1 00:00:39,957 --> 00:00:43,085 To understand how this ended for us, you need to know where it began. 2 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:59,851 For over a decade, 3 00:00:59,977 --> 00:01:04,690 we thought the state of Utah was the best landscape on the planet 4 00:01:04,815 --> 00:01:08,777 to push our riding and, ultimately, ourselves. 5 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:14,491 I don't think you could design better terrain than this. 6 00:01:15,158 --> 00:01:17,452 It's not something you could dig or form 7 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:20,080 or put together with boards or nails. 8 00:01:20,205 --> 00:01:21,748 It's a landscape itself. 9 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,091 It's big terrain, high consequence. 10 00:01:33,176 --> 00:01:35,887 We spent 10 years getting to know it like the backs of our hands. 11 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:41,059 Every crack, every slope, every line. 12 00:01:46,982 --> 00:01:49,192 It's not tame, it's not safe, 13 00:01:49,318 --> 00:01:52,696 but our time here has made it like home. 14 00:02:02,914 --> 00:02:04,625 Traditionally, in our sport, 15 00:02:04,750 --> 00:02:07,377 you have a few trails coming down a hill. 16 00:02:09,046 --> 00:02:13,634 But standing on top of a mountain and having 360 degrees of options, 17 00:02:13,759 --> 00:02:15,260 that's freedom. 18 00:02:15,385 --> 00:02:18,513 The only limit is your imagination. 19 00:05:47,097 --> 00:05:51,101 Over the last few trips to Utah, we noticed something. 20 00:05:51,226 --> 00:05:53,311 Something had changed. 21 00:05:53,436 --> 00:05:55,021 It started to feel familiar. 22 00:05:57,607 --> 00:06:00,360 Everywhere we went, people had ridden there before. 23 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,239 And that's what sparked this whole idea. 24 00:06:05,657 --> 00:06:07,325 As unique as Utah is, 25 00:06:07,450 --> 00:06:09,870 could terrain like this exist somewhere else? 26 00:06:11,788 --> 00:06:16,209 Could anything come close? Could there be better? 27 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:51,578 The bicycle has always been a way for me to explore. 28 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:54,080 It started with the training wheels coming off. 29 00:06:55,332 --> 00:06:57,292 Suddenly going from the yard 30 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:58,960 to the whole neighborhood, 31 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,171 then the local trails, 32 00:07:01,296 --> 00:07:03,006 and eventually a career of traveling the world 33 00:07:03,131 --> 00:07:04,716 doing contests and photo shoots. 34 00:07:07,510 --> 00:07:10,430 Riding has become my life. 35 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:13,558 I've broken a few records and a lot of bones, 36 00:07:14,225 --> 00:07:16,519 and I've been lucky enough to see a lot of the world 37 00:07:16,645 --> 00:07:19,105 from the seat of my bike. 38 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:21,983 But now the places I wanted to find 39 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:23,360 were landscapes 40 00:07:23,485 --> 00:07:25,278 that had never seen tire tracks 41 00:07:25,403 --> 00:07:27,364 or even footprints. 42 00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:31,076 But how do you find something 43 00:07:31,201 --> 00:07:34,496 that not many people have even looked for? 44 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:35,664 Where do you start? 45 00:07:37,999 --> 00:07:40,877 The elements required to make up these riding zones 46 00:07:41,002 --> 00:07:43,964 are rare and exact. 47 00:07:44,923 --> 00:07:47,342 The perfect dirt, pitch, climate. 48 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:52,597 To find new locations, we would have to go to places 49 00:07:52,722 --> 00:07:56,017 where the mountain bike had yet to be introduced. 50 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:10,824 Leaving the familiar behind and starting out on this mission 51 00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:13,743 meant a lot of research. 52 00:08:13,868 --> 00:08:16,496 But you really don't know if these zones will work 53 00:08:16,621 --> 00:08:19,666 until you put your tires in the dirt. 54 00:08:22,919 --> 00:08:26,047 If we were going to pack up and head to the other side of the world, 55 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:28,383 we were gonna need some help. 56 00:09:55,345 --> 00:09:56,596 -Hi. -My name's Jack. 57 00:09:56,721 --> 00:09:57,764 Nice to meet you. 58 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:59,974 Let's go. 59 00:10:05,647 --> 00:10:08,108 I'm here with James Doerf ling and Kurt Sorge. 60 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:11,694 It's pretty crazy being this far from home and what you know, 61 00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:15,490 being in this completely different part of the world. 62 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:19,327 Wow, check that one out. 63 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:25,208 Coming here to China is definitely a big culture shock, 64 00:10:25,333 --> 00:10:30,839 like, it kind of makes you feel like you’re on another planet almost. 65 00:10:35,385 --> 00:10:37,345 The way people around here look at us, 66 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:40,932 they've definitely not seen westerners before. 67 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:44,435 We have a good team. 68 00:10:44,561 --> 00:10:48,022 We've got a translator, three drivers, 69 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:52,277 and it's really key for over here because no one speaks English. 70 00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:54,362 Yeah, this is a traditional bazaar. 71 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:56,322 -What is that? -It's baked dumplings. 72 00:10:56,447 --> 00:10:58,783 Yeah, it's safe. 73 00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:05,915 Having our guides here is definitely a very unique experience. 74 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,500 You get to know these guys. 75 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:09,878 You know, they’re locals. They’ve grown up here. 76 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:12,130 You know, this is the culture, really, is them. 77 00:11:12,255 --> 00:11:15,049 So, really being able to hang out with them, get to know them, 78 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:16,676 is really a cool experience. 79 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:17,844 Go left. 80 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,392 Left, right? 81 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,816 The second we saw this terrain, 82 00:11:31,941 --> 00:11:34,569 we knew this location had a lot of potential. 83 00:11:35,111 --> 00:11:38,656 Almost too much, if that was possible. 84 00:11:39,741 --> 00:11:43,244 Come here, and it's just so vast and so many zones. 85 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:47,957 That makes it almost harder to find stuff. 86 00:11:48,082 --> 00:11:51,044 But we also realize that coming in the middle of their summer 87 00:11:51,169 --> 00:11:52,712 may not have been the best idea. 88 00:11:54,756 --> 00:11:57,842 The average temperature was 45 degrees Celsius, 89 00:11:57,967 --> 00:12:00,595 or 773 degrees Fahrenheit, 90 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,265 almost unbearable to ride in, let alone hike. 91 00:12:24,494 --> 00:12:28,498 I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a learning curve. 92 00:12:49,811 --> 00:12:52,397 But once we got our heads around the new dirt and terrain, 93 00:12:52,522 --> 00:12:54,857 it was game on. 94 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,861 All right! 95 00:16:31,115 --> 00:16:33,075 Champion. 96 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:38,539 It's really cool having Jack and the drivers come and hang out. 97 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:41,000 They’ve never seen riding like that before. 98 00:16:41,125 --> 00:16:43,669 They’re just cheering, yelling, hollering. It's awesome. 99 00:16:43,794 --> 00:16:46,672 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! 100 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,137 Last day of the trip here, 101 00:16:53,262 --> 00:16:56,724 ended up rolling across this pretty sweet road gap. 102 00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:07,610 If I'm able to do this, 103 00:17:07,735 --> 00:17:10,321 definitely will be the biggest thing I’ve ever done 104 00:17:10,446 --> 00:17:12,782 out in the middle of nowhere. 105 00:17:15,451 --> 00:17:18,496 Hey, guys, I'm just, I'm holding for wind here. 106 00:17:18,621 --> 00:17:20,873 You know, hopefully get this thing in the bag. 107 00:17:33,928 --> 00:17:36,556 Hey, guys, it's getting pretty windy. I'm not sure if I'm into this. 108 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:44,355 Looking back, 109 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,109 I'rn not sure if it was the wind, or if I just wasn't into it, 110 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:51,237 but I was definitely disappointed. 111 00:17:51,362 --> 00:17:56,075 At the end of the day, the trip was a huge success... 112 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,159 Oh, yea h! Thank you. 113 00:17:57,285 --> 00:17:59,745 ...and proved this whole idea had great potential. 114 00:17:59,870 --> 00:18:00,997 Cheers, boys. Good trip. 115 00:18:01,122 --> 00:18:02,164 China. 116 00:18:02,290 --> 00:18:04,917 -Kicked our ass. -It did. 117 00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:11,090 I think what we got was good, 118 00:18:11,215 --> 00:18:16,178 but, like, I definitely think I could find more stuff in the future 119 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:17,555 if I come back. 120 00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:35,823 Mike Kinrade had told me about another potential zone 121 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:38,409 on the edge of the Andes in Argentina. 122 00:18:38,534 --> 00:18:42,496 The other option we were thinking was just going across the river, 123 00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:44,832 maybe further up, 124 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:47,209 and just, like, going way back in. 125 00:18:48,336 --> 00:18:50,379 So, we traveled down to South America 126 00:18:50,504 --> 00:18:52,757 on his word that there would be good riding. 127 00:18:52,882 --> 00:18:55,426 -Dude! -That is awesome. 128 00:18:55,551 --> 00:18:58,679 Dude! That's the biggest spider I’ve ever seen, man! 129 00:18:58,804 --> 00:18:59,847 You got to see this! 130 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,140 Whoa, man! 131 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:03,559 Dude! Dude! Hey, where's my camera, man? 132 00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:05,728 It was pretty weird, man, 133 00:19:05,853 --> 00:19:09,148 'cause on the drive, it didn't really look like a desert. 134 00:19:09,607 --> 00:19:11,192 Thinking, "Okay, where's the desert?" 135 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:13,653 You know, all I'm doing is seeing jungle and mountains. 136 00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:15,196 How far we got? 137 00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:16,364 The whole crew was just like, 138 00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:18,282 "Where are we? What are we doing here?" 139 00:19:18,407 --> 00:19:21,994 Like, if I wanted to ride in the forest, I'll stay home in B.C. 140 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,538 You start climbing in elevation, 141 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:27,958 and you start to see a little bit of red dirt here and there. 142 00:19:28,084 --> 00:19:30,127 And then, sure enough, come around a corner, 143 00:19:30,252 --> 00:19:33,005 and there it was -- desert. 144 00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:43,683 Just explodes into this huge valley of red dirt and red mountains, 145 00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:45,184 and it just looks unbelievable. 146 00:19:45,309 --> 00:19:48,479 Instantly, morale was just up through the roof. 147 00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:49,980 Yo, look at this place. 148 00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:53,109 Whoo-hoo! Pretty sick, eh? 149 00:19:54,735 --> 00:19:56,278 I start scouring to find lines, 150 00:19:56,404 --> 00:19:59,448 and everyone's finding, you know, about two lines each right away. 151 00:20:01,909 --> 00:20:03,661 We got to use what each place has to offer 152 00:20:03,786 --> 00:20:04,829 and use its strengths. 153 00:20:04,954 --> 00:20:07,331 So, here in Argentina, it's the big open faces 154 00:20:07,456 --> 00:20:10,084 and the chutes that you don't have to touch. 155 00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:14,505 It's like five times bigger than I thought it was 156 00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:17,258 when I looked from the other side, 157 00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:19,260 which is a good thing, I think. 158 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:22,096 This is like the best spot I’ve ever been at. 159 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:28,769 Ohh! It's like quicksand! 160 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:42,491 Oh, my God. 161 00:20:43,784 --> 00:20:48,289 That was the biggest hike I’ve ever done in my whole entire life. 162 00:20:53,627 --> 00:20:55,546 No one's ever rode in this place before. 163 00:20:55,671 --> 00:20:57,006 That's a pretty cool feeling, you know, 164 00:20:57,131 --> 00:20:59,675 'cause you're out there, and you’re like, "Dude, look at this line." 165 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,721 Probably the first one hitting it, and I'm probably gonna be the last. 166 00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:06,779 Me and Andreu were sitting on the ridge up there, 167 00:24:06,904 --> 00:24:08,322 and he said, "Robbie -- 168 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:10,574 Robbie's probably my favorite human being." 169 00:24:10,699 --> 00:24:13,410 I'm like, "He's probably one of my favorite human beings, too." 170 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:14,662 Just sends it. 171 00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:17,414 Doesn't-- He doesn't even warm up run. 172 00:24:17,539 --> 00:24:20,209 Hasn't ridden his bike in six months, and then just rips down that. 173 00:24:20,334 --> 00:24:22,169 Robbie, man, like, as soon as he's on it, 174 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:25,339 he just finds the craziest line and rides it, man. 175 00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:28,300 His line was just insane. 176 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:50,364 Get it, buddy! Get it, buddy! 177 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:56,412 -Dude! -Damn it! 178 00:24:58,455 --> 00:24:59,873 Broke my foot, I think. 179 00:24:59,999 --> 00:25:01,041 -Really? -Yeah. 180 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,501 After just like a quick assessment, 181 00:25:02,626 --> 00:25:05,546 we had to go to the hospital to check it out. 182 00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:07,464 You don't want to end up in the hospitals down here 183 00:25:07,589 --> 00:25:09,425 or anywhere besides home, really, 184 00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:11,385 'cause you never know what's gonna happen in there. 185 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:12,720 X-ray, or.. 186 00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:13,887 No one speaks English. 187 00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:16,223 It was really rough trying to get them to understand 188 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:18,142 that I needed an X-ray on my foot. 189 00:25:24,106 --> 00:25:26,150 Fortunate enough that there was no broken bones, 190 00:25:26,275 --> 00:25:27,735 but he's pretty injured right now, 191 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:30,154 so we’ll see if he can get back on his bike 192 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:31,613 anytime later in the trip. 193 00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:38,120 Seems like more people are getting hurt this trip than normally. 194 00:25:38,245 --> 00:25:41,540 Andreu took one of the hardest crashes I’ve ever seen in my life. 195 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:47,546 -Your neck and everything all right? -It may be the collarbone. 196 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:48,922 I took a big crash, 197 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:53,135 but luckily, I just got a bunch of bumps and bruises. 198 00:26:12,613 --> 00:26:16,283 No one wants to take any more risk in a country like this, 199 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:18,452 but, at the same time, if you see something you want to do, 200 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:19,787 you’re not just gonna let it go by. 201 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:20,996 You’re still gonna go for it. 202 00:26:21,789 --> 00:26:24,208 Two minutes later, he's just 100% again, 203 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:27,169 and he just goes back up there and rides the same line. 204 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:29,671 Rolling. 205 00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:02,162 Nice! 206 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:03,747 So sick. 207 00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:07,292 Nice work! 208 00:27:07,417 --> 00:27:08,877 No problems that time. 209 00:27:09,002 --> 00:27:10,045 First day back. 210 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:26,019 The next location we wanted to explore was back in North America. 211 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,733 And we knew that if we wanted to find new terrain on our home continent, 212 00:27:31,859 --> 00:27:33,193 we'd have to go deep. 213 00:27:33,861 --> 00:27:36,155 We’re in the most pristine section of the Fraser River 214 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,241 in central British Columbia. 215 00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:43,996 The only way into most of these areas is by jet boat. 216 00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,957 We’re gonna be on the Fraser for, like, 10 days-- 217 00:27:47,082 --> 00:27:48,750 camping out, roughing it, 218 00:27:48,876 --> 00:27:52,129 pretty far away from anything, really. 219 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:57,301 Being back in North America, 220 00:27:57,426 --> 00:27:58,927 we definitely had access to some amenities 221 00:27:59,052 --> 00:28:00,804 that made exploring a lot easier. 222 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,577 We’re in the middle of the middle of nowhere. 223 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:26,747 If you can find the center point of nowhere, 224 00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:28,832 it's inside the center point. 225 00:28:29,917 --> 00:28:31,335 When I first heard about this trip, 226 00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:35,672 I knew we were gonna be living by the Claw lifestyle. 227 00:28:35,797 --> 00:28:39,593 If he, all of a sudden, got dropped off here by himself, 228 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:41,678 I have a feeling he'd be all right. 229 00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:44,723 Can't say the same for the rest of us. 230 00:28:46,516 --> 00:28:48,018 The McCauls haven't camped too much. 231 00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:49,978 I'm claiming a spot right here. 232 00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:51,355 It looks like, kind of, tent city. 233 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,899 Safety in numbers from the wildlife and the bears. 234 00:28:54,483 --> 00:28:57,569 Hopefully they'll get them or them or them first, 235 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,905 so I'm pitching my tent right in the middle. 236 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:02,532 Did you see the bear shit about 10 feet away from your tent there? 237 00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:03,784 I did not see the bear shit 238 00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:06,620 10 feet away from where I'm about to set up my tent. 239 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:09,498 -It's right here. -Oh, good. That's safe. 240 00:29:09,623 --> 00:29:11,833 This is his trail. 241 00:29:11,959 --> 00:29:13,126 This thing needs a glossary. 242 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:15,629 They never told me what a rip-and-stick wrap... 243 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:18,215 Yeah, I set up tents all the time. 244 00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,175 No, I'm not reading the directions or anything. 245 00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:24,721 This keeps the rain out, by the way, in case you’re a rookie. 246 00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:26,348 Home sweet home! 247 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:28,308 How come the pole is on top of your tent? 248 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:31,478 Nobody else's seems to be that way. 249 00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:37,109 It's a little trick I picked up over the years about tent-building. 250 00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:49,496 Ow, ow, ow, ow. 251 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:51,081 I thought you were singing. 252 00:29:51,206 --> 00:29:52,791 Yeah. Ow! 253 00:29:52,916 --> 00:29:55,877 I burned my knee 254 00:29:57,421 --> 00:29:58,422 It really- 255 00:29:58,547 --> 00:29:59,798 Ow, fuck. 256 00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:00,966 God damn it. 257 00:30:03,593 --> 00:30:06,680 I thought the CD was skipping for a second. 258 00:30:28,577 --> 00:30:30,912 I'm down with this camping business, 259 00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:33,790 except for my tent's on a hill, and my sleeping bag's really slippery. 260 00:30:33,915 --> 00:30:36,460 I kept trying to figure out why I'd end up in a little ball 261 00:30:36,585 --> 00:30:37,753 down at the bottom of my tent. 262 00:30:37,878 --> 00:30:39,713 So I'd scoot my way back up, fall asleep, 263 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,882 and then just slowly slide back down. 264 00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:43,175 That was my first line of the trip, 265 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:46,845 all the way from the top of my tent down to the bottom. 266 00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:49,681 I think I'll find some more today. 267 00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:14,206 We all just kind of gambled a little bit, 268 00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:15,874 and then went down river. 269 00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:20,545 And we come across this zone that just looks awesome. 270 00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:24,925 And it looks like something that was just made for mountain biking. 271 00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:11,049 It's all good. 272 00:34:11,174 --> 00:34:14,344 The first two corners are soft, so you can blow those up. 273 00:34:14,469 --> 00:34:17,597 You’ll rail it no problem, and it's all good, man. 274 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:50,964 Dude, that is probably the funnest line I have ever ridden... 275 00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:53,300 -Yeah, so fun. -...in my life. 276 00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:55,594 -I think we got her, buddy. -Yeah. 277 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,971 Just the best way to end the day. 278 00:35:00,181 --> 00:35:01,975 So, we’re up the Chilcotin River this time. 279 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,185 We’ve been camping on the Fraser River. 280 00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:05,729 Fraser River is beautiful, 281 00:35:05,854 --> 00:35:07,981 but Chilcotin's on a whole different level. 282 00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:10,567 The river's just bright blue-green 283 00:35:10,692 --> 00:35:14,738 and just surrounded by big canyons and hoodoos. 284 00:35:17,407 --> 00:35:20,368 Unfortunately, the Chilcotin's rapids were too big 285 00:35:20,493 --> 00:35:23,663 for the jet boat to bring our hikes in. 286 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:25,957 But lucky for us, we still had the heli. 287 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:34,090 See that sand slope, like, dead ahead of us? 288 00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:35,300 Yep. 289 00:35:35,425 --> 00:35:37,344 I think that's gonna be our L.D. right up there. 290 00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:39,471 Okay. 291 00:35:46,353 --> 00:35:47,687 We got an early start today, 292 00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:51,316 and we have a mountain-bike playground at our disposal 293 00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:53,485 with a helicopter to get us up to the top. 294 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:55,028 I have a feeling this day is gonna be one 295 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:56,363 that goes down in the memory banks 296 00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:58,573 as one of the greatest days we’ve had riding. 297 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,349 We were gaining momentum. 298 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:35,396 But we knew that if we really wanted to push big-mountain riding, 299 00:38:35,522 --> 00:38:38,691 we would have to go to the biggest mountains in the world. 300 00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:43,029 And that's what brought us to Nepal, 301 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:47,492 headed to one of the most remote regions in the Himalayas. 302 00:38:48,493 --> 00:38:52,247 Upper Mustang's been the longest and furthest and hardest trip 303 00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:53,414 I’ve ever been on, 304 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:58,211 and just to get into the country it was like a three-day ordeal. 305 00:39:00,755 --> 00:39:02,173 I don't know what happened. 306 00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:08,638 All 45 pieces of luggage showed up except for my two pieces of luggage. 307 00:39:08,763 --> 00:39:10,640 As soon as we get to Kathmandu, 308 00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:13,434 I know that we’re supposed to charter a plane and get out of there 309 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,312 and then start our trek for three days, 310 00:39:16,437 --> 00:39:18,481 so it just doesn't seem realistic for me 311 00:39:18,606 --> 00:39:20,942 that my bike's gonna end up catching up to me. 312 00:39:21,067 --> 00:39:22,735 So, at this point, I'm really bummed out. 313 00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:25,363 I came all this way, and I don't have a bike 314 00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:27,323 or clothes or anything. 315 00:39:27,448 --> 00:39:28,950 No purpose. 316 00:39:29,075 --> 00:39:31,744 This will probably be the sketchiest flight of our life. 317 00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,121 Pretty much. 318 00:39:35,248 --> 00:39:36,416 In a situation like this, 319 00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:39,002 you just have to keep your mind occupied, 320 00:39:39,127 --> 00:39:40,837 because coming all the way to Kathmandu 321 00:39:40,962 --> 00:39:42,255 and then knowing that we have 322 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,257 another three- or four-day trek ahead of us 323 00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:48,261 to get to a zone that we might not even be able to ride, 324 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:52,432 and if we could, it might suck, so it's a leap of faith, 325 00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:57,020 but, you know, you got to take gambles every now and then. 326 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,409 One of our guides, Mingma, is a pretty acclaimed mountain climber. 327 00:40:11,534 --> 00:40:12,702 It was pretty cool to have him 328 00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:14,537 'cause he's been up to Everest a couple of times, 329 00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:16,831 and he's also climbed Annapurna I. 330 00:41:08,174 --> 00:41:12,095 So what we’re doing here in Kagbeni is we’re gonna enter upper Mustang, 331 00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:15,181 which has been just opened up to the public in '92. 332 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:17,183 Before that, no foreigners were allowed in. 333 00:41:18,685 --> 00:41:22,105 The reason that this area has been restricted to foreigners 334 00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:24,691 is because if you keep going that way, up the valley, 335 00:41:24,816 --> 00:41:26,484 it ends u p landing in Tibet, 336 00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:27,860 and from what we’ve been told, 337 00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:31,656 there's still a large military presence up this valley. 338 00:41:34,867 --> 00:41:37,620 This is where the road ends and the hiking begins. 339 00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:42,291 From Kagbeni we went to Chele. 340 00:41:42,417 --> 00:41:44,419 Starting to put the work boots on. 341 00:41:44,544 --> 00:41:47,630 I'm hiking in my skate shoes 'cause I don't have my bag, 342 00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:49,424 and feet are starting to get sore, 343 00:41:49,549 --> 00:41:52,051 and I'm wearing chino pants. 344 00:41:52,176 --> 00:41:54,679 Just trying to stay positive. 345 00:42:04,897 --> 00:42:06,941 You guys see anything? 346 00:42:07,066 --> 00:42:09,610 Gained some elevation and ended up here 347 00:42:09,736 --> 00:42:11,988 at this small, little, remote town. 348 00:42:15,825 --> 00:42:19,120 Definitely we’re in the Himalayas, so the elevations are a factor. 349 00:42:19,245 --> 00:42:21,873 Right now we’re at about 10,000 feet, 350 00:42:21,998 --> 00:42:24,417 and it's not really in too much of effect. 351 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:27,086 You can feel it, definitely, when you’re hiking around a bit. 352 00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:29,088 You get a little more tired a little quicker, 353 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:31,382 but tomorrow we’re supposed to put on a big day 354 00:42:31,507 --> 00:42:35,595 and gain, I guess, thousand vertical meters, which is quite a bit. 355 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,847 We’ll probably be up at 14,000 vertical feet, 356 00:42:37,972 --> 00:42:41,309 and you’re definitely gonna be feeling it there. 357 00:42:44,771 --> 00:42:50,651 Woke up to a bit of a frosty morning with some snow on local hills. 358 00:42:57,700 --> 00:42:59,869 I'm not looking down. 359 00:43:01,329 --> 00:43:03,331 They’re building a road down this valley 360 00:43:03,456 --> 00:43:05,458 that will connect Tibet to Nepal, 361 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:07,001 but it's not done yet. 362 00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:17,512 It's pretty cool to see this place before the road's finished 363 00:43:17,637 --> 00:43:18,930 and there's a lot of outside influence. 364 00:43:19,055 --> 00:43:22,725 And we get to see it how it's been for hundreds and hundreds of years. 365 00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:30,316 The trails are gnarly for us, 366 00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:32,693 but that's the only way the locals have to get around, 367 00:43:32,819 --> 00:43:34,862 and it's the only way to get out here, so... 368 00:43:34,987 --> 00:43:37,490 It's what we signed up for. 369 00:43:37,615 --> 00:43:40,451 Couple of us got a little bit of altitude sickness 370 00:43:40,576 --> 00:43:43,830 just because we climbed so high so fast. 371 00:43:48,126 --> 00:43:51,546 We gained about 3,000 feet in elevation. 372 00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:53,464 I wish I had a granny. 373 00:43:53,589 --> 00:43:55,716 Still hiking in skate shoes. 374 00:43:55,842 --> 00:43:57,635 Up and down. 375 00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,221 And I'm beat. Blistered feet. 376 00:44:00,346 --> 00:44:02,849 That's definitely one of the hardest days I’ve ever had walking. 377 00:44:04,392 --> 00:44:08,271 Rolling into this little town, and, like, I'm super fired up. 378 00:44:08,396 --> 00:44:09,981 The riding actually looks amazing. 379 00:44:15,403 --> 00:44:17,071 Yeah, boys, how sick was that? 380 00:44:20,449 --> 00:44:24,620 I'm still claiming longest day of my life, I think. 381 00:44:24,745 --> 00:44:27,081 And we’re just gonna grab some dinner 382 00:44:27,206 --> 00:44:28,875 and hopefully get a good night's rest, 383 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,127 and tomorrow we’re gonna hopefully put the tires in the dirt 384 00:44:31,252 --> 00:44:32,670 and see how it goes. 385 00:44:42,054 --> 00:44:44,557 Nepalese Santa brought me a nice gift for the morning. 386 00:44:44,682 --> 00:44:46,601 I got my bag of clothes. 387 00:44:46,726 --> 00:44:48,561 I got my bike back. 388 00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:51,480 It's a little beat and battered, 389 00:44:51,606 --> 00:44:55,651 but I was in the same clothes for five days, 390 00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:59,947 and it's pretty refreshing to have my own stuff now. 391 00:45:00,072 --> 00:45:02,825 I guess some porters carried my bike in. 392 00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:03,910 I can't thank them enough. 393 00:45:04,035 --> 00:45:06,996 And I finally got some normal shoes to wear. 394 00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:15,213 Most people are like, 395 00:45:15,338 --> 00:45:19,133 "Oh, yeah, yeah, you ride stuff like this all the time," but we haven’t. 396 00:45:19,258 --> 00:45:20,343 You know, this is totally new. 397 00:45:20,468 --> 00:45:25,473 Every time we go to a new location, the dirt is completely different. 398 00:45:28,893 --> 00:45:33,022 Coming this far, and, you know, getting your first line down 399 00:45:33,147 --> 00:45:35,816 and realizing that it's not really what you’re hoping for 400 00:45:35,942 --> 00:45:37,777 is a huge disappointment. 401 00:45:37,902 --> 00:45:41,364 You’re like, "Man, I just traveled five days, and now it's not working." 402 00:45:41,489 --> 00:45:43,866 It's not a good feeling. 403 00:45:43,991 --> 00:45:45,910 How was it? 404 00:45:46,035 --> 00:45:47,828 Oh, it was fine until I crashed. 405 00:45:47,954 --> 00:45:48,996 I’ll race 'ya? 406 00:45:49,121 --> 00:45:51,624 What about that next one over? 407 00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:53,125 Has anyone looked at that? 408 00:45:53,251 --> 00:45:55,962 Dude, this zone fuckin’sucks. 409 00:45:56,087 --> 00:45:58,256 I fuckin’hate this zone. 410 00:45:58,381 --> 00:45:59,924 All right, well, let's move on, then. 411 00:46:05,805 --> 00:46:07,390 Hey! 412 00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:21,779 All of new Nepal. 413 00:46:29,954 --> 00:46:32,206 Just seeing the people and the culture in Nepal, 414 00:46:32,331 --> 00:46:33,833 it was still worth the trip. 415 00:46:36,335 --> 00:46:38,421 But it was hard to believe we'd come this far 416 00:46:38,546 --> 00:46:41,048 and found nothing worthy of riding. 417 00:46:50,391 --> 00:46:54,020 We’ve been going over little mini-pass over mini-pass, 418 00:46:54,145 --> 00:46:57,857 and it's just too gnarly for all the wrong reasons 419 00:46:57,982 --> 00:47:00,693 with too many big rocks and no run-outs, 420 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:05,781 and come around this little corner, and we think we got something. 421 00:47:07,033 --> 00:47:08,701 I think that thing's gonna work, dude. 422 00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:10,619 -That thing? -Yeah. 423 00:47:10,745 --> 00:47:13,080 Why not? It's sand. 424 00:47:13,205 --> 00:47:15,458 See, there's so many options, too. 425 00:47:15,583 --> 00:47:16,667 I think we found gold. 426 00:47:25,885 --> 00:47:28,429 Hiking at this elevation feels like the gravity's turned up 427 00:47:28,554 --> 00:47:31,849 to double its normal strength. 428 00:47:31,974 --> 00:47:35,770 The harder you work, the, you know, more memorable the line, 429 00:47:35,895 --> 00:47:40,232 so, it's a lot of work, but it's always worth it. 430 00:47:40,358 --> 00:47:41,859 Yeah, buddy. 431 00:47:41,984 --> 00:47:45,321 Makes it that much more glorious when you get it done. 432 00:47:45,446 --> 00:47:46,864 All right. 433 00:47:55,623 --> 00:47:57,375 Yea h! 434 00:48:00,669 --> 00:48:02,171 Okay, dropping it. 435 00:48:02,296 --> 00:48:03,506 Go. 436 00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:25,194 You got this, Kurt! 437 00:48:25,319 --> 00:48:26,904 Drop it. 438 00:48:34,745 --> 00:48:38,999 -Yeah, Sorge! -Look at Sorge. 439 00:48:41,168 --> 00:48:43,963 Oh, yeah, buddy! 440 00:48:46,924 --> 00:48:48,968 Dude, you killed it! 441 00:49:18,706 --> 00:49:20,624 Oh, my God. 442 00:49:20,749 --> 00:49:23,252 I don't think I’ve ever gone that fast down a chute before. 443 00:49:23,377 --> 00:49:26,630 Dude, I was just fuckin’holding on for dear life. 444 00:49:26,755 --> 00:49:29,216 It is fuckin’fast. 445 00:49:46,692 --> 00:49:47,902 That was sick! 446 00:51:27,376 --> 00:51:29,378 Oh, this is gnarly. 447 00:52:02,578 --> 00:52:04,246 I think the only thing that went as planned 448 00:52:04,371 --> 00:52:05,539 is that I made it to the bottom. 449 00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:08,375 -Yeah, buddy. -Give the boy some air, huh? 450 00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:10,377 Dude, that's probably like 2,000 vert. 451 00:52:10,502 --> 00:52:13,339 That's like your average trail at Whistler in, like, five seconds. 452 00:52:13,464 --> 00:52:14,548 Yeah, you’re right. 453 00:52:15,090 --> 00:52:16,675 Yeah, the riding has been 454 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:21,305 probably some of the gnarliest riding I’ve ever done, in the upper Mustang. 455 00:52:21,430 --> 00:52:25,392 It's just trumped pretty much everything else I’ve ridden. 456 00:52:30,606 --> 00:52:34,026 We keep searching all over the globe for this unique riding terrain. 457 00:52:34,151 --> 00:52:37,404 It's crazy 'cause, you know, we just seem to scratch the surface 458 00:52:37,529 --> 00:52:38,656 wherever we go. 459 00:52:38,781 --> 00:52:40,908 We just, you know, we got two weeks here, 460 00:52:41,033 --> 00:52:46,955 and it just seems that we need a couple months, you know? 461 00:52:47,081 --> 00:52:51,085 Just being in these zones 462 00:52:51,210 --> 00:52:55,089 and seeing how vast, you know, the world is, 463 00:52:55,214 --> 00:52:59,385 it just makes you realize that there's a lot more out there, 464 00:52:59,510 --> 00:53:03,597 and there's a lot to be had, and the search goes on. 465 00:53:11,980 --> 00:53:14,274 There's an old saying about traveling, 466 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:15,526 that when you travel, 467 00:53:15,651 --> 00:53:18,237 you not only get a new perspective on the world, 468 00:53:18,362 --> 00:53:21,949 but you also get a new perspective on home. 469 00:53:22,783 --> 00:53:25,953 After almost two years hunting down new landscapes, 470 00:53:26,078 --> 00:53:28,789 we decided to return where it all started 471 00:53:28,914 --> 00:53:31,834 and see if it looked any different. 472 00:53:33,252 --> 00:53:36,922 Virgin, Utah, is where this style of riding first came to life. 473 00:53:42,761 --> 00:53:45,013 Its shelves and spines have seen more progression 474 00:53:45,139 --> 00:53:48,642 in big-mountain riding than anywhere else. 475 00:53:52,312 --> 00:53:54,606 We’ve all ridden this terrain countless times. 476 00:53:54,732 --> 00:53:58,527 We know the drops, the dirt, and the hospitals all too well. 477 00:54:00,738 --> 00:54:03,949 But with these elements of comfort comes a lack of excuses. 478 00:54:06,201 --> 00:54:09,204 All these other locations, it was exhilarating enough 479 00:54:09,329 --> 00:54:13,292 just putting tires where they'd never been and surviving. 480 00:54:13,417 --> 00:54:15,586 Here, there's an immense pressure 481 00:54:15,711 --> 00:54:19,631 to exceed 15 years of big-mountain history. 482 00:54:23,135 --> 00:54:24,386 We’re rolling. 483 00:54:24,511 --> 00:54:25,763 Let's do this! 484 00:55:43,549 --> 00:55:46,343 Probably the gnarliest thing I’ve ever done. 485 00:57:45,837 --> 00:57:48,966 Oropping in five. 486 00:59:00,370 --> 00:59:03,498 There's a common misconception that when you come to Virgin, 487 00:59:03,623 --> 00:59:06,418 you rod, get all the lines and tricks you wanted, 488 00:59:06,543 --> 00:59:09,504 and return home victorious. 489 00:59:11,131 --> 00:59:13,216 But the unfortunate part of pushing your limits 490 00:59:13,341 --> 00:59:14,926 in a place like this 491 00:59:15,052 --> 00:59:17,304 is eventually, you find them. 492 00:59:22,851 --> 00:59:24,436 You know, we really want to push our riding, 493 00:59:24,561 --> 00:59:28,648 and, you know, myself, I'm here to get some new tricks 494 00:59:28,774 --> 00:59:31,443 that I’ve been wanting to do for years, actually. 495 00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:34,529 I want to try a front flip off a drop. 496 00:59:34,654 --> 00:59:36,031 Something that scares the crap out of me, 497 00:59:36,156 --> 00:59:38,158 but end of the day, it's something I know I can do. 498 00:59:38,283 --> 00:59:39,451 I just need to commit to it. 499 00:59:40,035 --> 00:59:42,579 Yeah, this spring, Darren broke his back 500 00:59:42,704 --> 00:59:44,998 front-flipping just in his backyard. 501 00:59:45,123 --> 00:59:46,625 I want this. 502 00:59:47,793 --> 00:59:49,795 You can do this. 503 00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:52,798 Having that kind of demons in the back of your mind 504 00:59:52,923 --> 00:59:54,424 haunting you on a trick, 505 00:59:54,549 --> 00:59:57,260 it always comes into play out here. 506 00:59:59,012 --> 01:00:00,639 Yeah, front flips are scary. 507 01:00:00,764 --> 01:00:02,557 They’ve taken a lot of people out. 508 01:00:03,767 --> 01:00:06,520 You’re a fuckin’ pussy! 509 01:00:17,155 --> 01:00:20,492 Not every story has a happy ending. 510 01:00:20,617 --> 01:00:25,747 The pressure we put on ourselves to push our riding is immense. 511 01:00:33,255 --> 01:00:34,297 He lost it, man. 512 01:00:34,422 --> 01:00:35,674 He wanted it so bad, 513 01:00:35,799 --> 01:00:37,634 but that thought of breaking his back again 514 01:00:37,759 --> 01:00:40,262 was in the back of his head. 515 01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:42,430 You can't blame him for not doing it. 516 01:00:42,556 --> 01:00:46,434 It just shows how much passion he has for bike riding. 517 01:00:50,063 --> 01:00:51,523 I respect what he did, you know? 518 01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:53,984 Like, sometimes you’re able to do it, 519 01:00:54,109 --> 01:00:56,361 and sometimes your head just goes like-- 520 01:00:56,486 --> 01:00:59,030 Sometimes you just can’t, you know? 521 01:01:35,901 --> 01:01:38,153 Fuck. Fuck. 522 01:01:38,278 --> 01:01:40,822 He's out. He's out! 523 01:01:42,866 --> 01:01:45,160 I'm good. 524 01:01:47,913 --> 01:01:49,873 Whoa. 525 01:02:04,846 --> 01:02:06,932 Coming to Utah is full-bore. 526 01:02:07,057 --> 01:02:09,351 You’re not just going to ride your local trails. 527 01:02:09,476 --> 01:02:10,727 It's like you’re going for blood 528 01:02:10,852 --> 01:02:12,938 because you’re trying to progress the sport 529 01:02:13,063 --> 01:02:14,814 as much as you possibly can. 530 01:02:18,485 --> 01:02:22,280 It's a great place to where you can go bigger 531 01:02:22,405 --> 01:02:25,450 and show the world things that have never been done on a mountain bike. 532 01:02:25,575 --> 01:02:28,828 But, at the same time, that comes with a price. 533 01:02:34,709 --> 01:02:38,838 Sometimes you eat Utah, and sometimes Utah eats you, I guess. 534 01:02:38,964 --> 01:02:41,633 This trip, Utah, I think it definitely got the better-- 535 01:02:41,758 --> 01:02:44,010 the better end of us than we got out of it. 536 01:02:44,135 --> 01:02:45,178 You good? 537 01:02:45,303 --> 01:02:47,264 -Yeah, he's good. -I hit it hard. 538 01:02:47,389 --> 01:02:49,933 I thought I broke my collarbone. 539 01:02:50,058 --> 01:02:55,230 This shouldn't be viewed as a negative, but just reality. 540 01:02:58,775 --> 01:03:02,112 And it's simply par for the course in Utah, 541 01:03:02,237 --> 01:03:05,031 a landscape that remains one of the most ideal 542 01:03:05,156 --> 01:03:06,908 for big-mountain riding. 543 01:03:08,034 --> 01:03:10,370 But was it still the best? 544 01:03:11,579 --> 01:03:13,957 It felt like there was another location 545 01:03:14,082 --> 01:03:15,875 that may have taken its place. 546 01:03:17,127 --> 01:03:20,213 After all the searching we’ve done, I came back to this spot 547 01:03:20,338 --> 01:03:23,383 just because it's the best big-mountain riding I’ve ever seen. 548 01:03:23,508 --> 01:03:25,093 There's nothing like the Gobi. 549 01:03:27,137 --> 01:03:28,346 As soon as we saw Mr. Wu again, 550 01:03:28,471 --> 01:03:30,598 we’re like, "Yeah, we’re driving with him the whole time, man. 551 01:03:30,724 --> 01:03:32,183 He kiIIs it." 552 01:03:42,819 --> 01:03:44,529 This go-round, on this trip, 553 01:03:44,654 --> 01:03:47,741 I think we know kind of more what we’re looking for. 554 01:03:52,912 --> 01:03:56,166 It seems like it's just-- The only hard part is getting there 555 01:03:56,291 --> 01:04:01,046 and scouting it and finding an efficient way to cover everything. 556 01:04:01,171 --> 01:04:02,589 Getting over there? 557 01:04:02,714 --> 01:04:04,341 That's where I want to go. 558 01:04:04,466 --> 01:04:06,343 Is there any way that we can get the vehicles down 559 01:04:06,468 --> 01:04:08,053 and on the other side'? 560 01:04:08,178 --> 01:04:09,763 We can see this place in the distance, 561 01:04:09,888 --> 01:04:13,183 and then trying to get out here is another thing. 562 01:04:13,308 --> 01:04:14,559 It's like Vegas. 563 01:04:14,684 --> 01:04:17,812 When you see the casinos from afar, you’re like, "I can walk there," 564 01:04:17,937 --> 01:04:19,564 and then six hours later 565 01:04:19,689 --> 01:04:21,274 you haven't gotten halfway across town. 566 01:04:23,860 --> 01:04:28,531 This is gonna be an all-hands-on-deck situation here in a second. 567 01:04:32,285 --> 01:04:34,287 The van cannot go. 568 01:04:35,455 --> 01:04:37,707 We got little clearance vans with our bikes in them, 569 01:04:37,832 --> 01:04:41,419 so we had to figure out a way to get the bikes on the land cruisers. 570 01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:05,026 Traveling around the world, 571 01:05:05,151 --> 01:05:07,112 you really got to rely on what you bring with you, 572 01:05:07,237 --> 01:05:09,072 and if you don’t, you just got to improvise 573 01:05:09,197 --> 01:05:12,242 on what you can find and what you can create. 574 01:05:14,452 --> 01:05:17,455 Some sketchy craftsmanship here, but I think she's gonna work. 575 01:05:18,164 --> 01:05:20,458 Plenty of clearance. 576 01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:22,627 Little high. Little higher than we needed. 577 01:05:27,674 --> 01:05:29,926 You know, when you come back to a zone like this, 578 01:05:30,051 --> 01:05:32,762 it's not like it's engrained in your head 579 01:05:32,887 --> 01:05:34,889 on how to ride this terrain. 580 01:05:35,014 --> 01:05:36,766 It's funny, hiking up you’re kind of timid 581 01:05:36,891 --> 01:05:41,062 and like, "Man, I don't really remember what it feels like." 582 01:05:42,105 --> 01:05:44,149 We’ve all been here before besides Zink, 583 01:05:44,274 --> 01:05:48,445 and you could tell he was anxious to get on his bike. 584 01:05:48,570 --> 01:05:50,447 When I dropped in, I didn't want to be timid. 585 01:05:50,572 --> 01:05:53,950 I just wanted to go as fast as I could. 586 01:05:54,951 --> 01:05:57,036 And then as soon as I got in the gully, I realized, 587 01:05:57,162 --> 01:05:59,414 "I'm in big trouble." 588 01:06:03,710 --> 01:06:05,295 Oh, my God! 589 01:06:07,714 --> 01:06:09,924 Oh, my God. 590 01:06:12,218 --> 01:06:14,220 Does he even have a radio? I don't even think he has a radio. 591 01:06:14,345 --> 01:06:16,347 Yo, Zink. 592 01:06:25,565 --> 01:06:28,610 How you feeling, buddy? 593 01:06:29,277 --> 01:06:32,113 Is Zink all good or what'? 594 01:06:32,238 --> 01:06:34,908 He's super short on breath and a little wounded. 595 01:06:35,033 --> 01:06:38,745 -But he's good. -Oh, my God, that was so gnarly. 596 01:06:38,870 --> 01:06:43,291 I totally thought that I was breaking my back. 597 01:06:43,416 --> 01:06:45,335 I thought it was gonna be so mellow and whatever, 598 01:06:45,460 --> 01:06:49,881 and that gully just got so thin so quick, like... 599 01:06:50,006 --> 01:06:51,883 -What's up? -Dude, you got tommied. 600 01:06:52,008 --> 01:06:54,594 It fuckin’ sucked, man. 601 01:06:54,719 --> 01:06:58,848 Well, can we go to a doctor that has an X-ray machine? 602 01:06:58,973 --> 01:07:01,476 That's the hardest thing ever is keeping your mind from running. 603 01:07:01,601 --> 01:07:02,936 I’ve never been to a Chinese hospital. 604 01:07:03,061 --> 01:07:04,395 I didn't know what it was gonna be like. 605 01:07:04,521 --> 01:07:08,233 And say I had a ruptured organ, and I was bleeding inside. 606 01:07:08,358 --> 01:07:10,235 I don't want them to cut me open. 607 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:12,487 It could be a nightmare. 608 01:07:13,988 --> 01:07:18,576 I'm starting to figure that this trip might be over for me. 609 01:07:20,662 --> 01:07:23,164 You tell them it's like I don't care about the cuts right now. 610 01:07:23,289 --> 01:07:25,166 I just want to get my ribs... 611 01:07:26,876 --> 01:07:27,919 Thanks a lot. 612 01:07:33,007 --> 01:07:34,425 We going? 613 01:07:38,471 --> 01:07:39,806 Sit right here. 614 01:07:39,931 --> 01:07:42,058 -Sit here? -Yeah. 615 01:07:44,477 --> 01:07:46,062 Thank you. 616 01:07:46,187 --> 01:07:50,441 It's feeling a little bit better now, but I'm still, like, short of breath. 617 01:07:50,567 --> 01:07:51,317 Let's go. 618 01:08:03,705 --> 01:08:05,623 -A shadow. -Thank you. 619 01:08:05,748 --> 01:08:09,460 The ribs are good. I'm not going home now. 620 01:08:13,339 --> 01:08:15,967 One of my best friends, Kyle Strait, is always making fun of me 621 01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:18,845 that I love crashing, and, clearly, I don’t. 622 01:08:18,970 --> 01:08:20,305 Nobody loves crashing. 623 01:08:20,430 --> 01:08:25,018 There's something gratifying about taking that kind of a beating 624 01:08:25,143 --> 01:08:27,645 and just being able to continue on. 625 01:08:27,770 --> 01:08:31,649 And you’re just like, "If I didn't get hurt doing that, I can do anything." 626 01:08:35,695 --> 01:08:37,947 When I found that jump, 627 01:08:38,072 --> 01:08:41,367 I made up my mind pretty much right away 628 01:08:41,492 --> 01:08:43,911 that I wanted to flip it the first try 629 01:08:44,037 --> 01:08:45,955 so that when I landed on a flip 630 01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:48,916 you would clearly see that that's the first time it's been hit. 631 01:09:49,811 --> 01:09:52,605 I think we’re ready. Are you ready? 632 01:09:52,730 --> 01:09:54,273 About as ready as I’ll ever be, buddy. 633 01:10:33,104 --> 01:10:36,774 The places we’re riding right now, like, there's just no comparison. 634 01:10:36,899 --> 01:10:38,776 I don't really know how to explain it. 635 01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:42,363 Just complete freedom, like you try whatever you want. 636 01:13:35,912 --> 01:13:38,080 Last day in the Gobi. 637 01:13:38,581 --> 01:13:41,876 It's just opened my eyes to so many other locations 638 01:13:42,001 --> 01:13:43,044 I want to take it to, 639 01:13:43,169 --> 01:13:46,380 and I really hope that this isn’t the end, and it's just the beginning. 640 01:13:46,505 --> 01:13:47,924 -Yeah, Wu. -Yeah! 641 01:13:48,049 --> 01:13:49,300 Yeah, Jack. 642 01:13:51,218 --> 01:13:53,387 Just saw in the distance, coming across the flats, 643 01:13:53,512 --> 01:13:55,056 a group of kids. 644 01:13:59,518 --> 01:14:00,645 No English? 645 01:14:00,770 --> 01:14:02,021 No, you guys just... 646 01:14:09,028 --> 01:14:10,446 The first thing that they noticed 647 01:14:10,571 --> 01:14:13,491 is the brakes are a little touchier than what they are used to. 648 01:14:18,287 --> 01:14:21,791 The whole reason that brought us on this voyage is the landscape 649 01:14:21,916 --> 01:14:24,710 so that we can find a place to ride our bikes. 650 01:14:26,754 --> 01:14:29,507 The people, the cultures, and all the other things that we saw 651 01:14:29,632 --> 01:14:32,259 are the true fruits of our labor, you know? 652 01:14:38,683 --> 01:14:41,102 These kids are gonna be doing this till dark. 653 01:14:41,227 --> 01:14:44,188 I know I would when I was a kid. 654 01:14:45,147 --> 01:14:46,816 Now we’re back two years later, 655 01:14:46,941 --> 01:14:49,485 and it's still here in perfect condition. 656 01:14:49,610 --> 01:14:52,488 Looks pretty much good to go as is right now. 657 01:14:57,702 --> 01:15:00,037 Yeah, Claw! 658 01:15:11,007 --> 01:15:13,342 -Yeah, buddy! -Yeah! 659 01:16:19,575 --> 01:16:22,036 After traveling the world for the last couple years 660 01:16:22,161 --> 01:16:23,871 looking for what's next, 661 01:16:23,996 --> 01:16:25,956 we found one thing... 662 01:16:26,874 --> 01:16:31,003 that where the trail ends, the next one begins.