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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

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BEAR GRYLLS: I'm Bear Grylls.

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Whoa!

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BEAR GRYLLS: I'm gonna show you
what it takes to get out alive

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from the most dangerous places
on earth.

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Whoo!

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BEAR GRYLLS: I've got to make it
through a week of 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 off the rugged coast
of Cape Wrath

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in the far north of Scotland,

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doing battle with the sea

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and making use of materials
wherever you can find them.

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Snug fit.

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A place with
nerve-jangling descents,

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where every step could be your last.

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Rock fall! Get down, get down!

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BEAR GRYLLS: This is as barren,
remote and dangerous as it gets.

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We need to change the plan.
Come on, go, go.

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Welcome to Scotland.

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

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This is the coast around Cape Wrath
in the Scottish Highlands,

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the northern tip
of the British Isles.

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It's the first landfall for
hundreds of miles of open ocean.

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These ancient rocks
are continually battered

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by huge North Atlantic
swells and storms.

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This part of the coastline
is virtually uninhabited,

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and it's one of the most
wild and remote parts of the UK.

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Special Forces come to the Highlands
for their pre-Arctic training.

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It's often the part of the course
that the soldiers dread the most.

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It's not just the terrain
that's unforgiving.

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It's also the seas,

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and fishing out here is one of
the deadliest jobs on earth.

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Last year, around 100 fishermen

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were injured or lost their lives

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battling mountainous seas
to bring in their catch.

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Get separated from your ship,
and you face a stark choice -

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stay put and hope for rescue
or try to head for land.

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I'm leaving the shelter
of the coast now,

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heading for open ocean,
to show you how to survive

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if you're thrown overboard
in these freezing waters,

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and how to make it back to shore.

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(PILOT SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

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The pilot's going to drop me
somewhere around here,

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and all I've got with me is a knife,
a water bottle and flints,

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plus this life raft,

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and without this,
the water's that cold,

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your survival time
is measured in minutes.

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It really is your lifeline.

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PILOT: We're coming up to
the drop zone, Bear.

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OK, good for me. I'm out of here.

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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BEAR GRYLLS: My signal sends the OK
for the heli to head back to base.

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PILOT: Visual OK.
Let's get out of here.

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But once it's gone,
you haven't got long.

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The chilling water will immediately
start sapping your energy.

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This water is cold.

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The priority is to
get this life raft inflated.

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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OK.

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The minute this thing is inflated,
you never let go of it.

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Keep a hold of this thing,
or the wind -

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it's just going to skip across
the surface

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much faster than you're
ever going to be able to swim.

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One, two, three. Big, strong, go.

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(EERIE MUSIC)

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BEAR GRYLLS: Find yourself
in a maritime emergency,

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and a life raft like this
will be your lifeline,

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but they're not built for comfort.

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If you're stuck in a life raft
out in the middle of the ocean,

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it's just a waiting game.

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I know I'm not far
from the coast of Scotland,

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the wind and the tide's
going to be driving me towards it.

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Weird, horrible motion in here.

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Problem is, there's no keel
on these life rafts,

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just completely
at the mercy of the sea.

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You know, people have been
stuck in life rafts

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for days and days
and weeks and weeks.

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Can only imagine the hell,
the seasickness.

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BEAR GRYLLS: The constant motion
of the raft

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is enough to test
even the hardiest survivor.

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Seasickness sets in when your senses

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send conflicting messages
to the brain.

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Without a reference
like the horizon,

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it's easy to lose
any sense of what way is up.

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I'm not feeling at all...

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Give me some space.

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(RETCHES AND COUGHS)

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BEAR GRYLLS: This mismatch
can cause the ear to send signals

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to a part of the brain
known as a 'vomiting centre'.

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When it does this, it induces
sickness and ultimately vomiting.

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Either way, it's not pleasant.

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Open this thing a little bit.

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Get some air in here.

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Stinks.

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BEAR GRYLLS: The currents are
pushing me towards the coast.

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Now timing is everything.

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I must get out before the raft
is smashed on the rocks

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by the Atlantic Ocean swells.

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- (WAVES CRASH)
- Can actually hear the surf there.

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Yeah, we're getting quite close.

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BEAR GRYLLS: With no way
to steer the raft,

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you just have to take your chances.

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Time your jump
as the swell is receding

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and get yourself clear
before the next one comes in.

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The raft's got me ashore,
but I want to keep it if I can.

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It would make a great shelter.

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The crashing waves and sharp rocks
make short work of it.

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It's soon punctured and unusable,

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but materials like rubber are
precious resources to the survivor.

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They're difficult to replicate
in an environment like this,

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so it's worth taking a risk
to try and retrieve it.

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Need to work fast here to salvage
what I can from this.

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Get the flare pack
and an inner tube.

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BEAR GRYLLS: It's not much,

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but anything you can salvage
could have its use.

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Now you need to focus on
getting the lay of the land.

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Get your bearings and make a plan.

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The shoreline is always
a fruitful place for the scavenger,

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but only take things that are
light enough to carry in your pack.

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Look, you see that?
Just up from the rock ledge.

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Yeah, it looks like the remains
of a seal carcass.

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BEAR GRYLLS: It's estimated
200,000 grey seals

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live along the British coastline,

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and during mating season
it's common to see the casualties

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of battles between competing males.

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I've been all the way
around this now,

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and it's definitely an island.

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That is the mainland.

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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BEAR GRYLLS: With little food
and no fresh water here,

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getting to the mainland
is the best survival strategy,

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but with the life raft
wrecked beyond repair,

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you're gonna have to swim.

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In these freezing waters you'd need
all the insulation you can get,

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which gives me an idea
for that seal carcass.

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Yeah, look, you see where
it's been injured, back here.

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It's got bite marks as well.

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Probably at mating season,
had a battle, a battle that it lost.

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Smell... The meat on this is gone.

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But what these guys do have...

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(GRUNTS WITH EXERTION)

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..is an amazing ability to survive
in really cold water,

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and that's because of its skin

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and the thick layer of blubber
underneath.

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Might well be able to make
some sort of wetsuit out of that.

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Going to help me
on this swim across there.

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OK, let's try.

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BEAR GRYLLS: Swim without
any protection in these waters,

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and you'd reach exhaustion
and eventually unconsciousness

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in around an hour.

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And, look,
you see that whole thick layer

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full of fat and blubber there.

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That's what I'm trying to separate
from the main carcass.

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Just get my hand right in there.

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I just need to be
so careful doing this

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so I don't put a nick
in the actual skin itself.

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OK.

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Now, look, you see,
you're left with that head hole,

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place to put my arms.

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BEAR GRYLLS: The Vikings
in this area of Scotland

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used seal hide to make rope,
clothing,

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even sleeping bags
to protect against the cold winters.

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It's going to be a bit of a squeeze,

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but that is the ultimate
sealskin wetsuit.

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BEAR GRYLLS: I've done everything
I can now to face a long, cold swim

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in these frigid Atlantic waters.

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Keep swimming hard.

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BEAR GRYLLS: I'm in
the north-west of Scotland

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and I've got a swim on my hands,
and a cold one at that.

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I've skinned a dead seal
to make a wetsuit

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and fashioned a dry bag
from the remains of my life raft.

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Now for the moment of truth.
See if I can get this thing on.

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(SPITS)

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Oh...

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Whoo! Snug fit!

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It actually looks like it covers
all of my core body here,

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and that's the bit
I want to keep warm.

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BEAR GRYLLS: Hypothermia sets in
when your core temperature

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drops below a critical level.

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Muscle function becomes impaired

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and, even worse, your ability
to make clear decisions.

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It's imperative
you do everything you can

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to maintain core temperature
to stay warm.

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Weird, because the coldest
part of me is actually my arms.

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My chest and tummy
feels nicely insulated.

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I can tell that already.
Come on, swim!

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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See the island behind me now.

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The wind's a bit stronger out here.

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I think I'm hitting
some slack water.

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There doesn't seem to be much tide,
and I'm gonna make this.

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I'm gonna keep swimming hard.

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When you see the cliffs
where we're going,

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it's only a few hundred metres out.

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BEAR GRYLLS: The large swell
and jagged rocks look daunting,

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but use the uplift of the swell
to your advantage.

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Here you are. Here you are.

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Good job.

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OK, so make sure
these clothes are dry

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and then get this seal skin off me.

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BEAR GRYLLS: Seal
skin is tough stuff.

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Getting it off
needs just a little care.

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Well, that did its job.

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Now I'll get all these
clothes out and get dry.

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Wow, cold, but a lot less cold than
I would have been without that

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and that t-shirt's all nice and dry.

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That's good.

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Whoo! What do you know!

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Let's go!

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BEAR GRYLLS: The coast around
Northern Scotland

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is dominated by huge,
imposing cliffs,

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some as high as 900ft.

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Need to find another way
to get up this.

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Very, very slippery, though.

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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Try and find a way round the edge.

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BEAR GRYLLS: The constant battering
of the Atlantic over millennia

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has left this coast
pocked with caves and inlets.

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Many run hundreds of feet inland

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and are worth checking out
as a possible route up.

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Oh!

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That's where we need to get to,
up onto the top of the cliffs.

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Just I'm not gonna get through.
Can't get up to that hole.

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I'll find another way.

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Keep following this light.

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BEAR GRYLLS: Caves like this
were used in the past by smugglers

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as a way of concealing
their illegal activities.

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Well, this is good.

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(GRUNTS) We're onto
the face up here.

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Just getting in that zone,
that bubble all around you.

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That's where you want to be
focusing,

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not on the drop beneath you.

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BEAR GRYLLS: I've made
it onto the headland,

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but the true scale
of this landscape is huge,

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and it's easy to see
why so many ships

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have foundered on this coastline.

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Big ol' coastline, eh?

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It's also, though, your best chance
at finding civilisation, that way.

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The only thing that way
is Nova Scotia,

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and the only thing to the north
is the Arctic.

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I'm gonna head south
and stick with the coast.

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OK, come on.

245
00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,140
Head south down this coast

246
00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,340
and eventually you will hit
isolated fishing communities.

247
00:17:04,180 --> 00:17:07,400
But sticking to the shore
is no easy option.

248
00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,320
Need to get across this estuary.

249
00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,260
Sand most of the way.

250
00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,320
Bit of water we'd need to wade.

251
00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,040
The sand looks good
and firm as well.

252
00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:25,120
BEAR GRYLLS: Estuaries are formed
where rivers empty into the sea.

253
00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:27,440
Most were formed over
the last few thousand years

254
00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,340
as the rising sea level
following the last ice age

255
00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,140
drowned river valleys.

256
00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,300
Attempting to walk across
the sand flats,

257
00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:38,080
even while the tide is out,
doesn't come without dangers.

258
00:17:38,180 --> 00:17:41,040
Where you need to be careful
is where it's boggy sand.

259
00:17:41,140 --> 00:17:45,020
So many horror stories of people
getting caught out in estuaries.

260
00:17:45,460 --> 00:17:48,040
But it's low tide.
I reckon we can do this.

261
00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,020
Now, you see these pockets of sand
all the way across here?

262
00:17:52,140 --> 00:17:54,140
We just go island to island.

263
00:17:57,180 --> 00:18:00,160
OK, we need to seize the moment
a bit with this and just go for it.

264
00:18:00,220 --> 00:18:03,340
(TENSE MUSIC)

265
00:18:04,020 --> 00:18:08,420
It's about a mile to the other side,
so we can't hang around.

266
00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:24,400
This is always a risky strategy.

267
00:18:24,460 --> 00:18:26,360
You should never
let your guard down.

268
00:18:26,420 --> 00:18:30,080
Keep a constant vigil on
the movement and direction of flow.

269
00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,420
What I'm worried about is
I don't know the state of the tide.

270
00:18:37,340 --> 00:18:39,240
An important part of survival

271
00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:41,380
is you've gotta be able
to stay flexible.

272
00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,060
Things happen in the wild that are
deterrents, you gotta retreat.

273
00:18:45,180 --> 00:18:47,080
But we're OK at the moment.

274
00:18:54,020 --> 00:18:56,120
The danger is,
a lot of these places,

275
00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,380
there'll be such a small difference
in height,

276
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,420
but when the tide does come in

277
00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:03,100
it comes in at the speed of
a galloping horse,

278
00:19:03,220 --> 00:19:05,300
and that's when
people get caught out,

279
00:19:05,420 --> 00:19:09,120
which is what makes me
a little bit uneasy here.

280
00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:19,280
But it's still shallow. It's good.

281
00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:22,400
BEAR GRYLLS: The tide has turned
and the water level is rising.

282
00:19:23,020 --> 00:19:25,320
The channels between the islands
have suddenly become deeper

283
00:19:25,380 --> 00:19:28,220
and I can feel the current
tugging at my clothes.

284
00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:30,260
I'm only halfway across the estuary.

285
00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:33,100
It's time to make a critical call.

286
00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,000
Yeah, we've still got
too far to go here.

287
00:19:36,060 --> 00:19:38,460
Look, I'm almost
completely surrounded now.

288
00:19:39,020 --> 00:19:40,260
This was sand a minute ago.

289
00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,100
I'm attempting to cross
a mile-wide estuary

290
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,060
on the remote coast
of north-west Scotland.

291
00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:59,000
I'm worried that I don't know
the state of the tide.

292
00:19:59,060 --> 00:20:01,040
But the tide has
rushed in around me.

293
00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:02,960
It's time to make a critical call.

294
00:20:03,020 --> 00:20:05,200
Yeah, we've still got too far
to go here.

295
00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:08,200
Look, I'm almost completely
surrounded now.

296
00:20:08,260 --> 00:20:10,280
This was sand a minute ago.

297
00:20:10,340 --> 00:20:12,260
OK, we're going back.
We need a change of plan here.

298
00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:13,440
Come on. Go, go, go.

299
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,120
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

300
00:20:35,140 --> 00:20:37,180
All of this was sand on the way out.

301
00:20:39,340 --> 00:20:41,180
You know, it's the right decision.

302
00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:44,340
Sometimes you've gotta know...

303
00:20:46,220 --> 00:20:47,060
You right?

304
00:20:47,260 --> 00:20:49,340
Sometimes you've gotta
know when to turn back.

305
00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:51,980
It's like mountain climbing.

306
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,100
Got to know when not to go
for the summit,

307
00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:58,380
and that's how you
live to fight another day.

308
00:20:59,180 --> 00:21:00,220
Look at this.

309
00:21:00,380 --> 00:21:02,120
We would be swimming there.

310
00:21:02,220 --> 00:21:04,160
Tide racing in so fast.

311
00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,140
It would be easy
to get swept right away.

312
00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:09,200
It's been a good call.

313
00:21:09,260 --> 00:21:11,320
Let's get back to safety.

314
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,120
Wow, look at that.

315
00:21:16,140 --> 00:21:18,320
Would not want to be
in that right now.

316
00:21:19,260 --> 00:21:22,960
It was an ambitious plan,
and you're not gonna win them all.

317
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,080
We need to go around. Come on.

318
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,160
BEAR GRYLLS: Following
the river inland

319
00:21:36,220 --> 00:21:38,300
takes me into rugged high country.

320
00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:41,040
Soon I can resume
my southerly direction,

321
00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:43,020
but these mountains run east-west.

322
00:21:43,140 --> 00:21:44,280
To maintain my bearing,

323
00:21:44,340 --> 00:21:47,380
there's little option but to
traverse the ridges and valleys.

324
00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:53,080
So we need to head
for the crest up above.

325
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:08,100
BEAR GRYLLS: Getting over one ridge
only confronts me

326
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,340
with seemingly endless ranges with
deep, steep-sided valleys between.

327
00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:19,440
Well, that's the Scottish Highlands
for you.

328
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:25,300
Wild, remote,
wind- and rain-swept mountains.

329
00:22:28,340 --> 00:22:32,360
As barren as you like.
But you know what? I love it.

330
00:22:32,420 --> 00:22:36,280
It fires something primal inside,
these mountains.

331
00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:39,160
BEAR GRYLLS: The high ground
is a dangerous place.

332
00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:41,260
Clouds can suddenly
envelope the landscape,

333
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,260
shrouding it in thick fog,
making visibility almost zero.

334
00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:48,100
Head down to lower ground
as soon as you can.

335
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,360
Well, look,
that's where we need to get to,

336
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,380
down into the valley down there.

337
00:22:59,020 --> 00:23:01,360
You can see all these boulders
are getting smaller now.

338
00:23:01,420 --> 00:23:04,040
We should be able to just
scree-run down this.

339
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,140
OK, follow me down.

340
00:23:08,060 --> 00:23:10,360
(TENSE MUSIC)

341
00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:17,100
BEAR GRYLLS: Keep your weight on
the back of your foot into the heel

342
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:21,240
and alternate feet as if you were
skiing, to slow your pace.

343
00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:28,380
The smell of cordite, all the rocks
smashing against each other.

344
00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:32,320
OK, we're making good progress
down here now.

345
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,360
Just have to slow right down when
you hit this bigger stuff again,

346
00:24:10,420 --> 00:24:13,040
otherwise you're gonna
twist an ankle.

347
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,360
BEAR GRYLLS: The lower
scree is highly unstable,

348
00:24:15,420 --> 00:24:17,320
and no matter how light you step,

349
00:24:17,380 --> 00:24:21,040
every foot fall sets off
a chain reaction of moving rocks.

350
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,980
It's like walking on
a mountain of ball bearings.

351
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,120
(LOW RUMBLING)

352
00:24:30,180 --> 00:24:32,360
Rock fall! Get down, get down! Down!

353
00:24:33,060 --> 00:24:34,320
(SHOUTS)

354
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,080
BEAR GRYLLS: I'm battling my way
through the high mountains

355
00:24:57,140 --> 00:24:58,280
of Northern Scotland.

356
00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:01,140
I've descended fast
down a steep scree run,

357
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,000
but the lower slopes are a nightmare
of loose boulders.

358
00:25:05,260 --> 00:25:09,420
Just have to slow right down when
you hit this bigger stuff again.

359
00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:19,940
(LOW RUMBLING)

360
00:25:20,140 --> 00:25:23,140
Rock fall! Get down, get down! Down!

361
00:25:24,980 --> 00:25:27,060
(YELLS INDISTINCTLY)

362
00:25:28,980 --> 00:25:31,080
----!

363
00:25:33,020 --> 00:25:35,040
Ooh! You alright?

364
00:25:35,140 --> 00:25:37,420
That was crazy close.

365
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,300
You get hit by one of those,
just that big,

366
00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:44,000
it's going kill you,
let alone that size.

367
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:45,940
And that's why I really...

368
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,100
Golden rule of a rock fall -
got to have eyes on it.

369
00:25:49,380 --> 00:25:51,280
You want to see
what's coming your way

370
00:25:51,380 --> 00:25:53,400
so you can get out of the way.

371
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,100
Too close.

372
00:25:58,180 --> 00:25:59,960
OK, let's get off
this boulder field,

373
00:26:00,020 --> 00:26:01,400
get down to
the bottom of the valley here.

374
00:26:05,260 --> 00:26:07,080
BEAR GRYLLS: Moving
through mountainous terrain

375
00:26:07,140 --> 00:26:09,320
takes its toll on
your energy levels,

376
00:26:10,140 --> 00:26:12,120
and it has to be replaced.

377
00:26:13,180 --> 00:26:16,060
Now you must start
the search for food.

378
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,100
Here's a small lake,

379
00:26:24,380 --> 00:26:28,340
and that's really a chance
to find some food.

380
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,060
Come on, let's go down to this.

381
00:26:35,380 --> 00:26:38,380
This whole landscape
is just so windswept, you know.

382
00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:41,420
There's very little
sustainable food here.

383
00:26:42,060 --> 00:26:45,000
When you find a lake like this,
you've got to use it.

384
00:26:45,060 --> 00:26:47,080
It's gotta have fish in here.

385
00:26:47,180 --> 00:26:50,400
It's just trying to work out
a way of getting them.

386
00:26:52,980 --> 00:26:54,940
Let's keep moving around.

387
00:26:58,140 --> 00:27:02,400
You can see, there's a natural choke
point between these two lakes.

388
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,980
Can create a funnel between them
that the fish will use.

389
00:27:07,340 --> 00:27:09,940
BEAR GRYLLS: Using natural
formations in the landscape

390
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,980
saves energy and time.

391
00:27:12,180 --> 00:27:14,940
Positioning these boulders
across the choke point

392
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,100
will force the fish
through a narrow entrance.

393
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,260
All I have to do then is place a net
I found on the shore across the gap.

394
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,240
I want to keep this really simple.

395
00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:28,180
Fold this back on itself,
you effectively make like a bag.

396
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,300
Nice big opening here
so the fish can swim in.

397
00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:37,320
Just need to tie the sides together.

398
00:27:38,020 --> 00:27:40,100
BEAR GRYLLS: The scraps of cordage
I scavenged from the beach

399
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:41,980
will do the job nicely.

400
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:51,220
OK, that's the sides
sewn up together.

401
00:27:55,060 --> 00:27:57,940
And then a stone
at the front like that.

402
00:27:59,140 --> 00:28:03,020
Just use some of this heather
just to hold the bag open.

403
00:28:10,300 --> 00:28:11,380
BEAR GRYLLS: The net's in place.

404
00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:14,060
Now to drive the fish towards it.

405
00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:24,140
All I'm doing is to try and create
loads of mayhem and splash

406
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,400
so the fish don't enjoy it
and want to get away from it

407
00:28:28,980 --> 00:28:32,200
and swim that way towards the trap.

408
00:28:33,220 --> 00:28:38,140
Really, this is just a great
simple old poaching technique

409
00:28:39,980 --> 00:28:42,400
for catching fish efficiently.

410
00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,380
'Fish efficiently'. No pun intended.

411
00:28:58,180 --> 00:28:59,280
Oh, there's one.

412
00:29:00,380 --> 00:29:03,020
Let's keep him moving.

413
00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:12,360
No.

414
00:29:31,380 --> 00:29:35,360
The reality of fishing
without a rod and line

415
00:29:36,180 --> 00:29:39,420
is you've got to improvise
and you've got to be persistent.

416
00:29:41,940 --> 00:29:45,300
I always liked the story of the
great Scottish warrior Robert Bruce,

417
00:29:46,260 --> 00:29:49,380
and after he was beaten by
the English he sat in his cave,

418
00:29:49,980 --> 00:29:51,420
and the story goes,
he watched a spider

419
00:29:51,980 --> 00:29:54,040
climbing up and down the spider web

420
00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:56,160
endlessly falling
but getting back up,

421
00:29:56,260 --> 00:29:59,060
and really,
that's the heart of survival.

422
00:29:59,180 --> 00:30:04,360
You've just got to keep trying
and trying again until you succeed.

423
00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:07,280
Come on, then, fish!

424
00:30:20,420 --> 00:30:22,100
Look, there's one in here.

425
00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:24,180
Let's just get this bag up.

426
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,040
You see that? There's another one
at the back as well.

427
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,240
Let's get this bag onto shore.

428
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,960
One. Oop...
That's a result, two fish.

429
00:30:41,260 --> 00:30:42,340
And really, if you're hungry,

430
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,280
a little trout like that is fine
to eat raw, you know?

431
00:30:45,340 --> 00:30:48,940
All freshwater fish are edible,

432
00:30:49,260 --> 00:30:52,220
and when you're in an environment
as pristine as up here,

433
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,020
you're fine, really.

434
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,400
Want to take the head off...

435
00:30:59,060 --> 00:31:00,300
..and then take the guts out...

436
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,180
..and then you can
just munch into that.

437
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,180
And that's as fresh
as you're ever gonna get.

438
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:20,400
Good energy.

439
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,060
Oh, man, that's good.

440
00:31:25,180 --> 00:31:26,380
That was worth doing, eh?

441
00:31:27,980 --> 00:31:30,080
Ha. Worked well.

442
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,220
OK.

443
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,300
BEAR GRYLLS: Moving through
this sort of terrain at night

444
00:31:35,380 --> 00:31:37,400
carries a high risk of injury.

445
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,360
Lost and alone, even a sprained
ankle out here could spell disaster.

446
00:31:41,420 --> 00:31:43,120
It's time to make camp.

447
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,920
BEAR GRYLLS: I'm in the Highlands
of Northern Scotland.

448
00:31:59,020 --> 00:32:01,180
I've managed to trap
a couple of trout for food...

449
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,200
That's as fresh
as you're ever going to get.

450
00:32:03,260 --> 00:32:04,400
BEAR GRYLLS: ..but
as night approaches

451
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,940
you need to divert your focus
onto making camp...

452
00:32:09,340 --> 00:32:12,020
..and there's one plant
that grows in abundance here

453
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,040
which guarantees
a more comfortable night.

454
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,120
Good old Scottish thistle.

455
00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:20,920
You know,
you use all the fluff inside this.

456
00:32:21,220 --> 00:32:23,060
It's good tinder for a fire.

457
00:32:26,940 --> 00:32:29,920
BEAR GRYLLS: People have tried to
eke out a living here for centuries.

458
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,000
Many have failed,

459
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,120
but traces of their lives are
still scattered over the landscape.

460
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,220
Here, look. Check this out!

461
00:32:36,380 --> 00:32:39,320
Some wood from something man-made.

462
00:32:40,140 --> 00:32:42,140
It's going to make
good firewood, anyway.

463
00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:44,300
Hang on. Look, it's from that.

464
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,400
See that poking out?

465
00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:49,060
Looks like an upturned boat.

466
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,080
Well, I'm not gonna be
going anywhere in a hurry.

467
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,220
This old boat
looks completely trashed,

468
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,120
but it might make
a good shelter for the night.

469
00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:02,380
Yeah, it's got
a good windbreak here.

470
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:05,920
Maybe brace this up a bit

471
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:07,300
and sleep underneath that.

472
00:33:17,020 --> 00:33:20,140
And then whatever I don't use,
I'll just have as firewood.

473
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,920
The thing is, this landscape,
you know, is so barren.

474
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,940
It just gives you nothing, you know?

475
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,160
I've hardly seen any trees at all.

476
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,360
If you find this sort of thing,
you want to use it.

477
00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:38,400
OK. Try and get some peat.

478
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,060
BEAR GRYLLS: The
boat is too far gone

479
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,240
to offer me any protection
from the rain,

480
00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:44,260
but there's one natural resource
that is common

481
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:49,140
all over boggy areas like this
that'll help to keep me dry - peat.

482
00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:53,400
I should just be able
to peel this stuff back.

483
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,160
Yeah. This is what crofters,

484
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,340
the Scottish people who have
lived off the land for centuries,

485
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:04,220
it's what they would use
for fuel and for shelter.

486
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:12,060
Just take big chunks of it,
like this,

487
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,240
back for my roofing.

488
00:34:20,020 --> 00:34:21,220
BEAR GRYLLS: The
peat's not waterproof.

489
00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:24,020
In fact, it soaks up water
like a sponge,

490
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,960
but it takes so long for the rain
to work its way through

491
00:34:27,020 --> 00:34:30,080
that it makes an ideal roof
for a temporary shelter.

492
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:36,240
That's really going to keep it
dry and warm under there.

493
00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,920
Just have a feeling,
looking at that sky,

494
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,380
that I'm going to be pretty grateful

495
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,960
for this insulation
and this waterproofing.

496
00:34:57,020 --> 00:34:59,340
That, to me,
looks like a storm coming.

497
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,340
Already feel the rain.

498
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:09,980
OK.

499
00:35:10,060 --> 00:35:13,160
A bit more heather,
add to my bedding,

500
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,260
and also just some stones
to put this fire on,

501
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,920
with all this ground so damp.

502
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,940
And use all this thistle
that I collected as tinder.

503
00:35:29,980 --> 00:35:32,380
Want to get this lit before
it starts raining too hard.

504
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,000
There it goes. Straight up.

505
00:35:51,340 --> 00:35:54,120
One of the few good things
about this bog

506
00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:57,120
is all of this sphagnum moss
that you get

507
00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:01,280
is going to be perfect
just to cook this little trout.

508
00:36:02,940 --> 00:36:05,000
If I do that,
just wrap it in this stuff,

509
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:10,080
when it cooks, it's gonna keep all
of the good fats and the moisture

510
00:36:10,140 --> 00:36:12,380
in the fish and not burn it off.

511
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,320
Effectively, I'm steaming it.

512
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,000
BEAR GRYLLS: Sphagnum, or peat moss,

513
00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:30,160
is one of the most absorbent
materials in the natural world.

514
00:36:30,220 --> 00:36:33,260
It can hold about 20 times
its own weight in water.

515
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,320
Not any rules on how long
you steam a fish in sphagnum moss.

516
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:39,300
It's been steaming for a while.

517
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,400
Yeah, wow, that's hot.

518
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,240
OK, let's try and get him out.

519
00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:06,280
Wow, look at that white meat.

520
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:11,120
Much better cooked than raw,
as well.

521
00:37:11,180 --> 00:37:13,300
Oh, man, that feels good.

522
00:37:16,260 --> 00:37:17,260
Warming...

523
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,020
..nutritious...

524
00:37:21,220 --> 00:37:23,120
..and tasty...

525
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,260
..but...not a big meal.

526
00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:33,960
I could do with seconds
and thirds of that.

527
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,220
OK, stoke up this fire a bit.

528
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,200
Try and get some rest.

529
00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:16,020
BEAR GRYLLS: I'm in the rugged
wilderness of Northern Scotland.

530
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,140
Keeping your morale high
is crucial to survival.

531
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,000
It's vital to keep on top of
personal hygiene

532
00:38:22,060 --> 00:38:25,060
and maintain your routine
before heading on your way.

533
00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:38,280
Up here,
maintaining a southerly bearing

534
00:38:38,340 --> 00:38:41,320
is your best hope of
finding habitation and rescue...

535
00:38:43,220 --> 00:38:45,160
..but now I'm confronted with
another weapon

536
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,300
in this country's arsenal.

537
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,280
Need to be a bit nimble-footed
across all this stuff.

538
00:38:55,380 --> 00:38:57,140
Nice.

539
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:00,980
BEAR GRYLLS: Peat bogs occur when
the combination

540
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,060
of heavy rainfall, cool conditions
and poor underground drainage

541
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,360
ensure the ground stays saturated.

542
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:12,220
Under these conditions,
layers of peat build up over time,

543
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,940
sometimes getting to depths
of several yards.

544
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:22,040
- (SPLASH!)
- Oh!

545
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,920
You OK? I didn't see...
Didn't see that one coming.

546
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,080
(GRUNTS WITH EXERTION)

547
00:39:31,980 --> 00:39:33,120
Here you go.

548
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:34,900
It's a bit better here.

549
00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:39,340
That's the thing about this terrain.
It's deceptively hard.

550
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:40,960
(SPLUTTERS)

551
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:41,380
See something like this

552
00:39:41,940 --> 00:39:45,080
and you think it's
solid ground again, but it's not.

553
00:39:45,140 --> 00:39:45,960
OK, come on.

554
00:39:46,020 --> 00:39:47,000
(SPLASHING)

555
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:51,920
This is priceless.

556
00:39:51,980 --> 00:39:55,320
We don't often get
you properly stuck as well.

557
00:39:58,120 --> 00:39:59,240
Come on.

558
00:40:07,060 --> 00:40:08,140
You know what we can do?

559
00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:11,140
Try and use some of the heather
that's all around here.

560
00:40:11,220 --> 00:40:14,280
Use that to make some,
like, bog shoes.

561
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,900
You know, tie a big bunch of heather
to our feet.

562
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,960
It'll give us some buoyancy.

563
00:40:19,020 --> 00:40:21,320
Create a surface area
like snow shoes. Now, let's do this.

564
00:40:21,380 --> 00:40:22,960
Come on.

565
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,260
Non-technical but functional
is gonna be the order of the day.

566
00:40:29,340 --> 00:40:32,080
All I need to do is grab
a couple bits of heather,

567
00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:36,980
opposite end, opposite end,
put them like that.

568
00:40:37,220 --> 00:40:38,920
Tie that together.

569
00:40:46,060 --> 00:40:48,020
OK. Let's put this one on.

570
00:40:50,340 --> 00:40:53,000
And just like a snowshoe binding,

571
00:40:53,140 --> 00:40:54,280
tie it round the toe...

572
00:40:56,180 --> 00:40:57,380
..around the back of the heel...

573
00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:05,000
..and then you can just tie
it easily in a bow at the front...

574
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:10,160
..and all it's doing
is increasing your surface area

575
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,200
when you stand in the bog.

576
00:41:15,380 --> 00:41:17,920
Hopefully enough to keep me up
and out of it.

577
00:41:22,380 --> 00:41:24,120
OK.

578
00:41:24,340 --> 00:41:26,300
It's going to spread my weight.

579
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,040
Feel a bit like
I'm at a gardening competition,

580
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:31,260
but let's see if this works.

581
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,320
BEAR GRYLLS: I weigh 170lb,

582
00:41:37,380 --> 00:41:41,100
and the surface area of my boots
is around 20 square inches.

583
00:41:41,220 --> 00:41:42,060
Nice!

584
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:46,160
BEAR GRYLLS: That exerts a pressure
of around 8.5lb per square inch.

585
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,120
I would have gone straight into
that before.

586
00:41:49,180 --> 00:41:52,240
BEAR GRYLLS: But my bog shoes
change that weight distribution,

587
00:41:52,380 --> 00:41:55,260
and effectively
I'm now five times lighter.

588
00:41:57,980 --> 00:42:00,040
It wouldn't win
any prizes for style,

589
00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,020
but you can't argue with the math.

590
00:42:08,980 --> 00:42:11,020
(FAINT RUMBLING)

591
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,900
The sound of a jet engine
disturbs the tranquillity.

592
00:42:25,940 --> 00:42:27,020
There's a fighter jet!

593
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:28,980
There he is, coming straight for us!

594
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,180
OK, I need to get a flare up.

595
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:47,240
(JET ENGINES SCREAM LOUDLY)

596
00:42:48,020 --> 00:42:50,260
Just a crazy sound!

597
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,060
So low!

598
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,900
He's banking and turning!

599
00:42:57,300 --> 00:43:00,020
OK... (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
Sighting confirmed.

600
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,980
(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC)

601
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:08,160
(MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
ON TWO-WAY RADIO)

602
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,160
Whoo!

603
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,380
He gave the wing
a tip as he went past.

604
00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:22,180
Means he's seen me.

605
00:43:23,140 --> 00:43:25,240
Scotland has been
undeniably hard,

606
00:43:25,300 --> 00:43:27,220
but savagely beautiful.

607
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,080
I'm just happy that
my adventure is over

608
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:31,980
and glad that the British Air Force

609
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:33,180
are on my side.

610
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,100
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