Man vs. Wild (2006–2020): Season 1, Episode 15 - Scotland - full transcript

In Scotland's Cairngorm National Park, tourists come to walk in the glens or climb the mountains, but few realize the park is classified as an Arctic landscape -- and an average of 30 tourists die here every year. Host Bear Grylls shows how to navigate the region using ice formations and moss growth, and tests snow slopes for avalanche potential. He uses moss to purify water and skins a red deer for shelter. For food, he traps and cooks a rabbit. Bear crosses deep marshes that can swallow a man and uses fallen trees to cross ravines.

I'M BEAR GRYLLS.

I'VE SERVED WITH
THE BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES.

I'VE CLIMBED
TO THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST

AND CROSSED THE FROZEN OCEANS
OF THE ARCTIC.

NOW I'M IN THE REMOTE
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.

MILLIONS COME HERE TO WITNESS
THIS ANCIENT AND WILD LAND.

BUT EACH YEAR,
60 PEOPLE NEED RESCUING.

I'M GONNA SHARE THE SKILLS
NEEDED TO SURVIVE HERE.

I'M IN THE MOST NORTHERLY POINT
IN THE U.K.,

IN THE REMOTE
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.

THIS IS CLASSIC FISHING,
CLIMBING, AND HIKING COUNTRY.



THERE'S ALMOST 1,500 SQUARE
MILES OF SPECTACULAR RIVERS,

PEAKS, VALLEYS, AND HUGE MOORS.

AND MOST OF IT IS UNTOUCHED
SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME HERE.

I'M HEADING
INTO A MOUNTAIN RANGE

THAT ATTRACTS OVER HALF
A MILLION TOURISTS EVERY YEAR.

THIS AREA GETS
THE MOST EXTREME WEATHER

OF ANYWHERE IN THE U.K.,

AND LAST YEAR, SEVEN PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LIVES HERE.

THE WINTER STORMS THAT CAN ROLL
IN HERE FROM THE ATLANTIC

CAN BRING WITH THEM WINDS
OF UP TO 170 MILES AN HOUR.

THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT
OF HURRICANE LEVEL 5,

AND WITH THOSE

CAN COME TREACHEROUS
SUBZERO TEMPERATURES.



IF NEEDED, I'LL BE GETTING SOME
ASSISTANCE FROM LOCAL EXPERTS,

AND A CAMERA CREW
WILL FOLLOW ME.

THE LOW CLOUDS ARE FORCING US

TO FLY ONLY 2,500 FEET
ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS.

MUCH LOWER,
AND THE JUMP COULD BE FATAL.

I USUALLY PARACHUTE
AT 10,000 FEET OR MORE.

AT THIS HEIGHT,
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR.

I'VE LANDED
IN PRETTY HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS.

BUT I'M DOWN, AT LEAST.

I'M 4,000 FEET HIGH
ON A MOUNTAIN PLATEAU,

BUT THE SUDDEN CLOUD COVER
IS SO THICK,

I CAN'T EVEN SEE THE SUN TO
WORK OUT WHICH WAY I'M FACING.

THIS IS THE REALITY
OF WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.

YOU KNOW, IT CAN CHANGE SO FAST.

YOU SEE ALL OF THIS MIST.

IT'S REALLY
MAKING VISIBILITY MINIMAL.

EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T SEE MORE
THAN 30 FEET IN ANY DIRECTION,

I CAN STILL FIGURE OUT
WHICH WAY I NEED TO GO.

AS I HEAD OFF INTO THE MIST,

A FREEZING BLIZZARD
CLOSES IN AROUND ME.

THE SNOW IS NOW BLASTING
IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

IT'S HARD TO FEEL WHERE
THE WIND IS COMING FROM,

BUT THE ICE ON THE ROCKS
SHOWS ME THE WIND DIRECTION.

SEE, DOWN HERE,
THESE ICE PARTICLES,

THESE ARE REALLY HELPING ME
MAINTAIN MY DIRECTION.

AND THIS WIND NOW IN THESE HIGH
PLATEAUS HAS REALLY PICKED UP.

IT WOULD BE SO EASY
TO LOSE MY BEARINGS.

WHAT THESE LITTLE THINGS ARE,
THEY'RE CALLED RIME ICE.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS MOISTURE
HITS THE ROCKS AND THEN FREEZES.

IT STARTS TO GROW THESE
PARTICLES OUT TOWARDS THE WIND.

REALLY, THESE ARE
LIKE REVERSE FLAGS,

AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER INDICATOR

OF WHERE THIS WIND
IS COMING FROM.

I'VE GOT TO KEEP MY HEAD DOWN
OUT OF THIS FREEZING WIND.

MY FACE IS GOING NUMB.

THIS WIND NOW
IS JUST GETTING SUPERSTRONG.

AND IF IT BUILDS ANY MORE,

REALLY, I'M JUST STRUGGLING
EVEN JUST TO STAND UP.

THIS WIND'S NOW GONE
NOTICEABLY STRONGER.

AND OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN THE
WIND HITS DEEP SLOPES OR CLIFFS,

THE WIND GETS COMPRESSED
AND THEN ACCELERATES.

SO, THIS IS TELLING ME
I MIGHT WELL BE GETTING CLOSE

TO SOME SLOPES LIKE THAT,

THE FACT THAT IT'S SUDDENLY
SO MUCH STRONGER.

IF YOU FIND YOURSELF
IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION,

YOU HAVE TO TAKE REAL CARE
WHERE YOU TREAD.

A STEEP SLOPE MIXED
WITH ALL THIS WIND AND SNOW

IS A DEADLY COMBINATION.

AND I'M WALKING STRAIGHT
INTO AN AVALANCHE ZONE.

THE ANGLE OF THIS SLOPE
IS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREES,

AND THAT'S CLASSIC
AVALANCHE ANGLE.

WHEN IT'S WINDY LIKE THIS,

THERE'S A REAL DANGER
OF WINDSLAB AVALANCHE,

AND WINDSLAB IS THE MOST COMMON
SORT OF AVALANCHE IN SCOTLAND

JUST BECAUSE OF HOW WINDY IT IS.

AND IT TAKES VERY LITTLE
TO TRIGGER AN AVALANCHE.

AND ON FACES LIKE THIS,

THERE IS A WAY TO WORK OUT
HOW AVALANCHE-PRONE IT IS.

AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
IS DIG AN AVALANCHE PIT.

THIS WILL SHOW YOU
HOW STABLE THE SNOWPACK IS.

LOOK, IF I GET ACROSS TO --
ACROSS TO AN AREA LIKE THIS,

ALL I NEED TO DO IS DIG DOWN...

THROUGH THE SOFT SNOW

UNTIL I GET TO THE BOTTOM.

THERE YOU GO -- YOU SEE HARD,
COMPACT SNOW UNDERNEATH.

AND THEN DIG DOWN THE SIDE

TO GET THROUGH THE FRESH SNOW
TO THIS ICY STUFF.

AND THEN ACROSS -- ACROSS HERE.

AND THEN WHAT I CAN DO...

IS PULL LIKE THIS.

AND IF THAT'S WELL-BONDED,
IT'S NOT GONNA MOVE.

IF IT'S WEAK, THOUGH, ALL OF
THIS SLAB WILL JUST SLIDE DOWN.

THIS SNOWPACK SEEMED SOLID,

AND IT SHOULD BE SAFE ENOUGH
FOR ME TO CLIMB DOWN.

I STILL
WANT TO TREAD CAREFULLY,

AS MOST AVALANCHES
ARE TRIGGERED BY PEOPLE.

EVERY YEAR, AN AVERAGE OF
160 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

ARE KILLED BY THEM.

I MET A FAMILY RECENTLY WHO HAD
BEEN CAUGHT IN A HUGE AVALANCHE,

AND WHEN IT STOPPED, THEY WERE
COMPLETELY DISORIENTATED,

HAD NO IDEA WHICH WAY WAS UP
AND WHICH WAY WAS DOWN.

AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEN SPIT
TO WORK OUT WHICH WAY WAS UP

AND THEN DUG THEIR WAY OUT.

AND IT WAS ONLY THEIR QUICK
THINKING THAT SAVED THEIR LIVES.

GRAVITY WILL MEAN YOUR SPIT
WILL ALWAYS GO DOWN.

AND WHEN YOU KNOW WHICH WAY
TO DIG,

YOU'VE THEN GOT TO MOVE FAST.

ANYONE TRAPPED IN AN AVALANCHE

WILL SUFFOCATE IN ABOUT
15 MINUTES.

SOON I DROP UNDER THE CLOUDS.

AND I'M FACED
WITH A VAST, FROZEN LANDSCAPE.

IT'S NOW 10 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT,

AND I WANT TO GET ACROSS THIS
AS FAST AS I CAN.

BUT THE SNOW-COVERED HEATHER
IS REALLY SLOWING ME DOWN.

THIS AREA'S SO EXPOSED

THAT THERE'S NO PROTECTION
FROM THE FREEZING WIND.

THIS IS WHY THE SCOTTISH WEATHER
CAN BE SO DANGEROUS.

YOU GET THIS COMBINATION
OF THESE FREEZING ARCTIC WINDS,

ALONG WITH THIS DRIVING,
DAMP, WET SNOW.

AND THAT COMBINATION

LITERALLY JUST SUCKS THE HEAT
OUT OF YOUR BODY.

AND THAT'S WHY
IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED

THAT THIS SORT OF WEATHER

CAN KILL IN A MATTER
OF JUST A FEW HOURS.

THERE'S NO WAY
YOU CAN FIND SHELTER UP HERE.

YOU'VE JUST REALLY
GOT TO KEEP MOVING,

KEEP YOUR HANDS
AND YOUR FEET WORKING,

AND KEEP HEADING DOWNHILL,

TRYING TO GET OUT
OF THIS WEATHER.

IN 2006, 2 CLIMBERS
WERE CAUGHT IN A STORM.

THEY TRIED TO WALK TO SAFETY,
BUT THE CONDITIONS GOT WORSE.

THEY COULDN'T FIND SHELTER
FROM THE WINDS,

AND THE NEXT DAY,
THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND

ONLY ONE MILE
FROM THE PARKING LOT.

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT
PEOPLE GET INTO TROUBLE UP HERE

IS THAT THEY COME UP TO SCOTLAND
AND THEY JUST UNDERESTIMATE

JUST HOW FEROCIOUS
THE WEATHER CAN BE UP HERE.

AS I HEAD DOWN, THANKFULLY,
THE WIND STARTS TO EASE.

I'M STEADILY LOSING HEIGHT,

AND HERE THE SNOW IS MELTING
AND DRAINING INTO A STREAM.

IF I FOLLOW THIS STREAM DOWN,

IT SHOULD LEAD ME
OFF THIS MOUNTAIN.

YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH YOUR STEP

WALKING IN THICK SNOW
LIKE THIS.

THERE ARE DANGERS EVERYWHERE.

YOU SEE, IT'S A SNOW BRIDGE
RUNNING STRAIGHT UNDER THAT.

THAT WOULD BE SO EASY TO WALK ON
AND NOT REALIZE.

IT'S BEGINNING TO GET DARK NOW.

MAYBE ONE HOUR OF LIGHT LEFT

BEFORE THE WINTER SUN SETS
AT 5:30.

BUT THEN THE STREAM LEADS
TO A SHEER 40-FOOT DROP.

AND THERE'S NO WAY I'LL
BE ABLE TO DOWN-CLIMB THIS.

THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A SLIPPERY
TUBE OF MOSS, WATER, ROCK,

AND THEN SNOW AND ICE.

I'M HIGH UP
IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.

THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE
TO MAKE IT DOWN THIS WATERFALL.

IT'S JUST WAY TOO SLIPPERY
TO DOWN-CLIMB THIS.

I REALLY NEED TO TRY AND FIND
ANOTHER WAY UP AND 'ROUND.

THE LIGHT IS NOW FADING FAST,
AND IT'S GETTING COLD.

AT NIGHT UP HERE,

IT CAN BE AS COLD
AS MINUS-15 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

TOO COLD TO SURVIVE
WITHOUT SHELTER.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 25,000 DEER
ROAMING WILD

IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.

WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW A DEAD DEER

COULD HELP YOU SURVIVE
A FREEZING NIGHT.

OH, LOOK. IT'S JUST BEEN
COMPLETELY MANGLED.

THERE'S BLOOD AND GUTS
EVERYWHERE.

AND HE'S A LITTLE STAG.

I THINK I WANT TO TRY
AND GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

GOD, REALLY, REALLY STINKS,
AS WELL.

THIS MEAT'S GONNA BE NO GOOD
TO EAT.

WHAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO
IS JUST USE --

GOD, HE REALLY STINKS --

JUST USE THE FUR OFF HIM
TO GIVE ME SOME WARMTH

AND GIVE ME SOME PROTECTION.

SO I'M GONNA
DRAG HIM OUT OF HERE.

IN SURVIVAL SITUATIONS,
YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY
NATURE PROVIDES.

THE FUR ON THIS DEER
IS REALLY THICK,

AND IT'S COATED IN OILS,
MAKING IT WATERPROOF.

GOT TO GET HIM ON HIS BACK
LIKE THAT.

YOU SEE HOW HIS STOMACH
IS PRETTY BLOATED THERE,

WHICH MEANS HE'S BEEN DEAD
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

WHAT I WANT TO DO HERE
IS JUST GO DOWN THE BOTTOM,

MAKE A LITTLE INCISION.

I WANT TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL
NOT TO PIERCE THE GUTS, THOUGH.

I WANT TO KEEP THE FUR AS CLEAN
AND DRY AS I CAN.

ONCE YOU'VE GOT A BIT OF IT
GOING, LIKE THIS IN HERE,

YOU CAN SEE JUST THAT SKIN
SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN CARCASS.

REALLY, THEN YOU WANT TO USE
AS LITTLE KNIFE AS POSSIBLE

AND YOU JUST GET YOUR HAND IN
WITH YOUR FIST DOWN

AND THEN JUST UNROLL IT
AND PUSH IT OFF.

AND IT BECOMES A LOT EASIER
AND A LOT QUICKER.

SEE, LOOK, I'VE JUST DONE DOUBLE
THE AMOUNT IN THAT BIT.

LITTLE KNIFE IN THIS BIT.

THE MEAT REALLY STINKS.

IF IT WAS FRESH,
IT WOULD BE PERFECT TO EAT.

I WANT TO GET THE SKIN OFF
IN ONE PIECE.

THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS USED
TO USE DEERSKIN TO MAKE SHOES.

THEY WORE THEM WITH THE FUR
ON THE OUTSIDE

AND GOT THE NICKNAME
ROUGH-FOOTED SCOTS.

YOU CAN NOW USE THIS FUR,
THOUGH, AS SHELTER.

OKAY.
THAT IS THE FUR OFF.

AND LOOK AT THAT.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
ALL AROUND THE WORLD

HAVE USED FURS LIKE THIS
FOR CENTURIES

FOR BOTH PROTECTION FROM
THE WEATHER AND ALSO FOR WARMTH.

I'M NOT GONNA STAY MUCH LONGER.

BUT IF YOU GOT STUCK HERE
OVERNIGHT,

THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO
TO KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE.

I CAN HARDLY SEE.

I JUST NEED TO USE WHAT NATURE
HAS PROVIDED ME HERE.

BUT JUST UP THIS A LITTLE BIT,
IT'S LIKE --

DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE
THE LITTLE GAP BETWEEN THERE

WHERE THE SNOW HAS MELTED
AGAINST THE ROCK.

IT'S MADE A LITTLE HOLLOW,
AND THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT.

IT'S GONNA GET ME OUT
OF THE WIND,

WHICH IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF OTHER THINGS I CAN DO

THAT WOULD HELP.

I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT, BUT WHAT
I CAN DO IS IMPROVISE ONE.

AND ALL I NEED TO DO FOR THIS
IS TAKE MY FLEECE OFF HERE

AND JUST...WITH MY KNIFE

CUT THROUGH THE ARM OF IT.

ONCE I'M THROUGH WITH THAT,
JUST GIVE IT A STRETCH

AND PUT IT STRAIGHT
ONTO MY HEAD LIKE THIS.

AND THAT'S GONNA KEEP SOME
OF THE WARMTH IN.

MIGHT LOOK A BIT DAFT,
FEEL A BIT DAFT,

BUT IT'S GONNA WORK.

PUT THIS JACKET BACK ON.

YOU LOSE 40% OF YOUR HEAT
FROM YOUR HEAD.

YOUR BODY TEMPERATURE ONLY
HAS TO DROP BY 10 DEGREES

FOR YOU TO END UP UNCONSCIOUS.

AND THEN I PULL THIS
GREAT BIG SKIN OF FUR OVER ME.

STINKS LIKE ANYTHING,

BUT AT LEAST KEEP ME,
HOPEFULLY, WARM AND DRY.

YEAH, THAT'S QUITE GOOD.

OH, THIS CARCASS REALLY STINKS.

IT'S ALSO STARTED RAINING,

AND I'M BEGINNING
TO GET QUITE COLD NOW.

AND I ALSO NEED TO PEE,
WHICH IS JUST BORING.

AND I DON'T WANT
TO JUST WASTE THE PEE

BY DOING IT INTO THE SNOW.

WHAT YOU CAN DO IS USE YOUR PEE
TO KEEP YOURSELF WARM.

IT WON'T LAST VERY LONG,

BUT IT'S BETTER THAN JUST
PEEING INTO THE SNOW.

THIS WOULD GIVE AN INSTANT
HOT-WATER BOTTLE.

KEEP THAT UNDER MY JACKET.

WITH OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES
OF MINUS-10 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT,

YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING

TO SURVIVE BLIZZARDS
IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.

IT'S MORNING
IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.

THIS MIST
HAS JUST REALLY CLAGGED IN NOW,

AND IT MAKES IT
REALLY DISORIENTATING.

YOU SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO GET
LOST AND LOSE YOUR BEARINGS.

BUT OFTEN, THOUGH, WHEN THERE'S
STILL WINDS LIKE THIS,

IT MEANS THE MIST HANGS AROUND
ON THE MOUNTAINTOPS.

AND WHAT I'M HOPING IS
IF I FOLLOW THIS STREAM DOWN

JUST MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED FEET,
I MIGHT DROP OUT OF IT.

I NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY
TO GET WARM

AND TO GET OFF THIS MOUNTAIN.

WALKING IN THIS MIST, I CAN SEE
WHY THE EARLY HIGHLANDERS

BELIEVED THE MOUNTAINS
WERE HAUNTED BY EVIL SPIRITS

AND WHY THEY RARELY CAME UP
INTO THESE HIGH GROUNDS.

10,000 YEARS AGO,
THIS WHOLE AREA

WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED
IN MASSIVE GLACIERS

THAT CARVED OUT
THESE IMMENSE VALLEYS.

JUST DROPPED UNDER THIS CLOUD
NOW, AND LOOK --

IT'S ONLY MY FIRST VIEW OF ONE
OF THESE JUST HUGE VALLEYS.

AND THAT IS SPECTACULAR.

I'M STANDING ON THE EDGE OF A
MASSIVE HORSESHOE-SHAPED CLIFF,

AND I KNOW THAT THE SIDE
WITH THE THICKEST SNOW COVER

FACES NORTH, AS IT GETS
THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SUN.

SO IF I HEAD STRAIGHT DOWN
THIS SNOWBANK,

I'LL BE HEADING NORTH.

I'M OFF THE SNOW UP THERE.

AND I'M DOWN NOW
INTO ALL OF THIS ROCK.

NOW, SEE, A LOT OF THIS
IS NOW LOOSE ENOUGH

FOR ME TO BE ABLE
TO SCREE-RUN.

BUT THE TECHNIQUE FOR DOING THIS

IS JUST KEEP A LOW CENTER OF
GRAVITY AND KEEP YOUR BALANCE.

AND WHEN YOU DO START TO GO,
DON'T RESIST IT.

YOU KNOW, GO WITH THE FLOW.

GET THIS RIGHT, AND IT'S EASY
THE QUICKEST WAY DOWN.

I'M INTO ANOTHER
OF THESE HUGE VALLEYS.

THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE
LIVING HERE SINCE 4000 B.C.

AND THE EARLY HIGHLANDERS

HAD A REPUTATION
FOR BEING INCREDIBLY TOUGH.

AND TO SURVIVE
IN THESE FREEZING CONDITIONS,

THEY NEEDED TO BE.

IF YOU'RE IN
THIS OPEN LANDSCAPE

AND NEED TO CHECK
WHICH WAY TO GO,

EVEN IN THIS BLEAKNESS,
NATURE PROVIDES CLUES.

WHAT I'M SEEING AS I MOVE
THROUGH THIS VALLEY

IS THERE'S QUITE DISTINCTLY
MORE MOSS

GROWING ON A LOT OF THESE ROCKS
ON ONE SIDE THAN THE OTHER.

THIS IS MUCH BARER.

AND WHAT THIS TELLS ME
IS WHERE ALL THIS MOSS IS

IS ACTUALLY NORTH-FACING.

THIS WILL GET LESS SUNLIGHT.
THERE WILL BE MORE MOISTURE.

AND ALL OF THIS WILL GROW.

IT'S A GOOD, RELIABLE INDICATOR
OF NORTH AND SOUTH.

EVEN IN THE COLD,
IT'S EASY TO GET DEHYDRATED.

YOU NEED TO DRINK AT LEAST
HALF A GALLON OF WATER A DAY.

BUT THERE IS A WAY
OF FINDING WATER OUT HERE

THAT IS SAFE TO DRINK.

THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

I KEEP SEEING THIS RED STUFF
AROUND.

WHAT THIS ACTUALLY IS,
IT'S CALLED SPHAGNUM MOSS.

IF I PULL A BIT OF THIS OUT,
YOU CAN SEE IT.

BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THIS
AS LIKE A MINOR ANTISEPTIC.

WHAT IT CONTAINS IS IODINE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRINK FROM IT.

THE MOSS ITSELF WILL CLEAN
A LOT OF THE DIRT AWAY,

AND THEN THE IODINE INSIDE
WILL KILL A LOT OF THE BACTERIA.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SQUEEZE IT
AND DRINK.

SPHAGNUM MOSS IS USED
IN ORGANIC WATER FILTERS,

AS THE FIBERS IN THE MOSS

STRAIN OUT DIRT
AND HEAVY METALS.

IN THIS COLD, DAMP WEATHER,
THE MOSS SLOWLY ROTS

AND FORMS A DARK, HEAVY SOIL
CALLED PEAT.

WHEN THIS SOIL DRIES OUT,
IT BURNS LIKE COAL,

AND THE HIGHLANDERS USED BLOCKS
OF DRIED PEAT AS THEIR FUEL.

WHEN IT'S WATERLOGGED, THOUGH,

THIS STUFF IS A NIGHTMARE
TO WALK THROUGH.

THERE'S OVER 20 SQUARE MILES
OF THIS WET MARSH BOG HERE,

AND SOME OF IT
CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

THERE WAS A GUY OUT HERE WHO GOT
STUCK IN A BOG FOR FOUR DAYS,

AND HIS LIFE WAS ONLY SAVED

'CAUSE A FARMER FOUND HIM ALIVE
BUT UNCONSCIOUS.

BUT IF YOU DID GO
INTO A BOG LIKE THIS,

YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO BE ABLE
TO DO TO GET OUT OF IT.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO HERE IS
JUST STRIP OFF AND DO IT MYSELF.

THE LAST THING I WANT OUT HERE
WHERE IT'S COLD

IS SOAKING-WET CLOTHES.

A THICK LAYER OF ALGAE COVERS
THE SURFACE OF THESE MUD PITS.

THIS MAKES IT SO HARD
TO DISTINGUISH

BETWEEN WHAT YOU CAN WALK
ACROSS AND WHAT YOU CAN'T.

NOW, I'M GONNA FEEL
A LITTLE BIT STUPID

IF I WALK ACROSS THIS
ABSOLUTELY FINE.

SO, HERE YOU GO.

OH, GOD.

THIS STUFF JUST STINKS!

AND, REALLY, THE FIRST THING

IS JUST THIS IS FREEZING,
FREEZING COLD.

AND YOU NEED TO FIGHT THE URGE
OF PANIC AND TRY AND KEEP CALM,

'CAUSE THE MORE YOU FIGHT IT,
THE MORE IT'S GONNA SUCK YOU IN.

BUT THE WAY I WANT TO GO OUT
IS THIS WAY

'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE I KNOW
IT'S SOLID ENOUGH.

AND THEN JUST SWIM WITH BIG,
NICE STROKES TO THE EDGE.

AND LOOK -- YOU SEE THE WAY
MY HANDS GOT CAUGHT

AROUND ALL OF THESE ROOTS.

AND THIS IS WHY THESE THINGS
ARE DANGEROUS.

THAT HAD TO BE
ONE OF THE WORST STINK PITS

I HAVE EVER BEEN IN.

AND WHAT I CAN DO JUST
TO GET SOME OF THIS OFF ME

IS USE SOME OF THIS MOSS.

USE THAT JUST TO SCRAPE --
SCRAPE THIS OFF.

I'M SURE I COULD FEEL BITS
OF DEAD ANIMALS IN THERE.

IT FELT LIKE BLOATED STOMACHS
UNDER MY FEET.

THAT'S A DEATH PIT FOR ANY
SHEEP OR DEER THAT FALL IN.

GOD, IT'S LIKE A SEWER
OF ABOUT THREE CITIES

GOING INTO ONE LITTLE HOLE.

WHEN THE GROUND DRIES OUT
IN SUMMER,

THAT MUD WILL BE THICKER, AND
THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE ROOTS.

AND THAT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER
TO GET OUT OF.

USE A BIT OF THIS MOSS

JUST TO CLEAN SOME OF THIS
HORRIBLE STUFF OFF MY FACE.

BUT IT'S TIME TO GET DRESSED
AND MOVING AGAIN.

THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
STILL HAVE AN AWFUL LOT LEFT

TO THROW AT ME.

I'M IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
MOVING DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS

TOWARDS A VAST PINE FOREST.

THESE RIVERS
ARE FULL OF BROWN TROUT,

BUT IN WINTER,
THEY'RE IN DEEP, WARMER WATER,

MAKING THEM SO DIFFICULT
TO CATCH.

OUT HERE, THERE'S
JUST HARDLY ANYTHING TO EAT.

YOU SEE THESE MUSHROOMS --
THESE MUSHROOMS HERE.

AND IT'S ALWAYS --
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS TEMPTING

WHEN YOU COME ACROSS MUSHROOMS
IN THE WILD JUST TO EAT THEM,

ESPECIALLY FOR ME,
'CAUSE I LOVE MUSHROOMS.

BUT, ACTUALLY,
THE REALITY OF THEM IS,

ALMOST 80% OF MUSHROOMS YOU COME
ACROSS ARE ACTUALLY POISONOUS.

THERE'S ALSO ALMOST ZERO
NUTRITIONAL VALUE IN THEM.

SO, REALLY, UNLESS YOU'RE
100% POSITIVE IDENTIFYING IT,

JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE.

THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO FILL UP
MY WATER BOTTLE.

IT'S A FAST-FLOWING RIVER,
AND THE WATER IS COLD.

BACTERIA GROWS SLOWLY
IN COLD CONDITIONS,

SO I DON'T NEED TO BOIL
THIS WATER BEFORE I DRINK IT.

THIS IS FOX POO HERE, AND I CAN
TELL THAT BECAUSE IT'S BLACK

AND IT'S ALSO GOT,
LIKE, TAPERED ENDS.

AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DO --

THEY OFTEN DO IT
ON HIGH GROUND LIKE THIS

AS A WAY OF MARKING
THEIR TERRITORY.

BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE,
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS,

YOU CAN SEE SOME RABBIT FUR
JUST ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT.

RABBITS DON'T HIBERNATE
THROUGH WINTER.

THEY ARE MY BEST CHANCE
OF DECENT FOOD.

BUT THEY'RE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO CATCH BY HAND.

ALL OF THIS HERE IS JUST
PERFECT TERRITORY FOR RABBITS.

YOU SEE OPEN GRASSLAND,
LONG GRASS, HEATHER,

LOTS OF LITTLE RUNS THAT ARE
GONNA LEAD BETWEEN THE BURROWS

AND WHERE THEY'RE FEEDING
AND WHERE THEY'RE DRINKING.

AND THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD
PLACE FOR ME TO SET SOME SNARES.

AND ALL I'M GONNA DO
IS USE SOME OF THE PARACORD,

TYING MY BOTTLE TOGETHER.

YOU CAN USE ANY SORT OF STRING,
REALLY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT THIS,

YOU CAN USE YOUR SHOELACES
OR YOUR BOOT LACES.

TIGHTEN THIS AND JUST PUT
A LITTLE KNOT IN THE END OF IT.

THREAD THAT THROUGH THERE.

AND I'VE GOT, THEN,
A SIMPLE NOOSE.

WITH A SHARP STICK AS A STAKE,
I'M READY TO SET MY SNARE.

WHAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR HERE
ARE JUST THESE RUNS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
CAN SEE THIS.

REALLY CLEARLY,
IT'S LIKE A RABBIT'S MOTORWAY.

THEY'LL USE THESE,

JUST GO BACK AND FORWARD
BETWEEN THEIR BURROWS

AND WHERE THEY'RE FEEDING
AND WHERE THEY'RE DRINKING.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

IS NOT TO SET THE SNARES
NEAR THEIR BURROWS.

THEY'RE ESPECIALLY WARY WHEN
THEY FIRST COME OUT OF THEM.

YOU WANT TO SET THEM SOMEWHERE
THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH

AND THEY'RE USING
JUST BACK AND FORWARD.

AND, REALLY, I WANT TO DO
AS LITTLE WORK AS POSSIBLE

NEAR THE SITE.

I DON'T WANT THEM
TO BE SMELLING ME.

SO, IF I LAY IT HERE...

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STAKE
IS REALLY WELL IN THE GROUND

SO IF I DO CATCH SOMETHING,

IT'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO PULL IT OUT.

AND THEN TAKE A COUPLE
OF JUST LITTLE TWIGS

AND PUT ONE ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE ACTUAL RUN ITSELF.

AND THEN TAKE THE NOOSE.

AND I WANT THE NOOSE, IDEALLY,

TO BE LIKE ABOUT FIVE FINGER
HEIGHT OFF THE GROUND

SO IT CATCHES THE HEAD
AND ITS EARS,

AND BIG ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE ABLE
TO GET ITS EARS THROUGH,

AND JUST A BIT BIGGER
THAN FIST SIZE IS GOOD.

OKAY.

I'M GONNA SET ABOUT FOUR
OR FIVE OF THESE

AND HOPE THAT I GET SOMETHING.

I HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND LEAVE
THESE TRAPS OUT OVERNIGHT.

I'M HEADING INTO THE FOREST NOW

TO FIND SOMEWHERE
TO MAKE SHELTER.

I'M NOT STAYING THE NIGHT,

BUT THIS WILL BE A PRETTY GOOD
PLACE TO MAKE YOUR CAMP.

I'VE GOT SOME PROTECTION AMONGST
THE TREES FROM THE WEATHER,

A NICE, SOFT, PRETTY DRY GRASS
AND THE FUR AS INSULATION.

AND I'VE GOT A STREAM NEARBY.

AND WHAT I CAN DO IS JUST USE
WHAT NATURE'S ALREADY PROVIDED.

THE BRANCH OF THIS FALLEN TREE

CAN ACT AS A BACKBONE
FOR A HALF-DOME SHELTER.

IT'S THE BEST SHAPE,
AS IT HAS NO CORNERS.

THE AIR KEEPS CIRCULATING,
AND THAT WILL KEEP ME WARMER.

ONCE I'VE GOT THIS IN PLACE,

THEN ALL I THEN NEED
IS A LOAD OF PINE BOUGHS

JUST TO DRAPE
OVER THE TOP OF THIS.

THICK PINE BRANCHES PROVIDE
INSULATION AND WATERPROOFING.

AS MANY OF THESE BRANCHES
I CAN INTERWEAVE AS POSSIBLE

MEANS THEY WILL
SUPPORT THEMSELVES,

AND IT JUST GIVES IT
BETTER STRENGTH.

TO GET A FIRE STARTED QUICKLY
IN THESE DAMP CONDITIONS,

I'M LOOKING
FOR NATURE'S FIRE LIGHTER.

THESE DEAD BIRCHES ARE
REALLY GOOD TO USE AS TINDER,

AND I CAN TELL THEY'RE BIRCH
JUST FROM THEIR SILVER LIMBS

AND THIS VERY DISTINCT
WHITE BARK.

BUT THE BIT I WANT IS ALL
OF THIS OUTER BARK HERE.

ONCE YOU GOT THIS,
IF YOU CRUSH THIS UP,

BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF OILS
THAT'S IN HERE,

THIS WILL TAKE A SPARK
REALLY WELL.

WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES
AT NIGHT,

A FIRE CAN MAKE
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS JUST
BUILT UP A BIT OF A BANK

OF THESE LOGS
TO ACT LIKE A FIRE REFLECTOR.

AND THIS IS GONNA REFLECT,
HOPEFULLY,

A LOT OF HEAT OF MY FIRE
BACK INTO THE SHELTER.

I'VE GOT A BASE HERE OF WOOD --

AND THE IDEA OF THIS IS TO LIFT
THE FIRE OFF THE WET GROUND

AND ALSO ALLOW THE AIR
TO CIRCULATE --

A PILE OF KINDLING,
AND THEN THIS BIRCH TINDER.

AND WHAT I'M DOING HERE IS JUST
SCRAPING OFF THE OUTER BARK

INTO, LIKE, SHAVINGS.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE BIG SAWDUST.

THIS IS GONNA IGNITE
REALLY EASILY.

GET MY FLINT.

AND I HOPE THIS GOES.

OKAY.

THERE WE GO.

GIVE IT LOTS OF OXYGEN.

[ FIRE CRACKLING ]

DON'T GO OUT.

OKAY.

AND YOU CAN HEAR THAT CRACKLING,

AND THAT'S ALL OF THOSE
NATURAL OILS BURNING.

AND AS THE TWIGS START
TO DRY OUT, THEY START TO BURN.

IT'S LIKE SIZZLING
LIKE GUNPOWDER.

USING THE CUP
FROM MY WATER BOTTLE,

I CAN NOW MAKE MYSELF
A HOT DRINK.

WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT
IS ANYTHING GOOD TO EAT,

BUT AT LEAST I'VE GOT A SHELTER.

I'VE GOT A NICE, ROARING FIRE,
WHICH WILL BE GOOD FOR MORALE.

AND THE NEXT BEST THING --
A CUP OF BOILING WATER ON THE GO

FOR ME TO MAKE
A NICE CUP OF TEA.

THEN ALL I NEED TO DO IS GRAB
SOME OF THESE PINE NEEDLES,

TEAR THEM OFF,
AND THEN PUT THAT INTO THE MUG.

AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD
VITAMIN C.

IT'S GONNA KEEP MY
CORE TEMPERATURE UP, AS WELL.

PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD

HAVE BEEN DRINKING PINE-NEEDLE
TEA FOR CENTURIES.

PINE NEEDLES,
WEIGHT FOR WEIGHT,

HAVE FIVE TIMES AS MUCH
VITAMIN C AS A LEMON.

AND THEY TASTE PRETTY GOOD.

THAT'S BETTER.

THERE'S NO CLOUDS,
AND IT'S A COLD NIGHT.

BUT THIS PINEWOOD
CREATES AN INTENSE FIRE.

IT'S NOT RAINING.

AND I'M ACTUALLY QUITE COZY
IN THIS SHELTER.

I WAS JUST THINKING BACK

TO EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED
ABOUT SURVIVAL OVER THE YEARS,

AND, YOU KNOW, IN SO MANY WAYS,
WHAT MATTERS MUCH MORE

THAN KNOWING ALL OF THE SKILLS
IN THE WORLD

IS ACTUALLY JUST HAVING THAT
DETERMINATION TO STAY ALIVE,

AND IT'S OFTEN ABOUT
JUST KEEPING GOING,

KEEPING MAKING DECISIONS,
AND KEEPING CALM

AND, ALSO, I THINK,
TRYING TO KEEP CHEERFUL

EVEN WHEN THINGS REALLY
SEEM STACKED AGAINST YOU.

ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT
REALLY MATTERS, I THINK.

AND WHEN YOU'RE UP AGAINST IT,

A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
IS EVERYTHING.

I'M JUST GETTING THIS FIRE
STOKED UP PROPERLY AGAIN.

AND THEN I'M GONNA GO AND SEE IF
I'VE HAD ANY LUCK WITH MY TRAPS.

RABBITS WERE BROUGHT IN

AND RELEASED
IN THE 18th CENTURY FOR FOOD.

THERE'S NOW 9.5 MILLION RABBITS
IN SCOTLAND,

AND THEY'RE
AN AGRICULTURAL PEST.

MY TRAPS DIDN'T CATCH ANYTHING
OVERNIGHT,

BUT I'VE GOT A RABBIT HERE
TO SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO

IF YOU DO GET LUCKY.

HOLD HIM DOWN,
TWIST HIS HEAD,

GRAB HIS HIND QUARTERS, AND JUST
BREAK HIS NECK LIKE THAT.

IF YOU'RE IN ANY DOUBT
AFTER THAT,

JUST GIVE HIM A REALLY GOOD HIT
ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

BUT THAT'S HIM -- HIM DEAD.

PULL THIS OUT.

TAKE HIM BACK, SKIN HIM,
AND COOK HIM.

THAT'S BREAKFAST.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THERE'S ANYTHING

IN ANY OF THESE OTHER TRAPS.

SO I WANT TO DISMANTLE THESE.

IT'S ALWAYS
KIND OF GOLDEN RULE --

JUST NEVER LEAVE SNARES SET
ONCE YOU FINISH WITH THEM.

TO COOK A RABBIT,
SLICE THROUGH THE UNDERBELLY,

PEEL BACK THE SKIN,
AND THEN PULL OUT THE GUTS.

OKAY. THIS IS GUTTED
AND READY TO COOK.

WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS MAKE
LIKE A REALLY SIMPLE PRONG

TO SPIT-ROAST IT.

THIS PRONG NEEDS TO BE 2 FOOT
LONGER THAN THE RABBIT

SO THAT THE CARCASS
FITS IN THE MIDDLE

AND THERE'S A FOOT LENGTH
AT EACH END

TO BALANCE IT OVER THE FIRE.

THE BEST MEAT
IS ON THE BACK LEGS,

AND I WANT TO PIN THEM FLAT
TO COOK THEM FAST AND EVEN.

OVER A HOT FIRE,

AN ADULT RABBIT WILL TAKE
ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO COOK.

LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY.

OH, LOOK AT THAT!

MMM.

TASTES LIKE RABBIT.

NO, IT TASTES AMAZING.
REALLY GOOD.

AND IT'S QUITE --

YOU KNOW, GAME TASTE
IS ALWAYS STRONG, STRONG MEAT.

BUT I LIKE THAT,
AND IT'S DELICIOUS.

IT'S A GREAT BREAKFAST.

BUT I NOW NEED WATER AND TO
START FOLLOWING THE RIVER DOWN.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

SCOTLAND --
IT'S STARTING TO RAIN AGAIN.

IN WINTER, IT SEEMS JUST
TO RAIN HERE ALL THE TIME.

BUT AT LEAST THESE TREES
IN THIS ANCIENT WOODLAND

ARE GIVING ME SOME SHELTER.

ALL OF THIS HERE
IS CALEDONIAN FOREST,

AND CALEDONIA WAS A ROMAN NAME
FOR SCOTLAND.

BUT IN THE MIDDLE AGES, ALMOST
ALL OF THE NORTH OF BRITAIN

WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED
IN FOREST JUST LIKE THIS.

ACROSS THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS,

PEOPLE EARNED A LIVING
BY CUTTING DOWN THE PINE TREES

AND SENDING THEM
TO THE SHIPYARDS ON THE COAST.

SOME OF THEIR OLD HOMESTEADS

HAVE SINCE BEEN CONVERTED
INTO MOUNTAIN HUTS FOR HIKERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE
JUST THROUGH THE TREES THERE,

ACROSS THE GULLY,
THERE'S A BUILDING.

AND THAT MIGHT WELL BE
MY TICKET OUT OF HERE.

BUT I'M ON THE WRONG SIDE
OF THE RIVER,

AND THERE'S NOWHERE TO JUMP,
AND IT'S TOO FAST TO SWIM.

I'M IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS,

AND I'VE MADE MY WAY OVER 2,500
FEET DOWN INTO THE FOREST.

AND JUST THROUGH THE TRESS,
I CAN SEE A BUILDING.

YOU OFTEN GET THESE
IN THE MOUNTAINS IN SCOTLAND.

THEY'RE KNOWN AS BOTHIES.

AND PEOPLE
DON'T ALWAYS LIVE IN THEM,

BUT THEY ACT AS LIKE A REFUGE.

I KNOW OF ONE COUPLE

WHO GOT COMPLETELY LOST
WHEN THEY MISREAD THEIR COMPASS,

AND THEY HEADED OFF EAST
INSTEAD OF WEST.

AND THEY WOULD HAVE DIED

IF THEY HADN'T COME ACROSS
ONE OF THESE TO ACT AS A REFUGE.

THIS RIVER IS A MAJOR OBSTACLE.

THAT WHITE WATER IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO WADE THROUGH,

AND THE BANKS ARE TOO WIDE
TO JUMP.

A PINE TREE, THOUGH,
HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE RIVER.

IF I CAN GET DOWN TO THE BANK,

I CAN SEE IF I CAN
MAKE MY WAY ACROSS IT.

THESE HUGE PINES
HAVE SHALLOW ROOTS

AND ARE EASILY BROUGHT DOWN
BY HIGH WINDS.

THIS ONE STRADDLES
THE WIDEST POINT,

BUT IT COULD BE THE WAY OVER
THESE RAPIDS AND UP TO THE HUT.

I SHOULD BE ABLE
TO GET ACROSS THIS.

MY ONLY CONCERN IS WHETHER --
WHETHER THIS IS ROTTEN.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN HERE
QUITE SOME TIME.

IT FEELS PRETTY STURDY,

AND I KNOW THAT WOOD ROTS
SLOWER IN COLDER CLIMATES.

I'M HOPING THIS
IS GONNA BE STRONG ENOUGH.

LAST YEAR, THOUGH, IN THE U.K.,

OVER 80 PEOPLE DIED
BY FALLING INTO RIVERS.

WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO HERE IS JUST
REALLY GRIP WITH MY THIGHS

AND THEN JUST USE MY HANDS
TO LIFT MYSELF UP

AND SHIFT MY BODY ALONG.

BUT THIS IS ALL ABOUT
JUST KEEPING YOUR BALANCE

AND I GUESS ALSO
KEEPING YOUR NERVE.

EITHER WAY,
I'M PRETTY COMMITTED NOW.

WITH ALL OF THIS MOSS
AND ROTTING WOOD AND WATER,

IT'S LITERALLY
JUST LIKE GREASE UP HERE.

AND I DO NOT WANT TO END UP
DOWN IN THAT.

FALLING INTO THIS FAST-FLOWING,
FREEZING WHITE WATER

IN ALL MY CLOTHES
WOULD BE A DISASTER.

IT'S ALL GOOD JUST GETTING OVER
ALL OF THESE DEAD BRANCHES.

[ GRUNTS ]

AND IT'S NOT DOING MY MANHOOD
MUCH GOOD, EITHER.

THESE OLD DWELLINGS
CAN BE A REAL SAFE HAVEN

FOR ANYONE WHO'S LOST.

AND HIKERS WILL OFTEN
LEAVE SUPPLIES IN THEM

FOR OTHERS TO USE.

LOOKING PRETTY DESERTED.

ALTHOUGH IT DOES LOOK

LIKE SOMEBODY'S
BEEN DOING SOME WORK IN HERE.

I'VE TURNED UP
IN THESE BOTHIES IN SCOTLAND,

AND LITERALLY THERE'S BEEN
LIKE A WOOD-BURNING STOVE,

PRE-LAID FIRE.

I'VE EVEN KNOWN IT TO HAVE

A LITTLE TIN OF SUGAR
AND TEA BAGS.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING, REALLY,
I CAN USE.

THE BUILDERS WON'T
BE WORKING HERE IN WINTER.

WALKING THROUGH THIS HEATHER
IS TIRING,

AND IT'S HARD TO SEE
WHAT YOU'RE STEPPING ON.

THAT'S THE THIRD TIME
I'VE DONE THAT IN AN HOUR.

THIS IS GETTING BORING.

I'M LOSING MY WHOLE LEG
IN ALL THESE HOLES.

BUT SURVIVAL IS ABOUT TRYING
JUST TO KEEP POSITIVE,

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE COLD
AND TIRED.

THINK ABOUT WHAT MATTERS MOST,
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS,

WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO KEEP YOURSELF MOVING.

IN SCOTLAND, THE TYPES OF
TERRAIN ARE JUST SO DIVERSE.

YOU SEE OVER THERE THAT
THE TREES SUDDENLY CHANGE.

THEY'RE LIGHTER,
AND THEY'RE ALSO IN THESE ROWS.

AND THAT MEANS ONE THING --
A PLANTATION.

BUT WHAT YOU'D BE HOPING FOR IS
THAT IT'S A LOGGING PLANTATION,

'CAUSE WHERE THERE'S LOGGING,
THERE'S TRUCKS,

AND WHERE THERE'S TRUCKS,
THERE'S ROADS.

BUT IN THIS AREA,

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF ACRES OF THESE TREE FARMS.

BUT THEY'LL ONLY BE LOGGING
A FEW AREAS AT A TIME.

THESE NONNATIVE PINE TREES

ARE PLANTED
LESS THAN 3 FEET APART.

I WANT TO KEEP A STRAIGHT PATH
THROUGH THESE TREES,

BUT IT'S NOT EASY.

ALL OF THIS
IS POKE-YOUR-EYE-OUT FOREST --

ALL OF THESE SPINDLY,
LITTLE BRANCHES.

NOT MAKING IT EASY.

THE TREES ARE SO CLOSELY PACKED

THAT THE LIGHT FADES
EVEN FASTER IN HERE.

IT'S SO EASY TO GET
DISORIENTATED AND LOST.

OH, LOOK.
DEFINITE SIGNS OF LOGGING.

THE WOOD IS FRESHLY CUT.

THE ENDS LOOK CLEAN,
AND I CAN SMELL THE PINE RESIN.

WHERE THERE ARE FELLED TREES,
THERE'S OFTEN PEOPLE.

NOW YOU'D KNOW YOU'RE SAFE.

THE HARSH BEAUTY
OF THIS SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE

HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED
FOR CENTURIES.

IT'S A PLACE I LOVE

AND ONE OF THE FEW AREAS LEFT
IN THE U.K.

WHICH STILL HAS THIS RAW
AND UNTAMED SPIRIT.

IT'S A TRULY MAGICAL PLACE.