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The golden eagle
is not just a bird.
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It's a natural wonder.
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But now it's on
the endangered species list,
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so the Phoenix Foundation
came up with a project
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to ensure its survival.
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I was going to follow a pair
of eagles that had mated,
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and, hopefully, find their nest.
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It was called
The Dead Horse Point Project.
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The idea was
to make sure the eagle eggs,
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if there were any,
were protected
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from their natural enemies
like hawks, mountain lions,
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and, of course, man.
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It was a job Pete Thornton didn't
have to twist my arm to accept.
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And to track an eagle,
you've got to sort of...
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become one.
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Get up there with 'em.
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Now, if you don't like heights,
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climbing a mountain while
you're carrying a container
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with a hang glider
inside it might seem
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like a strange thing to do,
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especially when the weather
starts to get very cold...
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very fast.
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Golden eagles mate for life,
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and if Pete Thornton's
information was correct,
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there was only one pair
in the area.
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I was hoping the bird
I'd seen was one of them.
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The climb up to look
for those eagles took me
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from summer to winter
in the same day.
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And there they were...
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...sitting on the most
inaccessible roost
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I had ever seen.
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Of course it didn't seem
inaccessible to them.
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It may seem cruel,
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but one animal's death means
another will live.
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All a part
of nature's balancing act.
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Civilization had thrown
that balance out of whack,
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and when it came
to those two eagles,
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it was my job to see if they
could stick around long enough
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to put the scales back in order.
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When you're hang gliding,
you feel like you're part of the sky.
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Maybe that's why I can fly
hundreds of feet off the ground
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without the sweaty palms I get
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when I look down
from a stepladder.
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I guess the way you look
at the world
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depends on where you are.
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From up here, it looked
like a pretty nice place.
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They say imitation's the
sincerest form of flattery.
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That's why I was copying
the eagles' flight path,
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so they'd feel comfortable
with me around
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and let me follow them
long enough
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to find their nest...
wherever it was.
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Apparently, I wasn't alone
with the eagles.
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There was somebody else
just as hooked on 'em as I was.
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Gas is gettin' low.
We better head in.
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You said we'd bag some game.
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What about that ram?
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Everyone has a bighorn
on the wall.
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I want something special.
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Watch it, will ya?
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Oh, sorry, Mr. Nystrom.
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Couple of birds over there.
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Move in on them!
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You missed.
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Hey, those are golden eagles!
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I know what they are!
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I'd be the first one in the club
to hang one on the wall.
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It's against the law!
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Missed again.
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Ah, this thing is jammed!
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You couldn't hit 'em anyway.
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Why don't you just fly
this thing?
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If you're so good,
why don't you try my crossbow?
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Give me!
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You don't have a prayer.
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Got him!
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Pretty good shot.
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You just winged him.
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I always wanted a matched pair.
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Sometimes, the best way
to distract a guy is
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to make him see the light.
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What's that?
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That guy wants
to play games with me,
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I'll knock him right out
of the sky!
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Ghant, watch it!
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What happened?
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Eagle hit the skid.
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You happy now?
He's hurt.
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Let's get out of here.
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It looked like the eagle
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that flew towards the
north face of the mountain
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was in shock.
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I didn't have enough lift
to get up to it,
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so I figured helping the boy
with the wounded one
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was my next best choice.
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It's okay, Fred, stay still.
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Stay, Fred.
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Stay here.
Calm down.
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Stay. Okay?
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Stay.
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- Keep him here, all right?
- Mm-hmm.
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It might distract the bird.
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Easy, baby.
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Come on, come on.
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That's it.
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You better
tie the legs together.
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The talons are very dangerous.
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Here, you can use this.
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You got a place
I can work on his wing?
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Yeah, my grandpa's cabin.
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Oh, come on...
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Mom!
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Mom!
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Someone shot one of the eagles!
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What?!
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How bad is it?
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I think
his wing might be broken.
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I'm gonna need some help.
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Come on.
We can use the shed.
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I'll put a blanket on the table.
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Here, Darin, let me get that.
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That's great.
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You got any rags
we could use for bandages?
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I'm gonna have to set this wing.
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Yeah, we got tons of 'em.
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That's great.
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There's a knife in my pocket.
Get it.
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- Darin, no!
- But I can do it.
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Honey, you're
gonna cut yourself.
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Darin!
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He's only ten years old.
I don't know he expects.
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Okay, how much
of this do you need?
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Uh, just a couple of strips.
Long strips, please.
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My name's MacGyver.
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Oh, hi. Susan Cooper.
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Hi, Susan.
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Listen, I'm really gonna
need your help here.
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You're gonna have to hold
the bird while I wrap the wing.
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Um...
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Look, I've never done this
before, either,
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but it's got to be done.
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Okay.
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All right, here we go.
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Easy does it.
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Easy, baby.
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Careful.
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Here we go.
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Easy. Come on.
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Oh, I know, I know, I know.
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All right.
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Oh, good.
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Keep a hold of her.
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I'm gonna have
to make a splint here.
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Hang onto it real tight.
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All right,
when we're finished up here,
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we'll soak the rags
in antiseptic.
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You're sure you never
done this before?
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Well, I had a parakeet one time
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that went ten rounds with a cat.
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I patched him up,
and he lived to fight again.
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I didn't think
anybody was living up here.
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Oh, this was my dad's place.
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Darin and I came
out a few weeks ago.
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Oh, it's a nice place
for a vacation.
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Well, I'm trying
to fix some things.
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Yeah, these old cabins
can sure use a lot of work.
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Oh, I wouldn't know a hammer
from a chain saw.
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No, I mean fix some things:
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Darin... me...
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Darin?
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Darin!
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I thought
he would have stuck around
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to see some of our handiwork.
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No. There's a rocky point
just beyond that ridge up there.
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That's where he goes
when we have an argument.
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He's there a lot lately.
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Be careful with that ram.
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When do we pick up that eagle?
Tomorrow?
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There'll be nothing
but feathers left
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after the coyotes get through.
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What's the point of killing it
if I can't put it in my den?
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There is a $5,000 fine
for killing golden eagles.
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It is a protected species.
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So is the bighorn,
but I bagged one of them.
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You know, I'm really worried
about that guy in the hang glider.
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He saw us shoot that eagle.
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Now, if he goes
to the park rangers
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and tells them
what he saw, we could...
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Listen,
maybe he's got a soft spot.
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Everybody does.
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Women, booze,
he owes the bookies --
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something he doesn't want
out of the bag.
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Find him and buy him.
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Yeah, but...
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That guy on the hang glider talks,
we could lose the business.
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"Business"?
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That guy talks,
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there'll be federal agents
crawling all over here.
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Why do you think
I busted out of prison
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and moved
to the middle of nowhere?
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They want to put me back
on death row.
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I ain't going
to let that happen.
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Your mom and I got the
arrow out of the bird's wing.
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I think he's going
to be all right.
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He's a she.
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Oh.
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You know about eagles?
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I've been studying them
for a few years.
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My dad sends me books on them.
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Did you see
where the male eagle went?
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He landed on the mountain,
I think.
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If they don't
get back together...
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They have one mate
their whole life.
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There could be a nest out there
with eggs in it,
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or young eagles, maybe.
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If one of the adults dies,
or something,
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the young will die too,
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'cause one adult
can't take care of them alone.
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They aren't going to die.
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Not if we have anything
to say about it.
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Name's MacGyver.
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I know;
I heard you tell Mom.
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You know, when I was your age,
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I'd have given anything to
spend time in a place like this.
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Ah, this place is okay.
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Darin...
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I think your mom's
worried about you.
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It's, uh, it's a
good kind of worry,
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if you know what I mean.
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She just doesn't want
to see you hurt yourself.
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Neither do I.
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I just want to do things.
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She won't let me.
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Have you talked to her about it?
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Have you tried?
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She doesn't listen.
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Well, if you don't talk,
what's she going to listen to?
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Just a thought.
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Any change, Darin?
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I think she's getting weaker.
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Hey!
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Anybody home?
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It's MacGyver!
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Hey. How's our patient?
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She doesn't like
being in that box.
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Wow, it must be great
flying on this hang glider!
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Yeah, it is.
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So when are we going up, huh?
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You kidding?
My mom'd never let me go.
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You going to stay over?
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Well, um...
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He can, can't he?
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Sure, if he wants to.
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Okay, it's after
9:00, honey.
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But I was talking to MacGyver.
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Well, you can talk
in the morning; let's go.
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I want to sleep in the shed.
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Oh, Darin, please.
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That way I could keep an eye
on the eagle.
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The eagle is going
to sleep in her bed.
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You're going
to sleep in your bed.
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I'm not a baby anymore.
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00:17:27,452 --> 00:17:28,953
You know, the only arguments
263
00:17:29,026 --> 00:17:32,029
I ever had with my mother
were about bedtime.
264
00:17:33,082 --> 00:17:35,418
I finally had to let her
stay up till 10:00.
265
00:17:42,967 --> 00:17:44,302
I wish you hadn't
given him that.
266
00:17:44,510 --> 00:17:46,387
I'm sorry.
I should have asked.
267
00:18:04,614 --> 00:18:06,991
Nature gives people
and animals instincts
268
00:18:07,116 --> 00:18:10,912
that help them to survive,
but up on the mountain,
269
00:18:11,037 --> 00:18:14,081
a part of nature was in
danger of disappearing,
270
00:18:14,207 --> 00:18:17,877
and instinct alone
wasn't going to save it.
271
00:18:34,519 --> 00:18:37,647
Sugar cubes
are a great source of energy.
272
00:18:37,980 --> 00:18:40,900
I figured the eagle on
the mountain might need it.
273
00:18:58,167 --> 00:18:59,877
Morning.
274
00:19:00,586 --> 00:19:02,380
How you doing?
275
00:19:03,005 --> 00:19:04,507
Hmm?
276
00:19:06,717 --> 00:19:08,970
Will you let me touch you?
277
00:19:11,597 --> 00:19:13,808
I bet you miss your mate,
don't you?
278
00:19:18,688 --> 00:19:20,356
Yeah.
279
00:19:25,194 --> 00:19:26,946
If you're going
to scale a mountain,
280
00:19:27,071 --> 00:19:29,490
you need the right things
to do it with.
281
00:19:29,615 --> 00:19:31,492
Susan's dad had been a climber,
282
00:19:31,576 --> 00:19:35,621
and some of the equipment
was still there: rope...
283
00:19:39,875 --> 00:19:41,127
carabiners...
284
00:19:42,712 --> 00:19:44,547
climber's hammer...
285
00:19:47,133 --> 00:19:48,968
and a ice ax.
286
00:19:49,093 --> 00:19:50,845
But after that, the pickin's
287
00:19:51,012 --> 00:19:55,600
started getting mighty slim --
tent stakes instead of pitons.
288
00:19:56,142 --> 00:20:00,062
And if Darin's dog didn't mind,
his leash clips
289
00:20:00,271 --> 00:20:02,315
were going to be
my extra carabiners.
290
00:20:03,232 --> 00:20:04,942
They looked good,
291
00:20:05,318 --> 00:20:07,653
if you didn't look too close.
292
00:20:13,117 --> 00:20:14,327
Good morning.
293
00:20:16,537 --> 00:20:18,039
Morning.
294
00:20:18,789 --> 00:20:20,166
How's she doing?
295
00:20:20,291 --> 00:20:21,375
Not so good.
296
00:20:21,792 --> 00:20:23,169
Oh.
297
00:20:23,419 --> 00:20:26,339
- What's that?
- Oh, it's a little trick.
298
00:20:26,505 --> 00:20:29,133
Take the inside out of a pen,
you know what you got?
299
00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:30,718
Bird feeder.
300
00:20:30,885 --> 00:20:32,553
Darin said
she won't eat when she's hurt.
301
00:20:33,346 --> 00:20:36,015
Yeah, it's for the male eagle.
302
00:20:36,140 --> 00:20:39,185
Hit that helicopter yesterday;
I figure he's in shock.
303
00:20:39,268 --> 00:20:41,270
Little sugar water
will bring him out of it.
304
00:20:41,479 --> 00:20:44,148
And I could use
this climbing equipment too,
305
00:20:44,231 --> 00:20:46,859
but you don't have half enough
carabiners or pitons.
306
00:20:46,984 --> 00:20:48,611
You wouldn't happen to know
if you got any more?
307
00:20:48,778 --> 00:20:51,822
You're going to look for the
male eagle on the mountain?
308
00:20:51,906 --> 00:20:53,240
You don't even know
if he's up there.
309
00:20:53,324 --> 00:20:54,825
I saw him fall.
310
00:20:54,909 --> 00:20:56,827
I heard him last night.
311
00:20:57,370 --> 00:20:59,664
I figure he's on
the north face somewhere.
312
00:20:59,830 --> 00:21:02,041
The north face is sheer granite.
313
00:21:02,208 --> 00:21:04,251
Look, Darin said
if the eagles are separated,
314
00:21:04,335 --> 00:21:07,588
they'll never be able to hatch
their eggs or raise their young.
315
00:21:07,755 --> 00:21:10,174
I'm just going to bring the two
of them together, that's all.
316
00:21:15,096 --> 00:21:17,682
Hey, you know what
my dad used this for?
317
00:21:17,765 --> 00:21:18,933
- No.
- A hat.
318
00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:21,352
It'll help us keep track of you
when you're on the mountain.
319
00:21:21,477 --> 00:21:22,436
Thanks.
320
00:21:28,859 --> 00:21:31,779
Well, looky, looky,
looky, looky, looky, looky.
321
00:21:32,981 --> 00:21:34,396
Wonder who belongs to that Jeep?
322
00:21:34,490 --> 00:21:36,283
One way to find out.
323
00:21:49,155 --> 00:21:52,675
Look at this stuff.
This must be the guy.
324
00:21:53,134 --> 00:21:54,218
What's that?
325
00:21:54,301 --> 00:21:55,678
Jeep registration.
326
00:21:55,803 --> 00:21:57,054
MacGyver.
327
00:21:59,598 --> 00:22:01,851
Uh, we're not asking
for any trouble.
328
00:22:01,934 --> 00:22:03,936
Listen, why don't you
let me talk to him?
329
00:22:04,061 --> 00:22:06,814
I mean, you're not going
to do anything stupid, are you,
330
00:22:06,897 --> 00:22:08,607
like killing that bank guard
for no reason?
331
00:22:08,816 --> 00:22:11,861
Curry, when you've
already killed one man,
332
00:22:11,944 --> 00:22:14,155
killing another one
don't really matter.
333
00:22:14,238 --> 00:22:16,949
Especially when it means
staying out of the chair.
334
00:22:29,086 --> 00:22:32,965
Some people think of a
mountain as just a big rock.
335
00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,762
Well, this one wasn't.
336
00:22:38,905 --> 00:22:40,490
And it's not very often
337
00:22:40,598 --> 00:22:45,019
that you can get an eagle's-eye view
of your own personal waterfall.
338
00:22:46,854 --> 00:22:48,314
It took a little doing,
339
00:22:48,606 --> 00:22:52,401
but I found out in a hurry
the things a climber really needs --
340
00:22:52,610 --> 00:22:57,531
a pair of strong hands,
a set of steady nerves,
341
00:22:58,949 --> 00:23:01,202
and a paid-up insurance policy.
342
00:23:11,170 --> 00:23:13,339
There it is -- the hang glider.
343
00:23:13,839 --> 00:23:16,342
- At least this guy, uh...
- MacGyver...
344
00:23:16,425 --> 00:23:19,887
MacGyver-- ain't flying
around somewhere.
345
00:23:20,262 --> 00:23:22,181
Well, let's just wait
for him here, then.
346
00:23:22,264 --> 00:23:23,891
Well, who knows
if he's going to show?
347
00:23:23,974 --> 00:23:27,144
He could be down in that cabin
talking to the ranger on the shortwave.
348
00:23:27,269 --> 00:23:29,897
Well, we're just going to
buy him off anyway, right?
349
00:23:30,314 --> 00:23:32,149
Hey, look, I'm warning
you, don't you do anything...
350
00:23:32,191 --> 00:23:34,193
What makes you think
he wants to be bought?!
351
00:23:34,276 --> 00:23:35,778
He goes right to the cops,
352
00:23:35,861 --> 00:23:38,531
it's my life on the line, Curry!
353
00:23:39,281 --> 00:23:41,492
I'll take him out if I got to...
354
00:23:42,326 --> 00:23:43,828
and anyone else, too.
355
00:23:43,953 --> 00:23:47,081
Now, let's stash the Rover
and walk on down there.
356
00:24:17,945 --> 00:24:19,363
I see MacGyver!
357
00:24:19,488 --> 00:24:20,698
He's climbing the mountain!
358
00:24:20,781 --> 00:24:22,241
Yeah, he went up to
look for the other eagle.
359
00:24:22,992 --> 00:24:24,952
He's almost up to the top!
360
00:24:29,164 --> 00:24:32,543
In a way,
mountains are kind of two-faced.
361
00:24:32,668 --> 00:24:35,588
From a distance,
they can look pretty smooth,
362
00:24:35,963 --> 00:24:38,716
but up close,
you see all the cracks --
363
00:24:38,799 --> 00:24:41,719
places where you
can hammer in a piton,
364
00:24:41,886 --> 00:24:45,598
or, if you've run out,
tent stakes.
365
00:24:53,522 --> 00:24:56,483
Fred! Fred, stop it!
366
00:25:00,529 --> 00:25:02,281
That's some watchdog
you got there.
367
00:25:05,284 --> 00:25:07,161
That hang glider
wouldn't happen to belong
368
00:25:07,286 --> 00:25:08,954
to a man named
MacGyver, would it?
369
00:25:09,121 --> 00:25:10,497
Yes.
370
00:25:10,664 --> 00:25:12,541
Well, I hate to be the
one to bring bad news,
371
00:25:12,666 --> 00:25:15,502
but, well, his Jeep was crushed by
a big tree at the entrance to the park.
372
00:25:15,586 --> 00:25:17,338
Where is he?
373
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,834
Whoa! Is that him up there?
374
00:25:23,052 --> 00:25:24,053
Yep.
375
00:25:25,429 --> 00:25:27,681
What some folks'll do for fun.
376
00:25:27,890 --> 00:25:30,309
Well, we'll wait
right here for him,
377
00:25:30,517 --> 00:25:32,269
if it's okay with you.
378
00:26:02,174 --> 00:26:04,343
Climbing a mountain's
tough enough when your hands
379
00:26:04,551 --> 00:26:07,846
and feet have something solid
to grab onto.
380
00:26:08,138 --> 00:26:11,642
It's another story altogether
when you're hanging in midair
381
00:26:11,725 --> 00:26:14,812
from a tent stake
and a dog leash clip.
382
00:26:22,194 --> 00:26:24,113
Watching that tent stake fall
383
00:26:24,196 --> 00:26:26,699
gave me
a funny kind of feeling --
384
00:26:26,907 --> 00:26:31,036
a feeling that could keep a guy
from making long-range plans.
385
00:26:47,886 --> 00:26:52,349
They say drowning men
see their lives flash before them.
386
00:26:52,599 --> 00:26:54,643
Falling men do, too.
387
00:26:54,768 --> 00:26:56,437
At least this man did.
388
00:26:56,562 --> 00:26:59,982
And what I saw
was about 50 years too short.
389
00:27:30,179 --> 00:27:32,681
I knew it was possible
that the eagle would take
390
00:27:32,848 --> 00:27:36,018
one look at me and decide
to fly someplace else,
391
00:27:36,143 --> 00:27:39,188
but that was a possibility
I tried not to think about.
392
00:27:39,980 --> 00:27:42,524
That kid's getting on my nerves.
393
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,694
I don't like the way
he looks at me...
394
00:27:45,861 --> 00:27:47,696
like he knows something.
395
00:27:47,821 --> 00:27:49,448
How could he possibly
know anyth...?
396
00:27:49,531 --> 00:27:51,492
I don't know how.
397
00:27:51,825 --> 00:27:53,202
He just bugs me.
398
00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,544
Your ears can play tricks
on you up in the mountains.
399
00:28:02,669 --> 00:28:05,506
Sound bounces off rocks and ice,
400
00:28:05,589 --> 00:28:07,341
and even though you hear it,
401
00:28:07,466 --> 00:28:10,511
you don't really know
where it's coming from.
402
00:28:10,969 --> 00:28:14,223
I personally don't know
which is more dangerous --
403
00:28:14,515 --> 00:28:17,851
falling off a wedge of ice
down the side of a mountain
404
00:28:17,976 --> 00:28:21,438
or falling
into a thousand-foot crevice.
405
00:28:24,733 --> 00:28:26,193
And I really don't want to know.
406
00:28:52,803 --> 00:28:56,640
An animal that's in shock can
be completely unpredictable,
407
00:28:56,765 --> 00:28:58,934
and when you're
out on a mountain ledge
408
00:28:59,059 --> 00:29:00,477
with a snowstorm coming up,
409
00:29:00,561 --> 00:29:03,397
surprises are
the last thing you want.
410
00:29:22,374 --> 00:29:25,919
I really wanted to get
that eagle down to the cabin,
411
00:29:26,086 --> 00:29:28,463
but then I remembered there's
only one kind of climber
412
00:29:28,547 --> 00:29:32,467
who tries to get down a mountain
in the middle of a snowstorm --
413
00:29:32,593 --> 00:29:35,387
the kind
you never hear from again.
414
00:29:49,735 --> 00:29:51,403
How's the boy?
Is he asleep?
415
00:29:51,486 --> 00:29:53,363
Yeah, he is.
416
00:29:55,365 --> 00:29:58,493
Oh, MacGyver could get
caught in this storm.
417
00:29:59,161 --> 00:30:00,871
I'm going to call
the park rangers.
418
00:30:00,996 --> 00:30:03,415
You ain't calling anyone, honey.
419
00:30:05,209 --> 00:30:07,294
You cut my radio?!
420
00:30:18,222 --> 00:30:20,015
My instinct told me
421
00:30:20,140 --> 00:30:23,227
to do whatever I could
to keep that eagle alive.
422
00:30:23,685 --> 00:30:26,980
I guess his instinct
told him to let me.
423
00:30:53,423 --> 00:30:55,926
Feeling a little better, are we?
424
00:30:58,136 --> 00:31:00,764
What do you say
we get off this mountain?
425
00:31:23,745 --> 00:31:27,541
Getting down a mountain should
be easier than climbing it,
426
00:31:27,749 --> 00:31:30,085
but not necessarily.
427
00:32:24,848 --> 00:32:28,101
I'd seen an arrow
like this one before.
428
00:33:39,714 --> 00:33:41,299
The man with the cigar.
429
00:33:41,383 --> 00:33:42,592
I remember now.
430
00:33:42,717 --> 00:33:45,804
He was flying the helicopter
when the eagle was shot.
431
00:33:45,929 --> 00:33:49,933
Darin, are you sure
that man is the s...
432
00:34:08,118 --> 00:34:11,997
What I wanted to do
was get that guy's attention...
433
00:34:12,747 --> 00:34:16,126
and there was enough stuff
in the shed to do it.
434
00:34:17,002 --> 00:34:23,133
A gas stove, an old inner tube,
a bicycle, a grindstone.
435
00:34:23,884 --> 00:34:27,262
The problem was thinking
of what to do with them.
436
00:34:29,764 --> 00:34:31,725
I was right about the kid.
437
00:34:31,850 --> 00:34:33,602
He knows.
438
00:34:35,103 --> 00:34:36,646
Well, then, let's
just get out of here...
439
00:34:36,771 --> 00:34:38,940
I said the kid knows.
440
00:34:39,316 --> 00:34:40,901
Well, what are we gonna...?
441
00:34:44,696 --> 00:34:46,072
You want to kill him?
442
00:34:46,281 --> 00:34:47,282
The woman, too.
443
00:34:47,491 --> 00:34:49,034
Well, you're out of your mind!
444
00:34:49,242 --> 00:34:51,328
Then we wait for MacGyver
at the base of the mountain.
445
00:34:51,536 --> 00:34:54,206
Look, I'm a businessman,
and I'm not going to do this!
446
00:34:54,414 --> 00:34:57,000
Listen, Curry, if it weren't
for the take on that bank job
447
00:34:57,083 --> 00:34:59,961
that put me on death row,
you wouldn't have a business.
448
00:35:00,045 --> 00:35:01,546
Now, understand something.
449
00:35:01,671 --> 00:35:04,549
If I go down again,
you go down with me this time.
450
00:35:06,301 --> 00:35:09,721
Ball bearings are
sort of like steel marbles.
451
00:35:09,804 --> 00:35:12,265
If you strike 'em hard enough
against a rough surface
452
00:35:12,390 --> 00:35:14,309
of a grindstone,
they'll spark...
453
00:35:15,185 --> 00:35:17,437
just like the flint
in a cigarette lighter.
454
00:35:20,982 --> 00:35:24,361
Add to that a portable stove
with a propane tank
455
00:35:24,694 --> 00:35:26,655
and align it
at just the right angle
456
00:35:26,738 --> 00:35:29,950
with the grindstone
and a nearby window.
457
00:35:38,458 --> 00:35:40,252
Then, after you've
armed yourself
458
00:35:40,335 --> 00:35:43,755
with as many ball bearings
as you happen to have...
459
00:35:46,383 --> 00:35:48,218
you just switch on the gas,
460
00:35:48,426 --> 00:35:52,389
and that'll give you
a very explosive combination.
461
00:36:30,093 --> 00:36:33,179
I remember using a bicycle
to deliver newspapers,
462
00:36:33,263 --> 00:36:37,392
go to the movies,
ride to Little League games...
463
00:36:40,562 --> 00:36:43,189
but I never thought I'd
be using one as a slingshot.
464
00:36:53,158 --> 00:36:54,618
Leave her alone!
465
00:36:54,826 --> 00:36:56,119
Ghant, come on...
466
00:36:56,286 --> 00:36:58,079
What do you want?
467
00:37:00,332 --> 00:37:01,916
I'm just being friendly.
468
00:37:02,709 --> 00:37:04,336
Last chance she'll have.
469
00:37:10,717 --> 00:37:12,052
Run, Darin!
470
00:37:12,177 --> 00:37:13,428
Get him!
471
00:37:17,307 --> 00:37:18,767
Come on.
472
00:37:18,892 --> 00:37:20,935
Let me go!
Let me go!
473
00:37:21,102 --> 00:37:22,520
Let me go!
474
00:37:23,438 --> 00:37:24,981
Let me go!
475
00:37:33,155 --> 00:37:34,449
What was that?
476
00:37:34,574 --> 00:37:35,950
I'll take a look.
477
00:37:53,718 --> 00:37:56,888
That grindstone seemed
like a pretty easy target...
478
00:38:01,351 --> 00:38:03,186
till I tried to hit it.
479
00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:51,651
No!
480
00:38:53,027 --> 00:38:54,696
I got no choice.
481
00:39:10,462 --> 00:39:11,379
Please don't!
482
00:39:17,302 --> 00:39:18,595
Ow!
483
00:39:18,845 --> 00:39:20,180
Ow! Ow!
484
00:39:20,638 --> 00:39:22,724
Ow. Ow!
485
00:39:22,807 --> 00:39:24,225
That was great!
486
00:39:24,350 --> 00:39:26,144
You guys okay?
487
00:39:26,269 --> 00:39:28,605
- Yeah.
- How'd you blow up the shed?
488
00:39:28,772 --> 00:39:30,607
Well, it wasn't easy.
489
00:39:45,413 --> 00:39:48,458
Well, that's three less predators
we have to worry about.
490
00:39:48,541 --> 00:39:49,709
Three?!
491
00:39:49,876 --> 00:39:51,878
Yeah, the guy
who shot the eagle.
492
00:39:51,961 --> 00:39:53,296
Troopers have his name.
493
00:39:53,379 --> 00:39:55,715
They're issuing a warrant
for his arrest.
494
00:39:56,216 --> 00:39:57,926
How's she doing?
495
00:39:58,051 --> 00:39:59,677
She's dead.
496
00:40:01,346 --> 00:40:03,556
Oh, Darin, oh.
497
00:40:03,765 --> 00:40:05,266
She's dead.
498
00:40:06,059 --> 00:40:07,060
Oh, hon.
499
00:40:07,268 --> 00:40:09,479
And now the whole family'll die.
500
00:40:09,687 --> 00:40:11,064
Nope.
501
00:40:11,272 --> 00:40:12,732
What do you mean?
502
00:40:13,066 --> 00:40:14,859
If there's a nest,
503
00:40:15,485 --> 00:40:17,237
there's a chance
we can save them.
504
00:40:17,737 --> 00:40:19,572
You really think
there are eggs out there?
505
00:40:19,697 --> 00:40:22,617
If there are,
I couldn't ask for a better guide.
506
00:40:22,784 --> 00:40:25,537
This guy's got an
instinct for survival.
507
00:40:25,703 --> 00:40:28,248
Sure hope he knows
we're on his side.
508
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,376
Maybe he'll lead me to the nest.
What do you think?
509
00:40:31,543 --> 00:40:33,461
Yeah. If the eggs
are ready to hatch,
510
00:40:33,545 --> 00:40:36,339
they can last four or five
days without their mother.
511
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:38,591
Okay.
512
00:40:39,259 --> 00:40:41,344
Hey, do me a favor, will you?
513
00:40:41,761 --> 00:40:44,013
Signal before you turn.
514
00:40:48,685 --> 00:40:49,811
I better hurry.
515
00:40:49,936 --> 00:40:52,021
- Good luck.
- Good luck.
516
00:41:10,415 --> 00:41:12,542
I don't think he'll
find that nest.
517
00:41:12,667 --> 00:41:15,461
It could be all the way
over in Monument Valley.
518
00:41:15,628 --> 00:41:17,005
Yeah, maybe you're right.
519
00:41:17,714 --> 00:41:20,925
But he's doing something you
and I haven't done for a while.
520
00:41:21,134 --> 00:41:23,094
He's trying.
521
00:41:24,679 --> 00:41:27,223
You know, I didn't tell you,
before, how proud I was of you;
522
00:41:27,307 --> 00:41:29,559
the way you
handled things today.
523
00:41:29,767 --> 00:41:30,894
Thanks.
524
00:42:22,570 --> 00:42:24,238
Monument Valley's a perfect place
525
00:42:24,405 --> 00:42:26,741
for golden eagles
who want to raise a family.
526
00:42:27,992 --> 00:42:29,786
The nest could have been
anywhere.
527
00:42:30,495 --> 00:42:34,374
But he led me straight to
the tallest butte of them all.
528
00:42:39,128 --> 00:42:40,630
Landing a hang glider
529
00:42:40,713 --> 00:42:44,008
on a slab of rock the size
of a coffee table isn't easy.
530
00:42:46,135 --> 00:42:49,931
And knowing it's a 500-foot
drop to the desert floor
531
00:42:50,098 --> 00:42:52,100
doesn't make it any easier.
532
00:43:54,037 --> 00:43:57,957
Landing and finding the eggs
was only half the job.
533
00:43:58,207 --> 00:44:01,669
Getting them back in one piece
was the other.
534
00:44:20,271 --> 00:44:22,148
No sign of him yet?
535
00:44:22,273 --> 00:44:23,858
Nope.
536
00:44:26,069 --> 00:44:29,030
Darin, this was your grandpa's.
537
00:44:30,782 --> 00:44:33,367
I thought you might like it.
538
00:44:33,534 --> 00:44:35,161
Wow.
539
00:44:37,455 --> 00:44:38,998
It's almost like MacGyver's.
540
00:44:39,082 --> 00:44:40,041
I know.
541
00:44:45,379 --> 00:44:47,048
Hey, MacGyver!
542
00:44:50,051 --> 00:44:51,636
Did you find the nest?
543
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:52,970
Uh-huh.
544
00:44:54,097 --> 00:44:55,932
Are there any eggs?
545
00:44:56,224 --> 00:44:57,391
Three of 'em.
546
00:44:57,558 --> 00:44:58,601
Wow.
547
00:44:58,684 --> 00:45:00,103
How did you do that?!
548
00:45:01,020 --> 00:45:02,355
Birds of a feather...
549
00:45:03,439 --> 00:45:07,151
The padding from this chair
makes good nesting material.
550
00:45:08,486 --> 00:45:10,071
And vegetable oil.
551
00:45:10,196 --> 00:45:11,614
What does that do?
552
00:45:11,697 --> 00:45:13,908
The oil combines
with the fibers of the padding
553
00:45:13,991 --> 00:45:16,702
to create a low-level
spontaneous combustion.
554
00:45:16,828 --> 00:45:20,540
No flame... hopefully,
just the right amount of heat.
555
00:45:21,541 --> 00:45:23,501
Now we've got an incubator.
556
00:45:23,626 --> 00:45:25,419
And we wait.
557
00:45:28,881 --> 00:45:30,508
Darin.
558
00:45:30,633 --> 00:45:31,968
- Hmm?
- Wake up.
559
00:45:32,093 --> 00:45:33,469
Shh, shh, shh.
560
00:45:36,139 --> 00:45:37,557
They're alive.
561
00:45:40,309 --> 00:45:41,394
It worked.
562
00:45:41,477 --> 00:45:43,563
MacGyver, you saved them.
563
00:45:43,813 --> 00:45:46,858
I had a little help
from a friend.