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00:00I am Bear Grylls. I will search for the most difficult challenges and the most dangerous ones ever, in the most dangerous places on earth,
00:19where the skill of survival determines the difference between life and death.
00:25I am now in Panama, Central America. I will dive in the mangrove forests and swamps, which are considered one of the most dangerous places in the world.
00:33They are full of creatures and dead plants, and I will show you how to get out of them alive.
00:39You will face the worst of your fears.
00:46You will give up your arrogance.
00:50And you will push yourself to the limits of endurance.
00:55I can't stand it anymore. My hands are burning.
00:58And you do everything you can to survive.
01:01I don't like this place. I want to get out of here now.
01:25I am in Panama, Central America. I will dive on the road of the legendary Camino Royal.
01:32The road is 50 miles long, and it is the only way through the dangerous forests of Panama.
01:38The Spaniards carved this historical road to transport many treasures of gold and jewels, from the Hadean to the Caribbean.
01:47This road is more than 400 years old.
01:51And the road is changing at a great speed for those who are committed to the journey.
01:56And if you get lost here, it is unlikely that you will return in one piece.
02:01I will follow this legendary road to find out how difficult it is, and I will teach you how to get out of it alive.
02:10I brought some basic survival tools, and the photography team will come with me.
02:16Let's go.
02:20All right, let's go.
02:29I will see the tour on the Caribbean coast at the end of my trip.
02:40It is the rainy season in Panama.
02:42Rain comes without warning, turning the land of the forest into a brown swamp.
02:47And this storm does not make me better.
02:52It seems as if the road is cut and covered with plants.
02:56There is nothing but a sea-sweeping stream rolling through the forest.
03:00Anyone who tries to pass from here will have to fight with his own hands.
03:05It is said that the Spaniards, when they got lost here,
03:09they resorted to the plants and insects of the forest to stay alive.
03:13And if you get lost here, you have to do the same thing.
03:17It is running away.
03:19I will stop it.
03:21I grabbed it.
03:23Look at this insect.
03:25It is a long-legged beetle.
03:27It is a long-legged beetle.
03:29And if I hold it from here, like this, at the bottom,
03:35look and watch how it sticks to my fingers.
03:38Get away from me, beetle.
03:40These insects are good for eating.
03:43Look at those beetles.
03:47They are very strong.
03:49They can scratch a tree.
03:52I will put my knife here.
03:54Look how it sticks to it.
03:55Amazing.
03:57I will eat it.
03:59But I don't want to eat its head.
04:01So I will cut it.
04:06And the rest of the body
04:08and the legs that are still moving
04:11are good for eating.
04:14I can't.
04:16I will remove its legs too.
04:26I can't eat it.
04:34It is still biting my tongue.
04:42It tastes like a big parasite that has been hunted for weeks.
04:46It is like a shell.
04:48And it is eating us.
04:50It is not a meal that makes you hungry.
04:52But it is a useful protein.
04:53So I need all my strength to withstand this hell.
04:57Because everything wants to escape from you.
05:05Are you okay?
05:07In this forest, even a plant can be a killer.
05:11You should not get close.
05:13This tree has a lot of thorns.
05:15It is called the black palm.
05:17I have another name for it.
05:19The fallen tree.
05:21Watch out for it.
05:23The tree will cut your hands.
05:25And the water that drips from it is a deadly mixture of bacteria.
05:28The wounds here become frequent for hours.
05:33But not everything is your enemy.
05:36This plant here can help.
05:39It is called ombre grande.
05:41Which means the big man or the strong man.
05:44In fact, this is what the indigenous tribes use.
05:47They cut this special part of the leaf.
05:49The narrow leaf that you see along the leg
05:52They cut it.
05:54Then they chew it.
05:56And what it does is that it reduces the accumulation of milk acid in your muscles.
06:00It means that you become more resilient and fast.
06:03And this is what I need now.
06:05The local population believes that it can treat diarrhea and malaria.
06:09And each of them is a big problem here.
06:12Its taste is very bitter.
06:15But all the plants in the world will not help you if you go astray.
06:19The road can disappear without warning.
06:22And leave you lost and homeless without a way out.
06:25Look where I got.
06:27This is the reason that makes the movement here very difficult.
06:31It is a winding maze with no end to it of roads heading in different directions.
06:36And choosing the road you are walking on is a matter of luck.
06:41Wherever I go, I realize that luck is not on our side.
06:44The road is simply slippery.
06:47Wow, look at this.
06:49I think these are some of the Spanish caves.
07:05I am in the Panamanian forest looking for my way to the old Camino Royal.
07:10But it is very difficult to find the way.
07:12It is full of plants.
07:14The forest has regained its legitimate area.
07:19No, this is not the right direction.
07:22Go back, go back.
07:27This is like a maze of cut-off tracks.
07:30It is very easy to disappear and get lost forever.
07:38Here we go.
07:39Here we go, here we go.
07:41It is kind of hard to walk in a straight line.
07:44This gives you an idea of the difficulties that the early Spanish explorers found
07:49while they were trying to find their way.
07:58Look at this plant.
08:01This is called Ortega.
08:03And you can recognize it if you take a closer look.
08:07You will see that it has sharp thorns.
08:10And if you look at the plant itself, you will see that it is very sharp.
08:15And the legend says that the slaves who were driving carriages to transport gold
08:20were reaching the full rejuvenation stage and could no longer follow.
08:25They were hitting their feet with these thorns to make them red.
08:30And I will do this where there are thorns, hoping to make them red.
08:34Good.
08:38In fact, I feel a sudden heat.
08:41It is as if I am painting it with a large amount of muscle pain balm.
08:46This may benefit my feet, but it will not help me to know my way.
08:51So you must have a plan.
08:54Wait.
08:57Come here.
08:59Come here.
09:01Come here.
09:03Come here.
09:05Come here.
09:07The rivers may be the key to salvation.
09:10Spanish caravans used to follow them until the forest became accessible.
09:16I will try to do the same thing.
09:20It is very dangerous. Let's keep moving.
09:24I must find a way to get down there.
09:28Wow! Look at this!
09:31I think it is one of the old Spanish pits.
09:36I will try to take a look here.
09:39Do you see the distance?
09:42This may be a way to get back on the road.
09:45Awesome!
09:47For thousands of years, the rainwater has dug large caves in the limestone rocks.
09:52The passage was as if it did not exist.
09:55The Panamanian Indians were afraid of the pits of the limestone rocks
09:59because they believed that there were mythical creatures living in the pits.
10:03There is another one down there.
10:06Do you see it?
10:08It looks like a giant power dug in the rock.
10:12And then down there is a ledge that leads to the river.
10:16Let's see how far it is.
10:18Many treasure hunters have fallen.
10:20Many treasure hunters have fallen and died in such pits.
10:24Wow!
10:26This is much further than I thought.
10:29I think the distance is 50 feet.
10:32But I think if I find a climbing plant here,
10:36I might be able to get down to that ledge and then to the river.
10:40Okay, let's try.
10:42Any wind can fall and be an easy victim of the limestone pits.
10:46But if you behave well,
10:48it can be a shortcut to get down to the river and get back on the road.
10:56The good thing about this forest is that it is full of climbing plants.
11:01I will look for a strong plant to use when I go down to the river.
11:05This is a good plant.
11:07It is long and thin, but it is also wood.
11:10It is really strong.
11:12I will tie it now to this tree.
11:16I think this will be better.
11:19Look, there is a small opening.
11:21If they saw what is behind these rocks,
11:23I can pass this plant behind it.
11:26Are there any insects?
11:28No.
11:33Okay, try it.
11:35This is good and strong.
11:37Okay.
11:39I will drop the second plant on that ledge.
11:42Maybe I need it too.
11:46Okay.
11:52Then...
11:57I cut my way down.
12:00It's a tough moment, but I have to try.
12:03Oh!
12:09Oh!
12:15This plant is very slippery.
12:17I try to keep my grip on it.
12:19Any wrong move could mean the end of the game.
12:25Oh!
12:27While I hide in this darkness,
12:29my feet are looking for a place to rest.
12:32Oh!
12:36I came down to the ledge.
12:38I can see the distance if I fall from here.
12:42Look if you can cut your way,
12:45but be careful because it is slippery.
12:48Oh!
12:50The descent was good.
12:52You can see where we are now.
12:54Here is the ledge.
12:56Look how long it is.
12:58Look at this.
13:00Oh!
13:03But we have to go down there.
13:06Look at the shape of this rock.
13:08It's amazing.
13:10Look at the top.
13:12Do you see those green spots?
13:14Those are all copper salts.
13:16And what we see here is made of it.
13:18A pillar.
13:20I can connect this plant to it.
13:22The fact is that all this happened
13:24because the metal leaked through the rocks
13:26and formed this pillar.
13:27I think I can take the plant
13:29and pass it behind the pillar.
13:31I am trying to do that.
13:33It must be stable
13:35in a good way.
13:37There are pieces of limestone
13:39everywhere.
13:41It seems to me that this whole place
13:43will collapse around me.
13:45I am not excited about the next part.
13:47After climbing the plant,
13:49there is no way back at all.
13:51One wrong move
13:53may cause you to fall and break your bones.
13:55If I knew the depth,
13:57we might have been able to catch it from here.
13:59But that might have been
14:01two feet deep.
14:03There is no way to know.
14:05It's getting more and more difficult.
14:07I feel as if my shoulders and arms are screaming.
14:10All this is connected to the power of the arms.
14:13I try to take the plant
14:15and it is not possible.
14:17I'm not controlling it.
14:19It is very unstable.
14:21Now he's in shock.
14:23He can't see anything.
14:25I feel my arms.
14:27My legs.
14:29My feet.
14:31I can't see anything.
14:33I'm in a daze.
14:34I'm trying to hold my feet as well.
14:37What you have to do is to raise your feet to the top of the plant.
14:42What I'm trying to do is to hold my feet.
14:45And the technique is to raise your feet under the climbing plant,
14:48and the other foot will be above it.
14:50And this will give you a little bit of a pull.
14:54But this method is designed for ropes, not for climbing plants.
14:59Let's go.
15:01Whoa!
15:03Did you hear that?
15:05That's not good.
15:10We have to get down before it's cut.
15:16It's better if there are no traps in this water.
15:25I really thought this plant would be cut more than once.
15:30Look, look at this place.
15:40I went into the pit, but the problem didn't end there.
15:43This cave is very large.
15:45Millions of tons of water have been dug in the old rocks.
15:51I'll take advantage of the light of day and head for the bottom of the river.
15:55But I'm not out of danger yet.
16:01You can see the level at which the water will rise when it rains heavily.
16:06Look at those thorns.
16:08They stretch down.
16:10But at the top, they're still thick and thick.
16:14Can you imagine this place with all that amount of water here?
16:18It's going to be like a deadly flood.
16:20The sudden flood here can pull you without warning,
16:24and drag you on these walls like a horse.
16:27No one can escape these floods.
16:29It's like a small tsunami.
16:31It can rise from 6 feet to 20 feet in just half an hour.
16:35The darkness is getting worse.
16:38You have to walk steadily in this part.
16:41I have to be careful with every step in this darkness.
16:45The river is full of rocks and sediments.
16:48Once at the depth of a foot,
16:50then it suddenly rises to my chest.
16:53This is a terrifying nightmare.
16:56Turn on the night vision.
17:12There is a strange noise coming from the front.
17:15I feel something moving and clearing my face.
17:18But I'm blinded by the darkness.
17:21I don't like this at all.
17:23Let me take a look.
17:25Let me see.
17:27What is this sound?
17:29Wow! A cockroach!
17:31That's the reason for the noise.
17:34I hate cockroaches.
17:36These caves are the home of the blood cockroach.
17:39It carries a deadly virus.
17:42This could mean a big problem.
17:48Are you all right?
17:50Keep your heads covered from those cockroaches.
17:53And be careful.
17:55Because they bite.
17:57Cockroaches live by sucking blood.
18:00But the worst thing is that it carries the virus of the dog.
18:03It's a deadly virus that leads to a painful death.
18:06Cockroaches are not the only danger in the depths of the ravine.
18:10It's clear that there's a waterfall ahead.
18:14Let's get out of here.
18:16There's a waterfall coming from the top of the forest
18:19right through these rocks.
18:21The water flows from every corner of the cave.
18:24And in a matter of minutes,
18:26this cave could be filled with water and you'd drown.
18:29I have to keep moving.
18:31All right, let's get out of here.
18:33I hate cockroaches.
18:37You can't see further than your nose or what's under your nose.
18:41All these rocks are under the water.
18:44And they stop the movement.
18:46It's hard to move here.
18:49The force of the water could completely break the waterfall.
18:53But tracking the current is all I have to guide me.
18:59Finally, I feel that the water is getting more and more murky.
19:02And there's a bright light ahead.
19:11It's beautiful to get out of there and see again.
19:14I'm going to check my head if there's a bruise.
19:17It's more like a blood clot.
19:20And when it's a bruise,
19:22it's biting an anti-inflammatory substance.
19:25And that means we're bleeding non-stop.
19:28And I know someone in Panama
19:30who's been bitten by a cockroach
19:32and he's bleeding non-stop.
19:34And I know someone in Panama
19:36who's been bitten by a cockroach
19:38and he's bleeding non-stop.
19:40And I know someone in Panama
19:42who's been bitten by a cockroach
19:44and he's bleeding non-stop.
19:46And when he wakes up in the morning,
19:48his head is bleeding non-stop.
19:50And he's been bitten by a cockroach
19:52and he's bleeding non-stop.
19:55It's very comfortable to get out of that dark, dark place.
19:59I know now why it's formed.
20:01The holes in the rocks are a material for legends and horror.
20:04It's important to me to get back to the road
20:07and go straight to the Caribbean coast.
20:18The river is a good place to look for food and rest,
20:22before continuing the journey.
20:24After the horror trip through the Afatilk hole,
20:27I need to replenish my lost energy,
20:29but avoid eating anything from the running water,
20:32as it may be polluted.
20:38Look, halosan,
20:40and this is not enough,
20:42but they are clean,
20:44and good for eating.
20:46The rocks eat it,
20:48it's just the salt of the sea,
20:50and it's good for eating.
20:52I just want to get to the hole.
21:01I take it out.
21:07It's cold.
21:19It tastes like a cold cough.
21:25After a strange and strange meal,
21:27it's time for the dessert of the forest.
21:30Yes, look, this is agria,
21:32and when you live and eat in the forest,
21:35it will be a very useful plant,
21:37and the tribes here use it,
21:39they drain it from the outer part of the feeling,
21:42until the bud appears,
21:44and when you eat it,
21:46it helps you a lot in cleaning your stomach
21:49from any toxins.
21:51I will eat a little of it,
21:53and I will not eat more.
21:56Its taste is not bad,
21:58it's just clean,
22:00and it's good for some things,
22:02but it's really good for the stomach.
22:08After the creatures I ate here,
22:10this is exactly what I need.
22:12It's good for the blood,
22:14and it also cleanses the liver.
22:18It's almost like a place
22:20in the desert,
22:23almost like a stream of rivers
22:25and forests that cannot be penetrated.
22:28Following the flow of the river
22:30means that you do not have to fight the forest,
22:33but sooner or later,
22:35something will stand in your way,
22:37one of these.
22:39It will not be easy to get down,
22:41because the place is very dangerous.
22:47All these lines you see
22:49are vertical on both sides,
22:51and these rocks are also slippery.
22:55Indeed, it is very slippery,
22:57because it is covered with moss
22:59and sticky oil.
23:01There is only one way out.
23:22I am in Panama,
23:24looking for the way to the legendary
23:26Camino Royal,
23:28but I faced a waterfall
23:3080 feet high,
23:32and the only way out is the descent.
23:40Maybe my best choice
23:42is to use some of these
23:44climbing plants.
23:46Look, they go out of the valley
23:48and here too,
23:50and they go down with the waterfall
23:52and reach the water.
23:55Tell me to climb to the top
23:57any day, because I love it,
23:59but don't tell me to go down,
24:01because it is much more dangerous.
24:03This climbing plant reaches the bottom
24:05through the flowing water.
24:09It must be strong.
24:13Well, let's try it now.
24:21I must be very careful
24:23when I go down,
24:25and the first steps are decisive.
24:27If I slip,
24:29it will drop me
24:31from the climbing plant
24:33towards the rocks below.
24:36The waterfall is very strong
24:38because of the water of the mountains.
24:40It is a steep descent.
24:42I started going down now,
24:44and there is no time to return.
24:51The water in this waterfall
24:53is much stronger
24:55than I thought.
24:58The strong current
25:00is trying to drop me
25:02from the climbing plant.
25:04This is like being hit
25:06by a huge water cannon.
25:10I'm exhausted.
25:13I'm tired,
25:15and my muscles are starting
25:17to fray,
25:19but I have no choice.
25:21I have to hold on
25:23to save my life.
25:27If you lose your nerves,
25:29you will fall on those rocks
25:31like a cloth doll.
25:39Time is running out,
25:41and the climbing plant is running out.
25:44Oh, my God!
25:50Plants!
25:52Can you see where it ends?
25:55It's down there.
25:57I thought it would reach the end.
26:07If I could get the plant
26:09to that edge,
26:11I would be able to cut
26:13the path around the waterfall.
26:15But these muddy rocks
26:17are very deep.
26:19I'm stuck in the bottom.
26:46In situations like this,
26:48the body speeds up,
26:50and this speeds up
26:52the energy.
26:56When you come across
26:58a dead tree like this,
27:00it's always a good place
27:02to look around
27:04to see what's inside.
27:07This kind of pollinated plant
27:09is a land of fertilizers,
27:11the most dangerous in Panama.
27:13One branch will make your meat
27:15pollinate like a corpse.
27:17It's responsible for more deaths
27:19than any other American plant.
27:21But what I'm looking for
27:23is the root of the pollinator.
27:25And there it is again.
27:27It feeds on the pollinated wood.
27:47It's terrible.
27:51I ate some of the bad insects today.
27:53Although it tasted bad,
27:55it gave me
27:57some of the necessary energy.
28:08This might be the way.
28:18This is one of the most
28:20extensive parts of the road so far.
28:22It's a resting place
28:24surrounded by roads
28:26and a river of closed endings.
28:28This is a good sign
28:30that the end of the Camino Royal
28:32road is near.
28:34I've reached the port of Portobello,
28:36which is completely destroyed
28:38by the Caribbean Sea.
28:43How beautiful it is!
28:48It's amazing to think
28:50that 70% of the gold
28:52that left South America
28:54passed through this port.
28:56But when they left
28:58these beaches towards Spain,
29:00those beaches fell
29:02under the mercy
29:04of the Caribbean pirates.
29:14I'm safe and ready
29:16for the next challenge.
29:19I escaped through the Camino Royal.
29:21The next challenge
29:23is on the coast of the Pacific Ocean
29:25in the mangrove swamp
29:27that extends along the coastline.
29:29It's a difficult and tough place.
29:31Some of the American forces
29:33have already lost.
29:35Look at this place.
29:37It's a pile of rocks
29:39that come out of the water.
29:41There's no doubt
29:43that this is one of the toughest
29:45places on earth.
29:47The mangrove is more than
29:49600 square miles long.
29:51It's a habitat for more than
29:53one person.
29:55It's the last place
29:57a person wants to be.
29:59But I'll show you
30:01how to get out of it alive.
30:03It's impossible to get down
30:05from there.
30:07It's very deep.
30:09But the plane will take me
30:11to the sea and I'll swim from there.
30:13It's impossible for a human
30:15to swim in this water.
30:17I'm going to swim
30:19from a height of 50 feet
30:21to the sea.
30:23Jumping from here
30:25to the water
30:27is like jumping on cement.
30:29I have to remain
30:31straight like an arrow.
30:33If I don't,
30:35the force of the fall
30:37can break my bones
30:39like dry bones.
30:43I don't want to stay here,
30:45otherwise I'll be a
30:47food for the sharks.
30:49I want to get to the beach
30:51quickly.
30:57I want to
30:59just swim.
31:01I want to swim
31:03and I want to swim
31:05and I want to swim
31:07and I want to swim
31:09and I want to swim
31:11and I want to swim
31:13and I want to swim
31:15to the beach.
31:19But how
31:21can I get through that thing?
31:23Look at it.
31:25It's just
31:27a huge amount
31:29full of roots.
31:33I'll take my last breath
31:35from the wind
31:37because the water will
31:39This place has a bad smell.
31:41The smell of rotten pollinated plants in salt water
31:44is like the smell of rotten eggs.
31:46It will be a difficult task to cross the place.
31:49Be careful with your hands.
31:51This is a branch like a horn.
31:53Look at these sea shells on these branches.
31:56You can see how high the tide is coming.
31:59Be careful with your hands.
32:01The tide may speed up here to rise to 20 degrees.
32:06The tide may speed up here to rise to 20 degrees in two hours.
32:11I must enter the dry land to get to safety quickly.
32:14The distance to the beach may be only two miles,
32:17but it seems very far.
32:20All this is like a drowning whale under the feet.
32:25It pulls you inside with every step.
32:31Every step in the mangrove is a dangerous adventure.
32:34Crocodiles love this deep material water.
32:37They use it to dig their safe burrows.
32:40The thing that worries me most about this water is the crocodiles.
32:45This mangrove is home to the crocodiles of the American salt water.
32:49It can grow up to 20 feet.
32:54The crocodiles of the American salt water are as strong as 2,000 pounds.
32:58This is like a lift truck coming down on your chest.
33:01If it pulls you under the water, you are ready to die.
33:05Only this year, three fishermen were on the edge of the mangrove.
33:10Then a crocodile attacked them and took one of them,
33:14and they didn't see him again.
33:17The resistance of the high tide and the threat of crocodiles,
33:20and this solid wall of mangrove roots,
33:23makes me afraid that I came here for a real test of physical and mental strength.
33:31They say if you run a kilometer in 12 hours here, it's a good achievement.
33:38To this extent, the movement in this place is slow.
33:42Try to get out.
33:45The heat and humidity here are never enough,
33:48and my lungs are full of the smell of the swamp.
33:51This place causes fear and terror.
33:54The mangrove takes you by surprise.
33:57It is very difficult to see from here.
34:00The vision is only 20 feet.
34:03If you look in that direction, the vision will not be more than 20 feet.
34:08Then everything mixes.
34:12But the hard way through this network of roots is a tiring job.
34:18In 1989, a group of the American Navy
34:23landed in the mangrove during the Panama invasion.
34:26The only way out was for the locals to take them to a safe place.
34:32This is terrible.
34:37Are you okay?
34:42Are you okay?
34:44Be careful where you put your feet.
34:47All these branches hang under the water,
34:50and it is very easy for the beetle to get stuck in it.
34:54Although I am surrounded by water, its soup will be deadly.
34:58One pint of it is full of 10,000 different amphibians.
35:04I just want to get out of this place.
35:07I don't like this at all.
35:11This mangrove makes me feel tight.
35:15Wait, wait.
35:22I don't like this.
35:24Let's follow and get out.
35:31I will climb this.
35:34The beetle can climb 20 feet in just two hours.
35:38So you have to climb as high and as fast as you can,
35:41but there is no easy way.
35:55Make sure you hold on to these branches with both hands.
36:01If you stand on a branch like this,
36:04it will break and you will fall.
36:08It is a battle that consumes every ounce of strength.
36:11My clothes are wet.
36:13The weather is hot and humid, and the smell is very bad.
36:17Well, we have to hurry a little,
36:19so we can see these waves coming now.
36:23I have to move quickly.
36:25If I don't, the substance will swallow me.
36:30You have to keep calm.
36:32Don't panic, just keep moving forward.
36:50I can see above all this mangrove.
36:54I feel better.
36:57And I can see the dry road.
37:01Okay, we'll follow.
37:04As long as I am at the top, I am far from the swallows.
37:10But it is impossible for me to stay out of the water for a long time.
37:18The closer I get to the dry land,
37:20the more the water becomes shallow and pulls me down.
37:28I am covered to the brim with this net whale.
37:32Look, I will try to ...
37:36Look at all this.
37:38This means that every time I stand in it,
37:42a step pulls me to it.
37:45You feel in every step that you are stuck in the cement.
37:49But if I can stretch my foot and get it out,
37:52this will stop the whale pulling me.
37:55This is a difficult step.
37:57The other problem here is the sand whales.
38:03I will take some of this whale if I can get to it.
38:09Then I use it and put it everywhere.
38:15It may prevent the sand whale from biting.
38:20This is good.
38:23Sand whales can infect you with leishmania,
38:26which is a contagious disease that eats meat and is painful.
38:29It eats the soft tissue of the nose, mouth and edges.
38:33But the treatment is as bad.
38:36I knew a person before who was infected with this disease
38:40and started eating his meat.
38:43Then to be treated, he took 50 painful pills.
38:50He said that when he reached 40,
38:53he wanted to kill himself.
38:56I don't want to get this disease.
39:00The Mangrove
39:18I am in the mangrove swamp in Panama,
39:21where I am rushing to get the next material and roots that cannot be penetrated.
39:25The area is 20 feet wide,
39:28and I have to get to the dry place safely.
39:31The distance is almost two miles,
39:34but it is more difficult than I have faced before.
39:37There is something here that helps me,
39:40and the problem is how to find it,
39:43and the swimmers are not allowed.
39:46Here it is.
39:48It's a little bit of the black balsam.
39:54Look.
39:59The Mangrove Swamp
40:11Its taste is as you can imagine the taste of water here.
40:15It is bitter, salty and pleasant.
40:18Very pleasant.
40:21Let me put the knife back in its place.
40:28It's wonderful to get out of the water.
40:35Just two minutes of rest
40:38lifts my spirit in this hell.
40:43It's very nice to get out of that water and the pleasure.
40:53I'm trying to tie my clothes.
40:59One of the planes crashed in the Mangrove in the late 1960s.
41:04Then the plane tried to go out and fell into the water,
41:08but it was stuck, stuck in this swamp.
41:11The passengers saw that
41:14and heard a scream for three full days,
41:17and he was in pain.
41:20But he finally died there.
41:22But what the passengers did was right.
41:24They stayed still.
41:26This whale is a terrifying place.
41:29It's dying.
41:31Well, let's keep moving.
41:36We'll be back in the future.
41:42Things are starting to clear up a little now.
41:45And I can now see more than a few feet in front of me.
41:50Let's get out of here.
41:52After hours and hours of constant struggle,
41:55getting to this beach is a blessing.
42:02It was hard there.
42:04Hard.
42:08I'll try to hold on to this creature.
42:11It's an earthworm.
42:13Look at its huge beak.
42:15I'll get rid of it and kill it.
42:21And that's straight.
42:23Straight to the brain.
42:25It's still moving, but it's not alive.
42:28It's definitely not alive.
42:30These creatures are one of the best foods in Panama.
42:35Let's see what it tastes like.
42:38If I eat any raw meat,
42:40I'll die.
42:43If I eat any raw meat here,
42:45it's like a dangerous adventure.
42:47The mangrove is full of insects and bats,
42:50which means that you may get any disease,
42:53from measles to liver failure.
42:56Terrible taste.
43:03I think it feeds on all those things here.
43:10And this is no surprise.
43:12Good.
43:13Let it keep its food this time.
43:18But crossing the mangrove means that the land of safety is not far.
43:28If you follow the dry land,
43:30you'll find the road that runs along Panama.
43:33And this is the best way to get back home.
43:36I'll head north, away from the coast.
43:39And I'll be ready for the next challenge.
44:06To be continued...