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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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- [groans]
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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.
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- 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 seven...
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- I won't go down easy.
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narrator:
Clay Hayes, 74-day survivor
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and winner of season eight...
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- Yeah!
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narrator:
And Jordan Jonas,
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77-day survivor and winner
of season six.
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- Yeah!
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narrator:
Let the challenge begin.
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- Don't try that at home, kids.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- Hi, I'm Britt Ahart
from seasons three and five
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of "Alone," where I lasted
35 days the first time,
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and came up runner-up
the second time,
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lasting 56 days.
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Look at that. One cast. Boom.
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And I've issued a challenge
to Jordan, Amós, and Clay.
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I've also sent them the tools.
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And after they complete
their build,
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I get to pick the winner,
so let's see how they do.
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- Let's get in here
and see what we have.
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- Kind of excited to see
what's inside this thing.
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- Oh, yeah. The envelope.
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♪ ♪
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- "Your challenge is...
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build a bone-dry
smoke-free shelter."
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- Oh, my gosh.
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- All right,
I have three days to do this.
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"You may only use the tools
in the box."
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What did Britt give us
to do it with?
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Oh, a multi-tool.
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A must-have for sure.
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Paracord, that's useful.
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And a saw blade.
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We're gonna have
to be extra careful with that.
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And...
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Britt...
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where's the axe?
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No axe.
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Oh, man. All right.
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- "To complete this challenge,
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"you must fit one person,
stay dry in the rain,
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remain smoke-free inside
when a fire is lit."
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Challengers are Amós,
myself, and Jordan.
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- It's definitely gonna
be a challenge.
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- A dry shelter.
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- The timer's started.
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- All right, let's go do this.
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- All right, so my first line
of business here
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is gonna be trying
to find a location.
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I want to go and see
what the landscape
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has to offer
and how we can create
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a smoke-free,
bone-dry shelter.
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Oh, ho, ho, look at that.
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Exactly what I'm looking for.
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Good sandy ground,
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so I should be able
to dig a nice fireplace here.
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But first, I'm gonna go ahead
and turn this saw blade
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into a saw.
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All right.
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So I want to attach
these two arms on my bucksaw.
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I've actually never built
a bucksaw before.
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I've just never found myself
in the woods with a saw blade
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and no saw.
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Tighten that blade up.
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There she is...
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a little bucksaw.
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Well, the saw seems
to be working all right.
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There you have
a digging stick.
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I'm gonna dig a little trench
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and make some sort
of a rocket stove.
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Well, I've never done
a rocket stove before,
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but, hypothetically,
you should be able
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to start the fire on one end,
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and that heat should be drawn
through the ground
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and up out the vent
on the other end,
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and that way, you're heating
that space in between.
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I wish I could find, like,
a big hollow log
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for a chimney.
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See what I can do
with what I have.
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That might work as a chimney.
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I'm gonna seal up the top
of this smoke funnel,
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bury it in really good,
and we should be good.
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Looks like a grave.
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With much respect
and much honor,
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here lie Clay and Amós' hopes
for victory this week.
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All right,
enough screwing around.
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I got to spark this thing up
and see if it even works.
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♪ ♪
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See if we can get her to draw.
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Oh, check it out.
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Big news--smoke coming out
of this chimney.
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Pretty weakly, though.
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See the smoke coming out
of the ground?
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Still have it coming out
the front, too.
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That makes me think
it's not gonna work.
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Yeesh, didn't have
good enough airflow,
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but I'd love to keep tweakin'
with it,
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but time is of the essence,
so the pressure's on now.
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- I'm thinking
about doing a lean-to
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kind of on this hill.
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Most of our weather comes
from the west,
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so the wind's
gonna be coming off this way,
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and then I've got
these two big trees here.
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I think I can just
tie a pole up
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and then put two
of my uprights here
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and then lash my other poles
to that.
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A lean-to right here
will shelter
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a huge space underneath.
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The first order of business--
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build a bucksaw so we can
start cutting materials
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for our shelter.
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Gonna be a lot of work
to get this done.
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Knowin' Jordan, he's already
found a cave somewhere,
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and he's, like, done.
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Nice.
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I need a couple
of pretty stout poles
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for my uprights.
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[grunts]
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I want to tie that top.
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Let's see
if I can get up here
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without killing myself.
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It's a lot of weight
on that little pole.
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Don't try that at home, kids.
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[suspenseful music]
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- [panting] So I got to start
on the structure ASAP.
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I think
this is a pretty good spot
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for the round dome shelter.
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I've been cutting willows
for the frame,
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but I got to get going.
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Time to make the structure.
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One of the structures
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the Natives in this area used
is the wigwam.
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No rope, no paracord.
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Only willows.
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And look how flexible
this material is.
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I basically twisted them
around each other
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so they put tension.
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It might not look like much
from the couch...
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[grunts]
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But I think it's gonna be
a decent structure.
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Yeah, this is good.
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Plenty big.
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That's a grapevine.
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Think I can swing on it?
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[laughs]
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[upbeat music]
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I'm too old
to be playing like this.
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[laughs]
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[tense music]
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- Got a new day here.
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I'm gonna try
to cut my losses.
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I wasted a lot of time fiddling
with that rocket stove,
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so I'm gonna go to plan B--
build a fireplace.
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I'd like to be a little
farther along than this.
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Sometimes you got to know
when to hold 'em
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and know when to fold 'em.
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Okay.
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I think I got enough rock
around here.
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I just need a ton of clay.
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I'm gonna check the creek.
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Usually you can find clay
in these swampy areas.
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So this is it--my best hope.
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[groans] I feel something.
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Oh, yeah.
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Whoo, whoo, whoo.
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Looks pretty clayey to me.
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[sighs]
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Think it'll do.
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A little masonry.
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Now we just have
to work our way up.
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What if we incorporated this?
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Line it in clay.
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Might as well put
a little rain hood on there.
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So there we have it--
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our little
standalone chimney.
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All right, so now I'm gonna
build my actual shelter finally
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after that.
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Time's pushing,
so it's gonna be intense.
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[tense music]
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- About time to start putting
the cedar bark down.
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Damn it.
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Don't have enough bark
to cover the whole thing.
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A lot of materials
to collect,
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so I think what I'm gonna do
is just save time--
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try to throw some boughs
up here on this
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and just see what they do.
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All right, so I've got
two different species of fir.
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So this one right here
is grand fir,
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and this one is Douglas fir.
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What I'm looking for
is these grand firs,
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because the needles
on these things are oriented
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in a flat plane,
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whereas on the Doug fir,
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the needles kind of go
all the way around the stem,
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and so these grand fir tend
to shed the water
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a little bit better
than these things.
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So all boughs
are not created equal.
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[grunts]
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I think they're packed
in there pretty doggone tight.
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I want to test
the waterproofness.
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[groans, laughs]
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So that's pretty much leaking
like a frickin' sieve.
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That didn't work.
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I'm gonna have
to collect more cedar
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and pull all this off,
restack it.
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That's what you get
for being lazy.
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Trying to do it
without the right stuff.
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[suspenseful music]
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- The structure I did
yesterday is really good,
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but to make it waterproof,
I will need to thatch it.
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Lots of work ahead.
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Got to get these grasses
and lots of it.
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♪ ♪
268
00:10:54,053 --> 00:10:56,422
Okay, so I have
a lot of this grass.
269
00:10:56,556 --> 00:10:59,592
So we can have a lot of layers
to shed water in there,
270
00:10:59,726 --> 00:11:01,094
lots of insulation.
271
00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:02,729
Make a big bundle.
272
00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:15,975
♪ ♪
273
00:11:16,109 --> 00:11:19,846
So that's it. Making bundles.
274
00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:21,481
I got to hustle today, man.
275
00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:23,716
♪ ♪
276
00:11:23,850 --> 00:11:25,251
[grunts]
277
00:11:25,385 --> 00:11:26,719
Okay.
278
00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:30,857
Starting from the bottom up
so the water sheds properly.
279
00:11:30,990 --> 00:11:32,892
♪ ♪
280
00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:34,494
That's gonna work, I think,
281
00:11:34,627 --> 00:11:38,364
if I can manage my time
properly.
282
00:11:38,498 --> 00:11:40,266
I gave myself
a big challenge...
283
00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,734
Getting a workout.
284
00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:43,937
By picking this type
of shelter.
285
00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:46,072
There's so much material.
286
00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:48,942
Just a sucker for punishment,
I guess.
287
00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:50,543
[exhales deeply]
288
00:11:50,677 --> 00:11:52,745
I feel like
I'm a little behind.
289
00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:56,316
Tomorrow's gonna be
pretty hard core, man.
290
00:11:56,449 --> 00:12:01,254
♪ ♪
291
00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:04,290
- Final day
to get the shelter ready.
292
00:12:04,424 --> 00:12:05,592
♪ ♪
293
00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,760
I'm gonna make
a little tripod.
294
00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:10,230
It's gonna be something
like this.
295
00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:12,031
All right.
296
00:12:12,165 --> 00:12:14,167
So what type of shelter
is this?
297
00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:17,503
It's a Russian hay shelter.
[chuckles]
298
00:12:17,637 --> 00:12:20,073
You can use the tension
of these sticks
299
00:12:20,206 --> 00:12:22,308
to hold this all together.
300
00:12:22,442 --> 00:12:25,612
All right, so the frame is up.
301
00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:27,480
Shingles,
what are we gonna use?
302
00:12:27,614 --> 00:12:30,783
These giant skunkweed leaves.
303
00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:33,753
This is not the layer
I'm fully relying on
304
00:12:33,886 --> 00:12:35,288
for waterproofness.
305
00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:36,956
That'll be the grass.
306
00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:38,591
♪ ♪
307
00:12:38,725 --> 00:12:40,126
Voilà.
308
00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:41,761
Beautiful.
309
00:12:41,894 --> 00:12:45,331
I want to hurry
and get the next layer on,
310
00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:47,967
which'll be thatching,
so between the two,
311
00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:49,736
I should be
hermetically sealed
312
00:12:49,869 --> 00:12:51,938
in there against the water.
313
00:12:52,071 --> 00:12:56,209
♪ ♪
314
00:12:56,342 --> 00:12:58,778
- I think I'm doing okay.
315
00:12:58,911 --> 00:13:00,580
For the fire,
I think I'm gonna do
316
00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:02,081
a Dakota fire hole.
317
00:13:02,215 --> 00:13:03,549
♪ ♪
318
00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:04,917
Maybe I just need
to do a trench
319
00:13:05,051 --> 00:13:06,819
and then line it with rocks.
320
00:13:08,588 --> 00:13:10,256
It's just gonna be a lot
of work.
321
00:13:10,390 --> 00:13:11,691
[exhales sharply]
322
00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:13,359
♪ ♪
323
00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:15,995
[pants]
Almost there.
324
00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:17,897
Made it.
[groans]
325
00:13:18,031 --> 00:13:19,432
♪ ♪
326
00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:21,467
That's the last one.
327
00:13:21,601 --> 00:13:22,669
Well, I'm pretty happy.
328
00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,304
I have a good fire tunnel.
329
00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:25,605
I think that will work.
330
00:13:25,738 --> 00:13:27,206
And hopefully the draft
of the wind
331
00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:30,576
will make a really efficient
smokeless fire.
332
00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:32,545
[sighs]
333
00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:34,480
I'm gonna need to go
to the chiropractor,
334
00:13:34,614 --> 00:13:36,616
the massage therapist,
335
00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:39,252
and have them fix me up.
336
00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:40,953
But right now I have
to finish this roof.
337
00:13:41,087 --> 00:13:42,121
♪ ♪
338
00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:43,322
I got to get cracking.
339
00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:46,259
♪ ♪
340
00:13:46,392 --> 00:13:48,895
- I tested my roof yesterday,
and it was leaking,
341
00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:51,998
so I was able
to find a lot more cedar bark
342
00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:53,900
to do one layer
on the whole thing.
343
00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:56,903
[suspenseful music]
344
00:13:57,036 --> 00:13:58,438
♪ ♪
345
00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:00,840
Bam, that's all of 'em.
346
00:14:00,973 --> 00:14:04,510
It seems to be holding up,
so fire...
347
00:14:04,644 --> 00:14:06,012
I'm gonna do, like,
a semicircle
348
00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:08,648
rock reflector wall to push
some of the heat back
349
00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:10,083
into the shelter.
350
00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:12,018
Hopefully
the smoke goes the other way.
351
00:14:12,151 --> 00:14:14,821
I just don't know
if I have time to do that.
352
00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:17,223
- So I got to hustle.
353
00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:19,058
Try to hurry up, man.
354
00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:21,060
♪ ♪
355
00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:24,063
- Thinkin' really what I need
is a front door.
356
00:14:24,197 --> 00:14:26,032
♪ ♪
357
00:14:26,165 --> 00:14:28,334
Time's tickin'.
358
00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:32,972
- I don't know how much more
I'm gonna have time to do.
359
00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:34,874
- I feel pretty confident.
360
00:14:35,007 --> 00:14:37,043
I'm not sure about the fire,
but...
361
00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:40,046
I guess we will know tomorrow
on test day.
362
00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:45,752
♪ ♪
363
00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,220
- Three days ago,
I issued a challenge
364
00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:49,288
to Amós, Jordan, and Clay
365
00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:51,924
to build a bone-dry,
smoke-free shelter.
366
00:14:52,058 --> 00:14:53,459
I sent them some paracord,
367
00:14:53,593 --> 00:14:56,329
a multi-tool, and a saw blade.
368
00:14:56,462 --> 00:14:58,064
The criteria for the shelter
is that it must fit
369
00:14:58,197 --> 00:15:01,200
one person comfortably,
stay dry if it got rained on,
370
00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:03,770
and stay smoke-free
when they light their fire.
371
00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:05,037
Let's see how they did.
372
00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:08,274
[upbeat music]
373
00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,676
- All right, it's testing day,
and I'm excited.
374
00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:13,179
The first thing I'm gonna do
is get this fire going.
375
00:15:13,312 --> 00:15:16,215
♪ ♪
376
00:15:16,349 --> 00:15:18,317
This isn't a very smoky fire.
377
00:15:18,451 --> 00:15:20,153
So just to see
what the smoke's gonna do,
378
00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:22,255
I'm gonna throw some
pine needles on this fire.
379
00:15:22,388 --> 00:15:24,023
♪ ♪
380
00:15:24,157 --> 00:15:25,024
Oh, ho, ho.
381
00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:27,226
That's some smoke right there.
382
00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,028
All right, so the smoke
is coming right in here,
383
00:15:29,162 --> 00:15:30,029
and it just...
384
00:15:30,163 --> 00:15:32,298
[tense music]
385
00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:34,667
Yeah, it's, uh,
gettin' a little smoky.
386
00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:36,803
[bleep].
387
00:15:42,008 --> 00:15:43,543
[tense music]
388
00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:45,878
♪ ♪
389
00:15:46,012 --> 00:15:48,214
- I'm gonna throw some
pine needles on this fire.
390
00:15:48,347 --> 00:15:50,149
All right, so the smoke
is coming right in here,
391
00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:52,652
and it just...
392
00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:54,754
Yeah, it's, uh,
gettin' a little smoky.
393
00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:56,456
[bleep].
394
00:15:56,589 --> 00:15:57,757
But not too bad.
395
00:15:57,890 --> 00:15:59,525
If I'm laying on my bunk...
396
00:15:59,659 --> 00:16:02,829
♪ ♪
397
00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:04,897
Yeah, that's more than
I want to breathe at night.
398
00:16:05,031 --> 00:16:06,232
♪ ♪
399
00:16:06,365 --> 00:16:09,368
So the takeaway is,
don't burn wet pine needles.
400
00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:12,638
All right,
now comes the true test.
401
00:16:12,772 --> 00:16:14,474
♪ ♪
402
00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,876
I'm a little nervous
about this one.
403
00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:24,016
♪ ♪
404
00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:29,889
I don't see any leaks.
405
00:16:30,022 --> 00:16:31,090
But now, of course,
406
00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:33,459
I just want to see how far
I can push it.
407
00:16:33,593 --> 00:16:34,594
[grunts]
408
00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:37,530
[upbeat music]
409
00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:39,732
Ooh, that's so nice.
410
00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:42,235
I'll say that passed the test.
411
00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:43,603
Well, I like it.
412
00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:44,737
We'll see how it stacks up
413
00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:47,373
against what Amós
and Jordan did.
414
00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:49,508
[light music]
415
00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:52,345
- Beautiful,
beautiful place, man.
416
00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:55,214
♪ ♪
417
00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:57,750
I mean, water
is just beading out.
418
00:16:57,884 --> 00:16:59,118
I can see it. Look.
419
00:16:59,252 --> 00:17:00,820
This will handle a storm,
no problem.
420
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:02,154
Look.
421
00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:04,924
And let's check that.
422
00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:07,093
And nothing dripping here, man.
423
00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:09,061
Challenge, check.
424
00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:10,062
♪ ♪
425
00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:11,497
Okay, here's the shelter.
426
00:17:11,631 --> 00:17:13,032
It's really big, guys.
427
00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:15,434
Look, my feet are on that side.
428
00:17:15,568 --> 00:17:17,737
Plenty of room to stretch.
429
00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:20,506
So here's
the super-efficient fire.
430
00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,276
♪ ♪
431
00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:24,877
Yeah, look at that.
432
00:17:25,011 --> 00:17:27,947
Smoke coming from the chimney.
433
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,882
Really awesome.
434
00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:32,685
I know Clay and Jordan
are amazing builders,
435
00:17:32,818 --> 00:17:35,254
but I think
this is a good entry, man.
436
00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:36,455
♪ ♪
437
00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:39,091
[percussive music]
438
00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:40,693
- All right.
439
00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:42,261
The shelter's all ready.
440
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:43,629
♪ ♪
441
00:17:43,763 --> 00:17:45,598
And I don't know
if it looks a little small
442
00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:46,799
to you from the outside,
443
00:17:46,933 --> 00:17:49,068
but I just want to
make sure you realize,
444
00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:51,003
you can sit up in here fully.
445
00:17:51,137 --> 00:17:54,273
So this is just perfect
for one person.
446
00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:56,976
Okay,
might as well start a fire.
447
00:18:00,713 --> 00:18:02,114
♪ ♪
448
00:18:02,248 --> 00:18:04,584
There, you can see
that draft hit,
449
00:18:04,717 --> 00:18:08,087
sucking the fire right out
of the chimney.
450
00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:10,323
It's nice and clear in here.
451
00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:12,024
It's doing great.
452
00:18:12,158 --> 00:18:15,394
So here we go.
453
00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:17,063
♪ ♪
454
00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:19,432
Look at it dripping off.
455
00:18:19,565 --> 00:18:22,602
And not a drop
comes through it.
456
00:18:22,735 --> 00:18:24,904
All right,
I hope you liked the shelter.
457
00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:26,839
Come visit anytime
458
00:18:26,973 --> 00:18:31,177
and live dry and warm
in that fine abode.
459
00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:34,480
[tense music]
460
00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:36,082
- You guys all did a great job.
461
00:18:36,215 --> 00:18:38,818
Everybody took a really cool
and a really unique approach
462
00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:40,653
to attacking this challenge.
463
00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:42,555
So what I liked
about Amós' build...
464
00:18:42,688 --> 00:18:44,523
♪ ♪
465
00:18:44,657 --> 00:18:46,859
I liked the dome construction
of his shelter.
466
00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:48,527
I loved his use of grasses
467
00:18:48,661 --> 00:18:50,696
to keep the water going down
and out.
468
00:18:50,830 --> 00:18:53,499
I also really liked
his Dakota fire hole.
469
00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:55,101
Jordan's build was really cool.
470
00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:56,702
♪ ♪
471
00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:59,038
The way he took the piece
of bark to further help funnel
472
00:18:59,171 --> 00:19:00,840
that smoke away
was really cool.
473
00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:03,509
I loved the way
he used the skunk cabbage
474
00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:05,144
because not only will
that keep the water out,
475
00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:06,979
it creates
such a nice seal inside
476
00:19:07,113 --> 00:19:10,916
that it'll keep your heat
bouncing around on the inside.
477
00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:12,885
For Clay's build,
478
00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:15,855
I thought it was smart how he
made his lean-to on the slope.
479
00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:18,157
You don't have to have
such an extreme grade,
480
00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:20,660
and you also don't have
to have as much material,
481
00:19:20,793 --> 00:19:21,927
and the cedar shingles,
482
00:19:22,061 --> 00:19:23,696
that's fantastic
for shedding water,
483
00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:25,998
but there was the factor
of the smoke.
484
00:19:26,132 --> 00:19:27,433
I think there was a little bit
too much
485
00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:29,468
to call it
a smoke-free shelter.
486
00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,270
I mean,
they were all solid builds.
487
00:19:31,404 --> 00:19:33,739
But since Clay
didn't check all the boxes
488
00:19:33,873 --> 00:19:34,740
because his shelter
was supposed
489
00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:36,509
to be totally smoke-free,
490
00:19:36,642 --> 00:19:38,444
it comes down to Amós
and Jordan.
491
00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:40,146
But if I had
to pick my winner...
492
00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:43,049
[suspenseful music]
493
00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:44,283
I got to pick Jordan's.
494
00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:46,919
[light upbeat music]
495
00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:49,388
I'm kind of a "work smarter,
not harder" type.
496
00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:51,690
So, yeah, it's more like
something that I would create
497
00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:54,126
because of the ease
of the construction,
498
00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:55,995
the lightness
of the materials,
499
00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:58,164
and all the heat
coming directly out
500
00:19:58,297 --> 00:19:59,932
and all the smoke
going right away,
501
00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:01,367
that was very cool.
502
00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:04,270
Congratulations to everybody,
but good job, Jordan.
503
00:20:04,403 --> 00:20:06,105
- Oh, man. All right.
Well, there you have it.
504
00:20:06,238 --> 00:20:08,307
Thanks, Britt.
I really appreciate the vote
505
00:20:08,441 --> 00:20:10,543
and Clay, Amós,
506
00:20:10,676 --> 00:20:13,345
predictably awesome shelters
you guys built.
507
00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:15,381
Yeah, thanks.
Hope you guys all enjoyed it.
508
00:20:15,514 --> 00:20:19,518
♪ ♪