1 00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:16,010 This is the hardest terrain. 2 00:00:16,690 --> 00:00:18,590 Patagonia. It's a different environment entirely. 3 00:00:18,970 --> 00:00:20,770 Everything out here is so hard. 4 00:00:21,130 --> 00:00:22,130 Patagonia's no joke. 5 00:00:22,410 --> 00:00:26,630 Are you willing to give up who you are for what you will become? 6 00:00:27,150 --> 00:00:28,950 Has Patagonia forgot things? 7 00:00:29,570 --> 00:00:31,430 Patagonia! It's tougher than I ever imagined. 8 00:00:31,690 --> 00:00:36,150 She's missing home right now. You get a feeling of helplessness, like, why am I 9 00:00:36,150 --> 00:00:37,770 doing this? Oh, my God! 10 00:00:38,370 --> 00:00:41,950 The last person left won $500,000 and is a badass. 11 00:00:42,250 --> 00:00:43,250 Bam! 12 00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:45,380 What is that? 13 00:00:45,940 --> 00:00:49,780 It's just how far you can push yourself and what you're able to do. You don't 14 00:00:49,780 --> 00:00:54,160 have anyone to lean on. Go to bed hungry, wake up hungry. 15 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:56,480 Can't believe I did that. 16 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,120 It's going to come down to mental endurance and food deprivation. 17 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,200 First to be dead in a week at this rate. 18 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,600 Whoa, that's a big cat. 19 00:01:25,390 --> 00:01:28,690 We're about to get dropped off at the edge of the earth, Patagonia, some of 20 00:01:28,690 --> 00:01:30,810 the most desolate terrain known to man. 21 00:01:31,250 --> 00:01:36,090 This is the hardest challenge anyone can do. It's such a vast, harsh location, 22 00:01:36,290 --> 00:01:37,290 and we're completely alone. 23 00:01:37,870 --> 00:01:41,570 We're all going to be on this new foreign land leading into winter. 24 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:42,830 It's going to get nasty. 25 00:01:43,070 --> 00:01:44,270 No storms and winds. 26 00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:46,650 It's just going to come down to pure gut. 27 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:48,190 Holy cow. 28 00:01:48,590 --> 00:01:50,790 All alone. 29 00:01:52,150 --> 00:01:54,350 The biggest thing to be worried about are predators. 30 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,380 Boar is just running rampant, and there's puma. I mean, who's not going to 31 00:01:58,380 --> 00:02:01,520 be scared of a cat that weighs almost as much as me that wants to attack from the 32 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:02,520 back by grabbing my neck? 33 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:07,900 Oh, my God, this is it? 34 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,280 We don't know what the resources are like down here, so it's up to me to 35 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,600 figure out all the different ways to live on a foreign land for an 36 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,000 undetermined amount of time. 37 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,400 What did I just do? 38 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:24,120 Wow. 39 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,500 I'll never be in a more beautiful spot. 40 00:02:52,780 --> 00:02:55,840 I see some cool things around here already. I see some bamboo. 41 00:02:56,220 --> 00:02:58,160 I see a stream running into the lake. 42 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,280 I see humongous peaks. I see awesome trees. 43 00:03:02,260 --> 00:03:08,120 And I see a lot of opportunity for me to succeed. 44 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,520 I'm going to try to get a quick shelter set up tonight. 45 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,700 I think I found a sweet little spot. 46 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:24,080 I want to get something set up quick and easy so that I can just get out of the 47 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,760 elements if it starts to rain and I have a place to lay my head for night one. 48 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,660 I need to keep myself warm. I need to keep myself dry, get a fire going, and 49 00:03:32,660 --> 00:03:35,220 stay out of the elements because those are the things that are going to kill me 50 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:38,760 first. This is no joke. I mean, this is the edge of the earth. 51 00:03:39,660 --> 00:03:40,940 It's very remote. 52 00:03:41,340 --> 00:03:44,040 This is rugged country out here. It's cold. 53 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,360 Mountains are huge. 54 00:03:45,940 --> 00:03:47,020 It's not easy living. 55 00:03:48,030 --> 00:03:49,030 This is the real deal. 56 00:03:49,470 --> 00:03:54,150 I feel that I'm ready to be tested and to really put my mind to the test and my 57 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:55,530 skills to the test for this journey. 58 00:04:00,410 --> 00:04:07,130 My current job is a high school teacher. I did start 59 00:04:07,130 --> 00:04:10,770 a survival class there probably about eight years ago. 60 00:04:11,070 --> 00:04:15,370 So my knowledge of survival from when I started that class until now has grown 61 00:04:15,370 --> 00:04:16,370 exponentially. 62 00:04:18,890 --> 00:04:22,170 My strongest skill set is probably my positive attitude. 63 00:04:22,690 --> 00:04:26,770 PMA is what I teach all my kids in all my classes, positive mental attitude. I 64 00:04:26,770 --> 00:04:29,190 have kids walking down the hall, you know, they're like, PMA, Mr. Shields, 65 00:04:29,190 --> 00:04:33,290 PMA. I'm like, PMA, you know, and that's what I teach in my classes because it 66 00:04:33,290 --> 00:04:35,310 makes a difference between everything in life. 67 00:04:35,550 --> 00:04:39,150 My wife and I, we had some trouble having our own children. It was a little 68 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:41,690 bit sad for a while, but we kind of feel like it's... 69 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:42,960 Happening for a reason. 70 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,000 They're in the process of adopting three boys. 71 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:49,880 And, you know, we've been involved in this process probably since last summer. 72 00:04:50,460 --> 00:04:52,240 We were looking for siblings, you know. 73 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:53,840 We didn't just want one child. 74 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,260 So as soon as we kind of like started the process, they're like, wait, you 75 00:04:57,260 --> 00:04:57,939 want three? 76 00:04:57,940 --> 00:05:01,840 We're like, yeah, that's exactly what we want. And we have three boys coming to 77 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:03,000 us. You guys going to miss daddy? 78 00:05:03,220 --> 00:05:04,480 Are you kidding? 79 00:05:04,740 --> 00:05:05,740 Of course they will. 80 00:05:07,690 --> 00:05:11,170 How is it going to affect me knowing that the kids are on their way, so to 81 00:05:11,170 --> 00:05:14,810 speak, and my wife is sort of dealing with this on her own? I knew that it was 82 00:05:14,810 --> 00:05:18,410 happening, and she knew, and we had a long talk, well, many long talks, and 83 00:05:18,410 --> 00:05:22,050 this is what I wanted to do, and she wants me to live my dreams, and this is 84 00:05:22,050 --> 00:05:23,050 one of my dreams. 85 00:05:26,010 --> 00:05:29,870 My strategy is to kind of mentally block that stuff out. I mean, I hate to say 86 00:05:29,870 --> 00:05:33,670 it, but to get through this, I think that's going to be something I'm going 87 00:05:33,670 --> 00:05:34,670 to have to do. 88 00:05:35,230 --> 00:05:36,310 Not bad for... 89 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,140 A little bit of a day's work. 90 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,380 So I'm trying to get some fire stuff together. 91 00:05:44,420 --> 00:05:48,620 Some of the shaggy stuff in the bark, as you can see. 92 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,580 Just kind of want to scrape it down. 93 00:05:52,780 --> 00:05:54,600 Matter of fact, this is looking pretty good. 94 00:05:55,380 --> 00:05:58,960 Let's give this a shot. I just want to test a little piece of this tinder and 95 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:00,260 see if it goes up. 96 00:06:16,330 --> 00:06:17,510 Here we go, baby. Come on. 97 00:06:19,050 --> 00:06:20,190 Nothing around now. 98 00:06:20,770 --> 00:06:25,310 I have a long way to go, but at least I got fire. I got a little shelter set up 99 00:06:25,310 --> 00:06:26,310 for the first night. 100 00:06:26,430 --> 00:06:29,630 So I'm feeling pretty good. 101 00:06:52,669 --> 00:06:55,210 Instead of trying to get situated, I figured I would just take a quick little 102 00:06:55,210 --> 00:06:58,230 walk and see what my new property has to offer. 103 00:06:59,610 --> 00:07:02,650 And I'm just going to try and take in the whole area and just examine the 104 00:07:02,650 --> 00:07:04,810 landscape and then figure out what my first step is going to be. 105 00:07:05,770 --> 00:07:11,650 I should probably go over towards where the sun is, but that also might be where 106 00:07:11,650 --> 00:07:13,350 it gets more wind because of the exposure. 107 00:07:14,830 --> 00:07:18,290 I'm looking for a spot to set up for at least tonight. 108 00:07:18,970 --> 00:07:22,830 And then when first light hits tomorrow, finding the next spot for a long, long 109 00:07:22,830 --> 00:07:23,830 time. 110 00:07:24,070 --> 00:07:26,350 Just trying to get a feel for the landscape right now. 111 00:07:26,990 --> 00:07:27,990 Pretty steep. 112 00:07:28,630 --> 00:07:30,170 Very gnarly and wet. 113 00:07:30,490 --> 00:07:32,950 Got to make sure you're careful with your steps. Everything's slippery. 114 00:07:33,730 --> 00:07:36,210 Watch your feet, Campbell. That's what I always tell you. Watch your feet. 115 00:07:37,010 --> 00:07:38,010 Watch your feet. 116 00:07:38,530 --> 00:07:40,210 See if you see any tracks in the mud. 117 00:07:41,170 --> 00:07:42,170 Here's a deer track. 118 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:43,430 Yep. Which way is it going? 119 00:07:44,050 --> 00:07:46,430 This way. Yep. My son, Campbell. 120 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,740 He's so special to me, and everything I do is for his betterment. We have a 121 00:07:51,740 --> 00:07:57,140 bobcat around our house, and we're going to try to catch it. This is my fort. 122 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,300 Everything I've learned through the culmination of my life, I get to share 123 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:04,100 with that little boy, and I'm trying to build him into a great person, and he's 124 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:05,100 already well on his way. 125 00:08:05,580 --> 00:08:08,780 Do you want to know anything about the way it looks or the animals or anything? 126 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,720 Yeah, I want to know what the animals are. 127 00:08:12,020 --> 00:08:14,920 I'll tell you what, there's going to be something like Zuko, but it's much 128 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:16,910 bigger. Bobcat. Bigger. 129 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:20,770 Lion? Not a lion, but a mountain lion or a puma. 130 00:08:21,090 --> 00:08:22,250 Those are cool, aren't they? 131 00:08:22,570 --> 00:08:25,030 Mm-hmm. Are you going to really hunt them? 132 00:08:25,290 --> 00:08:27,730 I'm not hunting those, and hopefully they won't be hunting me. 133 00:08:27,970 --> 00:08:30,970 How long will you be gone? More than 30 days? 134 00:08:31,350 --> 00:08:33,730 We'll see how long I'm going to be gone, but it could be 30 days. 135 00:08:33,950 --> 00:08:35,270 It could be 40 days. 136 00:08:35,750 --> 00:08:38,330 50, 60, or 70? It could be 50, 60, 70. 137 00:08:38,610 --> 00:08:39,610 It could be 300. 138 00:08:41,710 --> 00:08:42,710 We'll see. 139 00:08:44,810 --> 00:08:45,890 It should be fine while I'm gone. 140 00:08:46,550 --> 00:08:50,910 I work in accounting, which is such a contrast to the things that I enjoy to 141 00:08:50,910 --> 00:08:51,910 do outside of work. 142 00:08:52,190 --> 00:08:55,330 Bushcraft is kind of instilled in my brain. It's something that I've always 143 00:08:55,330 --> 00:08:59,630 been doing. I want to show what I can do, what I'm capable of. Bye, buddy man. 144 00:08:59,970 --> 00:09:01,170 Take care of mommy, right? 145 00:09:01,390 --> 00:09:02,670 Okay. Be a good man. 146 00:09:04,510 --> 00:09:06,510 I'll be the man of the house. There you go. 147 00:09:08,230 --> 00:09:12,670 I'm looking for a plot that's about 20 by 20 feet and is flat. 148 00:09:12,870 --> 00:09:13,870 And that's going to be hard. 149 00:09:18,190 --> 00:09:19,210 Let's see what's over here. 150 00:09:23,110 --> 00:09:24,490 Definitely need to hit some layers. 151 00:09:24,870 --> 00:09:26,010 We're getting hot in here. 152 00:09:26,210 --> 00:09:27,670 I want to start sweating. 153 00:09:29,190 --> 00:09:30,690 And I'll get cold really fast. 154 00:09:32,450 --> 00:09:32,890 So... 155 00:09:32,890 --> 00:09:43,630 Look 156 00:09:43,630 --> 00:09:44,429 at that. 157 00:09:44,430 --> 00:09:45,730 A complete skeleton. 158 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,940 And over here, a cow skull sitting up here. 159 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:53,520 Good gracious. 160 00:09:55,020 --> 00:09:56,380 You know what? Look at that. 161 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,740 There's another size mandible in here that does not go with the size of that 162 00:10:01,740 --> 00:10:02,740 skull. 163 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:10,660 It's possible that it was taken out by a puma and dragged it back here and had a 164 00:10:10,660 --> 00:10:11,660 fantastic feast. 165 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,000 Maybe I'm sitting in a damn puma. 166 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,400 kill zone what's that 167 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:25,400 I hear a noise 168 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:30,340 something is around here 169 00:10:56,780 --> 00:10:57,780 Here's something. 170 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:08,980 I'll dismiss it. 171 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:12,220 You won't hear a puma. 172 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,260 Still on the search for a good first night camp location. 173 00:11:18,980 --> 00:11:21,080 Got a bunch of game trails right here. 174 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,940 Pathways are trampled to death. 175 00:11:26,459 --> 00:11:30,920 Oh, now that is a lot of very fresh boar scat. 176 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:32,800 Flies still on it fresh. 177 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:36,580 That kind of gives you the idea of the size of pig I might be dealing with. 178 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,960 I was worried about seeing boar activity. 179 00:11:45,020 --> 00:11:48,620 Boars like to come out right when the sun goes down and disappear right before 180 00:11:48,620 --> 00:11:49,620 day. 181 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:52,180 That might just set one little snare, just out of curiosity. 182 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,980 So I just put a little simple slip knot on the end and made a loop. 183 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,080 I'm going to have it hanging head level, maybe a little bit lower. 184 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:10,580 I'm not exactly sure of the size I'm dealing with, so anything coming down 185 00:12:10,580 --> 00:12:13,280 this path in low light will go right through there. 186 00:12:13,660 --> 00:12:17,760 Hopefully I'll hear it and be able to get out here to it. And that'll be my 187 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,760 dinner bell. 188 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:21,260 I plan on setting a lot of these. 189 00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:23,160 This is just the first one. 190 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,540 I'm worried about losing daylight. 191 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,260 I'll tell you what, right now, I can make that into a nice little shelter. 192 00:12:36,700 --> 00:12:37,960 Keep it simple for today. 193 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:39,800 Venture out tomorrow. 194 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:43,880 Keep it simple. 195 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:18,680 That felt really good. 196 00:13:19,740 --> 00:13:21,500 It always feels good to jump in the water. 197 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:23,800 Yeah. 198 00:13:25,060 --> 00:13:26,060 Okay. 199 00:13:27,780 --> 00:13:32,180 Anytime I come to a new place where there's a body of water, I go in it. 200 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,320 It's a way of deepening my connection with the earth. 201 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,520 I'm really inspired by the land. 202 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,920 I really see a lot of possibility for little things I want to do. 203 00:13:48,199 --> 00:13:50,960 I was able to put up my little temporary shelter. 204 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:57,080 It's cozy, but I'm going to take my time, take it slow. 205 00:13:58,660 --> 00:14:02,180 This isn't about trying to survive out here. 206 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,880 That is not how I'm looking at it at all. 207 00:14:05,340 --> 00:14:12,340 I am totally looking at this as this is my home. This 208 00:14:12,340 --> 00:14:13,340 is where I'm moving to. 209 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,820 We like to thrive in my world. 210 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,960 I am not planning on being out here and not being comfortable. 211 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,260 So I'm going to make a chair. 212 00:14:28,380 --> 00:14:29,520 Check this out. 213 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,020 Now we've entered the bamboo forest. 214 00:14:33,060 --> 00:14:34,840 No, a chair is not a necessity. 215 00:14:35,820 --> 00:14:40,360 But being comfortable is so important out here. 216 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,500 It's just a way of feeling at home. 217 00:14:45,450 --> 00:14:50,270 I would not claim that I'm the most skilled by any means in terms of 218 00:14:50,270 --> 00:14:55,650 bushcraft, but my lifestyle lends itself to doing something like this. 219 00:14:55,870 --> 00:15:00,430 I've lived off-grid for many years, and I've been pretty much alone most of that 220 00:15:00,430 --> 00:15:06,910 time. Knowing how to problem-solve and think critically and self-soothe, all 221 00:15:06,910 --> 00:15:12,010 that, is really what I think separates the people who make it long-term versus 222 00:15:12,010 --> 00:15:13,850 the people who go home early on. 223 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,560 The prize money is a huge factor for me doing this. 224 00:15:17,780 --> 00:15:21,620 What I would do is buy the piece of land that I live on. You know, I don't have a 225 00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:26,480 partner, I don't have kids, but I have this incredible net and support system, 226 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,420 my family and my community and my friends. When I'm out there, I can draw 227 00:15:30,420 --> 00:15:31,640 upon that foundation. 228 00:15:32,340 --> 00:15:37,540 But I've never, ever gone more than two weeks without talking to my mom. 229 00:15:38,220 --> 00:15:40,220 That's going to be the biggest challenge for me. 230 00:15:42,290 --> 00:15:45,330 Okay, so we got the frame of our chair. It's kind of a recliner. 231 00:15:46,170 --> 00:15:47,170 I'm digging it. 232 00:15:47,530 --> 00:15:48,530 Dig it. 233 00:15:49,270 --> 00:15:53,870 Okay, so now I'm going to go up and out. 234 00:15:54,170 --> 00:15:58,950 So we need to do a little bit of fashioning of these. 235 00:16:00,910 --> 00:16:02,330 Already I feel like I'm thriving. 236 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:04,330 You know? 237 00:16:05,330 --> 00:16:08,890 I can see that already I'm using projects. 238 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,360 as a big form of distraction. 239 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:19,200 And I feel very good about the home I'm creating here, and I have so many 240 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,740 projects in my mind. 241 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,380 That should do it. 242 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,440 Oh, yeah. 243 00:16:35,980 --> 00:16:38,040 Even something as little as a chair. 244 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:40,780 It can make all the difference. 245 00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:46,420 I hope I see a UFO when I'm out here. 246 00:16:49,780 --> 00:16:52,800 This would be prime UFO locating. 247 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,560 I hear a noise. 248 00:17:26,180 --> 00:17:29,360 And I'm trying to figure out if it sounds like a distress call, like 249 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:30,560 something is stuck in my trap. 250 00:17:40,620 --> 00:17:41,720 That's what it sounds like. 251 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:45,860 I want to confirm before I go running off into the woods. 252 00:17:52,420 --> 00:17:55,240 Something's, ooh, let's go check it out. 253 00:17:59,220 --> 00:18:00,220 Got my knife. 254 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:14,800 Sounds like something in distress. 255 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:29,260 Creepy sound Here my heartbeat I 256 00:18:29,260 --> 00:18:32,080 set my trap over here 257 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:19,820 Sounds like something in distress. 258 00:19:20,980 --> 00:19:25,580 My trap is still set. 259 00:19:27,260 --> 00:19:28,260 Right there. 260 00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:32,300 What is that? 261 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:39,260 It's way up there. 262 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,920 I do have my sheath unsnapped. 263 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,040 On an unlikely occasion, I do have to pull it out and fend off something. 264 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:53,780 And no easy win. 265 00:19:56,380 --> 00:19:58,120 I guess I'll just head back to the fire. 266 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,580 Predators out here are something that's definitely lurking in the recesses of my 267 00:20:03,580 --> 00:20:08,500 brain. I just have to be very careful and mindful and not be careless and just 268 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:09,500 try and stay focused. 269 00:20:10,540 --> 00:20:11,540 Sleep tight. 270 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Day two. 271 00:20:40,140 --> 00:20:41,480 Feels good to say day two. 272 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,760 Feels really good to say day two. 273 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,680 Been waiting a long time to start day one, and now I'm on day two. 274 00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:53,180 I like that. 275 00:20:54,140 --> 00:20:57,320 I've got big plans for today, but I've got to take advantage of all the 276 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:58,319 daylight. 277 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,600 I think I'm going to try and make a teepee today. 278 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,360 I'm going to have to build a pretty kick-butt shelter to withstand the 279 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:13,320 winds, the snow that's going to come. 280 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:18,080 It's going to be one of the most serious winters I've ever experienced. 281 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,480 One of the primary concerns is thermoregulation and keeping my core 282 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,020 body temperature where it's supposed to be. 283 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:29,700 So I've decided to whack down a couple trees with my axe, put up a wrap-and 284 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:33,200 -frap kind of tripod to work, maybe. 285 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:35,500 Now the moment of truth. 286 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:44,030 And just add probably five or six more logs to that. 287 00:21:44,850 --> 00:21:46,750 And then wrap the tarp around it. 288 00:21:48,190 --> 00:21:52,810 The reason I like this design is because you can keep a fire in the middle of it 289 00:21:52,810 --> 00:21:56,430 to keep you warm through the night. And also the smoke will escape through the 290 00:21:56,430 --> 00:21:57,430 top. 291 00:21:58,070 --> 00:21:59,070 Hey, America. 292 00:21:59,690 --> 00:22:01,210 How are you? 293 00:22:02,930 --> 00:22:03,930 Hey. 294 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,300 Time to try to get a bed going real quick. 295 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,140 You don't want to lay on the ground. 296 00:22:14,660 --> 00:22:15,660 It's too cold. 297 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:21,100 Suck the heat out of your body, and then you get sick and die. 298 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,740 A single bamboo stick wouldn't hold anything, but you get all of them 299 00:22:26,740 --> 00:22:28,040 together, pretty sturdy. 300 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,700 It's weird to think about that this is not me just teaching a class at school 301 00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:37,760 or messing around in the woods near my house. This is real. 302 00:22:53,740 --> 00:22:58,080 My body is so awesomely tired right now. 303 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:04,720 You know when you've had a really great day of working hard physically and your 304 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,180 body's just like... Today 305 00:23:08,180 --> 00:23:15,180 I spent the day doing some 306 00:23:15,180 --> 00:23:16,180 more exploring. 307 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,020 Coming out here... 308 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:22,240 It was very clear that I was not going to be hunting more. 309 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,220 You know, I'm not a huntress. 310 00:23:24,740 --> 00:23:29,000 I really wanted my focus to be on foraging and fishing. 311 00:23:30,980 --> 00:23:32,940 I just set one line out. 312 00:23:34,860 --> 00:23:38,740 I found a nice little stash of firewood, which I think I'm going to go and try 313 00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:39,740 and gather more of tomorrow. 314 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:43,020 I also foraged. 315 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:48,740 Found a lot more mushrooms and tons of berries. Look at this beautiful bowl of 316 00:23:48,740 --> 00:23:49,740 fruit. 317 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:58,040 This place is unbelievably abundant and so beautiful. 318 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:02,760 I'm just so looking forward to the future here. 319 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:07,380 Oh, my God. 320 00:24:09,380 --> 00:24:11,280 Wow, what a beauty. 321 00:24:11,980 --> 00:24:12,980 Okay. 322 00:24:18,670 --> 00:24:20,190 Thank you for your life, fish. 323 00:24:20,390 --> 00:24:21,550 Thank you so much. 324 00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:24,910 I'm going to make nice fish head soup. 325 00:24:31,430 --> 00:24:34,090 Now this I'm going to save for bait. 326 00:24:34,930 --> 00:24:37,990 Should we see what was inside the fish's stomach? 327 00:24:38,650 --> 00:24:39,830 Wow, look. 328 00:24:41,170 --> 00:24:43,030 An entire shell. 329 00:24:44,110 --> 00:24:47,870 Look, a beetle. 330 00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:55,580 So the trout seem to be eating whole snails, pieces of stick, and a 331 00:24:55,580 --> 00:25:01,260 beetle. So I'm going to use the beetle from the inside of the stomach as bait. 332 00:25:18,590 --> 00:25:20,390 Starting to get into a groove here. 333 00:25:22,170 --> 00:25:27,390 Understanding the different rhythms and patterns and how you interact with the 334 00:25:27,390 --> 00:25:31,090 land, how the land interacts with you, what resources the land has. 335 00:25:36,090 --> 00:25:37,110 Oh my gosh. 336 00:25:38,190 --> 00:25:39,190 Check it out. 337 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:51,500 I can't believe I caught two fish. 338 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:53,900 It's an amazing feeling. 339 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,440 Da-da-da! 340 00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:57,500 Hello? 341 00:25:58,980 --> 00:25:59,980 Ah! 342 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:07,700 It's dark all the time here, and then it rains. 343 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:12,240 I thought if I can just stay busy, it would just go away, but the thoughts are 344 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,240 overwhelming. 345 00:26:56,170 --> 00:26:57,190 It's having a moment here. 346 00:26:59,210 --> 00:27:00,210 It's raining out. 347 00:27:04,170 --> 00:27:05,170 What am I going to do? 348 00:27:06,470 --> 00:27:12,110 I have all these ideas. I want to put in a stone floor, expand my shelter. 349 00:27:12,650 --> 00:27:14,710 I found a tree cache for wood. 350 00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:19,890 But it's raining. 351 00:27:26,030 --> 00:27:33,010 And I just... It's dark all the time here. 352 00:27:42,970 --> 00:27:44,810 Then it rains. Want to play it out? 353 00:27:47,690 --> 00:27:54,490 Day three, day three, 354 00:27:54,550 --> 00:27:55,550 day three. 355 00:27:58,220 --> 00:28:02,280 I keep thinking about my wife, and I keep thinking about three kids that 356 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,280 we're adopting this summer. 357 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:14,700 I thought if I can just stay busy, it would just go away, but I'm just sitting 358 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:15,700 here. 359 00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:20,220 The thoughts kind of just are overwhelming. 360 00:28:32,650 --> 00:28:33,910 I can't get that out of my head. 361 00:28:35,690 --> 00:28:36,990 It just won't go away. 362 00:28:42,130 --> 00:28:45,210 Number one rule, survival, stay positive. 363 00:28:46,970 --> 00:28:50,010 PMA, positive mental attitude. 364 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:51,960 I wouldn't be here if I didn't have the skills. 365 00:29:56,540 --> 00:30:02,680 It's just a matter of one skill that I can't control. 366 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:06,480 My brain. 367 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:11,040 Hello? 368 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,320 I am tapping out. 369 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,820 I do feel ashamed, I really do. 370 00:30:27,540 --> 00:30:30,560 Thousands of people would have wanted to be in this spot, and I got here, and 371 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:31,560 this is what I did. 372 00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:43,700 Hey, guys. 373 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:47,960 I'm done. I tapped out. 374 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,760 I have so much going on at home. 375 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,940 my wife and we're adopting these three kids this summer and it's like i can't 376 00:30:57,940 --> 00:31:02,260 get out of my head i go crazy and work hard and you know just stay busy but it 377 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:06,000 just keeps getting back into my brain and i can't i just can't get rid of it 378 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:12,940 when you're really truly alone it's it's another story um so that hit me 379 00:31:12,940 --> 00:31:16,380 pretty hard that hit me hard after just a few days and that was it 380 00:31:22,090 --> 00:31:24,050 I probably underestimated Patagonia. 381 00:31:26,290 --> 00:31:28,870 I really thought I could do at least a month. 382 00:31:30,830 --> 00:31:31,910 It's cold here. 383 00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:33,930 It's wet. It's dark. 384 00:31:35,570 --> 00:31:38,610 And survival's not easy. It's not easy at all. 385 00:31:40,130 --> 00:31:41,590 It's harder here than you think. 386 00:31:46,690 --> 00:31:51,370 Being alone, it takes a special kind of person. 387 00:31:52,990 --> 00:31:57,070 It's just not something that I guess I was ready for. 388 00:32:33,050 --> 00:32:36,870 This is me on the third day. 389 00:32:40,970 --> 00:32:42,250 Oh, I'm not doing it right. 390 00:32:42,450 --> 00:32:44,210 I'm supposed to be looking at the camera and looking at the thing. 391 00:32:44,550 --> 00:32:45,550 All right. 392 00:32:47,330 --> 00:32:48,330 This is me. 393 00:32:48,910 --> 00:32:50,530 Do it again. No, looking at the lens. 394 00:32:56,330 --> 00:32:59,530 Man, I got to turn that thing away. I just cannot not look at it. 395 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:09,440 This is me on the third morning. 396 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:12,860 All right, that's all you get. 397 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:16,780 I found myself a little area. 398 00:33:17,940 --> 00:33:20,180 It's only like 15 feet from where I was dropped off. 399 00:33:21,660 --> 00:33:23,080 But my choices are limited. 400 00:33:23,980 --> 00:33:25,900 My sight is almost completely uphill. 401 00:33:26,860 --> 00:33:28,060 It rained all night. 402 00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:31,900 This whole area was soaked with water just coming down the hill. 403 00:33:33,870 --> 00:33:34,950 All my stuff is damp. 404 00:33:35,670 --> 00:33:37,810 I need to move further up and further in. 405 00:33:38,950 --> 00:33:43,490 When you're going somewhere to settle a place, you don't just stop at the most 406 00:33:43,490 --> 00:33:46,970 miserable place you can find and try to make the best of it. 407 00:33:47,250 --> 00:33:50,610 You push on until you find the promised land. 408 00:33:51,450 --> 00:33:55,550 So I've got to explore my territory, find a spot where it plateaus above, 409 00:33:55,850 --> 00:33:58,650 where it's safe, where I can make something permanent. 410 00:34:00,730 --> 00:34:02,590 Just looking at the best way to go up this hill. 411 00:34:03,980 --> 00:34:05,540 This is what I'm working with here. 412 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,560 It's a 45-degree angle heading up into the woods. 413 00:34:10,540 --> 00:34:11,960 This is one tough place. 414 00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:16,780 This hillside is so treacherous. 415 00:34:19,780 --> 00:34:21,520 Almost impossible to walk through. 416 00:34:26,179 --> 00:34:29,360 There could be a whole different ballgame going on up there. 417 00:34:29,699 --> 00:34:33,320 It's kind of the way it is here. You go around the corner and... 418 00:34:33,739 --> 00:34:39,380 over a hillside or around the bend, and it's a different environment entirely. 419 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,159 Looks to be signing a game. 420 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,480 That looks like a big boar. 421 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,120 You just got to be careful. 422 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,820 This is crazy. 423 00:35:17,060 --> 00:35:20,560 This is pretty freaking crazy. 424 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,300 Four will aggressively attack. 425 00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:27,920 You can't let your guard down. 426 00:35:29,940 --> 00:35:32,120 I read somewhere a plan of attack. 427 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,700 Never survives first contact with the enemy. 428 00:35:37,180 --> 00:35:39,820 Already, I have found that to be true. 429 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,480 Maine's nothing compared to this. 430 00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:47,260 Big spin. 431 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:54,980 I live in a yurt off-grid in Maine with my wife, Jamie, my daughter, Abigail, 432 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,800 who's four, and our daughter, Sparrow, who was just born to us almost a year 433 00:35:58,800 --> 00:35:59,800 now. Yay! 434 00:36:00,380 --> 00:36:02,060 Think of ourselves as minimalists. 435 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,600 We don't have running water unless we run and get it. We don't have power 436 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,380 until we turn the power on at night for light. 437 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:13,800 My skills for survival and things are self-taught. I am living a survival 438 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:14,840 situation every day. 439 00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:18,620 My greatest skill set is my ability to build stuff. 440 00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:21,120 If I can imagine it, I can make it. 441 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,020 So are you going to miss living in the yurt? 442 00:36:26,990 --> 00:36:31,010 The prize money is kind of a big deal to us. We could really use it. We want to 443 00:36:31,010 --> 00:36:32,009 build a bigger house. 444 00:36:32,010 --> 00:36:34,930 It would be like a 10-year jump in getting us towards that goal. 445 00:36:35,230 --> 00:36:38,230 You remember, trust your struggle. You just don't give up when it gets hard. 446 00:36:38,570 --> 00:36:40,730 I won't. I'm going to miss you so much. I know. 447 00:36:43,350 --> 00:36:48,450 I see this as an opportunity and a stepping stone to build a better life 448 00:36:48,450 --> 00:36:49,450 for my family. 449 00:36:53,430 --> 00:36:55,150 Down there somewhere. 450 00:36:56,010 --> 00:36:57,850 is my beach area. 451 00:37:00,810 --> 00:37:02,370 Look at that mountain range. 452 00:37:06,170 --> 00:37:07,170 Gorgeous. 453 00:37:09,230 --> 00:37:15,010 The way I live at home is so tough and rugged that I know about not giving up 454 00:37:15,010 --> 00:37:20,530 until you are safe and secure for the night. 455 00:37:22,270 --> 00:37:24,010 Further up and further in. 456 00:37:37,190 --> 00:37:38,810 This massive tree tipped over. 457 00:37:39,110 --> 00:37:45,730 The root base is up there, and it goes down, and it's just, it's huge. 458 00:37:46,310 --> 00:37:51,110 I was thinking of incorporating this big tree into the back of my shelter as a 459 00:37:51,110 --> 00:37:55,490 back wall, so if I slept up against it and the rest of my shelter came out from 460 00:37:55,490 --> 00:37:59,590 there, it might protect me from anything that fell from the trees. 461 00:38:00,250 --> 00:38:04,010 I think building a shelter here will work really good, but... 462 00:38:04,330 --> 00:38:08,030 Heading up and down that hill every day will be a real challenge. 463 00:38:12,850 --> 00:38:14,270 Holy crap. 464 00:38:15,290 --> 00:38:16,450 Look at this. 465 00:38:17,450 --> 00:38:18,930 Big pile of bones. 466 00:38:22,530 --> 00:38:24,590 This is unreal. 467 00:38:32,030 --> 00:38:33,030 Kadapuma. 468 00:38:33,340 --> 00:38:34,380 Take down a cow. 469 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,440 If I move up here, I might be moving closer to his territory. 470 00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:46,460 My goodness. 471 00:39:24,750 --> 00:39:26,210 Down here setting up fish line. 472 00:39:27,130 --> 00:39:30,110 I want to try out fish hook way out in the water. 473 00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:33,910 I found a spot where I plan to build my shelter. 474 00:39:35,130 --> 00:39:38,170 With all the resources of bamboo and stuff that are up there, I can build a 475 00:39:38,170 --> 00:39:39,170 pretty damn awesome shelter. 476 00:39:40,730 --> 00:39:44,210 I'll just go up and work on what I can each day and come back down. 477 00:39:44,810 --> 00:39:46,870 Maybe a little work on the trail as I go up the hill. 478 00:39:48,550 --> 00:39:50,010 This will be the interesting part. 479 00:39:52,330 --> 00:39:53,570 Got one fish line in. 480 00:39:56,650 --> 00:39:57,770 Get one in every day. 481 00:40:03,890 --> 00:40:05,750 There's something big crashing around out there. 482 00:40:15,650 --> 00:40:18,330 Just got a glimpse of his eyes. 483 00:40:29,130 --> 00:40:30,150 That's a big cat. 484 00:40:31,870 --> 00:40:32,990 Whoa cat. 485 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:40,010 Whoa cat. 486 00:41:08,010 --> 00:41:10,850 A lot of people go through life never learning how to be alone. 487 00:41:11,350 --> 00:41:15,470 Out here, there's no time off. You take a break, you're done. Oh my God, it's 488 00:41:15,470 --> 00:41:16,428 like quicksand. 489 00:41:16,430 --> 00:41:19,650 I'm in Patagonia so that I can evolve as a human being. 490 00:41:20,470 --> 00:41:21,470 Thank you. 491 00:41:21,550 --> 00:41:25,390 I am who I am and I got to do what I got to do out here. I can't get warm. I 492 00:41:25,390 --> 00:41:26,390 can't move my hands. 493 00:41:26,670 --> 00:41:29,930 Water's coming up about a foot from my bed. This is a bad situation. 494 00:41:30,210 --> 00:41:33,990 When all of the things aren't going very well for you, then the isolation is what 495 00:41:33,990 --> 00:41:35,570 starts to give you. Got the fish. 496 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,440 I've heard that noise yet. The duck trappinator. 497 00:41:40,700 --> 00:41:41,800 And a motor out there. 498 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:44,180 Survival isn't about being happy. It sucks. 499 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:45,880 Oh, my God. 500 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,080 There's definitely something outside.