Born Survivor 3 - Ice Parachute

" My first challenge is this wall of high mountains that guard the southern entrance to the [unk]. A century ago, a hundred thousands hopeful gold prospectors tried to cross this steep here at the start of a marathon 500-mile journey to the Klondike. On the way, they stopped at exhaustion, starvation, exposure, and bear attack. Sixty-three were killed in a single avalanche. On the south-facing slope, the risk"

" of my skydiving chute and try and use it like an air brake, and this is something I've never done before. There's no reason why it shouldn't work. Works on the space shuttle. Let's try. Okay, here goes."

" I'm gathering pace on the wet crusty snow. If I catch my foot in this speed my ankles will snap like a twig."

" Well, the drag slowed me down quite nicely, but I'm still wet."