE LOOKED DOWN, AND HE DIDN'T MOVE. 66 00:03:22,767 --> 00:03:25,600 HE'D BEEN HANGING ONTO THE CHOPPER FOR SO LONG 67 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:28,667 THAT THE HARNESS HAD CUT OFF ALL THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO HIS LEGS. 68 00:03:28,734 --> 00:03:31,634 SO WHEN HE GOT TO THE GROUND, HE COULDN'T ACTUALLY MOVE. 69 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,033 WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THE RISK. 70 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:40,066 BUT WHEN YOU'RE JUMPING OUT OF AN AIRCRAFT AT 10,000 FOOT, 71 00:03:40,133 --> 00:03:42,800 DANGER IS NEVER FAR AWAY. 72 00:03:42,867 --> 00:03:44,900 WE MAY LOOK AT THE DROP ZONES FROM THE AIR. 73 00:03:44,967 --> 00:03:46,600 AND WE THINK, "YEAH, THAT LOOKS OKAY." 74 00:03:46,667 --> 00:03:49,900 BUT IT'S OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GAUGE IT FROM THE AIR. 75 00:03:49,967 --> 00:03:52,867 AND ULTIMATELY, WHEN HE JUMPS OUT OF THAT HELO, 76 00:03:52,934 --> 00:03:54,567 HIS DEATH'S DOWN TO HIM. 77 00:03:56,266 --> 00:04:00,367 IN TURKEY, THE PLAN WAS TO LAND HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS. 78 00:04:00,433 --> 00:04:02,467 IT QUICKLY WENT WRONG. 79 00:04:05,367 --> 00:04:08,533 2,000 FOOT, TIME TO DEPLOY. 80 00:04:10,066 --> 00:04:12,400 Grylls: THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN IS JUST STREWN 81 00:04:12,467 --> 00:04:16,533 WITH BOULDERS AND BIG ROCKS... 82 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:21,867 ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LAKE JUST DOWN BENEATH ME. 83 00:04:21,934 --> 00:04:25,000 AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA AIM FOR. 84 00:04:25,066 --> 00:04:27,800 IT'S EITHER TAKING A DUNKING AND GETTING WET 85 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:30,433 OR PROBABLY BREAKING AN ANKLE. 86 00:04:31,266 --> 00:04:33,767 THIS IS GONNA BE TIGHT. 87 00:04:38,033 --> 00:04:41,634 JUMPING INTO WATER IS FRAUGHT WITH POTENTIAL RISKS -- 88 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:45,000 THE MAIN ONE BEING THE RIGGING LINES CAN JUST WRAP AROUND YOU 89 00:04:45,066 --> 00:04:47,967 LIKE AN OCTOPUS' TENTACLES AND EFFECTIVELY DROWN YOU. 90 00:04:48,033 --> 00:04:51,300 [ SPUTTERING AND GASPING ] 91 00:04:51,367 --> 00:04:53,634 ACTUALLY QUITE HAIRY, THAT. 92 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:55,266 LOOK. 93 00:04:55,333 --> 00:04:59,467 IN SUMATRA, I WAS HEADING FOR A DESERT ISLAND. 94 00:05:03,333 --> 00:05:05,200 THIS TIME, WITH ALL THE DRY LAND 95 00:05:05,266 --> 00:05:06,700 COVERED IN THICK VEGETATION, 96 00:05:06,767 --> 00:05:08,734 MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO LAND IN THE SEA. 97 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,500 FACING STRONG RIPTIDES AND BIG SURF, 98 00:05:16,567 --> 00:05:20,333 GOING IN WITH A CHUTE STILL ATTACHED COULD BE DISASTROUS. 99 00:05:21,867 --> 00:05:24,934 I HAD TO DITCH THE CANOPY BEFORE I HIT THE WATER, 100 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,533 BUT RELEASE IT TOO HIGH, 101 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,967 AND THE FALL WOULD BE JUST AS DANGEROUS. 102 00:05:32,667 --> 00:05:35,500 LUCKILY, THIS TIME I GOT IT JUST RIGHT. 103 00:05:35,567 --> 00:05:37,166 WHOO! 104 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:42,133 WHEREVER I GO, CAMERAMAN SIMON IS CLOSE BEHIND. 105 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,000 I LIKE TO PUSH THINGS TO THE LIMIT, 106 00:05:44,066 --> 00:05:46,433 BUT SOMETIMES HE HAS CONCERNS. 107 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:50,467 HOVERING 40 FOOT UP JUST OFF THE SKELETON COAST IN NAMIBIA, 108 00:05:50,533 --> 00:05:52,066 I WAS ABOUT TO JUMP. 109 00:05:52,133 --> 00:05:53,834 BUT SIMON WASN'T SO SURE. 110 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:56,367 EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE THE JUMPS OUT OF THE HELICOPTER 111 00:05:56,433 --> 00:05:57,500 INTO ANY KIND OF WATER, 112 00:05:57,567 --> 00:05:59,533 I'VE ALWAYS HAD A GULP AND GONE, "HMM." 113 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:03,567 AND BEAR'S SORT OF SIGNALING, "A BIT HIGHER, A BIT HIGHER." 114 00:06:03,634 --> 00:06:05,700 I'M THINKING, "WELL, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO JUMP FROM THAT, 115 00:06:05,767 --> 00:06:07,400 BUT OKAY -- IF HE'S GONNA GO, I GOT TO GO." 116 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,634 BEAR IS VERY KIND OF INSPIRATIONAL. 117 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:16,600 HE MAKES YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN DO IT, AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY. 118 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:18,100 BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'S DONE. 119 00:06:18,166 --> 00:06:20,834 YOU'RE IN THE WATER, AND YOU'RE GASPING FOR BREATH. 120 00:06:22,467 --> 00:06:24,567 THE TEAM HAVE BECOME WELL ACCUSTOMED 121 00:06:24,634 --> 00:06:26,066 TO ME JUMPING FROM CHOPPERS 122 00:06:26,133 --> 00:06:29,300 AND GENERALLY LAUNCHING MYSELF OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN. 123 00:06:30,934 --> 00:06:32,400 BUT IN SOUTHERN TEXAS, 124 00:06:32,467 --> 00:06:35,266 WHERE I WAS HEADING INTO THE HEART OF THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT, 125 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:38,900 THE BIPLANE WAS MY MEANS OF ENTRY. 126 00:06:38,967 --> 00:06:42,066 THE PLAN WAS FOR THE PLANE TO INVERT AND DROP ME OUT, 127 00:06:42,133 --> 00:06:44,567 BUT THE LARGE TAIL WAS CAUSING CONCERN. 128 00:06:44,634 --> 00:06:47,300 IF I HIT IT WHEN I JUMPED, IT WOULD BE CURTAINS. 129 00:06:47,367 --> 00:06:48,800 WE HAD TO FIND A SOLUTION. 130 00:06:48,867 --> 00:06:50,667 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THIS ONE 131 00:06:50,734 --> 00:06:52,467 IS TRYING TO DROP OUT OF A BIPLANE 132 00:06:52,533 --> 00:06:53,934 WHERE IT ACTUALLY GOES INVERTED, 133 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,367 AND I KIND OF JUST DISAPPEAR FROM IT. 134 00:06:56,433 --> 00:06:59,166 THE PILOT'S GOING, "THIS IS QUITE A MAD ONE TO DO." 135 00:06:59,233 --> 00:07:00,900 I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, "HELP." 136 00:07:00,967 --> 00:07:02,934 BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF WORK WELL AS A TEAM. 137 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,100 WE TRY AND MINIMIZE THE RISK OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 138 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:08,400 AND, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE CAN DO THIS. 139 00:07:08,467 --> 00:07:10,433 YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE AN EXCITING ENTRANCE, 140 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:12,000 PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ONES WE'VE DONE. 141 00:07:12,066 --> 00:07:13,400 BEFORE TAKEOFF, 142 00:07:13,467 --> 00:07:16,400 SIMON HAD TO WORK OUT HOW TO FILM THE SEQUENCE. 143 00:07:16,467 --> 00:07:20,100 HIS BIGGEST DILEMMA -- WHERE TO POSITION HIMSELF 144 00:07:20,166 --> 00:07:23,400 TO GET SHOTS OF ME SITTING IN THE COCKPIT. 145 00:07:23,467 --> 00:07:24,667 THIS IS A NEW CHALLENGE FOR US 146 00:07:24,734 --> 00:07:26,667 'CAUSE NORMALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, 147 00:07:26,734 --> 00:07:27,934 BEAR JUMPS OUT OF AN AIRCRAFT. 148 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,300 I'M SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM -- 149 00:07:29,367 --> 00:07:30,900 HELICOPTER, CESSNA PLANE, WHATEVER. 150 00:07:30,967 --> 00:07:33,266 THIS ONE IS A LITTLE PLANE, AND IT HAS TWO SEATS -- 151 00:07:33,333 --> 00:07:35,500 ONE FOR THE PILOT THERE, AND ONE FOR BEAR THERE. 152 00:07:35,567 --> 00:07:37,333 W-W-WHERE AM I GONNA GO? 153 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:38,567 SO, TALKING TO THE PILOT, 154 00:07:38,634 --> 00:07:40,400 HE SAYS, WELL, I CAN BE ON THE WING, 155 00:07:40,467 --> 00:07:42,367 BUT I CAN'T BE IN THE DRAFT OF THE PROP 156 00:07:42,433 --> 00:07:44,634 BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 200-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND. 157 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:47,767 SO I WOULD BE JUST OUTSIDE THAT, WHICH MEANS I'M RIGHT HERE, 158 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:49,533 ABOUT 6 FEET AWAY FROM BEAR, 159 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,600 WHICH, UM... 160 00:07:51,667 --> 00:07:52,867 THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE TO BE. 161 00:07:52,934 --> 00:07:54,767 SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA BE FOR THE SHOOT. 162 00:07:54,834 --> 00:07:58,133 ONCE SIMON AND HIS CAMERA WERE SAFELY SECURED, 163 00:07:58,200 --> 00:07:59,700 IT WAS TIME TO GO. 164 00:08:03,133 --> 00:08:07,900 THE PLAN WAS TO FLY TO 8,000 FOOT BEFORE I JUMPED. 165 00:08:07,967 --> 00:08:11,133 ON THE WAY THERE, SIMON WOULD FILM FROM THE WING. 166 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,333 [ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ] 167 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:25,300 Beneath me is the Chihuahuan Desert! 168 00:08:25,367 --> 00:08:28,533 And it's one of the largest deserts in North America -- 169 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,467 just vast! 170 00:08:30,533 --> 00:08:32,734 But it's also empty. 171 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,900 There's hardly any habitation there at all. 172 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:47,033 Okay, Bear, we're coming up on 8,000 feet now. 173 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:54,133 You better get ready to jump. 174 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,333 WITH ME OUT OF THE COCKPIT, SIMON COULD TAKE MY PLACE. 175 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,200 HE WOULD FILM THE BARREL ROLL FROM MY SEAT. 176 00:09:12,066 --> 00:09:14,133 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. 177 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,300 THIS WAS CERTAINLY A FIRST FOR ME AND A FIRST FOR SIMON. 178 00:09:18,367 --> 00:09:22,567 BUT, ULTIMATELY, IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY IN MAKING THE SHOW. 179 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,467 HOWEVER WE DO IT, GETTING IN IS ALWAYS A RUSH. 180 00:09:30,533 --> 00:09:33,367 BUT ONCE MY FEET HIT THE GROUND OR THE WATER, 181 00:09:33,433 --> 00:09:36,233 THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY BEGINS. 182 00:09:48,867 --> 00:09:51,100 I'VE FACED SOME OF THE HARSHEST PLACES ON EARTH. 183 00:09:51,166 --> 00:09:54,533 AND EVERY STEP I TAKE, MY CREW FOLLOWS. 184 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,400 WHEN YOU'RE THROWN OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WILDERNESS, 185 00:09:59,467 --> 00:10:01,200 IT ALWAYS TAKES TIME TO ADJUST. 186 00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:04,166 BUT IT'S SWAMPS THAT THE CREW FIND MOST UNNERVING. 187 00:10:04,233 --> 00:10:05,934 [ GASPING ] 188 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,533 YOU COME FROM LONDON ON THE PLANE. 189 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,200 LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS LATER, 190 00:10:10,266 --> 00:10:11,900 YOU ARE DROPPED INTO A SWAMP, 191 00:10:11,967 --> 00:10:15,033 WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AN INCREDIBLY INTIMIDATING PLACE. 192 00:10:15,100 --> 00:10:18,433 AND, IMMEDIATELY, YOUR SENSES ARE JUST ON ABSOLUTE OVERRIDE. 193 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:20,900 AND ANYTHING THAT BRUSHES PAST YOUR LEG, YOU JUST GO, 194 00:10:20,967 --> 00:10:23,233 "WHOA! WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT?" 195 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:25,800 IT'S AMAZING HOW SENSITIVE YOUR EARS BECOME 196 00:10:25,867 --> 00:10:30,934 JUST TO EVERY LITTLE CRACK OF A TWIG... 197 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,900 WHEN YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S UNDER THE SURFACE. 198 00:10:35,967 --> 00:10:38,667 WHETHER IT'S THE SWAMPS OF THE DEEP SOUTH 199 00:10:38,734 --> 00:10:40,834 OR THE JUNGLE RIVERS OF BELIZE, 200 00:10:40,900 --> 00:10:43,700 SURVIVING IN WATER IS A TOUGH BUSINESS 201 00:10:43,767 --> 00:10:46,166 AND FILMING IN IT A REAL CHALLENGE. 202 00:10:46,233 --> 00:10:48,767 THE TEMPERATURE, THE WHITE WATER, 203 00:10:48,834 --> 00:10:51,767 AND THE RISK OF DROWNING ARE ALL FACTORS 204 00:10:51,834 --> 00:10:55,567 THAT MAKE ME AND MY TEAM ALWAYS THINK LONG AND HARD. 205 00:10:57,967 --> 00:11:00,133 IT'S FAST-FLOWING RIVERS AND RAPIDS -- 206 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,400 THEY'RE, FOR ME, PERSONALLY, THE RISKIEST ENVIRONMENT 207 00:11:03,467 --> 00:11:06,266 BECAUSE IT'S A TOTALLY MOVING AND CHANGING RISK. 208 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:08,367 EVERY DAY, THE FLOW IS DIFFERENT. 209 00:11:08,433 --> 00:11:11,967 SO IT'S A VERY TENSE ENVIRONMENT TO OPERATE IN. 210 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:15,767 Reay: I KIND OF FIND MYSELF THINKING, 211 00:11:15,834 --> 00:11:17,333 "RIGHT, OKAY, IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG HERE, 212 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,934 "IS IT DOWN TO MY ABILITY TO GET OUT OF HERE, 213 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,166 OR IS IT COMPLETELY DOWN TO MOTHER NATURE?" 214 00:11:21,233 --> 00:11:24,500 AND I THINK WATER IS DEFINITELY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT 215 00:11:24,567 --> 00:11:26,934 'CAUSE YOU ARE COMPLETELY AT ITS MERCY. 216 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,433 BEAR'S VERY, VERY GOOD AT FINDING THAT LINE 217 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:31,967 AND ARTICULATING THAT TO ME. 218 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,567 I'M GETTING TUMBLED AROUND LIKE A PEBBLE, 219 00:11:38,634 --> 00:11:41,634 CONSTANTLY PINNED UNDER TONS OF FREEZING WATER. 220 00:11:45,066 --> 00:11:47,333 BUT THE RAPIDS HAVE DONE THEIR JOB. 221 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,667 I CAN FERRY GLIDE TO THE OPPOSITE BANK 222 00:11:49,734 --> 00:11:52,333 WHERE THE SIDES OF THE VALLEY ARE OPENING UP. 223 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:53,700 COME HERE. 224 00:11:53,767 --> 00:11:55,767 LET'S GET IN HERE. 225 00:11:55,834 --> 00:11:58,200 GET IN OUT OF THAT FLOW. 226 00:11:58,266 --> 00:12:00,900 I'M GONNA GET A HOLD OF THIS... 227 00:12:00,967 --> 00:12:02,433 IT'S MORE DANGEROUS! 228 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:05,400 THE BEST WAY TO STEER CLEAR OF STOPPERS AND SUBMERGED ROCKS 229 00:12:05,467 --> 00:12:06,467 IS TO BUILD A RAFT. 230 00:12:06,533 --> 00:12:08,033 STAYING ON THE SURFACE 231 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:11,266 WILL VASTLY IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL. 232 00:12:12,567 --> 00:12:14,834 IN ALABAMA, A RAFT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT WAY 233 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:17,300 TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND OUT OF TROUBLE. 234 00:12:18,934 --> 00:12:22,333 EVERYTHING I NEEDED WAS LYING AROUND ME. 235 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,634 THEN USE ALL OF THIS POLYSTYRENE AS THE NEXT LAYER. 236 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:28,600 AND THEN USE THE TARPAULIN TO WRAP AROUND IT, 237 00:12:28,667 --> 00:12:30,800 TRY AND MAKE IT AS WATERTIGHT AS POSSIBLE. 238 00:12:30,867 --> 00:12:33,433 Groeneweg: HE FOUND SOME KIND OF PLASTIC SHEETING. 239 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:35,467 HE BUILT IT INTO A DOUGHNUT RAFT 240 00:12:35,533 --> 00:12:36,967 JUST WITH ALL THE DEBRIS 241 00:12:37,033 --> 00:12:39,734 THAT WAS THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE RIVER. 242 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,033 IT JUST WORKED BRILLIANTLY AS A FLOTATION DEVICE, 243 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:44,834 EVEN IN REALLY ROUGH WATER. 244 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:47,300 OKAY, WE'RE OUT OF HERE! 245 00:12:50,967 --> 00:12:52,900 Groeneweg: THE BAD SIDE OF THE WHOLE RAFT 246 00:12:52,967 --> 00:12:54,867 WAS, BASICALLY, THAT IT WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. 247 00:12:54,934 --> 00:12:56,200 YOU COULDN'T STEER IT. 248 00:12:56,266 --> 00:12:59,667 THE WATER WAS DECIDING WHERE IT WANTS TO THROW BEAR. 249 00:12:59,734 --> 00:13:01,100 Grylls: WHOO! 250 00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:04,066 MY RAFT HELD OUT FOR AWHILE, BUT ALL TOO SOON, 251 00:13:04,133 --> 00:13:07,533 THE RAPIDS BECAME TOO VIOLENT, THE CURRENTS TOO STRONG. 252 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,967 I WAS THROWN OUT AND DUMPED INTO THE ICY-COLD WATER. 253 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,567 IN THE JUNGLE, FOLLOWING RIVERS 254 00:13:16,634 --> 00:13:20,734 CAN GIVE YOU A FAST ROUTE THROUGH THE THICK UNDERGROWTH. 255 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:25,266 YOU SEE THE POWER OF THE WATER'S REALLY BUILDING UP NOW HERE! 256 00:13:28,934 --> 00:13:30,367 PROGRESS WAS GOOD. 257 00:13:30,433 --> 00:13:33,133 THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS STOPPED IN MY TRACKS. 258 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,467 MUST BE ABOUT A 40-FOOT DROP STRAIGHT DOWN THIS. 259 00:13:45,533 --> 00:13:48,667 YOU SEE THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF WATER GOING DOWN IT. 260 00:13:50,967 --> 00:13:52,567 IT WAS TOO HIGH TO JUMP, 261 00:13:52,634 --> 00:13:55,500 SO I MADE A HARNESS AND ROPE FROM RATI VINE. 262 00:13:55,567 --> 00:13:57,767 AS THE CREW AND I WENT OVER THE LIP, 263 00:13:57,834 --> 00:14:00,600 WE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO FOLLOWING THIS RIVER. 264 00:14:00,667 --> 00:14:04,266 BUT THEN THE HEAVENS OPENED. 265 00:14:04,333 --> 00:14:07,600 THE RAIN-DRENCHED ROCKS MADE THE CLIMB A REAL CHALLENGE. 266 00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:09,433 BUT WHAT WAS WAITING FOR US AT THE BOTTOM 267 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:11,934 WAS MUCH MORE CONCERNING. 268 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,066 THE RIVER WAS STARTING TO FLOOD. 269 00:14:14,133 --> 00:14:15,967 IT HAD BEEN PROGRESSIVELY RAINING HARDER 270 00:14:16,033 --> 00:14:17,066 AND HARDER AND HARDER. 271 00:14:17,133 --> 00:14:20,667 AS WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RIVER, 272 00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:24,800 IT WAS LITERALLY RISING BY THE MINUTE. 273 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,867 A LOT OF SORT OF THOUSAND-MILE STARES INTO THE EYES 274 00:14:30,934 --> 00:14:33,967 'CAUSE WE ALL REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING, 275 00:14:34,033 --> 00:14:36,734 AND WE KNEW THAT TIME WAS GONNA BE SHORT, 276 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,433 AND IT WAS HOW FAR WE'D PUSHED THAT RISK. 277 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:40,900 BUT WE MANAGED TO GET DOWN IT, 278 00:14:40,967 --> 00:14:44,734 AND WE EVENTUALLY SORT OF CRAWLED OUT LIKE DROWNED RATS. 279 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,033 FILMING THE SHOW ABOVEGROUND IS TOUGH, 280 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:52,033 BUT WHEN WE VENTURE DEEP INTO THE EARTH, 281 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:53,967 THE STAKES GET EVEN HIGHER. 282 00:14:54,033 --> 00:14:56,533 ONE, TWO... 283 00:15:08,266 --> 00:15:10,800 FOR ME, SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT SELF-HELP, 284 00:15:10,867 --> 00:15:13,266 FIGHTING A WAY THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT 285 00:15:13,333 --> 00:15:15,367 UNTIL YOU FIND A WAY OUT. 286 00:15:15,433 --> 00:15:18,233 RIVERS PROVIDE A FAST ROUTE THROUGH TERRAIN, 287 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:20,734 BUT AS I'VE FOUND ON MANY OCCASIONS, 288 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,200 FOLLOWING THEM CAN BE RISKY, ESPECIALLY UNDERGROUND. 289 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,433 THE ROOF OF THE CAVE IS GETTING LOWER, 290 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:32,800 AND THE RIVER SEEMS TO BE FLOWING UNDERNEATH THE ROCK. 291 00:15:32,867 --> 00:15:35,066 SEE IF I CAN REACH DOWN. 292 00:15:35,133 --> 00:15:39,133 [ GRUNTS ] YEAH, THIS DEFINITELY -- 293 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,667 THIS TUNNEL EXTENDS ON. 294 00:15:41,734 --> 00:15:43,166 TO FOLLOW THE TUNNEL, 295 00:15:43,233 --> 00:15:45,967 I'M GONNA HAVE TO SWIM UNDER THIS NEAR-FREEZING WATER. 296 00:15:46,033 --> 00:15:48,834 OKAY, JUST BACK UP. 297 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:52,467 I'M GOING FIRST TO CHECK IT OUT BEFORE THE CREW FOLLOWS. 298 00:15:52,533 --> 00:15:55,467 I'M GONNA GET YOU GUYS JUST TO STAY HERE. 299 00:15:55,533 --> 00:15:57,333 GET THIS ROPE. 300 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,166 GET THIS PICK. 301 00:15:59,233 --> 00:16:02,233 I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT OF THE WAY INTO THERE. 302 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:05,900 AND IF IT'S NO GOOD, I CAN PULL MYSELF BACK ALONG THIS, OKAY? 303 00:16:05,967 --> 00:16:07,300 BUT JUST WAIT FOR ME. 304 00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:10,400 SUMP DIVES -- DANGEROUS. 305 00:16:10,467 --> 00:16:13,300 BEAR WOULD ONLY HAVE ABOUT 25 SECONDS 306 00:16:13,367 --> 00:16:16,133 TO ACTUALLY SWIM THROUGH THE SUMP. 307 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:17,367 HERE WE GO. 308 00:16:17,433 --> 00:16:18,700 [ EXHALES DEEPLY ] 309 00:16:18,767 --> 00:16:22,500 ONE, TWO... 310 00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:30,400 Pearce: YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP WHEN HE WENT. 311 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,033 YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT FEELING OF BEING UNDERNEATH, 312 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:36,600 AND THERE'S NO WAY TO SURFACE 313 00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:39,166 BECAUSE IT'S JUST SOLID ROCK ABOVE YOUR HEAD. 314 00:16:43,433 --> 00:16:46,233 WE ALL HELD OUR HEARTS IN OUR MOUTH REALLY. 315 00:16:48,867 --> 00:16:50,567 YOUR MIND STARTS PLAYING TRICKS WITH YOU. 316 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:52,300 YOU THINK, "HAS HE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT? 317 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:54,000 HAS HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT ON SOMETHING?" 318 00:16:54,066 --> 00:16:55,600 FINALLY, HE COMES BURSTING BACK UP. 319 00:16:55,667 --> 00:16:57,934 [ GASPING AND SPITTING ] 320 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,634 THERE'S A GOOD-SIZE -- THERE'S A GOOD-SIZE AIR POCKET DOWN THERE! 321 00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:03,467 HE SAYS, "MAYBE WE CAN GET THROUGH THERE," 322 00:17:03,533 --> 00:17:04,734 AND I FOLLOW HIM DOWN. 323 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,767 BUT IT WAS A DEFINITELY A HEART-STOPPING MOMENT. 324 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:21,734 YOU ALL RIGHT? 325 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,266 THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AIR POCKET. 326 00:17:24,333 --> 00:17:28,367 I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE OXYGEN'S GONNA LAST IN HERE. 327 00:17:28,433 --> 00:17:31,934 WE DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND IN THIS. 328 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,266 OKAY, I SEE -- 329 00:17:33,333 --> 00:17:35,300 LET'S SEE HOW MUCH FURTHER WE CAN GO. 330 00:17:35,367 --> 00:17:36,800 [ EXHALES, INHALES DEEPLY ] 331 00:17:36,867 --> 00:17:39,533 [ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ] 332 00:17:53,266 --> 00:17:54,200 [ GASPS ] 333 00:17:54,266 --> 00:17:55,700 WHOO! 334 00:17:55,767 --> 00:17:58,166 YOU ALL RIGHT? 335 00:17:58,233 --> 00:18:01,033 THERE'S DAYLIGHT. 336 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:03,300 AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A WAY OUT, AS WELL. 337 00:18:03,367 --> 00:18:04,867 LET'S GET THIS ROPE BACK. 338 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,500 [ BIRDS CHIRPING ] 339 00:18:11,567 --> 00:18:14,066 I OFTEN HEAD UNDERGROUND 340 00:18:14,133 --> 00:18:16,734 IN SEARCH OF FOOD, SHELTER, AND WATER. 341 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,433 IT GENERALLY WORKS OUT, 342 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:22,300 BUT WE HAVE GOT OURSELVES INTO SOME PRETTY TIGHT SPOTS. 343 00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:24,800 IT'S SOME SORT OF SHAFT. 344 00:18:24,867 --> 00:18:26,000 [ GRUNTS ] 345 00:18:26,066 --> 00:18:29,900 AND IT'S RUNNING STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE ROCK. 346 00:18:29,967 --> 00:18:31,367 SEE THAT? 347 00:18:31,433 --> 00:18:33,900 THE ALABAMA SMARTIE TUBE, I THINK WE CALLED IT, 348 00:18:33,967 --> 00:18:37,533 WAS THIS RIDICULOUSLY TIGHT TUBE HE HAD TO SORT OF GO DOWN. 349 00:18:38,867 --> 00:18:42,934 AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO NARROW PLACES LIKE THIS, 350 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:47,467 IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOT TO -- NOT TO PANIC... 351 00:18:47,533 --> 00:18:52,834 'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOUR CHEST CAVITY THEN EXPANDS. 352 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:55,166 Reay: HE'S SQUEEZING HIS WAY DOWN THIS THING, 353 00:18:55,233 --> 00:18:57,000 AND I JUST HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE I'M JUST THINKING, 354 00:18:57,066 --> 00:18:58,133 "GOD," YOU KNOW? 355 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,200 HE'S WEDGED HIMSELF IN THERE LITERALLY. 356 00:19:00,266 --> 00:19:01,967 HE CAN'T MOVE. HE'S TIGHT LIKE THIS. 357 00:19:02,033 --> 00:19:04,600 HE'S GOT A FLAMING TORCH RIGHT BY HIS HEAD. 358 00:19:04,667 --> 00:19:07,867 THE FLAMING TORCH IS BURNING THE MICROPHONE FLUFFY ON THE CAMERA. 359 00:19:07,934 --> 00:19:09,233 I COULD SMELL THAT BURNING. 360 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:11,634 I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, "ARE YOU INSANE?" 361 00:19:16,533 --> 00:19:17,967 FINALLY, HE POPS THROUGH, 362 00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:20,600 FALLS ABOUT 6 FEET, AND LANDS IN THE WATER. 363 00:19:20,667 --> 00:19:22,266 IT'S JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS, AND I'M THINKING, 364 00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:23,934 "WE'RE LUCKY YOU DIDN'T OVERDO IT ON THE FOOD 365 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,800 'CAUSE YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THERE." 366 00:19:25,867 --> 00:19:29,767 WE FILM IN MANY DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS AROUND THE GLOBE. 367 00:19:29,834 --> 00:19:32,934 AND EACH ONE PRESENTS ITS OWN SPECIFIC CHALLENGES 368 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,600 FOR THE CREW. 369 00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:36,266 EXTREME-COLD CLIMATES 370 00:19:36,333 --> 00:19:39,033 ARE PROBABLY THE MOST CHALLENGING FOR ALL OF US 371 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:42,867 BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAVE YOU GOT TO MAKE THE EQUIPMENT WORK, 372 00:19:42,934 --> 00:19:46,066 YOU'VE ALSO GOT TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF AND KEEP YOURSELF WARM. 373 00:19:46,133 --> 00:19:48,333 AND AS SOON AS YOU STOP, THEN YOU FREEZE. 374 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,834 IN NORWAY, WHERE TEMPERATURES REACH MINUS-40 DEGREES, 375 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:54,767 THE CREW AND I WERE OPERATING ON THE LIMIT. 376 00:19:54,834 --> 00:19:57,166 BUT THE TEMPERATURE WASN'T MY ONLY CONCERN. 377 00:19:57,233 --> 00:19:59,734 WE PLANNED TO SHOOT A SCENE WHERE I CROSS THE FROZEN LAKE 378 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,600 USING SKIS AND MY RESERVE PARACHUTE. 379 00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:04,233 JUST THREE MONTHS EARLIER, 380 00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:07,834 I'D BROKEN MY SHOULDER IN THE ANTARCTIC DOING EXACTLY THIS. 381 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,934 I ALWAYS TRY AND KIND OF TREAT FEAR 382 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,100 AS SOMETHING THAT'S THERE TO SHARPEN YOU 383 00:20:15,166 --> 00:20:16,500 FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. 384 00:20:16,567 --> 00:20:18,767 AND I THINK, GENERALLY, IT DOES THAT, YOU KNOW? 385 00:20:18,834 --> 00:20:20,300 IT JUST TUNES YOUR SENSES A BIT. 386 00:20:20,367 --> 00:20:22,967 IT GETS THE BLOOD PUMPING, AND THEN YOU'RE INTO IT. 387 00:20:23,033 --> 00:20:25,266 ONCE THE CHUTE WAS READY 388 00:20:25,333 --> 00:20:28,200 AND THE CREW HAD FINISHED RIGGING, IT'S TIME TO GO. 389 00:20:28,266 --> 00:20:31,233 IF I CAN GET THIS THING INFLATED, 390 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:33,667 THE WIND SHOULD DO THE REST. 391 00:20:36,133 --> 00:20:37,600 ALL RIGHT. 392 00:20:37,667 --> 00:20:40,834 HERE...WE GO. 393 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,367 THE GREAT THING ABOUT BEING ON AN OPEN LAKE LIKE THIS 394 00:20:52,433 --> 00:20:56,000 IS THE WIND IS NICE AND STEADY AND CONSTANT. 395 00:20:56,066 --> 00:20:59,233 THIS IS MUCH EASIER AT THE MOMENT 396 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:02,700 THAN TRYING TO DRAG MYSELF ACROSS THIS 397 00:21:02,767 --> 00:21:04,200 JUST WALKING ON SKIS. 398 00:21:04,266 --> 00:21:06,200 Pearce: BEAR WAS USING A MAKESHIFT PARACHUTE 399 00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:07,200 WHICH WAS A RESERVE. 400 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,266 IT WAS COVERED IN ICE. 401 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:10,066 THE RIGGING LINES WEREN'T WORKING WELL. 402 00:21:10,133 --> 00:21:12,333 YOU COULDN'T STEER IT, WHICH WAS THE MAIN ISSUE. 403 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,467 GIVE HIM HIS DUE -- 404 00:21:13,533 --> 00:21:15,500 HE'S SKIMMING ACROSS THIS LAKE IN NORWAY, 405 00:21:15,567 --> 00:21:18,700 CHEWING UP THE GROUND AND CLICKING THE K's OFF 406 00:21:18,767 --> 00:21:21,634 JUST MONTHS AFTER BUSTING HIS SHOULDER IN ANTARCTICA. 407 00:21:22,734 --> 00:21:23,934 MY KIND OF SURVIVAL 408 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,600 MEANS MOVING FAST AND COVERING GROUND. 409 00:21:26,667 --> 00:21:28,433 BUT MOVEMENT NEEDS ENERGY. 410 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:31,166 AND THAT MEANS FOOD, WHATEVER IT IS. 411 00:21:51,133 --> 00:21:53,967 TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD, YOU NEED ENERGY, 412 00:21:54,033 --> 00:21:55,200 AND THAT MEANS FOOD. 413 00:21:55,266 --> 00:21:57,000 YOU CAN'T BE SQUEAMISH, 414 00:21:57,066 --> 00:22:00,800 AND YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO LEAVE YOUR FEARS BEHIND. 415 00:22:00,867 --> 00:22:04,634 BUT THAT, AT LEAST, IS GONNA MAKE A GOOD DINNER FOR TONIGHT. 416 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:07,367 ACTUALLY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M GONNA DO -- 417 00:22:07,433 --> 00:22:09,266 HERE, HOLD THAT. 418 00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:10,734 [ LAUGHS ] 419 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,867 EATING SORT OF BUGS, SPIDERS, SNAKES, 420 00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:17,066 ANYTHING THAT LOOKS PRETTY HIDEOUS, 421 00:22:17,133 --> 00:22:19,800 IT ALWAYS PUTS A BIT OF A SMILE ON ALL OUR FACES, I THINK. 422 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,967 IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY'S GOT YOUR STEAK... 423 00:22:25,033 --> 00:22:26,266 [ SPITS ] 424 00:22:26,333 --> 00:22:28,200 ...RUBBED IT IN DOG FECES, 425 00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:30,667 AND THEN POPPED IT IN YOUR MOUTH. 426 00:22:30,734 --> 00:22:33,400 WE FOUND THIS MASSIVE BUG IN A TREE IN ZAMBIA, 427 00:22:33,467 --> 00:22:35,200 AND HE PULLS IT OUT OF THE TREE. 428 00:22:35,266 --> 00:22:37,166 AND HE'S ABOUT TO EAT THAT ONE 429 00:22:37,233 --> 00:22:38,600 AND HE STOPS AND HE SPOTS ONE 430 00:22:38,667 --> 00:22:40,367 JUST AROUND THE BACK OF THE TREE 431 00:22:40,433 --> 00:22:41,667 AND HE PULLS THAT ONE OUT. 432 00:22:41,734 --> 00:22:43,233 OH, MY GOODNESS. 433 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:44,867 IT'S CLEARLY ITS MOTHER OR SOMETHING. 434 00:22:44,934 --> 00:22:45,934 IT'S ABOUT THAT BIG. 435 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,600 AND HE THINKS, "I'LL EAT THAT ONE. 436 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:48,700 WHY EAT THE LITTLE ONE?" 437 00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:49,967 SO HE BITES INTO IT, 438 00:22:50,033 --> 00:22:52,100 AND IT JUST EXPLODED ALL OVER THE LENS. 439 00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:53,266 UGH. 440 00:22:53,333 --> 00:22:55,033 I MEAN, HE FLICKS A SWITCH IN HIS HEAD 441 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:56,333 TO MAKE IT OKAY TO EAT THAT. 442 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,333 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD NEVER DO. 443 00:22:59,767 --> 00:23:03,834 BEAR'S SHOWING YOU HOW TO DO IT IN A DYNAMIC SURVIVAL SITUATION. 444 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:05,233 "SO, OKAY, I HAVE NO OPTION. 445 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:07,800 "I CAN'T BUILD A FIRE 'CAUSE I'M ON THE MOVE CONSTANTLY. 446 00:23:07,867 --> 00:23:09,700 I JUST HAVE TO EAT THIS RAW." 447 00:23:09,767 --> 00:23:13,266 AND THIS IS CALLED "INSECT LUNCH." 448 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:16,367 [ CRUNCHING ] 449 00:23:16,433 --> 00:23:17,867 GOD! 450 00:23:17,934 --> 00:23:20,567 [ SPITS ] 451 00:23:20,634 --> 00:23:23,734 I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE CREW TO TRY THE THINGS THAT I FIND. 452 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,367 DEEP UNDERGROUND IN BELIZE, 453 00:23:25,433 --> 00:23:27,667 I UNCOVERED A MONSTER OF AN INSECT. 454 00:23:27,734 --> 00:23:30,800 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY LOST THEIR APPETITE. 455 00:23:30,867 --> 00:23:32,634 FLIPPING NORA! 456 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:35,233 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT. 457 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,100 YOU SEE, THAT'S A WHIP SCORPION. 458 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:40,767 IT'S LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A SCORPION AND A SPIDER. 459 00:23:40,834 --> 00:23:43,033 LET'S SEE IF I -- LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET HIM. 460 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:44,533 HOLD ON. 461 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,800 WHIP SCORPIONS ARE FOUND IN CAVES AND ROCK CREVICES. 462 00:23:48,867 --> 00:23:52,000 THEY'RE WEIRD-LOOKING, BUT THEY'RE NOT VENOMOUS. 463 00:23:52,066 --> 00:23:55,333 I'VE EATEN SCORPIONS BEFORE, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. 464 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,233 HE JUST KIND OF PULLED THIS THING DOWN -- 465 00:23:57,300 --> 00:23:59,533 AND IT JUST LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF "ALIEN"... 466 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,600 BINGO. 467 00:24:01,667 --> 00:24:04,700 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT. 468 00:24:06,767 --> 00:24:10,367 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOU BEGIN TO EAT IT. 469 00:24:10,433 --> 00:24:13,066 ...AND STUFFED IT IN HIS MOUTH. 470 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:16,834 [ CRUNCHING ] 471 00:24:19,867 --> 00:24:22,233 AND MY CHIN JUST HIT THE FLOOR, AND I JUST THOUGHT, 472 00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:24,400 "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST DONE THAT, BEAR." 473 00:24:29,533 --> 00:24:33,233 PROBABLY THE BACK END IS WHAT BIT I GOT. 474 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:34,600 UGH. 475 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:38,967 THAT IS A BIG MEAL! 476 00:24:39,033 --> 00:24:41,333 THAT WASN'T WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, 477 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:42,934 BUT ANY FOOD IS GOOD FOOD 478 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,700 WHEN YOU'VE GOT DIFFICULT TERRAIN AHEAD. 479 00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:48,567 OH, LOOK AT THIS! 480 00:24:48,634 --> 00:24:49,967 THE SECRET TO SURVIVAL 481 00:24:50,033 --> 00:24:52,266 IS KNOWING WHAT YOU CAN EAT AND WHAT YOU CAN'T. 482 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:54,634 BUT GETTING IT WRONG CAN BE DISASTROUS. 483 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:56,634 THAT'S A GIANT CENTIPEDE. THESE ARE -- 484 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:57,800 JUST STAND BACK A BIT. 485 00:24:57,867 --> 00:25:00,533 THESE ARE MORE VICIOUS THAN THEY LOOK. 486 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,767 WHOA! 487 00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:04,700 GIANT CENTIPEDES ARE AGGRESSIVE PREDATORS, 488 00:25:04,767 --> 00:25:08,100 DELIVERING PARALYZING VENOM THROUGH NEEDLE-SHARP PINCERS. 489 00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:12,800 OKAY, LOOK AT HAT. 490 00:25:12,867 --> 00:25:14,767 DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH IT. 491 00:25:14,834 --> 00:25:17,667 HIGHLY VENOMOUS, BIG FRONT CLAWS THERE. 492 00:25:17,734 --> 00:25:19,266 AND IF THAT BITES YOU, 493 00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:23,000 IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY STICKING A RED-HOT POKER INTO YOU. 494 00:25:23,066 --> 00:25:25,100 LET -- LET HIM DOWN HERE. 495 00:25:25,166 --> 00:25:27,500 WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM A VERY WIDE BERTH. 496 00:25:27,567 --> 00:25:29,000 OKAY, HE'S GOING DOWN. 497 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:32,634 DURING OUR TRAVELS, 498 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:36,734 THE CREW AND I HAVE ENCOUNTERED ALL SORTS OF DANGEROUS ANIMALS. 499 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,934 SOMETIMES WE TAKE THEM ON. 500 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,433 OTHER TIMES, WE KEEP OUR DISTANCE. 501 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:43,433 Shh. 502 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,500 Just see up there. 503 00:25:45,567 --> 00:25:47,567 Okay, come down. Come down. 504 00:25:51,233 --> 00:25:53,533 That's a brown bear. 505 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,967 Okay, we are very close here... 506 00:25:57,033 --> 00:25:59,467 probably only about 50 meters. 507 00:25:59,533 --> 00:26:02,533 I DO FIND THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING AN ANIMAL ENCOUNTER, 508 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:03,867 THAT WHAT IS IN THE VIEWFINDER 509 00:26:03,934 --> 00:26:05,800 IS NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN FRONT OF YOU. 510 00:26:05,867 --> 00:26:07,867 AND YOU DO FEEL COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THAT. 511 00:26:07,934 --> 00:26:09,967 AND, I DON'T KNOW, IF YOU OPEN THE OTHER EYE, 512 00:26:10,033 --> 00:26:11,133 YOU ACTUALLY SEE 513 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,166 THAT IT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN FRONT OF YOU. 514 00:26:13,233 --> 00:26:15,767 GRYLLS: But he hasn't spotted us, I don't think. 515 00:26:15,834 --> 00:26:18,867 SOMETIMES, THESE ENCOUNTERS CAN BE DANGEROUS, 516 00:26:18,934 --> 00:26:22,767 SO I'M FORCED TO KEEP THE CREW BACK AND GO IN ALONE. 517 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,734 STEADY. STAY THERE. 518 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,266 THAT'S A GOOD SIZE -- PROBABLY 50 OR 60 POUNDS. 519 00:26:29,333 --> 00:26:31,867 YOU SEE, HE'S CAUGHT AROUND THE BACK LEG HERE. 520 00:26:31,934 --> 00:26:33,200 [ SQUEALING ] 521 00:26:33,266 --> 00:26:34,367 [ GRUNTS ] 522 00:26:34,433 --> 00:26:36,033 STAY BACK. DON'T GET THAT CLOSE. 523 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:38,033 YOU GOT TO STAY AT THE LIMIT OF ITS ROPE. 524 00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:40,367 THESE ARE POWERHOUSES. 525 00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:42,600 THIS THING WAS SERIOUSLY MAD. 526 00:26:42,667 --> 00:26:44,066 [ SQUEALING ] 527 00:26:44,133 --> 00:26:48,500 LIKE, IT GOT HIM AT ONE POINT, AND IT SORT OF GNAWED HIS LEG. 528 00:26:48,567 --> 00:26:49,767 THEY LOOK SMALL, 529 00:26:49,834 --> 00:26:52,934 BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A LITTLE TANK ON FOUR LEGS. 530 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,634 A VERY LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY 531 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:56,800 MAKES THEM REALLY, REALLY STRONG. 532 00:26:56,867 --> 00:26:58,834 AND THEY WILL JUST FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES. 533 00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:00,533 [ SQUEALING ] 534 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,834 IT WASN'T GETTING TIRED. BEAR WAS. IT WASN'T. 535 00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:05,533 IT COULD HAVE GONE ON ALL DAY LIKE THAT. 536 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,000 [ SCREECHING ] 537 00:27:08,066 --> 00:27:10,967 YOU COULD SEE BEAR PUMPING UP THE ADRENALINE, 538 00:27:11,033 --> 00:27:12,367 AND HE JUST WENT FOR IT. 539 00:27:12,433 --> 00:27:14,667 HE JUST JUMPED ON TOP OF IT, AND, BASICALLY, THAT WAS IT. 540 00:27:14,734 --> 00:27:17,734 [ SQUEALING ] 541 00:27:18,867 --> 00:27:20,567 BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO MY WAY. 542 00:27:20,634 --> 00:27:22,834 SOMETIMES THE ANIMALS GET THEIR OWN BACK. 543 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:25,000 [ BEES BUZZING ] 544 00:27:25,066 --> 00:27:29,600 I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I'M REALLY WELL BUTTONED UP HERE. 545 00:27:29,667 --> 00:27:33,700 I DO NOT WANT A SHIRT FULL OF ANGRY BEES 546 00:27:33,767 --> 00:27:35,734 PROTECTING THEIR HONEY. 547 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,066 SO HE WRAPS HIS T-SHIRT, I THINK, AROUND HIS MOUTH 548 00:27:38,133 --> 00:27:39,367 AND MAYBE COVERS HIS NOSE. 549 00:27:39,433 --> 00:27:41,667 BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT'S COVERED UP. 550 00:27:41,734 --> 00:27:44,033 GOES IN, PUTS HIS ARM IN. 551 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:46,433 [ BUZZING CONTINUES ] 552 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:48,433 AND YOU THINK, "WELL, HE'S GONNA MAKE THIS." 553 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:49,734 AND IT ALL SEEMED QUITE BENIGN. 554 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,100 LOOK AT THIS ON MY FOREHEAD. 555 00:27:52,166 --> 00:27:54,400 AND THEN YOU JUST SEE ONE LITTLE BEE JUST CRAWL ALONG. 556 00:27:54,467 --> 00:27:56,800 AND IT SORT OF STOPS AND STARTS TO SORT OF ARCH ITS BACK. 557 00:27:56,867 --> 00:27:58,066 AND I'M KIND OF THINKING, 558 00:27:58,133 --> 00:28:00,533 "OH, IT'S GONNA STING YOU. IT'S GONNA STING YOU." 559 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,967 LEAVING MY FOREHEAD EXPOSED WAS A REAL OVERSIGHT. 560 00:28:04,033 --> 00:28:06,734 THE BEES GOT ONE STING IN. 561 00:28:08,634 --> 00:28:11,100 ONE OF THOSE GOT ME JUST UP HERE. 562 00:28:11,166 --> 00:28:12,734 HERE. CAN YOU SEE IT? CAN YOU PULL IT OFF? 563 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,967 AND THEN I'VE GOT TO GO IN AND PULL THIS STING OUT. 564 00:28:15,033 --> 00:28:17,300 AND I SORT OF GET IN THERE AND SORT OF JUST... 565 00:28:17,367 --> 00:28:18,333 PLUCK IT OUT. 566 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:19,967 IT'S THE TINIEST LITTLE BEESTING. 567 00:28:20,033 --> 00:28:22,500 THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO PULL OUT. 568 00:28:24,333 --> 00:28:26,033 YOU GUYS SEE THAT? 569 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:29,266 AND THAT'S WHERE THEY DELIVER IT. 570 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:33,734 BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE STING FOR A LOAD OF HONEYCOMB 571 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,100 ISN'T TOO BAD. 572 00:28:35,166 --> 00:28:37,567 THE GUY'S BEEN STUNG BY A BEE. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? 573 00:28:37,634 --> 00:28:39,667 AND THEN LATER ON, HE'S LITERALLY -- 574 00:28:39,734 --> 00:28:41,533 HIS FACE JUST STARTS TO GO. 575 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,600 BEEN QUITE A BRUTE OF A BEESTING, THIS. 576 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:55,400 IT'S MADE ALL OF THIS PART OF ME SWELL UP. 577 00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:57,734 I FEEL A BIT LIKE THE ELEPHANT MAN. 578 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,266 MY EYE AND NOSE, FOREHEAD SWELLING UP. 579 00:29:01,333 --> 00:29:04,000 AND THEN ANY KIND OF SORT OF DEFINING FEATURES HE HAS 580 00:29:04,066 --> 00:29:06,100 JUST STARTED TO SORT OF MORPH INTO ONE. 581 00:29:06,166 --> 00:29:08,066 AND HE'S GOT THIS SORT OF MOONFACE. 582 00:29:08,133 --> 00:29:11,634 ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEESTINGS CAN BE FATAL. 583 00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:13,867 I'M WORRIED ABOUT ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK. 584 00:29:13,934 --> 00:29:16,467 THE FIRST SIGNS ARE SWELLING AROUND THE EYES, 585 00:29:16,533 --> 00:29:18,433 FOLLOWED BY DIFFICULTY BREATHING 586 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:20,000 AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. 587 00:29:20,066 --> 00:29:23,200 IT CAUSES 1,000 DEATHS A YEAR IN THE U.S. 588 00:29:23,266 --> 00:29:26,200 FEELS LIKE KIND OF A BIG PRICE TO PAY FOR A BIT OF HONEY. 589 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:31,266 BASICALLY, ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK WAS OUR MAIN WORRIES, 590 00:29:31,333 --> 00:29:36,066 BUT ALSO HIS EYESIGHT 'CAUSE HIS EYES GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER, 591 00:29:36,133 --> 00:29:38,400 UP TO THE POINT THAT HE ALMOST COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. 592 00:29:38,467 --> 00:29:41,400 THE GLARE'S ACTUALLY MAKING IT REALLY HARD 593 00:29:41,467 --> 00:29:44,467 JUST TO SEE THROUGH ALL OF THIS SWELLING. 594 00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:47,634 JUST A BIT WORRIED IF THIS GETS ANY WORSE. 595 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:50,033 IT'S GREAT, ISN'T IT? 596 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:51,700 THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THAT HE GOES FOR, 597 00:29:51,767 --> 00:29:54,066 IT'S A BEE THAT GETS HIM. 598 00:29:54,133 --> 00:29:57,433 BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE ANIMALS THAT ARE OUT TO GET YOU. 599 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:00,066 FACING OFF WITH THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS 600 00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:03,100 MEANS SERIOUS INJURY IS A CONSTANT THREAT. 601 00:30:03,166 --> 00:30:05,634 ONE SLIP AND IT COULD ALL GO WRONG. 602 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,734 WHEREVER I'VE BEEN, WHATEVER I'VE DONE, 603 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,967 THERE'S BEEN NO SHORTAGE OF RISKS I'VE TAKEN 604 00:30:19,033 --> 00:30:20,500 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE. 605 00:30:22,033 --> 00:30:24,634 I'VE ALWAYS LIVED LIFE TRYING TO PUSH THE LIMITS, 606 00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:26,767 AND I'M HAPPIEST WHEN I'M CHALLENGED. 607 00:30:26,834 --> 00:30:29,033 THE CLIMBS AND THE JUMPS THAT I TAKE WHILE FILMING 608 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:31,133 CERTAINLY TAKE ME TO THE LIMIT. 609 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,867 BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. 610 00:30:33,934 --> 00:30:37,900 WE WILL COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS OF HOW TO DO IT. 611 00:30:37,967 --> 00:30:39,433 IT'S A GOOD TEAM EFFORT, 612 00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:42,400 AND BEAR DIVES INTO IT OR THROWS HIMSELF OFF IT 613 00:30:42,467 --> 00:30:46,734 OR CLIMBS UP IT WITH AMAZING ENTHUSIASM AND DEXTERITY. 614 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,467 IT'S A COMBINATION OF HIS PHYSIQUE AND HIS COMMON SENSE 615 00:30:50,533 --> 00:30:54,000 AND THINKING, "OKAY, HOW FAR CAN I GO?" 616 00:30:54,066 --> 00:30:56,800 THAT IS WHY HE BRINGS HIS ORDEALS TO A GOOD END. 617 00:31:00,166 --> 00:31:03,634 BUT A GOOD END WAS FAR FROM GUARANTEED IN BELIZE. 618 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:05,634 I WAS AT THE EDGE OF A DEEP CHASM 619 00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:08,533 AND HAD TO FIND A WAY DOWN. 620 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,634 A STRONG VINE SHOULD SUPPORT A MAN'S WEIGHT. 621 00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:13,467 BUT WITH A DROP LIKE THIS AT STAKE, 622 00:31:13,533 --> 00:31:15,066 IT MUST ALWAYS BE TESTED. 623 00:31:15,133 --> 00:31:16,767 BEAR'S FAVORITE FILM IS "TARZAN," 624 00:31:16,834 --> 00:31:18,500 AND HE ALWAYS WANTS TO BE TARZAN. 625 00:31:18,567 --> 00:31:20,333 HE KNEW HE WAS GONNA DO IT STRAIGHTAWAY. 626 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,266 AND I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS MIND. 627 00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:23,600 Grylls: YEAH! 628 00:31:23,667 --> 00:31:27,634 THAT'S ALL MY WEIGHT ON IT, AND IT'S HOLDING. 629 00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:30,066 OKAY, LET'S GIVE THIS A FIELD TEST. 630 00:31:30,133 --> 00:31:32,166 PHEW! 631 00:31:32,233 --> 00:31:34,233 JEEPERS. 632 00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:36,467 YOU KNOW, GIVE BEAR HIS CREDIT. 633 00:31:36,533 --> 00:31:37,967 HE JUST CUT IT AND LEAPED ONTO IT 634 00:31:38,033 --> 00:31:40,033 AND SWANG ACROSS THIS ABYSS. 635 00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:41,467 AAH! 636 00:31:41,533 --> 00:31:43,333 THE LAST THING I REALLY REMEMBER 637 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,033 IS HIM HITTING THE OTHER SIDE WITH SUCH FORCE 638 00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:49,734 THAT IT WAS ALMOST THE WHOLE ROCK FACE SHOOK. 639 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,900 I ONLY JUST GRAB HOLD OF ANOTHER VINE 640 00:31:52,967 --> 00:31:56,667 TO STOP MYSELF FALLING DOWN INTO THE ABYSS. 641 00:31:56,734 --> 00:32:00,767 MORE LUCK THAN GOOD JUDGMENT WHEN I HIT THAT LEDGE. 642 00:32:00,834 --> 00:32:02,900 IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 643 00:32:02,967 --> 00:32:05,433 I FACED ANOTHER GRUELING CHALLENGE WITH JUNGLE VINES. 644 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:09,667 THIS IS KILLING ME, KILLING ON THE ARMS. 645 00:32:09,734 --> 00:32:12,967 THIS TIME, I PLANNED TO CLIMB UP THEM. 646 00:32:13,033 --> 00:32:16,333 BUT THAT WOULD INVOLVE 180 FOOT OF PAIN. 647 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,667 THE MAIN CAMERA WOULD FILM THE CLIMB 648 00:32:18,734 --> 00:32:20,433 FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RAVINE. 649 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:23,700 I WOULD TAKE A SMALL CAMERA WITH ME TO RECORD THE ACTION. 650 00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:25,600 BUT LOOSE WIRES AND THE EXTRA WEIGHT 651 00:32:25,667 --> 00:32:28,834 JUST ADDED TO THE CHALLENGE. 652 00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:32,634 WITHIN MINUTES, I KNEW THIS WAS GONNA BE AN EPIC. 653 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:39,734 MY ARMS ARE ABSOLUTELY SCREAMING. 654 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,667 [ PANTING ] OHH. 655 00:32:41,734 --> 00:32:44,033 [ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ] 656 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:49,967 [ PANTING ] 657 00:32:50,033 --> 00:32:53,200 BUT THEY ARE JUST ON PROPER FIRE. 658 00:32:53,266 --> 00:32:54,867 [ SIGHS ] 659 00:32:54,934 --> 00:32:56,333 INCH BY INCH, 660 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,166 I DRAGGED MYSELF AND THAT RUDDY CAMERA UP THE VINE. 661 00:32:59,233 --> 00:33:02,266 AFTER AN HOUR, I WAS NEAR THE TOP. 662 00:33:02,333 --> 00:33:05,100 [ PANTING ] 663 00:33:05,166 --> 00:33:08,367 IT'S ME OVER THE LIP OF THIS THING -- 664 00:33:08,433 --> 00:33:12,100 ONE VERY TIRED...BEAR. 665 00:33:12,166 --> 00:33:14,133 [ SIGHS ] 666 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,266 IN ALABAMA, BLOCKED BY 200-FOOT CLIFFS, 667 00:33:17,333 --> 00:33:21,367 THE ONLY WAY TO REACH A VALLEY BOTTOM WAS TO DESCEND A TREE. 668 00:33:24,066 --> 00:33:26,900 THIS TIME, CAMERAMAN SIMON WANTED TO FOLLOW ME. 669 00:33:26,967 --> 00:33:30,467 IT WAS OUR ROPESMAN DAVE'S JOB TO GET HIM DOWN SAFELY. 670 00:33:30,533 --> 00:33:32,834 Pearce: BEAR'S AN EXCELLENT CLIMBER, 671 00:33:32,900 --> 00:33:35,634 BUT THE CHALLENGE IS, FOR ME, OFTEN, 672 00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:39,967 IS TO GET A CAMERAMAN AND SOUND GUY DOWN UNCLIMBED TERRITORY. 673 00:33:40,033 --> 00:33:43,000 CLEAR ALL THOSE BRANCHES SO IT DOESN'T GET... 674 00:33:43,066 --> 00:33:45,166 DO YOU HAVE A CAMERA? 675 00:33:45,233 --> 00:33:46,600 I'LL KEEP MINE. 676 00:33:46,667 --> 00:33:48,000 GOT IT? YEP. 677 00:33:48,066 --> 00:33:50,867 THE CAMERAMAN AND SOUND GUY RELY ON ME, I GUESS, 678 00:33:50,934 --> 00:33:55,200 AND HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ME THAT I'M DOING IT RIGHT. 679 00:33:55,266 --> 00:33:57,333 THERE'S BEEN A FEW CHALLENGING MOMENTS 680 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,667 AND LOOSE ROCKS SORT OF FLYING EVERYWHERE. 681 00:33:59,734 --> 00:34:02,800 AND SIMON'S GOT TO GO WITH HIS CAMERA, AS WELL. 682 00:34:02,867 --> 00:34:04,800 SO HE'S VERY, VERY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES. 683 00:34:04,867 --> 00:34:07,300 GET YOUR FOOT ACROSS THAT BRANCH. 684 00:34:13,867 --> 00:34:18,834 AND, REALLY, IT'S JUST A CASE OF GRIPPING LIKE A KOALA BEAR. 685 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:20,100 LOOK. 686 00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:24,367 AND NOW I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN 687 00:34:24,433 --> 00:34:26,600 BEFORE MY INJURED SHOULDER GIVES WAY. 688 00:34:32,333 --> 00:34:34,000 YOU ALL RIGHT? 689 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,467 OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTS WE GO TO, 690 00:34:38,533 --> 00:34:41,767 I FEEL MOST AT HOME ON THE STEEP STUFF. 691 00:34:41,834 --> 00:34:43,300 BUT DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, 692 00:34:43,367 --> 00:34:45,200 THINGS DO OCCASIONALLY GO WRONG. 693 00:34:45,266 --> 00:34:46,867 I'M GONNA JUMP INTO THAT. 694 00:34:46,934 --> 00:34:49,967 A SCREE RUN IN THE YUKON VERY NEARLY ENDED IN TEARS. 695 00:34:50,033 --> 00:34:52,867 YEAH, IT'S ALL THIS LOOSE SHINGLE. 696 00:34:52,934 --> 00:34:55,600 IF YOU STILL WANT TO GET THIS DESCENT, 697 00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:58,500 YOU WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. 698 00:34:58,567 --> 00:35:01,166 I PLANNED TO ZIGZAG DOWN TO AVOID ANY DEBRIS, 699 00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:02,700 BUT IT WAS TOO STEEP. 700 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:07,367 I SLIPPED AND CAREERED OUT OF CONTROL IN A STRAIGHT LINE. 701 00:35:07,433 --> 00:35:11,800 BASICALLY, HE SHOT DOWN INTO THE BOULDER FIELD, 702 00:35:11,867 --> 00:35:14,533 KNOCKING THE BOULDERS SIDE TO SIDE, OVERTAKING THEM. 703 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,166 BUT ALSO, THE BOULDERS BEHIND HIM STARTED ROLLING, 704 00:35:17,233 --> 00:35:20,300 SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY NEARLY MISSING HIS HEAD. 705 00:35:23,266 --> 00:35:25,433 THE SCREE IS LOOSER THAN I THOUGHT. 706 00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:28,033 ROCKS THE SIZE OF MY HEAD ARE FLYING PAST ME. 707 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:32,367 I NEED TO CHANGE DIRECTION TO AVOID BEING TAKEN OUT. 708 00:35:32,433 --> 00:35:33,600 I THINK BY THE END OF IT, 709 00:35:33,667 --> 00:35:35,834 EVEN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS LUCKY THIS TIME 710 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:37,333 BY MISSING THOSE BOULDERS. 711 00:35:39,467 --> 00:35:43,800 A FEW BIG ZINGERS CAME FLYING PAST MY HEAD. 712 00:35:43,867 --> 00:35:47,700 I WAS TRYING TO KIND OF GET OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN TO THE SIDE. 713 00:35:47,767 --> 00:35:51,100 BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, REALLY, I GOT A BIT LUCKY THEN. 714 00:35:51,166 --> 00:35:55,467 I'M A GREAT BELIEVER IN WORKING WITH AND NEVER AGAINST NATURE, 715 00:35:55,533 --> 00:35:59,000 BUT SOMETIMES SHE DOES THROW SURPRISES YOUR WAY. 716 00:35:59,066 --> 00:36:01,500 STEADY HERE. 717 00:36:01,567 --> 00:36:04,500 THAT MUST BE 50, 60 FOOT DOWN THAT. 718 00:36:04,567 --> 00:36:06,567 IN NORWAY, I NEEDED A WAY DOWN. 719 00:36:06,634 --> 00:36:09,200 AND I THOUGHT NATURE HAD THE ANSWER. 720 00:36:09,266 --> 00:36:11,200 HANG ON. THAT'S A BIRCH TREE OVER THERE. 721 00:36:11,266 --> 00:36:13,100 I'VE GOT AN IDEA. 722 00:36:13,166 --> 00:36:15,667 THE SKIS ARE TAKING THE QUICK WAY DOWN. 723 00:36:15,734 --> 00:36:17,800 AND I'M HOPING A FLEXIBLE BIRCH TREE 724 00:36:17,867 --> 00:36:19,734 WILL GET ME DOWN JUST AS FAST. 725 00:36:21,834 --> 00:36:23,934 THE PLAN IS TENUOUS -- 726 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,734 GRAB THE TOP OF THE TREE 727 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,600 AND USE MY WEIGHT TO BEND IT OVER. 728 00:36:38,634 --> 00:36:40,734 SO FAR, SO GOOD... 729 00:36:44,233 --> 00:36:46,500 [ WOOD CRACKING ] 730 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,333 [ SPUTTERING ] 731 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,100 SORT OF. 732 00:36:51,166 --> 00:36:53,066 WHOO! 733 00:36:53,133 --> 00:36:55,000 [ PANTING ] 734 00:36:55,066 --> 00:36:57,667 BIRCH TREES ARE MEANT TO BE BENDY! 735 00:36:57,734 --> 00:36:59,700 BUT I'M ALL RIGHT. 736 00:36:59,767 --> 00:37:01,400 THE SNOW TOOK MOST OF THAT. 737 00:37:01,467 --> 00:37:02,533 WHOO! 738 00:37:03,767 --> 00:37:05,100 SURVIVE THE TERRAIN, 739 00:37:05,166 --> 00:37:07,133 AND EVENTUALLY YOU SHOULD FIND A WAY OUT. 740 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,934 AND WHEN YOU DO, IT'S ALWAYS A BLAST. 741 00:37:20,266 --> 00:37:21,900 IN ANY SURVIVAL SITUATION, 742 00:37:21,967 --> 00:37:24,567 YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FIND RESCUE. 743 00:37:24,634 --> 00:37:28,300 AND IT CAN BE THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YOU'LL FACE. 744 00:37:28,367 --> 00:37:30,467 SALVATION CAN COME IN MANY FORMS. 745 00:37:30,533 --> 00:37:32,567 BUT WHETHER IT'S ON LAND, SEA, OR AIR, 746 00:37:32,634 --> 00:37:35,834 WHEN YOU FIND IT, YOU GOT TO GRAB THAT CHANCE. 747 00:37:47,834 --> 00:37:49,133 IT'S A FOREST FIRE. 748 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,634 STICK WITH ME. COME WITH ME TO THE SIDE. 749 00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:55,934 IN ALABAMA, I LED THE CREW THROUGH A SECTION OF FOREST 750 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,634 THAT HAD BEEN SET ABLAZE. 751 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:05,300 IT'S STARTING TO GET REALLY, REALLY HOT NOW. 752 00:38:05,367 --> 00:38:08,600 THE CREW HAD FIRE SUITS, BUT I HAD NO SUCH LUXURY. 753 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:12,967 IT WAS TIME TO GET DOWN AND DIRTY. 754 00:38:13,033 --> 00:38:14,066 OKAY. 755 00:38:14,133 --> 00:38:16,066 I'M GONNA TRY AND JUST GET THROUGH IT 756 00:38:16,133 --> 00:38:17,834 TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. 757 00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:19,300 STICK WITH ME, ALL RIGHT? 758 00:38:19,367 --> 00:38:20,634 OKAY, LET'S GO. GO. 759 00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:23,066 [ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ] 760 00:38:25,266 --> 00:38:29,333 WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE, THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES. 761 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,367 FOR MY CAMERAMAN SIMON, THIS WAS A ONE-SHOT DEAL. 762 00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:35,567 Reay: I RUN OVER THE TERRAIN, 763 00:38:35,634 --> 00:38:38,266 AND I'M ANTICIPATING WHERE I'M GONNA GO, WHERE HE'S GONNA GO. 764 00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:40,533 SO I'M GLANCING ACROSS AT HIM, LOOKING AT MY FEET, 765 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,433 AND THEN, OCCASIONALLY GLANCING IN THE VIEWFINDER. 766 00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:43,867 AND WHEN YOU'VE FILMED FOR 15 YEARS, 767 00:38:43,934 --> 00:38:45,934 YOU KNOW WHERE THAT CAMERA'S POINTING. 768 00:38:51,033 --> 00:38:52,066 YOU ALL RIGHT, SI? 769 00:38:52,133 --> 00:38:53,734 IF IT GETS TOO BAD RIGHT THERE... 770 00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:56,700 WE MADE IT THROUGH THE FIRE. 771 00:38:56,767 --> 00:39:01,000 NOW CAME OUR CHANCE TO LEAVE THE ALABAMA BACKWOODS BEHIND. 772 00:39:03,533 --> 00:39:05,467 THAT'S A ROAD. 773 00:39:05,533 --> 00:39:09,533 I'VE HEARD A VEHICLE UP AHEAD, AND IT'S COMING THIS WAY. 774 00:39:15,634 --> 00:39:18,233 THAT'S MY WAY OUT OF HERE! COME ON! 775 00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:21,133 THERE'S A LOGGING TRUCK MOVING FAST. 776 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,700 I'M GONNA TRY AND CUT HIM OFF. 777 00:39:24,767 --> 00:39:27,567 I CAN MAKE IT. 778 00:39:27,634 --> 00:39:30,033 NO TIME TO STICK OUT MY THUMB. 779 00:39:38,266 --> 00:39:41,367 IN ALASKA, I SET OUT TO SEA ON A RAFT. 780 00:39:41,433 --> 00:39:43,233 I WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE SHIPPING LANES. 781 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:45,734 OKAY, LET'S GET ON WITH IT. 782 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,867 IF YOU SEE A VESSEL, YOU'LL NEED TO GET ITS ATTENTION FAST. 783 00:39:48,934 --> 00:39:51,900 HEY! 784 00:39:51,967 --> 00:39:56,867 I BOARDED AN ICEBERG AND USED MY RAFT TO MAKE A SIGNAL FIRE. 785 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,667 HEY! 786 00:40:07,734 --> 00:40:11,233 HELP! 787 00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:14,700 THERE COULD BE NO BETTER SIGHT IN THE WORLD FOR THE SURVIVOR 788 00:40:14,767 --> 00:40:18,000 THAN SEEING THEIR RESCUE SHIP TURN TOWARDS THEM! 789 00:40:18,066 --> 00:40:19,300 HELP! 790 00:40:21,166 --> 00:40:24,433 AS THE BOAT APPROACHED, IT STARTED TO LOOM OVER US. 791 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:27,066 SUDDENLY, IT SEEMED TO DWARF ME AND THE CREW 792 00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:28,900 ON OUR SMALL, FRAGILE ICEBERG. 793 00:40:29,967 --> 00:40:33,166 I'VE GOT TO BE 100% CONFIDENT OF MAKING THIS JUMP. 794 00:40:33,233 --> 00:40:38,233 DO NOT WANT TO END UP CRUSHED BETWEEN THIS AND THE ICE. 795 00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:40,000 BUT WE WERE SO LOW IN THE WATER, 796 00:40:40,066 --> 00:40:42,300 THE CAPTAIN LOST SIGHT OF US BEHIND THE DECK. 797 00:40:42,367 --> 00:40:45,200 HE WAS RUNNING BLIND, AND THEN WE COLLIDED. 798 00:40:56,133 --> 00:40:58,834 WHOO! 799 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:00,867 I WAS SAFELY ABOARD, 800 00:41:00,934 --> 00:41:04,600 BUT THAT WAS CLOSE -- MAYBE TOO CLOSE. 801 00:41:04,667 --> 00:41:06,900 THEN THE TRAWLER KIND OF HIT THE SIDE OF THE ICEBERG, 802 00:41:06,967 --> 00:41:09,300 AND WHAT I WAS STANDING ON JUST BROKE OFF. 803 00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:11,634 I JUST KIND OF CAUGHT IT. 804 00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:13,467 HALF A SECOND EITHER WAY, 805 00:41:13,533 --> 00:41:14,934 AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE DRINK 806 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,800 IN PROBABLY NOT A PARTICULARLY NICE SITUATION 807 00:41:16,867 --> 00:41:20,600 BETWEEN BIG FISHING VESSEL AND ICEBERG. 808 00:41:24,233 --> 00:41:26,700 THAT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING WAY TO END IT. 809 00:41:29,834 --> 00:41:34,567 IN LOUISIANA, CLIMBING ON TOP OF A STORM-DAMAGED HOUSE 810 00:41:34,634 --> 00:41:38,166 WAS A GREAT WAY TO GET SEEN FROM THE AIR. 811 00:41:38,233 --> 00:41:41,634 THE LOUISIANA EXTRACTION OF BEAR WAS QUITE UNIQUE. 812 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:45,500 BEAR WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVASTATED BUILDINGS 813 00:41:45,567 --> 00:41:48,533 FROM THE HURRICANE. 814 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,100 HE'S GOT ME. 815 00:41:50,166 --> 00:41:52,900 I'M THEN GIVING THE BIG INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS SIGNAL, 816 00:41:52,967 --> 00:41:54,166 THE BIG "Y." 817 00:41:54,233 --> 00:41:57,200 IT MEANS, "YES, I NEED HELP." 818 00:42:02,734 --> 00:42:04,300 THE ONLY WAY WE COULD GET HIM OFF 819 00:42:04,367 --> 00:42:05,700 WAS TO DROP A VERY THIN LADDER. 820 00:42:05,767 --> 00:42:07,967 I MEAN, HE HAD TO BASICALLY JUMP. 821 00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:12,233 AND THE HELICOPTER PILOT 822 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:14,233 WAS FIGHTING TO KEEP REASONABLE CONTROL. 823 00:42:14,300 --> 00:42:16,967 THE LADDER WAS SORT OF FLAPPING AROUND. 824 00:42:17,033 --> 00:42:18,233 IF HE'D MISSED THE LADDER 825 00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:20,266 SORT OF DIVING OUT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING, 826 00:42:20,333 --> 00:42:22,100 HE JUST WOULD HAVE PLUMMETED INTO WATER, 827 00:42:22,166 --> 00:42:25,767 WHICH WAS FULL OF CROCS, SNAKES. 828 00:42:40,667 --> 00:42:43,066 WHEN IT'S ALL OVER, THERE'S A GREAT SENSE OF EUPHORIA. 829 00:42:43,133 --> 00:42:45,266 AND, YEAH, IT'S NICE WHEN EVERYONE'S BACK SAFE. 830 00:42:45,333 --> 00:42:47,900 BUT ALSO, THERE'S A GREAT SORT OF SENSE OF BOND, AS WELL. 831 00:42:49,667 --> 00:42:51,867 IT'S A GREAT TEAM WE'VE BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS. 832 00:42:51,934 --> 00:42:53,400 Reay: I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE 833 00:42:53,467 --> 00:42:54,834 WHO ARE HAPPY TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, 834 00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:56,834 WHO LIKE BEING WITH EACH OTHER, 835 00:42:56,900 --> 00:42:59,433 AND ARE THERE FOR THE SAME CAUSE. 836 00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:03,200 IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE SHOW, 837 00:43:03,266 --> 00:43:05,867 THE PLACES WE GO TO, THE THINGS WE SEE, 838 00:43:05,934 --> 00:43:07,634 AND THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. 839 00:43:07,700 --> 00:43:10,834 BUT ABOVE ALL ARE THE PEOPLE WHO STAND BESIDE ME 840 00:43:10,900 --> 00:43:13,266 EVERY STEP OF THE WAY -- THE CREW. 841 00:43:13,333 --> 00:43:16,834 WITHOUT THEM, THIS SHOW WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. 842 00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:19,834 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 843 00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:22,967 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS