1 00:00:02,436 --> 00:00:05,539 CHEVIE: The seasons could change fairly fast here. 2 00:00:05,939 --> 00:00:08,609 You can miss the season really quick if you're not out 3 00:00:08,609 --> 00:00:11,078 and in it and doing it. 4 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:15,048 And the time to move is now. 5 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:23,156 It's the end of the season. 6 00:00:23,156 --> 00:00:24,658 I'm getting low on bait. 7 00:00:24,658 --> 00:00:26,326 I've already caught one wolverine this season, 8 00:00:26,326 --> 00:00:28,695 I'd like to catch a, another one or two. 9 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:31,031 Got a lot going on. 10 00:00:31,832 --> 00:00:34,134 It's all about timing right now you just want to be efficient 11 00:00:34,134 --> 00:00:35,435 while I'm out there. 12 00:00:35,435 --> 00:00:37,504 It's the last couple weeks to trapping season. 13 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:42,543 I have to have these traps out and set to produce some fur. 14 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:45,779 I have limited time to get these traps set, 15 00:00:45,779 --> 00:00:47,781 that allows me to sell some wolverine to be able to 16 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:49,516 cover the fuel. 17 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:51,118 You can do a lot with the fur. 18 00:00:51,118 --> 00:00:56,023 To stay warm, to stay clothed, to be able to survive and thrive 19 00:00:56,023 --> 00:00:58,292 in an arctic environment. 20 00:00:58,292 --> 00:01:02,763 (theme music playing). 21 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:08,402 CHEVIE: I'll just get this set already. 22 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:10,837 Put some bait in the hole. 23 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:13,740 Put this bait in there. 24 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:16,410 All right, I got my fish stuck down in there. 25 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:19,846 It's a 220 conibear. 26 00:01:19,846 --> 00:01:24,284 I changed my trigger so Imma put it wide like this. 27 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:27,988 So, a marten could go between the middle of there and 28 00:01:27,988 --> 00:01:30,157 not set that trap off. 29 00:01:30,157 --> 00:01:32,759 But a wolverine, it's gonna hit it on both of its ears 30 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:35,796 right there that's how wide its head is. 31 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:36,797 Bang! 32 00:01:36,797 --> 00:01:39,032 Gets it right behind the neck. 33 00:01:40,601 --> 00:01:42,536 Okay, now you always hold it on the side like this, 34 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:45,939 you don't want to be screwing around up here anywhere. 35 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:48,375 This trap when it goes off it reaches out this far, 36 00:01:48,375 --> 00:01:51,178 eight inches this thing collapses, boom! 37 00:01:51,178 --> 00:01:54,414 So, you don't want to be, uh, having your hand around here. 38 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:56,183 Always on the springs. 39 00:01:56,183 --> 00:01:59,252 There's no reason to, uh, come back into Shageluk with 40 00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:00,253 a trap on your hand. 41 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:03,223 (bleep), you'll never live it down. 42 00:02:06,393 --> 00:02:09,529 Okay, that trap's looking good. 43 00:02:09,529 --> 00:02:11,131 I'm ready to keep on going. 44 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:13,400 Set some more. 45 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,169 Hopefully, we'll come back and have wolverine in there, 46 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:18,872 one of these days. 47 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:29,116 JOHNNY: Nothing comes easy out here. 48 00:02:29,116 --> 00:02:31,652 Everything's a struggle, everything takes time. 49 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:33,387 Everything takes a lot of effort. 50 00:02:33,387 --> 00:02:35,922 And in those moments, I gotta stop down. 51 00:02:35,922 --> 00:02:40,560 I gotta rethink and find different ways to do things or 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,796 I'm just not going to make it out here. 53 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:50,904 JOHNNY: Come on! 54 00:02:53,807 --> 00:02:57,344 So, what I do with my firewood is I bring it up here 55 00:02:57,344 --> 00:03:02,783 and I load up the wood, I take it up the hill to the cabin. 56 00:03:02,783 --> 00:03:06,353 Oftentimes it could be a couple 100 pounds. 57 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:09,389 And taking the snow machine up the hill is 58 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:11,758 just not really an option for me. 59 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:16,163 It's noisy, it's smelly and, um, 60 00:03:16,163 --> 00:03:19,032 it scares the game away from my cabin. 61 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:20,300 Cool. 62 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:24,304 No matter how I do it, it involves putting it on the sled, 63 00:03:24,304 --> 00:03:25,972 and dragging it up the hill. 64 00:03:25,972 --> 00:03:27,474 I decided I'm not going to do it this time, 65 00:03:27,474 --> 00:03:29,843 I'm going to come up with a method to get this 66 00:03:29,843 --> 00:03:32,979 load of wood up the hill. 67 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:35,348 You know, when you don't have help out here, 68 00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:37,818 you have nobody else but yourself to rely on, 69 00:03:37,818 --> 00:03:42,155 you gotta create something to help you. 70 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:47,227 So, I got my path all stomped out here. 71 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:49,463 It'd be nice to have a pulley system that's some, 72 00:03:49,463 --> 00:03:52,332 something I've always considered, is just having a pulley that 73 00:03:52,332 --> 00:03:55,535 I could pull the sled up the hill. 74 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:58,705 And I got these three clips here, 75 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:00,273 putting one here this is gonna be 76 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:02,476 the first anchor and I'm gonna go down there to 77 00:04:02,476 --> 00:04:05,378 the blue sled and attach one to the blue sled. 78 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:08,849 Run the line through and then make a third pass down 79 00:04:08,849 --> 00:04:12,152 at the blue sled, into the third clip. 80 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:16,323 This lake is frozen for about nine months of the year so this 81 00:04:16,323 --> 00:04:19,192 is a system that I can use for nine months. 82 00:04:23,830 --> 00:04:27,501 All right, so here we go, see if we get this firewood up here. 83 00:04:36,076 --> 00:04:38,645 All right, so it's starting to come up the hill there, 84 00:04:38,645 --> 00:04:41,982 that first little initial hill. 85 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:45,018 (grunts) 86 00:04:45,018 --> 00:04:48,088 And I feel like I already need like a different system of... 87 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:53,560 Every time I pull, I gotta choke back down it while holding the weight of it. 88 00:04:55,562 --> 00:04:57,397 And it's, it's kind of working, 89 00:04:57,397 --> 00:05:00,433 I feel like I just need to take it and walk. 90 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:03,870 (grunting) 91 00:05:10,877 --> 00:05:11,878 (pops) 92 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:14,681 Oh, I just heard a pop. 93 00:05:14,681 --> 00:05:15,849 Damn. 94 00:05:15,849 --> 00:05:19,085 (bleep) I guess I just gotta figure out how to do this. 95 00:05:20,287 --> 00:05:23,957 KALEB: Here in Alaska, weather is crazy. 96 00:05:23,957 --> 00:05:26,827 It's snowing one minute, it's sunny the next. 97 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:31,131 And it's just impossible to predict what the weather's 98 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:33,667 gonna do but you just deal with it. 99 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:38,972 (Brittany barking) 100 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:43,143 BRITTANY: Got a nice little hole here. 101 00:05:43,143 --> 00:05:47,581 KALEB: Yeah, well when generator's run nonstop, 102 00:05:47,581 --> 00:05:49,416 they kind of melt out all the snow. 103 00:05:49,416 --> 00:05:51,351 BRITTANY: Yup. 104 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:53,086 KALEB: All the snow that's melting here, 105 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:57,691 comes into the generator shed, pools up, and then it freezes, 106 00:05:57,691 --> 00:05:59,025 and the generators are frozen in the ground. 107 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:00,727 And then I can't do what I'm trying to do right now 108 00:06:00,727 --> 00:06:02,596 which is an oil change. 109 00:06:02,596 --> 00:06:06,733 I'm kind of thinking it's about time we, uh, uh, 110 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:09,002 upgrade this shed. 111 00:06:09,002 --> 00:06:12,806 I don't have a power line running to my house. 112 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:14,074 I don't have that here. 113 00:06:14,074 --> 00:06:17,110 I have two generators that power my entire house, 114 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:19,646 and if I don't take care of those generators, 115 00:06:19,646 --> 00:06:21,615 they will not take care of me. 116 00:06:21,615 --> 00:06:23,283 Let's, uh, let's get out and get, 117 00:06:23,283 --> 00:06:24,618 start getting some work done. 118 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:28,822 BRITTANY: Yeah, it's going to be a fun little project. 119 00:06:30,323 --> 00:06:33,226 KALEB: For me this is a time sensitive project. 120 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:35,629 I need to get it done as quickly as possible because 121 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:38,698 I'm gonna have to take my generators out of the shed, 122 00:06:38,698 --> 00:06:40,667 where they're out in the weather. 123 00:06:40,667 --> 00:06:44,271 This can lead to all sorts of issues that I don't like to deal with, 124 00:06:44,271 --> 00:06:47,707 so I wanna get the project done as quickly as possible 125 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:50,343 before I start having problems. 126 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:55,682 This figures. 127 00:06:55,682 --> 00:06:56,783 (sighs) 128 00:06:56,783 --> 00:06:58,885 Hate it when stuff goes wrong. 129 00:06:58,885 --> 00:07:03,657 For some reason my chain is cutting wrong and 130 00:07:03,657 --> 00:07:07,294 what it's doing is, it's diving down as it's going. 131 00:07:07,294 --> 00:07:10,897 I start at 3/4 of an inch or so here and by the time 132 00:07:10,897 --> 00:07:13,900 I get only a couple feet I'm down like an inch and a half, 133 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:16,469 so I need to get it to where it cuts straight. 134 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:20,874 So, I'm gonna take the old worn-out chain off and 135 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:25,245 put a new one on, see if that fixes my problems. 136 00:07:29,082 --> 00:07:32,218 Just to build this little eight by ten generator shed, 137 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:33,753 if I was to buy the material for it, 138 00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:36,222 it's over 5,000 bucks. 139 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:39,225 Another reason I don't wanna get stuff from the hardware store is, 140 00:07:39,225 --> 00:07:41,828 it's 350 miles away. 141 00:07:41,828 --> 00:07:44,097 I might get stuck, which I did earlier this year. 142 00:07:44,097 --> 00:07:47,233 I got stuck four or five times on one trip going out. 143 00:07:48,535 --> 00:07:51,304 Okay, now I'm in business. 144 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:03,717 RJ: Even today if all of a sudden everything were to be cut off, 145 00:08:03,717 --> 00:08:07,153 I think it's important to be able to gather what you can and 146 00:08:07,153 --> 00:08:09,723 harvest what you can in order to survive. 147 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:14,494 It's a important skill set to have. 148 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:19,132 ROBERT: What you thinking, RJ? 149 00:08:19,132 --> 00:08:23,370 RJ: I like the idea of running two rods on the shallower set. 150 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:24,938 ROBERT: And then do a deep one on the other side? 151 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:25,939 RJ: Yeah. ROBERT: Cool. 152 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,440 RJ: Let's get on it. ASHLYNE: Let's do it. 153 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,476 ROBERT: All right, I wanna drive, Ash, you can help him get set up and 154 00:08:29,476 --> 00:08:30,744 we'll get this show on the road. 155 00:08:30,744 --> 00:08:32,779 ASHLYNE: Cool beans. 156 00:08:33,079 --> 00:08:35,115 ROBERT: My daughter came to visit me from Phoenix. 157 00:08:35,115 --> 00:08:36,516 It's been a while since I've seen her, 158 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:40,186 anytime she comes here it's a special moment in my life. 159 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:43,556 Today we're going to head out look and look for a winter king salmon. 160 00:08:44,224 --> 00:08:47,927 I only get to see my daughter maybe twice a year. 161 00:08:47,927 --> 00:08:53,199 And if 20 years go by, that's only 40 times for me 162 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:56,603 at this point in my life is, uh, special, you know. 163 00:08:56,603 --> 00:08:59,072 So, I'm going to take every moment I got with her and 164 00:08:59,072 --> 00:09:01,508 treat it like it's my last. 165 00:09:10,917 --> 00:09:14,254 RJ: What's up? ASHLYNE: It went flat. 166 00:09:15,622 --> 00:09:16,890 ROBERT: Winter king fishing can be tough; 167 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:20,393 it was pretty good earlier this fall and earlier this winter but 168 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:23,863 in the last three or four weeks it's been really tough out here. 169 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:27,500 All we can do is go out, put the hours in, 170 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:30,737 keep the lines wet, give it our best shot. 171 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:34,374 You remember going fishing the first time with me? 172 00:09:34,374 --> 00:09:35,508 (laughs) 173 00:09:35,508 --> 00:09:39,079 ASHLYNE: No, but it was probably in your little skiff... 174 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:40,914 ROBERT: Yeah. ASHLYNE: Freezing cold. 175 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:42,182 (laughs) 176 00:09:42,182 --> 00:09:43,249 ROBERT: Yeah, when you were growing up, 177 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:45,051 you and RJ you guys were in the little skiff 178 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:46,920 with me all the time. 179 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,955 You didn't use to get this cold all the time. 180 00:09:48,955 --> 00:09:50,323 ASHLYNE: No, I was always cold. 181 00:09:50,323 --> 00:09:51,324 I was always the person to be like, 182 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:52,725 "Okay, we can go home now." 183 00:09:52,725 --> 00:09:54,494 (laughs) 184 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:57,330 (sighs) 185 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:58,832 ROBERT: Hey, hey, hey. 186 00:09:58,832 --> 00:09:59,899 Reel, reel, reel, reel, reel! 187 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:02,435 RJ: Reel, reel, reel, reel! 188 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:04,671 Oh, here we go. 189 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:07,841 ROBERT: Oh, another fish, get it. 190 00:10:07,841 --> 00:10:09,442 We got a double header dudes. 191 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:13,213 RJ: Yeah, go ahead and put her in neutral. 192 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:16,416 ROBERT: Okay. This is what I'm talking about. 193 00:10:16,416 --> 00:10:18,284 I was watching that when you were watching it. 194 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:20,854 Something was wiggling it. 195 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:26,659 RJ: Oh, nope, under size. 196 00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:27,861 Baby king? 197 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:30,063 ROBERT: Baby king. Oh, halibut. 198 00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:31,698 RJ: Little, but... 199 00:10:31,698 --> 00:10:33,233 ROBERT: Got a halibut and a baby king. 200 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:35,902 Baby halibut, baby king. 201 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:40,740 Let me get that sucker off of there, Ash. 202 00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:46,279 Got the blood flowing, that's for sure. 203 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:50,416 Getting a hit, getting a hit, Ash. 204 00:10:50,416 --> 00:10:52,552 ASHLYNE: Oh, my God. 205 00:10:52,552 --> 00:10:55,121 ROBERT: I think, yeah, set the hook and reel. 206 00:10:58,124 --> 00:11:00,026 Eh, rockfish. 207 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:02,428 Greenling, kelp greenling, yup. 208 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:05,899 RJ: Catching a lot of undesirables. 209 00:11:05,899 --> 00:11:08,735 ROBERT: We'll let him go. 210 00:11:08,968 --> 00:11:10,537 Yeah, let's bring them up, try another spot. 211 00:11:10,537 --> 00:11:12,405 RJ: All right. 212 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:17,677 ROBERT: That was fun though, exciting way to close out this little spot. 213 00:11:21,748 --> 00:11:23,049 JOHNNY: We're human beings and 214 00:11:23,049 --> 00:11:25,518 we're not meant to be alone, 215 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:27,921 so any excuse I have to make something, 216 00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:33,126 use my hands, open up my brain a little bit, 217 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:36,996 it helps me stay sane. 218 00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:43,136 JOHNNY: There was a bit of a pop, you could hear, 219 00:11:43,136 --> 00:11:44,537 I don't know if it was, like, 220 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:47,106 one of these branches. 221 00:11:47,106 --> 00:11:51,110 I should probably check on it real quick honestly before 222 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:53,880 making more of a mess. 223 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:58,384 Tie it off on this tree. 224 00:11:58,384 --> 00:12:03,256 Look at this here, this cheap clip is already bent and 225 00:12:03,256 --> 00:12:06,859 that's from the weight of the wood on the sled. 226 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:08,494 So, every time I'm pulling on this, 227 00:12:08,494 --> 00:12:12,398 the whole weight of this is on this chintzy little clip. 228 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:15,268 It's a sloppy setup. 229 00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:18,171 Back to the drawing board. 230 00:12:25,011 --> 00:12:29,382 I was about to be on a roll, no pun intended. 231 00:12:29,382 --> 00:12:32,652 I put a lot of time and effort into my first go and 232 00:12:32,652 --> 00:12:38,258 it didn't work, but I'm gonna have to switch gears and flip my plans. 233 00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:40,159 You can never get frustrated trying to 234 00:12:40,159 --> 00:12:42,161 figure these things out. 235 00:12:42,161 --> 00:12:45,231 It's, that's where you kind of learn your limits of like 236 00:12:45,231 --> 00:12:49,869 patience and just perseverance, 237 00:12:49,869 --> 00:12:51,504 always pushing through. 238 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,972 If you get frustrated with this kind of stuff, 239 00:12:52,972 --> 00:12:56,009 then don't live this lifestyle. 240 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:59,145 The plan is to make a block and tackle, 241 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:02,282 and with a block and tackle I need wheels. 242 00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:04,851 I've never made a block and tackle before and 243 00:13:04,851 --> 00:13:07,887 having an excuse to make anything new that I've never done before, 244 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:11,291 they just keep my mind busy, they keep my mind right. 245 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:17,897 So, while she's entertained with that, 246 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:20,500 I'm gonna go ahead and start drilling this. 247 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:24,804 This bit has to line up through all perfectly. 248 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:29,108 So, these can kind of just like float right in the middle. 249 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:32,478 Okay. 250 00:13:34,614 --> 00:13:35,815 What do you want? 251 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,450 Hey, get, get outta here. 252 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:40,086 (laughs) 253 00:13:43,723 --> 00:13:45,825 All right. 254 00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:48,027 So, I got the hole all the way through. 255 00:13:48,027 --> 00:13:51,597 Cool, it can actually move freely. 256 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:58,338 There it is. 257 00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:00,540 That's the first block and tackle. 258 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:03,476 I just gotta make a second one and hopefully we'll be able to 259 00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:05,678 pull that sled up no problem. 260 00:14:08,481 --> 00:14:12,885 CHEVIE: Our lifestyle is based around subsistence activities. 261 00:14:12,885 --> 00:14:15,355 We follow the seasons. 262 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:16,956 Which sometimes can be harsh, 263 00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:18,791 and nature doesn't care, you know. 264 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:21,728 We just gotta be a few steps in front of nature. 265 00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:38,144 CHEVIE: All right. Mouth of another creek here. 266 00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:41,481 I see a lot of leaning trees here, um, 267 00:14:41,481 --> 00:14:44,050 sometimes those wolverines they like, they, their, 268 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:46,419 they can climb trees really well and 269 00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:49,255 so they feel like they have the advantage, 270 00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:51,791 if there's something out hanging off a tree. 271 00:14:51,791 --> 00:14:53,893 I'll hang a whole fish off of that tree. 272 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:57,363 And visually an animal will be able to see that fish swinging 273 00:14:57,363 --> 00:14:59,932 in the, in the, in the tree. 274 00:14:59,932 --> 00:15:03,102 And sometimes it's the visual thing that gets them 275 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:05,004 before they could smell it. 276 00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:07,673 I've never caught one like that but, uh, 277 00:15:07,673 --> 00:15:10,309 some friends over in another village were telling me 278 00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:14,313 about it, and, uh, I want to try it out. 279 00:15:18,484 --> 00:15:21,120 So, I'm going to hang this fish, 280 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,090 so he has a hard time reaching it. 281 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:27,160 Up on the log, he thinks he can reach it, 282 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,228 he's close enough to where he doesn't wanna give up, 283 00:15:29,228 --> 00:15:32,098 but he can't reach it from down here, jumping, 284 00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:33,399 and jumping, and jumping. 285 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:35,368 He probably get damn close to that, 286 00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:38,438 but like I said they win sometimes too. 287 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:44,243 They're learning my tricks, I'm learning theirs and, uh, 288 00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:46,746 it's part of the game. 289 00:15:50,249 --> 00:15:53,686 So, there it is. 290 00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:03,329 All right, that looks good for now. 291 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:05,264 I'm gonna see if that produces. 292 00:16:05,264 --> 00:16:07,200 I've never caught a wolverine like that. 293 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,302 Could be good, could be bad. 294 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:10,870 You just never know till you try. 295 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:13,172 I'm just going to keep on heading upriver. 296 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:21,147 BRITTANY: I think anyone who's in a relationship knows that it 297 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:23,516 is a big deal when you can work together. 298 00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:25,751 You both have the things that you need to get done, 299 00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:26,886 if you're taking care of each other, 300 00:16:26,886 --> 00:16:28,855 then your needs are met. 301 00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:31,190 Relationship advice from Brittany. 302 00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:35,728 BRITTANY: Why don't we do projects like this in the summer? 303 00:16:35,728 --> 00:16:37,797 KALEB: Um, because I'm too busy in the summer. 304 00:16:37,797 --> 00:16:39,999 BRITTANY: Oh, right. 305 00:16:42,969 --> 00:16:48,140 KALEB: Now it's time to go start getting the generator shed ready 306 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:51,143 to yank out of the hole with two snow machines. 307 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:57,416 I have a, a leftover sheet of UHMW from a previous project 308 00:16:57,416 --> 00:17:00,152 and I think if I rip a couple runners off of it, 309 00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:01,954 I can shove those under the building, 310 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:03,856 and it should slide easy. 311 00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:07,527 If anything, it might be difficult to get it to stop moving. 312 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:12,231 BRITTANY: This is very precise, right? 313 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:16,235 KALEB: Very. I'm measuring and everything. 314 00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:19,605 BRITTANY: Yeah, you know measure once cut five times. 315 00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:23,776 KALEB: These runners are 12 inches wide which 316 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:26,979 should give us adequate flotation. 317 00:17:29,248 --> 00:17:31,250 Cool. Center runner's done. 318 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:33,886 Now we can go lift the building up. 319 00:17:35,454 --> 00:17:39,692 Handyman Jack to the rescue as always. 320 00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:45,531 We just have to be really careful when we're feeding these 321 00:17:45,531 --> 00:17:49,001 runners under, that we don't get anywhere we could get hurt. 322 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:50,903 BRITTANY: Yeah. 323 00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:57,944 KALEB: Okay, nobody touch this jack, it's sketchy. 324 00:17:57,944 --> 00:17:59,478 (laughs) 325 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:03,382 KALEB: Now we gotta get these runners underneath there. 326 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:10,089 All right, let's do this one. 327 00:18:15,962 --> 00:18:20,399 Now we have runners on our generator shed, tool shed. 328 00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:24,804 We've got the snow all packed down, 329 00:18:24,804 --> 00:18:27,306 we've got a good ramp, all we gotta do is hook it up to 330 00:18:27,306 --> 00:18:30,076 this building and yank it out of the hole. 331 00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:35,381 Worst case scenario is, I yank on this building, 332 00:18:35,381 --> 00:18:38,184 and it completely gets torn apart. 333 00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:47,693 (engine turns on) 334 00:18:47,693 --> 00:18:48,995 All right, you ready? 335 00:18:48,995 --> 00:18:51,731 BRITTANY: Okay. KALEB: All right, let’s go. 336 00:19:01,574 --> 00:19:04,110 Oh, careful. Slow, slow. 337 00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:07,680 BRITTANY: What? Do what? 338 00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:10,449 KALEB: Slow, slow. Stop! Stop! 339 00:19:12,051 --> 00:19:14,353 KALEB: You’re going too fast. 340 00:19:14,353 --> 00:19:17,289 Maybe we should try and just put one machine on it, 341 00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:18,424 now that it’s out. 342 00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:19,725 BRITTANY: Okay. 343 00:19:19,725 --> 00:19:22,528 KALEB: 'Cause we’re not doing a very good job at staying tandem. 344 00:19:22,528 --> 00:19:25,097 BRITTANY: Sorry. 345 00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:29,101 (beeping) 346 00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:30,603 KALEB: All right, you keep an eye on it. 347 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,438 BRITTANY: Okay. 348 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:53,626 KALEB: This went very, very well. 349 00:19:53,626 --> 00:19:57,563 I had to pull my two-house generators out of the shed 350 00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,598 so they're out in the elements now, 351 00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:01,467 so the clock is ticking. 352 00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:03,903 It's time to get this other building built as quick as 353 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:07,339 possible before my generators start having issues. 354 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:11,577 Gotta get my skid set and then start stacking logs. 355 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:13,913 Out with the old, in with the new. 356 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,016 CHEVIE: The cold weather, 357 00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:20,119 blowing snow, there's gonna be opportunity but 358 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,254 there's gonna be a lot of missed opportunity. 359 00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:24,223 Takes a lot of work being able to capitalize on 360 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,192 something in the wintertime. 361 00:20:35,301 --> 00:20:37,837 CHEVIE: The wind’s blowing like a son of a bitch today 362 00:20:37,837 --> 00:20:39,905 out of the north, I’m getting hammered on the river. 363 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:42,708 I was looking for a beaver house to get some fur 364 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:44,677 and also some good wolverine bait. 365 00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:48,080 Usually there's a hole, but it's so damn windy and 366 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,850 blowing so much it's just covered. 367 00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:52,752 I’m going to start checking this ice now, 368 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:54,253 gotta be real careful. 369 00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:57,056 It’s why you always have a big stick. 370 00:20:57,656 --> 00:21:00,693 It's so deceiving 'cause it just looks like perfectly hard ice 371 00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:02,695 with snow over the top of it. 372 00:21:02,695 --> 00:21:06,298 That snow could be an insulator, we just get cocky and the ice is 373 00:21:06,298 --> 00:21:10,069 only half an inch or an inch thick and you, you go down, you get wet and 374 00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:13,405 you're 20 miles an hour away from home. 375 00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:17,009 It can turn into a (bleep) situation. 376 00:21:17,810 --> 00:21:20,412 You don't want to go out and not come in. 377 00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:29,722 (thudding) 378 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:39,932 (thuds) 379 00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:59,752 I'm wondering if this water dropped too much. 380 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:04,123 There might not be any beaver in this house. 381 00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:06,759 They might have froze in there or had to move 382 00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:09,028 'cause the water dropped. 383 00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:10,963 This isn’t worth putting in the effort, 384 00:22:10,963 --> 00:22:12,464 right here at this place. 385 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:16,235 I can have a day and a half wrapped up in trapping a dead beaver house, 386 00:22:16,235 --> 00:22:18,604 so I didn't know what the hell I was doing. 387 00:22:18,604 --> 00:22:21,440 There’s no beaver in here. 388 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:24,810 All right, I know this beaver house is dead dry. 389 00:22:24,810 --> 00:22:27,346 No good, so I'm gonna move on. 390 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:29,448 I'll just keep on setting wolverine sets. 391 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:31,116 To see what else the river has to offer though. 392 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:32,685 I just don't know until I get on it, 393 00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:35,721 gonna keep on heading upriver and try to catch a wolverine. 394 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,863 ROBERT: Alaska's tough. 395 00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:47,499 I've raised my children to love the outdoors and be passionate 396 00:22:47,499 --> 00:22:50,469 about the outdoors and respect the outdoors, 397 00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:52,438 all at the same time. 398 00:22:52,438 --> 00:22:54,373 But spending that time with my family, 399 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,909 that's all where it's at right there. 400 00:23:03,315 --> 00:23:05,651 ROBERT: Kinda foggy. 401 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,755 ASHLYNE: With all the trees and the fog. 402 00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:12,491 It just gives me scary movie vibes. 403 00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:16,996 ROBERT: Let's turn this scary movie into a great day. 404 00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:19,665 A couple king salmon. 405 00:23:19,665 --> 00:23:22,134 We’ll make your own ending. 406 00:23:23,202 --> 00:23:24,770 RJ: All right. 407 00:23:24,770 --> 00:23:27,673 I think I'm, uh, we're gonna do shallow for this first one, right? 408 00:23:27,673 --> 00:23:30,342 ROBERT: I think so. RJ: Do like 30 feet and up? 409 00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:31,677 ROBERT: Well, I don't know about... 410 00:23:31,677 --> 00:23:33,178 RJ: Just trail real close to the rocks? 411 00:23:33,178 --> 00:23:34,947 Or what are you thinking? 412 00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:37,149 ROBERT: We’ll put a hoochie on this side and 413 00:23:37,149 --> 00:23:39,818 a light herring on this side for a while. 414 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:43,289 And I'll, I’ll have Ash drive for a bit, 415 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:45,891 I’ll get this ticker started for you. 416 00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:48,227 ASHLYNE: Beautiful. 417 00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:51,630 ROBERT: You can do that. 418 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:54,867 Try following the inside contour line, inside the blue, Ash. 419 00:23:54,867 --> 00:23:57,269 ASHLYNE: I'm, I’m getting there. ROBERT: (inaudible) there. 420 00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:00,572 ASHLYNE: Driving the boat’s definitely my favorite. 421 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:02,675 Nice and warm in here. 422 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:07,146 It can be very frustrating not catching fish. 423 00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:10,716 I am definitely willing to take whatever I get, 424 00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:12,718 but hopefully one will bite. 425 00:24:12,718 --> 00:24:14,653 And it'll be a good bite. 426 00:24:17,623 --> 00:24:20,926 RJ: Come on, come on, fish. 427 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,297 (beeping) 428 00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:32,304 Yeah, that one looked like a salmon or... 429 00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:33,305 ROBERT: It did. It was a... 430 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:36,175 RJ: Fish on, fish on. ASHLYNE: Fish. 431 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:40,546 RJ: Oh. ROBERT: Something was on there. 432 00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:42,348 RJ: Oh, yeah. ROBERT: Still on? 433 00:24:42,348 --> 00:24:43,349 RJ: Yeah, it's on. 434 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:45,684 ROBERT: Was it a salmon? RJ: It was taking line. 435 00:24:45,684 --> 00:24:47,219 ROBERT: It's taking line? RJ: It was. 436 00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:49,688 In the rod holder. 437 00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:52,992 ROBERT: Let's see what you got. 438 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:55,761 RJ: It's swimming out the side. 439 00:24:55,761 --> 00:24:57,463 It's a freaking salmon. 440 00:24:57,463 --> 00:24:59,631 ASHLYNE: Ay! 441 00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:01,700 (laughs) 442 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:02,735 ROBERT: And it's about 12 inches long, 443 00:25:02,735 --> 00:25:04,169 but it's a salmon. 444 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:06,839 Got one. 445 00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:13,145 RJ: Oh, yeah, baby king. ROBERT: Baby king, yeah. 446 00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:19,385 RJ: There he goes. 447 00:25:19,385 --> 00:25:21,053 ROBERT: That was a king. 448 00:25:21,053 --> 00:25:22,454 RJ: That was a baby king salmon. 449 00:25:22,454 --> 00:25:23,689 (laughs) 450 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:26,225 RJ: It was too small. 451 00:25:35,401 --> 00:25:37,002 ASHLYNE: You know , we may not get anything out of this hole, 452 00:25:37,002 --> 00:25:40,572 but at least the scenery's been beautiful. 453 00:25:40,572 --> 00:25:42,374 ROBERT: What about the whales, and the birds, 454 00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:45,744 and the sea lions and the seagulls? 455 00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:47,479 ASHLYNE: It's the sun too. ROBERT: The sun felt good. 456 00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:49,815 ASHLYNE: Nice little break from the cold. 457 00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:52,985 ROBERT: Fishing and subsistence living. 458 00:25:52,985 --> 00:25:54,486 That's what she grew up doing. 459 00:25:54,486 --> 00:25:56,088 If I can just give her that opportunity, 460 00:25:56,088 --> 00:25:59,425 to do that a few times a year when she comes and visits that, 461 00:25:59,425 --> 00:26:01,226 I know that makes her happy. 462 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,195 ASHLYNE: There she goes. 463 00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:05,831 ROBERT: If she's happy, I'm happy. 464 00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:07,166 But the pressure's on. 465 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:09,501 We gotta get out there and find what we can. 466 00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:11,336 What do you miss the most up here, Ash? 467 00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:15,140 ASHLYNE: I really just miss family and the views and... 468 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:17,176 ROBERT: Do you miss your brother? 469 00:26:17,176 --> 00:26:18,877 ASHLYNE: I do miss my brother. 470 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:21,213 RJ: Sometimes. 471 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:25,084 ROBERT: All right, guys, we'll hit the next spot. 472 00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:27,219 I got one more honey hole, I wanna try. 473 00:26:27,219 --> 00:26:28,654 I think it's gonna be the ticket. 474 00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:32,124 But, we gotta get going if we're gonna be able to fish it in time. 475 00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:41,467 BRITTANY: Kaleb is an amazing builder. 476 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:47,106 He's been doing construction and logging since he was a kid. 477 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:49,541 The sky is the limit when it comes to Kaleb. 478 00:26:57,549 --> 00:26:59,284 KALEB: Now that I've got my floor down, 479 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:02,287 the logs have to be cut to length. 480 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:04,123 And then screw it down. 481 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:06,158 Do it over and over again. 482 00:27:06,158 --> 00:27:10,996 And before long I'll have a completed building. 483 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:16,201 My generators are the key to life on this property. 484 00:27:16,201 --> 00:27:17,503 They keep the freezers cold, 485 00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:19,805 which keeps the moose meat frozen, 486 00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:22,541 and preserved for the entire winter. 487 00:27:22,541 --> 00:27:25,878 I can't afford to have generators breaking down 488 00:27:25,878 --> 00:27:27,446 on me all the time. 489 00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:30,716 The way I am solving the problem with generators breaking down 490 00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:32,618 is by giving them a heated building. 491 00:27:32,618 --> 00:27:34,386 They deserve it. They work hard. 492 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,688 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 493 00:27:36,688 --> 00:27:39,591 365 days a year, they run. 494 00:27:44,229 --> 00:27:49,268 Working by myself on projects like this takes a certain skill set. 495 00:27:49,268 --> 00:27:53,639 You have to learn how to get around problems that 496 00:27:53,639 --> 00:27:57,442 a second set of hands would make really easy to solve. 497 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:03,382 (grunting) 498 00:28:03,382 --> 00:28:07,252 I've gotten past the point of this project where 499 00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:08,620 I can really use help. 500 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,123 Everything's heavy now, and it's all too heavy for 501 00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:13,559 my wife and my kids to handle. 502 00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:16,128 So, at this point it's just, I gotta put my head down. 503 00:28:16,128 --> 00:28:18,430 I gotta get the work done. 504 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,469 This is my last log for the side walls, 505 00:28:24,469 --> 00:28:26,972 and I'll be able to frame my roof. 506 00:28:26,972 --> 00:28:30,042 I am a magician. I make piles disappear. 507 00:28:32,911 --> 00:28:34,546 JOHNNY: When you live in the natural world, 508 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,849 you gotta go with your feelings and instincts. 509 00:28:37,849 --> 00:28:39,751 Whenever you're messing with animals, 510 00:28:39,751 --> 00:28:41,019 you're a threat to them, 511 00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:43,488 and they're not scared of you for (bleep). 512 00:28:44,690 --> 00:28:47,693 This is me against nature. 513 00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:51,330 ROBERT: Maybe that'll catch one. 514 00:28:51,330 --> 00:28:53,232 JOHNNY: There's no one out here gonna help you. 515 00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:58,770 KALEB: Mm. Okay, back over and I think we have it. 516 00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:01,406 JOHNNY: The only way to keep my mind in line without going off 517 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:05,043 the rails is to always be challenging myself. 518 00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:07,179 Idle hands are the devil's hands. 519 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,616 JOHNNY: So, got the old 520 00:29:10,616 --> 00:29:12,951 block and tackle. 521 00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:17,155 And I'm gonna mount it to this string on the tree here. 522 00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:20,993 All right, it's rigged up. 523 00:29:20,993 --> 00:29:23,829 So that one's in place, so all I gotta do is take this down to 524 00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:25,631 the blue sled, rig it up. 525 00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:28,066 Start running the line back and forth. 526 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:37,342 Okay, so it's hooked up to the sled, 527 00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:39,678 and I gotta start running line through it. 528 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:43,548 So, I'll go through the first wheel, 529 00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:48,720 and I'll walk up the hill, 530 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:53,759 stretch it through the wheel on the block up there. 531 00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:57,696 One thing that all Alaskans have in common is the ability to act quick, 532 00:29:57,696 --> 00:29:59,765 to think on their feet, no matter how stressful 533 00:29:59,765 --> 00:30:01,466 the situation is. 534 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,768 You know, it's just trying to save my back. 535 00:30:02,768 --> 00:30:05,470 It's trying to work a little bit smarter. 536 00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:08,707 So, this one's gonna go right through that first wheel. 537 00:30:08,707 --> 00:30:12,511 And save my energy for other tasks. 538 00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:21,520 Okay, I got it through one wheel up there, 539 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,889 two wheels here. 540 00:30:23,889 --> 00:30:27,259 All I have to do is take it up there, hop through that second wheel, 541 00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:29,561 and bring it down here. 542 00:30:35,767 --> 00:30:39,304 Cool. All right. 543 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:40,739 So I got it through both wheels in this block, 544 00:30:40,739 --> 00:30:42,374 both wheels down there. 545 00:30:42,374 --> 00:30:46,111 I just gotta finish stretching it down to the lake and start pulling. 546 00:30:46,111 --> 00:30:48,814 See if these block and tackles work. 547 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:54,186 (laughs) 548 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:55,387 Cool, man, it's already working. 549 00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:58,990 I definitely feel the ratio working and it's very easy, 550 00:30:58,990 --> 00:31:03,228 but this line is like, it's kinda stretchy. 551 00:31:03,228 --> 00:31:06,131 Maybe if I just like walk with it. 552 00:31:07,399 --> 00:31:10,035 Man, this thing's caught on something, man. 553 00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:12,671 Look at that, I'm pulling hard. 554 00:31:12,671 --> 00:31:13,905 It feels like I'm just break something 555 00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:15,073 so I'm gonna abandon ship 556 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:17,275 and just go check it out before I do break something. 557 00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:18,777 I put a lot of time into this, 558 00:31:18,777 --> 00:31:22,614 and I don't wanna bust something up if I don't have to. 559 00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:28,320 Look at this, (bleep). 560 00:31:30,322 --> 00:31:32,591 JOHNNY: Check this out right here. 561 00:31:32,591 --> 00:31:35,994 The first thing I'm noticing is this wheel right here 562 00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:37,929 all along the edge of it. 563 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:40,599 It just burned a hole in it. 564 00:31:42,801 --> 00:31:47,739 That line was just rubbing inside there, 565 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:53,578 incessantly and it just created that little burn which broke it, 566 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:56,615 so that's not gonna work. 567 00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:01,119 All right, onto the next thing, 568 00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:03,288 making this thing a little bit more efficient. 569 00:32:06,858 --> 00:32:09,861 BRITTANY: Living out here, the only option to have power is to 570 00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:13,932 have a generator, and the best way to have a generator is 571 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,334 making sure that it has shelter. 572 00:32:22,707 --> 00:32:24,643 KALEB: The point of this whole generator shed is to get 573 00:32:24,643 --> 00:32:26,845 the generators out of the weather and now here 574 00:32:26,845 --> 00:32:30,415 they are sitting in not ideal weather. 575 00:32:30,415 --> 00:32:32,451 Getting snowed on. 576 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:34,119 One generator's running like crap. 577 00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:35,587 I already have to work on it. 578 00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:37,622 I need to get this done so I can get them back 579 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:39,958 in the building where they're happy. 580 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:47,499 Working in the snow on a project like this kinda makes 581 00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:49,868 everything just take more time. 582 00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:52,370 It builds up on the work surface. 583 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:54,172 It gets in the way. 584 00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:57,409 Has to be swept out. It has to be shoveled. 585 00:32:57,409 --> 00:32:59,978 All you can do is work around it. 586 00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:04,049 Every single piece of log that needs to go onto this building 587 00:33:04,049 --> 00:33:06,184 has screwed down, leveled, shimmed, 588 00:33:06,184 --> 00:33:09,120 and correctly fastened to this building. 589 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,356 So now I need to make my roof, 590 00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:14,993 which I'm just gonna do conventional rafter framing. 591 00:33:18,897 --> 00:33:21,666 Four rafters, one cut. 592 00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:28,473 I'm very happy with how this generator shed is turning out. 593 00:33:28,473 --> 00:33:32,377 This building for me is a permanent structure. 594 00:33:32,377 --> 00:33:37,082 So, I build it strong, and I build it to last for years. 595 00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:45,690 Well, there I go. 596 00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:50,362 Rafters are in, and for the first time I can see 597 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:54,399 the shape of my building and I'm pleased. 598 00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:57,903 But I can't sheet this roof with the snow falling. 599 00:33:57,903 --> 00:34:00,572 It makes it slippery and unsafe. 600 00:34:00,572 --> 00:34:02,841 And hopefully, this snow stops. 601 00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:06,678 And get those generators out of the elements. 602 00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:13,919 CHEVIE: There's no guarantee but it's part of the journey 603 00:34:13,919 --> 00:34:16,588 and the fun of just getting out. 604 00:34:16,588 --> 00:34:20,191 We are opportunists, but you just never know 605 00:34:20,191 --> 00:34:22,494 what nature's gonna throw your way. 606 00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:28,667 CHEVIE: This is my first trap on my line. 607 00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:30,902 Last check of the year here. 608 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:37,008 All right, looks like my traps here just blew in with a big drift. 609 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:38,643 Part of all these winter storms 610 00:34:38,643 --> 00:34:40,111 so I'm gonna have to shovel it out. 611 00:34:40,111 --> 00:34:41,413 We could get lucky. 612 00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:44,115 Maybe something got in there before. 613 00:34:52,624 --> 00:34:54,793 Nothing here. 614 00:34:57,629 --> 00:35:00,932 This is my first of many sets I have out, 615 00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:03,034 but I'm just gonna keep on heading up the line and 616 00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:05,570 hope that I, uh, pick something up. 617 00:35:10,976 --> 00:35:13,945 Nothing here, um, my trap's still active though, 618 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:16,348 so I'm just gonna start snapping traps, and, uh, 619 00:35:16,348 --> 00:35:18,483 picking up. 620 00:35:19,084 --> 00:35:21,753 Sometimes you push hard, and you don't catch anything 621 00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:24,456 but it's just part of it. 622 00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:26,358 So, I'm just gonna keep on running my line, 623 00:35:26,358 --> 00:35:29,160 hopefully get lucky and pick up something. 624 00:35:32,497 --> 00:35:34,799 For me, I do this with marten a lot but with wolverine 625 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,935 I've always caught 'em on the ground in boxes and 626 00:35:36,935 --> 00:35:38,770 natural cubbies and all that. 627 00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:41,239 But you've always gotta be learning. 628 00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:50,782 I can't see any tracks here, but what I see here is some hair. 629 00:35:50,782 --> 00:35:52,550 That's gotta be a wolverine. 630 00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:54,152 You can just tell how coarse it is. 631 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:58,523 It's just marten hair is way softer than that. 632 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:01,559 Anytime you don't catch 'em like this, 633 00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:03,361 you're educating 'em. 634 00:36:03,361 --> 00:36:06,498 And I'm learning different ways to catch 'em, 635 00:36:06,498 --> 00:36:08,833 and they're learning how not to get caught. 636 00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:11,836 And right now, that wolverine's a step ahead of me. 637 00:36:14,939 --> 00:36:18,109 If you can't catch 'em, you might as well let 'em eat. 638 00:36:18,109 --> 00:36:20,378 A lot of empty traps. 639 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:21,813 But there's always that next one. 640 00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:24,749 There's always that next trap until there isn't. 641 00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:29,854 Okay, nothing in that one either. 642 00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:31,523 I had high hopes for a set like this. 643 00:36:31,523 --> 00:36:32,524 It looks good. 644 00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:35,427 Uh, I got one more trap. 645 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:37,262 Not looking good though. 646 00:36:37,262 --> 00:36:38,263 It's all right. 647 00:36:38,263 --> 00:36:39,731 It's always onto the next thing. 648 00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:41,933 Can't win 'em all. 649 00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:43,735 It's kind of a bittersweet moment. 650 00:36:43,735 --> 00:36:46,237 You know, you're, you've been trapping hard all year. 651 00:36:46,237 --> 00:36:49,007 You're checking your line for the last time, 652 00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:52,610 and trapping season is coming to a close. 653 00:36:54,779 --> 00:36:56,781 Onto my last trap. 654 00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:03,121 What the hell do we got going on here? 655 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:05,724 Holy smokes. 656 00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:08,893 CHEVIE: Oh, (bleep). 657 00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:11,863 Dang picked up a little fox. 658 00:37:13,331 --> 00:37:14,966 Happy to see some fur hanging. 659 00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:17,068 It's been a pretty dry spell of, uh, 660 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:21,639 trapping but it's, fox fur is better than no fur. 661 00:37:21,639 --> 00:37:24,175 No wolverine this year, but it's, uh, 662 00:37:24,175 --> 00:37:25,977 nice to finish the trapping season. 663 00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:27,979 It's the last trap produced, uh, 664 00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:29,914 nice little fox here. 665 00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:33,151 I'll tan it and, uh, Sonta will use it sewing. 666 00:37:33,151 --> 00:37:35,754 It's a nice little fox, so it's a win. 667 00:37:37,355 --> 00:37:40,792 (hammering) 668 00:37:47,532 --> 00:37:49,667 JOHNNY: Here we go. 669 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:52,737 That's basically it, and that'll be the reel system to 670 00:37:52,737 --> 00:37:55,073 reel line in as that sled goes up. 671 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:57,642 All that's left to do is to string up the cordage. 672 00:37:57,642 --> 00:38:00,812 I got a couple strands of cord and I'm gonna replace 673 00:38:00,812 --> 00:38:02,313 that other cordage I was using 674 00:38:02,313 --> 00:38:04,716 because that stuff is just too stretchy. 675 00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:06,951 It wasn't working well. 676 00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:09,120 Start up at the top, 677 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,422 start putting it through the block and tackle. 678 00:38:15,059 --> 00:38:17,662 KALEB: I think we're gonna get it done. 679 00:38:17,662 --> 00:38:22,667 I had my doubts this morning but not so much anymore. 680 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:25,270 BRITTANY: Oh, yoo-hoo. KALEB: Hey. 681 00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:28,206 BRITTANY: Hi. KALEB: Yup. 682 00:38:28,206 --> 00:38:30,508 ELOVIE: Daddy, this is so lovely. 683 00:38:30,508 --> 00:38:33,511 BRITTANY: It is so lovely. 684 00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:36,581 KALEB: Good night. 685 00:38:36,581 --> 00:38:40,118 BRITTANY: Wow, hun, you've been working hard. 686 00:38:41,619 --> 00:38:43,755 It is such a good thing that this generator shed 687 00:38:43,755 --> 00:38:45,790 is done and built. 688 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:47,292 KALEB: Next. 689 00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:50,128 BRITTANY: And we can get these little generators back inside. 690 00:38:50,128 --> 00:38:52,096 We don't have to worry. 691 00:38:52,096 --> 00:38:54,465 We are more secure with our electricity. 692 00:38:55,033 --> 00:38:58,469 I think it's cuter than I thought it was going to be. 693 00:38:58,469 --> 00:39:02,740 Uh, but Kaleb doesn't build small things and 694 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:08,580 he doesn't build ugly things, so I don't know why I'm surprised. 695 00:39:10,548 --> 00:39:13,484 KALEB: Awesome. Last sheet is on. 696 00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:17,255 BRITTANY: Are you jumping down, or do you need the ladder? 697 00:39:17,255 --> 00:39:18,790 KALEB: I'm gonna jump. 698 00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:21,759 BRITTANY: Oh, Gilbert would be so jealous. 699 00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:23,728 KALEB: Nice roof. 700 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:30,034 ROBERT: Getting a bite. 701 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:36,641 Got some lunch, RJ. 702 00:39:36,641 --> 00:39:38,276 RJ: What'd you get? ROBERT: Black bomber. 703 00:39:38,276 --> 00:39:39,677 We can keep this and eat it. 704 00:39:39,677 --> 00:39:41,746 RJ: Nice. ROBERT: That'll be good, huh? 705 00:39:41,746 --> 00:39:43,414 RJ: Oh, yeah. 706 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:44,616 ROBERT: Ash, do you wanna open that up for me? 707 00:39:44,616 --> 00:39:47,018 We'll throw them right into the live well. 708 00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:53,324 Yeah, what do you think about going and frying up 709 00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:55,627 this rock fish for a snack and heading home? 710 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:58,229 RJ: Sure. ASHLYNE: Sure. 711 00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:00,265 ROBERT: It was a really beautiful day, 712 00:40:00,265 --> 00:40:02,600 but it's time to go home. 713 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,602 She's going home with some king salmon, 714 00:40:04,602 --> 00:40:07,005 then she's going home with some deer meat and stuff like that 715 00:40:07,005 --> 00:40:10,742 but for her to take fish home that we caught together today, 716 00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:13,111 it would've just meant that much more to her knowing she was part of it, 717 00:40:13,111 --> 00:40:16,347 but she's certainly not gonna go home empty handed. 718 00:40:16,347 --> 00:40:18,549 We'll find us a nice calm place out of the wind and 719 00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:20,551 cook up some rock fish. 720 00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:22,120 RJ: Sounds good. ROBERT: I'm hungry. 721 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:23,888 RJ: Let's get out of here. ROBERT: All right. 722 00:40:23,888 --> 00:40:27,125 You know, when we're out on the ocean and we're on the land, 723 00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:31,930 we're giving it the utmost respect and we're trying to 724 00:40:31,930 --> 00:40:33,998 harvest the animals that we're after. 725 00:40:33,998 --> 00:40:35,466 Or harvest the fish that we're after. 726 00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:38,069 If we don't get 'em, we're still out here 727 00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:40,171 living our Alaskan dream. 728 00:40:42,507 --> 00:40:43,675 CHEVIE: All right. 729 00:40:43,675 --> 00:40:46,945 Well, it's always good to end the season with a catch. 730 00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:49,981 So, uh, happy to have an animal, 731 00:40:49,981 --> 00:40:52,150 no matter what it is. 732 00:40:59,891 --> 00:41:01,225 JOHNNY: All right, everything's looking sound, 733 00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:03,695 everything's looking good. 734 00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:11,936 All right, so cranking this bad boy up. 735 00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:20,845 This pulley system's helping me both physically and mentally. 736 00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:23,114 I pushed myself outside the box. 737 00:41:23,114 --> 00:41:26,718 I've made things I've never made before and there's something 738 00:41:26,718 --> 00:41:31,522 about crafting things with your own hands versus buying things. 739 00:41:31,522 --> 00:41:34,492 It's going pretty good so far. 740 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:38,029 And when those things worked the way you intended them to work, you, 741 00:41:38,029 --> 00:41:40,732 you get a true sense of satisfaction. 742 00:41:40,732 --> 00:41:42,667 And not everything always does work. 743 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:44,369 It's almost to the top. 744 00:41:44,369 --> 00:41:46,604 But I'm not looking for perfection. 745 00:41:46,604 --> 00:41:51,342 You know, what I'm looking for is to stay busy, occupy my mind. 746 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:54,946 To problem solve. To create things. 747 00:41:54,946 --> 00:41:58,416 These really give me a place out here in the arctic. 748 00:41:58,416 --> 00:42:01,219 (laughs) 749 00:42:01,219 --> 00:42:03,821 There it is, that's it man, that's awesome, 750 00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:07,558 and now I don't have to drag a sled up that hill. 751 00:42:07,558 --> 00:42:10,862 All I had to do was crank and simply next thing to do 752 00:42:10,862 --> 00:42:12,597 is just walk up the stairs. 753 00:42:12,597 --> 00:42:14,298 That's it. 754 00:42:19,871 --> 00:42:22,573 BRITTANY: Yay. KALEB: All right. 755 00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:26,844 The generators are on. The house is back online. 756 00:42:26,844 --> 00:42:29,414 We have accomplished our goal. 757 00:42:29,414 --> 00:42:32,250 BRITTANY: Woo-hoo! KALEB: Good generators. 758 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:34,218 Thank you. 759 00:42:37,822 --> 00:42:41,159 RJ: Yummy, nothing better than a good black bass. 760 00:42:41,159 --> 00:42:44,028 You know, we may not have got a king but at the end of the day, 761 00:42:44,028 --> 00:42:46,097 you know, we come out here and put all this effort in, 762 00:42:46,097 --> 00:42:47,632 it's not always about the fish. 763 00:42:47,632 --> 00:42:49,267 ROBERT: It's about family. RJ: Yup. 764 00:42:49,267 --> 00:42:50,768 ROBERT: I love you, Arge. 765 00:42:50,768 --> 00:42:53,704 Very much. 766 00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:58,276 Ash, high five. Good, huh? 767 00:42:58,276 --> 00:42:59,977 ASHLYNE: Mm-hmm. 768 00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:02,680 Ended it off with a fish at least, you know? 769 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,016 Not the one we wanted, but it's still good. 770 00:43:05,016 --> 00:43:06,884 ROBERT: I wish we'd caught a couple more. 771 00:43:06,884 --> 00:43:08,219 I'm hungry. 772 00:43:08,219 --> 00:43:10,054 It tastes good. 773 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:12,723 JOHNNY: I feel like, uh... 774 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:14,058 (laughs) 775 00:43:14,058 --> 00:43:16,494 Like a prince going up his staircase right now. 776 00:43:16,494 --> 00:43:18,296 It's gonna save me a lot of pain in my back. 777 00:43:18,296 --> 00:43:20,798 I'll tell you that right now. 778 00:43:20,798 --> 00:43:23,401 And look it, boom, sled's right here. 779 00:43:23,401 --> 00:43:25,870 This is the way it's supposed to be, easy. 780 00:43:29,140 --> 00:43:31,375 ROBERT: Living the subsistence lifestyle, 781 00:43:31,375 --> 00:43:33,811 it ain't easy, that's for sure. 782 00:43:33,811 --> 00:43:36,114 I live this lifestyle, 'cause it's something I wanna do, 783 00:43:36,114 --> 00:43:39,417 something I'm passionate about. 784 00:43:39,417 --> 00:43:41,018 This is me. This is who I am. 785 00:43:41,018 --> 00:43:42,587 This is what I love. 786 00:43:42,587 --> 00:43:44,856 Out here harvesting my own food. 787 00:43:44,856 --> 00:43:47,024 Doing it my way, knowing where it comes from, 788 00:43:47,024 --> 00:43:49,694 that's all I need. 789 00:43:49,694 --> 00:43:50,962 This is who I am. 790 00:43:50,962 --> 00:43:54,098 This is what I'm gonna be, and this what I'm always gonna do. 791 00:43:59,337 --> 00:44:00,872 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.