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All right.

So this starts our adventure today.

Canyoneering in southern Utah.

We're just outside of Zion National Park,

and this is one of my absolute favorite activities

to do in this area.

Not only are we going to be scrambling like I just

did there, we're going to work our way through really

tight canyons, and we're also going to have

to do some technical rappels.

But before we do that, we got to go

a little further up the trail. Let's go.

All right, so just to get into the canyon, guys,

we've got to do a little bit of scrambling.

A little bit more technical than a simple climb up.

We've got to use our hands and just a little bit of technique.

All right, here we go.

All right.

There we go.

With scrambling, sometimes going up

is easier than going down and through.

All right, just got to wiggle our way through here.

We have the first descent coming up,

our first rappel of the day.

All right, Corey, come here and check this out.

Approach slowly.

All right, yep.

This is going to be our first technical rappel of the day.

In order to pull this off, we're going

to bring in the expert, my good friend Jonathan

the Zion guru, who I've been on many adventures with.

Jonathan we're going canyoneering today,

but this is sort of where it gets technical.

Yeah.

In order to make our way down canyon,

we're going to have to navigate some big drops.

Here's a 45 footer to start with,

and we're going to use some specialized ropes

and equipment to make it really safe and really fun.

OK, so Jonathan's going to go through some of the safety

protocol of this rappel, and this is something

that we're going to repeat multiple times

on today's adventure.

This is not your average rope.

We have a Dyneema core and a Technora sheath on it.

Super strong piece of equipment that's

designed to hold thousands of pounds of weight

so we can effectively travel on it

through these abrasive canyon conditions.

Because we can't see the bottom, we're

going to use this knot to keep us from going off the end

of the rope if necessary.

There's no way that that rope can slip through.

All right, cool.

It's about a four story building down.

Not too bad.

I feel very confident about all the rigging.

You know, confidence is the number one asset whenever

you're doing an activity like this,

and I get a lot of my confidence from having

a great guide like Jonathan.

Safety check.

About time to get on rope, and we're

going to do number two position today, right, Jonathan?

That's correct, just to make sure

that we have enough friction.

That's a one.

That's a two.

This is what's called a third hand.

I'm always going to have two hands on the rope at all times.

This piranha is what's providing the main point of friction

on the rope.

It's what's going to allow me to control my rate of descent,

but the third hand is my backstop.

It's my backup in case, like, something happens

and for some reason I take my hands off the rope.

This is going to stop me.

Jonathan, am I approved?

Everything's click safety.

Safety off.

I'm now on rope.

OK.

Can I just get over the edge here?

Here we go.

Woo!

Woo.

Yeah.

Coming down, Corey.

All right, let's make contact.

Down.

All right, first rappel of the day.

Safety off.

Off rope.

All right, Jonathan, that's pretty good.

Looks like he may have done this a couple of times.

I'm getting better.

Thanks, thanks for getting me some practice.

Pull this rope.

It's unthreading like a needle from up above.

OK.

Let's go do it again.

Here we go.

OK, so got a fork in the road here.

Sounds like left is the way we want to go.

Didn't have to go far for another technical part of

this canyoneering expedition.

Rope!

Lock that.

OK.

We lock the lock on rope.

A little bit more of a squeeze.

OK, yeah, this looks awesome.

Woo!

Headed down.

All right, swinging around to the left.

Got a little bit of a wall behind me.

All right, we're down.

That was awesome.

Look at that.

All the way back where we came from.

Man, that's cool.

All right we got another one right behind us,

but we'll wait for the rest of the team

to get down here and do that again.

Canyoneering, woo!

Man, this is awesome.

This is a little bit of a down climb.

We're not going to use a rope on this one,

but we are going to use pressure and friction to slide

and wedge our body down through this canyon.

And what's really cool about this particular type of

sandstone is it's super grippy.

I have a lot of confidence in my footing.

Fall down there would not be very much fun.

Yeah, nice.

Nice, dude.

That's where we just came from, that's where we're going,

and you can see how narrow some of these canyons

get where you can actually just use friction to down climb,

but then you still have some vertical drops.

We want to be on rope for this one.

Cameraman Corey. What's up, Corey?

What's up?

Jonathan's helping him get set up so he can go down there

and get a cool shot, but the fun part of canyoneering,

it's like the challenge of actually getting

to where you need to go.

That's the whole point.

I'm coming down.

A little tricky at the bottom there.

This is why we wear helmets.

See this behind me?

Don't want to be all confident coming down

and whack your head.

Whoa!

Like that.

Though I didn't whack my head, I whacked my hand.

I'm OK.

It's a little slide.

No big deal.

A little scrape. Good?

All good.

Yeah.

All right, getting of rope.

Well, not very wide.

That is a pretty narrow squeeze that we're going to have

to scramble our way through.

I have to go one strap on this.

Going to be a little too tight.

And what I want to do here is use

the friction that I can create with my body

to get myself through.

Yeah, talk about a tight squeeze.

OK, well, that does it for the Snake

Canyon and all those rappels, but

the biggest one is yet to come.

It's time to make our way to the Wisdom Tooth.

Let's, go guys.

Look at that view.

All right, here, come check this out.

Corey, you see that right there, that Hoodoo?

That is known as the Wisdom Tooth,

and that is the finale of today's adventure,

and that is going to be spectacular.

But I wanted to tell you the reason

why these formations exist.

Not only are they gorgeous and beautiful sandstone,

look at that color, it's all to do with the chemical makeup

of the sandstone.

We've got calcium carbonate, iron oxide,

and manganese combining to make this really

erosive but beautiful color.

Wind shapes all of what you see around us,

and the water is what cuts the slots in the canyons.

That's your quick geology lesson for this adventure.

Let's get back on it.

Not quite there yet.

Got to climb the Wisdom Tooth now.

We're at the base of the tooth or the root of the tooth

and now we've got to shimmy and scramble our way up there.

All right, one last little technical jaunt

to the top of the tooth.

A little sun flare there to mark the end of the ascent.

Here we go.

Are you guys ready for me?

Here we go.

I'm on the ledge.

Wow.

Woo!

Top of the tooth.

We made it.

This is what canyoneering is all about.

It's not just about the adventures through canyons

like Snake Alley, but it's also about getting up

to these outcrops and experiencing views like this.

It's an adventurer's paradise up here.

All right, am I still on rope, Jonathan?

Yes, sir.

OK, so I'm still anchored in.

I'm going to make my way to the edge.

Sorry, Mom.

She would not approve of this view.

Oh, wow.

Look at this.

So we're about to rappel down that.

Oh, boy.

That's a long way down.

Oh, ooh.

Going to get a cool shot, like that one.

And that one.

OK, everybody.

This is it, the moment you've all been waiting for.

The big finale rappel down the Wisdom Tooth.

Wish me luck.

Here we go.

Coming down.

Nice positioning, Mark.

Saddle into it a little bit.

Here we go.

A little tight on that third hand.

Woo!

Oh, man.

Look at how high up that was.

That was epic.

Well, I have to say that was a perfect ending

to an amazing day canyoneering out here in southern Utah.

I hope everybody at home enjoyed this adventure

as much as we just did.

I'm Mark Vins.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

All right, let's get off rope and head home.

All right, it is a beautiful day in New Zealand.

We're here filming a couple of projects,

and I wasn't going to come to New Zealand

without doing one of the things that I've always wanted to do.

That's right, today we're going Zorbing.

So what is Zorbing, you might ask?

Well, it appears pretty simple.

Essentially, they stuff us into one of these inflatable balls

and then they roll us down a mountainside.

What could go wrong?

Mario, you want to do this too?

I will not be Zorbing because I get a little motion sick

and I don't want to add any liquids to the water

that's already in there.

Good luck, dude. Let's do it.

See you.

First thing's first, we got to get to the top of the hill.

Let's go.

I'll be walking up this hill three times

today, because there are three courses.

There's the fast track, which just

goes straight down the hill.

There's the zig zag, which, as you can tell by the name,

zigs and zags.

And then the last course, course number three,

is called the drop.

Now, I haven't seen this course, but I can kind of

tell by the name it includes some kind of free fall,

and I figured that sounds like it's worth saving for last.

So, anyway I'm at the top.

I see the, the Zorbs are about ready,

and I'm about to get in and try my hand at one of New Zealand's

favorite activities, Zorbing.

All right, I figured I'd do a little bit of some play

by play action.

We got Mark up there.

He's not in the ball yet.

We've been waiting patiently.

I'm anxious.

I'm a bit nervous.

I hope he accomplishes his dream.

I'm just talking to the camera.

Just talking to myself as usual.

All right, this might be the moment.

We've been here for over an hour.

He's not in the ball yet.

I think he's getting cold feet.

I believe in you, Mark.

You can do it.

Get in that ball, bro.

Get in that ball and roll down.

All right, how's it going? I'm Mark.

I'm Ista. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

So you're going to be the one controlling the ride today?

I'm going to be the one kicking you down the hill, yep.

Do you literally just stomp me down?

Sometimes I do that, but I might have to push,

because you're a little bit heavier.

I'm a little bit heavier?

Well, I did have a big breakfast this morning.

I hope that's what you mean.

But why don't we go through the protocol here?

Like, explain to us what is Zorbing

and what's the goal of the experience?

So if you ever wonder what it's like to be

inside a washing machine--

I do wonder that.

Well, here it is.

Am I going to be clean when I get to the bottom?

Sometimes we can put soap in there

so you get all nice and squeaky clean.

- Oh. - Yeah.

I think it's probably time that I

get shoved inside this ball and you kick me down the mountain.

- Yep. - All right, cool.

High five.

So here's what's going to happen, guys.

I'm about to dive into that hole,

into this giant inflatable ball.

It's not going to pop, right?

Uh--

How often have you had them pop?

Well, we haven't had any pop yet,

but I always do a scope of the tracks

every morning to make sure there's nothing

on there to puncture them.

- Did you scope it well today? - I did.

I scoped it very well just for you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

OK, here we go.

I'm going to-- I'm going to go ahead and dive in.

So here we go, guys.

This is my first time getting into a Zorb

and getting kicked off a mountainside

and, yeah, here we go.

I'm in.

It's one big echo in here.

Do you hear that?

I kind of figured it would be a little claustrophobic,

but, yeah, there's a lot of room in here, a lot of head space.

This just got real.

I'm about to go down a mountainside

in this giant inflatable ball room thing.

So I think I'm ready.

Let's do it.

Let's go Zorbing.

I'm ready.

Let's do it.

Here we go.

Oh my.

Woo!

Oh, man.

I can hear him screaming.

I don't know if that's screams of joy or fear.

He's rolling.

He is rolling.

Whoa!

Oh, buddy.

That is probably the coolest thing I've ever done.

That it is insane.

Is that dream for you?

You need to do this.

I don't know about that. - You need to do this.

This is super cool. [inaudible] intense.

Dude, it's very intense.

It's way more intense than it looks.

Oh, oh, whoa, you're-- oh, dude, you're like a little

baby who's just were born.

I Zorbed and now I am born.

I'm born in the New Zealand way.

The most epic fashion possible.

I just went Zorbing and it was amazing.

I'm ready to do it again.

That was round one.

Now we're going to go back to the top for course number two,

the zig zag. Here we go.

Woo!

Yes.

Mark just finished the first set of orbing.

He came out a new man.

He was all wet, steamy.

I call it the orb of life.

It's like a womb, and inside is water that's actually nutrients

and it gives him sustenance.

So Mark is going for round two.

Pretty cold up here.

I just did my first Zorb run.

It was incredible.

Now I'm doing run number two.

Let's get in the Zorb and go for the zig zag.

Here we go.

Ready?

See you.

Bye.

Woo!

Oh, boy Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Woo-hoo!

Whoa, whoa.

Going backward.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Oh, man, that is so epic.

I'm good, guys.

Getting a little--

Oh.

There it goes.

Now the juice is out.

Oh, just like a little baby.

What's up, buddy?

Definitely getting a little motion sick after that one.

That one was way, way crazier.

Hitting those edges of the zig zag, it's just like boosh,

and it would just, like, flip you around.

For a minute there I was just, like, straight going backwards

and I couldn't see where I was going.

That was pretty disorienting.

One more run so I complete the tracks

and get the full Zorbing experience.

One more run means one more run up the hill.

Here we go.

And he's off in his wet socks.

There it is.

Final Zorb.

I've got one more run to go, and this one

is the most epic of all.

It's called the drop.

I can't even see the track, so I have no idea

how big the drop is, but I've heard that people get

completely suspended in air to the middle of the Zorb,

so it should be pretty cool.

Wish me luck, guys.

Two runs down, one to go.

Hopefully I make it and also get to keep my breakfast.

All right.

Here I go.

Here I go.

Oh, here we go.

We're going down!

Woo!

Woo!

Yeah!

Whoa!

Holy moly!

Ah, [exhales].

I'm good.

Give me a minute.

Feeling a little sick, guys.

I think three is my limit.

Three runs.

Three and done.

That was crazy intense.

I had to get up.

And, yeah, that was nuts.

OK.

Born again.

I'm free.

That was--

Was the third time the charm or not?

That was ridiculous, guys.

That one was crazy.