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I'M BEAR GRYLLS.
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AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU
WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE
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IN SOME OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH.
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WHOO!
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I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT
THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES
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IN THE SORT OF PLACES
YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY
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WITHOUT THE RIGHT
SURVIVAL SKILLS.
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NOW I'M IN NAMIBIA
ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA --
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ONE OF THE HOTTEST, DRIEST,
EMPTIEST PLACES IN THE WORLD.
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IT ONLY GETS JUST OVER
2 INCHES OF RAIN A YEAR.
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IF YOU DON'T FIND WATER,
YOU'LL DIE.
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EVERY DAY HERE
IS A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.
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IT REALLY STINKS.
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I'M GONNA CONFRONT ONE OF THE
DEADLIEST SNAKES IN THE WORLD
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AND BATTLE WITH AN ANIMAL
THAT'S OUT TO STAB ME.
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I'M FLYING
OVER THE NAMIB DESERT --
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ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MEANEST
IN THE WORLD.
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A ROASTING
31,000-SQUARE-MILE CAULDRON
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WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN REACH
A SCORCHING 120 DEGREES.
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I'M ON THE WAY TO THE START
OF MY CHALLENGE --
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THE INFAMOUS SKELETON COAST.
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THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN
SHIPWRECKED HERE --
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VICTIMS OF
THE POWERFUL CURRENTS,
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TREACHEROUS ROCKS,
AND BLINDING FOG.
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SHIPWRECKED SAILORS
USED TO CALL THIS COAST
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"THE GATES OF HELL."
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AND HUNDREDS OF SHIPS
HAVE BEEN WRECKED
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AND THOUSANDS OF SAILORS HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES ON THIS SHORE.
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THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING --
INTO THOSE GATES OF HELL!
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LIKE ALL THOSE
SHIPWRECKED SAILORS,
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I'M GONNA BE COMING ASHORE
THE HARD WAY.
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I'M FLYING OUTSIDE
THE SHORE BREAK AT 60 FOOT.
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I'M CARRYING A FEW BASIC
SURVIVAL TOOLS,
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AND MY CAMERA CREW'S
COMING WITH ME.
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I'VE GOT TO GET ASHORE
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BEFORE THE CURRENT
SWEEPS ME OUT TO SEA,
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WHERE I COULD EITHER DROWN
OR BE EATEN BY TIGER SHARKS.
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THAT'S QUITE A -- WHAT A PULL!
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THERE'S AN UNDERCURRENT HERE.
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AND I'M JUST USING THIS DAY SACK
TO HELP ME FLOAT.
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AND I'M GONNA NEED IT
WHEN WE GET INTO THESE BREAKERS.
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YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE SEA.
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TO SURVIVE,
SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE,
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STAY CALM, AND ANGLE YOUR WAY
INTO THE BEACH.
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YOU ALL RIGHT?
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THE WAVES ARE
DECEPTIVELY POWERFUL,
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AND THERE ARE VICIOUS CURRENTS.
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[ SIGHS ]
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THAT WAS HARD WORK.
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IF THE SEA DIDN'T KILL
SHIPWRECKED SAILORS,
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THIS BARREN LANDSCAPE DID.
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WHEN YOU'RE SOAKING WET,
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IT'S ALWAYS TEMPTING
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JUST TO STRIP OFF
TO GET YOUR CLOTHES DRY.
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BUT ACTUALLY, IN THIS WIND,
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THEY'RE GONNA DRY QUICKER
ON YOU.
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EVEN WITH THIS CLOUD COVER,
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IT'S PROBABLY OVER 100 DEGREES
OUT HERE.
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AND IF YOU
TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF,
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YOU'RE JUST GONNA
END UP SUNBURNED.
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THE SWEAT ON YOUR SKIN DRIES
IN SECONDS,
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AND YOUR FIRST ENEMY
IS DEHYDRATION.
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THERE'S NOT A DROP
OF FRESHWATER HERE,
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AND IN THIS KIND OF PLACE, YOU
NEED AT LEAST 15 LITERS A DAY
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IF YOU'RE GONNA STAY ALIVE.
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THE SKELETON COAST
IS ONE BIG GRAVEYARD,
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STRETCHING MORE THAN 900 MILES.
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I ONCE HEARD
THAT THE HEADLESS SKELETONS
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OF 12 ADULTS AND ONE CHILD
WERE FOUND HERE.
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THEY HAD LAIN BURIED
IN THE SAND FOR 80 YEARS.
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AND THERE ARE THE REMNANTS
OF MORE THAN 1,000 SHIPS.
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YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE SHIPWRECKS LIKE THIS
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ALL THE WAY ALONG THE COAST.
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AND THE REALITY, YOU KNOW --
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IF YOU WERE A SAILOR
COMING ASHORE HERE,
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YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
ARE BASICALLY ZERO.
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BUT LOOK, YOU CAN TELL THIS IS,
OBVIOUSLY, QUITE A MODERN ONE.
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IT'S GOT AN ENGINE,
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EVEN SOME FISHING NETS HERE,
LOOK.
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AND, YOU KNOW,
SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT INGENUITY.
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AND IF YOU COME ACROSS
THIS SORT OF STUFF --
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EVEN AN OLD BIT OF ROPE
LIKE THAT --
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YOU WANT TO USE IT.
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YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT
MIGHT COME IN HANDY.
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YOU'VE GOT TO SCOUR THE BEACH
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FOR ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP YOU
MAKE IT OUT OF HERE ALIVE.
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SEE, THIS IS THE HIGH-TIDE MARK
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WHERE THE SAND
MEETS ALL OF THESE ROCKS.
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AND THIS IS WHERE ALL THE DEBRIS
IS GONNA GET WASHED UP --
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LITTLE OLD BITS OF TIMBER
LIKE THIS.
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LOOKS LIKE AN OLD --
PROBABLY AN OLD SEAL BONE.
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THERE'S EVEN
AN OLD RUBBISH BAG, LOOK.
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JUST A BIT OF PLASTIC,
BUT IT COULD BE A LIFESAVER.
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BUT WHEN YOU'RE FORAGING,
ALWAYS BE WARY.
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HEY, LOOK HERE.
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THAT'S WHY
YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL --
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LOOK -- WHEN YOU'RE
KICKING THINGS OVER.
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SEE THIS LITTLE FELLA?
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A SCORPION LIKE THIS,
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WITH A LARGE TAIL
AND SMALL PINCERS,
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MEANS TROUBLE.
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ONE STING AND THAT COULD BE
A DEATH SENTENCE.
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I'LL TAKE YOUR STINGER OFF.
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HE'S NOW...EDIBLE.
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GETTING SOMETHING TO DRINK
IS CRUCIAL,
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SO I'M GONNA USE THE SEAL BONE
I FOUND TO MAKE A SOLAR STILL.
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SURVIVING OUT HERE IS REALLY
ALL ABOUT SUN AND WATER --
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STAYING OUT OF ONE
AND FINDING THE OTHER.
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THE PROBLEM IS,
THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER HERE,
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BUT NONE THAT YOU CAN DRINK.
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MY STILL IS
A SURVIVAL TECHNIQUE
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WHICH MIMICS THE WAY
NATURE MAKES RAIN.
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AND WHAT I DO
IS DIG A PIT LIKE THIS
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AND JUST TAKE THIS RUBBISH BAG.
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AND THEN JUST GET SOME PEBBLES
TO WEIGHT IT DOWN WITH.
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NOW I NEED SOME SEAWATER.
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BUT HOWEVER THIRSTY YOU ARE,
NEVER RISK DRINKING IT.
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FOR EVERY SIP YOU HAVE,
YOU'LL JUST WANT MORE.
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SECOND WORLD WAR SURVIVORS
TOLD OF SOLDIERS
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WHO'D GIVEN IN TO TEMPTATION.
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WITHIN TWO HOURS,
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THEY WERE DELIRIOUS
AND FROTHING AT THE MOUTH.
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LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
IS THE NEXT STEP
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AND, ULTIMATELY, DEATH.
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AND, REALLY,
YOU WANT TO FILL THIS UP
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WITH AS MUCH LIQUID...
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AS YOU CAN FIND.
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IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT
ANY SEAWATER TO PUT IN,
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YOU CAN JUST PEE IN IT.
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AND THE IDEA IS,
AS ALL OF THIS HEATS UP,
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THE WATER IN IT -- FROM THE
SALTWATER, FROM THE PEE --
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BEGINS TO EVAPORATE.
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AND THEN AS IT HITS THE PLASTIC,
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IT CONDENSES
AND DRIPS INTO THIS MUG.
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PLACE A STONE IN THE MIDDLE.
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THEN YOU WANT TO SEAL THE EDGES
REALLY TIGHT
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SO NONE OF THAT
EVAPORATING WATER ESCAPES.
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IN STRONG SUN, THE STILL COULD
BE SATURATED WITHIN TWO HOURS,
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AND YOU MIGHT GET JUST UNDER
A LITER OF WATER A DAY.
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BUT THE SEA MIST
COULD THWART ME.
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NOW I WANT TO FIND FOOD,
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AND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE
OF MUSSELS.
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SO, THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY
MASSES OF THEM.
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WELL, AT LEAST I'M NOT
GONNA STARVE TONIGHT.
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I'M GONNA HAVE TO BE QUICK HERE.
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THE TIDE'S COMING BACK IN.
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MUSSELS ARE PACKED
WITH PROTEIN,
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BUT RAW, THEY'RE FULL
OF HARMFUL BACTERIA.
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AND FOOD POISONING OUT HERE
WOULD KILL YOU.
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THERE'S NO WATER
TO KEEP YOU HYDRATED,
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SO YOUR BRAIN, KIDNEYS,
AND HEART WILL PACK IN.
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BUT I CAN'T COOK THEM YET.
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THERE'S ONLY ABOUT
AN HOUR OF DAYLIGHT LEFT,
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SO I MUST SET UP CAMP
FOR THE NIGHT.
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I'M LOSING THE LIGHT
REALLY FAST NOW,
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AND I'M ALSO WET.
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AND IT'S GONNA GET REALLY COLD.
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THE ROCKS
WILL BE LIKE RADIATORS,
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HAVING BAKED IN THE SUN
ALL DAY.
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I JUST NEED TO MAKE A WINDBREAK
OUT OF DRIFTWOOD
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TO PROTECT ME FROM THE CHILL
OF THE NIGHT WINDS.
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ONE LAST THING --
A FIRE FOR WARMTH.
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AT NIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE
CAN DROP BY 60 DEGREES.
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COME ON.
DON'T GO OUT.
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OKAY.
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THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS BEACH
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IS THAT IT'S JUST BEEN MASS
AND MASS OF DRIFTWOOD AROUND.
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BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL BATTLE
GETTING THIS GOING.
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I THOUGHT IT WOULD GO
STRAIGHT UP
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'CAUSE IT'S ALL SO DEAD,
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BUT IT'S ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF
LIKE IMPREGNATED WITH SALTWATER.
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SO THE MOISTURE IN IT
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HAS ACTUALLY MADE IT
QUITE HARD WORK.
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BUT IT'S GOING.
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AND I'M SLOWLY DRYING OUT.
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AND LOOK.
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SEE, I'VE GOT ALL
OF THESE NICE EMBERS
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TO COOK THESE MUSSELS ON.
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OKAY, LET'S HAVE A LOOK
AT THIS FELLA.
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AND THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
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THAT SET ME UP FOR THE NIGHT,
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AND I'M READY FOR SOME
TOUGH CHALLENGES AHEAD.
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NOW, WHEN THE SUN COMES UP,
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I'M GONNA BE HEADING INLAND
INTO THE DESERT.
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IF I'M HONEST,
I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS
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JUST ABOUT
WHAT LIES AHEAD THERE.
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BUT I KNOW THE REAL BATTLE
IS GONNA BE FOR WATER.
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THE BIGGEST KILLER OUT HERE
IS DEHYDRATION.
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IT'S EARLY MORNING,
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AND THE TEMPERATURE'S ALREADY
HEADING TOWARDS THE 100s.
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YOUR BODY COULD LOSE
15 LITERS A DAY.
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HERE ON THE COAST, THERE'S NOT
A DROP OF FRESHWATER.
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I NEED TO SEE
IF MY SOLAR STILL HAS WORKED.
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YOU KNOW, REALLY, I'D BE WANTING
TO SET LOADS OF THESE
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TO GET ENOUGH WATER TO DRINK.
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ALSO, THIS STARTS TO WORK WHEN
IT GETS REALLY HOT IN THE DAY,
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AND THEN THE EVAPORATION
REALLY TAKES PLACE.
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BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET.
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ACTUALLY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
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IT'S NOT A BOTTLEFUL,
BUT IT'S BETTER THAN I IMAGINED.
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IT'S ALMOST
AN INCH OF WATER THERE.
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LET'S SEE WHAT IT TASTES LIKE.
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AMAZING, YOU KNOW?
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YOU GET GOOD FRESHWATER
OUT OF THAT.
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BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ALL DAY
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WAITING FOR THIS TO WORK
AND THIS TO FILL UP MORE.
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I COULD LOSE 2 LITERS OF FLUID
JUST SITTING HERE, WAITING.
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SO I'M GONNA CUT MY LOSSES,
HEAD INLAND,
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AND SEE IF I'LL FIND A PROPER
SUPPLY OF WATER SOMEWHERE.
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I'VE SPOTTED SOMETHING
THAT MIGHT HELP ME.
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LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THE TRACKS
AROUND HERE.
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AND THESE ARE PROBABLY
JACKAL TRACKS.
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YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE MARK
WHERE THE CLAWS GO IN.
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IF IT'S A CAT, IT WILL ALWAYS
RETRACT ITS CLAWS.
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ALSO, JACKALS
WILL MOVE IN PAIRS --
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TWO SETS OF TRACKS.
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RIGHT IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER.
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THAT'S HOW THEY MOVE --
VERY STEALTHILY.
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00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,740
I MUST HAVE SLEPT WELL, 'CAUSE
I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THESE.
220
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ANIMALS MEAN LIFE.
221
00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:56,279
BUT THE JACKALS HERE
HAVE ADAPTED
222
00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:58,648
TO LIVE ON VERY LITTLE WATER.
223
00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:00,083
I CAN'T.
224
00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:02,485
I'M GONNA HEAD INLAND,
GET SOME HEIGHT,
225
00:12:02,588 --> 00:12:06,490
AND SEE IF I CAN FIND ANYWHERE
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A DRINK.
226
00:12:09,195 --> 00:12:13,663
YOU CAN SEE ON THE HORIZON THERE
THE BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN.
227
00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:16,266
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M HEADING.
228
00:12:16,369 --> 00:12:18,135
BUT LOOK, YOU CAN ALSO SEE --
229
00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:21,504
IT LOOKS LIKE RUNNING TO IT
IS LIKE A BAND OF GREEN.
230
00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:23,206
YOU SEE THAT?
231
00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,242
AND THAT PROBABLY MEANS
THERE'S A RIVER THERE.
232
00:12:25,345 --> 00:12:27,944
AND THE RIVER MEANS,
HOPEFULLY, WATER.
233
00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:30,114
SO THAT'S THE ROUTE
I'M GONNA TAKE TO IT.
234
00:12:32,018 --> 00:12:34,084
BUT GETTING
TO THE BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN
235
00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:35,819
MEANS CROSSING OVER 60 MILES
236
00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:38,589
OF THE WORLD'S
MOST TREACHEROUS DESERT.
237
00:12:38,692 --> 00:12:42,292
THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN MAKE IT
WITHOUT FINDING WATER,
238
00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:44,962
SO USE NATURE TO HELP YOU.
239
00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:48,498
SEE ALL THESE
ANIMAL TRACKS HERE?
240
00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:52,769
AND THESE ARE PROBABLY
SPRINGBOK, MAYBE ORYX.
241
00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:55,939
BUT THEY'RE ALL AFTER ONE THING,
AND THAT'S WATER.
242
00:12:56,042 --> 00:12:59,009
BUT LOOK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
SEE HERE -- LOOK, YOU SEE THAT?
243
00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:00,743
SEE WHERE THEY CONVERGE,
244
00:13:00,847 --> 00:13:04,481
COMING TOGETHER,
AND LEADING OFF?
245
00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:08,819
SO THIS IS A DEFINITE SIGN
THAT I'M HEADING THE RIGHT WAY.
246
00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:21,298
WELL, IT'S NOT
THE MISSISSIPPI...
247
00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:23,032
BUT THIS DRY RIVERBED
248
00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:25,636
ACTUALLY WILL HAVE
THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER
249
00:13:25,739 --> 00:13:27,937
RUNNING DEEP UNDERNEATH.
250
00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:32,308
BUT IT'S TOO DEEP FOR ME
TO BE ABLE TO GET TO.
251
00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:34,877
SO I NEED TO KEEP HEADING INLAND
252
00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:38,682
AND TRY AND FIND SOME WAY
TO GET TO THE WATER.
253
00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:48,725
HAVING WATER IS EVERYTHING
OUT HERE.
254
00:13:48,829 --> 00:13:51,294
IF YOU'RE DEHYDRATED
BY AS LITTLE AS 2%,
255
00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:55,131
YOUR PHYSICAL ABILITIES
ARE IMPAIRED BY 20%.
256
00:13:55,234 --> 00:13:57,133
BUT I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING.
257
00:13:57,236 --> 00:13:58,468
IN THIS SITUATION,
258
00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:00,904
YOU NEED TO USE YOUR THIRST
TO MOTIVATE YOU.
259
00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:02,505
STAY STILL,
260
00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:05,708
AND YOU CAN FRY ALIVE
IN THIS SEARING HEAT.
261
00:14:05,812 --> 00:14:07,778
AND KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU.
262
00:14:07,881 --> 00:14:10,914
THE NAMIB DESERT
IS RIDDLED WITH DANGER.
263
00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:16,286
JUST GO EASY, GO EASY.
264
00:14:16,389 --> 00:14:19,156
OKAY, YOU'RE GOOD THERE.
265
00:14:19,259 --> 00:14:21,457
OKAY, IT'S A PUFF ADDER,
266
00:14:21,561 --> 00:14:24,428
AND THESE ARE ONE
OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SNAKES
267
00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:26,462
IN ALL OF AFRICA.
268
00:14:26,565 --> 00:14:29,332
THE REASON THEY'RE DANGEROUS
IS THAT MOST SNAKES,
269
00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:32,402
WHEN YOU APPROACH THEM,
THEY'LL MOVE OUT OF THE WAY.
270
00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:34,404
THESE GUYS -- THEY'RE FAT,
AND THEY'RE LAZY.
271
00:14:34,507 --> 00:14:35,805
THEY'RE REALLY WELL CAMOUFLAGED.
272
00:14:35,909 --> 00:14:38,141
THEY'LL STAY TILL YOU'RE
ALMOST ON TOP OF THEM,
273
00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:39,943
AND THEN THEY'LL STRIKE --
274
00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:42,245
ONE OF THE FASTEST STRIKES
IN THE WORLD.
275
00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:45,248
IT CAN STRIKE
IN LESS THAN A SECOND.
276
00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:49,419
AND THOSE FANGS CARRY ENOUGH
VENOM TO TAKE OUT FIVE MEN.
277
00:14:49,522 --> 00:14:52,956
PUFF ADDERS KILL MORE PEOPLE
THAN ANY OTHER AFRICAN SNAKE,
278
00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:54,824
AND THIS IS A BIG ONE.
279
00:14:54,927 --> 00:14:59,329
ONE BITE, AND YOU'LL EITHER DIE
FROM INSTANT ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
280
00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:02,933
OR GANGRENE AS THE HEMOTOXIN
ROTS YOUR BODY TISSUE.
281
00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:06,002
YOU'VE GOT NO MORE
THAN FOUR DAYS TO GET HELP,
282
00:15:06,105 --> 00:15:09,506
AND THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANCE OF
THAT IF YOU'RE ALONE OUT HERE.
283
00:15:09,609 --> 00:15:11,241
BUT HE'S GONNA BE LUNCH.
284
00:15:21,354 --> 00:15:23,386
THE VENOM IN THE FANGS
285
00:15:23,489 --> 00:15:26,823
REMAINS ACTIVE FOR HOURS,
EVEN DAYS.
286
00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:29,225
YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL
OF THE HEAD,
287
00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:30,827
EVEN AFTER IT'S OFF.
288
00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:33,229
LOOK, YOU CAN SEE
THE FANGS ON THAT,
289
00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:36,132
LIKE LITTLE KIND OF HYPODERMICS.
290
00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:40,836
BUT THEY'RE STILL CAPABLE
OF KILLING YOU, EVEN NOW.
291
00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:43,674
THE SAFEST THING IS TO BURY IT.
292
00:15:46,245 --> 00:15:48,578
BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF MEAT
ON THE BODY.
293
00:15:48,682 --> 00:15:51,981
IT'S 60% PROTEIN,
AND THAT MEANS ENERGY.
294
00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:55,017
[ SIGHS ]
MY HEART'S REALLY RACING.
295
00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,686
BUT, YOU KNOW,
A PUFF ADDER LIKE THIS,
296
00:15:56,790 --> 00:15:58,555
EVEN WITH THE GUTS AND SKIN ON,
297
00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:01,491
YOU CAN EAT HIM
STRAIGHT LIKE THIS.
298
00:16:08,868 --> 00:16:10,767
BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER COOKED.
299
00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:14,905
SO I'M GONNA MAKE
A CLASSIC BUSH OVEN.
300
00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:18,809
BUT FIRST, I'LL NEED TO LIGHT
A FIRE AND LET IT DIE DOWN.
301
00:16:21,447 --> 00:16:24,647
IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE,
PRIMITIVE TECHNIQUE
302
00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,283
FOR COOKING THIS SNAKE.
303
00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:28,084
IF I JUST CLEAR
THESE EMBERS AWAY,
304
00:16:28,188 --> 00:16:31,921
DIG DOWN INTO THE SAND,
MAKE A BIT OF A PIT,
305
00:16:32,024 --> 00:16:37,861
AND THEN JUST GET THE SNAKE
AND, LIKE, JUST COIL IT IN --
306
00:16:37,964 --> 00:16:41,198
YOU KNOW,
GUTS AND EVERYTHING, SKIN.
307
00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:47,203
AND THEN JUST COVER THAT
IN THE HOT SAND.
308
00:16:47,307 --> 00:16:51,107
AND WHAT HAPPENS
IS THAT THE SKIN
309
00:16:51,211 --> 00:16:54,244
PROTECTS THE MEAT OF THE SNAKE.
310
00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:58,982
PUSHING THE EMBERS BACK ON TOP
311
00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:02,652
ENSURES THERE'S A HIGH, STEADY
HEAT TO COOK THE PUFF ADDER.
312
00:17:02,755 --> 00:17:05,756
ABOUT HALF AN HOUR
SHOULD DO IT.
313
00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:12,562
AND THIS SHOULD BE COOKED NOW.
314
00:17:12,665 --> 00:17:14,864
I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR IT JUST
SIZZLING UNDER THE EMBERS HERE.
315
00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:15,965
YOU HEAR THAT?
316
00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:17,834
[ SIZZLING ]
317
00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:30,246
SNAKE A LA NAMIBIA.
318
00:17:30,349 --> 00:17:32,149
LET'S TRY IT.
319
00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:53,903
FOR A SNAKE THAT'S
SO AGGRESSIVE AND LETHAL,
320
00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:57,074
IT DOESN'T HALF TASTE, LIKE,
SWEET AND DELICIOUS.
321
00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:01,411
BUT DON'T EAT TOO MUCH.
322
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,179
IF YOU'RE DEHYDRATED,
323
00:18:03,282 --> 00:18:06,616
DIGESTION BURNS FLUID
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE.
324
00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,287
EAT JUST A LITTLE
AND THEN GET MOVING.
325
00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:19,529
LOOK, YOU SEE,
326
00:18:19,632 --> 00:18:23,099
THERE'S BEEN A REAL SCUFFLE
AND A FIGHT AROUND HERE.
327
00:18:23,202 --> 00:18:26,736
THE VICTIM'S BEEN DRAGGED, LOOK,
THROUGH THE SAND HERE,
328
00:18:26,839 --> 00:18:28,972
DOWN INTO THIS CORNER.
329
00:18:29,075 --> 00:18:31,475
AND THIS IS IT --
A LITTLE SPRINGBOK.
330
00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:35,312
[ GASPS ]
331
00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:37,313
IT REALLY STINKS.
332
00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:40,116
NOW, THIS IS PROBABLY A LEOPARD.
333
00:18:40,219 --> 00:18:42,251
JUST SORT OF PLACE
THEY'D LIKE --
334
00:18:42,354 --> 00:18:44,887
LOTS OF LITTLE
KIND OF CAVES FOR THEM.
335
00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:47,323
THE LEOPARD WOULD GO STRAIGHT
INTO ITS SOFT UNDERBELLY,
336
00:18:47,427 --> 00:18:50,560
DRINK THE BLOOD,
THE SOFT ORGANS.
337
00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:54,130
AND THEN ALL THAT'S LEFT IS
THIS KIND OF ROTTING CARCASS,
338
00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:57,266
BUT THIS IS TOO FAR GONE FOR ME.
339
00:18:57,370 --> 00:18:59,469
WHOA.
THERE'S A LITTLE BEETLE.
340
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:02,038
SEE THAT?
341
00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:06,876
NOT EXACTLY
A NICE BIT OF SPRINGBOK.
342
00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:09,512
BUT THERE'S NOTHING
ON THIS CARCASS FOR ME.
343
00:19:09,615 --> 00:19:12,148
AND REALLY,
I DON'T WANT TO HANG AROUND
344
00:19:12,252 --> 00:19:14,551
IF THERE'S LEOPARD AROUND HERE.
345
00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:16,653
OKAY.
346
00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:21,925
LEOPARDS ARE ONE OF AFRICA'S
STEALTHIEST KILLERS,
347
00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:23,960
AND THEY HAVE ATTACKED PEOPLE.
348
00:19:24,063 --> 00:19:25,962
I'VE GOT TO GET MOVING,
349
00:19:26,065 --> 00:19:29,398
BUT KEEPING MY ENERGY LEVELS UP
IS A REAL BATTLE.
350
00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:32,201
YOU CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT FOOD
FOR 14 DAYS.
351
00:19:32,305 --> 00:19:35,171
BUT COPING WITH THE HUNGER
IS HARD WORK.
352
00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:36,873
BUT IN THIS BARREN DESERT,
353
00:19:36,976 --> 00:19:39,009
THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT CAN HELP YOU.
354
00:19:39,112 --> 00:19:42,379
I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO COULD DO
WITH A BIT OF THIS CACTUS.
355
00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:43,980
IT'S CALLED A HOODIA.
356
00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:46,616
AND IT'S LIKE A NATURAL
APPETITE SUPPRESSANT.
357
00:19:46,719 --> 00:19:50,120
AND BUSHMEN HAVE USED THIS
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
358
00:19:50,223 --> 00:19:53,190
AS A WAY OF KEEPING
THEIR HUNGER AT BAY.
359
00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:56,259
AND WHAT YOU DO, YOU GET IN,
GET SOME OF THIS SAP.
360
00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:01,497
OH, MAN.
361
00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,332
SUPER BITTER.
362
00:20:03,435 --> 00:20:07,170
IT'S LIKE JUST DRINKING...
363
00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:10,173
NEAT MOSQUITO REPELLENT.
364
00:20:13,245 --> 00:20:15,111
BUT, YOU KNOW,
IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION
365
00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:17,580
WHERE YOU'VE GOT
LIMITED AMOUNT OF WATER,
366
00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:20,016
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE
EATING A LOT.
367
00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,018
IT'S JUST GONNA DEHYDRATE YOU
FURTHER.
368
00:20:22,121 --> 00:20:24,454
SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
CAN REALLY HELP YOU.
369
00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:26,289
BUT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT,
370
00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:29,459
WHAT YOU NEED
MORE THAN ANYTHING IS WATER.
371
00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:32,962
BY NOON,
THE TEMPERATURE IS SCORCHING.
372
00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:34,998
IT'S LIKE BEING COOKED ALIVE.
373
00:20:37,936 --> 00:20:42,171
OUT HERE, YOUR SKIN CAN BURN
WITHIN JUST 20 MINUTES.
374
00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:44,941
AND IF YOUR CORE TEMPERATURE
RISES DANGEROUSLY HIGH,
375
00:20:45,044 --> 00:20:47,577
YOU'LL GET HEATSTROKE.
376
00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:51,447
I'VE BEEN OUT
SINCE FIRST LIGHT,
377
00:20:51,551 --> 00:20:54,451
AND I REALLY NEED SOME SHELTER.
378
00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:05,795
REALLY, MAN,
IT'S SEARINGLY HOT OUT THERE.
379
00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:08,364
YOU KNOW,
IT'S PROBABLY OVER 110 DEGREES.
380
00:21:08,467 --> 00:21:10,766
BUT IT'S ALSO
A DANGEROUS SORT OF HEAT.
381
00:21:10,869 --> 00:21:12,935
YOU HAVE THIS WIND,
SO AS SOON AS YOU SWEAT,
382
00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:16,172
IT DRIES IT, AND THEN
YOU JUST DEHYDRATE MORE.
383
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:18,708
SO, REALLY, YOU'VE GOT TO TRY
AND FIND SHADE LIKE THIS
384
00:21:18,811 --> 00:21:23,846
AND JUST TAKE A BIT OF TIME
TO RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES.
385
00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,214
[ SNIFFLES ]
386
00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:27,683
[ SIGHS ]
387
00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:31,120
THIS ISN'T WASTED TIME.
388
00:21:31,224 --> 00:21:33,590
USE IT TO PLAN YOUR NEXT MOVE.
389
00:21:38,998 --> 00:21:41,730
RESTING UP IS CRUCIAL
FOR SURVIVAL.
390
00:21:41,834 --> 00:21:43,933
BUT I SOON WANT TO BE
ON THE MOVE AGAIN
391
00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:45,334
TO FIND WATER.
392
00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:48,037
I'M FOLLOWING
A DRIED-UP RIVERBED,
393
00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:49,972
AND THE SIGNS ARE GETTING GOOD.
394
00:21:50,075 --> 00:21:51,607
THERE ARE SOME PLANTS HERE,
395
00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:53,576
AND THAT CAN ONLY MEAN
ONE THING.
396
00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,513
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS WATER.
397
00:21:57,616 --> 00:21:59,715
THAT'S WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
398
00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:01,784
IT'S LIKE A SPRING.
399
00:22:01,887 --> 00:22:04,353
AND, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS THE LAST THING
400
00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:07,456
YOU'D EXPECT TO FIND OUT HERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.
401
00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:09,525
YEAH, BUT SOMETIMES,
402
00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:12,595
WHEN YOU THINK THINGS ARE
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, THEY ARE.
403
00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:15,765
ALL OF THIS AROUND ME,
ALL OF THIS WHITE, IS SALT.
404
00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:18,701
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS --
405
00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:20,403
UGH!
406
00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:26,275
THAT IS SO SALTY --
MUCH SALTIER THAN SEAWATER.
407
00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:30,213
SO ALL OF THIS IS UNDRINKABLE.
408
00:22:32,618 --> 00:22:34,117
IT COULD BE LETHAL.
409
00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:36,485
AS WATER PERMEATES
THROUGH THE ROCK,
410
00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:38,521
IT BECOMES SALINATED
BY ROCK MINERALS.
411
00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:41,524
AND JUST LIKE SEAWATER,
YOU MUSTN'T DRINK IT.
412
00:22:41,627 --> 00:22:44,694
IT'LL JUST DEHYDRATE YOU
EVEN MORE.
413
00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:48,798
OUT HERE, THIRST WILL BE
YOUR CONSTANT COMPANION.
414
00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:53,235
AND IF YOU'RE THIRSTY,
YOU'RE ALREADY DEHYDRATED.
415
00:22:53,338 --> 00:22:57,073
YOU NEED WATER,
BUT DON'T BE TRICKED BY NATURE.
416
00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:02,244
YOU MIGHT THINK
THIS IS A CACTUS,
417
00:23:02,347 --> 00:23:03,880
BUT YOU'D BE WRONG.
418
00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:08,551
THIS IS ACTUALLY A EUPHORBIA,
AND THESE THINGS ARE DEADLY.
419
00:23:08,654 --> 00:23:11,821
LOOK, IF I GO INTO THE --
420
00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:14,023
SEE ALL OF THAT WHITE, MILKY SAP
COMING OUT?
421
00:23:14,127 --> 00:23:15,724
AND AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB,
422
00:23:15,827 --> 00:23:17,794
ANYTHING WITH A WHITE,
MILKY SAP,
423
00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:21,131
YOU WANT TO KEEP WELL AWAY FROM,
BUT THIS ESPECIALLY.
424
00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:23,733
THIS STUFF LITERALLY
HAS BEEN KNOWN TO KILL PEOPLE.
425
00:23:23,836 --> 00:23:28,171
ONE OF OUR CREW GOT
A TINY LITTLE BIT ON HIS FINGER,
426
00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:29,939
AND A BIT LATER ON,
HE WAS SWEATING,
427
00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:32,475
WENT TO WIPE HIS FOREHEAD,
GOT A LITTLE BIT IN HIS EYE,
428
00:23:32,578 --> 00:23:34,744
AND REALLY ALMOST BLINDED HIM.
429
00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:42,151
EVEN WHEN IT'S DEAD,
EUPHORBIA'S A KILLER.
430
00:23:42,255 --> 00:23:44,454
I'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME TRAVELERS
431
00:23:44,557 --> 00:23:46,755
WHO USED DEAD BRANCHES
TO MAKE A FIRE.
432
00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:50,726
TOXINS SEEPED INTO THE SMOKE,
WHICH POISONED THEIR FOOD,
433
00:23:50,829 --> 00:23:54,797
AND THE NEXT MORNING,
ALL 16 OF THEM WERE DEAD.
434
00:23:55,701 --> 00:23:58,835
BUT THERE IS A PLANT
THAT CAN BE A LIFESAVER.
435
00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:04,139
THIS IS A LITTLE DOLLAR BUSH.
436
00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:05,942
AND THEY'RE CALLED DOLLARS
437
00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:09,011
'CAUSE, LOOK, THESE LEAVES
LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE COINS.
438
00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:10,813
AND SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE
439
00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:13,882
THAT LOOKS SO PARCHED AND DRY,
YOU THINK THERE'S NO WATER.
440
00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:16,151
BUT THERE IS
IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
441
00:24:16,254 --> 00:24:19,856
AND THESE PLANTS ARE ACTUALLY
A REALLY GOOD SOURCE OF FLUID.
442
00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:24,494
AND IT TASTES REALLY BITTER.
443
00:24:24,597 --> 00:24:29,032
YOU WOULD THINK
IT'S NOT DRINKABLE, BUT IT IS.
444
00:24:31,370 --> 00:24:32,969
THIS AREA USUALLY ONLY GETS
445
00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:35,371
ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL
A YEAR,
446
00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:37,974
SO THESE MUD PATCHES
IN THE DRIED-OUT RIVERBED
447
00:24:38,077 --> 00:24:41,010
COULD BE GOOD NEWS.
448
00:24:41,113 --> 00:24:45,248
YOU SEE A LOT MORE SIGNS
OF WATER NOW.
449
00:24:45,351 --> 00:24:48,384
BUT IN MANY WAYS, THERE
SHOULDN'T BE THIS MUCH HERE.
450
00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:50,320
YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE HAD OUT HERE
451
00:24:50,423 --> 00:24:52,955
IS JUST BLUE SKIES
AND THIS BURNING HEAT.
452
00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:54,991
WHAT ALL OF THIS
PROBABLY MEANS, THOUGH,
453
00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:58,661
IS THAT SOMEWHERE INLAND,
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RAIN,
454
00:24:58,764 --> 00:25:00,997
AND PROBABLY A FLASH FLOOD
HAS RUN THROUGH HERE.
455
00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:05,501
NO ONE KNOWS
WHEN A FLASH FLOOD WILL STRIKE.
456
00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:08,003
BUT JUST AN HOUR OF RAIN
IN THE MOUNTAINS
457
00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:10,639
CAN CREATE A TIDAL WAVE
IN THE RIVERBEDS,
458
00:25:10,742 --> 00:25:13,810
SWEEPING AWAY ANYTHING
IN ITS PATH.
459
00:25:14,447 --> 00:25:19,082
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND WATER
IN WHAT WAS ONCE A DUST BOWL.
460
00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:21,484
YOU SEE
ALL OF THESE ANIMAL TRACKS
461
00:25:21,587 --> 00:25:23,953
ALL OVER THE GROUND HERE?
462
00:25:25,124 --> 00:25:26,756
AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
463
00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:29,525
WHERE THEY COME TO DRINK
WHEN THE RIVERS HAVE FLOOD.
464
00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:34,130
YOU CAN SEE -- LOOK --
THE GROUND IS STILL QUITE MOIST.
465
00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:37,066
I RECKON IF I DIG DOWN HERE...
466
00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:41,004
...I MIGHT WELL GET WATER.
467
00:25:46,445 --> 00:25:48,177
[ GRUNTS ]
468
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,547
OKAY.
I'M GETTING TO WATER NOW.
469
00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:56,051
HERE YOU GO.
COME HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
470
00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:59,856
IT'S 18 INCHES UNDERGROUND,
AND IT'S FULL OF DIRT,
471
00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:01,524
BUT I CAN SORT THAT.
472
00:26:01,627 --> 00:26:04,527
OKAY.
I'VE GOT SOME GRASS.
473
00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:09,165
AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS,
474
00:26:09,268 --> 00:26:12,135
I'VE GOT A BIT OF
WHAT THEY CALL BUSHMAN GRASS.
475
00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:14,904
IT'S A TECHNIQUE
USED BY THE SAN BUSHMEN.
476
00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:18,174
THE GRASS WILL FILTER OUT THE
WORST OF THE DIRT AND SEDIMENT.
477
00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:20,009
THE BUSHMAN GRASS IS HOLLOW,
478
00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:23,078
SO I CAN USE IT
TO SUCK UP THE WATER.
479
00:26:23,181 --> 00:26:30,219
YEAH, STILL DIRTY,
BUT IT'S REHYDRATING AND GOOD.
480
00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:38,494
I'M GONNA SET UP CAMP
FOR THE NIGHT.
481
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,262
BUT I NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE
482
00:26:40,365 --> 00:26:43,066
THAT CAN KEEP ME
OUT OF TROUBLE.
483
00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:47,503
I'M ABOUT 30 FOOT UP,
484
00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,406
AND I THINK I'VE FOUND
JUST THE PLACE.
485
00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:54,577
IT'S QUITE A NARROW LEDGE,
486
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,081
BUT I RECKON IF I CAN CLEAR AWAY
A BIT OF THIS SAND
487
00:26:58,184 --> 00:27:00,082
AND DIG A LITTLE BIT
OF A TRENCH --
488
00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:05,254
'CAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE
I'M NOT GONNA FALL OFF THIS.
489
00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:09,091
IT'S NARROW, BUT AT LEAST
IT'S HIGH AND IT'S FLAT --
490
00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:11,761
WELL OUT OF REACH OF FLOODS
AND PREDATORS.
491
00:27:11,864 --> 00:27:14,497
I NEED TO GO AND GET
SOME FIREWOOD.
492
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,233
EASIER COMING UP THAN DOWN.
493
00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:27,843
MY SCAVENGING
BACK ON THE SKELETON COAST
494
00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:29,745
IS GONNA COME IN USEFUL.
495
00:27:29,849 --> 00:27:33,182
I'VE GOT THIS ROPE
THAT I FOUND ON THE BEACH.
496
00:27:33,285 --> 00:27:35,551
I KNEW THIS WOULD COME IN HANDY.
497
00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:39,421
I CAN USE THIS TO WRAP
AROUND THIS BUNDLE OF WOOD
498
00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:41,390
AND HAUL IT UP TO THAT LEDGE.
499
00:27:41,494 --> 00:27:44,527
BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE
LONG ENOUGH LIKE THIS.
500
00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:47,429
BUT IF I JUST UNRAVEL IT,
501
00:27:47,533 --> 00:27:51,200
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT --
MAKE IT REACH.
502
00:27:57,542 --> 00:28:00,376
I NEED TO TRY AND GET THIS WOOD
UP TO MY CAMP
503
00:28:00,479 --> 00:28:03,645
AND GET A FIRE GOING
AS SOON AS I CAN.
504
00:28:04,282 --> 00:28:07,550
'CAUSE THE SUN
IS DISAPPEARING FAST.
505
00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:12,221
OKAY.
LET'S GET A FIRE GOING.
506
00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:21,196
[ SIGHS ]
507
00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:24,033
SOMETIMES THIS CAN BE SO EASY,
508
00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:27,003
AND THEN SOMETIMES
IT CAN BE SO HARD.
509
00:28:27,106 --> 00:28:29,972
AND IT'S ALWAYS HARDEST
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
510
00:28:30,075 --> 00:28:32,108
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TIRED.
511
00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:41,817
DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
512
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,153
I CAN'T REMEMBER IT TAKING
SO LONG.
513
00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:49,291
30 FOOT UP ON A NARROW LEDGE
514
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,828
IS A NERVE-RACKING PLACE
TO SPEND THE NIGHT.
515
00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:57,433
IT'S ABOUT 2:00 A.M.
IN THE MORNING.
516
00:28:57,536 --> 00:28:59,735
I'M JUST FINDING IT HARD TO
SLEEP 'CAUSE I KEEP THINKING
517
00:28:59,838 --> 00:29:02,704
I'M GONNA FALL OUT OF THIS
LITTLE ROCK SHELF I'M ON
518
00:29:02,808 --> 00:29:05,274
ABOUT 30 FOOT ABOVE THIS RIVER.
519
00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:09,511
BUT I'VE COME UP
WITH A REALLY CLEVER SOLUTION.
520
00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:11,813
THAT ROPE I USED TO HAUL
ALL MY LOGS UP,
521
00:29:11,917 --> 00:29:13,482
I JUST TIED IT AROUND MY WAIST.
522
00:29:13,586 --> 00:29:17,019
HOPEFULLY, THAT'S GONNA
STOP ME FALLING OFF.
523
00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:19,589
AND NOW I'LL TRY AND GET
SOME SLEEP.
524
00:29:22,961 --> 00:29:25,160
MORNING, GUYS.
525
00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:30,900
WELL, NOT A BAD NIGHT, IN THE
SENSE THAT I DIDN'T FALL OFF.
526
00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:34,737
MY NEXT CHALLENGE IS TO TACKLE
THE BRANDBERG MOUNTAIN.
527
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,004
BUT BEFORE I HEAD OFF,
528
00:29:36,107 --> 00:29:38,608
I'M GONNA HAVE ONE OF MY
MORE UNUSUAL BREAKFASTS.
529
00:29:38,711 --> 00:29:41,176
YOU GET ANIMALS HERE,
THINGS LIKE THE ROCK DASSIE,
530
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:44,413
WHICH IS LIKE
A KIND OF BIG GUINEA PIG.
531
00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:49,085
AND ALL OF THIS STUFF HERE
IS DASSIE DROPPINGS.
532
00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:52,221
THE BUSHMEN ACTUALLY USED TO
TAKE ALL OF THIS DASSIE POO
533
00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:54,423
AND MAKE TEA.
534
00:29:56,228 --> 00:30:00,128
GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT THIS TEA
IS GONNA TASTE LIKE.
535
00:30:00,231 --> 00:30:02,631
AS EVERY ENGLISHMAN KNOWS,
536
00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:05,735
YOU GOT TO LET
A GOOD CUP OF TEA BREW.
537
00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:09,939
OKAY.
LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY.
538
00:30:15,681 --> 00:30:18,781
APPARENTLY,
IT'S MEANT TO BE DETOXIFYING
539
00:30:18,884 --> 00:30:20,783
AND GOOD FOR THE KIDNEYS.
540
00:30:20,886 --> 00:30:22,284
BUT WORKING ON THE PRINCIPLE
541
00:30:22,387 --> 00:30:25,454
THAT THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR
YOU GENERALLY TASTE PRETTY BAD,
542
00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:28,925
THIS HAS GOT TO BE
VERY, VERY HEALTHY.
543
00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:32,795
UGH.
544
00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:36,765
I WONDER HOW
THEY CAME UP WITH THIS.
545
00:30:37,603 --> 00:30:39,701
BUT AT LEAST I'VE GOT
SOME FLUIDS ON BOARD.
546
00:30:39,804 --> 00:30:41,937
NOW TO TACKLE THE MOUNTAIN.
547
00:30:42,941 --> 00:30:47,643
AND AT OVER 8,500 FEET,
IT'S THE HIGHEST IN NAMIBIA.
548
00:30:51,050 --> 00:30:53,148
IT'S A BIT OF A CLIMB AHEAD,
BUT IT'S AMAZING.
549
00:30:53,251 --> 00:30:54,916
THESE THINGS -- FROM A DISTANCE,
550
00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:57,586
THEY LOOK LIKE KIND OF TINY
LITTLE PEBBLES.
551
00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,288
BUT THEY ARE MASSIVE.
552
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,993
THE BRANDBERG
ROSE THROUGH THE EARTH'S CRUST
553
00:31:05,096 --> 00:31:08,664
SOME 530 MILLION YEARS AGO.
554
00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:13,602
THE HARSH CLIMATE AND BAKING
HEAT HAS SHATTERED THE ROCK,
555
00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,771
CREATING STEEP FIELDS
OF BOULDERS,
556
00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:18,040
SOME AS BIG AS HOUSES.
557
00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:23,412
THEY'RE FLAKY
AND TREACHEROUS TO CLIMB.
558
00:31:24,349 --> 00:31:27,850
MY ONLY WAY UP
IS OVER AND THROUGH THEM.
559
00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,255
THIS PLACE --
560
00:31:33,358 --> 00:31:35,891
IT'S LIKE BEING RIGHT IN THE
KIND OF BOWELS OF THE MOUNTAIN,
561
00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:38,594
AND IT'S ALL JUST BALANCING
ON ITSELF.
562
00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:40,963
A KIND OF PRECARIOUS PLACE
TO BE.
563
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:42,832
LET'S MOVE OUT OF THIS.
564
00:31:47,072 --> 00:31:52,675
THIS SMALL ONE IS
HOLDING UP THIS MASSIVE ONE.
565
00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:55,378
DON'T TOUCH THIS ONE.
566
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:07,290
WELL, YOU CAN SEE
WHERE I'VE BEEN.
567
00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:11,694
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE
WHERE I'M GOING.
568
00:32:11,797 --> 00:32:13,796
THIS FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE
569
00:32:13,899 --> 00:32:18,134
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN,
INTO THE FIRE.
570
00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:29,845
THIS ROCK IS AT LEAST
40 DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE AIR.
571
00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,148
YOUR PAIN THRESHOLD KICKS IN
AT 130.
572
00:32:33,251 --> 00:32:36,885
THIS HAS GOT TO BE
AROUND 150 OR MORE.
573
00:32:36,988 --> 00:32:40,088
IT'S THIS BLACK STUFF, THE BLACK
ROCK, THAT'S REALLY HOT.
574
00:32:40,191 --> 00:32:45,861
IT'S LIKE HOLDING YOUR HAND
ON A HOT, HOT OVEN.
575
00:32:49,534 --> 00:32:53,969
THIS FACE IS PRETTY SHEER,
AND I'M 200 FOOT UP IT.
576
00:32:54,072 --> 00:32:56,005
ONE SLIP COULD BE FATAL.
577
00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:00,710
THE PROBLEM IS -- LOOK --
ALL OF THIS STUFF --
578
00:33:00,813 --> 00:33:03,145
YOU THINK IT'S A HANDHOLD --
WHAM!
579
00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:15,358
I'M OFF THE CLIFF FACE,
AND I'M ON MY WAY TO THE TOP.
580
00:33:16,462 --> 00:33:17,926
FROM HERE, IT FEELS AS THOUGH
581
00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:20,529
ALL NAMIBIA'S
STRETCHED OUT BENEATH ME.
582
00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:25,868
NOW I'M HEADING EAST
TO MEET THE SAN BUSHMEN.
583
00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:30,839
THE SAN ARE HUNTER-GATHERERS
584
00:33:30,942 --> 00:33:33,742
WHO HAVE LIVED IN SOME OF THE
WORLD'S HARSHEST ENVIRONMENTS
585
00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:36,144
FOR OVER 20,000 YEARS.
586
00:33:36,247 --> 00:33:38,247
THEY'RE MASTERS OF SURVIVAL,
587
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,850
AND I WANT TO LEARN
SOME OF THEIR SECRETS.
588
00:33:41,887 --> 00:33:43,051
I'VE SEEN FOR MYSELF
589
00:33:43,155 --> 00:33:45,487
HOW HARD IT CAN BE
TO GET WATER OUT HERE.
590
00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:47,890
BUT THE SAN KNOW
WHERE TO FIND IT,
591
00:33:47,993 --> 00:33:50,458
EVEN WHEN IT HASN'T RAINED
FOR MONTHS.
592
00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:52,428
WHEN THERE'S DROUGHT
AROUND HERE,
593
00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,029
THIS WILL ALWAYS
HAVE WATER IN IT.
594
00:33:54,132 --> 00:33:55,631
IT'S A TUBER.
595
00:33:55,734 --> 00:33:59,101
THERE'S AT LEAST A CUPFUL
OF WATER IN THIS GOA PLANT.
596
00:33:59,204 --> 00:34:01,103
BUT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR,
597
00:34:01,206 --> 00:34:02,972
YOU'D WALK STRAIGHT PAST IT.
598
00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:08,244
SQUEEZE IT.
599
00:34:13,251 --> 00:34:15,451
ALL OF THAT IS GOOD TO DRINK.
600
00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,590
THE KNOWLEDGE
OF WHICH PLANTS WILL KILL YOU
601
00:34:22,694 --> 00:34:24,092
AND WHICH WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE
602
00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:27,163
HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
603
00:34:31,136 --> 00:34:34,069
WHEN IT DOES RAIN,
ANY DROP THAT HASN'T EVAPORATED
604
00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:37,640
ON THIS MARULA TREE
WON'T ESCAPE THE SAN.
605
00:34:39,477 --> 00:34:43,746
JUST BY TAPPING THE TRUNK,
THEY DETECT WHERE IT MIGHT BE.
606
00:34:43,849 --> 00:34:47,516
AND THEY'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOME
BUSHMAN GRASS TO DRINK IT WITH.
607
00:34:55,660 --> 00:34:59,061
THERE'S WATER JUST TRAPPED IN
THE HOLLOW OF THE TREE UP THERE.
608
00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:02,264
THAT'S GREAT.
HE'S DRINKING IT STRAIGHT OUT.
609
00:35:03,468 --> 00:35:04,500
GOOD?
610
00:35:12,543 --> 00:35:14,477
HERE.
PASS THAT CAMERA.
611
00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:19,815
IF I JUST SCOOP
THIS STUFF OUT...
612
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,291
THAT'S FRESHWATER.
613
00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:33,729
IF FINDING WATER IS TOUGH,
614
00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:36,132
FINDING FOOD
CAN BE EVEN TOUGHER.
615
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,005
I'M GOING HUNTING
WITH THE SAN BUSHMEN.
616
00:35:44,108 --> 00:35:45,874
THESE GUYS KNOW
THE TRACK AND TRAIL
617
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:47,942
OF EVERY ANIMAL
THAT LIVES HERE.
618
00:35:48,045 --> 00:35:51,046
AND THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR
THAT THEY'RE AFTER TODAY.
619
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:53,582
THEY'VE TRACKED DOWN
A HUGE PORCUPINE,
620
00:35:53,685 --> 00:35:57,620
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO
DIG IT OUT FROM ITS BURROW.
621
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:05,827
THESE GUYS HAVE PULLED OUT
THEIR HEAVY MACHINERY
622
00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:10,432
TO TRY AND GET THIS PORCUPINE
THAT'S SOMEWHERE UNDER HERE.
623
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:14,336
AND THEY'RE QUITE BIG,
THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW.
624
00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:17,673
PORCUPINES HAVE BEEN KNOWN
TO KILL LIONS.
625
00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:19,675
THEY CAN GROW
UP TO THREE FOOT LONG.
626
00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:22,244
THEY'VE GOT AN ARMORY
OF QUILLS AND SPINES
627
00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:23,712
THAT ARE A FOOT OR MORE
IN LENGTH,
628
00:36:23,815 --> 00:36:25,613
BRISTLING
WITH HARMFUL BACTERIA.
629
00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:28,283
AND TO THE SAN,
THEY'RE A DELICACY.
630
00:36:28,386 --> 00:36:30,352
SO IF I HIT HIM,
HE'LL PROBABLY RUN OUT
631
00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:32,687
AND TRY AND SPIKE ME
WITH THESE?
632
00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:36,291
OKAY. WELL, IF YOU
HEAR ME SHOUT, PULL ME OUT.
633
00:36:36,394 --> 00:36:37,893
I WILL TRY TO
PROTECT YOU THEN.
634
00:36:37,996 --> 00:36:39,962
OKAY.
JUST JUMP IN AS WELL.
635
00:36:42,333 --> 00:36:46,335
ARMED WITH A CAMERA
AND A TORCH, I INCH MY WAY IN.
636
00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:51,606
PORCUPINE BURROWS
CAN BE 60 FOOT LONG
637
00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:53,976
AND DEEP UNDERGROUND.
638
00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,346
IT'S AMAZING.
639
00:36:57,449 --> 00:37:01,584
THERE'S JUST LOADS OF BATS STUCK
TO THE ROOF OF THIS TUNNEL.
640
00:37:03,622 --> 00:37:06,955
THERE'S A LOT OF DIGGING TO DO.
IT'S A BIG TUNNEL DOWN THERE.
641
00:37:07,059 --> 00:37:09,291
I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S, LIKE, BIG.
642
00:37:10,929 --> 00:37:14,930
IT'S TAKEN EIGHT HOURS
TO DIG THIS DEEP --
643
00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:17,933
A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT
TO CATCH JUST ONE MEAL.
644
00:37:18,036 --> 00:37:21,870
BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF LIFE
AS A HUNTER-GATHERER.
645
00:37:21,973 --> 00:37:23,538
WHOA!
646
00:37:23,641 --> 00:37:25,673
[ MEN SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
647
00:37:25,776 --> 00:37:27,543
GET HIM, GET HIM, GET HIM!
648
00:37:31,116 --> 00:37:32,580
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
649
00:37:32,683 --> 00:37:33,782
OKAY.
Man: YES.
650
00:37:33,885 --> 00:37:35,884
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE HIM.
651
00:37:35,987 --> 00:37:38,320
[ GROWLING IN DISTANCE ]
652
00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:43,792
WE'VE YET TO SEE
HOW BIG HE ACTUALLY IS.
653
00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,693
BUT ONE THING I DO KNOW
654
00:37:45,797 --> 00:37:48,196
IS THAT A CORNERED ANIMAL
IS DANGEROUS.
655
00:37:48,299 --> 00:37:49,397
[ GROWLING ]
656
00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:51,500
ESPECIALLY ONE WITH SPIKES.
657
00:37:52,571 --> 00:37:54,803
Man: IT'S OKAY.
YOU ARE STILL GOING?
658
00:37:54,906 --> 00:37:57,539
TELL YOU,
IT'S QUITE CREEPY DOWN THERE.
659
00:37:58,309 --> 00:38:01,343
YOU CAN JUST HEAR THIS THING.
[ IMITATES PORCUPINE GROWLING ]
660
00:38:01,446 --> 00:38:03,745
RIGHT DOWN THE END
OF THIS TUNNEL.
661
00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:06,448
AND WITH THIS...
662
00:38:06,551 --> 00:38:08,684
YOU CAN REALLY FEEL HIM.
663
00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:11,286
[ PORCUPINE GROWLING ]
664
00:38:11,390 --> 00:38:14,623
DO YOU HEAR THAT?
HE'S GOT ALL HIS THINGS OUT.
665
00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:18,193
THE PORCUPINE IS READY TO FIGHT
TO THE DEATH.
666
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,195
HIS TAIL SPINES ARE UP,
667
00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:22,398
AND THEY'RE RATTLING
AS A WARNING.
668
00:38:22,501 --> 00:38:25,867
BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'VE GOT TO
GET HIM OUT IN THE OPEN.
669
00:38:25,971 --> 00:38:27,702
PULL IT OUT.
670
00:38:27,805 --> 00:38:29,938
YOU WANT ME TO REACH IN --
671
00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:32,007
SO YOU WANT ME TO REACH
IN THERE,
672
00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:33,708
PULL THIS THING OUT
BY ITS LEGS?
673
00:38:33,811 --> 00:38:35,844
YES.
674
00:38:35,947 --> 00:38:39,915
YOU'VE GOT TO BE -- LISTEN.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE HAVING A LAUGH.
675
00:38:40,018 --> 00:38:42,151
I'D NO SOONER DO BATTLE
676
00:38:42,254 --> 00:38:44,486
WITH THAT BLOOMING,
GREAT BIG PORCUPINE
677
00:38:44,589 --> 00:38:46,889
WITH THOSE QUILLS
IN THIS TIGHT TUNNEL...
678
00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:50,459
OKAY. WELL, I'LL GIVE IT A GO.
WE'LL SEE.
679
00:39:01,306 --> 00:39:02,904
CAN THEY RUN VERY FAST?
680
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:03,972
NO.
681
00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:07,342
HEY, LOOK.
COME DOWN WITH ME.
682
00:39:07,445 --> 00:39:09,544
LET'S HAVE THAT TORCH,
'CAUSE THE TORCH --
683
00:39:09,647 --> 00:39:13,916
IT'S NICE TO KNOW
WHEN CERTAIN DEATH IS COMING.
684
00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:17,453
[ PORCUPINE GROWLING ]
685
00:39:19,057 --> 00:39:21,256
OH, PLEASE.
686
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:22,925
HE'S AS SCARED AS I AM
OF THIS THING
687
00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:26,962
SPRINTING OUT OF THIS HOLE
WITH THOSE SPIKES WAVING.
688
00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:29,031
[ GROWLING ]
689
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,039
I'VE GOT IT.
690
00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:40,142
UGH!
691
00:39:44,015 --> 00:39:46,881
WE GOT SOME OF HIS SPIKES,
ANYWAY.
692
00:39:46,985 --> 00:39:48,884
BUT IT'S TIME TO FINISH THIS.
693
00:39:48,987 --> 00:39:51,419
AND IT'S LEFT TO ME TO GET
THIS THING OUT OF ITS HOLE
694
00:39:51,522 --> 00:39:53,188
AND KILLED.
695
00:40:04,535 --> 00:40:06,402
[ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ]
696
00:40:11,810 --> 00:40:13,641
IT'S BRUTAL, BUT FOR THE SAN,
697
00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:16,978
WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVAL,
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR SENTIMENT.
698
00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:19,948
IF THEY DON'T KILL,
THEY DON'T EAT.
699
00:40:36,568 --> 00:40:38,200
SPENDING TIME WITH THE SAN
700
00:40:38,303 --> 00:40:40,435
AND LEARNING
SOME OF THEIR SURVIVAL SECRETS
701
00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:42,905
HAS BEEN A HUGE PRIVILEGE.
702
00:40:46,711 --> 00:40:50,745
NAMIBIA IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN IN.
703
00:40:50,848 --> 00:40:54,315
AND THE QUEST FOR WATER
CAN TEST YOU TO YOUR LIMITS,
704
00:40:54,418 --> 00:40:55,884
BUT IT'S BEEN AN EXPERIENCE
705
00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:59,788
THAT WILL REMAIN WITH ME
FOREVER.
53019
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