1 00:00:04,471 --> 00:00:07,206 [ominous music] 2 00:00:07,408 --> 00:00:14,546 ¶ ¶ 3 00:00:14,615 --> 00:00:15,347 - Can y'all see that? 4 00:00:15,549 --> 00:00:16,748 [tense music] 5 00:00:16,817 --> 00:00:19,350 That, my friends, is a bear print. 6 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:21,820 That's not good. 7 00:00:21,889 --> 00:00:23,955 All right, a shelter spot, let's settle in. 8 00:00:24,025 --> 00:00:28,293 - Here we go, heck yes, this is frickin' amazing. 9 00:00:28,496 --> 00:00:30,896 12 trout day. 10 00:00:30,965 --> 00:00:33,832 - I've spent 3 1/2 days just hiking around. 11 00:00:33,901 --> 00:00:35,700 - I'm really burning calories like crazy 12 00:00:35,770 --> 00:00:37,635 and not putting anything back in. 13 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:40,839 - Oh, wow, look at that trash. 14 00:00:41,041 --> 00:00:44,710 In survival situations, I improvise a lot. 15 00:00:44,912 --> 00:00:46,445 I'm going to be able to make a stove. 16 00:00:46,647 --> 00:00:49,514 Here is the assemble. 17 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:52,251 - Grouse, there it is. 18 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:53,384 Damn. 19 00:00:53,454 --> 00:00:54,920 Cost me dearly. 20 00:00:54,988 --> 00:00:57,255 I burned two arrows trying to get it. 21 00:00:57,324 --> 00:01:03,996 ¶ ¶ 22 00:01:07,134 --> 00:01:10,869 - I can't wait to have this place try and break me. 23 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,738 narrator: For the first time on "Alone," 24 00:01:12,940 --> 00:01:14,473 ten participants fight to survive 25 00:01:14,675 --> 00:01:15,808 in the hunting ground 26 00:01:16,010 --> 00:01:18,610 of the world's largest land predator... 27 00:01:18,679 --> 00:01:20,345 - Oh, my God, where'd he go? 28 00:01:20,548 --> 00:01:21,546 Those are bear. 29 00:01:21,615 --> 00:01:22,681 - I heard a big animal. 30 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:25,150 - Hey, bear. - Oh, no, [bleep]. 31 00:01:25,219 --> 00:01:29,888 - Sometimes you eat the bear. Sometimes the bear eats you. 32 00:01:29,957 --> 00:01:32,824 narrator: Battling merciless conditions... 33 00:01:32,893 --> 00:01:35,027 - This is some hardcore bushwhacking. 34 00:01:35,229 --> 00:01:37,629 - Why does it have to be such a struggle every night? 35 00:01:37,698 --> 00:01:39,964 - I hit it, I hit it, I hit it. 36 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:42,567 - I feel more alive every day I'm out here. 37 00:01:42,636 --> 00:01:44,836 - Here comes the rain again. 38 00:01:44,905 --> 00:01:46,572 - Labrador, you're not going to make 39 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:47,772 it easy for us, are you? 40 00:01:47,842 --> 00:01:49,975 narrator: In complete isolation. 41 00:01:50,177 --> 00:01:52,444 - The most dangerous thing out here is myself. 42 00:01:52,512 --> 00:01:54,179 - Look at that! 43 00:01:54,247 --> 00:01:56,715 - The cold ground is just pulling all the warmth from me. 44 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:59,450 - How many days can this go on? 45 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:00,318 - Very, very hungry. 46 00:02:00,387 --> 00:02:01,720 - I feel like I'm hitting a wall. 47 00:02:01,922 --> 00:02:03,055 narrator: Last one standing wins. 48 00:02:03,257 --> 00:02:06,391 - Only gonna get harder the longer you stay out here. 49 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:10,261 [dramatic music] 50 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:17,002 ¶ ¶ 51 00:02:56,243 --> 00:02:58,443 - I want to get some work done on the permanent shelter, 52 00:02:58,646 --> 00:02:59,978 long-term shelter today. 53 00:03:00,046 --> 00:03:02,848 Bathing weather like this just tells you, yep, 54 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:05,984 I'd better get that long-term shelter going. 55 00:03:08,722 --> 00:03:09,922 Something nice, and enclosed, 56 00:03:10,124 --> 00:03:12,991 and out of the wind would be awesome right now. 57 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:15,661 I don't know if anybody else has 58 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:18,130 their long-term shelters up yet, 59 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:20,132 but I'm guessing there's probably a couple of people 60 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,000 that are further along than I am anyway right now. 61 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:27,672 This is going to my shelter spot 62 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:29,875 from my temporary shelter spot. 63 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:33,011 See, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump. 64 00:03:34,147 --> 00:03:37,082 My long-term shelter is what I'm excited about. 65 00:03:37,151 --> 00:03:39,551 I've been building the front, taking down big logs 66 00:03:39,753 --> 00:03:42,554 and putting things in place. 67 00:03:42,622 --> 00:03:43,955 I'm gonna jump in here 68 00:03:44,024 --> 00:03:47,558 and dig out some of this back wall of the shelter. 69 00:03:47,628 --> 00:03:49,227 So this will be the front. 70 00:03:49,296 --> 00:03:50,896 ¶ ¶ 71 00:03:51,098 --> 00:03:54,833 And I want to move some of the duff and the sand 72 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:56,901 forward and come up against this log. 73 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:59,905 I found just natural spot here where I've got 74 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:02,040 four trees that are in a good position. 75 00:04:02,108 --> 00:04:05,243 I plan on using those for my structural support. 76 00:04:05,312 --> 00:04:06,978 ¶ ¶ 77 00:04:07,047 --> 00:04:08,847 I've noticed, like, in all the seasons, 78 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:10,582 it seems like almost everyone has made 79 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:12,917 freestanding structures, 80 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:14,986 and I really don't understand that at all. 81 00:04:15,055 --> 00:04:17,855 I would rather incorporate living rooted trees 82 00:04:17,924 --> 00:04:20,258 that are much stronger and more stable. 83 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:23,261 ¶ ¶ 84 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:27,199 And I am berming it, so like one side is dug into the hill. 85 00:04:27,401 --> 00:04:30,802 ¶ ¶ 86 00:04:30,871 --> 00:04:32,537 I'm just gonna pull it down the hill 87 00:04:32,740 --> 00:04:35,073 and put it up against there. 88 00:04:35,142 --> 00:04:38,010 But with all the rain, it's coming apart pretty easy. 89 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:44,016 This weather is crazy, like, rain and then sunshine 90 00:04:44,218 --> 00:04:46,885 for a while, and the winds come in really intense. 91 00:04:46,953 --> 00:04:48,953 I'm gonna need a shelter that can adapt 92 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:53,024 to either warm or cold and can block wind. 93 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:56,027 I'm really hoping I'm gonna be out here a while, 94 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:59,765 and I want something that's gonna be insulated, 95 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:01,966 and I'd really like to get up away 96 00:05:02,036 --> 00:05:04,503 from the moisture of all the water and stuff 97 00:05:04,571 --> 00:05:06,371 that's down lower. 98 00:05:06,973 --> 00:05:10,909 Bring it up level with the top of my log. 99 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:13,311 Bringing up poles, that's the next stage. 100 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:15,046 ¶ ¶ 101 00:05:15,115 --> 00:05:17,916 I can be a workaholic when I get into something, 102 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:19,785 and really get into it, I'm like, go, go, go. 103 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:23,455 And my family is a lot like that too. 104 00:05:23,523 --> 00:05:25,256 Pretty heavy load. 105 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:27,125 ¶ ¶ 106 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:32,797 I come from a line of women that are not routine people. 107 00:05:32,866 --> 00:05:37,135 They tended to just go after life. 108 00:05:38,204 --> 00:05:42,607 My mom was a single parent, big into the outdoors. 109 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:45,076 She's an amazing fisherwoman. 110 00:05:45,145 --> 00:05:48,814 She's just so strong and been through so much. 111 00:05:48,882 --> 00:05:51,216 Oh, good God, this thing's heavy. 112 00:05:51,285 --> 00:05:53,951 ¶ ¶ 113 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:57,622 When things get hard, I think about my mom 114 00:05:57,690 --> 00:05:58,623 and call on that strength. 115 00:05:58,692 --> 00:06:00,959 You just got to keep going. 116 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:04,495 You can curl up and die, or you can keep going. 117 00:06:04,564 --> 00:06:06,298 Which do you choose? 118 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:07,566 ¶ ¶ 119 00:06:07,768 --> 00:06:10,836 I feel pretty good about that. 120 00:06:10,904 --> 00:06:14,005 This will be the work done for today. 121 00:06:15,309 --> 00:06:22,013 ¶ ¶ 122 00:06:29,122 --> 00:06:33,992 - Today on the menu, there is a pot full of seaweed. 123 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:39,998 Get a good look at this, folks. 124 00:06:42,069 --> 00:06:44,002 I don't think it gets much better than that. 125 00:06:48,208 --> 00:06:51,743 Seaweed is my staple food. It is keeping me alive. 126 00:06:51,945 --> 00:06:53,611 I haven't been successful fishing. 127 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,881 I haven't caught any fish. 128 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:58,984 It's still got that earthy, crunchy flavor. 129 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:02,153 Little elements of sand and dirt. 130 00:07:03,223 --> 00:07:07,292 As you can guess, I don't eat this much seaweed usually. 131 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,995 I feel like my body is trying to figure out what's going on. 132 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:16,101 I'm gonna try and cut down a tree right after this. 133 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:19,971 Top priority is my shelter, but I also just want 134 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,007 to make sure I'm putting some food in my belly. 135 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:25,844 Just a dude eating his seaweed, 136 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:29,014 trying to build a home in the woods. 137 00:07:30,984 --> 00:07:34,186 Okay, let's do some work on my shelter. 138 00:07:34,388 --> 00:07:39,925 ¶ ¶ 139 00:07:40,127 --> 00:07:43,461 I'm doing a log cabin as my permanent shelter 140 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:45,930 because it's sturdy. 141 00:07:45,999 --> 00:07:50,869 We are in an area of really high winds, 142 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:53,004 and I want something that is rock solid. 143 00:07:55,008 --> 00:07:57,542 I really did want to be farther along 144 00:07:57,611 --> 00:07:59,944 on my shelter than I am. 145 00:08:00,013 --> 00:08:03,014 I just gotta keep a more aggressive pace 146 00:08:03,083 --> 00:08:06,284 than I have been and just really push through. 147 00:08:06,352 --> 00:08:08,619 ¶ ¶ 148 00:08:08,688 --> 00:08:10,755 This whole area is very wet. 149 00:08:10,958 --> 00:08:13,091 I'm basically building on a marsh. 150 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,962 It's a muskeg and I'm worried about water coming up. 151 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:20,432 And so I think I'm gonna try and do a floor 152 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,233 in my shelter. 153 00:08:22,302 --> 00:08:26,705 I know this seems like so much trouble for putting in a floor, 154 00:08:26,773 --> 00:08:28,105 and people don't put in floors, 155 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:30,575 but I don't know if you can hear how squishy that is. 156 00:08:30,644 --> 00:08:34,012 This is just one big marsh. 157 00:08:35,115 --> 00:08:37,382 Okay, I'm a little worried about how marshy 158 00:08:37,451 --> 00:08:38,917 this ground is. 159 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:41,920 But I just think this is the type of ground 160 00:08:41,989 --> 00:08:44,655 I have to work with unless I go farther up. 161 00:08:44,724 --> 00:08:45,856 But then it's just not level, 162 00:08:45,926 --> 00:08:48,860 and I don't have access to the beach. 163 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:51,196 So I'm gonna need a lot more logs. 164 00:08:51,398 --> 00:08:52,930 ¶ ¶ 165 00:08:52,999 --> 00:08:54,799 This isn't the first shelter I've built, 166 00:08:55,002 --> 00:08:56,534 but it's the first shelter I've built 167 00:08:56,603 --> 00:08:59,204 for a climate like this. 168 00:08:59,406 --> 00:09:00,805 ¶ ¶ 169 00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:02,940 I'm just expecting that everything is 170 00:09:03,009 --> 00:09:05,076 gonna take ten times longer than I think 171 00:09:05,145 --> 00:09:07,212 it's going to take, but I'm gonna figure it out. 172 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:10,214 ¶ ¶ 173 00:09:10,284 --> 00:09:11,816 Oh, boy. 174 00:09:11,885 --> 00:09:15,153 It's getting dark. It was a long day. 175 00:09:15,222 --> 00:09:19,691 I'm pretty excited about what I got done on the shelter. 176 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,226 I'm just cutting some firewood. 177 00:09:22,296 --> 00:09:29,000 ¶ ¶ 178 00:09:46,386 --> 00:09:48,186 Oh, my gosh. 179 00:09:48,388 --> 00:09:51,523 ¶ ¶ 180 00:09:51,725 --> 00:09:53,992 I got it. I got the grouse. 181 00:09:59,533 --> 00:10:00,999 I got it with my saw. 182 00:10:03,336 --> 00:10:05,603 [exhales] 183 00:10:05,672 --> 00:10:08,006 Thank God, thank you, grouse. 184 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:11,943 ¶ ¶ 185 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:15,413 I've never caught a grouse with a saw before. 186 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,548 It feels surreal. 187 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:18,984 It feels like a gift. 188 00:10:22,022 --> 00:10:26,291 I actually feel really blessed by the land. 189 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:28,559 ¶ ¶ 190 00:10:28,629 --> 00:10:31,962 Oh, my God, that is amazing. 191 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:34,032 This feels like a confirmation of this being 192 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:36,001 the right site for me to build my shelter on. 193 00:10:37,437 --> 00:10:40,005 Thank you, God. 194 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:43,008 Thank you, Labrador. 195 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:50,982 ¶ ¶ 196 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:05,997 - Pay dirt, baby. 197 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:19,477 I'm gonna try this here, chop it up with the ax, 198 00:11:19,546 --> 00:11:22,013 and see how it goes. 199 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,827 Plan for the day, I'm gonna build a fireplace. 200 00:11:35,896 --> 00:11:38,362 I think I have an idea on how to do it 201 00:11:38,432 --> 00:11:41,566 without stones. 202 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:45,904 I'm gonna use the clay that I have and mix that in 203 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:51,176 with a bit of grass to make a type of cob, 204 00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:54,979 and then build out the actual fireplace from there. 205 00:11:55,182 --> 00:11:57,982 Right now, there's no way to ventilate smoke. 206 00:11:58,051 --> 00:12:00,185 My shelter, it's just getting a bit too smoky. 207 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:02,454 ¶ ¶ 208 00:12:02,656 --> 00:12:04,989 Ooh, it is smoky in here. 209 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:06,791 The house is so well sealed 210 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:08,859 that it's just holding that smoke, 211 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:11,596 and that is really bad for the lungs. 212 00:12:11,665 --> 00:12:15,333 Like making mud pies as a kid. 213 00:12:16,136 --> 00:12:19,270 Whether it will hold up a chimney is another story. 214 00:12:19,339 --> 00:12:21,539 ¶ ¶ 215 00:12:21,608 --> 00:12:23,274 But let's give it a go. 216 00:12:23,343 --> 00:12:26,744 ¶ ¶ 217 00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:28,612 I've never built with cob before, 218 00:12:28,681 --> 00:12:30,815 but I don't have any rocks 219 00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:33,017 here on my site, just little pebbles. 220 00:12:33,220 --> 00:12:36,988 Cob seems to me like the best solution that I have. 221 00:12:37,891 --> 00:12:41,559 And we're just digging out the space 222 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:43,995 where the firebox is gonna go. 223 00:12:45,632 --> 00:12:46,964 That's good right there. 224 00:12:47,033 --> 00:12:50,301 And we'll build up the framework with willow. 225 00:12:50,369 --> 00:12:53,972 ¶ ¶ 226 00:12:54,174 --> 00:12:56,907 I'm gonna use a kind of wattle and daub design 227 00:12:56,976 --> 00:13:00,845 to build the walls of the fireplace up. 228 00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:03,981 I need to get into a marathon mindset. 229 00:13:04,050 --> 00:13:08,319 A slow, meticulous pace, just like little Flash, 230 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:10,254 my pet tortoise. 231 00:13:10,323 --> 00:13:12,991 ¶ ¶ 232 00:13:13,059 --> 00:13:17,194 I'm not someone that gets easily flustered. 233 00:13:17,263 --> 00:13:20,998 Being able to allow yourself the room to do things badly 234 00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:25,870 and not allow that to affect your mental state 235 00:13:25,939 --> 00:13:29,207 is an incredibly powerful survival tool. 236 00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:32,009 ¶ ¶ 237 00:13:32,078 --> 00:13:34,012 So far, so good, everything's holding together. 238 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:36,815 Now we need to get it all the way up to the top. 239 00:13:37,017 --> 00:13:38,550 I'm gonna be out here as long as I can, 240 00:13:38,752 --> 00:13:41,286 and that's all that matters. 241 00:13:41,354 --> 00:13:43,421 ¶ ¶ 242 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:45,990 [feathers rustle] 243 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:49,994 - I think I just heard of grouse land outside. 244 00:13:50,964 --> 00:13:53,298 I'm gonna go see if I can take a shot at it. 245 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:56,767 ¶ ¶ 246 00:13:56,837 --> 00:13:59,570 I need to save arrows for the bear. 247 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:02,373 I'm using my throwing stick. 248 00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:05,310 There he is. 249 00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:07,011 ¶ ¶ 250 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:21,258 [tense music] 251 00:14:21,327 --> 00:14:29,000 ¶ ¶ 252 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:35,272 - There he is. 253 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:42,013 ¶ ¶ 254 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:47,284 [bleep] 255 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:48,987 Flew away. 256 00:14:50,290 --> 00:14:51,990 Oh, man. 257 00:14:53,026 --> 00:14:56,360 Can I have someone tell the grouse to come back? 258 00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:57,996 That'd be great. 259 00:15:00,099 --> 00:15:01,899 I'm starting to see grouse on my site again, 260 00:15:01,968 --> 00:15:03,834 and again, and again, and I'm realizing 261 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,837 that I need to adapt my strategy. 262 00:15:06,907 --> 00:15:10,842 Gotta get better at getting these grouse. 263 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:14,012 Gonna finish getting the chimney done. 264 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:17,982 Priority after this is getting food. 265 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:21,052 So far, I am having success with fishing. 266 00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:23,988 I don't have anything stocked up in the pantry yet, 267 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:27,458 so I am still kind of living paycheck to paycheck 268 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:28,993 in the food department. 269 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:31,996 But the fishing doesn't seem to be dying off, 270 00:15:32,065 --> 00:15:35,132 so I might try and hit that a little harder. 271 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:38,268 I've never gone this long on this few calories before. 272 00:15:38,338 --> 00:15:40,537 ¶ ¶ 273 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:41,672 I'm gonna call that good. 274 00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:44,876 I made a little weather flap, 275 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:49,213 so hopefully, it'll keep the water out. 276 00:15:49,416 --> 00:15:52,417 ¶ ¶ 277 00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:54,819 The big question is, 278 00:15:55,021 --> 00:15:57,888 what happens when we put a fire to it? 279 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:01,692 Is the whole thing just gonna crumble? 280 00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:04,228 I'm gonna try firing this thing up. 281 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:11,002 ¶ ¶ 282 00:16:14,774 --> 00:16:15,840 Structurally, so far, so good. 283 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:18,776 It looks like it's holding up okay. 284 00:16:18,844 --> 00:16:21,012 Side walls are starting to dry out. 285 00:16:22,581 --> 00:16:26,651 The vent's amazing. 286 00:16:26,719 --> 00:16:28,987 There's like no smoke in here. 287 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:32,724 Just amazing. 288 00:16:32,926 --> 00:16:35,994 I think it's gonna work. [chuckles] 289 00:16:37,797 --> 00:16:42,000 So this was like a total experiment. 290 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:47,005 I love moss house more and more every day. 291 00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:52,610 What we need to do now is get the food situation on lock, 292 00:16:52,812 --> 00:16:57,015 and I'll be cruisin' to a win. 293 00:16:58,484 --> 00:17:01,218 [tense music] 294 00:17:01,287 --> 00:17:07,992 ¶ ¶ 295 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:15,299 - It is just bunchberry galore. 296 00:17:15,502 --> 00:17:17,001 Look at this. 297 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,007 Huge bunches of bunchberry. 298 00:17:24,911 --> 00:17:28,012 So I think it's what's for lunch today. 299 00:17:30,249 --> 00:17:32,984 Which is nice, because most days I don't even get lunch. 300 00:17:38,924 --> 00:17:40,724 I might need to come up tomorrow and see 301 00:17:40,794 --> 00:17:43,995 if I can collect a whole bunch more. 302 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,533 I'm really getting tired of bunchberry, 303 00:17:48,735 --> 00:17:52,803 but it's what's on the menu. 304 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:55,006 Pretty much all that's on the menu. 305 00:17:55,341 --> 00:17:58,676 ¶ ¶ 306 00:17:58,878 --> 00:17:59,743 - Food is more of a struggle 307 00:17:59,812 --> 00:18:02,013 than I thought it was gonna be. 308 00:18:02,215 --> 00:18:04,015 I'm definitely not taking in that many calories, 309 00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:07,685 and my shelter is, you know, just a lot of work. 310 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:08,886 I haven't seen any grouse yet. 311 00:18:08,954 --> 00:18:12,023 I haven't seen any rabbit droppings, 312 00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:15,826 but there's a lot of squirrel in this whole area. 313 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:19,297 So I'm gonna set up a snare line. 314 00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:20,898 ¶ ¶ 315 00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:24,502 What I'm noticing is that they're mostly 316 00:18:24,571 --> 00:18:25,970 running along the trees. 317 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:29,039 So doing squirrel poles, putting up snares 318 00:18:29,109 --> 00:18:30,908 where it looks like they're moving up the pole. 319 00:18:30,976 --> 00:18:32,510 And that's nice 'cause you don't have 320 00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:33,778 to use much snare wire. 321 00:18:33,980 --> 00:18:35,846 You can attach right to the stobs, 322 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:36,848 right, the branches that are coming 323 00:18:37,050 --> 00:18:39,049 off the main trunk, to your anchor points. 324 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,853 So this is one that I've seen them running along. 325 00:18:42,922 --> 00:18:46,056 So there's a nice, narrow opening, right? 326 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,993 You can see where they would come through right here. 327 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:53,664 At SERE, my training was how to save calories. 328 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:56,000 It's all about survival, right? 329 00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:59,069 So we did learn a lot of traps and snares 330 00:18:59,139 --> 00:19:01,005 'cause they're just so much more energy efficient. 331 00:19:02,876 --> 00:19:05,876 It's like a spring activator, basically. 332 00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:08,679 If that gets hit, then it's more likely 333 00:19:08,747 --> 00:19:11,281 that it'll close around them. 334 00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:15,286 ¶ ¶ 335 00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:17,688 Keep yelling. 336 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:18,956 If you really knew what I was doing, 337 00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:23,227 you definitely--you're justified in your yelling. 338 00:19:23,296 --> 00:19:25,829 ¶ ¶ 339 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:29,100 I've always been really empathetic. 340 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:31,769 I don't like killing things if I don't have to. 341 00:19:31,838 --> 00:19:32,703 And I know--and in this situation, 342 00:19:32,771 --> 00:19:33,837 it's like, well, you have to. 343 00:19:33,906 --> 00:19:35,773 It's like, no, I could always push 344 00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:36,574 a red button and go home, right? 345 00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:39,443 I don't have to kill them. 346 00:19:39,646 --> 00:19:42,013 [squirrel chattering] 347 00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:47,918 - Yep, I hear you. 348 00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:50,654 You don't want me here. I don't blame you. 349 00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:53,924 Every day of any of our lives, 350 00:19:53,993 --> 00:19:56,927 we're killing things indirectly, right? 351 00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:59,864 I've killed way more animals and damaged 352 00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:03,066 way more environment by building a house, 353 00:20:03,135 --> 00:20:05,136 and owning a car, and buying clothes and shoes, 354 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:08,939 and all of that than I could possibly do out here. 355 00:20:09,008 --> 00:20:11,875 Between transportation, and manufacturing, 356 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:13,477 and packaging, and all of that stuff, 357 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,480 many things have died. 358 00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:20,017 All right, 15 snares up. 359 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:22,086 So it's good to remember that balance and understand 360 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:26,891 this is a much more direct and cleaner way to live, 361 00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:29,293 even if some animals die in the process. 362 00:20:29,361 --> 00:20:35,966 ¶ ¶ 363 00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:37,501 There's been an awful lot of complaining 364 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,636 from just that spot. 365 00:20:39,705 --> 00:20:42,239 I should go check the snares. 366 00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:44,441 ¶ ¶ 367 00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:46,243 Holy [bleep], wow. 368 00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:50,014 ¶ ¶ 369 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,254 [tense music] 370 00:20:57,323 --> 00:21:03,995 ¶ ¶ 371 00:21:05,732 --> 00:21:09,000 I got one. I got some meat. 372 00:21:10,870 --> 00:21:15,672 So you can see him hanging right here. 373 00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:18,542 So I got some food for tonight. 374 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:21,812 Thank you, little buddy. 375 00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:23,413 So I haven't even finished setting them up, 376 00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:25,215 and I got a meal. 377 00:21:25,285 --> 00:21:30,620 ¶ ¶ 378 00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:31,989 Our catch so far for the day. 379 00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:38,295 Poor little guy, but my tummy will be very grateful. 380 00:21:38,364 --> 00:21:45,036 ¶ ¶ 381 00:21:45,972 --> 00:21:48,038 - It does feel good to be able to start 382 00:21:48,107 --> 00:21:51,909 providing for myself here, but squirrel isn't much. 383 00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:55,779 I mean, I'd want five squirrels for dinner, 384 00:21:55,848 --> 00:21:57,915 and I'm getting one for dinner. 385 00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,317 But it's certainly better than nothing. 386 00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:01,919 That's for sure. 387 00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:04,989 My hope is that once I get the lodge done, 388 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:07,458 then I can start to put a lot more energy 389 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:10,995 into getting more food. 390 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:13,730 That's really what I want to end up doing. 391 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:18,002 All right, first full-fledged meal. 392 00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:22,006 With actual meat in it. 393 00:22:24,877 --> 00:22:29,013 Mmm, lot like chicken wings, mmm. 394 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:33,284 It's wonderful to have a meal. 395 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:40,991 ¶ ¶ 396 00:22:57,042 --> 00:23:01,912 - All right, we're gonna do my video diary log 397 00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:04,515 standing outside 'cause it's just too pretty 398 00:23:04,584 --> 00:23:05,983 to lay in bed any longer. 399 00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:09,720 I literally opened my eyes today, 400 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:12,857 I slept so well, and just looked out, 401 00:23:13,059 --> 00:23:15,993 and it was just pink, and purple, and blue. 402 00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:19,997 I need to get out of here for sleeping. 403 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,932 It's just gonna get way colder down in here, 404 00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:25,936 and I'm kind of thinking just a debris hut, 405 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:27,938 but I gotta get this shelter up because I think 406 00:23:28,007 --> 00:23:30,875 these nice days are gonna end, and I could be 407 00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:35,278 in for a real awakening when the rain comes. 408 00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:42,987 ¶ ¶ 409 00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:51,996 I'm thinking permanent shelter just right over here. 410 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:57,101 Well, this could be the spot. 411 00:23:57,169 --> 00:24:00,437 Number one reason is I like this access to the beach. 412 00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:02,773 The ground I wanted, 413 00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:06,043 the wind seems to be mostly east-west, 414 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:09,246 so I want to put the back of the shelter like so. 415 00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:13,650 ¶ ¶ 416 00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:15,185 I'm choosing my shelter site. 417 00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:20,858 I'm trying to juggle a lot of factors into this one area. 418 00:24:20,927 --> 00:24:23,461 Building a shelter isn't my first move 419 00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:25,863 in a survival situation. 420 00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:29,065 I felt that focusing on learning my site 421 00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:32,936 and finding some resources like food would be time 422 00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:36,807 better spent while the weather was nice. 423 00:24:37,009 --> 00:24:39,743 I chose this site because it was out 424 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:42,947 of the main flow of animal traffic. 425 00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:46,684 The island I'm on isn't a highly traveled area. 426 00:24:46,886 --> 00:24:48,485 There's very little sign of anything 427 00:24:48,554 --> 00:24:50,954 other than squirrel. 428 00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:55,559 All right, we got about half the shelter built. 429 00:24:55,628 --> 00:24:58,228 Coming together pretty well. 430 00:24:58,297 --> 00:25:00,898 ¶ ¶ 431 00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:05,035 I like using earthen type shelter ideas. 432 00:25:05,103 --> 00:25:07,170 I like being the most connected to the earth. 433 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,107 Like, I didn't want to build a raised platform, or a bed, 434 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:12,643 or anything because it puts you off the ground. 435 00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:13,777 I like sleeping on the ground. 436 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:15,913 I sleep better than I do in a bed. 437 00:25:16,115 --> 00:25:19,249 My back hurts less. My shoulder hurts less. 438 00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:21,986 [sighs] 439 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,657 Today was the day to get this done, 440 00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:27,858 or at least get this started. 441 00:25:27,927 --> 00:25:30,260 I don't know how long--it might take weeks 442 00:25:30,329 --> 00:25:34,999 to actually be done for winter, but at least I got a roof on. 443 00:25:38,404 --> 00:25:40,470 [squeaking] 444 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,206 - I hear a squirrel. 445 00:25:42,408 --> 00:25:45,943 ¶ ¶ 446 00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:49,813 Okay, he's gonna--he's moving away, but let's see 447 00:25:50,016 --> 00:25:52,282 if we can't get the camera on him here. 448 00:25:52,351 --> 00:25:59,089 ¶ ¶ 449 00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:01,491 I got a good shot right here, so we're kind of gonna 450 00:26:01,561 --> 00:26:04,294 just ambush for a second. 451 00:26:04,363 --> 00:26:09,499 ¶ ¶ 452 00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:13,237 Nice, another squirrel. 453 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:15,005 Tag. 454 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:17,775 Thank you, buddy. 455 00:26:17,843 --> 00:26:19,242 Man, we're grateful to have him. 456 00:26:19,312 --> 00:26:26,984 ¶ ¶ 457 00:26:27,719 --> 00:26:30,920 - Seared squirrel, campfire. 458 00:26:30,990 --> 00:26:34,725 This looks like I'm roughing it, but I'm not. 459 00:26:34,794 --> 00:26:37,661 I think you're roughing it at home, 460 00:26:37,730 --> 00:26:39,796 mostly because it's comfortable, 461 00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:44,000 and you're not challenging yourselves. 462 00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:48,138 Never been a big organ eater, but you know what, 463 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:54,011 They're the woods' vitamins and minerals so going down. 464 00:26:55,548 --> 00:26:57,747 Mmm, pretty good. 465 00:26:57,816 --> 00:27:00,083 I really enjoy cooking my food. 466 00:27:00,152 --> 00:27:03,554 I really enjoy eating my food, savoring all my bites. 467 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:05,022 I am feeling amazing. 468 00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:07,157 I'm having no problem with the amount of food 469 00:27:07,226 --> 00:27:09,826 I'm getting or the nutrition I'm getting from this diet. 470 00:27:09,895 --> 00:27:12,696 I feel more alive every day I'm out here. 471 00:27:12,898 --> 00:27:14,831 I don't feel more like going home. 472 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:17,101 I feel more like seeing what's coming. 473 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:21,038 I can't wait to see the snow. I can't wait to see the ice. 474 00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:24,908 I can't wait to have this place try and break me. 475 00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:26,643 And I'm gonna give it all I got back. 476 00:27:26,712 --> 00:27:29,646 I'm gonna swing for the fences. 477 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:30,914 And if I got a throw a punch, 478 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:34,118 I'll throw a punch, but I'm sticking it out 479 00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:38,789 until I get pulled out of here or I'm the last one. 480 00:27:38,857 --> 00:27:40,991 I couldn't live with nothing less. 481 00:27:46,532 --> 00:27:49,265 [tense music] 482 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:56,006 ¶ ¶ 483 00:28:00,546 --> 00:28:02,012 - Good morning! 484 00:28:02,081 --> 00:28:05,015 It's the "Alone" Show with your host, Jesse Krebs. 485 00:28:06,085 --> 00:28:10,954 Today's topics, how to build permanent shelters. 486 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:14,291 We'll be looking at roofs in particular today. 487 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,759 ¶ ¶ 488 00:28:15,828 --> 00:28:19,029 - My goal today, start construction 489 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:21,899 on the roof and walls, and get out of this weather, 490 00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:24,901 be able to have a place that's indoor. 491 00:28:24,970 --> 00:28:28,305 Just want to get the support poles in place. 492 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:31,975 ¶ ¶ 493 00:28:32,178 --> 00:28:34,845 There are so many different styles of shelter. 494 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:36,980 We have A-frames, and lean-tos, 495 00:28:37,049 --> 00:28:40,918 and fan shelters, and igloos, and quinzhees. 496 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,322 But what I'm designing doesn't really fit any 497 00:28:45,524 --> 00:28:47,925 of those models. 498 00:28:47,993 --> 00:28:49,793 I feel like the best shelters are ones 499 00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:52,863 that combine a lot of elements. 500 00:28:52,931 --> 00:28:56,867 Okay, I think that one's in there as well. 501 00:28:56,935 --> 00:28:58,735 It'll be more of a lean-to design, 502 00:28:58,804 --> 00:29:01,205 but it's hard to really classify it. 503 00:29:01,407 --> 00:29:06,877 ¶ ¶ 504 00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:09,279 - We've cut some stakes for the walls. 505 00:29:09,347 --> 00:29:14,218 So the plan would be to drive stakes down into the ground, 506 00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:18,488 then I can weave some things in between them, like bark, 507 00:29:18,557 --> 00:29:20,691 boughs, and then moss, 508 00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:22,993 and fill the walls with debris. 509 00:29:29,502 --> 00:29:32,302 Onto the other side. 510 00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:34,237 Oh, God, okay. 511 00:29:34,306 --> 00:29:39,176 ¶ ¶ 512 00:29:39,245 --> 00:29:42,112 As usual, I'm probably biting off more than I can chew. 513 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:45,248 Everything takes me longer than I think it will, 514 00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:49,787 but better to just do it right and have it be pretty solid, 515 00:29:49,989 --> 00:29:53,256 and it'll make it easier in the long run. 516 00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:55,993 ¶ ¶ 517 00:29:56,061 --> 00:29:59,797 When my mom got pregnant with me, she was 20. 518 00:29:59,999 --> 00:30:02,465 After I was born, my biological dad, 519 00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:04,868 he wasn't around. 520 00:30:05,070 --> 00:30:06,870 She decided that she was actually gonna 521 00:30:06,939 --> 00:30:09,138 keep me and not give me up for adoption. 522 00:30:09,208 --> 00:30:13,142 And I think about how she struggled putting herself 523 00:30:13,212 --> 00:30:17,815 through college with no help, working, and raising me. 524 00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:21,018 And, like, she still somehow managed 525 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:23,887 in that time to, like, travel to incredible places. 526 00:30:23,956 --> 00:30:26,957 And she fell in love with a Nepalese man. 527 00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:29,025 She was riding elephants in the Himalayas. 528 00:30:29,094 --> 00:30:32,896 She's just amazing, and she's always just been 529 00:30:33,098 --> 00:30:37,234 such a fan, you know, of me and supporter. 530 00:30:37,303 --> 00:30:40,437 ¶ ¶ 531 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:43,440 Here's some bark. 532 00:30:43,642 --> 00:30:45,775 Lots and lots of bark. 533 00:30:45,845 --> 00:30:46,576 That's how I'm approaching this. 534 00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:48,912 There is nobody out there. 535 00:30:49,114 --> 00:30:51,114 I'm alone, and I've got to figure this out. 536 00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:52,916 If you want to keep living, there's nobody gonna 537 00:30:53,118 --> 00:30:57,921 show up and plug you in or make you feel better. 538 00:30:57,989 --> 00:31:00,657 It's on you, so do what you got to do. 539 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:01,725 What do you need to do right now? 540 00:31:01,927 --> 00:31:03,994 And that's got to be your focus. 541 00:31:05,931 --> 00:31:07,998 I think it's looking pretty darn good. 542 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,135 I think we call it. It feels good enough for today. 543 00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:15,005 It's gonna take a lot more energy than I thought it was. 544 00:31:18,343 --> 00:31:25,015 ¶ ¶ 545 00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:58,982 - There was a squirrel, tried to shoot, missed again. 546 00:32:01,053 --> 00:32:04,321 The squirrels around here must be wondering, 547 00:32:04,523 --> 00:32:05,922 "What the heck? 548 00:32:05,991 --> 00:32:08,591 "I'm always getting these weird projectiles 549 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:11,328 whenever this guy's around." 550 00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:13,262 [chuckles] 551 00:32:13,332 --> 00:32:15,932 ¶ ¶ 552 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:19,402 I've already explored upriver very well. 553 00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:20,871 There's nothing. 554 00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:23,539 So now I just want to explore a little bit. 555 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:24,608 I'm not gonna go far. 556 00:32:24,810 --> 00:32:27,276 Just gonna walk a little bit. 557 00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:30,079 ¶ ¶ 558 00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:33,750 So just for the record, this is how difficult it is 559 00:32:33,818 --> 00:32:37,988 to walk through my piece of land. 560 00:32:41,026 --> 00:32:44,027 After that grouse, I have not eaten much. 561 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:46,563 I've been very carefully looking at the ground 562 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:48,698 for signs of rabbits, 563 00:32:48,767 --> 00:32:50,834 but I cannot see any droppings, 564 00:32:50,902 --> 00:32:53,236 so that's not great news for me. 565 00:32:53,305 --> 00:33:00,010 ¶ ¶ 566 00:33:00,512 --> 00:33:03,013 Look at that. 567 00:33:03,582 --> 00:33:06,249 Those are bear tracks. 568 00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:08,385 ¶ ¶ 569 00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:09,987 That's a bear track. 570 00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:13,190 Holy [bleep]. 571 00:33:13,392 --> 00:33:19,796 ¶ ¶ 572 00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:23,000 And here's my hand for reference so... 573 00:33:24,403 --> 00:33:27,204 Holy [bleep]. 574 00:33:27,406 --> 00:33:31,008 ¶ ¶ 575 00:33:36,081 --> 00:33:39,082 I can do a few things to try to optimize 576 00:33:39,284 --> 00:33:44,220 so that if a bear goes nearby, I can get a shot at it. 577 00:33:44,289 --> 00:33:49,960 ¶ ¶ 578 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:53,563 So I'm thinking that having a bear nearby, 579 00:33:53,631 --> 00:33:55,165 it's quite dangerous. 580 00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:59,035 I need to really protect myself and my food coming in, 581 00:33:59,104 --> 00:34:03,306 so I'm gonna hang my food scraps from the grouse. 582 00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:08,178 ¶ ¶ 583 00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:10,013 Nice. 584 00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:13,716 So here it is. 585 00:34:13,786 --> 00:34:18,054 Grouse intestines, and foods scraps, 586 00:34:18,123 --> 00:34:22,859 and some cans, and hopefully, if an animal is trying 587 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:25,996 to get it, it'll make a little bit of noise. 588 00:34:27,332 --> 00:34:32,802 ¶ ¶ 589 00:34:32,871 --> 00:34:35,671 Okay, so I just had a great idea. 590 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:38,942 Why don't I make, like, a bell? 591 00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:43,746 So I have this pot here, so--and I also have 592 00:34:43,816 --> 00:34:48,885 this huge, huge nail that I found. 593 00:34:48,954 --> 00:34:53,223 If I string this nail through this hole... 594 00:34:53,292 --> 00:34:55,492 ¶ ¶ 595 00:34:55,561 --> 00:34:59,996 now I have a loud bell. 596 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:06,303 I'll be able to hear this from far away for sure. 597 00:35:06,371 --> 00:35:09,039 ¶ ¶ 598 00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:13,009 Bear encounters could be potentially pretty scary. 599 00:35:25,524 --> 00:35:27,791 If I hunt a bear, 600 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:31,394 I'll be able to outlast anyone. 601 00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:31,995 See if that works. 602 00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:39,202 [tense music] 603 00:35:39,404 --> 00:35:46,009 ¶ ¶ 604 00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:58,755 - Got ourselves a vice. 605 00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:01,691 Now we can put the hook in there. 606 00:36:01,759 --> 00:36:03,994 I can put this between my legs. 607 00:36:06,565 --> 00:36:10,233 I can work on my flies. 608 00:36:10,302 --> 00:36:15,772 ¶ ¶ 609 00:36:15,974 --> 00:36:21,510 I'm gonna take a little bit of this foam 610 00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:24,014 off the edge of my boot. 611 00:36:25,117 --> 00:36:28,985 I hope that doesn't make my boots too uncomfortable. 612 00:36:31,056 --> 00:36:33,256 As time goes on, I'm realizing that I need 613 00:36:33,325 --> 00:36:37,127 to make a few different flies to match different conditions 614 00:36:37,329 --> 00:36:40,997 and weather conditions that are prevalent on the river. 615 00:36:42,267 --> 00:36:46,203 For the legs, we're gonna take a little bit of fly line. 616 00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:49,940 ¶ ¶ 617 00:36:50,142 --> 00:36:54,877 I'm gonna make a couple of flies that will sink 618 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:56,879 and a couple of flies that will float 619 00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:59,082 and give myself a little bit of diversity 620 00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:03,987 in my fly box to allow me to catch some fish. 621 00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:06,756 And there you have it, 622 00:37:06,825 --> 00:37:08,992 the world's ugliest Chernobyl Ant. 623 00:37:12,030 --> 00:37:13,997 Let's see if they're biting down there today. 624 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:18,701 Feeling hungry this morning, man. 625 00:37:18,770 --> 00:37:20,036 I need something in my stomach. 626 00:37:20,105 --> 00:37:22,972 It's important that we produce some food today. 627 00:37:23,041 --> 00:37:25,975 The cupboard's pretty much empty again. 628 00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:28,011 The fishing seems pretty reliable right now. 629 00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:33,183 Just look how beautiful it is today. 630 00:37:33,385 --> 00:37:36,385 ¶ ¶ 631 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:38,054 The wind is calm. 632 00:37:38,123 --> 00:37:40,991 I think it's gonna be a really good morning for fishing. 633 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:50,133 I do wonder what everyone's doing. 634 00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:53,737 My parents, I bet they've got a little countdown board 635 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:57,340 or something going on the fridge. 636 00:37:57,542 --> 00:37:58,408 "He's doin' it." 637 00:37:58,610 --> 00:38:01,478 They'll be saying stuff like that all the time. 638 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,813 "Man, he's doin' great." 639 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:05,482 I have no idea if I'm doing great, 640 00:38:05,684 --> 00:38:07,984 but I just think I am. 641 00:38:10,088 --> 00:38:13,222 500,000 bucks would be a big deal for us. 642 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:17,960 A huge deal, the whole family, it could help everybody out. 643 00:38:18,030 --> 00:38:22,766 My parents live on less like 20 grand a year. 644 00:38:22,834 --> 00:38:24,968 They do not have a lot of money. 645 00:38:25,170 --> 00:38:26,836 I'd love to be able to sort them out with just 646 00:38:26,905 --> 00:38:30,907 a little mini retirement pension. 647 00:38:30,976 --> 00:38:32,642 When you're living on that kind of income, 648 00:38:32,710 --> 00:38:35,978 it makes a big difference. 649 00:38:36,048 --> 00:38:39,783 I know that I'm out here for the right reasons. 650 00:38:39,985 --> 00:38:42,185 I'm hoping that I can make it happen. 651 00:38:42,387 --> 00:38:44,854 ¶ ¶ 652 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:49,792 All right, not a nibble on the tenkara rod, 653 00:38:49,861 --> 00:38:53,797 so I'm gonna put up the casting rod, 654 00:38:53,999 --> 00:38:57,666 and toss that line out a little further, 655 00:38:57,736 --> 00:39:00,203 and see if that does something. 656 00:39:00,405 --> 00:39:04,007 ¶ ¶ 657 00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:06,209 I'm worried that the fishing is drying up. 658 00:39:06,411 --> 00:39:08,945 ¶ ¶ 659 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:10,746 The river levels are starting to drop, 660 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:12,882 and as the river starts to drop, 661 00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:14,951 my shoreline gets shallower and shallower, 662 00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:16,686 and I'm noticing that the fish are starting 663 00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:19,222 to move further and further off. 664 00:39:19,291 --> 00:39:22,758 ¶ ¶ 665 00:39:22,827 --> 00:39:27,564 I just lost my fly in the back cast. 666 00:39:27,766 --> 00:39:29,098 The river is getting colder, 667 00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:30,767 the fish are getting a little bit more lethargic, 668 00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:32,902 and the simple fact of the matter 669 00:39:33,104 --> 00:39:37,240 is that I am fishing two very small sites, 670 00:39:37,309 --> 00:39:40,242 and it's just a matter of time before I've taken the majority 671 00:39:40,311 --> 00:39:45,515 of the fish that are hanging out in those particular spots. 672 00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:48,384 I just lost my fly. 673 00:39:48,453 --> 00:39:50,386 The homemade one. 674 00:39:50,455 --> 00:39:51,454 It's frustrating. 675 00:39:51,656 --> 00:39:54,256 I don't know what to do. 676 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:57,794 ¶ ¶ 677 00:39:57,863 --> 00:40:00,597 What are the two things that you know 678 00:40:00,665 --> 00:40:04,000 will make it onto "Alone"? 679 00:40:05,537 --> 00:40:08,004 Song and a dance. 680 00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:14,543 ¶ Do the hunger dance ¶ 681 00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:15,545 ¶ Doo, doo, doo, doo ¶ 682 00:40:15,614 --> 00:40:16,545 ¶ Do the hunger dance ¶ 683 00:40:16,614 --> 00:40:17,547 ¶ Doo, doo, doo, doo ¶ 684 00:40:17,616 --> 00:40:19,482 ¶ Do the hunger dance ¶ 685 00:40:19,684 --> 00:40:20,549 ¶ Doo, doo, doo, doo ¶ 686 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:21,551 ¶ Do the hunger dance ¶ 687 00:40:21,619 --> 00:40:22,485 ¶ Doo, doo, doo, doo ¶ 688 00:40:22,554 --> 00:40:24,687 ¶ Unlimited calories ¶ 689 00:40:24,890 --> 00:40:26,689 ¶ Doo, dooby, doo, doo, ba-doo ¶ 690 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:29,993 ¶ Better low, low, low, low ¶ 691 00:40:31,696 --> 00:40:33,997 How's that? [chuckles] 692 00:40:37,368 --> 00:40:44,007 ¶ ¶ 693 00:40:53,784 --> 00:40:58,521 - So we will have a small delay 694 00:40:58,590 --> 00:41:00,990 in the day's activities... 695 00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:07,997 So I can do a little sunbathing. 696 00:41:12,938 --> 00:41:15,605 Feels good to get some sunshine, 697 00:41:15,674 --> 00:41:17,006 collect a little vitamin D. 698 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:23,012 ¶ I'm here squattin' on the big river ¶ 699 00:41:24,149 --> 00:41:27,984 ¶ Eatin' lots of berries and squirrel liver ¶ 700 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:32,621 That's part of the tune I'm trying to work on. 701 00:41:32,690 --> 00:41:35,491 I think that'll be the chorus. 702 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,293 Think it's catchy enough? 703 00:41:37,362 --> 00:41:39,295 [chuckles] 704 00:41:39,965 --> 00:41:41,998 It was nice to see the sun's face again. 705 00:41:43,968 --> 00:41:46,236 All right, I suppose, let's get to work. 706 00:41:46,438 --> 00:41:49,005 [groaning] 707 00:41:49,374 --> 00:41:53,643 ¶ ¶ 708 00:41:53,711 --> 00:41:55,244 Have to go check my traps. 709 00:41:55,313 --> 00:41:56,846 ¶ ¶ 710 00:41:56,915 --> 00:41:59,982 I need to start getting some more food. 711 00:42:00,051 --> 00:42:01,985 I think the squirrel around here are starting 712 00:42:02,187 --> 00:42:05,922 to figure out what those shiny metal things are. 713 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:08,591 Getting pretty good at avoiding them. 714 00:42:08,659 --> 00:42:11,460 So nobody in any of those. 715 00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:13,196 Could be a problem. 716 00:42:13,398 --> 00:42:17,533 ¶ ¶ 717 00:42:17,602 --> 00:42:21,004 Oh, I got one over here. 718 00:42:24,476 --> 00:42:25,341 Poor thing. 719 00:42:25,410 --> 00:42:28,011 I'm gonna get a good stick to hit him with. 720 00:42:28,613 --> 00:42:32,015 [squirrel chattering] 721 00:42:33,618 --> 00:42:35,985 They are not happy with me. 722 00:42:46,298 --> 00:42:49,999 ¶ ¶ 723 00:42:54,639 --> 00:42:57,306 [squirrel chirping loudly] 724 00:42:57,375 --> 00:43:04,013 ¶ ¶ 725 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:14,190 I'm grateful for squirrels. 726 00:43:14,392 --> 00:43:16,725 ¶ ¶ 727 00:43:16,794 --> 00:43:18,994 Felt really bad taking its life, 728 00:43:19,063 --> 00:43:21,531 especially mom was there chattering and yelling, 729 00:43:21,733 --> 00:43:24,200 and she was really upset. 730 00:43:24,402 --> 00:43:25,134 ¶ ¶ 731 00:43:25,203 --> 00:43:28,538 Yeah, they have the emotions, right. 732 00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:30,206 They feel like we do. 733 00:43:30,408 --> 00:43:31,874 ¶ ¶ 734 00:43:31,943 --> 00:43:34,944 So it is really hard to break up families, 735 00:43:35,012 --> 00:43:36,813 but I know that's also part of how it works, 736 00:43:36,881 --> 00:43:39,749 and that here it's direct, right? 737 00:43:39,817 --> 00:43:41,551 I see it. I have to be part of it. 738 00:43:41,753 --> 00:43:42,685 I have to take an active part 739 00:43:42,754 --> 00:43:46,289 if I'm going to live and survive. 740 00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:48,491 ¶ ¶ 741 00:43:48,693 --> 00:43:51,761 [squirrel chirping loudly] 742 00:43:51,830 --> 00:43:53,296 - You have every right to be mad at me. 743 00:43:53,498 --> 00:43:55,164 I understand. 744 00:43:56,034 --> 00:43:59,502 I think she was coming over earlier this morning 745 00:43:59,570 --> 00:44:02,504 and like, you know, 746 00:44:02,573 --> 00:44:04,841 she was yelling at me, 747 00:44:04,909 --> 00:44:07,109 and I don't know if she was yelling at me 748 00:44:07,178 --> 00:44:09,912 for setting out the snares or yelling at me to come help. 749 00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:12,649 I would have liked to have come help instead, 750 00:44:12,851 --> 00:44:15,184 but it's not why I'm here, babe. 751 00:44:15,386 --> 00:44:18,721 ¶ ¶ 752 00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:23,659 She's eating a pine cone right now, 753 00:44:23,728 --> 00:44:24,527 which could be comfort eating, 754 00:44:24,729 --> 00:44:27,797 but I see it as a good sign. 755 00:44:27,865 --> 00:44:29,198 She's gonna keep living her life. 756 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,868 ¶ ¶ 757 00:44:32,070 --> 00:44:35,605 Every day we live, other things must die, 758 00:44:35,807 --> 00:44:37,673 and that is the law of nature. 759 00:44:37,742 --> 00:44:39,876 That is the way things work. 760 00:44:40,078 --> 00:44:43,012 And we don't realize in our modern lives 761 00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,481 that the same thing is happening indirectly 762 00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:47,550 because of our actions. 763 00:44:47,619 --> 00:44:51,487 So even though this is hard, 764 00:44:51,556 --> 00:44:55,424 to see it that directly, 765 00:44:55,493 --> 00:44:57,293 it's more honest. 766 00:44:57,361 --> 00:45:02,999 ¶ ¶ 767 00:45:07,505 --> 00:45:08,237 [tense music] 768 00:45:08,306 --> 00:45:16,012 ¶ ¶ 769 00:45:28,126 --> 00:45:33,596 - Okay, I'm gonna do this. I'm going to wash my hair. 770 00:45:33,665 --> 00:45:37,533 My hair feels so dry and wiry. 771 00:45:37,602 --> 00:45:40,870 I've got some warm water. 772 00:45:41,072 --> 00:45:43,539 First, I'm just gonna dunk my hair in there. 773 00:45:43,741 --> 00:45:46,008 That'll be the easiest way. 774 00:45:48,813 --> 00:45:52,014 Oh, my gosh, this feels so good. 775 00:45:57,355 --> 00:45:58,554 [laughs] 776 00:45:58,623 --> 00:46:00,556 Now I got a little leaves-- 777 00:46:00,625 --> 00:46:02,992 where'd those all come from? 778 00:46:04,428 --> 00:46:07,563 Okay, well... 779 00:46:07,765 --> 00:46:09,999 I think I got it pretty good. 780 00:46:14,839 --> 00:46:17,239 Could somebody hand me my towel. 781 00:46:17,308 --> 00:46:19,008 Thanks. 782 00:46:20,377 --> 00:46:25,047 ¶ ¶ 783 00:46:25,116 --> 00:46:29,852 My goal today is just to get into the shelter. 784 00:46:29,921 --> 00:46:33,189 Let's try not to get my pink shirt dirty. 785 00:46:33,391 --> 00:46:39,996 ¶ ¶ 786 00:46:40,198 --> 00:46:42,397 It's very overwhelming for me to build a shelter 787 00:46:42,466 --> 00:46:46,068 to settle into. 788 00:46:46,136 --> 00:46:49,338 But the land told me how to build the shelter. 789 00:46:49,540 --> 00:46:51,073 I saw the hill. 790 00:46:51,142 --> 00:46:54,810 That hillside is all clay under those blueberries. 791 00:46:54,879 --> 00:46:57,012 And I went to bed, and that night, 792 00:46:57,081 --> 00:47:00,082 the land told me, lift up the topsoil, dig in, 793 00:47:00,151 --> 00:47:03,753 build your little structure, and put the topsoil on, 794 00:47:03,955 --> 00:47:05,955 but you have to put the topsoil back. 795 00:47:06,023 --> 00:47:07,823 My plan is to have the front wall lean back 796 00:47:07,892 --> 00:47:09,959 so that I can pile the clay up there 797 00:47:10,028 --> 00:47:15,097 because the moss is rated R5, the clay is R50, 798 00:47:15,166 --> 00:47:17,633 so I'm going to use this clay as much as possible 799 00:47:17,702 --> 00:47:19,302 to really hold in the heat. 800 00:47:19,370 --> 00:47:20,903 ¶ ¶ 801 00:47:20,972 --> 00:47:23,639 I feel so blessed with all the abundance 802 00:47:23,708 --> 00:47:25,841 that this land has to give. 803 00:47:25,910 --> 00:47:27,910 It's like, it's making it so easy. 804 00:47:28,112 --> 00:47:30,712 I think I'm gonna level this out a little bit, 805 00:47:30,781 --> 00:47:32,248 and then start working on the bed. 806 00:47:32,317 --> 00:47:38,453 ¶ ¶ 807 00:47:38,522 --> 00:47:39,722 Brr, it got chilly. 808 00:47:39,791 --> 00:47:42,191 I think I need to put on my shirt. 809 00:47:42,393 --> 00:47:48,998 ¶ ¶ 810 00:47:51,068 --> 00:47:54,136 - All right, so we can get the tarp on there 811 00:47:54,204 --> 00:47:57,272 and start living in it while I'm finishing the roof. 812 00:47:57,341 --> 00:47:59,541 ¶ ¶ 813 00:47:59,610 --> 00:48:01,009 I'm not eating enough. 814 00:48:01,078 --> 00:48:03,879 I'm burning way more calories than I'm eating, 815 00:48:03,948 --> 00:48:07,550 but I also realize I get so wrapped up 816 00:48:07,752 --> 00:48:09,085 on the to do, to do, to do. 817 00:48:09,153 --> 00:48:11,887 Now I gotta do this, today I'm going to do this, 818 00:48:11,956 --> 00:48:14,991 and not taking the time out to just be. 819 00:48:18,696 --> 00:48:23,232 I'm so happy. I moved in. 820 00:48:23,301 --> 00:48:29,304 ¶ ¶ 821 00:48:29,373 --> 00:48:33,009 [scraping] 822 00:48:38,515 --> 00:48:40,983 So here we are! 823 00:48:43,587 --> 00:48:45,854 I moved into my shelter. 824 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:50,526 I got the tarp on. I got some ribs going. 825 00:48:50,728 --> 00:48:54,063 we got everything tied down. 826 00:48:54,131 --> 00:48:56,999 But I've been really looking forward to being able 827 00:48:57,067 --> 00:49:01,670 to have a fire in my shelter, and here it is. 828 00:49:01,739 --> 00:49:05,207 Number one, first night, whoo! 829 00:49:05,410 --> 00:49:06,809 ¶ ¶ 830 00:49:07,011 --> 00:49:09,478 Something I'm learning about myself is 831 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,815 I am a visionary person. 832 00:49:13,017 --> 00:49:14,817 I get inspired, and I get these ideas. 833 00:49:15,019 --> 00:49:17,820 Oh, it's only going to take two days. 834 00:49:17,888 --> 00:49:20,155 But then I get into the project, 835 00:49:20,224 --> 00:49:23,759 and I get really detailed, and I get very perfectionist 836 00:49:23,961 --> 00:49:26,963 about things, and I'm discovering 837 00:49:27,165 --> 00:49:29,965 with myself there's a balance between details 838 00:49:30,034 --> 00:49:33,502 and just getting it done so that you can survive. 839 00:49:33,571 --> 00:49:35,904 All that's left is food. 840 00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:39,107 I just--that's the game. It's the food game. 841 00:49:39,176 --> 00:49:44,013 And I can focus the majority of my day on getting food. 842 00:49:45,983 --> 00:49:48,784 Yeah, this is definitely a game changer. 843 00:49:48,852 --> 00:49:50,987 Definitely a game changer, for sure. 844 00:49:52,523 --> 00:49:55,257 [tense music] 845 00:49:55,326 --> 00:50:01,998 ¶ ¶ 846 00:50:24,622 --> 00:50:27,990 - Nailed it. That's good. 847 00:50:28,426 --> 00:50:31,560 ¶ ¶ 848 00:50:31,762 --> 00:50:35,097 I am taking target practice. 849 00:50:35,165 --> 00:50:37,766 I'm just gonna shoot into the opposite bank there 850 00:50:37,835 --> 00:50:40,836 a few times because I feel like 851 00:50:40,904 --> 00:50:43,105 my aim is just a little bit off, 852 00:50:43,173 --> 00:50:45,641 and I need to start nailing more of these shots. 853 00:50:45,710 --> 00:50:47,710 So morning target practice is 854 00:50:47,912 --> 00:50:49,778 going into the morning routine. 855 00:50:49,847 --> 00:50:54,249 Try something a little further away. 856 00:50:54,318 --> 00:50:55,851 ¶ ¶ 857 00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:58,920 I'm ready to start utilizing my bow. 858 00:50:58,989 --> 00:51:00,989 The fishing spot is totally burned out. 859 00:51:01,059 --> 00:51:03,592 I mean, I've tried fishing for a few days now, 860 00:51:03,661 --> 00:51:04,993 and there's just nothing. 861 00:51:05,063 --> 00:51:07,463 I want to spend more time out on the landscape 862 00:51:07,665 --> 00:51:10,265 looking for black bear. 863 00:51:10,334 --> 00:51:12,601 ¶ ¶ 864 00:51:12,670 --> 00:51:16,939 Okay, I feel good about that. 865 00:51:17,141 --> 00:51:19,208 Just needed a couple of confidence booster shots. 866 00:51:19,410 --> 00:51:24,480 ¶ ¶ 867 00:51:24,549 --> 00:51:27,083 - Check this guy out. 868 00:51:27,285 --> 00:51:31,353 That's the first bolete I've found since I've been here. 869 00:51:31,556 --> 00:51:33,755 It's a little old, 870 00:51:33,824 --> 00:51:37,293 but we are totally going to eat that. 871 00:51:37,361 --> 00:51:39,828 ¶ ¶ 872 00:51:39,897 --> 00:51:42,498 We're gonna go up onto the hill, 873 00:51:42,567 --> 00:51:44,967 see what we can find. 874 00:51:45,169 --> 00:51:49,438 I don't see a path to 75, 80 days here for me 875 00:51:49,507 --> 00:51:51,239 without that bear. 876 00:51:51,308 --> 00:51:54,910 I can scrape by on good looks and charm only for so long. 877 00:51:54,978 --> 00:51:57,512 After a while, things need to get real. 878 00:51:57,581 --> 00:51:59,315 So I gotta produce. 879 00:51:59,383 --> 00:52:02,184 [sighs] 880 00:52:02,386 --> 00:52:03,385 ¶ ¶ 881 00:52:03,588 --> 00:52:06,922 Wow, it's gorgeous. 882 00:52:06,990 --> 00:52:08,724 If I'm gonna take a shot on the bear, 883 00:52:08,926 --> 00:52:10,792 it's gonna be up on the plateau 884 00:52:10,862 --> 00:52:12,861 where I have a good kind of visual 885 00:52:12,930 --> 00:52:15,263 to be able to see where he might go. 886 00:52:15,332 --> 00:52:16,932 ¶ ¶ 887 00:52:17,001 --> 00:52:21,269 This would be a great spot to glass for bears. 888 00:52:21,338 --> 00:52:22,938 ¶ ¶ 889 00:52:23,006 --> 00:52:29,211 We have some bear scat, relatively recent. 890 00:52:29,279 --> 00:52:33,015 Think they might be walking up and down on this ridgeline. 891 00:52:35,085 --> 00:52:38,988 I'm gonna go explore inland for a couple of hours. 892 00:52:40,157 --> 00:52:43,158 I just walked two hours in, good time to do it. 893 00:52:43,894 --> 00:52:47,563 There's too many bear signs for me not 894 00:52:47,765 --> 00:52:49,231 to run into one at some point. 895 00:52:49,300 --> 00:52:52,034 ¶ ¶ 896 00:52:52,102 --> 00:52:56,038 Getting a black bear means that you have just 897 00:52:56,106 --> 00:52:59,908 upped your chances of winning exponentially. 898 00:52:59,977 --> 00:53:02,644 So rather than sitting at home and trying 899 00:53:02,713 --> 00:53:04,847 to conserve those calories. 900 00:53:04,915 --> 00:53:07,449 For me, I just have to go all in, 901 00:53:07,652 --> 00:53:10,052 and without doing that, 902 00:53:10,121 --> 00:53:13,722 I don't feel like I'm really deserving of being here, 903 00:53:13,924 --> 00:53:16,191 deserving of being on this land. 904 00:53:16,260 --> 00:53:20,795 I was never gonna come out here and sit in my shelter. 905 00:53:20,864 --> 00:53:23,199 I'd rather be out there hunting. 906 00:53:23,401 --> 00:53:25,000 ¶ ¶ 907 00:53:34,345 --> 00:53:40,983 ¶ ¶ 908 00:53:45,489 --> 00:53:48,223 [tense music] 909 00:53:48,292 --> 00:53:52,995 ¶ ¶ 910 00:53:59,503 --> 00:54:02,237 [tense music] 911 00:54:02,306 --> 00:54:09,011 ¶ ¶ 912 00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,187 - Holy [bleep]. 913 00:54:18,389 --> 00:54:19,655 ¶ ¶ 914 00:54:19,857 --> 00:54:24,393 I got one, finally got a grouse. 915 00:54:24,461 --> 00:54:26,861 Beautiful one. 916 00:54:26,930 --> 00:54:29,998 I've probably shot at ten different grouse, 917 00:54:30,067 --> 00:54:32,935 and I've learned every time how to get better at it. 918 00:54:33,003 --> 00:54:38,474 I feel so, so, so thankful for this animal. 919 00:54:38,676 --> 00:54:41,276 Look how beautiful he is. 920 00:54:41,345 --> 00:54:47,616 ¶ ¶ 921 00:54:47,684 --> 00:54:50,485 I get to eat tonight again. 922 00:54:50,554 --> 00:54:53,221 Mushrooms and grouse. 923 00:54:53,291 --> 00:54:54,623 ¶ ¶ 924 00:54:54,825 --> 00:54:58,293 We're making it. We're doing it. 925 00:54:58,362 --> 00:55:03,032 ¶ ¶ 926 00:55:03,234 --> 00:55:07,636 Back in the game, back in the mother-freaking game. 927 00:55:07,705 --> 00:55:08,771 The fishing started drying up, 928 00:55:08,973 --> 00:55:12,040 and the bow is starting to produce. 929 00:55:12,109 --> 00:55:14,576 This is a food source I could start to depend on 930 00:55:14,645 --> 00:55:17,245 until that bear comes in. 931 00:55:17,315 --> 00:55:18,781 ¶ ¶ 932 00:55:18,983 --> 00:55:20,783 For dinner tonight, I'm gonna stuff 933 00:55:20,985 --> 00:55:26,521 the entire grouse with cranberries. 934 00:55:26,590 --> 00:55:29,591 Sprigs of Labrador tea 935 00:55:29,660 --> 00:55:32,461 and some sliced up bolete. 936 00:55:32,530 --> 00:55:35,197 That's one stuffed bird. 937 00:55:35,399 --> 00:55:42,004 ¶ ¶ 938 00:55:43,607 --> 00:55:46,274 Let's carve this turkey. 939 00:55:46,343 --> 00:55:53,015 ¶ ¶ 940 00:55:53,350 --> 00:55:54,983 Mmm. 941 00:55:57,554 --> 00:55:58,987 That is [bleep] amazing. 942 00:56:00,891 --> 00:56:02,991 You can taste the cranberry in it. 943 00:56:06,163 --> 00:56:10,499 Sitting in moss house enjoying a whole roasted bird 944 00:56:10,568 --> 00:56:13,001 in front of my fireplace. 945 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:20,008 If that's not thriving, I don't know what is. 946 00:56:23,513 --> 00:56:26,248 [tense music] 947 00:56:26,317 --> 00:56:32,988 ¶ ¶ 948 00:56:44,734 --> 00:56:46,735 - We've got a bunch of fish, 949 00:56:46,937 --> 00:56:49,271 so I'm gonna build a fish cache. 950 00:56:49,473 --> 00:56:51,940 There we go. 951 00:56:52,009 --> 00:56:54,209 The problems of having a surplus of food. 952 00:56:54,411 --> 00:56:55,543 ¶ ¶ 953 00:56:55,612 --> 00:56:57,812 The land's been awesome. 954 00:56:57,881 --> 00:57:00,015 I came here to hunt, but clearly, 955 00:57:00,083 --> 00:57:02,417 fishing is a very important part of survival 956 00:57:02,486 --> 00:57:04,820 in any landscape. 957 00:57:04,889 --> 00:57:08,557 So here's to still living like a kid. 958 00:57:08,626 --> 00:57:12,561 Homemade rod, simple fly, 959 00:57:12,629 --> 00:57:14,963 about 40 years later. 960 00:57:15,031 --> 00:57:17,499 Enough fish that I'm not gonna go hungry, 961 00:57:17,568 --> 00:57:19,701 at least for a few days. 962 00:57:19,904 --> 00:57:24,772 So he looked a little small there, 963 00:57:24,842 --> 00:57:26,108 but I don't want it floating away, 964 00:57:26,310 --> 00:57:30,579 so we're gonna block off here, and then put a lid on that. 965 00:57:30,648 --> 00:57:32,447 That'll keep it cool today. 966 00:57:32,516 --> 00:57:34,249 Keep bugs off of it. 967 00:57:34,318 --> 00:57:41,990 ¶ ¶ 968 00:57:46,730 --> 00:57:49,998 Oh, I think I see something. 969 00:57:53,604 --> 00:57:55,938 Look at this beaver trail. 970 00:57:56,006 --> 00:57:59,607 There's just beaver sign all over right here. 971 00:57:59,676 --> 00:58:02,477 That's too good to pass up. 972 00:58:02,546 --> 00:58:04,279 I got to sit this. 973 00:58:04,348 --> 00:58:05,880 ¶ ¶ 974 00:58:05,949 --> 00:58:08,617 The best strategy to hunt most game, 975 00:58:08,686 --> 00:58:09,685 especially with bow and arrow, 976 00:58:09,753 --> 00:58:11,686 is to find a high traffic area 977 00:58:11,755 --> 00:58:14,756 and ambush them at close range. 978 00:58:14,825 --> 00:58:17,025 These beavers are super active. 979 00:58:17,094 --> 00:58:20,161 It's just a matter of time before we cross paths. 980 00:58:20,230 --> 00:58:23,298 There's this ambush spot where this beaver hits right here. 981 00:58:23,366 --> 00:58:26,034 ¶ ¶ 982 00:58:26,103 --> 00:58:28,437 Let's just take a peek and just watch this corridor 983 00:58:28,639 --> 00:58:30,238 here for a little bit. 984 00:58:30,307 --> 00:58:34,842 ¶ ¶ 985 00:58:34,912 --> 00:58:38,246 - I think I see one right over here. 986 00:58:38,315 --> 00:58:44,987 ¶ ¶ 987 00:58:55,665 --> 00:58:59,001 Had one shot, just missed. 988 00:59:06,410 --> 00:59:13,982 ¶ ¶ 989 00:59:14,685 --> 00:59:16,284 There, that one hit it. 990 00:59:16,353 --> 00:59:23,992 ¶ ¶ 991 00:59:26,563 --> 00:59:29,431 Where would it go? 992 00:59:29,633 --> 00:59:32,500 I know he's hit hard. 993 00:59:32,569 --> 00:59:34,302 That's freakin' nuts. 994 00:59:34,371 --> 00:59:39,007 ¶ ¶ 995 00:59:43,447 --> 00:59:46,314 [tense music] 996 00:59:46,383 --> 00:59:52,988 ¶ ¶ 997 00:59:56,593 --> 00:59:58,926 These things are tough. 998 00:59:58,996 --> 01:00:02,263 I'm just really hoping he goes belly up here. 999 01:00:02,332 --> 01:00:03,665 ¶ ¶ 1000 01:00:03,734 --> 01:00:04,800 A lot of meat on this beaver. 1001 01:00:05,002 --> 01:00:07,202 Dang, I just can't believe he's not dead. 1002 01:00:07,404 --> 01:00:12,074 ¶ ¶ 1003 01:00:12,142 --> 01:00:16,010 Well, we got to go back up around and go back down 1004 01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:18,279 where he just went and see if we can't pick him up. 1005 01:00:18,348 --> 01:00:20,615 ¶ ¶ 1006 01:00:20,684 --> 01:00:23,285 What a frickin' saga, man. 1007 01:00:23,353 --> 01:00:24,820 ¶ ¶ 1008 01:00:25,022 --> 01:00:28,423 It'll be a real bummer to not recover this. 1009 01:00:28,625 --> 01:00:30,225 I mean, make me sick. 1010 01:00:30,294 --> 01:00:34,829 ¶ ¶ 1011 01:00:34,898 --> 01:00:36,498 I think it just crawled out of this pond 1012 01:00:36,566 --> 01:00:39,233 into the main river. 1013 01:00:39,302 --> 01:00:42,237 Dang it. 1014 01:00:42,306 --> 01:00:44,439 ¶ ¶ 1015 01:00:44,641 --> 01:00:45,774 I know he's hit hard. 1016 01:00:45,976 --> 01:00:48,576 I hit him really close, shot him right 1017 01:00:48,645 --> 01:00:51,013 behind the ear, basically. 1018 01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:54,983 I don't see anything yet. 1019 01:00:57,588 --> 01:00:59,921 Oh, man, adrenaline. 1020 01:00:59,990 --> 01:01:02,190 That's a big chunk of food I was going after. 1021 01:01:02,392 --> 01:01:05,794 ¶ ¶ 1022 01:01:05,996 --> 01:01:10,198 It's getting darkish now, and I see no sign 1023 01:01:10,267 --> 01:01:14,936 that he made it into the big river right here, so hopefully, 1024 01:01:15,005 --> 01:01:19,474 I'm recovering a beaver here tomorrow morning. 1025 01:01:19,543 --> 01:01:20,809 We're gonna head back, 1026 01:01:20,877 --> 01:01:24,212 recover some arrows, get regrouped. 1027 01:01:24,414 --> 01:01:30,018 ¶ ¶ 1028 01:01:30,086 --> 01:01:31,219 I think I would have caught him in this channel 1029 01:01:31,287 --> 01:01:34,022 if he would have made it, but I think he got up in there, 1030 01:01:34,091 --> 01:01:37,625 and laid down, and realized he was hurt pretty bad. 1031 01:01:37,695 --> 01:01:39,961 Anyway, I really hope he's down 1032 01:01:40,030 --> 01:01:43,432 and I can recover and use that hide and that meat. 1033 01:01:43,634 --> 01:01:45,233 That would be awesome. 1034 01:01:45,302 --> 01:01:50,438 ¶ ¶ 1035 01:01:50,507 --> 01:01:51,640 This is hunting. 1036 01:01:51,708 --> 01:01:53,975 You just got to get out here, and do the best you can, 1037 01:01:54,044 --> 01:01:57,112 and put in 100% effort to recover this guy, 1038 01:01:57,181 --> 01:02:00,015 and hopefully, he's just-- he's expiring peacefully. 1039 01:02:02,452 --> 01:02:03,985 Still sharp. 1040 01:02:05,923 --> 01:02:10,992 Oh, it's just like life, you gotta try. 1041 01:02:11,661 --> 01:02:13,195 Coulda, shoulda, woulda... 1042 01:02:13,397 --> 01:02:17,466 ¶ ¶ 1043 01:02:17,668 --> 01:02:19,801 What an exciting night. 1044 01:02:19,869 --> 01:02:22,804 I got to say, I'm alive, you know? 1045 01:02:22,873 --> 01:02:25,941 Heart's beating. Body's functioning well. 1046 01:02:26,009 --> 01:02:29,211 I got no excuses, just doing the best I can. 1047 01:02:29,413 --> 01:02:31,680 ¶ ¶ 1048 01:02:31,748 --> 01:02:33,749 Folks, this is how you learn. 1049 01:02:33,951 --> 01:02:36,217 Get out here and get your butt kicked. 1050 01:02:36,286 --> 01:02:40,288 ¶ ¶ 1051 01:02:40,490 --> 01:02:42,490 - Oh, [bleep]. 1052 01:02:42,559 --> 01:02:44,692 - Come out, little guy. 1053 01:02:44,761 --> 01:02:47,361 - See if we can't catch a trout. 1054 01:02:47,430 --> 01:02:48,963 Holy [bleep]. 1055 01:02:49,032 --> 01:02:51,566 - I really feel bear is gonna be a necessity 1056 01:02:51,634 --> 01:02:52,567 to make this long haul. 1057 01:02:52,769 --> 01:02:54,302 - We'll see who comes looking. 1058 01:02:54,504 --> 01:02:55,703 [bear growls] 1059 01:02:55,773 --> 01:03:01,443 - Well, I got some muscle spasms 1060 01:03:01,511 --> 01:03:03,645 and leg cramps, 1061 01:03:03,847 --> 01:03:06,181 the kind that curl your feet up. 1062 01:03:06,383 --> 01:03:08,049 [groans] 1063 01:03:08,118 --> 01:03:11,786 - I'm coming to the limits of my physical body. 1064 01:03:11,855 --> 01:03:13,387 And now my heart beat's irregular. 1065 01:03:13,456 --> 01:03:16,191 Ba-boom, ba-boom. 1066 01:03:16,393 --> 01:03:19,995 ¶ ¶