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  • HAZEN AUDEL: These are the two teeth marks of a leopard.

  • This is quite a reality check.

  • These hills are filled with lethal predators and I run

  • the risk of winding up like this poor goat.

  • In some of the most inhospitable places on earth...

  • tribal people have survived against the odds

  • for thousands of years.

  • I'm Hazen Audel...

  • survival instructor and wilderness guide.

  • I want to learn from the masters...

  • so I'm traveling to some of the most remote corners of

  • the globe to take on the toughest tribal challenges.

  • To succeed... I must survive the tribe.

  • These arrows have gotta count.

  • Amazing.

  • It's absolutely amazing.

  • This time... I'm with the Samburu...

  • a herding tribe whose lives traditionally

  • depend on cattle.

  • A complete survival kit... the cow can provide all of the

  • food these warriors need...

  • milk... meat and blood.

  • The Samburu live in an arid region of equatorial Kenya.

  • It's a varied landscape from mountain ranges to scrub

  • and desert plains... but it's all tough.

  • After three days of traveling...

  • I reach an isolated village.

  • This is my introduction to one of Africa's most

  • formidable tribes.

  • The look that these people have...

  • the way they look at you and how tall they are...

  • it is intimidating.

  • These are the guys that are gonna show me what it's like

  • to live out here.

  • I'm here to learn the unique survival skills

  • of the Samburu.

  • I have ten days to master the techniques they've honed over

  • centuries before I take on the ultimate challenge,

  • An extreme multi-day cattle drive to deliver

  • famished cows to essential new pastures.

  • Going through one of the most hostile environments

  • in the world.

  • My mentor while I'm here will be Kasana.

  • He is one of the Samburu elite...

  • Who take on the vital responsibility of protecting

  • the community's livestock.

  • I start immersing myself in tribal life by dressing

  • in a traditional ashukka.

  • Kasana then sets my first task; identifying dangerous

  • animals that have come close to the village perimeter.

  • The Samburu share their home with some of the most

  • deadly creatures on the planet.

  • They are prepared for attack at all times.

  • And routinely scout for signs of danger in the area.

  • Straight away... I come across some fresh tracks.

  • You can just barely make it out.

  • Here's the main paw... the toe imprints...

  • a little bit of claw.

  • It's a hyena track.

  • These predators prey on the Samburu's livestock but can

  • also attack and kill humans.

  • Hyenas... for these people...

  • are one of the most dangerous animals.

  • It's not just tooth and claw that I have to be

  • on high alert for.

  • This is a track that's really easy to spot right there.

  • That's an elephant track.

  • These are the largest land mammals on earth and

  • can bulldoze anything that gets in their way.

  • These guys live right next door to some dangerous...

  • dangerous animals.

  • The Samburu's main concern isn't humans being

  • attacked but their precious cattle...

  • whose importance permeates every level of

  • tribal life here.

  • Not only can they provide all their food but

  • they're also marriage dowries and an elder's

  • wealth is determined by the size of his herd.

  • It's their grocery store and life savings but...

  • above all... it gives them status within the tribe.

  • Next... I have to take some of these precious cows

  • to water directly through predator territory.

  • It's the end of the dry season and water is

  • at its most scarce.

  • The nearest functioning well is an hour away.

  • Take this one?

  • Okay... she's got big horns.

  • I'm a novice at herding...

  • so Kasana has started me off small with five cows.

  • Herding is a basic skill I've got to master.

  • Otherwise... I'll be a liability on the

  • final challenge of the cattle drive.

  • To get the herd to go left...

  • you come in from the right and vice versa.

  • It's not rocket science but simple things

  • aren't always easy.

  • It's already hard work keeping up with these guys...

  • who wanna get to water.

  • There's a lot of running around that...

  • in this heat...

  • is sapping my energy and fluids quickly.

  • Dehydration in these conditions can have

  • dangerous effects.

  • I can understand these cows are very lean.

  • There's no fat on them like American cows.

  • After an hour... we reach the well.

  • It's the only water source in the area...

  • so it'll also be a draw for any local predators.

  • Kasana is satisfied that I can handle a small herd...

  • but that was just the first test.

  • My fluid levels are low but the priority now is

  • to get water for the cows.

  • I'll have to wait!

  • This well has been dug straight into the sand with

  • no supporting structure.

  • Whoa!

  • And it regularly collapses.

  • These sides are so unstable.

  • There we go.

  • Whoa... look out.

  • These walls just keep caving in on us.

  • Cows need a lot of water and getting it out

  • of the ground and up to the trough is

  • serious physical work.

  • On the final challenge...

  • getting water is going to be a huge task.

  • There will be a much larger herd to deal with and no

  • permanent wells along the trail.

  • In this arid landscape... using as little water as

  • possible is a key survival strategy.

  • It's embedded in Samburu life and my host mother

  • shows me how the village women clean their

  • kitchenware without water.

  • Put some of the charcoal in there and shake it around.

  • This is how they clean their dishes.

  • Cleanliness is important here.

  • In these temperatures...

  • food spoils rapidly and whenever possible...

  • it's consumed fresh.

  • Like the Samburu super food... cow's blood.

  • Packed full of protein...

  • this is an important part of the warrior's diet and is

  • drunk straight from the cow but collecting it requires

  • a steady hand and a sure shot.

  • This is a very special arrow tip.

  • It's only meant to go that deep...

  • just through the skin and penetrate one

  • side of the jugular.

  • It's gotta be precise.

  • If you don't do it in the right spot...

  • you run the risk of killing one of the cows.

  • Killing a cow here would take away a vital food source

  • and deprive the Samburu of their most valuable asset.

  • That would probably be the worst thing I

  • could possibly do here.

  • Okay... Kasana has selected our donor.

  • Now... to catch a cow.

  • A tourniquet is tied around the cow's neck.

  • Constricting the blood flow brings the veins to the

  • surface of the skin... making it a clear target.

  • I've got to fire the arrow point blank and with the

  • precise amount of force.

  • Kasana tells me... the cow will feel little pain...

  • but I am uncomfortable doing this.

  • I'm nervous.

  • I've gotta stay focused and hold my nerve.

  • Time to go for the jugular.

  • HAZEN AUDEL: Agh!

  • I didn't fire with enough force.

  • 1... 2... (bleep)!

  • This is my last chance.

  • Kasana marks out exactly where I have to hit.

  • I haven't succeeded this time.

  • It's turned out to be much harder than I thought.

  • But this is a skill I've got to master...

  • Because it will be essential on the cattle drive.

  • Kasana shows me how it's done.

  • You know... I made multiple attempts on the

  • neck of this poor cow.

  • I wasn't getting the jugular.

  • The Samburu might take two pints of blood at a time.

  • Then the wound is pinched shut.

  • No band aid needed here.

  • This cow will be good as new in a relatively

  • short amount of time.

  • Finally... a handful of sand is used to help seal

  • the wound and the cow is fine.

  • As for me... things are about to get uncomfortable.

  • I'm going to have to drink the blood but once

  • it's exposed to air... it starts to solidify.

  • With vigorous stirring... the coagulant collects on

  • the stick and can be removed.

  • So... the rest is liquid and then there's just

  • the coagulated blood.

  • Evidently they feed this to the dog.

  • It's time to drink.

  • This is a totally new experience for me and I

  • know there's a genuine risk of illness.

  • It's warm and they want me to drink more.

  • The first sip was hard to keep down but each one

  • after that gets slightly easier.

  • This is gonna take some getting used to.

  • Now for the second course: a Samburu smoothie...

  • blood mixed with milk.

  • It tastes a lot better.

  • Taste more like milk and a hint of blood.

  • Warriors have lived off of only blood and milk for

  • months at a time and for the rest of my stay here...

  • this will be my diet.

  • Lunch break over... it's time to get back to work.

  • Deadly wildlife is a constant threat and the tribe has

  • built a ring of thorns around the village to protect

  • humans and livestock alike.

  • Lekiora ... the patriarch of the family

  • I'm staying with...

  • shows me how to maintain this vital defense.

  • This stuff is pretty incredible.

  • It's like nature's barbed wire Look at these thorns.

  • Spikes like this will keep the cattle in and hopefully...

  • the animals that want to eat them... out.

  • They're almost impossible to handle so the Samburu

  • have a tool for the job.

  • This is an interesting stick...

  • specially made to mend these fences.

  • It has a way to tuck in...

  • those branches and then it has a hook to grab.

  • Anything you can do to keep your fragile fingers away

  • from those huge thorns.

  • On the cattle drive...

  • I'll build a thorn fence like this... from scratch.

  • During the night... it will be the only thing standing

  • between me and the deadly wild animals.

  • Just outside the village... there's a shocking reminder

  • of what the defenses are made to keep out.

  • We're called to a leopard kill that happened within the

  • last couple of hours.

  • One of the girls of the village was herding about

  • 40 goats and all of a sudden...

  • a leopard pounced out of the bush...

  • took down one of her goats.

  • She got really scared.

  • She was terrified.

  • She ran back to the village to tell the elders

  • and here they are.

  • These big cats easily pick off livestock and

  • even though it's rare... some have become man eaters.

  • This is quite a reality check.

  • These hills are filled with lethal predators and I'm

  • gonna be out here spending the night with my livestock

  • and I run the risk of winding up like this poor goat.

  • At dusk... the whole community and their livestock

  • retreat behind the safety of the thorn fence.

  • I bed down in my host family's hut.

  • It's my first experience of being in a place like this

  • where you look outside and there's tracks

  • of hyena and leopard...

  • elephant and then you go inside the thorn fence and

  • then you get to be here in the safety of your village

  • and it feels pretty nice... actually.

  • Sleep is a survival necessity that is often overlooked.

  • Not getting enough makes it harder to think clearly...

  • which could be life threatening in this hostile

  • environment but the time to get valuable rest is

  • when the most dangerous predators come out to hunt...

  • searching for easy prey.

  • HAZEN AUDEL: Disturbances have to be

  • confronted head on.

  • Predators might have breached the defenses.

  • The warriors' only concern is to fight off

  • whatever might be attacking it.

  • Big surprise to me.

  • They just all woke up all of a sudden.

  • I didn't know what was going on.

  • I just followed them and they're all running...

  • it was pitch black...

  • I figured something was going on with the cattle.

  • It seems to be a false alarm...

  • but it shows Kasana how I'd react in the event

  • on an attack on the cattle drive.

  • When these attacks happen...

  • you have to be there on the spot... right away.

  • Okay... let's get back to bed.

  • This has been an important lesson.

  • From now on... I'll have to be on high alert.

  • The Samburu traditionally don't grow anything...

  • taking great pride in how their livestock can provide

  • everything they need.

  • But there's one wild food they'll always

  • forage for: honey.

  • Kasana is taking us to a hive he recently discovered.

  • Like most things in nature...

  • it's not placed for our convenience.

  • It's more than 25 feet up a tree.

  • Right there.

  • This is a dead palm tree and I can just barely see the

  • swarm of bees flying into a hole.

  • We have to be on our guard.

  • The moment the bees sense that the hive

  • is under threat... they'll attack.

  • Smoke helps to subdue them...

  • so before we do anything... our fire has to be started.

  • Everything here is bone dry and the tinder

  • catches first time.

  • Yeah... wow... we've got a fire.

  • Protective measures in place...

  • we can start to chop the tree down but it's not going

  • to come easily.

  • Once the tree's fallen...

  • all that stands between us and the honey is a swarm

  • of angry African bees.

  • When a bee stings... it releases an alarm pheromone.

  • When other bees detect this...

  • they go into a defensive frenzy.

  • Agh... agh!

  • They're stinging me.

  • Agh... agh!

  • KASANA: Go... go... go... go... go... go... go!

  • HAZEN AUDEL: Yah... agh!

  • The others are getting stung as much as me.

  • KASANA: Go... go... go... go... go... go!

  • HAZEN AUDEL: But they aren't showing any reaction

  • to the pain.

  • Agh!

  • Away from the angry bees...

  • I finally get to taste the honey.

  • Oh my God.

  • Never has honey ever tasted this amazing...

  • especially considering I've been on a diet of only

  • milk and blood.

  • This is like... with every bite this feels like...

  • like the sugar's just penetrating the cells as if

  • my body has been so needing this.

  • Returning to the village with our bounty is

  • a happy occasion.

  • Everybody has just found their piece and

  • they're running off with it so they can enjoy

  • it all to themselves.

  • But it's not long before I'm back on my warrior diet.

  • This is dinner.

  • It's been sitting out all day in the warm Kenyan day and

  • the fats have sat on top.

  • [Coughs].

  • There was like a big floating scab on the top.

  • [Coughs].

  • A new day and a new lesson.

  • Yesterday I thought I was okay in react to

  • the bee stings...

  • but Kasana is concerned because Samburu warriors

  • do not show pain.

  • In this dangerous environment...

  • it's a distraction they can't afford.

  • Kasana wants to get me into a warrior frame of mind.

  • Thousands of ants are coming out.

  • Ow!

  • They're like fire ants.

  • These ants are small... but they can sure pack a punch.

  • It's like a cigarette burn.

  • Agh!

  • Kasana and the junior warriors are also

  • getting stung but... once again...

  • they aren't showing any reaction to the pain.

  • I'm just trying not to feel them crawling all over me and

  • I'm just absolutely trying to dissolve the feeling of this

  • burning that's all over my back right now.

  • If I'm gonna deal with pain here...

  • I've gotta keep it to myself.

  • I can feel one going right into my eye.

  • Total concentration.

  • The true Samburu warrior deals with all

  • hardships in silence.

  • They are never supposed to show how hungry they are...

  • how tired they are... these guys just have to

  • maintain a stoic lifestyle.

  • It's all about keeping complete focus on protecting

  • the cows at all costs.

  • It's a state of mind that I'll have to adopt

  • on the cattle drive.

  • Otherwise... I'll be putting the cows the Samburu

  • depend on in danger.

  • I proved I can handle the pain... but so far...

  • I failed to master collecting the Samburu super food...

  • blood.

  • Kasana is letting me have one final attempt.

  • The jugular's exposed now?

  • Here we go again.

  • If I fail this time...

  • my future as a blood warrior will be under threat.

  • HAZEN AUDEL: This is my last chance to prove that

  • I can get blood from a cow.

  • They're so happy that I finally got this.

  • They are so happy for me.

  • Little bit of sand.

  • It feels good.

  • These guys have a lot more confidence in me now.

  • Never has warm blood and milk tasted so good.

  • This is a breakthrough.

  • For a Samburu warrior...

  • the ability to live off a cow is the key to

  • self-sufficiency in the bush.

  • I'm almost ready for the cattle drive.

  • There's just one last skill to master: how to defend

  • against attacking animals.

  • My host father... Lekiora...

  • is showing me how to make a Samburu club.

  • Back home... I do a lot of work with wood.

  • I know how important it is to get the right piece

  • for the job.

  • Lekiora has scouted out the perfect tree for

  • what we need.

  • This wood that he's chosen is really hard.

  • Okay.

  • Yeah... that'd probably do some damage.

  • This big stick is going to turn into something like this.

  • The warriors carry these with them every day wherever

  • they go and when push comes to shove...

  • these are lethal.

  • After hours of patient carving...

  • it's ready to be put through its paces.

  • First and foremost...

  • it's an offensive weapon capable of killing

  • any attacking animal.

  • It also has a secondary defensive use.

  • This is used to throw with accuracy into

  • a herd of... say elephants.

  • It scares them away and keeps us all safe and

  • that's what I'm gonna learn to do now.

  • Kasana shows me how it's done...

  • using a tree about 100 feet away as a target.

  • Damn!

  • I can't believe the accuracy that these guys have.

  • Agh... I'm way off target.

  • Kasana quickly spots where I'm going wrong.

  • I'm not holding it in the right way.

  • So that there?

  • Okay.

  • The new grip has drastically improved my accuracy.

  • I don't want to have to use it...

  • but this powerful skill could mean the difference between

  • life and death when defending against wild animals

  • in the bush.

  • I'm now equipped with all the skills needed for

  • the cattle drive.

  • This is going to be like nothing I've done before.

  • It's not just about keeping myself alive...

  • but also an entire herd of valuable cows.

  • Tomorrow is the day.

  • Kasana has decided that I should eat my first

  • solid food in a week...

  • giving me a vital energy boost.

  • The Samburu slaughter their highly prized cows rarely

  • but for goats...

  • it's a different story and this is not gonna be

  • your everyday barbecue.

  • Apparently... what they do before we eat the

  • meat of this goat is...

  • they drink the blood of the goat first.

  • I'll be doing the drinking direct from the dying animal.

  • The goat has its throat slit.

  • You can see the jugular right there.

  • Oh my gosh.

  • A cup is made from a flap of neck skin.

  • [Tribe members speak in foreign language]

  • I am expected to drink it all.

  • More?

  • I don't know how much more blood I can drink.

  • [slurping and swallowing sounds]

  • Agh!

  • Down to the very last drop but what's left is

  • just blood jello.

  • [Tribe members speak in foreign language]

  • This is what they do.

  • They've been doing this their entire lives.

  • This is... this is Samburu life and it's no big deal.

  • To me... this is a huge deal.

  • That was way outside my comfort zone and a

  • giant step into the world of the Samburu warrior.

  • I have left my western inhibitions behind and

  • embrace the traditions of the tribe and after the

  • ritual... the reward.

  • These guys are making such short work of this goat.

  • So they've partitioned all the meat now.

  • All these meat go to certain individuals.

  • From the elders getting the head...

  • to the married women of the village

  • getting the entrails...

  • every group in the highly ordered Samburu society

  • gets a specific part of the goat.

  • The warriors get the best cuts...

  • the ribs and hind legs... that we cook up immediately.

  • The ribs are the first thing to be done.

  • Look at that.

  • Sweet... tasty... juicy ribs.

  • This is my first solid food in a week.

  • After my blood and milk diet...

  • it's one of the tastiest meals I've ever had.

  • It's so good.

  • With a full stomach...

  • my body feels prepared for tomorrow's

  • big cattle drive...

  • but my mind is full of uncertainties.

  • I'm just trying to think about what it's

  • gonna be like.

  • It's unchartered territory for me and out there...

  • I don't know where water is...

  • I don't have the safety of my village

  • and that's reality.

  • HAZEN AUDEL: It's early morning on the first day of

  • the cattle drive.

  • Nearly all grazing around the village has been exhausted.

  • It's vital I get these cows to new pasture.

  • The village elders have gathered to discuss

  • what I'm doing.

  • I originally thought that I was just taking

  • my host father's cows...

  • but all these villagers say that I take

  • their cows as well.

  • This is a much bigger challenge than I had thought.

  • I can't mess this up.

  • These cattle mean too much to these people.

  • Kasana tells me the exact size the herd is going to be.

  • We're gonna be taking 70 cows out on this trek.

  • That's a lot of cows.

  • 70 chances of things to go wrong.

  • It's humbling that the elders trust me this much...

  • but it's a huge step up.

  • I was only dealing with five cows before.

  • The herd includes calves...

  • vulnerable to dehydration and easy pickings

  • for predators in the bush.

  • Kasana has told me that it's going to be a

  • two day trek through hazardous terrain.

  • We'll be surrounded by killer wildlife and exposed

  • to the elements.

  • The final test will be a perilous climb

  • into the mountains... where good grazing can

  • still be found.

  • Here... I'll hand over the cows to a relief

  • team of warriors.

  • There's one final bombshell... Kasana's

  • not coming with me.

  • What was going to be a test has now become a trial.

  • A large herd needs more than one person to move them...

  • so I am joined by the junior warriors I've

  • been training with...

  • Matiyo and Lisian.

  • You know... I haven't had one of these yet...

  • but it's pretty self-explanatory.

  • We are taking no food or drink with us.

  • The cows will provide all of our sustenance and

  • water will have to be dug out along the way.

  • There's just time for a goodbye from Kasana and

  • my host father... Lekiora.

  • My final challenge has begun.

  • There's no turning back now.

  • It's early morning and it's already hot.

  • The temperature is only going to climb from here.

  • [coughs].

  • Being at the back here... mostly it's just dusty.

  • The cows walk with a brisk pace and to collect strays...

  • I have to run around.

  • In this heat... the extra exertion is rapidly depleting

  • my water reserves.

  • I'm finding this hard work even just to keep up with

  • the cows at this pace.

  • It's still morning.

  • The heat of the day hasn't really shown up yet.

  • It's mostly thick scrub here and the best route to

  • take is the clear... dried out riverbeds.

  • The Samburu say leopards could be lying in wait...

  • shrouded by the bushes.

  • We have to be cautious.

  • Now we're in this area with a bunch of dense vegetation...

  • a perfect place for one of these calves to

  • be picked off.

  • It's the hottest part of the day now and none of us

  • can go on much longer if we can't find water.

  • I'm really suffering from fluid loss but I must adopt

  • the warrior way and stay focused.

  • The more fragile calves are at serious risk

  • of dying from dehydration.

  • Fortunately... nature leaves clues for where

  • to start looking for a drink.

  • This kind of plant means that there's water right here.

  • Hit bedrock but right before you hit bedrock...

  • see all that sand... how it sticks to the tip?

  • That's all water.

  • While the junior warriors protect the cattle...

  • I dig down to the water.

  • Different types of sand can hold enormous

  • amounts of water.

  • Oh my God... water!

  • Kasana would not be impressed to see me drinking

  • before the cows... but I'm desperate.

  • Now I can continue digging to make sure the cows

  • get their share.

  • Agh!

  • Clearly... other herders have dug here before us.

  • Nearby... we find an old...

  • discarded trough for the cattle to drink from.

  • Once the cows have had their fill...

  • we carry on until near sunset.

  • Our grueling day isn't over yet.

  • We still have to make camp.

  • We're gonna be spending the night right here.

  • To protect ourselves from wild animals...

  • we're going to build a version of the thorn fence

  • that surrounds the village.

  • This is a nice open area but we're gonna utilize

  • what's already existing to our advantage.

  • It'll be a circular coral.

  • These walls will all be thorny shrubs.

  • The center circle...

  • that's where we'll put the calves.

  • We'll sleep alongside the cattle and

  • then this... right here...

  • this is the one opening that we'll have to this entire

  • structure that we're going to build.

  • Time to get to work.

  • With our defenses complete...

  • Matiyo and I put our tracking skills to use...

  • looking for signs of dangerous animals nearby.

  • The baboons are calling from up in the hill.

  • It's not unheard of for troops of baboons to

  • seriously injure humans...

  • or rip apart livestock.

  • It's kinda spooky.

  • Then... the tracks we'd feared.

  • Those are leopard tracks from today.

  • I've already seen how bold they can be when

  • picking off livestock.

  • Those tracks may be of a leopard that's stalking

  • our cattle right now.

  • We just have to hope the thorn fence does

  • its job through the night.

  • Time to try and rest.

  • This is bed and to top it off... this is our pillow.

  • And I'm perfectly fine with it.

  • I'm ready to collapse but I have to be on my guard

  • for any potential attacks.

  • This is when the cattle are at their most vulnerable.

  • Tonight... we're gonna sleep with one eye closed

  • and one eye open.

  • We have to listen to the cows and if any

  • sign of danger... we have to wake up and

  • we have to respond immediately.

  • We're all exhausted... but I'm too on edge about

  • what could be out there to sleep for long.

  • The guys are all sleeping here...

  • that's Matiyo... fast asleep...

  • Lisian.

  • Whoa... Whoa!

  • HAZEN AUDEL: You just wake up all of a sudden

  • because these cows...

  • they just start running in the coral and you're

  • sleeping on the ground.

  • You just have to jump up and get out of the way

  • before you even know what's going on...

  • 'cause you run the risk of all these cows

  • just stampeding you.

  • It's freaky.

  • There is something out there and the cattle

  • refuse to settle for the rest of the night.

  • There will be little sleep now before dawn.

  • At first light...

  • what could have been scaring the herd

  • reveals itself.

  • Hyenas... it was just snooping around the coral.

  • I just woke up and there was a hyena just staring

  • right at us.

  • That's a little bit unnerving.

  • The cattle are safe and we've made it

  • through the night... but the toughest part of

  • the journey is yet to come.

  • Matiyo points out our ultimate destination.

  • We're gonna be taking these cattle up to the top

  • of that mountain.

  • Yesterday was tough... but getting 70 cows up

  • a mountain is taking it to another level.

  • The fragile calves are on the edge.

  • The extra exertion of climbing could

  • finish them off...

  • but they have to get up to the new pasture.

  • From here... we're just trying to find the best

  • route to get up onto that ridge.

  • If we choose a bad route...

  • we run the risk of taking up all these cattle

  • up something steep.

  • Could be really difficult getting these things

  • off that mountain.

  • This is the crux of the challenge.

  • It looks like an impossible task...

  • but there's no turning back now.

  • Some of the cattle would never make it

  • back to the village.

  • We have to press on.

  • We're definitely in the climb now.

  • It's the final hurdle...

  • but I can't let my guard down for a moment.

  • We're still in leopard ambush territory.

  • If an attack happens now...

  • I will be expected to defend the cows with my life

  • and in this landscape...

  • that's going to be no easy task.

  • Everything is covered with thorns.

  • Every step you take...

  • a rock rolls out from under your feet.

  • You're getting tangled up... scratched up... snagged.

  • Some of the most unpalatable terrain I've ever been in.

  • After hours of tough climbing...

  • I finally see the warriors that I'm handing

  • the herd over to.

  • We've made it.

  • [speaking foreign language]

  • They just asked if all of our cows made it

  • up here and... yes... indeed they did.

  • They're all up here...

  • they're all grazing now and they are happy.

  • Bringing the herd up to vital new pastures has been

  • a tough but rewarding journey of discovery.

  • [Samburu Warriors Singing].

  • HAZEN AUDEL: The Samburu survive in one of

  • the most inhospitable places on earth because

  • of one thing...their cattle.

  • All of the skills I've learned have equipped me to

  • keep these cows alive and in return...

  • they've been my complete survival package.

  • I make the journey back to the village...

  • bringing news to the elders that all their precious

  • cattle made it safely up to the new pastures.

  • That was a test of my endurance that I will have

  • with me my entire life.

  • It feels so good to be back and to see all

  • these smiling faces.

  • They know that I went through a lot.

  • After my host father... last to congratulate me

  • is my mentor.

  • MALE VILLAGER: Kasana.

  • HAZEN AUDEL: Oh... Kasana.

  • Seeing how pleased he is...

  • it's clear I've survived the tribe but more than that.

  • I feel I've become a blood warrior.

HAZEN AUDEL: These are the two teeth marks of a leopard.

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