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Secret Africa Into the Wild S01E01
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00:26This is terrifying.
00:31There's ten.
00:34Can I get the...
00:35Hang on, hang on, hang on.
00:38Yeah.
00:41He's right by camp.
00:42Whoa.
00:43There he is.
00:44Oh, my God.
00:45He's just looking at us.
00:49For most of us, the idea of being eaten alive at night feels impossible.
00:55Because today, more than half of us live in cities.
01:00We've traded open horizons for walls and left just a handful of people still living by the land.
01:06They're the Earth's original explorers.
01:08They're nomads.
01:09And as their land disappears, so does their way of life.
01:14It would be easy to believe that there's no area left still classed as truly wild.
01:19But you'd be wrong.
01:21There are still majestic pockets of land that are rugged, wild and teeming with life.
01:26We found not just one hippo, but all the hippos.
01:30Whoa.
01:31This is the Tanzania you don't get to see.
01:34And the critical thing is, we need them for the health of our planet.
01:38I'm Lucy, and I'm an explorer.
01:40I've been leading expeditions all over the world for over a decade.
01:43And now, I'm on a mission to take you with me.
01:46I've journeyed to some of the world's most distant corners.
01:49But this time, I'm trying to cross one of Africa's last great wildernesses on foot.
01:54A route that only a few have traveled, and never in this way.
01:58Once in a lifetime experience.
01:59I feel like I've just stepped into a world.
02:01I'm just trying to keep up.
02:02I want to show you the beauty.
02:04This place really is a paradise.
02:06But surprising.
02:07There's lots of African killer bees.
02:09This is mad.
02:10And the downright terrifying.
02:12Oh my god.
02:13I'll be joined by those who still live by the land.
02:15True nomadic hunter-gatherers.
02:17And learn how they're adapting in a world that's changing fast.
02:20I'm gonna have to get used to the fact that things are gonna get killed.
02:23As we journey across this harsh terrain, we'll face predators.
02:26She's looking right at us.
02:29Extreme heat and days without water.
02:31I don't know if we've got enough for 24 hours.
02:33We'll need to come together and learn to work with the wild, not against it.
02:37I want to prove that this planet still has unspoiled places of all shapes and sizes still left to fight
02:42for.
02:43Because it has never been more important for us to build up our relationship with the natural world.
02:48And protect these last wildernesses at all costs.
02:51This is unbelievably spectacular.
03:03I'm about to start an expedition that will take me through hundreds of kilometers on foot with my local team
03:09across some of the wildest, most hostile areas East Africa has to offer here in Tanzania.
03:15We're gonna be going through dense forests, volcanic mountains, and we're gonna be filming it all.
03:21I don't know what to expect. None of us know what to expect.
03:24Feeling a little nervous, but ready for it.
03:28I believe the best way to understand the country's wild places, the challenges they face and why we need them,
03:33is through adventure.
03:34The type that's on the ground, at walking pace. So we really get to experience everything the wilderness has to
03:40offer.
03:41Tanzania is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, and by several neighboring countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and
03:47Zambia.
03:48Our mission is to cross a large part of Tanzania, and this secret land holds the key to our future
03:53as much as our past.
03:56To have any chance of success on this ambitious expedition, I've put together the best team, and we all have
04:03our roles to play.
04:04There's me. Well, this was my crazy idea. I'll be filming the expedition and navigating, as well as keeping the
04:10team together.
04:11Then we've got Julius. Julius's tracking skills with big game will be vital for keeping us safe.
04:17And Delali, Julius's son, a master chef and hunter-gatherer. When supplies run low, he'll be the one we rely
04:24on.
04:25We'll then need to find a team member from another tribe.
04:29Having someone with different skills and traditional knowledge will be essential as we move through such varied terrain.
04:36Finally, there's Winnes. Winnes and I have been working together for months getting this expedition off the ship.
04:41He knows multiple languages and will be our chief negotiator and translator as we navigate around the various tribes.
04:48So you're looking forward to the adventure?
04:51Very well, yeah. Once in a lifetime experience.
04:54Yeah. I hope so.
04:56Yeah, sure.
04:56It's going to be memorable.
04:58Uh-huh.
05:01What are you most afraid of?
05:03The wildlife.
05:05Yeah, the wildlife.
05:06Yeah.
05:06The wildlife.
05:08Because people are normally in here, right?
05:09Yeah.
05:10They're normally in vehicles and we're choosing to be on foot.
05:14Oh, yeah.
05:15And Winnes has a right to be nervous about the wildlife.
05:17We'll be moving through a world where everything wants to bite or eat you.
05:21With hyenas, elephants and lions all abundant, we'll need to keep our wits about us just to survive.
05:27But before we can worry about that, I need to find the rest of the team.
05:31We are just heading to the start point.
05:33We are just heading to the start point.
05:33We're going to go and find two more members of our team, Julius and Delali.
05:37And they're both nomadic hunter gatherers from the Hadza tribe.
05:41And our first challenge is actually going to be to try and find them.
05:44Because they are nomadic, they don't stay in one place.
06:00I don't really know what I'm looking for.
06:02I'm looking for two people who I guess look like hunter gatherers.
06:06What does a hunter gatherer look like nowadays?
06:08Is it what I have in my mind?
06:13The elephant there.
06:14Elephants.
06:15I didn't know elephants were here.
06:18See the elephants.
06:21Oh, it is fresh.
06:23Straight in for it.
06:24So elephants already.
06:25So we have elephants here.
06:28Looking for two nomads in this vast wilderness is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
06:33But for hunter gatherers, maybe I stick out like a sore thumb.
06:39Yeah, I see Julius there.
06:42You might see.
06:43Do you see him?
06:44I'm just walking there, see?
06:45Oh, is that them?
06:46Yeah, I see them.
06:47Oh.
06:47Yeah, he has Julius here now.
06:49Oh, Julius.
06:50They have a dog.
06:51Oh, they've got dogs.
06:53We need to go close to them.
06:54Yeah, okay.
06:59We were expecting to just meet Julius and Delali.
07:02But instead, a whole band of Hadza have come to greet us.
07:05And before we know it, we're off.
07:07Okay, we go this way.
07:08Let us go.
07:09Okay.
07:10Does your dog have a name?
07:12Mogolomi.
07:13Mogolomi.
07:17Mogolomi.
07:21Mogolomi.
07:22They walk fast.
07:23Seriously.
07:26It's chaotic.
07:27I have to start.
07:29There.
07:35The Hadza have minimal belongings, wear animal skins, carry bows, and live by skills perfected
07:40over thousands of years.
07:41They walk everywhere, sometimes up to 50 kilometers per day, in search of food and water.
07:46And since the expedition begins tomorrow, the guys want to get something for dinner.
07:51And make sure we're safe.
07:52At least for tonight.
07:57Yes.
07:58Wish us luck on hunting.
08:00Interesting.
08:03I don't know how I'm going to cope with animals being killed left, right, and center.
08:07But that's what they do.
08:18The bush baby.
08:19Ah.
08:21Bush baby.
08:29It's a bit too much to show, but a single bite is made to the back of the bush baby's
08:34neck.
08:36I didn't realize that the guys had sort of already shot it.
08:40I was waiting.
08:40I thought the bush baby had a chance, but it definitely didn't have a chance.
08:43It had been shot by the arrow.
08:45I know it's quite weird.
08:46I'm going to have to get used to the fact things are going to get killed.
08:58Silly reaction.
09:06We're running.
09:10Come with you.
09:12I'm hungry.
09:14Why is there for the cute ones?
09:19These are black-faced velvet monkeys.
09:21Precious meat for the hunter-gatherers.
09:25Oh.
09:31Is that the same one?
09:32This one is the male, the big one.
09:40Suppose we're eating monkey tonight then.
10:01The Hatsa hunt two to three times a week, but as other tribes are resettled by the government
10:05onto this land with cattle and goats, the grazing and water is quickly consumed.
10:10The herds drive the wild animals away, and with them goes the Hatsa's food.
10:15That's why they seize upon any chance to hunt meat whenever they can, for their own survival
10:20more than anything else.
10:22Today was a good hunt day, but it's getting harder and harder to maintain this way of life.
10:29In this world, nothing from a hunted animal is wasted.
10:34Dug straight into the hands.
10:36That seems to be the preference.
10:37Guys are going to eat what they want, take the rest back to their wives.
10:41Yeah.
10:42Couldn't get any fresher than this.
10:46Some liver?
10:47Yes.
10:48Yeah, liver good?
10:49Oh, yeah.
10:50Yeah.
10:50Good.
10:58Good.
10:58Good.
10:59Good?
11:09Mm-hmm.
11:10You have to taste the rain.
11:11I have to taste the rain.
11:12Yeah, so...
11:13I have to taste the rain.
11:15With dinner done, it's time to work again, before something decides to eat us.
11:20So, shelter building it is.
11:27Okay.
11:30Deep, deep, deep.
11:32Yeah.
11:32Ah, okay.
11:34I'm the only woman here, and it's clear the guys like to take the lead.
11:40Okay.
11:41This is Hanga.
11:42He's wasted no time showing who's boss.
11:46I will do as he says.
11:48Yeah.
11:50That means take it this way, I think.
11:52Repeated.
11:54Hanga is proving particularly hard to impress.
12:05I haven't had the time to, like, gain my thoughts yet.
12:09I feel like I've just stepped into a world and just trying to keep up.
12:14Nighttime is danger time here in the bush, as it's when many of the predators, like lions
12:19and leopards are at their most dangerous.
12:21But the threats here come in all shapes and sizes.
12:24This is a scorpion.
12:26Scorpion.
12:27Scorpion.
12:27Yeah, a scorpion.
12:29Scorpion.
12:30Very dangerous.
12:31Yeah.
12:33Found a scorpion.
12:34About five metres from the camp, or from my little house.
12:40It's fine.
12:40Just thinking on the bright side.
12:41They don't kill you.
12:42They don't kill you.
12:42They're just really, really hurt.
12:44Delali comes with news.
12:46Seems tonight we've got more than just big cats to worry about.
12:49So they are afraid of elephants only.
12:52Yeah.
12:52That's what I'm afraid of.
12:53Only elephants because it's big.
12:55And tusks.
12:55Yeah.
12:56I'm afraid too.
12:58They're just burning the elephant down.
13:01Okay.
13:01Just like a fancy mechanism.
13:04Oh, really?
13:05Yes.
13:05And move away.
13:07So that's what you do if you're nervous.
13:09Well, you can survive.
13:09Yeah.
13:10Yeah.
13:12Elephants are so often seen as gentle giants.
13:14But out here, they're one of the animals to be feared the most.
13:18They're intelligent, unpredictable, and carry the scars of generational trauma
13:22after years of conflict with humans.
13:24Sometimes, they defend themselves.
13:27Other times, they attack without warning, using deadly precision with their tusks, trunks,
13:32and even their feet.
13:33Each year, they kill far more people than predators here, like lions and leopards do.
13:38It's that combination of power and intelligence that makes them so dangerous.
13:42But it's also what makes them extraordinary.
13:45Elephants, they're not mindless aggressors.
13:47They think, they feel, and they remember.
13:50And that's why they demand our respect.
14:02There are only around 1,000 Hadza left in Tanzania, with small groups living across the country.
14:08They live entirely from what they can hunt and gather, offering a rare window into how humans lived tens of
14:13thousands of years ago.
14:15The Hadza rely on nature being in perfect balance and take only what they need.
14:19But in a world changing fast, they're having to fight harder than ever to hold on to their way of
14:24life.
14:25Julius and Jalali may be incredible bushman, but this is a new adventure for them.
14:30They've never been on an expedition.
14:32So while I'll be learning from their deep knowledge of survival, they'll also be learning from me in a sense.
14:37But mostly, let's be honest, I'll be learning from them.
14:42Together, we'll step into the unknown as a team.
14:44And with the unknown, things are always unpredictable.
15:05When we're running, we're running.
15:24It's 1.30 in the morning, and something is getting very close to our camp.
15:30Okay, we're running.
15:39Yeah, hyena is coming around here, but now we are already chasing away.
15:44Chased away.
15:45Yeah.
15:48Thank you for scaring it.
15:51We can go back to bed now.
15:58Having a visit from hyenas last night meant that my son was a big fan.
16:01His sleep was a little disturbed.
16:03Then there's this. Look. Fresh elephant dung. Just around here.
16:11Yeah, I've definitely got a bit of... What have I got myself in for?
16:17We all need a good meal before leaving the rest of the Hadza.
16:20And as the Hadza are hunter-gatherers, that means one of two things.
16:25We're trying to find or dig up tuba, which I think is like a sort of root, a bit like
16:29a potato.
16:30Maybe this is my opportunity to show my biggest skeptic, my worthiness.
16:38These tuba roots contain life-saving nutrients and water, an essential survival tool to learn here.
16:44But while the tubas are filling, it seems the guys want something slightly sweeter to finish things off.
16:50And in a world without sugar, getting dessert is a very dangerous business.
16:55There are bees. There are bees.
16:56There are bees. Yes.
16:57African bees are aggressive. If you are smelling inside your home, and then the soldier is coming outside.
17:05We look at the enemy and... Stink, stink, stink. Yeah. It's dangerous. But if you like to try Lucy, not
17:15easy.
17:16I have to get my bravery up now. I've got to challenge my Hadza, my inner Hadza.
17:27The Hadza hunt for honey regularly, using it as one of their most precious trading resources.
17:33They only ever take what they need.
17:35I'm making sure I'm standing right in the smoke of the fire, so that I smell as much as fake
17:40as possible.
17:43Smoke is used to calm the bees. That doesn't mean it stops them from stinging.
17:49Oh! Yeah?
17:52Got it. I almost had it.
17:54Straight in. You tell me where.
17:57I'm being watched very carefully.
18:00Like that? Yeah.
18:02As the hunter-gatherer in the team, Lale takes me under his wing to show me how it's done.
18:07Yeah? Come on.
18:08Oh, I got it. Yeah!
18:10Yeah!
18:11That's it.
18:12Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:13Look!
18:16Wow!
18:21Yay! Okay!
18:23Yay!
18:25Yay!
18:26Yay!
18:38Yay!
18:38Yeah, once I found out there were African killer bees, it was a different story.
18:41But, did it.
18:42And the honey tastes also sweeter, but my hand is shaking.
18:46Shaking from all the stings.
18:52Julius, are you excited for the expedition?
18:55I'm ready to walk.
18:57Yes.
18:57Yeah, every...
18:58You're ready to walk?
18:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:59Yes, these legs are...
19:00I've seen you walking already.
19:02Oh, it's just...
19:03I hope you, I hope you slow down.
19:06I know.
19:07We've got stuff to carry.
19:08Okay.
19:09Like, we've got tents.
19:11Tents and food and everything.
19:13Food, a little bit of team kit.
19:15It's like safety stuff.
19:17Yes.
19:17Yes.
19:18I know.
19:18How many days are you walking?
19:20Um, it will be like five weeks.
19:23Five weeks.
19:24Yeah.
19:25I'm excited though.
19:27I'm glad you're on the team.
19:28You'll be okay in the shoes for the whole time?
19:30Yes.
19:31They'll be fine?
19:32Nice.
19:32They're quite different, aren't they?
19:34Yeah.
19:34Nice one.
19:35Okay, cool.
19:37It's been fascinating learning from the Hadza.
19:39But now, I need to show them a little bit about my world.
19:42Now it's time to actually get ready for the expedition.
19:47Check what Julius and Tulali have in terms of kit.
19:49What we've equipped them with and what more team kit we've got to give.
19:53Because we've also got things like camera batteries.
19:56Julius, did you want an extra one, please?
20:00I've been leading teams on different expeditions for over 15 years.
20:03But for Julius and Tulali, and all of our onlookers, this is new.
20:09Do you have a plate?
20:11Sani.
20:11Yeah.
20:13Or a mug.
20:16So we have to carry this.
20:17This is like a stretcher.
20:18Get some of those.
20:20Yeah, it's for sharing, so take another one.
20:23Sardines.
20:23Everywhere.
20:28Mine and Winneta's rucksacks weigh over 35 kilograms.
20:32We're used to carrying that sort of weight.
20:33But Julius and Tulali come in at 15 kilograms.
20:37Sounds much less, but for these guys,
20:39who rely on travelling as light as possible,
20:41it will be a real challenge.
20:43The only way to keep the weight down is to take less food.
20:46So hitting that next resupply point will be crucial.
20:51How does it feel?
20:52Heavy?
20:54We'll go slow, slow.
20:55Yeah, we will do.
20:56Okay.
20:58Now that we've packed the bags for everything, for Julius and Tulali especially,
21:03I think it's become a little bit more real for them.
21:06Especially Julius, I really want to make sure that he doesn't get spooked.
21:10It's going to take quite a while to get into it.
21:12So, yeah, it's going to have to really keep spirits up and go slow.
21:16And quite a culture shock for them now.
21:19The tables have turned.
21:27It's going to be a big one.
21:34The journey ahead will take us into entirely different environments,
21:38each demanding its own kind of expertise.
21:40And so to continue, we must seek out one last team-mate shaped by another landscape.
22:04We're heading east to try and find members from the Aki tribe and see if anyone wants to join us.
22:10Once hunter-gatherers like the Hadza, many have since merged with Maasai, taking on cattle and a more settled way
22:16of life.
22:17But it's their different knowledge and skills and their deep understanding of different lands that are going to be vital
22:22for the journey ahead.
22:26Life here has changed.
22:27The men are less often in the forest, the community more sedentary.
22:31This brings its own set of challenges.
22:34Staying in one place and keeping cattle brings pressure on the land resources and risks ancient traditions dying out.
22:41Just came around the corner and had a little bit of a shock because I saw four boys looking like
22:45they're about to go into war with their bows and arrows.
22:47And their faces are painted white and they're wearing all black.
22:50And it turns out it's because they've had a coming-of-age ritual.
22:56As much as I'd love to have a woman join the team, unfortunately, it's just unrealistic in this community.
23:03The family is quite a few years since I was very proud of, and I think they've got to be
23:09a woman who's a father and she's not a man who's not a woman who's not a man who's not
23:20a man who's not a man who's not a man.
23:22And this is how she's not a man who's not a man who, who's not a man who's not a
23:30man who's not a man.
23:36so one of the reasons we're here is we would love to invite someone from this
23:42the Aki to join this big adventure because anyone who wants to see more of
23:49this land and Tanzania but also someone who would be great on the team who knows
23:54this area in particular so is there anyone here who would like to join our
24:00team and join join the expedition it feels like an agonizing long wait it's
24:11looking like no one will step up
24:28wants to be famous we've got our our final team member so welcome to the team thank you we'll get
24:47our final team member Moses Moses will bring with him an Aki tradition that he says will keep us safe
24:54at night he calls it his magic
25:04right now we are finding out how to protect ourselves from and after getting some ash and putting it
25:10just setting it to light a little bit there's this special stick that once you dip it into the ash
25:17you place it in front of the door in the front of your tent or where you think you might
25:23be
25:23vulnerable to the wildlife but you have to close your eyes as you do it and really believe that
25:28this will protect you and this is their method of being protecting in the in the wilderness from the
25:33the big wildlife and will will Moses be doing that every night yeah yes oh good good he's a soldier
25:43yeah as a parting gift the Aki have decided that my machete needs a little TLC very good incredible
25:52it'll be good for the walk thank you it's happening now everything's come together got our team
26:04together now we've got to do is walk a few hundred kilometers it's a long way we have no idea
26:12what to
26:12expect but I think we're ready at the moment it all feels quite daunting I think but there'll be a
26:23bit of team spirit I think as soon as we leave I can feel it already we've been waiting for
26:29this day
26:30final now and it's all of our team we are we are ready we're very ready what that's left is
26:40to say
26:40goodbye to the vehicles and goodbye to our camera operator goodbye to Luke the crew from now on no
26:51crew no support just us and my camera bye bye bye bye bye we have began walking in the sand
27:17on dry riverbed
27:32our journey will take us across some of Tanzania's last remaining wildernesses starting in the east
27:38and heading west we'll pass through mountains and dense forests where we'll need to stay alert for
27:43elephants before reaching the open lands around Lake Iasi then we'll have a chance to resupply in the
27:48territory where more of Julius and that are these tribe live and from there the route climbs up the
27:53escarpment the heat will be brutal before we reach the Serengeti a place where few ever walk but we
27:59will wildlife will be our biggest threat here and if we make it through we'll face the dry lands the
28:05water is scarce before finally climbing into the highlands through Masai land to Mount Langai an active
28:11volcano still worshiped as the mountain of god and then we'll be done with roads but after tomorrow
28:29there's no more road there will be no more roads new bear new bear yeah tell me what new bear
28:36means
28:37and the bear bear that car thanks what means thanks thanks thank you you're bad yeah it's a long road
28:47but
28:47after today we should be done with the roads and and then yeah onto the animals so within just a
29:03few
29:03minutes Moses is changed into his sandals again this is gonna be our life for the foreseeable future
29:20Tanzania is scattered with communities living right on the edge of wilderness so our first
29:25challenge is simply getting through a few remote townships before the wild really begins because
29:31once we're in the wilds support will be a very very long way away they never see people walking like
29:38the way we do that's why we found like all of them they're standing watching of us what's happening
29:44there oh why does come people everyone's just thinking what are you doing well I couldn't do what
29:55you're doing so bye some sugar beet it's in water I think it's a little bit of a shock to
30:06the system for
30:06everyone it's gonna be painful good a lot of walking only another like 560 kilometers to go
30:21if we do another two legs we will have done what we need so I'll give you one back thank
30:30you very much
30:36I think another two hours and we'll be there seem to be getting marriage proposals every single day
30:52here just adding every name to the list they're saying if things don't work out
30:56my current boyfriend then can get married so lots of uh lots of offers going on definitely not in the
31:05wilderness yet
31:08Winnes' role of being the negotiator is coming in handy would you say we're safe here
31:14you're very safe here yeah cool yeah do you have one of the village yeah you say it's okay okay
31:21good
31:21yeah man what are you doing here yeah I'm trying to explain them uh our gas cooker our gas cooker
31:30yeah yeah
31:31yeah so uh the our whole camping thing is quite foreign as you can see a lot of fascination between
31:41all the stuff and all the stuff and all the stuff
31:52just been told but by someone else another villager who's just come by but it might not actually be
32:00that safe to camp here because we're right next to what's the main road and so uh
32:07just gonna go check out somewhere that's around like a walled area let's put the camp here
32:15under a walled thing
32:22okay let's see how this goes
32:30got some rice rice and beans
32:40good morning
32:42morning loose good morning how did you sleep we made it through the night yeah all right let's stay for
32:49here
32:50yeah
32:54hiya
33:13another day another day another day another day the days now find another point yeah
33:25we're finally off any sort of busy road moses says there's a way through to get to the mountains
33:32through this this way so just following him he says there's something that he wants to show us
33:39before we begin our climb
33:49so moses has led us to this cave and this cave has loads of cave art and you were saying
33:56it's like
33:5640 000 40 000 years old 40 000 years old before christ i'm first time to come here for this
34:03cave
34:04but you see a different uh painting picture
34:09painting of a human animal a skin of antelope and
34:17and many things but uh for many years ago good for memory for generation generations coming
34:27to see and then to learn people lived in this cave
34:37there are many theories why this art was created hunting rituals religion survival but i think it's
34:44simpler than that we all love to share stories i can imagine a family gathered here watching someone
34:50tell the story of their day through these drawings storytelling is always how we've made sense of the world
34:56the world elephants antelopes and giraffes are depicted but what once roamed here have been
35:01pushed into distant corners their paths cut off as the land fills with farms and towns without wildlife
35:07corridors there's no way for the animals to move freely it's the crazy thing isn't it 40 000 years ago
35:14in terms of history of this world it's absolutely nothing but the planet has just changed so much in the
35:21last
35:22100 years i mean it's changed so much in the even in the last 10 15 years it's changed so
35:28much
35:28just the rapid rate of growth is insane
35:33quite scary too sometimes i think it's really good to get back
35:38to you know doing these things being part of the environment and remembering really where we all came
35:45from what makes us human is you know we're all on this earth and uh we all need this earth
35:55sometimes we just don't realize it we have to look after it
36:00hey moses
36:03it's quite a good way to begin our journey to remind us of you know all of the explorers that
36:10came before us
36:12have walked this land and sort of just oh my gosh can you imagine the hardships they faced
36:21ahead of us is a mountain to climb standing tall at 3600 meters more than twice the size of any
36:27mountain
36:28in the uk it would take too long to walk around and time is against us our food supply is
36:34dwindling
36:35fast so we have to go over it and if we're lucky with the weather we can summit in a
36:40couple of days
37:01we really needed moses to sort of guide us through this first section and after this first section we'll be
37:08in to
37:08you know julius and delali's land and then that will be new for for moses so it really is team
37:17effort
37:17this and it's everyone contributing what they can what am i doing what am i doing here that's what i
37:25ask i don't know i'm navigating making some decisions about how far we get and things
37:31keeping the team together keeping the team morale together seems to be consistently one of my jobs
37:38but it's good we've got such a great team it gets warm yeah very quickly
37:48you look like a completely different man to the man i met you got your boots you just look like
37:56a
37:56snook dog nowadays he has a necklace and delali just looks effortlessly cool all of the time
38:03the friends yeah so cool with the sunnies yeah right camp here
38:15which is cool yeah we don't think there are any like elephants or
38:21you know lions around here i think more likely hyenas and you know antelopes and stuff
38:27so should be able to get a good night's sleep okay before every camp spot when you're wild camping
38:35it's a really good idea to like do some sweeping do a bit of housekeeping before you put your tent
38:40up
38:40or if you've got a hammock before you have put your hammock up um just to get rid of all
38:45the dead
38:45leaves because under dead leaves the nasties can can live there so the snakes the scorpions
38:51uh or just or just your average ant army that comes and gets you in the tent so you just
38:58make a nice clue
39:00and that is called sweeping
39:14you might not want them in your tent but ants and termites are some of the most important workers in
39:20africa's ecosystems recycling cleaning and keeping the whole food web moving they shape the land
39:25without us ever realizing and while they're busy doing their job we're doing ours collecting firewood
39:31for the night julius delali and moses are going to be sleeping next to the fire tonight despite having
39:39a tent they don't have sleeping bags they just have their blankets they want to sleep outside because i
39:45mean that's what they do at home they're going to be next to me because you know there's not too
39:50many
39:52threatening wildlife here but there are more hyenas so
39:56moses doesn't speak english but that doesn't stop us from communicating
40:02of what kind of animal hyena
40:05hyena hyenas are one of the most misunderstood predators in africa you might picture scavengers
40:15but here they're apex hunters their jaws are powerful enough to crush bone and they move with an eerie
40:21confidence hyenas study you and once one chooses to come close it usually does
40:29good night all right good night everyone okay good night you're sleeping there yeah yeah hopefully
40:36you have a warmer night with the um with the fire yeah yeah good night winnis
40:43good night moses good night julius good night put the uh leftover food there
40:52in case the hyenas come to sniff it out
41:01for once the wildlife gave us the night off even the hyenas left us alone
41:11it's a beautiful morning that is the thing about these adventures
41:16is that every morning you wake up what gets me up is that sort of feeling of you know don't
41:22know
41:22what's going to happen today because you genuinely don't and it's that excitement of
41:28being sort of in love with the world sort of in a war of the world again and you can
41:33lose that
41:35but here it's just every day and it's like all the unknown what's going to happen i guess we're
41:41going to have to find out because we've got no no other option so that's what gets me out the
41:46curiosity and the sort of oh here we go
41:54a bit of a viewpoint
41:56the mountains around us and the sun is out
42:07even though mountains are hard i love the way peaks bring people together just because you're all in
42:13it together
42:17to the camp
42:24look at this camp spot that we found ourselves and we're
42:29heading up there tomorrow gonna hopefully get sunrise
42:38tomorrow we've got the mountain to climb and once we do that i think we're going to be in good
42:43stead
42:44a good team mindset to tackle the rest of this adventure i think the sort of struggle of the climb
42:51has maybe brought everyone together
42:56okay well good night
43:01good morning i'm up up first up early um i thought i'd get a fire going because
43:07uh the guys need to be looked after today because we tackle our first terrain obstacle
43:12and that's a mountain so about 3600 meters and uh for everyone but me and winnis
43:21is their first mountain so what privilege to be with them on their first peak
43:41this first mountain's a test if we can make it to the top not only will we get a good
43:46view of the
43:46route ahead but i'll be able to see whether the guys have what it takes for what's to come
43:57we may be running away from the wildlife up here but our food is running out we can't idle
44:03we must keep pushing on
44:19you can do it julius
44:24the team might be used to covering huge distances when hunting but the weight of our rucksacks and
44:29climbing makes this a whole new challenge everyone is vital to making this expedition a success
44:34and we're only just at the beginning i can't afford for anyone to quit
44:38you're not tired
44:39i'm a choker
44:40i'm a choker
44:42tired
44:45good picture
44:50Woo-hoo, you're done.
44:53Well done, Mrs.
44:56Well done.
44:58Well done.
44:59Well done.
45:02Well done.
45:03Well done, Julius.
45:05Hey, Salah.
45:07Your first mountain.
45:10Nice.
45:16Now we can see just how far we've got to go.
45:20We still have a long way to go.
45:24This journey is all about showing the wild places that still exist.
45:28And these wild places, they might be sometimes surrounded by pockets of people.
45:33But these wild places, they can still coincide with humans.
45:48And even though it's amazing to be here, it's just a reminder of just what's to come.
45:55Because up here, mountains, down there, dangerous wildlife.
46:07We're in dense forest, walking alongside our biggest fear, elephants.
46:14We're back in Ahadzaland, and Russians are running dangerously low.
46:17Is it obvious that we've run out of Russians?
46:19Reaching halfway, it's time to celebrate.
46:22Only the older men are allowed to eat the goat's bollocks.
46:25And I can't say I'm too upset about hearing this news.
46:28My taste is not going away any time soon, is it?
46:30With the Serengeti ahead, climbing in the heat pushes us all.
46:34You okay, Moses?
46:35I'm worried about you.
46:49The Merlinet to the Turkey Times Settled at Mining .
46:50This is where we come from, where we're going to make a new secret,
46:50and learning new people.
46:50I'm very worried about you.
46:51I've been an author of the Turkish Mininger ..
46:53And I've been friends with friends.
46:54I'm a Link-Longer.
46:55I've been a friend of mine.
46:55I know that you've been a friend of mine.
46:55I've been a friend of mine, and I've been a friend of my friend.
46:58I've been a friend of mine.
46:59I've been a friend of mine.
47:00I've been a friend of mine who's on the island of my life.
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