1 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:20,379 I'm not tapping out. 2 00:00:20,482 --> 00:00:22,172 I'd rather die. 3 00:00:25,896 --> 00:00:29,172 Here goes nothing. 4 00:00:29,172 --> 00:00:30,206 Whoa! 5 00:00:30,310 --> 00:00:31,379 Yes! 6 00:00:31,379 --> 00:00:32,758 Holy [bleep]. 7 00:00:35,551 --> 00:00:37,689 This is the harshest location possible. 8 00:00:37,793 --> 00:00:40,241 We're 125 miles in the Arctic Circle. 9 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:42,655 Never had an environment 10 00:00:42,655 --> 00:00:43,793 make me feel like a complete amateur before. 11 00:00:43,793 --> 00:00:45,724 Everything is against us out here. 12 00:00:45,827 --> 00:00:48,689 Mother Nature went and bitch-slapped me. 13 00:00:48,689 --> 00:00:51,034 Looks like I got grizzlies and wolves as my neighbors. 14 00:00:51,034 --> 00:00:52,275 Holy crap. 15 00:00:52,275 --> 00:00:53,586 They're just hunting the shoreline. 16 00:00:53,689 --> 00:00:55,551 Mother Nature is about to dim the lights on us. 17 00:00:55,655 --> 00:00:56,758 We're heading into total darkness. 18 00:00:56,862 --> 00:00:58,517 - Hey, bear. 19 00:00:58,517 --> 00:01:02,379 The cold and the dark is gonna sap people's souls. 20 00:01:02,379 --> 00:01:04,172 Really makes you wonder if it's worth it. 21 00:01:05,344 --> 00:01:06,413 There is no camera crew. 22 00:01:06,413 --> 00:01:07,758 There's no support system. 23 00:01:07,758 --> 00:01:09,413 I'm completely alone. 24 00:01:09,413 --> 00:01:10,448 Yes! 25 00:01:10,448 --> 00:01:11,689 People go in one way... 26 00:01:11,793 --> 00:01:13,206 Stop bleeding. 27 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:14,896 And they come out entirely different. 28 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,103 This is the most difficult 29 00:01:17,206 --> 00:01:18,103 survival challenge in the world. 30 00:01:19,206 --> 00:01:20,517 $500,000. 31 00:01:20,517 --> 00:01:22,275 That's completely life-changing money. 32 00:01:22,275 --> 00:01:23,482 It's beautiful. 33 00:01:23,482 --> 00:01:24,896 Whoever can thrive the longest. 34 00:01:24,896 --> 00:01:26,793 They out here ought to be afraid of me. 35 00:01:26,896 --> 00:01:28,448 - Whoever can push through... 36 00:01:28,448 --> 00:01:29,931 Wins. 37 00:01:29,931 --> 00:01:31,379 I hope I made the right choice coming out here. 38 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:25,862 I think this is gonna be the most miserable 39 00:02:25,862 --> 00:02:28,896 and greatest experience of my life. 40 00:02:28,896 --> 00:02:31,103 I'm about to push and punish my body 41 00:02:31,103 --> 00:02:32,689 further than I ever have. 42 00:02:32,689 --> 00:02:34,620 Toughen up, bitch. 43 00:02:34,724 --> 00:02:36,517 I've been in remote places in my life, 44 00:02:36,517 --> 00:02:38,172 and this is far beyond. 45 00:02:38,275 --> 00:02:40,137 We're in the Arctic Circle. 46 00:02:40,137 --> 00:02:42,103 This place is a son of a bitch. 47 00:02:42,103 --> 00:02:43,517 You're talking negative 40. 48 00:02:43,517 --> 00:02:46,034 It's gonna feel like Santa Claus 49 00:02:46,137 --> 00:02:48,586 just slapped you in the face with a canoe paddle. 50 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:50,379 Holy [bleep], man. 51 00:02:51,793 --> 00:02:54,655 Where I'm from, it's 104, 108. 52 00:02:54,655 --> 00:02:56,655 You know, it's pretty warm right now. 53 00:02:56,655 --> 00:02:58,448 So it's a big change to me. 54 00:02:58,551 --> 00:03:00,517 Oh, man, this is wild. 55 00:03:00,620 --> 00:03:02,379 I want that prize money. 56 00:03:02,482 --> 00:03:04,827 I want to win so badly 57 00:03:04,931 --> 00:03:07,551 that I'm willing to leave a bloody trail of footprints 58 00:03:07,551 --> 00:03:10,344 in the snow behind me. 59 00:03:10,344 --> 00:03:12,206 There's so much going on in a delta. 60 00:03:12,310 --> 00:03:16,379 But it's also the land of the grizzly bears and wolves. 61 00:03:16,379 --> 00:03:18,448 I'm not afraid of it, because I'm the first ever 62 00:03:18,551 --> 00:03:20,793 Cree-Métis woman to do "Alone," 63 00:03:20,793 --> 00:03:22,827 and I feel a whole nation behind me. 64 00:03:22,827 --> 00:03:25,275 I did grow up where there was a lot of polar bears. 65 00:03:25,379 --> 00:03:26,896 You see them off in the distance. 66 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,137 But here, the landscape is different. 67 00:03:28,241 --> 00:03:29,517 There's thick growth. 68 00:03:29,620 --> 00:03:31,000 A grizzly could jump at you at any moment. 69 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 So you've got to be alert. 70 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,448 I'm not dreaming! It's real! 71 00:03:34,448 --> 00:03:36,689 There is a bit of luck that goes along 72 00:03:36,689 --> 00:03:38,103 with something like this. 73 00:03:38,103 --> 00:03:39,551 Illness can happen. 74 00:03:39,655 --> 00:03:40,965 Injuries can happen. 75 00:03:41,068 --> 00:03:43,344 It is gonna take mental toughness. 76 00:03:43,344 --> 00:03:45,724 Oh, there's a bear. 77 00:03:45,724 --> 00:03:48,137 Your brain 100% determines 78 00:03:48,137 --> 00:03:50,517 whether or not you're the last one out there. 79 00:03:50,517 --> 00:03:52,137 Never been alone this long. 80 00:03:52,137 --> 00:03:53,655 Surviving out here is hard enough. 81 00:03:53,758 --> 00:03:56,000 Surviving out here while filming it is a challenge. 82 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,689 So I'm absolutely curious to see 83 00:03:58,793 --> 00:04:00,448 what kind of person I am when it's over. 84 00:04:00,448 --> 00:04:02,586 I've got ten items that are gonna help me 85 00:04:02,689 --> 00:04:05,137 get through this and the clothes on my back. 86 00:04:05,241 --> 00:04:07,310 Man, this landscape is insane. 87 00:04:07,310 --> 00:04:08,862 It's not gonna be a walk in the park. 88 00:04:08,862 --> 00:04:10,172 I expect the worst. 89 00:04:10,275 --> 00:04:11,931 It's amazing. 90 00:04:11,931 --> 00:04:14,965 This is reliving a childhood memory 91 00:04:14,965 --> 00:04:16,793 of your parents allowing you 92 00:04:16,793 --> 00:04:18,379 to play in the woods by yourself, 93 00:04:18,379 --> 00:04:21,206 this feeling of true freedom. 94 00:04:21,206 --> 00:04:23,241 Yeah! 95 00:04:28,172 --> 00:04:30,655 Oh, yes. 96 00:04:30,758 --> 00:04:32,034 I love it. 97 00:04:34,586 --> 00:04:35,827 Where'd he go? 98 00:04:35,827 --> 00:04:38,517 There he is. 99 00:04:38,620 --> 00:04:40,965 Look at my hair. 100 00:04:41,068 --> 00:04:42,517 Oh, man. 101 00:04:42,620 --> 00:04:44,724 That's crazy. 102 00:04:48,103 --> 00:04:50,758 There they go. 103 00:04:50,758 --> 00:04:54,758 Oh, man, I'm in, like-- I'm in like a swamp right now. 104 00:04:54,758 --> 00:04:57,000 Let's get out of this bog, do some scouting, 105 00:04:57,103 --> 00:04:58,517 and we'll get started. 106 00:04:58,517 --> 00:05:00,344 I'm so excited. 107 00:05:00,344 --> 00:05:01,862 Was thinking last night how cool it'd be 108 00:05:01,862 --> 00:05:03,137 to win this thing, 109 00:05:03,241 --> 00:05:05,310 bring back a W for West Virginia. 110 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:11,724 I'm a game warden. 111 00:05:11,724 --> 00:05:13,931 My job is to protect the natural resources 112 00:05:13,931 --> 00:05:16,275 that we enjoy from poachers. 113 00:05:16,275 --> 00:05:18,344 And I'm also a captain in the Air National Guard. 114 00:05:18,344 --> 00:05:21,655 My main job with them is fatality search and recovery. 115 00:05:21,758 --> 00:05:23,758 If there's any kind of events that are mass casualty, 116 00:05:23,758 --> 00:05:25,310 we pick up bodies. 117 00:05:25,310 --> 00:05:27,103 It's a pretty solid rope. 118 00:05:27,103 --> 00:05:29,758 But what makes me who I am is family. 119 00:05:29,758 --> 00:05:33,793 My wife and I tried for a long time to have a kid. 120 00:05:33,793 --> 00:05:35,517 We didn't think it was gonna happen. 121 00:05:35,620 --> 00:05:38,034 She starts telling me about the IVF process. 122 00:05:38,034 --> 00:05:39,655 I said yeah, definitely. 123 00:05:39,758 --> 00:05:40,827 That was tough. 124 00:05:40,827 --> 00:05:42,517 We had a couple miscarriages. 125 00:05:42,620 --> 00:05:45,000 Failure, failure, failure. 126 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,103 And then the one stuck. 127 00:05:48,103 --> 00:05:51,103 Baby girl Caroline is a miracle. 128 00:05:51,103 --> 00:05:52,517 Let's go for a hike. 129 00:05:52,517 --> 00:05:54,344 And so taking care of my family 130 00:05:54,344 --> 00:05:55,931 is always priority number one. 131 00:05:55,931 --> 00:05:58,551 That looks like lunch to me. 132 00:05:58,551 --> 00:06:01,034 IVF was a few years of salary. 133 00:06:01,034 --> 00:06:03,689 So if I could pull in $500,000, 134 00:06:03,793 --> 00:06:06,206 that would change my life. 135 00:06:06,206 --> 00:06:07,827 I think I could take on this challenge 136 00:06:07,827 --> 00:06:10,724 because I've got a lot of military training. 137 00:06:10,827 --> 00:06:13,965 I've got the mental, and I want to be the hero. 138 00:06:14,068 --> 00:06:16,689 Bye-bye. 139 00:06:16,689 --> 00:06:18,310 First thing I want to do, 140 00:06:18,310 --> 00:06:20,724 see what I got here in front of me. 141 00:06:20,724 --> 00:06:22,137 Let's go for a walk. 142 00:06:24,137 --> 00:06:26,586 In the first three days, you want to know your land 143 00:06:26,689 --> 00:06:28,965 while you have the food that you carried in 144 00:06:28,965 --> 00:06:31,241 in your gut to see, 145 00:06:31,344 --> 00:06:33,586 you know, where am I gonna set up a permanent shelter? 146 00:06:33,586 --> 00:06:35,172 Where's the best fishing spots? 147 00:06:35,172 --> 00:06:36,344 Where's the easiest way in? 148 00:06:36,344 --> 00:06:38,793 This stuff is thick. 149 00:06:38,793 --> 00:06:41,034 Pretty heavy coverage right there. 150 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:42,482 There might be more water. 151 00:06:42,586 --> 00:06:44,000 Let's go this way. 152 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,862 So finding access routes, game trails--that's key. 153 00:06:47,862 --> 00:06:50,827 Keeping my eyes open 154 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:53,724 while I'm walking. 155 00:06:56,931 --> 00:06:58,724 I just got a feeling I don't like. 156 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,793 We're here with a population of moose, 157 00:07:04,793 --> 00:07:06,965 which will trample you into the ground. 158 00:07:06,965 --> 00:07:09,896 4,000 or 5,000 grizzly bears. 10,000 wolves. 159 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,517 There's black bears. 160 00:07:11,620 --> 00:07:14,862 And if you let your guard down, you're done. 161 00:07:14,862 --> 00:07:17,068 I'll just keep going. 162 00:07:28,482 --> 00:07:30,724 Wolves. 163 00:07:32,862 --> 00:07:35,000 It's pretty nerve-racking. 164 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,931 I'm definitely gonna have to build a really good shelter. 165 00:07:37,931 --> 00:07:41,034 Ooh, look at this. 166 00:07:41,137 --> 00:07:44,206 Something got a fish. See the scales? 167 00:07:46,586 --> 00:07:49,620 Now that, that's a grizzly. 168 00:07:49,620 --> 00:07:51,827 Pad, 169 00:07:51,827 --> 00:07:55,103 toes, claws. 170 00:07:55,206 --> 00:07:57,655 Not just a pack of wolves, but we got a grizzly bear. 171 00:07:57,655 --> 00:07:59,482 And those aren't old at all. 172 00:07:59,586 --> 00:08:01,413 What the hell is that? 173 00:08:03,379 --> 00:08:05,827 I don't think that's what we want to see. 174 00:08:07,931 --> 00:08:10,206 A small bear walking along 175 00:08:10,206 --> 00:08:14,206 that other set means... 176 00:08:16,965 --> 00:08:20,000 The worst possible thing it could mean. 177 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,620 I got a mama grizzly 178 00:08:23,620 --> 00:08:26,068 and a baby. 179 00:08:26,068 --> 00:08:28,172 Guess who's not sleeping tonight. 180 00:08:51,793 --> 00:08:54,448 Gotta get everything straightened away here. 181 00:08:57,068 --> 00:09:00,448 Now... 182 00:09:00,448 --> 00:09:03,206 slow in and pace yourself. 183 00:09:06,344 --> 00:09:07,931 I was gonna stop for five minutes 184 00:09:07,931 --> 00:09:10,068 up on top of that hill, but, 185 00:09:10,172 --> 00:09:14,586 I think it'd be a good idea now just to get that net out. 186 00:09:16,586 --> 00:09:18,965 Passive fishing is real good, because, you know, 187 00:09:18,965 --> 00:09:21,724 you could potentially catch a meal 188 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:23,448 while you're getting other things done. 189 00:09:23,551 --> 00:09:25,206 So who knows, man? 190 00:09:25,206 --> 00:09:27,241 We could be eating fish for supper. 191 00:09:30,620 --> 00:09:33,275 When I picked my ten items, I took a net 192 00:09:33,275 --> 00:09:35,862 because I don't want to waste time making the net. 193 00:09:35,862 --> 00:09:37,724 I want to get my net in the water, 194 00:09:37,724 --> 00:09:39,896 get something fishing for you, get something working for you 195 00:09:39,896 --> 00:09:42,689 so you could be working away at something else. 196 00:09:42,689 --> 00:09:45,517 That could be a good spot for my net there. 197 00:09:45,517 --> 00:09:47,413 Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. 198 00:09:47,517 --> 00:09:49,172 Yeah. 199 00:09:49,172 --> 00:09:50,758 I'm not hunting for big game. 200 00:09:50,758 --> 00:09:53,241 So I didn't want to take a bow. 201 00:09:53,344 --> 00:09:55,344 I never bow hunted before, so I didn't want 202 00:09:55,344 --> 00:09:57,620 to come into this with skills I didn't have. 203 00:09:57,620 --> 00:09:59,724 I'm gonna focus hard and put a lot of innovation 204 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:01,000 into the fish. 205 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,034 And then when fishing season slows, 206 00:10:03,034 --> 00:10:04,827 then I'm gonna move and switch. 207 00:10:04,827 --> 00:10:07,034 I plan on harvesting squirrels, rabbits, 208 00:10:07,034 --> 00:10:08,482 grouse, and partridges. 209 00:10:08,482 --> 00:10:11,482 I know how to harvest them without a gun or bow. 210 00:10:11,482 --> 00:10:13,310 I got tricks up my sleeve that would work quite well 211 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:14,896 to catch them little critters. 212 00:10:14,896 --> 00:10:15,931 OK. 213 00:10:16,034 --> 00:10:17,586 I just put the net out like that. 214 00:10:17,689 --> 00:10:21,103 It's kind of slack here, so we'll see how that works out. 215 00:10:21,103 --> 00:10:23,000 It don't look too bad back there right now, 216 00:10:23,103 --> 00:10:25,068 but we're pretty much in the middle of a winter storm here. 217 00:10:25,068 --> 00:10:26,965 I grew up in a little isolated community 218 00:10:27,068 --> 00:10:28,310 in the south coast of Labrador. 219 00:10:28,310 --> 00:10:29,482 There's no running water, no electricity, 220 00:10:29,482 --> 00:10:30,517 or nothing like that. 221 00:10:30,517 --> 00:10:32,000 It's not a real big igloo. 222 00:10:32,103 --> 00:10:33,965 This is a perfect little hunting sized one. 223 00:10:33,965 --> 00:10:35,862 Growing up in a tough place like that, 224 00:10:35,965 --> 00:10:37,068 it was always a struggle. 225 00:10:37,172 --> 00:10:39,241 Look at that. Successful porcupine hunt. 226 00:10:39,344 --> 00:10:41,827 And so I built up a lot of knowledge and skills 227 00:10:41,827 --> 00:10:43,413 just trying to survive. 228 00:10:43,413 --> 00:10:45,862 Well, I think that looks pretty good. 229 00:10:45,965 --> 00:10:47,482 I'm also a commercial fisherman, 230 00:10:47,482 --> 00:10:49,517 30 years in the fishery for crab and shrimp. 231 00:10:49,620 --> 00:10:50,551 Look at that. 232 00:10:50,655 --> 00:10:52,000 I'm doing this for my family. 233 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,241 Whoo! 234 00:10:53,241 --> 00:10:54,689 That's my whole world right there. 235 00:10:54,689 --> 00:10:57,724 If I was fortunate enough to win the $500,000, 236 00:10:57,724 --> 00:10:59,310 I'm just gonna buy the building materials 237 00:10:59,310 --> 00:11:00,655 and build a house and move the family 238 00:11:00,655 --> 00:11:04,137 to a small coastal community in Labrador. 239 00:11:04,137 --> 00:11:05,862 Where I live too now is a good town. 240 00:11:05,965 --> 00:11:07,793 Makes sense for work, fishing trips. 241 00:11:07,793 --> 00:11:09,551 But it's a little bit too much on the go there 242 00:11:09,551 --> 00:11:10,862 that I don't like. 243 00:11:10,862 --> 00:11:12,241 And I want to get my kids to be reared up 244 00:11:12,241 --> 00:11:13,655 in a smaller community. 245 00:11:13,655 --> 00:11:14,931 That's really important to me. 246 00:11:15,034 --> 00:11:16,655 And I'm gonna put everything into it. 247 00:11:19,068 --> 00:11:21,103 I think I've found a real good spot for a shelter. 248 00:11:23,482 --> 00:11:24,931 I'll survive the night and get something 249 00:11:25,034 --> 00:11:27,448 really good done tomorrow. 250 00:11:27,448 --> 00:11:29,758 I want a quick shelter, not too much energy. 251 00:11:29,758 --> 00:11:31,206 I'm thinking of a simple lean-to. 252 00:11:31,310 --> 00:11:33,000 But then I want, like, some kind of poles around me 253 00:11:33,103 --> 00:11:34,448 just to feel protected. 254 00:11:34,551 --> 00:11:36,655 You don't want to wake up, a bear dragging you 255 00:11:36,758 --> 00:11:37,689 out your sleeping bag and dragging you 256 00:11:37,689 --> 00:11:39,034 across the ground. 257 00:11:39,137 --> 00:11:40,172 You just can't go and make yourself vulnerable 258 00:11:40,172 --> 00:11:41,379 on the land. 259 00:11:41,379 --> 00:11:43,344 You've got to protect yourself. 260 00:11:46,379 --> 00:11:50,137 Burning off a lot of calories starting off, but... 261 00:11:53,517 --> 00:11:56,068 Maybe we'll take a break and go out and check the net. 262 00:12:01,827 --> 00:12:03,413 I see movement. 263 00:12:03,517 --> 00:12:08,103 That's maybe just the wind and a lot of wishful thinking. 264 00:12:12,241 --> 00:12:14,000 Oh, it's a fish out there. It is. Look. 265 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,413 Didn't take long. 266 00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:33,827 Sharp teeth, eh? 267 00:12:45,413 --> 00:12:47,172 No way. 268 00:12:48,241 --> 00:12:50,241 No way. 269 00:12:51,931 --> 00:12:53,724 I can't believe it. 270 00:13:01,137 --> 00:13:03,896 What can I say? I'm in shock. 271 00:13:09,586 --> 00:13:12,551 I can't believe that happened. 272 00:13:12,551 --> 00:13:14,689 Oh, oh, oh, oh. 273 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:18,034 That was a big-- that was a big pike. 274 00:13:18,137 --> 00:13:21,448 24, 25 inch maybe. 275 00:13:21,448 --> 00:13:23,241 A survival situation, man. 276 00:13:23,241 --> 00:13:25,413 You gotta be more careful. 277 00:13:48,758 --> 00:13:51,551 I got belly button lint. 278 00:13:51,551 --> 00:13:55,620 For some ungodly reason, I'm sitting here picking that 279 00:13:55,724 --> 00:13:58,413 like I don't have enough to do. 280 00:14:02,827 --> 00:14:04,482 Holy [bleep]. 281 00:14:11,448 --> 00:14:13,137 . 282 00:14:13,137 --> 00:14:14,931 That's a caribou. 283 00:14:14,931 --> 00:14:17,206 I can't shoot that. 284 00:14:28,689 --> 00:14:30,206 Here we go. 285 00:14:30,206 --> 00:14:31,655 Boom. 286 00:14:31,655 --> 00:14:35,655 There's your broadside shot on a caribou. 287 00:14:35,655 --> 00:14:38,827 Why can't you be a moose, bro? 288 00:14:40,896 --> 00:14:42,724 It doesn't really care. 289 00:14:42,724 --> 00:14:45,724 Doesn't care that I'm here. 290 00:14:45,827 --> 00:14:47,758 This is wild, man. 291 00:14:52,068 --> 00:14:54,275 Hey, Mom. 292 00:14:54,275 --> 00:14:55,586 I'm in the Arctic. 293 00:14:55,586 --> 00:14:59,586 Check out my pet caribou right here. 294 00:14:59,586 --> 00:15:02,517 Spooked now. He smelled me. 295 00:15:04,413 --> 00:15:07,103 ♪ And we are gonna set a beaver snare ♪ 296 00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:09,689 Whoo! 297 00:15:09,689 --> 00:15:12,862 My name's Waldemar Paetz. I go by Dub. 298 00:15:12,862 --> 00:15:14,068 Possum down. 299 00:15:14,068 --> 00:15:15,620 The only thing I ever cared about 300 00:15:15,724 --> 00:15:18,586 since the day I was old enough to walk was nature. 301 00:15:20,068 --> 00:15:21,586 It's really not bad. 302 00:15:21,689 --> 00:15:24,586 My one real job that I had was being a fly fishing guide 303 00:15:24,689 --> 00:15:25,758 and I was damn good at it. 304 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:29,586 We just caught this big cutty 305 00:15:29,586 --> 00:15:31,275 on our homemade rod. 306 00:15:31,379 --> 00:15:34,172 I'm not ever really gonna settle for a 9 to 5 307 00:15:34,172 --> 00:15:36,241 where somebody's breathing down my neck. 308 00:15:36,241 --> 00:15:40,275 I'd rather live very poorly and keep my outdoor lifestyle. 309 00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:43,517 "Alone" is the survival Olympics. 310 00:15:43,620 --> 00:15:46,482 There's no bigger, better, more kick-ass challenge. 311 00:15:46,482 --> 00:15:48,310 And I strongly believe I have everything 312 00:15:48,413 --> 00:15:49,724 it's gonna take to do this, 313 00:15:49,724 --> 00:15:52,896 because I don't have close relationships. 314 00:15:52,896 --> 00:15:55,172 I can be by myself. 315 00:15:55,275 --> 00:15:59,517 I got the best shot I could ever hope to get out of. 316 00:15:59,517 --> 00:16:03,103 But my top skill, brute bullheadedness. 317 00:16:03,206 --> 00:16:05,379 I have a mile and a half hike out of here. 318 00:16:05,379 --> 00:16:08,068 Gonna try to make a deer backpack. 319 00:16:08,172 --> 00:16:10,586 No matter what goes wrong, I do not quit. 320 00:16:10,586 --> 00:16:12,379 Hell yes. 321 00:16:12,379 --> 00:16:14,724 That works good. 322 00:16:15,344 --> 00:16:18,896 $500,000 would allow me to pay off my house, 323 00:16:18,896 --> 00:16:20,482 pay off my mom's house, 324 00:16:20,482 --> 00:16:24,310 and just finally not have to stress about money. 325 00:16:24,310 --> 00:16:25,551 My entire life, that's all I've done. 326 00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:27,517 So the freedom that would give me 327 00:16:27,517 --> 00:16:29,965 is something I just can't even imagine. 328 00:16:29,965 --> 00:16:31,103 All right, love you guys. 329 00:16:32,482 --> 00:16:35,172 I got to dig, dude. 330 00:16:35,172 --> 00:16:39,413 We're gonna whittle this Earth away. 331 00:16:39,413 --> 00:16:41,137 Turn it into something... 332 00:16:44,206 --> 00:16:47,206 That's worth $500,000. 333 00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:52,620 I really love this spot for a few different reasons. 334 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:55,310 What beautiful dirt, dude. 335 00:16:55,413 --> 00:16:57,448 I'm gonna build an empire out here. 336 00:16:57,448 --> 00:16:58,862 It's got this beautiful berm. 337 00:16:58,862 --> 00:17:00,931 It's very protected from the wind. 338 00:17:00,931 --> 00:17:02,827 Sure got a lot of firewood laying around. 339 00:17:02,931 --> 00:17:04,551 And as far as I can tell, 340 00:17:04,551 --> 00:17:06,689 it's the best spot I'm gonna get. 341 00:17:06,793 --> 00:17:11,000 I did not come out here with a set shelter plan. 342 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,724 I just came out saying I'm gonna Dub it. 343 00:17:13,827 --> 00:17:15,862 And when Dub does something, he just... 344 00:17:17,827 --> 00:17:20,241 Starts doing it. 345 00:17:20,241 --> 00:17:21,965 If I'm gonna last a winter in this thing, 346 00:17:22,068 --> 00:17:25,034 it's got to be insulated like nobody's business. 347 00:17:25,034 --> 00:17:29,551 That should be a pretty solid joint. 348 00:17:29,551 --> 00:17:32,068 I really don't like those clouds. 349 00:17:32,068 --> 00:17:35,068 It's gonna be such a pain in the ass if it rains. 350 00:17:35,068 --> 00:17:38,965 The more I melt this shelter into this hill, 351 00:17:38,965 --> 00:17:41,620 the better off I'll be in terms of warmth. 352 00:17:41,724 --> 00:17:43,827 Willow lashing... 353 00:17:43,931 --> 00:17:46,413 Should work... 354 00:17:46,517 --> 00:17:48,724 quite well. 355 00:17:48,724 --> 00:17:52,448 Next thing, ridgepole-- 356 00:17:52,551 --> 00:17:54,448 it's heavy. 357 00:17:57,206 --> 00:17:59,344 Damn, is this gonna be cozy. 358 00:17:59,448 --> 00:18:03,620 Cozy is code word for really freaking tight and small. 359 00:18:03,724 --> 00:18:05,034 The bigger the shelter is, 360 00:18:05,137 --> 00:18:07,172 the more wood you got to cut to heat it, 361 00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:11,000 the bigger the problems associated with this. 362 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,758 And I don't know how comfortable 363 00:18:13,758 --> 00:18:16,172 it's gonna be this tight between these logs, 364 00:18:16,172 --> 00:18:21,448 but I can do anything for $500,000. 365 00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:23,482 I started training for this 366 00:18:23,482 --> 00:18:25,206 when I was very, very young kid 367 00:18:25,206 --> 00:18:27,827 and I didn't even know it. 368 00:18:27,827 --> 00:18:29,724 I'm gonna try to tarping it. 369 00:18:29,724 --> 00:18:32,448 I was bullied all the way through school 370 00:18:32,448 --> 00:18:35,103 because of my name, Waldemar. 371 00:18:35,103 --> 00:18:37,620 Not perfect. 372 00:18:37,724 --> 00:18:38,965 I'm gonna start moving it in. 373 00:18:39,068 --> 00:18:40,758 And it gets to the point where you just, 374 00:18:40,758 --> 00:18:42,241 man, I want to get away from everybody. 375 00:18:42,344 --> 00:18:45,206 So I started gonna the library during lunch hour 376 00:18:45,310 --> 00:18:46,413 so I could at least, like, 377 00:18:46,517 --> 00:18:48,034 have a little bit of protection. 378 00:18:48,137 --> 00:18:49,758 This thing came a long way. 379 00:18:49,758 --> 00:18:51,137 And I remember reading a lot 380 00:18:51,137 --> 00:18:53,172 of hunting and fishing and survival books, 381 00:18:53,172 --> 00:18:57,620 and then I'd get home and I'd cry. 382 00:18:57,620 --> 00:19:00,068 Oh, I'm so ready to lay down. 383 00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:02,344 But I don't think I would change a thing. 384 00:19:02,344 --> 00:19:05,551 That is what made me what I am, 385 00:19:05,551 --> 00:19:08,517 made me love nature, and it made me stronger. 386 00:19:08,517 --> 00:19:10,551 I guarantee you that. 387 00:19:39,724 --> 00:19:42,793 Man, look at that. 388 00:19:42,896 --> 00:19:45,206 My wife told me when I first get here, 389 00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:48,379 just take a moment for myself 390 00:19:48,482 --> 00:19:52,379 and sit and take it all in. 391 00:19:52,482 --> 00:19:54,965 So... 392 00:20:06,620 --> 00:20:09,827 Wow. 393 00:20:09,827 --> 00:20:13,068 If someone asks me why bows are so expensive... 394 00:20:13,068 --> 00:20:15,068 This is why. 395 00:20:15,068 --> 00:20:18,655 Every bow I've made is carried out like this. 396 00:20:18,655 --> 00:20:21,758 I'm a bowyer. I make bows for a living. 397 00:20:21,862 --> 00:20:23,586 I'm a homesteader. We fish for our food, 398 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,793 hunt for our food, grow our own food. 399 00:20:25,896 --> 00:20:28,137 And so I've spent a lot of years 400 00:20:28,137 --> 00:20:30,379 honing in these skills, fire making, 401 00:20:30,379 --> 00:20:31,344 bow drill, hand drill. 402 00:20:31,344 --> 00:20:32,724 Fire. 403 00:20:32,724 --> 00:20:34,586 And then the hunting, fishing, trapping, 404 00:20:34,586 --> 00:20:36,379 snaring, and shelter building. 405 00:20:36,379 --> 00:20:39,620 That type of lifestyle has given me the mentality to do 406 00:20:39,620 --> 00:20:42,689 what it takes to overcome and adapt to really thrive. 407 00:20:42,793 --> 00:20:44,620 And I'm excited to see what that's gonna do out here. 408 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:48,448 There you go. Good girl. 409 00:20:48,448 --> 00:20:51,275 The reason I'm doing this is to change my family's life. 410 00:20:51,275 --> 00:20:54,068 My wife and I have been together for 12 years, 411 00:20:54,068 --> 00:20:55,793 and we want to have kids, 412 00:20:55,896 --> 00:20:58,310 but she's been sick a lot of that time, 413 00:20:58,310 --> 00:21:00,034 and makes it really complicated 414 00:21:00,034 --> 00:21:01,448 for her to get pregnant. 415 00:21:01,551 --> 00:21:03,827 $500,000 means everything. 416 00:21:03,931 --> 00:21:05,241 It's gonna give my wife and I 417 00:21:05,344 --> 00:21:07,482 the opportunity to get her healthy 418 00:21:07,586 --> 00:21:09,655 where she can live a full life. 419 00:21:09,655 --> 00:21:11,862 - And hopefully after this, 420 00:21:11,862 --> 00:21:13,448 we'll be lucky to start our own family. 421 00:21:13,448 --> 00:21:15,241 So that's why this is so important. 422 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:17,655 That's what I mean by life-changing. 423 00:21:17,655 --> 00:21:19,448 All right. Here we go. 424 00:21:20,931 --> 00:21:23,103 So first things first, I definitely want to find 425 00:21:23,103 --> 00:21:26,103 where I'm gonna be sleeping tonight. 426 00:21:26,103 --> 00:21:27,896 The biggest thing I'm gonna have to contend with 427 00:21:27,896 --> 00:21:29,551 is the cold. 428 00:21:29,551 --> 00:21:33,655 125 miles north into the Arctic Circle is pretty crazy. 429 00:21:33,655 --> 00:21:35,344 It's gonna be freezing. 430 00:21:35,344 --> 00:21:37,620 Having a good shelter that's gonna keep you warm, 431 00:21:37,724 --> 00:21:40,793 keep you dry, but also keep you safe from bears 432 00:21:40,793 --> 00:21:44,000 is gonna be life or death out here. 433 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,379 There's a squirrel there. 434 00:21:47,379 --> 00:21:49,344 So I'm gonna see if I can get it. 435 00:21:53,034 --> 00:21:55,000 Not afraid of me at all. 436 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,137 No fear. I almost feel bad killing him. 437 00:22:12,517 --> 00:22:14,379 Dang it. 438 00:22:14,379 --> 00:22:17,689 I broke an arrow. 439 00:22:17,793 --> 00:22:20,000 Risky shot. I shouldn't have done it. 440 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,068 I was trying to be prideful. 441 00:22:24,068 --> 00:22:25,620 I didn't need that right now. 442 00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:34,586 Oh, well. 443 00:22:34,689 --> 00:22:37,655 I can't believe I missed him too. 444 00:22:41,689 --> 00:22:43,793 All right, I'm gonna go collect firewood, 445 00:22:43,793 --> 00:22:46,137 start a little fire, boil my water, 446 00:22:46,137 --> 00:22:48,379 and have a good drink because I'm thirsty. 447 00:22:48,379 --> 00:22:51,482 And then I'll throw up a temporary shelter. 448 00:22:51,586 --> 00:22:54,965 It's all really good kindling. 449 00:22:54,965 --> 00:22:58,000 I spent a lot of time in my adult life chasing money. 450 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,689 I was working two to three jobs, 451 00:22:59,793 --> 00:23:03,862 60, 70, 80-hour work weeks, and I didn't see my family. 452 00:23:03,862 --> 00:23:07,586 It was just my wife and work. 453 00:23:07,689 --> 00:23:09,517 All right. Got some firewood. 454 00:23:09,517 --> 00:23:12,137 Time to go make a fire. 455 00:23:12,137 --> 00:23:16,137 But I had a good friend, Cameron, pass away last year. 456 00:23:16,137 --> 00:23:18,172 And the day before he died, 457 00:23:18,172 --> 00:23:21,448 I asked him what the most important thing in life was. 458 00:23:21,551 --> 00:23:24,068 And he said family and friends. 459 00:23:24,172 --> 00:23:25,689 That hit me really hard 460 00:23:25,793 --> 00:23:27,862 because all he'd wanted in life 461 00:23:27,965 --> 00:23:29,827 was to get married, be a dad. 462 00:23:29,827 --> 00:23:32,655 And he got married. They had twins. 463 00:23:32,655 --> 00:23:34,862 A year later, he died. 464 00:23:34,862 --> 00:23:36,862 Really made me think about my family 465 00:23:36,862 --> 00:23:38,724 and the time I have with them. 466 00:23:38,827 --> 00:23:40,931 Good fire starter. 467 00:23:41,034 --> 00:23:43,103 And so I took his advice. 468 00:23:43,103 --> 00:23:45,137 My wife and I sold everything we had, 469 00:23:45,137 --> 00:23:47,931 moved into this little camper, took it to Missouri 470 00:23:47,931 --> 00:23:49,965 on this little property with my parents, 471 00:23:50,068 --> 00:23:51,517 and we started homesteading 472 00:23:51,517 --> 00:23:54,172 and building bows and selling bows full time. 473 00:23:54,172 --> 00:23:56,931 And that's allowed me more time with my family. 474 00:23:56,931 --> 00:24:00,448 All right. Temporary shelter time. 475 00:24:00,551 --> 00:24:02,137 There's not a day that goes by 476 00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:03,931 that I don't think about Cameron. 477 00:24:03,931 --> 00:24:08,103 He'll never be forgotten, and he's a huge reason I'm here. 478 00:24:08,103 --> 00:24:12,379 So this experience, I'm gonna chase it to my fullest. 479 00:24:12,482 --> 00:24:13,758 I'm gonna do whatever it takes. 480 00:24:13,758 --> 00:24:15,310 I'm gonna stay however long it takes 481 00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:18,793 because this time on Earth is so precious. 482 00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:22,758 It can, at any moment, just be gone. 483 00:24:22,758 --> 00:24:24,827 OK. 484 00:24:24,827 --> 00:24:27,827 Just kind of wanted to talk about my shelter a little bit. 485 00:24:27,827 --> 00:24:31,379 I picked this location because it has a vantage point. 486 00:24:31,379 --> 00:24:34,241 There's a couple game trails that run up through here. 487 00:24:34,241 --> 00:24:36,793 Saw some bear sign and I wanted to be up 488 00:24:36,793 --> 00:24:41,068 so I could hear, see anything coming. 489 00:24:41,068 --> 00:24:44,034 I'm leaving it open so I can see around me. 490 00:24:44,034 --> 00:24:46,586 And have a fire out here in front of me 491 00:24:46,689 --> 00:24:48,862 to just kind of deter anything. 492 00:24:48,862 --> 00:24:53,310 It's a little dangerous, but it's a simple shelter. 493 00:25:12,793 --> 00:25:14,482 Yeah, the first night, no fire. 494 00:25:14,482 --> 00:25:16,724 Just under the tarp here. 495 00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:18,862 Not much room here, but a lot of branches down 496 00:25:18,862 --> 00:25:20,758 to kind of soften it. 497 00:25:20,758 --> 00:25:22,724 And man, oh, man, it was a real up and down 498 00:25:22,724 --> 00:25:24,310 kind of day starting off. 499 00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:26,896 Had a nice big pike, but what's done is done. 500 00:25:26,896 --> 00:25:28,172 No going back. 501 00:25:28,172 --> 00:25:32,000 So now the pressure is on. 502 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,413 Mother Nature is about to dim the lights on us. 503 00:25:34,413 --> 00:25:36,000 We're heading into winter here. 504 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,517 There's dangers all around. 505 00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:39,068 The landscape is totally different 506 00:25:39,172 --> 00:25:40,689 than what I'm used to. 507 00:25:40,793 --> 00:25:42,862 But I'm trying to incorporate the skills that I learned 508 00:25:42,862 --> 00:25:45,724 from my area and try to adjust them for this area, 509 00:25:45,827 --> 00:25:47,482 and it's not easy. 510 00:25:54,517 --> 00:25:57,758 Starting now, an hour a week of daylight is gone. 511 00:25:57,758 --> 00:26:00,000 Once we get closer to that 100 day mark, 512 00:26:00,103 --> 00:26:02,517 we're gonna be going 24 hours of darkness. 513 00:26:02,517 --> 00:26:04,448 It's gonna be wild. 514 00:26:04,448 --> 00:26:07,034 I probably look terrifying in infrared. 515 00:26:09,379 --> 00:26:13,241 Uh, so... yeah. 516 00:26:13,241 --> 00:26:16,448 Pretty productive day. 517 00:26:16,448 --> 00:26:18,586 Just kind of getting established 518 00:26:18,689 --> 00:26:21,896 and getting an eye for the location. 519 00:26:24,896 --> 00:26:27,068 Right now, I'm just gonna try to get some sleep. 520 00:26:30,137 --> 00:26:32,551 It is pretty nerve-racking. 521 00:26:32,551 --> 00:26:36,137 You know, there's wolves and mama bears and cubs. 522 00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:39,620 That's pretty bad news. 523 00:26:39,620 --> 00:26:44,551 But, you know, you just push. 524 00:26:44,551 --> 00:26:47,000 Today was day one. 525 00:26:59,724 --> 00:27:01,551 I just heard something move. 526 00:27:13,413 --> 00:27:15,482 Hey, bear. 527 00:27:27,137 --> 00:27:29,413 Hey, bear. 528 00:27:45,758 --> 00:27:48,137 I hope it's gone. 529 00:27:53,379 --> 00:27:55,275 Can't wait for daylight. 530 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,206 All right, man. 531 00:28:24,034 --> 00:28:26,827 Yeah, that was a long night. 532 00:28:26,827 --> 00:28:30,931 Those damn grizzly bears. 533 00:28:31,034 --> 00:28:35,689 There's mega modifications that need to happen in this thing. 534 00:28:35,689 --> 00:28:38,310 I'm gonna move everything out. 535 00:28:42,965 --> 00:28:45,482 We got to do it. 536 00:28:45,482 --> 00:28:47,586 Restructuring, 537 00:28:47,586 --> 00:28:50,896 because this shelter sucks! 538 00:28:54,137 --> 00:28:55,724 Right now. 539 00:28:55,724 --> 00:28:57,965 But soon, it might not. 540 00:28:57,965 --> 00:29:02,275 There is significant amounts of some very big bears. 541 00:29:02,275 --> 00:29:04,724 Their presence is obvious, 542 00:29:04,724 --> 00:29:06,689 and they're something I'm gonna have to live with. 543 00:29:06,689 --> 00:29:08,275 Try this again. 544 00:29:08,275 --> 00:29:11,000 The more I can put between me and the grizzly, 545 00:29:11,103 --> 00:29:14,310 the more time I have to get some bear spray in its face. 546 00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:15,965 If the grizzlies are gonna come through, 547 00:29:15,965 --> 00:29:17,517 the only thing I can do is make a shelter 548 00:29:17,517 --> 00:29:19,241 that's thick enough, strong enough 549 00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:22,758 to fortify and make myself at least feel comfortable. 550 00:29:24,793 --> 00:29:29,655 If I were watching this on TV, I'd be saying to myself... 551 00:29:29,655 --> 00:29:32,344 dude, it's not even that many grizzlies. 552 00:29:32,448 --> 00:29:34,620 It's not that big of a deal. 553 00:29:34,620 --> 00:29:39,137 But the reality is... 554 00:29:39,241 --> 00:29:44,724 when you're the one sitting in the tent behind a tarp, 555 00:29:44,724 --> 00:29:50,137 and you're hearing-- literally hearing bears walk, 556 00:29:50,137 --> 00:29:52,034 it's scary, dude. 557 00:29:52,137 --> 00:29:53,689 And I'm not particularly scared of bears, 558 00:29:53,689 --> 00:29:57,172 but I've never been in a place 559 00:29:57,172 --> 00:30:00,620 with this high of a density of bears. 560 00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:03,413 I wonder if all the competitors here realize 561 00:30:03,413 --> 00:30:06,206 just what those bears are capable of, 562 00:30:06,206 --> 00:30:07,689 because I've seen it firsthand. 563 00:30:07,793 --> 00:30:10,000 I had a neighbor that got his face ripped off 564 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,448 by a grizzly bear. 565 00:30:11,448 --> 00:30:14,068 When you see the aftermath of a grizzly attack, 566 00:30:14,068 --> 00:30:15,689 it'll scare the [bleep] out of you. 567 00:30:15,689 --> 00:30:17,793 They are brutal, gruesome predators 568 00:30:17,793 --> 00:30:19,896 that deserve every bit of respect. 569 00:30:22,275 --> 00:30:27,172 Just... daunting. 570 00:30:49,034 --> 00:30:50,310 All right. 571 00:30:50,413 --> 00:30:54,655 So in an effort to attract more ducks to me, 572 00:30:54,655 --> 00:30:58,724 because I've been seeing ducks swimming on this river, 573 00:30:58,724 --> 00:31:02,034 I'm attempting to make some duck decoys. 574 00:31:02,137 --> 00:31:06,379 So I've got a bunch of grass, 575 00:31:06,379 --> 00:31:11,206 and I just start making the shape of duck. 576 00:31:12,793 --> 00:31:15,103 So first you make the beak. 577 00:31:17,413 --> 00:31:19,724 And then you fold it over 578 00:31:19,827 --> 00:31:23,655 to make the first... 579 00:31:23,655 --> 00:31:26,793 of the head shape. 580 00:31:26,896 --> 00:31:30,344 Back home, duck hunting is really popular. 581 00:31:30,448 --> 00:31:32,758 It's part of the culture. 582 00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:35,620 And I remember duck hunting when I was a kid. 583 00:31:35,724 --> 00:31:38,000 Duck decoys can be a very effective way 584 00:31:38,103 --> 00:31:41,310 of attracting ducks closer to where you are. 585 00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:43,103 Birds in general are really good 586 00:31:43,103 --> 00:31:45,172 at seeing shapes and movement and color, 587 00:31:45,172 --> 00:31:48,206 so you just have to remain hidden. 588 00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:51,827 You have to be super stealthy. 589 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:53,034 Look at that. 590 00:31:53,034 --> 00:31:54,965 It's a little bit of a duck shape. 591 00:31:59,068 --> 00:32:04,172 And then for the final thing, you take a stick. 592 00:32:06,379 --> 00:32:08,206 Then you stick it in the water. 593 00:32:15,724 --> 00:32:18,068 Now I have two duck decoys 594 00:32:18,172 --> 00:32:21,827 waiting to entice some ducks right to the shore. 595 00:32:21,827 --> 00:32:24,689 And then hopefully I can shoot them. 596 00:32:28,896 --> 00:32:32,413 I just heard the ice crack underneath me, and that's... 597 00:32:33,689 --> 00:32:35,448 I'm doing this because I want to follow 598 00:32:35,448 --> 00:32:37,379 in the footsteps of my ancestors. 599 00:32:37,482 --> 00:32:39,896 I have a Cree-Métis background. 600 00:32:39,896 --> 00:32:41,965 In Cree culture, it's called a wapos. 601 00:32:41,965 --> 00:32:44,068 And I've always looked up to those people 602 00:32:44,068 --> 00:32:45,344 that came before me. 603 00:32:45,344 --> 00:32:47,586 In this area, we have a lot of wolves. 604 00:32:47,586 --> 00:32:50,103 And in my language, we call them mahikan. 605 00:32:50,103 --> 00:32:51,758 I'm a wolf trapper myself. 606 00:32:51,758 --> 00:32:53,206 I grew up in the wilderness, 607 00:32:53,206 --> 00:32:56,241 very isolated out in the trapline, 608 00:32:56,344 --> 00:32:59,000 being homeschooled, no running water. 609 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,344 Part of a Cree-Métis lifestyle is to live off the land, 610 00:33:02,448 --> 00:33:05,379 so that's hunting, trapping, fishing, and staying out there 611 00:33:05,482 --> 00:33:08,103 for long periods of time and providing for your family 612 00:33:08,103 --> 00:33:10,103 through hard work. 613 00:33:10,103 --> 00:33:12,241 My business is adventure guiding, 614 00:33:12,344 --> 00:33:16,241 taking people out canoeing, snowshoeing, hunting, fishing, 615 00:33:16,344 --> 00:33:17,965 and showing them how to set traps 616 00:33:17,965 --> 00:33:19,965 or how to navigate rivers. 617 00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:22,206 I love sharing my knowledge with people. 618 00:33:22,206 --> 00:33:24,206 We have fire. 619 00:33:24,206 --> 00:33:25,862 Me and my husband just got married. 620 00:33:25,862 --> 00:33:29,068 And as soon as I get home, we want to have babies. 621 00:33:29,068 --> 00:33:32,275 I really want to be able to provide for my future family. 622 00:33:32,275 --> 00:33:36,137 So $500,000 is gonna be part of my motivation. 623 00:33:36,241 --> 00:33:38,517 I'm excited to utilize all those skills 624 00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:40,758 that I've grown up using my whole life. 625 00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:44,931 I got my fishnet strung up, ready to go. 626 00:33:45,034 --> 00:33:47,241 So let's go deploy my fishnet. 627 00:33:53,310 --> 00:33:57,000 So one of the things about this location 628 00:33:57,103 --> 00:33:59,689 is it is really, really shallow. 629 00:33:59,793 --> 00:34:02,482 My net is not fully stretched out. 630 00:34:02,482 --> 00:34:03,896 But I'm gonna leave it there for now, 631 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,344 see if I get anything. 632 00:34:10,689 --> 00:34:13,068 Check it out. 633 00:34:13,068 --> 00:34:14,965 A wolf track. 634 00:34:15,068 --> 00:34:17,310 And that is a running wolf. 635 00:34:20,137 --> 00:34:21,793 And just over here... 636 00:34:23,689 --> 00:34:27,586 That is definitely wolves. 637 00:34:27,586 --> 00:34:29,586 Oh, damn it. 638 00:34:31,758 --> 00:34:34,620 I never really trusted wolves that much. 639 00:34:34,620 --> 00:34:36,310 They are killers. 640 00:34:36,413 --> 00:34:39,379 When they have a good opportunity, they will. 641 00:35:00,379 --> 00:35:02,517 These little berries right here, 642 00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:04,034 they're little cranberries. 643 00:35:04,034 --> 00:35:07,448 It's not much, but calories are calories, huh? 644 00:35:12,517 --> 00:35:13,517 I'm hungry. 645 00:35:13,517 --> 00:35:15,724 Finally starting to get hungry. 646 00:35:15,724 --> 00:35:17,862 My belly's going... 647 00:35:17,862 --> 00:35:19,586 "Feed me." 648 00:35:19,689 --> 00:35:22,344 But I want to get my shelter done 649 00:35:22,344 --> 00:35:24,379 and then I'll start fishing. 650 00:35:24,482 --> 00:35:29,068 Just a little shot of vitamins and calories to get me going. 651 00:35:30,034 --> 00:35:32,689 OK. It's time to get to work. 652 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,034 I've done a lot of searching, a lot of walking around, 653 00:35:37,137 --> 00:35:38,586 trying to find the right shelter spot. 654 00:35:38,586 --> 00:35:41,310 And I know it doesn't look like much right now, 655 00:35:41,413 --> 00:35:43,586 but there's three trees that I want to build in between 656 00:35:43,586 --> 00:35:45,724 right back there. 657 00:35:45,827 --> 00:35:49,551 I'm gonna put up my ridgepole first. 658 00:35:49,655 --> 00:35:54,586 And I'll use a little bit of snare wire to do that. 659 00:35:54,689 --> 00:35:56,517 But I've got to cut a notch on the back side 660 00:35:56,620 --> 00:36:00,172 to hold my snare wire. 661 00:36:00,275 --> 00:36:03,137 Food is important, but it's not as important 662 00:36:03,137 --> 00:36:05,275 as keeping myself safe. 663 00:36:05,379 --> 00:36:07,655 There's grizzly sign. There's moose sign. 664 00:36:07,655 --> 00:36:09,655 There's wolf tracks in the mud. 665 00:36:09,758 --> 00:36:11,655 This is a dangerous location. 666 00:36:11,655 --> 00:36:16,000 So getting that shelter done, that's my focus right now. 667 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,344 That's the start of it. 668 00:36:18,448 --> 00:36:21,896 Next, I'm gonna work on my bed. 669 00:36:21,896 --> 00:36:24,724 It'll go right here. 670 00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:27,344 I'm aiming to build an A-frame shelter. 671 00:36:27,344 --> 00:36:29,896 I want to be able to stand up in my shelter. 672 00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:32,517 But I want an A-frame because 673 00:36:32,517 --> 00:36:34,793 I want a high pitched roof for the snow. 674 00:36:34,793 --> 00:36:36,758 I don't want it to just sit on top of my structure 675 00:36:36,758 --> 00:36:38,172 and cave in. 676 00:36:38,172 --> 00:36:39,344 I want to build something that's gonna be able 677 00:36:39,344 --> 00:36:41,137 to hold a lot of weight 678 00:36:41,137 --> 00:36:44,379 and stand strong in extreme wind and snow. 679 00:36:45,758 --> 00:36:47,551 Now I just need a lot of sticks. 680 00:36:52,241 --> 00:36:53,862 I keep on getting this feeling 681 00:36:53,862 --> 00:36:56,689 that I have to go, go, go, go, go. 682 00:36:56,689 --> 00:36:58,758 Still got a lot of work to do. 683 00:36:58,862 --> 00:37:02,103 But hell, I'm gonna be here for months. 684 00:37:02,103 --> 00:37:04,137 Slow and steady. 685 00:37:04,137 --> 00:37:05,620 Just got to keep on reminding myself, 686 00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:08,206 slow and steady. 687 00:37:08,206 --> 00:37:10,344 There's already enough dangers out here. 688 00:37:10,344 --> 00:37:14,965 I don't need to be one of them to myself. 689 00:37:14,965 --> 00:37:19,827 All right, so that is... 690 00:37:19,827 --> 00:37:21,275 all the work for today. 691 00:37:21,275 --> 00:37:23,965 I am whooped. 692 00:37:24,068 --> 00:37:28,551 Tomorrow, we'll get back at it and hopefully finish her up. 693 00:37:28,655 --> 00:37:30,724 So... 694 00:37:30,827 --> 00:37:33,931 All around good day. 695 00:37:56,172 --> 00:38:00,689 I don't know what's going through my head. 696 00:38:00,689 --> 00:38:04,000 This has been a dream of mine forever. 697 00:38:04,103 --> 00:38:07,137 All I can think about is how much I miss my family. 698 00:38:09,034 --> 00:38:11,724 My whole thought process was that 699 00:38:11,724 --> 00:38:15,931 I was doing this to prove something to my daughter. 700 00:38:18,931 --> 00:38:22,241 That I could push through anything. 701 00:38:22,241 --> 00:38:25,862 But what am I proving by leaving her? 702 00:38:25,862 --> 00:38:28,689 It's starting to hit me just how alone I actually am. 703 00:38:28,689 --> 00:38:31,551 And that's cool. That's what I wanted. 704 00:38:31,655 --> 00:38:34,137 But I have these emotions that I wasn't anticipating. 705 00:38:34,241 --> 00:38:38,137 I hear about "drop shock" over and over again. 706 00:38:38,241 --> 00:38:40,965 Season after season, they talk about drop shock. 707 00:38:40,965 --> 00:38:43,931 But I thought that meant that their plans changed. 708 00:38:43,931 --> 00:38:45,896 I didn't think that that meant 709 00:38:45,896 --> 00:38:48,551 they would be rethinking their lives. 710 00:38:50,344 --> 00:38:52,689 Is this really worth it? 711 00:38:58,379 --> 00:39:00,827 I don't know. 712 00:39:00,827 --> 00:39:03,172 We'll see. 713 00:39:06,068 --> 00:39:09,517 Hey, my stomach's growling. 714 00:39:09,517 --> 00:39:11,517 Be kind of nice to eat something. 715 00:39:11,517 --> 00:39:13,275 Let's take a look. 716 00:39:26,206 --> 00:39:28,206 Nice. 717 00:39:39,413 --> 00:39:41,689 How strange. 718 00:39:41,689 --> 00:39:44,689 I think my nose is bleeding. 719 00:39:48,862 --> 00:39:52,068 Yeah. 720 00:39:52,068 --> 00:39:55,172 It's pretty humid out. 721 00:39:55,172 --> 00:39:57,758 It's not dry at all. 722 00:39:59,551 --> 00:40:01,206 Interesting. 723 00:40:01,206 --> 00:40:04,034 Feel like I just did it again. 724 00:40:14,137 --> 00:40:15,655 Why am I bleeding so much? 725 00:40:15,655 --> 00:40:18,448 Oh, now it's on my clothes. 726 00:40:18,448 --> 00:40:23,068 Are you kidding me? 727 00:40:23,068 --> 00:40:24,965 Stop bleeding. 728 00:40:27,931 --> 00:40:31,379 I wonder if has something to do with my berry diet. 729 00:40:33,896 --> 00:40:35,586 Mm. 730 00:40:38,758 --> 00:40:41,034 Maybe some of this stuff thins out your blood. 731 00:40:43,586 --> 00:40:45,172 I don't know. 732 00:40:47,034 --> 00:40:49,379 Everything I ate looked pretty familiar. 733 00:40:49,379 --> 00:40:54,482 I am 97.6% sure that I'll be fine. 734 00:40:54,482 --> 00:40:56,310 It's finally stopped. 735 00:40:56,413 --> 00:40:57,862 But right now, 736 00:40:57,862 --> 00:41:00,310 I'm not gonna waste my time on smaller stuff. 737 00:41:00,310 --> 00:41:03,551 I got to focus more on protein. 738 00:41:03,551 --> 00:41:05,344 Just keep pushing. 739 00:41:05,344 --> 00:41:08,448 That's all I got to do. Just keep pushing. 740 00:41:08,551 --> 00:41:09,793 I'm gonna go ahead and set something 741 00:41:09,793 --> 00:41:11,586 I can just throw out there and let it just sit. 742 00:41:11,586 --> 00:41:12,931 Just some passive fishing. 743 00:41:15,896 --> 00:41:17,965 I'll probably set a line from here, 744 00:41:17,965 --> 00:41:19,655 dig it into the ground kind of. 745 00:41:19,655 --> 00:41:22,206 See if I can't catch a pike or something off of it tonight. 746 00:41:24,034 --> 00:41:26,482 In basic training on the military side, 747 00:41:26,482 --> 00:41:28,862 they called me Machine Gun Preacher. 748 00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:30,551 I used to be a preacher. 749 00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:32,586 Just gonna sharpen it enough 750 00:41:32,689 --> 00:41:35,344 to where it'll dig into the ground a little better. 751 00:41:35,344 --> 00:41:36,931 But I go hard. 752 00:41:36,931 --> 00:41:39,068 There's a switch that flicks when public face 753 00:41:39,068 --> 00:41:41,344 gets turned off, when people's in danger 754 00:41:41,344 --> 00:41:42,793 and you have to act 755 00:41:42,793 --> 00:41:44,793 and you've got to take control of the situation. 756 00:41:44,896 --> 00:41:46,379 There's a different gear. 757 00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:51,827 I need that other side of me. 758 00:41:51,931 --> 00:41:53,793 I have to be tough, 759 00:41:53,793 --> 00:41:56,482 but there's a spiritual part of it. 760 00:41:56,586 --> 00:41:58,620 It's not that God speaks to you more 761 00:41:58,620 --> 00:42:00,482 when you're in the wilderness. 762 00:42:00,482 --> 00:42:03,310 It's just easier to hear him. 763 00:42:09,241 --> 00:42:12,000 Did you see that fish jump? 764 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,206 Interesting. 765 00:42:17,206 --> 00:42:19,655 Maybe we will catch a fish. 766 00:42:39,344 --> 00:42:41,517 Here's the Cree word of the day. 767 00:42:41,517 --> 00:42:43,172 Okistatowân. 768 00:42:43,275 --> 00:42:45,379 That means grizzly bear. 769 00:42:45,482 --> 00:42:48,206 If you look in the water... 770 00:42:50,344 --> 00:42:55,758 You can see bear tracks 771 00:42:55,758 --> 00:42:59,620 preserved under the water. 772 00:42:59,724 --> 00:43:02,724 This is the real deal, people. 773 00:43:02,827 --> 00:43:05,896 It is cold and there's bears 774 00:43:05,896 --> 00:43:08,758 and there's a lot of work to do. 775 00:43:11,862 --> 00:43:14,137 I have a Cree name, and it is... 776 00:43:15,724 --> 00:43:18,413 Which means Beaver Hands Woman. 777 00:43:18,517 --> 00:43:20,000 Here we go. 778 00:43:20,103 --> 00:43:22,793 Checking my fishnet. 779 00:43:22,793 --> 00:43:24,862 Come on, fishy. 780 00:43:28,482 --> 00:43:32,241 Looks pretty empty, 781 00:43:32,241 --> 00:43:34,724 but it hasn't really moved around that much. 782 00:43:41,275 --> 00:43:43,310 Oh, it's twisted up. That's why. 783 00:43:43,413 --> 00:43:44,931 OK. 784 00:43:48,482 --> 00:43:51,689 So somehow, 785 00:43:51,689 --> 00:43:56,344 my fish net got all twisted up. 786 00:43:56,344 --> 00:43:58,724 I've got to fix that up. 787 00:43:58,724 --> 00:44:00,172 The beaver, that is something 788 00:44:00,172 --> 00:44:02,275 I'm gonna be thinking about a lot, 789 00:44:02,275 --> 00:44:04,068 because the beaver is a hard worker. 790 00:44:04,068 --> 00:44:06,758 That beaver is always building their shelter 791 00:44:06,862 --> 00:44:08,379 and gathering food all the time. 792 00:44:08,482 --> 00:44:11,862 So I'm gonna be embodying the beaver. 793 00:44:11,862 --> 00:44:15,172 So I'm gonna think like a beaver, work like a beaver, 794 00:44:15,172 --> 00:44:18,689 because that is my name and that's part of my spirit. 795 00:44:18,689 --> 00:44:22,241 So I fixed and I untangled my net. 796 00:44:22,344 --> 00:44:24,551 Now I must deploy it again. 797 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,103 I just hope that I can get a fish 798 00:44:35,206 --> 00:44:39,862 in my net... 799 00:44:39,965 --> 00:44:41,724 one of these days. 800 00:44:46,586 --> 00:44:48,448 Wow. 801 00:44:51,137 --> 00:44:54,137 So my site was blessed with this big giant rock. 802 00:44:54,241 --> 00:44:55,793 And in Cree culture, 803 00:44:55,896 --> 00:44:59,206 when there is a giant rock in the middle of the landscape, 804 00:44:59,310 --> 00:45:01,241 it is considered sacred. 805 00:45:01,241 --> 00:45:04,965 Just gonna clear the area 806 00:45:04,965 --> 00:45:08,103 around the sacred rock. 807 00:45:08,206 --> 00:45:10,034 And I'm gonna leave my offerings here so that 808 00:45:10,034 --> 00:45:13,793 the land provides for me and I take care of the land. 809 00:45:13,793 --> 00:45:16,068 Mutual respect. 810 00:45:16,068 --> 00:45:18,965 OK, back to work. 811 00:45:34,172 --> 00:45:36,000 Oh, my. 812 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,758 Man, my energy is drained. 813 00:45:54,034 --> 00:45:56,689 Yeah. My energy level is really low. 814 00:45:56,689 --> 00:45:59,689 When I lost that pike, that was a bummer. 815 00:45:59,689 --> 00:46:02,137 But onward and upward. 816 00:46:02,137 --> 00:46:05,206 But I need every little calorie I can get. 817 00:46:09,206 --> 00:46:13,034 The seeds, if you eat them, got little hairs on them. 818 00:46:13,034 --> 00:46:15,206 Make your bum itch. 819 00:46:15,206 --> 00:46:17,172 You don't want that. 820 00:46:20,620 --> 00:46:22,482 Spit the seeds out. 821 00:46:24,620 --> 00:46:25,965 Not a lot of berries though. 822 00:46:26,068 --> 00:46:28,310 Uh, whew. I was expecting more berries. 823 00:46:32,517 --> 00:46:34,137 Feeling a little better already, yeah. 824 00:46:34,137 --> 00:46:36,931 Sugars, I guess. 825 00:46:36,931 --> 00:46:39,586 Look at that. Bunny trail there. 826 00:46:39,689 --> 00:46:41,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 827 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:42,793 I'm gonna have to put a couple rabbit snares out. 828 00:46:42,793 --> 00:46:45,758 You know, was hoping to save that kind of stuff for later, 829 00:46:45,758 --> 00:46:49,241 but I need it now. 830 00:47:00,241 --> 00:47:02,793 Some rabbit poo right there. 831 00:47:02,896 --> 00:47:05,034 Now I know they're coming through here. 832 00:47:05,137 --> 00:47:07,620 This is my pole. 833 00:47:07,724 --> 00:47:10,793 I'll make a rabbit snare. 834 00:47:14,172 --> 00:47:18,172 Oh, suck the brains out of the rabbit head. 835 00:47:18,172 --> 00:47:19,793 Looking forward to it. 836 00:47:21,206 --> 00:47:24,482 Since I lost that fish, I lost my focus. 837 00:47:24,482 --> 00:47:26,862 There's just too many thoughts coming at me at one time. 838 00:47:26,862 --> 00:47:28,551 I got to be doing this. I got to be doing that. 839 00:47:28,655 --> 00:47:30,827 And I want to slow down and try to get my focus, 840 00:47:30,827 --> 00:47:32,137 but it's hard to do. 841 00:47:32,241 --> 00:47:35,137 I need some food. 842 00:47:35,137 --> 00:47:37,275 That should do it. 843 00:47:37,275 --> 00:47:38,724 Whew. 844 00:47:40,620 --> 00:47:43,379 I'm just gonna scout around a little bit here. 845 00:47:43,379 --> 00:47:44,793 It's no good to have land if you're not gonna see 846 00:47:44,896 --> 00:47:47,172 what's on it, I guess. 847 00:47:47,172 --> 00:47:49,000 Being from Labrador, I've been hunting 848 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:51,448 and fishing and trapping ever since I was a little kid. 849 00:47:51,551 --> 00:47:54,413 And this land is full of fish and animals. 850 00:47:54,413 --> 00:47:56,827 And so I just got to carry those skills that I acquired 851 00:47:56,827 --> 00:47:58,413 through my lifetime to get through 852 00:47:58,413 --> 00:48:01,793 whatever I got to get through to be successful here. 853 00:48:01,896 --> 00:48:03,724 It's a little swampy area. 854 00:48:03,724 --> 00:48:04,793 Wow. 855 00:48:08,551 --> 00:48:09,758 What a beautiful spot, eh? 856 00:48:09,758 --> 00:48:11,931 Look at this. 857 00:48:11,931 --> 00:48:13,517 We have--what's that? 858 00:48:13,517 --> 00:48:15,448 It's like smelt or something. Look at that. 859 00:48:15,551 --> 00:48:18,586 Find a stick. 860 00:48:27,965 --> 00:48:29,862 Look at that. 861 00:48:29,862 --> 00:48:31,862 Whew. 862 00:48:31,862 --> 00:48:34,517 Look at this. Another one there. 863 00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:36,965 Come on. 864 00:48:37,068 --> 00:48:39,275 Yeah, so we've got these two with the shock waves, 865 00:48:39,275 --> 00:48:42,758 you know, just a stick and you hit the water. 866 00:48:42,862 --> 00:48:45,724 Yeah. So... 867 00:48:45,724 --> 00:48:49,000 I wonder, should I get another two or three? 868 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,413 I grew up and survived in a tough environment. 869 00:48:51,517 --> 00:48:53,586 But when it was tough, everyone pulled together 870 00:48:53,689 --> 00:48:55,551 and built strong communities 871 00:48:55,551 --> 00:48:57,862 so we all could survive together. 872 00:48:59,793 --> 00:49:02,137 Oh, I see some. 873 00:49:12,310 --> 00:49:15,793 Whoo-hoo! Another one. 874 00:49:15,896 --> 00:49:17,413 Yes. 875 00:49:17,517 --> 00:49:19,793 Down here's one. 876 00:49:21,586 --> 00:49:22,793 There you go. 877 00:49:22,793 --> 00:49:25,517 Look at that. Five. 878 00:49:25,517 --> 00:49:27,827 That's all I want. 879 00:49:27,827 --> 00:49:29,034 Reminds me of when I was a little kid 880 00:49:29,034 --> 00:49:33,000 catching trout in Beaver Pond. 881 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:34,931 Sometimes they'd be a bit small 882 00:49:35,034 --> 00:49:38,620 and I'd bring them home. 883 00:49:38,620 --> 00:49:40,103 And if I only had a couple, Grandma would 884 00:49:40,206 --> 00:49:41,793 clean them and freeze them. 885 00:49:41,896 --> 00:49:45,241 And when I'd get enough, she'd take them and fry them for me. 886 00:49:45,241 --> 00:49:46,724 Isn't that awesome? 887 00:49:46,827 --> 00:49:48,379 That's fantastic. 888 00:49:48,482 --> 00:49:49,724 I'm gonna just take those fish, 889 00:49:49,724 --> 00:49:51,448 light a little fire, and roast them. 890 00:49:51,448 --> 00:49:53,034 That's a good meal. 891 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,689 Let's do my morning smudge. 892 00:50:12,793 --> 00:50:14,413 Cleanse my hair. 893 00:50:18,413 --> 00:50:22,862 Cleanse my hair so that I live close to the spirit. 894 00:50:22,862 --> 00:50:27,862 Bless this land so that it provides for me. 895 00:50:27,862 --> 00:50:29,758 All of these prayers, 896 00:50:29,758 --> 00:50:34,793 may the smoke carry them to the Creator. 897 00:50:34,896 --> 00:50:38,724 Sounds like I can hear wolves howling. 898 00:50:38,724 --> 00:50:40,379 Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's wolves howling 899 00:50:40,379 --> 00:50:42,517 in the distance over there. 900 00:50:45,344 --> 00:50:46,827 Look at that nice day. 901 00:50:49,793 --> 00:50:51,275 OK. Day four. 902 00:50:51,379 --> 00:50:53,827 I'm walking to check my fish net. 903 00:50:53,827 --> 00:50:56,206 Got everything I need with me. 904 00:50:56,206 --> 00:51:00,034 Maybe I'll have something in my net. 905 00:51:00,034 --> 00:51:01,206 That'll be the best. 906 00:51:05,310 --> 00:51:07,137 No new ducks. 907 00:51:07,137 --> 00:51:09,310 Darn it. 908 00:51:16,827 --> 00:51:19,275 Please, please, please, please, please. 909 00:51:27,275 --> 00:51:30,241 That's not good. 910 00:51:33,551 --> 00:51:36,000 Maybe I just move it over a few feet. 911 00:51:36,103 --> 00:51:38,379 Honestly, it looks a bit deeper. 912 00:51:38,482 --> 00:51:40,413 Let's try it out. 913 00:51:40,517 --> 00:51:44,551 I'm not used to fishing on small rivers. 914 00:51:44,551 --> 00:51:46,793 Usually I'm fishing on my big river 915 00:51:46,793 --> 00:51:49,551 and there's like an eddy and a fast-flowing water. 916 00:51:49,551 --> 00:51:51,034 And you find that eddy, 917 00:51:51,034 --> 00:51:53,517 and that's a really good place to set a fish net. 918 00:51:53,517 --> 00:51:55,586 OK, moving the fish net 919 00:51:55,586 --> 00:51:59,655 is physically demanding. 920 00:51:59,655 --> 00:52:01,448 But I just got to keep observing 921 00:52:01,448 --> 00:52:04,344 and keep moving it around until I find a good spot. 922 00:52:06,068 --> 00:52:08,137 OK. Slightly deeper. 923 00:52:08,137 --> 00:52:11,000 Needs to be on shore a little bit. 924 00:52:11,103 --> 00:52:12,103 We'll see. 925 00:52:18,586 --> 00:52:20,517 Fresh tracks. 926 00:52:22,448 --> 00:52:24,000 Wolf. 927 00:52:26,862 --> 00:52:28,965 What the heck? 928 00:52:28,965 --> 00:52:32,034 Something was killed here? 929 00:52:37,034 --> 00:52:40,034 Look at this, guys. 930 00:52:40,034 --> 00:52:42,482 It's a squirrel. 931 00:52:45,482 --> 00:52:48,724 Somebody left me a kidney. 932 00:52:48,724 --> 00:52:51,793 It smells fresh. 933 00:52:51,896 --> 00:52:54,344 This was not here yesterday. 934 00:52:57,379 --> 00:52:59,655 Hm, well, I feel like I should eat that. 935 00:53:01,482 --> 00:53:04,896 I've been dreaming about protein. 936 00:53:04,896 --> 00:53:06,551 Let's make a fire. 937 00:53:06,655 --> 00:53:08,689 And it's something that I really need right now. 938 00:53:10,137 --> 00:53:12,862 I hear the wolves howling again. 939 00:53:12,862 --> 00:53:14,931 Can you hear that? 940 00:53:14,931 --> 00:53:17,586 And it's so perfect and clean and fresh. 941 00:53:17,586 --> 00:53:20,379 I've never had roasted kidney before, 942 00:53:20,379 --> 00:53:22,379 but I'm willing to try it right now. 943 00:53:22,379 --> 00:53:24,827 It feels like it's a gift. 944 00:53:24,931 --> 00:53:26,793 Thank you to the wolves. 945 00:53:26,793 --> 00:53:28,448 Like I'm meant to be here. 946 00:53:40,068 --> 00:53:41,482 Oh, wow. 947 00:53:41,482 --> 00:53:44,068 It's so tasty. 948 00:54:03,827 --> 00:54:06,620 All right, today I'm gonna go exploring. 949 00:54:08,068 --> 00:54:10,758 Get some food... 950 00:54:12,620 --> 00:54:15,931 Instead of spending... 951 00:54:16,034 --> 00:54:19,137 a week trying to get my shelter done. 952 00:54:19,137 --> 00:54:22,896 Draw it out a little bit. 953 00:54:22,896 --> 00:54:25,758 Move down there slowly. 954 00:54:29,344 --> 00:54:33,241 Coming in this, my game plan was throw up a tarp, 955 00:54:33,344 --> 00:54:35,758 do an easy shelter for the first week or so, 956 00:54:35,758 --> 00:54:37,689 and then get to fishing and hunting, 957 00:54:37,793 --> 00:54:39,620 just worry about food. 958 00:54:39,620 --> 00:54:42,241 But it's a little terrifying being out here 959 00:54:42,241 --> 00:54:44,310 just exposed, especially whenever 960 00:54:44,413 --> 00:54:46,310 there's grizzlies walking around. 961 00:54:46,413 --> 00:54:48,551 All that's been on my mind for the last three days 962 00:54:48,655 --> 00:54:52,241 is safe shelter, safe shelter, safe shelter. 963 00:54:52,241 --> 00:54:54,172 But hell, now I'm hungry. 964 00:54:54,275 --> 00:54:56,206 I have to get some food. 965 00:55:00,068 --> 00:55:02,172 It's just so dadgum thick. 966 00:55:02,172 --> 00:55:04,862 Hopefully it opens up. 967 00:55:07,379 --> 00:55:12,000 I'm literally, like, scooting around on my butt, my knees, 968 00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:14,241 pushing my way through here. 969 00:55:18,448 --> 00:55:23,034 There is no walking through this stuff stealthily. 970 00:55:25,931 --> 00:55:27,448 There's moose poop. 971 00:55:29,137 --> 00:55:31,413 My wife hates this part. 972 00:55:31,517 --> 00:55:34,793 She's like, why do they always touch the poop? 973 00:55:34,793 --> 00:55:38,965 It's because you need to see how fresh it is. 974 00:55:38,965 --> 00:55:40,620 That's pretty dry. 975 00:55:42,586 --> 00:55:45,482 I'm trying to just figure out my prey. 976 00:55:45,586 --> 00:55:48,034 I'm trying to figure out what I'm hunting. 977 00:55:48,034 --> 00:55:50,689 And there's squirrels around, rabbits as well. 978 00:55:50,689 --> 00:55:52,620 But I'm looking for big game here. 979 00:55:52,620 --> 00:55:53,793 I'm looking for the moose. 980 00:55:55,827 --> 00:55:57,482 Also bear track. 981 00:55:57,482 --> 00:55:58,965 Holy crap. 982 00:55:59,068 --> 00:56:01,034 That's a bear. 983 00:56:01,137 --> 00:56:02,724 Grizzly. 984 00:56:10,034 --> 00:56:11,896 Bear sign all through here. 985 00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:13,827 Big bear. 986 00:56:15,241 --> 00:56:17,068 Every step is difficult, 987 00:56:17,068 --> 00:56:19,517 and you can't see five feet into the thicket. 988 00:56:19,620 --> 00:56:21,275 There's so many bushes and trees. 989 00:56:21,275 --> 00:56:22,689 And you wouldn't know if a grizzly 990 00:56:22,793 --> 00:56:24,172 was 10 feet away from you. 991 00:56:24,275 --> 00:56:25,896 It's just so thick. 992 00:56:25,896 --> 00:56:31,275 Do I push on, or do I just turn back? 993 00:56:31,275 --> 00:56:34,310 I don't know. My stubbornness says keep on going. 994 00:56:36,137 --> 00:56:38,586 I really want to see the rest of my land, 995 00:56:38,586 --> 00:56:41,965 but this way is just god awful. 996 00:57:07,172 --> 00:57:10,206 Arrow in the leg. 997 00:57:14,724 --> 00:57:16,931 It slipped out of my quiver 998 00:57:16,931 --> 00:57:18,275 and I just stepped right into it 999 00:57:18,379 --> 00:57:21,758 and went right at the bend of my leg. 1000 00:57:23,379 --> 00:57:25,068 Man. 1001 00:57:29,172 --> 00:57:30,965 OK. 1002 00:57:31,068 --> 00:57:33,137 Think. 1003 00:57:44,379 --> 00:57:46,000 Can't believe this. 1004 00:57:46,103 --> 00:57:48,275 Can't freaking believe it. 1005 00:57:50,344 --> 00:57:52,793 This is bad. 1006 00:58:19,689 --> 00:58:24,206 I'm just so pissed, so dadgum pissed. 1007 00:58:25,448 --> 00:58:28,241 And in a lot of freaking pain. 1008 00:58:34,827 --> 00:58:36,000 All this work. 1009 00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:38,724 All this work to get here, 1010 00:58:38,827 --> 00:58:41,034 and this happens. 1011 00:58:59,931 --> 00:59:01,655 It's just pain. 1012 00:59:01,655 --> 00:59:03,793 I don't want to go home. 1013 00:59:08,655 --> 00:59:11,241 I'm gonna get back to my camp. 1014 00:59:20,517 --> 00:59:22,931 How am I gonna do this? 1015 00:59:28,620 --> 00:59:31,241 Getting a little lightheaded. 1016 00:59:39,241 --> 00:59:42,206 I'm gonna turn you off for now so I can walk. 1017 00:59:46,931 --> 00:59:52,793 I keep on trying to talk myself in my head to stay in. 1018 00:59:59,724 --> 01:00:03,172 It's still bleeding. 1019 01:00:03,172 --> 01:00:06,206 It went a good, oh, 4 inches in. 1020 01:00:06,206 --> 01:00:07,931 Oh, [bleep]. 1021 01:00:07,931 --> 01:00:12,689 I can't--I can't deal with this out here. 1022 01:00:12,793 --> 01:00:15,413 Gonna need stitches. 1023 01:00:18,034 --> 01:00:20,827 Oh, man, that hurts. 1024 01:00:27,620 --> 01:00:30,275 Really? 1025 01:00:36,344 --> 01:00:39,344 There's no way I can stay. 1026 01:00:46,724 --> 01:00:48,827 Four days. 1027 01:00:48,931 --> 01:00:51,137 That's it. 1028 01:01:01,344 --> 01:01:02,931 Hey, it's Cubby. 1029 01:01:02,931 --> 01:01:07,206 I got an arrow in my leg, and so, 1030 01:01:07,310 --> 01:01:09,586 I guess I'm officially tapping out. 1031 01:01:21,379 --> 01:01:23,551 That's the culprit. 1032 01:01:34,103 --> 01:01:35,724 Just gonna take a quick look at it, 1033 01:01:35,827 --> 01:01:36,862 see what we're dealing with. 1034 01:01:36,862 --> 01:01:38,482 Feeling any other secondary symptoms? 1035 01:01:38,482 --> 01:01:39,965 - Dizziness. - OK. 1036 01:01:40,068 --> 01:01:41,724 It looks like at least a couple inches. 1037 01:01:41,724 --> 01:01:44,482 We're taking you into the hospital. 1038 01:01:48,344 --> 01:01:51,586 The realization that my chance of winning this is over 1039 01:01:51,586 --> 01:01:54,827 is absolutely devastating. 1040 01:01:54,827 --> 01:01:57,344 There's so much more that I wanted to do. 1041 01:01:57,344 --> 01:01:59,310 There's so much I wanted to learn. 1042 01:01:59,413 --> 01:02:01,724 And I had a lot riding on this. 1043 01:02:01,724 --> 01:02:04,551 This was the chance to provide me and my family 1044 01:02:04,551 --> 01:02:07,896 with peace and stability financially. 1045 01:02:07,896 --> 01:02:10,344 And it's gone in a moment. 1046 01:02:10,344 --> 01:02:12,793 My chances for that are over. 1047 01:02:12,896 --> 01:02:15,586 But bad things happen in life. 1048 01:02:15,689 --> 01:02:16,965 Accidents happen. 1049 01:02:16,965 --> 01:02:18,827 That's a heaviness that you should feel, 1050 01:02:18,827 --> 01:02:22,034 because it teaches you how important life is. 1051 01:02:22,137 --> 01:02:24,862 I'm just gonna pick myself up and get back to work. 1052 01:02:24,965 --> 01:02:26,068 That's all I can do. 1053 01:02:30,448 --> 01:02:32,310 To walk out of here with 500 grand, 1054 01:02:32,413 --> 01:02:34,896 it's gonna be bar none the hardest thing I've ever done. 1055 01:02:34,896 --> 01:02:36,931 Life is exciting when you live like this. 1056 01:02:37,034 --> 01:02:38,965 - Ah, [bleep]! 1057 01:02:39,068 --> 01:02:41,931 Lot of fear of where the next real meal is gonna come from. 1058 01:02:42,034 --> 01:02:44,413 Oh, this is the biggest pike I've ever seen. 1059 01:02:44,517 --> 01:02:46,862 There's a beaver in the snare, but he's still moving. 1060 01:02:46,862 --> 01:02:48,000 How's that? 1061 01:02:48,103 --> 01:02:50,034 No, no, no, no. . 1062 01:02:50,137 --> 01:02:52,379 You have every possible land mammal around you 1063 01:02:52,379 --> 01:02:53,724 wanting to eat your face off. 1064 01:02:53,724 --> 01:02:55,379 Sassy! My white fish. 1065 01:02:55,379 --> 01:02:57,137 Bear spray handy. 1066 01:02:57,137 --> 01:02:58,551 Give him the old... 1067 01:03:00,586 --> 01:03:02,620 That wolf is directly downwind of me. 1068 01:03:02,620 --> 01:03:04,482 I think I am food right now. 1069 01:03:04,482 --> 01:03:05,758 Still running high on adrenaline, 1070 01:03:05,862 --> 01:03:06,758 and just so you know, 1071 01:03:06,862 --> 01:03:08,724 I cry with adrenaline. Whew! 1072 01:03:08,724 --> 01:03:11,310 You feel it. 1073 01:03:11,310 --> 01:03:13,827 - You feel the wilderness. 1074 01:03:13,931 --> 01:03:15,931 And it gets inside you. 1075 01:03:15,931 --> 01:03:19,344 Everything will be a bigger struggle with the cold, 1076 01:03:19,344 --> 01:03:22,724 with the snow, with the wind, with the dark. 1077 01:03:22,724 --> 01:03:24,758 Temperatures of minus 50 degrees. 1078 01:03:24,758 --> 01:03:28,724 Pain is very real, and life is very painful. 1079 01:03:31,379 --> 01:03:33,310 The hunger and the silence 1080 01:03:33,413 --> 01:03:34,793 makes you think all kinds of things. 1081 01:03:34,793 --> 01:03:37,241 Something goes wrong in this cold of weather, 1082 01:03:37,241 --> 01:03:38,689 you just die. 1083 01:03:38,793 --> 01:03:41,862 No one around to hear me... 1084 01:03:41,862 --> 01:03:44,206 except God and the wilderness.