"My name is Bear Grylls. climbed to the summit of Everest and went through the icy Arctic." "I'll fall parachute the mountains of the Sierra Nevada." "canoeists and climbers come here every year each year about two hundred end up having serious problems." "I'll show you what to do to survive." "I'm flying over the mountains that make up the Sierra in California." "dense forests and plains blazing." "I will put the position of someone lost." "I'll show you how to survive the hard way." "Alone and without equipment." "a cup and a flint to make fire." "The film crew will accompany me on my journey." "To get down there" "I jump parachute the highest mountains." "But jump an altitude as high means that the air is thin ie I fall much faster than usual." "To reduce the risk hurt me" "I will try to land on water." "I can see from up here some lakes in the mountains and that is my goal." "I can see the lake here." "This is where I go." "It will be very tight jump between these mountains and there are a lot of turbulence." "Landed in these small lakes." "The water is cold." "Just a few degrees above 0 degrees." "was one of the landing fastest I've ever done." "And I know well the danger make these jumps in the water." "Only had one before this." "By landing on the slopes mountains risked very serious injury." "But landing on water brought another problem." "with wet clothes there is a serious risk of hypothermia." "I have to dry them soon as possible." "As soon as I can take this off and dry me need down." "But what will the best way to go down?" "The slopes of the mountain are facing east and west." "I have to choose one of these directions." "I do not want to go east" "That would take me to the heat of the Nevada desert." "I go west." "As the sun dry it I have an opportunity to guide me here." "A sunny day like this east and west is to use the method shadow with a stick." "I need here is only one ..." "This should serve." "What I have to do is put it on the floor which will create a shadow and then just mark where does the shadow." "So we for about 15 minutes and while the clothes dry I let the shadow moves" "I check the other brand and this will give me a line east / west." "It is a very simple to work from." "I only have six hours of sunlight." "night can be fatal." "It's time to go." "But first I need collect some water." "The water here looks clean but does not mean it is pure." "ideal for developing bacteria." "I remember one of my friends in the army drinking once a lake just like this and ended up with severe diarrhea and vomiting for almost a week." "I do not want to risk it." "I fill the flask but I will not drink it until you have the opportunity to boil it later." "my makeshift sundial may have given me the direction to follow." "I can see that the shadow has moved." "This was the original brand." "I'll put here one stone." "She stood there in twenty minutes." "So this is a line reliable but rudimentary line east / west." "To the west there is and the Nevada desert to the east." "I do not want to go there so go to the west." "I want to see which part of this mountain is easier to descend." "The warm rays of the sun become unstable snow." "If they have to go through a slope like this is important to see where to put your feet." "It's just that slippery I have to continue to fall as soon as possible." "I think I progressing." "Until I before this huge cliff." "Is a fall of one hundred meters there down." "Giving back can take hours." "It is time that I have not." "The safest thing to do would try to find another way." "But now I am also worried these clouds are formed." "These are storm clouds." "We are much more vulnerable and exposed to storms and lightning when we are up here" "And now I need down quickly." "I am in climber." "I'll try to do this without string or equipment that can help me." "And that's how it's done." "The secret to descend such rocks is to always friction with the rock through the hands." "The goal is not to slip." "The goal is to go dragging carefully there down." "we have to turn your stomach" "See how it falls apart." "The edges of the rocks." "And one of the great dangers is when the top start getting sand making it so slippery." "And the other thing is water." "Water in granite causes it to become treacherous." "I have to leave." "Few years ago a teenager in Michigan like this near here" "Fell and broke his ankle." "spent eleven days in agony before being rescued by helicopter." "Many climbers not so lucky every year." "One danger to drop by these rocks is the presence of all these horizons misleading and it is so difficult see what is safe or not." "We ended up getting a position we can not up or down." "There is a considerable amount of risk doing this type of climbing and is very easy to hurt or twisting an ankle especially slide by these flat rocks." "But I managed to fall and reach the tree line." "food and shelter before dark." "The only question is how." "I am in the mountains of Sierra Nevada California." "645 km of what is one of the most rugged land of North America." "hundreds of tourists lost or injured here." "Some of them die." "I'm trying to get away with little more than the clothes they bring dress." "Probably already descended about 600 meters." "And one of the fastest ways to descend a mountain is following a watercourse." "But I have to be careful." "Many of the rivers in the Sierra are famous for its waterfalls and steep canyons." "The current took me to this larger river and this is good news for me." "The rivers there are often as the solution to get out of trouble." "They always end up leading us up to a village or a road otherwise." "I try to use this to go along downstream." "This area was once home to many Native Americans." "I will use some of their survival techniques to transform the trunk a raft." "Soon night will and this will be the fastest way for down-river." "When the water will be heavier but at least for a while this will keep me on the surface." "my experience is trying to do a simple thing." "Whenever we try to do something very complicated generally eventually crumble." "But this one will be safe and simple." "I have five or six of these." "Large and solid and some to support." "And the idea is to tie it tight but first needed something to tie them." "These vines huge wild grow for all these banks and this will be ideal since it is extremely strong and very flexible." "And all these climbers edible." "Even the leaves." "It is a good source of nutrients." "And the way to do this and flexible and bend them a few times." "This is an old technique Indians basically is as interlacing and what we do is to get the vine twist and got a tip to wrap around the trunk then we again the same thing." "And good to do this is that there is as gets wet all these we twisted will tighten even making it even stronger and more flexible but also sufficiently tight to keep the logs together." "Ok It's time for the first official test on the ground." "They are more or less grouped." "And now what am I gonna do is to do the same here I'm ready to go." "These waters are used for canoeing but can be fatal." "these mountains the last thirty years." "The river is following a good speed." "'m Traveling a much greater distance what was going ashore." "For safety should be down the river having a quick ashore." "it is easier to say what to do." "My biggest problem is that I can not drive the raft." "All I can do is hit the legs to avoid the larger stones the only thing I can do is myself." "These shares less deep are always the worst since I'm hitting the rocks and my knees are already hurting." "I just need to go deeper waters." "I have been in these waters almost two miles." "In just half an hour traveled about 3 miles." "But now I'm starting to suffer." "It is becoming ..." "much cooler in these canyons now that the sun has set." "In the first twenty minutes was fun and more or less hot but now getting less fun and more cold." "the chances of leaving are few." "And it's starting to get stronger." "The river is slowly gaining speed begin to see the correntesa" "and I hope that hang it here." "These correntesas seem endless." "comes immediately after another and yet another." "And they are becoming worse." "And here come some more." "I'll try to go here." "I do not know how much longer I get myself." "'m Trying hold on the raft." "I was thrown out of the raft and the water is so strong that I can not climb again." "The water is absolutely freezing and I'm out of here as soon as possible." "I was thrown from my improvised raft as I try to find the fastest way to leave the mountains the Sierra Nevada." "And the water in these correntesas is frozen." "it seems I lost my raft was pushed to last correntesa." "Confirmations but not bad." "It's almost night." "And I think that scared me there a bit ... that last part." "And now I'm quite tired and very cold." "Can I use this boss here to make a shelter." "And now I really need make a fire and warm up quickly." "Come on." "Here." "When shaving my flint against a stone" "I can finally make a fire." "light disappeared and only feels the cold everywhere once the sun goes down and this fire is my salvation." "This boss here is all I have now as under to spend the night" "... well not very pleasant." "But with the fire at least I can dry myself." "reheat a little." "Might perhaps sleep for a few hours." "and some vine leaves I have nothing to eat." "I want to see if I find food." "Are five in the morning and it dawned on Sierra." "645 miles sweeping mountain that travel to California." "I'm going to the west mountains." "would stop in the Nevada desert." "breakfast." "like a good hot tea." "I made this one with some pine needles." "the body needs many more liquid than at sea level need to drink much as possible. can use the needles pine for water." "Typically can be dew on the leaves." "The sun rose less than an hour but this is already completely dry." "I'll take some of these and take some of the water these needles." "Pine needles are an excellent source of moisture retaining a large amount of water." "They also have high levels vitamin C." "Surprisingly 8 times more than orange juice." "is something to eat." "I accept what you have." "You may find here some larvae or some beetles." "But look." "It's all so rough and dry." "There are no signs of ..." "There are no signs of anything here." "I have to leave this mountain as you can." "But I need to make sure be in the right direction." "Have to go down toward the west." "That's where I go." "It is so important keep the same direction." "recently a Scout came here and lost its way and ended lost to stay here for 2 days." "only 15 years old was found near here." "Walked for 16 km glacier with a temperature before the rescue team find it." "I know that the sun born on that side this morning in the east." "I saw he was born." "I need to go west." "But first I need to go down where there is more chance to get food and water." "But my options will be limited." "I am sure that the food to find not be on the menu any restaurant." "I'm in the mountains the Sierra Nevada in California looking for a way out of here." "And I'm lucky." "A means of transport once used by natives come to me." "There are some horses grazing." "And this is even a privilege to see." "This is one of the few places E.U. us where we can see wild horses." "Are probably horses that escaped from a ranch." "I do not know to what extent I can bring me one." "Maybe some who separate group." "Or to what extent I can mount it and go with him through these mountains This would be excellent." "It's unlikely but I'll try." "Native Americans were ties with willow branches." "There are a lot here so I'll start making one." "Once you reach the end of this another beginning and then shove here and then join them" "and then do another." "Here it is." "When you reach the end all I have to do wrap around and tighten it." "Now the big test." "The technique of the Indians to calm horses requires sensitivity and patience." "Here it is." "Look." "Is now to look the same to me." "You're reviewing me." "The way to approach kindly" "And if I catch some of this herb Fresh grass." "this will be a thing familiar to him." "is that it begins to turn approaches and feel my smell." "It is certainly curious." "And that will be the key to approach him." "Come on." "That's right." "That's right." "That's right." "Good boy." "Good boy." "And this is the important part." "The first contact." "Making love in the shoulder." "This is a very little threatening to a horse." "The part of the head is very sensitive." "And this was a good first contact." "I caress it ..." "and his muscles responded." "He has not felt my hand on his body." "Look ..." "The tail wagging." "He is still a little suspicious of me." "Here we go." "That's it." "Calmly." "Ok This is a big step for this horse." "Good boy." "Here we go." "Here we go." "I lost my opportunity." "Should have spent at least a day to get his confidence before trying to mount it." "Now that he is suspicious of me even take longer." "Not want to wait." "So I will have to depend of my own feet to leave." "Something that I have to do is finding food." "Let's see if I can find some water snakes." "People generally afraid of snakes." "They think they are bad and aggressive." "being a reptile." "But in fact are not." "So are quite timid." "Here we go." "These snakes often secrete a liquid with smell to protect them from predators." "But this predator here is hungry." "Here it is." "Her mouth." "And so get your head out I can eat the body." "His head is still ..." "alive" "Good food ...." "After lunch is time to continue down the mountain." "After 4 hours feel that had no progress." "Here is very beautiful But appearances are deceiving." "If you do not know what they are doing" "This is the place can kill you." "My priority is to get food and will not be easy." "I jumped with a parachute in the mountains the Sierra Nevada in California to put myself in position a lost hiker or mountaineer." "But to survive is essential find a good shelter and food to sustain." "Can I cut this stem dry and use it as part of the support." "Here is one." "Must be about eight feet." "That should do." "I think one is shorter the other but should serve." "This is a good place to build this cabin." "The plan here has a small slope but even this will prevent I roll down the mountain." "It's always good to check if there is no trace of animals and also see if there are red ants." "The last thing is to have a small clearing on top in case if there Rescuers searching they can see it." "I arrange them in order to leave a small opening on the side that will serve as a port." "Will be facing south to catch the sun from the southwest the morning and also take a little heat." "Now dinner." "And as I'm sick seek beetles or find a snake here and there it's time to look for something further up the food chain." "I'm cutting this cedar to create a stick pitch." "Native Americans choose cedar because it is one of the woods harder creating the perfect weapon." "When sand it will do so that the air is fast and lethal." "We are ready for some training." "rabbits and squirrels are not at great life-threatening." "I'm ready." "I do not know if they can see but is there a rabbit." "He has not seen me." "And if I can only get closer a little" "I have a chance to throw him the stick." "I will cook my dinner." "I show how to make fire only a few bits wood." "If you look at the branches this shrub are very long and thin." "And this will help me." "with an otherwise to fire" "I can use later." "'m Shaving some wood on the inside the bark of cedar" "I will join the Hill flammable." "And this is the essential part to fire." "I want to see if I get a lot very light and fluffy and this is what will create combustion then that will feed flame." "But now This is the crucial part" "Attempt is made here a spark and all that I use is this small branch" "I took the bush and this bit of wood and now this will require a certain amount of patience." "It will take many attempts." "Where that leaves the axis you have to start all over again." "My arms are already on fire." "Burn your ..." "To create a combustion friction has to heat the wood up to 430 degrees." "And so it begins to appear smoke if I keep more some" "and then I will have ..." "can see the flame here?" "Here we go." "Tobacco." "We put here on this mound." "'re Done." "We put it here." "Now prepare the rabbit to be cooked." "All we have to do now is ... this will be out soon all at once." "This will be my first decent meal in days." "But I am concerned that unwanted guests may appear for the barbecue." "This is starting to cook and is already smell really good." "But I will not be the only able to smell it." "The black bears here in the area can smell it up to 40 km away." "a friend of mine once camped here these pants he used as a cushion." "he awoke in the night with a black bear tearing pants under your head to make it onto the apple." "But eventually get lucky." "But this shows the care we always have that prepare and cook food get rid of all the food that we will not use before going to sleep." "This seems like it is ready." "I'm sitting here salivating for this rabbit" "Time to prove" "It has a taste for meat same fresh and having been cooked this fire know so well." "As a barbecue." "With the prospect of a full stomach" "I look around and appreciate the grandeur this amazing place and begin planning the next phase to leave." "This night simply beautiful." "Can you see the stars so clearly." "Can you see Polaris there." "Not the brightest star but it is one of the few that is constant." "because it moves." "since I see I'll mark it so that when you wake up morning" "can see the direction I have to follow." "here is the South and I'm going to   West." "And this trip will take me to one of the most dangerous these mountains." "I came to an area of mountains designated "chaparral"." "It is a Spanish name for areas vegetation hot and arid where few animals survive." "And it's a bad place to stop the water." "This is the most extreme the western Sierra Nevada." "The area also hosts poisonous scorpions and ants that bite." "Although ants they can make a tasty appetizer." "This is why We always hold that over his head." "If I put in my tongue   she will bite." "It therefore one eats the other side." "The hard part is to pick them." "We can see there the abdomen and we can eat that part." "it's something sweet but so is not bad." "It's time to go" "After a snack appetizing ant" "I continue." "I walk as much before it gets too hot." "But this ground hot has a new threat." "Cobras." "This is also an ideal breeding ground for snakes." "bull snakes king." "But it is with the snakes we must be very careful." "this site is ideal for snakes." "Especially the strength of the heat that is very hot and they seek shade threading here." "And that is why it is so important always look right across and keep moving." "It seems I have very ahead." "The day is getting hotter and I need water." "a climber alone lost in these parts." "the search team looked for him in vain." "When finally find he was profoundly dehydrated." "But there's a plan that could have helped." "This type of bush is ideal." "I will not feed me much of it but this is a shrub of "manzanitas which literally means "little apples"." "The natives used use them a lot like nuts and everything we do is chew them" "and throw away the stone." "But this here has a lot of vitamin C and are excellent. add water and put the juice in a basket up with a great refreshing drink." "But I'll take some of these with me." "The shrub also takes advantage something else." "I really need to clean my teeth." "The manzanita bush was used by native as a toothbrush." "And that's what I'll do too." "This shrub can be extremely useful." "Not much but   is one of the few in this area who can help me" "the sun's heat is almost unbearable." "You are slowing me down this merciless terrain." "Until my luck changes." "Look." "Look." "Fast." "This is amazing." "It is a huge lake." "And I really need water." "My canteen is empty some time and this is simply what I was looking for" "Now I can simply drink and freshen up." "This is so good." "That's not all." "At the other end of the lake I see a road." "If I get through this lake in any way that road will be my passport out of here." "The lake has an extension a kilometer and if they swim this distance" "I will show you how to use the pants to keep you on the surface." "All you have to do is to grab at the legs and make a knot." "I used to do this lots of times when I was a kid to cross rivers." "What we do is to tie these knots to hold the air when the water will act as a lifejacket." "But it is further than I was expecting and the water is getting increasingly cold." "I encounter another problem." "My vest improvised not so reliable." "There is only one thing to do." "Try filling it with air as I try to deal with water." "But is not that easy." "Finally get through." "This was a trip just extraordinary to me." "Just for all the different environments that I had to face." "with snow to be under a scorching heat." "The amount of times I had to get used and all techniques I had to use to survive." "And the techniques of Native proved so useful to me which shows how self-sufficient they had to be to survive in this type landscape." "But for me   is more than time to go home." "It was difficult." "But I leave this place with great respect by Native Americans and its extraordinary survivability."