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Rain in the jungle can be absolutely brutal. For the first time in Survivorman history, Les can't seem to get a fire going. Yes, the weather was THAT bad!
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Even Survivorman Can't Get a Fire Going in This Storm
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Les sets out to make a trail using duct tape. He feels guilty when he confuses a group of tree cutter ants.
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Making Trails and Protecting Ants
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Les explains the lemon system and how he uses it to determine whether or not it's safe to continue onwards.
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The Lemon System
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When Les injures himself while making a fire, he must treat his hurt finger... using a hot needle.
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Mending a Hurt Finger
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Les demonstrates thee different ways to catch fish, using minimal tools and resources.
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Spear Fishing in Tonga
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Les demonstrates one of the most basic ways to scare away one of India’s most ferocious creatures, the bengal tiger.
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Coughing to Scare Tigers
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While exploring India’s foothills, Les survives by eating termites and avoiding the area’s most dangerous creatures: elephants and tigers.
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Eating Termites
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Les is recreating the story of a family lost in the Oregon woods. He's recreating it with a "surrograte family" who help him create a warm cocoon of bedding from ferns.
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Survivorman
Creating a Fern Cocoon
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Les shows how to build a fire with the most basic items someone might take on a hike. His goal is to survive a cold Oregon night like a family did in a real-life survival story.
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Just Take Something
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Les changes up the test for both himself and the Romanian Search and Rescue team. He creates a medical situation. He’s sent a signal and now marks his location for rescue.
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Marking a Trail
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As Les tightens up his tarp, he gives a very easy demonstration on how to create a few survival knots.
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Survival Knot 101
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Les is lost. He went downhill and almost over a cliff, only to face a dead end. After an exhausting climb back uphill to the road, he stops and reflects on his mistakes.
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You Go Back
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es starts his trek in the Caucus Mountains by organizing. He’s found something vital for any survival situation - a source of water. He rearranges hit survival kit to take as much as he can.
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Survivorman
Something Vital
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For the first time, Les Stroud takes a fan into the wilderness to survive alongside him. He starts with a surprise…Joseph McConnell gets only two survival items to take with him.
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Real Survival Isn’t As Easy As It Looks
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Les picks up Joe after leaving him alone for a night with only two items. He hopes Joe has been motivated by his experience to start learning survival skills from what he hears and observes.
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Learning the Survivorman Way
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After honing his skils and with the help of Hollywood experts, Les creates several casts to put before eminent Bigfoot researchers.
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Can Les Hoax The Experts?
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A New Way Of Contact?
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After honing his skils and with the help of Hollywood experts, Les creates several casts to put before eminent Bigfoot researchers.
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Can Les Hoax The Experts?
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Dan Riskin reports from Mission Control where the Pluto Fly By has happened. Now we wait for it to turn and take more images.
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Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
A Big Deal For Humanity
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Why push the limits of the universe? We just want to know what's out there to be discovered. What would it be like to see Pluto.
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Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
One Spacecraft. One Chance.
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Did you know Bill Nye, along with the Planetary Society, was one of the first to advocate for the New Horizons mission. He can't WAIT to see what it finds.
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Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
Bill Nye's Connection to Pluto
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We've seen it done in the movies - the perfect car slide in between two parked cars. Think of it as an adult slip n' slide. They guys start by testing pavement lubricants to see what works.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Setting Up the Power Slide
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Kevin and Grant have built two versions of their trash can rocket and in true scientific method, they test them out without the propellants first to see if they are air-worthy.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Trash Can Rocket Test
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Before they start building their rocket powered skateboard, Grant and Kevin have too much fun doing thrust tests with leaf blowers and fire extinguishers. But, they form a plan.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Rocket Powered Skateboard: Thrust Test
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Kevin bets Grant they can build a workable concrete canoe. Despite explaining the science behind how it could work, Grant is dubious. A steak dinner is on the line.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The Dream of a Concrete Canoe
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The guys are inspired to see how many G-forces they can pull on a handmade merry go round powered with a motorcycle. They wisely try the first test with sandbags.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Going for Maximum G-Forces
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Kevin and Grant have completed the build of their electromagnetic gravity defying boots. Kevin takes the first turn and finds out it takes more than science to make them work.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Gravity Defying Boots Defy Kevin
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Kevin and Grant want to do lawnmower jousting right, from armor to weaponry. The first step is comprehensive tests for the best jousting pole.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Preparing For the Joust
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The guys are building their own "mini-weapons" to compete for accuracy, durability and distance. After Grant bends the rules, the game is on to build anything that will win.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Mini-Weapon Olympiad
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After Grant and Kevin watch some three-wheeled destruction on the internet, they brainstorm how they could do it better - with motorized trikes.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Inspiration Phase: Motorized Trikes
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The guys decide they can one up some epic cannon fails with their own homemade Gatling gun, customized to shoot meatballs. Check out the build of both meat and firepower.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Meatball Gatling Gun
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The guys are happy with their soapbox racer built to go off-road, but as always they want to test it before it goes into the field. They use Kevin’s street, curbs, and a bit of garden to start.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Off Road Soapbox Racer
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