Gold Rush: White Water

IT'S LIKE GETTING HOOKED ON CRACK OR SOMETHING, HUH?

Paul: COPY THAT.

Dustin: COME ON

Fred: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.

Dustin: PLEASE, DON'T LET HIM DIE.

FREAKING MAD MAN.

WOO-HOO!

THIS IS CRAZY!

-WE GOT BEARS OVER HERE, BRO. -I DON'T GOT MY GUN ON ME.

IT'S IN MY BACKPACK. -WHAT?!

Wes: LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF GOLD RIGHT THERE.

WOO-HOO!

Dustin: WE FOUND NUGGETS.

-CLEAN THAT SUCKER OUT! -WOO!

OUR TIME HAS COME.

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WE FOUND SOME GOLD LAST WEEK, JUST A SIGN WAS ALL WE NEEDED.

TODAY, WE'RE GONNA CHARGE FULL STEAM AHEAD.

EVERYBODY'S EXCITED,

MORALE'S HIGH.

THERE'S A HUGE DEPOSIT IN THAT PLUNGE POOL.

I CAN FEEL IT.

Narrator: ONE MONTH IN,

THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE ALREADY ON THE GOLD.

-YOU GUYS READY? -YEP.

Narrator: NOW THEY'RE HEADING OUT TO DREDGE MCKINLEY CREEK

FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON.

Dustin: I KNOW THERE'S GOLD DOWN THERE.

IT'S JUST SO DAMN HARD TO GET TO.

Fred: LET'S GET OUT THERE. LET'S GET SOME GOLD.

Narrator: THE MINE SITE IS SO REMOTE...

Wes: WOO! SEE, THAT'S YOUR HYPER-SPEED RIGHT THERE.

...THE DAKOTA BOYS MUST RISK THEIR LIVES

EVERY TIME THEY HEAD OUT.

READY? HERE WE GO.

WOO-HOO! THIS IS CRAZY!

COMMERCIAL DIVER CARLOS MINOR

HAS BEEN AT MCKINLEY FOR JUST A FEW DAYS.

Minor: YEP, WORRIED ABOUT THE BEARS OVER HERE, BRO.

I MEAN, NOT GETTING MUGGED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, BEARS ARE, LIKE, ENOUGH, FREAKIN' EAT YOU.

HERE'S THESE BEAR TRACKS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BEAR TRACKS?

I DON'T GOT MY GUN ON ME.

-IT'S IN MY BACKPACK. -WHAT?

I AM NOT FREAKIN' DYING OUT HERE, BRO.

Narrator: MINERS HAVE DIED IN THIS REMOTE ALASKAN CANYON.

IT'S THAT DANGER THAT'S KEPT THEM FROM GETTING TO THE GOLD

UP MCKINLEY CREEK AND THE REMOTE BEND

WITH A PLUNGE POOL THAT THE DAKOTA BOYS BELIEVE

WILL MAKE THEM RICH.

THE RUSHING WATER DROPS INTO THE PLUNGE POOL, SLOWS.

AND GOLD DROPS OUT.

THE GOLD THEY FOUND LAST WEEK ON THE SURFACE

INDICATES THAT, DOWN ON THE BEDROCK,

THERE COULD BE A DEPOSIT BIG ENOUGH

TO COVER THEIR $50,000 COSTS

AND LET THEM LEAVE MILLIONAIRES.

THIS IS SOME UGLY WATER TODAY, AND IT'S HIGH.

THIS IS DANGEROUS. AAH.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS WITH THE GUYS.

Wes: IT'S JUST A TORRENT OF MUDDY MESS.

NO TELLING WHAT KIND OF LOGS ARE GONNA BE COMING DOWN ANY TIME.

I WOULDN'T BLAME HIM IF HE DIDN'T WANT TO DIVE TODAY.

I WOULDN'T.

Narrator: TO GET TO THE TREASURE,

DUSTIN MUST DIVE IN A SURGING TORRENT,

POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ROLL HALF-TON BOULDERS

ALONG THE CREEK BANK.

I'M RATTLED RIGHT NOW. IT'S CRAZY.

IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH FROM UP HERE.

BUT, MAN, IS IT BAD UNDER THERE.

IT'LL RIP YOUR DAMN CLOTHES RIGHT OFF YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO ME

AND BEING REAL RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT JUST JUMPING IN THE WATER.

THAT'S NOT HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK

'CAUSE I'M NOT FEELING A LITTLE --

I'M NOT FEELING VERY GREAT ABOUT THIS.

MAN, THIS WATER'S CRAZY TODAY.

HEY, JUST IF ANYTHING HAPPENS --

LET'S JUST AGREE ON SOMETHING.

IF SOMETHING'S WRONG, JUST SAY, "DIVER UP!"

AND THEN, EVERYBODY'S ONBOARD JUST TO BRING HIM UP

NO MATTER WHAT. NO, "WHY?" NO, THIS...

-YEAH, GOOD. -YEAH, SOUNDS GREAT.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. YOU'RE BRINGING IT.

THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO BRING TO THE TABLE, ACTUALLY.

THANK YOU.

Dustin: FRED, ARE YOU OKAY?

I'M STILL JUDGING THINGS OUT THERE...

WELL, THEN STOP IT. JUST STOP IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

JUST LET'S DO THIS, MAN.

THE JET LOG IS TOO HIGH OUT OF THE WATER.

LEAVE IT ALONE. NO.

IT'S TOO HIGH OUT OF THE WATER.

LET'S NOT START MODIFYING RIGHT NOW

WHEN I'M ABOUT TO GO IN THE DAMN WATER.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

I'M TRYING TO PREVENT A PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

IF IT'S A PROBLEM, WE'LL FIX IT, FRED.

IF NOT, THEN WHO CARES? IT'S ONE LITTLE BOLT.

WE TAKE IT OUT. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

I JUST FIGURED WE OUGHTA DO IT RIGHT NOW, AND NOT LATER,

THAT'S ALL. WOULD YOU JUST...

AAH! STOP!

DAMN IT!

I JUST WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT!

FRED, I LOVE YOU, MAN. COME ON! WHY YOU GOT TO HAVE A PROBLEM?

JUST LET IT HAPPEN. THIS IS OKAY.

I'M FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW. I DON'T WANT TO BE.

COME ON. LET'S JUST DO IT. IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PROBLEM.

WE'RE OKAY. LET'S JUST DO IT.

OKAY. LET'S JUST DO IT.

ALL RIGHT.

EVERYBODY GOOD?

-YEP. -ALL RIGHT.

SAME OLD BULL WON'T DAMN LISTEN.

FRED JUST DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP RESPONSIBILITY TO DUSTIN.

HE THINKS HE CONTINUALLY NEEDS TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO.

Minor: THAT'S A DANG ALPHA DEAL, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, FATHER, SON -- SON, FATHER.

I'M JUST SORRY THAT, YOU KNOW,

THAT THINGS GOT A LITTLE RILED UP.

BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO GO DIVING,

WHEN YOU'RE ALL RILED UP AND FRUSTRATED.

YOU NEED TO BE REALLY, REALLY FROSTY ABOUT DIVING.

-LET'S GO. -WE'RE READY TO DREDGE.

ALL WE NEED IS A DIVER.

YOU READY, DUSTIN?

HERE WE GO.

YOU GOT AIR?

DEEP BREATHS, MAN, DEEP BREATHS.

HOW'S YOUR HOT WATER? STILL DOING GOOD?

Narrator: DUSTIN IS DREDGING RIGHT WHERE FRED

FOUND GOLD LAST WEEK.

DUSTIN IS USING THAT DREDGE, WORKING IT AROUND,

AND IT'S JUST A, LIKE, A GIANT VACUUM CLEANER.

AND HE'S DREDGING A HOLE,

AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET DOWN AS DEEP AS WE CAN.

Narrator: THE HOSE SUCKS GRAVEL FROM THE CREEK BED,

UP INTO THE DREDGE

AND THROUGH THE SLUICE BOX

WHERE THE RIPPLES CATCH THE GOLD.

Fred: I LOVE IT, MAN! I MEAN, IT WAS WORKING!

Wes: YEP! EVERYTHING IS WORKING PERFECT.

YOU NOTICE THERE'S NO MUD IN THAT?

NO, THAT'S CLEAN RIGHT THERE.

FLUSHED ROCK. YEAH.

THAT'S NOT DEPOSIT. THAT'S GLACIER ROCK.

THAT'S GOOD.

IF WE CAN KEEP THIS UP FOR A COUPLE HOURS...

I THINK IF WE GET DOWN TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS THING,

I THINK, WE'RE GONNA DO VERY, VERY WELL.

WELL, I'M TELLING YOU HOWS, MAN,

WOUND UP GETTING THE GOLD FEVER, HUH?

DAMN.

IT'S LIKE GETTING HOOKED ON CRACK OR SOMETHING, HUH?

AH, IT'S ALL RIGHT. JUST GET THE JOB DONE.

-THAT'S ALL WE LOOKING FOR. -YEAH.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW,

IS TO GET THE JOB DONE. WE'RE DOING GREAT.

FIND THAT GOLD, MAN. FIND THAT GOLD.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE FINALLY DOING THIS, MAN.

Dustin: WOO-HOO!

YEAH!

THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD LIES, THOUGH.

Narrator: A DEPOSIT BIG ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM RICH

WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN THE TURBULENT WATER

AROUND THE PLUNGE POOL.

OKAY.

I GOT YOU BACK.

Dustin: COME ON

DUSTIN!!

Narrator: DUSTIN HURT IS DIVING FOR GOLD

IN THE RAGING RAPIDS OF MCKINLEY CREEK.

Dustin: COME ON

DUSTIN!!

WHAT HAPPENED?

DIVER'S COMING IN!

OH

NO, THAT WOULDN'T BE GOOD.

THAT WAS SCARY AS HELL, MAN.

-OH, I BET. -CRAZY SCARY.

LET'S NOT DO THAT AGAIN.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT ROCKS HITTING US IN THE HEAD NOW.

IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

Paul: I DON'T WANT TO GET HIT IN THE HEAD EITHER.

NO. HELL NO.

GET OUT OF THAT METEOR SHOWER, MAN.

THAT REALLY, REALLY BEAT ME UP.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN FOR NOW.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. JUST RELAX, JUST RELAX.

I'M JUST GONNA SIT DOWN IN THAT CHAIR AND...

Narrator: DUSTING'S DEATH-DEFYING 2-HOUR DIVE

HAS PUT AROUND 3 CUBIC YARDS OF RIVER GRAVEL