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Im in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysias biggest state — sarawak. in the western corner of malaysian borneo, sarawak has some of the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems, but it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to bright lights or its neighbour state sabah. so im going to discover for myself the sites and inhabitants of this remarkable state. along the way, ill be hanging out with these guys. climbing jagged peaks. easily one of the most beautiful and one of the most difficult hik...

500 metres to go. 100 metres to go. i hope we get there before the rain. what ladder is this? the last ladder. the last ladder? this looks like the summit. is it? yeah, the summit is here. we are here, guys. oh, wow! yeah! and there are so many of them! 0h! this is beautiful! yep! just daggersjutting out of the forest canopy.

The east—west relation. its been bombed and set on fire, seen war and revolution, but never before has the reichstag been wrapped in silverfabric. we never can believe what is the project until we see the real. christo himself is paying for the project, helped the reichstag cost us $12 million in 1995, which is was about — probably today is about $20 million or $25 million. it was wrapped by near 100 rock climbers. they come down, installing all this 100,000 square metres of fabric in the ma...

Totally coincidence, they just dropped it and it opened. what they found inside was a treasure trove of postcards, intact after a ten—year, thousand—mile journey from the shores of the remote scottish islands of st kilda. the mail boat tradition stretches back to when the islanders who used to live here had to send messages appealing for help from the mainland. life in this rocky outcrop in the atlantic was extremely harsh and the islands‘ last—remaining residents voted to leave and were...

Theres a lot of geological history thats exposed there on the side of this crater wall. if axel does make it to the moon, it will be attached to a lunar rover, which will land a few hundred feet away from where the team wants to explore. through that tether, axel will get its power and instructions from the team and itll act like a rope as it abseils down into the moons depths. today, we of course dont have the lunar rover with us, and so axel will be supported by a rock. this is tricky business...

I hope we get there before the rain. what ladder is this? the last ladder. the last ladder? this looks like the summit. is it it? yeah, the summit is here. we are here, guys. oh, wow! yeah! and there are so many of them! 0h! this is beautiful! yep! just daggersjutting out of the forest canopy. yeah, it really is

Lead the way. lets go! i havejust 60 minutes to make it to the mini pinnacles, the first check—point. you werentjoking. how is it? steep! the checkpoint is less than a kilometre slope, the checkpoint is less than a kilometre up the slope, but the humidity makes it feel a lot further. weve onlyjust started and im already pretty exhausted. and were here! the pinnacles! not quite, right? mini pinnacles. that is — that is not a joke!

Having reached the check—point within the time limit, its another kilometre before i reach the most treacherous stage. this is the first ladder, mike. 0k. woo hoo! right, larry, helmets on, right? all right. who is first? after you. after me? 0k! one down, 17 more to go. the beautiful limestone cliffs are sharp but at least there are lots of places to hold onto. it looks like it is raining down there. you think it is going to rain? yeah, it is going to be heavy rain. 500 metres to go. 100 metr...

Having reached the check—point within the time limit, its another kilometre before i reach the most treacherous stage. this is the first ladder, mike. 0k. woo hoo! right, larry, helmets on, right? all right. who is first? after you. after me? 0k! one down, 17 more to go. the beautiful limestone cliffs are sharp but at least there are lots of places to grab onto. it looks like it is raining down there. you think it is going to rain? yeah, it is going to be heavy rain.

Science that youre looking to do wherever you want to go. these arent the only wheels we have for our two—wheeled robots. ok, so, if consumers were to buy one of these, because that is the aim, isnt it, what exactly would they be doing with it? well, we can do citizen science, so they can take them out into the field, they can have different sensors on them and then we can get huge datasets that we can use to do state—of—the—art science here on earth. 0k, and how much would it cost? beca...