1 00:00:05,572 --> 00:00:08,442 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:08,575 --> 00:00:15,349 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:15,482 --> 00:00:18,785 ‐ I'm about to get caught in a gnarly storm. 4 00:00:18,919 --> 00:00:21,788 Oh! Should've been working on the shelter. 5 00:00:21,922 --> 00:00:24,424 ‐ I knew it was taking a huge chance not bringing 6 00:00:24,558 --> 00:00:25,859 a fire striker. 7 00:00:25,993 --> 00:00:29,363 My expectations are always higher than my ability. 8 00:00:29,496 --> 00:00:32,466 ‐ I'm starting to feel nauseous. 9 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:33,834 [gagging] 10 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:36,737 I'm starting to think, "Can I do this?" 11 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:39,439 ‐ I don't think anybody has ever forged a knife on "Alone." 12 00:00:39,573 --> 00:00:42,709 Maybe when it's done I can prison‐shank a muskox. 13 00:00:42,843 --> 00:00:44,144 ‐ Holy [bleep], got one. 14 00:00:44,278 --> 00:00:47,180 Solitude is not something that I'm accustomed to. 15 00:00:47,314 --> 00:00:48,382 I miss my family. 16 00:00:48,515 --> 00:00:51,418 Oh, yes. Got my first fish of the trip. 17 00:00:51,552 --> 00:00:53,654 ‐ No frickin' way. 18 00:00:53,787 --> 00:00:57,391 It is swimming towards me. 19 00:00:57,524 --> 00:01:05,098 ♪ ♪ 20 00:01:05,232 --> 00:01:08,735 male narrator: In "Alone's" most terrifying location yet, 21 00:01:08,869 --> 00:01:11,772 ten participants face the deadliest predator 22 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:13,674 in North America. 23 00:01:13,807 --> 00:01:14,808 ‐ There he is right there. 24 00:01:14,942 --> 00:01:16,443 ‐ Grizzly bears. ‐ Hey, bear. 25 00:01:16,577 --> 00:01:17,811 ‐ There are a lot of grizzly here. 26 00:01:17,945 --> 00:01:18,812 I'm gonna have to live with them. 27 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:20,247 ‐ Go on! Get! 28 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:22,182 ‐ Every second we're on the land, we're being hunted. 29 00:01:22,316 --> 00:01:24,384 ‐ Holy [bleep], mountain lion. 30 00:01:24,518 --> 00:01:26,219 ‐ He's circling around my shelter. 31 00:01:26,353 --> 00:01:27,688 narrator: Bone‐chilling cold... 32 00:01:27,821 --> 00:01:29,189 ‐ Winter is coming. 33 00:01:29,323 --> 00:01:31,291 ‐ You combine the wind with the rain and the cold, 34 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:33,226 this place could make the Arctic look easy. 35 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:34,928 ‐ Oh, [bleep]. 36 00:01:35,062 --> 00:01:36,797 narrator: And complete isolation. 37 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:38,265 ‐ You cannot hide from yourself 38 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:39,866 mentally and emotionally. 39 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,034 ‐ Ah! 40 00:01:41,168 --> 00:01:42,402 ‐ There's no place to go. 41 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:44,504 ‐ I am suffering from loneliness. 42 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:46,073 narrator: Who will survive? 43 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:48,041 ‐ Yes! Yes! 44 00:01:48,175 --> 00:01:50,611 ‐ This could be the end. 45 00:01:50,744 --> 00:01:51,878 ‐ I don't want to tap, but I don't want 46 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:53,213 to die either. 47 00:01:53,347 --> 00:01:55,482 ‐ You have to suffer before you can succeed. 48 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:56,783 [gagging] 49 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:59,953 narrator: The last one standing wins. 50 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:02,055 ‐ At what point do I push the button? 51 00:02:02,189 --> 00:02:05,626 ♪ ♪ 52 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:08,629 [tense music] 53 00:02:08,762 --> 00:02:15,736 ♪ ♪ 54 00:02:24,711 --> 00:02:27,714 [birds chirping] 55 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:37,024 ‐ [sighs] 56 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:40,427 I'm going to cut the sleeves off my shirt. 57 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:47,567 ♪ ♪ 58 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:51,171 One sleeve, off. 59 00:02:51,304 --> 00:02:54,207 All right, sleeveless shirt achieved. 60 00:02:54,341 --> 00:02:59,212 ♪ ♪ 61 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:04,284 ‐ What to do with the sleeves? 62 00:03:04,418 --> 00:03:07,821 Sweet headwear? 63 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:10,357 No. 64 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:14,428 Arm cozies. 65 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:16,930 No. 66 00:03:17,064 --> 00:03:19,800 I don't know. I'll find a use for them. 67 00:03:23,603 --> 00:03:27,040 Oh, yeah. That's nice. 68 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:33,046 All right, I got to get dressed. 69 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:34,581 ♪ ♪ 70 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:36,883 ‐ Feeling pretty decent this morning. 71 00:03:37,017 --> 00:03:40,220 I'm most concerned about getting that shelter finished, 72 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:43,724 so that's going to be my main goal again. 73 00:03:43,857 --> 00:03:46,860 I worked on getting two more rafters on the front wall 74 00:03:46,993 --> 00:03:51,364 for the roof and insulating that front wall. 75 00:03:51,498 --> 00:03:54,401 The sooner I get my shelter squared away, 76 00:03:54,534 --> 00:03:55,969 the sooner I can start focusing 77 00:03:56,103 --> 00:03:58,772 on hunting and fishing. 78 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:02,943 Rafters, it's more work, but it's important work. 79 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:08,181 What I'm going to do is cut them down to size, 80 00:04:08,315 --> 00:04:10,016 strip them, 81 00:04:10,150 --> 00:04:13,754 and then get them up there and secure them. 82 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:19,860 Gosh, wouldn't a fish just be so lovely 83 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:22,896 or a nice juicy grouse? 84 00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:26,833 You don't deserve fish or grouse. 85 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:31,571 You haven't suffered enough yet. 86 00:04:31,705 --> 00:04:35,342 A year ago, I was toiling away 10 hours a day 87 00:04:35,475 --> 00:04:37,511 building trailers in a factory 88 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:40,413 full of fiberglass, dust in the air, 89 00:04:40,547 --> 00:04:43,183 and now I'm out here in British Columbia, 90 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:46,353 Chilko Lake, living the dream. 91 00:04:46,486 --> 00:04:47,954 I left my job to come do this. 92 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:51,191 I'm going to hang on as long as I can. 93 00:04:51,324 --> 00:04:53,193 I got twins on the way back home, 94 00:04:53,326 --> 00:04:55,195 and that money would make a huge difference 95 00:04:55,328 --> 00:04:57,364 in their lives. 96 00:04:57,497 --> 00:05:00,233 I don't really have the option of going home. 97 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:02,369 Beautiful. 98 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:08,141 There it is, the skeleton of my beautiful house‐cabin‐thing. 99 00:05:08,275 --> 00:05:10,811 Okay. Next part of the process: 100 00:05:10,944 --> 00:05:14,948 what I'm worried about here is making this wall 101 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:18,018 as solid as I can. 102 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:19,853 I want to block out the wind. 103 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:23,523 The wind comes heavy from this side. 104 00:05:23,657 --> 00:05:25,826 You can see right now it's blowing, 105 00:05:25,959 --> 00:05:30,463 so line the outside with boughs, 106 00:05:30,597 --> 00:05:33,300 and then I'm going to take these big sheets of wood 107 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:37,537 from rotted tree stumps. 108 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:42,175 This is my answer to building my shelter in a windy place... 109 00:05:42,309 --> 00:05:43,577 [chuckles] 110 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:46,112 Bark panels. 111 00:05:46,246 --> 00:05:49,783 I got to finish this sucker. I want to move into it. 112 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:56,923 ♪ ♪ 113 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:17,277 ‐ So I was thinking about testing out these underwear. 114 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:19,679 What do you think? 115 00:06:19,813 --> 00:06:21,381 Triple XL. 116 00:06:21,514 --> 00:06:24,885 Woo. 117 00:06:25,018 --> 00:06:29,556 So I'm going to do 118 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:34,761 what Amós did and hang my fish in them 119 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:39,966 after I tie these monstrously large legs up. 120 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:43,270 Nice fish bag. 121 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:46,406 ♪ ♪ 122 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:48,308 I'm happy to have caught that fish, 123 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:50,377 but I ain't got much left, 124 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:53,713 starting to worry me a little bit. 125 00:06:53,847 --> 00:06:56,650 If I can just keep a bear away from it, 126 00:06:56,783 --> 00:07:00,420 ♪ ♪ 127 00:07:00,553 --> 00:07:03,990 I'd be able to see that one good. 128 00:07:04,124 --> 00:07:05,458 All right. 129 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:09,696 Maybe nothing will get in that. That would really suck. 130 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:15,669 ♪ ♪ 131 00:07:15,802 --> 00:07:18,038 ‐ I got a good start on the permanent shelter. 132 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:21,641 I think I'm going to try to get the fireplace finished 133 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,443 and just moss the whole thing. 134 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:27,480 I think that would insulate it pretty well. 135 00:07:27,614 --> 00:07:29,382 It's going to get cold. It's going to get wet. 136 00:07:29,516 --> 00:07:31,584 We're going to have strong winds. 137 00:07:31,718 --> 00:07:34,454 It can be freaking miserable. 138 00:07:34,587 --> 00:07:38,558 A big heavy fireplace draws out the smoke much better, 139 00:07:38,692 --> 00:07:40,093 and then also, 140 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:43,196 there's just a massive amount of thermal mass there. 141 00:07:43,330 --> 00:07:45,231 I know that long‐term efficiency 142 00:07:45,365 --> 00:07:48,234 is going to be important, so when I cut firewood, 143 00:07:48,368 --> 00:07:50,403 that's a big calorie expenditure. 144 00:07:50,537 --> 00:07:54,240 I want to get as much out of that wood as I can. 145 00:07:54,374 --> 00:07:56,142 I might have to put some moss in that crack 146 00:07:56,276 --> 00:07:58,945 and then put mud over it. 147 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:03,550 A little too big for the mud. 148 00:08:03,683 --> 00:08:06,853 I don't think I've ever thought about my family more. 149 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:08,888 It's like every second. 150 00:08:09,022 --> 00:08:10,657 ♪ ♪ 151 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:12,492 I do all these things, 152 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:14,828 fishing and building shelters and everything, 153 00:08:14,961 --> 00:08:16,963 and these are things that Corey and Finn 154 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:19,933 would absolutely love doing. 155 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:22,068 Every day I want to push that button 156 00:08:22,202 --> 00:08:23,970 so that I can go see them, 157 00:08:24,104 --> 00:08:27,407 but then I remind myself that it's just temporary, 158 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:30,410 and it'll seem like the blink of an eye. 159 00:08:30,543 --> 00:08:31,778 I'll see them soon enough 160 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:35,715 and have lots of stories to tell. 161 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:37,884 ♪ ♪ 162 00:08:38,018 --> 00:08:41,521 Got the back pretty much sealed up. 163 00:08:41,654 --> 00:08:42,922 I'm going to get a fire going in this thing 164 00:08:43,056 --> 00:08:44,624 and see what it does. 165 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:55,135 There we go. 166 00:08:55,268 --> 00:08:57,003 Ahh. 167 00:08:57,137 --> 00:08:59,039 Seems to be working pretty good. 168 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:04,978 Yeah. It's nice to have a fire in here. 169 00:09:06,913 --> 00:09:09,282 That makes me happy. 170 00:09:09,416 --> 00:09:10,917 I'm glad it works. 171 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:14,554 Wish I had some marshmallows and a graham cracker 172 00:09:14,687 --> 00:09:17,724 and the boys; they'd love this. 173 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:19,993 I wish I had them here with me. 174 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:22,328 They would be having a ball. 175 00:09:22,462 --> 00:09:25,265 Before I left home, my oldest boy said, 176 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:28,601 "Do lots of cool stuff so we can see you on TV lots," 177 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:30,403 so I'm doing my best. 178 00:09:30,537 --> 00:09:37,544 ♪ ♪ 179 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:53,426 [wind howling] 180 00:09:53,560 --> 00:10:00,567 ♪ ♪ 181 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:09,075 [birds chirping] 182 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:12,812 ‐ I was up listening to the mouse go through my stuff, 183 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:18,118 but I don't see too much damage. 184 00:10:19,486 --> 00:10:22,188 I was trying to smash him with a stick. 185 00:10:22,322 --> 00:10:27,160 I almost got him a couple times but couldn't quite get to him, 186 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:29,996 But going to suck it up. 187 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:34,200 Going to do what I got to do. Got to just keep going. 188 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:36,035 ♪ ♪ 189 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:38,438 ‐ We can do it, Chad. We can do it. 190 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:40,673 We can do it, Chad. We can do it. 191 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:44,711 We can do it, do it, do it, do it. 192 00:10:44,844 --> 00:10:46,079 Starting to feel a little bit better 193 00:10:46,212 --> 00:10:48,815 about the prospects of today. 194 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:52,886 I still haven't fully explored my land yet. 195 00:10:53,019 --> 00:10:56,623 Still have more to explore. 196 00:10:56,756 --> 00:10:58,892 [exhales] 197 00:10:59,025 --> 00:11:00,627 All right, onion time. 198 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,029 Onion. 199 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:05,698 Let's see what we got on them onions. 200 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:10,003 Fixin' to have a big‐old stew. 201 00:11:10,136 --> 00:11:12,672 I'm getting really good with the onions. 202 00:11:12,805 --> 00:11:14,607 It's exciting. 203 00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:16,276 I mean, I know it sounds simple, 204 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:19,779 because it's just digging up wild onions, 205 00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:21,781 but I love learning stuff, 206 00:11:21,915 --> 00:11:23,416 and I love getting better at stuff, 207 00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:27,554 and I love seeing the result of getting better at stuff. 208 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:31,024 So what I like to do is jab at the soil next to it, 209 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:34,761 soften it up, pry it just a little bit 210 00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:38,831 and then follow with my fingers along the stalk 211 00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:43,703 until I get to the goods. 212 00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:46,873 I'm just learning this landscape. 213 00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:50,677 I hardly know it at all. 214 00:11:50,810 --> 00:11:54,047 You can never know everything. 215 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:58,651 You can hope to know enough to survive, 216 00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:00,753 but you don't know if you know that 217 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:04,824 until you put yourself out there. 218 00:12:04,958 --> 00:12:08,428 Usually, I have my wife along, 219 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:12,332 and she helps keep my mentality straight, 220 00:12:12,465 --> 00:12:14,767 helps keep me alive. 221 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:17,270 ♪ ♪ 222 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:20,106 Not having her around is a challenge, 223 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:25,111 big challenge. 224 00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:28,915 Oh, [bleep]. There's a fire going. 225 00:12:29,048 --> 00:12:33,353 Oh, [bleep]. [bleep]. 226 00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:38,524 Holy [bleep]. I didn't even notice it. 227 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:40,927 Holy [bleep]. 228 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:46,899 ♪ ♪ 229 00:12:47,033 --> 00:12:48,601 Damn. 230 00:12:48,735 --> 00:12:51,437 That was crazy. 231 00:12:51,571 --> 00:12:53,506 I looked up, 232 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,610 and this little patch of earth right here was burning. 233 00:12:57,744 --> 00:12:59,078 Holy smokes. 234 00:12:59,212 --> 00:13:01,147 That could've been bad. 235 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:03,916 Very, very lucky. 236 00:13:04,050 --> 00:13:05,084 ♪ ♪ 237 00:13:05,218 --> 00:13:08,888 Let's see. How's our pile looking? 238 00:13:09,022 --> 00:13:11,891 That's good enough for one stew. 239 00:13:12,025 --> 00:13:16,029 Chop them up and put them in. 240 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:19,198 I'm so thankful that the wind wasn't worse in my spot. 241 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:20,500 ♪ ♪ 242 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:22,468 ‐ If I start a brush fire in my area 243 00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:23,803 with the amount of grass, 244 00:13:23,936 --> 00:13:27,340 I'm looking at the entire area burning. 245 00:13:27,473 --> 00:13:29,275 Now I keep the fire going all the time, 246 00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:32,845 because I do want to have a fire for cooking food, 247 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:35,581 but I need to pay close attention. 248 00:13:35,715 --> 00:13:36,849 I'm not doing this again. 249 00:13:36,983 --> 00:13:40,687 ♪ ♪ 250 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:43,222 [slurps] 251 00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:46,159 Ahh, survival stew, 252 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:49,595 world's finest meal when doing survival. 253 00:13:51,864 --> 00:13:53,800 Just a few simple ingredients: 254 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:57,704 water, whatever food you have, 255 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:02,642 and that's about it. 256 00:14:02,775 --> 00:14:03,843 Ahh. 257 00:14:03,976 --> 00:14:10,983 ♪ ♪ 258 00:14:13,653 --> 00:14:19,025 [birds chirping] 259 00:14:19,158 --> 00:14:23,763 ‐ ♪ I can't wait to move into my hall ♪ 260 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:28,301 ♪ It's going to be [bleep] glorious ♪ 261 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:30,603 ♪ Warm and cozy ♪ 262 00:14:30,737 --> 00:14:33,005 ♪ Happy as can be ♪ 263 00:14:33,139 --> 00:14:39,112 ♪ I made a hall in Chilcotin Mountain ♪ 264 00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:44,283 I'm pretty excited about it. 265 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:45,885 ♪ ♪ 266 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:48,354 ‐ The goal today is to just get the cabin 267 00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:52,125 into a sleepable state. 268 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:54,427 First things first, 269 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:59,198 I'd like to get a bed on a raised platform. 270 00:14:59,332 --> 00:15:02,802 Having a comfy bed is important. 271 00:15:02,935 --> 00:15:05,605 Boards for my bed. 272 00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:08,908 I don't know if everyone came here with the mindset to win, 273 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:11,644 but I sure did. 274 00:15:11,778 --> 00:15:14,480 I came here with [bleep] in my bank account. 275 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:19,085 The money is a pretty big deal for me, 276 00:15:19,218 --> 00:15:21,587 what we're going for... 277 00:15:21,721 --> 00:15:24,891 ♪ ♪ 278 00:15:25,024 --> 00:15:27,193 Oh, yeah. That'll work. 279 00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:30,963 Now that we've got the frame made for the bed, 280 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:34,167 let's say we go and get some padding, 281 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:39,038 some boughs and some moss. 282 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:44,510 ♪ I toil away building my cabin ♪ 283 00:15:44,644 --> 00:15:49,582 ♪ The suffering is needed ♪ 284 00:15:49,715 --> 00:15:55,121 ♪ You can't come out here expecting to thrive ♪ 285 00:15:55,254 --> 00:16:00,760 ♪ Without making a sacrifice ♪ 286 00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:04,897 ♪ ♪ 287 00:16:05,031 --> 00:16:06,866 I hope by the time I'm out of here 288 00:16:06,999 --> 00:16:08,234 I have something on here 289 00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:10,069 that'll make my unborn daughters proud 290 00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:12,338 when they watch it one day, 291 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:15,875 and I hope I'm the last one standing to see that end. 292 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:22,815 ♪ ♪ 293 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:27,320 So far, that feels pretty damn comfy, I've got to say. 294 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:29,956 ♪ ♪ 295 00:16:30,089 --> 00:16:34,627 ‐ Okay. Move‐in day has come. 296 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,463 This is my move into high society. 297 00:16:37,597 --> 00:16:39,065 That's right, folks. 298 00:16:39,198 --> 00:16:42,301 Biko Wright is moving up in the world, 299 00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:45,805 upgrading from a tent to a house. 300 00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:49,742 ♪ ♪ 301 00:16:49,876 --> 00:16:54,814 Pack...in. 302 00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:59,519 Not complete but move‐in‐able. 303 00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:06,726 ♪ ♪ 304 00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:14,133 [waves crashing] 305 00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:16,235 ♪ ♪ 306 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:18,804 ‐ It's windy right now, and the waves are crashing, 307 00:17:18,938 --> 00:17:22,341 so I'm not going to try fishing. 308 00:17:22,475 --> 00:17:24,143 I mean, as far as the wind goes, 309 00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:25,912 I'm really concerned about being able 310 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:29,081 to even put a gill net out effectively. 311 00:17:29,215 --> 00:17:32,785 Long‐term food is constantly on my mind. 312 00:17:32,919 --> 00:17:35,788 Being able to shoot a deer is the only way 313 00:17:35,922 --> 00:17:38,224 that I'm going to be able to make it till the end, 314 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:40,092 so I'm going to go deer hunting. 315 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:43,062 ♪ ♪ 316 00:17:43,195 --> 00:17:45,498 That thicket has bear trails all through it, 317 00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:50,169 so that's a big gamble, but either that or go hungry. 318 00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:51,571 ♪ ♪ 319 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:54,740 Man, I hope I'm not burning calories for nothing. 320 00:17:54,874 --> 00:17:56,242 I've got to find good, 321 00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:58,244 and I can't control where I'm at. 322 00:17:58,377 --> 00:18:00,913 The biggest hurdle is just reading that landscape 323 00:18:01,047 --> 00:18:04,116 and figuring out where the opportunities are. 324 00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:08,554 Right there, those open shrub slopes, 325 00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:09,956 that's where the deer would be. 326 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:13,259 Let's see what's up this ridge here. 327 00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:18,164 Bear scat. 328 00:18:18,297 --> 00:18:21,400 Whew. 329 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:29,075 ♪ ♪ 330 00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:34,046 This is not bad, this little aspen patch down below us. 331 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:38,451 I won't be able to determine if there's any deer in here 332 00:18:38,584 --> 00:18:41,153 until I get down into the bottom. 333 00:18:41,287 --> 00:18:46,192 God, this stuff is... 334 00:18:46,325 --> 00:18:50,830 I'm afraid this whole place is like this right there. 335 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,531 I've hunted some rugged country 336 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:56,702 but not anything ever this big and this rugged. 337 00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:58,471 ♪ ♪ 338 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:02,942 Just nothing but jack straw, lodge pole timber. 339 00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:05,811 And you could slip and fall and stick a pole 340 00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:07,947 through your leg in nothing flat. 341 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,652 ♪ ♪ 342 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:15,788 [bleep]. 343 00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:20,192 [sighs] 344 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:22,428 What a pain. 345 00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:26,766 [bleep]. 346 00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:29,902 God, this stuff sucks. 347 00:19:30,036 --> 00:19:32,071 This is not what I was hoping to find. 348 00:19:32,204 --> 00:19:39,211 ♪ ♪ 349 00:19:40,413 --> 00:19:41,914 Holy crap. 350 00:19:42,048 --> 00:19:44,417 I am glad to be out of that stuff. 351 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:48,621 [groans] 352 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:53,159 Whew. 353 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:54,293 [exhales] 354 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:55,861 ♪ ♪ 355 00:19:55,995 --> 00:20:01,033 Hmm, no deer. 356 00:20:01,167 --> 00:20:04,704 [exhales] 357 00:20:04,837 --> 00:20:07,473 This burn may have been productive at one time 358 00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:09,442 before the timber started falling, 359 00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:11,677 but it's so jack‐strawed in there now 360 00:20:11,811 --> 00:20:16,082 that it's not what I was hoping for. 361 00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:17,516 ♪ ♪ 362 00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:20,786 My hopes of having a good 363 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,056 deer‐hunting spot are crushed. 364 00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:28,360 Oh, well, just have to get the fish and figure it out better. 365 00:20:28,494 --> 00:20:31,630 I don't know how to... 366 00:20:31,764 --> 00:20:34,100 [groans] 367 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:37,169 ♪ ♪ 368 00:20:37,303 --> 00:20:40,473 I know what to call that. That's a [bleep]. 369 00:20:40,606 --> 00:20:46,712 ♪ ♪ 370 00:20:46,846 --> 00:20:50,249 All right. Back to camp. 371 00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:52,184 I don't have the body type 372 00:20:52,318 --> 00:20:55,521 to be able to not procure food from the land, 373 00:20:55,654 --> 00:20:57,423 and so if I had an Achilles' heel, 374 00:20:57,556 --> 00:21:00,359 it would probably be my metabolism. 375 00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:05,464 I'm too skinny. I cannot out‐starve anyone, 376 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:08,167 which means my chances of being able to stay here 377 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:11,971 as long as I think I need to stay here are low. 378 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,506 It's starting to worry me a little bit. 379 00:21:13,639 --> 00:21:17,777 I ain't got much left. 380 00:21:17,910 --> 00:21:19,979 Bear scat all over this place, 381 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:23,282 more bear, more bear. 382 00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:37,797 Claw marks. 383 00:21:37,930 --> 00:21:44,904 ♪ ♪ 384 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:56,982 ‐ Grizzly bear. 385 00:21:57,116 --> 00:21:59,785 ♪ ♪ 386 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:00,986 [bear growling] 387 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:03,088 [bleep]. 388 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:17,336 ♪ ♪ 389 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:19,205 ‐ That's no more than 12 yards. 390 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:20,840 ♪ ♪ 391 00:22:20,973 --> 00:22:23,108 So there's my bow, 392 00:22:23,242 --> 00:22:26,245 and that willow right there, 393 00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:29,515 that bear was just on the other side of that. 394 00:22:29,648 --> 00:22:32,384 Had the bear spray out just in case. 395 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:36,155 All right. I'm gonna head back to camp, 396 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:40,593 hopefully not run into any big bears. 397 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:45,364 I don't want to surprise a mama bear. 398 00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:47,766 I respect grizzly bears. 399 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:50,903 They make me anxious, because you never know 400 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:52,872 when something might walk up on you. 401 00:22:53,005 --> 00:22:56,675 ♪ ♪ 402 00:22:56,809 --> 00:22:59,278 You could blunder into the wrong grizzly 403 00:22:59,411 --> 00:23:01,013 and be in a world of hurt. 404 00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:02,915 I mean, if you come up on a grizzly that's guarding 405 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:07,620 a kill or a sow with cubs, the next thing you know, 406 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,688 you've got a grizzly bear standing on your head. 407 00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:15,294 ♪ ♪ 408 00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:18,297 [tense music] 409 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:25,404 ♪ ♪ 410 00:23:33,178 --> 00:23:36,315 ‐ It's shaping up to be a nice day. 411 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:40,953 So I'm going to bathe, because everything stinks. 412 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:44,957 ♪ ♪ 413 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:48,193 Viewer discretion is advised 414 00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:50,496 partly because of the nudity 415 00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:53,899 but mostly because when I hit that cold water 416 00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:57,603 I'm probably going to scream like a little kid. 417 00:23:57,736 --> 00:24:00,940 ♪ ♪ 418 00:24:01,073 --> 00:24:03,075 Oh! 419 00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:06,779 Woo! 420 00:24:06,912 --> 00:24:08,147 After that cold of water, 421 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,317 I don't think you have to blur me anymore. 422 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:12,685 Oh, goodness. 423 00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:15,721 I'd better to get back to work on the shelter. 424 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:18,691 ♪ ♪ 425 00:24:18,824 --> 00:24:22,928 This wind is telling me I have to get this shelter done. 426 00:24:23,062 --> 00:24:24,063 ♪ ♪ 427 00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:26,498 These notches are driving my OCD crazy, 428 00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:29,335 because I'm trying not to take too much time. 429 00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:33,539 As a carpenter, I like to have things just perfect. 430 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:35,207 ♪ ♪ 431 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:39,178 I am over sleeping in the tarp. 432 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:42,147 Less whining, more notching. 433 00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:45,451 ♪ ♪ 434 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:48,587 I'm determined to get this knocked out. 435 00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:50,456 I feel like it's going to be a game changer 436 00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:54,693 once I have a solid home. 437 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:58,364 ♪ ♪ 438 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,366 ‐ As someone who takes pride and enjoyment 439 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:03,869 in constructing things, that's of prime importance to me, 440 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:06,805 that I have a quality shelter, 441 00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:09,341 and it's really, really difficult, 442 00:25:09,475 --> 00:25:11,110 because I know I could spend a month 443 00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:14,613 making this perfect cabin, 444 00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:16,515 and yet I know I have to hurry up 445 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:19,885 and get it done while my energy is quickly waning. 446 00:25:20,019 --> 00:25:27,159 ♪ ♪ 447 00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:29,762 ‐ This is survival in the real wilderness. 448 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:32,264 This is not a sanitized version of nature 449 00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:33,766 that many people get. 450 00:25:33,899 --> 00:25:37,336 This is not a park with curated wilderness and plants. 451 00:25:37,469 --> 00:25:40,806 This is actual wilderness. 452 00:25:40,939 --> 00:25:42,508 This kind of interaction with nature 453 00:25:42,641 --> 00:25:45,711 is something that very few people get to experience, 454 00:25:45,844 --> 00:25:47,513 and I think it's something that will change 455 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:50,816 how you view the wilderness and survival. 456 00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:53,018 ♪ ♪ 457 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:57,056 A full doorway just big enough to be able to get in 458 00:25:57,189 --> 00:26:02,161 and out of, small enough to try and contain the heat. 459 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:06,231 Tonight is going to be a different kind of sleep. 460 00:26:08,734 --> 00:26:15,707 ♪ ♪ 461 00:26:23,982 --> 00:26:26,151 ‐ You could pretty much eat the scenery here. 462 00:26:26,285 --> 00:26:28,787 It's just so beautiful. 463 00:26:28,921 --> 00:26:33,325 I mean, look at that, Caribbean‐waters color. 464 00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:36,028 Are you enjoying that nice blue lake 465 00:26:36,161 --> 00:26:38,864 that I can't seem to pull fish out of? 466 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:41,834 Please, Chilko, just give me one fish. 467 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:44,336 No. Instead you're going to take my lure, huh? 468 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:47,139 [bleep] this. 469 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:50,375 Damn it. That was it. That was my chance for a fish. 470 00:26:50,509 --> 00:26:54,646 [bleep]. It's so frustrating. I'm normally a great fisherman. 471 00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:56,615 You ain't getting no fish out of me. 472 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:58,851 You need to lose some weight, buddy. 473 00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:01,553 That's what Chilcotin is saying to be right now. 474 00:27:01,687 --> 00:27:03,455 [laughs] 475 00:27:03,589 --> 00:27:09,328 ♪ ♪ 476 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,730 Since I'm done with all the shelter stuff, 477 00:27:11,864 --> 00:27:14,166 I'm going to switch gears to food‐getting, 478 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:17,769 start focusing on that. I can't just starve. 479 00:27:17,903 --> 00:27:20,305 It's not a good way to go about it. 480 00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:25,177 My area, it's definitely hard to walk around and hunt it, 481 00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:28,881 and I haven't seen any sign, no deer scat. 482 00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:31,383 I haven't seen a single grouse. 483 00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:34,987 It's been a long while since I left my immediate area. 484 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,756 There may be a hidden meadow that I don't know about, 485 00:27:37,890 --> 00:27:42,561 some kind of hidden corridor, just got to explore. 486 00:27:42,694 --> 00:27:46,431 So my game plan is to try and swim across 487 00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:50,836 this bay here. 488 00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:54,973 My landing point is somewhere 489 00:27:55,107 --> 00:27:58,810 by those deciduous trees. 490 00:27:58,944 --> 00:28:01,480 I couldn't get there on land. I tried. 491 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:03,916 You hit dead ends trying to work the shoreline 492 00:28:04,049 --> 00:28:07,286 through the thick trees and all the deadfall. 493 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:10,022 My only other idea is, you know, I swim a lot, 494 00:28:10,155 --> 00:28:13,559 and I figured maybe I can swim over there. 495 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,194 I think it's about a 1/2 mile, 496 00:28:15,327 --> 00:28:17,629 so it's going to be a pretty long swim, 497 00:28:17,763 --> 00:28:19,998 and I could get swept into a powerful current 498 00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:21,633 that takes me out, 499 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:26,138 and the water is freezing, so hypothermia is a risk, 500 00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:29,474 but it's a risk worth taking, because you never know, man. 501 00:28:29,608 --> 00:28:32,177 That might be the land of promise over there. 502 00:28:32,311 --> 00:28:38,450 ♪ ♪ 503 00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:40,152 ‐ Here I go. 504 00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:43,555 Hopefully, it goes well without any issues. 505 00:28:43,689 --> 00:28:46,458 ♪ ♪ 506 00:28:46,592 --> 00:28:49,461 ‐ Yep, that's [bleep] cold. 507 00:28:49,595 --> 00:28:52,931 Woo. 508 00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:56,501 Gods of the lake, keep me safe on my swim 509 00:28:56,635 --> 00:29:01,506 so that I may venture and see what treasures my land holds. 510 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,609 Let's go find out. 511 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:05,210 Here goes. One, two, three. 512 00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:06,712 ♪ ♪ 513 00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:14,820 ♪ ♪ 514 00:29:14,953 --> 00:29:16,955 [groans] 515 00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:24,096 ♪ ♪ 516 00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:47,019 ‐ And we have amphibious landing. 517 00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:49,321 ♪ ♪ 518 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:52,691 Whew. Holy [bleep]. 519 00:29:52,824 --> 00:29:59,831 ♪ ♪ 520 00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:06,004 [laughs] 521 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:09,841 Maybe we'll have a couple of SILT bearings. 522 00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:12,210 Only two left on that one. 523 00:30:12,344 --> 00:30:13,912 How about some rose hips? 524 00:30:20,252 --> 00:30:23,055 [bleep]. It's thick in here. 525 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:26,491 Looks like more of the same, super thick, 526 00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:28,894 unhuntable forest. 527 00:30:29,027 --> 00:30:32,631 I don't see myself harvesting much game from the land here. 528 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:35,901 Arrow is bound to hit a branch on the way to something, 529 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:37,669 even if I did see something. 530 00:30:37,803 --> 00:30:38,870 ♪ ♪ 531 00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:41,173 This is a bummer. Yeah. 532 00:30:41,306 --> 00:30:45,177 I'm going to head back towards camp and the sunshine. 533 00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:52,317 ♪ ♪ 534 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:12,738 Well, that's that. 535 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:15,907 I swam all the way across. 536 00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:20,011 It was very tiring, a total waste of calories. 537 00:31:20,145 --> 00:31:21,980 ♪ ♪ 538 00:31:22,114 --> 00:31:26,418 I want to do well in this, make my family proud. 539 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:28,086 I don't want to let them down. 540 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,021 It would make it a lot more enjoyable though 541 00:31:30,155 --> 00:31:34,693 if I could figure out the food production. 542 00:31:34,826 --> 00:31:37,796 Once again, I am eating flowers 543 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:40,799 and plants and roots for dinner. 544 00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:44,703 I know I won't be able to carry on on plants forever, 545 00:31:44,836 --> 00:31:46,972 because come late fall, 546 00:31:47,105 --> 00:31:50,642 the plants aren't going to be available anymore. 547 00:31:50,776 --> 00:31:53,979 I'm already starting to see them dwindle, 548 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:56,314 and fall just begun. 549 00:31:56,448 --> 00:32:00,385 Greens, roots and flowers, 550 00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:03,121 it's what's for dinner. 551 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:10,262 ♪ ♪ 552 00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:26,711 ‐ So this is a fishing pole. 553 00:32:26,845 --> 00:32:31,416 This is my‐‐ my reel right here. 554 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:35,086 I wrapped a wire around the back, 555 00:32:35,220 --> 00:32:36,888 put the tension that I needed, 556 00:32:37,022 --> 00:32:38,890 came up through those holes, 557 00:32:39,024 --> 00:32:43,462 and just bent them over. 558 00:32:43,595 --> 00:32:46,398 Then I made‐‐ with my trapping wire, 559 00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:49,301 I made eyelets. 560 00:32:49,434 --> 00:32:51,102 That's pretty cool. 561 00:32:51,236 --> 00:32:52,504 ♪ ♪ 562 00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:55,740 I'm hungry. 563 00:32:55,874 --> 00:32:57,843 It's gonna be a nice day to go fishing. 564 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,911 ♪ ♪ 565 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:01,346 My focus is finding food. 566 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,181 ♪ ♪ 567 00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:05,217 I have water, shelter, 568 00:33:05,350 --> 00:33:10,088 fire for food. 569 00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:12,724 I can tell I've lost weight. 570 00:33:12,858 --> 00:33:15,727 I want to be here as long as I can by choice 571 00:33:15,861 --> 00:33:18,864 and not taken out because I can't keep weight on. 572 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:23,101 ♪ ♪ 573 00:33:23,235 --> 00:33:26,605 Fishing pole isn't working as well as I thought. 574 00:33:26,738 --> 00:33:29,508 This spins too fast. 575 00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:31,910 ♪ ♪ 576 00:33:32,043 --> 00:33:34,880 I think I want to be able to pull that in and out, 577 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,381 because I have that lure on there, 578 00:33:36,515 --> 00:33:38,884 so I'm going to 579 00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:41,887 put the stopper on this 580 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:44,356 and set it down. 581 00:33:44,489 --> 00:33:45,857 ♪ ♪ 582 00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:47,893 So much to figure out here. 583 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:51,863 ♪ ♪ 584 00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:55,600 I just need to get food, and I'm going to be all right. 585 00:33:55,734 --> 00:34:02,774 ♪ ♪ 586 00:34:06,778 --> 00:34:10,181 [leaves rustling] 587 00:34:10,315 --> 00:34:17,322 ♪ ♪ 588 00:34:22,193 --> 00:34:23,695 Man. 589 00:34:23,828 --> 00:34:30,802 ♪ ♪ 590 00:34:39,678 --> 00:34:46,685 ♪ ♪ 591 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,836 Hey, bear. 592 00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:07,005 ♪ ♪ 593 00:35:20,318 --> 00:35:22,721 That was intense. 594 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:26,358 Now I'm very...um... 595 00:35:28,259 --> 00:35:30,562 I don't know, just‐‐ 596 00:35:30,695 --> 00:35:33,798 not really scared, just so cautious. 597 00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:35,600 ♪ ♪ 598 00:35:35,734 --> 00:35:38,203 Everything right now is a food source for grizzly bears 599 00:35:38,336 --> 00:35:40,305 going into hibernation, 600 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:43,041 so I think it's making them more curious, 601 00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:46,411 and it keeps me on high alert. 602 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:49,381 It doesn't change the fact that I'm going to stay 603 00:35:49,514 --> 00:35:50,949 and stick this out, 604 00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:55,320 but I think this season upping the element of danger 605 00:35:55,453 --> 00:35:57,389 makes it a different game. 606 00:35:57,522 --> 00:36:00,191 I don't think it's about being tough. 607 00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:02,093 I think, you know‐‐ 608 00:36:02,227 --> 00:36:04,696 I think I'm pretty‐‐ 609 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:06,331 I can endure a lot. 610 00:36:06,464 --> 00:36:09,334 I think it's about being smart, 611 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:12,671 and I think I have to be very smart 612 00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:18,610 when maneuvering around here in the things that I do. 613 00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:25,750 ♪ ♪ 614 00:36:48,173 --> 00:36:52,510 ‐ Well, it's me again, Tonya Riesling, 615 00:36:52,644 --> 00:36:55,113 coming to you like from Chilko Lake. 616 00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:57,549 [wind howling] 617 00:36:57,682 --> 00:37:00,051 I would say if you were planning 618 00:37:00,185 --> 00:37:05,056 on a leisurely kayak today on the lake, 619 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:09,394 you should perhaps choose another day. 620 00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:18,570 Back to you in the studio, Herb. 621 00:37:18,703 --> 00:37:22,273 ♪ ♪ 622 00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:25,877 Head back to my spot. 623 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:27,445 Everybody worried about the bears, 624 00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:31,182 but really it's the weather. 625 00:37:31,316 --> 00:37:36,020 It's really nice to be in a more permanent space, 626 00:37:36,154 --> 00:37:41,092 and this will allow me to focus on food. 627 00:37:41,226 --> 00:37:44,295 I gathered some cow parsnip. 628 00:37:44,429 --> 00:37:47,432 Cow parsnip has a nice center, so it makes it easy 629 00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:50,802 to make up tubes that I can get the fire going with 630 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:55,173 instead of having to always blow it so close. 631 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:59,177 First things first, we'll check this out and see how it goes. 632 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:08,286 Oh, it works like a champ. Yay. 633 00:38:08,419 --> 00:38:10,755 So that's a small win, because... 634 00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:19,497 All right. 635 00:38:19,631 --> 00:38:23,468 Here's our first foray into... 636 00:38:33,912 --> 00:38:36,748 Wow. Ugh. 637 00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:42,854 That might be one of the worst things 638 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:45,156 I've ever put in my mouth. 639 00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:50,595 ♪ ♪ 640 00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:52,497 Well, it looks like the weather is starting to change, 641 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,799 so I'm going to head to the water. 642 00:38:54,933 --> 00:38:58,002 ♪ ♪ 643 00:38:58,136 --> 00:39:00,271 I need to fish. 644 00:39:00,405 --> 00:39:04,008 Fish have what my body needs. 645 00:39:04,142 --> 00:39:07,512 They have fat. They have protein. 646 00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:10,782 I need fish. 647 00:39:10,915 --> 00:39:14,385 So that rock over there has a little bit of a notch in it 648 00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:16,754 that I could probably brace a pole off. 649 00:39:16,888 --> 00:39:19,591 ♪ ♪ 650 00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:22,760 ‐ I think it's really important to make things 651 00:39:22,894 --> 00:39:27,265 and be a part of the food that we eat, 652 00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:31,469 whether you hunt or fish or garden. 653 00:39:31,603 --> 00:39:36,374 I think it builds gratitude and understanding. 654 00:39:36,507 --> 00:39:38,309 There's a little notch in the rock. 655 00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:44,616 ♪ ♪ 656 00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:46,951 I think it's important not to take all that 657 00:39:47,085 --> 00:39:50,388 for granted for sure. 658 00:39:50,521 --> 00:39:55,226 All right. I braced it. It's out in the water. 659 00:39:55,360 --> 00:40:01,032 I'm going to leave it to sit and soak and hope for the best. 660 00:40:01,165 --> 00:40:08,139 ♪ ♪ 661 00:40:14,879 --> 00:40:16,981 ‐ I ain't going to lie. 662 00:40:17,115 --> 00:40:20,418 I'm feeling the loneliness a little bit. 663 00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:25,089 It's not the loneliness so much 664 00:40:25,223 --> 00:40:29,327 as it is the change 665 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:32,063 from normal. 666 00:40:32,196 --> 00:40:35,833 There was a routine there that was built that... 667 00:40:39,370 --> 00:40:40,605 There's something swimming. 668 00:40:40,738 --> 00:40:43,574 ♪ ♪ 669 00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:48,112 ‐ Is that a black bear moving across the way? 670 00:40:48,246 --> 00:40:49,847 Let's see if I can get it. 671 00:40:49,981 --> 00:40:53,184 ♪ ♪ 672 00:40:53,318 --> 00:40:55,386 ‐ There it is. See that? 673 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:59,724 That's a black bear across the way. 674 00:40:59,857 --> 00:41:02,193 Just trudging along 675 00:41:02,327 --> 00:41:05,930 without a care in the world. 676 00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:07,966 I like seeing that. 677 00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:09,701 I mean, it's all the way across the lake, 678 00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:13,104 but it still counts as a bear sighting. 679 00:41:13,237 --> 00:41:18,810 ♪ ♪ 680 00:41:18,943 --> 00:41:21,813 ‐ Having a deep connection with the landscape 681 00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:24,515 is what I'm all about, 682 00:41:24,649 --> 00:41:25,883 and that's what it's going to take for me 683 00:41:26,017 --> 00:41:29,721 personally to win this: 684 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:32,090 building and sleeping in an earth shelter, 685 00:41:32,223 --> 00:41:35,226 making fire from the sticks that you find, 686 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,528 gathering food from the landscape, 687 00:41:37,662 --> 00:41:41,432 whether it's animal or vegetable food. 688 00:41:41,566 --> 00:41:43,901 Now that the bulk of the shelter build is done, 689 00:41:44,035 --> 00:41:48,806 it's definitely time to focus on hunting. 690 00:41:48,940 --> 00:41:50,575 ♪ ♪ 691 00:41:50,708 --> 00:41:53,544 I'm going to grab my bow and see 692 00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:56,481 if I can get a shot at something. 693 00:41:56,614 --> 00:42:03,688 ♪ ♪ 694 00:42:07,792 --> 00:42:09,060 Whoa. 695 00:42:09,193 --> 00:42:10,995 What the [bleep]? 696 00:42:11,129 --> 00:42:11,996 ♪ ♪ 697 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:17,135 What the [bleep]? 698 00:42:17,268 --> 00:42:19,937 A [bleep] mouse chewed my bow string. 699 00:42:20,071 --> 00:42:22,140 ♪ ♪ 700 00:42:22,273 --> 00:42:25,009 I can't [bleep] believe it. 701 00:42:25,143 --> 00:42:27,445 He [bleep] chewed through the whole thing. 702 00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:29,147 ♪ ♪ 703 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,784 What the [bleep]? 704 00:42:32,917 --> 00:42:33,918 Holy [bleep]. 705 00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:39,357 What the [bleep] am I going to [bleep] do? 706 00:42:43,728 --> 00:42:44,762 ♪ ♪ 707 00:42:44,896 --> 00:42:46,097 ‐ What, am I going to tie a [bleep] 708 00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:50,902 knot and re‐splice the thing? 709 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:53,137 A [bleep] mouse chewed right straight through 710 00:42:53,271 --> 00:42:54,472 my bow string... 711 00:42:54,605 --> 00:42:57,208 ♪ ♪ 712 00:42:57,341 --> 00:42:59,577 Trying to get at my string silencer. 713 00:42:59,710 --> 00:43:03,915 ♪ ♪ 714 00:43:04,048 --> 00:43:07,118 Just being able to hunt with the bow 715 00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:10,922 is such an important part for my mentality. 716 00:43:11,055 --> 00:43:14,425 Tie a knot in it. It'll be very difficult for me 717 00:43:14,559 --> 00:43:18,329 to be here without the ability to wander around with my bow. 718 00:43:18,463 --> 00:43:21,199 ♪ ♪ 719 00:43:21,332 --> 00:43:25,803 What I'm doing here is wrapping this serving 720 00:43:25,937 --> 00:43:31,542 around the bowstring as protection for the string 721 00:43:31,676 --> 00:43:37,048 where the nock of the arrow comes onto it. 722 00:43:37,181 --> 00:43:41,052 Oh, moment of truth. 723 00:43:41,185 --> 00:43:43,287 Is it going to hold? 724 00:43:43,421 --> 00:43:50,428 ♪ ♪ 725 00:43:58,102 --> 00:44:02,607 Yes! Back in business. 726 00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:09,747 ♪ ♪ 727 00:44:13,417 --> 00:44:18,990 ‐ Definitely a harder day mentally, emotionally, 728 00:44:19,123 --> 00:44:21,392 but still in the game. 729 00:44:21,526 --> 00:44:24,595 ♪ ♪ 730 00:44:24,729 --> 00:44:27,198 Whee. 731 00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:30,168 Time to make 732 00:44:30,301 --> 00:44:33,804 the little mousetrap, 733 00:44:33,938 --> 00:44:39,410 hoping to kill my little marauder here. 734 00:44:39,544 --> 00:44:40,811 ♪ ♪ 735 00:44:40,945 --> 00:44:45,316 ‐ Here we go. Figure‐four trap to catch a mouse. 736 00:44:45,449 --> 00:44:46,617 ♪ ♪ 737 00:44:46,751 --> 00:44:51,189 This is hopefully going to eliminate the problem. 738 00:44:51,322 --> 00:44:53,691 ♪ ♪ 739 00:44:53,824 --> 00:44:56,127 I'm super hard on myself. 740 00:44:56,260 --> 00:45:01,332 I lack belief in my abilities in life, 741 00:45:01,465 --> 00:45:04,001 but it's just something I've got to learn 742 00:45:04,135 --> 00:45:07,572 to stop doing. 743 00:45:07,705 --> 00:45:10,608 Just need to ease off myself. 744 00:45:10,741 --> 00:45:12,677 Jeez. [bleep]. 745 00:45:12,810 --> 00:45:17,048 It's like the blessing and the curse of the cameras. 746 00:45:17,181 --> 00:45:21,118 The curse is that everybody can see it and can judge me, 747 00:45:21,252 --> 00:45:26,023 but then the blessing is the motivation to do better. 748 00:45:26,157 --> 00:45:29,794 It holds. It holds. 749 00:45:29,927 --> 00:45:32,830 I got it set, Chad, 750 00:45:32,964 --> 00:45:35,166 and there it is, 751 00:45:35,299 --> 00:45:38,936 figure‐four deadfall. 752 00:45:39,070 --> 00:45:43,341 Mouse comes in, jiggles the bait stick, 753 00:45:43,474 --> 00:45:48,045 pow‐pow, pow, gets smashed. 754 00:45:48,179 --> 00:45:50,881 So we'll see if it works. 755 00:45:51,015 --> 00:45:58,022 ♪ ♪ 756 00:46:10,635 --> 00:46:12,870 ‐ Take my hat off. 757 00:46:13,004 --> 00:46:15,339 I got to see this hair. 758 00:46:15,473 --> 00:46:20,111 It feels like it's taken on a life of its own. 759 00:46:20,244 --> 00:46:22,313 [laughs] 760 00:46:22,446 --> 00:46:25,883 I think this might be the longest I've gone 761 00:46:26,017 --> 00:46:30,021 without washing it in the past, say, 20 years. 762 00:46:30,154 --> 00:46:33,591 Whoa. It feels like straw. 763 00:46:37,762 --> 00:46:42,066 Yeah. That is a look. Love it. 764 00:46:42,199 --> 00:46:44,769 ♪ ♪ 765 00:46:44,902 --> 00:46:49,573 ‐ All right. The sun is out, which is nice. 766 00:46:49,707 --> 00:46:52,276 Although that can change at a moment's notice, 767 00:46:52,410 --> 00:46:56,113 so I'm just going to start working on this door stoop. 768 00:46:56,247 --> 00:46:59,317 ♪ ♪ 769 00:46:59,450 --> 00:47:05,022 All right. So I'm going to do a beam here, 770 00:47:05,156 --> 00:47:07,124 and then I can always dig this out 771 00:47:07,258 --> 00:47:09,327 and have a little bit of a step‐down, 772 00:47:09,460 --> 00:47:14,465 because it is pretty darn small to come in and out of. 773 00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:19,937 My stomach feels a little off. 774 00:47:20,071 --> 00:47:23,140 ♪ ♪ 775 00:47:23,274 --> 00:47:25,309 I feel a little nauseous. 776 00:47:25,443 --> 00:47:27,345 ♪ ♪ 777 00:47:27,478 --> 00:47:30,815 ‐ I haven't really eaten much today. 778 00:47:30,948 --> 00:47:35,720 I've been eating cow parsnip, and it's just not enough. 779 00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:38,055 ♪ ♪ 780 00:47:38,189 --> 00:47:41,759 Ooh, I'm still feeling a little funky. 781 00:47:41,892 --> 00:47:46,030 It's, like, stomach and... 782 00:47:46,163 --> 00:47:47,465 ♪ ♪ 783 00:47:47,598 --> 00:47:50,634 Into my armpits, which seems really weird. 784 00:47:50,768 --> 00:47:57,775 ♪ ♪ 785 00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:03,848 ‐ Yeah, so... oh, my God. 786 00:48:03,981 --> 00:48:08,219 I'm getting really nervous about something I've eaten 787 00:48:08,352 --> 00:48:11,055 or if it's the water. 788 00:48:11,188 --> 00:48:13,224 [gurgling] 789 00:48:13,357 --> 00:48:19,563 Oof, boy. 790 00:48:19,697 --> 00:48:21,732 Just going to sit for a second. 791 00:48:21,866 --> 00:48:25,669 Oof. 792 00:48:25,803 --> 00:48:28,672 Oh, man. 793 00:48:28,806 --> 00:48:30,107 [sighs] 794 00:48:30,241 --> 00:48:33,778 I feel like I'm going to barf right now. 795 00:48:33,911 --> 00:48:34,912 Oh, my God. 796 00:48:35,045 --> 00:48:42,686 ♪ ♪ 797 00:48:42,820 --> 00:48:46,424 So I went to tend the fire. 798 00:48:46,557 --> 00:48:48,359 I was feeling a lot better, 799 00:48:48,492 --> 00:48:53,464 and I started to blow on the fire 800 00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:56,333 using my little tube 801 00:48:56,467 --> 00:48:58,903 and instantly started to feel 802 00:48:59,036 --> 00:49:01,472 as bad as before. 803 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:05,142 I am worried that what I've been eating 804 00:49:05,276 --> 00:49:08,579 is not cow parsnip. 805 00:49:08,712 --> 00:49:10,381 It could potentially be water hemlock, 806 00:49:10,514 --> 00:49:13,584 which is extremely poisonous. 807 00:49:13,717 --> 00:49:16,487 They look very similar. 808 00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:21,025 So I'm going to see if my symptoms get worse. 809 00:49:21,158 --> 00:49:24,662 ♪ ♪ 810 00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:29,099 Just remembering charcoal can help neutralize toxins, 811 00:49:29,233 --> 00:49:34,038 so I'm going to just chew on some charcoal from the fire. 812 00:49:34,171 --> 00:49:39,009 ♪ ♪ 813 00:49:39,143 --> 00:49:41,111 And now it's just a waiting game 814 00:49:41,245 --> 00:49:45,115 to see if things stay the same or get worse. 815 00:49:45,249 --> 00:49:47,551 ♪ ♪ 816 00:49:47,685 --> 00:49:51,455 I am so dizzy and nauseous. 817 00:49:51,589 --> 00:49:55,092 I am afraid that if I have indeed poisoned myself 818 00:49:55,226 --> 00:49:58,963 in some way and it escalates, who knows? 819 00:49:59,096 --> 00:50:03,534 I might have some terrible reaction and not wake up. 820 00:50:03,667 --> 00:50:06,203 ♪ ♪ 821 00:50:06,337 --> 00:50:09,206 [sighs] 822 00:50:13,611 --> 00:50:16,480 [dramatic music] 823 00:50:16,614 --> 00:50:23,621 ♪ ♪ 824 00:50:34,398 --> 00:50:40,037 ‐ So I slept okay and then just woke up, 825 00:50:40,170 --> 00:50:43,040 and whew, I mean, broke out 826 00:50:43,173 --> 00:50:46,944 in a crazy intense sweat. 827 00:50:47,077 --> 00:50:50,881 I thought I was going to throw up, 828 00:50:51,015 --> 00:50:55,152 so I come outside and just, 829 00:50:55,286 --> 00:50:57,955 like, stripped off my layers, 830 00:50:58,088 --> 00:51:03,694 and I feel really weak, 831 00:51:03,827 --> 00:51:07,064 just trying to basically 832 00:51:07,197 --> 00:51:10,200 get to morning. 833 00:51:10,334 --> 00:51:14,905 It's hard when you don't know exactly what's going on. 834 00:51:15,039 --> 00:51:18,175 You just feel bad, and you're not sure why. 835 00:51:18,309 --> 00:51:20,411 ♪ ♪ 836 00:51:20,544 --> 00:51:23,814 I think something is coming out 837 00:51:23,948 --> 00:51:28,352 one end or the other. 838 00:51:28,485 --> 00:51:31,488 I think the lower end, 839 00:51:31,622 --> 00:51:37,995 so I'm going to take a moment. 840 00:51:38,128 --> 00:51:45,102 ♪ ♪ 841 00:51:46,303 --> 00:51:48,072 ‐ All right. It is daylight, 842 00:51:48,205 --> 00:51:50,507 so we're going to go down and get some water. 843 00:51:50,641 --> 00:51:52,910 ♪ ♪ 844 00:51:53,043 --> 00:51:56,747 Wow. 845 00:51:56,880 --> 00:52:02,353 To be up and moving feels really weird right now. 846 00:52:02,486 --> 00:52:07,391 ♪ ♪ 847 00:52:07,524 --> 00:52:11,462 But I feel a little bit better. 848 00:52:11,595 --> 00:52:16,200 Whatever was there worked its way out of my system. 849 00:52:16,333 --> 00:52:18,836 ♪ ♪ 850 00:52:18,969 --> 00:52:21,739 Let's just go sit for a second, 851 00:52:21,872 --> 00:52:24,475 have a little water. 852 00:52:28,145 --> 00:52:31,448 Earlier, I was close to tapping, because for me, 853 00:52:31,582 --> 00:52:36,020 this‐‐it's not worth risking life and limb over. 854 00:52:36,153 --> 00:52:38,756 The further you go into hunger, 855 00:52:38,889 --> 00:52:40,958 the less clear your mind is, 856 00:52:41,091 --> 00:52:42,326 the more likely you are 857 00:52:42,459 --> 00:52:47,798 to make errors that can be really harmful. 858 00:52:47,931 --> 00:52:50,534 The thing is about these kind of experiences is, 859 00:52:50,668 --> 00:52:52,836 there's a lot of ups and downs there, 860 00:52:52,970 --> 00:52:55,906 a lot of doubt that you have to work through, 861 00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:00,144 and then you have to fall back on what you do know. 862 00:53:00,277 --> 00:53:05,616 So I'll just keep going as long as I can. 863 00:53:05,749 --> 00:53:12,756 ♪ ♪ 864 00:53:16,827 --> 00:53:19,630 ‐ Good morning. 865 00:53:19,763 --> 00:53:21,799 I need to get fish. 866 00:53:21,932 --> 00:53:23,934 I need meat, period. 867 00:53:24,034 --> 00:53:27,671 I need to get some calories in. 868 00:53:27,805 --> 00:53:29,940 There's not really much for berries around anymore 869 00:53:30,074 --> 00:53:32,109 other than bear berries. 870 00:53:32,242 --> 00:53:34,511 ♪ ♪ 871 00:53:34,645 --> 00:53:35,879 Once you're warm, 872 00:53:36,013 --> 00:53:39,049 dry, and have water, you have to find food. 873 00:53:39,183 --> 00:53:41,218 That's the name of the game to stay in it long‐term. 874 00:53:41,351 --> 00:53:43,220 ♪ ♪ 875 00:53:43,353 --> 00:53:46,023 So I'm going to spend a couple hours fishing this morning. 876 00:53:46,156 --> 00:53:47,224 Let's get to it. 877 00:53:47,357 --> 00:53:54,364 ♪ ♪ 878 00:53:57,167 --> 00:53:59,603 To come out here, I had to shut down 879 00:53:59,737 --> 00:54:02,573 my contracting business. 880 00:54:02,706 --> 00:54:04,441 It's a very serious commitment, 881 00:54:04,575 --> 00:54:07,411 something I don't take lightly. 882 00:54:07,544 --> 00:54:11,415 Oh, no. What's this rat's nest? 883 00:54:11,548 --> 00:54:12,950 Crap. 884 00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:14,818 This was not something I did on a whim. 885 00:54:14,952 --> 00:54:16,920 This is something I took a lot of thought 886 00:54:17,054 --> 00:54:21,291 and consideration into before I decided to do it. 887 00:54:21,425 --> 00:54:22,960 I don't need another rat's nest. 888 00:54:23,093 --> 00:54:24,294 Come on. 889 00:54:24,428 --> 00:54:27,097 And if I don't succeed, 890 00:54:27,231 --> 00:54:29,666 then have I just put a speed bump in life? 891 00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:34,071 Have I sent financial and family stability 892 00:54:34,204 --> 00:54:38,142 backwards rather than forwards? 893 00:54:38,275 --> 00:54:40,244 No way. 894 00:54:40,377 --> 00:54:43,347 No way. 895 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,350 No way. 896 00:54:46,483 --> 00:54:51,121 No way. Come on. Come on. Come on. 897 00:54:51,255 --> 00:54:52,122 ♪ ♪ 898 00:54:52,256 --> 00:54:56,393 ‐ No way. No way. 899 00:54:56,527 --> 00:54:57,995 Come on. 900 00:54:58,128 --> 00:55:02,800 Come on. Come on. Come on! Yeah! 901 00:55:02,933 --> 00:55:07,070 [laughing] 902 00:55:07,204 --> 00:55:10,174 I did it! 903 00:55:18,715 --> 00:55:25,355 I just got a bull trout. 904 00:55:25,489 --> 00:55:26,857 Yeah! 905 00:55:26,990 --> 00:55:29,193 ♪ ♪ 906 00:55:29,326 --> 00:55:34,097 Unbelievable. 907 00:55:34,231 --> 00:55:37,134 Whoo! 908 00:55:37,267 --> 00:55:46,243 I'm going to cook this up and have a good meal. 909 00:55:46,376 --> 00:55:49,246 [dramatic music] 910 00:55:49,379 --> 00:55:56,386 ♪ ♪ 911 00:56:10,767 --> 00:56:15,005 ‐ Let's go see about a place to make a refrigerator. 912 00:56:19,810 --> 00:56:22,679 Want to get down here in this draw near the creek, 913 00:56:22,813 --> 00:56:26,416 a place that I can dig a little hole, 914 00:56:26,550 --> 00:56:28,952 because all the cold air is going to sink down there. 915 00:56:29,086 --> 00:56:30,787 I think it'll help keep it cooler. 916 00:56:30,921 --> 00:56:37,561 ♪ ♪ 917 00:56:37,694 --> 00:56:42,532 I picked about a gallon of cranberries and currants, 918 00:56:42,666 --> 00:56:44,735 and, you know, it's still warm. 919 00:56:44,868 --> 00:56:49,139 So the only way that I know to get these berries cooled down 920 00:56:49,273 --> 00:56:52,943 is to go down beside the creek and dig a hole. 921 00:56:53,076 --> 00:56:54,645 ♪ ♪ 922 00:56:54,778 --> 00:56:57,214 That's something that my great‐grandparents 923 00:56:57,347 --> 00:56:58,749 did down in Florida 924 00:56:58,882 --> 00:57:02,252 to keep their milk and stuff cool. 925 00:57:02,386 --> 00:57:04,788 There we go. 926 00:57:04,922 --> 00:57:07,557 That ought to keep them cool. 927 00:57:14,665 --> 00:57:21,104 ♪ ♪ 928 00:57:21,238 --> 00:57:22,506 Oh. 929 00:57:22,639 --> 00:57:24,241 Normally, anyone that's planning 930 00:57:24,374 --> 00:57:25,642 to spend the winter here 931 00:57:25,776 --> 00:57:29,379 would've spent the entire spring right on up 932 00:57:29,513 --> 00:57:33,216 until the first snows preparing to be out here. 933 00:57:33,350 --> 00:57:36,320 We don't have that luxury. We have to get on the ball 934 00:57:36,453 --> 00:57:39,723 and get whatever berries are left, 935 00:57:39,856 --> 00:57:42,893 and you're competing with not only grizzly bears, 936 00:57:43,026 --> 00:57:46,196 who love berries, but all the birds. 937 00:57:46,330 --> 00:57:48,699 Anything that you need later in the year 938 00:57:48,832 --> 00:57:54,104 that's not going to be there you need to collect right now. 939 00:57:54,237 --> 00:57:57,507 Look at all that goodness. 940 00:57:57,641 --> 00:58:01,979 Mmm. 941 00:58:02,112 --> 00:58:07,451 They'll probably ferment and get me drunk. 942 00:58:07,584 --> 00:58:09,186 That'll be all right. 943 00:58:09,319 --> 00:58:16,326 ♪ ♪ 944 00:58:25,235 --> 00:58:28,572 ‐ Hello, folks, and welcome to another episode 945 00:58:28,705 --> 00:58:31,975 of Chef Jordon's "Wilderness Cooking Cuisine." 946 00:58:32,109 --> 00:58:35,345 ♪ ♪ 947 00:58:35,479 --> 00:58:40,417 ‐ Today we have got a treat especiale just for you. 948 00:58:40,550 --> 00:58:44,755 We are talking bull trout head soup, 949 00:58:44,888 --> 00:58:48,592 so first off, we're going to start with about a quart 950 00:58:48,725 --> 00:58:50,961 and a half of water. 951 00:58:51,094 --> 00:58:54,598 To that we're going to add 952 00:58:54,731 --> 00:58:57,601 one bull trout head, 953 00:58:57,734 --> 00:59:01,972 and then we're going to add about 2 tablespoons 954 00:59:02,105 --> 00:59:07,677 full of chopped false Solomon's seal root. 955 00:59:07,811 --> 00:59:08,979 ♪ ♪ 956 00:59:09,112 --> 00:59:11,915 That's going to give a little extra flavor to it. 957 00:59:15,052 --> 00:59:16,953 While this is simmering, 958 00:59:17,087 --> 00:59:19,256 I want to put together a smoker 959 00:59:19,389 --> 00:59:22,959 so I can smoke the rest of the bull trout. 960 00:59:23,093 --> 00:59:24,594 ♪ ♪ 961 00:59:24,728 --> 00:59:28,331 But now we've got fish, 962 00:59:28,465 --> 00:59:32,502 and with fish come the bears. 963 00:59:32,636 --> 00:59:37,274 Now, smoking typically takes 24 to 48 hours. 964 00:59:37,407 --> 00:59:40,844 The problem is, I'm not sure how long fish 965 00:59:40,977 --> 00:59:43,380 is going to be able to sit here overnight 966 00:59:43,513 --> 00:59:47,350 without a bear coming and eating the fish. 967 00:59:47,484 --> 00:59:51,488 My thoughts are to slice up the fish very thinly 968 00:59:51,621 --> 00:59:56,927 and try and accelerate the smoking process, 969 00:59:57,060 --> 00:59:59,963 so I can do it much quicker, and then I can get it 970 01:00:00,097 --> 01:00:03,533 stored away and safe from all the bears. 971 01:00:03,667 --> 01:00:06,703 ♪ ♪ 972 01:00:06,837 --> 01:00:08,805 Now I've thoroughly made a mess of things. 973 01:00:08,939 --> 01:00:10,907 ♪ ♪ 974 01:00:11,041 --> 01:00:14,845 You know, I really need to make some real chopsticks 975 01:00:14,978 --> 01:00:17,214 at some point instead of these... 976 01:00:17,347 --> 01:00:22,986 ♪ ♪ 977 01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:25,188 Curvy, last‐minute alder branches. 978 01:00:25,322 --> 01:00:31,194 ♪ ♪ 979 01:00:31,328 --> 01:00:32,829 That's a bone. 980 01:00:32,963 --> 01:00:35,732 ♪ ♪ 981 01:00:35,866 --> 01:00:38,535 Mmm, fish head skin. 982 01:00:38,668 --> 01:00:41,104 ♪ ♪ 983 01:00:41,238 --> 01:00:45,075 It is a huge confidence boost to realize, 984 01:00:45,208 --> 01:00:47,978 "You know what? I can get fish." 985 01:00:48,111 --> 01:00:51,515 Not only that, but this is a substantial chunk of meat 986 01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:53,216 that I just pulled in, 987 01:00:53,350 --> 01:00:56,520 and if I did it once, I can do it again, 988 01:00:56,653 --> 01:01:00,056 so it feels like a turning point. 989 01:01:00,190 --> 01:01:03,593 I have a way of obtaining food out here, 990 01:01:03,727 --> 01:01:06,463 and hopefully that means taking home 991 01:01:06,596 --> 01:01:07,564 the half‐million dollars. 992 01:01:07,697 --> 01:01:10,200 ♪ ♪ 993 01:01:10,333 --> 01:01:14,604 ‐ I cannot play fattest‐man‐wins game. 994 01:01:14,738 --> 01:01:17,207 I need a house where when I'm in it, 995 01:01:17,340 --> 01:01:19,576 no extra calories are being burnt. 996 01:01:19,709 --> 01:01:21,111 ‐ I think we're just going to go for it. 997 01:01:21,244 --> 01:01:24,347 We're putting the pier in, wind and waves be damned. 998 01:01:24,481 --> 01:01:25,448 [bleep]. 999 01:01:25,582 --> 01:01:29,452 ‐ Very few people know the details 1000 01:01:29,586 --> 01:01:31,087 of what I'm about to say. 1001 01:01:31,221 --> 01:01:32,956 ‐ Hey, bear! 1002 01:01:33,089 --> 01:01:35,258 Nothing I seem to do seems to scare them off. 1003 01:01:35,392 --> 01:01:36,793 [bleep] He's coming. 1004 01:01:36,927 --> 01:01:39,996 ♪ ♪