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For the first time ever on Alone, ten past participants return.

They've come back with one goal.

Redemption. I deserve to be here, and I'm back.

I want to win more this time than I did last time.

Now a fresh hell awaits.

The cold is an incredibly strong punch in the face.

In the punishing wilderness of Mongolia. We're in the middle of nowhere. Mongolia

is a very unforgiving land.

They must survive in complete isolation, enduring as long as they can. I'm just

going to push and push and push until there's nothing left.

The last one standing wins.

I'm not sure what to do.

It's in really deep.

This is going to be the toughest season of Alone ever.

Northern Mongolia, we're about to be plunged into the most insane weather in

the world. We're dealing with temperatures of negative 20 degrees

Fahrenheit as a high on a regular basis. It's going to be very harsh.

Mongolia is so unlike any place I've ever been before. I feel so small here.

Anything could take anyone out at any time.

There's grizzly bears, there's wolves, there's pit vipers. There's so many

potential dangers of this environment.

Welcome everybody to my own personal apocalypse.

All ten of us have done this before.

There's some seriously skilled competition.

They've already tasted it and want redemption.

Get to do it all over again. I'm feeling all sorts of weird stuff right now. The

bar is definitely raised. This season is bringing some of the most skilled and...

and talented people in this field together.

We're gonna be out there for a long time.

I'm back.

Oh, my goodness. What have I gotten myself into once again?

This place is insanely remote.

This is treacherous, treacherous territory.

It looks like Vancouver Island had a baby with Patagonia while Colorado was

watching.

First thing I'm going to do is scout out the area just to give it a look.

The sheer remoteness of this area combined with the wildlife and the

extreme temperatures makes this by far the most intense and extreme and really

dangerous location.

For today, my big thing is I don't want to expend any unnecessary calories. All

I want to do is set up a little temporary shelter, get a fire, stay

warm, stay dry, and get my head in gear.

So I found a dead forked birch. I think I'm going to try to base a shelter off

of this.

I am the only person here from season one.

It's a little bit intimidating having to represent a whole season all on your

own, but I'm really excited to take on another really, really tough challenge.

Yeah!

I feel like a mosquito in a nudist colony.

So much work to do.

What took me out of season one was kind of threefold. My wife was pregnant, and

that took an incredible emotional toll on me.

Combined with the weather, which was horrible.

At this point, I just want to go home.

Beyond that, I think I had an unwillingness to conform to what the

natural world had in store. And when you try to push your agenda on Mother

Nature, you're going to lose.

And I lost.

Alaska. How old are you?

Two. Last time when I was going to go on a loan, I had a pregnant wife.

This time is much, much different, right, Sydney?

Nope, not different.

My wife actually had our second child 13 days ago.

Oh, that's so nice.

We have an incredible family that has been enormously supportive of this.

My wife just said, take care of business, and we'll be back in Nebraska

whenever you're ready.

After season one, I went back to my cubicle, got really depressed, got out

of that job and started becoming an outdoor writer as well as a teacher

naturalist and an independent guide.

It was a rough transition while still trying to provide for my family.

So having a second chance to win the half a million dollars is really

awesome. Whew.

That's a little bit difficult.

When you open your pack and the first thing you see is a picture of your

family.

On day one, that's real difficult.

I can see the potential in this type of a situation for those inner demons to

come out and to say, you did this once, why are you doing it again?

You know how much it hurts when the days get long.

Oh, that's a...

Took me a long

time to get this emotional last time, but...

This

is gonna be a hard season for me to get through it, but...

Just because I'm a little bit harder doesn't

mean I'm going to leave early or give up easy.

This is a different go-around for me. I know how hard I'm going to need to push.

I know the pain it takes to get just 55 days out here.

And I'm not out here just to play around in the woods this time. My wife relies

on me.

I've got two kids at home.

They deserve a dad who can provide for them.

There's a good piece of birch bark over here.

I've landed, but I haven't really landed yet.

It's cold and rainy right now.

I just don't see a lot of shelter other than climbing up those huge cliffs over

there, which is not the best idea.

So, first impression of this land is it's very barren, and I'm wondering

where my trees are.

It's going to be kind of hard to build a shelter and get firewood with the lack

of trees in this environment.

I'm a little concerned about that.

But you know what? I'm going to make the most of it.

I'd just like to say, hello, Mongolia.

I'm here.

This is a tough site.

The temperature's dropping. So I'm going to go find somewhere to put up a shelter

for the night.

There's a stand up there that I like, but it's pretty far down. And if I'm in

a cold sink in this environment, it's going to be wicked cold really fast.

This is going to be challenging.

Let's see if I can do it.

Definitely going to be a challenging one this season.

Getting a second chance is especially nice for me because I do feel like I

haven't finished business.

That's dinner, lunch, breakfast.

On day 56, I felt this pull from my kids.

Today is my youngest son's eighth birthday.

As a mother, that was a call that I had to answer. There was no other way about

it. I need to get home to my kids. I know they need me. I just feel it in my

gut, you know?

And to be honest, when I got home, I had made the right decision. They really

needed me.

To have this opportunity again. They were like, all right, Mom, go for it. We

want you to go out and stay as long as you can.

Being out on Vancouver Island, I didn't really get to figure out what my limits

were. Getting a second chance to be alone in Mongolia and really test my

skills is so fantastic.

It's really going to make myself see what I'm made of.

All right, so I found a place that I cleared out where I'm going to put my

shelter for tonight.

It's going to be really simple.

I'm going to go cut a ridge pole right now.

All right, pit vipers, let's not be in here, huh?

All right, it's all out of the way.

The predators are definitely a concern.

The pit viper here is something not to trifle with.

they blend into the grass and if you step on them they're going to bite you

defensively timber but i'm really concerned about the bear activity here

there's the asian black bear which is supposed to be very very aggressive

there's grizzlies and the grizzly bears here are huge they're thousand pound

bears if a grizzly comes into your camp not only might you lose your entire

shelter your food and your entire camp but you might lose your life

All right, I think I'm going to be cozy.

Snug as a bug in a rug tonight.

Start digging this out for my fire.

It's beautiful.

I've been working so hard today, I haven't taken the time to sit back and

enjoy the beauty.

Oh, it's beautiful here.

I hear the deer up there.

I was going to snare a deer, but it's illegal.

You can only bow hunt them.

I see them up on the ridge.

Oh, that's not a deer.

What is that?

It's not a bear.

In Mongolia, when you're hunting, just know that something else is hunting you.

That used to be alive.

I still see a little blood on it. Big snake, guys.

I'm going to grab that stick, and I'm going to smack him. Be real careful,

Sam. Got one.

Yay, biggest fish.

That's not a deer.

What is that?

It's huge.

It's not a bear.

It's gone.

I hope so.

The vastness of this place is actually overwhelming.

There are these aggressive black bears. There are grizzlies out here. There are

wolves. When you're by yourself, it's really hard to not let fear get a hold

of you.

Please stay away from my camp, whatever you are.

Please stay away from my camp.

I'm here in peace.

I'd love for you to stay over there.

I will stay over here.

I think that's fair.

Caught my first grasshopper.

Collect enough of them, I can put them on a stick, roast them over my fire

tonight.

Just gotta figure out which pocket to put it in to keep it from hopping away

like it just did.

Or I can use it for fish bait, which might actually be the better bet.

I know from last time that I don't want to pass up any food source.

Physically, my biggest challenge was getting enough food to eat.

You know, I was only able to catch six fish.

I never hit my mental, spiritual, and emotional wall.

And I didn't think I was quite at my physical wall yet, but knew I was close.

Getting pulled from season three is probably the most heart-wrenching thing

that's ever happened in my life.

We're going to have to extract you for medical reasons.

Okay.

Here in Mongolia, I'm going at it in a more aggressive mindset than I had in

Patagonia. I was able to put on about 25 pounds.

I will definitely be trying fishing again. I've tried to learn some new

techniques, and then I'm bringing a bow and arrow to help try to get some

mammals as well.

I want to stay in the game as long as I possibly can.

I've got a whole lot of grasshoppers.

Here's to fishing.

Wish me luck.

Fishing isn't my strong suit.

I've done a little bit in life, but not a lot.

From season three, I learned how important it is to get food procured

from the very beginning and how challenging that can be.

Knowing how hard it was to go 86 days, I still want that experience.

And I want to win more this time than I did last time.

And I think that desire will help pull me through the hard times.

First fish!

Yes! Oh, wiggly guy.

I'm so thankful for this fish.

My first one.

So I read we keep fishing because they're often in a school of fish.

Yes!

Second fish, bigger than the first one.

Another one.

Three fish for today.

In Patagonia, after 86 days, I had only caught six fish.

And so starting off with three fish, I feel like I can do this. I'll be able to

make it.

One of the best dishes you can get in remote Mongolia.

A wonderful meal of fresh codfish served over a bed of wild greens.

The perfect bedtime snack.

Mmm.

Thank you, fish.

It's a beautiful, clear night.

Goodnight, Mongolia.

Something is over there.

What if it charges me?

Sleep with my bow close.

I hope I can get some sleep.

It's a big canine paw print.

With the wolf, you see one of them, you probably have six or seven behind you.

I'm not sure what to do.

It's in really deep.

So you can see I just woke up with my Jamie's so company in my Jamie's

Try to start every morning with a stretch and stay limber

Make sure you don't pull muscle and you're out for a few days When you're by

yourself, you can't be out for a few days.

This is the only thing you're the only person who relied on

So today, I'm going to start setting up a permanent shelter.

Winter is around the corner.

This place gets down to negative 40 degrees.

Your dreams freeze at that temperature.

I have to be prepared for it.

That's how you do it.

You can survive some of the other seasons with less food because you don't

have to stay as warm. Here, if you don't get food, if you don't get calories,

you're going to freeze to death.

Man, that's heavy.

I don't think this season's redemption for me.

Last season, I didn't even make it a week.

This is really just my first chance to actually do what I want to do, do what

all the other seasons have done.

And it's going to be different this time because I don't have to hike. I don't

have to march through the forest.

In Vancouver Island, I was the hiker.

Barely see where my feet are going.

And I had to find my brother Shannon.

He was the camper, and while he was setting up camp, he just didn't notice a

log on the shore slip.

I hurt his back and had to be pulled for a herniated disc.

What happened?

Stayed in a pretty severe back injury. We had to extract him. And

unfortunately, we have to extract you now as well.

When I got home, I just started really building my life in Maine again. Just

doing what I usually do. You know, I like to go out and hike. I like going

out camping.

What's appealing about getting that second chance?

It's about getting my actual first chance to set up my life in the woods.

Two more.

Last time, I overexerted myself initially.

Shannon told me prior to coming out here that I got to make myself a turtle.

Be a turtle and go slow and purposefully. I don't have to rush to do

anything unless I'm being chased.

So I didn't get as much as I wanted done today.

I'm exhausted.

I'm a little worried about the shelter just because...

i think it's going to burn a lot of calories so tomorrow i'm going to wrap

it up or wrap as much as possible up see what i can get done

oh damn there's a big

canine paw print very easily a wolf

i'm worried about wolves with the wolf you see one of them you probably

have six or seven behind you because they're intelligent creatures that when

it comes down to it they will take down a human what i do know is

that used to be alive still see a little blood on it

found its other piece about 100 meters that way it means there's something out

there eating these guys in mongolia when you're hunting anything in the woods

just know that something else is hunting you

Hear wolves and they sound close I'm still in my skivvies, but I'm

thinking about going over trying to get a Look at him trying to get a peek

Looking for wolves

It's insane.

I'm going to move to my permanent shelter that's near the river now.

There's a lot of food that normally grows right near the river.

It's a little bit of effort, but I think it'll be worth it in the end.

As I'm walking through this tall grass, one of the things I'm looking for is the

Asian viper.

It's very venomous.

Actually, it is lethal, and unfortunately, Mongolia does not have

the anti-venom for it.

You'd have to go to Beijing in order to get antivenom.

That's a heck of a plane ride.

All right, guys, check this out.

There's two tubular stalks coming out.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

Wild onion.

Oh, and they're honkers.

Woo!

Two of them. This is going to be so good for dinner.

I've never been so excited about onions before.

It's kind of funny, but...

I love them. All right.

Backing this in the pocket.

Oh, my.

Big snake, guys.

There's one right there slithering through the grass.

I'm going to grab that stick and I'm going to smack him.

I have to say this goes against my better judgment.

But that's a lot of meat.

Be real careful, Sam.

Come on, come on, you can do it.

Right there's a big snake, guys.

Be real careful, Sam.

He disappeared into the grass somewhere.

I'm going to say this one got away.

But now that I know there's like a big snake in here, I'm going after him.

Because I'm a hungry guy.

And venomous Asian viper apparently is on the menu.

Call this my sand larvae separator right here between my hands.

Works very well.

I think I'm going to market it. It'll be a huge hit.

Come get Nicole's Mongolian ant separator.

Oh, yeah. It'll be a huge hit.

Huge hit.

It's ant larvae cooked up. Really good source of protein.

Oh, this one's a great one.

I want to get the larvae as quickly as possible before the ants start bringing

it down into their nest.

It's maybe gross to some, but it's food.

And when you're out in survival mode, you eat whatever you can.

It's important to get to a sentence.

So right now I've got grasshoppers, got some ant larvae.

Oh, and over here I have some wild rhubarb.

Oh, it's going to be a good dinner.

There's more of this around. I'm going to collect it.

So I'll have some plants to eat with dinner.

For me, health-wise, plants are so important.

You know, I have multiple sclerosis, and I was incredibly ill for three years.

Cane, wheelchair, often bedridden for a good portion of that.

I revamped my life.

I started my herbal regime.

I changed my diet. I changed my lifestyle.

Everything shifted for me, and I got healthy.

And so I felt great when I was on Vancouver Island. I have never felt

healthier.

Gathering herbal medicine and supplements is something that I have to

do on a daily basis in order to make sure that I stay healthy.

Yummy. Go plants.

I am going to have a smorgasbord tonight.

I've got so many thoughts swirling through my head.

Just trying to plan everything out, you know?

Figure everything out in my head, and I can't. I've just got to do one thing at

a time and see what happens after that.

To try to maximize my fishing ability, there's a couple of overhanging trees

and logs, so I'm going to hang some line and hooks off of those in hopes that

fish coming by, whenever they do, will take a hold of the bait and bite and

hopefully swallow and get hooked.

It's in some ways unsettling not to be focusing 100% on my shelter right now,

but I caught three fish the first night, and it... makes me excited and confident

in the resources available of this location.

And so I'm really thankful that this stretch of river I'm on looks like it's

pretty well stocked with fish.

My drive to win this time is stronger than it was before.

I want to win it. I want to win it so that I can help my family out to have a

better life.

Here, should I keep going?

Another one.

I'm starting to think that I'm going to need to make a smoker soon and start

smoking fish if I'm able to continue catching so many.

The biggest fish yet.

Yay, biggest fish.

It's in really deep.

Biggest fish.

That went in my skin all the way and I lost the fish.

What do I do?

I want to go in deeper.

what to do.

It's in really deep.

I wish I could rewind time right now and not do that.

I

don't

think I can survive out here 86 days with a hook in my hand.

If I can get this out, I need some plantain for it.

And I saw some plantain over there.

I'll need some yarrow too in case it's bleeding when it comes out.

There's yarrow.

The yarrow is a coagulant. It will stop the bleeding from an injury.

This here is plantain. I'm gonna do with this picket, chew it up, and put it

around here in hopes that it'll help pull out the hook.

Logically, I don't think it will, but I hope so.

Plantain helps draws things out.

At the very least, it'll help draw out any fishy goo that's on the hooks.

for now.

I don't feel like it's safe to leave it in indefinitely.

I don't want to damage my hand long term either.

I think the sooner it comes out, the better.

Being here in Mongolia, having a second chance let alone having to come to terms

with the hook in my hand on day four is just unbelievable considering I

made it 86 days and I never tapped out.

I want to stay, and I want to win.

I'm almost thinking as to try to pull it through.

It's really stuck.

Might be.

on my thumb tendon because when i move my thumb it pulls the hook and if that's

the case i don't think i can pull the hook through because with that barb it's

not coming out backwards in hospitals they cut the eye off if i had a multi

-tool i could just snip it but i don't the more difficult is

it's my right hand which is my dominant hand

I want to be able to stay.

I just keep thinking if only I'd stopped fishing.

I've got to get this out.

If I could get it to poke through, I think I'd be on the home front.

It's just a super awkward place to have a hook.

I'm going to see if I can lash the knife to the back of my hand to keep it in

place.

I just made it worse.

I can't think of anything else to try.

I don't want to have to call.

I want to be able to.

I can't. It just grabs, and I can't pull it any farther.

I don't know what else to do.

My stomach just feels sick that I'm doing this.

This is Carly.

So, I don't want to, but I feel like I have to tap out to get some help.

What's going on?

I got...

a hook in my hand yesterday afternoon while fishing and it's crazy because

it's not like a life-threatening serious injury but it's enough that i don't feel

like i can stay out here safely without potential damage to my hand

just

like blindsided by this i never in a million years thought that a fish hook

would be why i would have to leave

Most disappointed in not really being able to test myself out here yet and not

feeling like I'd become part of the landscape.

I hadn't yet made this place my home.

I was in Patagonia for 86 days.

I have so much sadness and grief and disappointment and frustration that I

wasn't able to stay longer.

I want to prove that I can do it alone this time. I've been trying to drain the

infection. Oh, yes.

I'm not yet sure if it's poisonous.

Every calorie counts out here.

Smushy, smushy. Mousy selfie.

There's a lot to be afraid of out here.

Wolves, I think.

It's getting closer.

Close. It's going.

You got to just take the weakness and push it down.

Oh, my God. I hate crying on TV.

We have a tap out of her.

If it gets as cold as it's supposed to get here, it's gonna be extremely

challenging. One big snowstorm could end this thing.