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I'm not tapping out.
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I'd rather die.
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Here goes nothing.
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Whoa!
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Yes!
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Holy [bleep].
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This is the harshest
location possible.
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We're 125 miles in
the Arctic Circle.
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Never had an environment
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make me feel like
a complete amateur before.
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Everything is
against us out here.
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Mother Nature went
and bitch-slapped me.
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Looks like I got grizzlies
and wolves as my neighbors.
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Holy crap.
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They're just hunting
the shoreline.
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Mother Nature is about
to dim the lights on us.
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We're heading into
total darkness.
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- Hey, bear.
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The cold and the dark is
gonna sap people's souls.
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Really makes you wonder
if it's worth it.
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There is no camera crew.
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There's no support system.
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I'm completely alone.
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Yes!
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People go in one way...
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Stop bleeding.
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And they come out
entirely different.
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This is the most difficult
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survival challenge
in the world.
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$500,000.
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That's completely
life-changing money.
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It's beautiful.
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Whoever can thrive
the longest.
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They out here ought
to be afraid of me.
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- Whoever can push through...
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Wins.
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I hope I made the right
choice coming out here.
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I think this is gonna be
the most miserable
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and greatest experience
of my life.
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I'm about to push
and punish my body
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further than I ever have.
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Toughen up, bitch.
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I've been in remote places
in my life,
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and this is far beyond.
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We're in the Arctic Circle.
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This place is
a son of a bitch.
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You're talking negative 40.
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It's gonna feel like
Santa Claus
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just slapped you in the face
with a canoe paddle.
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Holy [bleep], man.
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Where I'm from,
it's 104, 108.
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You know,
it's pretty warm right now.
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So it's a big change to me.
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Oh, man, this is wild.
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I want that prize money.
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I want to win so badly
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that I'm willing to leave
a bloody trail of footprints
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in the snow behind me.
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There's so much going on
in a delta.
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But it's also the land of
the grizzly bears and wolves.
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I'm not afraid of it,
because I'm the first ever
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Cree-Métis woman
to do "Alone,"
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and I feel a whole nation
behind me.
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I did grow up where there
was a lot of polar bears.
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You see them off
in the distance.
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But here,
the landscape is different.
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There's thick growth.
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A grizzly could jump at you
at any moment.
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So you've got to be alert.
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I'm not dreaming!
It's real!
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There is a bit of luck
that goes along
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with something like this.
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Illness can happen.
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Injuries can happen.
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It is gonna take
mental toughness.
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Oh, there's a bear.
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Your brain 100% determines
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whether or not
you're the last one out there.
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Never been alone this long.
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Surviving out here
is hard enough.
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Surviving out here while
filming it is a challenge.
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So I'm absolutely
curious to see
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what kind of person I am
when it's over.
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I've got ten items
that are gonna help me
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get through this
and the clothes on my back.
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Man, this landscape is insane.
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It's not gonna be
a walk in the park.
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I expect the worst.
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It's amazing.
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This is reliving
a childhood memory
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of your parents allowing you
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to play in the woods
by yourself,
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this feeling of true freedom.
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Yeah!
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Oh, yes.
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I love it.
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Where'd he go?
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There he is.
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Look at my hair.
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Oh, man.
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That's crazy.
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There they go.
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Oh, man, I'm in, like--
I'm in like a swamp right now.
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Let's get out of this bog,
do some scouting,
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and we'll get started.
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I'm so excited.
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Was thinking last night
how cool it'd be
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to win this thing,
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bring back a W
for West Virginia.
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I'm a game warden.
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My job is to protect
the natural resources
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that we enjoy from poachers.
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And I'm also a captain
in the Air National Guard.
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My main job with them is
fatality search and recovery.
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If there's any kind of events
that are mass casualty,
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we pick up bodies.
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It's a pretty solid rope.
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But what makes me
who I am is family.
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My wife and I tried for
a long time to have a kid.
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We didn't think it
was gonna happen.
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She starts telling me
about the IVF process.
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I said yeah, definitely.
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That was tough.
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We had a couple miscarriages.
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Failure, failure, failure.
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And then the one stuck.
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Baby girl Caroline
is a miracle.
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Let's go for a hike.
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And so taking care
of my family
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is always priority number one.
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That looks like lunch to me.
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IVF was a few years of salary.
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So if I could
pull in $500,000,
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that would change my life.
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I think I could take on
this challenge
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because I've got a lot
of military training.
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I've got the mental,
and I want to be the hero.
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Bye-bye.
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First thing I want to do,
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see what I got here
in front of me.
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Let's go for a walk.
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In the first three days,
you want to know your land
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while you have the food
that you carried in
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in your gut to see,
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you know, where am I gonna
set up a permanent shelter?
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Where's the best
fishing spots?
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Where's the easiest way in?
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This stuff is thick.
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Pretty heavy coverage
right there.
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There might be more water.
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Let's go this way.
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So finding access routes,
game trails--that's key.
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Keeping my eyes open
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while I'm walking.
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I just got a feeling
I don't like.
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We're here with
a population of moose,
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which will trample you
into the ground.
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4,000 or 5,000 grizzly bears.
10,000 wolves.
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There's black bears.
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And if you let your
guard down, you're done.
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I'll just keep going.
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Wolves.
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It's pretty nerve-racking.
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I'm definitely gonna have
to build a really good shelter.
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Ooh, look at this.
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Something got a fish.
See the scales?
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Now that, that's a grizzly.
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Pad,
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toes, claws.
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Not just a pack of wolves,
but we got a grizzly bear.
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And those aren't old at all.
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What the hell is that?
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I don't think that's
what we want to see.
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A small bear walking along
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that other set means...
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The worst possible thing
it could mean.
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I got a mama grizzly
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and a baby.
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Guess who's not
sleeping tonight.
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Gotta get everything
straightened away here.
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Now...
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slow in and pace yourself.
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I was gonna stop
for five minutes
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up on top of that hill, but,
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I think it'd be a good idea
now just to get that net out.
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Passive fishing is real good,
because, you know,
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you could potentially
catch a meal
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while you're getting
other things done.
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So who knows, man?
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We could be eating fish
for supper.
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When I picked my ten items,
I took a net
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because I don't want to
waste time making the net.
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I want to get my net
in the water,
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get something fishing for you,
get something working for you
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so you could be working away
at something else.
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That could be a good spot
for my net there.
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Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
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Yeah.
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I'm not hunting for big game.
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So I didn't want
to take a bow.
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I never bow hunted before,
so I didn't want
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to come into this with skills
I didn't have.
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I'm gonna focus hard
and put a lot of innovation
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into the fish.
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And then when
fishing season slows,
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then I'm gonna
move and switch.
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I plan on harvesting
squirrels, rabbits,
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grouse, and partridges.
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I know how to harvest them
without a gun or bow.
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I got tricks up my sleeve
that would work quite well
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to catch them little critters.
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OK.
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I just put the net out
like that.
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It's kind of slack here, so
we'll see how that works out.
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It don't look too bad
back there right now,
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but we're pretty much in the
middle of a winter storm here.
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I grew up in a little
isolated community
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in the south coast
of Labrador.
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There's no running water,
no electricity,
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or nothing like that.
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It's not a real big igloo.
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This is a perfect little
hunting sized one.
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Growing up in a tough place
like that,
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it was always a struggle.
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Look at that.
Successful porcupine hunt.
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And so I built up a lot
of knowledge and skills
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just trying to survive.
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Well, I think that
looks pretty good.
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I'm also
a commercial fisherman,
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30 years in the fishery
for crab and shrimp.
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Look at that.
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I'm doing this for my family.
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Whoo!
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That's my whole world
right there.
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If I was fortunate enough
to win the $500,000,
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I'm just gonna buy
the building materials
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and build a house
and move the family
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to a small coastal community
in Labrador.
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Where I live too now
is a good town.
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Makes sense for work,
fishing trips.
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But it's a little bit
too much on the go there
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that I don't like.
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And I want to get
my kids to be reared up
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in a smaller community.
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That's really important to me.
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And I'm gonna put
everything into it.
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I think I've found a real
good spot for a shelter.
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I'll survive the night
and get something
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really good done tomorrow.
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I want a quick shelter,
not too much energy.
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I'm thinking of
a simple lean-to.
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But then I want, like,
some kind of poles around me
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just to feel protected.
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You don't want to wake up,
a bear dragging you
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out your sleeping bag
and dragging you
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across the ground.
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You just can't go and
make yourself vulnerable
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on the land.
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You've got to
protect yourself.
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Burning off a lot of calories
starting off, but...
261
00:11:53,517 --> 00:11:56,068
Maybe we'll take a break
and go out and check the net.
262
00:12:01,827 --> 00:12:03,413
I see movement.
263
00:12:03,517 --> 00:12:08,103
That's maybe just the wind
and a lot of wishful thinking.
264
00:12:12,241 --> 00:12:14,000
Oh, it's a fish out there.
It is. Look.
265
00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,413
Didn't take long.
266
00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:33,827
Sharp teeth, eh?
267
00:12:45,413 --> 00:12:47,172
No way.
268
00:12:48,241 --> 00:12:50,241
No way.
269
00:12:51,931 --> 00:12:53,724
I can't believe it.
270
00:13:01,137 --> 00:13:03,896
What can I say?
I'm in shock.
271
00:13:09,586 --> 00:13:12,551
I can't believe that happened.
272
00:13:12,551 --> 00:13:14,689
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
273
00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:18,034
That was a big--
that was a big pike.
274
00:13:18,137 --> 00:13:21,448
24, 25 inch maybe.
275
00:13:21,448 --> 00:13:23,241
A survival situation, man.
276
00:13:23,241 --> 00:13:25,413
You gotta be more careful.
277
00:13:48,758 --> 00:13:51,551
I got belly button lint.
278
00:13:51,551 --> 00:13:55,620
For some ungodly reason,
I'm sitting here picking that
279
00:13:55,724 --> 00:13:58,413
like I don't have enough to do.
280
00:14:02,827 --> 00:14:04,482
Holy [bleep].
281
00:14:11,448 --> 00:14:13,137
.
282
00:14:13,137 --> 00:14:14,931
That's a caribou.
283
00:14:14,931 --> 00:14:17,206
I can't shoot that.
284
00:14:28,689 --> 00:14:30,206
Here we go.
285
00:14:30,206 --> 00:14:31,655
Boom.
286
00:14:31,655 --> 00:14:35,655
There's your broadside shot
on a caribou.
287
00:14:35,655 --> 00:14:38,827
Why can't you be a moose, bro?
288
00:14:40,896 --> 00:14:42,724
It doesn't really care.
289
00:14:42,724 --> 00:14:45,724
Doesn't care that I'm here.
290
00:14:45,827 --> 00:14:47,758
This is wild, man.
291
00:14:52,068 --> 00:14:54,275
Hey, Mom.
292
00:14:54,275 --> 00:14:55,586
I'm in the Arctic.
293
00:14:55,586 --> 00:14:59,586
Check out my pet caribou
right here.
294
00:14:59,586 --> 00:15:02,517
Spooked now. He smelled me.
295
00:15:04,413 --> 00:15:07,103
♪ And we are gonna set
a beaver snare ♪
296
00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:09,689
Whoo!
297
00:15:09,689 --> 00:15:12,862
My name's Waldemar Paetz.
I go by Dub.
298
00:15:12,862 --> 00:15:14,068
Possum down.
299
00:15:14,068 --> 00:15:15,620
The only thing
I ever cared about
300
00:15:15,724 --> 00:15:18,586
since the day I was old enough
to walk was nature.
301
00:15:20,068 --> 00:15:21,586
It's really not bad.
302
00:15:21,689 --> 00:15:24,586
My one real job that I had
was being a fly fishing guide
303
00:15:24,689 --> 00:15:25,758
and I was damn good at it.
304
00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:29,586
We just caught this big cutty
305
00:15:29,586 --> 00:15:31,275
on our homemade rod.
306
00:15:31,379 --> 00:15:34,172
I'm not ever really gonna
settle for a 9 to 5
307
00:15:34,172 --> 00:15:36,241
where somebody's
breathing down my neck.
308
00:15:36,241 --> 00:15:40,275
I'd rather live very poorly
and keep my outdoor lifestyle.
309
00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:43,517
"Alone" is
the survival Olympics.
310
00:15:43,620 --> 00:15:46,482
There's no bigger, better,
more kick-ass challenge.
311
00:15:46,482 --> 00:15:48,310
And I strongly believe
I have everything
312
00:15:48,413 --> 00:15:49,724
it's gonna take to do this,
313
00:15:49,724 --> 00:15:52,896
because I don't have
close relationships.
314
00:15:52,896 --> 00:15:55,172
I can be by myself.
315
00:15:55,275 --> 00:15:59,517
I got the best shot I could
ever hope to get out of.
316
00:15:59,517 --> 00:16:03,103
But my top skill,
brute bullheadedness.
317
00:16:03,206 --> 00:16:05,379
I have a mile and a half hike
out of here.
318
00:16:05,379 --> 00:16:08,068
Gonna try to make
a deer backpack.
319
00:16:08,172 --> 00:16:10,586
No matter what goes wrong,
I do not quit.
320
00:16:10,586 --> 00:16:12,379
Hell yes.
321
00:16:12,379 --> 00:16:14,724
That works good.
322
00:16:15,344 --> 00:16:18,896
$500,000 would allow me
to pay off my house,
323
00:16:18,896 --> 00:16:20,482
pay off my mom's house,
324
00:16:20,482 --> 00:16:24,310
and just finally not
have to stress about money.
325
00:16:24,310 --> 00:16:25,551
My entire life,
that's all I've done.
326
00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:27,517
So the freedom
that would give me
327
00:16:27,517 --> 00:16:29,965
is something I just
can't even imagine.
328
00:16:29,965 --> 00:16:31,103
All right, love you guys.
329
00:16:32,482 --> 00:16:35,172
I got to dig, dude.
330
00:16:35,172 --> 00:16:39,413
We're gonna whittle
this Earth away.
331
00:16:39,413 --> 00:16:41,137
Turn it into something...
332
00:16:44,206 --> 00:16:47,206
That's worth $500,000.
333
00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:52,620
I really love this spot for
a few different reasons.
334
00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:55,310
What beautiful dirt, dude.
335
00:16:55,413 --> 00:16:57,448
I'm gonna build
an empire out here.
336
00:16:57,448 --> 00:16:58,862
It's got this beautiful berm.
337
00:16:58,862 --> 00:17:00,931
It's very protected
from the wind.
338
00:17:00,931 --> 00:17:02,827
Sure got a lot of firewood
laying around.
339
00:17:02,931 --> 00:17:04,551
And as far as I can tell,
340
00:17:04,551 --> 00:17:06,689
it's the best spot
I'm gonna get.
341
00:17:06,793 --> 00:17:11,000
I did not come out here
with a set shelter plan.
342
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,724
I just came out saying
I'm gonna Dub it.
343
00:17:13,827 --> 00:17:15,862
And when Dub does something,
he just...
344
00:17:17,827 --> 00:17:20,241
Starts doing it.
345
00:17:20,241 --> 00:17:21,965
If I'm gonna last
a winter in this thing,
346
00:17:22,068 --> 00:17:25,034
it's got to be insulated
like nobody's business.
347
00:17:25,034 --> 00:17:29,551
That should be
a pretty solid joint.
348
00:17:29,551 --> 00:17:32,068
I really don't like
those clouds.
349
00:17:32,068 --> 00:17:35,068
It's gonna be such a
pain in the ass if it rains.
350
00:17:35,068 --> 00:17:38,965
The more I melt this shelter
into this hill,
351
00:17:38,965 --> 00:17:41,620
the better off I'll be
in terms of warmth.
352
00:17:41,724 --> 00:17:43,827
Willow lashing...
353
00:17:43,931 --> 00:17:46,413
Should work...
354
00:17:46,517 --> 00:17:48,724
quite well.
355
00:17:48,724 --> 00:17:52,448
Next thing, ridgepole--
356
00:17:52,551 --> 00:17:54,448
it's heavy.
357
00:17:57,206 --> 00:17:59,344
Damn, is this gonna be cozy.
358
00:17:59,448 --> 00:18:03,620
Cozy is code word for really
freaking tight and small.
359
00:18:03,724 --> 00:18:05,034
The bigger the shelter is,
360
00:18:05,137 --> 00:18:07,172
the more wood you got to cut
to heat it,
361
00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:11,000
the bigger the problems
associated with this.
362
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,758
And I don't know
how comfortable
363
00:18:13,758 --> 00:18:16,172
it's gonna be this tight
between these logs,
364
00:18:16,172 --> 00:18:21,448
but I can do anything
for $500,000.
365
00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:23,482
I started training for this
366
00:18:23,482 --> 00:18:25,206
when I was very,
very young kid
367
00:18:25,206 --> 00:18:27,827
and I didn't even know it.
368
00:18:27,827 --> 00:18:29,724
I'm gonna try to tarping it.
369
00:18:29,724 --> 00:18:32,448
I was bullied
all the way through school
370
00:18:32,448 --> 00:18:35,103
because of my name, Waldemar.
371
00:18:35,103 --> 00:18:37,620
Not perfect.
372
00:18:37,724 --> 00:18:38,965
I'm gonna start
moving it in.
373
00:18:39,068 --> 00:18:40,758
And it gets to the point
where you just,
374
00:18:40,758 --> 00:18:42,241
man, I want to get away
from everybody.
375
00:18:42,344 --> 00:18:45,206
So I started gonna
the library during lunch hour
376
00:18:45,310 --> 00:18:46,413
so I could at least, like,
377
00:18:46,517 --> 00:18:48,034
have a little bit
of protection.
378
00:18:48,137 --> 00:18:49,758
This thing came a long way.
379
00:18:49,758 --> 00:18:51,137
And I remember reading a lot
380
00:18:51,137 --> 00:18:53,172
of hunting and fishing
and survival books,
381
00:18:53,172 --> 00:18:57,620
and then I'd get home
and I'd cry.
382
00:18:57,620 --> 00:19:00,068
Oh, I'm so ready to lay down.
383
00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:02,344
But I don't think
I would change a thing.
384
00:19:02,344 --> 00:19:05,551
That is what made me
what I am,
385
00:19:05,551 --> 00:19:08,517
made me love nature,
and it made me stronger.
386
00:19:08,517 --> 00:19:10,551
I guarantee you that.
387
00:19:39,724 --> 00:19:42,793
Man, look at that.
388
00:19:42,896 --> 00:19:45,206
My wife told me
when I first get here,
389
00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:48,379
just take a moment
for myself
390
00:19:48,482 --> 00:19:52,379
and sit and take it all in.
391
00:19:52,482 --> 00:19:54,965
So...
392
00:20:06,620 --> 00:20:09,827
Wow.
393
00:20:09,827 --> 00:20:13,068
If someone asks me
why bows are so expensive...
394
00:20:13,068 --> 00:20:15,068
This is why.
395
00:20:15,068 --> 00:20:18,655
Every bow I've made
is carried out like this.
396
00:20:18,655 --> 00:20:21,758
I'm a bowyer.
I make bows for a living.
397
00:20:21,862 --> 00:20:23,586
I'm a homesteader.
We fish for our food,
398
00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,793
hunt for our food,
grow our own food.
399
00:20:25,896 --> 00:20:28,137
And so I've spent
a lot of years
400
00:20:28,137 --> 00:20:30,379
honing in these skills,
fire making,
401
00:20:30,379 --> 00:20:31,344
bow drill, hand drill.
402
00:20:31,344 --> 00:20:32,724
Fire.
403
00:20:32,724 --> 00:20:34,586
And then the hunting,
fishing, trapping,
404
00:20:34,586 --> 00:20:36,379
snaring, and shelter building.
405
00:20:36,379 --> 00:20:39,620
That type of lifestyle has
given me the mentality to do
406
00:20:39,620 --> 00:20:42,689
what it takes to overcome
and adapt to really thrive.
407
00:20:42,793 --> 00:20:44,620
And I'm excited to see what
that's gonna do out here.
408
00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:48,448
There you go.
Good girl.
409
00:20:48,448 --> 00:20:51,275
The reason I'm doing this is
to change my family's life.
410
00:20:51,275 --> 00:20:54,068
My wife and I have been
together for 12 years,
411
00:20:54,068 --> 00:20:55,793
and we want to have kids,
412
00:20:55,896 --> 00:20:58,310
but she's been sick
a lot of that time,
413
00:20:58,310 --> 00:21:00,034
and makes it
really complicated
414
00:21:00,034 --> 00:21:01,448
for her to get pregnant.
415
00:21:01,551 --> 00:21:03,827
$500,000 means everything.
416
00:21:03,931 --> 00:21:05,241
It's gonna give
my wife and I
417
00:21:05,344 --> 00:21:07,482
the opportunity
to get her healthy
418
00:21:07,586 --> 00:21:09,655
where she can live
a full life.
419
00:21:09,655 --> 00:21:11,862
- And hopefully after this,
420
00:21:11,862 --> 00:21:13,448
we'll be lucky
to start our own family.
421
00:21:13,448 --> 00:21:15,241
So that's why
this is so important.
422
00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:17,655
That's what I mean
by life-changing.
423
00:21:17,655 --> 00:21:19,448
All right. Here we go.
424
00:21:20,931 --> 00:21:23,103
So first things first,
I definitely want to find
425
00:21:23,103 --> 00:21:26,103
where I'm gonna be
sleeping tonight.
426
00:21:26,103 --> 00:21:27,896
The biggest thing I'm gonna
have to contend with
427
00:21:27,896 --> 00:21:29,551
is the cold.
428
00:21:29,551 --> 00:21:33,655
125 miles north into the
Arctic Circle is pretty crazy.
429
00:21:33,655 --> 00:21:35,344
It's gonna be freezing.
430
00:21:35,344 --> 00:21:37,620
Having a good shelter
that's gonna keep you warm,
431
00:21:37,724 --> 00:21:40,793
keep you dry, but also
keep you safe from bears
432
00:21:40,793 --> 00:21:44,000
is gonna be
life or death out here.
433
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,379
There's a squirrel there.
434
00:21:47,379 --> 00:21:49,344
So I'm gonna see
if I can get it.
435
00:21:53,034 --> 00:21:55,000
Not afraid of me at all.
436
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,137
No fear.
I almost feel bad killing him.
437
00:22:12,517 --> 00:22:14,379
Dang it.
438
00:22:14,379 --> 00:22:17,689
I broke an arrow.
439
00:22:17,793 --> 00:22:20,000
Risky shot.
I shouldn't have done it.
440
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,068
I was trying to be prideful.
441
00:22:24,068 --> 00:22:25,620
I didn't need that right now.
442
00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:34,586
Oh, well.
443
00:22:34,689 --> 00:22:37,655
I can't believe
I missed him too.
444
00:22:41,689 --> 00:22:43,793
All right, I'm gonna go
collect firewood,
445
00:22:43,793 --> 00:22:46,137
start a little fire,
boil my water,
446
00:22:46,137 --> 00:22:48,379
and have a good drink
because I'm thirsty.
447
00:22:48,379 --> 00:22:51,482
And then I'll throw up
a temporary shelter.
448
00:22:51,586 --> 00:22:54,965
It's all really good kindling.
449
00:22:54,965 --> 00:22:58,000
I spent a lot of time in
my adult life chasing money.
450
00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,689
I was working
two to three jobs,
451
00:22:59,793 --> 00:23:03,862
60, 70, 80-hour work weeks,
and I didn't see my family.
452
00:23:03,862 --> 00:23:07,586
It was just my wife and work.
453
00:23:07,689 --> 00:23:09,517
All right.
Got some firewood.
454
00:23:09,517 --> 00:23:12,137
Time to go make a fire.
455
00:23:12,137 --> 00:23:16,137
But I had a good friend,
Cameron, pass away last year.
456
00:23:16,137 --> 00:23:18,172
And the day before he died,
457
00:23:18,172 --> 00:23:21,448
I asked him what the most
important thing in life was.
458
00:23:21,551 --> 00:23:24,068
And he said
family and friends.
459
00:23:24,172 --> 00:23:25,689
That hit me really hard
460
00:23:25,793 --> 00:23:27,862
because all he'd wanted
in life
461
00:23:27,965 --> 00:23:29,827
was to get married, be a dad.
462
00:23:29,827 --> 00:23:32,655
And he got married.
They had twins.
463
00:23:32,655 --> 00:23:34,862
A year later, he died.
464
00:23:34,862 --> 00:23:36,862
Really made me
think about my family
465
00:23:36,862 --> 00:23:38,724
and the time I have with them.
466
00:23:38,827 --> 00:23:40,931
Good fire starter.
467
00:23:41,034 --> 00:23:43,103
And so I took his advice.
468
00:23:43,103 --> 00:23:45,137
My wife and I sold
everything we had,
469
00:23:45,137 --> 00:23:47,931
moved into this little camper,
took it to Missouri
470
00:23:47,931 --> 00:23:49,965
on this little property
with my parents,
471
00:23:50,068 --> 00:23:51,517
and we started homesteading
472
00:23:51,517 --> 00:23:54,172
and building bows
and selling bows full time.
473
00:23:54,172 --> 00:23:56,931
And that's allowed me
more time with my family.
474
00:23:56,931 --> 00:24:00,448
All right.
Temporary shelter time.
475
00:24:00,551 --> 00:24:02,137
There's not a day that goes by
476
00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:03,931
that I don't think
about Cameron.
477
00:24:03,931 --> 00:24:08,103
He'll never be forgotten, and
he's a huge reason I'm here.
478
00:24:08,103 --> 00:24:12,379
So this experience, I'm gonna
chase it to my fullest.
479
00:24:12,482 --> 00:24:13,758
I'm gonna do
whatever it takes.
480
00:24:13,758 --> 00:24:15,310
I'm gonna stay
however long it takes
481
00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:18,793
because this time on Earth
is so precious.
482
00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:22,758
It can, at any moment,
just be gone.
483
00:24:22,758 --> 00:24:24,827
OK.
484
00:24:24,827 --> 00:24:27,827
Just kind of wanted to talk
about my shelter a little bit.
485
00:24:27,827 --> 00:24:31,379
I picked this location because
it has a vantage point.
486
00:24:31,379 --> 00:24:34,241
There's a couple game trails
that run up through here.
487
00:24:34,241 --> 00:24:36,793
Saw some bear sign
and I wanted to be up
488
00:24:36,793 --> 00:24:41,068
so I could hear,
see anything coming.
489
00:24:41,068 --> 00:24:44,034
I'm leaving it open
so I can see around me.
490
00:24:44,034 --> 00:24:46,586
And have a fire
out here in front of me
491
00:24:46,689 --> 00:24:48,862
to just kind of
deter anything.
492
00:24:48,862 --> 00:24:53,310
It's a little dangerous,
but it's a simple shelter.
493
00:25:12,793 --> 00:25:14,482
Yeah, the first night,
no fire.
494
00:25:14,482 --> 00:25:16,724
Just under the tarp here.
495
00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:18,862
Not much room here,
but a lot of branches down
496
00:25:18,862 --> 00:25:20,758
to kind of soften it.
497
00:25:20,758 --> 00:25:22,724
And man, oh, man,
it was a real up and down
498
00:25:22,724 --> 00:25:24,310
kind of day starting off.
499
00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:26,896
Had a nice big pike,
but what's done is done.
500
00:25:26,896 --> 00:25:28,172
No going back.
501
00:25:28,172 --> 00:25:32,000
So now the pressure is on.
502
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,413
Mother Nature is about
to dim the lights on us.
503
00:25:34,413 --> 00:25:36,000
We're heading
into winter here.
504
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,517
There's dangers all around.
505
00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:39,068
The landscape
is totally different
506
00:25:39,172 --> 00:25:40,689
than what I'm used to.
507
00:25:40,793 --> 00:25:42,862
But I'm trying to incorporate
the skills that I learned
508
00:25:42,862 --> 00:25:45,724
from my area and try to
adjust them for this area,
509
00:25:45,827 --> 00:25:47,482
and it's not easy.
510
00:25:54,517 --> 00:25:57,758
Starting now, an hour a week
of daylight is gone.
511
00:25:57,758 --> 00:26:00,000
Once we get closer
to that 100 day mark,
512
00:26:00,103 --> 00:26:02,517
we're gonna be going
24 hours of darkness.
513
00:26:02,517 --> 00:26:04,448
It's gonna be wild.
514
00:26:04,448 --> 00:26:07,034
I probably look terrifying
in infrared.
515
00:26:09,379 --> 00:26:13,241
Uh, so... yeah.
516
00:26:13,241 --> 00:26:16,448
Pretty productive day.
517
00:26:16,448 --> 00:26:18,586
Just kind of
getting established
518
00:26:18,689 --> 00:26:21,896
and getting an eye
for the location.
519
00:26:24,896 --> 00:26:27,068
Right now, I'm just gonna
try to get some sleep.
520
00:26:30,137 --> 00:26:32,551
It is pretty nerve-racking.
521
00:26:32,551 --> 00:26:36,137
You know, there's wolves
and mama bears and cubs.
522
00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:39,620
That's pretty bad news.
523
00:26:39,620 --> 00:26:44,551
But, you know, you just push.
524
00:26:44,551 --> 00:26:47,000
Today was day one.
525
00:26:59,724 --> 00:27:01,551
I just heard something move.
526
00:27:13,413 --> 00:27:15,482
Hey, bear.
527
00:27:27,137 --> 00:27:29,413
Hey, bear.
528
00:27:45,758 --> 00:27:48,137
I hope it's gone.
529
00:27:53,379 --> 00:27:55,275
Can't wait for daylight.
530
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,206
All right, man.
531
00:28:24,034 --> 00:28:26,827
Yeah, that was a long night.
532
00:28:26,827 --> 00:28:30,931
Those damn grizzly bears.
533
00:28:31,034 --> 00:28:35,689
There's mega modifications that
need to happen in this thing.
534
00:28:35,689 --> 00:28:38,310
I'm gonna move
everything out.
535
00:28:42,965 --> 00:28:45,482
We got to do it.
536
00:28:45,482 --> 00:28:47,586
Restructuring,
537
00:28:47,586 --> 00:28:50,896
because this shelter sucks!
538
00:28:54,137 --> 00:28:55,724
Right now.
539
00:28:55,724 --> 00:28:57,965
But soon, it might not.
540
00:28:57,965 --> 00:29:02,275
There is significant amounts
of some very big bears.
541
00:29:02,275 --> 00:29:04,724
Their presence is obvious,
542
00:29:04,724 --> 00:29:06,689
and they're something I'm
gonna have to live with.
543
00:29:06,689 --> 00:29:08,275
Try this again.
544
00:29:08,275 --> 00:29:11,000
The more I can put between
me and the grizzly,
545
00:29:11,103 --> 00:29:14,310
the more time I have to get
some bear spray in its face.
546
00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:15,965
If the grizzlies are
gonna come through,
547
00:29:15,965 --> 00:29:17,517
the only thing I can do
is make a shelter
548
00:29:17,517 --> 00:29:19,241
that's thick enough,
strong enough
549
00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:22,758
to fortify and make myself
at least feel comfortable.
550
00:29:24,793 --> 00:29:29,655
If I were watching this on TV,
I'd be saying to myself...
551
00:29:29,655 --> 00:29:32,344
dude, it's not even
that many grizzlies.
552
00:29:32,448 --> 00:29:34,620
It's not that big of a deal.
553
00:29:34,620 --> 00:29:39,137
But the reality is...
554
00:29:39,241 --> 00:29:44,724
when you're the one sitting in
the tent behind a tarp,
555
00:29:44,724 --> 00:29:50,137
and you're hearing--
literally hearing bears walk,
556
00:29:50,137 --> 00:29:52,034
it's scary, dude.
557
00:29:52,137 --> 00:29:53,689
And I'm not particularly
scared of bears,
558
00:29:53,689 --> 00:29:57,172
but I've never been in a place
559
00:29:57,172 --> 00:30:00,620
with this high
of a density of bears.
560
00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:03,413
I wonder if all
the competitors here realize
561
00:30:03,413 --> 00:30:06,206
just what those bears
are capable of,
562
00:30:06,206 --> 00:30:07,689
because I've seen it
firsthand.
563
00:30:07,793 --> 00:30:10,000
I had a neighbor that got
his face ripped off
564
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,448
by a grizzly bear.
565
00:30:11,448 --> 00:30:14,068
When you see the aftermath
of a grizzly attack,
566
00:30:14,068 --> 00:30:15,689
it'll scare
the [bleep] out of you.
567
00:30:15,689 --> 00:30:17,793
They are brutal,
gruesome predators
568
00:30:17,793 --> 00:30:19,896
that deserve
every bit of respect.
569
00:30:22,275 --> 00:30:27,172
Just... daunting.
570
00:30:49,034 --> 00:30:50,310
All right.
571
00:30:50,413 --> 00:30:54,655
So in an effort to attract
more ducks to me,
572
00:30:54,655 --> 00:30:58,724
because I've been seeing ducks
swimming on this river,
573
00:30:58,724 --> 00:31:02,034
I'm attempting to
make some duck decoys.
574
00:31:02,137 --> 00:31:06,379
So I've got a bunch of grass,
575
00:31:06,379 --> 00:31:11,206
and I just start making
the shape of duck.
576
00:31:12,793 --> 00:31:15,103
So first you make the beak.
577
00:31:17,413 --> 00:31:19,724
And then you fold it over
578
00:31:19,827 --> 00:31:23,655
to make the first...
579
00:31:23,655 --> 00:31:26,793
of the head shape.
580
00:31:26,896 --> 00:31:30,344
Back home, duck hunting
is really popular.
581
00:31:30,448 --> 00:31:32,758
It's part of the culture.
582
00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:35,620
And I remember duck hunting
when I was a kid.
583
00:31:35,724 --> 00:31:38,000
Duck decoys can be
a very effective way
584
00:31:38,103 --> 00:31:41,310
of attracting ducks closer
to where you are.
585
00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:43,103
Birds in general
are really good
586
00:31:43,103 --> 00:31:45,172
at seeing shapes
and movement and color,
587
00:31:45,172 --> 00:31:48,206
so you just have
to remain hidden.
588
00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:51,827
You have to be super stealthy.
589
00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:53,034
Look at that.
590
00:31:53,034 --> 00:31:54,965
It's a little bit
of a duck shape.
591
00:31:59,068 --> 00:32:04,172
And then for the final thing,
you take a stick.
592
00:32:06,379 --> 00:32:08,206
Then you stick it in the water.
593
00:32:15,724 --> 00:32:18,068
Now I have two duck decoys
594
00:32:18,172 --> 00:32:21,827
waiting to entice some ducks
right to the shore.
595
00:32:21,827 --> 00:32:24,689
And then hopefully
I can shoot them.
596
00:32:28,896 --> 00:32:32,413
I just heard the ice crack
underneath me, and that's...
597
00:32:33,689 --> 00:32:35,448
I'm doing this because
I want to follow
598
00:32:35,448 --> 00:32:37,379
in the footsteps
of my ancestors.
599
00:32:37,482 --> 00:32:39,896
I have
a Cree-Métis background.
600
00:32:39,896 --> 00:32:41,965
In Cree culture,
it's called a wapos.
601
00:32:41,965 --> 00:32:44,068
And I've always looked up
to those people
602
00:32:44,068 --> 00:32:45,344
that came before me.
603
00:32:45,344 --> 00:32:47,586
In this area,
we have a lot of wolves.
604
00:32:47,586 --> 00:32:50,103
And in my language,
we call them mahikan.
605
00:32:50,103 --> 00:32:51,758
I'm a wolf trapper myself.
606
00:32:51,758 --> 00:32:53,206
I grew up in the wilderness,
607
00:32:53,206 --> 00:32:56,241
very isolated
out in the trapline,
608
00:32:56,344 --> 00:32:59,000
being homeschooled,
no running water.
609
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,344
Part of a Cree-Métis lifestyle
is to live off the land,
610
00:33:02,448 --> 00:33:05,379
so that's hunting, trapping,
fishing, and staying out there
611
00:33:05,482 --> 00:33:08,103
for long periods of time
and providing for your family
612
00:33:08,103 --> 00:33:10,103
through hard work.
613
00:33:10,103 --> 00:33:12,241
My business is
adventure guiding,
614
00:33:12,344 --> 00:33:16,241
taking people out canoeing,
snowshoeing, hunting, fishing,
615
00:33:16,344 --> 00:33:17,965
and showing them
how to set traps
616
00:33:17,965 --> 00:33:19,965
or how to navigate rivers.
617
00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:22,206
I love sharing my knowledge
with people.
618
00:33:22,206 --> 00:33:24,206
We have fire.
619
00:33:24,206 --> 00:33:25,862
Me and my husband
just got married.
620
00:33:25,862 --> 00:33:29,068
And as soon as I get home,
we want to have babies.
621
00:33:29,068 --> 00:33:32,275
I really want to be able to
provide for my future family.
622
00:33:32,275 --> 00:33:36,137
So $500,000 is gonna be
part of my motivation.
623
00:33:36,241 --> 00:33:38,517
I'm excited to utilize
all those skills
624
00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:40,758
that I've grown up using
my whole life.
625
00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:44,931
I got my fishnet strung up,
ready to go.
626
00:33:45,034 --> 00:33:47,241
So let's go deploy my fishnet.
627
00:33:53,310 --> 00:33:57,000
So one of the things
about this location
628
00:33:57,103 --> 00:33:59,689
is it is really,
really shallow.
629
00:33:59,793 --> 00:34:02,482
My net is not fully
stretched out.
630
00:34:02,482 --> 00:34:03,896
But I'm gonna leave
it there for now,
631
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,344
see if I get anything.
632
00:34:10,689 --> 00:34:13,068
Check it out.
633
00:34:13,068 --> 00:34:14,965
A wolf track.
634
00:34:15,068 --> 00:34:17,310
And that is a running wolf.
635
00:34:20,137 --> 00:34:21,793
And just over here...
636
00:34:23,689 --> 00:34:27,586
That is definitely wolves.
637
00:34:27,586 --> 00:34:29,586
Oh, damn it.
638
00:34:31,758 --> 00:34:34,620
I never really trusted
wolves that much.
639
00:34:34,620 --> 00:34:36,310
They are killers.
640
00:34:36,413 --> 00:34:39,379
When they have a good
opportunity, they will.
641
00:35:00,379 --> 00:35:02,517
These little berries
right here,
642
00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:04,034
they're little cranberries.
643
00:35:04,034 --> 00:35:07,448
It's not much,
but calories are calories, huh?
644
00:35:12,517 --> 00:35:13,517
I'm hungry.
645
00:35:13,517 --> 00:35:15,724
Finally starting to get hungry.
646
00:35:15,724 --> 00:35:17,862
My belly's going...
647
00:35:17,862 --> 00:35:19,586
"Feed me."
648
00:35:19,689 --> 00:35:22,344
But I want to get
my shelter done
649
00:35:22,344 --> 00:35:24,379
and then I'll start fishing.
650
00:35:24,482 --> 00:35:29,068
Just a little shot of vitamins
and calories to get me going.
651
00:35:30,034 --> 00:35:32,689
OK.
It's time to get to work.
652
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,034
I've done a lot of searching,
a lot of walking around,
653
00:35:37,137 --> 00:35:38,586
trying to find
the right shelter spot.
654
00:35:38,586 --> 00:35:41,310
And I know it doesn't
look like much right now,
655
00:35:41,413 --> 00:35:43,586
but there's three trees that
I want to build in between
656
00:35:43,586 --> 00:35:45,724
right back there.
657
00:35:45,827 --> 00:35:49,551
I'm gonna put up
my ridgepole first.
658
00:35:49,655 --> 00:35:54,586
And I'll use a little bit
of snare wire to do that.
659
00:35:54,689 --> 00:35:56,517
But I've got to cut a notch
on the back side
660
00:35:56,620 --> 00:36:00,172
to hold my snare wire.
661
00:36:00,275 --> 00:36:03,137
Food is important,
but it's not as important
662
00:36:03,137 --> 00:36:05,275
as keeping myself safe.
663
00:36:05,379 --> 00:36:07,655
There's grizzly sign.
There's moose sign.
664
00:36:07,655 --> 00:36:09,655
There's wolf tracks
in the mud.
665
00:36:09,758 --> 00:36:11,655
This is a dangerous location.
666
00:36:11,655 --> 00:36:16,000
So getting that shelter done,
that's my focus right now.
667
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,344
That's the start of it.
668
00:36:18,448 --> 00:36:21,896
Next, I'm gonna
work on my bed.
669
00:36:21,896 --> 00:36:24,724
It'll go right here.
670
00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:27,344
I'm aiming to build
an A-frame shelter.
671
00:36:27,344 --> 00:36:29,896
I want to be able to stand up
in my shelter.
672
00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:32,517
But I want an A-frame because
673
00:36:32,517 --> 00:36:34,793
I want a high pitched roof
for the snow.
674
00:36:34,793 --> 00:36:36,758
I don't want it to just
sit on top of my structure
675
00:36:36,758 --> 00:36:38,172
and cave in.
676
00:36:38,172 --> 00:36:39,344
I want to build something
that's gonna be able
677
00:36:39,344 --> 00:36:41,137
to hold a lot of weight
678
00:36:41,137 --> 00:36:44,379
and stand strong
in extreme wind and snow.
679
00:36:45,758 --> 00:36:47,551
Now I just need
a lot of sticks.
680
00:36:52,241 --> 00:36:53,862
I keep on getting this feeling
681
00:36:53,862 --> 00:36:56,689
that I have to
go, go, go, go, go.
682
00:36:56,689 --> 00:36:58,758
Still got a lot
of work to do.
683
00:36:58,862 --> 00:37:02,103
But hell, I'm gonna be here
for months.
684
00:37:02,103 --> 00:37:04,137
Slow and steady.
685
00:37:04,137 --> 00:37:05,620
Just got to keep on
reminding myself,
686
00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:08,206
slow and steady.
687
00:37:08,206 --> 00:37:10,344
There's already enough
dangers out here.
688
00:37:10,344 --> 00:37:14,965
I don't need to be
one of them to myself.
689
00:37:14,965 --> 00:37:19,827
All right, so that is...
690
00:37:19,827 --> 00:37:21,275
all the work for today.
691
00:37:21,275 --> 00:37:23,965
I am whooped.
692
00:37:24,068 --> 00:37:28,551
Tomorrow, we'll get back at it
and hopefully finish her up.
693
00:37:28,655 --> 00:37:30,724
So...
694
00:37:30,827 --> 00:37:33,931
All around good day.
695
00:37:56,172 --> 00:38:00,689
I don't know what's going
through my head.
696
00:38:00,689 --> 00:38:04,000
This has been
a dream of mine forever.
697
00:38:04,103 --> 00:38:07,137
All I can think about
is how much I miss my family.
698
00:38:09,034 --> 00:38:11,724
My whole thought process
was that
699
00:38:11,724 --> 00:38:15,931
I was doing this to prove
something to my daughter.
700
00:38:18,931 --> 00:38:22,241
That I could push
through anything.
701
00:38:22,241 --> 00:38:25,862
But what am I proving
by leaving her?
702
00:38:25,862 --> 00:38:28,689
It's starting to hit me
just how alone I actually am.
703
00:38:28,689 --> 00:38:31,551
And that's cool.
That's what I wanted.
704
00:38:31,655 --> 00:38:34,137
But I have these emotions
that I wasn't anticipating.
705
00:38:34,241 --> 00:38:38,137
I hear about "drop shock"
over and over again.
706
00:38:38,241 --> 00:38:40,965
Season after season,
they talk about drop shock.
707
00:38:40,965 --> 00:38:43,931
But I thought that meant
that their plans changed.
708
00:38:43,931 --> 00:38:45,896
I didn't think that that meant
709
00:38:45,896 --> 00:38:48,551
they would be rethinking
their lives.
710
00:38:50,344 --> 00:38:52,689
Is this really worth it?
711
00:38:58,379 --> 00:39:00,827
I don't know.
712
00:39:00,827 --> 00:39:03,172
We'll see.
713
00:39:06,068 --> 00:39:09,517
Hey, my stomach's growling.
714
00:39:09,517 --> 00:39:11,517
Be kind of nice
to eat something.
715
00:39:11,517 --> 00:39:13,275
Let's take a look.
716
00:39:26,206 --> 00:39:28,206
Nice.
717
00:39:39,413 --> 00:39:41,689
How strange.
718
00:39:41,689 --> 00:39:44,689
I think my nose is bleeding.
719
00:39:48,862 --> 00:39:52,068
Yeah.
720
00:39:52,068 --> 00:39:55,172
It's pretty humid out.
721
00:39:55,172 --> 00:39:57,758
It's not dry at all.
722
00:39:59,551 --> 00:40:01,206
Interesting.
723
00:40:01,206 --> 00:40:04,034
Feel like I just did it again.
724
00:40:14,137 --> 00:40:15,655
Why am I bleeding so much?
725
00:40:15,655 --> 00:40:18,448
Oh, now it's on my clothes.
726
00:40:18,448 --> 00:40:23,068
Are you kidding me?
727
00:40:23,068 --> 00:40:24,965
Stop bleeding.
728
00:40:27,931 --> 00:40:31,379
I wonder if has something
to do with my berry diet.
729
00:40:33,896 --> 00:40:35,586
Mm.
730
00:40:38,758 --> 00:40:41,034
Maybe some of this stuff
thins out your blood.
731
00:40:43,586 --> 00:40:45,172
I don't know.
732
00:40:47,034 --> 00:40:49,379
Everything I ate
looked pretty familiar.
733
00:40:49,379 --> 00:40:54,482
I am 97.6% sure
that I'll be fine.
734
00:40:54,482 --> 00:40:56,310
It's finally stopped.
735
00:40:56,413 --> 00:40:57,862
But right now,
736
00:40:57,862 --> 00:41:00,310
I'm not gonna waste
my time on smaller stuff.
737
00:41:00,310 --> 00:41:03,551
I got to focus more
on protein.
738
00:41:03,551 --> 00:41:05,344
Just keep pushing.
739
00:41:05,344 --> 00:41:08,448
That's all I got to do.
Just keep pushing.
740
00:41:08,551 --> 00:41:09,793
I'm gonna go ahead
and set something
741
00:41:09,793 --> 00:41:11,586
I can just throw out there
and let it just sit.
742
00:41:11,586 --> 00:41:12,931
Just some passive fishing.
743
00:41:15,896 --> 00:41:17,965
I'll probably set
a line from here,
744
00:41:17,965 --> 00:41:19,655
dig it into the ground
kind of.
745
00:41:19,655 --> 00:41:22,206
See if I can't catch a pike or
something off of it tonight.
746
00:41:24,034 --> 00:41:26,482
In basic training
on the military side,
747
00:41:26,482 --> 00:41:28,862
they called me
Machine Gun Preacher.
748
00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:30,551
I used to be a preacher.
749
00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:32,586
Just gonna sharpen it enough
750
00:41:32,689 --> 00:41:35,344
to where it'll dig into
the ground a little better.
751
00:41:35,344 --> 00:41:36,931
But I go hard.
752
00:41:36,931 --> 00:41:39,068
There's a switch that flicks
when public face
753
00:41:39,068 --> 00:41:41,344
gets turned off,
when people's in danger
754
00:41:41,344 --> 00:41:42,793
and you have to act
755
00:41:42,793 --> 00:41:44,793
and you've got to take control
of the situation.
756
00:41:44,896 --> 00:41:46,379
There's a different gear.
757
00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:51,827
I need that other side of me.
758
00:41:51,931 --> 00:41:53,793
I have to be tough,
759
00:41:53,793 --> 00:41:56,482
but there's
a spiritual part of it.
760
00:41:56,586 --> 00:41:58,620
It's not that God
speaks to you more
761
00:41:58,620 --> 00:42:00,482
when you're in the wilderness.
762
00:42:00,482 --> 00:42:03,310
It's just easier to hear him.
763
00:42:09,241 --> 00:42:12,000
Did you see that fish jump?
764
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,206
Interesting.
765
00:42:17,206 --> 00:42:19,655
Maybe we will catch a fish.
766
00:42:39,344 --> 00:42:41,517
Here's the Cree word
of the day.
767
00:42:41,517 --> 00:42:43,172
Okistatowân.
768
00:42:43,275 --> 00:42:45,379
That means grizzly bear.
769
00:42:45,482 --> 00:42:48,206
If you look in the water...
770
00:42:50,344 --> 00:42:55,758
You can see bear tracks
771
00:42:55,758 --> 00:42:59,620
preserved under the water.
772
00:42:59,724 --> 00:43:02,724
This is the real deal, people.
773
00:43:02,827 --> 00:43:05,896
It is cold and there's bears
774
00:43:05,896 --> 00:43:08,758
and there's a lot
of work to do.
775
00:43:11,862 --> 00:43:14,137
I have a Cree name,
and it is...
776
00:43:15,724 --> 00:43:18,413
Which means
Beaver Hands Woman.
777
00:43:18,517 --> 00:43:20,000
Here we go.
778
00:43:20,103 --> 00:43:22,793
Checking my fishnet.
779
00:43:22,793 --> 00:43:24,862
Come on, fishy.
780
00:43:28,482 --> 00:43:32,241
Looks pretty empty,
781
00:43:32,241 --> 00:43:34,724
but it hasn't really
moved around that much.
782
00:43:41,275 --> 00:43:43,310
Oh, it's twisted up.
That's why.
783
00:43:43,413 --> 00:43:44,931
OK.
784
00:43:48,482 --> 00:43:51,689
So somehow,
785
00:43:51,689 --> 00:43:56,344
my fish net
got all twisted up.
786
00:43:56,344 --> 00:43:58,724
I've got to fix that up.
787
00:43:58,724 --> 00:44:00,172
The beaver,
that is something
788
00:44:00,172 --> 00:44:02,275
I'm gonna be
thinking about a lot,
789
00:44:02,275 --> 00:44:04,068
because the beaver
is a hard worker.
790
00:44:04,068 --> 00:44:06,758
That beaver is always
building their shelter
791
00:44:06,862 --> 00:44:08,379
and gathering food
all the time.
792
00:44:08,482 --> 00:44:11,862
So I'm gonna be
embodying the beaver.
793
00:44:11,862 --> 00:44:15,172
So I'm gonna think like
a beaver, work like a beaver,
794
00:44:15,172 --> 00:44:18,689
because that is my name
and that's part of my spirit.
795
00:44:18,689 --> 00:44:22,241
So I fixed and
I untangled my net.
796
00:44:22,344 --> 00:44:24,551
Now I must deploy it again.
797
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,103
I just hope that
I can get a fish
798
00:44:35,206 --> 00:44:39,862
in my net...
799
00:44:39,965 --> 00:44:41,724
one of these days.
800
00:44:46,586 --> 00:44:48,448
Wow.
801
00:44:51,137 --> 00:44:54,137
So my site was blessed
with this big giant rock.
802
00:44:54,241 --> 00:44:55,793
And in Cree culture,
803
00:44:55,896 --> 00:44:59,206
when there is a giant rock in
the middle of the landscape,
804
00:44:59,310 --> 00:45:01,241
it is considered sacred.
805
00:45:01,241 --> 00:45:04,965
Just gonna clear the area
806
00:45:04,965 --> 00:45:08,103
around the sacred rock.
807
00:45:08,206 --> 00:45:10,034
And I'm gonna leave
my offerings here so that
808
00:45:10,034 --> 00:45:13,793
the land provides for me
and I take care of the land.
809
00:45:13,793 --> 00:45:16,068
Mutual respect.
810
00:45:16,068 --> 00:45:18,965
OK, back to work.
811
00:45:34,172 --> 00:45:36,000
Oh, my.
812
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,758
Man, my energy is drained.
813
00:45:54,034 --> 00:45:56,689
Yeah.
My energy level is really low.
814
00:45:56,689 --> 00:45:59,689
When I lost that pike,
that was a bummer.
815
00:45:59,689 --> 00:46:02,137
But onward and upward.
816
00:46:02,137 --> 00:46:05,206
But I need every little calorie
I can get.
817
00:46:09,206 --> 00:46:13,034
The seeds, if you eat them,
got little hairs on them.
818
00:46:13,034 --> 00:46:15,206
Make your bum itch.
819
00:46:15,206 --> 00:46:17,172
You don't want that.
820
00:46:20,620 --> 00:46:22,482
Spit the seeds out.
821
00:46:24,620 --> 00:46:25,965
Not a lot of berries though.
822
00:46:26,068 --> 00:46:28,310
Uh, whew.
I was expecting more berries.
823
00:46:32,517 --> 00:46:34,137
Feeling a little
better already, yeah.
824
00:46:34,137 --> 00:46:36,931
Sugars, I guess.
825
00:46:36,931 --> 00:46:39,586
Look at that.
Bunny trail there.
826
00:46:39,689 --> 00:46:41,000
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
827
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:42,793
I'm gonna have to put
a couple rabbit snares out.
828
00:46:42,793 --> 00:46:45,758
You know, was hoping to save
that kind of stuff for later,
829
00:46:45,758 --> 00:46:49,241
but I need it now.
830
00:47:00,241 --> 00:47:02,793
Some rabbit poo right there.
831
00:47:02,896 --> 00:47:05,034
Now I know they're
coming through here.
832
00:47:05,137 --> 00:47:07,620
This is my pole.
833
00:47:07,724 --> 00:47:10,793
I'll make a rabbit snare.
834
00:47:14,172 --> 00:47:18,172
Oh, suck the brains
out of the rabbit head.
835
00:47:18,172 --> 00:47:19,793
Looking forward to it.
836
00:47:21,206 --> 00:47:24,482
Since I lost that fish,
I lost my focus.
837
00:47:24,482 --> 00:47:26,862
There's just too many thoughts
coming at me at one time.
838
00:47:26,862 --> 00:47:28,551
I got to be doing this.
I got to be doing that.
839
00:47:28,655 --> 00:47:30,827
And I want to slow down
and try to get my focus,
840
00:47:30,827 --> 00:47:32,137
but it's hard to do.
841
00:47:32,241 --> 00:47:35,137
I need some food.
842
00:47:35,137 --> 00:47:37,275
That should do it.
843
00:47:37,275 --> 00:47:38,724
Whew.
844
00:47:40,620 --> 00:47:43,379
I'm just gonna scout around
a little bit here.
845
00:47:43,379 --> 00:47:44,793
It's no good to have land
if you're not gonna see
846
00:47:44,896 --> 00:47:47,172
what's on it, I guess.
847
00:47:47,172 --> 00:47:49,000
Being from Labrador,
I've been hunting
848
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:51,448
and fishing and trapping
ever since I was a little kid.
849
00:47:51,551 --> 00:47:54,413
And this land is full
of fish and animals.
850
00:47:54,413 --> 00:47:56,827
And so I just got to carry
those skills that I acquired
851
00:47:56,827 --> 00:47:58,413
through my lifetime
to get through
852
00:47:58,413 --> 00:48:01,793
whatever I got to get through
to be successful here.
853
00:48:01,896 --> 00:48:03,724
It's a little swampy area.
854
00:48:03,724 --> 00:48:04,793
Wow.
855
00:48:08,551 --> 00:48:09,758
What a beautiful spot, eh?
856
00:48:09,758 --> 00:48:11,931
Look at this.
857
00:48:11,931 --> 00:48:13,517
We have--what's that?
858
00:48:13,517 --> 00:48:15,448
It's like smelt or something.
Look at that.
859
00:48:15,551 --> 00:48:18,586
Find a stick.
860
00:48:27,965 --> 00:48:29,862
Look at that.
861
00:48:29,862 --> 00:48:31,862
Whew.
862
00:48:31,862 --> 00:48:34,517
Look at this.
Another one there.
863
00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:36,965
Come on.
864
00:48:37,068 --> 00:48:39,275
Yeah, so we've got these two
with the shock waves,
865
00:48:39,275 --> 00:48:42,758
you know, just a stick
and you hit the water.
866
00:48:42,862 --> 00:48:45,724
Yeah. So...
867
00:48:45,724 --> 00:48:49,000
I wonder, should I get
another two or three?
868
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,413
I grew up and survived
in a tough environment.
869
00:48:51,517 --> 00:48:53,586
But when it was tough,
everyone pulled together
870
00:48:53,689 --> 00:48:55,551
and built strong communities
871
00:48:55,551 --> 00:48:57,862
so we all could
survive together.
872
00:48:59,793 --> 00:49:02,137
Oh, I see some.
873
00:49:12,310 --> 00:49:15,793
Whoo-hoo! Another one.
874
00:49:15,896 --> 00:49:17,413
Yes.
875
00:49:17,517 --> 00:49:19,793
Down here's one.
876
00:49:21,586 --> 00:49:22,793
There you go.
877
00:49:22,793 --> 00:49:25,517
Look at that. Five.
878
00:49:25,517 --> 00:49:27,827
That's all I want.
879
00:49:27,827 --> 00:49:29,034
Reminds me of when
I was a little kid
880
00:49:29,034 --> 00:49:33,000
catching trout in Beaver Pond.
881
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:34,931
Sometimes they'd be a bit small
882
00:49:35,034 --> 00:49:38,620
and I'd bring them home.
883
00:49:38,620 --> 00:49:40,103
And if I only had a couple,
Grandma would
884
00:49:40,206 --> 00:49:41,793
clean them and freeze them.
885
00:49:41,896 --> 00:49:45,241
And when I'd get enough, she'd
take them and fry them for me.
886
00:49:45,241 --> 00:49:46,724
Isn't that awesome?
887
00:49:46,827 --> 00:49:48,379
That's fantastic.
888
00:49:48,482 --> 00:49:49,724
I'm gonna just take those fish,
889
00:49:49,724 --> 00:49:51,448
light a little fire,
and roast them.
890
00:49:51,448 --> 00:49:53,034
That's a good meal.
891
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,689
Let's do my morning smudge.
892
00:50:12,793 --> 00:50:14,413
Cleanse my hair.
893
00:50:18,413 --> 00:50:22,862
Cleanse my hair so that
I live close to the spirit.
894
00:50:22,862 --> 00:50:27,862
Bless this land so that
it provides for me.
895
00:50:27,862 --> 00:50:29,758
All of these prayers,
896
00:50:29,758 --> 00:50:34,793
may the smoke carry them
to the Creator.
897
00:50:34,896 --> 00:50:38,724
Sounds like I can
hear wolves howling.
898
00:50:38,724 --> 00:50:40,379
Yeah, I'm pretty sure
there's wolves howling
899
00:50:40,379 --> 00:50:42,517
in the distance over there.
900
00:50:45,344 --> 00:50:46,827
Look at that nice day.
901
00:50:49,793 --> 00:50:51,275
OK. Day four.
902
00:50:51,379 --> 00:50:53,827
I'm walking to
check my fish net.
903
00:50:53,827 --> 00:50:56,206
Got everything I need with me.
904
00:50:56,206 --> 00:51:00,034
Maybe I'll have
something in my net.
905
00:51:00,034 --> 00:51:01,206
That'll be the best.
906
00:51:05,310 --> 00:51:07,137
No new ducks.
907
00:51:07,137 --> 00:51:09,310
Darn it.
908
00:51:16,827 --> 00:51:19,275
Please, please,
please, please, please.
909
00:51:27,275 --> 00:51:30,241
That's not good.
910
00:51:33,551 --> 00:51:36,000
Maybe I just move it over
a few feet.
911
00:51:36,103 --> 00:51:38,379
Honestly,
it looks a bit deeper.
912
00:51:38,482 --> 00:51:40,413
Let's try it out.
913
00:51:40,517 --> 00:51:44,551
I'm not used to fishing
on small rivers.
914
00:51:44,551 --> 00:51:46,793
Usually I'm fishing
on my big river
915
00:51:46,793 --> 00:51:49,551
and there's like an eddy
and a fast-flowing water.
916
00:51:49,551 --> 00:51:51,034
And you find that eddy,
917
00:51:51,034 --> 00:51:53,517
and that's a really
good place to set a fish net.
918
00:51:53,517 --> 00:51:55,586
OK, moving the fish net
919
00:51:55,586 --> 00:51:59,655
is physically demanding.
920
00:51:59,655 --> 00:52:01,448
But I just got
to keep observing
921
00:52:01,448 --> 00:52:04,344
and keep moving it around
until I find a good spot.
922
00:52:06,068 --> 00:52:08,137
OK. Slightly deeper.
923
00:52:08,137 --> 00:52:11,000
Needs to be on shore
a little bit.
924
00:52:11,103 --> 00:52:12,103
We'll see.
925
00:52:18,586 --> 00:52:20,517
Fresh tracks.
926
00:52:22,448 --> 00:52:24,000
Wolf.
927
00:52:26,862 --> 00:52:28,965
What the heck?
928
00:52:28,965 --> 00:52:32,034
Something was killed here?
929
00:52:37,034 --> 00:52:40,034
Look at this, guys.
930
00:52:40,034 --> 00:52:42,482
It's a squirrel.
931
00:52:45,482 --> 00:52:48,724
Somebody left me a kidney.
932
00:52:48,724 --> 00:52:51,793
It smells fresh.
933
00:52:51,896 --> 00:52:54,344
This was not here yesterday.
934
00:52:57,379 --> 00:52:59,655
Hm, well, I feel like
I should eat that.
935
00:53:01,482 --> 00:53:04,896
I've been dreaming
about protein.
936
00:53:04,896 --> 00:53:06,551
Let's make a fire.
937
00:53:06,655 --> 00:53:08,689
And it's something that
I really need right now.
938
00:53:10,137 --> 00:53:12,862
I hear the wolves
howling again.
939
00:53:12,862 --> 00:53:14,931
Can you hear that?
940
00:53:14,931 --> 00:53:17,586
And it's so perfect
and clean and fresh.
941
00:53:17,586 --> 00:53:20,379
I've never had
roasted kidney before,
942
00:53:20,379 --> 00:53:22,379
but I'm willing to
try it right now.
943
00:53:22,379 --> 00:53:24,827
It feels like it's a gift.
944
00:53:24,931 --> 00:53:26,793
Thank you to the wolves.
945
00:53:26,793 --> 00:53:28,448
Like I'm meant to be here.
946
00:53:40,068 --> 00:53:41,482
Oh, wow.
947
00:53:41,482 --> 00:53:44,068
It's so tasty.
948
00:54:03,827 --> 00:54:06,620
All right, today
I'm gonna go exploring.
949
00:54:08,068 --> 00:54:10,758
Get some food...
950
00:54:12,620 --> 00:54:15,931
Instead of spending...
951
00:54:16,034 --> 00:54:19,137
a week trying
to get my shelter done.
952
00:54:19,137 --> 00:54:22,896
Draw it out a little bit.
953
00:54:22,896 --> 00:54:25,758
Move down there slowly.
954
00:54:29,344 --> 00:54:33,241
Coming in this, my game plan
was throw up a tarp,
955
00:54:33,344 --> 00:54:35,758
do an easy shelter
for the first week or so,
956
00:54:35,758 --> 00:54:37,689
and then get to
fishing and hunting,
957
00:54:37,793 --> 00:54:39,620
just worry about food.
958
00:54:39,620 --> 00:54:42,241
But it's a little terrifying
being out here
959
00:54:42,241 --> 00:54:44,310
just exposed,
especially whenever
960
00:54:44,413 --> 00:54:46,310
there's grizzlies
walking around.
961
00:54:46,413 --> 00:54:48,551
All that's been on my mind
for the last three days
962
00:54:48,655 --> 00:54:52,241
is safe shelter,
safe shelter, safe shelter.
963
00:54:52,241 --> 00:54:54,172
But hell, now I'm hungry.
964
00:54:54,275 --> 00:54:56,206
I have to get some food.
965
00:55:00,068 --> 00:55:02,172
It's just so dadgum thick.
966
00:55:02,172 --> 00:55:04,862
Hopefully it opens up.
967
00:55:07,379 --> 00:55:12,000
I'm literally, like, scooting
around on my butt, my knees,
968
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:14,241
pushing my way through here.
969
00:55:18,448 --> 00:55:23,034
There is no walking through
this stuff stealthily.
970
00:55:25,931 --> 00:55:27,448
There's moose poop.
971
00:55:29,137 --> 00:55:31,413
My wife hates this part.
972
00:55:31,517 --> 00:55:34,793
She's like, why do they
always touch the poop?
973
00:55:34,793 --> 00:55:38,965
It's because you need
to see how fresh it is.
974
00:55:38,965 --> 00:55:40,620
That's pretty dry.
975
00:55:42,586 --> 00:55:45,482
I'm trying to just
figure out my prey.
976
00:55:45,586 --> 00:55:48,034
I'm trying to figure out
what I'm hunting.
977
00:55:48,034 --> 00:55:50,689
And there's squirrels around,
rabbits as well.
978
00:55:50,689 --> 00:55:52,620
But I'm looking
for big game here.
979
00:55:52,620 --> 00:55:53,793
I'm looking for the moose.
980
00:55:55,827 --> 00:55:57,482
Also bear track.
981
00:55:57,482 --> 00:55:58,965
Holy crap.
982
00:55:59,068 --> 00:56:01,034
That's a bear.
983
00:56:01,137 --> 00:56:02,724
Grizzly.
984
00:56:10,034 --> 00:56:11,896
Bear sign all through here.
985
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:13,827
Big bear.
986
00:56:15,241 --> 00:56:17,068
Every step is difficult,
987
00:56:17,068 --> 00:56:19,517
and you can't see
five feet into the thicket.
988
00:56:19,620 --> 00:56:21,275
There's so many bushes
and trees.
989
00:56:21,275 --> 00:56:22,689
And you wouldn't know
if a grizzly
990
00:56:22,793 --> 00:56:24,172
was 10 feet away from you.
991
00:56:24,275 --> 00:56:25,896
It's just so thick.
992
00:56:25,896 --> 00:56:31,275
Do I push on,
or do I just turn back?
993
00:56:31,275 --> 00:56:34,310
I don't know. My stubbornness
says keep on going.
994
00:56:36,137 --> 00:56:38,586
I really want to see
the rest of my land,
995
00:56:38,586 --> 00:56:41,965
but this way is just god awful.
996
00:57:07,172 --> 00:57:10,206
Arrow in the leg.
997
00:57:14,724 --> 00:57:16,931
It slipped out of my quiver
998
00:57:16,931 --> 00:57:18,275
and I just stepped
right into it
999
00:57:18,379 --> 00:57:21,758
and went right at
the bend of my leg.
1000
00:57:23,379 --> 00:57:25,068
Man.
1001
00:57:29,172 --> 00:57:30,965
OK.
1002
00:57:31,068 --> 00:57:33,137
Think.
1003
00:57:44,379 --> 00:57:46,000
Can't believe this.
1004
00:57:46,103 --> 00:57:48,275
Can't freaking believe it.
1005
00:57:50,344 --> 00:57:52,793
This is bad.
1006
00:58:19,689 --> 00:58:24,206
I'm just so pissed,
so dadgum pissed.
1007
00:58:25,448 --> 00:58:28,241
And in a lot of freaking pain.
1008
00:58:34,827 --> 00:58:36,000
All this work.
1009
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:38,724
All this work to get here,
1010
00:58:38,827 --> 00:58:41,034
and this happens.
1011
00:58:59,931 --> 00:59:01,655
It's just pain.
1012
00:59:01,655 --> 00:59:03,793
I don't want to go home.
1013
00:59:08,655 --> 00:59:11,241
I'm gonna get back to my camp.
1014
00:59:20,517 --> 00:59:22,931
How am I gonna do this?
1015
00:59:28,620 --> 00:59:31,241
Getting a little lightheaded.
1016
00:59:39,241 --> 00:59:42,206
I'm gonna turn you off for now
so I can walk.
1017
00:59:46,931 --> 00:59:52,793
I keep on trying to talk
myself in my head to stay in.
1018
00:59:59,724 --> 01:00:03,172
It's still bleeding.
1019
01:00:03,172 --> 01:00:06,206
It went a good,
oh, 4 inches in.
1020
01:00:06,206 --> 01:00:07,931
Oh, [bleep].
1021
01:00:07,931 --> 01:00:12,689
I can't--I can't deal
with this out here.
1022
01:00:12,793 --> 01:00:15,413
Gonna need stitches.
1023
01:00:18,034 --> 01:00:20,827
Oh, man, that hurts.
1024
01:00:27,620 --> 01:00:30,275
Really?
1025
01:00:36,344 --> 01:00:39,344
There's no way I can stay.
1026
01:00:46,724 --> 01:00:48,827
Four days.
1027
01:00:48,931 --> 01:00:51,137
That's it.
1028
01:01:01,344 --> 01:01:02,931
Hey, it's Cubby.
1029
01:01:02,931 --> 01:01:07,206
I got an arrow in my leg,
and so,
1030
01:01:07,310 --> 01:01:09,586
I guess
I'm officially tapping out.
1031
01:01:21,379 --> 01:01:23,551
That's the culprit.
1032
01:01:34,103 --> 01:01:35,724
Just gonna take
a quick look at it,
1033
01:01:35,827 --> 01:01:36,862
see what we're dealing with.
1034
01:01:36,862 --> 01:01:38,482
Feeling any other
secondary symptoms?
1035
01:01:38,482 --> 01:01:39,965
- Dizziness.
- OK.
1036
01:01:40,068 --> 01:01:41,724
It looks like at least
a couple inches.
1037
01:01:41,724 --> 01:01:44,482
We're taking you
into the hospital.
1038
01:01:48,344 --> 01:01:51,586
The realization that my
chance of winning this is over
1039
01:01:51,586 --> 01:01:54,827
is absolutely devastating.
1040
01:01:54,827 --> 01:01:57,344
There's so much more
that I wanted to do.
1041
01:01:57,344 --> 01:01:59,310
There's so much
I wanted to learn.
1042
01:01:59,413 --> 01:02:01,724
And I had a lot
riding on this.
1043
01:02:01,724 --> 01:02:04,551
This was the chance
to provide me and my family
1044
01:02:04,551 --> 01:02:07,896
with peace and stability
financially.
1045
01:02:07,896 --> 01:02:10,344
And it's gone in a moment.
1046
01:02:10,344 --> 01:02:12,793
My chances for that are over.
1047
01:02:12,896 --> 01:02:15,586
But bad things happen in life.
1048
01:02:15,689 --> 01:02:16,965
Accidents happen.
1049
01:02:16,965 --> 01:02:18,827
That's a heaviness
that you should feel,
1050
01:02:18,827 --> 01:02:22,034
because it teaches you
how important life is.
1051
01:02:22,137 --> 01:02:24,862
I'm just gonna pick myself up
and get back to work.
1052
01:02:24,965 --> 01:02:26,068
That's all I can do.
1053
01:02:30,448 --> 01:02:32,310
To walk out of here
with 500 grand,
1054
01:02:32,413 --> 01:02:34,896
it's gonna be bar none the
hardest thing I've ever done.
1055
01:02:34,896 --> 01:02:36,931
Life is exciting
when you live like this.
1056
01:02:37,034 --> 01:02:38,965
- Ah, [bleep]!
1057
01:02:39,068 --> 01:02:41,931
Lot of fear of where the next
real meal is gonna come from.
1058
01:02:42,034 --> 01:02:44,413
Oh, this is the biggest
pike I've ever seen.
1059
01:02:44,517 --> 01:02:46,862
There's a beaver in the
snare, but he's still moving.
1060
01:02:46,862 --> 01:02:48,000
How's that?
1061
01:02:48,103 --> 01:02:50,034
No, no, no, no.
.
1062
01:02:50,137 --> 01:02:52,379
You have every possible
land mammal around you
1063
01:02:52,379 --> 01:02:53,724
wanting to eat your face off.
1064
01:02:53,724 --> 01:02:55,379
Sassy! My white fish.
1065
01:02:55,379 --> 01:02:57,137
Bear spray handy.
1066
01:02:57,137 --> 01:02:58,551
Give him the old...
1067
01:03:00,586 --> 01:03:02,620
That wolf is directly
downwind of me.
1068
01:03:02,620 --> 01:03:04,482
I think I am food right now.
1069
01:03:04,482 --> 01:03:05,758
Still running high on
adrenaline,
1070
01:03:05,862 --> 01:03:06,758
and just so you know,
1071
01:03:06,862 --> 01:03:08,724
I cry with adrenaline. Whew!
1072
01:03:08,724 --> 01:03:11,310
You feel it.
1073
01:03:11,310 --> 01:03:13,827
- You feel the wilderness.
1074
01:03:13,931 --> 01:03:15,931
And it gets inside you.
1075
01:03:15,931 --> 01:03:19,344
Everything will be a bigger
struggle with the cold,
1076
01:03:19,344 --> 01:03:22,724
with the snow, with the wind,
with the dark.
1077
01:03:22,724 --> 01:03:24,758
Temperatures of
minus 50 degrees.
1078
01:03:24,758 --> 01:03:28,724
Pain is very real,
and life is very painful.
1079
01:03:31,379 --> 01:03:33,310
The hunger and the silence
1080
01:03:33,413 --> 01:03:34,793
makes you think
all kinds of things.
1081
01:03:34,793 --> 01:03:37,241
Something goes wrong
in this cold of weather,
1082
01:03:37,241 --> 01:03:38,689
you just die.
1083
01:03:38,793 --> 01:03:41,862
No one around to hear me...
1084
01:03:41,862 --> 01:03:44,206
except God and the wilderness.