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Over the course of my career,

I have done some arguably crazy things like being bitten

intentionally by an alligator--

Or happily submitting myself to a sting from the Japanese giant

hornet.

All of my brushes with intense pain

have been done in the name of science and education.

So today's experiment loosely falls into

those exact same categories.

As an extreme educator, this is also

the point where I tell you never attempt

to recreate the following science experiment.

Thermopolis, Wyoming, is without question one of the greatest

locations the "Brave Wilderness" team and I have ever visited.

It's a quaint little town, and with a population

of around 3,000 people, it has an unforgettable charm.

They are famous for many things including the world renowned

Wyoming Dinosaur Center where aspiring paleontologists can

actually spend a day looking for fossils.

Then you have Dairy Land, which probably boasts being

the birthplace of pickle pops.

Yup, this is where I set the world

record for eating 10 of these salty treats in 30 minutes.

Where's he going?

As if dinosaurs and pickle pops weren't enough,

Thermopolis also has a very catchy nickname,

the Hot City, which is rightfully earned as they

stake claim to the world's largest mineral hot spring.

Before we get hands on with the hot springs

for this brilliant experiment, first it's

important that we understand the science behind these bubbling

pools of beauty.

These hot springs originate in the Owl Creek Mountains

where surface water, like rain and melting snow,

seep down through layers of porous rock.

As the water flows deeper into the earth,

it's heated by a geothermal gradient.

When the heated water reaches fractured rocks

within the Thermopolis anticline.

It's channeled back up to the surface,

and, voila, you have hot springs.

But are these hot springs hot enough to make me breakfast?

We are just a few feet from the main source of Big Spring,

which is the largest mineral spring

in the entire United States.

Now this water-- oh, yeah.

Woo.

Yeah, that is definitely hot.

What we're going to try to do today

is find out whether or not a hot spring can boil an egg.

What I've done in advance is prepare a couple of eggs.

So you see this here.

That is an egg in cheesecloth tied to a shoestring.

Now we're going to try this experiment in three

different time intervals--

5 minutes, 15 minutes, and 30 minutes.

This water stays at a consistent 127 degrees Fahrenheit.

The actual boiling temperature of water

is 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

To make hard boiled eggs, you usually

need to put a fresh egg inside of boiling water

and keep it there for 10 minutes,

so you may be saying to yourself,

well, the math doesn't exactly add up.

If you have to have boiling water to make hard boiled eggs,

how is this experiment going to work?

Basically what we're going to do is keep the eggs in

there longer than it would take to normally boil an egg

and see what happens.

Boiling eggs in the hot springs is completely

fitting because the entire area already

smells like rotten eggs.

That's not because thousands of people

have tried this experiment before me but instead

as a result of gas bubbles rising to the surface

that contain hydrogen sulfide.

H2s is a colorless, poisonous, flammable, and corrosive

chemical compound which has the distinct stench of rotten eggs.

Talk about some delicious science.

All right, it is officially been five minutes, which means it's

time to pull the first egg.

I gently slice open the cheesecloth.

Wow, it's really hot.

OK, there it is.

No.

Definitely not.

Oh, wow, it's hot.

It's really hot.

But it is definitely not hard boiled.

Not going to be eating that one.

I'm going to actually just dump this off to the side here.

And we wait for another 10 minutes for egg number two

to maybe finish cooking.

Hey, Coyote, what time is it?

I think it's been 10 minutes or so.

Oh, yeah, actually it's been 11 minutes.

OK, we got to check the second egg.

Oh, yeah, that is a hot egg right there.

Aah.

The shell is really soft, but it is definitely not hard boiled.

Hold on.

Let me crack it open.

It's hot, way more gelatinous though.

Look at that.

Considerably thicker than the last egg.

I can actually hold the entire thing in my palm.

OK, we're making some progress here.

That is definitely starting to cook.

Long before I had the idea to boil eggs

and even before the arrival of fur traders in the west,

Native Americans discovered the hot springs

and referred to them as medicine waters.

It was believed that these springs had incredible healing

powers, which had the ability to cure everything

from disease to gunshot wounds.

Fast forward to the modern advancements in science

and today we know that the water in these springs

has nearly six times the total dissolved solids found

in drinking water, basically classifying these springs

as a supercharged vitamin pill.

Our first two eggs weren't exactly edible,

but with any luck, our third day is going to be the charm.

Ahh, that is a hot egg right there.

It's just about my breakfast time,

so I'm really hoping that this egg is cooked

so I can actually eat it.

Here we go.

There it is.

An egg that's just cooked for 30 minutes in a hot spring.

Is it hard boiled?

I think there's a good chance.

All right, here we go.

1, 2-- oh.

No, not fully cooked even after 30 minutes.

Do you guys like your eggs extra runny?

Oh, no.

It did not cook.

Well, I guess that proves it.

127 degree Fahrenheit water is not capable even after 30

minutes of boiling an egg.

Now let me get some of this yolk off of me.

Ugh.

Oh, it smells horrible.

Gross.

Warning, never attempt to recreate

the following experiment as hot water can cause serious burns,

trauma, and medical bills.

OK, this is it, the moment you have all been waiting for.

Am I capable of keeping my hands in the scalding water

of this natural hot spring?

Now keep in mind this is 127 degrees Fahrenheit.

Your hottest hot tub is probably around 104 degrees.

So am I going to be able to keep my hands

in there for 60 seconds?

Not likely.

30 seconds, maybe.

15 seconds, I think that's probably pretty fair.

So you guys are ready.

I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter the burn zone

with a hot spring.

Here we go.

1, 2, 3.

Oh, wow, it gets hotter the deeper you go.

Man, that is crazy hot.

Holy cow.

Wow.

Unbelievable how hot that water is.

Oh my gosh.

I thought it might be able to last 60 seconds,

but as soon as your fingers go down through the surface

and get closer to the bottom, the water

gets hotter and hotter and hotter,

and I could actually feel the blood inside my fingers

as if it was starting to boil.

That was crazy.

My hands are tingling right now from the intensity

of that heat.

I definitely say the takeaway from this episode

is that first of all this water is not hot enough to boil eggs.

Even after 30 minutes, our science experiment failed.

And when it comes down to the ridiculous nature of actually

placing my hands into the hot springs,

I know that was entertaining, but, guys,

it is all about safety.

These hot springs are incredibly hot.

If you were to fall into this water

or just place your hands into there for too long,

you could face a serious burn situation.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

The Erie Islands are a world unlike anything you

have ever imagined.

Separated from the mainland of Ohio

by the aquamarine brilliance of Lake Erie,

some are bustling with human activity

while others are cloaked with the allure of adventure.

Today we are kayaking toward the shore of North Bass Island.

The smallest and northernmost of the three

Bass Islands, this landmass is nearly uninhabited by humans.

Our primary goal was to explore the island's interior

as we search for native animal species, and in the process,

we happened upon the haunting remains

of an abandoned farmstead.

This crumbling structure had nearly been swallowed back

into the island's underbelly forgotten by time

and those who must have once lived here.

The dense overgrowth of vegetation

made it nearly impenetrable, yet in my mind,

it was a lost piece of history that I simply had to explore.

Can you come this direction?

You can see the front porch right there,

and that is the entryway.

So what I'm going to do now is explore the interior

of this abandoned house.

Hopefully it's not haunted.

Let's go, guys.

Going up the stairs.

Looks like a pretty solid structure.

This house is likely over 100 years old.

Look at all this debris, and this is the front door.

Whoa, old carpet.

Wow, look at that.

It's like a cellar down there.

That looks super creepy.

Going to try to not fall through the floor.

Now, Mario's on the outside scouting for pieces of wood

that we can flip that might have snakes under them.

Actually here's a piece of wood right here.

See if there's anything under it.

There's a lot of bird nests in here.

Nothing.

This used to be the fireplace right here.

Check that out.

All falling apart.

You go this way into the main--

what was likely the dining room with another fireplace.

Off to the side here, looks like this was a washroom.

Look at that, an old tub.

And you can see that the structure's so solidly

built that it's still standing.

Look at the paint chipping off the walls.

That is solid.

Whoa.

Don't trip, Coyote.

And you go this direction, now it's actually a great place

to look for snakes because they could

be hiding up in the rafters.

There's the basement.

Look at that.

That looks way too dangerous to go down into.

There's an old refrigerator.

Looks like piece of the foundation have collapsed.

Those are the stairs right there.

That looks like a good place for a horror movie to begin,

so I'm going to just avoid that.

Going back this direction, you've got--

wow.

This must have been a back family room

maybe or maybe also a kitchen.

Look at the linoleum floor.

It's all breaking apart.

This looks like perhaps it was a walk out to something.

It's filled with scrap trash.

Scrap trash, if that's a real word.

This is a side deck.

Look at this.

Come out onto the back porch.

This direction, down there into the woods,

you can see pieces of the chimney actually

that have collapsed off right there in the underbrush.

Now, guys, it's important to note that a location like this

is very dangerous.

You should never enter an abandoned structure

without a safety team.

Of course, I have Mario waiting on the outside

just in case something were to happen

but definitely a dangerous thing you wouldn't

want to do by yourself.

I'm going upstairs now.

Ooh.

I'll tell you what.

During the daylight, it's not that scary.

But at night, this would definitely feel

like a horror movie for sure.

Look at this.

There's an old mattress all falling apart.

You've got wasps flying around in here,

mud wasps that have built their homes, their little nests

up in the corners.

Check this out.

This must have been a bedroom.

Look at that up there.

Those are all mud wasp nests, and there

you've got a swallow nest.

Crazy.

You see where the ceiling's beginning

to collapse in right there.

We're going to just avoid that.

This is actually the roof out above the back porch.

And you can see how all of the forests

has just grown onto the structure.

All right, let's go this way.

This is a no cut take.

This is like a howling with the pack haunted house exploration.

Going this direction, this was probably a back bedroom.

Wow, look at this.

The forest and all this debris, maybe that

was a garage structure at some point in time.

And look at this view out the back.

Get the exposure there.

That is the vast expansive nature of North Bass Island

right there.

Pretty cool looking.

Wow.

And I would guess that this structure

is well over 100 years old.

It's clearly been abandoned for a long time.

There's a bathroom back there.

Not much to see.

We're very careful going down these stairs.

I'm sure this is dark.

Wow.

Very narrow stairwell.

It'd be tough to squeeze furniture up that thing.

Going back to the downstairs level now,

and what I do not see are any snakes or any animals

for that matter at the moment.

Just an abandoned structure taken over by wasps and birds.

Well, let's go meet up with Mario.

He is on the outside looking for snakes.

He hasn't called me yet, so I'm thinking

he has not found anything.

But we will continue our search for the snake species

here on North Bass Island.

That was pretty cool, exploring an abandoned house.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next location.

Mario!

Where'd you go buddy?

I made it out alive.

Oh, there he is.

I made it.

Exploring an abandoned structure that appears to be lost in time

certainly brings with it a sense of daring adventure.

Yet at the same time, it also carries a heightened

chance of perilous danger.

Never explore an environment like this

alone and always make sure to have the proper permissions

before breaking trail into an area or a structure that may

be considered private property.

It's hot out here, Cory.

Have you ever been inside a volcano before?

I have not. OK.

Neither have I. This is going to be a first for the Brave crew.

This sand, it's all around us right now,

is how this entire valley started.

That's why the rock formations are here.

This was once called the ancient desert sand sea,

but over millions of years, the sand

hardened into the rock and the sandstone

that we see here before us with the wind and the water

shaping all of the sweeping textures that

make it so iconic.

Now this volcano erupted 27,000 years ago,

so we're going to see a lot of stuff

like this, basalt, blown out of the volcano.

It landed in miles away.

Looks like we got a little bit further

to go before we get to the lava field, but, man, I'm excited.

This is an adventure with me for the books.

It's got to be. It's got to be right up here.

Let's go.

Oh, man, this is cool.

Oh, that's the lava tube.

You could see it's coming up from the earth right there.

And a lava tube is pretty much a volcano's drainage pipe.

When magma rises to the surface, there's a cap,

and that cap pressurizes the magma.

It spreads that magma out underneath the ground forming

lava tubes just like this.

It is very precarious in here.

You could see that the walls are all fractured already.

This makes me a little bit nervous.

Usually when your gut gives you that feeling

like maybe you shouldn't go too much further,

it's a good warning to heed.

But, oh my gosh, this even goes further.

If you're brave enough, I guess you could explore

through these lava tubes, but I'm

not sure it's a very good idea.

I think that's enough lava tube adventuring for me today.

I'm going to get back on the surface.

Not a cloud in sight today.

It is a bluebird sky, which means that the sun is

going to punish us.

Every step is well-earned out here.

All right, there it is.

There's our path through.

This is how we're going to get up and over

this range of sandstone.

If you guys are ready, we got one last heave

before we see the volcano.

We're gonna get scraped up.

This stuff is sharp.

Well, I have good news and bad news.

The good news is it's opening up a lot.

Bad news is it's getting boosty.

And this is what we call scrambling.

It's not walking.

It's not rock climbing.

It's scrambling.

Got to use your hands, got to use your feet,

got a wedge your body in between places for more support,

and happens to be a lot of fun.

As tiring as it is, I'm really enjoying this.

Man, I tell you what, if I was a mountain lion,

that's what I would be calling home right there.

Don't look down now.

There it is.

This is so cool.

That's the volcano.

Surrounded by white sandstone.

All right, I think this where we start making our ascent.

I can see the gray.

It's getting pretty steep.

Probably why they say this trail is for advanced hikers only.

Now volcanoes like this one are known as cinder cone volcanoes.

The reason they're called that is because not only are they

in the shape of a cone, but when the lava explodes,

it does so in very fine fragments like this right here.

These are cinders in clinkers.

The clinkers have a funny name for a reason,

and actually when they roll down hills, they clink.

That is why it's called a clinker.

Pretty cool, huh?

Oh, man.

Cory how we doing back there?

OK.

Legs are on fire.

Gonna come a long way look how far down from that valley

over that mountain and then right

here to where we're standing.

Certainly a full day of adventuring.

We're about to see what's waiting on the other side.

All right, there it goes.

Whoa.

There it is.

We made it.

That's the crater.

How cool was this, Cory?

One of my favorite expeditions we've done yet.

We've taken you on all these wildlife adventures

over the years, and we thought it was time to show

you what else was out there.

So many places on this planet to explore,

and we're going to take you with us every step of the way.

But, Cory, if I'm not mistaken, we have a few more steps left.

Let's go down to the crater.

Wow.

Not even to the bottom and it is already an incredible view.

Very slippery, very hazardous.

Definitely bring your hiking boots if you

go on one of these adventures.

Just like that.

Yes.

I just got to--

gotta take a moment and just soak this in.

Here we are.

We made it to the finale of today's adventure

inside the cinder cone volcano here at Snow Canyon State Park.

And now it's time to answer the burning question.

I'm sure you're all wondering.

Mark, are you in Cory in any danger

standing inside the crater of this volcano?

No, we're not.

And the reason for that is because this volcano

is extinct, no longer posing a threat for an eruption.

Now that's not true with all volcanoes,

so if you're going to go on an adventure like this somewhere

else in the world other than this park,

be sure to check out if it's an active volcano or not

and be sure to check with the park services first

because some volcanoes are very, very, very dangerous

and we'd hate for anyone at home to go on an adventure

that got themselves hurt.

But this adventure was absolutely epic if I

don't mind saying so myself.

We made it to the center of a volcano

for the very first time of "Brave Wilderness,"

and I hope you guys enjoy this expedition.

I'm Mark Vins.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you guys on the next adventure.