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SUE: That is, uh,
the average DC-6.

That's a bigger plane
than, uh, has been here
in a while over 10 years.

Why haven't I seen it?

The runway's almost 80 years
old and it's degrading.

I have got 16
years now dedicated to
working the runway to make sure

these guys are safe.

This is the culmination
of over a decade
to get that plane in.

I don't want
anything going wrong.

If this goes well,
I'll be able to get
more in less often,

overall saving some revenue.

(bleep) yeah, that was
a beautiful landing.

The largest plane in
over a decade landed
on the strip today.

So, that's a complete
validation for
a decade of my life.

My name is Susan Aikens
and I live at 69.4
north by 146.54 west.

A geographic location
close to the Arctic Ocean.

I am a safety outpost.

I'm the only fuel station in
an area the size of a third
of the state of California.

This is the reason I'm here.

Keep the planes safe,
serve them fuel, and keep
them flying in the air.

I have less than three
months to make the revenue
for the entire year.

If I am not profitable,
I cannot stay.

Sometime in September usually
is the last person I see.

I spend the next
290 days alone.

Not only surviving but
thriving the winter
conditions here.

Very harsh, very austere.

In the summer,
everything wakes up.

It's a migration of
growth and change up here.

The only thing you
think from the first time you
see the sun come back up

over your horizon is,

"Oh, my God, winter's coming.
I better get to work."

I've got the Bobcat.
I do not have forks.

PILOT: No worries, we'll
figure something out.

But if anything else,
we can just hand these
down here, will do.

-All right.

I have 15,000, 16,000
pounds of goods coming out.

But I've got clients coming.

They need more
buildings than I have.

So, they're
bringing tents out.

I've got to get them
up before they arrive.

Are you sure it's
not too heavy for me?

-1,600, okay, you gonna
give me a little ballast?

-I'm rated for 780 pounds.

I'm moving 1,600.

If you're too far
forward with your weight,
you got to get a little bit

more in your caboose.

Straight back?

-It's a little stuck.

I'm trying to get
it to go down.

I'm gonna have to tilt it.

-Keep going. No. Down! Down!

(theme music plays)

♪ ♪

-Are you okay?
-Okay, go down.

(inaudible).

-It's a little unbelievable
that A, I'm okay.

B, I boned it.

How the hell do I get
myself out of this?

I had a guy on the
back providing ballast.

Like any good person riding
a dirt bike, when you get in
trouble, throw the bike away.

So, when the load
started going, he
knows, save yourself,

the load's not worth
an injury to anybody.

All right. Sorry, man.

Now, I'm nervous.
That's my first load.

I've got 24 more
thousand pounds that
I got to deal with.

In the end, clients
are coming in.

No matter what it takes,
no matter where you need
it, and no matter when,

I'm going to get
that (bleep) to you.

All of this is to put
up buildings for them.

This is show time.

♪ ♪

I don't know if I've
said it often enough.

The thrill I get by
hearing the throatiness
of those motors,

it's a privilege for me to
be able to be around those.

Those airplanes
are my life blood.

They're the ones, as a
remote person, that get
me out when I need it,

fuel me up when I
need it, bring me the
food when I need it.

It is so integrated into the
quality, and perseverance,
and preservation of my life.

Hot damn.

What a good sound and what
a good feeling that is.

Suzie's back, and (bleep) I
brought my airplanes with me.

ANDY: If you don't plan ahead,
you don't get good results.

If you don't plan ahead,
you don't do things well,
and you work a lot harder

than you need to.

Oh, come on.

All right.

This is an important part
of having good production,
but it sure is a time suck.

Anything I can do to reduce
my weeding efforts is money
in the bank, time in the bank,

effort in the bank.

The most important
thing for me in the
summer is growing some really

high-quality foods.

And to do that, uh, it's quite
an effort to do my gardening.

It's a lot of time and
a lot of work to water my
plants and to work the soil.

What I wanna do is I
wanna get drip irrigation
into my outside garden.

I installed it this year
into my newly revived green
house and I'm loving it.

And I need to get that out
here so that I don't have to
spend all this time pulling

all these weeds.

I can water only the plants
that I wanna water and
not the weeds around them.

Because the secret
to gardening up here
is sun and water.

We got lots of sun.

I got to provide the water.

Every bit of water
that I put into this garden
has to be pumped from the

river into holding tanks.

So, anything I can do to
reduce the time and the money
spent to have to haul water

from the river to my
garden is a good thing.

What I really wanna do is I
wanna take this tank, and then
I wanna be able to run drip

irrigation around to my peas.

Come down here, run two
big pipes, feeder pipes
along my, uh, main row.

And then I wanna branch off
and put the drip, uh, systems
into each and every row.

And that will make this
operation way more efficient
and way less work for me.

This is the fun part,
building everything.

Right now, I have to
pump water twice a week
up to my holding tanks.

My goal is to get that
down to once a week.

If I can put
in the drip irrigation,
reduce my water output,

and get it directly
to the plants, I can
make my whole operation

a lot more efficient.

All right.

So, the manifold's
done, so it's time to just
merry this up to the tank.

All right, the
moment of truth.

(running water)

Ooh, that one runs good.

Right on. Manifold's in.

Time for building some
irrigation systems.

I put a lot of time and energy
into this and I want results
for my time and energy.

I don't mind working hard as
long as there's a good payoff.

I hate working hard
and having no payoff.

Final step, putting
emitters in.

These are half gallon
per hour emitters.

I'm gonna put them about eight
inches apart and I'm hoping
that's gonna be enough to,

to water this.

I can always add more
later if I need to.

It's time for a test.

Let's go see if we
get some drip-age.

Oh, yeah.
Look at that.
Started right up.

That's looking good.
I'm really happy.

The plants like it
if they stay moist.

You can see this ground
was getting really dry.

Even though I water
this, it dries out quick.

This soil isn't
that, that great yet.

I'm still working on
composting and, and all that.

So, I need to keep
building this soil up.

It's still a little
bit on the sandy side.

I'm feeling real good.

Rocking and rolling.

Calico Gardens.

JESSIE: I got to be ready
to grow, and expand, and do
a better job every season.

This isn't where it ends.
This is where it begins.

I got a King net that
I strung up myself, all about
doing things myself out here.

For myself and for my dogs.

So, go get this thing out
in the water upriver and
pray for the best catch.

King Salmon are a
very big fish and they're
full of high oil content.

They're one of the best
fish that we get up here.

There was a spot I was fishing
for the last couple of years.

I know it's taken up, so
I'm going to have to go
a little further upriver,

find a good spot.

Just have to work a little
harder on all this and then
it'll all come together.

Got my boat up at
the smoke house.

NARRATOR: Along the Nenana
River, Jessie Holmes recently
constructed a new smokehouse

to prepare for the
King Salmon run.

The structure will allow him
to store and preserve his
catch for the coming months.

But with the brief run already
underway, getting his net
into the water now is vital.

-All right, T, let's go.

Everything's kind of
clicking right now.

The water just come up high
enough that I can get the
boat into the smokehouse.

So, now when I get these fish,
I'm gonna be able to bring
them right to my smokehouse,

right to my table,
have water right there,
cut these King Salmon,

get them hanging
in the smokehouse.

I got to find a good location,
and that's the hardest part.

You got to really pay
attention to the river, the
way the currents are running,

keep following this river
here and see what it does.

Try to figure out where
a good spot's gonna be.

Looking for a good eddy.

Back current of water and
the fish will be resting
on their swim upstream.

Right now, we got a lot of
high driftwood coming and
that's gonna be a problem.

I need to find a place
that's not catching a lot
of driftwood and gonna catch

a lot of fish.

This is it.

This is where I'm
gonna set the net.

It's a good eddy.

Sticks are going
upriver right here.

Eddy kind of stops right
here and then it shoots out,

so I'm gonna run my
net out right here.

I'm gonna cap them off
and I'm gonna make it to where
they can't get out of the eddy

without hitting my net.

This new net that I've
stitched up has larger
mesh and deeper dip,

so it's designed to catch
Kings, as opposed to, I mostly
fish for chum and summer chum,

so it goes to show how
far ahead I'm starting
to get every year.

And now, I'm ready for
each season of fish.

Got it ready to go.

I'm hoping it'll come
out there real nice.

Check it out and make
sure it's all set good.

Good set.

It's covering a good spot of
the river and a good eddy.

You never know how long
the King Salmon run is.

Usually, there's three
pulses of fish that shoot up.

I've already missed the
first pulse of fish that come
through and now I got to hope

that I can get out there
and catch the second pulse.

The only thing to do now is
let it sit out here overnight
and hopefully come back and

have some fish in it.

Time to head back home.

Ready, Tobias?

GLENN: Life out here demands
a high level of fitness.

You got to stay in
shape or you're just not
gonna be able to do it.

I really like to push
myself physically.

I like a challenge.

And what I'd like to do
today is set something up
for myself that's really going

to push my limits.

I have to stay fit just in
order to survive, and I have
to train for the kind of tasks

that come up out here.

A couple of weeks from now,
I'm going to be sheep hunting,
and it takes a lot of fitness

to get up these mountains
and have enough energy
to hunt at the same time.

I'm gonna leave my camp, run
around this lake, through
some bogs, over a creek,

swim to this island, blow
up my raft, paddle home,
head for the mountains,

and then fly back down.

That's the challenge
I'm giving myself.

See if I can make it around
this course by nightfall.

All right. Let's go.

This is the best gym
you could ever hope for.

Look at all the
obstacles I've got.

Puddles to go
crashing through.

I got logs to jump over.

Coming up to the outlet here,
I got a steep hill up ahead,
then across a little creek.

Just up here, I'm at the place
where I'll start swimming.

I'm almost there.

I got to put my clothes in my
pack, swim across, then I'll
get out my raft, blow it up,

and paddle back home.

I've never swum to
the island before.

It's gonna be a challenge,
but that's what I want.

I don't wanna
take the easy way.

I got to keep myself in shape.

I've made it across
some pretty good
size rivers before,

but I've never swum
that far in the lake.

It's a different story.

You just don't have the
shoreline to go back to.

Ooh.

That's about 20
pounds at least, maybe
even a little more.

I wanna see if I can do this.

I'm going for it.

Ooh. Oh, that water's cold.

Side stroke seems
to be working best.

If I try to go like this,
the pack kinda, is awkward.

It's just really cold in here.

And I'm getting tired.

It's too awkward
swimming with this pack.

I'm gonna take it off.

I'm having a problem
with the waist belt.

Hold on.

I got to figure out what the
(bleep) is going on here.

GLENN: I'm having a
problem with the waist belt.

Hold on.

I got to figure out what the
(bleep) is going on here.

I'm getting really
cold and tired, but
I got to keep going.

This pack's really
slowing me down.

It's just a lot of drag.

A lot of resistance
in the water.

I set myself a good
challenge today.

I'm starting to shiver, but
I'm almost to the island.

It's hard, but doing
stuff like this makes
you so much stronger.

If I can do this when
I want to, I'll be able
to do it when I need to.

I can touch the bottom.

I made it.

I'll tell you, that
water's cold and the
breeze is pretty strong.

I got to get dressed.

I am cold.

I'm so glad I
brought the raft.

I could never swim back
across there right now.

I'm just too cold,
I'd get hypothermia.

I ran around the lake, I swim
all the way to the island,
just got to keep going.

I still got to paddle
back to camp, get to the
checkpoint, drop the raft,

grab the paraglider, head up
the mountain, run across the
ridge, and fly back home.

If you go out and
you test yourself and
you learn your limits,

then you can operate
safely out here.

It's not the fastest
boat in the world.

This is full body training,
running, swimming,
paddling, climbing, flying.

It's gonna exercise all
the muscles that I need
to have in shape in order to

function out here.

I got pretty cold on that
swim, but this paddling's
getting me heated back up.

Feeling good.

Feeling strong.

I just got to carry on.

This is about
the halfway mark.

I'm back in my cabin.

I'm making a figure eight.

I got the first loop done.

I'm getting pretty
tired, but I'm gonna go
in, grab my paraglider,

and head up the mountain.

ANDY: I'm not into living
out here as a hobby.

I'm into living out here as
my life and my lifestyle.

All right. Onto the
next big project here.

I used to have a big
composting system right here
and it was getting pretty

flimsy and worn out.

And, uh, I've decided that a
really important part of my
entire gardening process is,

uh, the compost,
building soil, um,
this soil around here,

it's extremely sandy
and not very good for
growing plants in.

So, it's vitally important
for me to make compost, make
my own soil to add to my

greenhouse and add to
my garden to give the
plants what they need to grow

in this environment.

So, my next big project
is to, uh, to get out,
get some nice big logs,

build myself a big
composting bin.

I'm gonna take about a
10-foot log and I'm gonna lay
it down on the ground here.

And then I'm gonna take
eight-foot logs and I'm gonna
notch them to fit like that.

I'll do another
eight-foot log like this.

And then I'm just going
to keep adding logs.

I'll add another 10-footer,
another eight-footer
on top of that.

And basically, the idea
is to build base, a
big bin or a big crib.

Throw the materials for
the compost in there and
let mother nature do her thing.

Come here, Krug.

All right, come on down buddy.

Today, I'm gonna go out
and, uh, try and gather
some logs downriver,

along the river for a compost
bin that I wanna build.

But I'm gonna double
up and bring Kruggerand
along with me.

Uh, for two reasons, number
one, he really doesn't like
the water and he really

doesn't like a boat, so I
wanna get him some boat time.

Hop. Good boy.
Yeah, there's my man.

And number two, uh,
I'm not gonna bring a
rifle with me and I'm gonna

be running a chainsaw.

So, for protection purposes,
I like having a dog with
me all the time when I'm,

when I'm doing things
out in the woods.

To build this crib,
I'm expecting somewhere
between 18 and 20 logs,

uh, to build it.

Oh, man, I see a lot
of good logs up here
Kruggy, buddy.

I like this spot.

Hop out. Good boy.
This looks like a good spot.

What I'm after is, uh,
these nice logs like this
with no bark on them.

There's nothing easy
about doing any kind of a
building project out here.

Everything you do,
you're moving heavy weight.

Even a dry log is a heavy log.

It's a bit of a workout, but
I don't mind the hard work as
long as I know there's gonna

be a good payoff and the
payoff for this is gonna be a
great composting bin that I'm

going to have for years.

There's some bear tracks.

That's a grizzly
bear right there.

Look at that.

Hind foot is as big
as mine, maybe bigger.

And there's his front paws.

That's why I got
Kruggerand with me.

I don't want that guy
walking up on me while
I'm cutting wood.

He'll be using me for compost.

Uh, man.

Well, I'll say one thing about
living out here, I don't have
to worry about joining a gym.

I think a day hardly
goes by that I don't lift at
least a couple tons of stuff

somewhere, somehow.

That's a good load.

Let's see if we can get
this beast of a boat
off the riverbank here.

Oh, now that load's
a little heavier.

SUE: Very seldom do things
go how you plan they will.

It's all right, you
pick up the pieces and
you keep moving forward.

Maybe I can't give
you plan A, but I got a
strong game B coming up.

My intention was to
wake up, deal with my
clients, get out there,

and put up the two tents.

Life got in the
way of that plan.

My air to ground antenna,
a piece of it broke off,
came out and looked and

this little piece is
laying on the ground.

I always have a spare.

You have one, two, or three
of something laying around.

Uh, this pole here, if I
just get on this ladder and
try to fix it, it may break,

it may fall.

To counteract that, my buddy,
Joan, is gonna get up here.

She's gonna take that ladder
and try to provide a little
weight and counter balance,

a little force going
this way, so I don't
go all the way over.

You ready to get
up there, Joan?

-Yup.

-Joan is a friend
that helps me out.

As I get older, I can't do
quite as much as I used to.

It's been difficult
learning that lesson.

But when I need help,
she's here to help.

All right, you go, you start.

-Ready?

-I want the ballast
on before I go.

Don't move or breathe.

I feel safe enough to
try it but once I get
20 feet up in the air,

I may feel differently.

So, I'm going to throw a
little caution to the wind and
hopefully have a good payout.

I just don't need it
to be the final payout.

Yeah, don't, don't move.

It's getting a
little shaky up here.

It's getting windier.

I'm going to start
backing down.

Getting a little
nervous up here.

Okay, now you
start going down.

-I'm down.

-The part is up, the second
half is, is it working?

Anybody got a copy on Kavik?

I'm trying to do a
safety radio check?

BOB (over radio): Copy, Sue.

-All right Bob, am I
coming through clear?

BOB (over radio): Yeah,
I think it's the best
I've ever heard you.

-Awesome. Yay.

Well, that helps me help
you be safe so, come on
in and see a little bush

baby when you can.

But fly safe there, okay?

BOB (over radio):
Okay, thanks.

-Awesome.

JESSIE: I've had
to learn myself.

Nobody taught me.

People need to find things
to do that they enjoy.

And then things just
start clicking in life.

I've had my net
sitting overnight.

Heading out to go check it.

Get enough fish to get
this smokehouse going.

The most Kings I ever
catch in the net are
about seven or eight.

I can't really tell you
how many fish I'm going
to catch in this new net.

Hopefully 20 would be great.

I would be ecstatic.
Twenty's a lot of fish.

All right. Time to
go up the river and see
what lies in store.

You just never know.

With fishing, there's
no guarantees that the
fish are even on a

strong pulse right now.

Oh, I'm getting out
towards the net here.

See how it looks.

Hoping it's not full of logs
and hoping I got some fish.

Ready to start getting
that smokehouse going.

There's the net.

It's looking like there's
something in it for sure
because no corks are showing.

It's either loaded with
fish or loaded with logs.

Holy, mackerel.

It's all the way under water.

Pull up here and
start checking it.

♪ ♪

JESSIE: Hallelujah.
We've hit it big.

These are some nice big fish.

It's just loaded. Holy crap.

I've never hit a fishing hole
like this for King Salmon.

I've always been
late at getting my,
everything together.

Good lord.
Look at that fish.

That's a lot of good
meat to put up for the
winter right there.

Oh, my God.

There's like five right here.

We're going to fill
the smokehouse up.

One little overnight.

That's a blessing right there.

This is a crazy amount
of Kings for me.

I never caught
anything close to it.

Last year, I got maybe
15 Kings over two weeks.

This is gonna add up
to being a lot of Kings
once it's processed.

I'm gonna have a few
hundred pounds of awesome,
oily, high-oil content,

beautiful King Salmon to
sustain me through the winter.

Look at that beast,
holy mackerel.

They just keep coming.

This is a gigantic catch.

This new net is just a King
killer and it'll be a useful
tool to me having a new net

for years to come.

I got a lot of work left to do
and a short time to get it all
done so I think I'm just going

to pull the net and pull the
rest when I get back to camp.

ANDY: The one thing I've
learned is that anything
worthwhile out here never

comes for free and never comes
without calories being burnt.

It's just the way
it is out here.

All right. That's a good
day on the river.

NARRATOR: Andy has spent
the day gathering and
hauling logs to build a crib

that will house his compost.

Having composted
soil allows Andy to grow
vegetables in the arctic.

A key component
of his lifestyle.

-It's a really important
thing for me to have variety
in my diet and have really

high-quality food.

I get great fish from the
river, I get great moose and
bears from the land around

here, but vegetables are hard
to get and they're extremely
expensive to get them

out into the bush.

And fortunately for me, I
live in a place where I can
grow a tremendous garden.

All I got to put into
it is time, effort, and
a little bit of thought.

And that comes in
the form of compost.

Yee-haw.

This is another one
of those jobs, when it's
time to do it, you do it.

I can't do this in the winter.

That's kind of the way things
work here at Calico Bluff.

When it's time to do them,
I just go whole hog on them.

Pretty much spare no
expense and no labor
to get the job done.

Maybe three or four
more logs to do.

I'm getting there.

Also, getting tired.

Long day getting
all these logs.

But all this work I do right
now is going to pay off
for years and years to come.

I love growing things.

I love gardening because I get
such great food and it's just
exciting for me every day to

get up and go walk around in
my greenhouse and just see
everything flourishing and

knowing that that's really
going to be some good
eating this entire winter.

It's kind of like taking
a long walk or taking
a nice vacation and,

and having time to reflect.

And it kind of
helps me realize the
meaning of what it,

it is for me to live out
here and be self-sufficient.

Whoo, last log.

Not exactly perfectly
leveled but I don't
think the dirt will mind.

Everything in my gardening
efforts hinges on having
really good quality soil.

And I got to make that.

And now I can do it for many
years to come with this.

GLENN: I like to make
a challenge for myself.

Out here, you have to
be self-motivated and you
have to set your own goals and

your own challenges.

Oh, okay.
Got to keep going.

There's the summit
right there.

That's my goal.

If I can make it up there and
if the wind's right, I can fly
right back down to my camp.

NARRATOR: To ensure he is
at peak fitness for the
upcoming hunting season,

Glenn has challenged
himself to complete a
series of wilderness trials

before nightfall.

After running, swimming,
and paddling, Glenn is
ready for the final test.

Climbing a mountain
and paragliding home.

-Starting to go up
pretty steep here.

I'm getting really hot.

But down here in the
woods, it's always hotter.

Hunting these mountains takes
a high level of fitness, and
if you don't make yourself go

out there and exercise all
summer long, you're not going
to be fit when hunting season

comes around in the fall.

Ah, my thighs
are just burning.

♪ ♪

I'm at my limit.

Yes. Made it, I'm on top.
There's my camp right there.

The lake looks like a
mirror, that's good.

I don't want a lot of
wind in the landing zone.

Up here on top, I
got a little breeze.

That can help me too.

It can help me taking off.

When I've flown in the past,
it's been in the winter time.

I have the whole lake
frozen to land on.

But it's going to
be trickier now.

I have to find an
opening in the forest and
land between the trees.

Conditions seem
good right now.

What I need is a headwind
taking off and relatively calm
conditions down the valley.

And that's what
I got right now.

But things can change fast.

Okay.

My helmet's on, both
carabiners are locked.

My lines are all set.

Okay. I got a pretty short
run here before it gets steep.

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GLENN: I'm flying.
Woohoo!

I'm flying. Awesome.

There's nothing like flying.

This is so cool.
Look at the view.

I got to head for the lake.

Got to get back
down to my camp.

Gonna make a little turn here.

I won't be able to
land right at the camp.

There's not a big
enough clear area there.

But there's a little
opening out back.

If I miss the landing zone
I'm going to have problems.

I could end up in a tree.

I don't want to overshoot
the landing zone.

I want to stay out
of these trees.

Ooh. Okay.

Whoa!
Right in the water.
Woohoo!

I made it!
Awesome.
I made it down.

Got a little bit wet
but that's all right.

Better landing in a
puddle than in a tree.

I got to get this packed
up and I got to get
back to the finish line.

If I make it back
before sundown, then I'd
accomplished my task.

Okay, I got to go.

I got a finish line to cross.

I laid this course out
in my mind because it was
going to have all the elements

that I needed to train for.

Traveling through the
woods, swimming with
a pack, paddling,

climbing up a
mountain, paragliding.

But actually, it just turned
into a hell of a lot of fun.

There's the lake.

I can see my meat pole.

I'm on the home stretch now.

Awesome. I did it!

Here's the finish
line right here.

Yeah! Yeah. Whoo!

The human body is adapted
to being physically used.

To be worked.

It's, it's not meant to just
lay around all the time.

And out here, there's
a lot of opportunity
to use your muscles,

use your body for what
it's really meant for.

It feels good to
be able to run up
these mountains and climb

all through this country.

Whoo!
What a course that was.

I am exhausted.

A hard day's work leads to
a good night's sleep and I'm
sure going to get one tonight.

JESSIE: Living off the
land keeps you tough and
keeps you sharp and strong.

Bettering myself mentally
and physically every year.

All right. I brought
home the, a load of fish.

Now the work begins.

NARRATOR: After having
his net in the river
for only 24 hours,

Jessie has caught
over 50 King Salmon.

This abundance will feed him
through the coming winter.

But only if he
can process them quickly
and keep them preserved.

-I've got a lot of fish right
now and time's critical for me
to get them cooled down before

they go bad.

I'm going to have to put a
bunch in the river right now
just to keep them cool until

I'm ready to process them.

All right, I got all the
fish strung out and cooling.

Next thing I got to do is get
my cutting area prepped here.

This is such a valuable
resource up here.

Come winter time, this is
as full of oil and some of
the best food you can eat.

I wish more than anything I
was cooking up some right now.

But I didn't plan on
catching so many fish.

Got to be, go, go, go.

This is gold to me.

And if I let it go bad,
that'd be the worst
thing I could ever do.

You learn things the hard
way a lot of times out
here and putting up fish,

it's pretty easy just to
fillet a fish and throw
it in a freezer but ah,

preserving the way I'm doing
it has many steps and you
have to abide by those steps.

I like to feel like I'm doing
pretty good and getting a lot
done 'cause I'm getting them

persevered and doing
things the right way.

That's what I'm into doing.

All right, right here I'm
going to start boning my fish.

I got these fish chilled down
and no worry about them going
bad now and I'm taking my time

trying to do a good
job on my fish.

Because this is what I'm
going to be eating all winter.

Beautiful fillet though.

SUE: The best tool you bring
to your life is your mind.

Necessity is the
mother of invention.

The project for today is
to just get this tent done.

I have a client that's
absolutely needing one today.

I don't have much time.

My clients are going
to be here, so it's
just work, work, work.

I got to find my
corners first.

It's just like putting
together a puzzle.

This is going to be the
base upon which the rest
of the tent is built.

This is too short.

So, we're missing something.

So, we're going to
rename these, extra part
one and extra part two.

Doesn't make any sense
for how it's laying out.

I'm going to look at the
directions real quick.

When you're putting things
together, you generally
don't have extra pieces.

Two dividers have
got to be that.

But how the (bleep)
do they go in?

Just absolutely not
sure how that goes.

Okay. We're going to open
up this other box too now.

This is another base.

So, this is not
three of three.

This says three
boxes for tent 005.

First one we put up
the base, got that.

I opened up two of three
and it's the arches.

But then box three
of three should be the
upright arch and it's not.

It's another base.

I might be missing some parts.

SUE: I might be
missing some parts.

But I'm missing.

It looks like half
of my supports.

It's supposed to be in
the kit but it's not.

It's just not okay.

Putting up the tent, I
find out I've got incorrect
parts not matching.

Usually you'll have, you know,
your base, two boxes of arches
and then your tent material.

Million center poles.

No connectors.

I've got two different
mixed types of tents.

Not enough for two.

But I think we can combine
and get at least one done.

Kind of hodgepodge it.

It's a big jigsaw puzzle.

Now I have to
change the dynamics.

I have to do a little
bit more engineering.

I think I'm going to go get
my buddy Joan, see if a second
set of hands doesn't make this

go a little, a little quicker.

Joan is here to help
me, so I was able to
get her in on it.

Boom.

I can push, she can pull.

You'll have your silver
goes on the bottom.

Awesome little T-dude in.

This goes next.

-Red. Red to red.
-Red to red.

I got this. Right?

-Yup.
-Now, can you put this here?

Come on. Ah.

We got some lemons but
we're making some lemonade now.

-Yup.
-I'm under the gun.

My people are coming.

And that's what's in the back
of my head like a mantra.

Your people are coming,
get your ass in gear.

When it gets distressing,
I've got to work smarter
instead of harder.

My personality is
bull in a china shop.

Boom. Tent's done.

-Tent is done.

-Well, I don't know,
if that's not timing,
I don't know what is.

Just got done with the tent.

The rain's right over
there and this dude's
bringing my client in.

So, um, hey guys.

The whole day was just that
amazing series of events.

Can't communicate, fix it.

Plane comes in, pull
a handstand, fix that.

Get the tent,
can't do it alone.

Joan is here.

Tent done, people come.

Sue saves the day.

ANDY: The word freedom has the
word free in it, but there's
nothing that comes for free.

It's all work.
It's all sacrifice.

And if you're willing to do it
then you can achieve freedom.

All right.

I got my wood chips
from the spruce trees.

I got my sawdust from my saw
mill and I got my green grass
right here and I'm going to

just start laying in layers.

I'm going to start out
with a layer of wood chips
and then a layer of green.

And then some sawdust.

One side of this cribbing is
for the new compost and the
other side is the old compost

that then can season.

There's a nice layer
of chips in here.

And this grass once it
gets wet is really going
to hold the moisture good.

I'm excited.

This, this ah
composting bin is huge.

I'll be able to make a lot
of compost and that compost is
going to make my

soil for next year.

And it's kind of a
fun, fun thing turning
sawdust into zucchinis.

Because basically what
I'm doing is I'm taking all of
this stuff and turning it into

tomatoes, zucchinis, squash.

I'm excited.

All right, so
there's one layer.

I'll go back to, go
back to the chips.

It's so important for me to do
this now because once I roll
around to about September,

this entire process
comes to a screeching halt
because the temperatures

outside are too cold.

Yay! I'm chip-less.

Throw on some more
grass, some more sawdust,
and call it good.

It'd be a lot easier for me
to just shovel this sawdust
off into a pile and leave it,

but a little bit of
extra effort pays off
with great vegetables.

All right. Only thing
left to do is soak this
baby down really good.

So, I'll fire up my pump.

Ooh, that feels good.

I'm really happy
with this crib.

I think this is going
to work really good.

I can see it's going
to get a lot of air.

It's big and wide so I can
get into it with the tractor
without tearing it apart.

It's really sturdy.

I think this is gonna,
this is gonna suit my
needs for many, many years.

That was the whole goal.

Build something permanent.

All right, I'm going to
call this project done.

JESSIE: To me, I feel
like this is a blessed
life to be living.

It makes me feel like I
should be extremely grateful
for the way I'm able to live.

Some beautiful King
Salmon right there.

The salmon's going to
be eaten all winter.

I'm going to make some that's
going to be half dried.

Some I'm going to
smoke for three days.

And then I'm going to
pressure can it and jar it.

Some of it, I'm going to
make dry strips that I fully
cure for seven days in the

smokehouse and that
I can just pull out of my
pocket and eat all winter.

Exciting stuff.

It's exciting stuff
to be putting up
fish for the winter.

Just need a small little fire
going in here and then smolder
it with this cottonwood.

Don't want to create
too much heat in here,
keep it nice and cool.

Okay, I got a little
fire going in here.

Oh, yeah, there we go.

Getting some nice smoke
perforating all through here.

Fans keeping the
circulation going with
all the ventilation.

This is going to be my
favorite thing to do now.

Sit around here and
watch my fish smoke.

This is an amazing
feeling to be in here.

Watching this fish dry
and just thinking about
the winter ahead and

how I'm gonna be
eating real good.

This is one of the
first steps and
reaching that dream and

that destination and that goal.

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