Man vs. Wild (2006–2020): Season 4, Episode 7 - The Inside Story - full transcript

I'M BEAR GRYLLS.

I'VE TRAVELED
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

IN SEARCH
OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES

AND THE MOST DANGEROUS
LOCATIONS

TO SHOW YOU THE SKILLS
YOU NEED TO SURVIVE

IN THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST
ENVIRONMENTS.

I'VE DROPPED INTO EVERY CORNER
OF THE EARTH,

BATTLING THE ELEMENTS,

EATING THE UNIMAGINABLE,

DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.

BUT IN MY QUEST FOR SURVIVAL,
I'M NEVER ALONE.



A SMALL AND DEDICATED TEAM

FOLLOW ME
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

FILMING THIS SHOW HAS TAKEN ME

TO SOME OF THE MOST
ASTOUNDING LOCATIONS ON EARTH.

IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE,

OFTEN DANGEROUS,
ALWAYS FULL-ON,

BUT ULTIMATELY,
IT'S WHAT I REALLY LOVE.

I WORK WITH A FANTASTIC,
SMALL CREW OF PEOPLE.

THEY'RE WITH ME OFTEN
IN PRETTY HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS,

BUT IN MY EYES, THEY'RE
THE REAL HEROES OF THE SHOW.

IN THIS EPISODE, I'LL BE
TAKING YOU BEHIND THE SCENES

AND INTRODUCING YOU
TO THE CREW.

FROM SIMON THE CAMERAMAN,

WHO FOLLOWS ME
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY...



BEAR IS
VERY KIND OF INSPIRATIONAL,

JUST MAKES YOU FEEL
THAT YOU CAN DO IT.

AND IF HE'S GONNA GO,
I'VE GOT TO GO.

OOH!
YOU ALL RIGHT?

...TO DAVE, HIS ROPESMAN,

WHO TRIES TO KEEP HIM SAFE
AS HE BATTLES TO GET THE SHOTS.

THE CAMERAMAN, THE SOUND GUY
RELY ON ME, I GUESS,

AND HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN ME THAT I'M DOING IT RIGHT.

WHEREVER WE ARE,

THE FIRST CHALLENGE
FOR ME AND MY TEAM

IS ALWAYS THE SAME --

TO ACCESS SOME OF THE MOST
REMOTE LOCATIONS ON EARTH.

MANY TIMES,
THE ONLY WAY IN IS BY CHOPPER,

BUT IT HAS ITS RISKS.

OFTEN, THERE'S NOWHERE TO LAND.

THE HELICOPTER WILL HOVER
JUST OFF THE GROUND,

AND WE HAVE TO JUMP IN...

OR WE HAVE TO OPT
FOR THE RAPPELS.

BUT THE ROPES AND HELICOPTERS
DON'T TEND TO GO WELL TOGETHER.

WE HAVE TO WEIGHT THE ROPE

SO IT DOESN'T FLY UP
INTO THE ROTORS

OR THE INTAKES
OF THE HELICOPTER.

AND THE LONGER
I'M ON THESE ROPES,

THE MORE DANGEROUS IT IS
FOR EVERYONE.

AND WHEN I HIT THE GROUND,

THE FIRST JOB
IS TO CLEAR THE ROPES

THEN GIVE THE FLYBOYS A SIGNAL,
AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.

JOB DONE.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]

IN ROMANIA,
WITH STORM CLOUDS BREWING,

A RAPPEL WAS NOT AN OPTION.

ANOTHER SOLUTION
HAD TO BE FOUND.

THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING IN!

AND THERE'S
ONLY A TINY WEATHER WINDOW!

THE PILOT SAYS
HE CAN'T LAND UP THERE!

SO IT MEANS --

IT MEANS I'VE GOT TO IMPROVISE!

Pearce: HE HAD A FLIGHT TIME OF
PROBABLY ABOUT 45 MINUTES PLUS.

BUT WHEN THE HELICOPTER
LOWERED HIM, I CUT THE ROPE.

AND WE LOOKED DOWN,
AND HE DIDN'T MOVE.

HE'D BEEN HANGING
ONTO THE CHOPPER FOR SO LONG

THAT THE HARNESS HAD CUT OFF ALL
THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO HIS LEGS.

SO WHEN HE GOT TO THE GROUND,
HE COULDN'T ACTUALLY MOVE.

WE DO ALL WE CAN
TO MINIMIZE THE RISK.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE JUMPING OUT
OF AN AIRCRAFT AT 10,000 FOOT,

DANGER IS NEVER FAR AWAY.

WE MAY LOOK AT THE DROP ZONES
FROM THE AIR.

AND WE THINK,
"YEAH, THAT LOOKS OKAY."

BUT IT'S OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT
TO GAUGE IT FROM THE AIR.

AND ULTIMATELY,
WHEN HE JUMPS OUT OF THAT HELO,

HIS DEATH'S DOWN TO HIM.

IN TURKEY, THE PLAN WAS
TO LAND HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS.

IT QUICKLY WENT WRONG.

2,000 FOOT, TIME TO DEPLOY.

Grylls: THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN
IS JUST STREWN

WITH BOULDERS AND BIG ROCKS...

ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LAKE
JUST DOWN BENEATH ME.

AND THAT'S WHAT
I'M GONNA AIM FOR.

IT'S EITHER TAKING A DUNKING
AND GETTING WET

OR PROBABLY BREAKING AN ANKLE.

THIS IS GONNA BE TIGHT.

JUMPING INTO WATER IS
FRAUGHT WITH POTENTIAL RISKS --

THE MAIN ONE BEING THE RIGGING
LINES CAN JUST WRAP AROUND YOU

LIKE AN OCTOPUS' TENTACLES
AND EFFECTIVELY DROWN YOU.

[ SPUTTERING AND GASPING ]

ACTUALLY QUITE HAIRY, THAT.

LOOK.

IN SUMATRA, I WAS HEADING
FOR A DESERT ISLAND.

THIS TIME,
WITH ALL THE DRY LAND

COVERED IN THICK VEGETATION,

MY ONLY OPTION
WAS TO LAND IN THE SEA.

FACING STRONG RIPTIDES
AND BIG SURF,

GOING IN WITH A CHUTE STILL
ATTACHED COULD BE DISASTROUS.

I HAD TO DITCH THE CANOPY
BEFORE I HIT THE WATER,

BUT RELEASE IT TOO HIGH,

AND THE FALL
WOULD BE JUST AS DANGEROUS.

LUCKILY, THIS TIME
I GOT IT JUST RIGHT.

WHOO!

WHEREVER I GO, CAMERAMAN SIMON
IS CLOSE BEHIND.

I LIKE TO PUSH THINGS
TO THE LIMIT,

BUT SOMETIMES HE HAS CONCERNS.

HOVERING 40 FOOT UP JUST OFF
THE SKELETON COAST IN NAMIBIA,

I WAS ABOUT TO JUMP.

BUT SIMON WASN'T SO SURE.

EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE THE JUMPS
OUT OF THE HELICOPTER

INTO ANY KIND OF WATER,

I'VE ALWAYS HAD A GULP
AND GONE, "HMM."

AND BEAR'S SORT OF SIGNALING,
"A BIT HIGHER, A BIT HIGHER."

I'M THINKING, "WELL, I DON'T
REALLY WANT TO JUMP FROM THAT,

BUT OKAY -- IF HE'S GONNA GO,
I'VE GOT TO GO."

BEAR IS
VERY KIND OF INSPIRATIONAL.

HE MAKES YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN
DO IT, AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY.

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'S DONE.

YOU'RE IN THE WATER,
AND YOU'RE GASPING FOR BREATH.

THE TEAM HAVE BECOME
WELL ACCUSTOMED

TO ME JUMPING FROM CHOPPERS

AND GENERALLY LAUNCHING MYSELF
OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN.

BUT IN SOUTHERN TEXAS,

WHERE I WAS HEADING INTO THE
HEART OF THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT,

THE BIPLANE
WAS MY MEANS OF ENTRY.

THE PLAN WAS FOR THE PLANE
TO INVERT AND DROP ME OUT,

BUT THE LARGE TAIL
WAS CAUSING CONCERN.

IF I HIT IT WHEN I JUMPED,
IT WOULD BE CURTAINS.

WE HAD TO FIND A SOLUTION.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
FOR THIS ONE

IS TRYING TO DROP
OUT OF A BIPLANE

WHERE IT ACTUALLY GOES INVERTED,

AND I KIND OF JUST DISAPPEAR
FROM IT.

THE PILOT'S GOING,
"THIS IS QUITE A MAD ONE TO DO."

I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, "HELP."

BUT, YOU KNOW,
WE KIND OF WORK WELL AS A TEAM.

WE TRY AND MINIMIZE THE RISK
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M
PRETTY CONFIDENT WE CAN DO THIS.

YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA
BE AN EXCITING ENTRANCE,

PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ONES
WE'VE DONE.

BEFORE TAKEOFF,

SIMON HAD TO WORK OUT
HOW TO FILM THE SEQUENCE.

HIS BIGGEST DILEMMA --
WHERE TO POSITION HIMSELF

TO GET SHOTS OF ME
SITTING IN THE COCKPIT.

THIS IS A NEW CHALLENGE FOR US

'CAUSE NORMALLY
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW,

BEAR JUMPS OUT OF AN AIRCRAFT.

I'M SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM --

HELICOPTER, CESSNA PLANE,
WHATEVER.

THIS ONE IS A LITTLE PLANE,
AND IT HAS TWO SEATS --

ONE FOR THE PILOT THERE,
AND ONE FOR BEAR THERE.

W-W-WHERE AM I GONNA GO?

SO, TALKING TO THE PILOT,

HE SAYS, WELL,
I CAN BE ON THE WING,

BUT I CAN'T BE IN THE DRAFT
OF THE PROP

BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE
ABOUT 200-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND.

SO I WOULD BE JUST OUTSIDE THAT,
WHICH MEANS I'M RIGHT HERE,

ABOUT 6 FEET AWAY FROM BEAR,

WHICH, UM...

THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE TO BE.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA BE
FOR THE SHOOT.

ONCE SIMON AND HIS CAMERA
WERE SAFELY SECURED,

IT WAS TIME TO GO.

THE PLAN WAS TO FLY
TO 8,000 FOOT BEFORE I JUMPED.

ON THE WAY THERE,
SIMON WOULD FILM FROM THE WING.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

Beneath me
is the Chihuahuan Desert!

And it's one of the largest
deserts in North America --

just vast!

But it's also empty.

There's hardly any habitation
there at all.

Okay, Bear, we're coming up
on 8,000 feet now.

You better get ready
to jump.

WITH ME OUT OF THE COCKPIT,
SIMON COULD TAKE MY PLACE.

HE WOULD FILM THE BARREL ROLL
FROM MY SEAT.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

THIS WAS CERTAINLY A FIRST
FOR ME AND A FIRST FOR SIMON.

BUT, ULTIMATELY, IT'S JUST
ANOTHER DAY IN MAKING THE SHOW.

HOWEVER WE DO IT,
GETTING IN IS ALWAYS A RUSH.

BUT ONCE MY FEET HIT
THE GROUND OR THE WATER,

THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY BEGINS.

I'VE FACED SOME OF THE HARSHEST
PLACES ON EARTH.

AND EVERY STEP I TAKE,
MY CREW FOLLOWS.

WHEN YOU'RE THROWN OUT INTO
THE MIDDLE OF THE WILDERNESS,

IT ALWAYS TAKES TIME TO ADJUST.

BUT IT'S SWAMPS THAT THE CREW
FIND MOST UNNERVING.

[ GASPING ]

YOU COME FROM LONDON
ON THE PLANE.

LITERALLY, YOU KNOW,
A COUPLE DAYS LATER,

YOU ARE DROPPED INTO A SWAMP,

WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AN
INCREDIBLY INTIMIDATING PLACE.

AND, IMMEDIATELY, YOUR SENSES
ARE JUST ON ABSOLUTE OVERRIDE.

AND ANYTHING THAT BRUSHES
PAST YOUR LEG, YOU JUST GO,

"WHOA! WHAT'S THAT?
WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT?"

IT'S AMAZING HOW SENSITIVE
YOUR EARS BECOME

JUST TO EVERY LITTLE CRACK
OF A TWIG...

WHEN YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT'S UNDER THE SURFACE.

WHETHER IT'S THE SWAMPS
OF THE DEEP SOUTH

OR THE JUNGLE RIVERS OF BELIZE,

SURVIVING IN WATER
IS A TOUGH BUSINESS

AND FILMING IN IT
A REAL CHALLENGE.

THE TEMPERATURE,
THE WHITE WATER,

AND THE RISK OF DROWNING
ARE ALL FACTORS

THAT MAKE ME AND MY TEAM
ALWAYS THINK LONG AND HARD.

IT'S FAST-FLOWING RIVERS
AND RAPIDS --

THEY'RE, FOR ME, PERSONALLY,
THE RISKIEST ENVIRONMENT

BECAUSE IT'S A TOTALLY MOVING
AND CHANGING RISK.

EVERY DAY,
THE FLOW IS DIFFERENT.

SO IT'S A VERY TENSE ENVIRONMENT
TO OPERATE IN.

Reay:
I KIND OF FIND MYSELF THINKING,

"RIGHT, OKAY,
IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG HERE,

"IS IT DOWN TO MY ABILITY
TO GET OUT OF HERE,

OR IS IT COMPLETELY DOWN
TO MOTHER NATURE?"

AND I THINK WATER IS DEFINITELY
THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT

'CAUSE YOU ARE COMPLETELY
AT ITS MERCY.

BEAR'S VERY, VERY GOOD
AT FINDING THAT LINE

AND ARTICULATING THAT TO ME.

I'M GETTING TUMBLED AROUND
LIKE A PEBBLE,

CONSTANTLY PINNED
UNDER TONS OF FREEZING WATER.

BUT THE RAPIDS
HAVE DONE THEIR JOB.

I CAN FERRY GLIDE
TO THE OPPOSITE BANK

WHERE THE SIDES OF THE VALLEY
ARE OPENING UP.

COME HERE.

LET'S GET IN HERE.

GET IN OUT OF THAT FLOW.

I'M GONNA GET A HOLD OF THIS...

IT'S MORE DANGEROUS!

THE BEST WAY TO STEER CLEAR
OF STOPPERS AND SUBMERGED ROCKS

IS TO BUILD A RAFT.

STAYING ON THE SURFACE

WILL VASTLY IMPROVE
YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL.

IN ALABAMA, A RAFT
SEEMED LIKE A GREAT WAY

TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER
AND OUT OF TROUBLE.

EVERYTHING I NEEDED
WAS LYING AROUND ME.

THEN USE ALL OF THIS POLYSTYRENE
AS THE NEXT LAYER.

AND THEN USE THE TARPAULIN
TO WRAP AROUND IT,

TRY AND MAKE IT
AS WATERTIGHT AS POSSIBLE.

Groeneweg: HE FOUND SOME KIND
OF PLASTIC SHEETING.

HE BUILT IT INTO A DOUGHNUT RAFT

JUST WITH ALL THE DEBRIS

THAT WAS THERE
ON THE SIDE OF THE RIVER.

IT JUST WORKED BRILLIANTLY
AS A FLOTATION DEVICE,

EVEN IN REALLY ROUGH WATER.

OKAY, WE'RE OUT OF HERE!

Groeneweg:
THE BAD SIDE OF THE WHOLE RAFT

WAS, BASICALLY,
THAT IT WAS UNCONTROLLABLE.

YOU COULDN'T STEER IT.

THE WATER WAS DECIDING
WHERE IT WANTS TO THROW BEAR.

Grylls: WHOO!

MY RAFT HELD OUT FOR A WHILE,
BUT ALL TOO SOON,

THE RAPIDS BECAME TOO VIOLENT,
THE CURRENTS TOO STRONG.

I WAS THROWN OUT AND DUMPED
INTO THE ICY-COLD WATER.

IN THE JUNGLE, FOLLOWING RIVERS

CAN GIVE YOU A FAST ROUTE
THROUGH THE THICK UNDERGROWTH.

YOU SEE THE POWER OF THE WATER'S
REALLY BUILDING UP NOW HERE!

PROGRESS WAS GOOD.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I WAS STOPPED IN MY TRACKS.

MUST BE ABOUT A 40-FOOT DROP
STRAIGHT DOWN THIS.

YOU SEE THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT
OF WATER GOING DOWN IT.

IT WAS TOO HIGH TO JUMP,

SO I MADE A HARNESS
AND ROPE FROM RATTAN VINE.

AS THE CREW AND I
WENT OVER THE LIP,

WE COMMITTED OURSELVES
TO FOLLOWING THIS RIVER.

BUT THEN THE HEAVENS OPENED.

THE RAIN-DRENCHED ROCKS MADE
THE CLIMB A REAL CHALLENGE.

BUT WHAT WAS WAITING FOR US
AT THE BOTTOM

WAS MUCH MORE CONCERNING.

THE RIVER
WAS STARTING TO FLOOD.

IT HAD BEEN PROGRESSIVELY
RAINING HARDER

AND HARDER AND HARDER.

AS WE WERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RIVER,

IT WAS LITERALLY RISING
BY THE MINUTE.

A LOT OF SORT OF THOUSAND-MILE
STARES INTO THE EYES

'CAUSE WE ALL REALIZED
WHAT WAS HAPPENING,

AND WE KNEW THAT TIME
WAS GONNA BE SHORT,

AND IT WAS HOW FAR
WE'D PUSHED THAT RISK.

BUT WE MANAGED TO GET DOWN IT,

AND WE EVENTUALLY SORT OF
CRAWLED OUT LIKE DROWNED RATS.

FILMING THE SHOW
ABOVEGROUND IS TOUGH,

BUT WHEN WE VENTURE
DEEP INTO THE EARTH,

THE STAKES GET EVEN HIGHER.

ONE, TWO...

FOR ME, SURVIVAL
IS ALL ABOUT SELF-HELP,

FIGHTING A WAY
THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT

UNTIL YOU FIND A WAY OUT.

RIVERS PROVIDE A FAST ROUTE
THROUGH TERRAIN,

BUT AS I'VE FOUND
ON MANY OCCASIONS,

FOLLOWING THEM CAN BE RISKY,
ESPECIALLY UNDERGROUND.

THE ROOF OF THE CAVE
IS GETTING LOWER,

AND THE RIVER SEEMS TO BE
FLOWING UNDERNEATH THE ROCK.

SEE IF I CAN REACH DOWN.

[ GRUNTS ]
YEAH, THIS DEFINITELY --

THIS TUNNEL EXTENDS ON.

TO FOLLOW THE TUNNEL,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO SWIM UNDER
THIS NEAR-FREEZING WATER.

OKAY, JUST BACK UP.

I'M GOING FIRST TO CHECK IT OUT
BEFORE THE CREW FOLLOWS.

I'M GONNA GET YOU GUYS
JUST TO STAY HERE.

GET THIS ROPE.

GET THIS PICK.

I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT
OF THE WAY INTO THERE.

AND IF IT'S NO GOOD, I CAN PULL
MYSELF BACK ALONG THIS, OKAY?

BUT JUST WAIT FOR ME.

SUMP DIVES -- DANGEROUS.

BEAR WOULD ONLY HAVE
ABOUT 25 SECONDS

TO ACTUALLY SWIM
THROUGH THE SUMP.

HERE WE GO.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

ONE, TWO...

Pearce: YOU COULD HEAR
A PIN DROP WHEN HE WENT.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT FEELING
OF BEING UNDERNEATH,

AND THERE'S NO WAY TO SURFACE

BECAUSE IT'S JUST SOLID ROCK
ABOVE YOUR HEAD.

WE ALL HELD OUR HEARTS
IN OUR MOUTH REALLY.

YOUR MIND STARTS
PLAYING TRICKS WITH YOU.

YOU THINK,
"HAS HE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT?

HAS HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT
ON SOMETHING?"

FINALLY,
HE COMES BURSTING BACK UP.

[ GASPING AND SPITTING ]

THERE'S A GOOD-SIZE -- THERE'S A
GOOD-SIZE AIR POCKET DOWN THERE!

HE SAYS, "MAYBE WE CAN
GET THROUGH THERE,"

AND I FOLLOW HIM DOWN.

BUT IT WAS A DEFINITELY
A HEART-STOPPING MOMENT.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

THIS IS DEFINITELY
AN AIR POCKET.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG
THE OXYGEN'S GONNA LAST IN HERE.

WE DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND
IN THIS.

OKAY, I SEE --

LET'S SEE HOW MUCH FURTHER
WE CAN GO.

[ EXHALES, INHALES DEEPLY ]

[ GASPS ]

WHOO!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

THERE'S DAYLIGHT.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S A WAY OUT, AS WELL.

LET'S GET THIS ROPE BACK.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

I OFTEN HEAD UNDERGROUND

IN SEARCH OF FOOD, SHELTER,
AND WATER.

IT GENERALLY WORKS OUT,

BUT WE HAVE GOT OURSELVES
INTO SOME PRETTY TIGHT SPOTS.

IT'S SOME SORT OF SHAFT.

[ GRUNTS ]

AND IT'S RUNNING STRAIGHT DOWN
INTO THE ROCK.

SEE THAT?

THE ALABAMA SMARTIE TUBE,
I THINK WE CALLED IT,

WAS THIS RIDICULOUSLY TIGHT TUBE
HE HAD TO SORT OF GO DOWN.

AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING
INTO NARROW PLACES LIKE THIS,

IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOT TO --
NOT TO PANIC...

'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS
YOUR CHEST CAVITY THEN EXPANDS.

Reay: HE'S SQUEEZING HIS WAY
DOWN THIS THING,

AND I JUST HAVE THAT MOMENT
WHERE I'M JUST THINKING,

"GOD," YOU KNOW?

HE'S WEDGED HIMSELF
IN THERE LITERALLY.

HE CAN'T MOVE.
HE'S TIGHT LIKE THIS.

HE'S GOT A FLAMING TORCH
RIGHT BY HIS HEAD.

THE FLAMING TORCH IS BURNING THE
MICROPHONE FLUFFY ON THE CAMERA.

I COULD SMELL THAT BURNING.

I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW,
"ARE YOU INSANE?"

FINALLY, HE POPS THROUGH,

FALLS ABOUT 6 FEET,
AND LANDS IN THE WATER.

IT'S JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS,
AND I'M THINKING,

"WE'RE LUCKY YOU DIDN'T
OVERDO IT ON THE FOOD

'CAUSE YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE
MADE IT THROUGH THERE."

WE FILM IN MANY DIVERSE
ENVIRONMENTS AROUND THE GLOBE.

AND EACH ONE PRESENTS
ITS OWN SPECIFIC CHALLENGES

FOR THE CREW.

EXTREME-COLD CLIMATES

ARE PROBABLY THE MOST
CHALLENGING FOR ALL OF US

BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAVE YOU GOT TO
MAKE THE EQUIPMENT WORK,

YOU'VE ALSO GOT TO LOOK AFTER
YOURSELF AND KEEP YOURSELF WARM.

AND AS SOON AS YOU STOP,
THEN YOU FREEZE.

IN NORWAY, WHERE TEMPERATURES
REACH MINUS-40 DEGREES,

THE CREW AND I WERE OPERATING
ON THE LIMIT.

BUT THE TEMPERATURE
WASN'T MY ONLY CONCERN.

WE PLANNED TO SHOOT A SCENE
WHERE I CROSS THE FROZEN LAKE

USING SKIS
AND MY RESERVE PARACHUTE.

JUST THREE MONTHS EARLIER,

I'D BROKEN MY SHOULDER IN THE
ANTARCTIC DOING EXACTLY THIS.

I ALWAYS TRY
AND KIND OF TREAT FEAR

AS SOMETHING THAT'S THERE
TO SHARPEN YOU

FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

AND I THINK, GENERALLY,
IT DOES THAT, YOU KNOW?

IT JUST TUNES YOUR SENSES A BIT.

IT GETS THE BLOOD PUMPING,
AND THEN YOU'RE INTO IT.

ONCE THE CHUTE WAS READY

AND THE CREW HAD FINISHED
RIGGING, IT'S TIME TO GO.

IF I CAN GET THIS THING
INFLATED,

THE WIND SHOULD DO THE REST.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE...WE GO.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT BEING
ON AN OPEN LAKE LIKE THIS

IS THE WIND IS NICE AND STEADY
AND CONSTANT.

THIS IS MUCH EASIER
AT THE MOMENT

THAN TRYING TO DRAG MYSELF
ACROSS THIS

JUST WALKING ON SKIS.

Pearce: BEAR WAS USING
A MAKESHIFT PARACHUTE

WHICH WAS A RESERVE.

IT WAS COVERED IN ICE.

THE RIGGING LINES
WEREN'T WORKING WELL.

YOU COULDN'T STEER IT,
WHICH WAS THE MAIN ISSUE.

GIVE HIM HIS DUE --

HE'S SKIMMING ACROSS THIS LAKE
IN NORWAY,

CHEWING UP THE GROUND
AND CLICKING THE K's OFF

JUST MONTHS AFTER BUSTING
HIS SHOULDER IN ANTARCTICA.

MY KIND OF SURVIVAL

MEANS MOVING FAST
AND COVERING GROUND.

BUT MOVEMENT NEEDS ENERGY.

AND THAT MEANS FOOD,
WHATEVER IT IS.

TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD,
YOU NEED ENERGY,

AND THAT MEANS FOOD.

YOU CAN'T BE SQUEAMISH,

AND YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN
TO LEAVE YOUR FEARS BEHIND.

BUT THAT, AT LEAST, IS GONNA
MAKE A GOOD DINNER FOR TONIGHT.

ACTUALLY, I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT I'M GONNA DO --

HERE, HOLD THAT.

[ LAUGHS ]

EATING SORT OF BUGS,
SPIDERS, SNAKES,

ANYTHING
THAT LOOKS PRETTY HIDEOUS,

IT ALWAYS PUTS A BIT OF A SMILE
ON ALL OUR FACES, I THINK.

IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY'S
GOT YOUR STEAK...

[ SPITS ]

...RUBBED IT IN DOG FECES,

AND THEN POPPED IT
IN YOUR MOUTH.

WE FOUND THIS MASSIVE BUG
IN A TREE IN ZAMBIA,

AND HE PULLS IT OUT OF THE TREE.

AND HE'S ABOUT TO EAT THAT ONE

AND HE STOPS AND HE SPOTS ONE

JUST AROUND
THE BACK OF THE TREE

AND HE PULLS THAT ONE OUT.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

IT'S CLEARLY
ITS MOTHER OR SOMETHING.

IT'S ABOUT THAT BIG.

AND HE THINKS,
"I'LL EAT THAT ONE.

WHY EAT THE LITTLE ONE?"

SO HE BITES INTO IT,

AND IT JUST EXPLODED
ALL OVER THE LENS.

UGH.

I MEAN, HE FLICKS A SWITCH
IN HIS HEAD

TO MAKE IT OKAY TO EAT THAT.

AND IT'S SOMETHING
THAT I COULD NEVER DO.

BEAR'S SHOWING YOU HOW TO DO IT
IN A DYNAMIC SURVIVAL SITUATION.

"SO, OKAY, I HAVE NO OPTION.

"I CAN'T BUILD A FIRE 'CAUSE
I'M ON THE MOVE CONSTANTLY.

I JUST HAVE TO EAT THIS RAW."

AND THIS IS CALLED
"INSECT LUNCH."

[ CRUNCHING ]

GOD!

[ SPITS ]

I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE CREW
TO TRY THE THINGS THAT I FIND.

DEEP UNDERGROUND IN BELIZE,

I UNCOVERED
A MONSTER OF AN INSECT.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
EVERYBODY LOST THEIR APPETITE.

FLIPPING NORA!

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT.

YOU SEE, THAT'S A WHIP SCORPION.

IT'S LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN
A SCORPION AND A SPIDER.

LET'S SEE IF I --
LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET HIM.

HOLD ON.

WHIP SCORPIONS ARE FOUND
IN CAVES AND ROCK CREVICES.

THEY'RE WEIRD-LOOKING,
BUT THEY'RE NOT VENOMOUS.

I'VE EATEN SCORPIONS BEFORE,
BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS.

HE JUST KIND OF PULLED
THIS THING DOWN --

AND IT JUST LOOKED LIKE
SOMETHING OUT OF "ALIEN"...

BINGO.

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE YOU BEGIN TO EAT IT.

...AND STUFFED IT IN HIS MOUTH.

[ CRUNCHING ]

AND MY CHIN JUST HIT THE FLOOR,
AND I JUST THOUGHT,

"I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU JUST DONE THAT, BEAR."

PROBABLY THE BACK END
IS WHAT BIT I GOT.

UGH.

THAT IS A BIG MEAL!

THAT WASN'T
WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR,

BUT ANY FOOD IS GOOD FOOD

WHEN YOU'VE GOT
DIFFICULT TERRAIN AHEAD.

OH, LOOK AT THIS!

THE SECRET TO SURVIVAL

IS KNOWING WHAT YOU CAN EAT
AND WHAT YOU CAN'T.

BUT GETTING IT WRONG
CAN BE DISASTROUS.

THAT'S A GIANT CENTIPEDE.
THESE ARE --

JUST STAND BACK A BIT.

THESE ARE MORE VICIOUS
THAN THEY LOOK.

WHOA!

GIANT CENTIPEDES
ARE AGGRESSIVE PREDATORS,

DELIVERING PARALYZING VENOM
THROUGH NEEDLE-SHARP PINCERS.

OKAY, LOOK AT HAT.

DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH IT.

HIGHLY VENOMOUS,
BIG FRONT CLAWS THERE.

AND IF THAT BITES YOU,

IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY STICKING
A RED-HOT POKER INTO YOU.

LET -- LET HIM DOWN HERE.

WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM
A VERY WIDE BERTH.

OKAY, HE'S GOING DOWN.

DURING OUR TRAVELS,

THE CREW AND I HAVE ENCOUNTERED
ALL SORTS OF DANGEROUS ANIMALS.

SOMETIMES WE TAKE THEM ON.

OTHER TIMES,
WE KEEP OUR DISTANCE.

Shh.

Just see up there.

Okay, come down.
Come down.

That's a brown bear.

Okay, we are very close here...

probably only about 50 meters.

I DO FIND THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING
AN ANIMAL ENCOUNTER,

THAT WHAT IS IN THE VIEWFINDER

IS NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING
IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND YOU DO FEEL COMPLETELY
REMOVED FROM THAT.

AND, I DON'T KNOW,
IF YOU OPEN THE OTHER EYE,

YOU ACTUALLY SEE

THAT IT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
IN FRONT OF YOU.

GRYLLS: But he hasn't spotted
us, I don't think.

SOMETIMES, THESE ENCOUNTERS
CAN BE DANGEROUS,

SO I'M FORCED TO KEEP
THE CREW BACK AND GO IN ALONE.

STEADY. STAY THERE.

THAT'S A GOOD SIZE --
PROBABLY 50 OR 60 POUNDS.

YOU SEE, HE'S CAUGHT
AROUND THE BACK LEG HERE.

[ SQUEALING ]

[ GRUNTS ]

STAY BACK.
DON'T GET THAT CLOSE.

YOU GOT TO STAY
AT THE LIMIT OF ITS ROPE.

THESE ARE POWERHOUSES.

THIS THING WAS SERIOUSLY MAD.

[ SQUEALING ]

LIKE, IT GOT HIM AT ONE POINT,
AND IT SORT OF GNAWED HIS LEG.

THEY LOOK SMALL,

BUT IT IS DEFINITELY
A LITTLE TANK ON FOUR LEGS.

A VERY LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY

MAKES THEM
REALLY, REALLY STRONG.

AND THEY WILL JUST FIGHT
FOR THEIR LIVES.

[ SQUEALING ]

IT WASN'T GETTING TIRED.
BEAR WAS. IT WASN'T.

IT COULD HAVE GONE ON
ALL DAY LIKE THAT.

[ SCREECHING ]

YOU COULD SEE BEAR
PUMPING UP THE ADRENALINE,

AND HE JUST WENT FOR IT.

HE JUST JUMPED ON TOP OF IT,
AND, BASICALLY, THAT WAS IT.

[ SQUEALING ]

BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
GO MY WAY.

SOMETIMES THE ANIMALS
GET THEIR OWN BACK.

[ BEES BUZZING ]

I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I'M REALLY
WELL BUTTONED UP HERE.

I DO NOT WANT A SHIRT
FULL OF ANGRY BEES

PROTECTING THEIR HONEY.

SO HE WRAPS HIS T-SHIRT,
I THINK, AROUND HIS MOUTH

AND MAYBE COVERS HIS NOSE.

BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING
THAT'S COVERED UP.

GOES IN, PUTS HIS ARM IN.

[ BUZZING CONTINUES ]

AND YOU THINK,
"WELL, HE'S GONNA MAKE THIS."

AND IT ALL SEEMED QUITE BENIGN.

LOOK AT THIS
ON MY FOREHEAD.

AND THEN YOU JUST SEE
ONE LITTLE BEE JUST CRAWL ALONG.

AND IT SORT OF STOPS AND STARTS
TO SORT OF ARCH ITS BACK.

AND I'M KIND OF THINKING,

"OH, IT'S GONNA STING YOU.
IT'S GONNA STING YOU."

LEAVING MY FOREHEAD EXPOSED
WAS A REAL OVERSIGHT.

THE BEES GOT ONE STING IN.

ONE OF THOSE GOT ME
JUST UP HERE.

HERE. CAN YOU SEE IT?
CAN YOU PULL IT OFF?

AND THEN I'VE GOT TO GO IN
AND PULL THIS STING OUT.

AND I SORT OF GET IN THERE
AND SORT OF JUST...

PLUCK IT OUT.

IT'S THE TINIEST
LITTLE BEESTING.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
TO PULL OUT.

YOU GUYS SEE THAT?

AND THAT'S WHERE
THEY DELIVER IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE STING
FOR A LOAD OF HONEYCOMB

ISN'T TOO BAD.

THE GUY'S BEEN STUNG BY A BEE.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

AND THEN LATER ON,
HE'S LITERALLY --

HIS FACE JUST STARTS TO GO.

BEEN QUITE A BRUTE
OF A BEESTING, THIS.

IT'S MADE ALL OF THIS PART OF ME
SWELL UP.

I FEEL A BIT
LIKE THE ELEPHANT MAN.

MY EYE AND NOSE,
FOREHEAD SWELLING UP.

AND THEN ANY KIND OF SORT OF
DEFINING FEATURES HE HAS

JUST STARTED TO SORT OF
MORPH INTO ONE.

AND HE'S GOT
THIS SORT OF MOONFACE.

ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEESTINGS
CAN BE FATAL.

I'M WORRIED
ABOUT ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK.

THE FIRST SIGNS
ARE SWELLING AROUND THE EYES,

FOLLOWED BY
DIFFICULTY BREATHING

AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

IT CAUSES 1,000 DEATHS A YEAR
IN THE U.S.

FEELS LIKE KIND OF A BIG PRICE
TO PAY FOR A BIT OF HONEY.

BASICALLY, ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
WAS OUR MAIN WORRIES,

BUT ALSO HIS EYESIGHT 'CAUSE HIS
EYES GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER,

UP TO THE POINT THAT
HE ALMOST COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

THE GLARE'S ACTUALLY MAKING IT
REALLY HARD

JUST TO SEE THROUGH
ALL OF THIS SWELLING.

JUST A BIT WORRIED
IF THIS GETS ANY WORSE.

Reay:
IT'S GREAT, ISN'T IT?

THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS
THAT HE GOES FOR,

IT'S A BEE THAT GETS HIM.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE ANIMALS
THAT ARE OUT TO GET YOU.

FACING OFF WITH THE WORLD'S
TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS

MEANS SERIOUS INJURY
IS A CONSTANT THREAT.

ONE SLIP
AND IT COULD ALL GO WRONG.

WHEREVER I'VE BEEN,
WHATEVER I'VE DONE,

THERE'S BEEN NO SHORTAGE
OF RISKS I'VE TAKEN

TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.

I'VE ALWAYS LIVED LIFE
TRYING TO PUSH THE LIMITS,

AND I'M HAPPIEST
WHEN I'M CHALLENGED.

THE CLIMBS AND THE JUMPS
THAT I TAKE WHILE FILMING

CERTAINLY TAKE ME TO THE LIMIT.

BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY.

WE WILL COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS
AND IDEAS OF HOW TO DO IT.

IT'S A GOOD TEAM EFFORT,

AND BEAR DIVES INTO IT
OR THROWS HIMSELF OFF IT

OR CLIMBS UP IT WITH AMAZING
ENTHUSIASM AND DEXTERITY.

IT'S A COMBINATION OF HIS
PHYSIQUE AND HIS COMMON SENSE

AND THINKING,
"OKAY, HOW FAR CAN I GO?"

THAT IS WHY HE BRINGS
HIS ORDEALS TO A GOOD END.

BUT A GOOD END WAS FAR
FROM GUARANTEED IN BELIZE.

I WAS AT THE EDGE
OF A DEEP CHASM

AND HAD TO FIND A WAY DOWN.

A STRONG VINE
SHOULD SUPPORT A MAN'S WEIGHT.

BUT WITH A DROP LIKE THIS
AT STAKE,

IT MUST ALWAYS BE TESTED.

BEAR'S FAVORITE FILM
IS "TARZAN,"

AND HE ALWAYS WANTS TO BE
TARZAN.

HE KNEW HE WAS GONNA DO IT
STRAIGHTAWAY.

AND I KNEW WHAT WAS
GOING THROUGH HIS MIND.

Grylls: YEAH!

THAT'S ALL MY WEIGHT ON IT,
AND IT'S HOLDING.

OKAY, LET'S GIVE THIS
A FIELD TEST.

PHEW!

JEEPERS.

YOU KNOW, GIVE BEAR HIS CREDIT.

HE JUST CUT IT
AND LEAPED ONTO IT

AND SWANG ACROSS THIS ABYSS.

AAH!

THE LAST THING I REALLY REMEMBER

IS HIM HITTING THE OTHER SIDE
WITH SUCH FORCE

THAT IT WAS ALMOST
THE WHOLE ROCK FACE SHOOK.

I ONLY JUST GRAB HOLD
OF ANOTHER VINE

TO STOP MYSELF FALLING DOWN
INTO THE ABYSS.

MORE LUCK THAN GOOD JUDGMENT
WHEN I HIT THAT LEDGE.

IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,

I FACED ANOTHER GRUELING
CHALLENGE WITH JUNGLE VINES.

THIS IS KILLING ME,
KILLING ON THE ARMS.

THIS TIME,
I PLANNED TO CLIMB UP THEM.

BUT THAT WOULD INVOLVE
180 FOOT OF PAIN.

THE MAIN CAMERA
WOULD FILM THE CLIMB

FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RAVINE.

I WOULD TAKE A SMALL CAMERA
WITH ME TO RECORD THE ACTION.

BUT LOOSE WIRES
AND THE EXTRA WEIGHT

JUST ADDED TO THE CHALLENGE.

WITHIN MINUTES, I KNEW
THIS WAS GONNA BE AN EPIC.

MY ARMS ARE
ABSOLUTELY SCREAMING.

[ PANTING ] OHH.

[ PANTING ]

BUT THEY ARE
JUST ON PROPER FIRE.

[ SIGHS ]

INCH BY INCH,

I DRAGGED MYSELF AND THAT
RUDDY CAMERA UP THE VINE.

AFTER AN HOUR,
I WAS NEAR THE TOP.

[ PANTING ]

IT'S ME OVER THE LIP
OF THIS THING --

ONE VERY TIRED...BEAR.

[ SIGHS ]

IN ALABAMA,
BLOCKED BY 200-FOOT CLIFFS,

THE ONLY WAY TO REACH A VALLEY
BOTTOM WAS TO DESCEND A TREE.

THIS TIME, CAMERAMAN SIMON
WANTED TO FOLLOW ME.

IT WAS OUR ROPESMAN DAVE'S JOB
TO GET HIM DOWN SAFELY.

Pearce:
BEAR'S AN EXCELLENT CLIMBER,

BUT THE CHALLENGE IS,
FOR ME, OFTEN,

IS TO GET A CAMERAMAN AND SOUND
GUY DOWN UNCLIMBED TERRITORY.

CLEAR ALL THOSE BRANCHES
SO IT DOESN'T GET...

DO YOU HAVE A CAMERA?

I'LL KEEP MINE.

GOT IT?
YEP.

THE CAMERAMAN AND SOUND GUY
RELY ON ME, I GUESS,

AND HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN ME THAT I'M DOING IT RIGHT.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW
CHALLENGING MOMENTS

AND LOOSE ROCKS
SORT OF FLYING EVERYWHERE.

AND SIMON'S GOT TO GO
WITH HIS CAMERA, AS WELL.

SO HE'S VERY, VERY GOOD
AT WHAT HE DOES.

GET YOUR FOOT
ACROSS THAT BRANCH.

AND, REALLY, IT'S JUST A CASE
OF GRIPPING LIKE A KOALA BEAR.

LOOK.

AND NOW I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN

BEFORE MY INJURED SHOULDER
GIVES WAY.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTS
WE GO TO,

I FEEL MOST AT HOME
ON THE STEEP STUFF.

BUT DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS,

THINGS DO OCCASIONALLY
GO WRONG.

I'M GONNA JUMP INTO THAT.

A SCREE RUN IN THE YUKON
VERY NEARLY ENDED IN TEARS.

YEAH, IT'S ALL
THIS LOOSE SHINGLE.

IF YOU STILL WANT TO GET
THIS DESCENT,

YOU WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.

I PLANNED TO ZIGZAG DOWN
TO AVOID ANY DEBRIS,

BUT IT WAS TOO STEEP.

I SLIPPED AND CAREERED OUT
OF CONTROL IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

BASICALLY, HE SHOT DOWN
INTO THE BOULDER FIELD,

KNOCKING THE BOULDERS
SIDE TO SIDE, OVERTAKING THEM.

BUT ALSO, THE BOULDERS
BEHIND HIM STARTED ROLLING,

SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY
NEARLY MISSING HIS HEAD.

THE SCREE IS LOOSER
THAN I THOUGHT.

ROCKS THE SIZE OF MY HEAD
ARE FLYING PAST ME.

I NEED TO CHANGE DIRECTION
TO AVOID BEING TAKEN OUT.

I THINK BY THE END OF IT,

EVEN HE REALIZED
THAT HE WAS LUCKY THIS TIME

BY MISSING THOSE BOULDERS.

A FEW BIG ZINGERS
CAME FLYING PAST MY HEAD.

I WAS TRYING TO KIND OF GET OUT
OF THE WAY AND THEN TO THE SIDE.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, REALLY,
I GOT A BIT LUCKY THEN.

I'M A GREAT BELIEVER IN WORKING
WITH AND NEVER AGAINST NATURE,

BUT SOMETIMES SHE DOES THROW
SURPRISES YOUR WAY.

STEADY HERE.

THAT MUST BE 50, 60 FOOT
DOWN THAT.

IN NORWAY, I NEEDED A WAY DOWN.

AND I THOUGHT NATURE
HAD THE ANSWER.

HANG ON.
THAT'S A BIRCH TREE OVER THERE.

I'VE GOT AN IDEA.

THE SKIS ARE TAKING
THE QUICK WAY DOWN.

AND I'M HOPING
A FLEXIBLE BIRCH TREE

WILL GET ME DOWN JUST AS FAST.

THE PLAN IS TENUOUS --

GRAB THE TOP OF THE TREE

AND USE MY WEIGHT
TO BEND IT OVER.

SO FAR, SO GOOD...

[ WOOD CRACKING ]

[ SPUTTERING ]

SORT OF.

WHOO!

[ PANTING ]

BIRCH TREES
ARE MEANT TO BE BENDY!

BUT I'M ALL RIGHT.

THE SNOW TOOK MOST OF THAT.

WHOO!

SURVIVE THE TERRAIN,

AND EVENTUALLY
YOU SHOULD FIND A WAY OUT.

AND WHEN YOU DO,
IT'S ALWAYS A BLAST.

IN ANY SURVIVAL SITUATION,

YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL
IS TO FIND RESCUE.

AND IT CAN BE THE TOUGHEST
CHALLENGE YOU'LL FACE.

SALVATION CAN COME
IN MANY FORMS.

BUT WHETHER
IT'S ON LAND, SEA, OR AIR,

WHEN YOU FIND IT,
YOU GOT TO GRAB THAT CHANCE.

IT'S A FOREST FIRE.

STICK WITH ME.
COME WITH ME TO THE SIDE.

IN ALABAMA, I LED THE CREW
THROUGH A SECTION OF FOREST

THAT HAD BEEN SET ABLAZE.

IT'S STARTING TO GET
REALLY, REALLY HOT NOW.

THE CREW HAD FIRE SUITS,
BUT I HAD NO SUCH LUXURY.

IT WAS TIME
TO GET DOWN AND DIRTY.

OKAY.

I'M GONNA TRY
AND JUST GET THROUGH IT

TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.

STICK WITH ME, ALL RIGHT?

OKAY, LET'S GO. GO.

WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE,
THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES.

FOR MY CAMERAMAN SIMON,
THIS WAS A ONE-SHOT DEAL.

Reay:
I RUN OVER THE TERRAIN,

AND I'M ANTICIPATING WHERE I'M
GONNA GO, WHERE HE'S GONNA GO.

SO I'M GLANCING ACROSS AT HIM,
LOOKING AT MY FEET,

AND THEN, OCCASIONALLY GLANCING
IN THE VIEWFINDER.

AND WHEN YOU'VE FILMED
FOR 15 YEARS,

YOU KNOW
WHERE THAT CAMERA'S POINTING.

YOU ALL RIGHT, SI?

IF IT GETS TOO BAD
RIGHT THERE...

WE MADE IT THROUGH THE FIRE.

NOW CAME OUR CHANCE TO LEAVE
THE ALABAMA BACKWOODS BEHIND.

THAT'S A ROAD.

I'VE HEARD A VEHICLE UP AHEAD,
AND IT'S COMING THIS WAY.

THAT'S MY WAY OUT OF HERE!
COME ON!

THERE'S A LOGGING TRUCK
MOVING FAST.

I'M GONNA TRY AND CUT HIM OFF.

I CAN MAKE IT.

NO TIME TO STICK OUT MY THUMB.

IN ALASKA,
I SET OUT TO SEA ON A RAFT.

I WAS HEADING
TOWARDS THE SHIPPING LANES.

OKAY, LET'S GET ON WITH IT.

IF YOU SEE A VESSEL, YOU'LL
NEED TO GET ITS ATTENTION FAST.

HEY!

I BOARDED AN ICEBERG AND USED
MY RAFT TO MAKE A SIGNAL FIRE.

HEY!

HELP!

THERE COULD BE NO BETTER SIGHT
IN THE WORLD FOR THE SURVIVOR

THAN SEEING THEIR RESCUE SHIP
TURN TOWARDS THEM!

HELP!

AS THE BOAT APPROACHED,
IT STARTED TO LOOM OVER US.

SUDDENLY, IT SEEMED TO DWARF
ME AND THE CREW

ON OUR SMALL, FRAGILE ICEBERG.

I'VE GOT TO BE 100% CONFIDENT
OF MAKING THIS JUMP.

DO NOT WANT TO END UP CRUSHED
BETWEEN THIS AND THE ICE.

BUT WE WERE SO LOW
IN THE WATER,

THE CAPTAIN LOST SIGHT OF US
BEHIND THE DECK.

HE WAS RUNNING BLIND,
AND THEN WE COLLIDED.

WHOO!

I WAS SAFELY ABOARD,

BUT THAT WAS CLOSE --
MAYBE TOO CLOSE.

THEN THE TRAWLER KIND OF HIT
THE SIDE OF THE ICEBERG,

AND WHAT I WAS STANDING ON
JUST BROKE OFF.

I JUST KIND OF CAUGHT IT.

HALF A SECOND EITHER WAY, AND I
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE DRINK

IN PROBABLY NOT
A PARTICULARLY NICE SITUATION

BETWEEN BIG FISHING VESSEL
AND ICEBERG.

THAT WAS QUITE
AN INTERESTING WAY TO END IT.

IN LOUISIANA, CLIMBING ON TOP
OF A STORM-DAMAGED HOUSE

WAS A GREAT WAY TO GET SEEN
FROM THE AIR.

THE LOUISIANA EXTRACTION OF BEAR
WAS QUITE UNIQUE.

BEAR WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DEVASTATED BUILDINGS

FROM THE HURRICANE.

HE'S GOT ME.

I'M THEN GIVING THE BIG
INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS SIGNAL,

THE BIG "Y."

IT MEANS, "YES, I NEED HELP."

THE ONLY WAY
WE COULD GET HIM OFF

WAS TO DROP A VERY THIN LADDER.

I MEAN,
HE HAD TO BASICALLY JUMP.

AND THE HELICOPTER PILOT

WAS FIGHTING
TO KEEP REASONABLE CONTROL.

THE LADDER
WAS SORT OF FLAPPING AROUND.

IF HE'D MISSED THE LADDER

SORT OF DIVING OUT
FROM THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING,

HE JUST WOULD HAVE PLUMMETED
INTO WATER,

WHICH WAS FULL OF CROCS, SNAKES.

WHEN IT'S ALL OVER, THERE'S
A GREAT SENSE OF EUPHORIA.

AND, YEAH, IT'S NICE
WHEN EVERYONE'S BACK SAFE.

BUT ALSO, THERE'S A GREAT
SORT OF SENSE OF BOND, AS WELL.

IT'S A GREAT TEAM
WE'VE BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS.

Reay: I MEAN,
YOU'VE GOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE

WHO ARE HAPPY TO LISTEN
TO EACH OTHER,

WHO LIKE BEING WITH EACH OTHER,

AND ARE THERE
FOR THE SAME CAUSE.

IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE
TO BE PART OF THE SHOW,

THE PLACES WE GO TO,
THE THINGS WE SEE,

AND THE CHALLENGES WE FACE.

BUT ABOVE ALL ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO STAND BESIDE ME

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY --
THE CREW.

WITHOUT THEM, THIS SHOW
WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.