Gold Rush: White Water

GON' BE A GOOD DAY!

Dustin: THANK YOU. READY?

Paul: COMING DOWN.

Dustin: WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THIS THING'S MADE OF.

Fred: ALL RIGHT, COMING UP.

OH, MY GOD! LOOK AT THAT!

Paul: THAT'S SWEET, DUDE!

YEAH!

Carlos: THAT THERE IS A SUCCESSFUL TEST.

Man: HELL, YEAH.

LET'S SEE IF WE GOT ANY...

[ LINE SNAPS, THUMP ]

Dustin: GET HIM OUTTA THERE.

FRED!

Dustin: I NEED SOMEBODY TO CHECK OUT THE GRABOID.

IF THAT THING CAN WORK, I'LL MAKE IT WORK.

I ALSO NEED SOMEBODY TO GO DOWN

AND USE THIS THING THAT CAN'T SUE ME.

SLIPPERY AS HELL!

Paul: TAKE IT EASY!

Dustin: THAT'S WHY THEY CALL THEM ACCIDENTS, HUH?

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL NUGGET.

THE GOLD IS GETTING BETTER.

Carlos: IT'S GETTING BETTER, MAN!

WE'RE GETTING A LOT CLOSER TO THAT BOTTOM.

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Fred: WE'RE KINDA HOPING THAT BEDROCK IS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FEET.

SO, WE'RE GETTING DOWN THERE.

WHAT IT DOES, IT -- UH, BEDROCK KINDA BELLIES OUT

LIKE THAT SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.

WE DON'T KNOW. AND, HOPEFULLY,

DUSTIN'LL TRY TO GET DOWN THERE,

JUST FOLLOW IT ALL ON DOWN.

AND THERE'LL BE A WHOLE WALL, THEN, OF ROCKS.

AND WE START JUST BRINGING THAT STUFF BEHIND US

AND, UH, GETTING DOWN AS FAR AS WE CAN ON THAT BEDROCK.

COME OUT TOWARD THE CREEK WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE,

KEEP COMING UP TOWARD THE .

WE'RE GONNA FIND GOLD!

WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT, THIS WEEK,

WE WILL FIND BEDROCK.

Narrator: HIGH IN THE CHILKAT MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA,

THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE SEARCHING

FOR A LIFE-CHANGING DEPOSIT OF GOLD.

START IT UP!

Dustin: ALL RIGHT. YOU READY, BOBBY?

EACH CREW MEMBER IS ON A SHARE.

BUT, JUST TO COVER THEIR RUNNING COSTS,

THEY NEED $50,000 WORTH OF GOLD.

WINTER IS FAST APPROACHING.

AND THEY'RE IN A RACE TO STRIKE IT RICH.

EVERYBODY LOVES TO SEE GOLD.

I THINK EVEN CARLOS WOULD LOVE TO SEE GOLD.

I JUST WANNA BE THE ONE TO FIND IT, MAN!

WOO!

BETTER HOPE I BREAK MY LEG OR SOMETHING

'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE STOPPING ME TODAY.

Narrator: JUST DAYS AGO,

CARLOS DREDGED DOWN 6 FEET IN THIS SPOT

AND FOUND HIS FIRST GOLD.

THEY ARE CLOSER THAN EVER TO A MASSIVE PAYDAY.

Justin: OH, DAMN!

Fred: HEY, DON'T BE A WUSSY!

WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE HIT WHITE WATER, MAN.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE THE WEIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH HE'S GOT A HEAVY WEIGHT BELT ON,

THAT'S GONNA WHIP HIM AROUND QUITE A BIT.

DAMN!

I WANNA SEE SOME GOLD IN THAT BOX.

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS TODAY?

I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK, GOOD HUNTING, AND GOLD.

LET'S GO!

LOOKING GOOD BACK THERE, REALLY GOOD.

Narrator: TEN FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE CREEK,

DUSTIN IS DREDGING IN A STEEP-SIDED HOLE,

SUCKING UP ROCKS AND GRAVEL

TO GET DOWN TO THE GOLD HE BELIEVES LIES ON BEDROCK.

Fred: HEY, YA' GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH THEM THINGS!

WHAT I ALWAYS DO.

GOTTA KNOW WHAT MY SURROUNDINGS ARE FIRST.

OKAY.

WHOA!

AW, !

DUSTIN! WHERE YOU AT?

Paul: IS HE ALL RIGHT?

Fred: DUSTIN! WHERE YOU AT?

HEY, BRING HIM UP!

OH, .

YEAH, YEAH.

TIME TO TAKE A BREAK, MAN.

Richardson: YOU ALL RIGHT?

OH, HE'S ALL WRAPPED UP, TOO!

YEAH, HE'S ALL TWISTED.

HOLY , THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL.

EASY, EASY.

Carlos: HOLD ON, HOLD ON. WE'LL DO THAT ONE EASY, EASY, EASY.

MINERAL WATER.

THERE YOU GO.

IT GOT ME, MAN.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW BAD IT GOT ME.

THAT'S A WAKE-UP CALL, BROTHER.

Paul: GET A CLOSER LOOK ANYWAYS, RIGHT?

OOH, IT IS TENDER.

I GOT HIT. THAT'S GONNA BE SORE, SORE.

MY WHOLE ARM HURTS.

SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME, IS WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

A ROCK CAME DOWN AND GOT ME.

IT HURT LIKE HELL.

AND, UH, BIG WAKE-UP CALL THERE.

YOU THINK IT'S FRACTURED? IT'S JUST A HURT MUSCLE.

IT'S STIFFENING UP ON ME.

YEAH, BUT YOU'RE TALKING IN 2 OR 300 --

COUPLE HUNDRED POUNDS FALLING DOWN OFF...

IT'S JUST MY LITTLE FINGERS.

GROUP HUG? NO, NO. TWO-SECOND HUG.

TWO SECONDS... WHAT THE , MAN?

IT -- IT HELPS, DUDE.

THANKS, CARLOS. Richardson: WHAT HAPPENED?

Carlos: IT HELPS, RIGHT? I'M TELLING YOU.

IT'S CHICKEN OF THE SOUP, BRO.

CHICKEN OF THE SOUL OR SOUP OF THE SOUL,

WHATEVER THAT .

YEAH, IT DOES. IT WORKS. I KNOW.

I'VE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION.

HE'S FEELING MY PAIN, APPARENTLY.

OH, GOD.

WHAT A ROUGH DAY.

Fred: IT -- IT WAS SCARY.

I KNOW IT WAS SCARY FOR HIM.

THIS IS KIND OF A GRIM REMINDER

THAT, UH, THIS CREEK IS DANGEROUS OUT HERE.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE ON YOUR TOES AT ALL TIMES.

BUT WE ARE REALLY PUSHING THE LIMIT RIGHT NOW

ON WHAT YOU CAN DO.

YOU CAN BET THAT.

IT IS DANGEROUS DOWN THERE.

NOBODY SHOULD BE DOWN THERE.

IF ANYBODY'S GOING BACK IN THAT HOLE, IT'S ME.

I, UH, I'M GONNA JUMP IN.

UH, I CAN'T LET THIS DAY GO TO WASTE.

IT'S NOT THE SAFEST THING TO DO.

BUT I JUST -- I'M -- I'M GETTING ANXIOUS.

THIS COULD BE THE LAST CHANCE TO GET GOLD.

HE NEEDS TO RESPECT THE CREEK.

BECAUSE, IF YOU DON'T RESPECT THIS CREEK, MAN,

IT'LL BITE YOU IN THE ASS AT THE END, BROTHER.

Narrator: THE LARGE BOULDER THAT HIT DUSTIN

HAS FALLEN INTO THE HOLE,

BLOCKING HIS PATH TO THE GOLD.

Fred: ALL RIGHT. UH, THE CLAW IS COMING DOWN THE WALL

RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DIVE STATION RIGHT NOW.

TRYING TO POSITION IT SO IT STAYS IN THE CLAW.

AND HE'S, UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE

THAT IT WON'T FALL OUT.

YEP.

OKAY, WHAT DO YOU NEED?

IT'S COMING UP.

COMING UP. ROGER.

ALL RIGHT.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S HOLDING.

NOPE, IT CAME OFF.

I THINK IF THE, UH, ROCK IS REALLY, REALLY ROUND,

AND, UH, THOSE ROUND ROCKS

JUST DON'T HAVE ANY HANDLES ON 'EM.

Narrator: DUSTIN CAN'T GET THE CLAW

TO HOOK BEHIND THE MASSIVE ROCK.

SO, WHAT'S YOUR GAME PLAN?

JUST THE CABLE BY ITSELF?

OKAY, COPY THAT.

'KAY. I'M SENDING THE, UH, SHACKLE DOWN TO YOU.

Carlos: COME ON, MAN! THIS'LL WORK!

COME ON! COME ON!

ALL RIGHT. TAKE THIS.

OKAY.

COME ON!

DAMN IT!

DAMN IT!

ALL RIGHT, THIS .

DONE WITH THIS.

IT'S SO BIG AND SO ROUND,

SO SMOOTH THAT IT -- IT'S A PAIN.

IT'S A PAIN BECAUSE THAT MAKES YOU

JUST WANNA JUST EITHER GO CRAZY

OR JUST END THE DIVE, YOU KNOW?

THAT ONE SINGLE BOULDER GOT INSIDE MY HEAD.

HOW BIG'S THAT , MAN? 'BOUT THAT BIG.

THAT BIG? HOLY !

I LET ONE BOULDER BEAT ME.

IT JUST ATE MY BREAKFAST.

Narrator: IF THEY CAN'T MOVE THE BOULDER,

THEY CAN'T GET TO THE GOLD.

WHEW!

STAND OVER HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

WE GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO GRAB THEM ROCKS

AND PICK 'EM AND PULL 'EM OUT.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS CAVEMAN STUFF.

WE GOTTA SET SOMETHING UP BETTER.

TOUGH DAY AT THE OFFICE WHEN YOU CAN'T MOVE A BOULDER.

MY HAND IS ABSOLUTELY NUMB.

Fred: BUT THERE'S A REASONABLE AMOUNT