Monday, June 11, 2007

MAN vs. WILD Kimberly, Australia

01:00:01:01

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Helicopter Rising in Air

01:00:01:21

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

I'm Bear Grylls

01:00.02.26

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls on Mountain Rock

I've served...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Quick Shots of Bear Grylls' Past Adventures

...with the British Special Forces, I've climbed to the summit of Everest and crossed the frozen oceans of the Arctic.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Quick Preview Shots of Bear Grylls in Man vs. Wild

Now, I'm in Australia's outback, a vast wilderness. Five million visitors come here every year to see these rugged lands. Hundreds need rescuing. I'm going to show the skills needed to survive out here.

01:00:25:27

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN MAN vs. WILD

01:00:37:20

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Plane

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Shot of Plane Flying

I'm flying over western Australia in a region called the "Kimberly." It's an area the size of California...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Aerial View of Land

...yet only 30,000 people live here and most of those by the coast.

01:00:48:28

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Plane

This place is wild.

01:00:31:00

Host Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls' Face in Plane

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of Plane Flying Over Rugged Terrain

The outback has an extreme climate. For eight months of the year it never rains and it can get up to 130 degrees. ... GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Face of Bear Grylls in Plane

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Plane Flying Over Rugged Terrain

... Now it's the wet season and it's even tougher.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Aerial View of Terrain

Humidity is often 100% which makes the temperatures feel...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Plane Flying Over Rugged Terrain

...even more unbearable. The Aussies call...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Aerial View of Rugged Terrain

it the "suicide season." Of the tens of thousands of hardcore tourists that come here each year...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Brief Image of Bear Grylls

the heat, snakes, and cyclones...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Plane Flying Over Rugged Terrain

...claim 40 lives.

01:01:20:25

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Plane

They say that if you get lost down here with no survival skills there's a 75% chance you'll die.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of Plane Flying over Rugged Terrain

...I'm going to put myself in...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Brief Image of Bear Grylls

the position of a stranded tourist...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Plane Flying Over Rugged Terrain

...to show some of the skills needed to stay alive.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Plane Putting on Goggles

01:01:35:05

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Plane

All I've got with me is a water bottle and a knife.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Parachuting From Plane

The camera crew will follow me.

01:02:00.20

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Reaches the Ground

01:02:09:23

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of Large White Hot Sun

01:02:13:06

Bear Grylls Out of Breath OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Terrain and Large White Hot Sun

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

It's suddenly just so hot. GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Terrain and Large White Hot Sun

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Removing Parachute

It was quite nice and cool in the breeze ...but suddenly you realize it is very, very hot and it's also just...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Terrain

….huge. Look at this.

01:02:32:04

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Carrying Parachute

First, I need a decent vantage point to get my bearings.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Terrain

The Kimberly may be the size of California...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

...but this area of outback has only one highway across it.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of Large WhiteHot Sun Behind Trees

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

For millennia this land has been completely undeveloped and the only people who lived here were Australia's famous bushmen, the Aborigines. It is their skills and knowledge that I'll use as I travel across this wild landscape.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Puts Parachute on Ground

01:03:01:23

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Running

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Panoramic View of Landscape

Wow! Look at that! Whooo!

01:03:07:29

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Landscape

This vast landscape is typical of the outback of north Australia.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls' Face

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Terrain

It's a mixture of huge scrub deserts, dry riverbeds and red sandstone cliffs full of deep gorges.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Viewing Landscape

01:03:23:20

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Landscape View

The first thing I need to do is just to find my bearings, but what I do know is that the one major highway through here runs to the south of me about a hundred fifty miles away, but much closer and to the northwest ... and also there are a few small towns and there will be plenty of dirt tracks and that's probably my best chance of getting out of here. But, first of all, I've got to work out which way is northwest and what I can do is use the sun...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Points to Sun

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Points to Watch ...and my watch. And, the technique in the southern hemisphere is you point twelve o'clock at the sun and and halfway between there and the hour hand is north.

01:04:02:20

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pointing Out Directions

So, that's north and that's northwest. So I'm going to head northwest until I find a river...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Northwest

...which should lead me down to the coast.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Spreads Parachute on Ground

As 80% of people live by the coast, that's probably my best plan. But before I head out to the great outback...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Weights Parachute with Rocks

...I have one more trick up my sleeve. I'm going to spread my parachute out as a marker so it's visible from the air. And, I'll leave an arrow...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Creates Arrow out of Rocks

...pointing the direction I've gone.

01:04:28:17

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Rugged Terrain

01:04:37:23

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls on Cliff Edge

This looks like the right place to climb down. The only thing is climbing like this when you're unroped and you're on your own is probably the most unforgiving thing you can do. It just means you've got to get every single move absolutely right. And, one good tip to conserve your energy when you're climbing is to try to keep your hands and your arms at shoulder height.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Raises Arms

As soon as they start going up all the blood drains out of them and you fatigue much quicker.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Farther Down Rugged Terrain

01:05:12:09

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of White Hot Sun

Been going just literally five minutes. I'm just drenched in sweat already. Whew.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Farther Down Rugged Terrain

01:05:29:26

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls on Cliff Edge

All of this here is sandstone. Look at how...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pushes a Sandstone Rock that Rolls Downward

...loose this is. And, actually, some of the rocks here...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Farther Down Rugged Terrain

...in the Kimberly are over a thousand million years old. That makes them the oldest rocks in the world.

01:05:44:25

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Rocks

A hundred and fifty foot to the bottom but with rocks as flakey as this you've really got to watch your footing.

01:05:53:26

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Rocks

There was an American tourist out here in 2005 who got separated from the group he was with and he actually slipped and then fell about 40 foot down rock face not dissimilar to this. But he actally survived, survived that fall. But, then, what he probably did was panic. And, it's then that he slipped and he fell and this time he was killed. And, the lesson really is even if something goes wrong that's the time where you need to keep calm and you've got to come up with a sensible plan to get out.

01:06:33:21

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Rocks

Almost half of all climbing accidents happen at a point when people think the climb is over. Survival depends on keeping your wits about you all the time.

01:06:43:20

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Rocks

I thought it was pretty hot over the top of these cliffs but what I had up there was at least was a bit of a breeze. But, down here...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Opens Canteen

...it's just boiling, boiling and it's like I'm now entering these hot plains that feels a bit like...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinks From Canteen

...I'm out of the furnace but definitely entering the fire.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Through Terrain

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of White Hot Sun Behind Tree Branches

01:07:12:15

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

I think my real feeling having just arrived here is just the scale of the place. Just how huge it is and how little I am in this vast outback. It's kind of an intimidating feeling being in a land quite this big. There you go a thousand kilometers in one direction and there is hardly anything, and it's exactly the same a thousand kilometers in the other direction. And, that's amazing.

01:07:43:12

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of White Hot Sun Behind Tree Branches

Down here, it's unbearably humid. It may look green and lush but it isn't.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

The humidity is 100%...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of White Hot Sun Behind Tree Branches

...which makes the temperature feel more like...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

...150 percent.

01:07:56:08

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Looking Up

God the sun is just so awful.

01:08:00:06

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Large White Hot Sun

The danger of high humidity is that my sweat can no longer evaporate...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Opening Canteen

...to cool me down because the air is already fully saturated with moisture. GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinking From Canteen

That makes heat stroke even more likely.

01:08:12:01

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Blue Sky, White Clouds, White Sun

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

Temperatures in the outback of Australia have been known to reach up to 57 degrees Celsius. That's over 130 degrees Fahrenheit. It's unbelievably hot. And, the search and rescue guys say that someone dropped in the middle of that with nothing, no water, within three hours they would be dead. The most important part of you to keep cool is your head.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Removes Pants

I need a hat to reduce the risk of overheating.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Replaces Pants

I could use my t-shirt but I need that to keep the sun off my body.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Places Boxer Shorts on Head

All I have left are my boxer shorts. Hat on. Sun protection. I'm ready to go.

01:08:48.20

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of Hot White Sun Behind Trees

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

As my head is the most vulnerable part of my body the hat will help keep me cooler but my next problem is water. I only have the water I brought with me and that's not gonna...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of Hot White Sun Behind Trees

...last a day. I'm going to...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Removes Boxer Shorts from Head, Rubs Head

...need to resort to extreme measures to survive.

01:09:06:02

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Large Hot White Sun Glaring

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls With Boxer Shorts Back on Head

The only thing I can do is to drink my own pee.

01:09:08:28

BREAK 1

01:09:43:19

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Plane Flying Over Valley

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Through Woods

I've been dropped into the Kimberly in north Australia. I'm heading northwest towards the coast trying to make my way back to...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinking From Canteen

... civilization. But now...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of White Hot Sun Through Branches

...I'm getting low on water.

01:09:57:04

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

And the only thing I can do is to drink my own pee. And, this is...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Opening Canteen

...something I've never done before. And, I'm expecting it to be pretty horrible...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Preparing to Pee into Canteen

...but I need to keep those fluids going in.

01:10:12:09

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Back of Bear Grylls

It may seem disgusting but your own urine is safe to drink.

01:10:27:12

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Peeing Into Canteen

01:10:27:07

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

And, if I just peed on the ground there's all those fluids wasted.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Smelling Pee in Canteen

Yarrggh.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinks Pee from Canteen

Ahhhgg. Ga, there's really no getting away from it. That really is pretty horrible. It's like warm, and it's salty, aagh, not my favorite. I've got about a quarter of a bottle now, for later as well. Yaarggh.

01:11:14:24

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

Urine is actually about 95% water, and it's sterile when fresh. But, drink it sooner rather than later as it's a breeding ground for bacteria. The people who stand the best chance of survival are the ones prepared to push the limits. In 2006, three Mexican fishermen were rescued after a nine-month ordeal adrift on the Pacific Ocean. They drank turtle blood and their own urine. It's only because they were prepared to go to these extremes that they are alive today.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Dry Landscape Bear Grylls Walking

01:11:50:10

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

But, urine alone is not going to be enough in this heat. I need to find a source of water as soon as I can. Just at rest...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinking from Canteen

...I should be drinking 2% of my body weight of water every...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Uphill

...day. That means about one and a half liters minimum. But, in these conditions I'll need that much every hour.

01:12:12:22

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Viewing Landscape

Look at the scale of this!

01:12:15:14

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinking from Canteen

The combination of searing heat and high humidity are beginning to take their toll.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Under Image of White Hot Sun

My sweat can't cool me down and all I've got to drink is my own urine. If you can't find enough fluids in this heat, you'll die.

01:12:34:18

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

Just getting even hotter now and the only real way you're gonna stay alive out here in this bitter heat is to find some shelter and some shade. And I'm walking through these bog trees now and these are really typical of this whole Kimberly region. And, what they do for me is offer me a little bit of this precious shade.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drops to Ground Under Tree

01:13:01:17

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Under Tree

Finding shade like this can be a lifesaver as it's up to 30 degrees cooler when you're out of the sun. GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Large Hot White Sun

01:13:11:22

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Trees and Grey Clouds

The people who know how to cope...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinking from Canteen

...best in this environment are the Aborigines.

01:13:17:03

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Trees Aboriginals have a very distinct attitude...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Sitting

...towards the the land and they don't see themselves as owners of the land, rather that the land owns them. As if they're kind of custodians of it. And, it's this sort of respect and understanding that's so vital to staying alive in the midst of a harsh environment.

01:13:37:14

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Trees and White Hot Sun GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

These bog trees also produce nuts and you can see...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Holding Nutshell

...the shell of them here. But, at this time of the year there's nothing in it. But, the Aboriginals would use this really good survival food; highly nutritious. But, no luck for me today.

01:13:56:26

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN White Hot Sun

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

As the afternoon and the clouds start to roll in the sun's heat is beginning to cool off a little making it possible for me to get moving.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

But I still have no fresh water.

01:14:17:11

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Camera Pans Landscape

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Looking at Sky

Hear that? It's thunder. It's amazing you know. Sun, and I tell you it's going to be rain in a few hours. It's all moving this way.

01:14:26:02

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Away

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Views of Landscape

Out here in the wet season the intense humidity and the tropical cyclones...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN White Hot Sun Behind Tree Branches

...can lead to sudden thunderstorms.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

I'm going to need to collect some tinder now while it's still dry if I wanna have a campfire tonight.

01:14:43:04

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking in Twilight

A lot of the bushes around here are these Kapok bushes and you can tell that just from these leaves. They're soft and furry and they're kind of shaped like a maple leaf as well. But, what I'm after is the seed pods that grow on them.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Searching Trees for Seed Pods

See that. Now look.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Bending a Tree Down

Pull this down. I don't know if you see these ones here. Got to pull this off and just inside there's like this cotton wool. This stuff is great for tinder for making a fire. Just collect a few of these and that will really help. The Kapock shells not only protect the seeds but also help keep that cotton wool tinder dry.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

01:15:29:06

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Twilight View of Sky and Earth

The north of Australia is one of the most...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

...lightning prone areas on earth. Some storms have produced over 1,500 lightning flashes in just a few hours.

01:15:40:01

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pointing at Sky

You can see the dark clouds and over here the blue stuff has just moved.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Points at Dark Clouds

And that is all heading my way. I need to get off this rock now and make camp.

01:15:56:01

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Dark Threatening Sky and Lightning

With storms come rain and...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Looking Around

...in the Kimberly almost three foot of rain has been known to fall in only nine hours. And, that can lead to treacherous flash floods.

01:16:05:28

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

This thunderstorm is pretty well here and it's really starting to rain and I'm gonna to be in for a wet night. And, I feel that wind flying straight towards me. And, yeah, it's it's really starting...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Ducks for Cover

...to pour now. I need to find a shelter of some sort.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pointing Out a Line of Thick Trees

And all of this wall is going to offer me some sort of protection, at least from the wind and the rain from that side. And, if I can build some sort of A-frame to protect me this side, at least I should get some cover.

01:16:44:10

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Searches for Building Resources

Bad weather is about to hit me. I've got minutes until the deluge begins.

01:16:50:02

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Describing A-frame Construction

OK, what I can do here is build a bit of a bed straight across from here, one brace here, one on this ledge, and that's going to at least lift me off the ground. And, the worst thing you can do when it's a torrential thunderstorm is just be on the ground when all of this just turns to water. So, the first thing is, I need a platform.

01:17:12:00

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Gathering Materials

My plan is to build an Aboriginal shelter. The Aborigines use whatever is at hand to do this. Sticks for the framework, ivy for cordage, and bunches of leaves make perfect roofing and bedding.

01:17:29:01

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

God, hear that? And, this is getting closer. As well, there's lightening. And, that's where the 100% humidity has gone straight up in the air and now it is pouring down. And, this is the wet season--Kimberly, northern Australia.

01:17:44:24

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Building Shelter

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Water Flooding Ground

That's why I was building a bed. This, five minutes ago, was completely dry and look, now a foot of water, and if I just tried to build a shelter on the ground, that's what I'd be sleeping in. And, you know the amazing thing is tomorrow it will be all bone dry again by lunchtime.

01:18:19:18

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pointing at Water

Look at that. See that? Just pouring off this sandy outcrop. And, while it'll stop raining in five minutes time...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Filling Canteen with Rainwater

...and all I've had to drink so far today is piss, urine. I've got to fill this up. This is just like manna from heaven. Whaaaaa! That's so nice. Come on rain!

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Showering in Rain

01:18:47:29

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Putting on T-shirt

I'm hydrated again. I've even had a bit of a wash. But I've really got to get this shelter finished because if I'm this wet when it gets dark I'm also gonna get really cold.

01:19:02:04

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Full Force of Nature

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Lightning, Wind, Rain

But as the storm rages on...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls has Knife in Tree Trunk

...my concern is...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Lightning in Sky

...the lightning. In Australia, lightning strikes are responsible for ten deaths a year.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Looking at Sky

And the storm is getting closer.

01:19:12:05

BREAK 2

01:19:46:20

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Storming

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Rainstorm

I'm in the Kimberly in north Australia. I'm caught...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Cutting Branches, Building Shelter

...in a thunderstorm and night is falling. I need a shelter fast. The rain may be slowing down but out here in the wet season it will definitely rain again. I'm making my roof at an angle to help the rain run off. I've put up a basic frame made of thin branches and I'm tying it all together with vines.

01:20:12:12

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Describing Shelter

Now I just need as much green foliage as I can just to cover this...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls With Roof Frame

...and that's gonna be my waterproofing.

01:20:21:00

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Dragging Branches

I'm using Eucalyptus leaves.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Thatching Roof Frame

They are plentiful in the outback and they make excellent thatch.

01:20:27:15

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Constructs Mattress

And what you can also do is use some of this smaller, softer stuff as a bit of a springy mattress. Look at that. That is going to be much more comfortable than that.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pointing at Ground

All I now need...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Lying Down on Mattress

...is a fire to get these clothes dry before it gets dark.

01:20:45:15

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Black Trees of Evening in Foreground

And the Kapok tree shells have kept my tinder dry.

01:20:50:15

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Using Cotton Wool from Kapok Pod to Build Fire

Got timber, some kindling, and some wood and then what I'm going to use to light the fire is this striker and this flint. And, flint is an ancient way of lighting fires and all this is is a modern way of doing it. And, I strike the flint, the steel along the flint like that and it creates that spark. And, the great thing about this is that will even go when it's soaking wet. Put the flint right down low and as I strike it I'm blasting all that spark straight...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Cotton Wool Catches Fire ...into it. And, look, first time.

01:21:29:23

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Tending to Fire

And it's not surprising, the spark given off by the flint is over five and a half thousand degrees Fahrenheit. And, incredibly, it's brighter...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Fire Light Between Kindling Sticks

...than the sun. All I need to do now is gently coax it.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Fire Blazing

01:21:44:00

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Evening Sky

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Foreground

The thing, the feeling is when it suddenly...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Evening Sky

...rains is it brings, brings out fresh hope, you know.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Evening Sky

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Foreground

And certainly that is just so dry and so hot you think how is it possible just to sustain life here. And, the answer is, when it rains.

01:22:00:04

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Colorful Evening Sky with Black Foreground and Bear Grylls Sitting

Australia really is, it's a place of extremes, you know. When it's hot, it's roasting. When it rains, it pours. And, when it's beautiful it really is spectacular.

01:22:16:18

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Sitting Beside Fire

According to some Aboriginal traditions, they say the first fire of creation was started by what's known as the "younger sister" and that's why fire technically belongs to the women. And, when a husband wants to light a fire he's meant to ask his wife's permission. And, I know my wife would approve of that.

01:22:35:25

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls with Night Fire

Finally, the storm passes and I should try and get some much-needed rest.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Sudden Darkness

01:22:45:21

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Sun Rising

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

I'm going to start early to help to avoid the 125 degree heat and humidity. But, first, I've spotted breakfast.

01:22:54:00

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Approaching Cliff

Now this is a rock fig tree. I can tell this just because it has this very distinct grey bark and they often cling to the side of just little cliffs, just like this. And actually if you look at the leaves they're oval-shaped, and also they're furry and the reason for that is that that fur stops them from losing a lot of their precious moisture. Problem is, all the fruits are up there.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Points Upward

01:23:24:14

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Cliff

But climbing up to get the fruits is a risk. This sandstone is brittle and can be greasy when it's wet. So, I'm going to use the roots as hand-holds to help me. The roots go deep into the cliff so they should be strong and safe.

01:23:45:26

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Reaches Top of Fig Tree

OK. These are the guys I'm after. And first, pluck one of these off. All of this fruit is edible. It's not ripe but it's edible. If you open it up you see all of those fig seeds inside and all of those are really good . It's pretty tasteless. It's like chewing on cardboard. But, I know it is good. I want to pluck below the leaves, stick them in my pocket, as many as I can. Two more for luck.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down and Dropping to Ground

Well I got some food at least. Whew.

01:24:51:25

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

Navigating across this vast landscape is difficult with so few landmarks to help me. I'm having to rely on my watch for navigation. But the Aborigines have a totally different method.

01:25:04:12

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Through Brush

One of the reasons that Aboriginals are in many ways the ultimate survivors in the outback is that they use these songs that are passed down from generation to generation as a way of navigating through this wilderness. And, what these songs do is they act as like, like a singing map, you know, directing them between hunting grounds, water holes, and good places for shelter. But, I don't have the benefit of that sort of history. Instead, I'm just going to rely on what I know.

01:25:36:07

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Wiping Face

And that means sticking to my northwest bearing and hoping that I'll eventually find civilization.

01:25:47:00

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

I've had little luck finding food but as the day goes on I've got to look harder.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinking from Canteen

I need energy.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Spider on Branch

There's a spider there, a Crucifix spider and that is just from the shape of where they sit on their prey and that cross-like crucifix shape, and then all the web around them. And, the web they spin is actually amazing. It's actually fifty times stronger than steel. And, I was taught in the military you can actually use spider's webs to help with wounds. And, what you do, you collect it all up, bunch it up, put it in the wound and it will help coagulate the blood. It acts like a field dressing. But, this spider here, it does have some poison in it but not enough really to harm. It might just give a little nip. And, so much of survival is about opportunistic hunting and this is edible.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Catching Spider

Here we go. From here, squeeze his head and then put him in.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Puts Spider in Mouth and Chews

Ugh. It just tastes of kind of guts and pus and brain.

01:27:08:25

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

Spiders and insects are always a good source of protein. But, it's not really enough.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Large White Hot Sun

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinks from Canteen

And on top of that, last night's rain water is now getting low again. So, I'm going to climb up to a vantage point to see if I can spot any signs of water.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls on Top of Hill Eyeing Terrain

But, still nothing. All I can do is carry on.

01:27:43:02

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Descending Hill

Coming off these hills is not as easy as I thought. Look, I've just come across this sheer gorge here, and look all the way up there.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pointing Upward

And there's no way I'm going to be able to cross this. So, I'm going to get down.

01:28:07:09

BREAK 3

01:28:41:18

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Hill with White Hot Sun Above

I'm traveling through the searing heat and humidity of Australia's outback. I'm heading northwest trying to get to the coast where most people live. But, now I'm out of water and I'm stuck at the top of this sheer 40 foot drop.

01:29:01:16

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Viewing Gorge

This gorge isn't looking too great. And I've been through some spectacular landscapes the last couple of days. But, it looks like this one might well be the one that beats me.

01:29:27:13

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Descending Climbing Down Into Gorge

Yeah, it's probably about, probably about 40 foot down here. But, actually, this tree doesn't look too bad and if I could just reach that main trunk I might well be able to just like monkey down it. And actually there was a hiker a couple of years ago who got lost and he found himself on top of a gorge like this and his only way out was to go down a tree. And he went for it, and he managed it, and he got out. But, it's risky.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Into Gorge

01:30:18:13

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Tree

OK, I've just got to get my leg around this tree trunk.

01:30:41:12

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Shimmying Down Tree Trunk

What I'll do here is just really grip just with my thighs and let them take the strain and just balance with my arms. And, try to protect my family jewels. Arrggh. Wow. Whoa.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Reaches Ground

Well. I'm down and there's water there as well.

01:31:22:08

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

I need water but I can't drink this without knowing it's safe. I have to find out where it's come from first. It will only be safe if it comes from an underground spring.

01:31:32:12

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Searching Ground for Water

What I've got to do is just keep following this stream up here to find where it stops. It's still going here, and look, it's dry up there. And, this is what happens when it rains--it will pour down here. When it's dry like now you'll see it's like a natural spring. And, this, yeah, this is the source of it. And if I dig down into this, however much water I take out it's just going to keep refilling.

01:32:05:15

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Fills Canteen with Water

This spring water has filtered through the rocks to emerge as clean water. And that means it doesn't even need to be boiled.

01:32:12:17

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinks Water from Canteen and Pours the Rest Over His Head

Now what's happened here is that all this water just gets cleaned naturally as it filters through all the rock and the sand. And it's 100% safe to drink. And, the great thing is, however much of it I do drink, this thing is just going to keep welling up and filling up.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinks from Canteen and Fills it Back Up

OK.

01:32:51:17

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

I'm going to follow this water downstream. There's a good chance it will lead to a larger river...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Looks at Sky

...and then...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Large White Hot Sun

...to the coast and people.

01:33:00:01

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls

Walking has always been a big part of Aboriginal culture and for them it's about experience and the landscape and learning to live with nature. And, for me I think some of my early climbing expeditions were similar. You know, it's about pushing my own boundaries and through that finding my sense of identity.

01:33:35:16

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON CAMERA Bear Grylls Walking in White Hot Sun

GRAPHICS ON CAMERA Bear Grylls Running Down Hill

Wow, look at that!

GRAPHICS ON CAMERA River

That's what I've been looking for. Running water.

01:33:46:05

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Jumping Over Rocks

After the hot plains, finding this water is pure joy.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Romping in Water

And now I feel like I'm entering a new phase of my journey.

01:34:05:00

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls' Face

I don't when I say that it's searingly hot here and this water is just God sent.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Splashing in River

01:34:25:07

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Sliding Through White Water

Aborigines believe that the rainbow serpent made the rivers as he traveled across the land. And, that serpent is the symbol for both the creative and destructive forces of nature. These river gorges are testimony to that power.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN High Red Hill with Cliffs

01:34:45:07

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Cliffs, River, Rocks, Trees Bear Grylls

All around me are signs of flash floods and debris.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Jumping On Rocks

Water is the key to existence providing life to all plants and animals on its banks. But not all of it is threatening.

01:35:00:14

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Catches a Snake

Wow, look at this. This is an olive python. Let's just get him out. There you go. We'll just leave his head on the ground. They are always calmest when they've got a hold of ground like that. Now this is pretty common snake in Australia.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Picking up and Holding Snake to Camera

He'll probably live off rodents, skinks, even other, actually, small snakes. And, one thing there's no shortage of in Australia are snakes. In fact, I think it's only like 21 of the 25 most poisonous snakes in the world are actually in Australia. Ah, but look at this. This for me is a real find. This isn't one of the poisonous ones. This is one I can eat. And I'm just going to keep him alive until I'm ready to eat him. But, that's great. That's the protein I need and he's dinner.

01:35:59:07

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Hangs Snake Around Shoulders

In these conditions food will go off within just half a day, so keeping it alive makes the most sense.

01:36:14:00

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

It's getting late in the day now and I've got food, I've got water here, and it would be a good thing to think about finding some shelter. But I do need to be careful around here. All of this is flash flood territory. You can even see just behind me there where flash flows dumped all of that. But over there it looks like a bit of a ledge raised up. The only thing is now I just need to cross this river with this guy.

01:36:39:26

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Crossing River with Snake in Hand

The snake shouldn't mind getting we as long as I keep its head out of the water.

01:36:46:06

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Red Cliff Across River

The Aborigines have always lived in harmony with the land, only taking what nature can maintain. And today they are the only people in Australia allowed to kill indigenous species. The one exception is when you're in a survival situation. Now that I've got a safe place to rest I can kill my dinner. And the easiest way to do this is to swing the snake through the air smashing his head against the rocks. It's quick and it's painless.

01:37:18:14

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Colorful Evening Sky Above Black Trees

As it's so humid I don't need a shelter tonight.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Blazing Fire

I'm going to sleep on this ledge under the stars.

01:37:26:12

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Night

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Close Up of Bear Grylls' Face

I've gutted and I've skinned the snake and I've got it cooking on this little, like a skewer. And I just can't wait to eat it. It's gonna be really good protein. But I know snake. This is gonna taste delicious.

01:37:42:09

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Snake Cooking Over Fire

All snakes in the world are edible. But make sure you don't eat the guts or the head which contains the poison sacs. It's also important to cook the meat thoroughly as it can...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Eats Snake

...contain tongue worm. This can cause vomiting and in the worse cases, death.

01:37:58:26

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Eating Snake

Actually that's just delicious. It's got a, definitely , but good. Now this is how the Aboriginals would have it. You know, they take what the land would give them and no more. And, in a way it's been the same for me, you know. I came across this snake and that's given me just enough to keep going and keep moving.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Finishing Snake

01:38:30:11

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Sun Going Down Behind Dark Cliff

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Falling Asleep

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Campfire

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Lightning in the Distance

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Awake

Ah, it's kind of hard to sleep at the moment. It's just that I'm still just pouring with sweat. It's so humid. But it has just given me time just to sit and look around and listen. I can hear the river flowing. There's a distant thunderstorm so I can hear the old crack of lightening occasionally. And it just gives me that time just to go, "Actually, wow, this is special." And it's just for me a real privilege to be in somewhere so wild but also so unique. And, that for me, keeps my spirits going.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Blackness

01:39:23:22

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Dawn

Dawn has broken over the outback in north Australia. As soon as the sun comes over the horizon I can feel its warming rays. The temperature is already 90 degrees Fahrenheit and rising. But at least I'm near water. It's time for an early morning dip.

01:39:44:26

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Jumps from Clif into River

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Gets out of River

OK, the plan today is just keep following this river downstream. And it's this that I hope is going to lead me to people. But the danger as I head down is this river is gonna get wider, bigger, and as it gets closer to the sea--crocodiles. And, especially dangerous for me, are the salt water ones.

01:40:18:24

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

As I get nearer to the coast I start to see the crocodiles. Some of these are maneaters.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Crocodiles Splashing in Water

01:40:26:14

BREAK 4

01:41:00:16

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

I'm following a river downstream that will hopefully take me to civilization. But now I'm entering crocodile territory. As I head further downstream the banks are wider and there are fewer rocks which makes my journey easier. But, as the landscape changes, I'm faced with new dangers.

01:41:26:17

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

Everything's just changing now. Look, the weather's getting worse, the wind's picking up, but also this river is really widening which means it is prime crocodile territory.

01:41:38:04

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

There are two types of crocodiles in Australia. Saltwater crocodiles are the maneaters. And they tend to stay near the coast. So far, I'm only seeing fresh water ones but even these can attack.

01:41:50:11

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pointing

Hey, look, look, there you go. It's a fresh water crocodile. Twenty minutes away? Let's see if we can get in a little bit closer. He's only a small one. Keep an eye around about. Hey, look, look, look!

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Crocodile Splashing in Water

01:42:04:09

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Crocodile

These fresh water crocks are fast. They can run up to ten miles an hour in a short burst. So, you've got to keep your distance.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Crocodile Running to Water

01:42:11:28

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Describing Crocodile Environs

See what they like here are all these shallow pools that they're just basking in. We've got quite a lot of pools around these guys. Let's just keep ...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Retreats Away from Water

OK, this is a much safer distance to be. We're about 50 meters back now from the bank. And we need to keep that distance and keep following the river there.

01:42:34:01

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Crocodile in Water

Freshies are clearly identified by their long, thin snouts.

01:42:38:21

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

There's another. They're all over the place.

01:42:41:07

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Crocodile in Water

Freshies tend to attack if cornered or surprised. I never want to find myself between a crock and the water. However, as I move downstream I'm more likely to run into salt water crocodiles. And, at this time of the year they often head upstream, away from their usual coastal habitat. It's their breeding season and that makes it even more aggressive.

01:43:06:16

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Points at Water

Oh, see that? Look. Saltwater crocodile. You'll be alright at this distance.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Pointing at a Crocodile

Now these guys are the ones you want to watch out for. If he took me, he'd drag me into the water, death row, and then rip me apart. And, the chance of surviving a salt water crocodile attack, deep water, are almost nil. Amazing to see so close. But, this means there are salties here. I don't want to be close to the river. I'm going to move back in there.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Retreats Away from River

Come on, then.

01:43:42:03

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Two Crocodiles in Water

Salties have broad round noses and are considered to be Australia's most dangerous animal. They're capable of biting with the force of one ton per square inch and scientists believe that's even stronger than a Tyrannosaurus rex.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Large Splash in Water

They are responsible for over 60 unprovoked attacks in Australia every year.

01:44:05:01

Bear Grylls OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking

Crocodiles very rarely miss their targets. And, recently there was a guy canoeing in Queensland and a crocodile came up underneath him, turned him over, and took him. Never underestimate saltwater crocodiles. They are one of our planet's most ruthless and efficient killers.

01:44:20:24

Bear Grylls VO/OC

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Through Trees

I'm still gonna follow the river towards the coast and civilization. But, I have to avoid those salties which have been known to live up to 200 meters away from the river's edge. This area, though, should be safe...

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Two Cranes Walking By

...because I'm seeing other animals like the brolga, a type of crane, and the iconic wallaby.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Wallaby Hopping Away

It's just like everything around here. It's quicker than me, it's smarter than me, just better at surviving than me.

01:44:56:26

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN White Hot Sun

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Drinking from Canteen

Away from the river means once again I'm at the mercy of the searing heat and I'm with a limited supply of water.

01:45:08:22

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Sees a Fence

Signs of civilization don't always mean safety, though, and finding this fence is little comfort. Australia has some of the longest fences in the world. One is over three and a half thousand miles long. That's 700 miles wider than the USA.

01:45:28:10

Bear Grylls VO

GRAPHICS ON CAMERA Large White Hot Sun

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Rugged Terrain

The conditions here have been really extreme. And it's amazing that anything manages to survive. Those who do, like the Aborigines, have learned to adapt and to work with this unforgiving wilderness. It's only then can you hope to survive Australia's great outback.

01:45:56:08

Bear Grylls OC/VO

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Leaning Over

And, this means the end of my journey.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Points

And, you just see some buildings over there glistening. That's probably a small outback community. But, that's my ticket home. And, really, I think what I've learned is that the Aboriginals really are the ultimate outback dwellers. But they're also the ultimate guardians of the land. In so many ways it's us that has so much to learn from their understanding of this great wilderness.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Towards Buildings in the Distance

01:46:40:02

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Presenter Bear Grylls Fixer Peter Bibby Survival Expert Nick Vroomans Special Thanks Entomedia Mick McInerney Mirrawong, Gajerrong and K.L.C. Kununurra Music Composed by Garry Hughes Dubbing Mixer Graham Wild Colorist Adrian Rigby Sound Recordist Paul Ritz 1st Assistant Director Joey Nicholls Production Coordinator Emily Lascelles Production Manager Sybilla Wilson Edited by Pete Fischer Assistant Producer Juliet Wide Director of Photography Simon Reay Additional Camera Jim Fratter For Discovery Channel Executive Producer Mary Donahue Associate Producer Kelly Lueschow Production Coordinator Brian Dean Series Producer Tim Tarrant Executive Producer Robert Magiver Produced & Directed by Alexis Girardet Produced by Diverse Bristol LTD for Discovery Channel @MMVII Discovery Communications Inc

01:47:08:00

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