- 2 days ago
In Patagonia (Season 2, Episode 4), Ed Stafford is dropped in the foothills of the Andes in Argentine Patagonia, where extremes are everywhere — biting cold at night, blazing sun in the day, and brutal weather changes. Lacking tools or consistent shelter, Ed must adapt: foraging for wild plants, catching trout, surviving exposure to intense sunlight, and withstanding freezing temperatures. Viewers are in for a dramatic tale of exposure, endurance, adaptation, and mental grit under ever-shifting conditions.
Thank you for supporting our channel
Ed Stafford, Ed Stafford S1E4, Ed Bares All, Survival reflections, 60 days survival, Lessons learned, Survival psychology, Ed Stafford interview, Extreme survival summary, Discovery Channel series, Marooned reflections, Island experiment, Survival insights, Mental resilience, Survival story, Ed Stafford conclusion
Thank you for supporting our channel
Ed Stafford, Ed Stafford Marooned, Marooned with Ed Stafford, Naked and Marooned, Ed Stafford full episodes, Discovery Channel survival, Extreme survival documentary, Survival challenge, Solo survival, 10 day survival, Bushcraft, Primitive survival, Real survival show, Ed Stafford documentary, Wilderness survival, Adventure documentary, Remote wilderness, Survival skills, Solo survival challenge, Nature survival, Outdoor adventure,
Ed Stafford Stranded, Olorua Island, Island survival, No tools survival, Deserted island challenge, Pacific island survival, Survival alone, Primitive survival skills, Shelter building, Give Me Shelter, Rainy season survival, Fijian island challenge, Primitive shelter techniques, Survival rain protection, Shelter construction, Fire making survival, Bushcraft shelter,
Swimming with Sharks, Raft building, Goat hunting, Shark fishing, Primitive fishing, Island foraging, Ocean survival, Raft survival, Spearfishing, Solo island survival, Ed Bares All, 60 days survival, Survival reflections, Survival psychology, Lessons learned, Mental resilience, Survival insights, Survival experiment,
Botswana survival, Okavango Delta, Wetland survival, Flood survival, Predator threats, Crocodile danger, Hippo territory, Africa bushcraft, Botswana challenge, Survival in Africa, Ed Stafford Marooned Botswana,
Venezuela survival, Gran Sabana, Rainforest challenge, Flooded jungle, Tropical survival, Wild protein foraging, Humid environment, Jungle foraging, Jungle survival, South America survival, Rainforest food hunt, Survival humidity, Jungle bushcraft, Ed Stafford Marooned Venezuela,
Australia survival, Western Australia, Coastal survival, Heat challenge, Crocodile fishing, Tide fishing, Blistered feet, Outback survival, Desert coast survival, Primitive fishing, Ocean challenge, Extreme dehydration, Ed Stafford Marooned Australia,
Romania survival, Carpathian Mountains, Mountain wilderness, Bear threats, Cold nights, Forest foraging, Cold weather survival, European wilderness, Fire starting in cold, Mountain camping, Survival
Thank you for supporting our channel
Ed Stafford, Ed Stafford S1E4, Ed Bares All, Survival reflections, 60 days survival, Lessons learned, Survival psychology, Ed Stafford interview, Extreme survival summary, Discovery Channel series, Marooned reflections, Island experiment, Survival insights, Mental resilience, Survival story, Ed Stafford conclusion
Thank you for supporting our channel
Ed Stafford, Ed Stafford Marooned, Marooned with Ed Stafford, Naked and Marooned, Ed Stafford full episodes, Discovery Channel survival, Extreme survival documentary, Survival challenge, Solo survival, 10 day survival, Bushcraft, Primitive survival, Real survival show, Ed Stafford documentary, Wilderness survival, Adventure documentary, Remote wilderness, Survival skills, Solo survival challenge, Nature survival, Outdoor adventure,
Ed Stafford Stranded, Olorua Island, Island survival, No tools survival, Deserted island challenge, Pacific island survival, Survival alone, Primitive survival skills, Shelter building, Give Me Shelter, Rainy season survival, Fijian island challenge, Primitive shelter techniques, Survival rain protection, Shelter construction, Fire making survival, Bushcraft shelter,
Swimming with Sharks, Raft building, Goat hunting, Shark fishing, Primitive fishing, Island foraging, Ocean survival, Raft survival, Spearfishing, Solo island survival, Ed Bares All, 60 days survival, Survival reflections, Survival psychology, Lessons learned, Mental resilience, Survival insights, Survival experiment,
Botswana survival, Okavango Delta, Wetland survival, Flood survival, Predator threats, Crocodile danger, Hippo territory, Africa bushcraft, Botswana challenge, Survival in Africa, Ed Stafford Marooned Botswana,
Venezuela survival, Gran Sabana, Rainforest challenge, Flooded jungle, Tropical survival, Wild protein foraging, Humid environment, Jungle foraging, Jungle survival, South America survival, Rainforest food hunt, Survival humidity, Jungle bushcraft, Ed Stafford Marooned Venezuela,
Australia survival, Western Australia, Coastal survival, Heat challenge, Crocodile fishing, Tide fishing, Blistered feet, Outback survival, Desert coast survival, Primitive fishing, Ocean challenge, Extreme dehydration, Ed Stafford Marooned Australia,
Romania survival, Carpathian Mountains, Mountain wilderness, Bear threats, Cold nights, Forest foraging, Cold weather survival, European wilderness, Fire starting in cold, Mountain camping, Survival
Category
🏖
TravelTranscript
00:00This time, I travel to the very end of the earth, Patagonia.
00:07Look at where I am.
00:09I brave perishing temperatures in an effort to put dinner on the table.
00:17As I struggle to feed myself, I eat one of the foulest hating things I've ever had.
00:22Gosh, that really just hit me then.
00:25The mountains unlock my deepest fears.
00:28You need to put your neck on the line.
00:30You can't just sit by the firing line.
00:33And defeat by the weather almost comes knocking on my camp's front door.
00:38I am humbled by being caught out.
00:43I'm Ed Stafford.
00:44I've walked the length of the Amazon and survived on a desert island
00:48with only a camera to film my adventure.
00:52Now, I've set myself a new challenge
00:55to prove I can make it in some of the world's toughest environments.
00:59Oh, my God.
01:01Using only what I find around me.
01:03I've already had a kidney and a bit of a liver.
01:05I'll be left completely alone for ten days with nothing.
01:10Words cannot describe how I feel right now.
01:13No film crew.
01:14No food.
01:15No water.
01:16The sun is directly overhead.
01:17It's boiling hot.
01:18Not even a knife.
01:20Right, come on, Ed.
01:21Go and move on.
01:22This time, it's about more than survival.
01:25I want to see if I can thrive.
01:27Yes.
01:28Anywhere.
01:39Not many places in the world where you're about to take off on a helicopter
01:43and Juanacos come and investigate.
01:50I'm on.
01:55Argentine Patagonia, at the southern tip of South America,
01:58is one of the planet's last great wildernesses.
02:03It might not look it from up here, but right now,
02:06it's the height of summer here in the mountains.
02:11Stretching for over 7,000 kilometers, this is the Andes,
02:15the longest chain of mountains on Earth.
02:19My destination is the Vajegas River in the province of Rio Negro.
02:26And I'm absolutely miles from civilization.
02:32That is the last I'm going to see of anyone for quite some time.
02:55And this is all I've got to help me survive.
02:57My bare hands.
02:58In this bag, I've got everything I need to film.
03:04I've got a tripod.
03:07I've got a second camera.
03:10An emergency medical kit.
03:14And a satellite phone, in case of emergencies.
03:18As ever, my mission isn't simply to survive.
03:21I want to see if I can thrive.
03:25Patagonia.
03:27Even the word scares me, I have to admit.
03:31And I know it's the same as every other environment.
03:34The survival priorities are the same.
03:36Shelter, food, fire, water.
03:38It may be in the foothills of the Andes, but one of my biggest immediate risks is exposure from the heat of the sun.
03:47I could easily get burnt here.
03:50And the wind is blasting down as well.
03:52One of my biggest threats will be exposure.
03:56I should expect freezing overnight temperatures, which puts me at risk of hypothermia.
04:02The ozone here is thin, which intensifies the sun's rays, so sunstroke is also a real threat.
04:09And immediately, I'm getting hit by horseflies.
04:13Tabanos, as they're called in Argentina, are big, fat horseflies.
04:21When it comes to wildlife, pumas are known in the area.
04:25But the main problem will be horseflies.
04:28They have a painful bite and could prove a real irritant.
04:31I need to calm my brain down.
04:38Always, always, there's a tendency to rush when I come into these environments.
04:42And I need to always just slow down.
04:52In some places, water is the biggest worry, the biggest concern, because it's the most important thing.
04:58But here, it's not really a problem.
05:07Being so remote, there's no chance of contamination in that water.
05:11It's such a fast-flowing river that I'll be able to drink that without purifying it.
05:18I have to admit, already I'm happy.
05:20That is the purest, best-tasting water I feel like I have ever drunk.
05:27I've been dropped at an elevation of approximately 1,000 meters.
05:32It's the middle of summer, but the snow on the top of the mountains shows how cold it can get here.
05:38The thing that is really making me nervous is how the temperature is going to drop as soon as night comes.
05:44Realistically, I'm not going to last very long at all if I don't get a fire going.
05:52It's going to be utterly miserable.
05:54I need to focus on staying warm.
05:57The woods should be a good place to base myself.
06:09It's nice to be out of the sun, actually. I'm just taking a little bit of respite out of the sun.
06:16But the woodland floor immediately distracts me from thoughts of shelter and fire.
06:20Clover is actually quite fresh and tasty.
06:27Ow!
06:29And this here is silverweed.
06:32I'm having a bit of a salad fest here amongst the flies.
06:36Silverweed. Mmm, that's nice.
06:39Clover.
06:41That'll do.
06:44Sorrel.
06:47Properly tasty.
06:48These plants are a great find.
06:51But if I overindulge, their high oxalic acid content could give me diarrhea.
06:56Mm-mm-mm.
06:57And I shouldn't really let them distract me from my need for shelter and fire.
07:01Ah, this soil is amazing.
07:05Ow!
07:07The horseflies are a nightmare.
07:10The only bonus is that if you take a horsefly and squeeze it,
07:13a little white fluid comes out.
07:16It tastes like honey.
07:20So it's like a sort of yin and yang nature thing.
07:25They really annoy you, and they bite you, and they actually hurt a little bit.
07:29Ow!
07:30But, um, they give you a little teaser of honey at the end, which is nice.
07:36I have no idea if these have any calorific value, but what I do know is I can't camp here, as I'll be eaten alive.
07:43I need to focus and find a better location.
07:49This location here, I think, is perfect to make a camp.
07:53You can see the, um, very, very soft sand here, um, which I can sleep on, which will be comfortable.
07:58But it's also in the direction that the wind comes from, it's sheltered behind this big bush.
08:03And, uh, that'll help me get a fire going.
08:06Because tonight, if I don't have a fire, I'm gonna be very, very, very cold.
08:12I think I need to find a long, thin stick and attempt to light a fire with a hand drill.
08:17With a hand drill.
08:28Old man's beard. It's a lichen. This is gonna be perfect for the tinder bundle.
08:33My camp is already being battered by fierce valley winds, so stones around my fire will act as a good windbreak.
08:47It's smoking.
08:58Blood on my hand already.
09:07You got an ember! Ha ha!
09:14Fire.
09:16Ha ha ha ha!
09:20Oh, the GoPro.
09:22That means the difference between freezing cold and shivering all night long and being snug and warm.
09:30Night one.
09:40By this fire, it's warm.
09:41Anywhere away from this fire, it's freezing.
09:44It really is chilly. As soon as the, uh, sun went behind the mountains, it just started getting very, very, very chilly. Um, thank goodness I've got a fire going. That's all I can say.
09:55As ever, my aim isn't to, um, simply survive here. It's to make my life as comfortable as possible. It's, uh, to really get to a position where I feel like I could genuinely live here sustainably and, um, thrive.
10:10So far, this is day one. I'm not doing too bad.
10:13I've got water and fire, which is a good start. But before I can even see it coming, Patagonia and its extreme conditions unleashes both barrels at me.
10:29Morning.
10:33Morning.
10:35It's, um...
10:38It's cold. It's really cold. Um, I'd go as far as to say it was pretty, pretty unpleasant that night.
10:46I'm in the foothills of the Andes in Argentine Patagonia, South America.
10:53The dew on top of the camera bag has, um, has frozen. It's so cold. It's actually frozen. That means that the temperature must have dropped this morning to about zero. It is properly cold.
11:16Oh.
11:21The sun is just creeping over the mountain.
11:27And the temperature difference immediately is utterly incredible.
11:34Oh, thank you. Thank you, son.
11:37I'm gonna have a little exploration and, uh, see what I've got. See what I can lay my hands on.
11:43And then, um, I need to make myself comfortable tonight. And I need to basically keep myself warm. Much warmer than last night.
11:50I've got fire and water and eaten some plants. So shelter is now my next concern.
12:00This morning's ice could soon be replaced by highs of over 30 degrees Celsius. So I need to get going before it gets too hot.
12:07But already, hunger is taking over.
12:13Cold water rivers, predominantly snow melt. I would say these are river trout. If that is the case, I think I might need to start fishing.
12:28I've got no rod, line, or net. But for centuries, people have caught trout just by tickling them as they hide against a riverbank. Do it right, and the trout goes into a kind of trance. And you grab it.
12:44The trouble is, I've never done it before. So I've no idea what doing it right is.
12:51Oh! That was... That was a fish! Damn!
13:03I had my fingers and I never fished. Come on, son!
13:07This could be a method of fishing. I had the fish touching my fingers. I was just too slow.
13:20I think, with this heat, it's gonna be detrimental to me being able to keep going if I continue working through the heat of the day.
13:42My back is already really burnt, unfortunately. I need to show you my back, don't I?
13:47I've totally taken my after ball while I've been trying to catch the trout. And the thin ozone layer has had a drastic effect.
14:05Okay.
14:11A slightly humbling admission is that I've let myself get too badly sunburned.
14:20I've got superficial, at the moment, burns on my back, but they could very easily develop into partial-depth burns, which in old medical terms means second-degree burns.
14:33Which means my back could blister, then get infected. It would cause cellular damage.
14:38And most importantly, actually, for me, it would mean the end of this trip. I wouldn't be able to continue.
14:44I've called up on the radio to the expedition medic who has advised that if I want to continue this trip, I need to be humble, slightly admit my error of judgment, and wear an expedition shirt.
15:00When I film in isolation, I use a drop box, which is a waterproof case to exchange my used batteries and memory cards each day.
15:09It enables me to complete each trip without seeing anybody. This time, it's being used for medical purposes.
15:16I'm not happy about it at all, but I'm going to be wearing a shirt.
15:33This is the first ever marooned where I'm wearing a shirt. And it's humbling.
15:46In addition to providing me coverage from the sentence, stopping exacerbating the burn, I also need to take the heat out of the burn.
16:00That is cold!
16:02I feel cold for the first time. I was overheating properly, and now I'm not.
16:09Okay, it is what it is. This has happened. I'm not going to let it affect the rest of the trip. Time to crack on.
16:16That means refocusing on my key priority. Shelter against the elements.
16:21Icy blasts howl up and down the valley, so I'm building a lean-to at 90 degrees to the wind.
16:28Theory being, if you build a shelter that's 90 degrees to the wind, the smoke doesn't fill the shelter.
16:35That is a super cosy, snug area to sleep. It isn't the prettiest shelter I've ever built, but I'm happy with that.
16:56That is cosy. That is really cosy.
17:06Morning.
17:07I always feel like I've been in a fight after I wake up.
17:13My shelter kept me a little warmer, and now, three days in, with fire and water sorted, I need to sleep.
17:18seriously think about food. I need some protein. I need some protein. I need some protein.
17:23I haven't eaten anything substantial yet.
17:30I always feel like I've been in a fight after I wake up.
17:36My shelter kept me a little warmer, and now, three days in, with fire and water sorted, I need to seriously think about food.
17:45I need some protein. I need some protein.
17:50I haven't eaten anything substantial yet, so I'm braving the horseflies and going back into the woods.
18:00But something seems to have got there before me.
18:03Ah, she's having a little bit of an exploration, and I have found what I think.
18:12It's the carcass of a deer.
18:19It's a scapula.
18:22The easiest bone to identify.
18:25The antler will be a useful tool.
18:30This is a whole leg with hoofs still attached.
18:39Ah, look at that.
18:41Right running up the back of the leg is a tendon.
18:46And a tendon means sinew.
18:49I could potentially make some very strong cordage,
18:52and potentially something that is strong enough to fish with as well.
18:57That is definitely coming with me.
19:00I reckon...
19:02This is evidence of puma, myself.
19:10My hunch proves to be spot on.
19:12It looks like it hasn't got claw marks at the end,
19:18and obviously cats have retractable claws, so...
19:20That is most definitely a puma track.
19:24That's the rear pad.
19:27One, two, three, four.
19:29And that's fresh.
19:30It's taking the debate out of it.
19:37It's tight.
19:39I knew that there might be pumas in here,
19:41but this is fresh evidence that there's a puma living here right now.
19:46Pumas are hunters.
19:47They always say that you don't track pumas.
19:50Pumas track you.
19:51Although puma attacks on humans are rare,
19:56they're not caught mountain lions without good reason.
19:59Adult males tip the scales at 100 kilograms.
20:03They're ambush predators,
20:04usually attacking from behind,
20:06delivering a suffocating bite to the neck.
20:11I can't let this stop me.
20:13In fact, this proves there's food to sustain large predators out here.
20:18Now, I need to get some protein in me.
20:21And look what I've found down here.
20:28Tadpoles.
20:30Lots and lots of tadpoles.
20:38I've tasted nicer things.
20:40Crikey, that's not very tasty raw.
20:43But I could cook these, couldn't I?
20:45This is meat.
20:48It's four, five, seven.
20:51Eight, nine, it's ten.
20:57How does one cook tadpoles?
21:03See, we'll leave them there for a little while.
21:07Roasted tadpoles for supper.
21:10Thirty of them.
21:11It's incremental, isn't it?
21:15When you start in an environment,
21:17you know, leaves and roots and shoots are
21:20eminently viable as food options
21:23because you don't know where your next meal is going to come from.
21:26And after a couple of days,
21:28I've just been craving for some protein.
21:30And it would appear here the most abundant and easy meat is tadpoles.
21:40Okay, that's a tasty plate of tadpoles, isn't it?
21:44There's a bit in any animal that tastes tangy and disgusting.
21:53And you go, mm, ooh, I didn't like that bit.
21:56There's, oh, gosh, that really just hit me then.
21:59This is, this whole plate is full of that disgusting bit.
22:08They're just in it.
22:12Which is essentially full of shit.
22:14I've eaten some horrible things in my time, but
22:25something about
22:27slimy...
22:31Oh, I can feel my stomach grumbling as well, gurgling.
22:35I don't think I'm very...
22:39I don't think my stomach's agreeing with what I've just put in it.
22:41Oh, Christ.
22:44That was, that was minging.
22:45I thought tadpoles might become my staple day after day, but, um...
22:51That was probably minging.
22:55Really, really, really...
23:00minging.
23:02They may have tasted fowl, but protein's protein.
23:06And after three days, anything I can get inside me is good news.
23:11What isn't so welcome, however, is the sudden change in weather.
23:17There's rain coming in from that side.
23:20You can see it coming over the mountains.
23:23And it's tipping it down with rain over there.
23:26Summer in the mountains comes to a very abrupt end.
23:30It's raining.
23:39Look at that cloud coming in over there.
23:42That's extraordinary.
23:44One minute I'm sunburned, the next it's raining.
23:49I'm in Argentine, Patagonia, and to avoid permanent damage from sunburn, I've been forced to wear a shirt.
23:55Now, this heavy rain means I'll soon be able to risk taking it off.
24:07Water, fire, and shelter are sorted.
24:11But I need protein, so I'm hoping to make a fishing line from the tendons on the deer leg I found.
24:16I'm going to put it in the river, soak it, then dry it out a little bit, and then pound it gently with a bit of wood so that I can split the individual fibers and make some fishing line.
24:30Apart from fish, I haven't seen any other animals since being here, so I'm placing all my hopes on this.
24:44It's getting quite long, isn't it?
24:49That is exactly what I need.
24:52I'm hoping this plant thorn will hook me a trout.
24:55Okay.
24:56And that there is my first fishing hook.
24:59Hook number two.
25:02Fishing hook number three.
25:08Edging closer to a fish supper.
25:13With luck, the dead wood should offer up some bait.
25:17Oh, here we go.
25:19Ant eggs.
25:21Nice one.
25:22There's a few ant eggs.
25:23That'll do for this evening's fishing.
25:25Ha-ha.
25:26And there is one fishing rod.
25:30Look at that.
25:32Let's go catch some fish.
25:43Let's try another one.
25:45Nothing.
25:57Absolutely nothing.
25:58Right, that's me.
25:58It's too cold.
25:59I'm going to sit by the fire.
26:01And, um, console myself.
26:03I've been here four days.
26:07And I still haven't eaten anything more substantial than tadpoles.
26:14Hey-hoo!
26:16Oh!
26:17Probably catching a cold.
26:19It's so freezing here.
26:22There's not really much more to say.
26:24It's cold.
26:25It's very cold.
26:26I'm tucked up by the fire.
26:27And, um, that's me for the day.
26:39Good night.
26:42My stomach is grumbling now.
26:45My stomach is really grumbling.
26:47And, um, yeah, there's only so many bamboo shoots and sorrel leaves you can eat in one week.
26:54The weather change has eased my sunburn.
26:59And I can finally get rid of this shit.
27:02It's time.
27:04It's time to give it back.
27:11That's meant to be.
27:24Fishing requires patience.
27:28But I'm just too cold to stand around.
27:32So cold.
27:41Crikey.
27:43I just have to keep coming back to the fire.
27:47It is so chilly.
27:49I've literally got goosebumps all over my body.
27:52I desperately need calories to stay warm.
27:58With the fish not biting, I'm braving the cold to forage for anything else I can find.
28:04This is a find.
28:08These little berries.
28:14And they're sweet.
28:18I've just seen a strawberry.
28:22Nice.
28:27Very nice.
28:29I really need more than 3,000 calories a day.
28:33And these won't go anywhere near that.
28:35Neither will the tadpoles.
28:37So I'm risking getting even colder and trying tickling again.
28:40But a second long day of fishing once again yields no catch.
28:55It's so...
28:57It's so cold.
28:58I can't go on like this.
28:59I need to find a way of getting protein and fat to keep me warm without exposing myself to the crippling
29:03cold.
29:04I literally can't stand there long enough.
29:04I can't go on like this.
29:05I can't go on like this.
29:06I need to find a way of getting protein and fat to keep me warm without exposing myself
29:14to the crippling cold.
29:15I literally can't stand there long enough.
29:16I just get chilled to the bone and I'm shivering and then I want to come back to the fire.
29:27So I thought...
29:37There's a method of fish trapping.
29:41It uses an L7 trap.
29:44It's like I'm there fishing out in the cold, except they don't actually have to be there.
29:51there, which is, I have to admit, quite an incentive at the moment to make this sort
29:57of trap. The L7 trap is an automated hunting system, usually used for snaring
30:03animals, which I'm modifying for fishing. I drive a notch thick into the riverbed
30:09while a second is secured to a spring-loaded bent sapling. I attach a
30:16baited line to the second stick and leave it dangling in the water. In theory, when
30:23a fish takes the bait, the sticks separate and the spring-loaded sapling tugs the
30:27fish out of the water. Automated fishing trap set. Campy days. I'm so hungry, I need
30:37backup, so I leave three more baited lines alongside the L7 trap. It's so cold, it's
30:44just undeniably cold. I'm gonna go back in and get next to the fire, because it's, it's
30:51not even funny, actually, anymore.
30:53The fire is my best friend. So my best friend.
31:00But I can't let it tie me down. It's been bitterly, bitterly cold. I mean, the sort of cold that makes me want to turn the camera off and just
31:11tell everyone else to go away and huddle up by the fire and do absolutely nothing. But of course, in these sort of situations,
31:18you can't do nothing. You can't just sit by the fire all day long, because you won't eat. You won't progress.
31:23Life will just go by. And life isn't for sitting by the fire comfortably. Life is for going out into
31:29the open. Life is for exploring and finding new possibilities and new options. You need
31:34to go out. You need to be cold. You need to feel vulnerable. You need to put your neck
31:40on the line, because that's where life is, isn't it? It's outside.
31:52Now, after more than a week, with only my own thoughts for company, I need to get out
31:58there. And Sea of Automated Fishing brings me the protein I'm craving.
32:02I've been surviving in Argentine Patagonia for more than a week, with nothing but my bare hands
32:12and survival knowledge to get me through. The only place that I can stay warm is by this fire.
32:22After early success with fire, water and plants as staple food, I've struggled to find anything
32:28substantial to eat. So as my last full day approaches, I want to prove that I really could
32:33thrive here long-term. Colder away from the fire, though, immediately. Right. Let's go and take
32:41the first, first trap.
32:47It's gone off. There's a fish in it. Got a fish. There's definitely, yes, there is a fish.
32:58There's a fish in the trap. That's quite big. That is quite big. Check that out. That worked.
33:12That's a good start to the day. That is a very, very good start to the day. Hey, that
33:19little trap works. The fish coming out at night thinking that Eddie's asleep. And he was.
33:27Sound asleep.
33:28I want to catch more. Basically, my aim for today is go mental on the fishing and, um, have
33:37a proper slap-up dinner. I think mainly that's going to entail tickling today. I think tickling
33:44is the way that's going to get me a big crop of fish. My fishing line works well. Now I want
33:52to master catching trout by hand. And with this weather change, I can turn the cold to my
33:59advantage. I need to cool my hands. I need to approach it slower, be prepared that as soon
34:09as I touch a fish that I'm ready. I can feel it. I've got it. I've got it. Look at that. Look at that.
34:35I'll tickle the fish. I'll tickle the fish. Yes. I've never tickled a fish before. I've got to be honest. I've never tickled a fish before, but I knew that was possible. I'd already had my finger
35:00to hit someone. Yes!
35:05There's a fish on the line. It's still alive as well. I've damned off a pool to keep fish alive, ready to eat later. My plan is to stock it with more fish than I can eat, a kind of living larder. Now that's thriving.
35:33Okay, so far I seem to have built a mortuary rather than a thriving fish pool. Perseverance. Today is all about a big slap-up fish supper. I want this to be a proper finale to what's been quite an extraordinary experience.
35:54Yes! Yes!
36:04Look at him!
36:18Right, I'm gonna put him in the pool to keep him alive now. Right, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Keep him alive. Keep him alive.
36:27I took him alive. I took him with another fish!
36:34Woohoo!
36:36I'm hoping a bit of water flow will help keep the fish alive, so I've removed a couple of stones from the dam.
36:45Oh, no. He's just gone into...
36:54I don't believe it. Absolutely don't believe it. Oh, Stafford, you complete blanca! Oh, no!
37:06I can't believe that! I can't believe that, you absolute muppet! I tickled a second fish, put it in the safe pool, and it just swam straight over the dam into the massive pool, which is really difficult to find anything in.
37:25You idiot. You complete and utter prat.
37:36Okay, well, that solves that. All efforts are now in this pool.
37:40As I'm setting up my underwater camera, the trout starts to play with me.
37:57It turns out that there's more than one fish in here.
38:03Where'd it go?
38:08I really wish I could just drain this pool.
38:17All right.
38:20By removing the banks of the pool, there's nowhere for the trout to hide.
38:27I wonder whether they've already gone into that little pool there.
38:36I'm just gonna have a look underneath the vegetation.
38:45Y-yes.
38:47Yes.
38:48Yes.
38:49Yes.
38:50We've got the tiny one.
38:52That's four fish.
38:55I can't let frustration get the better of me.
38:58I want to get that big one.
39:02One last drive.
39:03Up to the other end.
39:17Up to the other end.
39:29It's just a muddy pool.
39:31But in there, lay my dreams.
39:34I really, really can't grumble.
39:38This has been an extraordinarily fruitful day, hasn't it?
39:41Four fish for supper.
39:43It's time to eat.
39:44Ah-ha-ha.
39:45They're sizzling.
39:46They look done to me.
39:47I'm so excited.
39:48For supper tonight, I have roasted trout, four of them, of the finest trout from Patagonia, on a bed of sorrel leaf and clover.
39:53To follow, I have a bowl of wild strawberries and blueberries.
39:54That's not bad, really, is it?
39:55Okay.
39:56Let's see.
39:57Ah.
39:58Ah.
39:59Ah.
40:00Ah.
40:01Ah.
40:02Ah.
40:03Ah.
40:04Ah.
40:05Ah.
40:06Ah.
40:07Ah.
40:08Ah.
40:09Ah.
40:10Ah.
40:11Ah.
40:12Ah.
40:13Ah.
40:14Ah.
40:15Ah.
40:16Ah.
40:17Ah.
40:18Ah.
40:19Ah.
40:20Ah.
40:21Ah.
40:22Ah.
40:23Ah.
40:24Ah.
40:25Ah.
40:26Ah.
40:27Ah.
40:28Ah.
40:29Ah.
40:30Ah.
40:31Ah.
40:32Ah.
40:33Ah.
40:34Ah.
40:35Ah.
40:36Ah.
40:37Ah.
40:38Ah.
40:39Ah.
40:40Ah.
40:41Ah.
40:42Ah.
40:43Ah.
40:44Ah.
40:45Ah.
40:46Ah.
40:47Ah.
40:48Ah.
40:49Ah. Ah.
40:50i always end up appreciating life all the more at the end of it
40:59what a wonderful life this is
41:04absolutely amazing no mobile phones no internet no distractions just living off the land
41:16best medicine in the world
41:20one of the best meals i've ever eaten
41:29what a journey
41:33the aim of these missions isn't just to come here and survive it's to thrive
41:37if eating four trout on a bed of sorrel leaves polished off with a bowl of mixed fruit isn't
41:44thriving then i don't know what is
41:52one more night's sleep and then it's out of here
41:54good morning it's the final day
42:04the water in the little brook is uh settled oh my god
42:12one two three four five six there's six fish in there and i can see them as clear as day though
42:25that just proves doesn't it that long term that's the next day or two's food
42:33but what i'm gonna do now is open up the dam and allow them all to swim free because
42:39i don't need them and i certainly don't want to leave them trapped here and let them lead a long and
42:46happy life because i'm going home
42:49that is the unmistakable and quite wonderful sound of a helicopter
43:01the landscape and the mountains are enchantingly familiar they really are it feels like a place where
43:27i know it feels like a place where i'm connected to the sheer openness of it all it did touch my soul
43:37it 100 percent touched my soul in a really healing way in a way that i can look back on and go i am so
43:44so pleased that i went to bascarnia
Recommended
9:29
|
Up next
31:03
3:01
55:29
Be the first to comment