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I'm Bear Grylls.
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I'm gonna show you what
it takes to get out alive
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from some of the most
dangerous places on earth.
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I've gotta make it through a series of challenges
in the sort of places you wouldn't last a day
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without the right survival skills.
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Now I'm in Indonesia.
A land ravaged by the tsunami.
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I'm gonna be on a remote island.
Battling against the seas.
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Doing whatever it takes to find food.
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It's a stingray!
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Trying to get water.
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All you're gonna get is salt water.
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And using every ounce of survival knowledge
to show you how to make it out alive.
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You either stay, but you're gonna die.
Or, you take your chances with the ocean...
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Man vs Wild S02E11- Castaway, Ring Of Fire
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I'm off the western coast of Sumatra,
one of the most volcanic regions on earth.
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It's known simply as
"the pacific ring of fire".
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In 2004 one of the largest earthquakes ever
witnessed erupted underneath these seas.
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It was so violent that the seabed buckled.
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And it's thought to have
risen by staggering 15 foot.
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I'm heading for the epicentre,
the Banyak Islands.
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Some of these islands
disappeared overnight.
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Others were catapulted out of the water.
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This is as far from an island paradise
as you can get.
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If you're stranded out here
making the right decisions is critical.
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Make a bad call and you're dead!
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I'm 9000 foot up,
preparing to land an open ocean.
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It's a dangerous drop,
and one that I can't afford to get wrong.
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I've got a few basic survival tools
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and my camera crew is coming with me.
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I'm free-falling at
around 120 miles an hour.
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Before I hit the sea,
I must detach from my parachute.
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It's a technique used by
the Special Forces,
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but it's a high-risk maneuvre.
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There is nothing below me
to help me judge distances
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and gauge just when to detach.
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The danger is dropping
too early and too high.
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Get this wrong, and hitting the water
is gonna be like landing on concrete.
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Okay!
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Man, I hit the water quite a lot bad!
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But I need to get this parachute...
get this off.
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And start swimming.
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And there is the island.
That's where I'm going.
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I feel the current
take me away from the island,
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so I'll need to aim off,
if I'm gonna hit it.
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Strong currents surround the island,
as the open ocean hits the land.
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And there is a real danger that
the coral shelf is causing a riptide.
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Fighting that
would be a losing battle.
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These riptides are killers,
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and in America alone 100 people
a year drown in them.
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But one thing I can hear
is the roar of the surf.
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So there's obviously some sort of
breakers around the island.
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I can see a line of breakers ahead.
See that? See the white?
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You're safer in the surf.
The calm water indicates where the riptide is,
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as the water is sucked back out
between the breakers.
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You haven't got a chance
against its force.
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Within seconds you'll be
dragged back out to sea.
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Staying in the surf means
taking a pounding in the waves,
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but they should carry me
closer to the shore.
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But there is also a razor-sharp coral,
just beneath me.
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And if you get dragged over this,
it will cut you to shreds!
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I've made it ashore,
but my challenges are only just beginning.
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I'm on the island.
Just about.
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My first battle on this island
constant directly above my head.
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The island is only 3 degrees south
of the equator, and it's roasting hot.
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Don't be fooled by the clouds.
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They offer no protection from harmful UV rays.
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And the sun here is an ever present
enemy - 12 hours everyday.
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I can already feel my skin burning.
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15 minutes is all it takes
to get into trouble.
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And sunstroke here
can be a killer.
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My mission is to scavenge for anything
that can combat the blistering sun.
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And this beach should be full
of flotsam that can help.
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I've been to some serious and
remote places in the world.
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But wherever I am there is always rubbish,
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you know, washed up, especially plastic
like this that lasts for thousands of years.
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And if you have got that, you wanna use it.
As survival is all about improvising
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and then adapting. And what I can
make out of this bottles...
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is like some goggles,
to have a bit of a forage
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in the sea and the surf
and see what I can find.
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And if I put that into water to break the surface
I can look through it and see what's on the bottom.
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I'm after one of nature's miracles
in these waters.
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Check this guy out!
I've got a mushroom coral.
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And this guy is amazing, especially when
you're somewhere where the sun,
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is as strong as it is on this island.
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But if you ever doubted how
cool nature is, watch this.
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There, you see the water coming out of it?
Give it a few seconds,
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and that's gonna turn to mucus.
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And look you can see it's suddenly now much more gloopy.
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And what this stuff is is like sunblock.
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And the coral itself will use this in low tide
when it's exposed to the sun,
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it will secrete this as
a way of protecting itself.
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Just amazing!
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Scientists have actually reckoned this stuff
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is like as good as factor 50.
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And look you can see where my shoulder
is getting a little bit sunburnt already.
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But rubbing this in,
oh, it feels nice. It's gonna help.
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But the great thing about this coral
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is that I'm not harming it at all,
by doing this.
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I'll put it back, and use him another time.
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On this tiny island, my toughest challenge
is gonna be finding most basic resources
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in the battle for survival.
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Disgusting!
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I'm on a tiny desert island
off the western coast of Sumatra,
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showing you what it
takes to get out alive.
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My mission now is to explore it,
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to discover what resources
there are to help in the battle for survival.
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First thing that hits about this place
is just how hot and humid it is.
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In out there in the sun it is just roasting hot,
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and then in here, in the interior of the island,
it's so hot and sticky.
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Humidty can reach a staggering 90%.
It's dangerousely deceptive.
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You feel soaked to the skin, but your sweat
just isn't evaporating fast enough.
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And heatstroke is a major risk.
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You need to replace any lost fluids,
and finding fresh water is now your top priority.
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It's just looking like all of this island is like coral.
I mean look at this.
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That's all just solid lumps, like that.
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Which means any water that falls here
is just gonna run through, you know, it's so porous.
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And you're only a couple of feet above
sea level at the highest point.
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So if you dig and manage to dig down,
all you're gonna get is salt water.
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And really the only chance
of getting fresh water
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is where rain's collected in the hollows
of the trees and a leaf like that.
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That's gonna be rainwater.
Yeah!
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There's not nearly enough here
to keep you alive for long.
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In this climate you need around
10 litres a day.
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Dehydration is now one of
your biggest enemies.
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And with as little as 2.5% less water
in your body, you become a quarter's efficient.
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That makes your job
of surviving much harder.
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The odds against you
are now stacking up.
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This island just isn't the larder
I was hoping for.
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But know where to look,
and you can find food.
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Look, they've seen me coming,
they've all disappeared into their shells.
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They've all disappeared
and rolled back down the hill.
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And the shells they're in they're not actually
their own shells, they're whelk shells.
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And what they do is
take it over.
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And then when they grow bigger, they'll abandon
their house and they'll find a new shell.
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But these you can eat.
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Here we go, I've got this one before
he's gone back in his shell.
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And all of this... ow, ow... Get off!
All of that's the guts.
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And then he's got
this one big claw here.
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And that's what I want.
They're much easier to get
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when they are out of their shell.
But you gotta be quite quick.
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Get them
before they retreat.
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You just have to get over that
worry of being bitten by them.
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Okay, I've got enough of them here to be
able to barbecue them up. Nice crab.
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I don't want to eat them raw.
They're full of harmful bacteria.
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Food poisoning is the last thing
you need out here.
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It's like signing your
own death warrant.
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I'm gonna forage for more supper
and I need something to help me.
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There is a certain amount of
food on the island, but really,
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the real bounty
is to be found out there... in the sea.
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And if I can just sharpen
up the end of this,
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this will act as a really
good spear.
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I'm gonna free-dive
and then see what I can find on the seabed.
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The coral surrounding the island
should harbour plenty of food.
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And I'm after something
that I can get easily.
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Sea cucumbers are some of the
simplest life forms in the sea.
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They sift plankton and waste
on the seabed,
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with up to 30 tube-like feet
around their mouths.
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Just like the earthworm,
they're a complete recycling machine.
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It looks like a giant sack of
black sausage.
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But they're one of the most
protein-rich foods in the world
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and perfect
for survival.
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Black, salty, rubbery,
pretty ruddy disgusting!
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Now I'm gonna get back into the sea
and try and find something more substantial.
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I've got to go deeper,
but I need to train my body first.
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The more practice dives I make,
the longer I'm able to stay under.
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And soon I can manage
almost 2 minutes.
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But if I ignore my body
I could black out and drown.
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Hard work,
just free-diving like this.
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It's just about slowly stretching
the limit that your lungs can work out.
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But a lot of it is just
about slowing things down,
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taking good few breaths,
filling your blood with the oxygen,
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and that will let you
stay down there for longer.
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You gotta be careful not to hyperventilate
though. Do too much of it, and you go hypoxic.
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Hypoxia is a stealthy killer.
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In the US alone,
4.000 victims drown every year.
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Your expanding air-starved lungs
drain your bloodstream from oxygen.
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Before you know it,
you're unconscious
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and you die without any idea
of your impending death.
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Okay, we're getting it now.
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Now I'm ready to hunt. And there is a fish
I've spotted on the bottom buried in the sand.
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It's a stingray.
But these have been known to kill.
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The venom in its barb is laden with
enzymes which destroy body tissue.
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If I go for this,
I need to get it right first time.
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I'm looking for the telltale mound
in the sand which will give it away.
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I'm hunting for food
on the ocean floor,
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on a tiny indonesian island
off the Sumatran coast.
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I'm using all my
survival skills
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to show you how to make it out alive.
I'm diving for stingray.
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This lethal reef predator
has powerful jaws.
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But its real weapon
is in its tail.
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Get too close to one,
and these have been known to kill.
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I'm looking for the telltale mound
in the sand which will give it away.
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My lungs are now bursting,
but I'm determined to get it.
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It's a stingray!
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Look at it.
Beautiful. But these can be...
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deadly! And the dangerous
bit of it is this, the tail!
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But that's good to eat.
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My challenge now
is the fading light.
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Back on shore I've gotta get
a shelter made before nightfall.
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On the equator, it gets dark like
the flick of a switch.
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So I need plenty of time to find
just the right spot to make camp.
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This very tip end of the island is probably gonna
be my best place for a shelter.
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You know I got really good view here
out to sea so I can see any shipping,
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that might be coming past. I got a nice sea breeze
that's gonna keep the sand flies away.
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I also got this tree gonna give
me good shade from the sun.
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Got loads of driftwood
and firewood as well.
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Let's see what we can get.
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My chances of signaling to a ship
are slim.
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These aren't exactly
the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
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But there are fishing boats out there
which might spot you.
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Build your shelter off the ground,
well away from sand flies.
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They can carry leishmaniasis.
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Sores, fever and diarrhoea
are just what you don't need.
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This driftwood
is perfect for a shelter.
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A bit of wood improvises for a hammer,
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and I can trim the dead branches
with my knife.
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I don't know why everything on this
island is so ruddy sharp.
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The bark on this tree,
the coral, everything.
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These palm fronds are just what
I need for my roof.
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They're huge and their leaves are natural
channels for the rainwater to drain off.
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I almost made with it.
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Now I need something
to lash everything together with.
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And I know just where to find it.
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Just look at this place.
Incredible!
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It's actually just one
giant huge fig tree.
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But it's got then hundreds of these vines
that are like sprouted off it.
227
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But these would be
ideal cordage for a shelter.
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If I can just get them down.
They're super, super strong.
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See if I can get up this one.
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These vines are
incredibly supple and strong.
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And will help to reinforce
my shelter against tropical storms.
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Vines are the answer
to a survivalist prayers.
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In indonesia there are more than 2.000 types
and these can be hundreds of feet long.
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That's the vine down!
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Cool, let's go and get this built.
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I'm making an "A" frame shelter,
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tough enough
to withstand a tropical downpour.
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That's the first upright lashed together.
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That's gonna go like that.
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And then this is
the other "A" frame of it.
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And then through the middle
we'll have this.
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I'm making it about 6 foot,
just long enough to take me.
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With my wieght compressing the frame, the shelter
becomes one of strongest you can build.
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And that's then
the two legs of the bedpost.
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And what happens, I put
my weight on it will push it down
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and hold it in place. Now I just need vines to go
round and round, make like a hammock out of this.
247
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The whole thing takes me
just over couple of hours.
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That's the bed frame.
And now I need the palm fronds.
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Grab the end and then just split them in half.
They come away really nicely.
250
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And this makes great roofing.
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It's beautiful and sunny now,
but when these tropical storms hit,
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you'll really know about it.
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They roar through unleashing an inch or more of rain in an hour.
So I'm not gonna miss any oportunity,
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to collect fresh water.
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If I just split this bamboo...
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down the middle, I can use that then
as some guttering at the back.
257
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Place it directly under these leaves.
It will collect all the water running off here.
258
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So let's hope it rains.
259
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My shelter is finished and I've
just got enough time to collect
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wood for my fire.
261
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The best place for me to get tinder is some of
this palm fibre at the top of the coconut tree.
262
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Coconut is known as a tree
of a thousand uses and it's a lifesaver.
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Food, fluid, tinder.
And when the husk burns, it repels mosquitos.
264
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The good thin about this stuff
is that it's all nice and dry.
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Because dried by the sun.
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Rub it up
so it's just the fibres.
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And then that will take a spark.
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At night it's around 70�,
so you don't a fire so much
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for warmth, as for the psychological
boost it can give you.
270
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And of course, it means
I can cook my stingray.
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The bits of this that
I want to eat are the wings here.
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A bit of driftwood makes
a perfect skewer.
273
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And I've got these crab claws.
Sprinkle these into the hot coals.
274
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And then that's gonna be
a proper seafood supper.
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Stingray, hermit crab claws.
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See if these crab claws are ready.
277
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It's amazing. But even
better with some mayonnaise.
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With fresh water so scarce,
eat little and often.
279
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Otherwise, digestion uses up
fluids you can't afford to lose.
280
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Don't do anything that will
hasten dehydration.
281
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Man, it's chewy as hell.
282
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And actually doesn't taste very nice.
I normally love fish but...
283
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This is obviously quite a mean one.
284
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Now there is
one long night ahead of me.
285
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12 hours of darkness on the equator.
286
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Being abandoned on a desert island
must be a very frightning experience.
287
00:25:12,151 --> 00:25:19,651
And, you know, in the daytime this place just looks idyllic.
You got blue sky, sun, sea, sand.
288
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But at night-time it's just pitch-black. And that
sense of isolation, where all you've got around you
289
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is just vast open ocean,
is very powerful.
290
00:25:43,754 --> 00:25:50,654
All the wind's picked up, I can also hear all
these crabs like scurrying around under me.
291
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On top of that, this bed
is seriously beginning to creak.
292
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And there is one really annoying
bit of palm frond in my back.
293
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So at the moment, there is not
a lot of sleeping going on here.
294
00:26:05,058 --> 00:26:08,358
And I'll need all my strength
for what lies ahead.
295
00:26:08,659 --> 00:26:12,059
Look at this guy,
quite a nasty-looking fella.
296
00:26:16,362 --> 00:26:21,662
I've just spent a long and uncomfortable night
on a remote island off the coast of Sumatra.
297
00:26:21,763 --> 00:26:25,363
I've gotta make it through a series
of survival challenges to show you
298
00:26:25,364 --> 00:26:28,964
how to get out alive.
And this morning things are looking up.
299
00:26:29,165 --> 00:26:33,568
When these tropical storms hit, they're fierce.
Just look at it pouring down.
300
00:26:33,569 --> 00:26:39,766
And all of this rain collector is filling
up really fast. And I'll put more of them.
301
00:26:40,567 --> 00:26:43,767
But for me, this is just heaven.
302
00:26:46,368 --> 00:26:51,068
When it rains like this, you just gotta
have your fill, drink as much as you can.
303
00:26:52,569 --> 00:26:55,369
And store as much as you can.
304
00:26:59,470 --> 00:27:02,870
I don't care,
I'm gonna go to have a wash.
305
00:27:03,471 --> 00:27:07,334
Because the rest of time
it's just been roasting hot.
306
00:27:07,335 --> 00:27:13,271
No wind.
And now it's just like pouring.
307
00:27:13,472 --> 00:27:15,572
And a nice fresh breeze.
308
00:27:19,973 --> 00:27:24,443
That is so nice.
Get all of that salt off me.
309
00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:32,444
You know, if you live with salt for a long time
it just gives sores, loads of abrasion.
310
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And this is just heaven!
311
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Before the punishing
heat and humidity kick in again,
312
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I'm grabbing the chance to exercise.
It will release endorphins,
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wich will pump your body and mind
ready to face the daily struggles
314
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for survival.
315
00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:50,350
Yeah!
Feels good!
316
00:27:55,651 --> 00:28:00,051
The downpour means I've got fresh water.
But there is nowhere near enough to keep you
317
00:28:00,052 --> 00:28:01,752
going on this island for long.
318
00:28:01,853 --> 00:28:06,053
However desperate you are, never be
tempted to drink sea water.
319
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Your kidneys will collapse.
320
00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:14,355
There is military rule of thumb that says
you can survive three weeks without food,
321
00:28:14,356 --> 00:28:20,157
but only three days without water.
In a place like this, you're nearing crunch point.
322
00:28:20,158 --> 00:28:24,858
You either stay and face death
or think of a way to get off this island.
323
00:28:27,259 --> 00:28:30,959
But first, I'm back in the sea.
I need some breakfast.
324
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:46,060
The spiny sea urchin bristles with
pain-inflicting defence mechanisms.
325
00:28:46,061 --> 00:28:52,162
As well as the spines, some sea urchins can release
venom which has been known to cause paralysis.
326
00:28:56,663 --> 00:29:01,563
Look at this guy,
quite a nasty-looking fella.
327
00:29:01,764 --> 00:29:08,265
Look at the size of spikes on this.
Stand on that you're gonna know about it.
328
00:29:08,966 --> 00:29:14,366
And actually often what happens, people a lot out at
swimming, or snorkelling they'll stand on it and
329
00:29:14,367 --> 00:29:19,467
get these barbs in their feet.
and they're really hard to get out.
330
00:29:19,468 --> 00:29:22,068
What happens, pull it this way is fine,
go the other way...
331
00:29:23,969 --> 00:29:27,869
and there's just millions millions of these little
barbs and they will just stick in your feet.
332
00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:32,170
And actually what the locals do if they stand on this
they say the only way of getting it out
333
00:29:32,171 --> 00:29:36,571
to get a bit of wood and just beat
your feet until all of these
334
00:29:36,572 --> 00:29:41,272
little bits are broken up into tiny little
fragments and then your body can absorb it.
335
00:29:41,973 --> 00:29:44,573
But you can also
eat this!
336
00:29:46,774 --> 00:29:53,674
And you wanna get all of these barbs off first
because you'll like spike yourself.
337
00:29:57,675 --> 00:30:01,875
And what you wanna do is split it
straight across the middle.
338
00:30:06,576 --> 00:30:13,076
Here we go! Okay, look, you can see inside it all
of the sand and the guts I don't want that.
339
00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:19,147
But underneath this... Sea all of these brown bits here?
That's all of its eggs, all of its roe.
340
00:30:20,048 --> 00:30:25,848
And all of these eggs are good to eat.
They say this is the caviar of the sea.
341
00:30:30,149 --> 00:30:35,349
It's like kinda baby poop.
342
00:30:36,750 --> 00:30:43,950
Not caviar, but loads of good energy
good protein and nutrients in this.
343
00:30:46,651 --> 00:30:50,651
It's a quick energy boost, but
water remains my biggest challenge.
344
00:30:52,752 --> 00:30:57,552
No matter how much rain water I've managed
to collect, it's not gonna last long.
345
00:30:58,253 --> 00:31:02,253
To survive means facing some
stark choices.
346
00:31:03,154 --> 00:31:07,154
The simple truth is,
if you're stuck on a desert island,
347
00:31:07,155 --> 00:31:11,255
with a limited amount of
fresh water, you've got a choice.
348
00:31:11,656 --> 00:31:17,999
You either stay but you're gonna die,
a slow lingering death of dehydration,
349
00:31:19,057 --> 00:31:23,857
or you take your chances with the ocean
and build a raft.
350
00:31:23,858 --> 00:31:29,958
And what this island lacks in fresh water,
it makes up for in resources.
351
00:31:30,659 --> 00:31:33,599
And I know the choice that I'd make.
352
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:42,701
I'm gonna tackle probably the biggest challenge
facing anyone marooned on a remote island.
353
00:31:43,102 --> 00:31:45,702
Building a raft
and trying to escape.
354
00:31:51,203 --> 00:31:54,103
I'm on a remote island off
the coast of Sumatra.
355
00:31:54,804 --> 00:31:59,904
It might look idyllic, but every day in
a place like this is a battle for survival.
356
00:32:00,005 --> 00:32:04,505
What food there is is mostly out
there in the ocean and it's pretty grim.
357
00:32:04,706 --> 00:32:07,606
And in land there are
only small pickings.
358
00:32:09,107 --> 00:32:11,507
Here we go,
that is a termite nest.
359
00:32:12,308 --> 00:32:18,509
See this? Actually runs all the way up the tree.
And look, if I hack a bit of this off...
360
00:32:25,710 --> 00:32:31,110
There you go. To my arm.
Loads of them, all the way along here.
361
00:32:31,111 --> 00:32:36,311
And I can just eat these
straight off there.
362
00:32:37,412 --> 00:32:44,213
Quite tinny, but nice,
if you like that sort of thing.
363
00:32:51,214 --> 00:32:53,775
But then after you've finished,
get 'em all off.
364
00:32:53,776 --> 00:33:00,215
Otherwise they get into your pants down
your trousers, and you don't want that.
365
00:33:00,916 --> 00:33:05,316
But the biggest problem is fresh water.
There is just not enough of it.
366
00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:09,417
Risk staying on the island,
and it's a certain death sentence.
367
00:33:09,518 --> 00:33:12,718
Escape is your best chance of
making it out alive.
368
00:33:12,719 --> 00:33:14,219
I'm gonna build a raft.
369
00:33:14,420 --> 00:33:21,320
All of this here is now the downward tip of
the island, and it's where all of the driftwood.
370
00:33:21,321 --> 00:33:25,068
Look, you can see all of
this stuff has got washed up,
371
00:33:25,069 --> 00:33:29,921
put here by all the storms, and the currents
would have just washed it up onto this beach.
372
00:33:31,222 --> 00:33:33,862
But it's this stuff
that I can use.
373
00:33:36,463 --> 00:33:39,563
And low bamboo like this is ideal.
374
00:33:40,664 --> 00:33:43,764
It's much better than when it's living,
it doesn't have all the moisture in it.
375
00:33:46,565 --> 00:33:51,866
And just loads and loads of dead wood around.
Dead, straight, floaty wood.
376
00:33:54,767 --> 00:33:58,567
But I'm not gonna miss
this coral, that's for sure.
377
00:34:03,468 --> 00:34:08,568
What I want from this raft
is both strength and flexibility.
378
00:34:08,969 --> 00:34:13,669
And bamboo is ideal.
It is super strong.
379
00:34:13,670 --> 00:34:17,970
That's why so many people
around the world use it
380
00:34:17,971 --> 00:34:21,671
for like scaffolding
and building material.
381
00:34:22,272 --> 00:34:26,272
Bamboo rules over concrete
in many earthquake zones.
382
00:34:26,273 --> 00:34:28,873
It bends rather
than collapses in tremors.
383
00:34:29,074 --> 00:34:34,675
And it's those qualities I need for my
raft. It's hollow, buoyant and tough.
384
00:34:35,576 --> 00:34:39,976
But what you could use to lash
it all together is just vines.
385
00:34:40,577 --> 00:34:45,777
But my experience of vines in
the sea is that they stretch,
386
00:34:45,878 --> 00:34:50,478
and you know, over time when you get
some big swells it can easy come apart.
387
00:34:50,479 --> 00:34:55,679
So instead what I'm gonna do is make these
sort of holes all the way through each of them.
388
00:34:56,480 --> 00:35:01,080
And then put a bit of wood straight
through the middle, like that.
389
00:35:02,681 --> 00:35:06,981
And what that's doing is, then,
using the strength of the bamboo,
390
00:35:06,982 --> 00:35:12,082
to hold it together,
rather than the strength of the vine.
391
00:35:15,583 --> 00:35:18,583
It's gonna take about
three hours to build this.
392
00:35:36,984 --> 00:35:44,084
It's hard work this, but this is
gonna give real strength to this raft.
393
00:35:49,685 --> 00:35:55,185
And that's then the platform complete.
But one thing you've also gotta remember,
394
00:35:55,186 --> 00:36:00,186
when you make a raft,
build it somewhere where you can launch it.
395
00:36:00,187 --> 00:36:04,087
Because it's so easy to make a big thing,
get ready to launch it
396
00:36:04,088 --> 00:36:08,188
and then it's too big and heavy.
Because this thing is a big heavy brute.
397
00:36:10,689 --> 00:36:15,589
But hopefully it's gonna keep me
afloat out there on the ocean.
398
00:36:19,790 --> 00:36:23,790
Before heading out to sea,
you wanna get yourself some provisions,
399
00:36:24,191 --> 00:36:28,591
and the best thing I can get
is some of those.
400
00:36:32,692 --> 00:36:37,180
And this is probably gonna be
the best one to try and get up.
401
00:36:37,181 --> 00:36:43,293
But I can tell already, this is
gonna be as slippery as an ice rink.
402
00:36:45,094 --> 00:36:50,394
One way of getting up this without
using any climbing tools is just to improvise
403
00:36:50,395 --> 00:36:54,095
something to be able to pull on.
And I've got this vine.
404
00:36:54,296 --> 00:37:03,397
If I just tie this in a really simple overhand
knot it will act as like a self-tightening slipknot.
405
00:37:06,398 --> 00:37:10,798
The vine will then create enough friction
to allow me to control the climb.
406
00:37:13,299 --> 00:37:18,500
It's the green coconuts at the top that I'm after.
They can be packed with a litre of fluid.
407
00:37:18,501 --> 00:37:22,601
If I use one that's already fallen,
there is less liquid in it.
408
00:37:23,602 --> 00:37:25,802
Okay, throw us the camera!
409
00:37:29,803 --> 00:37:33,103
And coconuts are great survival
food for rafts.
410
00:37:33,604 --> 00:37:38,104
Just because they last for ages,
and not gonna perish in the salt water,
411
00:37:38,405 --> 00:37:43,427
got loads of calories, and inside
them is all of that good coconut flesh
412
00:37:43,506 --> 00:37:45,906
and coconut juice.
413
00:37:47,007 --> 00:37:51,407
But ration yourself, drink too
much and you risk getting diarrhoea.
414
00:37:51,508 --> 00:37:53,908
And that's a fast route to dehydration.
415
00:37:56,709 --> 00:37:58,909
Soon I'll be launching my raft.
416
00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:06,010
And getting onto the island was tough, but getting
out to sea through the surf is gonna be a real battle.
417
00:38:16,011 --> 00:38:21,411
I'm building a raft in a bid to get off
a deserted island off the coast of Sumatra.
418
00:38:21,412 --> 00:38:25,113
It's gonna be a challenge,
but that's what survival is all about.
419
00:38:25,214 --> 00:38:29,014
In many ways, one of the biggest
dangers out on the ocean
420
00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:35,516
on a raft like this is actually the sun,
so what you wanna do is make some sort of shade.
421
00:38:36,017 --> 00:38:42,157
Being so close to the equator means that
the constant heat and humidity drains you.
422
00:38:42,158 --> 00:38:46,859
Out to sea, the reflexion of the sun
on the water intensifies its strength.
423
00:38:47,260 --> 00:38:51,960
These palms are just what I need
to help protect me.
424
00:38:55,061 --> 00:38:59,561
I'm almost ready to head out
to sea. There are dangerous currents,
425
00:38:59,562 --> 00:39:01,662
stories of pirates and it's a gamble.
426
00:39:02,363 --> 00:39:06,063
But your chances are better out to sea,
than staying put on this island
427
00:39:06,064 --> 00:39:07,664
in the hope of being rescued.
428
00:39:07,865 --> 00:39:11,765
There just isn't enough fresh water
to survive for long.
429
00:39:13,466 --> 00:39:18,066
I do still believe
this is a gamble worth taking.
430
00:39:18,567 --> 00:39:21,567
But if I'm honest,
I am nervous about whether
431
00:39:21,568 --> 00:39:25,668
I'm gonna make it
through these breakers.
432
00:39:25,668 --> 00:39:27,968
But there is only one way to find out.
433
00:39:29,969 --> 00:39:33,469
Out there are nearly a hundred islands
huddle on this archipelago.
434
00:39:33,770 --> 00:39:37,070
Make it to another one,
and there could be better resources.
435
00:39:37,071 --> 00:39:39,671
Or you could be rescued
by a fishing boat.
436
00:39:45,172 --> 00:39:51,473
I want to use the riptides, narrow channels
of water rushing out between the breakers.
437
00:39:51,474 --> 00:39:55,574
They made it tough for me to land
on the island, but if I get it right,
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00:39:55,575 --> 00:39:58,175
I should be able to propel
my raft out of here.
439
00:40:00,376 --> 00:40:03,977
But the waves are suddenly
coming at me from all sides.
440
00:40:03,978 --> 00:40:06,977
I just hope my raft stands
up to the battering.
441
00:40:19,978 --> 00:40:24,078
I've got to use my driftwood
paddle to help steer my course.
442
00:40:51,779 --> 00:40:56,379
I can't quite believe I made it,
straight out through that coral reef.
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00:40:56,780 --> 00:41:01,680
And the riptide did exactly what is
was meant to do, took me straight out
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00:41:01,681 --> 00:41:06,622
between where those waves
curling and breaking.
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00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:07,700
Brilliant!
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00:41:13,423 --> 00:41:16,923
There is no telling how long
you could be alone on the ocean.
447
00:41:17,124 --> 00:41:22,324
And you do feel very insignificant
as you float in this vast emptiness.
448
00:41:23,125 --> 00:41:26,325
There is nothing
but a gnawing loneliness.
449
00:41:27,826 --> 00:41:31,326
Try and conserve your energy
and keep focused.
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00:41:35,127 --> 00:41:40,628
Really I'm losing the light, now.
But I wanna see if I make it across
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00:41:41,629 --> 00:41:44,929
to one of those other islands
before the sun sets.
452
00:41:45,230 --> 00:41:49,530
Don't really wanna be on this
raft at night-time.
453
00:41:52,631 --> 00:41:56,331
My raft took a bit of a battering
in the launch through the breakers.
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00:41:56,332 --> 00:42:01,331
It's sitting low in the water and I'm
having to do continuous running repairs.
455
00:42:09,833 --> 00:42:15,734
But then I can hear the sound of an engine.
It's the sort of sight you pray for.
456
00:42:19,635 --> 00:42:22,535
Let's get this off!
457
00:42:23,836 --> 00:42:27,936
Bump into these guys,
and your ordeal is over.
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00:42:30,537 --> 00:42:35,137
My challenges of survival on a remote
indonesian island, in one of the most
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00:42:35,138 --> 00:42:38,038
volatile places on earth
has been something else.
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00:42:38,039 --> 00:42:42,541
But now it's time for me
to head home.
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