1 00:01:21,195 --> 00:01:23,405 The golden eagle is not just a bird. 2 00:01:24,823 --> 00:01:26,450 It's a natural wonder. 3 00:01:26,617 --> 00:01:29,036 But now it's on the endangered species list, 4 00:01:29,203 --> 00:01:31,663 so the Phoenix Foundation came up with a project 5 00:01:31,788 --> 00:01:33,999 to ensure its survival. 6 00:01:34,917 --> 00:01:37,669 I was going to follow a pair of eagles that had mated, 7 00:01:37,753 --> 00:01:40,506 and, hopefully, find their nest. 8 00:01:46,970 --> 00:01:48,889 It was called The Dead Horse Point Project. 9 00:01:49,264 --> 00:01:51,558 The idea was to make sure the eagle eggs, 10 00:01:51,683 --> 00:01:53,644 if there were any, were protected 11 00:01:53,727 --> 00:01:57,064 from their natural enemies like hawks, mountain lions, 12 00:01:57,189 --> 00:02:00,067 and, of course, man. 13 00:02:01,527 --> 00:02:05,906 It was a job Pete Thornton didn't have to twist my arm to accept. 14 00:02:06,490 --> 00:02:09,034 And to track an eagle, you've got to sort of... 15 00:02:09,117 --> 00:02:10,369 become one. 16 00:02:10,702 --> 00:02:12,704 Get up there with 'em. 17 00:02:19,294 --> 00:02:21,129 Now, if you don't like heights, 18 00:02:21,213 --> 00:02:23,549 climbing a mountain while you're carrying a container 19 00:02:23,632 --> 00:02:25,384 with a hang glider inside it might seem 20 00:02:25,551 --> 00:02:27,719 like a strange thing to do, 21 00:02:29,221 --> 00:02:32,349 especially when the weather starts to get very cold... 22 00:02:34,309 --> 00:02:36,186 very fast. 23 00:02:43,902 --> 00:02:45,779 Golden eagles mate for life, 24 00:02:45,904 --> 00:02:48,532 and if Pete Thornton's information was correct, 25 00:02:48,657 --> 00:02:51,493 there was only one pair in the area. 26 00:02:52,244 --> 00:02:55,706 I was hoping the bird I'd seen was one of them. 27 00:03:06,174 --> 00:03:08,594 The climb up to look for those eagles took me 28 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,221 from summer to winter in the same day. 29 00:03:12,556 --> 00:03:13,807 And there they were... 30 00:03:15,225 --> 00:03:17,144 ...sitting on the most inaccessible roost 31 00:03:17,269 --> 00:03:18,395 I had ever seen. 32 00:03:20,147 --> 00:03:22,608 Of course it didn't seem inaccessible to them. 33 00:03:24,484 --> 00:03:25,944 It may seem cruel, 34 00:03:26,028 --> 00:03:29,197 but one animal's death means another will live. 35 00:03:29,448 --> 00:03:31,533 All a part of nature's balancing act. 36 00:03:33,952 --> 00:03:36,246 Civilization had thrown that balance out of whack, 37 00:03:36,413 --> 00:03:38,498 and when it came to those two eagles, 38 00:03:38,665 --> 00:03:41,084 it was my job to see if they could stick around long enough 39 00:03:41,209 --> 00:03:43,003 to put the scales back in order. 40 00:03:53,472 --> 00:03:56,683 When you're hang gliding, you feel like you're part of the sky. 41 00:04:05,817 --> 00:04:08,654 Maybe that's why I can fly hundreds of feet off the ground 42 00:04:08,820 --> 00:04:10,405 without the sweaty palms I get 43 00:04:10,489 --> 00:04:13,075 when I look down from a stepladder. 44 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:23,168 I guess the way you look at the world 45 00:04:23,335 --> 00:04:24,836 depends on where you are. 46 00:04:25,170 --> 00:04:28,674 From up here, it looked like a pretty nice place. 47 00:04:38,892 --> 00:04:42,688 They say imitation's the sincerest form of flattery. 48 00:04:42,813 --> 00:04:45,857 That's why I was copying the eagles' flight path, 49 00:04:45,941 --> 00:04:48,110 so they'd feel comfortable with me around 50 00:04:48,193 --> 00:04:49,903 and let me follow them long enough 51 00:04:50,112 --> 00:04:53,198 to find their nest... wherever it was. 52 00:05:29,776 --> 00:05:32,612 Apparently, I wasn't alone with the eagles. 53 00:05:32,696 --> 00:05:36,533 There was somebody else just as hooked on 'em as I was. 54 00:05:51,548 --> 00:05:54,092 Gas is gettin' low. We better head in. 55 00:05:54,259 --> 00:05:56,178 You said we'd bag some game. 56 00:05:56,344 --> 00:05:57,596 What about that ram? 57 00:05:57,804 --> 00:05:59,514 Everyone has a bighorn on the wall. 58 00:05:59,556 --> 00:06:02,100 I want something special. 59 00:06:02,392 --> 00:06:03,643 Watch it, will ya? 60 00:06:03,852 --> 00:06:06,438 Oh, sorry, Mr. Nystrom. 61 00:06:07,773 --> 00:06:09,649 Couple of birds over there. 62 00:06:09,816 --> 00:06:10,817 Move in on them! 63 00:06:19,034 --> 00:06:20,535 You missed. 64 00:06:20,869 --> 00:06:22,662 Hey, those are golden eagles! 65 00:06:22,746 --> 00:06:24,498 I know what they are! 66 00:06:24,623 --> 00:06:27,834 I'd be the first one in the club to hang one on the wall. 67 00:06:27,918 --> 00:06:30,086 It's against the law! 68 00:06:34,257 --> 00:06:35,842 Missed again. 69 00:06:46,019 --> 00:06:48,063 Ah, this thing is jammed! 70 00:06:48,271 --> 00:06:49,523 You couldn't hit 'em anyway. 71 00:06:49,689 --> 00:06:51,483 Why don't you just fly this thing? 72 00:06:51,650 --> 00:06:54,319 If you're so good, why don't you try my crossbow? 73 00:06:54,486 --> 00:06:55,946 Give me! 74 00:06:57,072 --> 00:06:59,157 You don't have a prayer. 75 00:07:11,211 --> 00:07:12,379 Got him! 76 00:07:12,462 --> 00:07:13,672 Pretty good shot. 77 00:07:14,089 --> 00:07:15,549 You just winged him. 78 00:07:24,850 --> 00:07:27,561 I always wanted a matched pair. 79 00:07:30,605 --> 00:07:33,233 Sometimes, the best way to distract a guy is 80 00:07:33,358 --> 00:07:34,776 to make him see the light. 81 00:07:36,194 --> 00:07:37,654 What's that? 82 00:07:40,323 --> 00:07:42,325 That guy wants to play games with me, 83 00:07:42,367 --> 00:07:44,160 I'll knock him right out of the sky! 84 00:07:48,540 --> 00:07:50,083 Ghant, watch it! 85 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:51,459 What happened? 86 00:07:51,543 --> 00:07:53,378 Eagle hit the skid. 87 00:08:01,970 --> 00:08:03,263 You happy now? He's hurt. 88 00:08:03,471 --> 00:08:05,015 Let's get out of here. 89 00:08:22,032 --> 00:08:23,450 It looked like the eagle 90 00:08:23,533 --> 00:08:25,285 that flew towards the north face of the mountain 91 00:08:25,410 --> 00:08:26,578 was in shock. 92 00:08:26,661 --> 00:08:28,496 I didn't have enough lift to get up to it, 93 00:08:28,545 --> 00:08:30,714 so I figured helping the boy with the wounded one 94 00:08:30,790 --> 00:08:33,084 was my next best choice. 95 00:08:37,380 --> 00:08:38,924 It's okay, Fred, stay still. 96 00:08:44,304 --> 00:08:45,805 Stay, Fred. 97 00:08:45,931 --> 00:08:47,432 Stay here. Calm down. 98 00:08:52,854 --> 00:08:54,356 Stay. Okay? 99 00:08:54,439 --> 00:08:55,565 Stay. 100 00:08:55,649 --> 00:08:57,651 - Keep him here, all right? - Mm-hmm. 101 00:08:57,776 --> 00:08:59,486 It might distract the bird. 102 00:09:10,705 --> 00:09:11,873 Easy, baby. 103 00:09:13,708 --> 00:09:15,126 Come on, come on. 104 00:09:16,419 --> 00:09:17,212 That's it. 105 00:09:17,379 --> 00:09:18,797 You better tie the legs together. 106 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,465 The talons are very dangerous. 107 00:09:21,841 --> 00:09:23,635 Here, you can use this. 108 00:09:23,843 --> 00:09:25,428 You got a place I can work on his wing? 109 00:09:25,637 --> 00:09:27,806 Yeah, my grandpa's cabin. 110 00:09:34,312 --> 00:09:36,356 Oh, come on... 111 00:09:41,987 --> 00:09:43,321 Mom! 112 00:09:44,406 --> 00:09:45,532 Mom! 113 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:47,409 Someone shot one of the eagles! 114 00:09:47,617 --> 00:09:48,994 What?! 115 00:09:50,620 --> 00:09:51,663 How bad is it? 116 00:09:51,913 --> 00:09:53,790 I think his wing might be broken. 117 00:09:53,915 --> 00:09:55,125 I'm gonna need some help. 118 00:09:55,286 --> 00:09:57,502 Come on. We can use the shed. 119 00:10:01,339 --> 00:10:03,633 I'll put a blanket on the table. 120 00:10:05,176 --> 00:10:07,262 Here, Darin, let me get that. 121 00:10:07,470 --> 00:10:08,680 That's great. 122 00:10:08,763 --> 00:10:10,640 You got any rags we could use for bandages? 123 00:10:10,724 --> 00:10:12,183 I'm gonna have to set this wing. 124 00:10:12,267 --> 00:10:14,602 Yeah, we got tons of 'em. 125 00:10:18,314 --> 00:10:19,566 That's great. 126 00:10:19,649 --> 00:10:21,985 There's a knife in my pocket. Get it. 127 00:10:25,488 --> 00:10:27,365 - Darin, no! - But I can do it. 128 00:10:27,532 --> 00:10:29,659 Honey, you're gonna cut yourself. 129 00:10:30,744 --> 00:10:32,328 Darin! 130 00:10:33,079 --> 00:10:36,041 He's only ten years old. I don't know he expects. 131 00:10:36,207 --> 00:10:37,542 Okay, how much of this do you need? 132 00:10:37,709 --> 00:10:40,336 Uh, just a couple of strips. Long strips, please. 133 00:10:42,422 --> 00:10:43,798 My name's MacGyver. 134 00:10:43,923 --> 00:10:45,759 Oh, hi. Susan Cooper. 135 00:10:45,842 --> 00:10:47,093 Hi, Susan. 136 00:10:47,177 --> 00:10:49,137 Listen, I'm really gonna need your help here. 137 00:10:49,596 --> 00:10:52,140 You're gonna have to hold the bird while I wrap the wing. 138 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:53,975 Um... 139 00:10:54,184 --> 00:10:56,019 Look, I've never done this before, either, 140 00:10:56,061 --> 00:10:57,353 but it's got to be done. 141 00:10:58,229 --> 00:10:59,939 Okay. 142 00:11:02,275 --> 00:11:04,694 All right, here we go. 143 00:11:05,779 --> 00:11:07,906 Easy does it. 144 00:11:11,493 --> 00:11:12,869 Easy, baby. 145 00:11:14,204 --> 00:11:15,622 Careful. 146 00:11:15,997 --> 00:11:17,916 Here we go. 147 00:11:20,794 --> 00:11:22,170 Easy. Come on. 148 00:11:27,634 --> 00:11:29,385 Oh, I know, I know, I know. 149 00:11:34,349 --> 00:11:35,683 All right. 150 00:11:35,767 --> 00:11:37,393 Oh, good. 151 00:11:37,644 --> 00:11:38,978 Keep a hold of her. 152 00:11:39,062 --> 00:11:40,355 I'm gonna have to make a splint here. 153 00:11:44,984 --> 00:11:47,070 Hang onto it real tight. 154 00:11:51,616 --> 00:11:53,118 All right, when we're finished up here, 155 00:11:53,243 --> 00:11:54,828 we'll soak the rags in antiseptic. 156 00:11:54,911 --> 00:11:56,287 You're sure you never done this before? 157 00:11:56,496 --> 00:11:58,456 Well, I had a parakeet one time 158 00:11:58,540 --> 00:12:00,375 that went ten rounds with a cat. 159 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:02,585 I patched him up, and he lived to fight again. 160 00:12:03,545 --> 00:12:05,505 I didn't think anybody was living up here. 161 00:12:05,630 --> 00:12:07,549 Oh, this was my dad's place. 162 00:12:07,632 --> 00:12:09,968 Darin and I came out a few weeks ago. 163 00:12:10,176 --> 00:12:12,220 Oh, it's a nice place for a vacation. 164 00:12:12,428 --> 00:12:14,389 Well, I'm trying to fix some things. 165 00:12:14,806 --> 00:12:17,725 Yeah, these old cabins can sure use a lot of work. 166 00:12:17,934 --> 00:12:20,145 Oh, I wouldn't know a hammer from a chain saw. 167 00:12:20,270 --> 00:12:23,064 No, I mean fix some things: 168 00:12:23,314 --> 00:12:25,358 Darin... me... 169 00:12:28,611 --> 00:12:30,238 Darin? 170 00:12:32,157 --> 00:12:33,950 Darin! 171 00:12:36,369 --> 00:12:37,912 I thought he would have stuck around 172 00:12:37,996 --> 00:12:39,747 to see some of our handiwork. 173 00:12:39,831 --> 00:12:43,459 No. There's a rocky point just beyond that ridge up there. 174 00:12:43,543 --> 00:12:45,670 That's where he goes when we have an argument. 175 00:12:45,879 --> 00:12:47,130 He's there a lot lately. 176 00:13:00,768 --> 00:13:03,021 Be careful with that ram. 177 00:13:04,439 --> 00:13:06,357 When do we pick up that eagle? Tomorrow? 178 00:13:06,482 --> 00:13:08,109 There'll be nothing but feathers left 179 00:13:08,193 --> 00:13:09,611 after the coyotes get through. 180 00:13:09,694 --> 00:13:11,529 What's the point of killing it if I can't put it in my den? 181 00:13:11,613 --> 00:13:15,074 There is a $5,000 fine for killing golden eagles. 182 00:13:15,158 --> 00:13:16,743 It is a protected species. 183 00:13:16,826 --> 00:13:18,745 So is the bighorn, but I bagged one of them. 184 00:13:18,828 --> 00:13:21,748 You know, I'm really worried about that guy in the hang glider. 185 00:13:21,873 --> 00:13:23,499 He saw us shoot that eagle. 186 00:13:23,708 --> 00:13:25,251 Now, if he goes to the park rangers 187 00:13:25,335 --> 00:13:26,878 and tells them what he saw, we could... 188 00:13:27,045 --> 00:13:28,963 Listen, maybe he's got a soft spot. 189 00:13:29,047 --> 00:13:30,298 Everybody does. 190 00:13:30,381 --> 00:13:32,467 Women, booze, he owes the bookies -- 191 00:13:32,550 --> 00:13:34,677 something he doesn't want out of the bag. 192 00:13:34,802 --> 00:13:36,221 Find him and buy him. 193 00:13:36,387 --> 00:13:37,805 Yeah, but... 194 00:13:42,894 --> 00:13:45,772 That guy on the hang glider talks, we could lose the business. 195 00:13:45,855 --> 00:13:47,232 "Business"? 196 00:13:47,315 --> 00:13:48,483 That guy talks, 197 00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:51,152 there'll be federal agents crawling all over here. 198 00:13:51,277 --> 00:13:53,112 Why do you think I busted out of prison 199 00:13:53,196 --> 00:13:55,448 and moved to the middle of nowhere? 200 00:13:55,531 --> 00:13:58,034 They want to put me back on death row. 201 00:13:58,243 --> 00:14:00,453 I ain't going to let that happen. 202 00:14:28,815 --> 00:14:31,609 Your mom and I got the arrow out of the bird's wing. 203 00:14:31,734 --> 00:14:33,820 I think he's going to be all right. 204 00:14:35,488 --> 00:14:36,823 He's a she. 205 00:14:37,991 --> 00:14:39,367 Oh. 206 00:14:39,534 --> 00:14:40,785 You know about eagles? 207 00:14:40,994 --> 00:14:43,162 I've been studying them for a few years. 208 00:14:43,246 --> 00:14:44,872 My dad sends me books on them. 209 00:14:46,207 --> 00:14:47,959 Did you see where the male eagle went? 210 00:14:48,251 --> 00:14:49,794 He landed on the mountain, I think. 211 00:14:50,003 --> 00:14:52,130 If they don't get back together... 212 00:14:52,463 --> 00:14:54,966 They have one mate their whole life. 213 00:14:55,091 --> 00:14:57,302 There could be a nest out there with eggs in it, 214 00:14:57,427 --> 00:14:58,886 or young eagles, maybe. 215 00:14:59,178 --> 00:15:01,639 If one of the adults dies, or something, 216 00:15:02,098 --> 00:15:04,100 the young will die too, 217 00:15:04,225 --> 00:15:06,644 'cause one adult can't take care of them alone. 218 00:15:08,396 --> 00:15:10,189 They aren't going to die. 219 00:15:10,273 --> 00:15:12,317 Not if we have anything to say about it. 220 00:15:12,567 --> 00:15:14,360 Name's MacGyver. 221 00:15:14,444 --> 00:15:16,946 I know; I heard you tell Mom. 222 00:15:21,075 --> 00:15:23,286 You know, when I was your age, 223 00:15:23,411 --> 00:15:26,205 I'd have given anything to spend time in a place like this. 224 00:15:26,372 --> 00:15:29,000 Ah, this place is okay. 225 00:15:29,292 --> 00:15:30,793 Darin... 226 00:15:32,712 --> 00:15:34,756 I think your mom's worried about you. 227 00:15:34,964 --> 00:15:37,508 It's, uh, it's a good kind of worry, 228 00:15:37,592 --> 00:15:39,218 if you know what I mean. 229 00:15:39,427 --> 00:15:41,596 She just doesn't want to see you hurt yourself. 230 00:15:41,804 --> 00:15:43,431 Neither do I. 231 00:15:43,556 --> 00:15:45,516 I just want to do things. 232 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,101 She won't let me. 233 00:15:47,268 --> 00:15:48,519 Have you talked to her about it? 234 00:15:50,188 --> 00:15:51,272 Have you tried? 235 00:15:51,439 --> 00:15:52,690 She doesn't listen. 236 00:15:52,899 --> 00:15:56,819 Well, if you don't talk, what's she going to listen to? 237 00:15:59,572 --> 00:16:00,907 Just a thought. 238 00:16:22,136 --> 00:16:24,013 Any change, Darin? 239 00:16:24,222 --> 00:16:26,808 I think she's getting weaker. 240 00:16:27,016 --> 00:16:28,184 Hey! 241 00:16:28,326 --> 00:16:30,019 Anybody home? 242 00:16:30,228 --> 00:16:32,021 It's MacGyver! 243 00:16:40,154 --> 00:16:41,989 Hey. How's our patient? 244 00:16:42,156 --> 00:16:43,825 She doesn't like being in that box. 245 00:16:44,617 --> 00:16:47,537 Wow, it must be great flying on this hang glider! 246 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:49,163 Yeah, it is. 247 00:16:49,247 --> 00:16:50,748 So when are we going up, huh? 248 00:16:50,998 --> 00:16:53,518 You kidding? My mom'd never let me go. 249 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,962 You going to stay over? 250 00:16:56,170 --> 00:16:58,131 Well, um... 251 00:16:58,256 --> 00:16:59,674 He can, can't he? 252 00:16:59,757 --> 00:17:01,592 Sure, if he wants to. 253 00:17:01,717 --> 00:17:03,219 Okay, it's after 9:00, honey. 254 00:17:03,428 --> 00:17:04,762 But I was talking to MacGyver. 255 00:17:04,929 --> 00:17:06,806 Well, you can talk in the morning; let's go. 256 00:17:07,014 --> 00:17:08,433 I want to sleep in the shed. 257 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:09,976 Oh, Darin, please. 258 00:17:10,184 --> 00:17:11,769 That way I could keep an eye on the eagle. 259 00:17:11,978 --> 00:17:13,771 The eagle is going to sleep in her bed. 260 00:17:13,855 --> 00:17:15,189 You're going to sleep in your bed. 261 00:17:15,940 --> 00:17:18,484 I'm not a baby anymore. 262 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.