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[Eivin yelling]
Ow! [bleep] Damn it!
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[groans]
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[groans louder]
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[Eivin] Okay.
So, I just hurt myself.
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Um, I was using
my pressure washer
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and my hand went
in front of the beam.
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Oh, it hurts really,
really bad.
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[sighs]
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I'm gonna need to go
into the hospital for this.
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So, when I shot myself in the
hand with a pressure washer,
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it injected
high-pressured water
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and air into my hand.
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It's super swollen in there.
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I think it's all
full of water.
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Air, maybe, or something.
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I feel all these little air
bubbles popping
and moving around.
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It's a very
disconcerting feeling.
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Because you don't really
want air bubbles in
your bloodstream.
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People die that way.
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I called my brother-in-law.
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He's a surgeon.
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He just told me that bas--
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I sent him a photo
of where it is
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and he just told me that,
based on where it is,
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um, there's a chance
it could've hit the nerve.
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Cut the nerve, which is why
it kind of feels numb.
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Which would be a major drag
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and that would mean I would
need to go to Anchorage to
see a hand surgeon.
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Living on a homestead,
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we're constantly dealing
with calculated risk.
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And the things that we do
on a daily basis are fairly
dangerous.
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Holy-- [sighs]
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Ow, God!
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[Eivin] I drive
a motorcycle around.
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We drive four-wheelers aroun
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Driving snow machines.
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[groans]
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-When you're riding horses.
-Whoa!
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Chasing cows.
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[woman] The black one. [yel]
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-[repeating] Easy!
-Kelli, this horse
is in the electric wire.
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[winces, yells]
Ow! [bleep] this!
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[Eivin] Stuff happens
on the homestead, you know,
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that's definitely more
dangerous than just
working in an office.
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Oh!
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[groans]
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You know, I was holding onto
the wand with one hand
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and trying to pull a piece
of plastic cowling on the
four-wheeler, out of the way
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And then, it slapped the
end of the nozzle just
right into my hand.
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[Eve groans]
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[Eve] If we've learned
anything this year,
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it's that life can
change suddenly.
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So, when he gets injured,
it's just scary.
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I don't want you to have
to have hand surgery.
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Like, oh, just you without
your hands is like.
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Not good.
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In the summertime,
there's a million things
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that need to happen
on the homestead.
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If I had to get surgery,
it would shut down
a lot of those things.
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And I would end up becoming
kind of more of a hinderance
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And so, if my dad's injury
has taught me anything,
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it's that it's super importa
to teach my kids
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as many things about runnin
a homestead as possible.
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So, in the event that
I were injured or hurt,
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they would be able to help Eve
and pick up some of the slack.
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[Eivin] So, they're gonna
let me go home.
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My hand, here.
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They bandaged it all up.
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They did an ultrasound
on my hand,
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which showed, it didn't show
any air bubbles inside of my
circulatory system.
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Which was a major win
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because you don't really want
air bubbles in your
bloodstream, obviously.
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As it is now, super lucky
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that I still have all the
sensation in my thumb.
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A lot of people, they have
the idea that they wanna
go be a homesteader
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and boy, does that
sound romantic.
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But the reality of like,
a day in and a day out,
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that is not easy to deal wit
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Some people can't hack it.
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Some people can.
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Would I change my lifestyle
Maybe slight things.
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But, for me,
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[stammers] you know, the
lifestyle is worth the risk.
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Oh, bummer.
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-[siren blaring]
-[Eivin] Previously, on
Alaska: The Last Frontier..
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[Eivin] My dad was crushed,
almost to death, by a cow
four months ago.
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[cow bellowing]
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[Eivin] Every single animal
that we encounter is well
over 1200 pounds.
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Dad, watch yourself.
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[cow grunts]
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Oh, just Eivin came up with
some pretty cool gadgets
to help manage the cows.
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Now, we're starting
a hemp farm.
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So, when the day comes that
I can't get on a horse,
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we've got a backup plan.
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Is that too cool or what?
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[groans]
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This past year,
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I had major shoulder surgery
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[stutters]
Little, little down at times.
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Ha!
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Have water, will travel.
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One of the best ways to get
over your own troubles
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is getting involved in
other people's lives.
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[Eivin] Oh, they're jumping!
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Alaska made me who I am,
but I am more than Alaska.
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And I need to go prove that
to myself and prove that to
everybody else.
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Really and truly, I don't
see myself living on the
homestead my whole life.
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There are some other
things on my mind
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that I might want
to go out and do, yet.
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You're right at that age
where you should start
accumulating skills.
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Right. There's a possibility
that I could transition
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to like, flying helicopters.
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-Uh-huh.
-That would be really,
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-really cool.
-Yeah.
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-I'm August.
-Hey, August.
Good to meet you. I'm Eric.
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-Nice to meet you.
-Yeah, you too.
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-So, you wanna know a bit
about helicopters.
-I do, yes.
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[August] Eivin took me up
to Red Mountain.
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It reminded me that it's tim
to take steps to start doin
something in my life.
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[Eivin] I see that you've
struggled a little bit with
trying to decide,
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you know, what to do.
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-Biggest thing is just findi
something and trying it out
-Right.
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[Eric] Have any other training
like airplanes or
anything like that?
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Uh, no. I have little
to no training.
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But I do play a lot
of flight simulators.
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Okay, that counts.
That counts.
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[August] I went to college
for a couple of years
for engineering.
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It turns out, I never learned
how to study.
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[Eve] Do you want
a hand, August?
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No.
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[August] And I came back.
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And I've been trying to
develop other skills as far
as homesteading goes.
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[Otto] So, I'm really,
really, really proud of what
you've done here, son.
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I wanna live in it.
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[August] But as far as like
trying to make a life and
career out of it.
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[yelling] Dad!
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There's a calf caught
in the sliding door.
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[Otto] Oh, my God.
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[August] I don't think
that that's for me.
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Hang on, hang on.
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I'm gonna try to get
him out of there.
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But I've come to
the realization that
I enjoy operating things.
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How am I for vertical?
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And my dad's injury triggere
something in me.
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Because,
where we live in Homer,
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there's no dedicated Medevac
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My dad was on the
ground for two hours,
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before trained personnel
could get there.
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And so, I guess, the idea
of being able to help
other people,
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not just my dad.
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Get the help that they need
faster, I think, is really
appealing to me.
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So, what am I...
what am I looking at?
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[Eric] A lot of this is all
standard airplane stuff.
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-Okay.
-You have your altimeter.
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You have your air speed.
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This is your electric
attitude indicator.
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[August] I'm sitting
in the co-pilot seat,
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there's no controls
over there.
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But the thing that was
most surprising to me
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is there were a lot less
gauges, dials and switches
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[chuckles] in that aircraft
than I expected there to be.
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As far as instruments go,
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there is maybe, only twelve
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And as far as buttons, lever
and switches,
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there was no more than 30.
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All right, well, that's it.
I mean, uh,
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I say we fire it up
and go for a ride.
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[both laughing]
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-I'd love to.
-All right.
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[laughs excitedly]
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-Okay.
-Okay.
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[both laughing]
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[laughs] What?
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[engine starts]
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[inaudible over radio]
...departure.
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[Eric] All right.
I think you're ready to go.
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[Atz] I've brought these
things to the table.
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I have to say, I was...
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-Touched that you wanted to
test your wilderness skills--
-Need to.
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Before you head off
to college for
the rest of your life.
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[fake sobs]
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Every single Alaskan kid and
or Kilcher has to go through
a bit of a rite of passage.
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Just kind of go out
into the woods by yourself.
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And I know it's something m
dad has done many times.
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And it makes sense, before
I go out to college,
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on my own, to test myself.
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I've gone out to the back
country with my dad,
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but never by myself.
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And I feel like,
if I can do this,
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I can do anything on my own
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This little pack
is my, uh, two-day.
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I've seen that green pack
for pretty much,
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-my entire life. Yeah.
-Yes.
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[Atz] Cultures have, you kno
had rites of passage.
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It means something different
depending on where you live
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and luckily,
the lifestyle we've raised,
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being as remote as we are,
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you know, we can still have
these opportunities
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to send our children on this
kind of, rites of passage.
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It feels like just yesterda
that Etienne
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showed interest to go
rabbit hunting with me.
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And it was a great
experience for him
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and so, that's kind
of what this is, in a sense.
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It's not so much like, "hey,
if you know how to do this,
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you'll do really
good in college."
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-It's more so you can have
that time to reflect,
-Mm-hmm.
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out in the wilds
and have that moment.
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'Cause in silence, that's
really when you find yourself.
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Exactly. And there's nothing
more silent than the woods.
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That's true.
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Yeah, it worked for
grandpa Yule.
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It worked for your
grandpa Atz.
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It's worked for me.
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That's where it all began.
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That was my first
back country cabin.
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That was first cabin that
I took you to as a little,
little, little person.
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[Etienne] Yeah, I'm gonna
be going out
to the hunters' cabin.
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It's extremely difficult
to get to, especially
in the Summer.
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The cabin's on the other
side of the canyon.
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And to get there, I have to
cross really swampy location
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with not a lot
of clear hiking trails.
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And in the Summertime,
in anywhere where there's
standing water,
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there's hordes, just absolut
clouds of mosquitoes coming
after you.
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Also, there's around 500 bears
in a three-mile vicinity.
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[Atz] So, you
have two options.
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If you were to just go
as the crow flies,
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it would be fastest.
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-To dive right off
of this canyon.
-Gotcha.
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[Atz] And go down the canyo
and up the other side.
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It's five or six miles.
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The biggest disadvantage
is the fact that there are
more bears
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in that canyon, than anywhere
else on the entire lower
Kenai Peninsula.
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I would say so.
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-And then, if there was lik,
a moose kill...
-Yeah.
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...down in that canyon,
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-Mm-hmm.
-and the bear was
being protective
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and the bear ate you.
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-That's a disadvantage.
-[both chuckle]
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-If you go around the canyon,
-Mm-hmm.
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-it adds another four miles
-Wow.
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There will be a trail
to go through.
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That's where you need to
cut off to the hunters' cabin.
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It's a bit nerve-wracking wh
you send your kid out
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where they're trying to get
from point A to point B,
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in the middle of nowhere,
by themselves
for the first time.
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If something goes wrong,
the burden's gonna
fall onto me.
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But, at the same time you
wanna encourage independence
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So, nothing else I can
teach him, you know?
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It's just a matter of him
finding it out on his own,
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now and hopefully, he'll just
have a beautiful experience.
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-That's basically
where you're heading.
-Gotcha.
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That muskeg, the "S" muskeg,
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-Gotcha.
-that extends down.
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All the way down.
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-Good luck, man.
-Thank you.
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-Have fun.
-I will.
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Enjoy it.
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-See you, man. Good luck.
-See you.
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[Etienne] Alaska is
a very special place
to grow up.
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It kind of shapes your mind
to a different kind of way
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than, I would say, anywhere
else in the world, really.
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I will just be forever
grateful to it.
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Okay. Just gonna follow the
game trail for a little bit.
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Trying not to die.
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Living off of the land,
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being able to survive
in the wilderness
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is probably the biggest
family tradition
that the Kilchers have.
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[both laughing]
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[laughing excitedly]
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But I'm also
trying to, you know.
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There's stuff I wanna know
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I'm also trying to look
at your instruments
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and see what's going
on here, as well.
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[Eric] This is left.
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Right.
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Forward. Back.
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This is very easy to control.
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Very, very light.
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Now, if you like machinery,
it is so fun.
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[August] The best part
about Alaska, hands down,
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is the freedom that you
get from all the space.
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Sitting in that
co-pilot's seat
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was giving me
a lot of good tingles.
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[laughing giddily]
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[August] Looking out of the
helicopter is really magical
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[Eric] As you burn fuel,
you become lighter.
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Typically, you're gonna have
this much fuel you take off.
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Fully loaded with
fuel passengers
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correctly balanced to be
in this envelope.
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00:13:02,783 --> 00:13:04,349
Now, when we're flying around,
291
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I do have to keep
constantly recomputing
our way of balance.
292
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We've got plenty of horsepower
so we'll hover next
to this waterfall.
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You can never get in here
with an airplane.
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-[August] That's right.
-[Eric chuckles]
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[August] This is inspiring.
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[Eric] Crazy beautiful, yeah.
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All right, let's head back.
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[August] All right.
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My dad raised the boys
300
00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:29,941
to kind of follow in his
footsteps as cattlemen.
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Growing up, we all went
on cattle drives as a family
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[Otto] There you go, August.
Keep it moving.
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[yelling]
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[August] And my dad really
depended on Eivin
to be his right hand man.
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[Eivin] Smack them
in the ears.
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Hit 'em like you mean it.
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There you go.
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[Otto] It's part of my role
as a parent now to teach Eiv
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to take his role.
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To take the reins, you know?
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Hello, cows!
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[August] I think my dad
was a bit disappointed
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when Eivin came
to him and said,
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00:14:01,308 --> 00:14:04,542
"Hey, cattle ranching
isn't for me." But, I mean,
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00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:08,012
I think I've stepped up
to take on the role as dad's
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right hand man
on cattle drives.
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[Otto] August, good job!
318
00:14:11,318 --> 00:14:14,719
But I know that cattle
ranching isn't really
for me either.
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00:14:16,323 --> 00:14:18,957
Today it's really
solidified that,
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00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:22,360
"Hey, being a pilot
isn't a bad idea."
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00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:25,530
But I know it's a long,
difficult process.
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00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:29,400
But, you know, I think it's...
I think it would be worth it.
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00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:31,102
[helicopter hovering]
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00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:33,004
I think Dad knows,
325
00:14:33,006 --> 00:14:36,541
but I'm still gonna have
to tell him that I wanna
be a helicopter medic.
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00:14:39,045 --> 00:14:41,546
-Eric, thank you so much.
-[Eric] Glad you enjoyed it.
327
00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,115
[eagle whistling]
328
00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:50,054
[bellowing]
329
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[Etienne] The adventure
continues.
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[breathing heavily]
Looking for bears.
Just looking for bears.
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[sloshing]
332
00:15:00,934 --> 00:15:04,602
We're officially
in the large muskeg.
333
00:15:04,604 --> 00:15:07,538
[Atz] ...Canyon's edge is ki
of a unique terrain.
334
00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:10,808
'Cause we're up about anothe
1,000 feet in elevation
from the homestead
335
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and surrounded by muskegs.
336
00:15:12,812 --> 00:15:16,214
Muskegs are basically
ancient glacial lakes
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00:15:16,216 --> 00:15:18,950
that started drying up,
making a muck.
338
00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:21,552
And then the muck started
to grow some moss and grass
339
00:15:21,621 --> 00:15:23,655
and made a little film
over the top.
340
00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:25,523
And that's a muskeg.
341
00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:29,227
But certainly tough terrain
That path gets very,
very muddy and wet.
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00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:30,395
So, when you go through,
343
00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,798
you better have on your waders
because you can go deep.
344
00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:37,001
[sloshing]
345
00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:45,009
Making really steady progress.
I got my landmarks over there.
346
00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:47,645
There's a Sheep River valley
right there.
347
00:15:47,747 --> 00:15:49,314
And things are going pretty
good so far,
348
00:15:49,316 --> 00:15:54,052
haven't heard any like big,
loud, bangs and crashes
in the woods
349
00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:55,620
or anything.
350
00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:56,821
So feeling pretty confident.
351
00:15:59,526 --> 00:16:03,728
Just trying to show you
how sloppy it is in in here.
352
00:16:05,031 --> 00:16:08,299
There might be a hole
in my boot. I'm not gonna lie.
353
00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:11,035
Very possible. Oh, god!
354
00:16:11,104 --> 00:16:12,804
Yeah, there's a hole
in my boot.
355
00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:18,509
So, that's great.
Now my foot's really wet.
356
00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:22,547
Getting out of the muskeg now.
357
00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:26,684
My dad told me to stick
to the muskeg.
It's a safer route.
358
00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:29,620
There's no bears
and you can see your landmar
a lot easier.
359
00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:34,325
But it is so slow walking
through all this muck.
360
00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,127
I'm gonna tread across
through these woods,
361
00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:38,229
it'd would be a faster rout
over to the cabin.
362
00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:47,005
We're officially
in the forest.
363
00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:49,707
This does not look like
it's going to be fun
to go through.
364
00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,809
[breath heavily]
365
00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:52,710
[twigs snapping]
366
00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:54,412
What was that?
367
00:16:57,317 --> 00:16:59,584
-I think it was a squirrel.
-[birds chirping]
368
00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:02,520
When you're out there
and you're alone and you're
just thinking to yourself th
369
00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:06,257
like, "This is how my dad
used to live everyday."
370
00:17:08,128 --> 00:17:11,662
I've never been
on higher alert before.
371
00:17:11,698 --> 00:17:14,699
It just kind of blew my mind
like, "This is how my dad
would get to school,"
372
00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:18,836
like, "This is how my grandpa
was basically... this is
everything he's ever known."
373
00:17:20,740 --> 00:17:23,107
[Atz Sr] You know, when you'
out there in the wilderness
374
00:17:23,109 --> 00:17:25,243
you gotta know
what's going on.
375
00:17:26,112 --> 00:17:28,312
Being raised in a homestead
376
00:17:28,314 --> 00:17:30,715
It was just a part
of growing up.
377
00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:32,783
[horse whinnies]
378
00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:36,421
It's a constant,
almost subconscious
way of being.
379
00:17:37,524 --> 00:17:39,624
I remember
as a kid growing up,
380
00:17:39,626 --> 00:17:43,528
you went outside and the fir
thing you looked
at was the trees.
381
00:17:43,530 --> 00:17:45,196
Is there an owl?
Is there a hawk?
382
00:17:45,198 --> 00:17:48,132
Is there something up there
waiting to come
and get our chickens?
383
00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,902
Rifles were always close by
384
00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:54,439
I never made a conscious
decision, "I wanna learn thi
I wanna learn that."
385
00:17:54,540 --> 00:17:58,209
You're raised that way,
whether it's reading
animal signs.
386
00:17:58,211 --> 00:17:59,911
Now there it is right there.
387
00:17:59,913 --> 00:18:01,679
Or knowing where to camp.
388
00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,449
What kind of wood
to build a fire out of.
389
00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:06,316
I'm gonna go take
a little nap.
390
00:18:06,318 --> 00:18:11,622
You learn all those things
and then you gotta see
how you do on your own.
391
00:18:13,726 --> 00:18:15,359
Being alone,
392
00:18:15,361 --> 00:18:19,530
making do with what you hav
is kind of like
a rite of passage.
393
00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,432
Like going to college.
394
00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:24,202
Spend time out
in the wilderness,
395
00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:26,237
get a degree.
396
00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:29,340
It's just a part of growing
on a homestead.
397
00:18:30,343 --> 00:18:31,409
[grunts]
398
00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:35,913
Well, they're so damn thick.
399
00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:41,819
[coyotes whining]
400
00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:45,123
That is bear poop.
401
00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:47,225
There has been a bear here.
402
00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:51,963
Can't really see it, but...
403
00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:53,798
An active area for sure.
404
00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:57,735
There's a rib cage down there.
405
00:18:58,304 --> 00:18:59,804
Yeah. There is.
406
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,207
Something dead right there.
[chuckles]
407
00:19:03,209 --> 00:19:05,843
I kind of looked down
in the canyon
and I just see a rib cage.
408
00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:07,945
And there's nothing that ca
get the adrenaline pumping
409
00:19:08,047 --> 00:19:11,249
more than just seeing
a carcass in the middle
of the woods.
410
00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:13,417
That does not smell good.
411
00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:16,053
That does not smell super old.
412
00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:18,923
Bears defend their carcasses
and if you come
anywhere near it,
413
00:19:18,925 --> 00:19:20,858
they will attack you.
414
00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:23,728
And you most likely
won't survive, so.
415
00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:25,563
Gonna try to get out
of here little bit,
416
00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:28,132
try to get to a more open area
where I can see more,
417
00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:29,600
try to get away
from that carcass.
418
00:19:31,638 --> 00:19:34,505
This is why my dad told me
to stick to muskegs.
419
00:19:39,946 --> 00:19:43,414
This is a little
too sketchy for me.
420
00:19:44,384 --> 00:19:45,349
[grunts]
421
00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:48,819
-And now...
-[howling]
422
00:19:49,222 --> 00:19:51,355
Oh, God.
423
00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:04,101
Well, it was super solid
last night.
424
00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:06,504
[Charlotte] We started this
whole hemp growing project
425
00:20:06,506 --> 00:20:09,307
to make CBD oil a couple
of months ago.
426
00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:11,309
Now, of course, with
this being Alaska,
427
00:20:11,311 --> 00:20:14,812
the summer growing months
are much shorter
than other places.
428
00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:17,415
In the day,
the temperatures are warm,
429
00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:21,419
but we're already seeing that
the nights are getting colder.
430
00:20:21,421 --> 00:20:25,323
[Otto] Woah! Talk about
a bunch of unhappy
looking hemp.
431
00:20:26,159 --> 00:20:27,325
[Charlotte] Yeah.
432
00:20:27,694 --> 00:20:29,126
[Otto] Whoa!
433
00:20:29,128 --> 00:20:30,528
[Charlotte] Help me
just pull 'em out.
434
00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:32,363
I left them
going to the bitter end,
435
00:20:32,432 --> 00:20:36,601
but they've seen
their last frozen night.
436
00:20:36,603 --> 00:20:42,306
[Otto] When I was
in the hospital, I was give
narcotics to endure the pain
437
00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:45,509
And the side effects
that those drugs gave me wa
438
00:20:45,511 --> 00:20:47,545
far worse than
the broken ribs.
439
00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:50,047
After taking some CBD oil,
440
00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:54,619
I was able to get myself of
of the narcotics right quick
441
00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:57,455
Oh, man. This is so cool.
[laughs]
442
00:20:57,523 --> 00:21:00,124
And we decided
to grow our own.
443
00:21:00,126 --> 00:21:03,694
[Charlotte] I think next year
what we gotta do is start
the seeds a lot earlier.
444
00:21:03,696 --> 00:21:05,162
[Otto] Okay.
445
00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:08,399
[Charlotte] So with Jason
we were pulling off
the biggest leaf
446
00:21:08,401 --> 00:21:10,001
and getting rid off it.
447
00:21:10,003 --> 00:21:13,037
-And just keeping more
of the little flower clump.
-[Otto] Mm-hmm.
448
00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:15,139
[Otto] Sticky
and sticky fingers.
449
00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:17,341
-Yeah, it is sticky.
-I bet you that's good news,
huh?
450
00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:19,443
[Charlotte] Yeah.
The stickiness
is what you want.
451
00:21:20,413 --> 00:21:22,313
The stickier the plant is,
452
00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:26,217
it means the better
the CBD oil content.
453
00:21:26,219 --> 00:21:30,154
And so even though
we've almost killed
these things with frost,
454
00:21:30,223 --> 00:21:32,690
we still might get
a good harvest out of 'em.
455
00:21:32,692 --> 00:21:35,326
[Otto] Oh, man.
Check this one out.
456
00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:37,862
-[Charlotte] Oh,
that looks good.
-[Otto] Now there is a plant.
457
00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,164
[Charlotte] Yeah.
Some of 'em survived
a little better.
458
00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:43,034
[Otto] Gonna have some
medicinal value in that.
459
00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:45,503
Yep.
460
00:21:46,439 --> 00:21:47,938
Charlotte, you ever been
to the Great Lakes?
461
00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,172
[Charlotte] No.
462
00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:51,042
[Otto] I'd like to go
to the Great Lakes, someday.
463
00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,843
[Charlotte] How come
the Great Lake?
464
00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:56,113
-[Otto] I've got a friend
in Michigan.
-[Charlotte] Oh-huh.
465
00:21:56,115 --> 00:22:00,051
I got a friend who's got
a ambulance for sale.
466
00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:03,521
And I'm thinking,
467
00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:06,624
what if we converted
that into a motor home?
468
00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:09,393
Started taking life
a little less seriously.
469
00:22:09,395 --> 00:22:10,527
[Charlotte chuckles]
470
00:22:12,065 --> 00:22:15,232
[Otto] So part
of my exploration here
471
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:17,201
is to keep heading towards
minimizing.
472
00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:19,203
I know I got a lot
of equipment right now
473
00:22:19,205 --> 00:22:21,539
and I do a lot of crazy stuff.
474
00:22:21,607 --> 00:22:25,443
But the goal here is to become
more self-sufficient.
475
00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:27,945
If I can make it on one cow
476
00:22:28,014 --> 00:22:30,414
and one horse,
why should I have 20?
477
00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:32,717
We need an ambulance
on a homestead anyway.
478
00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:35,519
-We're gonna make it
so we can live in it.
-[Charlotte chuckles]
479
00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:37,722
-Live in the ambulance?
-Right.
480
00:22:37,724 --> 00:22:41,058
[Charlotte] I think the herd
of cows is our big stumbling,
481
00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:44,428
-block on any kind of food.
-Well, maybe,
482
00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:46,964
well, I just deserve 'em,
we oughta just do that.
483
00:22:48,101 --> 00:22:49,566
I don't know.
484
00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:52,937
Thinking about cutting back
on my cow herd numbers
a little bit.
485
00:22:52,939 --> 00:22:54,905
[Charlotte laughs]
486
00:22:54,907 --> 00:22:58,709
Otto's been talking about
reducing the number of cows
in our herd for quite a whil
487
00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:01,746
We both felt like that woul
be a really good idea.
488
00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:05,416
Taking care of all these cows
is just a huge amount of work
489
00:23:05,418 --> 00:23:06,851
and just constant.
490
00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:09,353
-You gotta have
a dream first, right?
-Right.
491
00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:18,829
[Etienne] Oh, God.
492
00:23:19,699 --> 00:23:22,333
I'm kind of turned around.
493
00:23:22,435 --> 00:23:25,503
[breathing heavily]
We're fine. We're fine.
Good positive vibes.
494
00:23:25,505 --> 00:23:27,338
We gotta have
good positive vibes.
495
00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:32,610
[grunts] We're out.
496
00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:34,111
Yes!
497
00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:35,946
Yes!
498
00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,681
I'm succeeding!
499
00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:42,753
I made it back
to this clearing and got my
bearings towards the muskeg
500
00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:44,622
I'm definitely tired,
501
00:23:44,624 --> 00:23:47,024
but I feel like mother natur
and the wilderness
has been pretty kind on me.
502
00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:55,132
I'm gonna stop at some point
503
00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:57,334
and possibly
make a cup of tea.
504
00:23:57,436 --> 00:24:01,038
...use what nature
gives you.
505
00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:02,840
[grunts]
506
00:24:06,746 --> 00:24:09,079
Just made it up
to the top of the hill.
507
00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:11,315
If I am correct
508
00:24:11,317 --> 00:24:15,152
there should
be a massive landslide.
509
00:24:16,422 --> 00:24:17,655
Wow-zer.
510
00:24:17,723 --> 00:24:20,391
This is the massive landslide.
511
00:24:20,393 --> 00:24:22,526
Feeling amazing, I mean,
512
00:24:22,528 --> 00:24:25,729
it has been glorious.
Just me alone in the woods.
513
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,432
There isn't much
that's better.
514
00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:30,267
Honestly, there is nowhere
else I would rather be.
515
00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:37,741
I feel really truly blessed
to be able to live
in a place like this,
516
00:24:37,743 --> 00:24:40,344
where I can actually go out
and be completely alone.
517
00:24:40,413 --> 00:24:42,713
Kind of hit the reset button
on my brain.
518
00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:45,349
Hard to beat that view.
519
00:24:45,451 --> 00:24:48,419
It's just really important
to be able to remember
what's your main goal,
520
00:24:48,421 --> 00:24:49,753
what you really
want out of life?
521
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,455
Can you do more?
Can you...
522
00:24:52,325 --> 00:24:54,859
...help more people?
523
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,229
And I think leaving is the
only way that I'm gonna
truly accomplish that.
524
00:24:58,231 --> 00:25:01,198
So, I'm incredibly,
forever grateful
525
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,934
to this day and to this land
for giving me
526
00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:07,338
the tools I need to help
the people that I want.
527
00:25:10,810 --> 00:25:12,710
This is really a hard decision
for any kid to have to make
528
00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:15,312
and really a hard experience
for everybody to go through.
529
00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:17,548
But I would say,
especially at my situation,
530
00:25:17,650 --> 00:25:19,350
leaving Alaska
was a little bit tougher.
531
00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:21,886
Because not only
am I leaving everything
that I've ever known,
532
00:25:21,888 --> 00:25:25,055
but I'm leaving a homestead
that needs kind
of constant maintenance.
533
00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:27,157
It needs people to be aroun
it to keep it alive
534
00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:29,426
and I do kind of feel a pull
535
00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:31,228
something telling me
to stay here.
536
00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:32,830
Something telling me
to work it out
537
00:25:32,832 --> 00:25:35,299
and just figure out
how to homestead
538
00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,401
and just really push
for the legacy part of it.
539
00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:41,639
But I think the main thing
my brain is telling me is
to get the hell out of here.
540
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:44,141
If you are meant to come back,
you will.
541
00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:47,011
Almost kinda,
sort of halfway there.
542
00:25:47,813 --> 00:25:49,113
Let's get moving.
543
00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:53,817
Tea beats coffee every time.
544
00:25:59,559 --> 00:26:00,824
[grunting]
545
00:26:03,329 --> 00:26:04,662
Ah, the camera!
546
00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,432
Oh, my God!
547
00:26:09,035 --> 00:26:10,200
[grunting]
548
00:26:10,202 --> 00:26:12,603
I really just put
this camera here,
549
00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:15,039
walked away,
feet are completely soaked.
550
00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:17,241
I've been walking for hours
upon hours.
551
00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:18,409
[blows raspberry]
552
00:26:18,411 --> 00:26:20,044
Bugs are horrendous.
553
00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:21,512
As usual.
554
00:26:21,514 --> 00:26:23,113
[grunting]
Oh, my God.
555
00:26:23,115 --> 00:26:26,617
[continues grunting]
Oh, my ankle.
556
00:26:26,619 --> 00:26:28,852
Starting to hurt a bit.
557
00:26:28,854 --> 00:26:31,522
I successfully navigated
through all the muskegs
558
00:26:31,524 --> 00:26:33,157
and all the sketchiness befo
559
00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:34,924
and I'm finally thinking lik
560
00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:38,228
"Okay. Maybe, I just might
be able to get to this cabi
by myself."
561
00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:40,064
Hopefully, we're almost done.
562
00:26:42,602 --> 00:26:46,103
Oh, so much mud here.
My feet are so wet!
563
00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:47,470
[whispering]
I think we're doing it.
564
00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:50,207
[out of breath]
I think we're...
I think we're doing it.
565
00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:54,044
And there is a six wheeler.
566
00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:55,946
Finally!
567
00:26:55,948 --> 00:26:58,315
It has been
a brutal expedition.
568
00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:01,051
Definitely a lot harder
than I had anticipated.
569
00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:04,321
There was definitely some ups
and there was definitely
some downs.
570
00:27:04,323 --> 00:27:06,523
It's so nice that's here.
Oh, my God!
571
00:27:07,627 --> 00:27:09,493
[out of breath] Guys,
I'm not dead.
572
00:27:09,495 --> 00:27:11,128
[laughing]
573
00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:12,496
I'm so happy
to see you though.
574
00:27:12,498 --> 00:27:14,364
[Etienne] Yeah.
So happy to see you, too.
575
00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,500
This is one of the last time
that I'm actually gonna be o
in the bush
576
00:27:16,502 --> 00:27:18,301
with my father.
577
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:20,604
And being out in the woods,
especially with him
is just special to me,
578
00:27:20,606 --> 00:27:22,239
I mean, it's how I spent most
of my childhood
579
00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:24,708
and it's how I spent a lot
of time growing up, so.
580
00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:27,711
I just can't help but think
that I'm just really
gonna miss it.
581
00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:30,648
I've never been so stoked
to see a cozy cabin.
582
00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:32,449
-[Atz] Let's burn it down.
-Yeah!
583
00:27:32,551 --> 00:27:34,218
No matter where I go
or what I do,
584
00:27:34,220 --> 00:27:38,222
I will always love and cherish
the homestead with every
fiber of my being.
585
00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:40,424
[Atz] There might even still
have a little
snifter moonshine
586
00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:41,925
in there waiting for us.
587
00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:43,927
Whoo! [chuckles]
588
00:27:43,929 --> 00:27:45,796
I think you definitely
earned it after that.
589
00:27:45,798 --> 00:27:48,899
-I'm gonna find the key.
Oh, there it is. Got it.
-[exclaiming]
590
00:27:48,901 --> 00:27:52,903
I think the value
of actually leaving
your hometown/home state
591
00:27:53,506 --> 00:27:55,506
is immeasurable.
592
00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:57,307
If you're meant to come back,
you will.
593
00:27:57,309 --> 00:27:59,043
Sir.
594
00:27:59,045 --> 00:28:00,944
-[Etienne] We made it!
-[Atz] Go ahead, go in.
595
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:03,714
[Etienne] Oh, my God, what?
596
00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:06,016
We did it!
597
00:28:10,723 --> 00:28:12,623
Wait. Why are we cutting
it already?
598
00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:14,258
It's gotta grow bigger.
What?
599
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,626
[Charlotte] Hey, August.
600
00:28:15,628 --> 00:28:18,128
Well, look at how sad it is.
601
00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:19,963
The frost just killed it.
602
00:28:19,965 --> 00:28:22,499
And so we figured,
we gotta get it out of here
603
00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:24,234
before it gets more damaged.
604
00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:27,404
-You guys need some help?
-[Otto] Yeah.
605
00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:30,040
[Otto] This stuff must
be working, 'cause I can't
feel my fingers anymore.
606
00:28:30,109 --> 00:28:32,710
[Charlotte laughing]
I think that's the frost.
607
00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:35,746
-[Otto] August.
-Yeah?
608
00:28:35,848 --> 00:28:37,948
Tell me about
your helicopter flight.
609
00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:40,050
I liked it enough that
I think I'm gonna...
610
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:41,919
[chuckles] ...maybe pursue it.
611
00:28:42,822 --> 00:28:45,522
That's a...
that's something to do.
612
00:28:45,524 --> 00:28:46,990
[Otto] Wow.
613
00:28:47,092 --> 00:28:50,961
I'm thinking of dedicating
some time and money
for a flight school.
614
00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:57,634
[Otto] It might appear that
my sons want vastly
different vibes
615
00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:01,105
than as a cattlemen.
616
00:29:01,107 --> 00:29:05,142
It'd tickle me if one of them
say they want to be a cowboy.
617
00:29:05,211 --> 00:29:08,278
That's not for me to say.
That's for them to decide.
618
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:12,483
And the Alaskan homesteadin
life is not for everyone.
619
00:29:12,485 --> 00:29:15,819
If this is August's dream,
then we're gonna support him.
620
00:29:15,821 --> 00:29:19,323
You know, I love it that
you're trying to think of cool
621
00:29:20,059 --> 00:29:20,958
things you wanna do.
622
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,226
And I wanna support you
623
00:29:22,228 --> 00:29:26,063
but I guess I'm a little,
like, scared or something.
624
00:29:26,165 --> 00:29:29,133
-I'm having a mom
reaction here.
-[August] Fair.
625
00:29:29,234 --> 00:29:31,435
If we wanna compare
numbers here.
626
00:29:31,504 --> 00:29:35,806
Helicopters have a much better
track record than cows do.
627
00:29:35,808 --> 00:29:37,307
As far as killing people.
[chuckles]
628
00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:40,010
-I knew there were gonna
be statistics involved.
-Really? Really?
629
00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:45,616
[August] Yeah, like aviation
is almost a statistical
anomaly just in general.
630
00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:48,018
Helicopters I think bump up
a little bit,
631
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,020
but cows kill a bunch
of people.
632
00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:53,657
Oh...
633
00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:56,560
And you're one to figure that
one out in your
early first dance.
634
00:29:56,629 --> 00:29:59,229
-I wanna see some
of these statistics, son.
-[Charlotte laughs]
635
00:29:59,965 --> 00:30:01,598
You're one of 'em!
636
00:30:04,603 --> 00:30:07,504
And that was the end
of the hemp crop.
637
00:30:07,506 --> 00:30:09,106
There's that experiment.
638
00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:11,708
[Otto] Maybe Katie wants
my cows.
639
00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:13,710
[chuckles]
640
00:30:13,712 --> 00:30:16,046
[Charlotte] I don't think
anybody wants our cows.
641
00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:23,220
[Eivin] What would happen
if a dog ran out right
in front of the road?
642
00:30:23,222 --> 00:30:24,087
What would you do?
643
00:30:25,424 --> 00:30:28,025
-I don't know.
-Hit the brakes.
644
00:30:29,728 --> 00:30:30,961
Where's the brakes?
645
00:30:31,964 --> 00:30:33,397
Oops.
646
00:30:33,399 --> 00:30:35,098
Yeah. Lot of brakes, huh?
647
00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,501
Findlay and Sparrow and I
are going to go the shop.
648
00:30:37,503 --> 00:30:42,039
It's a great time to teach
the kids how to drive
the side by side.
649
00:30:42,107 --> 00:30:43,607
Okay. Try it.
650
00:30:43,609 --> 00:30:44,942
[tires screech]
651
00:30:45,043 --> 00:30:47,344
Good. So that was a really
fast stop.
652
00:30:47,446 --> 00:30:50,047
Try it again this time but try
it a little more gentle
with the pedals,
653
00:30:50,115 --> 00:30:51,315
so you come to a slow stop.
654
00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:54,017
-[Findlay] I'm still
practicing.
-Yeah. Yeah.
655
00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:56,119
[Eivin] I hurt my hand
with a pressure washer
656
00:30:56,121 --> 00:30:57,621
and that kind of slowed
me down.
657
00:30:57,623 --> 00:31:00,524
But ultimately I think that
doing stuff with the kids
658
00:31:00,526 --> 00:31:01,725
and staying active
659
00:31:01,727 --> 00:31:03,861
teaches us even though
there are difficulties,
660
00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:05,529
we can overcome them
661
00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:09,700
and keep focused on the things
that are ahead of us.
662
00:31:09,702 --> 00:31:12,336
And that is the best way
to overcome hardship.
663
00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:14,238
Get ready for the brakes.
Get ready for the brakes.
664
00:31:14,306 --> 00:31:16,006
Get ready for the brakes.
It's okay.
665
00:31:16,008 --> 00:31:17,708
[crashes]
666
00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:18,709
[chuckles]
667
00:31:18,711 --> 00:31:20,611
You hit the gas instead
of the brake.
668
00:31:20,980 --> 00:31:22,546
[chuckling]
669
00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:25,916
I really do believe
in enabling the kids
to do bigger things.
670
00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:30,387
Even at a young age,
I've learnt so much. My dad
was always a great teacher.
671
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:33,323
I really feel like my dad
tried hard to teach me
672
00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:37,828
everything that I needed
to know in order to be
a successful homesteader.
673
00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:44,234
So, this is a anaerobic
adhesive and it sets up
with the absence of air.
674
00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:46,503
They're not supposed
to be touched on the pulley.
675
00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:49,206
-'Cause this stuff
will fan out.
-Yeah, I know.
676
00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:51,408
You know?
Where did you learn that?
677
00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:53,744
-From you.
-Damn!
678
00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:56,546
I did tell you
everything then.
679
00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:59,216
And that is something
that I hold very valuable
680
00:31:59,218 --> 00:32:02,619
and a tradition and a value
that I wanna pass on
to my kids.
681
00:32:02,621 --> 00:32:04,521
What do you think, Mr. Wizard?
682
00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:08,058
Findlay, do you wanna
drill one of the holes?
683
00:32:09,528 --> 00:32:11,962
-There you go. Good.
-[whirring]
684
00:32:12,030 --> 00:32:14,698
The hole's drill easy
through plastic, don't they
685
00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:18,502
Definitely say that most grand
adventure that we've embarked
on together
686
00:32:18,504 --> 00:32:21,705
-is having kids
and being parents.
-Mm-hmm.
687
00:32:21,707 --> 00:32:23,106
-[Eivin] It's been
the hardest.
-[Eve] Yeah.
688
00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:25,208
[Eivin] But it's also
the most rewarding.
689
00:32:25,210 --> 00:32:27,044
-And the most fun.
-Oh, my gosh.
690
00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:29,513
-And funny, too.
-And... [chuckles]
691
00:32:29,515 --> 00:32:31,448
-Do you wanna smell the tea?
-[thuds]
692
00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:34,051
-Oh.
-Oh! [laughs]
693
00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:35,551
It's funny, huh?
694
00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:38,822
[Eivin] It's an amazing thin
to watch your kids grow up.
695
00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:41,525
Yeah,
so you need to do that reel.
696
00:32:41,527 --> 00:32:43,527
And see yourself
in them because
697
00:32:43,529 --> 00:32:46,463
it's like watching yourself
from a different perspective
you know.
698
00:32:48,701 --> 00:32:49,933
Yeah, come do this.
699
00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:51,034
Here.
700
00:32:52,104 --> 00:32:53,904
Yeah, you do.
701
00:32:53,906 --> 00:32:55,939
Okay, turn it, the other way.
702
00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:58,942
And right now it's so
important for us
to make sure that our kids
703
00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:02,446
grow up to the point where
they are self-sufficient
on their own out in the world.
704
00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:03,914
Very good.
705
00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:06,316
-Okay.
-And I can give them
the skills to do that.
706
00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:08,952
You know,
I know that because
of growing up in Alaska,
707
00:33:09,054 --> 00:33:12,055
they will always love Alaska
and be passionate
about Alaska.
708
00:33:12,124 --> 00:33:13,790
Maybe that means
they'll live here.
709
00:33:13,792 --> 00:33:15,826
That was my motorcycle
when I was a kid.
710
00:33:18,731 --> 00:33:19,730
[Eivin] It's all rusty.
711
00:33:20,265 --> 00:33:22,099
Rust isn't bad.
712
00:33:22,101 --> 00:33:25,802
But ultimately, I just hope
that they're happy and, um,
713
00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:28,605
you know, the best way
I can do that
is by giving them
714
00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:31,541
our skills that we have
and we know for success.
715
00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:33,210
You guys just can't look
at the light,
716
00:33:33,212 --> 00:33:35,612
it's too bright,
it'll hurt or burn your eyes.
So look away.
717
00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:44,421
Gonna be legendary.
718
00:33:45,224 --> 00:33:46,957
-Wrist cam.
-Wrist cam?
719
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,291
-[Etienne] Wrist cam.
-That's hardcore.
720
00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:50,961
Out here on the homestead
the world really
is your oyster.
721
00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:55,098
And so I don't see
anything better than going o
with my cousin,
722
00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:59,302
diving into a canyon
with nine GoPros dropped
between the two of us.
723
00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:01,838
-[thuds]
-...parkour.
724
00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:03,206
Parkour!
725
00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:04,908
Parkour basically,
726
00:34:04,910 --> 00:34:08,278
it's just getting from point
to point B as creatively
as possible.
727
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,779
Parkour.
728
00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:12,849
It's just running around
and making absolute fools
of ourselves.
729
00:34:12,951 --> 00:34:14,317
That's our parkour.
730
00:34:14,319 --> 00:34:16,553
-Beautiful.
-Parkour. Parkour.
731
00:34:16,622 --> 00:34:18,288
One thing that I'm definitel
gonna miss in college
732
00:34:18,323 --> 00:34:20,657
is just the opportunity
to be able to step outside
of our house,
733
00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,059
and just go on
a full-blown adventure,
734
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,027
and you just can't do
that anywhere else.
735
00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:25,662
[indistinct shouting]
736
00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,364
-I'm gonna miss you, though.
-I'm gonna miss you.
737
00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,199
-It's gonna be--
-It's gonna be more.
738
00:34:29,201 --> 00:34:32,035
It's gonna be a bummer.
I'm gonna be like, "Oh, I'm
gonna go hop over this hay."
739
00:34:32,037 --> 00:34:32,836
Oh!
740
00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:35,005
Where is my parkour pal?
741
00:34:35,007 --> 00:34:36,239
Oh, my gosh, run.
742
00:34:39,545 --> 00:34:41,311
[music playing]
743
00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:47,517
[Eve]
Some finishing touches here.
744
00:34:48,954 --> 00:34:54,758
The plan, so we are hosting
here at our campfire.
745
00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,827
And, I'm working
on some coals here.
746
00:34:56,829 --> 00:34:59,062
[Eve] And fish fry,
747
00:34:59,164 --> 00:35:02,099
Eivin and Jane caught tons
of salmon.
748
00:35:02,101 --> 00:35:04,634
And, I mean, all these,
749
00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:07,604
other side dishes,
baby carrots from the garden,
750
00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:09,739
other people
are bringing food.
751
00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:12,242
-Hello, hi.
-Hi, welcome, hey, you guys.
752
00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:13,410
[speaking indistinctly]
753
00:35:13,412 --> 00:35:15,412
Yeah, bring it on over.
754
00:35:15,414 --> 00:35:18,348
It's been a hard year
for everyone,
755
00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:22,119
and fall is starting,
we're having some cooler day
756
00:35:23,188 --> 00:35:25,755
Start with this stuff.
757
00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:30,660
I feel like we just all nee
to get together, and enjoy
this beautiful weather,
758
00:35:30,762 --> 00:35:34,030
as we move into
the cooler time of year.
759
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:37,734
August, are you up here?
Hi, Tela.
760
00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:42,339
-Oh, my God, you got
your high stepping jeans on.
-Yeah, look at you.
761
00:35:42,407 --> 00:35:46,710
This year taught me
that part of getting older is
762
00:35:46,712 --> 00:35:49,713
realizing more and more,
it's like, holy crap.
763
00:35:49,715 --> 00:35:54,217
How many of the jobs
that I've started, am I
actually gonna finish yet?
764
00:35:54,219 --> 00:36:00,056
And this realization, that I,
I'm sure everybody gets to
at some point.
765
00:36:00,058 --> 00:36:04,060
You know, you can go
and borrow money, you can
go out and earn more money
766
00:36:04,997 --> 00:36:07,130
but time...
767
00:36:07,132 --> 00:36:10,133
-You can't go put more time
in the bank.
-You can't.
768
00:36:10,202 --> 00:36:13,136
Living every day, right now,
is the most important thing.
769
00:36:13,238 --> 00:36:15,338
Thank you so much.
770
00:36:15,407 --> 00:36:18,308
-Hello, welcome, good job.
-Hello, neighbor.
771
00:36:18,310 --> 00:36:20,911
-Ooh, I know what that is.
-Hello.
772
00:36:20,913 --> 00:36:23,313
-Hi, I'm James.
-Nice to meet you James.
773
00:36:23,315 --> 00:36:25,815
-Alysse.
-Alysse, good to meet ya.
774
00:36:25,817 --> 00:36:27,817
-It's beautiful honeycomb.
-Thank you.
775
00:36:27,819 --> 00:36:29,686
[James] It's the honeycomb
from my new hive site.
776
00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:33,957
Moving our hives
to a very different location
was a huge risk.
777
00:36:36,461 --> 00:36:37,594
Thank you.
778
00:36:37,596 --> 00:36:41,031
There she is, the sample.
779
00:36:41,033 --> 00:36:42,432
But fortunately in the end..
780
00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:44,301
Holy cow!
781
00:36:44,303 --> 00:36:46,436
The honey that we produced
was incredible.
782
00:36:49,942 --> 00:36:51,107
That is amazing.
783
00:36:52,144 --> 00:36:53,710
How many plants of peonies
do you have?
784
00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:57,347
I'd say, like,
really good production plants,
I've got 200.
785
00:36:57,416 --> 00:37:00,217
We've had a lot of support
and people going out
of their way
786
00:37:00,219 --> 00:37:02,953
to take care of us
and I'm really grateful
for it.
787
00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:05,088
-It's good to see you.
-Yeah.
788
00:37:05,090 --> 00:37:07,524
Yeah.
789
00:37:07,526 --> 00:37:11,628
[Eivin] I meet a lot of peop
who say that they moved to
Alaska recently and I think
790
00:37:11,630 --> 00:37:13,330
they're chasing their dream.
791
00:37:13,332 --> 00:37:16,132
You know, it's, um,
it can be hard to find.
792
00:37:17,936 --> 00:37:19,603
[Eve] It's a hard life.
793
00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:24,708
People realize how importan
your local community is.
794
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:28,345
Alysse,
if you want something to do,
795
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:32,515
you can fil that with water,
and I'll give you another
pitcher to fill with water.
796
00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:36,419
I think had we known
all the challenges
we were gonna face
797
00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:37,821
in the first four years
being here.
798
00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:42,959
[woman] Off grid, off road.
799
00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:46,429
May have swayed our decision,
a little bit, especially with
800
00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,365
doing this with a two-year-old
at the time.
801
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,100
[Owen] Are we building
our house together?
802
00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:52,602
-But somehow...
we're doing it.
-We're doing it.
803
00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:56,706
[Owen] We started out
with raw land, and we've com
a long way in four years.
804
00:37:56,708 --> 00:38:00,010
Standing here, looking today
at what we've accomplished
in those four years...
805
00:38:01,513 --> 00:38:02,812
it's amazing.
806
00:38:05,317 --> 00:38:08,184
♪ Bring it in, right here
Leave me hanging ♪
807
00:38:08,186 --> 00:38:11,788
♪ And give me some down low ♪
808
00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:14,858
Last year was, kind of,
a condensed version of, like,
809
00:38:14,926 --> 00:38:18,161
the last ten years really
for the Kilcher family.
810
00:38:18,263 --> 00:38:21,564
There is stuff always been
going on, it just happens
to be in this last year
811
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:25,802
it all happened at once,
I mean, we had Otto's
experience, with his acciden
812
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:29,239
And then you have my dad
with his accidents
and operations.
813
00:38:29,341 --> 00:38:32,609
Rotator cuff's here
on the bottom.
814
00:38:32,611 --> 00:38:34,344
Then you have
a global pandemic.
815
00:38:34,446 --> 00:38:36,446
You got kids leaving,
going to college.
816
00:38:36,548 --> 00:38:38,615
You got kids coming back
and stepping up.
817
00:38:38,617 --> 00:38:42,519
I mean,
it's just all been really,
really intense and, uh...
818
00:38:42,521 --> 00:38:44,921
That can be a lot for anybod
to take on.
819
00:38:44,923 --> 00:38:50,527
Look at my salad.
It has flowers, blueberries,
raspberries, tomatoes...
820
00:38:50,529 --> 00:38:53,530
-A broccoli slaw that I made.
-Okay.
821
00:38:53,532 --> 00:38:56,733
And, a homemade
raspberry vinegrette
with fresh raspberries.
822
00:38:56,835 --> 00:38:57,934
Wow.
823
00:38:57,936 --> 00:38:59,402
[August] You know,
we've been through a lot,
824
00:38:59,404 --> 00:39:03,340
especially this year,
considering your grandpa,
my dad...
825
00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:06,109
-Being laid out, really,
and us trying to--
-[Etienne] Step up.
826
00:39:06,111 --> 00:39:07,610
Do our best to step up.
827
00:39:07,612 --> 00:39:09,846
[Etienne] We've been trained
we've been groomed,
828
00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:11,715
we gotta step up
when others go down.
829
00:39:11,717 --> 00:39:12,482
Exactly.
830
00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:14,150
I gotta give the camera a hug.
831
00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:16,986
-Oh, man.
-Oh...
832
00:39:16,988 --> 00:39:18,922
-Nice seeing you.
-[laughs]
833
00:39:18,924 --> 00:39:21,024
-How're you doing today,
senior?
-I'm doing good.
834
00:39:21,026 --> 00:39:22,325
It feels good though.
835
00:39:23,061 --> 00:39:24,427
We're managing.
836
00:39:25,063 --> 00:39:28,298
[Atz] For me, this last yea
has been a year of aging.
837
00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:31,034
But also family
carrying on traditions.
838
00:39:31,403 --> 00:39:33,436
[clinking]
839
00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:37,907
I just want to thank you all
for coming to
this harvest feast,
840
00:39:37,909 --> 00:39:41,745
and it's so good to see
all your wonderful faces here
841
00:39:41,846 --> 00:39:45,215
and it's been awesome getting
to know some of you better,
842
00:39:45,217 --> 00:39:51,721
and we should eat before
the flies eat everything.
[laughs]
843
00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:54,224
What I want to spend the res
of my life doing...
844
00:39:55,227 --> 00:39:57,961
is being as close to nature
as possible,
845
00:39:58,029 --> 00:40:00,964
sharing it
with friends and family.
846
00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,599
-Do you have a hovercraft?
-Yeah.
847
00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:04,334
Did you see it?
848
00:40:04,336 --> 00:40:06,469
To me that's what this Alaska
show's been about.
849
00:40:06,471 --> 00:40:09,439
I don't know if anyone knew,
but I caught all
the fish myself.
850
00:40:10,409 --> 00:40:12,742
-And...
-I'm calling 911.
851
00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:14,944
♪ Mountain song ♪
852
00:40:16,848 --> 00:40:18,415
♪ Sings me home ♪
853
00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:22,919
♪ For too long ♪
854
00:40:25,424 --> 00:40:26,890
♪ I've been alone ♪
855
00:40:26,892 --> 00:40:29,359
I think Findlay's going
for Grandpa Otto's beef.
856
00:40:30,996 --> 00:40:35,031
-Been a long time since we've
had all the family together.
-Okay.
857
00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:39,035
To get your family
and your neighbors together
858
00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:41,037
just gives me absolute joy.
859
00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:43,206
That's the community that
my dad...
860
00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:46,342
that was one
who could instill
sense of community.
861
00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,044
Nice to meet you both.
862
00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:52,115
After he died,
the homestead lost its rudde
for a lot of years.
863
00:40:52,117 --> 00:40:54,818
But I feel like
it's coming back, again.
864
00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:57,554
I feel just this excitement
865
00:40:57,655 --> 00:41:02,859
that there's some kind
of community spirit creepin
back in the homestead.
866
00:41:04,029 --> 00:41:07,530
It has,
I think it was intended to be.
867
00:41:07,532 --> 00:41:09,799
-[man] It was delicious.
-[woman] Thank you.
868
00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:11,334
♪ Where I belong ♪
869
00:41:12,704 --> 00:41:13,803
♪ I belong ♪
870
00:41:16,107 --> 00:41:17,507
♪ With love abounds ♪
871
00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:20,210
♪ The child of the forest ♪
872
00:41:21,947 --> 00:41:23,947
♪ That time
It came back around ♪
873
00:41:24,449 --> 00:41:27,050
[indistinct chatter]