Episode #1.2 (2016) - full transcript

Many of the activities

in the following program
are extremely dangerous

and must only be carried
outunder expert supervision.

Please don't attempt
any of them yourself.

Previously on "BearGrylls
Survival School" --

--I met up with the 10
youngsurvivors in North Wales,

giving them their first
taste of expedition food

and surprising them with
a tough first challenge.

Spend the whole night outin
the forest on your own.

The girls were pitted
against the boys

and while the girls
team pulled together--



--the boys team fell apart.

What are we doing?

We need to decide now.

Neither team's shelter

offered much protection.

Two hours to build that.

And though the rain held off,

it was still a long,
uncomfortable night.

I didn't sleep very.

It was too cold.

Team of theday
was an easy decision.

I'm going to go with the girls.

It's got to be the girls.

One to the girls,
zero to the boys.



I'm Bear Grylls.

When I was growing up,
allof this was my playground.

I want to find out if kidstoday
have got what it takes

to abandon their mobile
phones, survive for two

weeks out here in the wild.

Woo!

Look out.

I really don't want to do this.

Dig deep.
Finish strong.

Welcome to "Bear Grylls
Survival School."

Coming up--

Starts off slippy.

Hands out there, guys.

--tackling treacherous terrain.

Whoo-hoo!

Cold?

Yes!

And taking
on a powerful waterfall.

You can do it.

I really can't.

What happened
inlast night's survival exercise

in many ways is no surprise.

As we've gotten more advanced,
life has become easier,

and we've lost a lot ofthose
ancient survival skills

that our ancestors
took for granted.

So what we're going to
dowith these young people

over the next 12 days,
we'regoing to be teaching them

everything they need tosurvive
but not just to survive

when it's all sunny and easy.

We're going to teach them howto
survive when they're tired,

they're cold.

They're beaten up.

They're fatigued.

They're hungry.

Can they do it then
against the odds?

So first up today,
a crash course

in the basics of survivalfor
my team of experts.

Top of the list--

the rule of threes.

Just how long can you
lastwithout the basics of life?

Well,
rule of threestarts with three minutes.

What can you not survive--

Three minutes without air.

Yeah, three
minutes without oxygen.

What about the next
one, three hours?

Three hours without shelter.

Yeah, without shelter.

Warmth.

You have to keep warm.

Otherwise, you get hypothermia.

Yeah.

A lot of people will
putthat after work and food.

But without shelter, in
an extreme environment,

you are a goner.

So we've got minutes, hours--

Three days without water.

Three days without water.

Perhaps surprisingly, you

can last for aroundthree
weeks without food.

Next lesson--

learning how to cross difficultterrain,
like treacherous rocks

and rivers.

Starts off slippy.

Remember, hands out.

This is going to
be hard, this one.

You're halfway.

A triangle of three people

is much more stable
for crossing a river.

But they won't always be
ableto see where they're going.

You can do it.
Keep coming.

Cold?

Yes!

Going into water that waslike
really cold and, like,

it's hard to cope
doing all this stuff.

But the sense ofachievement is really good.

14-year-old

Charlie is
keen to learn all he can

about the world of survival.

Hey.
What's up, guys?

My name is Charlie, and
you're watching this--

He's much
morehome in the virtual world

of the internet.
--videos.

Today, I'm going to
be telling you five

things we all do on YouTube.

Let's get on with the video.

The reason I wanted
toapply for survival school

is because I sit inside a lot.

I play games.

I edit videos.

I film.

And I wanted to getoutside
and test my skills

and challenge myself.

Alongside his YouTube channel,

Charlie's other great
passion is magic.

Anywhere I will go,
I will take my cards.

I have my own business
cardsprinted, my own website.

- You take out the card.
- You this card.

Remember it, yeah?

The reaction is amazing for me.

It's definitely made me
a lot more confident.

Six of diamonds.

Six of diamonds.

Charlie is
veryself-assured for his age,

and he hopes he'll be ableto
help others on the course.

I think it's definitely goingto
change me for the better

and make me a more caringperson,
a more outdoors person,

More considerate, yes.

We'll let you know.

Help each other.

Three of you, go, go.

Already, several of the team

are leaning on them for support.

One.

It's a packed survival

school morning with classes
andeverything, from tying knots--

Was it like this?

Oh all right, yeah.

Then you go up, around, down.

Yeah, let's try again.

--to using knives safely.

This is a fixed blade knife--

super strong and super helpful.

Your thumb--

Yeah?

--is to go back a bit.

Knives arealso
super sharp and deadly.

And a key danger zone is
what'sknown as a triangle of death

around your thighs.

I went like that, cut down,

I might hit a femoral artery.

So what we do to
make it super safe--

solid position on the knee.

And we're cutting away.

The femoral
arterycarries blood to your legs.

And if damaged, you can
quickly bleed to death.

Guys,
we are solucky to have Joe with us.

One of thesurvival
school support team,

Joe Humphrey, has a chillingstory
to highlight the dangers.

Hi, guys.

I think you've all met
me already, haven't you?

Yeah.

He was shot in
his femoral artery

when he was serving
in the Royal Marines.

Three years ago
was in Afghanistan,

and I was leading a
team in a firefight.

And I got shot in my leg.

There was blood spurting
sixfeet out in all directions.

And the surgeons
actually operated on me

in the helicopter.

One of the doctors even whowas
the same blood type as me

did a transfusion straightfrom
his body into mine.

The heroic actionsof
the doctors saved his life.

But sadly, they
couldn't save his leg.

I had to have
myleg amputated through the knee.

So that's just an
example of what

may happen if you stopthinking
for a millisecond when

you're handling these knives.

It's quite a reality

check for the young survivors.

As Joe says, you've
got to, got to be safe.

You've got to be concentratedwhen
you're using a knife.

The doctor did thesurgery
on the helicopter.

That would have
been really hard.

And like the blood, like,
in the helicopter as well.

Yeah,
but theyneeded to risk everything,

didn't they?

The morning's lessons have

come a little late for Adam.

He's already broken one ofthe
basic rules of survival.

I've just got a
really bad headache.

I haven't drunk much
water for the past day.

Survival school medic

Nick Marshall checks him over.

He's been sweating.

He hasn't been drinking enough.

So he's been
feeling a bit faint.

So we're giving him
some rehydration sachets

in his drink, which
he's going through now.

And he's starting tofeel
a little bit better.

Headache?
Yeah?

Get some water down, yeah?

And Adam's not the only one.

Charlie is also showing
signs of dehydration.

Just getsome
water down you, mate.

Well, having two guys

being treated at the momentfor
dehydration is hopefully

a sobering reminder for
the rest of the group

how important it is inthe
wild to keep drinking.

Once you get
dehydrated or you start

to get heatstroke or sunstroke,
it becomes so hard to fight

your way back from that.

Water in the wild is one
of top, top priorities.

And these guys arelearning it the hard way.

All the team will need
to be best for what I've

got in store this afternoon.

I'm going to take them
into freezing cold water

to climb a powerful
20-meter high waterfall.

It'll test their guts
anddetermination to the limit.

see that waterfall.

I can't wait.

It looks cold.

No, it looks cold.

They'll be learning
a vital skill

I've used to scale
everythingfrom vertical cliffs

to the world's highest mountain.

The way we are
going to get up this

is exactly the same
techniqueas I used once on Mt.

Everest.

It's called jumaring
We're going to swim

out to the base of the roper.

We're then going to
clip that onto the rope.

That will allow
the jumar to go up,

but it won't be
able to come down.

OK?

So we start the climb.

We push it up.

We hang on it.

Climb a bit more.

We push it up.

And we hang on it.

This water is very cold.

When you get in, it's
going to hit you.

It's going to feel wow.

But we use that adrenaline.

What we don't want to bedoing
is still trying to climb

up this rope after 15 minutes.

Because then you start
to lose your feeling

in your fingers and your toes.

And everything
becomes much harder.

I'm incredibly nervous.

I don't know what it is.

I think it's the fact
thatthe rocks are so thin.

I want to try, but
I'm really scared to.

I'm a little bit nervous,
but my knees aren't

like shaking at the moment.

But I'm just like--

I'm more scared
of the cold water.

For those of you who

are a little bit more
nervouswith water or heights,

work hard.

Remember, I said the
best way over your fears

is through them.

Whoa, it's cold.

Come on!

Come on, man.

Oh man, look at that.

Whoo!

OK, so you can see
the rope is slippery.

The rock is slippery, OK?

You don't want to slip
and hit your face.

Once you're up here,
you'reup, climb out to Stacey.

He's actually gonna jump.

Oh my god.

Let him jump.

You know what I'm gonna sayis
you guys are gonna love it.

OK, Bailey, yeah, go for it.

Tim, take him in.

OK, Scott?

First up to take on the torrent

is 13-year-old Bailey.

Freezing.

push up your hands.

The hard
bitis when you're suddenly

out of your depth,
you're atthe base of the waterfall,

is all that cold air
thatthe water brings down.

You can do it, buddy.

You can do it.

You can't hear anything.

You're trying to find the rope.

You're trying to get clipped in.

You can, buddy.

You can do it.

Focus on what you're doing.

Be determined.

But just prepare yourself
thatit is a bit crazy in there.

Yes, Bailey!

Come on!

Come on, Bailey.

It's OK, Bailey.

You can do it!

Keep going up that line.

But
he'sstruggling to get the hang

of the jumar technique.

Come on, Bailey.

Watch out!

The water was
freezing, and then it

just kept on smacking my face.

Bailey.

I smacked my head
against the rock.

Whoo!

Come on, Bailey.

Fight through!

You can do it!

This is whyit
is difficult-- slippery,

it's cold, there's
all that craziness--

that wind, that noise.

And then, you start
to get fatigued,

and then you get a
little bit scared.

In that moment,
just remember this--

keep going.

Keep going.

Come on.

I had these
kids on a safety rope,

so if the kids were
struggling a little bit,

I could just put a tiny
bit of assistance on.

Bailey is running out of energy

and getting very cold.

And Scott has to help haulhim
up the final few meters.

Great determination.

When he got to the top,
his face just said,

oh, he's in absolute bits.

You OK?

Fine.

Yes, all right?

- Yes, Bailey!
- Yeah.

Just freezing.

I need to get warm.

Next up is Maria.

You feeling all right?

A bit nervous, but yeah.

OK, go for it.

Lots of encouragement, guys.

To succeed, she'll need
toconquer her fear of heights.

It's a key reason the
14-year-old Londoner

signed up for survival school.

I want to change how
scared I get of things.

Uh!

How do you think
I'dcope in like a really small

cave that's full of water--

Oh, no, no.

--and it's dark.

You'd probably start
having a panic attack.

I don't like confined
spaces that much,

and I'm not liking the dark.

I'm afraid of heights,
spiders, most bugs.

But like, you're going
to give everything a go?

Yeah, definitely.

And she's determined to get over

her fear of climbing up high.

You know, if you're all, like,
got a harness on and everything

and just you know
you're safe, I'm

just always scared
something will go wrong,

and I'll just fall to my death.

Ah.

There's no better moment for her

to push through her fear.

All right, how do I use it?

Push up, like he said.

Oh my god.

Ah!

Well done.

Push up.

And lean back.
Keep going.

You're doing awesome.

If Maria'snervous,
she's not showing it.

That's it.

You can do it.

Push up.

Keep going.

Nicely done.

Remember when I told

her about calm in
the storm, thinking

clearly under pressure?

This is the sort
of thing I mean.

Maria's technique is amazing.

It's as if she's been
climbing for years.

When I first started climbing,

I did kind of start thinking,
oh my god, if this breaks,

I'm going to fallbackwards into the rocks.

I started to freak
myself out a bit.

Keep working hard.

Pull!

It was so cold that--

I'm not joking--

I literally had
like a t-shirt on,

and it was absolutely freezing.

When the cold starts to bite,

everything becomes harder work.

That's why I say use
those golden few minutes

of that the adrenalin,
thatfear to get you up there.

Well done!

Come on!

Maria storms itto
the top in just two minutes.

I honestly thought Iwouldn't
be able to achieve it,

but I'm really proud ofmyself
that I got to the top.

Well done, Maria!

Come on!

Each day, my leaders

decide whether overallthe
boys or the girls team

has done the best, and the
survivors are determined

not to let their side down.

Bear made it look so
much easier than it was.

One by one,
they rise to the challenge.

I'm really happy I've done it.
You know, I might--

I might go and do it again.

Savannah is terrified and starts

to panic right at the start.

Savannah, you can do it.

- I really can't.
- You can do this.

You can do this.
- I can't get up.

I can't even get up.

But she
succeedsin overcoming her fear.

You've got it!

It was awesome.

It was so hard.

I'm unbelievably.

There's not a smile
big enough for it.

I just climbed a waterfall.

Wow.

Well done!

Whoo!

Adam has even more to prove.

It's less than two
years since he had

a metal rod put in his back.

I was born withsomething called scoliosis.

It's the curve of a spine.

My spine is kind of
like a backwards C.

I got a titanium rod put intomy
spine to make it not as bad.

People treat me like I'm in--

I need to be wrapped up.

I can see that I
can do everything

else can perfectly fine.

Having broken
myback in a parachute accident

I know a little of what
he's going through.

I know you're a little
bitmore nervous about heights.

As I said, it's great.

It's fine to be
nervous of things.

It means you're human.

I'm exactly the same.

I still find skydiving
reallyhard after I broke my back.

Are you feeling OK with it?

Yeah, definitely.

I think it'll be--
it will be hard,

but it will be good
when I get to the top.

Yeah.

You're going to be aninspiration
for so many people.

Of that I am certain.

Come on, then.

How are you feeling?

There's not really pressure.

It's just that I kind ofwant
to make it up for myself

now just to prove it that I can.

Sure.

Here we go.

- Come on, Adam!
- Hold on.

That's freezing.
I went in the water.

The adrenalin just hit
me, and it was just

a rush of just pure energy.

It was absolutely mental.

On the bottom of the rope,

I was fully prepared
togive him a bit of a hand,

but I really didn't need to.

He's so strong.

Well done.

Yes!

Well done, Adam.

I was really scared,
becausel've got a fear of heights.

But when I started going up,
I just totally forgot about it

and just did it.

Adam is all the time,
I'm going to do this.

I'm going to do this.

What a legend.

He got straight on thatjumar
technically perfect,

physically great.

Your body is just
sapped of energy.

That takes all the
energy out of you.

Yes, boy!

Come on, Adam!

Let's go.

Adam powers tothe
top in just over a minute

and a half, the fastest
of the entire team.

Adam,

Come on, lad.

Well done, Adam!

You all right?

I think I did
actually quite well.

I think I climbed that
thefastest possible I could,

so I'm happy with
myself with that.

I really didn't think I'ddo
something in my lifetime.

What a starand
a complete inspiration.

The team are tired
but happy as they

settle in for that first
night in base camp.

They'll be sleeping herein
tents every other night

throughout the expedition.

And because they've had such
atough start to survival school,

tonight I'm giving them
all the ingredients

for a filling supper.

It's like chicken and
like vegetable stew.

Have we got ham and cheese?

Actually, I'm really happy.

I'm really enjoying myself.

It's-- we're in a
different camp tonight.

We've got tents
and fire and food.

But not
everyone'sin such good spirits.

The two youngest boys,
Bailey and Asriel,

are starting to feel homesick.

Yeah, I thought it was goingto
be a bit easier than this.

Yeah.

I'm missing home.

I'm missing my
family pretty much.

You'll see them soon, I guess.

They'll all be there
just waiting for you.

I just can't wait to
go see my family again.

If I feel sad because
I'm the youngest,

they laugh at me, or--

that's it.

I can see in Asie'sface
that he wasn't himself.

You know when a voice cracksor
like tears well in his yes,

I could see it.

Take care of that fire, guys.

Expedition leader Tim decides

to take Asriel to one side.

You missing home?

No.

No?

Do you think-- do
you think it would

be nice to see people at home?

All right?

Yeah?

Hey, come in here.

Look at me.

Look at me.
Look at me.

Look at me.

You're doing
fantastic, all right?

He's the youngest here,
and I think it's going to be

the hardest for him definitely.

Homesickness is incredibly

common at this early
stage of an expedition.

I'm really proud of you.

Yeah.

So high-five.

Well done, OK?

We have come to the
end of our second day

out here in the wild.
How is everyone doing?

- Great.
- Good.

- Fine.
- Tired.

Sore muscles.

It's time forthe
vote for team of the day.

And at the moment, it's
1-nil to the girls.

Today, it's pretty tough.

You've been very
close neck and neck.

I think today the
boys have got it.

I think the boysmade
a massive improvement.

For me, improvement is
on the way to victory.

Boys for me as well.

I'm going to have
toagree with both these guys

actually.

So well done, boys.

Well done, boys.

Well done.

At the end of each day,

there'll also be a vote
forthe best young survivor.

The catch is that it
willbe the team themselves

who have to decide the winner.

I want everybody
togive a name of someone who

you think deserves to
be survivor of the day

but also a reason why.

Adam, we're gonna
start with you.

I would probably
say As because he

was helping a lot of
people so I pick him.

Cool.

Lovely.

Probably Savannah becauseshe,
like, carried on going.

Nice.
Courage.

Like it.

I'd say Charlie.

Because even though
he had a headache,

he carried on and
didn't wimp out.

I'd say Keegan
because one thing,

he had the poorest
sleeping bag last night.

Tara, because today shewas
like camping everyone

and supporting everyone.

Tara, what about you?

I was going to say Liv.

You just toughed it out.

And I think--

I think she was just being
areally good survivor today.

With six votesfor
six different survivors,

it's still anyone's game.

Next up, Asriel.

I vote Charlie.

He was helping with thewater,
Charlie,

pull you out.

I was going to say Charlie
aswell, because I kept slipping

and, like, falling.

So he was like
helping everyone out.

So that was really nice.

I'm gonna say
Asbecause he's like struggling

a bit, but he's carrying on.

Adam because he's
been a trooper today.

Like, he's got
through everything

when he's had like a bad back.

And he's done well with
everything climbing up.

Cool.

Guys, great answers, OK?

Charlieedges
it with three votes,

becoming my very first
survivor of the day.

Everyone giveCharlie
a round of applause.

Well done, buddy.

I was really pleased
thatpeople were saying my name.

Because it made me
really feel good inside

that I've, like,
shownthem that I can be helpful.

It was a really,
reallynice thing for them to say.

Next time
on "Bear Grylls Survival

School," tempers flare in camp.

You can't just
think about yourself.

We get punished.
We're a team.

Mealworms on the menu--

Get it down.

Ugh.

--and a star turn from Asriel.

Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on.

You need to get--