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I read this script once
and there was a line,
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and it said, "If I don't have my memories,
did I ever exist?"
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And it's always stuck with me.
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(FILM REEL FAST FORWARDING)
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(CAMERA CLICKING)
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(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: Our memories are supposedto last forever.
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They're what shapes us
and makes us who we are.
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(GRUNTS, GROANS)
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Good shot, son. Good shot.
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CHRIS: The idea that I...
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won't be able to remember
the life I've experienced
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or my wife...
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my kids.
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This is probably my biggest fear.
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And recently, I had some newsthat made me think
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a lot more about all of this.
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When I first started exploringhow to live better for longer,
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I was sent for a whole list of tests...
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-PETER: How you doing?
-...by longevity expert Dr. Peter Attia.
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-How you doing today?
-Doing good.
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So, we did sort of
the million-dollar workup on you.
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We've got every blood test
one can get
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and I've looked at every gene
in your body six ways to Sunday.
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And overall, your labs look fantastic.
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And I think looking at you
from the outside,
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it's clear how much
you take care of yourself,
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but we did find a couple of things
that are a cause for concern.
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Right.
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Some of the genetic testing that we did
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looked at a gene
for a protein called APOE.
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You have a very rare combination,
which is you have two copies of APOE4,
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a set from your mom
and a set from your dad.
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And what does that mean exactly?
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That means you have an increased risk
of Alzheimer's disease.
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Mm-hmm.
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How much higher?
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Probably somewhere between eight
and ten times higher
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than that of someone
in the general population.
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Yeah, all right. Okay.
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You know, you're...
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I don't know, you're constantly thinking
you're gonna live forever,
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especially as a young individual.
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And then to all of a sudden be told,
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"Well, this may be the thing
that might take you out,"
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was like, "Whoa."
Kinda floored me for a minute.
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I know it's hard to imagine, but...
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it's my belief that if we take
every step possible,
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we can reduce your risk
to that of anyone else.
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Mm-hmm. Sure.
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In fact, I don't think you'll believe me
when I say this,
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but I think you will in time.
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You having this gene
is probably a blessing.
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Because of the motivation
that it'll give me to...
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Yeah. This is going
to motivate you to take steps today
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that most people your age
would never think about
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-until they're in their 50s or 60s.
-Sure. Sure.
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I've spent most of my life
paying very detailed attention
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to my health and wellness
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and looking at how I can be, you know,
stronger and healthier and so on.
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But I've never really focusedon the health of my brain.
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This news changes things.
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(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)
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Here is a test for checking
frontal lobe function and planning.
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So watch what I do first,
and then you copy me.
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All right? Here we go.
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CHRIS: That's why I'm meetingrenowned neurologist Dr. Sharon Sha.
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Wait, hang on.
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Was that... Just gotta see it again.
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(MUSIC FADES)
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I think, like everyone,
I want to maintain my memory
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for as long as possible and not be,
you know, in the corner
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unable to, sort of, operate, you know.
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Yeah. I mean obviously
you're really healthy,
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but after the age of thirty
is when our brain starts to degenerate.
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Our peak is in our youth,
or in our twenties.
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So we have to enhance
and maintain as much as possible.
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You can't say, "Okay, at 60,
I'm now going to focus on my brain."
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Because Alzheimer's disease
and other types of things
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develop 15 to 20 years
before we even have memory symptoms.
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I eat pretty well. I exercise a lot.
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What else can I do that is going
to help improve my brain health?
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Just like you have to take time
to work out your body...
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Yeah.
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...you've gotta take time
to work out your brain.
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Novel challenges can stimulate
neuronal connections
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to spread
what we call "neural plasticity,"
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and that can really enhance
cognitive function.
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So let's give you something novel.
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Let's give you something
where you can really challenge your brain.
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(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
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SHARON:
In order to help protect his memories,
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I want Chris to take a break
from his normal life...
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unplug from technology,
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and go off the grid in the wilderness.
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Pretty spectacular, hey?
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SHARON: Right there,
take a mental picture.
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Without anything to distract him,
no phone, no GPS,
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Chris is going to have to immerse himself
in his surroundings...
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and navigate his way throughthe outback
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using only his brain.
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Man, it's so easy to get lost out here.
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Well, I'm glad you're here
because I have no clue.
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I'm already lost.
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SHARON: And because social contactis so important for cognitive function,
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his friend, the artist Otis Hope Carey,is going with him.
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OTIS:
That looks like a really good campsite
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at the bottom
of that waterfall back there.
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SHARON: So it's a good point to remember.
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OTIS: That's where
we're gonna end our trek.
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-Right there?
-OTIS: Yeah.
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CHRIS: How are we gonna get up there?
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SHARON: Think of this challengeas a boot camp for the brain,
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a way for Chris to kickstart
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a lifelong routine
to keep his brain healthy.
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(MUSIC CONTINUES)
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Whoo! (CHUCKLES)
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(MUSIC ENDS)
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(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)
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(BIRDS SCREECHING)
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(RHYTHMIC CLAPPING)
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(ELDER CHANTING IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)
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(IN ENGLISH) I welcome you. I welcome you
to Dunghutti country, Anaiwan country,
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and Gumbaynggirr country.
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It's a shared country
between the three tribes.
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-(ELDER CONTINUES CHANTING)
-(CLAPPING CONTINUES)
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CHRIS: This is my buddy Otis'sancestral homeland.
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For years, we've dreamed aboutgoing on a trip to explore it.
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So when Sharon suggestedan adventure in the wilderness,
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I knew this would be the perfect location.
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(CLAPSTICKS BEATING RHYTHMICALLY)
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CHRIS: What makes this placeparticularly appropriate for our journey
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is that in this part of the world,landscape and memory are intertwined.
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ELDER: Body, mind, and spirit.
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My name's Otis Hope Carey.
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I'm from the Gumbaynggirr nation
and also the Bundjalung nation.
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Indigenous people have been in Australia
for sixty-thousand-plus years,
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so we've got a very long connection
to Mother Earth.
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In First Nations culture,
we believe there's memory in the rocks,
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in the water, in the wind, in the sky.
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So if we sit and listen,
we can hear our ancestors talking to us.
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(ELDERS CHANTING AND SINGING
IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)
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(IN ENGLISH) We hope that on your journey,
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you will listen to our country
speak to you.
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Hear the sounds of this world
with your own ears,
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not the ears of others.
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See this world with your own eyes,
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and not eyes of others.
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CHRIS: As the elders are giving uspermission to walk across the land,
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one of them says,
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"Listen with your own ears...
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"and watch with your own eyes.
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"Stay true to who you are."
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And it really, really struck a chord
within me and spoke to something...
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(INHALES DEEPLY) ...on a very deep level.
It's quite beautiful.
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(RESOLUTE MUSIC PLAYING)
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SHARON: Over the next two days,
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Chris and Otis are goingto have to navigate
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through thousands of acres of wilderness.
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Okay. So, this is where we're starting,
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and then we head out this way, right?
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SHARON: But the mental challengehas already begun,
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plotting their routeand committing it to memory.
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CHRIS: And then we hit up
on this ridgeline, right?
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OTIS: Yep.
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SHARON: First, they'll head northover a mix of open country and forest.
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From the top of the waterfall,
we come up here and we hit this creek,
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and then which way are we going from here?
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We change direction when we get
to this little river.
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We've got to then go downstream.
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(MUSIC CONTINUES)
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SHARON: They've got to find a river
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featuring a series of waterfalls,
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which will lead them to a place
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that might make a good campsitefor the night.
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So, our day two trek, from our camp...
we're going to head due north.
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-You got a photo there, yeah?
-Is there a track through there,
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-or we're gonna have to...
-OTIS: No.
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We're gonna make our own tracks.
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SHARON: Finally, they'll havea steep climb towards their destination,
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Wrights Lookout.
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Okay, so, the route.
So forest, ridgeline, waterfall,
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forest, ridgeline, waterfall.
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After the waterfall,
climb up to open country, um...
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and I'm going to get us lost, for sure.
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Good. Well, I'm glad you're there.
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(ALL CHUCKLING)
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But before Chris and Otis set off,
there's just one more thing.
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Hand me your phones.
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(GROANS) All right, there you go.
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Thank you. Thank you. Is that all?
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-CHRIS: That's it. That's all.
-That's all of them.
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There's one more. This one.
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So, who's going to find this harder?
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Probably Otis.
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He uses his phone a lot, so...
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he's gonna have a real tough time,
aren't you, mate?
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Good luck.
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(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)
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(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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OTIS: Rain's coming.
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(DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: Do you think we're heading
in the right direction?
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Just keep walking. It's the best thing
to do when you're lost, right?
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(OTIS CHUCKLING)
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CHRIS: A little more challenging
now the sun's completely disappeared.
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OTIS: Well, if we look around,
where's the brightest part of the sky?
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It's there.
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It's either a sun or it's a spaceship.
Tipping towards the sun.
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So north, west.
We want to set ahead this way.
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OTIS: Yeah, I reckon.
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CHRIS: Let's do it, mate.
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(ADVENTUROUS MUSIC PLAYING)
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SHARON: There's a very specific reason whyI've set Chris and Otis loose
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in the wilderness without anything
to help them navigate.
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CHRIS: So, what do you reckon?
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Is the gully over here now?
Looks like it.
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OTIS: Yeah, this way I reckon.
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SHARON: The process of figuring outthe right direction to go in
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is one of the most complex tasks
our brains can perform.
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CHRIS: Up the ridgeline, follow the water,
stream, waterfall, turn left.
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Yeah, this is good.
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And it relies on a region of the brain
that's critical to how we process
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the world around us.
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It's called the hippocampus,
the brain's memory center.
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CHRIS: The hippocampus isa small structure shaped like a seahorse,
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located in both the leftand the right sides of the brain.
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Think of it as a map of whereall our memories are stored
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and how to access them.
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As we age, the hippocampus shrinks,and it's one of the first areas
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targeted by diseases like Alzheimer's.
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But when we stimulate itwith activities like navigation,
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it becomes bigger and healthier,as new connections are forged
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and more brain cells added.
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And scientists think the strongerour hippocampus,
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the better our chances of resistingthe cognitive losses that come with age.
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SHARON: Ditching the GPSand navigating on his own
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is something Chris can easily work into
his daily routine.
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It's a simple and effective way
to keep his brain active,
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which should help it stay strongand resilient.
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CHRIS: Okay,so it's probably close to noon.
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OTIS: Yeah, I reckon.
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CHRIS: North, east, south, west.
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So that's north,
so we want to set ahead this way.
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OTIS: There's the river.
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CHRIS: Oh, yeah.
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OTIS: I feel like we're getting closer
to where we need to be.
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Ooh!
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Jeez. Quicksand.
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CHRIS: It's like that scene
in NeverEnding Story,
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Swamps of Sadness.
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Remember The NeverEnding Story?
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-OTIS: No.
-The NeverEnding Story. Never saw it?
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-No, I don't think so.
-CHRIS: (SIGHS) Otis.
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OTIS: I didn't get to watch
much TV growing up.
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Remember those old TVs where you had to,
like, move the antenna around?
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-Yeah.
-We had one of them.
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CHRIS: Yeah, as you wouldn't...
It's not just about moving the antenna,
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it was about standing
in the right part of the room.
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-Yeah, and also...
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Yeah. "Don't sit there, Dad.
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-"You'll make the TV go fuzzy."
-Yeah.
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(CHUCKLES)
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(CHRIS EXHALING)
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(DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING)
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There's something very nostalgic
for me about being in nature...
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so far from cities and townsand civilization.
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And when I think about someof my earliest memories,
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the ones that have shaped who I am,
those are the moments
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I want to keep hold of forever.
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(MUSIC FADES)
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I grew up in the Northern Territory,
right in the middle of nowhere,
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four and a half hours
from the nearest town,
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and I didn't own a pair of shoesbecause it was too hot.
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And we spent our entire timeoutside, basically.
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(WIND HOWLING FAINTLY)
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My earliest memory...
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I was very young. I was probably four.
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(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: I remember, uh,
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my dad going to pick
someone up from the airport,
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which was a big strip of dirt,
basically, in the middle of the outback.
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And I walked out looking for him,
and then just kept on walking.
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I remember the dry, crackling heat.
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The red dustthat just gets into everything,
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your skin, your hair, your clothes.
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And the feeling of my feet,
just feeling like they're on fire.
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I was in tears.
I didn't know where my dad was.
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But all of a sudden,he came over the hill.
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He was in an obvious state of panic,wondering what I was doing
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in the middle of the outback,
wandering around on my own.
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At the time I didn't really understandwhat was going on
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or what his concern was.
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But I remember the warmth and the comfort
of feeling safe and secure in his arms.
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-(MUSIC FADES)
-(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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-CHRIS: Straight up?
-OTIS: Yeah.
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CHRIS: This is like the StairMaster 2000.
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(WATER RUSHING)
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-OTIS: You thirsty?
-CHRIS: Yeah.
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-OTIS: I'll get a drink with you.
-CHRIS: Yeah.
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(SERENE MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: So beautiful.
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You normally
would be taking a photo, and...
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Not listening and...
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looking through a phone camera.
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Yeah.
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It's amazing being here
and not distracted.
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Just how all your senses are heightened.
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All the smells, everything you touch,
the sound.
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(WATER BURBLING)
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SHARON: It's no surprisethat Chris is feeling more alert.
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Our brains evolved in nature,
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and there are studies that show
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why we find the natural world
so refreshing.
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(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: Research suggests that whenwe're in urban settings,
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-all the man-made visual patterns...
-(ELECTRONIC BEEPING AND BUZZING)
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...intrusive noises, and distractions
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take a lot of mental energyfor key parts of the brain to process.
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(BEEPING)
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CHRIS: Which means that memory,
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problem-solving, and concentrationall take a hit.
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(HOLLOW RINGING)
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CHRIS: But scientists thinkthat our brains are attuned to find
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the sights and sounds of naturemuch easier to process.
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Instead of being overloaded,
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our cognitive abilities are restoredto full strength.
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(BRIGHT JINGLE PLAYS)
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SHARON: And that's not all.
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Spending time in nature
also lowers stress,
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which is good for our Alzheimer's risk
and our longevity.
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In fact, just a twenty-minute strollin the park
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without checking your cell phone
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has been shownto significantly reduce levels
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of the stress hormone cortisol.
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-OTIS: Sure you don't want to lead?
-CHRIS: I'll lead. Come on.
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OTIS: How about I go? Because if I slip,
it's not that big a deal.
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CHRIS: Yes, it is. I'll have to carry you.
It'll be a massive deal.
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OTIS: That's what I mean,
you're stronger than me.
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(CHRIS CHUCKLING)
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(GRUNTS WITH EFFORT)
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(ADVENTUROUS MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: Otis is a great guy.
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Got a great sense of humor.
He's a very kind individual.
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OTIS: Ow!
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-CHRIS: Otis!
-(OTIS CHUCKLING)
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-Help me.
-OTIS: You fell graciously, though.
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Must say.
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(CHRIS GROANING)
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And also, he's a fantastic artist.
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(DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: All your artworkis bird's-eye view, right?
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OTIS: Yeah, lot of it. Yeah.
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It's kind of topographical,I guess you could say.
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I use a lot of, like, traditional symbols,but I...
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sort of soften them,
make them more expressive.
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Also remembering where they're from,
their true meaning.
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I take old traditional art,thousands and thousands of years old,
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and modernize it.
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I try and just give a new spin
on the old way.
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Every line, every dot in my art...
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just like every rock, every river,every tree,
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is a memory.
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I think Chris growing upwhere he grew up,
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there's a massive indigenous community,so he understands my paintings.
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And I think that's really a big reason
why we probably get along so well.
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CHRIS: We should've brought a canoe.
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OTIS: A bodyboard would've been better.
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(CHRIS LAUGHING)
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SHARON: Spending time with other peopleis good for our brains.
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We're social animals, and interactingwith others can encourage us
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to learn new things, spark new thoughts,
or ways of seeing the world.
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But when we're isolated,our risk of developing dementia
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is about fifty percent higher.
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So of all the things we knowthat can protect our longevity,
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the people around us may be
the most important.
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CHRIS: Okay,
so if we keep heading this way,
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we should get to that campsite. Yeah?
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OTIS: Yeah. Campsite's at the bottom
of the waterfall.
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CHRIS: So we're at the topof the waterfall,
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and Otis is pointing outwhere we could camp.
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And I can't see any way down.
Neither can he.
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So there's one solution.
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(ENERGETIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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(CHRIS WHOOPS)
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(MUSIC FADES)
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CHRIS: Whoo!
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(CHUCKLING) Oh, boy!
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(GRUNTS) Now you feel alive!
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Well, that has definitelycleared my head.
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And it makes me think,
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"I hope I'll still be dive-bombingwhen I'm an old guy."
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Since my test results,
I've been thinking a lot
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about growing older
and what my life might look like then.
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Perhaps the news I havea higher risk of Alzheimer's
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shouldn't have come as a total surprise.
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(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: My grandfather,yeah, he has Alzheimer's.
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And...
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His... Yeah. His memory's deteriorating,
and has been for the last couple of years.
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It's tricky because when he is lucid,then he gets very worried
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because he realizes who people areand why... where is he?
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You know, so it's... daunting and scary.
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(SAW GRINDING)
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(MUSIC TURNS TENDER)
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My most vivid memories of him
were sitting in the garage with him.
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And him helping us build things
out of timber.
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He'd build us swords,
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little fake, sort of, you know, pistols
and rifles and things.
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And I remember him being really patient
as we're kind of hammering and banging,
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cutting things and breaking things.
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I have such beautiful memories,
which I'm so, so thankful for...
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of just this nurturing, kind individual.
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(MUSIC FADES)
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He's a beautiful man.
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(FIRE CRACKLING)
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So, your grandfather...
he has Alzheimer's?
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Yeah. He either doesn't remember
who we are, you know,
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his grandkids,
but also even his own children, you know.
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-OTIS: Mm-hmm.
-Forgets. And, uh...
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Yeah. it's heartbreaking.
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Does that worry you at all that you...
you might end up in his situation?
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Like most things that scare you,
they either shut you down
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or they motivate you to overcome them
or do whatever you can to,
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you know, to beat those odds, I guess.
That's what this is about, isn't it?
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About... doing as many
preventative things
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to ensure brain health.
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There's a positive energy to it all,
as opposed to like,
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"How many emails I gotta reply to?"
Or, you know,
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"What review are they gonna give me
on my film,
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"and am I ever going to work again?"
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(BOTH CHUCKLE)
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CHRIS: Today's hikehas taken it out of us,
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so we decide to call it a night.
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But no matter how tired I am,
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winding down is often a struggle.
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And sleep was one of the main things
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Dr. Peter Attia focused onwhen I had my consultation.
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PETER: So Chris, tell me about your sleep.
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Would you consider yourself
a good sleeper? A...
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No, not a very good sleeper.
I wake up a lot through the night.
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I remember even from a very young age.
But yeah, my mum talks about it now.
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There's something about the nighttime
and sleeping would amplify
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any sort of concerns, or sort of
if I felt guilty about something,
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I felt like I did something wrong,
or something I was concerned about.
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And that still, you know,
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is definitely there.
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So much of what you describe
as your limitations in sleep
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seem to stem from what we call
"the monkey mind," which we all have.
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The sort of neuroses,
the rumination of thought.
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-Mm-hmm.
-Sleep is not a passive activity.
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It's not about being unconscious.
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It's actually an active time
during which the brain is healing.
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And in your case, Chris,
because of your increased risk,
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we really wanna take sleep seriously.
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We know that even a single night
of missed sleep
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leads to some of the accumulations
of toxins in the brain
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that predispose people
to Alzheimer's disease.
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So sleep has remarkable
restorative powers in the short run,
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but it also carries with it a lot
of protection against chronic disease.
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(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: It works like this. While we sleep,the junk that builds up during the day
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is washed away by a kind oftrash disposal service
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called the glymphatic system.
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But, as we age, and especiallywhen we don't sleep properly,
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this cleanup operation gets sloppy.
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Harmful waste starts to build up fasterthan it can be cleared away.
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Jamming up the works,
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causing inflammation,and potentially leading to Alzheimer's.
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PETER: There's a lot Chris can start doingright now
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to improve the duration
and quality of his sleep.
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Creating simple habits,
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like going to bed and waking up
at consistent times,
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reducing stress before bedtime,
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00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:46,803
and checking out of email
and social media.
479
00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:49,973
That's easy when he's campingin the woods.
480
00:30:50,306 --> 00:30:53,309
But hopefully enacting these changeswhen he's back home
481
00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:57,564
will reap the real dividendsin terms of his future cognitive health.
482
00:30:59,399 --> 00:31:01,985
And a healthy sleep regimen isn'tthe only thing
483
00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:03,570
that Chris should keep practicing.
484
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,906
(MEDICINE BALL THUDDING)
485
00:31:07,490 --> 00:31:08,533
LUKE: Good.
486
00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:12,078
PETER: In fact, many of the habitshe's already adopted
487
00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:15,540
can help to prevent brain diseasein later life.
488
00:31:15,957 --> 00:31:17,166
LUKE: There you go!
489
00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:22,005
PETER: By periodically fasting and eatinga diet rich in vegetables and fish,
490
00:31:22,380 --> 00:31:26,134
he's fighting the cellular agingthat contributes to Alzheimer's disease.
491
00:31:27,010 --> 00:31:29,470
Don't know whether to laugh or cry.
(CHUCKLES)
492
00:31:30,763 --> 00:31:33,224
PETER: Taking stepsto reduce his stress levels
493
00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:35,727
should also help protect his memory.
494
00:31:36,477 --> 00:31:39,480
And exposing his bodyto extreme temperature
495
00:31:39,689 --> 00:31:42,984
has been shown to significantly reducethe risk of Alzheimer's.
496
00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:51,826
OTIS: How'd you sleep last night?
It was pretty wet.
497
00:31:52,201 --> 00:31:54,537
CHRIS: It was beautiful with the waterfall
in the background.
498
00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:58,416
-Mm. Waterfall sung me to sleep.
-Yeah.
499
00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,671
So it's day two,
and after a good night's sleep,
500
00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:04,839
I feel refreshed.
501
00:32:11,137 --> 00:32:14,599
I know I've only spent a day and a nightaway from my phone and emails,
502
00:32:14,807 --> 00:32:16,809
but alreadymy mind feels clearer
503
00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:18,728
and calm.
504
00:32:19,646 --> 00:32:21,272
And I'm excited for what's to come.
505
00:32:22,023 --> 00:32:24,567
Do you know which direction
we're gonna walk today?
506
00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:27,528
(CHUCKLES) Continuing northwest?
507
00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:30,365
Have we got any sun yet?
508
00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:32,659
I reckon the sun will come out
a bit later.
509
00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:38,331
We're gonna get to Wrights Lookout
hopefully in time for the corroboree.
510
00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,836
CHRIS: So, where we're heading,Wrights Lookout,
511
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:48,091
is a very special meeting place
for the indigenous people in this area,
512
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:51,552
where, in the past,different nations would gather.
513
00:32:53,763 --> 00:32:56,808
CHRIS: What is a corroboree exactly?
What are we expecting to happen?
514
00:32:57,058 --> 00:32:59,560
OTIS: Well, three nations are going
to be meeting,
515
00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:02,981
and we're gonna have a dance,
and it's about sharing wisdom
516
00:33:03,064 --> 00:33:06,192
-and just appreciating country together.
-CHRIS: Yeah.
517
00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:10,571
It's about feeling connected
to something outside yourself.
518
00:33:11,072 --> 00:33:13,574
OTIS: For sure, hundred percent.
There hasn't been a corroboree up here
519
00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:15,618
for over 100 years,
so it's gonna be really special
520
00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:18,204
and it's gonna be super powerful and...
521
00:33:19,539 --> 00:33:21,249
spiritually recharging.
522
00:33:25,169 --> 00:33:26,629
It's starting to get steeper.
523
00:33:30,049 --> 00:33:32,510
-CHRIS: Got your rock climbing gear?
-(OTIS SIGHS)
524
00:33:32,927 --> 00:33:34,595
-(CHRIS CHUCKLING)
-OTIS: I'll give it a go.
525
00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:42,937
The second day of the hike holds
a different kind of challenge for Chris.
526
00:33:44,981 --> 00:33:46,357
To get to Wrights Lookout,
527
00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:49,527
he and Otis have to climb up
the side of a mountain.
528
00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:03,791
Although you might consider ita workout for the body,
529
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:06,377
it's just as much of a workout
for the brain.
530
00:34:11,924 --> 00:34:13,593
OTIS: You look like a bit
of a mountain goat, man.
531
00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:14,844
CHRIS: Yeah.
532
00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:17,180
OTIS: All that gym work.
You'd be able to carry me up there.
533
00:34:17,263 --> 00:34:18,347
(CHRIS CHUCKLES)
534
00:34:21,684 --> 00:34:22,894
SHARON: When we exercise,
535
00:34:22,977 --> 00:34:26,481
our body produces a chemicalthat acts like a fertilizer for the brain.
536
00:34:27,982 --> 00:34:30,902
It encourages neurons
to grow and stay healthy.
537
00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:35,281
-CHRIS: Getting closer.
-OTIS: We're getting there.
538
00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:40,036
SHARON: And we know from multiple studiesthat regular exercise in midlife
539
00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:42,747
can reduce our chancesof getting Alzheimer's disease
540
00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:45,291
by almost 50 percent.
541
00:34:48,377 --> 00:34:51,380
And exercise,combined with a cognitive challenge,
542
00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:54,842
is proving to bean extremely powerful tool
543
00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:56,594
in the fight against dementia.
544
00:34:58,554 --> 00:35:00,014
Even when we grow older.
545
00:35:03,518 --> 00:35:06,646
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
546
00:35:13,736 --> 00:35:17,448
GUDRUN: (IN GERMAN)
My mother died five years ago,
547
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:25,039
and sadly, she suffered from dementia.
548
00:35:26,499 --> 00:35:29,043
And yes, it lives with me
in the back of my mind,
549
00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:30,878
good grief, it's going to happen
550
00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:32,004
or may happen to me.
551
00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:36,509
FEMALE VOICE: One, two, three, four.
552
00:35:38,344 --> 00:35:40,429
CHRIS: (IN ENGLISH) Every week,seventy-year-old Gudrun
553
00:35:40,513 --> 00:35:42,265
attends a local dance class.
554
00:35:42,557 --> 00:35:45,059
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
555
00:35:47,228 --> 00:35:52,275
GUDRUN: (IN GERMAN) Sometimes I don't feelas good as I did 30 years ago.
556
00:35:54,610 --> 00:35:55,903
But mostly,
557
00:35:56,028 --> 00:35:57,446
I'm in pretty good shape.
558
00:35:58,781 --> 00:36:01,951
(INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
559
00:36:03,452 --> 00:36:05,538
(DANCE INSTRUCTOR SPEAKING GERMAN)
560
00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:08,332
CHRIS: (IN ENGLISH) But this isno ordinary dance lesson.
561
00:36:08,791 --> 00:36:10,418
It's a scientific study.
562
00:36:11,794 --> 00:36:14,964
Its purpose, to find out whetheran exercise like dancing
563
00:36:15,047 --> 00:36:18,509
is more beneficial for the aging brainthan an ordinary workout.
564
00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:22,638
Dancing is learning complicated movements.
565
00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:26,934
It's not like sitting on a bike
where you do repetitive movements.
566
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:33,649
So we think that our dancing
is a better way to improve brain function
567
00:36:33,774 --> 00:36:38,654
because it involves this combinationof cognitive and physical challenge.
568
00:36:40,406 --> 00:36:41,866
(MUSIC ENDS)
569
00:36:44,452 --> 00:36:45,870
CHRIS: Scientists have discovered
570
00:36:45,995 --> 00:36:48,539
that our brainshave the capacity to grow and develop
571
00:36:48,664 --> 00:36:51,918
new connections even in late adulthood.
572
00:36:53,794 --> 00:36:55,296
(GUDRUN GREETING IN GERMAN)
573
00:36:55,379 --> 00:36:57,423
I'm the guinea pig! (CHUCKLES)
574
00:36:58,132 --> 00:36:59,759
CHRIS: (IN ENGLISH) So Notger and his team
575
00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:02,637
want to find outhow effective the dance program is
576
00:37:02,803 --> 00:37:04,513
at stimulating that growth.
577
00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:08,517
They're looking for signsof positive change
578
00:37:08,768 --> 00:37:11,062
in that region of the brainvital for memory.
579
00:37:13,147 --> 00:37:18,027
NOTGER: (IN GERMAN) Please show me
the front part of the hippocampus.
580
00:37:18,361 --> 00:37:19,445
(SPEAKING GERMAN)
581
00:37:21,113 --> 00:37:22,114
(IN ENGLISH) Stop.
582
00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:27,119
(IN GERMAN) You can see an increase here.
583
00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:29,830
It looks really good.
584
00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:33,918
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)
585
00:37:35,002 --> 00:37:37,964
NOTGER: (IN ENGLISH) This was sucha big relief because our results show
586
00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:40,675
that dancing has an amazing potential
587
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,427
in improving brain function and structure.
588
00:37:44,303 --> 00:37:49,308
And we really hope that dancing
will be able to prevent
589
00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:51,227
cases of dementia in the future.
590
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,191
CHRIS: It's not just Gudrun's resultswhich are impressive.
591
00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:01,237
The dancing group showed more growthin the hippocampus
592
00:38:01,570 --> 00:38:04,282
compared with those who followeda conventional workout.
593
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:09,704
(IN GERMAN) Well, the results had
a real "wow effect" on me.
594
00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:13,791
So I'm giving myself a bitof a pat on the back,
595
00:38:13,916 --> 00:38:15,543
telling myself "well done."
596
00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:23,843
(MUSIC FADES)
597
00:38:24,051 --> 00:38:27,138
CHRIS: (IN ENGLISH) We've been climbingfor a few hours, and finally,
598
00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:30,224
Wrights Lookout feelswithin touching distance.
599
00:38:32,226 --> 00:38:34,061
-CHRIS: Straight up here?
-OTIS: Yeah.
600
00:38:37,231 --> 00:38:39,817
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
601
00:38:41,527 --> 00:38:43,904
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
602
00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,244
Is this the right spot? (CHUCKLES)
603
00:38:50,745 --> 00:38:53,205
(MAJESTIC MUSIC PLAYING)
604
00:38:57,168 --> 00:38:58,836
-CHRIS: (PANTING) Well done, mate.
-OTIS: Good job.
605
00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:00,046
Good job.
606
00:39:02,798 --> 00:39:04,008
CHRIS: We've made it.
607
00:39:04,925 --> 00:39:07,845
And all without a phone,GPS, or even a map.
608
00:39:09,305 --> 00:39:13,267
Just the one thing people usedfor millennia to navigate this earth.
609
00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:15,061
Our brains.
610
00:39:15,561 --> 00:39:17,146
-That's where we walked from.
-(EXHALES DEEPLY)
611
00:39:17,605 --> 00:39:20,149
-Long way.
-It is a long way.
612
00:39:20,316 --> 00:39:22,193
Gives you some perspective, doesn't it?
613
00:39:27,656 --> 00:39:28,657
(MUSIC FADES)
614
00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:31,452
As I look out at how far
Otis and I have come,
615
00:39:32,161 --> 00:39:33,913
the beauty of this landscape,
616
00:39:34,538 --> 00:39:37,541
I think about what the elder said to usbefore we set off.
617
00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:40,002
"Listen with your own ears
618
00:39:40,836 --> 00:39:42,380
"and see with your own eyes."
619
00:39:44,131 --> 00:39:45,883
And now it makes perfect sense.
620
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:50,262
If we block out the noise
and truly tune in to the natural world,
621
00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:51,806
we'll live better.
622
00:39:55,351 --> 00:39:56,852
It's been a long two days,
623
00:39:58,604 --> 00:40:00,564
but we've made it herefor the corroboree,
624
00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:03,234
the gathering.
625
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,570
(MALE VOICE CHANTING
IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)
626
00:40:07,029 --> 00:40:09,865
(CLAPSTICKS BEATING RHYTHMICALLY)
627
00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:14,036
(MALE VOICES SINGING)
628
00:40:16,288 --> 00:40:18,499
ELDER: (IN ENGLISH)
On behalf of the three nations,
629
00:40:18,707 --> 00:40:21,085
we want to invite you
to come dance with us.
630
00:40:22,336 --> 00:40:23,337
-Sure. Thank you.
-Yeah.
631
00:40:24,839 --> 00:40:26,799
-I'm not much of a dancer.
-MALE VOICE: That's all right!
632
00:40:27,508 --> 00:40:30,052
You know, I really thought
I was gonna be just observing.
633
00:40:31,554 --> 00:40:33,681
And now, I feel really nervous.
634
00:40:34,014 --> 00:40:34,932
(CHUCKLES)
635
00:40:41,814 --> 00:40:44,150
(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)
636
00:40:51,407 --> 00:40:53,909
-(IN ENGLISH) Paddle left. Paddle right.
-Paddle left, paddle right.
637
00:40:53,993 --> 00:40:57,580
Low, low, shoulder, shoulder.
638
00:40:57,955 --> 00:40:58,998
All right.
639
00:40:59,373 --> 00:41:01,834
CHRIS: There's such a beautiful welcomingfrom everybody there,
640
00:41:01,917 --> 00:41:04,670
and encouragement,
that I pretty quickly get into it.
641
00:41:09,216 --> 00:41:12,219
(CHANTING IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)
642
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:21,270
CHRIS: (IN ENGLISH)
And I look over at Otis,
643
00:41:23,814 --> 00:41:27,067
and, uh, I start to seewhat it means for him.
644
00:41:31,614 --> 00:41:33,324
The meeting of these three nations.
645
00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:35,367
(DIDGERIDOO DRONING)
646
00:41:35,534 --> 00:41:37,244
OTIS: I feel empowered.
647
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:41,457
I feel a sense of belonging as well.
648
00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:46,629
Because this gatheringis to waken our ancestors
649
00:41:46,754 --> 00:41:49,465
in the memories and our storiesfrom the earth.
650
00:41:52,176 --> 00:41:57,556
Not only am I creating newand beautiful memories...
651
00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:04,939
but I get to share that with Chris,and we get to talk about that
652
00:42:05,022 --> 00:42:06,232
for the years to come.
653
00:42:08,651 --> 00:42:11,445
-(CLAPSTICKS BEATING RAPIDLY)
-(DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING)
654
00:42:11,695 --> 00:42:13,364
I started this journey concerned
655
00:42:13,489 --> 00:42:15,533
that I might lose my memories
when I'm older.
656
00:42:19,411 --> 00:42:23,165
But I've realized just how muchof this is in my own hands.
657
00:42:23,707 --> 00:42:26,669
(CHANTING AND SINGING DISTANTLY)
658
00:42:26,835 --> 00:42:30,381
CHRIS: The prescription is simple.Eat and sleep well.
659
00:42:31,632 --> 00:42:34,718
Challenge my mind and bodywith new experiences,
660
00:42:35,052 --> 00:42:37,012
and immerse myself in nature
661
00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:40,599
away from the distractionsand stress of modern life.
662
00:42:42,851 --> 00:42:45,729
And crucially, share all of this
with the people I love.
663
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,570
None of these simple actsare bitter medicine.
664
00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:56,949
They're things I love to do anyway.
665
00:42:58,909 --> 00:43:00,494
Things I want to do more often.
666
00:43:01,996 --> 00:43:05,374
And hopefully, I'll not only livea happier and more rewarding life,
667
00:43:06,208 --> 00:43:10,838
bringing joy to my family and my friendsjust as my grandpa did,
668
00:43:12,673 --> 00:43:15,884
but together we'll forge
precious new memories
669
00:43:16,218 --> 00:43:18,387
that will live with me
for the rest of my life.
670
00:43:21,387 --> 00:43:25,387
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