militarily. does iran truly want peace. the countries of homes of their towns eisley. iran from proceeding. or the stars of august or on t w. everyone and welcome to the final show of our special edition of your own max today we are testing will power here's a look at what's coming up. fitness fanatic how your own max reporter hendrick belling fares at survival training. the perfect way surfers from all over the world

head to an aquatic park in wales. and from another time we visit a real life viking village in this region. we start off today show with a fundamental question how would you cope if you were stuck in the middle of nowhere with no mobile phone no internet connection and no one in sight well some people wouldn't even consider this idea but there are those who think long and hard about what they would do if they suddenly found themselves in the wilderness well perhaps that is why survival training classes have become so popular in recent years our reporter and rebelling decided to test his inner strength and he went out into the wild to prepare for any scenario. it's a matter of life and death i'm about to spend a whole night in the wild but when i survive with no special equipment considering

i only know one jungle. this city of berlin my home town if i don't know how to get from a to b. i just consult my phone. if i'm hungry i just order something from the menu if i need a life it's not an issue i sometimes wonder how would i survive without all these modern day comforts especially in the wilderness would i manage to survive just a single night out there. that's what i'm going to find out during this survival canton tooling in alongside seven other urbanites. because the fight is our trainer is going to teach us all the tricks we need to survive. survival begins in the mind it's more about psychology on that than about mastering certain techniques and skills either you have a will to survive or you don't. first task is to pair up and find a particular meeting point my team mate anthony has never done this before. i think

it's fun we all get away from it all and have a bit of freedom from the stress of daily life as it gets tough as we move further into the forest we try to use our newly acquired knowledge to orient ourselves by observing moss on the trees definitely at the growth of moss is quite distinct isn't it it's a mess yes but you have to look at several trees have coffee cooked. moss apparently grows on the northwestern side of trees if there's no moss you need to take a compass but that's not easy to use either. and it was fun to get the lesson and i think this morning but if you have to find your way in the wild in this that's pretty hard and i feel pretty lost right now. in the end we managed to find a spot where we're setting up camp for the night. we have to check how hot the ground is. we collect branches of different sizes so that we can make a stable and watertight shelter.

i would train it explains how to build the ridge and ensure that the opening faces in the direction of the least wind would gather thin twigs and she would your mounds of leaves to cover the structure and keep out the water and coat. the space should be as small and comfy as possible to keep in the wall. the seats perfectly fine skew towards it is. hunger force a suspect out. the feinstein spring you can eat the young naive of the deciduous tree. of about the don't taste good. i harvest hazel nuts rose hips and some clover. that's actually really tasty. but it's hardly very filling in any case it's water that's most important here we go looking for sources in the damp or valleys we managed to find one but not without help i'm

amazed that the water is so plentiful and tastes so good. really tastes like normal water. fire is another essential in the water i collect some drinks and try to spark a fire using birch bark because it has high top levels but is just too damp and. use a steel fire striker to get it going. yeah . practice makes perfect and i finally did it now we can cook the sausages on the train i gave us he felt sorry for us he didn't want us to go hungry after all he want. to enjoy ourselves. my hope is to ignite a passion in people and spend more time outside with allison's like. for now we don't have a choice of final challenges to get

a good night's sleep in the forest. good night. it's eight o'clock i'm walking up by birdsong and to some light. morning. i can't really say that it was a good night but at least i didn't freeze despite the temperature drop. was a great experience but i'm really. really looking forward to a hot shower and the delicious meal. but the point is i survived and though i'm making a speedy escape i'm sure i will be back in the wilderness very soon. i was in peace corps for two years in africa that is of. moving on now tokyo is due

to host the twenty twenty summer olympic games and this is where surfing will make its official debut as an olympic sport and good news for potential olympic surfers the event will take place in the ocean and not a wave pool however those who want to put their skills to the test in any condition can head to wales and that is where surfers can ride the longest manmade surf a wave in the world. far from the ocean at the edge of a national park in northern wales surfers wait for the perfect way. but they won't have to wait for long and serve snowdonia state of the art technology creates the world's longest manmade surfing waves. it took years for fernando all the photos company wave garden to figure out how to

create the perfect wave using a minimum of energy. is making surfing accessible there are very few places in the war. well you can sort of there are a few places right now with these kind of these delay shows. and it will mean the war will be able to surf. a large underwater blade pulled through the center of the lake creates the artificial waves they can be up to two meters i the technology is similar to that it was ski lift. told us company first experimented with the idea at a smaller site in northern spain where they also tested surfing at night. wave garden is the only company that specializes in manmade waves many have tried it but gave up due to high energy costs. sort of snowdonia and provides lessons and on site accommodation

a two hour beginner course concerts around sixty euros. advanced surfers like beauty around fifty five euros an hour to surf the waves it's a great way to get in some practice but in the ocean the waves are free and the experience is certainly different what i'm missing the most is the bonding with the nature of this interaction that it gives and takes at the same time. that feeling of freedom when you're between sea and sky is something you can't recreate but in the ocean the surface sometimes too rough or too weak pros like us boston front from denmark say installations like this might also help establish surfing as an olympic discipline thing with competing in the ocean as you're always at the mercy of the conditions here in the wave pool you can produce the same exact wave again and again and again and that just levels the playing field it's it's a it's a great possibility for competitions especially when looking at the olympic campaign

when it decided. the three hundred metre long and one hundred ten metre wide basin is filled with rain water that generates a wave. every ninety seconds. i'm. hearing c.n.n. news watching the clock he wants to get the most out of his visit. goes very quick if. this is something that i want to do is to stay like for the next five hours here just to get more feel for it and i'm just more accustomed to it. but at a price if it's. no so it's back to his hometown geneva

switzerland where there are plans for a similar facility the sport is growing and the spanish company wave garden alone is working on twenty more of these projects around the world. within the ocean is the best way we cannot replace the ocean but that we can. we can bring. ways ways that he's no waves and then i think that's a great combination combining the ocean with with their mind made waves. this artificial surf spot is now one of the biggest attractions in north wales not surprising because you don't have to rely on the sea of the ocean. but we saw earlier how hendrick survived in the wild but how would he do living in the viking age will rediscovering this period of time has been very trendy over the past few years there's even a popular t.v.

series which embodies the viking age but for those who want something close to the real deal there's a settlement in sweden which i'm sure it's pretty much as the vikings did participants were similar clothing make food over a fire and generally learn to live with the basics simply told it's all about going back to the roots now for some this is the perfect way to alleviate the stress of daily life so we went to see if that is the case. it is eight o'clock on a sunday morning in photo in southern sweden and time for a joyride to start their day as a viking. the telecommunications engineer from prague is spending a three week vacation here in the viking settlement for sir john will take him back to the twelfth century that means break first is cooked over an open fire.

the way of life a fulfilling. so i don't i don't have to do the stuff i have to do at all but. life to be complicated and. to do you know. not be bonded to my friends and maybe to my family i have been because i feel like i have my life in my own hands so i feel like i have my life under control. but life here seems anything but restful. dry and the other one to be vikings are south providers tools clothes furniture and jury made on site. the brand comes straight from the oven. and the butter from the china only the meat comes from the storm swedish health laws insist on that do you really doesn't miss

modern day comforts you have to leave the system is very healthy for you because that's why how you find yourself so you are not looking for for your not affording the values of the society you are creating your own well youth. every summer the village hosts more than fifty guests eager to unleash their viking alter ego they stick to a rigid daily routine going back to their roots is the name of the game so the internet cigarettes mobile phones and even sunglasses a band. change your one young son is the founder of filter beacon a former movie producer he's been trying to change the vikings reputation as ruthless pillagers for more than twenty years now. i think it's. over accelerated what happened but of course it happened everyone was doing it the same time. then you had a normal life they didn't want to run killing each other in the town but they went

away and then trying to do what is posed to do to get some more trading stuff villages find out what everyday life was really like in a viking settlement. theater evolved much more around handicrafts and painful dental treatment than divorce and pillaging. visitors are fascinated by the open air museum and its residents. the foundations the cultural heritage. and i just said. i think it's more fun to say that you were first to war yes once upon a time that there were fit. for things you can really gives you you know the time

and resources to study yourself to study what you feel what do you can do with yourself you know what they're capable of life essentially very simple but it's different every day and it's simple you just you just make it complete for yourself . day navel gazing among baskins and meet twenty first century vikings confined in a piece here and a chisel on a simple wooden spoon in the sunset. living like a viking wasn't enough adventure for you then how about a hike from germany to italy up next we take to the foothills in southern germany and make our way over to italy by forte now the alps in summer offer hikers dilip mountain scenery lush green valleys and natural mountain rivers that flow into lakes but hiking to these places is not really a walk in the park however those who choose to hit the trails are rewarded with the

stunning landscapes in the end. picturesque landscapes. rugged mountains. valleys and quite farming villages just some of the things you can expect to see on the new hiking path across the alps. the journey begins with a leisurely start in southern germany in good morning on lake taker and say. the members of this hiking group have one thing in common no one is an expert and they have no idea if they have what it takes to complete the seven day tour so it is this minute i read that you go past some really high alpine peaks but that the trail is actually quite pleasant uncomfortable to watch so apparently there are some crazy small hotels along the way so yeah just a few nice days in the mountains soon i'm nice she raised nice hiking paths.

then i'll just wait and see. with a mix of easy and moderate paths the tour guide you to the alpine ridge the total distances one hundred ten kilometers. austrian guide pub lotta devised the route. the piss on the day heights and i want to especially appealing about crossing the alps is that you can start from your home and germany and pass through various regions working away down to the south pole but by so you experience different cultures and landscapes. the same. another advantage there's a card to carry the heavy luggage. for three days the group treks through southern germany toward austria. past the border of the going starts to get a bit tougher as they climb to an altitude of eighteen hundred metres. but it gives them the chance to learn more about this mountainous area. that they need to solve

this to stein granted such a hard rock that everything flows above ground which is why these small streams are also full of water the best drinking water by the way you can fill your bottle up any way you like myself and. people have been hiking across the alps for thousands of years in the seventeenth century crossing the alps became an educational journey for aristocrats but the most famous journey in history was that of the current the jimmy and military commander hannibal in two eighteen b.c. he said we'll cross the mountains with elephants. walkers reached the climax of this alpine crossing the ascent to twenty two hundred forty six meters. at a cool five degrees celsius the group reaches the picture of your mountain pass and for the first time there in italy but i will well don we made it welcome to italy results are all fine and. they. group passes summer battles at traditional farms

before reaching the tell you know the northernmost town in peddling them for our tour him. time to reflect on the past week. that he didn't see what we saw lots of different regions such a variety of nature and loved all of it. i like the incredible diversity we started in the countryside with the lovely low mountain areas around the lake. and then right up high into the alpine worlds of picher you know it's only open. and after seven days and hiking boots these folks deserve a hearty we're sure. dumplings are a delicacy in this region. and the nice south to rolling in a wine those sort of muscles will soon be long forgotten. and

we keep growing over here and talk to show with adrenaline sports in central germany now you have to be a bit crazy to be willing to run down a forty three metre high wall with a ninety degree drop but getting a throw can do just that in the hearts mountains and if that's still not enough and there is a zip line that runs over the valley now these new attractions in the region are meant to attract younger tourists and to tell you the truth it seems to be working . along with picture as landscapes the hearts mountains north of germany's highest up and offers an adrenaline rush if you dare you can run forty three metres down the side of the bend for the family secured by a harness this sport is called wall running two brothers from the region came up with the idea. now every year thousands of tourists.

don't know when you're supposed to lean forward your head says don't do it and the trainer says. the thrill of it leaning over the edge and. you know i weigh eighty kilos of what i took myself on and nothing happens you have to pull the rope towards you to trigger the release then you go down. memory from magdeburg once to try it out before she starts security lines are attached but even if you know nothing can happen moving over the edge of the precipice is scary. how do you feel now oh when. but when you overcome your fear and lean forward the experience is amazing.

you feel like an action hero. yet you stay under the trainer's watchful eye give us the most news buzz that's what's most funny getting people who are afraid to just go for it and sells it but i like the scaredy cats best but i don't want them to have wasted their day and their money they should have fun. the trip down costs forty nine euros that i had hanging by getting hooked up wasn't exactly fun it was pretty scary but as soon as i started off it was great it was lots of fun. and if that wasn't thrilling enough you're a monk nearby is europe's in london double zip line. getting is a long one hundred twenty meters up alongside germany's highest dam the rough and reach speeds up to ninety kilometers per hour all for thirty nine. to get

it exists to get the other ship and mike created this attraction too because they were always traveling around in their former profession and they longed to return home. to get. their. hundred one. we want to this craftsman and travelled all over germany so we thought of ways to come back here and we'd never seen the hearts as a tourist hot spot before. for a while and decided to get into tourism not into traditional areas like the restaurant business but instead to do something a little extreme. extremist. the bungee jumping here certainly is extreme it's a seventy meter freefall from the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge which is four hundred eighty three meters long it's

a real rush for people who want to experience their lives hanging by a thread. and with howard coming to the end of another special edition of euro mags don't forget to check out our website or like us on facebook to keep up with the program from me and the rest of the crew here at euro max as always thanks for joining us and was the against. someone in your own expression all the highlights at that time from the eiffel tower in paris. underwater sculptures off the coast of france a roadie. and a visit to a stone used the biggest national park oh this and more next on the new romance are learning.

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just couldn't get this song out of his head. musicologist began searching for the source of these captivating sounds. and found that deep in the rain forest in central africa. the byock up people. saying that i am. going out. and electability was a bit of a flood again why anyone willing. to live in this. and i did buy their culture that he stayed. only a promise to a son was made son only of the jungle and returned to the concrete and glass trunk . the result reversed culture shock. her from you realize how strange that artificial little is really connected to life.

in the prize winning documentary from the forest starts. on d w. played. people across the world have been watching the longest lunar eclipse of this century the phenomenon happens when the moon passes through the earth's shadow turning a deep red color known as a blood moon this eclipse was visible in australia asia africa europe and south america.