1 00:00:12,253 --> 00:00:15,222 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:15,256 --> 00:00:21,159 ♪ 3 00:00:21,193 --> 00:00:22,436 This is gonna be 4 00:00:22,470 --> 00:00:24,196 one of the most epic experiences of my life. 5 00:00:24,231 --> 00:00:25,542 You're by yourself. 6 00:00:25,577 --> 00:00:27,613 Anything could happen at any point in time. 7 00:00:27,648 --> 00:00:29,408 - All of your success and all of your failure 8 00:00:29,443 --> 00:00:30,961 is all on you. 9 00:00:30,996 --> 00:00:32,066 This is it. 10 00:00:32,101 --> 00:00:33,826 It has begun. 11 00:00:33,861 --> 00:00:36,070 - Who are you when everything's been stripped away? 12 00:00:36,105 --> 00:00:37,313 [bleep]. 13 00:00:37,347 --> 00:00:38,969 [yelping] 14 00:00:39,004 --> 00:00:41,144 - It's scary out here in these woods. 15 00:00:41,179 --> 00:00:43,457 - I have not had a serious meal in a week. 16 00:00:43,491 --> 00:00:45,838 - If I can't get a fire, then I can't stay here. 17 00:00:45,873 --> 00:00:47,426 - It's always in the back of your mind, 18 00:00:47,461 --> 00:00:48,910 "Well, I could tap out." 19 00:00:48,945 --> 00:00:50,705 - Putting up with this filming [bleep]? 20 00:00:50,740 --> 00:00:52,742 - Running into a predator, it's not an if. 21 00:00:52,776 --> 00:00:53,743 It's a when. 22 00:00:53,777 --> 00:00:54,882 Get the hell out of here. 23 00:00:54,916 --> 00:00:57,160 I see you. Get out of here! 24 00:00:57,195 --> 00:00:58,748 - I need to get out of the woods. 25 00:00:58,782 --> 00:01:00,474 I'm just demolished. 26 00:01:00,508 --> 00:01:02,441 - I'm living a hand-to-mouth existence. 27 00:01:02,476 --> 00:01:03,684 Yes! Ah! 28 00:01:03,718 --> 00:01:05,548 - $500,000 is a lot of money. 29 00:01:05,582 --> 00:01:06,928 - It's just gonna keep getting harder. 30 00:01:06,963 --> 00:01:08,551 - not the world that needs to change. 31 00:01:08,585 --> 00:01:11,140 It's me that needs to change. 32 00:01:11,174 --> 00:01:13,452 [moans] 33 00:01:13,487 --> 00:01:21,357 ♪ 34 00:01:26,983 --> 00:01:28,467 We're about to embark 35 00:01:28,502 --> 00:01:31,332 on an extended wilderness survival experience. 36 00:01:31,367 --> 00:01:33,162 How long, I don't know. 37 00:01:33,196 --> 00:01:35,025 - What we're doing out here is dangerous. 38 00:01:35,060 --> 00:01:37,027 The wilderness is the unexpected. 39 00:01:37,062 --> 00:01:38,857 We have an idea of the conditions. 40 00:01:38,891 --> 00:01:40,410 We have an idea of the resources. 41 00:01:40,445 --> 00:01:41,791 But until you get on the ground, 42 00:01:41,825 --> 00:01:43,724 you have no idea what you're going to do. 43 00:01:43,758 --> 00:01:46,036 - Oh, my God, I'm alone. 44 00:01:46,071 --> 00:01:48,694 [laughs] 45 00:01:48,729 --> 00:01:51,456 - Last person left wins $500,000. 46 00:01:51,490 --> 00:01:54,907 That can make you push yourself past the limit. 47 00:01:54,942 --> 00:01:57,358 Holy crap. 48 00:01:57,393 --> 00:01:59,809 What the hell have I done? 49 00:01:59,843 --> 00:02:01,086 ♪ 50 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:03,606 - We get to take only ten survival items, 51 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:04,952 which is hard enough as it is, 52 00:02:04,986 --> 00:02:06,505 but documenting everything 53 00:02:06,540 --> 00:02:09,129 is an entirely different level craziness. 54 00:02:09,163 --> 00:02:12,856 ♪ 55 00:02:12,891 --> 00:02:14,168 There they go. 56 00:02:14,203 --> 00:02:16,170 ♪ 57 00:02:16,205 --> 00:02:17,792 Alone at last. 58 00:02:17,827 --> 00:02:18,862 That's past the boot line. 59 00:02:18,897 --> 00:02:20,105 [bleep]. 60 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,072 Go, go, go, go. 61 00:02:22,107 --> 00:02:23,143 Damn it! 62 00:02:23,177 --> 00:02:25,455 Now I'm soaking wet. 63 00:02:25,490 --> 00:02:27,492 I'm in for it. 64 00:02:27,526 --> 00:02:29,632 - It's beautiful, but with beauty 65 00:02:29,666 --> 00:02:31,151 also comes the danger. 66 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:33,118 The predators-- the bears, the cougars, 67 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:35,603 or the wolves-- they are part of the circle, 68 00:02:35,638 --> 00:02:38,158 and I just need to learn to find my order. 69 00:02:38,192 --> 00:02:39,883 - What's gonna be more difficult, 70 00:02:39,918 --> 00:02:41,609 being alone 71 00:02:41,644 --> 00:02:43,197 or staying alive? 72 00:02:50,894 --> 00:02:53,897 [pensive music] 73 00:02:53,932 --> 00:03:01,802 ♪ 74 00:03:08,636 --> 00:03:10,293 - All right, just got dropped off. 75 00:03:10,328 --> 00:03:11,743 Uh... 76 00:03:11,777 --> 00:03:15,229 the bush is just crazy, crazy thick over here. 77 00:03:15,264 --> 00:03:17,369 Uh, got a good water source already. 78 00:03:17,404 --> 00:03:19,716 Won't have to worry about water at all. 79 00:03:19,751 --> 00:03:20,993 Uh, right now, I'm just looking 80 00:03:21,028 --> 00:03:23,237 for a area to set up my shelter. 81 00:03:23,272 --> 00:03:25,377 ♪ 82 00:03:25,412 --> 00:03:27,345 Water, shelter, and food-- 83 00:03:27,379 --> 00:03:28,829 those are the orders that I'm gonna go in, 84 00:03:28,863 --> 00:03:30,624 and then fire, of course. 85 00:03:30,658 --> 00:03:32,281 Mike Tyson said, 86 00:03:32,315 --> 00:03:35,249 "Everybody has a plan until they get hit in the face." 87 00:03:35,284 --> 00:03:37,251 As long as I come out here with a open mind, 88 00:03:37,286 --> 00:03:39,046 taking everything day by day, 89 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,911 I know I can develop my plan as I go along. 90 00:03:41,945 --> 00:03:44,189 $500,000 is a lot of money. 91 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:47,054 Motivates you to do a lot of things out here. 92 00:03:47,088 --> 00:03:49,401 Wow. 93 00:03:49,436 --> 00:03:50,471 Area's really thick. 94 00:03:50,506 --> 00:03:51,955 The woods are really wet, 95 00:03:51,990 --> 00:03:55,752 not what I expected it to be. 96 00:03:55,787 --> 00:03:57,547 Look, look, look. 97 00:03:57,582 --> 00:03:59,549 ♪ 98 00:03:59,584 --> 00:04:01,620 [exhales] 99 00:04:01,655 --> 00:04:03,864 That's bear scat. 100 00:04:03,898 --> 00:04:06,038 Definitely a bear presence here. 101 00:04:06,073 --> 00:04:09,283 ♪ 102 00:04:09,318 --> 00:04:10,457 I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. 103 00:04:10,491 --> 00:04:12,942 I'm a little concerned right now. 104 00:04:12,976 --> 00:04:15,945 Feeling a little anxious right now. 105 00:04:15,979 --> 00:04:17,878 The woods have a eerie feeling with them. 106 00:04:17,912 --> 00:04:19,328 I swear they do. 107 00:04:19,362 --> 00:04:21,122 Feels eerie out here, 108 00:04:21,157 --> 00:04:23,366 but, uh, I'm gonna keep pushing forward, 109 00:04:23,401 --> 00:04:25,506 see if I can find a place to make this shelter. 110 00:04:25,541 --> 00:04:27,439 ♪ 111 00:04:27,474 --> 00:04:29,441 In the military, you have to push through everything, 112 00:04:29,476 --> 00:04:32,202 so that's what I plan on doing while I'm out here. 113 00:04:32,237 --> 00:04:33,928 Hello, everybody. How's everybody doing? 114 00:04:33,963 --> 00:04:35,378 all: Hey! 115 00:04:35,413 --> 00:04:37,656 - I did seven years, ten months in the army. 116 00:04:37,691 --> 00:04:38,899 Enjoyed every moment of it. 117 00:04:38,933 --> 00:04:40,141 It's a great experience. 118 00:04:40,176 --> 00:04:41,591 Love to serve my country. 119 00:04:41,626 --> 00:04:43,352 This is the rest of my family right here. 120 00:04:43,386 --> 00:04:44,422 That's my mom right here. 121 00:04:44,456 --> 00:04:46,493 - Hey. - Hi. 122 00:04:46,527 --> 00:04:48,529 I'm doing this because it's just another opportunity 123 00:04:48,564 --> 00:04:50,186 for me to be a positive role model 124 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:52,809 to my family, friends, and people that look up to me. 125 00:04:52,844 --> 00:04:54,915 Put it in the bag. Put it in here. 126 00:04:54,949 --> 00:04:57,538 Oh! 127 00:04:57,573 --> 00:05:00,265 Being alone won't bother me one bit. 128 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,577 I look forward to it. 129 00:05:01,611 --> 00:05:02,923 60 days. 130 00:05:02,957 --> 00:05:04,683 I think it'll be easy to do. 131 00:05:04,718 --> 00:05:07,341 Being in the military helps me out here 132 00:05:07,376 --> 00:05:09,101 iving you the intestinal fortitude 133 00:05:09,136 --> 00:05:10,586 to push through any adversity 134 00:05:10,620 --> 00:05:12,864 that you might have or you might encounter. 135 00:05:12,898 --> 00:05:14,728 The military has just given me drive. 136 00:05:14,762 --> 00:05:16,108 There's no stop. 137 00:05:16,143 --> 00:05:19,008 You know, I ain't gonna tap out, that's for sure. 138 00:05:19,042 --> 00:05:20,458 Bear gonna have to grab me, you know? 139 00:05:20,492 --> 00:05:22,183 - You got to do some physical altercation. 140 00:05:22,218 --> 00:05:23,564 - Yeah, and then if the bear grab me, 141 00:05:23,599 --> 00:05:25,877 if somebody see the bear fight, they need to help the bear. 142 00:05:25,911 --> 00:05:26,878 Right. 143 00:05:26,912 --> 00:05:29,846 [laughter] 144 00:05:29,881 --> 00:05:30,916 I'm just saying. 145 00:05:30,951 --> 00:05:32,815 I'm gonna be fine out there. 146 00:05:32,849 --> 00:05:34,920 ♪ 147 00:05:34,955 --> 00:05:38,268 This area's dense. 148 00:05:38,303 --> 00:05:39,787 Really dense. 149 00:05:42,445 --> 00:05:45,310 Oh, [bleep]. 150 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:47,416 This is fresh. 151 00:05:47,450 --> 00:05:50,108 This is fresh bear scat right here. 152 00:05:50,142 --> 00:05:52,179 I mean, this is probably 153 00:05:52,213 --> 00:05:53,353 20 to 30 minutes old. 154 00:05:53,387 --> 00:05:55,078 I'm not sure, maybe a hour. 155 00:05:55,113 --> 00:05:57,391 Um, I got to get out of here. 156 00:05:57,426 --> 00:06:00,049 All right, let me, uh, get moving. 157 00:06:00,083 --> 00:06:03,086 [ambient music] 158 00:06:03,121 --> 00:06:10,991 ♪ 159 00:06:26,144 --> 00:06:28,422 - That's a super steep slope right there. 160 00:06:28,457 --> 00:06:30,148 So, I mean, I can't really 161 00:06:30,182 --> 00:06:32,530 pitch a tarp right there or anything. 162 00:06:32,564 --> 00:06:35,222 I need to-- 163 00:06:35,256 --> 00:06:38,121 I don't really want to dive into the woods 164 00:06:38,156 --> 00:06:39,985 right there. 165 00:06:40,020 --> 00:06:41,953 So... 166 00:06:41,987 --> 00:06:43,230 let's get off this beach. 167 00:06:43,264 --> 00:06:44,473 Let's go exploring. 168 00:06:47,234 --> 00:06:48,753 ♪ 169 00:06:48,787 --> 00:06:51,445 My priorities for tonight are--are purely shelter. 170 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,136 I-I just want to make sure I got a shelter, 171 00:06:53,171 --> 00:06:55,898 and it doesn't have to be an elaborate shelter. 172 00:06:55,932 --> 00:06:57,555 There's no flat spots. 173 00:06:57,589 --> 00:06:59,004 It's all deadfall. 174 00:06:59,039 --> 00:07:01,938 It's all, you know, super brushy. 175 00:07:01,973 --> 00:07:04,458 It's gonna be hard to find a good shelter location. 176 00:07:04,493 --> 00:07:05,770 And directly in front of me 177 00:07:05,804 --> 00:07:07,737 is a-- is a creek bed. 178 00:07:07,772 --> 00:07:09,221 If it starts to rain, 179 00:07:09,256 --> 00:07:11,603 that creek is gonna rise, and it's gonna flood me out. 180 00:07:11,638 --> 00:07:14,951 So what I'm gonna do is rethink my situation. 181 00:07:14,986 --> 00:07:16,988 And, you know, if I have to climb this hill 182 00:07:17,022 --> 00:07:19,231 to find a good night's sleep tonight, I will. 183 00:07:19,266 --> 00:07:20,612 But... 184 00:07:22,683 --> 00:07:25,272 I barely scratched the surface of where I'm at, 185 00:07:25,306 --> 00:07:26,963 barely. 186 00:07:36,352 --> 00:07:37,595 Okay. 187 00:07:37,629 --> 00:07:39,148 I've reassessed my plan, 188 00:07:39,182 --> 00:07:40,460 and that's okay. 189 00:07:40,494 --> 00:07:42,047 I'm gonna just do something super simple. 190 00:07:42,082 --> 00:07:43,808 You can see these cedar trees behind me? 191 00:07:43,842 --> 00:07:46,120 I'm just gonna take my tarp and drape it over it. 192 00:07:46,155 --> 00:07:47,915 That's all I'm gonna do. The heck with it. 193 00:07:47,950 --> 00:07:49,641 That's my shelter for tonight. 194 00:07:49,676 --> 00:07:54,888 ♪ 195 00:07:54,922 --> 00:07:57,062 You never know, when you come out into the woods-- 196 00:07:57,097 --> 00:08:00,238 it could be an hour, two days, three months 197 00:08:00,272 --> 00:08:03,586 before you are sick and tired of things 198 00:08:03,621 --> 00:08:06,140 or something scares you or, you know, 199 00:08:06,175 --> 00:08:08,453 you miss your family too much or whatever. 200 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:09,765 Your mind gets ahold of you. 201 00:08:09,799 --> 00:08:11,870 Hunger gets ahold of you, whatever. 202 00:08:11,905 --> 00:08:13,907 So you never know what's gonna happen, 203 00:08:13,941 --> 00:08:16,219 but I'm not sure what could want me 204 00:08:16,254 --> 00:08:17,980 to come out of this place. 205 00:08:18,014 --> 00:08:25,988 ♪ 206 00:08:26,022 --> 00:08:28,853 All right, after looking at where I put my shelter, 207 00:08:28,887 --> 00:08:30,820 I--this is my first moron moment. 208 00:08:30,855 --> 00:08:32,512 I was a moron for putting it there. 209 00:08:32,546 --> 00:08:33,996 The water's right next to it, 210 00:08:34,030 --> 00:08:35,584 but we're talking by not very much. 211 00:08:35,618 --> 00:08:37,551 That's a stupid place to put a shelter. 212 00:08:37,586 --> 00:08:38,656 My first moron moment. 213 00:08:38,690 --> 00:08:39,657 That's all right. 214 00:08:39,691 --> 00:08:40,692 It'll happen. 215 00:08:40,727 --> 00:08:42,418 I can change it. 216 00:08:46,733 --> 00:08:51,565 [water rushing] 217 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,463 I need to find a shelter location. 218 00:08:53,498 --> 00:08:55,880 The shelter location I have sucks. 219 00:08:55,914 --> 00:08:58,779 I could sleep there tonight if I absolutely have to. 220 00:08:58,814 --> 00:09:01,471 I would really rather not sleep there. 221 00:09:01,506 --> 00:09:02,887 I'm gonna follow this creek up 222 00:09:02,921 --> 00:09:04,992 and see what happens after that. 223 00:09:05,027 --> 00:09:07,995 [tense music] 224 00:09:08,030 --> 00:09:15,900 ♪ 225 00:09:21,526 --> 00:09:22,803 Honestly, I still can't believe 226 00:09:22,838 --> 00:09:25,254 that I'm actually out here doing this. 227 00:09:25,288 --> 00:09:27,705 Before I came out here, I shaved my beard. 228 00:09:27,739 --> 00:09:30,224 It was kind of a "I'm gonna start changing 229 00:09:30,259 --> 00:09:32,641 the way that I live my life now." 230 00:09:32,675 --> 00:09:34,504 [soft music] 231 00:09:34,539 --> 00:09:35,989 I've been married a long time. 232 00:09:36,023 --> 00:09:37,369 My two kids, they're already grown up. 233 00:09:37,404 --> 00:09:38,474 They already left. 234 00:09:38,508 --> 00:09:39,579 This is my son. 235 00:09:39,613 --> 00:09:41,201 This was a graduation picture. 236 00:09:41,235 --> 00:09:42,340 This is my daughter. 237 00:09:42,374 --> 00:09:44,376 This is, uh, my wife, Rachel. 238 00:09:44,411 --> 00:09:46,275 So we've been married for-- 239 00:09:46,309 --> 00:09:47,966 How long has it-- [both chuckling] 240 00:09:48,001 --> 00:09:49,105 How long has it been now? 241 00:09:49,140 --> 00:09:50,624 27 years, something like that? 242 00:09:50,659 --> 00:09:51,798 26. 243 00:09:51,832 --> 00:09:55,525 - I think what I want to put in there next is my ax. 244 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:57,838 I just focused my entire adult life-- 245 00:09:57,873 --> 00:10:00,427 after 18, basically-- in raising my kids. 246 00:10:00,461 --> 00:10:01,877 Obviously, I love my wife 247 00:10:01,911 --> 00:10:03,706 and I love my family dearly, 248 00:10:03,741 --> 00:10:06,916 but there comes a time sometimes in a person's life 249 00:10:06,951 --> 00:10:09,643 where they need to step back away from their life 250 00:10:09,678 --> 00:10:11,576 and have an experience, 251 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,613 have a journey, 252 00:10:13,647 --> 00:10:15,235 a spiritual journey, kind of. 253 00:10:15,269 --> 00:10:16,892 I don't know how else to explain it. 254 00:10:16,926 --> 00:10:18,583 - Like, really excited. - I know you are. 255 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,205 And when you're out there, remember us, 256 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,586 and remember that we support you 257 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:24,037 and we love you and we're really happy for you. 258 00:10:24,071 --> 00:10:26,833 - I love you. - Love you too. 259 00:10:26,867 --> 00:10:28,179 I want to step back away 260 00:10:28,213 --> 00:10:29,905 from the life that I'm living right now, 261 00:10:29,939 --> 00:10:31,492 get a little more introspective, 262 00:10:31,527 --> 00:10:34,806 and find out what's my next step in life. 263 00:10:37,844 --> 00:10:40,294 - You're welcome. There was never any question. 264 00:10:40,329 --> 00:10:43,884 [ambient music] 265 00:10:43,919 --> 00:10:46,404 - That is where I came from. 266 00:10:46,438 --> 00:10:48,648 Right down there. 267 00:10:48,682 --> 00:10:50,650 I'm gonna keep up this steep son of a gun 268 00:10:50,684 --> 00:10:54,446 'cause I see this one overhang is pretty small, 269 00:10:54,481 --> 00:10:56,621 but there's another huge one up there. 270 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:58,761 It looks like it flattens out. 271 00:10:58,796 --> 00:11:00,936 God, I hope it gets easier. [laughs] 272 00:11:00,970 --> 00:11:02,040 Oh, I need a shelter. 273 00:11:02,075 --> 00:11:04,836 Oh, my God. 274 00:11:04,871 --> 00:11:06,700 Okay. 275 00:11:06,735 --> 00:11:09,151 Back up the mountain, 276 00:11:09,185 --> 00:11:11,084 one step at a time. 277 00:11:12,879 --> 00:11:15,882 [rain pattering] 278 00:11:15,916 --> 00:11:23,406 ♪ 279 00:11:23,441 --> 00:11:24,856 It's crazy walking here. 280 00:11:24,891 --> 00:11:26,789 You can be walking along, and then all of a sudden, 281 00:11:26,824 --> 00:11:28,998 you can step in a hole, and you can be up to your armpits, 282 00:11:29,033 --> 00:11:30,966 or you can be down to your ankle. 283 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,278 You never know. It's not solid ground. 284 00:11:33,313 --> 00:11:38,594 ♪ 285 00:11:38,628 --> 00:11:41,148 Oh, [bleep], this next bit's gonna be fun. 286 00:11:41,183 --> 00:11:43,737 ♪ 287 00:11:43,772 --> 00:11:44,773 It's just so thick. 288 00:11:44,807 --> 00:11:47,741 Holy crap. 289 00:11:47,776 --> 00:11:49,881 All right, onward. 290 00:11:49,916 --> 00:11:57,786 ♪ 291 00:12:02,860 --> 00:12:03,757 [grunts] 292 00:12:08,037 --> 00:12:10,937 [grunting] 293 00:12:16,252 --> 00:12:18,945 Yeah, this is pretty freaking steep. 294 00:12:18,979 --> 00:12:24,674 ♪ 295 00:12:24,709 --> 00:12:27,539 I used to have [indistinct]. 296 00:12:27,574 --> 00:12:32,165 ♪ 297 00:12:32,199 --> 00:12:33,269 [bleep]. 298 00:12:37,722 --> 00:12:39,689 [grunts] 299 00:12:39,724 --> 00:12:41,105 Damn it. 300 00:12:41,139 --> 00:12:43,003 Fricking jacket's getting wet. 301 00:12:43,038 --> 00:12:48,698 ♪ 302 00:12:48,733 --> 00:12:50,424 Damn it! 303 00:12:50,459 --> 00:12:52,599 Stick in the eye, stick in the eye. 304 00:12:52,633 --> 00:12:55,015 ♪ 305 00:12:55,050 --> 00:12:57,431 Red alert, stick in the-- God. 306 00:12:57,466 --> 00:12:58,639 [bleep]. 307 00:12:58,674 --> 00:13:01,021 Piece-of-[bleep] [bleep]. 308 00:13:01,056 --> 00:13:03,817 Get the [bleep] out of my way, you [bleep]. 309 00:13:03,852 --> 00:13:05,129 [bleep] you. 310 00:13:05,163 --> 00:13:06,716 Get the [bleep] out of my way. 311 00:13:06,751 --> 00:13:08,788 [bleep]. Damn it! 312 00:13:08,822 --> 00:13:11,687 [bleep] hate this place. 313 00:13:11,721 --> 00:13:13,516 ♪ 314 00:13:16,692 --> 00:13:19,695 [dramatic music] 315 00:13:19,729 --> 00:13:27,599 ♪ 316 00:13:35,366 --> 00:13:38,334 - I've seen a lot of sign of bear around here. 317 00:13:38,369 --> 00:13:41,096 What I want to do is make sure I have my food out of reach 318 00:13:41,130 --> 00:13:43,961 and away from-- um, away from me as well. 319 00:13:43,995 --> 00:13:46,377 That way, I don't attract anything into my area. 320 00:13:46,411 --> 00:13:49,380 [tense music] 321 00:13:49,414 --> 00:13:51,382 ♪ 322 00:13:51,416 --> 00:13:54,143 In Iraq or in Afghanistan, 323 00:13:54,178 --> 00:13:56,042 any of those places that I've been before, 324 00:13:56,076 --> 00:13:57,491 at least I know what-- 325 00:13:57,526 --> 00:13:59,183 what conditions I'm gonna be in 326 00:13:59,217 --> 00:14:01,081 and, you know, what to expect, 327 00:14:01,116 --> 00:14:02,634 and, you know, at the end of the day, 328 00:14:02,669 --> 00:14:05,983 I know I have, um, other people there 329 00:14:06,017 --> 00:14:07,570 that have my back. 330 00:14:07,605 --> 00:14:09,710 If something happens to me here, 331 00:14:09,745 --> 00:14:12,127 the only person you have is yourself. 332 00:14:12,161 --> 00:14:14,577 Aw, man. 333 00:14:14,612 --> 00:14:18,305 The fear factor of the unknown, 334 00:14:18,340 --> 00:14:21,791 it's just overwhelming. 335 00:14:21,826 --> 00:14:22,792 [line snaps] 336 00:14:22,827 --> 00:14:24,553 [bleep]. 337 00:14:24,587 --> 00:14:28,350 I won't be able to get it up without the line breaking off. 338 00:14:28,384 --> 00:14:29,799 Either have to find some rope, 339 00:14:29,834 --> 00:14:32,837 or I have to think of a different option for tonight. 340 00:14:34,390 --> 00:14:37,290 Let's go see if I can find a different location. 341 00:14:37,324 --> 00:14:40,293 [dramatic music] 342 00:14:40,327 --> 00:14:48,577 ♪ 343 00:14:48,611 --> 00:14:50,682 - I can't believe this weather. 344 00:14:50,717 --> 00:14:51,856 It's amazing. 345 00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:54,100 But after jumping off the plane today 346 00:14:54,134 --> 00:14:56,965 and getting soaking wet, 347 00:14:56,999 --> 00:14:58,000 my boots are wet, 348 00:14:58,035 --> 00:15:00,796 and so I got to move fast. 349 00:15:00,830 --> 00:15:02,936 I was hoping that maybe I wouldn't need a fire tonight, 350 00:15:02,971 --> 00:15:04,489 um, 'cause it's warm enough, 351 00:15:04,524 --> 00:15:07,837 but now that all my gear's wet, I'm pretty much screwed. 352 00:15:07,872 --> 00:15:10,150 Um... 353 00:15:10,185 --> 00:15:12,290 but nowso that--that was's wet, I'm all the unknownswed. 354 00:15:12,325 --> 00:15:13,360 I was worried about. 355 00:15:13,395 --> 00:15:14,844 [laughs] 356 00:15:14,879 --> 00:15:17,709 It's what makes me nervous. 357 00:15:17,744 --> 00:15:19,504 It's thick. It's dense. 358 00:15:19,539 --> 00:15:20,885 It's green today, 359 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,852 but it's gonna be dark tomorrow. 360 00:15:25,545 --> 00:15:28,651 This is it. This is it. 361 00:15:28,686 --> 00:15:30,170 It's what I got. 362 00:15:30,205 --> 00:15:32,586 It's here. Let's do it. 363 00:15:32,621 --> 00:15:34,761 ♪ 364 00:15:34,795 --> 00:15:35,831 Go look around here, 365 00:15:35,865 --> 00:15:39,317 see what I got for shelter space. 366 00:15:39,352 --> 00:15:42,942 There's so much going through my mind, it's--it's unreal. 367 00:15:42,976 --> 00:15:44,115 I'm scared. I'm nervous. 368 00:15:44,150 --> 00:15:45,530 I'm excited! 369 00:15:45,565 --> 00:15:47,360 Just the thought of being alone 370 00:15:47,394 --> 00:15:50,880 and--and the unknown, it's--it's not gonna be easy. 371 00:15:50,915 --> 00:15:53,400 I'm gonna set up over here, I think, for the night. 372 00:15:53,435 --> 00:15:55,368 So I'm gonna clean out this area over here, 373 00:15:55,402 --> 00:15:57,301 um, this way. 374 00:15:57,335 --> 00:16:00,683 ♪ 375 00:16:00,718 --> 00:16:02,685 The hardest challenge is going to be 376 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,860 leaving my children. 377 00:16:04,894 --> 00:16:07,828 I miss my daughters terribly. 378 00:16:07,863 --> 00:16:09,727 They're always on my mind. 379 00:16:09,761 --> 00:16:12,212 - Here-- - [giggling] 380 00:16:12,247 --> 00:16:14,490 Good girl. 381 00:16:14,525 --> 00:16:15,975 My daughter's all over the place. 382 00:16:16,009 --> 00:16:17,183 She's four now. 383 00:16:17,217 --> 00:16:19,530 Hey, don't stop swinging. 384 00:16:19,564 --> 00:16:20,807 - She does know I'm gone. 385 00:16:20,841 --> 00:16:22,982 She does know that I love her. 386 00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:26,537 Greta, she's just a baby, 387 00:16:26,571 --> 00:16:28,435 uh, so I don't get to talk to her much, 388 00:16:28,470 --> 00:16:29,850 but I get to hear her. 389 00:16:29,885 --> 00:16:32,750 She's rolling around. She's doing good. 390 00:16:32,784 --> 00:16:34,959 I was part of the Hobart Hotshots 391 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,582 out of the Tahoe National Forest. 392 00:16:37,617 --> 00:16:40,033 Hotshots are wildland firefighters. 393 00:16:40,068 --> 00:16:42,173 They are known to be the biggest, the best, 394 00:16:42,208 --> 00:16:43,830 the strongest in the field. 395 00:16:43,864 --> 00:16:46,074 And it was one of the hardest challenges I've ever done. 396 00:16:46,108 --> 00:16:48,559 What I learned was that 397 00:16:48,593 --> 00:16:51,493 mental strength can get you just about anywhere. 398 00:16:51,527 --> 00:16:53,184 I'm doing this because I want to see 399 00:16:53,219 --> 00:16:55,048 how far I can actually make it. 400 00:16:55,083 --> 00:16:59,363 How far mentally and physically can I survive on my own? 401 00:16:59,397 --> 00:17:02,090 I want my kids to say, "My mom did that," 402 00:17:02,124 --> 00:17:04,057 or, "Why would something stop me? 403 00:17:04,092 --> 00:17:06,197 I can do that." 404 00:17:06,232 --> 00:17:07,336 Are you gonna miss me? 405 00:17:07,371 --> 00:17:08,855 Yeah. 406 00:17:08,889 --> 00:17:10,270 I'm gonna go 407 00:17:10,305 --> 00:17:12,859 high to low with this guy. 408 00:17:12,893 --> 00:17:14,033 [sniffles] 409 00:17:16,242 --> 00:17:18,692 I feel that if I pass this adventure up, 410 00:17:18,727 --> 00:17:21,074 I would be shorting myself and my children, 411 00:17:21,109 --> 00:17:23,111 because there should be no limits in life. 412 00:17:23,145 --> 00:17:25,078 There shouldn't--you should push yourself 413 00:17:25,113 --> 00:17:26,562 to your personal extremes 414 00:17:26,597 --> 00:17:28,495 and see how far you can always go 415 00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:31,084 to better yourself and those around you. 416 00:17:37,159 --> 00:17:38,471 Uh, anyway, 417 00:17:38,505 --> 00:17:39,506 it looks like [bleep]. 418 00:17:39,541 --> 00:17:40,783 It's kicking my ass. 419 00:17:40,818 --> 00:17:43,338 I wasn't-- 420 00:17:43,372 --> 00:17:44,408 It's good. 421 00:17:44,442 --> 00:17:45,961 It is what it is. 422 00:17:45,995 --> 00:17:48,067 It's a large tarp. 423 00:17:48,101 --> 00:17:49,861 I'm going to go ahead 424 00:17:49,896 --> 00:17:53,727 and brace down the other side of my tarp 425 00:17:53,762 --> 00:17:56,730 so that it's usable for tonight. 426 00:17:56,765 --> 00:17:59,733 [tense music] 427 00:17:59,768 --> 00:18:07,638 ♪ 428 00:18:12,988 --> 00:18:15,715 - Pretty much right now just feeling, uh-- 429 00:18:15,749 --> 00:18:17,475 feeling the place out. 430 00:18:17,510 --> 00:18:18,994 I haven't been out here very long. 431 00:18:19,028 --> 00:18:20,961 Couple hours. 432 00:18:20,996 --> 00:18:23,309 Everywhere I go, I'm starting to see 433 00:18:23,343 --> 00:18:25,345 more and more signs of bears. 434 00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:27,347 Um, just, uh, 435 00:18:27,382 --> 00:18:30,592 looking for a area to set up my shelter. 436 00:18:30,626 --> 00:18:32,041 Just want to stay focused, 437 00:18:32,076 --> 00:18:33,871 don't want to start getting upset right now. 438 00:18:33,905 --> 00:18:36,667 Got a lot of things to accomplish and do. 439 00:18:36,701 --> 00:18:39,152 Anytime you get frustrated out here in this environment, 440 00:18:39,187 --> 00:18:41,810 it can, uh, mess with you. 441 00:18:41,844 --> 00:18:44,468 ♪ 442 00:18:44,502 --> 00:18:47,195 [animal calling] 443 00:18:50,094 --> 00:18:53,028 I just heard a noise, a loud noise, out there. 444 00:18:53,062 --> 00:18:54,443 I'm not sure where it was. 445 00:18:54,478 --> 00:18:57,101 Um, it was kind of a little far off, uh, 446 00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:58,896 but definitely heard something. 447 00:19:00,967 --> 00:19:03,970 [whistles] Hey, bear. 448 00:19:04,004 --> 00:19:05,765 Yo, bear. 449 00:19:05,799 --> 00:19:13,669 ♪ 450 00:19:18,605 --> 00:19:20,504 This is real now. This is real. 451 00:19:20,538 --> 00:19:23,231 ♪ 452 00:19:23,265 --> 00:19:26,268 [animal calling] 453 00:19:26,303 --> 00:19:27,994 This is bad. 454 00:19:28,028 --> 00:19:30,445 I got to get out of here. 455 00:19:30,479 --> 00:19:34,518 ♪ 456 00:19:34,552 --> 00:19:36,209 This is crazy. 457 00:19:36,244 --> 00:19:40,489 ♪ 458 00:19:46,012 --> 00:19:53,882 ♪ 459 00:20:05,514 --> 00:20:07,930 I got to get hustling. 460 00:20:07,965 --> 00:20:09,622 I got much to do. 461 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:13,660 Well, I'm gonna get in here and try to get things situated. 462 00:20:13,695 --> 00:20:16,560 That way, I can make the first night easy 463 00:20:16,594 --> 00:20:19,252 and not stress myself out too much. 464 00:20:19,287 --> 00:20:22,255 [ambient music] 465 00:20:22,290 --> 00:20:25,603 ♪ 466 00:20:25,638 --> 00:20:28,019 So I'm going to, uh, 467 00:20:28,054 --> 00:20:30,263 get my shelter up for tonight. 468 00:20:30,298 --> 00:20:33,266 ♪ 469 00:20:33,301 --> 00:20:36,890 You never know what's over your head unless you look. 470 00:20:36,925 --> 00:20:38,098 And I'm gonna show you why 471 00:20:38,133 --> 00:20:40,722 it's so important to look. 472 00:20:46,348 --> 00:20:47,522 [wood cracks] 473 00:20:49,834 --> 00:20:50,766 [exhales] 474 00:20:53,424 --> 00:20:55,150 That could have come down on me 475 00:20:55,184 --> 00:20:57,256 while I was sleeping 476 00:20:57,290 --> 00:20:59,016 with the right kind of, uh, 477 00:20:59,050 --> 00:21:01,708 wind coming through here. 478 00:21:01,743 --> 00:21:03,538 So... 479 00:21:03,572 --> 00:21:04,918 always check above. 480 00:21:04,953 --> 00:21:07,093 Look for, uh, 481 00:21:07,127 --> 00:21:08,128 widowmakers, 482 00:21:08,163 --> 00:21:10,303 deadfall. 483 00:21:10,338 --> 00:21:13,789 'Cause you never know what you got above your head. 484 00:21:13,824 --> 00:21:15,929 ♪ 485 00:21:15,964 --> 00:21:19,174 There are certain skills, you know, basic techniques 486 00:21:19,208 --> 00:21:21,038 that if you don't follow 487 00:21:21,072 --> 00:21:23,316 and you suffer a mechanical injury, 488 00:21:23,351 --> 00:21:25,801 there's nobody here to help you. 489 00:21:25,836 --> 00:21:28,217 You have to know how to help yourself 490 00:21:28,252 --> 00:21:31,186 because rescue is a ways away. 491 00:21:31,220 --> 00:21:33,361 This is the type of environment 492 00:21:33,395 --> 00:21:37,434 that you need to know how to effect self-rescue first. 493 00:21:37,468 --> 00:21:40,989 If you don't, then it could be pretty harsh for you, 494 00:21:41,023 --> 00:21:43,888 and it could definitely take you out. 495 00:21:43,923 --> 00:21:45,234 That's difficult. 496 00:21:45,269 --> 00:21:47,513 So I'm looking forward to using that knowledge 497 00:21:47,547 --> 00:21:48,928 that I have gained over the years 498 00:21:48,962 --> 00:21:53,070 in helping me in this experience. 499 00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:56,763 ♪ 500 00:21:56,798 --> 00:21:58,178 [gunshot] 501 00:21:58,213 --> 00:22:01,354 I am former military and former law enforcement. 502 00:22:01,389 --> 00:22:02,735 [laughter] 503 00:22:02,769 --> 00:22:05,462 I am very fortunate. I still have my parents. 504 00:22:05,496 --> 00:22:07,187 - All right, good boy. 505 00:22:07,222 --> 00:22:09,914 - I have my daughter and my son, 506 00:22:09,949 --> 00:22:11,330 three grandchildren, 507 00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:13,642 and my best friend, Molly. 508 00:22:13,677 --> 00:22:15,230 [dog growls] [growls] 509 00:22:15,264 --> 00:22:17,957 With the children having grown and left, 510 00:22:17,991 --> 00:22:20,684 living their lives, Molly's always been there. 511 00:22:20,718 --> 00:22:21,892 Molly, here. 512 00:22:21,926 --> 00:22:24,032 I think she's upset with me right now 513 00:22:24,066 --> 00:22:25,827 because I am leaving. 514 00:22:25,861 --> 00:22:28,036 For me, this is a spiritual journey. 515 00:22:28,070 --> 00:22:30,141 I'm looking forward to having this time 516 00:22:30,176 --> 00:22:31,557 to go within myself 517 00:22:31,591 --> 00:22:35,077 to resolve a lot of unanswered feelings 518 00:22:35,112 --> 00:22:37,770 and emotions and events 519 00:22:37,804 --> 00:22:39,979 in my law enforcement and military career. 520 00:22:40,013 --> 00:22:43,431 Be safe,always. 521 00:22:43,465 --> 00:22:45,674 - Remember I love you. - I love you too. 522 00:22:45,709 --> 00:22:49,437 Been witness to a lot of very difficult things. 523 00:22:49,471 --> 00:22:51,818 I'm here for the inner journey 524 00:22:51,853 --> 00:22:55,339 and spiritual aspects of healing myself. 525 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:59,723 ♪ 526 00:22:59,757 --> 00:23:01,276 I can't forget it, 527 00:23:01,310 --> 00:23:03,623 but at least I can make peace with it 528 00:23:03,658 --> 00:23:07,282 and try to step forward 529 00:23:07,316 --> 00:23:11,217 with a new perspective and a new beginning. 530 00:23:11,251 --> 00:23:13,184 All right. 531 00:23:13,219 --> 00:23:16,705 One throw-together temporary shelter. 532 00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:20,468 This will get me through tonight. 533 00:23:20,502 --> 00:23:23,471 [dramatic music] 534 00:23:23,505 --> 00:23:31,410 ♪ 535 00:23:32,928 --> 00:23:35,068 - Okay, well, I'm gonna be brutally honest. 536 00:23:35,103 --> 00:23:39,452 I am at a loss as to what to do for a shelter. 537 00:23:39,487 --> 00:23:41,109 I mean, 538 00:23:41,143 --> 00:23:43,870 I want to do a plow point of some sort, 539 00:23:43,905 --> 00:23:46,390 but... 540 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,529 I thought I'd have, like, 541 00:23:47,564 --> 00:23:48,772 a little bit of level ground. 542 00:23:48,806 --> 00:23:51,464 And, I mean, I do have a little tiny bit, 543 00:23:51,499 --> 00:23:53,811 but it's right next to this creek. 544 00:23:53,846 --> 00:23:56,469 I've been up along this ridgeline. 545 00:23:56,504 --> 00:23:59,092 Tomorrow I'm gonna explore around that ridgeline. 546 00:23:59,127 --> 00:24:00,680 What I need to do today 547 00:24:00,715 --> 00:24:03,442 is quit screwing around. 548 00:24:03,476 --> 00:24:05,098 I need to start cutting some logs. 549 00:24:05,133 --> 00:24:07,100 ♪ 550 00:24:07,135 --> 00:24:10,414 So my preferred shelter is a plow point shelter. 551 00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:12,554 ♪ 552 00:24:12,589 --> 00:24:15,143 Basically what I do is, I take a square tarp. 553 00:24:15,177 --> 00:24:17,904 You take one corner and you incline it 554 00:24:17,939 --> 00:24:20,113 on a tree branch. 555 00:24:20,148 --> 00:24:22,909 And I can drape my tarp over the top of that. 556 00:24:22,944 --> 00:24:25,222 Pretty tough to work with a tarp 557 00:24:25,256 --> 00:24:27,673 when you don't have much real estate to work with. 558 00:24:27,707 --> 00:24:29,329 ♪ 559 00:24:29,364 --> 00:24:32,505 And just manufacture stakes. 560 00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:34,680 And then I can stretch my tarp tight enough 561 00:24:34,714 --> 00:24:36,923 so I don't have to worry about cordage. 562 00:24:36,958 --> 00:24:40,755 That will at least work for this first night. 563 00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:44,828 ♪ 564 00:24:44,862 --> 00:24:45,967 Man, it's beautiful here. 565 00:24:46,001 --> 00:24:47,658 Holy crap. 566 00:24:47,693 --> 00:24:49,384 Wow. 567 00:24:51,731 --> 00:24:59,636 ♪ 568 00:25:02,673 --> 00:25:04,261 Um... 569 00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:10,336 I'm being honest with you, I'm feeling a little worried. 570 00:25:10,370 --> 00:25:13,650 I feel like I bit off more than I can chew, 571 00:25:13,684 --> 00:25:15,583 uh, being out here right now. 572 00:25:15,617 --> 00:25:18,965 Um, a little frustrating. 573 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,968 [brooding music] 574 00:25:22,003 --> 00:25:23,522 ♪ 575 00:25:23,556 --> 00:25:25,627 Didn't think I'd have a problem worrying about animals, 576 00:25:25,662 --> 00:25:29,010 but the minute I seen that bear scat 577 00:25:29,044 --> 00:25:30,390 when I got off the boat, 578 00:25:30,425 --> 00:25:33,221 um, really changed me. 579 00:25:33,255 --> 00:25:35,982 It changed my whole psyche about the--the situation. 580 00:25:36,017 --> 00:25:39,883 ♪ 581 00:25:39,917 --> 00:25:43,196 The woods, they have a eerie feeling about them. 582 00:25:43,231 --> 00:25:46,061 The forest is so dense. 583 00:25:46,096 --> 00:25:48,892 Every little sound that I hear is bothering me. 584 00:25:48,926 --> 00:25:50,341 It's getting to me. 585 00:25:50,376 --> 00:25:51,584 ♪ 586 00:25:51,619 --> 00:25:53,206 It's a different animal being out here 587 00:25:53,241 --> 00:25:56,693 and knowing you have to do this all by yourself. 588 00:25:56,727 --> 00:25:57,935 I know everything to do. 589 00:25:57,970 --> 00:25:59,868 I know--I know what I want to do, 590 00:25:59,903 --> 00:26:03,976 but going inside them woods is, uh... 591 00:26:04,010 --> 00:26:05,529 ♪ 592 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,462 Just--I just don't know. 593 00:26:07,496 --> 00:26:09,671 ♪ 594 00:26:09,706 --> 00:26:11,880 t a military background. 595 00:26:11,915 --> 00:26:13,710 I'm thinking I'll be able to go off in here 596 00:26:13,744 --> 00:26:14,952 and turn on that switch 597 00:26:14,987 --> 00:26:17,645 and, you know, just focus on what I need to do 598 00:26:17,679 --> 00:26:19,336 in order to survive. 599 00:26:19,370 --> 00:26:23,305 But, uh, as of right now... 600 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:25,860 ♪ 601 00:26:25,894 --> 00:26:28,794 As of right now, I'm not, uh-- 602 00:26:28,828 --> 00:26:30,278 I'm not feeling it. 603 00:26:30,312 --> 00:26:32,107 I'm not feeling it at all. 604 00:26:37,665 --> 00:26:40,668 [dramatic music] 605 00:26:40,702 --> 00:26:48,607 ♪ 606 00:27:05,002 --> 00:27:06,625 That's just incredible. 607 00:27:10,145 --> 00:27:11,526 [sniffles] 608 00:27:14,978 --> 00:27:17,843 Check this out. 609 00:27:17,877 --> 00:27:20,052 The whole place 610 00:27:20,086 --> 00:27:22,606 is a mussel bed. 611 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:23,607 Look at that. 612 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,161 Everything right here. 613 00:27:26,196 --> 00:27:28,750 Mussels... 614 00:27:28,785 --> 00:27:31,546 are my absolute favorite. 615 00:27:31,580 --> 00:27:33,652 This would be enough food 616 00:27:33,686 --> 00:27:35,688 that I could collect 617 00:27:35,723 --> 00:27:37,897 every day... [sniffles] 618 00:27:37,932 --> 00:27:39,692 and not run out 619 00:27:39,727 --> 00:27:42,661 for six months, 620 00:27:42,695 --> 00:27:44,663 and I can't touch it. 621 00:27:44,697 --> 00:27:47,907 ♪ 622 00:27:47,942 --> 00:27:51,600 When we came out here, 623 00:27:51,635 --> 00:27:54,845 they told us that we could not partake 624 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,952 in any of the shellfish out here 625 00:27:57,986 --> 00:27:59,712 because of red tide. 626 00:27:59,747 --> 00:28:04,475 ♪ 627 00:28:04,510 --> 00:28:06,719 Ugh. 628 00:28:06,754 --> 00:28:08,134 This is tough. 629 00:28:08,169 --> 00:28:09,722 This is a hard part. 630 00:28:09,757 --> 00:28:12,518 It's so hard looking atething so awesome 631 00:28:12,552 --> 00:28:14,589 knowing that it could kill you. 632 00:28:18,766 --> 00:28:20,319 This is one of those little things 633 00:28:20,353 --> 00:28:22,010 that rocks your world. 634 00:28:22,045 --> 00:28:23,253 [sniffles] 635 00:28:32,780 --> 00:28:34,505 Ugh. 636 00:28:37,129 --> 00:28:45,033 ♪ 637 00:28:54,905 --> 00:28:57,114 - Right now, this is feeling like the toughest thing 638 00:28:57,149 --> 00:29:00,255 I've ever done in my life. 639 00:29:00,290 --> 00:29:02,533 It's like I had all these ideas in my head 640 00:29:02,568 --> 00:29:04,501 about what I wanted to do, 641 00:29:04,535 --> 00:29:06,606 but everything just went out the window. 642 00:29:06,641 --> 00:29:09,299 It's like I don't know anything right now. 643 00:29:09,333 --> 00:29:10,818 It's like I'm-- I've never been 644 00:29:10,852 --> 00:29:12,647 out here in the woods. 645 00:29:12,681 --> 00:29:14,683 My entire morale 646 00:29:14,718 --> 00:29:16,202 just went down the drain. 647 00:29:16,237 --> 00:29:18,342 ♪ 648 00:29:18,377 --> 00:29:19,896 This was a personal choice 649 00:29:19,930 --> 00:29:21,863 to come and do something to make a better living 650 00:29:21,898 --> 00:29:25,729 for myself and my family. 651 00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:28,559 I don't know that it was right decision. 652 00:29:28,594 --> 00:29:31,839 At this point right now, 653 00:29:31,873 --> 00:29:35,083 all I want to do is go back home. 654 00:29:35,118 --> 00:29:38,259 ♪ 655 00:29:38,293 --> 00:29:41,262 [somber ambient music] 656 00:29:41,296 --> 00:29:49,166 ♪ 657 00:30:00,419 --> 00:30:01,800 - I mean, it was just-- 658 00:30:01,834 --> 00:30:04,388 I-I just never experienced nothing like that before. 659 00:30:04,423 --> 00:30:06,805 ♪ 660 00:30:06,839 --> 00:30:08,220 I'm good. 661 00:30:08,254 --> 00:30:11,568 So I guess I'm officially tapping. 662 00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:13,121 ♪ 663 00:30:13,156 --> 00:30:14,364 I'm good. 664 00:30:14,398 --> 00:30:18,782 ♪ 665 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,301 Got a lot of people looking up to me 666 00:30:20,335 --> 00:30:23,235 to do good things. 667 00:30:23,269 --> 00:30:25,858 I'm feeling like I've let them down. 668 00:30:25,893 --> 00:30:29,034 ♪ 669 00:30:29,068 --> 00:30:30,656 It's a different animal being out here 670 00:30:30,690 --> 00:30:33,245 and knowing you have to do this all by yourself. 671 00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:34,867 ♪ 672 00:30:34,902 --> 00:30:38,629 I mean, 'cause when they say "alone," 673 00:30:38,664 --> 00:30:40,321 you're really alone. 674 00:30:43,013 --> 00:30:46,016 [ominous music] 675 00:30:46,051 --> 00:30:53,921 ♪ 676 00:30:58,339 --> 00:31:01,307 [rain pattering] 677 00:31:01,342 --> 00:31:03,482 [branches rustling] 678 00:31:03,516 --> 00:31:06,795 ♪ 679 00:31:06,830 --> 00:31:09,626 - I believe I hear... 680 00:31:12,353 --> 00:31:14,079 ♪ The neighborhood residents. 681 00:31:14,113 --> 00:31:17,392 I just have not seen any. 682 00:31:17,427 --> 00:31:20,257 But my thought is that 683 00:31:20,292 --> 00:31:22,915 they will come to visit tonight. 684 00:31:22,950 --> 00:31:30,854 ♪ 685 00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:35,997 [rain pattering] 686 00:31:36,032 --> 00:31:39,552 ♪ 687 00:31:39,587 --> 00:31:43,004 [branches snapping] 688 00:31:43,039 --> 00:31:46,042 There was a crashing through the brush. 689 00:31:46,076 --> 00:31:48,216 ♪ 690 00:31:48,251 --> 00:31:51,116 It is just amazing the amount of noise 691 00:31:51,150 --> 00:31:53,842 that I'm hearing 692 00:31:53,877 --> 00:31:55,016 in the woods here. 693 00:31:55,051 --> 00:31:59,089 ♪ 694 00:31:59,124 --> 00:32:01,195 I mean, I figured I'd hear a bit, 695 00:32:01,229 --> 00:32:03,266 but this is quite a bit. 696 00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:07,477 ♪ 697 00:32:07,511 --> 00:32:09,030 [branches rustling] 698 00:32:09,065 --> 00:32:11,481 Like that. 699 00:32:11,515 --> 00:32:14,656 [branches rustling] 700 00:32:14,691 --> 00:32:16,520 ♪ 701 00:32:16,555 --> 00:32:19,523 [branches snapping] 702 00:32:19,558 --> 00:32:27,428 ♪ 703 00:32:31,708 --> 00:32:34,711 [dramatic music] 704 00:32:34,745 --> 00:32:42,581 ♪ 705 00:32:49,036 --> 00:32:51,970 [rain pattering] 706 00:32:59,115 --> 00:33:01,738 It's raining. 707 00:33:01,772 --> 00:33:02,773 It's gonna be raining 708 00:33:02,808 --> 00:33:05,017 cats and dogs probably all day. 709 00:33:05,052 --> 00:33:09,056 My shelter's holding up okay, though. 710 00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:11,368 That's all that matters. 711 00:33:13,267 --> 00:33:14,682 [sighs] 712 00:33:30,698 --> 00:33:32,458 And my boots are still wet, 713 00:33:32,493 --> 00:33:34,840 which pisses me off. 714 00:33:36,290 --> 00:33:38,740 I can't stop thinking about that. 715 00:33:40,432 --> 00:33:42,227 I don't have dry boots. 716 00:33:49,786 --> 00:33:51,201 [sighs] 717 00:33:52,961 --> 00:33:55,067 All right, I'm gonna try and go back to bed. 718 00:34:15,225 --> 00:34:23,095 ♪ 719 00:34:24,959 --> 00:34:27,858 [rain pattering] 720 00:34:33,554 --> 00:34:35,728 [laughs] 721 00:34:35,763 --> 00:34:39,007 ♪ 722 00:34:39,042 --> 00:34:41,424 Well, let's see here. 723 00:34:41,458 --> 00:34:46,187 ♪ 724 00:34:46,222 --> 00:34:48,327 See if we see an eye shine back, 725 00:34:48,362 --> 00:34:50,709 'cause I heard... 726 00:34:50,743 --> 00:34:55,507 ♪ 727 00:34:55,541 --> 00:35:00,477 I am mostly concerned with the cougars. 728 00:35:00,512 --> 00:35:02,824 I will do my very best to stay out of their way 729 00:35:02,859 --> 00:35:05,033 and let them do what they need to do 730 00:35:05,068 --> 00:35:06,414 to get through their winter, 731 00:35:06,449 --> 00:35:09,555 and I'm hoping they'll do the same for me. 732 00:35:09,590 --> 00:35:12,938 But when you weigh 275 pounds, 733 00:35:12,972 --> 00:35:15,803 you learn that running isn't much of an option, 734 00:35:15,837 --> 00:35:18,150 so you better be ready to fight. 735 00:35:18,185 --> 00:35:21,533 Hopefully, they will find me not interesting. 736 00:35:21,567 --> 00:35:25,675 ♪ 737 00:35:25,709 --> 00:35:27,711 Little thump-thumps 738 00:35:27,746 --> 00:35:29,092 in the night. 739 00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:37,031 ♪ 740 00:35:37,065 --> 00:35:40,034 [dramatic music] 741 00:35:40,068 --> 00:35:47,938 ♪ 742 00:35:58,777 --> 00:35:59,778 [sighs] 743 00:35:59,812 --> 00:36:05,508 ♪ 744 00:36:05,542 --> 00:36:07,095 [sighs] 745 00:36:09,236 --> 00:36:11,514 It rained all night. 746 00:36:11,548 --> 00:36:14,137 No big surprise. 747 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:15,311 [sighs] 748 00:36:15,345 --> 00:36:17,796 I'm still just pissed off about my boots. 749 00:36:17,830 --> 00:36:19,487 I can't-- 750 00:36:19,522 --> 00:36:21,317 It's gonna be days before my boots dry out. 751 00:36:21,351 --> 00:36:22,697 Days. 752 00:36:22,732 --> 00:36:25,769 ♪ 753 00:36:25,804 --> 00:36:28,565 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, 754 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,913 oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. 755 00:36:31,948 --> 00:36:33,915 Stop right there. 756 00:36:33,950 --> 00:36:35,262 I'm finding all kinds 757 00:36:35,296 --> 00:36:37,988 of [bleep] water in my tent. 758 00:36:38,023 --> 00:36:39,990 The bottom of my bag is soaking wet. 759 00:36:40,025 --> 00:36:42,130 ♪ 760 00:36:42,165 --> 00:36:44,616 My sleeping bag is down, 761 00:36:44,650 --> 00:36:47,550 and once down gets wet, it's near impossible 762 00:36:47,584 --> 00:36:49,068 to get dry in these conditions, 763 00:36:49,103 --> 00:36:51,933 and I need a dry sleeping bag. 764 00:36:51,968 --> 00:36:59,838 ♪ 765 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:20,238 [ominous music] 766 00:37:20,272 --> 00:37:28,246 ♪ 767 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,386 All of my kindling, 768 00:37:30,420 --> 00:37:33,527 everything I collected, wet. 769 00:37:33,561 --> 00:37:35,425 Soaking wet. 770 00:37:35,460 --> 00:37:37,427 What the hell? 771 00:37:43,537 --> 00:37:46,298 [exhales] 772 00:37:46,333 --> 00:37:47,679 I screwed up. 773 00:37:47,713 --> 00:37:49,370 Day one. 774 00:37:49,405 --> 00:37:52,200 All my [bleep]'s wet. 775 00:37:52,235 --> 00:37:53,443 [sighs] 776 00:37:59,207 --> 00:38:01,555 First things first. 777 00:38:01,589 --> 00:38:03,108 Ridgepole check. 778 00:38:03,142 --> 00:38:05,006 So I plan on building, uh, 779 00:38:05,041 --> 00:38:07,526 the same sort of structure, an A-frame. 780 00:38:07,561 --> 00:38:09,321 The construction that will be different 781 00:38:09,356 --> 00:38:11,289 is the fact that I'm going to tie 782 00:38:11,323 --> 00:38:13,739 my grommets together underneath, 783 00:38:13,774 --> 00:38:16,294 and then I'm going to put the grommets 784 00:38:16,328 --> 00:38:19,055 under my ridgepole. 785 00:38:19,089 --> 00:38:22,369 Uh, point being that the rain 786 00:38:22,403 --> 00:38:24,198 can't get in on the sides at all. 787 00:38:24,232 --> 00:38:25,924 The rain will come in from underneath. 788 00:38:25,958 --> 00:38:28,098 And then from there, I have an extra tarp 789 00:38:28,133 --> 00:38:30,342 as one of my items, and I'm going to lay that 790 00:38:30,377 --> 00:38:35,313 on the floor and create a boat 791 00:38:35,347 --> 00:38:38,764 so that if any water sheds from the inside of the tarp, 792 00:38:38,799 --> 00:38:42,423 it misses me in the center of the boat. 793 00:38:42,458 --> 00:38:44,943 I put that green tarp on top 794 00:38:44,977 --> 00:38:49,154 so if any water comes in on my ground tarp, 795 00:38:49,188 --> 00:38:51,915 my bottom tarp should stay dry. 796 00:38:51,950 --> 00:38:53,365 Hopefully. 797 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:56,161 See, it's all up on the sides there. 798 00:38:56,195 --> 00:38:58,025 ♪ 799 00:38:58,059 --> 00:39:01,097 If I can stay dry, I can stay out here 800 00:39:01,131 --> 00:39:03,099 as long as I want to. 801 00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:07,483 ♪ 802 00:39:12,971 --> 00:39:20,875 ♪ 803 00:39:34,648 --> 00:39:37,720 - Where to look for firewood in a rain forest... 804 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,828 When it's dry out, no less? 805 00:39:42,863 --> 00:39:45,279 Winter's gonna be a bitch. 806 00:39:45,313 --> 00:39:48,247 ♪ 807 00:39:48,282 --> 00:39:51,043 [snipping] 808 00:39:51,078 --> 00:39:52,459 [exhales] 809 00:39:52,493 --> 00:39:54,495 All of that just for one little handful 810 00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:57,981 of firewood that's wet anyway. 811 00:39:58,016 --> 00:40:01,019 [ambient music] 812 00:40:01,053 --> 00:40:02,400 ♪ 813 00:40:02,434 --> 00:40:06,093 Let's hope I can get this fire going. 814 00:40:06,127 --> 00:40:08,440 [flint striking] 815 00:40:08,475 --> 00:40:17,345 ♪ 816 00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:20,728 Wow, winter's gonna be a pain in the butt, man. 817 00:40:20,763 --> 00:40:21,936 ♪ 818 00:40:21,971 --> 00:40:23,421 I'm just... 819 00:40:23,455 --> 00:40:29,219 ♪ 820 00:40:29,254 --> 00:40:32,430 This creek by me, I know it's gonna swell 821 00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:34,501 as soon as the rains start. 822 00:40:34,535 --> 00:40:36,468 And trying to make a move in the rain 823 00:40:36,503 --> 00:40:39,437 is just gonna be just a pain. 824 00:40:39,471 --> 00:40:42,267 So I don't know. [sniffles] 825 00:40:42,301 --> 00:40:45,097 ♪ 826 00:40:45,132 --> 00:40:47,030 The alone part 827 00:40:47,065 --> 00:40:49,516 doesn't bother me at all, 828 00:40:49,550 --> 00:40:51,897 but it's only been two days. 829 00:40:51,932 --> 00:40:53,485 But just the-- 830 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,142 the crappy-ass shelter that I made 831 00:40:55,176 --> 00:40:58,973 and the freaking difficulty I'm having with fire 832 00:40:59,008 --> 00:41:03,875 and just the steep terrain is kicking my butt. 833 00:41:03,909 --> 00:41:06,843 I mean, if--if I-- if the terrain 834 00:41:06,878 --> 00:41:09,984 was just even just a little bit easier... 835 00:41:10,019 --> 00:41:12,677 These have got to be just about the hardest woods 836 00:41:12,711 --> 00:41:15,818 I've ever had to try to survive in. 837 00:41:17,405 --> 00:41:20,685 I just feel like I'm not, uh, 838 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,791 performing like I should be. 839 00:41:23,826 --> 00:41:30,971 ♪ 840 00:41:31,005 --> 00:41:33,974 [insects chirping] 841 00:41:34,008 --> 00:41:35,838 ♪ 842 00:41:35,872 --> 00:41:38,392 [bears grunting] 843 00:41:40,221 --> 00:41:48,126 ♪ 844 00:41:49,610 --> 00:41:50,991 There's a bear outside. 845 00:41:51,025 --> 00:41:52,889 [bear growls] 846 00:41:58,999 --> 00:42:02,071 Hey, don't come over here. 847 00:42:02,105 --> 00:42:04,970 [bear grunting] 848 00:42:07,904 --> 00:42:09,527 Sounds like a damn bear to me. 849 00:42:09,561 --> 00:42:12,184 I don't know what else it could be. 850 00:42:12,219 --> 00:42:14,911 [harsh voice] Get out of here! 851 00:42:14,946 --> 00:42:17,017 Get out of here! 852 00:42:19,053 --> 00:42:20,848 Get out of here! 853 00:42:22,747 --> 00:42:24,921 Get out of here! 854 00:42:24,956 --> 00:42:25,991 [dramatic music] 855 00:42:26,026 --> 00:42:28,891 - It is not easy going up here. 856 00:42:28,925 --> 00:42:30,409 Oh, ah. 857 00:42:30,444 --> 00:42:33,274 - I woke up, and the whole side of my shelter was glowing. 858 00:42:33,309 --> 00:42:35,449 I almost caught the entire forest on fire. 859 00:42:35,483 --> 00:42:38,486 - It's basically fighting an inner battle all day long. 860 00:42:38,521 --> 00:42:40,592 I can't do no more! 861 00:42:40,627 --> 00:42:43,077 - I way underestimated this place. 862 00:42:43,112 --> 00:42:44,182 [air horn blares] 863 00:42:44,216 --> 00:42:45,735 - You heard me, get! [air horn blares] 864 00:42:45,770 --> 00:42:47,461 - One wrong move and I'm done. 865 00:42:47,495 --> 00:42:48,704 Ooh! 866 00:42:48,738 --> 00:42:49,981 - What am I doing out here? 867 00:42:50,015 --> 00:42:51,292 Look at that. 868 00:42:51,327 --> 00:42:53,432 Squished mouse, my favorite. 869 00:42:53,467 --> 00:42:54,641 Oh! 870 00:42:54,675 --> 00:42:56,815 - God, I just feel like I'm letting her down. 871 00:42:56,850 --> 00:42:58,196 - I'm slowly dying of starvation. 872 00:42:58,230 --> 00:42:59,507 Oh, my God. 873 00:42:59,542 --> 00:43:01,130 Mama bear just stood up on her hind legs. 874 00:43:01,164 --> 00:43:02,407 Not good. 875 00:43:02,441 --> 00:43:06,549 ♪