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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:07,161 --> 00:00:09,801 'My name is Levison Wood.' Whoa! 2 00:00:09,801 --> 00:00:12,641 Woo, that was steep! 3 00:00:12,641 --> 00:00:14,481 In 2014, 4 00:00:14,481 --> 00:00:16,121 I walked the Nile 5 00:00:16,121 --> 00:00:18,121 from its source to the sea. 6 00:00:18,121 --> 00:00:20,121 Yeah! 7 00:00:20,121 --> 00:00:24,121 Now, I'm taking on an even tougher journey. 8 00:00:24,561 --> 00:00:26,201 This is hardcore. 9 00:00:26,201 --> 00:00:28,361 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 10 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:30,721 I'm walking the length... 11 00:00:30,721 --> 00:00:32,521 of the Himalayas. 12 00:00:32,521 --> 00:00:35,201 It's absolutely phenomenal! 13 00:00:35,201 --> 00:00:38,881 My route traces the backbone of a continent. 14 00:00:38,881 --> 00:00:42,321 I'm trekking 1,700 miles, 15 00:00:42,321 --> 00:00:44,561 from Afghanistan in the west, 16 00:00:44,561 --> 00:00:46,681 across soaring passes, 17 00:00:46,681 --> 00:00:50,561 down into lush, tropical foothills. 18 00:00:50,561 --> 00:00:53,121 Past Mount Everest 19 00:00:53,121 --> 00:00:56,281 to end in the mystical kingdom of Bhutan, 20 00:00:56,281 --> 00:00:59,201 where the Himalayas drop into the Tibetan Plateau. 21 00:00:59,201 --> 00:01:02,241 It's like a party! THEY CHEER 22 00:01:02,241 --> 00:01:06,081 It will take me four million steps to reach my goal. 23 00:01:06,081 --> 00:01:08,681 Which nutcase came up with this idea? 24 00:01:08,681 --> 00:01:12,681 So far, I've walked through five countries... 25 00:01:14,081 --> 00:01:17,601 ..and survived a terrifying car crash 26 00:01:17,601 --> 00:01:20,441 to make it to the final leg of my journey. 27 00:01:20,441 --> 00:01:23,401 This is it, the final push. 28 00:01:23,401 --> 00:01:25,841 Now, I'm heading deeper into the wild. 29 00:01:25,841 --> 00:01:28,281 I think this is generally the right direction. 30 00:01:28,281 --> 00:01:30,361 Through lands of mythical beliefs... 31 00:01:30,361 --> 00:01:32,281 Absolutely unreal. 32 00:01:32,281 --> 00:01:35,081 ..and untouched peaks... 33 00:01:35,081 --> 00:01:36,481 ..where we seek... 34 00:01:36,481 --> 00:01:37,961 That doesn't bode well, does it? 35 00:01:37,961 --> 00:01:40,001 ..the blessing of the gods 36 00:01:40,001 --> 00:01:42,001 to reach our journey's end. 37 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:43,521 I need him more than ever. 38 00:01:43,521 --> 00:01:47,521 He's not in a good way. 39 00:01:53,921 --> 00:01:56,521 I think we should climb up here. 40 00:01:56,521 --> 00:01:57,841 Ready? 41 00:01:57,841 --> 00:02:00,441 I'm on the final leg to walk the Himalayas 42 00:02:00,441 --> 00:02:03,241 with my Nepalese friend and guide, Binod. 43 00:02:03,241 --> 00:02:05,281 Woo! 44 00:02:05,281 --> 00:02:09,281 14 years ago, we vowed to walk these mountains together. 45 00:02:10,001 --> 00:02:11,841 We've covered 800 miles 46 00:02:11,841 --> 00:02:15,841 and are now entering one of Nepal's most isolated regions. 47 00:02:16,361 --> 00:02:20,361 This is pretty much the end of the tourist trail. 48 00:02:20,561 --> 00:02:23,841 This is about as far east as most tourists get to. 49 00:02:23,841 --> 00:02:25,521 Down there, 50 00:02:25,521 --> 00:02:27,281 that's pretty much into the unknown. 51 00:02:27,281 --> 00:02:30,121 Eastern Nepal is a place that hardly anyone goes to 52 00:02:30,121 --> 00:02:32,801 and the route that we're taking 53 00:02:32,801 --> 00:02:36,801 is straight through the wilderness. 54 00:02:40,441 --> 00:02:42,121 From Eastern Nepal, 55 00:02:42,121 --> 00:02:46,121 we have 450 miles to reach our journey's end. 56 00:02:46,641 --> 00:02:49,761 We must first trek through untamed wilderness 57 00:02:49,761 --> 00:02:53,761 to reach a narrow stretch of India, called West Bengal, 58 00:02:54,041 --> 00:02:58,041 and our gateway to the final country, Bhutan. 59 00:02:59,521 --> 00:03:02,441 We will pass through the capital, Thimphu, 60 00:03:02,441 --> 00:03:05,521 step into a land of myth and legend 61 00:03:05,521 --> 00:03:07,521 and onto the end of our route - 62 00:03:07,521 --> 00:03:09,721 the world's highest unclimbed peak, 63 00:03:09,721 --> 00:03:12,161 Gangkhar Puensum, 64 00:03:12,161 --> 00:03:16,161 from where the Himalayas drop into the Tibetan Plateau. 65 00:03:20,761 --> 00:03:23,321 Binod reckons we're probably the first foreigners 66 00:03:23,321 --> 00:03:24,921 to come down this way 67 00:03:24,921 --> 00:03:26,521 and, certainly, 68 00:03:26,521 --> 00:03:29,001 by the looks that we get from some of the locals... 69 00:03:29,001 --> 00:03:30,241 Namaste. 70 00:03:30,241 --> 00:03:34,241 ..they've certainly never seen anyone. 71 00:03:34,761 --> 00:03:37,241 Namaste. Namaste. 72 00:03:37,241 --> 00:03:40,001 Namaste. Namaste. 73 00:03:40,001 --> 00:03:44,001 Where are you going? HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 74 00:03:44,361 --> 00:03:46,761 Home? 75 00:03:46,761 --> 00:03:48,721 Are you walking because there is no fuel? 76 00:03:48,721 --> 00:03:50,121 HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 77 00:03:50,121 --> 00:03:52,641 Always walking. Always walking? 78 00:03:52,641 --> 00:03:54,721 With no cars here, a round trip 79 00:03:54,721 --> 00:03:58,721 to buy clothes can take two days. 80 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:06,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 81 00:04:08,161 --> 00:04:10,601 Seven hours. 82 00:04:10,601 --> 00:04:13,121 Dhanyabad. 83 00:04:13,121 --> 00:04:17,121 OK. Nama... Namaskar. 84 00:04:19,001 --> 00:04:20,641 For the next 50 miles, 85 00:04:20,641 --> 00:04:22,321 we have porters with us. 86 00:04:22,321 --> 00:04:24,041 To help lighten the load, 87 00:04:24,041 --> 00:04:27,841 we're carrying minimum supplies. 88 00:04:27,841 --> 00:04:31,841 Nepal's fuel crisis has left this region even more isolated than usual, 89 00:04:32,961 --> 00:04:34,601 but what we didn't realise 90 00:04:34,601 --> 00:04:38,361 is that a lack of rain has reduced this year's harvest. 91 00:04:38,361 --> 00:04:40,841 The biggest problem we've got at the moment 92 00:04:40,841 --> 00:04:43,161 is just trying to find food, 93 00:04:43,161 --> 00:04:45,441 so we're just trying to find a little shop 94 00:04:45,441 --> 00:04:47,561 or a little tea house to get some food 95 00:04:47,561 --> 00:04:50,081 but it is remarkable, like, some of the places you find. 96 00:04:50,081 --> 00:04:54,081 I mean, that's the village shop there, just perched under the tree. 97 00:04:55,761 --> 00:04:57,921 Can we buy some bread? Sorry? 98 00:04:57,921 --> 00:04:59,761 Can we buy some bread from you? 99 00:04:59,761 --> 00:05:01,601 Bread. 100 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:03,241 Bloody starving. 101 00:05:03,241 --> 00:05:06,361 The drought has left Ama's shop all but empty... 102 00:05:06,361 --> 00:05:08,361 Thank you very much. 103 00:05:08,361 --> 00:05:10,081 Dhanyabad. Dhanyabad. 104 00:05:10,081 --> 00:05:11,881 She speaks very good English. 105 00:05:11,881 --> 00:05:13,641 Yes. "Yes," see? 106 00:05:13,641 --> 00:05:15,281 ..but what little she does have, 107 00:05:15,281 --> 00:05:19,281 she's willing to offer strangers. 108 00:05:21,161 --> 00:05:23,681 Take it. 109 00:05:23,681 --> 00:05:26,081 It sounds like the nearest guaranteed meal 110 00:05:26,081 --> 00:05:27,881 will be at the next guesthouse, 111 00:05:27,881 --> 00:05:31,801 15 miles away. 112 00:05:31,801 --> 00:05:34,321 If we can track the River Koshi, 113 00:05:34,321 --> 00:05:36,441 we should get there before sunset, 114 00:05:36,441 --> 00:05:40,041 but we're struggling to find the right path. 115 00:05:40,041 --> 00:05:41,641 Maybe it's just away from here. 116 00:05:41,641 --> 00:05:43,121 Although, this side, 117 00:05:43,121 --> 00:05:45,361 the side we're on now is more steep than this side. 118 00:05:45,361 --> 00:05:47,361 We are going down. 119 00:05:47,361 --> 00:05:51,361 Yeah, well... 120 00:05:55,721 --> 00:05:57,441 There's no path along the river? 121 00:05:57,441 --> 00:06:01,441 No. What about on this side? 122 00:06:02,521 --> 00:06:06,521 Nothing? 123 00:06:07,161 --> 00:06:09,681 The old lady said there's no path because it's too steep, 124 00:06:09,681 --> 00:06:13,161 so we're going to have to climb all the way to the top of that hill 125 00:06:13,161 --> 00:06:17,161 and back round the other side. 126 00:06:19,801 --> 00:06:23,321 Going over the hills was not what we planned for 127 00:06:23,321 --> 00:06:26,121 and the temperature has hit 30 degrees Celsius 128 00:06:26,121 --> 00:06:28,041 Which way do you think, Binod? 129 00:06:28,041 --> 00:06:30,281 DOG BARKS 130 00:06:30,281 --> 00:06:32,481 This side. Huh? I think this side. 131 00:06:32,481 --> 00:06:36,481 We need to get straight up. 132 00:06:42,081 --> 00:06:44,241 We've made it to the top, 133 00:06:44,241 --> 00:06:47,801 and now all the way back down again. 134 00:06:47,801 --> 00:06:49,161 Sweating my... 135 00:06:49,161 --> 00:06:53,161 Yeah. 136 00:06:55,721 --> 00:06:59,721 In three hours, we cover just five miles... 137 00:07:00,041 --> 00:07:04,041 ..and our route is still not clear. 138 00:07:04,361 --> 00:07:07,961 Which way? 139 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:11,921 It's so easy to get lost in amongst everyone's fields. 140 00:07:11,921 --> 00:07:15,561 You don't know what's a path and what's just an irrigation ditch 141 00:07:15,561 --> 00:07:17,481 and the last thing you want to be doing 142 00:07:17,481 --> 00:07:21,041 is treading on somebody's cabbages. 143 00:07:21,041 --> 00:07:25,041 It's incredible how people manage to thrive up here. 144 00:07:25,721 --> 00:07:29,721 Most villages have no electricity... 145 00:07:29,841 --> 00:07:33,841 ..but those that do sure make the most to it. 146 00:07:34,001 --> 00:07:36,561 POP MUSIC FROM DISTANCE Where's that music coming from? 147 00:07:36,561 --> 00:07:38,081 Walking through the jungle 148 00:07:38,081 --> 00:07:41,961 and you suddenly hear this blaring music. 149 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:45,201 This is not what I was expecting for lunch. 150 00:07:45,201 --> 00:07:48,121 MUSIC BLARES 151 00:07:48,121 --> 00:07:52,121 Hey. 152 00:08:00,521 --> 00:08:04,521 People are dancing. 153 00:08:20,241 --> 00:08:24,241 You come across some weird stuff in the jungle. 154 00:08:25,241 --> 00:08:27,081 I would have loved to have stayed 155 00:08:27,081 --> 00:08:31,081 but we've not eaten anything today, since breakfast, 156 00:08:31,161 --> 00:08:35,161 so we've got to get to the next village and try and find some food. 157 00:08:39,921 --> 00:08:41,361 It's five o'clock, 158 00:08:41,361 --> 00:08:45,361 we've got about an hour left of light... 159 00:08:46,641 --> 00:08:49,001 ..and we need to find somewhere to stay. 160 00:08:49,001 --> 00:08:50,481 One false move, 161 00:08:50,481 --> 00:08:54,481 you'd slip down this and fall into that river. 162 00:08:54,841 --> 00:08:57,761 Villages up here can be hours apart 163 00:08:57,761 --> 00:09:01,401 and we only have 20 minutes till sunset... 164 00:09:01,401 --> 00:09:05,401 I'm running low on water. 165 00:09:11,721 --> 00:09:13,521 ..but someone, somewhere, 166 00:09:13,521 --> 00:09:16,961 is smiling down on us... 167 00:09:16,961 --> 00:09:20,321 ..as we stumble into the village of Shale... 168 00:09:20,321 --> 00:09:23,321 Woo! We made it. 169 00:09:23,321 --> 00:09:25,001 Can we camp? 170 00:09:25,001 --> 00:09:29,001 Yeah, somewhere. There is a field. 171 00:09:31,401 --> 00:09:33,081 Dhanyabad. 172 00:09:33,081 --> 00:09:35,841 Shall we get the tents up before it's dark? 173 00:09:35,841 --> 00:09:39,721 HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 174 00:09:39,721 --> 00:09:43,081 Literally, six o'clock comes and it goes pitch-black, 175 00:09:43,081 --> 00:09:46,161 you can't see a thing, so we were lucky we managed to get our tents up 176 00:09:46,161 --> 00:09:49,281 just in time. 177 00:09:49,281 --> 00:09:52,321 And even though they hardly have anything, 178 00:09:52,321 --> 00:09:55,201 the village elder provides us with a meal. 179 00:09:55,201 --> 00:09:56,601 Thank you. 180 00:09:56,601 --> 00:10:00,601 Feel better now. 181 00:10:07,841 --> 00:10:11,841 Morning, hello. 182 00:10:17,721 --> 00:10:19,881 Right, let's go. 183 00:10:19,881 --> 00:10:23,881 From Shale, we enjoy some of the most untamed terrain of our journey. 184 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:38,401 It's bloody freezing. 185 00:10:38,401 --> 00:10:40,321 Over the next five days, 186 00:10:40,321 --> 00:10:42,441 we pass the elusive Dharapani 187 00:10:42,441 --> 00:10:44,041 and push 100 miles east, 188 00:10:44,041 --> 00:10:48,041 leaving Nepal to reach a slice of India called West Bengal. 189 00:10:52,041 --> 00:10:55,081 We're stepping away from the rural wilderness, 190 00:10:55,081 --> 00:10:56,641 and walk 100 miles, 191 00:10:56,641 --> 00:10:59,361 past tea plantations and villages, 192 00:10:59,361 --> 00:11:02,641 to the town of Jaigaon. 193 00:11:02,641 --> 00:11:04,441 This is the last port of call 194 00:11:04,441 --> 00:11:07,081 before we enter our final country. 195 00:11:07,081 --> 00:11:09,721 It's a bit of a culture shock to be back in India. 196 00:11:09,721 --> 00:11:11,601 HORN BLARES 197 00:11:11,601 --> 00:11:14,161 Binod's found a new friend. 198 00:11:14,161 --> 00:11:16,241 This is low land and... 199 00:11:16,241 --> 00:11:17,841 THEY LAUGH 200 00:11:17,841 --> 00:11:19,241 ..it's a bigger part, 201 00:11:19,241 --> 00:11:21,601 and it's not really like the mountains, 202 00:11:21,601 --> 00:11:25,601 but I think we will go up in mountains and it will be so nice. 203 00:11:25,961 --> 00:11:29,401 THEY LAUGH 204 00:11:29,401 --> 00:11:31,201 As have I. 205 00:11:31,201 --> 00:11:33,961 You can tell my fortune? Yeah? 206 00:11:33,961 --> 00:11:37,961 What do we have to do? 207 00:11:38,241 --> 00:11:39,361 OK. 208 00:11:39,361 --> 00:11:42,481 HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 209 00:11:42,481 --> 00:11:45,681 Good luck in 2017? 210 00:11:45,681 --> 00:11:47,041 OK. 211 00:11:47,041 --> 00:11:51,041 Anything more specific? 212 00:11:54,921 --> 00:11:58,761 Have a house? OK. 213 00:11:58,761 --> 00:12:02,201 Fingers crossed, I've applied for a mortgage. 214 00:12:02,201 --> 00:12:06,201 Wonderful. Dhanyabad. Thank you. 215 00:12:07,561 --> 00:12:10,241 But before I climb the property ladder, 216 00:12:10,241 --> 00:12:14,241 Binod and I have other business to deal with. 217 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:18,081 All this area is known as the "Dooars" region 218 00:12:18,081 --> 00:12:20,401 and it literally means "doors" 219 00:12:20,401 --> 00:12:24,201 and this is the gateway to Bhutan. 220 00:12:24,201 --> 00:12:25,881 That's the gate 221 00:12:25,881 --> 00:12:29,881 and beyond it is the Dragon Kingdom... 222 00:12:30,001 --> 00:12:34,801 ..and the place we'll reach our journey's end. 223 00:12:42,041 --> 00:12:46,041 'We're near the end of our journey to walk the Himalayas.' 224 00:12:46,401 --> 00:12:47,761 Well, this is it, 225 00:12:47,761 --> 00:12:50,121 we're finally at the border with Bhutan 226 00:12:50,121 --> 00:12:54,121 and this is the final country on the journey. 227 00:12:54,481 --> 00:12:57,961 'It's home to the holy Mountain of Gangkhar Puensum, where we plan 228 00:12:57,961 --> 00:12:59,401 'to finish our trek. 229 00:12:59,401 --> 00:13:02,441 'Neither Binod nor I have ever been there.' 230 00:13:02,441 --> 00:13:05,201 Are you excited to be entering Bhutan, Binod? 231 00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:07,921 Yeah, it will be nice to get in there and see different things, 232 00:13:07,921 --> 00:13:11,201 different worlds, yeah. 233 00:13:11,201 --> 00:13:15,201 So here we go into Bhutan. 234 00:13:18,041 --> 00:13:22,041 'Bhutan only opened its borders to foreigners in 1974. 235 00:13:23,641 --> 00:13:27,321 'So few people come here, it remains largely untouched 236 00:13:27,321 --> 00:13:29,081 'by outside influence.' 237 00:13:29,081 --> 00:13:30,801 It's like entering another world. 238 00:13:30,801 --> 00:13:34,761 You can hear all the car horns, noise, shouting on the Indian side, 239 00:13:34,761 --> 00:13:36,681 all the chaos that you'd expect. 240 00:13:36,681 --> 00:13:38,041 Whereas this side, 241 00:13:38,041 --> 00:13:41,721 it's very calm and peaceful and quiet. 242 00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:45,681 Just a very different atmosphere. 243 00:13:45,681 --> 00:13:49,681 'Bhutan's government only allowed TV here in 1999.' 244 00:13:50,481 --> 00:13:53,161 Massive prayer wheels, aren't they? 245 00:13:53,161 --> 00:13:55,561 I've never seen one that big, have you? 246 00:13:55,561 --> 00:13:58,361 'And the internet was a millennium gift 247 00:13:58,361 --> 00:14:02,361 'from the former king, Jigme Singye.' 248 00:14:03,441 --> 00:14:06,161 'It's his birthday in four days' time, 249 00:14:06,161 --> 00:14:10,161 'and we want to be in the capital for the party.' 250 00:14:10,721 --> 00:14:13,001 Which way do you think? 251 00:14:13,001 --> 00:14:16,081 I think Thimphu is going by this way. 252 00:14:16,081 --> 00:14:20,081 Maybe we should try by this side. 253 00:14:20,201 --> 00:14:23,121 Well, the sign says Thimphu that way. 254 00:14:23,121 --> 00:14:27,121 172 K's. 255 00:14:27,601 --> 00:14:31,601 Hell of a walk. 256 00:14:34,081 --> 00:14:37,201 'Just 750,000 people 257 00:14:37,201 --> 00:14:41,201 'live in a country the size of Switzerland. 258 00:14:41,481 --> 00:14:45,481 'Like so many of the last thousand miles, it's just me and Binod. 259 00:14:46,841 --> 00:14:50,841 'Although today, he's not so good.' 260 00:14:52,481 --> 00:14:54,681 I think Binod's struggling a bit. 261 00:14:54,681 --> 00:14:57,881 He's lagging behind quite a way. 262 00:14:57,881 --> 00:15:00,761 He's brilliant off-road - whenever there's steep uphills, 263 00:15:00,761 --> 00:15:03,721 he always plods on way ahead of me, 264 00:15:03,721 --> 00:15:06,641 but when it comes to these flat roads... 265 00:15:06,641 --> 00:15:09,961 he hates it. 266 00:15:09,961 --> 00:15:13,481 You OK, Binod? 267 00:15:13,481 --> 00:15:15,401 Where does it hurt? 268 00:15:15,401 --> 00:15:17,841 Just the front of the... 269 00:15:17,841 --> 00:15:20,641 Exactly here. 270 00:15:20,641 --> 00:15:22,601 Where? So... 271 00:15:22,601 --> 00:15:24,641 I cannot move very fast. 272 00:15:24,641 --> 00:15:26,401 I think it will be OK. 273 00:15:26,401 --> 00:15:29,201 I hope so. Just take it easy. 274 00:15:29,201 --> 00:15:33,201 'The government have made us agree to a strict walking schedule. 275 00:15:33,361 --> 00:15:36,241 'If we're going to reach the end of our journey 276 00:15:36,241 --> 00:15:40,241 'at Gangkhar Puensum, we have to cover over 200 miles in ten days.' 277 00:15:43,081 --> 00:15:45,441 Binod's been struggling over the past few days, 278 00:15:45,441 --> 00:15:49,441 and I wonder if he's actually recovered from the crash. 279 00:15:50,401 --> 00:15:52,321 We've gone through a lot together. 280 00:15:52,321 --> 00:15:54,721 You know, walking with somebody 281 00:15:54,721 --> 00:15:57,081 for such a long, long time, 282 00:15:57,081 --> 00:15:59,921 you know, you form this incredible bond. 283 00:15:59,921 --> 00:16:01,561 The journey isn't over yet, 284 00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:05,561 and I need him more than ever. 285 00:16:09,081 --> 00:16:13,081 Let's do this. 286 00:16:13,761 --> 00:16:16,481 'It takes three days of pounding the tarmac 287 00:16:16,481 --> 00:16:20,481 'to arrive on the outskirts of Bhutan's capital city.' 288 00:16:25,241 --> 00:16:29,241 Well, this is it. We've finally made it 100 miles from the border, 289 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:33,521 and here we are at the gateway to Thimphu. 290 00:16:36,321 --> 00:16:40,321 'Arriving here is like stepping into a completely different Bhutan.' 291 00:16:46,201 --> 00:16:50,201 There's a real festival atmosphere everywhere you look in this town... 292 00:16:50,361 --> 00:16:52,641 and this is the night before the big day, 293 00:16:52,641 --> 00:16:56,641 tomorrow is the previous king's 60th birthday. 294 00:17:00,001 --> 00:17:04,001 'The royal family took power here in 1907. 295 00:17:04,881 --> 00:17:06,641 'The much loved Fourth King 296 00:17:06,641 --> 00:17:10,641 'passed the throne to his son eight years ago. 297 00:17:11,081 --> 00:17:13,441 'To help with our Bhutanese knowledge, 298 00:17:13,441 --> 00:17:17,321 'we've asked a smartly dressed local guide - Jamyang Dorji - 299 00:17:17,321 --> 00:17:19,881 'to join us.' 300 00:17:19,881 --> 00:17:21,481 So this is the national dress? 301 00:17:21,481 --> 00:17:24,081 This one is the national dress. 302 00:17:24,081 --> 00:17:26,441 Tomorrow, will more people be wearing it? 303 00:17:26,441 --> 00:17:30,441 Oh, yeah, sure, because it's the birthday of the Fourth King and so 304 00:17:30,681 --> 00:17:32,281 everybody has to wear it. 305 00:17:32,281 --> 00:17:34,801 Oh, really? OK. 306 00:17:34,801 --> 00:17:37,441 The big question is what do you wear underneath it? 307 00:17:37,441 --> 00:17:40,081 HE LAUGHS My good boxer. 308 00:17:40,081 --> 00:17:42,681 Your best boxers? Yeah. THEY LAUGH 309 00:17:42,681 --> 00:17:46,681 'Jamyang's not your average Bhutanese mountain guide. 310 00:17:47,041 --> 00:17:50,041 'He seems to double up as a fashion consultant too.' 311 00:17:50,041 --> 00:17:54,041 So I would recommend for you this kind of colour. This one for you. 312 00:17:54,841 --> 00:17:58,841 That's very colourful. Yeah. 313 00:17:59,441 --> 00:18:02,521 Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat. 314 00:18:02,521 --> 00:18:06,521 Proper bling this, isn't it? 315 00:18:06,961 --> 00:18:08,761 Yeah, it's perfect. 316 00:18:08,761 --> 00:18:11,321 Sure? It feels a bit big. 317 00:18:11,321 --> 00:18:15,001 You look like a king. Number four. King number four? Yeah. 318 00:18:15,001 --> 00:18:17,321 I'll roll with that. 319 00:18:17,321 --> 00:18:19,201 With the grey hair. Oh. Right! 320 00:18:19,201 --> 00:18:22,081 THEY LAUGH 321 00:18:22,081 --> 00:18:26,081 Do you like it? Does it suit me? 322 00:18:26,601 --> 00:18:30,601 No. Binod, your turn. So excited. 323 00:18:32,281 --> 00:18:36,241 I like that. It's a good colour, that one. 324 00:18:36,241 --> 00:18:37,681 Binod look like a boy! 325 00:18:37,681 --> 00:18:41,681 A schoolboy! He's ready for school now. 326 00:18:42,481 --> 00:18:44,801 I need some of those boots that the king's got on there. 327 00:18:44,801 --> 00:18:48,721 Think that'll just finish the dress. 328 00:18:48,721 --> 00:18:52,721 Thank you very much. Bye-bye. 329 00:18:59,561 --> 00:19:03,561 'The next day, almost everyone is in their national dress. 330 00:19:04,841 --> 00:19:08,841 'Binod and I are doing our very best to fit in. 331 00:19:10,081 --> 00:19:13,441 'We decide to brush up on the latest news.' 332 00:19:13,441 --> 00:19:17,441 So this is the national newspaper, The Bhutanese. 333 00:19:18,241 --> 00:19:21,801 You've gotta love some of the headlines. 334 00:19:21,801 --> 00:19:22,801 HE CHUCKLES 335 00:19:22,801 --> 00:19:26,041 This is my favourite - "Two men caught stealing flowers 336 00:19:26,041 --> 00:19:30,041 "from the highway. The culprits - a hotelier and one of his staff - 337 00:19:30,041 --> 00:19:33,041 "were in town for some catering business. They were caught 338 00:19:33,041 --> 00:19:35,481 "stealing three chrysanthemum flower plants 339 00:19:35,481 --> 00:19:38,201 "below the swimming pool area at 2.50am." 340 00:19:38,201 --> 00:19:41,321 There's the picture of the three flowers in question. 341 00:19:41,321 --> 00:19:45,321 Easy to be a policeman in this country. 342 00:19:46,361 --> 00:19:49,081 'I can see why crime is so low here. 343 00:19:49,081 --> 00:19:52,121 'There are cops everywhere. 344 00:19:52,121 --> 00:19:55,441 'I'm starting to see another side to Thimphu.' 345 00:19:55,441 --> 00:19:57,161 The thing that's noticeable 346 00:19:57,161 --> 00:20:00,761 is just how strict and controlling this country is. 347 00:20:00,761 --> 00:20:02,441 Everywhere you go 348 00:20:02,441 --> 00:20:05,081 there's rules, regulations. 349 00:20:05,081 --> 00:20:07,721 A lot more than anywhere else I've seen on this journey. 350 00:20:07,721 --> 00:20:11,721 There's quite a controlling vibe that sort of overrules everything. 351 00:20:12,081 --> 00:20:16,081 I think it was the first country in the world to ban smoking. 352 00:20:16,161 --> 00:20:20,001 All the pubs are closed, all the bars are closed for the king's birthday. 353 00:20:20,001 --> 00:20:24,001 There's signs everywhere telling you what you can and can't do. 354 00:20:24,201 --> 00:20:28,201 There's definitely this feeling that... 355 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:32,561 you know, people do as they're told. 356 00:20:32,921 --> 00:20:36,921 'Despite Bhutan's picture postcard image, I'm told that 25 years ago 357 00:20:38,561 --> 00:20:42,561 'the state expelled over 100,000 non-ethnic Bhutanese 358 00:20:43,121 --> 00:20:46,041 'for not adhering to national values, 359 00:20:46,041 --> 00:20:50,041 'including wearing the gho. 360 00:20:51,201 --> 00:20:55,201 'Maybe citizens here have little choice but to love their rulers.' 361 00:20:56,561 --> 00:21:00,561 This is the queue for people wanting to go into the national stadium. 362 00:21:00,921 --> 00:21:04,921 The king's inside, and his wife. 363 00:21:06,481 --> 00:21:09,241 Can we go inside? I've got new shoes and everything! 364 00:21:09,241 --> 00:21:12,841 THEY LAUGH 365 00:21:12,841 --> 00:21:14,801 Yeah? Yeah? 366 00:21:14,801 --> 00:21:18,801 OK. Wow, that kind of worked. It must have been the shoes. 367 00:21:19,681 --> 00:21:21,081 Chaos. 368 00:21:21,081 --> 00:21:25,081 'Some people have been waiting here for eight hours.' 369 00:21:29,881 --> 00:21:31,961 We're in the stadium. 370 00:21:31,961 --> 00:21:33,801 About 30,000 people, and so literally 371 00:21:33,801 --> 00:21:37,801 half the population of Thimphu is here. 372 00:21:38,441 --> 00:21:42,441 'Bhutan measures its success not by gross domestic product, 373 00:21:43,081 --> 00:21:46,121 'but by Gross National Happiness. 374 00:21:46,121 --> 00:21:50,121 'A strong cultural identity is key to GNH. 375 00:21:51,241 --> 00:21:55,241 'For locals, it's events like this that bind them together.' 376 00:21:56,841 --> 00:21:58,521 So what's your name? 377 00:21:58,521 --> 00:22:02,201 Nice to meet you. From which part of Bhutan? 378 00:22:02,201 --> 00:22:03,441 Yeah? 379 00:22:03,441 --> 00:22:07,441 And how long did it take you to get here? 380 00:22:08,921 --> 00:22:10,001 Two days. 381 00:22:10,001 --> 00:22:14,001 Wow. And you just came for the celebration? Yeah. 382 00:22:14,401 --> 00:22:18,401 Yeah. 383 00:22:18,801 --> 00:22:22,801 Yeah. 384 00:22:23,081 --> 00:22:27,081 Really? So things are very good under the king? 385 00:22:30,481 --> 00:22:34,481 Do people... Everybody wants the monarchy here? 386 00:22:45,601 --> 00:22:48,401 So people would prefer a monarchy than a democracy? Yeah. 387 00:22:48,401 --> 00:22:51,561 'Many people have been waiting nine hours 388 00:22:51,561 --> 00:22:55,561 'before the king steps out onto the pitch.' 389 00:23:00,561 --> 00:23:02,241 So the king's just coming past now. 390 00:23:02,241 --> 00:23:03,801 He's the one in the yellow robe, 391 00:23:03,801 --> 00:23:07,801 and that's the colour reserved only for the royal family. 392 00:23:08,241 --> 00:23:12,241 How do you feel to see the king? 393 00:23:17,001 --> 00:23:21,001 'We'd love to stay in Thimphu... 394 00:23:21,441 --> 00:23:23,961 '..but we can't afford to fall behind schedule 395 00:23:23,961 --> 00:23:27,921 'if we're to reach our final destination at Gangkhar Puensum. 396 00:23:27,921 --> 00:23:31,921 'We set off towards a very different Bhutan.' 397 00:23:32,681 --> 00:23:36,681 So this pass represents leaving behind Western Bhutan 398 00:23:36,801 --> 00:23:39,681 and entering the wilderness of the East. 399 00:23:39,681 --> 00:23:43,041 And this is one of the most remote and inaccessible places 400 00:23:43,041 --> 00:23:47,801 In the entire Himalayas. 401 00:23:53,363 --> 00:23:56,323 My friend Binod and I are on the final leg 402 00:23:56,323 --> 00:24:00,323 to walk the Himalayas. 403 00:24:00,323 --> 00:24:03,963 Today, we're stepping into one of the most curious regions 404 00:24:03,963 --> 00:24:06,643 of the entire journey. 405 00:24:06,643 --> 00:24:10,643 'Our Bhutanese guide, Jamyang Dorji, has joined us... 406 00:24:13,003 --> 00:24:17,003 '..in possibly the most striking art gallery I've ever come across.' 407 00:24:20,523 --> 00:24:22,883 Right. 408 00:24:22,883 --> 00:24:24,363 There's one right there, Binod. 409 00:24:24,363 --> 00:24:27,683 Oh, yeah! There is one. A big one. 410 00:24:27,683 --> 00:24:29,163 The big dick one! 411 00:24:29,163 --> 00:24:30,643 THEY LAUGH 412 00:24:30,643 --> 00:24:31,883 So weird. 413 00:24:31,883 --> 00:24:35,883 Village of willies...everywhere. 414 00:24:36,683 --> 00:24:39,723 So you see phallus, phallus, phallus, phallus everywhere! 415 00:24:39,723 --> 00:24:42,843 Everywhere, literally. 416 00:24:42,843 --> 00:24:45,683 'Jamyang tells us that a hard-drinking, 417 00:24:45,683 --> 00:24:49,683 'womanising Buddhist monk lived here who was famed for his... 418 00:24:50,243 --> 00:24:54,243 'thunderbolt of wisdom.' 419 00:24:55,083 --> 00:24:57,643 'He claimed it drove away bad spirits.' 420 00:24:57,643 --> 00:25:01,563 That's why you put a phallus in front of the door... Yeah. 421 00:25:01,563 --> 00:25:03,843 ..and in the four corners of the house. 422 00:25:03,843 --> 00:25:07,203 That's the protection from the evil, actually. Right. 423 00:25:07,203 --> 00:25:09,963 I see. And how many people do this? 424 00:25:09,963 --> 00:25:13,483 Well, everybody, they do. If there's a newborn baby, they put out 425 00:25:13,483 --> 00:25:16,763 wooden phallus on their necks to protect from evil spirits, 426 00:25:16,763 --> 00:25:20,043 and when people buy a new car, they have to put a phallus. 427 00:25:20,043 --> 00:25:24,043 Where? Hang in the car. Dangle it around? On a key chain. 428 00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:26,523 Yeah. Yeah. 429 00:25:26,523 --> 00:25:30,363 Everywhere! Everywhere! 430 00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:33,003 'You can hardly move around here without bumping into 431 00:25:33,003 --> 00:25:35,763 'one phallus or another.' 432 00:25:35,763 --> 00:25:36,923 Which one did you want? 433 00:25:36,923 --> 00:25:38,203 THEY LAUGH 434 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:42,203 I think I'll stick to coffee today. 435 00:25:42,963 --> 00:25:46,323 So bizarre! 436 00:25:46,323 --> 00:25:48,843 'They're not the first culture in the world to recognise 437 00:25:48,843 --> 00:25:50,243 'the power of the penis, 438 00:25:50,243 --> 00:25:53,843 'but boy - do the Bhutanese make the most of it.' 439 00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:56,723 So, you paint all of these, do you? Yes. 440 00:25:56,723 --> 00:26:00,723 So, that's the natural colour. Naturally beautiful. Yes. 441 00:26:01,043 --> 00:26:04,243 They come in all sorts of shapes, don't they? And sizes. 442 00:26:04,243 --> 00:26:07,803 It's like a zebra willy, isn't it? That one. 443 00:26:07,803 --> 00:26:09,403 Or tiger, maybe. 444 00:26:09,403 --> 00:26:11,203 Hmm. 445 00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:14,403 Can we have a look inside? 446 00:26:14,403 --> 00:26:18,403 Hello. Hi. 447 00:26:18,403 --> 00:26:21,163 Which is your best seller? 448 00:26:21,163 --> 00:26:23,283 I think this one. The little ones? Yes. 449 00:26:23,283 --> 00:26:26,883 Oh, right, that's surprising. 450 00:26:26,883 --> 00:26:30,163 Sure you don't want? No. You should have one. 451 00:26:30,163 --> 00:26:34,163 Hmm. I'll pass this time. 452 00:26:45,963 --> 00:26:49,963 East! 453 00:26:50,443 --> 00:26:53,603 For the next 100 miles, we will walk ever deeper 454 00:26:53,603 --> 00:26:57,603 into the country's mystical regions. 455 00:26:57,843 --> 00:26:59,403 We're aiming for Chamkar - 456 00:26:59,403 --> 00:27:03,403 the final town on our route and one of the holiest places in Bhutan. 457 00:27:06,203 --> 00:27:09,163 So, the landscape has changed quite a lot. 458 00:27:09,163 --> 00:27:13,163 We're now in this pine clad valley. It's absolutely spectacular. 459 00:27:14,083 --> 00:27:17,723 It's like small heaven. 460 00:27:17,723 --> 00:27:21,723 Like paradise, isn't it? Like a paradise, yeah. 461 00:27:21,963 --> 00:27:24,963 'Prayer flags commemorate the dead. 462 00:27:24,963 --> 00:27:28,963 'It's said every flutter sends a prayer heavenward.' 463 00:27:28,963 --> 00:27:32,603 Most of Bhutan is virtually unspoiled and untouched, 464 00:27:32,603 --> 00:27:36,603 and it's easy to see why myths and legends are so popular here. 465 00:27:37,163 --> 00:27:39,203 Everyone's very superstitious... 466 00:27:39,203 --> 00:27:43,203 and the one thing that a lot of people actually genuinely believe in 467 00:27:44,083 --> 00:27:45,843 is yetis... 468 00:27:45,843 --> 00:27:49,843 because this is the land of the yeti. 469 00:27:50,803 --> 00:27:53,923 Hello! Hello, how are you? I'm fine. What's your name? Tamu Dodgi. 470 00:27:53,923 --> 00:27:56,683 Tamu Dodgi. And you? Ogin Toke. 471 00:27:56,683 --> 00:27:58,963 Ogin? Toke? Toke. And you? 472 00:27:58,963 --> 00:28:02,683 Kamzun Jamil Hindup. Kamzun Jamil Hindup. 473 00:28:02,683 --> 00:28:04,683 Yes! THEY LAUGH 474 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:08,483 Has anybody seen the yeti? Or been close to a yeti? 475 00:28:08,483 --> 00:28:11,123 Yes, my grandfather. Your grandfather, really? 476 00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:14,563 He's been close to one? He saw the yeti? 477 00:28:14,563 --> 00:28:18,563 Yes. He was running out of jungle to that big... 478 00:28:19,123 --> 00:28:20,643 The big mountain. ..big mountain. 479 00:28:20,643 --> 00:28:22,763 So, are yetis dangerous? Are you scared of them? 480 00:28:22,763 --> 00:28:24,403 Yes. You are? 481 00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:27,203 They harm people. They harm people? 482 00:28:27,203 --> 00:28:29,603 They will pee on us. They will pee on you? 483 00:28:29,603 --> 00:28:31,123 Yes, and then we will... 484 00:28:31,123 --> 00:28:32,843 LEV LAUGHS We will disappear. 485 00:28:32,843 --> 00:28:34,163 Why will they do that? 486 00:28:34,163 --> 00:28:37,443 You will disappear. You'll disappear? 487 00:28:37,443 --> 00:28:41,203 Toxic pee. 488 00:28:41,203 --> 00:28:43,163 What noise do they make? 489 00:28:43,163 --> 00:28:46,163 Ooh! Like that? "Oooh!" 490 00:28:46,163 --> 00:28:48,563 HE LAUGHS 491 00:28:48,563 --> 00:28:49,963 Yetis walk like this. 492 00:28:49,963 --> 00:28:52,883 So if I see anybody walking like that, they're a yeti! 493 00:28:52,883 --> 00:28:54,963 THEY LAUGH 494 00:28:54,963 --> 00:28:58,963 ANIMAL GROANS 495 00:28:59,043 --> 00:29:00,763 Sounds like a yeti! 496 00:29:00,763 --> 00:29:02,363 THEY LAUGH 497 00:29:02,363 --> 00:29:05,123 Well, stay safe. Keep away from the yetis. 498 00:29:05,123 --> 00:29:07,803 BINOD SPEAKS THEIR LANGUAGE 499 00:29:07,803 --> 00:29:11,803 Thank you. 500 00:29:13,363 --> 00:29:17,003 What do you think, Binod? Are we gonna see any yetis? 501 00:29:17,003 --> 00:29:19,083 Maybe. Who knows? 502 00:29:19,083 --> 00:29:23,083 THEY LAUGH 503 00:29:23,603 --> 00:29:27,603 'Luckily, we're heading away from the apparent dangers of yeti mountain. 504 00:29:30,323 --> 00:29:34,323 'In the meantime, we've passed the village of Nobding 505 00:29:34,643 --> 00:29:36,523 'only to enter the district of...' 506 00:29:36,523 --> 00:29:38,243 Here we go, Binod. 507 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:40,283 We're now entering Bhumtang. 508 00:29:40,283 --> 00:29:44,283 Yeah? Yeah. Sounds like a nice place. 509 00:29:47,443 --> 00:29:50,683 'This is the last port of call before we begin our mission to 510 00:29:50,683 --> 00:29:53,723 'Gangkhar Puensum... 511 00:29:53,723 --> 00:29:57,723 '..and the end of our journey.' 512 00:29:58,763 --> 00:30:02,483 'It'll be our toughest trek yet. 513 00:30:02,483 --> 00:30:06,443 'I'm not one for superstition, but Jamyang says we need to get 514 00:30:06,443 --> 00:30:10,443 'the blessing of the gods to continue.' 515 00:30:10,963 --> 00:30:13,443 Before I head deep into the Eastern Himalaya, 516 00:30:13,443 --> 00:30:17,443 I'm gonna go and get blessed to make sure the trip goes well 517 00:30:17,883 --> 00:30:21,883 and we come back in one piece. 518 00:30:23,283 --> 00:30:26,523 'We're seeing Lama Tsetrin Tharchen - 519 00:30:26,523 --> 00:30:30,243 'the spiritual leader of the Tamzhing Monastery. 520 00:30:30,243 --> 00:30:34,243 'The Lama's the go-to man for all your mystical matters.' 521 00:30:44,203 --> 00:30:48,203 'He performs Mo divinations which Buddhists use to predict journeys.' 522 00:30:49,403 --> 00:30:53,163 HE MUTTERS DIVINATIONS 523 00:30:53,163 --> 00:30:57,163 'I hope the Lama's more convincing than the palm reader I met.' 524 00:31:04,843 --> 00:31:06,483 PHONE RINGS 525 00:31:06,483 --> 00:31:10,483 'At least he's popular.' 526 00:31:11,123 --> 00:31:15,123 Hello? 527 00:31:20,803 --> 00:31:24,803 'The Lama just has to roll the right numbers and we'll be good to go.' 528 00:31:54,923 --> 00:31:58,923 'Only Jamyang knows what he's saying.' 529 00:32:25,363 --> 00:32:29,363 'Little do we know, but Jamyang's putting a diplomatic spin on things.' 530 00:32:29,803 --> 00:32:33,803 He's seen your fortune for our journey and your predictions, 531 00:32:34,603 --> 00:32:37,563 and there are some obstacles. 532 00:32:37,563 --> 00:32:40,763 Did he say if we'll succeed in the end or not? 533 00:32:40,763 --> 00:32:43,363 He tried to portend and still there's obstacles. 534 00:32:43,363 --> 00:32:46,283 It can be clear, so there's obstacles, yeah. 535 00:32:46,283 --> 00:32:49,723 So, could be weather factor. 536 00:32:49,723 --> 00:32:51,643 But I can tell... 537 00:32:51,643 --> 00:32:55,643 it's more than just obstacles. 538 00:33:01,163 --> 00:33:05,163 What he says is that we should be careful. 539 00:33:05,163 --> 00:33:06,923 We should be careful. 540 00:33:06,923 --> 00:33:10,923 We all should be careful. Mm-hm. 541 00:33:17,123 --> 00:33:20,763 Well, that doesn't bode well, does it? 542 00:33:20,763 --> 00:33:30,203 Sounded serious. 543 00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:38,843 My friend Binod and I are on the final leg 544 00:33:38,843 --> 00:33:41,043 to walk the Himalayas. 545 00:33:41,043 --> 00:33:45,043 We're setting out on one of our toughest missions yet, 546 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:49,523 into a mysterious region of Bhutan where few people venture. 547 00:33:51,083 --> 00:33:53,683 When we are up in mountains we must pray. 548 00:33:53,683 --> 00:33:57,683 We must pray for the God who lives up in mountains. 549 00:33:58,723 --> 00:34:02,723 We have to say then we are in your place, so please protect us. 550 00:34:04,563 --> 00:34:08,563 Locals believe climbing these peaks can upset the mountain gods. 551 00:34:10,963 --> 00:34:14,963 But our guide Jamyang has found a crew willing to take us there. 552 00:34:15,243 --> 00:34:19,243 Namaste! Namaste! 553 00:34:20,643 --> 00:34:22,843 Nice to meet you, I'm Lev. This is our horseman. 554 00:34:22,843 --> 00:34:25,283 You're our horseman. What's your name? 555 00:34:25,283 --> 00:34:27,843 Tenzing. Tenzing. 556 00:34:27,843 --> 00:34:30,723 Guys... 557 00:34:30,723 --> 00:34:34,283 Where we're going, there's nothing. 558 00:34:34,283 --> 00:34:38,283 We need all the backup and support we can get. 559 00:34:39,843 --> 00:34:42,283 Tenzing, the old boy... 560 00:34:42,283 --> 00:34:44,083 Apparently he's 80 years old. 561 00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:46,483 Still at it. 562 00:34:46,483 --> 00:34:48,563 OK! Ready? 563 00:34:48,563 --> 00:34:52,563 Let's go. Ready to walk!? 564 00:34:55,443 --> 00:34:58,963 For the final push we must trek 50 miles 565 00:34:58,963 --> 00:35:00,923 and scale 3,000 metres 566 00:35:00,923 --> 00:35:04,283 to reach the base of Gangkhar Puensum, 567 00:35:04,283 --> 00:35:08,283 the tallest unconquered peak in the world. 568 00:35:08,403 --> 00:35:10,043 It's forbidden to climb it, 569 00:35:10,043 --> 00:35:14,043 but we can climb a nearby peak to reach our final destination 570 00:35:14,363 --> 00:35:18,363 and the point where the Himalayas drop into the Tibetan Plateau. 571 00:35:25,683 --> 00:35:29,683 Hello. 572 00:35:31,003 --> 00:35:33,563 Winter's driving people down from the mountains. 573 00:35:33,563 --> 00:35:34,803 WOMAN LAUGHS 574 00:35:34,803 --> 00:35:37,963 But we have to head up... 575 00:35:37,963 --> 00:35:41,283 and Tenzing's not hanging around. 576 00:35:41,283 --> 00:35:44,923 He says he wants to go fast because the yaks are coming down. 577 00:35:44,923 --> 00:35:48,923 Why, is that a problem for the horses? 578 00:35:54,363 --> 00:35:58,363 Be careful, horses. 579 00:36:03,723 --> 00:36:05,603 Yaks? 580 00:36:05,603 --> 00:36:09,603 LOUD VOICES 581 00:36:12,563 --> 00:36:16,563 This is proper head-to-head. 582 00:36:18,923 --> 00:36:22,523 MEN SHOUT LOUDLY 583 00:36:22,523 --> 00:36:24,803 'Tenzing clears the path.' 584 00:36:24,803 --> 00:36:26,483 Good to go? 585 00:36:26,483 --> 00:36:30,483 'And we continue past the final few yak-herders.' 586 00:36:30,883 --> 00:36:33,283 Hello. 587 00:36:33,283 --> 00:36:35,643 Now it's us and the woods. Yeah. 588 00:36:35,643 --> 00:36:39,643 So we're the last ones up to the mountain. Yeah. 589 00:36:41,043 --> 00:36:44,003 'But not everyone's heading downhill.' 590 00:36:44,003 --> 00:36:46,043 We've got a new addition to the team. 591 00:36:46,043 --> 00:36:49,683 This black dog has been following us for the past ten miles. 592 00:36:49,683 --> 00:36:52,283 But I don't know how far this dog thinks he's going to come, 593 00:36:52,283 --> 00:36:56,283 because we're going up pretty high soon. 594 00:36:56,483 --> 00:37:00,243 'He's certainly determined to join us, I'll give him that.' 595 00:37:00,243 --> 00:37:02,603 I'll take him up. 596 00:37:02,603 --> 00:37:04,203 HE WHISTLES 597 00:37:04,203 --> 00:37:08,203 Come here. 598 00:37:21,163 --> 00:37:25,163 After 20 miles we're at 3,500 metres 599 00:37:26,203 --> 00:37:29,243 and Binod's starting to suffer. 600 00:37:29,243 --> 00:37:31,283 He's lagging behind today. 601 00:37:31,283 --> 00:37:33,603 I thought he was going to be OK back in the mountains, 602 00:37:33,603 --> 00:37:37,603 but I think he might be struggling a bit. 603 00:37:38,563 --> 00:37:40,563 How are you doing? 604 00:37:40,563 --> 00:37:42,883 Not too bad. Are you sure? 605 00:37:42,883 --> 00:37:45,563 Yeah. 606 00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:49,563 How are your feet? All right? 607 00:37:54,923 --> 00:37:58,563 Binod's feet are swelling up. 608 00:37:58,563 --> 00:38:02,563 The best remedy I know is glacial water. 609 00:38:02,803 --> 00:38:05,523 Give me 30 seconds, ready? 610 00:38:05,523 --> 00:38:06,923 OK. 611 00:38:06,923 --> 00:38:08,763 All the way to the painful bit. 612 00:38:08,763 --> 00:38:12,763 Yeah, go one. 613 00:38:13,563 --> 00:38:16,003 It's too cold. I know it is, but it'll do you good, honestly. 614 00:38:16,003 --> 00:38:18,083 It'll bring them down. 615 00:38:18,083 --> 00:38:20,003 Five, four... 616 00:38:20,003 --> 00:38:23,003 three, two... 617 00:38:23,003 --> 00:38:25,283 One. Go on, then, bring them out. 618 00:38:25,283 --> 00:38:28,003 Oh, yay! 619 00:38:28,003 --> 00:38:30,403 You BLEEP! 620 00:38:30,403 --> 00:38:33,123 It's got to be done. 621 00:38:33,123 --> 00:38:37,123 Oh. We'll strap them up. Yeah. 622 00:38:42,923 --> 00:38:45,563 25 miles from Gangkhar Puensum 623 00:38:45,563 --> 00:38:47,363 and the end of our journey, 624 00:38:47,363 --> 00:38:49,363 Binod's feet are getting worse. 625 00:38:49,363 --> 00:38:52,803 He's limping now, he's really struggling. 626 00:38:52,803 --> 00:38:56,803 He's not in a good shape. 627 00:38:56,803 --> 00:38:59,523 We slow down to walk together, 628 00:38:59,523 --> 00:39:03,523 with the Holy mountain, Gangkhar Puensum, in our sights. 629 00:39:05,963 --> 00:39:08,643 We're in a very sacred place, aren't we? 630 00:39:08,643 --> 00:39:10,483 This is the end of the Himalayas. 631 00:39:10,483 --> 00:39:13,203 Beyond that is the Tibetan Plateau. 632 00:39:13,203 --> 00:39:15,603 This is it, you can see it... 633 00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:18,163 in the form of a big, white wall of snow and rock. 634 00:39:18,163 --> 00:39:22,163 HE BREATHES HEAVILY 635 00:39:25,563 --> 00:39:29,563 Getting to Gangkhar Puensum is only half the job. 636 00:39:29,643 --> 00:39:33,643 The real mission tomorrow will be to climb above 5,000 metres 637 00:39:34,763 --> 00:39:38,763 to view the edge of the Himalayas. 638 00:39:39,403 --> 00:39:43,003 But after five months, trekking 1,700 miles, 639 00:39:43,003 --> 00:39:47,003 we stop to stand in awe of one of the world's finest views. 640 00:39:51,003 --> 00:39:52,723 So this is it. 641 00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:54,843 We're going to pick one of these mountains 642 00:39:54,843 --> 00:39:57,923 and get to the top of it... 643 00:39:57,923 --> 00:39:59,803 tomorrow morning. 644 00:39:59,803 --> 00:40:02,203 And from where I'm standing now, 645 00:40:02,203 --> 00:40:04,043 that one there 646 00:40:04,043 --> 00:40:05,883 looks like the best bet. 647 00:40:05,883 --> 00:40:09,403 A hell of a climb. 648 00:40:09,403 --> 00:40:12,083 I only hope that Binod can make it with me. 649 00:40:12,083 --> 00:40:16,083 It would be nice to get up in there. 650 00:40:18,483 --> 00:40:20,483 But let's see... 651 00:40:20,483 --> 00:40:24,483 until tomorrow morning, how my feet will be. 652 00:40:28,163 --> 00:40:30,883 The Lama warned us of problems, 653 00:40:30,883 --> 00:40:34,323 but I'd hate to think that after all we've been through 654 00:40:34,323 --> 00:40:38,323 it means Binod and I won't finish together. 655 00:40:39,483 --> 00:40:41,163 Oh! 656 00:40:41,163 --> 00:40:45,163 It is absolutely freezing out there. 657 00:40:46,363 --> 00:40:50,363 Strange to think this is the final night... 658 00:40:51,323 --> 00:40:54,603 ..before the summit. 659 00:40:54,603 --> 00:40:56,843 All this way... 660 00:40:56,843 --> 00:40:59,323 just to climb a mountain... HE CHUCKLES 661 00:40:59,323 --> 00:41:01,643 Mad, really, isn't it? 662 00:41:01,643 --> 00:41:05,643 But I'm sure it'll be worth it. 663 00:41:11,283 --> 00:41:13,923 We're about set out on the final leg 664 00:41:13,923 --> 00:41:17,163 to walk the Himalayas. 665 00:41:17,163 --> 00:41:21,163 The Lama's prediction of bad weather could hardly have been more wrong. 666 00:41:21,523 --> 00:41:22,883 HE BREATHES HEAVILY 667 00:41:22,883 --> 00:41:26,403 I'm just hoping Binod can come with me to the end. 668 00:41:26,403 --> 00:41:29,083 How are you doing, Binod? 669 00:41:29,083 --> 00:41:33,083 I'm good. Good. 670 00:41:33,883 --> 00:41:37,883 I'm sorry I cannot get up with you. 671 00:41:38,923 --> 00:41:42,363 I wish you all the best. 672 00:41:42,363 --> 00:41:44,763 Don't worry about it, these things happen. 673 00:41:44,763 --> 00:41:48,403 Yeah. 674 00:41:48,403 --> 00:41:52,403 You've come this far, so don't worry. 675 00:41:52,803 --> 00:41:54,763 The monk predicted we would have obstacles, 676 00:41:54,763 --> 00:41:56,923 and we all thought it was going to be the weather, 677 00:41:56,923 --> 00:41:59,043 thought it was going to be snow and ice and sleet. 678 00:41:59,043 --> 00:42:01,283 But, no, none of that. 679 00:42:01,283 --> 00:42:05,283 Instead it was something as simple as Binod's ankle. 680 00:42:06,163 --> 00:42:10,163 'He's putting on a brave face, but this meant the world to both of us.' 681 00:42:12,603 --> 00:42:15,563 Good. 682 00:42:15,563 --> 00:42:17,923 OK, Jamyang? Yes. 683 00:42:17,923 --> 00:42:20,563 'Jamyang seemed a little hesitant, 684 00:42:20,563 --> 00:42:24,283 'but has agreed to join me and the cameraman 685 00:42:24,283 --> 00:42:28,283 'for the final climb to the end of my journey.' 686 00:42:30,203 --> 00:42:34,203 OK, ready for the summit. 687 00:42:34,763 --> 00:42:36,323 A great day, 688 00:42:36,323 --> 00:42:38,923 for everybody. 689 00:42:38,923 --> 00:42:42,043 'Binod will stay at camp until we return.' 690 00:42:42,043 --> 00:42:43,843 Ready to top, OK? 691 00:42:43,843 --> 00:42:45,563 I will do. Don't worry. 692 00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,003 I'll see you on the other side. 693 00:42:47,003 --> 00:42:49,443 I wish you all the best. Mate, thanks for everything, OK? 694 00:42:49,443 --> 00:42:50,723 You too. 695 00:42:50,723 --> 00:42:54,723 See you soon. See you. 696 00:42:55,603 --> 00:42:57,283 OK, all the best! 697 00:42:57,283 --> 00:43:01,283 See you later, guys. 698 00:43:02,163 --> 00:43:04,883 This is it, the final push 699 00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:07,483 to the summit. 700 00:43:07,483 --> 00:43:10,843 1,000 metres of almost vertical climbing. 701 00:43:10,843 --> 00:43:14,843 It's going to be hell. 702 00:43:15,243 --> 00:43:16,963 Yes. 703 00:43:16,963 --> 00:43:18,643 That way. 704 00:43:18,643 --> 00:43:21,323 We're on 30-degree incline, 705 00:43:21,323 --> 00:43:23,283 but this is the easy part. 706 00:43:23,283 --> 00:43:27,283 What concerns me is the boulder field 500 metres above us. 707 00:43:28,363 --> 00:43:30,683 The higher we get, the thinner the air gets. 708 00:43:30,683 --> 00:43:33,163 I reckon we're at about... 709 00:43:33,163 --> 00:43:34,843 HE CATCHES HIS BREATH 710 00:43:34,843 --> 00:43:37,403 ..4,700 here. 711 00:43:37,403 --> 00:43:40,243 We'll get up to 5,000 and have a little rest, 712 00:43:40,243 --> 00:43:43,323 then push for the summit. 713 00:43:43,323 --> 00:43:46,603 It takes two hours to reach 5,000 metres 714 00:43:46,603 --> 00:43:49,883 and the foot of the boulder field. 715 00:43:49,883 --> 00:43:52,363 This is where it gets dangerous, because a lot of these 716 00:43:52,363 --> 00:43:53,643 rocks are quite loose. 717 00:43:53,643 --> 00:43:55,483 HE BREATHES HEAVILY 718 00:43:55,483 --> 00:43:57,643 So we have to be really careful. 719 00:43:57,643 --> 00:44:01,643 It's like this all the way to the top, by the looks of things. 720 00:44:07,403 --> 00:44:11,003 HE BREATHES HEAVILY 721 00:44:11,003 --> 00:44:14,403 Whoa. 722 00:44:14,403 --> 00:44:18,403 This is an absolute BLEEP. 723 00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:36,603 'This is seriously tricky terrain.' 724 00:44:37,043 --> 00:44:41,043 'And I think the Lama's prediction is playing on Jamyang's mind.' 725 00:44:43,883 --> 00:44:47,883 I'm stopping here. 726 00:44:47,883 --> 00:44:51,883 One small rock moves and the whole thing moves. 727 00:44:53,283 --> 00:44:54,923 'Jamyang's had enough.' 728 00:44:54,923 --> 00:44:58,603 I'm happy here. 729 00:44:58,603 --> 00:44:59,843 OK. 730 00:44:59,843 --> 00:45:03,803 'He's got me to within sight of my goal. 731 00:45:03,803 --> 00:45:06,163 'Now it's up to me to push on to the end.' 732 00:45:06,163 --> 00:45:10,163 Let's do this. 733 00:45:17,923 --> 00:45:21,923 HE BREATHES HEAVILY 734 00:45:22,883 --> 00:45:24,443 There's about 300 metres left 735 00:45:24,443 --> 00:45:26,643 and, if I can get up there... 736 00:45:26,643 --> 00:45:27,883 BREATHES HEAVILY 737 00:45:27,883 --> 00:45:31,883 ..I'll be setting foot where nobody's ever been before. 738 00:45:33,683 --> 00:45:37,683 Oh! 739 00:45:46,443 --> 00:45:50,083 DRAMATIC MUSIC 740 00:45:50,083 --> 00:45:54,083 HE BREATHES HEAVILY 741 00:45:55,763 --> 00:45:57,483 Whoo! 742 00:45:57,483 --> 00:46:01,483 HE CHUCKLES 743 00:46:02,483 --> 00:46:05,323 That there is the mighty Gangkhar Puensum, 744 00:46:05,323 --> 00:46:07,563 the highest unclimbed peak in the world. 745 00:46:07,563 --> 00:46:09,003 And beyond that, 746 00:46:09,003 --> 00:46:13,003 the Himalayas drop off and form the Tibetan Plateau. 747 00:46:15,563 --> 00:46:18,283 It feels surreal to be here on my own. 748 00:46:18,283 --> 00:46:21,243 You know, I've met some incredible people along the way 749 00:46:21,243 --> 00:46:23,123 and had the most amazing guides. 750 00:46:23,123 --> 00:46:27,123 I've seen everything the Himalayas has to offer. 751 00:46:29,563 --> 00:46:33,563 It's been magnificent 752 00:46:33,683 --> 00:46:37,683 It's taken me five months... 753 00:46:39,083 --> 00:46:41,563 ..and four million steps 754 00:46:41,563 --> 00:46:45,563 to walk 1,700 miles. 755 00:46:46,723 --> 00:46:50,723 I've experienced five incredible countries... 756 00:46:51,803 --> 00:46:55,803 ..all belonging to the mightiest mountain range on earth. 757 00:47:16,403 --> 00:47:27,203 Subtitles by Ericsson 758 00:47:28,305 --> 00:48:28,775 Watch any video online with Open-SUBTITLES Free Browser extension: osdb.link/ext 56363

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