"My name is Bear Grylls" "I served in the British special forces" "I climbed Mount Everest" "And I crossed the frozen oceans of the Arctic" "NFrench Alps 120 million people visit theseNmountains every year adventurersNand climbers are lost or injured" "And dozens die" "I'll showNknowledge you need   to survive!" "Deadliest Catch" "Subtitles :" "SantaFe" "I'm flying overNAlpes skiers and adventurers" "They may look beautiful ... evenNexperienced climbers   can be very serious problems." "The Alps can be one of the mostNhostile and dangerous places in the world" "This year alone more than 80 touristsNdied in avalanches" "And each season scoresNof climbers are dead" "I'll be left in these mountains" "And like any tourist I'm notNtake a lot to me a canteen and aNflint to do fire" "And I'll show you how to survive here" "A film crew will accompany meNall the way" "This is the land of the challenges of survival" "That was very fast!" "The decline most radicalNI already did!" "Wind gusts are much moreNstronger than   had told me!" "I could have hurt meNmuch here and take my parachute" "I want to leave this mountain theNfast as possible" "I need to find one way to fallNto a town or village" "I'll keep my parachute" "The lines of suspension may be crucial" "The problem is that I'mNon a glacier" "What is in motion andNfull of cracks" "Huge cracks in the ice hiddenNunder snow" "That can reach over 60 metersNdeep" "A French climber fell into aNcrack near here three years ago" "He was tied to moreNtwo companions" "And they pulled together to death" "I'll show you howNescape it" "Nthe lines of my parachute" "Although it seems that I ..." "I'mNdestroying my equipment   I have no choice useNlines of this parachute" "And try to weave a rope" "NI'm doing it big ties" "A return" "E. .." "N... tie a knot like this." "Ok And the purpose of this is   is that this is a technique that   the alpine guides use as a means ofNbe saved if they fell" "The idea is to let a long lineNrope with us" "Dragging a weight stuck behind me withNthe force that will tear the snow" "And the rope with the knots will hold" "The method is simple fillNwith snow and secure behind you" "the weight should make usNarrest in the snow" "And stop their fall" "But there's just one way to show youNhow it works" "And it's just jumping a crevasseNand test if it works" "Those we have held in the snow.NCan you see that first stuck it" "It's a great relief to have this rope" "Actually I feel like a bag here!" "Although you get hereNbeen easy   will be very hard to get out!" "I will use a type of stepNcalled prussic but has no way" "Pull me out of here with this line" "But what I can do   is trying to use what is knownNstep as prussic" "With these lines I kept here" "If I can use the step prussic" "I have to hold it toNaround the node up there" "I'll enrrola five or six times" "Take the step and then put my foot   it." "And it should work" "Ok!" "And this step will give me time   that I could" "... achieve this node" "And I'll be able ..." "Pull me out of here" "Here we" "These we reallyNhelped very" "But this was reallyNone of the most difficult   I already did!" "'m Exhausted!" "Nthen go to that peak above me" "From up there I'll seeNthe best way to come down" "We are in the evening" "Ndifficult to walk" "I'm not used to this altitude   and I start to showNeffects of blight mountains" "Wheezing andNstrong pain-to-head" "In the last hours I   I trudged through the valleyNtrying to reach the summit and thought   who here would be   maybe something different and maybe   a village and hot chocolate" "And I thought I was hearing dogs orNa loud sound that could be a village" "But it was only the sound of wind in theseNicy peaks" "But now that I came up hereNI look down and this is what I see:" "It's only worth a lot   empty   deep and full of snow." "E. .." "... although it is beautiful is the worst place   I saw today!" "It will be night soon andNtemperature plunge" "I must get out of that mountain fast!" "I descended by parachute inNAlpes" "Part of the mountainNTop of Europe" "I put myself in the same position ..." "Nclimbers or skiers   that are lost every year." "I'm trying to find aNway down" "But to get anywhereNthe snow is hard the fall ofNSnow was a record   more than 6 meters!" "What makesNthings even more difficult." "It's like walking on sugar." "Physically exhausting!" "Nthis altitude e. .." "... that noise!" "I'm not as fitNas I thought" "I would kill for one nowNcup of tea!" "Nis far from my biggest problem" "I do not know if you can see over there but   it seems to be bad weather there." "And the warning I received from expertsNabout the climate that was ... clouds often ..." "Nbehave as they seem." "In other words" "If they seem so threateningNare threatening" "And if they seem calm and benignNis often so will" "But those look good   and dangerous." "They are coveringNthe top of some   some of those peaks." "And they are coming here." "The time is now closing" "And it looks like a blizzard approaches" "I need to find a shelter.NAnd soon!" "Ok What I'm trying to do here   is to dig a cave in the snow.NHere on this hill." "And a good place to tryNdo this" "It is a flat surface such as" "Where does the wind blows" "Might be a little more sheltered" "But it is easier to dig on a hill like thisNthan in the flat" "My greatest challenge here is   I do not have a shovel." "What would make things rightNeasier." "What I can do is take ..." "Nthe back has a protective plastic" "Here" "This is no big deal but   sure beats ... and it should   be easier to dig   than using my hands." "the risk ofNhypothermia greatly" "And the worst thing you can do isNcontinue working and sweating" "Because when the sweat evaporatesNyour body will be cooled" "For a temperatureNdangerously low" "Now that I've already dugNenough that snow bank" "I'll now dig aNplatform type here" "Take this snow" "This platform will beNa type of bed" "And the reason why" "Is that cold air" "Will come down where I'm sitting inNcalled cold pit" "And I will shelter me here in myNplatform bed" "Isolate the warm air and getting aroundNin my parachute" "And that should keep me" "Good and warm" "This theory" "But always try to do a cave withNabout three times the size of your body otherwise youNwaste all the heat you generate will cause the snowNto compress and shrink" "And block his exit" "And it will be like being buried alive!" "So the ideal is about 3 times theNyour body size" "And lastly what I'll do is" "Try a little dab ceiling" "And what happens if you do not is" "As your body heat emanating" "These flakes will melt and drip on you" "And the last thing you want whenNis starting to get heated" "You have the pigando in your ceiling you not far from here" "In a blizzard 3 years ago" "They built a shelter like this" "And survived for 4 daysNbefore being rescued" "I will use my parachute pra quilt" "You lose 75% of the heat of yourNbody through the soil" "Use what you have to hand it" "A backpack or some kind ofNclothes that you may have" "Another vital thing is water" "I will dehydrate fast hereNbecause the air is very dry" "I need to drink at leastN2nd Lts. day" "If you can be goodNalways boil it" "But I have fire" "Then I'll put a littleNsnow in my canteen" "I'll put next to my bodyNand melt while I sleep" "Are already ... two in the morning ... e. .." "... I fell asleep more or less thereNat 9:00 pm" "But I woke up an hour agoNcompletely frozen" "And part of that roof is startingNto give up" "It seems that I did not do right" "And I'm trying desperatelyNkeep the fingers and toes moving" "And it seems that this will beNone of those   really long nights!" "I hope this shelter to protect meNtough night of the Alps" "Because tomorrow I'll needNall my strength" "Nlooking for an exit" "I made a shelter in the snowNovernight" "And to survive a snowstorm" "Morning." "Was more or lessN30 centimeters of snow" "This was the worst night's sleepNmy life" "In fact I even slept" "It was really a horrible night!" "many miles around me or breakfast" "And I'm already hungry" "And I'll say" "This must be one of the worst placesNthe world to find food" "There are no animals running around very sterile!" "The only geito is to keep walking" "With the snow that fell INI stray" "And the best way to get my bearings" "You climb this peak" "The tree line is down" "And in the forest for berriesNand animals to eat" "But to get there I'll haveNto cross a frozen lake" "People die in lakesNlike this every year" "I'll show you how to surviveNa deadly fall as these" "First.NPra ensure my survival" "I made a fire" "Then I go to the ice" "Every time I'm walking onNa frozen lake like this" "I wonder what would happenNif the ice broke under my feet" "And across a frozen lake" "It is a life-threatening very large" "Recently a man from BostonN28 years" "Was dragged away by an avalancheNand fell into the icy water" "He was caught in the avalanche and wasNtrapped under a layer of 45 cm of ice" "In a lake like this" "The only geito to show how out of itNis to make myself really" "And if you can see here as wellNbehind me" "We have an area with transparent ice" "And I think it will be so fragileNwhen I step there" "That of course I willNstraight through ice" "But it is always an ideaNreally awful" "Enter a frozen lake" "Consciously!" "And I know that as soon as INwater is" "Your whole world seems be upside down!" "Come on!" "Ok!" "The first thing into try" "You regain control againstNthe sense of shock" "And geito to do this is try to control my breathing" "And keep calm" "But this is easy but said than done!" "But the three biggest dangersNthis water" "The first is what they callN'goss reflex'" "What happens when youNgasp with shock" "Then you breathe water toNthe lungs and drowns" "The second danger" "It is the failureNonly with the shock in the water" "And the third most dangerous and is what killsNmost people is that great feeling of cold makes your movements slower takes all his strength andNcordena?" "o" "And you are powerless to get out of the water" "And I already feel the temperatureNmy body is falling down" "And my legs are getting numbNIt's time to get out of here" "And last." "I have to remember" "Is out of the sameNway I came is where I came" "Come" "Keep your center of gravityNlow so as not to break the ice" "And when I'm at a safe distance" "I will get up and get thoseNwetsuits" "I will lose heat about 25 timesNfaster than when it was dry" "And this is now my greatest risk" "I'm going to a place safe for me to dry" "I got back to the lake" "But I'm getting very cold now" "And I had a fire here before" "What did I do with a little woodNI found it but deleted" "And that is not good" "I have to get those clothes" "This is so hard because my fingersNare completely dormant now I have to dry" "And it's obvious that I did not bring any towel" "So what I can do is and thisNmay seem crazy" "But it is a good geito to absorbNa little moisture my body" "Try doing some push-ups" "I have to try to turn thisNfire now" "I can not believeNthis deleted" "Fire!" "Ok!" "Now that I have a fire" "I'll leave those clothes dry" "And back to move forward" "But certainly I'm feelingNa little human again" "For every 300 meters thatNI deco temperature risesNabout 2 ?" "C" "Then I got" "I reached my first andNimportant March" "I came to the tree line" "I hope to find food and shelter here" "And my way out of here" "But it will test myNknowledge of survival" "The limit!" "I put myself in the same situationNa lost tourist in the French Alps" "To show you howNsurvive and escape" "I got it down to the lineNtrees" "Look at that!" "I found aNnest here" "Although you can not eat these because they containNvery acid" "If you pick up the larvae that areNin eggs" "They are very nutritiousNOptimal and as bait" "But I think it shouldNbe very sedo in season" "To get the eggs" "But there is a very good trickNseparate ants for the larvae" "And what you have to do is and I haveNbut one can use my jacket" "Make a kind of bowlNwith a little shade it" "And when I open" "Open and take a look inside" "I can see you have some eggs" "But there's no egg" "Just billions and billions of antsNfull of formic acid" "But no eggs!" "But what I have done wasNants play here" "Then the ants triedNprotect the larvae and they would take the eggs and wouldNfor shadow separate from the ants and eat them" "But not this time" "And this is the essence of survival" "God it stinks!" "NAnd you lose some." "But you have toNkeep trying" "You must take allNopportunity to eat" "This simple spruce rootNnot seem very" "But they have the texture of celeryNcalories and have vital" "I also found someNshoots in other pine" "Also there is not much energy in them" "A handful will give me as many caloriesNas a piece of chocolate" "But if nothing else" "They will give me something to peckNas I walk" "Nbig trouble!" "Throat huge!" "NWith some 30 feet deep" "Find one way to HovbyNshould I take hours" "But there's one way to cross" "An old rope bridge local" "I followed by the neckNdistance" "Trying to find the bestNways I" "Go through and getNto the valley" "So I approachedNthe edge and saw these two lines" "Nbecause it is rare to see straight lines in nature" "I'll have to decide whetherNworth the risk" "Just a slip.NAnd it can be fatal!" "They seem to be very old" "But there seem to be very strong" "And with some of my ropes" "I pass over them" "And also use pieces of my parachuteNpra lessen the friction in my hands" "There is no reason for me to notNtry to shorten my path and cross" "This should hold me" "I will use what climbers callNlane Tyrolean" "Where do you pull throughNkeeping on top of the strings" "But it is not so easy" "In the end I'm on solid ground!" "But now I have to continue" "But the problem is that the timeNis against me" "Not far" "And I came across a total devastation" "I was walking through the forestNand suddenly 'm in a clearing huge!" "And that is why" "This whole area of forest wasNsimply overwhelmed by an avalanche" "And that was one of the mostNimpressive I've ever seen!" "The power of natureNbreaking down and tearing the bark those trees.NAnd doing it in pieces!" "And just under that avalancheNkill everything in its path" "This forest must have destroyed theNforest about two weeks ago" "And it may have moved to aN240 Km / h" "Hundred thousand tons of snow breaking branches asNif they were twigs" "Snowboarders and ski causedNa record number of avalanches that year" "You can see as I walk around.NThis was pine and the land is above the snow.NThe avalanche acted as concrete leaving all these trees.NLook at that!" "She smashed the!" "And basically it!" "It was all that remained of aNentire pine forest!" "Incredible!" "But the flood has given me the chanceNto find something to eat" "And you do not need to be a crawlerNprofessional animal" "To know that something has something dead around here." "Only the stench knows for sureNhas a dead animal around here" "Look!" "Let me move itNfor you to see" "Seems to be a dead chamois here" "And obviously that was caught in the middle of the avalanche" "Along with all other animalsNthat had holes in trees" "And this is just another one who was killed" "And you can see here the gutsNand are rotting" "But below that there are someNlarvae feeding on the flesh" "And though I can not eatNthat meat" "These larvae are a greatNprotein source" "They are a good source of energyNbecause it contains many calories" "And geito of eating that is spitting head because thisNis the disgusting part" "Actually the whole larvaNis a very gross" "Then you eat only the body and others to eat" "Now I can use my worms as bait" "To try to get something moreNsubstantial to eat" "The only question is:" "NWhat to do with them?" "I am abandoned inNAlpes" "Looking for a way" "I found some larvae that I canNuse as bait to find some food" "Now what I'm looking forNis a frozen lake" "Ncan also be fish!" "But I have a new problem" "The weather!" "The climate is definitely changingNfor the worse now" "The wind increased and isNstarting to snow" "And that makes it very difficult locomotionNand visibility" "But I have a chance tooNgood to get something to eat" "And in the first two days INpassed with very little to eat" "But now I have to eatNevery day if I can" "I'm certainly onNa frozen lake" "And you can tell that by diggingNrather just" "You will see a little moreNbelow you will reach water" "And probably only have this iceN8 or 10 inches thick" "And I have to be very careful here" "But with a little effortNI'll dig a decent hole here" "Through the snow meltedNand then the ice" "And the idea is to hang a line" "With some hooks that I made with parts ofNmy parachute" "And try to catch some fish" "That's the plan!" "Sure." "I have a holeNgood size here" "That goes to the water" "And what am I gonna do now" "And use that rock as a counter-weight" "And I did a little line withNthe rigging of the parachute" "And I set along the line some hooksNI did with the wires of my parachute" "And I will put these larvaeNthe hooks" "And I hope that these troutNare very curious" "After a very long winter" "And the idea of putting hooks along the line" "You catch the fish in differentNlake levels" "Mas todas essas coisas s?" "o improvisadas" "But the essence of survival isNkeep trying and trying everything you think." "And that will helpNto find food." "The last thing I have to do isNuse these branches" "And they clutter up the hole" "And the idea is that these avoid branchNthe hole freezes" "Why is it that mostNpeople make mistakes" "They have all the workNto the line and hooks" "Crossing the ice and getNcatch the fish." "But it's time to pull it" "The hole froze!" "I can not wait here and seeNif a fish bites the bait" "In situations of survival does not dependNonly one source of food" "It seems I'm lucky!" "I noticed a pair of eaglesNcircling above me very beautiful!" "But I'll say." "They areNcirculating just to have fun" "They are looking for food" "And I'm sure they areNafter the owner of these tracks" "I just find them and INI think they are footprints of fox" "Can you see the footprint and the brand of claws" "The Eagles are after dinner.NBut they are not as hungry as me!" "I want to come before them andNif I can follow it" "I can get this fox" "I follow the trail of the fox" "And finally meeting" "I hope sheNhunting rabbits" "If she picks a" "My plan is to leave it to hunt a rabbit" "And then take the rabbit to me" "She heard me!" "There will be no rabbitNfor dinner today" "Time to go back to the lakeNAnd see if I got something" "Take this" "I think!" "Yes I think I got one!" "Thank God!" "I caught aNdown here!" "And he's still moving a little" "Of course he is without oxygenNafter I took the water" "But there's no way to make aNfire to cook it here" "But this is good for troutNeat raw" "Just put my fingers hereNgills" "And if I bite and here I goNbreak the back and she will die" "But this will give me the energy thatNI need for today" "In order food!" "Belly full" "I do not want to be for longNfind shelter" "I'm going toNthat mountain" "I'll find one thereNluga could spend the night" "This was really aNlong day" "And I'm very tired" "But it's so hard to find anyNtype of shelter in this valley" "It is so sterile and this will be the bestNI'll be able to find" "This small cave and it seems yes it looks pretty cool" "But at least I will shelter from the wind and bad weather outside" "And honestly." "This is not exactly the placeNI want to be now" "The place I want to be is:" "NOut of that mountain!" "But tomorrow I will face aNwhole new challenge" "I'm in the French AlpsNtrying to find a way out" "I've decided several hundred meters" "I am among the treesNthe lower slopes" "And the forest is difficult to knowNthe direction to follow" "It's my first view of the valley" "And he is simply covered byNthe dense forest" "And I'm asking God toNstop raining" "Because it is so terrible!" "There is only one thing to do" "Up above the trees" "Nothing around" "I need to go down" "In an attempt to find a wayNfor a village or settlement" "But as I decoNis hotter" "And the snow is softer" "Soon it will be almost impossible to walk" "There is a hint of survival that willNjourney much easier" "I'll try to make my ownNpants for snow" "I have these shoots hereNI cut" "And if I get one of these I willNpower flex like that" "I want to do without breaking" "Work perfectly" "As a racket" "I'll take it away" "I already have the structure now" "And I'm going to need twoNsleepers here" "And then make an interlaced withNthe lines of my parachute here" "And then hold my boot it" "And then I'll be ready to follow.NAnd it will make a huge difference" "Not a great job" "I cut and is bleeding" "But going to work" "These rackets will disperse the weight of myNbody in a larger area of snow" "Giving me a greater chance ofNget over it" "And do not sink" "This racket is Quese ready.NI have done part of the interlaced" "And I reinforced around withNanother branch" "And now I just have toNmeasure here" "To know where my leg will be" "One here and anotherNback here" "I mark" "Skip the line here" "I hold my boot" "And then I'll be ready" "Or at least I hope" "And that will walk in the snowNmuch easier for me" "Now let's try" "I'm such a shoeNa 4 or 5 hours" "And though it is tiring" "It's certainly less tiring thanNwalk through snow up to the thigh as before" "They keep me on the surface of the snow" "Nand I've tried this a few times" "I'll sink right back" "So they are really a blessing" "I walked for a few minutes moreNand then my luck changed rapido!" "NBring a camera!" "Look!" "If you look there.NCan you see the other side of the valley?" "Try to frame." "They are doing cross country skiers" "Slowly making the climbNthat face" "And that was the gap that weNwere waiting" "I have not seen anyone in the last days" "And this is our chance" "And I bet my last pennyNthey go to a place civilized tonight" "And we just need to cross that last valleyNand follow those trails" "I bet they took usNhome and security" "And that" "It was an exhaustive journey" "Cold and wet and lonely" "But if I learned something here was:" "These mountains may look beautifulNand are a perfect place for holiday" "But they can also be traissoeirasNAnd they require the utmost respect" "Translation and subtitles:" "NRicpat51" "Bear Grylls is the caaaara!" "But Jesus Christ is the Lord!"