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WHOO!

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I'M BEAR GRYLLS.

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I GO TO SOME OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH

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TO SHOW YOU WANT IT TAKES
TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.

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I'VE TRAVELED THE GLOBE,
FACING CHALLENGES

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IN THE SORT OF PLACES
YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY

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WITHOUT THE RIGHT
SURVIVAL SKILLS.

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[ GRUNTS ]

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NOW I'M IN BRITISH COLUMBIA,
HIGH IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

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I USUALLY HEAD OUT
INTO THE WILD,

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BUT THIS WEEK,
USING SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT,

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WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE WILD
TO ME SO I CAN SHOW YOU

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HOW TO SURVIVE
THE MOST EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS.

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MY TEAM WILL GIVE MOTHER NATURE
A HELPING HAND

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TO ENSURE CONDITIONS ARE
AS BAD AS THEY CAN GET.

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WE'RE GOING BIGGER, BETTER,
AND MORE AMBITIOUS

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THAN EVER BEFORE.

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I'LL BATTLE THE BONE-CHILLING
WATERS OF A FROZEN LAKE...

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YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP EYES
ON ME, OKAY?

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...BEFORE SWIMMING 40 FOOT
UNDER SOLID ICE...

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I'M WET, COLD,
AND I'VE GOT TO ACT FAST.

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Bombs away.

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...BLAST A RIDGELINE

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TO SET OFF A HUGE AVALANCHE...

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THEN GET BURIED ALIVE
TO EXPERIENCE

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THE SUFFOCATING CONDITIONS
OF THE AFTERMATH.

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I CAN'T MOVE,
AND I CAN'T BREATHE PROPERLY.

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I TRY TO FIND SHELTER IN THE
MIDDLE OF A MANMADE BLIZZARD

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BEFORE FROSTBITE SETS IN...

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UP HERE,
YOU COULD HAVE MINUS-40.

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IN HERE, IT'S GONNA BE
WAY, WAY WARMER.

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...AND CAREEN DOWN
THE ICY MOUNTAIN

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AT OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR

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TO SHOW YOU HOW TO PULL OFF
A LIFESAVING MOVE.

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VERY FAST --
FASTER THAN WE EXPECTED.

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BUT WHEN YOU PLAY
WITH THE BIG BOYS,

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SOMETIMES YOU'RE
GONNA GET HURT.

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[ THUD ]
UGH!

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IT FELT LIKE HITTING A WALL.
I THOUGHT I'D KILLED HIM.

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Grylls: WE'RE HEADING UP
INTO THE SUBZERO MOUNTAINS

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OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
FOR A TWO-DAY EXPEDITION,

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BUT THIS TIME WE'VE NOT ONLY
GOT THE NORMAL FILM KIT,

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WE'VE ALSO GOT A LOAD
OF OTHER TOYS AS WELL.

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AND THE REASON FOR THAT
IS WE'RE GONNA PUT MY BODY

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AND MY SURVIVAL SKILLS
TO THE ULTIMATE TEST.

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WHEN ALL THE GEAR
HAS BEEN LOADED,

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WE FIRE UP THE SNOWCATS AND
HEAD OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS.

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OUR FIRST DESTINATION --
THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES.

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OUR CONVOY IS HEADING HIGH
TOWARDS THE SNOW-COVERED PEAKS,

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WHERE WE PLAN TO SET OFF
OUR OWN FULL-SCALE AVALANCHE,

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THEN COVER ME
WITH OVER HALF A TON OF SNOW

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TO EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE BURIED ALIVE.

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HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GET KILLED
IN AVALANCHES EVERY YEAR.

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AND THAT NUMBER IS RISING
AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE

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VENTURE OUT
INTO THE BACKCOUNTRY,

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SKIING AND SNOWMOBILING.

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AND I'VE WITNESSED AVALANCHES
CLOSE UP BEFORE,

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AND THEY ARE TERRIFYING.

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95% OF AVALANCHES OCCUR
IN THE 24 HOURS

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FOLLOWING A STORM
AND A BIG DUMP OF SNOW.

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THE QUICK PILEUP OVERLOADS
THE UNDERLYING SNOWPACK

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AND CAUSES ANY WEAK LAYERS
BENEATH THE SLAB TO FRACTURE.

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SEE THAT COMING
STRAIGHT OFF THE MOUNTAIN?

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AVALANCHE, AND THIS IS
WHY THIS AREA IS SO DANGEROUS.

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YOU DON'T WANT TO HANG
AROUND HERE, GUYS.

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THAT WHOLE SLAB JUST DROPPED.

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TODAY WE'RE BACK
IN THE MOUNTAINS,

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AND WE'RE GONNA SET OFF
OUR OWN FULL-SCALE AVALANCHE

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TO SEE ITS DEADLY EFFECTS.

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IF ALL GOES TO PLAN,

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THE WHOLE MOUNTAINSIDE
WILL COME CRASHING DOWN.

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TO TRIGGER THE AVALANCHE,
THE TEAM WILL DROP

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FOUR 28-POUND CHARGES
FROM A HELICOPTER.

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Hello, Dave.
This is Danny, over.

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WE'RE ALREADY HEADING
UP THE MOUNTAIN.

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AND WE'RE HOPING FOR A BIG ONE,

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BUT IT'S WAY TOO DANGEROUS
FOR ANY HUMAN.

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INSTEAD, WE'LL PLACE
A LIFE-SIZED REPLICA SKIER

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IN THE AVALANCHE FALL LINE.

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IT'S FITTED WITH A TRANSCEIVER

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WHICH IS USED
BY BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS.

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IT SENDS OUT A SIGNAL
WHICH RESCUERS CAN TRACK,

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EVEN IF IT'S BURIED DEEP.

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ONCE THE AVALANCHE
IS TRIGGERED,

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WE'LL SEND IN
THE SEARCH-AND-RESCUE GUYS,

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SEE HOW LONG IT ACTUALLY TAKES
THEM TO REACH THE DUMMY.

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AND THEN THE TEAM
ARE GONNA BURY ME IN THE SNOW

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AND SEE IF I WOULD HAVE
LASTED LONG ENOUGH

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FOR THEM TO REACH ME
AND MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.

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ONCE THE DANGER ZONE
IS CLEARED,

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WE CALL IN THE HELICOPTER.

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MAN: All right, we're gonna
turn to the left there,

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right around there
to the left.

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Okay, Nick,
you ready?

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Yeah. Yeah, go ahead
and throw bombs.

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HOVERING 20 FEET
ABOVE THE SUMMIT,

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THEY'RE TAKING
THEIR POSITIONS.

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NOW THEY START
THEIR BOMBING RUN.

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Igniter on.

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Bombs away.

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THE HELI TEAM
WILL DROP FOUR CHARGES,

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BUT THE CLOCK'S
ALREADY TICKING.

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THESE BOMBS
HAVE TWO-MINUTE FUSES.

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THE CHOPPER MUST BE 500 YARDS
AWAY FROM THE EXPLOSION,

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OR THE SHOCK WAVE WILL KNOCK
THEM OUT OF THE SKY.

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THE MOUNTAIN IS MOVING.

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AVALANCHES CAN TRAVEL
OVER 200 MILES AN HOUR,

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AND THIS ONE IS HEADING
STRAIGHT FOR OUR SKIER.

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HE'S HIT HARD AND BURIED DEEP.

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OKAY, SO, RESCUE TEAM
IN POSITION THERE.

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LET'S GET THEM GOING.

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NICK, HELLO. IT'S BEAR.
DO YOU COPY, OVER?

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Go ahead, Bear.

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OKAY, BUDDY,
LET'S EXECUTE THE SEARCH.

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EXECUTE THE SEARCH,
OVER.

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Grylls: OKAY,
THAT'S THE CLOCK TICKING.

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LET'S SEE HOW LONG
IT TAKES THEM.

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MOST AVALANCHE VICTIMS
DIE OF SUFFOCATION.

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TIME IS YOUR ENEMY.

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IF NOBODY REACHES YOU
WITHIN 45 MINUTES,

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YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
ARE ONLY 20%.

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AFTER TWO HOURS,
THAT DROPS TO ALMOST ZERO.

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USING THE TRANSCEIVER
TO LOCATE THE BURIED SKIER,

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THEY FOLLOW THE SIGNAL IN,
THEN START TO PROBE.

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AFTER FIVE MINUTES,
THE PROBE HITS SOMETHING.

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NICK: Bear,
we have a strike.

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WELL DONE, BUDDY,
WELL DONE.

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THESE GUYS HAVE PULLED OUT
REAL AVALANCHE VICTIMS,

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BOTH DEAD AND ALIVE.

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THEY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

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GET THE SNOW ON HIM
RIGHT HERE.

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RIGHT THERE.
I'LL GET THE FRONT.

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DIGGING A VICTIM OUT
IS NO EASY TASK.

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JUST BURIED THREE FOOT UNDER,

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OUR SKIER IS COVERED
BY OVER HALF A TON OF SNOW.

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ALL RIGHT,
THERE'S A STRIKE.

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WHAT DO YOU SEE DOWN THERE?
WHAT DO YOU SEE?

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THEY DIG FOR THREE MINUTES

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BEFORE THEY START
TO UNCOVER HIM.

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WE GOT THE BACK
OF HIS HEAD, NICK?
RIGHT ON.

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WE'VE GOT THE FACE.

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Bear, from Nick,
we've got the face exposed.

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OKAY, GOOD JOB.

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THAT IS...

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8 MINUTES, 15 SECONDS.

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GOOD WORK, TEAM.
OKAY, BEAR OUT.

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OUR SKIER WAS UNDER
FOR MORE THAN EIGHT MINUTES.

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IT'S MY TURN.

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THE TEAM MOVE OUT
TO A NEW LOCATION

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FOR THE SECOND STAGE
OF THIS CHALLENGE.

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I'M ABOUT TO BE BURIED ALIVE.

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THEY'RE DIGGING
A DEEP SNOW HOLE TO PUT ME IN,

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AND THIS TEST WILL SIMULATE
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE COVERED

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BY 12 FEET OF SNOW.

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MANY DIE JUST TWO FEET UNDER.

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SO, WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING
IS BREATHING THROUGH THIS TUBE,

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AND THAT'S GONNA BE BURIED
DEEP UNDER THE SNOW,

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AND IT'S
EFFECTIVELY RESTRICTING

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THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN
THAT I'M GETTING,

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WHICH SIMULATES BEING BURIED
IN AN AVALANCHE.

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AND I'VE EXPERIENCED
THIS RESTRICTED OXYGEN BEFORE,

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HIGH ON EVEREST,

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AND IT'S DEFINITELY A VERY, VERY
FRIGHTENING THING TO GO THROUGH,

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VERY DISEMPOWERING,

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'CAUSE YOU'RE SUCKING, BUT
NOTHING'S FILLING YOUR LUNGS.

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IF I'M HONEST, I'M DEFINITELY
NERVOUS ABOUT THIS ONE.

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THIS IS SO DANGEROUS,
I'VE BEEN HOOKED UP TO MONITORS

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THAT SHOW CARBON-DIOXIDE LEVELS
AND BLOOD SATS --

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THE OXYGEN LEVELS IN MY BODY.

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IT'S A GOOD INDICATOR
OF ASPHYXIATION.

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IF ANY OF THESE GO
OFF THE SCALE,

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THEY'VE ONLY GOT SECONDS
TO GET ME OUT.

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[ BREATHING DEEPLY ]

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ONCE I'M IN POSITION,
THE TEAM START TO DIG ME IN.

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THEN THEY FIRE UP
THE SNOWBLOWER.

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AND WITHIN SECONDS,
I'M COMPLETELY COVERED.

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DEEP UNDER THE SNOW,
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR MY CREW,

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BUT BY PLUNGING A SMALL CAMERA
DOWN A STRETCH OF PIPING,

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THEY CAN GET THE SHOT OF ME
BURIED IN MY SNOW COFFIN.

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I LOST A CLOSE FRIEND
TO AVALANCHE.

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HER BODY WAS NEVER FOUND.

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I ALWAYS THOUGHT
SHE WAS INVINCIBLE.

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AND SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD A WARY
RESPECT FOR AVALANCHES.

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IN TRUTH, I'M SCARED OF THEM.

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THIS TUBE SIMULATES A BURIAL
AT 12 FEET

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AND HEAVILY RESTRICTS
MY BREATHING,

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AND ALREADY THIS FEELS
WAY TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.

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BEAR, THAT'S A MINUTE.

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YOUR BLOOD SATS ARE GOOD,
BUT THE CO2 IS BUILDING UP.

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FEELS LIKE A LOT MORE
THAN A MINUTE.

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I'm not enjoying this.

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IT'S, YOU KNOW,

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JUST VERY, VERY CLAUSTROPHOBIC,
YOU KNOW.

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WHEN THE SNOW
FROM AN AVALANCHE SETTLES,

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IT SETS LIKE CONCRETE.

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YOU CAN'T BREAK FREE
FROM ITS ICY GRIP,

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AND ITS PRESSURE
IS CRUSHING.

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[ GASPING ]

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Really noticing the cold
much more now.

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Feel really,
really woozy.

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AH, IT'S HORRIBLE.

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Can't move.

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AND I CAN'T BREATHE PROPERLY.

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UTTERLY POWERLESS.

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GET BURIED BY AN AVALANCHE,

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AND THE MAJOR KILLER
IS CARBON DIOXIDE.

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AS YOU EXHALE, IT FILLS
THE SPACE AROUND YOUR MOUTH,

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AND EVENTUALLY YOU ASPHYXIATE.

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WE'RE AT THE THRESHOLD
NOW, BEAR.

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YOU'VE GOT
LESS THAN 12% OXYGEN.

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CARBON-DIOXIDE LEVELS
ARE RISING SHARPLY NOW.

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AS THE OXYGEN LEVEL PLUMMETS,

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IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER
TO BREATHE.

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JUST MASSIVE URGE
TO NEED TO BREATHE MORE.

217
00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,967
WHEN YOU PUSH YOUR CHEST UP

218
00:11:28,033 --> 00:11:31,200
AND TRY AND TAKE A BREATH,
IT DOESN'T SATISFY YOU.

219
00:11:31,266 --> 00:11:34,800
WE'VE HIT 8:15,
THE TIME OUR SKIER WAS BURIED,

220
00:11:34,867 --> 00:11:36,100
BUT THE AIR NOW IS RUNNING OUT,

221
00:11:36,166 --> 00:11:39,734
AND I'M STRUGGLING
FOR EVERY BREATH.

222
00:11:50,433 --> 00:11:51,667
Bombs away.

223
00:11:51,734 --> 00:11:53,800
I'M HIGH
IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES,

224
00:11:53,867 --> 00:11:56,767
WHERE WE'VE JUST SET OFF
A HUGE AVALANCHE.

225
00:12:02,934 --> 00:12:05,300
NOW MY TEAM HAVE BURIED ME
DEEP UNDER THE SNOW

226
00:12:05,367 --> 00:12:07,700
SO I CAN EXPERIENCE
THE SUFFOCATING CONDITIONS

227
00:12:07,767 --> 00:12:09,367
OF THE AFTERMATH.

228
00:12:15,333 --> 00:12:17,233
[ GASPING ]

229
00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:20,367
THEY'VE BEEN MONITORING MY BODY
FOR OVER EIGHT MINUTES.

230
00:12:20,433 --> 00:12:22,000
NOW THE AIR IS RUNNING OUT,

231
00:12:22,066 --> 00:12:24,834
AND I'M STRUGGLING
FOR EVERY BREATH.

232
00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:26,734
Pearce: BEAR,
YOUR BLOOD SATS ARE BELOW 85.

233
00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,133
WE'RE GETTING
THE DIGGERS IN NOW.

234
00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,266
OKAY, GUYS, GO.

235
00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:34,600
IN THE E.R.,
ALARM BELLS START RINGING

236
00:12:34,667 --> 00:12:37,300
WHEN PATIENTS' BLOOD SATS
HIT 92.

237
00:12:37,367 --> 00:12:38,867
MINE ARE DOWN TO 82.

238
00:12:38,934 --> 00:12:41,500
THERE'S VERY LITTLE OXYGEN
IN MY BLOOD.

239
00:12:41,567 --> 00:12:43,533
THEY'VE GOT TO GET ME
OUT OF HERE FAST.

240
00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,867
[ COUGHING ]

241
00:12:45,934 --> 00:12:48,266
COME ON, GET THE WEIGHT
OFF MY CHEST.

242
00:12:48,333 --> 00:12:51,266
KEEP SHOVELING ON THE LOWER PART
OF THE BODY.

243
00:12:52,233 --> 00:12:54,867
OH, MAN.

244
00:12:54,934 --> 00:12:57,300
[ COUGHS ]

245
00:12:57,867 --> 00:13:01,033
SO POWERLESS
WHEN YOU CAN'T BREATHE.

246
00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:03,066
BUT LITERALLY, AS SOON
AS THAT OXYGEN COMES IN,

247
00:13:03,133 --> 00:13:05,734
IT'S LIKE SOMEONE
TURNING THE LIGHT ON, YOU KNOW?

248
00:13:07,133 --> 00:13:09,066
HEY, YOU ALL RIGHT, MAN?

249
00:13:09,133 --> 00:13:10,734
JUST NEED HUMAN CONTACT.

250
00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,433
MAN, YOU ALL RIGHT?
YOU ALL RIGHT?

251
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,133
GIVE US A HUG.
YEAH. HEY.

252
00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:15,600
WARM UP.
GOOD JOB.

253
00:13:15,667 --> 00:13:16,934
THAT TOUGH?

254
00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,533
I DIDN'T LIKE THAT
AT ALL.

255
00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,734
I NEVER WANT TO GO
THROUGH THAT AGAIN.

256
00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,100
LESSON IS...

257
00:13:23,166 --> 00:13:25,133
NEVER, EVER GET
IN AN AVALANCHE.

258
00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,266
YOU KNOW,
PLAN WHERE YOU'RE GOING,

259
00:13:27,333 --> 00:13:29,200
THINK SMART,

260
00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:31,867
AND DON'T TAKE
UNNECESSARY RISKS.

261
00:13:33,934 --> 00:13:38,000
I'VE WITNESSED THE DESTRUCTIVE
FORCE OF AN AVALANCHE...

262
00:13:38,066 --> 00:13:40,300
AND SURVIVED THE AFTERMATH.

263
00:13:40,367 --> 00:13:43,600
NOW I'LL FACE ANOTHER OF
NATURE'S KILLERS, THE BLIZZARD.

264
00:13:43,667 --> 00:13:47,867
IN THE WILD, IT'S HARD TO
PREDICT WHEN STORMS WILL HIT.

265
00:13:47,934 --> 00:13:50,700
BUT USING OUR SPECIALIST GEAR,
IT'S NO PROBLEM.

266
00:13:50,767 --> 00:13:53,400
MY TEAM WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

267
00:13:53,467 --> 00:13:56,066
I'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD
BEFORE IN ICELAND.

268
00:13:56,133 --> 00:13:58,533
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD
40-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS,

269
00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,634
SUBZERO TEMPERATURES,
VISIBILITY ALMOST ZERO.

270
00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:06,166
TRUST ME,
IT JUST BECOMES A NIGHTMARE.

271
00:14:06,233 --> 00:14:09,200
AS TEMPERATURES DIVE
AND WIND CHILL RISES,

272
00:14:09,266 --> 00:14:11,567
THE ONSET OF FROSTBITE
IS NEVER FAR AWAY.

273
00:14:11,634 --> 00:14:13,934
GETTING OUT OF THE WIND
CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE

274
00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,367
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

275
00:14:15,433 --> 00:14:18,000
I'M GONNA SHOW HOW TO SURVIVE
NATURE AT ITS WORST

276
00:14:18,066 --> 00:14:21,100
BY RECREATING
MY OWN PERFECT STORM.

277
00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,233
I'VE PULLED IN
TWO WIND MACHINES.

278
00:14:25,300 --> 00:14:29,000
SWITCH THESE ON, AND WE'LL HAVE
OUR OWN INSTANT BLIZZARD.

279
00:14:29,066 --> 00:14:32,033
THESE GUYS CAN PUMP OUT WINDS
UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.

280
00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:35,333
AND IT'S BELOW FREEZING NOW,
SO WHEN THESE GUYS GET GOING,

281
00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,767
THAT TEMPERATURE IS
JUST GONNA PLUMMET.

282
00:14:38,834 --> 00:14:40,700
TO MEASURE THE WIND SPEED
AND WIND CHILL,

283
00:14:40,767 --> 00:14:42,700
WE'VE SET UP
TWO SMALL WEATHER STATIONS --

284
00:14:42,767 --> 00:14:45,567
ONE LOCATED OUTSIDE
THE BLAST OF THE MACHINES,

285
00:14:45,634 --> 00:14:49,634
THE OTHER ONE WILL BE WITH ME
RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT.

286
00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:50,967
TO MAKE THINGS EVER COLDER,

287
00:14:51,033 --> 00:14:53,066
WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR THE SUN
TO GO DOWN.

288
00:14:53,133 --> 00:14:54,834
BUT WE'LL NEED LIGHT.

289
00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:56,767
Come this way
a little bit.

290
00:14:56,834 --> 00:15:01,166
ONCE THE SNOWCATS ARE PUT INTO
POSITION, WE'RE READY TO GO.

291
00:15:01,233 --> 00:15:03,133
Stop there. Whoa.

292
00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,367
Just gonna eyeball that from
the other side, Tim, okay?

293
00:15:05,433 --> 00:15:06,767
Hold on.

294
00:15:06,834 --> 00:15:09,767
THEN, WHEN DARKNESS FALLS,
WE FIRE UP THE SPOTS.

295
00:15:12,867 --> 00:15:15,266
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS
THAT PEOPLE DIE IN BLIZZARDS

296
00:15:15,333 --> 00:15:17,500
IS THAT THEY PUSH ON,
TRY AND BATTLE THE ELEMENTS,

297
00:15:17,567 --> 00:15:19,233
WHEN ACTUALLY
THEY SHOULD JUST STOP.

298
00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:21,900
IF YOU'VE GOT HIGH WINDS,
DIFFICULT TERRAIN,

299
00:15:21,967 --> 00:15:23,100
AND ZERO VISIBILITY,

300
00:15:23,166 --> 00:15:24,367
IF YOU PUSH ON, IT'S FUTILE.

301
00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:25,734
IT'S LIKE BEING ON A TREADMILL.

302
00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,700
IT'S GONNA BEAT YOU,
AND YOU'RE GONNA DIE.

303
00:15:27,767 --> 00:15:29,533
YOUR NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY
IS PROTECTION,

304
00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:30,800
AND IN THIS CASE,

305
00:15:30,867 --> 00:15:33,100
IT'S PROTECTION FROM THE WIND
AND FROM THE COLD.

306
00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:35,266
OKAY, FIRE IT UP, GUYS.

307
00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,600
OKAY, LET'S GO.

308
00:15:46,033 --> 00:15:50,033
GOT TO TRY AND COVER UP,
BEST YOU CAN, ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

309
00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:52,600
OKAY, GET INTO THIS.

310
00:15:56,867 --> 00:16:00,734
AS THE WIND CHILL KICKS IN,
THE TEMPERATURE DIVES.

311
00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,834
IN WINDS THIS HIGH, FROSTBITE
CAN SET IN IN MINUTES,

312
00:16:03,900 --> 00:16:06,667
AND THERE'S
NO NATURAL SHELTER HERE.

313
00:16:06,734 --> 00:16:08,533
MY ONLY OPTION IS TO DIG.

314
00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,767
AND THIS IS GONNA BE
A GOOD PLACE TO DIG A SNOW HOLE.

315
00:16:11,834 --> 00:16:14,667
YOU WANT A LEE SLOPE
WITH A BIG BUILDUP

316
00:16:14,734 --> 00:16:16,867
OF POWDERED SNOW FROM THE WIND.

317
00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:20,333
ALSO, IF YOU DIG INTO THE SLOPE,
WHEN YOU'RE SHOVELING,

318
00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,567
GRAVITY IS GONNA TAKE THE SNOW
DOWN AWAY FROM YOU.

319
00:16:23,634 --> 00:16:25,266
LET GRAVITY DO THE WORK.

320
00:16:27,266 --> 00:16:31,033
IT'S BEST TO DIG HORIZONTALLY
INTO THE SNOW FACE.

321
00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:33,266
DIG DOWNWARDS,
AND YOU'LL CREATE A WELL,

322
00:16:33,333 --> 00:16:36,166
AND ALL THE COLD AIR
WILL SINK ON TOP OF YOU.

323
00:16:36,233 --> 00:16:40,233
OKAY, WE'RE READY.

324
00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:44,400
WE'RE ONLY JUST DIGGING IN
LIKE ONE OR TWO FEET,

325
00:16:44,467 --> 00:16:47,266
I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF SHELTER FROM THE WIND.

326
00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:51,533
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE WIND UP HERE...

327
00:16:54,934 --> 00:16:57,500
...READING 45 MILES AN HOUR,

328
00:16:57,567 --> 00:17:00,533
BUT DOWN HERE...

329
00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,300
WELL, IT'S ONLY READING
ABOUT 5 MILES AN HOUR.

330
00:17:03,367 --> 00:17:07,300
THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE
IN WIND SPEEDS.

331
00:17:07,367 --> 00:17:11,266
AND WIND SPEEDS CORRELATE
TO WIND CHILL.

332
00:17:11,333 --> 00:17:13,567
UP HERE, YOU CAN HAVE MINUS-40.

333
00:17:13,634 --> 00:17:16,200
IN HERE, IT'S GONNA BE
WAY, WAY WARMER.

334
00:17:16,266 --> 00:17:17,767
LET'S KEEP DIGGING.

335
00:17:17,834 --> 00:17:19,667
WITH TIME RUNNING AGAINST YOU,

336
00:17:19,734 --> 00:17:22,400
IT'S VITAL THAT YOU DIG
A VERY BASIC SNOW HOLE.

337
00:17:22,467 --> 00:17:26,400
MAKE IT JUST BIG ENOUGH
TO SQUEEZE YOUR BODY INTO.

338
00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:28,033
ONCE YOU'RE IN,

339
00:17:28,100 --> 00:17:30,467
PULL ANY LOOSE BLOCKS OF SNOW
AROUND THE OPENING

340
00:17:30,533 --> 00:17:33,033
TO HELP KEEP OUT
THE FREEZING-COLD WIND.

341
00:17:36,734 --> 00:17:40,867
OKAY, WELL, I'M OUT OF ALMOST
ALL OF THE WIND IN HERE.

342
00:17:40,934 --> 00:17:42,900
IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

343
00:17:42,967 --> 00:17:45,333
AND ALL IT IS
IS A LITTLE BOLT HOLE,

344
00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,333
LITTLE ESCAPE CHAMBER THAT,
IN THIS SORT OF WIND,

345
00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,200
COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.

346
00:17:53,266 --> 00:17:55,166
OKAY, INTO THE SNOW CAVE.

347
00:17:55,233 --> 00:17:58,667
THE GOOD THING ABOUT SNOW
IS THAT IT'S A GREAT INSULATOR.

348
00:17:58,734 --> 00:18:00,533
WHATEVER THE WEATHER OUTSIDE,

349
00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,700
IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY CONSTANT
32 DEGREES IN HERE.

350
00:18:03,767 --> 00:18:06,200
THERE'S NO DOUBT
IT'S A HARD 15, 20 MINUTES

351
00:18:06,266 --> 00:18:07,734
TO MAKE THIS SORT OF THING.

352
00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,033
YOU'RE MUCH BETTER OFF

353
00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:11,367
WORKING HARD
GETTING OUT OF THE WEATHER

354
00:18:11,433 --> 00:18:12,800
THAN TRUDGING
FOR HOUR AFTER HOUR

355
00:18:12,867 --> 00:18:16,300
INTO A BLIZZARD,
GETTING NOWHERE.

356
00:18:16,367 --> 00:18:19,500
SO I CAN JUST SIT AND LET
THE STORM BLOW ITSELF OUT,

357
00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:23,900
OR, IN THIS CASE, LET THE WIND
MACHINES BLOW THEMSELVES OUT.

358
00:18:23,967 --> 00:18:27,266
A GROUP OF SKIERS
WERE RECENTLY TRAPPED

359
00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:29,900
IN 60-MILE-AN-HOUR
BLIZZARDS IN THE ROCKIES.

360
00:18:29,967 --> 00:18:32,000
THEY SHELTERED IN SNOW HOLES
LIKE THIS ONE,

361
00:18:32,066 --> 00:18:33,667
AND IT SAVED THEIR LIVES.

362
00:18:33,734 --> 00:18:37,233
AFTER FOUR DAYS IN THE WILD,

363
00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:40,200
ALL FIVE MADE THEIR WAY
TO SAFETY.

364
00:18:40,266 --> 00:18:43,233
IN THESE SUBZERO CONDITIONS,

365
00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:45,900
STAYING WARM AND DRY
IS YOUR NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY,

366
00:18:45,967 --> 00:18:47,734
BUT SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.

367
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,667
IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE,

368
00:18:49,734 --> 00:18:53,333
I TAKE ON THE FREEZING WATERS
OF AN ICE-COVERED LAKE...

369
00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,900
INSTANTLY,
I FEEL MY HEART RATE

370
00:18:55,967 --> 00:18:58,800
JUST GOES
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE ROOF.

371
00:18:58,867 --> 00:19:02,200
...TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE
THESE CHILLING WATERS.

372
00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:19,433
MY TEAM AND I
ARE IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES,

373
00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:22,967
CARRYING OUT AN EXPERIMENT,

374
00:19:23,033 --> 00:19:26,500
RECREATING THE WORST THAT
MOTHER NATURE CAN THROW AT YOU.

375
00:19:26,567 --> 00:19:28,867
IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE,

376
00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:30,867
I TAKE THE PLUNGE

377
00:19:30,934 --> 00:19:34,333
INTO THE FREEZING WATERS
OF AN ICE-COVERED LAKE.

378
00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:42,333
I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF COLD
ENVIRONMENTS IN MY LIFE.

379
00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,834
THERE'S NO DOUBT
THEY'RE TESTING.

380
00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:46,634
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BURN UP

381
00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:49,300
AN INSANE AMOUNT OF ENERGY
OUT HERE.

382
00:19:49,367 --> 00:19:52,066
THE BATTLE IS TO STAY WARM
AND DRY.

383
00:19:53,667 --> 00:19:55,900
ONCE YOU GET WET,

384
00:19:55,967 --> 00:19:58,734
YOUR BODY STARTS TO LOSE HEAT
25 TIMES FASTER.

385
00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,834
OKAY, LET'S GET INTO THIS.

386
00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:06,233
BUT IN A DYNAMIC
SURVIVAL SITUATION

387
00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,700
WHERE YOU PLAN TO WALK
YOUR OWN WAY TO SALVATION,

388
00:20:08,767 --> 00:20:12,500
SOMETIMES YOU'VE NO CHOICE
BUT TO TAKE THE PLUNGE...

389
00:20:12,567 --> 00:20:14,133
WHOA, OKAY, WE'RE IN.

390
00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,634
...EVEN IF IT IS
AN ICE-COVERED RIVER.

391
00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:19,500
WHEN YOU'RE MOVING
THROUGH THE WILD,

392
00:20:19,567 --> 00:20:23,233
YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT
WHAT OBSTACLES LIE AHEAD.

393
00:20:23,300 --> 00:20:25,467
BUT TODAY I KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT.

394
00:20:25,533 --> 00:20:28,100
MY TEAM ARE WITH ME
TO GIVE NATURE A HELPING HAND

395
00:20:28,166 --> 00:20:32,100
AND ENSURE THAT I FACE HER
AT HER WILDEST.

396
00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:33,800
TEMPERATURE'S
WELL BELOW FREEZING.

397
00:20:33,867 --> 00:20:37,066
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A BIG
FROZEN LAKE IN FRONT OF US HERE.

398
00:20:37,133 --> 00:20:40,934
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS CUT
A CHANNEL ACTUALLY INTO THE ICE

399
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,567
AND THEN SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS

400
00:20:42,634 --> 00:20:45,100
IF YOU FALL THROUGH THE ICE
AND GET SUBMERGED.

401
00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:46,967
IT'S GONNA BE A COLD ONE.

402
00:20:47,033 --> 00:20:50,467
EVERY YEAR IN CANADA,
45 PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE ICE

403
00:20:50,533 --> 00:20:52,734
AND DIE
FROM COLD-WATER IMMERSION.

404
00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,867
THE DANGER IS VERY REAL.

405
00:20:54,934 --> 00:20:58,767
TEMPERATURES RECENTLY DIVED
TO MINUS-40 DEGREES HERE,

406
00:20:58,834 --> 00:21:02,634
AND THE ICE WAS A FOOT THICK.

407
00:21:02,700 --> 00:21:05,066
THE CREW WILL MONITOR
MY VITAL SIGNS

408
00:21:05,133 --> 00:21:07,533
AS I SWIM UNDER
AN 18-FOOT ICE BRIDGE,

409
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,400
NEGOTIATE
A LONG, OPEN CHANNEL,

410
00:21:09,467 --> 00:21:11,033
AND THEN TAKE ON
ANOTHER BRIDGE,

411
00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:13,233
THIS ONE TWICE AS LONG.

412
00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:18,333
Man: DIVER GOING
IN THE WATER.

413
00:21:21,266 --> 00:21:24,133
A DIVER GOES IN
FOR ONE FINAL CHECK.

414
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,100
THE DANGER FOR ME HERE
IS VERY CLEAR.

415
00:21:27,166 --> 00:21:30,100
IF I SWIM OFF AT AN ANGLE
AND MISS THAT EXIT HOLE,

416
00:21:30,166 --> 00:21:33,700
I'LL BE TRAPPED UNDER THE ICE.

417
00:21:33,767 --> 00:21:36,600
THE CREW WILL FILM ME
ABOVE AND BELOW THE SURFACE,

418
00:21:36,667 --> 00:21:37,867
AND TO SHOW MY HEAT LOSS,

419
00:21:37,934 --> 00:21:40,066
THEY'LL USE
A THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA.

420
00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:42,767
BLUE IS COLD.
RED, WHITE IS HOT.

421
00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:45,066
SO IF I PUT MY HAND,
SO YOU CAN SEE MY HAND

422
00:21:45,133 --> 00:21:47,333
AT THE MOMENT IS WARM,
RED AND WHITE.

423
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:48,934
SO, IF IT GOES IN THE WATER...

424
00:21:52,233 --> 00:21:55,333
THEN YOU CAN SEE A BLUE HAND.

425
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:56,600
LOOK AT THAT.

426
00:21:56,667 --> 00:21:59,700
SO, WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH
OF BEAR'S BODY TURNS BLUE.

427
00:21:59,767 --> 00:22:02,834
THE THERMAL CAMERA WILL ONLY
GET AN ACCURATE READING

428
00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:04,333
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY BODY

429
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,033
IF IT CAN SEE EXPOSED SKIN.

430
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:07,533
TIME TO GET MY KIT OFF.

431
00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,433
THERE'S NOTHING FUN

432
00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:13,767
ABOUT STRIPPING OFF
NICE, WARM LAYERS.

433
00:22:13,834 --> 00:22:18,734
BEEN IN WATER THIS COLD
BEFORE --

434
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,934
JUST PLAIN HORRIBLE.

435
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,634
WHOA. CHILLY PERKINS.

436
00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:27,133
OKAY, WELL, I'M HOOKED UP
TO THIS TRANSMITTER AS WELL.

437
00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,200
AND IT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING
MY HEART RATE

438
00:22:29,266 --> 00:22:31,233
BUT ALSO MY BREATHING RATE.

439
00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:33,467
IT'S ALL LINKED UP TO A LAPTOP

440
00:22:33,533 --> 00:22:35,934
SO THE TEAM CAN MONITOR ME
IN REAL TIME.

441
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000
AND I'VE GOT
A THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA

442
00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:39,934
SHOWING MY SKIN TEMPERATURE.

443
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,100
OKAY, LET'S GET INTO THIS.

444
00:22:42,166 --> 00:22:45,433
MY SKIN TEMPERATURE'S CURRENTLY
88 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

445
00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:48,133
THAT'S ABOUT
TO FALL DRAMATICALLY.

446
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,967
I'VE GOT TO SWIM OVER 80 FEET.

447
00:22:51,033 --> 00:22:54,333
HALF OF THAT
IS UNDER SOLID ICE.

448
00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:01,900
OKAY. LET'S GO FOR THIS.

449
00:23:01,967 --> 00:23:05,934
[ SIGHING ]

450
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,066
DO YOU KNOW,
IT'S MUCH HARDER THAN NORMAL.

451
00:23:09,133 --> 00:23:12,200
WHENEVER I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE,
IT'S BEEN PART OF A JOURNEY.

452
00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:14,500
YOU COME ACROSS A RIVER.
YOU JUST GET ON AND DO IT.

453
00:23:14,567 --> 00:23:18,533
THIS IS MUCH MORE PREMEDITATED.

454
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,333
I FIND THAT HARDER.

455
00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:27,600
Man: OKAY, GO.

456
00:23:32,734 --> 00:23:34,900
OKAY, FIRST THING
YOU'VE GOT TO DO

457
00:23:34,967 --> 00:23:37,834
IS FIGHT THAT SENSE OF PANIC
THAT'S VERY NATURAL

458
00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:40,634
WHEN YOU'RE IN FREEZING-COLD
WATER LIKE THIS.

459
00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:42,900
AND INSTANTLY,
I FEEL MY HEART RATE

460
00:23:42,967 --> 00:23:46,634
JUST GOES
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE ROOF.

461
00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:50,767
AND THE DANGER OF THAT
IS CARDIAC ARREST.

462
00:23:50,834 --> 00:23:53,333
YOU'VE GOT TO TRY AND SLOW IT.

463
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,000
SLOW IT, AND KEEP
THAT PANIC AWAY.

464
00:23:57,066 --> 00:24:00,533
OKAY, UNDER THE ICE.

465
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,967
THE DANGER FOR ME HERE, GUYS,
IS NOT GETTING THE LINE RIGHT.

466
00:24:06,033 --> 00:24:08,634
IF I START HEADING OFFLINE --

467
00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:11,233
YOU GOT TO KEEP EYES
ON ME, OKAY?

468
00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:14,700
WE GOT NO SAFETY LINE HERE.
NEED TO GET IT STRAIGHT.

469
00:24:17,066 --> 00:24:20,734
SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT
UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING

470
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,100
YOUR REFLEXES.

471
00:24:22,166 --> 00:24:24,266
WATCH AS MY HEART RATE DROPS

472
00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:26,800
FROM 160 BEATS PER MINUTE
TO 55.

473
00:24:26,867 --> 00:24:29,200
IT'S KNOWN
AS THE MAMMALIAN DIVE REFLEX.

474
00:24:29,266 --> 00:24:31,734
WHEN YOUR FACE IS SUBMERGED
IN COLD WATER,

475
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,367
THE HEART SLOWS DRAMATICALLY.

476
00:24:33,433 --> 00:24:35,433
IT GIVES YOU
VITAL EXTRA SECONDS

477
00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:36,934
TO MAKE IT TO THE SURFACE.

478
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,100
[ GASPING ]

479
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,734
BURNING SENSATION IN THE EYES.

480
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,767
LITERALLY JUST NUMBS --
NUMBS YOUR VISION.

481
00:24:53,834 --> 00:24:55,200
TWO MINUTES IN,

482
00:24:55,266 --> 00:24:57,767
AND ALREADY MY BODY'S
FALLING VICTIM TO THE COLD.

483
00:24:57,834 --> 00:24:59,700
BLOOD VESSELS IN MY MUSCLES
ARE CONSTRICTING,

484
00:24:59,767 --> 00:25:01,867
STARVING THEM OF OXYGEN.

485
00:25:01,934 --> 00:25:04,166
FATIGUE IS ALSO KICKING IN.

486
00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:06,600
WELL, I CAN FEEL MY EXTREMITIES

487
00:25:06,667 --> 00:25:09,600
ARE JUST BEGINNING
TO SLOW UP HERE.

488
00:25:09,667 --> 00:25:11,900
I'VE BEEN IN FOUR MINUTES NOW,

489
00:25:11,967 --> 00:25:14,567
AND MY SKIN TEMPERATURE
HAS DROPPED OFF THE SCALE.

490
00:25:14,634 --> 00:25:18,500
HIS SKIN TEMPERATURE'S GONE
FROM 83 TO 32 DEGREES.

491
00:25:18,567 --> 00:25:19,900
THAT'S FREEZING.

492
00:25:19,967 --> 00:25:23,000
AND THE INUITS HAVE A THING
TO TEST WHETHER THEIR HANDS

493
00:25:23,066 --> 00:25:25,500
ARE GETTING TOO COLD
WHEN THEY'RE FISHING.

494
00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:27,734
IF THEY CAN NO LONGER TOUCH
THEIR FINGER --

495
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,667
LITTLE FINGER --
AND THUMB TOGETHER,

496
00:25:29,734 --> 00:25:32,166
IT MEANS THEY GOT TO START
WARMING THEIR HANDS UP.

497
00:25:32,233 --> 00:25:33,333
THE CLOCK'S TICKING.

498
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,333
STAY IN HERE
ANOTHER FEW MINUTES,

499
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,867
AND YOU'D BE UNABLE TO SWIM.

500
00:25:36,934 --> 00:25:40,634
AFTER 10 MINUTES,
YOU'D BE UNCONSCIOUS AND DROWN.

501
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,233
THIS IS THE LONGEST ICE SWIM
I'VE EVER ATTEMPTED.

502
00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:52,667
CRIPPLED BY THE COLD,
MY SWIMMING HAS BECOME LABORED.

503
00:25:52,734 --> 00:25:55,834
IT'S A BIG ASK
FOR MY ALREADY WEAKENED BODY.

504
00:26:04,533 --> 00:26:07,433
UGH.

505
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:09,634
MY HEAD.

506
00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:11,767
GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

507
00:26:11,834 --> 00:26:14,100
WHAT YOU DO NEXT COULD MEAN

508
00:26:14,166 --> 00:26:16,066
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

509
00:26:16,133 --> 00:26:17,967
ACTUALLY FEEL QUITE FAINT.

510
00:26:18,033 --> 00:26:20,734
GET STUCK LIKE THIS
IN THE WILD WITHOUT ANY CREW,

511
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,433
AND YOU'VE GOT TO KICK
INTO SURVIVAL MODE.

512
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:27,767
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO
TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.

513
00:26:27,834 --> 00:26:32,266
OKAY, I'M WET, COLD,
AND I'VE GOT TO ACT FAST

514
00:26:32,333 --> 00:26:34,333
BEFORE I START LOSING
ALL FEELING.

515
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,500
PROBLEM IS I DON'T WANT

516
00:26:35,567 --> 00:26:37,266
TO PUT THESE CLOTHES ON
WHEN I'M THIS WET.

517
00:26:37,333 --> 00:26:38,900
IT WOULD JUST MAKE
THE CLOTHES WET.

518
00:26:38,967 --> 00:26:42,133
I'M GONNA GET INTO THE SNOW
AND ROLL IN IT.

519
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,934
AND WHAT POWDER SNOW
WILL DO IS

520
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,433
ITS CRYSTALS WILL ABSORB A LOT
OF THE MOISTURE,

521
00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:52,700
JUST TAKE SOME OF THAT OFF ME
SO I KEEP MY CLOTHES DRY.

522
00:26:55,133 --> 00:26:57,800
OKAY, LET'S GET
AN OUTER SHELL ON.

523
00:26:57,867 --> 00:26:59,700
THE SNOW HAS DONE ITS JOB.

524
00:26:59,767 --> 00:27:01,667
NOW TO GET MY CLOTHES BACK ON.

525
00:27:01,734 --> 00:27:04,133
OH, GOD.

526
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,300
ACTUALLY FEELS
LIKE MY TOES AND FINGERS

527
00:27:08,367 --> 00:27:10,967
HAVE BEEN STUCK IN A FIRE.

528
00:27:11,033 --> 00:27:12,700
IT'S A WEIRD SENSATION.

529
00:27:12,767 --> 00:27:16,367
EXTREME COLD FEELS
SORT OF LIKE EXTREME HEAT.

530
00:27:16,433 --> 00:27:21,166
IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY PAINFUL
AND ALMOST UNUSABLE.

531
00:27:21,233 --> 00:27:22,834
ONCE YOU LEAVE
THE FREEZING WATER,

532
00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:25,800
YOUR BODY STARTS PUMPING BLOOD
BACK TO THE EXTREMITIES.

533
00:27:25,867 --> 00:27:27,333
IT'S KNOWN AS THE AFTERDROP,

534
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,867
AND WITH THE BLOOD DIVERTED,

535
00:27:28,934 --> 00:27:31,300
YOUR CORE TEMPERATURE
CAN THEN PLUMMET.

536
00:27:31,367 --> 00:27:32,700
YOU NEED FIRE AND FAST.

537
00:27:32,767 --> 00:27:34,700
OH, MY.

538
00:27:34,767 --> 00:27:39,133
THEY ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT THAT GOLDEN FIVE MINUTES

539
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,367
AFTER YOU'VE BEEN
IN EXTREME COLD WATER.

540
00:27:41,433 --> 00:27:42,700
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE COLD,

541
00:27:42,767 --> 00:27:45,133
WHAT YOU HAVE WORKING FOR YOU
IS ADRENALINE.

542
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,100
YOU'VE GOT TO USE THAT
ADRENALINE JUST TO FIRE YOU,

543
00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:51,266
TO KEEP YOU GOING UNTIL YOU'VE
GOT A LIFESAVING FIRE.

544
00:27:55,934 --> 00:27:57,333
ONCE YOU GOT YOUR FIRE,

545
00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,333
YOU NEED TO GET A HOT DRINK
BREWING STRAIGHTAWAY.

546
00:28:07,233 --> 00:28:10,100
REALLY, WHAT I WANT
IS SOME FOOD AND SOME SUGARS

547
00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:11,834
TO REPLACE ALL THAT LOST ENERGY.

548
00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:16,233
BUT, YOU KNOW,
A BIT OF SPRUCE-NEEDLE TEA

549
00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:17,734
WILL DO THE TRICK.

550
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,433
IT'S GONNA WARM ME,
GIVE ME A BIT OF VITAMIN C.

551
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:25,900
ALSO, IT'LL JUST MAKE ME FEEL
A LOAD BETTER AGAIN.

552
00:28:25,967 --> 00:28:27,734
ON THERMAL IMAGING,
YOU CAN SEE

553
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,233
THE BRIGHT WHITE CUP
FULL OF BOILING-HOT TEA.

554
00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:31,700
GET THAT INSIDE YOU,

555
00:28:31,767 --> 00:28:34,433
AND IT WILL BEGIN TO STABILIZE
YOUR CORE TEMPERATURE.

556
00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:36,467
OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTS,

557
00:28:36,533 --> 00:28:38,900
IT'S EXTREME COLD
THAT HITS ME THE HARDEST.

558
00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:41,834
I'VE SUFFERED FROSTNIP BEFORE
IN MY FINGERS AND TOES,

559
00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:44,867
AND THE DAMAGED CAPILLARIES
HAVE NEVER FULLY RECOVERED.

560
00:28:44,934 --> 00:28:46,634
IT GETS ME EVERY TIME.

561
00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:49,266
BOY, THAT WAS COLD.

562
00:28:49,333 --> 00:28:52,367
THAT'S IT.
I'M DONE WITH ICE SWIMS.

563
00:28:52,433 --> 00:28:53,934
[ SIGHS ]

564
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,367
FIGHTING YOUR WAY THROUGH
THIS KIND OF ENVIRONMENT

565
00:29:00,433 --> 00:29:02,500
PRESENTS
THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE.

566
00:29:04,266 --> 00:29:05,900
IT TAKES YOU TO THE LIMIT...

567
00:29:05,967 --> 00:29:06,900
[ THUD ]
UGH!

568
00:29:06,967 --> 00:29:08,834
...AND SOMETIMES BEYOND.

569
00:29:27,367 --> 00:29:30,400
I'M IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
ON A SPECIAL MISSION.

570
00:29:30,467 --> 00:29:32,533
TAKING CONTROL OF THE ELEMENTS,

571
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,033
WE'VE SET OFF AN AVALANCHE,

572
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:36,934
WHIPPED UP A BLIZZARD,

573
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,600
AND CARVED OUT A FROZEN LAKE.

574
00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:42,600
FIGHTING YOUR WAY
THROUGH THE WILD TO SAFETY

575
00:29:42,667 --> 00:29:45,000
IS MY KIND OF SURVIVAL.

576
00:29:45,066 --> 00:29:48,767
BUT SOMETIMES KNOWING WHEN
AND WHERE TO STOP IS THE KEY.

577
00:29:51,433 --> 00:29:53,266
OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTS,
IT'S THE COLD

578
00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:54,734
WHERE A GOOD SHELTER

579
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,133
CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH --

580
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,533
KEEP YOU WARM, KEEP YOU DRY,

581
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,567
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE
IT THROUGH VERY COLD NIGHTS.

582
00:30:06,367 --> 00:30:09,734
I'VE SPENT NIGHTS OUT IN SOME
OF THE COLDEST PLACES ON EARTH,

583
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:14,266
PLACES WHERE THE TEMPERATURE
DIVES ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN.

584
00:30:14,333 --> 00:30:16,467
I AM FREEZING, FREEZING COLD,

585
00:30:16,533 --> 00:30:20,567
AND I'VE JUST LOOKED AT
THE THERMOMETER ON THE CAMERA.

586
00:30:20,634 --> 00:30:24,500
AND HAVE A LOOK.
SEE WHAT IT'S READING.

587
00:30:24,567 --> 00:30:27,634
IT'S SAYING MINUS-30 DEGREES.

588
00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:29,467
AND REALLY, AT THE MOMENT,

589
00:30:29,533 --> 00:30:32,600
THIS IS JUST BECOMING
AN ENDURANCE EXERCISE.

590
00:30:32,667 --> 00:30:35,900
BUILDING A SHELTER
AND MAKING FIRE

591
00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:39,266
TAKES TIME
AND USES VITAL ENERGY RESERVES.

592
00:30:39,333 --> 00:30:40,867
BUT IT'S ALWAYS WORTH
THE EFFORT.

593
00:30:40,934 --> 00:30:43,367
I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU WHAT
DIFFERENCE THEY REALLY MAKE

594
00:30:43,433 --> 00:30:46,033
TO SURVIVING LONG, COLD NIGHTS
IN THE WILD.

595
00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:50,333
OKAY, I WANT TO GET THIS
CROSS MEMBER UP NICE AND HIGH.

596
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,767
AND I ALSO WANT THE HEAT
FROM THE FIRE TO COME UP,

597
00:30:53,834 --> 00:30:56,600
BE CAUGHT, AND CIRCULATE
THROUGH MY SHELTER.

598
00:30:58,133 --> 00:31:01,166
LAY SMALL BRANCHES OFF
THE BACK OF THE CROSS MEMBER,

599
00:31:01,233 --> 00:31:04,100
IDEALLY COVERING THE FULL WIDTH
OF YOUR SHELTER.

600
00:31:06,533 --> 00:31:10,233
SPRUCE BOUGHS WILL ACT
AS MY BEDDING.

601
00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:12,400
TILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER,

602
00:31:12,467 --> 00:31:15,467
THEY ALSO MAKE A PERFECT ROOF
FOR THE SHELTER.

603
00:31:17,734 --> 00:31:20,367
START THATCHING THIS
FROM THE BOTTOM UPWARDS.

604
00:31:20,433 --> 00:31:22,100
IT ALWAYS AMAZES ME,

605
00:31:22,166 --> 00:31:24,533
BUT JUST STACKING A FEW
BRANCHES AND TWIGS TOGETHER

606
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,200
CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

607
00:31:26,266 --> 00:31:29,266
IT KEEPS THE WIND OUT
AND HELPS KEEP YOU WARM.

608
00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:31,934
SO, I'M WELL INSULATED
FROM ABOVE,

609
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,867
WELL INSULATED FROM BELOW.

610
00:31:33,934 --> 00:31:36,800
AND THEN IF I MAKE
A DECENT FIRE HERE,

611
00:31:36,867 --> 00:31:39,834
GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY NICE
AND TOASTY.

612
00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:42,900
LET'S GET A FIRE GOING.

613
00:31:47,767 --> 00:31:50,200
THIS FIRE IS GOOD.
IT'S GONNA KEEP ME WARM.

614
00:31:50,266 --> 00:31:51,567
BUT IT COULD BE BETTER

615
00:31:51,634 --> 00:31:54,233
IF I PUT IT THE WHOLE LENGTH
OF THE SHELTER,

616
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:58,100
JUST SPREAD IT OUT A BIT.

617
00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:02,734
AND THAT WAY, IT'S GONNA KEEP ME
WARM FROM HEAD TO TOE.

618
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:11,066
I CAN TELL IT IS WAY, WAY WARMER
IN HERE BECAUSE OF THIS.

619
00:32:11,133 --> 00:32:13,100
TO PROVE IT,

620
00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:17,433
I'M GONNA SET UP A COUPLE
OF THESE THERMOMETERS.

621
00:32:18,767 --> 00:32:22,934
I'M GONNA LEAVE ONE HERE
INSIDE THE SHELTER

622
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,767
AND THEN PUT ONE
RIGHT OUT THERE.

623
00:32:24,834 --> 00:32:27,066
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE
THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE

624
00:32:27,133 --> 00:32:29,767
BETWEEN THERE AND HERE
IN THE MORNING.

625
00:32:33,867 --> 00:32:36,934
WELL, THIS FIRE IS
DEFINITELY KEEPING ME WARM.

626
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:41,000
TIME SPENT MAKING A DECENT
SHELTER IS TIME WELL SPENT.

627
00:32:41,066 --> 00:32:43,333
I CAN TELL THE TEMPERATURE
OUT THERE --

628
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,300
WELL BELOW FREEZING,
BUT IN HERE, LOOK AT THIS.

629
00:32:47,367 --> 00:32:52,333
YOU KNOW, THIS IS REGISTERING
ABOUT 46, 47 DEGREES.

630
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:53,600
IT'S NO SAUNA,

631
00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:55,734
BUT AT THIS TEMPERATURE,
THERE'S MINIMUM RISK

632
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,000
OF ME GETTING HYPOTHERMIA
OR FROSTBITE.

633
00:32:58,066 --> 00:33:01,066
SO, THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
I'M NICE AND WARM IN HERE.

634
00:33:01,133 --> 00:33:03,200
MAKES A CHANGE.

635
00:33:03,266 --> 00:33:07,233
THE NEXT MORNING,
MY FIRE'S STILL ALIGHT.

636
00:33:07,300 --> 00:33:11,100
IT KEPT ME WARM, BUT WHAT
DIFFERENCE DID IT REALLY MAKE?

637
00:33:11,166 --> 00:33:15,033
OKAY, LET'S HAVE A LOOK
AT THIS THING.

638
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,767
THIS MAXED OUT
AT 66 DEGREES.

639
00:33:17,834 --> 00:33:19,300
OKAY, LET'S CHECK OUT
THE OTHER ONE.

640
00:33:19,367 --> 00:33:23,900
66 DEGREES IS THE TEMPERATURE
I LIKE TO KEEP MY HOME AT.

641
00:33:23,967 --> 00:33:25,400
WOW.

642
00:33:25,467 --> 00:33:28,700
YOU KNOW, THIS ONE WENT DOWN
AS LOW AS 23 DEGREES.

643
00:33:28,767 --> 00:33:32,166
IT'S WELL UNDER FREEZING,
YOU KNOW, SO THAT WORKED.

644
00:33:32,233 --> 00:33:35,700
IT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH
BUILDING THAT SHELTER RIGHT.

645
00:33:35,767 --> 00:33:38,333
GOOD. OKAY.

646
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,333
GET PACKED UP, GET MOVING.

647
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,500
THIS REALLY SHOWS THAT HAVING
THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS

648
00:33:43,567 --> 00:33:45,567
CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

649
00:33:48,367 --> 00:33:51,100
I'VE SURVIVED THE THREE
BIG KILLERS OUT HERE --

650
00:33:51,166 --> 00:33:53,834
AVALANCHE, BLIZZARD,
AND FREEZING WATER.

651
00:33:53,900 --> 00:33:57,266
BUT IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE,
IT ALL GOES DOWNHILL...

652
00:33:59,066 --> 00:34:02,567
VERY FAST --
FASTER THAN WE EXPECTED.

653
00:34:02,634 --> 00:34:05,000
...WHEN WE GET IT WRONG

654
00:34:05,066 --> 00:34:06,533
AND NEARLY PAY
THE ULTIMATE PRICE.

655
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:07,634
[ THUD ]

656
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,967
I'M IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
IN DEEP WINTER,

657
00:34:22,033 --> 00:34:24,767
WHERE I'VE SURVIVED
THE CHILLING WATER
OF A FROZEN LAKE.

658
00:34:24,834 --> 00:34:26,634
GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

659
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,600
BACK ON SOLID GROUND,

660
00:34:30,667 --> 00:34:34,567
THE TEAM AND I HEAD
FOR THE HILLS.

661
00:34:34,634 --> 00:34:36,800
THE SNOWCATS MAKE EASY WORK
OF THESE CONDITIONS.

662
00:34:36,867 --> 00:34:38,066
AND WITHOUT THEM,

663
00:34:38,133 --> 00:34:42,300
IT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT SCENARIO.

664
00:34:42,367 --> 00:34:44,734
IN WINTERTIME
WITH THICK SNOW COVER,

665
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,800
MOVING ANYWHERE ON FOOT
IS JUST HARD, HARD WORK.

666
00:34:47,867 --> 00:34:50,467
YOU GET DEEP SNOW
WELL UP TO YOUR WAIST,

667
00:34:50,533 --> 00:34:53,567
AND YOUR PACE CAN REDUCE
TO LITERALLY A CRAWL.

668
00:34:55,533 --> 00:34:59,066
BUT ON STEEP GROUND, PACE IS
THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES.

669
00:34:59,133 --> 00:35:02,800
SLIP HERE, AND YOU'LL BE
HEADING DOWNHILL FAST.

670
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,734
HITTING ROCKS AT SPEED
COULD BE FATAL.

671
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,600
YOU NEED TO KNOW
HOW TO STOP YOUR SLIDE.

672
00:35:14,934 --> 00:35:18,333
AS THE CONVOY CLIMBS,
THE TERRAIN GETS STEEPER.

673
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,867
WE'RE HEADING
FOR THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS,

674
00:35:20,934 --> 00:35:22,734
WHERE I'LL FACE
MY NEXT CHALLENGE --

675
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:24,700
A HIGH-SPEED GLISSADE.

676
00:35:24,767 --> 00:35:26,767
OKAY, LET'S GO, GUYS.

677
00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:33,266
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE
A FALL IN TERRAIN

678
00:35:33,333 --> 00:35:35,100
AS DEMANDING AND STEEP
AS THIS,

679
00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:38,700
I'M GONNA DELIBERATELY THROW
MYSELF DOWN THE MOUNTAIN,

680
00:35:38,767 --> 00:35:42,900
THEN TRY TO ARREST MY DESCENT.

681
00:35:42,967 --> 00:35:45,433
BUT THIS DEEP WINTER SNOW
IS TOO SOFT

682
00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:47,367
TO STAND ANY CHANCE OF SLIDING.

683
00:35:47,433 --> 00:35:50,033
OUR SNOWCAT, THOUGH,
WILL SOON FIX THAT.

684
00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:54,600
PLOWED OUT, THE TRACK WILL BE
JUST LIKE SUMMER SNOW

685
00:35:54,667 --> 00:35:56,634
THAT HAS THAWED AND REFROZEN --

686
00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:58,200
HARD AND SLIPPY.

687
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,634
WHENEVER I'VE GLISSADED BEFORE,

688
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:08,934
I'VE ALWAYS HAD SOME MEANS
OF ARRESTING MYSELF.

689
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,600
BUT THE REALITY IS MOST PEOPLE
WHO FALL DON'T HAVE THAT.

690
00:36:11,667 --> 00:36:13,667
AND I'VE WITNESSED
THAT FIRSTHAND BEFORE,

691
00:36:13,734 --> 00:36:14,867
WITH MY WIFE AND SON.

692
00:36:14,934 --> 00:36:16,567
I TOOK A FALL ON A BIG MOUNTAIN,

693
00:36:16,634 --> 00:36:19,400
ONLY JUST STOPPED SHORT OF
A CLIFF, VERY NEARLY DIED.

694
00:36:19,467 --> 00:36:21,734
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T
UNDERESTIMATE JUST HOW FAST

695
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,867
YOU PICK UP SPEED
ON THESE SORT OF SLOPES.

696
00:36:23,934 --> 00:36:25,667
UNLESS YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING,

697
00:36:25,734 --> 00:36:29,066
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BEAT GRAVITY.

698
00:36:29,133 --> 00:36:31,300
TO SEE HOW FAST I GO,

699
00:36:31,367 --> 00:36:34,200
THE TEAM HAVE SET UP
A SPEED CAMERA ON THE SLOPE

700
00:36:34,266 --> 00:36:37,533
AND MARKED A LINE IN THE SNOW
WHERE I'LL START MY ARREST.

701
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,400
THEN WE'LL MEASURE
HOW LONG IT TAKES TO STOP.

702
00:36:40,467 --> 00:36:44,033
AND STOPPING FAST
CAN SOMETIMES BE CRITICAL.

703
00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:47,033
THE SLOPE'S READY. THE CAMERA
CREW ARE IN POSITION.

704
00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:49,300
TIME TO GET UP TO THE TOP
OF THE MOUNTAIN.

705
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,867
OKAY, WELL, THIS IS THE TOP
OF THE SLOPE.

706
00:36:58,934 --> 00:37:01,600
AS IS OFTEN THE CASE
WITH MOUNTAINS, THOUGH,

707
00:37:01,667 --> 00:37:03,700
YOU GET UP THE TOP
AND LOOK DOWN,

708
00:37:03,767 --> 00:37:06,367
IT OFTEN LOOKS MUCH STEEPER.

709
00:37:06,433 --> 00:37:09,500
WELL, YOU SEE DAVE HALFWAY DOWN
WITH THE RADAR GUN.

710
00:37:09,567 --> 00:37:12,734
AND I RECKON THIS IS GONNA BE
QUITE FAST.

711
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:17,200
TO MAKE IT EVEN FASTER,
I'M GONNA DITCH THE RUCKSACK --

712
00:37:17,266 --> 00:37:20,467
THAT'S ONLY GONNA ACT
AS RESISTANCE --

713
00:37:20,533 --> 00:37:24,300
AND THEN ALSO TUCK MY JACKET
INTO MY TROUSERS.

714
00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:29,433
OKAY. I KIND OF SUSPECT THIS IS
GONNA GET QUITE FAST.

715
00:37:31,133 --> 00:37:33,934
ON THIS RUN,
I'VE GOT NO ICE AXE.

716
00:37:40,166 --> 00:37:41,867
TO STOP,
YOU GOT TO ROLL OVER,

717
00:37:41,934 --> 00:37:43,333
RAISE YOUR BODY UP,

718
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,000
AND DIG HARD INTO THE SNOW
WITH YOUR HANDS AND FEET.

719
00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:55,667
WHOO.

720
00:37:57,634 --> 00:38:00,967
VERY FAST --
FASTER THAN EXPECTED.

721
00:38:01,033 --> 00:38:03,500
BUT EXACTLY HOW FAST?

722
00:38:03,567 --> 00:38:06,166
37 MILES AN HOUR.

723
00:38:06,233 --> 00:38:07,333
YOU'D GET A TICKET

724
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,166
IN AN URBAN PLACE IN THE U.K.
WITH THAT SPEED.

725
00:38:16,734 --> 00:38:18,400
WITH NO ICE AXE,

726
00:38:18,467 --> 00:38:20,867
STOPPING MY SLIDE
WAS A REAL CHALLENGE.

727
00:38:20,934 --> 00:38:22,834
IT TOOK 180 FEET.

728
00:38:25,133 --> 00:38:27,600
THAT'S HALF THE LENGTH
OF A FOOTBALL FIELD.

729
00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:31,634
NOW TO HEAD BACK TO THE TOP
AND TRY AGAIN,

730
00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:33,533
THIS TIME WITH AN ICE AXE.

731
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,200
AND HOW MUCH QUICKER
CAN I STOP?

732
00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:39,934
AN ICE AXE LIKE THIS

733
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,333
CAN MASSIVELY HELP YOU
ARREST THE FALL.

734
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,934
THE DANGER IS YOU'RE
TRAVELING VERY FAST,

735
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,734
YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING VERY SHARP

736
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,867
VERY CLOSE TO YOUR BODY
AND CLOSE TO YOUR HEAD.

737
00:38:48,934 --> 00:38:50,433
IT JUST MEANS YOU GOT TO BE

738
00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:52,700
ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
OF YOUR TECHNIQUE BEFORE YOU GO.

739
00:38:52,767 --> 00:38:57,200
OKAY, HITCH THESE UP AGAIN,
DO MY SIMON COWELL.

740
00:38:57,266 --> 00:38:59,700
OKAY, HERE WE GO.

741
00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:07,934
THIS TIME,
I HIT 43 MILES AN HOUR,

742
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,066
WITH CAMERAMAN SIMON FILMING
FROM A SLEDGE RIGHT BEHIND ME.

743
00:39:11,133 --> 00:39:16,000
USING THE ICE AXE,
I'M STOPPED DEAD IN 53 FEET.

744
00:39:16,066 --> 00:39:18,100
BUT SIMON'S
STILL GOING FLAT-OUT.

745
00:39:18,166 --> 00:39:19,433
LOST IN THE SNOW CLOUD...

746
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:21,600
[ THUD ]
UGH!

747
00:39:21,667 --> 00:39:23,333
... HE PLOWS STRAIGHT INTO ME.

748
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,467
MAN: Is he okay?
Is he okay?

749
00:39:25,533 --> 00:39:28,600
STUNNED,
THE TEAM FEAR THE WORST.

750
00:39:37,266 --> 00:39:39,834
ME AND MY TEAM ARE
IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES,

751
00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:41,934
NEARING THE END
OF OUR EXPERIMENT,

752
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,233
WHEN DISASTER STRIKES.

753
00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:46,800
OKAY, HERE WE GO.

754
00:39:46,867 --> 00:39:49,533
SLIDING DOWNHILL
AT 45 MILES AN HOUR,

755
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,467
CAMERAMAN SIMON AND I HAVE JUST
SUFFERED AN ENORMOUS IMPACT.

756
00:39:53,533 --> 00:39:54,867
[ THUD ]

757
00:39:54,934 --> 00:39:58,367
WITHIN SECONDS, THE SAFETY TEAM
JUMP INTO ACTION.

758
00:39:58,433 --> 00:40:00,400
BEAR, DO YOU WANT
TO LIE DOWN, BUDDY?

759
00:40:00,467 --> 00:40:02,967
MY LEG HAS SUSTAINED
A MASSIVE IMPACT.

760
00:40:03,033 --> 00:40:06,133
THE PAIN'S INTENSE, AND THE
WORRY IS HAS MY FEMUR BROKEN?

761
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,200
[ RADIO CHATTER ]

762
00:40:08,266 --> 00:40:09,600
ONCE I'M ON THE STRETCHER,

763
00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:13,500
THEY MOVE ME TO A SNOWCAT
TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE.

764
00:40:17,767 --> 00:40:19,734
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

765
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,333
Rankin:
BEAR'S GOT A BAD LEG INJURY.

766
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:23,900
WE DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S BROKEN OR NOT.

767
00:40:23,967 --> 00:40:27,300
WE HOPE NOT, PLEASE.
LET'S HOPE THAT IT'S NOT BROKEN.

768
00:40:27,367 --> 00:40:31,266
SIMON'S BUSTED HIS NOSE.
HE GOT THE CAMERA IN THE FACE.

769
00:40:31,333 --> 00:40:34,033
WHAT'S LEFT OF THE HOUSING --
THAT'S THE FRONT.

770
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:36,333
THAT'S QUARTER-INCH
PLATE GLASS, THAT.

771
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:37,867
THAT'S LIKE A SHOP WINDOW.

772
00:40:37,934 --> 00:40:40,233
AND THAT WENT
INTO BEAR'S LEG.

773
00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:41,634
IT COULD'VE BEEN A LOT WORSE.

774
00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:43,500
I JUST THANK GOD
THEY'RE BOTH ALIVE.

775
00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:46,033
THE PRIORITY IS
TO GET OFF THIS MOUNTAIN

776
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:47,367
AND DOWN TO THE E.R.

777
00:40:47,433 --> 00:40:49,834
I NEED TO ASSESS THIS INJURY
PROPERLY.

778
00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:53,533
THE TEAM SCRAMBLE
A RESCUE CHOPPER.

779
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,900
AND, AS WE CLIMB
TOWARDS THE LANDING ZONE,

780
00:40:55,967 --> 00:40:58,634
THE HELI ARRIVES ON SITE.

781
00:40:58,700 --> 00:41:00,333
MAN: Standing here at
the hunter's drop right now.

782
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:01,600
The wind is light.

783
00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:04,300
COPY THAT.
LIGHT AND OUT OF THE EAST.

784
00:41:04,367 --> 00:41:07,400
ONCE WE GET THERE,

785
00:41:07,467 --> 00:41:09,700
THE TEAM START TO MOVE ME
TOWARDS THE HELICOPTER.

786
00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:11,900
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

787
00:41:11,967 --> 00:41:13,233
HOLD THE DOOR.

788
00:41:17,066 --> 00:41:18,266
BUT IT'S ALSO CLEAR

789
00:41:18,333 --> 00:41:21,800
THAT THE CAMERAMAN SIMON'S NOSE
IS BROKEN.

790
00:41:21,867 --> 00:41:25,100
OKAY, THIS IS...

791
00:41:25,166 --> 00:41:27,967
THE FIRST TIME
I'VE SEEN MYSELF,

792
00:41:28,033 --> 00:41:32,200
AND THAT IS
AN INTERESTING LOOK.

793
00:41:40,867 --> 00:41:43,600
DESPITE HIS INJURIES,
HE CONTINUES FILMING.

794
00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:46,033
AND SOON WE'RE OUT
OF THE MOUNTAINS

795
00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:48,834
AND HEADING
DOWN TOWARDS THE HOSPITAL.

796
00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:50,567
THE X-RAYS SHOW NO BREAK,

797
00:41:50,634 --> 00:41:53,066
BUT MY LEG HAS
A SEVERE HEMATOMA,

798
00:41:53,133 --> 00:41:56,367
SWOLLEN TO TWICE
ITS NORMAL SIZE.

799
00:41:56,433 --> 00:41:58,200
SIMON'S NOSE IS BROKEN,

800
00:41:58,266 --> 00:42:01,867
BUT BOTH OF US
ARE JUST GLAD TO BE ALIVE.

801
00:42:01,934 --> 00:42:04,367
GOING OVER THAT BROW
OVER THE RED LINE,

802
00:42:04,433 --> 00:42:06,333
AND SEEING HIM DISAPPEAR
INTO THE SNOW CLOUD --

803
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:07,700
JUST THE WORST, WORST FEELING.

804
00:42:07,767 --> 00:42:09,867
THEN IT JUST SORT OF PLAYED OUT
IN SLOW MOTION.

805
00:42:09,934 --> 00:42:13,033
AND I TRIED TO STEER,
BUT HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE WAS,

806
00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:14,600
SO I THOUGHT IMMEDIATELY,

807
00:42:14,667 --> 00:42:16,500
"DON'T HIT HIM, DON'T HIT HIM,
DON'T HIT HIM."

808
00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:22,033
AND AS SOON AS I WAS HAVING THAT
THOUGHT, BANG, I HIT HIM.

809
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:24,567
IT FELT LIKE HITTING A WALL.

810
00:42:24,634 --> 00:42:25,767
[ THUD ]
Grylls: UGH!

811
00:42:25,834 --> 00:42:27,400
I THOUGHT I'D KILLED HIM.

812
00:42:27,467 --> 00:42:29,400
I REMEMBER THE IMPACT,
AND I REMEMBER SCREAMING,

813
00:42:29,467 --> 00:42:31,000
AND I REMEMBER
MY FIRST EMOTION WAS,

814
00:42:31,066 --> 00:42:32,634
IF THAT HAD HIT MY HEAD,
I'D BE DEAD.

815
00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:34,333
Reay:
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT HIM,

816
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,033
HE WAS JUST IN TEARS
HOLDING HIS LEG.

817
00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:40,867
AND I JUST -- IT'S THE WORST,
WORST FEELING I'VE EVER HAD.

818
00:42:40,934 --> 00:42:43,166
Grylls: IT WASN'T THE MOUNTAINS
THAT GOT US.

819
00:42:43,233 --> 00:42:45,066
IT WASN'T THE CREVASSES
OR SNAKES.

820
00:42:45,133 --> 00:42:48,033
JUST THIS RARE, RARE OCCASION,
YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE CAMERA.

821
00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:50,000
BUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S PART OF THE JOB.

822
00:42:50,066 --> 00:42:52,967
THAT'S PART OF FIGHTING TO GET
THAT CAMERA CLOSE TO THE ACTION.

823
00:42:53,033 --> 00:42:55,767
YOU KNOW, SIMON LOOKS LIKE
HE'S BEEN IN A BOXING MATCH.

824
00:42:55,834 --> 00:42:59,400
BUT THE SUN'S SHINING,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALIVE.

825
00:42:59,467 --> 00:43:01,567
OUR EXPEDITION IS OVER.

826
00:43:01,634 --> 00:43:04,100
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE THIS FROZEN
LAND AND HEAD FOR HOME.

827
00:43:08,767 --> 00:43:10,033
THE LAST TWO DAYS

828
00:43:10,100 --> 00:43:12,600
HAVE PUSHED ME TO THE LIMIT
AND BEYOND.

829
00:43:12,667 --> 00:43:14,100
LET'S GET INTO THIS.

830
00:43:14,166 --> 00:43:17,200
I ALREADY HAD A HUGE RESPECT
FOR THE FORCES OF NATURE.

831
00:43:17,266 --> 00:43:20,533
BUT THAT RESPECT HAS
JUST GROWN DRAMATICALLY.

832
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:25,266
OKAY, I'M WET, COLD,
AND I'VE GOT TO ACT FAST.

833
00:43:25,333 --> 00:43:28,400
WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT EVEN
WHEN YOU CONTROL THE ELEMENTS,

834
00:43:28,467 --> 00:43:30,834
YOU NEVER HAVE TRUE CONTROL
OVER THE ENVIRONMENT.

835
00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:31,967
[ THUD ]

836
00:43:32,033 --> 00:43:35,200
AND THE WORST CAN HAPPEN
AT ANY TIME.

837
00:43:35,266 --> 00:43:37,900
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