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narrator: In the wild,
the right skills
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can make the difference
between life and death.
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- Ahh!
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narrator: Now, some of
"Alone’s" best competitors
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are taking on a new mission.
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- This is, like, some
Indiana Jones-type stuff.
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narrator: They’ll have
just three days...
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- Whoa!
narrator: and limited tools...
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- Here’s the fun part.
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narrator:
For a build challenge
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devised by one of their own.
- Time is ticking.
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narrator:
At stake for the winner...
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- Whoo!
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narrator: Bragging rights.
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- You guys have your
work cut out for you.
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narrator:
Tonight’s challengers:
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Amós Rodriguez,
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58-day survivor
from season 7...
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- Muah!
[laughs]
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narrator: Callie North, 72-day
survivor from season 3...
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- Check it out!
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narrator: And Lucas Miller,
39-day survivor from season 1.
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- Whoo!
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narrator:
Let the challenge begin.
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- I’m Joel. I lost at 40 days
on Season 7 of "Alone."
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Whoa!
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I’ve created a really tough
challenge for Lucas, Amós,
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and Callie,
so I’m really interested
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to see what they come up with.
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- The gods have bestowed
upon us a box of mystery.
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- Joel sent us this box.
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- It’s the moment of truth.
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- Let’s see what’s inside.
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- Our envelope.
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"Your challenge is to build
two large game projectiles."
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- Whoa.
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- So basically,
we need to create
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two sort of hunting weapons.
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- [chuckles] Oh, no.
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- I’m excited for this one,
actually.
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- "To complete the challenge,
your build must travel
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at least 20 feet
through the air,
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"hit a 12-inch target,
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penetrate
at least 6 inches deep."
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- "The challengers are
Lucas, Callie, Amós."
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That’s, uh, is
gonna be a hard one.
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- Let’s see what tools we have.
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Okay, we got a ferro rod,
a way to start fire.
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So we can do things like
straighten arrow shafts.
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So that’s one of the
things that we can use.
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Aha. We have some kind of,
like, artificial sinew
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sort of stuff.
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Maybe for a bowstring.
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And the last object tool is...
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oh, cool.
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These are sami knives.
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[spits]
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Looks like I could
shave with it.
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Holy moly.
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Thing’s scary sharp.
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- Joel, this is
a really good challenge.
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This is gonna be
really difficult.
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- My immediate reaction
to this is, "Oh, no."
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I have watched
many a bow be made.
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It just has never
been my skill.
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But whatever, we’ll tackle it.
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[intense music]
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- I’m thinking strategy.
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I know that Joel is
an expert bow maker.
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He’s an expert hunter, too.
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It’s something
he’s been focused on.
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- Do not make eye contact
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until you’re ready
for the shot.
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- I think that I can tip
the scales in my favor
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by making a crossbow
and an atlatl.
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Whoops.
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So I’ve got my piece
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for the crossbow stock.
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This will be where
my shoulder goes,
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and then this’ll be
the straight barrel
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that I’ll look down.
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And so I just need to
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clean it up and start
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to straighten pieces out.
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So a lot of chop-chop
work right now.
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It is so hot.
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- So I’m just trying to
figure out in my brain
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how is this gonna work, man.
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I can do a bow.
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I’ve done them before.
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I just don’t know if I can
do it in that much time.
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This hickory tree,
it’s a really good wood
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for bow making.
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This is going to be the one.
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Thank you, tree.
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It’s not an easy thing just
to go and cut some trees.
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It’s a thing that you have
to do with a lot of respect.
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You’re taking
the life of a tree,
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and you’re going to use
that as a weapon to take
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the life of other animals.
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I’m going to plant
more hickories.
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Now, the next step
is to divide it
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into what we call staves.
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Look at this gorgeous
piece of wood.
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That’s the stave we’re using.
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- I’m going to make
two projectiles
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that shoot poison darts.
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For my blowgun,
I’m gonna be using bamboo.
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So you can see how
the bamboo is hollow,
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but it has these knuckles.
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So what I’m gonna do is
split this down and then
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hollow out the knuckles,
and then secure it
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back together with our sinew.
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Okay.
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I think I have the
basic shape of it.
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What’s important is that
this is super airtight,
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so I’m gonna fill in any little
holes with fir pitch glue.
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Okay, so here we have
fir pitch.
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I’m gonna be making glue
by melting it.
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So my first step is just
getting the resin here
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on a little bed of coals
to melt slowly
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and then mixing it with
ground charcoal from the fire.
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This will help fill in any of
the cracks on my blowgun here.
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I’m also going to
make a mouthpiece.
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This is sticky business.
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Very happy with how
this has turned out.
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We’ll just see if
this works at all.
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[blows]
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- We’ll just see
if this works at all.
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[blows]
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This isn’t gonna work.
[laughs]
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Well, this arrow
isn’t gonna work.
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That’s just too small.
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Not enough wind
can get around it.
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Let’s see. Let’s try one
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with something like this.
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[blows]
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There we go.
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- So for the part of the
crossbow that is the bow,
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I need flexible wood that
has a lot of spring to it.
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I’ve found a pretty
much ideal juniper bow.
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Straight, doesn’t look
like it’s twisted.
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It’s amongst other trees,
so it’s growing
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up straight to get the light.
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So I’m gonna start
to shape this.
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It’ll need split, carved down,
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but we’re on our way.
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So here we are.
Another day.
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Time is ticking,
and I really need to begin
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to attach my prod to my stock.
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So I’m gonna use
this natural cordage
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that I made that’s so strong.
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So for a bowstring knot,
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I do an overhand knot
on one end
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so big that it can slide
over the bow itself.
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This one is the
one that will move.
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The second knot is simple.
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I’m gonna make sure
the string is on the neck,
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and I’m gonna just wrap
around it a few times.
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And then, when stringing a bow,
use my hands
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and just bring it over--boop.
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And now, all we have left
is to put this bow on.
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Wow.
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[grunts]
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That thing is no joke.
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Okay, my bow string’s holding.
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The bow looks strong.
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Everything’s held
in place by cordage.
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I’m digging it.
It’s looking good.
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- Okay.
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I like how it’s looking.
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I have to start a fire soon,
just to dry it.
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Normally, it will go to
the garage for a few months.
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[laughs]
I don’t have a few months.
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I got a few hours.
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At least I got the ferro rod.
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I don’t have to make
a primitive fire.
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Right there in the center.
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While we wait for that, let’s
work on the other project.
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The dart will sit in here,
this hook.
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Yeah, we’ll see.
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Let’s peel it and
put it by the fire.
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Now I need to harvest
some bamboo for the darts.
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[imitates dart flying]
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[laughs]
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- My next projectile
is gonna be a crossbow.
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Perfect. Okay, let’s go get
a piece of ocean spray.
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You want it to be able
to bend without breaking
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but also snap back.
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I’m gonna clean this wood up.
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So I’m just cutting
a notch here,
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and this is where top of
the bow will bend over it.
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Gosh, that might be it.
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Okay, here’s the
start of the crossbow.
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All right, I’m gonna use
some of my glue in here.
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That’s already created
a super strong bind,
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and then once I wrap
it with the sinew,
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I think that’s gonna
be really tight.
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So I’m just gonna do
a simple three-strand braid.
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This will pull our bow back.
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[wood snaps]
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[bleep].
It cracked.
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[sighs] Okay.
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I’m gonna have to
make a new one.
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Here we go. Let’s go get
another piece of wood.
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I can’t waste any time.
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- Okay, well,
after a long couple days,
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I figured out the best
way for my bow to work.
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Now it’s longer,
and I think that that’s
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gonna help with the breakage.
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Okay, so we’re going out
to gather our poison
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for my poison darts.
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This is foxglove here,
and it has an alkaloid
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and that affects
the nervous system
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and can cause the heart
to stop.
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Just to be on the safe side,
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always gather poisons
with gloves.
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I’m gathering
a combination of the leaves,
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the seed pods, the flowers.
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That should be enough.
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- Yeah, I think this
bow is gonna be good.
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So now, gotta work on the
atlatl, make the darts,
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make the arrow.
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Today’s so crazy, man.
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Make a little hole
in the atlatl head
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so it can receive the dart.
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And this will fit in here.
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You can exchange this
if you break this one,
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I guess, on the animal.
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The arrow shaft.
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I fire-hardened the tip
of that to make the nock.
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Just a little bit
on one side,
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a little bit
on the other side.
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00:12:09,572 --> 00:12:11,802
The very last touch
will be the fletching.
259
00:12:11,907 --> 00:12:13,817
I was able to find
a couple of feathers.
260
00:12:13,909 --> 00:12:15,169
They’re pretty beat up.
261
00:12:15,278 --> 00:12:17,548
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262
00:12:17,647 --> 00:12:19,817
That’ll create drag,
and then I can tie it
263
00:12:19,915 --> 00:12:22,455
on top here with my string.
264
00:12:22,551 --> 00:12:26,121
♪ ♪
265
00:12:26,222 --> 00:12:29,292
- Looking for pieces
to make bolts.
266
00:12:29,392 --> 00:12:32,162
Time is definitely
getting short.
267
00:12:32,261 --> 00:12:34,161
Oh, my gosh.
268
00:12:34,263 --> 00:12:36,303
[clanging rocks]
Hear that?
269
00:12:36,399 --> 00:12:37,959
High silica content.
270
00:12:38,067 --> 00:12:40,237
So that’s telling
us that this stone
271
00:12:40,336 --> 00:12:43,506
is potentially knappable,
could turn it into points.
272
00:12:45,374 --> 00:12:47,414
Oh, yeah, that’s awesome.
273
00:12:47,510 --> 00:12:50,010
I have a number
of rhyolite flakes here.
274
00:12:50,112 --> 00:12:52,242
Need to make it sharper.
275
00:12:52,348 --> 00:12:55,518
This is called "pressure
flaking," and what I’m doing
276
00:12:55,618 --> 00:13:00,098
is using the tip of this
antler and chipping.
277
00:13:00,189 --> 00:13:05,719
And whenever it chips,
it creates a very sharp edge.
278
00:13:05,828 --> 00:13:09,658
Okay, I’m gonna prepare some
feathers that I found earlier
279
00:13:09,765 --> 00:13:12,005
for my bolt.
280
00:13:12,101 --> 00:13:13,331
Not terrible.
281
00:13:13,436 --> 00:13:15,876
So now I need to cut
a notch into this
282
00:13:15,971 --> 00:13:18,471
and pitch it in or tie
it in, or all of it.
283
00:13:18,574 --> 00:13:21,444
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284
00:13:21,544 --> 00:13:22,614
Looks pretty good.
285
00:13:22,712 --> 00:13:25,442
The pitch makes
it a little bulky, but...
286
00:13:25,548 --> 00:13:28,688
you know,
I don’t got much time.
287
00:13:28,784 --> 00:13:31,924
Gonna start my second
projectile weapon,
288
00:13:32,021 --> 00:13:33,351
this atlatl.
289
00:13:33,456 --> 00:13:35,396
If there’s one thing I’m
working against right now,
290
00:13:35,491 --> 00:13:37,061
it’s time.
291
00:13:37,159 --> 00:13:41,489
Nothing like rushing your
craftsmanship.
292
00:13:41,597 --> 00:13:42,737
♪ ♪
293
00:13:42,832 --> 00:13:44,162
- I gotta hurry up.
294
00:13:44,266 --> 00:13:45,336
I gotta make a bowstring,
295
00:13:45,434 --> 00:13:48,204
so I’m going to
do a reverse wrap.
296
00:13:48,304 --> 00:13:51,774
- I’m looking for feathers
to make my fletching.
297
00:13:51,874 --> 00:13:53,344
Oh, yep, here’s one.
298
00:13:53,442 --> 00:13:54,772
Hopefully, one will work,
299
00:13:54,877 --> 00:13:56,147
’cause that’s all
I have time for.
300
00:13:56,245 --> 00:13:58,785
- I need to get moving.
301
00:13:58,881 --> 00:14:00,051
Oh, goodness.
302
00:14:00,149 --> 00:14:01,609
So here’s my chucker.
303
00:14:01,717 --> 00:14:05,027
I need to carve this
down quite a bit.
304
00:14:05,121 --> 00:14:07,191
- Physically,
it’s a real challenge.
305
00:14:07,289 --> 00:14:10,659
To try to make a bow like
this takes a lot of effort.
306
00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,460
♪ ♪
307
00:14:12,561 --> 00:14:13,461
- I don’t know if
you can see it,
308
00:14:13,562 --> 00:14:16,132
but I’m just actually sweating.
309
00:14:16,232 --> 00:14:19,032
- So I’m gonna use the
last bit of my sinew here
310
00:14:19,135 --> 00:14:21,505
to tie on my fletching.
311
00:14:21,604 --> 00:14:23,874
Basically figuring
it out as I go.
312
00:14:23,973 --> 00:14:26,213
- Not bad, man.
313
00:14:26,308 --> 00:14:30,408
For one knife, this is
gonna be a killer bow, dude.
314
00:14:30,513 --> 00:14:31,743
I can already tell.
315
00:14:31,847 --> 00:14:34,687
- I feel good
about the crossbow.
316
00:14:34,784 --> 00:14:37,424
I feel uncertain
about the atlatl.
317
00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,250
♪ ♪
318
00:14:41,590 --> 00:14:44,720
♪ ♪
319
00:14:44,827 --> 00:14:47,267
- Three days ago,
I gave Amós, Lucas,
320
00:14:47,363 --> 00:14:49,733
and Callie a really
tough challenge to build
321
00:14:49,832 --> 00:14:51,662
two large game projectiles.
322
00:14:51,767 --> 00:14:53,577
I only gave them three tools:
323
00:14:53,669 --> 00:14:57,199
Artificial sinew,
a knife, and a ferro rod.
324
00:14:57,306 --> 00:15:00,516
The rules of the build were
that their projectile
325
00:15:00,609 --> 00:15:03,009
had to travel 20 feet
through the air,
326
00:15:03,112 --> 00:15:04,712
it had to hit
a target no bigger
327
00:15:04,814 --> 00:15:06,414
than 12 inches in diameter,
328
00:15:06,515 --> 00:15:09,325
and it had to have at least
6 inches of penetration.
329
00:15:09,418 --> 00:15:11,148
And now it’s time
to see how they did.
330
00:15:11,253 --> 00:15:13,353
♪ ♪
331
00:15:13,456 --> 00:15:14,996
- Okay, so here’s our target.
332
00:15:15,090 --> 00:15:17,820
I have my arrow
dipped in poison.
333
00:15:17,927 --> 00:15:20,537
What I’ll do
for my trigger is I just take
334
00:15:20,629 --> 00:15:24,529
a tiny little piece
of bamboo and just flip it up.
335
00:15:28,504 --> 00:15:34,874
♪ ♪
336
00:15:36,111 --> 00:15:38,141
- Oh, that was not a good one.
337
00:15:38,247 --> 00:15:39,917
Okay, here we go again.
338
00:15:40,015 --> 00:15:43,355
♪ ♪
339
00:15:43,452 --> 00:15:45,682
Yes!
[laughs]
340
00:15:45,788 --> 00:15:47,128
Went in that far.
341
00:15:47,223 --> 00:15:48,553
6 inches.
342
00:15:48,657 --> 00:15:50,997
And now we have our blow gun.
343
00:15:51,093 --> 00:15:53,333
I’m really excited
about this one.
344
00:15:53,429 --> 00:15:54,629
[blows]
345
00:15:54,730 --> 00:15:55,890
Oh, yeah.
346
00:15:55,998 --> 00:15:56,998
First shot.
347
00:15:57,099 --> 00:15:59,229
Definitely went 6 inches there.
348
00:15:59,335 --> 00:16:00,805
That’s awesome.
349
00:16:00,903 --> 00:16:03,203
[blows]
Ooh, okay.
350
00:16:03,305 --> 00:16:05,875
I think the poison dart
is my weapon.
351
00:16:05,975 --> 00:16:07,615
The crossbow, not so much.
352
00:16:07,710 --> 00:16:08,970
♪ ♪
353
00:16:09,078 --> 00:16:10,788
[blows]
354
00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,950
♪ ♪
355
00:16:13,048 --> 00:16:16,248
- This day, I got my weapons,
my projectiles.
356
00:16:16,352 --> 00:16:18,982
So I’m measuring 20 feet.
357
00:16:19,088 --> 00:16:20,758
18, 19, 20.
358
00:16:20,856 --> 00:16:21,996
Right there.
359
00:16:22,091 --> 00:16:24,661
So let’s go with
the bow and arrow first.
360
00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:26,360
And I can’t believe
it’s raining.
361
00:16:26,462 --> 00:16:27,662
Every time.
362
00:16:29,698 --> 00:16:32,158
♪ ♪
363
00:16:32,268 --> 00:16:34,308
That’s about
4 inches right now.
364
00:16:34,403 --> 00:16:37,073
♪ ♪
365
00:16:37,172 --> 00:16:38,672
It’s 5 inches.
366
00:16:38,774 --> 00:16:40,944
100% humidity makes it hard.
367
00:16:41,043 --> 00:16:42,883
♪ ♪
368
00:16:42,978 --> 00:16:44,438
Whoa.
369
00:16:44,547 --> 00:16:47,387
♪ ♪
370
00:16:47,483 --> 00:16:49,783
6 inches.
371
00:16:49,885 --> 00:16:51,555
Let’s do the atlatl.
372
00:16:51,654 --> 00:16:54,424
So basically--
373
00:16:54,523 --> 00:16:56,093
ah, it’s so high.
374
00:16:56,191 --> 00:16:57,821
♪ ♪
375
00:16:57,927 --> 00:16:59,537
Look at that.
376
00:16:59,628 --> 00:17:02,058
Oh yeah, that’s 6 inches.
377
00:17:02,164 --> 00:17:04,264
I’m actually really
happy with the results,
378
00:17:04,366 --> 00:17:06,276
with how everything went down.
379
00:17:06,368 --> 00:17:09,868
And I should stop
shooting in the rain,
380
00:17:09,972 --> 00:17:12,912
but it’s so much fun.
381
00:17:13,008 --> 00:17:15,908
Come on, this one wins?
[laughs]
382
00:17:16,011 --> 00:17:18,011
♪ ♪
383
00:17:18,113 --> 00:17:21,253
- Okay, so it’s testing day
here in the Sonoran Desert.
384
00:17:21,350 --> 00:17:23,780
I’ve got a crossbow and an
atlatl that I need to test.
385
00:17:23,886 --> 00:17:26,396
So we just measured
out 20 feet here,
386
00:17:26,488 --> 00:17:29,048
and I’m gonna start
with this atlatl first.
387
00:17:29,158 --> 00:17:36,208
♪ ♪
388
00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:41,430
It split it and went
through it like that.
389
00:17:41,537 --> 00:17:43,007
So that’s definitely 6 inches.
390
00:17:43,105 --> 00:17:45,145
♪ ♪
391
00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,640
Yeah, it went right
through it again.
392
00:17:47,743 --> 00:17:51,383
The atlatl is actually
quite accurate.
393
00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,710
All right, let’s check
out the crossbow next.
394
00:17:54,817 --> 00:17:57,687
It looks sharp,
but does it perform?
395
00:17:57,786 --> 00:17:59,286
I’m about to find out.
396
00:17:59,388 --> 00:18:03,828
♪ ♪
397
00:18:03,926 --> 00:18:06,436
We’re going 6 inches
through a target.
398
00:18:06,528 --> 00:18:08,388
This thing has a lot of power.
399
00:18:08,497 --> 00:18:10,437
So I’m very pleased with how
the crossbow
400
00:18:10,532 --> 00:18:11,762
and the atlatl turned out.
401
00:18:11,867 --> 00:18:14,977
They both shot straight,
worked powerfully.
402
00:18:15,070 --> 00:18:18,070
I think Callie and Amós will
have a challenger this round.
403
00:18:18,173 --> 00:18:20,073
I guess now it’s
just up to Joel.
404
00:18:20,175 --> 00:18:22,445
♪ ♪
405
00:18:22,544 --> 00:18:23,444
- Oh, man.
406
00:18:23,545 --> 00:18:25,885
I am just so blown away.
407
00:18:25,981 --> 00:18:28,751
They have all impressed
the heck out of me
408
00:18:28,851 --> 00:18:30,981
and exceeded my expectations.
409
00:18:31,086 --> 00:18:33,626
So let’s look
at Callie’s build.
410
00:18:33,722 --> 00:18:36,092
I absolutely love
the originality
411
00:18:36,191 --> 00:18:39,091
of building a blowgun
with a poison-tipped dart.
412
00:18:39,194 --> 00:18:42,934
Her ingenuity of the crossbow
was really impressive.
413
00:18:43,032 --> 00:18:45,702
However, there were a couple
of things that made me
414
00:18:45,801 --> 00:18:48,001
wonder how much power it has.
415
00:18:49,905 --> 00:18:51,775
Amós delivered.
416
00:18:53,108 --> 00:18:55,038
He built a symmetrical bow.
417
00:18:55,144 --> 00:18:57,144
He took the time
to dry it and cure it
418
00:18:57,246 --> 00:19:00,856
which is absolutely crucial
to the longevity of a bow.
419
00:19:00,949 --> 00:19:03,649
He clearly has got
the eye for the detail,
420
00:19:03,752 --> 00:19:05,652
and he got great
penetration with both
421
00:19:05,754 --> 00:19:07,454
the atlatl and the bow.
422
00:19:08,824 --> 00:19:12,524
Lucas really surprised
and impressed me.
423
00:19:13,562 --> 00:19:15,962
He had a really
high-powered crossbow.
424
00:19:16,065 --> 00:19:19,505
But not only that, he also had
higher front-of-center weight
425
00:19:19,601 --> 00:19:21,931
on his arrow,
which gives it more stability
426
00:19:22,037 --> 00:19:25,647
and better flight because
he has a stone point up front.
427
00:19:25,741 --> 00:19:28,111
I was impressed
with his atlatl.
428
00:19:28,210 --> 00:19:29,610
I think his dart
was nice and long,
429
00:19:29,712 --> 00:19:31,482
and it had fairly
good penetration.
430
00:19:32,581 --> 00:19:34,451
This is such a hard decision.
431
00:19:34,550 --> 00:19:35,980
They all met the criteria,
432
00:19:36,085 --> 00:19:38,225
and they all
had various original ideas
433
00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:39,280
that they brought
to their build,
434
00:19:39,388 --> 00:19:40,558
which I was very impressed by.
435
00:19:40,656 --> 00:19:43,126
But I’m gonna have
to choose...
436
00:19:43,225 --> 00:19:46,125
[suspenseful music]
437
00:19:46,228 --> 00:19:48,088
♪ ♪
438
00:19:48,197 --> 00:19:49,097
Lucas.
439
00:19:49,198 --> 00:19:51,868
♪ ♪
440
00:19:51,967 --> 00:19:54,337
The power that he
was able to achieve
441
00:19:54,436 --> 00:19:57,406
in that environment
with such limited resources
442
00:19:57,506 --> 00:19:58,546
blew me away.
443
00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,710
Well done, Lucas,
very impressed.
444
00:20:00,809 --> 00:20:02,409
- Joel, I know
you’re a keen hunter.
445
00:20:02,511 --> 00:20:03,581
I appreciate you choosing me.
446
00:20:03,679 --> 00:20:05,439
I put a lot of hard work
into this one.
447
00:20:05,547 --> 00:20:07,917
Everybody else, I know you
put in a lot of work, too.
448
00:20:08,016 --> 00:20:10,086
Thank you so much for
being good competitors,
449
00:20:10,185 --> 00:20:12,625
and on to the next
skills challenge.
450
00:20:12,721 --> 00:20:16,621
♪ ♪