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| Bear Grylls OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls I'm Bear Grylls |
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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 GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Quick Preview Shots of Bear Grylls in Man vs. Wild Now, I'm in |
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| | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN MAN vs. WILD |
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| Bear Grylls VO/OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Plane GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Shot of Plane Flying I'm flying over GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Aerial View of Land ...yet only 30,000 people live here and most of those by the coast. |
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| Bear Grylls OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Plane This place is wild. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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01:02:00.20 | | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Reaches the Ground |
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| Bear Grylls OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Image of Large White Hot Sun |
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| 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 GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Terrain ….huge. Look at this. |
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| 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 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 GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Puts Parachute on Ground |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Running GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Panoramic View of Landscape Wow! Look at that! Whooo! |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN View of Landscape This vast landscape is typical of the outback of north 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down Rugged Terrain |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls OC/VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Looking Up God the sun is just so awful. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 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 |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Through Woods I've been dropped into the Kimberly in north 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Back of Bear Grylls It may seem disgusting but your own urine is safe to drink. |
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| | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Peeing Into Canteen |
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| 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. |
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| 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 GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Dry Landscape Bear Grylls Walking |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls VO/OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Viewing Landscape Look at the scale of this! |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Twilight View of Sky and Earth The north of 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Bear Grylls VO/OC | GRAPHICS ON 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Looking at Sky And the storm is getting closer. |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Storming GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls in Rainstorm I'm in the Kimberly in north 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Black Trees of Evening in Foreground And the Kapok tree shells have kept my tinder dry. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Colorful Evening Sky with Black Foreground and Bear Grylls Sitting |
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| 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. |
| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Climbing Down and Dropping to Ground Well I got some food at least. Whew. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 That's what I've been looking for. Running water. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls' Face I don't GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Splashing in River |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls VO/OC | GRAPHICS ON The snake shouldn't mind getting we as long as I keep its head out of the water. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Eating Snake Actually that's just delicious. It's got a, definitely GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Finishing Snake |
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| 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 |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Dawn Dawn has broken over the outback in north |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking There are two types of crocodiles in |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Crocodile in Water Freshies are clearly identified by their long, thin snouts. |
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| Bear Grylls OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking There's another. They're all over the place. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bear Grylls VO | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Two Crocodiles in Water Salties have broad round noses and are considered to be GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Large Splash in Water They are responsible for over 60 unprovoked attacks in |
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| Bear Grylls OC | GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Bear Grylls Walking Crocodiles very rarely miss their targets. And, recently there was a guy canoeing in |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| | CREDITS BEGIN |
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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 |
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