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[ominous music]
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♪ ♪
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- oh, my god.
Yeah!
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It's kind of a race now.
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I have got to get
my deer meat dry
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so I can preserve it.
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Now, that's just cool.
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Come on, baby. Come on in.
Yes.
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Caught my first fish.
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- Winter is coming, and I want
to have a fireplace
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and a chimney,
and all sealed up.
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Fantastic.
So I can go and move in here.
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- Something has been here.
Something big.
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Ate my cranberries.
Hey, bear!
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- I'm officially tapping out.
My health is important to me,
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and I'm not interested
in battling
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whatever it is that's going on
in my body right now,
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being on a starvation diet.
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[ominous music]
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[wind howling]
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♪ ♪
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narrator: In "alone's"
most terrifying location yet,
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ten participants face
the deadliest predator
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in north america.
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- There he is right there.
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- Grizzly bears.
- Hey, bear.
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- There are a lot
of grizzly here.
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I'm gonna have to live
with them.
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- Go on! Get!
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- Every second we're on
the land, we're being hunted.
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- Holy [bleep], mountain lion.
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- He's circling around
my shelter.
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Narrator:
Bone-chilling cold...
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- Winter is coming.
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- You combine the wind
with the rain and the cold,
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this place could make
the arctic look easy.
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- Oh, [bleep].
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Narrator:
And complete isolation.
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- You cannot hide
from yourself
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mentally and emotionally.
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- Ah!
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- There's no place to go.
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- I am suffering
from loneliness.
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Narrator: Who will survive?
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- Yes! Yes!
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- This could be the end.
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- I don't want to tap,
but I don't want
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to die either.
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- You have to suffer
before you can succeed.
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[gagging]
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narrator:
The last one standing wins.
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- At what point
do I push the button?
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♪ ♪
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[ominous music]
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♪ ♪
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[birds singing]
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♪ ♪
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- mmm. Dirt soup.
Delicious.
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Not particularly delicious,
but it's okay.
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We're happy
with what we can get out here.
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It's so weird how I keep
talking like "we're," "we."
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[like gollum] we's happy
with what we's gets. Precious.
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[normally] I'm freaking turning
into gollum over here.
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[like gollum] what
does it taste like, precious?
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Is it scrumptious?
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[normally] nope,
it's not very scrumptious.
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[soft dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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all right. I say we go make
a door for the shelter.
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♪ ♪
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I think there was probably
some people who didn't think
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I was gonna last very long.
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[sniffs]
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of course,
once I started working
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and getting overheated...
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♪ ♪
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I'm biko, son of tui.
And I don't give up easy.
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♪ ♪
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now, I'd like to shovel a bunch
of pine boughs in there,
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to insulate the heck out of it.
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You know, my dad was as marine
and a sheriff,
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and so he was always wanting
to do outdoor stuff with us.
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And basically,
I just fell in love with it.
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And the award
for most flammable door
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ever made goes to biko!
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♪ ♪
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how do you want
to accept this award?
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I'll take it in food.
Thank you.
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I hope to have more times
like that with my dad.
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He's a great father.
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I hope to be
a great father one day.
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What a monstrosity this is.
Hello, frankenstein door.
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♪ ♪
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to think I could have
just made a simple door.
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No. Instead,
I got a [bleep] drawbridge.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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[birds singing]
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- so my bottle
of hot water--
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it's had a couple of rounds
of hot water in it.
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So. Whoo.
I'm soaked.
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[sighs]
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so I'm actually using it
to warm my hands.
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But I'm gonna put rosehips
in it.
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And make some rosehip tea here.
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I mean, I know I get
lots of vitamin c,
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but it's not gonna hurt me
to have some more.
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It's gonna be hard
to mix up, but.
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Just gotta spit out
the seeds again.
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But otherwise, it's nice.
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So I now have a glass bottle
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to put hot tea in.
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That's gonna be so much nicer.
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♪ ♪
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I set snares, but there's
nothing in my snares.
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So I have to get
more snares out.
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♪ ♪
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I'm starting to worry
about food.
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I'm not having
the best luck fishing.
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I can't believe
I cannot catch a fish.
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♪ ♪
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it looks like maybe
some bunnies have chewed
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the bottom of this.
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♪ ♪
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this looks like it would be
a good spot to put a snare.
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Try that.
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This path just kind of looks
like it goes out there.
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♪ ♪
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I have to get some meat.
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I just think about it all night
long now, just waking up
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and trying to think
of different ways to get food.
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If I could get some rabbits,
I could eat more.
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What is that?
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It's right here.
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Let's see if we can't
maybe get it out.
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[suspenseful music]
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♪ ♪
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I got it out. It's heavy.
[metallic thud]
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I found a bear trap, I think.
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♪ ♪
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so this is really cool.
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And a reminder that I have
to be careful out here,
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because these
are old trap lands.
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This is telling me that
this is a bear traffic area.
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All of these trails
are bear trails.
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Actually, it must have been
a long time ago.
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Most places, you haven't
been able to trap bear
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in a long time.
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So you can see--
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see those big teeth on there?
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That's so cool.
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That, I'm gonna take back
to camp.
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And we'll see how it goes
with my snares.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- I had a dream
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that my family was cooking up
a feast.
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It was pretty cool, man.
But it sucks.
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In all my dreams,
I woke up before I got to eat.
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Like, food was all prepared,
and then I'd wake up,
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and I'd be like, "damn it."
[chuckles]
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I could have eaten in my dream.
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Open the gate!
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Nice.
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♪ ♪
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today, I think I'd like
to start bringing rocks up
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to the fireplace.
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Oh yeah, there's some
good rocks down here, for sure.
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♪ ♪
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some real good ones.
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[grunts]
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I want to build a fireplace
that I can warm my shelter
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on those really cold,
stormy nights.
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I can boil water in there,
if need be, during the storm,
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so I don't have to go out.
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I know it's gonna be
a huge calorie output.
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All the rocks that are in
the area are on the shoreline,
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and they're down a hill,
a steep hill
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that I have to pack them up.
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♪ ♪
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whoa. Almost fell.
Felt the mud going.
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[panting]
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[grunts]
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[panting]
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it's exhausting.
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Just got to go slow
and careful.
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That's the name
of the game for me.
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Got a lot to lose
by hurting my ankle.
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♪ ♪
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this past March,
I had surgery on my ankle.
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It was supposed to be
a lot shorter recovery time
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than it was.
And it's still sore.
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♪ ♪
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[sighs]
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♪ oh, I'm just
packing rocks all day ♪
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♪ packing them up a hill ♪
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♪ packing rocks
from the morning ♪
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♪ until the end of day ♪
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♪ I'm packing rocks ♪
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♪ so that I can have
a warm fire ♪
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♪ in my troll cave cabin
that I built with my hands ♪
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oh! [bleep].
Oh!
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Oh! [bleep].
Oh, hell.
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[bleep].
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[bleep] damn it.
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♪ ♪
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[groans]
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♪ ♪
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gonna have to be
really careful.
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That could have been bad.
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That's what I slipped on,
right there.
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That's full-on clay.
I need that.
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Clay is great news.
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That's gonna make
everything easier.
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[soft dramatic music]
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my fireplace is gonna be
so much better now.
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I can really do the fireplace
I want to do now.
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♪ ♪
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check out what I found
washed up on shore.
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A ziploc bag
with some holes in it.
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But what I can use it
for is moving clay.
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♪ ♪
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my ankle's sore from today.
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♪ ♪
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I gotta be so careful
with that ankle.
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It's the one thing
that'll take me out of the game
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before I want to go.
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♪ ♪
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I've never made
a fireplace before.
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I'm hoping that,
as I have some fires in here,
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some of this clay
will kind of bake in.
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♪ ♪
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it's coming along well.
I'm pretty proud of it.
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What a strange,
crazy life I've led.
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I'm in british columbia,
in the chilcotin mountains,
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competing for $500,000.
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♪ ♪
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what a crazy life.
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♪ ♪
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see, when you build a shelter
like I've built here,
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there's really no point
in tapping out early,
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when you put so much time
and effort into this.
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[scraping]
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♪ ♪
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it's working. Yes.
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♪ ♪
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- golly. Beautiful.
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Mushrooms are fun to find.
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Hope I can find
a few more up there today.
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Sweet.
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Whoops.
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Well, so far,
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it's gonna keep me alive until
gill net time.
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I think we have enough of them
to last 14 days.
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♪ ♪
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you're collecting
everything you can see
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and find along the way.
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Thank god
I have all these plants,
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and they all carry me
till I get to fish.
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♪ ♪
263
00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:08,873
I can't let
the mushrooms go bad.
264
00:15:08,975 --> 00:15:12,810
I'm worried about it
being cold and damp.
265
00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:14,579
They don't like
being stored in a hole.
266
00:15:14,681 --> 00:15:17,015
They're not like cranberries.
267
00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:23,288
Yeah, food preservation is one
of my favorite things to do.
268
00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:25,590
One of my faves.
269
00:15:25,692 --> 00:15:29,294
I love salting,
fermenting,
270
00:15:29,396 --> 00:15:33,431
drying, canning,
271
00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:34,999
boiling and pressure.
272
00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:39,704
[soft dramatic music]
273
00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:42,707
I do this in schools
all the time.
274
00:15:42,809 --> 00:15:46,945
We did a lot
of food preservation.
275
00:15:47,047 --> 00:15:48,913
We made cream of mushroom
soup from wild boletes,
276
00:15:49,015 --> 00:15:53,184
and sold it to the public.
[chuckles and sighs]
277
00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:55,520
♪ ♪
278
00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:57,722
man, the kids just loved it.
279
00:15:57,824 --> 00:16:02,760
Loved it.
They'll do it on their own.
280
00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:04,696
Any activity that
revolves around food,
281
00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:06,197
they're probably gonna jump
on it.
282
00:16:06,299 --> 00:16:08,032
♪ ♪
283
00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:11,469
and it's a bunch of wonderful
people in education, man.
284
00:16:11,571 --> 00:16:13,805
The best.
I loved it.
285
00:16:13,907 --> 00:16:16,007
Part of my new
mushroom-picking attire...
286
00:16:18,611 --> 00:16:23,014
Is a smoked bolete necklace.
287
00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:32,557
We are done.
Holy [bleep].
288
00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:35,193
So we have our lines up here.
289
00:16:35,295 --> 00:16:36,728
♪ ♪
290
00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:40,031
this one here
is our red slimeballs.
291
00:16:41,134 --> 00:16:44,202
The one back here is our pines.
They're feeling nice.
292
00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:45,770
♪ ♪
293
00:16:45,872 --> 00:16:49,407
I processed about
30-plus pounds today.
294
00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:51,342
Mushrooms are nice.
295
00:16:51,444 --> 00:16:54,212
[dramatic music]
296
00:16:54,314 --> 00:17:00,985
♪ ♪
297
00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:15,199
[wind howling]
298
00:17:15,301 --> 00:17:19,003
♪ ♪
299
00:17:19,773 --> 00:17:22,006
- we got some snow
on the ground.
300
00:17:24,511 --> 00:17:28,012
So it was a rough night.
301
00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:35,453
Thought about home a lot
last night and this morning.
302
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:36,988
Really missing my kids.
303
00:17:40,593 --> 00:17:41,759
I miss leelee's little feet
304
00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:43,995
running across the floor
in the morning.
305
00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:51,002
I'm feeling very hungry
this morning.
306
00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:59,610
Maybe something warm to eat
will
307
00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:02,213
lift my spirts
a little bit.
308
00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:04,082
♪ ♪
309
00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:06,717
this morning, when I was just
kind of laying there,
310
00:18:06,820 --> 00:18:08,719
waiting for it
to get light out,
311
00:18:08,822 --> 00:18:11,189
I heard something
outside my tent.
312
00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:16,794
♪ ♪
313
00:18:16,896 --> 00:18:20,198
all right, let's go
check out the beach.
314
00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:21,999
♪ ♪
315
00:18:25,004 --> 00:18:28,539
so right there's the bear.
And there's my tracks.
316
00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:33,010
And those are pretty fresh.
317
00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,447
[howling]
318
00:18:36,549 --> 00:18:38,182
so he is in the area.
319
00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:45,156
♪ ♪
320
00:18:45,258 --> 00:18:49,193
must have just been coming down
through this trail right here.
321
00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:56,134
♪ ♪
322
00:18:56,236 --> 00:18:57,201
hmm.
323
00:18:57,303 --> 00:19:03,741
♪ ♪
324
00:19:03,843 --> 00:19:07,278
oh, there he is,
right there. [bleep].
325
00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:09,213
Right there.
326
00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:11,182
♪ ♪
327
00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:13,284
[bleep].
328
00:19:13,386 --> 00:19:18,289
Hey! Get! Get!
329
00:19:18,391 --> 00:19:21,192
Go on. Go on.
330
00:19:21,294 --> 00:19:23,661
♪ ♪
331
00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:28,599
been following me.
Get out of here!
332
00:19:28,701 --> 00:19:32,336
He's right there.
He's coming.
333
00:19:32,438 --> 00:19:34,472
[air horn blasts]
334
00:19:34,574 --> 00:19:38,209
[bleep].
Get! You get!
335
00:19:38,311 --> 00:19:40,011
♪ ♪
336
00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:51,189
[dramatic music]
337
00:19:51,291 --> 00:19:56,994
♪ ♪
338
00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:03,167
- you get!
[air horn blasts]
339
00:20:03,269 --> 00:20:04,202
[bleep].
340
00:20:04,304 --> 00:20:08,272
♪ ♪
341
00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:09,207
there he is.
342
00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:12,276
♪ ♪
343
00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:15,279
oh, my god.
344
00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:16,214
Oh, my god.
345
00:20:16,316 --> 00:20:18,416
♪ ♪
346
00:20:18,518 --> 00:20:20,184
he's just circling me.
347
00:20:20,286 --> 00:20:22,753
♪ ♪
348
00:20:22,855 --> 00:20:24,188
I just don't even know
where to stand.
349
00:20:24,290 --> 00:20:29,393
So afraid he's gonna charge me.
He can come from any direction.
350
00:20:29,495 --> 00:20:30,428
He's just out there.
351
00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:33,264
[suspenseful music]
352
00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:34,198
oh, my god.
353
00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:39,437
♪ ♪
354
00:20:39,539 --> 00:20:42,206
oh, god. I don't know.
355
00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:44,041
♪ ♪
356
00:20:44,143 --> 00:20:47,211
I feel like there's a point
that this is not worth it.
357
00:20:47,313 --> 00:20:50,648
♪ ♪
358
00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,517
I just don't know
if I should--
359
00:20:53,620 --> 00:20:54,986
[shakily takes deep breath]
360
00:21:04,397 --> 00:21:08,733
at what point--
361
00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:11,002
at what point
do I push the button?
362
00:21:12,272 --> 00:21:19,010
♪ ♪
363
00:21:22,982 --> 00:21:25,216
I feel like I'm being
such a baby about this.
364
00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:28,185
[sniffles]
365
00:21:28,288 --> 00:21:33,791
♪ ♪
366
00:21:33,893 --> 00:21:36,994
all right.
Just have to get it together.
367
00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:40,998
Let me see where he went.
368
00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:47,938
I can't let this bear be the
reason that I can't do this.
369
00:21:48,041 --> 00:21:53,010
I don't know--I don't know
what to do in the after.
370
00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:57,782
♪ ♪
371
00:21:57,884 --> 00:21:59,884
all the safety training
in the world
372
00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:02,186
cannot predict
what that bear is gonna do.
373
00:22:02,288 --> 00:22:03,954
♪ ♪
374
00:22:04,057 --> 00:22:07,058
I am alone with a grizzly bear
that is hunting me,
375
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:12,330
and there is nothing that is
gonna save me except myself.
376
00:22:12,432 --> 00:22:14,432
Every shadow...
377
00:22:14,534 --> 00:22:16,667
[suspenseful music]
378
00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:21,105
every noise.
I'm jumpy right now.
379
00:22:21,207 --> 00:22:25,009
It's about time for me to be
okay and get some stuff done.
380
00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:33,984
Hmm.
I don't know.
381
00:22:35,388 --> 00:22:38,189
[dramatic music]
382
00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:44,995
♪ ♪
383
00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:02,012
- I'm thinking about making
a decoy hat.
384
00:23:04,851 --> 00:23:07,985
I bet it would work great
on these deer.
385
00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:12,189
[soft dramatic music]
386
00:23:12,291 --> 00:23:16,694
♪ ♪
387
00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:18,696
this animal gave up
its life for me.
388
00:23:18,798 --> 00:23:20,664
I feel like the best way
to honor it
389
00:23:20,767 --> 00:23:22,867
is to use every part
that I can.
390
00:23:22,969 --> 00:23:24,101
You don't really get
that kind of connection
391
00:23:24,203 --> 00:23:28,205
when you go to the supermarket
and buy meat off the shelf.
392
00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:29,874
♪ ♪
393
00:23:29,976 --> 00:23:30,875
for this project,
I take the buck's head
394
00:23:30,977 --> 00:23:33,844
and I flesh it all out,
turn the ears out,
395
00:23:33,946 --> 00:23:37,448
and basically make
a stuffed deer head.
396
00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:38,916
Stuff it with moss.
397
00:23:39,018 --> 00:23:42,520
I've killed lots of animals
with a self bow.
398
00:23:42,622 --> 00:23:46,991
Giant bull elk, boar hogs.
399
00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:50,194
They're all special,
because they feed my family.
400
00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:51,595
♪ ♪
401
00:23:51,697 --> 00:23:54,698
my family depends on wild game.
402
00:23:54,801 --> 00:23:56,801
This is something
I've never,
403
00:23:56,903 --> 00:23:59,103
never showed the boys
anything about.
404
00:23:59,205 --> 00:24:02,006
I don't know if they'd have
any interest in it or not.
405
00:24:06,813 --> 00:24:09,780
My dad--horses
has been his life.
406
00:24:09,882 --> 00:24:12,883
You know, he's--he's
a horse trainer,
407
00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:14,985
and, you know,
it was a competition thing.
408
00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:19,356
[sighs]
409
00:24:19,459 --> 00:24:22,726
remind me to never
410
00:24:22,829 --> 00:24:26,997
take up taxidermy
as a second career.
411
00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:31,101
♪ ♪
412
00:24:31,204 --> 00:24:34,038
when he was, I don't know,
I guess, late 20s, mid 20s,
413
00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:37,942
and was working at a plant,
he decided he was gonna
414
00:24:38,044 --> 00:24:41,812
leave that behind
and start training horses,
415
00:24:41,914 --> 00:24:43,914
and everybody told him
it was crazy.
416
00:24:44,016 --> 00:24:46,750
I need to stitch this up,
stitch everything up,
417
00:24:46,853 --> 00:24:52,456
all the holes--
bottom lip to the top,
418
00:24:52,558 --> 00:24:54,658
and stitch the eyes shut.
419
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:56,760
For a long time,
I thought my dad
420
00:24:56,863 --> 00:24:58,963
and I
were very different people.
421
00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:02,900
It wasn't until just
a few years ago, I guess,
422
00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:06,670
that I realized
that we're exactly the same.
423
00:25:06,772 --> 00:25:07,671
The only thing
that's different
424
00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:10,774
is what we're passionate
about.
425
00:25:10,877 --> 00:25:12,810
His is horses,
and mine is archery
426
00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:16,213
and bow hunting
and being in the woods.
427
00:25:16,315 --> 00:25:18,849
♪ ♪
428
00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:22,052
this thing's gonna
look like frankenstein.
429
00:25:22,154 --> 00:25:24,989
And now he's in the national
cutting horse hall of fame.
430
00:25:25,091 --> 00:25:29,527
If you have something that
you're passionate about,
431
00:25:29,629 --> 00:25:31,829
do it because you love it.
432
00:25:31,931 --> 00:25:34,632
You can make damn
near anything work.
433
00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:38,002
There you go.
One deer decoy.
434
00:25:43,843 --> 00:25:46,010
Figured I'd mount
this thing to my head.
435
00:25:57,390 --> 00:26:00,190
[dramatic music]
436
00:26:00,293 --> 00:26:05,996
♪ ♪
437
00:26:16,943 --> 00:26:21,011
- well, let's see about
this here deer mask.
438
00:26:21,514 --> 00:26:24,715
Bring them right in.
439
00:26:24,817 --> 00:26:26,984
Clay's taxidermy,
open for business.
440
00:26:33,326 --> 00:26:34,792
Here we go.
441
00:26:34,894 --> 00:26:39,263
One rather bedraggled-
looking deer head,
442
00:26:39,365 --> 00:26:40,998
on the wall.
443
00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:44,201
Oh, yeah.
444
00:26:44,303 --> 00:26:47,938
♪ ♪
445
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,241
I'm gonna get started on
bringing in the deer hide.
446
00:26:51,344 --> 00:26:53,944
All right.
447
00:26:54,046 --> 00:26:55,980
I knew that I want to do
something with the hide.
448
00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:58,415
At first, I used it
for the top of the smoker,
449
00:26:58,517 --> 00:26:59,950
which works great.
450
00:27:00,052 --> 00:27:02,886
But I want to use this deer
as much as I can.
451
00:27:02,989 --> 00:27:06,890
And I also just want
a project to work on.
452
00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:09,426
And so I would love
to brain tan this hide.
453
00:27:09,528 --> 00:27:12,196
Use it for a recliner.
454
00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:13,731
♪ ♪
455
00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:17,001
doesn't smell sour
or spoiled at all.
456
00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:20,871
I'll get the deer brains out,
put them in a pot,
457
00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:23,540
and smash them up,
just as good as I can.
458
00:27:23,643 --> 00:27:25,209
Add a little bit of water.
459
00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:28,712
♪ ♪
460
00:27:28,814 --> 00:27:32,549
just gonna mash
that up real good.
461
00:27:32,652 --> 00:27:34,852
Mix it up as good as I can.
462
00:27:34,954 --> 00:27:36,387
I want to get those brains
over every inch
463
00:27:36,489 --> 00:27:39,256
of the deer hide.
464
00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:40,791
Mmm-mmm-mmm.
465
00:27:40,893 --> 00:27:41,525
And then once
you've got that done,
466
00:27:41,627 --> 00:27:43,193
then you start working it.
467
00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:44,995
[sighs]
468
00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:49,733
was gonna wring this out again,
469
00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:50,934
but I think
I'm just gonna leave it
470
00:27:51,037 --> 00:27:54,438
and just work--try
to get every bit of that brain
471
00:27:54,540 --> 00:27:57,574
worked into this hide.
472
00:27:57,677 --> 00:27:59,877
I'm glad I decided to do this.
473
00:27:59,979 --> 00:28:03,747
This is gonna be nice
once I get done with it.
474
00:28:03,849 --> 00:28:05,716
Sometimes I wonder
why I ended up
475
00:28:05,818 --> 00:28:08,752
with the interests
that I have.
476
00:28:08,854 --> 00:28:09,953
I have two brothers.
They've hunted,
477
00:28:10,056 --> 00:28:11,922
but they're not--they're not
hunters, you know.
478
00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:16,026
They didn't stick with it.
I'm the youngest,
479
00:28:16,128 --> 00:28:18,996
and my next brother's
seven years older than I am.
480
00:28:19,098 --> 00:28:22,933
And so when they would go
to these horse shows,
481
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,935
I'd have to go with them.
I always competed.
482
00:28:25,037 --> 00:28:27,871
You know, it was a competition
thing--cutting.
483
00:28:27,973 --> 00:28:29,473
But half an hour before
it was time for me
484
00:28:29,575 --> 00:28:31,141
to go and show my horse,
485
00:28:31,243 --> 00:28:34,812
it was--I'd come back, do it,
and then I was gone again.
486
00:28:34,914 --> 00:28:37,881
It's like my heart was
in the woods.
487
00:28:37,983 --> 00:28:39,983
I couldn't even begin
to describe myself
488
00:28:40,086 --> 00:28:42,853
without talking at length
about being outdoors.
489
00:28:42,955 --> 00:28:45,989
Just such a big,
massive part of who I am.
490
00:28:49,295 --> 00:28:50,994
All right.
491
00:28:51,964 --> 00:28:55,999
Let's eat some dinner
before I hit the sack.
492
00:28:57,403 --> 00:29:00,204
[dramatic music]
493
00:29:00,306 --> 00:29:06,009
♪ ♪
494
00:29:26,899 --> 00:29:30,768
- bad news.
We got like--[exhales deeply]
495
00:29:30,870 --> 00:29:33,771
I don't know.
It looks like from here
496
00:29:33,873 --> 00:29:36,006
four to six inches
of snow last night.
497
00:29:41,547 --> 00:29:45,215
[soft dramatic music]
498
00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:50,687
♪ ♪
499
00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:53,023
so I waited
till the last moment.
500
00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:55,192
We got this snow, and it
looks like it's not gonna stop.
501
00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:57,995
♪ ♪
502
00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:03,167
♪ ♪
503
00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:04,201
[bleep].
504
00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:05,736
♪ ♪
505
00:30:05,838 --> 00:30:08,772
it is time to get
my ass in gear
506
00:30:08,874 --> 00:30:10,574
and get some warmth
in my shelter.
507
00:30:10,676 --> 00:30:12,209
I mean, it's necessary now.
508
00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:14,912
♪ ♪
509
00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:17,881
where is the most insulation
in your house?
510
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:20,050
Not in your floor.
It's not in your walls.
511
00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:23,921
It's in your roof and
your attic because heat rises.
512
00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:26,557
And so for me,
I'm gonna build the insulation
513
00:30:26,659 --> 00:30:28,525
where the heat is gonna go.
514
00:30:28,627 --> 00:30:30,661
Okay, the rest of the limbs,
515
00:30:30,763 --> 00:30:34,198
we're just tossing on,
face-down,
516
00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:35,799
♪ ♪
517
00:30:35,901 --> 00:30:38,669
with insulation--
that's the stick parts.
518
00:30:38,771 --> 00:30:41,004
I'm trying to finish up
the door.
519
00:30:45,244 --> 00:30:46,210
[bleep].
520
00:30:46,312 --> 00:30:49,012
♪ ♪
521
00:30:49,114 --> 00:30:52,182
that just kind of makes it
a little more serious now.
522
00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:53,650
♪ ♪
523
00:30:53,752 --> 00:30:55,185
gotta get everything
going, man.
524
00:30:55,287 --> 00:30:58,856
♪ ♪
525
00:30:58,958 --> 00:31:03,193
snow days, man.
Remember sledding? As a kid?
526
00:31:03,295 --> 00:31:04,194
♪ ♪
527
00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:07,197
and coming in,
and mom having hot chocolate?
528
00:31:07,299 --> 00:31:08,866
♪ ♪
529
00:31:08,968 --> 00:31:12,236
got, like, cookies or whatever,
walking in?
530
00:31:12,338 --> 00:31:13,737
[chuckles]
531
00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:18,208
holy cow, that was--
that was awesome.
532
00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:22,946
♪ ♪
533
00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:26,850
this shelter's 95% done,
which for me means done.
534
00:31:26,952 --> 00:31:29,186
And so I feel like
I'm ready for winter.
535
00:31:29,288 --> 00:31:33,824
♪ ♪
536
00:31:33,926 --> 00:31:38,996
just gonna get out
of these wet-ass clothes.
537
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:43,200
[dramatic music]
538
00:31:43,302 --> 00:31:50,007
♪ ♪
539
00:31:59,451 --> 00:32:00,984
- oh, good morning.
540
00:32:03,956 --> 00:32:07,124
It's getting light later
and later in the morning.
541
00:32:07,226 --> 00:32:11,128
I mean, I understand that's how
it works this time of year.
542
00:32:11,230 --> 00:32:13,196
But.
543
00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:15,065
♪ ♪
544
00:32:15,167 --> 00:32:18,869
at some point, winter is here,
and plant foods are not.
545
00:32:18,971 --> 00:32:23,040
So like to have a big,
ol' gathering day.
546
00:32:23,142 --> 00:32:25,809
Gathering has really been
my bread and butter out here.
547
00:32:25,911 --> 00:32:30,547
Haven't had much other option.
[chuckles]
548
00:32:30,649 --> 00:32:31,915
apparently, I can't fish.
549
00:32:32,017 --> 00:32:33,984
But, you know, we all have
to have a weakness.
550
00:32:36,822 --> 00:32:38,789
And to be fair,
it's not like my site
551
00:32:38,891 --> 00:32:43,193
was exactly
a fisherman's paradise here.
552
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:45,929
♪ ♪
553
00:32:46,031 --> 00:32:50,200
fishing this site
is incredibly challenging.
554
00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:54,905
The fish that I do have access
to are going to be very small.
555
00:32:55,007 --> 00:32:57,074
I'm getting to that point
where I know my body fat
556
00:32:57,176 --> 00:33:01,011
is getting low, because
I'm mildly hungry all the time.
557
00:33:03,115 --> 00:33:05,983
My body is telling me,
"you definitely need calories."
558
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:13,924
pretty sure this a good, solid
half a can, which is my base.
559
00:33:14,026 --> 00:33:17,828
I have to get that in a day.
That's 500 calories.
560
00:33:17,930 --> 00:33:21,832
I should gather three
or four days' worth.
561
00:33:21,934 --> 00:33:25,002
So we're gonna go
a little further up field.
562
00:33:27,006 --> 00:33:29,039
Traditionally,
with modern hunter/gatherers,
563
00:33:29,141 --> 00:33:33,477
up to 80% of the caloric
intake comes from gathering.
564
00:33:33,579 --> 00:33:34,411
It comes from plants.
565
00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:37,748
It's an underappreciated
caloric source.
566
00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:41,351
So this is the landscape
at the moment.
567
00:33:41,453 --> 00:33:44,821
And I am seriously
568
00:33:44,923 --> 00:33:48,859
digging roots
out of a patch in the snow.
569
00:33:48,961 --> 00:33:53,730
More solomon's seal.
This one is a big root.
570
00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:56,466
Look at the size
of this guy down here.
571
00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:58,001
Oh, it's a good-size one.
572
00:34:00,539 --> 00:34:04,207
[soft dramatic music]
573
00:34:04,309 --> 00:34:06,977
♪ ♪
574
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:10,080
time to see if we can
figure out how to get back,
575
00:34:10,182 --> 00:34:14,951
'cause it's starting to spit
rainy, snowy stuff as well,
576
00:34:15,054 --> 00:34:17,421
which is gonna get really
unpleasant really quickly.
577
00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:19,823
[crunchy footfalls]
578
00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:23,727
I really haven't come down
this side before.
579
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:28,031
So I'm trying to decide
if I go up.
580
00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:29,800
I'm gonna give it a go.
I'm gonna--'cause I'm kind of
581
00:34:29,902 --> 00:34:31,368
skirting the edge of the creek
right now.
582
00:34:31,470 --> 00:34:34,805
I'm gonna hop up--
583
00:34:34,907 --> 00:34:38,442
let's go to that second ridge
over here.
584
00:34:38,544 --> 00:34:43,780
Ooh.
Where are we?
585
00:34:43,882 --> 00:34:47,384
Um, I don't know
what that low point is,
586
00:34:47,486 --> 00:34:50,921
so I'm gonna go see.
587
00:34:51,023 --> 00:34:54,191
So we've gotten quite
a long way from the creek.
588
00:34:54,293 --> 00:34:57,961
♪ ♪
589
00:34:58,063 --> 00:35:03,200
you must be [bleep] me.
I have no idea where I am.
590
00:35:03,302 --> 00:35:05,202
♪ ♪
591
00:35:05,304 --> 00:35:07,204
oh, no.
592
00:35:07,306 --> 00:35:15,011
♪ ♪
593
00:35:20,252 --> 00:35:26,156
♪ ♪
594
00:35:26,258 --> 00:35:27,190
[sobs]
595
00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:28,992
♪ ♪
596
00:35:45,878 --> 00:35:47,477
let's walk.
Let's get to our last spot.
597
00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:48,011
Let's make some progress.
598
00:35:57,823 --> 00:36:00,857
I am guessing
we must be getting back
599
00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:04,761
closer to the lake,
'cause for a while there,
600
00:36:04,863 --> 00:36:08,165
the forest was--
I mean, it wasn't open.
601
00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:11,835
It was still very dense timber.
However, there was a lot less
602
00:36:11,937 --> 00:36:16,239
of the--of the, you know,
blown-down timber.
603
00:36:16,341 --> 00:36:18,742
[sniffles]
604
00:36:18,844 --> 00:36:23,513
pretty sure we're coming up
somewhere
605
00:36:23,615 --> 00:36:26,983
on the lake at this point.
606
00:36:30,556 --> 00:36:32,756
Hello, basket tree willow.
607
00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:34,824
It's weird what
your brain remembers.
608
00:36:34,927 --> 00:36:40,463
But that means we're close.
This is great.
609
00:36:40,566 --> 00:36:43,200
[soft dramatic music]
610
00:36:43,302 --> 00:36:47,470
♪ ♪
611
00:36:47,573 --> 00:36:49,806
we're back at the lake.
612
00:36:49,908 --> 00:36:51,208
This is where the little creek
comes out.
613
00:36:51,310 --> 00:36:53,443
♪ ♪
614
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,212
feels good to be home.
615
00:36:55,314 --> 00:37:00,450
♪ ♪
616
00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:01,851
so this is today's haul.
617
00:37:01,954 --> 00:37:04,888
It's about three cans'
worth of cranberries,
618
00:37:04,990 --> 00:37:09,492
highbush cranberries,
small sack of rosehips,
619
00:37:09,595 --> 00:37:11,428
a surprise sack of greens.
620
00:37:11,530 --> 00:37:12,762
So those are watercress.
621
00:37:12,864 --> 00:37:14,731
Actually found
some watercress greens.
622
00:37:14,833 --> 00:37:17,934
And then a reasonable
sack of roots.
623
00:37:18,036 --> 00:37:22,205
I mean, the calories
I've brought back with me--
624
00:37:22,307 --> 00:37:24,207
maybe--
625
00:37:24,309 --> 00:37:25,942
♪ ♪
626
00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:29,045
they probably just barely
make up what I put out.
627
00:37:29,147 --> 00:37:32,215
That's not the equation
you're looking for. [chuckles]
628
00:37:32,317 --> 00:37:33,416
♪ ♪
629
00:37:33,518 --> 00:37:35,919
I'm really starting to notice
the lack of calories.
630
00:37:36,021 --> 00:37:39,589
It's really starting to affect
my performance
631
00:37:39,691 --> 00:37:42,726
and what I'm capable of doing.
632
00:37:42,828 --> 00:37:44,995
Just wish I could
catch some fish.
633
00:37:46,398 --> 00:37:49,199
[dramatic music]
634
00:37:49,301 --> 00:37:56,006
♪ ♪
635
00:38:13,358 --> 00:38:14,991
I don't know.
636
00:38:18,230 --> 00:38:19,996
So good.
637
00:38:22,601 --> 00:38:24,634
Hey, the boat's still there.
638
00:38:24,736 --> 00:38:26,002
Decided it's time
to go boating.
639
00:38:32,611 --> 00:38:35,011
Okay, here we go. The ol'...
640
00:38:37,282 --> 00:38:42,786
♪ ♪
641
00:38:42,888 --> 00:38:46,489
the butt will most certainly
not be dry.
642
00:38:46,591 --> 00:38:49,192
It'll be ice [bleep] cold.
643
00:38:49,294 --> 00:38:51,161
♪ ♪
644
00:38:51,263 --> 00:38:52,195
[bleep].
645
00:38:52,297 --> 00:38:58,501
♪ ♪
646
00:38:58,603 --> 00:38:59,736
I want to catch more fish.
647
00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:02,205
I need to get
a surplus of calories.
648
00:39:02,307 --> 00:39:07,010
♪ ♪
649
00:39:12,250 --> 00:39:13,983
okay.
650
00:39:40,412 --> 00:39:42,011
Let's go fishing.
651
00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:49,052
[soft dramatic music]
652
00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:53,022
back home in alaska, I was in
a long-term relationship
653
00:39:53,125 --> 00:39:56,993
with a woman who had a
young daughter named jordan.
654
00:40:00,732 --> 00:40:03,133
So jordan and I
had this motto,
655
00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:06,870
just that we never give up,
no matter what we're doing.
656
00:40:06,972 --> 00:40:08,738
And so when I have
tough times out here,
657
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,474
my mind immediately
goes to her.
658
00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:12,876
And it's kept me going,
659
00:40:12,978 --> 00:40:14,477
thinking about her
when times get tough,
660
00:40:14,579 --> 00:40:16,780
and what she would say.
661
00:40:16,882 --> 00:40:19,349
I'm exactly stubborn
and resilient.
662
00:40:19,451 --> 00:40:19,983
I don't give up.
663
00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:27,991
♪ ♪
664
00:40:33,265 --> 00:40:33,997
[thump]
665
00:40:35,367 --> 00:40:36,499
[metallic clang]
666
00:40:36,601 --> 00:40:39,202
yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes.
667
00:40:39,304 --> 00:40:41,204
♪ ♪
668
00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:43,206
yes, yes.
669
00:40:43,308 --> 00:40:48,311
♪ ♪
670
00:40:48,413 --> 00:40:50,213
holy [bleep].
671
00:40:50,315 --> 00:40:52,015
♪ ♪
672
00:40:54,252 --> 00:40:56,252
♪ ♪
673
00:40:56,354 --> 00:40:58,188
here we go.
674
00:40:58,290 --> 00:41:00,256
♪ ♪
675
00:41:00,358 --> 00:41:02,192
second one.
676
00:41:02,294 --> 00:41:04,127
♪ ♪
677
00:41:04,229 --> 00:41:05,428
yes.
678
00:41:05,530 --> 00:41:08,431
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
679
00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:09,999
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
680
00:41:11,203 --> 00:41:12,202
Yes.
681
00:41:12,304 --> 00:41:19,008
♪ ♪
682
00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:26,583
♪ ♪
683
00:41:26,685 --> 00:41:29,185
check that out.
Two of them.
684
00:41:29,287 --> 00:41:32,288
♪ ♪
685
00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:34,190
two rainbows.
686
00:41:34,292 --> 00:41:38,995
♪ ♪
687
00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:44,000
totally happy about that.
I am a vegetarian no longer.
688
00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:52,008
♪ ♪
689
00:42:11,363 --> 00:42:13,396
[bear breathing]
690
00:42:13,498 --> 00:42:17,000
[branches rustling]
691
00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:21,004
- I heard something big
out there.
692
00:42:29,514 --> 00:42:31,214
[suspenseful music]
693
00:42:31,316 --> 00:42:33,249
♪ ♪
694
00:42:33,351 --> 00:42:35,985
[wood snaps]
695
00:42:43,595 --> 00:42:45,194
can't see anything out here.
696
00:42:45,297 --> 00:42:49,999
♪ ♪
697
00:42:52,404 --> 00:42:54,203
[wood clatters]
698
00:42:54,306 --> 00:43:01,010
♪ ♪
699
00:43:03,848 --> 00:43:06,482
well, I heard something
big out there,
700
00:43:06,585 --> 00:43:10,954
but couldn't see anything.
701
00:43:11,056 --> 00:43:13,590
By the time I got out of
my sleeping bag and got out,
702
00:43:13,692 --> 00:43:17,160
it was--whatever
it was was gone.
703
00:43:17,262 --> 00:43:19,996
I'll look around tomorrow and
see if I can see any tracks.
704
00:43:22,334 --> 00:43:24,000
Back to bed.
705
00:43:25,403 --> 00:43:28,204
[dramatic music]
706
00:43:28,306 --> 00:43:33,876
♪ ♪
707
00:43:33,979 --> 00:43:36,045
I didn't sleep at all last
night, hardly.
708
00:43:36,147 --> 00:43:39,215
Gonna go down to the
lake shore and then come back.
709
00:43:39,317 --> 00:43:40,717
♪ ♪
710
00:43:40,819 --> 00:43:42,552
so I just walked down
to the beach,
711
00:43:42,654 --> 00:43:44,654
and there's fresh bear tracks
712
00:43:44,756 --> 00:43:46,689
coming right
across my log here.
713
00:43:46,791 --> 00:43:48,992
Walking right down
the beach here.
714
00:43:51,763 --> 00:43:54,097
So you can tell
it's a black bear,
715
00:43:54,199 --> 00:43:57,867
because a grizzly, the front
of the pad here's straighter,
716
00:43:57,969 --> 00:44:00,837
and you can draw
a straight line from this side
717
00:44:00,939 --> 00:44:03,840
to this side
without cutting this toe here.
718
00:44:03,942 --> 00:44:05,975
With this track,
if you draw a straight line,
719
00:44:06,077 --> 00:44:09,579
you're gonna cut this toe,
so that's a black bear.
720
00:44:09,681 --> 00:44:12,782
And that's a decent-size bear.
721
00:44:12,884 --> 00:44:13,983
Yeah, that's a pretty good-size
bear.
722
00:44:16,087 --> 00:44:18,721
So, I just want to--with
those bear tracks on the beach,
723
00:44:18,823 --> 00:44:20,123
I just want
to make--walk back here
724
00:44:20,225 --> 00:44:24,193
and make sure there's nothing
been poking around the cache.
725
00:44:24,295 --> 00:44:25,995
♪ ♪
726
00:44:26,097 --> 00:44:29,198
oh, [bleep]. There's bear
tracks right freakin' here.
727
00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:31,467
♪ ♪
728
00:44:31,569 --> 00:44:33,836
like, right through camp.
729
00:44:33,938 --> 00:44:37,206
So there's the shack,
right through here.
730
00:44:37,308 --> 00:44:38,474
♪ ♪
731
00:44:38,576 --> 00:44:43,212
and here's bear tracks.
732
00:44:43,314 --> 00:44:44,414
♪ ♪
733
00:44:44,516 --> 00:44:46,816
that little bastard.
734
00:44:46,918 --> 00:44:49,786
The cache looks like
it's still--I mean,
735
00:44:49,888 --> 00:44:52,855
the smoker looks like
it's still intact.
736
00:44:52,957 --> 00:44:54,724
I brought all my meat
and stuff inside there
737
00:44:54,826 --> 00:44:57,860
'cause I thought
it would be pretty safe.
738
00:44:57,962 --> 00:45:02,098
This bear walked right--
let's see where he went.
739
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:06,869
That is no good. We don't want
bears walking through camp.
740
00:45:06,971 --> 00:45:08,871
Looks like he may have
walked down the beach,
741
00:45:08,973 --> 00:45:11,474
and then just came back
right through here.
742
00:45:11,576 --> 00:45:16,345
Kind of in between camp
743
00:45:16,448 --> 00:45:18,014
and the smoker.
744
00:45:18,116 --> 00:45:20,717
I don't know how he didn't
smell that stuff in there.
745
00:45:20,819 --> 00:45:25,188
Man, that was--
that was just lucky.
746
00:45:25,290 --> 00:45:26,989
[sighs]
747
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:30,693
he'll be back.
748
00:45:30,795 --> 00:45:33,196
We ain't seen the last
of boo-boo.
749
00:45:33,298 --> 00:45:40,002
♪ ♪
750
00:45:49,781 --> 00:45:51,848
- so been a really
yucky night.
751
00:45:51,950 --> 00:45:55,051
I have a really strong belief
and mindset,
752
00:45:55,153 --> 00:45:58,755
and that's what I try to do,
you know, with my encounters
753
00:45:58,857 --> 00:46:01,491
with a grizzly bear--
is every time I--
754
00:46:01,593 --> 00:46:02,925
every time
it happens,
755
00:46:03,027 --> 00:46:05,428
I try to mentally think
about the situation again
756
00:46:05,530 --> 00:46:07,663
and change my mindset
757
00:46:07,766 --> 00:46:09,832
to handle it differently
next time.
758
00:46:09,934 --> 00:46:13,703
So maybe I need
to do that with, you know,
759
00:46:13,805 --> 00:46:15,972
fishing and snaring,
and whatever.
760
00:46:16,074 --> 00:46:19,142
Just stop thinking about
the things that I can't do,
761
00:46:19,244 --> 00:46:23,012
and really start focusing on
what I might be able to do. So.
762
00:46:27,519 --> 00:46:31,187
[soft dramatic music]
763
00:46:31,289 --> 00:46:33,823
♪ ♪
764
00:46:33,925 --> 00:46:39,095
ready to check some snares.
I feel hungry.
765
00:46:39,197 --> 00:46:42,198
Really hopeful that there's
something in my snares today.
766
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:44,000
♪ ♪
767
00:46:45,904 --> 00:46:46,836
the scary things
I've dealt with in my life,
768
00:46:46,938 --> 00:46:50,206
I can definitely recover
from a grizzly bear.
769
00:46:50,308 --> 00:46:52,008
For sure.
770
00:46:52,110 --> 00:46:55,044
When I was a kid,
we lived a lot in safe houses,
771
00:46:55,146 --> 00:46:57,580
and I was just always
running around in the woods.
772
00:46:57,682 --> 00:46:59,816
I was trying to escape from,
773
00:46:59,918 --> 00:47:02,285
you know, a bad
childhood environment.
774
00:47:02,387 --> 00:47:05,755
Any bunny there?
775
00:47:05,857 --> 00:47:07,590
I've always felt
a little bit alone.
776
00:47:07,692 --> 00:47:09,725
I had my children very young,
777
00:47:09,828 --> 00:47:11,060
and tried to make
a home for them,
778
00:47:11,162 --> 00:47:15,998
but never really felt like
any place was home for me.
779
00:47:16,100 --> 00:47:20,002
When I was very young,
I lived in a foster home.
780
00:47:20,104 --> 00:47:23,439
It's just kind of always
been everything that I do,
781
00:47:23,541 --> 00:47:24,574
I've taught myself.
782
00:47:24,676 --> 00:47:26,709
Yeah, I think they're too big.
783
00:47:26,811 --> 00:47:28,845
That's scary
when you're a kid.
784
00:47:28,947 --> 00:47:30,780
So I can go through
a scary situation,
785
00:47:30,882 --> 00:47:33,583
and it may shock me
for a second,
786
00:47:33,685 --> 00:47:34,851
but I'm gonna recover quickly,
787
00:47:34,953 --> 00:47:37,119
and it's not gonna
knock me off my path.
788
00:47:37,222 --> 00:47:39,188
I'm just gonna pick myself up,
and I'm gonna keep going.
789
00:47:39,290 --> 00:47:44,560
♪ ♪
790
00:47:44,662 --> 00:47:47,563
[chuckles]
I got a rabbit.
791
00:47:47,665 --> 00:47:52,468
Oh, my gosh, that is awesome.
792
00:47:52,570 --> 00:47:55,204
Tada.
It's a bunny.
793
00:47:55,306 --> 00:47:58,174
♪ ♪
794
00:47:58,276 --> 00:47:59,842
got him.
795
00:47:59,944 --> 00:48:04,280
So we're gonna go down
and skin the rabbit.
796
00:48:04,382 --> 00:48:06,849
Cautiously.
797
00:48:06,951 --> 00:48:10,186
So that the grizzly bear
doesn't come along.
798
00:48:10,288 --> 00:48:15,625
♪ ♪
799
00:48:15,727 --> 00:48:18,160
I don't want
to waste any meat.
800
00:48:18,263 --> 00:48:20,830
Okay.
801
00:48:20,932 --> 00:48:24,200
Now, it's time to get this
rabbit on here.
802
00:48:24,302 --> 00:48:25,401
♪ ♪
803
00:48:25,503 --> 00:48:28,804
my belly is hungry.
804
00:48:28,907 --> 00:48:30,873
Can't believe I get
to eat bunny rabbit.
805
00:48:30,975 --> 00:48:35,211
Oh, my god, that smells so
good. Oh, my gosh.
806
00:48:35,313 --> 00:48:37,013
♪ ♪
807
00:48:42,020 --> 00:48:47,189
this little, yummy bunny heart
is gonna be so good.
808
00:48:47,292 --> 00:48:50,259
♪ ♪
809
00:48:50,361 --> 00:48:52,194
oh, my gosh.
810
00:48:52,297 --> 00:48:55,598
♪ ♪
811
00:48:55,700 --> 00:49:00,236
oh, my gosh.
That was so good.
812
00:49:00,338 --> 00:49:03,005
[chuckles]
813
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,280
just that alone,
and I'm happy.
814
00:49:11,382 --> 00:49:13,316
Oh, my gosh.
815
00:49:13,418 --> 00:49:16,185
[dramatic music]
816
00:49:16,287 --> 00:49:23,326
♪ ♪
817
00:49:23,428 --> 00:49:25,127
[birds singing]
818
00:49:25,229 --> 00:49:28,864
- warmed up quite a bit today.
It wasn't good yesterday.
819
00:49:28,967 --> 00:49:31,000
Yesterday, it was still
pretty damn cold.
820
00:49:34,005 --> 00:49:38,007
All right. Let's see what
we can do about an alarm.
821
00:49:41,012 --> 00:49:44,213
I've got an idea for an
alarm system for a bear.
822
00:49:44,315 --> 00:49:46,582
♪ ♪
823
00:49:46,684 --> 00:49:47,883
I forgot I had an air horn.
824
00:49:47,986 --> 00:49:50,753
I think I can rig up
that air horn to wire,
825
00:49:50,855 --> 00:49:53,556
so if something
hits the trip wire,
826
00:49:53,658 --> 00:49:55,591
it'll set the air horn off.
827
00:49:55,693 --> 00:49:58,194
Here we go.
[clears throat]
828
00:49:58,296 --> 00:50:00,296
♪ ♪
829
00:50:00,398 --> 00:50:01,197
[air horn toots]
830
00:50:01,299 --> 00:50:03,199
♪ ♪
831
00:50:03,301 --> 00:50:04,734
got that.
832
00:50:04,836 --> 00:50:05,868
The last thing
that I want to do
833
00:50:05,970 --> 00:50:08,537
is have to deal
with a bear coming in here
834
00:50:08,639 --> 00:50:10,740
wanting to take this meat.
835
00:50:10,842 --> 00:50:14,777
But that's
a very real possibility.
836
00:50:14,879 --> 00:50:16,212
Just a little redneck
ingenuity here.
837
00:50:16,314 --> 00:50:18,881
♪ ♪
838
00:50:18,983 --> 00:50:22,184
I have to be prepared
to engage a bear.
839
00:50:22,286 --> 00:50:23,352
♪ ♪
840
00:50:23,454 --> 00:50:26,188
[air horn tooting]
841
00:50:26,290 --> 00:50:30,926
♪ ♪
842
00:50:31,029 --> 00:50:35,197
I want to win this thing.
I need this meat.
843
00:50:35,299 --> 00:50:37,767
♪ ♪
844
00:50:37,869 --> 00:50:41,037
and so I am willing
to go outside
845
00:50:41,139 --> 00:50:44,206
and deal with a grizzly bear
to protect this meat.
846
00:50:44,308 --> 00:50:47,243
♪ ♪
847
00:50:47,345 --> 00:50:49,879
all right.
848
00:50:49,981 --> 00:50:53,983
So now, ol' mr. Bear comes
snooping around...
849
00:50:55,386 --> 00:50:56,986
[air horn blasts]
850
00:50:58,523 --> 00:51:00,990
[chuckles]
I like it.
851
00:51:02,527 --> 00:51:02,992
That ought to wake me up.
852
00:51:10,401 --> 00:51:13,202
[dramatic music]
853
00:51:13,304 --> 00:51:19,008
♪ ♪
854
00:51:28,219 --> 00:51:30,986
- gonna have to ration out the
deer meat that I have left.
855
00:51:34,859 --> 00:51:38,761
So I'm thinking
that's a day right there.
856
00:51:38,863 --> 00:51:41,730
Little bit of fat.
Little bit of meat.
857
00:51:41,833 --> 00:51:44,233
Five or six
little pieces of jerky.
858
00:51:44,335 --> 00:51:45,968
[chuckles]
859
00:51:46,070 --> 00:51:49,839
every day. That's not enough
to keep a fella going.
860
00:51:49,941 --> 00:51:52,108
You don't know how bad
I just want to grab
861
00:51:52,210 --> 00:51:56,812
a big handful of this stuff
and start eating it right now.
862
00:51:56,914 --> 00:52:00,182
But I can't.
I need to catch a damn fish.
863
00:52:00,284 --> 00:52:06,989
♪ ♪
864
00:52:08,292 --> 00:52:09,191
all right.
865
00:52:09,293 --> 00:52:11,460
♪ ♪
866
00:52:11,562 --> 00:52:13,195
figured I'd go fishing.
867
00:52:13,297 --> 00:52:15,965
♪ ♪
868
00:52:16,067 --> 00:52:18,200
I don't know what to think
about the damn fishing.
869
00:52:18,302 --> 00:52:20,469
♪ ♪
870
00:52:20,571 --> 00:52:21,904
it's pretty discouraging
871
00:52:22,006 --> 00:52:25,741
when you go fishing day
after day after day
872
00:52:25,843 --> 00:52:29,211
and can't even
hardly get a bite.
873
00:52:29,313 --> 00:52:31,814
♪ ♪
874
00:52:31,916 --> 00:52:34,450
I'm not eating as much
as I should be
875
00:52:34,552 --> 00:52:35,918
to keep my weight up,
876
00:52:36,020 --> 00:52:39,989
'cause I'm afraid
I'm gonna run out of meat.
877
00:52:42,727 --> 00:52:46,996
[sighs]
that was a crappy cast.
878
00:52:50,034 --> 00:52:52,768
I'd feel a lot better
if I could catch some fish.
879
00:52:52,870 --> 00:52:55,905
I don't want to run
out of food again.
880
00:52:56,007 --> 00:53:00,009
You know, we could be out here
for 100-120 days.
881
00:53:05,483 --> 00:53:07,016
All it takes is one.
882
00:53:07,118 --> 00:53:08,984
All it takes is one
to keep you out here that long.
883
00:53:13,291 --> 00:53:14,990
All right.
884
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:17,993
Hanging it up.
885
00:53:21,232 --> 00:53:22,598
No fish.
886
00:53:22,700 --> 00:53:25,301
What a surprise,
what a surprise,
887
00:53:25,403 --> 00:53:26,001
what a surprise.
888
00:53:29,273 --> 00:53:36,011
♪ ♪
889
00:53:47,658 --> 00:53:49,959
- I made a raft this morning.
890
00:53:50,061 --> 00:53:53,896
So today is going to be
all about passive fishing.
891
00:53:53,998 --> 00:53:57,866
I'd like to do the trout
line rock this morning.
892
00:53:57,969 --> 00:54:01,971
There is a possibility
it will catch a fish.
893
00:54:02,073 --> 00:54:04,873
And that would extend
my time here that much more.
894
00:54:04,976 --> 00:54:08,544
Which basically means
I have to swim out
895
00:54:08,646 --> 00:54:12,114
into the cold, cold water.
896
00:54:12,216 --> 00:54:16,418
But if I don't take advantage
of all those possibilities,
897
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:17,453
that's what I'll regret.
898
00:54:17,555 --> 00:54:20,189
[soft dramatic music]
899
00:54:20,291 --> 00:54:21,924
♪ ♪
900
00:54:22,026 --> 00:54:24,159
okay, we need to get
two shore anchors together.
901
00:54:24,262 --> 00:54:27,529
And my shore anchors have to be
a significant distance apart.
902
00:54:27,632 --> 00:54:31,967
Otherwise, the lines tangle.
903
00:54:32,069 --> 00:54:35,604
I have the plan to swim out
and anchor a rock
904
00:54:35,706 --> 00:54:37,873
that has a wired eyelet on it,
905
00:54:37,975 --> 00:54:39,775
and basically have
a clothesline system,
906
00:54:39,877 --> 00:54:40,576
where you have
parachute inner cord
907
00:54:40,678 --> 00:54:43,078
that goes thru that eyelet,
908
00:54:43,180 --> 00:54:44,980
and you can just reel your
trout line back and forth.
909
00:54:45,082 --> 00:54:48,183
But I need to swim
this anchor out a long way.
910
00:54:48,286 --> 00:54:49,084
♪ ♪
911
00:54:49,186 --> 00:54:50,919
just in case anything
horrific goes on,
912
00:54:51,022 --> 00:54:54,189
I can push the red button
and presumably get saved.
913
00:54:54,292 --> 00:54:58,294
♪ ♪
914
00:54:58,396 --> 00:55:00,462
so.
[groans]
915
00:55:00,564 --> 00:55:04,333
let's warm the legs up.
916
00:55:04,435 --> 00:55:06,669
All right, peeps.
917
00:55:06,771 --> 00:55:09,004
We're a go.
Let's do this thing.
918
00:55:10,308 --> 00:55:12,207
All right.
919
00:55:12,310 --> 00:55:18,480
♪ ♪
920
00:55:18,582 --> 00:55:20,949
I'm running out of days
921
00:55:21,052 --> 00:55:25,788
where I'm gonna have
the energy to do projects
922
00:55:25,890 --> 00:55:29,925
like swim 300 feet
out into the lake.
923
00:55:30,027 --> 00:55:33,662
If we can actually get
the trout line in water,
924
00:55:33,764 --> 00:55:35,197
some more calories
coming in.
925
00:55:35,299 --> 00:55:41,003
♪ ♪
926
00:55:47,712 --> 00:55:49,645
[life vest self-inflates]
[bleep].
927
00:55:49,747 --> 00:55:52,348
It inflated on its own.
[bleep].
928
00:55:52,450 --> 00:55:54,149
[dramatic music]
929
00:55:54,251 --> 00:55:55,184
uh-oh.
930
00:55:55,286 --> 00:56:00,522
♪ ♪
931
00:56:00,624 --> 00:56:05,194
[bleep].
I think I'm stuck.
932
00:56:05,296 --> 00:56:08,731
♪ ♪
933
00:56:08,833 --> 00:56:12,201
everything is a tangled mess.
[bleep].
934
00:56:12,303 --> 00:56:14,536
♪ ♪
935
00:56:14,638 --> 00:56:17,172
and it's freezing.
[bleep].
936
00:56:17,274 --> 00:56:19,408
♪ ♪
937
00:56:19,510 --> 00:56:21,210
starting to freeze.
938
00:56:21,312 --> 00:56:23,545
♪ ♪
939
00:56:23,647 --> 00:56:25,013
can't believe this [bleep].
940
00:56:36,260 --> 00:56:42,998
♪ ♪
941
00:56:51,275 --> 00:56:54,610
♪ ♪
942
00:56:54,712 --> 00:56:58,580
my ears are ringing so loudly
943
00:56:58,682 --> 00:57:02,017
that I can't hear the waves.
944
00:57:02,119 --> 00:57:05,187
And I know what this is.
It's a blood pressure issue.
945
00:57:05,289 --> 00:57:11,994
♪ ♪
946
00:57:23,441 --> 00:57:24,206
not sure I'm okay.
947
00:57:24,308 --> 00:57:28,677
♪ ♪
948
00:57:28,779 --> 00:57:31,213
let me see
if I can stand up yet.
949
00:57:31,315 --> 00:57:37,986
♪ ♪
950
00:57:48,365 --> 00:57:49,198
there we are.
951
00:57:49,300 --> 00:57:56,004
♪ ♪
952
00:57:57,875 --> 00:58:00,008
just trying to get
all my big arteries...
953
00:58:07,351 --> 00:58:07,983
Over the fire.
954
00:58:11,789 --> 00:58:13,455
I thought I would be
in the water
955
00:58:13,557 --> 00:58:18,193
for about 15 minutes.
956
00:58:18,295 --> 00:58:19,895
♪ ♪
957
00:58:19,997 --> 00:58:24,199
I was actually in the water
for 35 minutes.
958
00:58:24,301 --> 00:58:26,001
♪ ♪
959
00:59:05,276 --> 00:59:09,011
♪ ♪
960
00:59:15,252 --> 00:59:17,986
♪ ♪
961
00:59:24,528 --> 00:59:28,196
[soft dramatic music]
962
00:59:28,299 --> 00:59:35,003
♪ ♪
963
00:59:36,006 --> 00:59:40,842
status update: I have
a rip-roaring fire going,
964
00:59:40,945 --> 00:59:44,212
and I plan to do so
for a number of hours.
965
00:59:44,315 --> 00:59:47,115
♪ ♪
966
00:59:47,217 --> 00:59:48,183
wow.
967
00:59:48,285 --> 00:59:52,287
♪ ♪
968
00:59:52,389 --> 00:59:53,655
that was cold.
969
00:59:53,757 --> 00:59:58,460
So just thought
I should show you
970
00:59:58,562 --> 01:00:00,963
the inside of my thigh,
971
01:00:01,065 --> 01:00:02,998
from having to be so close
to the fire to warm up.
972
01:00:06,203 --> 01:00:08,537
Yep.
973
01:00:08,639 --> 01:00:11,173
Lightly toasted.
[chuckles]
974
01:00:11,275 --> 01:00:13,008
ouch.
975
01:00:15,079 --> 01:00:19,014
But a small price to pay,
I suppose, for being alive.
976
01:00:21,619 --> 01:00:25,053
There's nothing in the world
977
01:00:25,155 --> 01:00:29,191
that makes you feel more alive
than almost not being.
978
01:00:29,293 --> 01:00:30,959
♪ ♪
979
01:00:31,061 --> 01:00:36,665
what happened was
the life vest self-inflated,
980
01:00:36,767 --> 01:00:41,470
and it tangled
in the paracord
981
01:00:41,572 --> 01:00:44,773
that I had on the raft.
982
01:00:44,875 --> 01:00:48,710
By the time I'd gotten
that disentangled
983
01:00:48,812 --> 01:00:52,914
from the life vest,
somehow the line
984
01:00:53,017 --> 01:00:55,917
had wrapped around my ankle
a number of times,
985
01:00:56,020 --> 01:00:58,387
and was so tangled up
I had to take the shoe off
986
01:00:58,489 --> 01:01:00,789
while in the water.
987
01:01:00,891 --> 01:01:03,592
And finally worked out
all of the tangles
988
01:01:03,694 --> 01:01:06,895
so that I could then swim back.
989
01:01:06,997 --> 01:01:09,631
All I ever have to do
is push the red button,
990
01:01:09,733 --> 01:01:13,101
and someone comes
and saves me.
991
01:01:13,203 --> 01:01:15,704
They asked me if I ever felt
like this was life and death,
992
01:01:15,806 --> 01:01:17,406
and I kind of laughed,
and I said,
993
01:01:17,508 --> 01:01:19,207
"no, of course not."
994
01:01:19,309 --> 01:01:20,342
♪ ♪
995
01:01:20,444 --> 01:01:22,344
today, it did.
996
01:01:22,446 --> 01:01:23,345
[wind whistling]
997
01:01:23,447 --> 01:01:24,746
[dramatic music]
998
01:01:24,848 --> 01:01:26,181
- some fishing.
Check the fish trap.
999
01:01:26,283 --> 01:01:27,215
[grunts]
1000
01:01:27,317 --> 01:01:28,750
♪ ♪
1001
01:01:28,852 --> 01:01:30,185
any bets on whether
I'm gonna fall in?
1002
01:01:30,287 --> 01:01:32,120
♪ ♪
1003
01:01:32,222 --> 01:01:33,722
ah!
1004
01:01:33,824 --> 01:01:34,790
- Ain't nothing for you here,
mouse.
1005
01:01:34,892 --> 01:01:38,994
That little mother[bleep].
I'm killing him.
1006
01:01:41,765 --> 01:01:45,801
It's probably
a circulation issue.
1007
01:01:45,903 --> 01:01:49,604
- This bear is coming here.
Oh, my god.
1008
01:01:49,707 --> 01:01:51,273
[bear growls]
holy [bleep].
1009
01:01:51,375 --> 01:01:53,008
[bear roars]