I'M BEAR GRYLLS.
WHOO!
I'VE TRAVELED TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
IN SEARCH OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES... WHOO!
...TO SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED
TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS.
DOWN HERE, IT'S GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE!
I'VE GORED DEADLY ANIMALS... [ SNAKE HISSES ]
...BEEN DROPPED...
FROZEN... [ BLOWING SHARPLY ]
...BAKED... IT'S HOT!
...AND HUNTED. OW!
I'VE EATEN THE IMPOSSIBLE...
[ RETCHING ]
...AND SLEPT IN THE UNTHINKABLE.
BUT IN ALL OF THIS, I'M NOT ALONE.
COME ON, KEEP WITH ME, KEEP WITH ME!
MY SMALL FILM CREW ARE RIGHT BEHIND ME
THROUGH EVERY ADVENTURE.
AND IN THIS SPECIAL EPISODE,
I'M GONNA TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES
TO MEET THIS EXTRAORDINARY TEAM AND SHOW HOW WE OPERATE.
FILMING THIS SHOW HAS TAKEN ME
TO THE EDGES OF HUMAN EXISTENCE.
IT'S NEVER EASY.
THERE'S DANGER...
...DISCOMFORT, AND SOMETIMES DESPAIR.
BUT IN THE END, IT'S A PRIVILEGE
TO BE PART OF THE TEAM WHO MAKE THIS PROGRAM.
I WORK WITH A VERY SMALL, TIGHT-KNIT CREW,
AND THEY'RE KIND OF AMAZING GUYS.
YOU KNOW, WE GO TO EVERY EXTREMES OF THE EARTH.
AND IN MY EYES, THEY REALLY ARE THE REAL HEROES OF THE SHOW.
ALWAYS WORKING WHEN IT'S TOUGH
AND KIND OF RIGHT THERE BESIDE ME.
GOOD GUYS.
SIMON'S THE CAMERAMAN.
Reay: IT'S A REALLY EXCITING JOB TO DO.
WE GET TO JUST TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD, WE GET TO EXPLORE STUFF.
WE GET TO GET MESSY, CLIMB THINGS --
BOYS' ADVENTURE.
EX-ROYAL MARINE COMMANDO DAVE
IS AN EXPERT MOUNTAINEER.
FOR ME, THE MOTIVATION IS THE TEAM
AND THE PEOPLE WITHIN THAT SMALL TEAM.
AND FORMER PARATROOPER DANNY COORDINATES THE CREW.
I'M JUST WATCHING AT ALL TIMES, YOU KNOW,
JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOING RIGHT.
THE TEAM JUST GET ON REALLY, REALLY WELL,
AND BEAR IS DEFINITELY THE KINGPIN IN THAT.
Pearce: BEAR WILL TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND SAY,
"COME ON, LET'S JUST DO IT."
LET'S DO IT. JUST GO FOR IT. LET'S DO IT.
WHATEVER ENVIRONMENT WE'RE DEALING WITH,
THE FIRST CHALLENGE IS OFTEN THE MOST DIFFICULT...
...GETTING US ON THE GROUND.
WE FILM IN SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE LOCATIONS ON EARTH,
AND THE ONLY WAY IN IS USUALLY BY PARACHUTE.
IN ALASKA, THE TEAM AND I JOINED FORCES
WITH A SEARCH-AND-RESCUE SQUADRON.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
THEY WERE GONNA TAKE ME HIGH INTO THE MOUNTAINS
IN THEIR HH-60 PAVE HAWK.
IT'S A PRETTY TYPICAL SCENE FOR US.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT A HELI ON THE GROUND HERE.
WE'RE JUST RIGGING THAT.
HAVE A BIG BRIEFING WITH THE MILITARY GUYS
WHO ARE FLYING US IN.
EVERY MINUTE OF THE FLIGHT PLAN
HAS TO BE CHECKED AND DOUBLE-CHECKED.
A SECOND HELICOPTER WITH A CAMERA CREW ON BOARD
WILL BE FLYING IN CLOSE FORMATION.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE SPEED ON THAT, 'CAUSE I CAN'T --
I CAN'T, OBVIOUSLY, TILT UP AND SEE THAT VIEW
UNTIL YOU'VE GONE UP THERE TO SHOW ME THE VIEW.
YEAH, I GOTCHA.
ONCE WE'VE REACHED THE DROP ZONE,
I RAPPEL FROM THE HOVERING CHOPPER.
AGAIN, I START...
IT'LL BE DOWN TO ME,
BUT WITHOUT CAREFUL PLANNING, IT COULD ALL GO WRONG.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO THE GUYS,
"LOOK, YOU GOT TO GET IT RIGHT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
"YOU ONLY NEED EVER GET IT WRONG ONCE,
"SO WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER
AND MAKE SURE, ABOVE ALL, TOGETHER WE'RE SAFE."
ONCE THE PILOTS HAVE SET THEIR PLAN, IT'S TIME TO GO.
I'M BEING DROPPED DEEP INTO THE WILDERNESS
BY THE ALASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET LOST OUT HERE.
BUT IF YOU DO, THESE ARE THE GUYS
THAT'LL BE LOOKING TO GET YOU OUT.
WE'RE IN POSITION AND 80 FEET UP.
THE ONLY WAY IS DOWN.
HELICOPTER RAPPELS ARE ALWAYS FRAUGHT WITH RISK,
'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT ROTORS, ROPE,
AND PEOPLE THAT CAN GET CAUGHT UP.
THIS PAVE HAWK IS A COMBAT CHOPPER,
SO IT'S THE IDEAL PLATFORM FOR RAPID INSERTION.
Reay: THE PAVE HAWK HELICOPTER
IS A FULLY KITTED-OUT BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER,
AND IT'S THE MILITARY HELICOPTER THAT YOU SEE IN THE NEWS.
YOU LOOKED UP, YOU'RE GOING INTO COMBAT THAT DAY.
THIS CHOPPER CREW KNOW THEIR STUFF,
AND I'M SAFELY ON THE DECK,
AND THE HELICOPTER'S OUT OF HERE.
BUT THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GO THAT SMOOTHLY.
IN GUATEMALA, SIMON AND I PLAN TO RAPPEL TOGETHER
OUT OF A HOVERING HELICOPTER.
AND THIS TIME, WE WENT IN HOT.
THERE WAS A LIVE VOLCANO BENEATH US.
Grylls: THAT'S THE LAVA!
YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE HEAT COMING OFF THIS STUFF!
MUST BE A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET UP,
BUT EVEN HERE, IT'S HOT!
Pearce: THERE WAS NOWHERE TO LAND.
RIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE VOLCANO.
LAVA JUST OFF THE BACKSIDE OF IT.
SMOKING SULFUR FUMES EVERYWHERE,
AND WINDS THAT WERE JUST THROWING THE HELICOPTER
ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND IT WAS A REAL BATTLE.
YOU'VE GOT A HELICOPTER PILOT,
BUT HE CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND, BASICALLY, I BECOME THE PILOT'S EYES,
SO I TELL THE PILOT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
Okay, then, we're good.
BEAR IS UNDERNEATH THE HELO.
THE PILOT WAS FIGHTING WITH THE HELICOPTER,
'CAUSE THE WINDS WERE THROWING THE HELICOPTER
ALL OVER THE PLACE,
AND I WAS LOWERING SIMON DOWN THE OTHER SIDE.
That's good.
I WAS HALFWAY DOWN THE ROPE,
BETWEEN THE HELICOPTER AND THE GROUND.
AND THE PILOT SAID, "DAVE, I GOT TO GO.
I CAN'T HOLD THE HELICOPTER ANYMORE."
I HAD ONE HAND ON SIMON.
AND I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT BEAR, I'M TRYING TO LOWER SIMON.
I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE THE PILOT
JUST TO HOLD ON FOR ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 15 SECONDS
SO I COULD GET SIMON TO THE GROUND.
LITERALLY, JUST ABOUT TO PULL MY KNIFE OUT TO CUT THE ROPE.
Reay: ANOTHER 5 SECONDS, I WAS ON THE GROUND.
BEAR RELEASED THE ROPE FROM ME,
AND THE HELICOPTER JUST PEELED OFF AND GOT OUT OF THERE.
IT WAS VERY, VERY TENSE.
THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT IT TAKES FIVE SMALL THINGS
TO MAKE A DISASTER --
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE PILOT CAN'T STAND,
YOU GOT CLOUDS COMING IN,
WHILE I'M STRUGGLING TO GET YOU OFF THE LINE.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU GOT --
ANYWAY, WE'RE -- WE'RE ALIVE, WE'RE HERE.
WE MADE IT.
IN SOUTHERN TEXAS, WE TRIED SOMETHING
WE'D NEVER DONE BEFORE --
PARACHUTING IN FROM A BIPLANE.
BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM --
HOW TO FIT THE PILOT, SIMON, AND ME
INTO AN AIRPLANE WITH JUST TWO SEATS.
I'M RIGHT HERE, ABOUT 6 FEET AWAY FROM BEAR,
WHICH, UM, THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE TO BE,
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA BE FOR THE SHOOT.
DAVE'S STRAPPING ME IN.
I THINK A BIT OF AN EYE-OPENER FOR BOTH OF US,
'CAUSE HE WAS THINKING, AS I WAS,
"THERE SHOULD BE MORE TO CLIP INTO THAN THIS."
BUT YOU LOOKED, AND THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE
YOU COULD DO -- THAT WAS IT.
Pearce: I DON'T THINK SIMON KNOWS THIS,
BUT I SPOKE TO THE PILOT ABOUT IT BEFORE,
AND HE WAS SORT OF SHRUGGING HIS SHOULDERS
AND GIVING ME ODD LOOKS,
BECAUSE HE WAS SAYING, "WELL, IT'S GONNA REALLY AFFECT
"THE AERODYNAMICS OF THE WING,
AND I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN HOLD THE PLANE PROPERLY."
I SAID, "DO YOU THINK YOU CAN?" HE SAID, "YEAH, I THINK SO."
BUT, OF COURSE, SIMON NEVER KNEW THAT.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
Reay: THE SORT OF POINT OF NO RETURN --
WHEN YOU ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE, IN YOUR OWN MIND,
YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF THIS...
YOU -- THAT'S IT -- YOU'RE GOING.
YOU'RE TAKING OFF ON A WING.
Beneath me is the Chihuahuan Desert.
You can't mistake this place. It will kill you.
Reay: WHEN YOU'RE IN THE AIR,
YOU'RE JUST A LUMP OF MEAT HANGING ON THE WING.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
I WAS JUST SORT OF WEDGED IN A SORT OF --
SORT OF MIME-ARTIST STATIC POSITION,
TRYING TO GET THESE SHOTS.
AND THE PILOT'S SMILING AWAY,
AND BEAR'S ALL COMFORTABLE IN HIS SEAT.
AND I'M THINKING, "HANG ON, THIS ISN'T --
USUALLY, I'M IN A SLIGHTLY MORE COMFORTABLE POSITION THAN BEAR."
Okay, Bear, we're coming up on 8,000 feet now.
You better get ready to jump.
THIS WAS A FIRST FOR ME.
IF I CATCH THE TAIL ON EXIT, IT'S GAME OVER.
THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT WAS TO INVERT THE PLANE
SO I COULD HANG CLEAR.
SO, I WAS IN THE COCKPIT, FILMING BEAR.
BEAR WAS NOW STANDING ON TOP OF THE WING.
AS SOON AS THE PLANE INVERTED,
HE WOULD THEN BE HANGING OFF THE TOP OF THE WING.
IT TILTS 'ROUND, HE'S THEN SUDDENLY HANGING,
AND BEAR GOES FROM FEET IN MY EYE VIEW
TO FEET SUDDENLY HANGING OFF THE GROUND.
AMAZING. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FEELING.
BUT I REMEMBER IT GOING THROUGH MY MIND,
"YEAH, I'M UPSIDE DOWN IN THE PLANE. THIS IS GREAT."
[ LAUGHS ]
"AND BEAR'S JUMPING OUT, HMM."
Good luck down there. You're gonna need it.
OVER THE YEARS, I'VE DONE HUNDREDS OF JUMPS,
BUT IT STILL GETS MY HEART GOING EVERY TIME.
WHAT'S GOING THROUGH MY MIND WHEN BEAR JUMPS OUT THE AIRCRAFT?
"I HOPE THE PARACHUTE OPENS."
Reay: HE ALWAYS DOES THE SIGN OF THE CROSS,
THEN HE JUST FALLS AWAY LIKE THAT.
AND HE DOESN'T PULL THE PARACHUTE.
AND HE'LL PRETTY MUCH STAY LOOKING AT ME
FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN, EVEN WHEN HE'S A LITTLE SPECK.
AND AS HE GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER,
IT ALWAYS GOES THROUGH MY MIND --
"PULL THE PARACHUTE. PULL THE CORD, PULL THE CORD."
IT'S TERRIFYING. YOU KIND OF THINK, "OH, NO, THIS IS THE MALFUNCTION.
THIS IS THE TIME. HE'S NOT GONNA DO IT. IT'S GONNA GO WRONG."
[ SIGHS ] HOPEFULLY, HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
"IS HE GONNA GO SPLAT?" [ CHUCKLES ]
HE NEVER HAS, SO FAR,
BUT I ALWAYS HAVE THAT FEELING, ALWAYS.
[ THUD ]
WHEW! ON THE GROUND!
BUT STRAIGHT INTO ONE OF THESE CACTUS.
HOWEVER UNCOMFORTABLE THE LANDING,
WE ALWAYS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND THAT MEANS MY CREW HAS A LOT OF KEEPING UP TO DO.
[ SPLASH ]
FROM THE FREEZING WASTES OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
TO THE BURNING HEAT OF THE SAHARA DESERT,
IN MAKING "MAN VS. WILD," WE FILM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ECUADOR... MONTANA...
PANAMA, PATAGONIA...
SUMATRA... TURKEY...
SCOTLAND... MEXICO TWICE...
NORWAY, SIBERIA...
GUATEMALA... NAMIBIA AND ZAMBIA...
BELIZE... ALABAMA, LOUISIANA...
UH... CHINA...
YEAH, AND THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW OTHERS
WHICH I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER. [ CHUCKLES ]
WHEREVER WE ARE,
SIMON THE CAMERAMAN'S ALWAYS JUST BEHIND ME.
BEAR, IN ALL THESE ENVIRONMENTS, HE WILL MOVE FAST.
BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG.
Reay: WHATEVER BEAR DOES, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.
LOTS OF CUTS, LOTS OF BRUISES.
Reay: YOU HAVE TO JUST STEAM IN.
YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO IT AND GO FOR IT.
I GUESS IT IS DANGEROUS, BUT A LOT OF THE TIME,
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T GET A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT THAT,
BECAUSE YOU'RE -- YOU'RE JUST DOING THE SHOT.
YOU'RE JUST DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
I SUPPOSE I'VE GOT TO JUST KEEP THE SHOT AS STEADY AS I CAN.
BUT THAT VISION OF BEAR IN MY VIEWFINDER NOW
IS SORT OF JUST PERMANENTLY ETCHED ON MY MIND.
HE'S ALWAYS THERE. IT'S JUST THE BACKGROUND CHANGES.
[ GRUNTS ]
[ Chuckling ] YOU ALL RIGHT?
FIRE, ICE...
WATER, DESERT, FOREST --
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL.
KEEPING UP WITH ME
TAKES THE CREW A LONG WAY OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE.
IN ALASKA, THE BEST ROUTE TO SAFETY
WAS TO GET ONTO A GLACIER,
BUT THAT MEANT A JUMP ACROSS ICY WATER FOR ME AND FOR SIMON.
DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THIS STUFF AT ALL.
YOU SEE, IT'S JUST ALL FREE-FLOATING, BROKEN ICE.
TO GET TO THE GLACIER, YOU HAD TO SORT OF STEP ACROSS
WHICH WERE EFFECTIVELY ICEBERGS FLOATING IN THE WATER.
OFTEN THEY'RE PRETTY UNSTABLE.
HERE WE GO, TWINKLETOES.
[ GRUNTS ] WHOO! JUST --
OKAY, COME ON, THEN, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, THIS LAST BIT.
HE SAID, "NO, COME ON. DO THIS LAST ONE. IT'S GREAT.
WE'LL MAKE IT, WE'LL MAKE IT." I'M LIKE, "UGH, OKAY."
LOOK DOWN, LOOK ACROSS, GO FOR IT, COMMIT TO IT.
1, 2, 3. GOOD. GOOD, GOOD.
AND AGAIN. NICE.
Pearce: SIMON -- HE'S NO SLOUCH IN THOSE SITUATIONS,
AND DANCED ACROSS IT REALLY WELL.
BUT HE ALSO HAS TO HOLD A CAMERA.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO COMMIT TO THESE THINGS. OKAY.
I'M AS CAREFUL AS I CAN BE,
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS AN ELEMENT OF RISK FOR ME...
AND THE CREW.
THERE WAS A SCREE SLOPE WHICH BEAR AND I WERE POWERING DOWN.
WE GOT TO ABOUT 20 FEET BEFORE THE END OF THIS THING,
AND BEAR SAYS TO ME, "I'M GONNA STOP BY THAT TREE THERE."
AND HE DOESN'T STOP.
[ ROCKS RATTLING ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
WE MANAGED TO RELEASE OURSELVES
AND PULL OURSELVES OFF INTO THE DUST.
SO I GOT OFF LIGHTLY, BUT PURELY DOWN TO LUCK.
BUT THESE BOULDERS WERE WHIZZING --
WHIZZING PAST OUR HEADS.
[ ROCKS RATTLING ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
NOT NICE. NOT NICE.
FOR THE CREW, FOLLOWING ME AT GROUND LEVEL IS TOUGH ENOUGH,
BUT THE REALLY TESTING TIMES ARE WHEN WE'RE CLIMBING.
Pearce: BEAR TAKES ALL THE RISKS WHEN HE CLIMBS,
BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF NEW GROUND, GENERALLY.
IT'S USUALLY IN REALLY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS.
SO, YEAH, DEFINITELY, RISKS ARE TAKEN.
IN MONTANA, I CLIMBED A BRIDGE TO GET TO A RAILWAY LINE,
AND SIMON THE CAMERAMAN FOLLOWED ME UP.
JUST TILTING DOWN JUST GIVES YOU A HUGE SENSE OF REALITY
ABOUT ACTUALLY HOW HIGH YOU'VE COME.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
YOU'RE JUST NOT HUMAN IF YOU DON'T FEEL A FLUTTER.
BEAR GETS TO THE TOP OF THIS, AND HE'S GOT A CHAIN WITH HIM,
AND HE HAS TO THEN BASICALLY MANEUVER HIMSELF
ON A SORT OF AN OVERHANG, ONTO THE TOP OF THIS BRIDGE.
[ METAL CREAKS ]
AND IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 350 FEET HIGH, MAYBE 400 FEET HIGH.
IT'S A HIGH BRIDGE.
THERE HE WAS, HANGING ON WITH ONE HAND.
AND HE CLIMBS HIMSELF UP, AND IT WAS --
THAT WAS A LONG WAY UP.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
I'M UP.
AND SO, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT SCARED OF HEIGHTS,
LOOKING DOWN AT THAT KIND OF HEIGHT, YOU THINK --
YOUR HEART IS DEFINITELY IN YOUR MOUTH.
AND WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN --
IN THIS CASE, DOWN A VERY HIGH WATERFALL.
I'M GONNA TRY AND DO THAT.
DOWN THE TRUNK. I'LL GET TO THAT LEDGE.
YEAH. AND THEN WAVE TO YOU.
AND THEN YOU CAN JUST RAPPEL YOURSELF DOWN...
OKAY. ...JOIN ME.
WE FIND A GOOD PLACE TO TIE IT OFF, LADDER GOES OFF,
WE GO DOWN TOGETHER, AND THEN WE'RE OUT OF THERE.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. LET'S DO IT.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
SO, I'M ON AN END OF A ROPE, DANGLING IN A WATERFALL.
IN A WATERFALL, NOT NEXT TO THE WATERFALL.
IN THE WATERFALL. AND IT'S NOT --
IT'S NOT NORMAL TO BE THERE.
GET ONTO THE LEDGE!
WATER'S POUNDING DOWN ON ME.
AND IT IS A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE.
IT'S NOT ONLY IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE,
WITH THE WATER BANGING ON YOUR HEAD AND MOST OF YOUR BODY.
EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOT A DRY SUIT ON, I'M STILL FREEZING COLD.
IF THERE'S ENOUGH WATER FOR A SAFE LANDING,
I ALWAYS LIKE TO JUMP IN,
THOUGH THE HEIGHT IS SOMETIMES AN ISSUE.
I'VE BEEN AT THE TOP OF SOME OF THESE JUMPS AND HAD A LOOK DOWN.
WHOO!
BUT I'M JUST GLAD I AIN'T DOING THEM, YOU KNOW?
IN GUATEMALA, I JUMPED 40 FOOT INTO A POOL OF WATER.
SIMON WAS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW ME,
BUT, THIS TIME, HE GOT COLD FEET.
WE DO TWO STYLES OF JUMP --
ONE WHERE I JUMP WITH HIM, WHICH I PREFER...
AND THE OTHER ONE IS, HE JUMPS AND THEN CALLS ME IN,
WHICH I DON'T PREFER.
Pearce: ABOUT 250-ODD-FOOT-HIGH WATERFALL
WITH JUST THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER.
THE WATER WAS JUST TOO POWERFUL TO GET DOWN,
AND BEAR HAD TO FIND THIS HUGE VINE
TO CLIMB DOWN -- AND GET SIMON DOWN.
GET DOWN TO ME ON THIS LEDGE.
Reay: BEAR HAD GONE DOWN FIRST, AND I'D FOLLOWED HIM DOWN LATER.
HE WANTED TO CHECK OUT THAT HE COULD GET TO THIS LEDGE AT THE BOTTOM.
HE'D GOT TO THIS LEDGE AT THE BOTTOM.
HE GOT THERE. I FOLLOW HIM DOWN.
YOU'RE SAFE THERE. DON'T MOVE.
LET'S DO THE JUMP. YOU'LL NEED TO FOLLOW ME DOWN, OKAY?
NO HESITATION. WE JUST GO FOR IT.
STROKE MY GOAT. IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN.
BUT I KNOW THIS IS DEEP ENOUGH NOW.
HE SAID, "RIGHT, OKAY, I'M OFF." SO, HE JUMPED.
I THOUGHT, "ACTUALLY, YOU'RE IN THE AIR FOR QUITE A LONG TIME."
JUMP!
HE'S IN THE WATER, GOING, "JUMP!"
I'M THINKING, "YEAH, JUST JUMP. HE'S DONE IT.
I KNOW I CAN DO IT. DO IT."
AND I HESITATE, AND I SWITCH FEET, THINKING,
"SHALL I PUSH OFF WITH MY LEFT FOOT, MY RIGHT FOOT?"
AND IT JUST STARTED GOING THROUGH MY MIND --
I JUST STARTED THINKING, "ACTUALLY, THAT IS QUITE HIGH.
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THIS."
Grylls: JUMP!
YOUR MIND STARTS GOING, "DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT."
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU IS GOING, "NO, DO DO IT.
YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT. EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE FINE."
Pearce: I THINK HE HAD A COUPLE OF MOMENTS UP THERE
BEFORE HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO JUMP.
JUMP!
I THINK IT TOOK ME THREE ATTEMPTS OF HESITATION
BEFORE I WENT FOR IT.
[ SPLASH ]
I THINK HE TAKES HIS HEART IN HIS MOUTH A FEW TIMES AND --
AND, YOU KNOW, TRUSTS THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM AND GOES FOR IT,
WHICH IS -- WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTE CREDIT TO HIM.
Reay: HE WAS VERY GRACIOUS WHEN I DID THAT.
HE DIDN'T TAKE THE MICK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BEAR.
WHOO! [ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
IT'S A TOUGH JOB FOR A FILM CREW,
WITH ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT,
TO KEEP UP IN THESE HARSH ENVIRONMENTS,
BUT THESE GUYS DO IT INCREDIBLY WELL.
THAT'S IT. I GOT YOU. OKAY.
SOMETIMES, THOUGH,
THE ONLY WAY THROUGH IS ON MY OWN.
STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.
HANG ON. HANG ON. JUST WAIT HERE A SEC.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I'VE GOT TO USE ONE OF THESE --
A MINICAM, OR AS WE CALL IT,
"BEAR-CAM."
BEAR-CAM -- THIS WRIST-MOUNTED CAMERA,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S LOOKING UP OR LOOKING DOWN.
OH, OH. GOT MY FOOT.
I CAN JUST MOVE IT TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
Reay: TOUGH LITTLE THING, AND IT HAS TO BE.
STRAPPED TO BEAR GRYLLS' ARM, HE SMACKS IT ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
I DON'T KNOW.
WHOA!
Reay: BUT IT ALWAYS SURVIVES.
IT'S -- I SUPPOSE IT'S BEAR-PROOF.
THIS TINY CAMERA ENABLES ME TO GET SOME EXTRAORDINARY SHOTS
WHEN IT'S JUST TOO DANGEROUS TO RISK THE CREW.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST THE TERRAIN
THAT'S DIFFICULT, THOUGH.
OFTEN, IT'S THE CREATURES AND THE CLIMATE.
JUST HAD TO EVACUATE ANOTHER OF THE CREW WITH HEATSTROKE.
IN MY QUEST TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD,
I'VE VISITED DOZENS OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.
[ GRUNTS ]
WHAT ALL THESE LOCATIONS SHARE
IS THAT THEY'RE TOUGH ON THE MIND AND THE BODY.
IN PLACES LIKE THESE, ILLNESS, EXTREME TEMPERATURE,
AND THE NASTIEST BUGS ON THE PLANET
ARE ALL OUT TO GET YOU.
ACCLIMATIZATION IS A TRICKY THING.
IT IS QUITE A SHOCK TO THE BODY.
Cane: IF YOU'RE IN THE MILITARY,
THEY GIVE YOU A WEEK, NORMALLY, ACCLIMATIZATION PERIOD.
NOT THIS TEAM.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THEN THAT'S IT.
YOU'RE STRAIGHT INTO IT, YOU KNOW?
MOST OF THE LOCAL HAZARDS I FACE,
MY CREW FACE, TOO,
FROM GETTING COVERED IN CACTUS SPINES...
BLOODY, BLOODY, BLOODY CACTUS.
...DEALING WITH THE NIGHTMARE OF MOSQUITOS...
OHH, MAN, THESE MOSQUITOS.
[ GROANS ]
JUST RELENTLESS HERE.
...TO GETTING ATTACKED BY BLOOD-SUCKING LEECHES.
OH, WELL, I'M GETTING HAMMERED BY THESE THINGS.
WHEN BEAR'S ON CAMERA AND HE'S PEELING OFF A LEECH,
DON'T FORGET THAT BEHIND THAT CAMERA
IS ANOTHER PERSON
WITH A PROBABLY EQUAL AMOUNT OF LEECHES ON HIM.
OH, LOOK, YOU SEE, THIS ONE IS JUST FULL OF BLOOD.
YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW MUCH THEY TAKE OUT.
ON LOCATION,
THE PLANTS AND THE INSECTS CAN BE DIFFICULT ENOUGH,
BUT IT'S THE TEMPERATURE THAT CAN BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
THE ENVIRONMENTS I PREFER ARE THE EXTREME COLD.
I PROBABLY WOULD PREFER EXTREME HEAT.
FOR ME, I'D GO WITH THE COLD ANY DAY.
IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,
THE PLAN WAS TO CROSS A NEAR-FREEZING RIVER.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH
JUST HOW CAREFUL YOU GOT TO BE WITH WATER THIS COLD.
YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE SUCH A KILLER.
THE TECHNIQUE IS, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT WITH YOUR CLOTHES ON.
Cane: SO WE STRIPPED OFF.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT MINUS-30 DEGREES,
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FREEZING.
[ GRUNTS ]
WHOA! SNOW DOWN THE BACK.
OKAY, LET'S GET INTO IT.
Reay: BEFORE HE EVEN MANAGED TO DO THE SWIM,
HE HAD TO BREAK THE ICE, TO GET INTO THE DEEPER WATER.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A FULL DRY SUIT ON.
AND JUST THE THOUGHT OF DOING THAT --
IT WAS HARD ENOUGH DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A DRY SUIT.
I THINK, ONCE YOU TAKE THE PLUNGE, SO TO SPEAK,
AND YOU'RE COMMITTED,
THEN THERE'S NO TURNING BACK.
Reay: AND I'VE GOT SORT OF 5-MIL NEOPRENE GLOVES ON,
AND MY HANDS ARE NOW FREEZING
AND MY FACE IS ABSOLUTELY FREEZING.
BEAR DOING IT NAKED --
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES STUFF LIKE THAT.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE DOES STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'M FOLLOWING HIM. THE LENS FREEZES OVER.
MANAGE TO CLEAR IT, AND WE CARRY ON FILMING THE SCENE.
I'LL USE THIS ICE BLOCK TO TRY AND FLOAT MY RUCKSACK ACROSS.
Pearce: BEAR MAKES IT LOOK EASY.
HE'S VERY GOOD AT IT, AND HE GETS HIS HEAD 'ROUND IT.
OKAY, IT'S OVER THE DEEP BIT.
LET'S GET ASHORE.
Reay: HE GOT TO THE SIDE IN SORT OF RECORD TIME.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO HANG AROUND IN THAT KIND OF WATER.
GOT TO THE SIDE. WE PULL OURSELVES OUT.
I'M STANDING THERE FROZEN.
LITERALLY, NO JOKE, MY HANDS ARE LITERALLY JUST...
I'M LIKE, "I CAN'T MOVE MY FINGERS."
ONE OF THE GLOVES WAS STUCK TO THE CAMERA LENS.
I COULDN'T ACTUALLY MOVE IT.
[ BLOWING SHARPLY ]
HIS BOOTLACES ACTUALLY WERE STIFF, STRAIGHT OUT.
HE HELD UP HIS BOOT, AND HIS LACE WENT LIKE THAT.
IT WAS THAT COLD.
OUT HORIZONTAL.
THEN YOU KNOW IT'S COLD.
AND IT WASN'T JUST MY SHOELACES
THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE TEMPERATURE.
THERE WAS DEFINITELY, UM, A SHRINKAGE TO HIS MANHOOD
IN THAT ONE.
TURNED FROM A GRIZZLY BEAR INTO A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR.
[ CHUCKLES ]
[ GRUNTING, BLOWS SHARPLY ]
EXTREME TEMPERATURES DON'T JUST TAKE THEIR TOLL ON ME.
MY CREW GO THROUGH IT ALL, TOO.
IN THE SAHARA, WE REALLY RAN INTO PROBLEMS.
IT WAS ALMOST 130 DEGREES,
AND ALL OF US WERE FINDING IT HARD.
Grylls: I THINK HEAT'S GONNA BE A BIG ISSUE
FOR EVERYONE WORKING ON THIS FACE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE HOT -- HOT AS YOU LIKE ON THERE.
YOU KNOW, ANY ISSUES, FEELING WEIRD, YOU KNOW, WATER.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DEHYDRATE SO FAST IN THESE SORT OF CLIMES,
SO WE JUST LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER THERE.
[ WIND GUSTING ]
WHEN IT'S AT ITS HIGHEST AND MOST INTENSE,
THE SUN IS A BRUTAL ENEMY.
REALLY, THE HEAT OUT HERE IS JUST RELENTLESS,
AND WE'VE JUST HAD TO EVACUATE
ANOTHER OF THE CREW WITH HEATSTROKE.
Reay: "SAHARA" WAS AN INTERESTING ONE.
WE DID HAVE CREW MEMBERS DROPPING LIKE FLIES OUT THERE.
IT WAS SERIOUS HEAT. WE HAD SERIOUS EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT.
AND WE WEREN'T GETTING ANY SHADE THROUGHOUT THE DAYS.
AND YOUR BODY CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
IT WAS SO HOT.
SO, I WATCHED THE SOUND MAN,
I WAS WATCHING, YOU KNOW, THE CAMERAMAN,
THINKING, "WHO'S GONNA BE NEXT?"
Reay: IT COMES HOME TO YOU, WHEN YOU'RE EVACUATING PEOPLE,
HOW DANGEROUS SOMETIMES THESE SCENARIOS ARE
AND HOW DANGEROUS THE WEATHER CAN BE.
[ SIGHING HEAVILY ]
WHETHER IT'S DEALING WITH THE CLIMATE OR THE CREATURES,
SURVIVING IN THE WILD IS TOUGH,
AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS CALL FOR EXTREME TECHNIQUES.
I'M NOT EXPECTING THIS TO BE PARTICULARLY PLEASANT.
[ GROANS LOUDLY ]
SURVIVING IN THE WILD ISN'T EASY.
YOU'VE GOT TO STAY FOCUSED AND MOTIVATED,
BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO IMPROVISE,
USING WHATEVER YOU FIND TO STAY ALIVE AND REACH SAFETY.
ADAPTABILITY IS THE KEY.
Pearce: IT'S VERY HARD TO PLAN,
BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY,
THE ENVIRONMENT WILL TRY AND TAKE CONTROL.
SO YOU'VE JUST GOT TO BE FLEXIBLE,
YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU.
TRIGGERS IT.
WHETHER IT'S MAKING A TRAP...
...A RAFT, OR SOMEWHERE SAFE TO SLEEP...
PERFECT!
...YOU'VE GOT TO USE WHATEVER YOU FIND.
IN PANAMA, I WANTED TO SHOW
HOW YOU CAN ABSORB THE UNBOILED, DIRTY WATER
I'D FOUND ON A DESERTED ROCK.
THE THING IS, THIS IS FULL OF BIRD DROPPINGS
AND LOOKING PRETTY FETID.
DRINKING THIS FOUL WATER WOULD MAKE YOU VOMIT.
VOMITING WOULD LEAD TO FURTHER DEHYDRATION,
WHICH ULTIMATELY COULD KILL YOU.
BUT THERE IS A LAST DESPERATE MEASURE YOU CAN TAKE.
USING MY WATER BOTTLE
AND A RUBBER PIPE I FOUND WASHED UP ON THE BEACH,
I'M GONNA GIVE MYSELF A MAKESHIFT ENEMA.
THERE ARE STORIES OF THIS SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR FAMILY WHO WAS STRANDED IN A LIFE RAFT,
AND ALL THIS WATER HAD GATHERED IN THE BOTTOM OF IT.
AND THEY'D BEEN FEEDING OFF TURTLES,
AND IT WAS MIXED WITH TURTLE BLOOD.
IT HAD GONE FETID.
AND THE ONLY WAY THEY MANAGED TO STAY HYDRATED
WAS BY USING THAT FETID WATER AND GIVING THEMSELVES AN ENEMA.
BY NOT DRINKING THE FLUID, YOU BYPASS THE GAG REFLEX,
REHYDRATING WITHOUT THE RISK OF VOMITING,
BUT IT'S NOT PLEASANT.
YEAH, I WON'T DENY IT SORT OF MADE ME CRINGE SLIGHTLY,
YOU KNOW, WHEN HE DID IT.
I GUESS ALL YOU CAN DO IS LIE BACK...
AND THINK OF ENGLAND!
GOOD ON HIM, YOU KNOW. HE WENT FOR IT AND DID IT.
IN EXTREME SURVIVAL SITUATIONS,
YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING TO STAY ALIVE.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST BATTLES IS KEEPING WARM AT NIGHT.
Cane: WE WERE FILMING IN IRELAND,
AND BEAR CAME ACROSS A SHEEP THAT HAD DIED
AND EVENTUALLY PULLED OFF THE WHOLE SKIN IN ONE, YOU KNOW,
WHICH HE THEN TURNED INTO A "SHEEPING" BAG.
[ LAUGHS ]
NICE AND SNUG,
EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS PRETTY DISGUSTING.
AND IT REALLY DID WORK. HE USED IT AS A "SHEEPING" BAG.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS FANTASTIC.
MAKING GOOD USE OF WHATEVER YOU COME ACROSS,
HOWEVER UNPLEASANT,
IS AT THE HEART OF SURVIVING IN THE WILD.
A BERBER HAD GIVEN ME THIS CAMEL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL USE EVERY SINGLE BIT OF THIS ANIMAL,
NOT ONLY, THOUGH, FOR FOOD, ALSO FOR WATER
AND, IN EXTREMITY, FOR SHELTER.
IT'S JUST AS WELL THAT THE VIEWER DOESN'T GET TO SMELL
THE CARCASSES AND ANIMALS THAT BEAR EATS.
Pearce: ANY ANIMAL KILL IS --
IS NOT PLEASANT -- THE SMELL OF DEATH.
THERE WE GO.
Reay: AS SOON AS HE CUTS INTO THE STOMACH CONTENTS,
THAT IS WHEN YOU GET THIS ROTTING STENCH --
AN AROMA OF WHATEVER IT'S BEEN EATING IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
[ COUGHING ]
UGH!
GOT A LOAD OF --
A STENCH OF CAMEL DIGESTED FOOD STRAIGHT UP MY NOSTRILS.
THE FLUID IN THIS HALF-DIGESTED PULP IS DRINKABLE,
AND IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.
[ SNIFFS, SCOFFS ]
IT WAS RANCID.
YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE SMELL WAS TERRIBLE.
AND THEN HE JUST DRANK THIS WATER.
[ SPITS ]
AND THEN...
HE TURNS IT INTO A SHELTER.
Grylls: GET INSIDE IT...
PULL IT OVER...
AND I'LL BE 100% PROTECTED FROM THE SUN.
THE CREW -- WE WERE NEARLY THROWING UP,
ACTUALLY, AT THE SMELL.
THIS BLANKET...
AND THIS WHOLE CAMEL...
JUST STINKS.
ANY ANIMAL CARCASS SMELLS BAD,
BUT THERE'S A CLEAR WINNER FOR THE WORST SMELL
THE CREW AND I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED.
[ GASPS ] SMELL THAT?
THAT IS TRULY...
[ GAGGING, SPITTING, COUGHING ]
...TERRIBLE!
MAKING THE SHOW,
THE CREW AND I HAVE HAD TO ENDURE SOME PRETTY FOUL SMELLS,
BUT IT WAS IN MEXICO THAT WE EXPERIENCED THE WORST.
GOT IT, MAN. I CAN SMELL IT!
THERE WE GO. HE'S CAUGHT IN THE NOOSE.
UGH! ABSOLUTELY STINKS.
Reay: THE WORST SMELL THAT I'VE ENDURED, SO FAR,
IN FOUR YEARS OF THIS SHOW, IS SKUNK.
IF YOU SMELL IT, IT'S LIKE --
LIKE A HUNDRED BURNING TIRES ALL AT ONCE.
I HAVE NEVER SMELT ANYTHING SO BAD IN MY LIFE.
THAT IS TRULY...
[ GAGGING, SPITTING, COUGHING ]
...TERRIBLE!
AND THEN HE STARTED COOKING THE MEAT.
I'M THINKING [SNIFFING] "WHAT IS THAT?"
YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS LOOKING.
THE SMELL WAS SO BAD, IT WAS JUST TELLING YOU,
"DO NOT EAT ME."
IT STINKS.
I TAKE A PERSONAL ENJOYMENT WHEN HE HAS TO EAT IN THE SCENE.
YOU'RE JUST KEEPING THE CAMERA RUNNING ON HIM
AND NOT LETTING HIM EITHER SPIT IT OUT --
HE'S GOT TO SWALLOW IT. AND HE DOES. GIVE HIM HIS DUES.
EVERY TIME, HE DOES SWALLOW IT. BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO EAT THAT AT ALL.
IT'S LIKE...
SOMEBODY'S GOT YOUR STEAK...
[ SPITS ]
...RUBBED IT IN DOG FECES,
AND THEN POPPED IT IN YOUR MOUTH.
GORBLIMEY!
IF YOU WANT TO EAT IN THE WILD,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HUNT FOR YOUR DINNER...
AND THE OLD WAYS ARE OFTEN THE BEST.
IN LOUISIANA, THE LOCALS
USED TO FISH USING THEMSELVES AS BAIT.
Pearce: THEY WOULD LOOK AROUND UNDER THE WATER LINE,
IN LITTLE HOLES WHERE THESE CATFISH WOULD BE,
AND STICKING THEIR HANDS IN THERE.
AND THEN THE CATFISH WOULD GRAB THE HAND,
AND YOU'D PULL IT OUT, AND THERE YOU GOT A CATFISH,
WHICH IS GOOD TO EAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, CATFISH AREN'T THE ONLY CREATURES
LURKING UNDER THE WATER.
[ GRUNTS ]
Pearce: IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THERE --
YOU KNOW, THE DEADLY SNAKES, THE ALLIGATORS,
THE SNAPPER TURTLES, WHICH CAN BITE YOUR HAND OFF.
OW!
THE SUSPENSE IS, YOU KNOW, WORSE THAN THE BEST HORROR FILM,
WITH BEAR STICKING HIS HAND IN THESE MUDDY HOLES,
WONDERING WHAT'S GONNA BITE ON THE END OF HIS HAND,
WHICH HE'S USING AS BAIT.
OH! [ GASPS ]
OH! OH! AAH!
SO, IT'S, LIKE, FRANTIC SORT OF MOVEMENT IN THE WATER,
AND HE PULLS HIS HAND OUT, AND THERE'S A HUGE CATFISH
WHICH HAS LATCHED ONTO THE END OF HIS FIVE FINGERS.
[ CATFISH GRUNTING ]
IT'S GOT MY FINGERS.
OW!
THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A VISELIKE GRIP.
OW, OW, OW! OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW!
SO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO SORT OF KILL IT
BEFORE YOU CAN GET IT OFF YOUR HAND.
THAT MUST BE -- MUST BE 20 POUNDS OF FISH.
AND, LOOK, ALL OF THAT IS GREAT JUST TO EAT RAW.
I'VE SORT OF BECOME USED TO EATING RAW FOOD,
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY AN ACQUIRED TASTE.
[ CRUNCH ]
DOESN'T THINK ABOUT IT. HE DOESN'T HESITATE.
THAT IS GONNA BE DELICIOUS.
I THINK HE JUST LITERALLY SWITCHES HIS BRAIN OFF
AND JUST DOES THE JOB, YOU KNOW?
I HAVE EATEN SOME OF THE STUFF THAT BEAR HAS EATEN.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF STUFF
THAT I HAVEN'T EATEN THAT BEAR HAS EATEN,
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO EAT IT, 'CAUSE IT'S HORRENDOUS.
IN CHINA, I'VE KILLED AND EATEN MOST OF A FROG,
BUT I THOUGHT I'D SAVE A LITTLE BIT STILL FOR THE CREW.
I'M DONE WITH THE FROG.
DANNY, OVER TO YOU FOR THE REST OF THAT.
HEY, YOU KNOW MY POLICY, RIGHT?
IF HE KILLS IT, WE ALL SHARE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
DANNY DID EAT SOME FROGS' LEGS IN CHINA, AND HE LOVES IT.
THE FROGS' LEGS --
YEAH, THEY TASTED A LITTLE BIT LIKE CHICKEN.
NOT THAT I OFTEN EAT UNCOOKED CHICKEN,
BUT THEY TASTED A LITTLE BIT LIKE CHICKEN.
OKAY, IT'S NOT GREAT, BUT, YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE WORSE THINGS TO EAT.
[ LAUGHS ]
DEFINITELY NEEDS MORE GARLIC.
HE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT.
I THINK HE PREFERS THE FOOD THAT BEAR CREATES
TO THE FOOD THAT HE GETS AT HOME.
BUT IN THE SAHARA, THERE WAS NO WAY
THE CREW WERE GOING ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO EAT.
[ CAMEL GRUNTS ]
WELL, TODAY, WE'RE AT THE BERBER CAMP,
AND WE'RE GONNA BE FILMING WITH THESE GUYS.
THE BERBER TRIBESMEN WERE VERY KEEN
FOR ME TO TRY THEIR LOCAL DELICACY --
GOATS' TESTICLES.
THE GOAT'S STRUNG UP, SKINNED.
THE TESTICLES ARE HANGING THERE, TWO OF THEM --
ONE FOR THE BERBER, ONE FOR BEAR.
AND HE KNOWS THIS IS COMING.
I'M SURE HE'S PSYCHOLOGICALLY BUILDING HIMSELF UP TO IT.
GETS HANDED IT AND STARTS MUNCHING ON IT LIKE AN APPLE.
[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
[ SQUISHING ]
Cane: THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
I HAD EVER REALLY SEEN HIM GO GREEN.
[ GAGGING ]
[ Chuckling ] AND HE WAS RETCHING.
HE WAS REALLY RETCHING.
[ RETCHING ]
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE WASN'T SICK.
I HAVE NO IDEA.
OKAY, MUHAMMAD, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
LET'S CARRY ON.
IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT THINGS GO WRONG.
LANDED STRAIGHT ON A CACTUS. [ GROANS ]
BUT WHEN THEY DO, THEY TEND TO HURT.
MY LIFE IS ABOUT PUSHING MYSELF...
BUT ALSO TRUSTING MYSELF AND TRUSTING MY TEAM.
IN MY QUEST TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE,
JUST OCCASIONALLY, I'VE PUSHED IT A LITTLE TOO FAR...
AND PAID THE PRICE.
IN ZAMBIA, I WAS TRYING TO CLIMB A SLIPPERY ROCK FACE.
I WAS ALREADY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE RIVER,
AND ONE SLIP HERE COULD BE FATAL.
ALL OF THIS ROCK HERE...
ALL THE WAY UP IS REALLY SLIMY.
I CAN USE A TREE...
JUST TO KEEP OFF THE ROCK.
Reay: I WAS FILMING HIM AS HE WENT ACROSS AND REMEMBER THINKING,
"THAT BRANCH IS NOT PARTICULARLY STR--"
AND AS I -- DIDN'T EVEN FINISH THE SENTENCE IN MY MIND,
AND THE BRANCH JUST WENT "DONK!"
HE LANDED ON A CACTUS.
ONE CACTUS, RIGHT UNDERNEATH HIM.
BAM! RIGHT ON TOP OF IT. BRILLIANT.
PLACES I GET MYSELF INTO.
[ GRUNTING ]
IN ALASKA, TO SHOW YOU
HOW TO THROW BLACK BEARS OFF YOUR SCENT,
I PLANNED TO CROSS A RAGING RIVER.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT LEFT ME WISHING THAT I HADN'T.
I WANTED TO TEST MY MAKESHIFT BRIDGE BEFORE COMMITTING.
THE LOG SEEMED SOLID.
IT LOOKED FINE, AND BEAR SAYS, "YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT."
AND WE ALL THOUGHT, "YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT."
YOU KNOW, WE'D GET ACROSS THERE.
JUST TO SEE THIS HUGE TREE
THAT WAS WEDGED ACROSS THIS GORGE JUST DISAPPEAR
ONCE HIS WEIGHT WENT ON IT...
GOD, I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
CROSSING GULLIES AND GORGES
ALWAYS REQUIRES GUTS AND DETERMINATION.
TO CROSS A DEEP CANYON IN TEXAS,
I USED AN OLD TETHERED TRAP I'D FOUND EARLIER,
IMPROVISED A GRAPPLING HOOK,
AND SET UP A TYROLEAN ROPE SLIDE.
BULL'S-EYE!
FEELS LIKE IT'S CAUGHT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY AS GOOD AS I'M GONNA GET.
LET'S BRING THIS BACK. OKAY, WATCH OUT.
Pearce: THE GRAPPLING HOOK THAT WAS THROWN --
THAT BEAR THREW ACROSS THE GORGE AND GOT CAUGHT 'ROUND A ROCK --
COULDN'T SEE EXACTLY IF IT WAS WELL-SECURED, BUT WENT FOR IT.
IT'S DEFINITELY QUITE A SQUEEZE ON THE OL' MEAT AND TWO BITS.
BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT, IT'S A LONG...
LONG WAY DOWN.
Cane: AND HE'S GOING ACROSS THERE,
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, THAT LOOKS PRETTY SECURE."
AND THEN IT SLIPS.
[ SNAP ]
AAH!
[ GRUNTING ]
BAD PLACE FOR THE ANCHOR TO SLIP!
Reay: I THOUGHT, "THAT'S ACTUALLY A LONG WAY DOWN."
AND YOU GET REMINDED ABOUT HOW HIGH HE IS
WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS.
[ SNAP ]
HOWEVER DANGEROUS THE SITUATION,
WHAT KEEPS ME GOING IS THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT I'VE GOT SOME OF THE BEST GUYS IN THE BUSINESS
RIGHT BEHIND ME.
Pearce: IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING BACK IN MY COMMANDO DAYS,
WITH, YOU KNOW, SMALL TEAMS OF GUYS
GOING OFF TO DO KIND OF MAD THINGS, I GUESS.
Reay: WE'RE ALL KITTED UP, WE'RE ALL GEARED UP.
AND IN WE GO, DO OUR JOB, AND THEN WE FLY OUT AGAIN.
[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]
FOR THE SURVIVOR,
REACHING SAFETY IS ALWAYS THE ULTIMATE GOAL.
BUT SOMETIMES GETTING RESCUED
CAN BE THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF YOUR ORDEAL.
Grylls: NOW, STOP, STOP.
ME AND THE CREW ARE IN A NARROW TUNNEL,
AND THERE'S A TRAIN COMING.
[ TRAIN HORN BLOWING ]
WE NEED TO MOVE! COME ON! GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
Reay: WE'RE IN THE TUNNEL. WE'RE RUNNING AWAY FROM THIS THING.
IT'S ENTERED THE TUNNEL.
AND IT'S JUST THE BLACKNESS AND THIS LIGHT,
AND THEN THE [IMITATES HORN] SOUND OF THE HORN.
[ TRAIN HORN BLOWING ]
VERY DISORIENTATING AND VERY, VERY INTIMIDATING.
Grylls: KEEP FOLLOWING ME! RUN!
WE'RE RUNNING, AND I'M BEHIND BEAR, RUNNING.
I TRIP AND LAND ON THE TRACKS.
Grylls: GET UP, GET UP, GET UP, GET UP!
AND IT DOES OCCUR TO ME,
YOU KNOW, THINKING, "THIS THING CANNOT STOP."
[ TRAIN HORN BLOWING ]
AND BEAR TURNS AROUND, AND THEN, LITERALLY IN A HEARTBEAT,
HE'S GRABBED ME, THROWS ME IN FRONT OF HIM,
AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT, AND THE CAMERA'S NOW POINTING BACKWARD.
Grylls: RUN!
THAT'S IT! KEEP GOING! KEEP GOING! KEEP GOING!
[ TRAIN HORN BLOWING ]
HOT AND CRAZY, AND WE'RE LEGGING IT OUT OF THIS TUNNEL.
WE GET TO THE END OF THE TUNNEL, DIVE OUT.
AAH!
[ TRAIN HORN BLOWING ]
SO, IMMEDIATELY, WE'VE HIT DIRT,
BEAR'S UP ON HIS HEELS AGAIN, AND HE'S RUNNING.
WE CAN MAKE IT!
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
GONNA BOARD THIS TRAIN.
AND WE BOTH CLIMB ONTO THE TRAIN,
AND THEN HE DOES THE CLASSIC SORT OF WILD WEST THING
WHERE HE'S JUMPING BETWEEN CARRIAGES TO CARRIAGES.
AND, FINALLY, HE RUNS ON THE FLATBED CARS
AND GETS UP TO THE TRAIN,
AND YOU SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL MONTANA VISTA IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO IT WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL PICKUP,
A REALLY DRAMATIC ENDING TO A GREAT SHOW.
Pearce: THE END OF THE JOURNEY OR THE TRIP
IS ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT.
EVERYONE TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND THINKS [SIGHS] "THAT WAS GOOD."
AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GREAT TO REFLECT ON.
Cane: WHEN WE COME TO THE END OF THE SHOOT
AND BEAR GETS ON THE PLANE, HELICOPTER, OR TRAIN, YOU KNOW,
IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING.
WE KNOW IT'S A WRAP, AND WE KNOW WE'RE GOING HOME.
A NICE FEELING.
IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE. IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC JOURNEY.
IT'S A REALLY EXCITING -- REALLY EXCITING JOB TO DO.
Grylls: THE TRUTH IS, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DOING THE SHOW.
YOU KNOW, WE GO TO AMAZING PLACES,
FACE SOME PRETTY INTENSE ADVENTURES AND CHALLENGES.
AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND,
WITHOUT THE CREW, THIS SHOW WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
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