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I'm Bear Grylls.

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Whoo!

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

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from some of the most dangerous
places on earth.

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I've gotta 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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Whoa!

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This time I'm in the Arizona desert

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where I'll be taking on
its parched landscape...

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..skimming the choking sands...

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I'm using the power of the wind.

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..avoiding its deadly inhabitants...

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It's a rattlesnake. Let's leave him.
Let's keep following.

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..and facing all the challenges
it can throw at me head-on.

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Whoa!

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Arizona might feel like
the backyard of America,

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but don't be deceived.

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The vast majority of it

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is this huge
100,000 square mile desert.

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Get lost here
and you're in big trouble.

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The US Armed Forces store
thousands of unused aircraft

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from all round the country here.

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The desert air is so dry
that it dramatically slows rusting.

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But what's good for metal
is really bad for the human body

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and I'm heading right into
the heart of this furnace.

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Incredibly dry desert
environment down here,

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which means
in the day it gets superhot

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and then in the night
very, very cold.

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The highest temperature recorded
in Arizona peaked at 128 degrees.

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And the lowest? -40.

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Get lost off the beaten track here
and you might never be found.

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Every year people get lost out here
and hundreds actually die.

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Do not underestimate this place.

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The scorching desert generates
strong thermal up-currents,

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but I can use these to reach
the ground in a totally new way.

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This time I'm not just
gonna be skydiving in.

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I'm actually gonna
be using a wingsuit,

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which gives me a huge amount of lift

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which means I can
literally fly like a bird

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and target my landing zone.

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But I've only ever used these
one-man flying suits once before

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so this is a jump
I've gotta get right.

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- Are we good?
- No, not yet.

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- Good luck out there.
- Steady now. Hover.

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Get a wingsuit exit wrong

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and there's a chance
of hitting the rotor blades.

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Rather than dropping straight down
like a normal skydiver,

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the wingsuit transforms me
into a high-speed glider

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capable of reaching
over 100 miles an hour

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and that enables me to travel
miles from the helicopter,

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deep into the remote terrain.

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Get this thing under
control in the wind.

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Whoa.

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And that is as close
to flying like a bird

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as you're ever gonna get.

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Just amazing. Whoo!

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But, man, the heat is the
first thing that hits you here.

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It's like landing in an oven,
a very dry oven.

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Normally if youre lost in the desert
and someone knows you're out there

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your best bet
is to stay where you are

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and draw as much attention
to your position as possible

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so you can be seen
easily from the air.

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This might not look much
on the ground,

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but this is all about
being spotted from the air

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and what you don't see in nature
very often is dead straight lines.

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A large triangle

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is the internationally
recognised distress sign.

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And, again, if you've got
something brightly coloured,

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like a parachute, use it.

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Lay it out on the ground.

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It'll give you more chance
of being spotted from the air.

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Anything you can take from the
parachute that's gonna help you

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you wanna have with you.

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Ultimately,
if nobody's looking for you

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it's gonna come down to you
to get yourself out of here

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and that means on your own feet.

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But if you look
at this sort of terrain

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you see all of these sky islands -

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these small pockets
of mini mountain ranges.

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If you can reach one of those,

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it will be up to 25 degrees cooler

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and you're gonna have more chance
of finding food and water as well.

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OK, leave this arrow
just as a marker

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so if somebody finds the parachute

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they're gonna know
which way you've gone.

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OK, come on.

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Temperatures drop around 3.5 degrees
every thousand feet you climb,

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which makes any nearby
mountain a good goal,

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but in these temperatures

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if you don't find water quickly
dehydration will set in.

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Always keep in mind
the survival rule of three -

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you can live for three minutes
without air three days without water

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and three weeks without food.

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But when you're in a desert this hot

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that three days without water
gets reduced massively.

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You've gotta make water
your priority out here.

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Greenery doesn't always mean water.

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Desert vegetation is so good

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at sucking even the smallest amount
of moisture from the ground,

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it can leave
virtually nothing behind.

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The further you can get
below the surface

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the better your chances
of finding water.

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It's quite deep down here.

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Steady on the edge.

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All this is very loose.

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This slot canyon
run all the way here.

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They're often quite good places
to look for water, though.

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Just 'cause they see so little sun

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any water is gonna evaporate
that much slower.

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OK, let's try and get down
into this, see if we can find any.

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Arizona is scattered with
slot canyons and abandoned mines.

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Inside, temperatures can
be more than 10 degrees cooler -

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a good way to escape
the heat of the day -

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but they can also
be prone to flash floods

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so you always need a quick way out.

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That might be interesting
to try and get out of.

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I'm gonna dig for some water.

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A bit of charcoal as well -
that's always worth taking.

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There's loads you can use that for.

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The intensely dry air here

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means lightning strikes
often start bush fires

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so charcoal is pretty
common to find.

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But water - that's
another matter entirely.

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This is all absolutely...bone dry.

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Look.

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It just shows how hard it is
to get water in the desert.

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There's nothing down here.
Come on. Let's get out.

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Ohh!

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Looks like a big dry wash.

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These, though,
can be a real oasis of life.

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You know, more likely
to find water and food here.

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And, actually, look. You can see
the line where the river will run.

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Let's get down to this. Come on.

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Now, you see how baked dry
all of this ground is?

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Look. You can see, it looks
a little bit like chocolate.

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That means there's probably
still some moisture in that.

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You wanna find
the lowest bit of ground

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and also bits in the shade.

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That's gonna give the best chance
of then finding water.

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Clay retains water around
a hundred times better than sand

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and these grasses
are a good indication

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that some form of water
isn't far away.

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What will happen is the sun
will bake all the surface sand,

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but as soon as you get down a bit

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it suddenly becomes cooler
and more moisture-filled.

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Look. You can see how damp that is.

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The challenge, though,

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is always getting the moisture
out of the sand so you can drink it.

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One way is just to use your sock.

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All you need to do...

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..is fill your sock
full of the wet sand

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and then you can wring that out.

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Just force all the sand
down the end and just twist it

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and you can suck it...

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through the sock.

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Look. There you go.
You see it dripping off.

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It has a certain flavour to it,
especially through these socks.

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Once it gets over 100 degrees,

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you need to drink
two pints of water an hour.

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Out here, that's not easy.

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I'm in the scorching Arizona desert.

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Ahead of me are
the sky island mountains

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and up there it's cooler

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and there's a better chance
of finding water.

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But there's a parched, dry lake bed
I'm gonna have to cross first.

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Over the years,

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this desert has swallowed
countless hikers without trace.

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It's a dangerous and deadly place
to get yourself lost.

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In a brown
featureless place like this

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anything brightly coloured
is instantly visible.

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It's a wreckage
of a dune buggy or something.

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Actually, that's a wing.

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It's all parts from an ultralight.

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Some of this just might be useful.

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Yeah, even something like that.

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Look. That's pretty shiny.

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It'd probably polish up nicely
as a signal mirror.

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If the sun comes up,
you spot an aircraft,

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you could use that to signal with.

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Yeah, there you go - propeller.

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It's well-known
that drug traffickers

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try and cross from Mexican border
using light aircraft and ultralight.

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This one's come to a sticky end.

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I'm just wondering whether, though,
with this wind and these wheels...

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Look, here's some more wheels here.

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..and my reserve
parachute as well...

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..I just might be able to...

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..improvise something

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to get me across here

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way faster than
I'm gonna be able to walk.

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One man's junk
is another man's treasure.

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OK, let's get this parachute out

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and see if this is gonna fly.

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The truth is I have no idea
whether this is gonna...gonna work.

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In the desert,
you've always gotta balance

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the amount of energy you use
against any possible benefit,

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but sometimes
you've gotta take risks.

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It's definitely strong - the wind.

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Oh, hold on. I need the buggy!

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I need the buggy!

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Things don't always work out
the way you hope,

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but being resourceful and adapting
is so often the key to survival.

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A huge amount of power in this.

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OK. Whoa.

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With the sun reflecting
off the dry lake,

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temperatures here can rise
to over 100 degrees

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so you want to get out of here fast.

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Whoa.

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We're off. Whoo!

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Well, it's a bit of a jury rig,
but it's working.

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Survival is all about efficiency.

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Trying to cross this lake on foot...

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..is gonna burn up way more energy
and dehydrate you way more

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than using the power of the wind.

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And, really,
it's all about the end goal.

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You've just gotta keep improvising

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and not everything's gonna work,

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but you've just gotta keep trying!

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As this buggy races me
over the dry lake bed,

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the wind from my forward movement
helps cool me down.

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But in the desert,
things rarely go according to plan.

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Whoa!

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I'm in Arizona

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where I've tied together bits
of a wrecked ultralight aircraft

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to get me across this dry lake bed.

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But the desert never
lets you out without a fight.

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Ohh, that didn't quite
go according to plan.

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Ow!

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It's bent all of this axle as well.

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But it's got me
most of the way across this.

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Kind of like hitching
a free ride with the wind.

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But back on foot for the last bit.

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But do you know what?
Definitely worth it.

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OK, let's get this parachute,
get it stowed, and get moving.

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Hang on. Look.
There's a scorpion here.

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It's a desert hairy.

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But these are pretty
aggressive scorpions.

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And that's the stinger you wanna
watch out for on the end there.

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Let's just take that off.

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OK.

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Always just double-check I've taken
stinger off before picking it up.

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But you can see him reaching for me.
Ow, ow. Let go, let go.

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This is what they do.

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You try and pick them up,
they'll grab you,

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you then let go and go "Ow!"

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and they'll "Wap!",
they'll try and hit you.

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But he's got his stinger off now

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so he can't do me too much harm.

250
00:17:07,220 --> 00:17:11,040
But it's a good bit of nutrition.
Bit of fluids as well.

251
00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,080
I just wanna bite the pincers first.

252
00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:19,220
So much of survival

253
00:17:19,260 --> 00:17:22,240
depends on being prepared to do
what you wouldn't normally do

254
00:17:22,380 --> 00:17:24,380
and that could make
all the difference.

255
00:17:27,340 --> 00:17:30,160
The human body can
go three weeks without food,

256
00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:34,080
but in the desert you won't last
more than three days without water.

257
00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,400
Finding it is your top priority.

258
00:17:40,140 --> 00:17:43,280
In these rocky areas you're much
more likely to find water.

259
00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:47,040
Springs and streams are often
forced up to the surface

260
00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,320
through geological fault lines.

261
00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,160
This is looking way more promising
for finding water.

262
00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:07,120
Look. You can actually see a black
mark here. That's a water mark.

263
00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,420
You don't get that if it's only
occasional rainfall.

264
00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,120
You need a good amount
of water to leave that.

265
00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,240
And look - flash flood debris.

266
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,380
This regularly sees water.
Let's follow this.

267
00:18:22,340 --> 00:18:23,960
Whoa!

268
00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:27,240
I heard a rattle.
Look. Steady, steady.

269
00:18:28,140 --> 00:18:30,400
Come round here. Just under the
bush. Look. There's a rattlesnake.

270
00:18:31,420 --> 00:18:33,020
Whoa.

271
00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:35,140
Stay there, stay there.

272
00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,960
He's gonna like it round here -
lots of prey.

273
00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,280
You know he'd probably find mice and
vermin down here looking for water.

274
00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:45,300
That's what he'll be feeding off.

275
00:18:45,420 --> 00:18:47,340
OK, let's just leave him. Come on.

276
00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,260
With signs of water nearby,

277
00:18:49,340 --> 00:18:51,320
I'm gonna leave this snake in peace.

278
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,400
I've got bigger priorities.

279
00:18:57,420 --> 00:18:59,280
Water!

280
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,040
It's all collected in this pool.

281
00:19:04,260 --> 00:19:07,360
Stagnant, but that's
gonna be fresh water.

282
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,000
Let's get down to there.

283
00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:15,220
Few things in life are so wonderful
as finding fresh water in desert.

284
00:19:16,420 --> 00:19:19,040
Springs like this -
even stagnant ones -

285
00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:21,320
can support life
for many miles around.

286
00:19:23,340 --> 00:19:26,980
Get rid of this. I need a dunking.

287
00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,440
Ohh!

288
00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,960
Filthy and stinking,
but undeniably lovely.

289
00:19:40,020 --> 00:19:43,320
Drinking tainted water can make
you sick, give you diarrhoea,

290
00:19:43,420 --> 00:19:45,220
dehydrate you even more,

291
00:19:45,340 --> 00:19:47,260
but there are ways
you can filter it.

292
00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:49,240
OK.

293
00:19:49,340 --> 00:19:52,340
Try and see if we can make
some of this water drinkable.

294
00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,140
Maybe use this bit of tubing
from that ultralight

295
00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,300
to make an improvised
filtration stick.

296
00:20:03,020 --> 00:20:06,240
This is what downed pilots will have
as part of their survival pack

297
00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,300
so they can drink
behind enemy lines.

298
00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:10,000
But just something like that.

299
00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:14,100
All I need is then...a bit of grass.

300
00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,440
That's gonna be
the first layer of the filter.

301
00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:24,440
And then a bit of that
charcoal that I got.

302
00:20:25,340 --> 00:20:28,240
Charcoal is a great filter.

303
00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,100
It'll filter out a lot
of the bacteria and nasties.

304
00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:37,300
And then really...
you can drink from that.

305
00:20:38,060 --> 00:20:42,440
In fact, maybe just put your sleeve
over the end as another barrier.

306
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,320
Spitting out the first few mouthfuls

307
00:20:46,420 --> 00:20:50,020
helps clear the filter of any
loose bits of grass and charcoal.

308
00:20:50,300 --> 00:20:52,160
And then really you can just drink.

309
00:20:56,020 --> 00:20:57,960
Oh, it's good.

310
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,400
I'm gonna fill up my bottle as well.

311
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:19,100
Well, rehydrated, resupplied, cooler

312
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,080
and morale right back up there.

313
00:21:23,980 --> 00:21:26,360
OK, let's get going again.

314
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,120
The Arizona mountains are cooler
than the surrounding desert,

315
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,140
but this tough terrain
is no easy option.

316
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:46,980
The mountains look a whole load
more imposing when you get up close.

317
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,160
Quite formidable.

318
00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,340
You need to pick
a good route up there.

319
00:21:55,060 --> 00:21:56,420
These mountains are so rugged

320
00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,120
that they were used as stronghold by
Apache warriors Geronimo and Cochise

321
00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,120
in the 19th century.

322
00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,420
Climbing into them
is gonna be a serious challenge.

323
00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,280
It's definitely getting steeper now.

324
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,340
The crumbling rock
makes climbing dangerous,

325
00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:15,240
but scaling this mountain

326
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,340
using some metal tubing from
the ultralight to extend my reach

327
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,100
will get me up out of the desert
and to the cooler land above.

328
00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:25,420
But the higher I get,
the steeper the rock becomes.

329
00:22:31,180 --> 00:22:34,120
It's all just so horrible and loose.

330
00:22:34,420 --> 00:22:37,980
Look. Even this...this whole thing
is about to go. Look.

331
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,300
Really, I need to try and get across
this bit of the face,

332
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,160
try and go up the shoulder there.

333
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,020
With no reliable handholds ahead,

334
00:22:53,060 --> 00:22:54,380
I'm gonna tackle
the sheer rock face

335
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,040
using a precarious climbing
technique called a pendulum.

336
00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,080
I'm using some of the cord
from my reserve parachute

337
00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,060
as a rope to swing out,

338
00:23:03,220 --> 00:23:05,180
but with a huge drop like this below

339
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,260
relying on it feels
like a risky strategy.

340
00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:11,040
OK, that's secure around that.

341
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,040
Then I'm bringing these together.

342
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,420
That means when
I've finish with them

343
00:23:17,020 --> 00:23:20,100
I can just pull one strand
and it will run through.

344
00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:23,260
OK, but that is
gonna be way stronger

345
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,260
than trying to trust
all those flaky bits of rock.

346
00:23:35,020 --> 00:23:36,420
I reckon this can get me round this.

347
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:39,300
It just takes a bit
of confidence to go.

348
00:23:42,140 --> 00:23:44,040
OK, come on, come on, come on.

349
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:45,440
Ohh!

350
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,400
Using this technique
several times in succession

351
00:23:49,980 --> 00:23:53,120
I can make my way sideways across
these vertical faces,

352
00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:54,440
but there's a real danger

353
00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:58,060
the para cord could fray
on these rough rocks and break.

354
00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:07,100
And the more times you use the
same cord, the greater the danger.

355
00:24:07,140 --> 00:24:09,020
OK.

356
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,000
Whoa!

357
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,260
OK, got it!

358
00:24:18,220 --> 00:24:19,360
Phew!

359
00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:26,040
Up and out of the
heat of the desert.

360
00:24:28,260 --> 00:24:32,060
You know, it's amazing
how something so spectacular

361
00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:35,000
can also be so harsh.

362
00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:40,240
But look. There's a bit of a breeze
up here, which is nice.

363
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,240
It's definitely cooler. OK.

364
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,960
I may be up out of the desert,
but the mountains are gonna throw

365
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000
an even bigger set
of challenges at me.

366
00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:15,260
Whoa!

367
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,200
I've escaped the scorching heat
of the Arizona desert

368
00:25:18,340 --> 00:25:21,160
by climbing up into
the sky island mountains.

369
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:24,940
Up here, there's plenty of water

370
00:25:25,020 --> 00:25:27,280
and finding it is no longer
your main challenge.

371
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,960
Being up this high, though,

372
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,020
there's a whole
new series of challenges,

373
00:25:33,340 --> 00:25:36,220
but also opportunities -

374
00:25:37,020 --> 00:25:41,320
opportunities for food,
water and shelter.

375
00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:46,360
As you climb, the terrain
can change dramatically.

376
00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:49,120
In a matter of hours,

377
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,400
you can pass through
six different environments,

378
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,960
from the blistering desert
to subalpine forest.

379
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,340
When night falls,
the temperature will plummet,

380
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,980
but a fire and some food will always
help you through the night.

381
00:26:07,940 --> 00:26:09,240
One way of starting a fire

382
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,160
if you haven't got
a firesteel or matches

383
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,380
is to just improvise a fire piston

384
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,120
and you can do that
just with two bits of tube.

385
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,040
I've taken this off that ultralight.

386
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,360
They fit nicely together
to create an airtight seal.

387
00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:26,080
And the principle works
on compressed air creating heat,

388
00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:29,060
in the same way when you put your
finger over a bicycle pump -

389
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,960
comes away really hot.

390
00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:32,320
Get a bit of charcoal...

391
00:26:35,340 --> 00:26:36,420
..force that into the end.

392
00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:40,180
That's the bit that's
gonna take the ember.

393
00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:44,380
With the other end of the tube
sealed the fire piston is now ready.

394
00:26:46,060 --> 00:26:47,980
And you need to give this
a good whack

395
00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:51,260
to really generate that
compressed air and heat.

396
00:26:51,940 --> 00:26:54,200
Pull it out and
you'll have an ember.

397
00:26:57,060 --> 00:26:58,260
Oh, nope.

398
00:26:58,340 --> 00:27:00,160
I'll try that once more.

399
00:27:03,180 --> 00:27:07,220
Grab a bit of tinder,
give it a blow...

400
00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:11,400
You can see that glowing now.

401
00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:14,360
The fire piston technique

402
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,140
was developed in the jungles
of South-East Asia

403
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,320
where they use pieces of bamboo
or hollowed out bone.

404
00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:28,420
And gently try and nurture it...
into life.

405
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,060
OK.

406
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,120
Whoa.

407
00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:58,240
Wow! Once that goes, it goes.

408
00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:03,200
It's almost impossible not to smile

409
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,940
when you get a fire going like that,

410
00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:08,340
especially as when you're getting
higher, it's getting colder

411
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,160
and fire is really gonna matter.

412
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,020
That's such a good feeling.

413
00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:22,960
With a fire stoked,
finding food is the next priority.

414
00:28:23,340 --> 00:28:25,960
With jaguar and mountain lions
in these forests,

415
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,060
I'm not the only animal out hunting.

416
00:28:31,140 --> 00:28:33,060
Oh, here we go, under here.

417
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,360
Mountain lions often leave
part of their kill hidden.

418
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,080
This is a peccary -
a local species of wild pig.

419
00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:46,160
But this region also home to other
predators apart from just big cats.

420
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,080
Look. This is bear poo.

421
00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:55,020
You're gonna get
black bears in these woods.

422
00:28:56,020 --> 00:29:00,260
Look. You can see all
the acorns it's been feeding off.

423
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,040
See all of that?

424
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,100
The thing is black bears
aren't only herbivores.

425
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:07,960
They're also opportunistic

426
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,180
it means it's gonna be
a bad place to camp as well.

427
00:29:11,420 --> 00:29:13,120
Let's just get to the fire,
have something to eat

428
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,060
and we'll make a plan from there.

429
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,400
There's a lot of meat
on that still.

430
00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:25,980
That means at least
I've got food this evening.

431
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,080
Cooking this helps your body
to digest and absorb its nutrients.

432
00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:34,140
It also provides warmth
and raises morale.

433
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:39,060
Looking a bit charred on
the outside, but on the inside...

434
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,360
..this is gonna be nicely cooked.

435
00:29:48,380 --> 00:29:50,280
Actually, a bit of the shoulder meat
is well cooked.

436
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,080
That's alright.

437
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:01,200
But it's warm and it's nutritious.

438
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:10,100
Filling my reserve parachute
with grasses and pine needles

439
00:30:10,260 --> 00:30:13,120
will protect me from the worst
of the coming night's cold.

440
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,240
Like, make a giant sausage of it.

441
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,080
If you're on the ground

442
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,160
its more important to insulate
yourself from below than above

443
00:30:20,380 --> 00:30:23,320
as the earth will suck warmth
from you faster than the air,

444
00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:26,280
but where I'm going
that won't be a problem.

445
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,260
OK, let's go.

446
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,160
When you're asleep,
you're at your most vulnerable

447
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,980
to bears and mountain lions
that roam here.

448
00:30:35,380 --> 00:30:37,020
Look. This is gonna work.

449
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,060
But being completely
out of their reach

450
00:30:39,140 --> 00:30:41,180
means you can sleep
relatively safely.

451
00:30:41,260 --> 00:30:44,360
You're not gonna want to fall out of
it, but it's gonna be good

452
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,020
and I've got somewhere nice
to suspend it from as well.

453
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,340
I'm using the remains
of the parachute

454
00:30:50,940 --> 00:30:53,000
to make what's known
as a hanging bivouac.

455
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,200
Climbers often use these
when they're halfway up a mountain.

456
00:30:56,300 --> 00:30:58,420
Climb down into this.

457
00:31:09,060 --> 00:31:10,260
OK.

458
00:31:11,020 --> 00:31:12,940
Well, it's snug.

459
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,280
But, man, what a view!

460
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,280
Look at that. Ooh!

461
00:31:22,060 --> 00:31:26,260
I challenge any mountain lion
or bear to get me in this thing.

462
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:39,940
You know, it's funny -

463
00:31:40,180 --> 00:31:41,200
if you forget for a second

464
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,100
that you're 50 feet suspended

465
00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:45,160
up a sheer rock face,

466
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,280
it's actually quite nice
and cosy in here.

467
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,080
The pine needles are nice.

468
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,420
I can get really well wrapped up
in this stuff.

469
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,320
But hanging bivouacs do also

470
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,020
kind of mess with your mind.

471
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,040
Five minutes ago I had some pebbles

472
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,260
fall down, land on the top of it.

473
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:04,240
I kept thinking, "Is that...

474
00:32:05,060 --> 00:32:07,120
"..is that my anchor points
giving way?"

475
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:09,140
And then you kind of realise,

476
00:32:09,180 --> 00:32:13,320
"Look, you've just gotta
kind of not worry about that,"

477
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,140
and realise it's the mental game

478
00:32:15,180 --> 00:32:16,960
and that you need sleep

479
00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:18,260
and you gotta rest

480
00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:20,340
and just kind of put all that aside

481
00:32:20,380 --> 00:32:22,180
and try and sleep.

482
00:32:23,140 --> 00:32:25,140
And also remember if you need a pee

483
00:32:25,260 --> 00:32:27,120
you can't go wandering outside.

484
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:29,120
You're in a little thing

485
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,360
hanging up a very high rock face.

486
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,360
Once you're over that,
it's all fine.

487
00:32:36,980 --> 00:32:39,120
OK, I'll turn this off.

488
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,320
This tough mountainous
region of Arizona

489
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,380
is covered by razor sharp thorns

490
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,400
where every bush and tree
seems like it's against you.

491
00:33:05,140 --> 00:33:10,340
Very hard, bone-dry
and spiky bits of branch

492
00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:13,080
that just nail you in the shins.

493
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,120
I'm just gonna stop
and do something about this,

494
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,920
otherwise I'm gonna end up
with no skin on my shins.

495
00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:25,400
Yeah, even a bit of bark like this -

496
00:33:26,260 --> 00:33:29,260
you can use that
as an improvised shin pad.

497
00:33:30,340 --> 00:33:32,060
Let's break it down.

498
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,960
I've been out in the wilds
with so many people,

499
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,340
when something starts to niggle

500
00:33:37,980 --> 00:33:40,280
they just kind of try
and tough it out and push on

501
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,040
when actually
they'd be way better off

502
00:33:42,140 --> 00:33:44,240
just stopping and doing
something about it.

503
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,380
Look, even something like this
to cover my shins

504
00:33:48,180 --> 00:33:51,100
will just stop them getting
absolutely shredded.

505
00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:53,280
OK, that's gonna help.

506
00:33:53,940 --> 00:33:55,220
OK, let's get back into it.

507
00:33:58,380 --> 00:34:00,240
Wow. That's way better!

508
00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:02,220
Now we'll make some progress.

509
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,100
This terrain is so hard
to travel through

510
00:34:05,140 --> 00:34:08,000
that the great Apache warriors
Geronimo and Cochise

511
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:12,000
successfully held out here against
the US cavalry for many years.

512
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:18,300
Wow! Just an incredible view...

513
00:34:20,380 --> 00:34:25,140
..all the way through the mountains
down to the desert plains.

514
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,340
Actually, it'd be a good place
to signal from, from up here.

515
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:34,100
What you have is a massive
visibility range, 360 degrees,

516
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,060
that you don't have when
you're down amongst all the scrub.

517
00:34:39,060 --> 00:34:42,000
Somewhere like up here
is your best chance of being spotted

518
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,300
by light aircraft or even people.

519
00:34:45,020 --> 00:34:47,020
You know, if you can
signal in some way...

520
00:34:47,180 --> 00:34:51,380
Even like that bit of metal
from that ultralight.

521
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:59,060
Get anything that can
polish up nice and shiny

522
00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:01,320
that will reflect the sun,

523
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,020
then you put your
finger up in a 'V',

524
00:35:04,180 --> 00:35:06,300
reflect the sun
on the back of your hand,

525
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,120
put your target
in the centre of that 'V'

526
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,340
and then flash it.

527
00:35:13,980 --> 00:35:18,040
The flash from a good signal mirror
can be seen 50 miles away.

528
00:35:19,060 --> 00:35:21,060
But anything reflective will work.

529
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,000
Someone was even rescued once

530
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,320
using nothing more than
the hologram on their credit card.

531
00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:32,340
If no-one sees your signal,
you'll need to move on.

532
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,940
And ahead of me
is yet another rocky barrier.

533
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,020
Let's get up this bit.

534
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,320
It's not looking
particularly brilliant.

535
00:35:47,380 --> 00:35:50,080
Yeah, not that way.

536
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,180
You know, this is gonna be our best
option. Come on and check this out.

537
00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:57,940
It's a bit of a crazy one.

538
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,980
Rather than trying
to go over all of this

539
00:36:03,220 --> 00:36:06,100
it might actually be way easier
to use this hole

540
00:36:07,220 --> 00:36:12,140
to try and get a line from here
straight across to those pinnacles,

541
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,240
shimmy across it, then go
straight over the other side.

542
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,160
OK, let's just tie a load of strands

543
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,280
of this parachute cord around a rock

544
00:36:26,940 --> 00:36:28,300
And loads of strength in that

545
00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:31,160
and if I get this across,
that will easily hold my weight.

546
00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:36,180
I just need it to lodge in a
bit of a nook or cranny over there.

547
00:36:41,340 --> 00:36:43,320
Arggh...

548
00:36:43,940 --> 00:36:46,040
But this technique
just isn't working

549
00:36:46,140 --> 00:36:49,000
and that's when you need
to think outside the box.

550
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,380
It's just a blinking awkward angle
to throw from.

551
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,320
I can't get any swing to it.

552
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,380
Just wondering whether I'll maybe
use some of that willow we passed

553
00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:05,000
and make something just
to shoot this across.

554
00:37:05,180 --> 00:37:06,300
That actually might be easier.

555
00:37:06,340 --> 00:37:08,100
OK, stay here.

556
00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:11,320
An Apache-style bow
could be my solution.

557
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,020
OK, see if we can
make this work now.

558
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,260
I've reached a sheer rock face that
looking impossible to climb over.

559
00:37:31,020 --> 00:37:33,020
Yeah, not that way.

560
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,920
A small hole looks like
it could offer me a way through.

561
00:37:37,260 --> 00:37:40,120
If I can get my para cord
lodged into the rocks beyond

562
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,040
I can climb across it.

563
00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:45,980
Just wondering whether I'll maybe
use some of that willow we passed

564
00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:48,260
and make something
to shoot this across.

565
00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:51,140
That actually might be easier.

566
00:37:51,980 --> 00:37:53,240
Willow is a great bush tool.

567
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,160
It can indicate where water is

568
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,940
and contains salicylic acid -
the basic ingredient of aspirin.

569
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,140
But what I want it for right now
is its flexibility.

570
00:38:02,940 --> 00:38:07,160
You often get willow growing down
near water in creeks like this.

571
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:11,380
It's great for making bows or snares

572
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,960
just 'cause it's springy
and flexible, strong.

573
00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:17,980
But also it grows nice and straight

574
00:38:18,020 --> 00:38:21,080
so you get lengths
like that very easily.

575
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:26,100
All I need do - put these together.

576
00:38:27,940 --> 00:38:29,360
Binding several branches together

577
00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:33,320
increases their strength
whilst keeping their flexibility.

578
00:38:36,340 --> 00:38:38,300
Just put a jamming knot in this.

579
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,220
What you do - a little figure of
eight in the end, twice round,

580
00:38:43,340 --> 00:38:47,320
and then you just take one
overhand knot round itself

581
00:38:48,020 --> 00:38:50,060
and you can then really...

582
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:56,300
..tighten that up nicely on itself.

583
00:38:58,180 --> 00:39:00,220
Just cut off there.

584
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:03,960
You can string a bow like this

585
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,060
by bending it and then slipping
the cord between two of the branches

586
00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:08,220
and tying it off.

587
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,960
It looks basic, but this type of bow

588
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,220
was used to devastating effect
by the Apache

589
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,280
for both hunting and in battle.

590
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,980
OK, that will do. Let's go.

591
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,960
OK, let's see if we can
make this work now.

592
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:36,920
OK, let's give this a go.

593
00:39:39,140 --> 00:39:41,140
No.

594
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,200
Just fell short.

595
00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:53,240
But getting accuracy with a bow
like this takes a lot of practice.

596
00:39:54,900 --> 00:39:56,380
Lots and lots of practice.

597
00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,000
Bang!

598
00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:01,020
This is proving one of those ones

599
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,080
where you just
need a bit of patience.

600
00:40:03,260 --> 00:40:06,280
OK, one, two, three.

601
00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:08,320
Bang!

602
00:40:09,180 --> 00:40:11,260
Oh! I've got it!

603
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,320
I'm not even gonna tell you
how many attempts that has taken.

604
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:21,120
It's caught as well. OK, we just
need to tension this right up.

605
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,920
Just lean over here.

606
00:40:26,380 --> 00:40:29,160
Using the ultralight tubing
as a simple anchor,

607
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,100
the line should hold me.

608
00:40:33,340 --> 00:40:36,140
Moment of truth time on this.

609
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:45,280
Oh, it's tight.

610
00:40:48,020 --> 00:40:50,300
I'll try and send this across.

611
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,140
Ohh!

612
00:41:34,980 --> 00:41:36,280
Across.

613
00:41:37,260 --> 00:41:39,100
Well, that worked nicely.

614
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:41,140
OK, time to get down.

615
00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:48,200
Come on. Let's get
out of these hills.

616
00:41:49,060 --> 00:41:52,980
On the other side of the rock face
the land ahead looks to open up.

617
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:56,940
But with darkness falling fast

618
00:41:57,020 --> 00:41:59,140
and the prospect
of another freezing night ahead,

619
00:41:59,220 --> 00:42:03,020
I want to get through these
mountains as quickly as possible.

620
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,240
OK, let's get on and up this.

621
00:42:08,260 --> 00:42:10,160
Wanna be a bit careful, though.

622
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,940
Real ankle-snapping terrain,
all of this. Just go steady.

623
00:42:26,060 --> 00:42:28,100
Just check that out.

624
00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:31,200
The last bit
of dying light of the day

625
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,120
guiding us down to civilisation.

626
00:42:36,300 --> 00:42:39,940
And that's what I call
a beautiful sight.

627
00:42:40,300 --> 00:42:41,300
For the survivor,

628
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,360
that's a feeling
that's harddescribe.

629
00:42:44,900 --> 00:42:47,360
OK, let's get
down theree it's dark.

630
00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:48,300
Come on.

631
00:42:48,380 --> 00:42:50,240
But if your life
isn't in danger,

632
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,160
please respect
all the plants ands you find.

633
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,320
Remember - the greatest danger

634
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,180
most of the rest ofworld faces

635
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,040
is mankind.

636
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:01,280
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