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MICHAEL: It is very sobering,
pondering what it is like for
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somebody to freeze to death,
and how easy it is.
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I could count personally, nine
or ten people that I care about,
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who were killed by this
environment here in Alaska.
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And so, there are certain
things that I try to do to
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prepare for the dire situation
in below-zero weather.
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And one of them is
survival training.
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But when you're out
here and it's below zero,
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it's not a practice run.
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I have to figure
out how to survive.
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All right.
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We got about a 30-mile an hour
wind on this no-name river.
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This is survival training.
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I was trained at the
Black Rapids Northern
Warfare Training Center
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for mountaineering and
cold weather survival.
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But things change a little bit
when you don't have all that
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military equipment
that you were issued.
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NARRATOR: For Michael Manzo,
having the skills to endure
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the cold and lonely Alaska
wilderness is a matter
of life or death.
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But even though this
was a planned exercise,
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an oncoming storm could
quickly turn his test into a
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real world fight for survival.
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MICHAEL: This happens
all the time in Alaska.
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The river hasn't quite
solidified like it would this
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time of the year
because of climate change.
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And so, you have
a sled go down,
a snow machine.
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It broke through
the ice so fast,
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couldn't recover nothing.
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You're many, many, many
miles away from your home.
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Walking out is the wrong idea.
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You gotta hunker down, you're
waiting on people to find you
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based off your trip report.
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If I'm two days overdue,
please come help.
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So, two days before they
realize you're missing,
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if the weather cooperates,
two days for authorities
to come looking for you.
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You add those days up.
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Four days to survive the
below-zero weather with
what's in your pockets.
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And so, it begins.
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JESSI: There's just so many
things that I absolutely
rely on in the city.
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And being out here, I
rely on my own two hands.
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And that's pure
freedom for me.
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Well, dang.
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That's one empty snare.
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And nothing's come
through here in a
couple days, for sure.
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It's been snowing and
there's no new tracks,
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so I think I'm just gonna
take this guy down.
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Something that I spend a lot of
time out here doing is just
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setting traps and
just following tracks.
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But there is no
tracks around the cabin.
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I'm looking, like,
I've been out.
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This guy is right there,
he hasn't been touched,
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so I'm gonna just leave that
there and go find the next one.
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It's a big deal to get
fresh meat out here,
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to be able to sustain
our bodies and to be
able to live out here.
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Ah, damn. Nothing.
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Last year I had one
spot that I was trapping,
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but this year it's proving to
be a little bit more difficult.
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Nothing yet.
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I'd really like to have
a cabin wherever I'm
putting my trap line,
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but my trap line moves.
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So, I'd like my cabin to move.
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Like a micro-trapping cabin.
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All right, so it's going to be
taller than it is wide, right?
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CHRIS: I'm guessing, I
haven't measured yet,
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but I'm guessing our trail is
no more than four feet wide.
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And then it's gotta be long
enough that we can lay down in
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it and have a
wood stove in it,
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so it's gotta be
like eight feet long.
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Jessi really wants
to push out farther,
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and if we had a portable cabin
that could actually move from
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trapping area to
trapping area,
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this would just
be a game-changer.
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JESSI: And then
we got the skis.
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Okay.
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What do you wanna start with?
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CHRIS: The first thing I'd like
to do is just measure the trail,
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see how much we have to cut
down to make this feasible.
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Hey!
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Oh, that looks really tiny.
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JESSI: Yeah.
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CHRIS: Um, so
that's four-foot-six.
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Can we fit in this?
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Okay.
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Ooh, she's gonna
be a tight bed.
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All right, let's
walk our trail.
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As I'm walking along holding
up the stick nice and high as
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I am as wide, if not
wider, than the building.
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So, if I can fit
through the trail,
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the building can fit
through the trail.
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JESSI: Close.
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Definitely gonna have
to take that one out.
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CHRIS: Okay.
Let me see about these two.
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JESSI: Yeah, I think we're
gonna have to get those,
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the birch, and
this spruce for sure.
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CHRIS: Watch out.
JESSI: We got a lot to do.
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CHRIS: Oh, yeah.
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JOHNNY: This is one of
the most far removed places
that I could possibly find.
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There's no boundaries,
there's no, there's no limits.
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It's freedom out here.
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I think, ultimately,
that's what we're all after,
is freedom.
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It, it's feeling
pretty thawed back here.
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You know, I won't know if
the brain is thawed until
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I actually cut it
open but, yeah.
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The mouth has movement,
it's pretty malleable.
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The Arctic is an unforgiving
place in the winter.
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Java and I both are
experiencing temperatures
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we've never felt before.
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And Java is not
Arctic-friendly naturally.
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And I can see that
she's starting to
struggle with the cold.
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So, I'm gonna use a caribou
hide to make her some
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booties and a parka.
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I think I'm gonna utilize the
brains from the hide to tan it.
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It's something I've
never done before.
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This will all be new to me.
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But it's something we've
been doing as people
for thousands of years.
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Tanning the hides
with the brains.
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What do you say, Java?
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I think it would be
disrespectful to use just
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selective parts of an animal.
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Some people kill
just for the meat,
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but I think you can dive in
and get creative and use
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a lot more than that.
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We're not running around
just trying to kill
everything that we see.
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Cool. So, the hide's off.
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That's not the way
it works out here.
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That's a fast way to
get rejected by nature.
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Never done this before,
but that's the joy.
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Always be doing something new.
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I don't like to repeat
things over and over again.
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It's the curiosity that
keeps me going out here.
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I'm learning new
things always.
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That's all the brain.
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I just need to boil this.
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I'm gonna boil this
for a couple hours,
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and it'll make a paste, kinda
like mayonnaise consistency.
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And that's what I'll
use to rub into the hide.
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Like a witch's stew out here.
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Java, your paws are cold, huh?
She keeps lifting her paws up.
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We'll get you
inside soon, huh?
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You know, the end result of
this is gonna help Java
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bear this cold weather.
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And ultimately, her being
able to handle the weather
is gonna help me.
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And hopefully by tomorrow this
will be nice and cooled down,
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and I'll be able to
apply it to the hide.
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So, we'll see how
this process works.
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BRITTANY: To raise a family
out here in rural Alaska,
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it takes a lot of planning,
or you end up having
issues later on.
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KALEB: One of these two mounds
is our foundation materials.
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(laughing).
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Got you, Gilbert.
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BRITTANY: So, Gil and Ellie.
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What are you most excited
about building a sauna?
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GILBERT: I dunno.
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BRITTANY: We're gonna build
it where we have a little room
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that's a sauna and then a
bigger area that we can hang
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out and play games.
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Kaleb and I are going to
start our sauna build.
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I am so excited about this.
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I've been wanting
one for quite a while.
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KALEB: Um, I'll roll a couple of
these short ones out of the way,
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and we'll yard
these out of here.
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BRITTANY: A lot of our
life here is winter.
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It's dark.
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At least seven months we
have cold temperatures,
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if not also snow.
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So, I thought having a way
to heat us up more would
be a really great idea.
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And I'm excited to
have this sauna here.
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KALEB: That was heavy.
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BRITTANY: Yeah.
KALEB: All right.
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I think we've got
what we need for a bit.
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BRITTANY: Okay.
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KALEB: Let's go get started
and not get too overwhelmed
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with materials here.
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Brittany has long pestered
me about having a sauna,
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and I finally got to thinking,
I am a professional builder
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and I end up with a lot of
varied building materials
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leftover from jobs.
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I'm gonna pull every single
trick out of my bag of tricks
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to make this the sweetest
sauna in the entire valley here.
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BRITTANY: So, what all are
we going to get done today?
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KALEB: I'm hoping to
get the floor done.
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BRITTANY: Okay.
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KALEB: Our skids, floor
joists, and we've gotta
plywood the whole thing.
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BRITTANY: Okay.
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KALEB: Thank you.
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BRITTANY: One thing that I'm
really excited about when it
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comes to this sauna is
the family time we'll have,
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where we get to go slower,
just share memories,
share stories.
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I'm super excited.
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Well, I'm pretty impressed
with how much we got done today.
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KALEB: It's quite an effort
for two people and kids
quote-unquote "helping".
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BRITTANY: Very true.
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KALEB: Now, I just gotta
turn it into a building.
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MICHAEL: You can talk about
survival theory all you want.
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You can make videos about all
your elaborate survival gear,
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but you've gotta get out
here in the below-zero
temps and test them.
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Because now, that
could mean your life.
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This survival
training, stranded.
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No food.
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This is the worst
of it right here.
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But this is something
I've been trained to do.
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Sun's going down mighty quick.
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Son of a bitch.
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And so, I'm gonna build a
basic shelter that's just big
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enough for me to crawl into.
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Already.
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The blade snapped
like a toothpick.
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Now all I have is like
two, three inches of blade.
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This is not some
sort of a fun game.
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I have to know what
works and what doesn't.
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When I did my cold
weather survival training,
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I was taught to
build a snow cave.
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But we had sleeping bags,
and so this is the true test.
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All the branches piled
up into a little tunnel,
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that's gonna be like rebar.
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Because this is all gonna
get filled in with snow.
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Fill in any tiny little hole.
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And when this sets up,
it'll turn to concrete and
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make it an insulated shelter.
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A little pocket of warmth.
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Number one priority is gotta
get through this first night
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without freezing.
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And so, once I seal this off,
I ain't breaking the seal,
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because at night, it gets
doubly cold down here
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near the river valley.
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You're not gonna get no
eight hours of rest out here.
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Maybe, at most, two hours
between some shivering.
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It's a humbling thing.
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But I'm gonna try.
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But this snow cave,
this is providing nothing.
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There's a storm coming.
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I'm facing frostbite
or even death.
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Hunker down, survive.
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Finally, I just bounced
out of there about 5:00 AM.
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My feet were cold,
my hands were cold.
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I had excruciating pain,
then I had numbness.
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I started a fire and
I roasted my hands,
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got 'em warm again.
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So that snow shelter, it's
really not working properly,
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'cause there's not a good
enough blanket of insulation
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on the ground,
which is the snow.
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And so, really, what I was
doing was I was sitting in a
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little ice box
that was freezing.
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That's why I'm out here, to
realize that how I was trained
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to survive is only going to
work in certain conditions.
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In the long run, I feel
prepared to continue on this
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survival simulation,
but it's not going as
easy as I wanted it to.
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And that is an eye-opener.
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BRITTANY: There's a
lot of unrest going on
in the world right now.
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Any time that a
family can come together,
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that's a really wonderful
way to create harmony.
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KALEB: Okay, we can
start pulling layout.
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BRITTANY: Okay.
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So when we're
done cutting these.
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We're going to
get them up there?
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KALEB: We're gonna start,
finish framing out the roof.
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BRITTANY: Okay.
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KALEB: Then we'll
get some sheeting on.
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So, my hope is that this sauna
goes off super smoothly and we
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have a nice, square building.
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But you never know.
It's Alaska.
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All right, rafter.
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BRITTANY: I thought you
weren't supposed to
stand on the blue part?
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KALEB: Oh, it's
merely a suggestion.
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BRITTANY: I would assume that
it's too high but I guess not.
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KALEB: Come help hold it.
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Look at that!
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BRITTANY: Yeah.
KALEB: Nice, proud roof.
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BRITTANY: So,
what's after this step?
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KALEB: Sheeting.
BRITTANY: Woo-hoo!
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ELOVIE: Mom!
BRITTANY: What?
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ELOVIE: What were you doing?
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BRITTANY: We're gonna put
these pieces of boards
up onto the building.
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ELOVIE: Why?
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BRITTANY: Well, 'cause this
is supposed to be a sauna.
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And if we were to put
heat in it right now,
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all the heat would go
out to the outdoors, right?
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KALEB: There's a lot
involved in building a
small building like this.
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It's critical to get
it energy-efficient,
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so that it will heat.
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After the sheeting is on,
we put vapor barrier in,
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that stops air from
moving through the walls.
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And then we can heat it.
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Get a wood stove
in there, doors, windows.
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All that stuff goes in.
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And now, all of the sudden,
I've got a building that
I can heat.
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BRITTANY: Yeah!
Look at that.
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KALEB: Yeah!
BRITTANY: Whoa! Perfection.
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KALEB: Good job.
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ELOVIE: Mom.
BRITTANY: Uh-hmm.
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Here, let's sit and
enjoy the sunset.
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KALEB: We're getting
a lot done together.
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But there's still
a lot ahead of us.
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CHRIS: Out here, everything
is a little different,
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and you can't
expect perfection.
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Once you realize that your
projects aren't gonna be 100%
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perfect, then you
start to get things done.
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When you're working
on things out here,
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Cosna perfect is all you need.
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Ugh.
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Everything is
tougher when it's frozen.
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There it goes.
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Today, I'm gonna
start building this
micro-trapping cabin.
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Out here, everything
is based on necessity.
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And the need we have
today is getting out to
a better trapping area.
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I'm hoping to get like a,
about a one-inch flat surface.
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So, when we put the
plastic over the bottom,
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got a little bit
of a flat spot.
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JESSI: So, with our cabin,
we're gonna start with the
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base first, and our skis
are the most important part.
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Good enough for
the cabin, yeah?
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CHRIS: Yeah.
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JESSI: They're gonna
have to be sturdy,
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and they're gonna
have to be slick.
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CHRIS: Looks pretty good.
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JESSI: Cosna good?
CHRIS: Cosna good.
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JESSI: Chris and I have
made a sled from wood before,
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and it did not work very well.
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It kind of got caught up
on tussocks and things.
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And, we've learned
from our mistakes.
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So last time we were in town,
we got some plastic for it.
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And this is gonna
work so much better.
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Oh, it looks legit!
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CHRIS: I think so, too.
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JESSI: This'll be us? Inside?
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CHRIS: Yeah. Whoo!
It'll be warm.
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JESSI: All right.
So next is the boards, right?
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CHRIS: Yeah.
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JESSI: All right,
let's get on it.
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This is the first
project that I've worked
on anything mobile.
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Ready?
332
00:19:16,523 --> 00:19:18,055
Chris and I make a
lot of stuff together,
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but I think this is one
of the largest projects
that we've done together.
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Okay.
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00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:25,763
So, I really hope that we can
get it to where it needs to be.
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CHRIS: Generator died.
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00:19:31,304 --> 00:19:32,270
Not sure what to
do about that,
338
00:19:32,305 --> 00:19:34,338
I can go try to
start it again.
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00:19:37,243 --> 00:19:42,246
Why aren't you running today?
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00:19:42,649 --> 00:19:44,682
What the (bleep)?
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Overload. That sucks.
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00:20:02,135 --> 00:20:06,537
It's got fuel. Okay.
343
00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:09,907
Guess I'm using a chainsaw.
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00:20:09,943 --> 00:20:11,309
Damn.
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00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:13,477
No-go on generator.
It won't run.
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JESSI: Okay.
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00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:17,415
CHRIS: The saw used too
much power for the generator.
348
00:20:23,189 --> 00:20:25,423
I love my chainsaw, I'm
always out here using it.
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00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:28,993
But it's not a precise tool.
350
00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:30,795
It's hard to get
straight lines.
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00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:33,698
And it's even harder
to get a sideways line,
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00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:36,167
so I'm going to build it
almost like a skeleton.
353
00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:38,402
The bare minimum for
now, get this thing built,
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see if I can move
it easy enough.
355
00:20:40,039 --> 00:20:42,673
Then I'll go back
through and reinforce
things like the floor.
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It is what it is.
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JESSI: It is what it is!
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All right.
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CHRIS: Even with our setbacks,
it's not a bad-looking floor.
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We're getting there.
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JESSI: With the
posts and the roof,
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you can actually start see
what it's going to look like
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00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:05,062
in the end.
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00:21:05,098 --> 00:21:07,398
It's starting to resemble a
little house now instead of
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just some pieces of wood.
366
00:21:10,036 --> 00:21:14,005
I just really hope
that it goes down the
trail nice and well.
367
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,073
You think you could
move it with me in it?
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00:21:16,109 --> 00:21:17,808
CHRIS: I'll try!
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00:21:17,844 --> 00:21:20,845
JESSI: Just give it
a little go-skis.
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00:21:23,516 --> 00:21:25,016
Oh, jeez! Okay!
371
00:21:25,051 --> 00:21:27,718
Oh, my goodness.
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00:21:27,754 --> 00:21:30,054
CHRIS: Wow, easier
than anticipated!
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But once we put the walls on,
I have a feeling I'm not gonna
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be able to move it.
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JOHNNY: We all use
resources one way or another.
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00:21:42,502 --> 00:21:44,535
My resources just
haven't been collected,
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00:21:44,570 --> 00:21:47,638
assembled, boxed up, and
delivered to my front door.
378
00:21:54,614 --> 00:21:57,515
Just breaking up the fibers a
little bit with a steel brush.
379
00:21:58,318 --> 00:22:00,551
What I'm hoping that will do
is allow the brain matter to
380
00:22:00,586 --> 00:22:03,321
penetrate the hide a
little bit better.
381
00:22:04,457 --> 00:22:07,725
That way I can have a more
malleable hide to work with
382
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,727
when I make booties.
383
00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:11,662
Kind of like a parka for Java.
384
00:22:11,698 --> 00:22:13,130
And I want her to
be out here with me,
385
00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:15,232
I want her to spend
time in the wild with me.
386
00:22:15,268 --> 00:22:16,934
And in order to
do that, you know,
387
00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:21,405
I gotta help her adapt,
'cause she doesn't have
what she needs naturally.
388
00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:24,041
It's just
breaking up the fibers,
389
00:22:24,077 --> 00:22:26,243
and my thinking is that
that's gonna allow that brain,
390
00:22:26,279 --> 00:22:29,213
which is moist, to absorb
through the chalky surface
391
00:22:29,248 --> 00:22:31,982
that I'm creating.
392
00:22:32,018 --> 00:22:34,752
I don't have like an
instruction booklet
on how to do this.
393
00:22:34,787 --> 00:22:36,520
It's all about
trial and error,
394
00:22:36,556 --> 00:22:39,423
that's how I learn best.
395
00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,926
It's pretty much
all scratched up.
396
00:22:41,961 --> 00:22:43,661
I think that's about it.
397
00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:45,062
So I'm gonna take this inside
and start massaging the
398
00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:47,765
brain matter into it.
399
00:22:48,368 --> 00:22:50,568
Let's go play
with some brains, huh?
400
00:22:54,674 --> 00:22:56,707
So, this is the brain here.
401
00:22:56,743 --> 00:23:01,145
It's got a nice texture to it,
so I'm gonna start applying it.
402
00:23:03,182 --> 00:23:04,615
Just gotta find
that, that balance,
403
00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:07,818
making sure I'm not using
too much or too little because
404
00:23:07,854 --> 00:23:11,021
this, this amount has to
spread over this entire surface.
405
00:23:12,358 --> 00:23:14,358
This isn't gross to me, this
is probably disgusting to
406
00:23:14,394 --> 00:23:15,993
a lot of people.
407
00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:17,361
There's brain
all over my hands,
408
00:23:17,397 --> 00:23:19,330
there's brain all
over this hide.
409
00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:21,265
This hide came
from a dead animal.
410
00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:25,302
But I don't view it that way.
This is just a resource to me.
411
00:23:25,338 --> 00:23:29,206
It matches my environment.
It matches the land.
412
00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:32,009
This is what it's
all about out here.
413
00:23:32,044 --> 00:23:35,246
That's pretty much
the end of it there.
414
00:23:36,449 --> 00:23:40,151
So before it dries,
I'm gonna shut this to
keep this from drying.
415
00:23:40,186 --> 00:23:44,155
And I gotta fold
this in on itself.
416
00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:45,923
So that's rolled
up real tight.
417
00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:48,325
It looks really good.
418
00:23:51,898 --> 00:23:53,898
That should be good there.
419
00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:57,501
What do you think, Java? Huh?
You wanna clean the bowl?
420
00:23:58,104 --> 00:24:01,372
Come on.
This is all you, girl.
421
00:24:02,508 --> 00:24:04,875
That's tasty,
greasy brains, huh?
422
00:24:04,911 --> 00:24:07,411
Hope you don't end
up eating the parka.
423
00:24:07,847 --> 00:24:10,147
I only have so
much brain matter.
424
00:24:10,183 --> 00:24:11,649
You're such a goof.
425
00:24:11,684 --> 00:24:15,019
So, if I was to learn
that I needed more because
it didn't penetrate,
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00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:18,155
I would be in trouble.
I don't have another brain.
427
00:24:22,128 --> 00:24:25,229
MICHAEL: Facing nature every
day with your wits and living
428
00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:28,933
through some of the
coldest, harshest weather,
429
00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:32,870
that's the only
way I like to roll.
430
00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:43,314
That first night
was so (bleep) rough.
431
00:24:43,349 --> 00:24:45,916
That is just an eye-opener.
432
00:24:46,419 --> 00:24:49,920
I maybe dozed off a couple
times for a few minutes.
433
00:24:49,956 --> 00:24:53,224
But I certainly didn't
get no good night's rest.
434
00:24:56,429 --> 00:24:59,663
This is day two
with a hole in my gut.
435
00:25:01,234 --> 00:25:03,234
I can feel the
fatigue setting in,
436
00:25:03,269 --> 00:25:06,237
not having a real
meal for two days now.
437
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,308
So today, I need fuel.
438
00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:13,544
And in order to
find that fuel,
439
00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:17,414
I gotta get to hunting.
440
00:25:19,151 --> 00:25:21,952
But out here,
there's really nothing.
441
00:25:21,988 --> 00:25:24,755
I have seen no grouse tracks.
442
00:25:24,790 --> 00:25:28,192
There's no snowshoe
hare density here.
443
00:25:28,995 --> 00:25:33,230
Low snow and below zero
actually kills off animals.
444
00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:37,334
The ones that stay
all winter long,
445
00:25:37,370 --> 00:25:40,170
they have a hard
life out here.
446
00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:48,712
I hear a squirrel right here.
447
00:25:48,748 --> 00:25:51,982
I see where he'd been
eating spruce cones.
448
00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:57,121
Squirrel isn't even
something that would
normally be on my menu.
449
00:25:57,857 --> 00:26:00,424
It's on the menu now.
450
00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:10,134
It's crazy how fuzzy your mind
can go when you're hungry.
451
00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:13,771
There it is.
452
00:26:14,206 --> 00:26:15,940
Dinner bell.
453
00:26:15,975 --> 00:26:18,509
How numb...
454
00:26:18,544 --> 00:26:20,811
(gunshot).
455
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:25,649
The entire chemistry
of your body changes when
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00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:29,219
you haven't really
eaten enough nutrients.
457
00:26:30,957 --> 00:26:33,958
I know now what it's
like when you're starving.
458
00:26:33,993 --> 00:26:35,826
(gunshot).
459
00:26:35,861 --> 00:26:39,797
(bleep), man.
I desperately need fuel.
460
00:26:45,471 --> 00:26:46,470
(gunshot).
461
00:26:58,985 --> 00:27:00,951
MICHAEL: All right.
462
00:27:02,188 --> 00:27:07,391
That right there, in
the scheme of survival,
is a lifesaver.
463
00:27:08,628 --> 00:27:12,529
That's about the equivalent
of four chicken nuggies.
464
00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:17,101
But I'm a 220-pound man.
465
00:27:17,136 --> 00:27:21,372
I ain't gonna sustain myself
off a four-piece chicken nuggie.
466
00:27:21,407 --> 00:27:24,341
I need a
eight-piece chicken nuggie.
467
00:27:27,546 --> 00:27:29,880
It's right there.
468
00:27:30,783 --> 00:27:32,416
(gunshot).
469
00:27:35,221 --> 00:27:37,821
There it is.
Eight-piece chicken nuggie.
470
00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:43,460
It's not near enough for a
day's worth of food but,
471
00:27:43,496 --> 00:27:46,196
I'm not gonna
ration that out.
472
00:27:46,232 --> 00:27:49,400
It's meat.
473
00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:52,903
Sun's going down.
474
00:27:52,938 --> 00:27:56,373
I need to go back into
energy conservation mode.
475
00:27:59,045 --> 00:28:02,012
Well, that don't
look half bad.
476
00:28:03,149 --> 00:28:06,050
Starving and eating squirrel.
477
00:28:06,085 --> 00:28:08,519
Ain't no joke.
478
00:28:08,554 --> 00:28:12,222
Wow! Tastes just like
the spruce they eat.
479
00:28:13,125 --> 00:28:15,626
It'll have to do.
480
00:28:15,661 --> 00:28:19,630
To just go from no energy to
something going in the gut,
481
00:28:19,665 --> 00:28:22,866
I just lost all my drowsiness.
482
00:28:22,902 --> 00:28:25,936
Must have some sustenance.
483
00:28:26,706 --> 00:28:28,972
That's a good little nibble.
484
00:28:29,008 --> 00:28:31,208
Ah, I got some juice in there.
485
00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:35,079
KALEB: Everything is just
so rugged and magnificent.
486
00:28:35,114 --> 00:28:36,580
I get to experience it.
487
00:28:36,615 --> 00:28:38,415
My kids get to experience it.
488
00:28:38,451 --> 00:28:42,886
Feel so blessed to be able
to just walk out my door
and adventure awaits.
489
00:28:51,097 --> 00:28:52,296
Hey, buddy!
490
00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:53,664
GILBERT: Hi.
KALEB: Just in time.
491
00:28:53,699 --> 00:28:55,265
The stove's nice and warm.
492
00:28:55,301 --> 00:28:57,868
If we sit right here, we
can sweat in the sauna.
493
00:28:57,903 --> 00:29:01,271
We just kinda hug the stove.
Ah, so warm in here.
494
00:29:01,974 --> 00:29:03,741
(laughing).
495
00:29:03,776 --> 00:29:06,643
All right, Gilbert,
let's start installing.
496
00:29:08,614 --> 00:29:11,148
All right, can you push
up here on the door as
high as you can reach?
497
00:29:19,592 --> 00:29:21,558
Okay, we can put
some shims in there.
498
00:29:24,530 --> 00:29:25,929
KALEB: Yeah, the
shims stay in there.
499
00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:28,465
They're what hold
the door in place.
500
00:29:29,034 --> 00:29:32,336
There's a lot of technological
advances in the world.
501
00:29:32,371 --> 00:29:36,206
There's
electricity, plumbing, heat.
502
00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:40,310
All these creature comforts
that humans have made.
503
00:29:40,346 --> 00:29:43,347
And pull with this sauna,
there's gonna be no TV in
504
00:29:43,382 --> 00:29:46,016
there to distract the kids.
505
00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:49,887
No phone in there to
distract myself or my wife.
506
00:29:49,922 --> 00:29:54,024
And we should be able
to have focused quality
time in this building.
507
00:29:54,693 --> 00:29:58,529
BRITTANY: Hey, we have a door.
Can I see what's going on?
508
00:29:58,564 --> 00:30:00,197
KALEB: Yeah.
It's nice and warm.
509
00:30:00,232 --> 00:30:03,767
BRITTANY: Wow!
This is awesome.
510
00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:06,170
KALEB: I think I'm
ready to go get some cedar.
511
00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:08,605
BRITTANY: Cool.
Let's go do that.
512
00:30:08,641 --> 00:30:12,142
KALEB: And hope it
warms up enough to work.
513
00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:16,880
CHRIS: I'm so far from town.
514
00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:20,517
I can't just run and
get supplies to address
a problem out here.
515
00:30:20,553 --> 00:30:23,253
It pushes you every time
you work on a project.
516
00:30:23,289 --> 00:30:25,022
But there's always
trial and error.
517
00:30:25,057 --> 00:30:27,491
But that's half the fun.
518
00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:37,467
All right.
That does the door.
519
00:30:37,503 --> 00:30:39,903
JESSI: Our door.
520
00:30:41,907 --> 00:30:43,874
CHRIS: All right.
Looks good in here.
521
00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:45,108
JESSI: Ooh, it's short.
522
00:30:45,144 --> 00:30:47,845
CHRIS: I like the door.
Closes nice and tight.
523
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:52,015
JESSI: Can stand up.
Can stand up.
524
00:30:52,051 --> 00:30:54,852
Got a lot of room.
Have a little bit of room.
525
00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:57,354
Yeah. This is great.
526
00:30:57,389 --> 00:31:00,357
CHRIS: So, I'm feeling like
we're gettin' pretty heavy.
527
00:31:00,392 --> 00:31:02,793
And we might
have to forgo beds.
528
00:31:02,828 --> 00:31:05,562
It's gonna be about as
heavy as one of these walls.
529
00:31:05,598 --> 00:31:07,297
And each time we
put another wall on,
530
00:31:07,333 --> 00:31:09,867
it increasingly
gets much heavier.
531
00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:11,702
So, I'm worried about that.
532
00:31:11,737 --> 00:31:13,904
I'd like to push it right now,
see if I can even move it.
533
00:31:13,939 --> 00:31:16,640
JESSI: Yeah. Okay.
534
00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:20,611
CHRIS: The cabin
is really heavy.
535
00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:22,379
It's built outta all green
wood and it hasn't had a
536
00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:23,981
year to cure yet.
537
00:31:24,016 --> 00:31:25,916
See if I can push this thing.
538
00:31:25,951 --> 00:31:28,252
I'm not even sure how
well it's gonna tow.
539
00:31:28,287 --> 00:31:30,754
JESSI: Are you ready?
CHRIS: Okay.
540
00:31:30,789 --> 00:31:32,923
The whole point of this is
to be able to move it from
541
00:31:32,958 --> 00:31:34,892
trapping area to
trapping area.
542
00:31:34,927 --> 00:31:36,660
(grunting).
543
00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:39,496
Okay. I'm gonna see if
the skis are frozen.
544
00:31:39,531 --> 00:31:40,898
Nope.
545
00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:42,799
We wanna migrate
with the animals.
546
00:31:42,835 --> 00:31:43,967
Oh, man!
She's heavy.
547
00:31:44,003 --> 00:31:45,035
JESSI: Ooh!
CHRIS: Okay.
548
00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:47,437
I'm gonna try to push again.
This is it.
549
00:31:47,473 --> 00:31:50,674
If I can't move it,
then this thing's useless.
550
00:31:50,709 --> 00:31:52,242
All right, here we go.
551
00:31:59,785 --> 00:32:03,020
JESSI: Oh, man.
CHRIS: Ugh!
552
00:32:03,055 --> 00:32:05,055
JESSI: There you go.
CHRIS: Okay.
553
00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:06,957
It still moves.
554
00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:09,459
Well, we still have
another wall to put on.
555
00:32:09,495 --> 00:32:12,462
JESSI: Yeah.
556
00:32:15,668 --> 00:32:18,168
CHRIS: Ugh! It's a pretty
big gap down here,
557
00:32:18,203 --> 00:32:20,203
but I don't know
what else to do.
558
00:32:20,239 --> 00:32:21,538
Should be interesting.
559
00:32:21,573 --> 00:32:25,042
JESSI: This one might be short,
I'm not sure.
560
00:32:25,477 --> 00:32:27,244
CHRIS: I'm excited to
get this cabin towed,
561
00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:29,279
but the anxiety's pouring.
562
00:32:29,315 --> 00:32:31,848
JESSI: There we go.
563
00:32:31,884 --> 00:32:33,183
CHRIS: We spent a
lot of time on this.
564
00:32:33,218 --> 00:32:34,985
Why is it so bad now?
565
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:37,354
I have this feeling it's
just gonna (bleep) rip apart.
566
00:32:38,724 --> 00:32:40,924
It's the first time I've
ever built anything like this.
567
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,561
But if we can actually
tow it down the trail,
568
00:32:44,596 --> 00:32:46,964
and I can actually get it out
to the family trapping area
569
00:32:46,999 --> 00:32:49,833
and we can't start trapping,
it's worth the risk.
570
00:32:50,970 --> 00:32:52,936
Some of these things
do not wanna stay.
571
00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:54,538
It's Cosna perfect.
572
00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:57,207
It doesn't have to be 100%,
as long as we're aiming in
the right direction.
573
00:32:57,242 --> 00:33:00,510
A few more screws
to tighten it up.
574
00:33:02,381 --> 00:33:03,547
JESSI: Push this that way.
575
00:33:03,582 --> 00:33:09,019
CHRIS: Yeah. Okay.
JESSI: Okay.
576
00:33:12,224 --> 00:33:14,358
CHRIS: Good. That's it.
Outta battery.
577
00:33:14,393 --> 00:33:19,196
Last screw. All right.
Let's check it out inside.
578
00:33:24,136 --> 00:33:25,736
JOHNNY: I don't have
utilities out here.
579
00:33:25,771 --> 00:33:28,005
I don't have any
modern conveniences.
580
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,606
And that's what I
love about out here.
581
00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:31,074
No bills are on my mind.
582
00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:32,476
No parking tickets.
583
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:35,445
No fears of any,
anything like that.
584
00:33:35,481 --> 00:33:39,149
It's just peace, it's
quiet, and there's no
place I'd rather be.
585
00:33:42,988 --> 00:33:45,522
Alright, now let's see.
586
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,194
Nice and
waterproof for you.
587
00:33:51,263 --> 00:33:53,063
So, the brain's
soaked into this hide.
588
00:33:53,098 --> 00:33:54,931
I've had it sitting
for two, three days.
589
00:33:54,967 --> 00:33:56,900
And I've already
noticed quite a difference.
590
00:33:56,935 --> 00:33:58,835
I mean, this thing is soft.
591
00:33:58,871 --> 00:34:01,171
It's nice and flexible.
592
00:34:01,206 --> 00:34:02,539
I'm gonna take it one step
further and I'm gonna start
593
00:34:02,574 --> 00:34:05,809
sewin' up a, a parka for Java.
594
00:34:06,245 --> 00:34:08,945
Let me see that big old paw.
595
00:34:08,981 --> 00:34:12,182
When you cut hide, you have to
cut so you don't cut the hair.
596
00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:14,051
You kinda want that,
the seams to go together,
597
00:34:14,086 --> 00:34:16,887
and the hair kind
of hides the seam.
598
00:34:16,922 --> 00:34:18,922
It'll keep any wind out too.
599
00:34:18,957 --> 00:34:22,526
And I gotta make it
so her front arms,
600
00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:24,961
her front shoulders can move.
601
00:34:24,997 --> 00:34:27,898
So, I'll have something that
comes underneath and it wraps
602
00:34:27,933 --> 00:34:31,334
across her belly but
still has movement,
603
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:34,671
total movement with her,
with her shoulders.
604
00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:37,441
We don't want you
hindered, do we?
605
00:34:39,645 --> 00:34:41,344
So this hind part's sewed on.
606
00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:45,215
I got it all stitched up.
The seam looks pretty good.
607
00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:49,886
Wanna give it a go, Java?
Try on this parka.
608
00:34:49,922 --> 00:34:52,389
What do you think? Warm?
609
00:34:54,059 --> 00:34:58,161
Yeah. Look at that.
Looks nice.
610
00:34:58,197 --> 00:35:00,097
It covers up your
neck real good.
611
00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:01,498
The next part, I think I'm
just gonna make a simple
612
00:35:01,533 --> 00:35:04,367
little strip to go over her
ears because her ears are the
613
00:35:04,403 --> 00:35:07,904
most prone to frostbite
of anything on her body.
614
00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:13,143
Make some little mukluks
to keep your feet nice
and dry and warm.
615
00:35:13,879 --> 00:35:17,047
I think she'll be
good to go with those.
616
00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:19,716
Having Java out
here is the best.
617
00:35:19,751 --> 00:35:21,952
It's nice to have a, a
friend, a companion.
618
00:35:21,987 --> 00:35:23,854
It's a, it's a huge
morale boost for me.
619
00:35:23,889 --> 00:35:26,022
You know, it'd be harder to
be out here without Java.
620
00:35:26,058 --> 00:35:29,459
She makes it possible to
spend long times in the dark,
621
00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:31,194
long times in the cold.
622
00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:33,363
It's a team effort out here.
623
00:35:33,398 --> 00:35:35,632
So if you got your paw out
like you're ready to throw
624
00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:37,200
this thing on.
625
00:35:37,236 --> 00:35:39,636
You wanna give it a try?
626
00:35:39,671 --> 00:35:41,238
As soon as you step
outside, hopefully,
627
00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:42,839
you'll feel a difference.
628
00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:46,943
MICHAEL: It's a
universal thing.
629
00:35:46,979 --> 00:35:49,813
Stay home when it's
really brutally cold.
630
00:35:50,616 --> 00:35:53,150
Don't try to
fight the weather.
631
00:35:53,185 --> 00:35:55,452
But there comes a time when
you actually have to work out
632
00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:59,256
in this 20, 30, 40,
50-below weather.
633
00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:02,526
That's just the
nature of life here.
634
00:36:10,235 --> 00:36:13,003
There's another squirrel.
635
00:36:13,038 --> 00:36:15,539
Glad I don't have to
eat another one of those.
636
00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:18,408
But they weren't all that bad.
637
00:36:21,113 --> 00:36:24,181
One of the most sobering things
I've ever read on survival
638
00:36:24,216 --> 00:36:28,785
was Jack London wrote
a short story called
"To Make a Fire".
639
00:36:31,323 --> 00:36:32,522
I believe that's what it was.
640
00:36:32,558 --> 00:36:35,325
I read it when I was in Iraq.
641
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,895
And then I read it again
in a winter ecology course.
642
00:36:38,931 --> 00:36:44,601
Thinking of survival, especially
with below-zero temps,
643
00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:48,405
it's a good thing coming
out here and actually
experiencing it.
644
00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:54,578
The final chore of my
simulation is I need to create
645
00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:57,781
a signal, a smudge fire.
646
00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:02,152
My campsite's
tucked in the woods.
647
00:37:02,187 --> 00:37:04,521
I wanna be out in the open.
648
00:37:09,528 --> 00:37:11,061
If authorities are
looking for you,
649
00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:14,698
what you may end up with is a
plane circling around above,
650
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:17,033
assisting a ground party.
651
00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:24,107
And so, I might be smart
to combine a smudge
fire with some noise.
652
00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:27,310
I don't want no blunders.
653
00:37:27,346 --> 00:37:29,879
I want this smudge
fire to go up fast.
654
00:37:30,549 --> 00:37:34,684
Time to get this signal going
because a plane is traveling
655
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:39,189
90 somethin' miles an hour,
if not faster,
656
00:37:39,224 --> 00:37:42,158
and I don't want
them to miss me.
657
00:37:42,194 --> 00:37:45,428
(blowing whistle).
658
00:37:45,464 --> 00:37:49,466
All right, chances are I would
not be in a standing position
659
00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:50,867
at the ready.
660
00:37:50,902 --> 00:37:55,038
I would be
hunkered down like this.
661
00:37:56,308 --> 00:37:59,843
And so the time starts now,
from the resting position.
662
00:38:00,445 --> 00:38:05,015
I hear a plane, the faintest
sound of the ground crew.
663
00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:07,751
And I gotta rush out there.
664
00:38:09,154 --> 00:38:11,087
Plane! Plane!
665
00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:22,565
Plane!
666
00:38:24,503 --> 00:38:26,002
Plane!
667
00:38:26,038 --> 00:38:29,072
(blowing whistle).
668
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:32,809
(blowing whistle).
669
00:38:36,448 --> 00:38:40,383
(blowing whistle).
670
00:38:40,419 --> 00:38:42,252
If authorities are
out looking for you,
671
00:38:42,287 --> 00:38:44,721
and they have a ground party
and a plane up in the sky,
672
00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:46,723
that's an immense resource.
673
00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:48,358
(blowing whistle).
674
00:38:48,393 --> 00:38:51,895
That's a lot of money
being spent to find you.
675
00:38:51,930 --> 00:38:55,365
Authorities are
heroes up here every year.
676
00:38:56,068 --> 00:38:59,135
Out of appreciation,
I owe it to them...
677
00:38:59,171 --> 00:39:00,837
(blowing whistle).
678
00:39:00,872 --> 00:39:03,907
to be as
prepared as best as I can.
679
00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:07,177
Nice.
680
00:39:07,212 --> 00:39:10,313
Look at how that
smoke is billowing.
681
00:39:10,349 --> 00:39:15,218
That could be seen
from miles away.
682
00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:18,021
(blowing whistle).
683
00:39:19,024 --> 00:39:23,093
JOHNNY: Sometimes I wonder
who likes it out here more,
684
00:39:23,128 --> 00:39:25,729
Java or myself.
685
00:39:27,265 --> 00:39:29,399
But as it gets colder I worry.
686
00:39:29,434 --> 00:39:31,301
After seeing her running
around with the gear on,
687
00:39:31,336 --> 00:39:35,372
it definitely proves
that she loves it
out here just as much.
688
00:39:35,407 --> 00:39:36,940
And the more she
loves it out here,
689
00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:38,274
the more I do.
690
00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:42,445
Seeing her enjoyment
out here, it fulfills me.
691
00:39:42,481 --> 00:39:46,516
It makes me enjoy being
out here that much more.
692
00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:49,085
Good girl, Java.
Come on.
693
00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:53,323
Come on.
Good girl.
694
00:39:53,358 --> 00:39:54,958
Come here. Drop.
695
00:39:54,993 --> 00:39:56,259
What do you think, huh?
696
00:39:56,294 --> 00:39:58,695
Do you like it?
Do you like it?
697
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:02,432
They're all staying on
your feet real nice.
698
00:40:02,467 --> 00:40:04,901
It really makes me feel
complete on this land,
699
00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:07,570
to utilize all these
parts of this caribou.
700
00:40:07,606 --> 00:40:10,206
And I think a lot of people
would view this process as
701
00:40:10,242 --> 00:40:12,776
moving backwards in time.
702
00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:14,844
But I view it as
moving forward.
703
00:40:14,913 --> 00:40:17,547
Because without having
warm clothing out here,
704
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:19,916
you're just not gonna make it.
705
00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:21,851
Picking up this
skill, you know,
706
00:40:21,887 --> 00:40:24,087
I got many more to learn.
707
00:40:24,122 --> 00:40:26,222
Good girl, Java.
Come on.
708
00:40:26,258 --> 00:40:28,591
But, I definitely feel that
I've taken one step closer to
709
00:40:28,627 --> 00:40:31,428
being completely self-reliant.
710
00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:35,064
BRITTANY: Who's ready
for the first sauna?
711
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:36,199
KALEB: I am.
712
00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:37,534
BRITTANY: All right,
this one's my stool.
713
00:40:37,569 --> 00:40:38,802
GILBERT: No!
BRITTANY: Watch out.
714
00:40:38,837 --> 00:40:41,037
GILBERT: This one mine.
ELOVIE: And this one mine.
715
00:40:41,072 --> 00:40:42,172
KALEB: Hey, that's my spot.
716
00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:44,841
All right. Stove
is all stoked up.
717
00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:47,844
BRITTANY: It's gonna
get steamy up in here.
718
00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:50,413
One reason that I really
wanted to build this sauna was
719
00:40:50,449 --> 00:40:53,716
I thought it would be fun to
have a weekly time together,
720
00:40:53,752 --> 00:40:56,853
where we all come and hang out
in here and just have a really
721
00:40:56,888 --> 00:40:59,322
fun family time.
722
00:40:59,357 --> 00:41:02,058
KALEB: You get out what you
put into something and we put
723
00:41:02,093 --> 00:41:05,061
a lot into this, so we
should get a lot out of it.
724
00:41:05,096 --> 00:41:07,230
BRITTANY: I think so, too.
725
00:41:07,265 --> 00:41:10,300
KALEB: It's great sitting in
here stroking the black death
726
00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:14,671
out of my hair that got in
there from building this place.
727
00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:16,806
Oh, that feels good.
728
00:41:16,842 --> 00:41:21,444
BRITTANY: Oh, no more.
No more.
729
00:41:22,581 --> 00:41:23,980
Okay, I'm good. I'm good.
730
00:41:24,015 --> 00:41:25,381
Gilbert. Gilbert.
731
00:41:25,417 --> 00:41:26,950
KALEB: Gilbert, you
need to settle down.
732
00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:28,918
BRITTANY: I said no more.
GILBERT: Okay.
733
00:41:31,790 --> 00:41:34,991
CHRIS: See if we
can get it to go.
734
00:41:37,095 --> 00:41:39,229
Holy cow. Okay.
735
00:41:39,264 --> 00:41:42,465
JESSI: Just easy goes.
736
00:41:42,501 --> 00:41:45,034
I've been stoked about
this cabin for days.
737
00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:47,570
Things that I'm
gonna, you know,
738
00:41:47,606 --> 00:41:50,840
do with the cabin, I mean, I'm
really excited about moving
739
00:41:50,876 --> 00:41:53,276
this to a better
place to trap.
740
00:41:53,311 --> 00:41:56,679
Hopefully to the spot
that I have imagined.
741
00:41:57,182 --> 00:41:58,815
Stop! Chris!
742
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:00,950
CHRIS: Bit of a tree, huh?
743
00:42:00,986 --> 00:42:03,753
The name of the game here is
to transport this little cabin
744
00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:05,388
and not break it.
745
00:42:05,423 --> 00:42:07,357
Jess and I are gonna take this
out to the family trapping
746
00:42:07,392 --> 00:42:10,760
area and then hopefully
leave it for the winter.
747
00:42:13,164 --> 00:42:15,899
I think this is gonna be a
really good area for trapping.
748
00:42:15,934 --> 00:42:18,401
Nobody's trapped
it since, maybe, 1980?
749
00:42:18,436 --> 00:42:21,771
So, it's had a long time
to, to get ready for us.
750
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:24,140
Oh!
751
00:42:24,175 --> 00:42:25,441
JESSI: What's going on?
752
00:42:25,477 --> 00:42:27,477
CHRIS: There it goes!
753
00:42:27,512 --> 00:42:31,681
JESSI: Oh, wow! Okay.
754
00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:33,750
CHRIS: Whoo! Whoo!
JESSI: Okay.
755
00:42:33,785 --> 00:42:37,520
CHRIS: We've had a lot
of trouble out here.
756
00:42:37,956 --> 00:42:41,925
It just means so much
to me that we came
together as a family.
757
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,762
I love overcoming obstacles
and not relying on anybody else.
758
00:42:47,699 --> 00:42:50,900
We did it!
759
00:42:50,936 --> 00:42:53,202
JESSI: Yeah.
We did it!
760
00:42:53,238 --> 00:42:55,405
CHRIS: Awesome!
JESSI: Oh, my goodness!
761
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:56,806
CHRIS: I can't believe we
made it all the way here.
762
00:42:56,841 --> 00:42:59,208
JESSI: Holy smokes!
763
00:43:06,484 --> 00:43:09,319
MICHAEL: You know, when
I was five years old,
764
00:43:09,354 --> 00:43:14,791
my aunt and her boyfriend,
his name was Cecil Gallagher,
765
00:43:14,826 --> 00:43:19,162
took me to a, a
fairly deep pond.
766
00:43:20,131 --> 00:43:23,132
I lost my footing and
I started drifting out.
767
00:43:23,168 --> 00:43:27,003
I didn't know how to
swim, choking on water.
768
00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:30,773
Tried to keep my head
afloat and I couldn't.
769
00:43:30,809 --> 00:43:34,177
The summer sunlight was
beginning to dissipate.
770
00:43:34,212 --> 00:43:37,180
I felt the
pressure against my ears.
771
00:43:37,215 --> 00:43:40,583
I said, "Well, this is
what it's like to die."
772
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:44,554
And Cecil Gallagher,
this sturdy, pale,
773
00:43:44,589 --> 00:43:46,823
little blue-eyed Irish man,
774
00:43:46,858 --> 00:43:50,760
grabbed me out of
the dark depths,
775
00:43:50,795 --> 00:43:52,495
and I started
breathing air again,
776
00:43:52,530 --> 00:43:54,497
and I came to.
777
00:43:54,532 --> 00:43:56,666
I remember what that's like.
778
00:43:56,701 --> 00:43:59,769
And I'm sure other victims
who've been revived can
779
00:43:59,804 --> 00:44:03,139
recall that it's pretty
frantic stuff.
780
00:44:03,174 --> 00:44:07,944
And maybe that's why I have a
little bit more interest than
781
00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:11,514
most folks would
about survival,
782
00:44:12,951 --> 00:44:15,551
because sometimes I'm
not gonna have that
783
00:44:15,587 --> 00:44:19,355
Cecil Gallagher there to give
me a new chance in life.
784
00:44:20,925 --> 00:44:22,091
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