1 00:00:11,804 --> 00:00:14,807 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:14,842 --> 00:00:21,538 ♪ 3 00:00:21,573 --> 00:00:23,989 [Dustin] We're just insignificant in this landscape. 4 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:25,922 I didn't come here to get killed. 5 00:00:25,956 --> 00:00:27,165 It's time to go. 6 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:28,925 Houston, this ain't good. 7 00:00:28,959 --> 00:00:30,616 [Alan] Absolutely miserable weather. 8 00:00:30,651 --> 00:00:32,549 I do not like this. 9 00:00:32,584 --> 00:00:34,275 [Mitch] Some bear scat near my camp. 10 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:36,691 That might be the bear's home right there. 11 00:00:36,726 --> 00:00:39,108 I'm not sure, but I don't plan on checking. 12 00:00:39,142 --> 00:00:40,799 Being out here alone for so long, 13 00:00:40,833 --> 00:00:42,318 I can't stop thinking of my wife 14 00:00:42,352 --> 00:00:44,251 or my soon-to-be little boy. 15 00:00:44,285 --> 00:00:46,184 My days here are just numbered. 16 00:00:46,218 --> 00:00:48,117 [Lucas] I have never built a canoe, 17 00:00:48,151 --> 00:00:50,119 so I've got to see if this actually floats. 18 00:00:50,153 --> 00:00:51,361 Oh, my God. 19 00:00:51,396 --> 00:00:52,397 It works. 20 00:00:52,431 --> 00:00:54,399 [Brant] This is gonna be a bitch. 21 00:00:54,433 --> 00:00:56,401 [Chris] We have to film it, and we're totally alone. 22 00:00:56,435 --> 00:00:57,885 [Dustin] Nobody knows what it's like here 23 00:00:57,919 --> 00:00:59,542 except for the ten guys out here doing it. 24 00:00:59,576 --> 00:01:00,681 Time to get shelter. 25 00:01:00,715 --> 00:01:02,062 [Dustin] There's nobody here but me. 26 00:01:02,096 --> 00:01:03,925 [man] This is so hard doing this alone. 27 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,927 [Josh] I'm scared to death right now. 28 00:01:05,962 --> 00:01:07,205 [Alan] I feel like I'm ving. 29 00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:08,482 [wolf howls] 30 00:01:08,516 --> 00:01:09,655 [animal growling] 31 00:01:09,690 --> 00:01:10,760 [man] Pretty sure I just saw a cougar. 32 00:01:10,794 --> 00:01:12,417 [man] Oh, [bleep]. 33 00:01:12,451 --> 00:01:15,454 [man] The last man standing wins $500,000. 34 00:01:15,489 --> 00:01:17,525 I don't want to go home. I want to win. 35 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,286 [man] This is the chance in a lifetime, 36 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:21,978 but it's not worth dying over. 37 00:01:24,877 --> 00:01:32,816 ♪ 38 00:01:36,130 --> 00:01:37,821 [Alan voice-over] "Ah, distinctly I remember 39 00:01:37,856 --> 00:01:39,478 "it was in the bleak December; 40 00:01:39,513 --> 00:01:40,997 "And each separate dying ember 41 00:01:41,031 --> 00:01:43,689 "wrought its ghost upon the floor. 42 00:01:43,724 --> 00:01:46,002 "Eagerly I wished the morrow; 43 00:01:46,036 --> 00:01:48,418 "vainly my surcease of sorrow-- 44 00:01:48,453 --> 00:01:50,765 "sorrow for the rare and radiant maiden 45 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,078 "whom the angels name Lenore-- 46 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:56,046 "Nameless here for evermore. 47 00:01:56,081 --> 00:01:59,119 "And the silken, sad, uncertain 48 00:01:59,153 --> 00:02:01,604 "rustling of each purple curtain 49 00:02:01,638 --> 00:02:04,331 "Thrilled me--filled me with fantastic terrors 50 00:02:04,365 --> 00:02:06,160 "never felt before; 51 00:02:06,195 --> 00:02:08,921 "So that now, to stihe beating, 52 00:02:08,956 --> 00:02:10,578 "I stood repeating 53 00:02:10,613 --> 00:02:12,442 "'Tis some visitor entreating entrance 54 00:02:12,477 --> 00:02:14,030 "at my chamber door. 55 00:02:14,064 --> 00:02:15,997 This it is, and nothing more." 56 00:02:20,588 --> 00:02:23,798 Sometimes things like that just pop up in the mind, don't they? 57 00:02:29,563 --> 00:02:31,806 So... 58 00:02:31,841 --> 00:02:33,360 how you doing? 59 00:02:35,224 --> 00:02:39,400 [ominous music] 60 00:02:39,435 --> 00:02:43,542 [Alan] I have scouted off into the woods here a little bit, 61 00:02:43,577 --> 00:02:45,993 and I have found a place 62 00:02:46,027 --> 00:02:50,446 that I think would make a suitable cooking camp. 63 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,033 There's a space between two rocks 64 00:02:52,068 --> 00:02:54,519 where I put out a gill net. 65 00:02:54,553 --> 00:02:56,969 And that way, if the gill net yields anything, 66 00:02:57,004 --> 00:02:59,179 I'll have a place to take it. 67 00:02:59,213 --> 00:03:03,183 Today is the first day-- I'm kind of feeling, you know-- 68 00:03:03,217 --> 00:03:05,219 I think the difference in my diet-- 69 00:03:05,254 --> 00:03:08,222 no carbs, no sugars, nothing like that. 70 00:03:08,257 --> 00:03:10,742 So I want to, while I've still got some oomph-- 71 00:03:10,776 --> 00:03:12,226 I'm gonna go ahead and do this thing. 72 00:03:12,261 --> 00:03:16,472 ♪ 73 00:03:16,506 --> 00:03:18,508 The reason I've chose this location-- 74 00:03:18,543 --> 00:03:20,545 I don't want it really close to my sleeping camp. 75 00:03:20,579 --> 00:03:23,133 Obviously, don't want any unwanted guests. 76 00:03:23,168 --> 00:03:24,687 But I don't want it too far away either, 77 00:03:24,721 --> 00:03:27,068 because then you're walking yourself to death, 78 00:03:27,103 --> 00:03:30,244 burning up a lot of valuable energy. 79 00:03:30,279 --> 00:03:32,453 This is the beginnings of the kitchen. 80 00:03:32,488 --> 00:03:36,802 I decided to go with a wilderness motif. 81 00:03:36,837 --> 00:03:38,701 There's the pile of roof material-- 82 00:03:38,735 --> 00:03:39,874 some hemlock-- 83 00:03:39,909 --> 00:03:41,635 and I'm gonna make the roof 84 00:03:41,669 --> 00:03:44,258 as I did with my living shelter. 85 00:03:46,260 --> 00:03:47,813 It's starting to rain, 86 00:03:47,848 --> 00:03:49,884 and I've got to hurry if I'm gonna get the thatch on this 87 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:51,403 and get my wood in, 88 00:03:51,438 --> 00:03:53,233 'cause if I have a fish tonight or in the morning, 89 00:03:53,267 --> 00:03:55,269 I won't be able to cook it until this is done. 90 00:03:55,304 --> 00:03:58,755 ♪ 91 00:03:58,790 --> 00:04:01,724 What I'm attempting to do is a shingling effect, 92 00:04:01,758 --> 00:04:03,001 'cause I'm starting at the bottom 93 00:04:03,035 --> 00:04:04,451 and overlapping them as I go up 94 00:04:04,485 --> 00:04:06,246 so the water will run from one to the other, 95 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,662 hopefully keepit dry. 96 00:04:08,696 --> 00:04:10,871 Every time I get in a building project here, 97 00:04:10,905 --> 00:04:12,804 it seems like the weather steps in. 98 00:04:12,838 --> 00:04:15,393 The weather always gets a vote here. 99 00:04:15,427 --> 00:04:16,842 Couldn't have rained at a worse time, 100 00:04:16,877 --> 00:04:18,672 but here it is, so I'm gonna try to crank this out 101 00:04:18,706 --> 00:04:20,156 and get it done quick. 102 00:04:20,190 --> 00:04:22,469 ♪ 103 00:04:22,503 --> 00:04:24,643 You know how you hear the expression all the time, 104 00:04:24,678 --> 00:04:27,163 "Man versus nature." 105 00:04:27,197 --> 00:04:29,924 "Man battling against nature!" 106 00:04:29,959 --> 00:04:33,652 Any man that does that is going to die. 107 00:04:33,687 --> 00:04:36,483 You have got to learn to work with it, 108 00:04:36,517 --> 00:04:38,450 or it will run you over 109 00:04:38,485 --> 00:04:41,764 like a beer truck with no brakes on a downhill slope. 110 00:04:41,798 --> 00:04:43,973 ♪ 111 00:04:44,007 --> 00:04:46,562 Nature doesn't care if you're here or not, 112 00:04:46,596 --> 00:04:48,115 if you're well or not; 113 00:04:48,149 --> 00:04:49,806 it just is. 114 00:04:49,841 --> 00:04:52,084 And you had better understand what it is 115 00:04:52,119 --> 00:04:54,190 and get with the program 116 00:04:54,224 --> 00:04:57,020 or suffer. 117 00:04:57,055 --> 00:04:58,677 I have a pretty steep roof pitch, 118 00:04:58,712 --> 00:05:01,404 because it rains a lot here and I want to shed the water. 119 00:05:04,614 --> 00:05:06,478 So there's my cooking camp-- 120 00:05:06,513 --> 00:05:09,550 kind of a lean-to withit of an awning. 121 00:05:09,585 --> 00:05:11,656 And if there's any fish in the gill net later, 122 00:05:11,690 --> 00:05:13,451 I have a place to come handle it now. 123 00:05:13,485 --> 00:05:15,315 I didn't want to have a fish with nowhere to take it. 124 00:05:15,349 --> 00:05:16,730 You know, I want to be really careful 125 00:05:16,764 --> 00:05:20,389 about how I handle my food in predator country. 126 00:05:20,423 --> 00:05:28,328 ♪ 127 00:05:32,193 --> 00:05:34,782 [Lucas] I had my first successful run in the canoe. 128 00:05:34,817 --> 00:05:36,405 ♪ 129 00:05:36,439 --> 00:05:37,820 It works great. 130 00:05:37,854 --> 00:05:39,339 But the work's not done. 131 00:05:39,373 --> 00:05:42,169 What I need to do now is start to open up the door 132 00:05:42,203 --> 00:05:45,172 on my resources to go from shore fishing and gathering 133 00:05:45,206 --> 00:05:48,037 to being able to go so much further. 134 00:05:48,071 --> 00:05:49,728 So I'm throwing myself together right now. 135 00:05:49,763 --> 00:05:53,042 I'm preparing for a journey-- 136 00:05:53,076 --> 00:05:55,596 scout, to take a look at places 137 00:05:55,631 --> 00:05:58,530 that could be potential resource gathering areas. 138 00:05:58,565 --> 00:06:00,049 ♪ 139 00:06:00,083 --> 00:06:01,809 Greater access to resources-- 140 00:06:01,844 --> 00:06:04,364 that's really what it's all about. 141 00:06:04,398 --> 00:06:05,951 So I'm just gonna take it in stride, 142 00:06:05,986 --> 00:06:08,506 but I can't help but to feel incredibly excited 143 00:06:08,540 --> 00:06:10,887 about what I might see today. 144 00:06:10,922 --> 00:06:13,096 If there's a greater opportunity over there, I'm gonna take it. 145 00:06:13,131 --> 00:06:14,374 If there's more salmon swimming, 146 00:06:14,408 --> 00:06:16,134 if there's more fish in the river, 147 00:06:16,168 --> 00:06:18,792 if there's clam beaches over there--slow-moving protein. 148 00:06:18,826 --> 00:06:21,208 Man, oh, man. I could be soaring. 149 00:06:21,242 --> 00:06:23,383 ♪ 150 00:06:23,417 --> 00:06:25,488 Oh, my gosh, I'm catching a current. 151 00:06:25,523 --> 00:06:28,353 How am I gonna get home? 152 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:32,806 I'm literally just cruising with the current right now. 153 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,602 Oh, my God. 154 00:06:35,636 --> 00:06:36,844 Whoa. 155 00:06:36,879 --> 00:06:38,915 I'm moving. 156 00:06:38,950 --> 00:06:41,573 If there's anything scary, it's just being in a current, 157 00:06:41,608 --> 00:06:44,196 'cause I'm kind of a duck in a pond with this thing; 158 00:06:44,231 --> 00:06:46,198 I'm really not fast or agile. 159 00:06:46,233 --> 00:06:48,097 ♪ 160 00:06:48,131 --> 00:06:49,719 I'm gonna go to this beach first. 161 00:06:49,754 --> 00:06:51,169 ♪ 162 00:06:51,203 --> 00:06:52,446 This is a big shellfish area. 163 00:06:52,481 --> 00:06:54,655 There's signs everywhere. 164 00:06:54,690 --> 00:06:56,243 Whoa, now I'm spinning circles, 165 00:06:56,277 --> 00:06:58,452 'cause I'm in a quick rapid. 166 00:06:58,487 --> 00:07:01,144 ♪ 167 00:07:01,179 --> 00:07:02,939 Oh, man. Dig out of there. 168 00:07:02,974 --> 00:07:06,598 ♪ 169 00:07:06,633 --> 00:07:09,083 Go to the beach. Gothe beach. 170 00:07:09,118 --> 00:07:10,360 Go to the beach. 171 00:07:10,395 --> 00:07:11,845 ♪ 172 00:07:11,879 --> 00:07:14,054 We'll park the canoe and do a little exploration. 173 00:07:16,401 --> 00:07:18,817 I'm in low water right now. 174 00:07:18,852 --> 00:07:20,578 It's only a foot deep. 175 00:07:20,612 --> 00:07:23,477 ♪ 176 00:07:23,512 --> 00:07:24,892 I just landed on a clam beach. 177 00:07:24,927 --> 00:07:26,480 This is a great sign. 178 00:07:26,515 --> 00:07:29,138 Definitely feels like there's a lot of shellfish activity here. 179 00:07:29,172 --> 00:07:30,726 There's mud, it's mucky, 180 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,693 and there's a lot of bubbles going on. 181 00:07:32,728 --> 00:07:33,901 There's a clam right there. 182 00:07:33,936 --> 00:07:35,489 That's where it's been digging, 183 00:07:35,524 --> 00:07:36,697 and it's filling in with water, 184 00:07:36,732 --> 00:07:38,354 so all these bubbles-- 185 00:07:38,388 --> 00:07:39,493 that's huge. 186 00:07:39,528 --> 00:07:40,529 There's food. 187 00:07:40,563 --> 00:07:42,462 Slow-moving food. 188 00:07:42,496 --> 00:07:44,878 [grunts] Ay-yi-yi-yi. 189 00:07:44,912 --> 00:07:51,401 ♪ 190 00:07:51,436 --> 00:07:56,337 I'm just gonna do quick scouts from here. 191 00:07:56,372 --> 00:07:58,063 Oh, yeah. 192 00:07:58,098 --> 00:08:00,825 The water's coming up fast. 193 00:08:00,859 --> 00:08:02,965 Already, where I put my boat, 194 00:08:02,999 --> 00:08:05,312 the water has been moving up. 195 00:08:05,346 --> 00:08:06,382 Check this out. 196 00:08:06,416 --> 00:08:08,764 This water moves fast. Look at it. 197 00:08:08,798 --> 00:08:12,630 You can even see it, just literally coming up. 198 00:08:12,664 --> 00:08:14,252 So I've got to move my boat 199 00:08:14,286 --> 00:08:16,668 even to a better spot than this. 200 00:08:16,703 --> 00:08:18,428 And I got to move fast. 201 00:08:18,463 --> 00:08:20,258 ♪ 202 00:08:20,292 --> 00:08:25,056 Feels like I literally only have seconds to do this. 203 00:08:25,090 --> 00:08:28,128 Already, where I put my boat, there's 3 inches of water. 204 00:08:28,162 --> 00:08:29,681 Welcome to the neighborhood. 205 00:08:29,716 --> 00:08:36,999 ♪ 206 00:08:37,033 --> 00:08:38,414 This is insane. 207 00:08:38,448 --> 00:08:41,210 ♪ 208 00:08:41,244 --> 00:08:45,870 Already, the water's come up, like, 6 inches. 209 00:08:45,904 --> 00:08:47,734 Huge tidal shifts. 210 00:08:47,768 --> 00:08:49,287 ♪ 211 00:08:49,321 --> 00:08:50,806 I've never seen anything like it. 212 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,255 I landed, and as soon as I landed, 213 00:08:52,290 --> 00:08:55,914 this felt like the whole world just started flooding. 214 00:08:55,949 --> 00:08:58,572 ♪ 215 00:08:58,607 --> 00:09:00,091 There's a bunch of currents right now, 216 00:09:00,125 --> 00:09:02,576 so going home isn't really an option. 217 00:09:02,611 --> 00:09:05,337 This would be the time right now to be digging for food. 218 00:09:05,372 --> 00:09:06,753 [shovel scraping] 219 00:09:06,787 --> 00:09:07,823 What I'm gonna to do 220 00:09:07,857 --> 00:09:09,756 is actually dig up clams. 221 00:09:09,790 --> 00:09:10,929 It might look nice to you guys, 222 00:09:10,964 --> 00:09:13,104 but out here, it's bitter cold. 223 00:09:13,138 --> 00:09:14,657 I have the ability to start a fire, 224 00:09:14,692 --> 00:09:15,969 but it's not gonna do me any good, 225 00:09:16,003 --> 00:09:17,695 'cause I came here to work. 226 00:09:17,729 --> 00:09:19,766 There he is. 227 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,216 Right below the surface. In fact, he's got a buddy. 228 00:09:22,251 --> 00:09:28,084 ♪ 229 00:09:28,119 --> 00:09:29,603 So 6 to 8 inches, it looks like, 230 00:09:29,638 --> 00:09:31,398 there underneath the surface. 231 00:09:31,432 --> 00:09:34,125 That might be my biggest one yet. 232 00:09:34,159 --> 00:09:36,886 That's a lot of meat. 233 00:09:36,921 --> 00:09:40,683 I probably have 10 to 15 pounds of shellfish. 234 00:09:40,718 --> 00:09:42,547 I bet I have food for two or three days. 235 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:43,583 This is huge. 236 00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:45,067 This is huge. 237 00:09:45,101 --> 00:09:48,553 I have found a reliable source of protein and calories 238 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:49,796 that's readily available. 239 00:09:49,830 --> 00:09:51,383 ♪ 240 00:09:51,418 --> 00:09:53,213 I'm also very cold and very wet. 241 00:09:53,247 --> 00:09:55,456 I need to go home and warm up. 242 00:09:55,491 --> 00:09:59,150 ♪ 243 00:09:59,184 --> 00:10:00,392 And some funny currents. 244 00:10:00,427 --> 00:10:03,361 They're actually doing circles right now. 245 00:10:03,395 --> 00:10:05,639 ♪ 246 00:10:05,674 --> 00:10:08,193 What happens is that there's a big breeze that comes across, 247 00:10:08,228 --> 00:10:09,643 and a lot of currents. 248 00:10:09,678 --> 00:10:11,714 There's also a river that's pouring into this bay, 249 00:10:11,749 --> 00:10:15,097 so there's constant movement of water towards this area, 250 00:10:15,131 --> 00:10:16,788 and this is super bad, 251 00:10:16,823 --> 00:10:20,620 because some of the channels have such force under the tides, 252 00:10:20,654 --> 00:10:22,552 they create these whirlpools-- 253 00:10:22,587 --> 00:10:25,245 huge, tremendous force and power. 254 00:10:25,279 --> 00:10:26,522 This is [bleep] nuts. 255 00:10:28,386 --> 00:10:30,146 Okay, Lucas, quick. 256 00:10:30,181 --> 00:10:35,876 ♪ 257 00:10:35,911 --> 00:10:38,085 Very quick. 258 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,674 This is definitely scary 259 00:10:40,709 --> 00:10:42,952 and energy-depleting. 260 00:10:42,987 --> 00:10:46,542 I feel like I'm paddling in pudding. 261 00:10:46,576 --> 00:10:48,889 ♪ 262 00:10:48,924 --> 00:10:51,236 I can't make these currents. 263 00:10:51,271 --> 00:10:53,031 It's just too much. 264 00:10:53,066 --> 00:10:54,101 [bleep]. 265 00:10:56,966 --> 00:10:59,935 [dramatic music] 266 00:10:59,969 --> 00:11:07,908 ♪ 267 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:15,813 [Lucas] I just picked 10 to 15 pounds of shellfish. 268 00:11:15,847 --> 00:11:17,124 This is huge. 269 00:11:17,159 --> 00:11:20,714 I have found a reliable source of protein and calories. 270 00:11:20,749 --> 00:11:21,715 I'm very happy. 271 00:11:21,750 --> 00:11:23,890 I'm also very cold and very wet. 272 00:11:23,924 --> 00:11:25,029 I need to go home and warm up, 273 00:11:25,063 --> 00:11:26,340 so that's the next step. 274 00:11:26,375 --> 00:11:28,826 ♪ 275 00:11:28,860 --> 00:11:30,034 This is [bleep] nuts. 276 00:11:30,068 --> 00:11:32,588 This is definitely scary 277 00:11:32,622 --> 00:11:35,004 and energy-depleting. 278 00:11:35,039 --> 00:11:38,421 I feel like I'm paddling in pudding. 279 00:11:38,456 --> 00:11:40,734 ♪ 280 00:11:40,769 --> 00:11:43,150 I can't make these currents. 281 00:11:43,185 --> 00:11:46,636 And so what I'm gonna do is find a place to post up my canoe 282 00:11:46,671 --> 00:11:47,637 on this side of the river 283 00:11:47,672 --> 00:11:49,743 and walk my ass home. 284 00:11:49,778 --> 00:11:51,538 It's just too much. 285 00:11:51,572 --> 00:11:52,850 And I need to call it. 286 00:11:52,884 --> 00:11:54,541 I'm fighting Mother Nature. 287 00:11:54,575 --> 00:11:56,060 I'll have to find a path home, 288 00:11:56,094 --> 00:11:58,372 which is being in new territory I've never been. 289 00:11:58,407 --> 00:12:00,858 ♪ 290 00:12:00,892 --> 00:12:04,378 Now I'm just gonna cruise along this edge 291 00:12:04,413 --> 00:12:06,277 and see where I can pull up 292 00:12:06,311 --> 00:12:08,555 a canoe that's safe 293 00:12:08,589 --> 00:12:11,523 and walk into those woods. 294 00:12:11,558 --> 00:12:13,733 Just got to go with the flow sometimes, right? 295 00:12:16,425 --> 00:12:18,185 Okay. 296 00:12:18,220 --> 00:12:20,705 Change of plans. Here we are. 297 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:23,708 So I'm gonna be walking this long peninsula home 298 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:25,917 with all my gear. 299 00:12:25,952 --> 00:12:29,334 Keeping my canoe right across from the clam beach. 300 00:12:30,922 --> 00:12:33,476 So, get my gear up to shore, 301 00:12:33,511 --> 00:12:35,685 walk home wet, 302 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,895 but at least I got food. 303 00:12:37,929 --> 00:12:40,138 I got food. 304 00:12:40,173 --> 00:12:44,073 For me, if I'm not getting calories, 305 00:12:44,108 --> 00:12:47,767 I start getting weird. 306 00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:50,390 Mentally, emotionally, physically-- 307 00:12:50,424 --> 00:12:51,805 all of it. 308 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,117 And this is all about, really, 309 00:12:53,151 --> 00:12:54,670 whether or not I can survive out here. 310 00:12:54,704 --> 00:12:56,120 ♪ 311 00:12:56,154 --> 00:12:58,122 Now I just need to find my way home. 312 00:13:18,211 --> 00:13:23,561 So the weather has let off, more or less, 313 00:13:23,595 --> 00:13:27,047 and it's almost all the way bottomed out, 314 00:13:27,082 --> 00:13:28,497 as far as the tide, 315 00:13:28,531 --> 00:13:30,879 so I've decided to go down and look at the gill net. 316 00:13:30,913 --> 00:13:32,535 You can only stay indoors so long 317 00:13:32,570 --> 00:13:35,055 until you start to go mental. 318 00:13:35,090 --> 00:13:36,954 I know what you're thinking. I know what you're thinking. 319 00:13:36,988 --> 00:13:38,714 "Oh, you're already there, pal." 320 00:13:38,748 --> 00:13:41,821 But there's always higher plateaus 321 00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:43,857 that can be attained, 322 00:13:43,892 --> 00:13:45,963 and I have not fully peaked out... 323 00:13:45,997 --> 00:13:47,412 yet. 324 00:13:47,447 --> 00:13:52,107 So I'm gonna take my handy pot 325 00:13:52,141 --> 00:13:54,972 down to the handy dandy fishing hole 326 00:13:55,006 --> 00:13:57,422 to see what can be seen, 327 00:13:57,457 --> 00:13:59,390 and finding nothing, 328 00:13:59,424 --> 00:14:02,255 I've always got my old backup 329 00:14:02,289 --> 00:14:05,292 of limpets and seaweed. 330 00:14:05,327 --> 00:14:08,192 [squishing footsteps] 331 00:14:11,747 --> 00:14:16,510 Yep, I can see the weather getting to people here. 332 00:14:16,545 --> 00:14:21,101 That has to be one of the biggest challenges. 333 00:14:21,136 --> 00:14:23,310 You won't starve to death, 334 00:14:23,345 --> 00:14:25,450 but you may go nuts because of the weather. 335 00:14:27,936 --> 00:14:31,594 So, any treasures in the net today? 336 00:14:33,493 --> 00:14:35,391 Hmm. 337 00:14:35,426 --> 00:14:38,015 Looks like a complete strikeout. 338 00:14:42,053 --> 00:14:43,399 That's all right. 339 00:14:44,953 --> 00:14:46,955 ♪ 340 00:14:46,989 --> 00:14:48,818 I remember, early on, they were asking me, 341 00:14:48,853 --> 00:14:50,130 "So what do you think's gonna be 342 00:14:50,165 --> 00:14:51,925 the biggest challenge for you?" 343 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,583 And I said, "Well, caloric intake-- 344 00:14:54,617 --> 00:14:55,653 getting enough to eat"-- 345 00:14:55,687 --> 00:14:57,862 which, that hasn't been a problem-- 346 00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:59,036 "and psychology." 347 00:14:59,070 --> 00:15:00,313 I said, "For every man here, 348 00:15:00,347 --> 00:15:02,694 "it's gonna boil down to those two things-- 349 00:15:02,729 --> 00:15:05,180 eating and thinking." 350 00:15:05,214 --> 00:15:07,182 Psychology for sure. 351 00:15:07,216 --> 00:15:09,184 ♪ 352 00:15:09,218 --> 00:15:11,324 I could eat limpets and seaweed Psychfrom now onure. 353 00:15:11,358 --> 00:15:13,809 and maintain perfect health 354 00:15:13,843 --> 00:15:14,810 physically, 355 00:15:14,844 --> 00:15:16,985 but back to the mental issue, 356 00:15:17,019 --> 00:15:18,745 at some point, 357 00:15:18,779 --> 00:15:20,367 you just want something different. 358 00:15:20,402 --> 00:15:22,852 ♪ 359 00:15:22,887 --> 00:15:24,889 Every one of us out here are capable of staying 360 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,615 as long as we want to, 361 00:15:26,649 --> 00:15:28,272 but you reach a point sometimes, mentally, 362 00:15:28,306 --> 00:15:31,068 to where you just don't want to do it anymore. 363 00:15:31,102 --> 00:15:32,724 That's really the waiting game out here, 364 00:15:32,759 --> 00:15:34,968 is to see when that moment strikes. 365 00:15:35,003 --> 00:15:37,833 ♪ 366 00:15:37,867 --> 00:15:41,802 But I have business unfinished here. 367 00:15:41,837 --> 00:15:43,943 Still got things I want to do. 368 00:15:43,977 --> 00:15:45,565 Standing by. 369 00:15:45,599 --> 00:15:47,808 Place it delicately upon the flames. 370 00:15:47,843 --> 00:15:49,983 [Alan voice-over] For instance, a limpet kebob-- 371 00:15:50,018 --> 00:15:51,122 I've not had that yet. 372 00:15:51,157 --> 00:15:52,917 I want to do that. 373 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:57,508 Turn the stove to about 375, 380. 374 00:15:57,542 --> 00:15:59,130 [Alan voice-over] What could be better-- 375 00:15:59,165 --> 00:16:01,857 limpets lined up on a sharpened stick 376 00:16:01,891 --> 00:16:03,652 roasted to perfection 377 00:16:03,686 --> 00:16:05,274 over an open flame, 378 00:16:05,309 --> 00:16:08,553 seasoned delicately with seawater and ashes. 379 00:16:08,588 --> 00:16:10,210 ♪ 380 00:16:10,245 --> 00:16:13,006 Now, if that don't twang your butt and ring your bell, 381 00:16:13,041 --> 00:16:15,181 nothing will. 382 00:16:15,215 --> 00:16:17,079 Man. Mmm. 383 00:16:17,114 --> 00:16:19,012 That's--that's what I got to do. 384 00:16:19,047 --> 00:16:21,049 I got to do that. 385 00:16:21,083 --> 00:16:22,982 Yes, I'll take the number 14, 386 00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:24,569 the limpet kebob 387 00:16:24,604 --> 00:16:28,228 with caramelized slug gravy, please. 388 00:16:28,263 --> 00:16:30,023 No salad, thanks. 389 00:16:30,058 --> 00:16:31,783 ♪ 390 00:16:31,818 --> 00:16:33,061 I've already had seaweed. 391 00:16:33,095 --> 00:16:34,200 Right on. 392 00:16:34,234 --> 00:16:35,408 [Alan voice-over] Plenty. 393 00:16:37,582 --> 00:16:45,556 ♪ 394 00:16:48,835 --> 00:16:50,906 [Mitch voice-over] My gear is growing mold. 395 00:16:50,940 --> 00:16:52,977 That's bad news. 396 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,773 You know, I thought I had frost on my boots 397 00:16:55,807 --> 00:16:57,775 the other morning-- 398 00:16:57,809 --> 00:16:59,432 it was mold. 399 00:16:59,466 --> 00:17:02,090 My stuff is just wet constantly. 400 00:17:02,124 --> 00:17:03,091 ♪ 401 00:17:03,125 --> 00:17:04,747 Really windy day out today. 402 00:17:04,782 --> 00:17:06,680 Perfect day to dry the clothes out. 403 00:17:06,715 --> 00:17:08,061 Been wet for so long. 404 00:17:08,096 --> 00:17:09,683 I don'en care if they get rained on. 405 00:17:09,718 --> 00:17:11,927 I'm gonna just leave them hanging up here for a long time. 406 00:17:11,961 --> 00:17:13,653 So, they need to be dried 407 00:17:13,687 --> 00:17:14,999 to try to hinder the mold, 408 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,966 washed, and then dried again 409 00:17:17,001 --> 00:17:18,140 before I can wear them. 410 00:17:18,175 --> 00:17:20,867 My clothes are visibly moldy at this point. 411 00:17:20,901 --> 00:17:22,869 See the mold? It's not good. 412 00:17:22,903 --> 00:17:24,905 That'll give me really bad rashes on my skin 413 00:17:24,940 --> 00:17:26,114 if I wear that. 414 00:17:26,148 --> 00:17:29,738 I think this has got to be one of, if not the only, 415 00:17:29,772 --> 00:17:31,947 afternoon that it hasn't been raining. 416 00:17:31,981 --> 00:17:33,500 I'm gonna take full advantage. 417 00:17:33,535 --> 00:17:42,095 ♪ 418 00:17:42,130 --> 00:17:43,683 You know, it's tough, man. 419 00:17:43,717 --> 00:17:47,652 ♪ 420 00:17:47,687 --> 00:17:49,137 It's tough. 421 00:17:49,171 --> 00:17:50,586 ♪ 422 00:17:50,621 --> 00:17:53,417 It's tough watching your gear... 423 00:17:53,451 --> 00:17:55,591 grow moldy. 424 00:17:55,626 --> 00:17:57,041 And your shelter. 425 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:58,180 It's, like, not even exposed. 426 00:17:58,215 --> 00:18:01,873 Like, my bow is inside my shelter all the time. 427 00:18:01,908 --> 00:18:03,634 It's greased up. 428 00:18:03,668 --> 00:18:04,738 Moldy. 429 00:18:04,773 --> 00:18:08,397 My quiver is always inside my shelter. 430 00:18:08,432 --> 00:18:11,228 Like, 1/4 inch of mold on a bunch of it. 431 00:18:14,852 --> 00:18:16,405 That's crazy. 432 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,994 ♪ 433 00:18:19,028 --> 00:18:20,547 And I sleep in there, you know? 434 00:18:20,582 --> 00:18:24,241 It's like, who wants to sleep in that environment? 435 00:18:24,275 --> 00:18:26,691 Cold, wet, moldy environment. 436 00:18:26,726 --> 00:18:28,900 ♪ 437 00:18:28,935 --> 00:18:30,730 Who wants to put on boots that have mold on them 438 00:18:30,764 --> 00:18:32,594 in the morning? 439 00:18:32,628 --> 00:18:34,354 ♪ 440 00:18:34,389 --> 00:18:35,528 You know? 441 00:18:35,562 --> 00:18:38,496 These are the things that wear at you. 442 00:18:38,531 --> 00:18:39,635 It's tough. 443 00:18:49,197 --> 00:18:57,170 ♪ 444 00:19:08,181 --> 00:19:10,149 So we're here. 445 00:19:10,183 --> 00:19:12,358 I'm having a look at the gill net. 446 00:19:12,392 --> 00:19:14,774 The tide is down, 447 00:19:14,808 --> 00:19:19,951 and upon closer examination, 448 00:19:19,986 --> 00:19:22,195 we have had some success 449 00:19:22,230 --> 00:19:24,301 on the gill net. 450 00:19:24,335 --> 00:19:25,509 Whoo, baby! 451 00:19:25,543 --> 00:19:27,821 How awesome is that? 452 00:19:27,856 --> 00:19:31,135 A crab and some fish that are ugly 453 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,033 and I don't know what they are, 454 00:19:33,068 --> 00:19:34,414 but I'll take 'em. 455 00:19:34,449 --> 00:19:39,385 ♪ 456 00:19:39,419 --> 00:19:41,214 So there's a crab. 457 00:19:41,249 --> 00:19:43,906 I think I'll have him. 458 00:19:43,941 --> 00:19:46,668 I will let that be part of supper. 459 00:19:46,702 --> 00:19:49,360 I will set him in this pot to hang out 460 00:19:49,395 --> 00:19:51,673 till I get ready for him. 461 00:19:51,707 --> 00:19:53,226 I've got some kind of huge fish on here; 462 00:19:53,261 --> 00:19:54,503 I have no idea what it is. 463 00:19:54,538 --> 00:19:56,264 Maybe it's some time of salmon. I don't know. 464 00:19:56,298 --> 00:19:58,542 He's a pretty good size fellow. 465 00:19:58,576 --> 00:20:02,028 ♪ 466 00:20:02,062 --> 00:20:05,031 Catch of the day. 467 00:20:05,065 --> 00:20:06,515 Sever that spinal cord-- 468 00:20:06,550 --> 00:20:08,586 that way, he don't have to suffer. 469 00:20:08,621 --> 00:20:10,657 Just gonna break him down 470 00:20:10,692 --> 00:20:12,107 best I can here. 471 00:20:12,141 --> 00:20:14,247 I'm not a professional fillet person, 472 00:20:14,282 --> 00:20:17,595 but I'm just gonna get the most out of it. 473 00:20:17,630 --> 00:20:19,873 Bowl it up, call it good. 474 00:20:19,908 --> 00:20:24,292 Got the beginnings of a nice stew. 475 00:20:24,326 --> 00:20:26,846 I'm gonna add to this catch 476 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,607 a little bit of different seaweed here and there. 477 00:20:29,642 --> 00:20:31,540 I'm gonna throw some limpets in, 478 00:20:31,575 --> 00:20:34,060 and then I'm gonna go give it a bowl. 479 00:20:34,094 --> 00:20:35,855 I'll just use seawater, actually. 480 00:20:37,305 --> 00:20:40,273 [fire crackling] 481 00:20:40,308 --> 00:20:45,554 ♪ 482 00:20:45,589 --> 00:20:48,868 There's the first cooking fire in the cook camp. 483 00:20:48,902 --> 00:20:50,387 Victory. 484 00:20:50,421 --> 00:20:58,326 ♪ 485 00:21:00,017 --> 00:21:04,987 This spoon--my first piece of kitchenware on the island-- 486 00:21:05,022 --> 00:21:08,197 something I can stir my seafood stews with. 487 00:21:08,232 --> 00:21:13,686 ♪ 488 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,759 It has a handy little hanging piece. 489 00:21:17,793 --> 00:21:20,520 You can just drape it on a limb. 490 00:21:20,555 --> 00:21:22,384 All my needs are more than met today, 491 00:21:22,419 --> 00:21:23,765 and I'm very happy. 492 00:21:23,799 --> 00:21:26,871 ♪ 493 00:21:26,906 --> 00:21:29,736 Seafood gumbo. 494 00:21:29,771 --> 00:21:30,737 Ready to roll. 495 00:21:30,772 --> 00:21:32,360 Ooh! Hot pan. 496 00:21:32,394 --> 00:21:35,328 So I'm gonna eat. 497 00:21:35,363 --> 00:21:37,951 [Alan voice-over] When I first started looking at the plant life 498 00:21:37,986 --> 00:21:40,471 and realizing I had no clue what all of it was, 499 00:21:40,506 --> 00:21:42,508 I was worried about food, thinking, "Hmm, 500 00:21:42,542 --> 00:21:43,854 I wonder if I'll make due." 501 00:21:43,888 --> 00:21:47,271 But I'm finding new food sources. 502 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:48,790 Happy about that. 503 00:21:48,824 --> 00:21:50,101 I'm keeping myself fed, 504 00:21:50,136 --> 00:21:53,208 so I've got the ability to keep doing this. 505 00:21:53,242 --> 00:21:56,867 ♪ 506 00:21:56,901 --> 00:21:57,868 [sighs] 507 00:21:57,902 --> 00:21:59,283 Man, this is so good. 508 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:03,218 ♪ 509 00:22:03,252 --> 00:22:05,151 Mmm. Mmm. 510 00:22:07,291 --> 00:22:08,499 Wow. 511 00:22:08,534 --> 00:22:09,742 Good day. 512 00:22:09,776 --> 00:22:11,951 Good day. Lot of work, but good day. 513 00:22:11,985 --> 00:22:14,160 Beautiful meal, 514 00:22:14,194 --> 00:22:16,300 beautiful fire... 515 00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:20,028 The only thing I'm missing is my beautiful woman, 516 00:22:20,062 --> 00:22:22,306 my beautiful kids. 517 00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:24,032 Good, good day. 518 00:22:24,066 --> 00:22:29,555 ♪ 519 00:22:29,589 --> 00:22:31,004 [sighs] 520 00:22:32,592 --> 00:22:33,662 Oh, yeah. 521 00:22:33,697 --> 00:22:41,601 ♪ 522 00:22:44,535 --> 00:22:46,641 [Lucas voice-over] So I made it to my beach. 523 00:22:46,675 --> 00:22:48,505 I'm not far... 524 00:22:48,539 --> 00:22:50,817 from being dry 525 00:22:50,852 --> 00:22:52,888 and well fed. 526 00:22:52,923 --> 00:22:56,927 Got a bunch of clams and mussels I just harvested. 527 00:22:56,961 --> 00:22:59,308 [fire crackling] 528 00:22:59,343 --> 00:23:02,208 I just pulled some food off the fire, 529 00:23:02,242 --> 00:23:04,831 and I can't tell you how excited I am for this. 530 00:23:04,866 --> 00:23:12,701 ♪ 531 00:23:16,222 --> 00:23:20,122 Well, besides the sand... 532 00:23:20,157 --> 00:23:21,330 that's really nice. 533 00:23:21,365 --> 00:23:23,540 ♪ 534 00:23:23,574 --> 00:23:26,370 It's, like, sweet. 535 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:30,512 It's so nice to have food that I brought in 536 00:23:30,547 --> 00:23:31,582 from the earth 537 00:23:31,617 --> 00:23:33,377 going into my body. 538 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,068 That boat's making the difference. 539 00:23:35,103 --> 00:23:38,520 And now it's on the tip of that peninsula out there. 540 00:23:38,555 --> 00:23:39,832 It's not safely in my bay; 541 00:23:39,866 --> 00:23:41,454 it's somewhere else. 542 00:23:41,489 --> 00:23:49,773 ♪ 543 00:23:49,807 --> 00:23:53,535 [grunts] 544 00:23:53,570 --> 00:23:55,399 Bam! 545 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:56,469 Salmon! 546 00:23:56,504 --> 00:23:58,264 Frickin' huge. Wow. 547 00:23:58,298 --> 00:24:00,577 He's lively. He's lively, everyone! 548 00:24:00,611 --> 00:24:02,475 I'm gonna go put him out of his misery real quick. 549 00:24:02,510 --> 00:24:04,684 ♪ 550 00:24:04,719 --> 00:24:07,618 I think we should be able to use most of this meat. 551 00:24:07,653 --> 00:24:15,523 ♪ 552 00:24:19,078 --> 00:24:21,598 Look at these hunks of meat I got. 553 00:24:21,632 --> 00:24:22,840 That's salmon meat. 554 00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:26,534 ♪ 555 00:24:26,568 --> 00:24:29,502 What I wouldn't give for some heavy cream right now. 556 00:24:29,537 --> 00:24:31,815 Throw some clams in there. 557 00:24:31,849 --> 00:24:34,369 Oh, my God. 558 00:24:34,403 --> 00:24:36,129 Epic clam chowder. 559 00:24:36,164 --> 00:24:38,097 I definitely only do white. 560 00:24:38,131 --> 00:24:39,892 Red chowder's not chowder to me. 561 00:24:39,926 --> 00:24:41,997 That's a joke. 562 00:24:42,032 --> 00:24:43,620 Oh, it's so good. 563 00:24:43,654 --> 00:24:44,621 [hiccup] 564 00:24:44,655 --> 00:24:46,519 Oh, excuse me. 565 00:24:46,554 --> 00:24:54,458 ♪ 566 00:25:00,602 --> 00:25:02,259 [Lucas voice-over] I had to get out of my sleeping bag 567 00:25:02,293 --> 00:25:04,813 about eight times last night. 568 00:25:04,848 --> 00:25:07,402 Too much shellfish, probably. 569 00:25:07,436 --> 00:25:09,749 Clams and mussels. 570 00:25:09,784 --> 00:25:12,614 So, basically, what you would have seen last night 571 00:25:12,649 --> 00:25:16,929 is me trying to unzip my sleeping bag as fast as I can 572 00:25:16,963 --> 00:25:19,587 and running out into my backyard here 573 00:25:19,621 --> 00:25:22,072 and making a mess on the ground. 574 00:25:22,106 --> 00:25:24,039 I'm sorry that ain't pretty to hear, 575 00:25:24,074 --> 00:25:25,109 but it's just a fact of life. 576 00:25:25,144 --> 00:25:26,594 Sometimes we get sick. 577 00:25:26,628 --> 00:25:31,253 And, you know, coming out the lower end-- 578 00:25:31,288 --> 00:25:34,291 at least it's not coming out the upper end. 579 00:25:34,325 --> 00:25:36,155 [yawning] I lost a lot of heat and energy 580 00:25:36,189 --> 00:25:39,538 running outside every half hour. 581 00:25:39,572 --> 00:25:41,574 Basically [bleep] my brains out. 582 00:25:41,609 --> 00:25:42,920 You know, it takes a while, 583 00:25:42,955 --> 00:25:45,095 'cause your buns are hanging out and it's cold, 584 00:25:45,129 --> 00:25:46,648 and... 585 00:25:48,098 --> 00:25:49,617 You have to find the right toilet paper 586 00:25:49,651 --> 00:25:52,067 to really clean up that mess. 587 00:25:52,102 --> 00:25:53,068 [laughs] 588 00:25:53,103 --> 00:25:55,243 And by toilet paper, I mean moss 589 00:25:55,277 --> 00:25:57,107 or tree branch-- 590 00:25:57,141 --> 00:25:58,798 soft tree branches. 591 00:25:58,833 --> 00:26:00,317 Just trying to stay warm right now. 592 00:26:00,351 --> 00:26:03,009 Get dressed, get motivated to get up 593 00:26:03,044 --> 00:26:05,218 and get some hot water in me. 594 00:26:05,253 --> 00:26:06,461 What will ultimately pull me out 595 00:26:06,495 --> 00:26:08,912 is if I start to feel ill. 596 00:26:08,946 --> 00:26:12,881 If my body d't do well with the diet here, 597 00:26:12,916 --> 00:26:14,400 that'll make me pull out. 598 00:26:14,434 --> 00:26:16,609 ♪ 599 00:26:16,644 --> 00:26:18,680 All right. 600 00:26:18,715 --> 00:26:20,268 [groans] 601 00:26:20,302 --> 00:26:21,856 I don't know if I'm done yet. 602 00:26:21,890 --> 00:26:23,409 I think I might still be sick. 603 00:26:25,860 --> 00:26:27,689 Yep. I need to go. All right. 604 00:26:27,724 --> 00:26:28,725 And I'll turn this off. 605 00:26:31,659 --> 00:26:34,627 [dramatic music] 606 00:26:34,662 --> 00:26:42,601 ♪ 607 00:26:45,673 --> 00:26:48,607 [rain falling] 608 00:26:48,641 --> 00:26:51,195 ♪ 609 00:26:51,230 --> 00:26:53,853 [Alan voice-over] Well, it's raining. 610 00:26:53,888 --> 00:26:57,892 And it's getting colder along with that rain, so... 611 00:26:57,926 --> 00:27:00,584 I have not done a thing here. 612 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:02,517 I'm just kind of hunkered down, 613 00:27:02,551 --> 00:27:04,001 waiting the weather out. 614 00:27:04,036 --> 00:27:08,661 ♪ 615 00:27:08,696 --> 00:27:10,007 Day 18. 616 00:27:10,042 --> 00:27:11,664 It's raining-- 617 00:27:11,699 --> 00:27:13,459 still. 618 00:27:13,493 --> 00:27:15,047 The weather is the hardest on you 619 00:27:15,081 --> 00:27:16,911 psychologically and physically. 620 00:27:16,945 --> 00:27:20,500 It's--it's just relentless. 621 00:27:20,535 --> 00:27:26,783 ♪ 622 00:27:26,817 --> 00:27:29,958 When you spend two or three days in your shelter, 623 00:27:29,993 --> 00:27:32,858 it feels less like a home and more like a tomb. 624 00:27:32,892 --> 00:27:34,860 You're just kind of in there, 625 00:27:34,894 --> 00:27:36,655 and it's dark, you know. 626 00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:43,213 ♪ 627 00:27:43,247 --> 00:27:44,663 It's day 20, 628 00:27:44,697 --> 00:27:47,976 and there's nothing exciting to report but rain. 629 00:27:48,011 --> 00:27:54,431 ♪ 630 00:27:54,465 --> 00:27:57,123 Weather is what will get to you here for sure. 631 00:27:57,158 --> 00:27:58,573 ♪ 632 00:27:58,607 --> 00:28:00,955 You would just knock yourself in the head with a rock 633 00:28:00,989 --> 00:28:02,784 to escape it. 634 00:28:02,819 --> 00:28:03,854 Other than that, it's peachy. 635 00:28:03,889 --> 00:28:07,064 It's, you know, Shangri-la. 636 00:28:07,099 --> 00:28:08,997 But the weather-- 637 00:28:09,032 --> 00:28:09,998 the attrition-- 638 00:28:10,033 --> 00:28:14,140 the slow moving of the weather. 639 00:28:14,175 --> 00:28:16,971 And just--it gives you a little bit of sunshine-- 640 00:28:17,005 --> 00:28:18,558 not the whole sun, mind you. 641 00:28:18,593 --> 00:28:20,112 It just shows you the edge, 642 00:28:20,146 --> 00:28:22,183 just to let you know it's there-- 643 00:28:22,217 --> 00:28:23,736 enough to give you hope-- 644 00:28:23,771 --> 00:28:26,049 and then, when you pin your hopes to that, 645 00:28:26,083 --> 00:28:28,914 you're not looking behind you-- here comes a black cloud. 646 00:28:28,948 --> 00:28:30,467 And then whoosh! 647 00:28:30,501 --> 00:28:31,468 Rain. 648 00:28:31,502 --> 00:28:32,849 Not your average rain-- 649 00:28:32,883 --> 00:28:34,920 this is ninja rain. 650 00:28:34,954 --> 00:28:38,682 This rain gets into every crack, every crevice, nook, and cranny 651 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,719 of anything you've ever done or will do, 652 00:28:40,753 --> 00:28:43,480 and it permeates everything, 653 00:28:43,514 --> 00:28:44,930 so that when you're sitting there, 654 00:28:44,964 --> 00:28:47,380 what would be, what should be a normal, easy fire to make-- 655 00:28:47,415 --> 00:28:48,623 oh, no. 656 00:28:48,657 --> 00:28:49,658 Oh, no. 657 00:28:49,693 --> 00:28:53,007 You got to struggle for it. 658 00:28:53,041 --> 00:28:54,767 But that's okay. 659 00:28:54,802 --> 00:28:55,768 That's okay. 660 00:28:55,803 --> 00:28:58,012 We will endeavor to persevere. 661 00:29:01,567 --> 00:29:06,606 ♪ 662 00:29:06,641 --> 00:29:09,540 [rain pattering] 663 00:29:09,575 --> 00:29:14,131 ♪ 664 00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:16,237 [Sam voice-over] When the weather's like this, 665 00:29:16,271 --> 00:29:18,653 it seems like it's a week of crappy days 666 00:29:18,687 --> 00:29:20,241 to every one good day. 667 00:29:20,275 --> 00:29:28,007 ♪ 668 00:29:28,042 --> 00:29:30,423 You just get to the point where you're... 669 00:29:31,666 --> 00:29:34,911 You just don't want to be out here anymore. 670 00:29:41,193 --> 00:29:43,505 [sighs] 671 00:29:44,610 --> 00:29:47,578 [rain pattering] 672 00:29:53,584 --> 00:30:01,558 ♪ 673 00:30:05,665 --> 00:30:09,014 [Lucas voice-over] If anything threatens me, it's the weather and the cold, 674 00:30:09,048 --> 00:30:11,602 so I have to stay above it. 675 00:30:11,637 --> 00:30:13,950 We're going into the rainy season. 676 00:30:13,984 --> 00:30:16,607 It's nothing but rain. 677 00:30:16,642 --> 00:30:17,885 I've heard this month, 678 00:30:17,919 --> 00:30:20,680 there's gonna be 17 inches of rain on average. 679 00:30:20,715 --> 00:30:23,235 That's being dumped on. 680 00:30:23,269 --> 00:30:25,237 It's intense. 681 00:30:25,271 --> 00:30:26,790 It's gonna be rough. 682 00:30:28,481 --> 00:30:34,591 ♪ 683 00:30:34,625 --> 00:30:37,663 [rain falling] 684 00:30:37,697 --> 00:30:39,699 [Lucas whispering indistinctly] 685 00:30:39,734 --> 00:30:47,673 ♪ 686 00:30:58,063 --> 00:31:00,237 [mutters indistinctly] 687 00:31:00,272 --> 00:31:08,280 ♪ 688 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,295 I just feel raw out here. 689 00:31:23,329 --> 00:31:25,987 I feel really raw. 690 00:31:26,022 --> 00:31:27,816 I guess just-- 691 00:31:27,851 --> 00:31:30,233 I feel like I got so much of-- 692 00:31:30,267 --> 00:31:31,234 [groans] 693 00:31:31,268 --> 00:31:32,614 emotions. 694 00:31:32,649 --> 00:31:35,755 ♪ 695 00:31:35,790 --> 00:31:37,999 And I don't have anybody to hide it from. 696 00:31:38,034 --> 00:31:40,829 This camera's pretty nonthreatening right now. 697 00:31:40,864 --> 00:31:42,555 I mean, you guys-- when it goes on TV, 698 00:31:42,590 --> 00:31:44,005 I'm sure it'll be a little different, 699 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,006 but whatever. 700 00:31:45,041 --> 00:31:46,421 You guys can have it all. 701 00:31:46,456 --> 00:31:48,044 I don't care. You can have it all. 702 00:31:48,078 --> 00:31:56,017 ♪ 703 00:31:57,294 --> 00:31:58,468 Oh. 704 00:32:06,614 --> 00:32:09,548 [dramatic music] 705 00:32:09,582 --> 00:32:17,521 ♪ 706 00:32:20,490 --> 00:32:23,976 [rain falling] 707 00:32:24,011 --> 00:32:29,809 ♪ 708 00:32:29,844 --> 00:32:32,743 [Alan] There you have it, ladies and gents: 709 00:32:32,778 --> 00:32:34,987 The view from my front door. 710 00:32:35,022 --> 00:32:37,714 It is a frog-choking rain. 711 00:32:37,748 --> 00:32:42,822 A frog-choking, goose-drowning straight downpour, 712 00:32:42,857 --> 00:32:44,479 and it hasn't let off. 713 00:32:47,344 --> 00:32:50,209 I have not emerged from my shell. 714 00:32:50,244 --> 00:32:52,177 I'm just here in the shelter, man. 715 00:32:53,937 --> 00:32:55,904 The only way I'm coming out of here 716 00:32:55,939 --> 00:32:59,425 is if I need to urinate, defecate, 717 00:32:59,460 --> 00:33:01,082 or some other thing. 718 00:33:03,222 --> 00:33:05,155 But that's boring. 719 00:33:05,190 --> 00:33:08,572 ♪ 720 00:33:08,607 --> 00:33:09,815 [Alan voice-over] Boredom... 721 00:33:09,849 --> 00:33:12,714 ♪ 722 00:33:12,749 --> 00:33:14,889 The isolation... 723 00:33:14,923 --> 00:33:17,236 This is one of the parts of wilderness living 724 00:33:17,271 --> 00:33:20,826 that a lot of people really don't talk about. 725 00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:23,001 All the books go into great detail 726 00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:25,106 about building shelters and making traps 727 00:33:25,141 --> 00:33:28,523 and getting water and doing all these different things, 728 00:33:28,558 --> 00:33:31,837 but once you've survived that initial period, 729 00:33:31,871 --> 00:33:34,219 then what? 730 00:33:34,253 --> 00:33:37,187 If the weather's bad or there's really nothing going on, 731 00:33:37,222 --> 00:33:40,777 you have to become a master at the art of doing nothing. 732 00:33:40,811 --> 00:33:43,952 Just conserve your energy. Conserve yourself. 733 00:33:43,987 --> 00:33:46,231 So the best thing to do is stay hydrated 734 00:33:46,265 --> 00:33:48,750 and lay still 735 00:33:48,785 --> 00:33:50,269 and just don't get wet, 736 00:33:50,304 --> 00:33:51,960 don't get cold. 737 00:33:51,995 --> 00:33:53,617 ♪ 738 00:33:53,652 --> 00:33:55,102 Not a very grand scheme, 739 00:33:55,136 --> 00:33:57,345 but that's what's on the menu. 740 00:34:02,488 --> 00:34:05,733 Days like this are tough. 741 00:34:05,767 --> 00:34:07,873 Your mind drifts to home and things like that, 742 00:34:07,907 --> 00:34:11,187 so you have to put it somewhere else... 743 00:34:14,224 --> 00:34:16,330 Think about whatever... 744 00:34:19,850 --> 00:34:21,059 Anything. 745 00:34:22,612 --> 00:34:27,893 ♪ 746 00:34:27,927 --> 00:34:29,826 You know what's true entertainment? 747 00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:31,931 Sumo wrestling. 748 00:34:31,966 --> 00:34:34,969 That's an underappreciated sport. 749 00:34:35,003 --> 00:34:36,281 ♪ 750 00:34:36,315 --> 00:34:38,904 You get two guys, 500 pounds plus, 751 00:34:38,938 --> 00:34:41,976 in diapers with their hair slicked back in a ponytail 752 00:34:42,010 --> 00:34:43,184 going at it full bore-- 753 00:34:43,219 --> 00:34:44,910 now, that's a good time. 754 00:34:44,944 --> 00:34:46,325 You know, used to be a time when a king 755 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,569 would actually lead his people into war. 756 00:34:48,603 --> 00:34:49,777 I don't think I could do yoga, 757 00:34:49,811 --> 00:34:51,951 even if I did know the techniques. 758 00:34:51,986 --> 00:34:53,677 ♪ Ring ding diddle diddle eye-di-oh ♪ 759 00:34:53,712 --> 00:34:54,678 ♪ Ring di diddly-eye oh 760 00:34:54,713 --> 00:34:56,473 I'm not much on rap music. 761 00:34:56,508 --> 00:34:58,026 I know about Greek yogurt; 762 00:34:58,061 --> 00:35:00,684 I usually sprinkle some blueberries in there. 763 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:02,100 That's the extent of my knowledge. 764 00:35:02,134 --> 00:35:03,894 [whistling] 765 00:35:03,929 --> 00:35:06,587 [unintelligible]. 766 00:35:06,621 --> 00:35:08,623 Take the heels of both of your feet 767 00:35:08,658 --> 00:35:11,385 and place them behind your ears... 768 00:35:11,419 --> 00:35:12,800 and relax. 769 00:35:12,834 --> 00:35:19,600 ♪ 770 00:35:19,634 --> 00:35:22,741 I have entertained myself most of the day now. 771 00:35:22,775 --> 00:35:24,777 ♪ 772 00:35:24,812 --> 00:35:27,125 But there's only so much of me I can take. 773 00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:28,367 ♪ 774 00:35:28,402 --> 00:35:30,852 I feel slightly restless. 775 00:35:30,887 --> 00:35:33,200 Days like this make you want to hit the old button. 776 00:35:33,234 --> 00:35:34,580 Tap! Ready to go home. 777 00:35:34,615 --> 00:35:35,961 Bye! 778 00:35:35,995 --> 00:35:37,238 Ready to go home. 779 00:35:37,273 --> 00:35:40,241 ♪ 780 00:35:40,276 --> 00:35:44,314 Is there no sun in this cursed land? 781 00:35:44,349 --> 00:35:46,178 ♪ 782 00:35:46,213 --> 00:35:49,319 [Alan voice-over] You can push that button at any minute. 783 00:35:49,354 --> 00:35:51,666 And if you let your mind wander too much, 784 00:35:51,701 --> 00:35:54,738 you'll start adding up the things that are not convenient 785 00:35:54,773 --> 00:35:56,878 about living out here in the woods 786 00:35:56,913 --> 00:35:59,018 and start balancing it against, 787 00:35:59,053 --> 00:36:00,744 "Boy, I really miss the kids. 788 00:36:00,779 --> 00:36:02,436 "I really miss home. 789 00:36:02,470 --> 00:36:03,713 Miss my wife." 790 00:36:05,508 --> 00:36:08,511 Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi. 791 00:36:10,547 --> 00:36:14,172 [Alan voicer] But you can't allow your mind to get into that tug-of-war 792 00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:16,277 if your goal is to remain, you know? 793 00:36:16,312 --> 00:36:19,625 ♪ 794 00:36:19,660 --> 00:36:20,902 [sighs] 795 00:36:20,937 --> 00:36:22,110 ♪ 796 00:36:22,145 --> 00:36:23,111 But I do miss 'em. 797 00:36:23,146 --> 00:36:27,254 ♪ 798 00:36:27,288 --> 00:36:28,496 Wow. 799 00:36:38,851 --> 00:36:46,825 ♪ 800 00:36:53,694 --> 00:36:56,973 [birds cawing] 801 00:36:57,007 --> 00:37:05,015 ♪ 802 00:37:09,192 --> 00:37:11,401 Wow. 803 00:37:11,436 --> 00:37:12,954 Amazing rainbow. 804 00:37:20,099 --> 00:37:21,411 Oh, that's amazing. 805 00:37:21,446 --> 00:37:23,137 Yes! 806 00:37:23,171 --> 00:37:24,449 Now we're talking. 807 00:37:24,483 --> 00:37:32,422 ♪ 808 00:37:39,740 --> 00:37:43,053 [Sam voice-over] Weather is nice for the first time in awhile, 809 00:37:43,088 --> 00:37:46,850 so I'm just out here soaking it up. 810 00:37:46,885 --> 00:37:51,234 Oh, it's so nice when it gets sunny for just a little bit. 811 00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:53,305 When you see the sun, 812 00:37:53,340 --> 00:37:54,755 it's just like, "Oh, man"-- 813 00:37:54,789 --> 00:37:57,378 this amazing, marvelous thing. 814 00:37:57,413 --> 00:37:59,207 It's so beautiful. 815 00:37:59,242 --> 00:38:02,038 I love the sun so much. 816 00:38:02,072 --> 00:38:03,246 [groans] 817 00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,490 ♪ 818 00:38:05,524 --> 00:38:07,561 And I think I'm going a little bit nuts now. 819 00:38:07,595 --> 00:38:16,259 ♪ 820 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:19,573 [bird calling] 821 00:38:23,922 --> 00:38:26,269 It happened again. 822 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:28,927 Sun's out. 823 00:38:28,961 --> 00:38:30,273 Oh, my God. 824 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:38,246 ♪ 825 00:38:48,015 --> 00:38:50,051 [bird chatters] 826 00:38:55,609 --> 00:38:57,404 [Lucas laughs] 827 00:38:59,371 --> 00:39:01,787 Oh, my God. 828 00:39:01,822 --> 00:39:04,376 Oh, thank you, Lord. 829 00:39:04,411 --> 00:39:05,722 Oh. 830 00:39:08,069 --> 00:39:09,692 Oh, my gosh. 831 00:39:19,667 --> 00:39:27,606 ♪ 832 00:39:35,649 --> 00:39:39,515 So while on my way to forage, 833 00:39:39,549 --> 00:39:41,448 I had a bout of diarrhea 834 00:39:41,482 --> 00:39:44,416 and decided to go ahead and jump into the ocean 835 00:39:44,451 --> 00:39:46,073 and take a bath. 836 00:39:48,455 --> 00:39:50,388 Hopefully it's not... 837 00:39:52,424 --> 00:39:53,425 Any of the water. 838 00:39:53,460 --> 00:39:54,875 I've been boiling it. 839 00:39:56,842 --> 00:39:59,431 Eh... 840 00:39:59,466 --> 00:40:00,674 I guess any time you travel 841 00:40:00,708 --> 00:40:03,884 and get used to a new environment, 842 00:40:03,918 --> 00:40:05,679 your body has to adjust. 843 00:40:05,713 --> 00:40:06,956 ♪ 844 00:40:06,990 --> 00:40:08,371 Oh, the sun. 845 00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:09,648 Phew. 846 00:40:09,683 --> 00:40:12,479 ♪ 847 00:40:12,513 --> 00:40:14,446 [Alan voice-over] And that's another thing I have thought about 848 00:40:14,481 --> 00:40:15,861 while I've been out here. 849 00:40:15,896 --> 00:40:20,383 I think we use too many health and beauty care products. 850 00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:22,937 You know what I've used since I've been out here? 851 00:40:22,972 --> 00:40:25,423 Sand and water. 852 00:40:25,457 --> 00:40:27,563 And it has been sufficient. 853 00:40:27,597 --> 00:40:28,978 Just basic. 854 00:40:29,012 --> 00:40:33,223 Good old-fashioned basic. 855 00:40:33,258 --> 00:40:34,535 I think that's where-- 856 00:40:34,570 --> 00:40:35,743 that's where we're failing at: 857 00:40:35,778 --> 00:40:40,610 just basic, down-to-earth skills. 858 00:40:40,645 --> 00:40:42,129 We're the only creature in nature 859 00:40:42,163 --> 00:40:44,131 that cannot survive 860 00:40:44,165 --> 00:40:48,376 apart from all this artificiality that we have. 861 00:40:48,411 --> 00:40:50,344 Technology's good-- there's benefits to it-- 862 00:40:50,378 --> 00:40:52,277 but there's a dark side. 863 00:40:52,311 --> 00:40:54,590 Something's wrong when you go through your whole day 864 00:40:54,624 --> 00:40:56,695 looking at a screen and pushing a button. 865 00:40:56,730 --> 00:41:00,078 ♪ 866 00:41:00,112 --> 00:41:01,182 I'm just saying balance, 867 00:41:01,217 --> 00:41:02,943 I guess, is what I'm trying to say. 868 00:41:02,977 --> 00:41:05,704 In all things, balance. 869 00:41:05,739 --> 00:41:08,362 We're gonna have to slow down, 870 00:41:08,396 --> 00:41:10,433 think-- 871 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:12,815 get back to being real people, 872 00:41:12,849 --> 00:41:15,369 listening to each other. 873 00:41:15,403 --> 00:41:18,406 I think if we focused on what we had in common, 874 00:41:18,441 --> 00:41:21,651 instead of what we have that differs, 875 00:41:21,686 --> 00:41:24,654 then a lot of things would be different. 876 00:41:24,689 --> 00:41:26,449 That's one thing, you know, 877 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:28,658 with coming out into the woods-- 878 00:41:28,693 --> 00:41:29,832 one thing you realize: 879 00:41:29,866 --> 00:41:32,041 there is no hierarchy or pecking order 880 00:41:32,075 --> 00:41:33,939 or social status. 881 00:41:33,974 --> 00:41:36,942 There are so many commonalities. 882 00:41:36,977 --> 00:41:39,531 Air--we all breathe it. 883 00:41:39,566 --> 00:41:41,844 I don't care if you're a billionaire 884 00:41:41,878 --> 00:41:43,742 or a homeless vagrant; 885 00:41:43,777 --> 00:41:45,261 you got to have it. 886 00:41:45,295 --> 00:41:46,814 And the same air he breathes 887 00:41:46,849 --> 00:41:48,644 is the same air that I breathe, 888 00:41:48,678 --> 00:41:50,542 so we have that in common. 889 00:41:50,577 --> 00:41:51,888 And the same with water. 890 00:41:51,923 --> 00:41:54,373 ♪ 891 00:41:54,408 --> 00:41:55,823 See, I'm a person that-- 892 00:41:55,858 --> 00:41:58,481 I think like Henry David Thoreau. 893 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,207 I actually read Thoreau. 894 00:42:00,241 --> 00:42:01,933 I like him. 895 00:42:01,967 --> 00:42:03,762 I would have liked to hang out with him. 896 00:42:03,797 --> 00:42:06,662 He was probably a really cool guy. 897 00:42:06,696 --> 00:42:08,249 ♪ 898 00:42:08,284 --> 00:42:11,183 And here am I, just a speck of dust... 899 00:42:11,218 --> 00:42:12,909 ♪ 900 00:42:12,944 --> 00:42:15,602 Abiding his time in patience... 901 00:42:15,636 --> 00:42:17,431 ♪ 902 00:42:17,465 --> 00:42:20,054 Until such time as I 903 00:42:20,089 --> 00:42:21,746 don't want to do that anymore. 904 00:42:21,780 --> 00:42:27,475 ♪ 905 00:42:29,685 --> 00:42:31,756 [Alan] I feel like I'm starving. 906 00:42:31,790 --> 00:42:34,482 [Lucas] I need to find sustainable ways to bring in calories. 907 00:42:34,517 --> 00:42:36,312 And so far, I haven't. 908 00:42:36,346 --> 00:42:38,625 There's something wrong. 909 00:42:38,659 --> 00:42:40,730 I'm gonna carve a Paiute deadfall trap. 910 00:42:40,765 --> 00:42:42,939 Highly effective. Instant kill. 911 00:42:42,974 --> 00:42:45,321 I'm a lot better at trapping than I am fishing, anyhow. 912 00:42:45,355 --> 00:42:47,116 Ugh! Whatever. 913 00:42:47,150 --> 00:42:48,773 [Mitch] I can't believe this is happening. 914 00:42:48,807 --> 00:42:49,808 My net is gone. 915 00:42:49,843 --> 00:42:50,809 Oh, my God. 916 00:42:50,844 --> 00:42:51,810 This is very bad. 917 00:42:51,845 --> 00:42:53,847 My net could be anywhere right now. 918 00:42:53,881 --> 00:42:56,677 [Alan] I think we're all competing against ourself. 919 00:42:56,712 --> 00:42:57,851 I have my regrets, 920 00:42:57,885 --> 00:42:58,990 I've made my mistakes, 921 00:42:59,024 --> 00:43:00,819 and some of them were very painful.