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(WIND WHOOSHING)
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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(HELICOPTER ENGINE RUMBLING)
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WILL: A big part of why I live
my life the way I do today...
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is because I was fearful as a child.
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DWAYNE: What was your biggest fear?
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I was scared of everything.
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Uh, I was one of the youngest kids
in the neighborhood.
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Uh, I got... I got bullied all the time,
you know?
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I think there was a certain harshness
to our environment.
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-But I love the challenge...
-Yeah.
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...of having to conquer my mind.
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This hasn't been seen
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-or experienced by many people.
-Yeah.
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It's difficult to get to.
It's difficult to survive in.
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-We're gonna be walking around out there.
-Really?
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DWAYNE: You can see
all the cracks along, yeah?
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WILL: The cracks, yeah.
It looks like you could actually go down.
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It looks like things could go wrong.
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There's no part of this that's anything
I've ever done or feel confident doing.
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I won't lie.
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Over five expeditions,
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I've followed explorers into situations
that were straight-up scary.
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-Whoa.
-(CREW CHEERS)
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-(LAVA SPLASHING)
-WILL: That's crazy.
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Rock, rock, rock, rock.
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(INSECTS CHIRPING)
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WILL: It was worth it
to discover the Earth's wonders.
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But your boy was tripping more than once.
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(ANIMAL GROWLING)
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Because when I see wilderness,
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you know, nothing but nature,
I get nervous.
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Because I don't understand it.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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WILL: So, that's the next step for me.
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Throw myself into the unknown,
and try to beat my own fear.
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This time,
it's not about discovering the world.
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It's about discovering myself.
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It's cold.
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(GRUNTS)
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That's my first glacier.
That's my first glacier for sure.
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(SNOW CRUNCHES)
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WILL: Never walked
on this much ice before.
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-This is loose.
-Yeah, yeah.
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(ICE SCRAPING)
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WILL: So, here I am
in the middle of nowhere.
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And Dwayne is telling me,
we have to navigate off the ice
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and find the ocean.
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Without maps, without phones,
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in one of the most extreme places
on the entire planet.
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So, why have you chosen this direction?
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DWAYNE: Because we've got
a nice little stream there.
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WILL: Uh-huh.
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DWAYNE: So, the ice
is melting ever so slightly.
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Sort of draining
into these little channels.
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And it's making its way downstream.
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Got it. The water is gonna take
a clear route off the glacier. Cool.
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(WATER RUSHING)
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WILL: Dwayne's job is to push me,
and my job is to let him.
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This is wild.
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Ooh!
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Hold it. Hold it there.
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I feel like we might just wanna go
and have a look.
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-WILL: All right. I mean, listen.
-DWAYNE: Yeah.
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-Once you go down...
-Yeah. Yeah.
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...and you successfully make it back up,
I'm more than happy to go.
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-If I go down...
-(CHUCKLES)
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...and you're left up here by yourself,
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-you're gonna be ruined. So, you come...
-Yeah. I probably... Yeah.
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-You stay with me, you stay with me.
-Okay. (LAUGHS)
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DWAYNE: Ice holes like these
are wildly unpredictable.
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They can go down 50 feet or over 1,000.
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But the only way
to know for sure is to go in.
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-(WATER RUSHING)
-(METAL CLINKING)
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DWAYNE: Let's go.
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How's that feeling?
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-You know exactly how it's feeling.
-(DWAYNE LAUGHS)
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It's scary as hell.
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DWAYNE: Nice and slow.
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Good.
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Good work.
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-It gets so much louder as you get lower.
-WILL: Yeah.
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DWAYNE: You're starting
to trust the rope now, I can see it.
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-I really don't have much choice, do I?
-DWAYNE: (LAUGHS) I'll just be...
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-It better work. (LAUGHS)
-DWAYNE: Yeah. (LAUGHS)
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Uh, lock off for me.
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And just relax.
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WILL: Hey, hey.
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DWAYNE: It's perfectly safe.
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-He said confidently. (LAUGHS)
-He says confidently. (LAUGHS)
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-Did you hear that crack?
-WILL: Yeah.
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DWAYNE: It's just constantly moving.
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This is the kind of thing
that half of people would say
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nightmares are made of.
You're climbing down into an environment
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-that's constantly changing and shifting.
-WILL: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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And there's water filling in there.
"Are you mad?"
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-Yeah.
-DWAYNE: That's the question.
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Ha... half of us think that.
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(BOTH LAUGH)
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-DWAYNE: Will, you happy to go lower?
-WILL: You've gotta be kidding me.
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-Whoa.
-DWAYNE: Now, look down.
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Isn't that something?
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WILL: That hole just drops away
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-into infinity. (LAUGHS)
-DWAYNE: Oblivion. (LAUGHS)
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I don't think we've got enough rope
to go all the way down there.
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WILL: That's crazy.
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Now, dangling over a bottomless pit
isn't exactly my bag,
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but... man, scary as it is,
it's liberating.
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Hello! My name is Will!
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And Will wants to know,
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how the hell to get out
of this wilderness.
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Well, they say the secret
is to look for clues.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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WILL: Imagine what it takes...
to be a fisherman...
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in a desert!
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You'd need a little help... right?
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(UPBEAT METAL MUSIC PLAYING)
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WILL: An armored catfish
is, well, no ordinary fish.
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It can survive on land.
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Then, when it needs to find water...
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bam!
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It's a fish on a mission.
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The fishermen can't find water that way.
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But they can follow the fish.
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(WATER RIPPLING)
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MAN: That's beautiful!
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WILL: Turns out,
there are always clues to navigating...
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even in the most barren terrain.
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(WIND HOWLING)
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WILL: But knowing what is a clue...
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that's the tricky part.
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-(BIRD SQUAWKING)
-Look at that.
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WILL: It's... it's a bird, Dwayne.
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-(DWAYNE LAUGHING)
-(WILL LAUGHING)
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DWAYNE: These birds, they're a clue
to getting off this glacier.
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There's slim pickings on the ice.
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Birds here have to find water
to get food.
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And it will be something bigger
than we've seen so far.
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(WATER RUSHING)
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WILL: All this water
is coming from the glacier?
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DWAYNE: Yep.
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And the good thing about this is...
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if we follow it long enough,
eventually, it's gonna take us to the sea.
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-WILL: Getting to the sea means what?
-DWAYNE: If it's a survival situation,
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getting to the sea means
you're more likely to find people.
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-Got it.
-It means there's food.
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WILL: What now?
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DWAYNE: So, what I'm doing,
I'm just looking for somewhere
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to get onto the water
and get the kayak in.
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We're looking for a spot
to put the kayak in.
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-Yeah.
-And this is clearly not it.
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(WATER RUSHING, INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
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That's dangerous.
That's... that's not too good.
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But down there,
it's probably gonna calm down quite a lot.
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I know kayaking a river like this
looks scary.
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But it's an important step.
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Because having the confidence to navigate
the dangerous and unfamiliar
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is at the heart of what it is
to be an explorer.
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(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
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DWAYNE: First, we need to find
a gentle launch point for the boat.
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So "gentle" that I have to put on
a waterproof suit.
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(MUSIC CONTINUES)
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(GRUNTS)
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DWAYNE: Nice, nice.
Keep on coming, keep on coming.
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WILL: Yeah, man.
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So, I'm gonna get the raft out.
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(SEAGULLS CAWING)
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When you talked about it earlier,
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I kind of saw something different
in my mind.
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DWAYNE: What did you see?
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-(AIR WHOOSHING)
-WILL: Well... a kayak.
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-Yeah.
-Yeah.
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This is like a rubber... uh, floaty.
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-(CHUCKLES) Yeah. (GRUNTS)
-(LAUGHS)
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DWAYNE: All right.
So, what we're gonna do now,
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-we're gonna lower it down.
-Yup.
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-DWAYNE: And by we...
-You mean me?
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-You're gonna lower it down.
-Yeah. Yeah.
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-DWAYNE: Get ready.
-Yeah.
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DWAYNE: All right, take the weight.
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-Got it.
-Go on.
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Go on.
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That's good. Perfect.
We'll hold it there for now.
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-WILL: You good?
-Yeah.
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-You're gonna go down next.
-WILL: Yeah.
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-DWAYNE: Nice and low to the ground.
-WILL: Nice and low to the ground.
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Come on, Will.
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(WATER SPLASHING)
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WILL: I should mention again
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that I am not the world's
strongest swimmer.
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I do not wanna go under that water.
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(WATER RIPPLES)
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DWAYNE: You can already
feel how cold it is.
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This water's straight off the glacier.
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-Have you kayaked before?
-WILL: No.
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-DWAYNE: No? Never?
-WILL: No, this will be the first time.
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Never.
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DWAYNE: What I'm gonna get you to do
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-is stay left.
-Stay left.
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Because as you go to change,
it's gonna change your center of balance.
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Got it.
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(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
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DWAYNE: That swirling brown water means
we're about to enter a strong current.
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It's stirred up all the sediment.
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And we're gonna go for it.
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-Paddle, paddle.
-Paddle, paddle, paddle.
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Good. And keep paddling.
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-Keep paddling, keep paddling.
-(GRUNTS)
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Good. You did it. Let the flow take us.
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DWAYNE: Good.
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-WILL: Oh, wow. That's a whirlpool.
-DWAYNE: Exactly.
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When it's that little, it tells us
there's a rock near the surface.
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Give me a paddle.
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See that V?
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It means the water's funneling
through two rocks.
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We're gonna try
and go straight through it.
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Keep your balance. Good.
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(GRUNTS) And nice and slow. Nice and slow.
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-WILL: Oh! What's going on?
-DWAYNE: We're in a boil.
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You can see it from the surface
where it's bubbling up.
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(WATER RUSHING)
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We're not going over.
We are not going over.
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Up and over, a second one.
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Don't paddle when we've got a wave,
'cause it'll take you in.
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Good.
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Paddle, paddle. We're going into the rock.
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-Oh, jeez.
-DWAYNE: We're good. We're good.
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Stop there.
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Well, that one was a little hairy.
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-Yeah, yeah, it was, it was.
-(LAUGHS)
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That one was a little hairy.
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DWAYNE: A little bit shaky there,
but we've done it.
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(KAYAK SCRAPES)
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That water is freezing through my glove.
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DWAYNE: When your hands get really cold,
you stand there and you do this
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to try and get the blood
back into your hands.
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Wow.
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(CHUCKLES) It definitely works.
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-You do feel a surge into your fingertips.
-DWAYNE: Yeah, yeah.
241
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This is a good tip.
242
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That trick I've learned
when I was in the Arctic.
243
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-(LAUGHS) So, when you were in the Arctic?
-Yes.
244
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All right, I just never heard
a Black person say that. You're gonna...
245
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-(LAUGHS)
-(CHUCKLES)
246
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-(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)
-It's true.
247
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I've trekked to the North Pole.
I've crossed deserts.
248
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I've even kayaked across seas.
249
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But everywhere you go,
you learn something new.
250
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WILL: Your accomplishments
are so important to me.
251
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DWAYNE: Thanks, Will. That means a lot.
252
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WILL: 'Cause, you know,
I admire explorers.
253
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I wanna be in the explorer’s club.
254
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I don't have to pretend like these bugs
255
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-are in my face out here.
-(LAUGHS)
256
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-I don't have to pretend?
-You're not pretending very well.
257
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'Cause I'm trying to give you
the action hero.
258
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-DWAYNE: I know.
-I'm trying to give you... (SPITS)
259
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DWAYNE: Uh, didn't you see me spit one out
260
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-a minute ago?
-I know, yeah. I'm going... (SPITS)
261
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-(LAUGHS)
-(WILL LAUGHING)
262
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-There's nothing...
-DWAYNE: Yeah.
263
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...I enjoy more than doing this.
264
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There's something about having
the sky above you, isn't it?
265
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This is like the perfect way
to spend my life.
266
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-Everything is new.
-Yeah.
267
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And there's a little bit of fear
all the way through.
268
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-That's good. That's good.
-There's a little bit of fear for me
269
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-all the way through.
-You... you get past the fear.
270
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Yes, there's rushing water.
Yes, there's cliff.
271
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Yes, you're in a place that you, you know,
you have to use some of your skills.
272
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-I'm using some of your skills.
-Yeah.
273
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-Using some of my skills to navigate.
-(LAUGHS)
274
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And you'll pick them up,
and then you'll feel
275
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more confident
next time you come out here.
276
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-WILL: Yeah.
-Yeah.
277
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Mm-hmm.
278
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(FLIES BUZZING)
279
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-So, when did you know...
-Yeah.
280
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...like full-on,
you wanted to be an explorer?
281
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It took a big incident in my life, Will.
I... I nearly lost my life,
282
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-um, to gun violence. And...
-WILL: Whoa.
283
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...yeah, the guy, his aim was to kill me.
He pointed the gun, he pulled the trigger.
284
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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
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I survived that incident.
287
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But it got me thinking.
288
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I decided at that moment
that I wanted my life
289
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to be more meaningful.
290
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And that led me down a path
of exploration.
291
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WILL: For explorers like Dwayne,
fear can be the spark that spurs them on.
292
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
293
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WILL: Or simply a hurdle
they need to get over.
294
00:19:55,070 --> 00:19:56,488
(BIRDS SQUAWKING)
295
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SIDEY: We're gonna go to the bay.
296
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-DIVA: Yeah.
-SIDEY: See if we can find some mantas.
297
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DIVA: A few times a year,
when everything aligns...
298
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hundreds of mantas gather in this bay.
299
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In massive feeding swarms.
300
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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
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Always keep two meters away,
then you'll be fine.
307
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DIVA: They've been waiting
for this moment for so long.
308
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(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
309
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DIVA: Swimming from the boat out
is definitely
310
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one of the most stressful moments.
311
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That feeling of not knowing
what you're about to face.
312
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It feels dangerous.
313
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'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
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It feels like getting hit by a truck.
317
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There are all these emotions.
318
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There's fear.
319
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And then there's wonder
at the sheer power and beauty
320
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of these magnificent animals.
321
00:23:17,772 --> 00:23:19,232
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)
322
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(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)