On this journey, Bear parachutes into the French Alps, part of Europe's biggest and most beautiful mountain wilderness. The Alps extend to 80,000 square miles with highs of 15,000 feet. Every year, 120 million people visit to enjoy the snowy slopes, but about 80 of these are ill-equipped for survival in the extreme conditions and perish right there, on the mountains. Bear demonstrates how to stay alive in the icy landscape of the Alps. He builds a snow shelter that will keep the wind and frost off him at night, and save him from certain hypothermia. He simulates a fall into a frozen lake by diving right in, then demonstrates how best to get out of icy water and avoid hypothermia.
As usual, he finds some unpleasant things to eat on the way. He bites into a raw trout, munches on maggots and moss and treats himself to a few berries for pudding.
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