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00:00This time on Marooned, I'm on the unforgiving coast of Western Australia.
00:06This is not good. Where the hell is the canyon?
00:08The harsh environment gets the better of me.
00:11It's mission aborted, I'm afraid. Mission aborted.
00:13And I take my life in my hands in croc-infested waters.
00:19I'm Ed Stafford. I've walked the length of the Amazon and survived on a desert island with only a camera to film my adventure.
00:26Ah! Now, I've set myself a new challenge to prove I can make it in some of the world's toughest environments.
00:35Oh my God.
00:37Using only what I find around me.
00:39I've already had a kidney and a bit of dinner.
00:42I'll be left completely alone for ten days with nothing.
00:46Words cannot describe how I feel right now.
00:48No film crew, no food, no water.
00:52The sun is directly overhead, it's boiling hot.
00:54Not even a knife.
00:57Right, come on Ed, go and move on.
00:58This time, it's about more than survival.
01:01I want to see if I can thrive.
01:03Yes!
01:04Anywhere.
01:13I'm being dropped into one of the most isolated corners of the world.
01:17This parched and rugged wilderness is on Australia's northwestern coast.
01:24The Kimberley is almost twice the size of the UK and home to only 40,000 people.
01:29It's a hot and unforgiving environment.
01:35Aboriginal Australians have lived here for more than 40,000 years.
01:40Before I can enter her ancestral land, Janet, an aboriginal elder, must cover me with ochre.
01:46All of us here are Odoi.
01:52So I'm putting this ochre on you.
01:54You become Odoi with us.
01:57The land will protect you.
01:58A welcome like this is a great honor.
02:02I'm ready to be taken to a remote drop-off point in one of the most inaccessible places on the planet.
02:07There are no roads in or out, and the nearest town is 100 kilometers away.
02:14Temperatures here can reach 40 degrees Celsius, and without water, I'll quickly dehydrate.
02:21It's an area full of deadly creatures, including the saltwater crocodile, one of the most ferocious animals on the planet.
02:29For the next 10 days, I'll be completely alone, with nothing but a camera kit to record my experience.
02:40Words cannot describe how I feel right now.
02:43I'm completely and utterly on my own.
02:46Janet, the aboriginal elder, she says the spirits will look after me.
02:50Let's hope so, E.
02:54Being alone here is a daunting prospect.
02:57It's important I stay calm and focused.
03:02My first priority is to move to high ground and get a better idea of my surroundings.
03:08I've got to be so careful here not to slip.
03:11I'm just going to take my time over it all.
03:15I'm carrying a satellite phone and a medical kit in case of a real emergency.
03:20But help is a long way away.
03:23Wow.
03:25It's the most barren coast.
03:27This is the month before the wet season.
03:30So everything is dry, dry, dry.
03:32And the fruits aren't in season.
03:34And that's going to make it even bigger of a challenge for me.
03:39But, all that aside, this is extraordinarily beautiful.
03:44Okay.
03:49Water has got to be my first priority.
03:50I can see the main canyon goes up there.
03:54Now, there's an offshoot of this canyon, the smaller canyon directly in front of me.
03:59So if I head towards the upstream end of that, hopefully I can get down into it and get some water that isn't seawater that I can actually drink.
04:07The further upstream I push, the fresher the water will be.
04:12The spin effects, the grass around here is incredibly sharp.
04:16So, with bare feet, this isn't terribly pleasant underfoot, I have to see.
04:20But I have to keep going.
04:25In the searing heat of the midday sun, I need to drink.
04:33It's really annoying.
04:34I was thinking that the upper region would be a trickle of water, but the bed is dry.
04:41The bed is dry, and the sun has been overhead, beating at me, and I need a drink.
04:47It's nearly 40 Celsius.
04:49I'm sweating 3% of my body weight every hour.
04:53At this rate, four hours without water could be enough to kill me.
04:58I found water.
05:00It's standing, but it looks very clean.
05:01An age-old debate about standing water.
05:07Even clear standing water can harbour disease.
05:11That's good, actually.
05:14That is good.
05:15Despite the risk, I can't afford to wait any longer.
05:25That's fantastic.
05:28I'm refreshed and rehydrated.
05:31Pockets of water like this will be a lifeline.
05:34Oh, wow.
05:38Well, that's pretty cool.
05:40This could make a nice little campsite.
05:42It's partially shaded.
05:44Still got a bit of breeze coming through.
05:46And lots of fresh water.
05:48There's a little ledge over there, which potentially I could base myself on in terms of a camp, at least for night one.
05:55This is nice.
05:56This is really nice.
05:58My aboriginal guides told me to watch out for a resident croc.
06:11I don't want any nasty surprises.
06:13Obviously, I'm wondering whether the croc can get up here.
06:18You can see there's a huge barricade of rocks there.
06:22But when the tide comes up, it goes over those rocks.
06:25But I don't think it ever comes quite here.
06:27I don't think it's a safe place to camp, and I can address other needs.
06:41I might not seem like it's the ultimate survival priority, but I've had a drink of water now.
06:47I'm rehydrated.
06:49I need some way of covering myself, so I'm going to make myself a little grass skirt.
06:55This plump is pandanus.
06:57And I'm literally going to have to strip all of the leaves so that they haven't got any sharp edges on them,
07:02and then use the fleshy green part to hopefully make a bit of a skirt.
07:06I've got no survival tools, so while I'm here, I'll rely completely on the resources I can find in forage.
07:15OK, I've got to go to a skirt.
07:21Sun's getting lower in the sky now.
07:23I haven't got too much time to explore on day one,
07:26and I think I should head back and over towards the coast and look for food.
07:36The shoreline should be the best place to find my first meal, but I don't have long.
07:43Wow.
07:45This place has changed beyond belief.
07:48Just in the few hours since I've been here, the rocks I'm standing on were under water,
07:52and I am a good five metres above the water level down there.
07:56The tides here can rise and fall 11 metres in just a few hours.
08:01They'll affect everything I do.
08:02I suspect, because the tide's still going out, that at one point that river will break
08:07and I'll be able to get across.
08:09But there's going to be very limited access to the other side of the bay,
08:13and I'm beginning to see that already.
08:16Crossing now is an unnecessary risk.
08:19I'm not afraid of swimming.
08:21Absolutely not afraid of swimming.
08:23But I am as if there's a saltwater crocodile in there.
08:27At the end of the day, you can't swim in water where there's saltwater crocodiles.
08:33You just can't.
08:36Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest living reptiles.
08:40Their bite is almost twice as strong as a great white shark.
08:44I'm just going to do a very quick loop, really, because you can see how low the sun is in the sky now.
08:51And I'm going to head down here, see if I can locate anything to eat,
08:56and then I'm going to come back up and make sure I get back into my campsite before it gets dark.
09:03Time is against me, but low tide means easy pickings.
09:07There's white marks all over the wall, oyster beds, and I can eat oysters raw, which is great.
09:16Oysters are high in vitamins and protein, but they contain very few calories.
09:22I'd have to eat hundreds to get the 3,000 calories I need every day.
09:28It's funny, I don't normally like oysters, but it's amazing.
09:31Even just a day's worth of no food, and they're good.
09:38But I've only got time for a handful.
09:41Light is fading fast, and I need to get back to the canyon.
09:45The sun's about to hit the horizon, and I've got a long way to go before I get back to my stream.
09:50Probably half an hour's walk, so I need to get going right now.
09:58How did the sun get so low in the horizon so quickly?
10:01Crikey, the sun is now just deep behind the horizon, and I'm not back in my canyon yet.
10:12Scrambling over cliffs is tough at the best of times.
10:16Out here, alone at night, the slightest mistake would be serious.
10:20It was most definitely fast, fast, fast sunset.
10:26I can't really dither around.
10:29It's darker, I'm going to be stuck up here.
10:31You're in trouble again.
10:34Where is the canyon?
10:38Shoot, this is not good.
10:40Where the hell is the canyon?
10:41I'm lost and completely alone on the treacherous coast of Western Australia.
11:09You're in trouble again.
11:12Where is the canyon?
11:14I should have been back at my campsite before sunset.
11:18Three of the most venomous snakes on earth live here, and they hunt at night.
11:22And in the dark, I can't see where I'm stepping.
11:27But tonight, someone must be looking over me.
11:31Thank goodness, here we go.
11:33The canyon.
11:35That's a gift from the spirits.
11:36I'm just exhausted.
11:37I just want to put my head down, shut my eyes and go to sleep.
11:40I'm back at my campsite, but making a shelter now is out of the question.
11:46What else can you do but lie down then?
11:48Just lie down, on the floor.
11:50This is a risk I didn't want to take.
11:55I can feel little insects biting my head.
12:00On the ground, I'm especially vulnerable.
12:03I'm biting my bum as well.
12:07It's not the best news.
12:09It's going to be a long, uncomfortable night.
12:20Good morning.
12:21Not a brilliant night, in terms of virtually no sleep whatsoever.
12:28Rather weirdly, I've woken up and found a dead mouse beside me.
12:39I haven't got a fire going.
12:43Even if I did with the oysters, I'm not sure I'd eat this squashed mouse.
12:48Peppers are they?
12:51I think I literally did just crush it in the night.
12:55And my big, hefty body.
12:59Right, check that away.
13:02I'm lucky it was only a mouse.
13:04If I'm going to fulfil my goal to prove I can live here long-term,
13:10I need to take control of my situation.
13:13Before it gets too hot, I'm going to scout the area.
13:17What I want to do is get out, cross the cove,
13:21go up to the mangroves and up through that little saddle.
13:25Across the sheltered bay is an exposed beach.
13:28Experience tells me it should be good for beachcombing.
13:32With the tide out, I can cross in relative safety.
13:36The main aim is to get back in time that I don't get cut off
13:40and therefore risk swimming when there's saltwater crocodiles.
13:43I mean, they might stalk you and look at you when you're on the land
13:47and watch your patterns and watch your behaviour
13:49and then wait to strike.
13:51Get in the water.
13:52Bang.
13:52As ever, keeping a watch fly out for cocks,
14:00but this water is very low indeed and very clear.
14:06It's an easy walk now,
14:08but in two hours, the incoming tide will race across here.
14:13This saddle here with the mangroves in it is in front of me now.
14:17It's just going to cross this.
14:22First two steps and I was knee-deep in clay.
14:27I have to carefully pit my way across.
14:34I've got to be so careful not to slip.
14:39It's not the best clay on earth.
14:41It's got a lot of sand in it,
14:42but I'm just wondering whether this would be good sand protection.
14:46Any protection is welcome.
14:50UV levels here are extreme.
14:53My skin could burn in minutes.
15:02Every step is a struggle.
15:06I'm hoping it's worth the effort
15:07and I can find something useful over here.
15:10OK, I've got the ocean in front of me now.
15:13You can immediately see two bottles,
15:15but they're both completely unusable.
15:19Look at that.
15:22This looks promising.
15:25That is fantastic.
15:27And now I can transport water.
15:28The more water I can carry,
15:33the more time I can spend looking for food.
15:36Well, this must be an old plastic fishing float, maybe.
15:41It's obviously not meant to be a water receptacle,
15:43but if I was to get a sharp stick
15:47and smash it into the top,
15:48or maybe when I get a fire going,
15:50burn a hole into the top,
15:52then it would certainly store water.
15:55Might not be great for carrying it,
15:56but it would store water.
15:58That's fantastic.
16:03It's a great haul.
16:06But it's approaching 40 centigrade
16:08and the hottest part of the day.
16:12I want to cross back to the shelter of the canyon
16:14before the tide comes in.
16:24Parrots.
16:26Pretty cool.
16:29Pushing into the canyon,
16:30I make a welcome discovery.
16:33Oh, no, that's what you call a billabong.
16:38Proper big, wide, old billabong.
16:42This water hole would have been filled
16:43in the rainy season.
16:48I thought when I came here
16:50that I wasn't going to be able to swim at all
16:53because of the threat of saltwater crocodiles.
16:56But there's absolutely no way
16:58the salties can get it this far.
16:59So I'm going to have a good swim.
17:03Oh.
17:06That is beautiful.
17:09That is beautiful.
17:12Woo-hoo!
17:13Oh, wow!
17:14Wow!
17:15That is quite wonderful.
17:24It's deep as well.
17:26I'll try and touch the bottom.
17:27Moments like this
17:32help me keep a cool head.
17:35That was fantastic.
17:40The billabong is surrounded by paperbark trees,
17:43which Aboriginal Australians use for medicinal purposes.
17:47Let's go and harvest some paperbark.
17:53For me,
17:54their thick, spongy bark
17:56could mean a good night's sleep.
17:58Huge, huge slab of paperbark.
18:00Perfect.
18:04But it's also perfect habitat
18:05for some of Australia's venomous creatures.
18:09A bite from this huntsman
18:11could be extremely painful.
18:13But venom from other spiders found here
18:15could be catastrophic,
18:17inducing nausea,
18:19unconsciousness,
18:20and even death.
18:22I'm completely alone
18:24and miles from any help.
18:26I can't afford to let my guard drop.
18:29It's going to provide me
18:29with a nice soft bed.
18:32Underfoot,
18:33spinifex grass has been tormenting me.
18:36But under my mattress,
18:37it should keep venomous creatures away.
18:45I'm not unlined last night.
18:47That is flat.
18:48I'm padded.
18:50I think I'm going to be in
18:51for a bit of a treat tonight.
18:53Snug as a bird in a rug.
18:56Perfect.
19:01Well, well, well.
19:02Carry on.
19:03Good night.
19:04Good morning.
19:14It's day, um,
19:16three, I suppose.
19:17The paperback bed was excellent.
19:20I certainly woke up
19:21thinking it would be morning time,
19:22feeling refreshed.
19:24After a good night's sleep
19:25and with a way to carry water,
19:27I want to move to a better campsite.
19:30Let's go, Stas.
19:31Let's go.
19:31I've barely eaten
19:34since I got here
19:35and moving closer to the bay
19:37could change that.
19:39To be able to see the tides
19:41coming in and going out
19:42and know
19:43right from where I'm staying
19:45and living
19:45exactly when I can go over
19:47and forage things
19:48is vital.
19:50That far tip over there
19:52is where the oysters are from.
19:53So I'm closer to my oysters,
19:55I'm closer to the mangrove.
19:57The only thing I'm
19:58further away from is water,
19:59but I've got enough water
20:00receptacles in order to
20:01and only have to make
20:02that trip once a day.
20:04It's staying on top of it
20:05and actually just,
20:06I think,
20:06being in tune with it.
20:09Camping up here,
20:11near my main food source,
20:12I'll have more chance
20:14of thriving.
20:16But I'll need shelter
20:17from the wind
20:18and the sun.
20:20The whole of the hillside
20:21is covered in these rocks
20:22and they're just perfect
20:24and they're just perfect
20:24building blocks.
20:24So I'm going to start building
20:26just a wind rock wall
20:28around here
20:29and then a bit of shade
20:30over the top
20:31so that I can move
20:32and come up here.
20:34Moving camp
20:34is a calculated risk.
20:36I'm putting everything else
20:38on hold.
20:41This is going to be
20:42really good.
20:43I'm really happy with that.
20:45It's worked so much better
20:46than I thought.
20:47Not a nail,
20:48not a bit of string,
20:49not glue,
20:51nothing.
20:52Everything is just resting
20:53on top of each other.
20:55I'm proud of my shelter
20:56but I'm exhausted.
20:58I haven't eaten
20:59and above all,
21:01I'm beginning to feel dehydrated.
21:04My plan to move into
21:05my stone-walled house,
21:09the scupper tonight,
21:10is I brought the water up.
21:12One water bottle's got a leak
21:13at the bottom
21:14and the other one
21:16has got a crack
21:18straight through it
21:19so I can't live away
21:22from the stream
21:22until I can carry water.
21:25As ridiculous as it seems,
21:28I can't do anything about that.
21:30All of the water bottles
21:31were fairly perished
21:32anyway
21:32and now
21:34they just won't hold water.
21:38Sometimes.
21:42Little hermit crab.
21:43With time,
21:44my diet improves.
21:46But my body starts
21:47to fall apart.
21:48My feet are cut to shreds.
21:50It's mission aborted,
21:51I'm afraid.
21:52It really is mission aborted.
21:58I'm Ed Stafford
21:59and I've been scraping
22:00a living,
22:01completely alone,
22:02on the harsh coast
22:03of Western Australia
22:04for four days.
22:06I've got so little energy,
22:07I have to admit.
22:09Yesterday,
22:09because of trying
22:10to get that shelter finished,
22:11I didn't eat any oysters,
22:14what are they called?
22:14Oysters,
22:15which has been
22:15my main staple
22:16and why didn't you eat them?
22:19Because I didn't deem
22:20that I had enough time
22:21to eat them.
22:22I just ploughed on,
22:24ploughed on with the shelter
22:26because I wanted
22:26to get it finished.
22:27I built my new shelter
22:29nearer to food
22:30but there's no water.
22:32This float could be the answer
22:34if I can adapt it.
22:36I want to start
22:37having a look
22:38at making a fire kit
22:40and getting a fire going.
22:43I've got no matches
22:44and no lighter
22:45but making fire
22:47by friction
22:48in this dry climate
22:49shouldn't be a problem.
22:50If I make some cordage
22:52out of bark
22:53then I should have enough
22:54to make my fire kit.
22:57Wattle tree bark
22:58will make great string.
23:00It's strong,
23:01it's long,
23:03it's flexible.
23:05Twist it up
23:06until it forms
23:07a natural kink
23:09and then when that kink's formed
23:10twist the overhand line
23:12and so I'm always
23:13turning the top line
23:15away from me
23:16and then wrapping it
23:17over in front.
23:20And that is strong.
23:22That is really,
23:23really strong.
23:24when you turn
23:26the bark of a plant
23:27into string
23:29which is going to be
23:30so useful
23:31for making fire
23:32that's really rewarding.
23:35Until now
23:36I haven't needed fire
23:37but making it
23:39could be a turning point
23:40for me.
23:41It has to work.
23:43Come on!
23:44Come on!
23:44Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
23:57Come on, come on.
24:05Yes!
24:05We've got fire!
24:08Thank you, thank you.
24:09You see?
24:13Yes!
24:16I've got fire.
24:20Every time
24:21I go through
24:22one of these
24:23ordeals
24:24it still means
24:25so much to me
24:26to get a fire going.
24:28It's a huge
24:29morale boost
24:30and I'm a big step
24:31closer to moving
24:32camp.
24:33Oh!
24:34Took that out
24:35just a lot of time
24:36and...
24:36It went.
24:37It works
24:53and should hold
24:54about 15 litres
24:55but carrying it
24:56will be a challenge.
24:58OK, what I need now
25:00is vines
25:01as shoulder straps.
25:04With no tools
25:05it pays to think
25:06outside the box.
25:09If I can carry
25:10this water
25:10to my new campsite
25:12I'm a good step
25:13closer to thriving here.
25:16But it's a 20-minute walk
25:18and in this terrain
25:20the extra weight
25:21is taking its toll.
25:24My feet
25:25are cut to shreds.
25:33My feet
25:34are fairly cut up
25:36at the moment
25:37fairly painful.
25:41But I've invested
25:42all my energy
25:43in the move
25:43and I have to
25:45plough on.
25:46Right, fire.
25:47Let's transfer the fire.
25:50Crikey.
25:51If there's one
25:52thing
25:53which is hard work
25:54it's the distance
25:55between everything.
26:00It's been a huge effort
26:01and has sapped
26:02all my strength.
26:11Oh, it's water.
26:13It's water
26:14in a huge quantity.
26:16It's nowhere near
26:17a canyon
26:18on the top
26:19on a cliff edge.
26:21Seems ridiculous
26:23right now
26:24but
26:24there's a method
26:26in my madness.
26:26I'm running on empty
26:32but being here
26:34will pay dividends.
26:38Now
26:39I've got all the food
26:40I could want
26:41on my doorstep.
26:42There's quite a lot
26:45of snails here.
26:46These will all be good
26:47to vary my diet
26:48a little bit.
26:49You can't just
26:50eat one
26:50substance
26:51and it's tasty
26:53as oysters are.
26:55I've got to eat
26:55some snails as well
26:56and some hermit crabs
26:58hopefully
26:59if I can catch them.
27:01A varied diet
27:02is vital
27:03to stay healthy
27:04and to thrive.
27:05The sea's right
27:08by me now
27:08and I think
27:09because of these rocks here
27:10a croc wouldn't be able
27:11to strike directly at me
27:12but
27:13even so
27:14I'm not taking any risk
27:16when I know
27:17there's a crocodile
27:17around here.
27:18I haven't seen it yet
27:19but
27:19that doesn't mean
27:21that it hasn't seen me.
27:23There's no need
27:24to push my luck.
27:26I'm reaping the rewards
27:27of my hard work
27:28and I've got enough
27:29seafood for my first
27:30cooked meal.
27:33This little hermit crab
27:34that'll be the first
27:35thing I'll do.
27:37And I'm quite excited
27:38about this.
27:39This should be great.
27:41Seafood grill.
27:44The crab won't take long
27:45but sea snails
27:47can contain
27:48dangerous parasites.
27:50They'll need
27:50to be cooked
27:50thoroughly.
27:53Little hermit crab.
27:59Mmm.
27:59Crab.
28:00I love crab.
28:02Get odd
28:02wafts
28:03of really
28:04really cool
28:04lovely seafood.
28:06Oh, I just had one.
28:07It's like a big
28:08waft of paella.
28:10Oh.
28:11They are going
28:12to be good.
28:13Eating cooked lunch
28:15in the nude.
28:17Rocks.
28:18Mmm.
28:23Moving camp
28:24was a good decision.
28:26I'm beginning
28:26to feel in control.
28:29I'm sitting
28:30looking at the back
28:30of my house
28:31on the back
28:32doorstep
28:33and you spin
28:35the camera around
28:36and the whole
28:38of the bay
28:39is in front of me.
28:45Was it worth,
28:46was it worth
28:47all of that
28:48labouring
28:49in the hot sun?
28:50Yes,
28:51it was.
28:53Extraordinary feeling.
28:54And I'm just
28:55straight over the bay
28:57and I can sit here
28:58in the evenings
28:59and contemplate life.
29:06Such,
29:07such a good move.
29:10Utterly, utterly
29:11stunning.
29:12Quite wonderful.
29:31I've got water,
29:32food,
29:33shelter
29:33and fire.
29:35Everything I need
29:36to survive here.
29:37But I'm a long way
29:39from achieving my goal
29:40and proving
29:41I could live here
29:41long-term.
29:43What I want to do
29:43is to start fishing.
29:45And so,
29:46for that,
29:47I need a spit
29:48because I clearly
29:49haven't got a knife
29:50and so I can't sharpen it.
29:52I'm going to
29:53put it in the fire,
29:53burn this end
29:54and then abrade it
29:56on the rocks
29:56into a sharp point.
30:08I think that's
30:08pretty sharp.
30:09A few miles south
30:12of camp,
30:13I find a sheltered bay.
30:16With the tide rising,
30:18it should be a good spot
30:19to spear fish.
30:25Needless to say,
30:25if I could spear
30:26something today,
30:27that would be fantastic.
30:34Stingrays come into the shallows
30:36looking for food.
30:39My plan is to stand stock still
30:41and wait for them
30:42to come to me.
30:43Come on!
31:00I had a stab
31:01at one of the rays
31:02but it wasn't accurate enough.
31:04But they are there.
31:04They are there.
31:05So,
31:05I'm going to keep persevering.
31:07I stick it out
31:12into the heat
31:13of the day.
31:14But with the tide
31:15rising fast,
31:16I don't want to get
31:17cut off in this bay.
31:20I'm going to move
31:21further south
31:22and find another place
31:23to hunt.
31:24I feel quite tribal
31:26with my spear.
31:31Although,
31:32I'm not making
31:33very fast progress
31:35down the beach.
31:37I feel like
31:37a tribal pensioner,
31:39I mean.
31:40Joking aside,
31:42I'm paying the price
31:43for underestimating
31:44the power
31:44of the Australian sun.
31:46This is tough going.
31:48I need to be careful
31:49where I put my footing
31:50around it.
31:50because it's spinifex
31:53hides holes.
31:55You think you're
31:56putting your foot
31:56on something firm.
31:58And judging by that,
31:59it could probably
32:00be a chasm
32:00of about 50 foot deep.
32:02I'm beginning
32:03to think that
32:04the risks I'm taking
32:05outweigh the potential gains.
32:07I just think
32:08with the state
32:09of your feet,
32:10you can't afford
32:11to travel
32:13long distances now,
32:15Ed.
32:15You really can't.
32:17Wow,
32:17it's so hot.
32:20The sun's pretty much
32:23dirty over here.
32:24White rocks I like.
32:25You can hang out
32:26on white rocks.
32:27White rocks
32:28are relatively cool.
32:31But I'm steering
32:32clear of the dark rocks.
32:34The burning sun
32:35can heat them
32:36as high as 70 centigrade.
32:38Crikey.
32:39The ground on the foot
32:40is not just because
32:42my feet are tender,
32:44it's because my feet
32:44have got open sores
32:45and it's the open
32:46weepy sores
32:48that in contact
32:50with the boiling ground
32:51just don't mix well.
32:54I can't even hold
32:54the camera properly.
32:55Come on in.
32:57Every step is painful.
32:59I literally cannot,
33:00um,
33:02can't put my feet down.
33:04It's ridiculous.
33:05I can't walk
33:06to the beach
33:06with the state
33:08of my feet currently.
33:09So, um,
33:10it's mission aborted,
33:13I'm afraid.
33:13It really is
33:14mission aborted.
33:17It's a big blow.
33:18I feel like
33:19I was beginning
33:20to prosper out here.
33:21Now,
33:22I'm heading back
33:23to the camp,
33:23shattered
33:24and empty-handed.
33:27I've just been hit
33:28for six.
33:28I really have,
33:29um,
33:31I went on a mission.
33:33It was over-optimistic.
33:35I was unprepared.
33:37It was agony
33:38on my feet.
33:39I've been smashed.
33:41Lesson learned.
33:43Time to have
33:45a little light
33:45down there,
33:46I think.
33:54In a survival situation,
33:56you have to know
33:57when to cut your losses.
34:02I need to pick
34:03myself up
34:04and I've spotted
34:05some food
34:06closer to home.
34:07Boab trees
34:10are not found
34:11anywhere else
34:12in Australia.
34:13Now,
34:13I'm going to
34:13take these
34:13into the shade.
34:19Pound for pound,
34:20their fruit
34:20is one of the most
34:21energy-rich foods
34:22in the world.
34:24Okay.
34:26Right,
34:26you can see
34:27there's nuts
34:27and I think
34:28those nuts
34:28have to be
34:29roasted in the fire
34:30but you're meant
34:31to be able
34:31to chew the pith away.
34:32It tastes like cardboard.
34:37With six times
34:38more vitamin C
34:39than oranges,
34:40they're a vital
34:41boost to my
34:42immune system.
34:43I reckon
34:44those are going
34:45to be good
34:45roasted in the fire.
34:47It's a great find.
34:49Maybe
34:50my luck
34:51is changing.
34:53I've got nuts
34:54this evening
34:54for supper
34:55and lo and behold
34:56I find a little
34:57crag in the rock
34:59which has got
34:59fresh sea salt.
35:02So tonight
35:03instead of just
35:04roasted nuts
35:04I've got roasted
35:06salted nuts.
35:08Replacing the salt
35:09I'm losing
35:10through sweat
35:10is essential.
35:12Without it
35:13I risk nausea,
35:14headaches
35:14and even seizures.
35:21Roasted salted nuts,
35:22Edward.
35:24You're spoiling yourself.
35:29Really nice,
35:33especially
35:34with the sea salt.
35:38Can't get enough
35:38of these.
35:39I literally
35:40can't stop eating.
35:42It's like
35:43halfway between
35:43an almond
35:44and popcorn.
35:47Heaven.
35:49Pure heaven.
35:50Today's been a good
35:58day.
35:59Today's been a good
36:00day.
36:00Tough but good.
36:01I almost cherish
36:02the hardships
36:03because they highlight
36:05the good times,
36:07don't they?
36:07And then
36:08I'm very grateful
36:10for everything I've
36:11found.
36:12And I'm ready
36:13for my sack.
36:14So
36:14I'm going to
36:15hit my sack
36:15now.
36:19Hunger bites.
36:20I'm starting
36:21to get delirious.
36:23But I'm thrown
36:24a lifeline.
36:26Wow.
36:26What an amazing
36:27find.
36:36I've been struggling
36:37to survive
36:38on the scorched
36:39west coast
36:40of Australia
36:40for more
36:41than a week.
36:47Wow.
36:48It's a massive
36:50heavy duty
36:51fishing line.
36:53I haven't seen
36:53either end of it
36:54yet, but I'm
36:55going to trace
36:56it back to
36:56either end
36:57and you never
37:00know, it may
37:00have a hook
37:00on it.
37:03Wow.
37:03What an amazing
37:04find.
37:07Okay, well,
37:08the first end
37:09of the fishing line
37:09does not have a
37:10hook on it.
37:10Oh my God.
37:20Out there
37:20is a hook.
37:23I don't need to say
37:24anymore, do I?
37:27That's incredible.
37:29I came here
37:30to see if I could
37:31thrive with nothing
37:32and no one
37:33to help me.
37:34But I've only had
37:35one substantial meal
37:36since I arrived.
37:37This could be the
37:38change in fortune
37:39I need.
37:41Okay, already
37:42we can start
37:43fishing.
37:43We've got snails.
37:45But first,
37:46I've got to set
37:46up the line.
37:48I've got quite
37:48a big barbed
37:49hook, but it
37:51won't sink
37:52unless I attach
37:53it to a weight.
37:57And so this
37:57way, I don't know
37:58if you can see
37:59in the light,
38:00it's got a hole
38:01straight through it.
38:02Okay, so I've got
38:07a weighted line
38:08with a hook
38:09coming off it.
38:10Before heading
38:11into the heat,
38:12I need to take
38:13one final precaution.
38:15Anything that
38:16covers my skin
38:16is going to give
38:17me some
38:18protection from
38:18the sun.
38:20Anything,
38:21ash or mud.
38:23In an ideal world,
38:24I'd use clay.
38:26In a really ideal world,
38:28I'd use something
38:28even.
38:32You can see
38:37in the canyon,
38:38there's a very
38:38pronounced ledge
38:39that drops down
38:40to the water.
38:41I'm going to try
38:41and climb up
38:42onto that ledge
38:43and drop the
38:45fishing line down
38:46to see if I can
38:47fish from there.
38:48But I'm going to
38:48have to be really
38:49wary of crocs,
38:50obviously.
38:53It's quite a hairy
38:54little ledge,
38:55this one.
38:56Not very wide.
38:59It's a long
39:00way down.
39:00And with crocs
39:02lurking,
39:03one slip
39:03could be deadly.
39:06Just got to
39:06creep round
39:07and then I'll
39:07be above the water.
39:11My Aboriginal
39:12guides told me
39:13to be especially
39:13wary of the
39:14resident crocodile.
39:16Still haven't
39:17seen the elephant
39:17in the room,
39:19the croc
39:19in the pool.
39:22Had no eyes
39:23on the crocodile
39:24at all.
39:24quite a different
39:31feeling being
39:32right in this
39:32canyon now.
39:41The canyon's a
39:42sun trap and the
39:44heat here is
39:45intense.
39:46these conditions
39:57are unbearable
39:58and I'm
39:59growing restless.
40:05I'm going to
40:06move locations.
40:08Even with my
40:09improvised sunblock,
40:10my skin's
40:10starting to burn.
40:12I need shade.
40:13the constant
40:19beating sun
40:20and the lack
40:21of food
40:21is beginning
40:22to wear me
40:23down.
40:23fishing.
40:29Fishing.
40:41Fishing requires
40:47patience I don't
40:48seem to have
40:49today.
40:51I'm sitting here
40:52thinking it
40:53ain't going to
40:54happen, it
40:54ain't going to
40:55happen, it
40:55ain't going to
40:56happen.
40:57I'm starting
40:58to get
40:58delirious.
41:05I don't know
41:06whether it's
41:06hunger on the
41:07penultimate day
41:08or apathy caused
41:15by failed attempts
41:16to fish.
41:17I'm not sure
41:18in all honesty
41:20this is the way
41:21it goes.
41:22You might catch
41:22something, you
41:23might not.
41:24There's no
41:25guarantee
41:25whatsoever.
41:27I'm going to
41:27call it a day.
41:29I'm not going to
41:29catch any fish
41:30here.
41:33It's been a
41:34learning experience
41:35as I keep telling
41:37myself.
41:41I set out to
41:42prove I could
41:43live here long
41:43term but I
41:45don't think I've
41:46done that.
41:46I have shelter,
41:49fire and water
41:50but I've struggled
41:52to find enough
41:53food to thrive.
41:55There was an
41:56element of me that
41:57thought I could
41:58come here and life
41:59would be easy and
42:00of course with just
42:02your bare hands
42:03life isn't easy and
42:05I think this place
42:06gave me enough to
42:07allow me to live
42:08comfortably but didn't
42:09give me too much
42:10because it needed
42:11me to learn that
42:12things don't come
42:15for free.
42:16It's been a real
42:17honour to have
42:18been allowed to
42:19live here for the
42:20last ten days and I
42:22really will never
42:23ever forget this for
42:24the rest of my life.
42:33Morning.
42:35It's day ten.
42:36It's day ten.
42:40I'm going home.
42:51I can't wait to get
42:52home.
42:56That there sound
42:57means it's time for
42:58me to leave.
43:06What a sight.
43:13Civilisation.
43:15Happy day.
43:20There's my taxi home.
43:25My ten days here
43:27have taught me that
43:28the beautiful Kimberley
43:29Coast can be a harsh
43:31place to live.
43:33Traditionally its
43:34Aboriginal owners would
43:35have moved inland to
43:36five at this time of
43:37year and I now
43:39understand why.
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