Man vs. Wild (2006–2020): Season 5, Episode 7 - Behind the Wild - full transcript
I'M BEAR GRYLLS.
WHOO!
I'VE TRAVELED
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
IN SEARCH
OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES
IN THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCATIONS
TO SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED
TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD'S
TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS.
I'VE BEEN TO THE FOUR CORNERS
OF THE PLANET, SEA...
NOW LET'S JUST MOVE!
COME ON!
...MOUNTAINS...
THE WHOLE SLAB JUST DROPPED.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.
...ICE...
GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
...AND DESERT.
VERY, VERY HOT.
WITH ME THROUGH EVERY CHALLENGE
IS A SMALL TEAM
OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS
COMMITTED TO CAPTURING
EVERY STEP THAT I TAKE.
IN THIS SPECIAL EPISODE,
I'M GONNA TAKE YOU
BEHIND THE SCENES,
INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CREW,
AND SHOW YOU HOW WE MAKE
THIS PROGRAM
AND GET OUT OF IT
IN ONE PIECE...
MOST OF THE TIME.
EVERY SHOW IS AN ADVENTURE,
AND IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE
TO DO THIS JOB.
PEOPLE WATCH THIS SHOW
AND OFTEN THINK
MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT CRAZY.
KNOW WHAT?
THE WILD CAN BE CRAZY,
AND THESE PLACES
ARE OFTEN FULL-ON
AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT
SCARY, TOO.
MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S AMAZING,
BUT IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING...
THIS ISN'T WORKING.
...FRIGHTENING...
...EXHAUSTING...
TAKE TWO STEPS FORWARD.
ONE.
...AND DANGEROUS.
[ THUD ]
UGH!
Man: DOWN, BUDDY.
AND OFTEN,
IT DOESN'T GO YOUR WAY...
THIS PLAN
HAS NOT GONE TO PLAN.
WITH ME ARE SIMON AND DAN,
WHO RUN THE CAMERAS.
Reay: YOU'VE GOT TO JUST
CONCENTRATE ON WHAT YOU DO.
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU CAN DO THAT,
IT MAKES THE SCARY SCENARIOS
A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE.
Etheridge:
BEAR IS THE ONE MAKING HIS WAY
THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
WILDERNESSES THAT WE GET TO,
AND KEEPING UP WITH HIM
IS A REAL CHALLENGE.
DAVE'S THE ONE WHO KEEPS
THE CREW SAFE.
Pearce: AND IT'S MY JOB, REALLY,
TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE LOOKED AFTER
SO THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB
TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
THERE, NOW YOU CAN SEE.
AND DANNY AND DUNCAN --
THEY'RE THE GROWN-UPS
ON THE SHOOT
WHO TELL US TO STOP IF WE'RE
PUSHING THINGS TOO FAR.
YOU GOT TO REALLY MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T GET BIT HERE.
IT'S 3 1/2 HOURS TO GET YOU
TO THE HOSPITAL.
WHATEVER THE ENVIRONMENT,
MORE THAN OFTEN, THE TRICKIEST
AND MOST DANGEROUS PART
IS GETTING THE TEAM
ONTO THE GROUND.
AND THERE'S NEVER A
STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO DO THAT.
THE INSERTIONS AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE SHOW ARE BRILLIANT FUN.
[ RADIO CHATTER ]
PEARCE: By the skid.
Steady there. Hover.
He's nearly at the bottom.
WE DO DREAM UP
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WAYS
TO GET BEAR
INTO THE ENVIRONMENT,
AND THAT RANGES
FROM JUMPING FROM SEAPLANES...
...NUMEROUS HELICOPTERS...
SKYDIVING FREE FALL.
...AIRCRAFT.
SOMETIMES BY BOAT.
THE MORE WEIRD
AND WONDERFUL THEY GET,
THE HARDER THEY GET TO PLAN.
Pearce: IT'S DIFFICULT,
AND SOMETHING COULD GO WRONG
VERY QUICKLY.
Reay: THEY ARE VERY INTENSE,
AND YOU GOT TO GET IT RIGHT.
YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE CHANCE.
THIS IS ONE JUMP
I CANNOT AFFORD TO GO WRONG.
[ THUD ]
IN ONE OF THE SHOW'S
MOST AUDACIOUS INSERTIONS,
WE WERE TRYING TO GET DEEP
INTO THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS.
WE ADAPTED
AN OLD RUSSIAN HELICOPTER
SO THAT I COULD DRIVE
A SNOWMOBILE OUT OF THE BACK
WHILE IT HOVERED
ABOVE THE SNOW.
RIDE SKI-DOOS
OUT OF THE BACK OF HELICOPTERS.
HEY, IT'S ALL IN ANOTHER DAY'S
WORK FOR "MAN vs. WILD,"
AND AS THE CREW,
WE LOVE THIS PART OF IT.
DAVE AND NICK NEED TO BE ON
THE SAME RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
DAVE PEARCE WILL OVERSEE
THE SAFETY OF THE CREW
AND BE AN EXTRA PAIR
OF EYES FOR ME.
ATTEMPTING SOMETHING
AS DANGEROUS AS THIS,
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR.
THE ENGINEERS HAVE TAKEN
THE DOORS OFF,
AND WE'RE GONNA DO
SOME RIGGING
TO GET BEAR ON THE EDGE HERE
AS THE HELICOPTER'S
FLYING THROUGH THESE --
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND
THE VALLEYS OF THE CAUCASUS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET
A SKI-DOO IN THE BACK HERE.
FINGERS.
OKAY, FINGERS.
WE CAN TRY AND LAND,
BUT THE HELICOPTER CAN'T LAND
AND SHUT DOWN,
BECAUSE IF IT DOES,
IT COULD SINK OR TILT,
SO THE PILOT HAS TO SKILLFULLY
TICKLE THE BELLY OF THE SNOW
WITH THE HELICOPTER.
WHEN I THINK IT'S ALL SAFE
AND WE'RE READY TO GO
AND THE PILOT'S HAPPY,
THEN I'LL GIVE BEAR
THE THUMBS-UP,
AND HE'LL REV THAT SKI-DOO UP
AND FLY OUT THE BACK,
MAKING SURE HE GOES THAT WAY
AND NOT THAT WAY,
OR HE WILL GET A VERY SWIFT
HAIRCUT ON THE TAIL ROTOR,
WHICH WILL BE GOING
AT A RIDICULOUS SPEED.
THAT WHOLE INSERTION WAS
HIGH OCTANE -- HIGH OCTANE.
LOTS OF LITTLE COMPONENTS
GOING ON THERE
WHICH COULD HAVE MADE
THE THING DISASTROUS.
Man: LOOKING GOOD.
WE'RE JUST ABOVE THE SNOW.
GO!
LET'S GO.
BEAR SLAMS ON THE ACCELERATOR,
DIVES OUT THIS THING.
WE'RE GONNA GO
INTO THE MOUNTAINS NOW.
A LOT OF CLOUD COVER COMING IN.
Pearce:
THE HELICOPTER DISAPPEARS
OFF THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS.
BEAR STARTS HURTLING UPHILL,
AND THEN...COMES
TO A GRINDING HALT.
[ ENGINE REVVING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
THE THING IS ALL THE SNOW AT THE
MOMENT IS JUST LIKE PORRIDGE.
[ SIGHS ]
IT'S ON TO FOOT FROM HERE.
OKAY.
Pearce:
LIKE ALL THESE ENVIRONMENTS,
YOU DON'T KNOW AT WHICH TIME
IT IS GONNA COME 'ROUND
AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE NIP
IN THE BACKSIDE.
THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS
WERE ISOLATED,
BUT NOWHERE FEELS AS REMOTE AS
AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN TERRITORY.
IT'S ONE OF THE HARSHEST
ENVIRONMENTS ON THE PLANET
AND POPULATED
WITH DEADLY ANIMALS.
LACK OF ROADS MADE ACCESS
IMPOSSIBLE.
OUR BEST OPTION WAS
A 70-YEAR-OLD PLANE.
OKAY, STORM, EARLY MORNING,
NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA.
CREW JUST PREPPING KIT.
ABOUT TO JUMP INTO ONE
OF THE MOST CROC-INFESTED
PLACES ON EARTH,
AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN
REALLY NERVOUS
COMING DOWN FOR THIS SHOOT.
THE GOOD THING IS
WE'RE JUMPING IN
FROM THE COOLEST PLANE
YOU'LL EVER SEE.
CHECK OUT THIS OLD
WORLD WAR II DAKOTA.
Reay:
THIS THING, WHEN WE FIRST SAW
IT, WAS A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE.
IT WAS ALL POLISHED SILVER,
AND IT LOOKED AMAZING,
AMAZING FROM A DISTANCE.
AND AS YOU GOT CLOSER
AND CLOSER,
YOU COULD SEE THAT THIS THING
HAD HAD A HELL OF A LIFE.
Etheridge:
WHERE THE ENGINES WERE,
I COULD SEE THESE
RIVETS HALF HANGING OUT
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT DID LOOK AS THOUGH
IT SHOULD BE SITTING IN A MUSEUM
RATHER THAN UP IN THE AIR.
Reay: IT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND,
I THINK, AT THAT POINT --
HOW AIRWORTHY IS THIS THING?
AND THEY START THIS THING UP.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT SHOULD NOT
LEAVE THE TARMAC.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT SHOULD
JUST STAY THERE AND REST.
[ RADIO CHATTER ]
ONCE WE STARTED
AND GOT INTO THIS THING,
GOT UP TO HEIGHT,
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS SMOOTHER, REALLY,
THAN A LOT OF THE COMMERCIAL
JETS THAT YOU FLY NOWADAYS.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
SO, ONCE WE WERE FLYING
IN THIS DC-3
AND WE WERE GETTING
TO THE ROUGH AREA
WHERE WE KNEW
WE WERE GONNA JUMP FROM --
AND DAVE IS AT THE REAR DOOR,
STANDING THERE.
AND HE'S ON THE PHONE
TO THE PILOT.
HE'S COMMUNICATING
WITH THE PILOT,
GETTING TO THE RIGHT PLACE
AND THE RIGHT DROP ZONE.
NERVES DO RUN QUITE HIGH,
AND BEAR AND I LITERALLY WAIT
FOR DAVE'S WORD TO GO,
"ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO."
DAVE SAYS, "ALL RIGHT,
POWER OFF NOW,
BECAUSE WE'RE COMING
TO THE DROP-ZONE POINT."
AND THEY BACK OFF ON THE SPEED
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TOO FAST
WHEN WE EXIT.
I'M CROUCHED IN THE DOOR,
AND I'M RIGHT IN THE PROP DRAFT,
AND ALSO WHERE THE BLAST
AND THE WIND IS COMING
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE DOOR.
I'M TRYING TO SIT THERE.
I THINK MY FACE IS
JUST BEING CONTORTED
WHILE THE WIND IS
BLASTING THROUGH.
FINAL CHECKS ARE MADE.
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
AT THE RIGHT TIME,
BEAR LEAPS OUT.
YAH!
Reay: IT'S A REALLY EXCITING,
EXCITING SEQUENCE,
BUT HE'S GOT TO GET
HIS DROP ZONE RIGHT,
BECAUSE THERE'S
ALL SORTS OF THINGS
THAT WANT TO EAT YOU OUT THERE.
THERE'S ALL THE CROCODILES.
THERE'S PLENTY OF ANIMALS
THAT YOU DON'T REALLY
WANT TO ENCOUNTER
WHEN YOU'RE HEADING IN
WITH A PARACHUTE ON YOUR BACK.
NORTHERN TERRITORY,
HERE WE COME.
[ CROCODILE GROWLS ]
MAKING THIS SHOW,
WE'VE TRAVELED TO THE TOUGHEST
PLACES ON THE PLANET
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.
WE DO OPERATE
IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS.
IT'S EITHER HOT, SWEATY, COLD,
FREEZING, OR DRY AS YOU LIKE
IN THE ARID SANDS OF THE SAHARA.
WHEN YOU'RE AT THE MERCY
OF THE ELEMENTS,
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED
FOR ANYTHING.
[ SNAP ]
UGH!
THIS IS TURNING OUT
BIT OF AN EPIC.
ON THE BALTIC COAST,
MY MISSION WAS TO SHOW
THE SURVIVAL SKILLS YOU NEED IN
AN ABANDONED URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
HERE, JUNGLES AND RIVERS
HAVE BEEN REPLACED
BY DERELICT BUILDINGS.
ONCE WE'RE ON THIS BUILDING, WE
HAVE TO GET INTO THE BUILDING,
AND CLASSIC WAY INTO A BUILDING
IS THROUGH THE AIR-CONDITIONING
VENTILATION SHAFTS.
BEAR SMASHES HIS WAY THROUGH,
AND WE DROP IN.
A BIT OF A SQUEEZE
GETTING INTO THIS ONE.
DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAD
TOO MUCH LUNCH.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN
ONE OF THESE THINGS,
BUT TO BE HONEST,
EVER SINCE "DIE HARD" CAME OUT,
I HAVE WANTED TO.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING HOLLYWOOD
ABOUT THESE VENTILATION SHAFTS.
AS IT GOT TO THE REALLY,
REALLY NARROW POINT,
ABSOLUTELY WHAT WAS
GOING THROUGH MY MIND IS,
"DOES THIS GET EVEN NARROWER
DOWN HERE?"
AND IT DID.
GO ONTO ALL FOURS
IF YOU NEED TO.
SPREAD YOUR WEIGHT.
THAT'S THIN HERE.
Pearce:
IF YOU'RE THROWN IN A TIGHT AREA
THAT'S GETTING TIGHTER,
YOU THINK, WHAT IF YOU CAN'T
GET OUT THIS WAY?
"CAN I ACTUALLY GET BACK?"
[ GRUNTS ]
Reay:
AS THE SPACE GOT SMALLER,
BEAR SAYS, "THE TRICK IS HERE,
NOW, NOT TO PANIC."
IF YOU PANIC,
YOUR CHEST CAVITY EXPANDS,
AND A TIGHT PLACE
BECOMES EVEN TIGHTER.
AS SOON AS THAT'S
FLAGGED UP TO YOU,
AND HE SAID THAT TO ME,
I WAS THINKING,
"OH, THANKS. I HADN'T
EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT."
SUDDENLY NOW IT'S IN YOUR MIND.
THAT'S ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT,
IS EXPANDING YOUR CHEST CAVITY.
IT'S LIKE TELLING SOMEONE
NOT TO LOOK AT THE LIGHT.
FIRST THING THEY'RE GOING TO DO
IS LOOK AT THE LIGHT.
BUT THANKFULLY,
THERE WAS LIGHT AT THE END
OF THIS TUNNEL.
SOON WE WERE OUT
OF THE VENTILATION SHAFTS
AND INTO THE BUILDING.
[ COUGHS ]
HERE, GIVE ME IT.
I GOT IT. I GOT IT.
MAN, IT'S NICE TO BE
OUT OF THAT PLACE.
Reay: I DID FEEL RELIEVED
ONCE WE GOT OUT OF THAT.
IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE DREAM --
YOU KNOW, BRILLIANT.
WHAT A GREAT DAY THAT WAS.
[ LAUGHS ]
A KEY INGREDIENT TO SURVIVAL
IS TRYING TO USE NATURE
TO HELP YOU.
OAK TREES ARE MEANT
TO BE FRIENDLY!
BUT SOMETIMES EVEN
THE MOST USEFUL RESOURCE
CAN TEST YOUR PATIENCE.
AAH! BAMBOO!
Etheridge:
REALLY, REALLY STRONG MATERIAL,
BUT BEING REALLY STRONG,
A NIGHTMARE TO GET THROUGH.
WITH EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
COME FRUSTRATIONS,
BECAUSE IT'S SO UNPREDICTABLE.
[ GROANS ]
BLOODY, BLOODY, BLOODY CACTUS.
HE LETS YOU KNOW
HE'S FRUSTRATED,
BUT HE JUST CRACKS ON, YOU KNOW.
HE'S GOT THAT KIND OF
NEVER-SAY-DIE ATTITUDE ABOUT IT.
SOMETIMES THE ENVIRONMENT
AND ITS INHABITANTS
ARE JUST PLAIN DANGEROUS.
STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.
STRAIGHT UNDER THAT ROCK THERE.
HE GETS THOSE FANGS INTO YOU
AND INJECTS YOU
WITH HIS HEMOTOXIC VENOM,
YOU END UP JUST VOMITING
AND POOING BLOOD.
THAT'S THE NASTIEST SORT
OF DEATH YOU CAN IMAGINE.
WHY IS IT THAT EVERYTHING
AROUND HERE
IS EITHER SPIKY, SHARP,
OR OUT TO KILL YOU?
AND AFTER AN EXHAUSTING DAY,
EVEN GETTING INTO BED
CAN HAVE ITS UPS AND DOWN.
[ GRUNTS ]
MORE STRING.
THE DESERT IS ONE OF THE MOST
UNFORGIVING ENVIRONMENTS.
BOTTOM LINE IS IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW GOOD OR SMART OR CLEVER
YOU ARE.
WITHOUT WATER, YOU'RE DEAD.
IN NORTH AFRICA,
AS TEMPERATURES SOARED,
I HAD TO FIND A WAY
TO COOL MYSELF DOWN.
Etheridge:
HE'S A REAL OPPORTUNIST
AS FAR AS KIND OF
WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO HIM
AND HIS SURROUNDINGS,
AND THAT STRETCHES
TO HIS OWN PEE.
TAKE YOUR T-SHIRT,
AND THEN JUST PEE ON IT.
TRY AND CAPTURE AS MUCH
OF THAT FLUID AS YOU CAN.
AND EVEN JUST, YOU KNOW, A
LITTLE BIT OF PEE INTO THE MOUTH
IS JUST GONNA HELP MOISTEN IT,
TAKE THE EDGE OFF THE THIRST.
SOMETHING I'VE NEVER
GOT USED TO --
WHEN HE DRINKS HIS URINE.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S LOVING IT,
AS WELL.
Etheridge: IT'S NOT SOMETHING
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE DOING
ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
IF THEY WERE GOING OUT DOWN
THE PUB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND, ACTUALLY,
EVEN JUST WIPING IT ON MY FACE
IS COOLING MY FACE DOWN.
WE HAD A THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERA
WITH US,
AND WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE
WHETHER OR NOT HIS OWN PEE
CHANGED THE TEMPERATURE
OF HIS BODY HEAT, AND IT DID.
IF YOU PUT THAT ON,
YOU'LL SEE WHAT A DIFFERENCE
THE FLUIDS ON THE FACE MAKE.
IT WORKED AS A COOLANT,
EFFECTIVELY.
YOU SEE THE DARKER BIT
IS WHERE IT'S ALL MUCH COOLER
THAN ALL OF THIS.
IT'S GONNA BE BRIGHT AND HOT.
SO IF I THEN PUT
THIS T-SHIRT ON,
THAT'S GONNA KEEP ME
EVEN COOLER.
WHEN YOU'VE NOT GOT
TOO MUCH WATER AROUND YOU,
IT HAS TO BE DONE,
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT MY FAVORITE.
COOLER, SMELLIER,
BUT BETTER OFF FOR IT.
IN AN ALABAMA SWAMP,
HEAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM.
IT WAS WHAT LURKED BENEATH.
I REMEMBER WE WERE
UP TO OUR KNEES
IN THIS SWAMPY KIND OF MUD.
SEE THAT?
BEAR JUST PICKED UP
THIS SNAPPER TURTLE.
AND LOOK.
THEY CAN GIVE YOU
A VICIOUS BITE.
SNAP DOWN ON THAT,
AND THAT WOULD TEAR YOUR FINGER
JUST CLEAN OFF.
THESE THINGS HAVE GOT
SERIOUS, SERIOUS JAWS ON THEM.
I MEAN, THE CRUSHING POWER
IS PHENOMENAL.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOT,
POUND FOR POUND,
AS MUCH STRENGTH IN THOSE JAWS,
IF NOT MORE, THAN AN ALLIGATOR.
THEN HE DROPPED
THE BLOODY THING.
I'M THINKING,
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. HANG ON."
HE JUST TOLD US
HOW DEADLY THIS THING IS,
AND HE DROPPED IT
RIGHT NEXT TO US.
AND THEN HE CAN'T FIND IT AGAIN.
WHERE IS HE?
AND THERE HE IS,
TRYING TO GRAB IT.
I THINK I SAID TO HIM,
I THINK,
"LET'S JUST LEAVE THIS ONE
ALONE, SHALL WE, AND CRACK ON?"
LET'S NOT MESS AROUND WITH HIM
TOO MUCH. LET'S LEAVE HIM.
THANKS, BEAR. NICE ONE.
NEXT TIME, HOLD ONTO IT, PLEASE.
OH! WHERE IS HE?
SURVIVING IN THE WILDERNESS
IS ONE THING,
BUT HAVING TO FILM
WHAT I DO TO SURVIVE
IS ANOTHER THING ALTOGETHER.
IT TAKES A DEDICATED TEAM AND
COMPLETE TRUST IN EACH OTHER.
NEVER TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED,
AND NEVER THINK,
"YEAH, THIS WILL BE EASY,"
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY THAT,
THEN IT'S PROBABLY TIME
TO PACK UP AND GO HOME.
IN AN EPISODE FILMED IN CANADA,
I WANTED TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS
TO THE BODY
WHEN FULLY IMMERSED
IN FREEZING WATER.
BOLTED ON TO JUMPING
INTO COLD WATER
AND SWIMMING IN THE ICE
ARE INHERENT RISKS.
HOLES WERE CUT
THROUGH A FROZEN LAKE,
AND MY HEART WAS MONITORED.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO
WAS DANGEROUS,
AND THIS WASN'T THE PLACE
FOR THINGS TO GO WRONG.
LET'S GO FOR THIS.
Pearce: FOR BEAR,
CLEARLY IT'S QUITE
A NERVE-RACKING THING.
IT'S PRETTY SCARY.
A MITE HARDER THAN NORMAL.
[ SIGHS ]
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
ONCE HE HITS THAT WATER,
THERE'S A MASSIVE, MASSIVE SHOCK
TO YOUR BODY
ONCE YOU HIT
THAT KIND OF TEMPERATURE.
Pearce:
EVERYTHING SEIZES UP.
YOU'RE TRYING TO BREATHE.
YOU HYPERVENTILATE.
IT BECOMES
A VERY DANGEROUS GAME.
WELL, I CAN FEEL MY EXTREMITIES
ARE JUST BEGINNING
TO SLOW UP HERE.
IF I START HEADING OFF LINE --
YOU GOT TO KEEP EYES
ON ME, OKAY?
WE GOT NO SAFETY LINE HERE.
NEED TO GET IT STRAIGHT.
Pearce: FOR ME, PROBABLY ONE
OF THE MOST CONCERNING THINGS
WAS WHETHER HE WOULD STAY ON
LINE SWIMMING UNDER THE ICE.
IF YOU'RE UNDERWATER, AND YOU'RE
TRYING TO FOLLOW A LINE FORWARD,
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE FORWARD IS ANYMORE.
IT COULD BE THERE.
IT COULD BE THERE.
AND A FEW DEGREES OUT
MEANS YOU'RE GONNA COME UP,
AND YOU'RE GONNA HIT ICE,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA PANIC.
HIS BODY HAS GONE THROUGH
A HELL OF A LOT
IN A VERY, VERY SHORT SPACE
OF TIME,
AND SO ONCE HE GOES
UNDER THAT ICE BRIDGE,
POTENTIAL FOR DISORIENTATION
IS REALLY, REALLY HIGH.
YOU NEVER QUITE KNEW 100%
IF EVERYTHING WAS 100% SAFE.
[ GROANS ]
MY HEAD.
GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
Reay: YOU COULD SEE HE WAS
ABSOLUTELY PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED,
AND YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT ENERGY
COMING OFF HIM
ON THE THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERA.
AND I -- YOU KNOW,
MY HAT GOES OFF TO HIM
IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS,
AT THOSE TIMES,
BECAUSE YOU JUST THINK THAT'S
A HELL OF A THING TO DO --
HELL OF A THING TO DO.
WHEREVER POSSIBLE,
WE MINIMIZE THE RISKS
IN MAKING THIS PROGRAM.
BUT SOMETIMES I NEED TO LEAVE
THE CAMERA CREW BEHIND.
IN THOSE CASES, A CAMERA,
AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN
AS BEAR CAM,
IS STRAPPED TO MY WRIST
WHILE THE CREW REMAIN
AT A SAFE DISTANCE.
DESCENDING A SWOLLEN RIVER
IN VIETNAM
WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES.
IT WAS A VERY, VERY TRICKY,
PRECARIOUS LOCATION
TO BE WORKING IN FOR ANYBODY.
THE RIVER SWELLED PROBABLY
ABOUT 10 TO 15 FOOT.
IT WAS DEEMED VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THE CREW
TO BE HARNESSED UP AND TO BE
ANCHORED OFF TO TREES, TO ROCKS.
HE WASN'T TAKING THE CREW
DOWN THERE.
IT WAS FAR TOO DANGEROUS,
SO HE FITTED A WRIST CAM.
OKAY, THAT SEEMS
ABOUT RIGHT.
EVERY TIME I SEE BEAR
PUT THE BEAR CAM ON,
I THINK, "THANK GOD IT'S HIM
AND NOT ME."
YOU'VE GOT HUNDREDS
OF TONS OF WATER.
HE WORKED HIS WAY
DOWN TO THE ROCK AT THE BASIN,
AND OFF HE WENT.
IT'S NOT FOR THE FAINTHEARTED,
THAT ONE, I CAN ASSURE YOU.
WHETHER IT'S BEAR CAM
OR THE CREW,
WE ALWAYS GET THE CAMERAS AS
CLOSE AS WE CAN TO THE ACTION.
BUT WHILE GLISSADING
DOWN A MOUNTAIN IN CANADA,
THE CAMERA GOT JUST TOO CLOSE.
[ THUD ]
Grylls: UGH!
MAN: Is he okay?
Is he okay?
IN CANADA,
WE DID A GLISSADE SCENE.
AND GLISSADE IS, EFFECTIVELY,
SLIDING DOWN A SLOPE.
WE WERE GONNA DEMONSTRATE
THE ARRESTING TECHNIQUES
AS YOU GO DOWN THIS THING.
YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE
JUST HOW FAST
YOU PICK UP SPEED
ON THESE SORT OF SLOPES.
UNLESS YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BEAT GRAVITY.
ALL RATHER SEEMED
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I WAS GONNA SLIDE DOWN
BEHIND BEAR,
AND I HAD MY CAMERA --
I WAS ON A LITTLE SLEDGE,
AND I WAS GONNA SLIDE DOWN,
CAMERA IN FRONT.
WE DID TESTS ON IT.
37 MILES AN HOUR.
YOU'D GET A TICKET
IN AN URBAN PLACE
IN THE U.K.
WITH THAT SPEED.
Reay: AND WE'RE THINKING,
"YEP, THIS IS COMFORTABLE.
"THIS IS FINE.
THIS IS GONNA WORK.
THIS IS GONNA SHOW THE VIEWER
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO."
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
BUT AS I WAS
ABOUT TO FIND OUT,
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PLAN,
THINGS CAN ALWAYS GO WRONG.
Reay: BEAR GOT FURTHER AWAY
FROM ME AT THE START,
AND ONCE HE HIT THE ICE
WITH THE ICE AX,
IT THREW UP A CLOUD OF SNOW.
ALL I COULD SEE WAS A BIG CLOUD
OF SNOW AND ICE.
AND I JUST REMEMBER THINKING,
"WHERE IS HE?"
WHAT WAS GOING
THROUGH MY MIND IS,
"DON'T HIT HIM.
PLEASE DON'T HIT HIM.
PLEASE DON'T HIT HIM.
PLEASE DON'T HIT HIM."
AND AS SOON AS THAT THOUGHT
WAS IN MY HEAD --
I MEAN, ALL THIS IS HAPPENING
IN MICROSECONDS --
BANG, I HIT HIM.
[ THUD ]
Grylls: UGH!
MAN: Is he okay?
Is he okay?
IT FELT
LIKE A COLOSSAL IMPACT.
IT FELT LIKE HITTING A WALL.
AND, OH,
I JUST FELT SO TERRIBLE
AND JUST THOUGHT,
"OH, MY GOD," YOU KNOW,
"WHAT HAVE I DONE?
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
I'VE HIT HIM."
[ THUD ]
WHERE HAVE I HIT HIM?
YOU KNOW, IF I'VE HIT HIM
IN THE HEAD,
THAT'S -- YOU KNOW,
POTENTIALLY HE'S DEAD.
Man: BEAR, YOU GOT
TO LIE DOWN, BUDDY.
RAN OVER TO HIM, AND THEN I
COULD SEE THE BLOOD ON THE SNOW.
AND I SUPPOSE
THE ONLY KIND OF SOLACE I HAD
WAS THE FACT THAT HE WAS MOVING
AND I HADN'T
ACTUALLY KILLED HIM.
LUCK WAS ON MY SIDE.
SIMON HAD MISSED MY HEAD
BY A FRACTION, BUT HIT MY LEG.
SOMEONE POINTED OUT TO ME,
"GET YOUR NOSE SORTED OUT."
AND...WHY?
AND THEN I REMEMBER
TOUCHING MY NOSE AND THINKING,
"OKAY, THAT'S THE SOURCE
OF THE BLOOD."
SO, ALL THE BLOOD ALL OVER
THE SNOW WAS MINE AND NOT HIS.
AN INTERESTING LOOK.
Rankin:
BEAR'S GOT A BAD LEG INJURY.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BROKEN
OR NOT. WE HOPE NOT.
PLEASE, LET'S HOPE
THAT IT'S NOT BROKEN.
SIMON'S BUSTED HIS NOSE.
HE GOT THE CAMERA IN THE FACE.
WHAT'S LEFT OF THE HOUSING.
THAT'S THE FRONT.
THAT'S QUARTER-INCH
PLATE GLASS.
THAT'S LIKE A SHOP WINDOW,
AND THAT WENT INTO BEAR'S LEG.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.
I JUST THANK GOD
THEY'RE BOTH ALIVE.
I HAD A BIG HEMATOMA ON MY LEG,
AND SIMON HAD A BROKEN NOSE.
WE WERE BOTH EXTREMELY LUCKY
THAT DAY.
FORTUNATELY -- FORTUNATELY,
YOU KNOW,
I DIDN'T HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
I MEAN, I JUST --
IT DOESN'T BEAR THINKING
ABOUT HOW HORRENDOUS
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN --
ABSOLUTELY DOESN'T
BEAR THINKING ABOUT.
[ THUD ]
Grylls: UGH!
MAN: Is he okay?
Is he okay?
THAT IS A WHOPPER.
IN SURVIVAL SITUATIONS,
THERE'S NO GOURMET MENU.
YOU SURVIVE
ON WHAT YOU CAN FIND.
THE LIST OF THINGS
THAT BEAR'S EATEN
IS COMPLETELY UNIMAGINABLE.
IT READS LIKE
THE MOST HORRENDOUS MENU
YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
Grylls: PUFF ADDER LIKE THIS,
EVEN WITH THE GUTS
AND SKIN ON --
YOU CAN EAT HIM
STRAIGHT LIKE THIS.
IT MAY LOOK GRIM,
BUT IF IT'S GONNA KEEP YOU
ALIVE, YOU'VE GOT TO TUCK IN.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,
I'VE SEEN HIM EAT...
COCKROACHES.
...FLIES.
WOOD LOUSE.
CENTIPEDES.
BEETLES.
BEETLE LARVAE.
SEA CUCUMBER.
A YAK.
A LOT OF THEM I DON'T
EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT,
LET ALONE TOUCH,
DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO EAT.
BUT HE DOES.
HE SEES AN ANIMAL,
AND HE'S LIKE, "EAT IT. EAT IT."
I REALLY WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THESE TASTE LIKE,
'CAUSE I'M NEVER, EVER
GOING TO EAT ONE.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THEY TASTE LIKE.
YOU TELL ME.
TASTE LIKE RUBBER BANDS.
CREAMY GOO.
VERY BONY.
DOG FECES.
SALAD THAT'S SOMEBODY'S PUT
A LOT OF MOSQUITO REPELLANT ON.
IT'S ALL CLAWS, LEGS, AND BONE.
IT'S BAD.
IT'S REALLY WRONG.
UGH! [ SPITS ]
UGH!
UGH. [ SPITS ]
AND HE DREADS EATING THEM.
HE ABSOLUTELY DREADS IT.
I'VE REALLY LEARNED
TO HATE THAT TASTE.
UGH.
IN NORTH AFRICA,
I FOUND A WHOLE PLATTER
OF SURF-AND-TURF DELICACIES.
GOT A SCORPION.
SEE THIS GUY?
YOU GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL.
THE SMALLER THEY ARE
WITH THE SCORPIONS,
THE MORE POISONOUS THEY ARE.
Grylls:
THAT'S A DEATHSTALKER.
LOOK AT HIS TAIL -- RIGHT UP.
GET HIT BY THAT,
YOU CAN BE DEAD IN 24 HOURS.
WHIP THE TAIL OFF,
AND THE REST OF IT'S FINE,
SO, TAIL GOES ON THE GROUND.
JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
SCORPION IN THE MOUTH,
MUNCH AWAY.
Gaudin: BEAR DOES EAT
SOME EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
HOW HE KEEPS THEM DOWN,
I'VE GOT NO IDEA.
THE RUFTY-TUFTY CREWS
TEND TO GO A BIT, "WHOA!"
AND BEAR STRAIGHT UP
WITH HIS HAND, IN HIS MOUTH.
ALSO IN NORTH AFRICA, AN OLD
WRECK WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS BY.
I WANTED TO CHECK IT OUT
TO SEE IF THERE WAS
ANYTHING WORTH SALVAGING.
THERE'S AN OCTOPUS
CLINGING ON TO THE HULL.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN
GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
THERE WE GO.
LOOK, SEE, HE'S CLINGING ON
WITH ALL HIS TENTACLES.
HE MANAGED TO GET HOLD
OF AN OCTOPUS,
WHICH, I'M SURE, IF YOU HAD THE
TIME OR THE MEANS TO COOK IT,
WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, IT
WAS A RAW EAT ON THIS OCCASION.
THAT'S GONNA BE TOUGH AS HELL.
BETTER ON A PLATTER
AT A NICE SEASIDE RESORT
WITH THE FAMILY AROUND
AND A BIT OF MAYO
THAN LIKE THIS.
WHEN NEEDS MUST,
THAT'S GONNA KEEP YOU ALIVE.
AND HE BIT OFF
ONE OF THE TENTACLES.
STILL GRIPPING ON.
Gaudin:
HE WAS GAGGING ALL THE TIME,
'CAUSE THE TENTACLES HAVE
ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO HIS THROAT.
PROBLEM IS THAT THE SUCKERS
STICK TO YOUR THROAT.
ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
WHEN I'M GLAD THAT I'M STANDING
THIS SIDE OF THE CAMERA,
AND HE'S THAT SIDE, REALLY.
[ GAGS ]
IT'S STILL GOT
A LOT OF SUCTION POWER.
LAST ONE WAS GRIPPING ON
DOWN MY GULLET.
THAT EVENING,
THE LIGHT OF MY FIRE
ATTRACTED ALL SORTS OF INSECTS.
THE OCTOPUS HAD FILLED ME UP,
BUT I THOUGHT THE BUGS
WOULD MAKE A GREAT BREAKFAST.
HE HAS TO WAKE UP
THE NEXT MORNING
AND EAT WHAT WE CALLED
A BUG BURGER.
PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY
OF EATING THIS
IS TO MAKE A BUG PATTY
OUT OF ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
AND I THINK IT CONSISTED
OF A PRAYING MANTIS,
A COUPLE OF MOTHS.
SCORPIONS, CRICKETS, LOCUSTS.
COUPLE OF BEETLES.
OOH.
QUITE A DIVERSE BREAKFAST MENU.
SQUIDGE ALL THAT UP TOGETHER.
MADE THIS LITTLE PATTY
LIKE THIS,
AND YOU COULD JUST HEAR
EVERYTHING CRACKING AND POPPING.
IT WAS DISGUSTING.
I THINK THE POPPING WAS PROBABLY
THE HEADS OF THE CRICKETS.
WHAT'S THAT?
THEY'VE ALL GOT THE LITTLE HOOKS
ON THEM,
ALL THESE CREATURES, YOU KNOW,
AND WHEN YOU GO TO EAT THEM,
THEY SORT OF --
THE LEGS WILL HANG,
AND SO HE'S SORT OF PULLING THEM
OFF HIS LIP.
A ROGUE LEG IN THERE.
UGH, GOD.
IT'S JUST
A REAL NICE OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO JUST KEEP
THE CAMERA ON HIM...
AND JUST KEEP IT ON HIM...
AND THEN A BIT MORE.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND I KNOW THAT HE'S THINKING,
"JUST TURN IT AWAY, YOU KNOW?
GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GET OUT OF THIS."
AND YOU'RE LIKE, "NO, NO, NO.
YOU'RE GONNA SWALLOW THIS."
[ SIGHS ]
A TRULY TERRIBLE WAY
TO START A DAY.
Etheridge: BEAR'S SURVIVAL FOOD
IS NOT NORMALLY SOMETHING
THAT I MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO EAT,
BUT IN TORRES, HE CAME ACROSS
THESE ROCK LOBSTERS.
LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF FEELERS
JUST POKING OUT
FROM UNDER THAT ROCK LEDGE.
Etheridge: USUALLY FOR HIM,
IT'S NORMALLY SOMETHING
A BIT MORE DISGUSTING.
LOOK!
HE'S CAUGHT THIS ROCK LOBSTER.
THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOOD.
COME ON.
Etheridge:
BROUGHT IT OUT ONTO THE BEACH,
AND TAKEN THE SHELL OFF,
COOKED IT UP AND EVERYTHING.
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS AN AMAZING THING TO EAT.
Grylls: ON THE BASIS
THAT GOOD SURVIVAL
IS ABOUT
KEEPING YOUR MORALE UP...
THIS IS GOOD MORALE.
WOW.
OHH.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO FIND FOOD
WHEN YOU'RE SURVIVING
IN THE WILDERNESS,
BUT WHEN THE TABLES ARE TURNED
AND THE HUNTER BECOMES
THE HUNTED,
WELL, THAT MAKES
A BAD SITUATION WORSE.
SUDDENLY, IT COULD ALL
GO HORRIBLY WRONG.
THE WHOLE THING COULD COLLAPSE.
NO MATTER HOW STRONG YOU ARE
AT SWIMMING
OR WHATEVER
YOUR SURVIVAL ABILITY,
IF YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE...
[ SNAKE HISSING ]
GOT TO FIND A WAY
ACROSS THIS RIVER.
IN AUSTRALIA'S
NORTHERN TERRITORY,
I WAS TRYING NOT TO CROSS PATHS
WITH ONE OF THE MOST LETHAL
PREDATORS THAT I FEAR MOST.
Reay: WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE
WE HAD TO CROSS THIS RIVER,
AND THERE WAS
REALLY NO AVOIDING IT.
SO BEAR WAS LOOKING
FOR SOME WAY TO GET ACROSS.
AND HE SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT
WAS CLASSIC,
WHICH WAS THIS TREE HAD FALLEN
ONTO ANOTHER TREE.
IT DOES GO ACROSS THE RIVER
ALL THE WAY.
CROSSING A RIVER LIKE THIS
WOULD NORMALLY BE EASY,
BUT THESE WATERS ARE FULL
OF SALTWATER CROCODILES.
WE HAD SEEN A LOT OF CROCODILES
ON THE BANKS.
AND THE THING
WITH SALTWATER CROCODILES --
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HUNTERS,
AND THEY WILL GO FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW THEY'RE IN THE WATER
BECAUSE OF THE BUBBLES,
AND THERE WERE BUBBLES
EVERYWHERE.
AND I THINK THIS IS
PROBABLY THE FIRST OCCASION
WHERE I'VE REALLY BEEN VERY
CONCERNED FOR BEAR'S SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SALTWATER
CROCODILES ALL OVER THIS PLACE.
SO, IT'S PROBABLY
THE DROP'S NOT GONNA HURT.
IT'S MAYBE THE BITE
AT THE END OF IT.
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT MIGHT.
YEAH, LET'S NOT GET
TO THAT STAGE.
TO ME, WHAT WAS
PRETTY THREATENING
WAS THE TOP PART OF THE TREE,
WHERE IT'S RESTING
IN THE OTHER TREE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE BANK, IS ROTTEN.
SO WE DECIDED TO FILM IT
WITH BEAR'S LITTLE CAMERA
ON HIS WRIST.
COME ON, THEN,
GIVE US THE CAMERA.
LET'S JUST DO THIS.
Gaudin: SO, BEAR STARTED
CLIMBING THE TREE,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE
VERY NERVOUS FOR HIM,
AND I THINK THAT'S
THE FIRST TIME
I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN BEAR
QUITE NERVOUS.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS SERIOUSLY
GOING INTO THE UNKNOWN HERE.
Pearce:
FROM WHAT I RECALL IS VERY
INTERESTING ABOUT CROCODILES,
PARTICULARLY
SALTWATER CROCODILES,
IS THAT THEY REACT TO MOVEMENT,
SO IT'S NOT AS THOUGH
A BIG SPLASH WOULD HAVE
FRIGHTENED THEM OFF.
IT WOULD HAVE ATTRACTED THEM.
Grylls:
A BIT OF BUBBLES THERE.
[ GRUNTS ]
OKAY.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT
TO MANEUVER
AROUND SOME OF THE BRANCHES.
HALFWAY ACROSS, BEAR DOES FALL.
[ GRUNTS ]
Gaudin:
AND THE CAMERA JUST FELL.
THANKFULLY,
IT WAS ATTACHED TO A CORD.
I SWALLOWED MY HEART
AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT
GREAT UPPER-BODY STRENGTH
AND MANAGED TO RIGHT HIMSELF
AND CARRY ON ACROSS.
[ CROCODILE GROWLS ]
AND IN CHINA, I DISCOVERED
THAT NO MATTER
HOW STRONG YOU ARE,
IF YOU'RE BEING HUNTED,
SIZE REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.
Pearce: JUNGLES OF CHINA WERE
TOUGH, AND MADE EVEN TOUGHER
BY BEAR WALKING INTO
THIS WEAVER-ANT NEST.
OW!
OOH!
Reay: BEAR FOUND A NEST,
AND WE GO CRASHING
INTO THIS NEST,
AND BEAR GOES, "WHOA, WHOA,
STOP, STOP, STOP."
AND HE COMES BACK, AND HE SEES
THIS BEAUTIFUL NEST
MADE OF LEAVES,
AND THE ANTS HAVE MADE IT.
IT'S AN AMAZING CREATION.
SEE, IT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED
WEAVER ANTS.
THEY'VE WEAVED
ALL THESE LEAVES TOGETHER,
AND THEY HAVE THIS --
IT'S LIKE GLUE THAT HOLDS IT
ALL IN PLACE.
BUT THESE ARE NASTY ANTS.
Pearce:
THEY ARE TINY, LITTLE THINGS,
BUT THEY ARE
UNBELIEVABLY VICIOUS.
OW!
AS WE'RE FILMING THE SEQUENCE,
BEAR'S SWATTING THEM ON HIS ARM,
GETTING BITTEN BY THEM.
AND SO AM I, AND THEY'RE
CRAWLING UP MY ARM,
BUT I CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
YOW. BEHIND THE EAR.
[ SIGHS ]
RIGHT DOWN THE NECK.
AND AS I'M GETTING BITTEN,
I'M THINKING,
"BEAR, HURRY UP. HURRY UP.
TALK FASTER, TALK FASTER,
TALK FASTER."
IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA,
WE FACED A VERY REAL THREAT
THAT HAD
THE WHOLE CREW ON EDGE.
Etheridge:
THE ISLAND IN TORRES
IS PROBABLY THE SCARIEST PLACE
THAT I'VE BEEN, REALLY,
AS FAR AS ANIMALS ARE CONCERNED.
THERE WERE SHARKS' FINS JUST
LITTERING THE KIND OF HORIZON.
THEY WERE EVERYWHERE --
SHARKS EVERYWHERE.
AND BEAR'S GOT TO DO
THIS CROSSING
FROM ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER.
SO, WE'RE ABOUT TO DO
THIS CROSSING FROM THIS ISLAND
TO OVER THERE,
AND IT'S FULL OF SHARKS.
JUST BEEN IN THE SHALLOWS
NEAR ONE,
AND TO BE HONEST, I'M DEFINITELY
QUITE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS.
SOUND GUY'S
JUST PREPPING HIS KIT.
HE'S TAKING AN ABNORMALLY
LONG TIME ABOUT IT.
COME ON, PAUL!
BEEN DOING THIS
ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
AND ALL I'M SEEING IS FINS GOING
LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT.
WITH SHARKS AS FAR
AS THE EYE CAN SEE,
THIS WAS GOING TO BE
THE LONGEST 300 YARDS
I'D EVER CROSSED.
OH! WHAT WAS THAT?
IT WAS A SHARK.
A SHARK PASSED MY LEGS THEN.
COME ON, WE NEED TO SPEED UP.
LET'S GET MOVING.
YOU CAN SEE THE FINS
ALL AROUND HIM.
TWO OF THEM.
THEY'RE INQUISITIVE CREATURES,
AND THEY'RE COMING,
AND THEY OBVIOUSLY WANT
TO KNOW WHAT HE IS.
STAY STILL. STAY STILL.
Etheridge: THEY SAY ONE OF
THE WORST THINGS ABOUT THE SHARK
IS THAT THEY WILL BITE YOU
TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU ARE.
AND THESE SHARKS DID LOOK LIKE
THEY WERE WONDERING WHAT HE WAS.
SO THE NEXT THING
WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR
IS A POTENTIAL MUNCH,
AND HENCE THE REASON HE'S GOT
TO SPRINT FOR HIS LIFE.
LET'S JUST MOVE! COME ON!
[ SIGHS ]
AFTER BEING
OUT IN THE WILDERNESS,
THERE'S NO BETTER FEELING
THAN FINDING YOUR WAY OUT.
TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO MOVE
FAST OVER ALL SORTS OF TERRAIN.
Gaudin: BEAR WILL PICK UP
HIS RUCKSACK AND START RUNNING,
AND JUST A HOP, SKIP, AND JUMP,
AND HE'S OFF -- QUITE AMAZING.
Reay:
WHEN BEAR'S TRAVELING FAST
THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF TERRAIN,
I DO HAVE TO TRY AND KEEP UP
WITH HIM.
AND HE OFTEN DOES LEAP
OVER BOULDERS,
JUMP ACROSS GAPS, CREVASSES,
BUILDINGS, YOU NAME IT.
IT'S EITHER CLIMBING
UP SOMETHING OR DOWN.
IT'S NEVER WALKING.
WE BARELY EVER WALK ANYWHERE.
IN TEXAS, I SAW A WAY OUT.
PATROL IS GOING UP AND DOWN
THE RIVER.
IF YOU CAN REACH THAT,
YOU'RE GONNA GET FOUND.
BUT AT THE BOTTOM,
THERE WAS ONE LAST HURDLE.
RIGHT AT THE END
OF THE TEXAS SHOW,
BEAR JUMPS OFF THIS BIG LEDGE
AND LANDS IN THE WATER.
AND I REALLY WANTED TO RUN
BEHIND BEAR AND JUMP OFF THIS,
BUT THIS AREA WAS QUITE SMALL
HE HAD TO HIT,
AND I COULDN'T GO AND DECIDED,
ACTUALLY,
THAT'S ONE STEP TOO FAR.
THIS IS GONNA BE JUST HEAVEN.
Reay:
I JUST RUN UP WITH HIM.
HE RUNS UP, AND I LET HIM GO,
AND YOU JUST SEE HIM FALL AWAY
FROM THE CAMERA TILL IT'S DOWN.
AND I LOOK BACK
ON THAT SHOT NOW,
AND I GO,
"I WISH I'D GONE WITH HIM."
SOMETIMES EXTRACTIONS
ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD,
BUT IN CHINA, WATER ALSO PLAYED
A PART IN NOT ONLY GETTING IN,
BUT ALSO GETTING OUT.
IN CHINA, WE WERE HIT
BY A TROPICAL HURRICANE.
IT'S THAT ATMOSPHERE
OF BEING IN A STORM
WHERE IT'S RELENTLESS MADNESS,
AND YOU JUST SEEM TO BE
AT YOUR WITS' END
TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT.
JUNGLES ARE REALLY A NIGHTMARE
AT THE BEST OF TIMES.
WHEN YOU START GETTING
TYPHOONS INVOLVED,
WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE HAD
OUT HERE,
YOU KNOW, IT REALLY TAKES
ON A WHOLE NOTHER MEANING.
YOU SUDDENLY GET 3 FOOT OF RAIN,
40-, 50-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS,
AND THESE PLACES
JUST BECOME A REAL EPIC,
NOT ONLY FOR THE CREW,
BUT ALSO FOR WHAT
WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.
WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO
WAS GET OUT
BY CROSSING A RIVER,
BUT THAT WAS NOW FLOODED.
WE NEED TO GET ACROSS THIS.
YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THIS RIVER
IS IN FULL FLOOD
WITH ALL THE RAINS.
Reay: THIS WAS LITERALLY
JUST POST-CYCLONE.
AND THIS RIVER HAD RAISED,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
ABOUT FIVE METERS.
IT WAS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT
OF WATER
THAT WAS COMING DOWN THAT RIVER.
OKAY, WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER
IN THIS.
Etheridge:
BEAR WILL TELL YOU HIMSELF
ON THE SHOW TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
YOU DON'T MESS
WITH JUNGLE RIVERS.
THEY'RE SERIOUSLY TREACHEROUS
PLACES TO BE.
YOU CAN FEEL THERE'S ACTUALLY
A STRONG CURRENT IN HERE,
WHIPPING ME DOWN.
AND AS WE CROSS THIS RIVER,
THE WHOLE SKY GOES QUITE BLACK,
AND IT GOES QUITE EERIE
AND QUITE GRAY
AND QUITE --
REAL SILVERY CLOUDS.
GOD. WHERE THE HELL
HAS THAT COME FROM?
Pearce:
IT FELT QUITE DARK AND LIFELESS,
AND SOON WE HAD A SENSE OF --
WELL, I HAD A SENSE OF NOT
REALLY WANTING TO BE THERE.
Reay: THERE'S ALL DEAD WOOD
AND BITS AND PIECES
AND DEBRIS
COMING DOWN THE RIVER,
AND YOU DO EXPECT TO SEE THIS
OLD BODY COME FLOATING PAST.
BUT IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION,
STAYING POSITIVE IS CRUCIAL.
BEAR COPES WITH IT VERY WELL,
AND HE JUST SAYS TO HIMSELF,
"I AM GONNA GET OUT OF THIS,
AND I WILL FIND A WAY TO DO IT."
GETTING OUT MEANS
THE END OF THE JOURNEY,
NOT JUST FOR ME,
BUT FOR THE CREW, AS WELL.
WHEN THE END OF THE SHOW COMES,
I DO FEEL A SENSE OF RELIEF,
BECAUSE YOU'VE FINISHED IT,
AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR LIMBS
AND MAYBE NOT TOO MANY CUTS
AND BRUISES.
Gaudin: ALL THE PLANNING
AND PREP THAT'S PUT INTO THIS
IS QUITE ENORMOUS,
SO COMING HOME IS,
YES, TIME TO RELAX.
Grylls: THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT ME AND THE CREW TRAVEL
TO SOME OF THE EXTREMES
OF THE EARTH.
THERE'S OFTEN DANGER
AND HIGH RISK,
BUT I WORK WITH THE BEST,
WE WORK HARD,
TRUST EACH OTHER
WITH OUR LIVES,
AND THE NUMBER-ONE GOAL --
ALWAYS GET BACK IN ONE PIECE.
WHOO!
I'VE TRAVELED
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
IN SEARCH
OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES
IN THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCATIONS
TO SHOW YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED
TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD'S
TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS.
I'VE BEEN TO THE FOUR CORNERS
OF THE PLANET, SEA...
NOW LET'S JUST MOVE!
COME ON!
...MOUNTAINS...
THE WHOLE SLAB JUST DROPPED.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.
...ICE...
GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
...AND DESERT.
VERY, VERY HOT.
WITH ME THROUGH EVERY CHALLENGE
IS A SMALL TEAM
OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS
COMMITTED TO CAPTURING
EVERY STEP THAT I TAKE.
IN THIS SPECIAL EPISODE,
I'M GONNA TAKE YOU
BEHIND THE SCENES,
INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CREW,
AND SHOW YOU HOW WE MAKE
THIS PROGRAM
AND GET OUT OF IT
IN ONE PIECE...
MOST OF THE TIME.
EVERY SHOW IS AN ADVENTURE,
AND IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE
TO DO THIS JOB.
PEOPLE WATCH THIS SHOW
AND OFTEN THINK
MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT CRAZY.
KNOW WHAT?
THE WILD CAN BE CRAZY,
AND THESE PLACES
ARE OFTEN FULL-ON
AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT
SCARY, TOO.
MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S AMAZING,
BUT IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING...
THIS ISN'T WORKING.
...FRIGHTENING...
...EXHAUSTING...
TAKE TWO STEPS FORWARD.
ONE.
...AND DANGEROUS.
[ THUD ]
UGH!
Man: DOWN, BUDDY.
AND OFTEN,
IT DOESN'T GO YOUR WAY...
THIS PLAN
HAS NOT GONE TO PLAN.
WITH ME ARE SIMON AND DAN,
WHO RUN THE CAMERAS.
Reay: YOU'VE GOT TO JUST
CONCENTRATE ON WHAT YOU DO.
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU CAN DO THAT,
IT MAKES THE SCARY SCENARIOS
A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE.
Etheridge:
BEAR IS THE ONE MAKING HIS WAY
THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
WILDERNESSES THAT WE GET TO,
AND KEEPING UP WITH HIM
IS A REAL CHALLENGE.
DAVE'S THE ONE WHO KEEPS
THE CREW SAFE.
Pearce: AND IT'S MY JOB, REALLY,
TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE LOOKED AFTER
SO THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB
TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
THERE, NOW YOU CAN SEE.
AND DANNY AND DUNCAN --
THEY'RE THE GROWN-UPS
ON THE SHOOT
WHO TELL US TO STOP IF WE'RE
PUSHING THINGS TOO FAR.
YOU GOT TO REALLY MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T GET BIT HERE.
IT'S 3 1/2 HOURS TO GET YOU
TO THE HOSPITAL.
WHATEVER THE ENVIRONMENT,
MORE THAN OFTEN, THE TRICKIEST
AND MOST DANGEROUS PART
IS GETTING THE TEAM
ONTO THE GROUND.
AND THERE'S NEVER A
STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO DO THAT.
THE INSERTIONS AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE SHOW ARE BRILLIANT FUN.
[ RADIO CHATTER ]
PEARCE: By the skid.
Steady there. Hover.
He's nearly at the bottom.
WE DO DREAM UP
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WAYS
TO GET BEAR
INTO THE ENVIRONMENT,
AND THAT RANGES
FROM JUMPING FROM SEAPLANES...
...NUMEROUS HELICOPTERS...
SKYDIVING FREE FALL.
...AIRCRAFT.
SOMETIMES BY BOAT.
THE MORE WEIRD
AND WONDERFUL THEY GET,
THE HARDER THEY GET TO PLAN.
Pearce: IT'S DIFFICULT,
AND SOMETHING COULD GO WRONG
VERY QUICKLY.
Reay: THEY ARE VERY INTENSE,
AND YOU GOT TO GET IT RIGHT.
YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE CHANCE.
THIS IS ONE JUMP
I CANNOT AFFORD TO GO WRONG.
[ THUD ]
IN ONE OF THE SHOW'S
MOST AUDACIOUS INSERTIONS,
WE WERE TRYING TO GET DEEP
INTO THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS.
WE ADAPTED
AN OLD RUSSIAN HELICOPTER
SO THAT I COULD DRIVE
A SNOWMOBILE OUT OF THE BACK
WHILE IT HOVERED
ABOVE THE SNOW.
RIDE SKI-DOOS
OUT OF THE BACK OF HELICOPTERS.
HEY, IT'S ALL IN ANOTHER DAY'S
WORK FOR "MAN vs. WILD,"
AND AS THE CREW,
WE LOVE THIS PART OF IT.
DAVE AND NICK NEED TO BE ON
THE SAME RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
DAVE PEARCE WILL OVERSEE
THE SAFETY OF THE CREW
AND BE AN EXTRA PAIR
OF EYES FOR ME.
ATTEMPTING SOMETHING
AS DANGEROUS AS THIS,
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR.
THE ENGINEERS HAVE TAKEN
THE DOORS OFF,
AND WE'RE GONNA DO
SOME RIGGING
TO GET BEAR ON THE EDGE HERE
AS THE HELICOPTER'S
FLYING THROUGH THESE --
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND
THE VALLEYS OF THE CAUCASUS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET
A SKI-DOO IN THE BACK HERE.
FINGERS.
OKAY, FINGERS.
WE CAN TRY AND LAND,
BUT THE HELICOPTER CAN'T LAND
AND SHUT DOWN,
BECAUSE IF IT DOES,
IT COULD SINK OR TILT,
SO THE PILOT HAS TO SKILLFULLY
TICKLE THE BELLY OF THE SNOW
WITH THE HELICOPTER.
WHEN I THINK IT'S ALL SAFE
AND WE'RE READY TO GO
AND THE PILOT'S HAPPY,
THEN I'LL GIVE BEAR
THE THUMBS-UP,
AND HE'LL REV THAT SKI-DOO UP
AND FLY OUT THE BACK,
MAKING SURE HE GOES THAT WAY
AND NOT THAT WAY,
OR HE WILL GET A VERY SWIFT
HAIRCUT ON THE TAIL ROTOR,
WHICH WILL BE GOING
AT A RIDICULOUS SPEED.
THAT WHOLE INSERTION WAS
HIGH OCTANE -- HIGH OCTANE.
LOTS OF LITTLE COMPONENTS
GOING ON THERE
WHICH COULD HAVE MADE
THE THING DISASTROUS.
Man: LOOKING GOOD.
WE'RE JUST ABOVE THE SNOW.
GO!
LET'S GO.
BEAR SLAMS ON THE ACCELERATOR,
DIVES OUT THIS THING.
WE'RE GONNA GO
INTO THE MOUNTAINS NOW.
A LOT OF CLOUD COVER COMING IN.
Pearce:
THE HELICOPTER DISAPPEARS
OFF THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS.
BEAR STARTS HURTLING UPHILL,
AND THEN...COMES
TO A GRINDING HALT.
[ ENGINE REVVING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
THE THING IS ALL THE SNOW AT THE
MOMENT IS JUST LIKE PORRIDGE.
[ SIGHS ]
IT'S ON TO FOOT FROM HERE.
OKAY.
Pearce:
LIKE ALL THESE ENVIRONMENTS,
YOU DON'T KNOW AT WHICH TIME
IT IS GONNA COME 'ROUND
AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE NIP
IN THE BACKSIDE.
THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS
WERE ISOLATED,
BUT NOWHERE FEELS AS REMOTE AS
AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN TERRITORY.
IT'S ONE OF THE HARSHEST
ENVIRONMENTS ON THE PLANET
AND POPULATED
WITH DEADLY ANIMALS.
LACK OF ROADS MADE ACCESS
IMPOSSIBLE.
OUR BEST OPTION WAS
A 70-YEAR-OLD PLANE.
OKAY, STORM, EARLY MORNING,
NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA.
CREW JUST PREPPING KIT.
ABOUT TO JUMP INTO ONE
OF THE MOST CROC-INFESTED
PLACES ON EARTH,
AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN
REALLY NERVOUS
COMING DOWN FOR THIS SHOOT.
THE GOOD THING IS
WE'RE JUMPING IN
FROM THE COOLEST PLANE
YOU'LL EVER SEE.
CHECK OUT THIS OLD
WORLD WAR II DAKOTA.
Reay:
THIS THING, WHEN WE FIRST SAW
IT, WAS A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE.
IT WAS ALL POLISHED SILVER,
AND IT LOOKED AMAZING,
AMAZING FROM A DISTANCE.
AND AS YOU GOT CLOSER
AND CLOSER,
YOU COULD SEE THAT THIS THING
HAD HAD A HELL OF A LIFE.
Etheridge:
WHERE THE ENGINES WERE,
I COULD SEE THESE
RIVETS HALF HANGING OUT
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT DID LOOK AS THOUGH
IT SHOULD BE SITTING IN A MUSEUM
RATHER THAN UP IN THE AIR.
Reay: IT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND,
I THINK, AT THAT POINT --
HOW AIRWORTHY IS THIS THING?
AND THEY START THIS THING UP.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT SHOULD NOT
LEAVE THE TARMAC.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT SHOULD
JUST STAY THERE AND REST.
[ RADIO CHATTER ]
ONCE WE STARTED
AND GOT INTO THIS THING,
GOT UP TO HEIGHT,
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS SMOOTHER, REALLY,
THAN A LOT OF THE COMMERCIAL
JETS THAT YOU FLY NOWADAYS.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
SO, ONCE WE WERE FLYING
IN THIS DC-3
AND WE WERE GETTING
TO THE ROUGH AREA
WHERE WE KNEW
WE WERE GONNA JUMP FROM --
AND DAVE IS AT THE REAR DOOR,
STANDING THERE.
AND HE'S ON THE PHONE
TO THE PILOT.
HE'S COMMUNICATING
WITH THE PILOT,
GETTING TO THE RIGHT PLACE
AND THE RIGHT DROP ZONE.
NERVES DO RUN QUITE HIGH,
AND BEAR AND I LITERALLY WAIT
FOR DAVE'S WORD TO GO,
"ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO."
DAVE SAYS, "ALL RIGHT,
POWER OFF NOW,
BECAUSE WE'RE COMING
TO THE DROP-ZONE POINT."
AND THEY BACK OFF ON THE SPEED
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TOO FAST
WHEN WE EXIT.
I'M CROUCHED IN THE DOOR,
AND I'M RIGHT IN THE PROP DRAFT,
AND ALSO WHERE THE BLAST
AND THE WIND IS COMING
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE DOOR.
I'M TRYING TO SIT THERE.
I THINK MY FACE IS
JUST BEING CONTORTED
WHILE THE WIND IS
BLASTING THROUGH.
FINAL CHECKS ARE MADE.
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
AT THE RIGHT TIME,
BEAR LEAPS OUT.
YAH!
Reay: IT'S A REALLY EXCITING,
EXCITING SEQUENCE,
BUT HE'S GOT TO GET
HIS DROP ZONE RIGHT,
BECAUSE THERE'S
ALL SORTS OF THINGS
THAT WANT TO EAT YOU OUT THERE.
THERE'S ALL THE CROCODILES.
THERE'S PLENTY OF ANIMALS
THAT YOU DON'T REALLY
WANT TO ENCOUNTER
WHEN YOU'RE HEADING IN
WITH A PARACHUTE ON YOUR BACK.
NORTHERN TERRITORY,
HERE WE COME.
[ CROCODILE GROWLS ]
MAKING THIS SHOW,
WE'VE TRAVELED TO THE TOUGHEST
PLACES ON THE PLANET
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.
WE DO OPERATE
IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS.
IT'S EITHER HOT, SWEATY, COLD,
FREEZING, OR DRY AS YOU LIKE
IN THE ARID SANDS OF THE SAHARA.
WHEN YOU'RE AT THE MERCY
OF THE ELEMENTS,
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED
FOR ANYTHING.
[ SNAP ]
UGH!
THIS IS TURNING OUT
BIT OF AN EPIC.
ON THE BALTIC COAST,
MY MISSION WAS TO SHOW
THE SURVIVAL SKILLS YOU NEED IN
AN ABANDONED URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
HERE, JUNGLES AND RIVERS
HAVE BEEN REPLACED
BY DERELICT BUILDINGS.
ONCE WE'RE ON THIS BUILDING, WE
HAVE TO GET INTO THE BUILDING,
AND CLASSIC WAY INTO A BUILDING
IS THROUGH THE AIR-CONDITIONING
VENTILATION SHAFTS.
BEAR SMASHES HIS WAY THROUGH,
AND WE DROP IN.
A BIT OF A SQUEEZE
GETTING INTO THIS ONE.
DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAD
TOO MUCH LUNCH.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN
ONE OF THESE THINGS,
BUT TO BE HONEST,
EVER SINCE "DIE HARD" CAME OUT,
I HAVE WANTED TO.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING HOLLYWOOD
ABOUT THESE VENTILATION SHAFTS.
AS IT GOT TO THE REALLY,
REALLY NARROW POINT,
ABSOLUTELY WHAT WAS
GOING THROUGH MY MIND IS,
"DOES THIS GET EVEN NARROWER
DOWN HERE?"
AND IT DID.
GO ONTO ALL FOURS
IF YOU NEED TO.
SPREAD YOUR WEIGHT.
THAT'S THIN HERE.
Pearce:
IF YOU'RE THROWN IN A TIGHT AREA
THAT'S GETTING TIGHTER,
YOU THINK, WHAT IF YOU CAN'T
GET OUT THIS WAY?
"CAN I ACTUALLY GET BACK?"
[ GRUNTS ]
Reay:
AS THE SPACE GOT SMALLER,
BEAR SAYS, "THE TRICK IS HERE,
NOW, NOT TO PANIC."
IF YOU PANIC,
YOUR CHEST CAVITY EXPANDS,
AND A TIGHT PLACE
BECOMES EVEN TIGHTER.
AS SOON AS THAT'S
FLAGGED UP TO YOU,
AND HE SAID THAT TO ME,
I WAS THINKING,
"OH, THANKS. I HADN'T
EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT."
SUDDENLY NOW IT'S IN YOUR MIND.
THAT'S ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT,
IS EXPANDING YOUR CHEST CAVITY.
IT'S LIKE TELLING SOMEONE
NOT TO LOOK AT THE LIGHT.
FIRST THING THEY'RE GOING TO DO
IS LOOK AT THE LIGHT.
BUT THANKFULLY,
THERE WAS LIGHT AT THE END
OF THIS TUNNEL.
SOON WE WERE OUT
OF THE VENTILATION SHAFTS
AND INTO THE BUILDING.
[ COUGHS ]
HERE, GIVE ME IT.
I GOT IT. I GOT IT.
MAN, IT'S NICE TO BE
OUT OF THAT PLACE.
Reay: I DID FEEL RELIEVED
ONCE WE GOT OUT OF THAT.
IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE DREAM --
YOU KNOW, BRILLIANT.
WHAT A GREAT DAY THAT WAS.
[ LAUGHS ]
A KEY INGREDIENT TO SURVIVAL
IS TRYING TO USE NATURE
TO HELP YOU.
OAK TREES ARE MEANT
TO BE FRIENDLY!
BUT SOMETIMES EVEN
THE MOST USEFUL RESOURCE
CAN TEST YOUR PATIENCE.
AAH! BAMBOO!
Etheridge:
REALLY, REALLY STRONG MATERIAL,
BUT BEING REALLY STRONG,
A NIGHTMARE TO GET THROUGH.
WITH EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
COME FRUSTRATIONS,
BECAUSE IT'S SO UNPREDICTABLE.
[ GROANS ]
BLOODY, BLOODY, BLOODY CACTUS.
HE LETS YOU KNOW
HE'S FRUSTRATED,
BUT HE JUST CRACKS ON, YOU KNOW.
HE'S GOT THAT KIND OF
NEVER-SAY-DIE ATTITUDE ABOUT IT.
SOMETIMES THE ENVIRONMENT
AND ITS INHABITANTS
ARE JUST PLAIN DANGEROUS.
STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.
STRAIGHT UNDER THAT ROCK THERE.
HE GETS THOSE FANGS INTO YOU
AND INJECTS YOU
WITH HIS HEMOTOXIC VENOM,
YOU END UP JUST VOMITING
AND POOING BLOOD.
THAT'S THE NASTIEST SORT
OF DEATH YOU CAN IMAGINE.
WHY IS IT THAT EVERYTHING
AROUND HERE
IS EITHER SPIKY, SHARP,
OR OUT TO KILL YOU?
AND AFTER AN EXHAUSTING DAY,
EVEN GETTING INTO BED
CAN HAVE ITS UPS AND DOWN.
[ GRUNTS ]
MORE STRING.
THE DESERT IS ONE OF THE MOST
UNFORGIVING ENVIRONMENTS.
BOTTOM LINE IS IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW GOOD OR SMART OR CLEVER
YOU ARE.
WITHOUT WATER, YOU'RE DEAD.
IN NORTH AFRICA,
AS TEMPERATURES SOARED,
I HAD TO FIND A WAY
TO COOL MYSELF DOWN.
Etheridge:
HE'S A REAL OPPORTUNIST
AS FAR AS KIND OF
WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO HIM
AND HIS SURROUNDINGS,
AND THAT STRETCHES
TO HIS OWN PEE.
TAKE YOUR T-SHIRT,
AND THEN JUST PEE ON IT.
TRY AND CAPTURE AS MUCH
OF THAT FLUID AS YOU CAN.
AND EVEN JUST, YOU KNOW, A
LITTLE BIT OF PEE INTO THE MOUTH
IS JUST GONNA HELP MOISTEN IT,
TAKE THE EDGE OFF THE THIRST.
SOMETHING I'VE NEVER
GOT USED TO --
WHEN HE DRINKS HIS URINE.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S LOVING IT,
AS WELL.
Etheridge: IT'S NOT SOMETHING
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE DOING
ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
IF THEY WERE GOING OUT DOWN
THE PUB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND, ACTUALLY,
EVEN JUST WIPING IT ON MY FACE
IS COOLING MY FACE DOWN.
WE HAD A THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERA
WITH US,
AND WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE
WHETHER OR NOT HIS OWN PEE
CHANGED THE TEMPERATURE
OF HIS BODY HEAT, AND IT DID.
IF YOU PUT THAT ON,
YOU'LL SEE WHAT A DIFFERENCE
THE FLUIDS ON THE FACE MAKE.
IT WORKED AS A COOLANT,
EFFECTIVELY.
YOU SEE THE DARKER BIT
IS WHERE IT'S ALL MUCH COOLER
THAN ALL OF THIS.
IT'S GONNA BE BRIGHT AND HOT.
SO IF I THEN PUT
THIS T-SHIRT ON,
THAT'S GONNA KEEP ME
EVEN COOLER.
WHEN YOU'VE NOT GOT
TOO MUCH WATER AROUND YOU,
IT HAS TO BE DONE,
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT MY FAVORITE.
COOLER, SMELLIER,
BUT BETTER OFF FOR IT.
IN AN ALABAMA SWAMP,
HEAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM.
IT WAS WHAT LURKED BENEATH.
I REMEMBER WE WERE
UP TO OUR KNEES
IN THIS SWAMPY KIND OF MUD.
SEE THAT?
BEAR JUST PICKED UP
THIS SNAPPER TURTLE.
AND LOOK.
THEY CAN GIVE YOU
A VICIOUS BITE.
SNAP DOWN ON THAT,
AND THAT WOULD TEAR YOUR FINGER
JUST CLEAN OFF.
THESE THINGS HAVE GOT
SERIOUS, SERIOUS JAWS ON THEM.
I MEAN, THE CRUSHING POWER
IS PHENOMENAL.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOT,
POUND FOR POUND,
AS MUCH STRENGTH IN THOSE JAWS,
IF NOT MORE, THAN AN ALLIGATOR.
THEN HE DROPPED
THE BLOODY THING.
I'M THINKING,
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. HANG ON."
HE JUST TOLD US
HOW DEADLY THIS THING IS,
AND HE DROPPED IT
RIGHT NEXT TO US.
AND THEN HE CAN'T FIND IT AGAIN.
WHERE IS HE?
AND THERE HE IS,
TRYING TO GRAB IT.
I THINK I SAID TO HIM,
I THINK,
"LET'S JUST LEAVE THIS ONE
ALONE, SHALL WE, AND CRACK ON?"
LET'S NOT MESS AROUND WITH HIM
TOO MUCH. LET'S LEAVE HIM.
THANKS, BEAR. NICE ONE.
NEXT TIME, HOLD ONTO IT, PLEASE.
OH! WHERE IS HE?
SURVIVING IN THE WILDERNESS
IS ONE THING,
BUT HAVING TO FILM
WHAT I DO TO SURVIVE
IS ANOTHER THING ALTOGETHER.
IT TAKES A DEDICATED TEAM AND
COMPLETE TRUST IN EACH OTHER.
NEVER TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED,
AND NEVER THINK,
"YEAH, THIS WILL BE EASY,"
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY THAT,
THEN IT'S PROBABLY TIME
TO PACK UP AND GO HOME.
IN AN EPISODE FILMED IN CANADA,
I WANTED TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS
TO THE BODY
WHEN FULLY IMMERSED
IN FREEZING WATER.
BOLTED ON TO JUMPING
INTO COLD WATER
AND SWIMMING IN THE ICE
ARE INHERENT RISKS.
HOLES WERE CUT
THROUGH A FROZEN LAKE,
AND MY HEART WAS MONITORED.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO
WAS DANGEROUS,
AND THIS WASN'T THE PLACE
FOR THINGS TO GO WRONG.
LET'S GO FOR THIS.
Pearce: FOR BEAR,
CLEARLY IT'S QUITE
A NERVE-RACKING THING.
IT'S PRETTY SCARY.
A MITE HARDER THAN NORMAL.
[ SIGHS ]
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
ONCE HE HITS THAT WATER,
THERE'S A MASSIVE, MASSIVE SHOCK
TO YOUR BODY
ONCE YOU HIT
THAT KIND OF TEMPERATURE.
Pearce:
EVERYTHING SEIZES UP.
YOU'RE TRYING TO BREATHE.
YOU HYPERVENTILATE.
IT BECOMES
A VERY DANGEROUS GAME.
WELL, I CAN FEEL MY EXTREMITIES
ARE JUST BEGINNING
TO SLOW UP HERE.
IF I START HEADING OFF LINE --
YOU GOT TO KEEP EYES
ON ME, OKAY?
WE GOT NO SAFETY LINE HERE.
NEED TO GET IT STRAIGHT.
Pearce: FOR ME, PROBABLY ONE
OF THE MOST CONCERNING THINGS
WAS WHETHER HE WOULD STAY ON
LINE SWIMMING UNDER THE ICE.
IF YOU'RE UNDERWATER, AND YOU'RE
TRYING TO FOLLOW A LINE FORWARD,
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE FORWARD IS ANYMORE.
IT COULD BE THERE.
IT COULD BE THERE.
AND A FEW DEGREES OUT
MEANS YOU'RE GONNA COME UP,
AND YOU'RE GONNA HIT ICE,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA PANIC.
HIS BODY HAS GONE THROUGH
A HELL OF A LOT
IN A VERY, VERY SHORT SPACE
OF TIME,
AND SO ONCE HE GOES
UNDER THAT ICE BRIDGE,
POTENTIAL FOR DISORIENTATION
IS REALLY, REALLY HIGH.
YOU NEVER QUITE KNEW 100%
IF EVERYTHING WAS 100% SAFE.
[ GROANS ]
MY HEAD.
GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
Reay: YOU COULD SEE HE WAS
ABSOLUTELY PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED,
AND YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT ENERGY
COMING OFF HIM
ON THE THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERA.
AND I -- YOU KNOW,
MY HAT GOES OFF TO HIM
IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS,
AT THOSE TIMES,
BECAUSE YOU JUST THINK THAT'S
A HELL OF A THING TO DO --
HELL OF A THING TO DO.
WHEREVER POSSIBLE,
WE MINIMIZE THE RISKS
IN MAKING THIS PROGRAM.
BUT SOMETIMES I NEED TO LEAVE
THE CAMERA CREW BEHIND.
IN THOSE CASES, A CAMERA,
AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN
AS BEAR CAM,
IS STRAPPED TO MY WRIST
WHILE THE CREW REMAIN
AT A SAFE DISTANCE.
DESCENDING A SWOLLEN RIVER
IN VIETNAM
WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES.
IT WAS A VERY, VERY TRICKY,
PRECARIOUS LOCATION
TO BE WORKING IN FOR ANYBODY.
THE RIVER SWELLED PROBABLY
ABOUT 10 TO 15 FOOT.
IT WAS DEEMED VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THE CREW
TO BE HARNESSED UP AND TO BE
ANCHORED OFF TO TREES, TO ROCKS.
HE WASN'T TAKING THE CREW
DOWN THERE.
IT WAS FAR TOO DANGEROUS,
SO HE FITTED A WRIST CAM.
OKAY, THAT SEEMS
ABOUT RIGHT.
EVERY TIME I SEE BEAR
PUT THE BEAR CAM ON,
I THINK, "THANK GOD IT'S HIM
AND NOT ME."
YOU'VE GOT HUNDREDS
OF TONS OF WATER.
HE WORKED HIS WAY
DOWN TO THE ROCK AT THE BASIN,
AND OFF HE WENT.
IT'S NOT FOR THE FAINTHEARTED,
THAT ONE, I CAN ASSURE YOU.
WHETHER IT'S BEAR CAM
OR THE CREW,
WE ALWAYS GET THE CAMERAS AS
CLOSE AS WE CAN TO THE ACTION.
BUT WHILE GLISSADING
DOWN A MOUNTAIN IN CANADA,
THE CAMERA GOT JUST TOO CLOSE.
[ THUD ]
Grylls: UGH!
MAN: Is he okay?
Is he okay?
IN CANADA,
WE DID A GLISSADE SCENE.
AND GLISSADE IS, EFFECTIVELY,
SLIDING DOWN A SLOPE.
WE WERE GONNA DEMONSTRATE
THE ARRESTING TECHNIQUES
AS YOU GO DOWN THIS THING.
YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE
JUST HOW FAST
YOU PICK UP SPEED
ON THESE SORT OF SLOPES.
UNLESS YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BEAT GRAVITY.
ALL RATHER SEEMED
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I WAS GONNA SLIDE DOWN
BEHIND BEAR,
AND I HAD MY CAMERA --
I WAS ON A LITTLE SLEDGE,
AND I WAS GONNA SLIDE DOWN,
CAMERA IN FRONT.
WE DID TESTS ON IT.
37 MILES AN HOUR.
YOU'D GET A TICKET
IN AN URBAN PLACE
IN THE U.K.
WITH THAT SPEED.
Reay: AND WE'RE THINKING,
"YEP, THIS IS COMFORTABLE.
"THIS IS FINE.
THIS IS GONNA WORK.
THIS IS GONNA SHOW THE VIEWER
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO."
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
BUT AS I WAS
ABOUT TO FIND OUT,
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PLAN,
THINGS CAN ALWAYS GO WRONG.
Reay: BEAR GOT FURTHER AWAY
FROM ME AT THE START,
AND ONCE HE HIT THE ICE
WITH THE ICE AX,
IT THREW UP A CLOUD OF SNOW.
ALL I COULD SEE WAS A BIG CLOUD
OF SNOW AND ICE.
AND I JUST REMEMBER THINKING,
"WHERE IS HE?"
WHAT WAS GOING
THROUGH MY MIND IS,
"DON'T HIT HIM.
PLEASE DON'T HIT HIM.
PLEASE DON'T HIT HIM.
PLEASE DON'T HIT HIM."
AND AS SOON AS THAT THOUGHT
WAS IN MY HEAD --
I MEAN, ALL THIS IS HAPPENING
IN MICROSECONDS --
BANG, I HIT HIM.
[ THUD ]
Grylls: UGH!
MAN: Is he okay?
Is he okay?
IT FELT
LIKE A COLOSSAL IMPACT.
IT FELT LIKE HITTING A WALL.
AND, OH,
I JUST FELT SO TERRIBLE
AND JUST THOUGHT,
"OH, MY GOD," YOU KNOW,
"WHAT HAVE I DONE?
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
I'VE HIT HIM."
[ THUD ]
WHERE HAVE I HIT HIM?
YOU KNOW, IF I'VE HIT HIM
IN THE HEAD,
THAT'S -- YOU KNOW,
POTENTIALLY HE'S DEAD.
Man: BEAR, YOU GOT
TO LIE DOWN, BUDDY.
RAN OVER TO HIM, AND THEN I
COULD SEE THE BLOOD ON THE SNOW.
AND I SUPPOSE
THE ONLY KIND OF SOLACE I HAD
WAS THE FACT THAT HE WAS MOVING
AND I HADN'T
ACTUALLY KILLED HIM.
LUCK WAS ON MY SIDE.
SIMON HAD MISSED MY HEAD
BY A FRACTION, BUT HIT MY LEG.
SOMEONE POINTED OUT TO ME,
"GET YOUR NOSE SORTED OUT."
AND...WHY?
AND THEN I REMEMBER
TOUCHING MY NOSE AND THINKING,
"OKAY, THAT'S THE SOURCE
OF THE BLOOD."
SO, ALL THE BLOOD ALL OVER
THE SNOW WAS MINE AND NOT HIS.
AN INTERESTING LOOK.
Rankin:
BEAR'S GOT A BAD LEG INJURY.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BROKEN
OR NOT. WE HOPE NOT.
PLEASE, LET'S HOPE
THAT IT'S NOT BROKEN.
SIMON'S BUSTED HIS NOSE.
HE GOT THE CAMERA IN THE FACE.
WHAT'S LEFT OF THE HOUSING.
THAT'S THE FRONT.
THAT'S QUARTER-INCH
PLATE GLASS.
THAT'S LIKE A SHOP WINDOW,
AND THAT WENT INTO BEAR'S LEG.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.
I JUST THANK GOD
THEY'RE BOTH ALIVE.
I HAD A BIG HEMATOMA ON MY LEG,
AND SIMON HAD A BROKEN NOSE.
WE WERE BOTH EXTREMELY LUCKY
THAT DAY.
FORTUNATELY -- FORTUNATELY,
YOU KNOW,
I DIDN'T HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
I MEAN, I JUST --
IT DOESN'T BEAR THINKING
ABOUT HOW HORRENDOUS
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN --
ABSOLUTELY DOESN'T
BEAR THINKING ABOUT.
[ THUD ]
Grylls: UGH!
MAN: Is he okay?
Is he okay?
THAT IS A WHOPPER.
IN SURVIVAL SITUATIONS,
THERE'S NO GOURMET MENU.
YOU SURVIVE
ON WHAT YOU CAN FIND.
THE LIST OF THINGS
THAT BEAR'S EATEN
IS COMPLETELY UNIMAGINABLE.
IT READS LIKE
THE MOST HORRENDOUS MENU
YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
Grylls: PUFF ADDER LIKE THIS,
EVEN WITH THE GUTS
AND SKIN ON --
YOU CAN EAT HIM
STRAIGHT LIKE THIS.
IT MAY LOOK GRIM,
BUT IF IT'S GONNA KEEP YOU
ALIVE, YOU'VE GOT TO TUCK IN.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,
I'VE SEEN HIM EAT...
COCKROACHES.
...FLIES.
WOOD LOUSE.
CENTIPEDES.
BEETLES.
BEETLE LARVAE.
SEA CUCUMBER.
A YAK.
A LOT OF THEM I DON'T
EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT,
LET ALONE TOUCH,
DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO EAT.
BUT HE DOES.
HE SEES AN ANIMAL,
AND HE'S LIKE, "EAT IT. EAT IT."
I REALLY WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THESE TASTE LIKE,
'CAUSE I'M NEVER, EVER
GOING TO EAT ONE.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THEY TASTE LIKE.
YOU TELL ME.
TASTE LIKE RUBBER BANDS.
CREAMY GOO.
VERY BONY.
DOG FECES.
SALAD THAT'S SOMEBODY'S PUT
A LOT OF MOSQUITO REPELLANT ON.
IT'S ALL CLAWS, LEGS, AND BONE.
IT'S BAD.
IT'S REALLY WRONG.
UGH! [ SPITS ]
UGH!
UGH. [ SPITS ]
AND HE DREADS EATING THEM.
HE ABSOLUTELY DREADS IT.
I'VE REALLY LEARNED
TO HATE THAT TASTE.
UGH.
IN NORTH AFRICA,
I FOUND A WHOLE PLATTER
OF SURF-AND-TURF DELICACIES.
GOT A SCORPION.
SEE THIS GUY?
YOU GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL.
THE SMALLER THEY ARE
WITH THE SCORPIONS,
THE MORE POISONOUS THEY ARE.
Grylls:
THAT'S A DEATHSTALKER.
LOOK AT HIS TAIL -- RIGHT UP.
GET HIT BY THAT,
YOU CAN BE DEAD IN 24 HOURS.
WHIP THE TAIL OFF,
AND THE REST OF IT'S FINE,
SO, TAIL GOES ON THE GROUND.
JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
SCORPION IN THE MOUTH,
MUNCH AWAY.
Gaudin: BEAR DOES EAT
SOME EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
HOW HE KEEPS THEM DOWN,
I'VE GOT NO IDEA.
THE RUFTY-TUFTY CREWS
TEND TO GO A BIT, "WHOA!"
AND BEAR STRAIGHT UP
WITH HIS HAND, IN HIS MOUTH.
ALSO IN NORTH AFRICA, AN OLD
WRECK WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS BY.
I WANTED TO CHECK IT OUT
TO SEE IF THERE WAS
ANYTHING WORTH SALVAGING.
THERE'S AN OCTOPUS
CLINGING ON TO THE HULL.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN
GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
THERE WE GO.
LOOK, SEE, HE'S CLINGING ON
WITH ALL HIS TENTACLES.
HE MANAGED TO GET HOLD
OF AN OCTOPUS,
WHICH, I'M SURE, IF YOU HAD THE
TIME OR THE MEANS TO COOK IT,
WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, IT
WAS A RAW EAT ON THIS OCCASION.
THAT'S GONNA BE TOUGH AS HELL.
BETTER ON A PLATTER
AT A NICE SEASIDE RESORT
WITH THE FAMILY AROUND
AND A BIT OF MAYO
THAN LIKE THIS.
WHEN NEEDS MUST,
THAT'S GONNA KEEP YOU ALIVE.
AND HE BIT OFF
ONE OF THE TENTACLES.
STILL GRIPPING ON.
Gaudin:
HE WAS GAGGING ALL THE TIME,
'CAUSE THE TENTACLES HAVE
ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO HIS THROAT.
PROBLEM IS THAT THE SUCKERS
STICK TO YOUR THROAT.
ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
WHEN I'M GLAD THAT I'M STANDING
THIS SIDE OF THE CAMERA,
AND HE'S THAT SIDE, REALLY.
[ GAGS ]
IT'S STILL GOT
A LOT OF SUCTION POWER.
LAST ONE WAS GRIPPING ON
DOWN MY GULLET.
THAT EVENING,
THE LIGHT OF MY FIRE
ATTRACTED ALL SORTS OF INSECTS.
THE OCTOPUS HAD FILLED ME UP,
BUT I THOUGHT THE BUGS
WOULD MAKE A GREAT BREAKFAST.
HE HAS TO WAKE UP
THE NEXT MORNING
AND EAT WHAT WE CALLED
A BUG BURGER.
PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY
OF EATING THIS
IS TO MAKE A BUG PATTY
OUT OF ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
AND I THINK IT CONSISTED
OF A PRAYING MANTIS,
A COUPLE OF MOTHS.
SCORPIONS, CRICKETS, LOCUSTS.
COUPLE OF BEETLES.
OOH.
QUITE A DIVERSE BREAKFAST MENU.
SQUIDGE ALL THAT UP TOGETHER.
MADE THIS LITTLE PATTY
LIKE THIS,
AND YOU COULD JUST HEAR
EVERYTHING CRACKING AND POPPING.
IT WAS DISGUSTING.
I THINK THE POPPING WAS PROBABLY
THE HEADS OF THE CRICKETS.
WHAT'S THAT?
THEY'VE ALL GOT THE LITTLE HOOKS
ON THEM,
ALL THESE CREATURES, YOU KNOW,
AND WHEN YOU GO TO EAT THEM,
THEY SORT OF --
THE LEGS WILL HANG,
AND SO HE'S SORT OF PULLING THEM
OFF HIS LIP.
A ROGUE LEG IN THERE.
UGH, GOD.
IT'S JUST
A REAL NICE OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO JUST KEEP
THE CAMERA ON HIM...
AND JUST KEEP IT ON HIM...
AND THEN A BIT MORE.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND I KNOW THAT HE'S THINKING,
"JUST TURN IT AWAY, YOU KNOW?
GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GET OUT OF THIS."
AND YOU'RE LIKE, "NO, NO, NO.
YOU'RE GONNA SWALLOW THIS."
[ SIGHS ]
A TRULY TERRIBLE WAY
TO START A DAY.
Etheridge: BEAR'S SURVIVAL FOOD
IS NOT NORMALLY SOMETHING
THAT I MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO EAT,
BUT IN TORRES, HE CAME ACROSS
THESE ROCK LOBSTERS.
LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF FEELERS
JUST POKING OUT
FROM UNDER THAT ROCK LEDGE.
Etheridge: USUALLY FOR HIM,
IT'S NORMALLY SOMETHING
A BIT MORE DISGUSTING.
LOOK!
HE'S CAUGHT THIS ROCK LOBSTER.
THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOOD.
COME ON.
Etheridge:
BROUGHT IT OUT ONTO THE BEACH,
AND TAKEN THE SHELL OFF,
COOKED IT UP AND EVERYTHING.
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS AN AMAZING THING TO EAT.
Grylls: ON THE BASIS
THAT GOOD SURVIVAL
IS ABOUT
KEEPING YOUR MORALE UP...
THIS IS GOOD MORALE.
WOW.
OHH.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO FIND FOOD
WHEN YOU'RE SURVIVING
IN THE WILDERNESS,
BUT WHEN THE TABLES ARE TURNED
AND THE HUNTER BECOMES
THE HUNTED,
WELL, THAT MAKES
A BAD SITUATION WORSE.
SUDDENLY, IT COULD ALL
GO HORRIBLY WRONG.
THE WHOLE THING COULD COLLAPSE.
NO MATTER HOW STRONG YOU ARE
AT SWIMMING
OR WHATEVER
YOUR SURVIVAL ABILITY,
IF YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE...
[ SNAKE HISSING ]
GOT TO FIND A WAY
ACROSS THIS RIVER.
IN AUSTRALIA'S
NORTHERN TERRITORY,
I WAS TRYING NOT TO CROSS PATHS
WITH ONE OF THE MOST LETHAL
PREDATORS THAT I FEAR MOST.
Reay: WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE
WE HAD TO CROSS THIS RIVER,
AND THERE WAS
REALLY NO AVOIDING IT.
SO BEAR WAS LOOKING
FOR SOME WAY TO GET ACROSS.
AND HE SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT
WAS CLASSIC,
WHICH WAS THIS TREE HAD FALLEN
ONTO ANOTHER TREE.
IT DOES GO ACROSS THE RIVER
ALL THE WAY.
CROSSING A RIVER LIKE THIS
WOULD NORMALLY BE EASY,
BUT THESE WATERS ARE FULL
OF SALTWATER CROCODILES.
WE HAD SEEN A LOT OF CROCODILES
ON THE BANKS.
AND THE THING
WITH SALTWATER CROCODILES --
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HUNTERS,
AND THEY WILL GO FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW THEY'RE IN THE WATER
BECAUSE OF THE BUBBLES,
AND THERE WERE BUBBLES
EVERYWHERE.
AND I THINK THIS IS
PROBABLY THE FIRST OCCASION
WHERE I'VE REALLY BEEN VERY
CONCERNED FOR BEAR'S SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SALTWATER
CROCODILES ALL OVER THIS PLACE.
SO, IT'S PROBABLY
THE DROP'S NOT GONNA HURT.
IT'S MAYBE THE BITE
AT THE END OF IT.
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT MIGHT.
YEAH, LET'S NOT GET
TO THAT STAGE.
TO ME, WHAT WAS
PRETTY THREATENING
WAS THE TOP PART OF THE TREE,
WHERE IT'S RESTING
IN THE OTHER TREE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE BANK, IS ROTTEN.
SO WE DECIDED TO FILM IT
WITH BEAR'S LITTLE CAMERA
ON HIS WRIST.
COME ON, THEN,
GIVE US THE CAMERA.
LET'S JUST DO THIS.
Gaudin: SO, BEAR STARTED
CLIMBING THE TREE,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE
VERY NERVOUS FOR HIM,
AND I THINK THAT'S
THE FIRST TIME
I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN BEAR
QUITE NERVOUS.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS SERIOUSLY
GOING INTO THE UNKNOWN HERE.
Pearce:
FROM WHAT I RECALL IS VERY
INTERESTING ABOUT CROCODILES,
PARTICULARLY
SALTWATER CROCODILES,
IS THAT THEY REACT TO MOVEMENT,
SO IT'S NOT AS THOUGH
A BIG SPLASH WOULD HAVE
FRIGHTENED THEM OFF.
IT WOULD HAVE ATTRACTED THEM.
Grylls:
A BIT OF BUBBLES THERE.
[ GRUNTS ]
OKAY.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT
TO MANEUVER
AROUND SOME OF THE BRANCHES.
HALFWAY ACROSS, BEAR DOES FALL.
[ GRUNTS ]
Gaudin:
AND THE CAMERA JUST FELL.
THANKFULLY,
IT WAS ATTACHED TO A CORD.
I SWALLOWED MY HEART
AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT
GREAT UPPER-BODY STRENGTH
AND MANAGED TO RIGHT HIMSELF
AND CARRY ON ACROSS.
[ CROCODILE GROWLS ]
AND IN CHINA, I DISCOVERED
THAT NO MATTER
HOW STRONG YOU ARE,
IF YOU'RE BEING HUNTED,
SIZE REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.
Pearce: JUNGLES OF CHINA WERE
TOUGH, AND MADE EVEN TOUGHER
BY BEAR WALKING INTO
THIS WEAVER-ANT NEST.
OW!
OOH!
Reay: BEAR FOUND A NEST,
AND WE GO CRASHING
INTO THIS NEST,
AND BEAR GOES, "WHOA, WHOA,
STOP, STOP, STOP."
AND HE COMES BACK, AND HE SEES
THIS BEAUTIFUL NEST
MADE OF LEAVES,
AND THE ANTS HAVE MADE IT.
IT'S AN AMAZING CREATION.
SEE, IT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED
WEAVER ANTS.
THEY'VE WEAVED
ALL THESE LEAVES TOGETHER,
AND THEY HAVE THIS --
IT'S LIKE GLUE THAT HOLDS IT
ALL IN PLACE.
BUT THESE ARE NASTY ANTS.
Pearce:
THEY ARE TINY, LITTLE THINGS,
BUT THEY ARE
UNBELIEVABLY VICIOUS.
OW!
AS WE'RE FILMING THE SEQUENCE,
BEAR'S SWATTING THEM ON HIS ARM,
GETTING BITTEN BY THEM.
AND SO AM I, AND THEY'RE
CRAWLING UP MY ARM,
BUT I CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
YOW. BEHIND THE EAR.
[ SIGHS ]
RIGHT DOWN THE NECK.
AND AS I'M GETTING BITTEN,
I'M THINKING,
"BEAR, HURRY UP. HURRY UP.
TALK FASTER, TALK FASTER,
TALK FASTER."
IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA,
WE FACED A VERY REAL THREAT
THAT HAD
THE WHOLE CREW ON EDGE.
Etheridge:
THE ISLAND IN TORRES
IS PROBABLY THE SCARIEST PLACE
THAT I'VE BEEN, REALLY,
AS FAR AS ANIMALS ARE CONCERNED.
THERE WERE SHARKS' FINS JUST
LITTERING THE KIND OF HORIZON.
THEY WERE EVERYWHERE --
SHARKS EVERYWHERE.
AND BEAR'S GOT TO DO
THIS CROSSING
FROM ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER.
SO, WE'RE ABOUT TO DO
THIS CROSSING FROM THIS ISLAND
TO OVER THERE,
AND IT'S FULL OF SHARKS.
JUST BEEN IN THE SHALLOWS
NEAR ONE,
AND TO BE HONEST, I'M DEFINITELY
QUITE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS.
SOUND GUY'S
JUST PREPPING HIS KIT.
HE'S TAKING AN ABNORMALLY
LONG TIME ABOUT IT.
COME ON, PAUL!
BEEN DOING THIS
ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
AND ALL I'M SEEING IS FINS GOING
LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT.
WITH SHARKS AS FAR
AS THE EYE CAN SEE,
THIS WAS GOING TO BE
THE LONGEST 300 YARDS
I'D EVER CROSSED.
OH! WHAT WAS THAT?
IT WAS A SHARK.
A SHARK PASSED MY LEGS THEN.
COME ON, WE NEED TO SPEED UP.
LET'S GET MOVING.
YOU CAN SEE THE FINS
ALL AROUND HIM.
TWO OF THEM.
THEY'RE INQUISITIVE CREATURES,
AND THEY'RE COMING,
AND THEY OBVIOUSLY WANT
TO KNOW WHAT HE IS.
STAY STILL. STAY STILL.
Etheridge: THEY SAY ONE OF
THE WORST THINGS ABOUT THE SHARK
IS THAT THEY WILL BITE YOU
TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU ARE.
AND THESE SHARKS DID LOOK LIKE
THEY WERE WONDERING WHAT HE WAS.
SO THE NEXT THING
WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR
IS A POTENTIAL MUNCH,
AND HENCE THE REASON HE'S GOT
TO SPRINT FOR HIS LIFE.
LET'S JUST MOVE! COME ON!
[ SIGHS ]
AFTER BEING
OUT IN THE WILDERNESS,
THERE'S NO BETTER FEELING
THAN FINDING YOUR WAY OUT.
TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO MOVE
FAST OVER ALL SORTS OF TERRAIN.
Gaudin: BEAR WILL PICK UP
HIS RUCKSACK AND START RUNNING,
AND JUST A HOP, SKIP, AND JUMP,
AND HE'S OFF -- QUITE AMAZING.
Reay:
WHEN BEAR'S TRAVELING FAST
THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF TERRAIN,
I DO HAVE TO TRY AND KEEP UP
WITH HIM.
AND HE OFTEN DOES LEAP
OVER BOULDERS,
JUMP ACROSS GAPS, CREVASSES,
BUILDINGS, YOU NAME IT.
IT'S EITHER CLIMBING
UP SOMETHING OR DOWN.
IT'S NEVER WALKING.
WE BARELY EVER WALK ANYWHERE.
IN TEXAS, I SAW A WAY OUT.
PATROL IS GOING UP AND DOWN
THE RIVER.
IF YOU CAN REACH THAT,
YOU'RE GONNA GET FOUND.
BUT AT THE BOTTOM,
THERE WAS ONE LAST HURDLE.
RIGHT AT THE END
OF THE TEXAS SHOW,
BEAR JUMPS OFF THIS BIG LEDGE
AND LANDS IN THE WATER.
AND I REALLY WANTED TO RUN
BEHIND BEAR AND JUMP OFF THIS,
BUT THIS AREA WAS QUITE SMALL
HE HAD TO HIT,
AND I COULDN'T GO AND DECIDED,
ACTUALLY,
THAT'S ONE STEP TOO FAR.
THIS IS GONNA BE JUST HEAVEN.
Reay:
I JUST RUN UP WITH HIM.
HE RUNS UP, AND I LET HIM GO,
AND YOU JUST SEE HIM FALL AWAY
FROM THE CAMERA TILL IT'S DOWN.
AND I LOOK BACK
ON THAT SHOT NOW,
AND I GO,
"I WISH I'D GONE WITH HIM."
SOMETIMES EXTRACTIONS
ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD,
BUT IN CHINA, WATER ALSO PLAYED
A PART IN NOT ONLY GETTING IN,
BUT ALSO GETTING OUT.
IN CHINA, WE WERE HIT
BY A TROPICAL HURRICANE.
IT'S THAT ATMOSPHERE
OF BEING IN A STORM
WHERE IT'S RELENTLESS MADNESS,
AND YOU JUST SEEM TO BE
AT YOUR WITS' END
TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT.
JUNGLES ARE REALLY A NIGHTMARE
AT THE BEST OF TIMES.
WHEN YOU START GETTING
TYPHOONS INVOLVED,
WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE HAD
OUT HERE,
YOU KNOW, IT REALLY TAKES
ON A WHOLE NOTHER MEANING.
YOU SUDDENLY GET 3 FOOT OF RAIN,
40-, 50-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS,
AND THESE PLACES
JUST BECOME A REAL EPIC,
NOT ONLY FOR THE CREW,
BUT ALSO FOR WHAT
WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.
WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO
WAS GET OUT
BY CROSSING A RIVER,
BUT THAT WAS NOW FLOODED.
WE NEED TO GET ACROSS THIS.
YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THIS RIVER
IS IN FULL FLOOD
WITH ALL THE RAINS.
Reay: THIS WAS LITERALLY
JUST POST-CYCLONE.
AND THIS RIVER HAD RAISED,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
ABOUT FIVE METERS.
IT WAS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT
OF WATER
THAT WAS COMING DOWN THAT RIVER.
OKAY, WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER
IN THIS.
Etheridge:
BEAR WILL TELL YOU HIMSELF
ON THE SHOW TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
YOU DON'T MESS
WITH JUNGLE RIVERS.
THEY'RE SERIOUSLY TREACHEROUS
PLACES TO BE.
YOU CAN FEEL THERE'S ACTUALLY
A STRONG CURRENT IN HERE,
WHIPPING ME DOWN.
AND AS WE CROSS THIS RIVER,
THE WHOLE SKY GOES QUITE BLACK,
AND IT GOES QUITE EERIE
AND QUITE GRAY
AND QUITE --
REAL SILVERY CLOUDS.
GOD. WHERE THE HELL
HAS THAT COME FROM?
Pearce:
IT FELT QUITE DARK AND LIFELESS,
AND SOON WE HAD A SENSE OF --
WELL, I HAD A SENSE OF NOT
REALLY WANTING TO BE THERE.
Reay: THERE'S ALL DEAD WOOD
AND BITS AND PIECES
AND DEBRIS
COMING DOWN THE RIVER,
AND YOU DO EXPECT TO SEE THIS
OLD BODY COME FLOATING PAST.
BUT IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION,
STAYING POSITIVE IS CRUCIAL.
BEAR COPES WITH IT VERY WELL,
AND HE JUST SAYS TO HIMSELF,
"I AM GONNA GET OUT OF THIS,
AND I WILL FIND A WAY TO DO IT."
GETTING OUT MEANS
THE END OF THE JOURNEY,
NOT JUST FOR ME,
BUT FOR THE CREW, AS WELL.
WHEN THE END OF THE SHOW COMES,
I DO FEEL A SENSE OF RELIEF,
BECAUSE YOU'VE FINISHED IT,
AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR LIMBS
AND MAYBE NOT TOO MANY CUTS
AND BRUISES.
Gaudin: ALL THE PLANNING
AND PREP THAT'S PUT INTO THIS
IS QUITE ENORMOUS,
SO COMING HOME IS,
YES, TIME TO RELAX.
Grylls: THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT ME AND THE CREW TRAVEL
TO SOME OF THE EXTREMES
OF THE EARTH.
THERE'S OFTEN DANGER
AND HIGH RISK,
BUT I WORK WITH THE BEST,
WE WORK HARD,
TRUST EACH OTHER
WITH OUR LIVES,
AND THE NUMBER-ONE GOAL --
ALWAYS GET BACK IN ONE PIECE.