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I'M BEAR GRYLLS,
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AND I'M GONNA SEEK OUT SOME
OF THE MOST EXTREME CHALLENGES
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IN THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCATIONS
ON EARTH,
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WHERE HAVING
THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS
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CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
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WHOO!
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I'VE COME
TO THE SAHARA DESERT,
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ONE OF THE HOTTEST AND
DEADLIEST PLACES ON THE PLANET.
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THAT IS JUST HUGE!
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3.5 MILLION SQUARE MILES
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OF BURNING SAND
THE SIZE OF THE U.S.
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EVERY YEAR PEOPLE DIE
TRYING TO CROSS IT,
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SCORCHED BY THE HIGHEST
RECORDED TEMPERATURES
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IN THE WORLD.
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'CAUSE THIS SAND IS BURNING HOT!
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BEING STRANDED HERE
IS LIKE BEING COOKED ALIVE.
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WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE.
THIS HEAT IS JUST KILLING.
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IT'S GOING TO BE
MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET.
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IN ONE OF THE MOST
INHOSPITABLE PLACES ON EARTH...
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THIS PLACE IS RELENTLESS.
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ONLY THE TOUGHEST
CAN SURVIVE.
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I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU
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THE EXTREME LENGTHS
YOU NEED TO GO TO,
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TO STAY ALIVE IN THE DEATHTRAP
THAT IS THE SAHARA.
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I'M IN MOROCCO IN NORTH AFRICA,
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FLYING INTO THE SAHARA DESERT
FROM THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS.
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IT'S ENORMOUS.
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A QUARTER
OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
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AND SPRAWLING
ACROSS 11 COUNTRIES.
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IT'S A HARSH, ARID WILDERNESS
THAT CAN COOK YOU AND KILL YOU
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IF YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
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THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF HERE.
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JUST STAYING ALIVE
IS YOUR ONLY HOPE.
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IF YOU GET LOST OUT HERE,
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THE TWO MOST LIKELY THINGS
TO KILL YOU
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ARE DEHYDRATION AND HEAT STROKE,
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AND BOTH OF THOSE CAN COME ON
IN A MATTER OF HOURS.
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THE CHOPPER'S HOVERING
AT 8,000 FEET,
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AND IT'S TIME TO GO.
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I'VE GOT A FEW
BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS
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AND MY CAMERA CREW
COMING WITH ME.
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THIS MUST BE
THE HOTTEST DESERT
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I HAVE EVER BEEN IN.
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YOU KNOW,
SUMMERTIME IN THE SAHARA
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IS OVER 130 DEGREES HEAT.
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YOU KNOW, JUST TOUCHING --
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TOUCHING THAT SAND,
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YOU CAN ALMOST
NOT HOLD YOUR HAND DOWN
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LONGER THAN A FEW SECONDS.
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THE ONLY ESCAPE FROM HERE
IS THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS,
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HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY.
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BUT IN THIS FURNACE
OF A DESERT,
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YOU'D NEVER GET THAT FAR.
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YOU'VE JUST GOT TO STAY ALIVE
UNTIL YOU'RE FOUND.
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YOU NEED TO KEEP A COOL HEAD,
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SO I'M GOING TO
MAKE AN ARAB-STYLE HEADDRESS
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OUT OF MY T-SHIRT.
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IN THIS HEAT,
YOUR BRAIN WOULD SIZZLE
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AND YOUR BODY WOULD SHUT DOWN.
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BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, YOU'D
BE A SNACK FOR THE VULTURES.
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THE LAST THING I CAN DO
JUST TO HELP KEEP ME COOL
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IS JUST TO THEN
PEE ON THIS T-SHIRT.
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IT'S NOT VERY NICE,
BUT IT WILL HELP KEEP ME COOL.
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THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE ACTUALLY
DONE BEFORE IN THE DESERT.
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BUT REALLY ANYTHING YOU CAN DO
IN THIS SORT OF HEAT
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TO KEEP YOUR HEAD COOL
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IS GOING TO PROLONG HOW LONG
YOU CAN SURVIVE OUT HERE.
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IF YOU WRAP THIS
AROUND YOUR HEAD,
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IT WILL BUY YOU
A FEW EXTRA HOURS
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IN HEAT THAT FEELS LIKE
YOU'RE BEING SLOW ROASTED.
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AND, BELIEVE ME, IT WORKS.
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I'VE HEARD
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY
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OF A MOTHER WHO SAVED HER
KIDS' LIVES IN THE DESERT
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BY COVERING THEIR HEADS
WITH CLOTHING SOAKED IN PEE.
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ZIP UP, READY TO GO.
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TO SURVIVE OUT HERE,
YOU NEED FOOD
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BUT, ABOVE ALL, WATER.
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THAT'S NOT EASY
IN THIS BARREN WILDERNESS
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WHICH GETS JUST
3 INCHES OF RAIN A YEAR.
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ONLY THE HARDIEST CREATURES
CAN LIVE HERE,
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AND YOU'VE GOT TO
GRAB WHAT YOU CAN.
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CHECK OUT THIS LITTLE GUY!
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OH!
YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR HIM.
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THIS IS A LITTLE CAMEL SPIDER.
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AND I'M TRYING TO
GET HIM TO BE STILL.
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THERE YOU GO.
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THESE ARE LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN
A SCORPION AND A SPIDER.
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THEY CAN GROW ACTUALLY
UP TO ABOUT 6 INCHES LONG.
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THEY'RE PRETTY
AGGRESSIVE BRUTES,
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AND SOLDIERS IN THE DESERT
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ARE KNOWN TO BE
QUITE AFRAID OF THESE.
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YOU SEE WHAT HE'S CHASING?
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IT LOOKS LIKE
HE'S CHASING ME,
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BUT IT'S MY SHADOW HE'S AFTER.
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EVEN HE WANTS TO
ESCAPE THE BURNING SUN.
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AND THESE GUYS
CAN MOVE PRETTY FAST,
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ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
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AND THAT'S FASTER
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THAN I CAN WALK UPHILL
IN THE SAND DUNE.
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OKAY. HERE WE GO.
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HE'S EDIBLE,
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AND HE DOESN'T LOOK VERY NICE.
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BUT THE DANGEROUS BIT OF HIM --
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT,
BUT IT'S HOLDING DOWN THERE --
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ARE THOSE PINCERS.
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THAT CAN GIVE A NASTY NIP.
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HE'S JUST TRYING TO --
HE'S TRYING TO EVEN BITE THIS.
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BUT THE REST OF HIM,
IF I CAN GET RID OF THAT,
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IS EDIBLE.
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COME HERE.
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AND THAT WAS THE NASTY BIT,
HIS FRONT LEGS AND THE PINCERS,
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AND THEN ALL OF THIS...
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[ BLOWS ]
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...IS EDIBLE.
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AND ACTUALLY --
GOD, LOOK AT THAT.
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THAT'S JUST SOFT GOO.
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AND GOD KNOWS
WHAT'S INSIDE THAT.
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I'M NOT PARTICULARLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO EATING THIS ONE,
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BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD BIT
OF PROTEIN AND ENERGY.
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OHH.
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LIKE AN EXPLOSION OF PUS
IN MY MOUTH.
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PRETTY GROSS,
BUT IT WILL KEEP YOU GOING,
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AND BECAUSE HE'S JUST A MORSEL,
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HE'S MORE OF A LIFESAVER
THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
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EAT LITTLE AND OFTEN,
AND YOU'LL BE FINE.
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EAT TOO MUCH, AND YOUR
DIGESTION BURNS UP WATER,
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MAKING YOU EVEN MORE VULNERABLE
TO DEHYDRATION.
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IT CAN COME ON IN JUST HOURS,
AND IT'S A KILLER.
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I'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT A LITER
OF WATER IN THIS BOTTLE.
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BUT REALLY IN THIS HEAT,
I NEED TO BE DRINKING
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A MINIMUM OF A LITER
OF WATER EVERY HOUR.
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BUT ONE WAY I CAN MAKE
THIS WATER LAST LONGER
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IS JUST TO KEEP IT IN MY MOUTH,
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AND THEREFORE KEEP MY MOUTH
AND MY THROAT MOIST.
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IT'S A SIMPLE SURVIVAL TRICK
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BUT ONE THAT WILL
BUY YOU A FEW EXTRA HOURS,
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WHICH IS CRUCIAL IF YOU'RE
GONNA STAY ALIVE OUT HERE.
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YOU CAN LAST FOR
UP TO THREE WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD,
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BUT WITHOUT WATER
IN THE DESERT,
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YOU'LL BE LUCKY
TO LIVE BEYOND 24 HOURS.
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IT'S VITAL TO FIND
A SOURCE OF FRESH WATER.
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YOU HAVE TO GET
AS HIGH AS YOU CAN
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TO SPOT ANY CLUES
OF WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND SOME.
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IT'S JUST...
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HORRIBLE TO CLIMB.
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[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
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IT'S LIKE TRYING TO CLIMB
A MOUNTAIN OF TREACLE.
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YOU KNOW,
YOU TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD,
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AND THEN YOU SLIDE BACK TWO.
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AHH.
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[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
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YOU SEE THAT ON THE HORIZON?
IT LOOKS LIKE SOME TREETOPS.
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SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO GO.
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YOU NEED TO BE QUICK
BEFORE THE WIND PICKS UP.
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IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE,
THIS HARSH HEAT
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CAN TURN INTO A VICIOUS,
BLINDING SANDSTORM.
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THERE ARE TWO WAYS DOWN THIS.
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THERE'S A SLOW, PLODDING WAY
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE FOREVER,
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OR THERE'S A FAST WAY.
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WHEN IT'S THIS WINDY UP HERE,
I JUST WANT TO BE DOWN.
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LEAN BACK AND TAKE BIG STRIDES.
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WELL, THAT TOOK ABOUT
45 MINUTES TO CLIMB UP,
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DOWN IN ABOUT 5 SECONDS.
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GOOD. ON MY WAY.
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THE SAHARAN WINDS
SCULPT THE SAND DUNES
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INTO THEIR DISTINCTIVE SHAPES,
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AND YOU CAN USE THEM TO WORK
OUT WHICH DIRECTION TO HEAD IN.
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WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT
THE PREVAILING WIND
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COMES FROM THE NORTHEAST,
FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN,
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AND IT BLOWS THE WINDWARD SIDE
OF ALL OF THESE DUNES
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INTO LONG, SHALLOW SLOPES.
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AND THEN ON THE LEEWARD SIDE,
IT'S SHORTER, SHARPER, STEEPER.
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SO I CAN TELL
NORTHEAST IS OVER THERE,
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WHICH MEANS
NORTHWEST IS THAT WAY.
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THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU TRAVEL
TOWARDS THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS.
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BUT DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO WALK THAT FAR.
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YOU NEED TO FIND WAYS
OF JUST STAYING ALIVE
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AND HOPE THAT
SOMEONE RESCUES YOU.
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IN QUITE A PRECARIOUS POSITION
UP HERE.
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Grylls: I'M IN THE SAHARA DESERT
IN NORTH AFRICA.
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YOUR CHANCES OF WALKING
OUT OF HERE ARE SLIM.
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THE BATTLE
IS JUST TO STAY ALIVE,
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AND IF YOU REACH
ONE OF THESE PALM TREES,
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IT COULD BE A LIFESAVER.
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FOOD, WATER,
AND ABOVE ALL, SHELTER.
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ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST ENEMIES
IN THE DESERT
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COULD BE HEAT STROKE,
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AND IT CAN COME ON SO FAST --
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LITERALLY IN LIKE
JUST OVER AN HOUR.
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AND I'VE SEEN
SOLDIERS GET IT BEFORE,
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AND THEY'RE JUST
COMPLETELY INCAPACITATED.
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BUT THE FIRST SIGNS OF IT,
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ARE HAVING A HEADACHE
AND JUST BEING REALLY FATIGUED.
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AND IF YOU DON'T FIND YOURSELF
A SHADY SPOT SOON,
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THAT'S GOING TO GET WORSE,
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YOU'RE GONNA STOP SWEATING
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AS YOUR BODY
TRIES TO CONSERVE FLUIDS,
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AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET DIZZY.
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AND IF YOU DON'T GET TREATMENT,
YOU CAN DIE.
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AND ALREADY WE'VE HAD ONE
OF OUR CREW GET HEAT STROKE.
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HE'S HAD TO BE EVACUATED.
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AND REALLY, THIS DESERT
IS PROVING, IN MANY WAYS,
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ONE OF MY
TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS YET.
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IN THIS SORT OF HEAT,
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YOU CAN LOSE NEARLY
A LITER OF WATER AN HOUR,
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AND YOU WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE.
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IF YOU DON'T DRINK,
YOU WON'T HAVE A HOPE.
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YOU NEED WATER WHENEVER
AND WHEREVER YOU CAN GET IT.
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I KIND OF THOUGHT
FROM A DISTANCE
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THAT MAYBE THERE'D BE AN OASIS
OR SOMETHING HERE.
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BUT THERE'S NOT.
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BUT THE MOROCCANS DO SAY
ABOUT THESE DATE PALMS,
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THAT THEY HAVE
THEIR HEADS IN FIRE
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AND THEIR FEET OFTEN IN WATER.
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SO I DON'T KNOW
IF IT MIGHT BE WORTH
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TRYING TO DIG DOWN A BIT HERE.
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THE ONLY RISK OF DOING THIS
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IS YOU END UP JUST SWEATING MORE
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AND LOSING MORE VALUABLE FLUIDS.
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LOOK, IT'S JUST
ALL BONE-DRY DOWN HERE.
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BUT NEVER GIVE UP.
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BONE-DRY.
223
00:11:50,810 --> 00:11:53,476
JUST A DROP OF WATER
IS BETTER THAN NOTHING,
224
00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:56,780
AND AN OLD ARMY TECHNIQUE I
USED MIGHT DO THE TRICK --
225
00:11:56,883 --> 00:11:58,215
A DEW TRAP.
226
00:11:58,318 --> 00:12:00,617
SCRAPE A HOLE
ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET DEEP
227
00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,886
AND LINE IT
WITH A FEW PALM LEAVES.
228
00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:07,190
THE NEXT THING I'LL DO IS,
PUT ROCKS IN ON TOP OF THESE.
229
00:12:07,293 --> 00:12:11,728
AND IT'S THESE THAT ARE GONNA
ACTUALLY COLLECT THE MOISTURE.
230
00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:16,499
AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS AS THESE
ROCKS COOL DOWN OVERNIGHT
231
00:12:16,602 --> 00:12:18,836
AND THEN THE SUN COMES UP,
232
00:12:18,939 --> 00:12:22,906
YOU GET A CONTRAST BETWEEN
HEAT OUTSIDE AND THE COOL ROCKS,
233
00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:24,708
AND THAT CAUSES CONDENSATION.
234
00:12:24,811 --> 00:12:27,578
TO FINISH THE TRAP,
ADD MORE LEAVES ON TOP.
235
00:12:27,681 --> 00:12:30,547
WHAT LITTLE WATER
THERE IS IN THE PARCHED AIR
236
00:12:30,650 --> 00:12:32,115
WON'T EVAPORATE,
237
00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:35,285
AND OVERNIGHT THE STONES SHOULD
COLLECT A FEW PRECIOUS DROPS.
238
00:12:35,388 --> 00:12:36,786
THAT SHOULD DO.
239
00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:38,388
ROCKS ARE DANGEROUS, THOUGH.
240
00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:42,860
THEY'RE GREAT HIDING PLACES
FOR DEADLY SCORPIONS.
241
00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:46,563
AH. HERE'S ONE.
242
00:12:46,666 --> 00:12:49,566
THIS IS ACTUALLY
A FATTAIL SCORPION,
243
00:12:49,669 --> 00:12:53,403
AND THESE ARE ONE OF
THE MOST POISONOUS SCORPIONS
244
00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:55,705
IN THE WORLD.
245
00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:57,240
LOOK AT THIS.
IF I PUT THAT THERE --
246
00:12:57,343 --> 00:12:59,009
IT'S TRYING TO STRIKE AT IT.
247
00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:02,278
AND ACTUALLY THIS HAS
ENOUGH VENOM TO KILL A MAN.
248
00:13:02,382 --> 00:13:04,681
IF I WAS STUNG
BY ONE OF THESE SCORPIONS
249
00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:06,182
AND I DIDN'T GET ANY HELP,
250
00:13:06,285 --> 00:13:09,052
I COULD BE DEAD
WITHIN SIX HOURS.
251
00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:11,622
THE VENOM ATTACKS
YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM,
252
00:13:11,725 --> 00:13:14,958
WHICH MEANS CONVULSIONS
AND ULTIMATELY HEART FAILURE.
253
00:13:15,061 --> 00:13:17,894
AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE
DIE EVERY YEAR IN MOROCCO
254
00:13:17,997 --> 00:13:20,963
FROM SCORPION STINGS.
255
00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:23,367
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT THESE.
256
00:13:23,470 --> 00:13:25,536
EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE SUPER, SUPER DEADLY,
257
00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:27,070
YOU CAN EAT THEM.
258
00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:30,274
BUT THE FIRST BIT
I WANT TO GET RID OF...
259
00:13:30,377 --> 00:13:32,375
IS HIS STINGER.
260
00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:35,345
AND LOOK.
STRIKE, STRIKE, STRIKE.
261
00:13:37,183 --> 00:13:41,951
I'LL HOLD HIM DOWN,
TAKE HIS HEAD OFF,
262
00:13:42,054 --> 00:13:44,855
AND THEN YOU CAN EAT THIS BIT.
263
00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:58,335
[ SPITS ]
GOD.
264
00:13:58,438 --> 00:14:00,737
PEOPLE OFTEN THINK
IF YOU GET BITTEN BY A SCORPION
265
00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:01,638
OR A SNAKEBITE,
266
00:14:01,741 --> 00:14:03,273
THAT YOU SHOULD CUT THE WOUND
267
00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:05,509
AND THEN TRY
AND SUCK THE POISON OUT.
268
00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:08,611
BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE
OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO.
269
00:14:08,714 --> 00:14:11,047
WHAT IT DOES IS THEN CREATE
AN OPEN WOUND
270
00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:12,515
FOR THE VENOM TO GO INTO.
271
00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:15,785
NOW, YOU'RE MUCH BETTER OFF
JUST STAYING CALM IN THE SHADE,
272
00:14:15,888 --> 00:14:18,054
KEEP THE WOUND CLEAN,
AND IF POSSIBLE,
273
00:14:18,157 --> 00:14:21,124
TRY AND APPLY A LITTLE BIT
OF PRESSURE ABOVE THE WOUND
274
00:14:21,227 --> 00:14:24,428
TO SLOW THE RELEASE OF THE VENOM
TOWARDS YOUR VITAL ORGANS.
275
00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:26,830
AH, BUT THE NOMADS
HAVE A REALLY GOOD WAY
276
00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,931
OF GETTING RID
OF SCORPION STINGS.
277
00:14:29,035 --> 00:14:31,501
AND WHAT THEY'LL DO,
THEY'LL TAKE THE WOUND,
278
00:14:31,604 --> 00:14:34,504
AND THEY'LL PUT IT INSIDE
THE STOMACH OF A DYING DOG,
279
00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:36,573
AND THEN THE ACID
FROM THE STOMACH
280
00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:39,009
WOULD DRAW OUT THE ALKALI
FROM THE STING.
281
00:14:39,112 --> 00:14:41,478
COOL WAY OF DOING IT.
282
00:14:41,581 --> 00:14:45,248
I SPOTTED SOME DATES
IN THE TOP OF THIS PALM TREE,
283
00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:46,649
RIGHT OVERTOP.
284
00:14:46,752 --> 00:14:49,819
AND THOSE WOULD BE
REALLY GOOD ENERGY,
285
00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:52,255
IF I CAN JUST GET TO THEM.
286
00:14:52,358 --> 00:14:53,956
HEY, LET ME GRAB THAT CAMERA.
287
00:14:54,059 --> 00:14:56,426
IF YOU'VE GONE HOURS
WITHOUT FLUIDS,
288
00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:58,929
YOU'VE GOT TO GET
SOMETHING TO REPLACE THEM FAST.
289
00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:01,832
THERE ARE DATES
AT THE TOP OF THIS PALM TREE
290
00:15:01,935 --> 00:15:03,499
WHICH SHOULD DO THE TRICK.
291
00:15:03,602 --> 00:15:05,469
HOPEFULLY I'LL GET
MYSELF SOME SUPPER.
292
00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:09,072
IT'S ABOUT 30 FOOT TALL,
BUT I RECKON I CAN SHIM UP IT.
293
00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:12,708
BUT WATCH OUT FOR LOOSE BARK.
IT CAN CUT YOU TO RIBBONS.
294
00:15:12,811 --> 00:15:15,612
LOOK -- THIS IS THE STUFF.
295
00:15:15,715 --> 00:15:18,948
YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR FEET
PRESSED INTO IT LIKE THAT
296
00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:21,184
AND NOT PUT ALL YOUR WEIGHT
ON ONE OF THEM.
297
00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:25,855
IT'S HARD WORK ON THE ARMS.
298
00:15:25,958 --> 00:15:28,058
[ BREATHING DEEPLY ]
299
00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:34,631
OKAY, I'M JUST
GOING TO CUT THESE DOWN.
300
00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:40,169
I'M IN QUITE A PRECARIOUS
POSITION UP HERE.
301
00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:46,476
MY ARMS HAVE BEEN
RUBBED RAW BY THIS BARK.
302
00:15:46,579 --> 00:15:51,147
BUT I FOUND A GOOD NUMBER
OF THESE DATES.
303
00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:54,250
AND THEY DON'T LOOK VERY RIPE,
304
00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:57,087
BUT ACTUALLY DATES
ARE THE BEST DESERT FOOD.
305
00:15:57,190 --> 00:16:00,023
MASSIVE SUGAR, LOTS OF ENERGY,
VITAMIN C,
306
00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:01,458
BUT ALSO LOTS OF MINERALS
307
00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:03,459
TO REPLACE THE SALTS
THAT I'M LOSING
308
00:16:03,562 --> 00:16:05,028
WHILE SWEATING HERE.
309
00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:07,064
SO I'LL TRY IT.
310
00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:13,336
UGH, REALLY, REALLY BITTER.
311
00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:17,507
BUT I WANT TO EAT
AS MANY OF THESE AS I CAN.
312
00:16:22,348 --> 00:16:23,446
OH.
313
00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:25,382
OW.
314
00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:31,320
CUT MYSELF.
315
00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:34,123
AND FOR ONCE,
THE DESERT'S ON YOUR SIDE.
316
00:16:34,226 --> 00:16:36,760
THE HEAT CAN HELP
TO HEAL ANY WOUNDS.
317
00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:38,795
IF YOU'RE GOING TO
MAKE CAMP HERE,
318
00:16:38,898 --> 00:16:40,663
THE FIRST THING
YOU NEED TO DO
319
00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:45,468
IS FIND YOURSELF SOMETHING
TO INSULATE YOURSELF.
320
00:16:45,571 --> 00:16:46,636
OW.
321
00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:48,271
THE HEAT'S
ATTACKED YOU ALL DAY,
322
00:16:48,374 --> 00:16:50,673
BUT JUST WHEN YOU COULD DO
WITH IT AT NIGHT,
323
00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:52,809
THE DESERT HAS OTHER PLANS.
324
00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:56,713
A MATTRESS OF WOVEN PALM FRONDS
SHOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE.
325
00:16:56,816 --> 00:16:58,681
SAND IS A NOTORIOUSLY
BAD INSULATOR.
326
00:16:58,784 --> 00:17:00,617
IT'LL TAKE A LOT
OF YOUR HEAT AWAY.
327
00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,986
SO THAT WOULD JUST
KEEP YOU OFF THE SAND.
328
00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:07,190
TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET
TO FREEZING AT NIGHT,
329
00:17:07,293 --> 00:17:10,160
SO IF YOU WERE TO SLEEP OUT,
YOU NEED A FIRE.
330
00:17:10,263 --> 00:17:12,362
THERE'S NO SHORTAGE
OF DRY WOOD,
331
00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:16,532
AND IT'S WORTH TRYING
A FRICTION FIRE LIGHT.
332
00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:20,603
AND ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS
BREAK IT LIKE HERE.
333
00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:23,740
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MY BASE.
334
00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:28,745
AND THEN OUT OF THIS.
JUST MAKE LIKE A SPINDLE.
335
00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:33,416
SMOOTH OFF THE SPINDLE,
NICK A HOLE AT THE BASE,
336
00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:36,886
AND START SPINNING THE STICK
TO TRY AND GET AN EMBER.
337
00:17:36,989 --> 00:17:41,524
THE KEY WITH THIS IS NOT
RUSHING THE EARLY STAGES OF IT.
338
00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:43,960
JUST TAKE YOUR TIME,
AND YOU WANT TO DO
339
00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,296
AT LEAST A MINUTE,
MAYBE TWO MINUTES,
340
00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:49,232
AND JUST STEADILY
BUILDING UP THE HEAT
341
00:17:49,335 --> 00:17:51,401
AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SPINDLE.
342
00:17:51,504 --> 00:17:55,505
AND THEN YOU NEED TO REALLY
GO FOR IT TO GET IT GOING.
343
00:17:57,476 --> 00:18:01,845
LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
344
00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:11,054
AH! YOU DOG!
345
00:18:11,157 --> 00:18:14,123
AH. IT'S GONE OUT.
346
00:18:14,226 --> 00:18:16,759
ALL THAT EFFORT,
347
00:18:16,863 --> 00:18:19,095
AND THIS TIME IT HASN'T WORKED.
348
00:18:19,198 --> 00:18:21,097
AND, YOU KNOW, IN MANY WAYS,
349
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,732
I NEED TO CONSERVE MY ENERGY.
350
00:18:22,836 --> 00:18:25,401
IT'S NO GOOD JUST SITTING HERE
POURING OF SWEAT
351
00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:27,270
GOING THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
352
00:18:27,373 --> 00:18:30,306
THIS TIME I WAS GONNA
TRY THE FLINT
353
00:18:30,409 --> 00:18:32,742
AND HOPE THAT MAKES IT WORK.
354
00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:39,516
AND IF YOU WERE TO SPEND
THE NIGHT OUT HERE,
355
00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:43,186
THIS WOULD BE
REALLY A GREAT CAMP.
356
00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:45,621
AND YOU'VE GOT A BIT OF BEDDING,
357
00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:50,026
THE SUN SETTING,
AND YOU'VE GOT NATURE'S TV.
358
00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:55,731
BUT NEVER FORGET,
THE FORBIDDING SAHARA
359
00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:57,834
IS ALSO HOME
TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S
360
00:18:57,937 --> 00:18:59,468
DEADLIEST CREATURES.
361
00:18:59,571 --> 00:19:01,905
COME IN VERY GENTLY.
362
00:19:02,008 --> 00:19:05,041
WE'VE GOT A COBRA.
363
00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:14,650
Grylls: I'M IN THE SAHARA DESERT
IN NORTH AFRICA,
364
00:19:14,753 --> 00:19:18,788
SHOWING HOW TO STAY ALIVE
IN THE HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH.
365
00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:21,758
IF YOU KEEP CALM
AND USE SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES,
366
00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:24,660
YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
THIS RELENTLESS HEAT
367
00:19:24,763 --> 00:19:26,896
AND MAXIMIZE YOUR CHANCES
OF BEING RESCUED.
368
00:19:26,999 --> 00:19:29,198
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS
OF AVOIDING
369
00:19:29,302 --> 00:19:31,200
THE REAL KILLER HEAT OF THE DAY
370
00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:33,335
IS TO GET UP EARLY
AND GET MOVING
371
00:19:33,439 --> 00:19:35,171
BEFORE THE SUN GETS TOO STRONG.
372
00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:37,807
OUT HERE, EVEN BY 9:00 A.M.,
373
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:40,443
IT IT CAN BE OVER 120 DEGREES.
374
00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:42,645
AND ALSO,
WHEN YOU'RE GETTING DRESSED,
375
00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:45,047
CHECK ALL YOUR CLOTHES
AND ALSO YOUR BOOTS
376
00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:46,249
FOR SCORPIONS.
377
00:19:46,352 --> 00:19:47,984
WHEN THE SUN COMES UP,
378
00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:51,487
THEY SEEK SHADY,
HIDDEN-AWAY, DARK PLACES.
379
00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:54,757
THEY'RE NOCTURNAL, AND A PAIR
OF SHOES IS IDEAL FOR THEM.
380
00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:58,361
WATER IS ALWAYS
YOUR MAIN PRIORITY,
381
00:19:58,464 --> 00:20:01,698
SO I NEED TO CHECK MY DEW TRAP
TO SEE IF I'VE GOT ANY.
382
00:20:01,801 --> 00:20:03,266
JUST A DROP WILL HELP.
383
00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:06,936
WHAT I'M HOPING HERE IS THAT
BECAUSE THIS STUFF IS HEATED UP,
384
00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:11,007
THAT THE ROCKS UNDERNEATH
SHOULD HAVE STAYED COOL.
385
00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:12,375
AND THEN THAT CONTRAST
386
00:20:12,478 --> 00:20:15,611
SHOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT
OF CONDENSATION.
387
00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,748
AND YOU CAN SEE.
388
00:20:18,851 --> 00:20:20,350
IT'S NOT MUCH,
389
00:20:20,453 --> 00:20:22,752
BUT IT'S BETTER
THAN NOTHING.
390
00:20:22,855 --> 00:20:24,387
[ SLURPING ]
391
00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:26,155
IF YOU'VE HAD A CAMPFIRE,
392
00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:29,693
USE THE CHARCOAL TO PROTECT
YOUR EYES FROM THE SUN.
393
00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:31,193
IT REDUCES THE GLARE
394
00:20:31,296 --> 00:20:34,764
AND STOPS YOUR CORNEAS
FROM FRYING.
395
00:20:34,867 --> 00:20:37,000
AND THIS IS WHY
YOU'LL OFTEN SEE
396
00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:42,005
SPORTSMEN WITH THESE STREAKS
OF BLACK ACROSS THEIR NOSE.
397
00:20:45,644 --> 00:20:50,380
COVER AS MUCH AS YOU CAN,
ESPECIALLY YOUR HEAD.
398
00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:53,283
THE LAST THING YOU NEED
IS HEAT STROKE.
399
00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:58,755
COME ON. ALMOST THERE.
400
00:21:13,506 --> 00:21:17,273
THE SAHARA HAS TO BE THE
EMPTIEST LARDER IN THE WORLD,
401
00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:20,777
BUT RESIST THE TEMPTATION
TO SATISFY YOUR HUNGER
402
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,512
WITH JUST ANYTHING,
LIKE THE DESERT GOURD.
403
00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:27,416
THEY LOOK LIKE REALLY
DELICIOUS WATERMELON,
404
00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:29,151
BUT THEY'RE NOT.
405
00:21:29,254 --> 00:21:33,122
WELL, LET'S CUT THIS OPEN.
406
00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:34,757
IF YOU TRIED TO EAT THIS,
407
00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:37,160
IT WOULD BE REALLY BITTER
AND MAKE YOU SICK.
408
00:21:37,263 --> 00:21:39,729
SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO
DEHYDRATE YOU FURTHER.
409
00:21:39,832 --> 00:21:41,064
BUT WHAT THEY DO HAVE
410
00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:44,033
IS GOOD ANTISEPTIC AND
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES,
411
00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:46,169
SO IF YOU GOT, LIKE,
BITTEN BY A SNAKE
412
00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:47,436
OR STUNG BY A SCORPION,
413
00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:50,073
YOU COULD PUT THIS ON IT,
AND IT WOULD HELP.
414
00:21:50,176 --> 00:21:52,508
AND ACTUALLY,
THE LOCAL NOMADS OUT HERE,
415
00:21:52,612 --> 00:21:55,211
THEY'LL USE THIS,
WIPE THEIR BACKSIDE WITH IT
416
00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:56,479
AND HELP THEIR HEMORRHOIDS.
417
00:21:56,582 --> 00:21:58,648
BUT I DON'T NEED THAT.
418
00:21:58,751 --> 00:22:02,118
WHERE SOME PLANTS
MIGHT MAKE YOU SICK,
419
00:22:02,221 --> 00:22:04,053
YOU'VE GOT TO
KNOW WHERE TO LOOK
420
00:22:04,157 --> 00:22:07,290
TO FIND SOMETHING SAFE TO EAT.
421
00:22:07,393 --> 00:22:09,492
BETWEEN US,
THE CREW HAVE MANAGED
422
00:22:09,595 --> 00:22:11,694
TO CATCH ONE OF THESE
LITTLE SAND FISHES.
423
00:22:11,797 --> 00:22:14,096
AND THESE ARE LIKE
LITTLE LIZARDS,
424
00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:15,865
BUT WHAT'S AMAZING
ABOUT THIS GUY
425
00:22:15,968 --> 00:22:17,633
IS THAT HE USES
HIS ARMS AND LEGS
426
00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:20,170
TO ACTUALLY SWIM UNDER THE SAND.
427
00:22:20,273 --> 00:22:22,638
AND IF I LET HIM GO,
IF I'M IN DEEP SAND,
428
00:22:22,742 --> 00:22:25,374
HE WOULD JUST SHOOT AWAY
STRAIGHT INTO THE SAND
429
00:22:25,477 --> 00:22:27,644
AND BURROW LIKE A METER DEEP,
430
00:22:27,747 --> 00:22:31,047
AND THAT'S HIS WAY
OF GETTING AWAY FROM PREDATORS.
431
00:22:31,150 --> 00:22:34,283
BUT LET'S LET HIM GO HERE
AND SEE WHAT HE DOES.
432
00:22:34,386 --> 00:22:36,886
THIS SAND IS HOPEFULLY
NOT TOO DEEP,
433
00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:40,023
SO HE SHOULD PROBABLY
HEAD FOR THE DEEPER SAND.
434
00:22:40,126 --> 00:22:44,461
BUT THEY'RE FAST.
435
00:22:44,564 --> 00:22:48,064
LOOK, YOU CAN SEE HIM ALREADY
BURROWING HIS WAY IN HERE.
436
00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:51,401
SEE THAT? AMAZING.
437
00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,379
OH, THERE HE IS.
438
00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:10,119
GOT HIM AGAIN.
439
00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,388
THAT'S HOW FAST
THIS LITTLE FELLOW IS.
440
00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:14,557
HE JUST DISAPPEARS
INTO THE SAND.
441
00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:18,962
BUT ACTUALLY
HE'S ALSO GOOD FOOD.
442
00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:22,231
I'LL JUST GET
RID OF THE HEAD --
443
00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:24,834
PERSONALLY
I FIND THEM OVERRATED --
444
00:23:24,937 --> 00:23:28,437
BUT THE REST OF THE BODY
LOOKS DELICIOUS.
445
00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:30,774
[ CRUNCHING ]
446
00:23:36,948 --> 00:23:40,316
OH, IT'S LIKE A BIG MIX...
447
00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:45,021
OF BLOOD, GUTS, AND SCALES.
448
00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:53,562
AH.
449
00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,832
[ GROANS ]
450
00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:57,433
BETTER THAN NOTHING.
451
00:23:57,536 --> 00:24:00,370
A PICK-ME-UP IN THE BAKING HELL
OF THE DESERT.
452
00:24:03,342 --> 00:24:06,308
THE SUN IS NOW
AT ITS HIGHEST AND HOTTEST,
453
00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:08,143
AND IT'S A HEARTLESS ENEMY.
454
00:24:08,247 --> 00:24:11,481
REALLY, THE HEAT OUT HERE
IS JUST RELENTLESS.
455
00:24:11,584 --> 00:24:15,151
AND WE'VE JUST HAD TO EVACUATE
ANOTHER OF THE CREW
456
00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:17,186
WITH HEAT STROKE,
457
00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:20,190
AND IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE
THEY'RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES.
458
00:24:20,293 --> 00:24:22,925
BUT REALLY,
IT'S LIKE TRYING TO LIVE
459
00:24:23,028 --> 00:24:24,994
AND SURVIVE ALL DAY AND NIGHT
460
00:24:25,097 --> 00:24:28,765
INSIDE A VERY HOT OVEN.
461
00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:34,703
FINDING SHADE FOR ME
AND THE CREW IS CRITICAL,
462
00:24:34,806 --> 00:24:38,474
BUT THE DESERT IS ALWAYS FULL
OF DEADLY SURPRISES.
463
00:24:38,577 --> 00:24:39,742
WE'VE GOT A COBRA.
464
00:24:39,845 --> 00:24:42,478
COME IN VERY GENTLY.
465
00:24:42,581 --> 00:24:45,148
OF THE FOUR KINDS OF SNAKES
IN THE SAHARA,
466
00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:48,918
THE EGYPTIAN COBRA
IS ONE OF THE MOST VENOMOUS.
467
00:24:49,021 --> 00:24:51,554
THIS ONE'S BEEN BROUGHT
HERE FROM NEARBY
468
00:24:51,657 --> 00:24:55,424
FOR ME TO SHOW YOU
HOW TO STAY SAFE.
469
00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:57,226
THE FIRST THING
YOU'VE GOT TO DO
470
00:24:57,329 --> 00:25:00,563
IS JUST KEEP ABSOLUTELY STILL.
471
00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:02,865
[ HISSING ]
472
00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:05,501
THIS ONE'S
AROUND FOUR FOOT LONG,
473
00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:08,971
AND IF YOU DIDN'T STAY STILL,
THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
474
00:25:09,074 --> 00:25:12,842
IT CAN STRIKE UP TO HALF HIS
BODY LENGTH IN UNDER A SECOND.
475
00:25:12,945 --> 00:25:14,643
[ HISSING ]
476
00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:19,215
THERE YOU GO, SEE THAT HOOD
COMING RIGHT OUT?
477
00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:21,550
AND THESE GUYS MOVE SO FAST.
478
00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:24,254
THEY KILL ALMOST 100 PEOPLE
A YEAR IN AFRICA.
479
00:25:26,892 --> 00:25:28,891
THERE YOU GO.
SEE HIM STRIKE THAT?
480
00:25:28,994 --> 00:25:30,860
ALWAYS BACK OFF SLOWLY,
481
00:25:30,963 --> 00:25:33,062
AND NEVER CORNER A COBRA,
482
00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:34,964
BUT GIVE IT ROOM
TO MAKE A GETAWAY.
483
00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:38,133
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GIVE
THIS GUY A REALLY GOOD BERTH NOW
484
00:25:38,236 --> 00:25:40,136
AND LEAVE HIM ALONE.
485
00:25:40,239 --> 00:25:43,106
COME ACROSS THIS
IN THE NIGHT, THOUGH,
486
00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:47,010
AND IT COULD BE ALL OVER
FOR SOMEONE.
487
00:25:53,885 --> 00:25:56,552
BUT IT'S THE MERCILESS HEAT
OUT HERE
488
00:25:56,655 --> 00:25:58,788
THAT IS ALWAYS
THE MAJOR KILLER.
489
00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:01,890
AND THE SAHARA STILL
HAS PLENTY TO THROW AT YOU
490
00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:04,126
IN YOUR STRUGGLE TO STAY ALIVE.
491
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:05,728
THE MORE
YOU FIGHT THIS THING,
492
00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:07,463
THE MORE IT'S GOING TO
PULL YOU IN.
493
00:26:24,483 --> 00:26:28,884
Grylls: I'M IN THE SAHARA DESERT
IN NORTH AFRICA.
494
00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:31,788
THE HEAT'S A KILLER,
THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING TO EAT,
495
00:26:31,891 --> 00:26:35,057
AND THERE'S BARELY A DROP OF
WATER TO HELP YOU STAY ALIVE.
496
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:41,130
AND RIGHT NOW I'M SEARCHING
FOR SHADE, ANY SHADE.
497
00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:44,266
SEE THAT LITTLE TREE OVER THERE?
498
00:26:44,369 --> 00:26:47,804
WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE.
THIS HEAT IS JUST KILLING.
499
00:26:47,907 --> 00:26:49,672
WE'VE GOT TO FIND SHADE.
500
00:26:56,147 --> 00:27:00,383
AHH, THIS SHADE
REALLY IS A LIFESAVER.
501
00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:08,423
THAT SUN IS SO STRONG...
502
00:27:08,527 --> 00:27:10,793
SO STRONG.
503
00:27:10,896 --> 00:27:15,330
CAN ALREADY FEEL
IT'S COOLER, MUCH COOLER.
504
00:27:15,433 --> 00:27:17,967
IT'S WEIRD,
JUST THIS ONE TREE GROWING
505
00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:22,504
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DESERT
OF JUST DUNES AND DUNES.
506
00:27:22,607 --> 00:27:26,442
I DON'T KNOW HOW
THIS THING EVEN SURVIVES.
507
00:27:26,545 --> 00:27:30,412
THIS TAMARISK TREE IS PERFECTLY
ADAPTED TO THE DESERT.
508
00:27:30,515 --> 00:27:34,016
ITS ROOTS BURROW DOWN
AS DEEP AS 50 FEET --
509
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,886
WAY, WAY TOO FAR
TO BE ABLE TO DIG FOR WATER.
510
00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:39,989
BUT AT LEAST THE LEAVES
PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING SHADE.
511
00:27:40,092 --> 00:27:43,058
ONE THING I CAN DO TO COOL
MYSELF DOWN EVEN MORE
512
00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:45,428
IS JUST DIG DOWN INTO THE SAND
513
00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:48,197
AND MAKE A TRENCH TO LIE IN.
514
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:51,968
ACTUALLY IF YOU JUST DIG DOWN
JUST LITERALLY HALF A FOOT,
515
00:27:52,071 --> 00:27:54,703
IT CAN BE UP
TO 60 DEGREES COOLER.
516
00:27:54,806 --> 00:27:59,242
SO IT'S WORTH A LITTLE BIT OF
EFFORT JUST TO TRY AND GET DOWN.
517
00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:02,245
NEED TO GET MYSELF
SOMETHING TO DIG WITH.
518
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:09,951
SUDDENLY THERE'S
A REAL DIFFERENCE
519
00:28:10,055 --> 00:28:12,388
IN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SAND.
520
00:28:12,491 --> 00:28:14,257
THIS STUFF IS ROASTING.
521
00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,224
THIS IS COOLER.
522
00:28:16,328 --> 00:28:19,261
BUT THIS
IS SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER.
523
00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:20,930
GET DOWN A BIT MORE.
524
00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,533
SO I CAN ACTUALLY GET IN IT.
525
00:28:27,106 --> 00:28:30,172
OH. HEAVEN.
526
00:28:30,275 --> 00:28:31,440
WHEW!
527
00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:34,043
AVOID MOVING IN THE HOTTEST
PART OF THE DAY,
528
00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:36,379
A FEW HOURS
EITHER SIDE OF NOON.
529
00:28:36,482 --> 00:28:38,580
IF YOU TRAVEL
ONLY AT DAWN AND DUSK,
530
00:28:38,684 --> 00:28:40,982
YOU'LL PROBABLY SURVIVE
FOR A DAY LONGER,
531
00:28:41,086 --> 00:28:43,252
EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE WATER.
532
00:28:43,355 --> 00:28:45,254
WHAT WATER THERE IS,
533
00:28:45,357 --> 00:28:48,790
IS OFTEN OUT OF YOUR REACH,
DEEP UNDERGROUND.
534
00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:52,094
BUT SOMETIMES TINY DESERT
SPRINGS BUBBLE TO THE SURFACE.
535
00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:53,562
BUT DON'T BE FOOLED.
536
00:28:53,666 --> 00:28:56,732
THIS COULD BE LETHAL QUICKSAND.
537
00:28:56,835 --> 00:29:02,538
IT'S BEEN KNOWN TO SWALLOW
PEOPLE AND VEHICLES WHOLE.
538
00:29:02,641 --> 00:29:04,107
WE'VE SET THIS UP
539
00:29:04,210 --> 00:29:06,342
SO I CAN SHOW YOU
HOW TO GET OUT OF IT ALIVE.
540
00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:08,878
AND WHAT'S NASTY
ABOUT THIS STUFF IS,
541
00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:12,648
THE MORE YOU FIGHT IT,
THE MORE IT PULLS YOU IN.
542
00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:14,183
AND THEN YOU SUDDENLY REALIZE
543
00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:17,820
IT'S NOT JUST THIS CRUST OF SAND
THAT YOU THOUGHT,
544
00:29:17,923 --> 00:29:22,190
BUT ACTUALLY IT'S ALL
THAT CLAY AND WATER.
545
00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:24,994
AND EACH TIME YOU TRY
AND PULL YOUR LEG UP,
546
00:29:25,097 --> 00:29:28,397
THE SUCTION
JUST PULLS IT BACK IN.
547
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:31,367
THAT IS WHY THESE THINGS
ARE SO DANGEROUS.
548
00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:35,137
AND THE REASON THESE CAN
ACTUALLY KILL PEOPLE
549
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,772
IS NOT BECAUSE THEY SWALLOW YOU.
550
00:29:36,876 --> 00:29:38,941
IT'S BECAUSE THEY JUST
DON'T LET YOU OUT OF IT.
551
00:29:39,044 --> 00:29:42,044
AND THE KILLER IS THAT, THE SUN.
552
00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:48,784
OKAY, I WANT TO TRY
AND GET OUT OF THIS PLACE NOW.
553
00:29:48,887 --> 00:29:51,253
THE QUICKSAND IS TWICE
AS DENSE AS YOUR BODY,
554
00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:54,390
SO IN THEORY, IT SHOULD
BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DROWN.
555
00:29:54,493 --> 00:29:57,592
BUT IF YOU PANIC,
YOU JUST GET SUCKED IN FURTHER
556
00:29:57,696 --> 00:30:01,697
AND YOU WON'T HAVE
A HOPE OF GETTING OUT.
557
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,501
IT'S REALLY TEMPTING JUST
TO REACH OUT AND GRAB A HAND.
558
00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:07,402
BUT ACTUALLY, IN MANY WAYS,
559
00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:09,138
THAT'S THE LAST THING
YOU WANT TO DO.
560
00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:11,407
THE DANGER IS YOU THEN
PULL SOMEBODY ELSE
561
00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:13,809
INTO THE SAME SITUATION
YOU'RE IN.
562
00:30:13,912 --> 00:30:15,777
OR YOU COULD
DISLOCATE YOUR SHOULDER.
563
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,381
BUT GETTING OUT OF HERE
IS A BATTLE.
564
00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:21,650
ONLY LAST YEAR,
TWO YOUNG TEENAGERS
565
00:30:21,753 --> 00:30:24,987
WERE OUT LOOKING FOR FOOD
ON THE BOTTOM OF A MUDDY LAKE,
566
00:30:25,090 --> 00:30:28,524
AND BOTH DIED IN QUICKSAND.
567
00:30:28,627 --> 00:30:33,095
SO, THE WAY TO GET OUT
OF THIS IS TO TRY...
568
00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:37,966
AND PULL YOUR LEGS UP...
569
00:30:38,069 --> 00:30:39,935
TOWARDS THE SURFACE.
570
00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:41,938
REALLY, THE NUMBER-ONE RULE
IS KEEP CALM.
571
00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:43,305
DON'T FIGHT IT.
572
00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:44,807
THE MORE YOU FIGHT THIS THING,
573
00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:47,076
THE MORE IT'S GOING TO
PULL YOU IN.
574
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:50,312
SO JUST TRY
AND CONTROL YOUR BREATHING...
575
00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:54,116
AND TRY AND MANEUVER YOUR CHEST
ONTO THE SURFACE.
576
00:30:54,219 --> 00:30:58,354
I'LL TRY AND GET A LEG OUT.
577
00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:02,425
AND THEN JUST
MONKEY-CRAWL YOUR WAY OUT.
578
00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:07,430
[ GROANS ]
579
00:31:14,739 --> 00:31:18,975
GOD, IT FEELS LIKE
I'VE GOT LEAD BOOTS ON.
580
00:31:20,845 --> 00:31:23,078
THE FIRST THING YOU'VE GOT TO DO
581
00:31:23,182 --> 00:31:26,348
IS GET THESE MUDDY CLOTHES OFF.
582
00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:29,352
IF YOU TRY
WALKING FAR LIKE THIS,
583
00:31:29,455 --> 00:31:30,753
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GET
584
00:31:30,856 --> 00:31:33,456
MASSIVE RUBBING
ALL THE WAY UNDER YOUR ARMPITS
585
00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:35,958
AND INSIDE YOUR LEGS,
586
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:40,796
AND YOU'LL BE RUBBED RED RAW
IN HALF AN HOUR.
587
00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:42,331
JUST STRIP OFF
588
00:31:42,434 --> 00:31:45,334
AND TRY AND GET AS MUCH
OF THE GRIT OFF YOU AS YOU CAN.
589
00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:48,971
IF YOU DON'T, THE GRIT
IN YOUR ARMPITS AND GROIN
590
00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:50,539
WILL MAKE YOUR SKIN ERUPT
591
00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:53,108
INTO HORRIBLE INFECTIONS
AND BOILS.
592
00:31:53,212 --> 00:31:55,444
AND IF SAND
CLOGS UP YOUR SWEAT GLANDS,
593
00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:57,880
YOU COULD END UP WITH
PAINFUL, PRICKLY HEAT RASH,
594
00:31:57,983 --> 00:32:00,349
WHICH IS UNBEARABLY ITCHY.
595
00:32:00,452 --> 00:32:05,254
NEVER GIVE YOURSELF ANY
MORE TROUBLE THAN YOU NEED.
596
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:12,428
ONCE YOU'VE GOT
MOST OF THE GRIT OUT,
597
00:32:12,531 --> 00:32:14,763
QUICKLY GET
YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON
598
00:32:14,866 --> 00:32:17,566
SO THE SUN
DOESN'T SEAR YOUR FLESH.
599
00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:22,371
TO STAY ALIVE IN THE DESERT,
600
00:32:22,474 --> 00:32:25,073
YOU CAN COVER MORE GROUND
IF YOU TRAVEL AT NIGHT,
601
00:32:25,177 --> 00:32:27,476
BUT THERE ARE HIDDEN DANGERS.
602
00:32:27,579 --> 00:32:31,514
THIS PLACE IS IDEAL FOR
SCORPIONS AND FOR SNAKES.
603
00:32:38,556 --> 00:32:42,124
Grylls: I'M IN THE SAHARA DESERT
IN NORTH AFRICA,
604
00:32:42,227 --> 00:32:44,893
IN ONE OF THE MOST EXTREME
ENVIRONMENTS ON EARTH,
605
00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:48,264
ACROSS VAST SAND DUNES
WHICH CAN BE 10 TIMES
606
00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:51,066
THE HEIGHT
OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
607
00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:54,369
NOW I'M IN THE ROCKY DESERT
KNOWN AS HAMADA.
608
00:32:54,472 --> 00:32:56,738
IT'S MILE AFTER MILE
OF DESOLATION
609
00:32:56,842 --> 00:32:58,707
SPANNING A FIFTH OF THE SAHARA,
610
00:32:58,810 --> 00:33:01,076
AND IT'S A PLAYGROUND
OF DEADLY CREATURES.
611
00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:04,246
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU
HOW TO STAY ALIVE.
612
00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:07,316
WE GOT QUITE A LOT
OF THESE ACACIA TREES
613
00:33:07,419 --> 00:33:09,251
DOTTED THROUGHOUT THE SAHARA.
614
00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:11,854
AND I CAN TELL
IT'S ACACIA JUST BY --
615
00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:14,823
LOOK AT THE BRANCH HERE.
616
00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:17,726
YOU'VE GOT THESE
VERY THORNY BRANCHES.
617
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:20,496
THIS IS REALLY
CLASSIC AFRICAN TREE.
618
00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:24,033
BUT WHAT I WANT FROM THIS TREE
IS THE GUM ON IT.
619
00:33:24,136 --> 00:33:26,102
LET'S BREAK THIS OFF.
620
00:33:30,074 --> 00:33:31,307
THIS IS ACACIA GUM,
621
00:33:31,410 --> 00:33:33,809
AND THEY USE THIS ACTUALLY
AS A BASE
622
00:33:33,912 --> 00:33:36,078
IN SYRUPS AND CANDIES
AND CHEWING GUM.
623
00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:38,547
WHAT I CAN DO IS
JUST POP IT IN MY MOUTH,
624
00:33:38,650 --> 00:33:40,983
AND IT WILL GIVE ME
SOMETHING TO SUCK
625
00:33:41,086 --> 00:33:42,318
AND GET THE SALIVA GOING.
626
00:33:42,421 --> 00:33:46,254
MY MOUTH IS DRY, DRY.
627
00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:48,991
THE ACACIAS ARE A GOOD
INDICATOR THAT YOU'RE CLOSER
628
00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:51,760
TO THE FOOTHILLS
OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS,
629
00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:54,329
AND THEY'RE
YOUR ONLY WAY OUT OF HERE,
630
00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:56,932
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THAT FAR.
631
00:33:58,469 --> 00:34:01,169
NOW THE HEAT OF THE DAY
IS DYING.
632
00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:03,105
THIS IS A MUCH BETTER TIME
633
00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:06,208
FOR YOU TO BE MOVING
THROUGH THE DESERT.
634
00:34:06,311 --> 00:34:09,511
AND ALL OF THIS AREA HERE
IS CALLED HAMADA,
635
00:34:09,614 --> 00:34:12,214
WHICH MEANS THERE'S DESERT
LITTERED WITH THESE,
636
00:34:12,317 --> 00:34:17,619
LIKE, FIST-SIZE,
TENNIS-BALL-SIZE ROCKS.
637
00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:21,056
BUT THE DANGER OF MOVING
THROUGH HERE AT THIS TIME OF DAY
638
00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:23,525
IS THAT THIS PLACE
IS IDEAL HIDING
639
00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:27,829
FOR SCORPIONS AND FOR SNAKES.
640
00:34:27,933 --> 00:34:29,565
IF YOU CAN CONQUER YOUR FEARS
641
00:34:29,668 --> 00:34:31,867
OF WHAT MIGHT
BE LURKING OUT THERE,
642
00:34:31,970 --> 00:34:34,770
WALKING AT NIGHT
MORE THAN DOUBLES YOUR CHANCES
643
00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:37,106
OF SURVIVAL IN ANY DESERT.
644
00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:39,274
BUT YOU'LL FEEL
MORE ISOLATED THAN EVER
645
00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:41,510
IN THE SILENCE OF THE DARK.
646
00:34:46,051 --> 00:34:48,484
GOOD THING
ABOUT MOVING AT NIGHTTIME
647
00:34:48,587 --> 00:34:51,386
IS AT LEAST
IT'S GOING TO KEEP YOU WARM.
648
00:34:51,490 --> 00:34:54,023
AND ON THE WHOLE,
THE PROS OF MOVING AT NIGHT
649
00:34:54,126 --> 00:34:56,325
OUTWEIGH THE CONS, I RECKON.
650
00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:58,560
YES, THERE ARE
GONNA BE MORE SNAKES,
651
00:34:58,664 --> 00:35:00,329
ESPECIALLY IN THIS HAMADA AREA,
652
00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:04,733
BUT AT LEAST YOU DON'T GET
THAT SCORCHING HEAT OF THE DAY.
653
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:09,538
WALK WITH A HEAVY FOOTFALL
654
00:35:09,641 --> 00:35:11,974
SO THAT VIBRATIONS
LET ANY SNAKES KNOW
655
00:35:12,077 --> 00:35:13,508
THAT YOU'RE AROUND.
656
00:35:13,611 --> 00:35:15,877
HOPEFULLY
THEY'LL GET OUT OF YOUR WAY.
657
00:35:15,980 --> 00:35:18,914
THE BEST WAY OF NAVIGATING
AT NIGHT IN THE DESERT
658
00:35:19,017 --> 00:35:20,548
IS JUST TO USE THE STARS.
659
00:35:20,652 --> 00:35:22,484
AND IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE,
660
00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:25,521
THE MOST RELIABLE ONE TO USE
IS THE NORTH STAR.
661
00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:27,856
BUT THE WAY
TO FIND THE NORTH STAR
662
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:31,159
IS TO USE
THE BIG DIPPER, OR THE PLOW.
663
00:35:31,262 --> 00:35:33,395
AND WHAT YOU DO,
YOU TAKE THE START OF IT,
664
00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:36,598
FOLLOW THE HANDLE
AROUND DOWN TO THE BOTTOM,
665
00:35:36,702 --> 00:35:38,200
AND THEN YOU TAKE THE LAST TWO,
666
00:35:38,303 --> 00:35:40,202
AND THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN THE LAST TWO,
667
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:41,936
YOU MULTIPLY IT FOUR TIMES --
668
00:35:42,039 --> 00:35:45,441
ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.
669
00:35:45,544 --> 00:35:47,643
POINTS DIRECTLY
AT THE NORTH STAR.
670
00:35:49,915 --> 00:35:53,148
THERE'S A RUNNING RACE
THAT GOES THROUGH THE SAHARA
671
00:35:53,252 --> 00:35:54,649
CALLED THE MARATHON DES SABLES.
672
00:35:54,752 --> 00:35:57,552
IT'S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
FOOT RACES ON EARTH.
673
00:35:57,655 --> 00:36:01,023
THERE'S A STORY OF ONE GUY
WHO GOT LOST IN A SANDSTORM.
674
00:36:01,126 --> 00:36:03,525
HE WAS OUT ON HIS OWN
FOR NINE DAYS.
675
00:36:03,628 --> 00:36:06,461
HE STAYED ALIVE
BY DRINKING BAT'S BLOOD.
676
00:36:06,565 --> 00:36:08,630
BUT EVENTUALLY, IN DESPERATION,
677
00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:11,833
HE TRIED TO END HIS LIFE
BY SLITTING HIS WRISTS.
678
00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:15,337
BUT HE WAS SO DEHYDRATED,
HIS BLOOD WAS SO CONGEALED,
679
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,106
IT WOULDN'T EVEN RUN OUT OF HIM.
680
00:36:17,209 --> 00:36:19,675
HE WAS EVENTUALLY
RESCUED BY DESERT NOMADS,
681
00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:22,411
AND IT WAS THEM
THAT SAVED HIS LIFE.
682
00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:24,646
NIGHT TEMPERATURES
DROP TO FREEZING,
683
00:36:24,749 --> 00:36:26,782
SO IF YOU NEED
SHELTER AND WARMTH,
684
00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:30,552
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE
IT'S TOO COLD OR TOO DARK.
685
00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:33,888
WHAT YOU CAN USE IS JUST
WHAT NATURE'S PROVIDED.
686
00:36:33,991 --> 00:36:35,290
ALL OF THESE ROCKS.
687
00:36:35,393 --> 00:36:37,792
AND ALL OF THESE
HAVE BEEN BAKED BOILING HOT
688
00:36:37,895 --> 00:36:39,527
BY THE SUN DURING THE DAY.
689
00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:41,196
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD INSULATORS,
690
00:36:41,299 --> 00:36:43,065
AND THEY'RE GONNA
HOLD THEIR HEAT WELL.
691
00:36:43,168 --> 00:36:45,000
SO YOU JUST NEED TO
LOOK FOR A GOOD AREA
692
00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:48,570
TO BUILD A BIT OF
A ROCK WALL AROUND YOU.
693
00:36:48,673 --> 00:36:51,372
TRY AND MOVE SOME OF THESE.
694
00:36:51,476 --> 00:36:53,842
IDEALLY, YOU SHOULD
DO THIS IN DAYLIGHT
695
00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,677
SO YOU CAN SEE ANY SCORPIONS
696
00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:57,346
WHICH LOVE
THIS TYPE OF TERRAIN.
697
00:36:57,449 --> 00:36:59,982
AND JUST AS AN EMERGENCY
FORM OF SHELTER,
698
00:37:00,085 --> 00:37:02,951
THE BERBERS WILL
USE THIS AS WELL.
699
00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:07,122
IT'S JUST A WAY OF KEEPING THEM
WARM THROUGH THE NIGHT
700
00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:08,924
IF THEY'RE CAUGHT OUT.
701
00:37:09,027 --> 00:37:12,695
THE BLACK ROCKS OF THE HAMADA
GET HOTTER THAN THE SAND
702
00:37:12,798 --> 00:37:14,062
DURING THE DAY,
703
00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:15,664
AND THEY RETAIN THEIR HEAT.
704
00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:19,201
NATURE'S OWN RADIATOR AND
PERFECT IF YOU NEED TO REST.
705
00:37:19,304 --> 00:37:21,770
IT'S PRETTY BASIC,
BUT IT SHOULD DO.
706
00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:24,573
AND IF I WIGGLE MY WAY
INTO THIS...
707
00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:32,448
...CAREFULLY, WITHOUT
DISLODGING EVERYTHING...
708
00:37:33,818 --> 00:37:38,287
...I CAN ACTUALLY ALREADY
FEEL THE WARMTH OF THAT.
709
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:40,489
AND I'M SHELTERED
FROM THE WIND BEHIND ME
710
00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:42,925
IF I NESTLE DOWN INTO THAT.
711
00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:46,695
THERE'S HEAT RADIATING
OFF ALL OF THESE ROCKS.
712
00:37:46,798 --> 00:37:49,698
AND IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE
THE BEST NIGHT YOU'D EVER SPEND,
713
00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:51,299
BUT IT COULD WELL SAVE YOUR LIFE
714
00:37:51,402 --> 00:37:54,370
IF YOU'RE CAUGHT OUT
IN THIS HAMADA.
715
00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:59,341
OKAY, I'M GOING TO KEEP WALKING.
716
00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:01,009
WE'LL LEAVE THAT.
717
00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:05,247
YOU NEVER KNOW --
SOMEBODY ONE DAY MIGHT USE IT.
718
00:38:09,387 --> 00:38:11,887
KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU,
719
00:38:11,990 --> 00:38:15,190
AND YOU CAN COVER MORE GROUND
AT NIGHT THAN IN DAY,
720
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:19,127
POSSIBLY AROUND 20 MILES.
721
00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:22,331
BUT THERE'S
MORE TROUBLE TO COME --
722
00:38:22,434 --> 00:38:25,100
SOME OF THE DESERT'S
MOST POISONOUS PLANTS.
723
00:38:25,203 --> 00:38:26,702
THESE ARE DEADLY.
724
00:38:34,712 --> 00:38:38,080
Grylls: I'M IN THE SAHARA
IN NORTH AFRICA,
725
00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:41,183
SHOWING HOW TO SURVIVE IN THIS
EXTREME DESERT ENVIRONMENT.
726
00:38:41,286 --> 00:38:44,319
IF YOU WERE LOST
IN THIS PART OF THE SAHARA,
727
00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:47,656
YOUR ONLY WAY OUT IS TO HEAD
FOR THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS,
728
00:38:47,759 --> 00:38:50,358
BUT IT'S MILES AND MILES OF
DEADLY TERRAIN TO REACH THEM.
729
00:38:50,461 --> 00:38:53,862
SOMEHOW YOU'VE
GOT TO STAY ALIVE.
730
00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:55,997
VIRTUALLY NOTHING
GROWS IN THE DESERT,
731
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,699
AND WHAT LITTLE THERE IS
732
00:38:57,802 --> 00:38:59,701
ISN'T ALWAYS
WHAT IT MIGHT SEEM.
733
00:38:59,804 --> 00:39:02,104
HOWEVER TIRED YOU ARE,
HOWEVER HUNGRY YOU ARE,
734
00:39:02,207 --> 00:39:04,005
UNLESS YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
735
00:39:04,108 --> 00:39:06,141
YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR LIFE
ON THE LINE.
736
00:39:06,244 --> 00:39:08,276
YOU'RE MOVING
THROUGH THE DESERT,
737
00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:10,478
AND SUDDENLY YOU COME
ACROSS THESE SORT OF BUSHES --
738
00:39:10,582 --> 00:39:13,114
YOU MIGHT THINK, "GREAT, FOOD."
739
00:39:13,217 --> 00:39:14,483
LOOKS LIKE MANNA FROM HEAVEN.
740
00:39:14,586 --> 00:39:16,885
BUT YOU'D BE WRONG.
THESE ARE DEADLY.
741
00:39:16,988 --> 00:39:19,220
AND WHAT THEY'RE CALLED
IS CALITROPIS.
742
00:39:19,323 --> 00:39:21,589
YOU CAN TELL THAT
FROM THESE BIG LEAVES
743
00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:24,092
AND THESE FRUIT
THAT LOOK LIKE AVOCADOS.
744
00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:26,895
BUT LOOK, IF I BREAK THIS,
745
00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:28,429
YOU GET THIS MILKY SAP,
746
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:30,666
AND YOU DO NOT
WANT TO GET THAT ON YOURSELF.
747
00:39:30,769 --> 00:39:32,701
GET THAT IN YOUR EYE,
IT WILL BLIND YOU.
748
00:39:32,804 --> 00:39:35,537
TRY AND EAT ANY OF THIS, YOU'LL
PROBABLY BE SICK FOR DAYS.
749
00:39:37,842 --> 00:39:41,342
EVEN CAMELS, THE ULTIMATE
DESERT SURVIVAL MACHINES,
750
00:39:41,445 --> 00:39:43,077
CAN'T TAKE THESE.
751
00:39:43,181 --> 00:39:44,880
ONE BITE OF A CALITROPIS PLANT,
752
00:39:44,983 --> 00:39:46,248
AND THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN
753
00:39:46,351 --> 00:39:48,917
TO STAGGER AROUND IN CIRCLES
FOR HOURS.
754
00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:54,155
TO STAY ALIVE OUT HERE
MEANS GETTING WATER.
755
00:39:54,258 --> 00:39:56,058
DRIED-UP RIVERBEDS ARE RARE,
756
00:39:56,161 --> 00:39:58,193
BUT THEY COULD BE
THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYERS.
757
00:39:58,296 --> 00:39:59,561
WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AS
758
00:39:59,664 --> 00:40:01,429
I'VE BEEN MOVING
THROUGH THIS GULLY --
759
00:40:01,532 --> 00:40:05,100
ARE JUST AREAS OF TELLTALE
SIGNS OF WATER,
760
00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:07,869
THINGS LIKE
THE VEGETATION AROUND HERE,
761
00:40:07,972 --> 00:40:10,638
ANY GREENERY THAT
NEEDS WATER FOR LIFE.
762
00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:12,541
ALSO, I'VE BEEN
LOOKING FOR AREAS
763
00:40:12,644 --> 00:40:14,809
WHERE THE RIVER AT ONE
POINT WOULD RUN IN
764
00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:17,479
BUT THEN STRUGGLE TO RUN OUT OF.
765
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:19,247
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE,
AT ONE POINT,
766
00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:20,982
THE RIVER
WOULD HAVE FLOWED ALONG,
767
00:40:21,086 --> 00:40:22,617
AND THEN THERE'S
THIS, LIKE, DIP,
768
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,753
AND THEN IT BEGINS
TO GO UP HERE.
769
00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:26,021
SO WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED,
770
00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:27,689
A POOL OF WATER
WOULD COLLECT HERE,
771
00:40:27,792 --> 00:40:31,059
AND AS IT DRIED, IT WOULD
SOAK INTO ALL OF THIS.
772
00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:33,128
YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR
OF THE SAND HERE.
773
00:40:33,231 --> 00:40:36,498
IT'S MUCH DARKER
THAN AROUND HERE.
774
00:40:36,601 --> 00:40:38,500
SO I RECKON IF
I DIG DOWN INTO THIS,
775
00:40:38,603 --> 00:40:40,269
I MIGHT WELL FIND WATER.
776
00:40:40,372 --> 00:40:45,073
THE BEST PLACE TO DIG IS
SANDY SOIL ON AN OUTSIDE BEND.
777
00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:47,209
RAIN SOAKS IN VERY QUICKLY,
778
00:40:47,312 --> 00:40:50,011
BUT DEEPER DOWN
YOU MIGHT FIND WATER.
779
00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:53,348
YOU'VE ALREADY SIGNS
JUST A FEW INCHES UNDER IT.
780
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:55,016
LOOK AT THE COLOR DIFFERENCE.
781
00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:56,985
THERE'S DEFINITELY
MOISTURE DOWN HERE.
782
00:40:57,088 --> 00:40:59,721
REALLY, IN A DESERT THIS DRY,
783
00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:05,894
EVEN TO FIND THIS SORT OF STUFF,
COOL, PRETTY MOIST SAND,
784
00:41:05,997 --> 00:41:08,463
IS A REAL RESULT.
785
00:41:08,566 --> 00:41:13,068
BUT HOW AM I GOING TO
GET THE WATER?
786
00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:15,737
LET'S KEEP DIGGING
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS,
787
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,538
TRY AND THINK OF A PLAN.
788
00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:20,509
MAYBE JUST USE MY T-SHIRT.
789
00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:25,280
WRAP THAT UP...
790
00:41:25,383 --> 00:41:29,084
AND THEN JUST
START TO WRING IT.
791
00:41:29,187 --> 00:41:31,186
AND ANY MOISTURE IN THIS
792
00:41:31,289 --> 00:41:32,954
WILL GET FORCED TO THE BOTTOM
793
00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:35,490
AND THEN HOPEFULLY OUT.
794
00:41:35,593 --> 00:41:37,693
[ SQUEAKING ]
795
00:41:47,372 --> 00:41:49,404
NOT VERY MUCH, BUT I'M
DEFINITELY GETTING ENOUGH
796
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:52,107
JUST TO WET MY LIPS,
WET MY MOUTH.
797
00:41:55,412 --> 00:41:58,247
WELL, BETTER THAN NOTHING.
798
00:42:00,585 --> 00:42:02,851
OKAY. LET'S KEEP MOVING ON.
799
00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:11,493
ALL OF THESE FOOTHILLS HERE
800
00:42:11,596 --> 00:42:14,262
ARE THE SOUTHERNMOST TIP
OF THE ANTI-ATLAS,
801
00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:17,765
WHICH IS THE GIANT
VOLCANIC RANGE
802
00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:20,702
THAT EXTENDS OUT
FROM THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS.
803
00:42:20,805 --> 00:42:23,438
BUT FROM HERE,
THERE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
804
00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:25,908
ANY OBVIOUS ROUTE
THROUGH THEM.
805
00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:33,481
BUT THERE ARE CLUES THAT NOW
YOU MAY NOT BE FAR FROM HELP.
806
00:42:33,584 --> 00:42:36,118
DON'T KNOW
IF YOU CAN SEE THAT,
807
00:42:36,221 --> 00:42:38,353
BUT SOMEBODY HAS
DEFINITELY CARVED MAYBE --
808
00:42:38,456 --> 00:42:40,388
LOOKS LIKE MAYBE A GAZELLE.
809
00:42:40,491 --> 00:42:43,358
AND THESE ARE PROBABLY
OLD BERBER DRAWINGS.
810
00:42:43,461 --> 00:42:45,993
AND THIS IS WHAT
THESE GUYS WOULD DO.
811
00:42:46,096 --> 00:42:47,796
THEY'D CARVE INTO THE ROCK
812
00:42:47,899 --> 00:42:50,599
THE IMAGES OF THE ANIMALS
THEY WERE HUNTING.
813
00:42:50,702 --> 00:42:52,200
WHAT I JUST FIND AMAZING
814
00:42:52,303 --> 00:42:55,436
IS THAT THESE DRAWINGS
HAVE SURVIVED FOR THAT LONG
815
00:42:55,539 --> 00:42:59,541
AGAINST SUCH POWERFUL FORCES
OF NATURE OUT HERE.
816
00:43:00,211 --> 00:43:03,011
ALL THIS AREA
IS HUNTING GROUND
817
00:43:03,114 --> 00:43:05,080
FOR THE LEGENDARY BERBERS,
818
00:43:05,183 --> 00:43:06,881
NOMADS WHO HAVE LIVED
IN THE SAHARA
819
00:43:06,984 --> 00:43:08,183
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
820
00:43:08,286 --> 00:43:10,985
AND WHO ARE THE MASTERS
OF DESERT SURVIVAL.
821
00:43:11,088 --> 00:43:13,754
WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE,
I'VE NEEDED TO RELY
822
00:43:13,858 --> 00:43:16,458
ON SOME OF THOSE
VERY SAME SURVIVAL SKILLS.
823
00:43:16,561 --> 00:43:17,926
BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG.
824
00:43:18,029 --> 00:43:20,128
DESPITE THE BEAUTY
OF THE SAHARA,
825
00:43:20,231 --> 00:43:22,730
IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST DANGEROUS
826
00:43:22,834 --> 00:43:24,599
AND LIFE-SAPPING WILDERNESSES.
827
00:43:24,702 --> 00:43:28,003
GET IT WRONG HERE,
AND YOU DIE.
61376
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