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[dramatic music]

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♪ ♪

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male narrator:
In one of the most brutal

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survival challenges ever,

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three strangers will try
to endure 30 days

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in the wild...

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with only one resource‐‐
a fresh kill...

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Its location marked
by a single flare.

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‐ I see that flare,
and it's time to go

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because that animal's
gonna start spoiling fast

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out in this heat
and this moisture.

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Scavengers are gonna be
on that thing real quick.

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narrator:
They have no tools...

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‐ It's very intimidating
living in the swamps

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without a knife.

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narrator: Just the clothes
on their backs.

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‐ We really get to feel
what it must have been like

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for early man to make it
through day‐to‐day living

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in an environment like this.

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Let's get there,
but don't break a leg doing it.

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narrator:
Do they have the stamina

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and ingenuity to survive?

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[insects buzzing]

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‐ It's over here, guys.
‐ Oh, yeah, there it is.

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‐ We got one big boy.
That's for sure.

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[whistles]
‐ Wild boar.

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‐ Yeah, nice.

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‐ This is going to be
incredibly difficult

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using nothing
but natural materials.

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Boars have very,
very thick, tough hides,

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and they also have
3 to 4 inches

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of a super‐thick, hard fat.

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‐ All right, we need
to get him out of this water.

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He ain't
gonna last long in this.

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‐ There's got to be a higher
point somewhere nearby.

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‐ See if we can lift him
out of there.

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‐ We want to get it out
of the water quickly

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so it doesn't bloat,
and we want to keep

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the other predators
away from it.

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We don't want to get
any blood in that water.

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My background
in surviving off the land

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pretty much began
when I graduated high school.

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I decided to travel
the country

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for about ten years finding
what nature had to provide

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and researching
the native plants

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of the areas I'm in.

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I've been living this
my whole life pretty much.

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‐ Matt, why don't you
scout ahead a bit

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and see if you can locate,

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and we'll drag him
in your direction?

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‐ Okay.

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I lost my wife,
and in the past couple years,

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it's just been working hard
so I can feed my son.

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So I'm hoping
to come out of this

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with some mental strength
that I can be proud of again.

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‐ What do you see, man?

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‐ We're getting dry
right up here.

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‐ Swamp water
is extremely nasty.

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You don't know what's lurking
underneath it.

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Gators, cottonmouths, anything
can be sitting in that swamp

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just waiting for you to put
your foot into its mouth.

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You got to be careful.

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Yeah, right here.
‐ Yep.

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So what's your strategy
for getting him open?

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‐ I'm looking for some sort
of cutting tool.

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We don't have a knife.

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We don't have an axe,
a hatchet, a saw,

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anything to that extent.

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Not a [bleep]damn stone,
of course.

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Swamps.

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I have a background
in wilderness self‐reliance

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and primitive skills.

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I was on "Alone" season six
up in the Arctic

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and got extremely sick,

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couldn't hold anything
inside my body.

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As a guy who suffered
a heart attack

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at the age of 37,
one of the key things

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was simply
just staying hydrated.

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I couldn't keep any liquids
inside my body,

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so I didn't last as long
as I would like to have,

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but I actually gained
quite a bit from it‐‐

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resiliency, perspective.

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But I was
definitely disappointed

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in my performance
in "Alone,"

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so no chance I'm tapping out
on this one.

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It's all mud and silt.

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When you're out
in a swampland,

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there's not a lot
of hard materials.

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There's no stones.
There's no rocks.

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So you have to find the next
hardest thing,

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and that's shells.

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It's so damn dark,
you can't even see.

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You got to feel.

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Raccoons and other critters
will munch on clams

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and then hide 'em and cache 'em
and stage 'em in these areas.

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I got two.

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These are gonna be a primary
cutting implement out here

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for the insides of that boar
and start processing 'em out.

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Give a pop and just start
working an edge.

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It's not stone, but you got
to adapt and overcome.

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‐ So butchering the hog‐‐

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the first step is to cut
the hide and make an opening

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down the belly,
but there are multiple layers

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that you need to cut through.

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I don't want to cut into
the internal organs just yet

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because the longer
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the quicker they'll spoil.

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My survival‐skills
training started

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when I was
in the Marine Corps.

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The mind‐set I learned
was really simple.

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You just don't quit.

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There's always the struggle,
and you have to have

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the mental fortitude
to push through

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and make it to the other end.

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There are very few goals
in my life

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that I have not attained,

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and this
is one of those goals‐‐

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for me to make it
to the end of this challenge.

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‐ On our way,
I passed some river cane.

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I'm gonna go back
and grab a few stalks,

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and I'll be back.
[insects buzzes]

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And there's a big one.

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Just look at that.

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You got to be looking down
for snakes, alligators.

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You got to be looking up
for spiders.

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It's up and down,
and you got to watch out

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for the predators,
for the insects.

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[breathing heavily]

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River cane
has some silica in it.

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It's like glass, so if we
can break that thin enough,

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we should be able
to cut the animal open.

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Oh, here we go.
‐ Yeah.

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‐ That piece might
already be set for us.

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‐ Hit him up.
‐ Which one's the edge side?

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‐ Right there.

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‐ Is that thing working?
‐ Yeah.

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‐ Nice.

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We got to get this hog
over some smoke‐‐

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make some meat.

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All right,
I'm gonna go break out‐‐

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find some
fire‐making materials.

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The fire's gonna be
a very important product.

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A friction fire
in a wet environment

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is difficult‐‐
it's absolutely difficult.

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There's a lot of moisture
in the air.

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That's a big‐ass willow tree.

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I'm gonna find the dry sides
of the tree,

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peel some of that bark off.

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I'm gonna use
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hopefully as a tinder source.

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The cypress bark
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It's very similar to a juniper.
That's what this is.

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It's dry.
Wind's coming from this side.

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This little spot right here's
a little bit drier.

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The cypress tree
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the convenience store
of the swamp.

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It actually grows
up out of the water

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Not only can you get
dry tinder from it,

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you can also get
some really dry materials

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on the inside portion of it.

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All right, I got to find
a spindle and a hearth.

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Out here,
there's so much water around,

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but you can't drink any of it.

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The water out here is alive
with insect's "larvaes,"

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and if you drink that,
you're gonna get sick,

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and we don't have any vessels
yet to boil water in.

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So over here, we're gonna build
a seep or a ground well.

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I'm gonna dig down
until I reach water,

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and the clay
that's in the soil here

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should filter out a lot
of the impurities in the water,

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so we'll be able to drink it.

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Oh, and I'm so happy.

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Besides fire, this is
the next most important thing.

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[thunder rumbles]

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‐ I've got the gut
of the animal exposed.

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I'm gonna harvest
the organs first.

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I'm gonna start
pulling the organs out.

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Do you have something for me
to set them on?

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‐ Sure.

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‐ See, on the organs,
this cane works much better.

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‐ [groans] Something is
smelling a little ripe to me.

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‐ Huh?

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‐ Something's smelling
a little strong.

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Swamps are generally smelly,
and this animal

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just intensified it
by ten times.

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Tell you what, though,
this stuff smells

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100% better than that hog.

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‐ It's not so bad
once you get used to it.

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Smells like dinner.

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I've noticed that Matt's
a little bit of a character.

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One of the first things
that he does

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is stick some cypress needles
up his nose

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because of the smell.

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I guess maybe I'm used to it,
but I don't know these guys,

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and I thought
that was kind of an odd thing.

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‐ Found some of this red bush
over in that far swamp area.

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This is gonna be
a great cordage material.

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It's got
a real fibrous outer bark,

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and wrapping it upon itself,
I'm gonna use

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that for the cordage
for my bow drill.

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This swamp is completely
saturated with water,

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and there's rain falling,
you know, constantly.

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[thunder booms]

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I got to get this fire going.

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I'm trusting Donny
right now‐‐

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that he's gonna make us
a fire.

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If we don't get this animal
started on the fire

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as soon as we get it cut,
we're gonna lose it,

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and we're gonna go hungry.

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‐ It's wet as [bleep]
out here.

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Air's wet.
Ground's wet.

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I'm wet.
There's nowhere to escape.

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We need to get a fire and get
this boar over the smoke,

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but right now making fire
is damn near impossible.

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[bleep].

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♪ ♪

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‐ It just keeps coming down
and down and down and down.

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The beast is
only gonna last us so long.

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We're not gonna get
freezing temps at night,

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and that meat's
not gonna freeze.

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It's gonna be hot.

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It's gonna be humid,
so we need this fire.

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♪ ♪

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00:10:46,112 --> 00:10:48,815
This pig is gonna wind up
spoiling pretty damn quick.

258
00:10:48,915 --> 00:10:54,787
♪ ♪

259
00:10:54,888 --> 00:10:56,956
The sun coming out
and the rain parting ways

260
00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:59,225
for a bit is the life source‐‐
it really is.

261
00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:00,994
It's gonna give us
a little opportunity

262
00:11:01,094 --> 00:11:03,096
to find some drier materials

263
00:11:03,196 --> 00:11:04,497
and eliminate
one of those threats,

264
00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:06,166
which is just
straight moisture falling

265
00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:07,800
from the skies above
on your fire kit.

266
00:11:07,901 --> 00:11:08,968
♪ ♪

267
00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:10,370
‐ All right, you want to
just take the meat

268
00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:11,771
that you've got on the tray,
and I'll take

269
00:11:11,871 --> 00:11:13,106
the head and the hide,
and we'll head over to Donny.

270
00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:14,607
‐ Sounds good.

271
00:11:14,707 --> 00:11:16,843
‐ The weather here seems
like it can change on a dime.

272
00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:19,145
That might create
a problem for us later

273
00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:21,781
because meat will spoil faster
if the temps come up.

274
00:11:21,881 --> 00:11:23,483
‐ Yeah, I'll follow you.
[grunts]

275
00:11:23,583 --> 00:11:25,952
‐ If we get to the campsite
and Donny doesn't have fire,

276
00:11:26,052 --> 00:11:27,854
this is gonna be a problem.

277
00:11:27,954 --> 00:11:30,857
We absolutely have to get
that meat smoked.

278
00:11:30,957 --> 00:11:33,359
♪ ♪

279
00:11:33,459 --> 00:11:35,028
‐ I've been trying
with a bow drill‐‐

280
00:11:35,128 --> 00:11:36,663
kept breaking, so...

281
00:11:36,763 --> 00:11:38,798
I switched it up
to hand drill

282
00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:41,801
and as you keep doing
a hand drill again and again,

283
00:11:41,901 --> 00:11:44,871
and, you know,
failing each time,

284
00:11:44,971 --> 00:11:46,372
you start to expel
all your energy.

285
00:11:46,472 --> 00:11:48,007
Your muscles get sore.
Everything tightens up.

286
00:11:48,107 --> 00:11:51,144
[sighs]
Can't lift my arms.

287
00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:54,814
And you will tire out.
It's definitely taken its toll.

288
00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:56,316
‐ How's it going, brother?

289
00:11:56,416 --> 00:11:58,251
Matt's right behind me
with a bunch of that cane

290
00:11:58,351 --> 00:12:00,486
and the last of the meat.

291
00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:02,555
‐ I can't do this
individually anymore.

292
00:12:02,655 --> 00:12:03,890
♪ ♪

293
00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:07,260
‐ Three‐man team here.
‐ Yeah, I'm getting tired.

294
00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,629
So I'll start.
I'll say go.

295
00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,731
♪ ♪

296
00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:13,066
‐ Go.

297
00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:14,601
‐ So we're gonna attempt
a three‐man hand drill.

298
00:12:14,701 --> 00:12:15,935
‐ Go.

299
00:12:16,035 --> 00:12:17,170
‐ If that works out,
then we should be able

300
00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:19,038
to get a fire,
and it's desperately needed.

301
00:12:19,138 --> 00:12:22,041
♪ ♪

302
00:12:22,141 --> 00:12:23,042
Go.

303
00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:26,646
♪ ♪

304
00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:28,014
‐ Go.

305
00:12:28,114 --> 00:12:29,249
[grunts]
Almost.

306
00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:30,250
‐ Go.

307
00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:32,385
♪ ♪

308
00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:33,586
‐ All right, chill‐‐chill out.
We got it.

309
00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:34,654
We got it.

310
00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:37,690
♪ ♪

311
00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:39,993
This is real fine stuff.

312
00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:47,033
♪ ♪

313
00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:55,208
‐ There we go.
‐ Whoa, it's‐‐good going.

314
00:12:55,308 --> 00:12:56,576
‐ Right here.
Let's put it‐‐

315
00:12:56,676 --> 00:12:58,077
‐ Right here
so it doesn't steam out.

316
00:12:58,177 --> 00:12:59,279
‐ Yeah, get some wood.

317
00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:06,352
♪ ♪

318
00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:08,154
‐ Save the...

319
00:13:08,254 --> 00:13:12,325
♪ ♪

320
00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:13,493
Whoo!

321
00:13:13,593 --> 00:13:14,661
‐ Good stuff.

322
00:13:14,761 --> 00:13:16,396
‐ Yeah.
‐ Good stuff.

323
00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:19,198
To create a fire in this
environment is surreal.

324
00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:22,302
In these conditions,
with this rain falling,

325
00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:24,203
with the moisture
on the ground,

326
00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:26,739
it has now just shaped
our very existence.

327
00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:28,341
♪ ♪

328
00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:30,243
We cannot let
this thing go out.

329
00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:32,745
[laughter]

330
00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:34,447
♪ ♪

331
00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:37,083
‐ If we get some
of those little green vines,

332
00:13:37,183 --> 00:13:39,018
we can do multiple layers...

333
00:13:39,118 --> 00:13:40,687
‐ Yeah.
‐ To hang the meat on.

334
00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:42,822
‐ We're gonna be up here
for a good number of days.

335
00:13:42,922 --> 00:13:44,924
That meat
from that hog is gonna be

336
00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:47,627
kind of our life source,
so time is of the essence.

337
00:13:47,727 --> 00:13:49,195
‐ I think all
we should think about now

338
00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:51,464
is just getting the meat
and smoking it.

339
00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:52,732
‐ Get smoking.

340
00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,101
‐ Out in this environment,
animals‐‐

341
00:13:55,201 --> 00:13:57,003
especially fresh kills‐‐
start to spoil

342
00:13:57,103 --> 00:13:59,005
between 40 and 140 degrees,

343
00:13:59,105 --> 00:14:01,808
so smoke is gonna be
our first preservation method.

344
00:14:01,908 --> 00:14:03,643
Boom! Good smoke.

345
00:14:03,743 --> 00:14:05,111
Hot smoking
is gonna be the key.

346
00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:06,646
Hot smoking is‐‐
we're gonna fall

347
00:14:06,746 --> 00:14:09,415
just below
that 165 temperature range,

348
00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:11,551
and it's gonna allow us
to not cook the meat

349
00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:12,785
but ultimately dry it out.

350
00:14:12,885 --> 00:14:14,587
Like a fire below,

351
00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:17,090
and the heat and the smoke
rises up above,

352
00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:19,158
and what it will do
is it will dry the meat out.

353
00:14:19,258 --> 00:14:20,960
Smoke gives it flavor.

354
00:14:21,060 --> 00:14:24,597
It's all coming together.
That's it.

355
00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:26,432
‐ That's dinner.
‐ Yeah.

356
00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:30,470
♪ ♪

357
00:14:30,570 --> 00:14:32,472
‐ It's good.

358
00:14:32,572 --> 00:14:34,374
It tastes like pork.

359
00:14:34,474 --> 00:14:36,776
‐ I'm completely spent,
but right now

360
00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:39,145
it's extremely important
to get this meal.

361
00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:48,354
♪ ♪

362
00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:50,823
‐ Today's been a rough day.

363
00:14:50,923 --> 00:14:53,259
Didn't get to build a shelter,
and the temps here at night

364
00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:54,560
are going to get down
in the 40s‐‐

365
00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,262
maybe even
more cold than that,

366
00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:58,398
so that's gonna have to become
the next priority on our list.

367
00:14:58,498 --> 00:15:05,538
♪ ♪

368
00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:11,444
[snoring loudly]

369
00:15:11,544 --> 00:15:15,014
♪ ♪

370
00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:18,017
[snoring loudly]

371
00:15:18,117 --> 00:15:21,020
[insects chirping]

372
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,922
‐ Hey, Shawn!

373
00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:25,024
‐ [snoring loudly]

374
00:15:27,727 --> 00:15:29,462
[snoring loudly]

375
00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:36,536
♪ ♪

376
00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,705
‐ Today I'm feeling
a little crappy.

377
00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:41,107
I'm tired very fast.

378
00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:44,177
I'm a little dizzy
when I stand up too quick.

379
00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:46,779
I didn't sleep at all,
and, for me,

380
00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:48,381
when you're out here
surviving,

381
00:15:48,481 --> 00:15:50,450
you really need to take care
of your body and your mind,

382
00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:54,187
and sleep
is a huge portion of that.

383
00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:56,522
‐ Shawn has a set
of pipes on him

384
00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:57,790
when it comes to snoring.

385
00:15:57,890 --> 00:15:59,492
He, uh...
[laughs]

386
00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:00,860
My goodness.

387
00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,528
♪ ♪

388
00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,397
You know,
we woke up this morning.

389
00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:06,466
Everyone was cold and hungry.

390
00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:08,100
Nights here
are definitely rough.

391
00:16:08,201 --> 00:16:10,937
Temps are dropping,
which is surprising.

392
00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:12,939
I wasn't expecting this
in a swamp.

393
00:16:13,039 --> 00:16:19,812
♪ ♪

394
00:16:19,912 --> 00:16:21,481
Time is of the essence here.

395
00:16:21,581 --> 00:16:24,951
Get a good, working shelter‐‐
something that we can live in

396
00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:26,586
before the rain comes,
you know?

397
00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:27,987
♪ ♪

398
00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:29,222
We believe some rain
is coming.

399
00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:30,723
So, once the rain
comes through here,

400
00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:31,924
everything
just stays saturated.

401
00:16:32,024 --> 00:16:33,593
[insects buzzing]

402
00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:36,896
Red rover, red rover,
let's build our shelter

403
00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,398
right over here.

404
00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:41,667
If we do tepee style‐‐

405
00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:45,004
Another one,
another one, another one,

406
00:16:45,104 --> 00:16:46,639
‐ And we'll grab the vines,
and we'll just start weaving

407
00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:48,307
like we talked about.
‐ Yeah.

408
00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:49,976
‐ So we've settled
on a tepee shelter,

409
00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:51,611
which would be
about 6 feet tall

410
00:16:51,711 --> 00:16:53,212
and I think enough room
for the three of us

411
00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:54,647
and, if needed,
a fire in the middle.

412
00:16:54,747 --> 00:17:01,821
♪ ♪

413
00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:05,658
‐ That piece right there
might work.

414
00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:06,893
♪ ♪

415
00:17:06,993 --> 00:17:08,127
‐ The first step
is gonna be

416
00:17:08,227 --> 00:17:09,962
finding six or seven
support poles

417
00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:12,665
that need to be strong enough
to support the tepee frame.

418
00:17:14,634 --> 00:17:15,902
Around here,
that's difficult

419
00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:17,837
because there's not a lot
of straight wood

420
00:17:17,937 --> 00:17:20,206
just laying on the ground
that's not rotten.

421
00:17:20,306 --> 00:17:21,807
‐ This one's good!
[grunts]

422
00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:24,143
‐ So we're gonna have to find
some straight, young trees

423
00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:26,612
that are still alive and green
and burn‐cut them,

424
00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,682
which means we're gonna set
the bases on fire

425
00:17:29,782 --> 00:17:32,251
and then knock them over,
because we don't have axes,

426
00:17:32,351 --> 00:17:33,419
and we can't
just push them over.

427
00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:34,420
They're too strong for that.

428
00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:35,688
‐ That'll work.

429
00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:37,823
‐ We chose a shorter,
modified tepee

430
00:17:37,924 --> 00:17:40,393
because we don't have as much
volume inside the shelter,

431
00:17:40,493 --> 00:17:41,961
therefore the fire
that's burning in there

432
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:43,262
will have less air to heat,

433
00:17:43,362 --> 00:17:45,531
and it should keep us
all warmer at night.

434
00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:52,171
♪ ♪

435
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,741
Just so you know,
Matt's working on the head...

436
00:17:58,144 --> 00:17:59,946
♪ ♪

437
00:18:00,112 --> 00:18:01,714
‐ I feel,
when I harvest an animal,

438
00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:04,283
that I need to pay homage
to him and respect him.

439
00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:06,986
I believe
that you eat the eyeballs

440
00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:09,221
so you can see where
the animal has come from.

441
00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:11,290
And I feel,
if you're taking a life,

442
00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:13,392
you owe that much
to the life you're taking.

443
00:18:13,492 --> 00:18:16,395
♪ ♪

444
00:18:16,495 --> 00:18:18,831
So, with this eyeball,
I hope to see the journey

445
00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:22,101
the hog made
before it got to us

446
00:18:22,201 --> 00:18:24,103
and where it
is headed after.

447
00:18:24,203 --> 00:18:27,239
♪ ♪

448
00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:28,908
And that's what you do.

449
00:18:29,008 --> 00:18:30,409
As it goes in...

450
00:18:30,509 --> 00:18:37,516
♪ ♪

451
00:18:42,755 --> 00:18:46,325
I feel that hog
had a great life‐‐

452
00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,194
very free.

453
00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:52,765
[sniffles]

454
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:54,400
♪ ♪

455
00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:55,668
‐ If you want to
not be [bleep] around

456
00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:56,669
with the pig's head
or anything,

457
00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:58,371
like, right this second‐‐

458
00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,940
I'm all about it, but maybe
get cracking on this shelter.

459
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:02,274
♪ ♪

460
00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:04,677
If he wants to [bleep] eat
the eyeball, that's fine.

461
00:19:04,777 --> 00:19:06,345
That's fine.
Whatever.

462
00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:07,513
♪ ♪

463
00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:09,315
Seriously, there's, like,
priorities here.

464
00:19:09,415 --> 00:19:11,350
No one else is sleeping
on palm fronds tonight.

465
00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:12,698
♪ ♪

466
00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,696
‐ Donny and I are putting
palm fronds up on the shelter.

467
00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:26,332
We have a limited amount
of time before nightfall,

468
00:19:26,432 --> 00:19:28,534
so we're just throwing 'em up
really quick.

469
00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:31,137
It should be relatively
windproof and waterproof.

470
00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:32,238
♪ ♪

471
00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:35,241
‐ Matt has
different priorities

472
00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:36,575
compared to Shawn and I.

473
00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,711
We're focusing more
on smoking the meat,

474
00:19:38,811 --> 00:19:41,580
making sure that our shelter
is warm, safe, and dry.

475
00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:42,948
And this is
extremely important.

476
00:19:43,049 --> 00:19:45,051
Right now a few of us
aren't on the same page

477
00:19:45,151 --> 00:19:46,619
♪ ♪

478
00:19:46,719 --> 00:19:48,821
‐ Today's been a rough day,
and I'm really tired,

479
00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:51,223
but we finished the shelter,
so should help

480
00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:52,625
keep the mosquitoes
off us at night,

481
00:19:52,725 --> 00:19:54,293
which will mean
we get a lot more sleep.

482
00:19:54,393 --> 00:20:01,300
♪ ♪

483
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,968
I have a lot of work to do
with the hog's meat,

484
00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:04,870
but I know the head
is a valuable resource,

485
00:20:04,970 --> 00:20:06,072
but, more importantly,

486
00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:07,673
we're gonna need
hard tools out here,

487
00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:09,442
and the hardest bones
on this animal

488
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:11,077
are gonna come from the skull.

489
00:20:11,177 --> 00:20:13,279
We want to use as many parts
of the skull as we can,

490
00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:16,082
but in order to do that,
we need to have it defleshed.

491
00:20:16,182 --> 00:20:17,550
This hog has
really good cutters,

492
00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:20,886
and these are good scraping
and cutting, scoring tools,

493
00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:22,054
but getting them out
is just gonna be

494
00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,222
a little bit of a challenge.

495
00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:29,295
♪ ♪

496
00:20:29,395 --> 00:20:30,896
Coming into this challenge,
I really knew

497
00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:32,732
that it
was going to be difficult,

498
00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:34,366
but I thought for sure
there's got to be

499
00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:35,401
something here
with an edge on it,

500
00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:37,069
and there's just nothing here.

501
00:20:37,169 --> 00:20:40,973
The sinew and the fat
on these animals is so tough.

502
00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:43,275
This is taking way longer
than I had hoped.

503
00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:46,045
We just don't really have
the tools to get this scraped

504
00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:48,080
in the time before
it's gonna start to spoil,

505
00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:50,449
so we're gonna try
and let nature do it for us.

506
00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:52,718
♪ ♪

507
00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:55,921
Limited resources here
as far as making tools

508
00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:58,124
are just extremely hard
to find,

509
00:20:58,224 --> 00:20:59,592
and it must have been
very difficult

510
00:20:59,692 --> 00:21:01,560
for the native folks
that lived here.

511
00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:02,995
Whew.

512
00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:04,930
I'm kind of hoping
that by submerging the skull

513
00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:06,465
in the swamp here,
the crawfish,

514
00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:08,367
the small turtles,
maybe even the fish

515
00:21:08,467 --> 00:21:10,169
will pick at it and be able
to pull some of the meat

516
00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:12,104
off the skull over the next
couple of days.

517
00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:13,973
I can already see
some fish in here.

518
00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:16,675
I just tucked it up
underneath a branch there.

519
00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:18,110
And that ought to do it.

520
00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:22,581
♪ ♪

521
00:21:22,681 --> 00:21:25,584
[insects buzzing]

522
00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:32,691
♪ ♪

523
00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:48,207
‐ So morning come about.
I didn't sleep at all.

524
00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:52,444
I feel a little bit drunk.
I'm stumbling, sweating.

525
00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:53,546
I can't think straight.

526
00:22:00,252 --> 00:22:01,554
I'm kind of nervous,

527
00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:04,356
and I don't know
what to do, really.

528
00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:08,928
♪ ♪

529
00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:10,563
‐ I know that those bones

530
00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,231
are the hardest thing
in the swamp.

531
00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:15,000
Right now a chopping tool
is very, very key out here,

532
00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:17,636
and a bone chopping tool
is gonna be our go‐to.

533
00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:18,971
So one of the tools
in particular

534
00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:20,406
I'm gonna make
is called a socket adze

535
00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:22,908
or hand adze,
which is a chopping tool,

536
00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,977
and it requires a leg bone
of that hog‐‐

537
00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:26,712
all the bits
and pieces removed‐‐

538
00:22:26,812 --> 00:22:28,547
and a cut at an angle
that gives me

539
00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:29,849
a chopping advantage.

540
00:22:29,949 --> 00:22:36,956
♪ ♪

541
00:22:43,262 --> 00:22:44,997
Almost there, man.

542
00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:47,333
We don't have the ability
to use any stone tools

543
00:22:47,433 --> 00:22:49,335
to really cut 'em out,
so we have to score 'em

544
00:22:49,435 --> 00:22:50,936
and try to snap‐break them

545
00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:53,272
in the most desirable way
possible.

546
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:56,742
This experience truly
puts a person

547
00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:58,344
to the test,
'cause we have nothing.

548
00:22:58,444 --> 00:23:00,813
We absolutely have no knives,
no cutting implements,

549
00:23:00,913 --> 00:23:02,414
and you have to leverage

550
00:23:02,514 --> 00:23:04,483
all of your knowledge,
skills, and abilities

551
00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:06,385
and put those to the test.

552
00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:08,053
So I might be able
to snap it in my hands

553
00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:10,422
and get two working pieces.

554
00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:14,093
This piece right here will be
the actual socket adze.

555
00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:16,762
This piece right here will be
a little hand scraper

556
00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:18,998
when we start
to process out the hide.

557
00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:20,099
Let's see.

558
00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:23,569
[grunts]
Like that.

559
00:23:23,669 --> 00:23:25,004
♪ ♪

560
00:23:25,104 --> 00:23:26,906
Perfect.

561
00:23:27,006 --> 00:23:28,173
A little marrow on the inside‐‐

562
00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:29,642
I don't want
to eat this marrow.

563
00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:31,744
It's been exposed to the water

564
00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:33,612
through this little portion
of the bone.

565
00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:34,613
♪ ♪

566
00:23:34,713 --> 00:23:36,949
But, look‐it‐‐perfect hand axe.

567
00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:38,150
♪ ♪

568
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,119
So we got two tools right here.

569
00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:41,620
Two little choppers.

570
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:48,727
♪ ♪

571
00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:55,968
‐ So this hog skull has been
sunk here in the swamp.

572
00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:57,136
♪ ♪

573
00:23:57,236 --> 00:23:58,771
We're gonna go in
and take a look.

574
00:23:58,871 --> 00:24:01,740
We really don't want to lose
any of the bone in this skull,

575
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,909
and we really want to make
sure we save the teeth,

576
00:24:04,009 --> 00:24:05,511
particularly the cutters,
because we think

577
00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:07,046
we can use them around camp.

578
00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:10,950
Well, I can see from here
there's a crawdad

579
00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:13,619
sitting on top of it,
so I know that they're working

580
00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:15,254
and doing
what they're supposed to do.

581
00:24:15,354 --> 00:24:22,261
♪ ♪

582
00:24:22,361 --> 00:24:24,930
So it's definitely starting
to decompose.

583
00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:30,402
♪ ♪

584
00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:33,405
[owl hooting]

585
00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:40,412
♪ ♪

586
00:24:40,512 --> 00:24:43,048
‐ [retching]

587
00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:44,550
♪ ♪

588
00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:46,618
‐ This morning I was a little
bit worried about Matt.

589
00:24:46,719 --> 00:24:48,721
He got a little bit sick
and ended up vomiting

590
00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:50,856
and then needed to lay down
for a while,

591
00:24:50,956 --> 00:24:52,658
so I'm concerned there
might be something going on.

592
00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:58,163
So Matt's just grasping
at his heart,

593
00:24:58,263 --> 00:25:00,699
and he just looks sick,
and I'm really worried for him.

594
00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:02,935
♪ ♪

595
00:25:11,944 --> 00:25:14,046
‐ Matt just had
some chest pains.

596
00:25:14,146 --> 00:25:15,414
He wasn't doing well.

597
00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:16,715
You don't want to mess around
with that stuff.

598
00:25:16,815 --> 00:25:17,816
I've been in that situation.

599
00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:19,885
I had a heart attack
at the age of 37,

600
00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:21,620
and some of the signs
and symptoms

601
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,088
that he was displaying‐‐

602
00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:24,356
pain in the chest

603
00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:26,658
and just kind of feeling,
like, nauseous‐‐

604
00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:28,761
those are the same signs
and symptoms that I had.

605
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:31,397
♪ ♪

606
00:25:31,497 --> 00:25:32,931
‐ The swamp water
from the seep well‐‐

607
00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:34,967
it's really nasty,
and I think, in Matt's case,

608
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,269
it's a really good example
of how dirty water

609
00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:40,272
can culminate in a big problem,
and at the end of the day,

610
00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:41,807
I think it's catching up
with him,

611
00:25:41,907 --> 00:25:44,009
and that's
what's making him sick.

612
00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:45,911
‐ Yeah, he's gone,
just like that.

613
00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:48,347
It leaves us just some
of those chores and tasks

614
00:25:48,447 --> 00:25:50,983
like collecting firewood
and watching the fire.

615
00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:52,818
We're just gonna have to find
a new way to adapt

616
00:25:52,918 --> 00:25:53,919
to this situation.

617
00:25:54,019 --> 00:26:01,093
♪ ♪

618
00:26:02,628 --> 00:26:04,963
Matt built a seep well,
which is a method

619
00:26:05,064 --> 00:26:07,332
for acquiring clean water
through the ground.

620
00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:08,667
And he was drinking out of it,

621
00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:10,636
and we've also
been drinking out of it,

622
00:26:10,736 --> 00:26:12,938
and he wasn't doing well,
so we need to get

623
00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:14,239
clean, drinkable water.

624
00:26:14,339 --> 00:26:16,742
We've had this log
that we found on day one

625
00:26:16,842 --> 00:26:18,043
that was just kind of split
and kind of had

626
00:26:18,143 --> 00:26:19,378
a little hollowed‐out section,

627
00:26:19,478 --> 00:26:22,381
so I kind of propped it up
on these sticks,

628
00:26:22,481 --> 00:26:24,416
put a clay wall
and a clay wall,

629
00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:26,718
and kind of just built
a general trough right there,

630
00:26:26,819 --> 00:26:27,786
and, you know,
as the rain falls,

631
00:26:27,886 --> 00:26:29,221
we'll have clean water.

632
00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:32,024
How we'll get it out is
some of the cane around here‐‐

633
00:26:32,124 --> 00:26:35,194
we, you know, score‐cut
around a couple pieces of cane,

634
00:26:35,294 --> 00:26:37,329
and these are just essentially
little drinking straws.

635
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:40,165
So you can come up and...
[sucking]

636
00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:42,768
Drink the water
straight from the trough

637
00:26:42,868 --> 00:26:45,237
once it's full.

638
00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:47,239
Now we got a water catchment.

639
00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:54,346
♪ ♪

640
00:27:08,227 --> 00:27:10,896
‐ I'd almost forgotten
how time‐consuming it is

641
00:27:10,996 --> 00:27:11,897
to eat this stuff.

642
00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:12,965
♪ ♪

643
00:27:13,065 --> 00:27:14,600
‐ The meat is extremely rough.

644
00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:18,103
After being smoked and dried
and hit with the cool weather,

645
00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:19,471
it's like chewing on leather.

646
00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:21,673
♪ ♪

647
00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:25,177
Actually, it's probably smart
to kind of get a jerky count.

648
00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:26,278
‐ Yeah.

649
00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:27,613
‐ Kind of get a‐‐kind of
a management plan,

650
00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:30,149
I think, would be
the best thing to say.

651
00:27:30,249 --> 00:27:31,517
‐ Let me do some math.

652
00:27:31,617 --> 00:27:32,851
We have a couple
of weeks left,

653
00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:34,553
and we've got to make sure
we have enough meat

654
00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,221
to make it to at least
the last day or two

655
00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:38,257
before we get to leave
the challenge.

656
00:27:38,357 --> 00:27:39,525
♪ ♪

657
00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:42,528
All right, so, if we
start rationing today‐‐

658
00:27:42,628 --> 00:27:43,795
two a day each‐‐

659
00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:45,998
that'll get us all the way...
‐ Couple days.

660
00:27:46,098 --> 00:27:47,132
‐ Five days?
‐ Yeah.

661
00:27:47,232 --> 00:27:48,967
‐ 4 1/2, 5 days
before we pull out.

662
00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:50,969
‐ Okay.

663
00:27:51,069 --> 00:27:52,704
The beast is
only gonna last us so long.

664
00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:55,374
Eventually we're gonna
have to find other food.

665
00:27:55,474 --> 00:27:58,911
♪ ♪

666
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:01,747
‐ Donny and I are both gonna
start working on a fish trap.

667
00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:03,715
I'm hoping we can catch
not only some crawfish,

668
00:28:03,815 --> 00:28:05,984
but some small catfish.

669
00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:07,786
I have to admit
that the weight loss

670
00:28:07,886 --> 00:28:09,688
is starting to get
to my head a little bit.

671
00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:10,989
We are hungry, truthfully.

672
00:28:11,089 --> 00:28:17,996
♪ ♪

673
00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:19,264
I'm building
a different version

674
00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,900
of a crawfish/fish trap.

675
00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:23,735
Mine's gonna have
a little bit bigger basket

676
00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:25,504
and a little bit bigger hole
on the end.

677
00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:28,106
So the large loop
is the body of the basket,

678
00:28:28,207 --> 00:28:29,875
and there'll be a small hole
on either end

679
00:28:29,975 --> 00:28:31,510
instead of just one entry.

680
00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:34,112
♪ ♪

681
00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:37,316
‐ Ideally, this is gonna be
used for shallow waters.

682
00:28:37,416 --> 00:28:38,984
Shawn's gonna try
and target his trap

683
00:28:39,084 --> 00:28:41,119
in some deeper areas,
and I'm gonna try

684
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:43,655
and target my trap
into some more shallow areas,

685
00:28:43,755 --> 00:28:46,124
so just got to play
to the environment.

686
00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:47,492
♪ ♪

687
00:28:47,593 --> 00:28:49,027
‐ The whole basis
for this challenge

688
00:28:49,127 --> 00:28:51,897
is to try and utilize
a lot of what ancient peoples

689
00:28:51,997 --> 00:28:54,499
likely would have used
to capture the same animals.

690
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,703
A fish trap made out of vine
is something very similar,

691
00:28:57,803 --> 00:28:59,137
and it just makes
a lot of sense.

692
00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:01,506
Once it's in the water,
it does all the work for you,

693
00:29:01,607 --> 00:29:04,009
and you can focus
on other tasks.

694
00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:11,016
♪ ♪

695
00:29:11,116 --> 00:29:13,452
Let's hope it works out.
Fingers crossed.

696
00:29:13,552 --> 00:29:18,223
♪ ♪

697
00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:19,925
‐ So, before we check
the fish traps,

698
00:29:20,025 --> 00:29:21,326
we are going to hunt.

699
00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:22,961
And in order to hunt,
got to have a weapon.

700
00:29:23,061 --> 00:29:24,997
‐ There's a lot
of valuable bones in the head.

701
00:29:25,097 --> 00:29:27,599
We can try
and pop the jaw loose.

702
00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:29,568
Then I can get into the head
a little bit more.

703
00:29:29,668 --> 00:29:32,237
So it should come off
pretty easy.

704
00:29:32,337 --> 00:29:34,506
I would really like
to get into that skull

705
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:35,807
and take the tusks out...

706
00:29:35,907 --> 00:29:37,476
♪ ♪

707
00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:39,611
And start using 'em
for tools around camp.

708
00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:40,746
‐ Look at this.

709
00:29:40,846 --> 00:29:42,347
♪ ♪

710
00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:46,551
‐ These are the upper cutters.
These are the lower cutters.

711
00:29:46,652 --> 00:29:47,886
Some of the biggest,
meanest teeth

712
00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:49,755
in North America right there.

713
00:29:49,855 --> 00:29:51,490
‐ So, unfortunately,
you just can't pull

714
00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:54,359
the cutters out
of a boar's lower jaw,

715
00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:56,161
so I'm gonna have to smash
these guys open

716
00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:57,562
with some sort of mallet.

717
00:29:57,663 --> 00:29:59,598
♪ ♪

718
00:29:59,698 --> 00:30:01,266
‐ Notoriously tough.
‐ Yeah.

719
00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:03,835
♪ ♪

720
00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:05,837
There we go.
[bones crack]

721
00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:07,439
‐ There‐‐there's one.
‐ There it is.

722
00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:09,374
♪ ♪

723
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:10,976
Knives‐‐here we go.

724
00:30:11,076 --> 00:30:16,715
♪ ♪

725
00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:19,584
On the back
of the skull here,

726
00:30:19,685 --> 00:30:21,320
that's one big thrusting
spearpoint.

727
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:22,721
‐ We have to burn the skull...

728
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,556
‐ Let's do it.

729
00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:26,124
‐ And then inside of the skull,

730
00:30:26,224 --> 00:30:28,960
there's some very fine,
sharp‐edged bones.

731
00:30:29,061 --> 00:30:30,295
‐ There you go.

732
00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:32,097
‐ They'll make great
arrowheads, dart points,

733
00:30:32,197 --> 00:30:33,098
and things like that.

734
00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:39,638
♪ ♪

735
00:30:39,738 --> 00:30:42,307
‐ I think these might be
the best bet so far.

736
00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:46,445
♪ ♪

737
00:30:46,545 --> 00:30:48,480
‐ So I was able to pull
a few of the thinner pieces

738
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:50,282
of hog hide off,
and then I'm gonna take

739
00:30:50,382 --> 00:30:53,719
some of those bone tools
and scrape all of the meat

740
00:30:53,819 --> 00:30:56,488
and leftover bits of fat
off of this hide,

741
00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:59,191
and then we'll stretch it out
and dry it.

742
00:30:59,291 --> 00:31:00,826
We're thinking
of maybe using it

743
00:31:00,926 --> 00:31:03,428
for wrapping spearheads on
to spears, things like that.

744
00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:10,402
♪ ♪

745
00:31:10,502 --> 00:31:15,340
‐ I can feel that my body is
losing calories every second.

746
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,609
When you're hungry
and your one focus

747
00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:21,380
is getting more food, get
that food becomes a priority.

748
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,782
This is a foreshaft
for the atlatl dart.

749
00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:26,218
And an atlatl is
an ancient hunting tool

750
00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:28,587
used by many, many cultures
all throughout the world

751
00:31:28,687 --> 00:31:34,893
♪ ♪

752
00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:37,229
Once I reinforce it
with that rawhide,

753
00:31:37,329 --> 00:31:40,365
it will keep the point
into the foreshaft.

754
00:31:40,465 --> 00:31:47,339
♪ ♪

755
00:31:47,439 --> 00:31:50,108
‐ So we have the pieces
of rawhide,

756
00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:52,377
but they're still hard,
so what we need to do

757
00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:54,679
is soak them,
and they'll swell a little bit

758
00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:57,616
and get pliable again
and then sort of

759
00:31:57,716 --> 00:31:59,951
shrink up when they dry
and almost act like a glue

760
00:32:00,118 --> 00:32:02,487
upon themselves,
and it's just a really good way

761
00:32:02,587 --> 00:32:05,424
to secure that dart tip
to Donny's darts.

762
00:32:05,524 --> 00:32:08,560
♪ ♪

763
00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:11,029
‐ If you could tie a knot
right over the top...

764
00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:13,298
♪ ♪

765
00:32:13,398 --> 00:32:14,633
You just cinch the knots,

766
00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:16,735
so that will kind of
keep it dry and in place.

767
00:32:16,835 --> 00:32:18,270
♪ ♪

768
00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:20,071
Let that one dry.

769
00:32:20,172 --> 00:32:22,340
Set them, I guess,
over there.

770
00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:29,448
♪ ♪

771
00:32:42,727 --> 00:32:44,329
When I take a look,
I can start to see

772
00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:45,697
a few of my rib bones.

773
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:48,700
Finding another source
of protein is essential.

774
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:49,901
We ate the last of our jerky,

775
00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:51,303
so we kind of need
to start finding

776
00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:53,305
some other food sources,
and the only way to do it

777
00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:54,473
is to get out
and actively hunt,

778
00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:56,341
so that's what we're doing.

779
00:32:56,441 --> 00:32:57,843
‐ [whispering]
The trick with hunting

780
00:32:57,943 --> 00:32:59,711
like this when you're stalking
is you're waiting

781
00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:02,013
to see if something
gets up and moves,

782
00:33:02,113 --> 00:33:03,748
and then
you can move towards it.

783
00:33:03,849 --> 00:33:05,884
♪ ♪

784
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:07,719
‐ The dangers of this
environment can go anywhere

785
00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:09,888
from something as simple
as the cypress knees

786
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,590
that stick out of the ground‐‐
you can walk

787
00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:14,826
through a hilly, grassy area
and take a tumble.

788
00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:18,129
I'm walking very cautiously,
very carefully.

789
00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:20,332
Alligator territory over here.

790
00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:22,534
That water's
extremely dark and murky.

791
00:33:22,634 --> 00:33:25,704
Could be a gator underneath
there or any potential hazard.

792
00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:27,105
[alligator bellows]

793
00:33:27,205 --> 00:33:28,507
Hear that sound?

794
00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:30,075
♪ ♪

795
00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:32,844
Over there‐‐it's the sound
of a gator.

796
00:33:32,944 --> 00:33:39,951
♪ ♪

797
00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:49,461
‐ Hear that sound?

798
00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:51,229
[alligator bellows]

799
00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:53,765
Over there‐‐it's the sound
of a gator.

800
00:33:53,865 --> 00:34:00,572
♪ ♪

801
00:34:00,672 --> 00:34:02,007
‐ We've been out here
about an hour

802
00:34:02,107 --> 00:34:03,808
without a whole lot
of success.

803
00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:05,877
So, at some point,
we're gonna have

804
00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:07,178
to start doing the math here.

805
00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:10,382
Is the hunt worth
the calorie expenditure?

806
00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:12,384
And the mosquitoes are bad‐‐

807
00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:14,853
I mean, really bad,
if you can't see 'em.

808
00:34:14,953 --> 00:34:17,322
And at some point,
we're gonna have to call it

809
00:34:17,422 --> 00:34:18,823
and get back to camp
and get in the smoke

810
00:34:18,924 --> 00:34:20,592
and make
these mosquitoes go away.

811
00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:25,230
Couple of rat nests, but they
seemed like they were empty.

812
00:34:25,330 --> 00:34:27,265
‐ Shawn and I really
haven't seen much activity

813
00:34:27,365 --> 00:34:28,767
out here as far
as physical animals

814
00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:31,136
or even any of their ground
spore, as far as feces

815
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,537
or tracks or even scrapes.

816
00:34:32,637 --> 00:34:34,005
If it's not early
in the morning,

817
00:34:34,105 --> 00:34:35,640
it's got to be later
in the evening‐‐

818
00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:37,409
almost at night.
‐ Oh.

819
00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:39,144
‐ All those little
nighttime critters‐‐

820
00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:41,279
they're denning up‐‐I mean...

821
00:34:41,379 --> 00:34:42,981
We need more food.

822
00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,549
You want to head back or...?

823
00:34:44,649 --> 00:34:46,184
‐ All right.
‐ All right.

824
00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:49,387
♪ ♪

825
00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:52,390
[thunder rumbles, booms]

826
00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:59,497
♪ ♪

827
00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:09,507
We have ample amounts
of fresh water,

828
00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:12,510
but we need some other means
of food acquisition as well.

829
00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:15,580
I don't think we can sustain
this level of, you know,

830
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,117
kind of ebb and flow
of fatigue and activity,

831
00:35:19,217 --> 00:35:20,418
fatigue and activity.

832
00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:21,820
Before you know it,
it's just gonna be

833
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:25,090
ten minutes of activity
and six hours of fatigue.

834
00:35:25,190 --> 00:35:32,030
♪ ♪

835
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:34,265
‐ We still got
the crawfish traps working.

836
00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:35,600
‐ Let's do it.

837
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:38,036
Crawdads, crawdads,
here we go.

838
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,005
Shawn and I are about to go
check some crawdad traps

839
00:35:40,105 --> 00:35:42,073
that we put in the water
a couple days ago.

840
00:35:42,173 --> 00:35:43,575
Hopefully
it's full of crawdads,

841
00:35:43,675 --> 00:35:45,076
which would
definitely represent

842
00:35:45,176 --> 00:35:47,012
some great
and most‐needed calories.

843
00:35:47,112 --> 00:35:49,347
♪ ♪

844
00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:51,850
‐ Oh, God!

845
00:35:51,950 --> 00:35:53,385
Oh, man.

846
00:35:53,485 --> 00:35:54,552
♪ ♪

847
00:35:54,653 --> 00:35:55,787
‐ I'm in the swamp up to
my thighs

848
00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:57,389
freezing my ass off.

849
00:35:57,489 --> 00:35:58,556
I really hope
this is gonna work,

850
00:35:58,657 --> 00:36:00,058
and I'm about to find out.

851
00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:01,626
‐ Thank you.
[grunts]

852
00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:08,733
♪ ♪

853
00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:11,703
Nothing.

854
00:36:11,803 --> 00:36:12,904
There was nothing
on the inside,

855
00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:14,139
which was kind of
disappointing.

856
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,474
Set it there,
and I'll trade you.

857
00:36:17,976 --> 00:36:18,877
Yeah.

858
00:36:18,977 --> 00:36:23,214
♪ ♪

859
00:36:23,314 --> 00:36:24,716
There's nothing.

860
00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:27,185
♪ ♪

861
00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:29,354
Zero.

862
00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:30,355
Yep.

863
00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:32,057
We have no crawdads.

864
00:36:32,157 --> 00:36:33,224
♪ ♪

865
00:36:33,324 --> 00:36:34,592
Got it?

866
00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:36,127
This sucks.

867
00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:38,329
Yeah, if it's zero, man, then
we got to find somewhere else.

868
00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:40,065
♪ ♪

869
00:36:40,165 --> 00:36:42,667
So we're gonna have to look
to another option.

870
00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:45,970
Time's get tough out here,
and you can't come out here

871
00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:48,406
with a playbook and say,
"This is what I'm gonna do."

872
00:36:48,506 --> 00:36:49,708
That's not gonna work.

873
00:36:49,808 --> 00:36:51,643
You have to come out here
and be flexible

874
00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:54,879
and ready to adapt, improvise,
and overcome.

875
00:36:54,979 --> 00:36:55,947
It's the same thing,
you know,

876
00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,215
our ancestors
had to go through.

877
00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:58,717
Ugh.

878
00:36:58,817 --> 00:37:00,051
Shawn and I are gonna walk

879
00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:01,720
back to the camp,
get him dried out.

880
00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:02,787
That's pretty important,

881
00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:04,122
especially
with these cold temps.

882
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:07,225
Him being wet, we got to
make sure he stays dry.

883
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,329
‐ Oh, there's a possum.
‐ Oh, [bleep].

884
00:37:11,429 --> 00:37:13,998
‐ There's a possum right there.
‐ Let me go get my [bleep].

885
00:37:14,099 --> 00:37:21,072
♪ ♪

886
00:37:27,378 --> 00:37:28,913
‐ You don't have a shot
from that side.

887
00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:30,348
‐ Huh?

888
00:37:30,448 --> 00:37:31,916
‐ You don't have a shot
from that side, I don't think.

889
00:37:32,016 --> 00:37:33,218
He's coming out your way.

890
00:37:33,318 --> 00:37:34,652
♪ ♪

891
00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:36,888
‐ Got him.
[grunts]

892
00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:40,258
♪ ♪

893
00:37:40,358 --> 00:37:41,259
[grunts]

894
00:37:41,359 --> 00:37:42,794
♪ ♪

895
00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:48,633
♪ ♪

896
00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:50,869
‐ Got him.
[grunts]

897
00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:56,241
♪ ♪

898
00:37:56,341 --> 00:37:58,276
[grunting]

899
00:37:58,376 --> 00:37:59,277
‐ That'll do it.

900
00:37:59,377 --> 00:38:00,411
♪ ♪

901
00:38:00,512 --> 00:38:01,813
Nice work, dude.

902
00:38:01,913 --> 00:38:04,649
♪ ♪

903
00:38:04,749 --> 00:38:06,851
‐ We eat.
‐ That rocks, man.

904
00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:08,052
‐ It's the same thing,
you know,

905
00:38:08,153 --> 00:38:09,220
our ancestors
had to go through.

906
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:10,722
They had to live
hand to mouth,

907
00:38:10,822 --> 00:38:11,956
and that's kind of
what we're doing out here.

908
00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:13,024
We're living hand to mouth.

909
00:38:13,124 --> 00:38:15,193
If we see it, we take it,
we eat it.

910
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,961
Nicely done.

911
00:38:17,061 --> 00:38:18,963
‐ Lookee there.
‐ Phew.

912
00:38:19,063 --> 00:38:21,399
♪ ♪

913
00:38:21,499 --> 00:38:25,236
Well, get a good coal bed
and roast him up, right?

914
00:38:25,336 --> 00:38:26,638
‐ Yeah,
or we could make a spit‐‐

915
00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:28,206
put him on a spit.
‐ That's what I mean.

916
00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:29,440
A little rotisserie possum?

917
00:38:29,541 --> 00:38:31,042
♪ ♪

918
00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:33,111
We're gonna use
the hog's lower jaw

919
00:38:33,211 --> 00:38:34,345
and his cutters

920
00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:35,947
as that perfect
little incision tool

921
00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:37,282
to get inside this possum...

922
00:38:37,382 --> 00:38:39,484
That edge is super sharp
right there.

923
00:38:39,584 --> 00:38:42,086
We can hook and slice
and go for it.

924
00:38:42,187 --> 00:38:44,989
Process him out and then
put him over the fire to eat.

925
00:38:45,089 --> 00:38:47,358
♪ ♪

926
00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:48,359
‐ There you go.

927
00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:53,598
♪ ♪

928
00:38:53,698 --> 00:38:55,567
At this point,
I'm gonna make incisions

929
00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:58,503
along the inside of each leg
so that we can pull

930
00:38:58,603 --> 00:39:00,605
the hide off of the possum
like a sock

931
00:39:00,705 --> 00:39:03,608
so that we don't have to
strip it cut by cut.

932
00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:05,343
‐ That's food, man.

933
00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:07,812
Shawn and I are super pumped,
and we are super honored

934
00:39:07,912 --> 00:39:09,380
to be able
to have this possum.

935
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:10,615
‐ I'm hungry already.

936
00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:11,950
‐ I think it'll be good.

937
00:39:12,050 --> 00:39:14,185
It's been a while
since we've had fresh meat.

938
00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:16,888
We've been eating
nothing but dry jerky

939
00:39:16,988 --> 00:39:18,723
and some wild greens,
but we're really excited

940
00:39:18,823 --> 00:39:20,592
to have some
good, fresh protein

941
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,293
with some delicious fats

942
00:39:22,393 --> 00:39:24,262
and a little barbecue
over our little fire.

943
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:25,964
♪ ♪

944
00:39:26,064 --> 00:39:28,433
Fresh meat, my friend.
Left or right?

945
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:29,434
‐ Doesn't matter.

946
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:30,635
♪ ♪

947
00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:32,337
Is it too hot?
‐ Yeah.

948
00:39:32,437 --> 00:39:33,872
‐ Ooh, cheers.

949
00:39:33,972 --> 00:39:35,406
‐ It's hot.
‐ Yeah.

950
00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:36,507
♪ ♪

951
00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:38,877
Oh, you can taste
the fat on it.

952
00:39:38,977 --> 00:39:40,311
‐ So much better
than the dried meat.

953
00:39:40,411 --> 00:39:41,813
‐ [laughs]
‐ Oh, my God.

954
00:39:41,913 --> 00:39:44,816
I take a bite into this thing,
and it is the juiciest,

955
00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:49,320
most tasty thing
I've had in months.

956
00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:50,388
‐ Oh, man.

957
00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:51,789
‐ I'm gonna gnaw
every little, soft piece

958
00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:52,891
of meat off this bone.

959
00:39:52,991 --> 00:39:54,392
It's, like,
the best thing ever.

960
00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:58,096
♪ ♪

961
00:39:58,196 --> 00:39:59,998
If we don't freeze
our butt off,

962
00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:01,733
we should sleep pretty good
with a full belly.

963
00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:03,001
‐ Yeah, finally.

964
00:40:03,101 --> 00:40:10,108
♪ ♪

965
00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:21,352
‐ It's the last day.
One month, man, just like that.

966
00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:22,887
‐ I know.

967
00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:24,589
‐ Today's the day
I've been waiting for

968
00:40:24,689 --> 00:40:26,190
for such a long time.

969
00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:27,625
We have finally
reached the end,

970
00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:29,961
and I am ready
to head back home,

971
00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:31,996
get a shower, get a good meal.

972
00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:36,567
♪ ♪

973
00:40:36,668 --> 00:40:38,970
‐ I'm super excited
to get out of here.

974
00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:41,806
No offense to this swamp,
but I'm sick of this place.

975
00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:43,574
I've had enough of the swamp
trying to kill me,

976
00:40:43,675 --> 00:40:45,009
and I'm ready to go home.

977
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:48,546
♪ ♪

978
00:40:48,646 --> 00:40:50,848
‐ Not having
any sort of tools‐‐

979
00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:52,850
only the tools that you can
create from the hog

980
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:55,320
or from the land‐‐
you really had to be creative.

981
00:40:55,420 --> 00:40:56,487
You had to think.

982
00:40:56,587 --> 00:40:59,791
♪ ♪

983
00:40:59,891 --> 00:41:01,626
‐ I think
about the primitive people

984
00:41:01,726 --> 00:41:03,094
that must have lived here‐‐

985
00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:05,229
staying out of the weather,
trying to keep warm,

986
00:41:05,330 --> 00:41:07,532
the production of food
for ourselves.

987
00:41:07,632 --> 00:41:09,400
I can't help but feel
closer to them

988
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:10,969
and have respect
for the amount of work

989
00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:11,970
that it must have taken.

990
00:41:12,070 --> 00:41:14,272
♪ ♪

991
00:41:14,372 --> 00:41:15,740
‐ Teamwork is very important
when it comes

992
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,842
to any sort
of survival situation,

993
00:41:17,942 --> 00:41:19,577
and I was fortunate enough
to have Shawn

994
00:41:19,677 --> 00:41:21,980
who is a great guy,
a team player,

995
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,215
and we both got along
exceptionally well.

996
00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:31,322
♪ ♪

997
00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:35,259
‐ So my time in the military,
I saw quite a few things.

998
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,061
I've dealt with plenty
of hardship in my life,

999
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:38,830
but this environment is tough,

1000
00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:40,932
and a lot of survival
is mental.

1001
00:41:41,032 --> 00:41:43,234
Even with the creativity,
even with the skills,

1002
00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:44,902
there's always the struggle,
and you have to have

1003
00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:46,671
the mental fortitude
to push through

1004
00:41:46,771 --> 00:41:47,872
and make it to the other end.

1005
00:41:47,972 --> 00:41:49,574
♪ ♪

1006
00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:51,743
Well, I did this,
and I think I did it well,

1007
00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:53,311
and I hope my family sees

1008
00:41:53,411 --> 00:41:55,179
that if you're willing
to do the work,

1009
00:41:55,279 --> 00:41:56,981
you can do anything
you set your mind to.

1010
00:41:57,081 --> 00:41:59,884
♪ ♪

1011
00:42:00,051 --> 00:42:01,185
‐ Having a heart attack,

1012
00:42:01,285 --> 00:42:03,054
having been sick
in the bush before,

1013
00:42:03,154 --> 00:42:05,690
my experiences on "Alone"
were definitely short‐lived.

1014
00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:07,358
This is a hard environment
to live in,

1015
00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:09,694
but I prefer to be
in this wild place.

1016
00:42:09,794 --> 00:42:12,430
And this was an opportunity
for me

1017
00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:14,432
to see if I could achieve it,
and I did,

1018
00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:16,567
and I feel completely ecstatic
and enthralled

1019
00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:18,169
that I stepped up
to the challenge.

1020
00:42:18,269 --> 00:42:26,277
♪ ♪