narrator: In the wild, the right skills
can make the difference between life and death.
- Ahh!
narrator: Now, some of "Alone’s" best competitors
are taking on a new mission.
- This is, like, some Indiana Jones-type stuff.
narrator: They’ll have just three days...
- Whoa.
narrator: And limited tools...
- Here’s the fun part.
narrator: For a build challenge
devised by one of their own.
- Time is the key.
narrator: At stake for the winner...
- Whoo. narrator: Bragging rights.
- You guys have your work cut out for you.
narrator: Tonight’s challengers...
Amós Rodriguez,
58-day survivor from season seven...
- Mwah. [chuckles]
narrator: Callie North,
72-day survivor from season three...
- It’s go time.
narrator: And Joel Van Der Loon,
40-day survivor from season seven.
- Whoo-hoo. - [chuckles]
narrator: Let the challenge begin.
- Mmm. Amazing.
[dramatic music]
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[tense music]
- All right, folks, my name is Clay Hayes
and I won season eight of "Alone."
Yeah!
And I’ve got a pretty interesting challenge
for today’s experts.
- Well, well, well.
- This isn’t your typical survival build,
so I think it’s gonna be
a little bit of a surprise for them.
- All right, let’s see what’s inside.
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- Drumroll.
- The moment of truth.
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And we have...
I have certainly never built anything quite like this.
- Okay, I feel like I need--
I need to think about this for a sec.
- [laughs] Okay.
- "Your challenge is build a nature-powered rotisserie."
- Okay, Clay.
It sounds like a fun one to do.
All right, looking forward to see
what tools are in this box.
I get a multi-tool.
Cool.
Hemp twine. A little hemp.
- And that is it. Huh.
- Why did you give us so many tools, Clay?
Come on.
- Thank you, Clay. [laughs]
- "To complete the challenge,
"you must create a nature-powered rotisserie.
"And you also need to start a friction fire
in order to cook the chicken thoroughly."
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[laughs]
- My inner chef might have to come for this win.
- Game on, Amós and Joel.
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- I have good access to water,
so I’m gonna be making a water-powered wheel.
And my plan today is just to gather materials.
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All right, so we’ve got
a really small saw to work with,
which is gonna be kind of tough.
This river birch is just perfect materials.
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[grunting]
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Okay, so two "Y" sticks.
So the shaft is gonna rotate in this "Y."
And it kind of acts as a support and a bearing.
Next step, on each end of this
there’s gonna be a paddle, so...
I just really need to find some dry stuff
to make some paddles out of.
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- I have decided that I am going to be building
a water wheel to turn my rotisserie
to cook my chicken.
I’m just thinking of how we could make ours
a little unique.
The rotisserie in my mind is turning.
And what will be created will hopefully be delicious,
Um, okay.
I’ve gathered some wood here.
And, basically, I’m gonna work on making the spokes
of my wheel.
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Okay.
Getting out of the rain a little bit here.
So I’m gonna work on just tying this together.
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Oh.
That broke with very little force.
So I’m not super impressed with our hemp twine.
So I’m actually gonna be making stronger cordage
by doubling it back on itself.
You can see here.
What I need to do now is make the little paddles
that fit between them.
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Yeah, kind of working to create something flat like this.
So I’m wanting to open this up.
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So we’ll have to do some adjusting, but you can see
I have one paddle there.
I’m gonna be reinforcing all the pieces
so things don’t fall apart mid-roast.
I think that is looking like a wheel.
[whistling]
Hopefully it doesn’t spin that fast.
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- I can use bamboo.
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Yeah, that’s got a little kick.
So...
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You know...
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Okay, let’s see what it does.
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I don’t know, this challenge
is getting pretty challenging, man.
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I don’t know, this challenge is getting
pretty challenging, man.
Yeah, I think the problem is I’m trying to do it
with this little trickle of water. Yeah.
And with the chicken, it’s gonna get really heavy.
I gotta dig the channel a little more.
[chuckles]
We’re getting there.
The thing is that this is just day one.
I’m just getting started here.
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- Uh, day two.
And plan of attack for today is to finish the water wheel.
And...
a lot of good options for where to place
this water turbine.
This is a fantastic spot right here.
Aha, I’m just so pumped now.
I found such an unbelievable location.
Oh, this is definitely the spot.
The wheel will be right here.
So it’s gonna be dictated, really, by the height
of where I want my shaft.
So pretty much smack bang in the middle.
So we’ll keep this exactly length.
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All right, so check it out.
I used some bark for my paddles.
Two paddles in line on each spoke.
And then we’ll have that all connected
to our shaft.
So we’re going to attach this on here.
And we need to tie it in a way that’s not gonna rotate.
Yeah, I’m just hoping that I’m gonna get
strength in numbers.
The more we wrap around this, the stronger it’ll get.
And there is a lot of twine, so--
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Okay, there we go.
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So there is our wheel.
I wonder if Callie and Amós
are also just sort of quite ahead of schedule.
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- And the wheels keep turning.
And my wheels keep turning in my head, too.
Now, to make sure that this thing works efficiently.
I’m gonna scout for something to use...
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To make that wheel turn a little more.
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That might work.
I can test this and see if it will give...
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I think the problem is the creek might not have
enough water do the job.
Might have to go to bigger water.
And I think that’s going to work better.
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- [grunts]
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- So...one wheel done.
We’ll set this to the side here.
So next I’m gonna work on my basting wheel.
This one’s just gonna be turning a tiny little brush.
Here I am again with my teeny-weeny saw.
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Wow, this tool is, like, already bending
and not becoming very safe.
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- Look at how fricking tedious this is.
Clay! Come on. Couldn’t have given us a saw?
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[branch snaps] Augh.
Ow. Bonked my leg.
See, this--it’s, like, I really do--
I can’t cut corners here with this little saw.
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Okay, I’m gonna call it.
I think I got-got a bit done.
And we’ll have at it tomorrow.
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- Okay, day three.
Pretty strong.
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I could try...
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Ouchie.
I’m going to use the sand in the creek
to safely remove the stinging nettle hairs
so I don’t sting my hands.
Stinging nettle fibers, pretty strong.
Okay.
And...rope.
This is the bow for the fire by friction kit.
Osage orange.
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So I think that’s gonna work.
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Okay.
With the chicken it’s gonna get really heavy.
I might have to go to the river for this one
for more water power.
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- Second wheel done.
This is the baster wheel.
This will also go in the creek.
And this will turn a little brush.
So I’m just gonna experiment with making
a little baster brush.
One thing Clay did give us a lot of is twine.
So that’s good.
And I’m putting it between this split piece
of ocean spray.
So here is my basting brush.
For my baster, I need to have some kind of a little basin.
So in order to do that,
I’m going to make a little clay pot.
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Okay, here we go.
Uh, this is our ball of clay
that we’re gonna make the basting bowl out of.
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So here is my bowl.
Then it’s gonna dry and then be the bowl
that my chicken drippings are gonna get caught in.
We have our two wheels.
We’ve made our baster brush.
I’m also gonna be building a little bit of a fireplace.
So I’m gonna work on that also when I get to the stream,
because I can’t construct or build anything
um, until I get to the stream.
Coming to the end here.
- Okay, the moment of truth.
Ah, that’s so nice and cold.
- So now I’m down this river.
Little more water here.
- Honestly, I think the biggest challenge is
gonna be time-wise.
It just is gonna take up a lot of time.
- That’s pretty good.
I’m just gonna get a whole bunch of these rocks.
Gosh, man, I just love nature’s toolbox.
- Okay.
We’ll put this one here.
Move a couple of these big rocks out of the way.
- Lots of adjusting. Lots of adjusting.
- All right, ladies and gentlemen,
it’s time.
- Okay, the wheel is turning.
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- Kind of starting to speed along here.
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- Okay, we got a coal.
- Yeah, that’s strong.
Yeah, boy. Crikey, she’s a beauty.
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- Three days ago, I gave Amós, Callie, and Joel
the challenge to build a nature-powered rotisserie.
And I gave them just a few very basic tools,
a multi-tool and some hemp twine.
That’s it.
The requirements for this challenge are
that the rotisserie has to be nature-powered,
you’ve gotta make a friction fire,
and the chicken has to be fully cooked.
It’s judging day. Let’s see how they did.
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- All right. Let’s see what we can do.
All right, we need to get this thing turning.
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[grunts]
Let’s get rid of some of these rocks.
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See? There we go. That’s what happens.
[chuckles]
Hey, I mean, that works.
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- Oh, [bleep].
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[blows] Oopsie.
We need to stop this thing from rotating.
We’ll get a nice long skewer between there and there.
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The chicken kept flip-flopping.
So I’ve used these pieces of alder to keep
the chicken centered around the shaft.
I’m gonna keep a real low heat
and just keep this going for hours.
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I’m pretty sure that this is ready to take off.
It’s been about three hours.
And I think that this has been cooked
to perfection.
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Mmm. Amazing.
You deserve this, pups.
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Oh, yeah.
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- Okay, moment of truth.
So it’s just taking some adjustments
to get it exactly right.
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Working. Working!
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Okay, so I have a bit of a sauce I’ve made up here
for the basting.
Let’s see if that works.
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Oh, yeah.
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Okay, so our chicken is finished cooking.
You can see I’ve cut in. It’s really well-cooked.
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Mmm.
[laughs] Mmm.
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- Test day. The big day.
Chicken is happening.
Nothing to it but to do it.
There we go.
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Look at that fire. Nice.
Nice, nice, nice.
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The chicken’s been cooking for a couple hours now.
The fire’s been hot. It’s been turning that.
I think it’s ready to go.
Look at this chicken right here.
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Think that’s perfect.
It smells delicious, actually.
Let’s see if it is.
It’s pretty juicy.
I like how it’s looking.
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Yum. That’s super delicious.
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- I first want to say that everyone did
an absolutely fantastic job on this.
Everybody decided to make a water wheel,
which is probably what I would have made as well,
because water is consistent, whereas wind, it’s off and on.
All right, so we’re gonna start with Amós.
One of the things I really like
about Amós’ build is that he makes
the water wheel detachable from the axle.
That just seems like it would make it easier to work on.
And it would just make it easier to transport.
He also takes the time to harvest stinging nettle...
- Ouchie.
- And make a primitive reverse-twist cordage.
That is very cool.
And I’m gonna have to give him
a little bit of extra credit for that.
All right, let’s move on to Callie.
The hemp twine that I sent was actually pretty weak.
She just doubles it over and does a reverse twist
and ends up with a much, much stronger cordage.
That is a great solution.
She basically builds an entirely separate
water wheel system to turn this basting brush.
She builds clay pots to hold the baste.
And it works like a charm.
All right, moving on to Joel.
Joel makes really good use of his local materials.
He finds some nice, wide forked limbs
to act as his support.
When it comes to the friction fire,
Joel decides to go with a hand drill.
Now I’ve gotta give him a little bit
of extra credit for this, because a hand drill
is not the easiest method of friction fire.
And he knocks it out like a champ.
Everybody did fantastic on their build.
Everyone checked all the boxes,
met all of the requirements.
They all have their features that make them unique.
They all have their aspects that I really like.
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This was a tough choice for me.
But in the end, the winner is...
Callie.
What set Callie’s build apart
is that she was willing to go way above and beyond
by creating a whole entirely separate
water wheel system to turn this basting brush.
With the clay pot,
I thought this was absolutely brilliant.
And I love the idea.
Congratulations, Callie, and great job, everybody.
You all did amazing.
- Clay, thank you so much
for choosing me as the winner this week.
I am so excited.
I put a lot of hard work into this one,
so I’m really honored.
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