1 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:31,560 MAN: The South Island of New Zealand, it's an epic place. 2 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:33,320 It's wet... 3 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,440 ..it's cold, it's snowy. 4 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,960 If you don't respect the environment here, it will slap you hard. 5 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,640 I just need to bring some food in. 6 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,120 Look at that stonker. 7 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,320 Last night there was deer all around me. 8 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,160 That's freaking delicious. 9 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:57,920 I know how tough it's gonna be. 10 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,080 Oh, my God, I miss them. 11 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:08,200 You've gotta feel safe, otherwise you'd just die out here. 12 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,200 It doesn't feel as bad as it looks. It feels worse. 13 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:12,880 This shit just got lit. 14 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,080 Jesus! 15 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,680 I'm scared enough to have my emergency tap-out in my hand. 16 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,640 The last person standing, they take home $250,000. 17 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,560 Somebody help me! 18 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,480 I am the captain of my ship. 19 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,440 This is Leanne. I'm officially tapping out. 20 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,240 Yeah, I'm officially tapping out. 21 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,840 Hey, this is Chase. I'm officially tapping out. 22 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,120 I don't wanna starve. I wanna catch a fish. 23 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,880 If I can't catch fish, I can't stay here. 24 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,960 It's some sort of a gastro bug and I just feel so weak. 25 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,440 My boot's coming apart. 26 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,920 They're disintegrating. 27 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,760 These things are sent to test us. 28 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,360 I've been vego for a lot of years now. 29 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,000 I do wonder what would happen if I included hunting 30 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,040 with the bow and arrow. 31 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,480 Probably not really ready for that yet. 32 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,840 Oh, wow. Just wow. 33 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,600 Every time I come out here 34 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,200 and I look at that, it is just stunningly beautiful. 35 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:02,960 I recommend it. 36 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,680 Anyone, if they ever get the chance, 37 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,880 come out here and check out this unknown location. 38 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,440 It's stunningly beautiful. 39 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,680 Woken up a little bit of a headache this morning. 40 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,720 I don't know if it's due to malnutrition or what. 41 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,000 I don't think it's dehydration. 42 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,160 The first thing I'm gonna do is gonna go throw a line out 43 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,200 into the water and see if we have any luck. 44 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,280 Big drink of water. 45 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,400 Catch some fish. Eat some fish. 46 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:36,920 Gonna manifest it. 47 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,880 Here, fishy, fishy! 48 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,640 Here, fishy, fishy. 49 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,480 Maybe they don't speak English. 50 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,960 (CALLS OUT IN POLISH) 51 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,640 When I first came to this world, it was definitely 52 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,120 into a Polish household. 53 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,640 (CALLS OUT IN POLISH) 54 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,720 With that came the language, which meant that even though I was 55 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,520 born here in Australia, Polish was my first language. 56 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:14,800 Nope. 57 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:19,320 (ALL CHAT IN POLISH) 58 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:24,440 My dad was born in Gdynia, which is in Northern Poland. 59 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,320 My mum in Warsaw, which is the capital of Poland. 60 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,240 Thanks for making the surowka. No problemo. 61 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,800 They both moved to Australia after the wall came down in 1989 62 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,680 and then they met at a Polish dance party several years later, 63 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,640 fell in love, and the rest is history. 64 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,480 (SOME CHAT IN POLISH) 65 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,720 Looks like it's a little bit tight. 66 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,800 Maybe, maybe, maybe. 67 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,520 So long as it's not an eel, I'm happy. 68 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,400 I think we got a stick fish. 69 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,040 Oh, no. There is a tug. 70 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,320 Ah, dammit. It's an eel. 71 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,360 Spit out the hook. Spit it out. 72 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,000 No, spit it out. 73 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,200 OK. Just relax. 74 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,080 There you go. 75 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,920 To catch eel and have to release it, it's frustrating. 76 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,240 I mean, it's a lot of protein, a lot of fat on there. 77 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,480 Big fella too. 78 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,480 Probably a couple of kilo on that one. 79 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:45,680 (SIGHS HEAVILY) 80 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:48,600 Oh, well. 81 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,000 C'est la vie. 82 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,000 I guess it's more greens for me today. 83 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:07,680 (MUTTERS SOFTLY) 84 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,760 (SIGHS) 85 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,120 The mind is like a body of water. 86 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:25,840 When it is agitated, it is hard to see the solutions clearly. 87 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:34,320 It's important to stop, slow down and let the water settle. 88 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,400 Yeah, the lack of food's definitely making things more challenging. 89 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,680 Not operating with as much energy as I normally do at all. 90 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,440 I haven't been for a while anyway. I'm really starting to feel it. 91 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:12,200 I think to myself, this is... this is tough and I'm suffering, 92 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,560 but it is all comparable. 93 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,520 My nan, she survived the Warsaw Uprising. 94 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,080 And that was over 100 days of starving, 95 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,360 while the Germans were bombing and shooting at them. 96 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,520 Hopefully that endurance is a hereditary trait. 97 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,360 That kind of put things, it puts things in perspective. 98 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:41,520 I mean... 99 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:45,680 ..it's not so bad here. 100 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,720 It could be a hell of a lot worse. 101 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,640 Now, feet to the canopy... 102 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:18,200 ..hands in, classic namu-namu yoga pose, 103 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,680 Otherwise known as the windscreen wiper move. 104 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,680 Very simple. Good for beginners. 105 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:38,000 I'm still recovering from that bout of diarrhoea, 106 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,680 five days it went for. 107 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:48,880 I wonder if after you've had a bout of diarrhoea in this forest, 108 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:53,120 if your gut biome adapts to what's here. 109 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,560 And so now I've got forest bacteria living inside me. 110 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,480 Or maybe my gut expelled them all. 111 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:11,880 Just like at some point in this journey, a forest will expel me. 112 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,880 I'm moving camp today. 113 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,680 This has been good here, 114 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,040 but I've gotta get closer to the water. 115 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,960 I've gotta reduce my everyday walking back and forth 116 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:38,640 and calorie expenditure. 117 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,480 Closer to the water and closer to the fishing spots. 118 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,440 So, with that, because we do have a dry spell right now, 119 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,360 I am going to get cracking. 120 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:57,160 My new camp's just a couple of metres above where the creek is, 121 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,320 and there's a really good firewood collection. 122 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,080 'Cause it gets the sun in the afternoon 123 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,800 and it gets the westerly wind, which dries the wood out. 124 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,000 So, great, great wood. 125 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,160 But it is windier down there. 126 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,880 It's a bit of a nervous day, there's that insecurity 127 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,320 of being out here without a roof over your head. 128 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,160 It's big job - moving all the equipment. 129 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,640 I think I'll do it in two loads. 130 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,840 And I've already got my ridge pole set up... 131 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,320 ..so the tarp should just go over that pretty nicely. 132 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,040 New camp. 133 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,800 I'm a bit excited to get a proper little house set up. 134 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:43,800 Oh! 135 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,640 And make it really comfy. 136 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:47,640 Whew. 137 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,920 Good morning again, in Aotearoa. 138 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:05,280 A beautiful morning. 139 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,080 These are dirty undies, give them a rinse. 140 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,640 Me undies. 141 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,240 Oh, no, undies are trying to make a break for it. 142 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,440 Well, according to my calculations, today is Saturday, 143 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,720 and I plan to bring out my daughters. 144 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,320 There they are, my gorgeous girls. 145 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,880 Just see them. 146 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,920 My family's very important to me and I know that I will see them again, 147 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,920 especially when I'm taking care of myself 148 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,480 and being cautious to make sure I return fit and healthy 149 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,520 so I don't feel alone in here. 150 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:08,640 I've got another method in mind to help me dig, 151 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,440 look for worms. 152 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,440 Which way are we gonna stick it on now? 153 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,080 So, I'm gonna do something like that. 154 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,760 13 days without eating anything. 155 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:23,240 We've gotta do something to get bait and get a fish. 156 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,480 Now I'm getting a bit, you know, frustrated now, 157 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,920 No fish on the hook. What's going on? 158 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,000 My strongest skill set, I believe, is innovation. 159 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:42,240 I'm not an expert in anything, but I'm student of everything. 160 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,080 And there it is in reality. 161 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,640 Let's try it out. 162 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:53,480 I've studied primitive cultures, primitive techniques, 163 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,920 and I also practise modern techniques. 164 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,320 And I take bits and pieces from everywhere. 165 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,040 Got me a pick. 166 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,680 OK, let's get these worms, eh? 167 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,480 I think today's the day. 168 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:12,840 Pretty confident. 169 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,760 This is gonna make digging a much easier process, so... 170 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,000 OK, I'm gonna try digging here. 171 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:27,680 Burning calories in an efficient way is number one priority for me. 172 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:31,840 I don't want to be wasting energy doing things that are not productive. 173 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,400 Nup. 174 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,120 They're here. 175 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,960 There has to be worms here. 176 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:55,840 The strategy is to catch fish and have the fats and the protein. 177 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:00,000 That will give me a surplus of energy to do other things, 178 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,040 which is hunting or building my permanent shelter. 179 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,880 Without that energy surplus, 180 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:10,040 you're losing condition, and so that means 181 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:15,400 bringing on light-headedness, insecure footing and risking injury. 182 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,880 No, not there. 183 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,360 OK, plan B. 184 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,440 We're gonna walk to the fishing spot... 185 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,840 ..get the line in with lures... 186 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,080 ..and stay there the rest of the day. 187 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,320 Just gotta move on, adapt. 188 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:51,000 And if I don't adapt, I won't overcome and I'll be going home. 189 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:57,960 Not bad. 190 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,000 Not bad at all. 191 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,040 I'm using a fly lure. 192 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,440 See if I can get them to bite that. Come on. 193 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,400 One. 194 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,080 Well, even better if I can get two with one fly. 195 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,000 How many weeks can I endure without eating? 196 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,280 I know that a person can last 30 days without eating... 197 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,240 ..just drinking water. 198 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,800 But by the third week or the fourth week, they're not very useful. 199 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,720 Come on, baby. 200 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:35,400 I don't want to return home, uh, depleted and too weak 201 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,640 because I need to look after the family. 202 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,080 Oh! 203 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,000 You never know, everything could turn around right now. 204 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,600 I lost the fly. Great. 205 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,440 The rocks, it just keeps getting stuck. 206 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:02,880 (SIGHS EXASPERATEDLY) 207 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,880 It's a disaster. 208 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,280 I lost another fly. Really not good. 209 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,120 Snagged on a...on a rock. 210 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,320 And, um... 211 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,320 ..that means another hook lost. 212 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,880 Yeah, it's not good. 213 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,440 I think all that digging... 214 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,640 ..took a bit of energy outta me. 215 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:51,760 I'd better be careful. 216 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,600 Like I said, two weeks today. 217 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:18,800 14 days. 218 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,560 The last couple of days has been... 219 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,400 ..the technical term is "a shit show". 220 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,800 I think it's been three days now with no sun. 221 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,240 So, it's been three days 222 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,400 rain, 223 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,440 mist, cold, sandflies, and no sun. 224 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,680 My success here currently is weather dependent, 225 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,720 and that is not sustainable. 226 00:17:55,400 --> 00:18:01,880 I can't let my fate rest 227 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,560 in the hands of the weather gods. 228 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,600 And that's why I think trout 229 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,320 is gonna be the key. 230 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,720 If trout is something I can... if I can crack the code, 231 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,080 I can catch them, I can take several, I can eat them. 232 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,120 They contain a bit of fat, a lot of protein. 233 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:37,800 And I'm more likely to catch a trout 234 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,880 than I am to shoot a red deer. 235 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,920 So, I'm gonna go to the mouth of the river 236 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,240 and see if there's any trout out on the corner again. 237 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,360 I saw a trout in the water. 238 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,120 Just on the edge of the weed bed. 239 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,640 Please work. 240 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,160 It's coming for it. 241 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,360 Got him. 242 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:15,840 I got a trout. 243 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:17,320 Got a freaking trout. 244 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,040 It's cold and sluggish, but it's big. 245 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,480 He's a big trout. Oh. 246 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,000 Ah! Oh, Jesus. 247 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,720 Oh, he's a spawned-out male. 248 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,280 That's why they're sluggish. 249 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,120 Then it's spawning. 250 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:39,080 Just going to bleed him. 251 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:43,000 Bleeding the fish makes it last longer. 252 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,480 Yes! Yes! 253 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:49,880 Oh, man, 254 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,880 I finally got food, fish. 255 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:04,680 Oh, that's cool. 256 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,120 That's a decent fish. 257 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,560 Trying to give myself, like, a... What do they call them? 258 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,080 A manicure, 259 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,840 and trim up my nails, 260 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,000 so that I can keep underneath them a little bit cleaner. 261 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,440 Much easier to maintain 'em when they're short. 262 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,280 Won't be playing any guitar out here. 263 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:58,560 Why? 264 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,360 Because I don't have a guitar and I can't play guitar. 265 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,760 Seems I got a few different projects and things to be... 266 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,560 ..to be working on today. 267 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,920 I'd like to actually make a bit of a, 268 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,400 like a mud map in the sand 269 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,720 and sketch out sort of where I am here. 270 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,840 So, if I go for a walk, 271 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,400 I can relate to what direction I'll need to come 272 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,480 to get back to here. 273 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,040 Like in the military, we play out several grid squares. 274 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,160 And it might be like an area of operation 275 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,680 where you might have a mission plan where 276 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,880 you might be doing a recce in an area. 277 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,880 By having the mud mat and having orientated 278 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:47,000 with your features and your creeks and mountain peaks, things like that, 279 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,440 it allows me then to look at it and know where I've gone on a hunt. 280 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,240 Where I've walked to, where I propose to go. 281 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,920 My camp in here, 282 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,360 where I refer to as Sunny Banks around here, 283 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:07,240 Shady Banks around there. 284 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,760 No sign of any animals around this area. 285 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,200 This is a creek or a small river 286 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,240 that comes down from the alpine area, down through that lowland. 287 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,000 So, I'm hoping there's some hunting area over there. 288 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,480 Now I'm gonna have a, um, guggle of water, get into the bush, 289 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,800 go for an explore and a potential hunt. 290 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,400 If I see something that's on my list, I'll take it down. 291 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,000 Well, I've pushed out through the bushland 292 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:49,000 and all that crown fern, to the river that's to my north. 293 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,680 I was hoping I might, you know, come across some wildlife 294 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,920 in around the edge of the river. 295 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,120 No real fresh sign. 296 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:00,080 So, I think I'll make my way back to camp... 297 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,760 ..um, via the lakefront instead of pushing back through that scrub. 298 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,800 Some of it's pretty thick going. 299 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,480 We get pockets of that crown fern, you can see behind me here. 300 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,600 You get pockets of that, and it's thick as, 301 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:17,920 it's pretty hard to get through. 302 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,200 Now, I'm gonna do a bit of a crossing of the creek here. 303 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,920 See if I can't knock out another half a kilometre 304 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,680 and get back to camp about 40 minutes earlier. 305 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,360 Wouldn't want to be trying to cross the river 306 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:41,120 with much more current than that. 307 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,240 I don't think my boots are waterproof. 308 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,800 Bloody busted-arse boot. 309 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,200 From the shoes up to my waist, I'm pretty soaking. 310 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,080 And that's recipe for hypothermia. 311 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,720 So, don't...don't muck around with that. 312 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,680 I've gotta go back and get some dry gear on. 313 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,320 Getting my feet wet was a dangerous thing to do. 314 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,040 When your feet get wet, they get cold and they become numb. 315 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,760 And once they're numb, you can't feel 316 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,600 the potential damage that's happening. 317 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,880 So, frost nip can turn into frostbite, 318 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,160 frostbite can turn into greater damage. 319 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,720 You need to be mindful that when your feet are numb, 320 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,800 you don't know what damage is happening. 321 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,400 First fish...at the lake. 322 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,920 He's an absolute stonker. 323 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,320 I reckon I could portion that up to five days. 324 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,280 So, I've basically got another week. 325 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,920 I don't want to say I've figured it out, because I haven't, 326 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,760 but I can tell you the flickier rod with the braided line 327 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,560 makes it easier to cast. 328 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,360 So, we're gonna go back to the same spot. Two fish is better than one. 329 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,680 Here's the thing, one thing to talk to you about... 330 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,240 ..is that you're doing all this amazing stuff, 331 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,280 but you don't have anyone to share it with. 332 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,040 Normally when I go fishing, 333 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,120 I catch something or something happened, 334 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:51,200 I'll call my dad back in Sweden, 335 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,880 Dad is the one who sort of took me out fishing a lot. 336 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,400 So, most of the fishing knowledge I have I owe to him. 337 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,920 And he's always excited about it as well 338 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:12,400 because sort of the fishing I do now, in Australia mainly, 339 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,560 is sort of the same fishing he did when he was growing up, you know? 340 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,040 But hopefully... 341 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,440 ..I'll stay in the competition long enough... 342 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,640 ..and then in whatever time, I can tell them all the stories. 343 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:40,680 OK. 344 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:46,040 This is getting ridiculous, but I found another trout. 345 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,200 It would be crazy unlikely to get two, right? 346 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,560 I see him. He's out cruising, look. 347 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,520 But this is almost a 60-centimetre trout. 348 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,480 Got him. 349 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,240 Oh. Oh, shit. 350 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:18,760 We got a fight on the hands. 351 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,640 But he's hooked well. 352 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,680 (LAUGHS) 353 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,440 This one is more alive. 354 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,720 He's big too. 355 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,840 Oh, see if I can drag him into this little alcove here. 356 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,000 Shit. 357 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,160 Oh, this is...this feels so bad. 358 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,920 Oh, come on. He's not done. 359 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,160 It's gotta be so delicate, and I don't have a net. 360 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,520 I really need to make a net. 361 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,360 If I had a net, he would be up on land now. 362 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:50,360 Oh! 363 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:52,480 Still got power. 364 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,600 I just want to go outside him, so I can scoop him up on land. 365 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Oh. 366 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,600 Oh, look at that stonker! 367 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:08,560 Jesus! 368 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,680 Where's my knife. 369 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,200 Oh! 370 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,800 He's in much better condition, this one. 371 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,760 Man, I was considering fishing, like, small fish 372 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:22,120 when I made this little rod. 373 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:29,520 I can't freaking believe two stonker trout. 374 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,520 Have a look at that one. 375 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,880 That is freaking epic. 376 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,600 Oh, so good! 377 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,240 Can you freaking believe it? 378 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,520 I can't. I can't catch a fish to help myself in two weeks. 379 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,680 Get that little rod sorted - bang, bang. 380 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,280 Two freaking stonker trout. 381 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,360 I would love my dad to see the fish. 382 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,760 My actual hiking boots, 383 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,480 they're soaking wet. 384 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,800 If you allow yourself to get wet 385 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,120 and you're not capable of getting yourself dry 386 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,960 or drying out your clothing after you are wet, 387 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,440 then you can seriously slip into hypothermia. 388 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,200 You can't stuff around with hypothermia. 389 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,680 So, that what I do want to try, 390 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,640 gonna get some gravel, put it into the pot, 391 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,720 heat the gravel up and pour that gravel 392 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,840 into my boots, see how that goes. 393 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,600 I think that's my only chance of getting my boots dry. 394 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,800 Now, I don't want the lid on it because I want the steam to escape. 395 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,760 With the lid on there, it's just gonna condense on the top. 396 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,320 Yeah, I don't know whether that was a stupid idea or not. 397 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:37,880 I think that will work. 398 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,280 I can see steam coming out through the leather. 399 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,000 It's either that or it melts the soles 400 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000 and we end up having to barefoot. 401 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:04,480 (GROANS) 402 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,960 Things that make food spoil 403 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,120 are basically oxygen and moisture. 404 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,360 That's why you salt things, because you drag out the moisture 405 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,360 and then it's an environment that bacteria can't grow, 406 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:23,880 so it doesn't go off. 407 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,640 So, when you smoke, you do a similar thing, 408 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,240 you just put a... it's called a bark on the meat 409 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,680 so it sort of seals the surface. 410 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,040 So you get, like, really dry, leathery outer. 411 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,080 And then you decrease the moisture content, 412 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,000 and then it lasts longer. 413 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,760 The problem here is everything is moist. 414 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:53,880 So, even though it's cold, it's not gonna last as long 415 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:55,640 as if it's just cold and dry. 416 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:56,920 So, I gotta be aware about that. 417 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,320 I'm gonna go and get some tinder. 418 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,600 Basically I just need a fire, and if a fire, 419 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,480 I'm gonna eat good for several days, that's the main thing. 420 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:08,680 We'll see. 421 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:17,400 If I can get this stuff to just spark up a little bit... 422 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,240 ..then I might have a fire. 423 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,120 But... 424 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,040 ..I'm not so sure... 425 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,560 ..because it's literally wet to touch. 426 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,240 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 427 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,560 The twigs are soaked. 428 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:52,480 Oh, shit. 429 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,680 So, went from nice and clear blue 430 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,440 to cloudy and rainy in... 431 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:02,680 ..20 minutes. 432 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,480 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 433 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,360 I probably won't get a fire tonight, or won't bother. 434 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,960 There's a million and one things you can do in nature 435 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,240 until you're stuck under a tarp and it rains. 436 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,040 I collected all this wood and it's sitting out in the rain now. 437 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:31,640 So, there's no real point. 438 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:38,240 It's hard enough as it is to start on damp tinder and stuff, 439 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:42,000 but then damp tinder, wet wood during the rain, 440 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,480 it's like I'm just wasting resources even trying. 441 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,160 I'm sort of trying to figure out what to do. 442 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,680 I got the trout, but... 443 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,960 ..I can't make a fire, I can't boil water, I can't eat. 444 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,680 What happens if there's soaking weather for, like, seven days? 445 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,240 (THUNDER ROLLS) 446 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,400 Another big flash. 447 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,880 ..and three, four... 448 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,280 (THUNDER CRASHES) 449 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,360 It's about a kilometre away. 450 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,680 Sounds like out to the west. 451 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,600 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 452 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,840 There's a huge mountain out behind me here. 453 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:59,480 There's a thunderstorm raging around its peak. 454 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,680 It'd been going on for about 10 minutes now. 455 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,000 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 456 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,080 It's storming. 457 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,520 Strong winds. 458 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,840 There's a very good storm coming through. 459 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,440 It's raining pretty heavily. 460 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,800 The wind is shaking everything around. 461 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:46,560 (THUNDER ROLLS) 462 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,120 I am a little bit concerned. 463 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,040 I did hear a couple of limbs falling. 464 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,440 If I had a branch come down or something 465 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:58,520 and put a big hole in the tarp, that's my game done. 466 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,000 Man, that wind, it's brutal! 467 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,160 It's like you hold your breath, 468 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:19,080 just waiting for it to peel back your home... 469 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,840 ..leave you totally exposed. 470 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,200 I guess I'm scared enough to have my headlight on 471 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,680 and my emergency tap-out in my hand. 472 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:33,680 I can't sleep. 473 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:38,480 It's just the noise is full-on. 474 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,120 VOICEOVER: Alone Australia, powered by Kia, 475 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,920 it's the ultimate human endurance challenge. 476 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:55,080 The battle is on to survive alone in the rugged New Zealand wilderness, 477 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,840 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 478 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:27,120 Oh, good morning. 479 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,760 Yeah, there was a bit of rain and strong winds last night. 480 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:36,280 Glad I put the extra guy ropes in, and shelter's still standing. 481 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:37,880 Did the job, kept me dry. 482 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,000 Just coming down to the water. 483 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,200 I suppose with all this rain, 484 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,240 it means that the water level's not gonna be dropping either. 485 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:57,480 It's gonna make finding food harder. 486 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:03,240 I'm still eating the weeds that sort of wash up on the beach. 487 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:05,840 They taste like garbage, but it's food. 488 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,920 I don't like it, but I'm used to it. 489 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,160 Maybe if I keep doing it long enough I'll start liking it. Dunno. 490 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:13,640 Is that how vegans do it? 491 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:20,560 Yeah, you can see the water level's come up. 492 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,840 Uh, it's moved from the last stick to the next stick. 493 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,640 Water levels are still way too high to go 494 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,520 foraging around the shoreline, 495 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:39,160 with all that really unpalatable greenery growing on the water's edge. 496 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,160 Besides, even with the lack of palatable food, 497 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:48,280 this is just a really, really, really lovely experience. 498 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,560 I'm just gearing up to go on a morning hunt. 499 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,160 As a plant-based eater, 500 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:22,960 out here I gave myself permission to eat the meat I catch. 501 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:27,120 It's the one time I've actually gone, "It's OK, it's alright." 502 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:29,640 (TWIGS CRACK) Good. 503 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:33,400 So, I'm letting everyone know I'm arriving. 504 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,200 I'm not gonna do anything. 505 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:42,000 While I'm here, I'll check out this big tree. 506 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,280 What have we got here? 507 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,160 A definite possum nest. 508 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,000 Pretty hollow inside this big old tree. 509 00:39:53,680 --> 00:40:01,440 I can see the inside has scrapings on the interior of the wood there. 510 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:06,280 Wouldn't you die if you just saw a bloody possum down in there? 511 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:10,920 This darkened stain here 512 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:15,680 is that oily kind of slick that they leave on their trail. 513 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:23,720 Possums like to have this safe known path in their head 514 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:27,080 for when they get frightened or they need to run home, 515 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:31,160 and they follow it - the same path - and they know it. 516 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,200 Very cool. 517 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,360 Alright, back on the go. 518 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,120 Can I do this? 519 00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:52,120 There's deer out here. 520 00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,680 In my family, bow hunting was pretty much everything. 521 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:03,640 My dad, maybe he thought I was gonna be a boy or something. 522 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,480 I don't even know what age he first put a bow in my hand. 523 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,040 I reckon as soon as I could hold something, he probably did. 524 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:14,040 He was sponsored by all sorts of companies to be the bow hunter. 525 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,120 And his nickname was 'The Bear'. 526 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,040 Yeah, we did a lot of bow hunting. 527 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,080 It's actually his quiver, 528 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:28,560 his 30-year-old quiver he gave me to bring out here. 529 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,440 I was pretty proud to bring that out for him. 530 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,840 I thought it might be the last journey it really gets. 531 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,960 (LAUGHS) It's looking a bit dilapidated. 532 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,160 I've gotta get my head together. 533 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:55,200 If I don't start bringing in some good quality proteins 534 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,760 it will really shorten my time out here. 535 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:05,120 I don't really want to kill a deer. 536 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:08,280 I don't know if I can. 537 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,560 So, it comes down to that, really. 538 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,120 JACK: I have not caught any trout... 539 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,880 ..and so I'm abandoning that. 540 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:52,280 So, I'm gonna take a walk nice and slow through the area 541 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,280 that I've put the trail cam on, 542 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,440 hoping to bump into a deer. 543 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:02,200 Hopefully with the cold weather, maybe the deer and pigs 544 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:03,720 have moved down a little bit. 545 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,120 Last...last ditch effort, eh? 546 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:12,480 I don't give up easy, 547 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:18,880 but two weeks without protein and food, I feel desperate. 548 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,480 This is dear poo. 549 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:33,960 Deer poo because it's pointy on one end and indented on the other, see? 550 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:48,800 I like this spot as an ambush spot. 551 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,080 And, so, I'm gonna take some salt 552 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:54,560 and set up a trap for deer. 553 00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:58,080 I picked salt as one of my items 554 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:03,000 because I know for a fact that salt is an essential part of life. 555 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,320 Animals that don't live near the sea... 556 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,600 ..they crave it because you can't get enough of it. 557 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:16,280 So, what I'm doing is I'm spreading some salt here, 558 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:19,600 and hopefully they'll be able to pick up this scent. 559 00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,280 I don't know if it will be successful here. 560 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,280 It may help, it may not. 561 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:43,600 (MOUTHS WORDS) 562 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,840 The eyes play tricks on you sometimes. 563 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,760 I thought the bit of the lock... 564 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:29,880 was the back part of a deer. 565 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:33,600 It wasn't. 566 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,720 Running out of options. Running out of time. 567 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,320 I'd love to stay here another number of weeks, 568 00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,640 but I can't do that without food. 569 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:06,120 Oh, I don't know... I don't know what else to try. 570 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:13,920 I believe that it is coming to an end now, 571 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,800 my time here. 572 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:17,440 I'm not at full strength. 573 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,080 I can feel my body getting weaker. 574 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:31,320 I need to get back home in one piece to my family. 575 00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:42,920 Looks like tonight is my last night here. 576 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:46,840 Can't say I didn't try. 577 00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:49,760 I tried my best. 578 00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:52,800 That's all I wanted, to try. 579 00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,080 And come back in one piece. 580 00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:04,200 VOICEOVER: Alone Australia, powered by Kia, 581 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,000 it's the ultimate human endurance challenge. 582 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:11,160 The battle is on to survive alone in the rugged New Zealand wilderness, 583 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:14,920 with the winner taking home a prize worth $250,000. 584 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,520 If I can just get you to stand on the scales. 585 00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:53,240 We're really happy for you to carry on. 586 00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:57,920 Yep. Good. All good. 587 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,160 OK, Jack, I'm very happy for you to continue. 588 00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:13,720 Uh, the numbers are all fine. Yep. 589 00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:16,080 So, we're medically clear to carry on. 590 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:20,440 OK, great. I'm glad that I'm still fit and healthy. 591 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:25,880 It's been 16 days without protein and I can feel it. 592 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:27,320 I can feel in the body. 593 00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:29,480 My energy levels are low. 594 00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:34,440 Um, I want to finish on a high, and so I'd like to pull the pin. 595 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,200 It is a hard decision, but... 596 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:48,520 ..it's a clear, logical decision for me 597 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:52,320 because I can feel my body getting weaker. 598 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,680 Your mind starts thinking of...of your family 599 00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:59,240 and the important things in your life. 600 00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:03,320 I think if I continue, uh, I'll be putting myself at risk 601 00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,280 and someone else's life at risk, 602 00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,200 if I get injured. 603 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,080 I'm officially tapping out because I wanna finish strong. 604 00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,480 I'm a predator 605 00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:26,360 and I wanna finish as a predator, not a victim of the wilderness. 606 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:31,240 It's important for me to go home healthy 607 00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:34,840 because, you know, coming out on this experience, 608 00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:39,600 on Alone, to me, it's simply an extension 609 00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:43,680 of what I've already been doing in my life - hunting alone. 610 00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:50,040 And, what's got me through all this time, all these years... 611 00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:55,520 ..is being careful, not doing foolish things. 612 00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,760 I promised myself that I wouldn't be going overboard 613 00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:08,680 with the risk, so that I can make it back in one piece and strong. 614 00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:16,120 Sometimes it's not easy, but it has to be done. 615 00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:21,440 In my heart, I feel I've done my best, 616 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:26,040 and I would say that's fishing and that's hunting. 617 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:28,880 Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. 618 00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:30,280 And that's life. 619 00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:08,120 I think the reality of surviving out here long term 620 00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:10,320 has just dawned on me. 621 00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:18,000 I was behind this log 622 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:23,320 and it was like a camera rolling through the back of my mind. 623 00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:32,520 I went into this little moment where I felt separate from myself. 624 00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:34,240 It's like a flash. 625 00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:40,640 I just keep seeing a deer in front of me 626 00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:45,160 with beautiful eyes, and I kill it. 627 00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:49,280 And then I look over and there's a fawn coming along, 628 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:53,320 and I'm like, "What the hell? I've just killed its mother." 629 00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:57,760 Ugh. It was horrible. 630 00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:07,520 You're gonna have to sit down 631 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:10,360 and think about what you're gonna do about this shit, Tamika. 632 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,760 I've been feeling this decision coming for a few days. 633 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:26,480 I think I'm hanging up the bow. (LAUGHS) 634 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:32,800 I just realised I can't take a life 635 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,600 of another being that cares for another being. 636 00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:39,920 I don't think I could do it. 637 00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:43,400 I think it would be horrible. 638 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:49,880 I know, I came on this show fully believing that I could do it. 639 00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:55,720 I thought hunger would drive me to do it. 640 00:52:55,720 --> 00:53:01,480 But I realised that the last few years of being vegetarian, 641 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:05,440 or plant-based, has really altered my psyche 642 00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:08,000 and altered how I feel. 643 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:11,440 And I just...I just can't do it. 644 00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:20,640 It's the suffering of the animal that I can't handle. 645 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:28,800 But that really alters how I view my time here 646 00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:30,760 and what I'm capable of doing. 647 00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:35,760 And it's actually very limiting now if that's my decision. 648 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:42,080 But I choose hunger over killing at this point. 649 00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:50,760 And if that shortens my time, then so be it. 650 00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:53,480 I'm done with that whole time thing. 651 00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:59,000 So, I'm really pleased I've let go of that. 652 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,240 It feels so much better. 653 00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:12,760 Oh, shit! 654 00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:14,960 Oh, man, how stupid. 655 00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:16,560 MAN: Oh! 656 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,760 Stamina is not where it used to be. 657 00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,720 (WOMAN SOBS) 658 00:54:21,720 --> 00:54:25,960 I've worked so hard to get to this point, to leave. 659 00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:29,600 MAN: Pins-and-needle sort of sensation 660 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,120 through the tips of my toes. 661 00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:35,080 The joint itself sort of seems to be a bit swollen, like frostbite. 662 00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:36,520 (RINGING TONE) 663 00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:36,560 Captions by Red Bee Media (c) SBS Australia 2024