"My name is Bear Grylls. climbed to the top of Everest and crossed the seas frozen Arctic." "my challenge is to survive one of the largest mountain in the world." "Copper Canyon in Mexico. but hundreds of people lost here every year." "I'll show what it takes to survive here. 480 km from the border with the United States." "There are hundreds of canyons winding deep running through a desert the size of the state of Massachusetts." "It is four times larger and 300 meters deeper than the Grand Canyon." "This place is wild." "The landscape remained untouched centuries." "and is rapidly becoming one of the best areas in Mexico to mountaineering." "000 people came here." "But some areas are so remote that are not even on the map." "if you lose is almost a guarantee." "I put myself in position a lost tourist to show how survive here." "here makes malnutrition and dehydration a great danger to any person to lose here." "down there." "It is very steep." "The only place where they can I drop it on top." "We are flying at a height of 2800 meters." "Near the limit of safety supported by the engine of the helicopter. which is basically rolling." "The pilot descends with the helicopter and touches the ground only for a second while the engine continues maximum." "We are 100 feet." "We are 50 feet." "a flint and my knife." "A team film will follow me." "go." "This seems ..." "Looks like I'm on top of the world." "Simply spectacular." "But it is also simply gigantic and makes me feel very tiny. will be a challenge. and there is no sign of human life." "need to see my coordinates. where many of those slopes have much more vegetation and appear much drier. receive less sun and so they have more moisture." "is here." "Now that I have coached I put my plan into action. is to the west." "She runs through the Copper Canyon 640 kms from north to south." "It is a major tourist attraction." "It is used every day." "And if I go west I cross it." "so the sun sets will be much colder." "What worries me in this environment is that the days are very hot ... nights will be very cold." "And it is this contrast that makes this dangerous place." "Got to get down quickly. will be 4 degrees warmer." "But this is 2000 meters vertical distance." "Even found a direct path to there" "I would take hours to get there." "But finding a way to descend seems simply impossible." "Just being so close to the edge is that I can see if there is actually one." "But it is dangerous." "'m Looking for the climbers call "weakness." "where the rock has a process of erosion." "These lines usually give us a way to descend." "there is none." "This rugged landscape is relentless." "It is difficult for anything to survive up here." "there are signs of life." "Look." "You see these animal feces?" "you can see what is here." "lots of hair and even a bit of bone." "And that means that it is a homing?" "voro." "these tips tapered mean that most likely this is coyote feces." "The important thing I see it is that these coyotes able to come up here. which means they must have a quick up and down." "And that access I want to find." "The problem is that access may be too far away." "The territory of coyotes can reach up to 26km ?" "and can run at a speed 65 km / hour." "This is actually the first place I found" "I think I can go down." "three bosses." "Is high." "And the risk is   is not knowing what is further down." "But since that has always a way to go is a risk that can run to exit from up here." "But I need to be careful." "here like that. up with a series of broken ribs." "But lucky." "Was rescued and survived. to see the fall we must bow while see foot rests   that this slope are quite narrow." "is also much more difficult to find a way." "in which we find ourselves in a situation we can not go up or down. if we can not continue to fall." "I already went down that first boss." "But from now already have little room to maneuver." "This was where I came from." "And that's where I go." "But down these edges become more difficult." "Now it's even more difficult see where I'm going." "This is never a very good position to be when we are climbing." "Stay face down on a hillside when we do not know what's underneath." "This is not a good place to stick a cactus here." "I can see that is quite steep." "Too steep." "down there." "No way I'll get go down there." "There is a drop of 15 meters before me and there is no way down." "I am 2700 meters of altitude the Copper Canyon in Mexico." "and there is nowhere to fall." "My only chance is to climb again and facing a cold night up there." "Until I see on my right side which may be another way down." "I have crossing a deep gallery." "hitherto." "They are 2.5 meters away and I do not I like running to shrewish." "already went through that part and now from here seems easily. the temperature is rising almost half a degree." "I am tempted to continue but I'm running out of time." "There is a good technique to see as the remains of sunlight." "And what we do is measure the distance the sun to the horizon line. equivalent to 15 minutes." "is an hour and are two hours." "Mean I have two hours sunlight and it is time to find a shelter." "huge quantities of lava and volcanic ash were deposited here." "The lava created deep fissures in the ground forming the canyons." "are often full of caves." "is my better chance of having a shelter." "But be careful and see where I put my hands here." "There are loose rocks everywhere and this is precisely the place where scorpions and tarantulas live." "Here is one." "There it is." "Look here." "Can you see it?" "It's a scorpion." "And these are quite common around here." "Look." "He is very angry." "But he is a predator." "Lives of other insects. is trying to attack ... this is a good source of protein." "Can eat." "Are not very tasty ..." "What I really want to do ... is to cut him what stinger What is this bit here." "It is like a ball of poison." "A ball with a stinger at the tip." "and then just get this part." "And there is." "You can see it here." "And it is good to eat." "It tastes like cheese it passes the validity   there are 3 weeks ago." "But it gets worse." "Five species of scorpion living in these canyons." "And they all bite." "a feeling of tightness in the throat ... and acute pain." "No medication can be fatal." "This was what I wanted." "Look at this." "A grotto with a good size and this will be perfect for me to spend the night here." "I feel I'm away from everything." "But you can see that someone passed through here before me." "Look at the ceiling." "Is sooty ... sign that made many fires here." "A small shelf here." "And look." "You can see a hole here clearly made by someone." "I am not surprised to find signs of human activity here." "Long time ago the Aztecs used caves like this they have been the home of the Indians Raramuri." "today." "These nomadic go walking to cave in cave while traveling between the passes." "lately." "They went ahead but left something behind." "Look at this." "A piece of wire." "there are many things that I can use it." "it will be useful." "I'll take it with me." "The soot on the ceiling of the cave shows many fires were made here." "That's what I need." "Keep the cold night away." "We can not always be lucky have a flint us." "But what I will do is use this yuka to make a "mountain of ignition. yuka and is excellent for this because it is dry and is very light." "And all I need to do is from here   then take the bottom and begin to separate it into strips." "Cut two pieces about 30 centimeters." "This plant grows all these slopes and the leaves are excellent to bonds. and pressed against each other to make it so." "And then just tie." "do the same and the other is ready." "And this is the bottom the "mountain of ignition already made." "to separate it from the trunk that I can rub to create friction." "put it to the test." "It is very important to do this so that the base does not move." "There it is." "It is well stuck here." "Just get the saw and start moving it." "The proper use of yuka which makes it ideal to try create some kind of combustion." "And all I need is a small combustion that fuse to burn." "And now it's better to stay quiet and sawing." "And yes ..." "look." "this will continue burning." "do not need worry about time." "just put a little underneath put it here. is literally in flames." "There it is." "We fire. knowing that I will pass tonight and heated." "Much of this area canyon is so remote. ... I feel that this is a real privilege." "My first day is over." "But I know that from here things will be much more difficult. toward old rail El Chepe." "I want to get to the bottom of the gorge soon as possible." "There I shall find water. with a sheet and a piece of wire I found last night." "And all I need to do is to fill it with a little water." "Now I'll prepare the wire." "I rub it well into the hair. giving me a line north-south." "He must be good." "What am I gonna do here is to put the sheet ... and put the wire on top." "Look There it is." "It is beginning to turn." "Metal suspension that was magnetized will always point to magnetic north." "There it is." "She has now stopped spinning." "And this gives a reliable online North / South." "I know that the sun rose in some praqueles first place because they saw him." "This is on that side." "West is to that side." "And this line north / south say that I am on the right ... toward the West." "drink the water   and get out." "The Raramuri took refuge here to fleeing the Spanish conquerors." "The land became the winding the ideal place to hide." "they learned how to orient in these tortuous canyons." "His former shortcuts are everywhere." "I do not know if they can see that slope   there is a narrow path and it seems giving back and go down there." "I think if you can follow it I may as well get down there." "It is not certain that this will lead nowhere." "Many of these trails are not used for years." "a group of school came here and followed one of these shortcuts to descend the canyon. and ended up taking the wrong path." "they were lost." "They were dressed only with shorts and shirts." "And here this evening is at temperatures below zero." "Organized a huge rescue operation just finding them alive." "Those girls were lucky." "Look. leading me to a river." "on top of a cliff." "We see it down here." "I think I can get off it." "It will be a little tight." "There are loose rocks everywhere." "It is vital to test each block before they get under them." "boys. and is easy to slip." "'m down." "This is perfect." "Look at this." "It is a little piece of paradise. full of that volcanic rock." "It is also much colder." "and I have sun and water." "And now I'll just take off my socks   and rest for 5 minutes." "I have come the bottom of the canyon but my journey is far stop." "Now that's a waterfall. somewhere to the west." "have water enough to supply me." "The problem of these canyons is that I am completely surrounded both sides." "I do not like this feeling of being completely at the mercy of nature." "wherever the pass follow ... I also have to follow." "is going west." "Everything is perfect   for now." "Now that's a waterfall." "There is no way to get off it." "Looks like it will be a long walk to get around." "Actually ..." "Look." "Can you see those trees?" "Those there in rock?" "We may get   down by that slope through the trees." "Let's see." "I think I can do it." "to go down. since the roots are very strong." "Grow out and connect to the slope." "So I will try." "I tell you one thing." "It is a fall and both down there." "Are 18 meters to go down." "A fall here would be serious. before putting all my weight the tree." "What do I need to be careful is with the dead branches." "Look at this." "The living branches of the cypress will be covered with a tough shell and a kind of glow." "What is happening here is that this part is starting to tilt." "you can see better what am I exposed down there. and this can help me a lot." "None of the branches is growing facing the slope. which means I can go down much more easily." "branches become more thick and the tree more stable." "Now I can go faster." "it went down." "And it was fun." "And look at this view. the walls of the gorge become steeper   and there is no output." "This is bad news." "just one day." "Within minutes the steep slopes of the gorge channel a huge amount water in the river." "the runoff are a major threat." "These trees here show how high the water can get." "but all this was overturned by the force of water." "Must have been over 3 or 4 meters than it is now." "And just imagine this gorge ..." "If you look at there   all these stones would be under water." "This would be just a tremendous outpouring water with the rocks of the sides   and this place would literally a deadly trap. 50 km away may be giving a good storm. ... will break down the river more than 95 km / hour." "without notice. ending after hitting him." "came to fish here." "and he even knew the region well." "reached this area and dragged them. ... niece had disappeared." "And was never seen again." "And this is how dangerous these passes can be ... in case of floods." "If they are going toward the river not see the torrent of water coming." "Must always keep the ears." "traveling to to a high point as soon as possible." "Many of the slopes of ravines are completely vertical   and impossible to climb." "But I managed to detect this gap the slope there has been excellent." "It followed westward." "began to turn down south   that is not praonde I want to go." "So let's see it here." "This is ..." "This is why this place is a real puzzle." "Just look." "appeared another pass." "and he gives back westward." "this gorge is much better for me." "then." "One of the most important to survive   is to stay alert and take the most of every opportunity. helping me to keep in my direction to the west." "But there is still a long way ahead ... which could never have predicted." "I am in the Copper Canyon in Mexico." "I went over 1600 meters to the bottom of the gorge." "I have water and is warmer." "But the land is full huge blocks of stone." "This land is not easy." "Wait." "Ali has some fish." "Keep it lowered." "I do not know if they can see those fish there .." "... tamando sunbathing in this stream." "Come up here so they can see." "Very slowly." "See?" "Down there?" "What am I going to do is ... and also up there." "I'll see if I pick." "Stay here. but always build first barrier smaller." "It will be harder for them you see." "And must cover the whole watercourse." "up there   and see if the get it." "Keep it hidden as they walked up are ready to go fishing." "What I'm trying to do is follow directly to the area where they are   it's even there." "They have a blind spot behind them." "I will approach me and try to hit them with this branch. shock waves impact will stun them." "Here they are." "A trout." "Excellent." "Some saltwater fish are poisonous." "But all freshwater fish are good to eat. leaving the fish with a taste horrible. wash the fish to clean part of the womb." "just out of river. which helps to repair muscle tissue also helping the immune system." "I love sushi." "But not like spines." "So far I have achieved keep me in a westerly direction along the lower Gorge." "I get to the rail train station El Chepe." "traversing the Copper Canyon." "have not seen or heard any sign of her." "This is one of those caves and just look at the ceiling." "You can see what is covered soot." "And look here." "There's a drawing." "Can you see it?" "Seems ..." "This probably is a railway ... seems to be working." "And it's more likely that this refers the rail line from the El Chepe." "this means I'm no longer very far. was an amazing feat of engineering." "crosses 36 bridges and 87 tunnels." "took more 100 years to build." "Can you see that drop? and a huge amount white water." "And the waterfalls in nature can actually kill." "And should avoid them at all costs." "are the hidden rocks." "Not knowing what is underneath all this white water and turbulence." "And not knowing how deep it is. but I will jump up here to show the safest technique." "This has a height of 8 meters. ... or I'll hit the bottom." "I need a guarantee." "I have a rope but the solution is in nature." "Soursop leaves." "All you need to do is tearing the sheet yuka" "A." "Two. left on the right ... and only 5 minutes I'm almost 15 meters of rope." "The next step is polishing the corners of stone not to tear the leaves." "You could then tie it with a knot." "And this is ready to be tested." "I know how deep it is." "Okay." "Already in the background. is this depth." "One" "Two." "Three." "Four." "Five." "which gives about 5 meters which is good to be able to jump. getting injured along the legs." "And this is a mistake that only makes since." "So I do it the right way." "Jump with feet together and away from all this white water." "here I come." "The water is almost at 0 degrees and the current is very strong." "But the way out of here is swimming this way." "It is the best technique to quit of strong currents." "but gave a good result and not hit the bottom." "But I'm all wet and cold. ... and make a fire." "My clothes will take hours to dry completely but this will give me time to make a shelter." "When there are caves around the Raramuri use the smoke to warm." "That's what I need." "What am I doing here is making a second fire here from the flames of this here." "And the idea is I sleep between these two fires." "The branches of cypress will be comfortable for me to lie down." "Make a trench between the fires to put them." "This will prevent the roll to the flames." "I can put all this cypress very comfortable to lie and good for retaining heat." "Then put stones around to prevent the cypress catch fire." "Let's try." "I never thought that after being that river would be so hot." "It's heaven. and now I'm well within the Copper Canyon. between these two fires." "And I understand why the Raramuri call this "blanket of smoke. but resulted and at least kept me warm." "I will continue going west toward the line of El Chepe train." "I need to review my coordinates." "One way to see directions here in these canyons is using the sun and shade." "And in most northern hemisphere which means that the shadows are never facing south." "So if you look at that slope that side it is covered with shade which means that North and it is to where I go." "I'm heading to the west toward the line of El Chepe train." "but gradually the gorge you turning north." "The wrong direction." "I have to get out of this canyon have to get up there." "But those slopes are vertical. over a ravine." "But they could not reach it because none of them could escalate." "They eventually found a track animals and made it out." "They were there for 5 days." "It may well be how I left this gorge." "I do not know if they can see that crack in the rock at the foot of shade." "I may as well get out." "But it's a little difficult to know from here." "climbed when can never tell enclina?" "o something   until you are literally the face with it." "So that's what I'll do." "That deep gap is the result of thousands of years of erosion caused by water." "It is a "weak point" in the rock. since they can help raise a slope would otherwise be impossible." "It seems that this will be a "chimney climb"." "I just need to pass this first big block here." "Climb chimney is when there are two opposite walls." "need much training. using the feet to pull the body up." "Climb up so it is all about and have balance using opposing forces. using the leg strength to get up and arms only for balance." "I'm already pretty high." "and now I'll rest a little." "But I'm in a good position." "I have both legs supporting the weight and in fact do not even need hands." "This gives me the opportunity to regain movement and breath   to make this last piece." "up here is getting very wet and slippery." "So I have to see where I put my feet." "I can see the sunshine on top." "It is a small gap." "It is my only way out but it will be tight." "I managed to pass." "I'm out of that hole   and out of this canyon." "Just look at this." "It is simply spectacular." "I need two minutes to catch my breath   and enjoy the moment." "traversing treacherous gorges." "Now I see myself in the middle of a pine forest." "Now I can walk faster." "But even this step is nothing compared with the Raramuri" "They are known as "runners can go over 160 km nonstop." "Journeys in their case take hours would take days. is chasing the animals great distances." "And it works even with deer." "They run and run ... to the Raramuri are close enough to give to them stones   and kill him." "And just imagine the resistance what it takes to do that." "I have to find something that may not be as tasty but that is easy to catch." "here." "under these bushes." "What happens is that the leaves fall and this is a good source of heat for them." "But I can say that is a beetle larvae and can also see there the clamps." "And it That is used to eat the leaves." "But they can also see here this brown goo." "It is what he has eaten." "But this is   completely edible." "Good protein." "Looks pretty horrible." "Probably have a horrible taste" "But it's worth eating." "An explosion of goo in my mouth. taking into account that this is what he eats." "It's getting dark and it seems I stay here another night." "I see some movement." "some people are." "And those people are Raramuri." "You realize because of the colorful clothes." "It may not be a railway but it is good enough. and leaves me a feeling of respect   for all people have learned to survive here   and see it as your home."