"My name is Bear Grylls. climbed Everest and crossed the seas frozen Arctic." "I'm in Ecuador." "A country of jungles and mountains extreme." "hundreds of people need to be rescued   such relentless." "I teach to them what it takes to survive here." "Ecuador." "home to the largest mountain in the world   and the biggest and most impenetrable jungle that exists:" "The Amazon." "Last year more than one million people ... where time stood millions of years. needing to be rescued." "'ll Landers paragliding this wilderness and I need all my skills to survive." "a knife and a flint." "A film crew go follow minah journey." "in the Andes." "It is just beautiful." "I am surrounded by some of the mountains most spectacular in the world." "But it's cold up here." "Only a few degrees above 0. dangerous." "to enter the Forest paragliding." "Here we go. waiting Landers near the Amazon jungle." "The Andes are simply gigantic from North to South" "Here are some of the biggest and most active volcanoes in the world." "The fickle air currents are taking me to the "wasteland"." "Are in high altitude wetlands covering most of this area." "It is a place where I wanted to be." "This will be quick." "I'm approaching." "Look." "I do not know if they can see ..." "This is a horrible thing that goes to the waist." "But it's cold here." "I gotta get out of this quagmire   as soon as possible." "Smell mutio is hardly any mud." "This was not a good start. and the temperature is just above of zero degrees." "Being wet and cold at this altitude is a fatal combination." "and are kms kms of dense forest at altitude is known as "forest of fog"." "Below it is hot and wet rainforest. since it is there will be tributaries of the great Amazon River." "there are often people and security." "Look at this valley simply huge." "And it's all forest fog   out of sight." "is also something demoralizing." "This means more trouble." "I'm still all wet and I'm cold." "And we are about 3600 meters." "And what is dangerous   is the exposure to cold and hypothermia." "And I know from experience that both can attack very quickly." "humidity and altitude." "And personally ..." "Now I need to go even faster." "temperature rises 2 degrees." "I must have fallen least 60 meters." "Must be some 3000 meters." "It's raining." "which is a good sign." "Does that mean I be far from the forest." "We have to keep moving." "hard." "15% less oxygen   than at sea level." "A person forgets of how difficult it is to walk in altitude." "Down there are some small areas "forest of fog"." "This is good news." "It is probably the best chance find food and shelter." "It's amazing how fast vegetation may change." "Here are more than 8 degrees and is like entering a different world." "A beautiful but intimidating." "it condenses they are only clouds and rain." "And it's all so quiet here." "Not hear anything unless the sound of rain." "And see just how wet is this all." "Just look." "We can take layers and layers ..." "And probably is ..." "Look ... filled with water." "Surely I will find a river down there." "But there is also this smell rotten wood   as if the whole place sa was decomposing." "The forest at altitude is much more abundant than the jungle." "The temperate and humid climate causes here there are thousands of different species ... of animals and plants." "Look at this." "I just find it on the floor." "Is a cec?" "lia. feeding on worms. was literally forced to surface." "It is simply incredible be faced with one of these." "Although opinion is with a snake ... spiders and insects." "We let it go and keep moving. but has poisonous glands under the skin." "it will be my lunch." "From the time I spent the army ..." "I know how difficult may be walking in the jungle." "And sometimes we took one days only to walk two miles." "to understand why." "this dense forest. in search of gold of the Incas. ordered tons of gold be hidden lowland forest in Ecuador." "It is believed that the treasure hunters died ... after being completely disoriented." "Their bodies were discovered just 1 km from their camp." "rare." "What deadliest here are plants." "This is a phalloides mushroom." "And they are poisonous and dangerous." "it could destroy my kidneys in 24 hours." "should not really take chances. is to remain at a distance. there is no antidote or cure." "I will continue down downhill since it is my best chance find a river." "But the path is painfully slow. means that plants grow more than 6 meters per year." "That's fast." "And the vines can create layers as thick it is difficult to see what is ahead." "I am completely wrapped in all this." "we even stop." "I can not continue spend energy walking around here." "I have to find another solution." "the dense vegetation gives rise to a narrow channel." "This was probably created thousands and thousands of years erosion caused by water." "It's like a highway between the jungle that could lead to a river." "But this riverbed brings me to what looks like a cave." "Let's take a look." "Caves like this are places to avoid." "But I have to fulfill my plan following this channel." "There's something flying up here." "Ecuador." "But I hope you take a river in the jungle." "But I'm not alone." "Look." "Turn on the infrared." "Can you see them?" "are bats." "Hundreds of them." "I can feel their wings beating in my head." "And flying them is extraordinary." "Only based on sonar." "These bats live in colonies of bats on average 5000." "There are so many here that probably to be able to grab one." "I get angry." "The smell in here is almost unbearable." "The floor of this cave is covered of bat feces." "The air is highly toxic and is ideal for insects that bite." "I want to leave this cave." "If there's one thing I hate is bats." "I need to find a better place." "And that means back the dense forest of mist." "That is what I wanted." "A stream." "I follow her to find a river." "And these rivers are actually   the roads of the forest." "the sound of water falling   starts becoming higher." "This sound does not disappoint." "White water." "Look at this." "This river's strong currents comes directly from the snow of the Andes." "It is water ice and is extremely cold." "You must be very respect for these rivers." "They have an immense strength." "You must be very careful as we walk along the banks   where is slippery." "find people." "There is always something to eat in the forest if you know where to look." "And if you look at this orchid ..." "This is actually one of my orchids favorite it is very easy to identify." "and is easy to identify." "Because it has brown spots and is yellow." "What is good about is that it is edible." "000 species plants in Ecuador. but I'm also looking something more substantial." "are edible." "eat them." "But they need to boil twice before eating." "But they can recognize them from this much like the tail of a monkey and also be covered with this kind of viscous liquid." "They create it as a way to protect against insects." "I will boil   to eat them later." "Boil them twice remove the viscous liquid toxic which can cause serious abdominal pain." "Heaven." "But it is time to find a shelter." "but here there are many natural shelters." "there in the darkest part. is perfect to spend the night." "I have to get to the cave." "But this water very strong and deep to cross it." "I have not seen any part easier to cross this river." "and it reminded me ... on Everest." "And gave me an idea." "This was what I saw." "This trunk group here." "There are over 100 species of bamboo." "And what I hope is that this   is sufficiently hollow to cut it only with this knife." "Let's see if this works." "I think so." "This is cutting well." "Excellent. should be sufficient to withstand at least 90 kls." "I can cross the water to the cave." "What I'm looking for are climbing   to tie the anchors." "this is not here." "Everything is dead and will break." "What I want is to live parts   like this." "There it is." "I think this serves ... it is manageable and is not dead." "I start some more of these." "I use branches in strips to use as anchors." "I have the first anchor here and all I need to do   is to use some of these climbing fittings for mooring them." "Nature has available all the resources they need." "What these climbers have good is that one or two we ... ... and are quite safe. can be very heavy." "This probably weighs almost 70 kls." "build-in near the place where they will need." "I make it across the water to the cave." "This ladder is almost in position   and despite the material are very light ladder itself is quite heavy." "But this shows what a simple idea can do." "No!" "It's completely match." "This was a disaster. trying to cross a glacial river." "I made a bamboo bridge but it happened a disaster." "this is the reality survival." "and I have to go back to square one." "But I do not have time and soon will evening. and I do not have time to make a shelter and a campfire." "I have set my priorities." "But most important to me is to have a bonfire." "I need to dry and me warm. many natural shelter if it rains." "But now I need dencontrar material as flammable to make a fire." "may seem impossible." "But not if we know where to look." "will see these feces of rabbit." "Look." "There's more here. here's one." "we find this dry grass." "It is as if the rabbits do all the work for me." "I will get some more." "I have to be quick." "is beginning to fall." "Here everything is so wet." "This making it very difficult to ignite this fire. the wood also   and I'm cold." "Heaven." "It seems that every time you spark this damn rain comes and goes." "You know what?" "I think it never happened   I can not a fire." "What is." "You know what?" "This is a losing battle." "with this herb   is to fill my shirt with her" "and use it for warmth." "And hope that keep me warm tonight. and making me very warm." "But the principle should work." "I'll say something to them." "do anything good snack. ... when it is dark. with this herb." "And keeping morale up to pass tonight." "It rained almost all night." "are small things that give us hope." "See that purple flower?" "There alone?" "It's so beautiful." "There is no doubt that walking around here is not easy." "But they are usually small things they put us up." "is faced me with this kind of thing." "And I always think of it as being a little extravagance of God." "Is there can never be seen but as if nature could not create anything ... but nice things." "Simply love it. in the hope that it will take me to a tributary of the Amazon. my strength is fading." "I need food and I need to dry." "But not long before my way along the shore is suddenly interrupted." "I have two options." "I try to enter it." "the water is cold." "And that's the last thing I want." "And the other option   is to jump and reach this tree." "is to end in the water getting wet anyway." "there is a chance of staying dry." "I can not miss this jump." "Grab the chest with both hands and use the balance to raise the legs." "But beware with loose moss." "I'm really getting the rainforest." "my journey will become much harder. and I am now going into the jungles dark of the great Amazon." "The rain forest here receives more than 2.70 meters of rain per year." "It is home to more than 2 million of species of fauna and flora." "Now I'm definitely within the rainforest. where some should be about 25 meters." "And also why here is much more humid." "It is noticed immediately." "But now I'm in this small stream and hope that it will take me ... to the Amazon and finally to the civilization." "this would a torrent of water control." "I can use it to take me to the River." "Can see here   where these two streams come together like a fork." "The important thing is to follow the course of the water downstream." "This part of the Amazon has variety of wildlife." "are here." "Look at this here." "These are larvae BIGUDI." "You say something to them." "These ..." "These are the largest larvae I've seen." "And this is exactly the place where they like to stay." "Feed on the rotten part and more common within the palm   but these here are simply enormous." "people here eat a lot of it." "It is like a delicacy." "Are full of protein e. .." "... we can actually eat them whole." "Look at her squirming." "My goodness!" "This is ..." "The Huaorani tribe sees these larvae as a true delicacy." "... horrible." "And you know what?" "Can stay with their delicacy." "I eat one more. with hard pieces of cartilage." "But this goo also has many proteins." "But the Amazon is also full animals a little more flavorful." "It's starting to drizzle again and this is a good time fishing." "making it easier to pull us together." "I some kind of weapon." "I sought some wood   that serves to make a bow." "This here is a babunha. ... in long pieces." "The arc that will build is suitable for fish and the Huaorani tribe was developing the after centuries of using it." "It's good to catch Fast fish in lakes little funding." "This wood babunha is simply perfect." "It took me only 15 minutes and already have something with the right size ..." "A hunter takes days Huaorani to make one of these." "But they expect their last for years and years." "I will not need it for so long." "Now you must make cuts at each end to the rope." "The pita grows throughout the jungle." "The leaves contain long fibers giving bowstrings perfect. so I need to do is to remove them." "When so just need to open it." "I just need to separate the green part of the hardest part. and begin to entwine them." "increases its strength and durability." "will need to withstand much pressure." "Now to put them I did this tip ... I will do the same." "all that is needed is to make a small loop so and pass this end through the loop." "And a good way to remember is ... ... and then back to the hole." "And now I have to do is stretching it ... and hope that this will not break." "And now   is ready." "The arrows are made with the same hardwood the arc." "Perfect for through the water." "But I knew that the stream would be full of angry piranhas." "This will cause the fish here even more difficult. ... catching fish." "This vegetation is really the ideal place where fish like to hide." "Especially this time of day." "Piranhas live in this type rivers. in seconds." "But this only happens when they are in schools of one hundred or more." "This lake is too small to have so many." "is safe to be here." "Piranhas are tasty but also difficult to catch." "I'll say something to them." "These fish are fast." "a woman was lost in the forest for two weeks catching piranhas a shallow river." "She used only insects as bait. where you can actually see what is the bottom. where the water is actually down. leaving there all sediments." "But this means that the fish will be trapped in this type of lakes." "and this will be my best chance of catching something." "and put it in the water so they can see them swimming. patiently I can catch something." "Here is one." "Here we go." "Excellent." "Look at this." "thousands of these." "You can see how they can smash human flesh in seconds." "Super sharp teeth." "still have the strength to bite it. but to catch piranhas so it takes patience." "I have sufficient for a decent meal." "I'll make a fire as carrying dangerous parasites." "I got a small stove and top have the fern shoots boiling changing the water to make that are well cooked." "And I have other stems cooking these branches of bamboo." "I have my piranhas caught." "And these should already be ready." "with their terrible teeth making faces at me." "But it smells very good." "I'll put it this sheet here." "And it's so nice to have time to cook it the right way and have something decent to eat." "stems ..." "... and enjoy them properly." "And it now seems a very substantial meal." "They like asparagus viscous sticky." "Know ... this would be so good with a little mayonnaise." "We now prove some of the piranha." "Being a fish so aggressive and unpleasant not have to be good." "I need now   is a good night's sleep. and this one does not look too bad." "Can be big enough   for the night." "branches or stones." "The snakes and wild also like caves." "in the jungle." "And now I have to do is to clean it and make a fire." "I made a small fire in pyramid with bamboo and some woods." "this will turn on." "I fire." "So at least tonight 'll be warm." "This is very difficult to sleep." "And one of those nights when you are very tired but we can not sleep." "And the reason is that   I'm always hearing things." "I think we should live in this cave many crawling insects claims. to deal with the currents the great Amazon River." "It is morning in the Amazon jungle." "I saw many holes near the cave." "I'll see if picked up something special for breakfast." "has an ingenious technique." "I'm looking for these some time and I think these are "Camacho. also this thick stem and also due to small white sprouts coming out of it. and the smell ends up the animal out." "So that's what I try to do." "But do not want it near me." "Once the cut ..." "I can smell it." "It's super intense ..." "It's like ammonia or a skunk." "But this should work." "Let's see." "an armadillo." "This is even the kind of place ideal for this. here in these burrows." "The burrows are usually two outputs." "will force you out the other." "is there." "What time for the arc break." "which ran." "I tried to catch him." "while chasing him." "But in the rainforest is a tree that can help me." "Those are the leaves shaped heart that I was looking for." "And also this trunk smooth." "This tells me that is a "sangre de drago which literally means "dragon's blood"." "which is red. leaving." "I put it ... rub it well   is a kind of white paste." "As if it were soap." "And this is an excellent healing and antiseptic and will help the blood to clot." "Excellent tree." "It's time to get back to the river since it is my best chance out of here." "It seems that this is the great river I was looking for." "it is deep enough swim." "I can go kms and faster." "is to keep the feet and legs in front." "This will help to divert any rocks. and not delay to become too dangerous." "I came to this great river. reach a large river." "But is bigger than I expected." "which means that it is very dangerous   I go down the river alone." "I need something to help me." "I need a kind of boat." "These Rivers are the highways of the Amazon." "able to reach a settlement." "these margins." "But I saw a set of trees will be my exit here." "Balsa." "And they can identify them by the color gray stem and leaf-shaped." "It is very soft and floats easily." "Excellent." "Already on the ground." "I cut the trunk now   more or less here." "one group got lost in the jungle. and just down river." "Three days later reached a settlement. and I know that's where I will best chances of reaching a settlement." "This part is very quiet but I hear it getting faster ahead." "And worst of all is that we hear them before seeing them." "until we're there. keep the feet forward   and pray." "The river runs into a speed 16 km / hour." "And if I get me cegurar ... this is my best chance to leave." "I hit that same rock. can break bones." "It's time to get out of river." "I'll let it go." "'m Quite relieved to be on solid ground." "every step I seemed a fight   against the forces of nature. even when plans fail." "we're one day closer to home." "Let's turn the camera and look." "I do not know if they can see ..." "It is a fire and what appears to be a canoe. one of these great tributaries of the Amazon would take me to civilization." "mean the end of my trip."