1 00:00:15,297 --> 00:00:17,230 - Black bear cutting across. 2 00:00:17,333 --> 00:00:18,438 We're gonna try and cut him off. 3 00:00:18,541 --> 00:00:19,646 Gotta move quick. 4 00:00:19,749 --> 00:00:21,751 - My net never catches nothing. 5 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:23,650 We got to make a move. There it is. 6 00:00:23,753 --> 00:00:25,203 Catch a fish, baby. 7 00:00:25,307 --> 00:00:26,894 - Yeah, baby! 8 00:00:26,998 --> 00:00:29,000 Oh, [bleep]! 9 00:00:29,104 --> 00:00:30,760 Whoo-hoo-hoot! 10 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,107 Every little success out here 11 00:00:32,210 --> 00:00:34,040 definitely puts you in a better mental spot. 12 00:00:34,143 --> 00:00:36,111 Oh, my gosh. 13 00:00:36,214 --> 00:00:38,320 - No! Oof! 14 00:00:38,423 --> 00:00:39,942 Stupid. 15 00:00:40,046 --> 00:00:41,530 1 need to think about every single move 16 00:00:41,633 --> 00:00:42,910 and every single step. 17 00:00:43,014 --> 00:00:44,947 1 can't afford to make this mistake again. 18 00:00:46,535 --> 00:00:48,468 - A porcupine. 19 00:00:48,571 --> 00:00:50,884 This meat and fat is gonna fuel me 20 00:00:50,987 --> 00:00:53,576 to get through this next week. 21 00:00:57,856 --> 00:00:59,513 Male narrator: For the first time, 22 00:00:59,617 --> 00:01:03,034 ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic 23 00:01:03,138 --> 00:01:07,245 for longer than anyone in "Alone" history-- 24 00:01:07,349 --> 00:01:10,835 a grueling 100 days. 25 00:01:10,938 --> 00:01:11,836 - This is the ultimate challenge. 26 00:01:13,355 --> 00:01:16,392 - A hundred days in the Arctic is no joke. 27 00:01:16,496 --> 00:01:18,153 Narrator: If they can endure, 28 00:01:18,256 --> 00:01:20,638 they'll win the biggest prize ever: 29 00:01:20,741 --> 00:01:23,813 $1 million. 30 00:01:25,229 --> 00:01:26,437 - Whoa! 31 00:01:26,540 --> 00:01:27,472 - Holy [bleep]! 32 00:01:27,576 --> 00:01:29,164 - You can't tap out 33 00:01:29,267 --> 00:01:31,097 when there's a million bucks on the line, 34 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,271 - Oh, my gosh. 35 00:01:33,375 --> 00:01:36,309 - How hard can you work for $10,000 a day? 36 00:01:36,412 --> 00:01:37,931 - It looks like frostbite. 37 00:01:39,035 --> 00:01:40,968 - Oh, [bleep]. 38 00:01:41,072 --> 00:01:42,901 Narrator: This is "Alone: 39 00:01:43,005 --> 00:01:45,283 Million Dollar Challenge. 40 00:01:45,387 --> 00:01:47,251 - They're just surrounding my shelter. 41 00:02:21,561 --> 00:02:23,735 - So, my hair started to get knotted and stuff, 42 00:02:23,839 --> 00:02:29,051 so I decided to make a comb real quick. 43 00:02:29,155 --> 00:02:30,846 This is the worst comb in the world, 44 00:02:30,949 --> 00:02:32,434 but it does the trick. 45 00:02:32,537 --> 00:02:34,298 Um... 46 00:02:34,401 --> 00:02:36,438 And 1 need to cut my hair. 47 00:02:47,449 --> 00:02:49,071 Man, I'll take it. 48 00:02:50,624 --> 00:02:52,695 I'll take it for, uh, using a knife. 49 00:02:52,799 --> 00:02:54,180 Pt. 50 00:02:54,283 --> 00:02:55,802 Done. 51 00:02:55,905 --> 00:02:57,390 Who do 1 have to impress out here? 52 00:02:57,493 --> 00:02:59,702 Absolutely nobody. 53 00:03:02,567 --> 00:03:04,259 Started a fire. 54 00:03:04,362 --> 00:03:06,433 Gonna make some hangers for some of this fish, 55 00:03:06,537 --> 00:03:10,472 'cause it's getting ridiculous on how much there is up there. 56 00:03:14,061 --> 00:03:16,098 1 came out here thinking that 57 00:03:16,202 --> 00:03:19,757 it was gonna be hard to find food, 58 00:03:19,860 --> 00:03:21,862 and 1 was dead wrong. 59 00:03:23,485 --> 00:03:26,039 This is totally a dream come true. 60 00:03:26,142 --> 00:03:28,386 So we come out here, catch all your food, 61 00:03:28,490 --> 00:03:31,078 make everything yourself, survive, 62 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:36,394 Al right. 18 fish. 63 00:03:36,498 --> 00:03:38,396 But I have nowhere to put them as of right now, 64 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:39,501 so 1 got to make a tepee. 65 00:03:48,406 --> 00:03:50,443 My racks are full, 66 00:03:50,546 --> 00:03:52,721 and I don't want to be waiting till the last minute 67 00:03:52,824 --> 00:03:54,205 to set up a smoker. 68 00:03:56,621 --> 00:03:58,174 This is gonna be good. 69 00:03:58,278 --> 00:04:00,038 Put a fire right there in the middle, 70 00:04:00,142 --> 00:04:02,351 nice and small. 71 00:04:02,455 --> 00:04:04,836 Cover the rest of this. 72 00:04:04,940 --> 00:04:08,012 I'll tie an early warning device to it, and-- 73 00:04:08,115 --> 00:04:10,083 any little critters decide to try and come in here 74 00:04:10,186 --> 00:04:12,396 in the night whenever the fire goes out, 75 00:04:12,499 --> 00:04:14,467 well, I'll hear them. 76 00:04:16,676 --> 00:04:18,125 Two days before 1 came out here, 77 00:04:18,229 --> 00:04:20,093 my son, Max, turned a year old. 78 00:04:20,196 --> 00:04:22,509 It was awesome to be able to be there 79 00:04:22,613 --> 00:04:24,580 for his first birthday. 80 00:04:24,684 --> 00:04:26,927 And I'm very fortunate 81 00:04:27,031 --> 00:04:29,999 that he has a mom that he has because 82 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:31,794 she's a saint. 83 00:04:31,898 --> 00:04:33,279 Me and her aren't together anymore. 84 00:04:33,382 --> 00:04:35,211 We split and went our separate ways. 85 00:04:35,315 --> 00:04:37,869 But 1 wouldn't be able to be out here 86 00:04:37,973 --> 00:04:40,216 and have the right mindset 87 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,322 of knowing that 1 can go 100 days, 88 00:04:42,426 --> 00:04:44,324 and my son being perfectly fine 89 00:04:44,428 --> 00:04:46,395 if he didn't have an awesome mother. 90 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:52,677 But leaving my son when he's probably just started walking, 91 00:04:52,781 --> 00:04:55,231 starting to talk more, that's for sure-- 92 00:04:55,335 --> 00:04:58,131 that's hard, that's real hard. 93 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:01,893 I'll never be able to get that time back, 94 00:05:01,997 --> 00:05:05,656 but I'm hoping that me being out here 95 00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:08,072 teaches him something in life. 96 00:05:08,175 --> 00:05:11,351 So I'm gonna treat this like a three-month deployment. 97 00:05:11,455 --> 00:05:13,664 Well, 98 00:05:13,767 --> 00:05:16,149 not bad for a day's work. 99 00:05:17,357 --> 00:05:19,428 Um, half day's work. 100 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,101 - All right. 101 00:05:37,204 --> 00:05:40,380 We're fixing to grind out a primitive tattoo needle. 102 00:05:40,484 --> 00:05:41,416 What? 103 00:05:41,519 --> 00:05:44,211 Yup, that's what we're fixing to do. 104 00:05:44,315 --> 00:05:47,353 We're gonna juice up some crowberries, 105 00:05:47,456 --> 00:05:50,183 lay on some ink here. 106 00:05:50,286 --> 00:05:52,081 And we're gonna have the first 107 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:55,775 "Alone" tattoo go down. 108 00:05:55,878 --> 00:05:57,466 You guys are all like, "He's an idiot. 109 00:05:57,570 --> 00:06:00,400 He's gonna get infected." It won't get infected. 110 00:06:00,504 --> 00:06:02,747 Doing tattoos in an environment like this-- 111 00:06:02,851 --> 00:06:05,094 yeah, there's a risk of an infection for sure. 112 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:06,648 And, you know, I'm positive 113 00:06:06,751 --> 00:06:09,444 my immune system's down a little bit right now. 114 00:06:09,547 --> 00:06:11,480 But 1 can die from shipping 115 00:06:11,584 --> 00:06:13,102 and hitting my head on a rock today, 116 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:16,105 So you just got to weigh the risk versus reward. 117 00:06:18,349 --> 00:06:21,179 1 think that's gonna work. 118 00:06:21,283 --> 00:06:23,803 Check it out. 119 00:06:27,254 --> 00:06:30,085 Yeah, we can lay some ink in with it. 120 00:06:30,188 --> 00:06:34,227 1 don't have any modern tattoos. 121 00:06:34,330 --> 00:06:36,816 I have a lot of tattoos from cultures 122 00:06:36,919 --> 00:06:39,025 that existed where 1 lived before me, 123 00:06:39,128 --> 00:06:41,890 and even before recorded time. 124 00:06:41,993 --> 00:06:45,514 Caribou bone and crowberry tattoo. 125 00:06:45,618 --> 00:06:48,759 I've done this with different natural elements before. 126 00:06:48,862 --> 00:06:51,555 It's not gonna be, like, tattoo parlor-grade ink. 127 00:06:51,658 --> 00:06:55,628 But it's gonna be a piece of naturally-made rough art. 128 00:06:59,148 --> 00:07:01,944 I like that spot right there. 129 00:07:07,605 --> 00:07:10,194 This is the ultimate way to connect to this place-- 130 00:07:10,297 --> 00:07:14,267 using the bone from an animal that passed through here, 131 00:07:14,370 --> 00:07:18,858 using just naturally-occurring materials from this place. 132 00:07:18,961 --> 00:07:23,587 They will be with me until I'm back in the earth again. 133 00:07:23,690 --> 00:07:26,003 Then the whole cycle starts over. 134 00:07:28,143 --> 00:07:29,593 So there it is. 135 00:07:29,696 --> 00:07:33,148 An "A" and a seven, for a long season seven. 136 00:07:35,046 --> 00:07:36,772 Pretty nice. 137 00:07:41,915 --> 00:07:44,884 Really hope 1 get the net finished up. 138 00:07:46,679 --> 00:07:49,854 I'm hoping that that will go a long way 139 00:07:49,958 --> 00:07:53,996 towards regular food procurement. 140 00:07:55,481 --> 00:07:58,104 AX home, 1 just set bank lines, 141 00:07:58,207 --> 00:08:00,037 and 1 don't have a problem. 142 00:08:00,140 --> 00:08:02,315 But 1 have caught only one fish so far, 143 00:08:02,418 --> 00:08:06,077 and 1 wanna catch as many fish as possible before ice up. 144 00:08:06,181 --> 00:08:09,564 Getting this dude deployed out may be the trick. 145 00:08:12,014 --> 00:08:13,671 I'm pretty decent at tying nets. 146 00:08:13,775 --> 00:08:15,224 1 don't use the shuttle. 147 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:17,123 I just use the overhand loop method. 148 00:08:17,226 --> 00:08:19,574 My wife actually showed me how to do that. 149 00:08:19,677 --> 00:08:21,127 1 think about her every day, 150 00:08:21,230 --> 00:08:23,232 you know, just in little tasks that 1 do out here-- 151 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,648 you know, the wood splitting, 152 00:08:24,751 --> 00:08:26,788 and just stuff we do around the homestead. 153 00:08:26,891 --> 00:08:28,514 And, you know, 1 miss her. 154 00:08:28,617 --> 00:08:29,963 But I also know, when it's all over with, 155 00:08:30,067 --> 00:08:31,862 the money will allow my family 156 00:08:31,965 --> 00:08:33,553 the lifestyle we truly wanna live. 157 00:08:33,657 --> 00:08:36,763 1 mean, it basically would mean early retirement. 158 00:08:40,284 --> 00:08:41,837 Well, we'll see. 159 00:08:41,941 --> 00:08:43,874 It ain't the prettiest net ever made, 160 00:08:43,977 --> 00:08:45,703 but it's a net. 161 00:08:45,807 --> 00:08:48,016 I'm ready to throw this baby in the dye pot. 162 00:08:51,502 --> 00:08:53,090 This water's so clear, 163 00:08:53,193 --> 00:08:54,609 I think a lot of times, these fish, 164 00:08:54,712 --> 00:08:55,679 they're following that lure in 165 00:08:55,782 --> 00:08:56,990 and they see me standing there, 166 00:08:57,094 --> 00:08:59,096 and they kinda act like a game animal. 167 00:08:59,199 --> 00:09:02,306 So if 1 can get this white net dyed to more of a water color, 168 00:09:02,409 --> 00:09:04,480 I believe it'll help immensely. 169 00:09:05,723 --> 00:09:08,588 Got my crowberries. Check it out. 170 00:09:12,696 --> 00:09:15,975 Well, let's dump her in. 171 00:09:18,943 --> 00:09:21,774 Hopefully, this takes some of the shine off of it. 172 00:09:21,877 --> 00:09:23,914 Maybe at night, if they're cruising along, 173 00:09:24,017 --> 00:09:25,674 they won't even notice. 174 00:09:27,158 --> 00:09:29,644 All right, so check it out. 175 00:09:29,747 --> 00:09:33,302 It gave it a real nice, almost a water color, so... 176 00:09:35,719 --> 00:09:37,410 That'll work., I like that. 177 00:09:37,513 --> 00:09:39,481 I like that a lot. So let's get it strung. 178 00:09:48,352 --> 00:09:50,319 I'm liking this spot right here. 179 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:52,287 Looks like about 2 foot of water 180 00:09:52,390 --> 00:09:55,186 to about 8 foot. 181 00:09:55,290 --> 00:09:58,362 I'm sure fish probably cruise that edge. 182 00:09:58,465 --> 00:10:01,365 Put it in the water, see what happens. 183 00:10:04,126 --> 00:10:08,303 Ooh, fishy, fishy, fishy, we're coming for you, buddies. 184 00:10:08,406 --> 00:10:09,856 1 need you guys. 185 00:10:12,894 --> 00:10:14,171 The key to winning is making the most 186 00:10:14,274 --> 00:10:16,069 out of every opportunity. 187 00:10:16,173 --> 00:10:19,590 And you can bet that I'm gonna give it 135% 188 00:10:19,694 --> 00:10:21,454 to be there to day 100. 189 00:10:26,321 --> 00:10:28,254 Now we wait. 190 00:10:30,221 --> 00:10:32,016 Now we wait. 191 00:11:01,252 --> 00:11:03,427 - I've been having a little bit of a challenge 192 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:05,981 finding a good shelter spot. 193 00:11:06,085 --> 00:11:08,259 But 1 feel good about this spot. 194 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:10,089 It's a little far to water, 195 00:11:10,192 --> 00:11:13,057 but it's worth it to be out of the wind. 196 00:11:14,127 --> 00:11:17,993 So, I've been having so many vivid dreams. 197 00:11:18,097 --> 00:11:22,170 One was this morning, and 1 was digging moss 198 00:11:22,273 --> 00:11:25,380 for the shelter, and 1 found two turtles. 199 00:11:25,483 --> 00:11:27,658 They were, like, that big each. 200 00:11:27,762 --> 00:11:31,351 And 1 woke up thinking, 201 00:11:31,455 --> 00:11:34,251 "You know, that is a message." 202 00:11:34,354 --> 00:11:36,805 'Cause I was bumming out a little bit, like, 203 00:11:36,909 --> 00:11:38,151 "Oh, man. 204 00:11:38,255 --> 00:11:41,120 I've got so much to do. I'm just too slow." 205 00:11:41,223 --> 00:11:43,743 But that was a message, I feel, like, 206 00:11:43,847 --> 00:11:45,814 that it's okay to be slow. 207 00:11:45,918 --> 00:11:49,024 Yes, it's okay to be a turtle-- 208 00:11:49,128 --> 00:11:52,407 just as long as this turtle doesn't freeze come winter 209 00:11:52,510 --> 00:11:55,237 'cause she doesn't have food and a shelter. 210 00:11:57,895 --> 00:12:00,104 That's all. 211 00:12:03,694 --> 00:12:05,903 The porcupine has served me well, 212 00:12:06,007 --> 00:12:09,148 and I'm so appreciative of the porcupine. 213 00:12:09,251 --> 00:12:11,667 But now, I'm just down to broth. 214 00:12:11,771 --> 00:12:15,706 And it is time for me to find my next meal. 215 00:12:15,810 --> 00:12:19,261 I have a new trap on spot, so hopefully, 216 00:12:19,365 --> 00:12:22,955 the new trapping area will be productive. 217 00:12:23,058 --> 00:12:25,060 I'm feeling hungry. 218 00:12:26,165 --> 00:12:28,374 1 hope we got something today. 219 00:12:28,477 --> 00:12:30,894 1 hope, 1 hope. 220 00:12:30,997 --> 00:12:32,999 Doing something like this, 221 00:12:33,103 --> 00:12:35,761 you realize what a gift food is. 222 00:12:37,728 --> 00:12:40,973 Coming up on my first snare. It's empty. 223 00:12:42,629 --> 00:12:45,943 Making 100 days is gonna be full of challenges. 224 00:12:46,047 --> 00:12:48,118 There's so many little things 225 00:12:48,221 --> 00:12:50,776 that could just take you out in @ moment. 226 00:12:50,879 --> 00:12:52,570 You need so much food, 227 00:12:52,674 --> 00:12:54,780 and everything's just got to work out. 228 00:12:54,883 --> 00:12:56,954 Second snare. 229 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,511 No way. 230 00:13:04,306 --> 00:13:05,894 No way. 231 00:13:05,998 --> 00:13:08,034 No way. 232 00:13:08,138 --> 00:13:09,380 No way! 233 00:13:29,435 --> 00:13:32,714 Oh, my gosh. 234 00:13:32,818 --> 00:13:36,994 There's a rabbit in one of my snares. 235 00:13:37,098 --> 00:13:39,031 Oh, my gosh. 236 00:13:43,898 --> 00:13:45,934 Sweet., 237 00:13:46,038 --> 00:13:49,696 The snare got him perfectly around the neck. 238 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,146 Oh. 239 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:54,046 This morning, I was a little bit worried. 240 00:13:54,149 --> 00:13:55,771 1 ate all that porcupine, 241 00:13:55,875 --> 00:13:58,291 and I was just starting to feel it, 242 00:13:58,395 --> 00:14:02,261 so 1 am so grateful for this rabbit. 243 00:14:02,364 --> 00:14:03,641 Oh, my gosh. 244 00:14:05,229 --> 00:14:07,542 Oh, all right. 245 00:14:07,645 --> 00:14:10,925 Let's get you home, get you processed. 246 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:18,449 Right down the color line that's on most animals, 247 00:14:18,553 --> 00:14:20,727 it's nice to just make the cut 248 00:14:20,831 --> 00:14:23,213 right down where the color changes. 249 00:14:23,316 --> 00:14:25,042 Like, white to brown right here. 250 00:14:25,146 --> 00:14:26,526 White to brown. 251 00:14:28,735 --> 00:14:30,289 Don't creatures look so much different 252 00:14:30,392 --> 00:14:31,738 without their fur on? 253 00:14:31,842 --> 00:14:33,464 It's pretty crazy, huh? 254 00:14:33,568 --> 00:14:35,259 It's crazy. 255 00:14:35,363 --> 00:14:38,849 That's what we look like too, underneath our skin. 256 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:44,441 When 1was 15, 1 made this pact to myself 257 00:14:44,544 --> 00:14:46,719 that 1 wasn't gonna eat any meat 258 00:14:46,822 --> 00:14:48,686 until 1 learned to hunt on my own. 259 00:14:48,790 --> 00:14:51,689 So that really pushed me into the skills. 260 00:14:51,793 --> 00:14:54,278 I've taken apart hundreds of animals, 261 00:14:54,382 --> 00:14:57,488 and I've been preserving food for myself 262 00:14:57,592 --> 00:14:59,318 for years and years. 263 00:14:59,421 --> 00:15:01,320 I'm gonna have to get crafting 264 00:15:01,423 --> 00:15:03,460 with all this-- these animal parts. 265 00:15:03,563 --> 00:15:05,841 So many fun things to make. 266 00:15:05,945 --> 00:15:07,326 For me, 267 00:15:07,429 --> 00:15:09,121 using all the parts of the animal-- 268 00:15:09,224 --> 00:15:10,708 that's how 1 am. 269 00:15:10,812 --> 00:15:13,849 1 don't want anything to go to waste in any situation. 270 00:15:13,953 --> 00:15:16,162 1 want 10 use everything 271 00:15:16,266 --> 00:15:18,820 to its utmost potential. 272 00:15:18,924 --> 00:15:21,133 You guys wanna see a cool party trick? 273 00:15:21,236 --> 00:15:24,964 These are the-- the rabbit lungs 274 00:15:25,068 --> 00:15:27,070 and the heart right there. 275 00:15:27,173 --> 00:15:28,795 Check it out. 276 00:15:34,905 --> 00:15:37,356 So those are the lungs, inflated. 277 00:15:37,459 --> 00:15:40,738 Pretty wild, huh? 278 00:15:58,308 --> 00:16:02,001 - So 1 just got two rabbits with my bow. 279 00:16:02,105 --> 00:16:05,384 Had, uh, issues with the GoPro, and couldn't take it. 280 00:16:05,487 --> 00:16:08,387 1 cannot carry that camera through the brush. 281 00:16:08,490 --> 00:16:10,182 I'm gonna leave this guy here. 282 00:16:10,285 --> 00:16:12,391 Grab the camera. 283 00:16:12,494 --> 00:16:16,636 Let's go see if we can show you a couple tricks of the trade. 284 00:16:22,194 --> 00:16:25,887 Rabbit hunting 101. Rule number one. 285 00:16:25,991 --> 00:16:29,235 Do not stalk rabbits. 286 00:16:29,339 --> 00:16:32,238 They spend their entire lives aware 287 00:16:32,342 --> 00:16:35,414 that they are the bottom of the food chain. 288 00:16:35,517 --> 00:16:37,036 If you move like a predator, 289 00:16:37,140 --> 00:16:39,142 and they see you moving like a predator, 290 00:16:39,245 --> 00:16:41,523 chances are they will run. 291 00:16:43,284 --> 00:16:47,426 Walk around like you look like a big grass eater that has 292 00:16:47,529 --> 00:16:51,740 absolutely no interest in hunting absolutely anything. 293 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:55,399 This will give the rabbit a false sense of security. 294 00:17:01,612 --> 00:17:05,823 Do not make eye contact until you're ready for the shot. 295 00:17:05,927 --> 00:17:08,205 And then, with very slow movements, 296 00:17:08,309 --> 00:17:10,863 turn around and make your shot. 297 00:17:13,935 --> 00:17:17,007 Okay. Now, for the rabbit's reaction. 298 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:36,199 Twitch is normal, don't worry about it. 299 00:17:36,302 --> 00:17:37,924 Okay, we'll go clean these rabbits. 300 00:17:40,789 --> 00:17:41,721 Look at that. 301 00:17:41,825 --> 00:17:43,896 It really is going... 302 00:17:45,967 --> 00:17:48,728 White very quickly. 303 00:17:48,832 --> 00:17:51,110 Definitely gonna make something with that. 304 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:55,735 That's fat. Don't wanna waste that. 305 00:17:55,839 --> 00:17:59,774 Fat is everything out here. 306 00:18:01,362 --> 00:18:03,950 Back in Africa, I learned from the Hazda 307 00:18:04,054 --> 00:18:05,573 that being an effective hunter 308 00:18:05,676 --> 00:18:07,989 is not how well you shoot the bow. 309 00:18:08,093 --> 00:18:11,993 It's how well you can pattern the movements of animals. 310 00:18:12,097 --> 00:18:14,651 When you know the habits of those animals, 311 00:18:14,754 --> 00:18:18,275 it's just a matter of time before you get an arrow in. 312 00:18:18,379 --> 00:18:20,829 Yeah, 1 think we're gonna fry this up today. 313 00:18:30,667 --> 00:18:33,739 In the pot, we've got a rabbit thigh, 314 00:18:33,842 --> 00:18:37,881 a rabbit leg, and all of the organ meat. 315 00:18:39,124 --> 00:18:41,022 I'm just so lucky. 316 00:18:41,126 --> 00:18:44,267 I'm eating like a freaking king. 317 00:18:44,370 --> 00:18:46,131 Oh, that's the liver. 318 00:18:49,064 --> 00:18:50,790 Oh, this is really good fried. 319 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:54,415 And this is why I'm a student of primitive skills-- 320 00:18:54,518 --> 00:18:57,625 it's that I love relying on myself and a few tools 321 00:18:57,728 --> 00:18:59,627 to be able to take care of all my needs. 322 00:18:59,730 --> 00:19:01,042 It's very satisfying. 323 00:19:01,146 --> 00:19:04,218 Very deep satisfaction that comes with that. 324 00:19:05,771 --> 00:19:07,945 I can just feel like I'm getting a lot out of this. 325 00:19:08,049 --> 00:19:09,568 Makes me feel good. 326 00:19:38,148 --> 00:19:40,668 - All right, so here it is. 327 00:19:42,877 --> 00:19:45,535 Reindeer moss for the first time. 328 00:19:47,330 --> 00:19:49,332 Definitely never had this before. 329 00:19:52,404 --> 00:19:54,544 Smells like nothing. 330 00:19:58,306 --> 00:20:01,447 Tastes like absolutely nothing. 331 00:20:01,551 --> 00:20:03,311 You know what it does not taste like? 332 00:20:03,415 --> 00:20:05,106 Fat. 333 00:20:05,210 --> 00:20:08,040 1 really doubt there's any fat in this. 334 00:20:08,143 --> 00:20:10,387 I've been having nothing but fish heads for lunch, 335 00:20:10,491 --> 00:20:12,458 which is super fatty and oily. 336 00:20:12,562 --> 00:20:15,047 Messed up my bowel movements like crazy, 337 00:20:15,150 --> 00:20:17,877 so I had to start eating reindeer moss. 338 00:20:20,949 --> 00:20:23,573 It's honestly not too bad. This might be part of my diet. 339 00:20:23,676 --> 00:20:25,747 Let's see how 1 react to this. 340 00:20:25,851 --> 00:20:29,475 I've got, like, 80 pounds of fish inside. 341 00:20:30,752 --> 00:20:33,755 And I'm eating moss. 342 00:20:33,859 --> 00:20:36,724 Never would've thought that would be the case. 343 00:20:43,351 --> 00:20:46,112 Today I'm gonna take a day to veganism. 344 00:20:46,216 --> 00:20:47,769 I'm still gonna catch and kill things, 345 00:20:47,873 --> 00:20:51,325 but I'm gonna eat only plants. 346 00:20:54,811 --> 00:20:56,399 I'm gonna take some blueberry roots. 347 00:20:57,607 --> 00:20:58,884 And I'm gonna boil them up today, 348 00:20:58,987 --> 00:21:02,163 in the hopes that it makes my bubbly guts go away. 349 00:21:02,267 --> 00:21:03,958 It's just a matter if I can find them, 350 00:21:04,579 --> 00:21:06,063 Nothing. 351 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,036 Then we come to a bear trail. 352 00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:16,142 This, uh, trail, 353 00:21:16,246 --> 00:21:20,699 thick trail, you can tell was mowed down. 354 00:21:20,802 --> 00:21:24,116 We got two piles of scat here that are normal now. 355 00:21:24,219 --> 00:21:26,463 This one, that's bear scat. 356 00:21:29,673 --> 00:21:32,883 And the newer one right here. 357 00:21:32,987 --> 00:21:35,783 And then we got another one. 358 00:21:35,886 --> 00:21:38,579 So that happened last night or this morning. 359 00:21:38,682 --> 00:21:40,546 Close to my shelter. 360 00:21:42,341 --> 00:21:45,482 He likes to defecate right there. 361 00:21:45,586 --> 00:21:48,278 Claiming his territory, apparently. 362 00:21:48,382 --> 00:21:50,729 1 can't be having that happening. 363 00:21:50,832 --> 00:21:53,352 The worst thing that could happen is the bear rummaging 364 00:21:53,456 --> 00:21:56,217 through my shelter and stealing all my food. 365 00:21:56,321 --> 00:21:59,565 That would be a bad day. 366 00:21:59,669 --> 00:22:01,256 But not finding him. 367 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:04,398 Gotta keep a lot of stuff up in the air. 368 00:22:04,501 --> 00:22:06,365 1 need to get that bear. 369 00:22:25,557 --> 00:22:26,834 - Holy [bleep]! 370 00:22:28,042 --> 00:22:29,699 Bear. 371 00:22:43,989 --> 00:22:45,991 Ah, it's aggravating. 372 00:22:46,094 --> 00:22:48,338 It seems like every time I leave, 373 00:22:48,442 --> 00:22:50,823 the [bleep] comes to the berry patch. 374 00:22:50,927 --> 00:22:53,999 Every time. Why do I leave? 375 00:22:54,102 --> 00:22:56,242 Don't leave the berry patch, Mark. 376 00:22:56,346 --> 00:23:00,315 The berry patch is where you need to be, clearly. 377 00:23:00,419 --> 00:23:02,110 Let's head back. 378 00:23:10,015 --> 00:23:12,293 I need to be at the berry patch. 379 00:23:12,397 --> 00:23:13,950 If I want that bear, 380 00:23:14,053 --> 00:23:16,953 I've got to hold out, and I've got to hunt it. 381 00:23:17,056 --> 00:23:20,335 Having that source of protein throughout the winter, 382 00:23:20,439 --> 00:23:22,476 it'll be a big weight off my shoulders. 383 00:23:22,579 --> 00:23:23,856 It would change up my diet, 384 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,479 which would be really nice to have steak 385 00:23:25,582 --> 00:23:28,171 instead of fish steaks 24]7. 386 00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:30,104 So 1 need to make this happen. 387 00:23:37,352 --> 00:23:38,871 Al right. 388 00:23:38,975 --> 00:23:40,701 Um, this is my main hunting spot, 389 00:23:40,804 --> 00:23:44,705 just because this is the one that the bears visit the most. 390 00:23:44,808 --> 00:23:46,638 I'm hoping. Keep your fingers crossed. 391 00:23:46,741 --> 00:23:50,055 It's today. If not, very, very soon. 392 00:23:51,815 --> 00:23:54,749 Takes a lot of luck and a lot of patience to kill a bear. 393 00:23:56,544 --> 00:23:59,651 The fish, they've been coming to my net every day. 394 00:23:59,754 --> 00:24:02,205 That doesn't mean it's gonna continue to happen. 395 00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:03,689 I got to get a lot of it. 396 00:24:03,793 --> 00:24:05,691 If I wanna last 100 days, I wanna go out there, 397 00:24:05,795 --> 00:24:08,142 I'm gonna find my next meal. 398 00:24:08,245 --> 00:24:10,282 Hopefully it's a big old black bear. 399 00:24:37,033 --> 00:24:39,932 Well, it's time today to play everybody's favorite game: 400 00:24:40,036 --> 00:24:42,625 Will we have a fish? 401 00:24:42,728 --> 00:24:45,351 So the big question is: 402 00:24:45,455 --> 00:24:49,010 will we have a fish? 403 00:24:49,114 --> 00:24:50,564 1 sure hope so. 404 00:25:00,435 --> 00:25:03,611 The food is just-- it's gonna be a problem. 405 00:25:03,715 --> 00:25:06,165 Definitely starting to feel the fatigue side of it. 406 00:25:06,269 --> 00:25:09,997 And today is the first day I've really felt lightheaded. 407 00:25:11,688 --> 00:25:13,587 But 1 just keep pushing on. 408 00:25:13,690 --> 00:25:16,693 And you got to burn calories to get calories. 409 00:25:16,797 --> 00:25:18,626 Anything can happen. 410 00:25:20,801 --> 00:25:23,044 Envelope, please. Thank you. 411 00:25:25,737 --> 00:25:29,188 It's a resounding "no." We did not get a fish. 412 00:25:33,227 --> 00:25:35,850 Got to have something. 413 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,371 Eating rock tripe. 414 00:25:40,717 --> 00:25:42,408 Think it's gonna be a new thing. 415 00:25:43,858 --> 00:25:45,273 I don't really like the word "tripe." 416 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:47,034 Doesn't sound that appetizing. 417 00:25:48,483 --> 00:25:50,693 For me, my grandfather lit the fire, 418 00:25:50,796 --> 00:25:52,453 as far as the outdoors, because 1 hung around 419 00:25:52,557 --> 00:25:54,144 with him a lot when 1 was little. 420 00:25:54,248 --> 00:25:56,768 He and my great uncle grew up during the Depression. 421 00:25:56,871 --> 00:25:58,563 They had very hard times. 422 00:25:58,666 --> 00:26:01,151 They were very slick people, as far as trapping, 423 00:26:01,255 --> 00:26:03,395 hunting, fishing, foraging. 424 00:26:03,498 --> 00:26:05,155 1 mean, you could drop them anywhere, 425 00:26:05,259 --> 00:26:06,571 and they would figure it out 426 00:26:06,674 --> 00:26:07,848 because they had to figure it out. 427 00:26:07,951 --> 00:26:09,850 So that kinda trickled down to me, 428 00:26:09,953 --> 00:26:11,645 and it's just part of my lifestyle. 429 00:26:11,748 --> 00:26:13,370 It's something I've always done. 430 00:26:21,344 --> 00:26:24,278 All right, this is how you eat black rock tripe. 431 00:26:24,381 --> 00:26:27,799 First, you got to have an old, rusty can-bucket you found, 432 00:26:27,902 --> 00:26:29,145 you boil it up, 433 00:26:29,248 --> 00:26:30,974 and you just don't even look at it, you just... 434 00:26:33,114 --> 00:26:35,910 Ugh. Swallow it, shake a little bit. 435 00:26:36,014 --> 00:26:37,394 Move on to the next bite. 436 00:26:37,498 --> 00:26:39,983 It's good. Oh, so good. 437 00:26:40,087 --> 00:26:42,468 So good. Tastes just like fillet mignon. 438 00:26:42,572 --> 00:26:45,057 Ah, mmm, 439 00:26:45,161 --> 00:26:48,336 Oh, I can't get enough of it. It's delicious. 440 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,994 Here. Here, try a bite. 441 00:26:51,098 --> 00:26:54,204 Come on, try a bite. No, really, try it. 442 00:26:54,308 --> 00:26:55,481 Try it, it's good. 443 00:26:55,585 --> 00:26:57,173 Come on, try a bite! 444 00:26:57,276 --> 00:26:59,209 All right. More for me. 445 00:27:00,072 --> 00:27:01,764 Can't believe you don't want some. 446 00:27:01,867 --> 00:27:03,248 Mmm. 447 00:27:05,284 --> 00:27:06,769 Ah, 448 00:27:06,872 --> 00:27:11,532 Now 1 feel recharged, refreshed, and full. 449 00:27:12,809 --> 00:27:14,708 All lies. 450 00:27:43,944 --> 00:27:45,635 - Oh, dreaming. 451 00:27:45,739 --> 00:27:47,568 Dreaming is such a luxury out here. 452 00:27:49,363 --> 00:27:53,539 1 get 10 do everything that 1-- that 1 miss out here. 453 00:27:53,643 --> 00:27:57,095 1 get 10 hang out with people. 454 00:27:57,198 --> 00:27:59,891 1 get to eat a variety of foods. 455 00:27:59,994 --> 00:28:03,377 It's real entertainment. 456 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,898 At the same time, there is a catch-22. 457 00:28:08,831 --> 00:28:10,246 Like, for instance, last night. 458 00:28:10,349 --> 00:28:13,939 I'm in the dream, noticing and-- 459 00:28:14,043 --> 00:28:18,392 and know my son is on a little stepladder right next to me. 460 00:28:18,495 --> 00:28:20,705 And I realized, "Tyler's right here next to you. 461 00:28:20,808 --> 00:28:23,121 "Before you wake up, make the most of it. 462 00:28:23,224 --> 00:28:24,467 Hug him!" 463 00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:27,228 1 went and turned to the right, and then, bam! 464 00:28:27,332 --> 00:28:29,955 Freaking takes me off into a different damn dream. 465 00:28:31,336 --> 00:28:34,132 It is constant battles and fighting out here. 466 00:28:34,235 --> 00:28:35,650 Constant battles. 467 00:28:35,754 --> 00:28:37,342 That magnetic pull-- 468 00:28:37,445 --> 00:28:39,585 1 have 10 fight that battle each and every day. 469 00:28:39,689 --> 00:28:42,657 It's part of the being-alone process. 470 00:28:47,801 --> 00:28:51,839 I got to get a door on the opening to my shelter. 471 00:28:51,943 --> 00:28:54,290 To be honest, I'm most intimidated about the weather. 472 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:58,984 Flies are just relentless. 473 00:29:00,641 --> 00:29:02,816 1 just can only hope that things like having 474 00:29:02,919 --> 00:29:06,336 a well-made shelter will allow me to get through it. 475 00:29:08,097 --> 00:29:10,202 Okay, now 1 need a real shorty. 476 00:29:13,274 --> 00:29:15,898 You look like the man for the job. 477 00:29:16,001 --> 00:29:18,555 I'll cut you down. 478 00:29:23,457 --> 00:29:26,563 Damn fly in the ear. Jeez. 479 00:29:34,157 --> 00:29:35,918 Oh, [bleep]. 480 00:29:38,023 --> 00:29:40,405 It's stuck in my ear. 481 00:29:50,449 --> 00:29:52,935 Oh, [bleep]. 482 00:29:56,559 --> 00:29:58,285 If I call for a medic, 483 00:29:58,388 --> 00:29:59,596 and they have to come intervene 484 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:01,046 and remove it from my ear, 485 00:30:01,150 --> 00:30:03,462 that means they could pull me. 486 00:30:03,566 --> 00:30:06,431 Okay, where did 1 put my pliers? 487 00:30:06,534 --> 00:30:09,054 bleep). 1 can't see anything. 488 00:30:12,575 --> 00:30:14,577 Great, 1 can feel it moving in there. 489 00:30:16,993 --> 00:30:18,477 Oh. 490 00:30:42,812 --> 00:30:44,849 Oh, come on. 491 00:30:56,515 --> 00:30:58,379 Where's the first-aid kit? 492 00:30:58,483 --> 00:31:00,934 Let's try a couple things. 493 00:31:01,037 --> 00:31:02,694 Hold this light towards my ear, 494 00:31:02,797 --> 00:31:04,938 and see if that draws the fly out. 495 00:31:13,912 --> 00:31:16,535 Come on, little dude. Go towards the light. 496 00:31:19,297 --> 00:31:22,024 Really don't have a lot of faith in that method. 497 00:31:25,786 --> 00:31:27,788 1 don't wanna do further damage, 498 00:31:27,892 --> 00:31:29,548 but 1 got to get this fly out. 499 00:31:31,067 --> 00:31:32,310 I don't want something like this to cause me 500 00:31:32,413 --> 00:31:34,864 to have to leave this competition. 501 00:31:36,693 --> 00:31:39,938 I think the next thing is to irrigate. 502 00:31:40,042 --> 00:31:42,423 Gonna put some water in a syringe, 503 00:31:42,527 --> 00:31:45,633 suck out some water, turn my head down, 504 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:47,946 fill it up with water, and then drain it out, 505 00:31:48,050 --> 00:31:50,638 and just keep doing that till hopefully it comes out. 506 00:32:00,165 --> 00:32:02,719 All right, let's just hope for the best on this one. 507 00:32:32,025 --> 00:32:33,958 It's not moving anymore. 508 00:32:36,857 --> 00:32:37,962 Yeah, well, I don't see it, 509 00:32:38,065 --> 00:32:40,654 but tell you what-- that's immediate relief. 510 00:32:44,485 --> 00:32:47,488 Well... 511 00:32:49,076 --> 00:32:52,045 That was a little bit of an unforeseen... 512 00:32:55,117 --> 00:32:57,050 Yeah, let's continue. 513 00:32:57,153 --> 00:32:59,190 Where were we? 514 00:33:01,226 --> 00:33:03,849 Oh, that feels so much better. 515 00:33:03,953 --> 00:33:06,611 Fly trapped in my ear really makes me realize 516 00:33:06,714 --> 00:33:09,855 that the hard skills out here, being able to survive, 517 00:33:09,959 --> 00:33:12,617 or making a fire, harvesting your food, 518 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,930 are the easiest things to accomplish. 519 00:33:16,034 --> 00:33:18,554 It's all the other small things 520 00:33:18,657 --> 00:33:22,799 that in short-term survival could take you out. 521 00:33:24,698 --> 00:33:26,527 Don't want that to happen again. 522 00:33:42,405 --> 00:33:46,651 - Are you ready to lose the staring contest? 523 00:33:46,754 --> 00:33:49,343 Ready? Okay. 524 00:33:52,898 --> 00:33:54,590 Oh, there's a breeze., 1 have 10 blink. 525 00:33:57,903 --> 00:34:00,009 Okay. All right. 526 00:34:00,113 --> 00:34:04,600 Ready, set, go. 527 00:34:07,465 --> 00:34:09,570 Oh, man. 528 00:34:09,674 --> 00:34:11,227 Usually, I'm really good at staring, 529 00:34:11,331 --> 00:34:12,711 but 1 think my eyes are dry. 530 00:34:14,127 --> 00:34:16,646 All right, here we go. Back to work. 531 00:34:16,750 --> 00:34:19,097 Back to work, y'all. 532 00:34:19,201 --> 00:34:20,719 Back to work, man. 533 00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:27,657 Gotta make clay pots. 534 00:34:27,761 --> 00:34:30,281 Gotta make lots of clay pots. 535 00:34:30,384 --> 00:34:33,077 Here's the clay hole. 536 00:34:33,180 --> 00:34:35,596 1 have one cooking pot, which is awesome, 537 00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:38,323 but containers are everything out here. 538 00:34:38,427 --> 00:34:41,430 If I can just make a couple pots with lids 539 00:34:41,533 --> 00:34:44,364 that 1 can cook in and then store, 540 00:34:44,467 --> 00:34:47,505 that would be amazing. 541 00:34:47,608 --> 00:34:48,920 Oh, that is so nice. 542 00:34:49,023 --> 00:34:51,198 Look how nice and sticky that is. 543 00:34:51,302 --> 00:34:53,925 I'm so happy 1 found it. 544 00:35:00,449 --> 00:35:04,591 Did you guys see my clay balls? 545 00:35:04,694 --> 00:35:06,834 Look at all my clay balls. 546 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,250 Aren't they nice? 547 00:35:10,044 --> 00:35:13,151 Al right, 1 need containers. 548 00:35:14,532 --> 00:35:17,155 Do a little test coil real quick. 549 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,058 Oh, my gosh, it's acting pretty nice. 550 00:35:24,162 --> 00:35:26,302 So I'm gonna add the temper in. 551 00:35:26,406 --> 00:35:28,753 Can't be too wet or too dry. 552 00:35:28,856 --> 00:35:32,722 Everything's about having just the perfect amount of moisture. 553 00:35:34,517 --> 00:35:38,211 And you kinda roll and pinch, and it's a particular method 554 00:35:38,314 --> 00:35:41,421 that's for cooking potteries specifically. 555 00:35:41,524 --> 00:35:43,354 It has more surface area, 556 00:35:43,457 --> 00:35:46,426 so that it distributes the heat better. 557 00:35:46,529 --> 00:35:48,531 1 was hoping for clay, 558 00:35:48,635 --> 00:35:52,535 because being out here doesn't have to be a suffer fest. 559 00:35:52,639 --> 00:35:54,641 It's totally possible to have 560 00:35:54,744 --> 00:35:56,712 all my needs met and be comfortable. 561 00:35:56,815 --> 00:35:59,784 And the more comfortable and at home you are, 562 00:35:59,887 --> 00:36:02,476 the better you're gonna make it through the winter. 563 00:36:03,926 --> 00:36:08,310 If I can just get one pot that survives a firing, 564 00:36:08,413 --> 00:36:10,760 1 will feel like that was a big success. 565 00:36:12,348 --> 00:36:14,799 Kinda looks like a beehive, huh? 566 00:36:14,902 --> 00:36:16,973 I hope I get to the point where it's, like, 567 00:36:17,077 --> 00:36:18,803 oh, my shelter's done. 568 00:36:18,906 --> 00:36:21,288 And 1 have a bunch of meat hanging up, 569 00:36:21,392 --> 00:36:23,463 and I can just, like, hang out. 570 00:36:23,566 --> 00:36:25,050 But we'll see, 571 00:36:25,154 --> 00:36:29,538 There's a long way to go before 1 get to that point. 572 00:36:32,299 --> 00:36:35,302 Clay pots are done for the night. 573 00:36:35,406 --> 00:36:36,683 It's dark. 574 00:36:36,786 --> 00:36:38,857 Two pots, ah! 575 00:36:38,961 --> 00:36:40,859 Two pots, so nice. 576 00:36:40,963 --> 00:36:44,277 Time to warm up the hands. 577 00:37:10,648 --> 00:37:12,891 - I'm starting to have mixed emotions. 578 00:37:12,995 --> 00:37:14,997 Let's put it that way. 579 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:17,413 Uh, there's only so much black crud 580 00:37:17,517 --> 00:37:20,554 you can scrape off a rock in a bowl and call it dinner. 581 00:37:25,732 --> 00:37:27,147 Sometimes, you just got to figure out 582 00:37:27,251 --> 00:37:29,977 what you want more in life. 583 00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:33,049 You think you know what you want. 584 00:37:33,153 --> 00:37:35,051 And that's not it. 585 00:37:36,570 --> 00:37:39,297 Tm pretty sure 1 know what 1 want today. 586 00:38:06,393 --> 00:38:08,671 - 1 think this is what 1 really want. 587 00:38:14,988 --> 00:38:16,714 Yes, this is Keith. 588 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,305 1 know what T want. 589 00:38:21,408 --> 00:38:24,722 I want a large pizza with everything, extra cheese. 590 00:38:27,621 --> 00:38:30,210 Yeah, this phone doesn't even work for something like that. 591 00:38:30,314 --> 00:38:32,730 1 doubt anybody delivers out here anyway. 592 00:38:32,833 --> 00:38:34,973 So that's not happening. 593 00:38:39,012 --> 00:38:41,946 All right, let's get crack-a-lackin'. 594 00:38:42,049 --> 00:38:44,638 We'll go check the trapline. 595 00:38:47,020 --> 00:38:49,781 A lot of snares in this little area here. 596 00:38:52,681 --> 00:38:54,165 1 would've thought this one would've paid off. 597 00:38:54,268 --> 00:38:57,341 That was a good set, and I thought... 598 00:38:57,444 --> 00:38:59,515 It's almost like playing the lottery. 599 00:38:59,619 --> 00:39:04,934 You go all in to try and reap huge benefits. 600 00:39:05,038 --> 00:39:07,799 But my immediate area is not much 601 00:39:07,903 --> 00:39:11,700 in the overall plan that 1 had in my head... 602 00:39:16,912 --> 00:39:20,156 Tough little guys to trap, sure enough. 603 00:39:21,503 --> 00:39:23,401 Winter is right around the corner. 604 00:39:23,505 --> 00:39:26,508 There's no time to mess around. 605 00:39:28,855 --> 00:39:30,719 Oh, my gosh. 606 00:39:30,822 --> 00:39:32,824 A miracle has just happened. 607 00:39:34,792 --> 00:39:37,519 1 have finally snared a squirrel,. 608 00:39:39,037 --> 00:39:43,628 1 was really starting to doubt my trapping abilities. 609 00:39:43,732 --> 00:39:46,044 And I trap a lot. 610 00:39:50,704 --> 00:39:53,949 Wow, he's wound up in there. 611 00:39:54,052 --> 00:39:56,089 Golly, 1 give you guys credit. 612 00:39:56,192 --> 00:39:59,989 You are tough, tough customers to trap. 613 00:40:08,377 --> 00:40:09,689 Wow. 614 00:40:12,657 --> 00:40:15,695 Thank you, little buddy. 615 00:40:15,798 --> 00:40:18,974 Starting to get some good snow now too. 616 00:40:19,077 --> 00:40:20,285 Huh, well, that's awesome. 617 00:40:20,389 --> 00:40:22,529 At least I have something to eat. 618 00:40:22,633 --> 00:40:25,843 I was getting tired of eating blueberries and rock slime. 619 00:40:27,569 --> 00:40:28,777 Awesome. 620 00:40:31,158 --> 00:40:32,919 That is definitely a morale boost. 621 00:40:34,679 --> 00:40:36,025 These little guys have been driving me nuts 622 00:40:36,129 --> 00:40:38,096 on the trapping side of it. 623 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,305 It was almost like they were digging at me a bit. 624 00:40:40,409 --> 00:40:41,928 But, you know, eat this guy, 625 00:40:42,031 --> 00:40:45,103 it'll give me that boost of energy back up. 626 00:40:45,207 --> 00:40:47,865 A little liver. 627 00:40:47,968 --> 00:40:52,386 I'm not much of a liver fan, but I'm learning. 628 00:40:52,490 --> 00:40:56,770 You got to constantly be upbeat no matter how bad it gets. 629 00:40:56,874 --> 00:40:59,704 That's just the way you get through hard times. 630 00:41:02,604 --> 00:41:05,469 Holy crap. Mmm. 631 00:41:07,781 --> 00:41:09,749 That right there. 632 00:41:09,852 --> 00:41:11,267 Little squirrel drumstick. 633 00:41:12,993 --> 00:41:14,478 Tastes amazing. 634 00:41:17,860 --> 00:41:21,899 And we'll have squirrel soup all day tomorrow. 635 00:41:22,002 --> 00:41:24,418 You know, 100 days is just one more day, 636 00:41:24,522 --> 00:41:25,765 and one more day, 637 00:41:25,868 --> 00:41:28,630 and eventually, it'll be that 100th day, 638 00:41:28,733 --> 00:41:31,356 and that's $1 million. 639 00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:33,013 Wish I could find a six-legged squirrel 640 00:41:33,117 --> 00:41:34,739 running around here and trap it. 641 00:41:34,843 --> 00:41:36,327 That'd be awesome. 642 00:42:05,149 --> 00:42:07,185 - You hear that? 643 00:42:13,537 --> 00:42:16,643 That's the sound of silence. 644 00:42:17,817 --> 00:42:20,613 Deep silence. 645 00:42:28,931 --> 00:42:31,762 I'm really hoping there's a fish in that net. 646 00:42:31,865 --> 00:42:34,661 Getting that food storage put in is 647 00:42:34,765 --> 00:42:36,560 what it's gonna be all about. 648 00:42:36,663 --> 00:42:39,217 I don't need to be making no little knickknacks 649 00:42:39,321 --> 00:42:41,081 or tools or bull[bleep] like that. 650 00:42:41,185 --> 00:42:44,188 We got to get some food put up. 651 00:42:44,291 --> 00:42:46,293 And it's right here. 652 00:42:50,677 --> 00:42:52,127 Yeah. 653 00:42:52,230 --> 00:42:53,991 Yes! 654 00:42:54,094 --> 00:42:56,027 We got two fish. 655 00:42:56,131 --> 00:42:59,686 We've been blessed mightily right here, just now. 656 00:43:02,827 --> 00:43:06,106 Big old lake trout and a big old whitefish. 657 00:43:08,005 --> 00:43:10,110 Oh, my Lord, 1 feel better now. 658 00:43:10,214 --> 00:43:13,838 I was getting worried when we weren't getting no fish. 659 00:43:13,942 --> 00:43:16,254 It's a good fishing hole. 660 00:43:18,291 --> 00:43:20,017 Well, we got to pick this net now. 661 00:43:22,226 --> 00:43:25,160 1 hate to break the silence of this beautiful morning, 662 00:43:25,263 --> 00:43:27,300 but there's a lot to do today. 663 00:43:28,750 --> 00:43:30,924 Oh, look at that. 664 00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,515 It's gonna take every little pinch 665 00:43:35,619 --> 00:43:37,724 to pull through 100 days. 666 00:43:37,828 --> 00:43:40,485 This is a bad spot. 667 00:43:40,589 --> 00:43:43,696 1 can't imagine doing that when it gets icy. 668 00:43:47,389 --> 00:43:49,011 This is still the baby stages. 669 00:43:49,115 --> 00:43:51,358 Hell, we're still living in our tarp. 670 00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:53,740 That's gonna come to an end here pretty soon, 671 00:43:53,844 --> 00:43:56,398 especially with winter coming. 672 00:43:56,501 --> 00:43:59,850 Fishing and permanent structure and food gathering-- 673 00:43:59,953 --> 00:44:02,507 that's how it's gonna be till the snow flies. 674 00:44:04,544 --> 00:44:07,340 Oh, yeah, that's a biggie. 675 00:44:07,443 --> 00:44:10,550 And that whitefish is a damn good one too. 676 00:44:13,518 --> 00:44:16,383 Now we're talking. 677 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:19,076 What a blessing. 678 00:44:19,179 --> 00:44:22,217 Give me, like, 20 more like this, 679 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,840 and we're seeing 100 days. 680 00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:47,242 Oh, what a night. What a night. 681 00:44:48,830 --> 00:44:52,903 Had a dream that I was eating a pumpkin pie. 682 00:44:55,284 --> 00:44:56,803 Yeah, last night was the worst night 683 00:44:56,907 --> 00:44:58,598 since I've been here, for sure. 684 00:44:58,702 --> 00:45:02,395 1 don't know, just-- stomach's cramping bad. 685 00:45:02,498 --> 00:45:05,432 I'm mentally usually a pretty tough person, 686 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:09,402 but last night was humbling for sure. 687 00:45:12,612 --> 00:45:14,338 But we'll get up and do my thing, 688 00:45:14,441 --> 00:45:15,995 keep my mind in the right place. 689 00:45:25,142 --> 00:45:26,902 See where this broth is. 690 00:45:27,006 --> 00:45:28,283 Uh, needs to be warm, 691 00:45:28,386 --> 00:45:31,907 probably just a little bit more, maybe? 692 00:45:32,011 --> 00:45:34,772 Cool squirrel broth. 693 00:45:34,876 --> 00:45:38,396 It's not where we wanna be with it, at all. 694 00:45:39,708 --> 00:45:42,228 Needs to be hot, hot, hot. 695 00:45:42,331 --> 00:45:45,334 Catching a squirrel is just that relief 696 00:45:45,438 --> 00:45:47,889 knowing you're gonna get to eat something of substance 697 00:45:47,992 --> 00:45:51,996 other than berries and rock slime. 698 00:45:52,100 --> 00:45:54,516 And knowing that, you know, you have broken 699 00:45:54,619 --> 00:45:58,002 that mental barrier that has made it so hard, 700 00:45:58,106 --> 00:45:59,935 because if you keep that mental barrier up, 701 00:46:00,039 --> 00:46:01,488 then you've already failed. 702 00:46:01,592 --> 00:46:05,251 And now, what wasn't possible is right here in my hand 703 00:46:05,354 --> 00:46:07,598 and it's totally possible. 704 00:46:07,701 --> 00:46:09,773 So 1 think it's gonna be okay. 705 00:46:16,055 --> 00:46:17,608 Stomach's cramping again pretty good. 706 00:46:17,711 --> 00:46:21,025 I'm gonna try to drink some of this. 707 00:47:04,931 --> 00:47:06,760 Ugh, [bleep]. 708 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:33,995 Oh, my God. 709 00:47:37,895 --> 00:47:39,724 That squirrel is the only thing 1 had ate-- 710 00:47:39,828 --> 00:47:41,657 eaten in a couple days. 711 00:47:44,074 --> 00:47:46,662 I'm having some terrible, terrible pains. 712 00:47:46,766 --> 00:47:48,699 Stomach's cramping bad. 713 00:47:50,252 --> 00:47:51,633 I'm definitely hurting. 714 00:47:55,016 --> 00:47:57,777 Oh, I got to get a little bit of water, [bleep]. 715 00:48:09,893 --> 00:48:11,687 1 don't have anything to throw up. 716 00:48:11,791 --> 00:48:14,863 Good grief. 717 00:48:22,284 --> 00:48:25,563 Oh, [bleep]. 718 00:48:25,667 --> 00:48:27,738 1 don't know what's going on. 719 00:48:34,124 --> 00:48:36,298 But the pain I'm experiencing-- 720 00:48:36,402 --> 00:48:38,783 man, you can't keep any liquid down. 721 00:48:40,613 --> 00:48:43,374 Dehydration is nothing to play with. 722 00:48:43,478 --> 00:48:48,172 And I'm smart enough to know that if I push it, 723 00:48:48,276 --> 00:48:50,934 it could get a lot worse. 724 00:49:09,331 --> 00:49:11,264 Hey, this is Keith. 725 00:49:11,368 --> 00:49:13,887 Uh, man, I'm-- 726 00:49:13,991 --> 00:49:15,544 1 got something going on with my stomach. 727 00:49:15,648 --> 00:49:17,512 I'm tapping out. 728 00:49:20,584 --> 00:49:22,931 Ah, [bleep]. [bleep]. 729 00:49:28,592 --> 00:49:32,009 Oh, my God. 730 00:49:32,113 --> 00:49:35,668 I'm never gonna live this down. 731 00:49:35,771 --> 00:49:38,084 Definitely like to win it, but... 732 00:49:38,188 --> 00:49:41,225 the possibility of a long-term recovery 733 00:49:41,329 --> 00:49:43,814 to get back to where 1 need to be-- 734 00:49:43,917 --> 00:49:45,333 no amount of money is worth that. 735 00:49:54,376 --> 00:49:56,068 Here they are. 736 00:50:05,456 --> 00:50:08,252 This is not how I planned it at all. 737 00:50:10,185 --> 00:50:12,912 Just a lot of abdominal cramping. 738 00:50:13,016 --> 00:50:15,294 1 think Tve thrown up everything 1 can throw up. 739 00:50:15,397 --> 00:50:17,330 And that was mostly water. 740 00:50:32,345 --> 00:50:35,590 Yeah, I've reached my limit. I think so. 741 00:50:40,767 --> 00:50:43,425 1 never saw myself going out sick. 742 00:50:43,529 --> 00:50:45,600 Matter of fact, this is the worst way 743 00:50:45,703 --> 00:50:47,326 1 could possibly go out. 744 00:50:49,224 --> 00:50:50,536 There's no hope for any future here. 745 00:50:50,639 --> 00:50:52,434 And you know, in my head is the shame of it. 746 00:50:53,849 --> 00:50:56,438 The whole dream is over. 747 00:50:56,542 --> 00:50:59,510 Oh, yes, [bleep] great. 748 00:50:59,614 --> 00:51:01,581 I didn't want to let down my wife. 749 00:51:01,685 --> 00:51:03,514 That's the last thing in the world 1 wanted to do. 750 00:51:03,618 --> 00:51:06,448 But there's definitely no control out here, 751 00:51:06,552 --> 00:51:09,002 'cause you're dealing with Mother Nature. 752 00:51:09,106 --> 00:51:10,625 And if you think you're gonna control 753 00:51:10,728 --> 00:51:12,903 anything that's gonna happen out here, 754 00:51:13,006 --> 00:51:14,663 then you have no idea what you're doing, 755 00:51:14,767 --> 00:51:17,425 and you should've stayed wherever you came from. 756 00:51:26,468 --> 00:51:28,505 I'm Colby Donaldson, and here tonight 757 00:51:28,608 --> 00:51:30,852 with Mark, Keith, Callie, 758 00:51:30,955 --> 00:51:32,716 Joel, and Roland. 759 00:51:32,819 --> 00:51:36,202 This episode starts off with something 760 00:51:36,306 --> 00:51:38,342 people have become very familiar with lately, 761 00:51:38,446 --> 00:51:40,896 and that is cutting your own hair. 762 00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:42,657 Mark, give us some pointers. 763 00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:46,247 What does it take to give yourself a good groom? 764 00:51:46,350 --> 00:51:48,835 - Oh, man, well, first, let me just say that 765 00:51:48,939 --> 00:51:51,286 1 didn't plan on going out there, cutting my hair. 766 00:51:51,390 --> 00:51:54,427 1 was so busy preparing for this show and everything, 767 00:51:54,531 --> 00:51:57,085 and living off the land that I just forgot to get a haircut 768 00:51:57,189 --> 00:51:58,190 when 1 got out there. 769 00:51:58,293 --> 00:52:00,192 And I'll tell you right now. 770 00:52:00,295 --> 00:52:01,572 1 don't recommend doing it 771 00:52:01,676 --> 00:52:03,367 with a Leatherman, but it works. 772 00:52:03,471 --> 00:52:05,576 - Yeah, it's not a very big pair of scissors 773 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:07,578 on that multi-tool you have there, is it? 774 00:52:07,682 --> 00:52:08,614 - Oh, no. 775 00:52:08,717 --> 00:52:10,271 - Okay, so this episode 776 00:52:10,374 --> 00:52:12,894 takes us up to day 22. 777 00:52:12,997 --> 00:52:14,689 Callie, checking in with you. 778 00:52:14,792 --> 00:52:18,175 How are you feeling at this point in the adventure? 779 00:52:18,279 --> 00:52:19,349 - I'm feeling pretty great. 780 00:52:19,452 --> 00:52:21,109 1 mean, Tm stoked to be out there,. 781 00:52:21,213 --> 00:52:22,593 I'm loving the experience, 782 00:52:22,697 --> 00:52:25,769 and I was starting to feel, like, at that point, 783 00:52:25,872 --> 00:52:27,253 I wanted to have a lot done. 784 00:52:27,357 --> 00:52:29,255 1 wanted to have my shelter fully finished 785 00:52:29,359 --> 00:52:31,050 and have a bunch of food laid in, 786 00:52:31,154 --> 00:52:33,397 and there's just so much to do to prepare 787 00:52:33,501 --> 00:52:34,950 for an Arctic winter. 788 00:52:35,054 --> 00:52:37,608 1 felt ike 1 was kind of behind in the game. 789 00:52:37,712 --> 00:52:39,162 And then that dream of the turtles 790 00:52:39,265 --> 00:52:41,647 just let me know, like, "Nope, it's okay." 791 00:52:41,750 --> 00:52:45,098 So it reassured me that moving slow was the thing to do 792 00:52:45,202 --> 00:52:47,135 and just take it easy. 793 00:52:47,239 --> 00:52:48,481 - As this point, 1 bet you're pretty happy 794 00:52:48,585 --> 00:52:50,207 you brought the snare wire, huh? 795 00:52:50,311 --> 00:52:53,831 - Oh, yeah, that snare wire was invaluable, 796 00:52:53,935 --> 00:52:54,970 - What's the trick? 797 00:52:55,074 --> 00:52:57,352 Is it the design of your snare? 798 00:52:57,456 --> 00:52:59,527 You know, the loop. Is the placement? 799 00:52:59,630 --> 00:53:01,218 What do you think the key to your success was 800 00:53:01,322 --> 00:53:02,323 while you were out there? 801 00:53:02,426 --> 00:53:04,635 - My trapline was very successful, 802 00:53:04,739 --> 00:53:06,292 and 1 think it's because 803 00:53:06,396 --> 00:53:08,639 I've spent a lot of time as a tracker. 804 00:53:08,743 --> 00:53:11,780 That's one of my winter jobs, is tracking. 805 00:53:11,884 --> 00:53:13,610 So 1 can see where the animals are moving 806 00:53:13,713 --> 00:53:14,990 and where the rabbits are moving. 807 00:53:15,094 --> 00:53:18,131 So 1 can just--1 just know where to put the snare. 808 00:53:18,235 --> 00:53:19,305 So it's placement. 809 00:53:19,409 --> 00:53:21,756 It's understanding rabbit behavior, 810 00:53:21,859 --> 00:53:25,622 and how you set up the wire and the snare, of course, too. 811 00:53:25,725 --> 00:53:28,763 - Roland, we see you finally get some fish 812 00:53:28,866 --> 00:53:30,143 in your gill net. 813 00:53:30,247 --> 00:53:31,593 What'd that feel like when you finally 814 00:53:31,697 --> 00:53:33,526 started to bring some fish in? 815 00:53:33,630 --> 00:53:34,734 - Yeah, 1 should've been fired up. 816 00:53:34,838 --> 00:53:38,048 Eating berries and moss and a few ants 817 00:53:38,151 --> 00:53:39,843 just ain't getting it, so when the fish 818 00:53:39,946 --> 00:53:41,327 started coming in, 819 00:53:41,431 --> 00:53:43,985 then you got a substantial food source. 820 00:53:44,088 --> 00:53:48,196 But it's hard to keep that net safely in the water. 821 00:53:48,300 --> 00:53:50,405 And 1 tried shallower places 822 00:53:50,509 --> 00:53:51,751 where if I would've lost my net, 823 00:53:51,855 --> 00:53:54,029 I could've retrieved it, but there was no fish there. 824 00:53:54,133 --> 00:53:56,446 You got to have that deep drop-off, 825 00:53:56,549 --> 00:53:59,414 and 1 coined my deep drop-off Danger Rock 826 00:53:59,518 --> 00:54:01,347 because it was pretty dangerous 827 00:54:01,451 --> 00:54:02,521 getting that thing in there. 828 00:54:02,624 --> 00:54:04,074 So when the fish started coming, 829 00:54:04,177 --> 00:54:06,525 1 felt strong. 830 00:54:06,628 --> 00:54:09,148 - And, Mark, at this point, you're eating moss 831 00:54:09,252 --> 00:54:11,668 because you're consuming so much fish, 832 00:54:11,771 --> 00:54:13,463 you've got to offset that fat intake. 833 00:54:13,566 --> 00:54:14,843 Tell us about that. 834 00:54:14,947 --> 00:54:17,294 - I was eating fish after fish after fish, 835 00:54:17,398 --> 00:54:18,847 and the one thing 1 wanted to make sure 836 00:54:18,951 --> 00:54:20,677 1 had out there was fat. 837 00:54:20,780 --> 00:54:22,472 And 1 was getting enough of it. 838 00:54:22,575 --> 00:54:23,887 That's for sure, 839 00:54:23,990 --> 00:54:26,441 And so it just messed up my digestive tract. 840 00:54:26,545 --> 00:54:29,341 I mean, it's day 13 or 14. 841 00:54:29,444 --> 00:54:30,997 It got ugly in my sleeping bag 842 00:54:31,101 --> 00:54:32,792 at about 1:00 a.m. in the morning. 843 00:54:32,896 --> 00:54:37,487 1 have had diarrhea pretty bad. 844 00:54:37,590 --> 00:54:40,800 Then 1 woke up and my entire sleeping bag 845 00:54:40,904 --> 00:54:42,733 was completely covered. 846 00:54:42,837 --> 00:54:44,735 And it was as a horrible experience. 847 00:54:44,839 --> 00:54:46,634 1 decided, "You know what? No more of that. 848 00:54:46,737 --> 00:54:48,670 "That will never happen again. 1 need to put something else 849 00:54:48,774 --> 00:54:50,154 in my body other than fish." 850 00:54:50,258 --> 00:54:54,262 - Okay, Joel, we got to talk about the fly in the ear. 851 00:54:54,366 --> 00:54:56,195 1 mean, 1 think those of us watching at home, 852 00:54:56,299 --> 00:54:57,403 we could feel it. 853 00:54:57,507 --> 00:54:59,302 It would just-- I can't imagine 854 00:54:59,405 --> 00:55:00,993 how annoying that is. 855 00:55:01,096 --> 00:55:03,202 Talk us through that whole experience. 856 00:55:03,306 --> 00:55:04,686 - The moment it went into the ear, 857 00:55:04,790 --> 00:55:06,757 I felt like it was-- like a sensation 858 00:55:06,861 --> 00:55:09,070 that you've felt before, you get something in your ear. 859 00:55:09,173 --> 00:55:10,416 But when 1 started shaking my head 860 00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:11,555 and trying to push my finger in there 861 00:55:11,659 --> 00:55:12,936 0 actually feel, 1 realized 862 00:55:13,039 --> 00:55:15,318 that it actually penetrated my inner ear, 863 00:55:15,421 --> 00:55:20,288 and that I was not able to take grasp of this fly. 864 00:55:20,392 --> 00:55:23,153 It was literally flying around my inner ear, 865 00:55:23,256 --> 00:55:24,568 driving me nuts. 866 00:55:24,672 --> 00:55:27,537 And 1 couldn't get it. 867 00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:32,404 And so 1 had a little moment of concern, 868 00:55:32,507 --> 00:55:33,715 'cause what was going through my mind 869 00:55:33,819 --> 00:55:36,269 was if this thing flies around-- 870 00:55:36,373 --> 00:55:39,031 keeps flying around in my ear, it's gonna drive me crazy. 871 00:55:39,134 --> 00:55:40,826 But eventually, it'll die. 872 00:55:40,929 --> 00:55:42,275 But if it dies, 873 00:55:42,379 --> 00:55:43,863 is that gonna cause an ear infection? 874 00:55:43,967 --> 00:55:46,383 So that's kind of the concern that 1 had, 875 00:55:46,487 --> 00:55:48,592 was 1 didn't want that infection to take place. 876 00:55:48,696 --> 00:55:50,387 And 1 tried a number of things, 877 00:55:50,491 --> 00:55:52,458 as you saw, but the irrigation 878 00:55:52,562 --> 00:55:55,150 was instantaneous relief 879 00:55:55,254 --> 00:55:56,876 because 1 think what 1 did was just 880 00:55:56,980 --> 00:55:58,637 basically drowned him straight away, 881 00:55:58,740 --> 00:56:01,087 and he stopped flying and that was the end of it. 882 00:56:01,191 --> 00:56:02,399 - Nice work. 883 00:56:02,503 --> 00:56:05,022 There's lots to still talk about when we come back, 884 00:56:05,126 --> 00:56:07,680 eith, 885 00:56:07,784 --> 00:56:10,096 Callie, Joel, and Roland. 886 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,892 Callie, we got to talk about when you found that clay. 887 00:56:12,996 --> 00:56:15,274 - That is awesome. 888 00:56:15,378 --> 00:56:18,519 So excited to have a clay play day. 889 00:56:18,622 --> 00:56:21,107 Containers are everything out there, 890 00:56:21,211 --> 00:56:22,764 so you start bringing in food. 891 00:56:22,868 --> 00:56:26,423 Like, all of us that had food had probably storage issues. 892 00:56:26,527 --> 00:56:28,632 Where to put the food, how to store the food, 893 00:56:28,736 --> 00:56:30,358 and also, just basically, 894 00:56:30,462 --> 00:56:32,222 we only had one 2-quart pot, 895 00:56:32,325 --> 00:56:33,706 and so having another pot 896 00:56:33,810 --> 00:56:35,363 means that one pot could have food in it, 897 00:56:35,467 --> 00:56:37,400 while another could one have water for washing 898 00:56:37,503 --> 00:56:38,711 or for drinking. 899 00:56:38,815 --> 00:56:41,542 And having multiple containers just makes life 900 00:56:41,645 --> 00:56:42,819 so much more easy. 901 00:56:42,922 --> 00:56:45,097 And so [ was hoping to find clay. 902 00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:48,100 And on day one when 1 was exploring 903 00:56:48,203 --> 00:56:50,309 the territory that 1 was dropped in, 904 00:56:50,413 --> 00:56:51,724 I found that clay source, 905 00:56:51,828 --> 00:56:53,899 and 1 couldn't be more stoked on it. 906 00:56:54,002 --> 00:56:56,660 - So the safety gear, the camera gear. 907 00:56:56,764 --> 00:57:00,284 You know, everyone's aware that "Alone" is self-shot. 908 00:57:00,388 --> 00:57:03,356 The safety crew is up to an hour away 909 00:57:03,460 --> 00:57:05,117 from you guys and gals. 910 00:57:05,220 --> 00:57:08,016 What they may not be aware of is just how much safety gear 911 00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:10,502 you're required to take with you 912 00:57:10,605 --> 00:57:13,401 when you leave your camp and go out. 913 00:57:13,505 --> 00:57:14,782 So Keith is gonna give us 914 00:57:14,885 --> 00:57:16,542 a little more insight into that. 915 00:57:16,646 --> 00:57:17,716 Take a look. 916 00:57:19,372 --> 00:57:21,823 - All right, so I'm fixing to take off for the day. 917 00:57:21,927 --> 00:57:24,930 1 just want to show you what 1 have to carry. 918 00:57:25,033 --> 00:57:26,759 I've got two cameras, 919 00:57:26,863 --> 00:57:30,763 GoPro and the big camera with a tripod. 920 00:57:30,867 --> 00:57:32,627 Extra memory cards for those. 921 00:57:32,731 --> 00:57:33,835 I've got extra batteries. 922 00:57:33,939 --> 00:57:35,872 Extra batteries for the mics. 923 00:57:35,975 --> 00:57:37,977 Then I've got my little safety bag 924 00:57:38,081 --> 00:57:41,498 with my Yellowbrick transponder 925 00:57:41,602 --> 00:57:44,501 where they can find me if something goes bad wrong. 926 00:57:45,847 --> 00:57:50,300 A sat phone if something goes super bad wrong. 927 00:57:50,403 --> 00:57:52,060 Then I've got this little backpack, 928 00:57:52,164 --> 00:57:54,269 when 1 go far, 1 have to carry, 929 00:57:54,373 --> 00:57:56,651 and it doesn't have anything but safety gear in it. 930 00:57:56,755 --> 00:57:58,619 It's got tourniquets, 931 00:57:58,722 --> 00:58:00,103 full first-aid kit, 932 00:58:00,206 --> 00:58:02,277 bear bangers, bear spray, 933 00:58:02,381 --> 00:58:05,453 and then 1 have my bow and my arrows with me. 934 00:58:05,557 --> 00:58:08,249 So they're looking out for you on the safety realm, 935 00:58:08,352 --> 00:58:09,630 but they sure are making you pack 936 00:58:09,733 --> 00:58:11,079 a lot of crap through the woods 937 00:58:11,183 --> 00:58:12,391 when you're trying to slip around. 938 00:58:14,220 --> 00:58:15,946 - All right, Keith. 939 00:58:16,050 --> 00:58:17,914 Was the gear and lugging it around-- 940 00:58:18,017 --> 00:58:19,640 was it really that bad? 941 00:58:19,743 --> 00:58:21,055 - Yes. 942 00:58:21,158 --> 00:58:22,470 I'm not the kind of guy 943 00:58:22,574 --> 00:58:24,092 that's used to packing gadgets around. 944 00:58:24,196 --> 00:58:25,093 Let's just say that. 945 00:58:25,197 --> 00:58:28,269 And less is more in my book. 946 00:58:28,372 --> 00:58:31,237 And, man, just--1 felt like a pack mule out there. 947 00:58:31,341 --> 00:58:32,894 And the more area you're taking up, 948 00:58:32,998 --> 00:58:34,447 the more things to clang and bang, 949 00:58:34,551 --> 00:58:36,449 the more things to spook game, 950 00:58:36,553 --> 00:58:38,382 and 1 did not need any help 951 00:58:38,486 --> 00:58:39,867 not getting game out there. 952 00:58:39,970 --> 00:58:41,593 My camera tripod, 953 00:58:41,696 --> 00:58:42,904 1 wanted to wrap that thing around a tree 954 00:58:43,008 --> 00:58:43,905 three or four times. 955 00:58:44,009 --> 00:58:44,906 Every time you would open up, 956 00:58:45,010 --> 00:58:47,081 it made this horrible sound. 957 00:58:47,184 --> 00:58:48,634 God, 1 hate this thing. 958 00:58:48,738 --> 00:58:51,361 Yeah, the camera equipment was that bad. 959 00:58:51,464 --> 00:58:54,329 It really was. - Mark, I'm curious. 960 00:58:54,433 --> 00:58:55,641 Do you feel the same way? 961 00:58:55,745 --> 00:58:58,402 - Oh, man, it adds a whole other aspect 962 00:58:58,506 --> 00:59:00,232 to this whole thing, and it's frustrating. 963 00:59:00,335 --> 00:59:01,958 And, you know, you're used to going out there 964 00:59:02,061 --> 00:59:04,443 and hunting and surviving and living off the land, 965 00:59:04,547 --> 00:59:06,307 doing it the way you normally do it. 966 00:59:06,410 --> 00:59:07,929 And you're not carrying all this stuff. 967 00:59:08,033 --> 00:59:09,931 It just doesn't make sense, but we have to, you know? 968 00:59:10,035 --> 00:59:12,589 1 mean, Tm glad we had it Don't get me wrong. 969 00:59:12,693 --> 00:59:14,798 But it definitely hindered your ability 970 00:59:14,902 --> 00:59:16,489 to do what you wanted to do sometimes. 971 00:59:16,593 --> 00:59:19,354 - Roland, in the end, does it make sense, though, 972 00:59:19,458 --> 00:59:21,736 to carry all that safety equipment 973 00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:23,220 that you're required to lug around? 974 00:59:23,324 --> 00:59:25,084 - You'd just figure it out or die 975 00:59:25,188 --> 00:59:27,086 if you didn't have all that safety stuff. 976 00:59:27,190 --> 00:59:30,227 But then the camera in your hand all the time, 977 00:59:30,331 --> 00:59:32,333 that makes you a one-armed man. 978 00:59:32,436 --> 00:59:35,163 We're doing this one hand behind our back 979 00:59:35,267 --> 00:59:37,096 'cause one hand's full with a camera, always. 980 00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:38,926 - Keith, it's time. 981 00:59:39,029 --> 00:59:40,203 We got to talk about 982 00:59:40,306 --> 00:59:41,929 that agonizing tap-out of yours. 983 00:59:42,032 --> 00:59:45,449 First of all, do you think there's any irony 984 00:59:45,553 --> 00:59:48,107 in the fact that... 985 00:59:48,211 --> 00:59:50,316 you know, you joked about tapping out 986 00:59:50,420 --> 00:59:52,111 and ordering a pizza? 987 00:59:52,215 --> 00:59:53,112 - Oh, yeah. Looking back, 988 00:59:53,216 --> 00:59:54,286 I have to laugh about it. 989 00:59:54,389 --> 00:59:56,115 And, you know, 1 also have to wonder 990 00:59:56,219 --> 00:59:57,669 if it wasn't a little foreboding, 991 00:59:57,772 --> 01:00:00,430 because it seems like just a day or two after that, 992 01:00:00,533 --> 01:00:02,397 you know, 1 started really feeling 993 01:00:02,501 --> 01:00:05,435 like I was hitting a wall as far as physically. 994 01:00:05,538 --> 01:00:08,300 Mentally, I still felt good, 995 01:00:08,403 --> 01:00:11,579 but my body was just-- it wasn't having any of it. 996 01:00:11,683 --> 01:00:13,788 - Shed a little light for the viewers at home. 997 01:00:13,892 --> 01:00:16,135 What happens when they come retrieve you? 998 01:00:16,239 --> 01:00:17,654 Where do you go? 999 01:00:17,758 --> 01:00:20,415 What takes place immediately following your tap-out? 1000 01:00:20,519 --> 01:00:22,176 - Yeah, 1 mean, everybody thinks 1001 01:00:22,279 --> 01:00:23,867 that you tap out, boom, 1002 01:00:23,971 --> 01:00:25,386 24 hours later, you're home, 1003 01:00:25,489 --> 01:00:27,043 and that is definitely not the case. 1004 01:00:27,146 --> 01:00:29,217 1 know for me, gave me some shots 1005 01:00:29,321 --> 01:00:31,116 to stop all the cramping, 1006 01:00:31,219 --> 01:00:34,775 and 1 was stll vomiting when 1 came into camp. 1007 01:00:34,878 --> 01:00:37,053 And then you're going in a refeeding program 1008 01:00:37,156 --> 01:00:38,986 because your body 1009 01:00:39,089 --> 01:00:40,746 is the one thing you cannot control. 1010 01:00:40,850 --> 01:00:43,024 And you do not know how it's gonna react 1011 01:00:43,128 --> 01:00:45,475 because you have never put it under the kind of stress 1012 01:00:45,578 --> 01:00:47,684 that you have out there. 1013 01:00:47,788 --> 01:00:49,410 So you come back into camp, 1014 01:00:49,513 --> 01:00:51,654 and you are attended to medically, 1015 01:00:51,757 --> 01:00:53,448 or, worst-case scenario, 1016 01:00:53,552 --> 01:00:55,347 you're flown out to the hospital. 1017 01:00:55,450 --> 01:00:56,728 Put it in perspective. 1018 01:00:56,831 --> 01:00:59,800 1 gained six pounds back in 24 hours. 1019 01:00:59,903 --> 01:01:01,974 That's how dehydrated 1 was. 1020 01:01:02,078 --> 01:01:04,839 - Okay, 1 have one final question for you. 1021 01:01:04,943 --> 01:01:08,153 That self-administered primitive tattoo-- 1022 01:01:08,256 --> 01:01:13,123 you had 25 dots on there representing 25 days. 1023 01:01:13,227 --> 01:01:15,850 But you tapped out at day 22. 1024 01:01:15,954 --> 01:01:19,440 Is that a permanent reminder of that situation? 1025 01:01:19,543 --> 01:01:22,995 - Here's a great thing about primitive ink. 1026 01:01:23,099 --> 01:01:25,791 If you get on it pretty quick, it won't set. 1027 01:01:25,895 --> 01:01:28,069 1 was able to scrub a few of them out. 1028 01:01:28,173 --> 01:01:29,588 - That's what 1 was gonna say. 1029 01:01:29,692 --> 01:01:31,038 Did you erase the whole thing, 1030 01:01:31,141 --> 01:01:32,936 or just take three of the dots off there? 1031 01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:34,179 - You got to be real careful. 1032 01:01:34,282 --> 01:01:35,559 You can get three of the dots off 1033 01:01:35,663 --> 01:01:37,458 because I did not want to have to look 1034 01:01:37,561 --> 01:01:38,839 at my ankle the rest of my life, 1035 01:01:38,942 --> 01:01:41,565 and be like, "Jeez, you know, 25 days." 1036 01:01:41,669 --> 01:01:43,395 Because that was my goal at that point, 1037 01:01:43,498 --> 01:01:46,018 but, you know, your body ultimately 1038 01:01:46,122 --> 01:01:48,089 is gonna tell you when you're done. 1039 01:01:48,193 --> 01:01:49,504 - Well, then with that, I'd like to thank 1040 01:01:49,608 --> 01:01:53,370 Mark, Keith, Callie, Joel, and Roland. 1041 01:01:53,474 --> 01:01:55,994 Tune in each week after the episodes, 1042 01:01:56,097 --> 01:01:57,443 when we'll be talking with the participants 1043 01:01:57,547 --> 01:01:58,824 about their experience. 1044 01:01:58,928 --> 01:02:01,378 But until then, as promised, 1045 01:02:01,482 --> 01:02:04,450 here is a sneak peek of next week's episode. 1046 01:02:04,554 --> 01:02:05,658 We'll see you then. 1047 01:02:07,799 --> 01:02:09,697 - Where the hell is my ax? 1048 01:02:09,801 --> 01:02:11,734 1 don't see it here. 1049 01:02:11,837 --> 01:02:13,805 So stupid. 1050 01:02:13,908 --> 01:02:15,323 [bleep]. 1051 01:02:15,427 --> 01:02:17,084 - Ooh, it's got a bite. 1052 01:02:17,187 --> 01:02:18,188 Don't freak out. 1053 01:02:20,812 --> 01:02:22,779 - 1 want a moose. 1 want a bear. 1054 01:02:22,883 --> 01:02:25,644 Lots of indication that they're here. 1055 01:02:28,233 --> 01:02:30,062 - Probably just a rock. 1056 01:02:32,547 --> 01:02:35,585 Bleep) moving. 1 think that's a bear. 1057 01:02:35,688 --> 01:02:36,586 [bleep].