Bear Grylls Escape From Hell Episode 5

Escape From Hell Episode 5

  In Episode 5 of Bear Grylls Escape From Hell there are three incredible survival stories that Bear reenacts the scenario in Dolomites Italy. The mountain Bear decides to reenact these survival stories is in the Dolomites Mountains that have a rich history in outdoor activities, but have also killed 29 people last year alone. All 3 survival stories in this episode all have one common theme that led to a real life survival situation they were all lucky enough to get out alive.

William Parven's Survival Story

 Bear Grylls will first re-enact the outdoor survival story about William Parven, a 16 years old that loves the outdoors and hiking in particular. William set out to climb Mount San Gorgonio in Southern California with his sister and father when half way up leaves them behind hoping to reach the summit before dark. In a desperate attempt to reach the top of Mt. San Gorgonio and still get down before night fall, William starts getting summit fever which also starts affecting his thinking process from over exerting himself at such a high level. Parven does summit Mt. San Gorgonio but on the way down takes a wrong turn which instantly puts himself in a life threatening situation from that moment on.

William finds himself starring face to face with a real Bear and wild dogs along the way. At one point he is forced to jump off a 40 ft waterfall if he has any chance of getting off this huge mountain alive.. Less than a mile later he comes across another water fall, feeling more confident rushes into it, slips and knocks him out. Bear Grylls will reenact this real survival story that lasts 5 days until Parvin manages to walk out of the wilderness on his own when the Search and Rescue Teams were starting to lose hope finding him alive.

Dan Stephens Survival Story

The second survival story Bear Grylls will re-create came from Dan Stephens an avid outdoors man and scout. When Dan was guiding on a scouting trip in Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, he finds himself lost and helpless when he goes to find a path to the next lake. Dan uses a method known as spoking to make sure he didn't get lost but that did not work after Dan falls and knocks himself out which instantly put him in a life threatening survival situation. Dan wakes up disoriented having no idea where he is and becomes very confused to his whereabouts. Not even sure what to do Dan decides to climb a 100 plus foot pine tree with a concussion to get his bearings as to where he even was. But by the time he climbed down the tree he didn't remember which way to go. That night he finds the North Star in the sky and creates an arrow on the ground pointing south towards a lake he knows is there. Later the next day he decides he needs to build a fire using the lens off his binoculars but fails in his efforts.

 Three days without food he decides to eat ants that happened to be crawling all over him. Dan runs into swap land and develops trench foot that also made it very hard to walk. On the fourth day he hears a rescue helicopter and runs down to the shore but they never see him. Dan finally runs into a group of scouts that at first thought he was going to rob them, but is finally convinced Stephens is in desperate need of help and most likely just saved his life by being in the right place at the right time.

Jamie Neale Survival Story

Teenager Jamie Neale got lost in the Blue Mountains of Australia for 12 days in 1999 when all hope was fading he would ever get out of this survival situation alive. Hundreds of people unwillingly get lost on the woods or find themselves in a survival situation every year, but very few ever get National attention much less World Wide Media coverage concerning a real survival story. This is one story that takes a lot of bizarre twists and turns and is still in the media even to this day. How could a teenager make so many critical mistakes that almost cost him his life, and in the end ultimately cost him his relationship with his own Dad over money?

Jamie and his Dad Richard Cass who was relentless in the Search and Rescue efforts, ended up signing a contract with 60 Minutes TV Show to tell this Survival Story that's already gained a lot of media attention. When word got out they were paid over $100,000.00 US on what led to Jamie surviving in the woods for almost 2 weeks, some suggested this may of been staged for monetary gain. What really blew up this story is when Jamie refused to give his Dad any of the money from a contract they both signed. From everything I could find they still are not talking even to this day. It will be interesting how Bear Grylls deals with this particular survival situation and if any of the aftermath after Jamie's experience will come up during episode 5 of Escape From Hell.