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male narrator:
In one of the most brutal

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survival challenges ever,

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three strangers will try
to endure 30 days

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in the wild...

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with only one resource--
a fresh kill...

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Its location marked
by a single flare.

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- I see that flare,
and it's time to go

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because that animal's
gonna start spoiling fast

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out in this heat
and this moisture.

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Scavengers are gonna be
on that thing real quick.

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narrator:
They have no tools...

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- It's very intimidating
living in the swamps

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without a knife.

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narrator: Just the clothes
on their backs.

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- We really get to feel
what it must have been like

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for early man to make it
through day-to-day living

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in an environment like this.

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Let's get there,
but don't break a leg doing it.

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narrator:
Do they have the stamina

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and ingenuity to survive?

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[insects buzzing]

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- It's over here, guys.
- Oh, yeah, there it is.

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- We got one big boy.
That's for sure.

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[whistles]
- Wild boar.

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- Yeah, nice.

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- This is going to be
incredibly difficult

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using nothing
but natural materials.

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Boars have very,
very thick, tough hides,

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and they also have
3 to 4 inches

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of a super-thick, hard fat.

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- All right, we need
to get him out of this water.

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He ain't
gonna last long in this.

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- There's got to be a higher
point somewhere nearby.

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- See if we can lift him
out of there.

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- We want to get it out
of the water quickly

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so it doesn't bloat,
and we want to keep

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the other predators
away from it.

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We don't want to get
any blood in that water.

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My background
in surviving off the land

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pretty much began
when I graduated high school.

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I decided to travel
the country

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for about ten years finding
what nature had to provide

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and researching
the native plants

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of the areas I'm in.

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I've been living this
my whole life pretty much.

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- Matt, why don't you
scout ahead a bit

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and see if you can locate,

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and we'll drag him
in your direction?

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- Okay.

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I lost my wife,
and in the past couple years,

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it's just been working hard
so I can feed my son.

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So I'm hoping
to come out of this

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with some mental strength
that I can be proud of again.

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- What do you see, man?

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- We're getting dry
right up here.

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- Swamp water
is extremely nasty.

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You don't know what's lurking
underneath it.

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Gators, cottonmouths, anything
can be sitting in that swamp

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just waiting for you to put
your foot into its mouth.

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You got to be careful.

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Yeah, right here.
- Yep.

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So what's your strategy
for getting him open?

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- I'm looking for some sort
of cutting tool.

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We don't have a knife.

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We don't have an axe,
a hatchet, a saw,

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anything to that extent.

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Not a [bleep]damn stone,
of course.

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Swamps.

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I have a background
in wilderness self-reliance

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and primitive skills.

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I was on "Alone" season six
up in the Arctic

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and got extremely sick,

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couldn't hold anything
inside my body.

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As a guy who suffered
a heart attack

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at the age of 37,
one of the key things

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was simply
just staying hydrated.

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I couldn't keep any liquids
inside my body,

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so I didn't last as long
as I would like to have,

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but I actually gained
quite a bit from it--

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resiliency, perspective.

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But I was
definitely disappointed

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in my performance
in "Alone,"

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so no chance I'm tapping out
on this one.

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It's all mud and silt.

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When you're out
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there's not a lot
of hard materials.

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There's no stones.
There's no rocks.

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So you have to find the next
hardest thing,

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and that's shells.

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It's so damn dark,
you can't even see.

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You got to feel.

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Raccoons and other critters
will munch on clams

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and then hide 'em and cache 'em
and stage 'em in these areas.

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I got two.

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These are gonna be a primary
cutting implement out here

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for the insides of that boar
and start processing 'em out.

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Give a pop and just start
working an edge.

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It's not stone, but you got
to adapt and overcome.

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- So butchering the hog--

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the first step is to cut
the hide and make an opening

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down the belly,
but there are multiple layers

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that you need to cut through.

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I don't want to cut into
the internal organs just yet

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because the longer
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the quicker they'll spoil.

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My survival-skills
training started

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when I was
in the Marine Corps.

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The mind-set I learned
was really simple.

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You just don't quit.

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There's always the struggle,
and you have to have

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the mental fortitude
to push through

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and make it to the other end.

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There are very few goals
in my life

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that I have not attained,

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and this
is one of those goals--

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for me to make it
to the end of this challenge.

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- On our way,
I passed some river cane.

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I'm gonna go back
and grab a few stalks,

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and I'll be back.
[insects buzzes]

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And there's a big one.

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Just look at that.

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You got to be looking down
for snakes, alligators.

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You got to be looking up
for spiders.

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It's up and down,
and you got to watch out

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for the predators,
for the insects.

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[breathing heavily]

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River cane
has some silica in it.

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It's like glass, so if we
can break that thin enough,

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we should be able
to cut the animal open.

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Oh, here we go.
- Yeah.

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- That piece might
already be set for us.

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- Hit him up.
- Which one's the edge side?

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- Right there.

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- Is that thing working?
- Yeah.

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- Nice.

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We got to get this hog
over some smoke--

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make some meat.

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All right,
I'm gonna go break out--

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find some
fire-making materials.

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The fire's gonna be
a very important product.

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A friction fire
in a wet environment

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is difficult--
it's absolutely difficult.

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There's a lot of moisture
in the air.

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That's a big-ass willow tree.

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I'm gonna find the dry sides
of the tree,

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peel some of that bark off.

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I'm gonna use
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hopefully as a tinder source.

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The cypress bark
is a very fibrous material.

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It's very similar to a juniper.
That's what this is.

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It's dry.
Wind's coming from this side.

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This little spot right here's
a little bit drier.

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The cypress tree
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the convenience store
of the swamp.

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It actually grows
up out of the water

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Not only can you get
dry tinder from it,

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you can also get
some really dry materials

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on the inside portion of it.

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All right, I got to find
a spindle and a hearth.

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Out here,
there's so much water around,

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but you can't drink any of it.

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The water out here is alive
with insect's "larvaes,"

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and if you drink that,
you're gonna get sick,

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and we don't have any vessels
yet to boil water in.

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So over here, we're gonna build
a seep or a ground well.

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I'm gonna dig down
until I reach water,

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and the clay
that's in the soil here

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should filter out a lot
of the impurities in the water,

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so we'll be able to drink it.

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Oh, and I'm so happy.

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Besides fire, this is
the next most important thing.

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[thunder rumbles]

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- I've got the gut
of the animal exposed.

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I'm gonna harvest
the organs first.

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I'm gonna start
pulling the organs out.

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Do you have something for me
to set them on?

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- Sure.

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- See, on the organs,
this cane works much better.

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- [groans] Something is
smelling a little ripe to me.

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- Huh?

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- Something's smelling
a little strong.

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Swamps are generally smelly,
and this animal

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just intensified it
by ten times.

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Tell you what, though,
this stuff smells

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100% better than that hog.

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- It's not so bad
once you get used to it.

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Smells like dinner.

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I've noticed that Matt's
a little bit of a character.

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One of the first things
that he does

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is stick some cypress needles
up his nose

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because of the smell.

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I guess maybe I'm used to it,
but I don't know these guys,

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and I thought
that was kind of an odd thing.

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- Found some of this red bush
over in that far swamp area.

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This is gonna be
a great cordage material.

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It's got
a real fibrous outer bark,

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and wrapping it upon itself,
I'm gonna use

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that for the cordage
for my bow drill.

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This swamp is completely
saturated with water,

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and there's rain falling,
you know, constantly.

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[thunder booms]

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I got to get this fire going.

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I'm trusting Donny
right now--

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that he's gonna make us
a fire.

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If we don't get this animal
started on the fire

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as soon as we get it cut,
we're gonna lose it,

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and we're gonna go hungry.

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♪ ♪

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- It's wet as [bleep]
out here.

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Air's wet.
Ground's wet.

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I'm wet.
There's nowhere to escape.

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We need to get a fire and get
this boar over the smoke,

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but right now making fire
is damn near impossible.

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♪ ♪

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[bleep].

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♪ ♪

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- I believe you eat
the eyeballs

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so you can see where
the animal has come from.

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- There's a possum right there

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- He's coming out your way.

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♪ ♪

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[dramatic music]

258
00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:53,633
♪ ♪

259
00:10:53,767 --> 00:10:56,066
- It just keeps coming down
and down and down and down.

260
00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:57,567
♪ ♪

261
00:10:57,700 --> 00:10:59,333
The beast is
only gonna last us so long.

262
00:10:59,467 --> 00:11:00,834
We're not gonna get
freezing temps at night,

263
00:11:00,967 --> 00:11:01,834
and that meat's
not gonna freeze.

264
00:11:01,967 --> 00:11:03,066
It's gonna be hot.

265
00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,033
It's gonna be humid,
so we need this fire.

266
00:11:05,166 --> 00:11:09,800
♪ ♪

267
00:11:09,934 --> 00:11:12,600
This pig is gonna wind up
spoiling pretty damn quick.

268
00:11:12,734 --> 00:11:18,567
♪ ♪

269
00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:20,734
The sun coming out
and the rain parting ways

270
00:11:20,867 --> 00:11:23,000
for a bit is the life source--
it really is.

271
00:11:23,133 --> 00:11:24,700
It's gonna give us
a little opportunity

272
00:11:24,834 --> 00:11:26,800
to find some drier materials

273
00:11:26,934 --> 00:11:28,200
and eliminate
one of those threats,

274
00:11:28,333 --> 00:11:29,867
which is just
straight moisture falling

275
00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,500
from the skies above
on your fire kit.

276
00:11:31,633 --> 00:11:32,700
♪ ♪

277
00:11:32,834 --> 00:11:34,100
- All right, you want to
just take the meat

278
00:11:34,233 --> 00:11:35,500
that you've got on the tray,
and I'll take

279
00:11:35,633 --> 00:11:36,834
the head and the hide,
and we'll head over to Donny.

280
00:11:36,967 --> 00:11:38,333
- Sounds good.

281
00:11:38,467 --> 00:11:40,567
- The weather here seems
like it can change on a dime.

282
00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,867
That might create
a problem for us later

283
00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,500
because meat will spoil faster
if the temps come up.

284
00:11:45,633 --> 00:11:47,200
- Yeah, I'll follow you.
[grunts]

285
00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:49,667
- If we get to the campsite
and Donny doesn't have fire,

286
00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,567
this is gonna be a problem.

287
00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:54,567
We absolutely have to get
that meat smoked.

288
00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:57,066
♪ ♪

289
00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,734
- I've been trying
with a bow drill--

290
00:11:58,867 --> 00:12:00,433
kept breaking, so...

291
00:12:00,567 --> 00:12:02,567
I switched it up
to hand drill

292
00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:05,600
and as you keep doing
a hand drill again and again,

293
00:12:05,734 --> 00:12:08,667
and, you know,
failing each time,

294
00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,166
you start to expel
all your energy.

295
00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:11,800
Your muscles get sore.
Everything tightens up.

296
00:12:11,934 --> 00:12:14,934
[sighs]
Can't lift my arms.

297
00:12:15,066 --> 00:12:18,600
And you will tire out.
It's definitely taken its toll.

298
00:12:18,734 --> 00:12:20,100
- How's it going, brother?

299
00:12:20,233 --> 00:12:22,033
Matt's right behind me
with a bunch of that cane

300
00:12:22,166 --> 00:12:24,200
and the last of the meat.

301
00:12:24,333 --> 00:12:26,266
- I can't do this
individually anymore.

302
00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,600
♪ ♪

303
00:12:27,734 --> 00:12:30,967
- Three-man team here.
- Yeah, I'm getting tired.

304
00:12:31,100 --> 00:12:33,333
So I'll start.
I'll say go.

305
00:12:33,467 --> 00:12:35,433
♪ ♪

306
00:12:35,567 --> 00:12:36,767
- Go.

307
00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:38,300
- So we're gonna attempt
a three-man hand drill.

308
00:12:38,433 --> 00:12:39,667
- Go.

309
00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:40,900
- If that works out,
then we should be able

310
00:12:41,033 --> 00:12:42,767
to get a fire,
and it's desperately needed.

311
00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:45,767
♪ ♪

312
00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:46,767
Go.

313
00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:50,367
♪ ♪

314
00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:51,734
- Go.

315
00:12:51,867 --> 00:12:52,967
[grunts]
Almost.

316
00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:53,967
- Go.

317
00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:56,100
♪ ♪

318
00:12:56,233 --> 00:12:57,300
- All right, chill--chill out.
We got it.

319
00:12:57,433 --> 00:12:58,367
We got it.

320
00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:01,467
♪ ♪

321
00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,767
This is real fine stuff.

322
00:13:03,900 --> 00:13:10,834
♪ ♪

323
00:13:16,166 --> 00:13:19,000
- There we go.
- Whoa, it's--good going.

324
00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:20,367
- Right here.
Let's put it--

325
00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:21,867
- Right here
so it doesn't steam out.

326
00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,066
- Yeah, get some wood.

327
00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:30,066
♪ ♪

328
00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,867
- Save the...

329
00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,033
♪ ♪

330
00:13:36,166 --> 00:13:37,200
Whoo!

331
00:13:37,333 --> 00:13:38,367
- Good stuff.

332
00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:40,100
- Yeah.
- Good stuff.

333
00:13:40,233 --> 00:13:42,900
To create a fire in this
environment is surreal.

334
00:13:43,033 --> 00:13:46,033
In these conditions,
with this rain falling,

335
00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:47,934
with the moisture
on the ground,

336
00:13:48,066 --> 00:13:50,467
it has now just shaped
our very existence.

337
00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,066
♪ ♪

338
00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:53,967
We cannot let
this thing go out.

339
00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,467
[laughter]

340
00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,166
♪ ♪

341
00:13:58,300 --> 00:14:00,867
- If we get some
of those little green vines,

342
00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,800
we can do multiple layers...

343
00:14:02,934 --> 00:14:04,467
- Yeah.
- To hang the meat on.

344
00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,600
- We're gonna be up here
for a good number of days.

345
00:14:06,734 --> 00:14:08,700
That meat
from that hog is gonna be

346
00:14:08,834 --> 00:14:11,400
kind of our life source,
so time is of the essence.

347
00:14:11,533 --> 00:14:12,967
- I think all
we should think about now

348
00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:15,233
is just getting the meat
and smoking it.

349
00:14:15,367 --> 00:14:16,500
- Get smoking.

350
00:14:16,633 --> 00:14:18,900
- Out in this environment,
animals--

351
00:14:19,033 --> 00:14:20,800
especially fresh kills--
start to spoil

352
00:14:20,934 --> 00:14:22,800
between 40 and 140 degrees,

353
00:14:22,934 --> 00:14:25,533
so smoke is gonna be
our first preservation method.

354
00:14:25,667 --> 00:14:27,367
Boom! Good smoke.

355
00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:28,834
Hot smoking
is gonna be the key.

356
00:14:28,967 --> 00:14:30,367
Hot smoking is--
we're gonna fall

357
00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:33,133
just below
that 165 temperature range,

358
00:14:33,266 --> 00:14:35,266
and it's gonna allow us
to not cook the meat

359
00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:36,500
but ultimately dry it out.

360
00:14:36,633 --> 00:14:38,300
Like a fire below,

361
00:14:38,433 --> 00:14:40,800
and the heat and the smoke
rises up above,

362
00:14:40,934 --> 00:14:42,867
and what it will do
is it will dry the meat out.

363
00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,667
Smoke gives it flavor.

364
00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,300
It's all coming together.
That's it.

365
00:14:48,433 --> 00:14:50,133
- That's dinner.
- Yeah.

366
00:14:50,266 --> 00:14:54,200
♪ ♪

367
00:14:54,333 --> 00:14:56,200
- It's good.

368
00:14:56,333 --> 00:14:58,100
It tastes like pork.

369
00:14:58,233 --> 00:15:00,567
- I'm completely spent,
but right now

370
00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:02,967
it's extremely important
to get this meal.

371
00:15:05,166 --> 00:15:12,166
♪ ♪

372
00:15:13,233 --> 00:15:14,600
- Today's been a rough day.

373
00:15:14,734 --> 00:15:17,033
Didn't get to build a shelter,
and the temps here at night

374
00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:18,333
are going to get down
in the 40s--

375
00:15:18,467 --> 00:15:20,033
maybe even
more cold than that,

376
00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:22,166
so that's gonna have to become
the next priority on our list.

377
00:15:22,300 --> 00:15:29,300
♪ ♪

378
00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:35,166
[snoring loudly]

379
00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:38,734
♪ ♪

380
00:15:38,867 --> 00:15:41,734
[snoring loudly]

381
00:15:41,867 --> 00:15:44,734
[insects chirping]

382
00:15:44,867 --> 00:15:46,633
- Hey, Shawn!

383
00:15:46,767 --> 00:15:48,767
- [snoring loudly]

384
00:15:51,467 --> 00:15:53,166
[snoring loudly]

385
00:15:53,300 --> 00:16:00,367
♪ ♪

386
00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,500
- Today I'm feeling
a little crappy.

387
00:16:03,633 --> 00:16:04,900
I'm tired very fast.

388
00:16:05,033 --> 00:16:07,967
I'm a little dizzy
when I stand up too quick.

389
00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:10,567
I didn't sleep at all,
and, for me,

390
00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:12,166
when you're out here
surviving,

391
00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:14,233
you really need to take care
of your body and your mind,

392
00:16:14,367 --> 00:16:17,967
and sleep
is a huge portion of that.

393
00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:20,300
- Shawn has a set
of pipes on him

394
00:16:20,433 --> 00:16:21,567
when it comes to snoring.

395
00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:23,266
He, uh...
[laughs]

396
00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:24,567
My goodness.

397
00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:26,233
♪ ♪

398
00:16:26,367 --> 00:16:28,100
You know,
we woke up this morning.

399
00:16:28,233 --> 00:16:30,166
Everyone was cold and hungry.

400
00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:31,834
Nights here
are definitely rough.

401
00:16:31,967 --> 00:16:34,667
Temps are dropping,
which is surprising.

402
00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:36,667
I wasn't expecting this
in a swamp.

403
00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:43,533
♪ ♪

404
00:16:43,667 --> 00:16:45,200
Time is of the essence here.

405
00:16:45,333 --> 00:16:48,667
Get a good, working shelter--
something that we can live in

406
00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:50,300
before the rain comes,
you know?

407
00:16:50,433 --> 00:16:51,700
♪ ♪

408
00:16:51,834 --> 00:16:52,934
We believe some rain
is coming.

409
00:16:53,066 --> 00:16:54,433
So, once the rain
comes through here,

410
00:16:54,567 --> 00:16:55,633
everything
just stays saturated.

411
00:16:55,767 --> 00:16:57,300
[insects buzzing]

412
00:16:57,433 --> 00:17:00,667
Red rover, red rover,
let's build our shelter

413
00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,166
right over here.

414
00:17:03,300 --> 00:17:05,467
If we do tepee style--

415
00:17:06,633 --> 00:17:08,800
Another one,
another one, another one,

416
00:17:08,934 --> 00:17:10,433
- And we'll grab the vines,
and we'll just start weaving

417
00:17:10,567 --> 00:17:12,100
like we talked about.
- Yeah.

418
00:17:12,233 --> 00:17:13,767
- So we've settled
on a tepee shelter,

419
00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:15,400
which would be
about 6 feet tall

420
00:17:15,533 --> 00:17:17,000
and I think enough room
for the three of us

421
00:17:17,133 --> 00:17:18,433
and, if needed,
a fire in the middle.

422
00:17:18,567 --> 00:17:25,567
♪ ♪

423
00:17:27,934 --> 00:17:29,367
- That piece right there
might work.

424
00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:30,600
♪ ♪

425
00:17:30,734 --> 00:17:31,834
- The first step
is gonna be

426
00:17:31,967 --> 00:17:33,667
finding six or seven
support poles

427
00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,400
that need to be strong enough
to support the tepee frame.

428
00:17:38,367 --> 00:17:39,633
Around here,
that's difficult

429
00:17:39,767 --> 00:17:41,567
because there's not a lot
of straight wood

430
00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:43,934
just laying on the ground
that's not rotten.

431
00:17:44,066 --> 00:17:45,533
- This one's good!
[grunts]

432
00:17:45,667 --> 00:17:47,867
- So we're gonna have to find
some straight, young trees

433
00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,333
that are still alive and green
and burn-cut them,

434
00:17:50,467 --> 00:17:53,400
which means we're gonna set
the bases on fire

435
00:17:53,533 --> 00:17:55,967
and then knock them over,
because we don't have axes,

436
00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:57,133
and we can't
just push them over.

437
00:17:57,266 --> 00:17:58,133
They're too strong for that.

438
00:17:58,266 --> 00:17:59,400
- That'll work.

439
00:17:59,533 --> 00:18:01,600
- We chose a shorter,
modified tepee

440
00:18:01,734 --> 00:18:04,166
because we don't have as much
volume inside the shelter,

441
00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:05,734
therefore the fire
that's burning in there

442
00:18:05,867 --> 00:18:07,033
will have less air to heat,

443
00:18:07,166 --> 00:18:09,300
and it should keep us
all warmer at night.

444
00:18:09,433 --> 00:18:16,000
♪ ♪

445
00:18:17,233 --> 00:18:19,567
Just so you know,
Matt's working on the head...

446
00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:23,734
♪ ♪

447
00:18:23,867 --> 00:18:25,433
- I feel,
when I harvest an animal,

448
00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:28,000
that I need to pay homage
to him and respect him.

449
00:18:28,133 --> 00:18:30,700
I believe
that you eat the eyeballs

450
00:18:30,834 --> 00:18:32,934
so you can see where
the animal has come from.

451
00:18:33,066 --> 00:18:35,000
And I feel,
if you're taking a life,

452
00:18:35,133 --> 00:18:37,100
you owe that much
to the life you're taking.

453
00:18:37,233 --> 00:18:40,100
♪ ♪

454
00:18:40,233 --> 00:18:42,533
So, with this eyeball,
I hope to see the journey

455
00:18:42,667 --> 00:18:45,834
the hog made
before it got to us

456
00:18:45,967 --> 00:18:47,834
and where it
is headed after.

457
00:18:47,967 --> 00:18:50,967
♪ ♪

458
00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:52,633
And that's what you do.

459
00:18:52,767 --> 00:18:54,133
As it goes in...

460
00:18:54,266 --> 00:19:01,333
♪ ♪

461
00:19:06,567 --> 00:19:10,100
I feel that hog
had a great life--

462
00:19:10,233 --> 00:19:12,000
very free.

463
00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:16,533
[sniffles]

464
00:19:16,667 --> 00:19:18,166
♪ ♪

465
00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:19,467
- If you want to
not be [bleep] around

466
00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:20,467
with the pig's head
or anything,

467
00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,166
like, right this second--

468
00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:24,667
I'm all about it, but maybe
get cracking on this shelter.

469
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,000
♪ ♪

470
00:19:26,133 --> 00:19:28,400
If he wants to [bleep] eat
the eyeball, that's fine.

471
00:19:28,533 --> 00:19:30,066
That's fine.
Whatever.

472
00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:31,233
♪ ♪

473
00:19:31,367 --> 00:19:33,033
Seriously, there's, like,
priorities here.

474
00:19:33,166 --> 00:19:35,066
No one else is sleeping
on palm fronds tonight.

475
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,000
♪ ♪

476
00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:39,200
You hear that sound?

477
00:19:39,333 --> 00:19:41,033
The sound of a gator.

478
00:19:41,166 --> 00:19:42,266
[water splashes]

479
00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,600
Walking very carefully.

480
00:19:43,734 --> 00:19:48,300
♪ ♪

481
00:19:48,433 --> 00:19:50,000
Yeah, he's gone.
Just like that.

482
00:19:50,133 --> 00:19:51,767
♪ ♪

483
00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,066
[dramatic music]

484
00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:04,734
♪ ♪

485
00:20:04,867 --> 00:20:07,567
- Donny and I are putting
palm fronds up on the shelter.

486
00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:10,200
We have a limited amount
of time before nightfall,

487
00:20:10,333 --> 00:20:12,433
so we're just throwing 'em up
really quick.

488
00:20:12,567 --> 00:20:15,033
It should be relatively
windproof and waterproof.

489
00:20:15,166 --> 00:20:16,166
♪ ♪

490
00:20:18,033 --> 00:20:19,133
- Matt has
different priorities

491
00:20:19,266 --> 00:20:20,467
compared to Shawn and I.

492
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,600
We're focusing more
on smoking the meat,

493
00:20:22,734 --> 00:20:25,467
making sure that our shelter
is warm, safe, and dry.

494
00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:26,834
And this is
extremely important.

495
00:20:26,967 --> 00:20:28,934
Right now a few of us
aren't on the same page

496
00:20:29,066 --> 00:20:30,500
♪ ♪

497
00:20:30,633 --> 00:20:32,700
- Today's been a rough day,
and I'm really tired,

498
00:20:32,834 --> 00:20:35,100
but we finished the shelter,
so should help

499
00:20:35,233 --> 00:20:36,500
keep the mosquitoes
off us at night,

500
00:20:36,633 --> 00:20:38,166
which will mean
we get a lot more sleep.

501
00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:45,166
♪ ♪

502
00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:46,867
I have a lot of work to do
with the hog's meat,

503
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,767
but I know the head
is a valuable resource,

504
00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:49,967
but, more importantly,

505
00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:51,567
we're gonna need
hard tools out here,

506
00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,333
and the hardest bones
on this animal

507
00:20:53,467 --> 00:20:54,967
are gonna come from the skull.

508
00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:57,166
We want to use as many parts
of the skull as we can,

509
00:20:57,300 --> 00:20:59,967
but in order to do that,
we need to have it defleshed.

510
00:21:00,166 --> 00:21:01,500
This hog has
really good cutters,

511
00:21:01,633 --> 00:21:04,834
and these are good scraping
and cutting, scoring tools,

512
00:21:04,967 --> 00:21:06,000
but getting them out
is just gonna be

513
00:21:06,133 --> 00:21:07,166
a little bit of a challenge.

514
00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:13,233
♪ ♪

515
00:21:13,367 --> 00:21:14,834
Coming into this challenge,
I really knew

516
00:21:14,967 --> 00:21:16,667
that it
was going to be difficult,

517
00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,300
but I thought for sure
there's got to be

518
00:21:18,433 --> 00:21:19,367
something here
with an edge on it,

519
00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,033
and there's just nothing here.

520
00:21:21,166 --> 00:21:24,934
The sinew and the fat
on these animals is so tough.

521
00:21:25,066 --> 00:21:27,233
This is taking way longer
than I had hoped.

522
00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:30,000
We just don't really have
the tools to get this scraped

523
00:21:30,133 --> 00:21:32,033
in the time before
it's gonna start to spoil,

524
00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:34,400
so we're gonna try
and let nature do it for us.

525
00:21:34,533 --> 00:21:36,667
♪ ♪

526
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,867
Limited resources here
as far as making tools

527
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,066
are just extremely hard
to find,

528
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,533
and it must have been
very difficult

529
00:21:43,667 --> 00:21:45,433
for the native folks
that lived here.

530
00:21:45,567 --> 00:21:46,867
Whew.

531
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,800
I'm kind of hoping
that by submerging the skull

532
00:21:48,934 --> 00:21:50,333
in the swamp here,
the crawfish,

533
00:21:50,467 --> 00:21:52,266
the small turtles,
maybe even the fish

534
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,066
will pick at it and be able
to pull some of the meat

535
00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,000
off the skull over the next
couple of days.

536
00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:57,867
I can already see
some fish in here.

537
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,633
I just tucked it up
underneath a branch there.

538
00:22:00,767 --> 00:22:02,066
And that ought to do it.

539
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,533
♪ ♪

540
00:22:06,667 --> 00:22:09,533
[insects buzzing]

541
00:22:09,667 --> 00:22:16,667
♪ ♪

542
00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:32,166
- So morning come about.
I didn't sleep at all.

543
00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:36,400
I feel a little bit drunk.
I'm stumbling, sweating.

544
00:22:36,533 --> 00:22:37,533
I can't think straight.

545
00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:45,433
I'm kind of nervous,

546
00:22:45,567 --> 00:22:48,233
and I don't know
what to do, really.

547
00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:52,800
♪ ♪

548
00:22:52,934 --> 00:22:54,433
- I know that those bones

549
00:22:54,567 --> 00:22:56,100
are the hardest thing
in the swamp.

550
00:22:56,233 --> 00:22:58,900
Right now a chopping tool
is very, very key out here,

551
00:22:59,033 --> 00:23:01,600
and a bone chopping tool
is gonna be our go-to.

552
00:23:01,734 --> 00:23:02,934
So one of the tools
in particular

553
00:23:03,066 --> 00:23:04,367
I'm gonna make
is called a socket adze

554
00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,867
or hand adze,
which is a chopping tool,

555
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,934
and it requires a leg bone
of that hog--

556
00:23:09,066 --> 00:23:10,667
all the bits
and pieces removed--

557
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,500
and a cut at an angle
that gives me

558
00:23:12,633 --> 00:23:13,800
a chopping advantage.

559
00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:20,934
♪ ♪

560
00:23:27,233 --> 00:23:28,934
Almost there, man.

561
00:23:29,066 --> 00:23:31,266
We don't have the ability
to use any stone tools

562
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,300
to really cut 'em out,
so we have to score 'em

563
00:23:33,433 --> 00:23:34,900
and try to snap-break them

564
00:23:35,033 --> 00:23:37,233
in the most desirable way
possible.

565
00:23:37,367 --> 00:23:40,700
This experience truly
puts a person

566
00:23:40,834 --> 00:23:42,300
to the test,
'cause we have nothing.

567
00:23:42,433 --> 00:23:44,700
We absolutely have no knives,
no cutting implements,

568
00:23:44,834 --> 00:23:46,300
and you have to leverage

569
00:23:46,433 --> 00:23:48,367
all of your knowledge,
skills, and abilities

570
00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:50,266
and put those to the test.

571
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:51,934
So I might be able
to snap it in my hands

572
00:23:52,066 --> 00:23:54,300
and get two working pieces.

573
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:57,967
This piece right here will be
the actual socket adze.

574
00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:00,700
This piece right here will be
a little hand scraper

575
00:24:00,834 --> 00:24:02,934
when we start
to process out the hide.

576
00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:04,066
Let's see.

577
00:24:05,934 --> 00:24:07,533
[grunts]
Like that.

578
00:24:07,667 --> 00:24:08,967
♪ ♪

579
00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:10,867
Perfect.

580
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,133
A little marrow on the inside--

581
00:24:12,266 --> 00:24:13,600
I don't want
to eat this marrow.

582
00:24:13,734 --> 00:24:15,700
It's been exposed to the water

583
00:24:15,834 --> 00:24:17,567
through this little portion
of the bone.

584
00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:18,567
♪ ♪

585
00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,900
But, look-it--perfect hand axe.

586
00:24:21,033 --> 00:24:22,100
♪ ♪

587
00:24:22,233 --> 00:24:24,066
So we got two tools right here.

588
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,567
Two little choppers.

589
00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:32,700
♪ ♪

590
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,934
- So this hog skull has been
sunk here in the swamp.

591
00:24:40,066 --> 00:24:41,100
♪ ♪

592
00:24:41,233 --> 00:24:42,734
We're gonna go in
and take a look.

593
00:24:42,867 --> 00:24:45,633
We really don't want to lose
any of the bone in this skull,

594
00:24:45,767 --> 00:24:47,800
and we really want to make
sure we save the teeth,

595
00:24:47,934 --> 00:24:49,400
particularly the cutters,
because we think

596
00:24:49,533 --> 00:24:50,934
we can use them around camp.

597
00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:54,834
Well, I can see from here
there's a crawdad

598
00:24:54,967 --> 00:24:57,500
sitting on top of it,
so I know that they're working

599
00:24:57,633 --> 00:24:59,133
and doing
what they're supposed to do.

600
00:24:59,266 --> 00:25:06,200
♪ ♪

601
00:25:06,333 --> 00:25:08,900
So it's definitely starting
to decompose.

602
00:25:10,567 --> 00:25:14,367
♪ ♪

603
00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:17,367
[owl hooting]

604
00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:24,367
♪ ♪

605
00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:27,000
- [retching]

606
00:25:27,133 --> 00:25:28,500
♪ ♪

607
00:25:28,633 --> 00:25:30,567
- This morning I was a little
bit worried about Matt.

608
00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:32,667
He got a little bit sick
and ended up vomiting

609
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,800
and then needed to lay down
for a while,

610
00:25:34,934 --> 00:25:36,633
so I'm concerned there
might be something going on.

611
00:25:40,767 --> 00:25:42,100
So Matt's just grasping
at his heart,

612
00:25:42,233 --> 00:25:44,567
and he just looks sick,
and I'm really worried for him.

613
00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:50,133
♪ ♪

614
00:25:50,266 --> 00:25:53,133
[dramatic music]

615
00:25:53,266 --> 00:25:59,800
♪ ♪

616
00:25:59,934 --> 00:26:02,066
- Matt just had
some chest pains.

617
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,433
He wasn't doing well.

618
00:26:03,567 --> 00:26:04,734
You don't want to mess around
with that stuff.

619
00:26:04,867 --> 00:26:05,834
I've been in that situation.

620
00:26:05,967 --> 00:26:07,900
I had a heart attack
at the age of 37,

621
00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:09,633
and some of the signs
and symptoms

622
00:26:09,767 --> 00:26:11,100
that he was displaying--

623
00:26:11,233 --> 00:26:12,367
pain in the chest

624
00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:14,667
and just kind of feeling,
like, nauseous--

625
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,767
those are the same signs
and symptoms that I had.

626
00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:19,400
♪ ♪

627
00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:20,934
- The swamp water
from the seep well--

628
00:26:21,066 --> 00:26:22,967
it's really nasty,
and I think, in Matt's case,

629
00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:25,300
it's a really good example
of how dirty water

630
00:26:25,433 --> 00:26:28,300
can culminate in a big problem,
and at the end of the day,

631
00:26:28,433 --> 00:26:29,834
I think it's catching up
with him,

632
00:26:29,967 --> 00:26:32,033
and that's
what's making him sick.

633
00:26:32,166 --> 00:26:33,934
- Yeah, he's gone,
just like that.

634
00:26:34,066 --> 00:26:36,367
It leaves us just some
of those chores and tasks

635
00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:39,000
like collecting firewood
and watching the fire.

636
00:26:39,133 --> 00:26:40,834
We're just gonna have to find
a new way to adapt

637
00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:41,934
to this situation.

638
00:26:42,066 --> 00:26:49,066
♪ ♪

639
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,900
Matt built a seep well,
which is a method

640
00:26:53,033 --> 00:26:55,266
for acquiring clean water
through the ground.

641
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,600
And he was drinking out of it,

642
00:26:56,734 --> 00:26:58,600
and we've also
been drinking out of it,

643
00:26:58,734 --> 00:27:00,967
and he wasn't doing well,
so we need to get

644
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:02,266
clean, drinkable water.

645
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,767
We've had this log
that we found on day one

646
00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:06,066
that was just kind of split
and kind of had

647
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,400
a little hollowed-out section,

648
00:27:07,533 --> 00:27:10,400
so I kind of propped it up
on these sticks,

649
00:27:10,533 --> 00:27:12,433
put a clay wall
and a clay wall,

650
00:27:12,567 --> 00:27:14,734
and kind of just built
a general trough right there,

651
00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:15,800
and, you know,
as the rain falls,

652
00:27:15,934 --> 00:27:17,233
we'll have clean water.

653
00:27:17,367 --> 00:27:20,033
How we'll get it out is
some of the cane around here--

654
00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:23,200
we, you know, score-cut
around a couple pieces of cane,

655
00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:25,333
and these are just essentially
little drinking straws.

656
00:27:25,467 --> 00:27:28,166
So you can come up and...
[sucking]

657
00:27:28,300 --> 00:27:30,800
Drink the water
straight from the trough

658
00:27:30,934 --> 00:27:33,266
once it's full.

659
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,266
Now we got a water catchment.

660
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:42,400
♪ ♪

661
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,834
- I'd almost forgotten
how time-consuming it is

662
00:27:58,967 --> 00:27:59,834
to eat this stuff.

663
00:27:59,967 --> 00:28:00,967
♪ ♪

664
00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:02,600
- The meat is extremely rough.

665
00:28:02,734 --> 00:28:06,133
After being smoked and dried
and hit with the cool weather,

666
00:28:06,266 --> 00:28:07,500
it's like chewing on leather.

667
00:28:07,633 --> 00:28:09,700
♪ ♪

668
00:28:09,834 --> 00:28:13,200
Actually, it's probably smart
to kind of get a jerky count.

669
00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:14,300
- Yeah.

670
00:28:14,433 --> 00:28:15,633
- Kind of get a--kind of
a management plan,

671
00:28:15,767 --> 00:28:18,166
I think, would be
the best thing to say.

672
00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:19,533
- Let me do some math.

673
00:28:19,667 --> 00:28:20,867
We have a couple
of weeks left,

674
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,567
and we've got to make sure
we have enough meat

675
00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:24,233
to make it to at least
the last day or two

676
00:28:24,367 --> 00:28:26,266
before we get to leave
the challenge.

677
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:27,533
♪ ♪

678
00:28:27,667 --> 00:28:30,533
All right, so, if we
start rationing today--

679
00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:31,800
two a day each--

680
00:28:31,934 --> 00:28:34,000
that'll get us all the way...
- Couple days.

681
00:28:34,133 --> 00:28:35,133
- Five days?
- Yeah.

682
00:28:35,266 --> 00:28:37,000
- 4 1/2, 5 days
before we pull out.

683
00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:39,000
- Okay.

684
00:28:39,133 --> 00:28:40,734
The beast is
only gonna last us so long.

685
00:28:40,867 --> 00:28:43,400
Eventually we're gonna
have to find other food.

686
00:28:43,533 --> 00:28:46,934
♪ ♪

687
00:28:47,066 --> 00:28:49,700
- Donny and I are both gonna
start working on a fish trap.

688
00:28:49,834 --> 00:28:51,667
I'm hoping we can catch
not only some crawfish,

689
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,934
but some small catfish.

690
00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:55,734
I have to admit
that the weight loss

691
00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:57,633
is starting to get
to my head a little bit.

692
00:28:57,767 --> 00:28:58,934
We are hungry, truthfully.

693
00:28:59,066 --> 00:29:06,000
♪ ♪

694
00:29:06,133 --> 00:29:07,266
I'm building
a different version

695
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,900
of a crawfish/fish trap.

696
00:29:10,033 --> 00:29:11,767
Mine's gonna have
a little bit bigger basket

697
00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:13,533
and a little bit bigger hole
on the end.

698
00:29:13,667 --> 00:29:16,133
So the large loop
is the body of the basket,

699
00:29:16,266 --> 00:29:17,900
and there'll be a small hole
on either end

700
00:29:18,033 --> 00:29:19,533
instead of just one entry.

701
00:29:19,667 --> 00:29:22,133
♪ ♪

702
00:29:22,266 --> 00:29:25,333
- Ideally, this is gonna be
used for shallow waters.

703
00:29:25,467 --> 00:29:27,000
Shawn's gonna try
and target his trap

704
00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,133
in some deeper areas,
and I'm gonna try

705
00:29:29,266 --> 00:29:31,667
and target my trap
into some more shallow areas,

706
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,133
so just got to play
to the environment.

707
00:29:34,266 --> 00:29:35,500
♪ ♪

708
00:29:35,633 --> 00:29:37,033
- The whole basis
for this challenge

709
00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:39,900
is to try and utilize
a lot of what ancient peoples

710
00:29:40,033 --> 00:29:42,500
likely would have used
to capture the same animals.

711
00:29:42,633 --> 00:29:45,734
A fish trap made out of vine
is something very similar,

712
00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:47,166
and it just makes
a lot of sense.

713
00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:49,467
Once it's in the water,
it does all the work for you,

714
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,967
and you can focus
on other tasks.

715
00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:58,967
♪ ♪

716
00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:01,400
Let's hope it works out.
Fingers crossed.

717
00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:06,166
♪ ♪

718
00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:07,867
- So, before we check
the fish traps,

719
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,266
we are going to hunt.

720
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:10,900
And in order to hunt,
got to have a weapon.

721
00:30:11,033 --> 00:30:12,934
- There's a lot
of valuable bones in the head.

722
00:30:13,066 --> 00:30:15,533
We can try
and pop the jaw loose.

723
00:30:15,667 --> 00:30:17,533
Then I can get into the head
a little bit more.

724
00:30:17,667 --> 00:30:20,200
So it should come off
pretty easy.

725
00:30:20,333 --> 00:30:22,467
I would really like
to get into that skull

726
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:23,767
and take the tusks out...

727
00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:25,433
♪ ♪

728
00:30:25,567 --> 00:30:27,567
And start using 'em
for tools around camp.

729
00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:28,700
- Look at this.

730
00:30:28,834 --> 00:30:30,300
♪ ♪

731
00:30:30,433 --> 00:30:34,500
- These are the upper cutters.
These are the lower cutters.

732
00:30:34,633 --> 00:30:35,834
Some of the biggest,
meanest teeth

733
00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:37,700
in North America right there.

734
00:30:37,834 --> 00:30:39,433
- So, unfortunately,
you just can't pull

735
00:30:39,567 --> 00:30:42,300
the cutters out
of a boar's lower jaw,

736
00:30:42,433 --> 00:30:44,100
so I'm gonna have to smash
these guys open

737
00:30:44,233 --> 00:30:45,500
with some sort of mallet.

738
00:30:45,633 --> 00:30:47,533
♪ ♪

739
00:30:47,667 --> 00:30:49,200
- Notoriously tough.
- Yeah.

740
00:30:49,333 --> 00:30:51,800
♪ ♪

741
00:30:51,934 --> 00:30:53,800
There we go.
[bones crack]

742
00:30:53,934 --> 00:30:55,400
- There--there's one.
- There it is.

743
00:30:55,533 --> 00:30:57,333
♪ ♪

744
00:30:57,467 --> 00:30:58,934
Knives--here we go.

745
00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:04,734
♪ ♪

746
00:31:04,867 --> 00:31:07,600
On the back
of the skull here,

747
00:31:07,734 --> 00:31:09,333
that's one big thrusting
spearpoint.

748
00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:10,734
- We have to burn the skull...

749
00:31:10,867 --> 00:31:12,567
- Let's do it.

750
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:14,133
- And then inside of the skull,

751
00:31:14,266 --> 00:31:16,967
there's some very fine,
sharp-edged bones.

752
00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:18,300
- There you go.

753
00:31:18,433 --> 00:31:20,100
- They'll make great
arrowheads, dart points,

754
00:31:20,233 --> 00:31:21,100
and things like that.

755
00:31:21,233 --> 00:31:27,667
♪ ♪

756
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,333
- I think these might be
the best bet so far.

757
00:31:30,467 --> 00:31:34,467
♪ ♪

758
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,500
- So I was able to pull
a few of the thinner pieces

759
00:31:36,633 --> 00:31:38,300
of hog hide off,
and then I'm gonna take

760
00:31:38,433 --> 00:31:41,734
some of those bone tools
and scrape all of the meat

761
00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:44,500
and leftover bits of fat
off of this hide,

762
00:31:44,633 --> 00:31:47,200
and then we'll stretch it out
and dry it.

763
00:31:47,333 --> 00:31:48,767
We're thinking
of maybe using it

764
00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:51,367
for wrapping spearheads on
to spears, things like that.

765
00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:58,367
♪ ♪

766
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:03,367
- I can feel that my body is
losing calories every second.

767
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,633
When you're hungry
and your one focus

768
00:32:05,767 --> 00:32:09,400
is getting more food, get
that food becomes a priority.

769
00:32:09,533 --> 00:32:11,800
This is a foreshaft
for the atlatl dart.

770
00:32:11,934 --> 00:32:14,233
And an atlatl is
an ancient hunting tool

771
00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:16,600
used by many, many cultures
all throughout the world

772
00:32:16,734 --> 00:32:22,900
♪ ♪

773
00:32:23,033 --> 00:32:25,233
Once I reinforce it
with that rawhide,

774
00:32:25,367 --> 00:32:28,367
it will keep the point
into the foreshaft.

775
00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:35,367
♪ ♪

776
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:38,133
- So we have the pieces
of rawhide,

777
00:32:38,266 --> 00:32:40,400
but they're still hard,
so what we need to do

778
00:32:40,533 --> 00:32:42,700
is soak them,
and they'll swell a little bit

779
00:32:42,834 --> 00:32:45,633
and get pliable again
and then sort of

780
00:32:45,767 --> 00:32:47,967
shrink up when they dry
and almost act like a glue

781
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:50,433
upon themselves,
and it's just a really good way

782
00:32:50,567 --> 00:32:53,367
to secure that dart tip
to Donny's darts.

783
00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:56,500
♪ ♪

784
00:32:56,633 --> 00:32:58,967
- If you could tie a knot
right over the top...

785
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:01,300
♪ ♪

786
00:33:01,433 --> 00:33:02,633
You just cinch the knots,

787
00:33:02,767 --> 00:33:04,767
so that will kind of
keep it dry and in place.

788
00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:06,300
♪ ♪

789
00:33:06,433 --> 00:33:08,100
Let that one dry.

790
00:33:08,233 --> 00:33:10,367
Set them, I guess,
over there.

791
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:17,500
♪ ♪

792
00:33:30,767 --> 00:33:32,333
When I take a look,
I can start to see

793
00:33:32,467 --> 00:33:33,700
a few of my rib bones.

794
00:33:33,834 --> 00:33:36,700
Finding another source
of protein is essential.

795
00:33:36,834 --> 00:33:37,934
We ate the last of our jerky,

796
00:33:38,066 --> 00:33:39,333
so we kind of need
to start finding

797
00:33:39,467 --> 00:33:41,333
some other food sources,
and the only way to do it

798
00:33:41,467 --> 00:33:42,500
is to get out
and actively hunt,

799
00:33:42,633 --> 00:33:44,367
so that's what we're doing.

800
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:45,867
- [whispering]
The trick with hunting

801
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,734
like this when you're stalking
is you're waiting

802
00:33:47,867 --> 00:33:49,967
to see if something
gets up and moves,

803
00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:51,700
and then
you can move towards it.

804
00:33:51,834 --> 00:33:53,834
♪ ♪

805
00:33:53,967 --> 00:33:55,667
- The dangers of this
environment can go anywhere

806
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,834
from something as simple
as the cypress knees

807
00:33:57,967 --> 00:33:59,533
that stick out of the ground--
you can walk

808
00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:02,834
through a hilly, grassy area
and take a tumble.

809
00:34:02,967 --> 00:34:06,133
I'm walking very cautiously,
very carefully.

810
00:34:06,266 --> 00:34:08,333
Alligator territory over here.

811
00:34:08,467 --> 00:34:10,533
That water's
extremely dark and murky.

812
00:34:10,667 --> 00:34:13,734
Could be a gator underneath
there or any potential hazard.

813
00:34:13,867 --> 00:34:15,133
[alligator bellows]

814
00:34:15,266 --> 00:34:16,533
Hear that sound?

815
00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:18,100
♪ ♪

816
00:34:18,233 --> 00:34:20,867
Over there--it's the sound
of a gator.

817
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:28,000
♪ ♪

818
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:36,200
[dramatic music]

819
00:34:36,333 --> 00:34:40,200
♪ ♪

820
00:34:40,333 --> 00:34:41,533
- Hear that sound?

821
00:34:41,667 --> 00:34:43,300
[alligator bellows]

822
00:34:43,433 --> 00:34:45,834
Over there--it's the sound
of a gator.

823
00:34:45,967 --> 00:34:52,600
♪ ♪

824
00:34:52,734 --> 00:34:54,033
- We've been out here
about an hour

825
00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:55,834
without a whole lot
of success.

826
00:34:55,967 --> 00:34:57,900
So, at some point,
we're gonna have

827
00:34:58,033 --> 00:34:59,200
to start doing the math here.

828
00:34:59,333 --> 00:35:02,467
Is the hunt worth
the calorie expenditure?

829
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,467
And the mosquitoes are bad--

830
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,934
I mean, really bad,
if you can't see 'em.

831
00:35:07,066 --> 00:35:09,400
And at some point,
we're gonna have to call it

832
00:35:09,533 --> 00:35:10,900
and get back to camp
and get in the smoke

833
00:35:11,033 --> 00:35:12,700
and make
these mosquitoes go away.

834
00:35:14,633 --> 00:35:17,300
Couple of rat nests, but they
seemed like they were empty.

835
00:35:17,433 --> 00:35:19,333
- Shawn and I really
haven't seen much activity

836
00:35:19,467 --> 00:35:20,834
out here as far
as physical animals

837
00:35:20,967 --> 00:35:23,233
or even any of their ground
spore, as far as feces

838
00:35:23,367 --> 00:35:24,633
or tracks or even scrapes.

839
00:35:24,767 --> 00:35:26,100
If it's not early
in the morning,

840
00:35:26,233 --> 00:35:27,734
it's got to be later
in the evening--

841
00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:29,500
almost at night.
- Oh.

842
00:35:29,633 --> 00:35:31,233
- All those little
nighttime critters--

843
00:35:31,367 --> 00:35:33,367
they're denning up--I mean...

844
00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:35,066
We need more food.

845
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,633
You want to head back or...?

846
00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:38,266
- All right.
- All right.

847
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,467
♪ ♪

848
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,467
[thunder rumbles, booms]

849
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:51,600
♪ ♪

850
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:01,600
We have ample amounts
of fresh water,

851
00:36:01,734 --> 00:36:04,600
but we need some other means
of food acquisition as well.

852
00:36:04,734 --> 00:36:07,667
I don't think we can sustain
this level of, you know,

853
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,200
kind of ebb and flow
of fatigue and activity,

854
00:36:11,333 --> 00:36:12,500
fatigue and activity.

855
00:36:12,633 --> 00:36:13,900
Before you know it,
it's just gonna be

856
00:36:14,033 --> 00:36:17,166
ten minutes of activity
and six hours of fatigue.

857
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:24,100
♪ ♪

858
00:36:24,233 --> 00:36:26,333
- We still got
the crawfish traps working.

859
00:36:26,467 --> 00:36:27,667
- Let's do it.

860
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,133
Crawdads, crawdads,
here we go.

861
00:36:30,266 --> 00:36:32,100
Shawn and I are about to go
check some crawdad traps

862
00:36:32,233 --> 00:36:34,166
that we put in the water
a couple days ago.

863
00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:35,667
Hopefully
it's full of crawdads,

864
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,166
which would
definitely represent

865
00:36:37,300 --> 00:36:39,100
some great
and most-needed calories.

866
00:36:39,233 --> 00:36:41,433
♪ ♪

867
00:36:41,567 --> 00:36:43,934
- Oh, God!

868
00:36:44,066 --> 00:36:45,467
Oh, man.

869
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:46,633
♪ ♪

870
00:36:46,767 --> 00:36:47,867
- I'm in the swamp up to
my thighs

871
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,467
freezing my ass off.

872
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:50,633
I really hope
this is gonna work,

873
00:36:50,767 --> 00:36:52,066
and I'm about to find out.

874
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,633
- Thank you.
[grunts]

875
00:36:53,767 --> 00:37:00,834
♪ ♪

876
00:37:02,767 --> 00:37:03,800
Nothing.

877
00:37:03,934 --> 00:37:05,000
There was nothing
on the inside,

878
00:37:05,133 --> 00:37:06,233
which was kind of
disappointing.

879
00:37:06,367 --> 00:37:08,600
Set it there,
and I'll trade you.

880
00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:10,967
Yeah.

881
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:15,300
♪ ♪

882
00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:16,800
There's nothing.

883
00:37:16,934 --> 00:37:19,266
♪ ♪

884
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,433
Zero.

885
00:37:21,567 --> 00:37:22,433
Yep.

886
00:37:22,567 --> 00:37:24,133
We have no crawdads.

887
00:37:24,266 --> 00:37:25,300
♪ ♪

888
00:37:25,433 --> 00:37:26,667
Got it?

889
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,200
This sucks.

890
00:37:28,333 --> 00:37:30,400
Yeah, if it's zero, man, then
we got to find somewhere else.

891
00:37:30,533 --> 00:37:32,133
♪ ♪

892
00:37:32,266 --> 00:37:34,734
So we're gonna have to look
to another option.

893
00:37:34,867 --> 00:37:38,066
Time's get tough out here,
and you can't come out here

894
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,500
with a playbook and say,
"This is what I'm gonna do."

895
00:37:40,633 --> 00:37:41,800
That's not gonna work.

896
00:37:41,934 --> 00:37:43,734
You have to come out here
and be flexible

897
00:37:43,867 --> 00:37:46,967
and ready to adapt, improvise,
and overcome.

898
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:48,033
It's the same thing,
you know,

899
00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:49,300
our ancestors
had to go through.

900
00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:50,800
Ugh.

901
00:37:50,934 --> 00:37:52,066
Shawn and I are gonna walk

902
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:53,734
back to the camp,
get him dried out.

903
00:37:53,867 --> 00:37:54,800
That's pretty important,

904
00:37:54,934 --> 00:37:56,133
especially
with these cold temps.

905
00:37:56,266 --> 00:37:59,266
Him being wet, we got to
make sure he stays dry.

906
00:38:01,066 --> 00:38:03,400
- Oh, there's a possum.
- Oh, [bleep].

907
00:38:03,533 --> 00:38:06,066
- There's a possum right there.
- Let me go get my [bleep].

908
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:13,200
♪ ♪

909
00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:21,000
- You don't have a shot
from that side.

910
00:38:21,133 --> 00:38:22,433
- Huh?

911
00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:24,000
- You don't have a shot
from that side, I don't think.

912
00:38:24,133 --> 00:38:25,300
He's coming out your way.

913
00:38:25,433 --> 00:38:26,734
♪ ♪

914
00:38:26,867 --> 00:38:28,967
- Got him.
[grunts]

915
00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:32,333
♪ ♪

916
00:38:32,467 --> 00:38:33,333
[grunts]

917
00:38:33,467 --> 00:38:34,900
♪ ♪

918
00:38:38,367 --> 00:38:41,233
[dramatic music]

919
00:38:41,367 --> 00:38:42,867
- He's coming out your way.

920
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,734
♪ ♪

921
00:38:44,867 --> 00:38:47,000
- Got him.
[grunts]

922
00:38:47,133 --> 00:38:52,367
♪ ♪

923
00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:54,400
[grunting]

924
00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:55,400
- That'll do it.

925
00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:56,467
♪ ♪

926
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:57,867
Nice work, dude.

927
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,767
♪ ♪

928
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:02,967
- We eat.
- That rocks, man.

929
00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:04,166
- It's the same thing,
you know,

930
00:39:04,300 --> 00:39:05,333
our ancestors
had to go through.

931
00:39:05,467 --> 00:39:06,834
They had to live
hand to mouth,

932
00:39:06,967 --> 00:39:08,066
and that's kind of
what we're doing out here.

933
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:09,133
We're living hand to mouth.

934
00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:11,300
If we see it, we take it,
we eat it.

935
00:39:11,433 --> 00:39:13,066
Nicely done.

936
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,066
- Lookee there.
- Phew.

937
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,500
♪ ♪

938
00:39:17,633 --> 00:39:21,367
Well, get a good coal bed
and roast him up, right?

939
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:22,767
- Yeah,
or we could make a spit--

940
00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:24,333
put him on a spit.
- That's what I mean.

941
00:39:24,467 --> 00:39:25,567
A little rotisserie possum?

942
00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:27,166
♪ ♪

943
00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:29,233
We're gonna use
the hog's lower jaw

944
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:30,467
and his cutters

945
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,066
as that perfect
little incision tool

946
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:33,400
to get inside this possum...

947
00:39:33,533 --> 00:39:35,600
That edge is super sharp
right there.

948
00:39:35,734 --> 00:39:38,200
We can hook and slice
and go for it.

949
00:39:38,333 --> 00:39:41,100
Process him out and then
put him over the fire to eat.

950
00:39:41,233 --> 00:39:43,467
♪ ♪

951
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:44,467
- There you go.

952
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:49,700
♪ ♪

953
00:39:49,834 --> 00:39:51,667
At this point,
I'm gonna make incisions

954
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,633
along the inside of each leg
so that we can pull

955
00:39:54,767 --> 00:39:56,667
the hide off of the possum
like a sock

956
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,667
so that we don't have to
strip it cut by cut.

957
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,400
- That's food, man.

958
00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:03,867
Shawn and I are super pumped,
and we are super honored

959
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,433
to be able
to have this possum.

960
00:40:05,567 --> 00:40:06,667
- I'm hungry already.

961
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:08,000
- I think it'll be good.

962
00:40:08,133 --> 00:40:10,233
It's been a while
since we've had fresh meat.

963
00:40:10,367 --> 00:40:12,934
We've been eating
nothing but dry jerky

964
00:40:13,066 --> 00:40:14,767
and some wild greens,
but we're really excited

965
00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:16,633
to have some
good, fresh protein

966
00:40:16,767 --> 00:40:18,333
with some delicious fats

967
00:40:18,467 --> 00:40:20,300
and a little barbecue
over our little fire.

968
00:40:20,433 --> 00:40:22,000
♪ ♪

969
00:40:22,133 --> 00:40:24,467
Fresh meat, my friend.
Left or right?

970
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:25,467
- Doesn't matter.

971
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:26,700
♪ ♪

972
00:40:26,834 --> 00:40:28,400
Is it too hot?
- Yeah.

973
00:40:28,533 --> 00:40:29,934
- Ooh, cheers.

974
00:40:30,066 --> 00:40:31,467
- It's hot.
- Yeah.

975
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:32,567
♪ ♪

976
00:40:32,700 --> 00:40:34,934
Oh, you can taste
the fat on it.

977
00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:36,367
- So much better
than the dried meat.

978
00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:37,867
- [laughs]
- Oh, my God.

979
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,867
I take a bite into this thing,
and it is the juiciest,

980
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,367
most tasty thing
I've had in months.

981
00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:46,433
- Oh, man.

982
00:40:46,567 --> 00:40:47,834
- I'm gonna gnaw
every little, soft piece

983
00:40:47,967 --> 00:40:48,934
of meat off this bone.

984
00:40:49,066 --> 00:40:50,433
It's, like,
the best thing ever.

985
00:40:50,567 --> 00:40:54,133
♪ ♪

986
00:40:54,266 --> 00:40:56,033
If we don't freeze
our butt off,

987
00:40:56,166 --> 00:40:57,767
we should sleep pretty good
with a full belly.

988
00:40:57,900 --> 00:40:59,066
- Yeah, finally.

989
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:06,266
♪ ♪

990
00:41:14,834 --> 00:41:17,467
- It's the last day.
One month, man, just like that.

991
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,000
- I know.

992
00:41:19,133 --> 00:41:20,700
- Today's the day
I've been waiting for

993
00:41:20,834 --> 00:41:22,300
for such a long time.

994
00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:23,734
We have finally
reached the end,

995
00:41:23,867 --> 00:41:26,066
and I am ready
to head back home,

996
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,100
get a shower, get a good meal.

997
00:41:28,233 --> 00:41:32,700
♪ ♪

998
00:41:32,834 --> 00:41:35,100
- I'm super excited
to get out of here.

999
00:41:35,233 --> 00:41:37,934
No offense to this swamp,
but I'm sick of this place.

1000
00:41:38,066 --> 00:41:39,700
I've had enough of the swamp
trying to kill me,

1001
00:41:39,834 --> 00:41:41,133
and I'm ready to go home.

1002
00:41:41,266 --> 00:41:44,667
♪ ♪

1003
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,967
- Not having
any sort of tools--

1004
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:48,967
only the tools that you can
create from the hog

1005
00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,433
or from the land--
you really had to be creative.

1006
00:41:51,567 --> 00:41:52,600
You had to think.

1007
00:41:52,734 --> 00:41:55,900
♪ ♪

1008
00:41:56,033 --> 00:41:57,667
- I think
about the primitive people

1009
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,133
that must have lived here--

1010
00:41:59,266 --> 00:42:01,333
staying out of the weather,
trying to keep warm,

1011
00:42:01,467 --> 00:42:03,633
the production of food
for ourselves.

1012
00:42:03,767 --> 00:42:05,500
I can't help but feel
closer to them

1013
00:42:05,633 --> 00:42:07,100
and have respect
for the amount of work

1014
00:42:07,233 --> 00:42:08,100
that it must have taken.

1015
00:42:08,233 --> 00:42:10,400
♪ ♪

1016
00:42:10,533 --> 00:42:11,867
- Teamwork is very important
when it comes

1017
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,967
to any sort
of survival situation,

1018
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:15,700
and I was fortunate enough
to have Shawn

1019
00:42:15,834 --> 00:42:18,100
who is a great guy,
a team player,

1020
00:42:18,233 --> 00:42:20,333
and we both got along
exceptionally well.

1021
00:42:20,467 --> 00:42:27,467
♪ ♪

1022
00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:31,367
- So my time in the military,
I saw quite a few things.

1023
00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:33,166
I've dealt with plenty
of hardship in my life,

1024
00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:34,934
but this environment is tough,

1025
00:42:35,066 --> 00:42:37,033
and a lot of survival
is mental.

1026
00:42:37,166 --> 00:42:39,367
Even with the creativity,
even with the skills,

1027
00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:41,033
there's always the struggle,
and you have to have

1028
00:42:41,166 --> 00:42:42,800
the mental fortitude
to push through

1029
00:42:42,934 --> 00:42:44,000
and make it to the other end.

1030
00:42:44,133 --> 00:42:45,700
♪ ♪

1031
00:42:45,834 --> 00:42:47,867
Well, I did this,
and I think I did it well,

1032
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,433
and I hope my family sees

1033
00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:51,300
that if you're willing
to do the work,

1034
00:42:51,433 --> 00:42:53,100
you can do anything
you set your mind to.

1035
00:42:53,233 --> 00:42:56,000
♪ ♪

1036
00:42:56,133 --> 00:42:57,233
- Having a heart attack,

1037
00:42:57,367 --> 00:42:59,100
having been sick
in the bush before,

1038
00:42:59,233 --> 00:43:01,800
my experiences on "Alone"
were definitely short-lived.

1039
00:43:01,934 --> 00:43:03,467
This is a hard environment
to live in,

1040
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,800
but I prefer to be
in this wild place.

1041
00:43:05,934 --> 00:43:08,533
And this was an opportunity
for me

1042
00:43:08,667 --> 00:43:10,533
to see if I could achieve it,
and I did,

1043
00:43:10,667 --> 00:43:12,700
and I feel completely ecstatic
and enthralled

1044
00:43:12,834 --> 00:43:14,300
that I stepped up
to the challenge.

1045
00:43:14,433 --> 00:43:19,600
♪ ♪