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I'M BEAR GRYLLS.
WHOO!
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AND I'M GONNA SEEK OUT SOME
OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES
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IN THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES
ON EARTH,
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WHERE HAVING
THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS
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CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
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WHOO!
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I'M IN PATAGONIA,
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ONE OF THE REMOTEST,
WILDEST PLACES ON THE PLANET.
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SEE THAT?
AVALANCHE.
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THIS ANCIENT AND LEGENDARY LAND
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HAS SOME OF THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES ON EARTH
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AND FURIOUS WINDS
THAT CAN BLAST
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AT UP TO 150 MILES AN HOUR.
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I'VE STARTED DIGGING
JUST IN TIME.
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IT'S A DESOLATE LANDSCAPE
CARVED BY ICE AND FIRE.
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THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE
FOR HUMANS TO BE.
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BEING STRANDED HERE FORCES YOU
TO PUSH YOURSELF HARDER...
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THAT'S A DROP!
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...AND FURTHER...
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I'M JUST NOT GONNA
MAKE IT ACROSS.
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...THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
WHOO!
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ONLY THE TOUGHEST CAN SURVIVE
THIS EXTREME WILDERNESS.
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I'M GONNA SHOW YOU
WHAT IT TAKES TO STAY ALIVE
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AT THE FURTHEST ENDS
OF THE WORLD.
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I'VE COME HERE TO EXPLORE ONE OF
THE WILDEST, WINDIEST PLACES
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ON THE FACE OF OUR PLANET --
PATAGONIA.
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I'M ABOUT TO PARACHUTE INTO
THE PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD,
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A SUB-ZERO WONDERLAND
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STRADDLING
THE SOUTHERN ANDES MOUNTAINS.
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IT'S THE THIRD LARGEST AREA
OF CONTINENTAL ICE
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AFTER ANTARCTICA AND GREENLAND,
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ABOUT AS FAR FROM CIVILIZATION
AS YOU CAN GET.
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IT'S NOT SOMEWHERE
YOU'D WANT TO BE LOST.
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THAT'S WHERE I'M BEING
DROPPED -- DOWN THERE --
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RIGHT IN THE HEART OF ONE OF THE
WORLD'S TOUGHEST WILDERNESSES.
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ACCORDING TO THE PILOT,
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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
ANYONE HAS ATTEMPTED
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TO PARACHUTE ONTO
THE PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD.
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THE WEATHER
HAS TO BE PERFECT --
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NO WIND AND CLEAR SKIES --
AND MY TIMING MUST BE SPOT-ON.
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THE TINIEST ERROR,
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AND I COULD BE BLOWN
MILES FROM MY LANDING ZONE
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INTO THE FROZEN WASTELAND.
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I'VE MADE IT, BUT ONLY JUST.
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THE TEMPERATURE
IS WAY BELOW FREEZING,
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AND THERE'S NOTHING
BUT SNOW AND ICE
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AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.
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MAN ALIVE.
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MY EARS ARE JUST, LIKE, BURNING.
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I CAN'T FEEL MY FINGERS AT ALL.
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OKAY.
I NEED TO GET THIS STASHED.
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AND I NEED TO GET MOVING
AND GET THAT BLOOD GOING AGAIN.
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I'VE GOT
SOME BASIC SURVIVAL GEAR
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AND A FEW LITTLE SURPRISES,
AND MY CREW IS COMING WITH ME.
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BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO
HANG AROUND UP HERE.
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YOU'RE SO EXPOSED AT THE MERCY
OF ELEMENTS WHICH CAN KILL.
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BENEATH ME,
THE ICE FIELD IS A MILE DEEP,
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AND IT SPRAWLS
A CHILLY 8,000 SQUARE MILES.
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AND IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
HARD TO DESCRIBE.
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BUT IF YOU IMAGINE ANTARCTICA
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AND THE HIMALAYAS
ROLLED INTO ONE,
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YOU'D BE GETTING
SOMEWHERE CLOSE.
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YOU WON'T FIND FOOD.
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YOU CAN'T MAKE FIRE.
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YOUR ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL
IS TO HEAD DOWN.
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JUST KEEP ON GOING.
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DON'T STOP.
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EARLY 19th-CENTURY EXPLORERS
CAME HERE
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IN SEARCH OF A MYSTERIOUS
SMOKING PEAK
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GLARING ABOVE THE SNOWS.
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THE LOCAL MAPUCHE INDIANS
CALLED IT "CHALTéN,"
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OR "SMOKING MOUNTAIN,"
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A SILENT SENTINEL
KNOWN TODAY AS MOUNT FITZ ROY,
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ITS SUMMIT OFTEN SHROUDED
BY MIST.
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IT WAS FIRST CLIMBED IN 1952
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AND STANDS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ICE FIELD
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ON THE BORDER
BETWEEN CHILE AND ARGENTINA.
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STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL,
BUT DON'T BE FOOLED.
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THIS IS A FROZEN DEATH ZONE.
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SEE THAT COMING
STRAIGHT OFF THE MOUNTAIN?
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AVALANCHE. AND THIS IS WHY
THIS AREA IS SO DANGEROUS.
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YOU DON'T WANT TO
HANG AROUND HERE, GUYS.
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THAT WHOLE SLAB JUST DROPPED.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.
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AVALANCHES CAN RACE DOWN
AT 200 MILES AN HOUR,
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SWEEPING ALL BEFORE THEM
IN A DEATHLY EMBRACE.
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YOU HAVEN'T GOT A HOPE.
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AND THEN THERE ARE CREVASSES.
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AND EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THIS
LOOKS JUST BEAUTIFUL,
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IT'S ACTUALLY RIDDLED
WITH DANGERS.
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IF LOOK UP STRAIGHT AHEAD,
SEE ALL OF THOSE CREVASSES?
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AND WHAT THOSE ARE
ARE BASICALLY GIANT TEARS
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IN THE ICE, IN THE GLACIER.
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AND WHERE THE GLACIER IS MOVING,
UNDER TENSION IT RIPS,
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AND IT CREATES
THESE HUGE CHASMS.
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AND IT'S SO EASY
TO DROP INTO ONE OF THOSE.
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AND THEN YOU'RE TRAPPED.
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IN THE WINTER,
SNOW FILLS THESE CRACKS,
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AND YOU JUST CAN'T SEE
WHAT'S SOLID AND WHAT'S NOT.
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THERE YOU GO.
LOOK DOWN THERE.
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YOU WALK OVER THIS,
NOT KNOW ABOUT IT,
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THIS IS A BIT WIDER,
YOU'LL GO STRAIGHT DOWN IT.
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GUYS, I WANT US ROPED UP HERE.
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I HATE CREVASSES.
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I WAS ALMOST KILLED IN ONE
ON THE WAY DOWN
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FROM MY FIRST RECONNAISSANCE
CLIMB ON EVEREST.
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AT 19,000 FEET,
THE ICE CRACKED,
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AND THE GROUND DISAPPEARED
BENEATH ME.
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I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS
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AND CAME TO
SWINGING ON THE END OF A ROPE.
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THAT ROPE AND MY TEAMMATES
SAVED MY LIFE.
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BUT EVEN ROPED TOGETHER,
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CROSSING THE ICE IS LIKE
TAP-DANCING IN A MINEFIELD.
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OKAY.
I'M OUT, I'M OUT, I'M OUT.
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HOLY SMOKE.
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COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
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THERE YOU GO.
SEE DOWN THAT?
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THAT IS WHY WE'RE ROPED.
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OH, GOD.
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AND THAT IS ONE LONG WAY DOWN.
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YOU'D NEVER WANT TO FIND
YOURSELF STUCK IN ONE OF THESE.
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AND THIS IS QUITE A BIG ONE.
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COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
I'VE GOT YOU.
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THAT'S IT.
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NICE AND STEADY.
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WHEN I CAME OUT ALIVE
FROM EVEREST,
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I VOWED NEVER TO SET FOOT
IN A CREVASSE AGAIN,
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BUT I'M GONNA BREAK THAT VOW
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TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET OUT
OF ONE OF THESE ALIVE.
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AND THIS IS REALLY LIKE BEING
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IN A VERY FRIGHTENING
DEEP FREEZE.
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LOOK AT THAT DROP BELOW.
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THE SHEER ICE WALLS
ARE AS HARD AS POLISHED MARBLE.
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THERE'S NOTHING BUT AN EERIE
AND DEAFENING SILENCE.
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I'VE REALLY NOTICED THAT COLD.
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YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE OUT OF THE SUNLIGHT,
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AND YOU'RE IN A DEEP, DARK,
MENACING PLACE.
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GET TRAPPED DOWN HERE,
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AND YOU'D SOON BECOME
PART OF THE SCENERY.
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AND GUIDES IN THE ALPS
TALK ABOUT,
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WHEN THEY GO TO RECOVER CORPSES
FROM CREVASSES,
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OFTEN HAVING TO USE,
LITERALLY, PNEUMATIC DRILLS
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TO DRILL A BODY OUT OF THE ICE.
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THEY'RE JUST FROZEN SOLID
IN THIS STUFF.
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AND THIS, FOR ME, BRINGS BACK
PRETTY NASTY MEMORIES.
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AND IF I'M HONEST, I'M NOT
100% COMFORTABLE DOWN HERE.
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IT'S SO DEEP, AND
THERE'S NOTHING TO GRAB ON TO.
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00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:05,883
WITHOUT A ROPE, THERE'S NO WAY
YOU'D GET OUT ALIVE.
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00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:07,684
LOOK AT MY BOOT ON THIS ICE.
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YOU'RE JUST COMPLETELY SCREWED.
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YOU REALLY ARE.
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00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:15,826
AND THERE'S NO WAY YOU'D WEDGE
YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS.
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THERE'S NO GRIP.
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THIS STUFF IS JUST SOLID.
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I'M IN
THE PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD,
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DEEP IN THE HEART
OF A CREVASSE.
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IT'S JUST LIKE THE ONE
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THAT SO NEARLY COST ME MY LIFE
IN THE HIMALAYAS.
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THERE IS SOMETHING JUST SINISTER
ABOUT THESE PLACES.
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I'VE BEEN IN A LOT
OF TIGHT SPOTS BEFORE,
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BUT THERE ARE FEW
THAT MAKE ME THIS SCARED.
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THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE
FOR HUMANS TO BE
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OR TO HANG AROUND IN,
AND I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
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00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:06,843
AND THE WAY I CAN DO THAT
IS JUST TO USE A PRUSIK.
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00:09:06,946 --> 00:09:09,579
AND ALL THIS IS IS A SIMPLE LOOP
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00:09:09,682 --> 00:09:13,116
THAT HAS SAVED
SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES.
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00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:17,321
AND ALL YOU DO IS WRAP IT AROUND
A FEW TIMES LIKE THAT.
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PUT THIS END THROUGH IT.
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00:09:20,459 --> 00:09:28,465
AND THEN WHAT YOU THEN NEED TO
DO IS GET YOUR FOOT INTO THAT...
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...AND STAND UP.
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AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE UP HERE,
YOU SLIDE THAT UP.
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THE SOONER YOU'RE OUT OF
THIS FROZEN HELL, THE BETTER.
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BUT DON'T THINK CRAWLING BACK
ONTO THE ICE FIELD
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MEANS INSTANT SALVATION.
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THE WEATHER HERE IS NOTORIOUSLY
FICKLE AND NOTORIOUSLY SAVAGE.
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THE ICE FIELD GETS
ABOUT 30 FOOT OF SNOW A YEAR
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BLOWN IN
BY VICIOUS SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
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00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:02,799
FROM THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
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CONDITIONS DON'T GET
MUCH WORSE THAN THIS,
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EVEN AT THE SOUTH POLE.
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IT'S A WILD PLACE
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00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:12,376
WHERE THE NORMAL RULES OF
SURVIVAL GO OUT OF THE WINDOW.
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THERE'S A FAMOUS STORY
OF A PLANE CRASH IN THE ANDES
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JUST NORTH OF PATAGONIA
IN THE '70s.
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AND ON BOARD WERE A LOAD
OF RUGBY PLAYERS FROM URUGUAY.
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00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:26,122
AND SOMEHOW,
50 PEOPLE MANAGED TO SURVIVE
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THE INITIAL IMPACT OF THE CRASH,
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AND THEY DID
JUST THE RIGHT THING.
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THEY SHELTERED
IN THE WRECKAGE OF THE PLANE,
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BUILT THEMSELVES A SNOW WALL.
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AND IF THEY HADN'T DONE THAT,
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THEY WOULD HAVE ALL DIED
THAT FIRST NIGHT --
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YOU KNOW, TEMPERATURES
AS LOW AS -30 DEGREES.
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00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:47,978
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL
OVER TWO MONTHS LATER
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THAT THEY WERE RESCUED.
195
00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:53,884
AND THOSE THAT SURVIVED
ONLY DID SO
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BECAUSE THEY HAD RESORTED
TO CANNIBALISM.
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00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:02,025
AND IN CONDITIONS LIKE THIS,
YOU CAN SEE THAT, REALLY,
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00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:05,262
THAT WAS THEIR ONLY CHANCE
OF STAYING ALIVE.
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00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:08,799
IF YOU'RE CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD,
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00:11:08,902 --> 00:11:12,769
FINDING SHELTER HAS TO BE
YOUR ONE AND ONLY PRIORITY.
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00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:17,174
THIS WHOLE MOUNTAINSIDE
IS JUST SO FEATURELESS.
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THERE'S JUST
NO NATURAL SHELTER HERE.
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BUT WHAT I HAVE GOT IS JUST TONS
AND TONS OF SNOW UNDER MY FEET,
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00:11:27,888 --> 00:11:30,454
AND SNOW
IS A REALLY GOOD INSULATOR.
205
00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:35,025
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST MAKE
A REALLY SIMPLE SNOW CAVE.
206
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UNLESS YOU GET OUT OF THE WIND,
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
207
00:11:39,599 --> 00:11:43,066
LOOSE DRIFT SNOW OFTEN
BUILDS UP ON THE LEE SLOPES,
208
00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:47,137
AND THIS MAKES IT EASY
TO DIG DOWN AND BURROW IN.
209
00:11:48,241 --> 00:11:52,742
EVEN IF IT IS
HALFWAY UP A MOUNTAIN
210
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IN THE FREEZING WIND AND SNOW,
211
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THERE'S SOMETHING
QUIETLY SATISFYING...
212
00:11:58,885 --> 00:12:02,052
ABOUT MAKING...
213
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A SNOW CAVE.
214
00:12:04,123 --> 00:12:07,224
OR AS MY LITTLE BOY
WOULD SAY, "DEN."
215
00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:11,962
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE --
THESE MOUNTAINS CAN KILL.
216
00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:14,431
EVEN THE BEST-PREPARED
ARE CAUGHT OUT.
217
00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:15,732
A FEW YEARS AGO,
218
00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:19,035
A CHILEAN ARMY BATTALION
ON EXERCISE NEAR HERE
219
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WAS CAUGHT UNAWARES
IN A BLIZZARD.
220
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IN ONE NIGHT,
25 CONSCRIPTS FROZE TO DEATH.
221
00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:29,913
IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE STARTED
DIGGING JUST IN TIME.
222
00:12:30,016 --> 00:12:32,149
THE WIND'S BACK AGAIN.
223
00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:35,351
AND THE WEATHER HERE
JUST CHANGES,
224
00:12:35,454 --> 00:12:37,487
LITERALLY,
LIKE MINUTE TO MINUTE.
225
00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:42,993
THERE'S A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE
FROM DOWN HERE TO UP HERE.
226
00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:47,297
I'M COMPRESSING THE SNOW INTO
BLOCKS TO SEAL THE ENTRANCE.
227
00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,100
IT'S STILL GONNA BE COLD,
228
00:12:50,203 --> 00:12:53,437
BUT IT WILL KEEP
THOSE RELENTLESS WINDS AT BAY.
229
00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:57,541
I'M MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS
NOW ON THIS.
230
00:12:57,644 --> 00:13:00,977
I'VE BEEN GOING PROBABLY 10,
15 MINUTES,
231
00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,846
BUT I'VE STILL GOT
A BIT OF DAYLIGHT.
232
00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:06,550
AND REALLY, I JUST WANT TO
KEEP GOING WITH IT
233
00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:11,655
SO I CAN ACTUALLY SLEEP PROPERLY
INSIDE THIS THING
234
00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:15,859
AND STAY THE WHOLE NIGHT
COMFORTABLY.
235
00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:19,162
AND BELIEVE ME,
THESE SNOW HOLES WORK.
236
00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:22,365
IN 1996,
12 MOUNTAINEERS WERE TRAPPED
237
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ON THE NORTHERN PATAGONIAN
ICE FIELD IN A BLIZZARD.
238
00:13:25,872 --> 00:13:28,905
14 DAYS LATER,
THEY WERE FOUND ALIVE
239
00:13:29,008 --> 00:13:31,942
THANKS TO BURROWING
INTO THE SNOW.
240
00:13:32,045 --> 00:13:35,112
IT'S TAKEN ME ABOUT AN HOUR
AND A HALF TO FINISH THIS CAVE.
241
00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:36,613
YEAH.
242
00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:41,051
NOT A BAD JOB,
EVEN THOUGH I SAY IT MYSELF.
243
00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:44,588
BUT BEFORE YOU HOLE UP
FOR THE NIGHT,
244
00:13:44,691 --> 00:13:48,225
BE EXTRA CAREFUL ABOUT
ANSWERING THE CALL OF NATURE.
245
00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:51,962
ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS
246
00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:55,132
WITNESSED A CLIMBER ON EVEREST
GET OUT OF HER TENT
247
00:13:55,235 --> 00:13:56,867
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
TO HAVE A PEE.
248
00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,835
AND SHE ONLY HAD
HER INNER BOOTS ON,
249
00:13:58,938 --> 00:14:00,336
AND SHE ACTUALLY THEN SLIPPED,
250
00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:04,073
AND SHE FELL 5,000 FOOT
TO HER DEATH.
251
00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:07,577
AND THAT'S WHY CLIMBERS
ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE A PEE BOTTLE.
252
00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:09,012
BUT I HAVEN'T GOT A PEE BOTTLE,
253
00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:12,048
BUT I HAVE GOT MY WATER BOTTLE,
AND IT'S EMPTY NOW,
254
00:14:12,151 --> 00:14:14,651
AND I NEED TO PEE,
SO I CAN JUST USE THAT.
255
00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:18,321
AND WHAT IT'S GONNA DO,
AT LEAST, IS KEEP ME WARM,
256
00:14:18,425 --> 00:14:19,923
RATHER THAN JUST WASTING
THE PEE.
257
00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:22,059
I'M GONNA PUT THIS ON HERE...
258
00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,933
...AND THEN JUST PEE INTO THIS.
259
00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:40,243
AND I HAD A TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE ONCE, CLIMBING,
260
00:14:40,346 --> 00:14:42,712
DOING THIS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT,
261
00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:45,882
AND THE PEE BOTTLE
SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND,
262
00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:49,619
AND I HAD A SLEEPING BAG FULL
OF A LITER OF PEE
263
00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,454
FOR THE NEXT WEEK.
264
00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:53,790
IT WAS REALLY BAD.
265
00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:55,292
IT JUST STANK.
266
00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:58,362
SO SINCE THEN,
I'M ALWAYS REALLY CAREFUL.
267
00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:04,935
PUT THE LID ON THAT.
268
00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:11,974
TUCK THAT DOWN MY JACKET,
269
00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:13,710
AND HOPEFULLY,
THAT WILL KEEP ME WARM.
270
00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:15,379
BUT I'M QUITE SNUG IN HERE,
271
00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:18,047
AND I'M JUST REALLY HOPING
FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
272
00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:20,316
I'M OUT OF THE STORM
FOR THE NIGHT,
273
00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:23,720
BUT WHO KNOWS
WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING?
274
00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,699
I'VE BEEN BATTERED BY BLIZZARDS
275
00:15:35,802 --> 00:15:38,735
AND I'VE SPENT THE NIGHT
SHELTERING IN A SNOW HOLE,
276
00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:42,039
BUT NOW THERE'S
AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS.
277
00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:51,782
WOW.
WHAT A VIEW.
278
00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:58,021
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE WORST
OF THE STORM HAS PASSED.
279
00:15:58,124 --> 00:16:00,423
IT'S STILL QUITE WINDY.
280
00:16:00,527 --> 00:16:03,026
IT'S AMAZING THE DIFFERENCE
IN THERE, THOUGH.
281
00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:05,294
AND ACTUALLY,
IT WASN'T A BAD NIGHT.
282
00:16:05,398 --> 00:16:09,833
A LITTLE BIT BUMPY
IN THE MATTRESS DEPARTMENT
283
00:16:09,936 --> 00:16:12,335
AND STILL QUITE COLD.
284
00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:15,371
BUT THIS REALLY CHEERS ME UP.
285
00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:19,242
IT FEELS LIKE ONE OF THOSE TIMES
WHERE THE MOUNTAINS
286
00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:24,047
REALLY GIVE YOU STRENGTH
RATHER THAN SAP IT FROM YOU.
287
00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:26,282
BEAUTIFUL.
288
00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:29,452
BUT YOU CAN'T COUNT ON ANYTHING
IN PATAGONIA,
289
00:16:29,555 --> 00:16:33,022
AND IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
THE WEATHER CLOSES IN AGAIN.
290
00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:38,628
AFTER A NIGHT SLEEPING ON THE
ICE, I NEED TO WARM UP A BIT.
291
00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:42,833
THE LAST THING YOU MIGHT EXPECT
OUT HERE IS DEHYDRATION,
292
00:16:42,936 --> 00:16:46,302
BUT IT'S AS LETHAL IN THE COLD
AS IT IS IN THE HEAT.
293
00:16:46,405 --> 00:16:50,406
YOU CAN LOSE UP TO TWO LITERS
OF FLUID IN JUST AN HOUR.
294
00:16:50,509 --> 00:16:52,375
IF YOU DON'T REPLACE
THAT LOST WATER,
295
00:16:52,479 --> 00:16:54,544
YOU WOULDN'T LAST
MORE THAN A FEW DAYS.
296
00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:55,979
THE THING IS,
297
00:16:56,082 --> 00:16:59,282
THERE'S NOT EXACTLY A LOT OF
NICE RUNNING STREAMS UP HERE.
298
00:16:59,385 --> 00:17:02,051
IT'S JUST MASSES OF SNOW.
299
00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:05,388
BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO RESIST
THE TEMPTATION
300
00:17:05,491 --> 00:17:07,189
TO START EATING FRESH SNOW.
301
00:17:07,293 --> 00:17:09,359
AND THIS IS A MISTAKE
SOME OF THE SURVIVORS
302
00:17:09,462 --> 00:17:11,194
FROM THE ANDES PLANE CRASH MADE.
303
00:17:11,297 --> 00:17:13,897
THEY WOULD START EATING IT
JUST LIKE THIS.
304
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,299
AND WHAT IT DID
WAS BURN THEIR LIPS
305
00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:19,669
AND GIVE THEM ULCERS
AND BLISTERS INSIDE THEIR MOUTH
306
00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:23,172
AND ALSO REALLY LOWER
THEIR BODY CORE TEMPERATURE.
307
00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:25,708
SO INSTEAD,
JUST GET YOUR WATER BOTTLE
308
00:17:25,812 --> 00:17:27,644
AND JUST STUFF IT FULL OF SNOW.
309
00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:29,712
PRESS IT ALL IN THERE.
310
00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:33,349
AND WHEN THAT'S FULL,
STUFF IT UP YOUR JUMPER --
311
00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:36,052
JUST BETWEEN THE LAYERS,
NOT NEXT TO YOUR SKIN.
312
00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:40,723
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE,
THAT'S GONNA SLOWLY MELT.
313
00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:43,025
BUT, GUYS,
THIS WIND IS PICKING UP,
314
00:17:43,129 --> 00:17:45,629
AND IT'S STARTED SNOWING AGAIN.
315
00:17:47,433 --> 00:17:51,902
I NEED TO GET GOING BEFORE
I LOSE THE FEELING IN MY FINGER.
316
00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,438
I KNOW FROM BITTER EXPERIENCE
317
00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:58,241
THAT ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL
HAZARDS ON THE MOUNTAIN
318
00:17:58,344 --> 00:17:59,475
IS FROSTBITE.
319
00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:03,212
THE BITING COLD FREEZES
THE PLASMA IN YOUR CELLS,
320
00:18:03,315 --> 00:18:07,917
WHICH THEN BURST, CAUSING
AGONIZING, GIANT RED BLISTERS.
321
00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:11,655
AND EVENTUALLY, OVER A FEW
MONTHS, THEY'LL TURN BLACK.
322
00:18:11,758 --> 00:18:16,593
AND THEY'LL EITHER NEED TO BE
AMPUTATED, OR THEY'LL FALL OFF.
323
00:18:16,696 --> 00:18:18,728
AND ACTUALLY,
I'VE GOT ONE FRIEND
324
00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:23,066
WHOSE FINGER FELL OFF
ON THE SQUASH COURT.
325
00:18:23,169 --> 00:18:24,367
AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER FRIEND
326
00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:30,206
WHO HAD TO HACKSAW THROUGH
HIS OWN FINGER.
327
00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:32,008
HE SAID HE GOT CHEESED OFF.
328
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:34,210
HE KEPT STUBBING IT,
THE DEAD END OF IT,
329
00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:35,912
SO HE JUST HACKSAWED IT OFF.
330
00:18:37,050 --> 00:18:40,049
THE FIRST STAGE OF FROSTBITE
IS FROSTNIP,
331
00:18:40,153 --> 00:18:43,319
AND THAT CAN HAPPEN
IN JUST 60 SECONDS.
332
00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:47,023
I'VE HAD FROSTNIP MYSELF
ON MY CHEEK AND MY HANDS,
333
00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:49,025
AND IT'S VERY PAINFUL.
334
00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:51,161
AND WHAT HAPPENS,
ONCE YOU'VE HAD IT,
335
00:18:51,264 --> 00:18:54,530
YOUR RESISTANCE TO THE COLD
AFTER IT IS MUCH LESS.
336
00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:57,200
THAT'S WHY I GET SUCH COLD HANDS
NOWADAYS.
337
00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:59,569
BUT THE DISCIPLINE IS ALWAYS
338
00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:02,171
JUST TO KEEP WIGGLING
YOUR FINGERS,
339
00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:05,775
WIGGLING YOUR TOES
AND ALSO YOUR FACE.
340
00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,880
ONCE FROSTBITTEN,
NOTHING REPAIRS ITSELF.
341
00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:13,483
THE DAMAGED CELLS
WILL NEVER GROW BACK AGAIN.
342
00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:18,054
BLIZZARDS LIKE THIS
CAN MEAN TOTAL WHITEOUT.
343
00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,956
IT'S ALL TOO EASY
TO LOSE ANY SENSE OF DIRECTION
344
00:19:21,059 --> 00:19:24,594
AND EVEN EASIER TO STUMBLE
INTO THE PATH OF AN AVALANCHE.
345
00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:27,864
GUYS, YOU NEED TO BE
A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL HERE,
346
00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:31,067
'CAUSE, REALLY, ALL OF THIS FACE
347
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,569
IS PRETTY CLASSIC
AVALANCHE TERRITORY.
348
00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:36,406
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT
ALL THIS FRESH SNOWFALL,
349
00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:39,742
WE'VE GOT A STEEP SLOPE,
HIGH WINDS,
350
00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:43,012
AND ALSO, WE'VE GOT THE TRIGGER,
WHICH IS US.
351
00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:47,950
AVALANCHES CLAIM THE LIVES
OF OVER 200 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR,
352
00:19:48,053 --> 00:19:51,121
AND THEY'VE OFTEN
TRIGGERED THEM THEMSELVES.
353
00:19:51,224 --> 00:19:54,056
I RECKON IF I CAN JUST GET UP
ONTO THIS RIDGE
354
00:19:54,159 --> 00:19:57,827
THROUGH THIS DEEP SNOW,
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT
355
00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:00,663
TO ACTUALLY SEE IF I CAN TRIGGER
JUST A LITTLE AVALANCHE
356
00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:05,468
AND SHOW YOU HOW DANGEROUS
THESE CONDITIONS ARE.
357
00:20:05,571 --> 00:20:07,203
IT'S A RISKY THING TO DO,
358
00:20:07,306 --> 00:20:10,307
BUT IT'LL PROVE JUST HOW SWIFT
AND LETHAL THEY ARE.
359
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:16,379
ALL OF THIS RIDGE, REALLY,
HERE IS RIPE FOR AVALANCHE.
360
00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:19,115
IT'S IN THE LEE SLOPE.
361
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:21,284
DEEP, SOFT SNOW.
362
00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:25,521
I RECKON THIS CORNICE,
WITH A BIT OF HELP, WILL GO.
363
00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:30,293
AND WHEN ONE BIT GOES,
THE REST SHOULD THUNDER DOWN.
364
00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:34,864
TO ANCHOR MY ROPE, I'M BURYING
MY PACK IN THE SNOW.
365
00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:40,536
AND THAT, THEN,
IS GONNA HOLD REALLY SOLID.
366
00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:44,240
NOW THAT'S SECURE, I'M GONNA
RAPPEL OVER THE RIDGE,
367
00:20:44,344 --> 00:20:46,308
CREATING CHANNELS IN THE SNOW.
368
00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:48,044
WOW.
YOU SEE HOW DEEP THIS IS?
369
00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:50,179
THIS SHOULD LOOSEN
THE SNOW PACK ENOUGH
370
00:20:50,282 --> 00:20:52,749
TO PROVOKE A MINI-AVALANCHE.
371
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,586
AND I'M USING A MINI-CAMERA
372
00:20:56,689 --> 00:20:59,956
TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE BURIED ALIVE.
373
00:21:03,863 --> 00:21:07,297
OKAY. LET'S SEE
IF THIS IS GONNA TRIGGER.
374
00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:21,444
LOOKS LIKE
MY MINI-AVALANCHE IS WORKING.
375
00:21:21,547 --> 00:21:22,879
WHERE'S THE CAMERA GONE?
376
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,385
IN SECONDS, IT'S BURIED.
377
00:21:28,488 --> 00:21:29,952
IF THIS WAS YOU,
378
00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:33,656
YOUR ONLY CHANCE AT GETTING OUT
ALIVE IS TO BE FOUND QUICKLY.
379
00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:36,192
BUT THAT'S EASIER SAID
THAN DONE.
380
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:38,061
JUST SIX INCHES OF SNOW,
381
00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:40,763
AND YOU CAN'T EVEN MOVE
YOUR EYELIDS,
382
00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:43,700
NEVER MIND OPEN YOUR MOUTH
TO CALL FOR HELP.
383
00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:45,135
AFTER HALF AN HOUR,
384
00:21:45,238 --> 00:21:48,971
YOUR CHANCE OF GETTING OUT
ALIVE IS A MERE 30%.
385
00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:52,676
AND IF YOU'RE NOT FOUND
IN TWO HOURS, YOU'RE DEAD.
386
00:21:57,015 --> 00:22:00,817
AFTER 45 MINUTES,
I FINALLY FIND THE CAMERA.
387
00:22:01,888 --> 00:22:03,486
YOU ALIVE?
388
00:22:04,724 --> 00:22:08,658
MY MINI-AVALANCHE
WAS JUST A FEW FEET OF SNOW.
389
00:22:08,761 --> 00:22:12,795
IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THAT'S 1,000 FEET OF AVALANCHE,
390
00:22:12,898 --> 00:22:15,932
TONS AND TONS OF SNOW,
AND THE WHOLE THING GONE.
391
00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:18,267
THAT'S HOW DANGEROUS
THESE THINGS ARE,
392
00:22:18,371 --> 00:22:20,470
BUT ALSO HOW DIFFICULT IT IS
TO FIND PEOPLE.
393
00:22:20,573 --> 00:22:22,906
GONNA GET OUT OF HERE.
394
00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:27,910
FRIENDS THAT I CLIMB WITH
OFTEN TEASE ME
395
00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:33,382
THAT I'VE ALWAYS GOT POCKETFULS
OF NIBBLES OR CANDIES
396
00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:35,084
JUST TO SUCK ON.
397
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:39,488
BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE THIS
BARREN WITH SO LITTLE TO EAT,
398
00:22:39,591 --> 00:22:42,291
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ACTUALLY
SOME SCIENCE TO THIS.
399
00:22:42,395 --> 00:22:44,828
AND IF YOU JUST HAVE
A LITTLE MINT LIKE THIS
400
00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:47,363
AND JUST HAVE
A LITTLE SUCK OF IT,
401
00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:48,831
JUST FOR LIKE 10 SECONDS,
402
00:22:48,935 --> 00:22:51,401
WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES
IS TRIGGERS YOUR BRAIN
403
00:22:51,504 --> 00:22:53,636
TO THINK
THAT YOU'RE GETTING FOOD,
404
00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:55,738
AND THEN IT RELEASES
VITAL ENERGY
405
00:22:55,841 --> 00:22:58,207
AND GIVES YOU A REAL BOOST.
406
00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:00,242
I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND
ON THE MOUNTAIN.
407
00:23:00,345 --> 00:23:02,512
WITH THE WEATHER
YET AGAIN WORSENING,
408
00:23:02,615 --> 00:23:05,615
I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE,
AND FAST.
409
00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:07,817
WHOO!
410
00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:27,070
I'M BEING POUNDED BY A BLIZZARD
411
00:23:27,173 --> 00:23:29,538
ON A FREEZING MOUNTAIN
IN PATAGONIA.
412
00:23:29,641 --> 00:23:33,943
AND IN SNOW LIKE THIS, IF YOU
NEED TO GET OFF A MOUNTAIN FAST,
413
00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:36,545
YOU CAN USE WHAT'S CALLED
THE PLUNGE STEP.
414
00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:39,315
AND ALL YOU DO IS TAKE NICE,
LONG STRIDES,
415
00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:42,818
SWING YOUR LEGS OUT,
AND SINK DOWN ON YOUR HEEL,
416
00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:45,121
AND IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT
WAY OF MOVING.
417
00:23:45,224 --> 00:23:49,425
AND WHAT HAPPENS, THE MOMENTUM
BEGINS TO TAKE OVER,
418
00:23:49,528 --> 00:23:52,929
AND THE FASTER YOU GO,
THE MORE FUN IT IS!
419
00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:07,944
AND AT LAST,
THE WEATHER'S ON MY SIDE.
420
00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:12,881
REALLY, WHEN THE SUN
IS OUT LIKE THIS,
421
00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:17,187
THE PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD
IS JUST BREATHTAKING.
422
00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:22,958
I'D ALWAYS WANTED TO EXPLORE
THIS HARSH MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS,
423
00:24:23,062 --> 00:24:25,895
AND, BOY, HAS IT LIVED UP
TO EXPECTATIONS.
424
00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:27,964
WHOO!
425
00:24:31,336 --> 00:24:32,835
STUNNING IT MIGHT BE,
426
00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:36,873
BUT THIS IS A DANGEROUS BEAUTY
BATTERED BY EXTREME ELEMENTS.
427
00:24:44,549 --> 00:24:48,350
BUT MY NEXT CHALLENGE AWAITS
ME -- THE SUBALPINE FOREST.
428
00:24:48,453 --> 00:24:51,954
I JUST NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE
IN ONE PIECE.
429
00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:54,624
GUYS, YOU KNOW WHAT?
430
00:24:54,727 --> 00:24:58,928
WE'VE GOT STILL WINDS,
CLIFF FACE.
431
00:24:59,031 --> 00:25:01,464
THIS IS FLYABLE, SO LET'S DO IT.
432
00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:04,967
AS EVERY SCOUT KNOWS,
YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED.
433
00:25:05,071 --> 00:25:07,703
MY BACKUP PLAN
TO GET OFF THESE MOUNTAINS
434
00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:10,439
IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST
PARAGLIDERS IN THE WORLD.
435
00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:12,875
OKAY.
WE'RE SET.
436
00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:15,311
AND I ALWAYS SAY YOU'VE GOT
TWO WAYS OFF THE MOUNTAIN.
437
00:25:15,414 --> 00:25:20,182
THERE'S A SLOW, LONG WAY,
OR THERE'S A FAST, QUICK WAY,
438
00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:22,151
AND I KNOW WHICH I PREFER.
439
00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:23,720
HERE WE GO.
440
00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:32,095
WHOO!
441
00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:43,907
I LOVE PATAGONIA!
442
00:25:55,254 --> 00:25:58,120
TAKING OFF THE MOUNTAINSIDE --
LOVELY.
443
00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:01,691
LANDING IN THE BEECH FOREST --
NOT SO GOOD.
444
00:26:07,132 --> 00:26:08,965
THE FOREST
OF SOUTHERN PATAGONIA
445
00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:11,534
IS LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF A GOTHIC NIGHTMARE --
446
00:26:11,637 --> 00:26:15,805
DENSE, IMPENETRABLE, AND SO
EASY TO GET UTTERLY LOST.
447
00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:18,875
AND TRY TO HACK YOUR WAY
THROUGH THIS STUFF.
448
00:26:18,978 --> 00:26:21,176
YOU JUST GET SHREDDED,
449
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,479
'CAUSE LOOK HOW SHARP
ALL OF THAT STUFF IS.
450
00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:25,815
AND IT'S LIKE YOU PUSH ONE BIT,
451
00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:28,217
AND ANOTHER BIT
SNAKES BACK IN YOUR FACE.
452
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,521
AND EVERYTHING IS JUST CLAWING
AT YOUR LEGS AS WELL.
453
00:26:31,624 --> 00:26:34,756
IT'S SO HARD
JUST KEEPING YOUR DIRECTION
454
00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:39,328
JUST 'CAUSE IT'S A MASS
OF THORNS, BRANCHES,
455
00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:41,197
AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SEE.
456
00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:44,600
THERE'S NO WAY
YOU WANT TO HANG AROUND HERE.
457
00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:47,703
YOU JUST HAVE TO STRUGGLE
THROUGH THE WIND-STUNTED BEECH
458
00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:51,373
UNTIL YOU CAN LITERALLY
SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES.
459
00:26:51,476 --> 00:26:53,609
THE TREES ARE THINNING
A BIT NOW.
460
00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:55,678
I'VE MADE IT TO A CLEARING
461
00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:59,281
ONLY TO COME FACE-TO-FACE
WITH AN EVEN WORSE OBSTACLE.
462
00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:02,017
THIS ISN'T LOOKING SO CLEVER.
463
00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:05,487
THERE'S NO GOING BACK,
AND I CAN'T WASTE TIME.
464
00:27:05,591 --> 00:27:08,524
I'VE JUST GOT TO GO THROUGH IT.
465
00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:13,396
THE PEAT BOGS OF PATAGONIA ARE
A LETHAL, REEKING COMBINATION
466
00:27:13,499 --> 00:27:16,666
OF ROTTING VEGETATION
AND FREEZING-COLD WATER --
467
00:27:16,769 --> 00:27:18,167
AN EVIL CONCOCTION.
468
00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:21,270
GUYS, THIS ABSOLUTELY STINKS.
469
00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:25,341
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT ALL OF THIS IS.
470
00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:30,079
BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T LOOK
VERY NICE.
471
00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:33,983
FOR THE MOMENT,
I'M KNEE-DEEP IN IT.
472
00:27:34,086 --> 00:27:35,752
LET'S JUST GET ACROSS THIS.
473
00:27:39,091 --> 00:27:40,489
THIS IS GRIM --
474
00:27:40,592 --> 00:27:45,595
BITTERLY COLD, GNAWING AWAY
AT EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY.
475
00:27:45,698 --> 00:27:51,267
THIS IS JUST LIKE A GIANT,
MUD-AND-ICE SLUSH PUPPIE.
476
00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:57,507
MY FEET ARE NOW SOAKING WET
AND FULL OF MUD.
477
00:27:59,445 --> 00:28:01,444
LET'S JUST GET THROUGH THIS.
478
00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:07,116
GETTING WET IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST DANGERS IN PATAGONIA.
479
00:28:07,219 --> 00:28:10,186
IF MY CORE TEMPERATURE DROPS
JUST A FEW DEGREES,
480
00:28:10,289 --> 00:28:12,421
I COULD GET HYPOTHERMIA.
481
00:28:13,458 --> 00:28:17,059
MY SENSES WILL START
SLOWING DOWN, MY LIMBS NUMB.
482
00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:20,930
ALL TOO SOON,
I COULD FALL UNCONSCIOUS.
483
00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:24,132
I WOULDN'T STAND A CHANCE
IN THIS UNFORGIVING TERRAIN.
484
00:28:24,236 --> 00:28:27,703
IT JUST FEELS
LIKE IT'S OUT TO GET YOU.
485
00:28:27,806 --> 00:28:30,472
IT'S EXHAUSTING,
BUT YOU MUST BATTLE ON,
486
00:28:30,575 --> 00:28:34,877
GET OUT, AND GET WARM AND DRY
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
487
00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,414
AND AT LAST, I'M THROUGH.
488
00:28:39,284 --> 00:28:44,721
IT'S KIND OF TIME FOR FINDING
SOME FOOD AND MAKING FIRE.
489
00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:50,026
ALL I'M GONNA USE JUST FOR
TINDER IS ALL OF THIS STUFF.
490
00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:52,194
IT'S CALLED BARBA DE VIEJO,
491
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:54,630
WHICH LITERALLY MEANS
"OLD MAN'S BEARD."
492
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:57,433
AND YOU CAN SEE WHY. LOOK.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF WISPY.
493
00:28:57,536 --> 00:28:59,201
BUT THE REASON
IT'S GOOD FOR TINDER
494
00:28:59,305 --> 00:29:00,703
IS THAT IT GROWS ON THESE TREES
495
00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:04,072
AND THEREFORE IS OFF
ALL OF THE NASTY, WET GROUND,
496
00:29:04,175 --> 00:29:07,143
AND IT SHOULD TAKE A SPARK
PRETTY WELL.
497
00:29:09,180 --> 00:29:11,713
LUCKY FOR ME
AND MY SOAKING-WET BODY,
498
00:29:11,816 --> 00:29:16,352
BARBA DE VIEJO LIVES UP TO
ITS REPUTATION AS GREAT TINDER.
499
00:29:22,394 --> 00:29:24,660
OKAY.
WE'VE GOT FIRE.
500
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,896
AND THIS IS SUCH
A NICE STAGE TO GET TO,
501
00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:29,331
WHEN YOU'VE GOT
THAT INITIAL SPARK
502
00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:33,903
AND THEN IT'S BEGINNING TO CATCH
AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN BUSINESS.
503
00:29:34,974 --> 00:29:37,940
AND IT NEVER FAILS
TO MAKE ME SMILE.
504
00:29:38,043 --> 00:29:42,311
IT'S JUST THE MORALE BOOSTER
I NEED TO FORAGE FOR FOOD.
505
00:29:42,414 --> 00:29:43,846
THERE'S A BIT OF A POND HERE.
506
00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:46,481
IT'S NOT A BAD PLACE
TO HAVE A LOOK.
507
00:29:46,584 --> 00:29:49,117
AND OUT HERE,
YOU CAN'T BE FUSSY.
508
00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:50,619
THAT'S ALL JUST POND WEED,
509
00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:54,957
AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE,
KIND OF, WATERCRESS,
510
00:29:55,060 --> 00:29:56,793
BUT YOU CAN EAT THIS.
511
00:29:58,997 --> 00:30:01,931
IT DOESN'T TASTE VERY GOOD,
BUT YOU CAN EAT IT.
512
00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:03,966
IT TASTES LIKE...
513
00:30:04,069 --> 00:30:08,437
SALAD THAT SOMEBODY'S PUT
A LOT OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT ON.
514
00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:09,705
UGH.
515
00:30:10,709 --> 00:30:12,508
BUT YOU MUST GRAB WHAT YOU CAN,
516
00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:15,344
ESPECIALLY AS
THERE'S PRECIOUS LITTLE FOOD.
517
00:30:15,447 --> 00:30:18,614
PATAGONIAN WINTERS
LAST FIVE MONTHS,
518
00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:21,283
AND I'M HERE
RIGHT AT ITS BITTER END.
519
00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:24,119
I FOUND A COUPLE OF THESE
LITTLE BEETLE LARVAE.
520
00:30:24,222 --> 00:30:25,587
OH, LOOK.
521
00:30:25,690 --> 00:30:28,424
ALSO EARTHWORM AS WELL.
522
00:30:28,527 --> 00:30:31,994
BUT THIS LITTLE BEETLE LARVAE --
WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE?
523
00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:34,663
OH, NO.
WHERE DID I DROP HIM?
524
00:30:34,766 --> 00:30:36,499
OH, WELL.
I'VE GOT ONE.
525
00:30:36,602 --> 00:30:40,769
AND REALLY,
PATAGONIA THIS TIME OF YEAR,
526
00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:43,405
THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU GET
FOR EATING.
527
00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:47,476
NOT GONNA GIVE A LOT OF ENERGY,
528
00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:50,245
BUT IF YOU SCRABBLE AROUND LONG
ENOUGH IN ALL THIS DEAD WOOD,
529
00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:52,181
YOU'LL FIND THOSE SORT OF THINGS
530
00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:55,051
AND ALSO THESE
SORT OF EARTHWORMS.
531
00:30:56,922 --> 00:30:59,088
MAKE HIM A LITTLE CLEAN.
532
00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:11,033
TASTES LIKE MUD AND MUCUS.
533
00:31:12,905 --> 00:31:17,005
AND IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE
WHENEVER I EAT THESE THINGS,
534
00:31:17,108 --> 00:31:19,975
THE LAST THING
THEY DO IN REVENGE
535
00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:22,745
IS GO TO THE LOO IN MY MOUTH.
536
00:31:22,848 --> 00:31:25,114
IT ALWAYS TASTES LIKE THAT.
537
00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:28,584
POND WEED, BEETLE LARVAE,
AND WORMS --
538
00:31:28,687 --> 00:31:30,786
HARDLY A FEAST,
BUT BETTER THAN NOTHING
539
00:31:30,890 --> 00:31:34,290
TO FUEL YOUR BID
TO GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE.
540
00:31:44,503 --> 00:31:48,537
I'M IN THE DENSE SUBALPINE
BEECH FOREST OF PATAGONIA.
541
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,908
45 MILES WIDE, IT'S INCREDIBLY
EASY TO GET LOST HERE.
542
00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:56,412
THESE FORESTS CAN BE
JUST SO DISORIENTATING.
543
00:31:56,515 --> 00:32:01,083
ITS UNRELENTING MONOTONY
MAKES NAVIGATION A NIGHTMARE.
544
00:32:01,186 --> 00:32:03,886
ESPECIALLY WHEN
THERE'S NO HORIZON TO FOLLOW.
545
00:32:03,989 --> 00:32:07,556
AND IT'S JUST TREES AND TREES
AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE.
546
00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:09,691
IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION,
547
00:32:09,795 --> 00:32:12,995
YOUR ONLY WAY OUT ALIVE
IS TO GO DOWNHILL.
548
00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:16,932
FOLLOWING A STREAM
IS A CLASSIC TECHNIQUE,
549
00:32:17,036 --> 00:32:18,934
NOT THAT'S IT'S ALWAYS EASY
TO FIND ONE.
550
00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:21,236
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP
YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU.
551
00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:23,705
SOUND IS JUST REVERBERATING
AROUND THE TREES.
552
00:32:23,808 --> 00:32:26,676
BUT I THINK --
I THINK IT'S OVER THIS WAY.
553
00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:30,846
HERE WE GO!
GOT IT!
554
00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:38,254
OKAY. ALL WE GOT TO DO NOW
IS FOLLOW THIS.
555
00:32:38,357 --> 00:32:41,423
FOR EVERY 300 FEET OF ALTITUDE
YOU DESCEND,
556
00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:44,226
THE TEMPERATURE'S GOING TO RISE
BY TWO DEGREES,
557
00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:46,629
SO YOU'RE NOT JUST WALKING
YOUR WAY OUT OF TROUBLE,
558
00:32:46,732 --> 00:32:49,865
YOU'RE ALSO REDUCING
THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA.
559
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:52,434
AND NATURE'S LARDER
GETS BETTER.
560
00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:54,136
HEY, LOOK AT THESE.
561
00:32:54,239 --> 00:32:56,405
THESE ARE LITTLE CHAURA BERRIES.
562
00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:02,411
AND THEY'RE DELICIOUS.
563
00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:05,680
KIND OF JUST TASTES LIKE --
A BIT LIKE SOUR APPLES.
564
00:33:05,783 --> 00:33:09,285
AND THE MAPUCHE INDIANS
USED TO LIVE IN THESE FORESTS.
565
00:33:09,388 --> 00:33:11,420
THEY USED TO LOVE THESE.
566
00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:13,121
AND THEY'D EVEN FERMENT THEM
567
00:33:13,225 --> 00:33:17,492
AND MAKE, LIKE, A MAPUCHE HOOCH
OUT OF THEM.
568
00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:18,861
OKAY.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
569
00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:22,865
THE PROBLEM
WITH FOLLOWING A STREAM
570
00:33:22,968 --> 00:33:25,501
IS THAT YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW
WHERE YOU'LL END UP.
571
00:33:25,604 --> 00:33:28,871
AND THIS IDEA
OF FOLLOWING THE STREAM EARLIER
572
00:33:28,974 --> 00:33:30,205
WAS SUCH A GOOD PLAN.
573
00:33:30,308 --> 00:33:33,542
IT IS NOW LOOKING
A LITTLE LESS BRIGHT,
574
00:33:33,645 --> 00:33:37,313
AND I'M HOPING THAT
IS NOT WHAT I THINK IT IS.
575
00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:48,824
WHOA!
576
00:33:48,927 --> 00:33:50,559
COME HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
577
00:33:53,465 --> 00:33:55,463
THAT'S A DROP!
578
00:33:55,566 --> 00:33:56,632
WAH!
579
00:33:58,469 --> 00:34:02,738
AND THAT MUST BE ABOUT 150 FOOT
STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
580
00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:05,775
YOU GO OVER THAT,
IT'S GOOD NIGHT.
581
00:34:08,313 --> 00:34:09,878
I SUPPOSE THE OPTIONS ARE
582
00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:15,684
EITHER JUST TO HEAD
ALL THE WAY BACK UPSTREAM...
583
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:20,221
OR MAYBE TRY AND FIND A ROUTE
AROUND SOME OF THESE CLIFFS.
584
00:34:20,325 --> 00:34:23,492
BUT LOOK. EVEN THESE
ARE LOOKING PRETTY SHEER.
585
00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:29,265
BUT I RECKON WITH A ROPE,
THIS IS DOABLE,
586
00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:31,599
AND THAT'S JUST
THE SORT OF THING I LOVE.
587
00:34:31,703 --> 00:34:34,203
THE ROPE'S READY.
HERE WE GO.
588
00:34:37,142 --> 00:34:40,076
RAPPELLING DOWN THIS CLIFF
IS GONNA SAVE ME HOURS,
589
00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:43,679
BUT I'VE GOT TO GET
MY LINE OF DESCENT RIGHT.
590
00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:46,115
GET IT WRONG,
OR IF THE WIND PICKS UP,
591
00:34:46,218 --> 00:34:48,817
I COULD SWING RIGHT INTO
THE PATH OF THE WATERFALL
592
00:34:48,921 --> 00:34:50,619
WHERE I'D BE PUMMELED TO DEATH
593
00:34:50,722 --> 00:34:53,589
BY HUNDREDS OF TONS
OF ICE-COLD WATER.
594
00:35:04,169 --> 00:35:06,368
QUITE A DROP DOWN HERE.
595
00:35:20,986 --> 00:35:24,920
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY TO GET DOWN
A BIG WATERFALL LIKE THAT.
596
00:35:29,694 --> 00:35:32,027
FOLLOWING THE STREAM
HAS PAID OFF.
597
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:34,963
I'M OFF THE MOUNTAIN,
AND I'M IN THE VALLEY.
598
00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:36,465
IT LOOKS LIKE
A BIT OF A NEST UP THERE.
599
00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:39,001
ALREADY THERE ARE
MORE WELCOME SIGNS OF LIFE.
600
00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:43,072
YEAH, THAT COULD BE A WOODPECKER
NEST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
601
00:35:43,175 --> 00:35:44,639
IF I CAN FIND SOME,
602
00:35:44,742 --> 00:35:47,710
EGGS ARE A GREAT SOURCE OF
PROTEIN, VITAMINS, AND FAT --
603
00:35:47,813 --> 00:35:50,345
ONE OF THE BEST POSSIBLE
SURVIVAL FOODS.
604
00:35:50,449 --> 00:35:52,748
WELL, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE.
605
00:35:52,851 --> 00:35:55,417
ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S
SOME FUNGUS IN THAT TREE.
606
00:35:58,223 --> 00:35:59,687
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M AFTER.
607
00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:01,689
SEE THOSE?
608
00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:03,658
LLAO LLAO WAS A SURVIVAL STAPLE
609
00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:07,296
FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
OF PATAGONIA, WHO SWORE BY IT.
610
00:36:07,399 --> 00:36:11,600
THE SETTLERS CALLED IT
PANDE INDIO -- "INDIAN BREAD."
611
00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:15,237
THEY LOOK A BIT
LIKE SHRIVELED GOLF BALLS.
612
00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:19,041
AND I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED
WHAT IT TASTES LIKE.
613
00:36:20,278 --> 00:36:26,782
AND THE ANSWER IS LIKE A KIND OF
SOFT, PRETTY TASTELESS...
614
00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:29,785
SLIGHTLY OLD MUSHROOM.
615
00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:33,455
AND THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF ENERGY IN THIS,
616
00:36:33,558 --> 00:36:35,624
BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.
617
00:36:35,727 --> 00:36:39,127
LOOKS A BIT LIKE KIND OF
MELTED CHEESE IN THE MIDDLE.
618
00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:40,763
WISH IT WAS.
619
00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:43,999
I'VE SURVIVED THE ICE FIELDS
620
00:36:44,102 --> 00:36:46,969
AND MADE IT THROUGH
THE BEECH FOREST OF PATAGONIA.
621
00:36:47,072 --> 00:36:49,838
BUT THERE'S ONE FINAL OBSTACLE
IN MY PATH,
622
00:36:49,942 --> 00:36:52,274
AND I'M GONNA TRY AND CROSS IT.
623
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,419
I'M ABOUT TO FACE
MY MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE YET
624
00:37:03,522 --> 00:37:04,853
IN PATAGONIA.
625
00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:07,556
REALLY, IF YOU NEEDED TO CROSS
THIS LAKE,
626
00:37:07,659 --> 00:37:12,260
THE SURVIVAL MANUAL
WOULD SAY "GO AROUND,"
627
00:37:12,364 --> 00:37:15,063
'CAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS
WITH GLACIAL,
628
00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:17,933
FREEZING-COLD WATER LIKE THIS.
629
00:37:18,036 --> 00:37:19,534
THE ONLY THING IS,
630
00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:26,141
THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF
DRIFTWOOD ALL ALONG THIS SHORE.
631
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:30,512
AND PART OF ME FEELS IT'S
KIND OF IRRESISTIBLE JUST TO SEE
632
00:37:30,615 --> 00:37:34,516
WHETHER I MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUILD
A RAFT TO CROSS THIS.
633
00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:40,956
I CAN USE MY PARACHUTE CORD
TO LASH THE DRIFTWOOD TOGETHER.
634
00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:46,695
WHAT YOU NEED IS A COUPLE OF
THESE GOOD, LONG, STURDY TRUNKS,
635
00:37:46,798 --> 00:37:50,299
AND THEN SOME CROSS BRACES,
636
00:37:50,402 --> 00:37:54,570
AND THEN JUST LAY LOGS AND
BRANCHES ALONG THE TOP OF IT.
637
00:37:55,774 --> 00:38:00,775
AND THEN HAVE A COUPLE
OF UPRIGHTS LIKE THIS.
638
00:38:00,878 --> 00:38:03,279
USE A BIT OF THIS
PARACHUTE CANOPY.
639
00:38:03,382 --> 00:38:06,615
AND IF THE WIND PICKED UP,
YOU COULD MAKE YOURSELF
640
00:38:06,718 --> 00:38:13,355
A PRETTY SIMPLE
AND NOT HALF-DECENT SAIL RAFT.
641
00:38:14,359 --> 00:38:17,693
A RAFT LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE YOU
ABOUT THREE HOURS TO MAKE.
642
00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:21,095
IF IT FAILS ME, I COULD END UP
IN THE FREEZING LAKE,
643
00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:23,031
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED
A BACKUP PLAN.
644
00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:24,733
SO I'VE GOT A FIRE GOING
645
00:38:24,836 --> 00:38:28,370
IN CASE I NEED TO GET WARM
AND DRY IN A HURRY.
646
00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:30,372
GET THIS BABY IN.
647
00:38:30,475 --> 00:38:32,541
AND PEOPLE DO COME UNSTUCK.
648
00:38:32,644 --> 00:38:34,275
I'VE HEARD
OF THREE LOCAL GUIDES
649
00:38:34,378 --> 00:38:37,345
WHO WERE KILLED NEAR HERE
AFTER THEIR RAFT FLIPPED OVER.
650
00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:39,681
THEY WERE ALL STRONG SWIMMERS.
651
00:38:39,785 --> 00:38:42,117
IT WAS THE EXTREME COLD
THAT KILLED THEM.
652
00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:45,487
IT'S LIKE THROWING YOURSELF
IN AN ICEBOX.
653
00:38:45,590 --> 00:38:48,156
OKAY.
WE'RE AFLOAT.
654
00:38:48,259 --> 00:38:52,461
PRETTY LOW IN THE WATER,
BUT I AM AFLOAT.
655
00:38:52,564 --> 00:38:56,198
AND WHAT'S TYPICAL IS,
IN PATAGONIA,
656
00:38:56,301 --> 00:38:59,934
PROBABLY ONE OF
THE WINDIEST PLACES ON EARTH,
657
00:39:00,037 --> 00:39:03,005
AND WHEN I WANT IT
FOR MY SAIL...
658
00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:08,911
...IT'S AS STILL A DAY
AS YOU WILL EVER COME ACROSS.
659
00:39:09,981 --> 00:39:13,648
BUT THIS WATER
IS BARELY ABOVE FREEZING.
660
00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:16,918
THE THING IS,
THIS RAFT IS FLOATING
661
00:39:17,022 --> 00:39:20,122
ABOUT SIX INCHES
UNDER THE WATER.
662
00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:22,857
THIS IS NOT IDEAL.
663
00:39:22,961 --> 00:39:25,827
MY BOOTS ARE BEGINNING
TO FILL UP WITH WATER,
664
00:39:25,930 --> 00:39:28,029
AND IT IS ICY-COLD.
665
00:39:28,132 --> 00:39:32,066
IT'S LIKE HAVING YOUR FOOT
IN AN ICE BUCKET.
666
00:39:32,169 --> 00:39:35,804
I'M BEGINNING TO DOUBT WHETHER
THE RAFT'S GONNA HOLD UP,
667
00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:39,374
AND I'M GETTING COLDER FAST.
668
00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:47,049
THIS IS GONNA TAKE ME AN HOUR,
AT LEAST, TO CROSS AT THIS RATE.
669
00:39:47,152 --> 00:39:51,453
ALREADY, MY LEGS ARE GOING
QUITE NUMB, TO BE HONEST.
670
00:39:52,523 --> 00:39:55,724
BUT, YOU KNOW, GUYS,
IT'S CRAZY CARRYING ON IN THIS.
671
00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:57,392
I'M JUST NOT GONNA MAKE IT
ACROSS.
672
00:39:58,129 --> 00:40:01,096
LET'S TRY AND PADDLE THIS BACK
A BIT.
673
00:40:05,803 --> 00:40:07,469
AAH.
674
00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:12,608
MY LEG'S JUST COME THROUGH
ONE OF THE THINGS.
675
00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:17,078
OKAY.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO SWIM THIS.
676
00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:20,348
IT'S GONNA TAKE ME 20 MINUTES
TO GET THIS RAFT BACK,
677
00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:23,552
AND THAT'S 20 MINUTES AT THE
MOMENT THAT I JUST DON'T HAVE.
678
00:40:23,655 --> 00:40:24,919
MY LEGS, REALLY --
679
00:40:25,022 --> 00:40:28,090
THEY'RE STARTING TO JUST, LIKE,
REAL PINS AND NEEDLES.
680
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:35,898
BUT, REALLY, THIS JACKET
AND THIS TOP IS MY SALVATION.
681
00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:39,534
I'VE GOT TO KEEP THIS DRY
AND THEN JUST SWIM FOR IT.
682
00:40:39,637 --> 00:40:40,936
I GAVE IT A GOOD GO,
683
00:40:41,039 --> 00:40:45,440
BUT SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO JUST COUNT YOUR LOSSES.
684
00:40:45,543 --> 00:40:46,842
OKAY.
685
00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:04,225
[ SPITS ]
YUH!
686
00:41:04,329 --> 00:41:06,694
IT IS ICY!
687
00:41:06,797 --> 00:41:07,829
AAH!
688
00:41:07,932 --> 00:41:09,565
[ SPITS ]
689
00:41:10,768 --> 00:41:13,602
AND YOU JUST FEEL, SLOWLY...
690
00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:20,441
...DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY
STINGING AND GOING NUMB,
691
00:41:20,544 --> 00:41:26,248
AND THIS IS VERY LOW DOWN
THE LIST OF FUN THINGS TO DO.
692
00:41:39,430 --> 00:41:43,031
AH!
GOD, THAT'S COLD!
693
00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:44,465
WELL, I'VE LOST THAT RAFT.
694
00:41:44,568 --> 00:41:47,235
THAT'S STILL OUT THERE,
BUT AT LEAST I GOT THIS FIRE.
695
00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:49,604
BUT I NEED TO GET
THESE WET CLOTHES OFF.
696
00:41:49,707 --> 00:41:52,574
YOU KNOW,
THE COLD CAN BE SO DANGEROUS
697
00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:57,412
JUST BECAUSE IT NUMBS ALL
YOUR FEELING AND YOUR STRENGTH,
698
00:41:57,515 --> 00:42:02,618
AND EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF THINGS
BECOME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
699
00:42:02,721 --> 00:42:06,021
AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD TO DO IT
IN A BIT OF A RUSH,
700
00:42:06,124 --> 00:42:11,026
AT LEAST THESE,
THANK GOD, ARE DRY.
701
00:42:12,396 --> 00:42:13,762
AH.
702
00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:17,965
AND THAT IS CERTAINLY
MUCH BETTER.
703
00:42:18,069 --> 00:42:20,201
RESIST THE TEMPTATION
TO FRANTICALLY RUB
704
00:42:20,304 --> 00:42:23,338
YOUR ARMS AND LEGS
TO STIMULATE CIRCULATION.
705
00:42:23,441 --> 00:42:25,506
IT WILL DRAW WARM BLOOD AWAY
FROM YOUR HEART
706
00:42:25,609 --> 00:42:26,841
AND VITAL ORGANS.
707
00:42:26,945 --> 00:42:31,212
I JUST HOPE
IT DOESN'T START SNOWING AGAIN.
708
00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:33,315
IF COLD BLOOD
FROM THE EXTREMITIES
709
00:42:33,418 --> 00:42:34,916
RUSHES BACK TO YOUR CORE,
710
00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:38,152
YOU COULD DIE FROM SOMETHING
CALLED "AFTERDROP."
711
00:42:38,256 --> 00:42:40,622
INSTEAD, WARM YOURSELF SLOWLY
712
00:42:40,725 --> 00:42:43,892
SO YOUR BODY TEMPERATURE
GRADUALLY GETS BACK TO NORMAL.
713
00:42:43,995 --> 00:42:47,862
AND, REALLY,
THE MORAL OF THIS STORY
714
00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:49,764
IS, IF YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A RAFT
715
00:42:49,867 --> 00:42:53,768
AND TRY AND CROSS
ALMOST-FREEZING LAKES,
716
00:42:53,871 --> 00:42:56,104
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE
A BACKUP PLAN.
717
00:42:56,207 --> 00:43:02,644
OTHERWISE, THIS LANDSCAPE
AND TERRAIN IS VERY UNFORGIVING.
718
00:43:04,049 --> 00:43:07,449
AH, I'M JUST BEGINNING TO FEEL
MY TOES AGAIN.
719
00:43:09,887 --> 00:43:12,688
THE ICE FIELDS
AND BEECH FOREST OF PATAGONIA
720
00:43:12,791 --> 00:43:16,057
PRESENT UNIQUE CHALLENGES,
AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES
721
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,459
WHEN I'VE WONDERED
IF I'VE MET MY MATCH HERE,
722
00:43:18,562 --> 00:43:20,094
WHETHER THE FORCE OF NATURE
723
00:43:20,197 --> 00:43:22,997
IS SIMPLY TOO MUCH
FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL.
724
00:43:23,100 --> 00:43:27,068
TO BE HONEST, EXPERIENCING
THE HARSH PATAGONIAN ELEMENTS
725
00:43:27,171 --> 00:43:28,870
HAS BEEN VERY HUMBLING,
726
00:43:28,973 --> 00:43:32,841
AND I'M JUST RELIEVED WE MADE
IT OUT OF THERE IN ONE PIECE.
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