1 00:00:04,734 --> 00:00:07,133 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,900 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 3 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:15,367 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. WHOO! 4 00:00:15,433 --> 00:00:17,533 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,000 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 6 00:00:21,233 --> 00:00:24,133 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES... 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,834 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 8 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:29,367 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 9 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:33,800 THIS TIME, I'M IN GUATEMALA, 10 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:37,000 WHERE I'LL BE TAKING ON ONE OF THE MOST HAZARDOUS COUNTRIES 11 00:00:37,066 --> 00:00:39,000 ON THE PLANET. 12 00:00:39,066 --> 00:00:40,166 OKAY, LET'S GO. 13 00:00:40,233 --> 00:00:44,367 CLIMBING DOWN A 200-FOOT WATERFALL... 14 00:00:44,433 --> 00:00:46,233 GETTING SWEPT THROUGH WILD RAPIDS... 15 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:49,367 YOU JUST GOT TO GO WITH IT. 16 00:00:49,433 --> 00:00:52,967 ...AND TAKING A PLUNGE INTO THE DARK. 17 00:00:53,033 --> 00:00:54,834 MY SPINE'S BROKE! 18 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:14,200 OFFICIALLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES 19 00:01:14,266 --> 00:01:15,367 ON THE PLANET. 20 00:01:15,433 --> 00:01:18,867 AND IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAND OF DISASTERS. 21 00:01:18,934 --> 00:01:22,367 HURRICANES RAGE THROUGH HERE, EARTHQUAKES RIP IT UP, 22 00:01:22,433 --> 00:01:25,300 AND MOLTEN LAVA SPEWS FROM VOLCANOS. 23 00:01:25,367 --> 00:01:28,033 WELCOME TO GUATEMALA! 24 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,600 GUATEMALA IS HOME TO A HUGE VARIETY OF TERRAIN, 25 00:01:33,667 --> 00:01:36,433 FROM VOLCANIC PEAKS BELCHING DEADLY FUMES 26 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,700 TO COLD CLOUD FOREST DOWN INTO HOT, HUMID JUNGLE. 27 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:41,066 TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE, 28 00:01:41,133 --> 00:01:42,934 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT SKILLS, 29 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,567 THE RIGHT SPIRIT, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK. 30 00:01:49,967 --> 00:01:51,100 THAT'S THE LAVA. 31 00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:54,400 YOU CAN FEEL THE HEAT COMING OFF OF THE STUFF. 32 00:01:56,233 --> 00:01:59,166 THERE'S NO WAY THE HELI'S GONNA BE ABLE TO LAND 33 00:01:59,233 --> 00:02:00,667 ON THE VOLCANO ITSELF. 34 00:02:00,734 --> 00:02:03,200 I'M GONNA GET THE PILOT TO HOVER 35 00:02:03,266 --> 00:02:06,667 JUST ABOVE THE SUMMIT AND THEN FOLLOW THIS ROPE DOWN. 36 00:02:06,734 --> 00:02:10,066 AND I'VE NEVER DONE THAT ON A VOLCANO BEFORE. 37 00:02:10,133 --> 00:02:13,667 [ MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ] 38 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:17,367 Man #2 OKAY, CAN WE GO FORWARD 10 AND DOWN 10? 39 00:02:21,934 --> 00:02:22,867 ARE WE GOOD? 40 00:02:22,934 --> 00:02:24,166 NO, NOT YET. 41 00:02:24,233 --> 00:02:26,533 WE'VE JUST -- NOT YET. 42 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,800 OKAY, FRONT OF THE ROPE IS GOING OUT. 43 00:02:28,867 --> 00:02:30,500 IT'S BY THE SKID. 44 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:32,634 OKAY, BEAR IS GETTING ONTO THE SKID. 45 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:35,634 DOWN FOUR. DOWN FOUR FIRST. 46 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:38,634 OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. BEAR IS ON THE ROPE. 47 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:41,500 MY MISSION IS TO SHOW YOU HOW TO STAY ALIVE LONG ENOUGH 48 00:02:41,567 --> 00:02:44,200 TO MAKE IT BACK TO CIVILIZATION. 49 00:02:44,266 --> 00:02:45,767 STEADY THERE, HOVER. 50 00:02:45,834 --> 00:02:49,300 ALL I'M TAKING WITH ME ARE A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS. 51 00:02:49,367 --> 00:02:53,533 HOLD THE HOVER. BEAR IS ON THE VOLCANO. 52 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,600 MY CAMERA CREW'S COMING WITH ME. 53 00:03:10,066 --> 00:03:12,000 THERE'S THE HELI OUT OF HERE. 54 00:03:12,066 --> 00:03:16,200 MAN, JUST LOOK AT THIS PLACE. 55 00:03:16,266 --> 00:03:20,100 LIKE LANDING -- LANDING ON THE MOON. 56 00:03:20,166 --> 00:03:21,834 WE'RE HERE. 57 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:26,166 THERE'S RED-HOT MOLTEN LAVA SOMEWHERE UNDER MY FEET. 58 00:03:26,233 --> 00:03:29,934 WHOA, YOU FEEL THE HEAT UP HERE. 59 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,867 AND THAT ISN'T WIND NOISE. 60 00:03:34,567 --> 00:03:38,033 NOW, THIS IS A BAD BOY. 61 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:42,800 AND THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THAT GAS IS POURING OUT OF. 62 00:03:42,867 --> 00:03:45,100 AND ALL THOSE GASES ARE POISONOUS. 63 00:03:45,166 --> 00:03:46,734 ALL THE SULFUR COMING OUT. 64 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,066 AND THAT'S WHAT ALL THIS YELLOW IS, ALL THESE DEPOSITS. 65 00:03:50,133 --> 00:03:55,367 SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE, RED-HOT MAGMA CHAMBER. 66 00:03:56,734 --> 00:04:00,333 I FEEL VERY VULNERABLE HERE, ACTUALLY. 67 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,000 I WANT TO GET OFF THIS PEAK QUICKLY. 68 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,800 GUATEMALA WAS DOMINATED BY THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION 69 00:04:09,867 --> 00:04:11,266 FOR OVER 2,000 YEARS. 70 00:04:11,333 --> 00:04:14,400 THEIR ANCIENT CITIES ARE HIDDEN IN THE JUNGLE, 71 00:04:14,467 --> 00:04:16,166 ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. 72 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:18,934 IT'S JUST AFTER DAWN. 73 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,100 THE SUN ROSE OVER THERE -- EAST -- 74 00:04:21,166 --> 00:04:23,600 WHICH MEANS I WANT TO KEEP HEADING THIS WAY, NORTH -- 75 00:04:23,667 --> 00:04:26,967 DOWNHILL, AWAY FROM THE LAVA. 76 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:29,333 GET STUCK HERE, 77 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,433 AND ONE OF THE BEST BETS IS TO HEAD FOR THE MAYAN RUINS 78 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:33,600 DEEP IN THE JUNGLE. 79 00:04:33,667 --> 00:04:35,266 THEY'RE POPULAR WITH TOURISTS, 80 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:38,066 AND WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE, THERE'S SALVATION. 81 00:04:43,233 --> 00:04:45,734 JUST HORRIBLE. 82 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,433 KIND OF ULTIMATE ANKLE-BREAKER TERRAIN, THIS. 83 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:51,934 ALSO, WHEN YOU DO FALL, 84 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,400 IT'S ALL JUST RAZOR-SHARP AND LIKE GLASS. 85 00:04:56,467 --> 00:04:59,934 GONNA TRY AND KEEP A GOOD LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY. 86 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:02,133 USE YOUR HANDS. 87 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,367 MORE LIKE AN ANIMAL. GIVES YOU FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE. 88 00:05:11,767 --> 00:05:15,400 THE HOT CINDERS HAVE GIVEN WAY TO VOLCANIC ASH AND PUMICE. 89 00:05:15,467 --> 00:05:17,033 I CAN MOVE QUICKER HERE, 90 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:20,133 DIGGING MY HEELS INTO THE SLOPE FOR EXTRA GRIP. 91 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,500 LEANING BACK INTO THE HILL PUTS LESS STRAIN ON YOUR LEG MUSCLES 92 00:05:23,567 --> 00:05:25,934 AND GIVES YOU A LOWER CENTER OF GRAVITY. 93 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,967 FIRST SIGN OF ANYTHING LIVING. THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. 94 00:05:31,033 --> 00:05:34,233 MEANS YOU'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THE DANGER ZONE. 95 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:36,033 AND THIS MUST BE OLD LAVA, 96 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:38,734 IF ANY VEGETATION IS GROWING IN IT. 97 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:42,734 I'M HEADING FOR THE TREE LINE, 98 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:48,000 MAKING FOR THE JUNGLE BELOW THE VOLCANO. 99 00:05:53,066 --> 00:05:55,734 EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY A FEW MILES FROM THE EQUATOR, 100 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,000 AT THIS ALTITUDE, IT'S MAINLY PINE TREES 101 00:05:58,066 --> 00:06:00,266 THAT GROW ON THE FERTILE VOLCANIC SOIL, 102 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:01,533 AND IF THERE ARE TREES, 103 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,433 THEN THERE'LL BE GRUBS AND BUGS. 104 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:07,367 BURIED IN ALL THIS DEAD WOOD, THE RHINO BEETLE. 105 00:06:10,166 --> 00:06:12,634 THERE WE GO. GET A LITTLE MUCK OFF IT. 106 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:13,734 YOU SEE THAT? 107 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,667 THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A RHINO BEETLE. 108 00:06:15,734 --> 00:06:17,133 YOU SEE THAT HORN? 109 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,667 AND THAT'S WHAT IT USES TO ROOT AROUND IN ALL THIS DEAD WOOD 110 00:06:20,734 --> 00:06:22,667 THAT HE THEN FEEDS OFF. 111 00:06:22,734 --> 00:06:24,533 THESE GUYS ARE SUPER STRONG. 112 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,934 I CAN FEEL THE POWER JUST IN THAT. 113 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,367 AND THEN LOOK. 114 00:06:28,433 --> 00:06:31,734 THESE ARE ITS CLAWS THAT IT USES TO GRIP ON WITH. 115 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,333 THAT RHINO POWER. 116 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,934 BUT, YOU KNOW, HE MIGHT BE A VEGETARIAN, 117 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,166 BUT OUT HERE, I'M NOT. 118 00:06:39,233 --> 00:06:41,233 [ CRUNCHING ] 119 00:06:47,166 --> 00:06:49,233 OHH. 120 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:51,000 VERY CRUNCHY. 121 00:06:51,066 --> 00:06:52,367 VERY GOOEY. 122 00:06:52,433 --> 00:06:54,900 AND VERY BAD. 123 00:06:54,967 --> 00:06:57,200 BAD-TASTING. 124 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:04,100 TRY GETTING THE HORN DOWN YOUR THROAT. 125 00:07:04,166 --> 00:07:05,667 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 126 00:07:05,734 --> 00:07:07,266 OKAY, LET'S GET GOING. 127 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:14,166 AS I HEAD FURTHER DOWN INTO THE JUNGLE, 128 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:16,333 IT'S GETTING HARDER TO MAKE PROGRESS 129 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,467 AS THE UNDERGROWTH GETS THICKER. 130 00:07:20,166 --> 00:07:23,333 BIT OF A RIVER DOWN THERE. 131 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,967 AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANT TO FOLLOW. 132 00:07:26,033 --> 00:07:28,166 IT'S GONNA GIVE ME A READY SUPPLY OF WATER. 133 00:07:28,233 --> 00:07:29,934 WATER IS GONNA BE AN EASIER ROUTE 134 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,734 THROUGH THE JUNGLE THAN TRYING TO BASH 135 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,333 THROUGH ALL THIS UNDERGROWTH. 136 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:34,834 THE DOWNSIDE OF FOLLOWING THIS 137 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:37,600 IS THAT WATER TENDS TO TAKE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE. 138 00:07:37,667 --> 00:07:41,166 THAT MEANS FAST WATER AND OFTEN BIG DROPS. 139 00:07:56,533 --> 00:07:59,500 THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME SORT OF DROP-OFF AHEAD. 140 00:07:59,567 --> 00:08:00,967 YOU CAN JUST HEAR IT. 141 00:08:01,033 --> 00:08:04,934 OKAY, SEE WHAT I MEAN? 142 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,500 DOUBLE AROUND. 143 00:08:08,066 --> 00:08:09,934 STEADY UP HERE. 144 00:08:11,433 --> 00:08:13,300 MAN. 145 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:16,734 EVERY NOW AND THEN, THE JUNGLE TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY. 146 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,767 LOOK AT THAT. 147 00:08:18,834 --> 00:08:22,600 THIS MUST BE 200 FOOT STRAIGHT DOWN, THIS. 148 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,567 AND THAT'S JUST GONNA BE SO SLIPPY, AS WELL. 149 00:08:33,634 --> 00:08:36,266 SEE WHERE THE TREE MEETS THE LEDGE? 150 00:08:36,333 --> 00:08:38,567 MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A VINE DOWN THERE. 151 00:08:38,634 --> 00:08:41,033 TRY AND CLIMB DOWN IT. 152 00:08:43,066 --> 00:08:47,166 ONE THING THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF IN THE JUNGLE, THOUGH, 153 00:08:47,233 --> 00:08:49,333 ARE VINES. 154 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,166 I'M GONNA USE THE VINE AS A ROPE. 155 00:08:55,233 --> 00:08:58,300 ABOUT THE THICKNESS OF MY THUMB SHOULD TAKE MY WEIGHT. 156 00:09:05,433 --> 00:09:08,567 I RECKON IF I REACH THE BASE OF THIS DOWN THERE, 157 00:09:08,634 --> 00:09:11,300 TIE THE VINE AROUND THAT, 158 00:09:11,367 --> 00:09:13,500 SHOULD TAKE ME MOST OF THE WAY DOWN. 159 00:09:13,567 --> 00:09:15,266 BUT YOU SEE IT'S A LONG WAY. 160 00:09:24,934 --> 00:09:27,100 THE VINE SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH, 161 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:30,533 BUT SECURING IT TO THE TREE IN THE RIGHT WAY IS THE KEY. 162 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,634 OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF IT. 163 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,400 BENDING THE VINE TOO TIGHTLY WILL WEAKEN IT. 164 00:09:38,467 --> 00:09:40,734 I'M GONNA USE SOME CORD FROM MY BACKPACK 165 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,834 TO SECURE IT TO THE TREE. 166 00:09:44,433 --> 00:09:45,900 PEOPLE THAT GET STRANDED 167 00:09:45,967 --> 00:09:48,867 HARDLY EVER GET STRANDED WITH ALL THE RIGHT KIT. 168 00:09:48,934 --> 00:09:50,600 NORMALLY WITH MINIMAL STUFF. 169 00:09:50,667 --> 00:09:53,266 THAT'S WHY YOU GOT TO TRY AND THINK SMART. 170 00:09:53,333 --> 00:09:57,734 THE CORD'S THIN, BUT STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE MY WEIGHT. 171 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,367 YOU CAN EVEN USE YOUR SHOELACES FOR THIS. 172 00:10:01,433 --> 00:10:04,133 AFTER I'VE TIED IT TO THE VINE, 173 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,967 NOW I CAN ATTACH IT TO THE TREE. 174 00:10:07,033 --> 00:10:10,533 AND THAT WAY, NONE OF THE VINE IS KINKED, 175 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,634 AND ITS STRENGTH ISN'T COMPROMISED. 176 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:16,000 OKAY, LET'S GO. 177 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,700 I'M USING MY FEET AGAINST THE ROCK FACE 178 00:10:31,767 --> 00:10:33,166 TO HELP TAKE MY WEIGHT 179 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:35,867 AND LESSEN THE STRAIN ON MY UPPER BODY. 180 00:10:44,033 --> 00:10:49,066 DEFINITELY GETTING THE ARM BURN HERE ON THE MUSCLE. 181 00:10:54,734 --> 00:10:58,834 WELL OVER HALFWAY DOWN NOW. 182 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:01,200 ROCK STARTING TO GET WET AND SLIPPY, 183 00:11:01,266 --> 00:11:02,800 SO I'M LOSING MY TRACTION. 184 00:11:02,867 --> 00:11:06,000 MEANS MORE OF MY WEIGHT'S COMING ONTO THIS VINE. 185 00:11:11,767 --> 00:11:14,767 I'VE JUST REACHED THAT LEDGE UNDER ME. 186 00:11:17,667 --> 00:11:19,900 GET ACROSS A BIT. 187 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:33,667 WELL DONE. 188 00:11:33,734 --> 00:11:34,667 WELL DONE, MAN. 189 00:11:34,734 --> 00:11:36,333 THAT WAS QUITE A HAIRY DESCENT. 190 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:37,500 I'VE GOT YOU. 191 00:11:37,567 --> 00:11:39,700 I'VE GOT YOU. OKAY? 192 00:11:39,767 --> 00:11:41,066 IT'S SAFE THERE. 193 00:11:41,133 --> 00:11:44,934 DON'T MOVE. SLIPPY, BUT IT'S STABLE. 194 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,500 THAT WAS DEFINITELY QUITE HAIRY DOWN THERE. 195 00:11:47,567 --> 00:11:51,500 WE'RE STILL PROBABLY ABOUT 30 FOOT UP, THOUGH, HERE. 196 00:11:51,567 --> 00:11:55,734 PROBLEM IS, THAT'S THE END OF THE VINE. 197 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,333 I CAN'T CLIMB BACK UP, AND I CAN'T CLIMB DOWN. 198 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,800 I NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY OFF THIS LEDGE. 199 00:12:11,066 --> 00:12:15,200 I'M IN GUATEMALA, A COUNTRY RAVAGED BY NATURAL DISASTERS. 200 00:12:15,266 --> 00:12:17,533 I'VE JUST REACHED THAT LEDGE UNDER ME. 201 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,433 I'M STUCK 30 FOOT FROM THE BOTTOM OF A WATERFALL. 202 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:22,767 I NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY DOWN. 203 00:12:25,567 --> 00:12:27,767 THAT WAS DEFINITELY QUITE HAIRY DOWN THERE. 204 00:12:27,834 --> 00:12:30,967 WE'RE STILL PROBABLY ABOUT 30 FOOT UP, THOUGH. 205 00:12:31,033 --> 00:12:33,567 HANG ON. I KNOW WHAT WE'LL DO. 206 00:12:33,634 --> 00:12:34,567 I'M GONNA JUMP. 207 00:12:34,634 --> 00:12:35,700 BUT BEFORE I DO, 208 00:12:35,767 --> 00:12:38,033 I WANT TO CHECK THE WATER'S DEEP ENOUGH. 209 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:39,834 I'M GONNA MAKE A DEPTH GAUGE 210 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:42,333 OUT OF A ROCK AND SOME THIN VINE. 211 00:12:43,533 --> 00:12:45,433 THE ROCK WILL MAKE IT SINK. 212 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,600 IF THE VINE DISAPPEARS COMPLETELY, 213 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:49,767 THEN I KNOW IT'S SAFE. 214 00:12:49,834 --> 00:12:54,100 10 TO 15 FOOT IS ENOUGH FOR A 30-FOOT JUMP. 215 00:12:54,166 --> 00:12:56,033 COME ON! 216 00:12:57,767 --> 00:13:02,333 FIDDLY HANDS. MORE SO WHEN YOU'RE NERVOUS. 217 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,233 OKAY. HERE WE GO. 218 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:13,100 YOU SEE THAT? SAW IT GO OUT, RIGHT? 219 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,000 AND SAW IT THEN JUST DISAPPEAR. 220 00:13:15,066 --> 00:13:17,634 OKAY, THAT'S MORE THAN 10 FOOT. IT'S GOOD TO JUMP. 221 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:19,667 YOU'LL NEED TO FOLLOW ME DOWN. OKAY? 222 00:13:19,734 --> 00:13:21,667 NO HESITATION. WE JUST GO FOR IT. 223 00:13:31,834 --> 00:13:34,867 ON A BIG JUMP LIKE THIS, KEEP YOUR FEET TOGETHER 224 00:13:34,934 --> 00:13:37,834 AND YOUR LEGS STRAIGHT TO AVOID INJURY. 225 00:13:55,667 --> 00:13:59,166 THAT WAS A BIG DESCENT. 226 00:13:59,233 --> 00:14:01,100 LOOK AT THAT. 227 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:06,367 I'M GONNA STICK WITH THE RIVER FOR NOW. 228 00:14:06,433 --> 00:14:07,700 IT'S EASIER GOING 229 00:14:07,767 --> 00:14:10,200 THAN THRASHING THROUGH ALL THAT DENSE JUNGLE. 230 00:14:26,667 --> 00:14:29,700 YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS RIVER IS RUNNING, 231 00:14:29,767 --> 00:14:32,066 STRAIGHT INTO THE BASE OF THE CLIFFS, 232 00:14:32,133 --> 00:14:34,266 WHICH IS NOT IDEAL. 233 00:14:34,333 --> 00:14:38,166 AND OUR OPTIONS ARE EITHER TO BACKTRACK ALL THE WAY UPRIVER, 234 00:14:38,233 --> 00:14:41,266 WHICH I DON'T WANT TO DO, OR TRY AND GET UP THIS. 235 00:14:41,333 --> 00:14:42,700 BUT LOOK. 236 00:14:42,767 --> 00:14:47,934 THIS MUST BE 200 OR 300 FOOT OVERHANGING LOOSE ROCK. 237 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,934 YEAH, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 238 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,634 YEAH, THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BETTER WAY INTO THIS. 239 00:14:53,700 --> 00:14:56,634 IF IT BECOMES A NIGHTMARE, WE CAN ALWAYS BACKTRACK. 240 00:14:56,700 --> 00:15:00,867 BEFORE I GO INTO THE CAVE, I'M GONNA MAKE A TORCH. 241 00:15:00,934 --> 00:15:05,967 USING DRIED-UP PALM FRONDS AND DEAD WOOD SHOULD WORK WELL. 242 00:15:08,166 --> 00:15:11,200 OKAY. THAT'LL DO. 243 00:15:11,266 --> 00:15:13,634 ALWAYS TREAT CAVES WITH CAUTION. 244 00:15:13,700 --> 00:15:15,166 FLASH FLOODS UPSTREAM 245 00:15:15,233 --> 00:15:18,100 CAN LEAD TO SUDDEN CHANGES IN WATER LEVEL 246 00:15:18,166 --> 00:15:20,133 THAT CAN TRAP YOU UNDERGROUND. 247 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,300 BUT BY STAYING WITH THE RIVER, 248 00:15:22,367 --> 00:15:25,400 I'M ALSO STAYING NEAR POTENTIAL SOURCES OF FOOD. 249 00:15:25,467 --> 00:15:28,400 I'VE GOT SOME FRESHWATER CRAB. 250 00:15:30,367 --> 00:15:32,066 A FEW OF THEM IN HERE. 251 00:15:32,133 --> 00:15:34,500 IT'S GOT A GOOD SIZE, AS WELL, THAT. 252 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:36,166 TRY AND GET SOME OTHERS. 253 00:15:38,133 --> 00:15:40,500 WATCH OUT WHERE YOU'RE TREADING. 254 00:15:40,567 --> 00:15:43,100 AND THESE ARE GONNA BE EDIBLE. 255 00:15:43,166 --> 00:15:44,967 YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT THEM RAW. 256 00:15:45,033 --> 00:15:46,934 REALLY, YOU WANT TO COOK SHELLFISH 257 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:52,233 AND TRY AND KEEP THEM ALIVE FOR SOMETHING TO EAT LATER. 258 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:56,300 I'M GONNA KEEP THEM SAFE IN MY BACKPACK. 259 00:15:56,367 --> 00:15:59,700 IT'S A LITTLE TIDDLER. 260 00:15:59,767 --> 00:16:02,100 ALWAYS COLLECT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. 261 00:16:02,166 --> 00:16:05,767 SURVIVAL'S ABOUT MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT YOU COME ACROSS. 262 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:10,467 GUATEMALA HAS SOME OF THE LONGEST AND LARGEST CAVES 263 00:16:10,533 --> 00:16:11,767 IN CENTRAL AMERICA. 264 00:16:11,834 --> 00:16:15,000 MOST OF THEM ARE TOTALLY UNEXPLORED. 265 00:16:19,767 --> 00:16:22,667 I'M GONNA LIGHT THE TORCH WITH MY FLINT. 266 00:16:29,367 --> 00:16:34,133 VERY SLIPPY ON THESE ROCKS. JUST WATCH THIS OUT. 267 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,333 OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, WATER'S WORN THE ROCK AWAY, 268 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,834 MAKING THESE TUNNELS AND CAVERNS. 269 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:45,667 IT JUST SHOWS HOW POWERFUL IT CAN BE. 270 00:16:45,734 --> 00:16:48,367 HEY, LISTEN. 271 00:16:48,433 --> 00:16:51,266 AT LEAST SOMETHING LIVES DOWN HERE. 272 00:16:57,467 --> 00:17:00,200 THE MAYANS USED TO THINK THAT CAVES LIKE THIS 273 00:17:00,266 --> 00:17:02,433 WERE THE GATEWAYS TO THE UNDERWORLD. 274 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:07,634 THEY CALLED IT XIBALBA. IT MEANS "PLACE OF FEAR." 275 00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:10,500 ONE OF THE BIG DANGERS GOING INTO CAVES LIKE THIS 276 00:17:10,567 --> 00:17:13,166 IS NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND YOUR WAY OUT AGAIN. 277 00:17:13,233 --> 00:17:15,567 IF I'VE LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT SURVIVAL, 278 00:17:15,634 --> 00:17:18,166 YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT TO HAVE AN ESCAPE PLAN. 279 00:17:20,367 --> 00:17:23,533 AND YOU KNOW, A SHAPE LIKE THIS, IT LOOKS VERY UNNATURAL. 280 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,233 SO IF YOU HAVE GOT TO RETREAT, 281 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:27,333 YOU'VE GOT SOME MARKERS TO FOLLOW. 282 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,667 CAVES OFTEN LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 283 00:17:29,734 --> 00:17:31,867 WHEN YOU RETRACE YOUR STEPS. 284 00:17:31,934 --> 00:17:33,834 SO KEEP LOOKING BEHIND YOU, 285 00:17:33,900 --> 00:17:37,600 AND MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF ANY FEATURES ALONG THE WAY. 286 00:17:37,667 --> 00:17:40,500 THE WATER'S GETTING A LOT DEEPER NOW. 287 00:17:40,567 --> 00:17:45,433 YOU CAN ALSO HEAR WHITE WATER AHEAD. 288 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:48,266 SO LET'S STAY TOGETHER ON THIS, OKAY? 289 00:17:53,266 --> 00:17:55,200 WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THIS TORCH ALIGHT. 290 00:17:55,266 --> 00:17:57,400 WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE WATER. 291 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:09,166 I HATE THIS SENSE OF NOT KNOWING WHAT'S AHEAD. 292 00:18:09,233 --> 00:18:13,600 IT'S JUST A MAD, MAD PLACE IN HERE. 293 00:18:13,667 --> 00:18:16,433 AND HERE'S THE NOISE I HEARD. [ WATER RUSHING ] 294 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:21,300 ALL THIS WHITE WATER IS HEADING STRAIGHT OFF THIS WATERFALL. 295 00:18:21,367 --> 00:18:25,066 THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S NO WAY OF TELLING JUST HOW HIGH THAT IS. 296 00:18:25,133 --> 00:18:28,934 I COULD TURN BACK, BUT I WANT TO CARRY ON. 297 00:18:40,967 --> 00:18:42,166 I'M IN GUATEMALA, 298 00:18:42,233 --> 00:18:44,600 HOME TO SOME OF CENTRAL AMERICA'S 299 00:18:44,667 --> 00:18:46,066 BIGGEST CAVE SYSTEMS, 300 00:18:46,133 --> 00:18:48,667 AND I'M FACING AN UNDERGROUND CHASM. 301 00:18:48,734 --> 00:18:52,567 ALL THIS WHITE WATER IS HEADING STRAIGHT OFF THIS WATERFALL. 302 00:18:52,634 --> 00:18:56,500 WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES WITH THIS. 303 00:18:56,567 --> 00:18:59,300 A GOOD 30 FOOT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT. 304 00:18:59,367 --> 00:19:02,233 IT'S DEFINITELY CLIMBABLE. 305 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:04,900 I BROUGHT SOME VINE WITH ME IN MY BACKPACK. 306 00:19:04,967 --> 00:19:07,533 IT'S GONNA HELP ME GET DOWN THIS CLIFF. 307 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:12,467 I'M GONNA WRAP A SMALL STONE IN MATERIAL CUT FROM MY PACK 308 00:19:12,533 --> 00:19:13,934 TO MAKE A CLIMBING NUT, 309 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,433 THEN JAM THAT INTO A CRACK IN THE ROCK 310 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:19,667 TO MAKE AN ANCHOR THAT I CAN ATTACH MY VINE TO. 311 00:19:19,734 --> 00:19:21,934 NOW, THAT'S LOCKING NICELY IN THERE. 312 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,166 THAT'S CAUGHT RIGHT UNDER THE LIP. 313 00:19:25,233 --> 00:19:26,800 OKAY, I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. 314 00:19:26,867 --> 00:19:29,500 I'M GONNA GO FIRST, AND I'LL PULL YOU DOWN. 315 00:19:29,567 --> 00:19:31,400 I'LL LEAVE THE VINE IN PLACE 316 00:19:31,467 --> 00:19:34,000 SO I CAN GET BACK OUT IF I NEED TO. 317 00:19:34,066 --> 00:19:36,867 STAY ON THE LINE AND START PULLING ME DOWN. 318 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,066 OKAY, COME DOWN TO ME. 319 00:19:52,133 --> 00:19:53,667 WHOA! 320 00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:54,667 [ CLATTER ] 321 00:19:54,734 --> 00:19:57,867 THE VINE BROKE. 322 00:19:57,934 --> 00:20:00,500 OKAY, HOLD ON. STAY HOLDING ON TO ME. 323 00:20:00,567 --> 00:20:02,400 CAN YOU FEEL THE BOTTOM? 324 00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:04,333 I'M SWIMMING. I CAN'T TOUCH THE BOTTOM. 325 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:05,533 WE NEED TO GET TO A ROCK. 326 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,900 OKAY, GRAB HOLD OF ME. 327 00:20:07,967 --> 00:20:09,900 KEEP HOLDING. DO NOT LET GO. 328 00:20:09,967 --> 00:20:11,834 IS THAT CAMERA WORKING? 329 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:13,800 WITH THE TORCH OUT AND SOAKED THROUGH, 330 00:20:13,867 --> 00:20:15,767 THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEE IN THE DARKNESS 331 00:20:15,834 --> 00:20:17,700 IS TO USE THE INFRARED ON THE CAMERA. 332 00:20:17,767 --> 00:20:20,200 LET ME HAVE A LOOK. LET ME HAVE A LOOK, TOO. 333 00:20:20,266 --> 00:20:22,367 WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET UP THIS THING AGAIN. 334 00:20:22,433 --> 00:20:24,567 SEE THIS OVERHANGING HERE? 335 00:20:24,634 --> 00:20:26,900 THE CAMERA CAN SEE IN THE PITCH BLACK. 336 00:20:26,967 --> 00:20:28,133 I CAN'T. 337 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,600 I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET 'ROUND TO THE WATERFALL. 338 00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:33,967 DON'T MOVE, OKAY? STAY THERE, STEVE. 339 00:20:39,367 --> 00:20:40,667 [ GROANS ] 340 00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:44,467 CAN YOU GET UP? 341 00:20:44,533 --> 00:20:45,700 NO. 342 00:20:45,767 --> 00:20:47,834 WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS. 343 00:20:47,900 --> 00:20:49,767 WE'RE GONNA KEEP GOING DOWN, OKAY? 344 00:20:49,834 --> 00:20:52,000 STAY TOGETHER. LET'S GO. 345 00:20:52,066 --> 00:20:53,800 IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, 346 00:20:53,867 --> 00:20:56,667 ALL YOU CAN DO IS FEEL YOUR WAY ALONG, 347 00:20:56,734 --> 00:20:59,767 TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT BY TOUCH ALONE. 348 00:21:01,667 --> 00:21:03,634 WHERE ARE YOU? 349 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:05,667 STICK IN CLOSE. 350 00:21:05,734 --> 00:21:09,533 CREEP ALONG SLOW AND STEADY. 351 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,233 IT'S GETTING SHALLOWER. 352 00:21:23,567 --> 00:21:25,533 THAT'S CLEAR. COME ON. 353 00:21:30,934 --> 00:21:32,600 [ GROANS ] 354 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:36,767 COME ON, I NEED TO SEE. 355 00:21:43,734 --> 00:21:48,100 CAN YOU SEE THE LIGHT OUT THERE? THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO. 356 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,300 THERE IS A LIGHT. 357 00:22:00,367 --> 00:22:02,667 IT'S TOO TIGHT TO GET IT THROUGH THIS. 358 00:22:02,734 --> 00:22:04,634 TAKE MY RUCKSACK OFF. 359 00:22:22,667 --> 00:22:24,266 OKAY. 360 00:22:27,834 --> 00:22:29,567 OKAY, COME HERE. 361 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,767 [ GROANING ] 362 00:22:39,734 --> 00:22:43,400 OKAY, GIVE ME YOUR HAND. IS THAT YOU? 363 00:22:43,467 --> 00:22:46,000 [ EXHALES ] OKAY. 364 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,200 UP... 365 00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:54,934 ...AND OUT OF THAT CAVE. 366 00:22:56,634 --> 00:23:01,200 I'M FREEZING COLD FROM BEING SOAKED UNDERGROUND FOR SO LONG. 367 00:23:01,266 --> 00:23:02,500 NOW I WANT TO GET MOVING 368 00:23:02,567 --> 00:23:04,634 TO GET SOME HEAT BACK INTO MY BODY. 369 00:23:09,333 --> 00:23:13,166 ONE THING ABOUT JUNGLES IS THEIR ABUNDANCE OF LIFE. 370 00:23:13,233 --> 00:23:17,800 ROTTING TREE STUMPS MAKE AN IDEAL PLACE TO LOOK FOR FOOD. 371 00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:21,967 THIS IS LIKE A LARVAE LARDER IN HERE. 372 00:23:22,033 --> 00:23:23,834 I'M FINDING ALL OF THESE THINGS. THERE YOU GO. 373 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:25,500 THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. SEE THAT? 374 00:23:25,567 --> 00:23:31,033 IT'S JUST FEEDING OFF ALL THAT DECOMPOSING, ROTTING WOOD. 375 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:34,500 OW! GOD, THEY REALLY BITE. 376 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,867 WAIT, THERE'S ONE. LOOK. 377 00:23:42,033 --> 00:23:46,166 THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD-SIZED ONE THERE. 378 00:23:46,233 --> 00:23:48,700 GETTING A BIT OF A MEAL TOGETHER. 379 00:23:48,767 --> 00:23:51,333 I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THESE ARE, 380 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,800 BUT THEY LOOK LIKE BEETLE LARVAE. 381 00:23:53,867 --> 00:23:55,400 BUT I KNOW THAT'S GOOD TO EAT. 382 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:58,000 IT HASN'T GOT ANY OF NATURE'S BIG WARNING SIGNS. 383 00:23:58,066 --> 00:23:59,433 IT'S NOT BRIGHTLY COLORED. 384 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:01,433 IT'S NOT COVERED IN LITTLE HAIRS. 385 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:03,900 IT'S JUST BEEN FEEDING OFF THIS ROTTING WOOD. 386 00:24:03,967 --> 00:24:05,800 AND THAT'S BUG HEAVEN. 387 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,433 WITH THE GRUBS SAFELY TUCKED AWAY IN MY BACKPACK FOR LATER, 388 00:24:10,500 --> 00:24:13,266 I CAN START THINKING ABOUT A PLACE TO SLEEP 389 00:24:13,333 --> 00:24:14,867 BEFORE IT GETS TOO DARK. 390 00:24:14,934 --> 00:24:19,800 I NEED TO TRY AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR A DECENT-SIZED TREE. 391 00:24:19,867 --> 00:24:24,767 THE PLAN IS TO GET MYSELF WAY UP HIGH OFF THE GROUND. 392 00:24:24,834 --> 00:24:27,967 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS JAGUARS. 393 00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:30,467 JAGUARS ARE THE AMERICAS' BIGGEST 394 00:24:30,533 --> 00:24:32,433 AND MOST DANGEROUS WILD CAT. 395 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:35,734 ATTACKS ON HUMANS ARE RARE, BUT THEY DO HAPPEN. 396 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:40,400 IN 2009, A MINER WAS MAULED AND KILLED BY ONE. 397 00:24:40,467 --> 00:24:43,266 THERE YOU GO. SEE, IT'S RIGHT THERE. 398 00:24:43,333 --> 00:24:45,266 LET'S GET UP THERE. 399 00:24:45,333 --> 00:24:49,033 I'LL MAKE SOME SORT OF PLATFORM TO SLEEP ON 400 00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:51,333 AND THEN HANG THAT UNDER ONE OF THESE LIMBS, 401 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:52,567 ONE OF THE BIG BRANCHES. 402 00:24:52,634 --> 00:24:54,900 THAT AT LEAST IS GONNA GET ME OFF THE GROUND. 403 00:24:54,967 --> 00:24:56,333 BUT I WANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE 404 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,400 I'M FAR ENOUGH OUT FROM THE MAIN TRUNK. 405 00:24:58,467 --> 00:25:00,233 JAGUARS CAN CLIMB TREES. 406 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:04,667 IT'S NOT GONNA BE 100% UP THERE, BUT NOTHING IS IN THE JUNGLE. 407 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,967 I'M GONNA MAKE A HANGING BIVOUAC, 408 00:25:15,033 --> 00:25:18,700 THE TYPE OF BED MOUNTAINEERS USE ON LONG OVERNIGHT CLIMBS. 409 00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:22,467 I'VE USED THEM MYSELF HALFWAY UP ICE CLIFFS IN ANTARCTICA. 410 00:25:24,033 --> 00:25:30,033 ALL I NEED FROM THIS TO MAKE A TRIANGLE OF A BED FRAME. 411 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:32,233 THAT'S OUR SHAPE. 412 00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:36,467 AND THEN WE'LL CROSS ONE... 413 00:25:36,533 --> 00:25:38,033 LIKE THAT. 414 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:39,867 WE NEED TO GET OUR WIGGLE ON WITH THIS. 415 00:25:39,934 --> 00:25:42,934 IT'S GETTING DARK, AND FAST. 416 00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:55,467 ONCE I'VE MADE THE BED FRAME, 417 00:25:55,533 --> 00:25:58,433 I'M GONNA USE VINES TO MAKE A LATTICE TO SLEEP ON, 418 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:01,834 THEN COVER THAT WITH FERNS TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE. 419 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:08,033 AND THEN WITH A BIT OF VINE TIED TO EACH CORNER. 420 00:26:10,233 --> 00:26:12,166 THEN BUNCH IT TOGETHER. 421 00:26:12,233 --> 00:26:15,634 AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA SUSPEND IT FROM. 422 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:17,634 [ GROANS ] 423 00:26:20,367 --> 00:26:23,700 I'M GONNA TRY AND GET THIS VINE UP THE TREE 424 00:26:23,767 --> 00:26:25,600 AND OVER THAT BRANCH. 425 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:30,967 AND THEN I'M GONNA USE THAT TO HOIST THE PLATFORM UP. 426 00:26:34,333 --> 00:26:36,166 THREAD THAT OVER. 427 00:26:36,233 --> 00:26:39,000 OKAY, THAT'S REACHING THE GROUND THERE. 428 00:26:39,066 --> 00:26:41,100 IF I CAN JUST GET DOWN THIS THING. 429 00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:47,066 OH, MY WORD! 430 00:27:06,567 --> 00:27:08,667 I'VE MADE A SLEEPING PLATFORM 431 00:27:08,734 --> 00:27:11,667 HIGH IN THE JUNGLE OF GUATEMALA. 432 00:27:11,734 --> 00:27:16,667 TRY AND GET THIS VINE UP THE TREE AND OVER THAT BRANCH. 433 00:27:16,734 --> 00:27:18,500 BUT WHILST I'M UP THE TREE, 434 00:27:18,567 --> 00:27:21,433 THE JUNGLE THROWS ANOTHER SURPRISE MY WAY. 435 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:25,533 OH, MY WORD! 436 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,834 IN THE CROOK OF THIS TREE, 437 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:32,734 THERE IS THE MOTHER OF ALL LARVAES. 438 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,133 CHECK THAT OUT. 439 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,767 THAT'S GONNA TURN A SNACK OF LARVAE INTO A FEAST FOR ME. 440 00:27:41,834 --> 00:27:43,500 COOL. 441 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:49,266 LET'S GET DOWN AND GET THIS PLATFORM HOISTED UP. 442 00:27:49,333 --> 00:27:53,767 LET'S SEE IF THIS VINE HOLDS. 443 00:27:53,834 --> 00:27:57,333 YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S EVER EASY IN THE JUNGLE, IS IT? 444 00:28:04,567 --> 00:28:09,333 [ GROANS ] 445 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,667 YIP-AH! 446 00:28:11,734 --> 00:28:16,233 OKAY. THAT'S HIGH ENOUGH. TIE IT OFF AND GET A FIRE GOING. 447 00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:27,300 I'VE GOT SOME DRY TINDER, BUT EVERYTHING'S SO DAMP... 448 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,634 ...YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PATIENCE 449 00:28:30,700 --> 00:28:33,100 AND STICK AT IT IF YOU WANT FIRE. 450 00:28:38,166 --> 00:28:39,634 OKAY. 451 00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:41,767 OKAY, THAT'S A FIRE GOING. 452 00:28:41,834 --> 00:28:45,066 THAT'S ALWAYS SUCH A NICE FEELING IN THE JUNGLE, 453 00:28:45,133 --> 00:28:46,767 WHEN YOU GET A FIRE LIT. 454 00:28:46,834 --> 00:28:50,266 IT CAN BE QUITE AN INTIMIDATING PLACE IN THE PITCH BLACK. 455 00:28:50,333 --> 00:28:52,200 THERE'S SOMETHING SO COMFORTING 456 00:28:52,266 --> 00:28:55,433 ABOUT JUST THAT LIGHT AND THAT WARMTH. 457 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:58,066 OKAY, LET'S KEEP THIS REALLY DRY NOW. 458 00:29:06,233 --> 00:29:08,700 WELL, THIS IS SUPPER. 459 00:29:10,266 --> 00:29:13,900 AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME ENERGY INSIDE YOURSELF 460 00:29:13,967 --> 00:29:17,500 IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF KEEPING YOUR SPIRITS UP, 461 00:29:17,567 --> 00:29:21,867 EVEN IF IT IS GRUBS AND CRABS. 462 00:29:26,533 --> 00:29:29,200 OH. WANT YOU BACK. 463 00:29:30,734 --> 00:29:33,734 LET'S TRY AND GET THIS GUY SKEWERED. 464 00:29:50,433 --> 00:29:54,233 IT'S A BIT LIKE A BUG KEBAB. 465 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:56,734 LET'S GET HIM ON THE FIRE. 466 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,400 I'M GONNA BOIL THE REST OF THE BUGS AND CRABS 467 00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:01,700 TOGETHER IN WATER FROM MY CANTEEN. 468 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,000 AND, ACTUALLY, THAT WILL ALSO GIVE ME A BIT 469 00:30:07,066 --> 00:30:10,567 OF A HOT BUGGY-FISHY DRINK, AS WELL. 470 00:30:10,634 --> 00:30:13,867 IT WILL COOK THEM AND KILL ANY PARASITES. 471 00:30:13,934 --> 00:30:16,233 IT'S JUNGLE SURF AND TURF. 472 00:30:16,300 --> 00:30:18,900 AND THAT'S GOOD NUTRITION. 473 00:30:24,433 --> 00:30:29,367 ACTUALLY, MUCH BETTER COOKED THAN THEY ARE RAW. 474 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,166 AND I LOVE CRABS. 475 00:30:37,233 --> 00:30:39,800 I OFTEN CATCH THEM WITH THE KIDS AT HOME. 476 00:30:44,667 --> 00:30:46,500 MMM. 477 00:30:46,567 --> 00:30:48,667 THIS IS A GOOD MEAL. 478 00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:04,600 TIME TO GET UP INTO THE TREE. 479 00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:08,066 IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET AS MUCH SLEEP AS YOU CAN. 480 00:31:08,133 --> 00:31:10,934 IT'S THE BODY'S CHANCE TO RECUPERATE, 481 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,433 READY FOR ANOTHER DAY IN THE JUNGLE. 482 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,500 [ GROANS ] 483 00:31:27,567 --> 00:31:30,600 FEELS A BIT PRECARIOUS, THIS. 484 00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:34,400 BUT AT LEAST I'M OUT OF REACH OF ANY JAGUARS. 485 00:31:35,834 --> 00:31:40,266 AND, ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT TOO UNCOMFORTABLE. 486 00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:42,634 [ SIGHS ] MAD DAY. 487 00:31:45,834 --> 00:31:47,467 UGH. 488 00:32:01,967 --> 00:32:06,834 IT'S A NEW DAY, NEW BEGINNING, AND I'M FEELING GOOD. 489 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:10,800 AND GUATEMALA REALLY MEANS "LAND OF THE TREES." 490 00:32:10,867 --> 00:32:14,467 AND A KIND OF PRETTY SPECIAL LAND THAT IS. 491 00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:16,233 LOOK AT THAT. 492 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:18,100 AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS, 493 00:32:18,166 --> 00:32:22,166 THE JUNGLE CAN ALSO BE A VERY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. 494 00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:25,467 YOU CAN NEVER DROP YOUR GUARD HERE. 495 00:32:28,667 --> 00:32:33,634 YOU SEE, I'M NOT THE ONLY THING THAT LIKES HANGING OUT IN TREES. 496 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:36,367 YOU SEE IN THE CROOK OF IT... 497 00:32:36,433 --> 00:32:39,867 A LITTLE GREEN PIT VIPER. 498 00:32:39,934 --> 00:32:44,033 GET BITTEN BY THAT, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE DEAD IN TWO HOURS. 499 00:32:52,467 --> 00:32:55,700 I'M DEEP IN THE JUNGLE OF GUATEMALA, IN A TREE, 500 00:32:55,767 --> 00:32:57,300 FACING A DEADLY SNAKE. 501 00:32:57,367 --> 00:32:59,634 LITTLE GREEN PIT VIPER. 502 00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:02,834 I'VE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY DOWN. 503 00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:04,800 YOU GET BITTEN BY THAT, 504 00:33:04,867 --> 00:33:06,400 IF YOU DON'T GET TREATMENT, 505 00:33:06,467 --> 00:33:09,300 YOU'RE GONNA BE DEAD IN TWO HOURS. 506 00:33:09,367 --> 00:33:12,567 I DON'T WANT TO START TRYING TO TANGLE WITH HIM, 507 00:33:12,634 --> 00:33:14,767 GETTING OUT OF THIS TREE. 508 00:33:14,834 --> 00:33:17,467 AND THIS IS DEFINITELY HIS DOMAIN. 509 00:33:17,533 --> 00:33:20,567 GREEN PIT VIPERS KILL WITH HEMOTOXIC VENOM. 510 00:33:20,634 --> 00:33:23,200 THE POISON ATTACKS RED BLOOD CELLS, 511 00:33:23,266 --> 00:33:25,900 LEADING TO ORGAN AND TISSUE FAILURE, 512 00:33:25,967 --> 00:33:27,533 AND A PAINFUL DEATH. 513 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:32,700 STUCK 20 FOOT UP THIS TREE ON MY BED PLATFORM, 514 00:33:32,767 --> 00:33:34,333 THE SNAKE'S IN MY WAY. 515 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,333 TIME FOR A CHANGE OF PLAN. 516 00:33:38,533 --> 00:33:44,967 I'M JUST GONNA TRY AND SWING AND HANG OUT OF THIS PLATFORM. 517 00:33:45,033 --> 00:33:48,467 IN 1998, MANY GUATEMALANS DIED OF SNAKE BITES 518 00:33:48,533 --> 00:33:51,533 IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MITCH. 519 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,767 TO GET AWAY FROM THE FLOOD WATERS, 520 00:33:56,834 --> 00:34:00,200 PEOPLE CLIMBED UP TREES, BUT SO DID THE SNAKES, 521 00:34:00,266 --> 00:34:01,667 AND MANY WERE BITTEN. 522 00:34:01,734 --> 00:34:04,367 IT'S THEIR TERRITORY, SO BE CAREFUL. 523 00:34:08,634 --> 00:34:09,800 AFTER A NIGHT OUT, 524 00:34:09,867 --> 00:34:12,133 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REPLACE YOUR ENERGY. 525 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,567 AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IN THE JUNGLE FOR THAT 526 00:34:14,634 --> 00:34:15,967 ARE PALMS. 527 00:34:19,333 --> 00:34:22,533 THE HEARTS OF MOST PALMS AROUND THE WORLD ARE EDIBLE. 528 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,700 YOU JUST NEED TO CUT AWAY THE TOUGH OUTER LEAVES. 529 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,333 THERE YOU GO. LOOK. 530 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,767 YOU GET THE NICE, SOFT MIDDLE BITS OF THIS. 531 00:34:41,066 --> 00:34:44,634 IT'S QUITE A DELICACY A LOT OF PLACES AROUND THE WORLD. 532 00:34:45,767 --> 00:34:49,200 TASTES GOOD, YOU KNOW. A BIT BITTER. 533 00:34:49,266 --> 00:34:51,567 BUT REALLY GOOD CARBOHYDRATE. 534 00:34:51,634 --> 00:34:53,166 AND THE GREAT THING IS, 535 00:34:53,233 --> 00:34:57,300 PALMS LIKE THIS JUST GROW ALL OVER THE JUNGLE. 536 00:34:57,367 --> 00:35:00,266 SO THAT MEANS YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT A GOOD STAPLE FOOD 537 00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:01,734 THAT YOU CAN FEED OFF. 538 00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:06,166 CARBOHYDRATE GIVES YOU SLOW-RELEASE ENERGY, 539 00:35:06,233 --> 00:35:09,000 JUST WHAT YOU NEED FOR JUNGLE SURVIVAL. 540 00:35:13,166 --> 00:35:15,567 THERE'S A BIT OF A CLEARING. 541 00:35:17,433 --> 00:35:22,400 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE OUT OVER THE JUNGLE CANOPY HERE. 542 00:35:22,467 --> 00:35:25,133 YOU CAN SEE TREE, FOR EXAMPLE, AROUND THE RIDGELINE. 543 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,233 VERY DISTINCT MARKER TO SEE. 544 00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:30,834 YEAH, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK OUT LIKE THIS, 545 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:32,533 YOU'VE GOT TO USE IT. 546 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,000 THAT'S WHAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WOULD DO IN THE JUNGLE. 547 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:36,700 THEY'D FIND POINTS LIKE THAT TREE 548 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:39,133 AND USE IT TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THROUGH THE JUNGLE. 549 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,967 THE THING IS, ONCE YOU GET BACK INTO IT, 550 00:35:42,033 --> 00:35:45,500 BACK INTO THE HEART OF IT, IT JUST GOES CRAZY AGAIN. 551 00:35:45,567 --> 00:35:49,166 IT FEELS OFTEN OVERPOWERING, 552 00:35:49,233 --> 00:35:52,166 CLAUSTROPHOBIC. 553 00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:55,533 AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO BREAK THINGS DOWN 554 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,200 TO BITE-SIZED CHUNKS. 555 00:35:57,266 --> 00:36:00,667 YOU TRY AND REACH ONE GOAL, GET TO THERE, REASSESS, 556 00:36:00,734 --> 00:36:02,300 AND THEN GO FOR THE NEXT ONE. 557 00:36:02,367 --> 00:36:06,500 IT JUST MEANS JUNGLES BECOME ABOUT LOTS OF LITTLE SUCCESSES 558 00:36:06,567 --> 00:36:09,567 RATHER THAN ONE BIG FAILURE. 559 00:36:09,634 --> 00:36:13,133 TWO THINGS YOU CAN GUARANTEE IN THE JUNGLE -- 560 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,934 DENSE UNDERGROWTH AND SUDDEN DOWNPOURS. 561 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,767 [ THUNDER RUMBLING ] 562 00:36:23,433 --> 00:36:26,033 RAIN. YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE IT, EH? 563 00:36:33,667 --> 00:36:36,233 A GOOD-SIZED RIVER, THIS. 564 00:36:38,467 --> 00:36:40,900 YOU KNOW, REALLY, I WANT TO STICK TO MY PLAN 565 00:36:40,967 --> 00:36:42,300 OF HEADING NORTH. 566 00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:45,333 WHICH MEANS WE'VE GOT TO GET ACROSS IT. 567 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,734 LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE BIG RAPIDS UP THERE. 568 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,700 DON'T WANT TO GET TANGLED UP WITH THOSE. 569 00:36:51,767 --> 00:36:53,667 TRY AND FIND A SAFER PLACE -- 570 00:36:53,734 --> 00:36:56,300 A SAFER PLACE TO CROSS DOWNSTREAM. 571 00:36:59,066 --> 00:37:03,533 YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FAST-FLOWING WATER. 572 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,433 IN 2007, 12 GUATEMALANS WERE SWEPT AWAY IN THEIR TRUCK 573 00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:09,233 BY A RAIN-SWOLLEN RIVER. 574 00:37:09,300 --> 00:37:11,000 THEY WERE ALL KILLED. 575 00:37:12,700 --> 00:37:15,400 WE'RE WELL DOWNSTREAM IN THE RAPIDS HERE. 576 00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:18,800 I RECKON WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CROSS IT. 577 00:37:18,867 --> 00:37:21,166 YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO STICK WITH ME ON THIS. 578 00:37:21,233 --> 00:37:22,967 OKAY, COME ON, LET'S GO. 579 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,300 IT'S FAST! COME ON, JUMP, JUMP! 580 00:37:38,233 --> 00:37:40,834 THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN FIGHT THIS SORT OF CURRENT. 581 00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:42,400 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GO WITH IT. 582 00:37:42,467 --> 00:37:45,700 USE WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HELP KEEP AFLOAT. 583 00:37:45,767 --> 00:37:49,567 I'M USING MY RUCKSACK TO GIVE ME EXTRA BUOYANCY. 584 00:37:52,867 --> 00:37:55,834 TAKE US STRAIGHT THROUGH THESE RAPIDS. 585 00:37:59,734 --> 00:38:04,333 TRY AND USE THE CURRENT JUST TO TAKE YOU ACROSS THE RIVER. 586 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,333 STAY WITH ME, AND WE'LL GET ACROSS THIS. 587 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,200 THE RAPID'S GETTING BIGGER. 588 00:38:11,266 --> 00:38:14,000 I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS RIVER FAST. 589 00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:25,567 I'M SHOWING YOU HOW TO SURVIVE 590 00:38:25,634 --> 00:38:28,266 ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES ON THE PLANET -- 591 00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:29,700 GUATEMALA. 592 00:38:29,767 --> 00:38:31,934 I'VE FACED LIVE VOLCANOS... 593 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,200 OKAY, LET'S GO. 594 00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:35,467 ...200-FOOT WATERFALLS... 595 00:38:35,533 --> 00:38:38,600 SOME OF CENTRAL AMERICA'S BIGGEST CAVES, 596 00:38:38,667 --> 00:38:42,166 AND NOW I'M GETTING WASHED THROUGH SOME RAPIDS. 597 00:38:44,934 --> 00:38:47,600 THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN FIGHT THIS SORT OF CURRENT. 598 00:38:47,667 --> 00:38:49,367 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GO WITH IT. 599 00:39:00,133 --> 00:39:02,166 YOU NEED TO GET INTO THIS EDDY. 600 00:39:04,166 --> 00:39:05,634 [ SPITTING ] 601 00:39:05,700 --> 00:39:07,500 ONTO THAT ROCK. 602 00:39:07,567 --> 00:39:11,066 [ SPITTING ] 603 00:39:11,133 --> 00:39:14,100 YOU OKAY? 604 00:39:14,166 --> 00:39:18,033 JUNGLE RIVER'S ALWAYS MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU IMAGINE. 605 00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:20,333 WE'RE ACROSS THE RIVER, THOUGH. 606 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,867 I'VE MADE IT THROUGH THE RAPIDS, 607 00:39:26,934 --> 00:39:29,433 BUT I STILL NEED TO FIND A WAY OUT OF HERE. 608 00:39:32,433 --> 00:39:34,667 YOUR BEST PLAN IS TO KEEP GOING NORTH 609 00:39:34,734 --> 00:39:37,033 TOWARDS THE MAYAN RUINS IN THE JUNGLE. 610 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:39,867 IT'S WHERE YOU'RE MOST LIKELY TO FIND PEOPLE. 611 00:39:41,333 --> 00:39:42,967 2,500 YEARS AGO, 612 00:39:43,033 --> 00:39:46,300 THIS PART OF GUATEMALA WAS THE MAYAN HEARTLAND, 613 00:39:46,367 --> 00:39:50,200 AND THERE ARE RUINS ALL OVER THE JUNGLE. 614 00:39:50,266 --> 00:39:52,533 THEY'RE ALWAYS POPULAR WITH TOURISTS, 615 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,800 AND WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE, THERE'S GONNA BE SALVATION. 616 00:40:00,634 --> 00:40:03,166 LET'S GET DOWN TO THIS. 617 00:40:03,233 --> 00:40:05,467 THIS TEMPLE WAS BUILT BY THE MAYANS 618 00:40:05,533 --> 00:40:07,934 TO WORSHIP THEIR GODS. 619 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,700 THIS COULD BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR A PICK-UP. 620 00:40:10,767 --> 00:40:13,400 IT'S A GOOD CLEARING AROUND, IT AS WELL. 621 00:40:16,133 --> 00:40:18,033 BUT THE MAYANS WERE ALSO KNOWN 622 00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:21,066 FOR THEIR GRISLY PRACTICE OF HUMAN SACRIFICE, 623 00:40:21,133 --> 00:40:24,834 WHICH INVOLVED CUTTING THE HEARTS OUT OF LIVING VICTIMS. 624 00:40:27,533 --> 00:40:29,767 GONNA NEED SOME WOOD FOR A FIRE. 625 00:40:29,834 --> 00:40:33,700 A SMOKE SIGNAL IS A GREAT WAY TO ATTRACT ATTENTION. 626 00:40:33,767 --> 00:40:36,767 BUT NEVER LIGHT A FIRE ON AN ANCIENT MONUMENT 627 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:40,367 UNLESS IT'S A TRUE SURVIVAL SITUATION. 628 00:40:40,433 --> 00:40:43,834 THESE ARE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE. 629 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:47,500 KIND OF QUITE EERIE IN HERE. 630 00:40:47,567 --> 00:40:50,433 THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR A SIGNAL FIRE. 631 00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:53,266 GOT A LITTLE BIT OF HEIGHT. 632 00:40:53,333 --> 00:40:56,934 WE ALSO HAVE A VIEW OUT OVER THE TOP OF THE CANOPY. 633 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,066 LET'S GET THIS THING LIT. 634 00:41:05,033 --> 00:41:06,934 I'M PROTECTING THE ANCIENT RUIN 635 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:11,433 BY PLACING LOTS OF FRESH, DAMP PALM LEAVES UNDER MY FIRE. 636 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:15,166 AND PILING DAMP JUNGLE VEGETATION ON TOP OF THE FIRE 637 00:41:15,233 --> 00:41:17,100 WILL MAKE LOTS OF SMOKE. 638 00:41:22,367 --> 00:41:24,100 AS WITH ANY SIGNAL FIRE, 639 00:41:24,166 --> 00:41:27,567 IT'S ONLY ANY GOOD IF THE RESCUERS CAN SEE IT. 640 00:41:27,634 --> 00:41:31,934 SO HAVE ENOUGH MATERIAL AT HAND TO BE ABLE TO KEEP IT GOING. 641 00:41:44,567 --> 00:41:47,266 [ HELICOPTER MOTOR WHIRRING ] 642 00:41:50,367 --> 00:41:52,800 HERE COMES THE CHOPPER! 643 00:42:13,233 --> 00:42:17,033 WHOO! 644 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:22,367 [ SHOUTING ] 645 00:42:22,433 --> 00:42:24,100 WE NEED TO GET HIGHER! WE'VE GOT TO GET HIGHER! 646 00:42:24,166 --> 00:42:25,266 COME ON! 647 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,767 THE CHOPPER CAN'T LAND HERE. 648 00:42:36,834 --> 00:42:39,467 THE JUNGLE VEGETATION'S JUST TOO DENSE. 649 00:42:39,533 --> 00:42:44,533 THEY'RE DROPPING A ROPE DOWN, THEN I'M OUT OF HERE. 650 00:43:11,333 --> 00:43:16,066 [ MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ] 651 00:43:16,133 --> 00:43:19,467 GUATEMALA'S BEEN ONE HELL OF A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE. 652 00:43:19,533 --> 00:43:22,900 IT'S TAKEN ME TO THE EDGE AND NEARLY PUSHED ME OVER. 653 00:43:22,967 --> 00:43:27,433 IT'S BEEN TOUGH BUT EXCITING. 654 00:43:27,500 --> 00:43:28,867 BUT I'VE COME THROUGH. 655 00:43:28,934 --> 00:43:31,734 AND IF YOU APPLY A LITTLE SURVIVAL KNOWLEDGE, 656 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,567 KEEP YOUR SPIRITS UP, AND HAVE A LITTLE LUCK, 657 00:43:34,634 --> 00:43:36,367 THEN YOU'LL SURVIVE, AS WELL. 658 00:43:36,433 --> 00:43:40,634 HASTA LA VISTA, GUATEMALA.