Original subtitles

(animal shrieking)

Trejo: Wow, this place is hot!

Well, you know what?

Right now, I'm in moab by the colorado river, and uh,

Bear told me to walk out here in the desert,

That he'd meet me, he said by a big rock.

That's all there is, is big rocks.

I have no idea what we're doing,

And it's already starting out a little weird.

Okay. What's that?

Machete?

That's me right there.

So, we're ready.

I'll take this one.

"for our adventure." all right!

"see you out there, bear."

Awesome. Now all I need's the bear.

Trejo: Always sharpen the blade away from you.

This is sharpening machetes 101.

You know what?

Like, I've been through it.

I've been through a lot, but when I got invited, man,

I was just like, what a, what a test, you know?

Just what a, what an awesome chance to say, okay,

Let's see what you got, trejo, you know what I mean?

So, thank you, bear.

Okay, mr. Bear.

My machete's sharp.

Bear: Danny trejo is probably best known as one of

Hollywood's most iconic villains.

Trejo: Nobody knows machete.

Bear: His tough as nails exterior and intimidating look

Has been featured in over 300 movies.

In and out of prison during the 1960s,

Danny has truly overcome some of life's biggest obstacles.

Now as an unmistakable star and entrepreneur,

Danny is well into his 3rd act in life he seems

To have done it all, except maybe,

Surviving the scorching hot deserts of moab, utah with me.

Danny's the oldest guest to ever join me on an adventure

But out here age is just a number.

Trejo: Wow looks like that's it, there he is.

The adventure begins.

Bear: How are you, my friend?

Doing okay?

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: You ready? Trejo: Yeah. Bear: Come on.

Ok, you ready?

Trejo: Yeah. Bear: Let's do it. Let's go.

Trejo: Whoa! Beautiful!

Bear: Now, we're gonna push right up into the canyon.

Hold on tight.

Okay. We're one minute out.

Watch your step down.

That's it.

Amazing.

Trejo: Wow!

Bear: Good job, danny trejo.

Trejo: My god!

That was cool.

I've ridden in a couple of helicopters,

But they're kind of old clunkers.

That was like a jet.

Bear: Okay, danny. There you go.

Check that out for a view.

Whooo!

Trejo: Wow. That is unbelievable.

It is unbelievable.

Bear: Yeah. It's incredible, actually.

Also, ancient land in the best sense of the word.

But we're gonna be going six miles that way.

But as you can see, it's kind of, nothing flat.

It's a lot of up and down.

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: But we've got each other. We'll take our time.

Trejo: Awesome. Bear: Come on, let's do it. Trejo: Okay.

Bear: From where we've been dropped off,

Our extraction point is six miles due south across massive

Peaks and steep canyons.

It's almost impossible to stay on a straight path during this journey,

So danny and I must hike up and around multiple

Obstacles as we make our way through high elevation where

Every step will take its toll.

On top of that, the temperature out here is over 100 degrees,

But it's a mix of heat and humidity that

Makes it feel much hotter.

So, we're gonna have to work together to navigate

This scorching desert terrain.

So, just nice and careful on this stuff.

The dangerous bit is where you've got something loose on

Top of it, and then you just slide down it.

So just watch your step in all that.

Ok, come on this way, danny.

Trejo: Glad you're going first because, like,

If there's any snakes, you'll get 'em.

Bear: Well, there-there, this is all classic

Snake territory here.

Trejo: I know. The rocks, yeah.

Bear: So how do you, you're incredible, danny.

Look at you. What, are you now in your 70s?

Trejo: 76.

Bear: 76. Wow. So, how do you keep so fit?

Trejo: You know, I walk a lot.

And I used to lift weights a lot,

And then my shoulder went bad, so I just, you know,

I just kind of walk a lot.

Bear: Shoulder's a bit bad?

Trejo: Yeah, this one.

You know, I got hit with a baton when I was like 16,

And it just never really healed right.

Bear: So, what do you mean, "hit by a baton" then?

Trejo: I was acting crazy, and I think I told some police

Officer that he wasn't worth a *bleep* and went after him,

And he hit me, and uh, don't say that to police.

Bear: Yeah.

Some of these lessons we learn the hard way.

50 years later the shoulder still hurts.

It lasts a long time.

Trejo: It's so funny, look at that thing.

That's gorgeous. See that...

Bear: Yeah. The little arch, yeah.

Our direction of travel is this way,

So we need to keep heading south.

Trejo: Okay.

Well, that mountain is in our way.

Bear: Yeah. Yeah.

You know a good way of working out direction?

Trejo: Get a helicopter.

Bear: Ask the pilot.

The other way, look, so, check this out.

I'm gonna show you a good little,

Good little survival hack.

If you're ever in the northern hemisphere and lost in the wild,

An analog watch can be used as a compass to

Help you find your bearings.

First position your watch so that the hour hand points

Directly at the sun.

Then the halfway point between the hour hand and 12:00 marks

South, and the exact opposite of that marks your true north.

Okay. Danny, we're going up.

Trejo: All right.

Bear: So, real nice and slow on this stuff.

Tell you what, you come in front of me and then I can

Spot you a bit, but this is nice and grippy.

You can use that.

There you go. You got it. You got it.

Trejo: Thanks, homes.

Bear: Okay. So, we're gonna go from here,

And we're gonna have to make our way up this giant boulder.

It looks steep and intimidating,

But we will do this together, okay?

Trejo: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Don't lie.

It is steep and intimidating.

(laughs).

Bear: But doable. Trejo: But doable.

Bear: In bite-size chunks.

Trejo: I want to be tested, you know but uh,

I don't know if this is what I meant.

Bear: So, what we're gonna do,

I'm gonna trail this line all the way to the top.

When I get to the top, I'm gonna sit down and get a good body belay,

Which means I've got the rope around me.

I'm sat down.

I've got a good strong position.

And use the rope, use the good friction in your

Feet because this rock is really grippy.

And try not to look to your left or right,

Because it looks like a big drop.

Focus, keep focus on front of you.

Trejo: Looks like a, no, it is a big drop, okay?

Bear: So, we've reached a point on the journey where the

Terrain kind of wants to funnel us off to the left,

But we want to maintain our direction south.

It looks definitely steep and quite intimidating,

But like all big endeavors, you do it step by step,

Inch by inch, and, uh, always together.

Rock formations like this are typical of

This desert landscape.

Every year climbers fall and get injured because they take

The dangers for granted.

This massive sandstone feature has a 150 feet sheer drop-off

On both sides and climbing it is deceptively hard.

The ground is uneven and the angle increases with every step.

So, danny's got to maintain good footing and be careful

Not to slip.

So, danny, I'm gonna get you to stay down here.

I'm gonna trail this.

If I do fall, I'm gonna make sure I fall that way.

There's a big drop off.

Trejo: Okay.

Bear: But you're gonna be on the end of the rope.

So, if you see me fall...

Trejo: I'll hold on.

Bear: Just sit tight.

Put all your weight into it.

Trejo: Gotcha.

Bear: Okay. Here we go.

So, yeah. You'll take your time.

Really nice and steady up here.

Trejo: He's really climbing it.

Bear: It's definitely quite steep and committing

Off this side.

You definitely don't want to be taking a tumble down there.

Trejo: He better be strong,

'cause I'm gonna be pulling on that rope.

Bear: Okay, danny.

Trejo: Okay.

I think I'm gonna start trying to get up this some

Kind of way.

Bear: Okay, danny. When you're ready, we're good.

I got you.

♪ ♪

Trejo: Whoa!

Bear: Straight up. Straight up.

I can see a nice line straight above you six foot there.

Remember, I've got you on this line.

Trejo: Oh, god.

Whoa!

Bear: Straight up. Straight up.

I can see a nice line straight above you six foot there.

Trejo: Whoa!

Bear: Actor danny trejo and I are in utah's moab desert

Trying to hike up a massive boulder.

Remember I've got you on this line.

But the blistering heat and high altitude is

Slowing us down.

Trejo: Oh, god.

Bear: And right now, danny is still a long way

From reaching the top.

Trejo: Whew.

Bear: You wanna have a little rest there?

Take your time. There you go. And then whilst you're resting,

You can plan your next little section.

And you got a big drop off either side here.

Trejo: Ready. Go.

Bear: Great job. Look at that.

Trejo: Whew.

Bear: That's it. Use the little cracks.

I've got you.

Trejo: Whoa!

Bear: That's it. That's it. Suck it in.

Here we go. Last push.

Trejo: Oh. You're pullin' me up.

Bear: No, you've got it. You've got it. Tight line.

Here you go. I've got you.

Trejo: Whoo.

Bear: Well, I don't know about you, but I'm sweating.

I'm sweating.

Good for you. Well done.

You feeling okay?

Trejo: Yeah. Take this off.

Bear: Yeah. Great job.

Trejo: I took off like a, a bat out of hell,

And uh about halfway up, you just realize uh that your

Legs hurt and, and your chest is expanding quite a bit.

Bear: You went off like a greyhound up there.

I was going, danny, pace yourself.

Pace yourself.

Trejo: That was amazing.

You know, it was like a test and uh...

(sighs)

Bear: Look down. Look where you've come up. Look at that.

Trejo: No.

Thank you for testing me, bear.

My legs are, like, knotting up.

Amazing.

Bear: Yeah. I think it's that mix.

When you get fear, adrenaline...

Trejo: Yeah. Yes.

Bear: And fatigue, and altitude,

Remember we're high up here.

Trejo: Yeah. Yeah.

Bear: We're like 7,000, 8,000 feet up here.

You know, he did it. He did it. That's the thing.

In life, it doesn't matter how you get there,

It's just keeping going, and danny, amazing.

76. Respect.

I read an amazing thing that you were,

Isn't it you were the hollywood guy who's got killed

The most times in movies.

Trejo: Yeah. Bear: Is that right? Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: How many times? Trejo: 65. Bear: 65 times.

So, 65 times killed in movies.

That's amazing.

I'll tell you what. I'll keep you alive.

(laughs).

Bear: I'm keeping you alive.

Trejo: I thought I was gonna go right there

Climbing that hill.

Bear: That would've made it 66.

Here we go, we'll take a little stop up here.

Get some water.

There you go if you wanna drink.

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: So, danny, tell me, what was your actual

Upbringing like though?

Trejo: Well, I was born during the war,

So my mom couldn't go to the general hospital 'cause

It was full of soldiers.

So, they had to take her out to maywood,

And I was born in maywood.

And when I was about 13, I got in trouble.

They sent me to texas.

Bear: So how come you started getting into trouble?

What was, what was your upbringing kind of like?

Trejo: I had an uncle who was, uh,

The last son of my grandma and grandpa.

She had, like, 11 kids.

So, he was kind of left on his own,

And I had a single parent,

So I just kind of gravitated towards him,

And he happened to be a drug addict and

An armed robber.

So, I just kind of followed in his footstep.

I liked his style.

He always had a roll of cash, and so, you know,

A nice shirt, always had a nice car, you know.

Bear: As a young teenager,

I guess you're so impressionable then,

And he was kind of family, I guess.

Trejo: Role model.

So, I just had a picked the wrong role model, you know.

Bear: And did he try and protect you from it,

Or did he encourage you into it?

Trejo: My uncle was smoking weed when he was about 14.

I was about eight.

He gave me some weed, and then we were off and

Running with weed.

And then uh, he started using heroin when he was

About 17, and I was 12.

So, I started that.

And then I started drinking and just kind of ran amok.

Bear: And then you need the money.

Trejo: Exactly.

Bear: So how would you then get that?

Trejo: Robberies, robberies, robberies.

Bear: Do you remember your first ever robbery?

Trejo: Yeah. Me and mike serna.

I stole a gun from my uncle art, and it was a revolver,

But it wouldn't stay up.

You had to hold it up like this.

If you went like this, it fell.

Bear: So, the gun was falling apart.

Trejo: And uh went into the store and mike was like that.

He was like, "give me the money.

Give me the money."

I was holding the door open.

And the lady gave us like $8 out of the cash register,

But in the old markets, they always used to keep all the

Money in like a cigar box.

And he goes, "no, in the cigar box.

In the box. In the box!"

And when he did like that, so somebody comes screaming out

Of the back with a meat cleaver, and we ran.

Bear: No, really? Trejo: Yeah.

We ran and, uh, we just went and ran laughing, crazy.

It was just...

Bear: And when was when was,

So what age did you start getting caught?

Trejo: I never got caught in a robbery.

I was always in for drugs.

Bear: So, what did you go to prison for?

Trejo: Drugs. Just always drugs.

Yeah, the first time I went to juvenile hall I was 13,

14 years old and stayed in youth authority a couple years,

Got out,

Lasted 100 days, and went to prison.

There's only, like, kind of like,

Two kinds of people in prison.

There's either predator or prey,

And you've got to kinda decide every morning what

You're gonna be.

Bear: What a journey. What a journey, danny.

Okay. We're gonna keep moving.

Danny and I have covered a lot of ground and are about two

Miles into our journey.

From here we've got another three miles of steady incline

Made up of uneven, ankle-twisting terrain.

Danny's 76 now so I want to proceed carefully here.

Both elevation and heat are one of the biggest killers in

This part of the desert so we'll take it slow and steady

Until we reach the canyon where we're gonna make camp.

Wow, look at that.

You see it?

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: Oh, wow.

That's an arrowhead, an old native american arrowhead.

Trejo: That's a nice one, yeah. Bear: That's pretty cool.

So that...

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: Tie it on. That's the sharpness.

Trejo: That is awesome.

Bear: Come around this way, danny.

(coughing and panting).

Take your time. Take your time.

Trejo: All right.

Bear: Danny is definitely now feeling the effects

Of the altitude, of the heat.

Trejo: I'm getting dizzy.

Bear: Are you getting a bit dizzy?

Trejo: Yeah.

(groans).

Bear: That's not good.

Here you go. You okay?

Trejo: Yeah. That was breakfast.

Bear: Should we have a little sit in the shade here?

Come over here.

Just take a, take a breather.

Danny's feeling pretty faint, pretty dizzy.

He's definitely on the edge.

Bear: Are you getting a bit dizzy?

Trejo: Yeah.

(groans).

Bear: Hold on. Hold on. That's not good.

Over the years we've had a few close calls on these

Adventures, but this one has me concerned.

Right now, danny trejo is experiencing heat exhaustion

And could be in a critical state that's only compounded

By his age.

So that means I need to rethink this

Journey, and fast.

Keep talking to me if you're feeling dizzy or whatever.

Hold that one.

Ok, so I'm just, scouting ahead at the moment just to

Try and find a simpler route down 'cause danny's

In a pretty bad way.

You know, he's been throwing up,

Probably a sign of heat stroke and just exhaustion and

Also the altitude,

But you know at his age, he's 76,

You don't wanna take any chances and I'm definitely

Gonna try and shorten this journey.

Here we go, I can see from here,

Try and follow these canyons down,

Through the greenery and try and find the path of least resistance,

Get him down, and get him back,

Danny what a legend, talk about never give up spirit.

Ok, that's the route, let's get back to him.

Trejo: Wow. Hot.

Bear: Feeling a bit better now?

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: Keep talking to me if you're feeling dizzy or whatever.

Trejo: I'm okay. Let's go.

(groans).

Whew, this is definitely a test.

Bear: And then real slow, real steady.

You know what they call an "everest pace."

Trejo: You really see your vulnerability or your limits.

Bear: He is an incredible 76, you know.

Listen, at 76, I want to be like him.

I want to be out there doing it and pushing myself.

We're almost there.

Trejo: I wouldn't do this by myself.

I can tell you that much right now.

Bear: The hares never win.

Trejo: It's the tortoise.

Bear: Come on.

Trejo: I died that way once.

Bear: Wha-you died that way.

How did you die?

Trejo: My head on a tortoise.

In breaking bad. The cartel cut my head off...

Bear: Yeah.

Trejo: And stuck it on a tortoise with dynamite on it

And sent it the dea.

And then when they picked it up, it blew up.

Bear: Oh, wow. Yeah.

A big part of survival is knowing your limits and always

Having a backup plan to be safe.

The journey I had planned for danny was ambitious,

But I found another way down into this canyon.

It just requires a bit of rope work so my team are

Gonna move ahead and pre-place some lines.

Danny and I must get up and over this ridge,

Then we'll have to confront this massive drop.

I'm just gonna put you on a line here, okay?

Danny's condition is stabilized but breathing is

Gonna be hard once we reach the summit.

Okay, check-check.

Trejo: Check, check.

Bear: So, we'll go ahead and I've got you on a tight line here okay?

So, we're gonna take this one step at a time or else

This one could turn into an emergency situation.

I've got you.

Use the rope.

Trejo: You know, I'm in good hands.

You know, I found that out coming up this far.

Bear: Everest pace. Everest pace.

Trejo: Everest pace. Everest pace.

Bear: Yeah, slow.

Trejo: It's gonna be awesome.

And like we said, it's all a test today.

Bear: Ok, we're almost there.

The summit of the mountain here.

Trejo: The summit!

Bear: So, see these lines here?

Trejo: Uh-huh.

Bear: We're gonna get onto this.

I'm gonna send you down all the way to that bush.

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: And then we've cracked a lot of this descent.

Trejo: Okay.

Bear: Oftentimes in the wild, the most direct route,

Isn't always the easiest route to travel, so,

My team gone ahead to pre-rig a way to help us

Cover some ground.

I just hope danny's up for it.

This diagonal zip line is about 300 feet from

Side to side.

The steep angle means it's difficult to maintain your

Body position on the line.

Danny could be unable to control himself and

Start to spin dangerously.

Okay. So, when you get to the bottom...

Trejo: Mm-hmm.

Bear: I want you to take the backpack off,

Sit down and rest while I come to you, okay?

Trejo: Okay.

He's quite the gentleman.

"a bit of a drop."

No, it's not a bit of a drop, it's a drop!

Bear: Okay? Trejo: All right!

What did I just say all right to?

Where's my stunt double?

Bear: So, when you're stepping back, okay,

You've got to have a nice,

You've got to have a nice wide stance.

Trejo: Yeah.

Where's my stunt guy?

Norm!

Don't look down.

Bear: I'm relieved that danny's not scared of heights

Because it is quite high.

Here we go.

Trejo: Whoa.

Uh...

Bear: Okay. Keep it coming.

Yeah. There you go.

We've got a big step here that, okay.

I've got you, we're gonna lean back and take that step.

Beautifully done.

Beautifully, beautifully done.

Now, pretty soon you're gonna come onto this.

Okay?

Pretty soon you're gonna be hanging on that

Line above you.

Keep it going. Keep it going.

There you go. Keep, look at your feet now.

It's getting a bit steeper there.

Nice wide stance again.

Soon your weight is gonna come onto your rope above you.

Keep walking it back.

Keep it going.

Ok and now just enjoy the ride.

Here we go.

Keep your core tight. Keep your core tight.

That's it.

Try and get your feet down when you can, danny!

Trejo: Whoa! Ah!

(thud)

(painful scream).

Bear: Soon your weight is gonna come onto your

Rope above you.

Keep walking it back.

Okay. And now just enjoy the ride.

Here we go.

Keep your core tight.

Try and get your feet down when you can, danny!

Trejo: Whoa! Ah!

(thud)

(painful scream).

Bear: Okay. We need to move fast.

Trejo: Oh, *bleep*.

Bear: Coming, danny!

That's a long way.

(grunting and panting).

Bear: Well done, danny. What a legend.

Trejo: Whoo. Bear: What a legend. Trejo: That was awesome.

Bear: Hey, do you know what the best thing is?

I got your hat.

Trejo: Awesome. Bear: Come on.

Trejo: Yeah, that was a, that was really a ride.

I just uh, I lost my balance or something,

You know, at the end.

Bear: You lost your *bleep* and your balance.

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: You feeling okay? Trejo: Yeah. Just tired.

Bear: I know.

I remember once on everest I could see the last thousand

Foot above me in a snow storm in the middle of the night.

I had like a steep (inaudible) deep snow.

Every step I went I was sliding two back.

I remember halfway up this thing,

I was hyperventilating, dizzy.

I was hallucinating.

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: And I said, I cannot do this.

You know, and that voice is going, I cannot.

But it's like, do you know why, also,

It's all come to this.

It's all, and I'm not, I'm going, like, come on.

Trejo: I'm not gonna quit. I'm not, yeah. That's it.

Bear: And the thing is,

All the fatigue and the doubt and the, you know,

I think like you, as you get older,

You learn how to manage yourself,

And sometimes it's hard and you've got to rest,

And then you go again, you know?

But...

Trejo: It doesn't matter where you started.

It matters where you end.

Bear: There you go. There you go.

Who do you say that to?

Trejo: Everybody. Anybody. Bear: Yeah.

Trejo: When I go talk to kids at juvenile hall.

I mean, you know,

Do you guys think that this is where you,

It doesn't matter where you start,

It's where you end, you know.

Bear: And do you do that a bit?

You go to prisons?

Trejo: A lot, yeah.

Prisons, high schools, youth authorities, juvenile halls.

Bear: Mm.

Trejo: Rehab centers.

You know...

Bear: And what's your, what's your kind of,

What's your main message?

Trejo: Drugs and alcohol will ruin your life,

And education is the key to anything you want to do.

So, I had a teacher that just kept bugging me about a

High school diploma, and I thought it wasn't important.

And, when I got to san quentin prison,

I asked to go to the dry cleaning,

And they told me that trade you need a

High school diploma.

I'm in prison, what are you talking about?

You gotta get, so I got my high school diploma.

That's like, crazy.

Bear: So, you were in san quentin.

I mean, that's one of the toughest,

Most notorious prisons in the world.

Trejo: Yeah. That one and folsom.

Bear: Do you remember the first day walking into san quentin?

Trejo: Breathtaking. Bear: Really? Trejo: Breathtaking.

It's it...

I don't care who you are, it's like...

(gasps).

You know, that you can come in here and you, you know,

You might die.

And when you walk in, you hear this eerie sound,

And what it is, it's everybody's voice echoing off

The wall, you know?

And at night, you're in your bunk,

The-the pipes cool and it sounds like you're in vietnam.

(mimics explosion).

And that's the way you sleep.

It's uh, it's uh, like a right now place, do you understand?

Everything is right now.

No future, no past.

You realize that the bottom line to an argument is a murder,

So you, you don't argue, you know?

You just go with it, whatever it is, you know.

And it's like the taste of tension is the worst taste

In the world.

Bear: What a taste. You can taste...

Trejo: Taste it. You can taste it.

It's like, like, having a, one of those old lead pennies

In your mouth all the time.

Yeah.

Bear: Yeah.

Trejo: And then when you,

When you get used to that taste and you don't

Taste it anymore,

That's when you're screwed up because you're becoming

Somewhat of a psychopath,

And you just don't care about anything, you know,

Yeah, any, any life whatsoever because this,

I mean, you have to be ready to take a life if you,

You know, somebody stares at you wrong or

Argues or wants your space, you know.

Bear: How could you find faith in-in a place like that?

Trejo: In 1968 I kind of hit a wall and went to the hole on

Some pretty serious charges.

And when I was in the hole, I stood there and I,

I was thinking, you know, like everybody,

Everybody always said I had a lot of potential.

When I was in the hole that day, I was thinking,

This is it.

This is where all that potential got me.

And then the thought not using that potential, you know.

I just made a promise if god would let me die with dignity,

I'll say his name every day and I will do whatever

I can for my fellow man.

So, when I come out of the hole,

That's what I started doing.

I got out of prison August 23, 1969 and didn't look back,

You know?

Bear: What an inspiration you are. Wow.

I think we've had some shade.

Trejo: Yeah, ready. Bear: We've got to push on.

How you feeling?

Trejo: I'm feeling great. I feel good.

Bear: You are amazing. Trejo: God bless. Bear: You are amazing.

For me to sit and listen to danny tell some of his,

You know, life experiences from san quentin prison,

I mean, I felt, I could feel my heart rate going up

Just listening to it.

That, that sense of fear and trepidation, and,

You know, I take a lot of actors and stuff away,

But it's a privilege for me to actually take somebody

Who's really kind of really been there, you know.

Done the hard yards when they really are hard yards.

Doing well, danny. Doing well.

Danny and I are three-quarters

Of the way into our journey now.

We're moving slowly to help avoid overheating and we're on

The lookout for a shady spot to cool down and refuel before

We navigate a series of narrow chutes and dangerous

Rock formations that lead to a new extraction point,

Still about two miles away.

This looks like actually an old animal trail along here.

Trejo: Yeah, it-it definitely is.

Bear: Coyote. Trejo: Yeah. Deer. Bear: Deer.

Oh, look.

That's why there's an animal trail here.

Water.

That is a rare commodity in the desert.

So that's what the animals are using.

Oh, wow, check that out.

Trejo: Spider. Bear: It's a tarantula.

Let's get the machete out.

Oh, wow, look.

Trejo: Wow.

Bear: This is good.

We could, we could cook him up.

Trejo: Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Bear: That's gonna be something to eat.

Trejo: Come on. *bleep*.

Trejo: Spider.

Bear: It's a tarantula. Let's get the machete out.

Oh, wow, look.

Trejo: Wow.

Bear: This is good.

We could, we could cook him up.

That's going to be something to eat.

Trejo: Come on.

Bear: You know, I've eaten a lot of tarantulas over the years.

Trejo: *bleep*

Bear: I mean, it's not a big feast,

And there's only one of them, but hey,

We're out in the desert, and it's better than nothing.

That's gonna be a snack.

And you want to be a bit careful because they have...

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: Little hairs on their legs that are called,

They're called urticating hairs.

I always remember that because if you get them

In your throat, they "urt."

Trejo: Oh.

Bear: And actually, that's why people get in trouble

If they ever eat tarantula.

They don't cook it very well,

And it's still got the hairs on,

And it gets in their throat,

And they can't breathe and they die.

Trejo: Oh.

Bear: Believe it or not, spiders are a delicacy in many

Parts of the world.

Tarantulas in particular are loaded with carbohydrates and

Other elements that provide more nutritional value than

Most sports drinks.

While it may not taste very good,

This tarantula will give danny many of the nutrients

He needs for our final push.

The tarantula's going in here.

Trejo: Save him for later.

Bear: We'll save him for later, yeah.

Well, that's good, danny.

We've got food.

Trejo: Wow.

Bear: Okay. Let's move on this way.

Trejo: I'm not eating a tarantula.

Bear: Okay, you're now route finding, danny, for us.

What do you think?

Trejo: Down here?

Bear: Yeah.

I think what we'll do, we'll use a rope again.

Trejo: Okay.

Bear: And then I'll tie it to the tree, lower you down this.

Trejo: Slide down?

Bear: Yeah.

And then I'll come and join you, okay?

Trejo: Got it.

Bear: So, you hold that.

Trejo: Is this on?

Bear: Always on.

Trejo: Hey.

We are getting ready to rappel down this, uh, small gulley.

Bear: Definitely don't wanna be taking a tumble down there.

Trejo: That could've been me.

Bear: Okay.

So, danny, we'll do it step by step.

So maybe sitting down is best.

And then I've got you, you can feel that, yeah?

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: That's good. We'll go to the next one.

That's it. Well done.

Trejo: Now we gotta turn around.

Bear: And maybe sit on your backside.

Trejo: Okay. All right. That'll even be better.

Ready?

Bear: So, sit yourself down.

Yeah. Okay. I've got you. Off you go.

Well done, danny.

You stay there and I'll come down to you.

Trejo: Wow, that was cool.

Bear: You're doing well. Let's keep moving.

So, danny, I figured if he survived prison food,

He'll be okay with a tarantula.

I think we're gonna find some shade, make a fire,

Burn those urticating hairs off, and then eat.

Come and sit yourself down.

Sit on this.

Trejo: Thank god for shade.

Bear: Thank god for...

Trejo: Shade and rocks to sit on.

Bear: Okay.

So, look, what we're gonna do here is make a little fire.

We're gonna cook the tarantula,

Because you've got to burn those hairs off it.

Trejo: Alright, I ain't eating a tarantula.

Bear: And then we'll each...

Well, I'll have a bit.

I need some energy anyway.

The first thing we need is the arrowhead.

And then look, a bit of all these juniper bushes.

Juniper's really bad for forest fires...

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: Because it's super flammable...

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: It's got a lot of resin and oils in it.

So, for forest fires it's bad.

Trejo: For campfires...

Bear: For the survivor, it's great.

So, look, I'll just get a bit of this bark off it.

There's juniper trees everywhere,

And they're very distinct.

The bark on it, like, it's kind of crumbling off.

Make it into a little ball.

That will take a spark.

And to protect against forest fires,

This little metal shield stops this fire spreading,

Keep it contained, and keep it safe.

So, 100% protected.

Trejo: Mm-hmm.

Bear: We're gonna use the arrowhead.

Trejo: Mm-hmm.

Bear: This is gonna be the striker.

Trejo: Mm-hmm.

Bear: And this is gonna be the fire rod.

And it just will create a spark like that. Okay?

Trejo: Wow.

Bear: There you got it on there.

That's it. That's it.

There we go. Good job, danny.

You just lit a juniper fire.

Trejo: I just got my fire-starter badge.

Bear: You're gonna make a great scout.

Where's that tarantula?

I reckon we should really be cooking this on the machete.

So, tell me about the film machete.

Did that change your life?

Trejo: That was fun. Absolutely. Absolutely.

That made me like a household name.

Bear: Yeah.

Trejo: And then the amazing thing, when I started uh,

Seeing kids coming to my uh, house at Halloween

Dressed as machetes.

Bear: Here we go.

Trejo: And spy kids that one's...

Bear: Yeah.

Trejo: They call me uncle machete.

So even tate, the five-year-old,

"hey uncle machete."

Bear: Brilliant.

What would you say though, looking back on your life that

You're most proud of?

Trejo: I'd say my kids.

Bear: Mm.

And what values did you try and bring them up with when

They were little?

Trejo: They all went through their problems,

But more than anything I wanted them to know that no matter what,

I'd always be there.

No matter what.

It didn't matter what, you know,

Because my dad wasn't the kind of dad that said,

"I love you."

He was like the mexican archie bunker, really.

I make sure that I tell my kids that every day.

"hey, I love guys. You guys are awesome.

I'm proud of you."

Bear: Yeah. That's a beautiful thing.

Trejo: My kids are great and they're just awesome.

They always call me and they go,

"how you doing, dad," and all.

When they found out I was coming here,

"dad, what are you doing?"

"ah, testing myself."

He says, "well, make sure, yeah, make sure he watches you."

Bear: Yeah. Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: But now you've learned so much,

And you've learned it the hard way.

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: If you were to walk down that street now and

Find a young danny, and he's like 11 or 12,

What really would you tell him?

Trejo: You know what?

I gotta say that, you know, I would say,

"listen, you're on the wrong path.

Do you understand?"

But everything that I did made me the person I am today.

Bear: Even san quentin?

Trejo: It's hard to say, well,

San quentin will make you kind of know your limits.

Bear: Okay. The tarantula is cooked.

Tell me the worst, what was prison food like?

Trejo: Well, like folsom had great food.

San quentin had pretty good food, and soledad, meh.

Bear: Well, it's looks like I'm gonna have the honor of

Serving danny trejo the worst meal he's ever eaten.

Trejo: Well, hey, I'm not taking a bite.

*bleep*. Are you kidding? No, you go ahead.

Bear: I've kept you alive up here.

You can do me the honor.

(crunch).

Serving danny trejo the worst meal he's ever eaten.

Trejo: Well, hey, I'm not taking a bite.

*bleep*. Are you kidding? No, you go ahead.

Bear: Hey. I've kept you alive up here.

You can do me the honor. Here we go.

(crunching)

The thing is, I've learned if you burn it enough, it's okay.

Trejo: Mmm. Wow.

Please, sir, may I have another?

Bear got me to eat a tarantula!

Bear: Come on.

And that's a first, yeah?

Trejo: Absolutely, yeah.

Bear: 76 and still doing things for the first time.

That is why you have such a great spirit about you.

Trejo: That's it!

Wow.

Bear: Come on.

Trejo: That was pretty good.

Bear: You're amazing. You are amazing.

Okay. So, from here, we've got to push on that way.

Trejo: Yeah. Bear: Then once we pop out... Trejo: Cool.

Bear: We should be able to call in a helicopter.

Trejo: Awesome.

Bear: Okay. You ready? Trejo: Yeah. Bear: Let's do it.

Nice and steady through this stuff.

From here we've still got a bit of descent to do.

It's getting later in the day now.

Danny is getting tired.

But still gotta get him down through some of these gullies.

Okay danny, I'm going to put you on that short rope again.

Get you to go first.

I'd go just to the left there. And I've got you here.

Trejo: You've got me, okay. I'm going.

(shuffling rocks)

Bear: Yeah, I think so.

Great job, take your time.

No rush.

We need to have each other's back, move steady.

Trejo: Ready? Bear: Yeah, we're good.

'cause it's that sort of terrain where it's enough that

If you slip down this, you'd really hurt yourself.

Good job, let me come and join you here.

I'll help you up over that bit.

(sighs)

Bear: Danny... Trejo: What do you got?

Bear: Tell me, what would you say?

Come on, sum it up for me.

What would you think, what's your, what's your,

Your whole, your whole mantra of life.

How do you kind of, when you get up in the morning,

What do you kind of, what do you say to yourself?

Trejo: First thing I do is say prayers.

I just say prayers.

I ask god to let me be a better person today than

I was yesterday.

Let me help as many people as I can.

Bear: Mm.

Trejo: Not just with a check,

But physically help them, you know?

And, uh, go from there.

Bear: Tell me about the restaurant though 'cause you've

Been like giving back loads during all this pandemic stuff.

Trejo: Yeah.

Lately with the restaurants we've been feeding, like,

A lot of the older people in my neighborhood because they

Can't get out, you know.

They go to the market for 'em and stuff.

We got like four or five restaurants we each do

100 meals and start passing 'em out cause that's what we do.

Bear: What, what amazing leadership by you,

You help people and that creates ripples.

And I suppose it's like when you go to these rehab centers

And the prisons, you don't know what effect

You're gonna have.

Trejo: One of the greatest feelings in the world is to be,

Like, in dallas airport,

And some kid come up with his wife and his baby and say,

"you know, I heard you talk in juvenile hall

Ten years ago, man, and it's changed my life.

And I got a wife, a kid, I'm doing great."

Wow, that's like...

Bear: So, he's heard you when he was in prison.

Trejo: Oh, yeah. Yeah.

So, you go and you thank god, you know.

Thank you, you know, 'cause that's, that's the,

That's the payment, you know.

Bear: That's the real stuff, isn't it?

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: Look at you, "machete".

Hey, you know that um...

Trejo: Ahh!

Bear: You know that arrowhead we found earlier?

Trejo: Yeah.

Bear: It's not very pretty, but...

Trejo: Oh, that is awesome.

Bear: I got some parachute cord and tied it together.

Trejo: That's great.

Bear: This is on behalf of all those...

Trejo: Oh.

Bear: Hundreds of thousands of young people that you

Speak to and you speak truth to and you speak love to,

On behalf of all of them.

They can't maybe say it to you in person,

But want to say,

"danny trejo, we love you and we admire you,

And we want to thank you."

Trejo: Thank you. Bear: You're a great man. Trejo: Thank you.

Bear: You ready to get out of here?

Trejo: Let's do it. Bear: Okay. Trejo: What are we doing now?

Bear: Come with me. Trejo: Okay.

Bear: Okay, so, you can hear the chopper.

(helicopter rotors)

There it is.

Trejo: Ahh.

Bear: Here we go.

Coming in.

Pilot (over radio): Ok, hold there.

Trejo: Whoa!

Let me see.

I've been shot at, done robberies.

People tried to stab me.

I've fought fires. I went to prison.

Pilot (over radio): Ok, starting down.

Trejo: Whoa, *bleep*!

I think I've never been as excited or scared as

I was today.

Pilot (over radio): They got it, they got it!

Bear: Okay. You ready, danny? Trejo: Yeah.

Trejo: Watch this!

(trejo yelling).

Pilot (over radio): Take it all the way up.

Bear: Danny is, he's actually the oldest guest we've ever taken,

And we've had a pretty physical journey.

Trejo: Whoa!

Bear: You've got to admire somebody who can just push on

When times are difficult.

And it's that sort of spirit that is the heart of his story.

Trejo: This is awesome!

Bear: Nothing but love and admiration and respect.

Trejo: I really want to thank bear for, like, you know,

Giving me the experience of a lifetime and um,

If you haven't done it,

Hey, I challenge you to do it, then make fun of me.

Bear: Danny trejo, the legend. Trejo: Whoa!

I ate a tarantula!

(laughs).

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