1 00:00:15,538 --> 00:00:18,438 - Oh, my God. Yeah! 2 00:00:18,541 --> 00:00:19,887 It's kind of a race now. 3 00:00:19,991 --> 00:00:21,717 1 have got to get my deer meat dry 4 00:00:21,820 --> 00:00:23,098 so I can preserve it. 5 00:00:23,201 --> 00:00:24,340 Now, that's just cool. 6 00:00:24,444 --> 00:00:28,448 Come on, baby. Come on in. Yes. 7 00:00:28,551 --> 00:00:30,415 Caught my first fish. 8 00:00:30,519 --> 00:00:33,246 - Winter is coming, and 1 want to have a fireplace 9 00:00:33,349 --> 00:00:34,937 and a chimney, and all sealed up. 10 00:00:35,041 --> 00:00:37,181 Fantastic. So I can go and move in here. 11 00:00:37,284 --> 00:00:40,839 - Something has been here. Something big. 12 00:00:40,943 --> 00:00:44,533 Ate my cranberries. Hey, bear! 13 00:00:44,636 --> 00:00:47,639 - I'm officially tapping out. My health is important to me, 14 00:00:47,743 --> 00:00:50,297 and I'm not interested in battling 15 00:00:50,401 --> 00:00:52,920 whatever it is that's going on in my body right now, 16 00:00:53,024 --> 00:00:54,715 being on a starvation diet. 17 00:01:04,380 --> 00:01:07,866 Narrator: In "Alone's" most terrifying location yet, 18 00:01:07,970 --> 00:01:10,904 ten participants face the deadliest predator 19 00:01:11,007 --> 00:01:12,802 in North America. 20 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:13,976 - There he is right there. 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,529 - Grizzly bears. - Hey, bear. 22 00:01:15,633 --> 00:01:16,979 - There are a lot of grizzly here. 23 00:01:17,083 --> 00:01:18,014 I'm gonna have to live with them. 24 00:01:18,118 --> 00:01:19,602 - Go on! Get! 25 00:01:19,706 --> 00:01:21,156 - Every second we're on the land, we're being hunted. 26 00:01:21,259 --> 00:01:23,434 - Holy [bleep], mountain lion. 27 00:01:23,537 --> 00:01:25,470 - He's circling around my shelter. 28 00:01:25,574 --> 00:01:26,782 Narrator: Bone-chilling cold... 29 00:01:26,885 --> 00:01:28,439 - Winter is coming. 30 00:01:28,542 --> 00:01:30,579 - You combine the wind with the rain and the cold, 31 00:01:30,682 --> 00:01:32,236 this place could make the Arctic look easy. 32 00:01:32,339 --> 00:01:34,100 - Oh, [bleep]. 33 00:01:34,203 --> 00:01:35,929 Narrator: And complete isolation. 34 00:01:36,032 --> 00:01:37,275 - You cannot hide from yourself 35 00:01:37,379 --> 00:01:38,759 mentally and emotionally. 36 00:01:38,863 --> 00:01:40,278 - Ah! 37 00:01:40,382 --> 00:01:41,486 - There's no place to go. 38 00:01:41,590 --> 00:01:43,626 - I am suffering from loneliness. 39 00:01:43,730 --> 00:01:45,076 Narrator: Who will survive? 40 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:47,285 - Yes! Yes! 41 00:01:47,389 --> 00:01:49,770 - This could be the end. 42 00:01:49,874 --> 00:01:51,082 - 1 don't want to tap, but 1 don't want 43 00:01:51,186 --> 00:01:52,497 to die either. 44 00:01:52,601 --> 00:01:54,534 - You have to suffer before you can succeed. 45 00:01:56,052 --> 00:01:59,125 Narrator: The last one standing wins. 46 00:01:59,228 --> 00:02:00,988 - AL what point do 1 push the button? 47 00:02:35,057 --> 00:02:37,370 - Mmm. Dirt soup. Delicious. 48 00:02:41,270 --> 00:02:46,172 Not particularly delicious, but it's okay. 49 00:02:46,275 --> 00:02:49,278 We're happy with what we can get out here. 50 00:02:49,382 --> 00:02:53,662 It's so weird how I keep talking like "we're," "we." 51 00:02:53,765 --> 00:02:57,562 [like Gollum] We's happy with what we's gets. Precious. 52 00:03:00,082 --> 00:03:03,948 [normally] I'm freaking turning into Gollum over here. 53 00:03:04,051 --> 00:03:07,089 [like Gollum] What does it taste like, Precious? 54 00:03:07,193 --> 00:03:09,678 Is it scrumptious? 55 00:03:09,781 --> 00:03:12,819 [normally] Nope, it's not very scrumptious. 56 00:03:19,860 --> 00:03:23,761 Al right. 1 say we go make a door for the shelter. 57 00:03:25,763 --> 00:03:27,454 1 think there was probably some people who didn't think 58 00:03:27,558 --> 00:03:29,801 I was gonna last very long. 59 00:03:31,286 --> 00:03:32,908 Of course, once 1 started working 60 00:03:33,011 --> 00:03:34,565 and getting overheated... 61 00:03:39,501 --> 00:03:43,919 Tm Biko, son of Tui. And 1 don't give up easy. 62 00:03:48,889 --> 00:03:51,306 Now, I'd like to shovel a bunch of pine boughs in there, 63 00:03:51,409 --> 00:03:54,240 to insulate the heck out of it. 64 00:03:58,071 --> 00:04:00,418 You know, my dad was as Marine and a sheriff, 65 00:04:00,522 --> 00:04:04,595 and so he was always wanting to do outdoor stuff with us. 66 00:04:04,698 --> 00:04:08,323 And basically, I just fell in love with it. 67 00:04:08,426 --> 00:04:10,911 And the award for most flammable door 68 00:04:11,015 --> 00:04:14,915 ever made goes to Biko! 69 00:04:16,917 --> 00:04:19,334 How do you want to accept this award? 70 00:04:19,437 --> 00:04:23,303 I'll take it in food. Thank you. 71 00:04:23,407 --> 00:04:26,617 I hope to have more times like that with my dad. 72 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,653 He's a great father. 73 00:04:28,757 --> 00:04:32,139 1 hope 10 be a great father one day. 74 00:04:32,243 --> 00:04:37,006 What a monstrosity this is. Hello, Frankenstein door. 75 00:04:39,802 --> 00:04:42,874 To think 1 could have just made a simple door. 76 00:04:42,978 --> 00:04:45,636 No. Instead, 1 got a [bleep) drawbridge. 77 00:05:13,733 --> 00:05:18,841 - So my bottle of hot water-- 78 00:05:18,945 --> 00:05:21,810 it's had a couple of rounds of hot water in it. 79 00:05:21,913 --> 00:05:25,227 So. Whoo. I'm soaked. 80 00:05:26,677 --> 00:05:29,058 So I'm actually using it to warm my hands. 81 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:34,236 But I'm gonna put rosehips in it. 82 00:05:35,582 --> 00:05:37,688 And make some rosehip tea here. 83 00:05:39,517 --> 00:05:41,174 I mean, I know I get lots of vitamin C, 84 00:05:41,277 --> 00:05:44,488 but it's not gonna hurt me to have some more, 85 00:05:50,666 --> 00:05:53,738 It's gonna be hard to mix up, but. 86 00:05:58,709 --> 00:06:02,298 Just got to spit out the seeds again. 87 00:06:02,402 --> 00:06:05,163 But otherwise, it's nice. 88 00:06:05,267 --> 00:06:09,927 So 1 now have a glass bottle 89 00:06:10,030 --> 00:06:12,239 to put hot tea in. 90 00:06:12,343 --> 00:06:14,380 That's gonna be so much nicer. 91 00:06:18,867 --> 00:06:22,664 1 set snares, but there's nothing in my snares. 92 00:06:22,767 --> 00:06:24,873 So 1 have to get more snares out. 93 00:06:27,427 --> 00:06:30,223 I'm starting to worry about food. 94 00:06:30,326 --> 00:06:32,674 I'm not having the best luck fishing. 95 00:06:32,777 --> 00:06:36,919 1 can't believe 1 cannot cateh a fish. 96 00:06:40,267 --> 00:06:42,753 It looks like maybe some bunnies have chewed 97 00:06:42,856 --> 00:06:44,444 the bottom of this. 98 00:06:47,447 --> 00:06:50,623 This looks like it would be a good spot to put a snare. 99 00:06:50,726 --> 00:06:53,488 Try that. 100 00:06:53,591 --> 00:06:58,424 This path just kind of looks like it goes out there. 101 00:07:01,944 --> 00:07:04,430 1 have to get some meat. 102 00:07:04,533 --> 00:07:07,778 I just think about it all night long now, just waking up 103 00:07:07,881 --> 00:07:13,024 and trying to think of different ways to get food. 104 00:07:13,128 --> 00:07:16,165 1f 1 could get some rabbits, 1 could eat more. 105 00:07:18,789 --> 00:07:22,309 What is that? 106 00:07:22,413 --> 00:07:23,932 It's right here. 107 00:07:25,623 --> 00:07:28,833 Let's see if we can't maybe get it out. 108 00:07:32,561 --> 00:07:36,565 1 got it out. It's heavy. [metallic thud 109 00:07:36,669 --> 00:07:39,257 1 found a bear trap, 1 think. 110 00:07:43,054 --> 00:07:45,471 So this is really cool. 111 00:07:45,574 --> 00:07:48,577 And a reminder that 1 have to be careful out here, 112 00:07:48,681 --> 00:07:51,822 because these are old trap lands. 113 00:07:51,925 --> 00:07:56,585 This is telling me that this is a bear traffic area. 114 00:07:56,689 --> 00:08:00,175 All of these trails are bear trails. 115 00:08:00,278 --> 00:08:02,004 Actually, it must have been a long time ago. 116 00:08:02,108 --> 00:08:04,144 Most places, you haven't been able to trap bear 117 00:08:04,248 --> 00:08:05,939 in a long time. 118 00:08:06,043 --> 00:08:08,286 So you can see-- 119 00:08:08,390 --> 00:08:13,050 see those big teeth on there? 120 00:08:13,153 --> 00:08:16,467 That's so cool. 121 00:08:16,571 --> 00:08:19,505 That, I'm gonna take back to camp. 122 00:08:19,608 --> 00:08:23,163 And we'll see how it goes with my snares. 123 00:08:47,843 --> 00:08:51,606 - I had a dream 124 00:08:51,709 --> 00:08:55,471 that my family was cooking up a feast. 125 00:08:55,575 --> 00:08:57,577 It was pretty cool, man. But it sucks. 126 00:08:57,681 --> 00:09:01,477 In all my dreams, 1 woke up before 1 got to eat. 127 00:09:01,581 --> 00:09:04,273 Like, food was all prepared, and then I'd wake up, 128 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:07,449 and I'd be like, "Damn it." [chuckles] 129 00:09:07,553 --> 00:09:10,038 1 could have eaten in my dream. 130 00:09:11,246 --> 00:09:16,251 Open the gate! 131 00:09:16,354 --> 00:09:18,046 Nice. 132 00:09:19,875 --> 00:09:23,499 Today, I think I'd like to start bringing rocks up 133 00:09:23,603 --> 00:09:26,261 to the fireplace. 134 00:09:26,364 --> 00:09:28,919 Oh yeah, there's some good rocks down here, for sure. 135 00:09:32,612 --> 00:09:33,820 Some real good ones. 136 00:09:36,098 --> 00:09:39,032 1 want to build a fireplace that 1 can warm my shelter 137 00:09:39,136 --> 00:09:42,173 on those really cold, stormy nights. 138 00:09:42,277 --> 00:09:44,762 1 can boil water in there, if need be, during the storm, 139 00:09:44,866 --> 00:09:46,868 so 1 don't have 10 go out. 140 00:09:46,971 --> 00:09:49,318 1 know it's gonna be a huge calorie output. 141 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,838 All the rocks that are in the area are on the shoreline, 142 00:09:51,942 --> 00:09:55,393 and they're down a hill, a steep hill 143 00:09:55,497 --> 00:09:57,119 that 1 have to pack them up. 144 00:09:59,018 --> 00:10:03,678 Whoa. Almost fell. Felt the mud going. 145 00:10:12,341 --> 00:10:14,102 It's exhausting. 146 00:10:22,697 --> 00:10:26,183 Just got to go slow and careful. 147 00:10:26,286 --> 00:10:30,118 That's the name of the game for me. 148 00:10:30,221 --> 00:10:33,328 Got a lot to lose by hurting my ankle. 149 00:10:36,262 --> 00:10:40,162 This past March, 1 had surgery on my ankle. 150 00:10:40,266 --> 00:10:42,682 It was supposed to be a lot shorter recovery time 151 00:10:42,786 --> 00:10:45,996 than it was. And it's still sore. 152 00:11:22,032 --> 00:11:25,345 Oh! [b on [ bleep]. 153 00:11:29,625 --> 00:11:32,456 Oh! [bleep]. Oh, hell. 154 00:11:35,321 --> 00:11:37,185 [bleep] damn it. 155 00:11:48,748 --> 00:11:50,612 Gonna have to be really careful. 156 00:11:50,716 --> 00:11:53,339 That could have been bad. 157 00:11:53,442 --> 00:11:57,412 That's what 1 slipped on, right there. 158 00:11:57,515 --> 00:12:01,174 That's full-on clay. 1 need that. 159 00:12:01,278 --> 00:12:03,487 Clay is great news. 160 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:05,834 That's gonna make everything easier. 161 00:12:08,768 --> 00:12:11,875 My fireplace is gonna be so much better now. 162 00:12:11,978 --> 00:12:16,155 1 can really do the fireplace 1 want to do now. 163 00:12:22,506 --> 00:12:25,716 Check out what 1 found washed up on shore. 164 00:12:25,820 --> 00:12:29,616 A Ziploc bag with some holes in it. 165 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:34,380 But what 1 can use it for is moving clay. 166 00:12:40,041 --> 00:12:41,905 My ankle's sore from today. 167 00:12:43,699 --> 00:12:47,807 I got to be so careful with that ankle. 168 00:12:47,911 --> 00:12:50,534 It's the one thing that'll take me out of the game 169 00:12:50,637 --> 00:12:52,881 before 1 want to go. 170 00:13:00,716 --> 00:13:03,961 I've never made a fireplace before. 171 00:13:06,067 --> 00:13:10,623 Tm hoping that, as 1 have some fires in here, 172 00:13:10,726 --> 00:13:14,006 some of this clay will kind of bake in. 173 00:13:17,043 --> 00:13:21,254 It's coming along well. I'm pretty proud of it. 174 00:13:21,358 --> 00:13:24,671 What a strange, crazy life I've led. 175 00:13:24,775 --> 00:13:29,297 I'm in British Columbia, in the Chilcotin Mountains, 176 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,886 competing for $500,000. 177 00:13:33,473 --> 00:13:35,441 What a crazy life. 178 00:13:37,857 --> 00:13:41,792 See, when you build a shelter like I've built here, 179 00:13:41,896 --> 00:13:46,210 there's really no point in tapping out early, 180 00:13:46,314 --> 00:13:49,869 when you put so much time and effort into this. 181 00:14:00,466 --> 00:14:05,195 It's working. Yes. 182 00:14:23,213 --> 00:14:27,251 - Golly. Beautiful. 183 00:14:27,355 --> 00:14:29,736 Mushrooms are fun to find. 184 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,291 Hope 1 can find a few more up there today. 185 00:14:33,637 --> 00:14:35,881 Sweet., 186 00:14:36,743 --> 00:14:37,537 Whoops. 187 00:14:46,063 --> 00:14:49,584 Well, so far, 188 00:14:49,687 --> 00:14:51,448 it's gonna keep me alive until gill net time. 189 00:14:53,243 --> 00:14:56,936 I think we have enough of them to last 14 days. 190 00:14:59,421 --> 00:15:00,250 You're collecting everything you can see 191 00:15:00,353 --> 00:15:02,114 and find along the way. 192 00:15:02,217 --> 00:15:03,632 Thank God 1 have all these plants, 193 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:05,117 and they all carry me till I get to fish. 194 00:15:07,947 --> 00:15:09,362 1 can't let the mushrooms go bad. 195 00:15:09,466 --> 00:15:13,677 I'm worried about it being cold and damp. 196 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:15,713 They don't like being stored in a hole. 197 00:15:15,817 --> 00:15:18,130 They're not like cranberries. 198 00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:23,790 Yeah, food preservation is one of my favorite things to do. 199 00:15:23,894 --> 00:15:26,483 One of my faves. 200 00:15:26,586 --> 00:15:30,280 I love salting, fermenting, 201 00:15:30,383 --> 00:15:34,111 drying, canning, 202 00:15:34,215 --> 00:15:35,664 boiling and pressure. 203 00:15:40,359 --> 00:15:43,293 1 do this in schools all the time. 204 00:15:43,396 --> 00:15:47,297 We did a lot of food preservation. 205 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,747 We made cream of mushroom soup from wild boletes, 206 00:15:49,851 --> 00:15:54,062 and sold it to the public. [chuckles and sighs] 207 00:15:55,926 --> 00:15:58,929 Man, the kids just loved it. 208 00:15:59,033 --> 00:16:03,520 Loved it. They'll do it on their own. 209 00:16:03,623 --> 00:16:05,625 Any activity that revolves around food, 210 00:16:05,729 --> 00:16:07,110 they're probably gonna jump on it. 211 00:16:08,974 --> 00:16:12,356 And it's a bunch of wonderful people in education, man. 212 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:14,807 The best. I loved it. 213 00:16:14,910 --> 00:16:17,120 Part of my new mushroom-picking attire... 214 00:16:19,639 --> 00:16:24,161 is a smoked bolete necklace. 215 00:16:28,269 --> 00:16:32,790 We are done. Holy [bleep]. 216 00:16:32,894 --> 00:16:35,793 So we have our lines up here. 217 00:16:37,140 --> 00:16:40,867 This one here is our red slimeballs. 218 00:16:42,007 --> 00:16:45,148 The one back here is our pines. They're feeling nice. 219 00:16:46,770 --> 00:16:49,945 1 processed about 30-plus pounds today. 220 00:16:50,049 --> 00:16:52,086 Mushrooms are nice. 221 00:17:20,666 --> 00:17:22,633 - We got some snow on the ground. 222 00:17:25,257 --> 00:17:28,984 So it was a rough night. 223 00:17:31,608 --> 00:17:36,061 Thought about home a lot last night and this morning. 224 00:17:36,164 --> 00:17:38,166 Really missing my kids. 225 00:17:41,376 --> 00:17:42,584 I miss Leelee's little feet 226 00:17:42,688 --> 00:17:44,345 running across the floor in the morning. 227 00:17:48,866 --> 00:17:51,386 I'm feeling very hungry this morning. 228 00:17:56,598 --> 00:18:00,292 Maybe something warm to eat will 229 00:18:00,395 --> 00:18:03,226 lift my spirts a little bit. 230 00:18:05,297 --> 00:18:07,851 This morning, when I was just kind of laying there, 231 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:08,990 waiting for it to get light out, 232 00:18:09,094 --> 00:18:11,993 1 heard something outside my tent. 233 00:18:17,205 --> 00:18:20,415 All right, let's go check out the beach. 234 00:18:25,351 --> 00:18:29,631 So right there's the bear. And there's my tracks. 235 00:18:29,735 --> 00:18:33,325 And those are pretty fresh. 236 00:18:37,260 --> 00:18:39,262 So he is in the area. 237 00:18:46,269 --> 00:18:49,548 Must have just been coming down through this trail right here. 238 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,143 Hmm. 239 00:19:04,149 --> 00:19:08,153 Oh, there he is, right there. [bleep]. 240 00:19:08,256 --> 00:19:09,809 Right there. 241 00:19:14,297 --> 00:19:19,025 Hey! Get! Get! 242 00:19:19,129 --> 00:19:21,614 Go on. Go on, 243 00:19:24,307 --> 00:19:29,035 Been following me. Get out of here! 244 00:19:29,139 --> 00:19:33,523 He's right there. He's coming. 245 00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:38,942 [bleep]. Get! You get! 246 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,656 - You get! [air horn blasts] 247 00:20:08,765 --> 00:20:10,042 There he is. 248 00:20:12,976 --> 00:20:15,772 Oh, my God. 249 00:20:15,875 --> 00:20:17,118 Oh, my God. 250 00:20:19,534 --> 00:20:20,915 He's just circling me. 251 00:20:23,193 --> 00:20:25,437 1 just don't even know where to stand. 252 00:20:25,540 --> 00:20:29,786 So afraid he's gonna charge me. He can come from any direction. 253 00:20:29,889 --> 00:20:31,374 He's just out there. 254 00:20:33,859 --> 00:20:35,378 Oh, my God. 255 00:20:39,899 --> 00:20:42,454 Oh, God. 1 don't know. 256 00:20:44,835 --> 00:20:47,562 1 feel like there's a point that this is not worth it. 257 00:20:51,497 --> 00:20:53,913 1 just don't know if 1 should-- 258 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:09,550 At what point-- 259 00:21:09,653 --> 00:21:11,414 at what point do 1 push the button? 260 00:21:23,874 --> 00:21:26,221 I feel like I'm being such a baby about this. 261 00:21:34,644 --> 00:21:37,302 All right. Just have to get it together. 262 00:21:39,752 --> 00:21:41,478 Let me see where he went. 263 00:21:44,067 --> 00:21:49,003 I can't let this bear be the reason that I can't do this. 264 00:21:49,106 --> 00:21:53,352 1 don't know--1 don't know what to do in the after. 265 00:21:58,392 --> 00:22:00,394 All the safety training in the world 266 00:22:00,497 --> 00:22:03,017 cannot predict what that bear is gonna do. 267 00:22:05,088 --> 00:22:08,125 1 am alone with a grizzly bear that is hunting me, 268 00:22:08,229 --> 00:22:12,958 and there is nothing that is gonna save me except myself. 269 00:22:13,061 --> 00:22:14,925 Every shadow... 270 00:22:17,307 --> 00:22:21,967 Every noise. I'm jumpy right now. 271 00:22:22,070 --> 00:22:25,971 It's about time for me to be okay and get some stuff done. 272 00:22:31,873 --> 00:22:34,497 Hmm. 1 don't know. 273 00:23:01,006 --> 00:23:02,766 - I'm thinking about making a decoy hat. 274 00:23:05,735 --> 00:23:08,393 1 bet it would work great on these deer. 275 00:23:17,816 --> 00:23:19,404 This animal gave up its life for me. 276 00:23:19,507 --> 00:23:21,095 I feel like the best way to honor it 277 00:23:21,198 --> 00:23:23,787 is 10 use every part that 1 can. 278 00:23:23,891 --> 00:23:25,168 You don't really get that kind of connection 279 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:28,861 when you go to the supermarket and buy meat off the shelf. 280 00:23:30,415 --> 00:23:32,071 For this project, 1 take the buck's head 281 00:23:32,175 --> 00:23:34,902 and 1 flesh it all out, turn the ears out, 282 00:23:35,005 --> 00:23:38,492 and basically make a stuffed deer head. 283 00:23:38,595 --> 00:23:40,148 Stuff it with moss. 284 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:43,738 I've killed lots of animals with a self bow. 285 00:23:43,842 --> 00:23:47,604 Giant bull elk, boar hogs. 286 00:23:47,708 --> 00:23:50,607 They're all special, because they feed my family. 287 00:23:52,885 --> 00:23:55,129 My family depends on wild game. 288 00:23:55,232 --> 00:23:57,580 This is something I've never, 289 00:23:57,683 --> 00:24:00,168 never showed the boys anything about. 290 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:02,516 1 don't know if they'd have any interest in it or not. 291 00:24:07,486 --> 00:24:10,696 My dad--horses has been his life. 292 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,354 You know, he's--he's a horse trainer, 293 00:24:13,458 --> 00:24:15,874 and, you know, it was a competition thing. 294 00:24:20,188 --> 00:24:23,606 Remind me to never 295 00:24:23,709 --> 00:24:27,851 take up taxidermy as a second career. 296 00:24:31,752 --> 00:24:34,927 When he was, I don't know, I guess, late 20s, mid 20s, 297 00:24:35,031 --> 00:24:38,586 and was working at a plant, he decided he was gonna 298 00:24:38,690 --> 00:24:42,107 leave that behind and start training horses, 299 00:24:42,210 --> 00:24:44,903 and everybody told him it was crazy. 300 00:24:45,006 --> 00:24:47,492 1 need to stitch this up, stitch everything up, 301 00:24:47,595 --> 00:24:52,807 all the holes-- bottom lip to the top, 302 00:24:52,911 --> 00:24:55,361 and stitch the eyes shut. 303 00:24:55,465 --> 00:24:57,778 For a long time, I thought my dad 304 00:24:57,881 --> 00:24:59,538 and 1 were very different people. 305 00:24:59,642 --> 00:25:03,887 It wasn't until just a few years ago, I guess, 306 00:25:03,991 --> 00:25:07,201 that 1 realized that we're exactly the same. 307 00:25:07,304 --> 00:25:08,547 The only thing that's different 308 00:25:08,651 --> 00:25:11,308 is what we're passionate about. 309 00:25:11,412 --> 00:25:13,725 His is horses, and mine is archery 310 00:25:13,828 --> 00:25:16,935 and bow hunting and being in the woods. 311 00:25:19,454 --> 00:25:22,457 This thing's gonna look like Frankenstein. 312 00:25:22,561 --> 00:25:26,254 And now he's in the National Cutting Horse Hall of Fame. 313 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:29,948 If you have something that you're passionate about, 314 00:25:30,051 --> 00:25:32,157 do it because you love it. 315 00:25:32,260 --> 00:25:35,470 You can make damn near anything work. 316 00:25:35,574 --> 00:25:39,198 There you go. One deer decoy. 317 00:25:44,652 --> 00:25:46,620 Figured I'd mount this thing to my head. 318 00:26:17,340 --> 00:26:21,551 - Well, let's see about this here deer mask. 319 00:26:22,345 --> 00:26:25,417 Bring them right in. 320 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,764 Clay's Taxidermy, open for business. 321 00:26:34,391 --> 00:26:35,876 Here we go. 322 00:26:35,979 --> 00:26:40,087 One rather bedraggled- looking deer head, 323 00:26:40,190 --> 00:26:41,813 on the wall. 324 00:26:42,917 --> 00:26:44,747 Oh, yeah. 325 00:26:48,785 --> 00:26:52,202 I'm gonna get started on bringing in the deer hide. 326 00:26:52,306 --> 00:26:54,964 Al right. 327 00:26:55,067 --> 00:26:57,207 1 knew that 1 want to do something with the hide. 328 00:26:57,311 --> 00:26:59,382 AX first, 1 used it for the top of the smoker, 329 00:26:59,485 --> 00:27:00,970 which works great. 330 00:27:01,073 --> 00:27:03,386 But 1 want to use this deer as much as 1 can. 331 00:27:03,489 --> 00:27:07,252 And 1 also just want a project to work on. 332 00:27:07,355 --> 00:27:10,289 And so I would love to brain tan this hide. 333 00:27:10,393 --> 00:27:12,429 Use it for a recliner. 334 00:27:14,397 --> 00:27:17,365 Doesn't smell sour or spoiled at all. 335 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:21,853 I'll get the deer brains out, put them in a pot, 336 00:27:21,956 --> 00:27:24,579 and smash them up, just as good as 1 can. 337 00:27:24,683 --> 00:27:26,167 Add a little bit of water. 338 00:27:29,895 --> 00:27:33,519 Just gonna mash that up real good. 339 00:27:33,623 --> 00:27:35,625 Mix it up as good as I can. 340 00:27:35,729 --> 00:27:37,627 1 want to get those brains over every inch 341 00:27:37,731 --> 00:27:39,560 of the deer hide. 342 00:27:39,664 --> 00:27:41,320 MMmMm-mmm-mmm. 343 00:27:41,424 --> 00:27:42,701 And then once you've got that done, 344 00:27:42,805 --> 00:27:44,289 then you start working it. 345 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,122 Was gonna wring this out again, 346 00:27:50,226 --> 00:27:52,055 but I think I'm just gonna leave it 347 00:27:52,159 --> 00:27:55,369 and just work--try to get every bit of that brain 348 00:27:55,472 --> 00:27:58,683 worked into this hide. 349 00:27:58,786 --> 00:28:00,201 Tm glad 1 decided to do this. 350 00:28:00,305 --> 00:28:04,067 This is gonna be nice once 1 get done with it. 351 00:28:04,171 --> 00:28:06,794 Sometimes 1 wonder why 1 ended up 352 00:28:06,898 --> 00:28:09,417 with the interests that I have. 353 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:11,212 1 have two brothers. They've hunted, 354 00:28:11,316 --> 00:28:13,145 but they're not--they're not hunters, you know. 355 00:28:13,249 --> 00:28:16,631 They didn't stick with it. I'm the youngest, 356 00:28:16,735 --> 00:28:19,600 and my next brother's seven years older than 1 am. 357 00:28:19,704 --> 00:28:23,190 And so when they would go to these horse shows, 358 00:28:23,293 --> 00:28:25,917 I'd have to go with them. I always competed. 359 00:28:26,020 --> 00:28:28,195 You know, it was a competition thing--cutting. 360 00:28:28,298 --> 00:28:30,231 But half an hour before it was time for me 361 00:28:30,335 --> 00:28:32,026 to go and show my horse, 362 00:28:32,130 --> 00:28:35,581 it was--I'd come back, do it, and then I was gone again. 363 00:28:35,685 --> 00:28:38,446 It's like my heart was in the woods. 364 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:40,276 I couldn't even begin to describe myself 365 00:28:40,379 --> 00:28:43,900 without talking at length about being outdoors. 366 00:28:44,004 --> 00:28:47,041 Just such a big, massive part of who 1 am. 367 00:28:49,734 --> 00:28:51,632 Al right. 368 00:28:52,875 --> 00:28:56,637 Let's eat some dinner before 1 hit the sack. 369 00:29:27,357 --> 00:29:31,499 - Bad news. We got like--[exhales deeply] 370 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:34,192 I don't know. It looks like from here 371 00:29:34,295 --> 00:29:37,057 four to six inches of snow last night. 372 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:53,556 So I waited till the last moment. 373 00:29:53,659 --> 00:29:56,248 We got this snow, and it looks like it's not gonna stop. 374 00:30:07,052 --> 00:30:09,296 It is time to get my ass in gear 375 00:30:09,399 --> 00:30:11,367 and get some warmth in my shelter. 376 00:30:11,470 --> 00:30:13,231 I mean, it's necessary now. 377 00:30:16,027 --> 00:30:18,132 Where is the most insulation in your house? 378 00:30:18,236 --> 00:30:21,273 Not in your floor. It's not in your walls. 379 00:30:21,377 --> 00:30:24,552 It's in your roof and your attic because heat rises. 380 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,210 And so for me, I'm gonna build the insulation 381 00:30:27,314 --> 00:30:29,695 where the heat is gonna go. 382 00:30:29,799 --> 00:30:31,283 Okay, the rest of the limbs, 383 00:30:31,387 --> 00:30:34,908 we're just tossing on, face-down, 384 00:30:36,392 --> 00:30:39,705 With insulation-- that's the stick parts. 385 00:30:39,809 --> 00:30:41,638 I'm trying to finish up the door. 386 00:30:50,233 --> 00:30:52,718 That just kind of makes it a little more serious now. 387 00:30:54,341 --> 00:30:56,101 Gotta get everything going, man. 388 00:30:59,380 --> 00:31:03,522 Snow days, man. Remember sledding? As a kid? 389 00:31:05,041 --> 00:31:08,251 And coming in, and Mom having hot chocolate? 390 00:31:10,150 --> 00:31:13,049 Got, like, cookies or whatever, walking in? 391 00:31:14,982 --> 00:31:19,090 Holy cow, that was-- that was awesome. 392 00:31:23,577 --> 00:31:27,719 This shelter's 95% done, which for me means done. 393 00:31:27,822 --> 00:31:30,101 And so I feel like I'm ready for winter. 394 00:31:34,484 --> 00:31:39,524 Just gonna get out of these wet-ass clothes. 395 00:31:59,993 --> 00:32:01,891 - Oh, good morning. 396 00:32:05,067 --> 00:32:08,311 It's getting light later and later in the morning. 397 00:32:08,415 --> 00:32:12,350 1 mean, 1 understand that's how I works this time of year. 398 00:32:12,453 --> 00:32:14,317 But. 399 00:32:16,078 --> 00:32:19,633 At some point, winter is here, and plant foods are not. 400 00:32:19,736 --> 00:32:23,292 So like to have a big, ol' gathering day. 401 00:32:23,395 --> 00:32:26,847 Gathering has really been my bread and butter out here. 402 00:32:26,951 --> 00:32:31,024 Haven't had much other option. [chuckles] 403 00:32:31,127 --> 00:32:32,404 Apparently, 1 can't fish. 404 00:32:32,508 --> 00:32:34,855 But, you know, we all have to have a weakness. 405 00:32:37,651 --> 00:32:39,791 And to be fair, it's not like my site 406 00:32:39,894 --> 00:32:43,933 was exactly a fisherman's paradise here. 407 00:32:46,418 --> 00:32:51,285 Fishing this site is incredibly challenging. 408 00:32:51,389 --> 00:32:55,186 The fish that I do have access to are going to be very small. 409 00:32:55,289 --> 00:32:57,567 I'm getting to that point where I know my body fat 410 00:32:57,671 --> 00:33:01,847 is getting low, because I'm mildly hungry all the time. 411 00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:06,783 My body is telling me, "You definitely need calories." 412 00:33:11,547 --> 00:33:14,550 Pretty sure this a good, solid half a can, which is my base. 413 00:33:14,653 --> 00:33:18,726 1 have to get that in a day. That's 500 calories. 414 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:22,075 1 should gather three or four days' worth. 415 00:33:22,178 --> 00:33:25,250 So we're gonna go a little further up field. 416 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,221 Traditionally, with modern hunter/gatherers, 417 00:33:30,324 --> 00:33:33,707 up to 80% of the caloric intake comes from gathering. 418 00:33:33,810 --> 00:33:35,019 It comes from plants. 419 00:33:35,122 --> 00:33:38,367 It's an underappreciated caloric source. 420 00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:42,060 So this is the landscape at the moment. 421 00:33:42,164 --> 00:33:45,753 And 1 am seriously 422 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:49,757 digging roots out of a patch in the snow. 423 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:54,452 More Solomon's seal. This one is a big root. 424 00:33:54,555 --> 00:33:57,282 Look at the size of this guy down here. 425 00:33:57,386 --> 00:33:58,663 Oh, it's a good-size one. 426 00:34:08,293 --> 00:34:10,882 Time to see if we can figure out how to get back, 427 00:34:10,985 --> 00:34:15,818 'cause it's starting to spit rainy, snowy stuff as well, 428 00:34:15,921 --> 00:34:18,407 which is gonna get really unpleasant really quickly. 429 00:34:20,685 --> 00:34:24,827 1 really haven't come down this side before. 430 00:34:24,930 --> 00:34:28,486 So I'm trying to decide if I go up. 431 00:34:28,589 --> 00:34:30,626 I'm gonna give it a go. I'm gonna--'cause I'm kind of 432 00:34:30,729 --> 00:34:32,006 skirting the edge of the creek right now. 433 00:34:32,110 --> 00:34:35,044 I'm gonna hop up-- 434 00:34:35,148 --> 00:34:39,117 let's go to that second ridge over here. 435 00:34:39,221 --> 00:34:44,743 Ooh. Where are we? 436 00:34:44,847 --> 00:34:48,437 Um, 1 don't know what that low point is, 437 00:34:48,540 --> 00:34:52,130 so I'm gonna go see. 438 00:34:52,234 --> 00:34:54,857 So we've gotten quite a long way from the creek. 439 00:34:59,206 --> 00:35:03,555 You must be [bleep) me. 1 have no idea where 1 am. 440 00:35:06,213 --> 00:35:08,250 Oh, no. 441 00:35:46,391 --> 00:35:47,772 Let's walk. Let's get to our last spot. 442 00:35:47,875 --> 00:35:49,049 Let's make some progress. 443 00:35:58,576 --> 00:36:01,544 I am guessing we must be getting back 444 00:36:01,648 --> 00:36:05,169 closer to the lake, 'cause for a while there, 445 00:36:05,272 --> 00:36:08,551 the forest was-- 1 mean, it wasn't open. 446 00:36:08,655 --> 00:36:12,590 It was still very dense timber. However, there was a lot less 447 00:36:12,693 --> 00:36:17,353 of the--of the, you know, blown-down timber, 448 00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:24,084 Pretty sure we're coming up somewhere 449 00:36:24,188 --> 00:36:28,122 on the lake at this point. 450 00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:33,266 Hello, basket tree willow. 451 00:36:33,369 --> 00:36:35,647 It's weird what your brain remembers. 452 00:36:35,751 --> 00:36:40,963 But that means we're close. This is great. 453 00:36:48,108 --> 00:36:50,524 We're back at the lake. 454 00:36:50,628 --> 00:36:52,423 This is where the little creek comes out. 455 00:36:54,528 --> 00:36:55,840 Feels good to be home. 456 00:37:01,432 --> 00:37:03,019 So this is today's haul. 457 00:37:03,123 --> 00:37:05,436 It's about three cans' worth of cranberries, 458 00:37:05,539 --> 00:37:09,854 highbush cranberries, small sack of rosehips, 459 00:37:09,957 --> 00:37:12,097 a surprise sack of greens. 460 00:37:12,201 --> 00:37:13,547 So those are watercress. 461 00:37:13,651 --> 00:37:15,446 Actually found some watercress greens. 462 00:37:15,549 --> 00:37:18,828 And then a reasonable sack of roots. 463 00:37:18,932 --> 00:37:22,694 I mean, the calories I've brought back with me-- 464 00:37:22,798 --> 00:37:24,627 maybe-- 465 00:37:26,353 --> 00:37:29,943 They probably just barely make up what 1 put out. 466 00:37:30,046 --> 00:37:32,463 That's not the equation you're looking for. [chuckles] 467 00:37:34,327 --> 00:37:36,881 I'm really starting to notice the lack of calories. 468 00:37:36,984 --> 00:37:40,264 It's really starting to affect my performance 469 00:37:40,367 --> 00:37:43,267 and what I'm capable of doing. 470 00:37:43,370 --> 00:37:45,338 Just wish 1 could catch some fish. 471 00:38:13,849 --> 00:38:15,402 1 don't know. 472 00:38:19,441 --> 00:38:20,787 So good. 473 00:38:22,892 --> 00:38:24,929 Hey, the boat's still there. 474 00:38:25,032 --> 00:38:27,069 Decided it's time to go boating. 475 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:36,181 Okay, here we go. The ol'... 476 00:38:43,430 --> 00:38:47,158 The butt will most certainly not be dry. 477 00:38:47,261 --> 00:38:50,092 It'll be ice [bleep] cold. 478 00:38:59,308 --> 00:39:00,758 1 want to catch more fish. 479 00:39:00,861 --> 00:39:03,036 1 need to get a surplus of calories. 480 00:39:13,426 --> 00:39:14,875 Okay. 481 00:39:40,901 --> 00:39:42,386 Let's go fishing. 482 00:39:50,186 --> 00:39:53,431 Back home in Alaska, 1 was in a long-term relationship 483 00:39:53,535 --> 00:39:58,056 with a woman who had a young daughter named Jordan. 484 00:40:01,991 --> 00:40:04,131 So Jordan and 1 had this motto, 485 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:07,514 just that we never give up, no matter what we're doing. 486 00:40:07,618 --> 00:40:09,654 And so when 1 have tough times out here, 487 00:40:09,758 --> 00:40:11,829 my mind immediately goes to her. 488 00:40:11,932 --> 00:40:14,072 And it's kept me going, 489 00:40:14,176 --> 00:40:15,695 thinking about her when times get tough, 490 00:40:15,798 --> 00:40:17,524 and what she would say. 491 00:40:17,628 --> 00:40:19,975 I'm exactly stubborn and resilient. 492 00:40:20,078 --> 00:40:21,114 1 don't give up. 493 00:40:37,233 --> 00:40:40,305 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 494 00:40:41,997 --> 00:40:43,826 Yes, yes. 495 00:40:49,004 --> 00:40:50,523 Holy [bleep]. 496 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,152 Here we go. 497 00:41:01,361 --> 00:41:02,500 Second one. 498 00:41:04,606 --> 00:41:06,090 Yes. 499 00:41:06,193 --> 00:41:08,920 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 500 00:41:09,024 --> 00:41:11,095 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 501 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:13,407 Yes. 502 00:41:27,525 --> 00:41:29,803 Check that out. Two of them. 503 00:41:33,082 --> 00:41:34,739 Two rainbows, 504 00:41:39,779 --> 00:41:44,784 Totally happy about that. I am a vegetarian no longer. 505 00:42:19,991 --> 00:42:21,648 - 1 heard something big out there,. 506 00:42:44,464 --> 00:42:46,362 Can't see anything out here. 507 00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:07,729 Well, I heard something big out there, 508 00:43:07,832 --> 00:43:11,284 but couldn't see anything. 509 00:43:11,387 --> 00:43:14,563 By the time 1 got out of my sleeping bag and got out, 510 00:43:14,667 --> 00:43:18,256 it was--whatever it was was gone. 511 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,156 I'll look around tomorrow and see if I can see any tracks. 512 00:43:23,123 --> 00:43:24,953 Back to bed. 513 00:43:34,341 --> 00:43:36,965 I didn't sleep at all last night, hardly. 514 00:43:37,068 --> 00:43:39,726 Gonna go down to the lake shore and then come back. 515 00:43:41,245 --> 00:43:43,592 So 1 just walked down to the beach, 516 00:43:43,696 --> 00:43:45,145 and there's fresh bear tracks 517 00:43:45,249 --> 00:43:47,769 coming right across my log here. 518 00:43:47,872 --> 00:43:50,219 Walking right down the beach here. 519 00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:54,776 So you can tell it's a black bear, 520 00:43:54,879 --> 00:43:58,572 because a grizzly, the front of the pad here's straighter, 521 00:43:58,676 --> 00:44:01,748 and you can draw a straight line from this side 522 00:44:01,852 --> 00:44:04,544 to this side without cutting this toe here. 523 00:44:04,648 --> 00:44:07,029 With this track, if you draw a straight line, 524 00:44:07,133 --> 00:44:09,860 you're gonna cut this toe, so that's a black bear. 525 00:44:09,963 --> 00:44:13,035 And that's a decent-size bear. 526 00:44:13,139 --> 00:44:14,485 Yeah, that's a pretty good-size bear. 527 00:44:17,074 --> 00:44:19,076 So, 1 just want to--with those bear tracks on the beach, 528 00:44:19,179 --> 00:44:20,767 1 just want to make--walk back here 529 00:44:20,871 --> 00:44:24,771 and make sure there's nothing been poking around the cache. 530 00:44:26,877 --> 00:44:30,190 Oh, [bleep]. There's bear tracks right freakin' here. 531 00:44:32,158 --> 00:44:34,298 Like, right through camp. 532 00:44:34,401 --> 00:44:37,611 So there's the shack, right through here. 533 00:44:39,648 --> 00:44:43,997 And here's bear tracks. 534 00:44:45,654 --> 00:44:47,760 That little bastard. 535 00:44:47,863 --> 00:44:50,486 The cache looks like it's still--1 mean, 536 00:44:50,590 --> 00:44:53,213 the smoker looks like it's still intact. 537 00:44:53,317 --> 00:44:55,250 1 brought all my meat and stuff inside there 538 00:44:55,353 --> 00:44:58,322 'cause I thought it would be pretty safe. 539 00:44:58,425 --> 00:45:03,120 This bear walked right-- let's see where he went. 540 00:45:03,223 --> 00:45:07,607 That is no good. We don't want bears walking through camp. 541 00:45:07,711 --> 00:45:09,713 Looks like he may have walked down the beach, 542 00:45:09,816 --> 00:45:12,336 and then just came back right through here. 543 00:45:12,439 --> 00:45:16,892 Kind of in between camp 544 00:45:16,996 --> 00:45:18,722 and the smoker. 545 00:45:18,825 --> 00:45:21,690 1 don't know how he didn't smell that stuff in there. 546 00:45:21,794 --> 00:45:26,212 Man, that was-- that was just lucky. 547 00:45:29,733 --> 00:45:31,769 He'll be back. 548 00:45:31,873 --> 00:45:34,013 We ain't seen the last of Boo-Boo. 549 00:45:50,063 --> 00:45:52,617 - So been a really yucky night. 550 00:45:52,721 --> 00:45:55,413 1 have a really strong belief and mindset, 551 00:45:55,517 --> 00:45:59,383 and that's what 1 try to do, you know, with my encounters 552 00:45:59,486 --> 00:46:02,110 with a grizzly bear-- is every time [-- 553 00:46:02,213 --> 00:46:03,490 every time it happens, 554 00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:06,252 1 try to mentally think about the situation again 555 00:46:06,355 --> 00:46:08,288 and change my mindset 556 00:46:08,392 --> 00:46:10,566 to handle it differently next time. 557 00:46:10,670 --> 00:46:14,467 So maybe 1 need to do that with, you know, 558 00:46:14,570 --> 00:46:17,194 fishing and snaring, and whatever. 559 00:46:17,297 --> 00:46:19,403 Just stop thinking about the things that 1 can't do, 560 00:46:19,506 --> 00:46:23,925 and really start focusing on what 1 might be able to do. So. 561 00:46:34,832 --> 00:46:39,941 Ready to check some snares. 1 feel hungry. 562 00:46:40,044 --> 00:46:43,013 Really hopeful that there's something in my snares today. 563 00:46:46,361 --> 00:46:47,914 The scary things I've dealt with in my life, 564 00:46:48,018 --> 00:46:50,434 1 can definitely recover from a grizzly bear. 565 00:46:50,537 --> 00:46:52,746 For sure. 566 00:46:52,850 --> 00:46:55,922 When I was a kid, we lived a lot in safe houses, 567 00:46:56,026 --> 00:46:58,304 and 1 was just always running around in the woods. 568 00:46:58,407 --> 00:47:00,099 1 was trying to escape from, 569 00:47:00,202 --> 00:47:03,033 you know, a bad childhood environment. 570 00:47:03,136 --> 00:47:06,277 Any bunny there? 571 00:47:06,381 --> 00:47:08,693 I've always felt a little bit alone. 572 00:47:08,797 --> 00:47:10,454 1 had my children very young, 573 00:47:10,557 --> 00:47:12,249 and tried to make a home for them, 574 00:47:12,352 --> 00:47:16,805 but never really felt like any place was home for me. 575 00:47:16,909 --> 00:47:20,291 When 1 was very young, 1lived in a foster home. 576 00:47:20,395 --> 00:47:23,674 Ts just kind of always been everything that 1 do, 577 00:47:23,777 --> 00:47:25,538 I've taught myself. 578 00:47:25,641 --> 00:47:27,678 Yeah, 1 think they're too big. 579 00:47:27,781 --> 00:47:29,611 That's scary when you're a kid. 580 00:47:29,714 --> 00:47:31,855 So 1 can go through a scary situation, 581 00:47:31,958 --> 00:47:34,202 and it may shock me for a second, 582 00:47:34,305 --> 00:47:35,893 but I'm gonna recover quickly, 583 00:47:35,997 --> 00:47:38,033 and it's not gonna knock me off my path. 584 00:47:38,137 --> 00:47:40,104 I'm just gonna pick myself up, and I'm gonna keep going. 585 00:47:45,351 --> 00:47:48,733 [chuckles] I got a rabbit. 586 00:47:48,837 --> 00:47:52,772 Oh, my gosh, that is awesome. 587 00:47:52,876 --> 00:47:56,086 Tada. It's a bunny. 588 00:47:58,674 --> 00:48:01,056 Got him. 589 00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:05,198 So we're gonna go down and skin the rabbit. 590 00:48:05,302 --> 00:48:07,476 Cautiously. 591 00:48:07,580 --> 00:48:10,479 So that the grizzly bear doesn't come along. 592 00:48:16,313 --> 00:48:19,281 1 don't want to waste any meat. 593 00:48:19,385 --> 00:48:21,559 Okay. 594 00:48:21,663 --> 00:48:24,942 Now, it's time to get this rabbit on here. 595 00:48:25,943 --> 00:48:29,153 My belly is hungry. 596 00:48:29,257 --> 00:48:32,018 Can't believe 1 get to eat bunny rabbit. 597 00:48:32,122 --> 00:48:35,849 Oh, my God, that smells so good. Oh, my gosh. 598 00:48:43,202 --> 00:48:47,585 This little, yummy bunny heart is gonna be so good. 599 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:52,936 Oh, my gosh. 600 00:48:56,456 --> 00:49:01,151 Oh, my gosh. That was so good. 601 00:49:09,090 --> 00:49:11,644 Just that alone, and I'm happy. 602 00:49:11,747 --> 00:49:13,991 Oh, my gosh. 603 00:49:26,245 --> 00:49:29,386 - Warmed up quite a bit today. It wasn't good yesterday. 604 00:49:29,489 --> 00:49:32,182 Yesterday, it was still pretty damn cold. 605 00:49:35,150 --> 00:49:39,189 All right. Let's see what we can do about an alarm. 606 00:49:41,605 --> 00:49:45,022 I've got an idea for an alarm system for a bear. 607 00:49:46,955 --> 00:49:48,784 1 forgot 1 had an air hom. 608 00:49:48,888 --> 00:49:51,442 1 think 1 can rig up that air hormn 10 wire, 609 00:49:51,546 --> 00:49:54,549 so if something hits the trip wire, 610 00:49:54,652 --> 00:49:56,171 it'll set the air horn off. 611 00:49:56,275 --> 00:49:59,174 Here we go. [clears throat] 612 00:50:03,627 --> 00:50:05,215 Got that. 613 00:50:05,318 --> 00:50:06,733 The last thing that I want to do 614 00:50:06,837 --> 00:50:09,426 is have to deal with a bear coming in here 615 00:50:09,529 --> 00:50:11,911 wanting to take this meat. 616 00:50:12,015 --> 00:50:15,018 But that's a very real possibility. 617 00:50:15,121 --> 00:50:17,020 Just a little redneck ingenuity here. 618 00:50:19,574 --> 00:50:22,439 1 have 10 be prepared {0 engage a bear. 619 00:50:31,724 --> 00:50:35,590 1 want to win this thing. 1 need this meat. 620 00:50:38,179 --> 00:50:41,837 And so 1 am willing to go outside 621 00:50:41,941 --> 00:50:44,875 and deal with a grizzly bear to protect this meat. 622 00:50:48,327 --> 00:50:50,363 Al right. 623 00:50:50,467 --> 00:50:54,436 SO now, of My, Bear comes snooping around... 624 00:50:59,027 --> 00:51:01,305 [chuckles] I like it. 625 00:51:03,066 --> 00:51:04,170 That ought to wake me up. 626 00:51:28,746 --> 00:51:32,129 - Gonna have to ration out the deer meat that 1 have left. 627 00:51:35,477 --> 00:51:39,309 So I'm thinking that's a day right there. 628 00:51:39,412 --> 00:51:42,657 Little bit of fat. Little bit of meat. 629 00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:45,004 Five or six little pieces of jerky. 630 00:51:46,592 --> 00:51:50,320 Every day. That's not enough to keep a fella going. 631 00:51:50,423 --> 00:51:52,943 You don't know how bad 1 just want to grab 632 00:51:53,046 --> 00:51:57,050 a big handful of this stuff and start eating it right now. 633 00:51:57,154 --> 00:52:00,778 But 1 can't. 1 need 10 catch a damn fish. 634 00:52:08,648 --> 00:52:10,305 Al right. 635 00:52:12,790 --> 00:52:14,309 Figured I'd go fishing. 636 00:52:16,518 --> 00:52:18,900 1 don't know what to think about the damn fishing. 637 00:52:21,247 --> 00:52:22,593 It's pretty discouraging 638 00:52:22,697 --> 00:52:26,528 when you go fishing day after day after day 639 00:52:26,632 --> 00:52:29,428 and can't even hardly get a bite. 640 00:52:33,052 --> 00:52:34,743 Tm not eating as much as 1 should be 641 00:52:34,847 --> 00:52:36,987 to keep my weight up, 642 00:52:37,090 --> 00:52:40,301 'cause I'm afraid I'm gonna run out of meat. 643 00:52:43,752 --> 00:52:47,756 [sighs] That was a crappy cast. 644 00:52:50,345 --> 00:52:53,314 I'd feel a lot better if I could catch some fish. 645 00:52:53,417 --> 00:52:57,076 1 don't want to run out of food again. 646 00:52:57,180 --> 00:53:00,838 You know, we could be out here for 100-120 days. 647 00:53:05,843 --> 00:53:07,604 All it takes is one. 648 00:53:07,707 --> 00:53:10,193 All it takes is one to keep you out here that long. 649 00:53:13,782 --> 00:53:15,336 Al right. 650 00:53:17,510 --> 00:53:18,994 Hanging it up. 651 00:53:21,514 --> 00:53:23,723 No fish. 652 00:53:23,827 --> 00:53:25,553 What a surprise, what a surprise, 653 00:53:25,656 --> 00:53:27,037 what a surprise. 654 00:53:48,231 --> 00:53:50,578 - 1 made a raft this morning. 655 00:53:50,681 --> 00:53:54,754 So today is going to be all about passive fishing. 656 00:53:54,858 --> 00:53:58,724 I'd like to do the trout line rock this morning. 657 00:53:58,827 --> 00:54:02,383 There is a possibility it will catch a fish. 658 00:54:02,486 --> 00:54:05,903 And that would extend my time here that much more. 659 00:54:06,007 --> 00:54:09,044 Which basically means 1 have to swim out 660 00:54:09,148 --> 00:54:12,738 into the cold, cold water. 661 00:54:12,841 --> 00:54:16,707 But if I don't take advantage of all those possibilities, 662 00:54:16,811 --> 00:54:18,295 that's what I'll regret. 663 00:54:22,851 --> 00:54:24,922 Okay, we need to get two shore anchors together. 664 00:54:25,026 --> 00:54:28,616 And my shore anchors have to be a significant distance apart. 665 00:54:28,719 --> 00:54:32,723 Otherwise, the lines tangle. 666 00:54:32,827 --> 00:54:36,244 1 have the plan to swim out and anchor a rock 667 00:54:36,348 --> 00:54:38,315 that has a wired eyelet on it, 668 00:54:38,419 --> 00:54:40,144 and basically have a clothesline system, 669 00:54:40,248 --> 00:54:41,767 where you have parachute inner cord 670 00:54:41,870 --> 00:54:43,389 that goes thru that eyelet, 671 00:54:43,493 --> 00:54:46,047 and you can just reel your trout line back and forth. 672 00:54:46,150 --> 00:54:48,463 But 1 need to swim this anchor out a long way. 673 00:54:49,913 --> 00:54:51,466 just in case anything horrific goes on, 674 00:54:51,570 --> 00:54:55,298 1 can push the red button and presumably get saved. 675 00:54:58,922 --> 00:55:01,580 So. [groans] 676 00:55:01,683 --> 00:55:05,377 Let's warm the legs up. 677 00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:07,033 All right, peeps. 678 00:55:07,137 --> 00:55:09,346 We're a go. Let's do this thing. 679 00:55:11,555 --> 00:55:12,763 Al right. 680 00:55:19,356 --> 00:55:21,427 I'm running out of days 681 00:55:21,531 --> 00:55:26,259 where I'm gonna have the energy to do projects 682 00:55:26,363 --> 00:55:30,263 like swim 300 feet out into the lake. 683 00:55:30,367 --> 00:55:34,785 If we can actually get the trout line in water, 684 00:55:34,889 --> 00:55:36,373 some more calories coming in. 685 00:55:50,422 --> 00:55:53,356 It inflated on its own. [bleep]. 686 00:55:54,874 --> 00:55:56,324 Uh-oh. 687 00:56:01,743 --> 00:56:05,920 [bleep]. I think I'm stuck. 688 00:56:09,993 --> 00:56:13,445 Everything is a tangled mess. [bleep]. 689 00:56:15,481 --> 00:56:17,759 And it's freezing. [bleep]. 690 00:56:20,383 --> 00:56:21,591 Starting to freeze. 691 00:56:24,490 --> 00:56:26,043 Can't believe this [bleep]. 692 00:56:54,969 --> 00:56:59,214 My ears are ringing so loudly 693 00:56:59,318 --> 00:57:03,046 that 1 can't hear the waves. 694 00:57:03,149 --> 00:57:06,083 And I know what this is. It's a blood pressure issue. 695 00:57:23,894 --> 00:57:25,378 Not sure I'm okay. 696 00:57:29,935 --> 00:57:31,592 Let me see if I can stand up yet. 697 00:57:48,747 --> 00:57:49,955 There we are, 698 00:57:59,033 --> 00:58:01,035 Just trying to get all my big arteries... 699 00:58:07,628 --> 00:58:08,905 over the fire. 700 00:58:12,356 --> 00:58:14,531 1 thought T would be in the water 701 00:58:14,635 --> 00:58:18,708 for about 15 minutes. 702 00:58:20,433 --> 00:58:24,472 1 was actually in the water for 35 minutes. 703 00:59:37,096 --> 00:59:41,238 Status update: 1 have a rip-roaring fire going, 704 00:59:41,342 --> 00:59:44,587 and 1 plan to do so for a number of hours. 705 00:59:47,969 --> 00:59:49,177 Wow. 706 00:59:53,181 --> 00:59:54,907 That was cold. 707 00:59:55,011 --> 00:59:59,567 So just thought 1 should show you 708 00:59:59,671 --> 01:00:01,914 the inside of my thigh, 709 01:00:02,018 --> 01:00:03,985 from having to be so close to the fire to warm up. 710 01:00:07,230 --> 01:00:08,990 Yep. 711 01:00:09,094 --> 01:00:12,131 Lightly toasted. [chuckles] 712 01:00:12,235 --> 01:00:13,650 Ouch. 713 01:00:15,548 --> 01:00:19,380 But a small price 10 pay, 1 suppose, for being alive. 714 01:00:22,003 --> 01:00:25,800 There's nothing in the world 715 01:00:25,904 --> 01:00:30,115 that makes you feel more alive than almost not being. 716 01:00:31,772 --> 01:00:37,018 What happened was the life vest self-inflated, 717 01:00:37,122 --> 01:00:42,368 and it tangled in the paracord 718 01:00:42,472 --> 01:00:45,509 that 1 had on the raft. 719 01:00:45,613 --> 01:00:49,375 By the time I'd gotten that disentangled 720 01:00:49,479 --> 01:00:53,172 from the life vest, somehow the line 721 01:00:53,276 --> 01:00:56,244 had wrapped around my ankle a number of times, 722 01:00:56,348 --> 01:00:59,351 and was so tangled up 1 had to take the shoe off 723 01:00:59,454 --> 01:01:01,249 while in the water. 724 01:01:01,353 --> 01:01:04,045 And finally worked out all of the tangles 725 01:01:04,149 --> 01:01:07,428 so that I could then swim back. 726 01:01:07,531 --> 01:01:10,638 Al 1 ever have to do is push the red button, 727 01:01:10,742 --> 01:01:13,434 and someone comes and saves me. 728 01:01:13,537 --> 01:01:16,817 They asked me if I ever felt like this was life and death, 729 01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:18,301 and I kind of laughed, and I said, 730 01:01:18,404 --> 01:01:19,647 "No, of course not." 731 01:01:20,821 --> 01:01:22,926 Today, it did. 732 01:01:25,826 --> 01:01:26,965 - Some fishing. Check the fish trap. 733 01:01:29,933 --> 01:01:31,314 Any bets on whether I'm gonna fall in? 734 01:01:32,660 --> 01:01:34,006 Ah! 735 01:01:34,110 --> 01:01:35,836 - Ain't nothing for you here, mouse. 736 01:01:35,939 --> 01:01:39,805 That little mother[bleep]. I'm killing him. 737 01:01:42,463 --> 01:01:46,536 It's probably a circulation issue. 738 01:01:46,639 --> 01:01:50,643 - This bear is coming here. Oh, my God. 739 01:01:50,747 --> 01:01:52,335 [bear growls] Holy [bleep].