1 00:00:11,340 --> 00:00:13,200 I'm Bear Grylls. 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:14,200 Whoo! 3 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,080 I've travelled to the most dangerous parts of the planet 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,280 in search of the most extreme challenges - 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,060 all to show you how to survive. 6 00:00:24,340 --> 00:00:27,120 I've been to the edge. This is where the fun starts! 7 00:00:28,340 --> 00:00:30,080 (SCREAMS) 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,280 But now I'm back. Whoo! 9 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,260 With a countdown of my 25 all-time favourite moments. 10 00:00:39,180 --> 00:00:40,420 OK, let's go. 11 00:00:40,460 --> 00:00:42,060 Whoa! God! 12 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,240 I've taken on the toughest tests that nature has to offer 13 00:00:45,380 --> 00:00:48,360 and pushed my mind and body to the absolute limit. 14 00:00:51,060 --> 00:00:52,380 It's often been painful. 15 00:00:52,420 --> 00:00:55,140 Gotta cover your face. I'm getting devoured here. 16 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:56,460 Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,480 And hasn't always gone to plan. 18 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,480 Never eaten raw goat's testicles before. 19 00:01:09,020 --> 00:01:10,120 (RETCHES) 20 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:13,340 And been chewed up... Whoa! 21 00:01:13,420 --> 00:01:14,460 ..and spat out. 22 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,320 Very...hot. 23 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,060 Come along for the ride. It's gonna be a blast. 24 00:01:22,060 --> 00:01:24,000 (SCREAMS) 25 00:01:31,260 --> 00:01:33,260 I've travelled to the ends of the earth, 26 00:01:33,340 --> 00:01:35,400 taking on the world's wildest places. 27 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,000 Come on, keep with me. 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,080 It's been one hell of a journey, both for me 29 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,220 and the hugely dedicated team of people 30 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:49,100 who are with me every step of the way. 31 00:01:49,460 --> 00:01:53,220 The team and I are always asked for our favourite moments from the show, 32 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,040 so we've put together a top-25 countdown 33 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,060 of the very best. 34 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,220 (SHOUTS) 35 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,000 There've been so many moments for me on Man vs. Wild, 36 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,320 and it's always gonna be hard to narrow it down to 25, 37 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,120 but I'm gonna kick it off 9,000 feet up in a helicopter 38 00:02:09,220 --> 00:02:11,100 looking down on a little desert island. 39 00:02:11,180 --> 00:02:12,100 Magic. 40 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,180 When Bear falls out the aircraft, and behind him 41 00:02:18,220 --> 00:02:22,120 you see this little island - it's like a James Bond moment. 42 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,440 We travel to some of the most remote places on earth. 43 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,020 In Sumatra, Indonesia, 44 00:02:31,060 --> 00:02:33,300 just getting on the ground was a huge challenge. 45 00:02:46,260 --> 00:02:48,400 But letting go was the easy bit. 46 00:02:51,140 --> 00:02:54,320 My plan was to land in the water, but to do that, 47 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,260 I needed to release the parachute just before entry. 48 00:02:57,300 --> 00:03:00,240 Nothing below me to judge distances 49 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,240 and tell me when to detach - it's a high-risk manoeuvre. 50 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:07,160 Release too early, and it'd be just like hitting concrete. 51 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:15,180 Whoo! 52 00:03:15,220 --> 00:03:17,080 Now, THAT'S how to make an entrance. 53 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,200 Number 24 is a time in Montana 54 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,420 when I was faced with one of my toughest-ever climbs. 55 00:03:25,020 --> 00:03:27,420 That must be 200 foot high. 56 00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:29,400 At least. 57 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,400 Stuck in the bottom of a steep-sided valley, 58 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,300 my way out was up. 59 00:03:33,340 --> 00:03:36,240 Climbing up that railway bridge in Montana 60 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,240 I would describe as buttock-clenching. 61 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:45,180 MAN: It looked big, 62 00:03:45,220 --> 00:03:47,140 but once you got partway up there 63 00:03:47,180 --> 00:03:48,420 you really saw how big it was, 64 00:03:48,460 --> 00:03:50,300 but also how fragile it was. 65 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:53,220 That bridge was in excess of 100 years old. 66 00:03:53,260 --> 00:03:56,480 It was a very physical climb which took a big toll on me. 67 00:03:57,420 --> 00:04:01,380 Pump some blood back into the hands, and the arms. 68 00:04:03,060 --> 00:04:08,420 You just gotta be 100% on each handhold and foothold, 69 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:10,220 you start going this high. 70 00:04:10,380 --> 00:04:14,260 You're just not human if you don't feel a flutter. 71 00:04:14,300 --> 00:04:18,140 Just when I thought I had it all worked out, was almost at the top, 72 00:04:18,180 --> 00:04:21,000 I realised there was a big flaw in my plan. 73 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,480 How on earth am I gonna get over this lip? 74 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,160 I wanted to swing the chain out over the lip 75 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,200 and get it hooked on the railing. 76 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,280 (GROANS) 77 00:04:38,220 --> 00:04:39,380 It's caught. It is caught. 78 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:45,200 OK, it's officially time 79 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,340 for a courage pill. 80 00:05:10,420 --> 00:05:11,360 I'm up. 81 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,080 I was definitely scared. 82 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:16,140 See my hands... 83 00:05:16,220 --> 00:05:18,400 You can see how my hands were shaking when I got to the top. 84 00:05:23,140 --> 00:05:25,340 In Belize, deep underground in a cave, 85 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,040 I found food...of sorts. 86 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:31,460 Disgusting. 87 00:05:34,140 --> 00:05:36,480 We saw this amazing-looking 88 00:05:37,020 --> 00:05:39,060 prehistoric insect, almost, 89 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,080 hanging from this cave. 90 00:05:42,420 --> 00:05:44,280 Flipping Nora. 91 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:47,340 And sort of just thought, "That's food." 92 00:05:47,380 --> 00:05:50,300 This thing must be the most evil-looking creature 93 00:05:50,340 --> 00:05:52,100 you'll ever see. 94 00:05:52,140 --> 00:05:55,100 Look at the size of that. 95 00:05:55,220 --> 00:05:56,480 You see, that's a whip scorpion. 96 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,160 It's like a cross between a scorpion and a spider. 97 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,080 Let's see if I can get him. Hold on. 98 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,320 Bear classic technique - Bear Grylls technique - whack it with a stone. 99 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,320 Bingo. Look at the size of that. 100 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,460 Well, at least you're gonna maybe pull a few legs off, all that. 101 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:15,460 No chance. 102 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,480 I don't even know where you begin to eat it. 103 00:06:26,260 --> 00:06:30,240 Probably the back end. That's the bit I got. 104 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,140 That is a big meal. 105 00:06:35,380 --> 00:06:37,320 I've included this at number 23 106 00:06:37,460 --> 00:06:40,360 because I think it's the biggest insect I've ever eaten. 107 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,180 In Alaska, what should've been a simple river crossing 108 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,080 very nearly ended in big disaster. 109 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:52,420 Probably actually use this one as well to get across. 110 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:58,360 You see this huge, huge tree trunk wedged across this canyon. 111 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,140 You look at it and think it's not moving anywhere. 112 00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:04,060 You could hang a truck off it. 113 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:09,120 Would you believe it? The thing went. 114 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:10,260 Whoomph! 115 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:13,440 Even today I find this one hard to watch. 116 00:07:23,220 --> 00:07:24,460 Got it, I got it. 117 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,300 God, I hate it when that happens. 118 00:07:29,420 --> 00:07:32,220 That was very, very close. 119 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:36,140 Number 21 has to be Transylvania. 120 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,280 It involves me, a length of rope and a helicopter. 121 00:07:40,140 --> 00:07:42,020 Guess the rest. 122 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,320 Heading for the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania. 123 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,460 And it's reckoned to be the last great wilderness in Europe. 124 00:07:52,380 --> 00:07:55,300 But getting there is not gonna be easy. 125 00:07:55,340 --> 00:07:57,480 The clouds are moving in 126 00:07:58,020 --> 00:08:00,060 and there's only a tiny weather window. 127 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,340 All of a sudden, you see that coil just moving. Whoop. 128 00:08:05,140 --> 00:08:07,480 The pilot says he can't land up there. 129 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,380 So it means I go in on a rope! 130 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,260 (LAUGHS) Up he goes. Like a dope on a rope. 131 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,280 I'll never forget being suspended underneath a helicopter 132 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:30,000 flying at 100 miles an hour across the Transylvanian wilderness. 133 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,020 Brilliant. 134 00:08:33,380 --> 00:08:35,040 Clear! 135 00:08:40,460 --> 00:08:42,120 (GRUNTS) 136 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,460 Number 20 - it's my Tarzan moment in the jungles of Belize. 137 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:50,340 Look at that for a drop-off! 138 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:55,100 (BANGING SOUNDS ECHO) 139 00:08:55,140 --> 00:08:57,060 That's what I call a death drop. 140 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,020 Really, anything over 30 foot, especially onto rocks like this, 141 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,220 you're just not gonna walk away from. 142 00:09:03,260 --> 00:09:06,440 And this must be at least 60, 70 foot down here. 143 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,440 There was only one way to get across this chasm - 144 00:09:10,140 --> 00:09:12,040 and I'd always wanted to try this. 145 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:13,340 Here was my chance. 146 00:09:13,460 --> 00:09:17,320 (GRUNTS) That's all my weight on it. 147 00:09:17,460 --> 00:09:20,480 And it's holding. OK, let's give this a field test. 148 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:23,380 PEARCE: Well, no-one knows what IS gonna happen. 149 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:25,320 Jeepers. 150 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,480 Takes a lot of courage. It does take a lot of ----. 151 00:09:31,380 --> 00:09:33,320 (GRUNTS) 152 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,180 I'm across. 153 00:09:42,220 --> 00:09:44,060 Like most things on this show, 154 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:46,020 it's probably best to only do them once. 155 00:09:48,060 --> 00:09:49,420 (GRUNTS) 156 00:09:50,420 --> 00:09:52,420 Number 19, in the Sahara desert, 157 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,180 I had to get in - and get in fast. 158 00:09:59,380 --> 00:10:02,380 Oh, I love a gentle drive in the countryside. 159 00:10:03,460 --> 00:10:06,100 The Land Rover's doing about 50km. 160 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,380 And that sand's not so soft. 161 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:18,080 If we slow down on the hot sand, more than likely gonna sink 162 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:19,200 and get stuck. 163 00:10:19,460 --> 00:10:22,460 So when the driver gives me the nod, I'm gonna have to jump. 164 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,440 What a great way to start, with a mouthful of sand. 165 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:40,480 (SPITS) 166 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:43,440 Coming up on my greatest moments, 167 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,020 I go on a fishing trip with a difference in the deep south. 168 00:10:47,060 --> 00:10:48,040 Ow! 169 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,260 Take the ride of my life in a biplane 170 00:10:50,420 --> 00:10:52,420 and get in a fight with a bee. 171 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,040 I'm Bear Grylls and welcome back to my 25 greatest moments. 172 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:18,400 At number 18, it's the seriously committing rope traverse in Texas. 173 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,060 (GROANS) It's never easy, is it? 174 00:11:28,260 --> 00:11:31,120 It must be a good 60 foot straight down, this. 175 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,460 Under the baking-hot Texas sun, I had to act fast. 176 00:11:36,180 --> 00:11:38,020 Instead of turning back, 177 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:40,440 I placed my trust in a length of rope and an old trap 178 00:11:40,980 --> 00:11:42,140 to get me across to the other side. 179 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:44,040 PEARCE: In a tough environment, 180 00:11:44,140 --> 00:11:47,440 working with equipment that's substandard, 181 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,460 you don't know if it's really gonna hold. 182 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:54,200 Bullseye! 183 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,120 Feels like it's caught. 184 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,200 I've chosen this one because, looking back, 185 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,140 it really could've ended very, very differently. 186 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:12,200 It's risky stuff. It's heart-in-the-mouth. 187 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:17,200 The rope's holding...so far. 188 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:20,280 But there was always that chance it could slip. 189 00:12:21,980 --> 00:12:24,180 And it blooming did - while he was on it. 190 00:12:24,380 --> 00:12:28,140 Nicely, it's working quite nicely... 191 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,180 (EXHALES DRAMATICALLY) 192 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,400 Oh, my God. 193 00:12:32,140 --> 00:12:33,140 (SCREAMS) 194 00:12:39,180 --> 00:12:41,320 Bad place for the anchor to slip! 195 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,200 (GRUNTS) 196 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:47,400 (GROANS AND SPLUTTERS) 197 00:12:48,060 --> 00:12:51,320 PEARCE: It's that ability to use that level of fear and anxiety, 198 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,100 not let it take over you. 199 00:12:55,220 --> 00:12:58,020 - Whoo! - Because that could be disastrous. 200 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,040 Number 17 happened in Vietnam, 201 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,340 when I was given a brutal reminder of the awesome power of water. 202 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,260 CANE: When you're operating in an extreme environment, 203 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,040 things can change really quickly. 204 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:17,420 Stop, stop. 205 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:20,440 The water level here is definitely rising. 206 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,080 Look back up at the waterfall. 207 00:13:25,380 --> 00:13:28,120 There's definitely more water coming down now. 208 00:13:30,260 --> 00:13:32,040 I want us out of the water, OK? 209 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:36,140 Suddenly, the level of risk goes from fairly steady 210 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:37,240 to...boom! 211 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:39,980 With the water level rising by the second, 212 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:41,340 I knew we had to act fast. 213 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,040 Up you come, up you come, up you come. 214 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:45,440 Good, I got you. 215 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:49,180 PEARCE: Rivers flood instantly. 216 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:51,360 You watch these things rising minute by minute. 217 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,000 Whoa, look, look, look! Look at the waterfall! 218 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,320 That was just a kind of small torrent before. 219 00:14:00,220 --> 00:14:03,180 There is a load more water coming down here now. 220 00:14:03,220 --> 00:14:06,240 That wind is just incredible. 221 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:10,380 I've chosen this clip because 222 00:14:10,420 --> 00:14:12,380 I'd always wanted to witness a flash flood. 223 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:13,380 Look at that! 224 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:15,320 And here I was, right in the thick of it. 225 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:23,040 Power of nature, it can easily grab you by the backside 226 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:24,460 and shake you around quite violently. 227 00:14:25,260 --> 00:14:29,120 This river is definitely now out of action. 228 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:30,460 We're back into the jungle. 229 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,380 Whoo! 230 00:14:32,420 --> 00:14:37,040 Number 16 is a moment in Montana that I had to run for my life. 231 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,420 (CHUCKLES) What were they thinking? 232 00:14:43,460 --> 00:14:45,300 Straight through this tunnel. 233 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,240 Be quicker and easier than going over it as well. 234 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:50,980 Let's get through. 235 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:53,320 OK, hands up, it was a bad idea. 236 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,980 Hang on, stop, stop. 237 00:14:57,300 --> 00:15:01,140 But it made my list because, to be honest, it got interesting. 238 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,100 - (TRAIN HORN BLARES) We need to move. Come on, go, go. 239 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,080 Keep up with me! Run! 240 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,400 You don't quite know how fast a train is. 241 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,180 You don't know anything because you hear the noise 242 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,420 and see this light barrelling towards you 243 00:15:14,980 --> 00:15:16,220 and you just run. 244 00:15:17,980 --> 00:15:21,040 Righto. Keep going, keep going. Keep going. 245 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,060 (HORN BLARES) 246 00:15:24,180 --> 00:15:26,980 Run! 247 00:15:27,020 --> 00:15:28,380 AHHH! 248 00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:35,260 At number 15, it's a magic moment of creating fire. 249 00:15:41,460 --> 00:15:45,000 Chihuahuan Desert, Western Texas - I'm setting up camp for the night. 250 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:46,420 Look, there's a whole cave up here. 251 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:50,240 My plan was to build a fire using an ancient survival technique - 252 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:51,380 the hand drill. 253 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,140 No matches, no flints, just two bits of wood. 254 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,060 To start a fire in any environment without matches 255 00:15:58,140 --> 00:15:59,440 is a tough undertaking. 256 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,120 OK, that's the rough shape of it. 257 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,280 Now, what you want is just a tiny little pinch of sand. 258 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,240 And that's gonna add a little bit more friction. 259 00:16:10,220 --> 00:16:14,220 It does take a good level of skill and craftsmanship. 260 00:16:16,140 --> 00:16:19,340 What you want is a continuous plume of smoke 261 00:16:20,460 --> 00:16:22,420 coming from the ember pan. 262 00:16:22,460 --> 00:16:26,280 And then you know you got the potential 263 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,080 to make fire. 264 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,040 Come on! 265 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,160 When you do see it happening, with the right techniques, 266 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,180 it's wonderful to watch. 267 00:16:35,220 --> 00:16:38,460 Super-gently with this, just tip that in. 268 00:16:40,180 --> 00:16:43,220 And what you wanna do is tip it like this 269 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,020 so it stays as one ember. 270 00:16:56,460 --> 00:16:58,300 OK. There we go. 271 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,300 However many times you do it, 272 00:17:02,340 --> 00:17:05,340 nothing beats that feeling of creating fire. 273 00:17:07,340 --> 00:17:10,260 This breakfast in Morocco was bad. 274 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,420 That's why it's in at number 14. 275 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:15,400 Couple of locusts, 276 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:20,080 beetles, couple of moths as well. 277 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:23,120 Even got a praying mantis. 278 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,100 Squidge all that up together. 279 00:17:27,140 --> 00:17:29,100 Bear's always saying when he eats bugs that, 280 00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:30,420 "This is a good source of protein." 281 00:17:30,460 --> 00:17:33,280 And he's often saying that after he's eaten maybe an ant. 282 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,180 But this time he did deliver his protein hit. 283 00:17:37,300 --> 00:17:39,380 (MOIST CRUNCHING) 284 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,380 Well, for me, personally, it's just that crunching sound, 285 00:17:44,260 --> 00:17:49,080 knowing you're going through the abdomen of a beetle or some kind. 286 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:54,280 Oh, God. I've really learnt to hate that taste. 287 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:59,100 It's like cold, sandy, crunchy goo 288 00:17:59,140 --> 00:18:02,140 with a very off-mustard taste. 289 00:18:03,140 --> 00:18:06,220 Try always not to think of the taste, just get it down. 290 00:18:06,260 --> 00:18:09,020 When we're on the shoot and we kill any animal, 291 00:18:09,140 --> 00:18:11,000 I insist that we all share it. 292 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:14,400 You gotta keep chewing it to get the stuff down. Come on. 293 00:18:16,020 --> 00:18:18,100 The crew don't like it, but I think it's only right. 294 00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:20,160 We kill it, we all eat it. 295 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,400 Truly terrible way to start the day. 296 00:18:24,260 --> 00:18:27,300 Eugh. Yeah. But we shared some. 297 00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:31,220 Coming up, the most difficult 298 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,260 helicopter insertion we've ever done. 299 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:35,100 Can you guess which one it is? 300 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,300 Bear is on the run! 301 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:57,440 Just go! Time to get over this! 302 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:03,420 I'm Bear Grylls and welcome back to my 25 all-time greatest moments. 303 00:19:03,980 --> 00:19:07,360 So far, I've eaten the unthinkable, taken a few tumbles 304 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,200 and had to run for my life. 305 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,200 Run! 306 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,200 All that, and we're only halfway through the countdown. 307 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,260 This is in here at 13, 308 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:20,240 and it was difficult and dangerous 309 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,400 and I definitely had second thoughts. 310 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,180 Hurricanes rage through here, earthquakes rip it up 311 00:19:28,220 --> 00:19:31,100 and molten lava spews from volcanoes. 312 00:19:31,140 --> 00:19:33,340 Welcome to Guatemala. 313 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,300 That was a risky, risky entrance. 314 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,400 In Guatemala, we planned to rappel from the helicopter 315 00:19:44,980 --> 00:19:47,040 down onto an active volcano. 316 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:49,180 And that then became interesting. 317 00:19:49,220 --> 00:19:53,420 No way the heli's gonna be able to land on the volcano itself. 318 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,320 So I'm gonna get the pilot to hover just above the summit 319 00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:59,280 and fall straight down. 320 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:03,160 And I've never done that onto a volcano before. 321 00:20:04,180 --> 00:20:06,180 (MAN SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) 322 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,180 PEARCE: You know, we had pilots who didn't speak any English, 323 00:20:09,220 --> 00:20:11,360 so we had to have an interpreter there. 324 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,100 So there's always a delay. 325 00:20:13,140 --> 00:20:16,300 OK, can we go forward 10 and down 10? 326 00:20:17,180 --> 00:20:19,380 There's all these winds doing different things up there. 327 00:20:19,420 --> 00:20:22,020 Are we good...? No, not yet. 328 00:20:22,060 --> 00:20:24,200 We've just... Not yet. 329 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,160 The very nature of the terrain now, on a slope 330 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,020 with a helicopter with rotors turning, 331 00:20:29,060 --> 00:20:31,220 wind's doing everything, pilots fighting... 332 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:33,160 (OVER RADIO) Bear is on the rope. 333 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,240 The end of the rope is sometimes on the ground, 334 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,200 sometimes it's 5 feet, 10 feet up. 335 00:20:40,260 --> 00:20:43,240 Steady there. Hover. He's nearly at the bottom. 336 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,120 I've got a pilot saying to me, "Dave, I've gotta go now. 337 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:49,960 "I've gotta go now." Like that. 338 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,020 You can't go now 'cause I got two people hanging off these ropes. 339 00:20:53,060 --> 00:20:56,080 I didn't know at the time just how close things had been 340 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:57,420 to going seriously wrong. 341 00:20:58,220 --> 00:21:00,400 Ropes and lava do not mix. 342 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,400 Thankfully we pulled it off, but that was it. 343 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,300 There was no more flying then. Pilots were out of there, gone. 344 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,320 Back to base. Never to be seen again. 345 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,000 In at number 12 is my most memorable night's sleep ever. 346 00:21:23,140 --> 00:21:25,360 I mean, he's not just Mr Action. 347 00:21:25,420 --> 00:21:29,200 He's got some bushcraft skills as well that he puts into play. 348 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,040 It's ingenious. 349 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,220 Guatemala provided another great moment. 350 00:21:35,260 --> 00:21:39,240 After getting off the volcano, I headed deep into the jungle. 351 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:44,120 The plan is to get myself way up, high off the ground. 352 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:47,240 And the reason for that is jaguars. 353 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:51,280 Jaguars are the Americas' biggest and most dangerous wild cat. 354 00:21:52,060 --> 00:21:55,020 I didn't want to take any chances, especially at night. 355 00:21:55,420 --> 00:21:57,300 To sleep safely out of their reach, 356 00:21:57,340 --> 00:22:00,420 my plan was to construct a hanging bivouac. 357 00:22:01,140 --> 00:22:05,100 All I need from this is to make a triangle 358 00:22:06,020 --> 00:22:07,180 of a bed frame. 359 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,080 That's my shape. 360 00:22:09,420 --> 00:22:15,000 And then we'll cross one like that. 361 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,980 We need to get a wiggle on with it. 362 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:19,080 It's getting dark, and fast. 363 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:22,080 So this is just another great demonstration 364 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:24,160 of what you can do in these situations 365 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,280 to make your life safer. 366 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,280 I've included this because it's ingenious bushcraft 367 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:30,440 and I love ingenuity. 368 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,320 Let's see if this vine holds. 369 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:38,080 Nothing's ever easy in the jungle, is it? 370 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:40,220 (GRUNTS, HISSES) 371 00:22:40,260 --> 00:22:42,280 (GRUNTS) 372 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,180 Feels a bit precarious, this. 373 00:22:45,220 --> 00:22:49,280 But at least I'm out of reach of any jaguars. 374 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,960 Actually, it's not too uncomfortable. 375 00:22:55,420 --> 00:22:57,380 (SIGHS) Mad day. 376 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:03,020 In at number 11, it's Kenya - 377 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:05,960 searching for fluid and doing the unthinkable. 378 00:23:07,060 --> 00:23:08,220 Gut-wrenching. 379 00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:12,320 One thing you can do if you're stuck out here with no water source at all 380 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,060 is actually drink the fluid from a fresh elephant dung. 381 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,000 It's pretty disgusting, but it could save your life. 382 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,020 (GROANS) 383 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:37,220 (SPITS) 384 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,980 Not one of the better drinks I've ever had. 385 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,300 We shared that as well. (CHUCKLES) 386 00:23:47,980 --> 00:23:51,280 With 15 down, we're now into the top 10 all-time greatest moments. 387 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:55,420 These have attracted many comments, but what do you think? 388 00:23:56,420 --> 00:23:58,060 HELP! 389 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,280 Now, I love fishing, 390 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,340 but fishing in the Deep South took it to a whole new level. 391 00:24:11,260 --> 00:24:13,140 I think if you ask anybody, 392 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:19,060 stick your hand in a dark, black Louisiana swamp river 393 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:23,080 which is full of snakes, alligators about,snapper turtles, 394 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:24,980 the vast majority of people 395 00:24:25,020 --> 00:24:27,200 would be like, "No. "No, I don't want to do that." 396 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,340 And they sit at home and have a cup of tea. 397 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,040 I was determined to use a local technique 398 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:34,320 to catch one of the huge catfish 399 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:36,220 that live in the swamp's muddy banks. 400 00:24:36,260 --> 00:24:42,140 What I'm trying to do is just use my hand 401 00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:43,440 and fingers 402 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:48,380 as a kind of hook and bait. 403 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,080 Let's see if I get myself something. 404 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,180 It's murky water, and we're all like... 405 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,000 "Is it gonna happen? What's down there?" 406 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,040 Ahh! 407 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,440 Man, there's something... there's something down here. 408 00:25:06,980 --> 00:25:10,100 The suspense you can cut with a knife. 409 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,200 All my instincts were telling me, "Get your hand outta there." 410 00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:23,220 Oh. Ah. (GRUNTS) 411 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,020 And this thing bit onto his hand and was like this. 412 00:25:31,220 --> 00:25:32,260 (SPITS) 413 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,240 Got my finger right down its mouth. 414 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,380 Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. 415 00:25:41,180 --> 00:25:45,100 And he's just shredded my finger. 416 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,040 That must be 20 pounds of fish. 417 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:51,960 A seriously painful catch, 418 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,060 but I reckon it's worthy of my top 10. 419 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:59,100 Coming up, I quench my thirst with a seriously disgusting drink. 420 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,040 Eat an explosive meal. 421 00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:03,000 Oh, my goodness! 422 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,260 That's coming fast! 423 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:07,060 And have a very close scrape with death. 424 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,020 I'm Bear Grylls and welcome back to my 25 greatest moments. 425 00:26:28,060 --> 00:26:29,280 (BLOWS) 426 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,100 I've experienced every possible extreme of temperature on this show, 427 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,340 but an Arctic river crossing took things to a whole new level. 428 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,140 It was amazing. It was absolutely freezing. 429 00:26:41,340 --> 00:26:43,240 This one's in at number 9, 430 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,200 and it's probably one of the coldest things I've ever had to do. 431 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,360 At minus-26, deep inside the Arctic Circle, 432 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,240 a river blocked my path. 433 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:57,080 REAY: The last thing you'd possibly want to do is cross that river, 434 00:26:57,120 --> 00:26:59,180 but when there's no choice, you go for it. 435 00:26:59,220 --> 00:27:02,340 Course he wanted to keep his clothes dry, so he got naked. 436 00:27:02,380 --> 00:27:03,400 (GRUNTS) 437 00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:06,260 Whoa! It's low down my back! 438 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,100 OK, let's get into it. 439 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:22,180 The water was so cold it immediately froze on the camera lens. 440 00:27:22,220 --> 00:27:24,420 At this point, it's critical to keep focus 441 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,280 on reaching the other side. 442 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,280 Of course, what you don't see as the audience 443 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,280 is you can't feel how cold that is. 444 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,260 And minus 25 - it's where you put 445 00:27:33,300 --> 00:27:35,340 your meat or your veg to freeze. 446 00:27:37,340 --> 00:27:41,960 So far it's looking...looking OK. Oh, hang on. Ohhhh! 447 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,080 OK, we're in. 448 00:27:53,220 --> 00:27:56,400 OK, it's over the deep bit. Let's get ashore. 449 00:27:56,940 --> 00:27:58,940 (SPLUTTERS) 450 00:27:59,380 --> 00:28:01,320 (GRUNTS) Flipping Nora! 451 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,200 Ohhh, man! That is nice. 452 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:15,960 Sometimes my boys watch these sort of programs 453 00:28:16,140 --> 00:28:18,040 and they go, "Is it really that cold?" 454 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:23,160 When you can show them a shoelace out horizontal, 455 00:28:23,980 --> 00:28:25,180 then you know it's cold. 456 00:28:28,180 --> 00:28:30,420 In at number 8, it's the Sahara desert, 457 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,260 where I found fluid in the strangest of places. 458 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,200 The Sahara is the largest and hottest desert in the world. 459 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:46,940 The temperature is 130 degrees 460 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:49,300 and finding fluid is my biggest priority. 461 00:28:50,260 --> 00:28:53,000 I've been given a camel by a local Berber tribesman, 462 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,940 an old beast that had been put out of its misery. 463 00:28:55,980 --> 00:28:59,960 What I'm looking for is the liquids. 464 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,360 I was hoping that the undigested contents of the camel's stomach 465 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,340 would contain vital fluid. 466 00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:09,200 (COUGHS) 467 00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:15,160 Stench of camel digesting food straight up my nostrils. 468 00:29:15,340 --> 00:29:17,360 You can see everything that it's been eating. 469 00:29:19,180 --> 00:29:23,120 And that is just sort of partially digested. 470 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,140 And the fluid in this, again, is drinkable. 471 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:33,000 When he was drinking, I thought, "Bear, I don't wanna share." 472 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,240 (CHUCKLES) 473 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,960 I didn't want to share with him this time. 474 00:29:47,180 --> 00:29:52,220 Drinkable. But truly... (SPITS) ..disgusting. 475 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,940 I was hoping this would be the worst drink I'd ever have to taste. 476 00:29:57,300 --> 00:30:01,260 But little did I know there was something even worse in Mexico. 477 00:30:06,020 --> 00:30:07,200 But let's hold that one. 478 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,300 In at number 7 is Alaska, 479 00:30:09,420 --> 00:30:13,320 where my escape onto a passing ship nearly went very, very wrong. 480 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:17,200 HHHEEEYYY! 481 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,040 Yeah, we had a really dodgy situation in Alaska. 482 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:21,300 He was on an iceberg, 483 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,000 then he was being picked up by this large boat. 484 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,280 And it nearly went really wrong. 485 00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:30,420 There could be no better sight in the world for the survivor 486 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,940 than seeing a rescue ship turn towards them! 487 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,200 I knew the boat wouldn't want to hang around in these icy waters. 488 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,960 I'd have one chance and one chance only to get out. 489 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:42,400 Now, that's coming fast. 490 00:30:43,060 --> 00:30:44,360 And straight towards us. 491 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,100 Need to move to make this. 492 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,380 That boat was on top of us within no time. 493 00:30:50,060 --> 00:30:53,040 And I gotta be 100% confident of making this jump! 494 00:30:53,180 --> 00:30:55,080 Do not wanna end up crushed 495 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,200 between this and the ice! 496 00:30:57,940 --> 00:31:00,080 It's coming too close, smashes into the side. 497 00:31:07,180 --> 00:31:09,940 If he'd gone down between those two, 498 00:31:10,180 --> 00:31:13,400 he would've been brown bread, you know? Dead. 499 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:19,080 I just managed to keep my balance, which probably saved my life. 500 00:31:19,260 --> 00:31:22,400 Crushed between ice and ship would've been bad. 501 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:27,100 And that was a bit of a closer shave than I normally like, for sure. 502 00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:34,160 Coming up, my most extreme bug eat ever. 503 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,360 Oh, my goodness! 504 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,340 I'm not gonna forget that one. 505 00:31:47,980 --> 00:31:49,020 OK, let's go. 506 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,960 I'm Bear Grylls, and welcome back to my all-time greatest moments. 507 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,980 If you thought the whip scorpion at number 23 was bad, 508 00:31:59,020 --> 00:32:01,920 this bug-eat in Zambia was so disgusting... 509 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:02,280 (SIGHS) 510 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,260 ..it's hitting in hard at number 6. 511 00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:06,220 Often when he eats 512 00:32:06,260 --> 00:32:09,360 these large bugs or insects or grubs, 513 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,980 um, they do explode. 514 00:32:12,020 --> 00:32:14,020 It's a rhino beetle larva, this. 515 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,060 You can just eat them raw. 516 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,240 He brought out the first one, it was about this big. 517 00:32:19,340 --> 00:32:21,380 I thought, "That's pretty cool ." 518 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,040 Then he munched it. 519 00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:29,260 No wonder they fry them. 520 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,140 (GROANS) Ready for this? 521 00:32:36,180 --> 00:32:40,020 Then he carried on exploring, he found one This Big. 522 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,220 It was so full of juice. (CHUCKLES) 523 00:32:43,260 --> 00:32:45,960 Oh, my goodness. 524 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,160 (SPLUTTERS) 525 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:48,920 It's the size of your thumb. 526 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,200 Actually, bigger than my thumb. And, full, full of pus. 527 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,380 I'm not gonna need to eat for a week after this one. 528 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,140 That still makes me feel bad. 529 00:33:14,980 --> 00:33:16,220 (GROANS) 530 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,960 This actually ranks as one of the worst things 531 00:33:20,980 --> 00:33:23,920 I have ever, ever eaten. 532 00:33:29,940 --> 00:33:31,140 (SPITS) 533 00:33:33,060 --> 00:33:35,260 Choosing the top five is always gonna be hard. 534 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,400 There are lots of contenders, but I've made my choice. 535 00:33:40,180 --> 00:33:42,260 In Mexico, it was a case of Bear versus bee. 536 00:33:42,340 --> 00:33:45,080 And the bee won. 537 00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:48,200 - (BUZZING) OK, let's get in there. 538 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,120 See, that's what I'm after. 539 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,320 How hard can it be just trying to get some honey? 540 00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:00,920 Look, it's on my forehead. 541 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,980 Go away. Go away. Go away. 542 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,120 One of the bees has stung me right between the eyes. 543 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,320 No big deal. 544 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,100 You know, one sting for 545 00:34:11,140 --> 00:34:14,920 a load of honeycomb isn't too bad. 546 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:24,940 After about 30 minutes, his head started to explode. 547 00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:26,260 He looked like the Elephant Man. 548 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,080 Been quite a brute of a bee sting, this. 549 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,320 It's made all of this part of me swell up. 550 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:38,280 REAY: Every hour that went by, 551 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,200 we could chart a big difference in the look of his face. 552 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,160 You know, scary, dangerous moment. 553 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,920 Feels like a big price to pay for a bit of honey. 554 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,060 But if you risk nothing, you gain nothing. 555 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,200 Just this time it hasn't quite worked out. 556 00:34:56,980 --> 00:34:59,040 In the Sahara desert, in search of shelter, 557 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,320 I found myself somewhere that I never thought I'd end up. 558 00:35:04,340 --> 00:35:08,400 When Bear says these things, eyebrows raise - 559 00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:10,360 "Are you really gonna do that, Bear?" 560 00:35:12,220 --> 00:35:14,300 I'd heard a story of a Berber tribesman 561 00:35:14,340 --> 00:35:18,200 using a camel carcass as an emergency shelter in a sandstorm. 562 00:35:19,060 --> 00:35:23,220 The smell was absolutely disgusting. 563 00:35:23,260 --> 00:35:26,120 OK, it's all just being held on at that one point. 564 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:31,160 Now I've to hold my breath, get in there and cut it. 565 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,340 Oh, it stinks! 566 00:35:39,340 --> 00:35:42,140 (GROANS) I got it! 567 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,360 Little did I know that this clip would follow me for a long time 568 00:35:46,980 --> 00:35:48,140 and not just the smell. 569 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,140 It's here at number 4. 570 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:55,360 The Berbers could use this as an emergency shelter in a sandstorm. 571 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:01,080 And all they'd do is get inside it. 572 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,160 Pull it over. 573 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:08,320 And I'll be 100% protected from the sun. 574 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:15,260 My number 1 has to be the Texas biplane. 575 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,360 The Texas biplane was a fun one, 576 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,240 and it barrel-rolls its way into number 3. 577 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,160 Our insertion into the Chihuahuan Desert 578 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,140 was definitely one of my favourites, 579 00:36:30,180 --> 00:36:31,940 and we've done a lot of them. 580 00:36:31,980 --> 00:36:35,260 Helicopters, balloons, planes - you name it. 581 00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:39,080 But hanging inverted under a biplane at 80,000 feet - 582 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,220 life definitely became interesting. 583 00:36:41,940 --> 00:36:43,360 That was a stunt and a half. 584 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,360 Skydiving from a biplane is anything but straightforward. 585 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,360 The simplest way is for the pilot to flip the plane upside down 586 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:56,980 and drop me out. 587 00:36:57,180 --> 00:37:00,260 MAN: OK, Bear, we're coming up on 8,000 feet now. Get ready to jump. 588 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,920 So he had to get out of the canopy, get on top of the plane, 589 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,020 and then if he jumped off the plane from that point, 590 00:37:07,060 --> 00:37:08,360 he would've hit the tail fin. 591 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,320 The only way to get his body further away - flip the plane upside down 592 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,040 so he could just fall away. 593 00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:16,360 Bear's feet being next to me here - 594 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:20,180 literally on a heartbeat his feet were now complete 180. 595 00:37:24,980 --> 00:37:27,940 Brilliant moment, brilliant moment. I absolutely loved that moment. 596 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,320 To this day, it still makes me smile that we pulled this one off. 597 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,320 There's the plane outta here. 598 00:37:49,060 --> 00:37:51,280 Now to where the hell I'm gonna land. 599 00:37:52,140 --> 00:37:53,260 Argh! 600 00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:55,940 Coming up, my two favourite moments. 601 00:37:56,940 --> 00:37:57,940 Will you agree? 602 00:38:20,980 --> 00:38:24,980 I'm Bear Grylls. Welcome back to my 25 greatest moments. 603 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,120 So far, I've made some grand entrances, 604 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,060 had some very close shaves, 605 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,260 put my stomach through some tough tests. 606 00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:37,020 But now it's time for my top two moments. 607 00:38:40,980 --> 00:38:44,040 Definitely eaten some pretty disgusting things on Man vs. Wild 608 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,040 but, you know, it's amazing what you can do when you're hungry 609 00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:50,120 and I kinda like to think I've got a pretty strong stomach. 610 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,960 But this one definitely took me to the edge. 611 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,340 That's why it's my number 2. 612 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,140 In northern Mexico, 613 00:39:01,180 --> 00:39:02,920 I was walking through the sand dunes 614 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,120 on the edge of the Laguna Salada salt pan. 615 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,340 In this environment, dehydration is the biggest enemy. 616 00:39:09,020 --> 00:39:11,360 I need to pee, and I don't want to waste that, 617 00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,960 so what I'm gonna do is use this snakeskin. 618 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,220 REAY: When he filled that up 619 00:39:16,260 --> 00:39:18,320 from his own flask, so to speak... 620 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,260 I mean, the snakeskin stunk to start with. 621 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,920 It's not so easy to hold and aim. 622 00:39:27,980 --> 00:39:29,280 (LIQUID TRICKLES) 623 00:39:39,940 --> 00:39:41,300 And then that's ready to go. 624 00:39:42,900 --> 00:39:44,260 Let's get into the salt pan. 625 00:39:44,980 --> 00:39:47,020 CANE: That one, there was a story of people - 626 00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:48,980 one drank urine, one didn't. 627 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,160 One survived, one didn't. 628 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,960 Of course, the guy who drank the urine survived. 629 00:39:54,340 --> 00:39:57,000 And I'm not expecting this to be 630 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,280 particularly...appetising. 631 00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:12,940 I'm all for cocktails, 632 00:40:12,980 --> 00:40:18,100 but snake innards and pee is not high on my list. 633 00:40:23,140 --> 00:40:25,320 This one always draws in the comments. 634 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,280 (COUGHS) 635 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,360 When you think he's probably done, he goes "There's a little bit left." 636 00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:38,220 There's still a bit left. 637 00:40:38,260 --> 00:40:40,960 No-one can see that. I can't see that. He didn't need to do that. 638 00:40:46,380 --> 00:40:48,300 Hopefully that will help. 639 00:40:50,220 --> 00:40:51,980 Help me go a bit further. 640 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:54,920 (SPITS) 641 00:40:55,140 --> 00:40:58,200 And that's a taste that I can still taste, 642 00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:01,320 and I close my eyes and wince - bad. 643 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:06,220 Definitely the most difficult, definitely the most painful 644 00:41:06,260 --> 00:41:09,060 and definitely for me the most memorable moment... 645 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,260 ..at number 1, on a raft in the Pacific, 646 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,340 giving myself an enema. 647 00:41:18,180 --> 00:41:21,320 Whoa, whoa, yeah. Ow! (GRUNTS, SPLUTTERS) 648 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,140 Yeow! I'm getting devoured here. 649 00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:24,320 Ow, ow, ow, ow. 650 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:28,200 Physical discomfort is definitely a part of Man vs. Wild for me. 651 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:33,080 But this next clip was eye-watering in its discomfort. 652 00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:38,260 Panama is quite a historic moment, I think, in the program, 653 00:41:38,300 --> 00:41:40,960 and for Bear and all of us who were involved. 654 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,240 This is my number 1. 655 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:47,320 Not expecting this to be particularly pleasant. 656 00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:52,160 But there are stories of this saving people's lives. 657 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:56,340 There's one particular family who was stranded in a life raft 658 00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,340 and all this water had gathered in the bottom of it. 659 00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:03,140 But they'd been feeding off turtles, and it was mixed with turtle blood. 660 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:04,380 It had gone fetid. 661 00:42:05,260 --> 00:42:07,900 And the only way they managed to stay hydrated - 662 00:42:08,020 --> 00:42:11,160 by using that fetid water and giving themselves an enema. 663 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,020 Ohh! 664 00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:36,020 And then once it's in... 665 00:42:39,980 --> 00:42:44,180 ..I guess all you can do is lie back and think of England! 666 00:42:44,340 --> 00:42:47,960 A gentle reminder that survival is rarely pretty. 667 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,900 That's something I hope I never, ever have to do again. 668 00:42:55,060 --> 00:42:57,100 CANE: Yeah, I mean, the show's been so successful, you know. 669 00:42:57,140 --> 00:43:01,140 Everything that Bear does has to be better than what it was before. 670 00:43:02,220 --> 00:43:03,900 But that's alright for him. 671 00:43:04,260 --> 00:43:07,060 But he's also dragging a few of us along as well. 672 00:43:10,300 --> 00:43:13,000 Choosing my all-time greatest 25 moments 673 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:14,340 was always gonna be hard. 674 00:43:15,940 --> 00:43:17,340 The scars are a good legacy 675 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,220 and the memories still very vivid. 676 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,000 But it's been a huge privilege 677 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,120 to explore some of the most incredible environments 678 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:25,280 this planet has to offer. 679 00:43:26,220 --> 00:43:28,940 But there's still many more remote corners of the world 680 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,180 that I haven't yet been. 681 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:32,900 And I can't wait to get out there, 682 00:43:32,940 --> 00:43:35,140 take on the wild once more. 683 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,280 To see more great moments from the show, 684 00:43:41,180 --> 00:43:42,180 Whoo!