1 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:14,266 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. WHOO! 2 00:00:14,333 --> 00:00:16,433 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:18,900 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:20,133 --> 00:00:23,033 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES... 5 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:25,734 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,266 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 7 00:00:30,066 --> 00:00:31,700 IN THIS SPECIAL, 8 00:00:31,767 --> 00:00:34,400 I'M SWAPPING THE WILDERNESS FOR THE URBAN JUNGLE, 9 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:38,166 LEAVING NATURE BEHIND TO TACKLE TREACHEROUS MAN-MADE TERRAIN. 10 00:00:38,233 --> 00:00:39,634 I'LL BE SCALING TALL BUILDINGS... 11 00:00:39,700 --> 00:00:42,233 NEED TO REALLY KEEP MY BALANCE ON THE EDGE OF THIS. 12 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:45,433 ...GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY IN PUTRID SEWERS... 13 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:48,166 IT DOES FEEL PRETTY CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN HERE. 14 00:00:48,233 --> 00:00:49,834 ...PUSHING MYSELF TO THE BRINK... 15 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:52,734 ALMOST WENT STRAIGHT OFF THE EDGE OF THIS. 16 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,600 ...AND HAVING A BIT OF A BLAST. 17 00:00:55,667 --> 00:00:56,734 FINGERS IN EARS. 18 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,500 [ EXPLOSION ] 19 00:00:58,567 --> 00:00:59,867 GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO! 20 00:00:59,934 --> 00:01:03,500 THIS IS GONNA BE MY ULTIMATE CHALLENGE. 21 00:01:10,867 --> 00:01:12,266 THIS IS THE BALTIC, 22 00:01:12,333 --> 00:01:15,500 ONE OF THE LARGEST INLAND SEAS IN THE WORLD. 23 00:01:15,567 --> 00:01:17,734 IT HAS 5,000 MILES OF COASTLINE 24 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,667 STRETCHING FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE 25 00:01:19,734 --> 00:01:22,300 TO EASTERN EUROPE, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING. 26 00:01:22,367 --> 00:01:26,266 I'M HEADING FAST TOWARDS A PORT CITY ON THE BALTIC COAST. 27 00:01:26,333 --> 00:01:28,634 THIS TIME MY MISSION IS TO SURVIVE 28 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:31,000 IN AN ABANDONED URBAN ENVIRONMENT. 29 00:01:31,066 --> 00:01:33,200 IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH NEW CHALLENGE FOR ME. 30 00:01:33,266 --> 00:01:36,533 I'M GOING TO ADAPT THE SKILLS I'VE PERFECTED IN THE WILD 31 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:41,066 TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE IN A TOUGH MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT. 32 00:01:41,133 --> 00:01:43,634 I'M GONNA BE FACING SOME OF THE SAME DANGERS 33 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:47,133 THAT CONFRONT SPIES AND SOLDIERS BEHIND ENEMY LINES 34 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:52,500 AND SURVIVORS OF URBAN DISASTERS LIKE 9/11 OR HURRICANE KATRINA. 35 00:01:52,567 --> 00:01:54,734 I WANT TO GET ASHORE FAST 36 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,000 AND WITHOUT TAKING A PLUNGE IN THESE ICY WATERS. 37 00:02:00,667 --> 00:02:03,700 THERE'S A CARGO NET HANGING OVER THE WATER UP AHEAD. 38 00:02:03,767 --> 00:02:06,734 IT'S GONNA BE A BIG LEAP, BUT I THINK I CAN MAKE IT. 39 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,400 THE KEY THING IS NOT TO TRY TO GRAB THE NET, 40 00:02:09,467 --> 00:02:11,233 BUT TO PUNCH THROUGH IT. 41 00:02:20,166 --> 00:02:22,867 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 42 00:02:22,934 --> 00:02:25,800 MADE IT ONTO THERE -- JUST. 43 00:02:25,867 --> 00:02:28,900 LET'S GET OUT OF THIS THING. 44 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,400 CARGO NETS LIKE THIS ARE MADE OF COARSE, TWISTED TWINE. 45 00:02:34,467 --> 00:02:37,333 THEY'RE SUPERSTRONG, BUT THEY'RE HARD TO CLIMB. 46 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,367 WHEW! HARD WORK! 47 00:02:40,433 --> 00:02:45,166 ANOTHER 10 FOOT, THOUGH, AND WE'LL BE ON THE TOP OF THIS. 48 00:02:45,233 --> 00:02:48,867 JUST GET UNDER ME. 49 00:02:48,934 --> 00:02:52,367 GET YOURSELF SAFE THERE. 50 00:02:52,433 --> 00:02:54,100 IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE 51 00:02:54,166 --> 00:02:56,667 OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, INTO THE FIRE. 52 00:02:56,734 --> 00:02:59,767 I WANT TO FIND A WAY ACROSS TO THE CRANE, 53 00:02:59,834 --> 00:03:01,500 BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 54 00:03:01,567 --> 00:03:04,934 THERE'S NO WAY I CAN GET UP THOSE WIRES THERE. 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,634 ALL OF THAT -- IT'S JUST SO GREASY, SLIPPY. 56 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:12,700 LET'S SEE IF MAYBE WE USE SOME OF THESE GUIDE -- 57 00:03:12,767 --> 00:03:14,767 GUIDELINES... 58 00:03:14,834 --> 00:03:18,967 TRY AND SWING ACROSS LIKE A VINE SWING. 59 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:23,934 THINK I WANT TO CHECK IF THAT'S GONNA TAKE MY WEIGHT. 60 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,667 DOUBLE-CHECK IT, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE CONFIDENT TO GO, 61 00:03:26,734 --> 00:03:29,100 YOU JUST GOT TO COMMIT TO IT. 62 00:03:29,166 --> 00:03:31,934 THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, THIS TIME, IF I FALL, 63 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,066 IT'S STRAIGHT ON THE CONCRETE. 64 00:03:35,834 --> 00:03:38,066 OKAY, LET'S GIVE THIS A GO. 65 00:03:43,734 --> 00:03:45,400 I'VE MADE IT. 66 00:03:45,467 --> 00:03:48,533 NOW TO GET THE ROPE BACK FOR MY CAMERAMAN. 67 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:54,834 WHOA. I GOT YOU. 68 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:56,300 GET IN. 69 00:03:56,367 --> 00:03:58,834 THE ROPE ONLY JUST REACHED. 70 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,734 NOW IN A VERY DEFINITELY URBAN, MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT, 71 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,634 BUT THE PRINCIPLES OF SURVIVAL ARE THE SAME. 72 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:11,834 YOU NEED PROTECTION, RESCUE, WATER, FOOD. 73 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:14,967 YOU'RE GONNA SURVIVE, YOU GOT TO KEEP THOSE BASICS IN MIND. 74 00:04:15,033 --> 00:04:17,333 LET'S SEE WHAT WE FIND HERE. 75 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,967 SURVIVORS OF DISASTERS IN URBAN AREAS 76 00:04:20,033 --> 00:04:23,767 MAY HAVE TO COPE ON THEIR OWN FOR DAYS BEFORE RESCUE. 77 00:04:23,834 --> 00:04:27,300 KNOWING WHERE TO FIND SURVIVOR ESSENTIALS CAN BE A LIFESAVER. 78 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:29,333 THE BUILDING OPPOSITE LOOKS LIKE AN OPTION, 79 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,500 AND THE ROOF COULD PROVIDE EASIER ACCESS THAN THE LOT 80 00:04:32,567 --> 00:04:34,367 TO LOWER LEVELS. 81 00:04:34,433 --> 00:04:37,867 LET'S SEE IF POWER CABLES ARE LINKING CRANE TO THE BUILDING. 82 00:04:37,934 --> 00:04:41,533 THESE MUST BE HALF-INCH THICK EASILY. 83 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:42,934 LOOK. 84 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,734 I RECKON FIVE OF THEM EASY GONNA BE AS STRONG AS A CLIMBING ROPE, 85 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,800 AND, REALLY, IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A TYROLEAN TRAVERSE 86 00:04:49,867 --> 00:04:52,533 STRAIGHT ACROSS. 87 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,800 THE TYROLEAN TRAVERSE REQUIRES A COOL HEAD FOR HEIGHTS. 88 00:04:58,667 --> 00:05:00,867 IT'S A CLIMBING METHOD USED BY MOUNTAINEERS 89 00:05:00,934 --> 00:05:03,166 TO CROSS CREVASSES AND GORGES. 90 00:05:03,233 --> 00:05:08,367 IT'S EFFECTIVE BUT ALSO HIGHLY PHYSICALLY DEMANDING. 91 00:05:08,433 --> 00:05:14,133 I JUST SPREAD THE WEIGHT BETWEEN THE LEGS AND THE ARM. 92 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,634 TRY NOT TO PANIC. 93 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,600 TRYING TO CONSERVE MY ENERGY. 94 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:24,033 WEATHERPROOF POWER LINES ARE NOT MADE FOR CLIMBING 95 00:05:24,100 --> 00:05:26,567 AND OFFER MUCH MORE RESISTANCE THAN ROPE. 96 00:05:29,166 --> 00:05:31,200 COME ON! LAST BIT! 97 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:33,634 THIS IS THE HARDEST SECTION OF THE TRAVERSE. 98 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:35,467 I'M TIRED, AND THE SLACK IN THE WIRES 99 00:05:35,533 --> 00:05:38,767 MEANS THAT HERE IS A SERIOUS UPHILL BATTLE. 100 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,500 AND THE LIP OF THE BUILDING IS THE FINAL OBSTACLE, 101 00:05:43,567 --> 00:05:47,734 ACTING JUST LIKE A DANGEROUS OVERHANG OF A CLIFF. 102 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:52,433 I'M ACROSS. 103 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:54,567 OKAY, LET'S BRING YOU ACROSS. 104 00:05:56,834 --> 00:05:58,200 OKAY, GO. 105 00:06:01,033 --> 00:06:03,266 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE HARD EDGES OF BUILDINGS 106 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:05,600 THAT MAKE THIS CROSSING A STOMACH-TURNER, 107 00:06:05,667 --> 00:06:08,300 EVEN FOR EXPERIENCED CLIMBERS. 108 00:06:10,166 --> 00:06:13,266 SLIP YOUR ARM OVER THE EDGE. THAT'S IT -- RIGHT OVER IT. 109 00:06:13,333 --> 00:06:15,166 THAT'S IT. 110 00:06:15,233 --> 00:06:17,200 OKAY, YOU'RE ON. 111 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:22,900 OKAY, LET'S FIND A WAY OFF THIS ROOF. 112 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:28,467 MAKING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE URBAN JUNGLE 113 00:06:28,533 --> 00:06:31,333 CAN BE EVERY BIT AS CHALLENGING AS A NATURAL ONE. 114 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,367 BUT HERE, AS THERE, 115 00:06:33,433 --> 00:06:36,000 YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MOVE FOR SPEED AND SAFETY. 116 00:06:36,066 --> 00:06:38,100 IT'S ALL ABOUT BALANCE, CONFIDENCE, 117 00:06:38,166 --> 00:06:39,433 AND PLANNING AHEAD -- 118 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,967 EYES AND FEET IN PERFECT HARMONY. 119 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,734 IT'S AN OLD VENTILATION SHAFT, THIS. 120 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,200 IT MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY DOWN INTO THE BUILDING. 121 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:58,200 WITH NO OTHER OBVIOUS ACCESS POINTS INTO THE BUILDING, 122 00:06:58,266 --> 00:07:02,200 THIS VENTILATION SHAFT COULD PROVIDE YOU A ROUTE IN. 123 00:07:02,266 --> 00:07:05,233 FIND IT RUSTY, BUT IT MIGHT WELL GET THROUGH THIS STUFF. 124 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:07,467 LOOK. 125 00:07:07,533 --> 00:07:11,000 THIS OLD STEEL SHAFT HASN'T FUNCTIONED FOR A LONG TIME 126 00:07:11,066 --> 00:07:13,166 AND HAS SUFFERED FROM SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE. 127 00:07:15,467 --> 00:07:18,033 YOU SEE IT'S COMPLETELY RUSTED, THIS BIT. 128 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:20,333 IT MAKES YOU FEEL PRETTY VULNERABLE, 129 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:21,934 WHAT WE'RE STANDING ON. 130 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,967 WE'RE ALSO QUITE HIGH UP. 131 00:07:26,033 --> 00:07:28,767 BUT THIS COULD BE A WAY DOWN AND INTO THE BUILDING, 132 00:07:28,834 --> 00:07:31,233 SO IT'S WELL WORTH INVESTIGATING. 133 00:07:34,767 --> 00:07:36,667 I RECKON WE CAN DO THIS. 134 00:07:36,734 --> 00:07:38,967 IT IS PITCH BLACK DOWN THERE. 135 00:07:39,033 --> 00:07:41,867 WE NEED TO MAKE SOME SORT OF TORCH FIRST. 136 00:07:41,934 --> 00:07:44,467 OKAY. LET'S GO GET SOMETHING. 137 00:07:44,533 --> 00:07:47,600 WET ROOFTOPS ARE NOT THE IDEAL PLACE 138 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,567 TO FIND TORCH-BUILDING MATERIALS, 139 00:07:49,634 --> 00:07:52,967 BUT WITH A KEEN EYE, YOU CAN USUALLY FIND SOMETHING. 140 00:07:53,033 --> 00:07:56,967 I CAN USE THIS ROOF FELT -- FELT, AS WELL. 141 00:07:59,367 --> 00:08:04,333 AND THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD 'CAUSE IT'S FLAMMABLE 142 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,567 AND SORT OF BURN FOR A LONG TIME. 143 00:08:07,634 --> 00:08:10,367 ROOFING FELT IS CRUDE PAPERBOARD 144 00:08:10,433 --> 00:08:12,834 IMPREGNATED WITH TAR AND BITUMEN 145 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:14,533 TO MAKE IT WATER-RESISTANT. 146 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:19,634 IT BURNS SLOWLY AND STEADILY, MAKING IT PERFECT FOR TORCHES. 147 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:22,700 TIME TO GET INTO THIS VENTILATION SHAFT. 148 00:08:22,767 --> 00:08:25,867 I'M GONNA SQUEEZE GOING INTO THIS ONE. 149 00:08:25,934 --> 00:08:28,433 DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAD TOO MUCH LUNCH. 150 00:08:35,033 --> 00:08:36,900 ENTERING THIS VENTILATION SYSTEM 151 00:08:36,967 --> 00:08:40,667 IS LIKE GOING INTO UNEXPLORED CAVES. 152 00:08:40,734 --> 00:08:43,166 THIS IS A MAD PLACE IN HERE. 153 00:08:44,867 --> 00:08:48,000 IT SMELLS OF STALE AIR. 154 00:08:48,066 --> 00:08:49,300 THE AIR ISN'T GOOD, 155 00:08:49,367 --> 00:08:51,634 BUT AS LONG AS MY TORCH IS BURNING, 156 00:08:51,700 --> 00:08:54,467 THERE'S ENOUGH OXYGEN TO BREATHE. 157 00:08:54,533 --> 00:08:57,033 GETTING A BIT WET IN HERE. 158 00:08:57,100 --> 00:08:59,233 ALSO MEANS IT'S RUSTIER, 159 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:01,934 SO JUST WATCH WHERE YOU PUT YOUR FEET. 160 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,900 A BIT LIKE GOING THROUGH A MINEFIELD, THIS BIT. 161 00:09:04,967 --> 00:09:07,166 JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TREADING ON -- 162 00:09:07,233 --> 00:09:09,967 WHETHER IT'S SOLID OR WHETHER IT'S BEEN RUSTED THROUGH, 163 00:09:10,033 --> 00:09:13,600 WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO TREAD REALLY GINGERLY -- 164 00:09:13,667 --> 00:09:18,500 JUST TEST EACH FOOT BEFORE WE COMMIT THE WEIGHT TO IT. 165 00:09:18,567 --> 00:09:22,700 WHOA. THAT'S A BAD BIT THERE. 166 00:09:22,767 --> 00:09:26,133 TRY AND SPREAD YOUR WEIGHT LIKE YOU'RE ON THIN ICE. 167 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,467 YOU KNOW, GO ON ALL FOURS IF YOU NEED TO. 168 00:09:29,533 --> 00:09:32,367 SPREAD YOUR WEIGHT. THAT'S THIN HERE. 169 00:09:34,834 --> 00:09:37,700 BUT THIN ICE IS BETTER THAN NO ICE. 170 00:09:37,767 --> 00:09:40,533 HANG ON. STEADY, STEADY. THERE'S A DROP DOWN HERE. 171 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,400 LET ME SEE HOW FAR THAT IS. 172 00:09:42,467 --> 00:09:44,934 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE TAKING ME DOWN 173 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,533 TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 174 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,567 LET ME GO FIRST. 175 00:09:56,266 --> 00:09:57,500 UGH! 176 00:10:05,367 --> 00:10:07,400 I'M IN AN ABANDONED URBAN AREA 177 00:10:07,467 --> 00:10:09,266 PITTING MY WILDERNESS SURVIVAL SKILLS 178 00:10:09,333 --> 00:10:11,300 AGAINST MAN-MADE DANGERS. 179 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,967 JUST LIKE THIS. 180 00:10:15,033 --> 00:10:16,667 I'M TRYING TO ACCESS A BUILDING 181 00:10:16,734 --> 00:10:18,567 IN SEARCH OF SURVIVAL ESSENTIALS. 182 00:10:18,634 --> 00:10:20,000 BUT MY TORCH IS OUT, 183 00:10:20,066 --> 00:10:22,734 AND THE SERIES OF VENTILATION SHAFTS I'M FOLLOWING 184 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,400 HAVE JUST GOT A LOAD NARROWER. 185 00:10:30,033 --> 00:10:31,734 UGH. 186 00:10:35,533 --> 00:10:38,100 [ COUGHS ] 187 00:10:38,166 --> 00:10:40,033 [ BREATHES HEAVILY ] 188 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:42,367 I HATE CRAMPED PLACES LIKE THIS. 189 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:44,567 [ COUGHS ] 190 00:10:44,634 --> 00:10:48,467 THERE IS SO MUCH TO SURVIVING CONFINED PLACES. 191 00:10:48,533 --> 00:10:53,200 IT'S JUST ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP CALM AND [COUGHS] NOT PANIC. 192 00:10:53,266 --> 00:10:57,300 AS SOON AS YOU PANIC, YOUR CHEST CAVITY EXPANDS, 193 00:10:57,367 --> 00:11:02,533 AND A TIGHT PLACE BECOMES EVEN TIGHTER. 194 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,066 OKAY, JUST REACH THE END OF THIS. 195 00:11:05,133 --> 00:11:06,433 IT'S A TIGHT SPOT, 196 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,700 BUT I CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, 197 00:11:08,767 --> 00:11:11,634 AND ONE FINAL SQUEEZE SHOULD GET ME THERE. 198 00:11:16,233 --> 00:11:19,033 I HAVE TO CONTROL MY BREATHING AS BEST I CAN, 199 00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:22,000 BUT THE VENTILATION SHAFT IS FULL OF DUST AND GRIME, 200 00:11:22,066 --> 00:11:26,367 AND I'M REACHING CHOKING POINT. 201 00:11:26,433 --> 00:11:28,133 [ COUGHING ] 202 00:11:30,133 --> 00:11:32,734 IT'S A DIFFICULT DROP FROM CEILING TO FLOOR, 203 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,867 REQUIRING SOME ACROBATICS. 204 00:11:37,934 --> 00:11:39,934 [ THUD ] 205 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,867 BUT I'M OUT AND INTO THE TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. 206 00:11:42,934 --> 00:11:45,567 GIVE ME A MINUTE. I GOT IT, I GOT IT. 207 00:11:45,634 --> 00:11:49,266 MAN, IT'S NICE TO BE -- NICE TO BE OUT OF THAT PLACE. 208 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:53,233 AT LEAST I'M OFF THE ROOF AND INTO THE BUILDING. 209 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:55,767 LET'S CHECK THIS PLACE OUT. 210 00:11:55,834 --> 00:11:59,000 IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN URBAN DISASTER, 211 00:11:59,066 --> 00:12:01,066 YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE SORT OF THINGS 212 00:12:01,133 --> 00:12:04,166 THAT CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH -- 213 00:12:04,233 --> 00:12:07,166 MEDICAL SUPPLIES, INSTANT OR CANNED FOODS, 214 00:12:07,233 --> 00:12:10,734 FRESH WATER, LIGHT, AND POWER SOURCES. 215 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,233 AN OLD MEDICINE CABINET. 216 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:17,333 OLD BUILDINGS LIKE THIS CAN BE TREASURE TROVES 217 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,233 FOR THE SCAVENGING SURVIVOR. 218 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:24,533 IT'S TOUGHENED GLASS, THIS. 219 00:12:26,433 --> 00:12:29,000 WHERE'S THAT NEWSPAPER? 220 00:12:29,066 --> 00:12:31,233 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN USE THIS TO GET INTO IT. 221 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:33,567 ORDINARY NEWSPAPER FOLDED CORRECTLY 222 00:12:33,634 --> 00:12:36,100 CAN MAKE A SERIOUSLY SOLID CLUB. 223 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:39,500 AND THEN JUST BEND IT. 224 00:12:39,567 --> 00:12:43,233 AND THEN THAT BECOMES REALLY HARD. 225 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:45,133 OKAY, LET'S GET INTO THIS. 226 00:12:54,467 --> 00:12:56,967 YOU GOT, LIKE, WOUND DRESSING LIKE THAT. 227 00:12:57,033 --> 00:12:59,867 IT'S ALWAYS USEFUL. USE THAT AS CORDAGE. 228 00:12:59,934 --> 00:13:01,200 TAKE THAT. 229 00:13:01,266 --> 00:13:03,834 THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING HERE 230 00:13:03,900 --> 00:13:07,166 WITH MULTIPLE POTENTIAL SURVIVOR USES. 231 00:13:07,233 --> 00:13:10,667 I THINK THAT'S -- THAT'S POTASSIUM MANGANATE. 232 00:13:10,734 --> 00:13:14,266 USE THAT, MIX IT WITH WATER, CLEAN A WOUND. 233 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:16,967 AND ALSO IF YOU WET IT, REAL PURPLE -- 234 00:13:17,033 --> 00:13:18,967 USE THAT, SPRINKLE IN THE SNOW, 235 00:13:19,033 --> 00:13:20,867 AND THAT WILL ACT JUST LIKE A MARKER -- 236 00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:22,367 AN AIR MARKER. 237 00:13:22,433 --> 00:13:26,166 THERE'S LOTS ELSE I CAN DO. LET'S TAKE THAT. 238 00:13:26,233 --> 00:13:28,033 ALL USEFUL STUFF, 239 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:30,000 BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO GET OFF THIS TOP FLOOR 240 00:13:30,066 --> 00:13:31,634 AND OUT OF THIS BUILDING. 241 00:13:31,700 --> 00:13:33,433 BUT WITH THE EXITS LOCKED, 242 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:36,066 YOU GOT TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER WAY DOWN. 243 00:13:36,133 --> 00:13:38,133 THERE'S AN ELEVATOR. 244 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:42,266 IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE POWER TO IT, THIS, THOUGH. 245 00:13:42,333 --> 00:13:44,333 IF WE GET INTO THE SHAFT, 246 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,567 YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THIS TO GET DOWN. 247 00:13:46,634 --> 00:13:48,000 ELEVATORS USUALLY HAVE 248 00:13:48,066 --> 00:13:50,634 A FIREMEN'S EMERGENCY ACCESS POINT. 249 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:52,533 IT'S PROBABLY THIS. LET'S SEE. 250 00:13:55,066 --> 00:13:59,400 AND THEY HAVE THIS POINT JUST SO FIREMEN CAN GET INTO LIFTS 251 00:13:59,467 --> 00:14:01,233 WHEN THERE'S NO POWER TO IT. 252 00:14:03,367 --> 00:14:06,166 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TRIGGER THE CATCH ON THIS. 253 00:14:11,734 --> 00:14:14,934 STEADY, STEADY, STEADY. 254 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,667 THERE'S DEFINITELY NO LIFT ON THIS FLOOR. 255 00:14:17,734 --> 00:14:20,033 [ BREATHES HEAVILY ] 256 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:24,300 THERE MUST BE AT LEAST SEVEN FLOORS DOWN THERE. 257 00:14:24,367 --> 00:14:26,667 NEED TO WORK OUT SOME WAY OF GETTING DOWN. 258 00:14:26,734 --> 00:14:31,000 THESE ELEVATOR CABLES COULD BE ONE OPTION. 259 00:14:31,066 --> 00:14:34,834 THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S JUST GREASE CITY ON THERE. 260 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:37,166 IT'S GONNA BE SO SLIPPY. 261 00:14:37,233 --> 00:14:40,533 NEED SOMETHING JUST TO GIVE A BIT OF FRICTION ON THAT. 262 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:41,867 [ METAL CLANKS ] 263 00:14:41,934 --> 00:14:43,967 AND I'VE FOUND JUST THE THING. 264 00:14:44,033 --> 00:14:45,800 USE THIS FIRE HOSE. 265 00:14:45,867 --> 00:14:47,767 THE TOUGH MATERIAL OF THIS FIRE HOSE 266 00:14:47,834 --> 00:14:49,634 WILL PROTECT MY HANDS AND FOREARMS 267 00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:52,266 AND CREATE FRICTION ON THE GREASY CABLES. 268 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:55,166 OKAY. 269 00:14:58,300 --> 00:14:59,700 GEE WHIZ. 270 00:14:59,767 --> 00:15:01,700 NOT THE TIME TO LOOK DOWN. 271 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:05,333 I'M 80 FOOT UP AND NEED TO GET A GRIP. 272 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,800 OKAY. [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 273 00:15:10,767 --> 00:15:13,100 AND, ACTUALLY, THE KEY WITH THIS -- 274 00:15:13,166 --> 00:15:16,967 TRYING TO USE MY LEG STRENGTH TO GRIP, RATHER THAN MY ARMS. 275 00:15:17,033 --> 00:15:20,600 A MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE IS RELYING ON THEIR ARM STRENGTH. 276 00:15:20,667 --> 00:15:23,533 IT'S NEVER GONNA BE AS STRONG AS YOUR LEGS. 277 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,700 LOOK, I'M JUST GRIPPING THE WIRE BETWEEN MY FEET. 278 00:15:28,967 --> 00:15:31,133 JUST SLOWLY SLIDE DOWN. 279 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:32,734 WHEN IN SERVICE, 280 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,400 ELEVATOR CABLES ARE CHECKED REGULARLY FOR SIGNS OF FATIGUE. 281 00:15:36,467 --> 00:15:38,333 BUT THESE ARE OLD AND UNUSED, 282 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,000 SO I CAN'T BE 100% SURE OF THEM. 283 00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:43,700 COME ON, NOW. 284 00:15:43,767 --> 00:15:45,300 UGH. 285 00:15:45,367 --> 00:15:46,967 PBHT, PBHT. 286 00:15:47,033 --> 00:15:50,200 TRYING TO GET MY FEET ON THESE STRUTS. 287 00:15:50,266 --> 00:15:53,900 UGH. 288 00:15:53,967 --> 00:15:56,000 I'M BRIDGED OUT HERE. 289 00:15:59,333 --> 00:16:02,734 GOOD GRIP. GOOD GRIP. 290 00:16:04,133 --> 00:16:06,934 THAT'S IT. 291 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,800 YOU COME DOWN TO ME. 292 00:16:08,867 --> 00:16:10,634 YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE ON. 293 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:13,266 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 294 00:16:15,567 --> 00:16:18,300 JUST GIVE US A CHANCE TO SHAKE OUT THE ARMS. 295 00:16:18,367 --> 00:16:19,800 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 296 00:16:19,867 --> 00:16:23,533 I'M ONLY HALFWAY DOWN, AND ALREADY MY ARMS ARE TIRED. 297 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,900 I GOT TO CONCENTRATE AND KEEP FOCUSED. 298 00:16:25,967 --> 00:16:28,433 A FALL HERE WILL BE SERIOUS. 299 00:16:29,934 --> 00:16:33,533 STARTING TO LOSE GRIP ON THIS. 300 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,834 UGH! 301 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:37,600 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 302 00:16:37,667 --> 00:16:40,166 RUNNING OUT OF GRIP BIG TIME DOWN THERE. 303 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:42,867 IT'S GETTING SO GREASY. 304 00:16:42,934 --> 00:16:45,166 THAT'S QUITE A LONG DESCENT, THERE. 305 00:16:45,233 --> 00:16:48,467 AND I'VE STILL GOT FIND A WAY THROUGH THE ELEVATOR CABIN. 306 00:16:48,533 --> 00:16:51,033 THERE MUST BE SOME WAY TO THE TOP OF THIS. 307 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:55,166 ALMOST ALWAYS A SAFETY HATCH AT THE TOP OF AN ELEVATOR. 308 00:16:55,233 --> 00:16:58,300 THIS IS JUST SOLID, THOUGH. 309 00:17:01,066 --> 00:17:03,934 THERE'S NO WAY OF GETTING AROUND THIS GAP. 310 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,800 LET'S TRY AROUND THE BACK. 311 00:17:07,867 --> 00:17:10,834 IT'S MUCH WIDER DOWN THE BACK. LOOK. 312 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:16,934 MUST BE WHERE -- WHERE THE COUNTERWEIGHTS RUN. 313 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,166 THERE'S A GAP OF ABOUT 10 INCHES -- 314 00:17:19,233 --> 00:17:22,033 A TIGHT SQUEEZE, BUT JUST ROOM FOR ME TO GET THROUGH. 315 00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:24,934 THE ELEVATOR APPEARS TO BE STUCK BETWEEN FLOORS, 316 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,533 AND I CAN SEE DAYLIGHT BENEATH, WHICH MIGHT MEAN AN EXIT. 317 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,200 GET UNDER THIS. COME BACK, COME BACK. 318 00:17:37,533 --> 00:17:40,467 WE'RE UNDERNEATH THE ELEVATOR HERE. 319 00:17:40,533 --> 00:17:42,066 THERE. 320 00:17:42,133 --> 00:17:46,367 BAD PLACE FOR THIS TO FALL. LET'S TRY AND GET OUT OF HERE. 321 00:17:46,433 --> 00:17:48,667 THERE'S A TON OF STEEL ABOVE, 322 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:51,333 WHICH COULD CRUSH ME LIKE A BUG. 323 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,734 WE NEED TO SHIFT THIS. 324 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,166 LET'S SHIFT THIS FOOTPLATE. 325 00:17:56,233 --> 00:17:58,066 THE FOOTPLATE PREVENTS PASSENGERS 326 00:17:58,133 --> 00:18:00,233 FROM SLIPPING UNDERNEATH THE ELEVATOR. 327 00:18:00,300 --> 00:18:02,667 IT'S THE WEAKEST PART OF THE STRUCTURE 328 00:18:02,734 --> 00:18:05,834 AND COULD PROVIDE A ROUTE OUT. 329 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:08,166 OKAY, IT'S GONNA BE TIGHT. 330 00:18:08,233 --> 00:18:10,567 THERE'S ONLY JUST ROOM TO SLIP THROUGH, 331 00:18:10,634 --> 00:18:12,467 BUT I'M NOT HANGING AROUND IN HERE 332 00:18:12,533 --> 00:18:15,333 FOR A MOMENT LONGER THAN I HAVE TO. 333 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:21,367 NOW TO GET THE CREW OUT. 334 00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:22,967 OKAY. 335 00:18:25,767 --> 00:18:28,266 OKAY. GOOD JOB IN THERE. 336 00:18:28,333 --> 00:18:33,133 I'M SAFELY DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL AND ON MY WAY. 337 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,500 NEXT UP, I'M PUTTING MY SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING 338 00:18:36,567 --> 00:18:38,667 TO AN EXPLOSIVE TEST. 339 00:18:38,734 --> 00:18:40,400 FINGERS IN EARS. 340 00:18:40,467 --> 00:18:42,300 [ EXPLOSION ] 341 00:18:51,533 --> 00:18:53,834 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 342 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:56,200 THIS TIME, I'VE SWAPPED NATURE'S WILDERNESS 343 00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:57,967 FOR A MAN-MADE WASTELAND. 344 00:18:58,033 --> 00:19:00,567 I'M ADAPTING MY SURVIVAL SKILLS TO THE DANGERS 345 00:19:00,634 --> 00:19:03,033 THAT FACE SOLDIERS TRAPPED BEHIND ENEMY LINES 346 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,667 AND SURVIVORS OF URBAN DISASTERS 347 00:19:04,734 --> 00:19:07,634 LIKE 9/11 AND KATRINA. 348 00:19:11,667 --> 00:19:14,100 AND RIGHT NOW, I'M ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FOOD. 349 00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:17,834 HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A NATURAL RAT RUN THROUGH HERE -- 350 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:20,166 YOU KNOW, TUCKED IN TIGHT TO THE WALL -- 351 00:19:20,233 --> 00:19:22,333 JUST THE SORT OF PLACE THEY'D LIKE. 352 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,033 GIVES THEM THAT FEELING OF SECURITY FROM ANY PREDATORS -- 353 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:26,567 GOT A LITTLE ESCAPE ROUTE. 354 00:19:26,634 --> 00:19:29,567 LOOK. PROBABLY SHOOT UP -- SHOOT UP THIS PIPE. 355 00:19:31,266 --> 00:19:33,033 AND WHAT IT DOES IS GIVE THEM A ROUTE 356 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:35,900 JUST FROM WHERE THEY'RE NESTING TO GO TO WHERE THEY'RE FEEDING. 357 00:19:35,967 --> 00:19:38,367 THIS MEANS IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A GOOD PLACE 358 00:19:38,433 --> 00:19:42,567 TO TRY AND SET A RAT TRAP, SEE IF I CATCH ONE OF THESE. 359 00:19:42,634 --> 00:19:45,200 JUST LIKE THE WILD, THE URBAN JUNGLE 360 00:19:45,266 --> 00:19:48,233 CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THE RAW MATERIALS YOU NEED. 361 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,533 THAT USED TO BE WELDING RODS. 362 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,867 THESE OLD INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS ARE FULL OF DISCARDED STUFF 363 00:19:58,934 --> 00:20:00,600 THAT I CAN USE TO BUILD A TRAP. 364 00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:05,300 THIS IS THE BIT THAT'S GONNA ACT AS THE ACTUAL DEADFALL. 365 00:20:05,367 --> 00:20:10,734 IT'S GONNA PROVIDE THE WEIGHT TO HOPEFULLY CATCH THE RAT. 366 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,667 AND THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF WEIGHT IN THIS. 367 00:20:14,734 --> 00:20:17,166 THESE HEAVY STEEL BARS WILL PROVIDE THE POWER 368 00:20:17,233 --> 00:20:18,834 IN MY DEADFALL TRAP. 369 00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:22,433 JUST USE THESE WELDING RODS AS A TRIGGER. 370 00:20:25,333 --> 00:20:27,600 WELDING RODS ARE MADE OF SOFT METALS 371 00:20:27,667 --> 00:20:30,567 THAT BEND EASILY AND RETAIN THEIR SHAPE. 372 00:20:30,634 --> 00:20:33,734 AND THIS WEDGES IN VERY DELICATELY. 373 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,900 WON'T TAKE MUCH TO TRIGGER IT. 374 00:20:36,967 --> 00:20:41,867 AND THEN JUST USE A FINAL WELDING ROD... 375 00:20:41,934 --> 00:20:44,500 TO MAKE A HOOP. 376 00:20:44,567 --> 00:20:49,600 IT'S GONNA BE THE RAMP FOR THE RAT TO GO ACROSS. 377 00:20:49,667 --> 00:20:54,533 AND THEN IF ANYTHING COMES ALONG AND STANDS ON THAT, 378 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,133 IT'S GONNA...TRIGGER IT. 379 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,700 OKAY, SO LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 380 00:21:00,767 --> 00:21:05,000 NO RATS ARE GONNA GO NEAR MY TRAP WHILE I'M IN THE AREA, 381 00:21:05,066 --> 00:21:06,533 SO I WANT TO GET WELL AWAY 382 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,200 TO GIVE IT THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS. 383 00:21:12,667 --> 00:21:16,967 SO, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO LOOK FOR A PLACE TO MAKE CAMP. 384 00:21:24,367 --> 00:21:27,400 OLD VEHICLES CAN BE EASIER TO SECURE AND INSULATE 385 00:21:27,467 --> 00:21:28,834 THAN OLD BUILDINGS 386 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:31,066 BUT SHOULD ALWAYS BE TREATED WITH CAUTION. 387 00:21:31,133 --> 00:21:34,767 YOU NEED TO BE A BIT CAREFUL WITH CARS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN -- 388 00:21:34,834 --> 00:21:38,333 THEY'RE NOT LEAKING GASOLINE AND OIL EVERYWHERE. 389 00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:44,800 BUT ACTUALLY NO REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T PATCH THIS UP A BIT 390 00:21:44,867 --> 00:21:46,400 AND SHELTER IN HERE. 391 00:21:46,467 --> 00:21:49,533 YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOOD PADDING IN THE ROOFING TO LIE ON, 392 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,500 ALL THIS UPHOLSTERY. 393 00:21:51,567 --> 00:21:54,834 AT LEAST SOME OF THE WINDOWS ARE IN, AS WELL. 394 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:56,200 OKAY. 395 00:21:56,266 --> 00:21:59,100 THIS CAR PROVIDES GOOD PROTECTION 396 00:21:59,166 --> 00:22:01,300 AND A FEW OTHER WELCOME EXTRAS. 397 00:22:03,033 --> 00:22:04,700 IT'S ANTIFREEZE. 398 00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:06,967 KEEP THAT, ACTUALLY. 399 00:22:07,033 --> 00:22:09,367 MIGHT BE USEFUL. 400 00:22:09,433 --> 00:22:14,433 WE'LL TRY AND GET SOME OF THIS SEATING FOAM OUT. 401 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:17,467 CAR SEATS ARE USUALLY FILLED WITH FOAM, 402 00:22:17,533 --> 00:22:19,500 WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT FORM OF INSULATION. 403 00:22:19,567 --> 00:22:21,767 IT CAN ACT AS A MAKESHIFT BED. 404 00:22:23,934 --> 00:22:26,634 AND THAT'S ALL GONNA BE GOOD TO LIE ON. 405 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:29,834 AND I RECKON ONE LAYER ON THE BOTTOM 406 00:22:29,900 --> 00:22:32,233 IS WORTH TWO LAYERS ON TOP OF YOU. 407 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:33,934 THE BODY LOSES HEAT TO THE GROUND 408 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,734 MANY TIMES FASTER THAN INTO THE AIR, 409 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:40,066 SO INSULATION BENEATH YOU IS A KEY TO KEEPING WARM. 410 00:22:40,133 --> 00:22:42,400 OKAY. 411 00:22:42,467 --> 00:22:45,634 NOW FOR A FIRE, AND THIS CAR CONTAINS 412 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:48,934 EVERYTHING I NEED TO GET ONE STARTED. 413 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,000 OKAY. GOT THAT. 414 00:22:52,066 --> 00:22:56,266 NOW I JUST NEED TO GET... ONE OF THESE HEADLIGHTS OUT. 415 00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:58,166 WITH A HEADLIGHT AND A BATTERY, 416 00:22:58,233 --> 00:23:01,266 I CAN MAKE AN IMPROVISED FIRE-STARTER. 417 00:23:01,333 --> 00:23:03,100 [ GLASS SHATTERS ] 418 00:23:03,166 --> 00:23:07,400 WHAT I WANT IS ACTUALLY THE LITTLE BULB -- 419 00:23:07,467 --> 00:23:09,634 HERE YOU GO -- INSIDE IT. 420 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:13,634 THE EXPOSED FILAMENT WILL ACT AS AN ELECTRIC LIGHTER. 421 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:15,233 THERE YOU GO. 422 00:23:15,300 --> 00:23:17,934 THAT'S A BULB WITH STILL THE FILAMENT IN IT. 423 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,734 CHANNELING ALL THE BATTERY'S POWER 424 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,133 WILL CAUSE THIS FILAMENT TO OVERHEAT AND BURN OUT. 425 00:23:32,066 --> 00:23:34,667 I'VE MADE MY SHELTER, AND I'VE GOT FIRE, 426 00:23:34,734 --> 00:23:36,166 BUT NIGHT IS FALLING FAST, 427 00:23:36,233 --> 00:23:38,900 AND IT'S TIME TO GO AND CHECK ON MY RAT TRAP. 428 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:45,934 THIS IS WHERE THE TRAP WAS. 429 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,367 IT LOOKS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN TRIGGERED. 430 00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:55,000 BUT MY TRAP IS EMPTY. 431 00:23:55,066 --> 00:23:58,100 HANG ON. LOOK. THE GUT'S HERE, THOUGH. 432 00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:04,166 YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WILL OFTEN HAPPEN 433 00:24:04,233 --> 00:24:05,967 IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, 434 00:24:06,033 --> 00:24:09,800 YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'VE GOT WILD CATS, FOXES. 435 00:24:09,867 --> 00:24:14,066 YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT GET A KILL, BUT THEN YOU GET BEATEN TO IT. 436 00:24:14,133 --> 00:24:18,066 I'M NOT THE ONLY THING TRYING TO SURVIVE HERE. 437 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,433 WITH NOTHING IN MY TRAP, 438 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:25,700 I'M ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANY OTHER FOOD. 439 00:24:25,767 --> 00:24:28,667 AROUND HERE, OPTIONS ARE LIMITED. 440 00:24:28,734 --> 00:24:31,867 BUT BACK IN MY CAMP, I MAKE A FIND. 441 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:38,133 I FOUND A LOAD OF WOOD LICE JUST GETTING FIREWOOD. 442 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,700 THAT'S KIND OF PLAN "B" FOR SUPPER. 443 00:24:42,767 --> 00:24:45,233 IT ACTUALLY KIND OF REMINDS ME OF HOME. 444 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:47,967 WHERE I LIVE'S INFESTED WITH WOOD LICE. 445 00:24:48,033 --> 00:24:52,634 WOOD LICE ARE SMALL CRUSTACEANS FOUND IN THE DAMP AND DARK. 446 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:54,934 LIKE RATS, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A PEST, 447 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,734 BUT THEY DON'T SPREAD DISEASE, SO THEY'RE SAFER TO EAT. 448 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,500 AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THEY'LL START TO POP IN A MINUTE. 449 00:25:02,567 --> 00:25:05,667 THERE YOU GO -- KIND OF LIKE NATURE'S POPCORN. 450 00:25:05,734 --> 00:25:08,266 WHEN THEY STOP POPPING LIKE THAT, 451 00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:11,066 THEY'RE BASICALLY GOOD TO EAT. 452 00:25:11,133 --> 00:25:15,333 WOOD LICE ARE COMMONLY EATEN BY BIRDS AND OTHER INSECTIVORES, 453 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,667 BUT THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME. 454 00:25:17,734 --> 00:25:20,967 DEFINITELY BETTER COOKED THAN RAW. 455 00:25:21,033 --> 00:25:23,100 TASTE A BIT LIKE SHRIMP. 456 00:25:25,266 --> 00:25:28,066 IT'S PROBABLY WORSE. 457 00:25:28,133 --> 00:25:30,400 THESE ARE ABOUT 90% PROTEIN. 458 00:25:30,467 --> 00:25:32,900 GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT THE REST OF IT IS. 459 00:25:32,967 --> 00:25:35,767 THAT -- GOOD SURVIVAL FOOD. 460 00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:40,467 IF I COULDN'T GET A RAT, IT'S THE NEXT BEST THING. 461 00:25:40,533 --> 00:25:43,634 NOT MUCH FOR A MEAL, BUT AT LEAST IT'S SOMETHING. 462 00:25:45,266 --> 00:25:49,233 TIME NOW TO TRY AND GET SOME SLEEP. 463 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:53,133 JUST 'CAUSE I'M IN THE CITY DOESN'T MEAN THE END RESULT 464 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,200 IS MUCH DIFFERENT REALLY TO SLEEPING ROUGH IN THE WILD. 465 00:25:56,266 --> 00:26:00,200 I'M STILL PRETTY COLD, STILL PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE. 466 00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:05,100 IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE, IT'S DOWN TO EARTH WITH A BUMP. 467 00:26:05,166 --> 00:26:06,934 BAD PLACE TO FALL. 468 00:26:27,533 --> 00:26:30,567 I SPENT AN UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT 469 00:26:30,634 --> 00:26:33,800 IN AN ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL AREA IN EASTERN EUROPE. 470 00:26:33,867 --> 00:26:35,533 I'VE BEEN COLD, WET, AND HUNGRY, 471 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:40,033 BUT MORNING THROWN UP AN INTERESTING FIND. 472 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:44,000 IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO COME ACROSS THESE SORT OF GAS PIPES 473 00:26:44,066 --> 00:26:48,066 COMING OUT OF BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, FOR WORKERS TO USE. 474 00:26:48,133 --> 00:26:52,233 BUT, LOOK, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A COMBINATION OF ACETYLENE... 475 00:26:54,033 --> 00:26:55,700 ...AND THEN OXYGEN, 476 00:26:55,767 --> 00:26:58,433 AND, YOU KNOW, WORKERS WILL USE THAT FOR WELDING WITH. 477 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,834 YOU KNOW, THE COMBINATION -- 478 00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:05,667 THE COMBINATION OF THAT COULD BE HIGHLY VOLATILE... 479 00:27:05,734 --> 00:27:10,700 BUT, ALSO, IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, USEFUL. 480 00:27:10,767 --> 00:27:12,834 LET'S GET THIS UP. 481 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:14,367 IT'S WELL-DOCUMENTED 482 00:27:14,433 --> 00:27:16,433 THAT EXPLOSIVES CAN BE IMPROVISED 483 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:18,734 FROM A VARIETY OF FLAMMABLE MATERIALS, 484 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,634 BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY THE TERRITORY OF THE PROFESSIONALS. 485 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:24,800 NOW, WE WERE TRAINED IN DEMOLITIONS 486 00:27:24,867 --> 00:27:26,900 IN THE SPECIAL FORCES, 487 00:27:26,967 --> 00:27:31,100 AND BLOWING DOORS AND CONTROLLED EXPLOSIONS 488 00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:33,700 ARE ALL ABOUT DIRECTING THAT FORCE. 489 00:27:33,767 --> 00:27:35,734 BREACHING DOORS CAN BE THE ONLY WAY 490 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,533 TO ACCESS A LOCKED BUILDING. 491 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,967 PUTTING BIG, HEAVY BALLAST IN FRONT OF IT 492 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:42,300 STOPS THE EXPLOSION GOING OUT THIS WAY. 493 00:27:42,367 --> 00:27:48,233 I WANT IT DIRECTED AGAINST THAT, THE LOCK AND HINGES. 494 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,033 AND NOW FOR THE ACTUAL BUSINESS END, 495 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:51,667 THE ACTUAL EXPLOSION. 496 00:27:51,734 --> 00:27:55,600 I KNOW SOME TRICKS OF THE TRADE THAT JUST AREN'T FOR SHARING. 497 00:27:55,667 --> 00:27:57,467 BUT I'M CONFIDENT -- 498 00:27:57,533 --> 00:27:59,600 I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN BLOW THIS DOOR. 499 00:27:59,667 --> 00:28:01,867 OKAY, LET ME GET INTO THIS. 500 00:28:01,934 --> 00:28:03,533 FOR SOLDIERS AND SPIES, 501 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,133 GAINING ACCESS TO BUILDINGS 502 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,767 IS A VITAL STRATEGIC AND SURVIVAL SKILL. 503 00:28:07,834 --> 00:28:09,767 THIS THING'S SET TO BLOW. 504 00:28:09,834 --> 00:28:12,367 SOAK THIS BANDAGE IN THE DIESEL. 505 00:28:12,433 --> 00:28:14,300 BUT IT SHOULD NEVER BE ATTEMPTED 506 00:28:14,367 --> 00:28:16,500 WITHOUT THE PROPER TRAINING. 507 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:20,500 AS SOON AS THIS LIGHTS, YOU MOVE BACK. 508 00:28:20,567 --> 00:28:22,400 DO EXACTLY AS I SAY, OKAY? 509 00:28:25,967 --> 00:28:28,333 OKAY. 510 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,600 FINGERS IN EARS. 511 00:28:36,367 --> 00:28:37,867 [ EXPLOSION ] 512 00:28:37,934 --> 00:28:40,467 THE CHARGE IS DETONATED WITH A LOUD EXPLOSION 513 00:28:40,533 --> 00:28:42,600 AND A SERIOUS FIREBALL. 514 00:28:42,667 --> 00:28:44,300 WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN. 515 00:28:44,367 --> 00:28:46,500 THE WOOD AROUND THE ENTRANCE IS ALIGHT, 516 00:28:46,567 --> 00:28:48,967 AND I WANT TO WAIT FOR THE FLAME TO DIE DOWN. 517 00:28:49,033 --> 00:28:51,900 THE DOOR'S BEEN SUCCESSFULLY BLOWN, 518 00:28:51,967 --> 00:28:54,667 BUT I GOT TO GET THROUGH THE FLAMES TO GET IN. 519 00:29:03,834 --> 00:29:06,200 CHECK OUT THE SCALE OF THIS PLACE. 520 00:29:06,266 --> 00:29:09,467 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE WILD 521 00:29:09,533 --> 00:29:12,567 THAT CAN FEEL VAST AND INTIMIDATING. 522 00:29:12,634 --> 00:29:14,467 IT'S JUST HUGE. 523 00:29:14,533 --> 00:29:17,233 IT'S A MASSIVE ABANDONED WORKSHOP 524 00:29:17,300 --> 00:29:19,133 THE SIZE OF FOUR FOOTBALL FIELDS 525 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,166 AND THE HEIGHT OF A CATHEDRAL. 526 00:29:21,233 --> 00:29:23,834 ALL THE WORKERS HAVE LONG GONE, 527 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:27,166 BUT OTHER CREATURES HAVE STARTED TO SETTLE IN. 528 00:29:27,233 --> 00:29:30,100 LOOK, THERE'S FEATHERS EVERYWHERE HERE. 529 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,066 IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY GONNA BE PIGEON. 530 00:29:36,133 --> 00:29:38,567 IT'S JUST THE SORT OF PLACE THEY'RE GONNA LIKE -- 531 00:29:38,634 --> 00:29:40,033 BIG, OLD, ABANDONED BUILDING, 532 00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:42,266 LOADS OF PLACE TO SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER. 533 00:29:42,333 --> 00:29:44,266 YOU KNOW, BUT WHERE THERE'S PIGEONS, 534 00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:46,600 THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE EGGS. 535 00:29:46,667 --> 00:29:50,600 WHAT I DO KNOW ABOUT PIGEONS IS THEY LIKE TO NEST HIGH. 536 00:29:50,667 --> 00:29:52,300 GETTING UP HIGH IN THIS BUILDING 537 00:29:52,367 --> 00:29:55,367 MEANS A CLIMB UP THROUGH A SERIOUS FOREST OF METAL. 538 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,634 OH. 539 00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:06,667 FEELING A BIT LIKE CLIMBING TREES. 540 00:30:06,734 --> 00:30:09,734 GOT TO MAKE SURE OF EACH HOLE BEFORE YOU MOVE. 541 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,734 THE ONLY THING IS, THIS TIME, LOOK. 542 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,600 IT'S ALL JUST COVERED IN THIS GREASE AND GRIME. 543 00:30:19,066 --> 00:30:20,934 IT'S A TOUGH AND DIRTY CLIMB, 544 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,400 BUT I'M UP TO THE FIRST LEVEL AND CLOSER TO MY PREY. 545 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:30,900 YOU SEE BROKEN WINDOWS ON THE TOP. 546 00:30:30,967 --> 00:30:33,700 THAT'S GONNA BE WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN AND OUT OF. 547 00:30:33,767 --> 00:30:36,934 IT'S ALSO PROBABLY WHERE THEY'RE NESTING, THEN. 548 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,867 GONNA TRY AND GET UP THERE. 549 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,033 GETTING TO THE TOP OF THIS BUILDING 550 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:47,300 IS LIKE TRYING TO REACH THE HEIGHTS OF THE JUNGLE CANOPY. 551 00:30:47,367 --> 00:30:50,567 IT REQUIRES A MIX OF STRENGTH, TECHNIQUE, 552 00:30:50,634 --> 00:30:52,867 AND A SERIOUS HEAD FOR HEIGHTS. 553 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:57,200 I'M AT THE TOP, 554 00:30:57,266 --> 00:31:01,100 BUT THERE'S STILL A DIFFICULT BEAM TO NEGOTIATE. 555 00:31:01,166 --> 00:31:02,734 I'M 100 FOOT UP, 556 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,600 AND THIS STEEL RAIL IS ONLY INCHES WIDE. 557 00:31:06,667 --> 00:31:10,500 NEED TO REALLY KEEP -- KEEP MY BALANCE ON THE EDGE OF THIS. 558 00:31:10,567 --> 00:31:15,800 IT'S A LONG...WAY DOWN ONTO STEEL. 559 00:31:15,867 --> 00:31:17,734 THIS HAS MY NERVES TINGLING 560 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,867 AND ALL MY SENSES WORKING OVERTIME, 561 00:31:20,934 --> 00:31:23,300 EVEN MY SENSE OF SMELL. 562 00:31:23,367 --> 00:31:29,266 THE WHOLE PLACE JUST STINKS OF ROTTING PIGEON CARCASS 563 00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:31,967 AND ALL OF THESE DROPPINGS, 564 00:31:32,033 --> 00:31:35,000 ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OLD SHELLS HERE. 565 00:31:35,066 --> 00:31:37,100 IT'S A GOOD SIGN. 566 00:31:37,166 --> 00:31:40,367 YOU KNOW, NORMALLY, IN THE WILD, PIGEONS ONLY BREED ONCE A YEAR 567 00:31:40,433 --> 00:31:42,233 WHEN THERE'S GOOD FOOD SOURCE AROUND, 568 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:44,233 BUT IN THE CITY, WHERE THERE'S MORE FOOD, 569 00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:46,100 THEY'LL BREED UP TO SIX TIMES A YEAR. 570 00:31:46,166 --> 00:31:48,934 SO THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OF FINDING SOME EGGS ALONG HERE. 571 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,467 WILD PIGEONS NEST IN CLIFF TOPS, 572 00:31:51,533 --> 00:31:52,834 AND THEIR URBAN COUSINS 573 00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:56,767 ALSO CHOOSE HIGH, INACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS. 574 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,800 AND THIS IS ABOUT AS INACCESSIBLE AS IT GETS. 575 00:32:05,867 --> 00:32:09,667 BAD PLACE TO FALL. LET'S TAKE IT STEADY HERE. 576 00:32:09,734 --> 00:32:12,767 A FALL FROM THIS HEIGHT WOULD MEAN CERTAIN DEATH, 577 00:32:12,834 --> 00:32:14,300 BUT THERE'S A NEST. 578 00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:18,100 THERE'S SOME EGGS IN THIS ONE. 579 00:32:18,166 --> 00:32:21,266 HERE YOU GO. 580 00:32:21,333 --> 00:32:25,200 YOU KNOW, AND ALL BIRD EGGS ARE FINE JUST TO EAT RAW 581 00:32:25,266 --> 00:32:28,367 AS LONG AS THEY DON'T SMELL ROTTEN WHEN YOU OPEN THEM. 582 00:32:28,433 --> 00:32:30,166 THAT'S GONNA BE FINE. 583 00:32:36,166 --> 00:32:38,900 NUTRITIOUS MEAL ON THE GO. 584 00:32:38,967 --> 00:32:41,734 TIME NOW TO HEAD BACK DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL, 585 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,300 BUT NOT TOO FAST. 586 00:32:44,367 --> 00:32:47,567 ALMOST WENT STRAIGHT OFF THE EDGE OF THIS. 587 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,300 I'VE CLIMBED HIGH IN THE URBAN JUNGLE 588 00:33:03,367 --> 00:33:04,900 IN SEARCH OF FOOD. 589 00:33:04,967 --> 00:33:09,600 NOW I'M LOOKING FOR AN EASIER WAY BACK DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL. 590 00:33:14,433 --> 00:33:18,133 JUST GIVE THIS THE SHOULDER. 591 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,600 Man: WHAT? 592 00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:27,600 ALMOST WENT STRAIGHT OFF THE EDGE OF THIS. 593 00:33:27,667 --> 00:33:30,533 THAT MUST BE SIX OR SEVEN STORIES DOWN. 594 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,367 THAT'S A GOOD 100 FOOT. 595 00:33:33,433 --> 00:33:36,100 NEED TO WORK OUT SOME WAY TO TRY AND GET DOWN THERE. 596 00:33:38,066 --> 00:33:40,300 IT'S NOT GONNA BE THIS WAY. 597 00:33:40,367 --> 00:33:42,967 THIS BOILER HOUSE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY STRIPPED 598 00:33:43,033 --> 00:33:45,333 AND APPEARS TO HAVE NO FLOORS OR STAIRS. 599 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,533 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ACROSS THIS LEDGE. 600 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,233 LOOK. CLOSE TO THE WALL. 601 00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:50,867 GET ALL THE WAY TO THAT -- 602 00:33:50,934 --> 00:33:54,100 SEE THAT METAL PIPE GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE FLOOR. 603 00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:55,734 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN REACH THAT. 604 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,533 BUT THAT MEANS A HEAD-SPINNING SHUFFLE ALONG THIS LEDGE. 605 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,800 YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, THIS SORT OF THING. 606 00:34:01,867 --> 00:34:04,033 YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS AT GROUND LEVEL, 607 00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:08,700 I WOULDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT JUST SCAMPERING ALONG THIS. 608 00:34:08,767 --> 00:34:11,133 BUT SOMEHOW, 609 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:15,700 WHEN YOU GOT A DROP LIKE THAT NEXT TO YOU... 610 00:34:15,767 --> 00:34:17,700 IT KIND OF MESSES WITH YOUR HEAD, YOU KNOW? 611 00:34:17,767 --> 00:34:20,700 YOU GOT TO KEEP FOCUSED ON YOUR FEET 612 00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:22,967 AND EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING THEM. 613 00:34:23,033 --> 00:34:26,700 TRY TO BLOCK OUT EVERYTHING ELSE. 614 00:34:26,767 --> 00:34:29,634 I'M FINDING THIS MORE DIFFICULT THAN I EXPECTED. 615 00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:31,600 THE HARD CONCRETE AND SHARP ANGLES 616 00:34:31,667 --> 00:34:33,033 OF THIS MAN-MADE STRUCTURE 617 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:35,800 MAKE THIS MORE SCARY THAN ANY CLIFF TOP. 618 00:34:35,867 --> 00:34:38,266 [ WHISTLES LIGHTLY ] 619 00:34:44,033 --> 00:34:46,467 THIS WHOLE THING'S LOOSE HERE. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 620 00:34:46,533 --> 00:34:48,800 YOU GET SCARED AND START REACHING FOR THINGS. 621 00:34:51,033 --> 00:34:53,433 OKAY, I'M AT THE PIPE. 622 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:56,300 AND THERE YOU SEE THIS PIPE RUNS 623 00:34:56,367 --> 00:35:01,066 ALL THE WAY FROM CEILING DOWN TO FLOOR. 624 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:03,367 BUT, ACTUALLY, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FRICTION ON THIS -- 625 00:35:03,433 --> 00:35:05,033 ALL THIS RUST. 626 00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:09,667 IT'S GONNA BE A BIT LIKE A GIANT FIREMAN POLE. 627 00:35:09,734 --> 00:35:12,266 IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN, 628 00:35:12,333 --> 00:35:15,533 AND THIS HEATING PIPE IS OLD AND RUSTY. 629 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,533 THERE'S NO WAY I'LL BE ABLE TO RELY ON MY ARM STRENGTH ALONE, 630 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,367 SO I HAVE TO WRAP MY LEGS AROUND IT 631 00:35:20,433 --> 00:35:23,233 AND HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE. 632 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:25,266 STRONG INNER THIGHS. 633 00:35:25,333 --> 00:35:29,200 SO FAR, SO GOOD, BUT THE PIPE BENDS BELOW ME, 634 00:35:29,266 --> 00:35:31,767 MAKING IT MUCH HARDER TO NEGOTIATE. 635 00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:37,667 IT'S A STRUGGLE TO KEEP MY GRIP, 636 00:35:37,734 --> 00:35:39,400 AND WITH ALL THE DUST AND DIRT, 637 00:35:39,467 --> 00:35:41,667 IT'S BECOMING HARD TO SEE AND BREATHE. 638 00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:47,500 [ COUGHING ] 639 00:35:47,567 --> 00:35:49,433 I'M ONE LEVEL DOWN. 640 00:35:52,934 --> 00:35:56,800 LET'S TRY AND GET DOWN TO THE NEXT BIT. 641 00:35:56,867 --> 00:35:58,600 LET'S GET RID OF THAT. 642 00:36:02,066 --> 00:36:04,467 IT'S STRAIGHT DOWN FOR THREE FLOORS. 643 00:36:04,533 --> 00:36:06,567 CONTROL HERE IS EVERYTHING. 644 00:36:06,634 --> 00:36:09,700 A FAST DESCENT COULD BE AS DANGEROUS AS A FALL. 645 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:12,567 OKAY, THIS ONE'S A ONE-WAY TICKET. 646 00:36:12,634 --> 00:36:14,133 PBHT. 647 00:36:15,700 --> 00:36:19,266 I'VE REACHED THE END OF THE PIPE, 648 00:36:19,333 --> 00:36:21,834 BUT I'M STILL NOT DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL. 649 00:36:21,900 --> 00:36:24,200 [ COUGHING ] 650 00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:28,133 OKAY, WE'RE JUST ONE STORY UP FROM THE GROUND HERE. 651 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,934 WE'RE ABOUT 25 FOOT. JUST THIS LAST LITTLE BIT. 652 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,166 LET'S TRY AND GET ACROSS HERE. LOOK. 653 00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:37,567 I WANT TO GET ACROSS THIS DANGEROUS ELEVATED MAZE, 654 00:36:37,634 --> 00:36:40,567 DOZENS OF CRUMBLING OLD CONCRETE WALLS 655 00:36:40,634 --> 00:36:43,567 WITH BONE-BREAKING DROPS ON ALL SIDES. 656 00:36:45,934 --> 00:36:50,800 THE LIGHT IS FADING FAST, SO I WANT TO GET DOWN QUICKLY. 657 00:36:50,867 --> 00:36:53,200 AND I FOUND SOMETHING TO HELP. 658 00:36:53,266 --> 00:36:58,000 USE THESE FAN BELTS TO MAKE, LIKE, CHAIN LINK. 659 00:36:58,066 --> 00:37:01,166 IT BECOMES, THEN, AN IMPROVISED CAVING LADDER. 660 00:37:01,233 --> 00:37:05,734 JUST LAY ONE OVER THE OTHER, REACH UNDER. 661 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,300 AND AS YOU PULL IT THROUGH, 662 00:37:08,367 --> 00:37:12,834 YOU GET THAT CHAIN EFFECT, LIKE THAT. 663 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:16,133 INDUSTRIAL FAN BELTS ARE MADE OF REINFORCED RUBBER, 664 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,934 WHICH ARE DESIGNED NOT TO STRETCH 665 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,500 EVEN UNDER SEVERE LOADS. 666 00:37:21,567 --> 00:37:26,300 JUST GONNA LARKS-FOOT THIS 'ROUND THIS CONCRETE BEAM. 667 00:37:26,367 --> 00:37:28,266 A LARKS-FOOT IS A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE 668 00:37:28,333 --> 00:37:30,333 FOR TYING OFF CLIMBING ROPES 669 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,266 AND WILL HOLD MY LADDER IN PLACE. 670 00:37:33,333 --> 00:37:36,667 LET'S GIVE THIS A TEST. 671 00:37:36,734 --> 00:37:39,100 MY LADDER'S GOING TO BE STRONG, 672 00:37:39,166 --> 00:37:40,867 BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRENGTH 673 00:37:40,934 --> 00:37:42,767 OF THIS OLD FLOOR THAT IT'S ATTACHED TO. 674 00:37:42,834 --> 00:37:45,367 LIKE WOOD, STEEL-REINFORCED CONCRETE 675 00:37:45,433 --> 00:37:49,200 WEATHERS AND ROTS OVER TIME, MAKING IT BRITTLE AND WEAK. 676 00:37:49,266 --> 00:37:51,133 OH. 677 00:37:54,634 --> 00:37:57,500 GOD BLESS OLD-FASHIONED ENGINEERING. 678 00:37:57,567 --> 00:38:00,500 IT STAYED IN PLACE, AND I'M ON THE GROUND. 679 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:08,033 IT'S TIME TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS BUILDING 680 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:09,700 BEFORE IT GETS DARK. 681 00:38:09,767 --> 00:38:11,900 IT'S TREACHEROUS MOVING THROUGH TERRAIN LIKE THIS 682 00:38:11,967 --> 00:38:15,233 WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BENEATH YOUR FEET. 683 00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:16,934 OH, GOD. 684 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,734 I ALMOST WENT DOWN THIS. IT'S SOME SORT OF SHAFT. 685 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,367 SO WATCH WHERE YOU TREAD. LOOK. 686 00:38:23,433 --> 00:38:25,533 THERE'S AN UNDERGROUND CHAMBER BENEATH US 687 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,734 WHICH MIGHT BE WORTH EXPLORING. 688 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:33,333 THERE MIGHT BE A WAY OUT FOR US DOWN THERE. 689 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,300 WE NEED SOME SORT OF TORCH, SO HANG ON. 690 00:38:35,367 --> 00:38:38,667 I CAN USE THE THINGS I'VE COLLECTED ALONG THE WAY 691 00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:41,700 TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY SELF-IGNITING TORCH. 692 00:38:41,767 --> 00:38:44,734 BANDAGES FROM THE MEDICINE CABINET... 693 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,934 ANTIFREEZE FROM MY OVERNIGHT CAR... 694 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,600 OKAY, THAT WILL DO. 695 00:38:48,667 --> 00:38:51,133 ...AND THIS POTASSIUM MANGANATE, 696 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,333 WHICH SHOULD REACT WITH THE ETHYLENE GLYCOL 697 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,200 IN THE ANTIFREEZE TO CREATE FIRE. 698 00:38:57,266 --> 00:38:59,800 THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON THIS NOW. 699 00:38:59,867 --> 00:39:04,200 IT WILL TAKE ABOUT A MINUTE TO START COMBUSTING. 700 00:39:06,567 --> 00:39:09,867 THE LEVELS OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL IN COLD-COUNTRY ANTIFREEZE 701 00:39:09,934 --> 00:39:12,166 SPEEDS UP THE REACTION TIME TO SECONDS, 702 00:39:12,233 --> 00:39:13,800 AND WE HAVE IGNITION. 703 00:39:13,867 --> 00:39:17,066 OKAY, WE GOT FIRE. GOT LIGHT. 704 00:39:17,133 --> 00:39:19,934 LET'S GET INTO THIS PLACE. 705 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,433 AND ONCE UNDERGROUND, 706 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:24,200 I'M UP TO MY NECK IN THE SMELLY STUFF. 707 00:39:24,266 --> 00:39:27,200 OH, GOD, MAN. I'M HOOKED ON THIS PIPE. 708 00:39:34,233 --> 00:39:36,634 [ WATER SLOSHING ] 709 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:39,600 I'M PUTTING MY WILDERNESS SURVIVAL SKILLS TO THE TEST 710 00:39:39,667 --> 00:39:42,500 IN A MAN-MADE UNDERGROUND LABYRINTH. 711 00:39:42,567 --> 00:39:44,934 THERE'S ANOTHER TUNNEL LEADING OFF THIS WAY. 712 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,066 THERE'S PUTRID SEWAGE UP TO MY WAIST, 713 00:39:47,133 --> 00:39:49,634 AND I NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHERE I PUT MY FEET. 714 00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:53,400 UGH. 715 00:39:53,467 --> 00:39:55,166 PBHT. 716 00:39:55,233 --> 00:39:56,934 THERE'S A STEP HERE. 717 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,433 IT'S SHALLOWER HERE, 718 00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:03,734 BUT THE STENCH OF SEWAGE IS STILL OVERPOWERING. 719 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:08,433 STINKS. IT SMELLS LIKE A SEWER HERE. 720 00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:12,133 SEWERS ARE LIKE UNDERGROUND HIGHWAYS LINKING URBAN AREAS, 721 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,100 SO THEY'RE GOOD FOR GETTING FROM PLACE TO PLACE. 722 00:40:15,166 --> 00:40:18,433 BUT THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS DRAWBACKS. 723 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:22,800 BACTERIA FROM HUMAN EXCREMENT CAN ACTUALLY GET INTO YOUR BODY 724 00:40:22,867 --> 00:40:24,567 THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 725 00:40:24,634 --> 00:40:27,233 YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THROUGH CUTS AND GRAZES, 726 00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:29,233 BUT ALSO ACTUALLY THROUGH YOUR NOSE AND YOUR MOUTH 727 00:40:29,300 --> 00:40:31,634 JUST BY BREATHING IT IN. 728 00:40:31,700 --> 00:40:34,166 DISEASES LIKE CHOLERA AND TYPHOID 729 00:40:34,233 --> 00:40:36,300 CAN BE CARRIED IN SEWAGE BACTERIA, 730 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:40,467 SO I WANT TO LIMIT MY EXPOSURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 731 00:40:42,033 --> 00:40:44,934 IT'S ALSO WORTH KEEPING THE TORCH LOW, ACTUALLY. 732 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,033 EXCREMENT'S GONNA GIVE OFF METHANE, 733 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:50,834 AND THAT'S LIGHTER THAN AIR, SO IT'S GONNA RISE, 734 00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,233 AND YOU OFTEN GET TRAPPED POCKETS OF IT. 735 00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:56,800 AND METHANE'S HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE. 736 00:40:56,867 --> 00:41:00,367 POISONOUS GASES LIKE AMMONIA AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE 737 00:41:00,433 --> 00:41:01,767 MAY ALSO BE PRESENT, 738 00:41:01,834 --> 00:41:05,200 SO I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND. 739 00:41:05,266 --> 00:41:08,367 BUT THESE TUNNELS RUN FOR MILES IN ALL DIRECTIONS, 740 00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:11,100 AND EXITS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. 741 00:41:12,667 --> 00:41:14,600 LET'S GO THIS WAY. 742 00:41:14,667 --> 00:41:18,834 I CAN FEEL A COLD AIRFLOW, AND I'M GONNA FOLLOW IT. 743 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:22,367 THERE'S ALSO A LIGHT SOURCE COMING FROM THIS SIDE TUNNEL. 744 00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:26,133 IT DOES LOOK PRETTY DARK AND SINISTER, THIS TUNNEL. 745 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,834 NO, BUT AS LONG AS I'M FEELING THIS WIND ON MY FACE, 746 00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:33,033 I KNOW THERE'S AN AIRFLOW COMING THROUGH HERE. 747 00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:35,734 AND I CAN STILL SEE THAT LIGHT SOURCE. 748 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,734 IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. I RECKON WE CAN DO THIS. 749 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,934 THIS COULD BE A WAY OUT, 750 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,600 BUT IT'S A NARROW SQUEEZE IN THIS STORM DRAIN 751 00:41:44,667 --> 00:41:46,867 WITH LITTLE HEADROOM BETWEEN THE WATER LEVEL 752 00:41:46,934 --> 00:41:48,967 AND THE TUNNEL ROOF. 753 00:41:49,033 --> 00:41:50,700 ON THE STORM DRAINS, 754 00:41:50,767 --> 00:41:52,533 THEY CAN FILL UP WITH WATER VERY FAST, 755 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:53,934 LITERALLY IN MINUTES. 756 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,133 IT IS NOT A PLACE TO HANG AROUND. 757 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:59,567 RAINWATERS FROM OUTSIDE CAN QUICKLY FILL UP A STORM DRAIN, 758 00:41:59,634 --> 00:42:02,000 FORCING OUT THE AIR INSIDE THE TUNNEL, 759 00:42:02,066 --> 00:42:05,000 AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALREADY GETTING HARD TO BREATHE. 760 00:42:05,066 --> 00:42:06,100 [ COUGHS ] 761 00:42:06,166 --> 00:42:08,300 GONNA QUELL ALL THE SMOKE BUILDUP NOW. 762 00:42:08,367 --> 00:42:10,367 [ COUGHING ] 763 00:42:10,433 --> 00:42:12,667 MY TORCH IS USING UP PRECIOUS OXYGEN 764 00:42:12,734 --> 00:42:14,934 AND REPLACING IT WITH NOXIOUS FUMES. 765 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,467 I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE, AND FAST. 766 00:42:17,533 --> 00:42:21,467 JUST ABOUT ENOUGH ROOM TO GET OUT OF THIS. 767 00:42:21,533 --> 00:42:23,700 [ SIGHS ] 768 00:42:23,767 --> 00:42:26,033 NOW LET ME GET THE TORCH THROUGH. 769 00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:28,100 THERE SEEMS TO BE A WAY OUT, 770 00:42:28,166 --> 00:42:32,400 BUT THIS HOLE IS GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. 771 00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:35,500 OH, GOD, MAN. I'M HOOKED ON THIS PIPE. 772 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,867 BUT I'VE LINKED THROUGH TO ANOTHER TUNNEL, 773 00:42:41,934 --> 00:42:43,300 AND THERE'S A WAY OUT. 774 00:42:43,367 --> 00:42:45,800 WELL, WE'RE GOING UP TO THE LIGHT HERE. 775 00:42:45,867 --> 00:42:48,533 THERE'S A MANHOLE COVER ABOVE ME. 776 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,767 I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN OPEN IT. 777 00:42:54,934 --> 00:42:56,934 WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE. 778 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,834 ONE FINAL PUSH, AND THE COVER IS OFF. 779 00:43:00,900 --> 00:43:02,900 UGH! 780 00:43:02,967 --> 00:43:05,100 THIS TAKES US OUT ONTO THE STREET, 781 00:43:05,166 --> 00:43:07,233 AND FOR ONCE, IT'S NOT DESERTED. 782 00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:10,567 BACK IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING. 783 00:43:10,634 --> 00:43:13,300 OKAY. DON'T GET RUN OVER. 784 00:43:13,367 --> 00:43:16,900 ALL I WANT NOW IS TO GET CLEANED UP AND HEAD FOR HOME. 785 00:43:16,967 --> 00:43:20,133 USING MY WILDERNESS SKILLS, I'VE SHOWN YOU HOW TO SURVIVE 786 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,500 THE CHALLENGES OF THE URBAN JUNGLE. 787 00:43:22,567 --> 00:43:24,600 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 788 00:43:24,667 --> 00:43:27,667 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 789 00:43:27,734 --> 00:43:30,834 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS