1 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:14,120 Whoo! 2 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:15,400 I'm Bear Grylls. 3 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:19,200 I go to some of the most dangerous places on Earth 4 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,260 to show you what it takes to make it out alive. 5 00:00:23,060 --> 00:00:25,160 I've travelled the globe facing challenges 6 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,220 in the sort of places you wouldn't last a day 7 00:00:27,260 --> 00:00:29,140 without the right survival skills. 8 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,060 Now I'm in Norway, one of the most beautiful, extreme 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,360 and wettest places on the planet. 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:41,420 Come on! 11 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,360 I'm gonna be taking survival situations to the breaking point... 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,340 I can now no longer feel my hands. 13 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:51,320 ..to show you how easy it is to make the wrong decision... 14 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,480 ..and what the consequences could be. 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:55,460 Here we go! 16 00:00:57,180 --> 00:00:59,200 The difference between success and failure 17 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:01,060 often rests on a knife edge. 18 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,420 Get it wrong and you could pay the ultimate price. 19 00:01:04,140 --> 00:01:06,240 To explore the limits of survival, 20 00:01:06,340 --> 00:01:09,000 I'll revisit one of the worst moments of my life, 21 00:01:09,060 --> 00:01:10,180 when a parachute failed... 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,480 It's weird putting yourself back into a situation 23 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:14,420 that you almost paid for with your life. 24 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,280 ..make my longest Tyrolean crossing... 25 00:01:18,380 --> 00:01:20,140 And you're not human 26 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,080 if your heart rate doesn't go up when you look down. 27 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,080 ..experience the awesome power of fast rivers... 28 00:01:28,140 --> 00:01:29,100 OK. 29 00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:33,060 Very, very close to the edge here! 30 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,440 And you just got to work hard and work fast! 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,180 ..and go beyond my limits to show you how a simple mistake 32 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,440 can cost you your life. 33 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,300 I'm gonna end up hypothermic. 34 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:47,340 If that storm doesn't stop... 35 00:01:48,140 --> 00:01:50,060 ..you're gonna die. 36 00:02:03,220 --> 00:02:05,300 I've done loads of parachute jumps for this show. 37 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,460 Thank God I've never had a problem. 38 00:02:08,180 --> 00:02:11,180 But once when I was with the Special Forces, jumping in Southern Africa, 39 00:02:11,220 --> 00:02:13,020 I had a parachute fail on me. 40 00:02:13,140 --> 00:02:17,200 It broke my back in three places and very nearly left me paralysed, 41 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:19,480 and that's why I'm nervous about today. 42 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,060 What I'm gonna do is cut away from a perfectly good canopy 43 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,460 to show you how to survive a major parachute malfunction. 44 00:02:27,140 --> 00:02:29,240 OK, guys, set. 45 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,460 OK. Let's have a look here. This is all ready to go. 46 00:02:33,020 --> 00:02:35,020 Undertaking something this risky, 47 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,040 you need people you trust to make a final check of equipment. 48 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:40,320 A careless mistake could end in disaster. 49 00:02:40,380 --> 00:02:42,120 Alright? Yeah, good. OK, Bear. 50 00:02:42,180 --> 00:02:43,480 You can do this. Stay focused. 51 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:44,360 Yeah. 52 00:02:44,420 --> 00:02:46,280 And I'll be with the team on the water. 53 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,200 OK. Good. 54 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,380 Parachuting accidents are rare. 55 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,240 Get into trouble like I did all those years ago 56 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,100 and you'd be lucky to make it. 57 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:58,180 I could have cut away from my rip chute, but I didn't. 58 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,220 Now I'm gonna show you what I should have done. 59 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,200 As soon I was aware something is wrong, 60 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,080 it's that kind of sense of panic. 61 00:03:08,060 --> 00:03:11,380 You're falling at 130 miles an hour towards the earth. 62 00:03:11,420 --> 00:03:14,420 It gives you very little time to deal with stuff. 63 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:20,000 It's weird putting yourself back into a situation 64 00:03:20,060 --> 00:03:21,100 that you almost paid for with your life. 65 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,180 This is something I never dreamt I'd be doing. 66 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,440 My team had gone ahead to the drop zone deep in one of Norway's fjords. 67 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,180 Cutting away a canopy can send you off course 68 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,040 and leave no alternative but a water landing. 69 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:53,140 That's a high-risk manoeuvre, and I'm gonna show you why. 70 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,400 But if your parachute fails, you must cut away fast. 71 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:02,440 It's something you'd only ever do as a last resort. 72 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,080 OK, main...cutaway handle. 73 00:04:07,140 --> 00:04:09,380 And then the all-important reserve. 74 00:04:10,180 --> 00:04:13,100 And that's what I should have pulled all those years ago. 75 00:04:13,140 --> 00:04:17,380 Instead, at 4,000 feet, when my canopy ripped, I hesitated. 76 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,140 I didn't leave enough time to pull my reserve 77 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,120 and I smashed into the ground. 78 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:26,400 It was a costly mistake and one that I almost paid for with my life. 79 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:30,060 I'm jumping from 10,000 feet. 80 00:04:30,220 --> 00:04:32,480 Up here, wind conditions can be very different 81 00:04:33,020 --> 00:04:34,420 from the steep-walled fjord below. 82 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:36,480 OK. Smoke in the water. 83 00:04:37,420 --> 00:04:40,360 Ground crew trigger smoke to check the wind drift. 84 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,440 Narrow canyons can funnel strong winds. 85 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,260 Get caught in these and I'll be thrown around like a rag doll. 86 00:04:52,260 --> 00:04:55,420 To show the effects of stress, my heart rate's being monitored. 87 00:04:56,220 --> 00:04:58,100 As adrenaline kicks in, 88 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,200 it shoots from 60 beats per minute to over 100. 89 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:09,460 From this altitude without a parachute, 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 I'd hit the ground in 60 seconds. 91 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,100 There's no margin for error. 92 00:05:15,380 --> 00:05:18,140 Everything must go like clockwork. 93 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,340 It normally takes three seconds for a parachute to open. 94 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:45,040 Come on! 95 00:05:46,220 --> 00:05:48,000 This took 11. 96 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,120 Those eight seconds cost me over a thousand feet. 97 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:54,060 Altitude I haven't got. 98 00:05:55,020 --> 00:05:58,200 With the main chute deployed, I'm falling at 10 miles an hour. 99 00:05:58,260 --> 00:06:01,480 Now to focus on cutting away and pulling that reserve. 100 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,040 Just what I'd have to do if my parachute ripped or malfunctioned. 101 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,000 OK, we're under canopy. 102 00:06:09,340 --> 00:06:13,260 Got my cutaway handle. Look for my reserve. 103 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:18,120 My heart rate's nearly tripled. 104 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,340 This is part of the fight-or-flight response. 105 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:24,420 Here we go. 106 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,380 It's crucial I maintain stability. 107 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,280 If I tumble, I could get tangled in my reserve as it deploys. 108 00:06:39,340 --> 00:06:42,360 At this altitude, I don't have time to play with. 109 00:06:42,420 --> 00:06:43,420 Whoa! 110 00:06:48,140 --> 00:06:49,140 Whoa! 111 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,340 Reserve's open. 112 00:06:58,260 --> 00:07:00,420 That drop away was nice. 113 00:07:01,420 --> 00:07:04,380 My heart is thumping. 114 00:07:06,340 --> 00:07:10,260 That time, it worked sweet. 115 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,220 Now just to land this baby. 116 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,360 If only I'd done that all those years ago. 117 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,080 I can see the team on the fjord. 118 00:07:23,140 --> 00:07:26,100 Now to show you what to do if you have to land in water. 119 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:31,340 In 1967, 18 parachuters were mistakenly dropped over Lake Erie. 120 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,460 When they realised, they opened their 121 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,440 canopies and tried to make for land, 122 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,080 but it was too far. 123 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,120 They were forced to land in the lake. 124 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,360 2 survived. 16 men drowned. 125 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,120 Landing on water is fraught with danger. 126 00:07:46,180 --> 00:07:49,320 Lack of definition makes judging height near impossible. 127 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:51,200 Here we go. 128 00:07:53,220 --> 00:07:54,480 As soon as I hit, I need to unclip 129 00:07:55,020 --> 00:07:57,260 my harness and get free of the lines. 130 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,100 The big danger of water jumps... 131 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,280 ..is just getting tangled up. 132 00:08:14,220 --> 00:08:18,220 You want your parachute, you want to get this...harness off me, 133 00:08:18,260 --> 00:08:21,140 off my legs, and swim away. 134 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,360 It's so easy just to get snared in that. 135 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:30,320 What happens initially, 136 00:08:30,380 --> 00:08:34,040 all of this silk of the parachute that you think's very buoyant 137 00:08:34,260 --> 00:08:36,220 starts to fill with water, 138 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,260 and then suddenly it's gonna go down. 139 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:45,300 If you're not free of the rigging lines, you're gonna go down with it. 140 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:52,340 If you're in any doubt, just use your hook knife, just one of these, 141 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,100 and then cut through the rigging lines. 142 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,100 OK. Free. Get away from this thing. 143 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:03,260 Whoo! 144 00:09:06,020 --> 00:09:09,240 Pretty hairy up there but very, very 145 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,240 relieved to survive that one. 146 00:09:18,060 --> 00:09:20,480 Very different feeling to what I experienced 147 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,080 last time a parachute went wrong. 148 00:09:28,140 --> 00:09:29,140 Ah! 149 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,280 OK. Let's get ashore! 150 00:09:32,460 --> 00:09:34,220 Hang on! 151 00:09:43,060 --> 00:09:47,140 I'm out of the water, but I'm not going to be staying dry for long. 152 00:09:53,380 --> 00:09:56,100 Very, very close to the edge here. 153 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:11,320 I'm in Norway... 154 00:10:12,140 --> 00:10:13,140 Here we go. 155 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:16,080 ..where I'm taking survival situations to the breaking point 156 00:10:16,220 --> 00:10:18,460 to show how easy it is to make wrong decisions... 157 00:10:19,020 --> 00:10:20,000 Whuh! 158 00:10:20,060 --> 00:10:21,440 ..and what the consequences can be. 159 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,400 Come on. 160 00:10:25,260 --> 00:10:27,100 Back on solid ground. 161 00:10:30,380 --> 00:10:33,340 And I'm heading inland to face my next challenge. 162 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,440 Water is a key to survival, 163 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,440 but it's also one of the biggest threats you'll face in the wild. 164 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,340 Norway is one of the wettest places on Earth. 165 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,180 Rains regularly hit this land over 80% of the year. 166 00:10:46,100 --> 00:10:48,360 In a survival situation, if you're on your own 167 00:10:48,420 --> 00:10:51,300 and no-one's looking for you, you've gotta keep moving. 168 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,160 But sooner or later, 169 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:56,200 you're gonna come across some big natural obstacles, 170 00:10:56,260 --> 00:10:58,040 and in this part of the world, 171 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,140 that's more than likely gonna be a river. 172 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,980 I've crossed many rivers making these programs. 173 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:10,240 And they can be a hugely powerful foe, 174 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,380 one you should only take on if there are no other options. 175 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:16,300 Whuh! 176 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,180 I'm gonna show you what can happen when you miscalculate 177 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,140 and take on a river that's too powerful to cross. 178 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:28,060 Temperatures have plummeted, and the first snow of the year is falling. 179 00:11:29,060 --> 00:11:31,340 We're heading up into one of Norway's dam networks 180 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,000 that provide much of the country's power. 181 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,340 I'm gonna place myself in the middle of the main outflow 182 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,320 to demonstrate the destructive power of big rivers. 183 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,100 And I know from experience 184 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:48,180 one of the most dangerous things in the wild can be fast-moving water. 185 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,200 You start throwing ice and freezing conditions into it, 186 00:11:51,260 --> 00:11:53,240 we have a potentially lethal combination. 187 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:55,220 Rivers can be so deceptive. 188 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,440 Every year, people die trying to cross them. 189 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,040 In the battle against fast-moving water, 190 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:02,400 the water is generally always gonna win. 191 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:06,040 This location allows us to control the flow rate 192 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:09,080 and make the river run faster and faster. 193 00:12:09,140 --> 00:12:10,140 It'll be easier that way. 194 00:12:10,220 --> 00:12:13,000 As levels rise, we'll replicate flood conditions, 195 00:12:13,060 --> 00:12:15,420 where the flow exerts immense force on the body, 196 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,100 and show what little water is needed 197 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,400 to wash you off your feet and into big trouble. 198 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,120 Monitors will measure the volume and speed of water, 199 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,320 and everyone must be crystal-clear about what they're doing. 200 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,200 In real time, that shelf you can see about 10 yards over the lip 201 00:12:34,260 --> 00:12:37,120 turns into a pretty nasty stopper and a pin. 202 00:12:38,220 --> 00:12:41,280 Which, if you go in, you'd be very unlikely to get out of, 203 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,040 and that's real time - that's not bigging it up at all. 204 00:12:44,140 --> 00:12:45,980 OK, let's get in the zone! 205 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,400 I've got a safety rope, but in a survival situation, 206 00:12:49,460 --> 00:12:52,300 you wouldn't have that backup - you'd be on your own. 207 00:12:53,060 --> 00:12:54,200 Let's open the dam. 208 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:57,340 OK. Open the dam 20%. 209 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:03,080 20% will release almost 8,000 gallons of water a second, 210 00:13:03,140 --> 00:13:05,440 and it's heading right for me. 211 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,020 (WATER ROARS) 212 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,120 What I don't know is just what's gonna happen. 213 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:24,060 This whole shelf of ice upstream of me, 214 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,400 when you suddenly get a deluge of water. 215 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,060 Losing my footing is one thing, 216 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,460 but getting caught under the ice doesn't bear thinking about. 217 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:33,200 Keep an eye on the river for me. 218 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:41,000 OK, that's it coming. You can hear it. 219 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:51,440 OK, we got water coming over there now. 220 00:13:54,980 --> 00:13:58,000 This is always the moment where... it's all about to happen 221 00:13:58,060 --> 00:14:00,100 and there's not much you can do about it. 222 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:01,980 You're in it now. 223 00:14:04,980 --> 00:14:07,340 You can see all of this water spilling over here now. 224 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,100 The ice is on the move. 225 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,080 Crossing rivers is always an unknown. 226 00:14:12,140 --> 00:14:15,420 You can't tell how deep and fast the flow is until you're well into it. 227 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:18,400 As the water rises, the challenge begins. 228 00:14:18,980 --> 00:14:21,240 You always want a good, wide, strong stance. 229 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,120 To fend off whatever's coming towards you. 230 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,980 In this case, it's ice, and that is certainly heightening the senses. 231 00:14:35,980 --> 00:14:39,280 So this has definitely risen already about a foot, 232 00:14:40,060 --> 00:14:43,160 and it's broken up all of this ice - it's now just small bits. 233 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,140 The ice is gone, but the water pressure is building. 234 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:03,280 From this point, without a stick, I'd be starting to really struggle. 235 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:09,000 You suddenly realise how small you are in the face of nature's power. 236 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,040 It'd be at this point that I'd be thinking, 237 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:16,320 "OK. We're not gonna get across this. 238 00:15:16,380 --> 00:15:19,180 "Time to go back in the shallower water." 239 00:15:20,340 --> 00:15:24,000 But too many people ignore their instincts and carry on. 240 00:15:24,060 --> 00:15:26,300 It's often the biggest mistake they ever make. 241 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:29,100 But I'm gonna stay in here 242 00:15:29,140 --> 00:15:32,200 and find the tipping point between survival and failure. 243 00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:36,180 Feel my breathing go up, my heart rate go up. 244 00:15:41,420 --> 00:15:43,040 I'm starting to lose... 245 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,460 ..lose grip. 246 00:15:46,220 --> 00:15:48,340 Just literally on the tips of my toes now. 247 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,080 That's all I've got gripping. 248 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,260 The water flow has increased. 249 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:56,100 I'm waist-deep, my feet are numb through cold, 250 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,400 and I'm struggling to stand upright. 251 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:00,020 Trying to cross a river, 252 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,980 I would now no longer be able to move forward or backwards. 253 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,280 I'm stuck. 254 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:06,240 You lose all the strength in your muscles... 255 00:16:08,020 --> 00:16:10,060 ..and the fight gets taken from you. 256 00:16:16,180 --> 00:16:18,140 Oh! OK. 257 00:16:20,140 --> 00:16:21,220 I've lost it. 258 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,000 It's too powerful to remain standing. 259 00:16:34,380 --> 00:16:36,320 Very, very close to the edge here. 260 00:16:37,340 --> 00:16:40,060 The raging current forces me downstream, 261 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:42,320 and it's a fight to reach the safety of the bank. 262 00:16:54,340 --> 00:16:57,060 Finally, we start hitting the shallows again. 263 00:16:57,420 --> 00:17:00,320 You start to get some strength to get to... 264 00:17:00,380 --> 00:17:04,380 The river was only up to my waist and flowing at seven miles an hour, 265 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,980 but that's enough to wash away a house. 266 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:11,080 Crossing rivers is a dangerous game with very high stakes. 267 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:14,260 Ignore the danger signs and you're gonna lose. 268 00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:17,980 Choose your battles when it comes to the wild 269 00:17:18,340 --> 00:17:22,020 and don't mess with big white-water rivers. 270 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,040 I've survived the river, 271 00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:28,300 but this tough land hasn't finished with me yet. 272 00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:32,080 Just getting so, so cold now. 273 00:17:32,140 --> 00:17:34,420 My hands, I can hardly feel them. 274 00:17:34,980 --> 00:17:38,420 You could end up hypothermic. If you can't stop it, you'll die. 275 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,320 I'm in Norway... 276 00:17:54,380 --> 00:17:55,320 Here we go. 277 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,020 ..where I've shown you how to survive 278 00:17:58,060 --> 00:17:59,320 a catastrophic parachute failure... 279 00:17:59,380 --> 00:18:00,960 Come on! 280 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,440 Whuh! 281 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:07,960 ..and found the point 282 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:10,420 at which crossing fast-moving water would be impossible. 283 00:18:10,980 --> 00:18:13,160 Very, very close to the edge here, guys! 284 00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:18,220 Now I'm heading into the Norwegian forest on the hunt for big game. 285 00:18:20,340 --> 00:18:22,420 A third of Norway is covered by forest. 286 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:25,340 It's home to deer, elk and bears. 287 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:32,280 Over the years, I've built many traps. 288 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,420 Most have been aimed at catching small animals. 289 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,980 In Norway, there are bigger beasts to go for, 290 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,020 but the traps need to have enough force to bring them down. 291 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:48,180 A big deadfall trap like this has a huge amount of power. 292 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,260 The less energy you spend hunting, the better, 293 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,180 and the easiest trap to set up is a deadfall. 294 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,000 There's enough weight in this to kill 295 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,300 something like a wolverine or a fox, 296 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,340 yet all of that weight is held just on this little trigger. 297 00:19:05,220 --> 00:19:06,980 And this runs down, 298 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:10,340 and then a tripwire comes across the killing zone. 299 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,300 I've placed an elk rib cage in the kill zone 300 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,340 to show what damage would be inflicted. 301 00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:27,180 For a survivor, that's a meal, good morale 302 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,320 and a step towards staying alive longer. 303 00:19:30,380 --> 00:19:33,360 If you've got the right materials, though, you can go up a notch 304 00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:37,200 and build the deadliest trap of all - the Malay gate. 305 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:43,100 And it works on the power and whip of a big, bendy branch, 306 00:19:43,420 --> 00:19:47,300 and you set this up along a game trail like this... 307 00:19:48,380 --> 00:19:52,100 ..and any prey coming along here 308 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:54,380 that triggers this... 309 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:57,960 ..is gonna get hit, 310 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:03,020 and the power of these spikes drives straight through, 311 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,040 pierce lungs and heart. 312 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:07,440 You'd bring down a big elk with this. 313 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,380 Traps that can take out an elk will take you out too, 314 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,240 so it's vital you mark them, 315 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:16,420 otherwise you could fall prey to your own trap. 316 00:20:16,980 --> 00:20:20,160 To show you just how much force, though, this generates, 317 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:23,000 I'm gonna put myself now into the killing zone, 318 00:20:23,060 --> 00:20:26,420 but, obviously, I don't want it to be a literal killing zone. 319 00:20:26,980 --> 00:20:28,220 Just take these spikes off. 320 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,260 And then prime the killing arm... 321 00:20:38,420 --> 00:20:40,220 ..and just secure it... 322 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,140 ..with a trigger arm. 323 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,280 And then that's held in place, 324 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,180 and then just put... this ring over that, 325 00:20:53,060 --> 00:20:56,060 and that is then attached 326 00:20:56,380 --> 00:21:01,100 all the way down to the tripwire. 327 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,260 OK, time to go and get set for this. 328 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:13,160 It's time for the hunter to become the hunted. 329 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,960 Alright, this is what security forces use 330 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:21,200 for close-quarter combat training, this, Bear. 331 00:21:22,420 --> 00:21:25,360 What I don't want to do is get thwacked in the head. 332 00:21:26,980 --> 00:21:28,360 Right, you're gonna feel some force, 333 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,120 but shouldn't be any permanent damage. 334 00:21:31,180 --> 00:21:35,340 Even with the spikes removed, this is a very strange sensation. 335 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:39,100 Death on a stick in here. 336 00:21:39,220 --> 00:21:40,980 Definitely quite nervous 337 00:21:41,020 --> 00:21:43,280 about stepping into the killing zone of this. 338 00:21:43,340 --> 00:21:47,280 Just, I know the power and the force that's involved here. 339 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,300 As soon as I move my left leg, though, it's gonna trigger it. 340 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:53,420 It's gonna go. Here we go. 341 00:21:58,020 --> 00:22:00,100 (COUGHS) 342 00:22:00,340 --> 00:22:02,400 Just a huge amount of force. 343 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,280 But without body armour, you're talking hospital. 344 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,160 Phew! 345 00:22:09,180 --> 00:22:12,160 And with the spikes in place, the morgue. 346 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:20,960 Norway is lashed by freezing winds from the Arctic and Siberia. 347 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,060 The weather can turn in an instant, 348 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,220 and when it does, it can be a killer. 349 00:22:25,420 --> 00:22:28,000 Exposure is a serious threat here. 350 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,980 You need to be prepared for everything in this wilderness. 351 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:36,240 I'm gonna show you how your chances of surviving a storm 352 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:38,420 can hinge on the smallest of decisions 353 00:22:38,980 --> 00:22:42,140 and how quickly wind and rain can leave you fighting for your life. 354 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,000 I've got the crew setting up some kit. 355 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:51,180 Create some seriously nasty condition. 356 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,960 Also, Jeff's hooking me up so he can monitor what's happening to my body. 357 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,360 I've got a feeling this is gonna be quite full-on. 358 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:05,080 We're gonna create storm conditions. 359 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:10,040 Giant fans will generate winds up to 40 miles an hour. 360 00:23:12,060 --> 00:23:14,180 The fire department will provide the rain. 361 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:18,200 And these are conditions that anyone could get caught in 362 00:23:18,260 --> 00:23:20,000 if the weather changed quickly. 363 00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:22,280 Cameras and lights have been waterproofed. 364 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,020 Getting caught in bad weather during the day is bad enough, 365 00:23:26,060 --> 00:23:28,080 but at night, it's far worse. 366 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:29,440 MAN: Just double-check everything there, OK? 367 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,320 DAVE: Yeah, absolutely. All over it. 368 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,420 The temperature drops, and visibility is reduced. 369 00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:42,200 For a survivor, this is morale-crushing. 370 00:23:46,140 --> 00:23:48,020 It's a really still, quiet night. 371 00:23:48,420 --> 00:23:53,080 But the one thing you can't take for granted in the wild is the weather. 372 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:56,360 When that turns nasty, if you don't take decisive action 373 00:23:56,420 --> 00:24:00,220 and if you're ill-prepared, that weather can kill you. 374 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,300 To be like someone caught in the wild unprepared, 375 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,040 I'm gonna take off my waterproofs 376 00:24:11,260 --> 00:24:14,060 to show you how a simple mistake like forgetting your jacket 377 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:15,300 can cost you your life. 378 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:18,120 OK! Kick off with just the wind. 379 00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:42,180 I'm in Norway and about to face the storm from hell. 380 00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:45,940 I'm gonna face the elements without waterproofs - 381 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,420 a mistake all too easily made. 382 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,340 In these conditions, survival time can be reduced to hours. 383 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,360 I'm gonna show how long it takes 384 00:24:55,420 --> 00:24:58,180 before I reach the point at which I wouldn't be able to survive. 385 00:24:58,940 --> 00:25:02,080 OK! Just kick off with just the wind. Go. 386 00:25:02,140 --> 00:25:05,060 (ENGINE WHIRRS) 387 00:25:09,220 --> 00:25:10,400 I'll be monitored 388 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,240 to see what happens to my body. 389 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:20,000 Instantly, you can feel the force of that! 390 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,200 A wind at night-time in the wild with no shelter 391 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,360 is a frightening phenomenon just on its own. 392 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:31,100 The team's using a thermal imaging camera. 393 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,180 The dark red shows body heat. 394 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,300 As I start to lose heat, the red will turn to blue. 395 00:25:37,140 --> 00:25:40,020 Your first priority in this situation 396 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,960 is to get some protection from that wind, 397 00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:45,380 even if it's just to huddle down low. 398 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:49,060 The wind is harsh but bearable. 399 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,080 The apparent air temperature felt on exposed skin, though, plummets. 400 00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:55,060 This is known as wind chill. 401 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:58,140 OK! Give us rain! 402 00:26:01,420 --> 00:26:05,120 Add rain and you're facing one of the most dangerous conditions 403 00:26:05,180 --> 00:26:06,980 you can come up against in the wild. 404 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:11,240 This wind and rain is more dangerous than wind and snow, 405 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,360 and the wet sucks the heat from you 406 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:18,120 25 times faster than if you're dry! 407 00:26:18,380 --> 00:26:20,340 I've got to get some sort of shelter up. 408 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,340 OK, we need to break some branches. Come on. 409 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:25,380 I need to work fast. 410 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,340 Immediately, I feel my body being drained of heat. 411 00:26:28,380 --> 00:26:32,000 In these situations, people make the mistake of pushing on, 412 00:26:32,060 --> 00:26:33,960 thinking they can beat the storm. 413 00:26:34,020 --> 00:26:37,100 Forget it. In a storm like this, you'll never win. 414 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,260 The priority is to find or build shelter. 415 00:26:41,340 --> 00:26:46,020 And you just got to work hard and work fast. 416 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:48,940 I'm building a simple lean-to shelter. 417 00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:52,000 It should block the majority of the wind and rain 418 00:26:52,060 --> 00:26:53,380 and give me some protection. 419 00:26:53,940 --> 00:26:56,340 Gonna need loads of small sticks now. 420 00:27:00,060 --> 00:27:02,140 OK, let's get this lot in. 421 00:27:04,020 --> 00:27:07,180 You just got to use the adrenaline 422 00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:10,940 from the storm to keep you working! 423 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:16,080 Once you get a shelter up, you stand a chance, 424 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,400 but without it, you're dead. 425 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,980 I've been in the storm for almost 10 minutes. 426 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,300 I'm soaked through, and my skin temperature is plummeting. 427 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,080 I've covered a small section of the shelter with foliage. 428 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:40,300 Just the difference in here already is massively noticeable. 429 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:44,340 You know, if I stick this wind machine up here, 430 00:27:45,260 --> 00:27:48,400 well, it's reading 35, 38 miles an hour. 431 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,380 Down here, though... 432 00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:54,140 ..I'm down to seven. 433 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,240 That's gonna make a lifesaving difference. 434 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,180 Getting out of the wind will make you feel 10 degrees warmer. 435 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,080 It's a small victory 436 00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:08,100 but not enough to extend my survival time for long in these conditions. 437 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,340 I need to make the shelter more robust. 438 00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:12,120 Ooh. 439 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,960 I've been in the storm for just over 20 minutes now. 440 00:28:16,020 --> 00:28:18,260 My skin temperature has dropped 16 degrees. 441 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,140 Blood is being pumped from my extremities to my core 442 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,180 to protect my vital organs. 443 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:27,160 Just getting so, so cold now! 444 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,340 My hands, I can hardly feel them! 445 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,160 They're literally numb! 446 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,320 And that's when it gets dangerous, 447 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:38,980 'cause you can't use them, the back of my hands. 448 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,940 It's so cold, I can hardly open my eyes! 449 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,400 I need to get out of this wind and rain and get a fire lit 450 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,180 while I still have the energy. 451 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,420 Without a fire in these temperatures, 452 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,320 I wouldn't last the night. 453 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,120 Once I got some sort of protection from that wind and rain, 454 00:28:58,180 --> 00:28:59,940 I'm going to need fire, 455 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,320 and for that, 456 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:04,300 I need some dead...pine... 457 00:29:06,020 --> 00:29:07,400 ..and birch branches. 458 00:29:18,020 --> 00:29:19,400 OK, got a bit of kindling here. 459 00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:23,100 Try and tuck that under the driest part of the shelter, 460 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,020 and this dead wood. 461 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,060 Rrr-oww! 462 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:32,940 I need to get right into the centre of that, where it's gonna be dry. 463 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,940 It's definitely gonna be the hardest fire 464 00:29:39,420 --> 00:29:42,360 that I'm ever gonna try to light. 465 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,300 Problem is, my hands are shaking so much, 466 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:53,260 can hardly even... hardly even hold the fire steel. 467 00:29:55,380 --> 00:29:57,100 Come on! 468 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,080 I'm losing this battle and fast. 469 00:29:59,260 --> 00:30:03,360 In a survival situation with no waterproofs, means big trouble. 470 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,240 (BABBLES) 471 00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:13,240 I can now no longer feel my hands. 472 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,020 That fire is never gonna go, 473 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,100 with the best will in the world. 474 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,120 I need to direct my energy 475 00:30:25,380 --> 00:30:27,200 just to try to... 476 00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:32,260 ..warm my hands while I start a fire. 477 00:30:33,140 --> 00:30:34,980 Anything, just... 478 00:30:35,020 --> 00:30:40,260 Stuffing heather...up my shirt is gonna insulate me a bit. 479 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,980 I've been in the elements just under an hour, 480 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,420 and a frightening reality has just hit me. 481 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,940 Unless I stop this, I'm gonna end up hypothermic. 482 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:54,260 I've got to stop this. 483 00:31:04,220 --> 00:31:05,960 When the elements are stacked against 484 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,320 you, you haven't got a chance. 485 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,280 It's a hard and humbling lesson to learn - 486 00:31:10,340 --> 00:31:14,360 no matter who you are, nature will always get the upper hand. 487 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:16,400 Fans and water off. 488 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,000 (BLOWS) 489 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,340 You got to stop it. 490 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,000 Sorry, I can't... I can't get that fire going. 491 00:31:40,140 --> 00:31:41,240 And I'm so cold. 492 00:31:46,260 --> 00:31:50,280 It just shows, if you're in that situation... 493 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,260 ..where you can't call an end to it... 494 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,020 ..you're dead. 495 00:32:03,180 --> 00:32:04,300 Sorry. 496 00:32:10,260 --> 00:32:12,040 That's frightening. 497 00:32:17,140 --> 00:32:18,380 Ohh! 498 00:32:18,940 --> 00:32:20,180 Ohh! 499 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,400 That was weird, just a big flood of emotions. 500 00:32:37,020 --> 00:32:38,160 It's like... 501 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:41,960 ..we're very powerless. 502 00:32:42,020 --> 00:32:46,360 You know, normally, you'd get a shelter up, get a fire going, 503 00:32:47,260 --> 00:32:48,420 get out of it. 504 00:32:51,260 --> 00:32:55,320 With the best will in the world... never gonna get a fire going, 505 00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:59,400 and with no waterproofs, that driving wind... 506 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:05,040 ..it's a feeling of you know you're gonna die if that doesn't stop. 507 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:10,200 You're gonna end up hypothermic, and if you can't stop it, you'll die. 508 00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:24,100 I'm in Norway, one of the wettest countries on the planet... 509 00:33:26,020 --> 00:33:29,220 ..taking survival situations to the breaking point. 510 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,160 Whuh! 511 00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:34,020 I've demonstrated a parachute malfunction... 512 00:33:34,060 --> 00:33:35,260 Come on! 513 00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:39,200 ..been swept away by a torrent of water... 514 00:33:39,260 --> 00:33:40,280 OK. 515 00:33:40,340 --> 00:33:43,340 ..and been pushed to my limits in a freezing man-made storm. 516 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,300 I'm so cold. 517 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,040 Now to take on my next challenge 518 00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:54,180 as I continue to face the worst that this rugged country can throw at me. 519 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:58,080 Norway's landscape is a result of millions of years under ice, 520 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:00,300 glaciers carved through the earth, 521 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,960 leaving deep fjords and steep canyons. 522 00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:04,960 It's a tough place to travel through. 523 00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:08,200 At every turn, the landscape literally stops you in your tracks. 524 00:34:08,260 --> 00:34:11,400 Yeah, Norway's just full of these sort of gorges. 525 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,080 The reason they're a nightmare 526 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,340 is they're often flanked by these sort of just sheer cliffs, 527 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:24,280 and then at the bottom, you get this pounding white water. 528 00:34:25,380 --> 00:34:28,980 Crossing something like this is a challenge for any survivor. 529 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:32,020 A Tyrolean traverse is the only real option. 530 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:37,040 It's a tried and tested method that mountaineers and the military use 531 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:38,920 to get from one high point to another, 532 00:34:38,980 --> 00:34:42,240 but it leaves little room for error, as I've discovered in the past. 533 00:34:44,060 --> 00:34:46,360 Tyrolean's all about having good solid anchors. 534 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,360 If one of them goes... 535 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,400 ..it's a long drop down to your death 536 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,040 either on the rocks or in the white water. 537 00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:57,140 I mean, look. Push out. 538 00:35:01,220 --> 00:35:04,040 OK, that's not where we're ending up, alright? 539 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,400 I've never done such a long Tyrolean crossing before. 540 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,960 Normally, I've thrown my rope across, 541 00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:11,980 but this time, the distance is too far. 542 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,980 I need another way to secure it. 543 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,260 And this is a grappling gun. 544 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,320 It's a prototype of what Special Forces have used 545 00:35:19,380 --> 00:35:22,960 for boarding big ships from the water. 546 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:24,340 Part of the anti-piracy. 547 00:35:25,980 --> 00:35:31,060 Well, I reckon I can use this to get a line across this gorge. 548 00:35:32,180 --> 00:35:35,180 The gun's got a range of 150 feet. 549 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:39,060 It fires a 2-pound titanium hook powered by compressed air. 550 00:35:45,140 --> 00:35:46,380 Right amongst all those rocks. 551 00:35:52,940 --> 00:35:54,200 Keep the tension on this. 552 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,020 Tyroleans need to be done on as tight a rope as possible. 553 00:35:58,060 --> 00:36:01,940 To get the tension, I'm gonna use a 3-in-1 pulley system. 554 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,380 The only thing is, we start putting knots into the system, 555 00:36:04,940 --> 00:36:08,080 it does weaken it, you know, about up to 25%. 556 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:13,280 My line in. Now for the team's. 557 00:36:18,380 --> 00:36:22,100 My heart rate's gonna be monitored to show how hard I'm working. 558 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,220 Tyroleans are brutally hard. 559 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,260 Get too exhausted and the only way is down. 560 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,920 God, I hate this moment. Just... 561 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,200 Always just before you go, you just kind of want to just get into it. 562 00:36:37,020 --> 00:36:39,360 Lie on the rope with one leg hooked over the line 563 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,360 while the other hangs below like a pendulum, for balance. 564 00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:44,120 OK, come on. Let's go. 565 00:36:44,180 --> 00:36:48,260 The gorge is about 130 feet across and 120 foot deep. 566 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:51,340 As I get further out, the rope will stretch and bow. 567 00:36:52,020 --> 00:36:55,020 Starting off backwards is the only way to control myself. 568 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,120 Problem is... 569 00:36:57,940 --> 00:36:59,100 ..at some point, 570 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,140 I'm gonna have to turn around when I start going uphill. 571 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,960 The key with this - just focus on the rope and on the balance 572 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:19,960 and trying to conserve your energy and not look down. 573 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,940 I said NOT look down, Bear. 574 00:37:24,020 --> 00:37:27,960 This is the easy part. I'm going downhill. Gravity is on my side. 575 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,960 Just need to take your time and not rush it. 576 00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:35,320 You rush and that's when you make mistakes. 577 00:37:39,980 --> 00:37:42,060 This is very, very... 578 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,140 ..uncomfortable. 579 00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:47,300 Whuh! 580 00:37:48,060 --> 00:37:52,080 But I'm what you'd call committed now. 581 00:37:54,380 --> 00:37:56,160 But it's a long crossing, 582 00:37:56,220 --> 00:37:59,140 and I'm hoping I haven't miscalculated my own abilities. 583 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,260 I'm only halfway through. Now to turn around. 584 00:38:02,940 --> 00:38:08,020 This turning around balanced on a thin rope 120 foot up... 585 00:38:09,940 --> 00:38:13,040 ..is easier said than done. 586 00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:28,300 I'm in Norway, one of the wettest places on the planet, 587 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,940 to show you what a fine line it is 588 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,360 between survival and death in the wild. 589 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:35,180 I'm so cold. 590 00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:45,180 I'm halfway across a Tyrolean traverse. 591 00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:47,380 I was forced to go backwards to control my descent, 592 00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:49,900 but now I've got to turn around. 593 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:58,100 This turning around balanced on a thin rope 120 foot up... 594 00:39:00,060 --> 00:39:01,180 ..is easier... 595 00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:03,140 ..said than done. 596 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,080 This is a tricky manoeuvre known as a regain. 597 00:39:08,380 --> 00:39:11,940 And, basically, you go...to a hang. 598 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:17,280 It's what the commandos do as part of their basic training. 599 00:39:18,060 --> 00:39:20,140 It's something I have to nail first time. 600 00:39:21,260 --> 00:39:23,920 If I don't have enough strength to get back up, 601 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,340 I'll be stuck here dangling high above the river. 602 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,240 Lift your legs up. 603 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,080 Get one armpit over. 604 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,360 He's working hard now. The heart rate's just shot up. 605 00:39:44,140 --> 00:39:46,040 Shot up even further. 606 00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:49,140 Halfway across and the uphill leg now to go. 607 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,340 This is taking more effort than I thought. 608 00:39:54,260 --> 00:39:55,960 I'm getting to the end, 609 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,120 but it's always the last bit that's the hardest. 610 00:39:58,180 --> 00:39:59,360 God! 611 00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:01,180 Well, come on. 612 00:40:02,340 --> 00:40:04,900 Just eight feet. 613 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,140 (BEEPING) 614 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,000 142 beats a minutes. Definitely working hard. 615 00:40:11,060 --> 00:40:13,220 This is the toughest Tyrolean I've ever attempted. 616 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:18,140 Technique is everything, and at this height, failure is not an option. 617 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:19,940 Phew! 618 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:23,100 Very, very hard work. 619 00:40:24,180 --> 00:40:28,260 And very painful on the Queensberries and the hands. 620 00:40:29,980 --> 00:40:33,960 I'm very relieved to see solid rock under me. 621 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,320 And what do you know? That anchor held well. 622 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:40,960 OK, good. 623 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:48,340 Steep gorges and deep fjords are iconic to the Norwegian landscape, 624 00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:51,900 carved out after millions of years under ice. 625 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,280 For a survivor, they can be an obstacle or a quick way to get down. 626 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,920 Get down to this ledge here. 627 00:41:00,380 --> 00:41:02,180 It's quite steep over here. 628 00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:04,080 Jumping from height into water 629 00:41:04,140 --> 00:41:06,240 can put a huge amount of stress on the body. 630 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,340 I've done a lot of high jumps. 631 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,200 But they can be dangerous. 632 00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:19,900 Land badly and the impact can be like hitting concrete. 633 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,320 Well, I reckon this is about 50 foot down to there. 634 00:41:22,380 --> 00:41:26,280 Using accelerometers, I'm gonna find out what forces I experience 635 00:41:26,340 --> 00:41:28,140 when I hit the water. 636 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,020 You know, sometimes you can look at something 637 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,260 and think that's way deep enough, 638 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:34,000 but what you're not seeing is submerged hidden rocks. 639 00:41:34,060 --> 00:41:35,920 You jump, break your legs, 640 00:41:35,980 --> 00:41:38,160 and then you're gonna drown 'cause you can't swim. 641 00:41:38,220 --> 00:41:42,040 I'm 50 foot up and I'll hit the water at about 40 miles an hour. 642 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:45,960 But I reckon for 50 foot, you need about 25 foot of water. 643 00:41:46,020 --> 00:41:48,260 Always work on that half ratio. 644 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,200 The important thing is to get the technique right. 645 00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:53,260 Keep your feet and your hands together. 646 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:54,320 Hands by your side. 647 00:41:55,220 --> 00:41:57,340 In the Second World War, many soldiers died 648 00:41:57,900 --> 00:41:59,200 jumping from sinking ships. 649 00:42:00,020 --> 00:42:03,060 As they leapt for their lives, they kept their helmets done up tightly, 650 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:06,000 but the helmets broke their streamline entry, 651 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,260 killing many men by snapping their necks. 652 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,280 The final thing is, often you get water 653 00:42:11,340 --> 00:42:13,300 that's millpond-calm, like glass, 654 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:15,300 and, really, you want to do something 655 00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:17,220 to break that surface tension. 656 00:42:17,340 --> 00:42:19,320 You can do that by throwing a stone. 657 00:42:19,380 --> 00:42:22,000 It breaks the water and softens the impact. 658 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:23,220 Oh! 659 00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:25,360 It's quite high, isn't it? 660 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:27,160 Here we go! 661 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:39,040 As I hit the water, I experience 9 G of deceleration. 662 00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:40,360 That's three times the force 663 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,260 that the crew of a space shuttle would experience on launch. 664 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,060 Land badly and it's gonna hurt. 665 00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:49,160 Yep! 666 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:50,980 It's quite high! 667 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,180 Phew! 668 00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,340 Jumping into water shouldn't be taken lightly. 669 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,000 Get it wrong and it's an unforgiving place to end up. 670 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:03,160 Phew! 671 00:43:03,220 --> 00:43:07,360 This adventure began wet and cold, and it's ending wet and cold. 672 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,320 But that is Norway for you. 673 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,960 Norway has been a humbling adventure. 674 00:43:17,020 --> 00:43:18,280 It's pushed me to MY limits 675 00:43:18,340 --> 00:43:20,020 and shown me that no-one 676 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:21,120 is bigger than nature. 677 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,120 No matter how strong you are, 678 00:43:23,180 --> 00:43:24,260 if you're not prepared 679 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,060 or you make the wrong decisions, 680 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:28,040 you don't stand a chance. 681 00:43:37,380 --> 00:43:39,960 To see more great moments from the show, visit: