Narrator: this season...
Whoa!
..."Gold rush" headed
into hostile territory.
Todd: this is probably the
hardest, most scariest thing
We've ever done.
Narrator:
and for the tv crew...
The miners are kicking off,
we have to go now.
Narrator:
...covering the action...
Todd is not in the business
of waiting for anyone.
Narrator:
...just got even tougher.
Anybody that thinks making
"gold rush" is easy is an idiot.
This is not going very well
at all.
Narrator: from the tropical
jungles of guyana...
Ah! A scorpion in a shower.
Look at that.
Narrator:
...to the frozen north...
Bowden:
the water just keeps rising.
I'm stuck over here!
Narrator: ...the tv crew
battles the elements...
Fred: yukon tornado!
Narrator:
...confronts angry miners...
Parker: you guys have to get
the [bleep] back.
You're not filming this
right now.
Narrator: ...and pioneers
radical technology
To bring a modern day
gold rush...
We all have gold fever.
Narrator: ...to the screen.
You guys get ready
for something cool.
-- Captions by vitac --
www.vitac.com
Captions paid for by
discovery communications
Narrator:
now that "gold rush"
Has expanded
into south america...
Come on, come on,
come on, come on!
...it takes a crew of over 100
to make the show...
This season's a monster.
Narrator:
...including cameramen...
Roll on this.
...producers...
We got to get going,
guys!
...medics...
That's good.
...cooks...
Delicious food.
...and even boat captains.
It's a piranha! Oh!
It's quite a big fellow there.
They're spending five months...
It's quite hard to get used to
living in this.
Narrator: ...in some of the most
remote places on earth...
If something goes wrong,
we're a long way from any help.
Narrator:
...using eight main cameras...
It was pretty epic,
amazing shots, amazing.
Narrator:
...101 radio mikes...
Todd: try not to break
too many of them.
It's easier said than done.
Narrator:
...65 mini cameras...
The mini cams go
where the cameramen can't.
Narrator: ...and a cutting edge
remote-controlled helicopter...
All right,
nicely done, man.
...to make over 20 episodes
of "gold rush" this season.
Get the hell out of my face.
Narrator: it's day 1
of the season 4 sh**t.
After a two-day journey,
the main guyana camera crew
Touches down in mahdia,
A remote mining town 25 miles
from the new hoffman claim.
Browne:
this is only the first stage.
We've got 4x4, boat, 4x4.
The hoffmans will be here
in a day or two.
Todd is not in the business
of waiting for anyone.
Todd does it his way,
And if we don't catch it
when he does it,
We don't get it.
Narrator: 150 miles away
in the capital,
The hoffmans
and the second unit camera crew
Are also on their way
to the claim.
Do it. Let's go.
Narrator:
deep in the jungle,
The main camera crew has arrived
at the hoffman claim.
Now it's a race against time
To set up
before the miners get there.
Director of photography,
rob llewellyn,
Is gearing up for a k*ller shot
Of the hoffman crew's
final arrival.
There's a shot that I'd
really, really like to get,
Which is up high, up a tree,
Of the trommel arriving
at its final destination.
Narrator: rob wants to film from
the top of the jungle canopy,
A shot that few cameramen
would risk.
How high do you reckon it is,
greg?
Coe:
The shot and rob's safety
Are in the hands
of climbing expert, greg coe.
What on earth is that?
This is our catapult.
We've got a weight
attached to a messenger line.
We'll try and get that
over the branch,
And then we can pull
our safety ropes up.
You've used it before?
No.
I'll aim it.
All right, all right, yeah?
Oh, nearly.
Oh, hit the tree.
[ Laughs ]
We're not getting
any closer.
Yeah, it's not going too good,
frankly.
With the hoffmans
and their new jungle trommel
Now just hours away,
Rob and greg must find
another way
To get their rope
One of the amerindian
camp staff, orin, steps in.
What do you think?
Yeah.
Orin has been hunting with a bow
and arrow since he was 9.
It's over.
With a single shot,
he gets the job done.
Why didn't we cut
the first time?
Greg quickly prepares
the winch...
Coe: ready to go?
...but before he can get
his canopy shot,
Rob has to head off to film the
trommel getting off the barge.
Let the fun begin!
After an epic
Todd and crew are now
just 5 miles from the mine.
Yeah!
We're off the barge.
We've done it!
Hey, todd, what are you worried
about today, mate?
What am I worried about?
What not?
Everything.
What am I not worried about,
ronan?
Hey, camera crew,
everybody come over.
Roll on this, roll on it.
We've done a lot
of dangerous things.
I don't think any of them
will compare to this.
Narrator: the final leg
of the trommel's journey,
Up a treacherous jungle road,
will be even more dangerous
With 20 crew members
running around to film it.
If this thing breaks loose,
it's 42,000 pounds,
And it's gonna come
and it's gonna k*ll somebody.
So, we want to sh**t the show,
But we don't want to die
in the process.
Man:
the crew are kind of on edge,
waiting to see what happens
'Cause anything could happen.
Todd:
okay, guys, ready?
Okay, we got to go.
Miners are kicking off.
We have to go now.
All right, let's go!
Narrator:
to get the shots they need,
The crew has to get
dangerously close to the action.
Bring it up.
A little bit more!
They don't get this thing
up here without destroying it,
I'll be amazed.
I don't like this.
Whoa! Stop!
Stop, stop, stop, stop!
Todd,
that's about ready to tip!
You're in a bad spot.
Get out of the way!
Okay, go, go, go, go!
Narrator: on the last leg
of the trommel's journey...
Here we go!
...rob just has one chance
To get the shot he needs
with the jib.
All right.
They've already gone
to the next one.
Then he races ahead
to get the epic shot
From the top
of the jungle canopy.
Coe: you ready?
I hope it works.
[Laughs]
My life's depending on it,
quite literally.
Okay.
Todd and the trommel
are just minutes away.
[ Ropes creaking ]
I seriously need the camera
up here as quick as possible
'Cause I can hear them!
One second.
It doesn't look this high
from the bottom.
When you get up here
and you look down,
It's much higher
than I thought.
With just seconds to spare,
Rob's in position
to get his dream shots.
This is awesome.
[ Cheering ]
Brilliant,
all went really well.
It's a lovely shot.
Really happy with that.
Man: they got their trommel,
we've got our shots.
Win-win.
Turin: we go to the ends
of the earth to mine,
These guys go to the great
heights to get the best shot.
Narrator: 6,000 miles north,
Another "gold rush"
production crew
Is up against a completely
different set of challenges --
Subfreezing temperatures
and three feet of snow.
With the dakota boys trying
to reach porcupine creek
Across the barely frozen
klehini river,
The crew has no choice
but to follow.
Where they go, we go,
and the problem is,
They got this crazy
little track machine
And all we've got
is snowshoes.
So, and I haven't read
the instructions on these.
What about you?
Yeah, I sort --
I read the manual
And it says stick them
on your feet and start walking,
See what happens.
Okay, dustin, fred,
We're about as ready for you
as we can be, right?
Dustin: I think it'll stay
on top of snow,
But we'll see how it acts
on ice.
Okay,
let's keep going, guys.
Keep up with them.
Oh, hey! Dude down!
Oh, it was bound to happen, eh?
Yeah,
you can't walk in that stuff.
Fred:
are we crazy doing this?
Narrator: two hours in,
the crew and the miners
Face the most treacherous part
of the crossing.
The river's main channel is only
covered by a thin layer of ice,
And the crew
has a technical problem.
I haven't got audio.
Come on.
[Bleep] thing.
With their 2,000-pound atv
on thin ice,
The last thing
the dakota boys want to do
Is wait around for a soundman.
Oh, it's cold.
Man, we're 6 inches away
from disaster here.
I know.
But without audio,
The crew will miss
the first big moment
Of the dakota boys' season.
Just give us a bit, dustin,
come on.
Uh, copy that.
Okay.
All right, let's go.
A couple hundred more yards
and we got it.
Come on, now.
Oh, crap.
This snow is soft.
[Bleep]!
Curtis: we are stuck.
Dalby: oh, [bleep].
Narrator: with the ice
cracking beneath them,
Dustin and fred need to get
to solid ground fast.
Hey, man, why don't you put
that camera down
And come help us
push with this damn thing.
Huh.
The miners are always saying
that we slow them down.
It looks like
they need our help now.
Dustin: all right,
let's go forward, fred.
Go, go!
[ Grunts ]
Whoo!
Oh,
looks like we made it.
Back at porcupine,
all right.
Yeah!
Narrator:
north, in the klondike,
A third "gold rush" crew begins
a critical day of filming.
Parker schnabel's wash plant
Is due to arrive on his
new claim, scribner creek.
In the back of my mind,
I'm concerned that we might not
even get through.
[ Honks ]
Good morning!
No, what happened?
You're serious?
And he didn't make it to camp
last night?
Ed to base, ed to base.
Man:
yeah, go ahead, ed.
Hey, we just passed tony beets
on the road.
He's just informed us
that parker left his claim
Up on the hill last night
at 7:00 p.m.
And did not return
to scribner last night,
To the indian river camp.
Oh, [bleep].
Well,
that's not good at all.
Gorsuch: we hired on
a rescue mission for parker,
So just keep an eye out
for tracks
That may be going off the road
Or a green truck
sticking out of a snow bank.
Narrator: the crew splits up
to scour the area
For any sign of parker's truck.
The 18-year-old klondike rookie
has been missing for 12 hours.
This early in the season,
Temperatures in the klondike
drop to negative 20 overnight.
Exposure can be deadly.
[ Wind whistling ]
Suddenly, ed spots something.
Gorsuch:
well, there's his truck.
Where the [bleep] is parker?
Narrator: in the klondike,
18-Year-old parker schnabel
has been missing for 12 hours.
The "gold rush" crew
has found his truck,
But there's no sign of parker.
Rob to ed, rob to ed.
Gorsuch:
go ahead, rob. I copy.
Copy.
That's really great news.
Great news.
I copy that.
So, the good news is parker's
been found, and he's all right.
Yep.
I think that's him
over there now.
Oh, look who's here.
What's up, ed?
You scared the [bleep] out of me
this morning.
Shut up. I'm back.
I thought you were dead
in a ditch.
I got a little stuck.
The roads are just pretty bad
right now.
Luckily,
gene found me this morning,
Hooked up to me,
took a few pictures, of course.
Woke me up and pulled me out.
I got one, too.
You know, I know how they are,
they're...
Just glad he's okay.
Look back and joke about it.
Give him a bad time.
Man:
little bit chilly in there?
Nah, I left --
my truck ran all night.
It was toasty.
I even checked my tailpipes,
make sure I didn't k*ll myself.
I'm organized.
What are you gonna do
with those pictures, gene?
I'll save them for a later date
when I need them.
Paybacks are a b*tch sometimes.
[ Laughter ]
Narrator:
now that he's home safe,
Parker preps for the arrival
Of todd hoffman's
old wash plant, little blue.
Our wash plant's on a truck
On its way to our new mine
right now.
So, it's a really big day,
you know?
Narrator:
to get a whole new perspective
On the gold mining this season,
The crew has brought in
a new toy.
Six carbon fiber blades,
a built-in gps,
A gyroscopic mount,
Capable of flying
at 70 miles an hour,
This is the hexacopter.
It's giving us
a very high vantage point.
It's looking fantastic.
Narrator:
executive producer james bates
Has flown in
to see for himself
If this new equipment
has what it takes
To capture little blue's arrival
like never before.
Bates:
what we want to do this year
Is just get shots that you
couldn't get any other way.
You know, like those
"miami vice" aerials.
We need to come low
over the trees,
Low over the landscape
And then just a big reveal
Of the wash plant
when you get here.
Well, this is your chance.
If it works,
we're in business.
Down to you now.
Narrator:
little blue is minutes away.
Parker: you guys ready?
Yep.
The hexacopter
moves into position.
Come check out
our new wash plant.
Watch out, watch out,
watch out, watch out.
[ Beeping ]
Bates:
what the hell's going on?
What the [bleep]
was going on there?
It just --
it just took off by itself.
I didn't change anything.
[ Bleep ]
[ Horn honks ]
Narrator:
the hexacopter has malfunctioned
And missed
the critical arrival shot.
Man: so, is this something
you can fix?
Well, I'll have to go
and look at it.
That could be it, though.
Our dreams are shattered.
We're in pieces.
What are we gonna do?
What is going on
with this machine?
Alexander: yeah,
it was working really well,
And you just see it
taking off like a rocket.
All right, well, that's --
that is our crew
And that's what worries me.
And this thing's flying
at whatever speed it is
With these carbon fiber
blades...
You know, what will happen
if this is spinning around
At 100 miles an hour?
It could
take your finger off.
It could take your eye out!
The last thing I want to do
is hurt someone.
It will be fixed.
I'm not spending a huge amount
of money on this thing
If it is a dud.
We'll do one more test.
If it works, it works.
If it doesn't,
we need to find another way.
It's make or break, right?
He's not feeling
very optimistic.
If I'm not flying,
I'm not getting paid.
I don't know if I'll be back,
but I hope I am.
Narrator: after weeks of filming
deep in the jungles of guyana,
The battle tested
"gold rush" production crew
Is being pushed
like never before.
Ugh!
Oh, man.
Stop biting me.
I think we underestimated
how hard it's gonna be.
Narrator:
because the miners and tv crew
Are now deep in a remote jungle
with a host of new threats,
Communication is more important
than ever.
Ronan to collin,
ronan to collin.
Collin: you're starting
to break up.
We are heading
between two of...
[ Radio static ]
The dense rainforest canopy
is blocking the radio signals.
Without radios
across the entire hoffman claim,
It's not safe to film or mine.
I'm bleeding money right now.
I don't have
any more time to wait.
We got to get mining.
Our technical guy thinks that
the only way this is gonna work
Is if he puts up a big a*s mast
that's above the trees
So we can broadcast
across long distances.
Narrator: the crew builds
a 100-foot radio tower.
With the clock ticking, all eyes
are on unit manager, ben major,
To get it up and into position,
but this is the jungle.
If you had one
of these tower cranes
That you see at home
all the time,
Where you can just lift
from above,
That'd be too easy,
but we haven't got that.
Narrator: ben's team
attempts to lift the mast
To a 45 degree angle,
So it can then be pulled up
into a vertical position.
I have to try and create that
angle of lifting from height.
We've got a bit of wooden pole
that we've cut out of the bush.
Okay, good.
Hold it there.
Terry, pete, let's go.
Pete, take it.
And come in here, frank.
If it goes wrong at this stage,
it will go bad, badly wrong.
Major:
frank, come in in here, in here.
On this first joint.
Get support in there.
Quick, quick, quick, man.
That's it.
This has got disaster
dripped all over it.
Needham: hold on, on, on.
If this thing falls,
t's gonna hurt someone.
Major: okay, hold! Hold!
Man: ben, it's bent!
Okay.
Narrator:
the pipe is so long,
It's buckled
under its own weight.
Major: that, I think we can call
that a catastrophic failure.
Man: ben, it's bent!
Major: okay.
Narrator:
in guyana, the radio mast
Critical to everyone's safety
on the claim has buckled.
We need to get this tower
up and running now,
Otherwise this whole operation
is in jeopardy.
Narrator:
without clear communication,
It's not safe
for the hoffmans to mine
Or the production crew to film.
We got to start
running some dirt,
And we're running out of time.
Narrator:
the tower is repaired.
It's time for one more attempt
to get it up.
Major:
we've got to make it work.
The problem we had
with the mast before
Is there was too much bow in it,
And we were lifting
from one particular point.
And now we've rejigged it,
So we've actually got three
lifting points.
Yeah,
let's go, let's go!
Okay, terry.
Narrator:
ben, the unit manager,
Has called in the entire
"gold rush" crew to help.
Major:
are we ready to go together?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Orin, little bit of slack.
Narrator: this time
they're using the winches
On their pickup trucks
to raise the tower.
Major: in here.
That's it.
And this is where,
if anyone does a wrong move,
That's it,
we're gonna hurt somebody.
Keep going, keep going.
Take it, benjy.
Gorman, slack.
Three feet only.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Careful, careful.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
Easy, easy, easy!
No more pulling,
all right guys?
We're there.
We've got it up,
which is...results!
This has opened up
the jungle for us.
Narrator: with the radios
finally up and running...
Fire in the hole!
...the hoffmans
can start mining...
Hey, we got rotation!
All right!
Ah, yeah!
...and the "gold rush" crew
can make a tv show.
Man:
all right, guys, let's do it.
Narrator:
meanwhile, up in the klondike...
...the crew covering
parker schnabel's mine
Is forced to work
in polar opposite conditions.
Man: yukon tornado!
Run for your lives!
Narrator: but by far,
The crew's toughest challenge
here, angry miners.
What the [bleep]?
I've been mining for 10 years.
I'm spending the money here,
and I make the calls.
Narrator: with no sign of gold
on parker's claim...
Like, barely anything?
...tempers are flaring.
I'm in a pissed off
[bleep] mood,
So don't get around me,
all right?
Narrator: and as usual,
The production crew
is in the line of fire.
Parker: you guys have to
get the [bleep] back.
For [bleep] sake.
I think the worst case scenario
Is having a very high-strung
18-year-old
And a massive piece
of equipment.
Parker: shut the [bleep] up
on the radio.
I'm not happy.
[Bleep] you.
I need this guy working,
right?
I don't want to see you guys
talking to him, distracting him,
Keeping him
from getting this thing
Back up and running, right?
Do you understand that?
Beets: we certainly
understand that.
Everybody likes to [bleep] talk.
Gorsuch: try not to run us over,
all right?
Parker's driving out.
Get out of his way.
Narrator:
it looks like parker
Is headed for failure
in the klondike.
He finally confides
in series producer, ed gorsuch.
I'm scared.
Gorsuch:
what are you scared about?
I don't know, everything.
I screw up so much.
It's what --
it's called taking a risk.
No, it's just screwups.
The conversation
leaves ed rattled.
He makes a call for help.
Hey, listen,
we have a real situation
Going on here with parker,
And I'm really concerned
about him
And I could
really use your help.
Parker has no idea that his
parents are about to show up.
We're hoping that they'll
come in and kind of, you know,
Console and kick him
up the backside a bit.
Holy cow!
[Laughing]
there's our boy!
I can't believe it.
Hey, bud,
give us another hug.
It's been a long time.
Good to see you, fella.
It really is.
Okay, show me
what you got going.
Let's take a look.
Nancy: I know that when he's
under pressure,
It's really easy for him
to take it out on you guys
Because he can be
an 18-year-old,
And you just want to smack him.
I think he knows
he's doing the wrong thing,
But I don't think
he can help himself
And you're like, you know,
The family
that he can take it out on.
Roger: you've been calling me
over the phone,
Sometimes pretty depressed.
You've got to sit back
and look at the big picture.
I show up here, parker,
I look at this,
And, you know,
I'm a proud dad.
Good job, fella.
You have to look at what's good,
not always what's not good.
It was for a few days.
[ Laughs ]
Narrator: parker's parents
immediately lift his spirits.
Smile!
Smile, duncan. Smile.
Smile.
Narrator:
he returns to gold mining
With a whole new attitude.
Parker: yeah, I've got
a good feeling about this week.
Hey, there's gold in it!
Whoa.
Narrator:
and parker, once again,
Plays ball
with the production crew.
You know,
I've waited all winter for this,
And right now,
things are going really well.
When parker's in good mood,
we all get in a good mood,
And it's -- it's cool.
Looks halfway
like a goldmine.
It's fantastic to see him happy.
This is -- this was a good day.
All right!
Pound it, b.t.s. Dude.
Yeah.
Watch out, watch out,
watch out, watch out.
[ Beeping ]
Narrator: two weeks
after crashing and burning,
Simon alexander is back
with his high-tech hexacopter.
This time,
he's brought a secret weapon,
Expert pilot patrick weer.
James bates, the "gold rush"
executive producer,
Sets them
a make-or-break challenge.
It's a hero shot
for the title sequence,
So it's got to be
pretty impressive.
Imagine google earth,
you are 200-feet in the air,
It goes all the way to a mid
shot of dustin looking heroic.
It's a pretty tough shot,
the way you were saying
'Cause, I mean,
to be that high up
Coming down fast enough
and landing on dustin
Is a really,
really tricky move.
I need you to prove
that this can do
What no other piece of equipment
can do.
It's either
deliver the shot,
Or basically,
it's time to go home.
Yeah, this is good enough.
This is nice, let's go for it.
Narrator:
patrick and simon determine
That the only way to get the
shot is to sh**t it in reverse.
I don't know
about this thing.
Okay going in for the k*ll.
Narrator: which means starting
with the carbon fiber blades
Dangerously close
to dustin's face...
...before climbing rapidly
to 200 feet
For a bird's eye view.
It's just, it's not working
in this middle zone.
Okay, I want you to have
one last go.
Alexander: happy, james?
I won't know
'til I see the footage.
All right,
google earth, fine.
You've got that.
And you nailed it.
I'm impressed.
James is impressed.
Wow, those are two words
I never thought I'd hear.
It's a whole new chapter
of "gold rush", guys.
Yeah!
Good work, dude.
Nice.
Narrator:
having passed the test,
The hexacopter is unleashed
across all three claims
To capture the men and machines
of "gold rush"
In a whole new way.
Bates: that was good!
That was really good.
Narrator:
early morning in guyana,
Series producer tim dalby
Challenges director
of photography, rob llewellyn,
To get a shot they've
never before attempted.
You know what we've never done
and that I'd like to see
Is we need to get a camera
inside the trommel coming down,
Following the passage
of the dirt
And the gold and the rocks,
Through the center
of the trommel barrel,
While the trommel barrel's
spinning...
When it's running?
When it's running.
Okay.
Rob accepts the challenge.
Better see what I can do.
Right, I'm starting to put
the cable in
For the camera to run on.
Narrator: he plans to rig a rope
down the length of the trommel,
Then slide a short piece
of plastic tubing onto it.
The tube will carry a mini cam
That can slide along the inside
of the working trommel.
Use this piece of plumbing
that I found at our base camp.
Right, got the rope
through the trommel...
Ratchet strap.
Clip on the end,
to keep it taught.
Right, click that on there.
Right, pete,
want to tighten me up?
Narrator:
but rob still needs a way
To make the camera travel
along the rope.
Thurber!
Thurber: what's up, rob?
Rob recruits jim thurber,
An accomplished fisherman
to assist.
I might need your help
with a piece of equipment.
Do you have
any fishing reels?
Yeah, I have a lot
of fishing lines and reels.
I knew you'd be the man
to come to.
With fishing rods on either end,
Rob and thurber will be able
to smoothly reel the camera
Through the trommel.
The mini cam is all set
when dave turin arrives
To start the wash plant,
But dave's unaware
of the film crew's plan.
Mr. Cameraman,
I want to run this.
I'd like to be out of
the trommel before you run it.
Well, here's the deal,
If we don't get gold,
we're screwed.
I'm getting tv gold here,
dave.
I've got to run dirt,
okay?
Okay, well, give me a minute
to get out of the trommel.
Fire it up!
For rob to get his trommel shot,
it's now or never.
Okay. We're good.
We're ready to go.
Pay dirt should be going in now.
The moment of truth.
All this stuff
caught on the line.
It's rotating
and hitting the rope.
Thurber, pull back.
What the [bleep]
[bleep]
Narrator:
the fishing line has snapped.
Rob needs to get back inside
the trommel to fix it.
[Bleep]
[Bleep]
We got to start mining.
The longer it takes,
the less I mine.
Sorry, dave.
Rob, you need to get out
of my trommel
So I can run
some [bleep] gravel.
Okay, well give me a minute,
dave.
You got one shot at this.
Okay.
You better get it
'cause we got to go.
Rob fixes the rig and gets set
for one final attempt.
Llewellyn: hope it works.
Three, two, one.
Give it one more go.
Oh, my word.
That was the one!
Got it!
Got one really smooth one
in the last take.
I'm gonna call that a day.
Narrator: rob has managed to get
the first tracking shot
Down the length
of a working trommel
In "gold rush" history.
Narrator: living deep
in the guyanese jungle
For five months...
What a strange little guy.
...the production crew
and the miners
Come face to face with
mother nature on a daily basis.
Get that [bleep]
away from me.
Get the [bleep]
away from me.
Oh, I found this
in my beard.
Not many of those
in the yukon.
Look at its mouth open.
[ Chuckles ]
You think that's its mouth?
That's his butt.
Hello.
Hang in there, buddy.
Man: ah! [Bleep]
Man #2:
you all right, man?
Ah, [bleep]
Narrator: nowhere's safe
on the jungle claim.
[Bleep] there's a scorpion
in the shower.
Look at that.
It crawled out
from the drain down there,
And I just smashed it
with my shampoo.
All fun and games.
Narrator: at scribner creek
in the klondike,
It's six weeks into the season.
We have a lot of deadlines,
And the biggest one being
100 ounces pretty soon.
Narrator: parker schnabel
is pushing his crew hard...
Parker: go, go!
Narrator: ...and the "gold rush"
crew is racing to keep up...
When out of the blue...
Ted!
...an emergency call comes in.
When we get a "no duff" call,
That means there's --
it's a real emergency,
So we've dropped all work
And focusing
all of our attention right now
In getting to alex.
Narrator: alex bowden,
a member of the technical team,
Is in trouble.
Curtis: alex, you okay?
Bowden: I'm okay.
I'm all shook up, though.
On the way to scribner creek,
he's taken a wrong turn
And plunged
into a fast flowing river.
I'm stuck over here.
The water
just keeps rising.
Before they can winch alex out,
They need to find
a safe route across.
Gorsuch: oh, no!
Don't drive through that.
Curtis: I think we're gonna
have to radio in an emergency
'Cause we're not gonna get it
out with this.
No, I think we need the miners
to help us.
There's a "no duff"
situation, everybody.
"No duff" situation.
We have a crew member
that's stuck in a creek.
He's okay, but the vehicle's in
a pretty precarious situation.
We need some heavy equipment
here to help us get it out.
Is anybody reading this?
Gorsuch: whoa!
Water in cab.
That's stuck.
Let's give this a go.
Easy, easy.
Easy now,
easy right there.
You're right, pull.
Take me home, greg.
Hang on a second.
Whoa!
Oh, man.
[Bleep].
Greg, so we just pulled the hook
right off the front of the car.
Good thing
we got another strap.
[Bleep] hell.
Look at that.
Hey, do you want
someone else to drive?
No. I got myself into it,
I got to get myself out of it.
So that thing went kachong,
So I don't want anyone
in this zone, all right?
All right,
let's get him out of here.
Bring it, cowboy.
[ Horn honks ]
Slow and steady, guys.
You've got a lot of slack,
just keep the tension on it.
That's good!
Four wheels out, you've got
all four wheels are out.
Thanks, greg!
Thanks, greg.
You got it.
You know what nobody really sees
Is that we're so far away
from anything,
And this could've really been
disastrous.
So, I'm just thankful
that everybody's all right.
Narrator: in guyana,
the hexacopter crew has arrived
To film for this season's
title sequence.
Bates: keep going, man,
keep going.
Don't raise up,
keep it the same altitude.
Alexander:
looks pretty good from here.
I think we've nailed it,
eddy.
With todd and dave's hero shots
in the bag...
That was perfect!
Patrick and simon
have only one "gold rush" miner
Left to film.
So basically, jack,
you'll spin from kind of here,
The bucket over here,
to a little bit further
Than where it is
right now.
And you'll just get out
and stand right here
And just give us
a hero pose.
Oh, okay.
We've got to do this right.
Crashing is not an option
out here.
Okay, jack,
we're going for a take.
Okay!
Coordinating patrick's flying,
my camera work,
Jack's excavating --
it's a difficult shot.
Can we go a little closer
to jack?
Okay, let's do it.
Take it up, patrick, up!
[Bleep]!
Narrator:
jack's 2,000 pound steel bucket
Has slammed into the hexacopter.
Jack: did it break it?
Yeah,
it just broke it off here.
That's the end of it,
for sure.
Narrator:
patrick and simon...
That's it, man.
...are dead in the water.
They flew into the bucket,
and the steel bucket won.
Narrator: fortunately, they have
an alternative shot for jack,
But series producer, ed gorsuch,
still needs one final shot
To finish the title sequence.
Jack crashed
into the 'copter.
Gorsuch: [ bleep ]
how bad is it?
We broke a motor.
Yeah,
this thing's got to work.
You guys were brought down here
to do these hero shots,
We got to get them.
We got to get them.
I'm counting on you.
Yeah.
Overnight...
Patrick and simon
have done what they can
To fix the hexacopter.
To finish the title sequence,
They need to film
their riskiest shot yet...
Kaieteur falls,
The largest single-drop
waterfall in the world.
Alexander:
never been done before.
Weer: we have to get it.
It's a little nerve wracking,
really.
[ Bleep ]
The colossal down draft
From 20,000-cubic-feet of water
per second
Could easily suck the hexacopter
to the bottom of the falls,
Putting patrick and simon
out of business
And wrecking the title sequence.
Here goes nothing.
Everything boils down
to this.
Rolling?
Rolling.
Holy [bleep] this is scary.
Other way, other way!
Whoa, did you see that?
Real bad turbulence here, man.
Now up, up!
It's sucking me down.
Hey!
Dude, bring it up!
[Bleep]
Where is it?
Pat!
There it is.
Awesome!
I thought we'd lost it.
I'm gonna give it
another go.
It's great!
Really nice.
That's beautiful, dude.
As good as it gets.
Amazing!
Nice job, pat.
Weer: oh, hell yeah, dude.
Whoo!
Dude,
my hands are shaking.
Dude, that was amazing.
Best shot I've ever seen.
Was it what you thought
it was gonna be?
Just like...
The fact that we landed
was even better
Than I thought
it was gonna be.
Nice work.
Hell yeah, man.
Narrator: the crew finally has
the k*ller shots they need
For the season 4 title sequence.
But with 100 days left...
Move, move, move!
Turin: somebody's gonna
get k*lled tonight.
Narrator: ...three camera crews
Spread across
three remote locations...
Whoa!
What the [bleep]
was that?
...still have
the most critical part
Of the mining season
left to film.
Oh, shut her down!
You are
freaking kidding me!
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04x09 - Ready to Roll
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Reality based series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, as well as in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Reality based series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, as well as in the U.S. state of Alaska.