1 00:00:05,439 --> 00:00:07,641 narrator: In the wild, the right skills 2 00:00:07,774 --> 00:00:11,778 can make the difference between life and death. 3 00:00:11,912 --> 00:00:13,647 - [groans] 4 00:00:13,780 --> 00:00:16,049 narrator: Now some of "Alone's" best competitors 5 00:00:16,183 --> 00:00:17,885 are taking on a new mission. 6 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:20,120 - This is, like, some Indiana Jones-type stuff. 7 00:00:20,254 --> 00:00:21,688 narrator: They'll have just three days... 8 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:23,824 - Whoa! narrator: And limited tools... 9 00:00:23,957 --> 00:00:25,058 - Here's the fun part. 10 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:26,526 narrator: For a build challenge 11 00:00:26,660 --> 00:00:27,961 devised by one of their own. 12 00:00:28,095 --> 00:00:29,229 - Time is ticking. 13 00:00:29,363 --> 00:00:30,497 narrator: At stake for the winner... 14 00:00:30,631 --> 00:00:31,498 - Whoo. 15 00:00:31,632 --> 00:00:32,599 narrator: Bragging rights. 16 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:34,868 - You guys have your work cut out for you. 17 00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:36,236 narrator: Tonight's challengers-- 18 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:37,905 Amós Rodriguez, 19 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:40,641 58-day survivor from season seven... 20 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:42,209 - I won't go down easy. 21 00:00:42,342 --> 00:00:45,245 narrator: Clay Hayes, 74-day survivor 22 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:47,180 and winner of season eight... 23 00:00:47,314 --> 00:00:48,382 - Yeah! 24 00:00:48,515 --> 00:00:49,816 narrator: And Jordan Jonas, 25 00:00:49,950 --> 00:00:53,487 77-day survivor and winner of season six. 26 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:54,888 - Yeah! 27 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:56,957 narrator: Let the challenge begin. 28 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:58,458 - Don't try that at home, kids. 29 00:00:58,592 --> 00:01:01,461 [dramatic music] 30 00:01:01,595 --> 00:01:05,232 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:05,365 --> 00:01:07,034 - Hi, I'm Britt Ahart from seasons three and five 32 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:09,903 of "Alone," where I lasted 35 days the first time, 33 00:01:10,037 --> 00:01:11,538 and came up runner-up the second time, 34 00:01:11,672 --> 00:01:12,906 lasting 56 days. 35 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,876 Look at that. One cast. Boom. 36 00:01:16,009 --> 00:01:20,080 And I've issued a challenge to Jordan, Amós, and Clay. 37 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:21,515 I've also sent them the tools. 38 00:01:21,648 --> 00:01:23,183 And after they complete their build, 39 00:01:23,317 --> 00:01:26,053 I get to pick the winner, so let's see how they do. 40 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:28,555 - Let's get in here and see what we have. 41 00:01:28,689 --> 00:01:31,458 - Kind of excited to see what's inside this thing. 42 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:32,859 - Oh, yeah. The envelope. 43 00:01:32,993 --> 00:01:34,161 ♪ ♪ 44 00:01:34,294 --> 00:01:35,963 - "Your challenge is... 45 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:39,232 build a bone-dry smoke-free shelter." 46 00:01:39,366 --> 00:01:40,500 - Oh, my gosh. 47 00:01:40,634 --> 00:01:42,402 - All right, I have three days to do this. 48 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:44,838 "You may only use the tools in the box." 49 00:01:44,972 --> 00:01:46,907 What did Britt give us to do it with? 50 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,042 Oh, a multi-tool. 51 00:01:49,176 --> 00:01:51,478 A must-have for sure. 52 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:53,480 Paracord, that's useful. 53 00:01:53,614 --> 00:01:54,848 ♪ ♪ 54 00:01:54,982 --> 00:01:58,452 And a saw blade. 55 00:01:58,585 --> 00:02:00,887 We're gonna have to be extra careful with that. 56 00:02:01,021 --> 00:02:01,888 And... 57 00:02:02,022 --> 00:02:03,790 ♪ ♪ 58 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:06,126 Britt... 59 00:02:06,259 --> 00:02:08,729 where's the axe? 60 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,931 No axe. 61 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:13,700 Oh, man. All right. 62 00:02:13,834 --> 00:02:15,202 - "To complete this challenge, 63 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:18,638 "you must fit one person, stay dry in the rain, 64 00:02:18,772 --> 00:02:22,943 remain smoke-free inside when a fire is lit." 65 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:25,946 Challengers are Amós, myself, and Jordan. 66 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:27,681 - It's definitely gonna be a challenge. 67 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:29,583 - A dry shelter. 68 00:02:29,716 --> 00:02:31,251 - The timer's started. 69 00:02:31,385 --> 00:02:32,919 - All right, let's go do this. 70 00:02:33,053 --> 00:02:40,060 ♪ ♪ 71 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:47,567 - All right, so my first line of business here 72 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:50,704 is gonna be trying to find a location. 73 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:52,939 I want to go and see what the landscape 74 00:02:53,073 --> 00:02:55,742 has to offer and how we can create 75 00:02:55,876 --> 00:02:58,779 a smoke-free, bone-dry shelter. 76 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:00,781 Oh, ho, ho, look at that. 77 00:03:00,914 --> 00:03:03,016 Exactly what I'm looking for. 78 00:03:03,150 --> 00:03:04,551 Good sandy ground, 79 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:07,220 so I should be able to dig a nice fireplace here. 80 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:10,157 But first, I'm gonna go ahead and turn this saw blade 81 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:11,324 into a saw. 82 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:12,692 All right. 83 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:16,730 So I want to attach these two arms on my bucksaw. 84 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:18,131 ♪ ♪ 85 00:03:18,265 --> 00:03:21,301 I've actually never built a bucksaw before. 86 00:03:21,435 --> 00:03:24,638 I've just never found myself in the woods with a saw blade 87 00:03:24,771 --> 00:03:26,039 and no saw. 88 00:03:26,173 --> 00:03:27,441 ♪ ♪ 89 00:03:27,574 --> 00:03:29,943 Tighten that blade up. 90 00:03:30,077 --> 00:03:31,812 There she is... 91 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:33,680 a little bucksaw. 92 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:38,251 Well, the saw seems to be working all right. 93 00:03:38,385 --> 00:03:40,620 There you have a digging stick. 94 00:03:40,754 --> 00:03:42,722 I'm gonna dig a little trench 95 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:45,826 and make some sort of a rocket stove. 96 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:48,228 Well, I've never done a rocket stove before, 97 00:03:48,361 --> 00:03:49,663 but, hypothetically, you should be able 98 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:51,865 to start the fire on one end, 99 00:03:51,998 --> 00:03:55,402 and that heat should be drawn through the ground 100 00:03:55,535 --> 00:03:58,004 and up out the vent on the other end, 101 00:03:58,138 --> 00:04:02,175 and that way, you're heating that space in between. 102 00:04:02,309 --> 00:04:05,078 I wish I could find, like, a big hollow log 103 00:04:05,212 --> 00:04:06,446 for a chimney. 104 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,448 See what I can do with what I have. 105 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:14,688 ♪ ♪ 106 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:16,590 That might work as a chimney. 107 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:18,058 ♪ ♪ 108 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:20,560 I'm gonna seal up the top of this smoke funnel, 109 00:04:20,694 --> 00:04:23,997 bury it in really good, and we should be good. 110 00:04:24,131 --> 00:04:25,899 ♪ ♪ 111 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:27,601 Looks like a grave. 112 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:30,137 With much respect and much honor, 113 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:35,008 here lie Clay and Amós' hopes for victory this week. 114 00:04:35,142 --> 00:04:36,676 All right, enough screwing around. 115 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:40,213 I got to spark this thing up and see if it even works. 116 00:04:40,347 --> 00:04:41,314 ♪ ♪ 117 00:04:41,448 --> 00:04:43,283 See if we can get her to draw. 118 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:44,618 ♪ ♪ 119 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:46,086 Oh, check it out. 120 00:04:46,219 --> 00:04:50,223 Big news--smoke coming out of this chimney. 121 00:04:50,357 --> 00:04:51,691 Pretty weakly, though. 122 00:04:51,825 --> 00:04:53,059 ♪ ♪ 123 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:56,029 See the smoke coming out of the ground? 124 00:04:56,163 --> 00:04:57,998 Still have it coming out the front, too. 125 00:04:58,131 --> 00:05:01,134 That makes me think it's not gonna work. 126 00:05:01,268 --> 00:05:04,337 Yeesh, didn't have good enough airflow, 127 00:05:04,471 --> 00:05:06,139 but I'd love to keep tweakin' with it, 128 00:05:06,273 --> 00:05:10,377 but time is of the essence, so the pressure's on now. 129 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:13,146 ♪ ♪ 130 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:15,482 - I'm thinking about doing a lean-to 131 00:05:15,615 --> 00:05:16,850 kind of on this hill. 132 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:18,652 Most of our weather comes from the west, 133 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:21,188 so the wind's gonna be coming off this way, 134 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:23,256 and then I've got these two big trees here. 135 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:24,925 I think I can just tie a pole up 136 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:27,294 and then put two of my uprights here 137 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:29,396 and then lash my other poles to that. 138 00:05:29,529 --> 00:05:30,931 A lean-to right here will shelter 139 00:05:31,064 --> 00:05:32,566 a huge space underneath. 140 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:34,367 The first order of business-- 141 00:05:34,501 --> 00:05:36,336 build a bucksaw so we can start cutting materials 142 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:37,971 for our shelter. 143 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:40,307 Gonna be a lot of work to get this done. 144 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,442 Knowin' Jordan, he's already found a cave somewhere, 145 00:05:42,576 --> 00:05:43,977 and he's, like, done. 146 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:45,579 ♪ ♪ 147 00:05:45,712 --> 00:05:47,047 Nice. 148 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:49,916 I need a couple of pretty stout poles 149 00:05:50,050 --> 00:05:51,184 for my uprights. 150 00:05:51,318 --> 00:05:52,919 ♪ ♪ 151 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:56,856 [grunts] 152 00:05:56,990 --> 00:05:58,291 I want to tie that top. 153 00:05:58,425 --> 00:05:59,292 Let's see if I can get up here 154 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:00,460 without killing myself. 155 00:06:00,594 --> 00:06:05,265 ♪ ♪ 156 00:06:05,398 --> 00:06:07,500 It's a lot of weight on that little pole. 157 00:06:07,634 --> 00:06:12,939 ♪ ♪ 158 00:06:13,073 --> 00:06:14,374 Don't try that at home, kids. 159 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:21,181 [suspenseful music] 160 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:24,684 ♪ ♪ 161 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:26,987 - [breathing heavily] 162 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:31,558 ♪ ♪ 163 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:35,262 - [panting] So I got to start on the structure ASAP. 164 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,564 I think this is a pretty good spot 165 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:40,634 for the round dome shelter. 166 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:43,103 I've been cutting willows for the frame, 167 00:06:43,236 --> 00:06:44,404 but I got to get going. 168 00:06:44,537 --> 00:06:45,906 Time to make the structure. 169 00:06:46,039 --> 00:06:47,140 ♪ ♪ 170 00:06:47,274 --> 00:06:48,541 One of the structures 171 00:06:48,675 --> 00:06:52,579 the Natives in this area used is the wigwam. 172 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:55,382 No rope, no paracord. 173 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:57,851 Only willows. 174 00:06:57,984 --> 00:07:00,587 And look how flexible this material is. 175 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,722 I basically twisted them around each other 176 00:07:02,856 --> 00:07:04,858 so they put tension. 177 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:07,093 It might not look like much from the couch... 178 00:07:07,227 --> 00:07:08,528 [grunts] 179 00:07:08,662 --> 00:07:12,299 But I think it's gonna be a decent structure. 180 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:15,068 ♪ ♪ 181 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:16,369 Yeah, this is good. 182 00:07:16,503 --> 00:07:17,637 Plenty big. 183 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:19,472 That's a grapevine. 184 00:07:19,606 --> 00:07:21,508 Think I can swing on it? 185 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,378 [laughs] 186 00:07:25,512 --> 00:07:27,380 [upbeat music] 187 00:07:27,514 --> 00:07:29,449 I'm too old to be playing like this. 188 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:31,084 ♪ ♪ 189 00:07:31,217 --> 00:07:32,285 [laughs] 190 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:35,288 [tense music] 191 00:07:35,422 --> 00:07:39,759 ♪ ♪ 192 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:40,960 - Got a new day here. 193 00:07:41,094 --> 00:07:42,996 I'm gonna try to cut my losses. 194 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:46,066 I wasted a lot of time fiddling with that rocket stove, 195 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:50,503 so I'm gonna go to plan B-- build a fireplace. 196 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:53,106 ♪ ♪ 197 00:07:53,239 --> 00:07:56,676 I'd like to be a little farther along than this. 198 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:58,545 Sometimes you got to know when to hold 'em 199 00:07:58,678 --> 00:08:00,280 and know when to fold 'em. 200 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:02,349 Okay. 201 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:05,085 I think I got enough rock around here. 202 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:07,520 I just need a ton of clay. 203 00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:09,522 I'm gonna check the creek. 204 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:13,326 Usually you can find clay in these swampy areas. 205 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:14,394 ♪ ♪ 206 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:16,529 So this is it--my best hope. 207 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:17,998 ♪ ♪ 208 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:20,633 [groans] I feel something. 209 00:08:20,767 --> 00:08:23,770 ♪ ♪ 210 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:25,438 Oh, yeah. 211 00:08:25,572 --> 00:08:27,574 Whoo, whoo, whoo. 212 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:31,077 Looks pretty clayey to me. 213 00:08:31,211 --> 00:08:32,779 [sighs] 214 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:35,148 Think it'll do. 215 00:08:35,281 --> 00:08:37,083 A little masonry. 216 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:40,820 Now we just have to work our way up. 217 00:08:40,954 --> 00:08:42,155 ♪ ♪ 218 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:44,724 What if we incorporated this? 219 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:46,393 Line it in clay. 220 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:48,361 ♪ ♪ 221 00:08:48,495 --> 00:08:51,331 Might as well put a little rain hood on there. 222 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:52,766 ♪ ♪ 223 00:08:52,899 --> 00:08:54,868 So there we have it-- 224 00:08:55,001 --> 00:08:57,704 our little standalone chimney. 225 00:08:57,837 --> 00:09:01,174 All right, so now I'm gonna build my actual shelter finally 226 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:02,342 after that. 227 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:05,645 Time's pushing, so it's gonna be intense. 228 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:08,648 [tense music] 229 00:09:08,782 --> 00:09:11,618 - About time to start putting the cedar bark down. 230 00:09:11,751 --> 00:09:14,921 ♪ ♪ 231 00:09:15,054 --> 00:09:16,189 Damn it. 232 00:09:16,322 --> 00:09:18,691 Don't have enough bark to cover the whole thing. 233 00:09:18,825 --> 00:09:20,293 A lot of materials to collect, 234 00:09:20,427 --> 00:09:22,962 so I think what I'm gonna do is just save time-- 235 00:09:23,096 --> 00:09:24,731 try to throw some boughs up here on this 236 00:09:24,864 --> 00:09:26,166 and just see what they do. 237 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:28,234 ♪ ♪ 238 00:09:28,368 --> 00:09:31,070 All right, so I've got two different species of fir. 239 00:09:31,204 --> 00:09:33,540 So this one right here is grand fir, 240 00:09:33,673 --> 00:09:36,009 and this one is Douglas fir. 241 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:37,944 What I'm looking for is these grand firs, 242 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:41,014 because the needles on these things are oriented 243 00:09:41,147 --> 00:09:43,082 in a flat plane, 244 00:09:43,216 --> 00:09:45,285 whereas on the Doug fir, 245 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:48,988 the needles kind of go all the way around the stem, 246 00:09:49,122 --> 00:09:52,092 and so these grand fir tend to shed the water 247 00:09:52,225 --> 00:09:54,160 a little bit better than these things. 248 00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:56,996 So all boughs are not created equal. 249 00:09:57,130 --> 00:09:58,431 [grunts] 250 00:09:58,565 --> 00:10:00,433 I think they're packed in there pretty doggone tight. 251 00:10:00,567 --> 00:10:02,268 I want to test the waterproofness. 252 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:05,338 ♪ ♪ 253 00:10:05,472 --> 00:10:07,540 [groans, laughs] 254 00:10:07,674 --> 00:10:10,276 ♪ ♪ 255 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:13,713 So that's pretty much leaking like a frickin' sieve. 256 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:16,216 That didn't work. 257 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:18,251 I'm gonna have to collect more cedar 258 00:10:18,384 --> 00:10:21,321 and pull all this off, restack it. 259 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:23,289 That's what you get for being lazy. 260 00:10:23,423 --> 00:10:25,525 Trying to do it without the right stuff. 261 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:32,065 [suspenseful music] 262 00:10:32,198 --> 00:10:35,802 ♪ ♪ 263 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:42,408 - The structure I did yesterday is really good, 264 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:45,745 but to make it waterproof, I will need to thatch it. 265 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:47,213 Lots of work ahead. 266 00:10:47,347 --> 00:10:50,884 Got to get these grasses and lots of it. 267 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:53,920 ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪