"My name is Bear Grylls. and crossed the seas frozen Arctic." "my challenge is to survive the crocodile-infested swamps" "Everglades." "more than 60 tourists need to be rescued one of the most hostile environments the world." "I teach them what it takes to survive here." "Florida." "360 km2 the swamp." "this landscape attract 6 million visitors." "Many of them are lost and need to be rescued." "I put myself in position a lost tourist and I will show how to survive in an environment like this." "The Everglades were formed by a river 80 km long from the central area of Florida and extending up to New Mexico." "Swamps and forests remained largely untouched for thousands of years." "And there's no place like the United States." "That's why millions of people come here." "65 people had to be rescued." "Many of them were lost after getting injured by boat. wetlands." "We now about 30 feet off the ground and the trees are still 12 meters." "one ..." "Go." "a flint and a knife." "A film crew will follow my journey." "I'll say something to them." "I do not like it." "you can not see what is under water." "Water extends to horizon." "You arrive at my thighs and is deep enough to hide large crocodiles." "More than a million of them the Everglades." "And the first thing I want is a weapon." "I cut this tree and use it like a twig." "And what we do is to double this part until we see the tension" "and go out easily." "There is a big weapon but will give me over 1.20 meters range to scare any crocodiles." "Just look at this place." "It's so hard to Finding our." "I think all environments 've ever been this should be the easiest place to get lost." "in all directions." "There recently a couple who got stuck here when the boat hit a tree and left the tank of gasoline. they had no idea where they were." "the teams took two days to find them." "And you can tell why." "They survived because they decided stay inside the boat." "And that is what should be done." "I do not have that luxury." "I want out of this water far away from crocodiles." "only I do not know where." "I need to focus." "This tree should be used." "Seems high enough." "Must be about 12 meters." "I can see the rest of the swamp." "But also because it is sufficiently close to me to get." "But it is impossible I climb it with nothing." "But what I can do is use something as simple as joining my shoes. and then tie each other." "and I'll make a knot and then get untied as this will be very tight." "my feet will be together." "It should be easy to jump and use them to support me in the tree." "And this will give me enough traction to rise." "And the secret to doing this is to keep calm and not rush and use the power of the legs to pick us up and arms only for balance." "I'm already pretty high." "I come back upstairs." "This is excellent." "They work perfectly." "I thought they were tear in the middle of the climb." "I can not reach higher than this." "This part is already quite fragile and balance enough." "What I expected see was some pine as they grow in dry ground." "But instead is only cypress and oak." "swamp   and more swamp." "must have another plan. and understand the geography where we are." "the highest areas are inside." "And I know you are in the west." "One way to do this is to use the watch as a compass. in the middle of this point and the 12 hours is South land is over there." "Just get my stick and leave." "Now that I decided to go west is essential I keep direction." "It is very easy to walk in circles." "It's so easy to navigate us here." "But I can not give me the luxury wasting my energy." "Is why these wetlands are so dangerous." "Look." "There are many of these snags which makes walking more difficult." "These wetlands are so threatening." "You can have anything under the water and we have no idea where we are putting feet." "bubbles." "Climb a tree." "Get out of the water." "Get out of the water." "Immediately." "I'm in the Everglades." "It is home to millions of snakes and crocodiles and the danger is always around." "Look." "See?" "Do you see the bubbles ..." "That can be a crocodile or only the gases of the swamp." "Let's stay here a little to see what it is." "We have to keep calm and not take risks." "Come by and let us get around." "We returned to the water carefully and turn back." "This place is really me panicking." "There may be crocodiles anywhere." "The best thing to do hit the water to make them realize that we are here." "The last thing they want to do it is surprising since there is more likely they attack if they think they have to defend themselves." "The trees form a dense part." "It is almost impossible to see what is in front." "Besides it is very difficult keep moving west." "Until I find a clearing with a kind of deep river my way." "Look." "Crocodiles." "Can you see them?" "In this type of swamp was almost inevitable to face with them." "But this place is actually the kind they like." "which makes that there is enough sun." "They are cold-blooded animals." "They need the sun to warm them." "And look." "There are some there." "It is as if recharging your batteries in the sun." "it would I'll go through this channel on foot." "But I have to go in that direction." "I have to find another plan to pass through it." "Do not get too close." "That tree can be ideal crossing   to go through this channel." "Here are many of these trees who fell in hurricanes." "only in the last five years." "But it seems that there is crocodiles here." "we must be careful." "I'll play it there." "Stay here." "The dead wood is generally weak." "But this is a fir." "There are branches at the bottom and has vertical grooves in the trunk." "wood takes years to rot." "It should be safe." "What I'm doing is to use my thighs to cegurar and the top of the feet to rise." "But it's all about trying maintain balance since it is getting closer as we climbed." "Two reasons I do not want to fall this tree:" "because I'm high beem because of the crocodiles they are there." "And I do not want to end becoming crocodile food." "I should find a way to get the big tree and then down." "I think I will have to swing." "I'm trying to outsmart the tree." "It is late." "I have to leave water before nightfall." "This is when the crocodiles become more active." "It is the ideal time to feed." "I should find a shelter." "I will use this tree." "It branches sufficient." "What can I do is getting more branches like this." "Put a so ..." "... and the other here." "And then put some branches over and this will cause stay out of the water." "the vines are" "I can use as natural ropes." "But make sure that the wood is sufficiently thick to hold your weight." "What am I doing here is to make a simple knot but then take another turn and so it will hold." "This process is fast and all raw material is around me." "And that's good." "Save time and energy." "Build a platform to lie and must be broad." "This is a bed which do not want to fall." "Try preferably branches rights and take the branches." "They would begin to loosen up and sleep would be even more difficult. across this part and this will give a good platform." "I think that is enough to the platform where I am going to bed." "to tuck into bed." "Look at this." "This is all moss. is usually niguas full of annoying." "The nigua is a tiny insect that you can not see with the naked eye." "But what happens is that they bite and in 24 hours you will begin to itch and will continue to itch for days." "And I've come across this before in the jungles of Belize and believe it is a mistake you just want to make once." "I need another plan to use as a mattress." "The foliage of the palm is much better. for centuries and is used to make shelters Seminole tribes." "the My next priority is a fire." "It will scare potential predators and will also dry my clothes." "need dencontrar flammable material." "the palm is the solution." "This is excellent." "It is extremely dry and remains fairly dry even when it rains. as various insects creeping live here." "Since ants scorpions." "And to have a friend who once found a coral snake in one of these." "I'll put some in my pocket." "Should be the only thing that is not wet." "Make a base for the fire iram or flames burning bed." "Should let the mud dry only I do not have time." "these green branches will create a barrier between the combustible material mud and wet." "You expect to fire environment is very moist would be impossible." "But this shows that a little knowledge about the area can make all the difference." "I have to be very careful to toe." "In such an environment is very easy keep foot-athlete." "And they go with walk-athlete if your feet get wet more than 12 hours and ends up being a mixture the cold with humidity." "can then infect." "But I want to make sure that does not catch it." "Because here if we can not walk   die." "this place is already quite surreal." "this place is simply frightening." "things moving." "Things hitting the water and mud and this place just does not sleep." "I do not." "I have to find a way out of the swamp." "the Everglades." "I'm in the middle of the Everglades." "My first night in the swamp was not very good." "were simply hungry." "I took off my pants for about ten minutes to dry them and now look." "Only ten minutes and the whole area my whole leg." "Both sides." "need water." "But this swamp is full leaves that have rotted." "I need to boil it first." "There is so much garbage floating around here." "All this mud and dirt." "If I get it so ... And all this water is now leaving much cleaner and all garbage and waste Marsh ... must have been all here." "And just to see how dirty it is ..." "This is what I'm trying keep out of my canteen." "The water looks clean now but still have parasites and bacteria." "always boil." "I'll keep going west and is a local technical to guide us to me." "The secret is in the water." "the Everglades is a river with a length of 80km from the north and go south." "But it is a river flowing very slowly." "Perhaps thirty feet per day." "a good way seeing the directions just tie the canteen to a branch." "And while I hope the water to boil" "I can see which way it floats." "This will be south is west." "Water flows south toward the Gulf of Mexico." "moved 60 centimeters." "It is enough to see where I have to go." "and stood more or less here." "is there." "Walking the moor is something that requires much energy." "And I need to eat something." "But there is much food here." "The dead wood is often home to insects." "there is a lot." "This should be a good place to try to find something." "And now look." "Appear almost instantly mounds of these ants out." "And cling here and swing it begin to leave these larvae." "Insect larvae are four times more protein a steak." "They have a bitter taste and give a feeling that you're eating sand." "but they are easy to find can save lives." "The marsh is beginning to change." "Only have long roots getting off the water. but at least the water is now more shallow." "I see other more distant and seem to be cypress." "But for most there are more green." "and perhaps some oak too." "But this is good news." "These trees grow on dry land and therefore This is where I go." "But the bad news is dense vegetation in this way." "The grass blade." "All this grass blade is super sharp." "It's just relentless." "But the key to succeed is to know which way is hacking." "And the secret is the following:" "no problem." "But if we try to do instead" "Look." "See that ..." "Look." "Cuts easily easily." "as small hills the back of the plant." "putting his arms so and conduct the sleeves." "And if they have a branch ... to use it well in front of him." "And as they walked will lowering the grass in front of you." "Here we go." "and therefore we feel that are over 20 degrees than the actual temperature. can be fatal. when it broke and he was looking for help the middle of this grass. was dead." "was only 400 meters from a road." "And that's just to see how easy it is to lose here." "this vegetation is so difficult is why it is so dangerous." "here is a river." "for me This would be good news for me." "I could go down the river toward civilization." "I want to respect my plan to go west for dry land towards those trees." "The problem is that the river is deep and there'll be crocodiles here." "kept the crocodiles a safe distance." "But that is about to change." "We should not close more than that." "They are so territorial." "I'm going to West through the swamps of the Everglades." "And the dry land is finally in sight." "But there's a big problem." "A great river is in the middle of the road." "And that means crocodiles." "back it up." "They can see through the bush?" "Look." "Can you see?" "Nor should we approach more than that." "They are territorial." "A minimum distance of 5 meters." "Actually   I think we're very close." "Back slowly." "We need to get around." "Crocodiles can run short distances at 50 km per hour." "This is faster than me." "pull back even more." "Can mean they are about to attack." "there may be others." "Come see this." "It's an old nest of crocodiles" "You can see this inclination." "It is here that the mother would." "This is what they do." "Build this hole to lay her eggs. but only about half is shocking." "If this were a recent nest not think that I would approach this." "Until I see a thing." "Just look at this." "And this one must have ..." "Must be about two years." "But this is not a bad sign for me." "whenever there Adult crocodiles in the area they eat these little ones." "Which means that large are not around." "They just stay with the mother to make a year." "But this is pure muscle." "I can feel the force even holding it so." "And imagine how strong it if a big one." "It would be 100 times bigger than this." "Amazing." "And look at those teeth." "Super sharp." "Ok I'll let it go and move on." "Clear." "This guy is a protected species." "Pity." "It would be very appetizing." "To continue to the west necessary to find the safest area to swim this river." "This will be a good place to cross." "Does not get closer than this but also because I have a good visibility around. can stay under water more than 45 minutes." "So I'll see if I see waves when the eyes and the head surface." "crocodiles go to deeper waters to cool." "Remain motionless in riverbeds and wait." "Crossing rivers where crocodiles is dangerous and should be done only as a last resort. as the males become much more aggressive." "three women died in just one week." "One was swimming." "The others were dragged from the banks." "I did everything I could to minimize the risks." "whatever say that they are not feeding." "This is the narrowest part I could find." "I have been aware to signs of movement." "I waited for over an hour." "And I'm pretty sure it is safe." "But crocodiles are curious and are attracted to activity." "as soon as possible." "the attacks of crocodiles happen by mistake." "they think we are something else." "head above water is that they can think What is a bird or a turtle." "So what I do is swim underwater soon and as smooth as possible." "I swim with a knife." "The visibility is almost zero here." "And it's easy to mislead." "My heart is racing." "I'm so relieved to have already crossed." "had a very bad feeling." "000 km2 marsh in the Everglades. but can you down." "I am full of water." "And just pray that there is dry land with those trees." "This is the first time on this trip I can see my feet." "And it's such a relief able to step back on solid ground." "Just look." "I do not know how far I have to go on this trip but I have already used the first major barrier." "And guess what?" "I think I'll sit here 5 minutes and enjoy the fact you can sit without getting wet with a back." "I take this time." "Will not be so easy long." "Two days I'm on dry land." "like snakes and black bears." "is my next priority." "Look at this." "A small frog." "Was there walking in the woods." "is edible." "Are not poisonous." "There are poisonous frogs but are much larger and tougher." "is a good frog." "It is too small to cook and the first bite has to kill her." "he will squirm until you get down there." "are a few more calories." "Let's continue." "The key to survival is to eat whenever possible." "Sparingly and over again. is only to this land vegetation." "there is usually food around." "I follow him a little to see where it ends. since they can lead us to water and even food." "But do not follow long it can also diverts it from its path." "Passion." "Look." "Can you see?" "Find it here is nothing usual." "This fruit is not native of this region." "Find citrus in the Everglades only mean one thing." "was probably usada como campo de cultivo dos Seminole." "during the War of Florida in 1817." "The Swamp was a refuge against the army of the United States." "This seems the ideal camping." "This branch can work here as a good support and then just need some of these both sides to make a shelter in the form of A." "Tie two brackets in front of the shelter." "the palm is great for bonds." "But it has other uses." "What I'm doing is using the trunks of palm leaves to the structure here." "Once the beams are in place make anchors to complete the structure" "Put the leaves of palm trees in up and this will protect them from rain." "Make a bonfire is always important." "Away any predators and increases morale." "What I did here was a fire with four points." "You can see these four trunks turned out." "It is very efficient." "Burns slowly mas ?" "tamb?" "m uma maneira tradicional make fire by Seminole." "Used it much they were being sought the U.S. Army. the fire went out too fast and so the danger passed could return to put them there and back to make the fire quickly." "light the fire." "Should serve." "people lived here." "The Seminole hunted for food and tomorrow I'll have to do the same." "I'll try to catch some frogs and some fish." "There are poisonous frogs here then they are good to eat." "Look at this." "Is a turtle." "this is a freshwater turtle here." "but also vitamins and minerals and minerals that are in their blood." "And I really need these minerals because of moisture." "Can I eat this turtle because it is a protected species." "But they have to be sure that kill quickly and efficiently." "That's it." "She's dead." "These are the arteries ..." "... cut." "I never liked to do this but being stuck in this place we can not afford to choose." "the fact that he caught it. took guts and then took the meat to cook it." "what they used to Seminole the shell running a little as a pressure cooker." "Just post here and let it for about an hour." "You will be baked." "will give much of a dinner." "The time depends on the size of the turtle. is how the shell become brittle and break." "And all I have to do is take it from here." "And you can see is already well brittle." "Let us prove it." "This is one of those hours we say   that really tastes like chicken." "Look at all this meat." "And this meat is really good." "The turtle is giving me energies." "And also gave me a morale boost." "And has a lot to do to survive to keep the morale up." "I will continue to go west." "It's time to guide me and recover some ground." "This place is so unpredictable." "Seems to be safer than in the marshes but the appearances here can be dangerous." "Stop." "A rattlesnake." "Wait a minute." "I'm in the Everglades." "I avoided the crocodiles but now I find myself with a rattlesnake noisy." "Look." "Can you see?" "Is a diamond rattlesnake." "these are the largest and most poisonous snakes of all North America." "And I do not want bring me more than that." "They can attack a distance equivalent to half of your body." "have to go back very slowly." "Do not take your eyes off her Ihe not turn your back and give a very large margin." "That's why I say that must have immense care while walking in dense vegetation." "Can you hear well." "Let." "That was a rattle snake very noisy and gave me a good warning." "But be careful." "Many of them are quieter not make noise or rattling." "And they can strike without warning." "Snakes are not the only problem." "There is here much larger predators." "When people think of the Everglades think of crocodiles and snakes." "But what they do not remember here." "a black bear passed through here and left their mark here." "Can you see?" "this is one more thing that I have to worry about." "Wait." "I can see colors." "There is a snake under here." "look." "There it is." "And this is ..." "This is either a coral snake or a scarlet king." "The coral snake is highly poisonous." "They have to know which one is good." "But ... this is not doubt a scarlet king." "We can see the pattern and colors." "You can see the red here and has the black stripe logo below." "This means that it is a scarlet king." "As in the Everglades it kills." "is our friend." "This has the red to the black so is our friend and is my friend." "which means that feeds small lizards and small insects." "But she was all happy there so we let it go." "The Everglades are unique." "They are a mosaic of different land all mixed each with its dangers." "is now a quagmire." "It is a place where the land literally in swallowing." "is what is called a mud bog." "is a hole of quicksand." "And these holes are formed when the water in the river bottom creating pockets that fill with mud and water." "vehicles whole. the more we discuss it pulls us down." "And if you are experiencing one of these had to go back and move away." "But what I will do is to jump into it and show you how they can leave one of these." "If I try to discuss will see that will begin to pull me down." "And that is why that is so difficult out of these things." "creates suction that pulls me deeper still. use it to create an area where they can put their weight trying to move with the chest over the area. and fell in these holes." "And sank up to chest height." "tried to get out just do not know how." "Avoid dehydration drinking the muddy water of the swamp the surface. in a state of complete delirium and covered with insect bites. just crawl until they landfall." "And then it gets easier. for four days." "I am completely covered with this thing." "From head to toe." "Makes floor is much more difficult." "I have sand in your pants." "What is not ideal." "There is a fence in front of me and then the fence a drainage canal and a road." "And that to me means one thing:" "Civilization." "And the way home." "salvation may be just around the next tree." "And this evidence that are lost never lose hope."