1 00:00:07,066 --> 00:00:09,466 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE ROCKIES, 2 00:00:09,566 --> 00:00:13,600 {\an1}ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MOUNTAIN RANGES. 3 00:00:14,933 --> 00:00:18,233 {\an1}STRETCHING FOR 3,000 MILES, 4 00:00:18,333 --> 00:00:22,000 {\an1}THEY ARE THE SPINE OF NORTH AMERICA. 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,033 SURVIVAL IN THIS UNTAMED WILDERNESS 6 00:00:26,133 --> 00:00:30,066 {\an1}REQUIRES SOMETHING EXCEPTIONAL, 7 00:00:30,166 --> 00:00:33,066 BUT FOR THOSE THAT CONQUER THIS WORLD, 8 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:36,233 {\an1}THE PRIZE IS FREEDOM. 9 00:00:42,533 --> 00:00:46,200 {\an1}THEY ARE THE MOUNTAINS WHERE SEASONS CAN CHANGE 10 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:49,366 IN MERE HOURS. 11 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:53,600 {\an1}IN THIS HIGH LAND OF EXTREMES, 12 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:56,600 {\an1}TIMING IS EVERYTHING. 13 00:00:57,933 --> 00:01:00,933 {\an1}SOME SEIZE THEIR MOMENT IN THE WINTER, 14 00:01:01,033 --> 00:01:04,100 {\an1}TACKLING IT HEAD-ON. 15 00:01:05,433 --> 00:01:09,433 {\an1}OTHERS MAKE THEIR STAND IN THE ROARING HEAT OF SUMMER. 16 00:01:09,533 --> 00:01:11,966 IN THE ROCKIES, 17 00:01:12,066 --> 00:01:14,266 {\an1}THE ONE CONSTANT IS CHANGE, 18 00:01:14,366 --> 00:01:18,266 AND SURVIVAL IS NEVER CERTAIN. 19 00:01:18,366 --> 00:01:22,933 {\an1}ACROSS THE PLANET, THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE CONTINUES 20 00:01:23,033 --> 00:01:25,566 {\an1}IN GREAT MOUNTAIN RANGES 21 00:01:25,666 --> 00:01:28,566 {\an1}THAT TOUCH THE SKIES... 22 00:01:28,666 --> 00:01:31,133 {\an1}HOSTILE, UNFORGIVING WORLDS 23 00:01:31,233 --> 00:01:34,133 {\an1}THAT PUSH LIFE TO ITS LIMITS, 24 00:01:34,233 --> 00:01:38,100 WHERE A FEW EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS 25 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,433 {\an1}AND REMARKABLE PEOPLE DARE TO LIVE 26 00:01:41,533 --> 00:01:46,200 {\an1}IN THE HIGHEST PLACES ON EARTH. 27 00:02:02,866 --> 00:02:07,033 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE ROCKIES RUN THE LENGTH OF NORTH AMERICA. 28 00:02:08,633 --> 00:02:12,200 {\an1}THEY RISE UP IN THE SOUTHWEST AND TRAVEL NORTH 29 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:17,700 THROUGH COLORADO, WYOMING, IDAHO, MONTANA, 30 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,200 {\an1}THEN UP INTO CANADA, ALL THE WAY 31 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:23,566 {\an1}TO THE FROZEN EDGE OF THE YUKON. 32 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,300 {\an1}LAID HORIZONTALLY, THEY WOULD STRETCH 33 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,033 {\an1}FROM NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA. 34 00:02:34,866 --> 00:02:39,833 SO MANY MOUNTAINS THAT SOME DON'T EVEN HAVE NAMES. 35 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:45,100 {\an1}THIS IS A WORLD WHERE, EVEN TODAY, 36 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,866 {\an1}THERE ARE UNEXPLORED STRETCHES OF WILDERNESS. 37 00:02:50,633 --> 00:02:52,833 {\an1}ELK HERDS ROAM THE PEAKS, 38 00:02:52,933 --> 00:02:57,033 {\an1}GRIZZLIES RAISE THEIR YOUNG... 39 00:02:57,133 --> 00:03:00,533 {\an1}AND BISON RUN FREE. 40 00:03:00,633 --> 00:03:04,100 {\an1}THIS IS THE LAST GREAT SANCTUARY 41 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,366 {\an1}OF THE ICONIC ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA. 42 00:03:13,033 --> 00:03:16,933 {\an1}IT'S WINTER, ONLY TEN DEGREES. 43 00:03:17,033 --> 00:03:20,466 {\an1}THE DAYS ARE GETTING SHORT. 44 00:03:20,566 --> 00:03:24,033 {\an1}THE PERFECT TIME FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT 45 00:03:24,133 --> 00:03:26,800 {\an1}TO SHAKE THE ROCKIES. 46 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:31,200 WYOMING. 47 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:34,200 {\an1}THIS IS BIGHORN SHEEP TERRITORY, 48 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:36,700 {\an1}NORMALLY CALM AND TRANQUIL. 49 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,233 {\an1}BUT TODAY, A SCENT IS IN THE AIR... 50 00:03:41,333 --> 00:03:43,700 [SNORTING] 51 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,733 AND IT'S TURNING THE MALES INTO WARRIORS. 52 00:03:49,066 --> 00:03:53,666 {\an1}IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THEIR YEAR. 53 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,400 {\an1}IN FACT, ALL THE MALES ARE PICKING UP THE SCENT... 54 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:04,233 {\an1}DRAWING IT UP INTO THE ROOF OF THEIR MOUTHS... 55 00:04:05,466 --> 00:04:07,633 {\an1}ANALYZING THE SMELL. 56 00:04:16,133 --> 00:04:19,366 {\an1}THE FEMALES PRODUCE THIS PERFUME ONLY 57 00:04:19,466 --> 00:04:21,366 {\an1}WHEN THEY'RE IN HEAT, 58 00:04:21,466 --> 00:04:25,600 {\an1}AND THAT'S JUST FOR TWO DAYS; 59 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:28,600 NOT A CHANCE ANY SELF-RESPECTING, 60 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:33,100 {\an1}RED-BLOODED RAM WANTS TO MISS... 61 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,133 {\an1}BUT TO GET TO MATE, 62 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:38,766 {\an1}THEY FIRST HAVE TO FIGHT THE OTHER MALES. 63 00:04:38,866 --> 00:04:42,466 {\an1}IT BEGINS WITH PUSHING AND SHOVING... 64 00:04:47,300 --> 00:04:50,900 {\an1}BUT QUICKLY GOES BELOW THE BELT... 65 00:04:56,233 --> 00:04:58,133 {\an1}GOADING EACH OTHER, 66 00:04:58,233 --> 00:05:00,700 {\an1}SEEING WHO'S THE STRONGEST, 67 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,466 WHO'S UP FOR IT. 68 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:17,966 {\an1}THIS IS THEIR ONE CHANCE IN THE WHOLE YEAR TO FIND A MATE. 69 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:21,466 {\an1}THEY'VE GOT TO TAKE IT. 70 00:05:24,333 --> 00:05:28,500 {\an1}THE HORNS ALONE CAN WEIGH 30 POUNDS... 71 00:05:30,333 --> 00:05:33,200 {\an1}AS MUCH AS THE REST OF THEIR BONES. 72 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:39,500 {\an1}IT'S THE BIGGEST RUMBLE IN THE ROCKIES. 73 00:05:40,833 --> 00:05:43,733 {\an1}IT ECHOES FOR MILES AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. 74 00:05:43,833 --> 00:05:45,733 {\an1}[CLAPPING SOUNDS ECHO] 75 00:05:45,833 --> 00:05:48,733 CLASHING HORNS... 76 00:05:48,833 --> 00:05:51,233 {\an1}WITH 8 TIMES THE FORCE 77 00:05:51,333 --> 00:05:53,733 {\an1}THAT WOULD FRACTURE A HUMAN SKULL. 78 00:05:53,833 --> 00:05:57,033 OTHER CREATURES WOULD GET BRAIN DAMAGE... 79 00:05:58,366 --> 00:06:01,833 {\an1}BUT BIGHORNS HAVE A DOUBLE LAYER OF BONE IN THEIR SKULLS 80 00:06:01,933 --> 00:06:04,433 {\an1}TO ABSORB THE IMPACT. 81 00:06:04,533 --> 00:06:07,566 {\an1}THICK TENDONS JOIN THE SKULL TO THE SPINE 82 00:06:07,666 --> 00:06:10,866 {\an1}TO HELP RECOIL AND PREVENT WHIPLASH. 83 00:06:20,966 --> 00:06:24,866 {\an1}THE LOSERS ARE LEFT WITH A SORE HEAD. 84 00:06:24,966 --> 00:06:27,866 {\an1}THEY'LL HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE YEAR 85 00:06:27,966 --> 00:06:30,866 {\an1}FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO MATE. 86 00:06:30,966 --> 00:06:34,700 {\an1}THE VICTORS GET THE FEMALES. 87 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,200 {\an1}THEY HAVE SEIZED THEIR CHANCE AND WON, 88 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:41,866 {\an1}AND CHOOSING THAT PERFECT MOMENT IS THE SECRET 89 00:06:41,966 --> 00:06:46,133 {\an1}TO SUCCESS EVERYWHERE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 90 00:06:48,966 --> 00:06:51,800 {\an7}AND THAT'S FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON: 91 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:54,300 {\an7}THE WEATHER CHANGES QUICKER HERE THAN IN ANY 92 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,900 {\an7}OF THE OTHER GREAT MOUNTAIN RANGES. 93 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,900 {\an1}THE GREATEST DAILY TEMPERATURE SWING IN THE WORLD 94 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,466 {\an1}WAS RECORDED IN THE ROCKIES, 95 00:07:02,566 --> 00:07:06,733 {\an1}A 100-DEGREE CHANGE IN JUST 24 HOURS. 96 00:07:08,066 --> 00:07:11,333 {\an1}BUT THE SEASONAL SWING IS EVEN BIGGER. 97 00:07:11,433 --> 00:07:14,733 {\an1}THE SUMMERS ARE SCORCHING AND DRY. 98 00:07:16,066 --> 00:07:19,966 {\an1}EVERY YEAR, 700,000 ACRES GO UP IN SMOKE. 99 00:07:20,066 --> 00:07:24,733 {\an1}TEMPERATURES CAN SOAR UP TO 110 DEGREES. 100 00:07:30,733 --> 00:07:33,300 IN THE WINTER, THE AVALANCHES RIP DOWN 101 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,800 {\an1}AT 80 MILES PER HOUR. 102 00:07:36,900 --> 00:07:41,066 {\an1}THERE'S 100,000 EVERY YEAR. 103 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,366 {\an1}TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET TO MINUS 40, 104 00:07:49,466 --> 00:07:53,566 {\an1}COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE THE MERCURY IN A THERMOMETER. 105 00:07:57,433 --> 00:07:59,833 {\an1}EACH DAY BRINGS DIFFERENT EXTREMES 106 00:07:59,933 --> 00:08:04,400 {\an1}AND CHALLENGES IN THESE EVER-CHANGING ROCKIES. 107 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:07,566 [WIND HOWLING] 108 00:08:07,666 --> 00:08:11,833 {\an1}BY MID-WINTER, THE WORLD IS FROZEN SOLID. 109 00:08:17,866 --> 00:08:21,000 {\an1}WATER VAPOR CRYSTALLIZED BY THE FROZEN AIR 110 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:24,766 {\an1}FORMS DIAMOND DUST. 111 00:08:34,966 --> 00:08:37,366 {\an1}AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, 112 00:08:37,466 --> 00:08:40,533 {\an1}THERE ARE 16 HOURS OF NIGHT. 113 00:08:44,866 --> 00:08:47,766 {\an1}THIS DARKNESS BECOMES A STAGE 114 00:08:47,866 --> 00:08:50,966 {\an1}FOR AN INCREDIBLE SPECTACLE. 115 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,800 {\an1}AS PARTICLES FROM THE SUN HIT THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, 116 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:05,133 {\an1}THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ILLUMINATE THE ROCKIES. 117 00:09:11,466 --> 00:09:16,133 {\an1}BUT THIS QUIET BEAUTY IS DECEPTIVE. 118 00:09:18,033 --> 00:09:20,433 {\an1}THE WEATHER CAN BE BRUTAL. 119 00:09:20,533 --> 00:09:24,933 {\an1}FREEZING WINDS CAN REACH 200 MILES PER HOUR. 120 00:09:25,033 --> 00:09:29,700 {\an1}IT CAN SNOW 6 FEET IN A DAY. 121 00:09:33,533 --> 00:09:38,700 {\an1}FOR MOST, IT IS A TIME OF HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING. 122 00:09:41,533 --> 00:09:45,433 {\an1}BUT HERE IN THE FAR NORTH OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, 123 00:09:45,533 --> 00:09:47,933 {\an1}IT'S THE PERFECT MOMENT FOR ONE ANIMAL 124 00:09:48,033 --> 00:09:52,433 {\an1}THAT HAS MASTERED WINTER SURVIVAL... 125 00:09:52,533 --> 00:09:55,200 THE WOLVERINE. 126 00:09:58,533 --> 00:10:00,600 {\an8}MOST PEOPLE SPEND A LIFETIME HERE 127 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:03,033 {\an7}AND NEVER EVEN GLIMPSE ONE. 128 00:10:05,366 --> 00:10:08,266 {\an1}HE FEEDS ON THE FROZEN CARCASSES 129 00:10:08,366 --> 00:10:11,533 {\an1}OF ANIMALS KILLED BY WINTER... 130 00:10:13,366 --> 00:10:17,033 AND PRESERVED IN NATURE'S FREEZER. 131 00:10:18,366 --> 00:10:23,200 {\an1}HIS NOSE CAN DETECT FOOD BURIED 20 FEET DEEP. 132 00:10:25,033 --> 00:10:27,433 {\an1}OTHER ANIMALS FOLLOW HIS TRAIL, 133 00:10:27,533 --> 00:10:30,700 {\an1}HOPING THEY CAN STEAL A MEAL. 134 00:10:35,033 --> 00:10:39,200 {\an7}BUT FROZEN CARCASSES ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. 135 00:10:42,033 --> 00:10:46,700 {\an1}EACH DAY, HE MUST SCOUR THE MOUNTAINS FOR ANY SCRAPS. 136 00:10:56,966 --> 00:11:00,200 {\an7}HIS DETERMINATION PAYS OFF. 137 00:11:01,133 --> 00:11:05,533 {\an7}FROZEN CARCASSES ARE AS HARD AS IRON, 138 00:11:05,633 --> 00:11:10,533 {\an7}BUT HIS SPECIALLY ADAPTED TEETH EASILY TEAR THEM OPEN. 139 00:11:10,633 --> 00:11:13,533 {\an7}[DISTANT BIRD SQUAWKING] 140 00:11:13,633 --> 00:11:17,533 {\an7}BUT THE RAVENS SOUND THE DINNER BELL... 141 00:11:17,633 --> 00:11:21,533 {\an1}AND IT SUMMONS THE MOUNTAINS' TOP PREDATOR. 142 00:11:21,633 --> 00:11:24,300 {\an1}[DISTANT WOLF HOWLING] 143 00:11:25,633 --> 00:11:28,033 {\an1}THE WOLVERINE HAS TO ACT FAST. 144 00:11:28,133 --> 00:11:31,633 {\an1}A HUNGRY WOLF PACK COULD KILL HIM. 145 00:11:41,133 --> 00:11:45,800 MEAL IN HAND, HE DISCREETLY MAKES HIS EXIT. 146 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:52,300 {\an1}IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR WOLVES TO DEVOUR A CARCASS. 147 00:11:53,633 --> 00:11:56,533 {\an1}NOW, WITH THE SCAVENGERS OCCUPIED, 148 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:59,533 {\an1}THE WOLVERINE IS FREE TO SEIZE ANOTHER MOMENT, 149 00:11:59,633 --> 00:12:03,600 {\an7}FIND ANOTHER MEAL, UNDISTURBED. 150 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:06,600 {\an1}HIS PERSISTENCE IS THE SECRET TO SURVIVING 151 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:11,133 {\an1}THESE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WINTERS. 152 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:16,000 {\an1}[DISTANT BIRD SCREECHING] 153 00:12:21,066 --> 00:12:24,466 {\an1}SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES IS CRUCIAL 154 00:12:24,566 --> 00:12:27,966 FOR ALL CREATURES THAT LIVE IN THE ROCKIES, 155 00:12:28,066 --> 00:12:32,833 {\an1}AND THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF ONE UNIQUE ANIMAL... 156 00:12:32,933 --> 00:12:35,300 US. 157 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,033 {\an1}THE MOUNTAINS CALL TO US, 158 00:12:38,133 --> 00:12:42,033 {\an1}BUT WE ARE NOT BUILT TO LIVE ABOVE THE CLOUDS. 159 00:12:42,133 --> 00:12:44,366 WE, MOST OF ALL, 160 00:12:44,466 --> 00:12:47,866 {\an1}MUST GAUGE THE CONDITIONS PERFECTLY. 161 00:12:47,966 --> 00:12:51,333 {\an1}FOR THOSE WITH BOTH THE COURAGE AND THE JUDGMENT, 162 00:12:51,433 --> 00:12:55,600 {\an1}THE PRIZE IS THE FREEDOM OF THESE MOUNTAINS. 163 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,900 {\an1}DESPITE THE DANGERS, FOR SOME PEOPLE 164 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,666 {\an1}THE DRAW OF THE ROCKIES IS SO STRONG, 165 00:13:07,766 --> 00:13:11,766 {\an1}THEY NEED TO GO FURTHER AND HIGHER. 166 00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:20,500 {\an1}WOMAN: I MEAN, ALL MOUNTAINS HAVE A MOODINESS 167 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,766 {\an1}TO THEM, HAVE A PERSONALITY, BUT THE ROCKIES, 168 00:13:23,866 --> 00:13:26,033 {\an1}ROCKIES MIGHT TAKE THE CAKE. 169 00:13:34,533 --> 00:13:37,433 {\an1}NARRATOR: HILAREE O'NEILL IS A PROFESSIONAL MOUNTAINEER 170 00:13:37,533 --> 00:13:39,433 AND SKIER. 171 00:13:39,533 --> 00:13:41,600 {\an1}SHE'S CLIMBED EVEREST 172 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:45,100 {\an1}AND LED EXPEDITIONS TO MOUNTAINS AROUND THE WORLD 173 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,866 FOR 15 YEARS. 174 00:13:51,366 --> 00:13:54,400 {\an1}BUT COLORADO IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES IS HER HOME. 175 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,900 HILAREE: IT'S NOT FOR THE BEGINNER. 176 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 {\an1}THEY'RE STEEP MOUNTAINS, THEY'RE RUGGED. 177 00:13:58,100 --> 00:14:00,000 {\an1}IT KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES. 178 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:02,066 {\an1}I THINK I COULD SPEND TEN LIFETIMES HERE 179 00:14:02,166 --> 00:14:04,566 {\an1}AND PROBABLY NOT DO EVERYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO DO 180 00:14:04,666 --> 00:14:06,566 {\an1}IN THESE MOUNTAINS. 181 00:14:06,666 --> 00:14:09,566 {\an1}NARRATOR: THERE IS ONE MOUNTAIN IN PARTICULAR SHE WANTS 182 00:14:09,666 --> 00:14:13,066 {\an1}TO CLIMB, AND NOW, LATE WINTER, 183 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:16,066 {\an1}IS THE PERFECT MOMENT TO DO IT. 184 00:14:16,166 --> 00:14:19,466 IN THE HEART OF THE SAN JUAN RANGE, 185 00:14:19,566 --> 00:14:23,233 {\an1}MOUNT SNEFFELS IS THE HIGHEST PEAK FOR MILES. 186 00:14:25,566 --> 00:14:27,633 {\an1}AT JUST 20 MILLION YEARS OLD, 187 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:29,466 IT'S ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MOUNTAINS 188 00:14:29,566 --> 00:14:33,133 IN THE ROCKIES AND STILL GROWING FAST. 189 00:14:33,233 --> 00:14:36,133 {\an1}AT OVER 14,000 FEET HIGH, 190 00:14:36,233 --> 00:14:39,133 {\an1}THE AIR'S 40% THINNER AT THE SUMMIT, 191 00:14:39,233 --> 00:14:43,466 {\an1}AND THE WINDS CAN BLOW OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR... 192 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,466 BUT HILAREE IS DETERMINED TO ATTEMPT IT. 193 00:14:52,733 --> 00:14:55,133 {\an1}HILAREE: I MEAN, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, 194 00:14:55,233 --> 00:14:57,633 {\an1}LOTS OF CATCHPHRASES ABOUT THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 195 00:14:57,733 --> 00:14:59,800 {\an7}AND THE ONE THAT ALWAYS KIND OF STICKS IN MY HEAD IS, 196 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:01,866 {\an7}YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER, 197 00:15:01,966 --> 00:15:04,866 {\an8}WAIT 5 MINUTES AND IT'LL CHANGE. 198 00:15:04,966 --> 00:15:07,700 {\an1}FOR ME, IT MAKES ME WANT TO GO OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS 199 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,000 {\an1}EVERY DAY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. 200 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:14,000 {\an1}AND SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES I THINK THE MOUNTAINS AROUND HERE ARE 201 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:16,666 {\an7}WARM AND WELCOMING, AND OTHER TIMES YOU'RE LIKE, "GOD, 202 00:15:16,766 --> 00:15:20,166 {\an7}"I JUST HOPE THEY LET ME GO AND LET ME OUT OF THEIR GRASP 203 00:15:20,266 --> 00:15:22,366 {\an7}AND I CAN GO HOME." 204 00:15:22,466 --> 00:15:24,866 {\an1}[BREATHING HEAVILY] 205 00:15:24,966 --> 00:15:28,366 {\an1}NARRATOR: IT'S A 3,000-FOOT CLIMB TO THE SUMMIT, 206 00:15:28,466 --> 00:15:33,133 {\an1}WITH THE AIR GETTING THINNER AND THE SNOW GETTING DEEPER. 207 00:15:35,466 --> 00:15:39,033 {\an1}HILAREE: I OFTEN FEEL FRIGHTENED WHEN I'M UP HERE. 208 00:15:39,133 --> 00:15:41,033 {\an1}I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO FEEL FEAR 209 00:15:41,133 --> 00:15:43,366 {\an1}BECAUSE THAT MEANS YOU'RE PUSHING YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT 210 00:15:43,466 --> 00:15:47,366 {\an1}AND THAT MAKES YOU FEEL ALIVE AND... 211 00:15:47,466 --> 00:15:50,566 {\an1}YEAH, I WOULD TAKE THAT ANY DAY. 212 00:15:50,666 --> 00:15:54,333 {\an1}NARRATOR: THERE'S NO TIME TO REST AT THE SUMMIT. 213 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:58,733 {\an1}THE DESCENT IS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING. 214 00:16:00,066 --> 00:16:04,033 {\an7}FIRST, SHE HAS TO RAPPEL DOWN TO THE START OF THE GULLY. 215 00:16:04,133 --> 00:16:06,800 {\an8}[WIND HOWLING] 216 00:16:11,633 --> 00:16:15,533 EVERY MINUTE, THE WIND IS PICKING UP. 217 00:16:19,866 --> 00:16:24,033 {\an1}AND FOR HILAREE, THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY DOWN. 218 00:16:26,366 --> 00:16:29,533 {\an1}THIS STEEP GULLY IS CALLED THE SNAKE, 219 00:16:29,633 --> 00:16:33,533 {\an1}AND IN THESE CONDITIONS, IT IS PARTICULARLY TREACHEROUS. 220 00:16:38,266 --> 00:16:42,666 {\an1}GULLIES LIKE THIS ARE PRONE TO AVALANCHES, 221 00:16:42,766 --> 00:16:45,666 {\an1}AND HILAREE'S DESCENT IS MAKING THE SNOW 222 00:16:45,766 --> 00:16:48,166 {\an1}INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. 223 00:16:48,266 --> 00:16:50,600 ONE WRONG MOVE, 224 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:52,600 {\an1}AND IT WOULD ALL BE OVER. 225 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:54,600 HILAREE: OH, BOY. 226 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:58,200 {\an1}NARRATOR: BUT THERE IS NO TURNING BACK NOW. 227 00:17:01,566 --> 00:17:04,233 {\an1}[BREATHING HEAVILY] 228 00:17:17,066 --> 00:17:21,466 {\an1}NARRATOR: SHE IS FINALLY FREE FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE GULLY. 229 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,966 HILAREE: WHOO! 230 00:17:37,033 --> 00:17:40,433 {\an1}NARRATOR: HILAREE FLIES AT 50 MILES PER HOUR 231 00:17:40,533 --> 00:17:42,166 {\an1}DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, 232 00:17:42,266 --> 00:17:46,166 {\an1}HER INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROCKIES KEEPING HER SAFE. 233 00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:47,900 HILAREE: WHOO! 234 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,733 {\an1}WHEN I GO AND DO SOMETHING NEW IN THESE MOUNTAINS, 235 00:17:50,833 --> 00:17:55,133 {\an1}IT FEELS PIONEERING IN A MODERN WAY, 236 00:17:55,233 --> 00:17:58,433 {\an1}AND I THINK THAT IS A LOT OF THE SPIRIT 237 00:17:58,533 --> 00:18:01,866 {\an1}OF THE PEOPLE THAT STILL LIVE AROUND THESE MOUNTAINS. 238 00:18:12,733 --> 00:18:16,300 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE ROCKIES HAVE ALWAYS ATTRACTED PIONEERS. 239 00:18:18,133 --> 00:18:21,800 {\an1}THOUSANDS FLOCKED HERE IN THE 1800S. 240 00:18:23,133 --> 00:18:25,666 {\an1}SOME MADE FORTUNES; 241 00:18:25,766 --> 00:18:29,066 FOR OTHERS, THEIR TIMING WAS WRONG. 242 00:18:29,166 --> 00:18:35,266 {\an1}MINING TOWNS ABANDONED AFTER THE GOLD AND SILVER RAN OUT. 243 00:18:35,366 --> 00:18:39,700 {\an1}HALF A MILLION MINES ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE WEST. 244 00:18:41,966 --> 00:18:43,866 EARLY MARCH, 245 00:18:43,966 --> 00:18:46,366 AND THE LAST SNOW OF WINTER FALLS 246 00:18:46,466 --> 00:18:50,133 {\an1}ON AN ABANDONED HOMESTEAD IN MONTANA... 247 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:57,133 {\an1}THE BUILDINGS RECLAIMED BY NATURE. 248 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:05,000 {\an1}THESE MULE DEER HAVE BEEN FORCED DOWN 249 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:08,500 {\an1}FROM THE MOUNTAIN SLOPE TO SHELTER HERE. 250 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,600 {\an1}IT'S THE LAST PLACE LEFT WITH ANY GRASS TO EAT. 251 00:19:13,966 --> 00:19:16,366 {\an1}BUT THEY'RE NERVOUS, 252 00:19:16,466 --> 00:19:19,366 AND RIGHTLY SO. 253 00:19:19,466 --> 00:19:23,133 {\an1}SOMETHING HERE IS VERY WRONG. 254 00:19:25,466 --> 00:19:28,366 {\an1}THE ABANDONED BARNS ARE LITTERED 255 00:19:28,466 --> 00:19:31,533 {\an1}WITH CORPSES OF OTHER DEER. 256 00:19:32,733 --> 00:19:35,633 {\an1}A PREDATOR IS CLOSE BY... 257 00:19:35,733 --> 00:19:37,633 [BIRDS SQUAWKING] 258 00:19:37,733 --> 00:19:41,400 {\an1}ONE WHO KEEPS COMING BACK. 259 00:19:43,866 --> 00:19:47,266 {\an1}BUT THE MULE DEER FACE A TERRIBLE CHOICE. 260 00:19:47,366 --> 00:19:49,433 {\an1}IF THEY GO BACK TO THE MOUNTAINTOPS, 261 00:19:49,533 --> 00:19:51,433 THEY'LL STARVE. 262 00:19:51,533 --> 00:19:53,433 {\an1}IF THEY STAY HERE, 263 00:19:53,533 --> 00:19:56,200 {\an1}THEY MAY BE EATEN. 264 00:19:58,533 --> 00:20:02,200 {\an1}DURING THE DAYLIGHT, THEY'RE SAFE. 265 00:20:04,733 --> 00:20:07,133 {\an1}BUT AS NIGHT FALLS... 266 00:20:07,233 --> 00:20:09,466 [WOOD CREAKS] 267 00:20:09,566 --> 00:20:12,333 {\an1}THE RANCH BECOMES THE REALM OF A PHANTOM KILLER. 268 00:20:12,433 --> 00:20:19,466 {\an1}UNDER THE CLOAK OF DARKNESS, 269 00:20:19,566 --> 00:20:22,966 CATCHING SIGHT OF THIS SILENT PREDATOR 270 00:20:23,066 --> 00:20:26,233 {\an1}IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. 271 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,866 {\an1}[CLATTERING SOUND] 272 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:36,333 {\an1}[DISTANT BIRD SCREECHES] 273 00:20:41,566 --> 00:20:44,233 {\an1}IN SOME NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS, 274 00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:48,000 {\an1}THIS IS A CREATURE OF THE UNDERWORLD... 275 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:50,000 [LOW SNARL] 276 00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:53,766 {\an1}A HARBINGER OF DEATH. 277 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,000 {\an1}THE MOUNTAIN LION. 278 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:03,100 {\an1}SO STRONG, SHE CAN DRAG A KILL 279 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,933 {\an1}SEVERAL TIMES HER OWN BODY WEIGHT 280 00:21:06,033 --> 00:21:08,300 IN HER JAWS. 281 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,466 {\an1}SHE USES THESE BUILDINGS TO HIDE HER KILLS 282 00:21:11,566 --> 00:21:14,466 {\an1}FROM THE PRYING EYES OF OTHER ANIMALS, 283 00:21:14,566 --> 00:21:18,433 SO SHE CAN FEED UNNOTICED, UNDISTURBED. 284 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:23,700 {\an1}FOR SUCH A POWERFUL ANIMAL, SHE IS SURPRISINGLY SILENT 285 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,700 {\an1}AND LIGHT ON HER FEET. 286 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,200 {\an1}HUGE PAWS AND A LONG TAIL FOR BALANCE 287 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:33,700 MAKE HER THE BEST AMBUSH PREDATOR IN THE ROCKIES. 288 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,300 {\an1}THIS DEER IS ENOUGH FOOD TO LAST FOR A WEEK. 289 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,366 {\an1}SHE'LL RETURN NIGHT AFTER NIGHT 290 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:43,400 TO FEED IN PEACE. 291 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:47,666 {\an1}IN SILENCE, SHE SLIPS INTO THE DARK. 292 00:21:51,433 --> 00:21:54,333 {\an1}THE REST OF THE HERD IS SAFE, 293 00:21:54,433 --> 00:21:57,600 {\an1}UNTIL THE NEXT NIGHT. 294 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,500 {\an1}[CRICKETS CHIRPING, WIND HOWLING] 295 00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:13,233 {\an1}IT'S THE END OF MARCH. 296 00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:15,233 {\an1}ACROSS THE ROCKIES, 297 00:22:15,333 --> 00:22:17,233 {\an1}BILLIONS OF TONS OF WATER 298 00:22:17,333 --> 00:22:21,233 {\an1}HAS BEEN LOCKED UP ALL WINTER AS SNOW AND ICE, 299 00:22:21,333 --> 00:22:23,733 IN HUGE GLACIERS, 300 00:22:23,833 --> 00:22:26,500 IN FROZEN LAKES. 301 00:22:30,066 --> 00:22:33,466 {\an1}BUT TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, 302 00:22:33,566 --> 00:22:37,733 {\an1}THE SUN IS IN THE SKY FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS... 303 00:22:39,566 --> 00:22:43,866 {\an1}AND AT LAST, SPRING HAS ARRIVED. 304 00:22:50,633 --> 00:22:53,500 {\an1}THE MOUNTAINS ARE WAKING UP, 305 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,666 {\an1}AND THE WATER BEGINS TO FLOW. 306 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,466 {\an1}3,000 WATERFALLS APPEAR ACROSS THE ROCKIES. 307 00:23:02,566 --> 00:23:05,966 {\an1}HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF GALLONS 308 00:23:06,066 --> 00:23:09,233 {\an1}FLOW DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS. 309 00:23:15,300 --> 00:23:18,700 {\an1}A THOUSAND FROZEN LAKES ARE UNLOCKED 310 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,466 {\an1}AND FILLED WITH MELTWATER. 311 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,900 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 312 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,900 {\an1}THE ROCKIES NOURISH 900 MILLION ACRES 313 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,400 {\an1}ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. 314 00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:33,900 AS THE MOUNTAINS BURST INTO BLOOM, 315 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,900 {\an1}THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO CAN SEIZE THEM. 316 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,900 [BISON GRUNTING] 317 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,033 {\an1}AND WITH THIS GLUT OF FOOD 318 00:23:43,133 --> 00:23:46,300 {\an1}COMES NEW BEGINNINGS. 319 00:23:50,566 --> 00:23:54,633 {\an1}WHAT WAS A DESOLATE LANDSCAPE JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO 320 00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:58,300 {\an1}IS NOW CROWDED WITH LIFE. 321 00:24:01,766 --> 00:24:05,833 {\an1}BUT ALL THE ANIMALS ARE MULTIPLYING IN NUMBER. 322 00:24:05,933 --> 00:24:08,566 [ELK BUGLES] 323 00:24:08,666 --> 00:24:13,066 {\an1}THE PREDATOR POPULATIONS ARE ALSO BOOMING. 324 00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:15,066 COYOTE, 325 00:24:15,166 --> 00:24:17,333 BLACK BEAR. 326 00:24:18,433 --> 00:24:21,100 {\an1}EVERYONE'S HUNGRY. 327 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:31,366 {\an1}EVERYONE IS LOOKING TO RESTOCK AND REPLENISH 328 00:24:31,466 --> 00:24:34,133 {\an1}AFTER THE BARREN WINTER. 329 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,466 [CHIRPING] 330 00:24:43,366 --> 00:24:45,766 {\an1}IN THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS OF WYOMING, 331 00:24:45,866 --> 00:24:49,533 {\an1}AN ELK CALF HAS JUST BEEN BORN. 332 00:24:51,866 --> 00:24:54,766 {\an1}THE TIMING OF HER BIRTH WAS IMPECCABLE: 333 00:24:54,866 --> 00:24:57,933 {\an1}ANY EARLIER, THE FROSTS WOULD HAVE KILLED HER; 334 00:24:58,033 --> 00:25:02,500 {\an1}ANY LATER, SHE WOULD MISS THE SPRING GRASS. 335 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,233 BUT IT'S ALSO THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME, 336 00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:09,133 {\an1}WHEN HUNGRY PREDATORS ARE ALL AROUND. 337 00:25:09,233 --> 00:25:11,133 AS A NEWBORN, 338 00:25:11,233 --> 00:25:14,800 {\an1}HER LEGS ARE TOO WEAK TO HOLD HER WEIGHT. 339 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:17,866 {\an1}THE CALF CAN'T RUN TO SAVE HERSELF. 340 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:27,600 {\an1}WITH PREDATORS ALWAYS A THREAT, 341 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:31,366 {\an1}THE CALF HAS TO HIDE. 342 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,200 {\an1}[SNORTS] 343 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:37,200 HER MOTHER HAS A STRONG SCENT, 344 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:39,633 {\an1}A BEACON TO PREDATORS. 345 00:25:41,466 --> 00:25:45,566 {\an1}AS NIGHT FALLS, THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT HER BABY 346 00:25:45,666 --> 00:25:47,833 IS TO LEAVE HER. 347 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,966 {\an1}THE FIRST NIGHT OF HER LIFE MIGHT BE HER LAST. 348 00:26:22,133 --> 00:26:24,800 {\an1}[DISTANT HOWLING AND YAPPING] 349 00:26:29,066 --> 00:26:30,900 WOLVES, 350 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,966 COYOTE, 351 00:26:33,066 --> 00:26:34,633 EVEN COUGARS. 352 00:26:34,733 --> 00:26:38,133 {\an1}ON THAT FIRST NIGHT, THE SOUNDS OF HUNTING 353 00:26:38,233 --> 00:26:40,133 {\an1}ARE ALL AROUND HER. 354 00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:45,400 {\an1}INSTINCTIVELY, SHE KNOWS TO STAY PERFECTLY STILL. 355 00:26:46,266 --> 00:26:48,433 [OWL HOOTING] 356 00:26:54,033 --> 00:26:56,200 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 357 00:27:02,033 --> 00:27:05,200 {\an1}DAWN IS A LONG TIME COMING... 358 00:27:07,533 --> 00:27:10,766 {\an1}BUT THE FIRST DAYLIGHT TELLS THE TALE. 359 00:27:10,866 --> 00:27:14,766 {\an1}THE CALF HAS SURVIVED THE NIGHT. 360 00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:17,766 {\an1}BUT MORNING DOESN'T GUARANTEE SAFETY. 361 00:27:17,866 --> 00:27:20,766 THERE IS A THREAT THAT STALKS THESE CALVES, 362 00:27:20,866 --> 00:27:23,366 EVEN BY DAYLIGHT. 363 00:27:23,466 --> 00:27:27,366 {\an1}DURING THE SPRING, 1/3 OF ALL NEWBORN CALVES 364 00:27:27,466 --> 00:27:30,333 ARE KILLED BY ONE UNIQUE PREDATOR. 365 00:27:43,666 --> 00:27:47,066 {\an1}THIS GRIZZLY BEAR HAS JUST COME OUT OF HIBERNATION 366 00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:49,700 {\an1}AND IS DESPERATE TO EAT. 367 00:27:52,033 --> 00:27:55,933 {\an1}THE GRIZZLY'S SENSE OF SMELL IS 2,000 TIMES BETTER 368 00:27:56,033 --> 00:27:58,200 THAN A HUMAN. 369 00:27:59,533 --> 00:28:04,000 {\an1}BUT THIS CALF HAS A TRICK TO AVOID BEING SNIFFED OUT. 370 00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:08,100 {\an1}CLEANED BY HER MOTHER, SHE HAS ALMOST NO SCENT, 371 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,533 {\an1}SO THE BEAR'S NOSE IS NO USE. 372 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:19,333 {\an1}BUT GRIZZLIES ARE SMART AND HAVE OTHER TACTICS. 373 00:28:19,433 --> 00:28:22,833 {\an1}SHE KNOWS, JUST AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, 374 00:28:22,933 --> 00:28:26,100 {\an1}NEWBORNS ARE HIDDEN IN THE SCRUB. 375 00:28:32,666 --> 00:28:36,066 {\an1}SHE METHODICALLY COMBS THROUGH THE MEADOW. 376 00:28:36,166 --> 00:28:39,333 {\an1}A PANICKED NEWBORN MAY TRY TO RUN. 377 00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:49,533 {\an1}THE BABY MUST STAY ABSOLUTELY STILL. 378 00:29:00,833 --> 00:29:03,000 [BEAR SNORTING] 379 00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:15,733 {\an1}THE BEAR AMBLES AWAY, 380 00:29:15,833 --> 00:29:20,000 {\an1}UNAWARE OF THE MEAL THAT WAS UNDER HER NOSE. 381 00:29:26,333 --> 00:29:30,000 {\an1}THE MOTHER RETURNS TO HER CALF. 382 00:29:33,666 --> 00:29:36,066 {\an1}EVEN AFTER ONLY ONE DAY, 383 00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:38,833 {\an1}HER LEGS ARE GROWING STRONGER. 384 00:29:43,166 --> 00:29:46,066 {\an1}HER MOTHER LEADS HER BACK TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS 385 00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:48,833 {\an1}AND THE SAFETY OF THE HERD. 386 00:29:53,666 --> 00:29:58,066 {\an1}IN THE ROCKIES, SOMETIMES THE BRAVEST ANIMALS 387 00:29:58,166 --> 00:30:01,466 {\an1}COME IN THE SMALLEST SIZES. 388 00:30:01,566 --> 00:30:04,733 [ELK BUGLES] 389 00:30:08,566 --> 00:30:11,200 {\an7}IT'S LATE SPRING... 390 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:13,033 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 391 00:30:13,133 --> 00:30:16,200 {\an1}AND THE SUN HEATS THE MOUNTAIN ROCKS... 392 00:30:19,033 --> 00:30:22,933 {\an1}WHICH WARMS THE SURROUNDING AIR, MAKING WINDS 393 00:30:23,033 --> 00:30:26,200 {\an1}WHICH ARE FORCED UP THE VALLEY SIDES. 394 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,133 {\an1}IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE TO BE... 395 00:30:35,233 --> 00:30:37,400 A BIRD. 396 00:30:44,733 --> 00:30:47,400 {\an1}MAN: I DREAMED ABOUT FLYING WHEN I WAS A KID. 397 00:30:48,733 --> 00:30:51,633 {\an1}I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FASCINATION AND A CURIOSITY 398 00:30:51,733 --> 00:30:54,900 WITH THE FREEDOM THAT BIRDS HAVE. 399 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,600 {\an1}NARRATOR: JEFF SHAPIRO LIVES IN THE HEART 400 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:09,033 {\an1}OF THE MONTANA ROCKIES. 401 00:31:11,366 --> 00:31:14,266 THESE CLIFFS OF THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS 402 00:31:14,366 --> 00:31:18,066 {\an1}ARE JUST A SHORT RIDE AWAY FROM HIS HOME, 403 00:31:18,166 --> 00:31:20,066 HIS FAMILY, 404 00:31:20,166 --> 00:31:22,066 AND HIS FALCON. 405 00:31:22,166 --> 00:31:25,566 {\an1}JEFF: SO THIS IS MY HUNTING PARTNER, SIRIUS. 406 00:31:25,666 --> 00:31:29,066 HE'S A HALF GYR, HALF PEREGRINE TIERCEL. 407 00:31:29,166 --> 00:31:31,233 {\an1}HE'S A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OLD. 408 00:31:31,333 --> 00:31:33,066 HE'S ALSO PART OF THE FAMILY. 409 00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:35,066 {\an1}HE'S BECOME QUITE TAME 410 00:31:35,166 --> 00:31:37,566 {\an1}AND DOESN'T MIND THE DOGS OR THE CATS 411 00:31:37,666 --> 00:31:39,566 {\an1}AND CERTAINLY LIKES TO SIT IN THE HOUSE 412 00:31:39,666 --> 00:31:42,733 {\an1}AND WATCH THE WORLD GO BY, AND WHEN WE FLY, 413 00:31:42,833 --> 00:31:46,133 {\an1}HE COMMANDS THE SKY FOR HOURS AT A TIME. 414 00:31:46,233 --> 00:31:48,633 {\an1}I STILL WATCH HIM FLY 415 00:31:48,733 --> 00:31:51,166 {\an1}A LITTLE BIT SORT OF ALMOST HALF PROUD PARENT, 416 00:31:51,266 --> 00:31:53,433 HALF ENVY. 417 00:31:57,266 --> 00:32:00,733 {\an1}NARRATOR: EVERY OTHER DAY IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER, 418 00:32:00,833 --> 00:32:04,033 {\an1}HE CLIMBS INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 419 00:32:04,133 --> 00:32:07,033 {\an1}JEFF: I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN PLACES THAT WERE BIGGER 420 00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:11,733 {\an1}THAN ME, TO SHOW ME HOW INSIGNIFICANT I AM. 421 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,900 YOU COULD SPEND A LIFETIME IN THE ROCKIES 422 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,400 {\an1}AND NOT SEE ANOTHER PERSON. 423 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:21,400 {\an1}THEY JUST GO ON FOR MILES AND MILES AND MILES, 424 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:25,666 {\an1}AND THAT GIVES ME A FEELING LIKE THERE'S STILL ADVENTURE. 425 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:31,400 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE JUST PERFECT. 426 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:34,400 {\an1}JEFF: I TRY AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE BIRDS ARE DOING. 427 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,166 {\an1}[DISTANT BIRD CHIRPING] 428 00:32:38,833 --> 00:32:41,800 {\an1}I TRY AND PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THE LEAVES 429 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:43,300 {\an1}ON THE TREES ARE MOVING. 430 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,100 {\an1}IT ALL GIVES ME INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP ME STAY SAFE. 431 00:32:52,966 --> 00:32:56,000 {\an1}ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IS TIMING. 432 00:32:58,833 --> 00:33:01,466 {\an1}THE MOMENT YOU CHOOSE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT 433 00:33:01,566 --> 00:33:05,466 OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE I'VE COMMITTED. 434 00:33:05,566 --> 00:33:10,733 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE VALLEY FLOOR IS 3,000 FEET BELOW. 435 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,833 {\an1}[JEFF EXHALES SHARPLY] 436 00:33:23,933 --> 00:33:28,833 JEFF: 3...2...1. 437 00:33:28,933 --> 00:33:30,300 SEE YA. 438 00:34:06,466 --> 00:34:08,866 THE FIRST TIME I STEPPED OFF THE GROUND 439 00:34:08,966 --> 00:34:12,866 {\an1}AND ESCAPED FROM GRAVITY... 440 00:34:12,966 --> 00:34:15,200 {\an1}THAT SENSE OF SPEED, 441 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:17,200 {\an1}AND YOU'RE CONNECTED TO THE MOUNTAIN, 442 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:19,200 {\an1}YOU'RE CONNECTED TO THE TERRAIN. 443 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:22,966 {\an1}I GUESS IT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS, LIKE, PURE JOY. 444 00:34:27,466 --> 00:34:30,133 [AIR WHOOSHES] 445 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:44,466 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 446 00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:52,366 NARRATOR: HARSH SUMMER HAS ARRIVED, 447 00:34:52,466 --> 00:34:55,133 {\an1}AND THE MOUNTAINS ARE NOW BARE. 448 00:34:56,133 --> 00:34:59,366 {\an1}THROUGHOUT THE ROCKIES, THE MELTING SNOW 449 00:34:59,466 --> 00:35:03,400 {\an1}HAS CREATED TEMPORARY PONDS IN THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS. 450 00:35:04,666 --> 00:35:07,066 {\an1}THEY ARE FULL OF LIFE. 451 00:35:07,166 --> 00:35:09,566 {\an1}BUT IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER SUN, 452 00:35:09,666 --> 00:35:12,333 {\an1}THEY WON'T LAST LONG. 453 00:35:14,366 --> 00:35:16,766 {\an1}IN PONDS LIKE THIS, 454 00:35:16,866 --> 00:35:20,033 {\an1}YOUNG SALAMANDERS ARE GROWING. 455 00:35:21,366 --> 00:35:23,266 {\an1}JUST 3 INCHES LONG, 456 00:35:23,366 --> 00:35:26,300 {\an1}THEY'RE THE BIGGEST BEASTS IN A TINY KINGDOM 457 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,566 {\an1}WHICH WILL SOON DRY UP AND DISAPPEAR. 458 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:34,300 {\an1}THE MANES AROUND THEIR HEADS ARE GILLS, 459 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,066 {\an1}THE FEATHERY FRONDS SOAKING UP THE OXYGEN FROM THE WATER. 460 00:35:41,633 --> 00:35:46,533 {\an7}THEIR SMALL MOUTHS ARE JUST BIG ENOUGH TO SWALLOW THEIR LUNCH, 461 00:35:46,633 --> 00:35:49,533 {\an1}BUT WITH MICROSCOPIC TEETH, 462 00:35:49,633 --> 00:35:52,266 {\an1}EATING IS A SLOW PROCESS. 463 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,566 {\an1}AT FIRST, ALL IS WELL. 464 00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:03,900 {\an1}THE DAYS ARE LONG, THE WEATHER WARM, 465 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,400 {\an1}BUT MOMENTS LIKE THIS ARE FLEETING IN THE ROCKIES. 466 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:11,566 {\an1}AS THE SUMMER HEATS UP, THE WATER IN THE POND GOES DOWN. 467 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:14,800 {\an1}THE SALAMANDERS START GETTING 468 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:18,066 JUST A LITTLE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. 469 00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:23,800 {\an1}AS THE POND DRIES UP, 470 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:27,533 {\an1}SO DOES THE SALAMANDERS' FOOD SUPPLY... 471 00:36:31,233 --> 00:36:33,633 [THUNDER] 472 00:36:33,733 --> 00:36:37,900 {\an1}AND THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. 473 00:36:52,700 --> 00:36:56,366 {\an1}THIS IS THE BIGGEST SALAMANDER IN THE POND. 474 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:02,266 {\an1}HE'S TRANSFORMING INTO SOMETHING MORE... 475 00:37:02,366 --> 00:37:03,866 MENACING. 476 00:37:03,966 --> 00:37:07,866 {\an1}HIS MOUTH HAS GROWN WIDER. 477 00:37:07,966 --> 00:37:12,866 {\an1}HE HAS GROWN HUNDREDS OF NEW, LONG, NEEDLE-SHARP TEETH 478 00:37:12,966 --> 00:37:17,233 {\an1}TO STOP HIS VICTIMS FROM WRIGGLING AWAY. 479 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:26,266 {\an1}THE OTHER SALAMANDERS MAY BE HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS, 480 00:37:26,366 --> 00:37:30,533 {\an1}BUT THEY ARE STARTING TO LOOK QUITE TASTY. 481 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:37,266 {\an1}HE HAS TRANSFORMED INTO A CANNIBAL. 482 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,266 {\an7}HE'S HAVING HIS FAMILY FOR DINNER. 483 00:37:45,166 --> 00:37:47,833 [BIRD CHIRPING] 484 00:37:50,133 --> 00:37:54,500 {\an1}THE MOUNTAIN SUNSHINE CAUSES THE PONDS TO SHRINK MORE. 485 00:37:55,833 --> 00:38:00,000 THERE'S NO ESCAPE FROM BIG BROTHER. 486 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,700 {\an1}BUT THE FIGHT'S NOT OVER. 487 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:09,000 {\an1}THE OTHER SALAMANDERS ALSO START TO TURN INTO CANNIBALS. 488 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,966 {\an1}IT'S EAT OR BE EATEN. 489 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,200 {\an1}EVENTUALLY, IN THIS POND, 490 00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:29,666 {\an1}THERE IS JUST A SINGLE, 491 00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:33,166 {\an1}VERY PLUMP SALAMANDER. 492 00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:38,433 {\an1}EVERYONE ELSE HAS MYSTERIOUSLY...DISAPPEARED. 493 00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:42,666 {\an1}BUT IT'S AN EMPTY VICTORY. 494 00:38:42,766 --> 00:38:46,933 {\an1}THE MOUNTAIN SUN IS TURNING THE POND INTO A PUDDLE. 495 00:38:48,266 --> 00:38:51,233 {\an1}EVENTUALLY IT WILL DRY OUT COMPLETELY, 496 00:38:51,333 --> 00:38:54,733 {\an1}AND HE TOO WOULD DIE, 497 00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:58,066 {\an1}EXCEPT HE HAS ANOTHER, EVEN GREATER TRICK 498 00:38:58,166 --> 00:38:59,566 UP HIS SLEEVE. 499 00:38:59,666 --> 00:39:02,133 {\an1}THOSE GILLS HAVE DISAPPEARED. 500 00:39:02,233 --> 00:39:05,133 {\an1}THEY HAVE BEEN REABSORBED INTO HIS BODY. 501 00:39:05,233 --> 00:39:08,400 {\an1}HE HAS GROWN A PAIR OF LUNGS. 502 00:39:11,233 --> 00:39:15,133 {\an1}AS THE MOUNTAIN SUN DRIES UP THE VERY LAST OF THE PUDDLE... 503 00:39:15,233 --> 00:39:18,266 {\an1}THIS MAGICIAN STEPS OUT 504 00:39:18,366 --> 00:39:22,766 {\an1}AND FILLS HIS NEW LUNGS WITH THE WARM MOUNTAIN AIR... 505 00:39:22,866 --> 00:39:27,033 {\an1}THE ULTIMATE TRANSFORMER. 506 00:39:31,966 --> 00:39:34,366 MIDSUMMER. 507 00:39:34,466 --> 00:39:38,033 {\an1}BUT EVEN NOW, AUTUMN IS AROUND THE CORNER... 508 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:44,800 {\an1}AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO MAKE THE MOST OF NATURE'S GOLD RUSH. 509 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,733 {\an1}EVERYONE HAS TO SEIZE THE MOMENT... 510 00:39:51,566 --> 00:39:55,733 {\an1}AND NO ONE IS BETTER AT IT THAN THIS CREATURE... 511 00:39:57,666 --> 00:40:00,833 {\an1}A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. 512 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:03,966 {\an1}THEY WEIGH LESS THAN A PENNY, 513 00:40:04,066 --> 00:40:06,966 {\an1}AND WITH A PULSE RATE OF A THOUSAND BEATS PER MINUTE, 514 00:40:07,066 --> 00:40:09,833 {\an1}NO HEART BEATS FASTER. 515 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,366 {\an1}IN SUMMER, THEY LIVE AT THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF 516 00:40:19,466 --> 00:40:22,033 {\an1}THE ROCKIES, USING THE LONG DAYS 517 00:40:22,133 --> 00:40:24,533 {\an1}TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY. 518 00:40:24,633 --> 00:40:28,766 {\an1}THESE TINY NEWBORNS ARE THE SIZE OF A SUGAR CUBE, 519 00:40:28,866 --> 00:40:34,033 {\an1}IN A NEST SO LIGHT, IT'S HELD TOGETHER WITH SPIDER SILK. 520 00:40:39,033 --> 00:40:42,133 {\an1}THEIR BUSY MOTHER FEEDS THEM 60 TIMES A DAY 521 00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:45,133 {\an1}ON A MIX OF REGURGITATED NECTAR 522 00:40:45,233 --> 00:40:47,133 AND INSECTS-- 523 00:40:47,233 --> 00:40:50,466 {\an1}HUMMINGBIRD ROCKET FUEL. 524 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,400 {\an1}SHE CAN RAISE A WHOLE FAMILY 525 00:40:57,500 --> 00:41:00,233 {\an1}IN JUST 18 DAYS. 526 00:41:04,833 --> 00:41:08,000 SOON THERE'S ONLY ONE CHICK LEFT... 527 00:41:09,333 --> 00:41:12,500 {\an1}AND SHE'S RELUCTANT TO FLY THE NEST. 528 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,900 {\an1}SHE'S STILL GETTING USED TO THE BIG, WIDE WORLD, 529 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,800 {\an1}BUT THE BIGGEST MOMENT OF HER LIFE IS ABOUT TO START. 530 00:41:24,133 --> 00:41:27,033 {\an1}THE FLOWERS HERE ARE DYING, 531 00:41:27,133 --> 00:41:31,300 {\an1}AND SHE MUST FLY SOUTH IN SEARCH OF FOOD. 532 00:41:38,966 --> 00:41:41,866 {\an1}SHE FLIES 3,000 MILES 533 00:41:41,966 --> 00:41:43,866 {\an1}FROM THE CANADIAN NORTH, 534 00:41:43,966 --> 00:41:45,866 {\an1}DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE ROCKIES, 535 00:41:45,966 --> 00:41:48,633 {\an1}AND EVENTUALLY TO MEXICO. 536 00:41:52,966 --> 00:41:55,366 {\an1}LESS THAN A MONTH OLD, 537 00:41:55,466 --> 00:41:58,233 {\an1}TOTALLY ON HER OWN... 538 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,366 {\an1}SHE MUST RACE DOWN THE ROCKIES TO CATCH 539 00:42:01,466 --> 00:42:03,666 {\an1}THE BLOSSOMING FLOWERS, 540 00:42:03,766 --> 00:42:06,966 {\an1}A JOURNEY THAT WILL TAKE HER 3 MONTHS. 541 00:42:08,300 --> 00:42:12,200 {\an1}SHE CROSSES THE BORDER FROM CANADA TO THE U.S. 542 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:15,200 {\an1}AND THEN FLIES OVER 5 STATES, 543 00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:19,200 {\an1}OVER MOUNTAIN LAKES, OVER GREAT PEAKS... 544 00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:23,200 {\an1}AND DOWN THROUGH HUGE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 545 00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:26,200 {\an1}SHE HAS A BRAIN THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE, 546 00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:30,466 {\an1}BUT SOMEHOW SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE TO GO. 547 00:42:34,733 --> 00:42:37,666 {\an1}AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ROCKIES, 548 00:42:37,766 --> 00:42:41,666 {\an1}THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS OF COLORADO HAVE A BRIEF MOMENT 549 00:42:41,766 --> 00:42:45,433 {\an1}WHEN EVERY FLOWER IS FULL OF NECTAR. 550 00:42:45,533 --> 00:42:47,433 [BEE BUZZING] 551 00:42:47,533 --> 00:42:50,433 {\an1}IT'S HUMMINGBIRD HEAVEN, 552 00:42:50,533 --> 00:42:54,866 {\an1}AND SHE HAS ARRIVED AT THE PERFECT TIME. 553 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,933 HERE, SHE HAS A PIT STOP TO REFUEL, 554 00:42:59,033 --> 00:43:02,400 {\an1}BUT NOT A MOMENT TO RELAX. 555 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,866 {\an1}SHE'S OFF AGAIN, FURTHER SOUTH, 556 00:43:10,966 --> 00:43:13,866 CHASING THE SUN. 557 00:43:13,966 --> 00:43:17,366 {\an1}THE TINY HERO OF THE ROCKIES, 558 00:43:17,466 --> 00:43:21,133 {\an1}WITH THE MOST EPIC JOURNEY OF ALL. 559 00:43:26,966 --> 00:43:30,133 {\an7}SUMMER IS ALL TOO BRIEF IN THE ROCKIES. 560 00:43:31,466 --> 00:43:35,633 {\an7}NEARLY AS SOON AS IT ARRIVES, IT DISAPPEARS. 561 00:43:37,966 --> 00:43:40,866 {\an1}THE HOT SUMMER NIGHTS BEGIN TO LENGTHEN, 562 00:43:40,966 --> 00:43:44,966 {\an1}AND ALL THE STARS PUT ON A SPECTACULAR SHOW. 563 00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:51,466 HIGH ABOVE, THE MILKY WAY DRIFTS BY. 564 00:43:53,966 --> 00:43:56,500 {\an1}[PEOPLE SCREAMING] 565 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,666 {\an1}DOWN BELOW, THE PEOPLE OF THE ROCKIES 566 00:43:59,766 --> 00:44:04,100 {\an1}CELEBRATE THE END OF SUMMER IN COUNTY FAIRS. 567 00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:07,100 {\an1}THE FIRST FROSTS WILL SOON BE HERE. 568 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:11,600 FOR MOST, THIS IS A TIME TO RELAX, 569 00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:14,233 {\an1}BUT NOT FOR EVERYBODY. 570 00:44:27,966 --> 00:44:30,533 {\an1}OLIVER PAKOOTAS IS ABOUT TO FACE 571 00:44:30,633 --> 00:44:33,966 THE TOUGHEST RACE IN THE ROCKIES. 572 00:44:35,300 --> 00:44:38,200 {\an1}MONTHS OF PRACTICE HAVE LED TO THIS ONE MOMENT 573 00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:40,566 {\an1}IN THE HEART OF MONTANA. 574 00:44:40,666 --> 00:44:43,333 [CROWD CHEERING] 575 00:44:47,366 --> 00:44:49,333 THE INDIAN RELAY, 576 00:44:49,433 --> 00:44:52,266 {\an1}A ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONTEST OF BRAVERY 577 00:44:52,366 --> 00:44:54,633 {\an1}AND SPLIT-SECOND TIMING. 578 00:44:54,733 --> 00:44:58,633 {\an1}EACH RIDER MUST COMPLETE 3 LAPS OF THE TRACK. 579 00:44:58,733 --> 00:45:02,366 {\an1}AT THE END OF EACH LAP, THEY MUST JUMP FROM ONE HORSE 580 00:45:02,466 --> 00:45:05,000 TO ANOTHER, 581 00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:08,300 {\an1}AND IT'S ALL DONE BAREBACK. 582 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,466 {\an1}IT'S A NATIVE AMERICAN COMPETITION 583 00:45:10,566 --> 00:45:13,466 {\an1}DATING BACK AT LEAST 200 YEARS. 584 00:45:13,566 --> 00:45:16,466 {\an1}DIFFERENT TRIBES COMPETE FOR THE HONORS, 585 00:45:16,566 --> 00:45:20,133 {\an1}AND THE WINNER IS THE FIRST ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. 586 00:45:21,666 --> 00:45:23,566 {\an1}MAN: KEEP HIM GOING, KEEP HIM GOING. 587 00:45:23,666 --> 00:45:25,566 {\an1}PUSH HIM ON AND MAKE HIM WORK. 588 00:45:25,666 --> 00:45:28,566 {\an1}GIVE HIM THE WORK. HOLY COW. 589 00:45:28,666 --> 00:45:31,333 HA HA! THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, HUH? 590 00:45:31,433 --> 00:45:33,933 {\an1}NARRATOR: JUDGING THE PERFECT MOMENT TO JUMP BAREBACK 591 00:45:34,033 --> 00:45:38,066 {\an1}ONTO THE HORSE TAKES OLIVER MONTHS OF TRAINING. 592 00:45:38,166 --> 00:45:41,533 {\an1}THERE'S A TEAM OF 4 INVOLVED, ALL FAMILY. 593 00:45:42,866 --> 00:45:46,000 {\an1}BROTHER WINFRED HOLDS THE HORSES IN THE RACE. 594 00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:49,100 {\an1}SO DOES HIS FATHER JOHN. 595 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:52,300 {\an1}FATHER-IN-LAW KERRY IS THE TRAINER. 596 00:45:53,633 --> 00:45:56,133 {\an1}OLIVER IS THE JOCKEY. 597 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,266 {\an1}KERRY: YOU ALWAYS REPRESENT WHERE YOU COME FROM, 598 00:46:02,366 --> 00:46:04,766 {\an1}AND THAT'S WHERE GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN COMES FROM. 599 00:46:04,866 --> 00:46:07,766 {\an1}IT'S THE BIGGEST MOUNTAIN ON OUR RESERVATION. 600 00:46:07,866 --> 00:46:11,266 {\an1}SO WHEN I REPRESENT MY HOME PEOPLE, 601 00:46:11,366 --> 00:46:14,266 {\an1}SO WHEN I GO ON THE ROAD, I LET PEOPLE KNOW 602 00:46:14,366 --> 00:46:16,266 {\an1}THAT THIS IS WHERE I COME FROM. 603 00:46:16,366 --> 00:46:18,766 {\an1}THIS IS MY MOUNTAIN, THIS IS OUR MOUNTAIN, 604 00:46:18,866 --> 00:46:20,766 {\an1}MY FAMILY'S MOUNTAIN. 605 00:46:20,866 --> 00:46:22,766 {\an1}IN ALL THE YEARS SINCE I'VE EVER BEEN A KID, 606 00:46:22,866 --> 00:46:25,766 {\an1}WE'VE ALWAYS HAD HORSES, AND THEY'RE LIKE BROTHERS 607 00:46:25,866 --> 00:46:27,900 {\an1}AND SISTERS TO US. 608 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,900 {\an1}NARRATOR: THESE HORSES NEED RIGOROUS TRAINING, 609 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,900 {\an1}AND THAT MEANS GETTING DEEP INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 610 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,400 {\an1}OLIVER: I LIKE TO TAKE THEM IN THE MOUNTAINS. 611 00:46:36,500 --> 00:46:38,400 AND IT'S JUST YOU AND THE HORSE, YOU KNOW, 612 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:40,900 {\an1}AND YOU ALMOST BECOME ONE. 613 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,066 {\an1}AND THAT'S HOW IT FEELS, TOO. 614 00:46:43,166 --> 00:46:46,333 {\an1}IT'S LIKE THEIR LEGS BECOME MY LEGS. 615 00:46:48,666 --> 00:46:52,233 {\an1}YOU KNOW, A BIRD COULD FLY UP OR A COYOTE COULD RUN BY 616 00:46:52,333 --> 00:46:54,733 {\an1}OR SOMETHING, AND THEN, ONCE THEY GET USED TO THAT, 617 00:46:54,833 --> 00:46:57,733 {\an1}THEN I KNOW THEY'RE READY TO GO DO SOME RELAY RACING. 618 00:46:57,833 --> 00:47:00,733 {\an1}AND WE DEVELOP A TRUST WITH EACH OTHER OUT THERE 619 00:47:00,833 --> 00:47:04,566 {\an1}WITH THEM THAT YOU CAN'T GET ON A RACETRACK. 620 00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:10,800 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE INDIAN RELAY IS THE OLDEST SPORT 621 00:47:10,900 --> 00:47:13,800 IN THE ROCKIES... 622 00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:18,800 {\an1}AND GREW FROM THE LIFE OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. 623 00:47:18,900 --> 00:47:21,133 {\an1}[HORSE BREATHING HEAVILY] 624 00:47:21,233 --> 00:47:23,400 {\an1}KERRY: THE HORSE WAS SO IMPORTANT TO US 625 00:47:23,500 --> 00:47:26,066 {\an1}WHEN THEY WERE OUT HUNTING AND GATHERING, AND EVEN WHEN YOU 626 00:47:26,166 --> 00:47:28,233 {\an1}WENT OUT TO CHASE YOUR BUFFALO, I'M SURE YOU HAD 627 00:47:28,333 --> 00:47:30,933 {\an1}TO HAVE A SECOND HORSE OR A THIRD HORSE. 628 00:47:35,266 --> 00:47:37,833 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE FAMILY HAS DEVELOPED SPECIAL WAYS 629 00:47:37,933 --> 00:47:40,066 {\an1}TO PREPARE THEIR HORSES. 630 00:47:40,166 --> 00:47:43,066 {\an1}THEIR LOCAL MOUNTAINS HAVE A SALT LAKE 631 00:47:43,166 --> 00:47:46,066 {\an1}THAT COOLS THE HORSES' ACHING MUSCLES 632 00:47:46,166 --> 00:47:48,333 {\an1}AND HEALS ANY CUTS. 633 00:47:48,433 --> 00:47:51,400 [HORSE NICKERS] 634 00:47:52,733 --> 00:47:56,133 {\an1}OLIVER BURNS MOUNTAIN SAGE IN A CEREMONY 635 00:47:56,233 --> 00:48:00,700 {\an1}TO PROTECT HORSE AND RIDER FROM INJURY. 636 00:48:02,033 --> 00:48:04,433 {\an1}OLIVER: YOU'RE PUTTING A SHIELD OVER YOUR HORSES. 637 00:48:04,533 --> 00:48:07,800 {\an1}I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY BELIEVE IN IT, 638 00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:10,300 {\an1}BUT I BELIEVE IN IT. 639 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,800 {\an1}THAT'S HOW COME WE'RE HERE, IS BECAUSE OUR ANCESTORS 640 00:48:12,900 --> 00:48:14,300 {\an1}DID THE SAME THING. 641 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:20,300 {\an1}MAN AND WOMAN: ♪ ...THE LAND OF THE FREE 642 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:30,633 {\an1}♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE 643 00:48:30,733 --> 00:48:35,033 {\an1}NARRATOR: IT'S THE DAY OF OLIVER'S BIG RACE. 644 00:48:35,133 --> 00:48:38,033 {\an1}[RING ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER P.A.] 645 00:48:38,133 --> 00:48:40,533 [CROWD CHEERING] 646 00:48:40,633 --> 00:48:43,366 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAINS, 647 00:48:43,466 --> 00:48:46,366 {\an1}THE EVENING STARTS WITH A WILD RODEO. 648 00:48:46,466 --> 00:48:49,133 [HORSE NEIGHS] 649 00:49:08,733 --> 00:49:11,633 {\an1}BUT EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR THE MAIN EVENT, 650 00:49:11,733 --> 00:49:13,633 THE INDIAN RELAY. 651 00:49:13,733 --> 00:49:17,133 {\an1}[RING ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER P.A.] 652 00:49:17,233 --> 00:49:19,633 {\an1}OLIVER: WHEN I WALK OUT ONTO THE TRACK, YOU ALMOST-- 653 00:49:19,733 --> 00:49:23,133 {\an1}I GUESS I'D CALL IT GETTING INTO A WARRIOR MODE. 654 00:49:23,233 --> 00:49:26,766 {\an1}NOTHING ELSE MATTERS IN THE WORLD. 655 00:49:30,433 --> 00:49:32,333 [HORSE WHINNIES] 656 00:49:32,433 --> 00:49:34,833 {\an1}WHEN YOU'RE BAREBACK, HORSES CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT. 657 00:49:34,933 --> 00:49:37,833 {\an1}SO IF I'M STAYING CALM, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW 658 00:49:37,933 --> 00:49:39,833 {\an1}THERE AIN'T NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. 659 00:49:39,933 --> 00:49:42,600 [HEART BEATING] 660 00:49:43,933 --> 00:49:45,833 {\an1}NARRATOR: OLIVER IS PRIMED. 661 00:49:45,933 --> 00:49:48,666 {\an1}THE OTHER HORSE IS READY. 662 00:49:48,766 --> 00:49:52,433 {\an1}HIS MOMENT HAS COME. 663 00:49:53,933 --> 00:49:57,100 {\an1}[CROWD CHEERING AND WHISTLING] 664 00:50:05,933 --> 00:50:10,100 {\an1}OLIVER: YOU ALMOST GET THIS SENSE OF INVINCIBILITY. 665 00:50:13,433 --> 00:50:18,500 {\an1}ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT NEXT 3 MINUTES... 666 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:21,266 [HORSE WHINNIES] 667 00:50:21,366 --> 00:50:25,033 {\an1}ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GO INTO BATTLE. 668 00:50:36,633 --> 00:50:39,800 [HORSE WHINNIES] 669 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,466 [CROWD CHEERING] 670 00:50:49,333 --> 00:50:52,166 {\an1}NARRATOR: OLIVER IS FIRST ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. 671 00:50:52,266 --> 00:50:54,666 {\an1}A ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRADITION PASSED DOWN 672 00:50:54,766 --> 00:50:56,600 {\an1}THROUGH SO MANY GENERATIONS, 673 00:50:56,700 --> 00:50:59,600 {\an1}ALL PLAYED OUT IN JUST ONE MOMENT 674 00:50:59,700 --> 00:51:02,666 {\an1}AND TIMED TO PERFECTION. 675 00:51:02,766 --> 00:51:05,166 [CHEERING FADES] 676 00:51:05,266 --> 00:51:07,433 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 677 00:51:14,900 --> 00:51:19,066 {\an1}OLIVER IS BACK IN THE LAND BELONGING TO HIS TRIBE. 678 00:51:21,833 --> 00:51:24,733 {\an1}THERE ARE ONLY A FEW LAST MOMENTS 679 00:51:24,833 --> 00:51:27,233 {\an1}TO TAKE HIS HORSE INTO THE MOUNTAINS 680 00:51:27,333 --> 00:51:31,666 {\an1}BEFORE THE FIRST FLURRIES OF SNOW BEGIN TO FALL. 681 00:51:39,433 --> 00:51:43,066 {\an1}SUDDENLY, AS IF WITH THE FLICK OF A SWITCH, 682 00:51:43,166 --> 00:51:46,133 AUTUMN IS HERE. 683 00:51:46,233 --> 00:51:48,633 {\an1}THE NIGHTS ARE DRAWING IN, 684 00:51:48,733 --> 00:51:51,066 {\an1}CLOAKING THE ROCKIES 685 00:51:51,166 --> 00:51:54,833 {\an1}IN 14 LONG HOURS OF DARKNESS EACH DAY. 686 00:51:58,166 --> 00:52:02,900 FROM HERE ON IN, THE TEMPERATURE WILL DROP DAILY. 687 00:52:06,233 --> 00:52:09,633 {\an1}THE WATER THAT GAVE WAY TO SO MUCH LIFE 688 00:52:09,733 --> 00:52:12,666 {\an1}WILL FREEZE AGAIN. 689 00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:19,800 {\an1}AS LIFE GETS HARSHER... 690 00:52:22,133 --> 00:52:25,833 {\an1}THE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL GETS TOUGHER. 691 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,333 [SNORTS] 692 00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:50,166 {\an1}BUT THAT WILL NOT STOP THOSE WHO CALL THESE MOUNTAINS HOME. 693 00:52:50,266 --> 00:52:52,800 {\an1}THOSE WITH THE KNOW-HOW 694 00:52:52,900 --> 00:52:57,166 {\an1}WILL SEIZE THEIR MOMENT ONCE AGAIN 695 00:52:57,266 --> 00:53:02,500 {\an1}AND THRIVE IN THESE EVER-CHANGING ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 696 00:53:09,566 --> 00:53:12,000 {\an7}- [NARRATOR] NEXT TIME, ON KINGDOMS OF THE SKY. 697 00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:14,433 {\an1}EXPLORE THE EARTH'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN RANGE, 698 00:53:14,533 --> 00:53:17,066 {\an1}ONE THAT SOARS THOUSANDS OF FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, 699 00:53:17,166 --> 00:53:18,800 {\an1}AND STRETCHES EVEN WIDER, 700 00:53:19,866 --> 00:53:21,566 {\an1}TO DISCOVER A DIVERSE TAPESTRY 701 00:53:21,666 --> 00:53:24,233 {\an1}OF LUSH LANDSCAPES WITHIN, 702 00:53:24,333 --> 00:53:25,633 {\an1}AND THE RICH CULTURES THAT HAVE 703 00:53:25,733 --> 00:53:27,633 {\an1}CALLED THESE PEAKS HOME FOR CENTURIES. 704 00:53:29,666 --> 00:53:32,533 {\an1}COME CONQUER THE THIN AIR OF THE HIMALAYA, 705 00:53:34,366 --> 00:53:37,033 {\an7}NEXT TIME, ON KINGDOMS OF THE SKY. 706 00:53:37,133 --> 00:53:44,166 707 00:53:44,966 --> 00:53:46,266 {\an8}"KINGDOMS OF THE SKY" 708 00:53:46,366 --> 00:53:48,466 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