0 00:00:05,474 --> 00:00:08,443 [dramatic music] 1 00:00:08,477 --> 00:00:15,450 * 2 00:00:15,484 --> 00:00:16,818 - I'm tapping out. 3 00:00:16,851 --> 00:00:18,587 It's time to go home to my family. 4 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:21,623 - Mwah. I'm so excited for this. 5 00:00:21,656 --> 00:00:23,392 - The lake's come up about 6 feet 6 00:00:23,425 --> 00:00:25,093 in the last couple of hours. 7 00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:26,261 I've got hypothermia. 8 00:00:26,295 --> 00:00:28,497 I can't move my hands. 9 00:00:28,530 --> 00:00:29,898 Oh, I can't deal with this. 10 00:00:29,931 --> 00:00:32,801 - I'm a maker. Making is my knack. 11 00:00:32,834 --> 00:00:35,270 The inner walls are done. 12 00:00:35,304 --> 00:00:37,906 It is looking good. 13 00:00:37,939 --> 00:00:40,140 - So I have three spider bites. 14 00:00:40,174 --> 00:00:42,042 Now I can feel it moving to my glands, 15 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:43,644 which is not a good sign. 16 00:00:43,677 --> 00:00:45,879 This is probably my last night. 17 00:00:45,913 --> 00:00:47,981 - This is the hardest terrain. 18 00:00:48,015 --> 00:00:50,551 - Patagonia is a different environment entirely. 19 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:52,486 - Everything out here is so hard. 20 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,288 - Patagonia's no joke. 21 00:00:54,322 --> 00:00:55,489 - Are you willing to give up-- 22 00:00:55,523 --> 00:00:57,124 - Oh! - Who you are... 23 00:00:57,157 --> 00:00:59,026 for what you will become? 24 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:00,494 - It's Patagonia, for God's sake. 25 00:01:00,528 --> 00:01:01,729 - Patagonia! 26 00:01:01,762 --> 00:01:03,197 - It's tougher than I ever imagined. 27 00:01:03,231 --> 00:01:04,898 - Just missing home right now. 28 00:01:04,932 --> 00:01:06,800 - You get a feeling of helplessness, 29 00:01:06,834 --> 00:01:08,236 like, "Why am I doing this?" 30 00:01:08,269 --> 00:01:10,371 - Oh, my God! 31 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:12,740 - The last person left wins $500,000 32 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:13,741 and is a badass. 33 00:01:13,774 --> 00:01:15,309 - Bam! - Ugh. 34 00:01:15,343 --> 00:01:16,310 [animal growling] 35 00:01:16,344 --> 00:01:17,678 - What is that? 36 00:01:17,711 --> 00:01:19,513 - It's just how far you can push yourself 37 00:01:19,547 --> 00:01:21,081 and what you're able to do. - Yeah! 38 00:01:21,114 --> 00:01:22,716 - You don't have anyone to lean on. 39 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:24,285 - Oh, my God, I got a fish! 40 00:01:24,318 --> 00:01:26,754 - Go to bed hungry. Wake up hungry. 41 00:01:26,787 --> 00:01:28,922 - Can't believe I did that. - Ready, guy? 42 00:01:28,956 --> 00:01:30,591 - It's gonna come down to mental endurance 43 00:01:30,624 --> 00:01:31,892 and food deprivation. 44 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:33,093 - [cries] 45 00:01:33,126 --> 00:01:34,928 - Person'll be dead in a week at this rate. 46 00:01:34,962 --> 00:01:36,062 [animal growling] 47 00:01:36,095 --> 00:01:37,063 * 48 00:01:37,096 --> 00:01:38,398 - Whoa. 49 00:01:38,431 --> 00:01:39,732 That's a big cat. 50 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:46,706 * 51 00:01:48,099 --> 00:01:54,173 Someone needs to stop Clearway Law. Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers. 52 00:02:04,891 --> 00:02:07,860 [rain falling] 53 00:02:07,894 --> 00:02:08,961 - I'm freezing. 54 00:02:08,995 --> 00:02:11,030 I can't stop shaking. 55 00:02:11,063 --> 00:02:13,600 Everything's been soaking wet all night. 56 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:16,202 The rain is still going, but I got to get up, 57 00:02:16,235 --> 00:02:18,771 try to keep the fire going, see if I can get dry. 58 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,239 * 59 00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:21,641 I can't move my hands. 60 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:24,977 It's hard to stay warm, even by the fire. 61 00:02:25,011 --> 00:02:27,146 Rain keeps putting the fire out. 62 00:02:27,179 --> 00:02:32,818 * 63 00:02:32,851 --> 00:02:34,219 Oh, I'm just freezing. 64 00:02:34,252 --> 00:02:38,123 I just hope that sun comes out to warm things up. 65 00:02:38,156 --> 00:02:39,124 * 66 00:02:39,157 --> 00:02:41,893 And dry my sleeping bag and stuff. 67 00:02:41,927 --> 00:02:43,995 So I'm just shivering. 68 00:02:44,029 --> 00:02:46,432 All night I shivered. 69 00:02:46,465 --> 00:02:53,405 * 70 00:02:57,943 --> 00:03:01,447 I just can't seem to warm up here. 71 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,849 I've got hypothermia, 72 00:03:03,882 --> 00:03:05,484 so what do you do? 73 00:03:05,517 --> 00:03:07,453 My clothes are wet, and I can't stay dry 74 00:03:07,486 --> 00:03:08,520 because of the rain. 75 00:03:08,554 --> 00:03:15,494 * 76 00:03:23,369 --> 00:03:24,903 I can't even hardly move my hands. 77 00:03:24,936 --> 00:03:27,305 It's like a cold rain. 78 00:03:27,339 --> 00:03:29,273 It's just really tough. 79 00:03:29,306 --> 00:03:31,809 * 80 00:03:31,842 --> 00:03:34,211 Every time I stand up, 81 00:03:34,244 --> 00:03:35,980 it's like I'm gonna pass out. 82 00:03:36,013 --> 00:03:40,918 * 83 00:03:40,951 --> 00:03:43,287 I'm getting weak. 84 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,390 Very weak physically. 85 00:03:45,423 --> 00:03:51,328 * 86 00:03:51,362 --> 00:03:53,831 My feet are frozen, 87 00:03:53,864 --> 00:03:56,767 and I'm almost hallucinating. 88 00:03:56,801 --> 00:03:59,437 * 89 00:03:59,470 --> 00:04:00,838 That's scary. 90 00:04:00,871 --> 00:04:07,812 * 91 00:04:09,046 --> 00:04:10,681 Uh... 92 00:04:12,417 --> 00:04:13,384 I'm done. 93 00:04:13,418 --> 00:04:15,853 I can't take any more. 94 00:04:15,886 --> 00:04:16,987 I'm 53. 95 00:04:17,021 --> 00:04:19,624 I got no energy left to finish this quest. 96 00:04:19,657 --> 00:04:22,192 I physically can't take it anymore. 97 00:04:22,226 --> 00:04:25,194 [phone beeping] 98 00:04:25,228 --> 00:04:26,262 * 99 00:04:26,295 --> 00:04:28,732 I've been pretty hypothermic all day. 100 00:04:28,765 --> 00:04:31,234 I'm soaked. All my clothes are wet. 101 00:04:31,267 --> 00:04:33,637 I'm officially tapped out. 102 00:04:33,670 --> 00:04:35,705 I just can't do it anymore. 103 00:04:35,739 --> 00:04:37,441 I need to be rescued now. 104 00:04:37,474 --> 00:04:38,708 * 105 00:04:38,742 --> 00:04:41,845 Just about two months, 51 days I lasted out here, 106 00:04:41,878 --> 00:04:43,547 living off the land. 107 00:04:44,781 --> 00:04:47,617 And that's all I could do. 108 00:04:47,651 --> 00:04:54,591 * 109 00:04:54,624 --> 00:04:57,060 I'm sorry, Jeanette. 110 00:04:57,093 --> 00:04:59,095 I feel awful. 111 00:04:59,128 --> 00:05:01,330 All I wanted was to build you a house. 112 00:05:01,364 --> 00:05:02,966 * 113 00:05:02,999 --> 00:05:05,268 This was my retirement. 114 00:05:05,301 --> 00:05:08,672 Now all I've got to look forward to is going back 115 00:05:08,705 --> 00:05:11,641 and doing drywall again. 116 00:05:11,675 --> 00:05:13,309 That's my future now. 117 00:05:13,342 --> 00:05:15,812 * 118 00:05:15,845 --> 00:05:19,148 I have a great sense of relief, in a way, 119 00:05:19,182 --> 00:05:21,150 but great disappointment. 120 00:05:21,184 --> 00:05:23,118 It's making me cry right now, 121 00:05:23,151 --> 00:05:24,953 but I just physically couldn't do it. 122 00:05:24,987 --> 00:05:30,392 * 123 00:05:30,425 --> 00:05:32,094 There's my ride. 124 00:05:32,127 --> 00:05:37,299 * 125 00:05:39,735 --> 00:05:41,336 - Hypothermia's set in. 126 00:05:41,369 --> 00:05:43,872 No fish for a week. 127 00:05:43,906 --> 00:05:46,308 Just every time I get up, it's like I'm gonna faint. 128 00:05:46,341 --> 00:05:48,844 I just got no energy. Just done. 129 00:05:48,877 --> 00:05:52,114 * 130 00:05:52,147 --> 00:05:54,316 Once you have hypothermia to the point 131 00:05:54,349 --> 00:05:57,686 where your choices and decisions are becoming bad, 132 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,421 you're in danger. 133 00:05:59,454 --> 00:06:02,224 I think all week I had been making bad decisions 134 00:06:02,257 --> 00:06:04,459 because of my state of mind. 135 00:06:04,493 --> 00:06:06,829 Moving in the rain was a bad choice, 136 00:06:06,862 --> 00:06:08,931 and that's what did me in. 137 00:06:08,964 --> 00:06:10,599 That's why I made the call, 138 00:06:10,633 --> 00:06:12,400 because I knew if I didn't, 139 00:06:12,434 --> 00:06:14,737 my mind would trick me into staying. 140 00:06:14,770 --> 00:06:15,904 * 141 00:06:15,938 --> 00:06:17,439 And I probably wouldn't be here today 142 00:06:17,472 --> 00:06:19,507 if I had tried to go another night 143 00:06:19,541 --> 00:06:20,975 in the conditions. 144 00:06:21,008 --> 00:06:22,243 * 145 00:06:22,276 --> 00:06:25,212 I can't even explain the devastation. 146 00:06:25,246 --> 00:06:26,213 * 147 00:06:26,247 --> 00:06:28,482 That was my retirement. 148 00:06:28,516 --> 00:06:31,218 That was a house for my daughter. 149 00:06:31,252 --> 00:06:34,455 I don't even know how to go about telling her. 150 00:06:34,488 --> 00:06:35,923 * 151 00:06:35,957 --> 00:06:37,258 It's a big disappointment, 152 00:06:37,291 --> 00:06:39,460 but somehow a person has to carry on. 153 00:06:39,493 --> 00:06:40,662 * 154 00:06:40,695 --> 00:06:42,764 That's part of being a survivalist. 155 00:06:42,797 --> 00:06:49,737 * 156 00:07:01,282 --> 00:07:04,285 - I'm worried about the spider bites on my bum-bum 157 00:07:04,318 --> 00:07:06,688 that are infected. 158 00:07:06,721 --> 00:07:10,958 So I went around and said all my good-byes 159 00:07:10,992 --> 00:07:13,427 and my gratitudes to everything, 160 00:07:13,460 --> 00:07:17,097 because I was in... 161 00:07:17,130 --> 00:07:18,498 a lot of pain. 162 00:07:18,531 --> 00:07:21,034 I had an infection in my glands, 163 00:07:21,067 --> 00:07:22,869 and I accepted that. 164 00:07:22,903 --> 00:07:24,738 I'm struggling, 165 00:07:24,771 --> 00:07:27,373 but I am so not ready to go home, 166 00:07:27,407 --> 00:07:29,409 it is crazy. 167 00:07:29,442 --> 00:07:32,813 My journey is not over here 168 00:07:32,846 --> 00:07:35,816 on so many levels, 169 00:07:35,849 --> 00:07:39,385 and it's not time for me to go. 170 00:07:39,419 --> 00:07:40,721 * 171 00:07:40,754 --> 00:07:44,490 There is so much more work for me to do. 172 00:07:44,524 --> 00:07:45,992 * 173 00:07:46,026 --> 00:07:48,194 I'm making more usnea poultice... 174 00:07:48,228 --> 00:07:51,031 * 175 00:07:51,064 --> 00:07:52,699 To put on my wound. 176 00:07:52,733 --> 00:07:55,101 * 177 00:07:55,135 --> 00:07:56,903 [in British accent] Just a flesh wound. 178 00:07:56,937 --> 00:07:58,672 * 179 00:07:58,705 --> 00:08:01,007 If I was here just on a spiritual journey, 180 00:08:01,041 --> 00:08:02,776 yeah, I probably would get to a certain point 181 00:08:02,809 --> 00:08:04,210 and be like, "I'm done," 182 00:08:04,244 --> 00:08:06,446 but I do care about owning land, 183 00:08:06,479 --> 00:08:10,683 and that motivation is huge. 184 00:08:10,716 --> 00:08:13,552 So I'm upping my herbal game. 185 00:08:13,585 --> 00:08:17,322 I'm making the strongest frickin' pot of usnea tea 186 00:08:17,356 --> 00:08:21,661 and see if it helps my internal infection. 187 00:08:21,694 --> 00:08:23,328 Sleep on it, see how everything's doing 188 00:08:23,362 --> 00:08:24,930 in the morning. 189 00:08:24,964 --> 00:08:25,998 * 190 00:08:26,031 --> 00:08:28,400 We're going big or going home. 191 00:08:28,433 --> 00:08:35,374 * 192 00:08:46,752 --> 00:08:49,454 - I got my new shelter up. 193 00:08:49,488 --> 00:08:51,323 So warm, so dry. 194 00:08:51,356 --> 00:08:52,424 * 195 00:08:52,457 --> 00:08:55,094 My little shelf I made last night. 196 00:08:55,127 --> 00:08:56,428 All nice and neat. 197 00:08:56,461 --> 00:08:58,297 Chopsticks are poked in there nicely 198 00:08:58,330 --> 00:08:59,832 so they don't fall out anymore. 199 00:08:59,865 --> 00:09:02,167 I got my blower and my spatula on the back 200 00:09:02,201 --> 00:09:04,904 and my sponge for wiping things down. 201 00:09:04,937 --> 00:09:07,605 Smoking sticks are looking awful sparse. 202 00:09:07,638 --> 00:09:09,007 Got fresh fish heads 203 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,209 and half a fish. 204 00:09:11,242 --> 00:09:13,244 Not a lot. 205 00:09:13,277 --> 00:09:15,146 * 206 00:09:15,179 --> 00:09:19,818 I really need more than just the protein in fish soup. 207 00:09:19,851 --> 00:09:20,819 * 208 00:09:20,852 --> 00:09:22,754 Today I saw a little bird 209 00:09:22,787 --> 00:09:23,855 on the game cam. 210 00:09:23,888 --> 00:09:25,023 * 211 00:09:25,056 --> 00:09:28,426 So one of my goals is to catch him 212 00:09:28,459 --> 00:09:30,094 and have him for dinner. 213 00:09:30,128 --> 00:09:34,032 * 214 00:09:34,065 --> 00:09:36,500 I haven't had anything but fish. 215 00:09:36,534 --> 00:09:39,203 A little bird would be quite the boon. 216 00:09:39,237 --> 00:09:41,339 I don't even know if there's as much on one of those guys 217 00:09:41,372 --> 00:09:43,107 as there is a fish, 218 00:09:43,141 --> 00:09:46,377 but I intend to get him 219 00:09:46,410 --> 00:09:48,112 before I leave, 220 00:09:48,146 --> 00:09:50,414 even if it's the biggest land game I ever get 221 00:09:50,448 --> 00:09:52,016 the whole time I'm here. 222 00:09:52,050 --> 00:09:54,252 * 223 00:09:54,285 --> 00:09:55,987 [distant clattering] 224 00:09:56,020 --> 00:09:56,988 * 225 00:09:57,021 --> 00:09:58,757 [whispering] Lost him. 226 00:09:58,790 --> 00:10:01,659 Having quite the battle of wits, me and this bird. 227 00:10:01,692 --> 00:10:04,227 * 228 00:10:04,261 --> 00:10:06,263 He's the ultimate target. 229 00:10:06,296 --> 00:10:08,098 He's the Road Runner. 230 00:10:08,131 --> 00:10:09,900 So got a new plan. 231 00:10:09,933 --> 00:10:12,202 Gonna build a bird trap. 232 00:10:12,235 --> 00:10:14,571 I need to build a pyramid. 233 00:10:14,604 --> 00:10:16,940 And then I got two base sticks, 234 00:10:16,974 --> 00:10:18,641 and they have strings on 'em 235 00:10:18,675 --> 00:10:20,778 so when you slide in the other ones, it stacks up, 236 00:10:20,811 --> 00:10:23,080 and the two strings hold the whole thing down 237 00:10:23,113 --> 00:10:25,548 nice and tight. 238 00:10:25,582 --> 00:10:27,617 See? But you got to keep it tight. 239 00:10:27,650 --> 00:10:31,488 Now that is one beautiful bird trap. 240 00:10:31,521 --> 00:10:33,757 * 241 00:10:33,791 --> 00:10:35,993 This is exciting. 242 00:10:36,026 --> 00:10:37,861 I wish I had made a baited trap like this 243 00:10:37,895 --> 00:10:39,329 from the beginning. 244 00:10:42,099 --> 00:10:44,534 So I got a little piece of gut hanging in there 245 00:10:44,567 --> 00:10:46,003 on a string, 246 00:10:46,036 --> 00:10:47,805 so the mice can't reach it. 247 00:10:47,838 --> 00:10:49,672 I've never seen a bird go into one of these 248 00:10:49,706 --> 00:10:51,775 and not touch the strings that make the thing drop. 249 00:10:51,809 --> 00:10:53,176 It's so sensitive. 250 00:10:53,210 --> 00:10:54,511 * 251 00:10:54,544 --> 00:10:55,879 Traps are set. 252 00:10:55,913 --> 00:10:58,215 Little bird will be mine. 253 00:10:58,248 --> 00:10:59,382 * 254 00:10:59,416 --> 00:11:00,382 I'll walk away... 255 00:11:00,416 --> 00:11:01,650 * 256 00:11:01,683 --> 00:11:03,552 And hopefully I'll catch a bird. 257 00:11:03,585 --> 00:11:06,088 * 258 00:11:06,122 --> 00:11:08,690 I always feel hopeful on days that I set a trap. 259 00:11:10,059 --> 00:11:11,460 You know? 260 00:11:13,930 --> 00:11:15,164 That little booger. 261 00:11:15,197 --> 00:11:18,200 * 262 00:11:18,234 --> 00:11:19,969 [whispering] There he is, right there. 263 00:11:20,002 --> 00:11:22,671 * 264 00:11:22,704 --> 00:11:23,672 There he goes! 265 00:11:23,705 --> 00:11:25,942 * 266 00:11:29,378 --> 00:11:32,314 [dramatic music] 267 00:11:32,348 --> 00:11:39,288 * 268 00:11:44,894 --> 00:11:46,595 - That little booger. 269 00:11:46,628 --> 00:11:53,602 * 270 00:11:53,635 --> 00:11:56,005 [whispering] There he is, right there. 271 00:11:56,038 --> 00:11:57,338 There he goes! 272 00:11:57,372 --> 00:11:59,875 He's in the trap. 273 00:11:59,908 --> 00:12:01,877 He just ate the grub. 274 00:12:01,910 --> 00:12:04,145 And out of the trap. 275 00:12:04,179 --> 00:12:05,881 Can't believe this. 276 00:12:05,914 --> 00:12:07,849 Bird has outsmarted me thus far. 277 00:12:09,350 --> 00:12:11,652 That's a pretty clever little bird... 278 00:12:11,686 --> 00:12:13,421 but I'll figure it out. 279 00:12:13,454 --> 00:12:14,856 Bird's on the menu one of these days, 280 00:12:14,890 --> 00:12:16,591 I'm telling you. 281 00:12:16,624 --> 00:12:23,564 * 282 00:12:35,343 --> 00:12:38,346 - * Happy birthday to me 283 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,283 * Happy birthday to me 284 00:12:42,317 --> 00:12:45,253 * Happy birthday to me 285 00:12:51,159 --> 00:12:53,027 [exhales slowly] 286 00:12:54,895 --> 00:12:56,196 * 287 00:12:56,230 --> 00:13:01,068 I think my birth-- birthday gift to myself is, 288 00:13:01,101 --> 00:13:04,071 I'm gonna go for a wander this morning 289 00:13:04,104 --> 00:13:06,673 and try to find something to eat. 290 00:13:06,706 --> 00:13:10,044 * 291 00:13:10,077 --> 00:13:13,413 My awareness of edible plants started at a young age 292 00:13:13,447 --> 00:13:15,015 and has evolved. 293 00:13:15,049 --> 00:13:18,885 You know, I like to be able to provide for my own needs. 294 00:13:18,919 --> 00:13:21,788 Dandelions, just what the doctor ordered. 295 00:13:21,821 --> 00:13:23,958 * 296 00:13:23,991 --> 00:13:27,661 And even in a unfamiliar country 297 00:13:27,694 --> 00:13:30,464 like down here in South America, 298 00:13:30,497 --> 00:13:32,899 I'm finding plants that I know 299 00:13:32,933 --> 00:13:34,734 from back at home. 300 00:13:34,768 --> 00:13:36,336 I found nettles. 301 00:13:36,370 --> 00:13:38,038 * 302 00:13:38,072 --> 00:13:39,606 This is awesome. 303 00:13:39,639 --> 00:13:41,341 Here's a nice one. 304 00:13:41,375 --> 00:13:43,177 New growth. 305 00:13:43,210 --> 00:13:47,547 Take it back home and have a feast of nettles tonight. 306 00:13:47,581 --> 00:13:49,983 * 307 00:13:50,016 --> 00:13:52,551 It's a lot of greens, but I'm gonna cook 'em all up. 308 00:13:52,585 --> 00:13:54,887 Nettles, in you go. 309 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,390 I simply make green soup. 310 00:13:57,423 --> 00:13:58,391 * 311 00:13:58,424 --> 00:14:00,293 It's gonna be a feast. 312 00:14:00,326 --> 00:14:03,662 * 313 00:14:03,696 --> 00:14:07,866 To me, the difference between living and survival 314 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:10,603 is an attitude. 315 00:14:10,636 --> 00:14:13,606 Living is about enjoying the moment. 316 00:14:13,639 --> 00:14:18,811 Surviving is about getting through that moment. 317 00:14:18,844 --> 00:14:20,779 * 318 00:14:20,813 --> 00:14:24,750 I want to just continue living day by day. 319 00:14:24,783 --> 00:14:25,784 * 320 00:14:25,818 --> 00:14:29,788 To many more great days in Patagonia. 321 00:14:30,856 --> 00:14:37,796 * 322 00:14:54,212 --> 00:14:56,214 - I've been waking up in the night. 323 00:14:56,248 --> 00:14:59,351 There's definitely something going around my shelter. 324 00:14:59,384 --> 00:15:01,386 I went and checked my trail cam. 325 00:15:01,419 --> 00:15:02,387 * 326 00:15:02,420 --> 00:15:04,189 It was a fox. 327 00:15:04,222 --> 00:15:06,424 Just don't want him to try to bite me. 328 00:15:06,458 --> 00:15:09,294 Rabies is definitely something I do not want to get. 329 00:15:09,327 --> 00:15:12,297 Soon as the symptoms start to show, it's too late, 330 00:15:12,330 --> 00:15:16,268 and the max amount of sleep I've had out here 331 00:15:16,301 --> 00:15:19,171 is maybe-- I don't know, 332 00:15:19,204 --> 00:15:22,440 I'd say around four hours max, maybe, at a time? 333 00:15:22,474 --> 00:15:24,842 And it's because of the fox. 334 00:15:24,876 --> 00:15:27,779 I really would like to just sleep. 335 00:15:27,812 --> 00:15:29,547 * 336 00:15:29,581 --> 00:15:31,949 I am concerned about the next couple weeks, 337 00:15:31,983 --> 00:15:34,419 because all the foliage is dying 338 00:15:34,452 --> 00:15:36,088 with all the frost. 339 00:15:36,121 --> 00:15:38,956 * 340 00:15:38,990 --> 00:15:40,692 See if I can salvage any of this one. 341 00:15:40,725 --> 00:15:42,893 * 342 00:15:42,926 --> 00:15:45,028 Yeah, the cold weather's definitely taking a hit 343 00:15:45,062 --> 00:15:46,730 on my forage materials. 344 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,268 * 345 00:15:51,302 --> 00:15:53,837 It might be my biggest bang for my buck right now, 346 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,772 killing the fox. 347 00:15:55,806 --> 00:15:58,942 * 348 00:15:58,975 --> 00:16:00,344 I've never killed a fox before. 349 00:16:00,377 --> 00:16:01,912 I've never... 350 00:16:01,945 --> 00:16:04,248 * 351 00:16:04,281 --> 00:16:05,249 Really wanted to, 352 00:16:05,282 --> 00:16:08,185 but it does have a lot of meat on it. 353 00:16:08,219 --> 00:16:10,854 I would prefer not to wreck the pelt, 354 00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:14,191 so I'm gonna try to do a hanging trigger trap, 355 00:16:14,225 --> 00:16:16,893 and foxes are really sensitive to smell. 356 00:16:16,927 --> 00:16:18,129 They can smell a lot of things, 357 00:16:18,162 --> 00:16:20,597 and they'll also pick up human scent, 358 00:16:20,631 --> 00:16:22,099 so I'm gonna try to be really careful 359 00:16:22,133 --> 00:16:24,535 with the scent I get on the cord. 360 00:16:24,568 --> 00:16:27,538 I've brought gloves, and at least I'll get some meat, 361 00:16:27,571 --> 00:16:30,407 and I can use part of the pelt. 362 00:16:30,441 --> 00:16:33,377 So I'm gonna tie this down to a peg, 363 00:16:33,410 --> 00:16:36,680 and I'm gonna try to funnel the fox 364 00:16:36,713 --> 00:16:38,281 into this area. 365 00:16:38,314 --> 00:16:41,517 I'm gonna be making the noose out of paracord, 366 00:16:41,551 --> 00:16:43,853 'cause on my trail cam, 367 00:16:43,886 --> 00:16:46,322 it looked like the animal, that fox, 368 00:16:46,356 --> 00:16:48,224 was about 40 pounds. 369 00:16:48,258 --> 00:16:49,892 * 370 00:16:49,925 --> 00:16:51,594 I guess if it's gonna get really aggressive 371 00:16:51,627 --> 00:16:52,695 and come into my shelter, 372 00:16:52,728 --> 00:16:55,265 then it's gonna be me or it, 373 00:16:55,298 --> 00:16:57,167 'cause I definitely don't want to get bit, 374 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,835 and this thing sounds like it's hungry. 375 00:16:59,869 --> 00:17:02,104 It's definitely digging 376 00:17:02,138 --> 00:17:03,573 and scavenging around. 377 00:17:03,606 --> 00:17:05,775 * 378 00:17:05,808 --> 00:17:07,577 I fenced in this whole area, 379 00:17:07,610 --> 00:17:09,879 so the animal is encouraged 380 00:17:09,912 --> 00:17:13,048 to funnel over to the side. 381 00:17:13,082 --> 00:17:17,052 Then there is a noose tied to the sapling... 382 00:17:17,086 --> 00:17:18,154 * 383 00:17:18,188 --> 00:17:20,756 Which comes on down. It's propped up. 384 00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:24,394 It's about the right size for a fox head 385 00:17:24,427 --> 00:17:26,061 at about the right height, 386 00:17:26,095 --> 00:17:27,230 and there's a trigger line 387 00:17:27,263 --> 00:17:29,532 running back from the sapling 388 00:17:29,565 --> 00:17:32,001 over to the taut peg 389 00:17:32,034 --> 00:17:33,703 with some bait. 390 00:17:33,736 --> 00:17:36,871 So that is my trigger noose system for the fox, 391 00:17:36,905 --> 00:17:39,408 and if this one doesn't work, I can do one with spears. 392 00:17:39,441 --> 00:17:40,809 I just don't want to wreck the pelt. 393 00:17:40,842 --> 00:17:42,143 If I can get it this way, 394 00:17:42,177 --> 00:17:45,414 then I can have a full, intact pelt to use. 395 00:17:45,447 --> 00:17:47,416 I'm just gonna set some more traps, 396 00:17:47,449 --> 00:17:49,818 and we'll see if this actually works. 397 00:17:49,851 --> 00:17:55,790 * 398 00:17:57,759 --> 00:18:00,995 I think that fox was behind my shelter last night. 399 00:18:01,029 --> 00:18:02,163 That'd be my luck. 400 00:18:02,197 --> 00:18:03,898 He'd come over and sit beside me 401 00:18:03,932 --> 00:18:06,668 and then frickin' bite me in the face. 402 00:18:06,701 --> 00:18:08,470 Full-on rabies in three days, 403 00:18:08,503 --> 00:18:10,605 right to the brain. 404 00:18:10,639 --> 00:18:12,341 Insane in the membrane. 405 00:18:12,374 --> 00:18:19,314 * 406 00:18:22,951 --> 00:18:25,720 I just have dead hooks in the water. 407 00:18:25,754 --> 00:18:27,088 I have no bait, 408 00:18:27,121 --> 00:18:28,590 but at least I get the sunrise. 409 00:18:28,623 --> 00:18:31,259 * 410 00:18:31,292 --> 00:18:32,660 I'm gonna do some foraging, 411 00:18:32,693 --> 00:18:35,028 see if I can find any bait, 412 00:18:35,062 --> 00:18:36,464 food to eat. 413 00:18:36,497 --> 00:18:38,899 * 414 00:18:38,932 --> 00:18:41,569 That's a fox poo right there. 415 00:18:41,602 --> 00:18:43,871 This is his territory, I know. 416 00:18:43,904 --> 00:18:45,839 And he's wondering what I'm doing here. 417 00:18:45,873 --> 00:18:48,041 He gives zero effs. 418 00:18:48,075 --> 00:18:55,015 * 419 00:18:56,584 --> 00:18:59,753 Surprised the fox hasn't come up here. 420 00:18:59,787 --> 00:19:03,223 Wonder where that little-- his burrow is. 421 00:19:03,257 --> 00:19:10,197 * 422 00:19:11,332 --> 00:19:12,933 Oh, no. 423 00:19:12,966 --> 00:19:18,439 * 424 00:19:18,472 --> 00:19:20,073 It's chewed on a bit. 425 00:19:20,107 --> 00:19:21,375 So at least I know this height 426 00:19:21,409 --> 00:19:24,011 is a good distance to have them. 427 00:19:24,044 --> 00:19:25,513 That was completely chewed off. 428 00:19:25,546 --> 00:19:27,780 It was wrapped around some animal. 429 00:19:27,814 --> 00:19:33,620 * 430 00:19:33,653 --> 00:19:36,055 [animal barks] 431 00:19:36,088 --> 00:19:38,391 That is the fox. 432 00:19:38,425 --> 00:19:39,592 Oh, my gosh. 433 00:19:39,626 --> 00:19:40,960 * 434 00:19:44,397 --> 00:19:47,367 [dramatic music] 435 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:54,341 * 436 00:20:04,250 --> 00:20:06,453 - That is the fox. 437 00:20:06,486 --> 00:20:07,954 Oh, my gosh. 438 00:20:07,987 --> 00:20:12,525 * 439 00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:13,860 I don't see him. 440 00:20:13,893 --> 00:20:16,829 * 441 00:20:16,863 --> 00:20:20,199 Well, that's what's been waking me up. 442 00:20:20,232 --> 00:20:22,201 Man. 443 00:20:22,234 --> 00:20:24,370 He's active during the day, too, it looks like. 444 00:20:24,403 --> 00:20:28,874 * 445 00:20:28,907 --> 00:20:30,141 You would think after it saw me 446 00:20:30,175 --> 00:20:33,645 that it would be a-- a bit more hesitant, 447 00:20:33,679 --> 00:20:35,814 knowing that there's a human here. 448 00:20:35,847 --> 00:20:37,115 I don't think it gives a [bleep]. 449 00:20:37,148 --> 00:20:38,484 It wants food. 450 00:20:38,517 --> 00:20:40,986 * 451 00:20:41,019 --> 00:20:44,623 And if it's having as hard of a time as me getting food, 452 00:20:44,656 --> 00:20:47,993 and it has no fishing line and hooks... 453 00:20:48,026 --> 00:20:49,561 he's probably hungrier than me. 454 00:20:49,595 --> 00:20:54,265 * 455 00:20:54,299 --> 00:20:56,868 It'd be a battle of the hungry beasts, 456 00:20:56,902 --> 00:20:59,304 me and the fox, if it got into the shelter. 457 00:20:59,337 --> 00:21:01,139 * 458 00:21:01,172 --> 00:21:03,008 That's for sure. 459 00:21:03,041 --> 00:21:09,981 * 460 00:21:13,885 --> 00:21:16,121 [leaves rustling] 461 00:21:16,154 --> 00:21:18,757 The fox is running around outside. 462 00:21:18,790 --> 00:21:20,157 [leaves rustling] 463 00:21:20,190 --> 00:21:23,227 He's scratching behind all my tinder. 464 00:21:23,260 --> 00:21:26,697 Definitely trying to get in. 465 00:21:26,731 --> 00:21:28,733 Uh, I guess that thing's not afraid of me. 466 00:21:28,766 --> 00:21:31,068 I guess it's still just hungry. 467 00:21:31,101 --> 00:21:33,070 I don't want to open the door and get bit. 468 00:21:33,103 --> 00:21:35,305 I'm not a big fan of rabies. 469 00:21:35,339 --> 00:21:40,044 * 470 00:21:40,077 --> 00:21:43,047 [banging] 471 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:47,885 * 472 00:21:47,918 --> 00:21:49,053 I don't know. I might have to stay up 473 00:21:49,086 --> 00:21:51,556 all night tonight. I'm really concerned 474 00:21:51,589 --> 00:21:53,323 it's gonna try to come in here when I'm sleeping 475 00:21:53,357 --> 00:21:54,692 and bite me. 476 00:21:54,725 --> 00:22:01,131 * 477 00:22:01,165 --> 00:22:04,201 [leaves rustling] 478 00:22:04,234 --> 00:22:06,303 * 479 00:22:06,336 --> 00:22:08,105 [sighs] 480 00:22:08,138 --> 00:22:09,774 Frickin' fox is back, 481 00:22:09,807 --> 00:22:11,542 running around my shelter, 482 00:22:11,576 --> 00:22:13,377 sniffing and digging. 483 00:22:13,410 --> 00:22:16,380 * 484 00:22:16,413 --> 00:22:18,314 [animal snuffling] 485 00:22:18,347 --> 00:22:19,616 I don't know. It's got to be 486 00:22:19,649 --> 00:22:22,051 a couple hours before dawn. 487 00:22:22,085 --> 00:22:23,720 [whacks tarp] Get. 488 00:22:23,753 --> 00:22:27,457 * 489 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:33,630 * 490 00:22:33,663 --> 00:22:37,467 Right now I'm questioning the trade-offs 491 00:22:37,501 --> 00:22:42,438 of staying out here really long and, uh... 492 00:22:42,472 --> 00:22:45,374 * 493 00:22:45,408 --> 00:22:46,476 What are the benefits, 494 00:22:46,510 --> 00:22:50,246 and what are the downfalls either way? 495 00:22:50,279 --> 00:22:57,253 * 496 00:22:57,286 --> 00:23:00,557 I'm just really starting to think, you know, 497 00:23:00,590 --> 00:23:02,626 I'm the only mother. 498 00:23:02,659 --> 00:23:04,427 [chuckles] 499 00:23:04,460 --> 00:23:11,400 * 500 00:23:12,636 --> 00:23:15,370 And doing this out here... 501 00:23:15,403 --> 00:23:16,972 [sniffles] 502 00:23:17,005 --> 00:23:22,978 * 503 00:23:23,011 --> 00:23:25,981 [crying] 504 00:23:26,014 --> 00:23:32,955 * 505 00:23:48,403 --> 00:23:51,206 - Gonna start the day off with a clean start 506 00:23:51,239 --> 00:23:53,041 and a clean front yard. 507 00:23:55,377 --> 00:23:57,145 Do a little bit of raking. 508 00:23:57,179 --> 00:23:59,615 I'm gonna go get some new firewood 509 00:23:59,648 --> 00:24:02,651 and start it all over again. 510 00:24:04,887 --> 00:24:06,421 That's just an excuse to use my rake. 511 00:24:06,454 --> 00:24:08,290 It's just so much fun. 512 00:24:09,390 --> 00:24:11,593 Ha! 513 00:24:11,626 --> 00:24:12,960 [grunting] 514 00:24:12,994 --> 00:24:14,195 Hiyah! 515 00:24:15,496 --> 00:24:18,432 [bird chirping] 516 00:24:24,271 --> 00:24:25,873 That little bird. 517 00:24:25,907 --> 00:24:27,341 As soon as you pay attention to him, 518 00:24:27,374 --> 00:24:28,743 like, he senses it, and he's like... 519 00:24:28,776 --> 00:24:30,444 whoosh. He's out of there. 520 00:24:30,477 --> 00:24:37,418 * 521 00:24:38,485 --> 00:24:39,453 All right. 522 00:24:39,486 --> 00:24:41,122 All packed up. 523 00:24:41,155 --> 00:24:42,690 Head down, 524 00:24:42,724 --> 00:24:44,358 check on the "fish-uation." 525 00:24:44,391 --> 00:24:46,961 * 526 00:24:46,994 --> 00:24:48,896 And, uh... 527 00:24:48,930 --> 00:24:51,633 [distant rustle] 528 00:24:51,666 --> 00:24:53,000 What was that? 529 00:24:53,034 --> 00:24:54,936 * 530 00:24:54,969 --> 00:24:57,204 [rustling continues] 531 00:24:57,238 --> 00:24:59,306 [sighs] 532 00:24:59,340 --> 00:25:01,108 My bird trap go off? 533 00:25:01,142 --> 00:25:02,509 * 534 00:25:02,543 --> 00:25:03,945 I'll check on that. 535 00:25:03,978 --> 00:25:08,348 * 536 00:25:08,381 --> 00:25:10,951 Oh, look who finally got himself caught. 537 00:25:10,984 --> 00:25:12,385 [wings flapping] 538 00:25:12,418 --> 00:25:13,654 Trying to get out. 539 00:25:13,687 --> 00:25:16,623 * 540 00:25:16,657 --> 00:25:18,892 The jacket goes around here. 541 00:25:18,925 --> 00:25:20,193 Cover the trap, 542 00:25:20,226 --> 00:25:21,527 just in case another piece of this 543 00:25:21,561 --> 00:25:23,196 wiggles and opens up, 544 00:25:23,229 --> 00:25:24,865 'cause, man, this is the-- 545 00:25:24,898 --> 00:25:27,233 you finally catch something to eat, 546 00:25:27,267 --> 00:25:29,035 and then it goes and slips out on you. 547 00:25:29,069 --> 00:25:30,837 Not the way to win, you know? 548 00:25:30,871 --> 00:25:31,872 * 549 00:25:31,905 --> 00:25:33,373 Get your hand in there. 550 00:25:33,406 --> 00:25:34,775 Grab your catch. 551 00:25:34,808 --> 00:25:35,976 Pull him out. 552 00:25:36,009 --> 00:25:37,010 * 553 00:25:37,043 --> 00:25:40,681 [bones cracking] 554 00:25:40,714 --> 00:25:42,716 Boom. There we go, broke his neck. 555 00:25:42,749 --> 00:25:43,884 * 556 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:44,885 [exhales] 557 00:25:44,918 --> 00:25:47,320 I got him. 558 00:25:47,353 --> 00:25:48,855 There he is. 559 00:25:48,889 --> 00:25:50,623 It's not much, 560 00:25:50,657 --> 00:25:52,125 just a little handful. 561 00:25:52,158 --> 00:25:53,526 * 562 00:25:53,559 --> 00:25:54,594 Thank you, little fella. 563 00:25:54,627 --> 00:25:55,829 * 564 00:25:55,862 --> 00:25:58,732 Now I will eat something besides fish. 565 00:25:58,765 --> 00:26:00,066 I got to strip the feathers off. 566 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,534 I want to utilize every last bit of him, 567 00:26:02,567 --> 00:26:05,137 and I will have a nice delicious soup tonight. 568 00:26:05,170 --> 00:26:07,773 Oh, my goodness, is this gonna be delicious. 569 00:26:07,807 --> 00:26:10,175 * 570 00:26:10,209 --> 00:26:12,044 That's all of him. 571 00:26:12,077 --> 00:26:14,246 There's the bird. 572 00:26:14,279 --> 00:26:15,948 Not very big, a couple mouthfuls, 573 00:26:15,981 --> 00:26:17,482 but it'll make a great soup. 574 00:26:17,516 --> 00:26:19,685 His head in the soup and the feet in the soup 575 00:26:19,719 --> 00:26:23,989 and the liver and heart are right there. 576 00:26:24,023 --> 00:26:25,624 Not wasting a thing. 577 00:26:25,657 --> 00:26:32,631 * 578 00:26:32,664 --> 00:26:33,999 There we go, 579 00:26:34,033 --> 00:26:36,601 one little peeled bird head 580 00:26:36,635 --> 00:26:37,837 for the soup pot. 581 00:26:37,870 --> 00:26:39,638 * 582 00:26:39,671 --> 00:26:42,607 I hate to say it, but man, it tastes like chicken. 583 00:26:42,641 --> 00:26:44,009 I can't wait to eat something again 584 00:26:44,043 --> 00:26:45,110 that doesn't have bones 585 00:26:45,144 --> 00:26:47,512 at home with my family. 586 00:26:47,546 --> 00:26:49,648 I can't wait to be back with them. 587 00:26:49,681 --> 00:26:51,083 * 588 00:26:51,116 --> 00:26:53,919 I knew I would miss them, but it-- 589 00:26:53,953 --> 00:26:56,922 I never imagined that it would pull at me so strongly. 590 00:26:56,956 --> 00:27:03,962 * 591 00:27:15,073 --> 00:27:16,074 - Good morning. 592 00:27:16,107 --> 00:27:19,210 Checking on our spider bite here. 593 00:27:19,243 --> 00:27:21,379 And we're gonna see how it's looking. 594 00:27:21,412 --> 00:27:22,847 * 595 00:27:22,881 --> 00:27:24,983 I've been working with my spider bites 596 00:27:25,016 --> 00:27:26,350 with the plant medicine 597 00:27:26,384 --> 00:27:28,753 and also taking usnea internally. 598 00:27:28,787 --> 00:27:31,089 * 599 00:27:31,122 --> 00:27:34,759 Working with plant medicine is about patience, you know? 600 00:27:34,793 --> 00:27:38,029 It isn't the quick fix, but... 601 00:27:38,062 --> 00:27:39,197 * 602 00:27:39,230 --> 00:27:41,365 Oh, yeah. It's totally healing up. 603 00:27:43,167 --> 00:27:44,869 You know, we still got that scabby scab, 604 00:27:44,903 --> 00:27:47,171 but it's way better. 605 00:27:47,205 --> 00:27:50,474 The poultice is working. 606 00:27:50,508 --> 00:27:51,709 There's no pain, 607 00:27:51,742 --> 00:27:54,312 and the infection is just being drawn out. 608 00:27:54,345 --> 00:27:57,547 I'm feeling totally good about it. 609 00:27:58,648 --> 00:28:00,717 It's awesome. 610 00:28:00,750 --> 00:28:02,219 * 611 00:28:02,252 --> 00:28:05,655 I am just blown away. 612 00:28:05,688 --> 00:28:08,125 I was, like, this close to tapping out. 613 00:28:08,158 --> 00:28:10,193 This close. 614 00:28:10,227 --> 00:28:13,396 But I just felt like it just was not time, 615 00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:15,698 and I was right. It wasn't. 616 00:28:15,732 --> 00:28:16,900 * 617 00:28:16,934 --> 00:28:20,670 So I feel like 618 00:28:20,703 --> 00:28:22,672 I've been gifted a second chance. 619 00:28:22,705 --> 00:28:24,074 Pretty amazing. 620 00:28:24,107 --> 00:28:25,242 * 621 00:28:25,275 --> 00:28:26,676 High five. 622 00:28:26,709 --> 00:28:30,113 * 623 00:28:33,416 --> 00:28:36,386 [dramatic music] 624 00:28:36,419 --> 00:28:43,360 * 625 00:28:55,004 --> 00:28:58,340 - I am a mountain man. 626 00:28:58,374 --> 00:29:00,476 I am tough. 627 00:29:00,509 --> 00:29:07,516 * 628 00:29:09,451 --> 00:29:11,653 Bam. 629 00:29:11,687 --> 00:29:14,190 Food energy's a need out here. 630 00:29:14,223 --> 00:29:16,425 * 631 00:29:16,458 --> 00:29:18,995 I like this bow, and I like being connected with it, 632 00:29:19,028 --> 00:29:20,429 you know? 633 00:29:20,462 --> 00:29:24,333 * 634 00:29:24,366 --> 00:29:25,534 So I want to be able to know 635 00:29:25,567 --> 00:29:27,703 that my shots are gonna be clean 636 00:29:27,736 --> 00:29:30,239 when I go hunting. 637 00:29:30,272 --> 00:29:33,542 Got to get my body some needed energy. 638 00:29:33,575 --> 00:29:34,710 * 639 00:29:34,743 --> 00:29:36,478 Got to figure these animals out. 640 00:29:36,512 --> 00:29:37,513 * 641 00:29:37,546 --> 00:29:38,915 There's boar around. 642 00:29:38,948 --> 00:29:40,382 There is boar. 643 00:29:40,416 --> 00:29:44,386 * 644 00:29:49,991 --> 00:29:52,627 Ah! 645 00:29:52,660 --> 00:29:55,130 I love that. 646 00:29:55,163 --> 00:30:00,635 * 647 00:30:00,668 --> 00:30:03,271 I'm gonna start setting snares. 648 00:30:03,304 --> 00:30:06,107 I'm gonna see if I can snare some of these wild boar. 649 00:30:06,141 --> 00:30:09,377 * 650 00:30:09,410 --> 00:30:11,579 I'm gonna use the doubled-up one. 651 00:30:11,612 --> 00:30:14,415 * 652 00:30:14,449 --> 00:30:17,585 Killing a boar would give me a lot of large food 653 00:30:17,618 --> 00:30:19,420 very, very quickly. 654 00:30:19,454 --> 00:30:24,859 * 655 00:30:24,892 --> 00:30:27,362 I want to make sure there's no other area 656 00:30:27,395 --> 00:30:29,130 that this thing wants to go through. 657 00:30:29,164 --> 00:30:30,798 * 658 00:30:30,831 --> 00:30:31,866 All right. 659 00:30:31,899 --> 00:30:34,202 Two traps set for bear. 660 00:30:34,235 --> 00:30:35,836 I mean, wild boar. 661 00:30:35,870 --> 00:30:37,305 [chuckles] 662 00:30:37,338 --> 00:30:39,274 [exhales sharply] 663 00:30:39,307 --> 00:30:46,246 * 664 00:31:07,234 --> 00:31:08,768 - Whoa. 665 00:31:08,802 --> 00:31:11,138 That deer just came up my path. 666 00:31:11,171 --> 00:31:13,007 * 667 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,977 Unfortunately, I think it's the deer that is not hunt-able. 668 00:31:17,011 --> 00:31:18,112 * 669 00:31:18,145 --> 00:31:19,579 [exhales] 670 00:31:19,613 --> 00:31:20,847 * 671 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:25,319 That would be a lot of good eating right there. 672 00:31:25,352 --> 00:31:31,758 * 673 00:31:31,791 --> 00:31:33,493 Bummer. 674 00:31:33,527 --> 00:31:37,097 * 675 00:31:37,131 --> 00:31:39,633 I have this hole in my glove. 676 00:31:39,666 --> 00:31:42,901 I want to try to find some burrs to stick it together 677 00:31:42,935 --> 00:31:44,970 and then use some pitch glue 678 00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:46,505 to try to glue it. 679 00:31:46,539 --> 00:31:49,408 Here's a spruce tree. 680 00:31:49,442 --> 00:31:51,244 * 681 00:31:51,277 --> 00:31:55,814 And there's these little bump blisters all over the trunk 682 00:31:55,848 --> 00:31:57,483 that have sap in 'em. 683 00:31:57,516 --> 00:32:00,486 * 684 00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:05,391 Made some pitch glue with the sap from the spruce tree 685 00:32:05,424 --> 00:32:07,426 and then mixed it with ashes. 686 00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:08,427 * 687 00:32:08,461 --> 00:32:10,796 Got these burrs, 688 00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:13,599 so I'm hoping they'll work like a Velcro, 689 00:32:13,632 --> 00:32:16,335 hold 'em together. 690 00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:20,139 I don't know how it's gonna hold up to daily tasks, but... 691 00:32:20,173 --> 00:32:22,208 * 692 00:32:22,241 --> 00:32:25,444 You can see the patch right there. 693 00:32:25,478 --> 00:32:28,081 We'll see. Fingers crossed. 694 00:32:28,114 --> 00:32:35,054 * 695 00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:46,764 - Bad news. 696 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,966 We have been living with a mouse in the house, 697 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,303 and the mice down here 698 00:32:51,336 --> 00:32:53,171 have hantavirus, 699 00:32:53,205 --> 00:32:55,773 which is not good. 700 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,275 * 701 00:32:57,309 --> 00:33:00,645 I'm living in a "hanted" house 702 00:33:00,678 --> 00:33:02,547 with a "hanted" mouse. 703 00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:04,482 * 704 00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:06,651 And we were seriously warned, 705 00:33:06,684 --> 00:33:08,486 if you do have a mouse in your house, 706 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,288 you need to get rid of it 707 00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:11,756 or move, 708 00:33:11,789 --> 00:33:15,360 and, um... 709 00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:18,530 I am so sure I'm gonna move. 710 00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:19,597 [scoffs] 711 00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:21,433 I'd--I'd rather go home. 712 00:33:21,466 --> 00:33:24,636 I mean, yeah, I'm gonna build a new shelter. 713 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:28,906 Uh, no mother-effin' way. 714 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:33,677 I actually felt it run across the top of my sleeping bag 715 00:33:33,710 --> 00:33:35,679 when I was lying awake. 716 00:33:35,712 --> 00:33:38,482 So I'm gonna try and muster the energy 717 00:33:38,515 --> 00:33:40,050 to make a mousetrap, 718 00:33:40,083 --> 00:33:43,820 because I don't think no usnea and plantain 719 00:33:43,854 --> 00:33:47,324 is gonna cure hantavirus. 720 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:51,061 I'm working on making my little figure four trap 721 00:33:51,094 --> 00:33:55,532 to catch the god[bleep] mouse. 722 00:33:55,566 --> 00:33:57,033 * 723 00:33:57,067 --> 00:33:59,703 You can't let something like this stop you, 724 00:33:59,736 --> 00:34:03,874 because I'm motivated by something really deep, 725 00:34:03,907 --> 00:34:06,009 and that is my land. 726 00:34:06,042 --> 00:34:08,412 This prize money that I saw, you know, 727 00:34:08,445 --> 00:34:11,782 as being a means to buy-- buy my property. 728 00:34:11,815 --> 00:34:15,085 Owning land is a really important thing to me. 729 00:34:15,118 --> 00:34:18,054 I want to create a long-term home, you know? 730 00:34:18,088 --> 00:34:21,158 And in order to do that, in order to really homestead, 731 00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:22,826 you really have to-- 732 00:34:22,859 --> 00:34:25,196 to have a piece of land to work with. 733 00:34:25,229 --> 00:34:28,965 And that motivation is huge. 734 00:34:28,999 --> 00:34:30,833 * 735 00:34:30,866 --> 00:34:32,502 So I'll show you what I have set up. 736 00:34:32,535 --> 00:34:34,370 It's a little figure four trap. 737 00:34:34,404 --> 00:34:35,805 So mousey comes along. 738 00:34:35,838 --> 00:34:37,507 [squeaking] 739 00:34:37,540 --> 00:34:39,475 "Yummy." 740 00:34:39,509 --> 00:34:42,845 Bam. Hopefully smashes it. 741 00:34:42,878 --> 00:34:44,180 Hopefully we can catch ourselves 742 00:34:44,214 --> 00:34:45,748 a little mouse tonight. 743 00:34:45,781 --> 00:34:46,749 Not for eating 744 00:34:46,782 --> 00:34:48,418 but for disposing of, 745 00:34:48,451 --> 00:34:51,454 because we don't want to get no hantavirus. 746 00:34:51,487 --> 00:34:58,428 * 747 00:35:02,164 --> 00:35:04,267 So I'm lying in my sleeping bag, 748 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:07,002 and I think I hear the mouse. 749 00:35:07,036 --> 00:35:08,471 Hey, mouse. 750 00:35:08,504 --> 00:35:11,807 * 751 00:35:11,841 --> 00:35:12,942 [rock thuds, mouse squealing] 752 00:35:18,448 --> 00:35:21,417 [dramatic music] 753 00:35:21,451 --> 00:35:28,390 * 754 00:35:37,266 --> 00:35:40,302 - All right, well, I just heard my trap go off. 755 00:35:40,335 --> 00:35:44,739 It's very, very early in the morning, and... 756 00:35:44,773 --> 00:35:46,908 we got the mouse! 757 00:35:46,941 --> 00:35:48,710 * Da da-da da-da 758 00:35:48,743 --> 00:35:50,144 * Dee dee-dee dee-dee 759 00:35:50,178 --> 00:35:51,880 * 760 00:35:51,913 --> 00:35:53,915 See the tail? 761 00:35:53,948 --> 00:35:55,617 Right there. 762 00:35:55,650 --> 00:35:58,086 Oh, my goodness, I cannot believe it worked. 763 00:35:58,119 --> 00:36:01,556 I have to say, I'm very happy 764 00:36:01,590 --> 00:36:04,158 that we killed the "hanted" mouse. 765 00:36:04,192 --> 00:36:05,694 * 766 00:36:05,727 --> 00:36:08,297 "Hanted" house no longer "hanted." 767 00:36:08,330 --> 00:36:12,534 * 768 00:36:12,567 --> 00:36:15,504 Let's progress with mouse removal. 769 00:36:15,537 --> 00:36:17,572 * 770 00:36:17,606 --> 00:36:20,575 [singing Chopin's "Funeral March"] 771 00:36:20,609 --> 00:36:22,176 * 772 00:36:22,210 --> 00:36:24,044 Whoa, big guy. 773 00:36:24,077 --> 00:36:25,646 Jeez-o. 774 00:36:25,679 --> 00:36:26,780 Wow, that's like... 775 00:36:26,814 --> 00:36:28,316 * 776 00:36:28,349 --> 00:36:29,517 That's a mongo. 777 00:36:29,550 --> 00:36:33,954 So without touching the mouse at all... 778 00:36:33,987 --> 00:36:37,491 * 779 00:36:37,525 --> 00:36:38,659 You see him? 780 00:36:38,692 --> 00:36:41,295 That is a really fatty [bleep] mouse. 781 00:36:41,329 --> 00:36:43,030 Excuse my language. 782 00:36:43,063 --> 00:36:44,498 * 783 00:36:44,532 --> 00:36:47,968 You know, if this was season one or two, 784 00:36:48,001 --> 00:36:52,340 that mouse would have offered Callie a good 30 calories. 785 00:36:52,373 --> 00:36:54,141 I love the little bubbles that pop up 786 00:36:54,174 --> 00:36:57,177 that are like, "This mouse will provide Sam 787 00:36:57,210 --> 00:36:59,613 "with 1 gram of protein 788 00:36:59,647 --> 00:37:02,616 and 30 calories." 789 00:37:02,650 --> 00:37:04,217 And you're like, uh, yeah, 790 00:37:04,251 --> 00:37:05,753 you could get more calories 791 00:37:05,786 --> 00:37:07,588 from eating your fingernails. 792 00:37:07,621 --> 00:37:08,589 * 793 00:37:08,622 --> 00:37:09,890 Um... 794 00:37:09,923 --> 00:37:11,725 * 795 00:37:11,759 --> 00:37:14,127 Just kidding, but food is food. 796 00:37:14,161 --> 00:37:15,929 Mousey went-y. 797 00:37:15,963 --> 00:37:17,965 Sorry for killing you, mouse. 798 00:37:19,265 --> 00:37:26,205 * 799 00:37:37,116 --> 00:37:40,653 Beard's coming in a little bit more. 800 00:37:40,687 --> 00:37:43,623 It feels soft. It feels really nice. 801 00:37:43,656 --> 00:37:46,593 * 802 00:37:46,626 --> 00:37:50,930 I like how there's strips of, like... 803 00:37:50,963 --> 00:37:53,533 gray in there. 804 00:37:53,566 --> 00:37:56,969 Shows my wisdom. Mm-hmm. 805 00:37:57,003 --> 00:38:01,574 'Cause I am wise. 806 00:38:02,742 --> 00:38:04,511 It's true. 807 00:38:06,646 --> 00:38:08,180 I said it on-camera. 808 00:38:08,214 --> 00:38:10,617 It's true. It's got to be true. 809 00:38:10,650 --> 00:38:13,152 * 810 00:38:13,185 --> 00:38:14,521 Once the tea is done, 811 00:38:14,554 --> 00:38:16,822 then I'm gonna go check those traps, 812 00:38:16,855 --> 00:38:19,558 those two snares that I set for wild boar. 813 00:38:19,591 --> 00:38:24,663 * 814 00:38:24,696 --> 00:38:28,099 All right, so checking my traps. 815 00:38:28,133 --> 00:38:30,301 Not disturbed yet, 816 00:38:30,335 --> 00:38:34,072 but I've got this spot right here. 817 00:38:34,105 --> 00:38:36,908 It's a great natural blind. 818 00:38:36,942 --> 00:38:38,510 These are boar trails. 819 00:38:38,544 --> 00:38:41,580 One follows through there, 820 00:38:41,613 --> 00:38:45,350 and then one that sort of cuts around here... 821 00:38:45,383 --> 00:38:46,718 * 822 00:38:46,752 --> 00:38:47,986 And follows through, 823 00:38:48,019 --> 00:38:49,555 follows right through there. 824 00:38:49,588 --> 00:38:51,790 So this gives me a shot 825 00:38:51,823 --> 00:38:53,358 from this direction, 826 00:38:53,391 --> 00:38:55,427 from that direction, and from that direction. 827 00:38:55,461 --> 00:38:56,928 Three different directions. 828 00:38:56,962 --> 00:38:59,698 * 829 00:38:59,731 --> 00:39:02,267 And I'm just gonna sit 830 00:39:02,300 --> 00:39:04,235 and sort of chill out for a little while. 831 00:39:04,269 --> 00:39:08,039 * 832 00:39:08,073 --> 00:39:13,010 I really enjoy spending time on my own. 833 00:39:13,043 --> 00:39:14,979 I'm thinking about my dad this morning, 834 00:39:15,012 --> 00:39:17,247 my biological father. 835 00:39:17,281 --> 00:39:18,749 How does that hurt his son 836 00:39:18,783 --> 00:39:21,819 when your father leaves at four years old, you know, 837 00:39:21,852 --> 00:39:23,788 and moves as far as he can get, 838 00:39:23,821 --> 00:39:27,692 from New York to California? 839 00:39:27,725 --> 00:39:30,327 Yes, I think I have some bitterness still. 840 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:31,962 * 841 00:39:31,996 --> 00:39:34,431 And for the longest time, I thought, well, that's why 842 00:39:34,465 --> 00:39:36,233 I'm not in a relationship, you know? 843 00:39:36,266 --> 00:39:38,335 * 844 00:39:38,368 --> 00:39:39,704 And I started realizing, 845 00:39:39,737 --> 00:39:41,305 that's not why I'm not in a relationship. 846 00:39:41,338 --> 00:39:44,842 I- I haven't found somebody I want to spend time with 847 00:39:44,875 --> 00:39:47,478 more than I want to spend time with myself, you know? 848 00:39:51,148 --> 00:39:52,583 [animal squealing] 849 00:39:52,617 --> 00:39:54,118 What's that? 850 00:39:54,151 --> 00:39:55,219 * 851 00:39:55,252 --> 00:39:56,654 What is that? 852 00:39:56,687 --> 00:39:58,388 [leaves rustling] 853 00:39:58,422 --> 00:40:01,391 [animal squealing] 854 00:40:01,425 --> 00:40:06,030 * 855 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:18,341 * 856 00:40:27,416 --> 00:40:28,417 [animal squealing] 857 00:40:28,451 --> 00:40:30,720 - What is that? 858 00:40:30,754 --> 00:40:33,056 I wonder if my trap got set. 859 00:40:33,089 --> 00:40:34,357 * 860 00:40:34,390 --> 00:40:37,060 I'm gonna go take off up there, 861 00:40:37,093 --> 00:40:38,595 check my traps. 862 00:40:38,628 --> 00:40:45,569 * 863 00:40:47,370 --> 00:40:51,274 My--my heart is beating so fast 864 00:40:51,307 --> 00:40:53,209 just with the possibility, you know, 865 00:40:53,242 --> 00:40:55,278 of having an animal. 866 00:40:55,311 --> 00:41:02,251 * 867 00:41:02,285 --> 00:41:04,153 Wild boar can definitely be dangerous 868 00:41:04,187 --> 00:41:06,622 if I corner it or push it into a situation 869 00:41:06,655 --> 00:41:08,156 or injure it. 870 00:41:08,190 --> 00:41:14,863 * 871 00:41:14,897 --> 00:41:15,864 If I catch it in my trap, 872 00:41:15,898 --> 00:41:17,566 I'll shoot it with the bow. 873 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:24,539 * 874 00:41:27,042 --> 00:41:29,477 Oh, my gosh, I'm freaking out. 875 00:41:29,511 --> 00:41:36,451 * 876 00:41:42,958 --> 00:41:44,960 [groans] 877 00:41:44,993 --> 00:41:46,895 So this is interesting. 878 00:41:46,929 --> 00:41:48,764 * 879 00:41:48,797 --> 00:41:52,367 There's sign all over here 880 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,937 right around my trap. 881 00:41:54,970 --> 00:41:58,373 In fact, fresh sign all through there. 882 00:41:58,406 --> 00:41:59,374 * 883 00:41:59,407 --> 00:42:01,008 [groans] 884 00:42:01,042 --> 00:42:03,510 I hope they continue here. 885 00:42:03,544 --> 00:42:06,781 I want boar steak so bad. 886 00:42:06,814 --> 00:42:08,315 * 887 00:42:08,349 --> 00:42:10,952 My trail camera's been knocked over. 888 00:42:10,985 --> 00:42:11,986 * 889 00:42:12,019 --> 00:42:15,422 Just from all the foraging. 890 00:42:15,456 --> 00:42:18,092 * 891 00:42:18,125 --> 00:42:20,928 So I guarantee I got boar 892 00:42:20,962 --> 00:42:22,664 on this trail cam. 893 00:42:22,697 --> 00:42:24,866 * 894 00:42:24,899 --> 00:42:27,101 They're freakin' mocking me. 895 00:42:27,134 --> 00:42:30,037 They're like, "Ha, this guy's an idiot." 896 00:42:30,071 --> 00:42:31,873 * 897 00:42:31,906 --> 00:42:33,407 - Hard snow has fallen. 898 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:36,610 I have on every single layer so I can stay warm. 899 00:42:36,644 --> 00:42:39,246 - Snow! [screams] 900 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,215 The colder it gets, the less fish 901 00:42:41,248 --> 00:42:42,717 stay toward shore. 902 00:42:42,750 --> 00:42:44,986 I've lost a lot of muscle since I've been here. 903 00:42:45,019 --> 00:42:46,520 Yup, I'm skinny. 904 00:42:46,553 --> 00:42:49,423 - It'd be really awesome if I could catch a goose. 905 00:42:49,456 --> 00:42:52,860 I'm gonna sneak down there and try to catch one. 906 00:42:52,894 --> 00:42:54,361 I have two throws. 907 00:42:54,395 --> 00:42:55,763 - When you're out here by yourself, 908 00:42:55,797 --> 00:42:56,898 you think about family. 909 00:42:56,931 --> 00:42:59,165 It's cold. Be with them. 910 00:42:59,199 --> 00:43:00,500 It's so hard. 911 00:43:01,360 --> 00:44:01,252 Someone needs to stop Clearway Law. Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.