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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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.
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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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Ahh!
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Never had an
environment make me
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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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It looks like 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
going to 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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Ahh!
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This is the most
difficult survival
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challenge in the world.
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Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
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$500,000, 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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Stay out here,
ought to be afraid of me.
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Whoever can push
through it wins.
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I hope I made the right
choice coming out here.
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Sounds like I can
hear wolves howling.
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That is definitely wolves.
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Damn it.
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I never really trusted
wolves that much.
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They are killers.
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My energy level
is really low.
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I need every little
calorie I can get.
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Whoo-hoo, another one.
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Got these two with a stick,
shockwaves, you know?
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I think my nose is bleeding.
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I wonder if has something
to do with my berry diet.
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Everything at ate looked
pretty familiar.
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Stop bleeding.
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I just heard something move.
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Hey, bear.
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Every step is difficult.
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You can't see 5 feet
into the thicket.
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You wouldn't know if a grizzly
was 10 feet away from you.
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Arrow in the leg.
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It slipped out of my quiver.
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And just stepped
right into it.
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Ohh.
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The realization that my
chance of winning this is over
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is absolutely devastating.
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I told myself
I wasn't gonna cry.
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Oh man,
but what an overwhelming--
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wow, wow.
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Oh, my God.
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I'm here.
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I'm finally here.
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This is crazy.
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This is amazing.
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Day one, minute one, I've got
a long, long road ahead.
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Oh, wow.
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I'm so excited.
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This is the real deal.
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I am now truly alone.
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Wish I could just
spend more time
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just living in this moment.
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But, you know,
there's work to be done.
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All right,
so there goes my ride.
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And I won't see
them boys for a while.
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But this is exactly
what I've been waiting for.
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Firstly, I'm gonna
get my safety kit going.
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I hope I don't have
to use any of this stuff,
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because that would mean
that a grizzly bear is
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up in my business.
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But I'm gonna have it with
me all the time just in case.
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Because more than winning,
I promised I'd
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bring myself home to my wife.
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My legal name is Timothy.
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But I just never
liked the sound of it.
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When I got my first paying
job, it was cutting timber.
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And then some people
started to call me Timber,
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and I just went with that
because I like it.
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I remember as a kid, an old
Kentucky old-timer came over
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and showed me this method.
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I grew up connected
to a group that
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was really anti-government.
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The whole group
tried not to exist
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on paper or anywhere else.
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So we all grew up
completely off grid.
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Here is my passive
water filtration system.
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During the days, we would
train for emergencies
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and combat situations,
asymmetrical warfare
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and insurgency tactics...
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Whoo, baby.
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And to survive and to react
in a harsh environment.
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Now I have achieved luxury.
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Me and my wife
and our two little boys,
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we work in humanitarian aid.
- Hey.
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So we're in many countries
the bulk of the year.
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For the past few years,
it's been almost
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strictly conflict zones,
meaning evacuations, medical.
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Excellent.
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My family and I
really love it.
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But it's taking a toll
on my kids, on my wife,
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on our health.
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And so the money
could do a lot for us.
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"Alone" is a huge
opportunity to leave
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some inspiration some legacy
that my sons will be proud of.
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I love you.
- Bye.
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I'll tell you one thing, it's
hard to do a good approach...
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Like that.
Hear that noise from my arrows?
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This brush is pretty thick,
practicing stealth
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in this terrain,
a real challenge.
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Hopefully the game
here is not very wary.
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Experience in conflict zones
taught me
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that tension zone
between life and death
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can make you much more
alert and aware.
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Awareness is key in survival.
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So you want those instincts
tuned, tuned really sharp.
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You know, you don't want
to miss opportunities.
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I see some big old tracks.
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I see moose tracks
right off the bat
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and grizzly bear tracks.
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Look at this,
plenty of grizzly bear here.
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I'm seeing more moose sign
than I expected.
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And these tracks indicate how
frequently they come through.
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Oh, squirrel right there.
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I think I got him.
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Yeah, I got him.
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This is excellent, excellent.
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I've got this squirrel already.
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And that means that I'm not
gonna go hungry tonight
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or probably tomorrow because
I'm gonna use this guy
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mostly for bait for pike.
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Now we have to feed the beast.
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Don't worry.
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This is my tradition.
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I have to feed the teeth
every time I draw blood.
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This is good.
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This is my first day.
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This is my beginning.
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Thank you, God.
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OK.
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♪ Doo-doo
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Ooh, maybe I'll keep this.
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I could hang my pot.
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Can you see me?
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Yep, I think I'm in it.
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And how about you?
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You, I can't tell,
because the screen is off.
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Hmm,
I'll get a hang of this
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video thing sooner or later,
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I swear.
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Battery low.
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Rookie mistake.
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This whole self-filming thing,
it's one more challenge
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to meet and beat, I guess.
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Get that rolling, yep.
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I think we're ready to go.
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Thanks, Bud.
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My name is Sarah Pointer.
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I live in remote Alaska.
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And I own and operate a
fishing lodge with my husband.
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There you go.
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I am originally from
St. Petersburg, Florida.
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And I met my husband,
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and we decided
that to be happy,
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we needed to get
into the woods.
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Here's my house hiding
behind those trees.
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We walked away as a family.
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And we've been broke
and happy ever since.
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Whoo.
- Whoo.
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But just to live
is a full-time job.
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Probably about minus 22-ish.
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Bear prints.
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Out my door,
I face risks every day.
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Gotta stay on my toes.
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I can hunt and feed myself.
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I can fish and feed myself.
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Fence for my fish trap.
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My foraging skills
are fantastic.
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Finding myself
a little morel delicacy.
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To win this money would allow
my husband and I to retire.
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In the past few years,
my husband
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has gone through some
serious health issues.
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And so I had to step up,
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or we would have
lost our livelihood.
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Rainwater brought it up.
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Had to go check the boats.
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I think it's
my mental strength that
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takes me above and beyond.
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Wamp-wamp, I think this
will work fine for tonight.
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Let's go explore a bit, huh?
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See if I can find
some berries and boletes.
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I'm not gonna take my bow.
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I don't think I want to weave
through these woods with it.
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I think because I live around
the bears and the wolves,
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I'm not afraid of them.
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I'm concerned
about how I'm going
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to be able to sustain my body.
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Quick shelter was a priority.
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Now, my primary
focus is foraging.
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Where are the berries?
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I need to gather the
carbohydrates and sugars that
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I can before the snow falls.
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I found berries.
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Oh, hell yeah.
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As soon as it freezes, I'm
gonna lose access to a lot
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of those carbohydrates.
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That's a bolete.
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And that's the fuel
that's gonna keep me going.
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It makes me very, very happy.
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My plan is to graze
like a moose.
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Here we go,
a little bit further,
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and then I'm gonna have
to cut back towards camp.
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Huh.
It's a lake.
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This looks promising
for fishing over here.
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Holy [bleep], it's a beaver.
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Oh, hell, yeah, badass.
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I have a limited amount
of weight I can lose.
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Harvesting a beaver would be
protein and fat that can
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carry me for weeks out here.
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God, I just regret
not bringing my bow.
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I need this.
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It would relieve
so much stress and anxiety
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on how to feed myself.
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Look at you,
all protective and territorial.
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Yep, I'm totally
intimidated, dude.
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I'll head on.
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Don't you worry.
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You did it.
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I'm scared [bleep].
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But I am gonna find
where you're working,
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and then I'm gonna shoot you,
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and then I'm gonna eat you.
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I have to be really,
really careful about not
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getting lost out here.
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A person could get
lost out here easy.
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Sometimes you can't
even see the sun,
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so you can't use it
as a way to get back.
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Get back, get lost out here,
and lose all your stuff.
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Bunch of berries...
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Rose hips.
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I'm being picky about where
I'm putting my shelter.
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Man, walking through
this horse tail,
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this makes me think.
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When I get back home,
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I'ma mow the hell
out of my yard.
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Got a little rubber worm.
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My name is Dusty.
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I live in Arkansas,
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and I'm a welder.
264
00:14:25,137 --> 00:14:27,241
Gonna have frog legs tonight.
265
00:14:27,344 --> 00:14:28,413
I grew up rough.
266
00:14:28,413 --> 00:14:30,275
My town,
we really don't got much.
267
00:14:30,379 --> 00:14:31,689
Just a couple houses.
268
00:14:31,793 --> 00:14:33,103
And this is about it.
269
00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:34,241
You had to make your own fun,
270
00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:35,482
and my fun was the outdoors.
271
00:14:35,586 --> 00:14:37,241
All right.
272
00:14:37,241 --> 00:14:40,000
The difference that I'm gonna
bring is my hillbilliness.
273
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,689
I've been a hunter
ever since I could walk.
274
00:14:42,689 --> 00:14:45,275
I killed my first deer
when I was eight years old.
275
00:14:45,275 --> 00:14:46,896
Deer track there.
276
00:14:46,896 --> 00:14:49,862
Fishing-wise, if there's a
mud hole with a fish in it,
277
00:14:49,862 --> 00:14:51,137
I'll catch it.
278
00:14:51,137 --> 00:14:52,551
Nice little rainbow.
279
00:14:52,655 --> 00:14:54,344
I'm a big-time trapper.
280
00:14:54,344 --> 00:14:57,172
I hit this,
and there you have it.
281
00:14:57,172 --> 00:15:00,103
The Arctic Circle
is a whole new environment.
282
00:15:00,103 --> 00:15:02,034
I've never been
in negative 40,
283
00:15:02,034 --> 00:15:04,310
but I've always been
a really quick learner.
284
00:15:04,413 --> 00:15:05,862
And got a lot of skill.
285
00:15:05,862 --> 00:15:07,344
I don't give up.
286
00:15:07,448 --> 00:15:09,724
I got a lot of fire in me,
a lot of push and go.
287
00:15:09,724 --> 00:15:12,344
You can put that on
an arrow shaft and use it.
288
00:15:13,655 --> 00:15:14,896
There's some of the squash.
289
00:15:14,896 --> 00:15:18,172
My wife and kids,
they're my everything.
290
00:15:18,172 --> 00:15:21,862
If I won the $500,000, I
could better my family's life.
291
00:15:21,862 --> 00:15:23,310
I'd get a better place.
292
00:15:23,310 --> 00:15:24,379
Be a big thing to me.
293
00:15:24,482 --> 00:15:25,793
Here we go.
294
00:15:25,793 --> 00:15:27,586
Never really had
opportunities to go
295
00:15:27,689 --> 00:15:29,000
on an adventure like this.
296
00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,862
So this is an
opportunity that I've
297
00:15:30,965 --> 00:15:32,551
always wanted all my life.
298
00:15:32,551 --> 00:15:33,793
I'm here to stay.
299
00:15:33,793 --> 00:15:35,413
Y'all's gonna have
to come get me.
300
00:15:37,793 --> 00:15:39,689
All right, I'm going
for it right here.
301
00:15:39,793 --> 00:15:41,827
I found me a spot.
302
00:15:49,068 --> 00:15:50,517
Right off the bat,
I'm gonna try
303
00:15:50,620 --> 00:15:51,655
to get my shelter.
304
00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000
Because it just gives you
a good, safe feeling.
305
00:16:00,068 --> 00:16:01,413
Ho, ho, ho.
306
00:16:01,413 --> 00:16:05,034
On the design, I really
don't got a name for it.
307
00:16:05,034 --> 00:16:08,724
But it's kind of
a lean-to log cabin.
308
00:16:08,827 --> 00:16:14,379
Small, but it's put up in
a very fast, efficient way.
309
00:16:20,103 --> 00:16:21,965
Close that time.
310
00:16:24,586 --> 00:16:25,862
One log at a time.
311
00:16:35,586 --> 00:16:39,172
You need to get your hardest
labor done quick as possible.
312
00:16:39,172 --> 00:16:41,000
And that way, the only thing
you have to worry about
313
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,379
is catching fish,
mice, squirrels,
314
00:16:44,379 --> 00:16:47,000
rabbits, picking berries.
315
00:16:50,862 --> 00:16:55,000
We're 125 miles
in the Arctic Circle.
316
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,275
We're gonna be dealing
with some extreme colds,
317
00:16:57,275 --> 00:16:58,896
extreme weathers.
318
00:16:58,896 --> 00:17:02,551
And the cold
kind of got me on edge.
319
00:17:02,551 --> 00:17:04,482
That's a big thing too.
320
00:17:04,586 --> 00:17:06,551
Especially when the freeze out comes,
321
00:17:06,551 --> 00:17:10,241
you get wet,
that could be death to you.
322
00:17:11,827 --> 00:17:15,379
Couple more logs
the roof will be done.
323
00:17:15,379 --> 00:17:17,620
This is an opportunity
that I've always wanted
324
00:17:17,620 --> 00:17:19,068
all my life.
325
00:17:19,068 --> 00:17:21,413
And I can't give it up.
326
00:17:24,275 --> 00:17:26,448
Yeah.
327
00:17:26,448 --> 00:17:29,689
Ha-ha.
328
00:17:29,689 --> 00:17:32,000
pretty sturdy.
329
00:17:32,103 --> 00:17:33,862
Proud of it so far.
330
00:17:33,862 --> 00:17:35,206
But I got gaps.
331
00:17:35,310 --> 00:17:38,724
But I'm gonna fill them in,
put a tarp on it.
332
00:17:50,241 --> 00:17:51,827
That's a squirrel.
333
00:17:53,172 --> 00:17:54,965
Got squirrel guts.
334
00:18:01,517 --> 00:18:05,241
All right, I'm gonna get
to work on a temporary shelter,
335
00:18:05,344 --> 00:18:07,689
which will keep me
for a few nights.
336
00:18:09,827 --> 00:18:11,413
All right.
337
00:18:15,586 --> 00:18:17,482
For my temporary shelter,
I have very
338
00:18:17,586 --> 00:18:19,965
few critical requirements.
339
00:18:19,965 --> 00:18:22,034
I need some good spacing
between the trees
340
00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:26,103
so that I can fix things
how I have in mind.
341
00:18:26,206 --> 00:18:30,448
But ultimately, I just find
a spot that looks homey.
342
00:18:30,448 --> 00:18:32,517
I follow my instinct there.
343
00:18:32,620 --> 00:18:34,275
Good, good, good.
344
00:18:34,275 --> 00:18:35,793
I grew up in the woods.
345
00:18:35,896 --> 00:18:38,793
And I learned, if your
instincts are properly tuned,
346
00:18:38,896 --> 00:18:41,344
nature actually
guides and drives you
347
00:18:41,344 --> 00:18:43,586
to the right things.
348
00:18:43,586 --> 00:18:46,103
I have to get this work done
because opportunities are
349
00:18:46,103 --> 00:18:47,758
gonna present themselves.
350
00:18:49,586 --> 00:18:51,827
Yeah.
351
00:18:52,758 --> 00:18:55,000
All right, let's go
check those fish lines.
352
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,896
Fish, fish, fish,
I've got a fish right here.
353
00:19:11,586 --> 00:19:14,379
Ooh, might be a nice one.
354
00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,206
Fish, fish, fish,
fish, fish, yeah.
355
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,896
Wow.
356
00:19:32,482 --> 00:19:35,551
Good Lord, it is a nice one.
357
00:19:35,655 --> 00:19:39,620
Look at that. Look at that.
358
00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:42,172
Yeah!
359
00:19:42,275 --> 00:19:44,310
I need to start cooking.
360
00:19:47,344 --> 00:19:50,137
Now, I've got a problem.
361
00:19:50,137 --> 00:19:52,758
Here's my squirrel.
362
00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:55,896
And I've got my big old fish.
363
00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,344
I simply will not have time to
start doing meat preservation
364
00:20:00,344 --> 00:20:01,448
while it's daylight.
365
00:20:01,551 --> 00:20:02,827
So I'm gonna cook it all up,
366
00:20:02,827 --> 00:20:05,586
and I'm just gonna eat
like a hunter.
367
00:20:07,586 --> 00:20:11,517
Fishy, you are amazing.
368
00:20:15,620 --> 00:20:19,655
One of the biggest reasons I
want to do this is my family
369
00:20:19,655 --> 00:20:22,275
has reached a point
in our work that I don't
370
00:20:22,275 --> 00:20:25,793
know if we can continue it.
371
00:20:25,896 --> 00:20:30,758
The stress levels have
become almost debilitating.
372
00:20:30,758 --> 00:20:32,172
We're always in
different places,
373
00:20:32,172 --> 00:20:35,241
sleeping in different beds,
different countries.
374
00:20:35,344 --> 00:20:38,482
Now for the pike.
375
00:20:38,586 --> 00:20:41,275
With that money, I could
build a house in the States
376
00:20:41,379 --> 00:20:45,068
and provide my family
with the baseline security
377
00:20:45,068 --> 00:20:49,275
for when my boys are wondering
where home is in their hearts.
378
00:20:49,275 --> 00:20:50,620
I'm gonna eat
my red squirrel
379
00:20:50,620 --> 00:20:52,862
while this is cooking.
380
00:20:55,689 --> 00:20:59,724
Oh, finally, yes.
381
00:20:59,724 --> 00:21:02,172
I think about that money,
and I think
382
00:21:02,172 --> 00:21:03,827
I'll do just about anything.
383
00:21:03,931 --> 00:21:05,206
I'll injure myself.
384
00:21:05,206 --> 00:21:07,827
I'll wear myself to the bone.
385
00:21:07,931 --> 00:21:10,034
My wife keeps assuring me
386
00:21:10,034 --> 00:21:11,827
we'll be fine
without the money.
387
00:21:11,827 --> 00:21:15,517
But I know what I want
to set them up with.
388
00:21:15,620 --> 00:21:16,931
I'd like to get that money.
389
00:21:17,068 --> 00:21:21,137
Look at that big white,
fluffy, flaky fish.
390
00:21:27,103 --> 00:21:32,068
Mmm, now there's a real supper.
391
00:21:32,068 --> 00:21:34,586
There's a real supper.
392
00:21:34,689 --> 00:21:35,931
Mmm.
393
00:21:35,931 --> 00:21:39,344
Pike on day one,
very pleased with that.
394
00:21:40,758 --> 00:21:42,862
Mmm.
395
00:21:58,103 --> 00:22:00,103
Oh, good morning.
396
00:22:00,206 --> 00:22:04,241
First night in the books.
397
00:22:04,344 --> 00:22:07,482
I slept-- I got a
good night's sleep.
398
00:22:07,482 --> 00:22:09,793
That's for sure.
399
00:22:09,793 --> 00:22:13,068
The first full day,
I was a little confused.
400
00:22:13,172 --> 00:22:15,000
So I was exhausted yesterday.
401
00:22:17,517 --> 00:22:22,034
The priorities for today,
priority one,
402
00:22:22,034 --> 00:22:24,896
enjoy the sunrise.
403
00:22:24,896 --> 00:22:29,275
Look at that;
that is absolutely amazing.
404
00:22:29,275 --> 00:22:32,758
Priority two,
I got to get some water,
405
00:22:32,862 --> 00:22:35,724
get a fire going,
so I can boil it.
406
00:22:35,724 --> 00:22:39,137
Continue the search for
a permanent shelter location.
407
00:22:39,137 --> 00:22:43,379
All right, let's get started,
a lot of work to do.
408
00:22:43,482 --> 00:22:46,137
One more sunrise.
409
00:22:51,206 --> 00:22:52,241
Boil some water.
410
00:22:52,344 --> 00:22:53,931
Don't want to get sick.
411
00:23:01,482 --> 00:23:03,275
Oh, there goes.
412
00:23:03,275 --> 00:23:05,172
Nope.
413
00:23:05,275 --> 00:23:08,965
The ground here
is wet, soggy, sandy.
414
00:23:08,965 --> 00:23:11,068
There doesn't seem to be
a lot of dry firewood.
415
00:23:11,172 --> 00:23:14,896
And I know that's gonna
make getting a fire hard.
416
00:23:14,896 --> 00:23:16,586
It keeps-- it lights up
for like a second,
417
00:23:16,586 --> 00:23:18,344
and then it just goes out.
418
00:23:18,344 --> 00:23:21,586
I'm really concerned
about dehydration.
419
00:23:21,586 --> 00:23:25,448
Well, there goes--
no, going out again.
420
00:23:25,448 --> 00:23:26,620
I've never had
so much trouble getting
421
00:23:26,620 --> 00:23:28,275
a fire going in my life.
422
00:23:31,620 --> 00:23:32,689
Damn it.
423
00:23:35,068 --> 00:23:39,689
OK, I'm gonna pause this,
take a step back.
424
00:23:39,689 --> 00:23:42,482
I'm gonna pack up this tinder,
keep it in pocket.
425
00:23:42,482 --> 00:23:46,000
Maybe that'll dry it out,
try again in a bit.
426
00:23:46,103 --> 00:23:47,931
All right, let's go explore.
427
00:23:47,931 --> 00:23:49,344
My name is Peter Albano,
428
00:23:49,344 --> 00:23:51,310
and I am a librarian.
429
00:23:51,310 --> 00:23:54,862
I love the idea of being
this keeper of knowledge.
430
00:23:54,965 --> 00:23:56,551
Being a librarian
makes me well-suited
431
00:23:56,551 --> 00:23:58,000
for this challenge.
432
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,172
You have to be creative
and learn really quickly
433
00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:02,896
to make the most out of
very little resources.
434
00:24:02,896 --> 00:24:05,482
There we go,
super-easy foraging basket.
435
00:24:05,482 --> 00:24:08,724
I don't fit the typical
mold of a survivalist.
436
00:24:08,724 --> 00:24:11,482
I volunteer with the local
search and rescue group,
437
00:24:11,482 --> 00:24:13,793
and I also do
Alpine rescue stuff.
438
00:24:13,896 --> 00:24:16,689
Look at the size
of these tracks.
439
00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:18,862
I have a black belt
in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
440
00:24:18,965 --> 00:24:21,310
It's as much a mental game
as a physical game.
441
00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:23,241
It's a great way
to learn how to deal
442
00:24:23,344 --> 00:24:25,586
with stressful situations
and keep your cool.
443
00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:28,379
We're out in the woods,
best place to be.
444
00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:31,275
Most of the skills I have,
I've taken from books.
445
00:24:31,379 --> 00:24:33,275
When I was 12 years old,
I discovered
446
00:24:33,379 --> 00:24:34,586
the "SAS Survival Guide."
447
00:24:34,586 --> 00:24:36,517
And there was how
to build shelters
448
00:24:36,620 --> 00:24:37,965
and how to build traps.
449
00:24:38,068 --> 00:24:40,689
That sort of really
set me off on this path.
450
00:24:40,689 --> 00:24:43,965
Fully functional
bushcraft door.
451
00:24:47,689 --> 00:24:49,034
My family means
everything to me.
452
00:24:49,034 --> 00:24:51,172
That's the whole
reason for existing.
453
00:24:51,172 --> 00:24:54,344
I've come here to prove to
my kids that you set a goal,
454
00:24:54,344 --> 00:24:55,965
you can achieve it.
455
00:24:55,965 --> 00:24:58,517
I tell my kids all the time,
every problem has a solution.
456
00:24:58,517 --> 00:25:00,310
You just have to
approach it logically.
457
00:25:00,310 --> 00:25:01,413
And you'll find it.
458
00:25:01,413 --> 00:25:02,620
And don't give up.
459
00:25:02,620 --> 00:25:04,068
First try, score.
460
00:25:04,068 --> 00:25:05,655
My perseverance
and my outright stubbornness
461
00:25:05,655 --> 00:25:07,931
are what's gonna
take me to the end.
462
00:25:12,689 --> 00:25:16,689
Cool, these are all
kettle lakes,
463
00:25:16,689 --> 00:25:19,344
technically, not ponds,
but they're called kettle lakes
464
00:25:19,344 --> 00:25:20,689
because of the way
they're formed.
465
00:25:20,689 --> 00:25:21,965
I bet on the bottom
of your screen
466
00:25:22,068 --> 00:25:25,034
right now there's a definition
of a kettle lake,
467
00:25:25,137 --> 00:25:27,379
which is cool.
468
00:25:27,379 --> 00:25:29,758
I was telling my son there
was kettle lakes in the area.
469
00:25:29,758 --> 00:25:33,000
He suggested I name one
teapot lake
470
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,793
because he has
an amazing sense of humor.
471
00:25:37,793 --> 00:25:39,620
So ladies and gentlemen,
let me introduce you
472
00:25:39,620 --> 00:25:42,413
to Teapot Pond.
473
00:25:44,241 --> 00:25:46,241
Hope you like it, Ethan.
474
00:25:46,241 --> 00:25:49,034
All right, I'm heading back,
feeling dehydrated.
475
00:25:49,034 --> 00:25:51,310
But my wife
made me promise never
476
00:25:51,310 --> 00:25:55,137
to drink untreated water.
477
00:25:55,241 --> 00:25:57,896
What I always planned
was to find a location
478
00:25:57,896 --> 00:25:59,758
for my permanent shelter
as quickly as possible
479
00:25:59,758 --> 00:26:01,413
so I can start
on it right away,
480
00:26:01,413 --> 00:26:04,103
and then after that, look
for opportunities for food.
481
00:26:04,206 --> 00:26:06,482
But yesterday was tough.
482
00:26:06,586 --> 00:26:09,241
It was just me
second-guessing myself.
483
00:26:09,241 --> 00:26:11,275
All the things to do
can get overwhelming.
484
00:26:11,275 --> 00:26:14,068
Even this morning,
it's still there.
485
00:26:15,275 --> 00:26:17,482
Look at this
beautiful game trail.
486
00:26:20,068 --> 00:26:22,862
Oh, what's this here?
487
00:26:25,137 --> 00:26:28,310
That is a big bear.
488
00:26:32,344 --> 00:26:34,758
They're old.
489
00:26:34,758 --> 00:26:38,000
But still,
I'm definitely not going
490
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000
to be building
my permanent shelter
491
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,655
very close to this trail.
492
00:26:43,344 --> 00:26:45,103
I feel like I need to focus.
493
00:26:45,206 --> 00:26:48,034
There's a sign of
grizzly bears in my area.
494
00:26:48,034 --> 00:26:49,275
More bear tracks.
495
00:26:49,379 --> 00:26:51,034
And I'm really
concerned about how
496
00:26:51,034 --> 00:26:53,068
fast winter is gonna come.
497
00:26:53,068 --> 00:26:54,758
And you know, in a fight,
498
00:26:54,862 --> 00:26:56,862
you don't really have a lot of
time to second-guess yourself.
499
00:26:56,862 --> 00:26:59,379
If you hesitate,
then you get hit,
500
00:26:59,482 --> 00:27:01,103
and then you're gonna
lose the fight.
501
00:27:01,103 --> 00:27:02,896
All right, I've had this
in my pocket for a while now.
502
00:27:02,896 --> 00:27:05,344
Let's see if we can
light it on fire.
503
00:27:05,344 --> 00:27:07,620
In a fight,
you need to move quickly,
504
00:27:07,620 --> 00:27:09,034
and if you're gonna adapt
to something
505
00:27:09,137 --> 00:27:11,655
that's not going your way,
you have to do it fast.
506
00:27:11,758 --> 00:27:13,965
Oh, there it goes--
507
00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:15,482
nope.
508
00:27:15,586 --> 00:27:17,931
I know that once I start
building my permanent shelter
509
00:27:18,034 --> 00:27:19,862
and getting a fishing
line in the water,
510
00:27:19,862 --> 00:27:21,931
then I'll be able
to refocus and just
511
00:27:22,034 --> 00:27:24,241
get to the mission of winning.
512
00:27:27,620 --> 00:27:29,689
Ooh, it's going.
513
00:27:29,689 --> 00:27:32,344
Come on, come on,
come on, come on.
514
00:27:32,344 --> 00:27:34,379
Oh, yes, fire.
515
00:27:35,931 --> 00:27:37,793
As you can see,
I'm not a complete amateur,
516
00:27:37,793 --> 00:27:39,517
even though it may
have looked like it.
517
00:27:40,965 --> 00:27:42,379
I got to gather
a bunch of this tinder,
518
00:27:42,379 --> 00:27:44,241
keep it in the shelter.
519
00:27:56,206 --> 00:27:58,206
Here I am eating rose hips.
520
00:28:02,137 --> 00:28:04,000
Well, it ain't too bad.
521
00:28:05,655 --> 00:28:08,379
Man, I was really hoping
blueberries would be around.
522
00:28:09,379 --> 00:28:11,448
I haven't seen ones yet.
523
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,103
Let me get a bag out here.
524
00:28:22,206 --> 00:28:25,034
I'm gonna gather
some of these up.
525
00:28:25,034 --> 00:28:28,413
Pretty good little patch
of them here.
526
00:28:28,413 --> 00:28:31,896
Since I've come here,
I'm focusing on the terrain.
527
00:28:31,896 --> 00:28:33,862
It's all new to me, all of it.
528
00:28:33,862 --> 00:28:37,344
Just the berries alone here,
there are so many varieties.
529
00:28:37,344 --> 00:28:39,551
Ooh, that toothpaste.
530
00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:42,310
A lot of these trees, I've
never even seen, you know?
531
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:45,620
That's the big thing to me
is seeing new stuff.
532
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:48,172
You live in a spot and stay
there as long as I have,
533
00:28:48,172 --> 00:28:49,586
you kind of get
bored of everything.
534
00:28:53,620 --> 00:28:55,551
Just watching the ground
leave like that,
535
00:28:55,551 --> 00:28:57,172
and then when you
get up so high,
536
00:28:57,172 --> 00:28:59,275
you get above the clouds,
and it just looks like
537
00:28:59,379 --> 00:29:01,862
cotton candy,
you can walk on it.
538
00:29:01,862 --> 00:29:04,482
So a whole new environment.
539
00:29:04,482 --> 00:29:06,931
It's like a whole new me
kind of.
540
00:29:06,931 --> 00:29:11,896
All right,
we got rose hips for supper.
541
00:29:11,896 --> 00:29:14,310
Like to have some meat
to go with it.
542
00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:17,620
I am a meat eater.
543
00:29:19,586 --> 00:29:21,793
I keep hearing
squirrels over that way too,
544
00:29:21,793 --> 00:29:24,241
so get my snares out.
545
00:29:36,655 --> 00:29:39,586
Well, one squirrel pole's set.
546
00:29:39,689 --> 00:29:42,034
I'm not gonna
play a starving game.
547
00:29:42,034 --> 00:29:45,758
One way or the other,
we'll get something.
548
00:29:47,758 --> 00:29:51,724
All right, I'm gonna boil us up
some water.
549
00:29:58,241 --> 00:30:01,379
I'm gonna cut
some firewood real quick.
550
00:30:15,620 --> 00:30:17,206
Man, look at that.
551
00:30:20,482 --> 00:30:22,724
I'm gonna go for it.
552
00:30:30,172 --> 00:30:32,965
I gotcha now.
553
00:30:40,965 --> 00:30:42,206
There he is.
554
00:30:51,034 --> 00:30:53,275
Gotcha.
555
00:30:53,275 --> 00:30:56,517
All right,
thank you, little buddy,
556
00:30:56,620 --> 00:30:59,517
for your giving me yourself.
557
00:30:59,517 --> 00:31:02,482
I appreciate you,
you don't know how much.
558
00:31:06,137 --> 00:31:08,034
Thank goodness.
559
00:31:10,034 --> 00:31:13,000
All right, I'll skin him down.
560
00:31:14,172 --> 00:31:19,034
What we do here,
punch it through his back.
561
00:31:21,206 --> 00:31:23,413
Pull his a little britches
off here.
562
00:31:25,034 --> 00:31:27,344
When I want to draw
my bow back,
563
00:31:27,448 --> 00:31:29,275
it was just like I was aiming
at a big buck.
564
00:31:29,275 --> 00:31:30,896
I got so excited.
565
00:31:30,896 --> 00:31:32,413
There we go.
566
00:31:32,517 --> 00:31:34,206
It's kind of hard
to breathe, my heart
567
00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:37,758
just boom, boom, boom,
over a freaking squirrel.
568
00:31:37,758 --> 00:31:41,379
But I guess that squirrel
means a lot to me out here.
569
00:31:41,379 --> 00:31:43,793
Man's got eat, you know?
570
00:31:43,793 --> 00:31:46,379
I don't need to be
a-thinkin' about it,
571
00:31:46,379 --> 00:31:50,482
but it sure does
572
00:31:50,586 --> 00:31:53,206
remind me of my little girl.
573
00:31:53,206 --> 00:31:58,206
She's just now getting
into squirrel hunting.
574
00:32:00,034 --> 00:32:03,758
I grew up in a hunting world.
575
00:32:03,758 --> 00:32:06,793
I'm gonna get him
ready to cook up.
576
00:32:06,896 --> 00:32:09,413
My mama, my grandpa,
577
00:32:09,517 --> 00:32:12,586
I squirrel hunted
since I was
578
00:32:12,586 --> 00:32:14,862
seven, eight years old.
579
00:32:14,965 --> 00:32:16,655
And I mean,
that was our lives.
580
00:32:16,758 --> 00:32:19,862
Made the person
that I am today.
581
00:32:19,965 --> 00:32:23,068
I think Sir Fuzzytail's
ready to eat.
582
00:32:23,172 --> 00:32:25,068
It's a different
ballgame out here.
583
00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:29,206
But I was raised
for this type of situation.
584
00:32:33,448 --> 00:32:35,034
Mmm, squirrel.
585
00:32:38,379 --> 00:32:41,896
Oh man, oh man.
586
00:32:43,862 --> 00:32:45,827
It's good.
587
00:33:06,517 --> 00:33:07,551
Ouch.
588
00:33:10,517 --> 00:33:14,379
Ow, yeah, that's brutal.
589
00:33:14,379 --> 00:33:16,344
Pretty much trying
every object I brought
590
00:33:16,344 --> 00:33:17,931
to see if it brushes hair.
591
00:33:20,793 --> 00:33:24,000
So far, no.
592
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,620
It just rips it out, everything.
593
00:33:29,448 --> 00:33:32,517
One of the past contestants
mentioned losing hair.
594
00:33:32,620 --> 00:33:35,448
And I thought it was
because of malnutrition.
595
00:33:35,448 --> 00:33:38,689
But I'm starting to suspect
it was from lack of hairbrush.
596
00:33:41,896 --> 00:33:44,034
This is a game for short hair.
597
00:33:47,206 --> 00:33:48,517
All right, back to work.
598
00:33:52,379 --> 00:33:57,379
Spending a lot of energy
today building up a shelter.
599
00:33:57,379 --> 00:34:00,586
For my permanent shelter,
I'm building a wickiup.
600
00:34:00,586 --> 00:34:03,482
A wickiup is a winter version
of a teepee.
601
00:34:03,482 --> 00:34:06,896
Instead of an animal hide
as the walls,
602
00:34:06,896 --> 00:34:09,275
it's debris to help
hold the heat in.
603
00:34:10,724 --> 00:34:13,931
I picked this spot for
its proximity to the lake.
604
00:34:13,931 --> 00:34:16,206
And I'm protected
from the winds
605
00:34:16,310 --> 00:34:20,103
with this massive
alder bush forest around me.
606
00:34:28,551 --> 00:34:33,034
It's coming along,
slowly but surely.
607
00:34:33,034 --> 00:34:34,827
All right, let's take a break.
608
00:34:34,827 --> 00:34:36,310
Trek over to the lake.
609
00:34:36,413 --> 00:34:38,827
Got a date with a beaver.
610
00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:44,551
Maybe he'll come close again.
611
00:34:44,655 --> 00:34:47,689
The last time I came over here
without archery equipment--
612
00:34:51,103 --> 00:34:53,310
There's a good chance
I could have eaten him.
613
00:34:55,103 --> 00:34:57,724
Nobody to blame but myself.
614
00:34:57,724 --> 00:35:00,310
Where'd you go, little feller?
615
00:35:00,310 --> 00:35:03,551
That beaver would carry me
a long ways.
616
00:35:03,551 --> 00:35:05,931
Protein, fat,
617
00:35:06,034 --> 00:35:08,655
it'd be a game changer.
618
00:35:10,827 --> 00:35:12,448
Nothing.
619
00:35:12,448 --> 00:35:14,793
That's what I get.
620
00:35:14,896 --> 00:35:17,862
Got to be prepared
for anything, always.
621
00:35:20,724 --> 00:35:22,310
.
622
00:35:31,724 --> 00:35:34,862
See if he comes over here.
623
00:35:36,793 --> 00:35:39,413
See how close he'll swim.
624
00:35:40,965 --> 00:35:43,758
Oh, that's pretty close.
625
00:35:56,103 --> 00:35:58,758
Oh, my God, did I get him?
626
00:35:58,862 --> 00:36:01,000
Oh please God,
let me have gotten him.
627
00:36:03,206 --> 00:36:05,275
Oh, my God.
628
00:36:05,379 --> 00:36:07,206
My heart is [bleep] pounding.
629
00:36:09,379 --> 00:36:12,482
From my vantage point,
it looks like I hit him.
630
00:36:12,482 --> 00:36:16,482
Oh, my God,
arrow hasn't moved at all.
631
00:36:16,482 --> 00:36:20,551
Kind of tells me it's probably
impaled to a sunken body.
632
00:36:20,655 --> 00:36:23,620
Am I gonna have
to go swimming?
633
00:36:25,862 --> 00:36:27,689
I'm gonna risk it.
634
00:36:30,068 --> 00:36:31,482
You got to be smart
about this.
635
00:36:31,482 --> 00:36:34,172
I can't go hypothermic and die.
636
00:36:35,931 --> 00:36:40,655
Today would have been a good
day to wear underwear, huh?
637
00:36:40,758 --> 00:36:44,344
Holy cow, it's really cold.
638
00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:48,034
I don't have any of my
fire-making stuff here.
639
00:36:48,034 --> 00:36:50,310
I haven't gotten any other
source of protein,
640
00:36:50,413 --> 00:36:52,896
so I need the beaver.
641
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,655
I can't believe
I'm about to do this.
642
00:36:58,275 --> 00:36:59,862
Mind over matter.
643
00:36:59,862 --> 00:37:02,413
There are so many traps
in the bottom of this lake.
644
00:37:02,517 --> 00:37:03,689
I know I'm gonna trip.
645
00:37:11,965 --> 00:37:16,896
Ooh, ouch, oh man,
I hope I get a beaver.
646
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,034
Did I get him?
647
00:37:19,034 --> 00:37:21,448
Oh.
648
00:37:23,724 --> 00:37:26,068
I missed him entirely.
649
00:37:31,862 --> 00:37:34,275
.
650
00:37:35,965 --> 00:37:38,655
I thought for sure I had him.
651
00:37:44,551 --> 00:37:47,068
Woo, woo, woo.
652
00:37:47,172 --> 00:37:49,724
Got to get
out of my wet clothes.
653
00:37:59,206 --> 00:38:01,724
It's disheartening.
654
00:38:01,724 --> 00:38:04,620
I can't believe I flung
that arrow at that beaver.
655
00:38:04,724 --> 00:38:08,206
I know better, know better
than shooting into the water.
656
00:38:08,310 --> 00:38:10,172
See if I could see him.
657
00:38:10,172 --> 00:38:14,000
Desperation makes you
do dumb things.
658
00:38:16,172 --> 00:38:19,034
No disturbance
anywhere on the lake.
659
00:38:19,137 --> 00:38:21,586
Nothing in the nearby vicinity.
660
00:38:23,172 --> 00:38:27,896
All right, back to my shelter.
661
00:38:29,827 --> 00:38:31,310
I think I just got excited.
662
00:38:31,413 --> 00:38:32,310
I thought I hit him,
663
00:38:32,413 --> 00:38:35,724
but I obviously didn't.
664
00:38:35,724 --> 00:38:39,068
I'm trying
not to let it get me down.
665
00:38:39,068 --> 00:38:42,068
I'm not doing
super great at it right now.
666
00:38:42,068 --> 00:38:43,517
I'll get there.
667
00:38:46,137 --> 00:38:48,000
I want to win this so bad,
668
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,000
but I need to make sure
that I don't make mistakes.
669
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,137
Another opportunity lost at
eating that I did to myself.
670
00:39:24,172 --> 00:39:26,344
Just before I--
turning the camera back on,
671
00:39:26,344 --> 00:39:28,620
I saw a gyrfalcon buzz.
672
00:39:28,620 --> 00:39:30,655
It looked like an adult male.
673
00:39:36,620 --> 00:39:38,000
Well...
674
00:39:46,482 --> 00:39:49,068
It's amazing to think
three weeks from now,
675
00:39:49,068 --> 00:39:52,655
they're gonna be 4,000
miles away in Central America.
676
00:39:52,655 --> 00:39:55,310
And I'll still be here.
677
00:39:56,344 --> 00:39:58,310
For 15 years,
678
00:39:58,310 --> 00:40:00,413
I've been
a professional falconer.
679
00:40:00,413 --> 00:40:03,655
I specialize
in falconry-based
680
00:40:03,758 --> 00:40:05,965
bird abatement,
which is hunting predating
681
00:40:05,965 --> 00:40:08,172
birds to protect crops.
682
00:40:08,172 --> 00:40:10,586
I'm gonna add
a guide to my fly rod.
683
00:40:10,586 --> 00:40:15,034
My dad taught me everything he
knew about wilderness skills.
684
00:40:15,034 --> 00:40:18,068
And so I've been a hunter
literally since the time
685
00:40:18,068 --> 00:40:19,103
I could walk.
686
00:40:19,206 --> 00:40:20,448
Pretty good group.
687
00:40:20,448 --> 00:40:22,965
I'm a fourth-generation
fly fisherman.
688
00:40:23,068 --> 00:40:25,034
And I've never been on
a river that I couldn't fish.
689
00:40:25,034 --> 00:40:27,689
It's a great big sucker.
690
00:40:27,689 --> 00:40:29,586
I've never been
in an environment
691
00:40:29,689 --> 00:40:30,965
where I couldn't find food.
692
00:40:31,068 --> 00:40:32,724
Oh, he's so fatty.
693
00:40:32,724 --> 00:40:34,034
And I've never
been in a situation
694
00:40:34,137 --> 00:40:36,724
where I could not make a fire.
695
00:40:36,724 --> 00:40:39,034
I don't think
anybody has the skill set
696
00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:41,206
and the desire
to do whatever
697
00:40:41,206 --> 00:40:44,793
is required the way that I am.
698
00:40:44,793 --> 00:40:46,137
Wait, what is it?
699
00:40:46,137 --> 00:40:47,586
Oh! It's a--
700
00:40:49,034 --> 00:40:51,655
I'm the father
of three children.
701
00:40:51,655 --> 00:40:54,482
And my number one
responsibility in life
702
00:40:54,482 --> 00:40:56,344
is being their dad.
703
00:40:56,448 --> 00:40:58,275
I went through a divorce.
704
00:40:58,275 --> 00:41:01,931
And in order for me
to maintain shared custody,
705
00:41:01,931 --> 00:41:06,206
I had to dissolve my business
and seek employment locally.
706
00:41:06,310 --> 00:41:10,275
But I lost about 3/4
of my income doing that.
707
00:41:10,379 --> 00:41:12,793
So for the better part
of a decade,
708
00:41:12,793 --> 00:41:14,413
my kids have
watched me struggle.
709
00:41:14,413 --> 00:41:16,275
And I think
it's important for them
710
00:41:16,379 --> 00:41:20,068
to see what
I'm capable of doing.
711
00:41:22,827 --> 00:41:25,862
I lost my fishing line
out of my backpack.
712
00:41:25,862 --> 00:41:29,724
A side zipper came open
713
00:41:29,724 --> 00:41:32,241
while I was busting
through the brush.
714
00:41:32,241 --> 00:41:35,551
I have spent
the last three days looking
715
00:41:35,551 --> 00:41:37,655
everywhere for that line.
716
00:41:38,689 --> 00:41:40,965
Walked,
I don't know, several miles.
717
00:41:40,965 --> 00:41:45,724
And I don't know if I'm
ever gonna find it again.
718
00:41:46,655 --> 00:41:50,379
I don't have a net,
so I've been tying one.
719
00:41:52,206 --> 00:41:55,620
Losing my fishing line
is embarrassing.
720
00:41:55,620 --> 00:41:59,103
This was the tool that I was
going to rely on the most
721
00:41:59,206 --> 00:42:01,758
to provide food for myself.
722
00:42:01,758 --> 00:42:03,931
But the thing that I've
learned over the years
723
00:42:03,931 --> 00:42:07,655
is that the less time that I
spend wallowing in my shame,
724
00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:10,689
the better, because
then I can throw myself
725
00:42:10,689 --> 00:42:13,206
into solving the problem.
726
00:42:13,310 --> 00:42:14,827
That's the thing
about survival.
727
00:42:14,827 --> 00:42:16,344
It's not survival
of the fittest.
728
00:42:16,344 --> 00:42:18,931
It's survival of
the most adaptable.
729
00:42:20,827 --> 00:42:25,827
All right, I'll go
and get this in the water.
730
00:42:30,827 --> 00:42:34,275
All right,
so I'm gonna lay it in here.
731
00:42:38,275 --> 00:42:40,172
Water's really shallow,
732
00:42:40,275 --> 00:42:42,862
but it's the only
water I've got.
733
00:42:45,103 --> 00:42:49,172
If I can get something here,
that would be incredible.
734
00:42:55,413 --> 00:42:57,551
Well, that was graceful.
735
00:43:11,137 --> 00:43:14,517
I don't know if you all
at home are ready for this.
736
00:43:15,172 --> 00:43:17,344
Check out this hunk
of man right here.
737
00:43:19,172 --> 00:43:20,551
My kids are lucky
they look like their mom,
738
00:43:20,551 --> 00:43:23,965
I'm telling you.
739
00:43:25,758 --> 00:43:28,310
I'm just working
on my shelter,
740
00:43:28,413 --> 00:43:29,758
my permanent shelter.
741
00:43:29,758 --> 00:43:31,034
Gonna be very small.
742
00:43:31,034 --> 00:43:32,758
Kind of like
a dome-type structure,
743
00:43:32,758 --> 00:43:34,551
not much bigger than me.
744
00:43:34,655 --> 00:43:36,758
So I think I'll build
my bed first
745
00:43:36,862 --> 00:43:40,103
and then build
the shelter around it.
746
00:43:40,206 --> 00:43:42,896
Here we go,
last post for the bed.
747
00:43:44,655 --> 00:43:46,931
This is the spot
that I've picked.
748
00:43:47,034 --> 00:43:48,586
These spruce trees
will give me
749
00:43:48,689 --> 00:43:50,586
some shelter from the snow,
750
00:43:50,689 --> 00:43:51,862
the wind, the rain.
751
00:43:54,344 --> 00:43:55,793
There.
752
00:44:01,241 --> 00:44:05,482
So 8 feet long, 6 feet wide
is what I was going for.
753
00:44:05,482 --> 00:44:08,827
That'll give me enough space
for a workspace,
754
00:44:08,827 --> 00:44:11,275
the bed, the fireplace.
755
00:44:11,275 --> 00:44:13,448
Anyway, I'm gonna keep going.
756
00:44:13,448 --> 00:44:15,689
Most of this area
is covered in moss.
757
00:44:15,689 --> 00:44:17,551
And I don't want to build
a shelter on the moss.
758
00:44:17,551 --> 00:44:19,931
These first two down here.
759
00:44:19,931 --> 00:44:21,724
The permanent
shelter location has
760
00:44:21,724 --> 00:44:24,172
a harder packed,
muddier ground
761
00:44:24,172 --> 00:44:25,931
that's better to walk on.
762
00:44:25,931 --> 00:44:28,689
It's gonna be drier when I
get a fire going inside of it,
763
00:44:28,793 --> 00:44:30,620
and I'm gonna be able
to dig into it.
764
00:44:30,724 --> 00:44:31,793
Into the muck.
765
00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:35,275
Oh, yes, oh, yeah.
766
00:44:35,379 --> 00:44:37,275
I wanted to build
a shelter where I can
767
00:44:37,379 --> 00:44:39,000
put stakes into the ground.
768
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,724
And it's just easier
to do that there.
769
00:44:41,827 --> 00:44:44,206
You kind of see
how the dome is forming.
770
00:44:44,206 --> 00:44:45,724
That looks perfect.
771
00:44:47,862 --> 00:44:49,241
It's starting to cool off.
772
00:44:52,448 --> 00:44:54,310
Well, I'm so happy
to be starting on this.
773
00:44:54,310 --> 00:44:56,344
It's gonna be
a huge stress-reliever.
774
00:44:59,275 --> 00:45:02,862
I'm basing my shelter
off of a qaluurvik.
775
00:45:02,862 --> 00:45:06,793
It's a traditional shelter
of people in this region.
776
00:45:06,793 --> 00:45:10,655
It's made with green alders
and willows.
777
00:45:10,655 --> 00:45:14,275
It's built in a way where you
stick one end of the alder
778
00:45:14,275 --> 00:45:16,689
into the ground
and you bend it over.
779
00:45:16,689 --> 00:45:18,758
And then you do the same
thing on the other side.
780
00:45:18,862 --> 00:45:22,758
And you tie them together, and
you end up with a dome shape.
781
00:45:24,724 --> 00:45:26,689
It's super simple.
782
00:45:26,689 --> 00:45:27,965
Wish you could feel
how much stronger
783
00:45:27,965 --> 00:45:30,655
this is just from doing this.
784
00:45:30,758 --> 00:45:33,517
I chose this kind of shelter
because we're in a place where
785
00:45:33,517 --> 00:45:35,827
next week,
there could be snow,
786
00:45:35,827 --> 00:45:38,344
and it's going to be efficient
to heat up in the winter.
787
00:45:38,344 --> 00:45:41,620
First batch, spruce boughs.
788
00:45:41,620 --> 00:45:44,862
It's easy to make
in terms of calories used.
789
00:45:44,965 --> 00:45:47,517
I don't have to fell
any big trees.
790
00:45:47,620 --> 00:45:50,724
At the end of the day,
this is a game of calories.
791
00:45:50,827 --> 00:45:52,586
I put on a bunch of weight
before coming out here
792
00:45:52,586 --> 00:45:54,275
to have some reserves,
793
00:45:54,275 --> 00:45:56,896
and I have to budget
them wisely.
794
00:45:57,655 --> 00:45:58,896
When I put my green tarp
on here,
795
00:45:58,896 --> 00:46:00,517
it's gonna look
like a turtle shell.
796
00:46:00,517 --> 00:46:03,275
I might have to call
this the turtle lair.
797
00:46:03,379 --> 00:46:04,448
It's not in the sewers,
798
00:46:04,551 --> 00:46:07,206
but you know,
it's still pretty cool.
799
00:46:07,206 --> 00:46:08,827
Oh, what a good feeling.
800
00:46:08,827 --> 00:46:09,827
It's coming together.
801
00:46:25,896 --> 00:46:30,965
Oh!
802
00:46:31,068 --> 00:46:33,724
Typical.
803
00:46:33,724 --> 00:46:35,931
I just busted out a fire.
804
00:46:35,931 --> 00:46:39,379
And it took me about a half
an hour, but I finally got it.
805
00:46:42,206 --> 00:46:44,827
I decided to not bring
a ferro rod,
806
00:46:44,827 --> 00:46:48,068
because I knew that
there were other ways
807
00:46:48,172 --> 00:46:49,827
that I can make fire.
808
00:46:49,827 --> 00:46:53,000
And I wanted to
free up an item.
809
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,068
Now that I've lost
my fishing line--
810
00:46:56,275 --> 00:46:59,620
I'd say hell yes,
give me a ferro rod.
811
00:46:59,620 --> 00:47:02,793
But what I want
to be able to do now
812
00:47:02,793 --> 00:47:07,103
is not have to do
a friction fire every day.
813
00:47:07,103 --> 00:47:08,931
Takes too many calories.
814
00:47:08,931 --> 00:47:11,482
And it takes too much time.
815
00:47:11,586 --> 00:47:16,103
So in my pot here,
what I am processing
816
00:47:16,206 --> 00:47:19,413
is dry rot wood.
817
00:47:19,413 --> 00:47:22,103
And what I'll have left
is pure charcoal
818
00:47:22,103 --> 00:47:25,206
that I can use to catch
a spark from my belt buckle.
819
00:47:26,482 --> 00:47:32,344
That is exactly
what we were going for.
820
00:47:32,448 --> 00:47:34,724
And this is
gonna help tremendously
821
00:47:34,724 --> 00:47:37,965
in fire starting for me.
822
00:47:38,068 --> 00:47:40,551
It's gonna be really important
to keep humidity
823
00:47:40,551 --> 00:47:42,000
out of all that charcoal.
824
00:47:42,103 --> 00:47:45,965
So I'm gonna
make a container.
825
00:47:45,965 --> 00:47:49,965
So I've got
some birch bark now.
826
00:47:49,965 --> 00:47:52,827
And this is what I'm gonna
make my container out of.
827
00:47:56,206 --> 00:48:00,448
So I'm taking my spruce root,
828
00:48:00,448 --> 00:48:03,310
and I'm stitching
this whole thing together.
829
00:48:10,344 --> 00:48:12,206
There-- oh, there we go.
830
00:48:13,931 --> 00:48:18,448
So I've cut two plugs,
831
00:48:18,551 --> 00:48:21,724
a bottom and a top.
832
00:48:21,827 --> 00:48:24,034
On the bottom one,
what I'm going to do
833
00:48:24,034 --> 00:48:27,206
is drill a series of holes
834
00:48:27,206 --> 00:48:29,379
and then drive pins in those.
835
00:48:31,034 --> 00:48:33,137
There will still be
a little bit of gap in there,
836
00:48:33,241 --> 00:48:37,172
but I'm gonna do enough
to make it pretty tight.
837
00:48:37,275 --> 00:48:41,344
And all I want to do
with this is make a handle.
838
00:48:41,344 --> 00:48:44,620
This method for
making a tinder box
839
00:48:44,724 --> 00:48:47,137
has been used
for thousands of years.
840
00:48:47,137 --> 00:48:50,000
In fact, when they found
Otzi the Iceman,
841
00:48:50,103 --> 00:48:52,517
he was carrying one of these.
842
00:48:52,517 --> 00:48:55,551
It was a really good
window into the past.
843
00:48:56,724 --> 00:48:59,586
I think that'll work.
844
00:49:01,310 --> 00:49:03,827
Turned out pretty good.
845
00:49:03,827 --> 00:49:05,137
Here's my belt buckle.
846
00:49:06,827 --> 00:49:09,586
I'll give you
a close-up view of it.
847
00:49:09,689 --> 00:49:11,931
This belt buckle is made
out of carbon steel,
848
00:49:11,931 --> 00:49:14,862
and I think I can
start a fire with it.
849
00:49:14,965 --> 00:49:19,241
Here's our nice little piece
of quartzite that I found.
850
00:49:19,344 --> 00:49:24,965
And then all we got to do
is throw a spark into that.
851
00:49:24,965 --> 00:49:28,034
Ooh, there, done.
852
00:49:28,034 --> 00:49:31,448
Can you see the orange
starting to spread in there?
853
00:49:35,655 --> 00:49:38,655
There we go, finally.
854
00:49:41,689 --> 00:49:44,896
And this is gonna make life
a lot easier going forward.
855
00:49:47,620 --> 00:49:49,448
It's perfect.
856
00:50:01,344 --> 00:50:02,620
I'm hungry,
857
00:50:02,620 --> 00:50:05,206
so I'm gonna
go check the net.
858
00:50:05,206 --> 00:50:07,000
Putting a net out
in the water,
859
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,448
there's a lot
of luck involved.
860
00:50:10,448 --> 00:50:12,482
And so it was kind of
a blow to lose
861
00:50:12,586 --> 00:50:14,620
my fishing line on day one.
862
00:50:16,034 --> 00:50:18,413
But I need to provide food
for myself,
863
00:50:18,413 --> 00:50:20,689
and I know that there's
going to be a period of time
864
00:50:20,689 --> 00:50:23,310
when the river
starts to freeze
865
00:50:23,310 --> 00:50:27,137
that fishing is gonna be
off the table.
866
00:50:27,241 --> 00:50:28,896
Empty net.
867
00:50:30,275 --> 00:50:32,551
No fish in it.
868
00:50:32,551 --> 00:50:35,137
I'm gonna put
my energy elsewhere.
869
00:50:41,172 --> 00:50:43,758
Oh, that's a beaver.
870
00:50:52,379 --> 00:50:54,793
The way we're gonna
get him into bow range
871
00:50:54,793 --> 00:50:57,310
is by making a bait.
872
00:50:57,413 --> 00:51:01,551
And all you need to do that is
a young willow full of leaves
873
00:51:01,551 --> 00:51:03,517
and drop it
right off the bank.
874
00:51:05,172 --> 00:51:06,827
He's cruising around,
and he'll see it,
875
00:51:06,931 --> 00:51:09,965
and he'll come to it.
876
00:51:13,551 --> 00:51:14,758
I see him way up there.
877
00:51:14,758 --> 00:51:15,827
He's about...
878
00:51:19,482 --> 00:51:22,034
Just waiting for him to
make his rounds back up here.
879
00:51:24,241 --> 00:51:27,689
That beaver would be a great
source of food right now.
880
00:51:27,689 --> 00:51:29,517
He's got a lot
of protein on his body,
881
00:51:29,517 --> 00:51:31,379
and he's got a lot of fat.
882
00:51:31,482 --> 00:51:34,137
And I'm worried
that my body will
883
00:51:34,241 --> 00:51:39,137
start fatiguing and
becoming weaker and weaker.
884
00:51:43,931 --> 00:51:46,172
Still waiting for this beaver.
885
00:51:46,172 --> 00:51:49,241
So I honestly don't know
if he's coming back,
886
00:51:49,344 --> 00:51:52,965
and I really
may have messed up
887
00:51:52,965 --> 00:51:57,000
by not shooting him
right off the get-go.
888
00:52:00,862 --> 00:52:02,275
Boy, what a fail.
889
00:52:19,379 --> 00:52:22,000
I've got something
I want to show you.
890
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,206
It is pretty cool.
891
00:52:25,206 --> 00:52:27,448
Being able to store water,
so I don't have to boil it
892
00:52:27,448 --> 00:52:29,655
every time, is real critical,
893
00:52:29,655 --> 00:52:36,103
so I've made this quiver
to help me with that.
894
00:52:36,103 --> 00:52:37,517
I'm gonna take
my arrows out,
895
00:52:37,517 --> 00:52:39,689
and they won't be carried
in there anymore.
896
00:52:42,103 --> 00:52:44,275
I've got another solution
for carrying my arrows.
897
00:52:46,551 --> 00:52:48,206
I've sealed this with beeswax.
898
00:52:48,310 --> 00:52:50,103
This is a brand-new quiver.
899
00:52:50,103 --> 00:52:52,758
Now I'll take the rest
of this water that I've boiled,
900
00:52:52,758 --> 00:52:54,620
and I'll store it in here
901
00:52:54,724 --> 00:52:59,655
so I can cook or boil
a second batch of water.
902
00:53:03,517 --> 00:53:05,310
Still perfectly waterproof.
903
00:53:05,413 --> 00:53:06,344
So I like that.
904
00:53:06,448 --> 00:53:08,931
This is gonna be my canteen.
905
00:53:08,931 --> 00:53:11,448
I think it's gonna be
a great help to me.
906
00:53:13,965 --> 00:53:17,620
So my big thing right now
is to get a bow quiver made.
907
00:53:20,517 --> 00:53:24,034
Every time I carry these
arrows around with my bow
908
00:53:24,034 --> 00:53:27,068
without them being secured,
I run the risk of cutting
909
00:53:27,172 --> 00:53:28,137
the string of the bow,
910
00:53:28,137 --> 00:53:30,586
so I can't have that.
911
00:53:30,586 --> 00:53:35,896
So I'm gonna construct a
bow quiver out of my arm guard.
912
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,103
I've got two little sections
of holes punched,
913
00:53:38,206 --> 00:53:39,655
and I'm gonna cut out
each of those sections
914
00:53:39,655 --> 00:53:43,241
into a rectangle.
915
00:53:50,310 --> 00:53:51,758
Now, here's the idea--
916
00:53:51,758 --> 00:53:56,379
fold this leather,
make a couple of cuts,
917
00:53:56,379 --> 00:53:59,241
so that the arrow
clicks into the hole
918
00:53:59,344 --> 00:54:03,034
through the groove
made by those cuts.
919
00:54:03,034 --> 00:54:04,620
The holes align.
920
00:54:04,620 --> 00:54:07,482
And there's a little slit
to go into each one.
921
00:54:07,482 --> 00:54:10,862
It's gonna be four arrows
carried in this.
922
00:54:10,862 --> 00:54:14,931
I have to affix them
here and here.
923
00:54:15,034 --> 00:54:18,551
So to do that,
I need a T-shaped branch.
924
00:54:18,551 --> 00:54:20,724
I'm gonna use
this wire to sew it on.
925
00:54:25,517 --> 00:54:27,448
Throughout my childhood,
every moment
926
00:54:27,551 --> 00:54:29,827
that I wasn't chopping wood,
hauling water,
927
00:54:29,827 --> 00:54:32,413
doing the things
that off-grid living requires,
928
00:54:32,413 --> 00:54:35,793
I would get away
and bushcraft and dream
929
00:54:35,793 --> 00:54:38,482
about being a frontiersman.
930
00:54:38,586 --> 00:54:40,241
That's two.
931
00:54:40,241 --> 00:54:42,310
My frontiersman adventures
would take me all
932
00:54:42,413 --> 00:54:44,896
over the northland, this land.
933
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:47,689
And that's where
I lived in my mind.
934
00:54:47,689 --> 00:54:50,862
So for me to be here
in reality right now,
935
00:54:50,862 --> 00:54:53,103
my mind is just
tearing it up out here.
936
00:54:53,103 --> 00:54:56,517
And that's why
I don't want to mess it up.
937
00:55:00,310 --> 00:55:02,448
All right,
so there's my bow quiver.
938
00:55:02,551 --> 00:55:04,068
That'll make it
a lot easier for me.
939
00:55:04,172 --> 00:55:07,344
When I need to pull one off,
it's fairly easy.
940
00:55:10,413 --> 00:55:12,655
I think that'll
shoot just fine.
941
00:55:12,655 --> 00:55:14,620
All right.
942
00:55:20,275 --> 00:55:21,724
Look at that shadow.
943
00:55:21,724 --> 00:55:25,586
That's the shadow
of a warrior hunter.
944
00:55:27,103 --> 00:55:28,344
Here I go.
945
00:55:30,758 --> 00:55:33,793
There's still a lot of
bear tracks here on the shore,
946
00:55:33,896 --> 00:55:35,896
mostly a little old.
947
00:55:35,896 --> 00:55:37,655
The most sign
I've seen of anything,
948
00:55:37,758 --> 00:55:40,379
of any animal out here
besides the red squirrels,
949
00:55:40,379 --> 00:55:42,896
is predators.
950
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:46,172
So wherever there's that many
predators, there's big prey.
951
00:55:46,172 --> 00:55:50,448
Oh cool, cool,
fresh moose tracks.
952
00:55:50,448 --> 00:55:52,000
Check this out.
953
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,724
That's a good sign.
954
00:56:06,620 --> 00:56:09,000
My hunting strategy
is very simple.
955
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:11,655
Be opportunistic.
956
00:56:11,758 --> 00:56:13,862
I really want big game.
957
00:56:13,862 --> 00:56:17,517
Because if I get big game,
I can relax about food.
958
00:56:17,620 --> 00:56:20,068
I can do all the other stuff
that this
959
00:56:20,068 --> 00:56:22,655
survival life requires.
960
00:56:22,655 --> 00:56:25,379
And I'm thinking,
you get big game,
961
00:56:25,482 --> 00:56:26,931
you win the show.
962
00:56:32,482 --> 00:56:37,137
Oh my gosh,
far across my swamp,
963
00:56:37,137 --> 00:56:40,172
I see a moose,
a bull moose laying down.
964
00:56:40,172 --> 00:56:43,793
It's way, way, way out there
where a tip of my bow is.
965
00:56:43,793 --> 00:56:45,655
If I could make
a play on this moose,
966
00:56:45,758 --> 00:56:47,413
oh my goodness,
I'd be silly not to.
967
00:56:47,413 --> 00:56:52,206
So the wind is kind of
coming on to my left ear.
968
00:56:52,206 --> 00:56:54,379
So I'm gonna go down
the river that way,
969
00:56:54,379 --> 00:56:55,965
or through the willows
that way,
970
00:56:55,965 --> 00:56:57,206
and keep an eye on it.
971
00:56:58,655 --> 00:57:00,724
I want to see if I can call out
to him once I get
972
00:57:00,724 --> 00:57:02,103
into a good position.
973
00:57:12,896 --> 00:57:14,827
I'm gonna approach it
from a different side,
974
00:57:14,827 --> 00:57:18,655
where the brush
is thicker near it.
975
00:57:18,758 --> 00:57:21,827
Just circle around it.
976
00:57:24,620 --> 00:57:26,448
I've got a little screen
of willows between me
977
00:57:26,448 --> 00:57:29,482
and it at the moment.
978
00:57:29,482 --> 00:57:32,172
I'm gonna--
I think I'm gonna try
979
00:57:32,275 --> 00:57:34,413
calling to it from right here.
980
00:57:49,034 --> 00:57:51,413
And the moose just stood up.
981
00:57:51,413 --> 00:57:53,241
He's looking in this direction.
982
00:57:57,172 --> 00:57:59,206
I think it's coming.
983
00:58:05,862 --> 00:58:07,551
There it is.
There it is.
984
00:58:08,931 --> 00:58:12,275
I can't believe it.
I can't believe it.
985
00:58:18,551 --> 00:58:20,517
And the moose just stood up.
986
00:58:21,758 --> 00:58:24,586
There it is.
There it is.
987
00:58:27,413 --> 00:58:30,413
I can't believe it.
I can't believe it.
988
00:58:30,413 --> 00:58:34,827
Oh, it's trying to go away.
989
00:58:36,482 --> 00:58:38,862
It's steadily walking away.
990
00:58:48,793 --> 00:58:51,586
He's just standing there.
991
00:58:51,689 --> 00:58:53,551
He's unsure of what to do.
992
00:58:53,551 --> 00:58:54,965
So am I.
993
00:59:28,586 --> 00:59:31,103
I can tell you one thing,
I'm burning up
994
00:59:31,206 --> 00:59:33,241
all my calories
just with my heart beating
995
00:59:33,241 --> 00:59:36,965
and watching this play out.
996
00:59:38,034 --> 00:59:41,689
This is the hunt
of my lifetime.
997
00:59:41,689 --> 00:59:46,379
But it's hard to be still
and not call a lot.
998
00:59:46,482 --> 00:59:47,896
Maybe I'm not calling enough.
999
00:59:47,896 --> 00:59:49,517
But I have a tendency
to overdo things,
1000
00:59:49,517 --> 00:59:52,379
so I'm taking it slow.
1001
00:59:53,896 --> 00:59:57,758
He's stepping this way.
He's stepping this way.
1002
00:59:57,758 --> 01:00:00,517
I would say 500 yards.
1003
01:00:05,758 --> 01:00:09,793
Please, come to papa.
1004
01:01:13,965 --> 01:01:16,758
Oh, my gosh.
1005
01:01:18,068 --> 01:01:20,034
It's standing there
in the brush.
1006
01:01:20,034 --> 01:01:23,103
OK, I got another chance.
1007
01:01:23,206 --> 01:01:27,517
I want this moose as bad as I
wanted any animal in my life.
1008
01:01:33,034 --> 01:01:35,758
.
1009
01:01:41,172 --> 01:01:44,758
I can't even--
because one arrow
1010
01:01:44,758 --> 01:01:48,241
dropped right under its chest,
1011
01:01:48,344 --> 01:01:50,758
disappeared into the grass.
1012
01:01:50,758 --> 01:01:54,655
And my next arrow
was looking perfect,
1013
01:01:54,758 --> 01:01:57,517
and a twig I didn't see,
1014
01:01:57,620 --> 01:02:01,724
about 10 feet in front of it,
caught my arrow,
1015
01:02:01,724 --> 01:02:03,862
and I just saw it
dart off to the right.
1016
01:02:03,862 --> 01:02:07,724
And he booked it out of there.
1017
01:02:07,724 --> 01:02:12,517
I've never had that much
riding on an arrow shot,
1018
01:02:12,517 --> 01:02:15,206
never even close.
1019
01:02:20,758 --> 01:02:24,137
I cannot describe
how much I wanted that moose.
1020
01:02:32,724 --> 01:02:34,655
That was my
golden ticket right there.
1021
01:02:34,655 --> 01:02:37,620
That was a golden ticket.
1022
01:02:39,689 --> 01:02:42,965
And I mucked it so bad.
1023
01:02:44,551 --> 01:02:49,103
The feeling of defeat
is deeper than I can tell you.
1024
01:02:53,103 --> 01:02:57,034
This failure has me numb.
1025
01:02:57,137 --> 01:02:58,724
I mean,
I've hunted enough to know
1026
01:02:58,724 --> 01:03:01,206
the odds and probabilities.
1027
01:03:01,206 --> 01:03:04,379
So I'm smart enough
to know that that
1028
01:03:04,482 --> 01:03:06,344
was a special chance,
1029
01:03:06,448 --> 01:03:08,758
and it's gone.
1030
01:03:08,862 --> 01:03:11,413
Probably
the biggest opportunity
1031
01:03:11,517 --> 01:03:15,482
I'll have all winter.
1032
01:03:22,482 --> 01:03:24,793
I've got no words.
1033
01:03:24,793 --> 01:03:27,965
No words for today.
1034
01:03:30,965 --> 01:03:31,862
.
1035
01:03:31,965 --> 01:03:34,068
Oh, there's ducks coming.
1036
01:03:38,034 --> 01:03:41,034
Oh, ooh.
1037
01:03:41,034 --> 01:03:42,275
Oh, my God.
1038
01:03:42,275 --> 01:03:43,655
Oh no, he got off.
1039
01:03:43,655 --> 01:03:45,482
No, no, no, no, no, no,
you're not going anywhere.
1040
01:03:48,310 --> 01:03:49,965
I feel kind of sick.