1 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,940 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:07,975 --> 00:00:09,375 CHRIS: I'd like to check a few different 3 00:00:09,410 --> 00:00:10,976 beaver dens today. 4 00:00:11,012 --> 00:00:13,112 This one's always been good to us in the past. 5 00:00:14,915 --> 00:00:16,181 Oh, yeah. 6 00:00:16,217 --> 00:00:17,816 There's the den from last year. 7 00:00:17,852 --> 00:00:20,185 But, no beaver sign. 8 00:00:20,221 --> 00:00:22,121 JESSI: There's no feed pile over there. 9 00:00:22,156 --> 00:00:23,655 CHRIS: Yeah, that's really strange that there's no feed pile. 10 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:26,625 Normally, it's just a bunch of twigs sticking out of the ground. 11 00:00:26,927 --> 00:00:28,127 Let's keep cruising. 12 00:00:28,162 --> 00:00:30,229 Let's see if we can get any more signing before the sun sets. 13 00:00:30,264 --> 00:00:31,964 We got just a little bit longer. 14 00:00:31,999 --> 00:00:33,432 JESSI: All right. 15 00:00:34,402 --> 00:00:37,369 CHRIS: So, the logical choice is these beavers moved into the river. 16 00:00:37,405 --> 00:00:38,871 Lakes are a lot safer to trap in, 17 00:00:38,906 --> 00:00:40,839 mostly because there's no moving water. 18 00:00:40,875 --> 00:00:42,340 At least in a lake, if you fall through. 19 00:00:42,376 --> 00:00:44,076 JESSI: Ah! 20 00:00:44,111 --> 00:00:45,344 CHRIS: Whoa! I'm here. I'm here! 21 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:47,579 You just hold still and hope to bob right back up the same 22 00:00:47,615 --> 00:00:49,014 hole you went in. 23 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:50,482 In a river, if you go through, 24 00:00:50,518 --> 00:00:52,051 the current will catch you and take you down. 25 00:00:52,086 --> 00:00:54,586 That's it. You're not coming back up. 26 00:00:55,523 --> 00:00:57,489 Best-case scenario is death quick. 27 00:00:57,525 --> 00:00:59,825 Worst-case scenario is starving to death, 28 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:02,261 and I don't want to starve to death. 29 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:11,703 CHRIS: Hey, check it out, Jess. 30 00:01:11,739 --> 00:01:14,239 Getting some beaver sign in here. 31 00:01:16,911 --> 00:01:18,644 JESSI: Some over there. CHRIS: All right. 32 00:01:18,679 --> 00:01:19,945 JESSI: Here a beaver, there a beaver, 33 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:21,113 everywhere a beav-beav! 34 00:01:21,148 --> 00:01:22,881 CHRIS: If we can find this den, 35 00:01:22,917 --> 00:01:23,782 that'll be really awesome. 36 00:01:23,818 --> 00:01:25,250 That's gonna be a good source of meat. 37 00:01:25,286 --> 00:01:27,286 Let's keep cruising. 38 00:01:27,321 --> 00:01:28,987 It looks like the river's right here. 39 00:01:29,023 --> 00:01:31,590 Then let's walk down and see if we can see any of the dens. 40 00:01:31,625 --> 00:01:33,592 JESSI: Let's go. I'll follow you. 41 00:01:33,994 --> 00:01:36,228 CHRIS: Looks like I can get down here. 42 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:38,797 I'm gonna try to work my way down and see if I can 43 00:01:38,833 --> 00:01:40,732 spot any signs of beaver down there. 44 00:01:40,768 --> 00:01:43,302 JESSI: Okay. 45 00:01:43,337 --> 00:01:46,171 CHRIS: I'll let you know what it looks like. 46 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:49,408 JESSI: I'll be here. 47 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:51,443 CHRIS: Oh, this is gonna be steep. 48 00:01:52,413 --> 00:01:53,579 (bleep). 49 00:01:53,614 --> 00:01:55,914 Get my axe over here. 50 00:01:55,950 --> 00:01:56,815 JESSI: Whew! 51 00:01:56,851 --> 00:01:58,083 CHRIS: That worked out well. 52 00:01:58,119 --> 00:01:59,952 What we've learned about living out at the Cosna is 53 00:01:59,987 --> 00:02:02,688 it's really hard to get big game out here. 54 00:02:02,723 --> 00:02:04,556 We're just coming into beaver season. 55 00:02:04,592 --> 00:02:06,858 We gotta get back up and start trapping right away. 56 00:02:06,894 --> 00:02:09,828 I'm just trying to get down to this next level okay. 57 00:02:11,866 --> 00:02:14,166 I'm gonna check out the riverbank here. 58 00:02:17,505 --> 00:02:19,605 Oh man, it is slick. 59 00:02:21,976 --> 00:02:23,609 Sounds hollow down here. 60 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:26,245 I think we're working with some shelf ice. 61 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:27,813 I gotta be real careful. 62 00:02:27,848 --> 00:02:30,449 One of the most dangerous things on the river is the shelf ice. 63 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:33,385 It'll be just a couple inches of ice with insulating snow on top. 64 00:02:33,420 --> 00:02:34,720 And when you fall through that, 65 00:02:34,755 --> 00:02:36,855 it's just open water underneath with swift current. 66 00:02:36,891 --> 00:02:38,123 So you gotta watch out. 67 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:39,291 JESSI: Watch your footing. 68 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:41,293 You never know when you're going to fall in somewhere. 69 00:02:41,328 --> 00:02:44,930 CHRIS: Yeah, right by this hole here is really tilted. 70 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,499 Oh yeah! 71 00:02:47,535 --> 00:02:49,935 Looks like it might be the entrance down here, Jess. 72 00:02:49,970 --> 00:02:51,837 That's where I think they're going in. 73 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:53,705 JESSI: All right. Well, I mean. 74 00:02:53,741 --> 00:02:55,407 We got a spot, right? 75 00:02:55,442 --> 00:02:57,042 CHRIS: Yeah. I don't feel as safe. 76 00:02:57,077 --> 00:02:59,745 I don't know river trapping as much. 77 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:02,381 JESSI: Hands down, we gotta set some snares for winter. 78 00:03:02,416 --> 00:03:03,382 You know what I mean? 79 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:04,850 CHRIS: Yeah. I'm gonna come back up. 80 00:03:04,885 --> 00:03:07,085 JESSI: Okay. 81 00:03:12,860 --> 00:03:15,761 MICHAEL: Being self-reliant out here, 82 00:03:15,796 --> 00:03:18,430 you gotta be mindful of what you're spending money on. 83 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:20,299 You gotta be super frugal. 84 00:03:20,968 --> 00:03:24,036 You'll never see anything I use that's frivolous in any nature. 85 00:03:24,071 --> 00:03:26,438 Everything is very utilitarian out here. 86 00:03:32,746 --> 00:03:34,746 (engine starts) 87 00:03:38,085 --> 00:03:40,586 MICHAEL: Not bad for 500 bucks. 88 00:03:40,621 --> 00:03:44,823 Recently, I sold my fat tire bike for about $800, 89 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:47,659 and I had no early season training device for the dogs. 90 00:03:49,063 --> 00:03:52,798 And I can't really afford an ATV or a side-by-side. 91 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:54,733 And poverty breeds ingenuity. 92 00:03:55,903 --> 00:03:58,704 I bought this hooptie for 500 bucks. 93 00:03:59,540 --> 00:04:02,841 This little tiny four-wheel drive may look like something 94 00:04:02,876 --> 00:04:06,011 that your sister or your little baby brother would take to college, 95 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:07,879 but I'll tell you what. 96 00:04:07,915 --> 00:04:09,982 This thing's a straight up sleeper. 97 00:04:15,823 --> 00:04:17,589 And so this little tiny four-wheel drive, 98 00:04:17,625 --> 00:04:20,659 I am gonna convert this into a lawn and garden tractor. 99 00:04:20,694 --> 00:04:24,463 And I am also going to use it to train my dog team 100 00:04:25,132 --> 00:04:27,599 while I wait for the snowpack to increase. 101 00:04:31,472 --> 00:04:34,506 Winter is here and the dogs are all excited. 102 00:04:34,541 --> 00:04:36,875 They kinda sit and take it easy through the summer, 103 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:40,479 but they actually do need to start working early in the season, 104 00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:43,849 that way they're ready for expeditions and winter caribou hunts. 105 00:04:45,085 --> 00:04:47,519 And so just like any athlete, you have to train. 106 00:04:47,554 --> 00:04:49,087 Get those muscles conditioned, 107 00:04:49,123 --> 00:04:51,056 get those tendons tightened up. 108 00:04:51,091 --> 00:04:52,224 Yeah. There we go! There we go! 109 00:04:52,259 --> 00:04:54,826 A dog sled flexing over roots in low snow conditions, 110 00:04:54,862 --> 00:04:58,263 it's excessive wear on the sled for no good reason. 111 00:04:58,299 --> 00:05:01,166 So, while I wait for the snowpack to get proper, 112 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:04,703 I can use this on my local trails and roads, 113 00:05:04,738 --> 00:05:08,840 and all I gotta do is modify it just a wee bit. 114 00:05:10,177 --> 00:05:11,443 All right. 115 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:14,780 So the idea that I come up with is that I'm gonna cut the 116 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:18,183 entire top of the vehicle off to about this 117 00:05:18,218 --> 00:05:19,651 point right here. 118 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:22,854 That way, there I have a little cab over my head. 119 00:05:22,890 --> 00:05:25,457 And I'm going to leave all the structure in here, 120 00:05:25,492 --> 00:05:27,459 all the side structure. 121 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:30,762 And so it'll be just kinda like a utility rack integrally 122 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:31,997 built into the vehicle. 123 00:05:32,032 --> 00:05:33,832 I'm also gonna yank the seat out of it and 124 00:05:33,867 --> 00:05:35,167 all the interior. 125 00:05:35,202 --> 00:05:39,471 It's going from SUV to mini truck with a utility rack. 126 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:42,941 And that starts now. 127 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:46,311 I have high hopes for this thing. 128 00:05:46,347 --> 00:05:51,516 I think it's gonna be a very cheap but very important piece 129 00:05:51,552 --> 00:05:54,052 of equipment here at base camp. 130 00:05:54,088 --> 00:05:56,788 I really enjoy being frugal like my parents 131 00:05:56,824 --> 00:05:59,725 taught me to be. 132 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,528 To be able to take something that is essentially trash, 133 00:06:05,232 --> 00:06:08,867 that I can turn into a very useful tool. 134 00:06:09,837 --> 00:06:12,070 This little thing, at 500 bucks, 135 00:06:12,106 --> 00:06:14,072 it could catch on fire tomorrow and I really wouldn't 136 00:06:14,108 --> 00:06:17,142 care all that much. 137 00:06:17,177 --> 00:06:21,513 Whereas if you had a $9,000-$10,000 side by side, 138 00:06:21,548 --> 00:06:24,850 the continued payments on that, it won't go away. 139 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:27,652 And so you gotta be frugal and be mindful about what I'm 140 00:06:27,688 --> 00:06:30,222 spending money on out here. 141 00:06:30,524 --> 00:06:32,858 And that's the only way to survive. 142 00:06:34,328 --> 00:06:36,695 Won't be needing these. 143 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:39,831 All right. 144 00:06:39,867 --> 00:06:42,000 That should be the last of it. 145 00:06:42,035 --> 00:06:44,269 Look at this truck bed space! 146 00:06:44,304 --> 00:06:46,805 I could stack firewood way up here, 147 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:50,842 just great big towering piles of firewood weaving in and out 148 00:06:50,878 --> 00:06:53,178 of the woods with this thing on my property because 149 00:06:53,213 --> 00:06:54,946 it's so tiny. 150 00:06:54,982 --> 00:07:00,852 And then this got cut off and just turned into a tailgate. 151 00:07:02,956 --> 00:07:05,991 So, a cheap-o SUV has now become a lawn 152 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:07,659 and garden tractor. 153 00:07:07,694 --> 00:07:10,796 It can haul firewood and train dog teams. 154 00:07:10,831 --> 00:07:11,930 Work's done. 155 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:15,534 I'm gonna go grab some dogs and test this beast out. 156 00:07:21,809 --> 00:07:23,141 ALEX: I don't have a lot of money, 157 00:07:23,177 --> 00:07:25,444 but the land around me is my wealth. 158 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:28,513 You know, in the same way a person takes care of their bank account, 159 00:07:28,549 --> 00:07:30,682 I have to take care of my bank account. 160 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:32,451 I think it's just that simple. 161 00:07:35,756 --> 00:07:39,524 (chopping) 162 00:07:42,663 --> 00:07:44,629 ALEX: Every time I cut down a tree here, 163 00:07:44,665 --> 00:07:48,567 I get more firewood, but if I leave all these branches, 164 00:07:48,602 --> 00:07:50,969 it's just more fuel on the ground for a forest fire. 165 00:07:51,004 --> 00:07:54,606 So, I gotta clean it up every time. 166 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:57,676 And keep creating big brush piles, and then I'll burn 'em. 167 00:07:57,911 --> 00:07:59,778 The works never done, but that's good, 168 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,413 because I like doing the work. 169 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:05,183 It's not really a question of if, 170 00:08:05,219 --> 00:08:07,486 but it's just a question of when. 171 00:08:09,756 --> 00:08:12,023 The greatest threat that I face is not bears, 172 00:08:12,059 --> 00:08:13,425 not the cold either. 173 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:15,427 It's actually a forest fire. 174 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:16,828 Less than ten years ago, 175 00:08:16,864 --> 00:08:19,531 there was a huge forest fire that destroyed many thousands 176 00:08:19,566 --> 00:08:21,967 of acres just about a mile from here. 177 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:24,603 And firefighters were able to stop it. 178 00:08:24,638 --> 00:08:27,472 It would be almost impossible for them to save my place, 179 00:08:27,508 --> 00:08:29,074 because there's all this brush and stuff all over 180 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:31,109 the ground surrounding it. 181 00:08:31,144 --> 00:08:32,911 So, a few months ago before the ground froze, 182 00:08:32,946 --> 00:08:34,212 I dug a big hole right here, 183 00:08:34,281 --> 00:08:36,615 and then I covered it with plywood. 184 00:08:36,650 --> 00:08:38,216 If I don't take care of this, 185 00:08:38,252 --> 00:08:42,721 all of this fuel around my cabin, 186 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:48,693 it could be the difference between losing my home 187 00:08:48,729 --> 00:08:50,128 or saving my home. 188 00:08:50,163 --> 00:08:53,198 So, in order to protect my property and my life, 189 00:08:53,233 --> 00:08:56,801 I have to literally fight fire with fire. 190 00:08:58,005 --> 00:09:00,705 Okay, so this is my big burn pit. 191 00:09:00,741 --> 00:09:03,441 What I'm gonna need to do is collect all of my fuel, 192 00:09:03,477 --> 00:09:05,076 you know, just lots of brush like this. 193 00:09:05,112 --> 00:09:07,279 I'll pile it all right here. 194 00:09:07,314 --> 00:09:09,814 Then I'll get my fire going, 195 00:09:09,850 --> 00:09:11,883 and then I just gotta keep feeding it in. 196 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:13,285 It's gonna be a lot of work. 197 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,320 Once I get it built up, it's gonna be a lot of fun. 198 00:09:15,355 --> 00:09:17,455 So, I'm going to get started. 199 00:09:17,491 --> 00:09:19,991 The biggest fuel loads around my cabin are actually some 200 00:09:20,027 --> 00:09:21,726 brush piles that I've made. 201 00:09:21,762 --> 00:09:24,129 And these are basically just like giant bombs. 202 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:27,432 If it catches these on fire, it's just gonna be a huge, 203 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:30,669 you know, tower of fire that will burn extremely hot. 204 00:09:30,704 --> 00:09:33,138 It'd be really irresponsible of me to just sit here and 205 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:34,973 keep my fingers crossed that a forest fire 206 00:09:35,008 --> 00:09:36,074 doesn't come through. 207 00:09:36,109 --> 00:09:38,276 So, this is bush style adulting. 208 00:09:38,312 --> 00:09:41,646 If I make a mess, I gotta clean it up. 209 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,587 But yeah, it's a lot of work. 210 00:09:48,622 --> 00:09:51,056 But it's the kinda work I like to do. 211 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:53,692 I like, I work, I like working with my body. 212 00:09:53,727 --> 00:09:55,393 There's not really any jobs left that are, like, 213 00:09:55,429 --> 00:09:57,028 just doing physical work, you know. 214 00:09:57,064 --> 00:10:00,765 Everything's some big machine. 215 00:10:00,801 --> 00:10:03,101 Sitting around on your butt. 216 00:10:06,373 --> 00:10:08,873 So, I still got more to do here. 217 00:10:09,142 --> 00:10:10,141 This is one pile. 218 00:10:10,177 --> 00:10:11,476 I got three more. 219 00:10:11,511 --> 00:10:14,579 There's a lot more to collect, so I'll keep at it. 220 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:21,720 JOHNNY: You know, with beauty, comes the beast. 221 00:10:21,755 --> 00:10:24,422 With the beauty of the landscape, the snow, 222 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:26,391 the ice crystals forming on everything, 223 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:28,760 comes the cold and bitter chills. 224 00:10:30,163 --> 00:10:32,464 So, yeah, it's a very extreme place to live in. 225 00:10:36,737 --> 00:10:39,304 JOHNNY: It's a brisk one today. 226 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,773 It's a very primal existence out here. 227 00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:43,441 I do as much foraging, gathering, 228 00:10:43,477 --> 00:10:45,443 and hunting as I can. 229 00:10:45,479 --> 00:10:48,113 I have to constantly be chopping firewood and I have 230 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:50,949 to haul water from the lake. 231 00:10:52,452 --> 00:10:55,120 I don't have running water, but I have walking water. 232 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:57,989 A lot of people say, "How do you keep up with all those 233 00:10:58,025 --> 00:10:59,724 challenges in one day?" 234 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,326 But I welcome them. 235 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:03,028 To me, it's more of an inspiration than 236 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:05,397 it is challenge. 237 00:11:09,369 --> 00:11:11,002 Can't always expect nature to provide everything I 238 00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:12,637 want when I want it. 239 00:11:12,673 --> 00:11:15,674 It's not that convenient out here. 240 00:11:16,610 --> 00:11:21,312 Last thing I need to do is work up a sweat out here. 241 00:11:21,548 --> 00:11:24,749 And nature decides when I get what I want. 242 00:11:25,619 --> 00:11:28,286 It's close to negative 20 down here in the lake. 243 00:11:31,058 --> 00:11:33,558 So, I'm chopping a hole in the ice to fill up 244 00:11:33,593 --> 00:11:36,227 my water bucket. 245 00:11:36,263 --> 00:11:38,363 It's something you gotta do every day. 246 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:40,532 Chop through the new formed ice. 247 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:42,701 Lakes make a lot of noise. 248 00:11:42,736 --> 00:11:44,803 It sounds like thunder cracking. 249 00:11:44,838 --> 00:11:47,639 It's almost like you're sitting above a bowling alley. 250 00:11:50,377 --> 00:11:56,014 (ice cracking and shifting) 251 00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:59,751 You could feel that ice shift right underneath me. 252 00:11:59,953 --> 00:12:01,686 You just hear it shoot across the lake. 253 00:12:01,722 --> 00:12:02,921 Crack under your feet. 254 00:12:02,956 --> 00:12:05,323 And it kinda went right through my water hole right here. 255 00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:09,894 (ice cracking and shifting) 256 00:12:20,273 --> 00:12:21,339 JOHNNY: (bleep). 257 00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:22,941 You can hear the ice settling. 258 00:12:22,976 --> 00:12:25,343 So, the water freezes underneath and the ice falls 259 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:28,446 down to that new water level. 260 00:12:32,452 --> 00:12:33,952 It's safe. 261 00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:35,787 I'm not, I'm not scared of death out here. 262 00:12:35,822 --> 00:12:37,055 I'm not scared of danger. 263 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,424 And if I was, I don't belong out here. 264 00:12:42,496 --> 00:12:43,928 Ice is getting pretty thick. 265 00:12:43,964 --> 00:12:46,865 It's hard to get a clean hole and just chop it with 266 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:50,368 the axe without getting too wet. 267 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:51,970 And the bucket, I can't really fit in that 268 00:12:52,005 --> 00:12:53,505 little hole anymore. 269 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:54,773 As I get closer to winter, 270 00:12:54,808 --> 00:12:57,776 I'm learning how prepared I am. 271 00:12:57,811 --> 00:12:58,843 You know, in some areas, 272 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:00,812 I think I'm more prepared than others. 273 00:13:00,847 --> 00:13:03,314 But as the challenges face me, 274 00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:05,383 I have to adapt quickly. 275 00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:07,919 It's all about adaptation out here. 276 00:13:09,556 --> 00:13:10,622 Today, I'm gonna make an upgrade. 277 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:13,024 The ice is getting thick enough to where I need to 278 00:13:13,059 --> 00:13:15,393 upgrade with some new tools. 279 00:13:16,163 --> 00:13:21,432 I'm gonna make an ice chisel and some ice cleats for my boots because it's, 280 00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:25,170 it gets slippery out here, walking around on the ice. 281 00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:29,307 Pretty soon, I'm gonna get a lot of snow, 282 00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:31,176 so I'm gonna make a snow shovel. 283 00:13:31,211 --> 00:13:34,345 Might even make a little ice scooper to get the ice out, 284 00:13:34,815 --> 00:13:36,047 so I don't have to keep putting gloves on and 285 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:37,348 stick my hands in the water. 286 00:13:37,384 --> 00:13:40,485 You know, the cold penetrates those gloves pretty easily. 287 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,688 There's not a hardware store I can just pop into and buy this. 288 00:13:43,723 --> 00:13:46,157 I'm 200 miles away from the nearest town and I 289 00:13:46,193 --> 00:13:48,092 gotta make it myself. 290 00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:49,494 Running around in the woods, 291 00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:51,930 I can find some resources to use. 292 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:54,465 It shouldn't be a problem to make some tools. 293 00:13:54,935 --> 00:13:57,068 Seasons change and they change fast. 294 00:13:57,103 --> 00:13:58,636 It's not a gradual change. 295 00:13:58,672 --> 00:14:00,605 It happens almost overnight. 296 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,740 So being prepared, having the right tools, 297 00:14:02,776 --> 00:14:06,311 is the key to success out here. 298 00:14:15,789 --> 00:14:17,722 ALEX: For me, using my body isn't hard work. 299 00:14:17,757 --> 00:14:19,858 It's just what I do, it's life. 300 00:14:19,893 --> 00:14:21,593 Sitting inside an office, sitting in front of a 301 00:14:21,628 --> 00:14:24,696 computer, and doing paperwork, that's hard work. 302 00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:25,997 I hate to do it. 303 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:27,365 It feels terrible to do it. 304 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:28,533 Everything in my body says, 305 00:14:28,568 --> 00:14:30,768 "No, no, no. Don't do this." 306 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,179 ALEX: I've been doing a lot of work to clear all the 307 00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:42,647 land around my cabin. 308 00:14:42,682 --> 00:14:44,782 But now this tree is just sitting here. 309 00:14:44,818 --> 00:14:46,718 I'll cut it up and turn it into firewood. 310 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:48,553 But all these branches, that's not good firewood. 311 00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:50,588 So, what I, what I'll do is just cut these branches off 312 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:52,724 and I can add them to my big burn pit. 313 00:14:57,597 --> 00:15:00,465 If all I do is respond to immediate needs, 314 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:02,700 just like things that are right in front of my face, 315 00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:04,202 obvious dangers. 316 00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:06,371 Well then, I'm just barely surviving. 317 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:10,008 If I'm predicting things that could happen and I mitigate 318 00:15:10,043 --> 00:15:12,510 them now, then I'm thriving. 319 00:15:12,545 --> 00:15:15,313 Then I'm a real bush man genius, so. 320 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:22,954 I gotta think ahead. 321 00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:27,859 It would be a real shame if I struggle an entire winter and 322 00:15:27,894 --> 00:15:30,628 then a forest fire destroys my entire home in the summer. 323 00:15:32,198 --> 00:15:33,965 So that's a pretty good wood pile. 324 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,035 I think I'll burn it. 325 00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:42,807 The way I build a fire is just kinda Lincoln Logs, 326 00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:46,377 stack them up like this, it's just kind of with air flowing 327 00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:48,379 in there decently. 328 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:49,714 You know, I'm playing with fire here. 329 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:52,317 I'm playing with extremely high heat. 330 00:15:55,055 --> 00:15:56,888 So, one of the major things that I just gotta be careful 331 00:15:56,923 --> 00:15:58,256 of while I'm doing this is, 332 00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:00,391 I'm gonna be standing near the fire throwing 333 00:16:00,427 --> 00:16:02,660 additional pieces of wood in. 334 00:16:02,696 --> 00:16:05,463 I just gotta be careful not to fall in and burn myself, 335 00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:07,098 melt any of my clothing. 336 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:09,233 Because there is a real danger here. 337 00:16:13,773 --> 00:16:15,173 The more stuff I throw on top, 338 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:17,408 the bigger it's gonna get. 339 00:16:23,083 --> 00:16:26,217 Most of this forest is stuff that would be 340 00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:27,852 really hard to burn. 341 00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:29,387 It's not really flammable. 342 00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:31,589 It's got a lot of moisture in it. 343 00:16:31,624 --> 00:16:34,192 But what happens in a forest fire is, 344 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:37,161 once the fire gets so big and so hot, 345 00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:38,663 it'll just burn anything, 346 00:16:38,698 --> 00:16:41,499 because all that moisture just vaporizes very quickly, 347 00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:44,869 turns the wood into dry wood, and then it will burn. 348 00:16:44,904 --> 00:16:48,239 So that's the same conditions I have to create using my burn pit. 349 00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:52,877 Okay, okay, it's getting kinda warm over here. 350 00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:54,312 Gonna take off my jacket. 351 00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:57,048 I don't really feel like I'm in Alaska anymore. 352 00:16:57,083 --> 00:16:58,649 It's getting pretty warm. 353 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:00,585 (flames blazing) 354 00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:03,388 (crackle and pop) 355 00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:07,091 So over here, it feels like winter in Alaska, 356 00:17:07,127 --> 00:17:08,226 I get pretty cold. 357 00:17:08,261 --> 00:17:10,895 But then when I come over here, 358 00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:13,131 it feels like a sandstorm in Kuwait. 359 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:15,466 Just like blowing fumes of hot air. 360 00:17:15,502 --> 00:17:17,502 Oh my God. 361 00:17:20,907 --> 00:17:23,007 Oh, that is (bleep) hot. 362 00:17:24,577 --> 00:17:26,711 That is hot. 363 00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:30,314 Whew, the embers are getting me. 364 00:17:30,350 --> 00:17:32,250 Whew! 365 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:35,787 It's burning my skin. 366 00:17:40,727 --> 00:17:41,626 Whew. 367 00:17:41,661 --> 00:17:45,463 (bleep). Oh (bleep). 368 00:17:54,941 --> 00:17:56,741 ALEX: Oh (bleep). 369 00:17:58,945 --> 00:18:01,212 Make sure I'm not burning my clothes over here. 370 00:18:03,049 --> 00:18:05,049 Not melted. 371 00:18:05,452 --> 00:18:06,851 This stump right here is steaming, 372 00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:08,953 so I just moved my clothes so they don't melt. 373 00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:10,922 It's too hot to stand right here, really. 374 00:18:15,061 --> 00:18:19,664 Whew. That's it. 375 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,467 That's all my wood. 376 00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:23,968 Eventually, the middle will all burn, 377 00:18:24,003 --> 00:18:25,503 and then I can shove the sides in. 378 00:18:25,538 --> 00:18:28,639 But for now, I can just sit back and enjoy it. 379 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,643 Took me a couple days to gather all this wood. 380 00:18:32,679 --> 00:18:35,613 Now, I've basically burned it off in just a matter of a 381 00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:37,348 couple of hours. 382 00:18:37,383 --> 00:18:40,518 Really makes me realize the destructive power of a fire. 383 00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:43,488 It gives me life, and yet, it can take away everything, 384 00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:45,356 too, in a moment. 385 00:18:45,391 --> 00:18:47,458 That's real power. 386 00:18:48,027 --> 00:18:49,961 I don't think I'm quite as high as my cabin yet, but oh, 387 00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:52,363 it's pretty good. 388 00:18:52,398 --> 00:18:54,098 That's pretty tall. 389 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:56,467 When I was younger, whenever someone pressed me, you know, 390 00:18:56,503 --> 00:18:57,702 "What are you gonna do with your life?" 391 00:18:57,737 --> 00:18:59,103 "Why don't you do better in school?" 392 00:18:59,139 --> 00:19:00,738 I'd always tell them, "I wanna be a caveman. 393 00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:02,507 I don't care about any of that stuff." 394 00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:04,876 But I never really thought that I was actually gonna 395 00:19:04,911 --> 00:19:07,445 grow up and kinda become a caveman. 396 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,781 And from here, I only wanna become more of a caveman. 397 00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:16,154 Whew. 398 00:19:16,189 --> 00:19:18,489 Well, it's quitting time for the day. 399 00:19:18,525 --> 00:19:20,258 I'm pretty exhausted. 400 00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:23,394 But there was a purpose, and to be honest, 401 00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:24,962 even if there was no purpose to this, 402 00:19:24,998 --> 00:19:27,865 I might have done it anyway, because why not? 403 00:19:31,037 --> 00:19:34,472 When your work is also what you might do for fun anyways, 404 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:36,941 that's as good as it gets, I think. 405 00:19:43,316 --> 00:19:44,882 JOHNNY: To know what I need out here, 406 00:19:44,918 --> 00:19:47,952 I gotta spend time in nature. 407 00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:50,888 And ultimately, nature tells me what I need. 408 00:19:52,058 --> 00:19:54,792 It's all about banding with nature. 409 00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:56,727 It's being part of it. 410 00:19:58,364 --> 00:20:00,631 JOHNNY: First thing I'm gonna make is an ice chisel. 411 00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:03,834 It's gonna be a chisel that I can more efficiently chop a 412 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,303 hole through the ice. 413 00:20:05,338 --> 00:20:07,071 To get water and, you know, 414 00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:10,074 even to go ice fishing once it's time to do that. 415 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:20,384 Well, it's frozen, so I hope it will close tight. 416 00:20:20,954 --> 00:20:22,653 Probably not. 417 00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:24,889 We will figure it out. 418 00:20:25,191 --> 00:20:27,858 You know, to prepare for the changing of seasons out here, 419 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:29,193 you need to adapt. 420 00:20:29,229 --> 00:20:31,762 And to adapt for winter, I need to make some tools. 421 00:20:31,798 --> 00:20:34,065 Simple tools that I can kind of put up my 422 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,167 own fight against nature. 423 00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:37,802 So, I need to make an ice chisel to clear out an 424 00:20:37,837 --> 00:20:40,471 ice hole to get my water. 425 00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:42,506 I have an old chisel that I'm gonna secure it down 426 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,008 with some cordage. 427 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:46,877 All right, one last knot right here. 428 00:20:46,913 --> 00:20:49,780 Boom. I have my ice pick. 429 00:20:49,983 --> 00:20:50,948 Cool. 430 00:20:50,984 --> 00:20:53,084 Now I just gotta give it a test run. 431 00:20:53,286 --> 00:20:56,120 Ice pick is an essential tool in the Arctic. 432 00:20:56,856 --> 00:20:58,823 An axe, the handle's too short. 433 00:20:58,858 --> 00:21:00,992 And eventually, this ice will be several feet thick. 434 00:21:01,027 --> 00:21:02,693 I won't be able to chop all the way down to get 435 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:04,762 to the water. 436 00:21:04,797 --> 00:21:07,131 So the ice pick is a super vital tool out here 437 00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:08,733 in the Arctic. 438 00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:09,867 Awesome. 439 00:21:09,902 --> 00:21:12,470 I think the next thing to make is gonna be a scooper 440 00:21:12,505 --> 00:21:15,406 to scoop all of the ice chunks out of the hole. 441 00:21:15,675 --> 00:21:18,009 And first thing I'll need is a willow branch, 442 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:20,111 because willow is very malleable. 443 00:21:20,913 --> 00:21:23,114 So, that'll be the choice wood. 444 00:21:23,149 --> 00:21:24,849 So, to make the ice scooper, 445 00:21:24,884 --> 00:21:26,250 I'm gonna use this willow, 446 00:21:26,286 --> 00:21:29,020 bottom of a kerosene can that I have, and some cordage. 447 00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:31,555 It's pretty simple, tie it all together, 448 00:21:31,591 --> 00:21:33,324 and that'll complete the ice scooper. 449 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,493 It'll filter out the water and the ice when I try 450 00:21:35,528 --> 00:21:38,529 to clean out my ice hole. 451 00:21:39,198 --> 00:21:41,632 Don't be an ice hole, dude. 452 00:21:41,868 --> 00:21:44,502 Yeah, it's easy to keep it simple out here 453 00:21:44,537 --> 00:21:46,704 with these tools. 454 00:21:46,939 --> 00:21:48,739 The simple items that I find laying around and the 455 00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:50,875 natural resources around me, 456 00:21:50,910 --> 00:21:52,343 oh yeah, we're getting somewhere with 457 00:21:52,378 --> 00:21:54,245 this bad boy. 458 00:21:54,614 --> 00:21:57,248 I can pretty much make any tool that I need. 459 00:21:57,717 --> 00:21:58,716 Cool. 460 00:21:58,751 --> 00:21:59,850 Yeah, it's rustic looking. 461 00:21:59,886 --> 00:22:01,218 You know, it's got a patina to it. 462 00:22:01,254 --> 00:22:03,421 But to me, you know, that's beauty. 463 00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:06,090 That's, I like this kind of stuff. 464 00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:08,526 I like character. 465 00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:10,895 I'm giving it a little test run. 466 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:14,765 Oh yeah. 467 00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:16,067 Works great. 468 00:22:16,102 --> 00:22:18,769 You know, it's important to repurpose all of the material 469 00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:21,238 I have around here because just that... 470 00:22:21,274 --> 00:22:24,141 its all I have out here. 471 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:26,877 What I have here is what I have. 472 00:22:26,913 --> 00:22:29,480 So, I gotta utilize the materials that I have on hand 473 00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:32,149 to make the items that I need. 474 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,420 It's a good way to separate what you want versus 475 00:22:36,456 --> 00:22:37,888 what you need. 476 00:22:37,924 --> 00:22:40,257 Awesome. I'm pretty happy with that. 477 00:22:40,993 --> 00:22:42,159 The sun's going down. 478 00:22:42,195 --> 00:22:45,363 It's time to get off this cold ice. 479 00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:51,569 JESSI: Huge part of living in Alaska is being able 480 00:22:51,604 --> 00:22:54,004 to adapt to your circumstances and your surroundings. 481 00:22:55,341 --> 00:22:57,241 You gotta survive the winter. 482 00:22:58,911 --> 00:23:00,978 You gotta decide that your life's worth it, right? 483 00:23:02,014 --> 00:23:03,881 (chainsaw motor) 484 00:23:09,622 --> 00:23:11,122 That's a lot of bows, love. 485 00:23:11,157 --> 00:23:12,656 CHRIS: Oh, I just figured I'd cut it all up. 486 00:23:12,692 --> 00:23:14,759 You can use what you want. 487 00:23:16,963 --> 00:23:20,498 NARRATOR: Chris and Jessi Morse are attempting to trap beaver, 488 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:23,567 a key source of meat for winter survival. 489 00:23:24,937 --> 00:23:28,239 But with limited experience navigating the thin ice and 490 00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:31,142 deadly open water of the Cosna River, 491 00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:33,744 they must be extremely careful when setting their traps. 492 00:23:35,782 --> 00:23:37,281 JESSI: I was just trying to think of where 493 00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:38,849 we were gonna set. 494 00:23:38,885 --> 00:23:40,518 Like I wish I could get on the river. 495 00:23:40,553 --> 00:23:42,953 CHRIS: It's deep overflow out here, like. 496 00:23:45,558 --> 00:23:47,124 JESSI: Ooh, yeah. Look how wet that is. 497 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,027 Okay. So, we gotta stay close. 498 00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:52,530 CHRIS: Right in here, you drop some in here, 499 00:23:52,565 --> 00:23:54,732 I bet you're gonna get something. 500 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:58,068 JESSI: So, you think that that is a good spot to snare, 501 00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,036 right there? 502 00:23:59,071 --> 00:24:01,071 CHRIS: I can see underneath the ice a bunch 503 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:02,273 of beaver signs. 504 00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:03,674 Do you see all this funky ice right here? 505 00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:04,975 It's got chunks in it. 506 00:24:05,011 --> 00:24:06,811 JESSI: That's snacking material. 507 00:24:06,846 --> 00:24:08,078 So, I mean, this is it. 508 00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:10,014 This is the only spot that we can put it. 509 00:24:10,049 --> 00:24:12,016 CHRIS: Can you hand me the chainsaw, love? 510 00:24:21,928 --> 00:24:26,230 (chainsaw motor) 511 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:38,742 (chainsaw motor) 512 00:24:41,414 --> 00:24:44,181 Something down there. 513 00:24:44,851 --> 00:24:46,317 I'm not sure what's going on. 514 00:24:46,352 --> 00:24:48,586 Something's weird. I'm gonna try and pry at this. 515 00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:49,520 JESSI: Okay. 516 00:24:49,555 --> 00:24:52,089 CHRIS: Swap me out with the axe. 517 00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:54,892 Weird. 518 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:56,527 JESSI: I'm expecting some three headed beaver to come 519 00:24:56,562 --> 00:24:58,362 out of here or something. 520 00:25:08,274 --> 00:25:10,374 CHRIS: Weird. 521 00:25:10,409 --> 00:25:12,209 JESSI: Is that the ground? 522 00:25:12,245 --> 00:25:14,111 CHRIS: I don't know what's down there. 523 00:25:14,447 --> 00:25:16,213 JESSI: What is that? 524 00:25:25,358 --> 00:25:28,859 JESSI: Dang! This stinks, love. 525 00:25:29,228 --> 00:25:30,394 CHRIS: I'm already this far in. 526 00:25:30,429 --> 00:25:32,463 I gotta get down there and just at least scope it out. 527 00:25:32,498 --> 00:25:33,931 JESSI: I don't know if he's cutting through bank, 528 00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:35,799 or if he's cutting through trash feed, 529 00:25:35,835 --> 00:25:38,602 if he's cutting through the feed pile. 530 00:25:38,638 --> 00:25:41,739 But, just lots of, like, eaten branches. 531 00:25:43,676 --> 00:25:45,409 Wow! 532 00:25:45,444 --> 00:25:47,545 It's like the beaver trash. 533 00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:50,014 So, they're just like super messy adolescent beavers. 534 00:25:50,049 --> 00:25:51,682 CHRIS: That's what I'm thinking. 535 00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:53,551 (bleep) adolescents! 536 00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:54,785 JESSI: Oh my. 537 00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:57,521 CHRIS: it's the entrance into the den I bet, right there. 538 00:25:57,557 --> 00:25:58,989 That's why it's bubblin' out. 539 00:25:59,025 --> 00:26:00,391 JESSI: So, you like, smashed a hole right above 540 00:26:00,426 --> 00:26:01,358 their door jam. 541 00:26:01,394 --> 00:26:02,226 CHRIS: Uh-hmm. 542 00:26:02,261 --> 00:26:03,360 JESSI: This is just a weird one. 543 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,963 This might be kind of a trial and error kinda thing. 544 00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:07,331 CHRIS: We're gonna find somethin' out. 545 00:26:07,366 --> 00:26:11,135 I think we should put a snare, like, right in here, 546 00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:12,736 one right in this corner, and one right in this 547 00:26:12,772 --> 00:26:15,739 corner nice and deep. 548 00:26:15,775 --> 00:26:17,474 JESSI: All right, you wanna place this guy? 549 00:26:17,510 --> 00:26:19,677 CHRIS: Yeah. Let's make sure it. 550 00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:20,544 JESSI: I'm happy. 551 00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:27,251 CHRIS: Yeah. There it goes. 552 00:26:32,158 --> 00:26:34,892 JESSI: I have to be really careful about where I set the snares. 553 00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:35,892 They're just finicky. 554 00:26:35,895 --> 00:26:37,328 They're just finicky little snares. 555 00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:41,165 They have to be twisted just right, faced just right. 556 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,734 I don't wanna walk away from a set that I'm not 100% 557 00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:45,069 dedicated to. 558 00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:48,405 I want every snare to be at its maximum potential. 559 00:26:48,441 --> 00:26:52,543 So that set is at its maximum potential to get a beaver. 560 00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:54,445 All right, right in the middle, right? 561 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:55,879 CHRIS: Uh-hmm. 562 00:26:55,915 --> 00:26:58,015 JESSI: Okay, please don't drop snare. 563 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:00,417 Please don't drop, snare. 564 00:27:00,653 --> 00:27:04,121 So, I really need the snares to be in the exact spots. 565 00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:07,124 I spend a lot of time on my hands, and knees, 566 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:08,892 with my eyes really, really close to that hole, 567 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:11,095 placing those snares. 568 00:27:11,364 --> 00:27:12,296 But they're perfect. 569 00:27:12,331 --> 00:27:13,464 I think they're good. 570 00:27:13,499 --> 00:27:15,733 I think they're in the spot that we need them. 571 00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:16,834 That's good. 572 00:27:16,869 --> 00:27:18,569 CHRIS: All right. 573 00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:20,704 JESSI: All righty-roo! 574 00:27:20,740 --> 00:27:22,473 Well, like, there we go. 575 00:27:22,508 --> 00:27:23,807 CHRIS: I'm worried, does it... 576 00:27:23,843 --> 00:27:25,876 JESSI: We just gotta cover up the hole with snow and 577 00:27:25,911 --> 00:27:29,613 spruce boughs and just hope that tomorrow or the next day when we come out, 578 00:27:29,649 --> 00:27:31,749 maybe we have a beaver on the other end of the snare. 579 00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:41,759 JOHNNY: You know, to prepare for living in the Arctic, 580 00:27:41,794 --> 00:27:43,994 in an environment like this, you got to plan ahead. 581 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:48,399 It's all about preparation in a land like this. 582 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:55,572 JOHNNY: Snow's still haven't come yet. 583 00:27:55,608 --> 00:27:57,307 But they will, and when they do come, 584 00:27:57,343 --> 00:27:59,309 I wanna be prepared. 585 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:01,445 So, I'm making this snow shovel. 586 00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:08,819 So this is part of a 55-gallon drum. 587 00:28:10,389 --> 00:28:13,090 Looks like it'd make a good shovel, so I cut it. 588 00:28:13,392 --> 00:28:15,826 There's no instruction booklet for any of this stuff. 589 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,261 There's only one way to find out, 590 00:28:17,296 --> 00:28:19,596 is just to just try it. 591 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:25,302 Yeah, just go anywhere you want, saw. 592 00:28:25,337 --> 00:28:26,804 No matter where you live, 593 00:28:26,839 --> 00:28:30,040 you gotta be prepared for that environment. 594 00:28:31,343 --> 00:28:33,911 So I'm just gonna cut a couple brackets out of this. 595 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:36,380 And in this environment, it's even more crucial to be 596 00:28:36,415 --> 00:28:39,049 prepared because it's the elements that you're facing. 597 00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:41,785 It's, it's nature, it's very stark contrast. 598 00:28:42,288 --> 00:28:44,621 You're either living or you're dying. 599 00:28:45,191 --> 00:28:46,957 There's not a damn thing in between. 600 00:28:46,992 --> 00:28:49,860 Whoo-hoo! Yeah! We're in business. 601 00:28:52,998 --> 00:28:55,199 Shovel store is open. 602 00:28:56,469 --> 00:28:58,802 Ultimately, you can make a living or you can 603 00:28:58,838 --> 00:29:01,105 buy a living. 604 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,041 And I tried buying my living and it didn't work for me. 605 00:29:04,744 --> 00:29:06,376 To pay for everything we need, 606 00:29:06,412 --> 00:29:08,011 to have people do everything for us, 607 00:29:08,047 --> 00:29:09,847 I don't think that's natural. 608 00:29:09,882 --> 00:29:11,548 It's all about being reliable. 609 00:29:11,584 --> 00:29:14,785 Do you wanna rely on others or do you wanna rely on yourself? 610 00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:16,720 It's pretty good. 611 00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:19,690 In a place like this, I choose to rely on myself. 612 00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:26,497 This is gonna help with my success of the winter, 613 00:29:26,532 --> 00:29:27,965 that's what this is gonna do. 614 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,968 One less thing I gotta worry about now. 615 00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:33,103 But, I gotta keep pushing on. 616 00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:38,075 MICHAEL: Cold weather is really hard. 617 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:40,377 And really, the only way that you can keep them energy 618 00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:42,946 levels up is just gettin' out and workin' in the weather. 619 00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:45,182 You gotta condition yourself for. 620 00:29:45,217 --> 00:29:48,352 You gotta stay outside as long as you can. 621 00:29:48,654 --> 00:29:51,622 You gotta let them toes get a little cold here and there. 622 00:29:55,761 --> 00:30:01,799 (barking and howling) 623 00:30:06,338 --> 00:30:07,738 MICHAEL: All right. 624 00:30:07,773 --> 00:30:13,610 This thing wouldn't be complete without a set of moose antlers. 625 00:30:13,646 --> 00:30:16,180 That'll be something that I can wrap up my gang lines with 626 00:30:16,215 --> 00:30:18,382 when I'm not using them. 627 00:30:20,786 --> 00:30:22,786 And with some crazy mayhem like this, 628 00:30:22,822 --> 00:30:24,555 we need some patriotism as well. 629 00:30:28,027 --> 00:30:30,494 Another cool thing about this rig, 630 00:30:30,529 --> 00:30:33,697 is it's got this big bright red hook, 631 00:30:33,732 --> 00:30:36,200 and it's welded right to the frame. 632 00:30:36,235 --> 00:30:38,435 That's a perfect spot to hook up a gang line. 633 00:30:43,709 --> 00:30:47,611 I'm puttin' my four most rambunctious, crazy, 634 00:30:47,646 --> 00:30:50,214 powerful malamutes on the gang line. 635 00:30:53,452 --> 00:30:55,886 Haw! 636 00:30:55,921 --> 00:30:57,054 There's a lot of frenzied... 637 00:30:57,089 --> 00:30:58,222 Come here. 638 00:30:58,257 --> 00:31:00,591 Nervous energy pent up in these dogs because they've 639 00:31:00,626 --> 00:31:01,992 been sittin' for some time. 640 00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:05,395 Line up! 641 00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:10,701 Try to keep the teams small in the early season runs. 642 00:31:10,736 --> 00:31:12,502 So that way there, they're more comfortable just working 643 00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:14,371 with a smaller group. 644 00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:15,906 Hop up! Come on. 645 00:31:15,941 --> 00:31:17,774 But hooking them up to an automobile, 646 00:31:17,810 --> 00:31:19,810 that's entirely new for them. 647 00:31:19,845 --> 00:31:21,445 Come on. Gee, over. 648 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,314 They've never ran in front of one and had to focus on 649 00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:27,251 keeping that gang line tight. 650 00:31:28,587 --> 00:31:31,555 And so, hopefully, this goes well. 651 00:31:36,295 --> 00:31:38,495 Go get 'em! 652 00:31:38,530 --> 00:31:41,999 Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw! 653 00:31:42,034 --> 00:31:43,967 Go! Go! Go! 654 00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:46,703 What the (bleep)? 655 00:31:57,316 --> 00:31:59,283 What the (bleep)? 656 00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:12,162 Line up that way. You go that way. 657 00:32:13,799 --> 00:32:15,432 Look, that way. 658 00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:17,534 'Kay? 659 00:32:17,836 --> 00:32:19,436 Stay. 660 00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:21,705 Shh! Quiet down. 661 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:28,178 You ready? 662 00:32:28,213 --> 00:32:31,281 Go! Go get 'em! 663 00:32:34,887 --> 00:32:37,554 Go get 'em! Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw! 664 00:32:39,959 --> 00:32:41,858 Straight ahead. 665 00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:45,862 We're just gonna go kinda slow. 666 00:32:45,898 --> 00:32:49,499 Let 'em get used to runnin' down the road. 667 00:32:49,735 --> 00:32:52,035 All right. 668 00:32:52,071 --> 00:32:54,271 You know, I just have this thing in drive, 669 00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:57,074 just so that I keep, keep some forward motion going. 670 00:32:57,109 --> 00:32:58,342 I'm not jerkin' 'em. 671 00:32:58,377 --> 00:33:01,645 But they're kinda pullin' this thing. 672 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,181 I wanna keep a constant weight on 'em. 673 00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:06,583 So I'm looking for a really tight tug line. 674 00:33:06,618 --> 00:33:09,486 You don't want to let dogs free-run in the early season 675 00:33:09,521 --> 00:33:11,054 because this is about conditioning, 676 00:33:11,090 --> 00:33:12,756 holding them back. 677 00:33:12,791 --> 00:33:15,092 Hop up! Yup! Yup! 678 00:33:16,261 --> 00:33:18,595 And so the gas pedal, the brakes, 679 00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:22,966 this all helps me keep these dogs at a precise six and a 680 00:33:23,002 --> 00:33:25,969 half to seven miles an hour. 681 00:33:27,306 --> 00:33:28,939 Good boys! 682 00:33:28,974 --> 00:33:32,242 This is just a really safe way of gettin' them first 683 00:33:32,277 --> 00:33:34,177 early season miles on the dogs. 684 00:33:34,213 --> 00:33:36,847 I'm really liking this. 685 00:33:42,287 --> 00:33:43,520 I could see it now. 686 00:33:43,555 --> 00:33:47,124 I have an entire eight-dog team hooked up to this thing. 687 00:33:47,926 --> 00:33:50,360 Best 500 bucks I ever spent. 688 00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:53,964 They have done about a three or four mile loop. 689 00:33:53,999 --> 00:33:56,099 I could tell they're tuckered up. 690 00:33:56,735 --> 00:33:58,802 All right. Do you guys like your new toy? 691 00:33:59,938 --> 00:34:02,506 Do you like your new toy? 692 00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:05,142 Good boys. 693 00:34:05,177 --> 00:34:08,045 They've never been hooked up to an automobile before, 694 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,346 and they don't seem to mind. 695 00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:10,947 I think that went really well. 696 00:34:10,983 --> 00:34:13,784 It's really special to see these guys subjected to 697 00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:16,486 something new and prevail. 698 00:34:16,522 --> 00:34:18,522 Good boy. Good boy. 699 00:34:26,131 --> 00:34:28,165 CHRIS: The Cosna's always throwing curve balls. 700 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,333 Every year, it's something different. 701 00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,870 I feel like everything on this river's fighting against us. 702 00:34:33,906 --> 00:34:35,705 But we can't just pack up and head back to the lake 703 00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:38,008 where we know there's just nothing there for us to trap. 704 00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:43,647 We gotta make it work or we're gonna go hungry and 705 00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:45,449 it's gonna be a tough winter. 706 00:34:48,587 --> 00:34:51,688 CHRIS: Rock Solid. 707 00:34:51,723 --> 00:34:52,889 We're feeling good about it. 708 00:34:52,925 --> 00:34:54,991 We got the three snares set exactly where I think the 709 00:34:55,027 --> 00:34:57,794 beavers running through and maybe we got the beaver and 710 00:34:57,830 --> 00:34:59,729 it's just stuck down under the ice. 711 00:34:59,765 --> 00:35:01,765 And so I won't know until I chip it all out. 712 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,900 But I'm hopeful. 713 00:35:05,404 --> 00:35:06,670 JESSI: Oop! Okay. 714 00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:08,405 I think that's it. 715 00:35:09,041 --> 00:35:10,674 BOTH: Oh! 716 00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:13,076 CHRIS: We had a beaver. 717 00:35:13,112 --> 00:35:14,744 That is disheartening. 718 00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:15,979 JESSI: Wow! 719 00:35:16,014 --> 00:35:17,581 So he must have gotten it real tight. 720 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:20,550 You know, this triggered, and then he chewed on this 721 00:35:20,586 --> 00:35:21,918 to pull this thing down. 722 00:35:21,954 --> 00:35:23,653 You see how when I pull that, it comes down? 723 00:35:23,689 --> 00:35:24,821 CHRIS: Yeah. 724 00:35:24,857 --> 00:35:26,423 JESSI: So, we had a beaver for a short period of time. 725 00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:27,357 Yeah? 726 00:35:27,392 --> 00:35:28,358 That's a strong beaver. 727 00:35:28,393 --> 00:35:29,459 CHRIS: Yeah. I'm impressed. 728 00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:30,627 JESSI: That's a super strong beaver. 729 00:35:30,662 --> 00:35:31,728 CHRIS: Let's check out the other one. 730 00:35:31,763 --> 00:35:33,430 Maybe it got caught in the other one. 731 00:35:36,869 --> 00:35:38,135 Nothin'. 732 00:35:38,170 --> 00:35:40,103 JESSI: Nada. 733 00:35:40,339 --> 00:35:42,339 CHRIS: It's like a tornado going around in circles 734 00:35:42,374 --> 00:35:44,207 all around your snare. 735 00:35:44,243 --> 00:35:45,842 JESSI: Maybe because it's the river? 736 00:35:45,878 --> 00:35:46,877 CHRIS: Yeah. 737 00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:48,311 So, it's just very new to me. 738 00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:51,214 I'm just, I've never seen them pile sticks around 739 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:52,516 snares like that. 740 00:35:52,551 --> 00:35:53,850 JESSI: It's. 741 00:35:53,886 --> 00:35:55,285 CHRIS: Very strange. 742 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:56,620 Smart beavers. 743 00:35:56,655 --> 00:35:58,355 JESSI: New type of beaver. 744 00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:00,290 CHRIS: It's the strangest thing. 745 00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:03,226 It's almost like they're putting caution tape up 746 00:36:03,262 --> 00:36:04,895 around our snares. 747 00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:07,297 I've never seen beavers go to so much lengths to block a 748 00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:09,466 snare with sticks like this. 749 00:36:09,501 --> 00:36:10,734 Damn! 750 00:36:10,769 --> 00:36:12,235 JESSI: We were so close. We were so close! 751 00:36:12,271 --> 00:36:14,771 CHRIS: Maybe, maybe this other one has it in him. 752 00:36:14,806 --> 00:36:16,039 JESSI: Last one? 753 00:36:16,074 --> 00:36:17,841 CHRIS: Well, let's find out. 754 00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:20,677 JESSI: Wow, that's deep, Chris. 755 00:36:20,712 --> 00:36:22,045 CHRIS: Okay. 756 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,814 Let me see if I can find your snare. 757 00:36:25,083 --> 00:36:27,384 Jessi is very meticulous on where she puts 'em. 758 00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:28,952 We spent the time, we put 'em in right. 759 00:36:28,987 --> 00:36:30,887 Why aren't we gettin' any beaver? 760 00:36:30,923 --> 00:36:32,956 Oop. Look at that. 761 00:36:34,226 --> 00:36:35,992 JESSI: They ate the bait pole. 762 00:36:36,028 --> 00:36:37,861 CHRIS: I think I'm gonna have to go down to my T-shirt, 763 00:36:37,896 --> 00:36:39,896 stick my arm down in there. 764 00:36:39,932 --> 00:36:41,364 JESSI: Okay. 765 00:36:41,633 --> 00:36:43,233 CHRIS: Okay. 766 00:36:48,106 --> 00:36:49,239 There's somethin' fuzzy down in there. 767 00:36:49,274 --> 00:36:51,341 JESSI: No way. CHRIS: Yeah. JESSI: No. Stop it. 768 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:53,176 CHRIS: It's wrapped up in sticks. 769 00:36:53,212 --> 00:36:55,378 Holy cow! This thing is heavy. 770 00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:57,080 Oh! I almost got it. Almost got it. 771 00:36:57,115 --> 00:36:58,215 JESSI: Do you really? 772 00:36:58,250 --> 00:36:59,616 Are you serious? Are you serious? 773 00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:01,051 CHRIS: Yeah. JESSI: Let me see. 774 00:37:01,086 --> 00:37:02,285 CHRIS: I'm trying right now. 775 00:37:02,321 --> 00:37:03,520 JESSI: Let me see. No way! 776 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:04,788 CHRIS: It's (bleep) massive! 777 00:37:04,823 --> 00:37:07,524 JESSI: No way! CHRIS: I got it! JESSI: Holy cow! 778 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,701 CHRIS: It's (bleep) massive! JESSI: No way! 779 00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:19,069 CHRIS: I'm trying to find an end of it. 780 00:37:19,104 --> 00:37:20,737 I got it. 781 00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:22,505 JESSI: Stop. CHRIS: I got it. (bleep) massive! 782 00:37:22,541 --> 00:37:23,540 JESSI: Holy cow! 783 00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:25,242 CHRIS: It's (bleep) huge! 784 00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:27,177 JESSI: Holy Smokes! 785 00:37:27,212 --> 00:37:29,512 There is a beaver on the end of the snare. 786 00:37:29,548 --> 00:37:31,147 Like, we did it. 787 00:37:31,183 --> 00:37:32,882 We got a beaver! 788 00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:35,819 Holy smokes! 789 00:37:35,854 --> 00:37:37,887 This is a huge, monster beaver. 790 00:37:37,923 --> 00:37:41,024 We have succeeded in this really difficult deep river. 791 00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:43,126 And I've never done this type of set, but, like, 792 00:37:43,161 --> 00:37:45,295 it paid off. 793 00:37:45,330 --> 00:37:46,963 CHRIS: That's a good looking beav. 794 00:37:46,999 --> 00:37:48,265 JESSI: That's a big beaver. 795 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:50,133 It's a huge beaver. 796 00:37:50,168 --> 00:37:51,534 After all that work. 797 00:37:51,570 --> 00:37:52,769 And in the river. 798 00:37:52,804 --> 00:37:55,505 Like, the first time in the stinking river and we did it. 799 00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:57,040 Oh my goodness. 800 00:37:57,075 --> 00:37:58,041 CHRIS: Good job. 801 00:37:58,076 --> 00:37:59,643 JESSI: Oh, my goodness! 802 00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:01,311 CHRIS: Well, let's get it dried off, 803 00:38:01,346 --> 00:38:04,281 and then we have a long ways to drag this guy home. 804 00:38:04,516 --> 00:38:06,016 JESSI: Thank you for your life, beaver. 805 00:38:06,051 --> 00:38:08,551 Nothing will go unused. 806 00:38:08,587 --> 00:38:09,986 We appreciate you and we appreciate your life. 807 00:38:11,690 --> 00:38:13,857 Take it home! 808 00:38:14,259 --> 00:38:16,459 CHRIS: Oh! He's huge. 809 00:38:17,062 --> 00:38:18,295 I'm pretty excited. 810 00:38:18,330 --> 00:38:19,896 All of our hard work is finally paying off. 811 00:38:19,931 --> 00:38:21,798 Everything's finally coming into focus. 812 00:38:21,833 --> 00:38:24,334 The Cosna just likes to push us to the edge of breaking. 813 00:38:24,369 --> 00:38:26,970 And it just goes to show that you just can't give up. 814 00:38:27,005 --> 00:38:29,005 You just gotta keep moving forward and keep pushing and 815 00:38:29,041 --> 00:38:31,741 the Cosna will reward you. 816 00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:44,888 ALEX: I've begun this big journey towards clearing my 817 00:38:44,923 --> 00:38:47,657 cabin to make it safer from a forest fire. 818 00:38:50,762 --> 00:38:53,797 But on any big journey, you know, my experience has 819 00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:56,733 taught me that the best thing to do is to enjoy the work. 820 00:38:56,768 --> 00:38:57,867 Because if I enjoy the work, 821 00:38:57,903 --> 00:38:59,469 and then I'll keep doing it, 822 00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:01,004 and then one day, it'll be finished. 823 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:03,640 So, the ritual's complete. 824 00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:06,476 It's to be the first of many. 825 00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,645 So, this is only the beginning. 826 00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:13,883 It's gonna take me a long time of doing this many, 827 00:39:13,919 --> 00:39:15,919 many times before the mission's complete. 828 00:39:17,255 --> 00:39:20,123 So this will have to become a habit for me. 829 00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:22,292 Okay. It's just the door. 830 00:39:23,895 --> 00:39:26,129 When you live further from society, 831 00:39:26,164 --> 00:39:27,997 you gotta do more things on your own. 832 00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:29,799 I mean, that's just kinda how it is. 833 00:39:29,835 --> 00:39:33,203 If I wanna get help, I gotta first help myself. 834 00:39:34,005 --> 00:39:39,042 This will just help kill the coals more quickly. 835 00:39:39,077 --> 00:39:41,511 Keep fresh oxygen from getting in so easily. 836 00:39:42,614 --> 00:39:45,715 And help keep any, 837 00:39:45,751 --> 00:39:48,685 anybody or anything from falling in. 838 00:39:49,187 --> 00:39:52,088 There we go. 839 00:39:52,591 --> 00:39:54,224 Well, that's that. 840 00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:56,826 For now, I'm not safe from a forest fire, 841 00:39:56,862 --> 00:39:59,295 but I'm a little bit closer. 842 00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:02,665 MICHAEL: This little micro four-wheel drive used to haul 843 00:40:02,701 --> 00:40:04,701 a girl to college every day. 844 00:40:05,036 --> 00:40:07,971 But now, it's got a whole new life out here at basecamp. 845 00:40:09,441 --> 00:40:11,975 It's got all sorts of utility. 846 00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:14,844 And just like everything else I own, it's multifaceted. 847 00:40:15,981 --> 00:40:17,947 So this is just the beginning for this thing. 848 00:40:25,724 --> 00:40:28,425 This is the funnest $500 I've ever spent. 849 00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:33,096 This thing's all about freedom, America, donuts, 850 00:40:33,131 --> 00:40:34,864 and some malamutes. 851 00:40:36,468 --> 00:40:38,101 Oh (bleep). 852 00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:40,370 That type of freedom, 853 00:40:40,405 --> 00:40:43,773 to be able to take something that is essentially trash, 854 00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:46,743 and turn into a very useful tool. 855 00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:51,681 Everything around my life is designed to be sustainable and affordable. 856 00:41:00,559 --> 00:41:02,892 JESSI: All right. Beaver. 857 00:41:02,928 --> 00:41:05,395 I finally got the monster beaver that we were after. 858 00:41:08,366 --> 00:41:10,600 Living out at the Cosna brings sort of respect to 859 00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:12,268 everything around you. 860 00:41:12,304 --> 00:41:13,937 It brings respect to the river, 861 00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:16,139 and to the trees that heat you, 862 00:41:16,174 --> 00:41:17,841 and to the animals that feed you. 863 00:41:17,876 --> 00:41:20,610 These beavers are tough. 864 00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:23,713 This is an amazing experience for us and nothing 865 00:41:23,748 --> 00:41:25,582 will go to waste. 866 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:28,284 CHRIS: Oh, wow! 867 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,453 JESSI: Holy cow! 868 00:41:30,489 --> 00:41:32,555 CHRIS: Has a really good-looking haunch there. 869 00:41:33,258 --> 00:41:34,290 JESSI: That's awesome. 870 00:41:34,326 --> 00:41:37,660 Like, just this is, just this is at least three 871 00:41:37,696 --> 00:41:38,928 meals for us. 872 00:41:38,964 --> 00:41:40,363 CHRIS: And look how fatty it is. 873 00:41:40,398 --> 00:41:42,799 You can see it glisten across there from the fat. 874 00:41:44,236 --> 00:41:46,135 Beaver's one of our favorite meats out here. 875 00:41:46,171 --> 00:41:47,403 It's a nice fatty meat. 876 00:41:47,439 --> 00:41:49,038 Man, it packs some power. 877 00:41:49,074 --> 00:41:51,140 When we wake up and we look over at that thermometer and 878 00:41:51,176 --> 00:41:53,610 it's needled out below fifty, below zero, 879 00:41:53,645 --> 00:41:56,179 those are the days we eat beaver meat. 880 00:41:56,748 --> 00:41:58,548 JESSI: To a good trapping season, yeah? 881 00:41:58,583 --> 00:42:00,483 CHRIS: Yeah. JESSI: First one. 882 00:42:01,386 --> 00:42:03,319 (crunching) 883 00:42:03,989 --> 00:42:06,990 CHRIS: Mmm! Excellent. That's good. 884 00:42:07,526 --> 00:42:08,791 JESSI: That's rich meat. 885 00:42:08,827 --> 00:42:10,426 CHRIS: It's very rich. 886 00:42:10,462 --> 00:42:11,694 Thank you, beaver. 887 00:42:11,730 --> 00:42:13,963 JESSI: Thanks, beaver. 888 00:42:14,499 --> 00:42:15,865 CHRIS: Mm. 889 00:42:19,204 --> 00:42:21,204 JOHNNY: To have a thought and to apply it, 890 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:22,906 and actually build it, to use it, 891 00:42:22,941 --> 00:42:24,707 and to see that it's functional, is very, 892 00:42:24,743 --> 00:42:26,376 very satisfying. 893 00:42:26,411 --> 00:42:29,779 So, this is a chainsaw chain. 894 00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:34,484 And when I was putting my window in, I hit a spike. 895 00:42:37,989 --> 00:42:39,722 Oh God! 896 00:42:39,758 --> 00:42:41,157 (bleep). 897 00:42:41,192 --> 00:42:42,892 That's why you gotta wear eye protection. 898 00:42:42,928 --> 00:42:45,094 My mom's probably pretty upset with me at this point. 899 00:42:46,298 --> 00:42:48,498 It's just too damaged. 900 00:42:48,533 --> 00:42:50,300 So find another use for it. 901 00:42:50,335 --> 00:42:52,235 And that's what I do out here. 902 00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:53,736 Take something that's damaged and I turn it 903 00:42:53,772 --> 00:42:55,705 into something new. 904 00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:59,108 So, I think this chainsaw will act as a nice ice cleat 905 00:42:59,377 --> 00:43:01,878 if I could strap it to the bottom of my boot. 906 00:43:02,247 --> 00:43:04,113 The ice cleats are gonna be pretty vital for me out 907 00:43:04,149 --> 00:43:07,283 here walking around on slippery ice. 908 00:43:07,319 --> 00:43:10,253 So, I have an old chainsaw chain laying around, 909 00:43:10,689 --> 00:43:13,623 so I'm gonna utilize that for some cleats. 910 00:43:14,659 --> 00:43:16,492 I like to keep it simple out here. 911 00:43:16,528 --> 00:43:19,696 I need something that works and I need it to be available. 912 00:43:19,731 --> 00:43:20,964 And not only that, 913 00:43:20,999 --> 00:43:24,133 I need it to be made from materials I have around my camp. 914 00:43:24,369 --> 00:43:25,602 There it is. 915 00:43:25,637 --> 00:43:28,905 That's all four of 'em, all tied on. 916 00:43:30,508 --> 00:43:32,141 Yeah, they feel pretty good. 917 00:43:32,177 --> 00:43:34,611 A lot of people see a frozen landscape and they think 918 00:43:34,646 --> 00:43:36,045 "Time to go inside", 919 00:43:36,081 --> 00:43:38,648 but for me, it's time to go outside. 920 00:43:38,683 --> 00:43:40,083 I don't wanna sit inside and watch it. 921 00:43:40,118 --> 00:43:42,418 I wanna get out there and experience it. 922 00:43:42,921 --> 00:43:45,121 What you doing, girl, huh? 923 00:43:45,156 --> 00:43:47,156 What you doing, girl? 924 00:43:47,192 --> 00:43:49,192 What you doing, huh? 925 00:43:49,227 --> 00:43:51,794 Come on, come on, come on. 926 00:43:52,564 --> 00:43:55,131 Mother Nature brings out the vulnerability in me out here. 927 00:43:56,001 --> 00:43:57,867 And it's just when I think I have a grip of things, 928 00:43:57,902 --> 00:43:59,636 she switches gears. 929 00:43:59,671 --> 00:44:01,904 And it's up to me to either adapt or to 930 00:44:01,940 --> 00:44:03,339 face the consequences. 931 00:44:05,644 --> 00:44:09,078 And it's all about adaptation and preparation. 932 00:44:09,314 --> 00:44:11,481 If you can harness those simple principles, 933 00:44:11,516 --> 00:44:14,183 that's what's gonna keep you coming home every night. 934 00:44:14,219 --> 00:44:16,486 That's what's gonna keep you safe. 935 00:44:16,855 --> 00:44:19,188 That's what's gonna keep you living wild. 936 00:44:21,426 --> 00:44:22,892 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.