Episode

Man vs. Wild: Western Pacific

Name: Man vs. Wild: Western Pacific
Released: 2009-06-01
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Bear Grylls, Will Ferrell, Jake Gyllenhaal

Man vs. WildSeason 52009-06-01

Overview

Grylls is on a desert island, south of Papua New Guinea. He wades across a shark-infested tidal channel, climbs crumbling volcanic cliffs, leaps over a 100-foot death drop, and constructs a bamboo windsurfer to make his escape.

Details

Series: Man vs. Wild
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 2009-06-01
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

Western Pacific is Episode 1 in Season 5 of Man vs. Wild. It aired on 2009-06-01. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 2: Northern Australia 2009-06-01 | 45 min In Australia's Northern Territory, Grylls must rely on many of the skills honed by the Aboriginal people to survive in this sweltering landscape dominated by crocodiles.

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Episode 3: Canadian Rockies 2009-06-01 | 45 min While in the Canadian Rockies, Grylls is buried alive in an avalanche, swims long distance beneath an ice-covered lake, and is airvac-ed to the hospital when an icy glissade goes horribly wrong.

Episode 4: Republic of Georgia 2009-06-01 | 45 min Grylls lands in the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains of the Georgian Republic by driving a snowmobile out the back of a hovering helicopter. He ziplines across a river, camps among wolves and trudges through swampy wetlands.

Episode 5: Fan vs. Wild 2009-06-05 | 45 min Grylls takes two fans into the Canadian wilderness for their ultimate survival challenge. They face their fears head on, trek down dangerous glaciers and across a frigid glacial river, build a rustic shelter, and try to swallow typical Grylls fare.

Episode 6: Extreme Desert 2009-09-02 | 45 min In the Mojave Desert Grylls puts himself in the path of a man-made sandstorm, takes on the full force of a man-made flash flood and HALO jump from 30,000 feet. His body is pushed to the limit as the temperature soars from minus 40 to 110 degrees.