Gold Rush: Parker's Trail (2017–2019): Season 2, Episode 1 - Welcome to the Jungle - full transcript
Against the advice of the locals, Parker and crew head off alone, deep into uncharted jungle, risking encounters with caiman, jaguars, snakes and venomous spiders. They attempt to cross a ...
[ DRAMATIC VIOLIN TONES ]
Parker: WE HAD A VERY
SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
WE'VE DONE JUST OVER
6,200 OUNCES OF GOLD.
$7.5 MILLION BUCKS.
WHAT'S NEXT?
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS NEXT?
[DRAMATIC VIOLIN, TRUMPET MUSIC]
WELL, THERE'S A
GOLD RUSH IN GUYANA.
LET'S GO FIND THE [BLEEP] GOLD.
KARLA: YEAH!
SAM: HAVE YOU BEEN TO
SOUTH AMERICA AT ALL?
NOT EVEN IN MY HEAD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT.
THIS IS PRETTY DAMN COOL.
PROSPECTING GUYANA STYLE.
THIS WILL BE THE HARDEST
MINING I'VE EVER DONE.
OUR FIRST GOLD FROM GUYANA.
THE GUYANESE JUNGLES,
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE.
EVERYTHING IS TRYING
TO [BEEP] KILL YOU.
[ BLEEP ]
OW, SOMETHING BIT ME.
BUT SINCE WHEN IS SAFE FUN?
♪♪
I FEEL PRETTY PUMPED.
RICK: GOT THE ROPE?
NO!
-[BLEEP]
-PARKER!
LIKE WHAT THE [BLEEP]
WAS I THINKING?
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
[ ANXIOUS DEEP ENSEMBLE TONES ]
♪♪
THIS IN FRONT OF US,
PLUS THIS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL FOR THE SEASON,
$7.5 MILLION.
[ CHEERING ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU KNOW, WE WORK
OUR BALLS OFF UP HERE
AND IT'S SEVEN MONTHS,
IT'S DAMNED TOUGH.
[ CHEERING ]
YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!
AND WHEN WE'RE NOT
IN THE YUKON MINING,
I WANT TO BE OUT
HAVING FUN AND LEARNING
NEW THINGS AND
MEETING NEW PEOPLE,
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S
WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
I'M AT THE END OF SIX MONTHS
OF ABOUT 90, 100 HOUR WEEKS.
I WANT TO GO HOME AND HANG
OUT IN MY GARAGE AND WORK ON
MY CAR AND [BLEEP] HANG WITH
MY BUDDIES AND DRINK BEER.
GO TO A STRIP CLUB, HAVE FUN.
THAT'S MY IDEAS
OF FUN, YOU KNOW?
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A DAMN
LONG SEASON FOR ALL OF YOU,
ESPECIALLY YOU RICK.
I KNOW YOU AND I HAVEN'T
ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE,
SO I FIGURED WE NEEDED A
GOOD TEAM BONDING EXPERIENCE.
LAST FALL RICK AND I WENT
AND DID THE CHILKOOT TRAIL
AND FOLLOWED THE TRAIL OF
THE OLD GOLD RUSH STAMPEDERS
AND THIS WINTER WE'RE GOING,
WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN.
RIGHT, RICK?
-OH, YEAH. YAY.
AND GOING TO THE JUNGLES
OF SOUTH AMERICA.
TO DO WHAT?
WE'RE GONNA GO
FIND THE GOLD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YEAH,
WE'RE GOING TO GUYANA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WOW, I'M SORRY
FOR THE BOTH OF YOU.
-SUCKERS.
-WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE STILL IN FOR IT?
YEAH, I GUESS.
I DON'T [BLEEP] KNOW WHY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ CHEERING ]
♪♪
WELL, THERE'S A GOLD
RUSH IN GUYANA.
THEY PULLED 650,000 OUNCES
OF GOLD OUT OF THE
GROUND LAST YEAR.
THAT'S OVER WHAT, $800 MILLION?
WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT GOLD MINING
IN GUYANA IS ALL ABOUT
AND WE'RE GONNA FIND SOME GOLD
AND WE'RE GONNA GET
MALARIA AND DENGUE FEVER.
Narrator: FROM THE GOLD
FIELDS OF THE NORTH,
PARKER WILL HEAD TO
GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA.
80% OF THE COUNTRY IS COVERED
IN DENSE TROPICAL RAINFOREST.
TEMPERATURES CAN SOAR
TO OVER 100 DEGREES
WITH 100% HUMIDITY.
TROPICAL STORMS AND FLASH FLOODS
ARE A CONSTANT DANGER.
THE JUNGLE IS HOME TO SOME OF
THE DEADLIEST ANIMALS ON EARTH
AND MOSQUITO-BORN DISEASES
LIKE MALARIA AND DENGUE FEVER
CAN BE FATAL.
THIS REMOTE COUNTRY
IS THE ORIGIN
OF THE LEGEND OF EL DORADO
AND RECENT SURVEYS ESTIMATE
THERE'S OVER $10 BILLION
WORTH OF GOLD
WAITING TO BE FOUND.
COME ON.
I FEEL PRETTY PUMPED
FOR IT REALLY.
YOU NEED GOOD PEOPLE TO BE OUT
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH.
Narrator: TO HELP THEM
STAY ALIVE IN THE JUNGLE,
PARKER AND RICK ARE BRINGING
SURVIVAL EXPERT KARLA ANN.
KARLA'S [BLEEP] RAD.
[ HOOTING ]
SHE GOT US THROUGH THE
GOLD RUSH TRAIL LAST YEAR.
THESE ALPHA MALES,
IT'S A LOT OF [HOOTING].
WE'RE KINDA GETTIN'
PULLED DOWN STREAM.
PARKER!
GET YOUR CLOTHES OFF.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE
MY CLOTHES OFF.
YET YOU HAVE TO.
WE'RE GETTING YOU IN
WARM, DRY CLOTHES.
Parker:
WHEN YOU IMAGINE A TYPICAL
ALASKAN OR YUKON GIRL,
SHE IS IT.
Rick: THE HANDLE JUST
FELL IN THE WATER.
THE FISH ARE LAUGHING
AT US.
-BITE.
-OH, BOY.
KARLA IS ON FIRE.
THANK YOU FOR NOT
LETTING US STARVE.
WE'LL BE EATING
GOOD TONIGHT.
SHE IS A HUNTING GUIDE,
SNOWBOARDING GUIDE.
HAVE YOU GUYS DONE
MUCH PLANNING FOR THIS?
NO.
JUST WORKING WITH
IMMATURE MEN IS TOUGH.
IT'S GONNA BE THE
SAME ON THIS TRIP.
[ GROANS ]
YOU KNOW ME
WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW
I'M NOT GONNA
[BLEEP] RELAX.
IT'S ONE THING I DON'T DO.
IF THEY COULD COME
OUT OF LIKE THEIR TIME
WITH ME JUST BEING LIKE
BETTER MEN IN ANY FORM,
I'D BE LIKE "YES."
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO DO SOME RESEARCH
AND DO AS MUCH DUE
DILIGENCE AS I CAN,
BUT I ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT.
MY EXTENT OF EXPERIENCE
IN THE JUNGLE WAS LIKE
A 10 MINUTE WALK THROUGH
A FOREST IN AUSTRALIA,
WHICH WAS NOT THE
JUNGLE IN GUYANA.
FOR ME, THIS IS A
COMPLETE DIFFERENT WORLD.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, HAVE BEEN
BEEN TO SOUTH AMERICA AT ALL?
NOT EVEN IN MY HEAD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHAT'S UP, SAM?
Narrator:
TO CAPTURE THE TRIP ON FILM,
PARKER'S BROUGHT
IN AN OLD FRIEND.
GOOD TO SEE YA.
IRISH ADVENTURE
CAMERAMAN SAM BROWN.
[ LAUGHS ]
MY FIRST IMPRESSION
OF PARKER WHEN I MET HIM,
HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD, HE WAS
THIS SKINNY LITTLE SPOTTY KID
IN ALASKA BUT I COULD TELL
HE HAD SOMETHING ABOUT HIM.
PARKER'S BEEN SHUT DOWN.
I WAS PART OF THE TEAM
WHO DEVELOPED
GOLD RUSH AS AN IDEA
BACK IN THE DAY
AND I WORKED ON THE
FIRST THREE SEASONS.
I HAVE STAYED
FRIENDS WITH PARKER
AND PARKER'S GOING ON A BIG MAD,
CRAZY ADVENTURE,
AND SO I'VE COME BACK.
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
Parker:
I WANTED SAM TO COME BECAUSE
THE FILMING PART OF THIS
ADVENTURE NEEDS TO HAVE
SOMEBODY THAT I GET ALONG WITH.
ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING
THIS SHOW WITH NO CAMERAS.
EXCELLENT, OKAY, WE'LL
SEE HOW THAT ONE WORKS.
BUT ALSO HAS THAT ADVENTURESOME,
EXPEDITION SPIRIT.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW
THIS IS GONNA PLAY OUT.
[ GUNSHOT BOOMS ][ BLEEP ]
Parker: THE OTHER REALLY GOOD
THING ABOUT SAM IS
HE'S BEEN TO GUYANA,
SO HOPEFULLY
THAT'S A BIG ADDITION
BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING
LANDOWNERS, WE'RE GONNA BE
MEETING GOLD MINERS,
AND YOU'VE GOTTA
HAVE THAT PERSONAL, YOU KNOW,
RELATIONSHIP AND BE ABLE
TO BUILD THAT QUICKLY.
GLAD YOU MADE IT.
Narrator:
SAM HAS BROUGHT GUYANESE
MINER FAROSE BARAKAT
TO MEET THE TEAM.
[ DOG BARKS ]HEY.
-COME ON DOZER.
-DOZER, COME ON.
USING BASIC TECHNOLOGY,
FAROSE HAS PULLED GOLD WORTH
$18 MILLION FROM THE JUNGLE.
-THIS IS RICK NESS.
-HOW YOU DOING?
-GOOD.
-NICE TO MEET YOU.
-AND KARLA.
-HI.
-HELLO.
-NICE TO MEET YOU.
DO YOU WANT A BEER?
GOOD TO MEET YOU.
-CHEERS.
ARE YOU FROM GUYANA?
RIGHT ON.
AND HOW BIG
AN OPERATION IS IT?
KARLA: HOW MANY PEOPLE?
SWEET.
I MET FAROSE FIVE YEARS AGO
WHEN TODD FIRST
WENT TO GUYANA
FOR LIKE A SORT
OF A OFF SEASON SPECIAL
AND WAS PUT IN TOUCH
WITH FAROSE
AND WENT OFF UP
THE MAZARUNI RIVER
KNOWING NOTHING EXCEPT
HIS NAME AND MET HIM
AND FORTUNATELY HE
WAS A REALLY COOL GUY
AND HE BASICALLY LIKE
SAVED THE ENTIRE SHOOT.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
DUDE,
I LIKE THIS AREA MAN.
I GOT A GOOD FEELING
ABOUT THIS.
Narrator: FOUR SEASONS AGO,
TODD HOFFMAN MOVED HIS
ENTIRE OPERATION TO GUYANA.
WELL WHEN TODD WAS
MINING IN GUYANA,
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D
EVEN HEARD OF THE PLACE.
BE HONEST FREDDY,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THAT'S SOME
BEAUTIFUL GOLD.
I'M GUESSING ABOUT
50 BUCKS A YARD.
50 BUCKS A YARD!
THIS IS WHERE THE SEASON
STARTS RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA COME OUT OF THIS
JUNGLE WITH A PILE OF GOLD.
HE WENT IN WITH A BUNCH OF BIG,
FANCY MACHINERY.
Man: WHOA GUYS, WHOA.
YOU ARE FREAKING KIDDING ME!
I THINK SOMEONE SAID DON'T
[BLEEP] GO OVER THERE.
WHY THE [BLEEP]
ARE WE OVER THERE?
THIS FREAKING JUNGLE IS CURSED.
IT SEEMS TO ME FROM
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT DOWN
THERE.
MANPOWER IS EASIER
TO DEAL WITH THAN,
YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE
D11S DOWN HERE.
RIGHT.
I THINK I'M GONNA BE
SWEATING A LOT OVER THERE.
I SWEAT WHEN I EAT
IN THIS TEMPERATURE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ RELAXED GUITAR MUSIC ]
♪♪
I KNOW FOR A FACT
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN GUYANA MAKING
A KILLING GOLD MINING.
DO IT.
PULL IT.
WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO GUYANA
AND WE'RE GONNA LEARN
HOW THE LOCALS MINE.
LIKE JUST A SKELETON
CREW, NO FANCY EQUIPMENT.
YOU KNOW, GET DOWN AND DIRTY.
IT'S THE ADVENTURE
OF A LIFETIME.
RICK:
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST
GO HOME AND GET SOME SLEEP.
BUT SOMEHOW FOR SOME REASON,
I'M GOING TO THE JUNGLE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator: UP AHEAD.
ALL RIGHT,
WE'RE GOOD TO ROCK.
A SNEAK PEEK AT THE NEW SEASON
OF "PARKER'S TRAIL."
Parker:
SOME NUGGETS IN THERE.
SAM: I DO BELIEVE
WE'VE FOUND SOME GOLD.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY.
-FIRE IT UP.
-THERE'S OUR WATER.
MOVING DIRT, HUH, RICK?
MOVING DIRT.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
SHUT IT DOWN.
♪♪
ONE THING THAT HAS TO
HAPPEN BEFORE WE START
THE SHOOT OFFICIALLY IS
WE HAVE TO WATCH LIKE
THE TOP 10 JUNGLE MOVIES TO
GET ALL OUR QUOTES STRAIGHT.
LIKE I WATCHED
"GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM"
THE OTHER DAY.
THERE'S SOME GOOD ONES IN THERE.
THERE'S SOME GOOD ONES
IN THERE, WE'LL WATCH IT.
NO.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
PREDATOR EITHER.
I KNOW.
Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL
IS PREPARING TO JOIN
A MODERN DAY GOLD RUSH
IN GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA.
HE AIMS TO PROSPECT,
FIND GOLD AND STAKE A CLAIM
WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS
RICK NESS, KARLA ANN
AND ADVENTURE
CAMERAMAN SAM BROWN.
SAM HAS FILMED IN AFRICA,
THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND SOUTH
AMERICA INCLUDING OVER A MONTH
IN THE JUNGLES OF GUYANA.
THE LITTLE BOY IN ME WHO IS
QUITE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE
IS REALLY [BLEEP] EXCITED
ABOUT GOING BACK TO GUYANA.
IT HAS SOME OF
THE MOST UNSPOILED
AND PRISTINE
RAINFORESTS ON EARTH.
HAVE I BEEN IN THE JUNGLE?
WELL I'VE BEEN BORDERLINE
IN THE JUNGLE, YOU KNOW?
I HAVE NOT BEEN [BLEEP]
DEEP IN THE JUNGLE.
YEAH.
NEXT QUESTION.
[ CHUCKLES ]
MY BIGGEST CONCERN
IS SOMEONE DYING.
THAT'S USUALLY MY
BIGGEST CONCERN, BUT NOW,
I THINK IN GUYANA
IT'S A LOT MORE LIKELY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator: GUYANESE MINER
FAROSE BARAKAT
IS ADVISING THEM HOW TO SURVIVE.
FOUR IDIOTS, THREE OF WHOM
HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE BUSH BEFORE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE
LIKE THE BIG CHALLENGES?
OH
MAN, THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.
♪♪
Narrator: THE GUYANESE JUNGLE
IS FULL OF LETHAL PREDATORS.
SAM: EVERY TIME WE CROSS A
CREEK, WE'RE TAKING A RISK.
THERE'S PIRANHAS, ELECTRIC EELS,
BLACK CAIMAN THAT GET TO
BE ABOUT 16 FOOT LONG.
THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN TO DRAG
FISHERMEN OFF THE BANKS.
JAGUARS.
[GROWLING]
THAT WEIGH 300 POUNDS AND HAVE
THE STRONGEST BITE
PRESSURE OF ANY BIG CAT.
IT'S JUST LIKE, [BLEEP]
KNOWS HOW MANY SNAKES.
THERE'S MASSIVE ANACONDAS THAT
WILL ATTACK AND EAT A CAIMAN.
Narrator: THE MOST FEARED
SNAKE IS THE LABARIA.
DO THEY BITE?
KARLA: [ GASP ]
AND IS IT POISONOUS?
[ LAUGHTER ]
OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
SO THAT'S THE SNAKE
YOU SEE THE MOST?
-OKAY.
-EVERYTHING'S POISONOUS.
YAY, EVEN THE GOLD'S
POISONOUS NOW, TOO.
[ BLEEP]
THE SNAKES MAN, I DON'T
CARE ABOUT THE SNAKES.
I'LL SLEEP WITH THE SNAKES,
SNAKES DON'T BOTHER ME.
ARE THERE SCORPIONS
DOWN THERE?
I'M NOT SCARED OF
THE BIG STUFF THOUGH,
AT LEAST YOU CAN SEE IT
AND YOU GOT AN EYE ON IT.
IT'S THE SMALL STUFF.
Parker: BOTFLIES AND TICKS
AND THINGS
THAT LIKE LIVE IN YOU.
FOR ME YOU KNOW, THAT'S
THE BIG CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
WHOO-O-O!
WHOO-O-O!
[ BLEEP ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'M UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH A LOT OF THINGS
THAT THE
JUNGLE IS GONNA HOLD.
I'M NOT REALLY AFRAID
OF ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD
EXCEPT FOR SPIDERS AND
IT'S AN IRRATIONAL THING.
IT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T CONTROL.
I HAVE AN IRRATIONAL
FEAR OF SPIDERS.
THAT'S...
YEAH, LIKE IT'S--
THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY --
THAT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS.
IT HAS [BLEEP] CLAWS?
-YES, SERIOUSLY.
WHAT?
MAN, SOMETIMES I CAN'T
EVEN TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I GET SURPRISED BY A
SPIDER BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER.
I BLACK THE [BLEEP] OUT.
I WILL BLACK OUT AND
I MEAN I'VE JUMPED OUT
OF A MAN LIFT BEFORE
FOUR STORIES IN THE
AIR, THE ONLY THING THAT
SAVED ME WAS THAT I WAS
STRAPPED IN BY A HARNESS.
Parker:
HOW BIG ARE THEY?
[ LAUGHTER ]
OH, JEEZ. [BLEEP] OFF, MAN.
OH MY [BLEEP].
YES, YES, YES.
JUMPING [BLEEP] LOBSTER
SPIDERS [BLEEP].
[ BLEEP ]
I'LL GO TOE TO TOE
WITH 10 DUDES MY SIZE IN A FIGHT
BEFORE I'LL HAVE A
LITTLE [BLEEP] SPIDER
LAND ON MY SHOULDER,
AND THAT'S NO JOKE.
BECAUSE I CANNOT CONTROL
WHAT HAPPENS, I CAN'T.
Parker: I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU
IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT,
NOT OURS.
SWEET.
[ LAUGHS ]
SAM JUST CAME UP WITH A FRIEND
OF HIS THAT HE MET IN GUYANA,
FAROSE, FIRST GUYANESE
GOLD MINER I'VE EVER MET
AND PRETTY DAMN COOL, YEAH.
PRETTY COOL EXCEPT FOR
THE FACT THAT HE SAYS
EVERYTHING OUT THERE
IS TRYING TO KILL YOU.
I'M WORRIED THAT LIKE A
JAGUAR WILL ATTACK PARKER.
[ GROWLING ]
THEY'LL LIKE SNIFF HIS ATTITUDE
AND LIKE ATTACK HIM.
SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT
MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE GOT
A PRETTY GOOD,
I'M IN TUNE WITH NATURE MAN.
OOH, A RAVEN.
[RAVEN CAWING]
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW,
THE GUYS ARE ASKING
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS,
THEY SEEM REALLY EXCITED.
RICK'S OBVIOUSLY [BLEEP]
SCARED OF SPIDERS,
WHICH IS NOT IDEAL.
THE ONE [BLEEP]
THING I'M AFRAID OF.
[ SNIFFS ]
IF ANYBODY CALLS ME
A WIMP OR A [BLEEP]
FOR THAT,
I'LL STAND TOE TO TOE
WITH 'EM
AND POUND 'EM
THROUGH THE GROUND.
I JUST HAVE NO CONTROL
OVER THAT ONE PART OF ME.
YOU [BLEEP].
Narrator: UP AHEAD.
PARKER IS REALLY
HARD TO WORK WITH.
WHAT'S UP?
IT'S BEEN A LONG SEASON MAN,
LIKE I'M [BLEEP] BEAT.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO
DO THIS WITHOUT HIM.
RICK: DO I REALLY WANT TO PUT UP
WITH ANOTHER SIX WEEKS
OF PARKER'S BULL[BLEEP]?
♪♪
I'M AT THE TAIL END OF
A [BLEEP] LONG SUMMER,
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON,
AND WHY ARE YOU
BEING SO MEAN TO ME?
Narrator: PARKER AND HIS CREW
ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE
MINE FOR THE SEASON.
IN A FEW DAYS, THEY'LL HEAD
OFF ON THE 6,000 MILE JOURNEY
TO THE GOLD-RICH
JUNGLES OF GUYANA.
Parker: I DON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT MINING IN GUYANA.
I WANT TO GO DOWN THERE AND
FIGURE OUT HOW THE LOCALS DO IT,
WHERE THE GOOD GOLD IS,
EXPLORE THE COUNTRY,
HAVE SOME ADVENTURES
AND YOU KNOW,
SEE WHAT GOLD MINING
IN GUYANA IS ALL ABOUT.
SAM: PARKER IS USED TO RUNNING
LIKE A MULTI-MULTI
MILLION DOLLAR OPERATION
WITH [BLEEP] KNOWS
HOW MANY PEOPLE WORKING FOR HIM,
AND NOW
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO RIGHT
BACK TO BASICS ON THIS.
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO LEARN TO MINE
WITH NO EXCAVATORS AT ALL.
♪♪
Narrator: IN GUYANA, PARKER WILL
HAVE TO USE BASIC TECHNIQUES.
100 YEARS AGO, OLD TIMERS
IN THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
USED HIGH PRESSURE HOSES TO WASH
AWAY OVERBURDEN TO
GET TO THE GOLD.
TODAY IN GUYANA, MINERS
STILL USE THE SAME METHODS.
HARNESSING THE POWER OF
WATER, THEY DIG OUT THE GOLD-
RICH PAY DIRT AND SEND IT TO
SIMPLE WOODEN SLUICE RUNS.
AND JUST LIKE IN THE DAYS
OF THE KLONDIKE STAMPEDE,
THIS MODERN DAY GOLD RUSH
CREATES FRONTIER TOWNS
WHERE MINERS CELEBRATE BY
BUYING BEER WITH GOLD DUST,
AND AFTER A HEAVY NIGHT,
THERE'S ENOUGH GOLD ON THE FLOOR
TO MAKE SWEEPING AND PANNING
A PROFITABLE SIDELINE.
SO I HOPE THAT PARKER
COMES INTO THIS
WITH AN OPEN MIND
AND HE'S GOT ENOUGH
ENERGY AFTER A BIG,
LONG MINING SEASON
AND I HOPE THAT HE'S
WILLING TO LEARN
AND TO ROUGH IT A BIT AND,
YEAH, I THINK HE'LL LOVE IT.
WE'VE CONQUERED THE YUKON,
NOW IT'S TIME TO GO
CONQUER THE JUNGLE.
THIS WHOLE SITUATION
IN THE JUNGLE,
YEAH I'M NOT SEEING
TOO MANY POSITIVES.
IT'S GONNA BE REALLY
HOT, REALLY RAINY, AND...
RICK: AND I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND
ANY REAL REASONS TO GO.
Narrator: THE PROSPECT
OF ANOTHER GRUELING
SIX WEEKS OF MINING
ISN'T THE ONLY REASON
RICK IS HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS.
I'M [BLEEP] TIRED.
DO I REALLY WANNA PUT
MYSELF IN A POSITION TO
PUT UP WITH ANOTHER SIX WEEKS
OF PARKER'S BULL[BLEEP]?
-YOU READY?
-YEAH.
Narrator:
PARKER AND RICK STARTED OUT
AS BEST BUDDIES
SIX YEARS AGO.
[ LAUGHING ]
WE'RE THE ONLY
TWO OUT HERE.
NUGGET!
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S A BIG ONE, HUH?
OVER THE YEARS,
RICK'S HELPED PARKER MINE
NEARLY 18,000 OUNCES OF GOLD
WORTH OVER $21 MILLION.
Parker:
RICK'S REALLY BEEN PRETTY GREAT.
OVERALL I COULDN'T
ASK FOR A BETTER GUY.
Narrator:
BUT BEING PARKER'S FOREMAN...
YOUR MIND'S
NOT IN THE GAME, RICK.
HAS PUSHED RICK
TO THE LIMIT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR
PROBLEMS AS ANYBODY DOES.
[ LAUGH ]
PARKER IS HARD TO
DEAL WITH, MAN.
WHAT THE [ BLEEP ].
LOOK, YOU DON'T WANNA
WASTE YOUR [BLEEP] TIME,
IT'S MY [BLEEP] TIME
TO WASTE.
WORKING WITH PARKER'S HARD,
HE'S JUST LIKE REALLY HARD TO...
WORK WITH.
RICK AND I HAVE HAD
A FEW LITTLE BLOWUPS.
YOU'RE ACTING LIKE
A [BLEEP] TODDLER, RICK.
YOU ARE.
MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES I WAS
READY TO THROW IN
THE TOWEL, PACK MY [BLEEP] UP
AND [BLEEP] PEACE OUT.
THE THING WITH PARKER FROM
DAY ONE IS THAT HE REALLY CARES.
HE SETS HIMSELF THESE GOALS.
WE SET A 4,000 OUNCE
GOAL AND THE JOB
AIN'T FINISHED 'TIL THERE'S
4,000 OUNCES IN THE BLOCK.
AND IF HE DOESN'T REACH
THEM, HE HAS A [BLEEP] FIT.
YOU REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE
IT THE MINUTE I SHOW UP HERE.
I CAN TELL THAT,
YOU KNOW?
-THAT'S NOT TRUE.
-IT IS.
PARKER IS A HARD MAN TO
WORK WITH AND HE KNOWS IT.
YEAH,
I [BLEEP] HATE EXCUSES.
KARLA: SO WHAT, RICK'S BEEN
HERE FOR SIX YEARS?
I THINK RICK'S EXHAUSTED
FROM WORKING WITH PARKER.
-FOR [BLEEP] SAKE.
-IT'S JUST BULL[BLEEP].
RICK: HEY PARKER,
YOU GONNA COPY?
Parker: Yeah, go ahead.
MAN, I JUST,
I DON'T THINK I'M UP
FOR THIS [BLEEP]
JUNGLE TREK.
♪♪
LOOKS LIKE RICK'S
GETTIN' COLD FEET
ABOUT THIS WHOLE GUYANA TRIP,
SO...
HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW,
BURNED OUT RICK NESS TALKING
AND NOT SOMETHING THAT HE
WON'T COME BACK FROM.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T WANT
TO DO THIS TRIP WITHOUT RICK.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN
MY RIGHT-HAND MAN,
AND WHEN YOU'RE IN A PINCH,
HE'S A DAMN GOOD GUY
TO HAVE AROUND,
AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY
WANT HIM TO BE THERE
AND REALLY DON'T WANT
TO DO THIS WITHOUT HIM.
[ ANXIOUS LIGHT DRUMBEAT ]
♪♪
WHAT'S UP?
SO, IT'S BEEN A LONG [BLEEP]
SEASON MAN, RIGHT?
YEAH.
AND MAN I JUST --
I DON'T THINK I'M UP
FOR THIS JUNGLE TREK.
THIS WHATEVER THE [BLEEP]
YOU WANNA CALL IT, MAN.
LIKE I'M [BLEEP] BEAT.
[BLEEP] MAN, YOU CAN'T
BACK OUT ON THIS NOW.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT,
I CAN'T MAKE YOU DO IT
AND I CAN'T MAKE
YOU WANNA DO IT.
I THINK IT'LL BE
A GOOD EXPERIENCE,
AND THERE'S GOLD DOWN THERE,
AND I REALLY THINK
FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT
AND BUSINESS STANDPOINT,
IT'S WORTH TO JUST
GO TAKE A LOOK AT.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU
NOT GO AND REGRET IT.
I'M TIRED AND SPENDING SIX
[BLEEP] WEEKS SOMEWHERE
WHERE I'VE NEVER BEEN AND
NEVER REALLY WANTED TO GO,
I JUST REALLY
DON'T WANNA DO IT.
[ BLEEP ]
Narrator: UP AHEAD.
LET'S GO FIND
THE [BLEEP] GOLD.
A SNEAK PEEK
AT THE NEW SEASON
OF "PARKER'S TRAIL."
OW!
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
IS THAT?
MASSIVE DREDGE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE RIVER.
THAT'S OUR FIRST
GOLD FROM GUYANA.
I DON'T FEEL GOOD.
KARLA: OH MY [BLEEP], PARKER!
THIS ADVENTURE COULD BE OVER
BEFORE IT'S EVEN STARTED.
[ ANXIOUS ENSEMBLE TONES ]
♪♪
[ PLANE HUMMING ]
♪♪
Narrator: FROM THE KLONDIKE
IT'S 6,000 MILES AND 28 HOURS
ON FOUR PLANES TO THE CAPITAL
CITY OF GUYANA, GEORGETOWN.
♪♪
[ CAR HORNS HONKING ]
[ INDISTINCT CHATTER ]
♪♪
♪♪
IT FEELS GOOD TO
BE HERE, YOU KNOW?
I'M PRETTY WIPED OUT
FROM TRAVELING.
HAINES, ALASKA TO GEORGETOWN,
GUYANA IS A LOT TRIP.
EVERYTHING IS NEW TO ME HERE,
FIRST TIME IN SOUTH AMERICA.
♪♪
I'M ANXIOUS AT JUST ABOUT
ALL OF IT, YOU KNOW?
IT'S GONNA BE ALL NEW TO ME.
I'VE NEVER SPENT
A MINUTE IN A JUNGLE
OR IN A COUNTRY
LIKE THIS OR ANYTHING.
SO, YOU KNOW,
I'M NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.
I'M NERVOUS ABOUT
MEETING NEW PEOPLE
AND YOU KNOW,
CHECKING OUT GOLD FIELDS.
LIKE SOMETIMES GOLD MINERS
CAN BE A PRETTY ROUGH BUNCH.
I'M EXCITED TO GET
INTO THE JUNGLE
AND SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
AND SEE IF I CAN HANDLE IT.
♪♪
SO WHAT'S THE DEAL
WITH RICK?
I SENT HIM AN EMAIL
SAYING, YOU KNOW,
WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE
WE'RE STAYING AND WHAT
THE DATES ARE AND ALL
THAT STUFF AND HE,
YOU KNOW,
HE KNOWS ABOUT IT
AND I WAS TRYING TO COAX HIM,
BUT I DOUBT HE'LL SHOW UP.
HOW HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN
GETTING ON, PARKER?
IT WAS A LONG SUMMER,
IT WAS A LONG SUMMER.
RICK AND I WERE BUTTIN' HEADS
A FAIR BIT.
THINGS ENDED ON,
I THOUGHT PRETTY GOOD TERMS,
BUT YOU KNOW,
HE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT
SIDE OF THAT STORY.
YOU KNOW, REALLY WE
FOUND A LOT OF GOLD
THIS SEASON,
BUT HE WORKED HIS ASS OFF.
I DON'T BLAME HIM AT ALL.
[ CAR HORN HONKS ]
HE HAD A LONG
HARD SUMMER.
-YEAH
-BUT, YEAH, ITS A BUMMER.
YEAH, TOTAL BUMMER.
I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO SPENDING SOME TIME
WITH HIM
OFF THE MINE SITE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[ SCOOTER MOTOR ACCELERATES]
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: JUST LIKE
LAST YEARS TRAIL,
THE CREW WILL BE
WEARING CAMERAS
AND FILMING THEMSELVES.
SAM: I'LL BE COVERING MOST
OF THE ACTION ON THIS CAMERA.
AND THIS IS
YOUR MAIN WHIP?
YEAH.
WHERE DO YOU GRAB
THIS THING AT?
THIS IS SO GETTING
DESTROYED.
AND YOU'LL BE WEARING
THESE THE WHOLE TIME.
-CAN I TRY IT ON?
-YEAH, PLEASE.
THIS IS BAND-O-CAM.
Narrator: SAM'S DEVELOPED
A MINI CAM
DESIGNED TO CAPTURE
EACH INDIVIDUALS
PERSPECTIVE AND SURVIVE THE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY OF THE JUNGLE.
ALL THE AUDIO,
ALL THE BATTERIES AND STUFF.
THAT'S PRETTY BIG,
BUT I GUESS THAT'S
THE BATTERY AND AUDIO
AND EVERYTHING?
YEAH, SO LOOK.
-SO THAT'S THE SHOT?
-YEAH.
-[ LAUGHS]
-YEAH, YEAH.
OKAY.
PARKER, KARLA CAM.
OH, YEAH. THAT'S SCARY.
YOU ARE GONNA CHOKE ME OUT.
KARLA IS THAT
COMFORTABLE ENOUGH?
OH THIS IS GREAT.
UNTIL WE START
SWEATING...MORE
-HI, DANNY.
-WHAT'S UP, MATE?
-I'M DOING YOUR JOB NOW.
-[ LAUGHS ]
SO DID YOU PICK UP
THESE MAPS?
YEAH.
THEY'RE SWEAT PROOF,
THAT'S GREAT.
THIS IS GUYANA.
WE ARE...HERE,
GEORGETOWN.
OKAY? AND THERE'S
LOADS OF THIS COUNTRY
HASN'T BEEN MAPPED
PROPERLY.
WE COULD VERY WELL
BE THE FIRST PEOPLE
EVER, LIKE,
SETTING FOOT THERE.
Narrator: TO STAND A CHANCE
OF FINDING GOLD,
PARKER NEEDS TO CHOOSE
HIS START POINT CAREFULLY.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS
WHERE TODD STARTED
AND WHAT HE DID
AND WHAT HE DID RIGHT OR WRONG.
WHERE WAS HE AT?
TODD WAS ABOUT...
THERE, NEAR MAHDIA.
THERE'S THE BIGGEST
SORT OF MINING TOWNSHIP,
IT'S CALLED MAHDIA.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD START
WHERE TODD OFTEN IS,
GROUND ZERO, RIGHT?
YEAH, CAUSE ROADS,
THERE'S AN AIRSTRIP.
I AM SURE THAT TODD HAD THE
SAME THOUGHT,
"LETS GO WHERE
THE GOLD FIELDS ARE,"
AND WE SHOULD START
THE SAME WAY THEY DID.
HE WENT TO THE PLACE
WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS.
THE MINING SIDE OF THIS,
WE'VE GOT TO BE ON THE BEST
GROUND WE COULD
POSSIBLY FIND.
SO ITS DEFINITELY
GOING TO BE A CASE
OF GETTING OUT OF THERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY
WE BROUGHT BACKPACKS.
JUST FIND A RIVER
THAT'S NAMED SOMETHING
THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH
MINING AND WE'LL JUST GO THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS
LOOKING AT?
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
ARE YOU DOING HERE?
[ LAUGHS ]
-[ BLEEP ]
-YAY!
IT'S GOOD, HUH, BUDDY?
I'M IN GUYANA.
DUDE,
I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T BAIL.
[ LAUGHS ]
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
WHAT'S UP, SAM?
YAY.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS
GOING TO BE SOME SECOND RATE
RICK NESS STANDING IN HERE.
I'M GLAD
IT DIDN'T GET AWKWARD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THE BAND'S BACK TOGETHER
YAY, THE BAND'S
BACK TOGETHER.
SO WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND?
LAST TIME WE TALKED
YOU WERE PRETTY SOLID "NO."
WELL, A FEW THINGS.
I MEAN, ONE WAS A BIT
OF FEAR OF MISSING OUT
ON SOME ADVENTURE,
AND THE OTHER IS I'VE GOT
SOME THINGS
I GOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
AND I KNEW YOU
WERE GOING TO BE DISAPPEARING
INTO THIS JUNGLE FOR SIX WEEKS,
SO I FIGURED I BETTER
GET MY BUTT DOWN HERE.
OR MORE.
WE MIGHT JUST MAKE IT SIX YEARS.
SIX YEARS, YEAH.
WELL, DO YOU WANT TO GO
AND HAVE A LITTLE TALK...
-YEAH.
-...BEFORE WE GET STARTED
ON THIS WHOLE DEAL.
INTERESTING PLACE.
SO, I GUESS
THE FIRST THING I WANTED
TO GET OUT OF THE WAY
HERE WAS SOME PRETTY BIG NEWS
AND IT INVOLVES NEXT YEAR
AND MINING.
AND...
YEAH, I AM GOING OUT
MINING ON MY OWN.
I'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY,
AND I AM GOING TO TAKE IT.
UM...
GEEZ.
I HEARD ABOUT YOU
BEING BIT BY A SNAKE?
WHOA.
Narrator: OF THE TEN SPECIES
OF VENOMOUS SNAKES
IN THE GUYANESE JUNGLE,
THE DEADLIEST
IS THE AGGRESSIVE LABARIA.
JUST 50MG, A RAINDROPS WORTH
OF ITS VENOM
IS ENOUGH TO KILL A MAN.
HOW PAINFUL?
WOW.
YOU'RE STILL LIVING
OF COURSE.
I WILL BE MUCH MORE
CAREFUL FROM NOW ON.
[ DRAMATIC DRUM BEAT ]
I GOT SOME PRETTY BIG NEWS
AND IT INVOLVES NEXT YEAR.
Narrator: RICK NESS HAS FLOWN
TO GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
TO CALL TIME ON SIX YEARS
OF MINING HISTORY.
YEAH, I'M GOING OUT
MINING ON MY OWN.
[ SHARP SIGH ]
I KNOW THAT'S --
I KNOW THAT'S, YEAH,
THAT'S A BIG THING.
UM...
I OWE YOU A LOT, MAN.
LIKE, I OWE YOU A LOT,
AND YOU KNOW,
I ALSO DON'T WANT THIS
TO RUIN THIS TRIP.
IF IT DOES, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU WANT ME TO BAIL,
I UNDERSTAND AS WELL.
OH, NO, NOT AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL NO.
I JUST...
UH...
I COMPLETELY GET IT.
IF I WERE IN YOUR SHOES,
I'D BE LOOKING AT DOING
THE SAME EXACT THING,
SO IT'S HARD FOR ME
TO SIT HERE AND BE MAD,
AND I'VE I'VE DONE
AS MUCH AS I CAN TO DO
THAT EXACT THING.
YOU HAVE TAKEN A LOT
OF [BLEEP] OVER
THE LAST SIX YEARS,
AND THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF TIMES
WHERE I LOOK BACK AND, BOY,
YOU COULD OF WALKED AWAY.
EASILY JUSTIFIED,
AND [BLEEP], YOU'RE A...
I MEAN, YOU ARE, BY FAR,
THE HARDEST WORKER
OUT OF ANY
OF THESE GROUPS.
I'M JUST TRYING
TO BETTER MYSELF.
AND I AM NEVER GOING
TO FAULT SOMEBODY FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE ME A SHOT
SIX YEARS AGO THAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY NEVER HAD
TO STAND BY ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW [BLEEP] ALL,
RIGHT, AND...
THAT GOES BOTH WAYS,
RIGHT?
-WELL...
-THAT GOES BOTH WAYS.
AND YOU DID STAND BY ME AND
YOU DID GIVE ME A LOT OF SHOTS,
AND I WILL FOREVER
BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK IT IS TIME
FOR ME TO MOVE ON.
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN A GOOD FIT,
BECAUSE YOU'VE
TRIED TO DO YOUR [BLEEP] BEST,
AND THIS WILL BE
NO DIFFERENT.
I KNOW YOU WILL TRY
TO DO YOUR BEST.
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT?
-[ SIGHS ]
REMEMBER YOUR FIRST DAY
WORKING FOR ME?
YEAH. I WAS A DISASTER.
-[ LAUGHS ]
-FIRST COUPLE YEARS REALLY.
[ BLEEP ] OH,
THAT GOES BOTH WAYS
-DUDE.
-[ BLEEP ]
SO NOW YOU CAN --
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE TELLING ME
TO GO [BLEEP] MYSELF,
YOU REALLY CAN!
JUNGLE TRIP FIRST?
TRY AND STAY ALIVE?
[ LAUGHS ]
OH,
LETS GET ANOTHER BEER.
YEAH.
IT WAS QUITE THE BOMBSHELL
HIM TELLING ME
THAT HE'S NOT
COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.
AND I REALLY RESPECT
AND APPRECIATE HIM
FOR LETTING
ME KNOW THAT NOW.
AND HONESTLY IT FEELS GOOD
TO TELL YOU IN PERSON.
BUT WHAT REALLY MAKES ME OKAY
WITH THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE CAN WALK AWAY FRIENDS,
AND HOPEFULLY
WE WILL BE FRIENDS
FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
CHEERS.[ BOTTLES CLINK ]
BUT RIGHT NOW,
THE FOCUS AT HAND
IS FINDING SOME GOLD
DOWN HERE IN GUYANA,
AND I AM GLAD HE IS HERE
TO HELP US DO THAT.
YEAH, I AM GOING OUT
MINING ON MY OWN.
DUDE! THAT'S BIG.
THAT'S REALLY BIG.
-THANK YOU.
-CHEERS, MAN.
THAT'S REALLY BIG.[ GLASSES CLINK ]
-ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS?
-YEAH.
HAVING THAT TALK WITH PARKER
WAS A BIG REASON I KNEW
I HAD TO COME DOWN HERE,
YOU KNOW.
I COULDN'T
LET SOMETHING LIKE THAT GO,
AND I OWE HIM THAT
TO LET HIM KNOW
AS SOON AS I KNEW THAT,
"HEY, I'M NOT COMING BACK."
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
I COULD HAVE HAD
THAT TALK WITH PARKER
AND HE COULD HAVE BEEN
PISSED AND "UGH" MAD,
THEN I COULD HAVE GOT ON A PLANE
AND WENT HOME YOU KNOW?
UNFORTUNATELY,
HE TOOK IT WELL
AND HIM AND I ARE STILL FRIENDS
AND NOW I AM GOING
INTO THE JUNGLE WITH HIM
FOR SIX WEEKS.
YIPPEE
[ INTENSE SHUTTER ]
Narrator: UP AHEAD...
I WANT A GOLD NUGGET
ABOUT THIS BIG
...ON A WHOLE NEW SEASON
OF "PARKER'S TRAIL."
PARKER'S QUEST TO FIND GOLD...
THIS IS PRETTY DAMN COOL.
PROSPECTING GUYANA STYLE.
KARLA: YEAH.
...TAKES HIS CREW INTO
ONE OF THE WORLDS
MOST DANGEROUS JUNGLES.
LETS GO FIND
THE [BLEEP] GOLD.
-YEAH, [BLEEP] IT.
-YEAH!
RICK: OH [BLEEP]
[ MUTTERING ]
OW! SOMETHING BIT ME.
[ BLEEP ]
NOT TODAY FISH,
I'M EATING YOU.
[ BIRD CAWS ]
[ BLEEP ] YOU TOO VULTURE.
Narrator: THEY ARE FORCED
TO CROSS RAPIDS...
I AIN'T [BLEEP]
GETTING IN THERE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC ]
RICK!
I THINK MY PACKS
FILLED WITH WATER.
-[ BLEEP ]
-WHERE IS HE?
RICK!
...SLEEP IN SPIDER-INFESTED
SWAMPS....
-OH, [BLEEP]
-WE ARE FLOODING HERE.
I AM [BLEEP]
SLEEPING IN WATER.
I DO NOT FEEL GOOD.
-OH, MY GOD. PARKER!
-[ RETCHES ]
I HATE PUKING MORE THAN
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
THIS ADVENTURE COULD BE OVER
BEFORE IT'S EVEN STARTED.
Narrator:
...AND SCALE WATERFALLS.
[ INTENSE MUSIC ]
HOW THE [BLEEP] ARE WE GOING
TO GET A BOAT OVER THIS?
COME ON! PULL!
RISKING IT ALL...
-GOT THE ROPE!
-PULL IT!
NO!
RICK: PARKER!
Narrator:
...TO GET TO THE GOLD FIELDS.
THEY'LL LEARN HOW
THE LOCALS MINE.
DOWN HERE YOU GOT A LOT LABOR,
AND NOT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.
SHOOTING FROM THE HIP,
LITERALLY.
WORKING A LAND
THAT'S UNFORGIVING...
-PARKER!
-[ BLEEP ]
...BUT LOADED WITH GOLD.
[ DRUM BEATS ]
SHUT IT DOWN!
THIS WILL BE THE HARDEST
MINING I'VE EVER DONE.
Narrator: CHASING A 21ST CENTURY
GOLD RUSH.
-FIRE IT UP!
-WE GOT WATER.
SAM: YES!
MOVING DIRT, HUH, RICK?
MOVING DIRT!
RIGHT!
LOOK AT THAT.
-YEAH.
-SOME NUGGETS IN THERE.
SAM: PARKER SCHNABEL, I DO
BELIEVE WE FOUND SOME GOLD.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY.
Parker: WE HAD A VERY
SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
WE'VE DONE JUST OVER
6,200 OUNCES OF GOLD.
$7.5 MILLION BUCKS.
WHAT'S NEXT?
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS NEXT?
[DRAMATIC VIOLIN, TRUMPET MUSIC]
WELL, THERE'S A
GOLD RUSH IN GUYANA.
LET'S GO FIND THE [BLEEP] GOLD.
KARLA: YEAH!
SAM: HAVE YOU BEEN TO
SOUTH AMERICA AT ALL?
NOT EVEN IN MY HEAD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT.
THIS IS PRETTY DAMN COOL.
PROSPECTING GUYANA STYLE.
THIS WILL BE THE HARDEST
MINING I'VE EVER DONE.
OUR FIRST GOLD FROM GUYANA.
THE GUYANESE JUNGLES,
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE.
EVERYTHING IS TRYING
TO [BEEP] KILL YOU.
[ BLEEP ]
OW, SOMETHING BIT ME.
BUT SINCE WHEN IS SAFE FUN?
♪♪
I FEEL PRETTY PUMPED.
RICK: GOT THE ROPE?
NO!
-[BLEEP]
-PARKER!
LIKE WHAT THE [BLEEP]
WAS I THINKING?
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
[ ANXIOUS DEEP ENSEMBLE TONES ]
♪♪
THIS IN FRONT OF US,
PLUS THIS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL FOR THE SEASON,
$7.5 MILLION.
[ CHEERING ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU KNOW, WE WORK
OUR BALLS OFF UP HERE
AND IT'S SEVEN MONTHS,
IT'S DAMNED TOUGH.
[ CHEERING ]
YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!
AND WHEN WE'RE NOT
IN THE YUKON MINING,
I WANT TO BE OUT
HAVING FUN AND LEARNING
NEW THINGS AND
MEETING NEW PEOPLE,
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S
WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
I'M AT THE END OF SIX MONTHS
OF ABOUT 90, 100 HOUR WEEKS.
I WANT TO GO HOME AND HANG
OUT IN MY GARAGE AND WORK ON
MY CAR AND [BLEEP] HANG WITH
MY BUDDIES AND DRINK BEER.
GO TO A STRIP CLUB, HAVE FUN.
THAT'S MY IDEAS
OF FUN, YOU KNOW?
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A DAMN
LONG SEASON FOR ALL OF YOU,
ESPECIALLY YOU RICK.
I KNOW YOU AND I HAVEN'T
ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE,
SO I FIGURED WE NEEDED A
GOOD TEAM BONDING EXPERIENCE.
LAST FALL RICK AND I WENT
AND DID THE CHILKOOT TRAIL
AND FOLLOWED THE TRAIL OF
THE OLD GOLD RUSH STAMPEDERS
AND THIS WINTER WE'RE GOING,
WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN.
RIGHT, RICK?
-OH, YEAH. YAY.
AND GOING TO THE JUNGLES
OF SOUTH AMERICA.
TO DO WHAT?
WE'RE GONNA GO
FIND THE GOLD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YEAH,
WE'RE GOING TO GUYANA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WOW, I'M SORRY
FOR THE BOTH OF YOU.
-SUCKERS.
-WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE STILL IN FOR IT?
YEAH, I GUESS.
I DON'T [BLEEP] KNOW WHY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ CHEERING ]
♪♪
WELL, THERE'S A GOLD
RUSH IN GUYANA.
THEY PULLED 650,000 OUNCES
OF GOLD OUT OF THE
GROUND LAST YEAR.
THAT'S OVER WHAT, $800 MILLION?
WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT GOLD MINING
IN GUYANA IS ALL ABOUT
AND WE'RE GONNA FIND SOME GOLD
AND WE'RE GONNA GET
MALARIA AND DENGUE FEVER.
Narrator: FROM THE GOLD
FIELDS OF THE NORTH,
PARKER WILL HEAD TO
GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA.
80% OF THE COUNTRY IS COVERED
IN DENSE TROPICAL RAINFOREST.
TEMPERATURES CAN SOAR
TO OVER 100 DEGREES
WITH 100% HUMIDITY.
TROPICAL STORMS AND FLASH FLOODS
ARE A CONSTANT DANGER.
THE JUNGLE IS HOME TO SOME OF
THE DEADLIEST ANIMALS ON EARTH
AND MOSQUITO-BORN DISEASES
LIKE MALARIA AND DENGUE FEVER
CAN BE FATAL.
THIS REMOTE COUNTRY
IS THE ORIGIN
OF THE LEGEND OF EL DORADO
AND RECENT SURVEYS ESTIMATE
THERE'S OVER $10 BILLION
WORTH OF GOLD
WAITING TO BE FOUND.
COME ON.
I FEEL PRETTY PUMPED
FOR IT REALLY.
YOU NEED GOOD PEOPLE TO BE OUT
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH.
Narrator: TO HELP THEM
STAY ALIVE IN THE JUNGLE,
PARKER AND RICK ARE BRINGING
SURVIVAL EXPERT KARLA ANN.
KARLA'S [BLEEP] RAD.
[ HOOTING ]
SHE GOT US THROUGH THE
GOLD RUSH TRAIL LAST YEAR.
THESE ALPHA MALES,
IT'S A LOT OF [HOOTING].
WE'RE KINDA GETTIN'
PULLED DOWN STREAM.
PARKER!
GET YOUR CLOTHES OFF.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE
MY CLOTHES OFF.
YET YOU HAVE TO.
WE'RE GETTING YOU IN
WARM, DRY CLOTHES.
Parker:
WHEN YOU IMAGINE A TYPICAL
ALASKAN OR YUKON GIRL,
SHE IS IT.
Rick: THE HANDLE JUST
FELL IN THE WATER.
THE FISH ARE LAUGHING
AT US.
-BITE.
-OH, BOY.
KARLA IS ON FIRE.
THANK YOU FOR NOT
LETTING US STARVE.
WE'LL BE EATING
GOOD TONIGHT.
SHE IS A HUNTING GUIDE,
SNOWBOARDING GUIDE.
HAVE YOU GUYS DONE
MUCH PLANNING FOR THIS?
NO.
JUST WORKING WITH
IMMATURE MEN IS TOUGH.
IT'S GONNA BE THE
SAME ON THIS TRIP.
[ GROANS ]
YOU KNOW ME
WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW
I'M NOT GONNA
[BLEEP] RELAX.
IT'S ONE THING I DON'T DO.
IF THEY COULD COME
OUT OF LIKE THEIR TIME
WITH ME JUST BEING LIKE
BETTER MEN IN ANY FORM,
I'D BE LIKE "YES."
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO DO SOME RESEARCH
AND DO AS MUCH DUE
DILIGENCE AS I CAN,
BUT I ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT.
MY EXTENT OF EXPERIENCE
IN THE JUNGLE WAS LIKE
A 10 MINUTE WALK THROUGH
A FOREST IN AUSTRALIA,
WHICH WAS NOT THE
JUNGLE IN GUYANA.
FOR ME, THIS IS A
COMPLETE DIFFERENT WORLD.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, HAVE BEEN
BEEN TO SOUTH AMERICA AT ALL?
NOT EVEN IN MY HEAD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHAT'S UP, SAM?
Narrator:
TO CAPTURE THE TRIP ON FILM,
PARKER'S BROUGHT
IN AN OLD FRIEND.
GOOD TO SEE YA.
IRISH ADVENTURE
CAMERAMAN SAM BROWN.
[ LAUGHS ]
MY FIRST IMPRESSION
OF PARKER WHEN I MET HIM,
HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD, HE WAS
THIS SKINNY LITTLE SPOTTY KID
IN ALASKA BUT I COULD TELL
HE HAD SOMETHING ABOUT HIM.
PARKER'S BEEN SHUT DOWN.
I WAS PART OF THE TEAM
WHO DEVELOPED
GOLD RUSH AS AN IDEA
BACK IN THE DAY
AND I WORKED ON THE
FIRST THREE SEASONS.
I HAVE STAYED
FRIENDS WITH PARKER
AND PARKER'S GOING ON A BIG MAD,
CRAZY ADVENTURE,
AND SO I'VE COME BACK.
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
Parker:
I WANTED SAM TO COME BECAUSE
THE FILMING PART OF THIS
ADVENTURE NEEDS TO HAVE
SOMEBODY THAT I GET ALONG WITH.
ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING
THIS SHOW WITH NO CAMERAS.
EXCELLENT, OKAY, WE'LL
SEE HOW THAT ONE WORKS.
BUT ALSO HAS THAT ADVENTURESOME,
EXPEDITION SPIRIT.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW
THIS IS GONNA PLAY OUT.
[ GUNSHOT BOOMS ][ BLEEP ]
Parker: THE OTHER REALLY GOOD
THING ABOUT SAM IS
HE'S BEEN TO GUYANA,
SO HOPEFULLY
THAT'S A BIG ADDITION
BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING
LANDOWNERS, WE'RE GONNA BE
MEETING GOLD MINERS,
AND YOU'VE GOTTA
HAVE THAT PERSONAL, YOU KNOW,
RELATIONSHIP AND BE ABLE
TO BUILD THAT QUICKLY.
GLAD YOU MADE IT.
Narrator:
SAM HAS BROUGHT GUYANESE
MINER FAROSE BARAKAT
TO MEET THE TEAM.
[ DOG BARKS ]HEY.
-COME ON DOZER.
-DOZER, COME ON.
USING BASIC TECHNOLOGY,
FAROSE HAS PULLED GOLD WORTH
$18 MILLION FROM THE JUNGLE.
-THIS IS RICK NESS.
-HOW YOU DOING?
-GOOD.
-NICE TO MEET YOU.
-AND KARLA.
-HI.
-HELLO.
-NICE TO MEET YOU.
DO YOU WANT A BEER?
GOOD TO MEET YOU.
-CHEERS.
ARE YOU FROM GUYANA?
RIGHT ON.
AND HOW BIG
AN OPERATION IS IT?
KARLA: HOW MANY PEOPLE?
SWEET.
I MET FAROSE FIVE YEARS AGO
WHEN TODD FIRST
WENT TO GUYANA
FOR LIKE A SORT
OF A OFF SEASON SPECIAL
AND WAS PUT IN TOUCH
WITH FAROSE
AND WENT OFF UP
THE MAZARUNI RIVER
KNOWING NOTHING EXCEPT
HIS NAME AND MET HIM
AND FORTUNATELY HE
WAS A REALLY COOL GUY
AND HE BASICALLY LIKE
SAVED THE ENTIRE SHOOT.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
DUDE,
I LIKE THIS AREA MAN.
I GOT A GOOD FEELING
ABOUT THIS.
Narrator: FOUR SEASONS AGO,
TODD HOFFMAN MOVED HIS
ENTIRE OPERATION TO GUYANA.
WELL WHEN TODD WAS
MINING IN GUYANA,
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D
EVEN HEARD OF THE PLACE.
BE HONEST FREDDY,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THAT'S SOME
BEAUTIFUL GOLD.
I'M GUESSING ABOUT
50 BUCKS A YARD.
50 BUCKS A YARD!
THIS IS WHERE THE SEASON
STARTS RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA COME OUT OF THIS
JUNGLE WITH A PILE OF GOLD.
HE WENT IN WITH A BUNCH OF BIG,
FANCY MACHINERY.
Man: WHOA GUYS, WHOA.
YOU ARE FREAKING KIDDING ME!
I THINK SOMEONE SAID DON'T
[BLEEP] GO OVER THERE.
WHY THE [BLEEP]
ARE WE OVER THERE?
THIS FREAKING JUNGLE IS CURSED.
IT SEEMS TO ME FROM
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT DOWN
THERE.
MANPOWER IS EASIER
TO DEAL WITH THAN,
YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE
D11S DOWN HERE.
RIGHT.
I THINK I'M GONNA BE
SWEATING A LOT OVER THERE.
I SWEAT WHEN I EAT
IN THIS TEMPERATURE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ RELAXED GUITAR MUSIC ]
♪♪
I KNOW FOR A FACT
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN GUYANA MAKING
A KILLING GOLD MINING.
DO IT.
PULL IT.
WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO GUYANA
AND WE'RE GONNA LEARN
HOW THE LOCALS MINE.
LIKE JUST A SKELETON
CREW, NO FANCY EQUIPMENT.
YOU KNOW, GET DOWN AND DIRTY.
IT'S THE ADVENTURE
OF A LIFETIME.
RICK:
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST
GO HOME AND GET SOME SLEEP.
BUT SOMEHOW FOR SOME REASON,
I'M GOING TO THE JUNGLE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator: UP AHEAD.
ALL RIGHT,
WE'RE GOOD TO ROCK.
A SNEAK PEEK AT THE NEW SEASON
OF "PARKER'S TRAIL."
Parker:
SOME NUGGETS IN THERE.
SAM: I DO BELIEVE
WE'VE FOUND SOME GOLD.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY.
-FIRE IT UP.
-THERE'S OUR WATER.
MOVING DIRT, HUH, RICK?
MOVING DIRT.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
SHUT IT DOWN.
♪♪
ONE THING THAT HAS TO
HAPPEN BEFORE WE START
THE SHOOT OFFICIALLY IS
WE HAVE TO WATCH LIKE
THE TOP 10 JUNGLE MOVIES TO
GET ALL OUR QUOTES STRAIGHT.
LIKE I WATCHED
"GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM"
THE OTHER DAY.
THERE'S SOME GOOD ONES IN THERE.
THERE'S SOME GOOD ONES
IN THERE, WE'LL WATCH IT.
NO.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
PREDATOR EITHER.
I KNOW.
Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL
IS PREPARING TO JOIN
A MODERN DAY GOLD RUSH
IN GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA.
HE AIMS TO PROSPECT,
FIND GOLD AND STAKE A CLAIM
WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS
RICK NESS, KARLA ANN
AND ADVENTURE
CAMERAMAN SAM BROWN.
SAM HAS FILMED IN AFRICA,
THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND SOUTH
AMERICA INCLUDING OVER A MONTH
IN THE JUNGLES OF GUYANA.
THE LITTLE BOY IN ME WHO IS
QUITE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE
IS REALLY [BLEEP] EXCITED
ABOUT GOING BACK TO GUYANA.
IT HAS SOME OF
THE MOST UNSPOILED
AND PRISTINE
RAINFORESTS ON EARTH.
HAVE I BEEN IN THE JUNGLE?
WELL I'VE BEEN BORDERLINE
IN THE JUNGLE, YOU KNOW?
I HAVE NOT BEEN [BLEEP]
DEEP IN THE JUNGLE.
YEAH.
NEXT QUESTION.
[ CHUCKLES ]
MY BIGGEST CONCERN
IS SOMEONE DYING.
THAT'S USUALLY MY
BIGGEST CONCERN, BUT NOW,
I THINK IN GUYANA
IT'S A LOT MORE LIKELY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator: GUYANESE MINER
FAROSE BARAKAT
IS ADVISING THEM HOW TO SURVIVE.
FOUR IDIOTS, THREE OF WHOM
HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE BUSH BEFORE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE
LIKE THE BIG CHALLENGES?
OH
MAN, THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.
♪♪
Narrator: THE GUYANESE JUNGLE
IS FULL OF LETHAL PREDATORS.
SAM: EVERY TIME WE CROSS A
CREEK, WE'RE TAKING A RISK.
THERE'S PIRANHAS, ELECTRIC EELS,
BLACK CAIMAN THAT GET TO
BE ABOUT 16 FOOT LONG.
THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN TO DRAG
FISHERMEN OFF THE BANKS.
JAGUARS.
[GROWLING]
THAT WEIGH 300 POUNDS AND HAVE
THE STRONGEST BITE
PRESSURE OF ANY BIG CAT.
IT'S JUST LIKE, [BLEEP]
KNOWS HOW MANY SNAKES.
THERE'S MASSIVE ANACONDAS THAT
WILL ATTACK AND EAT A CAIMAN.
Narrator: THE MOST FEARED
SNAKE IS THE LABARIA.
DO THEY BITE?
KARLA: [ GASP ]
AND IS IT POISONOUS?
[ LAUGHTER ]
OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
SO THAT'S THE SNAKE
YOU SEE THE MOST?
-OKAY.
-EVERYTHING'S POISONOUS.
YAY, EVEN THE GOLD'S
POISONOUS NOW, TOO.
[ BLEEP]
THE SNAKES MAN, I DON'T
CARE ABOUT THE SNAKES.
I'LL SLEEP WITH THE SNAKES,
SNAKES DON'T BOTHER ME.
ARE THERE SCORPIONS
DOWN THERE?
I'M NOT SCARED OF
THE BIG STUFF THOUGH,
AT LEAST YOU CAN SEE IT
AND YOU GOT AN EYE ON IT.
IT'S THE SMALL STUFF.
Parker: BOTFLIES AND TICKS
AND THINGS
THAT LIKE LIVE IN YOU.
FOR ME YOU KNOW, THAT'S
THE BIG CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
WHOO-O-O!
WHOO-O-O!
[ BLEEP ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'M UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH A LOT OF THINGS
THAT THE
JUNGLE IS GONNA HOLD.
I'M NOT REALLY AFRAID
OF ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD
EXCEPT FOR SPIDERS AND
IT'S AN IRRATIONAL THING.
IT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T CONTROL.
I HAVE AN IRRATIONAL
FEAR OF SPIDERS.
THAT'S...
YEAH, LIKE IT'S--
THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY --
THAT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS.
IT HAS [BLEEP] CLAWS?
-YES, SERIOUSLY.
WHAT?
MAN, SOMETIMES I CAN'T
EVEN TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I GET SURPRISED BY A
SPIDER BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER.
I BLACK THE [BLEEP] OUT.
I WILL BLACK OUT AND
I MEAN I'VE JUMPED OUT
OF A MAN LIFT BEFORE
FOUR STORIES IN THE
AIR, THE ONLY THING THAT
SAVED ME WAS THAT I WAS
STRAPPED IN BY A HARNESS.
Parker:
HOW BIG ARE THEY?
[ LAUGHTER ]
OH, JEEZ. [BLEEP] OFF, MAN.
OH MY [BLEEP].
YES, YES, YES.
JUMPING [BLEEP] LOBSTER
SPIDERS [BLEEP].
[ BLEEP ]
I'LL GO TOE TO TOE
WITH 10 DUDES MY SIZE IN A FIGHT
BEFORE I'LL HAVE A
LITTLE [BLEEP] SPIDER
LAND ON MY SHOULDER,
AND THAT'S NO JOKE.
BECAUSE I CANNOT CONTROL
WHAT HAPPENS, I CAN'T.
Parker: I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU
IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT,
NOT OURS.
SWEET.
[ LAUGHS ]
SAM JUST CAME UP WITH A FRIEND
OF HIS THAT HE MET IN GUYANA,
FAROSE, FIRST GUYANESE
GOLD MINER I'VE EVER MET
AND PRETTY DAMN COOL, YEAH.
PRETTY COOL EXCEPT FOR
THE FACT THAT HE SAYS
EVERYTHING OUT THERE
IS TRYING TO KILL YOU.
I'M WORRIED THAT LIKE A
JAGUAR WILL ATTACK PARKER.
[ GROWLING ]
THEY'LL LIKE SNIFF HIS ATTITUDE
AND LIKE ATTACK HIM.
SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT
MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE GOT
A PRETTY GOOD,
I'M IN TUNE WITH NATURE MAN.
OOH, A RAVEN.
[RAVEN CAWING]
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW,
THE GUYS ARE ASKING
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS,
THEY SEEM REALLY EXCITED.
RICK'S OBVIOUSLY [BLEEP]
SCARED OF SPIDERS,
WHICH IS NOT IDEAL.
THE ONE [BLEEP]
THING I'M AFRAID OF.
[ SNIFFS ]
IF ANYBODY CALLS ME
A WIMP OR A [BLEEP]
FOR THAT,
I'LL STAND TOE TO TOE
WITH 'EM
AND POUND 'EM
THROUGH THE GROUND.
I JUST HAVE NO CONTROL
OVER THAT ONE PART OF ME.
YOU [BLEEP].
Narrator: UP AHEAD.
PARKER IS REALLY
HARD TO WORK WITH.
WHAT'S UP?
IT'S BEEN A LONG SEASON MAN,
LIKE I'M [BLEEP] BEAT.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO
DO THIS WITHOUT HIM.
RICK: DO I REALLY WANT TO PUT UP
WITH ANOTHER SIX WEEKS
OF PARKER'S BULL[BLEEP]?
♪♪
I'M AT THE TAIL END OF
A [BLEEP] LONG SUMMER,
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON,
AND WHY ARE YOU
BEING SO MEAN TO ME?
Narrator: PARKER AND HIS CREW
ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE
MINE FOR THE SEASON.
IN A FEW DAYS, THEY'LL HEAD
OFF ON THE 6,000 MILE JOURNEY
TO THE GOLD-RICH
JUNGLES OF GUYANA.
Parker: I DON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT MINING IN GUYANA.
I WANT TO GO DOWN THERE AND
FIGURE OUT HOW THE LOCALS DO IT,
WHERE THE GOOD GOLD IS,
EXPLORE THE COUNTRY,
HAVE SOME ADVENTURES
AND YOU KNOW,
SEE WHAT GOLD MINING
IN GUYANA IS ALL ABOUT.
SAM: PARKER IS USED TO RUNNING
LIKE A MULTI-MULTI
MILLION DOLLAR OPERATION
WITH [BLEEP] KNOWS
HOW MANY PEOPLE WORKING FOR HIM,
AND NOW
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO RIGHT
BACK TO BASICS ON THIS.
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO LEARN TO MINE
WITH NO EXCAVATORS AT ALL.
♪♪
Narrator: IN GUYANA, PARKER WILL
HAVE TO USE BASIC TECHNIQUES.
100 YEARS AGO, OLD TIMERS
IN THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
USED HIGH PRESSURE HOSES TO WASH
AWAY OVERBURDEN TO
GET TO THE GOLD.
TODAY IN GUYANA, MINERS
STILL USE THE SAME METHODS.
HARNESSING THE POWER OF
WATER, THEY DIG OUT THE GOLD-
RICH PAY DIRT AND SEND IT TO
SIMPLE WOODEN SLUICE RUNS.
AND JUST LIKE IN THE DAYS
OF THE KLONDIKE STAMPEDE,
THIS MODERN DAY GOLD RUSH
CREATES FRONTIER TOWNS
WHERE MINERS CELEBRATE BY
BUYING BEER WITH GOLD DUST,
AND AFTER A HEAVY NIGHT,
THERE'S ENOUGH GOLD ON THE FLOOR
TO MAKE SWEEPING AND PANNING
A PROFITABLE SIDELINE.
SO I HOPE THAT PARKER
COMES INTO THIS
WITH AN OPEN MIND
AND HE'S GOT ENOUGH
ENERGY AFTER A BIG,
LONG MINING SEASON
AND I HOPE THAT HE'S
WILLING TO LEARN
AND TO ROUGH IT A BIT AND,
YEAH, I THINK HE'LL LOVE IT.
WE'VE CONQUERED THE YUKON,
NOW IT'S TIME TO GO
CONQUER THE JUNGLE.
THIS WHOLE SITUATION
IN THE JUNGLE,
YEAH I'M NOT SEEING
TOO MANY POSITIVES.
IT'S GONNA BE REALLY
HOT, REALLY RAINY, AND...
RICK: AND I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND
ANY REAL REASONS TO GO.
Narrator: THE PROSPECT
OF ANOTHER GRUELING
SIX WEEKS OF MINING
ISN'T THE ONLY REASON
RICK IS HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS.
I'M [BLEEP] TIRED.
DO I REALLY WANNA PUT
MYSELF IN A POSITION TO
PUT UP WITH ANOTHER SIX WEEKS
OF PARKER'S BULL[BLEEP]?
-YOU READY?
-YEAH.
Narrator:
PARKER AND RICK STARTED OUT
AS BEST BUDDIES
SIX YEARS AGO.
[ LAUGHING ]
WE'RE THE ONLY
TWO OUT HERE.
NUGGET!
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S A BIG ONE, HUH?
OVER THE YEARS,
RICK'S HELPED PARKER MINE
NEARLY 18,000 OUNCES OF GOLD
WORTH OVER $21 MILLION.
Parker:
RICK'S REALLY BEEN PRETTY GREAT.
OVERALL I COULDN'T
ASK FOR A BETTER GUY.
Narrator:
BUT BEING PARKER'S FOREMAN...
YOUR MIND'S
NOT IN THE GAME, RICK.
HAS PUSHED RICK
TO THE LIMIT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR
PROBLEMS AS ANYBODY DOES.
[ LAUGH ]
PARKER IS HARD TO
DEAL WITH, MAN.
WHAT THE [ BLEEP ].
LOOK, YOU DON'T WANNA
WASTE YOUR [BLEEP] TIME,
IT'S MY [BLEEP] TIME
TO WASTE.
WORKING WITH PARKER'S HARD,
HE'S JUST LIKE REALLY HARD TO...
WORK WITH.
RICK AND I HAVE HAD
A FEW LITTLE BLOWUPS.
YOU'RE ACTING LIKE
A [BLEEP] TODDLER, RICK.
YOU ARE.
MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES I WAS
READY TO THROW IN
THE TOWEL, PACK MY [BLEEP] UP
AND [BLEEP] PEACE OUT.
THE THING WITH PARKER FROM
DAY ONE IS THAT HE REALLY CARES.
HE SETS HIMSELF THESE GOALS.
WE SET A 4,000 OUNCE
GOAL AND THE JOB
AIN'T FINISHED 'TIL THERE'S
4,000 OUNCES IN THE BLOCK.
AND IF HE DOESN'T REACH
THEM, HE HAS A [BLEEP] FIT.
YOU REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE
IT THE MINUTE I SHOW UP HERE.
I CAN TELL THAT,
YOU KNOW?
-THAT'S NOT TRUE.
-IT IS.
PARKER IS A HARD MAN TO
WORK WITH AND HE KNOWS IT.
YEAH,
I [BLEEP] HATE EXCUSES.
KARLA: SO WHAT, RICK'S BEEN
HERE FOR SIX YEARS?
I THINK RICK'S EXHAUSTED
FROM WORKING WITH PARKER.
-FOR [BLEEP] SAKE.
-IT'S JUST BULL[BLEEP].
RICK: HEY PARKER,
YOU GONNA COPY?
Parker: Yeah, go ahead.
MAN, I JUST,
I DON'T THINK I'M UP
FOR THIS [BLEEP]
JUNGLE TREK.
♪♪
LOOKS LIKE RICK'S
GETTIN' COLD FEET
ABOUT THIS WHOLE GUYANA TRIP,
SO...
HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW,
BURNED OUT RICK NESS TALKING
AND NOT SOMETHING THAT HE
WON'T COME BACK FROM.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T WANT
TO DO THIS TRIP WITHOUT RICK.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN
MY RIGHT-HAND MAN,
AND WHEN YOU'RE IN A PINCH,
HE'S A DAMN GOOD GUY
TO HAVE AROUND,
AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY
WANT HIM TO BE THERE
AND REALLY DON'T WANT
TO DO THIS WITHOUT HIM.
[ ANXIOUS LIGHT DRUMBEAT ]
♪♪
WHAT'S UP?
SO, IT'S BEEN A LONG [BLEEP]
SEASON MAN, RIGHT?
YEAH.
AND MAN I JUST --
I DON'T THINK I'M UP
FOR THIS JUNGLE TREK.
THIS WHATEVER THE [BLEEP]
YOU WANNA CALL IT, MAN.
LIKE I'M [BLEEP] BEAT.
[BLEEP] MAN, YOU CAN'T
BACK OUT ON THIS NOW.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT,
I CAN'T MAKE YOU DO IT
AND I CAN'T MAKE
YOU WANNA DO IT.
I THINK IT'LL BE
A GOOD EXPERIENCE,
AND THERE'S GOLD DOWN THERE,
AND I REALLY THINK
FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT
AND BUSINESS STANDPOINT,
IT'S WORTH TO JUST
GO TAKE A LOOK AT.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU
NOT GO AND REGRET IT.
I'M TIRED AND SPENDING SIX
[BLEEP] WEEKS SOMEWHERE
WHERE I'VE NEVER BEEN AND
NEVER REALLY WANTED TO GO,
I JUST REALLY
DON'T WANNA DO IT.
[ BLEEP ]
Narrator: UP AHEAD.
LET'S GO FIND
THE [BLEEP] GOLD.
A SNEAK PEEK
AT THE NEW SEASON
OF "PARKER'S TRAIL."
OW!
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
IS THAT?
MASSIVE DREDGE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE RIVER.
THAT'S OUR FIRST
GOLD FROM GUYANA.
I DON'T FEEL GOOD.
KARLA: OH MY [BLEEP], PARKER!
THIS ADVENTURE COULD BE OVER
BEFORE IT'S EVEN STARTED.
[ ANXIOUS ENSEMBLE TONES ]
♪♪
[ PLANE HUMMING ]
♪♪
Narrator: FROM THE KLONDIKE
IT'S 6,000 MILES AND 28 HOURS
ON FOUR PLANES TO THE CAPITAL
CITY OF GUYANA, GEORGETOWN.
♪♪
[ CAR HORNS HONKING ]
[ INDISTINCT CHATTER ]
♪♪
♪♪
IT FEELS GOOD TO
BE HERE, YOU KNOW?
I'M PRETTY WIPED OUT
FROM TRAVELING.
HAINES, ALASKA TO GEORGETOWN,
GUYANA IS A LOT TRIP.
EVERYTHING IS NEW TO ME HERE,
FIRST TIME IN SOUTH AMERICA.
♪♪
I'M ANXIOUS AT JUST ABOUT
ALL OF IT, YOU KNOW?
IT'S GONNA BE ALL NEW TO ME.
I'VE NEVER SPENT
A MINUTE IN A JUNGLE
OR IN A COUNTRY
LIKE THIS OR ANYTHING.
SO, YOU KNOW,
I'M NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.
I'M NERVOUS ABOUT
MEETING NEW PEOPLE
AND YOU KNOW,
CHECKING OUT GOLD FIELDS.
LIKE SOMETIMES GOLD MINERS
CAN BE A PRETTY ROUGH BUNCH.
I'M EXCITED TO GET
INTO THE JUNGLE
AND SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
AND SEE IF I CAN HANDLE IT.
♪♪
SO WHAT'S THE DEAL
WITH RICK?
I SENT HIM AN EMAIL
SAYING, YOU KNOW,
WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE
WE'RE STAYING AND WHAT
THE DATES ARE AND ALL
THAT STUFF AND HE,
YOU KNOW,
HE KNOWS ABOUT IT
AND I WAS TRYING TO COAX HIM,
BUT I DOUBT HE'LL SHOW UP.
HOW HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN
GETTING ON, PARKER?
IT WAS A LONG SUMMER,
IT WAS A LONG SUMMER.
RICK AND I WERE BUTTIN' HEADS
A FAIR BIT.
THINGS ENDED ON,
I THOUGHT PRETTY GOOD TERMS,
BUT YOU KNOW,
HE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT
SIDE OF THAT STORY.
YOU KNOW, REALLY WE
FOUND A LOT OF GOLD
THIS SEASON,
BUT HE WORKED HIS ASS OFF.
I DON'T BLAME HIM AT ALL.
[ CAR HORN HONKS ]
HE HAD A LONG
HARD SUMMER.
-YEAH
-BUT, YEAH, ITS A BUMMER.
YEAH, TOTAL BUMMER.
I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO SPENDING SOME TIME
WITH HIM
OFF THE MINE SITE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[ SCOOTER MOTOR ACCELERATES]
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: JUST LIKE
LAST YEARS TRAIL,
THE CREW WILL BE
WEARING CAMERAS
AND FILMING THEMSELVES.
SAM: I'LL BE COVERING MOST
OF THE ACTION ON THIS CAMERA.
AND THIS IS
YOUR MAIN WHIP?
YEAH.
WHERE DO YOU GRAB
THIS THING AT?
THIS IS SO GETTING
DESTROYED.
AND YOU'LL BE WEARING
THESE THE WHOLE TIME.
-CAN I TRY IT ON?
-YEAH, PLEASE.
THIS IS BAND-O-CAM.
Narrator: SAM'S DEVELOPED
A MINI CAM
DESIGNED TO CAPTURE
EACH INDIVIDUALS
PERSPECTIVE AND SURVIVE THE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY OF THE JUNGLE.
ALL THE AUDIO,
ALL THE BATTERIES AND STUFF.
THAT'S PRETTY BIG,
BUT I GUESS THAT'S
THE BATTERY AND AUDIO
AND EVERYTHING?
YEAH, SO LOOK.
-SO THAT'S THE SHOT?
-YEAH.
-[ LAUGHS]
-YEAH, YEAH.
OKAY.
PARKER, KARLA CAM.
OH, YEAH. THAT'S SCARY.
YOU ARE GONNA CHOKE ME OUT.
KARLA IS THAT
COMFORTABLE ENOUGH?
OH THIS IS GREAT.
UNTIL WE START
SWEATING...MORE
-HI, DANNY.
-WHAT'S UP, MATE?
-I'M DOING YOUR JOB NOW.
-[ LAUGHS ]
SO DID YOU PICK UP
THESE MAPS?
YEAH.
THEY'RE SWEAT PROOF,
THAT'S GREAT.
THIS IS GUYANA.
WE ARE...HERE,
GEORGETOWN.
OKAY? AND THERE'S
LOADS OF THIS COUNTRY
HASN'T BEEN MAPPED
PROPERLY.
WE COULD VERY WELL
BE THE FIRST PEOPLE
EVER, LIKE,
SETTING FOOT THERE.
Narrator: TO STAND A CHANCE
OF FINDING GOLD,
PARKER NEEDS TO CHOOSE
HIS START POINT CAREFULLY.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS
WHERE TODD STARTED
AND WHAT HE DID
AND WHAT HE DID RIGHT OR WRONG.
WHERE WAS HE AT?
TODD WAS ABOUT...
THERE, NEAR MAHDIA.
THERE'S THE BIGGEST
SORT OF MINING TOWNSHIP,
IT'S CALLED MAHDIA.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD START
WHERE TODD OFTEN IS,
GROUND ZERO, RIGHT?
YEAH, CAUSE ROADS,
THERE'S AN AIRSTRIP.
I AM SURE THAT TODD HAD THE
SAME THOUGHT,
"LETS GO WHERE
THE GOLD FIELDS ARE,"
AND WE SHOULD START
THE SAME WAY THEY DID.
HE WENT TO THE PLACE
WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS.
THE MINING SIDE OF THIS,
WE'VE GOT TO BE ON THE BEST
GROUND WE COULD
POSSIBLY FIND.
SO ITS DEFINITELY
GOING TO BE A CASE
OF GETTING OUT OF THERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY
WE BROUGHT BACKPACKS.
JUST FIND A RIVER
THAT'S NAMED SOMETHING
THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH
MINING AND WE'LL JUST GO THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS
LOOKING AT?
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
ARE YOU DOING HERE?
[ LAUGHS ]
-[ BLEEP ]
-YAY!
IT'S GOOD, HUH, BUDDY?
I'M IN GUYANA.
DUDE,
I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T BAIL.
[ LAUGHS ]
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
WHAT'S UP, SAM?
YAY.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS
GOING TO BE SOME SECOND RATE
RICK NESS STANDING IN HERE.
I'M GLAD
IT DIDN'T GET AWKWARD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THE BAND'S BACK TOGETHER
YAY, THE BAND'S
BACK TOGETHER.
SO WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND?
LAST TIME WE TALKED
YOU WERE PRETTY SOLID "NO."
WELL, A FEW THINGS.
I MEAN, ONE WAS A BIT
OF FEAR OF MISSING OUT
ON SOME ADVENTURE,
AND THE OTHER IS I'VE GOT
SOME THINGS
I GOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
AND I KNEW YOU
WERE GOING TO BE DISAPPEARING
INTO THIS JUNGLE FOR SIX WEEKS,
SO I FIGURED I BETTER
GET MY BUTT DOWN HERE.
OR MORE.
WE MIGHT JUST MAKE IT SIX YEARS.
SIX YEARS, YEAH.
WELL, DO YOU WANT TO GO
AND HAVE A LITTLE TALK...
-YEAH.
-...BEFORE WE GET STARTED
ON THIS WHOLE DEAL.
INTERESTING PLACE.
SO, I GUESS
THE FIRST THING I WANTED
TO GET OUT OF THE WAY
HERE WAS SOME PRETTY BIG NEWS
AND IT INVOLVES NEXT YEAR
AND MINING.
AND...
YEAH, I AM GOING OUT
MINING ON MY OWN.
I'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY,
AND I AM GOING TO TAKE IT.
UM...
GEEZ.
I HEARD ABOUT YOU
BEING BIT BY A SNAKE?
WHOA.
Narrator: OF THE TEN SPECIES
OF VENOMOUS SNAKES
IN THE GUYANESE JUNGLE,
THE DEADLIEST
IS THE AGGRESSIVE LABARIA.
JUST 50MG, A RAINDROPS WORTH
OF ITS VENOM
IS ENOUGH TO KILL A MAN.
HOW PAINFUL?
WOW.
YOU'RE STILL LIVING
OF COURSE.
I WILL BE MUCH MORE
CAREFUL FROM NOW ON.
[ DRAMATIC DRUM BEAT ]
I GOT SOME PRETTY BIG NEWS
AND IT INVOLVES NEXT YEAR.
Narrator: RICK NESS HAS FLOWN
TO GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
TO CALL TIME ON SIX YEARS
OF MINING HISTORY.
YEAH, I'M GOING OUT
MINING ON MY OWN.
[ SHARP SIGH ]
I KNOW THAT'S --
I KNOW THAT'S, YEAH,
THAT'S A BIG THING.
UM...
I OWE YOU A LOT, MAN.
LIKE, I OWE YOU A LOT,
AND YOU KNOW,
I ALSO DON'T WANT THIS
TO RUIN THIS TRIP.
IF IT DOES, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU WANT ME TO BAIL,
I UNDERSTAND AS WELL.
OH, NO, NOT AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL NO.
I JUST...
UH...
I COMPLETELY GET IT.
IF I WERE IN YOUR SHOES,
I'D BE LOOKING AT DOING
THE SAME EXACT THING,
SO IT'S HARD FOR ME
TO SIT HERE AND BE MAD,
AND I'VE I'VE DONE
AS MUCH AS I CAN TO DO
THAT EXACT THING.
YOU HAVE TAKEN A LOT
OF [BLEEP] OVER
THE LAST SIX YEARS,
AND THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF TIMES
WHERE I LOOK BACK AND, BOY,
YOU COULD OF WALKED AWAY.
EASILY JUSTIFIED,
AND [BLEEP], YOU'RE A...
I MEAN, YOU ARE, BY FAR,
THE HARDEST WORKER
OUT OF ANY
OF THESE GROUPS.
I'M JUST TRYING
TO BETTER MYSELF.
AND I AM NEVER GOING
TO FAULT SOMEBODY FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE ME A SHOT
SIX YEARS AGO THAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY NEVER HAD
TO STAND BY ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW [BLEEP] ALL,
RIGHT, AND...
THAT GOES BOTH WAYS,
RIGHT?
-WELL...
-THAT GOES BOTH WAYS.
AND YOU DID STAND BY ME AND
YOU DID GIVE ME A LOT OF SHOTS,
AND I WILL FOREVER
BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK IT IS TIME
FOR ME TO MOVE ON.
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN A GOOD FIT,
BECAUSE YOU'VE
TRIED TO DO YOUR [BLEEP] BEST,
AND THIS WILL BE
NO DIFFERENT.
I KNOW YOU WILL TRY
TO DO YOUR BEST.
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT?
-[ SIGHS ]
REMEMBER YOUR FIRST DAY
WORKING FOR ME?
YEAH. I WAS A DISASTER.
-[ LAUGHS ]
-FIRST COUPLE YEARS REALLY.
[ BLEEP ] OH,
THAT GOES BOTH WAYS
-DUDE.
-[ BLEEP ]
SO NOW YOU CAN --
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE TELLING ME
TO GO [BLEEP] MYSELF,
YOU REALLY CAN!
JUNGLE TRIP FIRST?
TRY AND STAY ALIVE?
[ LAUGHS ]
OH,
LETS GET ANOTHER BEER.
YEAH.
IT WAS QUITE THE BOMBSHELL
HIM TELLING ME
THAT HE'S NOT
COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.
AND I REALLY RESPECT
AND APPRECIATE HIM
FOR LETTING
ME KNOW THAT NOW.
AND HONESTLY IT FEELS GOOD
TO TELL YOU IN PERSON.
BUT WHAT REALLY MAKES ME OKAY
WITH THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE CAN WALK AWAY FRIENDS,
AND HOPEFULLY
WE WILL BE FRIENDS
FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
CHEERS.[ BOTTLES CLINK ]
BUT RIGHT NOW,
THE FOCUS AT HAND
IS FINDING SOME GOLD
DOWN HERE IN GUYANA,
AND I AM GLAD HE IS HERE
TO HELP US DO THAT.
YEAH, I AM GOING OUT
MINING ON MY OWN.
DUDE! THAT'S BIG.
THAT'S REALLY BIG.
-THANK YOU.
-CHEERS, MAN.
THAT'S REALLY BIG.[ GLASSES CLINK ]
-ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS?
-YEAH.
HAVING THAT TALK WITH PARKER
WAS A BIG REASON I KNEW
I HAD TO COME DOWN HERE,
YOU KNOW.
I COULDN'T
LET SOMETHING LIKE THAT GO,
AND I OWE HIM THAT
TO LET HIM KNOW
AS SOON AS I KNEW THAT,
"HEY, I'M NOT COMING BACK."
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
I COULD HAVE HAD
THAT TALK WITH PARKER
AND HE COULD HAVE BEEN
PISSED AND "UGH" MAD,
THEN I COULD HAVE GOT ON A PLANE
AND WENT HOME YOU KNOW?
UNFORTUNATELY,
HE TOOK IT WELL
AND HIM AND I ARE STILL FRIENDS
AND NOW I AM GOING
INTO THE JUNGLE WITH HIM
FOR SIX WEEKS.
YIPPEE
[ INTENSE SHUTTER ]
Narrator: UP AHEAD...
I WANT A GOLD NUGGET
ABOUT THIS BIG
...ON A WHOLE NEW SEASON
OF "PARKER'S TRAIL."
PARKER'S QUEST TO FIND GOLD...
THIS IS PRETTY DAMN COOL.
PROSPECTING GUYANA STYLE.
KARLA: YEAH.
...TAKES HIS CREW INTO
ONE OF THE WORLDS
MOST DANGEROUS JUNGLES.
LETS GO FIND
THE [BLEEP] GOLD.
-YEAH, [BLEEP] IT.
-YEAH!
RICK: OH [BLEEP]
[ MUTTERING ]
OW! SOMETHING BIT ME.
[ BLEEP ]
NOT TODAY FISH,
I'M EATING YOU.
[ BIRD CAWS ]
[ BLEEP ] YOU TOO VULTURE.
Narrator: THEY ARE FORCED
TO CROSS RAPIDS...
I AIN'T [BLEEP]
GETTING IN THERE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC ]
RICK!
I THINK MY PACKS
FILLED WITH WATER.
-[ BLEEP ]
-WHERE IS HE?
RICK!
...SLEEP IN SPIDER-INFESTED
SWAMPS....
-OH, [BLEEP]
-WE ARE FLOODING HERE.
I AM [BLEEP]
SLEEPING IN WATER.
I DO NOT FEEL GOOD.
-OH, MY GOD. PARKER!
-[ RETCHES ]
I HATE PUKING MORE THAN
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
THIS ADVENTURE COULD BE OVER
BEFORE IT'S EVEN STARTED.
Narrator:
...AND SCALE WATERFALLS.
[ INTENSE MUSIC ]
HOW THE [BLEEP] ARE WE GOING
TO GET A BOAT OVER THIS?
COME ON! PULL!
RISKING IT ALL...
-GOT THE ROPE!
-PULL IT!
NO!
RICK: PARKER!
Narrator:
...TO GET TO THE GOLD FIELDS.
THEY'LL LEARN HOW
THE LOCALS MINE.
DOWN HERE YOU GOT A LOT LABOR,
AND NOT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.
SHOOTING FROM THE HIP,
LITERALLY.
WORKING A LAND
THAT'S UNFORGIVING...
-PARKER!
-[ BLEEP ]
...BUT LOADED WITH GOLD.
[ DRUM BEATS ]
SHUT IT DOWN!
THIS WILL BE THE HARDEST
MINING I'VE EVER DONE.
Narrator: CHASING A 21ST CENTURY
GOLD RUSH.
-FIRE IT UP!
-WE GOT WATER.
SAM: YES!
MOVING DIRT, HUH, RICK?
MOVING DIRT!
RIGHT!
LOOK AT THAT.
-YEAH.
-SOME NUGGETS IN THERE.
SAM: PARKER SCHNABEL, I DO
BELIEVE WE FOUND SOME GOLD.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY.