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(Boys chattering)

Look at that elk.

Hold on, hold up.

Get the elk, get the elk!

Yo, that's crazy.

You want to go down and look at them?

Yeah.

(Birds chirping)

That's crazy.

(Mellow trip hop music)

I was gonna walk with them.

(Chuckling)

I'm an elk too.

Bro, the mountains.

You never seen something so

Bro, look!

Do you see the blue rays right there?

- Yeah.

(Motor-bus humming)

(chattering from inside bus)

Wilderness Works,

I thought it was a

like a boy scout type thing.

I skipped over the

So where the entrance gonna be at?

Man.

I haven't even seen the outdoors,

But I believe that I

I just want to see different places.

It busted.

(Moans)

These are the legs.

The little knobby things

Please, help me, I'm about to

- break this chair.

Most of the trips I've been on,

or probably North Carolina,

somewhere where it's just

This is one of our youngest groups

to fly on a trip and go

and do real, rugged, outdoor living.

They're a bit on the young side,

What's the name of that movie, Dylan,

that put on all the weight and

- "WALL-E."

Is it "WALL-E?"

If you've seen that movie,

They've got food that

and they don't have to do any work.

And they become softer and

if you ask me, it's like they're dead.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

And I'm thinking that

for 50 weeks out of the year,

Outdoor living is living.

And believe me, when you go home,

when it's September, you will

and you'll have kind of a pain,

because you'll be looking back for it,

and say, "Wow, that was cool.

"I really connected."

(Peaceful music)

(boys chattering)

Cliff, you're still in?

I was very fortunate as a young person.

I was in an orphanage as a baby,

and I was blessed with being

And I grew up in Miami Beach, Florida.

And my brother and I,

and boating, and sailing, and swimming,

and going to the beach.

We were definitely in the outdoors.

When I was in Mercer University,

we started to work with

and I began to appreciate

how powerful outdoor living

I realized that taking

establishing a non-profit,

And that's what I've done.

This is our first City Camp of the year,

so why don't we do this?

Let's all say what our names is.

You want to stand up and say your name?

My name is Jayden.

I like that name.

That's a cool name.

Where do you go to school?

Parkside.

Parkside!

First impression,

but he always was making jokes.

We've got to do the

Who's that back there?

I didn't know him at first,

What is the name of this

[Victor] Wilderness Works.

Now, look at the forest.

Can wilderness work

if we're working our

- No.

When I first saw him,

I thought he was this old,

so I didn't know what to expect.

Outdoor living,

it tends to be male-dominated

So introducing these ideas

which are predominately black children,

it's a tough thing to attempt.

How many people know

Ooh, ooh, ah, ah.

[Kids] Game room!

I can't hear you.

[Kids] Game room!

I can't hear you.

[Kids] Game room!

With me being there, I think it helps

because I am black, I am a female,

and I do come from the

so I am very informed,

You all just lost your turn.

Ebonie Martin is outstanding.

The two of us work

I don't look at him as the white savoir,

and I don't think he looks at it as,

"I'm helping these black kids out,

but, "I'm helping these kids that,

"in any other situation,

(Children shouting)

Let's go.

What we do at Wilderness Works here,

we want you to have fun,

Do you understand me?

So let me give an example.

How many people here can say,

"I have a lot of absentee

Raise your hand.

I know I can.

So a lot of people.

I think he can connect with us

because Bill also grew as an orphan.

And he didn't have his

so he couldn't have that real

I met Clifford when he

His dad was in prison and

He's got two sisters and a brother.

He was like the man of the house, right?

He was only in fifth grade.

We have parents that

just to struggle.

It's a lot of things

as well as the family as a unit.

With Nick, for instance,

With Clifford, he had to

who was incarcerated during

And Ahmani has experienced

constant instability.

Right now, I'm just concentrating

and get us somewhere to stay.

You need your own room,

and three bedrooms are not cheap here.

Yeah.

Literally, I've got to work a lot.

When I was around four,

that's when my dad first got arrested.

And I think that's when

with all the chronic

Sometimes, I stay in a hotel

where it's like prostitutes

and smoking weed and stuff like that.

I've never really lived on the street.

I think it was because my mom,

she'd always find a way, really,

even if it was just

or another hotel.

Do you remember some of

sometimes when I wasn't working?

And we had to log all

and sometimes, I'd say,

"for a couple of days."

"Mama's gonna figure it out

"and we're gonna move somewhere else."

I always try to make sure we've

or something like that.

But a lot of hotels,

"Wow, how could I allow

"And with y'all?"

I was mad at myself

of being homeless and living

I was ashamed that I didn't live

My mom didn't have a good job,

I was staying at Nicholas

and there was a sign-up sheet

for something called Wilderness Works.

So my mom had just put

They was like, "Oh, we think your son

And I met Bill.

We sat down and talked.

And the next weekend, I let you go.

This was your first time

And you've been going every

And that was what, six years ago?

I remember you used to pick me up.

You've been going every weekend since.

How you used to pick me up

and I'd get mad because I was

You didn't want to leave the camp?

Mm-hmm.

So you was just having that much fun.

(Kids chattering)

I used to always say,

- (Laughing)

You don't remember that?

- I do, I do.

Old Bill (chuckles).

I believe that Ahmani is

By careful repetitive

we do think we may be countering

so that he feels like he has value,

and then he can overcome this neglect

(Birds chirping)

(feel-good music)

It kind of reminds me of a

if they had a baby,

but fly at the same time.

(Chuckles)

(whispers) (giggling)

I bet you won't stick your hand on it.

I bet you I won't.

I bet you will.

What if he just charged out

I'll be (rolls tongue).

It's gonna catch Nohea.

I'll give you all my whole

I got two bags of mashed potatoes.

Well, let me get a bag.

I made a bet with Nohea,

because Nohea said if

he'll give me half of his dinner.

So I stick my whole

I hear something like

and I pull it back.

I was like, "that."

He'll let me have his mashed

That's a combo.

You know how good that was?

(Feel good music)

In this particular trip,

for some high altitude backpacking,

so we spend about four days in

as we anticipate going on

outside of Aspen, where we

over 12,000-foot peaks, repeatedly.

Bro, we in Jurassic Park right now.

[Bill] Whoa, godly.

(Chuckling)

Oh, they're getting on the trail.

Now that's gonna scare

I swear, boy, they could have

(Serene music)

[Cliff] Let's go.

[Nick] I ain't doing this.

[Cliff] All you got to do

The first time I ever saw

that one time it snowed in Atlanta.

But that was my second time seeing snow.

Alright, bro. (Breathing heavily)

Bro, what the heck?

Bro, it's so cold!

Dumb ass mountain.

Dumb ass mountain.

(Murmuring)

Are you feeling some altitude maybe?

What happened?

Did you not sleep last night?

Well, I'm gonna ask you a question,

do you seem very energized right now?

[Nick] Kind of.

No, you don't.

You seem tired and sad.

I don't know what'd be wrong with Nick.

I don't know,

but all of a sudden he'll

just get down like he's

It's weird.

I'll just be in my own world.

I try to fit in sometimes,

like I try to change my personality,

but a part of me is saying like,

So I'd be myself sometimes.

I think Nick, he likes

except for when he's in his moods.

I know he likes to be alone.

(Soft music)

I'll separate myself from the group

just to like connect with nature,

cause I've never seen nothing

(Coach cheering)

One moment I'll be happy,

but then I'll think about one thing

and my whole mood just change,

And then people will be walking up to me

I have like my own space.

I'll be like, "Leave me alone."

When you're in the city, it don't stop,

like school, school,

weekends, weekends, work, work,

and extracurricular, like basketball,

I babysit my niece and nephews.

It's like you're trapped in a bubble.

I'm tired.

I am concerned about you

because we want you to grow into someone

that is excited to be who you are.

You have to learn who you are.

What do I like?

What do I not like?

It's challenging to

but I see that you're under pressure.

How often do you feel like

Not every day, but it's

[Bill] What do you

I don't even know.

It can be about multiple things.

It could be about

You're not sure where

but you do feel them?

Yeah.

[Bill] And other times

Yeah.

And we all go through this.

You're not the only one.

And you know that you have

Signorina Ebonie is always there.

You know I'm always here.

Any time you want to talk,

you know that we're here

[Nick] Yeah.

(Cerebral music)

Home sweet home, yes!

We have got work to do.

We're gonna have to

We've gotta think,

Oatmeal.

Well, why did I buy this?

I got too much dry food, bro.

I don't why you put it on order

if you're gonna stuff it

and it's gonna go back out of order.

It's going down.

Open the door, please.

- That's how you do it.

- You're welcome.

You're welcome.

Now, let's go to an

Tomorrow is Father's Day,

and part of my job,

is to combat fatherlessness.

When I was a kid, I was very lucky

because I had Pat and Ed Michler.

When they were having

they went to an orphanage

But they are not my parents,

and I never knew my father

Ahmani, eight years

You go to visit him at prison,

he calls me, and he

- Right.

Like, 'cause he does all that

it's almost like he has been

It's like he's trying to

even though he is incarcerated.

My dad's on parole, but he

It was weird 'cause they treat

like, he can't see me or anything.

He has to have someone supervising him.

He can't be trusted at all.

He still is kind of in jail.

[Bill] Where is your dad?

My dad got shot at a

- So he was murdered?

Six years old, wow.

So here you are, a guy who's

and you got nobody to show you the way.

Let's talk about Clifford.

Clifford is going back to

the release of his father from

Eight.

So eight years of his

His mother struggled to

Are you excited to see your dad?

Yeah.

[Bill] You probably signorina him.

Yeah.

[Bill] Do you look like him?

People say I do.

[Bill] Is it difficult?

Watching my mother

without a father.

What time is it?

Y'all better hurry up.

It stink in his room.

When are y'all going

Like when?

Clean this stuff up.

I didn't see a good

maybe seventh grade, eighth grade.

There was just a lot of

robbery, drug trafficking.

You know you don't want to be there,

but that's all you ever seen.

My dad, he would go to jail

and he might stay out for six,

This time he might do a longer sentence,

and then get out and

So it's like repetitive,

that connection with my dad like that.

Clifford as a child,

but I really don't see any

I just see all of me pretty much.

Y'all want some cereal?

I don't drink milk.

[Mother] So why you not drinking milk?

It's not good for you.

Milk not good for you?

Pizza not good for you,

After Cliff's dad and I broke up,

I met my three youngest kids' dad,

He had a heart attack in a car.

We were like this.

When he passed away it was just like,

I really ain't got nobody now for real.

Now we're really rock bottom.

So what did you buy for

I got everybody a six-piece,

- And I gave 'em some rice.

Yeah.

How much was it?

It was 28-something total.

Next time you just get a family meal.

Don't try to buy everybody

It's just me.

It's just me.

It's me all day long, non-stop.

When anything happens,

I have to be the one

(Bright music)

I was at Parkside Elementary.

I was in fifth grade,

I was like, "Hmm,

So I gave Bill my mother's number.

I did feel sceptical at first.

I'm not going to even say I didn't

because it was like, "Who is this man

"that wants to just get these kids

"and take them out of town

"What is his motive?"

My first trip,

I was just like, "Yeah,

You're a kid, you're in a

with positive people around you.

You can talk to them and

It was fun.

Clifford wanted to go.

He was happy,

and all the quietness that

(Water flowing)

(gentle music)

Wild nature is like a drug.

I don't smoke, so basically

It just feels some type of way.

I can't explain it.

This freedom and you don't

and the pressure that comes in the city,

particularly in the hood.

You don't feel none of that

because you're out there

with the water and the

And it's just a stress relief.

Clifford has been on many, many trips

in a remote wilderness

and the younger kids

So I'm very excited to see

and the direction he's heading in.

(Dramatic music)

We've got four passes to do,

West Maroon Pass, Frigid Air Pass,

Trail Rider Pass, and Buckskin Pass.

This one is icy.

You guys have to be very careful here.

A pass is almost like a U.

You climb up this mountain

through the U,

A four pass loop is

It's going in a loop,

Pack your trash, bury all human waste.

If we have to go to the number two,

we have to dig a hole six inches deep,

and make sure you fill-up

when you're done and

Any questions?

All right, "Leggo!"

Leggo!

(Expansive music)

I love your socks, by the way.

Your socks are spectacular.

[Cliff] Say, "No cap."

I mean no cap, okay?

(Water rushing)

I know, I feel it in my toes.

It's burning.

Shit is cold as hell.

I do not take my shoes off

I recommend you do the same,

All right, here we go.

Cliff, I need your help.

Bill had me actually stand in the water

Basically, I was just like,

"If I fall in the water,

You know, I gotta make

- Come on bro.

Because I'm a mentor.

Their safety matters more

Keep going, keep going, move, move.

Everybody got across safe,

but when I got out the water,

and it sting like I got stung by a bee.

Y'all did a good job.

By the way, if I were you,

cause that whole side of you is just,

you look like somebody

(Laughing)

Yo, bro, low key that

That was fun.

So this is where we are.

So really tomorrow, we will probably do

two and a half times what we did today.

We'll have to get up

(Relaxed music)

Hold up, hold this, hold this.

(Laughing)

They all over the place.

All over this campsite.

So they can't get me now?

Yep.

Our faces are safe.

- Turn that junk down, bro.

All right, all right, okay.

- I washed the bowl, Vic.

Well, what the world?

I know there was

No, buddy, turn that junk

We're gonna blow up real talk.

This is a black bear country,

absolutely no food in your tent, ever.

I'll trade you some Cheez-Its,

I don't like Cheez-Its.

I'm locking your shoulder fam.

(Laughing)

- Oh, let me jump in.

- (Laughing)

Is that even really fair?

See?

I don't know.

You're the one who traded

Just try this.

No tradebacks.

[Bill] Everybody we're

Let's bag it all up.

Everybody has got a bag of food, right?

How many canisters do we have

We've got three that I can see, right?

We didn't realize that

Bear canisters basically help,

when a bear try to get your

because their nose are powerful,

so when they come try to get the food,

they can't get into it.

So here you got these big bags of food,

let's talk about what can happen here.

One, is if we're not

the bear can eat the food.

Worse yet, somehow it leads

and somebody gets bitten.

Worse than that, there are stories of

You guys didn't think about this

This is serious.

When I first started,

Bill would talk about bears coming to get

If they smelled anything on you,

And I thought it was like,

"that's not going to happen to us."

But about three years ago,

we were in Wyoming and I was in a tent,

all of a sudden I hear, "Bear."

So I get up out of the tent.

I'm like, "This is not a dream."

I look and it's this brown grizzly bear

like 30 feet away from us,

I couldn't go to sleep probably

Since then, yeah, I knew,

All those stories I was hearing,

Let me tell you what,

we're gonna get to a certain point

It's also the riskiest point

we have all the way to go to come back.

Do we want to have to

because we're making unwise decisions?

No, what the hell?

This is all my food.

Because we didn't have

we had to use the kevlar bag.

Remember, we've got to

Don't go too crazy.

(Calm music)

(water flowing)

I felt like I just zoned out,

and like you're just taking it all in

and you're connecting with the animals,

like on some mind power

All our food was safe.

We was happy, so we pack up,

(Serene music) (splashing)

I feel like the pass

is gonna go up to where those rocks are.

Bill was talking about

if there was a day that

that we needed to move fast,

because if it was raining,

that you could actually

The climbing was so hard,

and you'd see Bill like

up in the hill, he's like a dot.

You're like, "Oh my God, crazy."

Shit, I can't breathe for nothing.

The air is too thin.

I can't breathe.

I'm gonna faint. (Breathing heavily)

I'm gonna keep going though.

We all think it's food that fuels us,

and it does, of course,

It's amazing.

I feel like I'm going to faint.

I feel dizzy, right?

And then I just breathe slowly.

I take about maybe twenty breaths,

and slowly, I just come back to life.

It's amazing.

It's crazy.

All right, let's go.

(Breathing heavily) Let's do this.

(Dramatic music)

Getting to the top,

just seeing these high mountains,

these trees, these valleys,

I felt like I was on top of the world.

Right up until that time,

I didn't know whether

successfully cross these passes

but I saw, once we did our first pass,

that we were able to do so,

and I was more confident

If y'all want to do the trail, it's

Or y'all want to go down the snow,

where we could just meet

Bro, I'm trying to slide, real talk.

Y'all are trying to slide?

- Because if we--

- Y'all try the slide?

Let's go, friend.

Down the snow, real talk.

We gone.

Oh, we gone.

Oh, we gone.

(Screaming)

(laughing)

No, I was not doing that.

I was not going for that

because, first of all, that's stupid.

Second of all, it's not intelligent.

And third of all,

you're getting your clothes

Come on, now.

I was the smartest out

When I get home,

my mom is gonna cook me

and some black beans.

Shut up, bro. (Laughs)

No, you know what?

I'm gonna make some pancakes.

Man, shut up, bro.

I don't want to talk

I'm gonna really make it too,

and put that shit on the pan.

- Put it on the pan.

bro, I'm gonna start to

and that's all I have.

Now I'm thinking... (laughs)

- Mother...

What?

A bee tried to sting me.

- What? (Chuckles).

- A bee tried to sting me.

- (Laughing)

- Yes, it did--

out of their way to sting people.

When they sting people,

- they die--

- or something.

All I heard was this

Then, I look to my

and its stinger's pointed towards me.

So like, I see his legs drop down.

Then it started freaking pointing

You must have aggravated

[Nohea] You guys never believe me.

Boy, you smoking too much crack, boy.

(Peaceful music)

Hey, we are not going,

we're gonna have to go back

Why are we taking our shoes off

and walking around barefoot anyway?

We need to figure out where

So just don't go

we have to find out from Sean,

All right, let's keep looking.

We spent a good 20 minutes

It was under a log,

"If we do not find his shoe,

What would have happened

Obviously, we was not going back

because he paid a lot

and I appreciate him for that.

We found his shoe,

(Peaceful music)

(water rushing)

Oh, my legs are burning.

I cannot feel my legs.

(Moaning)

It was cold.

My socks were wet.

I didn't have the right food,

I had a whole bunch of Clif bars.

Let me get some Snickers, bro.

It was tough.

(Expansive music)

We have to go over that pass.

You see that?

It looks like a golf course up there.

Passing one pass is tough already,

so when you got to go over two of them,

no. (Chuckles)

Dang, we have to do two passes today.

What the f*ck?

Oh, this is tough.

No.

[Bill] Is backpacking easy?

[Boys] No.

This is a whole different kind of world.

This is a hard world, right?

And I think most of the

this is not their element.

This is my element.

I guess one question is,

Nick, what is your element?

To be honest, I don't know.

You might be too young to know, right?

And too inexperienced?

What do you think, Ahmani?

Honestly, I don't really

I mean, I do like being outside and all,

but I don't really know if this is...

If you had an alternative,

or would you try to come

I would probably pick the alternative.

So you probably would not come here.

I don't want you to come

And with Ahmani,

that he really doesn't want to.

So it's not for everybody.

It's something to think about.

But I do hope somebody here

either here or wherever we go,

but you know you'll have to be tough.

All right, let's go.

(Dramatic music)

(water flowing)

I've never seen nothing

Yeah.

Can't get it all in one view.

- It's like a snake.

[Bill] Yusef, you're sure

Good.

If I slip, I'm just going to slide down.

Bro.

It's always like,

- I can't do this.

Oh, I know my trick again.

- Hell no.

- That's what I'm doing.

Once we had got down the pass

and were almost at the campsite,

the trail had went covered by snow.

And I remember I was right

(Wind blowing)

It's like a steep hill of snow,

One wrong step and you could just go

tumbling down the hill or

That's some dangerous

[Ahmani] All right, bro, I'm going down.

- Who is you telling?

[Cliff] Walk this way, walk this way.

I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die.

- Chill out.

I'm gonna pass.

[Cliff] I mean,

We were crossing it one by one.

You had to put one foot

stay low, don't look down.

And everybody's safety's in hand.

Go to your right a little bit.

Go to your right.

[Cliff] I think Shaun realized

[Ahmani] I think he looked

"I'm not going no further."

Shaun, could you come down a little bit

and go over that way?

[Yusef] The snow looks easier.

[Cliff] He got so scared that

and he just stopped.

[Yusef] The snow is better.

The snow is better.

All right, listen,

you were hesitant about

Okay, if I'm with you, can you follow me?

Yeah.

No, this has to be an absolute yes.

Yes.

Okay.

What you want to do is

- the snow side, right?

Do you understand?

And put your foot in the footsteps

that are there already made,

and you just look at the footsteps only,

and you look this way, okay?

[Shaun] Yes.

[Bill] Sometimes you

I want you behind me.

Are you behind me?

[Shaun] No.

Keep going, keep going.

Good job, good job, good job.

Good, good, good, good, good.

Good, good, good.

I got to hold your hand, didn't I.

All right, let's go set up camp.

Nohea, come get your sleeping bag.

Let's (clears throat) reflect on today.

When we're crossing almost

and if something happened

that we don't expect

that was a long way down,

I don't mind river crossings,

I don't mind crossing

high altitude, blah, blah, blah.

That, I don't want to do,

We're here to connect with wild nature,

not to risk our lives,

and that was too close

(Peaceful music) (birds chirping)

When you first arrived at

I thought I was gonna die.

You was like scared?

Yeah, I was scared.

I had to go step by step.

It took me at least 20

When I got there, I was relieved.

I was like, "It's over,

(Sighs).

I'll give you my mashed potatoes.

(Boys shouting)

- Oh, it's done.

We won, we won, we won.

- Hey, we won!

- Boom!

I'm gonna give each one

(Peaceful music)

(water flowing)

This is not an easy place to get to.

There's a pass on that side,

That one was probably the hardest.

It wasn't as high as the other ones,

but the trail was sort of a zigzag

and it took a long time.

(Panting)

My stomach hurts.

With the high attitude thing,

I would look and see Nohea like (pants)

breathing hard basically.

(Dramatic music)

I cannot walk no more.

I have altitude problems.

I have so many emotions right now.

I'm getting aggravated at

It's like if my shoes get stuck in mud,

I'll get so mad, bro.

My stomach is just...

I thought I was trying to go slow,

I slipped on a rock.

I almost died.

Come on bro, we got to

(Quietly mumbles)

I know it's hard bro,

Come on bro, you need to get up.

I need two minutes.

Two minutes.

Two minutes and we're going up.

Okay.

We're gonna walk all

no matter how slow you do it.

We're walking up the

[Nohea] I know.

(Dramatic music)

[Ahmani] Let's get it.

Really? (Mumbles)

Sh*t, dumba**.

(Dramatic music)

Helping Nohea, I kind of felt

One, because he was my tent-mate

and two, really because

So doing that, it motivated him,

I like seeing that somebody

was like a leader,

realizing things have to get done,

or we have to help each other

And basically, Ahmani

things he usually don't do.

It's like, he's on the right track.

(Serene music)

[Bill] Think about it.

We did Frigid Air Pass.

We did Trail Rider Pass.

And today, we did...

- Buckskin.

Buckskin Pass.

And here we are at the

and you've completed this circle.

You crossed four passes.

You went up to 12,500 feet four times,

very, very challenging.

Like I said, when you get home,

your friends won't even know

(Laid back music)

[Ahmani] Well,

My hands did.

What can we tell younger people

as we introduce them

You're gonna have your ups and downs.

You're going to have hard times,

but you're going to have easy times.

Either way, it's worth it.

I felt pretty good, I guess.

It was hard, but at

I really am proud of you.

I was worried there.

At the time,

I thought because I was so unsure,

But now I realize how big

Just going over four passes,

there's a huge world out there,

and there's so much to discover.

So it took me a while to realize

if it was my element or not.

When you first go out into nature,

you're not used to have everything

for seven days in one bag.

When you do it time after time,

like that button just turns on,

like, "Dang, there's actually a world

"I've never seen before."

And you realize the freedom of it.

(Grunts) (laughing)

Basically, it like plugs in your brain.

When they be like, "This is a

and Bill corrects us,

"You can continue doing this.

"And you can help other

"and keep coming back."

It felt like I was playing a game,

Once reach one pass

level two, level three,

And it just made me feel proud,

I'm gonna gets mines.

And by the way, Ahmani, I want you

You may not know it but you are.

Kids are so used to virtual reality.

By having a real experience,

the real experience is far superior,

and they discover that on the trail

That's very gratifying.

This is make-up.

- No, it's not.

- It removes dirt, right?

Boy, did I get a moustache?

What the...

(jet engine roars)

- That's like snow.

It's actually called snow sugar.

Oh, that's funny. (Chuckling)

[Baker] What do you plan

A personal fitness trainer.

Okay, that's cool.

But that might change.

- True, things can change.

Yep.

For the masterpiece.

Too fire.

(Engine revving)

Clock out.

Oh my God, I sat out here for an hour.

Golly. (Laughs)

- You got on a--

[Mother] Yeah.

He's officially out.

When was the last time

When I was 10.

- 10?

[Mother] 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

[Cliff] He's about 40 now. Isn't he.

(Chuckles)

You nervous.

Why I'm nervous?

Are you nervous? (Chuckles).

I'm just ready to see him again.

Now when you talk to him,

I don't know how I feel.

Are you mad at him?

No.

I'm probably not mad cause

There weren't days

"Man, I ain't got no daddy

- I was just disappointed.

Yeah, I was just used to it.

[Mother] Go on in.

[Father] I'm on the ground.

I just got here.

Yeah, I got him.

Yeah, I got him.

No, he got me by an inch.

What's going on with you?

Nothing much.

I just came from out of town

in Colorado for a month.

I just flew back yesterday.

What you doing over there?

Backpacking, wilderness,

Doing what?

Backpacking.

- Do you know what that is?

I think he was kind of shocked

Yeah, this is your son.

I was excited to see you.

You're doing all right.

You're in the right lane.

I think he likes it,

cause he realized that

He wasn't on the right track.

And him seeing me doing

than he did, I guess he's like,

"Oh my gosh, he's actually

Look, this is your daddy

[Cliff] I think I got

We look just alike.

I've never travelled in the

but it brought Cliff a ton of energy.

That's me?

Yeah, that's you.

He was like, "Mom, it's something

other than just Georgia,

Matthew is trying to get a job too now.

He's trying to step up

because I'm like, "Look at your

Even the other kids,

I thank him, I really thank

Now I feel like I can (inhales)

Yep. (Laughs).

Oh yeah, that snow was no joke.

That's you?

That's me right there.

(Chuckling)

I was the first one to join

They was like, "Nick,

"'cause like, I've been missing you."

I'm like, "All right."

[Bill] Sunny stand up.

Are you related to Brandon?

I'm happy for them.

I just want to see their reaction

when they get inside the wilderness.

I just want to see how they react.

(Shouts)

I'm not gonna say I'm fully matured,

because I know I didn't.

I'm not gonna sit up here and lie.

But I'm not feeling like

So some of the kids that come

and Ahmani knows what

I'm very proud of Ahmani,

because he has stood tough

There was one in particular at City Camp

I did see myself in.

He was in the same stuff I

Well yeah, I felt the same thing.

It was all unpredictable,

and I don't know where

and I don't know what would happen,

or who would be here or anything.

It was really stressful

Oh yeah.

Ahmani can let these kids know

that they call it transitional housing

because you're not meant to stay there,

but transition into something better.

Red Rover, Red Rover, send Lucas over.

If you expose yourself to more

than just what the system offers you,

there's no limit to what you can become.

When you were out there

when you guys reached the top,

did it feel like you guys

all the way up there?

First climbing the pass is hard.

I mean, it's tough.

So once you get up there

and you see where you came from,

and you point, and you feel the wind,

you're like on top of the world.

You feel like you have

These guys have done major,

and there's even more you can do.

There's no limit.

People who think big do big.

The question is,

this is something you would like to do?

I do believe that the group of people

that have experienced Wilderness

could make this go way

Can you and Cliff take

There's a series of chain

- Who wet the bed?

Cut that other light off.

Hold on, bro, I got you.

[Young Boy] We still got

Yeah, you can talk, but talk quietly,

- cause you're going to bed.

(Chattering) (calming music)

It's like mountains behind

(Peaceful music)