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Previously on
"Blind Frog Ranch"--
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See, people were
working out of this.
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- Yeah, right, right.
- This was a working journal.
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After decades of searching
for Aztec treasure...
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This could very likely be
the way into the Keyhole.
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[bleep].
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...information in a lost Mormon
artifact ignited a trail
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of discoveries...
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Guys, this has to be
the Keyhole Chamber.
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...pointing to
an explosive truth.
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- Whoo, whoo, whoo!
- What do we got?
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It's [bleep] gold.
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There could be six more
chambers out there.
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This chamber existed,
and that tells me that
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the other ones
probably do, too.
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After confronting
the ancient protectors of
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Blind Frog Ranch...
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This is a prayer sack.
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We ask that you put blessings
upon him.
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There's a lot of things going
on in this ranch that people
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don't understand.
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...the team has a new cache of
Aztec gold in sight.
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The Golden Staircase could
be the big resting place.
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Big, I would imagine,
means important.
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It could lead us in
a direction that we have
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never been before, and that is
what excites me the most.
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But the land will not give up
its fight to keep
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its secrets safe.
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The stormy season is here,
and winter is right behind it.
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- Get down there, Eric.
- Yeah, we are.
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- Whoa!
- Yes!
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We're in the void, brother.
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This is our window to get
into the underground.
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Legends of ancient treasures...
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It could go thousands of
years back.
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...and unexplained phenomena...
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Oh [bleep], I'm not
messing with that.
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...meet at a 160-acre property
in Northeast Utah
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known as Blind Frog Ranch.
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For decades, teams have
searched the land for
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long lost Aztec gold.
But the closer they get...
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- That's it.
- Look at that!
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- That's gold.
- ...the harder the land
fights back.
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Whoa!
What the hell's going on?
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Now, a prolific miner...
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We're standing on
a pile of gold.
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...and a legendary
treasure hunter...
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There must be another tunnel
entrance, something.
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- ...armed with new evidence...
- Where'd you find it?
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...and a fabled artifact...
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There's
a date on that, 1912.
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...will take on
a 500-year-old curse...
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Fire in the hole.
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...and a land
littered with traps...
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Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
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...to find a
three-billion-dollar treasure.
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Whoa.
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They won't stop
until they uncovered
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the mystery of
what lurks below...
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Guys, it's caving.
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Oh, [bleep].
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...at Blind Frog Ranch.
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Seriously, stay away from
the rim of this.
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It's very loose up here.
It's very unstable.
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That's why we're putting
the casing in.
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- All right.
- So let's roll it over,
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and then we'll roll it, drop it,
tip it up, and put it in.
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OK, we'll keep
that flush end down.
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Yep.
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Let's do it, man.
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Two weeks ago,
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Ron uncovered a passage
in the Rhoades Journal
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that he believes points to
a hidden chamber containing
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Aztec treasure
known as the Golden Staircase.
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Maybe this Golden Staircase
that holds this treasure.
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Following the journal's clues,
the team discovered
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a mysterious stone doorway.
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I think this rock was
put here on purpose.
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How in the hell do we
get in here?
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But when they were unable to
open or move the obstruction,
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they turned to
SAR imaging technology...
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We got what we need.
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...revealing two underground
voids that could provide
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a path to the caverns below.
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- Get down there, Eric.
- Yeah, we are.
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After drilling through 70 feet
of dangerous ground...
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Ho!
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...they finally breached
the underground cavern
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that could contain
the treasure
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they've been chasing.
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We're in the void.
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- We're in the void.
- Yes.
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Just let it walk down.
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There we go.
Perfect.
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Hey, that's pretty good
right there.
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- Right there.
- No, that's set well.
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What are we setting up
to tie off on?
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A-frame.
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Put these boards across here
and screw them in,
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get a good base, and then
we'll bring that in here,
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put some anchor points,
and drop in.
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We're going to be going in
and out of here, I'm sure.
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So we've got to make sure
this portal is awesome.
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Yeah.
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This is a pretty big complex.
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We don't know where it goes,
what it does.
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But I think we're right on
the road to
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that Aztec treasure.
- This is it, man.
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We could be right on
that Golden Staircase.
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Man, I can smell it.
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We're really close to
Aztec treasure right now.
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Now what we've got to do is
we've got to secure the top of
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this hole, we're gonna place
a casing up there,
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so that'll hold all the dirt,
anything from falling in
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from above on top of us.
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- Here we go.
- OK.
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Once we get
that thing in,
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we're gonna build
a frame around it.
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And then we're gonna rappel
right off it.
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It's looking like it's about
75 feet to the top of that hole
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where the drill broke through.
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But we don't really know
where the floor is past that.
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Ready.
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Oh, it's easy.
No problem.
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So I don't know if it's
80 feet to the bottom
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or 100 or 150 feet
to the bottom.
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But we're going to
have to find out.
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It's not going anywhere.
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It's good.
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All right.
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- This is it, man.
- This is it.
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- This is it.
- This is it.
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- This is good stuff.
- It's coming together.
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So Chili, you got the most
experience on a rope.
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- You going to go first?
- Yeah, I'll go down.
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I'll check everything
if you want.
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There are people watching us.
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We've had this happen before.
We're vulnerable here.
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Charlie, we need you to keep
a sharp eye out here
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for anybody coming in.
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I've always said that
somebody's got eyes
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on you out here.
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That's why we got to
get this done right now.
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Let's get down in there.
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I'm not a young buck
like I used to be, so I won't be
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going down with them.
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It's always been my job
since day one
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to secure this ranch.
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We've had some issues with
intruders recently, so I'll be
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watching their backs up here
while they explore underground.
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There's no quit in us.
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We're not gonna back away from
anything or anybody out here.
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- All right,
you ready, buddy?
- Yep.
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- Be safe.
- Enjoy.
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- See you down at the bottom.
- See you, buddy.
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See you down below.
Yee-haw!
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How's it looking?
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It's a little tight
right here.
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He's going.
He's still going.
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- How's it look, Chili?
- What do you got, bud?
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- I just got to the bottom.
- Pretty stable?
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Yeah, it looks pretty good.
This thing's huge.
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Go ahead and come down, guys.
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Just watch the top
coming into it.
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It's a little tight.
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All right, guys.
Here we go.
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No unnecessary risk.
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OK, coming down, Chili.
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Looking good.
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Bag coming!
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- Oh my God, Chili.
- You see this?
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Chili, this is
freaking it, man.
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This is incredible.
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- Holy [bleep].
- Right?
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Look, go that way.
Look, turn around.
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Look at this.
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We got so much more to explore
in here, man.
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There's the passageway
going this way, just like it
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should be.
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We got a passageway going this
way, just like the SAR showed.
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That's incredible, man.
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Yeah, I'm coming down.
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- See you down there.
- All right.
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As soon as I hit the floor of
this cave system, man, I was
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convinced that this must be
the tunnel system that leads to
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the Golden Staircase.
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And we just came down
an 80-freaking-foot shaft
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and rappelled into this thing.
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I don't know that anybody's
been in here for centuries.
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We could be the first people in
here, and God only knows what
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they left behind,
and I'm hoping treasure.
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Oh!
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- Got you, got you.
- Yes.
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- Yee-haw, man.
- What do you think, man?
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- Yeah!
- What do you think?
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James!
Come on down!
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You gotta see what we got here.
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Hey, how y'all doing
down there?
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We don't know
what's ahead of us.
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There's a lot of risk down
here, but we're also right in
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the rainy season right now.
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You get a flash flood coming
through here, it could fill
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this entire chamber up,
and we're drowned.
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We're 80 feet
below the surface.
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God only knows how much deeper
we're going to wind up being.
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Across Utah,
flash floods are among
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the most powerful forces
in nature.
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A storm dozens of miles away
can send millions of gallons of
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water surging through dry
washes and underground caverns
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with little or no warning.
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What begins as a dry cavern can
transform into a raging
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underground river
in a matter of minutes.
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For the team working deep
underground, every dark cloud
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on the horizon could become
a race against time.
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This whole mountain
system here really just creates
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its own weather pattern.
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- Come on, brother.
- Ah, here we go.
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You got it.
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Here comes the storm.
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- You hear that?
- Yeah.
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- Easy peasy, all the way down.
- There you go.
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There you go.
You're in, James.
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- Look that way.
- Holy crap.
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Look at that way.
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Look at this, it opens
all the way up.
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Look at how far it goes.
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OK, so the stone door
is located north of here,
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but this tunnel seems to
also go south.
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So it looks like we came
right down in the middle.
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- Yeah.
- Where we are right here.
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What I'm thinking is
if we follow this path south,
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there might be a chamber
at the end of this tunnel.
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And if there's a chamber there,
that could be where
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the Golden Staircase is.
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But to me, the stone door
is also of importance.
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And maybe heading north
towards that is where
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the Golden Staircase is.
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So I think we gotta look
at both passages, right?
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So you want the two of us,
we'll go south and you two
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go north?
- Split up.
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OK.
Then this is our meeting point.
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This is our safety
room right here.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah.
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- This is our shaft
up out of here.
- Yeah.
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Normally, we would all
stick together
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once we're underground.
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Splitting up is not
a good idea.
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But we're up against the clock.
We don't have a lot of time.
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We need to explore as much of
this cave as we possibly can,
250
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so we're gonna take the risk
of splitting the team.
251
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So Chili and I are going to
head this way.
252
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James and Eric are going to
head back that way.
253
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We're going to be gone about
30 minutes each, and then we're
254
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going to report right back to
here, right below the shaft.
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If you're not back here in
30 minutes, you're going to have
256
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to come looking, because there
could be an issue where
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we're stuck or something.
258
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Time is not on our side.
259
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With the weather worsening,
we don't know how long we have
260
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before this tunnel
starts to fill with water.
261
00:11:43,868 --> 00:11:45,167
We don't know
what's ahead of us.
262
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There's a lot of risk.
We cannot waste any time.
263
00:11:47,634 --> 00:11:49,667
We got to get going.
We got to get on it.
264
00:11:49,834 --> 00:11:51,367
We got to get going.
265
00:11:51,534 --> 00:11:53,100
Let's figure out where
these tunnels lead us to.
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2
Let's figure out where
these tunnels lead us to.
267
00:12:15,667 --> 00:12:17,367
- Ready?
- I've never
been more ready.
268
00:12:17,534 --> 00:12:19,767
Into the unknown.
269
00:12:19,934 --> 00:12:23,167
Over 70 feet down
the borehole, the team has hit
270
00:12:23,334 --> 00:12:26,167
a winding tunnel system
that branches off in
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both directions.
They'll split up in two teams.
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Josh and Chili are heading
north, towards the direction of
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the stone door, while Eric
and James head south.
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They've agreed to search for
30 minutes, then head back
275
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and meet at
the borehole entrance.
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Look for any kind of
markings anywhere.
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Anything changed by man,
278
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any kind of digging,
anything like that.
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I'm looking.
280
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Most importantly, look
out for anything that could be
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considered a staircase.
282
00:13:03,467 --> 00:13:04,868
There's a lot of risks
down here.
283
00:13:05,033 --> 00:13:06,968
We don't know how stable
this rock is.
284
00:13:07,133 --> 00:13:09,501
We have no idea
what to expect underground.
285
00:13:09,667 --> 00:13:11,200
We have to be very careful.
286
00:13:11,367 --> 00:13:14,467
But we're also right in
the rainy season right now.
287
00:13:14,634 --> 00:13:16,467
And that means that
we have to move quickly.
288
00:13:16,634 --> 00:13:18,200
But there's never a reward
without risk.
289
00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,200
This continues
to the south.
290
00:13:26,667 --> 00:13:28,400
- I'm going to be
checking inside the tunnels...
- OK.
291
00:13:28,567 --> 00:13:31,501
...if there's any markings
or anything
292
00:13:31,667 --> 00:13:34,100
that we're just missing.
- Yeah.
293
00:13:34,267 --> 00:13:36,868
So James and I have
split off from Chili and Josh,
294
00:13:37,033 --> 00:13:40,167
and we'll be looking for
anything significant
295
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as far as our exploration goes.
296
00:13:41,868 --> 00:13:43,267
Pretty solid.
297
00:13:43,434 --> 00:13:46,100
There's a little boulder fall
right here, broke off.
298
00:13:46,267 --> 00:13:48,701
All the while, I'll be looking
to see that it's safe.
299
00:13:48,868 --> 00:13:50,467
We may get into
a formation change.
300
00:13:50,634 --> 00:13:52,300
We could have fractured zones.
301
00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:54,868
We just have to
proceed cautiously.
302
00:13:58,667 --> 00:14:00,067
There's these
little offshoots, Eric.
303
00:14:00,234 --> 00:14:01,400
Did you see this right here?
304
00:14:03,868 --> 00:14:04,868
Look at this.
305
00:14:06,868 --> 00:14:08,367
That looks kind of tight
right back there.
306
00:14:08,534 --> 00:14:10,000
- Too tight
to get through.
- Yeah.
307
00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,367
I mean, they could have
cached [bleep],
308
00:14:13,534 --> 00:14:14,467
like, anywhere up in here.
309
00:14:14,634 --> 00:14:15,701
Oh, yeah.
There's such [bleep]
310
00:14:15,868 --> 00:14:17,000
little hidey holes
on this side.
311
00:14:17,167 --> 00:14:18,100
Look at this.
312
00:14:19,801 --> 00:14:21,067
Let's see what's in here.
313
00:14:21,234 --> 00:14:24,067
It goes all the way up
and back, but .
314
00:14:24,234 --> 00:14:25,501
I think you're never
going to get in there.
315
00:14:25,667 --> 00:14:27,400
Yeah, I'd have to be
on my stomach the whole way.
316
00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,501
- Let's continue on.
- All right.
317
00:14:31,267 --> 00:14:33,767
You know, while Eric and I are
searching, we are going to be
318
00:14:33,934 --> 00:14:37,367
looking through anything that
we possibly can move,
319
00:14:37,534 --> 00:14:39,467
push through, poke through.
320
00:14:39,634 --> 00:14:41,567
We're talking about
the Golden Staircase,
321
00:14:41,734 --> 00:14:43,467
but really, what is that?
322
00:14:43,634 --> 00:14:47,000
We don't quite know
what we're looking for.
323
00:14:47,167 --> 00:14:48,467
- It's getting low again.
- Getting low again.
324
00:14:49,868 --> 00:14:51,501
Every nook and cranny.
I mean, it counts.
325
00:14:51,667 --> 00:14:54,601
We could push something open
that's just been collapsed for
326
00:14:54,767 --> 00:14:58,467
1,000 years or 500 years.
So here we go.
327
00:15:07,801 --> 00:15:10,000
- Got a couple
ways here, Chili.
- Yeah.
328
00:15:10,167 --> 00:15:11,767
We've got one,
329
00:15:11,934 --> 00:15:13,601
two,
330
00:15:13,767 --> 00:15:14,901
three.
331
00:15:15,968 --> 00:15:17,667
- What are you thinking?
- I think...
332
00:15:18,767 --> 00:15:20,067
I think we should go this way,
right here.
333
00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,567
And the stone door is
due-northwest from here.
334
00:15:28,501 --> 00:15:31,367
- I think we stay left.
- That would match everything.
335
00:15:31,534 --> 00:15:32,667
- I mean...
- It fits, doesn't it?
336
00:15:32,834 --> 00:15:35,100
It fits.
Let's get up there, buddy.
337
00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:37,000
Come on.
See where this leads us to.
338
00:15:37,167 --> 00:15:38,167
Whoo.
339
00:15:39,367 --> 00:15:40,467
This is a little tricky here.
340
00:15:51,968 --> 00:15:53,133
All of a sudden,
341
00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:55,300
you think it's going to
open up, and it gets tight.
342
00:15:57,767 --> 00:15:59,934
There's a little something
to the right here.
343
00:16:02,467 --> 00:16:03,667
It opens up
a little bit.
344
00:16:03,834 --> 00:16:04,968
All right.
345
00:16:05,133 --> 00:16:06,167
I'm going to
make a note here.
346
00:16:06,334 --> 00:16:07,400
I'm calling this a room.
347
00:16:09,267 --> 00:16:10,567
Not much of a room,
but it's a room.
348
00:16:12,767 --> 00:16:14,200
So it's definitely worth
looking at.
349
00:16:16,667 --> 00:16:18,567
There's all these,
like, formations,
350
00:16:18,734 --> 00:16:21,067
like, this goes up there.
351
00:16:21,234 --> 00:16:22,600
See the iron
and the clay right there?
352
00:16:22,601 --> 00:16:24,868
- Oh, yeah.
- Some mineralization
right in here.
353
00:16:25,033 --> 00:16:27,267
You see all the sand
deposited here?
354
00:16:27,434 --> 00:16:29,901
So there's a major seep
coming from up top there.
355
00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:33,100
That's where
it's coming from?
356
00:16:33,267 --> 00:16:34,601
Yeah, it's coming
right down there.
357
00:16:36,801 --> 00:16:38,667
It's eroding out.
358
00:16:38,834 --> 00:16:41,000
So all this up here is
clay, so that's not really
359
00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:42,567
super stable then, right?
360
00:16:42,734 --> 00:16:44,033
- No.
- Look at that.
361
00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,167
Nothing's super, super
safe, but we really shouldn't,
362
00:16:47,334 --> 00:16:49,300
like, disturb it.
363
00:16:49,467 --> 00:16:51,601
One thing that's making me
kind of nervous as we're
364
00:16:51,767 --> 00:16:54,767
traversing through of this cave
system is the water
365
00:16:54,934 --> 00:16:56,166
in the walls.
366
00:16:56,167 --> 00:16:59,100
If the walls are wet in here
and it's getting to be more
367
00:16:59,267 --> 00:17:01,667
and more like that, that just
means there's more water
368
00:17:01,834 --> 00:17:03,601
coming in from somewhere.
369
00:17:03,767 --> 00:17:05,467
If there's water flow outside,
370
00:17:05,634 --> 00:17:07,400
it's gonna come down
on top of us.
371
00:17:07,567 --> 00:17:10,701
So it's just something that
we really have to watch
372
00:17:10,868 --> 00:17:12,801
carefully because it could mean
life or death.
373
00:17:12,968 --> 00:17:15,267
All right, let's keep
going here.
374
00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:16,400
All right.
375
00:17:21,267 --> 00:17:22,267
Look at
these walls, man.
376
00:17:22,434 --> 00:17:23,667
They're just--
It's crazy.
377
00:17:25,667 --> 00:17:27,367
I think this cave is
frequently underwater.
378
00:17:28,467 --> 00:17:29,667
It just doesn't happen to be
right now.
379
00:17:31,167 --> 00:17:32,400
This thing gets
bigger and bigger.
380
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,367
Yeah, it's opening up
over here.
381
00:17:37,868 --> 00:17:39,067
There's a drop-off here.
382
00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,968
I think we can chimney down it
a little bit.
383
00:17:43,133 --> 00:17:44,167
- All right, be careful.
- Yeah.
384
00:17:44,334 --> 00:17:45,501
Make sure you have
a solid bottom.
385
00:17:45,667 --> 00:17:47,534
Yeah.
[bleep].
386
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,100
- OK.
- Good?
387
00:17:51,267 --> 00:17:52,333
Yeah, we're in.
388
00:17:52,334 --> 00:17:53,400
- Yeah, coming down.
- We're in.
389
00:17:54,601 --> 00:17:57,200
Oh, wow.
Holy, look at this.
390
00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:58,868
There's a freaking lot of
passageways here.
391
00:18:01,167 --> 00:18:03,801
We've got a lot of choices.
392
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,000
Now what?
393
00:18:07,167 --> 00:18:09,000
[bleep].
394
00:18:09,167 --> 00:18:10,667
Which way?
There's down that way,
395
00:18:11,901 --> 00:18:13,601
behind you?
That way?
396
00:18:13,767 --> 00:18:14,767
Which freaking way
do we get?
397
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,267
We came in this way, right?
398
00:18:17,434 --> 00:18:18,567
I thought we
came from there.
399
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,000
That's too tight, man.
400
00:18:23,167 --> 00:18:24,267
That's not-- we didn't
come through that.
401
00:18:25,267 --> 00:18:26,801
- Oh, man.
- OK, wait a minute.
402
00:18:26,968 --> 00:18:28,667
Which passage
403
00:18:28,834 --> 00:18:30,367
we just came from?
- I'm not sure.
404
00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:33,167
We cannot get lost in here.
405
00:18:37,701 --> 00:18:39,367
We came from here, OK?
406
00:18:39,534 --> 00:18:40,667
We didn't come
down that way.
407
00:18:42,601 --> 00:18:43,601
Or did we?
408
00:18:44,601 --> 00:18:45,767
Oh, [bleep].
409
00:18:46,801 --> 00:18:49,167
I hate to say it,
but we might be lost.
410
00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:56,868
2
OK, OK.
411
00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,000
Are we lost?
412
00:19:01,167 --> 00:19:02,067
Possibly.
413
00:19:02,234 --> 00:19:03,367
[bleep].
414
00:19:04,567 --> 00:19:06,000
That's not what
I wanted to hear from you.
415
00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:09,300
And we've dropped into
this new junction.
416
00:19:10,968 --> 00:19:13,267
We didn't come from here.
We didn't come from here.
417
00:19:13,434 --> 00:19:14,901
We didn't come out this way.
418
00:19:15,067 --> 00:19:17,767
We came out this way,
and we got turned around.
419
00:19:17,934 --> 00:19:19,467
I think this is the main trunk.
420
00:19:19,634 --> 00:19:20,767
So we're going to have
this direction.
421
00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,300
I mean, that's right, right?
422
00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,100
Was that all a question
you were asking me, or was that
423
00:19:27,267 --> 00:19:28,767
what you were telling me?
424
00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:31,100
- Do you really not remember?
- Do you remember?
425
00:19:31,267 --> 00:19:33,267
- I think I remember.
- You--
426
00:19:33,434 --> 00:19:35,100
Yeah, I think, no, we're OK.
427
00:19:35,267 --> 00:19:37,267
The way you started that
sentence, I think, is not.
428
00:19:37,434 --> 00:19:38,700
We're OK.
429
00:19:38,701 --> 00:19:40,667
We're running out of time,
so we got to make that decision
430
00:19:40,834 --> 00:19:41,801
and go with it.
- We're all right.
431
00:19:41,968 --> 00:19:43,767
Let's go.
Let's go.
432
00:19:43,934 --> 00:19:44,999
You're underground.
433
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,067
The easiest thing in the world
is to get lost.
434
00:19:47,234 --> 00:19:49,267
You're going to lose your sense
of direction, your bearing,
435
00:19:49,434 --> 00:19:51,100
sense of time,
and then your mind
436
00:19:51,267 --> 00:19:52,601
just starts playing tricks
on you.
437
00:19:52,767 --> 00:19:55,400
Your anxiety rises, and that is
the thing that we're really
438
00:19:55,567 --> 00:19:56,633
fighting the most.
439
00:19:56,634 --> 00:19:58,367
We have to be very,
very careful that we don't
440
00:19:58,534 --> 00:19:59,701
fall into that trap.
441
00:19:59,868 --> 00:20:01,300
I'm trusting you
on this one.
442
00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:03,868
Listen, the worst
that could happen,
443
00:20:04,033 --> 00:20:05,767
we get stuck in here,
I'll just eat you.
444
00:20:05,934 --> 00:20:07,100
Ha!
445
00:20:07,267 --> 00:20:08,267
That won't take you very long.
446
00:20:19,067 --> 00:20:22,300
It just seems too tight to me.
What do you think, James?
447
00:20:23,367 --> 00:20:24,667
Yeah, I don't think--
448
00:20:24,834 --> 00:20:27,300
I mean, aren't we looking
for something bigger than this?
449
00:20:27,467 --> 00:20:29,167
- This look just a little bit...
- Oh, yeah, yeah,
this is a little...
450
00:20:29,334 --> 00:20:30,300
On a slight left turn.
451
00:20:31,767 --> 00:20:32,868
How are we
doing on time?
452
00:20:33,033 --> 00:20:34,267
Oh, hey, man.
Let's check.
453
00:20:38,367 --> 00:20:40,467
- Oh [bleep].
- Are we already at 30?
454
00:20:40,634 --> 00:20:43,367
We're almost at 30.
We got to go back, man.
455
00:20:43,534 --> 00:20:45,100
All right.
456
00:20:45,267 --> 00:20:46,634
OK.
457
00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:51,200
- Real tight
spot here, James.
- All right.
458
00:20:51,367 --> 00:20:52,400
Oh, my hands and knees.
459
00:20:52,567 --> 00:20:54,167
Our time's getting short.
460
00:20:58,667 --> 00:21:00,400
Here's our gear.
461
00:21:00,567 --> 00:21:01,701
No, they're not here.
462
00:21:03,868 --> 00:21:05,567
Josh!
463
00:21:05,734 --> 00:21:07,367
- Chili!
- Chili!
464
00:21:07,534 --> 00:21:09,067
Josh!
Chili!
465
00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,400
We gotta go get 'em.
466
00:21:11,567 --> 00:21:12,534
We gotta continue
this way, James.
467
00:21:12,701 --> 00:21:14,067
Yeah, yeah,
we said we'd do it.
468
00:21:14,234 --> 00:21:16,501
- OK, we've been
35 minutes.
- Oh, OK.
469
00:21:16,667 --> 00:21:17,767
Let's go.
470
00:21:17,934 --> 00:21:18,868
Hey, Josh!
471
00:21:24,801 --> 00:21:25,801
This is incredible.
472
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000
Whoa, look at this.
473
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,701
What do you got?
474
00:21:38,868 --> 00:21:39,767
It's a little room here.
475
00:21:45,167 --> 00:21:46,233
Look at this.
Look.
476
00:21:46,234 --> 00:21:49,067
You see that right there?
And look at that one.
477
00:21:49,234 --> 00:21:51,167
And another one there.
And another one over there.
478
00:21:51,334 --> 00:21:52,767
What's that look like to you?
479
00:21:52,934 --> 00:21:54,868
- Looks like steps, Chili.
- Right?
480
00:21:55,033 --> 00:21:58,567
I mean, they're not golden,
but they're damn sure steps.
481
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,367
It's possible, man.
It's possible.
482
00:22:05,167 --> 00:22:07,901
You hear Golden Staircase,
and you think steps
483
00:22:08,067 --> 00:22:09,567
made out of gold.
484
00:22:09,734 --> 00:22:13,567
But what if it's steps that
lead us to the gold?
485
00:22:13,734 --> 00:22:15,901
That would mean
a lot of Aztecan treasure.
486
00:22:18,167 --> 00:22:20,167
I've got steps
going down this way,
487
00:22:20,334 --> 00:22:21,601
and there's steps
coming up this way.
488
00:22:22,667 --> 00:22:24,000
Both directions.
489
00:22:24,167 --> 00:22:25,367
And these are evenly
spaced out.
490
00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:27,567
I think somebody
cut these in here.
491
00:22:28,767 --> 00:22:29,701
Let's see.
492
00:22:29,868 --> 00:22:31,467
Let's head up, see
where they take us.
493
00:22:31,634 --> 00:22:33,434
I'm right behind you.
494
00:22:35,901 --> 00:22:37,167
- You ready?
- Yep, send me your bag.
495
00:22:37,334 --> 00:22:38,567
- All right.
- Got it.
496
00:22:38,734 --> 00:22:39,767
I'm coming behind you.
497
00:22:41,267 --> 00:22:42,467
- Come on, Chili.
- All right.
498
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,667
A little tight back here,
but I'll come in closer.
499
00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:55,400
[bleep].
500
00:22:57,868 --> 00:22:59,734
- What?
- It dead ends up here.
501
00:23:02,267 --> 00:23:03,667
No, no way.
Let me see.
502
00:23:03,834 --> 00:23:05,267
- It just
goes back a little ways.
- You're sure?
503
00:23:05,434 --> 00:23:06,367
It stops right there.
504
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,467
What the hell is this?
I got something.
505
00:23:17,901 --> 00:23:19,267
There's a frickin' marking
right on the wall.
506
00:23:19,434 --> 00:23:20,433
I don't know.
507
00:23:20,434 --> 00:23:22,200
Why would somebody put that
way back here?
508
00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:24,801
I don't know.
It's a circle within a circle.
509
00:23:24,968 --> 00:23:26,200
It looks old, too.
510
00:23:28,667 --> 00:23:30,667
- Chili! Josh!
- James!
511
00:23:30,834 --> 00:23:32,000
- Eric!
- Guys!
512
00:23:32,167 --> 00:23:33,767
Are you there?
513
00:23:33,934 --> 00:23:35,567
- Chili!
- James! Eric!
514
00:23:35,734 --> 00:23:36,968
They're coming up.
515
00:23:37,133 --> 00:23:38,500
I hear them.
I hear them.
516
00:23:38,501 --> 00:23:40,067
- , you guys.
- Are you guys all right?
517
00:23:40,234 --> 00:23:41,567
You guys got to
come look at this.
518
00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,367
- Look down
and in front of you.
- Look at that.
519
00:23:45,534 --> 00:23:47,667
- You see the steps?
- Yeah.
520
00:23:47,834 --> 00:23:49,267
- They're right here.
- They're right there.
521
00:23:51,701 --> 00:23:52,667
We've got markings
up here, James,
522
00:23:52,834 --> 00:23:53,868
we need you to look at them.
523
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,000
- Look at this.
- Holy [bleep]!
524
00:23:59,367 --> 00:24:00,501
You guys, you know
what this is?
525
00:24:01,601 --> 00:24:04,701
This matches
the Keyhole Chamber.
526
00:24:06,767 --> 00:24:08,367
A few weeks ago...
527
00:24:08,534 --> 00:24:09,734
What do
you think this is?
528
00:24:09,901 --> 00:24:11,167
- What the hell is this?
- What'd you find?
529
00:24:11,334 --> 00:24:13,567
...the team located
the Keyhole Chamber.
530
00:24:13,734 --> 00:24:16,567
They discovered an identical
concentric circle,
531
00:24:16,734 --> 00:24:19,801
a petroglyph, etched on
the cavern walls.
532
00:24:19,968 --> 00:24:22,968
It could go thousands of
years back.
533
00:24:23,133 --> 00:24:25,667
But its meaning has
remained a mystery.
534
00:24:25,834 --> 00:24:28,701
Could the same people who left
it have been in
535
00:24:28,868 --> 00:24:31,267
this tunnel system as well?
536
00:24:31,434 --> 00:24:32,667
There's no question that
people have been in here
537
00:24:32,834 --> 00:24:34,000
before us.
538
00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:37,200
That has a lot of different
meanings, depending
539
00:24:37,367 --> 00:24:39,567
on the culture.
It could mean death.
540
00:24:39,734 --> 00:24:42,801
It could mean location.
It could mean a sacred site.
541
00:24:42,968 --> 00:24:44,701
- And that's old, right?
- Oh, yeah.
542
00:24:44,868 --> 00:24:46,601
I mean, it could be
several hundred years old.
543
00:24:46,767 --> 00:24:48,868
It could be several thousand
years old.
544
00:24:49,033 --> 00:24:50,067
Look at this beside you.
545
00:24:51,167 --> 00:24:54,667
It's like got six different
ways off of it.
546
00:24:54,834 --> 00:24:55,767
You know what that is?
547
00:24:57,467 --> 00:24:59,868
It's a polydactyl hand.
548
00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:01,100
Why would they draw
six fingers?
549
00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:03,300
Because the giants,
550
00:25:04,467 --> 00:25:05,767
they go back thousands
551
00:25:05,934 --> 00:25:07,868
and thousands of years
before any of
552
00:25:08,033 --> 00:25:10,267
the Native Americans were
even here.
553
00:25:10,434 --> 00:25:13,467
They had six digits
on each hand.
554
00:25:13,634 --> 00:25:16,267
Large feet are six digits
on their feet.
555
00:25:16,434 --> 00:25:18,267
A lot of the cultures
and civilizations were
556
00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:21,100
worshiping the giants
at some point.
557
00:25:21,267 --> 00:25:24,667
- This is a sacred site.
- This is a sacred site.
558
00:25:24,834 --> 00:25:27,801
I think Walkara may have brought
the treasure here, because what
559
00:25:27,968 --> 00:25:29,968
better place,
their gods were here.
560
00:25:30,133 --> 00:25:32,167
So that staircase led us up
to a sacred site,
561
00:25:32,334 --> 00:25:34,100
and it dead ends.
562
00:25:34,267 --> 00:25:35,968
This could be
the Golden Staircase.
563
00:25:36,133 --> 00:25:38,667
If we follow it down, it could
head right straight
564
00:25:38,834 --> 00:25:40,000
to the treasure.
565
00:25:40,167 --> 00:25:41,868
We could be so freaking close
right now.
566
00:25:44,267 --> 00:25:46,801
You know, for me,
this is incredible.
567
00:25:46,968 --> 00:25:49,601
I've been telling these guys
this whole time,
568
00:25:49,767 --> 00:25:53,901
the giants, these people of
large stature were polydactyl.
569
00:25:54,067 --> 00:25:56,200
It's in the pictographs,
in the petroglyphs.
570
00:25:56,367 --> 00:25:58,801
It has got to be
several hundred years old.
571
00:25:58,968 --> 00:26:02,300
These symbols are important
enough to have been left here,
572
00:26:02,467 --> 00:26:06,100
and they've got to mean
something was left behind
573
00:26:06,267 --> 00:26:07,567
that's extremely important.
574
00:26:07,734 --> 00:26:10,567
All right, guys, let's
head down this staircase.
575
00:26:10,734 --> 00:26:12,667
We're getting to where
we need to go.
576
00:26:12,834 --> 00:26:13,968
Let's go find that treasure.
577
00:26:16,267 --> 00:26:18,467
Hey, this keeps going
down, down.
578
00:26:25,868 --> 00:26:27,367
2
- Can you see the bottom?
- No.
579
00:26:28,868 --> 00:26:31,868
- It keeps going.
- It keeps going down.
580
00:26:32,901 --> 00:26:35,667
The team is climbing down
what they believe to be
581
00:26:35,834 --> 00:26:39,868
the Golden Staircase referenced
in the Rhoades Journal.
582
00:26:40,033 --> 00:26:42,567
At the bottom,
a potential payday of
583
00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:47,367
Montezuma's gold, hidden from
the Mormons and lost to legend.
584
00:26:49,167 --> 00:26:50,868
These stairs are
evenly spaced out.
585
00:26:51,033 --> 00:26:52,167
Somebody cut these things
in here.
586
00:26:55,868 --> 00:26:57,968
Be careful right there.
It's a ton of clay.
587
00:26:59,868 --> 00:27:00,900
Yeah.
588
00:27:00,901 --> 00:27:03,000
We don't know
what's ahead of us.
589
00:27:03,167 --> 00:27:04,167
We don't know the stability
of the ground.
590
00:27:04,334 --> 00:27:05,601
You know, we're risking a lot.
591
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:08,167
But there's something
important here,
592
00:27:08,334 --> 00:27:09,467
and I'm hoping
it's a pile of gold.
593
00:27:20,367 --> 00:27:21,701
This thing is just--
it's deep.
594
00:27:23,667 --> 00:27:24,667
Whoa.
595
00:27:28,701 --> 00:27:30,968
Watch your guys' step here.
596
00:27:31,133 --> 00:27:33,901
Hold on,
hold on, hold on.
597
00:27:34,067 --> 00:27:36,801
- You all right?
- I'm good, I'm good.
598
00:27:36,968 --> 00:27:37,901
Slippery.
599
00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:47,100
Whoa!
600
00:27:48,267 --> 00:27:49,267
Guys, look at this.
601
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,667
OK, passageway's
opened back up.
602
00:27:55,801 --> 00:27:57,868
Oh, man.
Is this what I think it is?
603
00:27:59,701 --> 00:28:00,767
Is that water
up there, Eric?
604
00:28:00,934 --> 00:28:02,000
Yeah, it looks like water.
605
00:28:04,467 --> 00:28:05,467
It's a lot of water.
606
00:28:09,701 --> 00:28:11,267
- This is a problem.
- Yeah, it's a problem.
607
00:28:11,434 --> 00:28:12,634
It's a huge problem.
608
00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:17,200
Look at that.
It's full all the way back.
609
00:28:21,067 --> 00:28:24,567
Look, the journal
and the Golden Staircase
610
00:28:24,734 --> 00:28:27,300
brought us here.
We're not stopping.
611
00:28:27,467 --> 00:28:28,733
- No.
- Oh, no.
612
00:28:28,734 --> 00:28:30,467
There's been too many clues
that lead us all the way here,
613
00:28:30,634 --> 00:28:32,601
and I don't think
that's for nothing.
614
00:28:32,767 --> 00:28:34,100
- Oh, no.
- We need to know
what's underneath
615
00:28:34,267 --> 00:28:35,400
this freaking water.
616
00:28:37,501 --> 00:28:38,567
Chili, can you dive this?
617
00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:41,367
It's not
going to be easy.
618
00:28:41,534 --> 00:28:42,700
You get me the gear,
619
00:28:42,701 --> 00:28:45,801
get all the equipment we can--
yeah, I can dive it.
620
00:28:45,968 --> 00:28:47,868
- We have the gear.
- OK.
621
00:28:48,033 --> 00:28:50,167
We'll bring tanks in.
BCD device.
622
00:28:50,334 --> 00:28:53,567
I'll bring in the ROV with
the side-scanning sonar,
623
00:28:53,734 --> 00:28:55,767
the LIDAR unit.
- I'll bring the magnetometers.
624
00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:58,267
One of them is waterproof
if we end up needing it.
625
00:28:58,434 --> 00:29:00,567
We'll bring it all, man.
We can make this work.
626
00:29:01,868 --> 00:29:03,767
Underneath this water
could be a pile of gold
627
00:29:03,934 --> 00:29:04,901
just sitting there.
628
00:29:05,067 --> 00:29:06,901
Let's throw everything we have
at this.
629
00:29:07,067 --> 00:29:08,032
All right.
630
00:29:08,033 --> 00:29:10,534
We got a lot of work
ahead of us.
631
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:17,267
I mean, that could just be
a few feet down, or it could go
632
00:29:17,434 --> 00:29:18,501
on forever.
I don't know.
633
00:29:18,667 --> 00:29:20,767
But we have to find out.
634
00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:30,734
There you go.
635
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,634
- Watch out below.
- Got it.
636
00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:39,868
That's a good delivery
system you got there.
637
00:29:41,167 --> 00:29:42,868
Watching.
638
00:29:43,033 --> 00:29:46,167
- I got it.
- Good.
639
00:29:46,334 --> 00:29:47,767
We don't know what's
under this water.
640
00:29:47,934 --> 00:29:51,000
This is something that nobody
else has been able to find
641
00:29:51,167 --> 00:29:52,467
in hundreds of years.
642
00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:56,200
And here we are.
643
00:29:56,367 --> 00:29:58,100
And I think we're about to
find it.
644
00:30:00,567 --> 00:30:03,200
I mean, it's just what a, what
a hell of a moment, huh?
645
00:30:03,367 --> 00:30:05,968
What a hell of a moment.
What a hell of a moment.
646
00:30:06,133 --> 00:30:08,267
I'm just gonna pull a cord
and get it ready for the rover.
647
00:30:08,434 --> 00:30:10,167
Let's put the rover right down
near the water's edge.
648
00:30:10,334 --> 00:30:12,200
- Put it down at
the edge of the sump?
- Yep.
649
00:30:12,367 --> 00:30:14,167
Determine if there's any
current in there when you put
650
00:30:14,334 --> 00:30:16,000
that down in there.
651
00:30:16,167 --> 00:30:20,901
Remote operated vehicles,
or ROVs, are some of the most
652
00:30:21,067 --> 00:30:23,467
advanced underwater machines
on Earth.
653
00:30:23,634 --> 00:30:27,100
They can navigate pitch-black
environments, squeeze through
654
00:30:27,267 --> 00:30:31,567
narrow passages, and map
complex terrain in real time.
655
00:30:32,701 --> 00:30:34,801
Equipped with sonar, cameras,
656
00:30:34,968 --> 00:30:38,901
and precision controls,
an ROV can see danger before it
657
00:30:39,067 --> 00:30:40,400
becomes fatal.
658
00:30:40,567 --> 00:30:44,467
And in a deadly underwater
labyrinth, the ROV isn't
659
00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:47,868
just a tool.
It's a diver's only guide out.
660
00:30:49,601 --> 00:30:50,868
So the control unit is
661
00:30:52,067 --> 00:30:54,100
all set.
I'm gonna grab the LIDAR
662
00:30:54,267 --> 00:30:55,901
and start scanning.
- OK.
663
00:30:56,067 --> 00:30:57,167
I'll get this thing ready
to launch.
664
00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:00,067
There's always an element
of danger whenever
665
00:31:00,234 --> 00:31:01,467
you go underwater.
666
00:31:01,634 --> 00:31:03,767
I just don't want him to
get into a tight spot.
667
00:31:03,934 --> 00:31:04,868
There can be currents.
668
00:31:05,033 --> 00:31:07,667
There can be really
constricted areas.
669
00:31:07,834 --> 00:31:09,667
There could still be
the potential for
670
00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:11,868
rock falls underwater.
671
00:31:12,033 --> 00:31:14,767
And he gets pinned down
by a rock underwater.
672
00:31:14,934 --> 00:31:17,868
There's not much we can do
to help him.
673
00:31:18,033 --> 00:31:19,767
I'm doing
the long-range magnetometer.
674
00:31:22,801 --> 00:31:24,367
I want to go cavity,
675
00:31:26,267 --> 00:31:27,267
sandy.
676
00:31:33,767 --> 00:31:39,267
So, look, right here, it goes
deeper and into a larger cavern
677
00:31:39,434 --> 00:31:40,467
in this corner right there.
678
00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:45,767
You need anything
from me right now?
679
00:31:46,868 --> 00:31:48,167
- Moral support?
- You got it.
680
00:31:49,267 --> 00:31:50,367
We'll have some eyes,
because we'll have
681
00:31:50,534 --> 00:31:52,567
that rover down there, so
682
00:31:52,734 --> 00:31:54,968
we'll be able to see a lot of
what you're seeing, too.
683
00:31:55,133 --> 00:31:57,200
But we don't really have
a good way to contact you
684
00:31:57,367 --> 00:31:59,501
in case of danger.
685
00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:03,868
- So you got to be ultra-careful.
- Oh, I will be.
686
00:32:04,033 --> 00:32:05,901
A lot of times, in these
caverns, you get some
687
00:32:06,067 --> 00:32:08,601
really, really constricted,
really tight zones,
688
00:32:08,767 --> 00:32:11,767
and the visibility is
virtually zero.
689
00:32:11,934 --> 00:32:13,267
And it's just a maze.
690
00:32:13,434 --> 00:32:16,267
It's a labyrinth of
small passages.
691
00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:19,701
This is what the side-scan
sonar looks like.
692
00:32:19,868 --> 00:32:22,000
Traditional sonar just goes
down, so it's able to
693
00:32:22,167 --> 00:32:23,400
project out in front.
694
00:32:23,567 --> 00:32:25,868
If I lose visibility,
you still can see formation.
695
00:32:26,033 --> 00:32:27,367
I can still see.
Yeah, exactly.
696
00:32:27,534 --> 00:32:28,667
- OK.
- Yeah.
697
00:32:28,834 --> 00:32:31,968
So we've got the ROV in there
with Chili diving.
698
00:32:32,133 --> 00:32:34,100
It's equipped with
side-scanning sonar.
699
00:32:34,267 --> 00:32:37,000
It's typically used vertically
under fishing boats
700
00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:39,701
and research
vessels and military.
701
00:32:39,868 --> 00:32:42,267
And it gives you a picture of
objects or a picture of
702
00:32:42,434 --> 00:32:44,601
the floor beneath
where you are.
703
00:32:44,767 --> 00:32:47,367
Side scanning, you take that
and you put it sideways
704
00:32:47,534 --> 00:32:48,968
and you can see
what's in front of you.
705
00:32:49,133 --> 00:32:51,367
And so it allows us to see
through this murky,
706
00:32:51,534 --> 00:32:52,534
murky water.
707
00:32:53,801 --> 00:32:56,467
We need to be able to
communicate with you
708
00:32:56,634 --> 00:32:59,100
because we're seeing things
that you may not see.
709
00:32:59,267 --> 00:33:02,601
If that rover starts hitting
you for any reason,
710
00:33:02,767 --> 00:33:04,501
you get your ass
out of there, OK?
- All right.
711
00:33:04,667 --> 00:33:07,267
- Because we can't talk to you.
- OK.
712
00:33:07,434 --> 00:33:09,200
Let's do it, man.
713
00:33:09,367 --> 00:33:12,200
- Sonar's ready.
- Rover's ready.
714
00:33:12,367 --> 00:33:14,067
Diver ready.
715
00:33:14,234 --> 00:33:16,667
- Look for
anything man-made.
- Here we go.
716
00:33:27,767 --> 00:33:29,601
2
Let's do it.
717
00:33:29,767 --> 00:33:32,567
- Sonar's ready.
- Rover's ready.
718
00:33:32,734 --> 00:33:34,267
Diver ready.
719
00:33:34,434 --> 00:33:37,467
150 feet beneath
Blind Frog Ranch,
720
00:33:37,634 --> 00:33:40,567
the team has descended
the Golden Staircase
721
00:33:40,734 --> 00:33:43,701
and uncovered
a flooded passageway.
722
00:33:43,868 --> 00:33:46,300
They believe it may connect to
one of the seven
723
00:33:46,467 --> 00:33:48,601
Aztec treasure chambers.
724
00:33:48,767 --> 00:33:52,968
Now, Chili prepares to dive
into the unknown, hoping it
725
00:33:53,133 --> 00:33:56,200
leads to long-lost gold
on the other side.
726
00:33:57,367 --> 00:34:00,100
The journal led us
right here.
727
00:34:00,267 --> 00:34:01,167
That means something.
728
00:34:02,367 --> 00:34:03,367
There's something
important here.
729
00:34:03,534 --> 00:34:04,868
I know there is underneath
this water.
730
00:34:05,033 --> 00:34:06,334
We just got to find out what.
731
00:34:42,367 --> 00:34:43,701
This gets narrow here.
732
00:34:50,467 --> 00:34:51,868
I can barely get the rover
through here.
733
00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:02,968
Does that look like
artifacts or something there?
734
00:35:03,133 --> 00:35:04,133
- Where?
- Oh, maybe.
735
00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:05,767
There is something round
there, isn't there?
736
00:35:05,934 --> 00:35:06,968
Doesn't look natural.
737
00:35:07,133 --> 00:35:09,567
Here, let me position
the camera down on it.
738
00:35:15,267 --> 00:35:17,300
Here, here.
739
00:35:22,167 --> 00:35:23,167
Oh, it's like something
right there.
740
00:35:23,334 --> 00:35:24,500
You see what that looks like?
741
00:35:24,501 --> 00:35:27,000
That looks like the hip bone
that we found years ago,
742
00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:28,300
remember, at the Bead Site.
743
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,100
This is crazy.
744
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,367
They could have repurposed
that into some type of
745
00:35:35,534 --> 00:35:37,467
headgear, you know,
and it would have been up here.
746
00:35:37,634 --> 00:35:39,601
Obviously, this broke off.
747
00:35:39,767 --> 00:35:43,367
Bones turned into face masks,
and it would have been, I mean,
748
00:35:43,534 --> 00:35:44,467
could have been like this.
749
00:35:46,868 --> 00:35:48,767
That's another one.
750
00:35:48,934 --> 00:35:50,400
It's like identical to it,
isn't it?
751
00:35:50,567 --> 00:35:52,667
- Yeah.
- That one's bigger, too.
752
00:35:52,834 --> 00:35:54,000
Look at that thing.
753
00:35:55,167 --> 00:35:57,367
James is telling me that
that's a bone mask.
754
00:35:57,534 --> 00:35:59,767
If that's the case,
that's probably ceremonial.
755
00:35:59,934 --> 00:36:02,567
That means that the chamber
that Chili's in was very,
756
00:36:02,734 --> 00:36:04,200
very important to somebody
who was ancient.
757
00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:08,868
So whatever they put in here is
probably further in.
758
00:36:26,901 --> 00:36:28,801
How the hell is he going to fit
through there?
759
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,000
What's he doing?
760
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,133
Oh, man, I don't like that.
761
00:36:45,367 --> 00:36:47,868
He's got to be really careful.
That's a tight fit.
762
00:36:50,267 --> 00:36:52,567
Chili's indicating he wants
to go through that tight spot,
763
00:36:52,734 --> 00:36:54,267
and he's actually starting to
take his tanks off.
764
00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:57,868
This is a very
technical maneuver.
765
00:36:58,033 --> 00:37:00,100
When you're underwater and you
start taking your tanks off
766
00:37:00,267 --> 00:37:01,901
and you're putting them
in front of you,
767
00:37:02,067 --> 00:37:03,501
that's extremely dangerous.
768
00:37:05,067 --> 00:37:07,100
Oh, he's kicking up
a lot of sediment.
769
00:37:07,267 --> 00:37:11,000
If he gets any move
wrong in this,
770
00:37:11,167 --> 00:37:12,567
he's gonna drown.
771
00:37:12,734 --> 00:37:16,167
So there must be something that
he's seeing through that
772
00:37:16,334 --> 00:37:18,667
tight spot that is
very important,
773
00:37:18,834 --> 00:37:21,267
worth risking his life for.
774
00:37:21,434 --> 00:37:23,267
And I just have to trust
that it's that good.
775
00:37:41,567 --> 00:37:42,567
This is crazy.
776
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,000
It opens up.
777
00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:09,300
What the hell is that?
778
00:38:10,367 --> 00:38:11,267
- Where?
- You see? Look.
779
00:38:11,434 --> 00:38:12,400
Let me get back to it.
780
00:38:16,701 --> 00:38:18,267
I think that's a timber
laying there.
781
00:38:21,868 --> 00:38:22,968
You think
they were timbering
782
00:38:23,133 --> 00:38:24,567
the top of whatever's
down here?
783
00:38:24,734 --> 00:38:27,601
I mean, they brought this
in here for something.
784
00:38:27,767 --> 00:38:29,767
That's to say that they were
working out there
785
00:38:29,934 --> 00:38:31,467
without this water here.
786
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,067
There's something
important here.
787
00:38:37,234 --> 00:38:38,367
I know there is
underneath this water.
788
00:38:41,868 --> 00:38:43,167
I'm seeing something here
on sonar.
789
00:38:45,267 --> 00:38:47,901
Looks like there's something
behind that wall.
790
00:38:50,367 --> 00:38:52,467
It's a little cloudy.
I can see things on here,
791
00:38:52,634 --> 00:38:54,601
that structure at least.
792
00:38:54,767 --> 00:38:56,100
Yeah, let me look around
a little bit more.
793
00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:02,701
Looks like Chili's
looking for a way in.
794
00:39:08,767 --> 00:39:09,767
Oh, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait.
795
00:39:09,934 --> 00:39:11,100
Go back, go back,
go back, go back.
796
00:39:11,267 --> 00:39:12,167
Backing up.
Backing up, backing up.
797
00:39:12,334 --> 00:39:13,267
What's that right there?
798
00:39:14,868 --> 00:39:16,300
I'm gonna try to
get closer.
799
00:39:18,767 --> 00:39:20,200
I think that's
a support structure.
800
00:39:20,367 --> 00:39:21,367
That's man-made.
You see that?
801
00:39:21,534 --> 00:39:22,467
- Yeah.
- Right there.
802
00:39:22,634 --> 00:39:23,667
I'm on it.
Right on top of it.
803
00:39:23,834 --> 00:39:24,767
- Oh, yeah.
- Look, it's long.
804
00:39:24,934 --> 00:39:25,868
Yeah, yeah.
805
00:39:29,567 --> 00:39:31,267
Holy [bleep]!
806
00:39:31,434 --> 00:39:33,100
This thing keeps going.
807
00:39:33,267 --> 00:39:36,200
And the sonar is picking up
something behind all of that.
808
00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:39,667
That's not natural.
809
00:39:39,834 --> 00:39:42,100
That doesn't occur
in these caves.
810
00:39:42,267 --> 00:39:44,667
Guys, I think there's another
passage back there.
811
00:39:48,567 --> 00:39:50,767
Guys, we could be
on the other side of that.
812
00:39:50,934 --> 00:39:52,501
- On the other side of that--
- It could be the treasure.
813
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,601
Right through there,
that could be where
814
00:39:58,767 --> 00:39:59,767
the freaking gold's at.
815
00:39:59,934 --> 00:40:01,033
That's got to be
where it's at.
816
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:02,567
Oh, my God, is this
the end of this thing?
817
00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,267
- This is it.
- Whoo-hoo!
818
00:40:04,434 --> 00:40:05,800
- Ha-ha!
- Yes!
819
00:40:05,801 --> 00:40:08,033
There's got to be something
behind that freaking wall.
820
00:40:10,501 --> 00:40:12,868
There is definitely a filled
area in the back
821
00:40:13,033 --> 00:40:14,200
of this chamber,
822
00:40:14,367 --> 00:40:16,667
and there is a timber that goes
right underneath it.
823
00:40:16,834 --> 00:40:18,601
So, I know this chamber
goes on.
824
00:40:18,767 --> 00:40:20,901
We don't know where this is
gonna lead, but it looks like
825
00:40:21,067 --> 00:40:22,901
nobody's been in here
in centuries.
826
00:40:23,067 --> 00:40:25,367
But if there's any way we can
remove enough of that
827
00:40:25,534 --> 00:40:27,300
to get in behind it,
828
00:40:27,467 --> 00:40:29,300
that could be where
the gold's at.
829
00:40:29,467 --> 00:40:30,968
We gotta get Chili out.
830
00:40:31,133 --> 00:40:32,701
I'm gonna turn the ROV around
831
00:40:32,868 --> 00:40:34,467
and signal Chili to get
out of there.
832
00:40:35,701 --> 00:40:38,467
We've just started.
This is just the beginning.
833
00:40:38,634 --> 00:40:40,667
It's taken almost everything
we've got to get here,
834
00:40:40,834 --> 00:40:42,167
and we are not gonna stop.
835
00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:45,167
We're going to get through that
wall, and we're going to find
836
00:40:45,334 --> 00:40:46,801
that treasure.
837
00:40:49,267 --> 00:40:51,767
He's got to go through that
tight section again.
838
00:40:55,367 --> 00:40:57,300
I mean, we're on the verge
of something great.
839
00:40:57,467 --> 00:40:59,868
This is something that nobody
else has been able to find
840
00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:01,267
in hundreds of years.
841
00:41:01,434 --> 00:41:04,000
And here we are, and I think
we're about to find it.
842
00:41:16,901 --> 00:41:18,167
Oh, [bleep].
843
00:41:18,334 --> 00:41:20,901
We gotta get him
the hell out of there.
844
00:41:22,667 --> 00:41:24,167
- Get him out of there!
- Come on, Chili!
845
00:41:24,334 --> 00:41:26,100
- Come on, Chili, [bleep].
- Come on!