1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,896 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:15,000 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:15,931 --> 00:00:18,448 Ah. [bleep] Ow. 4 00:00:18,448 --> 00:00:21,517 Having my hand burned, I can't shoot my bow, 5 00:00:21,517 --> 00:00:24,379 which means that I really need to rely on fish. 6 00:00:24,482 --> 00:00:26,068 Look at that guy. He's huge. 7 00:00:26,068 --> 00:00:27,896 [chuckling] Oh, my gosh. 8 00:00:27,896 --> 00:00:30,758 [laughing] Oh, there's two. 9 00:00:30,758 --> 00:00:32,965 I am attempting to make the warmest shelter 10 00:00:32,965 --> 00:00:34,206 this show's seen. 11 00:00:34,206 --> 00:00:36,586 Everyone knows Rock House. 12 00:00:36,586 --> 00:00:38,551 I think I can outdo it. 13 00:00:38,551 --> 00:00:40,724 Wow. 14 00:00:40,827 --> 00:00:43,448 The more I get into my body, the longer I last. 15 00:00:43,448 --> 00:00:46,827 This will be half the pike in this pot. 16 00:00:46,827 --> 00:00:49,517 17 00:00:49,620 --> 00:00:53,034 [sighs] Oh, my berry breakfast. 18 00:00:53,034 --> 00:00:54,034 Ah. 19 00:00:54,034 --> 00:00:56,896 First puke of "Alone." [laughs] 20 00:00:56,896 --> 00:00:59,275 [groans] 21 00:00:59,275 --> 00:01:02,413 I haven't used the bathroom in ten days. 22 00:01:02,413 --> 00:01:04,275 This is something serious. 23 00:01:04,379 --> 00:01:06,172 [groaning] Oh, God. 24 00:01:06,172 --> 00:01:07,620 This is one of the hardest things 25 00:01:07,620 --> 00:01:10,241 I've ever done in my life. 26 00:01:10,241 --> 00:01:13,000 I'm officially tapping out. 27 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,586 [dramatic music] 28 00:01:14,586 --> 00:01:16,137 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:16,241 --> 00:01:18,448 [whispering] God, please help me kill this moose. 30 00:01:18,448 --> 00:01:25,517 31 00:01:26,413 --> 00:01:29,310 [tense music] 32 00:01:29,310 --> 00:01:30,862 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:30,862 --> 00:01:32,517 I'm not tapping out. 34 00:01:32,517 --> 00:01:33,758 I'd rather die. 35 00:01:33,758 --> 00:01:38,172 ♪ ♪ 36 00:01:38,172 --> 00:01:41,344 [exhales] Here goes nothing. 37 00:01:41,344 --> 00:01:42,413 Whoa! 38 00:01:42,517 --> 00:01:44,034 Yes! 39 00:01:44,137 --> 00:01:45,586 Holy [bleep]. 40 00:01:45,586 --> 00:01:47,655 ♪ ♪ 41 00:01:47,655 --> 00:01:49,965 This is the harshest location possible. 42 00:01:49,965 --> 00:01:52,034 We're 125 miles in the Arctic Circle. 43 00:01:52,034 --> 00:01:53,482 [shouts] 44 00:01:53,482 --> 00:01:54,689 I never had an environment make me feel like 45 00:01:54,793 --> 00:01:55,862 a complete amateur before. 46 00:01:55,862 --> 00:01:58,034 Everything is against us out here. 47 00:01:58,034 --> 00:02:00,896 Mother Nature went and bitch slapped me. 48 00:02:00,896 --> 00:02:03,310 Looks like I got grizzlies and wolves as my neighbors. 49 00:02:03,310 --> 00:02:04,551 Holy crap. 50 00:02:04,551 --> 00:02:05,862 They're just hunting the shoreline. 51 00:02:05,965 --> 00:02:07,793 Mother Nature is about to dim the lights on us. 52 00:02:07,793 --> 00:02:09,620 We're heading into total darkness. 53 00:02:09,724 --> 00:02:11,206 [twigs snap] - Hey, bear. 54 00:02:11,206 --> 00:02:14,517 The cold and the dark is going to sap people's souls. 55 00:02:14,620 --> 00:02:16,344 It really makes you wonder if it's worth it. 56 00:02:16,344 --> 00:02:17,448 ♪ ♪ 57 00:02:17,448 --> 00:02:18,620 There is no camera crew. 58 00:02:18,620 --> 00:02:19,965 There's no support system. 59 00:02:19,965 --> 00:02:21,586 I'm completely alone. 60 00:02:21,586 --> 00:02:22,655 Yes! 61 00:02:22,655 --> 00:02:23,896 People go in one way... 62 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,413 Stop bleeding. 63 00:02:25,413 --> 00:02:27,137 And they come out entirely different. 64 00:02:27,241 --> 00:02:28,310 [shouts] 65 00:02:28,310 --> 00:02:29,517 This is the most difficult 66 00:02:29,517 --> 00:02:30,482 survival challenge in the world. 67 00:02:30,482 --> 00:02:32,000 [grunting] 68 00:02:32,103 --> 00:02:34,517 $500,000. That's completely life-changing money. 69 00:02:34,517 --> 00:02:35,931 It's beautiful. 70 00:02:35,931 --> 00:02:37,344 Whoever can thrive the longest... 71 00:02:37,344 --> 00:02:38,965 If they out here, they ought to be afraid of me. 72 00:02:39,068 --> 00:02:39,965 Whoever can push through it... 73 00:02:40,068 --> 00:02:42,000 - [groans] - Wins. 74 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,586 I hope I made the right choice coming out here. 75 00:02:43,689 --> 00:02:45,724 ♪ ♪ 76 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:51,551 [suspenseful music] 77 00:02:51,551 --> 00:02:58,620 78 00:03:10,379 --> 00:03:13,275 [imitating moose calls] 79 00:03:13,275 --> 00:03:20,379 ♪ ♪ 80 00:03:20,896 --> 00:03:23,344 [whispering] God, please help me kill this moose. 81 00:03:23,344 --> 00:03:29,310 ♪ ♪ 82 00:03:38,241 --> 00:03:40,931 It's about 60 yards away right now. 83 00:04:11,379 --> 00:04:14,000 [chuckling softly] 84 00:04:14,103 --> 00:04:15,862 I can't believe it. 85 00:04:15,965 --> 00:04:20,172 Now I can sing and shout and chop trees all I want to. 86 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:22,275 I don't care what the noise does. 87 00:04:22,379 --> 00:04:25,206 I don't care how much noise I make. 88 00:04:25,206 --> 00:04:28,689 The biggest game here is down. 89 00:04:28,793 --> 00:04:32,620 It's clear to me that God is with me. 90 00:04:44,724 --> 00:04:46,827 [panting] 91 00:04:48,689 --> 00:04:50,137 [grunts] 92 00:04:51,344 --> 00:04:53,275 Oh, my goodness. 93 00:04:54,689 --> 00:04:55,965 It's a beast. 94 00:04:58,344 --> 00:05:00,896 This thing's bigger than one of my horses. 95 00:05:02,758 --> 00:05:05,206 There's no way I can flip this animal over, though. 96 00:05:05,206 --> 00:05:07,379 I'm gonna have to skin it off the best I can. 97 00:05:07,482 --> 00:05:08,793 [suspenseful music] 98 00:05:08,896 --> 00:05:11,586 I have to get the guts out so that they won't 99 00:05:11,689 --> 00:05:15,379 make the meat spoil quicker in this warmer weather. 100 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,137 The leg is where it's gonna be really hard 101 00:05:17,137 --> 00:05:19,344 to skin it this way. 102 00:05:19,344 --> 00:05:20,793 I've never butchered a moose, 103 00:05:20,793 --> 00:05:22,655 but I've butchered plenty of large animals 104 00:05:22,758 --> 00:05:25,620 that I know how much work this is gonna be. 105 00:05:25,724 --> 00:05:28,827 Stomach lining fat. 106 00:05:28,931 --> 00:05:31,620 This is an all-consuming project. 107 00:05:31,620 --> 00:05:34,827 It could take all day and all night and all the next day. 108 00:05:34,827 --> 00:05:37,379 This is, like, a 60-pound liver. 109 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:40,241 And I know that I have to just buckle in for this process. 110 00:05:40,241 --> 00:05:41,655 [grunts] 111 00:05:41,655 --> 00:05:43,310 112 00:05:43,413 --> 00:05:44,793 Found the arrow. 113 00:05:44,793 --> 00:05:45,896 ♪ ♪ 114 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,241 All right. 115 00:05:47,241 --> 00:05:48,517 Now I've got to make sure 116 00:05:48,517 --> 00:05:51,137 that I don't lose any of it. 117 00:05:51,241 --> 00:05:53,068 As I'm cutting on this fresh meat, 118 00:05:53,068 --> 00:05:56,068 the wind of this is carrying far and wide. 119 00:05:56,068 --> 00:05:58,620 And grizzlies are gonna smell this. 120 00:05:58,724 --> 00:06:02,413 I don't want to come and find a giant grizzly. 121 00:06:02,413 --> 00:06:06,241 I'm gonna clear this little area and make a fire here. 122 00:06:06,344 --> 00:06:08,517 ♪ ♪ 123 00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:11,068 And I'm gonna keep that fire going all night 124 00:06:11,068 --> 00:06:13,275 to mix with the scent signature 125 00:06:13,275 --> 00:06:14,724 so if grizzlies smell it, 126 00:06:14,724 --> 00:06:18,724 they know that this is a moose owned by man. 127 00:06:18,724 --> 00:06:20,551 And I'll also be cooking meat on that fire 128 00:06:20,655 --> 00:06:22,137 while I work all night, 129 00:06:22,137 --> 00:06:25,482 'cause I'm gonna burn up a lot of energy doing this. 130 00:06:25,482 --> 00:06:27,000 131 00:06:27,103 --> 00:06:29,172 Think I'll cut the legs off and take the top quarters off. 132 00:06:31,931 --> 00:06:34,172 This nagging feeling is growing in me... 133 00:06:34,172 --> 00:06:35,379 [grunts] 134 00:06:35,379 --> 00:06:37,206 That the weather is not gonna cooperate. 135 00:06:37,206 --> 00:06:40,206 That means I'm gonna have to work like a maniac 136 00:06:40,206 --> 00:06:42,586 to preserve this meat. 137 00:06:42,586 --> 00:06:48,310 Mmm. Yeah, that's tasting good. 138 00:06:48,413 --> 00:06:49,551 I have to transport the meat. 139 00:06:49,655 --> 00:06:51,068 I have to get it into a place where 140 00:06:51,068 --> 00:06:53,586 I can watch over it and not let the birds land on it 141 00:06:53,586 --> 00:06:55,103 and bears get it. 142 00:06:55,103 --> 00:06:56,965 143 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:58,379 But I look at the sun and I know that 144 00:06:58,482 --> 00:07:00,758 I won't get it done before dark. 145 00:07:00,758 --> 00:07:02,827 Man, I hope this weather drops cold. 146 00:07:02,931 --> 00:07:06,068 ♪ ♪ 147 00:07:06,172 --> 00:07:09,827 Well, I've got the top half of the moose butchered. 148 00:07:09,827 --> 00:07:11,965 I'll butcher the lower half tomorrow. 149 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:14,068 ♪ ♪ 150 00:07:14,068 --> 00:07:15,689 Round trip is a mile 151 00:07:15,689 --> 00:07:18,034 back to where I can drop it near my camp. 152 00:07:18,034 --> 00:07:19,241 And then I start to calculate 153 00:07:19,241 --> 00:07:21,379 how many trips is it gonna take? 154 00:07:21,482 --> 00:07:23,689 I mean, I'm already tired from the day, 155 00:07:23,689 --> 00:07:25,103 from killing the moose, 156 00:07:25,103 --> 00:07:29,103 from butchering just over half of the moose. 157 00:07:29,103 --> 00:07:31,586 It's a big job. 158 00:07:31,689 --> 00:07:33,172 Big job. 159 00:07:33,275 --> 00:07:35,137 I'm a target for every bear 160 00:07:35,137 --> 00:07:37,206 and everything else in this whole region, 161 00:07:37,310 --> 00:07:39,172 so I've got to be smart about this. 162 00:07:39,172 --> 00:07:41,965 [grunts] 163 00:07:41,965 --> 00:07:46,000 Yeah, I can carry it home. 164 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,586 I can carry it home. 165 00:07:47,586 --> 00:07:54,655 166 00:07:59,103 --> 00:08:02,448 I've covered the carcass up with the skin for the night. 167 00:08:02,551 --> 00:08:05,517 There's a good chill on tonight, 168 00:08:05,517 --> 00:08:07,172 and I'm debating right now 169 00:08:07,172 --> 00:08:09,206 which is more dangerous in grizzly country-- 170 00:08:09,206 --> 00:08:11,448 to go work through the night on it, 171 00:08:11,551 --> 00:08:15,310 or to... 172 00:08:15,413 --> 00:08:16,620 go tackle the other half of it in the morning 173 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:19,000 in the daylight when I can see. 174 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,310 There's like 5,000 grizzly bears in this territory. 175 00:08:23,413 --> 00:08:28,275 So I've got to build a cache that they can't get into. 176 00:08:28,275 --> 00:08:31,689 So I've got a lot of work over the next couple of days. 177 00:08:31,689 --> 00:08:35,517 Either way, a lot of work. 178 00:08:35,517 --> 00:08:41,551 179 00:08:54,896 --> 00:08:56,275 Well, one thing I've noticed 180 00:08:56,379 --> 00:08:59,827 since it's been mild weather out 181 00:08:59,827 --> 00:09:02,586 and I've got these, like, thick winter boots on 182 00:09:02,689 --> 00:09:06,758 is, my feet are starting to suffer. 183 00:09:06,758 --> 00:09:12,206 So I'm taking a piece of black carbon, 184 00:09:12,310 --> 00:09:14,931 and I dust that up onto my toes, 185 00:09:14,931 --> 00:09:18,103 and that keeps them nice and dry. 186 00:09:21,241 --> 00:09:25,965 I'm just grinding it up into a powdery texture 187 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:28,482 and then rubbing that into my feet. 188 00:09:29,620 --> 00:09:34,517 So this is like a medicated foot powder. 189 00:09:34,517 --> 00:09:37,620 OK, so I have to check my traps. 190 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:39,724 [soft suspenseful music] 191 00:09:39,724 --> 00:09:42,793 I'm feeling confident in my trail. 192 00:09:42,896 --> 00:09:44,931 Animals will follow the trail. 193 00:09:48,620 --> 00:09:51,172 And then that makes a successful trap line. 194 00:09:52,965 --> 00:09:57,448 Making a trail is like utilizing animal psychology. 195 00:09:57,551 --> 00:10:00,655 They will follow the path of least resistance. 196 00:10:00,758 --> 00:10:02,172 ♪ ♪ 197 00:10:02,172 --> 00:10:05,379 So far, I've set just rabbit snares 198 00:10:05,379 --> 00:10:07,620 'cause I've just seen so much sign. 199 00:10:07,620 --> 00:10:10,275 But I haven't caught anything yet. 200 00:10:10,275 --> 00:10:12,068 Some fresh grass. 201 00:10:12,068 --> 00:10:14,034 My plan is to expand, 202 00:10:14,034 --> 00:10:17,034 to set some squirrel poles as well. 203 00:10:17,034 --> 00:10:18,517 I really want to make sure that 204 00:10:18,517 --> 00:10:21,448 I'm just focused on getting animals all the time. 205 00:10:21,448 --> 00:10:23,862 [sniffles] 206 00:10:57,103 --> 00:11:04,172 207 00:11:14,862 --> 00:11:15,862 [bleep]. 208 00:11:16,896 --> 00:11:23,931 209 00:11:26,655 --> 00:11:27,931 Oh, [bleep]. 210 00:11:27,931 --> 00:11:30,551 It's so hard. 211 00:11:30,551 --> 00:11:33,482 OK, now I'm gonna go look for the arrows. 212 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,827 Being out here, it's a lot of tough work, 213 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:47,379 and I'm feeling anxiety about everything. 214 00:11:47,379 --> 00:11:49,448 I need to hunt more. 215 00:11:49,448 --> 00:11:51,241 I need more fish, 216 00:11:51,241 --> 00:11:55,000 and I don't really have a way to release it. 217 00:12:00,965 --> 00:12:03,241 It's a hard space to be sometimes. 218 00:12:03,344 --> 00:12:06,896 So out here, I'm trying to stick with 219 00:12:06,896 --> 00:12:09,758 that feeling of hope that I can win. 220 00:12:09,758 --> 00:12:11,241 221 00:12:11,344 --> 00:12:15,206 [gasps] I found it, I found it, I found it. 222 00:12:17,862 --> 00:12:21,482 Yes. Ah. 223 00:12:21,586 --> 00:12:22,827 [sighs] 224 00:12:22,827 --> 00:12:26,862 I have all my arrows now, so I feel much better. 225 00:12:28,068 --> 00:12:29,655 Don't lose arrows. 226 00:12:29,655 --> 00:12:31,482 Determination. 227 00:12:31,482 --> 00:12:33,344 Success. 228 00:12:37,689 --> 00:12:39,724 [dramatic music] 229 00:12:39,724 --> 00:12:43,931 230 00:12:43,931 --> 00:12:45,551 Gotta finish butchering 231 00:12:45,551 --> 00:12:47,172 and transporting all the meat. 232 00:12:47,172 --> 00:12:48,517 233 00:12:48,517 --> 00:12:51,241 Hustling to get all my meat out of the sun. 234 00:12:51,344 --> 00:12:52,379 [sighs] 235 00:12:52,379 --> 00:12:56,655 ♪ ♪ 236 00:12:56,655 --> 00:12:58,620 Still got a big pile of meat to haul, 237 00:12:58,620 --> 00:13:01,034 so I'll be busy for quite a while. 238 00:13:01,034 --> 00:13:02,551 [grunts] 239 00:13:02,551 --> 00:13:05,551 I'm just thankful that no bears have eaten it yet. 240 00:13:05,655 --> 00:13:07,310 [vultures screeching] 241 00:13:07,310 --> 00:13:10,310 I slept a bit last night, and I'm now finished 242 00:13:10,310 --> 00:13:12,103 butchering and carrying the meat. 243 00:13:13,758 --> 00:13:16,413 And my project today is all building 244 00:13:16,413 --> 00:13:18,413 the food cache cold storage. 245 00:13:18,413 --> 00:13:19,896 [suspenseful music] 246 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,896 Trying to save all the meat from the hot weather 247 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,655 got me so ragged. 248 00:13:23,655 --> 00:13:26,310 And I was just worried all night long 249 00:13:26,413 --> 00:13:28,275 that a bear will find it. 250 00:13:28,379 --> 00:13:29,517 ♪ ♪ 251 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:30,724 If I can get through these next few days, 252 00:13:30,827 --> 00:13:32,068 I'll be all right. 253 00:13:32,068 --> 00:13:33,241 ♪ ♪ 254 00:13:33,241 --> 00:13:35,206 I'm gonna get to work. 255 00:13:35,206 --> 00:13:39,241 ♪ ♪ 256 00:13:39,241 --> 00:13:42,758 Preserving and keeping this meat is my biggest concern. 257 00:13:42,758 --> 00:13:45,000 More than bears, birds, anything else, 258 00:13:45,103 --> 00:13:47,344 the enemy is weather. 259 00:13:47,344 --> 00:13:51,965 It's still really cool back here on this north bank. 260 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:56,379 And I'll work on building something in the bank. 261 00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:59,931 I got to keep this meat so that I can smoke it all. 262 00:13:59,931 --> 00:14:01,758 Everything comes down to this. 263 00:14:01,862 --> 00:14:04,965 I have to do my best to save the meat. 264 00:14:05,068 --> 00:14:08,965 I'm definitely burning a ton of energy 265 00:14:09,068 --> 00:14:11,103 on this project and the whole moose project. 266 00:14:11,103 --> 00:14:16,137 But food security is worth it. 267 00:14:16,137 --> 00:14:17,137 268 00:14:17,137 --> 00:14:18,862 To preserve this meat, 269 00:14:18,965 --> 00:14:21,137 it's not just saving it from the warm weather. 270 00:14:21,137 --> 00:14:23,620 I have to save it from moist weather. 271 00:14:23,620 --> 00:14:25,413 And if the weather is anything in this area, 272 00:14:25,413 --> 00:14:27,586 it's very moist and humid. 273 00:14:27,586 --> 00:14:28,862 [saw grinding] 274 00:14:28,965 --> 00:14:30,000 ♪ ♪ 275 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,206 Now that I've gotten this moose 276 00:14:31,206 --> 00:14:32,448 and I have the meat, 277 00:14:32,448 --> 00:14:34,586 tapping out, that's not an option. 278 00:14:34,586 --> 00:14:36,862 The pressure to win now is intense, 279 00:14:36,862 --> 00:14:38,827 so I better pull it off. 280 00:14:38,827 --> 00:14:40,655 281 00:14:40,655 --> 00:14:42,310 I'm gonna make a solid wall. 282 00:14:42,413 --> 00:14:45,448 ♪ ♪ 283 00:14:45,448 --> 00:14:47,137 I need a bunch more of those. 284 00:14:47,241 --> 00:14:48,137 ♪ ♪ 285 00:14:48,241 --> 00:14:50,137 Food cache is coming along. 286 00:14:50,137 --> 00:14:54,620 I'm praying for colder weather, quick. 287 00:14:54,724 --> 00:14:58,344 Such a huge blessing can also be a curse 288 00:14:58,344 --> 00:14:59,758 if the timing isn't right. 289 00:14:59,758 --> 00:15:01,310 [thunder rumbles] 290 00:15:01,413 --> 00:15:03,482 But everything for me this season 291 00:15:03,482 --> 00:15:05,517 could come down to this. 292 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:09,413 There's no option on Earth of wasting this meat. 293 00:15:09,413 --> 00:15:13,310 ♪ ♪ 294 00:15:13,310 --> 00:15:17,172 Hopefully this will be grizzly-proof. 295 00:15:19,103 --> 00:15:21,482 Now, I'm gonna put stakes out here 296 00:15:21,482 --> 00:15:22,793 and then fix it all together. 297 00:15:22,793 --> 00:15:25,379 It'll be a 7- or 8-inch-thick front wall. 298 00:15:25,482 --> 00:15:30,000 ♪ ♪ 299 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,206 I'm not quite finished 300 00:15:31,206 --> 00:15:32,586 with the outside to make it bear-proof. 301 00:15:32,586 --> 00:15:34,689 Almost. 302 00:15:34,793 --> 00:15:36,862 But I'm gonna go ahead and put the meat in. 303 00:15:36,862 --> 00:15:39,793 I'm gonna line the inside with these bows, 304 00:15:39,793 --> 00:15:41,034 put a grate of sticks down, 305 00:15:41,034 --> 00:15:42,689 'cause I want some airflow to it. 306 00:15:42,689 --> 00:15:45,655 I don't want to seal it off 'cause then it will go bad. 307 00:15:45,655 --> 00:15:47,448 ♪ ♪ 308 00:15:47,448 --> 00:15:50,172 This is life here for the winter. 309 00:15:50,275 --> 00:15:51,758 I've got to protect it. 310 00:15:51,862 --> 00:15:53,137 [wind howling] 311 00:15:53,241 --> 00:15:55,724 All right, guys. 312 00:15:55,724 --> 00:15:59,793 Fort Moose Meat is done. 313 00:15:59,896 --> 00:16:03,103 It's staked down well back here. 314 00:16:03,206 --> 00:16:04,931 And the bear is gonna tear at it here 315 00:16:05,034 --> 00:16:07,034 and he'll be able to put no leverage back there, 316 00:16:07,034 --> 00:16:09,620 and he won't think to go back there and undo that. 317 00:16:09,620 --> 00:16:12,068 So the locking log lifts off... 318 00:16:14,241 --> 00:16:15,896 [grunts] Like this, 319 00:16:15,896 --> 00:16:19,620 And I get the lid off... 320 00:16:19,620 --> 00:16:20,896 and get the meat. 321 00:16:22,931 --> 00:16:26,241 I think it should be enough, but we'll see. 322 00:16:26,241 --> 00:16:28,310 [sighs] 323 00:16:28,310 --> 00:16:32,413 What a nightmare it's been. 324 00:16:32,517 --> 00:16:35,379 [suspenseful music] 325 00:16:35,379 --> 00:16:42,482 ♪ ♪ 326 00:16:43,103 --> 00:16:47,000 [panting] 327 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:52,034 Four days ago, I sat down on a rock, 328 00:16:52,034 --> 00:16:56,448 and there was this really sharp protrusion from the rock. 329 00:16:56,448 --> 00:16:57,931 When I sat down on it, 330 00:16:58,034 --> 00:16:59,689 that thing hit me right on the tailbone 331 00:16:59,689 --> 00:17:02,206 and snapped my tailbone. 332 00:17:02,206 --> 00:17:04,758 ♪ ♪ 333 00:17:04,758 --> 00:17:08,068 [chuckles] So I've been-- 334 00:17:08,172 --> 00:17:09,862 I've been gimping around out here. 335 00:17:09,965 --> 00:17:12,000 [chuckles] 336 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,379 I'm not worried about it. It'll get better. 337 00:17:15,379 --> 00:17:17,448 It's just one more thing, you know? 338 00:17:17,448 --> 00:17:19,448 ♪ ♪ 339 00:17:19,448 --> 00:17:22,310 But anyway, 340 00:17:22,310 --> 00:17:24,724 let's go check the net. 341 00:17:24,827 --> 00:17:27,310 ♪ ♪ 342 00:17:27,310 --> 00:17:29,689 The first few days it slowed me down a bit, 343 00:17:29,689 --> 00:17:30,793 but not anymore. 344 00:17:30,896 --> 00:17:32,344 I'm doing fine. 345 00:17:32,344 --> 00:17:36,206 But I need to get a real big win for me at some point. 346 00:17:40,172 --> 00:17:43,379 Oh, I see something. 347 00:17:43,379 --> 00:17:46,655 I see a fish for-- I see two fish for me. 348 00:17:46,758 --> 00:17:48,034 [laughs] 349 00:17:48,137 --> 00:17:51,000 ♪ ♪ 350 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,310 That's the spot. 351 00:17:52,413 --> 00:17:54,000 I guess that was the whole deal, 352 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,517 'cause I played around all over this bank. 353 00:17:57,620 --> 00:18:00,517 [laughs] That's just awesome. 354 00:18:00,517 --> 00:18:02,551 ♪ ♪ 355 00:18:02,551 --> 00:18:04,965 [sighs] Oh, man. 356 00:18:04,965 --> 00:18:07,000 That one's just barely hanging on there. 357 00:18:07,103 --> 00:18:08,931 ♪ ♪ 358 00:18:08,931 --> 00:18:11,586 Better be careful. 359 00:18:11,586 --> 00:18:15,379 Oh, my gosh. Look at how fat he is. 360 00:18:15,379 --> 00:18:17,620 Oh, my gosh. He's huge. 361 00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:19,034 Huge. 362 00:18:19,034 --> 00:18:20,517 Oh, and he's got--[laughs] 363 00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:23,241 He's got a lingcod in his mouth or something. 364 00:18:23,241 --> 00:18:24,517 [soft upbeat music] 365 00:18:24,620 --> 00:18:26,448 Oh, my gosh. Look at this. 366 00:18:26,448 --> 00:18:29,931 367 00:18:30,034 --> 00:18:32,896 I scored big time on these. 368 00:18:32,896 --> 00:18:36,482 [laughs] This is just amazing. 369 00:18:37,827 --> 00:18:41,517 All right, let's see what's in your mouth, buddy. 370 00:18:42,724 --> 00:18:45,379 That looks like a burbot. 371 00:18:45,379 --> 00:18:48,103 I think the burbot was caught in the net, 372 00:18:48,103 --> 00:18:50,793 and the pike came after the burbot. 373 00:18:50,793 --> 00:18:53,413 [laughs] 374 00:18:54,413 --> 00:18:56,310 All right, man. You're dead. 375 00:18:56,413 --> 00:18:58,758 You might as well let go. 376 00:18:58,758 --> 00:19:01,241 ♪ ♪ 377 00:19:01,241 --> 00:19:04,344 [laughs] 378 00:19:04,344 --> 00:19:05,931 Can I dump him out? 379 00:19:05,931 --> 00:19:08,517 380 00:19:08,517 --> 00:19:09,931 [sighs] 381 00:19:09,931 --> 00:19:11,965 382 00:19:11,965 --> 00:19:13,931 Look at this. 383 00:19:13,931 --> 00:19:15,862 [laughs] 384 00:19:15,965 --> 00:19:19,551 [laughing] 385 00:19:19,551 --> 00:19:22,896 Oh, my gosh. What a score. 386 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,241 [laughs] 387 00:19:26,344 --> 00:19:28,620 ♪ ♪ 388 00:19:28,620 --> 00:19:30,896 What a freaking score, man. 389 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,689 ♪ ♪ 390 00:19:32,793 --> 00:19:34,241 All right. 391 00:19:34,241 --> 00:19:35,965 392 00:19:36,068 --> 00:19:38,689 It's been kind of a rough start for me. 393 00:19:38,689 --> 00:19:41,931 But when I lost my fishing line, 394 00:19:42,034 --> 00:19:43,965 rather than breaking all over the country 395 00:19:43,965 --> 00:19:46,758 trying to kill squirrels and burning more calories 396 00:19:46,758 --> 00:19:48,586 than what a squirrel would provide... 397 00:19:48,689 --> 00:19:50,034 [chuckles] 398 00:19:50,137 --> 00:19:53,931 I chose to teach myself how to make a gillnet. 399 00:19:53,931 --> 00:19:57,137 This is a turning point for me. 400 00:19:57,137 --> 00:20:00,068 Everything is going to be different now. 401 00:20:00,172 --> 00:20:02,206 That's two huge pike 402 00:20:02,206 --> 00:20:06,241 and some of my favorite fish in the world, which is cod. 403 00:20:06,241 --> 00:20:10,241 If I had some potatoes, I'd be having fish and chips tonight. 404 00:20:10,241 --> 00:20:12,241 I'm feeling pretty good about this. 405 00:20:12,241 --> 00:20:15,275 I finally found some methods that are working. 406 00:20:15,275 --> 00:20:17,655 That is incredible. 407 00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:24,793 [dramatic music] 408 00:20:24,896 --> 00:20:31,931 ♪ ♪ 409 00:20:34,965 --> 00:20:36,827 Good enough for the chimney. 410 00:20:41,137 --> 00:20:45,275 All right, we're back on the shelter train... 411 00:20:45,379 --> 00:20:47,448 'cause last night was cold. 412 00:20:48,758 --> 00:20:49,896 So cold. 413 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,655 It was by far the coldest night we've had. 414 00:20:52,655 --> 00:20:54,482 And it kind of got me spooked. 415 00:20:54,482 --> 00:20:57,862 I want to make sure this is good as I can get it 416 00:20:57,862 --> 00:21:01,241 and the insulation is all in. 417 00:21:01,344 --> 00:21:02,413 I came out here knowing 418 00:21:02,517 --> 00:21:04,620 I wanted to get a solid shelter 419 00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:06,586 and begin preparing for winter. 420 00:21:06,586 --> 00:21:11,413 OK. We got a layer of horsetail. 421 00:21:11,413 --> 00:21:13,931 Crossed it. 422 00:21:14,034 --> 00:21:18,206 Staging myself for a long-term situation is a priority. 423 00:21:18,206 --> 00:21:21,068 It's just mud and grass mixed together. 424 00:21:21,068 --> 00:21:22,862 Yeah, big game, if you get it, 425 00:21:22,862 --> 00:21:24,482 then you got a real good shot at winning. 426 00:21:24,482 --> 00:21:27,310 But I'll tell you what, it's a full-time job to process it, 427 00:21:27,310 --> 00:21:30,310 to smoke it, to keep it all safe from animals. 428 00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:32,965 I mean, I want that steak really badly, 429 00:21:33,068 --> 00:21:34,896 but it's almost irresponsible 430 00:21:34,896 --> 00:21:37,172 to take an animal in this kind of weather. 431 00:21:37,172 --> 00:21:39,965 Whereas if I wait for it to get cold, 432 00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:42,931 I can slowly make the cache, and when I get an animal, 433 00:21:42,931 --> 00:21:45,137 I can just pop it up there, and I'll be ready. 434 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:48,034 Willow branches 435 00:21:48,137 --> 00:21:49,896 working beautifully. 436 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,034 I've put spruce bows across the whole top 437 00:21:52,034 --> 00:21:54,241 of the shelter for insulation. 438 00:21:54,241 --> 00:21:57,344 On top of that, I have about 5 inches of horsetail. 439 00:21:57,448 --> 00:21:58,758 [suspenseful music] 440 00:21:58,862 --> 00:22:02,137 My new shelter may be small, but it's strong, 441 00:22:02,137 --> 00:22:04,413 and it's gonna be warmer inside. 442 00:22:04,517 --> 00:22:05,448 ♪ ♪ 443 00:22:05,551 --> 00:22:07,689 Let's tuck this down. 444 00:22:07,689 --> 00:22:08,931 ♪ ♪ 445 00:22:08,931 --> 00:22:10,448 The only thing that can make you 446 00:22:10,551 --> 00:22:12,344 a stronger outdoorsman 447 00:22:12,344 --> 00:22:15,034 and survivalist is to be able to push through 448 00:22:15,137 --> 00:22:17,413 tough situations and learn from them. 449 00:22:17,413 --> 00:22:19,241 ♪ ♪ 450 00:22:19,241 --> 00:22:22,241 We got this damn thing insulated. 451 00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:24,724 Beautiful mud daub fireplace. 452 00:22:24,827 --> 00:22:26,241 ♪ ♪ 453 00:22:26,241 --> 00:22:29,310 We just need a front door and some final touches. 454 00:22:29,413 --> 00:22:32,413 But if winter came tomorrow, we would be fine. 455 00:22:33,551 --> 00:22:35,965 This shelter 456 00:22:36,068 --> 00:22:38,517 is fortified 457 00:22:38,517 --> 00:22:40,344 for the Arctic winter. 458 00:22:40,344 --> 00:22:43,689 Man, I think we got this situation handled. 459 00:22:43,689 --> 00:22:46,689 [tense music] 460 00:22:46,689 --> 00:22:53,793 ♪ ♪ 461 00:22:57,206 --> 00:22:58,620 All right, this one goes out 462 00:22:58,620 --> 00:23:02,034 to my nieces and nephews, 463 00:23:02,034 --> 00:23:04,689 who were curious. 464 00:23:04,689 --> 00:23:07,896 They'd say Chow Chow, which is what they call me. 465 00:23:07,896 --> 00:23:09,689 They call me Uncle Chow Chow. 466 00:23:09,689 --> 00:23:12,137 They're curious how I'm gonna brush my teeth out here. 467 00:23:12,137 --> 00:23:14,241 So this is how. 468 00:23:14,344 --> 00:23:15,448 [soft upbeat music] 469 00:23:15,551 --> 00:23:18,241 You can either just go at it 470 00:23:18,344 --> 00:23:20,275 with just your spit, some water, 471 00:23:20,379 --> 00:23:22,620 or you can, uh... 472 00:23:22,620 --> 00:23:25,275 you can just use a simple piece of charcoal. 473 00:23:25,379 --> 00:23:26,862 ♪ ♪ 474 00:23:26,965 --> 00:23:28,206 Throw it in there. 475 00:23:28,206 --> 00:23:32,275 476 00:23:32,379 --> 00:23:34,103 Oh, yeah. 477 00:23:34,206 --> 00:23:39,655 ♪ ♪ 478 00:23:39,655 --> 00:23:41,724 Not too shabby. 479 00:23:42,965 --> 00:23:43,931 All right. 480 00:23:43,931 --> 00:23:44,931 [suspenseful music] 481 00:23:44,931 --> 00:23:46,310 Let's work on a fireplace. 482 00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:48,000 ♪ ♪ 483 00:23:48,103 --> 00:23:51,241 I think we're in for a winner like this show's never seen. 484 00:23:51,344 --> 00:23:53,655 And so I'm gonna keep working on my shelter 485 00:23:53,758 --> 00:23:56,379 as my main priority to keep myself warm, 486 00:23:56,379 --> 00:23:59,965 to keep myself dry, and to keep myself safe. 487 00:23:59,965 --> 00:24:01,517 Oh, man. [sniffles] 488 00:24:01,620 --> 00:24:03,689 I'm gonna call this the bunker. 489 00:24:03,689 --> 00:24:05,379 This is gonna have so many layers, 490 00:24:05,482 --> 00:24:08,655 and it's gonna have the best fireplace. 491 00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:10,137 I've just got to be able to do it 492 00:24:10,241 --> 00:24:12,275 without killing myself 493 00:24:12,275 --> 00:24:14,103 and burning too much calories, 494 00:24:14,103 --> 00:24:16,793 but I think I can knock it out. 495 00:24:16,896 --> 00:24:21,034 So I'm gonna throw some of these stakes in the ground. 496 00:24:21,137 --> 00:24:23,172 And as I build these rocks up, 497 00:24:23,172 --> 00:24:27,793 I'll have dirt behind them to fill in and keep all the sparks 498 00:24:27,793 --> 00:24:29,586 and make it a little more solid. 499 00:24:29,586 --> 00:24:32,586 [suspenseful music] 500 00:24:32,586 --> 00:24:37,517 501 00:24:37,620 --> 00:24:39,413 So now, rocks. 502 00:24:39,413 --> 00:24:44,344 503 00:24:44,448 --> 00:24:47,137 I'm no stonemason, obviously. 504 00:24:47,241 --> 00:24:48,931 ♪ ♪ 505 00:24:49,034 --> 00:24:52,068 After college, I did a lot of great jobs, 506 00:24:52,068 --> 00:24:53,724 a lot of different jobs. 507 00:24:53,724 --> 00:24:56,551 I joined the West Virginia Air National Guard. 508 00:24:56,551 --> 00:24:59,206 And that's one of the best decisions I ever made, 509 00:24:59,310 --> 00:25:03,068 getting to serve my country. 510 00:25:03,172 --> 00:25:05,551 [soft upbeat music] 511 00:25:05,655 --> 00:25:10,310 One leg up I might have on some of my competitors 512 00:25:10,310 --> 00:25:13,482 is my military experience. 513 00:25:13,482 --> 00:25:17,310 That made me really good at one thing in particular, 514 00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:20,413 and military members would know this. 515 00:25:20,517 --> 00:25:23,275 I know how to just shut up and color. 516 00:25:23,275 --> 00:25:25,413 A lot of hurry up and wait, 517 00:25:25,517 --> 00:25:27,551 but sometimes you just got to get something done. 518 00:25:27,551 --> 00:25:30,758 And we call that shut up and color. 519 00:25:30,758 --> 00:25:32,172 That's what I'm doing. 520 00:25:32,172 --> 00:25:35,241 521 00:25:35,344 --> 00:25:37,862 That one go about right there. 522 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,862 It's perfect. 523 00:25:41,862 --> 00:25:44,931 So today, I got quite a bit done. 524 00:25:46,137 --> 00:25:49,344 I didn't eat today. Um... 525 00:25:49,448 --> 00:25:52,620 just didn't really feel like it. 526 00:25:52,620 --> 00:25:54,068 I'll be fine. 527 00:25:56,275 --> 00:25:58,517 I'm just gonna go to bed. 528 00:25:58,517 --> 00:26:01,586 [suspenseful music] 529 00:26:01,586 --> 00:26:08,241 530 00:26:08,241 --> 00:26:11,275 [wolves howling in distance] 531 00:26:17,931 --> 00:26:20,965 [wolves howling in distance] 532 00:26:37,620 --> 00:26:40,586 [wolves howling in distance] 533 00:26:43,241 --> 00:26:47,275 And to me, it sounded like they're really close, 534 00:26:47,379 --> 00:26:50,000 but yeah, I don't-- 535 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,655 I don't really know how to tell out here, 536 00:26:54,655 --> 00:26:57,379 as far as how far sound travels. 537 00:26:57,482 --> 00:26:59,344 [wolves howling in distance] 538 00:26:59,448 --> 00:27:01,137 Wolves scare me. 539 00:27:02,551 --> 00:27:05,482 [wolves howling in distance] 540 00:27:05,586 --> 00:27:08,413 Got to get the shelter done. 541 00:27:08,413 --> 00:27:10,758 'Cause I don't want to get my face eaten off. 542 00:27:10,758 --> 00:27:13,827 [wolves howling in distance] 543 00:27:25,689 --> 00:27:28,620 [suspenseful music] 544 00:27:28,620 --> 00:27:35,448 ♪ ♪ 545 00:27:36,344 --> 00:27:41,344 [yawning] 546 00:27:45,344 --> 00:27:50,793 Last night was the roughest night so far. 547 00:27:54,551 --> 00:27:56,517 Those-- 548 00:27:56,620 --> 00:27:58,896 those wolves would just not let up. 549 00:28:01,896 --> 00:28:06,344 Luckily, nothing came up against the... 550 00:28:06,344 --> 00:28:07,965 shelter last night. 551 00:28:09,551 --> 00:28:11,344 At least, I don't think anything did. 552 00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:16,655 That's all the more reason to get that shelter 553 00:28:16,758 --> 00:28:18,620 finished as fast as possible. 554 00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:19,827 [suspenseful music] 555 00:28:19,827 --> 00:28:21,827 I gotta get to work. 556 00:28:21,827 --> 00:28:23,275 ♪ ♪ 557 00:28:23,379 --> 00:28:24,379 [steady hammering] 558 00:28:24,379 --> 00:28:25,931 559 00:28:26,034 --> 00:28:28,896 I need to get out of the temporary shelter. 560 00:28:28,896 --> 00:28:32,931 I need to be as safe as I can from any kind of predators. 561 00:28:32,931 --> 00:28:35,896 And it's just gonna get colder and colder and colder, 562 00:28:35,896 --> 00:28:40,931 so I'm gonna push and do as much in one day as I can. 563 00:28:40,931 --> 00:28:44,310 Around about right there. 564 00:28:44,310 --> 00:28:45,758 Like so. 565 00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:49,344 It's gonna go about right here 566 00:28:49,344 --> 00:28:50,448 and drop straight down. 567 00:28:50,551 --> 00:28:52,965 That should make 16 feet. 568 00:28:52,965 --> 00:28:55,448 Psh, psh, psh, psh. 569 00:28:55,551 --> 00:28:56,793 Basically what I'm doing is 570 00:28:56,793 --> 00:29:01,172 I'm cutting out these corners of the ceiling. 571 00:29:01,275 --> 00:29:03,586 I'm taking away some of my space. 572 00:29:03,689 --> 00:29:06,344 That way, I have less to heat up. 573 00:29:06,344 --> 00:29:07,551 I think in the long run, 574 00:29:07,551 --> 00:29:11,137 that's gonna be a pretty big calorie-saver. 575 00:29:12,172 --> 00:29:15,793 Let's go shopping for some poles. 576 00:29:15,793 --> 00:29:18,793 I know that there might be, like, the question of 577 00:29:18,793 --> 00:29:23,034 why am I not going harder after fish and after game? 578 00:29:23,137 --> 00:29:25,793 I'm trying to set myself up long-term. 579 00:29:25,793 --> 00:29:27,448 When it comes to the cold, like, 580 00:29:27,448 --> 00:29:30,448 you're burning calories to try to keep yourself warm. 581 00:29:30,448 --> 00:29:32,413 And so I'm doing smaller 582 00:29:32,413 --> 00:29:35,103 so that I can actually move into it 583 00:29:35,103 --> 00:29:38,103 and then I can just keep adding walls to the inside 584 00:29:38,206 --> 00:29:40,310 to provide more insulation as it gets colder. 585 00:29:40,310 --> 00:29:42,655 I think in the long run, digging in, 586 00:29:42,655 --> 00:29:45,793 framing up is the way to go. 587 00:29:45,896 --> 00:29:47,000 And once everything's together, 588 00:29:47,103 --> 00:29:50,448 we'll just tie these at the top. 589 00:29:50,448 --> 00:29:52,931 It's a solid wall. 590 00:29:52,931 --> 00:29:55,413 When I'm done, this place is gonna be bomb-proof. 591 00:29:55,517 --> 00:29:59,000 ♪ ♪ 592 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,551 [exhales] 593 00:30:00,551 --> 00:30:03,000 I gotta be careful standing up so quick. 594 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,655 It's easy to forget how much I haven't eaten. 595 00:30:05,758 --> 00:30:09,448 ♪ ♪ 596 00:30:09,448 --> 00:30:11,034 Raining a little. 597 00:30:11,034 --> 00:30:13,862 All right. We need my tarp. 598 00:30:13,862 --> 00:30:16,862 [rain pattering] 599 00:30:16,862 --> 00:30:23,931 600 00:30:30,689 --> 00:30:33,379 Oh. [laughs] 601 00:30:33,379 --> 00:30:37,965 Yes. Oh, yes. Oh! [laughs] 602 00:30:37,965 --> 00:30:39,620 New shelter. New shelter. 603 00:30:39,724 --> 00:30:41,517 I can stand up. 604 00:30:41,517 --> 00:30:44,206 Oh, I'm so excited. 605 00:30:44,206 --> 00:30:51,241 606 00:30:59,862 --> 00:31:03,551 This tree has a little bird's nest in it. 607 00:31:05,758 --> 00:31:08,068 That's cool. 608 00:31:08,172 --> 00:31:10,068 I wonder if this would be good for starting a fire. 609 00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:13,827 Probably. A literal bird's nest. 610 00:31:13,827 --> 00:31:15,103 Usually when you make a fire, 611 00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:17,413 you take a whole bunch of really dry material, 612 00:31:17,413 --> 00:31:20,241 and you shape it into a ball with a little crevice 613 00:31:20,241 --> 00:31:22,517 in the center, and you call it a bird's nest. 614 00:31:22,620 --> 00:31:27,310 And here, I literally have a bird's nest. 615 00:31:27,310 --> 00:31:29,275 That's really cool. 616 00:31:29,275 --> 00:31:32,413 So there's moose around here, 'cause there's moose hairs 617 00:31:32,517 --> 00:31:35,379 in this bird's nest. 618 00:31:35,482 --> 00:31:38,793 Save that for a cold day. 619 00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:43,137 OK. We continue the shelter. 620 00:31:43,137 --> 00:31:45,206 621 00:31:45,206 --> 00:31:50,000 So I would like to cut all the poles for this side. 622 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,862 623 00:31:52,965 --> 00:31:54,689 About... 624 00:31:56,896 --> 00:31:58,206 625 00:31:58,206 --> 00:32:00,758 I love my shelter. It's a great shelter. 626 00:32:00,862 --> 00:32:04,758 It's a simple A-frame attached to a big tree, so it's strong. 627 00:32:04,862 --> 00:32:06,172 One side is facing north, 628 00:32:06,172 --> 00:32:08,206 so that's where the main winds are gonna come. 629 00:32:08,206 --> 00:32:11,379 I'm gonna leave all the trees there to be a wind block. 630 00:32:11,379 --> 00:32:14,413 And then the other side is facing south. 631 00:32:14,413 --> 00:32:16,379 And I'm thinking that maybe I can capture 632 00:32:16,379 --> 00:32:18,275 some radiant heat from the sun 633 00:32:18,379 --> 00:32:21,620 and then all the spruce boughs is insulation. 634 00:32:21,620 --> 00:32:24,344 635 00:32:28,275 --> 00:32:29,896 It is small, 636 00:32:29,896 --> 00:32:33,344 but I'm willing to sacrifice a little bit of comfort 637 00:32:33,448 --> 00:32:36,758 so that I'm staying warm and safe. 638 00:32:36,862 --> 00:32:39,379 ♪ I need another tree ♪ 639 00:32:39,482 --> 00:32:42,137 ♪ ♪ 640 00:32:42,137 --> 00:32:45,620 I grew up out in the trapline, being homeschooled. 641 00:32:45,724 --> 00:32:48,586 And I always thought my world was so small. 642 00:32:48,586 --> 00:32:50,551 All I wanted to do was just go to the real world. 643 00:32:50,551 --> 00:32:52,586 That's what I called it. 644 00:32:52,586 --> 00:32:54,586 So I went to university. 645 00:32:54,586 --> 00:32:56,413 And when I got to the city, 646 00:32:56,413 --> 00:33:00,172 I wanted to experience everything all at once. 647 00:33:00,172 --> 00:33:02,896 So I was going to all the parties, 648 00:33:02,896 --> 00:33:04,724 I was in all the sports. 649 00:33:04,724 --> 00:33:07,413 I tried it all out, from the good to the bad. 650 00:33:07,517 --> 00:33:09,758 But I was trying to fit in some other box 651 00:33:09,862 --> 00:33:11,482 that was not me at all. 652 00:33:11,482 --> 00:33:13,000 And then one day, 653 00:33:13,103 --> 00:33:16,551 I had a complete mental breakdown. 654 00:33:16,551 --> 00:33:18,482 And I was hospitalized. 655 00:33:18,586 --> 00:33:21,793 And my mom came rushing to the city 656 00:33:21,793 --> 00:33:24,241 and she's like, "You need to come home." 657 00:33:24,344 --> 00:33:27,172 And the first thing that really healed me 658 00:33:27,172 --> 00:33:31,655 when I got home was the quietness. 659 00:33:31,655 --> 00:33:34,275 There was no traffic. There was no machines. 660 00:33:34,275 --> 00:33:36,068 There was just nature, 661 00:33:36,068 --> 00:33:40,103 and I could just really be safe. 662 00:33:40,103 --> 00:33:41,482 [chopping] 663 00:33:41,482 --> 00:33:44,482 664 00:33:44,482 --> 00:33:47,551 [rustling in forest] 665 00:33:49,103 --> 00:33:51,517 [animal calling] 666 00:33:51,517 --> 00:33:54,517 [rustling in forest] 667 00:33:54,517 --> 00:33:57,551 [tense music] 668 00:33:57,551 --> 00:34:00,586 [rustling in forest continuing] 669 00:34:00,586 --> 00:34:05,482 ♪ ♪ 670 00:34:05,482 --> 00:34:07,137 [animal screeches] 671 00:34:08,655 --> 00:34:10,896 [animal screeches] 672 00:34:10,896 --> 00:34:12,000 Oh, my God. 673 00:34:16,689 --> 00:34:17,758 [rustling in forest] 674 00:34:17,862 --> 00:34:18,965 [animal screeches] 675 00:34:21,517 --> 00:34:24,551 It's a marten hunting rabbit. 676 00:34:24,551 --> 00:34:27,551 [tense music] 677 00:34:27,551 --> 00:34:30,413 678 00:34:35,482 --> 00:34:37,103 Hey. 679 00:34:37,206 --> 00:34:38,482 ♪ ♪ 680 00:34:38,586 --> 00:34:39,689 Hey. 681 00:34:39,793 --> 00:34:42,206 ♪ ♪ 682 00:34:48,448 --> 00:34:50,620 Oh, my God. 683 00:34:57,689 --> 00:34:59,068 What? 684 00:34:59,068 --> 00:35:01,206 This place is wild, man. 685 00:35:02,793 --> 00:35:04,000 Oh, man. 686 00:35:14,310 --> 00:35:15,896 Look at that. 687 00:35:15,896 --> 00:35:17,896 Fresh rabbit. 688 00:35:17,896 --> 00:35:20,137 [soft upbeat music] 689 00:35:20,137 --> 00:35:22,758 I guess I'm skinning some rabbit. 690 00:35:22,862 --> 00:35:23,931 ♪ ♪ 691 00:35:23,931 --> 00:35:26,344 After my college experience, 692 00:35:26,344 --> 00:35:30,379 the land healed and gave me a new education. 693 00:35:30,379 --> 00:35:32,655 It's like I found purpose again. 694 00:35:32,758 --> 00:35:36,379 Now, rabbit skin is very fragile. 695 00:35:36,379 --> 00:35:38,862 [soft suspenseful music] 696 00:35:38,965 --> 00:35:40,275 So if you want it to be intact, 697 00:35:40,379 --> 00:35:44,482 you kind of have to be gentle. 698 00:35:44,586 --> 00:35:48,517 The Cree philosophy of teaching is kinisitohten. 699 00:35:48,620 --> 00:35:52,551 That's the Cree word for "Do you understand?" 700 00:35:52,655 --> 00:35:54,482 And that's something that 701 00:35:54,482 --> 00:35:56,827 my dad has asked me throughout my life. 702 00:35:56,827 --> 00:35:59,103 "Kinisitohten?" 703 00:35:59,103 --> 00:36:01,344 It's not a written language, 704 00:36:01,344 --> 00:36:04,862 so the way that Cree people teach is by showing. 705 00:36:04,965 --> 00:36:09,206 And my dad isn't really, like, explaining things beforehand. 706 00:36:09,206 --> 00:36:11,689 I would just have to start helping him out 707 00:36:11,793 --> 00:36:16,689 and copying his actions and figuring it out on the go. 708 00:36:16,793 --> 00:36:18,206 [soft suspenseful music] 709 00:36:18,206 --> 00:36:20,655 And then eventually, it becomes part of your body 710 00:36:20,655 --> 00:36:23,172 because you've been doing it with your own hands. 711 00:36:23,275 --> 00:36:25,103 ♪ ♪ 712 00:36:25,103 --> 00:36:27,344 Inspect the liver. 713 00:36:29,793 --> 00:36:33,379 So now, I'm just gonna start slicing. 714 00:36:33,379 --> 00:36:36,758 And then when you can say "ninistohten," 715 00:36:36,758 --> 00:36:39,620 which means "I understand," 716 00:36:39,620 --> 00:36:44,344 that means you can actually teach someone else. 717 00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:46,620 And now I'm showing other people 718 00:36:46,620 --> 00:36:48,827 my knowledge, what I'm doing. 719 00:36:48,827 --> 00:36:51,034 Whoo. That's amazing. 720 00:36:51,034 --> 00:36:56,931 721 00:36:57,034 --> 00:37:00,137 All right. Here it is, my rabbit. 722 00:37:00,241 --> 00:37:03,310 [fire crackling] 723 00:37:04,965 --> 00:37:07,379 Oh, my gosh. It's so good. 724 00:37:07,379 --> 00:37:09,000 Wow. 725 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,931 Thank you for this gift of rabbit. 726 00:37:15,586 --> 00:37:16,896 Normally, I don't like rabbit that much. 727 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,620 But I must be out here a long time, 728 00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:21,310 because this is delicious. 729 00:37:22,620 --> 00:37:24,310 That is so good. 730 00:37:24,413 --> 00:37:27,275 [suspenseful music] 731 00:37:27,275 --> 00:37:28,620 ♪ ♪ 732 00:37:39,517 --> 00:37:44,448 I keep seeing fish hitting on this point right here. 733 00:37:44,551 --> 00:37:48,413 So I got this whitefish. We're gonna try that as bait. 734 00:37:49,517 --> 00:37:51,551 [splashing] 735 00:37:53,482 --> 00:37:54,862 Try here. 736 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,103 A school of whitefish in front of me. 737 00:38:03,758 --> 00:38:05,137 Whitefish, how do you feel about 738 00:38:05,137 --> 00:38:08,620 a little bit of cannibalism? 739 00:38:08,724 --> 00:38:10,310 ♪ ♪ 740 00:38:10,310 --> 00:38:12,758 How's that sound? 741 00:38:12,758 --> 00:38:15,241 742 00:38:15,344 --> 00:38:17,862 They're not into that, apparently. 743 00:38:17,965 --> 00:38:21,172 ♪ ♪ 744 00:38:21,172 --> 00:38:25,068 I'm about ready to indulge in a little cannibalism. 745 00:38:25,068 --> 00:38:29,068 About ready to creep into the next "Alone" survivalist area 746 00:38:29,068 --> 00:38:31,275 and... 747 00:38:31,275 --> 00:38:33,862 cut myself a femur to chew on. 748 00:38:37,620 --> 00:38:39,724 Just kidding, of course. 749 00:38:39,724 --> 00:38:41,275 Just kidding. 750 00:38:41,275 --> 00:38:44,586 751 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:47,620 But I'm not kidding about these whitefish 752 00:38:47,724 --> 00:38:50,206 needing to become cannibalistic. 753 00:38:51,379 --> 00:38:52,586 'Cause this morning, 754 00:38:52,586 --> 00:38:54,620 they were going bananas all along the edge. 755 00:38:54,620 --> 00:38:56,000 Now that the sun's out and bright, 756 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,172 they moved out a bit. 757 00:38:59,862 --> 00:39:02,448 Nature's gonna be throwing curveballs left and right 758 00:39:02,448 --> 00:39:04,172 every day, 759 00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:06,620 but I'm ready. 760 00:39:06,724 --> 00:39:09,103 There's a lot of subtle cues in nature 761 00:39:09,103 --> 00:39:10,931 that a lot of people might not pick up on, 762 00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:12,379 but you spend enough time out there, 763 00:39:12,482 --> 00:39:15,620 and you can read everything sort of like a book. 764 00:39:15,724 --> 00:39:18,413 You just got to know what to look for. 765 00:39:18,517 --> 00:39:19,551 ♪ ♪ 766 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,448 Dude, come on back. 767 00:39:25,551 --> 00:39:26,827 Pike's right at my feet. 768 00:39:26,827 --> 00:39:28,689 [tense music] 769 00:39:28,793 --> 00:39:30,379 [gasps] 770 00:39:30,379 --> 00:39:33,379 771 00:39:33,379 --> 00:39:34,448 Ooh. 772 00:39:34,448 --> 00:39:37,068 Ah. [chuckling] I lost him. 773 00:39:37,068 --> 00:39:38,793 Dude. 774 00:39:38,793 --> 00:39:40,551 [sighs] 775 00:39:40,655 --> 00:39:42,689 That was insane, man. 776 00:39:43,758 --> 00:39:45,896 Damn it, fish. 777 00:39:45,896 --> 00:39:47,275 You're killing me. 778 00:39:49,206 --> 00:39:51,068 We gotta go fish that river. 779 00:39:52,827 --> 00:39:56,620 It's worth taking the time at our money spot. 780 00:39:56,724 --> 00:39:59,620 [suspenseful music] 781 00:39:59,724 --> 00:40:06,758 ♪ ♪ 782 00:40:07,862 --> 00:40:09,379 He stared right at me, 783 00:40:09,379 --> 00:40:12,586 came up out of the grass that I had it packed in. 784 00:40:12,586 --> 00:40:14,689 There's a freaking mink 785 00:40:14,689 --> 00:40:18,137 eating my meat in my meat cache. 786 00:40:18,241 --> 00:40:19,689 I better get leather gloves in case 787 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:21,103 I have to grab him. 788 00:40:21,103 --> 00:40:23,103 Mink can bite like the devil. 789 00:40:23,103 --> 00:40:25,103 ♪ ♪ 790 00:40:25,103 --> 00:40:27,620 I'm going to scare it away. 791 00:40:27,724 --> 00:40:29,896 It's in my meat cache right now. 792 00:40:29,896 --> 00:40:32,379 793 00:40:32,482 --> 00:40:34,000 ♪ ♪ 794 00:40:38,689 --> 00:40:42,000 Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo! 795 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,448 [rustling] 796 00:40:43,551 --> 00:40:45,413 Freaking mink. 797 00:40:45,413 --> 00:40:47,896 There you go. Good. Get out of here, you. 798 00:40:48,896 --> 00:40:52,275 Yeah, mink tracks for sure. 799 00:40:52,379 --> 00:40:54,793 He's run here two days in a row. 800 00:40:58,413 --> 00:41:01,793 I know he'll be back, plus probably others. 801 00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:03,724 Yeah, he chewed up the heart really good. 802 00:41:03,724 --> 00:41:04,724 Look. 803 00:41:04,724 --> 00:41:06,103 That's the moose heart, 804 00:41:06,103 --> 00:41:08,068 and he's eaten the whole bottom end of it off. 805 00:41:08,172 --> 00:41:10,482 So I have a problem now. 806 00:41:10,586 --> 00:41:11,827 Any little thing that gets in there 807 00:41:11,827 --> 00:41:14,655 is going for the fat first, so I'm gonna-- 808 00:41:14,655 --> 00:41:16,103 I'm gonna start rendering this fat, 809 00:41:16,206 --> 00:41:20,241 because the fat is the most precious commodity out here. 810 00:41:20,241 --> 00:41:23,896 811 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,310 It's hard to build something out here 812 00:41:25,413 --> 00:41:26,689 that would be mink-proof. 813 00:41:26,689 --> 00:41:29,482 And pine martens are the same way, same size. 814 00:41:29,482 --> 00:41:31,275 They can get through that stuff. 815 00:41:31,275 --> 00:41:32,344 That's a big problem. 816 00:41:32,448 --> 00:41:35,689 I've got to do something about that meat. 817 00:41:35,689 --> 00:41:37,344 [sizzling] 818 00:41:37,344 --> 00:41:38,517 I know one thing. 819 00:41:38,517 --> 00:41:39,517 I've got to start making some containers 820 00:41:39,517 --> 00:41:41,000 and rendering the fat, 821 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,793 'cause the fat is the first thing everything goes for. 822 00:41:42,896 --> 00:41:44,793 And the fat is what I need the most. 823 00:41:44,793 --> 00:41:47,620 So I'm gonna start cooking it down a bit each day 824 00:41:47,620 --> 00:41:50,551 as fast as I can cook it through this pot. 825 00:41:50,551 --> 00:41:54,068 I don't know how else to keep it away from everything. 826 00:41:54,172 --> 00:41:57,896 ♪ ♪ 827 00:42:02,310 --> 00:42:05,137 [dramatic music] 828 00:42:05,137 --> 00:42:08,931 829 00:42:08,931 --> 00:42:11,689 [sizzling] 830 00:42:11,689 --> 00:42:17,103 ♪ ♪ 831 00:42:18,275 --> 00:42:20,034 I have to save the fat. 832 00:42:20,137 --> 00:42:22,896 Starting to render this down pot by pot. 833 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,000 [hissing] 834 00:42:28,137 --> 00:42:29,896 It's sealing. 835 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,655 Yeah. 836 00:42:32,655 --> 00:42:35,137 This birch bark lard canister. 837 00:42:35,241 --> 00:42:36,344 And I'll make more of these and just 838 00:42:36,448 --> 00:42:39,068 fill them with rendered lard. 839 00:42:39,068 --> 00:42:40,931 All right. 840 00:42:40,931 --> 00:42:43,172 I should be moving into my shelter, 841 00:42:43,275 --> 00:42:46,724 but it's big enough, I think, to smoke a whole moose, 842 00:42:46,724 --> 00:42:48,724 so I'm staying in a tarp. 843 00:42:48,724 --> 00:42:53,586 This is just one of many, many huge hunks of meat. 844 00:42:53,586 --> 00:42:57,482 What I'm gonna do is just strip it pretty thin 845 00:42:57,586 --> 00:43:01,896 and get it on a bunch of skewers like this 846 00:43:01,896 --> 00:43:05,896 and hang it in racks inside the smoker. 847 00:43:05,896 --> 00:43:08,896 ♪ ♪ 848 00:43:08,896 --> 00:43:11,931 This is good. Putting up food in the fall. 849 00:43:11,931 --> 00:43:13,482 Food for winter. 850 00:43:13,482 --> 00:43:15,379 Some of my best childhood memories 851 00:43:15,379 --> 00:43:19,103 are putting up food in the fall with my family. 852 00:43:19,103 --> 00:43:21,827 I'm one of 11 kids. 853 00:43:21,931 --> 00:43:23,482 We grew everything we ate; 854 00:43:23,586 --> 00:43:27,379 green beans, apple sauce, tomatoes, venison-- 855 00:43:27,379 --> 00:43:28,620 to keep it any way we could. 856 00:43:28,620 --> 00:43:29,586 We didn't have a refrigerator, you see, 857 00:43:29,586 --> 00:43:31,448 we had no electricity. 858 00:43:31,448 --> 00:43:35,724 Fresh stuff is just so delicious. 859 00:43:35,827 --> 00:43:37,344 [soft upbeat music] 860 00:43:37,448 --> 00:43:41,310 I'm torn about smoking this much meat right in my camp. 861 00:43:41,310 --> 00:43:43,448 There's decent-sized bear tracks that I've seen 862 00:43:43,448 --> 00:43:46,137 three times now close to my camp. 863 00:43:46,137 --> 00:43:49,482 But I don't have the luxury of choosing another option, 864 00:43:49,482 --> 00:43:52,034 so I'm just going forward. 865 00:43:54,206 --> 00:43:56,827 The silence out here and the isolation 866 00:43:56,931 --> 00:43:58,793 has really brought me to a point of thinking 867 00:43:58,793 --> 00:44:01,689 about other situations in my life, 868 00:44:01,689 --> 00:44:03,655 doubts that start pouring into my mind. 869 00:44:03,655 --> 00:44:04,689 It's all very dirty 870 00:44:04,793 --> 00:44:07,689 because that mink wallowed in it. 871 00:44:07,689 --> 00:44:09,931 Not real proud of my butchering right now 872 00:44:10,034 --> 00:44:12,034 because I'm in a rush. 873 00:44:12,758 --> 00:44:15,379 All it is is just functional and adequate at the moment. 874 00:44:15,482 --> 00:44:16,965 Nothing beautiful. 875 00:44:17,068 --> 00:44:18,137 ♪ ♪ 876 00:44:18,137 --> 00:44:20,103 When I was a kid, 877 00:44:20,103 --> 00:44:22,931 my parents viewed society as becoming really godless 878 00:44:22,931 --> 00:44:25,965 and wanted to protect their children from that. 879 00:44:25,965 --> 00:44:27,965 But at the time, what I got instead 880 00:44:27,965 --> 00:44:32,241 was the message that God hated everybody. 881 00:44:32,344 --> 00:44:33,827 I remember living every day thinking 882 00:44:33,827 --> 00:44:36,103 that I wasn't worthy of, you know, 883 00:44:36,206 --> 00:44:37,620 the food that I was eating. 884 00:44:37,620 --> 00:44:40,655 Like, I could never deserve to exist. 885 00:44:40,655 --> 00:44:44,068 And I thought you could compensate for that feeling 886 00:44:44,068 --> 00:44:45,689 by hard work. 887 00:44:45,793 --> 00:44:48,620 It's time to get this thing done. 888 00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:51,620 [suspenseful music] 889 00:44:51,620 --> 00:44:56,000 ♪ ♪ 890 00:44:57,896 --> 00:44:59,896 Look at all this meat. 891 00:44:59,896 --> 00:45:01,862 Rows and rows and rows 892 00:45:01,862 --> 00:45:05,241 and rows and rows of it all the way back. 893 00:45:05,241 --> 00:45:07,413 I'm just about to fire it up. 894 00:45:09,068 --> 00:45:10,689 The smell of fresh meat coming from there 895 00:45:10,793 --> 00:45:13,689 is almost overwhelming. 896 00:45:13,689 --> 00:45:18,275 And I've never had such an urge to just eat it just like it is. 897 00:45:20,068 --> 00:45:22,689 Controlling the airflow to the fire 898 00:45:22,689 --> 00:45:24,344 is what's gonna make it smolder and smoke 899 00:45:24,344 --> 00:45:26,620 and not just burn and cook the meat. 900 00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:30,344 So yeah, I think it's gonna work. 901 00:45:30,344 --> 00:45:32,379 [fire crackling] 902 00:45:32,482 --> 00:45:34,172 ♪ ♪ 903 00:45:34,172 --> 00:45:37,034 As a child, trying to be worthy of living 904 00:45:37,034 --> 00:45:40,379 made me basically suicidal through my teenage years. 905 00:45:40,379 --> 00:45:42,310 And even afterwards as an adult, 906 00:45:42,413 --> 00:45:45,482 I remember it just becoming such a reality for me 907 00:45:45,586 --> 00:45:49,448 that I could not be enough for God or for people. 908 00:45:49,448 --> 00:45:52,448 But now, somehow, out here with nature, 909 00:45:52,448 --> 00:45:55,482 I'm starting to find a peace and balance with God 910 00:45:55,482 --> 00:45:57,448 about my story somehow. 911 00:45:57,448 --> 00:46:01,344 912 00:46:01,344 --> 00:46:03,275 Hoo. 913 00:46:03,379 --> 00:46:06,448 This is a pot of total goodness. 914 00:46:06,551 --> 00:46:07,827 God's bounty. 915 00:46:07,827 --> 00:46:11,275 So I'm gonna sit here and eat my fill. 916 00:46:11,379 --> 00:46:12,862 If I'm a tough person, 917 00:46:12,862 --> 00:46:14,827 it's because of my dad diligently teaching that. 918 00:46:14,827 --> 00:46:16,310 I love him for that. 919 00:46:16,413 --> 00:46:18,482 That's because of my mother, the person who she was 920 00:46:18,482 --> 00:46:20,862 raising 11 kids and schooling them all. 921 00:46:20,862 --> 00:46:22,655 I love her for that. 922 00:46:22,655 --> 00:46:25,310 And out here, I'm actually feeling 923 00:46:25,310 --> 00:46:29,724 just incredible joy in my soul 924 00:46:29,724 --> 00:46:33,862 that I exist, that I live. 925 00:46:33,862 --> 00:46:37,000 I smell cooler weather on the wind. 926 00:46:37,103 --> 00:46:39,689 And I thank God for it. 927 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,931 [suspenseful music] 928 00:46:44,931 --> 00:46:46,172 ♪ ♪ 929 00:46:53,034 --> 00:46:55,862 [beatboxing] 930 00:46:55,862 --> 00:46:59,413 ♪ ♪ 931 00:46:59,413 --> 00:47:00,862 Welcome, man. 932 00:47:00,862 --> 00:47:02,931 Welcome to "Alone's" first freaking rave. 933 00:47:02,931 --> 00:47:06,724 [beatboxing] 934 00:47:06,724 --> 00:47:07,827 I think this smoke's starting to make 935 00:47:07,931 --> 00:47:10,034 my head go a little bit wrong. 936 00:47:10,137 --> 00:47:12,448 [beatboxing] 937 00:47:12,551 --> 00:47:14,137 What is wrong with my head? 938 00:47:15,655 --> 00:47:19,620 I'm not thinking nearly as clearly as I'd normally do. 939 00:47:21,310 --> 00:47:22,689 Ugh. 940 00:47:22,793 --> 00:47:24,793 [fire crackling] 941 00:47:24,793 --> 00:47:26,689 Let's go fishing. 942 00:47:26,793 --> 00:47:30,034 Because Dub is hungry. 943 00:47:30,034 --> 00:47:36,137 ♪ ♪ 944 00:47:36,517 --> 00:47:37,758 Couple more days of no food, 945 00:47:37,758 --> 00:47:43,172 and I will probably fall into a downward spiral. 946 00:47:43,172 --> 00:47:45,517 Today has got to be a good one. 947 00:47:45,517 --> 00:47:49,206 948 00:47:49,206 --> 00:47:52,206 I need to start focusing on food again. 949 00:47:52,206 --> 00:47:54,793 950 00:47:54,793 --> 00:47:57,620 There's my pike club right there. 951 00:48:00,275 --> 00:48:03,655 I'm gonna make a bushcraft... 952 00:48:03,655 --> 00:48:05,103 situation here. 953 00:48:07,344 --> 00:48:11,413 So this is gonna make it so that when a pike hits, 954 00:48:11,517 --> 00:48:13,103 this rig that I'm making 955 00:48:13,103 --> 00:48:16,586 is gonna set the hook automatically on the pike. 956 00:48:16,586 --> 00:48:20,586 So this is gonna be... 957 00:48:20,586 --> 00:48:24,068 pretty much what you call an L7 trigger. 958 00:48:24,172 --> 00:48:27,655 So it's two triggers that sit together like that. 959 00:48:27,758 --> 00:48:29,551 So when this trigger, 960 00:48:29,655 --> 00:48:33,241 the top trigger, gets pulled off, boom. 961 00:48:33,241 --> 00:48:36,965 This stick... 962 00:48:37,068 --> 00:48:40,896 that I'm carving right here... 963 00:48:40,896 --> 00:48:44,172 is gonna get jammed into the ground. 964 00:48:44,172 --> 00:48:47,310 And then I'm gonna get a nice, super spring-loaded tree, 965 00:48:47,310 --> 00:48:50,034 and I can set the hook on the fish. 966 00:48:50,137 --> 00:48:52,379 Probably from about age seven or eight, 967 00:48:52,379 --> 00:48:54,551 I decided I wanted to be a pro fisherman, 968 00:48:54,551 --> 00:48:56,068 so I bought a bass boat 969 00:48:56,172 --> 00:48:59,137 and won a bunch of bass tournaments. 970 00:48:59,137 --> 00:49:03,724 Turns out gas for bass boats is really expensive. 971 00:49:03,724 --> 00:49:06,241 There was a time I had just enough gas in my boat 972 00:49:06,241 --> 00:49:08,517 and my truck to make it to the tournament. 973 00:49:08,517 --> 00:49:10,724 But in the back of my truck was a trash bag 974 00:49:10,724 --> 00:49:12,413 filled with pop cans. 975 00:49:12,517 --> 00:49:16,517 And in Michigan, they have a 10¢ refund on cans. 976 00:49:16,517 --> 00:49:17,965 I'm like, "If I don't win it, 977 00:49:17,965 --> 00:49:19,551 "I'm gonna have to turn these pop cans in 978 00:49:19,551 --> 00:49:22,275 and get, like, four bucks and maybe get home." 979 00:49:22,379 --> 00:49:27,551 So I risked all my money that I had to pay the entry fee. 980 00:49:27,551 --> 00:49:30,000 That's actually really easy. 981 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,586 So I'm just tying them. 982 00:49:32,586 --> 00:49:34,931 Overhand loop. 983 00:49:35,034 --> 00:49:36,482 Now, I want to tie it right around the area 984 00:49:36,586 --> 00:49:38,241 where this trigger is. 985 00:49:38,241 --> 00:49:40,344 So I go there, win the bass tournament. 986 00:49:40,448 --> 00:49:41,862 I win, like, 5 grand. 987 00:49:41,862 --> 00:49:44,379 And fortunately, I didn't have to use my pop cans. 988 00:49:44,482 --> 00:49:47,551 That's how poor I am and how much I love fishing. 989 00:49:47,655 --> 00:49:49,517 ♪ ♪ 990 00:49:49,517 --> 00:49:52,137 So we want one more loop. 991 00:49:52,137 --> 00:49:55,275 Probably right about there. 992 00:49:56,827 --> 00:49:58,379 And they fit on each other. 993 00:49:58,379 --> 00:50:03,206 So when something pulls even pretty lightly right there... 994 00:50:03,206 --> 00:50:05,793 it's gonna pull this trigger off that, 995 00:50:05,793 --> 00:50:08,137 and this rod's gonna spring like crazy. 996 00:50:09,965 --> 00:50:11,620 Something's happening on this one. 997 00:50:11,620 --> 00:50:13,275 Something just hit. 998 00:50:16,586 --> 00:50:17,655 That's definitely got it. 999 00:50:17,655 --> 00:50:19,793 I'm gonna give it a little line. 1000 00:50:19,793 --> 00:50:21,689 [suspenseful music] 1001 00:50:21,689 --> 00:50:23,689 Hmm. 1002 00:50:23,689 --> 00:50:26,655 Hook set right there, boy. 1003 00:50:26,655 --> 00:50:31,689 1004 00:50:31,689 --> 00:50:33,379 He's coming. 1005 00:50:33,482 --> 00:50:35,172 [splashing] 1006 00:50:35,172 --> 00:50:36,586 1007 00:50:36,689 --> 00:50:38,689 Good size. 1008 00:50:38,689 --> 00:50:40,551 It's a really good size. 1009 00:50:40,551 --> 00:50:42,586 [splashing] 1010 00:50:42,586 --> 00:50:45,034 1011 00:50:45,137 --> 00:50:47,000 Hell yeah, little pike. 1012 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,827 [fish groans] Yeah. 1013 00:50:48,827 --> 00:50:51,379 ♪ ♪ 1014 00:50:51,379 --> 00:50:54,241 Yes! Dude. 1015 00:50:54,241 --> 00:50:57,482 Put them up on these pine boughs. 1016 00:50:57,482 --> 00:51:00,068 [imitates impact sound] 1017 00:51:00,068 --> 00:51:02,137 Oh, hell. 1018 00:51:02,137 --> 00:51:03,896 I weakened ya. 1019 00:51:05,379 --> 00:51:07,965 And what I'm gonna do is 1020 00:51:07,965 --> 00:51:11,275 cast this one back out... 1021 00:51:11,379 --> 00:51:15,862 and let it fish while I clean that pike. 1022 00:51:15,965 --> 00:51:17,655 There's gonna be a time frame where 1023 00:51:17,655 --> 00:51:21,068 the river starts to freeze and I can't ice fish. 1024 00:51:21,068 --> 00:51:23,655 Can't walk on the ice till it's at least 4 inches. 1025 00:51:23,655 --> 00:51:25,551 So I'm gonna be snaring. 1026 00:51:25,655 --> 00:51:28,379 I'm gonna do hunting and trapping, everything. 1027 00:51:28,482 --> 00:51:30,517 Fishing will not get you all the way, 1028 00:51:30,517 --> 00:51:32,344 no matter how good you are at it. 1029 00:51:32,448 --> 00:51:35,517 So I want to try to bring this one in 1030 00:51:35,517 --> 00:51:37,275 without triggering it 1031 00:51:37,275 --> 00:51:40,586 and put a fresh piece of bait on there. 1032 00:51:40,689 --> 00:51:42,000 And right then--look at that. 1033 00:51:42,103 --> 00:51:43,758 Right then, something's grabbing that. 1034 00:51:43,758 --> 00:51:45,931 Look at that. 1035 00:51:45,931 --> 00:51:47,758 That line's moving right now. 1036 00:51:47,758 --> 00:51:49,862 ♪ ♪ 1037 00:51:49,965 --> 00:51:51,655 That's game on. 1038 00:51:51,758 --> 00:51:56,689 ♪ ♪ 1039 00:51:56,793 --> 00:51:58,896 Holy crap. Are you kidding me? 1040 00:52:03,689 --> 00:52:06,068 [dramatic music] 1041 00:52:06,068 --> 00:52:07,448 Boom! 1042 00:52:07,448 --> 00:52:09,000 ♪ ♪ 1043 00:52:09,103 --> 00:52:10,827 Got him. 1044 00:52:10,931 --> 00:52:17,448 ♪ ♪ 1045 00:52:17,551 --> 00:52:19,172 Coming right at me. 1046 00:52:19,172 --> 00:52:21,862 1047 00:52:21,965 --> 00:52:23,068 Yeah. 1048 00:52:23,172 --> 00:52:25,586 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. yes, yes, yes, yes. 1049 00:52:25,586 --> 00:52:27,000 1050 00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:29,275 Get in here, bro. Mm, mm. 1051 00:52:34,241 --> 00:52:35,586 Yeah! 1052 00:52:39,448 --> 00:52:41,965 [panting] 1053 00:52:42,068 --> 00:52:44,068 Thank you, spring pole. 1054 00:52:46,275 --> 00:52:48,793 He wasn't coming off that big hook. 1055 00:52:51,344 --> 00:52:52,724 Oh, my goodness. 1056 00:52:52,724 --> 00:52:55,241 That is so amazing, dude. 1057 00:52:55,344 --> 00:52:57,551 Rod demonstration, done. 1058 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:03,379 And I could not be any freaking happier. 1059 00:53:03,482 --> 00:53:04,724 [soft upbeat music] 1060 00:53:04,827 --> 00:53:07,896 'Cause it's freaking lunch time! 1061 00:53:07,896 --> 00:53:09,862 ♪ ♪ 1062 00:53:09,862 --> 00:53:12,862 I love nature more than anything. 1063 00:53:12,862 --> 00:53:15,620 Nature is honest. 1064 00:53:15,724 --> 00:53:17,379 People, in general, are not honest. 1065 00:53:17,379 --> 00:53:20,137 But fish aren't gonna lie to you. 1066 00:53:20,137 --> 00:53:23,413 The grizzly bear is not gonna lie to you. 1067 00:53:23,413 --> 00:53:25,379 Grizzly bear is just gonna kill you. 1068 00:53:25,379 --> 00:53:27,137 It's not hiding that fact. 1069 00:53:28,275 --> 00:53:29,862 So I strongly believe that 1070 00:53:29,965 --> 00:53:31,068 you're never gonna beat nature. 1071 00:53:31,172 --> 00:53:33,862 But when nature throws you a tidal wave, 1072 00:53:33,862 --> 00:53:38,310 you build a bushcraft surfboard and ride it out. 1073 00:53:38,413 --> 00:53:41,034 I'm so happy we got that spring pole. 1074 00:53:42,448 --> 00:53:43,931 Yes. 1075 00:53:45,482 --> 00:53:48,448 [dramatic music] 1076 00:53:48,448 --> 00:53:55,517 1077 00:53:56,206 --> 00:53:58,965 [leaves rustling] 1078 00:53:58,965 --> 00:54:00,448 ♪ ♪ 1079 00:54:00,551 --> 00:54:03,241 I'm gonna go get some more water. 1080 00:54:03,241 --> 00:54:04,655 [sniffles] 1081 00:54:06,310 --> 00:54:08,241 [sighs] 1082 00:54:11,724 --> 00:54:14,103 Look at that. 1083 00:54:14,103 --> 00:54:18,448 It's a happy family of swans. 1084 00:54:18,448 --> 00:54:19,896 [sighs] 1085 00:54:21,172 --> 00:54:22,551 That's what I want. 1086 00:54:22,551 --> 00:54:25,172 I want to start a family. 1087 00:54:25,172 --> 00:54:27,344 ♪ ♪ 1088 00:54:27,344 --> 00:54:32,551 I really want my future kids to see the possibilities 1089 00:54:32,551 --> 00:54:35,344 of a life living close to the land. 1090 00:54:35,344 --> 00:54:39,620 And I hope that I inspire them to follow in my footsteps 1091 00:54:39,620 --> 00:54:43,241 like I'm following my parents' footsteps. 1092 00:54:43,241 --> 00:54:46,241 [soft upbeat music] 1093 00:54:46,241 --> 00:54:50,344 1094 00:54:50,448 --> 00:54:52,896 Got some water. 1095 00:54:52,896 --> 00:54:56,068 Boil it and then get back to work. 1096 00:54:56,068 --> 00:55:03,206 ♪ ♪ 1097 00:55:04,241 --> 00:55:06,275 I thought this would be a really good spot 1098 00:55:06,379 --> 00:55:10,275 to set up a squirrel pole. 1099 00:55:10,275 --> 00:55:14,206 Because there is a very active squirrel here. 1100 00:55:14,206 --> 00:55:16,275 [squirrel squeaking] 1101 00:55:19,931 --> 00:55:26,965 1102 00:55:45,068 --> 00:55:46,586 [exhales] 1103 00:55:46,586 --> 00:55:49,517 1104 00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,517 I feel so alone. 1105 00:55:53,620 --> 00:55:57,862 I feel really alone, and it's really hard for me. 1106 00:55:57,862 --> 00:56:00,586 It's hard for my mentality. 1107 00:56:00,689 --> 00:56:02,413 [soft suspenseful music] 1108 00:56:02,517 --> 00:56:06,000 I just--I came into this game so mentally strong. 1109 00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,241 I thought I was so strong. 1110 00:56:08,344 --> 00:56:09,517 And then I came out here 1111 00:56:09,620 --> 00:56:15,172 and I just feel like my brain is struggling. 1112 00:56:15,172 --> 00:56:18,655 It's mentally really tough out here. 1113 00:56:18,655 --> 00:56:21,413 I don't like it. [chuckles] 1114 00:56:21,413 --> 00:56:23,034 [sighs] 1115 00:56:23,034 --> 00:56:24,655 ♪ ♪ 1116 00:56:24,655 --> 00:56:26,724 I feel like I'm going back and forth 1117 00:56:26,724 --> 00:56:30,551 between feeling great success here 1118 00:56:30,551 --> 00:56:33,724 and then feeling anxiety, 1119 00:56:33,724 --> 00:56:35,758 almost a sense of depression coming in 1120 00:56:35,758 --> 00:56:39,724 because I feel so disconnected. 1121 00:56:39,724 --> 00:56:41,310 [sniffles] 1122 00:56:41,310 --> 00:56:43,586 I live in an isolated place, far away from people 1123 00:56:43,586 --> 00:56:45,862 and I've spent a lot of time alone. 1124 00:56:45,965 --> 00:56:47,344 ♪ ♪ 1125 00:56:47,344 --> 00:56:49,586 But this feels different somehow. 1126 00:56:49,586 --> 00:56:52,413 It's really isolated here. 1127 00:56:52,413 --> 00:56:56,068 I've chosen this path, but this extreme sense 1128 00:56:56,068 --> 00:57:00,068 of being taken away from my family and my culture 1129 00:57:00,068 --> 00:57:03,586 and placed in this environment that I'm unfamiliar with 1130 00:57:03,689 --> 00:57:05,758 is really instilling in me 1131 00:57:05,758 --> 00:57:08,655 that feeling of what it might be like 1132 00:57:08,758 --> 00:57:12,137 to be taken away to a residential school. 1133 00:57:12,137 --> 00:57:14,034 ♪ ♪ 1134 00:57:14,137 --> 00:57:15,344 I didn't think that these feelings 1135 00:57:15,344 --> 00:57:17,655 would come up out here. 1136 00:57:17,758 --> 00:57:19,827 I thought this was in my past. 1137 00:57:19,827 --> 00:57:23,000 I mean, one place that I feel most healthy 1138 00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,344 is when I'm in nature. 1139 00:57:25,448 --> 00:57:29,068 But for some reason, there is a huge piece of me missing. 1140 00:57:29,068 --> 00:57:31,034 1141 00:57:31,034 --> 00:57:33,517 Oh, I just wanted to be out here. 1142 00:57:33,620 --> 00:57:35,551 [sobs] 1143 00:57:35,655 --> 00:57:39,068 At the same time, I feel, 1144 00:57:39,068 --> 00:57:41,344 as an Indigenous woman, 1145 00:57:41,344 --> 00:57:43,965 I need to keep staying here, 1146 00:57:43,965 --> 00:57:47,413 that I need to keep pushing myself. 1147 00:57:47,517 --> 00:57:50,068 [sighs and sniffles] 1148 00:57:50,172 --> 00:57:51,172 ♪ ♪ 1149 00:57:56,413 --> 00:57:59,551 [sobbing] 1150 00:57:59,551 --> 00:58:03,724 ♪ ♪ 1151 00:58:20,379 --> 00:58:22,620 It [bleep] sucks. 1152 00:58:22,724 --> 00:58:24,896 [sniffles] 1153 00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:28,034 And everything is fine. Everything's good. 1154 00:58:28,034 --> 00:58:31,103 [sniffles] My shelter is getting warmer. 1155 00:58:31,206 --> 00:58:32,827 I have food. 1156 00:58:32,827 --> 00:58:35,482 1157 00:58:35,482 --> 00:58:37,896 I'll just keep going. 1158 00:58:37,896 --> 00:58:40,931 1159 00:58:41,034 --> 00:58:43,310 Come on. Just one more day. 1160 00:58:43,310 --> 00:58:45,586 Just one more day. 1161 00:58:45,689 --> 00:58:48,758 [dramatic music] 1162 00:58:53,586 --> 00:58:56,551 [dramatic music] 1163 00:58:56,551 --> 00:59:02,689 1164 00:59:04,310 --> 00:59:08,482 You know... 1165 00:59:08,482 --> 00:59:10,517 the more time I spend here, 1166 00:59:10,517 --> 00:59:14,000 the more I want to be with someone that is from here, 1167 00:59:14,103 --> 00:59:16,379 the Gwich'in and Aleut. 1168 00:59:16,482 --> 00:59:19,034 I want them to show me how much they love this land, 1169 00:59:19,137 --> 00:59:21,379 what they know about this land. 1170 00:59:21,379 --> 00:59:23,586 [suspenseful music] 1171 00:59:23,586 --> 00:59:27,241 I came here with skills enough to feed me, 1172 00:59:27,344 --> 00:59:31,896 to shelter me, to keep me alive and thriving. 1173 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:34,655 ♪ ♪ 1174 00:59:34,655 --> 00:59:37,206 This is an amazing experience for me. 1175 00:59:37,206 --> 00:59:40,103 1176 00:59:40,206 --> 00:59:42,724 But I wish I was with someone. 1177 00:59:42,827 --> 00:59:46,310 ♪ ♪ 1178 00:59:46,310 --> 00:59:49,689 I just want to get through the isolation. 1179 00:59:50,379 --> 00:59:53,482 So I want to go check the fishnet. 1180 00:59:53,482 --> 00:59:55,931 1181 01:00:07,137 --> 01:00:08,793 Look at that. 1182 01:00:11,310 --> 01:00:14,241 [soft upbeat music] 1183 01:00:14,241 --> 01:00:20,931 ♪ ♪ 1184 01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:23,275 [sighs] 1185 01:00:23,379 --> 01:00:25,379 ♪ ♪ 1186 01:00:25,482 --> 01:00:27,344 [bleep]. [chuckles] 1187 01:00:36,344 --> 01:00:40,034 It just didn't feel right, keeping that fish. 1188 01:00:40,137 --> 01:00:41,689 I need to honor it. 1189 01:00:41,689 --> 01:00:44,172 I need to eat it with joy. 1190 01:00:44,172 --> 01:00:47,241 [sniffles] 1191 01:00:47,344 --> 01:00:48,758 Ugh. 1192 01:00:48,758 --> 01:00:51,758 [somber music] 1193 01:00:51,758 --> 01:00:58,862 ♪ ♪ 1194 01:01:01,551 --> 01:01:02,793 18 days. 1195 01:01:02,896 --> 01:01:06,379 [sniffles] I got this far. 1196 01:01:06,379 --> 01:01:08,379 I got this far. 1197 01:01:08,482 --> 01:01:11,206 ♪ ♪ 1198 01:01:11,206 --> 01:01:14,000 Oh, what the heck? [sniffles] 1199 01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:15,206 1200 01:01:15,206 --> 01:01:16,827 I don't want to go to that place again. 1201 01:01:16,827 --> 01:01:19,793 I don't want to have another mental breakdown 1202 01:01:19,793 --> 01:01:23,689 that I can't come back from that takes me years and years. 1203 01:01:23,793 --> 01:01:26,068 ♪ ♪ 1204 01:01:26,068 --> 01:01:27,275 It's a delicate balance 1205 01:01:27,275 --> 01:01:30,068 and you really got to be careful. 1206 01:01:30,068 --> 01:01:37,137 ♪ ♪ 1207 01:01:37,793 --> 01:01:40,103 This is a nice place. [sniffles] 1208 01:01:40,103 --> 01:01:42,896 It'll always be in my memories. 1209 01:01:42,896 --> 01:01:44,586 [electronic beep] 1210 01:01:44,689 --> 01:01:46,620 It's time to call in. 1211 01:01:52,965 --> 01:01:56,000 Hi, this is Michela. I'm officially tapping out. 1212 01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:59,068 [dramatic music] 1213 01:01:59,172 --> 01:02:06,241 ♪ ♪ 1214 01:02:11,344 --> 01:02:15,241 I just couldn't deal with the social isolation aspect of it. 1215 01:02:15,344 --> 01:02:16,620 [sniffles] 1216 01:02:16,724 --> 01:02:19,620 I needed to be connected again to people, 1217 01:02:19,724 --> 01:02:21,586 to my family, to my home. 1218 01:02:21,586 --> 01:02:23,482 [soft dramatic music] 1219 01:02:23,586 --> 01:02:25,241 It's been a really beautiful time here. 1220 01:02:25,241 --> 01:02:27,241 I've had so many blessings. 1221 01:02:27,241 --> 01:02:31,068 And this competition has made me understand that 1222 01:02:31,068 --> 01:02:33,137 I am the Saskatchewan River Delta, 1223 01:02:33,241 --> 01:02:36,551 I am my home, I am my family, 1224 01:02:36,655 --> 01:02:39,413 and I really feel that in my heart now. 1225 01:02:39,413 --> 01:02:44,517 ♪ ♪ 1226 01:02:44,517 --> 01:02:49,137 It's really disappointing to have to go home so early, 1227 01:02:49,137 --> 01:02:51,931 but this experience has taught me 1228 01:02:51,931 --> 01:02:55,689 something even deeper than I've ever known before. 1229 01:02:56,896 --> 01:02:59,827 Finally, I can say "ninistohten" 1230 01:02:59,827 --> 01:03:02,310 because now, I understand completely 1231 01:03:02,413 --> 01:03:08,241 how being Indigenous is more than just living off the land. 1232 01:03:08,241 --> 01:03:12,689 We need community. We need connection. 1233 01:03:12,689 --> 01:03:14,965 And I'm feeling a really strong calling 1234 01:03:14,965 --> 01:03:18,000 to go home with a new sense of how to share 1235 01:03:18,103 --> 01:03:21,206 what I know about Cree culture. 1236 01:03:21,310 --> 01:03:24,137 I need to take people out into nature, 1237 01:03:24,137 --> 01:03:25,482 onto the canoe trips, 1238 01:03:25,586 --> 01:03:28,586 and we can just connect deeply to each other. 1239 01:03:28,586 --> 01:03:29,862 ♪ ♪ 1240 01:03:29,965 --> 01:03:33,275 I came here to take care of my family. 1241 01:03:33,379 --> 01:03:38,827 But now, I realize that there's no way to separate us. 1242 01:03:38,827 --> 01:03:41,137 We're stronger together. 1243 01:03:41,241 --> 01:03:44,965 So I feel like I am going home with a prize. 1244 01:03:45,068 --> 01:03:49,896 ♪ ♪ 1245 01:03:49,896 --> 01:03:53,517 They're doing med check sometime today. 1246 01:03:53,517 --> 01:03:55,103 I must be getting sick. 1247 01:03:55,103 --> 01:03:56,275 [dramatic music] 1248 01:03:56,275 --> 01:03:57,689 Kind of nervous. 1249 01:03:57,689 --> 01:03:59,206 How thorough is the med check? 1250 01:03:59,310 --> 01:04:01,793 ♪ ♪ 1251 01:04:01,793 --> 01:04:04,034 My stomach is feeling really lean. 1252 01:04:04,034 --> 01:04:06,827 I'm actually worried about this med check. 1253 01:04:06,827 --> 01:04:08,275 OK, that's sore. 1254 01:04:08,275 --> 01:04:09,896 I've thought about whether or not I should just 1255 01:04:09,896 --> 01:04:13,724 grit my teeth and fake it through this check. 1256 01:04:13,724 --> 01:04:18,137 We need to officially extract you for medical reasons. 1257 01:04:18,137 --> 01:04:23,241