1 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:14,278 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:14,648 --> 00:00:21,688 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:25,789 - By far the coldest day. This is ice. 4 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:27,089 Whoo! 5 00:00:27,127 --> 00:00:29,497 Everything’s just a little harder in the cold. 6 00:00:29,530 --> 00:00:32,900 - We’re into the serious stages now, boys and girls. 7 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:35,166 I don’t know how many people are left. 8 00:00:35,269 --> 00:00:36,599 But it won’t be a lot. 9 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:38,273 That, I assure you. 10 00:00:38,338 --> 00:00:41,038 I’m sure not looking forward to going outside. 11 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:42,041 [laughs] 12 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:43,782 ♪ ♪ 13 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:46,480 - Even in the snow, I’m not finding any sign. 14 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:48,850 As seasons change, everything that you 15 00:00:48,949 --> 00:00:50,949 just spent the past two months learning 16 00:00:51,018 --> 00:00:52,748 means nothing anymore. 17 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:54,819 - [bleep] Oh, man. 18 00:00:54,855 --> 00:00:56,695 Fire’s going on right there. 19 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:58,930 Holy [bleep]. 20 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:01,226 [bleep] 21 00:01:01,295 --> 00:01:02,765 That was scary. 22 00:01:02,863 --> 00:01:07,203 Literally seconds away from having the shelter gone. 23 00:01:07,301 --> 00:01:08,771 - It’s time for the skinny check. 24 00:01:08,869 --> 00:01:11,299 I’m definitely getting low. 25 00:01:11,338 --> 00:01:13,168 Pretty skinny around the waist. 26 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,540 I’m going to eat my store’s food, 27 00:01:15,576 --> 00:01:17,636 hoping that my competitors don’t have quite 28 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:19,884 as much food as me. 29 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:22,220 - God, please let me win this soon. 30 00:01:22,249 --> 00:01:24,149 I am struggling. 31 00:01:24,217 --> 00:01:26,417 Let’s wish everybody would hurry up and quit. 32 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:28,663 Everybody’s got their reasons for being here. 33 00:01:28,722 --> 00:01:31,422 Let’s hope their reasons aren’t as strong as mine. 34 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:34,058 ♪ ♪ 35 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:37,064 [wind whistling] 36 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:39,727 ♪ ♪ 37 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:41,003 - I’m gonna do this, man. 38 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:42,701 I’m gonna do this. 39 00:01:42,736 --> 00:01:45,536 I’m gonna fight this thing out to the last breath. 40 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:49,106 ♪ ♪ 41 00:01:49,176 --> 00:01:52,376 - OK, game on. 42 00:01:52,412 --> 00:01:53,612 ♪ ♪ 43 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,650 - [grunts] 44 00:01:54,748 --> 00:01:56,178 - I got him. 45 00:01:56,216 --> 00:01:58,586 narrator: In "Alone’s" most remote location yet... 46 00:01:58,619 --> 00:02:00,619 - Yes! 47 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:04,324 narrator: Ten participants set out to survive at all costs... 48 00:02:04,424 --> 00:02:07,564 - Our goal is stay alive. 49 00:02:07,661 --> 00:02:09,701 - [inhales sharply] Oh. 50 00:02:09,763 --> 00:02:12,273 narrator: Battling extreme isolation... 51 00:02:12,299 --> 00:02:13,729 - There is no camera crews. 52 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,900 You are really alone. 53 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:17,366 - It’ll eat at you. Tear you up. 54 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:19,471 - God, why? - It’s a battle. 55 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:20,739 Nobody ever comes out the same. 56 00:02:20,774 --> 00:02:21,814 - Oh, man. 57 00:02:21,908 --> 00:02:23,008 - It’d be impossible to. 58 00:02:23,110 --> 00:02:24,980 narrator: And fierce predators. 59 00:02:25,012 --> 00:02:29,052 - A big bear is right outside my shelter. 60 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,679 - Predators like that, damn sure going to kill you. 61 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:32,995 - Please don’t rip my face off. 62 00:02:33,020 --> 00:02:33,990 [animal screeches] 63 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:36,294 - He beat the hell out of me. 64 00:02:36,390 --> 00:02:38,260 narrator: They’ll endure merciless wind. 65 00:02:38,291 --> 00:02:41,261 - It’s been over 60 hours, and it has not let up. 66 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:43,704 - I can hear the trees falling down around me. 67 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:46,070 narrator: And bitter cold. 68 00:02:46,099 --> 00:02:49,169 - This whole place has turned into a frozen hell. 69 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:50,899 narrator: Last one standing... 70 00:02:50,937 --> 00:02:51,937 - It’s a moose. 71 00:02:51,972 --> 00:02:53,312 - Wow. 72 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:54,773 - Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 73 00:02:54,808 --> 00:02:56,778 - No! No! 74 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:58,783 narrator: Wins. 75 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:05,885 ♪ ♪ 76 00:03:30,377 --> 00:03:32,307 - Look at that. 77 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:34,679 You can call that my hillbilly smoker. 78 00:03:34,781 --> 00:03:36,481 [laughs] 79 00:03:36,583 --> 00:03:38,023 I got one small piece on. 80 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,591 That’s going to be dinner. 81 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:41,419 These other three pieces, all they’ll do, 82 00:03:41,455 --> 00:03:43,325 they’ll freeze tonight. 83 00:03:43,423 --> 00:03:45,693 If I stretched, I could probably get 84 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:48,492 three days out of each fillet, 85 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:52,098 but I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t be 86 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:54,495 able to catch a couple fish ice fishing 87 00:03:54,534 --> 00:03:56,374 once I can get out on the ice. 88 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:57,700 ♪ ♪ 89 00:03:57,738 --> 00:04:01,368 So hillbilly fish cooker. 90 00:04:03,009 --> 00:04:06,549 This will be absolutely delicious. 91 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,620 Going on to the next tree. 92 00:04:12,886 --> 00:04:19,926 ♪ ♪ 93 00:04:23,130 --> 00:04:28,570 Well, every day we’re a little bit closer 94 00:04:28,668 --> 00:04:30,338 to Remembrance Day. 95 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:31,573 ♪ ♪ 96 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:33,411 Grandfather was a veteran. 97 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:35,977 There ain’t anybody in this world that appreciates 98 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:37,639 living here more than I do. 99 00:04:37,744 --> 00:04:38,914 ♪ ♪ 100 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:40,879 Not proud of all of our heritage. 101 00:04:40,981 --> 00:04:43,651 The way we treated our indigenous people. 102 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:46,050 We got a lot of skeletons in our closet. 103 00:04:46,153 --> 00:04:48,393 Don’t ever kid yourself. 104 00:04:48,455 --> 00:04:52,295 But we can remind ourselves of it. 105 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:54,462 We can learn from it. 106 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:55,704 ♪ ♪ 107 00:04:55,729 --> 00:04:57,729 Not make the same mistakes. 108 00:04:57,831 --> 00:05:00,271 ♪ ♪ 109 00:05:00,333 --> 00:05:02,543 Please don’t think I’m-- 110 00:05:02,602 --> 00:05:07,772 I’m a preacher or anything like that ’cause I’ve got 111 00:05:07,808 --> 00:05:12,178 my own skeletons, my own walks of shame. 112 00:05:12,212 --> 00:05:15,982 ♪ ♪ 113 00:05:16,016 --> 00:05:18,816 There’s probably a 30-year period where I never 114 00:05:18,885 --> 00:05:20,785 went a day without drinking. 115 00:05:20,854 --> 00:05:22,094 ♪ ♪ 116 00:05:22,189 --> 00:05:24,489 It would probably be the only disappointment 117 00:05:24,591 --> 00:05:28,291 my grandfather ever had of me in my life. 118 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:30,898 He never said too much about it, 119 00:05:30,931 --> 00:05:33,601 but he’d take one moment every year, 120 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:35,270 beginning of hunting season, 121 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:38,865 to tell me I drank too much, and then he’d hand me a bottle 122 00:05:38,939 --> 00:05:43,379 and say, "Have a good week, and have a drink on me." 123 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:44,983 ♪ ♪ 124 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:47,611 That was his moment where he could tell me 125 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:51,851 his disapproval without breaking any kind of trust. 126 00:05:51,952 --> 00:05:53,452 And his point was clear 127 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,220 because I still remember it today. 128 00:05:56,256 --> 00:05:57,856 You can’t change yesterday. 129 00:05:57,924 --> 00:06:00,134 It’s gone. 130 00:06:00,227 --> 00:06:02,697 Done a lot of good things too. 131 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:14,242 So on that note, gonna carry a load of wood over. 132 00:06:15,609 --> 00:06:18,109 ♪ ♪ 133 00:06:18,178 --> 00:06:21,148 I’m also getting hungry. 134 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:26,224 ♪ ♪ 135 00:06:26,286 --> 00:06:28,046 Oh, yeah. 136 00:06:28,088 --> 00:06:30,658 ♪ ♪ 137 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:35,134 Ho, ho, ho, ho, now does that not look delicious? 138 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:37,298 Oh. 139 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:38,970 Now... 140 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:40,665 ♪ ♪ 141 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,304 Oh, my goodness. 142 00:06:43,336 --> 00:06:47,706 Chimney cooking 101. 143 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:50,784 [laughing drily] 144 00:06:51,611 --> 00:06:58,651 ♪ ♪ 145 00:07:09,296 --> 00:07:11,456 - Day 53. 146 00:07:11,498 --> 00:07:14,768 Day 53, feels good to say that. 147 00:07:14,868 --> 00:07:16,738 But, man, I’m telling you, the fun times are over 148 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:18,373 here in Reindeer Lake. 149 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:20,811 The fun times are over. 150 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:22,907 It’s snow, 151 00:07:22,976 --> 00:07:25,746 freezing temperatures, high winds. 152 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:28,179 Had a hard time staying warm last night. 153 00:07:28,214 --> 00:07:31,084 I’m going to have to start sleeping in my parka soon 154 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:34,654 and--charge the battery pack? 155 00:07:34,688 --> 00:07:36,118 I just put in this battery pa-- 156 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:40,027 [dramatic music] 157 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:46,670 ♪ ♪ 158 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:48,700 Where was I? 159 00:07:48,735 --> 00:07:50,875 ♪ ♪ 160 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:54,407 I’m not sure if my lack of eating is affecting my brain. 161 00:07:54,507 --> 00:07:56,777 Yesterday, I went back and forth to the teepee 162 00:07:56,843 --> 00:07:58,583 because I kept forgetting [bleep]. 163 00:07:58,645 --> 00:08:01,685 But during weather like this, I mean, 164 00:08:01,781 --> 00:08:04,021 it’s smarter to stay in your shelter 165 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:06,590 rather than trudging around in the snow, you know? 166 00:08:06,619 --> 00:08:09,589 So today is just having a fire. 167 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:12,526 Let’s get her started, day 53. 168 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:18,295 ♪ ♪ 169 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:20,305 All right, let’s see how this fire goes here. 170 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:21,933 ♪ ♪ 171 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:23,302 Come on. 172 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,736 ♪ ♪ 173 00:08:24,771 --> 00:08:27,411 The weather has been an absolute game changer 174 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:29,577 in everything I do. 175 00:08:29,609 --> 00:08:31,579 There we go. 176 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:34,354 My whole shift went from acquiring food 177 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:38,424 to acquiring wood to stay warm and survive the night. 178 00:08:38,451 --> 00:08:40,291 ♪ ♪ 179 00:08:40,387 --> 00:08:44,257 Everything’s a little harder in the cold. 180 00:08:44,324 --> 00:08:46,934 The wood takes longer to heat up and burn. 181 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:49,157 ♪ ♪ 182 00:08:49,262 --> 00:08:52,902 My pot of water is a frozen block of ice. 183 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:55,742 Luckily, I was able to store food, 184 00:08:55,769 --> 00:08:59,209 but it looks like day 70 is about my max 185 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:01,765 because I’m pretty fricking skinny already. 186 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:05,711 You can see my cheekbones, and I don’t like it. 187 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:07,009 ♪ ♪ 188 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,750 I’m worried about a med check. 189 00:09:08,815 --> 00:09:11,355 I suspect there’s gonna be one soon 190 00:09:11,418 --> 00:09:14,848 ’cause I think they’re going to be worried about frostbite. 191 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:18,288 That can always be a bit dangerous this late. 192 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:21,031 ♪ ♪ 193 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:25,570 You know what I miss right now? 194 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:27,695 My wife. 195 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:32,544 ♪ ♪ 196 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:35,812 You know you’ve--you know, your life partner, 197 00:09:35,909 --> 00:09:38,209 you’ve been through so much together, 198 00:09:38,311 --> 00:09:42,421 and sometimes you forget how much they mean to you. 199 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:43,619 ♪ ♪ 200 00:09:43,683 --> 00:09:46,423 Over 25 years of being together 201 00:09:46,486 --> 00:09:49,916 and not talking to her for two months, 202 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:52,433 it’s hard, it’s hard. 203 00:09:52,459 --> 00:09:53,689 ♪ ♪ 204 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,700 I miss you, babe. 205 00:09:58,264 --> 00:10:00,574 Can’t we to see ya. 206 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:06,937 ♪ ♪ 207 00:10:07,006 --> 00:10:08,836 [sighs] 208 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:11,782 I’ve been in here since 4:00 yesterday. 209 00:10:11,845 --> 00:10:13,785 That’s a long time. 210 00:10:13,813 --> 00:10:15,983 Keep grinding, that’s my motto. 211 00:10:16,015 --> 00:10:17,615 Grind. Keep grinding. 212 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:18,880 Just grind through each day. 213 00:10:18,885 --> 00:10:19,225 Just grind through each day. 214 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:21,045 Keep going. 215 00:10:21,121 --> 00:10:22,991 Stay focused. 216 00:10:23,056 --> 00:10:24,986 Think positive thoughts. 217 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:27,758 It’s short-term. It’s short-term. 218 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:31,501 I just want to do the best that I can, and I want to-- 219 00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:32,934 I want to prove to myself that I 220 00:10:33,032 --> 00:10:34,732 can grind through tough times. 221 00:10:34,801 --> 00:10:36,941 It’s all part of the challenge. 222 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:37,743 All right, that’s it. 223 00:10:37,904 --> 00:10:38,544 See you tomorrow. 224 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:45,952 [dramatic music] 225 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:53,019 ♪ ♪ 226 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:57,287 - Went ahead and peed and got me some snow. 227 00:11:03,363 --> 00:11:10,403 ♪ ♪ 228 00:11:11,304 --> 00:11:13,374 Just pretending it’s ice cream. 229 00:11:13,473 --> 00:11:18,983 ♪ ♪ 230 00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:20,252 You are correct. 231 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:24,176 I am eating snow with piece of a leather belt. 232 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:28,247 ♪ ♪ 233 00:11:28,321 --> 00:11:31,521 Let’s be completely honest. It could be worse. 234 00:11:31,624 --> 00:11:33,664 I could be eating the belt. 235 00:11:35,762 --> 00:11:38,232 All right, I got to get outside. 236 00:11:38,298 --> 00:11:40,028 Get the day going. 237 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:47,139 ♪ ♪ 238 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:51,541 Everything’s completely covered in snow again. 239 00:11:51,578 --> 00:11:54,208 I do mean completely. 240 00:11:54,314 --> 00:11:57,184 This whole trail, I had it cut out. 241 00:11:57,217 --> 00:11:59,787 There’s another inch of snow on it. 242 00:11:59,819 --> 00:12:02,459 At this point, I’m exhausted. 243 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:05,218 It’s hard enough just to get up every morning 244 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:08,358 and walk to get water. 245 00:12:08,461 --> 00:12:10,331 Look at that. 246 00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:13,500 Ice on all the water here. 247 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:15,996 It’s freaking crazy. 248 00:12:16,102 --> 00:12:19,342 I have to bust through just to get some water. 249 00:12:19,372 --> 00:12:22,172 My legs and my feet are starting to hurt. 250 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:25,382 I’m noticing I’m not walking as far. 251 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:27,581 It’s too cold. 252 00:12:27,647 --> 00:12:30,477 It’s getting harder and harder to handle. 253 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,593 I’ve stopped shivering. 254 00:12:32,619 --> 00:12:35,789 My body just can’t keep up with it anymore. 255 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:37,585 Ready to head back. 256 00:12:37,657 --> 00:12:44,697 ♪ ♪ 257 00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:48,095 It takes so much to get warm. 258 00:12:48,167 --> 00:12:49,597 ♪ ♪ 259 00:12:49,702 --> 00:12:52,272 I do not want frostbite. 260 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:55,508 Not only will frostbite cause me to lose this, 261 00:12:55,575 --> 00:12:59,655 but frostbite will also cause me to lose parts of my body. 262 00:12:59,746 --> 00:13:01,776 ♪ ♪ 263 00:13:01,814 --> 00:13:04,554 I just don’t understand how it could be so cold. 264 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:06,587 ♪ ♪ 265 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:08,889 But I gotta keep going. 266 00:13:08,988 --> 00:13:16,028 ♪ ♪ 267 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:19,904 [squeak] 268 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:30,784 Well, that smashed his guts clean out. 269 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:36,080 Just because he’s a wee little guy. 270 00:13:38,017 --> 00:13:39,887 Put that in there. 271 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:43,256 I can’t let them [bleep] keep robbing me. 272 00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:46,694 I’m gonna skin all these little bastards out. 273 00:13:46,793 --> 00:13:48,093 Cook these later. 274 00:13:48,194 --> 00:13:49,534 ♪ ♪ 275 00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:53,229 But for right now, I’m gonna eat some berries. 276 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:54,999 [grunts] 277 00:13:55,101 --> 00:13:59,871 Man, I’ve been holding on to these berries 278 00:13:59,939 --> 00:14:02,579 for a long time. 279 00:14:02,642 --> 00:14:05,812 This is the ugly truth about survival, 280 00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:10,152 you don’t always have rabbits, and squirrels, 281 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:13,416 and moose, and bears. 282 00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:17,323 Sometimes you got rats. 283 00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:20,263 I don’t even know how I’m gonna skin these little ones. 284 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:21,486 ♪ ♪ 285 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:23,764 I miss my family. 286 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:27,133 We sacrificed a lot to be here. 287 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:30,803 They sacrificed a lot so that we can be. 288 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:32,343 ♪ ♪ 289 00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:34,972 I think that’s what this show basically is. 290 00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:36,581 It’s all about sacrifice. 291 00:14:36,642 --> 00:14:38,042 ♪ ♪ 292 00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:40,384 What you’re willing to sacrifice 293 00:14:40,413 --> 00:14:42,823 and how long you’re willing to sacrifice it for. 294 00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:44,779 ♪ ♪ 295 00:14:44,817 --> 00:14:47,787 It’s the hardest [bleep] thing I’ve ever done. 296 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:50,060 ♪ ♪ 297 00:14:53,092 --> 00:14:55,332 I feel like I’m turning into a rat. 298 00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:59,772 I sure am holed up like a rat would be. 299 00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:06,906 ♪ ♪ 300 00:15:13,179 --> 00:15:18,879 - Well, looks like today we got a little bit of snow. 301 00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:20,225 It’s cold. 302 00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:24,786 You can see the ice starting to form all on the lake. 303 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:27,257 You just got that little slush to it. 304 00:15:27,293 --> 00:15:29,303 ♪ ♪ 305 00:15:29,362 --> 00:15:31,562 Just going to be ice in no time. 306 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:33,074 ♪ ♪ 307 00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:34,899 I’m trying to see across, 308 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:37,597 if I can see my gill net. 309 00:15:37,703 --> 00:15:39,613 I don’t know if I can. 310 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:42,405 ♪ ♪ 311 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:45,008 [blows nose] 312 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:48,612 My nose is running within seconds. 313 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:55,489 So we need to check our gill net 314 00:15:55,588 --> 00:15:59,528 and hopefully find a squirrel, a grouse. 315 00:16:01,194 --> 00:16:03,904 I could really go for a moose steak too. 316 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:07,067 Wish me luck. 317 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:10,339 ♪ ♪ 318 00:16:13,739 --> 00:16:15,839 ♪ ♪ 319 00:16:15,942 --> 00:16:17,542 [bleep] 320 00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:20,447 Things are getting slippery. 321 00:16:20,546 --> 00:16:23,616 I’ve been cold, but this place, 322 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:26,289 this is a whole new element to cold. 323 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,445 ♪ ♪ 324 00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:31,218 Cuts through every layer. 325 00:16:31,257 --> 00:16:33,627 You want to curl right up to the fire, 326 00:16:33,659 --> 00:16:38,499 just wanting it to stop, but it doesn’t. 327 00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:40,331 It just gets worse. 328 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:42,743 ♪ ♪ 329 00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:45,398 It was a pretty desolate walk. 330 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:48,575 [wind whistling] 331 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:51,378 Wow, there’s a lot of ice around my net. 332 00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:58,450 ♪ ♪ 333 00:16:59,418 --> 00:17:01,148 As much as I hate to do it, 334 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:04,990 I think it’s best to take it right out. 335 00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:06,487 ♪ ♪ 336 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:08,962 I don’t think it’s fair to take a chance 337 00:17:09,061 --> 00:17:11,901 of it freezing in and having fish go to waste in it. 338 00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:14,531 ♪ ♪ 339 00:17:14,634 --> 00:17:16,504 Whoa. 340 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,936 Yeah, that’s how slippery things are. 341 00:17:19,005 --> 00:17:23,315 ♪ ♪ 342 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:27,576 I don’t know if I can get a stick or something. 343 00:17:27,613 --> 00:17:29,623 Uh-oh. 344 00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:30,952 ♪ ♪ 345 00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:33,747 Try bashing it. 346 00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:37,859 I’m a guy who believes that you have to respect the land. 347 00:17:37,924 --> 00:17:40,834 The water has been good to me, and for that reason, 348 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:43,560 I’ll happily carry it out of here. 349 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:49,866 ♪ ♪ 350 00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:53,536 I’ve still got lots of fish, or enough fish. 351 00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:56,576 ♪ ♪ 352 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:59,609 Wow, that is just solid. 353 00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:01,182 ♪ ♪ 354 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:03,577 I’ve ice fished for lake trout my whole life, 355 00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:06,186 and once I can get out on the ice, 356 00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:09,248 I have full confidence that I will 357 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:12,418 have no trouble catching fish. 358 00:18:12,458 --> 00:18:16,328 ♪ ♪ 359 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:19,829 I got a new goal, and that’s to catch a fish 360 00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:23,139 on Reindeer Lake ice fishing. 361 00:18:23,202 --> 00:18:25,302 I’m getting close. 362 00:18:25,338 --> 00:18:28,338 One fish will make it all worthwhile. 363 00:18:28,374 --> 00:18:31,744 ♪ ♪ 364 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,577 Oh, there it goes. 365 00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:35,346 ♪ ♪ 366 00:18:35,414 --> 00:18:36,554 Power of leverage. 367 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:38,016 There it goes. 368 00:18:38,084 --> 00:18:41,624 ♪ ♪ 369 00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:43,264 No fish. 370 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:46,329 But at least we did the right thing. 371 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:51,555 All right, now I just need to make it off these rocks. 372 00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:58,704 ♪ ♪ 373 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:06,583 Never to return. 374 00:19:06,612 --> 00:19:09,852 ♪ ♪ 375 00:19:09,949 --> 00:19:13,749 There’s no question that everything we do 376 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,719 is getting harder. 377 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:23,760 [dramatic music] 378 00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:30,903 ♪ ♪ 379 00:19:46,085 --> 00:19:47,855 You can see the lake is freezing here. 380 00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:51,463 It’s out like 25 feet or so. 381 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:55,858 It’s freezing all the way over to Lake Trout Rock. 382 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,302 I’m going to get enough firewood to make it 383 00:19:58,364 --> 00:20:00,034 through a couple nights. 384 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:07,012 Man, if this continues, the weather like this, 385 00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:09,806 I bet you a week, this lake is frozen. 386 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:13,206 Good for ice fishing anyways, so... 387 00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,253 ♪ ♪ 388 00:20:16,348 --> 00:20:19,018 I’m just an average teacher, who loves hunting and fishing 389 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:20,451 and being outside. 390 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:21,793 ♪ ♪ 391 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:23,621 This will need to be split. 392 00:20:23,656 --> 00:20:26,286 ♪ ♪ 393 00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:29,492 I’m hoping winning "Alone" will inspire my students, 394 00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:32,095 especially my outdoor ed students, 395 00:20:32,131 --> 00:20:35,701 to let them know that anything’s possible. 396 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:39,405 Whew, three is all I can do before I need to rest. 397 00:20:39,505 --> 00:20:41,515 Three and rest. 398 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:45,240 But unless some rabbits start magically showing 399 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:49,314 their tracks around here or the ice freezes quickly, 400 00:20:49,381 --> 00:20:51,151 I won’t have food. 401 00:20:51,217 --> 00:20:55,387 ♪ ♪ 402 00:20:57,323 --> 00:21:00,833 All right, time to work on my snowshoes. 403 00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:03,360 Get ready for ice fishing. 404 00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:11,336 ♪ ♪ 405 00:21:14,406 --> 00:21:16,836 OK, let’s do this. 406 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,652 I could ice fish now, but the shallow areas are 407 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:21,645 the only parts that are safe. 408 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:23,247 And I know there’s not going to be fish in there, 409 00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:25,349 so I’m not going to waste my time and calories drilling 410 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:27,547 holes in the ice. 411 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:31,390 Tying some bootlaces, some bindings. 412 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:33,257 I only need to make it 50 yards, 413 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,662 so they don’t have to be stellar. 414 00:21:35,728 --> 00:21:37,498 ♪ ♪ 415 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:41,670 I applied for this show for the adventure. 416 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:45,670 I used to go on fishing trips as a kid on my bike. 417 00:21:45,738 --> 00:21:48,338 I had this plastic container that slid onto my belt, 418 00:21:48,374 --> 00:21:50,644 and it was a worm container, and I’d fill it up with dirt 419 00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:52,443 and fill it with worms, and I’d pack a lunch, 420 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:54,815 and I’d biked all along the highway to find all 421 00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:56,484 these different fishing holes. 422 00:21:56,582 --> 00:21:59,282 Even though I could fish like right below my house, 423 00:21:59,385 --> 00:22:01,595 I wanted to go on adventures. 424 00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:04,520 That is "toight." 425 00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:06,463 Real toight. 426 00:22:06,525 --> 00:22:07,985 I want to experience this adventure 427 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:10,100 to the fullest extent. 428 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:14,272 I just don’t want to do well. I want to make it to the end. 429 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:16,740 I am ready for some fish. 430 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:19,602 But I could feel my mental game being 431 00:22:19,705 --> 00:22:21,705 chipped away a little bit. 432 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:25,380 Eating and my mental wellness goes hand in hand. 433 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:28,814 The few pieces of fish left, they go fast 434 00:22:28,914 --> 00:22:30,854 if I don’t get any more food. 435 00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:32,980 I’ll feel terrible. 436 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:35,648 Who knows where I can go from there. 437 00:22:37,256 --> 00:22:39,056 But yeah. 438 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:45,705 Got my ice snowshoes. 439 00:22:45,731 --> 00:22:52,771 ♪ ♪ 440 00:23:00,446 --> 00:23:02,706 - This is a beautiful place. 441 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:07,689 If I had a cabin up here somewhere 442 00:23:07,786 --> 00:23:11,256 with a big picture window 443 00:23:11,290 --> 00:23:16,700 next to my fireplace with my wife, 444 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:19,902 we’re laying down on a pallet on the floor. 445 00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:21,295 ♪ ♪ 446 00:23:21,367 --> 00:23:25,767 Nikolai, he’s running around playing, climbing on us. 447 00:23:25,871 --> 00:23:27,341 He runs to the window. 448 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:30,376 He looks outside. He says, "It’s snowing!" 449 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,609 ♪ ♪ 450 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:34,981 That would be a dream come true. 451 00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:36,754 ♪ ♪ 452 00:23:36,815 --> 00:23:39,475 But right now, it’s just a dream. 453 00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:43,225 My reality is, is that there’s ice on my tarp. 454 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:44,715 ♪ ♪ 455 00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:47,093 On the inside of my tarp. 456 00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:48,632 Can you see that reflection? 457 00:23:48,661 --> 00:23:50,901 That’s all ice. 458 00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:54,533 This whole place has turned into a frozen hell. 459 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:56,103 ♪ ♪ 460 00:23:56,168 --> 00:24:00,868 God, please just let me win this, so I can go home. 461 00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:05,944 ♪ ♪ 462 00:24:05,978 --> 00:24:08,448 I haven’t done anything but lay here in my sleeping bag 463 00:24:08,547 --> 00:24:09,607 all morning. 464 00:24:09,715 --> 00:24:11,185 ♪ ♪ 465 00:24:11,216 --> 00:24:15,616 Kind of been in a dark place mentally. 466 00:24:15,688 --> 00:24:18,658 [device beeping] 467 00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:20,391 ♪ ♪ 468 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:22,629 I just got the message saying that... 469 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:27,067 ♪ ♪ 470 00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:29,129 Now I gotta get up, get ready for that, 471 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:30,504 which sucks. 472 00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:32,736 I really don’t want to get up right now. 473 00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:34,475 ♪ ♪ 474 00:24:34,540 --> 00:24:36,780 Calm down, Mikey. 475 00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:41,182 Try to hold it together, but I literally 476 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:43,053 do not even have the strength that it takes 477 00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:45,818 to put my boots on. 478 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:47,794 My feet are freezing. 479 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:49,420 My hands are freezing. 480 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:50,888 ♪ ♪ 481 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:54,060 I don’t see how I’m gonna be able to keep doing this. 482 00:24:54,093 --> 00:25:01,133 ♪ ♪ 483 00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:07,311 OK. 484 00:25:08,941 --> 00:25:11,211 - So [bleep] cold. 485 00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:13,610 I mean, just unbearably cold. 486 00:25:13,712 --> 00:25:14,912 - OK. 487 00:25:20,019 --> 00:25:21,189 - Yeah. 488 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:28,260 ♪ ♪ 489 00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:33,303 My hand’s freezing. 490 00:25:37,169 --> 00:25:39,769 My feet are numb right now. 491 00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,172 Oh, and they’re red as hell. 492 00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:44,744 - Is that painful when I do that? 493 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:46,407 - Those last two are. 494 00:25:46,512 --> 00:25:48,412 - Those last two? - Yeah. 495 00:25:48,514 --> 00:25:49,784 - OK. 496 00:25:49,848 --> 00:25:51,418 You can put your sock on. 497 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:52,883 ♪ ♪ 498 00:25:55,621 --> 00:26:02,661 ♪ ♪ 499 00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:06,103 - [groans] 500 00:26:06,131 --> 00:26:07,531 Can’t put my boots on. 501 00:26:07,633 --> 00:26:09,273 [bleep] damn. 502 00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:14,467 The loss of sensation’s not good, 503 00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:16,940 and his toes are extremely cold. 504 00:26:16,975 --> 00:26:19,945 - God, I can’t believe this. 505 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:23,578 I can’t get pulled after I’ve come this far 506 00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:25,775 and I’ve missed so much. 507 00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:31,288 I’m so sorry, Hazel, and I’m so sorry, Nikolai, 508 00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:33,660 that I left y’all. 509 00:26:33,692 --> 00:26:39,532 ♪ ♪ 510 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:49,539 - I’m so sorry, Hazel, and I’m so sorry, Nikolai, 511 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:52,038 that I left y’all. 512 00:26:52,144 --> 00:26:55,814 I’ve done everything that I possibly could. 513 00:26:55,914 --> 00:26:57,454 [soft music] 514 00:26:57,549 --> 00:26:59,819 I had so much faith. 515 00:26:59,885 --> 00:27:04,425 ♪ ♪ 516 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:07,686 But I can’t do this anymore. 517 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:09,593 [sniffles] 518 00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:13,897 OK. 519 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:16,696 - I wanted to not have to go back to work. 520 00:27:17,336 --> 00:27:20,336 I wanted more therapy for my son. 521 00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:24,335 I’m just so cold that I can’t handle it. 522 00:27:24,409 --> 00:27:29,549 ♪ ♪ 523 00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:31,876 - Hey. 524 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,824 I think I’m done, guys. 525 00:27:34,853 --> 00:27:37,293 Y’all’s decision or not, I think I’m done. 526 00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:42,459 ♪ ♪ 527 00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:44,958 - God, I hate to say those words. 528 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:47,973 [dramatic music] 529 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:51,936 ♪ ♪ 530 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:55,014 God, I hate to say those words. 531 00:27:55,107 --> 00:27:57,607 I don’t quit at anything. 532 00:27:57,709 --> 00:27:58,909 Ever. 533 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:00,547 ♪ ♪ 534 00:28:00,579 --> 00:28:03,149 But... 535 00:28:03,182 --> 00:28:05,752 I’m officially tapping out. 536 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,086 [breathing shakily] 537 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:14,989 ♪ ♪ 538 00:28:15,060 --> 00:28:18,230 This is a hard decision to make. 539 00:28:18,297 --> 00:28:20,697 In my head, I could keep going, 540 00:28:20,732 --> 00:28:23,132 but I know that if I push too much farther, 541 00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:26,075 then I’ll be really hurting myself. 542 00:28:26,138 --> 00:28:28,768 I don’t want to go back to my son broken. 543 00:28:28,874 --> 00:28:30,544 Then I can’t do anything for him. 544 00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:32,036 ♪ ♪ 545 00:28:32,144 --> 00:28:34,914 And if I go back broken, I’m not gonna be able 546 00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:37,650 to continue to provide for my family. 547 00:28:37,749 --> 00:28:40,819 But I’m a different person coming out of this. 548 00:28:40,886 --> 00:28:42,416 ♪ ♪ 549 00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:45,657 After everything you have has been stripped off of you, 550 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:48,834 and your mind and your body has been broken down, 551 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:52,330 you start seeing things a little differently. 552 00:28:52,431 --> 00:28:56,101 I’ve learned there’s no point in holding back the emotions, 553 00:28:56,168 --> 00:28:58,098 the things that you want to say. 554 00:28:58,136 --> 00:29:00,736 It’s actually caused more problems than anything. 555 00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:02,336 And I see that now. 556 00:29:02,374 --> 00:29:04,384 ♪ ♪ 557 00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:07,546 From now on, I’m gonna talk through everything 558 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:09,979 I need to talk through, instead of just swallowing it, 559 00:29:10,015 --> 00:29:12,655 and putting it in my stomach, and going on with it. 560 00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:14,851 I’ve gone 55 days. 561 00:29:14,953 --> 00:29:16,793 You learn maybe, you know, I want to do something 562 00:29:16,822 --> 00:29:18,792 different with my life. 563 00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:21,187 I don’t have to have $500,000 to make more time 564 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:22,990 to spend with my family. 565 00:29:23,061 --> 00:29:24,561 ♪ ♪ 566 00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:28,273 I don’t want to go back to working all day every day. 567 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:31,170 As long as I can continue to provide for my family 568 00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:33,670 doing something that I can be happy doing, 569 00:29:33,739 --> 00:29:36,469 and we’ll give that a try for a while. 570 00:29:36,541 --> 00:29:38,581 I do have adaptability. 571 00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:39,710 ♪ ♪ 572 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,978 I’ve proved that. 573 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:51,463 ♪ ♪ 574 00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:13,411 - OK, we’ve checked the ice. 575 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:17,776 I got a few places I can go fishing. 576 00:30:17,849 --> 00:30:21,989 That means today, we’ll have to build an ice ladder. 577 00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:24,920 ♪ ♪ 578 00:30:25,023 --> 00:30:27,063 I need some crossers. 579 00:30:27,092 --> 00:30:30,032 ♪ ♪ 580 00:30:30,062 --> 00:30:32,102 To go ice fishing, we either need 581 00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:35,370 to have snowshoes or an ice ladder, 582 00:30:35,467 --> 00:30:38,767 and I think an ice ladder is far more feasible. 583 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:39,940 ♪ ♪ 584 00:30:39,971 --> 00:30:41,271 All right. 585 00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:43,980 I know it’s a pain in the [bleep] to carry this, 586 00:30:44,076 --> 00:30:49,106 but I don’t have to worry about laces freezing up 587 00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:51,651 and all that good [bleep]. 588 00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:56,990 ♪ ♪ 589 00:30:57,022 --> 00:30:59,262 I was hoping I was going to have 590 00:30:59,291 --> 00:31:03,091 to make a ladder like this to build a tree stand 591 00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:05,165 for either bear or moose hunting, 592 00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:08,533 but no chance of that. 593 00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:12,343 The bush has become almost too dangerous to walk in. 594 00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:15,144 I can’t find a track of anything. 595 00:31:15,173 --> 00:31:17,343 Time to freeze the fingers. 596 00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:19,006 ♪ ♪ 597 00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:20,781 There’s no squirrels left. 598 00:31:20,812 --> 00:31:23,312 There’s no grouse left. 599 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:25,822 There’s no big game. 600 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,494 I need to get out there ice fishing. 601 00:31:28,587 --> 00:31:31,057 ♪ ♪ 602 00:31:31,156 --> 00:31:34,826 We have an ice ladder. 603 00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:38,731 So let’s get going. 604 00:31:38,830 --> 00:31:45,870 ♪ ♪ 605 00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:56,383 All right, well, we got our ice ladder. 606 00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:59,025 We got our ax, and we got our jigging stick. 607 00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:02,150 We’re going to see how deep it is. 608 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:05,720 Hoping to be at 15-foot plus depth of water. 609 00:32:05,824 --> 00:32:08,034 ♪ ♪ 610 00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:10,859 I can remember as a young kid going fishing 611 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,459 on the Nottawasaga River with my dad, 612 00:32:13,498 --> 00:32:16,228 and he would go around and check the ice. 613 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:20,411 Put a wrist guard on, so we don’t lose our ax. 614 00:32:20,505 --> 00:32:22,265 ♪ ♪ 615 00:32:22,340 --> 00:32:24,140 And he would make a path, 616 00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:26,836 and it didn’t matter what was going on. 617 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:31,045 You did not leave that path because 5 feet over there, 618 00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:33,789 you could fall through the ice. 619 00:32:33,819 --> 00:32:39,659 8, 9, 10. 620 00:32:39,691 --> 00:32:44,331 So 10 feet, not really the depth I wanted, 621 00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:46,829 but it’s all I got for now. 622 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:48,298 ♪ ♪ 623 00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:51,296 Try there for a little bit. 624 00:32:51,336 --> 00:32:54,806 Let’s see if I can’t catch a walleye or two. 625 00:32:54,906 --> 00:32:56,366 ♪ ♪ 626 00:32:56,475 --> 00:33:00,585 I’ve fallen through the ice more than once. 627 00:33:00,612 --> 00:33:02,712 I’ve stood naked on the shore of a lake 628 00:33:02,781 --> 00:33:06,021 hovering over the campfire going, holy [bleep]. 629 00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:07,294 ♪ ♪ 630 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:09,885 But in these conditions... 631 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,658 God, that wind’s nasty. 632 00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:14,593 You basically have ten minutes to get dried off, 633 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:17,829 get some kind of shelter, 634 00:33:17,863 --> 00:33:20,503 and basically an hour to start warming your core 635 00:33:20,532 --> 00:33:25,142 back up before extreme hypothermia sets in. 636 00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:27,313 That’s not long. 637 00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:28,569 ♪ ♪ 638 00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:29,773 One injury, one slip, going home, 639 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:31,914 One injury, one slip, going home, 640 00:33:31,977 --> 00:33:35,807 and that opportunity of 500 grand to leave my legacy 641 00:33:35,914 --> 00:33:39,684 in this world, that’s gone. 642 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:42,854 ♪ ♪ 643 00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:45,124 Nope. 644 00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:47,593 Fingers are freezing. 645 00:33:47,659 --> 00:33:49,789 It’s temperature dropping. 646 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:51,901 ♪ ♪ 647 00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:54,030 We’ll give her a whirl tomorrow. 648 00:33:54,099 --> 00:33:56,299 ♪ ♪ 649 00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:57,274 All that effort for nothing. 650 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:02,807 [dramatic music] 651 00:34:02,807 --> 00:34:02,937 [dramatic music] 652 00:34:03,308 --> 00:34:03,508 [dramatic music] 653 00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:04,508 [dramatic music] 654 00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:11,583 ♪ ♪ 655 00:34:15,453 --> 00:34:17,693 - I’m heading out ice fishing in a few minutes. 656 00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:20,729 Just want to talk about how I’m feeling today. 657 00:34:20,825 --> 00:34:24,255 This is the most weakened I’ve felt. 658 00:34:24,329 --> 00:34:26,959 Everything is just such an effort right now. 659 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,295 Even bending over to get in the shelter 660 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:31,267 and straightening up again, I kind of lose my balance 661 00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:33,343 and get a head rush. 662 00:34:33,371 --> 00:34:35,541 So none of that’s very healthy for me, 663 00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:39,937 and I’m going to push through a few more days. 664 00:34:39,978 --> 00:34:41,578 Push through. 665 00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:42,753 ♪ ♪ 666 00:34:42,781 --> 00:34:45,381 My body is close to the end. 667 00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:49,247 I promised myself and my wife that I wouldn’t 668 00:34:49,354 --> 00:34:51,694 push too hard without food. 669 00:34:51,790 --> 00:34:53,190 ♪ ♪ 670 00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:55,928 I don’t feel great right now. 671 00:34:56,027 --> 00:34:58,397 My urine is orange for some reason. 672 00:34:58,463 --> 00:35:01,073 Maybe my kidneys aren’t working properly or something, 673 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:03,099 or I’m just not drinking enough. 674 00:35:03,168 --> 00:35:07,338 Pushing too far means long-term damage to your body. 675 00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:12,205 Organs, teeth, there’s so many things that can happen. 676 00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:14,350 Well, here we go. 677 00:35:14,379 --> 00:35:17,549 ♪ ♪ 678 00:35:17,582 --> 00:35:21,422 But at any second, my competitors could tap out. 679 00:35:21,486 --> 00:35:23,286 ♪ ♪ 680 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:26,793 We are through! 681 00:35:26,858 --> 00:35:28,258 I’m gonna get some moss for the hole. 682 00:35:28,326 --> 00:35:29,886 I’ll be right back. 683 00:35:29,995 --> 00:35:34,475 ♪ ♪ 684 00:35:34,499 --> 00:35:36,169 I’m homesick. 685 00:35:36,267 --> 00:35:37,897 I’m missing my wife and my kids, 686 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:41,139 but I want to inspire my children 687 00:35:41,172 --> 00:35:44,082 to fight through tough times and be resilient. 688 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,442 Let’s give this a shot. 689 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:51,354 So maybe I should just keep fishing and keep pushing. 690 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:53,683 Ooh. 691 00:35:53,785 --> 00:35:56,455 That wind is chilly. 692 00:35:56,554 --> 00:35:58,394 ♪ ♪ 693 00:35:58,423 --> 00:36:00,793 To do this, I can work off the strength 694 00:36:00,859 --> 00:36:03,629 of the students who inspired me. 695 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,062 Come on, fishies. 696 00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:08,870 Build off the strength of loved ones. 697 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:11,100 Going to be pike down there. 698 00:36:11,136 --> 00:36:14,136 Stay positive. Stay hopeful. 699 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:16,342 Anything’s possible, you know? 700 00:36:18,109 --> 00:36:22,179 Well, that wind is blowing right through my bones. 701 00:36:22,213 --> 00:36:25,383 So done for now. 702 00:36:25,417 --> 00:36:32,457 ♪ ♪ 703 00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:49,142 - [sighs] 704 00:36:49,174 --> 00:36:52,544 I thought I was done with this gill net. 705 00:36:53,411 --> 00:36:58,581 Well, today, 706 00:36:58,616 --> 00:37:02,816 even though I’ve only got 10 feet of water, 707 00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:05,857 what I’m going to do is, I’m going to try 708 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:09,457 and cut myself a trough that I can drop my gill net 709 00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:14,427 back in and fish 24/7. 710 00:37:14,499 --> 00:37:19,099 So I’m trying to get it untangled 711 00:37:19,170 --> 00:37:21,970 or whatever you want to call it--unfrozen. 712 00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:23,413 [chuckles] 713 00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:28,154 OK, here’s one. 714 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:31,779 I’m going to tie this, so I can get everything 715 00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:36,620 kind of situated best as possible. 716 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:42,434 I’ve come to the realization that, 717 00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:45,700 no matter what, I’m hungry all the time. 718 00:37:45,797 --> 00:37:46,757 ♪ ♪ 719 00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:48,935 Stomach’s growling. 720 00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:50,433 Saying hurry up, tie that net. 721 00:37:50,502 --> 00:37:52,372 Catch me a fish there, boy. 722 00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:56,370 Ice fishing is slow, cold, and windy. 723 00:37:56,474 --> 00:38:00,384 So to stand out there and fish is not feasible. 724 00:38:00,445 --> 00:38:03,855 So I’m going to put my gill net down there. 725 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:08,088 OK, well, that’s that part. 726 00:38:08,186 --> 00:38:12,016 So let’s grab our ax. 727 00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:13,656 We’ll go cut a hole. 728 00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:20,731 ♪ ♪ 729 00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:28,966 OK, I’m going to cut a line straight in starting 730 00:38:29,073 --> 00:38:31,283 from the hole I cut yesterday. 731 00:38:31,342 --> 00:38:35,852 ♪ ♪ 732 00:38:35,947 --> 00:38:40,177 Nature gives you every element to be the best you can be. 733 00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:55,928 ♪ ♪ 734 00:38:56,034 --> 00:38:59,074 But she will provide for you, 735 00:38:59,103 --> 00:39:01,113 or she’ll rip it away from you. 736 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:02,539 ♪ ♪ 737 00:39:07,212 --> 00:39:11,722 Now, I got to go get my three poles. 738 00:39:11,783 --> 00:39:13,583 ♪ ♪ 739 00:39:13,618 --> 00:39:18,888 So you have to learn how to become balanced. 740 00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:21,490 Ooh, it’s cold. 741 00:39:21,593 --> 00:39:23,393 It’s already starting to freeze, 742 00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:26,661 so no time for whining. 743 00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:29,925 We’re going to get this baby in. 744 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:36,874 ♪ ♪ 745 00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:41,751 Yeah, now she shouldn’t fall in. 746 00:39:41,779 --> 00:39:45,779 All right, let’s move this party inside. 747 00:39:45,850 --> 00:39:48,790 ♪ ♪ 748 00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:51,420 We’ll just wait and see what it brings. 749 00:39:51,489 --> 00:39:53,789 ♪ ♪ 750 00:39:53,858 --> 00:39:57,058 [wind whistling] 751 00:39:57,128 --> 00:39:58,658 The wind’s picking up. 752 00:39:58,696 --> 00:40:01,666 Probably going to be an ugly night again. 753 00:40:01,699 --> 00:40:08,669 ♪ ♪ 754 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:11,410 Lots of thoughts going through my head. 755 00:40:11,509 --> 00:40:14,579 ♪ ♪ 756 00:40:14,646 --> 00:40:17,106 I don’t know how many times my boys have said, 757 00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:19,581 "Dad, you drank too much." 758 00:40:19,617 --> 00:40:23,217 How many times my mother said, "Wyatt, you drank too much." 759 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:25,164 How many times a hundred other people have said, 760 00:40:25,223 --> 00:40:27,463 "Wyatt, you drink too much." 761 00:40:27,492 --> 00:40:28,692 The amount of times I’ve said, 762 00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:31,663 "It’s none of your [bleep] business." 763 00:40:31,696 --> 00:40:34,126 Crawling under that nice fleecy cloud, 764 00:40:34,232 --> 00:40:39,102 that nice shroud of alcohol, and all the rest of it 765 00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:42,070 dulled the mind and warmed my soul. 766 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:46,380 Well, so I thought. 767 00:40:46,411 --> 00:40:49,381 Just took a lot of years of hearing it from other people 768 00:40:49,414 --> 00:40:54,354 about how bad it was before I realized that maybe 769 00:40:54,419 --> 00:40:56,489 it’s time to change. 770 00:40:56,587 --> 00:40:59,657 [fire crackling] 771 00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:02,661 [bleep], another hole in another sock. 772 00:41:02,727 --> 00:41:04,897 Oh, [bleep]. 773 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,904 I’m losing a toenail. 774 00:41:08,933 --> 00:41:10,303 ♪ ♪ 775 00:41:10,368 --> 00:41:11,898 No. 776 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:13,200 ♪ ♪ 777 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:15,614 I should rephrase that. 778 00:41:15,707 --> 00:41:22,747 ♪ ♪ 779 00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:25,652 I lost a toenail. 780 00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:27,420 ♪ ♪ 781 00:41:27,452 --> 00:41:28,752 Look. 782 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:33,990 ♪ ♪ 783 00:41:34,058 --> 00:41:35,288 Whole toenail. 784 00:41:35,393 --> 00:41:36,293 Gone. 785 00:41:36,394 --> 00:41:38,664 Oop, just dropped it somewhere. 786 00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:43,126 My toenails just falling off because of the cold. 787 00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,104 You don’t even notice it because your feet 788 00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:48,969 are so numb from being so cold for so long. 789 00:41:49,073 --> 00:41:51,143 It’s gone past the point of pain. 790 00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:53,975 Now it’s just this numb feeling. 791 00:41:54,045 --> 00:41:55,785 Almost dead. 792 00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:57,577 ♪ ♪ 793 00:41:57,648 --> 00:41:59,248 Knew there was going to be a degree 794 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:01,390 of suffering out here, 795 00:42:01,419 --> 00:42:03,589 just didn’t know quite how much. 796 00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:10,661 ♪ ♪ 797 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:22,809 Mind’s playing tricks on me. 798 00:42:22,907 --> 00:42:24,307 I’m hearing things. 799 00:42:24,342 --> 00:42:28,012 ♪ ♪ 800 00:42:28,112 --> 00:42:29,782 Probably just the ice. 801 00:42:29,814 --> 00:42:36,424 ♪ ♪ 802 00:42:36,454 --> 00:42:38,556 Oop, fire. 803 00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:38,616 Oop, fire. 804 00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:42,390 ♪ ♪ 805 00:42:42,460 --> 00:42:44,860 We got a fire going on. 806 00:42:44,896 --> 00:42:46,656 ♪ ♪ 807 00:42:46,697 --> 00:42:47,097 [bleep] [bleep] 808 00:42:50,902 --> 00:42:51,502 [dramatic music] 809 00:42:51,502 --> 00:42:52,942 [dramatic music] 810 00:42:53,037 --> 00:42:54,767 - Oop, fire. 811 00:42:54,872 --> 00:42:56,772 ♪ ♪ 812 00:42:56,874 --> 00:43:00,544 We got a fire going on. 813 00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:02,978 [bleep] [bleep] 814 00:43:03,014 --> 00:43:04,615 Are you kidding me? 815 00:43:04,615 --> 00:43:04,775 Are you kidding me? 816 00:43:04,949 --> 00:43:11,219 ♪ ♪ 817 00:43:11,255 --> 00:43:13,085 [bleep] 818 00:43:13,191 --> 00:43:17,831 ♪ ♪ 819 00:43:17,862 --> 00:43:19,862 She’s out. 820 00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:21,731 [bleep] 821 00:43:21,833 --> 00:43:25,973 ♪ ♪ 822 00:43:26,070 --> 00:43:28,540 Whew, that was close. 823 00:43:33,544 --> 00:43:34,914 I’m glad I was awake. 824 00:43:34,979 --> 00:43:36,349 There must have been one of the branches 825 00:43:36,380 --> 00:43:38,980 up top caught an ember or something. 826 00:43:39,016 --> 00:43:41,846 ♪ ♪ 827 00:43:41,953 --> 00:43:44,993 It’s too damn cold to not be having a fire tonight. 828 00:43:45,022 --> 00:43:47,162 ♪ ♪ 829 00:43:47,225 --> 00:43:51,135 Lose a toenail, start the shelter on fire. 830 00:43:51,229 --> 00:43:54,099 The hell kind of [bleep] is this? 831 00:43:54,165 --> 00:43:57,675 That wind’s not gonna let up very much, I’m sure, till-- 832 00:43:57,702 --> 00:43:59,902 it’s going to be a long night. 833 00:43:59,971 --> 00:44:02,941 The fire, it’s just one more stress. 834 00:44:03,007 --> 00:44:06,537 Sleeping with one eye open, shivering like a dog. 835 00:44:06,577 --> 00:44:10,247 It’s getting harder and harder every day to stay here. 836 00:44:10,348 --> 00:44:14,278 Whoever’s left, they know how to tough it out 837 00:44:14,385 --> 00:44:17,215 because there’s nothing easy about being here. 838 00:44:17,288 --> 00:44:24,258 ♪ ♪ 839 00:44:24,295 --> 00:44:27,065 At this stage, the grind is on, you know? 840 00:44:27,098 --> 00:44:31,138 It takes a little bit more to grind through the days. 841 00:44:31,235 --> 00:44:33,235 I can’t get my hands warm. 842 00:44:33,304 --> 00:44:36,944 I’m going to go back to the teepee for 19 hours or so. 843 00:44:37,008 --> 00:44:39,708 I’m in my shelter a lot. 844 00:44:39,744 --> 00:44:42,184 I don’t have any fresh fish to smoke, 845 00:44:42,246 --> 00:44:43,946 and it doesn’t make sense to be out 846 00:44:43,981 --> 00:44:45,921 in the cold and the snow, 847 00:44:45,983 --> 00:44:49,453 but being in the shelter so much 848 00:44:49,554 --> 00:44:53,764 is challenging because boredom is starting to creep 849 00:44:53,824 --> 00:44:55,864 into my mind, and it’s just more difficult 850 00:44:55,893 --> 00:44:59,703 to stay positive when you’re in the same spot not sleeping. 851 00:44:59,797 --> 00:45:02,297 ♪ ♪ 852 00:45:02,333 --> 00:45:04,173 Hey! 853 00:45:04,268 --> 00:45:06,268 ♪ ♪ 854 00:45:06,304 --> 00:45:08,374 Is there something out there? 855 00:45:08,472 --> 00:45:09,942 ♪ ♪ 856 00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:11,907 The hell was that? 857 00:45:11,943 --> 00:45:16,713 ♪ ♪ 858 00:45:16,781 --> 00:45:18,321 Get out! 859 00:45:18,382 --> 00:45:20,022 Get out here! 860 00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:22,187 ♪ ♪ 861 00:45:22,220 --> 00:45:25,190 [fire crackling] 862 00:45:25,223 --> 00:45:31,603 ♪ ♪ 863 00:45:31,662 --> 00:45:35,302 Minutes are now like hours. 864 00:45:35,333 --> 00:45:37,133 Days seem like weeks. 865 00:45:37,235 --> 00:45:40,245 Hopefully, today, we got something in the gill net. 866 00:45:40,304 --> 00:45:43,744 I just need something to add some kind of fuel 867 00:45:43,808 --> 00:45:45,978 to my inner fire. 868 00:45:46,077 --> 00:45:47,977 Give me some excitement. 869 00:45:48,045 --> 00:45:49,945 Kill the time. 870 00:45:49,981 --> 00:45:52,051 Well... 871 00:45:52,149 --> 00:45:54,619 looks like we’re not cleaning fish. 872 00:45:54,685 --> 00:45:56,815 Looks like we’re going to cut wood. 873 00:45:56,854 --> 00:45:58,624 [bleep] 874 00:45:58,656 --> 00:46:01,586 Because right now, time is killing me. 875 00:46:01,659 --> 00:46:05,399 [bleep]. Oh, slippery rock. 876 00:46:05,463 --> 00:46:06,933 ♪ ♪ 877 00:46:07,031 --> 00:46:08,671 Sorry about that. 878 00:46:08,699 --> 00:46:11,639 Got about a foot and a half past the camera and wiped out, 879 00:46:11,702 --> 00:46:12,972 but I’m all right. 880 00:46:13,070 --> 00:46:14,340 Don’t worry about me. 881 00:46:14,405 --> 00:46:15,715 It’s all good. 882 00:46:15,740 --> 00:46:17,610 [bleep] 883 00:46:17,708 --> 00:46:22,008 ♪ ♪ 884 00:46:22,113 --> 00:46:24,383 Who knows if there’s three people left 885 00:46:24,415 --> 00:46:26,555 or two people left. 886 00:46:26,584 --> 00:46:28,624 Who knows if they have food? 887 00:46:28,686 --> 00:46:32,386 ♪ ♪ 888 00:46:32,423 --> 00:46:35,063 - That is the tiniest damn little thing. 889 00:46:35,092 --> 00:46:37,062 Look at that. 890 00:46:37,128 --> 00:46:39,228 - I just don’t know. 891 00:46:39,263 --> 00:46:41,103 It’s kind of exciting to think that maybe 892 00:46:41,165 --> 00:46:45,735 I might be the last one, but it almost seems impossible. 893 00:46:45,836 --> 00:46:50,166 ♪ ♪ 894 00:46:50,274 --> 00:46:53,144 I am struggling mentally and physically. 895 00:46:53,210 --> 00:46:55,850 ♪ ♪ 896 00:46:55,946 --> 00:46:58,116 When is this going to end? 897 00:46:58,182 --> 00:46:59,782 But I wanted to be pushed. 898 00:46:59,850 --> 00:47:01,220 Even though I knew it would be unpleasant, 899 00:47:01,285 --> 00:47:02,615 I wanted to feel it. 900 00:47:02,653 --> 00:47:04,863 I just can’t get warm. 901 00:47:04,955 --> 00:47:07,785 I’ve had this chill for hours. 902 00:47:07,858 --> 00:47:09,628 Mission accomplished. 903 00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:13,600 ♪ ♪ 904 00:47:13,664 --> 00:47:15,974 It is cold. 905 00:47:16,067 --> 00:47:20,867 The wind blew out of the north all night, and it blew hard. 906 00:47:20,905 --> 00:47:23,175 We won’t be checking the gill net today. 907 00:47:23,274 --> 00:47:24,544 Not a chance. 908 00:47:24,608 --> 00:47:26,078 ♪ ♪ 909 00:47:26,143 --> 00:47:30,183 My water bucket’s been sitting 3 feet from my fire, 910 00:47:30,214 --> 00:47:31,924 and it’s frozen every morning. 911 00:47:31,982 --> 00:47:34,122 [wind whistling] 912 00:47:34,185 --> 00:47:37,355 I sit beside the fire to at least keep 913 00:47:37,421 --> 00:47:41,291 my feet from burning any worse than they are. 914 00:47:41,392 --> 00:47:44,662 But my body’s growing weak. 915 00:47:44,729 --> 00:47:46,799 The cold’s winning. 916 00:47:47,898 --> 00:47:49,698 ♪ ♪ 917 00:47:54,038 --> 00:47:56,938 [dramatic music] 918 00:47:57,007 --> 00:48:04,047 ♪ ♪ 919 00:48:04,915 --> 00:48:06,315 - Well, I’m just getting out of my sleeping bag, 920 00:48:06,317 --> 00:48:10,817 - Well, I’m just getting out of my sleeping bag, 921 00:48:10,888 --> 00:48:13,618 and this is exactly the reason why. 922 00:48:13,691 --> 00:48:17,901 This wind has been going like this since 7:00 923 00:48:17,995 --> 00:48:21,995 last night, but let’s have a look at what 924 00:48:22,066 --> 00:48:24,266 the ice has done down here. 925 00:48:24,301 --> 00:48:26,641 ♪ ♪ 926 00:48:26,704 --> 00:48:28,674 I can’t see my gill net, but-- 927 00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:31,479 whoa, she’s a little windy. 928 00:48:31,542 --> 00:48:32,812 ♪ ♪ 929 00:48:32,910 --> 00:48:35,610 I guarantee you it’s not gonna be in good shape. 930 00:48:35,713 --> 00:48:39,753 ♪ ♪ 931 00:48:39,784 --> 00:48:41,054 [bleep] 932 00:48:41,152 --> 00:48:43,852 ♪ ♪ 933 00:48:43,954 --> 00:48:48,064 There’s my gill net, or the pole 934 00:48:48,159 --> 00:48:51,029 that’s supposed to be holding it. 935 00:48:51,061 --> 00:48:52,861 That’s it. It’s gone. 936 00:48:52,897 --> 00:48:54,257 [bleep] 937 00:48:54,331 --> 00:48:55,871 ♪ ♪ 938 00:48:55,900 --> 00:48:58,370 That is insane. 939 00:48:58,469 --> 00:49:02,139 That wind has just smashed it in. 940 00:49:02,173 --> 00:49:04,713 I’m even nervous about getting near the shore 941 00:49:04,742 --> 00:49:08,352 enough to fill my water buckets. 942 00:49:08,379 --> 00:49:10,779 That’s no spot to be. 943 00:49:10,848 --> 00:49:13,178 ♪ ♪ 944 00:49:13,217 --> 00:49:15,417 I don’t know what the [bleep] I’m going to do. 945 00:49:15,486 --> 00:49:18,056 ♪ ♪ 946 00:49:18,155 --> 00:49:21,425 She’s getting pretty scarce as far as food around here. 947 00:49:21,459 --> 00:49:22,729 I got one more night to me, 948 00:49:22,827 --> 00:49:24,057 and that’s it. 949 00:49:24,094 --> 00:49:27,064 The days are cold. The nights are cold. 950 00:49:27,097 --> 00:49:29,467 I got to cut at least a whole tree every day 951 00:49:29,500 --> 00:49:31,370 just to stay warm enough. 952 00:49:31,469 --> 00:49:34,709 ♪ ♪ 953 00:49:34,772 --> 00:49:36,372 Ahh. 954 00:49:37,408 --> 00:49:39,678 This place is a constant struggle. 955 00:49:39,743 --> 00:49:43,353 There’s so many things that have to be done daily, 956 00:49:43,380 --> 00:49:46,350 but the wind blowing like this doesn’t allow you 957 00:49:46,383 --> 00:49:49,053 to do anything you need to do. 958 00:49:49,153 --> 00:49:51,863 Get our piece of fish on. 959 00:49:51,956 --> 00:49:53,156 ♪ ♪ 960 00:49:53,224 --> 00:49:55,294 I’m falling too far back. 961 00:49:55,392 --> 00:49:58,302 I need to get moving forward again. 962 00:49:58,395 --> 00:50:00,295 ♪ ♪ 963 00:50:00,397 --> 00:50:02,727 My body is starting to fail me. 964 00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:04,173 ♪ ♪ 965 00:50:04,268 --> 00:50:07,968 My mind is starting to-- 966 00:50:08,072 --> 00:50:09,712 starting to wander. 967 00:50:09,740 --> 00:50:11,110 ♪ ♪ 968 00:50:11,141 --> 00:50:14,951 The longer I sit here and think of nothing, 969 00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:18,222 other than the noise in my head and all the things 970 00:50:18,315 --> 00:50:21,145 that I can’t do, 971 00:50:21,185 --> 00:50:25,825 the more and more I’m getting tired mentally and physically. 972 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:29,026 ♪ ♪ 973 00:50:29,059 --> 00:50:31,259 It’s hard to really fathom that I’m 974 00:50:31,295 --> 00:50:32,865 thinking of giving up. 975 00:50:32,897 --> 00:50:38,337 ♪ ♪ 976 00:50:38,435 --> 00:50:40,635 This place has taught me a lot. 977 00:50:40,704 --> 00:50:42,714 ♪ ♪ 978 00:50:42,740 --> 00:50:44,740 Buried a lot of demons. 979 00:50:44,808 --> 00:50:47,478 ♪ ♪ 980 00:50:47,545 --> 00:50:49,615 Washed away a lot of pain. 981 00:50:49,713 --> 00:50:54,623 ♪ ♪ 982 00:50:54,718 --> 00:50:56,648 We’re going to see how we sleep. 983 00:50:56,754 --> 00:50:58,824 See how we feel tomorrow. 984 00:50:58,856 --> 00:51:05,896 ♪ ♪ 985 00:51:16,273 --> 00:51:18,583 How awesome is that? 986 00:51:22,713 --> 00:51:24,983 Little things in life, eh? 987 00:51:27,785 --> 00:51:31,225 I have accomplished everything I need right here 988 00:51:31,255 --> 00:51:34,225 other than the 500 grand, but... 989 00:51:34,258 --> 00:51:36,128 I’ve got my house. 990 00:51:36,226 --> 00:51:37,826 I’ve got a beautiful wife. 991 00:51:37,861 --> 00:51:40,401 I’ve got beautiful kids. 992 00:51:40,464 --> 00:51:43,134 I live a good life. 993 00:51:43,233 --> 00:51:46,303 I don’t need to go out for fancy dinners every night, 994 00:51:46,337 --> 00:51:49,007 and live beyond my means, and what have you. 995 00:51:49,106 --> 00:51:51,136 To me, that’s not living. 996 00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:53,942 To me, this is living. 997 00:51:54,011 --> 00:51:55,581 ♪ ♪ 998 00:51:55,646 --> 00:51:58,376 I really don’t have the words right now. 999 00:51:58,449 --> 00:52:02,189 ♪ ♪ 1000 00:52:02,219 --> 00:52:04,389 That’s unlike me. 1001 00:52:04,421 --> 00:52:06,391 I always got words. 1002 00:52:06,423 --> 00:52:08,023 ♪ ♪ 1003 00:52:08,092 --> 00:52:11,832 I did have a lot of self-healing I needed to do. 1004 00:52:11,862 --> 00:52:14,132 Mentally, I feel whole. 1005 00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:16,571 I feel complete. 1006 00:52:16,667 --> 00:52:20,167 I’ve done everything I needed to do out here. 1007 00:52:20,270 --> 00:52:23,070 Body’s letting me know it’s time. 1008 00:52:23,140 --> 00:52:26,080 ♪ ♪ 1009 00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:27,943 [device beeping] 1010 00:52:27,978 --> 00:52:32,318 ♪ ♪ 1011 00:52:32,383 --> 00:52:34,523 This is Wyatt calling. 1012 00:52:36,887 --> 00:52:39,087 I am officially tapping out. 1013 00:52:39,189 --> 00:52:45,059 ♪ ♪ 1014 00:52:45,095 --> 00:52:47,055 My body and my brain is just telling me 1015 00:52:47,097 --> 00:52:49,497 that it’s the right time. 1016 00:52:49,533 --> 00:52:50,833 ♪ ♪ 1017 00:52:54,538 --> 00:52:58,578 As the Doors once said, "This is the end." 1018 00:52:58,676 --> 00:53:01,576 [helicopter whirring] 1019 00:53:01,679 --> 00:53:08,719 ♪ ♪ 1020 00:53:10,154 --> 00:53:12,364 Had enough. 1021 00:53:12,423 --> 00:53:16,263 Everything about my body and mind is-- 1022 00:53:16,293 --> 00:53:18,503 I’m done. 1023 00:53:18,595 --> 00:53:21,995 It’s been--it’s been epic. 1024 00:53:22,066 --> 00:53:24,696 I’m leaving here a different person. 1025 00:53:24,735 --> 00:53:26,705 No question about it. 1026 00:53:29,740 --> 00:53:31,910 And I’m good about it. 1027 00:53:31,942 --> 00:53:33,882 I’m really good about it. 1028 00:53:33,944 --> 00:53:35,854 It’s... 1029 00:53:35,946 --> 00:53:37,776 ♪ ♪ 1030 00:53:37,815 --> 00:53:42,855 It’s for the better, and this is my therapy. 1031 00:53:42,953 --> 00:53:44,153 [laughs] 1032 00:53:44,221 --> 00:53:45,261 ♪ ♪ 1033 00:53:45,355 --> 00:53:49,655 And I needed it to be sober, 1034 00:53:49,727 --> 00:53:55,427 to be not distracted, 1035 00:53:55,466 --> 00:53:59,896 and just to truly 1036 00:53:59,937 --> 00:54:02,707 process 1037 00:54:02,740 --> 00:54:05,340 the hows and whats and wheres and whys 1038 00:54:05,375 --> 00:54:10,175 and put it all away. 1039 00:54:10,247 --> 00:54:12,177 And I did that. 1040 00:54:12,249 --> 00:54:17,449 ♪ ♪ 1041 00:54:17,554 --> 00:54:20,564 I was able to forgive everybody I needed 1042 00:54:20,624 --> 00:54:24,464 to forgive in this world, including myself. 1043 00:54:24,528 --> 00:54:26,728 Maybe mostly myself. 1044 00:54:26,830 --> 00:54:29,700 And my book full of secrets 1045 00:54:29,767 --> 00:54:32,097 got put underneath the ice of Reindeer Lake, 1046 00:54:32,169 --> 00:54:34,939 and they’re gone. 1047 00:54:35,038 --> 00:54:37,168 Chalkboard’s clean. 1048 00:54:37,274 --> 00:54:39,184 Time to start a new chapter. 1049 00:54:39,276 --> 00:54:43,246 And I’m going to embrace it. 1050 00:54:43,347 --> 00:54:47,447 And I hope that this journey allows other people 1051 00:54:47,551 --> 00:54:50,851 to accept the fact that you can find yourself 1052 00:54:50,954 --> 00:54:52,824 in the strangest places. 1053 00:54:52,890 --> 00:54:56,660 ♪ ♪ 1054 00:54:56,693 --> 00:54:59,633 A legacy to me is to be remembered 1055 00:54:59,663 --> 00:55:03,103 and remembered for something good. 1056 00:55:03,133 --> 00:55:07,373 Well, whether it’s for my children or my grandchildren, 1057 00:55:07,471 --> 00:55:10,141 "Alone" season ten will keep the name Wyatt Black 1058 00:55:10,207 --> 00:55:12,107 going for a long time. 1059 00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:19,182 ♪ ♪ 1060 00:55:51,548 --> 00:55:54,518 [device beeping] 1061 00:55:54,585 --> 00:55:56,025 - There’s a med check today. 1062 00:55:56,086 --> 00:55:58,416 Oh, boy, I’m nervous. 1063 00:55:58,455 --> 00:56:00,085 Maybe I can push my body harder. 1064 00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:02,490 I don’t know. I don’t know. 1065 00:56:05,229 --> 00:56:08,229 I want to see what my body looks like. 1066 00:56:11,501 --> 00:56:14,371 Viewer discretion is advised. 1067 00:56:46,136 --> 00:56:47,496 "You’re too skinny! 1068 00:56:47,571 --> 00:56:49,571 You must go home!" 1069 00:56:51,108 --> 00:56:54,338 "I must remove you from the competition. 1070 00:56:54,378 --> 00:56:57,578 Alan, you’re gone. Go home." 1071 00:57:00,384 --> 00:57:07,424 ♪ ♪ 1072 00:57:08,258 --> 00:57:11,058 I don’t like the look of my guts. 1073 00:57:11,094 --> 00:57:13,864 They look way too thin. 1074 00:57:13,897 --> 00:57:16,127 Like sucked in almost. 1075 00:57:16,233 --> 00:57:21,843 ♪ ♪ 1076 00:57:21,905 --> 00:57:24,205 I’m definitely diminishing. 1077 00:57:24,308 --> 00:57:27,678 I can tell since the last med check. 1078 00:57:27,744 --> 00:57:30,214 I noticed my heartbeat has slowed down, actually, 1079 00:57:30,314 --> 00:57:33,124 a little bit, you know, like doo-doo, doo-doo. 1080 00:57:33,183 --> 00:57:35,353 Well, I know that’s an effect of starvation. 1081 00:57:35,385 --> 00:57:38,215 ♪ ♪ 1082 00:57:47,030 --> 00:57:50,030 - Wanting to go home, I think. 1083 00:57:50,100 --> 00:57:57,140 ♪ ♪ 1084 00:57:58,375 --> 00:58:01,115 I was solid mentally until the 50s, 1085 00:58:01,144 --> 00:58:04,214 which I’m pretty happy with, but now I’m pushing. 1086 00:58:04,314 --> 00:58:05,654 ♪ ♪ 1087 00:58:05,749 --> 00:58:08,379 I think physically, I’m almost at the end of my rope. 1088 00:58:11,855 --> 00:58:18,895 ♪ ♪ 1089 00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:29,142 - Yeah, no, it’s... 1090 00:58:29,239 --> 00:58:30,939 my kids. 1091 00:58:31,008 --> 00:58:32,678 Connecting with my kids. 1092 00:58:32,743 --> 00:58:34,213 I really miss my wife. 1093 00:58:34,311 --> 00:58:39,221 ♪ ♪ 1094 00:58:44,021 --> 00:58:46,221 [dramatic music] 1095 00:58:47,858 --> 00:58:53,058 ♪ ♪ 1096 00:58:53,130 --> 00:58:57,230 - Yeah, no, it’s... 1097 00:58:57,300 --> 00:58:59,070 my kids. 1098 00:58:59,102 --> 00:59:01,042 Connecting with my kids. 1099 00:59:01,104 --> 00:59:04,274 I really miss my wife. 1100 00:59:04,341 --> 00:59:06,681 Just a lot of the comforts of home, you know? 1101 00:59:06,743 --> 00:59:08,283 Food, I’m having a bad-- 1102 00:59:08,345 --> 00:59:10,085 a bad time with food fantasies. 1103 00:59:10,147 --> 00:59:14,377 Like, it’s something that I’ve never experienced before. 1104 00:59:14,418 --> 00:59:17,248 Man, the food fantasies are hard. 1105 00:59:17,354 --> 00:59:19,694 ♪ ♪ 1106 00:59:19,790 --> 00:59:21,220 Doritos. 1107 00:59:21,258 --> 00:59:22,358 Doritos. 1108 00:59:22,426 --> 00:59:23,726 Like a bag of Doritos. 1109 00:59:23,827 --> 00:59:25,257 If you guys had a bag of Doritos right now, 1110 00:59:25,295 --> 00:59:26,695 your life would be in danger. 1111 00:59:26,797 --> 00:59:27,897 I’m serious. 1112 00:59:27,998 --> 00:59:29,228 - Is there anything you need help with? 1113 00:59:29,266 --> 00:59:31,326 - Oh, my God! Are you serious? 1114 00:59:31,435 --> 00:59:32,845 [laughter] 1115 00:59:32,903 --> 00:59:34,843 - Oh, my God. 1116 00:59:34,905 --> 00:59:36,515 ♪ ♪ 1117 00:59:36,573 --> 00:59:38,543 Oh, my God, you did it! 1118 00:59:38,608 --> 00:59:40,538 You won, Al, you won! 1119 00:59:40,577 --> 00:59:41,777 You won. 1120 00:59:41,878 --> 00:59:43,978 I missed you so much. 1121 00:59:44,047 --> 00:59:45,947 Oh, my God. 1122 00:59:45,982 --> 00:59:48,122 I’m so happy to see you. - Are you serious? 1123 00:59:48,185 --> 00:59:49,425 I’m so-- 1124 00:59:49,519 --> 00:59:50,789 - Oh, my God, I love you. 1125 00:59:50,821 --> 00:59:51,891 - Thank God. 1126 00:59:51,988 --> 00:59:53,088 Oh, my God. - You won. 1127 00:59:53,190 --> 00:59:54,960 - You did it! - Oh, my God. 1128 00:59:55,025 --> 00:59:56,865 - Season ten. 1129 00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:59,060 Season ten, Alan Tenta. 1130 00:59:59,096 --> 01:00:00,456 Isn’t this amazing? 1131 01:00:00,497 --> 01:00:02,727 - Whoo! - [laughs] 1132 01:00:02,833 --> 01:00:04,103 Whoo! 1133 01:00:04,134 --> 01:00:06,904 - [bleep]. You look amazing. 1134 01:00:06,937 --> 01:00:09,237 ♪ ♪ 1135 01:00:09,306 --> 01:00:11,666 I love you. - I love you too. 1136 01:00:11,741 --> 01:00:13,581 - I missed you so much. 1137 01:00:13,677 --> 01:00:14,907 - I missed you too. 1138 01:00:14,945 --> 01:00:17,355 I can’t believe you were out here for this long. 1139 01:00:17,380 --> 01:00:19,350 - Yeah, totally. 1140 01:00:19,382 --> 01:00:20,922 You look good. - Thanks. 1141 01:00:20,984 --> 01:00:22,254 - Yeah, you look good. - It’s the fish, man. 1142 01:00:22,352 --> 01:00:23,392 It’s the fish. 1143 01:00:23,453 --> 01:00:25,053 - Your eyes are beautiful and blue. 1144 01:00:25,155 --> 01:00:28,695 Yeah. [laughs] 1145 01:00:28,792 --> 01:00:30,462 Good fishing? Lots of good fish? 1146 01:00:30,494 --> 01:00:32,464 - Yeah, I’m more excited about seeing you 1147 01:00:32,496 --> 01:00:34,456 than actually winning right now, you know? 1148 01:00:34,531 --> 01:00:35,601 - Me too. 1149 01:00:35,665 --> 01:00:37,525 - It hasn’t sunk in yet. 1150 01:00:37,634 --> 01:00:38,904 - Oh. 1151 01:00:38,935 --> 01:00:41,435 ♪ ♪ 1152 01:00:41,505 --> 01:00:42,915 - Want to go in, show me? - Yeah. 1153 01:00:42,939 --> 01:00:44,339 ♪ ♪ 1154 01:00:44,374 --> 01:00:46,484 - Oh, my God. This is so incredible. 1155 01:00:46,543 --> 01:00:48,753 - Come on in. - This is amazing. 1156 01:00:48,778 --> 01:00:51,148 - Sit down. - Oh, my God, I love it. 1157 01:00:51,181 --> 01:00:52,781 - I’d have my fire here at night 1158 01:00:52,849 --> 01:00:55,949 and sit like this, and the heat he would just flow, 1159 01:00:55,986 --> 01:00:58,186 and it would heat up the teepee really nicely. 1160 01:00:58,221 --> 01:00:59,291 - This is cool. 1161 01:00:59,389 --> 01:01:00,689 How long did it take you to do this? 1162 01:01:00,790 --> 01:01:03,590 - I don’t know. Not that long. 1163 01:01:03,627 --> 01:01:05,657 - What do you think is your best experience, 1164 01:01:05,695 --> 01:01:09,125 the best thing you’ve experienced out here? 1165 01:01:09,232 --> 01:01:11,302 When you go home and talk to Mackenzie and Davis, 1166 01:01:11,368 --> 01:01:13,768 what are you going to say top number one? 1167 01:01:13,870 --> 01:01:15,300 ♪ ♪ 1168 01:01:15,338 --> 01:01:16,638 - Mm. 1169 01:01:16,706 --> 01:01:18,806 ♪ ♪ 1170 01:01:18,909 --> 01:01:22,209 - Quiet evenings fishing at sunset. 1171 01:01:22,312 --> 01:01:24,012 - I can see that, actually. 1172 01:01:24,114 --> 01:01:25,984 - Yeah. 1173 01:01:26,049 --> 01:01:30,689 And I had a really neat experience with an owl. 1174 01:01:30,787 --> 01:01:31,987 - Oh, that’s cool. 1175 01:01:32,022 --> 01:01:33,462 - It’s going to--oh, it’ll blow your mind. 1176 01:01:33,557 --> 01:01:35,627 It’ll blow your mind. 1177 01:01:35,659 --> 01:01:37,989 - Tell me. 1178 01:01:38,061 --> 01:01:39,801 - It was dusk. 1179 01:01:39,863 --> 01:01:43,733 And an owl, it was like he was my pet. 1180 01:01:43,833 --> 01:01:45,673 It was the weirdest thing, 1181 01:01:45,702 --> 01:01:48,972 especially since my dad passed, you know? 1182 01:01:49,072 --> 01:01:50,272 It wouldn’t leave. 1183 01:01:50,307 --> 01:01:52,407 Ten minutes, it was like landing right beside me-- 1184 01:01:52,509 --> 01:01:54,179 tree branches. 1185 01:01:55,212 --> 01:01:57,212 - That’s pretty incredible. 1186 01:01:57,314 --> 01:02:00,724 ♪ ♪ 1187 01:02:00,784 --> 01:02:04,424 - Winning this challenge is a lot owed to my dad. 1188 01:02:04,454 --> 01:02:08,794 He’s the one that introduced me to the outdoors 1189 01:02:08,825 --> 01:02:12,925 and introduced me to fishing, introduced me to archery. 1190 01:02:13,029 --> 01:02:15,259 I’ll never get over the loss. 1191 01:02:15,332 --> 01:02:18,702 Perhaps that experience with the owl was his way of saying, 1192 01:02:18,768 --> 01:02:21,298 "Hey, man, I am here with you." 1193 01:02:21,371 --> 01:02:25,341 Experiencing this really enables me to understand 1194 01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:28,338 how important my family is to me, 1195 01:02:28,378 --> 01:02:30,748 and how important it is to tell them 1196 01:02:30,780 --> 01:02:33,350 how much they mean to me. 1197 01:02:33,383 --> 01:02:38,153 It just solidifies how much I have and how lucky I am. 1198 01:02:38,221 --> 01:02:39,221 ♪ ♪ 1199 01:02:39,256 --> 01:02:41,056 This experience on "Alone" 1200 01:02:41,157 --> 01:02:44,727 has definitely deepened what nature and all the things 1201 01:02:44,828 --> 01:02:46,428 I love about the outdoors, 1202 01:02:46,463 --> 01:02:48,903 it’s definitely deepened the importance of it 1203 01:02:48,999 --> 01:02:51,699 right down to my soul. 1204 01:02:51,735 --> 01:02:56,375 Some people recharge being around people. 1205 01:02:56,473 --> 01:02:58,943 I recharge being alone. 1206 01:02:59,009 --> 01:03:00,679 ♪ ♪ 1207 01:03:00,744 --> 01:03:02,954 The money’s going to give me some more freedom, 1208 01:03:03,013 --> 01:03:06,953 but my "Alone" experience is the pinnacle 1209 01:03:06,983 --> 01:03:09,793 of my adventure seeking. 1210 01:03:09,853 --> 01:03:12,623 What I’d like to say to my outdoor ed students is, 1211 01:03:12,656 --> 01:03:14,616 thank you for inspiring me, 1212 01:03:14,691 --> 01:03:17,831 and I hope I can inspire you to believe 1213 01:03:17,861 --> 01:03:19,861 that anything’s possible. 1214 01:03:19,896 --> 01:03:23,196 With hard work and the right attitude and staying positive, 1215 01:03:23,266 --> 01:03:26,896 you can achieve amazing things. 1216 01:03:26,936 --> 01:03:33,976 ♪ ♪ 1217 01:03:46,523 --> 01:03:49,463 [dramatic music] 1218 01:03:49,526 --> 01:03:55,526 ♪ ♪ 1219 01:03:56,833 --> 01:03:59,103 - I begged God. 1220 01:03:59,169 --> 01:04:01,669 I begged God last night. 1221 01:04:01,738 --> 01:04:03,968 I said, "Please, let-- 1222 01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:07,140 "let tomorrow be the day they come get me 1223 01:04:07,210 --> 01:04:08,540 "and they tell me I win 1224 01:04:08,611 --> 01:04:10,811 and I can leave this frozen hell." 1225 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:14,120 ♪ ♪ 1226 01:04:14,184 --> 01:04:18,754 I came out here and worked as hard as I could. 1227 01:04:18,822 --> 01:04:20,922 It just got too cold for me. 1228 01:04:20,990 --> 01:04:25,930 Have you ever been so cold, it feels like you’re on fire? 1229 01:04:25,995 --> 01:04:28,095 That’s what my toes feel like. 1230 01:04:28,164 --> 01:04:31,004 They’re so cold, they’re on fire. 1231 01:04:31,067 --> 01:04:33,597 I don’t wanna lose a toe or three. 1232 01:04:33,670 --> 01:04:37,910 And I’ve got five kids that love me and respect me. 1233 01:04:37,974 --> 01:04:39,784 I was out here to suffer and struggle 1234 01:04:39,843 --> 01:04:42,813 so that they would never have to again. 1235 01:04:42,879 --> 01:04:45,749 I just feel like I failed all of ’em. 1236 01:04:45,815 --> 01:04:50,015 ♪ ♪ 1237 01:04:50,086 --> 01:04:51,546 Oh, thank you so much. 1238 01:04:51,621 --> 01:04:52,991 - Here you go, sir. 1239 01:04:58,528 --> 01:05:02,928 ♪ ♪ 1240 01:05:02,999 --> 01:05:04,429 Oh, my God. 1241 01:05:04,501 --> 01:05:08,501 ♪ ♪ 1242 01:05:08,571 --> 01:05:11,971 Leaving this place isn’t the hard part. 1243 01:05:12,041 --> 01:05:15,081 It’s leaving this place empty-handed. 1244 01:05:15,145 --> 01:05:18,155 Always gonna be in the back of my head. 1245 01:05:18,214 --> 01:05:19,854 Every nail I drive, 1246 01:05:19,916 --> 01:05:23,446 every time I pick up a screw gun, 1247 01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:26,790 "[bleep], man, you could’ve had $500,000." 1248 01:05:26,856 --> 01:05:28,886 ♪ ♪ 1249 01:05:28,958 --> 01:05:30,928 I’ve been out here for 55 days. 1250 01:05:30,994 --> 01:05:35,004 I haven’t seen my family in 66 days. 1251 01:05:35,064 --> 01:05:36,174 I appreciate it. 1252 01:05:36,232 --> 01:05:38,772 ♪ ♪ 1253 01:05:38,835 --> 01:05:41,275 No matter what’s happened, 1254 01:05:41,337 --> 01:05:44,267 I’ll be the husband I should’ve been. 1255 01:05:44,340 --> 01:05:46,380 I’ll be the father that I wanna be. 1256 01:05:46,443 --> 01:05:51,183 ♪ ♪ 1257 01:05:51,247 --> 01:05:54,277 Now, I have had problems putting my boots on. 1258 01:05:54,350 --> 01:05:55,380 - I can imagine. 1259 01:05:55,452 --> 01:05:58,052 - I don’t know if my feet have swollen. 1260 01:05:58,121 --> 01:05:59,391 I’m not sure. 1261 01:05:59,456 --> 01:06:01,686 But just pulling my boot on, 1262 01:06:01,758 --> 01:06:03,428 it’s taking everything I got, 1263 01:06:03,493 --> 01:06:05,733 and then whenever I finally get one on, 1264 01:06:05,795 --> 01:06:07,255 I have to rest for a second. 1265 01:06:07,330 --> 01:06:08,730 - Okay. 1266 01:06:08,798 --> 01:06:09,968 - And I’ve been trying, man. 1267 01:06:10,033 --> 01:06:11,503 I have been taking my parka 1268 01:06:11,568 --> 01:06:15,068 and wrapping my parka around ’em and everything. 1269 01:06:15,138 --> 01:06:16,668 - Okay, prop this up. 1270 01:06:16,739 --> 01:06:19,839 - Sorry. Man, they hurt so bad. 1271 01:06:19,909 --> 01:06:20,939 - So-- 1272 01:06:22,412 --> 01:06:24,582 - Sensation? Can you feel it here? 1273 01:06:25,748 --> 01:06:26,778 - Down here? 1274 01:06:28,718 --> 01:06:29,718 - Bottom of the foot? 1275 01:06:29,786 --> 01:06:33,556 - That’s sore as [bleep] right there. 1276 01:06:33,623 --> 01:06:35,263 - Toes? Feel ’em? 1277 01:06:35,325 --> 01:06:37,195 - Yeah, but they hurt. - Okay. 1278 01:06:37,260 --> 01:06:38,460 - You need this stuff off too? 1279 01:06:38,528 --> 01:06:39,728 - Yeah, we are gonna take 1280 01:06:39,796 --> 01:06:43,466 one last weigh-in right now as well. 1281 01:06:43,533 --> 01:06:46,503 You are weighing out at... 1282 01:06:46,569 --> 01:06:49,809 217 pounds. 1283 01:06:49,873 --> 01:06:52,273 - [exhales sharply] 1284 01:06:52,342 --> 01:06:54,382 - 216 pounds. 216. 1285 01:06:54,444 --> 01:06:58,014 - I’ve lost, like, 85 pounds. 1286 01:06:58,081 --> 01:06:59,681 - We’re gonna be spending a decent chunk of time 1287 01:06:59,749 --> 01:07:01,349 together over the next two weeks 1288 01:07:01,417 --> 01:07:02,887 while we make sure that 1289 01:07:02,952 --> 01:07:04,492 everything’s going well with your body. 1290 01:07:04,554 --> 01:07:08,364 - Just ready for a hot shower, a warm bed, and a hot meal. 1291 01:07:11,027 --> 01:07:13,697 - No, I haven’t had any nausea for a little while. 1292 01:07:13,763 --> 01:07:16,603 I think that that broth really helped. 1293 01:07:16,666 --> 01:07:18,796 ♪ ♪ 1294 01:07:18,868 --> 01:07:22,508 I’ve seen the effort that I’ve put into this. 1295 01:07:22,572 --> 01:07:25,112 And I’ve pushed my body and I’ve pushed my mind. 1296 01:07:25,174 --> 01:07:28,714 So I’m gonna pick myself up and keep going. 1297 01:07:28,778 --> 01:07:35,818 ♪ ♪ 1298 01:07:42,559 --> 01:07:45,489 [dramatic music] 1299 01:07:45,562 --> 01:07:51,872 ♪ ♪ 1300 01:07:51,935 --> 01:07:55,175 - I’d like the win and I’d like the money, 1301 01:07:55,238 --> 01:07:57,708 but at what cost? 1302 01:07:57,774 --> 01:07:59,584 I’m getting weaker. 1303 01:07:59,642 --> 01:08:02,652 There was no way I could sleep last night. 1304 01:08:02,712 --> 01:08:03,952 ’Cause I had to be sure, 1305 01:08:04,013 --> 01:08:06,253 can I live with this decision to quit? 1306 01:08:06,316 --> 01:08:10,486 ♪ ♪ 1307 01:08:10,553 --> 01:08:11,753 I think I’m done. 1308 01:08:11,821 --> 01:08:14,061 I just--you know, I haven’t felt good. 1309 01:08:14,123 --> 01:08:15,933 I can’t sleep good. 1310 01:08:15,992 --> 01:08:19,332 There’s been a lot of good come out of this journey. 1311 01:08:19,395 --> 01:08:22,355 I’ll never take things for granted near the same. 1312 01:08:22,432 --> 01:08:27,372 And I’ve proven I don’t need the crutches 1313 01:08:27,437 --> 01:08:31,537 and things I’ve been hiding behind for years. 1314 01:08:31,608 --> 01:08:33,438 ♪ ♪ 1315 01:08:33,509 --> 01:08:34,579 You know what? 1316 01:08:34,644 --> 01:08:35,954 Yeah, the money would’ve been nice, 1317 01:08:36,012 --> 01:08:37,782 but I’ve never had it, 1318 01:08:37,847 --> 01:08:40,077 so I’ll never miss it, you know? 1319 01:08:40,149 --> 01:08:43,789 That was only-- that was only part of it. 1320 01:08:43,853 --> 01:08:48,263 I’ve--I gave it what I had. 1321 01:08:48,324 --> 01:08:53,534 And just everything about me is saying it’s time to go. 1322 01:08:53,596 --> 01:08:57,326 ♪ ♪ 1323 01:08:57,400 --> 01:08:59,840 - Fresh bone broth. 1324 01:08:59,902 --> 01:09:01,972 ♪ ♪ 1325 01:09:02,038 --> 01:09:03,638 Careful. It might be hot. 1326 01:09:03,706 --> 01:09:05,406 - Thanks. 1327 01:09:05,475 --> 01:09:07,085 - Take it easy when you drink it. 1328 01:09:07,143 --> 01:09:13,683 ♪ ♪ 1329 01:09:13,750 --> 01:09:14,850 - It’s good. 1330 01:09:14,917 --> 01:09:19,717 ♪ ♪ 1331 01:09:19,789 --> 01:09:21,619 It’s just warm. [laughs] 1332 01:09:21,691 --> 01:09:23,791 But it’s tasty. 1333 01:09:23,860 --> 01:09:26,230 ♪ ♪ 1334 01:09:26,295 --> 01:09:28,055 I have no regrets. 1335 01:09:28,131 --> 01:09:30,431 ♪ ♪ 1336 01:09:30,500 --> 01:09:33,300 I have no bad feelings leaving here. 1337 01:09:33,369 --> 01:09:34,899 ♪ ♪ 1338 01:09:34,971 --> 01:09:40,281 This experience has taught me to look for the positives. 1339 01:09:40,343 --> 01:09:41,943 ♪ ♪ 1340 01:09:42,011 --> 01:09:43,851 I’m lighter. 1341 01:09:43,913 --> 01:09:46,483 The burdens are gone. The demons are gone. 1342 01:09:46,549 --> 01:09:50,149 So it’s time to go home. 1343 01:09:50,219 --> 01:09:55,289 ♪ ♪ 1344 01:09:55,358 --> 01:09:56,788 Oh, that’s nice! 1345 01:09:57,860 --> 01:09:59,230 - Oh, yeah. 1346 01:10:03,633 --> 01:10:05,803 - They’re not frostbit or nothing, 1347 01:10:05,868 --> 01:10:08,738 but like I said, the one toenail fell. 1348 01:10:08,805 --> 01:10:10,145 I don’t know why it fell off. 1349 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:12,576 I didn’t stub it. I didn’t do nothing. 1350 01:10:12,642 --> 01:10:14,682 - You mentioned the dizziness. 1351 01:10:14,744 --> 01:10:17,254 Is that coming only when you’re kind of bending over 1352 01:10:17,313 --> 01:10:18,513 or standing up... - Yeah. 1353 01:10:18,581 --> 01:10:20,351 - Or does it ever happen when you’re lying down? 1354 01:10:20,416 --> 01:10:21,976 - Nope, it’s kinda... - Okay. 1355 01:10:22,051 --> 01:10:24,551 - Just confirming--just nausea. No vomiting. 1356 01:10:24,620 --> 01:10:25,750 - None. 1357 01:10:25,822 --> 01:10:27,492 - Does eating change your nausea at all? 1358 01:10:27,557 --> 01:10:30,387 - No. I’ve been hungry for weeks. 1359 01:10:30,460 --> 01:10:32,660 And even though I eat, 1360 01:10:32,729 --> 01:10:36,369 I’ve had that hungry feeling. 1361 01:10:36,432 --> 01:10:38,532 I pay attention to my body, always have, 1362 01:10:38,601 --> 01:10:42,811 and it was telling me it’s time to go. 1363 01:10:43,840 --> 01:10:44,770 - Yup. 1364 01:10:44,841 --> 01:10:46,911 Now, I bent my toe like that 1365 01:10:46,976 --> 01:10:47,936 and that opened right up. 1366 01:10:48,010 --> 01:10:49,180 That was... 1367 01:10:49,245 --> 01:10:50,875 - A little. - That’s a little blood there. 1368 01:10:50,947 --> 01:10:53,447 Right here. - Kay. Yep. Yep. 1369 01:10:57,019 --> 01:10:58,249 - This one here? - Mm-hmm. 1370 01:10:58,321 --> 01:11:00,491 - Okay, the sensation of your toes is okay? 1371 01:11:00,556 --> 01:11:02,116 Can you feel this? This one? - Yep. 1372 01:11:02,191 --> 01:11:05,761 I mean, you know, they’re kinda going a little numby. 1373 01:11:05,828 --> 01:11:07,158 - But all things look pretty good 1374 01:11:07,230 --> 01:11:09,970 for what you’ve gone through. 1375 01:11:10,032 --> 01:11:11,732 - I’m proud of my journey. 1376 01:11:11,801 --> 01:11:15,141 Nature gives you every opportunity to succeed 1377 01:11:15,204 --> 01:11:17,044 and every chance to fail. 1378 01:11:17,106 --> 01:11:22,036 I didn’t win this competition, but I did pretty damn good. 1379 01:11:22,111 --> 01:11:26,781 ♪ ♪ 1380 01:11:30,853 --> 01:11:33,793 [dramatic music] 1381 01:11:33,856 --> 01:11:40,896 ♪ ♪ 1382 01:11:42,698 --> 01:11:45,168 - It was 66 days. That’s a long time. 1383 01:11:45,234 --> 01:11:46,504 - Let’s take a quick look at them, 1384 01:11:46,569 --> 01:11:48,599 and then we’ll get the boots back on. 1385 01:11:48,671 --> 01:11:50,411 - Yeah, I still have more left mentally, 1386 01:11:50,473 --> 01:11:53,713 but I think physically, I’m near the end of the line. 1387 01:11:53,776 --> 01:11:56,706 ♪ ♪ 1388 01:11:56,779 --> 01:11:58,379 If you guys had a bag of Doritos right now, 1389 01:11:58,447 --> 01:11:59,977 your life would be in danger. 1390 01:12:00,049 --> 01:12:01,349 I’m serious. Your life would-- 1391 01:12:01,417 --> 01:12:02,447 - Is there anything you need help with? 1392 01:12:02,518 --> 01:12:04,018 - Oh, my God, are you serious? 1393 01:12:04,086 --> 01:12:05,986 [both laughing] 1394 01:12:06,055 --> 01:12:08,055 - Oh, my God! - Oh, my God. 1395 01:12:08,124 --> 01:12:10,234 [both laughing] 1396 01:12:10,293 --> 01:12:12,533 Holy [bleep]. - [laughs] 1397 01:12:12,595 --> 01:12:14,365 It’s over? I get to go home? 1398 01:12:14,430 --> 01:12:16,530 - Whoo! [laughs] - Oh, yeah. 1399 01:12:16,599 --> 01:12:18,529 - Are you ready? - You look so good. 1400 01:12:18,601 --> 01:12:19,701 - Thank you. - You look great. 1401 01:12:19,769 --> 01:12:21,669 Can’t believe you snuck up behind me. 1402 01:12:21,737 --> 01:12:23,507 Oh, my God, what a sight. - These guys are incredible. 1403 01:12:23,573 --> 01:12:25,773 - I couldn’t believe it. - Very well planned. 1404 01:12:25,842 --> 01:12:28,342 The kids, actually, they just knew 1405 01:12:28,411 --> 01:12:30,611 this was gonna be how it was gonna end. 1406 01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:32,580 We’ve been counting kinda day by day. 1407 01:12:32,648 --> 01:12:34,918 - And it’ll sink in in a second. 1408 01:12:34,984 --> 01:12:37,354 I won? I actually won. 1409 01:12:37,420 --> 01:12:38,850 - You’re the last person standing 1410 01:12:38,921 --> 01:12:40,061 on "Alone" season ten. 1411 01:12:40,122 --> 01:12:42,122 You did it. - Geez. 1412 01:12:42,191 --> 01:12:43,791 ♪ ♪ 1413 01:12:43,860 --> 01:12:45,430 So I’ll show you the other spots. 1414 01:12:47,730 --> 01:12:49,830 - Yeah, so I caught almost all my fish here. 1415 01:12:49,899 --> 01:12:51,599 ’Cause that ice is thin. 1416 01:12:51,667 --> 01:12:54,137 And it’s, like, 12 feet deep right there. 1417 01:12:54,203 --> 01:12:55,673 This is where I got my water. 1418 01:12:56,706 --> 01:12:58,266 - I just kept this over top with moss 1419 01:12:58,341 --> 01:13:00,241 and it never freezes over. 1420 01:13:00,309 --> 01:13:01,509 I’ve walked all the way around here. 1421 01:13:01,577 --> 01:13:02,777 I’ve been to there. 1422 01:13:02,845 --> 01:13:04,945 I hunted moose down there at the end of the lake 1423 01:13:05,014 --> 01:13:07,124 where all the birch were. 1424 01:13:07,183 --> 01:13:08,483 Yeah. 1425 01:13:08,551 --> 01:13:11,751 That’s it. - I’m so happy for you, Alan. 1426 01:13:11,821 --> 01:13:13,491 - Or is it champagne? - [laughs] 1427 01:13:13,556 --> 01:13:15,616 - Whiskey? 1428 01:13:15,691 --> 01:13:17,831 - I don’t know if that’s gonna be in your diet for a while. 1429 01:13:17,894 --> 01:13:19,734 - I think it’s broth. That’s my guess. 1430 01:13:19,795 --> 01:13:21,525 Is it? Oh, it is broth. - Yes. 1431 01:13:21,597 --> 01:13:23,727 - This is probably-- oh, my God, salt? 1432 01:13:23,799 --> 01:13:24,829 Is that salt I smell? 1433 01:13:26,402 --> 01:13:28,972 - Your senses are completely heightened right now, hey? 1434 01:13:29,038 --> 01:13:30,838 - Everyone’s breath, I can tell-- 1435 01:13:30,907 --> 01:13:32,607 I can tell everyone exactly what they ate 1436 01:13:32,675 --> 01:13:33,785 last night and this morning. 1437 01:13:33,843 --> 01:13:35,113 I’m not kidding. 1438 01:13:35,177 --> 01:13:38,877 ♪ ♪ 1439 01:13:38,948 --> 01:13:42,848 I have fantasized about this moment. 1440 01:13:42,919 --> 01:13:45,219 And it feels amazing to have won. 1441 01:13:45,288 --> 01:13:47,258 It’s so surreal right now. 1442 01:13:47,323 --> 01:13:49,363 Whoo! - Whoo! 1443 01:13:49,425 --> 01:13:50,725 [laughs] 1444 01:13:50,793 --> 01:13:53,463 - You can fly it backwards too? 1445 01:13:53,529 --> 01:13:56,099 - See you later. 1446 01:13:56,165 --> 01:13:57,995 - I’m just a guy who loves the outdoors 1447 01:13:58,067 --> 01:14:00,497 and a average Joe teacher. 1448 01:14:00,569 --> 01:14:02,299 Being the first teacher to win, 1449 01:14:02,371 --> 01:14:03,311 I feel happy. 1450 01:14:03,372 --> 01:14:05,572 I feel proud. 1451 01:14:05,641 --> 01:14:07,411 Like, family and my students, 1452 01:14:07,476 --> 01:14:10,946 they are why I was able to stay so long, you know? 1453 01:14:11,013 --> 01:14:14,153 Winning "Alone" feels like 1454 01:14:14,216 --> 01:14:17,246 a culmination of all my passions. 1455 01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:18,990 Nice. 1456 01:14:19,055 --> 01:14:20,025 - You’re here. - [sighs] 1457 01:14:20,089 --> 01:14:22,119 - You’re here. - I’m here. 1458 01:14:22,191 --> 01:14:24,061 We did it, babe. - I know you did it. 1459 01:14:25,594 --> 01:14:27,504 What the hell? [both laugh] 1460 01:14:27,563 --> 01:14:29,603 How’s it going, man? Hey. 1461 01:14:29,665 --> 01:14:32,165 - Congratulations. - Thanks. Thank you, man. 1462 01:14:32,234 --> 01:14:36,074 - At 7:00 in the morning, the helicopter was flying... 1463 01:14:36,138 --> 01:14:37,208 - Yeah. - And I thought 1464 01:14:37,273 --> 01:14:38,373 the last person had tapped. 1465 01:14:38,441 --> 01:14:40,781 - I was wondering who the second guy was, 1466 01:14:40,843 --> 01:14:42,853 and I said it-- I said it was you. 1467 01:14:42,912 --> 01:14:44,812 I said--top three, I go, "Wyatt’s there 1468 01:14:44,880 --> 01:14:46,580 ’cause he’s the other guy that knows how to fish." 1469 01:14:46,649 --> 01:14:49,219 - It was a ride, eh? - Oh. 1470 01:14:49,285 --> 01:14:51,155 It was a ride. It was a ride. 1471 01:14:51,220 --> 01:14:53,320 ♪ ♪ 1472 01:14:53,389 --> 01:14:54,959 - It’s really cozy. 1473 01:14:55,024 --> 01:14:57,894 - Oh, my God. Wow. 1474 01:14:57,960 --> 01:15:00,460 I’m so looking forward to sharing 1475 01:15:00,529 --> 01:15:04,069 the amazing experiences I had being alone in the wilderness. 1476 01:15:07,103 --> 01:15:11,773 ♪ ♪