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In the world's
highest mountains...
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are roads only the best
can survive.
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- The possibility of getting
killed on this job is very good.
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It's a whole new challenge
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for the top ice road truckers.
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What did I get myself into?
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They're taking on
the world's deadliest roads...
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to prove there's no route
they can't conquer.
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I came here to prove a point:
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that it doesn't matter how bad
the road is you throw at me,
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I'll adapt and overcome
and do the job.
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And no load they can't haul.
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I came here for a reason.
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I want to try this road
because everyone says it hard.
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I'm all about that.
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But this road was terrifying.
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But these roads
average a death
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every 41/2 minutes,
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and one trucker won't make it
through the first day.
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These are the truckers who make
their living on thin ice.
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- Oh, I respect this road
completely.
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Like, anything can happen
to you here.
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There's no guardrails.
It's sheer drop-offs.
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Most of the road is only built
for one truck.
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You get cocky, you're gonna pay
the price big time.
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For thousands of years,
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goods have traveled
these trading routes,
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but the journey's
never been deadlier.
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Last year, over 180,000 people
were killed on India's roads.
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- Everything around here
is chaos.
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Now, Alex, Rick,
and Lisa have signed contracts
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to deliver 150 tons of material
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to supply
massive hydroelectric projects
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located halfway around the world
in northern India.
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From the city of Shimla,
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they'll head up
the Freefall Freeway,
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facing cliffs...
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Well, my heart's pounding.
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Blind corners,
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and crumbling infrastructure...
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There's a structural bolt
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that holds the two I beams
together, and it's gone.
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Through a section
carved from solid rock
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called the Cutouts...
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- There's a giant crack
that's right here.
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This whole section
could come down,
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take the whole road out.
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And up a narrow side road
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dubbed "the Ledge".
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- Kind of having second thoughts
about this job.
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If they survive,
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they'll push higher
into the Himalayas.
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From Manali, they'll climb over
the 13,000-foot Rohtang Pass,
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facing landslides...
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- A landslide
could come off the side
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and swipe you
right into the river.
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We're running over rocks.
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It's coming down right now.
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And countless switchbacks
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to deliver essential goods
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to a city that's been cut off
all winter.
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I'm scared out of my mind.
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These truckers
are risking everything...
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- He's dead?
Oh, my gosh.
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In trucks unlike
anything they're ever driven.
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You get his in this thing,
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you got no protection
whatsoever.
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In North America,
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trucks are constructed
with a steel frame
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that protects the driver
in a crash.
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The Tata 1613's just an engine
and wheels on a chassis
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with a wood frame.
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And in a collision,
there's rarely anything left.
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- You get hit, it's gonna be
like driving around
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with a Matchbox on wheels.
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It's just gonna be sticks
everywhere.
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Three truckers...
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- I want to go home
to the Dalton where it's safe.
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Two months...
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- This is survival
of the fittest at its best.
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A race
at the top of the world.
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At a small trucking company
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on the outskirts
of the capital city...
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Lisa, Rick, and Alex
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inspect the rigs they'll drive
for the next two months.
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- Decorations
are definitely gaudy.
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They like everything
pretty bright.
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Steering wheel's on the opposite
side of the truck.
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It's gonna be interesting
dealing with that.
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- I just want these fans
to work.
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This one's good.
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It's got highlights in blue
just like my hair.
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We're looking for the boss.
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What's a spotter?
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Every trucker
in the country
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rides with a spotter.
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In the city, they help negotiate
the grueling traffic.
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And in the mountains,
they're often the only reason
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the truck stays on the road
and a trucker stays alive.
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Hameed.
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Rick.
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He will go with you.
- Nice to meet you.
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- Tashi.
- Hi.
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Yeah, he's Tashi.
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And, Sanjeev,
you spot Alex, okay?
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So please be careful, okay?
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- We're gonna try.
- Yeah, yeah.
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- That's good this way?
That's balanced good?
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- No problem.
- No problem.
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Oh, BLEEP.
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I just realized there's
no BLEEP air conditioning.
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- Thank you, Lord dear God,
for all your blessings and help.
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Please bless me and Sanjeev,
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those of us who are riding
in this truck,
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the people around this truck,
so nobody gets hurt.
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- What do you think
of nicknames?
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Do you want a nickname?
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I'll give you a Canadian one.
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- Ahh.
- Call you "boyo".
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You're my boyo.
- Boyo?
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Boyo.
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Now you got to give me
a nickname.
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You think of one.
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People call me a parrot,
'cause of my hair.
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Okay.
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- You like the parrot?
We got boyo and the parrot.
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- Boyo and the parrot.
- Boyo and the parrot.
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- Boyo and the parrot.
- There you go.
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We're gonna have some fun.
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Wow. Okay.
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- Watch out.
Woman driver coming through.
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Go, go, go, go.
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Go.
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- Going into the heart of hell
right now.
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So the streets of Delhi
ain't for any sane person.
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Before they hit the mountains,
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the foreign truckers
have to get out of Delhi,
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a city overflowing
with 19 million people,
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just as many animals,
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and every kind of vehicle
imaginable.
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Oh, yeah, my biggest concern
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is driving on the opposite side
of the road.
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And these
North American truckers
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must steer through the chaos
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from the wrong side
of the truck.
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- Trying to shift
with this hand.
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Look at that.
That's hilarious.
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I'm gonna hit somebody.
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Ooh.
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BLEEP.
Boy, that was close, man.
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That was really close.
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That guy was just flying.
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Inches.
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Inches on either side
of the truck.
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Speed limit 40.
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- 40? I'm going...
I'm going 40.
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Keep horning?
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- Yeah.
- No, no.
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- Horn.
- Horning.
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- This place is just...
it's utter chaos.
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Like, no one obeys street laws
or even the lines on the road.
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Bus is weaving through traffic.
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Crazy.
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But I think with boyo here,
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we're gonna get her there.
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Parrot.
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Parrot is okay.
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- I spend most of my time
bush driving
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because I don't like driving
in the city,
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and I picked one of the most
crowded cities
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in the world to drive in.
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Stop. Stop. Stop.
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No photographing.
Go, go, go.
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- I can't.
What the hell?
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15 miles
into the run...
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Oh.
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What?
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People are noticing
the only female driver
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in a country of 1.2 billion.
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Yeah, I got to go now.
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So I'm gonna take a picture
of them staring at me.
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There.
Get 'em back.
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Look at this.
They're running next to me.
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That entire group
that was back there
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is walking down the middle
to keep up.
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There are gonna be
more accidents
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because people
are too busy looking
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and they're gonna get in my way,
and I'm gonna run 'em over.
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- You basically drive
six inches apart here,
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so you have very little leeway
for a mistake.
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In a Delhi suburb,
a huge jam engulfs Alex's truck.
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- You want me to go that way
over there?
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Right, then take a left.
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- You want me to go
on that side?
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Oh, okay.
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Whoa.
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In the crowded streets
of Delhi, India,
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King of the Ice Road,
Alex Debogorski,
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rips off a car door before he's
even made it to the mountains.
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Whoa.
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Whoa.
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They said, "Let's go".
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- I didn't have an accident.
Somebody else did.
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I think they opened the door
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and I turned their door
around to 'em.
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Alex wasn't at fault
and his truck's in one piece,
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so he's back on the road.
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- We did a bunch of damage.
It's not funny.
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I mean, we could have hurt
somebody.
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That's... you know,
that's not a good thing.
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I mean, it was a close call
for those guys.
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I mean, I would have felt bad
if I'd ripped that guy's arm off
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or ran him over.
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15 miles ahead of Alex...
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Rick's
finally out of Delhi.
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- Can't understand him
right now.
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- Sorry.
I'm nervous.
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I'm having trouble
understanding you,
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so my brain's going like this.
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Communication is everything,
'cause I'm completely lost.
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I'm just trying to stay
where he wants me to in my lane
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and if I don't understand him,
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we could get into a whole load
of BLEEP right away.
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Either in the street in India,
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it's not allowed.
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- BLEEP losing it here, man.
I can't understand him.
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Where's my water?
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Now 20 miles behind Rick...
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- Well, I've had
an interesting day so far.
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Alex crawls through
the outskirts of Delhi.
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And at this point here,
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I'm not sure
where Rick and Lisa are.
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I haven't seen them
for quite a while.
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Really slow.
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Over!
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Hopefully they're gonna stop.
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What the heck?
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Get to the right.
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No.
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- Well, I'll let Sanjeev
handle it.
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Go back, keep left.
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In minutes,
a crowd surrounds the truck.
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This is not good.
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I don't know what kind
of territory I'm in here.
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You know, it could be the kind
of thing that gets pretty bad.
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Alex's spotter, Sanjeev,
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is all that stands between
the driver and a mob.
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- When they get
really upset here,
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they tend to burn the truck down
and kill the people.
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So I mean,
that wouldn't be good.
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That wouldn't feel very good.
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- The crowd's getting bigger,
I can just see.
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Lock the door.
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40 miles to the north...
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Uh... so flipping hot.
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00:13:14,801 --> 00:13:18,334
Lisa's out of Delhi
and driving through the plains.
257
00:13:18,369 --> 00:13:20,165
But without air conditioning,
258
00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:27,868
a record heat wave's baking her
inside the 115-degree cab.
259
00:13:27,903 --> 00:13:29,734
- I'm not feeling so good,
though.
260
00:13:29,769 --> 00:13:31,766
I need to get out of the heat.
261
00:13:31,801 --> 00:13:36,367
This Alaskan native's
still having trouble adjusting.
262
00:13:36,402 --> 00:13:39,133
- Yeah, the heat
just kicks your ass.
263
00:13:39,168 --> 00:13:41,132
Just makes you sick constantly.
264
00:13:41,167 --> 00:13:45,400
Nauseated, headache, dizzy,
lightheaded, can't see right.
265
00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,199
Back in Delhi...
266
00:13:54,234 --> 00:13:57,801
- It's definitely getting
a little stressful here.
267
00:13:57,836 --> 00:14:01,165
Alex isn't going anywhere.
268
00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,100
- Well, I'm really concerned,
you know.
269
00:14:03,135 --> 00:14:05,000
I mean,
time for a little prayer here.
270
00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,350
Doesn't matter if you're right
or wrong, you know.
271
00:14:10,385 --> 00:14:12,501
As far as they're concerned,
I'm a rich American,
272
00:14:12,536 --> 00:14:14,965
and they're gonna skin me.
273
00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,601
Goodness knows
what's gonna happen next.
274
00:14:22,801 --> 00:14:24,868
I don't really want anything
to do with the police.
275
00:14:24,903 --> 00:14:26,566
Here they are.
276
00:14:26,601 --> 00:14:30,400
I got Sanjeev there
talking to the police.
277
00:14:30,435 --> 00:14:34,200
He actually hit me
in the middle of the truck.
278
00:14:34,235 --> 00:14:35,399
I mean, I didn't hit him.
279
00:14:35,434 --> 00:14:37,332
I mean, I was in the middle lane
280
00:14:37,367 --> 00:14:39,067
and he was coming
from the left-hand side.
281
00:14:39,102 --> 00:14:40,567
You'd think
that I was in the right.
282
00:14:40,602 --> 00:14:45,634
But that's at home, so maybe...
283
00:14:45,669 --> 00:14:46,899
I mean, I seen him coming.
284
00:14:46,934 --> 00:14:48,467
I thought he'd give me
the right of way.
285
00:14:55,701 --> 00:14:58,065
- Let's go.
Slow.
286
00:14:58,100 --> 00:14:59,699
In the chaos of the accident,
287
00:14:59,734 --> 00:15:01,599
the police can't tell
who's at fault
288
00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:07,501
and decide it's safest to just
send away the foreign driver.
289
00:15:07,536 --> 00:15:10,466
- I don't mind running over
the odd car,
290
00:15:10,501 --> 00:15:14,033
but I'm really not very excited
about getting lynched.
291
00:15:14,068 --> 00:15:15,232
I got a heavenly guardian angel,
292
00:15:15,267 --> 00:15:19,434
I've got an Indian Hindi
guardian angel now.
293
00:15:19,469 --> 00:15:23,532
Two.
294
00:15:23,567 --> 00:15:25,299
I guess if I got beat to death,
295
00:15:25,334 --> 00:15:27,767
my wife would really be
pissed off at me.
296
00:15:27,802 --> 00:15:31,132
As Alex falls
further behind,
297
00:15:31,167 --> 00:15:34,299
Rick's hitting
the Himalayan foothills...
298
00:15:34,334 --> 00:15:37,033
- Today I see what the Himalayas
are all about.
299
00:15:37,068 --> 00:15:40,084
Headed for
the mountain city of Shimla,
300
00:15:40,119 --> 00:15:43,076
India's summer capital
during British rule.
301
00:15:43,111 --> 00:15:46,289
The route's been around
almost 3,000 years,
302
00:15:46,324 --> 00:15:49,432
and was once part
of the legendary Silk Road,
303
00:15:49,467 --> 00:15:53,283
a series of trading routes
extending over 4,000 miles
304
00:15:53,318 --> 00:15:57,100
and connecting the ancient
civilizations of China, Tibet,
305
00:15:57,135 --> 00:16:00,165
India, Persia,
and the Roman Empire,
306
00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,267
literally laying the foundations
of the modern world.
307
00:16:10,467 --> 00:16:11,965
- A truck that's way
underpowered.
308
00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,934
So it's just gonna be a long day
pulling up these BLEEP hills.
309
00:16:14,969 --> 00:16:18,432
The 16-ton truck's
loaded with ten tons of cement
310
00:16:18,467 --> 00:16:22,000
and already struggling in
the steep Himalayan foothills.
311
00:16:22,035 --> 00:16:25,534
- This has got five more
horsepower than my snowmobile.
312
00:16:25,569 --> 00:16:29,118
Back on the ice roads,
the typical 18-wheeler
313
00:16:29,153 --> 00:16:32,632
has a 500-horsepower engine
and ten gears.
314
00:16:32,667 --> 00:16:36,400
But these trucks have only
a third of the horsepower
315
00:16:36,435 --> 00:16:39,232
running through just five gears.
316
00:16:39,267 --> 00:16:40,868
- If I was
in one of my trucks at home,
317
00:16:40,903 --> 00:16:44,067
I'd be doing 110 up this hill.
318
00:16:44,102 --> 00:16:45,866
Here we go, look at this.
319
00:16:45,901 --> 00:16:47,767
Everybody in an impatient hurry.
320
00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:52,332
Almost a head-on right there.
321
00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:54,367
In the underpowered
wooden truck,
322
00:16:54,402 --> 00:16:56,466
traffic streams around Rick,
323
00:16:56,501 --> 00:17:02,067
risking head-on collisions
right in front of him.
324
00:17:02,102 --> 00:17:04,534
- And here comes
an impatient bus.
325
00:17:09,467 --> 00:17:10,634
Look at this.
Look at this!
326
00:17:11,701 --> 00:17:12,732
Damn near head-on!
327
00:17:12,767 --> 00:17:15,000
You see this BLEEP
you send us to?
328
00:17:15,035 --> 00:17:17,234
What the BLEEP is skill
in that?
329
00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:20,934
Here comes a bus now.
330
00:17:25,734 --> 00:17:27,098
Blind corner again.
331
00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:29,534
He can't see BLEEP all,
but he's going anyways.
332
00:17:29,569 --> 00:17:32,101
This country is full
of retarded drivers.
333
00:17:32,136 --> 00:17:34,599
I'm not grooving on this
at all, man.
334
00:17:34,634 --> 00:17:36,801
I don't know; they told me
it was dangerous roads.
335
00:17:36,836 --> 00:17:39,200
I didn't think it was like this.
336
00:17:39,235 --> 00:17:40,484
Go, go, go, go.
337
00:17:40,519 --> 00:17:41,734
Look at this.
338
00:17:46,501 --> 00:17:48,667
BLEEP hate this country.
339
00:17:48,702 --> 00:17:50,834
Bunch of BLEEP no minds!
340
00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:52,265
BLEEP pigs.
341
00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:56,133
Castrate the BLEEP off
with a BLEEP.
342
00:17:56,168 --> 00:17:58,032
As the roads climb higher,
343
00:17:58,067 --> 00:18:03,934
it only gets steeper
and more challenging for Rick.
344
00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,300
Just about a head-on
with a bike and a car.
345
00:18:07,335 --> 00:18:09,934
Unsafe.
Completely unsafe.
346
00:18:09,969 --> 00:18:11,232
Unsafe.
347
00:18:11,267 --> 00:18:13,367
- I got a bus behind me
honking his horn
348
00:18:13,402 --> 00:18:15,467
'cause I am not driving
like he would.
349
00:18:16,968 --> 00:18:18,667
Yeah, that's okay, everybody go.
350
00:18:18,702 --> 00:18:20,267
Don't worry about safety.
351
00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,534
See, look at this.
352
00:18:24,033 --> 00:18:27,767
It doesn't even seem real
how stupid people drive here.
353
00:18:27,802 --> 00:18:30,467
This is absolutely ridiculous,
354
00:18:30,502 --> 00:18:31,766
because there's no skill,
355
00:18:31,801 --> 00:18:35,300
absolutely no skill whatsoever.
356
00:18:36,701 --> 00:18:39,567
Well, there's a smacked-up car.
357
00:18:39,602 --> 00:18:42,399
It's just a matter of time, man.
358
00:18:42,434 --> 00:18:45,300
That's what we're gonna have
underneath us.
359
00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:55,499
I just can't get it in my head
360
00:18:55,534 --> 00:18:58,467
to just pass people
on blind corners.
361
00:18:58,502 --> 00:19:00,567
Look at this BLEEP.
362
00:19:03,567 --> 00:19:04,600
Mother chode.
363
00:19:04,635 --> 00:19:05,599
Mother chode.
364
00:19:05,634 --> 00:19:08,000
A driver mother chode punk.
365
00:19:08,035 --> 00:19:09,098
Idiots.
366
00:19:09,133 --> 00:19:12,283
Yes, idiots.
367
00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:15,659
Idiots.
368
00:19:15,694 --> 00:19:18,965
Whoa.
369
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,767
Well, I gotta thank God
that I do have fast reflexes.
370
00:19:32,767 --> 00:19:35,732
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
371
00:19:35,767 --> 00:19:38,400
Every corner,
it's almost an accident.
372
00:19:38,435 --> 00:19:41,067
Am I stressed?
To the BLEEP max.
373
00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:45,601
Ooh!
374
00:19:47,234 --> 00:19:48,998
In the Himalayan foothills,
375
00:19:49,033 --> 00:19:52,667
maverick trucker Rick Yemm's
on a narrow mountain road
376
00:19:52,702 --> 00:19:57,467
facing head-on collisions
at every turn.
377
00:19:57,502 --> 00:19:59,766
BLEEP.
378
00:19:59,801 --> 00:20:01,267
Mother chode.
379
00:20:01,302 --> 00:20:02,699
BLEEP bus driver.
380
00:20:02,734 --> 00:20:05,534
- I thought we were getting hit
there, man.
381
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,899
Ooh.
382
00:20:08,934 --> 00:20:10,701
They'll risk their life
to pass a truck
383
00:20:10,736 --> 00:20:12,766
that's going a little bit slow.
384
00:20:12,801 --> 00:20:15,133
Well, the problem is is
when they risk their life,
385
00:20:15,168 --> 00:20:16,732
they risk my life too.
386
00:20:16,767 --> 00:20:19,234
Not like the truck
can take much of an impact.
387
00:20:19,269 --> 00:20:21,901
Let's make a suit of armor
out of chopsticks.
388
00:20:21,936 --> 00:20:24,534
I really don't wanna have
2x4 sized splinters
389
00:20:24,569 --> 00:20:26,968
being pulled out of my body.
390
00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:30,466
Now I know for sure
I ain't winning the lottery.
391
00:20:30,501 --> 00:20:33,667
I'm using up my whole life's
worth of luck in this run.
392
00:20:33,702 --> 00:20:35,234
Look at this.
Look at this!
393
00:20:35,269 --> 00:20:36,432
Ah-oh!
394
00:20:36,467 --> 00:20:39,801
BLEEP, BLEEP,
BLEEP, BLEEP!
395
00:20:44,467 --> 00:20:46,367
And there's no way
I'll let my wife know
396
00:20:46,402 --> 00:20:48,067
what the BLEEP
is going on here.
397
00:20:50,434 --> 00:20:51,984
Get that guy's
license plate number.
398
00:20:52,019 --> 00:20:53,499
I wanna send him
a bouquet of flowers
399
00:20:53,534 --> 00:20:56,334
'cause he waited till
a straight stretch to pass.
400
00:20:57,534 --> 00:20:59,165
Yep, come on around.
401
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,317
Hey, everybody have
a good old time.
402
00:21:01,352 --> 00:21:03,434
Oh, yeah, you might as well
come too.
403
00:21:03,469 --> 00:21:05,667
You can't see either.
404
00:21:05,702 --> 00:21:08,818
BLEEP.
405
00:21:08,853 --> 00:21:11,899
BLEEP.
406
00:21:11,934 --> 00:21:13,866
God, I would so love driving
407
00:21:13,901 --> 00:21:19,200
back in Canada
after this BLEEP BLEEPhole.
408
00:21:19,235 --> 00:21:21,468
40 miles behind Rick
is Lisa Kelly.
409
00:21:21,503 --> 00:21:23,666
- Well, I'm definitely
getting better,
410
00:21:23,701 --> 00:21:26,032
like, now that we're up
in cooler temperatures.
411
00:21:26,067 --> 00:21:28,167
I feel better, and I'm getting
more used to the trucks.
412
00:21:28,202 --> 00:21:30,567
And she's finally
in the mountains.
413
00:21:52,501 --> 00:21:56,100
- I don't know why
I can't even get second.
414
00:21:56,135 --> 00:22:01,132
- Yeah.
- It's like, fourth.
415
00:22:01,167 --> 00:22:02,868
- Yes... no, no, no, no.
- Where is second?
416
00:22:02,903 --> 00:22:05,018
Where is second?
- Yeah.
417
00:22:05,053 --> 00:22:06,810
There is no second.
418
00:22:06,845 --> 00:22:08,532
Back in Alaska,
419
00:22:08,567 --> 00:22:11,599
Lisa uses a modern,
semi-automatic transmission,
420
00:22:11,634 --> 00:22:17,000
but the Tata 1613 uses an
old-school manual transmission,
421
00:22:17,035 --> 00:22:19,834
where pressing the clutch pedal
and changing gears
422
00:22:19,869 --> 00:22:23,032
requires precise timing.
423
00:22:23,067 --> 00:22:25,567
- Why can I not get it
in second?
424
00:22:28,367 --> 00:22:29,666
Without second gear,
425
00:22:29,701 --> 00:22:32,601
Lisa will burn up
the engine in first
426
00:22:32,636 --> 00:22:36,068
or stall out in third.
427
00:22:36,103 --> 00:22:39,501
Where is BLEEP second?
428
00:22:39,536 --> 00:22:41,033
It's not second.
429
00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:51,299
It's first.
430
00:22:51,334 --> 00:22:53,667
Second doesn't exist.
431
00:22:58,801 --> 00:22:59,833
It won't go in second.
432
00:22:59,868 --> 00:23:01,499
- Slow down.
This is reverse.
433
00:23:01,534 --> 00:23:05,234
I told you, this is not first.
Slowly.
434
00:23:05,269 --> 00:23:08,899
To make matters worse,
from first gear,
435
00:23:08,934 --> 00:23:13,167
second's a dog leg right,
located next to reverse.
436
00:23:13,202 --> 00:23:16,599
- How about I don't go
into second?
437
00:23:16,634 --> 00:23:20,200
And traffic keeps
building up behind Lisa.
438
00:23:29,834 --> 00:23:31,833
- Where is it?
- Yes, yes, yes.
439
00:23:31,868 --> 00:23:34,334
- How do you know?
You can tell before I can.
440
00:23:34,369 --> 00:23:38,033
Yes, done it, done it!
441
00:23:39,567 --> 00:23:42,100
Pick it up, go.
442
00:23:42,135 --> 00:23:44,666
Geez.
443
00:23:44,701 --> 00:23:47,199
I don't wanna downshift again.
444
00:23:47,234 --> 00:23:53,067
Still way ahead,
Rick's approaching Shimla...
445
00:23:53,102 --> 00:23:55,601
- Ho, that was
a rough BLEEP go, man.
446
00:23:55,636 --> 00:23:57,199
Where he'll overnight
447
00:23:57,234 --> 00:23:59,965
before pushing on
to the dam site tomorrow.
448
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,868
- Well, I'm just going
to get to where I'm going,
449
00:24:01,903 --> 00:24:03,501
I'm going to drink
a BLEEPload of beer,
450
00:24:03,536 --> 00:24:06,400
and forget this day
ever happened.
451
00:24:06,435 --> 00:24:07,866
Couldn't cut her any closer.
452
00:24:07,901 --> 00:24:11,300
I'm in Shimla,
and it's just getting dark now.
453
00:24:11,335 --> 00:24:12,968
This place is a trip.
454
00:24:20,667 --> 00:24:23,132
- Oh, yeah,
way different than Delhi.
455
00:24:23,167 --> 00:24:26,133
Alex isn't behind us right now.
I wonder what's going on.
456
00:24:26,168 --> 00:24:28,000
He must have fallen behind
or something.
457
00:24:28,035 --> 00:24:29,599
I lost Lisa awhile back.
458
00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:31,833
It doesn't look like
she's gonna be lucky enough
459
00:24:31,868 --> 00:24:34,234
to drive some of that road
without being in the dark.
460
00:24:45,801 --> 00:24:49,367
This is so stupid.
461
00:25:07,901 --> 00:25:11,466
I'm scared out of my mind.
462
00:25:11,501 --> 00:25:13,133
I've never been so scared
in my life.
463
00:25:20,300 --> 00:25:22,968
- I've never been so scared
in my life.
464
00:25:23,003 --> 00:25:24,599
In the Himalayan night,
465
00:25:24,634 --> 00:25:31,634
Lisa shut down while negotiating
a narrow, cliffside road.
466
00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:34,165
Holy crap.
467
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,767
This beats everything.
468
00:25:47,701 --> 00:25:51,301
- There's just as much going on;
I just can't see it now.
469
00:25:51,336 --> 00:25:54,901
Like, they built this road
knowing exactly where you were
470
00:25:54,936 --> 00:25:58,734
gonna have to go off of it.
471
00:25:58,769 --> 00:26:00,165
Earlier in the day,
472
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,032
her shifting problem
set her way behind.
473
00:26:03,067 --> 00:26:07,367
Now, she's just trying to
survive the drive to Shimla
474
00:26:07,402 --> 00:26:13,466
another 20 miles to the north.
475
00:26:13,501 --> 00:26:17,133
- This is very,
extremely scary right now.
476
00:26:17,168 --> 00:26:19,532
Holy crap.
477
00:26:19,567 --> 00:26:22,332
Keep it outside.
478
00:26:22,367 --> 00:26:25,400
- I'm, like, kind of shaking
a little right now.
479
00:26:33,267 --> 00:26:35,667
Yeah, you pretty much
can't see anything
480
00:26:35,702 --> 00:26:38,067
until you're, like,
right on top of it.
481
00:26:49,334 --> 00:26:51,133
Geez.
482
00:26:54,667 --> 00:26:58,100
This has been the scariest part
of the trip, right here...
483
00:26:58,135 --> 00:27:00,267
when I cannot see
how far down it is.
484
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,901
We're getting close to Shimla.
485
00:27:14,434 --> 00:27:16,065
Where's town?
486
00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:18,817
Finally,
Lisa's safe in Shimla,
487
00:27:18,852 --> 00:27:21,259
where she'll spend the night.
488
00:27:21,294 --> 00:27:23,632
- Good job!
- That was horrible.
489
00:27:23,667 --> 00:27:25,601
That was pretty much
the scariest thing
490
00:27:25,636 --> 00:27:27,334
I've ever done in my life.
491
00:27:27,369 --> 00:27:30,065
I'm gonna go to bed,
492
00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:35,100
and hopefully I'll sleep
and not have nightmares.
493
00:27:35,135 --> 00:27:36,899
100 miles to the south...
494
00:27:36,934 --> 00:27:38,766
- Crap,
I should have turned there.
495
00:27:38,801 --> 00:27:40,933
I should have turned left there,
shouldn't I?
496
00:27:40,968 --> 00:27:45,351
Alex Debogorski hasn't
even hit the mountains yet.
497
00:27:45,386 --> 00:27:48,893
- Thinking about today,
it wasn't a great day.
498
00:27:48,928 --> 00:27:52,365
I don't think a guy
should put himself at risk
499
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,868
of getting lynched just for
carrying a fender off a car.
500
00:27:55,903 --> 00:27:57,799
I gotta give it
a little more thought,
501
00:27:57,834 --> 00:28:00,267
but I'm kind of having
second thoughts about this job.
502
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,532
The next morning,
503
00:28:10,567 --> 00:28:14,000
Lisa and Rick are back
at the Shimla truck depot.
504
00:28:14,035 --> 00:28:15,434
- I don't know if Alex
will be back.
505
00:28:15,469 --> 00:28:16,834
I think he got
a little freaked out.
506
00:28:16,869 --> 00:28:17,866
I think it was a little more
507
00:28:17,901 --> 00:28:19,432
than what he thought
it was gonna be.
508
00:28:19,467 --> 00:28:21,801
Me, it's pretty much exactly
what I thought it was gonna be:
509
00:28:21,836 --> 00:28:23,434
utter chaos.
510
00:28:30,968 --> 00:28:32,299
- Yeah, might as well get
blessed.
511
00:28:32,334 --> 00:28:34,067
We need all the help we can get
on these roads.
512
00:28:34,102 --> 00:28:35,332
Hinduism is known as
513
00:28:35,367 --> 00:28:37,599
the world's
oldest living religion,
514
00:28:37,634 --> 00:28:40,767
tracing its roots back
over 7,000 years.
515
00:28:42,434 --> 00:28:44,132
There are countless temples
516
00:28:44,167 --> 00:28:46,567
and almost a billion Hindus
in India.
517
00:28:46,602 --> 00:28:48,933
And on these deadly
mountain roads,
518
00:28:48,968 --> 00:28:53,200
drivers make sure to ask
the gods for safe passage.
519
00:28:53,235 --> 00:28:56,098
Each driver receives a tilaka,
520
00:28:56,133 --> 00:28:59,766
a mark on the forehead
symbolizing the mind's eye.
521
00:28:59,801 --> 00:29:03,400
Gifts of holy water and sweets
complete the ceremony.
522
00:29:03,435 --> 00:29:04,566
I've heard the roads
523
00:29:04,601 --> 00:29:06,350
are extremely dangerous
where we're going.
524
00:29:06,385 --> 00:29:08,100
Like, lots of accidents happen
and stuff,
525
00:29:08,135 --> 00:29:09,801
so I did the blessing thing.
526
00:29:09,836 --> 00:29:11,098
From Shimla,
527
00:29:11,133 --> 00:29:13,467
they'll hit
the notorious Freefall Freeway
528
00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:14,766
and the Cutouts
529
00:29:14,801 --> 00:29:17,667
before arriving
at the J.P. Corporation
530
00:29:17,702 --> 00:29:19,432
hydroelectric project,
531
00:29:19,467 --> 00:29:23,133
a route so dangerous,
even the trucks get blessed.
532
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,733
- I've christened a truck
with beer before,
533
00:29:36,768 --> 00:29:38,467
but I don't think
that's really a blessing.
534
00:29:41,701 --> 00:29:43,667
- I don't know if he put
a voodoo curse on me or what.
535
00:29:43,702 --> 00:29:46,834
You take this,
stick it anywhere you want.
536
00:29:46,869 --> 00:29:49,968
That's how I get luck.
537
00:29:50,003 --> 00:29:53,067
Keep on trucking.
538
00:29:53,102 --> 00:29:55,584
Okay.
539
00:29:55,619 --> 00:29:58,032
Let's go.
540
00:29:58,067 --> 00:29:59,499
- We're just heading
out of Shimla,
541
00:29:59,534 --> 00:30:03,133
heading for the J.P.
hydroelectric dam project
542
00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:05,165
with our cement.
543
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,267
And the madness begins.
544
00:30:10,167 --> 00:30:12,867
170 miles to the south,
545
00:30:12,902 --> 00:30:15,532
Alex is back in Delhi.
546
00:30:15,567 --> 00:30:20,199
- Today, I've decided
to take a break and reset.
547
00:30:20,234 --> 00:30:23,801
The commonsense, logical option
is for me to go home.
548
00:30:23,836 --> 00:30:27,035
Alex Debogorski,
the battle-scarred veteran
549
00:30:27,070 --> 00:30:30,234
with 38 years on the ice roads
is headed home
550
00:30:30,269 --> 00:30:33,067
after just one day of driving.
551
00:30:37,901 --> 00:30:39,098
This is not good.
552
00:30:39,133 --> 00:30:41,133
Looking over
what's happened yesterday,
553
00:30:41,168 --> 00:30:43,399
the whole thing with the mob.
554
00:30:43,434 --> 00:30:48,634
The smart guys would put
the money and go home.
555
00:30:48,669 --> 00:30:53,834
It'd probably give me
a few more years of life.
556
00:30:53,869 --> 00:30:55,632
170 miles to the north,
557
00:30:55,667 --> 00:30:59,634
Rick and Lisa are headed deeper
into the Himalayas.
558
00:30:59,669 --> 00:31:03,601
These mountains were born
around 65 million years ago,
559
00:31:03,636 --> 00:31:07,299
when the Indian subcontinent
slammed into Asia,
560
00:31:07,334 --> 00:31:11,234
and they're still growing faster
than any mountains on Earth...
561
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:13,399
over two inches a year...
562
00:31:13,434 --> 00:31:15,984
resulting in deep canyons
that can be deadly.
563
00:31:16,019 --> 00:31:18,534
- We're pretty much
on a road trail right now,
564
00:31:18,569 --> 00:31:20,968
and I just noticed
a nasty little bridge,
565
00:31:21,003 --> 00:31:24,065
it looks like.
566
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:25,934
I don't trust nothing
in this country.
567
00:31:25,969 --> 00:31:27,132
Bridges?
BLEEP, no.
568
00:31:27,167 --> 00:31:28,901
They got no building code here
whatsoever.
569
00:31:28,936 --> 00:31:31,318
So am I nervous?
Yeah.
570
00:31:31,353 --> 00:31:33,666
These are old bridges.
571
00:31:33,701 --> 00:31:39,033
Let's get out
and take a look at it.
572
00:31:39,068 --> 00:31:40,265
I don't know, boyo.
573
00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:42,632
It's an old piece of BLEEP
for sure.
574
00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:45,634
This bridge I know for a fact
wouldn't pass code.
575
00:31:56,467 --> 00:31:58,868
That's death if I hit
the bottom of that thing.
576
00:32:05,334 --> 00:32:07,065
Even right here,
at the start of the bridge,
577
00:32:07,100 --> 00:32:09,334
there's a structural bolt
that's supposed to be bolted
578
00:32:09,369 --> 00:32:10,732
underneath this I beam here.
579
00:32:10,767 --> 00:32:13,434
And it holds the two I beams
together, and it's gone.
580
00:32:13,469 --> 00:32:14,799
I don't really have a choice.
581
00:32:14,834 --> 00:32:16,750
It's the only way
across this BLEEP.
582
00:32:16,785 --> 00:32:18,667
Okay, well, you spot... make sure.
583
00:32:18,702 --> 00:32:20,332
Ah.
584
00:32:20,367 --> 00:32:24,601
I'm not... I don't like.
585
00:32:42,033 --> 00:32:44,701
- Slow, slow, slow, slow,
slow, slow, slow.
586
00:32:48,501 --> 00:32:51,934
Right, right.
587
00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:52,933
Left.
588
00:32:52,968 --> 00:32:57,132
Yes, yes.
Go.
589
00:32:57,167 --> 00:32:59,300
Oh, yes, yes, yes.
Drive straight.
590
00:33:10,033 --> 00:33:13,583
Boyo guides Rick to
where the steel looks strongest
591
00:33:13,618 --> 00:33:17,133
and capable of supporting
the fully loaded truck.
592
00:33:17,168 --> 00:33:19,734
Go slow, slow, go.
593
00:33:19,769 --> 00:33:22,265
Oh, BLEEP.
594
00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:23,801
- Left, left, left.
- Oh!
595
00:33:25,501 --> 00:33:27,365
In the world's
highest mountains,
596
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,467
trucker Rick Yemm's
on a decaying bridge
597
00:33:30,502 --> 00:33:32,868
hundreds of feet above a canyon.
598
00:33:35,901 --> 00:33:37,934
Oh, it's making noise.
599
00:33:37,969 --> 00:33:39,818
Slow, slow, slow.
600
00:33:39,853 --> 00:33:41,632
With Rick driving,
601
00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:44,667
the spotter's guiding the truck
over the steel plates
602
00:33:44,702 --> 00:33:48,632
that look strong enough
to hold the 26-ton load.
603
00:33:48,667 --> 00:33:51,200
- Oh, this bridge is making
so much noise, it's not funny.
604
00:33:51,235 --> 00:33:52,817
Right, right, right.
605
00:33:52,852 --> 00:33:54,400
Left, left, left.
606
00:33:54,435 --> 00:33:56,100
Straight.
607
00:34:02,467 --> 00:34:05,767
- I can't really hear him,
but he's using hand signals.
608
00:34:05,802 --> 00:34:07,065
That's all I'm watching for.
609
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:09,933
And I'm... I'm BLEEP
straight down here.
610
00:34:09,968 --> 00:34:12,767
I'm right at the edge
of this stupid bridge.
611
00:34:12,802 --> 00:34:14,399
If the wheels break through,
612
00:34:14,434 --> 00:34:18,034
the truck
could take out the bridge,
613
00:34:18,069 --> 00:34:21,634
plummeting
into the canyon below.
614
00:34:21,669 --> 00:34:23,065
Slow, slow, slow.
615
00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:25,968
- I got 9,000 KGs
on top of my vehicle weight.
616
00:34:26,003 --> 00:34:28,701
- Slow.
Slow.
617
00:34:32,434 --> 00:34:35,734
Straight, straight.
- Oh, man, two feet.
618
00:34:41,868 --> 00:34:43,450
Hey, hey!
619
00:34:43,485 --> 00:34:44,998
Yes!
620
00:34:45,033 --> 00:34:46,767
BLEEP, I did not like that.
621
00:34:46,802 --> 00:34:48,199
Okay.
622
00:34:48,234 --> 00:34:52,067
I did not like that one bit.
623
00:34:52,102 --> 00:34:56,399
I don't like that.
624
00:34:56,434 --> 00:34:59,968
It's, uh, not my idea
of a good time.
625
00:35:05,133 --> 00:35:06,466
But the next section
626
00:35:06,501 --> 00:35:10,032
of the Freefall Freeway's
even worse:
627
00:35:10,067 --> 00:35:14,100
miles of cliff-hugging roads
carved from solid rock.
628
00:35:14,135 --> 00:35:15,866
This is amazing.
629
00:35:15,901 --> 00:35:18,067
Just carved a hole
right through the mountain.
630
00:35:18,102 --> 00:35:21,300
Little piece left
holding it all up.
631
00:35:28,901 --> 00:35:32,167
I only got a couple of feet
of clearance on this truck
632
00:35:32,202 --> 00:35:34,367
to the top
of where they carved this out.
633
00:35:38,901 --> 00:35:41,701
You even get daydreaming
for a second here...
634
00:35:41,736 --> 00:35:44,332
you're gonna BLEEP up
something bad.
635
00:35:44,367 --> 00:35:47,267
Here, there's barely
enough room for one truck,
636
00:35:47,302 --> 00:35:50,965
much less for oncoming traffic.
637
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,200
- Every corner, you gotta look
as far ahead as you can see
638
00:35:53,235 --> 00:35:55,032
to see if someone's coming.
639
00:35:55,067 --> 00:35:57,317
You go around the corner not
paying attention, don't look,
640
00:35:57,352 --> 00:35:59,567
well, then all of a sudden,
you're surprised by a truck.
641
00:35:59,602 --> 00:36:02,451
Just gonna go out
and check this out.
642
00:36:02,486 --> 00:36:05,300
There's a giant crack
that's right here.
643
00:36:05,335 --> 00:36:07,167
This whole section
could come down,
644
00:36:07,202 --> 00:36:08,365
take the whole road out.
645
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,033
If you're underneath it,
you're dead.
646
00:36:10,068 --> 00:36:12,300
And if you look here...
647
00:36:12,335 --> 00:36:13,766
right there, look.
648
00:36:13,801 --> 00:36:16,034
It's... it's actually cut back in.
649
00:36:16,069 --> 00:36:18,232
You go right down to that river.
650
00:36:18,267 --> 00:36:20,767
You wouldn't hit the bottom
till about 2,000 feet down.
651
00:36:20,802 --> 00:36:22,818
That's pretty tight right there.
652
00:36:22,853 --> 00:36:24,799
So it always makes you think.
653
00:36:24,834 --> 00:36:26,901
Like, what's actually
gonna be there?
654
00:36:26,936 --> 00:36:31,199
Are you gonna make it or not?
655
00:36:31,234 --> 00:36:36,250
Ten miles behind Rick
and 300 feet above the gorge,
656
00:36:36,285 --> 00:36:41,267
Lisa's spotter is guiding her
over the aging bridge.
657
00:36:41,302 --> 00:36:42,299
Halt.
658
00:36:42,334 --> 00:36:44,317
Go back over.
659
00:36:44,352 --> 00:36:46,300
Go back?
660
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,566
What?
661
00:36:51,601 --> 00:36:53,868
BLEEP, you mean this stuff
isn't attached?
662
00:36:53,903 --> 00:36:58,151
We're just falling apart.
663
00:36:58,186 --> 00:37:02,400
He says come this way.
664
00:37:13,601 --> 00:37:16,601
That'd be bad if one of these
pieces flipped up under the tire
665
00:37:16,636 --> 00:37:18,699
and then hit the other tire
666
00:37:18,734 --> 00:37:20,834
or knocked it off-center
and fell through.
667
00:37:27,267 --> 00:37:28,998
There.
668
00:37:29,033 --> 00:37:30,534
We're done with that piece.
669
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,067
- I been driving
for ten kilometers
670
00:37:37,102 --> 00:37:39,934
with 100% straight
vertical drops.
671
00:37:42,834 --> 00:37:46,267
Those buses drive like madmen
on this BLEEP.
672
00:37:46,302 --> 00:37:47,632
Ridiculous.
673
00:37:47,667 --> 00:37:49,100
I'll put a million dollars on it
674
00:37:49,135 --> 00:37:50,499
I end up tying up
with one of them.
675
00:37:50,534 --> 00:37:54,267
Truck drivers are paid
for safely delivering the load.
676
00:37:54,302 --> 00:37:57,965
But bus drivers make more cash
for a quicker trip,
677
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:02,067
pushing them to take excessive
risks on the deadly roads.
678
00:38:02,102 --> 00:38:05,833
Green bus.
679
00:38:05,868 --> 00:38:08,499
See?
Look at the BLEEP.
680
00:38:08,534 --> 00:38:11,167
I thought once we got up here,
we'd see less of them.
681
00:38:11,202 --> 00:38:13,566
There's just as many up here.
682
00:38:13,601 --> 00:38:15,834
Yeah, they don't give a flying
BLEEP, them bus drivers,
683
00:38:15,869 --> 00:38:17,400
if they push you
off a big cliff or not.
684
00:38:17,435 --> 00:38:19,167
There's a huge cliff right here.
685
00:38:19,202 --> 00:38:21,968
Just bulls his way through.
686
00:38:25,067 --> 00:38:27,399
On the Freefall Freeway,
687
00:38:27,434 --> 00:38:31,133
death can be
just a blind corner away.
688
00:38:31,168 --> 00:38:32,299
Green bus.
689
00:38:32,334 --> 00:38:33,934
Look at this clown.
690
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,532
MotherBLEEP.
691
00:38:43,567 --> 00:38:45,033
I see a bus driver stopped,
692
00:38:45,068 --> 00:38:46,701
I'm gonna punch him.
693
00:38:46,736 --> 00:38:48,965
Punch.
694
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,900
- BLEEP idiots.
- Idiots.
695
00:38:50,935 --> 00:38:52,766
Didn't slow down a bit.
696
00:38:52,801 --> 00:38:54,701
White-knuckled on
the BLEEP wheel just to...
697
00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:58,265
Every corner you get into there,
698
00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:03,084
it's a head-on collision
almost happening.
699
00:39:03,119 --> 00:39:07,868
There's a prime example
of a BLEEP-up.
700
00:39:07,903 --> 00:39:09,766
Just got stopped just in time
701
00:39:09,801 --> 00:39:12,365
before he plummeted
off the cliff.
702
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,567
I'm going home
at the end of this trip.
703
00:39:14,602 --> 00:39:17,165
No bus driver's BLEEP me up.
704
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,434
Load's important,
and it's gotta get there quick,
705
00:39:19,469 --> 00:39:22,466
but I ain't BLEEP dying
for it.
706
00:39:22,501 --> 00:39:25,934
Ten miles back,
Lisa's hitting the Cutouts.
707
00:39:30,734 --> 00:39:32,833
It's pretty scary.
708
00:39:32,868 --> 00:39:37,133
There's, like,
a mountain below us.
709
00:39:37,168 --> 00:39:39,232
As Lisa pushes forward,
710
00:39:39,267 --> 00:39:43,901
oncoming traffic pushes her
closer to the edge.
711
00:39:43,936 --> 00:39:46,167
- They have
lots of place here.
712
00:39:46,202 --> 00:39:48,934
Don't worry.
I'm with you.
713
00:39:48,969 --> 00:39:50,868
So keep left.
714
00:39:56,467 --> 00:39:57,584
Slow down.
715
00:39:57,619 --> 00:39:58,666
Give him way.
716
00:39:58,701 --> 00:39:59,967
Keep left.
Keep left.
717
00:40:00,002 --> 00:40:01,199
Keep left.
He'll go.
718
00:40:01,234 --> 00:40:03,133
- I don't wanna bump off
the edge of this.
719
00:40:03,168 --> 00:40:04,400
Go, go, go, go.
720
00:40:10,601 --> 00:40:12,265
Keep left.
721
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:13,467
Lots of place here.
722
00:40:13,502 --> 00:40:14,599
Keep left.
Keep left.
723
00:40:14,634 --> 00:40:16,734
I do not wanna go left there.
724
00:40:16,769 --> 00:40:18,799
Going to be walls and walls.
725
00:40:18,834 --> 00:40:22,567
Ahead, we get more walls.
Go, go.
726
00:40:22,602 --> 00:40:23,666
You're scaring me.
727
00:40:23,701 --> 00:40:26,901
Right between the rocks.
728
00:40:34,133 --> 00:40:35,532
- I'm so sick of hearing
the horn,
729
00:40:35,567 --> 00:40:38,634
but on these corners,
I'm more than happy to use it.
730
00:40:42,367 --> 00:40:45,600
Whoa, we are way up here.
731
00:40:45,635 --> 00:40:48,799
It's a long way down.
732
00:40:48,834 --> 00:40:51,567
I wanna go home to the Dalton
where it's safe.
733
00:40:57,534 --> 00:40:59,350
- Oh, I respect this road
completely.
734
00:40:59,385 --> 00:41:01,132
Like, anything
can happen to you here.
735
00:41:01,167 --> 00:41:03,534
There's no guardrails.
It's sheer drop-offs.
736
00:41:03,569 --> 00:41:05,751
Most of the road is only built
for one truck.
737
00:41:05,786 --> 00:41:07,934
You get cocky,
start driving BLEEP-up here,
738
00:41:07,969 --> 00:41:11,365
you're gonna pay the price
big time.
739
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:16,417
We're just pulled
into the construction site.
740
00:41:16,452 --> 00:41:21,434
Looks like a great big thing
going on up here.
741
00:41:21,469 --> 00:41:22,833
Go, go, go, go.
742
00:41:22,868 --> 00:41:26,034
At the J.P.
Corporation's Tapri facility,
743
00:41:26,069 --> 00:41:29,200
Rick's completing
his first run alive.
744
00:41:29,235 --> 00:41:30,566
And yes!
745
00:41:30,601 --> 00:41:32,098
The A-Team is here first.
746
00:41:32,133 --> 00:41:34,501
Boyo and the Parrot
get the load here first.
747
00:41:34,536 --> 00:41:36,699
I did not blow my first load,
748
00:41:36,734 --> 00:41:41,501
and I'm feeling
pretty good about it.
749
00:41:41,536 --> 00:41:42,601
What?
750
00:41:53,868 --> 00:41:57,567
And just behind Rick,
Lisa's also made it.
751
00:41:57,602 --> 00:42:00,332
The two veteran
ice road truckers
752
00:42:00,367 --> 00:42:06,767
were tested on one of deadliest
roads in the world...
753
00:42:06,802 --> 00:42:09,518
And got the job done.
754
00:42:09,553 --> 00:42:12,199
Looks like they got it.
755
00:42:12,234 --> 00:42:13,917
I just had to do
the driving part.
756
00:42:13,952 --> 00:42:15,601
You heard anything
from Alex or what?
757
00:42:15,636 --> 00:42:17,634
No.
758
00:42:20,634 --> 00:42:22,817
I'm going to the airport.
759
00:42:22,852 --> 00:42:24,965
Well, I've decided to leave
760
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,200
because we had
a pretty stressful day there.
761
00:42:31,267 --> 00:42:35,132
I think
it's the logical thing to do.
762
00:42:35,167 --> 00:42:37,466
It's a lot more relaxed
sitting behind the driver
763
00:42:37,501 --> 00:42:39,968
than it is sitting up there in
the truck going down the road.
764
00:42:40,003 --> 00:42:42,601
He's gonna have to worry
about getting run over
765
00:42:42,636 --> 00:42:44,334
or run into
or runnin' into stuff.
766
00:42:52,133 --> 00:42:54,901
I've got my stories here
that I can take home with me,
767
00:42:54,936 --> 00:42:58,234
and I've survived the day.
768
00:43:02,367 --> 00:43:07,067
At this point, I think
that I need a bit of break.
769
00:43:07,102 --> 00:43:08,532
I guess you could say
770
00:43:08,567 --> 00:43:11,167
India's got the best of me
at this point.
771
00:43:16,701 --> 00:43:17,965
Up in the Himalayas,
772
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,199
with their load
safely delivered,
773
00:43:20,234 --> 00:43:24,567
Lisa and Rick are officially
done with their first run.
774
00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:26,732
Pop the top off a cold beer,
775
00:43:26,767 --> 00:43:30,834
and then that's it for today,
and then back to her tomorrow.
776
00:43:30,869 --> 00:43:33,634
Tomorrow, they'll
push deeper into the mountains
777
00:43:33,669 --> 00:43:36,098
and off the Freefall Freeway
778
00:43:36,133 --> 00:43:39,300
up a narrow set of switchbacks
named "the Ledge"...
779
00:43:39,335 --> 00:43:41,232
That's got to be 3,000 feet.
780
00:43:41,267 --> 00:43:43,367
Where Lisa reaches
her breaking point.
781
00:43:43,402 --> 00:43:44,599
Go, go, go.
782
00:43:44,634 --> 00:43:46,200
- I don't wanna go anywhere.
I'm done.
783
00:43:46,235 --> 00:43:47,732
And a new driver arrives
784
00:43:47,767 --> 00:43:50,117
to take on
the world's deadliest roads.
785
00:43:50,152 --> 00:43:52,467
- Oh, look at this.
A head-on collision.
786
00:43:52,502 --> 00:43:54,232
Mass confusion.
787
00:43:54,267 --> 00:43:55,833
But by the end of the season,
788
00:43:55,868 --> 00:44:00,300
only one trucker will make it
through the final load.
57875
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