Man vs. Wild (2006–2020): Season 1, Episode 7 - African Savannah - full transcript

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>> MY NAME IS 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 MY CHALLENGE IS TO PARACHUTE

INTO NORTHERN KENYA.

MILLIONS OF VISITORS COME TO

KENYA EACH YEAR ON SAFARI, BUT

WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS HOW



QUICKLY THINGS CAN TURN DEADLY.

I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE SKILLS

YOU NEED TO SURVIVE OUT HERE.

I'M 6,500 FEET ABOVE

NORTHERN KENYA'S WILD SAVANNA.

EVERY YEAR, OVER 2 MILLION

PEOPLE COME TO KENYA TO WITNESS

THE RAW BEAUTY OF NATURE.

MANY VISITORS SEE KENYA'S

WILDLIFE FROM BALLOONS.

RECENTLY, ONE CRASHED, KILLING

2 PEOPLE AND INJURING 11.

THE SURVIVORS WERE STRANDED IN

A COUNTRY WHERE ATTACKS BY WILD



ANIMALS ACCOUNT FOR AROUND 70

DEATHS EACH YEAR.

I'M GONNA PUT MYSELF IN THE

POSITION OF SOMEONE LOST OUT

HERE, TO SHOW HOW TO STAY ALIVE

IN ONE OF NATURE'S MOST

DANGEROUS PLACES.

IF NEEDED, I'LL BE RECEIVING

SOME HELP FROM LOCAL EXPERTS,

AND A FILM CREW WILL FOLLOW ME.

THE LAST TIME I PARACHUTED IN

AFRICA, IT WENT VERY WRONG, AND

I BROKE MY BACK IN THREE PLACES.

SO, HERE GOES.

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

WHOA!

IT'S GONNA BE A FAST LANDING,

THIS ONE.

OHH.

I REALLY SMACKED MY ARM.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT -- I'M RIGHT

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AFRICAN

FOOD CHAIN HERE.

EVERY PREDATOR AROUND WILL BE

ABLE TO SEE AND SMELL ME.

AND I WANT TO GET MOVING PRETTY

QUICKLY.

KENYA IS HOME TO AROUND 3,000

SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS, ALL OF

THEM ROAMING FREE.

MANY IN SAVANNA GRASSLAND JUST

LIKE THIS, AND AMONGST THEM,

SOME OF THE MOST FEROCIOUS

PREDATORS ON EARTH.

IT'S MIDDAY.

THERE'S AN INTENSE DRY HEAT, AND

THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES YOU

IS A MUSTY ANIMAL SMELL.

THESE ARE LION TRACKS.

LOOK.

LOOK AT THIS.

YOU CAN SEE THE EDGE.

YEAH, LOOK.

COME OVER HERE AND LOOK.

THIS IS AN EVEN BETTER ONE.

LOOK AT THAT.

THESE ARE LARGE TRACKS.

THERE'S AT LEAST ONE LION, AND

THIS IS IDEAL HUNTING TERRITORY

FOR THEM.

LOOK AT THIS.

YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL

INDENTATION OF ITS PAW IN THERE

AND ITS CLAWS, AND THIS TRACK IS

PRETTY FRESH.

I CAN TELL THAT THESE ARE

RECENT BECAUSE EVEN IN THIS SOFT

SAND, THEY'RE STILL CLEARLY

DEFINED.

GENERALLY, YOU'RE MOST

VULNERABLE IF THEY'RE PROTECTING

THEIR YOUNG OR IF THEY'RE

CORNERED OR IF YOU SURPRISE

THEM, AND THIS IS WHAT WORRIES

ME ABOUT THIS SORT OF TERRAIN,

IS JUST STUMBLING UPON THEM.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE MATING, FOR

EXAMPLE, NOBODY LIKES TO BE

INTERRUPTED THEN.

AND THE BOTTOM LINE HERE -- IN

AFRICA, THERE ARE MAN-EATING

LIONS AROUND.

PEOPLE OFTEN GET INTO TROUBLE

HERE WHEN THEIR VEHICLES BREAK

DOWN AND THEY ABANDON THEM,

RISKING ANIMAL ATTACK AND

DEHYDRATION.

THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF

WALKING SAFARIS HAS ALSO LED TO

VISITORS BEING KILLED OR INJURED

IN ENCOUNTERS WITH WILDLIFE.

IF YOU'RE LOST OUT HERE, THE

FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS TO

FIND A LANDMARK OR FIXED POINT

TO AIM FOR, AND FOR ME, IT'S

GONNA BE THAT MOUNTAIN.

ON THE SHOULDER OF THE MOUNTAIN,

I CAN SEE A GLACIER.

THAT MEANS MELTWATER FORMING

INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS.

THE SUN IS NOW MOVING TOWARDS

THE WEST, WHICH MEANS THE

MOUNTAIN AHEAD OF ME IS MORE OR

LESS DUE SOUTH, MAYBE 30 MILES.

ALL AROUND ME IS EVIDENCE OF

WILDLIFE.

ELEPHANTS UP AHEAD.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY THERE ARE.

LOOKS LIKE A BREEDING HERD.

LARGE HERBIVORES, SUCH AS

ELEPHANT, BUFFALO, OR RHINO, CAN

KILL IF DISTURBED.

I WANT TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL OF

THESE GUYS.

ELEPHANTS ARE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT

ANIMALS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY

PROTECTIVE OF THEIR YOUNG.

AND LOOK -- THIS YOUNG BULL HAS

NOW SPOTTED ME.

AND THIS IS QUITE AN

UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION.

BUT HE'S TURNING AWAY.

BUT ELEPHANT CHARGES IN AFRICA

ARE ACTUALLY QUITE COMMON.

AND A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A

LADY OUT ON SAFARI, AND THEY

CAME ACROSS A HERD JUST LIKE

THIS, AND THE BIG BULL ELEPHANT

BROKE FREE OF THE HERD AND

CHARGED HER, TRAMPLED HER, AND

SHE DIED OF MASSIVE INJURIES.

AND HE'S DEFINITELY CHECKING ME

OUT.

I TRY TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE HERD

TO SHOW I'M NO THREAT, BUT NOW

THEY'RE CHALLENGING ME.

AND THAT'S THE MATRIARCH OF THE

HERD.

THE MATRIARCH ALWAYS MOVES TO

THE FRONT OF THE HERD, READY TO

ATTACK.

SHE'S NOT HAPPY NOW.

AND EVERY TIME I TRY AND GET

'ROUND, SHE'S, LIKE, BACKING ME

OFF.

AND THEY'VE ALL NOW JUST STOPPED

AND TURNING AND LOOKING AT ME.

SHE GAVE ME, LIKE, A SHAKE OF

HER HEAD, TELLING ME SHE'S

ANNOYED.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE GONNA MOVE

OFF THIS WAY NOW.

NOPE, THEY'RE COMING AROUND.

THEY'RE COMING AROUND THIS WAY.

GUYS, YOU NEED TO BACK UP A

LITTLE BIT.

AND THEY'RE JUST SIZING US UP

HERE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT -- THIS

IS A BATTLE I DON'T EVEN WANT TO

GET INVOLVED IN.

I'M GONNA HEAD THIS WAY.

YOU CAN TELL WHEN AN ELEPHANT'S

ABOUT TO CHARGE.

THEY'LL OFTEN FLATTEN THEIR EARS

AGAINST THEIR BODIES AND CURL

THEIR TRUNKS.

IF THIS HAPPENS, DON'T JUST RUN

IN ONE DIRECTION, BUT TURN

SHARPLY TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT.

BECAUSE OF ITS POOR EYESIGHT,

THE ELEPHANT MAY CONTINUE TO

CHARGE RIGHT PAST YOU.

IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, YOU'D WANT

TO HEAD FOR HIGH GROUND SO YOU

CAN SEE THE TERRAIN AHEAD.

I'M GONNA TRY AND REACH THE TOP

OF THAT ROCKY OUTCROP AHEAD,

JUST SO IT CAN ACT AS A GOOD

HIGH POINT TO GET A VIEW OF ALL

THE SURROUNDING AREA, TO FIND MY

BEARINGS, SEE IF I CAN SEE ANY

PROMINENT LANDMARKS OR ANY

RIVERS OR STREAMS.

BUT CLIMBING THESE OUTCROPS IS

NEVER AS SIMPLE AS IT MIGHT

LOOK.

MY DAD ALWAYS USED TO SAY, WHEN

WE WERE CLIMBING, "YOU CAN NEVER

TELL HOW STEEP SOMETHING IS

UNTIL YOU LITERALLY RUB NOSES

WITH IT."

AND I CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S A

CRACK RUNNING STRAIGHT UP THE

MIDDLE, BUT THIS IS QUITE A

TECHNICAL CLIMB.

YOU KNOW, IT'S SMOOTH ROCK, AND

IT'S NEAR VERTICAL.

BUT EVEN WITH A SAFETY ROPE, I

NEED TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL.

SO MUCH OF CLIMBING IS JUST

ABOUT BALANCE AND KEEPING YOUR

BODY WEIGHT INTO THE FACE AND

THEN USING YOUR LEG POWER TO

LIFT YOU UP.

[ GRUNTS ]

IF I CAN JUST REACH THIS...

LITTLE LIP UP HERE.

HERE WE GO.

1, 2, 3.

[ EXHALING SHARPLY ]

WHAT I CAN ALSO DO HERE, IN THIS

CRACK, IS USE MY HAND AND JAM IT

IN AND THEN MAKE IT INTO A FIST.

AND THAT MEANS I CAN LEAN OUT ON

IT TO REST OR PULL MYSELF UP.

AND JUST REACH THIS LAST LEDGE,

I'M OVER THE TOP.

[ GRUNTING ]

I'M GONNA SHOW YOU NOW HOW TO

DEAL WITH A PUFF ADDER.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO RUN INTO ONE

OF THESE.

THIS SNAKE HAS THE FASTEST

STRIKE ON EARTH.

>> I'M IN KENYA'S VAST

WILDERNESS TO SHOW YOU HOW TO

SURVIVE HERE, BUT RIGHT IN FRONT

OF ME IS THE DEADLIEST SNAKE IN

ALL OF AFRICA -- THE PUFF ADDER.

THESE SNAKES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

MORE HUMAN DEATHS IN AFRICA THAN

ANY OTHER.

BITTEN BY ONE OF THESE WITHOUT

ANTIVENOM, YOU'VE GOT A DAY TO

LIVE.

THERE YOU GO.

LOOK, HE'S SEEN ME THERE.

HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT.

AND THEY'RE DANGEROUS -- NOT

BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY SLOW,

FAT, AND LAZY.

AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM, IS THAT

THEY DON'T MOVE OUT OF THE WAY

WHEN YOU'RE NEAR IT.

THEY TEND TO BASK IN GRASS JUST

LIKE THIS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE

INCREDIBLY HARD TO SPOT.

PEOPLE WALKING IN AFRICA STUMBLE

UPON THEM ALL THE TIME,

UNINTENTIONALLY PROVOKING AN

ATTACK.

THEY HAVE ENOUGH VENOM TO KILL

UP TO SIX MEN.

PUFF ADDERS CAN STRIKE THEIR

BODY LENGTH IN UNDER A SECOND.

ONCE YOU GET TO THE TOP OF AN

OUTCROP, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET

THE LIE OF THE LAND, AND MORE

IMPORTANTLY, LOOK FOR SIGNS OF

WATER.

WATCH WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS.

THERE'S A RIVERBED, AND THAT'S

GONNA BE YOUR BEST CHANCE OF

GETTING WATER.

TO CONSERVE WHAT WATER YOU HAVE,

YOU'LL NEED TO GET OUT OF THE

SUN, SO KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR

SHELTER.

HERE'S SOMETHING THE MASAI

TRIBESPEOPLE USE FOR TREATING

CUTS AND WOUNDS.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT -- SOME OF

THIS ALOE.

AND THESE PLANTS ARE GREAT.

THEY'RE USED ALL OVER THE WORLD

FOR THEIR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES.

THEY'RE SOOTHING.

AND TAKE ONE OF THE OUTER ONES

HERE.

YOU CAN TELL ALOES FROM THEIR

TUBULAR FLOWERS AND BY THEIR

THICK, FLESHY LEAVES WITH

SERRATED EDGES.

WHAT I DO IS GET IT LIKE THIS

AND CUT IT STRAIGHT DOWN THE

MIDDLE.

AND THEN ALL I HAVE TO DO IS

STREAK IT TO LET THE JUICES

BEGIN TO COME OUT OF IT.

BUT YOUR PRIORITY NOW WILL BE TO

FIND SOMEWHERE TO STAY OUT OF

THE SUN.

LOOK AT THIS GAME TRAIL.

THIS IS DEFINITELY LEADING

SOMEWHERE.

YEAH, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT

PLACE JUST TO GET SOME SHADE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU -- I'M NOT

GONNA BE THE ONLY LIVING THING

THAT'S HAD THIS IDEA.

THESE ARE RHINO PRINTS HERE, AND

THERE'S EVEN AN OLD BUFFALO

DROPPINGS HERE.

RHINO AND BUFFALO ARE EXTREMELY

TERRITORIAL AND CAN KILL

INTRUDERS.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE ALSO LION

NEARBY, SO BLOCK UP THE

ENTRANCE.

EVEN THE MOST BASIC BARRICADE IS

OFTEN ENOUGH TO DETER WILD

ANIMALS.

AND THIS IS JUST OLD ACACIA

BRANCHES FOR PUTTING ACROSS

HERE.

IT'S ACTUALLY AN OLD MASAI

TRICK, THIS.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT ACACIA IS

THAT ITS NEEDLE-SHARP BARBS

PROVIDE A VERY THORNY PROBLEM

FOR ANY POTENTIAL INTRUDERS.

BUT IF ANY WILD ANIMAL DOES GET

THROUGH MY BARRIER, I NEED A

SECONDARY LINE OF DEFENSE.

I'M USING MY KNIFE AND A STICK

TO MAKE A PRIMITIVE SPEAR.

AND THAT'S, THEN, A REALLY GOOD

WEAPON -- EXTENDS MY REACH AND

WILL ALLOW ME TO PROTECT MYSELF

IF I NEED TO.

IT'S 20 DEGREES COOLER IN THE

CAVE.

AND BY RESTING A FEW HOURS, I'VE

AVOIDED THE WORST OF THE SUN.

IT'S ABOUT 3:00 P.M. NOW, AND

THE HEAT OF THE DAY IS

DEFINITELY DYING.

IT'S MUCH COOLER.

AND 'CAUSE WE'RE NEAR THE

EQUATOR, IT SHOULD BE DARK RIGHT

ABOUT 7:00.

IT'S TIME TO GO.

I'M GOING DOWN TO THE VALLEY

FLOOR TO FIND WATER.

[ SIGHS ]

[ SIGHS ]

NOT QUITE -- NOT QUITE THE

GUSHING TORRENT I WAS LOOKING

FOR.

AND THERE'S NOTHING TO DRINK

HERE.

AND THIS IS WHAT I MEAN.

ALL THERE IS, IS THIS STAGNANT

POOL OF WATER.

AND LOOK -- A DEAD TORTOISE, A

GOOD INDICATOR THIS IS NOT GOOD

WATER TO DRINK FROM.

IT'S PROBABLY GOT, LIKE, YOU

KNOW, PARASITES.

IT'S GOT REEDS UP THERE, AND

THEY HARBOR OFTEN BILHARZIA,

WHICH IS A REALLY NASTY

PARASITE THAT CAN GIVE YOU BAD

DIARRHEA.

IT'S VITAL TO KEEP DRINKING, AND

OUT HERE YOU CAN FIND FLUIDS IN

THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PLACES.

>> I'M IN NORTHERN KENYA, WHERE

MILLIONS OF TOURISTS COME TO

EXPERIENCE NATURE, BUT EVERY

YEAR, 70 PEOPLE DIE IN ATTACKS

BY WILD ANIMALS.

IN HOT CLIMATES, IF YOU TRY TO

WALK IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY WITH

NO WATER, YOU MAY LAST NO MORE

THAN FOUR HOURS.

BUT IF IT'S A CHOICE BETWEEN

LIFE AND DEATH, THERE'S A

SURVIVAL TRICK I WAS SHOWN BY AN

OLD RANGER.

ONE THING YOU CAN DO IF YOU'RE

STUCK OUT HERE WITH NO WATER

SOURCE AT ALL IS ACTUALLY DRINK

THE FLUID FROM FRESH ELEPHANT

DUNG.

PRETTY DISGUSTING, BUT IT COULD

SAVE YOUR LIFE.

UGH!

THERE CAN BE HARMFUL BACTERIA IN

THAT WATER, BUT IF YOU HAVE

NOTHING ELSE TO DRINK, IT COULD

BUY YOU EXTRA TIME.

NOT ONE OF THE BETTER DRINKS

I'VE EVER HAD.

LOOK AT THIS LAND.

IT'S JUST COMPLETELY

FEATURELESS, AND IT'S SO EASY TO

GET LOST HERE.

AND IF YOU WERE LOST IN THE

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, WITH NO IDEA

WHERE YOU ARE, ONE OF THE BEST

THINGS YOU CAN DO IS JUST TO

PICK ONE DIRECTION AND STICK

WITH IT.

AND THE BEST WAY OF STICKING ON

YOUR BEARING IS TO PICK A

DIRECTION IN THE DISTANCE --

LET'S SAY, YOU LOOK UNDER THIS

TREE, SEE THAT GREEN BUSH OVER

THERE -- PICK THAT.

WALK TO IT, AND WHEN I GET TO

THAT, TURN BACK.

SEE WHERE I'VE COME FROM, FROM

THIS TREE.

LINE UP THE NEXT MARK AND THEN

WALK TO THAT.

BUT, OBVIOUSLY, THE DISTANCES

WOULD BE MUCH GREATER, BUT

THAT'S THE IDEA -- JUST GOING

POINT TO POINT AND STICKING WITH

IT.

ALSO, KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR ANIMAL

TRACKS, WHICH COULD LEAD YOU TO

WATER.

LOOK AT THIS. LOOK.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THESE GAME

TRAILS HERE, AND THEY'RE ALL

LEADING DOWN THE VALLEY.

AND, YEAH, LOOK AT THIS.

THEY ALL, LIKE, CONVERGE LIKE AN

ARROW -- COME TOGETHER, AS IF

THEY'RE POINTING WHICH WAY TO

FIND WATER.

BUT THESE MIGHT BE OLD TRAILS,

AND IT IS THE DRY SEASON, WHERE

MANY WATER HOLES SIMPLY DRY UP.

THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SOURCE OF

WATER, THIS.

LOOK, IT'S FLOWING, AND IT'S

LOOKING PRETTY CLEAR.

AND THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF

PLACE THAT ANIMALS WOULD COME

DOWN TO DRINK.

AND, YEAH, MAN, LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK.

THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. LOOK.

THESE ARE -- THESE ARE LION

TRACKS, THESE.

LOOK.

[ GRUNTS ]

THESE LIONS ARE AMBUSH

PREDATORS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT

THAT I STAND TALL AND I DON'T

CROUCH DOWN.

WHEN I CROUCH DOWN, I'M SAYING

THAT I'M PREY.

SO I WANT TO FILL THIS WATER

BOTTLE PRETTY QUICKLY.

THE BEST ADVICE IS ALWAYS TO

BOIL WATER TO PURIFY IT BEFORE

YOU DRINK, BUT THAT TAKES TIME

WHICH YOU MAY NOT HAVE.

HEY, LOOK, YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT

FOR THIS BUSH.

THIS IS -- YEAH, THIS IS A

"WAIT-A-BIT" BUSH, KNOWN

THROUGHOUT AFRICA.

IF YOU STUMBLE ACROSS ONE OF

THESE, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW ABOUT

IT.

IT WILL TAKE YOU HOURS TO GET

OUT OF.

WATCH HOW SHARP THESE BARBS ARE.

THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. LOOK.

IF I JUST BACK INTO IT A LITTLE

BIT, AND -- OW!

OH!

I'M GENUINELY...

COMPLETELY STUCK AND...

[ GRUNTS ]

[ SIGHS ]

DIGS RIGHT -- OW! -- INTO YOU.

LOOK AT MY HAND HERE. LOOK.

JUST COMPLETELY CAUGHT ON IT.

THAT IS A PAIN.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE STUMBLING

INTO THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

NIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON.

I'VE GOT WATER, BUT IF YOU

DON'T, IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY,

YOU'LL BE CRIPPLED BY

DEHYDRATION BEFORE THE DAY IS

OUT.

BUT IF YOU REST IN THE DAY AND

WALK AT NIGHT, YOU COULD LAST

TWICE AS LONG.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS, NIGHTTIME IS

WHEN PREDATORS ARE MOST ACTIVE.

DURING MY TIME WITH THE SPECIAL

FORCES, WE'D ONLY MOVE AT NIGHT.

AND IF YOU DO THIS, THERE ARE

CERTAIN SKILLS YOU NEED TO KNOW.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T GOT THE

SUN TO NAVIGATE BY, DURING THE

NIGHT, WHAT I HAVE GOT IS THE

MOON.

AND IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE SUN

RISES IN THE EAST AND SETS IN

THE WEST, SO DOES THE MOON

FOLLOW THAT ROUGH TRAJECTORY

ACROSS THE SKY.

AND TONIGHT'S A REALLY BIG, FULL

MOON, AND I'VE JUST BEEN

WATCHING IT MOVE STEADILY ACROSS

THE SKY ABOVE ME, SHOWING ME

THAT'S TOWARDS THE WEST AND

THAT'S SOUTH, WHERE I'M HEADING.

WALKING AT NIGHT, YOU NEVER KNOW

WHAT'S OUT THERE, AND YOU HAVE

TO USE ALL OF YOUR SENSES.

TAKES ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO GET

YOUR NIGHT VISION.

BUT WHEN IT DOES COME,

ESPECIALLY WITH A FULL MOON LIKE

THIS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WALKING

IN DAYLIGHT.

AND WHEN YOU DO GET YOUR NIGHT

VISION, YOU WANT TO PROTECT IT.

SO IF YOU HAVE TO TURN A TORCH

ON TO READ A MAP OR SOMETHING,

JUST COVER ONE EYE.

AND, ALSO, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO

LOOK AT SOMETHING IN DETAIL, USE

THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE.

YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION IS MUCH

MORE SENSITIVE THAN YOUR FOCAL

VISION DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU,

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EARLY

MAN DEVELOPED AS A GOOD WAY OF

PROTECTING OURSELVES AGAINST

PREDATORS IN TERRAIN JUST LIKE

THIS.

SOMETHING MOVES SILENTLY AHEAD

OF ME, STOPPING ME IN MY

TRACKS...

A LONE ELEPHANT.

JUST BACK UP, GUYS, A LITTLE

BIT.

THIS ELEPHANT IS INCREDIBLY

CLOSE, AND I JUST DIDN'T HEAR

HIM COMING.

THEY MOVE SO STEALTHILY.

HIS EYESIGHT ISN'T GREAT AT

NIGHT, BUT HIS SENSE OF SMELL

REMAINS KEEN.

IF HE CATCHES WIND OF ME, HE

COULD ATTACK.

I DON'T WANT THIS GUY TO SEE ME,

JUST BECAUSE I'M SO VULNERABLE

AT NIGHTTIME, AND I DO NOT WANT

HIM CHARGING AT ME.

I'M JUST GONNA LET HIM PASS

HERE.

OKAY, COME ON.

LET'S GO.

MOVING AT NIGHT IN THE SAVANNA

IS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER, AND YOU

SHOULD ONLY DO IT IF YOU KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND IT'S

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

AND THERE'S THE MOUNTAIN THAT

I'M HEADING FOR.

IT MAY SEEM TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE,

BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF

GROUND TO CROSS, AND YOU NEED TO

COVER AS MUCH OF IT AS POSSIBLE

BEFORE IT GETS TOO HOT.

IF YOU NEED TO EAT, THERE'S A

READY SOURCE OF PROTEIN AROUND

HERE -- SCORPIONS.

ACTUALLY, THE SMALLER THEY ARE,

THE MORE POTENT THE STING, AND

I'VE GOT HIM JUST BY THE

STINGER, RIGHT ON THE TIP OF HIS

TAIL, AND THESE ARE JUST THE

PINCERS THAT HE USES TO HOLD HIS

PREY.

AND AS LONG AS I BITE HIM OFF

JUST BELOW THE STINGER, THIS GUY

IS EDIBLE, AND I'M JUST GONNA

TAKE MAYBE A PINCER OFF FIRST.

[ CRUNCHING ]

WE'LL JUST DO IT IN ONE.

MAYBE IT WAS EASIER.

[ GROANS ]

LOOK, THE STINGER'S STILL

WIGGLING AWAY.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, SCORPIONS

ARE DISGUSTING!

UGH!

BUT IN KENYA'S WILD SAVANNA,

YOU'LL OFTEN COME ACROSS THINGS

YOU JUST DON'T EXPECT TO FIND.

WOW! LOOK AT THIS!

JUST A MASSIVE OLD VOLCANIC

CRATER.

I THINK I CAN SEE HOLES IN THE

CRATER FLOOR.

THEY COULD BE MANMADE.

>> I'M IN NORTHERN KENYA, AND IN

SAVANNA LIKE THIS, YOU'RE

CONSTANTLY AT RISK FROM ANIMAL

ATTACK, DEHYDRATION, AND

HEATSTROKE.

I'M HERE TO SHOW HOW TO GET OUT

ALIVE.

I'M ON THE RIM OF AN EXTINCT

VOLCANO, AND THERE ARE SIGNS OF

HUMAN ACTIVITY AT THE BOTTOM,

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.

BUT THE SIDES OF THIS CRATER ARE

STEEP SLOPES OF VOLCANIC

SHINGLE.

THE FASTEST WAY DOWN A SHINGLE

FACE LIKE THIS IS TO SCREE-RUN

IT.

YOU NEED TO DIG YOUR HEELS IN

AND THEN USE YOUR HANDS FOR

BALANCE, ZIGZAGGING YOUR WAY

DOWN.

WHOA!

OW!

[ COUGHING ]

THAT WAS FAST.

I MUST HAVE INHALED HALF THE

MOUNTAIN IN DUST.

THIS PLACE IS LONG DESERTED, AND

I'M NOT SURPRISED.

THIS CRATER IS A REAL HEAT TRAP.

IT'S EVEN HOTTER HERE THAN UP ON

THE SAVANNA.

WHAT LOOKED LIKE SIGNS OF

HABITATION ARE ACTUALLY

ABANDONED SALT WORKINGS.

BUT AT LEAST THERE MIGHT BE

SOMETHING HERE THAT YOU COULD

USE.

OHH.

OH, THIS STUFF IS SO CRUSTY AND

SOFT, AND THIS BIT HERE THAT

LOOKS LIKE TAR IS ACTUALLY SALT.

AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE TYPE

YOU'RE USED TO, ON YOUR TABLE,

NICE AND REFINED, BUT IT IS

ACTUALLY SALT.

AND IF I BREAK A BIT OFF HERE,

IT WILL REPLACE LOST MINERAL

SALTS THAT I'M LOSING ALL THE

TIME THROUGH SWEATING.

AND, ALSO, IT WILL ACTUALLY ACT

AS AN ELECTROLYTE IF YOU'VE GOT

DIARRHEA.

IT WAS MUCH EASIER GETTING INTO

THIS CRATER THAN GETTING OUT OF

IT, AND I'VE USED UP A LOT OF

ENERGY.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

[ SNIFFLES ]

IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAVANNA'S

PREDATORS HAVE BEEN BUSY.

THOSE VULTURES ARE A CLEAR SIGN

THAT SOMETHING HAS FALLEN PREY.

BUT AS I'M WALKING TOWARDS THEM,

I COME ACROSS SOMETHING ELSE.

THERE'S A GROUP OF RHINO --

WHITE RHINO HERE.

THIS IS JUST AMAZING TO SEE.

THEY'RE PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT

50 METERS AWAY FROM ME HERE.

AND I NEED TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL.

YOU MUST NEVER UNDERESTIMATE

RHINO.

I KNOW OF TWO SOUTH AFRICAN

BROTHERS THAT GOT CHARGED BY A

BIG BULL RHINO, AND THEY WERE

GORED AND TRAMPLED ON.

THEY WERE A REAL MESS.

BUT THEY EVENTUALLY GOT RESCUED,

AIR-AMBULANCED OUT, AND THEY

WERE DEFINITELY LUCKY, LUCKY,

LUCKY TO LIVE.

AND LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THERE --

THOSE TWO RHINO HAVE GONE INTO

THE DEFENSIVE POSITION, WHERE

THEY'VE PUT THEIR BACKSIDES

TOGETHER, AND THEY FACE

OUTWARDS.

AND THAT'S OUR FIRST WARNING TO

ME THAT I'M GETTING TOO CLOSE

HERE.

THEY'RE UNSURE OF ME, AND THAT

FIRST WARNING MEANS THE RHINO

ARE WEIGHING OUT WHETHER TO TAKE

ME ON OR RUN AWAY.

I'M RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THEIR

COMFORT ZONE.

IF I MOVE ANY FURTHER TOWARDS

THEM, THEY COULD CHARGE.

BUT AS WITH ELEPHANT, IF YOU

EVER HAVE TO FACE A RHINO

CHARGE, THERE IS SOMETHING YOU

CAN DO TO SAVE YOURSELF.

AND IF THEY DID TURN AND CHARGE

TOWARDS ME, WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO

IS HOLD MY NERVE AND NOT TRY AND

JUST OUTRUN THEM, 'CAUSE I'D

NEVER MANAGE TO DO THAT.

YOU'VE GOT TO STAND FIRM, FACE

IT, HOLD THAT NERVE.

AND THEN, AT THE LAST MINUTE,

DIVE TO THE SIDE, AND THEN FIND

COVER.

AND LOOK, YOU SEE THEM JUST

BEGINNING TO EDGE TOWARDS ME

NOW.

OKAY, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY

AROUND HERE.

I'VE MOVED OUT OF THEIR THREAT

ZONE.

AND THEY'RE HAPPIER NOW, AND

SLOWLY, THEY MOVE AWAY.

THOSE VULTURES I SAW BEFORE ARE

ON THE GROUND NOW AND QUITE

CLOSE.

THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN FLIGHT AT

MY APPROACH, BUT THEY HAVEN'T,

AND THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE

THING.

LOOK AT THAT. YOU SEE THAT?

THOSE VULTURES THERE -- THEY'RE

SO FULL OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN

FEEDING OFF, THEY CAN'T EVEN

TAKE OFF.

THEY'RE JUST, LIKE, WADDLING UP

THE HILL.

AND THIS IS WHAT THESE VULTURES

HAVE BEEN AFTER.

LOOK AT THIS -- A DEAD ZEBRA

THAT'S DEFINITELY A LION KILL.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LIONS

HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN, EATEN ALL

THE MEAT, ALL THE INNARDS, AND

THEN LEAVES THE BONE AND THE

SKIN FOR THE VULTURES CIRCLING

ABOVE.

AMAZING TO SEE IT JUST SO CLOSE.

A KILL LIKE THIS CAN MEAN FOOD

FOR THE SURVIVOR.

AND THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN TELL

IF THE MEAT ON IT IS FIT TO EAT.

VULTURES ARE THE FIRST SIGN, AS

THEY WILL ONLY EAT FRESH MEAT.

CHECK ALSO FOR MAGGOTS.

THE LACK OF MAGGOTS TELLS ME

THAT THIS KILL IS HOURS, RATHER

THAN DAYS, OLD.

AND IF THE CARCASS SMELLS

ROTTEN, MOVE ON.

BUT THIS MEAT IS FRESH AND AN

EXCELLENT SOURCE OF PROTEIN.

AND THIS IS SO TOUGH, THE SKIN.

BUT LOOK AT UNDER ALL OF THIS.

I GOT TO PEEL THE SKIN BACK.

[ INSECTS BUZZING ]

[ GRUNTS ]

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW A LOT

OF EARLY MAN USED TO HUNT.

THEY ACTUALLY WEREN'T GREAT

HUNTERS.

[ GRUNTING ]

[ GULPS ]

THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOOD

SCAVENGERS, PICKERS OF BERRIES,

AND OPPORTUNISTIC, FOLLOWING OUT

WHERE LIONS WOULD EAT.

[ COUGHS ]

OH, THAT'S A NASTY BIT.

ONE LAST BIT.

AWESOME!

[ GROWLING IN DISTANCE ]

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE

THAT, BUT JUST ABOUT 50 METERS

UP, IN THAT THICKET, A PRIDE OF

LIONS.

>> I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WILD

SAVANNA OF NORTHERN KENYA.

AND I'M JUST YARDS AWAY FROM A

PRIDE OF LIONS.

THERE YOU GO.

THEY'RE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME

NOW.

IT LOOKS LIKE TWO LIONESSES WITH

THEIR CUBS, JUST SHADING FROM

THE SUN.

BUT I'VE GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL

HERE.

THOSE LIONESSES ARE GONNA BE SO

PROTECTIVE OF THEIR YOUNG, AND

IT MEANS I NEED TO KEEP MORE

DISTANCE.

THEY CAN MOVE 20 METERS IN JUST

OVER A SECOND -- UNBELIEVABLY

FAST.

AND THEIR CLAWS -- RAZOR-SHARP.

ONE SWIPE, THEY'LL DISEMBOWEL A

MAN.

AND A BIG MALE -- IF IT WENT FOR

YOU, ONE SWIPE STRAIGHT ACROSS

THE NECK, COULD TAKE A MAN'S

HEAD RIGHT OFF.

AND THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IF

IT DID GO FOR ME IS STAND TALL,

PUT MY ARMS OUT WIDE, MAKE A LOT

OF NOISE, CLAP, AND BASICALLY

TRY AND BLUFF, 'CAUSE THERE'S NO

WAY YOU CAN RUN.

THEIR INSTINCT IS TO CHASE.

THEY'RE CHASE ANIMALS.

THEY CAN'T HELP IT.

AND IF YOU RUN, YOU'RE GONNA BE

CHASED, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE

DEAD.

>> [ GROWLING ]

>> LISTEN TO HER.

LISTEN TO HER.

OKAY, IT'S TIME WE NEED TO BE

OUT OF HERE, GUYS.

OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING.

I'M HEADING SOUTH, AIMING FOR

THAT MOUNTAIN.

IF YOU'RE LOST IN THE

WILDERNESS, THE USUAL ADVICE IS

TO HUNT FOR A STREAM WHICH WILL

LEAD TO A RIVER AND FOLLOW THAT

DOWNSTREAM UNTIL YOU FIND

PEOPLE.

AND THAT WOULD WORK ANYWHERE,

APART FROM IN AFRICA, 'CAUSE

WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS HERE IS THAT

YOU'LL FOLLOW THESE STREAMS AND

THESE RIVERS, AND THEY'LL RUN,

AND THEY'LL RUN, AND THEN

THEY'LL JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE

GROUND, INTO THESE AQUIFERS, AND

EFFECTIVELY INTO NOTHING.

AND TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN TO YOU

WOULD BE A REAL BUMMER.

SO THE BEST ADVICE IN AFRICA IS

ACTUALLY TO DO THE OPPOSITE THAN

NORMAL AND HEAD UPSTREAM, FOLLOW

THE WATER SOURCE ALL THE WAY

UNTIL YOU FIND SOME SORT OF

CIVILIZATION THAT WAY.

AS THE MOUNTAIN GETS EVER

CLOSER, THE TERRAIN CHANGES.

THIS IS MUCH MORE LIKE IT NOW

HERE.

THIS IS LOOKING MUCH GREENER.

AND THIS SHOULD BE THE START OF

WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD UP TO

THE FOOTHILLS.

ALSO, THESE YELLOW FEVER TREES

ARE GOOD INDICATORS THAT I'M

NEAR A WATER SOURCE, AS ARE,

ACTUALLY, THOSE BABOONS OVER

THERE THAT ALWAYS HANG OUT NEAR

GOOD WATER.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS TRY AND

FIND THIS WATER SOURCE AND THEN

FOLLOW THAT UP INTO THE

MOUNTAINS.

BABOONS ARE ALSO A SIGN THAT

THERE ARE NO MAJOR PREDATORS

AROUND, SO THIS WOULD BE A GOOD

SPOT FOR ME TO SPEND THE NIGHT.

AND THIS ISN'T A BAD PLACE.

WE'RE PRETTY NEAR WATER.

THE PROBLEM WITH BEING NEAR

WATER IS MOSQUITOES.

BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, WHICH

THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF AROUND

HERE, IS BLACKJACK, AND THAT'S A

REALLY GOOD INSECTICIDE.

AND HERE WE GO. THERE'S ONE.

JUST TAKE THIS.

I CAN PUT IT STRAIGHT ONTO THE

FIRE.

YOU CAN TELL BLACKJACK BY ITS

OVAL-SHAPED LEAVES BORDERED WITH

COARSELY TOOTHED EDGES.

IT GROWS ABOUT 2 FOOT LONG.

AND WHEN THE FLOWERS ARE OUT,

THEY HAVE PINKISH-WHITE PETALS.

AND THAT WILL HELP KEEP THE

MOSQUITOES AWAY.

MOSQUITOES ARE THE BIGGEST

KILLER OF PEOPLE IN AFRICA

BECAUSE OF THE MALARIA THEY

SPREAD.

SO THIS WILL HELP ME.

MALARIA KILLS A MILLION AFRICANS

EVERY YEAR.

WELL, HERE'S A STREAM.

IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT MEANS AT

LEAST I'M IN THE RIGHT AREA FOR

STREAMS AND FOR RIVERS.

AND ALSO, THERE'S MORE BLACKJACK

FOR ME TO BURN AS A MOSQUITO

REPELLENT.

IT'S ALMOST DARK NOW.

AND PROBABLY MY BEST CHANCE OF

SHELTER IS THIS TREE.

AND IT WILL MEAN AT LEAST I'M

OFF THE GROUND, SO I'M NOT GONNA

GET TRAMPLED BY ANY BIG GAME.

I WON'T GET MY FACE BITTEN BY

ANYTHING SMALLER, LIKE A HYENA.

AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME

DECENT SLEEP.

USING MY FLINT, I'M TRYING TO

LIGHT SOME DRY ELEPHANT DUNG,

WHICH I'M USING AS KINDLING.

IT SHOULD BURN PRETTY WELL.

OKAY. COME ON, NOW.

AT NIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE HERE

DROPS TO 45 DEGREES.

HAVING A FIRE IN THE BUSH NOT

ONLY KEEPS YOU WARM, IT DETERS

PREDATORS AND OTHER ANIMALS,

AND IT SHOULD KEEP THE

MOSQUITOES AWAY.

BUT LIGHTING ELEPHANT DUNG IS

NOT ALWAYS THAT EASY.

[ COUGHING ]

OH, TELL YOU WHAT -- THE FUMES

OF ELEPHANT DUNG IS REALLY NOT

NICE.

[ BLOWING ]

WHAT I'M GONNA PUT ON IS A BIT

OF THIS BLACKJACK.

AND IF I JUST BREAK A LITTLE BIT

OF THIS OFF AND LAY IT ONTO THE

FIRE, WHEN THAT BURNS, IT ACTS

AS A REALLY GOOD REPELLENT.

AND WHAT I'M HOPING IS, ALL THE

SMOKE AND AROMA OF THIS IS GONNA

WAFT UP INTO THE TREE WHERE I'M

SLEEPING.

MORNING.

WELL, THE SUN'S UP.

I'VE GOT A FIRE GOING, TRYING TO

GET WARM BECAUSE IT WAS COLD

LAST NIGHT, AND ALL IN ALL, I

DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF GREAT

NIGHT -- PARTLY BECAUSE IT WAS

COLD, BUT PARTLY BECAUSE THE

BABOONS WERE SCURRYING AROUND

ALL THROUGH THE TREES.

BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE

BABOONS IS THAT THEY ACT AS AN

EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM.

IF THERE'S ANY NASTY PREDATOR,

THEY WOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN

HOWLING LIKE CRAZY.

BUT BEFORE I GO, WHAT I'M ALSO

GONNA DO IS JUST PUT OUT A

MARKER, SO IF ANYONE COMES

ACROSS MY OLD CAMPSITE, THEY'LL

KNOW WHICH WAY I'VE GONE.

AND I CAN JUST USE SOME OF THE

REMAINING LOGS FOR THIS AND JUST

CLEAR THIS AREA.

AND JUST PUT OUT A SIMPLE ARROW

IN THE DIRECTION THAT I'M GONNA

BE TRAVELING TODAY.

OKAY, IT'S TIME TO GO.

PUT THIS OUT.

YOUR BEST BET IS TO FOLLOW A

RIVER UPSTREAM.

ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD,

YOU'D HEAD DOWNSTREAM TO FIND

PEOPLE.

BUT HERE AFRICA, ENTIRE RIVERS

CAN JUST DISAPPEAR UNDERGROUND,

SO I'M GOING UP, TOWARDS THE

FERTILE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAIN.

[ HIPPOPOTAMUSES GRUNTING ]

THAT SOUND IS UNMISTAKABLE --

HIPPOS.

THEY'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST

KILLERS IN AFRICA.

[ HIPPOPOTAMUSES GRUNTING ]

>> I'M IN NORTHERN KENYA,

SHOWING HOW TO SURVIVE, BUT IN

FRONT OF ME IS ONE OF THE

DEADLIEST ANIMALS IN ALL OF

AFRICA.

IF I GOT IN THIS RIVER HERE AND

TRIED TO CROSS THIS, THE BOTTOM

LINE IS THAT I'D DIE.

AND THE REASON IS THOSE HIPPOS.

THEY ARE UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS.

THE MALES ARE SO TERRITORIAL,

AND THE FEMALES ARE VERY

PROTECTIVE OF THEIR YOUNG.

AND THE WORST PLACE YOU CAN BE

IS BETWEEN A HIPPO AND THE

WATER.

THERE WAS AN AUSTRALIAN LADY WHO

WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A HIPPO AND

THE WATER.

AND THE HIPPO JUST WENT BERSERK,

CHARGED AT HER, FLIPPED HER IN

THE AIR, TRAMPLED HER, AND BIT

HER TO DEATH.

[ GRUNTING CONTINUES ]

AND THAT'S JUST A WARNING TO ME

TO STAY BACK.

THAT'S THEIR FIRST WARNING.

[ GRUNTING CONTINUES ]

HALF A MILE UPSTREAM, THINGS

LOOK A BIT MORE PROMISING.

THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T A BAD PLACE

FOR ME TO CROSS.

IT'S QUITE FAST-FLOWING, AND

IT'S QUITE SHALLOW.

IT'S RARE TO FIND HIPPOS IN

SHALLOW WATER LIKE THIS.

HIPPOS PREFER DEEPER, CALMER

WATER TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR

MASSIVE BODY WEIGHT.

THIS STUFF IS JUST SO, SO

SLIPPY.

TAKE IT EASY, GUYS, HERE.

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

OKAY. I'M ACROSS.

I'M FOLLOWING THE RIVER UP THE

LOWER SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAIN,

AND ALL AROUND ME ARE REMINDERS

THAT I'M IN THE MIDST OF A

CONSTANT LIFE-OR-DEATH STRUGGLE.

IT MIGHT SEEM A LOT OF EFFORT,

BUT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF

FOLLOWING THE RIVER IS TO GET IN

IT.

AND THIS MOUNTAIN WATER IS TOO

COLD AND FAST FOR HIPPOS.

BUT WHAT THERE ARE, ARE

LEOPARDS, AND PROBABLY WHY I'M

BETTER OFF STICKING IN THIS

STREAM THAN TRYING TO DO BATTLE

WITH THESE STEEP RAVINES AND

FORESTS.

I CAN TELL I'M GETTING HIGHER UP

NOW, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S FREEZING

COLD.

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

THE GRADIENT IS INCREASING, AND

THAT MEANS STEEP WATERFALLS.

BUT IT'S STILL EASIER FOR ME TO

CLIMB THEM THAN LEAVE THE RIVER

AND CLIMB SOME OF THE SHEER

PRECIPICES AROUND THEM.

EVEN THOUGH THIS WATERFALL IS

QUITE COLD, CLIMBING IT WAS SO

MUCH FUN.

AND HAVING FUN IS A KEY PART OF

KEEPING YOUR MORALE UP.

IT WILL SOON BE DUSK, AND AS THE

AIR TEMPERATURE DROPS, THERE'S A

REAL RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA.

THIS WATER IS JUST SO, SO COLD,

AND I'M FIGHTING TO TRY AND KEEP

THE TOP HALF OF ME AT LEAST DRY,

BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, IN WATER

THIS COLD, I WOULDN'T LAST LONG

UP TO MY NECK.

THESE FIXED LINES GOING STRAIGHT

UP -- STRAIGHT OFF SOMETHING.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A CABLE OR A

PULLEY.

YEAH, LOOK, YOU CAN EVEN SEE,

LIKE, A BASKET.

IT'S PROBABLY A WAY THE LOCAL

FARMERS SEND FEED ACROSS THESE

RAVINES, AND THE ROPES LOOK LIKE

PART OF THE PULLEY SYSTEM THAT

HAS COME ADRIFT.

BUT I JUST NEED TO FIND OUT

WHETHER THIS ROPE IS STRONG

ENOUGH.

WELL...

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO TEST IT.

I'M JUST GOING FOR IT.

[ EXHALING SHARPLY ]

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

IT'S WELL OVER 100 FEET TO THE

TOP OF THIS RAVINE, AND THE ONLY

WAY TO CLIMB UP THESE ROPES IS

THE HARD WAY, HAND OVER HAND.

THERE'S NOT MUCH TECHNIQUE OR

FINESSE HERE.

IT JUST TAKES STRENGTH AND

CONFIDENCE, AND NEVER LOOK DOWN.

OHH.

[ PANTING ]

I THINK WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT

AFRICA IS THAT IT'S A PLACE

THAT'S FULL OF LIFE, THAT'S

LOCKED IN A STRUGGLE FOR

SURVIVAL.

AND FOR SOME CREATURES TO LIVE,

OTHERS MUST DIE, BUT THE KEY TO

STAYING ALIVE OUT HERE IS TO

UNDERSTAND THE ANIMALS AND, LIKE

OUR COMMON ANCESTORS, USE OUR

BRAINS TO KEEP US ON TOP OF THE

FOOD CHAIN.