1 00:00:06,132 --> 00:00:07,425 (WIND WHOOSHING) 2 00:00:07,759 --> 00:00:09,302 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 3 00:00:17,060 --> 00:00:19,604 (HELICOPTER ENGINE RUMBLING) 4 00:00:28,863 --> 00:00:32,825 WILL: A big part of why I live my life the way I do today... 5 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:37,246 is because I was fearful as a child. 6 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:43,920 DWAYNE: What was your biggest fear? 7 00:00:45,922 --> 00:00:47,215 I was scared of everything. 8 00:00:47,757 --> 00:00:50,718 Uh, I was one of the youngest kids in the neighborhood. 9 00:00:51,469 --> 00:00:56,015 Uh, I got... I got bullied all the time, you know? 10 00:01:04,398 --> 00:01:09,070 I think there was a certain harshness to our environment. 11 00:01:09,862 --> 00:01:11,906 -But I love the challenge... -Yeah. 12 00:01:11,989 --> 00:01:14,492 ...of having to conquer my mind. 13 00:01:18,788 --> 00:01:20,414 This hasn't been seen 14 00:01:20,498 --> 00:01:21,874 -or experienced by many people. -Yeah. 15 00:01:22,208 --> 00:01:25,294 It's difficult to get to. It's difficult to survive in. 16 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,506 -We're gonna be walking around out there. -Really? 17 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:31,467 DWAYNE: You can see all the cracks along, yeah? 18 00:01:31,551 --> 00:01:34,470 WILL: The cracks, yeah. It looks like you could actually go down. 19 00:01:35,054 --> 00:01:37,014 It looks like things could go wrong. 20 00:01:39,809 --> 00:01:43,938 There's no part of this that's anything I've ever done or feel confident doing. 21 00:01:48,276 --> 00:01:49,277 I won't lie. 22 00:01:49,819 --> 00:01:51,445 Over five expeditions, 23 00:01:51,988 --> 00:01:56,993 I've followed explorers into situations that were straight-up scary. 24 00:01:57,285 --> 00:02:00,454 -Whoa. -(CREW CHEERS) 25 00:02:01,789 --> 00:02:04,125 -(LAVA SPLASHING) -WILL: That's crazy. 26 00:02:04,959 --> 00:02:06,377 Rock, rock, rock, rock. 27 00:02:08,087 --> 00:02:09,630 (INSECTS CHIRPING) 28 00:02:09,755 --> 00:02:12,758 WILL: It was worth it to discover the Earth's wonders. 29 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:16,470 But your boy was tripping more than once. 30 00:02:16,846 --> 00:02:18,931 (ANIMAL GROWLING) 31 00:02:20,725 --> 00:02:22,518 Because when I see wilderness, 32 00:02:22,894 --> 00:02:26,314 you know, nothing but nature, I get nervous. 33 00:02:27,398 --> 00:02:28,816 Because I don't understand it. 34 00:02:32,195 --> 00:02:33,529 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 35 00:02:44,749 --> 00:02:46,459 WILL: So, that's the next step for me. 36 00:02:48,502 --> 00:02:53,507 Throw myself into the unknown, and try to beat my own fear. 37 00:03:03,976 --> 00:03:06,604 This time, it's not about discovering the world. 38 00:03:07,438 --> 00:03:09,190 It's about discovering myself. 39 00:03:09,774 --> 00:03:10,983 It's cold. 40 00:03:11,943 --> 00:03:12,944 (GRUNTS) 41 00:03:13,486 --> 00:03:17,531 That's my first glacier. That's my first glacier for sure. 42 00:03:27,959 --> 00:03:29,377 (SNOW CRUNCHES) 43 00:03:29,669 --> 00:03:31,796 WILL: Never walked on this much ice before. 44 00:03:33,422 --> 00:03:35,007 -This is loose. -Yeah, yeah. 45 00:03:35,132 --> 00:03:36,342 (ICE SCRAPING) 46 00:03:49,939 --> 00:03:52,733 WILL: So, here I am in the middle of nowhere. 47 00:03:53,109 --> 00:03:56,988 And Dwayne is telling me, we have to navigate off the ice 48 00:03:57,154 --> 00:03:58,531 and find the ocean. 49 00:03:59,282 --> 00:04:01,409 Without maps, without phones, 50 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:05,705 in one of the most extreme places on the entire planet. 51 00:04:19,468 --> 00:04:21,679 So, why have you chosen this direction? 52 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:23,514 DWAYNE: Because we've got a nice little stream there. 53 00:04:23,639 --> 00:04:24,640 WILL: Uh-huh. 54 00:04:24,724 --> 00:04:26,475 DWAYNE: So, the ice is melting ever so slightly. 55 00:04:27,143 --> 00:04:28,978 Sort of draining into these little channels. 56 00:04:29,437 --> 00:04:31,522 And it's making its way downstream. 57 00:04:31,647 --> 00:04:35,735 Got it. The water is gonna take a clear route off the glacier. Cool. 58 00:04:35,985 --> 00:04:37,361 (WATER RUSHING) 59 00:04:37,695 --> 00:04:42,950 WILL: Dwayne's job is to push me, and my job is to let him. 60 00:04:44,243 --> 00:04:45,328 This is wild. 61 00:04:46,704 --> 00:04:47,705 Ooh! 62 00:04:48,831 --> 00:04:51,042 Hold it. Hold it there. 63 00:05:06,891 --> 00:05:09,894 I feel like we might just wanna go and have a look. 64 00:05:16,067 --> 00:05:17,735 -WILL: All right. I mean, listen. -DWAYNE: Yeah. 65 00:05:17,902 --> 00:05:19,111 -Once you go down... -Yeah. Yeah. 66 00:05:19,236 --> 00:05:21,697 ...and you successfully make it back up, I'm more than happy to go. 67 00:05:21,781 --> 00:05:23,115 -If I go down... -(CHUCKLES) 68 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,992 ...and you're left up here by yourself, 69 00:05:25,076 --> 00:05:26,952 -you're gonna be ruined. So, you come... -Yeah. I probably... Yeah. 70 00:05:27,036 --> 00:05:29,080 -You stay with me, you stay with me. -Okay. (LAUGHS) 71 00:05:32,416 --> 00:05:35,127 DWAYNE: Ice holes like these are wildly unpredictable. 72 00:05:35,378 --> 00:05:38,255 They can go down 50 feet or over 1,000. 73 00:05:39,507 --> 00:05:42,510 But the only way to know for sure is to go in. 74 00:05:51,018 --> 00:05:53,813 -(WATER RUSHING) -(METAL CLINKING) 75 00:05:56,065 --> 00:05:57,233 DWAYNE: Let's go. 76 00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:01,112 How's that feeling? 77 00:06:01,987 --> 00:06:03,531 -You know exactly how it's feeling. -(DWAYNE LAUGHS) 78 00:06:03,614 --> 00:06:05,074 It's scary as hell. 79 00:06:11,914 --> 00:06:12,998 DWAYNE: Nice and slow. 80 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:15,042 Good. 81 00:06:16,627 --> 00:06:17,628 Good work. 82 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,589 -It gets so much louder as you get lower. -WILL: Yeah. 83 00:06:24,468 --> 00:06:26,512 DWAYNE: You're starting to trust the rope now, I can see it. 84 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:30,141 -I really don't have much choice, do I? -DWAYNE: (LAUGHS) I'll just be... 85 00:06:30,224 --> 00:06:33,018 -It better work. (LAUGHS) -DWAYNE: Yeah. (LAUGHS) 86 00:06:33,185 --> 00:06:34,353 Uh, lock off for me. 87 00:06:35,187 --> 00:06:36,188 And just relax. 88 00:06:38,816 --> 00:06:39,900 (ICE SCRAPING) 89 00:06:40,067 --> 00:06:41,068 WILL: Hey, hey. 90 00:06:41,610 --> 00:06:42,987 DWAYNE: It's perfectly safe. 91 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:47,408 -He said confidently. (LAUGHS) -He says confidently. (LAUGHS) 92 00:06:51,745 --> 00:06:54,123 -Did you hear that crack? -WILL: Yeah. 93 00:06:55,291 --> 00:06:57,126 DWAYNE: It's just constantly moving. 94 00:06:57,918 --> 00:06:59,837 This is the kind of thing that half of people would say 95 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,882 nightmares are made of. You're climbing down into an environment 96 00:07:02,965 --> 00:07:04,842 -that's constantly changing and shifting. -WILL: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 97 00:07:05,009 --> 00:07:07,678 And there's water filling in there. "Are you mad?" 98 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:08,971 -Yeah. -DWAYNE: That's the question. 99 00:07:09,054 --> 00:07:10,681 Ha... half of us think that. 100 00:07:10,848 --> 00:07:12,349 (BOTH LAUGH) 101 00:07:12,808 --> 00:07:15,853 -DWAYNE: Will, you happy to go lower? -WILL: You've gotta be kidding me. 102 00:07:30,743 --> 00:07:32,244 -Whoa. -DWAYNE: Now, look down. 103 00:07:33,746 --> 00:07:34,997 Isn't that something? 104 00:07:36,999 --> 00:07:38,751 WILL: That hole just drops away 105 00:07:38,834 --> 00:07:43,672 -into infinity. (LAUGHS) -DWAYNE: Oblivion. (LAUGHS) 106 00:07:43,756 --> 00:07:46,425 I don't think we've got enough rope to go all the way down there. 107 00:07:47,051 --> 00:07:48,135 WILL: That's crazy. 108 00:07:51,013 --> 00:07:55,851 Now, dangling over a bottomless pit isn't exactly my bag, 109 00:07:55,935 --> 00:08:00,314 but... man, scary as it is, it's liberating. 110 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:06,237 Hello! My name is Will! 111 00:08:12,284 --> 00:08:13,827 And Will wants to know, 112 00:08:13,911 --> 00:08:16,413 how the hell to get out of this wilderness. 113 00:08:18,624 --> 00:08:22,336 Well, they say the secret is to look for clues. 114 00:08:24,296 --> 00:08:26,048 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 115 00:08:40,312 --> 00:08:44,358 WILL: Imagine what it takes... to be a fisherman... 116 00:08:47,111 --> 00:08:48,153 in a desert! 117 00:09:05,921 --> 00:09:08,549 You'd need a little help... right? 118 00:09:29,403 --> 00:09:30,613 (UPBEAT METAL MUSIC PLAYING) 119 00:09:42,666 --> 00:09:48,339 WILL: An armored catfish is, well, no ordinary fish. 120 00:09:50,799 --> 00:09:52,885 It can survive on land. 121 00:10:00,517 --> 00:10:03,187 Then, when it needs to find water... 122 00:10:04,897 --> 00:10:05,898 bam! 123 00:10:07,066 --> 00:10:09,068 It's a fish on a mission. 124 00:10:20,287 --> 00:10:22,373 The fishermen can't find water that way. 125 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,459 But they can follow the fish. 126 00:10:29,421 --> 00:10:31,256 (WATER RIPPLING) 127 00:10:35,678 --> 00:10:38,639 MAN: That's beautiful! 128 00:10:46,438 --> 00:10:49,900 WILL: Turns out, there are always clues to navigating... 129 00:10:50,693 --> 00:10:52,736 even in the most barren terrain. 130 00:10:53,612 --> 00:10:54,822 (WIND HOWLING) 131 00:10:55,489 --> 00:10:57,741 WILL: But knowing what is a clue... 132 00:10:58,867 --> 00:11:00,119 that's the tricky part. 133 00:11:00,369 --> 00:11:03,122 -(BIRD SQUAWKING) -Look at that. 134 00:11:04,415 --> 00:11:07,042 WILL: It's... it's a bird, Dwayne. 135 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:09,169 -(DWAYNE LAUGHING) -(WILL LAUGHING) 136 00:11:09,878 --> 00:11:13,048 DWAYNE: These birds, they're a clue to getting off this glacier. 137 00:11:15,050 --> 00:11:16,552 There's slim pickings on the ice. 138 00:11:16,844 --> 00:11:19,513 Birds here have to find water to get food. 139 00:11:21,473 --> 00:11:24,226 And it will be something bigger than we've seen so far. 140 00:11:28,605 --> 00:11:30,941 (WATER RUSHING) 141 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,372 WILL: All this water is coming from the glacier? 142 00:11:45,956 --> 00:11:46,957 DWAYNE: Yep. 143 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:49,042 And the good thing about this is... 144 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,629 if we follow it long enough, eventually, it's gonna take us to the sea. 145 00:11:53,714 --> 00:11:58,385 -WILL: Getting to the sea means what? -DWAYNE: If it's a survival situation, 146 00:11:58,469 --> 00:12:00,637 getting to the sea means you're more likely to find people. 147 00:12:00,721 --> 00:12:02,890 -Got it. -It means there's food. 148 00:12:03,015 --> 00:12:04,016 WILL: What now? 149 00:12:04,099 --> 00:12:05,726 DWAYNE: So, what I'm doing, I'm just looking for somewhere 150 00:12:05,851 --> 00:12:07,811 to get onto the water and get the kayak in. 151 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:10,773 We're looking for a spot to put the kayak in. 152 00:12:10,856 --> 00:12:13,317 -Yeah. -And this is clearly not it. 153 00:12:13,817 --> 00:12:15,319 (WATER RUSHING, INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 154 00:12:41,136 --> 00:12:43,096 That's dangerous. That's... that's not too good. 155 00:12:43,472 --> 00:12:46,391 But down there, it's probably gonna calm down quite a lot. 156 00:12:52,022 --> 00:12:54,566 I know kayaking a river like this looks scary. 157 00:12:55,943 --> 00:12:57,611 But it's an important step. 158 00:12:58,195 --> 00:13:01,740 Because having the confidence to navigate the dangerous and unfamiliar 159 00:13:01,907 --> 00:13:04,993 is at the heart of what it is to be an explorer. 160 00:13:05,911 --> 00:13:07,246 (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 161 00:13:08,497 --> 00:13:11,708 DWAYNE: First, we need to find a gentle launch point for the boat. 162 00:13:14,044 --> 00:13:17,422 So "gentle" that I have to put on a waterproof suit. 163 00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:19,174 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 164 00:13:30,394 --> 00:13:31,395 (GRUNTS) 165 00:13:32,104 --> 00:13:34,648 DWAYNE: Nice, nice. Keep on coming, keep on coming. 166 00:13:36,024 --> 00:13:37,317 WILL: Yeah, man. 167 00:13:37,776 --> 00:13:40,279 So, I'm gonna get the raft out. 168 00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:42,030 (SEAGULLS CAWING) 169 00:13:47,035 --> 00:13:48,954 When you talked about it earlier, 170 00:13:49,580 --> 00:13:51,832 I kind of saw something different in my mind. 171 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:53,041 DWAYNE: What did you see? 172 00:13:53,208 --> 00:13:56,044 -(AIR WHOOSHING) -WILL: Well... a kayak. 173 00:13:56,545 --> 00:13:57,754 -Yeah. -Yeah. 174 00:13:58,547 --> 00:14:01,383 This is like a rubber... uh, floaty. 175 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:04,595 -(CHUCKLES) Yeah. (GRUNTS) -(LAUGHS) 176 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,555 DWAYNE: All right. So, what we're gonna do now, 177 00:14:06,638 --> 00:14:08,307 -we're gonna lower it down. -Yup. 178 00:14:08,932 --> 00:14:10,893 -DWAYNE: And by we... -You mean me? 179 00:14:11,018 --> 00:14:12,603 -You're gonna lower it down. -Yeah. Yeah. 180 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,104 -DWAYNE: Get ready. -Yeah. 181 00:14:14,730 --> 00:14:16,064 DWAYNE: All right, take the weight. 182 00:14:16,148 --> 00:14:17,232 -Got it. -Go on. 183 00:14:17,983 --> 00:14:18,984 Go on. 184 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:24,072 That's good. Perfect. We'll hold it there for now. 185 00:14:24,239 --> 00:14:25,407 -WILL: You good? -Yeah. 186 00:14:26,074 --> 00:14:27,659 -You're gonna go down next. -WILL: Yeah. 187 00:14:27,743 --> 00:14:30,954 -DWAYNE: Nice and low to the ground. -WILL: Nice and low to the ground. 188 00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:32,205 Come on, Will. 189 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:36,668 (WATER SPLASHING) 190 00:14:39,463 --> 00:14:40,881 WILL: I should mention again 191 00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:44,217 that I am not the world's strongest swimmer. 192 00:14:44,676 --> 00:14:46,720 I do not wanna go under that water. 193 00:14:47,346 --> 00:14:49,389 (WATER RIPPLES) 194 00:14:50,474 --> 00:14:52,309 DWAYNE: You can already feel how cold it is. 195 00:14:52,809 --> 00:14:54,770 This water's straight off the glacier. 196 00:14:56,688 --> 00:14:58,398 -Have you kayaked before? -WILL: No. 197 00:14:58,523 --> 00:15:00,067 -DWAYNE: No? Never? -WILL: No, this will be the first time. 198 00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:01,109 Never. 199 00:15:02,486 --> 00:15:03,612 DWAYNE: What I'm gonna get you to do 200 00:15:03,695 --> 00:15:05,781 -is stay left. -Stay left. 201 00:15:05,864 --> 00:15:08,617 Because as you go to change, it's gonna change your center of balance. 202 00:15:08,784 --> 00:15:10,118 Got it. 203 00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:12,371 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 204 00:15:13,205 --> 00:15:16,416 DWAYNE: That swirling brown water means we're about to enter a strong current. 205 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:18,669 It's stirred up all the sediment. 206 00:15:22,798 --> 00:15:24,466 And we're gonna go for it. 207 00:15:25,175 --> 00:15:26,301 -Paddle, paddle. -Paddle, paddle, paddle. 208 00:15:26,385 --> 00:15:28,136 Good. And keep paddling. 209 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:30,347 -Keep paddling, keep paddling. -(GRUNTS) 210 00:15:30,847 --> 00:15:33,600 Good. You did it. Let the flow take us. 211 00:15:34,393 --> 00:15:35,394 DWAYNE: Good. 212 00:15:42,401 --> 00:15:45,779 -WILL: Oh, wow. That's a whirlpool. -DWAYNE: Exactly. 213 00:15:46,738 --> 00:15:50,117 When it's that little, it tells us there's a rock near the surface. 214 00:15:52,369 --> 00:15:53,578 Give me a paddle. 215 00:15:56,498 --> 00:15:57,666 See that V? 216 00:15:58,041 --> 00:16:00,502 It means the water's funneling through two rocks. 217 00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:09,928 We're gonna try and go straight through it. 218 00:16:13,974 --> 00:16:15,600 Keep your balance. Good. 219 00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:20,814 (GRUNTS) And nice and slow. Nice and slow. 220 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,192 -WILL: Oh! What's going on? -DWAYNE: We're in a boil. 221 00:16:24,276 --> 00:16:26,236 You can see it from the surface where it's bubbling up. 222 00:16:26,528 --> 00:16:27,654 (WATER RUSHING) 223 00:16:33,076 --> 00:16:35,078 We're not going over. We are not going over. 224 00:16:35,287 --> 00:16:37,289 Up and over, a second one. 225 00:16:39,041 --> 00:16:42,085 Don't paddle when we've got a wave, 'cause it'll take you in. 226 00:16:43,879 --> 00:16:44,880 Good. 227 00:16:47,466 --> 00:16:49,718 Paddle, paddle. We're going into the rock. 228 00:16:50,135 --> 00:16:51,386 -Oh, jeez. -DWAYNE: We're good. We're good. 229 00:16:51,470 --> 00:16:52,471 Stop there. 230 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:56,808 Well, that one was a little hairy. 231 00:16:56,933 --> 00:16:58,226 -Yeah, yeah, it was, it was. -(LAUGHS) 232 00:16:58,435 --> 00:16:59,936 That one was a little hairy. 233 00:17:01,772 --> 00:17:04,232 DWAYNE: A little bit shaky there, but we've done it. 234 00:17:09,571 --> 00:17:10,989 (KAYAK SCRAPES) 235 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:15,160 That water is freezing through my glove. 236 00:17:15,243 --> 00:17:17,245 DWAYNE: When your hands get really cold, you stand there and you do this 237 00:17:17,454 --> 00:17:19,039 to try and get the blood back into your hands. 238 00:17:19,122 --> 00:17:20,123 Wow. 239 00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:23,168 (CHUCKLES) It definitely works. 240 00:17:24,252 --> 00:17:27,089 -You do feel a surge into your fingertips. -DWAYNE: Yeah, yeah. 241 00:17:28,048 --> 00:17:29,299 This is a good tip. 242 00:17:30,258 --> 00:17:32,803 That trick I've learned when I was in the Arctic. 243 00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:36,223 -(LAUGHS) So, when you were in the Arctic? -Yes. 244 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:39,184 All right, I just never heard a Black person say that. You're gonna... 245 00:17:39,309 --> 00:17:40,852 -(LAUGHS) -(CHUCKLES) 246 00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:42,062 -(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) -It's true. 247 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,940 I've trekked to the North Pole. I've crossed deserts. 248 00:17:45,232 --> 00:17:47,067 I've even kayaked across seas. 249 00:17:47,984 --> 00:17:50,737 But everywhere you go, you learn something new. 250 00:17:51,238 --> 00:17:53,448 WILL: Your accomplishments are so important to me. 251 00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:55,534 DWAYNE: Thanks, Will. That means a lot. 252 00:17:58,036 --> 00:18:00,580 WILL: 'Cause, you know, I admire explorers. 253 00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:02,999 I wanna be in the explorer’s club. 254 00:18:13,385 --> 00:18:15,137 I don't have to pretend like these bugs 255 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:16,471 -are in my face out here. -(LAUGHS) 256 00:18:16,555 --> 00:18:18,140 -I don't have to pretend? -You're not pretending very well. 257 00:18:18,265 --> 00:18:19,599 'Cause I'm trying to give you the action hero. 258 00:18:19,683 --> 00:18:21,059 -DWAYNE: I know. -I'm trying to give you... (SPITS) 259 00:18:21,143 --> 00:18:22,394 DWAYNE: Uh, didn't you see me spit one out 260 00:18:22,477 --> 00:18:24,271 -a minute ago? -I know, yeah. I'm going... (SPITS) 261 00:18:24,354 --> 00:18:26,565 -(LAUGHS) -(WILL LAUGHING) 262 00:18:26,690 --> 00:18:28,567 -There's nothing... -DWAYNE: Yeah. 263 00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,361 ...I enjoy more than doing this. 264 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,405 There's something about having the sky above you, isn't it? 265 00:18:33,488 --> 00:18:37,826 This is like the perfect way to spend my life. 266 00:18:38,034 --> 00:18:39,661 -Everything is new. -Yeah. 267 00:18:39,744 --> 00:18:42,539 And there's a little bit of fear all the way through. 268 00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:44,457 -That's good. That's good. -There's a little bit of fear for me 269 00:18:44,541 --> 00:18:46,918 -all the way through. -You... you get past the fear. 270 00:18:47,002 --> 00:18:48,753 Yes, there's rushing water. Yes, there's cliff. 271 00:18:48,837 --> 00:18:51,214 Yes, you're in a place that you, you know, you have to use some of your skills. 272 00:18:51,381 --> 00:18:52,549 -I'm using some of your skills. -Yeah. 273 00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:53,925 -Using some of my skills to navigate. -(LAUGHS) 274 00:18:54,092 --> 00:18:55,385 And you'll pick them up, and then you'll feel 275 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:56,887 more confident next time you come out here. 276 00:18:57,095 --> 00:18:58,096 -WILL: Yeah. -Yeah. 277 00:18:58,555 --> 00:18:59,598 Mm-hmm. 278 00:18:59,723 --> 00:19:00,724 (FLIES BUZZING) 279 00:19:01,224 --> 00:19:02,475 -So, when did you know... -Yeah. 280 00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:06,313 ...like full-on, you wanted to be an explorer? 281 00:19:06,438 --> 00:19:11,109 It took a big incident in my life, Will. I... I nearly lost my life, 282 00:19:11,401 --> 00:19:14,779 -um, to gun violence. And... -WILL: Whoa. 283 00:19:14,905 --> 00:19:19,034 ...yeah, the guy, his aim was to kill me. He pointed the gun, he pulled the trigger. 284 00:19:19,117 --> 00:19:20,827 He cocked it back, he pulled the trigger again. 285 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:24,581 Incredibly, the gun jammed both times. 286 00:19:25,999 --> 00:19:27,375 I survived that incident. 287 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,252 But it got me thinking. 288 00:19:29,628 --> 00:19:31,838 I decided at that moment that I wanted my life 289 00:19:31,922 --> 00:19:33,298 to be more meaningful. 290 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:36,635 And that led me down a path of exploration. 291 00:19:38,553 --> 00:19:44,100 WILL: For explorers like Dwayne, fear can be the spark that spurs them on. 292 00:19:44,643 --> 00:19:45,977 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 293 00:19:50,982 --> 00:19:54,945 WILL: Or simply a hurdle they need to get over. 294 00:19:55,070 --> 00:19:56,488 (BIRDS SQUAWKING) 295 00:19:58,031 --> 00:19:59,241 SIDEY: We're gonna go to the bay. 296 00:19:59,324 --> 00:20:00,784 -DIVA: Yeah. -SIDEY: See if we can find some mantas. 297 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:20,262 DIVA: A few times a year, when everything aligns... 298 00:20:21,596 --> 00:20:24,182 hundreds of mantas gather in this bay. 299 00:20:27,352 --> 00:20:29,688 In massive feeding swarms. 300 00:20:31,314 --> 00:20:34,067 It's an event I've always wanted to see. 301 00:20:38,405 --> 00:20:40,740 So, when I'm in the water, can it be a bit overwhelming? 302 00:20:41,032 --> 00:20:42,158 Yeah, it will be. 303 00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:46,204 If there's too many, sometimes they could hit you. 304 00:20:46,496 --> 00:20:48,790 -And does that hurt? -Yeah, it hurts a lot. 305 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:50,333 -DIVA: Great. -(SIDEY CHUCKLES) 306 00:20:50,959 --> 00:20:53,295 Always keep two meters away, then you'll be fine. 307 00:20:53,461 --> 00:20:55,714 DIVA: They've been waiting for this moment for so long. 308 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:01,094 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 309 00:21:06,391 --> 00:21:08,184 DIVA: Swimming from the boat out is definitely 310 00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:09,853 one of the most stressful moments. 311 00:21:14,858 --> 00:21:18,236 That feeling of not knowing what you're about to face. 312 00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:15,251 It feels dangerous. 313 00:22:22,258 --> 00:22:25,595 'Cause there are just so many animals in such a small space. 314 00:22:33,895 --> 00:22:39,109 That's really when it can feel... the most scary. 315 00:22:44,948 --> 00:22:47,242 These mantas are over 1,000 pounds. 316 00:22:51,788 --> 00:22:53,581 It feels like getting hit by a truck. 317 00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:03,425 There are all these emotions. 318 00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:06,219 There's fear. 319 00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:13,309 And then there's wonder at the sheer power and beauty 320 00:23:13,685 --> 00:23:15,895 of these magnificent animals. 321 00:23:17,772 --> 00:23:19,232 (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) 322 00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:35,248 (INHALES) 323 00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:38,418 Oh, my God. Whoo! 324 00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:41,296 (GROANS SOFTLY) 325 00:23:44,174 --> 00:23:48,761 That was amazing. (LAUGHS, BREATHES DEEPLY) 326 00:23:51,681 --> 00:23:57,145 WILL: It seems that fear is at the heart of so much of what an explorer does. 327 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:58,521 (GRUNTS) 328 00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:03,359 What I'm learning is that you need to work with that fear, 329 00:24:03,902 --> 00:24:04,944 not against it. 330 00:24:05,028 --> 00:24:06,905 DWAYNE: (GRUNTING) I think we'll just leave it there. 331 00:24:07,197 --> 00:24:08,448 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 332 00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:19,542 Have you climbed before? 333 00:24:20,251 --> 00:24:22,962 -In Philly. (LAUGHS) -(CHUCKLES) Yeah? 334 00:24:24,047 --> 00:24:25,340 Big climbing culture in Philly. 335 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:26,591 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 336 00:24:26,674 --> 00:24:29,761 All right. Probably the best spot here, actually. That's just got... 337 00:24:29,844 --> 00:24:32,222 -This looks like the best spot to you? -DWAYNE: This is the best we've come to. 338 00:24:32,305 --> 00:24:34,349 -WILL: Whoa. I'm gonna let you go first. -Well, we'll just head... 339 00:24:34,599 --> 00:24:36,768 -I'll help you from the bottom. Go. -(LAUGHS) Oh, jeez. 340 00:24:36,851 --> 00:24:38,436 All right, so, you got loads of handholds here, 341 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,396 loads of places to put your foot. And I'll hold it. 342 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,607 -WILL: Oh, you're holding it there. -DWAYNE: Yeah, yeah. Go on. Get up there. 343 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:43,900 -(GRUNTS) -DWAYNE: Good. 344 00:24:44,067 --> 00:24:45,109 (WILL GRUNTING) 345 00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:53,284 DWAYNE: There's a ledge. 346 00:24:55,245 --> 00:24:56,746 -Can you see it? -WILL: Yeah. 347 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:02,377 DWAYNE: Uh, hold fire. I'm coming up. 348 00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:07,298 Yeah, I didn't understand the me going up first, but I get it. 349 00:25:09,217 --> 00:25:10,385 How's it looking? 350 00:25:10,552 --> 00:25:12,178 -WILL: Not too bad. -Yeah? 351 00:25:12,303 --> 00:25:13,388 Not too bad. 352 00:25:17,141 --> 00:25:18,518 (DWAYNE GRUNTS) 353 00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:28,736 So... the key thing here is to know what's coming, if you can. 354 00:25:28,945 --> 00:25:30,905 The bugs in your eyes definitely don't help. 355 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,740 No. No, they don't. 356 00:25:33,825 --> 00:25:35,910 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(BIRDS SQUAWKING) 357 00:25:36,661 --> 00:25:38,162 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 358 00:25:43,501 --> 00:25:46,254 DWAYNE: This stretch of river is known as Stuðlagil Canyon. 359 00:25:48,089 --> 00:25:50,216 It was only discovered a few years ago. 360 00:25:51,092 --> 00:25:54,012 And as far as I know, no one has kayaked through it. 361 00:25:56,389 --> 00:25:58,975 So, what comes next is new territory. 362 00:26:02,061 --> 00:26:03,938 What can you tell by looking at that river? 363 00:26:13,656 --> 00:26:14,866 WILL: Um... 364 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:17,702 it looks like it's going faster... 365 00:26:17,785 --> 00:26:19,704 -Yeah. -...to the left. 366 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,372 -And then kinda sweeping back around... -Yeah. 367 00:26:21,456 --> 00:26:22,957 ...going slower up to the right. 368 00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:28,254 Since it's going faster, I guess, it seems like it's speeding up. 369 00:26:28,379 --> 00:26:29,505 -DWAYNE: Absolutely. -WILL: Yeah. 370 00:26:29,631 --> 00:26:31,924 Looking at the fact that it goes to the right, 371 00:26:32,008 --> 00:26:34,093 I don't think we wanna go to the right. 372 00:26:34,761 --> 00:26:36,304 -It could be shallower. -WILL: Yeah. 373 00:26:36,429 --> 00:26:38,640 -DWAYNE: It could have more rocks in it. -WILL: Oh, got it. 374 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:40,183 -We're more likely to get jammed. -DWAYNE: Yes. 375 00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:42,393 -But if the water's going faster... -Yeah, yeah. 376 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:45,897 ...isn't there a possibility that there's another waterfall? 377 00:26:45,980 --> 00:26:47,815 There is. There is always that possibility. 378 00:26:47,982 --> 00:26:51,819 WILL: Does that mean that we wanna go up to the right? 379 00:26:51,903 --> 00:26:53,529 DWAYNE: No, to the left. 380 00:26:55,406 --> 00:26:57,867 Do you have another boat? Like, what if I disagreed 381 00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:02,413 -and, like, if I wanted to go... (LAUGHS) -(LAUGHS) 382 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:05,792 A river like this is predictable. 383 00:27:06,751 --> 00:27:09,379 But I suspect the only way he'll learn this for himself 384 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:10,797 is if he takes the helm. 385 00:27:11,756 --> 00:27:13,216 I hope he'll be ready for that. 386 00:27:13,883 --> 00:27:15,885 (WATER RUSHING) 387 00:27:18,638 --> 00:27:20,348 WILL: Things are about to get real. 388 00:27:20,807 --> 00:27:21,974 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 389 00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:26,437 Dwayne is putting me in charge of navigating the next stretch of river. 390 00:27:29,899 --> 00:27:31,275 I hope he's got insurance. 391 00:27:39,867 --> 00:27:42,578 -We're good to go? Let's go. -DWAYNE: All right, let's go. 392 00:27:49,377 --> 00:27:50,461 WILL: And we're just running 393 00:27:50,545 --> 00:27:51,629 -all the way down, right? -DWAYNE: Yeah. 394 00:27:51,796 --> 00:27:53,589 WILL: We're just gonna go all the way down. Yeah. 395 00:28:00,471 --> 00:28:01,764 A little bit scary, yeah. 396 00:28:09,397 --> 00:28:10,481 (GRUNTS) 397 00:28:10,648 --> 00:28:12,442 DWAYNE: Just shout out what you're seeing. 398 00:28:15,528 --> 00:28:17,613 -WILL: To the left right there. -DWAYNE: Yeah. 399 00:28:17,780 --> 00:28:19,323 That's a whirlpool. 400 00:28:20,616 --> 00:28:21,743 DWAYNE: Come on. 401 00:28:22,243 --> 00:28:23,327 -Okay. -DWAYNE: Yes! 402 00:28:23,494 --> 00:28:26,038 So, we're gonna stay... we're gonna try to stay in the center. 403 00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:39,218 We got a little V happening up there. 404 00:28:39,385 --> 00:28:41,304 Yeah. I guess, we're gonna take our nose right into that V. 405 00:28:41,429 --> 00:28:42,513 DWAYNE: Okay, cool. 406 00:28:47,435 --> 00:28:49,270 So, it's starting to get rough. 407 00:28:50,021 --> 00:28:54,817 It looks like there's, uh, churning coming from the right into the center. 408 00:28:57,612 --> 00:29:00,072 All right. Give me a little paddle, 'cause we're slowing down a little bit. 409 00:29:00,198 --> 00:29:02,116 We wanna get up to the speed of the water. 410 00:29:03,618 --> 00:29:04,911 Big wave! 411 00:29:07,538 --> 00:29:08,956 A little bit shaky there. 412 00:29:16,130 --> 00:29:18,716 We're fine now. Just relax back there. Calm down. 413 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:19,884 -Okay. -Calm down. 414 00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:21,969 -Right. (CHUCKLES) Right, right, right. -Okay? 415 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:23,554 More waves ahead. 416 00:29:23,679 --> 00:29:25,348 DWAYNE: Uh, where do we want it to hit us? 417 00:29:25,556 --> 00:29:28,351 We probably wanna be in it that way at the... at our one o'clock. 418 00:29:28,434 --> 00:29:29,602 DWAYNE: To our one o'clock. 419 00:29:36,234 --> 00:29:37,735 WILL: Don't paddle. Absorb it. 420 00:29:39,028 --> 00:29:41,739 We're not going over. We're not going over. 421 00:29:43,032 --> 00:29:45,243 Good work. Keep going. Keep going. 422 00:29:46,327 --> 00:29:47,578 Good work! 423 00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:54,043 -Whoo! (LAUGHS) -(DWAYNE LAUGHS) 424 00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:56,003 WILL: You know, that was beautiful, man. 425 00:29:58,506 --> 00:30:00,675 -We came, we saw... -Conquered. 426 00:30:00,758 --> 00:30:01,759 ...we conquered. 427 00:30:01,926 --> 00:30:03,261 -DWAYNE: We've got skills. -WILL: Yeah. 428 00:30:04,053 --> 00:30:05,763 This is a bucket list moment. 429 00:30:06,180 --> 00:30:09,308 DWAYNE: That was bloody good job, Will. For someone's first time on white water. 430 00:30:09,767 --> 00:30:11,602 And we came down without going for a swim. 431 00:30:11,978 --> 00:30:13,938 WILL: Yeah, that was... that was fantastic. 432 00:30:14,397 --> 00:30:15,565 (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) 433 00:30:20,653 --> 00:30:23,281 Let me bring us around. Good. 434 00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:26,117 This moment deserves a toast. 435 00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:30,538 Keep it in, keep it in, keep it pushing. Push it in. Push it in. 436 00:30:30,663 --> 00:30:32,915 -DWAYNE: I'm getting it in. -Keep going. Keep going. 437 00:30:33,457 --> 00:30:37,003 -WILL: (LAUGHS) Yeah. That'll do it. -DWAYNE: Perfect. 438 00:30:40,590 --> 00:30:44,218 When I first got out here, everything seemed unknowable. 439 00:30:44,802 --> 00:30:45,845 Dangerous even. 440 00:30:46,721 --> 00:30:50,099 Now, I understand there's a logic to everything. 441 00:30:51,434 --> 00:30:56,522 I never imagined myself being capable of this. But I did it. 442 00:30:57,356 --> 00:31:00,985 Me, the kid from West Philly who hates water. 443 00:31:01,819 --> 00:31:04,322 And we made it all the way to the ocean. 444 00:31:04,488 --> 00:31:05,656 We've arrived. 445 00:31:05,907 --> 00:31:10,411 I know it doesn't sound like a big thing, to be able to find an ocean. 446 00:31:11,162 --> 00:31:12,580 But for me, that was big. 447 00:31:13,831 --> 00:31:14,957 You didn't kill me. 448 00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:18,461 -You didn't kill me! (LAUGHS) -(LAUGHS) 449 00:31:18,586 --> 00:31:20,296 -Almost. (GRUNTS) -(GRUNTS) 450 00:31:23,090 --> 00:31:26,177 Now, I can see what it means to go with the flow. 451 00:31:26,344 --> 00:31:28,304 DWAYNE: Do you know what, that's such a nice way to put it. 452 00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:32,183 Wow. Look at this place. 453 00:31:33,851 --> 00:31:34,977 (GROANS) 454 00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:38,189 DWAYNE: I'm telling you, that was something, wasn't it? 455 00:31:38,356 --> 00:31:40,358 -Dude. -(DWAYNE GRUNTS) 456 00:31:40,816 --> 00:31:45,446 I'm just happy to, like, be here, and have survived. 457 00:31:45,529 --> 00:31:48,407 Yeah. There were moments where I thought, "Ooh! We're going in." 458 00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:50,201 -(LAUGHS) -DWAYNE: But we didn't. We didn't! 459 00:31:50,326 --> 00:31:53,079 For me, it's just coming out here and being at one with nature, 460 00:31:53,162 --> 00:31:54,914 -and testing myself, and proving myself. -WILL: Mm-hmm. 461 00:31:54,997 --> 00:31:58,209 And it's not about, "Look at me. Look how strong, and great, and powerful." 462 00:31:58,334 --> 00:32:00,836 It's about, "Can I apply what I've experienced here 463 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,213 "to another challenge in my life?" 464 00:32:02,296 --> 00:32:04,382 -Yeah, yeah. -For me, it's just about that experience. 465 00:32:04,507 --> 00:32:06,884 You know, when you start these kinds of things, 466 00:32:07,051 --> 00:32:09,303 you never quite know if you're gonna get to the end. 467 00:32:09,387 --> 00:32:11,097 I don't know, maybe you know you can get to the end. 468 00:32:11,514 --> 00:32:13,391 -I believe I'll always get to the end. -Really? 469 00:32:13,474 --> 00:32:16,435 Um, and for me, it's not even about the end. 470 00:32:16,519 --> 00:32:18,688 It's about... it's... I know it sounds so cliché, innit, 471 00:32:18,771 --> 00:32:19,897 -it's the journey that counts. -WILL: Hmm. 472 00:32:19,981 --> 00:32:23,109 But honestly, for me, it's the doing it, it's the experiencing it. 473 00:32:23,192 --> 00:32:26,404 It's about being out there. You can't tell me that this right now 474 00:32:26,487 --> 00:32:27,863 is the best part of the journey we've just done. 475 00:32:27,947 --> 00:32:29,573 That... now, that's very true. 476 00:32:30,616 --> 00:32:33,494 You know what? Even now that you mention that... 477 00:32:33,577 --> 00:32:37,957 -DWAYNE: Yeah. -...arriving even has a little bittersweet 478 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,542 -kind of thing. -DWAYNE: Yeah, it's like an anticlimax. 479 00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:41,585 -Yeah, yeah. (LAUGHS) -DWAYNE: Yeah. 480 00:32:41,711 --> 00:32:44,714 -That is true. That's true. -Hold on. What's that? 481 00:32:44,839 --> 00:32:46,465 (HELICOPTER ENGINE RUMBLING) 482 00:32:46,590 --> 00:32:48,634 -You can hear it coming in. Good timing. -Hey, okay. 483 00:32:53,347 --> 00:32:55,850 This has been a long, tough journey for me. 484 00:32:57,977 --> 00:33:01,731 But in a way, it's taken me 52 years. 485 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:07,194 My mission at the start of this journey was simple. 486 00:33:08,195 --> 00:33:11,866 Get out of my comfort zone... connect with the planet... 487 00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:15,745 and hopefully, inspire others to do the same. 488 00:33:16,203 --> 00:33:17,663 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 489 00:33:18,414 --> 00:33:22,668 WILL: The explorers took me to the ends of the earth and beyond. 490 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,295 -Wow. -DIVA: Wow. (LAUGHS) 491 00:33:24,378 --> 00:33:27,339 WILL: Showed me that our world is full of wonders... 492 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:29,008 (LAVA SPLASHES) 493 00:33:29,175 --> 00:33:32,386 ...hidden forces we can't see, and barely understand. 494 00:33:35,264 --> 00:33:39,226 It can be terrifying to step out into those unknowns. 495 00:33:42,438 --> 00:33:47,151 But sometimes, the only thing to do is to give yourself over to the flow. 496 00:33:48,861 --> 00:33:50,946 Let go of your fears. 497 00:33:53,824 --> 00:33:58,370 Because when you allow yourself to truly connect with our planet... 498 00:34:00,456 --> 00:34:04,293 you realize its wonders have no end. 499 00:34:05,294 --> 00:34:06,545 Yes, I like this part! 500 00:34:06,754 --> 00:34:10,549 (ALL CHEER) 501 00:34:19,058 --> 00:34:21,143 WILL: So, this is just the beginning. 502 00:34:22,728 --> 00:34:24,438 Welcome to Earth, Will Smith. 503 00:34:25,773 --> 00:34:27,441 Time to explore. 504 00:34:36,659 --> 00:34:38,119 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 505 00:35:03,144 --> 00:35:05,271 (THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES)