1 00:00:05,274 --> 00:00:11,080 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:11,414 --> 00:00:13,516 JESSI: All right, got my rifle. 3 00:00:13,549 --> 00:00:15,718 CHRIS: I've got seven rounds in each mag. 4 00:00:15,752 --> 00:00:18,688 The last time we went out, we were just carrying your revolver. 5 00:00:18,721 --> 00:00:21,157 That's what we had as a side arm. 6 00:00:21,576 --> 00:00:26,447 I feel a lot more comfortable with 320 grains of awesome. 7 00:00:26,095 --> 00:00:27,997 This is a really big bear. 8 00:00:28,031 --> 00:00:29,766 So, we're going out heavy. 9 00:00:29,799 --> 00:00:33,102 You got a couple mags, you've got a long gun. 10 00:00:34,303 --> 00:00:37,006 Jess and I had decided to try to walk up to our trapping area. 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:38,474 Totally not a care in the world. 12 00:00:38,508 --> 00:00:39,976 Dog's having a really good time. 13 00:00:40,009 --> 00:00:41,244 Jessi and I are singing. 14 00:00:41,277 --> 00:00:43,212 Uh, we round a corner and I look up and there is the 15 00:00:43,246 --> 00:00:45,348 biggest damn black bear I've ever seen. 16 00:00:45,381 --> 00:00:47,950 And we make eye contact. 17 00:00:48,351 --> 00:00:52,055 He started raking at the ground and he's snorting at us. 18 00:00:52,688 --> 00:00:55,124 As we start to backpedal away, the faster we move, 19 00:00:55,158 --> 00:00:56,459 the faster this bear moves. 20 00:00:56,492 --> 00:00:58,995 He's about 50 feet from us and just tracking us through the woods. 21 00:00:59,028 --> 00:01:01,564 The dog's dancing back and forth trying to keep the bear at bay. 22 00:01:01,597 --> 00:01:03,099 Fear's coursing through our veins. 23 00:01:03,132 --> 00:01:05,034 We're finally close to home and the bear had no fear 24 00:01:05,068 --> 00:01:07,236 coming all the way up to our doorstep. 25 00:01:07,270 --> 00:01:09,472 That means this bear's been here before. 26 00:01:09,505 --> 00:01:11,874 I know that bear's lurking and watching me from the wood line. 27 00:01:11,908 --> 00:01:13,776 I know he's out there watching me. 28 00:01:13,810 --> 00:01:16,512 We're gonna have to do something about this bear. 29 00:01:25,021 --> 00:01:26,622 Yeah, I'm done just looking over my shoulder. 30 00:01:26,656 --> 00:01:28,191 He's the biggest predator out here, 31 00:01:28,224 --> 00:01:30,626 and right now I feel like safety is paramount. 32 00:01:30,660 --> 00:01:32,628 Honestly, I hope he's denned up for the winter. 33 00:01:34,831 --> 00:01:35,898 JESSI: All right. 34 00:01:35,932 --> 00:01:37,100 CHRIS: Let's get everything loaded up. 35 00:01:37,133 --> 00:01:39,001 NARRATOR: When bears are supposed to be hibernating, 36 00:01:39,035 --> 00:01:42,638 an encounter with the predator is cause for concern. 37 00:01:42,672 --> 00:01:45,108 In order to protect themselves and their property, 38 00:01:45,141 --> 00:01:48,611 Chris and Jessi must make sure the bear is not a threat. 39 00:01:48,644 --> 00:01:51,914 But with Chris' recent leg injury limiting his mobility, 40 00:01:51,948 --> 00:01:55,017 they need to exercise extreme caution while 41 00:01:55,051 --> 00:01:57,186 going on the defense. 42 00:01:59,489 --> 00:02:02,592 CHRIS: If this gets out of control, and he is coming toward us, 43 00:02:02,625 --> 00:02:04,160 we're gonna have to stand our ground, 44 00:02:04,193 --> 00:02:05,528 no matter how close he gets. 45 00:02:05,561 --> 00:02:06,896 Keep your eyes on the bear. 46 00:02:06,929 --> 00:02:09,132 Don't turn your back to him. 47 00:02:09,165 --> 00:02:12,802 Um, we've got plenty of ammo and this isn't just our, 48 00:02:12,835 --> 00:02:14,237 our average hunt. 49 00:02:14,270 --> 00:02:16,339 Um, we're not just going out after food. 50 00:02:16,372 --> 00:02:18,307 I mean, we are protecting our territory. 51 00:02:18,341 --> 00:02:20,810 This is our life out here and, um, 52 00:02:20,843 --> 00:02:23,246 I wanna defend my house and I wanna go out and show the bear 53 00:02:23,279 --> 00:02:26,282 that we also mean business. 54 00:02:26,315 --> 00:02:27,517 JESSI: Now I know he's there. 55 00:02:27,550 --> 00:02:29,352 We're going with a purpose. 56 00:02:29,385 --> 00:02:30,786 CHRIS: You feel good about this? 57 00:02:30,820 --> 00:02:32,688 JESSI: Feel better than last time. 58 00:02:32,722 --> 00:02:35,024 CHRIS: All right. 59 00:02:44,267 --> 00:02:46,636 KALEB: This is a spectacular place to live, 60 00:02:46,669 --> 00:02:50,840 but there are powerful forces at play that just don't care 61 00:02:50,873 --> 00:02:53,242 if you survive or not. 62 00:03:04,854 --> 00:03:07,623 Well, hey! Guys look at this. 63 00:03:07,657 --> 00:03:10,726 These are old fox tracks. 64 00:03:12,662 --> 00:03:13,930 Piper! 65 00:03:13,963 --> 00:03:15,464 BRITTANY: Think she got the scent? 66 00:03:15,498 --> 00:03:16,766 KALEB: I think she did. 67 00:03:16,799 --> 00:03:18,968 BRITTANY: Let's go find a place to put that rabbit snare up. 68 00:03:19,001 --> 00:03:20,870 ELOVIE: Yeah. 69 00:03:20,903 --> 00:03:23,739 NARRATOR: In the isolated town of McCarthy, Alaska, 70 00:03:23,773 --> 00:03:27,109 Brittany and Kaleb Rowland have chosen to bring up 71 00:03:27,143 --> 00:03:29,679 their children, Gilbert and Elovie, 72 00:03:29,712 --> 00:03:32,748 away from the commotion of the city. 73 00:03:33,416 --> 00:03:35,885 But with a tough Alaskan winter on the horizon, 74 00:03:35,918 --> 00:03:38,187 homeschooling means more than just 75 00:03:38,221 --> 00:03:41,023 reading, writing, and arithmetic. 76 00:03:42,858 --> 00:03:45,795 BRITTANY: Living out here, we have different things that we 77 00:03:45,828 --> 00:03:47,163 need to know how to do. 78 00:03:47,196 --> 00:03:49,899 But we're now going to work on snares. 79 00:03:49,932 --> 00:03:52,401 If we lived in the city, there would be other skill sets that 80 00:03:52,435 --> 00:03:54,971 we would need, such as learning the bus system, 81 00:03:55,004 --> 00:03:57,206 and out here we have a set of rural skills; 82 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,243 getting wood, getting a fire started, 83 00:04:00,276 --> 00:04:02,411 getting our food, like things like that. 84 00:04:02,445 --> 00:04:06,515 Everyone has to learn how to survive in the atmosphere that they're in. 85 00:04:08,184 --> 00:04:09,652 GILBERT: I have a cool idea. 86 00:04:09,685 --> 00:04:10,653 KALEB: What? 87 00:04:10,686 --> 00:04:13,089 GILBERT: Set a snare for if Piper goes along, 88 00:04:13,122 --> 00:04:14,323 he'll get trapped. 89 00:04:14,357 --> 00:04:15,925 KALEB: We catch Piper? GILBERT: Yeah. 90 00:04:15,958 --> 00:04:18,060 KALEB: That's maybe not such a cool idea. 91 00:04:18,094 --> 00:04:19,929 So Gilbert, we wanna make a trail. 92 00:04:19,962 --> 00:04:22,932 And animals naturally like to follow a trail 'cause it's 93 00:04:22,965 --> 00:04:25,635 easier than beatin' through the deep snow, 94 00:04:25,668 --> 00:04:28,938 so if we have a trail, they'll follow it, 95 00:04:28,971 --> 00:04:31,207 and then if you have a snare in the middle of your trail, 96 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,309 they'll walk through your snare. 97 00:04:33,342 --> 00:04:36,779 So, what we wanna do is we wanna dangle a snare right 98 00:04:36,812 --> 00:04:39,749 here in this little hole right here and the animal will come 99 00:04:39,782 --> 00:04:42,151 by it and it'll kinda skirt these branches here and it'll 100 00:04:42,184 --> 00:04:43,719 go right through our snare. 101 00:04:43,753 --> 00:04:45,888 BRITTANY: What's your first step for setting a snare? 102 00:04:45,921 --> 00:04:48,324 KALEB: The first thing we need to do is secure our snare to 103 00:04:48,357 --> 00:04:49,859 that tree right there. 104 00:04:49,892 --> 00:04:50,893 BRITTANY: Okay. 105 00:04:50,926 --> 00:04:52,361 KALEB: The snare's all wrapped up. 106 00:04:52,395 --> 00:04:54,830 Who wants to unwrap it? 107 00:04:55,197 --> 00:04:57,900 We're also gonna get a little bit of wire to secure that 108 00:04:57,933 --> 00:05:00,736 snare to the tree. 109 00:05:00,770 --> 00:05:02,972 Here, hold my wire for me, please. 110 00:05:03,005 --> 00:05:05,675 We wanna go up higher on the tree like this so that it 111 00:05:05,708 --> 00:05:08,577 wants to lift the animal off the ground. 112 00:05:08,611 --> 00:05:10,046 Look at this, Gilbert. 113 00:05:10,079 --> 00:05:11,814 We're gonna feed this through the loop here. 114 00:05:11,847 --> 00:05:13,416 It need a little bit of wire. 115 00:05:13,449 --> 00:05:15,017 Secure this to the tree. 116 00:05:15,051 --> 00:05:17,787 Now it's stuck to the tree, it cannot come off. 117 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:19,989 Now we'll take a couple sticks, 118 00:05:20,022 --> 00:05:23,225 and we'll just kinda use 'em to funnel the animal into the snare. 119 00:05:23,259 --> 00:05:25,394 You guys wanna put some sticks in? 120 00:05:25,428 --> 00:05:28,864 Being a father is about teaching your children how to 121 00:05:28,898 --> 00:05:31,334 survive and live in the world. 122 00:05:31,367 --> 00:05:32,735 ELOVIE: Now I'll try. 123 00:05:32,768 --> 00:05:35,171 KALEB: All right, Ellie, you get to pretend to be a rabbit. 124 00:05:35,204 --> 00:05:37,106 Here in the bush there is a lot you gotta teach 'em. 125 00:05:37,139 --> 00:05:40,009 One of the most important things out here is 126 00:05:40,042 --> 00:05:41,677 how to survive in the woods. 127 00:05:41,711 --> 00:05:44,947 So learning how to do that at a young age is the best way to do it. 128 00:05:44,980 --> 00:05:46,582 BRITTANY: That seems pretty simple. 129 00:05:46,615 --> 00:05:48,084 KALEB: It is fairly simple. 130 00:05:48,117 --> 00:05:50,319 ELOVIE: I hope we get one. 131 00:05:50,353 --> 00:05:52,088 KALEB: All right, let's get outta here so they don't get 132 00:05:52,121 --> 00:05:53,856 spooked by our scent. 133 00:05:53,889 --> 00:05:55,758 On to the next thing. 134 00:05:58,527 --> 00:06:00,429 MICHAEL: Every time I repurpose something that's 135 00:06:01,544 --> 00:06:07,883 used and old, I am not feeding myself and my hours of labor 136 00:06:06,836 --> 00:06:10,573 and work to other people's systems. 137 00:06:10,606 --> 00:06:12,775 You gotta give the middle finger to the middle man, 138 00:06:12,808 --> 00:06:15,277 and this is the way I'm doin' it. 139 00:06:20,716 --> 00:06:22,752 This right here might not look like much. 140 00:06:22,785 --> 00:06:25,154 This is an old unused building. 141 00:06:25,187 --> 00:06:27,189 It's been vacant for years. 142 00:06:27,223 --> 00:06:28,591 This has been torn down. 143 00:06:28,624 --> 00:06:30,126 It was a nice gambrel roof building. 144 00:06:30,159 --> 00:06:33,896 And gambrel roof is like a barn-style building. 145 00:06:33,929 --> 00:06:38,334 I've been collecting used and reclaimed building materials 146 00:06:38,367 --> 00:06:41,070 that I either got for free or gifted to me. 147 00:06:42,504 --> 00:06:48,009 I have a few more I gotta buzz in to bite-size manageable pieces, 148 00:06:46,642 --> 00:06:48,177 and I'm gonna take all this, 149 00:06:48,210 --> 00:06:52,214 transport this, uh, half an hour up the highway and then, 150 00:06:52,248 --> 00:06:56,252 uh, about a mile off the highway at my basecamp. 151 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,222 Try to reclaim and use everything, 152 00:07:00,256 --> 00:07:02,391 don't let anything go to waste, 153 00:07:02,425 --> 00:07:05,728 and that frugality will keep you moving forward, 154 00:07:06,162 --> 00:07:08,697 keep the bills paid. 155 00:07:11,066 --> 00:07:12,768 I'm gonna feel that in the mornin'. 156 00:07:12,802 --> 00:07:17,039 The cabin kit from hell, and soon be my new home. 157 00:07:17,807 --> 00:07:20,976 Living in a shipping container with two inches of insulation 158 00:07:21,010 --> 00:07:23,312 is not really a permanent structure. 159 00:07:23,345 --> 00:07:24,847 That was supposed to be temporary, 160 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,916 like, four years ago. 161 00:07:26,949 --> 00:07:28,818 I'm gonna actually have a cabin. 162 00:07:28,851 --> 00:07:31,387 It's gonna be real warm and cozy. 163 00:07:31,420 --> 00:07:33,088 All right. 164 00:07:33,122 --> 00:07:35,224 Home sweet home. 165 00:07:35,257 --> 00:07:37,293 I think. 166 00:07:38,561 --> 00:07:40,196 It's gonna come together nice. 167 00:07:40,229 --> 00:07:43,365 Looks like crap, but it's beautiful to me. 168 00:07:45,401 --> 00:07:48,737 I'm just about ready to get all this stuff into a fairly 169 00:07:48,771 --> 00:07:52,141 quaint, cute little cabin that I'll call home. 170 00:07:56,178 --> 00:07:59,181 Snow is just making everything crazy. 171 00:07:59,448 --> 00:08:01,584 It's gonna be a little bit of a challenge puttin' all these 172 00:08:01,617 --> 00:08:06,355 dilapidated pieces of building back together in the snow, 173 00:08:06,388 --> 00:08:10,960 but, hey, winter is here, I gotta put this thing together, 174 00:08:10,993 --> 00:08:13,596 and I'll put it together as quick as I can because the 175 00:08:13,629 --> 00:08:16,799 snow just keeps fallin' every day. 176 00:08:16,832 --> 00:08:19,502 It's a half a foot now, who's to say what it's gonna be like 177 00:08:19,535 --> 00:08:20,936 a week from now? 178 00:08:20,970 --> 00:08:22,505 Could be two feet of snow. 179 00:08:22,538 --> 00:08:25,107 And most normal people don't build in the snow. 180 00:08:25,140 --> 00:08:27,543 You build before first snow. 181 00:08:27,576 --> 00:08:29,778 So It's gonna be a little hectic. 182 00:08:29,812 --> 00:08:31,280 But you know what? 183 00:08:31,313 --> 00:08:33,649 If there's a will, there is a way. 184 00:08:43,659 --> 00:08:45,060 ALEX: You don't wanna learn everything the hard way 'cause 185 00:08:45,094 --> 00:08:47,296 sometimes that could kill you. 186 00:08:47,329 --> 00:08:48,964 You know, it's always good to think like, 187 00:08:48,998 --> 00:08:52,001 "What can go wrong? What can go wrong? What can go wrong?" 188 00:09:06,582 --> 00:09:08,250 Every once in a while we get a big wind storm that comes 189 00:09:08,284 --> 00:09:10,986 through here, and, uh, if a tree is kinda old, 190 00:09:11,020 --> 00:09:13,923 rotten, or dead, it can break, it can fall. 191 00:09:13,956 --> 00:09:17,226 This birch tree, the top of it broke off in a wind storm and, 192 00:09:17,259 --> 00:09:19,929 uh, smashed half of my outhouse here. 193 00:09:19,962 --> 00:09:21,397 If I had been in the outhouse at the time, 194 00:09:21,430 --> 00:09:22,932 it probably would've killed me. 195 00:09:22,965 --> 00:09:24,900 I'll need to build a new outhouse right now. 196 00:09:24,934 --> 00:09:26,602 I'm just squattin' in the woods which is, 197 00:09:26,635 --> 00:09:28,537 uh, not the funnest way to poop. 198 00:09:28,571 --> 00:09:30,406 Before I do that though, there's a lot of other trees 199 00:09:30,439 --> 00:09:32,341 that could also be a similar danger. 200 00:09:32,374 --> 00:09:34,910 If they break, they could smash my cabin and crush me. 201 00:09:34,944 --> 00:09:37,513 That would be probably the biggest disaster I ever faced out here. 202 00:09:37,546 --> 00:09:39,882 So I think it's time to go and cut these down. 203 00:09:42,651 --> 00:09:43,986 This is my biggest tree. 204 00:09:44,019 --> 00:09:45,154 It weighs several tons. 205 00:09:45,187 --> 00:09:46,589 If it comes through my cabin, 206 00:09:46,622 --> 00:09:48,157 it's not gonna glance off the side, 207 00:09:48,190 --> 00:09:49,825 it's gonna smash straight through. 208 00:09:49,858 --> 00:09:52,227 Could most definitely kill me if it fell on me. 209 00:09:54,029 --> 00:09:55,464 Cuttin' trees is somethin' I do a lot. 210 00:09:55,497 --> 00:09:56,599 It's somethin' I'm pretty good at. 211 00:09:56,632 --> 00:09:58,601 But I've never had to cut a tree where I have to be 212 00:09:58,634 --> 00:10:00,903 extremely careful about which direction it falls. 213 00:10:00,936 --> 00:10:03,105 In this case, if I don't control it perfectly, 214 00:10:03,138 --> 00:10:06,609 it could smash my cabin, and then I'm really gonna be in trouble. 215 00:10:07,876 --> 00:10:09,545 Okay. 216 00:10:09,578 --> 00:10:11,113 My come-alongs are set up. 217 00:10:11,146 --> 00:10:14,249 Now, all I gotta do is cut my notches. 218 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:26,595 It's a good thing I'm cuttin' this down. 219 00:10:26,629 --> 00:10:28,764 The core of this tree is rotten. 220 00:10:28,797 --> 00:10:31,533 The next windstorm could've been it. 221 00:10:31,567 --> 00:10:33,636 Seeing the destruction of my outhouse makes me realize 222 00:10:33,669 --> 00:10:35,137 how vulnerable I am. 223 00:10:35,170 --> 00:10:37,039 Now any time there's a wind and the trees are swaying, 224 00:10:37,072 --> 00:10:40,342 and I hear them cracking, it's anxiety-inducing for me. 225 00:10:40,376 --> 00:10:42,645 This is kinda like nature giving me a warning shot here, 226 00:10:42,678 --> 00:10:45,214 uh, letting me know that I'm not important, saying, 227 00:10:45,247 --> 00:10:47,082 "Hey, you better, you know, get your head on straight, 228 00:10:47,116 --> 00:10:49,752 'cause I'm not playing around with you." 229 00:10:53,355 --> 00:10:54,723 Okay. It might be a little soon, 230 00:10:54,757 --> 00:10:56,792 but I'm gonna go ahead and give a tug. 231 00:10:56,825 --> 00:10:59,294 If it starts comin', I gotta run. 232 00:11:01,830 --> 00:11:04,500 It's movin'. 233 00:11:05,401 --> 00:11:07,536 Oh! That's not good. 234 00:11:16,745 --> 00:11:20,816 ALEX: That's not good. It's hung up in this tree. 235 00:11:20,849 --> 00:11:23,152 This is dangerous. It's not good. 236 00:11:23,185 --> 00:11:24,420 Uh, when a tree hangs up like this, 237 00:11:24,453 --> 00:11:25,721 it's kind of a problem. 238 00:11:25,754 --> 00:11:27,256 The obvious thing would be like, 239 00:11:27,289 --> 00:11:29,158 "Oh, well, I'll just cut the tree that it's holding on," 240 00:11:29,191 --> 00:11:31,360 but then I'm cuttin' the tree and it's gonna be comin' down, 241 00:11:31,393 --> 00:11:33,195 uh, right where I'm standing. 242 00:11:33,228 --> 00:11:35,631 There's some safer options I can try first. 243 00:11:35,664 --> 00:11:38,333 The good news is I dropped the tree away from my cabin, 244 00:11:38,367 --> 00:11:40,169 the way I wanted it to. 245 00:11:40,202 --> 00:11:42,538 Now, the only danger that remains is to me. 246 00:11:42,571 --> 00:11:44,339 If I'm not smart, if I'm not cautious, 247 00:11:44,373 --> 00:11:48,510 uh, this is one of those kind of predicaments that I could 248 00:11:48,544 --> 00:11:50,312 take it from bad to much worse. 249 00:11:50,345 --> 00:11:52,314 So, that's why I just wanna be extra cautious. 250 00:11:52,347 --> 00:11:54,850 The first thing that I gotta do is pull it off this stump. 251 00:12:03,826 --> 00:12:05,461 (bleep). 252 00:12:05,494 --> 00:12:07,096 Stump's coming towards me and it falls and, 253 00:12:07,129 --> 00:12:08,797 uh, nothing. 254 00:12:08,831 --> 00:12:10,365 Today seems like one of those days where things aren't gonna 255 00:12:10,399 --> 00:12:13,469 go my way, but that's okay because I got a plan B. 256 00:12:13,502 --> 00:12:16,071 I'll need my rope, I'll need my come-along. 257 00:12:16,105 --> 00:12:18,240 I'll just start tuggin' on my fallen tree and dragging it 258 00:12:18,273 --> 00:12:20,743 off of the tree that it's being held up on. 259 00:12:20,776 --> 00:12:23,645 You know, I'm cuttin' down a tree that weighs several tons. 260 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,482 I'll do my best to control it, but I can't expect everything 261 00:12:26,515 --> 00:12:28,751 to go exactly how I want it to go. 262 00:12:28,784 --> 00:12:31,420 If I crush my leg or crush my lungs out here with a 263 00:12:31,453 --> 00:12:33,856 heavy tree, that's pretty much it. 264 00:12:33,889 --> 00:12:35,824 I'm not gonna crawl outta here to safety. 265 00:12:35,858 --> 00:12:39,495 I'm just gonna lay there and bleed until I die. 266 00:12:42,498 --> 00:12:43,866 (bleep) piece of (bleep)! 267 00:12:43,899 --> 00:12:45,467 It's not budging at all. 268 00:12:45,501 --> 00:12:46,869 I've tried my best to do a simpler, 269 00:12:46,902 --> 00:12:49,705 safer option, uh, but it's just not working. 270 00:12:49,738 --> 00:12:52,141 So I think my only option left is to cut the tree 271 00:12:52,174 --> 00:12:55,144 that's holding it. 272 00:12:55,177 --> 00:12:59,181 I just gotta just do this carefully 'cause basically 273 00:12:59,214 --> 00:13:02,417 I'm standing underneath the tree and cutting the thing 274 00:13:02,451 --> 00:13:03,952 that's holding it. 275 00:13:03,986 --> 00:13:07,322 So, this is about as, as stupid dangerous as it gets. 276 00:13:10,125 --> 00:13:15,364 (chopping). 277 00:13:18,801 --> 00:13:21,537 (cracking). 278 00:13:22,437 --> 00:13:23,639 Ah-ha! 279 00:13:23,672 --> 00:13:26,008 I thought it was coming for me for a second. 280 00:13:26,041 --> 00:13:28,243 Uh, the tree is down where I wanted it to go. 281 00:13:28,277 --> 00:13:31,480 It didn't crush my cabin, it didn't crush me and, uh, 282 00:13:31,513 --> 00:13:34,316 this is one down out of three and it got a little hairy. 283 00:13:34,349 --> 00:13:35,951 Hopefully, the other two go better, 284 00:13:35,984 --> 00:13:38,053 but, um, yeah, I'm just gonna collect up my tools, 285 00:13:38,086 --> 00:13:39,988 try to get a good dinner tonight, rest up, 286 00:13:40,022 --> 00:13:42,891 and tomorrow will be another kinda long challenging day. 287 00:13:48,764 --> 00:13:50,432 BRITTANY: Sometimes, I think people think I'm a lot more 288 00:13:50,465 --> 00:13:54,503 tough than I am because of where I live. 289 00:13:54,536 --> 00:13:57,506 But, I'm such a city girl. 290 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,943 Adapt or die, right? 291 00:14:04,580 --> 00:14:06,114 Kaleb, is this the tree? 292 00:14:06,148 --> 00:14:08,350 KALEB: I think we can make this work. 293 00:14:08,383 --> 00:14:09,985 So, guys, do you know why we picked this tree? 294 00:14:10,018 --> 00:14:11,086 GILBERT: Why? ELOVIE: Why? 295 00:14:11,119 --> 00:14:13,589 KALEB: Because it's a nice, big, wide spruce tree. 296 00:14:13,622 --> 00:14:16,225 There's dead stuff like this all around it. 297 00:14:16,258 --> 00:14:18,560 So, we'll be able to grab stuff like this branch here to 298 00:14:18,594 --> 00:14:19,728 add to our fire. 299 00:14:19,761 --> 00:14:21,263 BRITTANY: Can you guys help us with that? 300 00:14:21,296 --> 00:14:23,498 ELOVIE: No. BRITTANY: Yeah. 301 00:14:23,532 --> 00:14:26,201 KALEB: Today, I wanna teach my kids how to build a shelter, 302 00:14:26,235 --> 00:14:28,570 build a warming fire. 303 00:14:28,604 --> 00:14:31,373 I want to arm them with the tools necessary to go out in 304 00:14:31,406 --> 00:14:32,841 the woods on their own. 305 00:14:32,875 --> 00:14:34,376 That way, if they do wander off, 306 00:14:34,409 --> 00:14:36,378 they're able to take care of themselves and not get into a 307 00:14:36,411 --> 00:14:38,513 hopeless situation. 308 00:14:38,547 --> 00:14:41,516 Here's some, Gil. Gilbert. 309 00:14:41,550 --> 00:14:43,752 Take these and put 'em in the pile. 310 00:14:44,286 --> 00:14:46,121 BRITTANY: So, Ellie, you wanna know something interesting? 311 00:14:46,154 --> 00:14:47,422 ELOVIE: What? 312 00:14:47,456 --> 00:14:49,157 BRITTANY: Because of where we live, 313 00:14:49,191 --> 00:14:51,760 we don't have a school for you to go to, right? 314 00:14:51,793 --> 00:14:54,596 Well, this is something that we can call school. 315 00:14:54,630 --> 00:14:56,932 We're out here learning survival skills. 316 00:14:56,965 --> 00:15:01,136 So, it's called the school of life. 317 00:15:03,338 --> 00:15:05,274 Look at all that! 318 00:15:05,307 --> 00:15:06,708 KALEB: Let's start gettin' these green cottonwoods here 319 00:15:06,742 --> 00:15:10,112 and we'll kinda make a wall from that tree around to here. 320 00:15:10,145 --> 00:15:11,313 BRITTANY: Okay. 321 00:15:11,346 --> 00:15:13,048 KALEB: And then we'll build a fire about right here, 322 00:15:13,081 --> 00:15:15,317 and it'll kinda reflect heat into the shelter. 323 00:15:15,350 --> 00:15:17,052 ELOVIE: I am tired! 324 00:15:17,085 --> 00:15:18,620 BRITTANY: That's okay. 325 00:15:18,654 --> 00:15:20,856 You can be tired and still do it. 326 00:15:20,889 --> 00:15:23,792 This is an all-day school session, kids. 327 00:15:23,825 --> 00:15:26,328 When the family and I get to go out together, 328 00:15:26,361 --> 00:15:28,163 we're not only creating memories, 329 00:15:28,196 --> 00:15:31,166 we're teaching our children things that will hopefully 330 00:15:31,199 --> 00:15:33,302 carry them as they grow. 331 00:15:33,335 --> 00:15:36,471 And I think that's really great that we can wrap up 332 00:15:36,505 --> 00:15:40,375 learning things and family memories. 333 00:15:41,043 --> 00:15:43,345 KALEB: Now, let's light a fire. 334 00:15:43,378 --> 00:15:46,181 And we just kinda nurse it along until it's got a little 335 00:15:46,214 --> 00:15:48,283 more strength, then we start putting a little bit bigger 336 00:15:48,317 --> 00:15:49,785 stuff on it. 337 00:15:49,818 --> 00:15:53,322 BRITTANY: I'm really glad that we get to learn this from daddy. 338 00:15:53,355 --> 00:15:56,591 That way, if, God forbid, you two are ever separate from us, 339 00:15:56,625 --> 00:16:00,429 I know that you have a little bit of an idea of how to be 340 00:16:00,462 --> 00:16:02,731 okay until we find you. 341 00:16:02,764 --> 00:16:04,766 I think that's really cool. 342 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,768 Can you guys say, "Thank you, daddy, for teaching us?" 343 00:16:06,802 --> 00:16:09,404 BOTH: Thank you, dad, for teaching us. 344 00:16:09,438 --> 00:16:11,673 KALEB: You betcha, guys. 345 00:16:17,879 --> 00:16:19,548 JESSI: It's just the outdoors, right? 346 00:16:19,581 --> 00:16:21,383 Just living out in Alaska. 347 00:16:21,416 --> 00:16:23,118 It's just the Cosna. 348 00:16:23,151 --> 00:16:26,388 You're either gonna be the hunted or you're gonna be the hunter. 349 00:16:32,561 --> 00:16:34,129 CHRIS: There's just nothing for animal prints. 350 00:16:34,162 --> 00:16:36,898 Kinda surprised. 351 00:16:37,666 --> 00:16:40,102 We're constantly battling to keep our homestead safe. 352 00:16:40,135 --> 00:16:42,671 Always somethin'. This time it's a bear. 353 00:16:46,375 --> 00:16:48,276 As we start entering into this really thick brush, 354 00:16:48,310 --> 00:16:50,312 we have to really keep our eyes out. 355 00:16:50,345 --> 00:16:53,382 He chased us off last time back through this way, 356 00:16:53,415 --> 00:16:55,117 uh, so we're definitely gonna be entering his territory and 357 00:16:55,150 --> 00:16:58,653 I'm just really afraid of how dense the brush is, 358 00:16:58,687 --> 00:17:00,922 especially with a little bit of snow on the branches. 359 00:17:00,956 --> 00:17:02,591 Chances are he may be denned up. 360 00:17:02,624 --> 00:17:04,292 But I mean, it's been really warm. 361 00:17:04,326 --> 00:17:06,361 I mean, it's almost raining out today. 362 00:17:06,395 --> 00:17:09,131 Uh, so it's likely he's still awake. 363 00:17:09,164 --> 00:17:11,600 JESSI: Looks like somebody's been eating everything, huh? 364 00:17:11,633 --> 00:17:14,169 CHRIS: Yeah. Let's keep after him. 365 00:17:14,202 --> 00:17:16,638 If he's out there, he already knows we're here. 366 00:17:22,277 --> 00:17:24,613 A typical bear hunt, we're sittin' up on a ridge and 367 00:17:24,646 --> 00:17:26,882 we're watching bears come out on to a lake. 368 00:17:26,915 --> 00:17:28,884 We've got 300 to 500 yards distance. 369 00:17:28,917 --> 00:17:31,620 We feel safe, we're covert, we're up in the woods, 370 00:17:31,653 --> 00:17:33,889 but this is different. 371 00:17:33,922 --> 00:17:35,724 We're on that bear's terrain. 372 00:17:35,757 --> 00:17:40,195 So if you look out, it is super dense woods out there. 373 00:17:41,029 --> 00:17:42,998 He could be standing 100 yards out there watching me 374 00:17:43,031 --> 00:17:45,067 and I wouldn't see him. 375 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:47,669 There's a lot of tall brush around here and heavy woods. 376 00:17:47,702 --> 00:17:49,604 Once you get a snowfall on top of it, 377 00:17:49,638 --> 00:17:51,339 it becomes harder to see through. 378 00:17:51,373 --> 00:17:52,808 All the trees start to bend over. 379 00:17:52,841 --> 00:17:54,943 Uh, about six feet off the ground is, like, 380 00:17:54,976 --> 00:17:57,612 my blind spot, and that's about how tall that bear is. 381 00:17:57,646 --> 00:17:59,081 He's gonna be hiding underneath that cover of 382 00:17:59,114 --> 00:18:01,616 snow and branches and everything that's bent over 383 00:18:01,650 --> 00:18:03,518 is perfectly hiding him. 384 00:18:03,552 --> 00:18:05,253 They'll just lay down like a dog waitin' for you to come 385 00:18:05,287 --> 00:18:07,122 home, hidin' behind the door. 386 00:18:07,155 --> 00:18:08,790 These guys are sneaky, they're quiet, 387 00:18:08,824 --> 00:18:11,460 and they know what they're doing. 388 00:18:16,064 --> 00:18:18,834 I'm worried about this guy. 389 00:18:20,635 --> 00:18:23,572 JESSI: This, for me, is putting me on edge. 390 00:18:23,605 --> 00:18:26,741 As we're walking through the trees and it's just building 391 00:18:26,775 --> 00:18:29,077 up this anxiety that's inside of me. 392 00:18:29,111 --> 00:18:32,781 This bear could literally be watching us at any moment. 393 00:18:32,814 --> 00:18:35,250 I need to stay sharp, I need to stay strong out here. 394 00:18:37,519 --> 00:18:38,987 CHRIS: Making it really tough with the fresh snow and the 395 00:18:39,020 --> 00:18:41,456 rain, I can't see any prints anywhere. 396 00:18:41,490 --> 00:18:44,359 I feel like I'm chasing a ghost. 397 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,962 Hang on, hang on, hang on. 398 00:18:59,558 --> 00:19:01,426 JESSI: Freaking myself out or somethin'. 399 00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:02,594 You know what I mean? 400 00:19:02,627 --> 00:19:04,429 CHRIS: Do you see something move? 401 00:19:04,463 --> 00:19:05,730 JESSI: This tree's cracking. 402 00:19:05,764 --> 00:19:08,366 CHRIS: Okay. Whoo, that got me! 403 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,036 JESSI: The wind is still hitting the trees and these 404 00:19:11,069 --> 00:19:13,905 trees are huge and they're rubbing together and they're 405 00:19:13,939 --> 00:19:16,074 making these cracking noises. 406 00:19:16,107 --> 00:19:17,943 And every cracking noise, you know, 407 00:19:17,976 --> 00:19:21,179 could be this bear stepping on a branch. 408 00:19:23,715 --> 00:19:25,717 CHRIS: Here's the river and the riverbank's that way, 409 00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:27,986 and I can start seeing it through here. 410 00:19:28,019 --> 00:19:30,655 There's a big ridge that goes up and bears love to den up 411 00:19:30,689 --> 00:19:32,858 on those ridges. 412 00:19:32,891 --> 00:19:35,460 Let's keep moving. 413 00:19:36,695 --> 00:19:39,164 I'm on high alert here. 414 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,436 MICHAEL: Think about how life could be if you're not feeding 415 00:19:44,469 --> 00:19:47,439 all these expensive, unsustainable fabricated 416 00:19:47,472 --> 00:19:49,140 ways of life. 417 00:19:49,174 --> 00:19:52,010 Think about how nice that would be. 418 00:20:00,151 --> 00:20:02,320 All right. Another load. 419 00:20:02,354 --> 00:20:06,625 So I've been building up all of these dilapidated building materials. 420 00:20:07,848 --> 00:20:14,287 And so I have about 200 yards to go through the woods here. 421 00:20:13,131 --> 00:20:16,468 This is not enough snow to get a good packed trail, 422 00:20:16,501 --> 00:20:19,671 but it's enough to make things slippery and to make things difficult. 423 00:20:19,704 --> 00:20:22,574 We made a transition into early winter, 424 00:20:22,607 --> 00:20:25,443 and this happened a lot quicker than last season. 425 00:20:25,477 --> 00:20:28,380 I thought maybe I would be able to get these pieces down 426 00:20:28,413 --> 00:20:33,018 the hill on four-wheel drive, but I don't wanna risk sliding 427 00:20:33,051 --> 00:20:37,289 sideways and T-boning my truck into a solid birch tree. 428 00:20:37,322 --> 00:20:42,127 And so, I'm gonna use, uh, a skid sled to start movin' all 429 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,262 these house pieces down the hill. 430 00:20:44,296 --> 00:20:47,299 And so I'm gonna build this skid sled real quick so that 431 00:20:47,332 --> 00:20:51,937 I could skid all these pieces 200 yards down to my building site. 432 00:20:52,804 --> 00:20:56,508 The standard skid sled is still a very useful device 433 00:20:56,541 --> 00:20:58,977 all over Alaska. 434 00:20:59,010 --> 00:21:01,413 And then I have this 26-year-old snow machine 435 00:21:01,446 --> 00:21:03,648 that's been sittin' for a long time, 436 00:21:03,682 --> 00:21:07,352 not worth nothin', runs like crap. 437 00:21:07,385 --> 00:21:09,354 I'm gonna tune that thing up. 438 00:21:09,387 --> 00:21:12,123 Whoo! That was a knot. 439 00:21:12,157 --> 00:21:15,226 And then I'll pull this sled down the hill. 440 00:21:15,260 --> 00:21:18,363 Easier said than done. But you know what? 441 00:21:18,396 --> 00:21:21,299 You gotta make do with what you got. 442 00:21:22,033 --> 00:21:24,569 All right. 443 00:21:24,603 --> 00:21:27,806 Now, I got everything set up on this skid sled. 444 00:21:27,839 --> 00:21:30,942 I'm gonna go ahead and lash it. 445 00:21:30,976 --> 00:21:34,512 You know, I'm taking cordage and lashing all the joints together. 446 00:21:34,546 --> 00:21:38,583 Lashing is a very old fashion way of building something to 447 00:21:38,617 --> 00:21:41,386 have flex, and there's a reason for that. 448 00:21:41,419 --> 00:21:44,556 Flexibility in a brittle cold environment, 449 00:21:44,589 --> 00:21:48,960 it will survive a lot better than mechanical fasteners. 450 00:21:48,994 --> 00:21:50,762 If you ain't living with a headlamp on your head all 451 00:21:50,795 --> 00:21:53,732 winter, it pays to have some flood lights. 452 00:21:53,765 --> 00:21:56,501 But right now, this is a pressing moment where 453 00:21:56,534 --> 00:21:59,804 I'm just so close to getting this skid sled done, 454 00:21:59,838 --> 00:22:02,941 and it is my goal to finish this on time. 455 00:22:02,974 --> 00:22:06,011 Look at that, lightin' up the night. 456 00:22:06,578 --> 00:22:09,581 No building project is ever as quick as you envision, 457 00:22:09,614 --> 00:22:11,416 but I gotta keep pushin' forward, 458 00:22:11,449 --> 00:22:14,119 I gotta keep this freight train on schedule. 459 00:22:14,152 --> 00:22:16,688 The temperature swings up here in interior Alaska are crazy 460 00:22:16,721 --> 00:22:18,757 and it's a very dangerous environment, 461 00:22:18,790 --> 00:22:22,193 so I'm gonna finish out this sled strong so that first light, 462 00:22:22,227 --> 00:22:25,063 I can hook this thing up and be ready to go 463 00:22:25,096 --> 00:22:27,899 down that hill. 464 00:22:34,806 --> 00:22:36,808 ALEX: I came out here with almost no planning. 465 00:22:36,841 --> 00:22:38,576 I knew that as long as I was persistent, 466 00:22:38,610 --> 00:22:41,112 I could just kinda get through with grit. 467 00:22:41,146 --> 00:22:43,915 If nature wants to kill me, it'll just kill me. 468 00:22:57,529 --> 00:23:00,732 So this is the, this is the biggest one. 469 00:23:01,332 --> 00:23:03,268 Today's a new day, uh, it's an opportunity to, 470 00:23:03,301 --> 00:23:05,704 uh, do a little better than I did yesterday. 471 00:23:05,737 --> 00:23:09,240 Uh, yesterday, the big tree I fell got hung up. 472 00:23:09,274 --> 00:23:10,775 I don't want a repeat of that 'cause, 473 00:23:10,809 --> 00:23:13,712 uh, not only is it dangerous, it's also just really 474 00:23:13,745 --> 00:23:15,847 frustrating to waste so much time. 475 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,650 So today, I'm gonna, uh, take a little time and, 476 00:23:18,683 --> 00:23:22,520 uh, make sure I got a clear, kinda drop zone for my trees. 477 00:23:22,554 --> 00:23:25,490 It's not gonna get hung up on other trees. 478 00:23:25,990 --> 00:23:27,826 I don't ever cut trees like this because there's 479 00:23:27,859 --> 00:23:29,527 not really any reason to. 480 00:23:29,561 --> 00:23:30,929 It is dangerous, it is sketchy, 481 00:23:30,962 --> 00:23:33,231 it's unpredictable. 482 00:23:33,264 --> 00:23:35,433 But the job's gotta get done one way or another. 483 00:23:35,467 --> 00:23:37,302 This isn't something I can say, "Ahh, forget it!" 484 00:23:37,335 --> 00:23:39,104 Well, then the tree's gonna crush me. 485 00:23:39,137 --> 00:23:42,207 All right. Those are set, they're really tight. 486 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,509 I'm gonna go start cuttin' on it. 487 00:23:48,913 --> 00:23:50,148 This tree, you know, I can just tell, 488 00:23:50,181 --> 00:23:51,850 it don't like me. 489 00:23:51,883 --> 00:23:53,451 You're going down (bleep). 490 00:23:53,485 --> 00:23:57,155 Before you kill me, I'm killing you. 491 00:23:58,022 --> 00:23:59,624 Yeah, I'm a competitive guy. 492 00:23:59,657 --> 00:24:01,226 If something is going against me, 493 00:24:01,259 --> 00:24:02,494 it's you versus me. 494 00:24:02,527 --> 00:24:04,062 I don't care if you're an inanimate object. 495 00:24:04,095 --> 00:24:05,830 I love the tree, I respect the tree, 496 00:24:05,864 --> 00:24:09,134 but he's gotta come down and he's making it a pain in the ass. 497 00:24:09,167 --> 00:24:12,537 (cracking). 498 00:24:12,570 --> 00:24:13,772 Ah-ha! 499 00:24:13,805 --> 00:24:15,273 Better than I expected. 500 00:24:15,306 --> 00:24:16,908 Whoo! 501 00:24:16,941 --> 00:24:18,676 I got a little brief victory here. 502 00:24:18,710 --> 00:24:21,746 I can pat myself on the back, but now it's time to do it all again. 503 00:24:21,780 --> 00:24:24,215 Uh, this time the stakes are higher because my last tree is 504 00:24:24,249 --> 00:24:27,018 one that's leaning directly over my actual cabin. 505 00:24:27,051 --> 00:24:29,454 If this one isn't done perfectly then I stand to 506 00:24:29,487 --> 00:24:32,657 basically lose everything. 507 00:24:32,690 --> 00:24:34,192 Okay. 508 00:24:38,396 --> 00:24:41,933 (chopping). 509 00:24:41,966 --> 00:24:44,269 When I'm taking on a big risk like this, 510 00:24:44,302 --> 00:24:46,938 I just kinda mentally prepare myself for the worst, 511 00:24:46,971 --> 00:24:48,540 and then if the worst case doesn't happen, 512 00:24:48,573 --> 00:24:50,074 then I'm happy. 513 00:24:50,108 --> 00:24:51,976 Oh, but, if you're not comfortable with the worst outcome, 514 00:24:52,010 --> 00:24:54,479 then you shouldn't take the risk in the first place. 515 00:24:55,213 --> 00:24:57,215 I put a little too much tension on it, I think. 516 00:24:57,248 --> 00:24:59,918 I need to give it the finishing pull. 517 00:25:03,755 --> 00:25:05,757 There we go. 518 00:25:05,790 --> 00:25:07,091 Whoa. 519 00:25:14,616 --> 00:25:16,251 o. 520 00:25:17,118 --> 00:25:19,087 Whoa. 521 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:22,390 Whoo! 522 00:25:22,423 --> 00:25:24,158 That went good. 523 00:25:24,792 --> 00:25:27,662 I got the three biggest danger trees down now. 524 00:25:27,695 --> 00:25:30,198 And they all, it all, it all went good. 525 00:25:30,231 --> 00:25:32,166 I kinda got a double whammy with this one. 526 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,103 I saved my cabin, and also, I got pretty much all of 527 00:25:35,136 --> 00:25:37,205 next winter's firewood. 528 00:25:37,238 --> 00:25:38,873 Just right here waiting for me. 529 00:25:38,907 --> 00:25:40,942 Now, when I'm sleeping, when there's a wind storm, 530 00:25:40,975 --> 00:25:43,344 I don't have to sit there and just keep my fingers crossed 531 00:25:43,378 --> 00:25:45,880 that tonight's not the night that a tree falls on me. 532 00:25:45,914 --> 00:25:47,982 So, you know, it's a moment to, uh, 533 00:25:48,016 --> 00:25:50,785 breathe a big sigh of relief and now I can just 534 00:25:50,818 --> 00:25:53,821 get to work rebuilding my outhouse. 535 00:25:59,727 --> 00:26:00,929 BRITTANY: You want to live out here, 536 00:26:00,962 --> 00:26:04,032 you definitely have to embrace the winter. 537 00:26:04,065 --> 00:26:07,802 Everyone has to learn how to survive in the atmosphere that they're in. 538 00:26:11,906 --> 00:26:12,874 All right. 539 00:26:12,907 --> 00:26:14,742 So kids, you ready to learn something more? 540 00:26:14,776 --> 00:26:15,743 GILBERT: Yeah. 541 00:26:15,777 --> 00:26:17,812 BRITTANY: Do you see how there's smoke going up? 542 00:26:17,845 --> 00:26:19,080 Yeah? 543 00:26:19,113 --> 00:26:22,317 So what you want if you're out in the bush and trying to get 544 00:26:22,350 --> 00:26:25,520 someone's attention, you want to create as much smoke as you 545 00:26:25,553 --> 00:26:29,023 can, because that is going to save your life. 546 00:26:29,057 --> 00:26:31,059 ELOVIE: Like a... KALEB: Yeah. 547 00:26:31,092 --> 00:26:33,394 BRITTANY: And then you see how dad was just shaking it? 548 00:26:33,428 --> 00:26:35,196 That helps create more smoke too. 549 00:26:35,229 --> 00:26:36,931 KALEB: Like flipping an egg in a skillet. 550 00:26:36,965 --> 00:26:39,233 That's the move. 551 00:26:39,267 --> 00:26:40,835 You want to come flip the egg? 552 00:26:40,868 --> 00:26:42,337 GILBERT: Yeah! 553 00:26:42,370 --> 00:26:44,238 BRITTANY: What we really want is a lot of smoke, 554 00:26:44,272 --> 00:26:46,341 that way people know that, 555 00:26:46,374 --> 00:26:48,176 "Hey, we need help! We need help!" 556 00:26:48,209 --> 00:26:50,712 We have smoke. Okay? 557 00:26:50,745 --> 00:26:52,146 GILBERT: Okay. 558 00:26:52,180 --> 00:26:53,581 BRITTANY: Coming from the city, 559 00:26:53,615 --> 00:26:55,383 I definitely have a lot to learn. 560 00:26:55,416 --> 00:26:57,185 Kaleb grew up around a lot of these things, 561 00:26:57,218 --> 00:27:00,121 so he intuitively knows how to do many things. 562 00:27:00,154 --> 00:27:01,255 GILBERT: Whoa! 563 00:27:01,289 --> 00:27:02,657 KALEB: Now we got some smoke! 564 00:27:02,690 --> 00:27:04,492 BRITTANY: Or he was taught at a young age, 565 00:27:04,525 --> 00:27:06,227 and I love that we get to teach our children. 566 00:27:06,260 --> 00:27:09,530 And it's really awesome that I'm learning these things. 567 00:27:10,865 --> 00:27:12,834 KALEB: If you guys, if you guys ever get out in the woods 568 00:27:12,867 --> 00:27:15,803 on your own and you're lost, build a great big fire with 569 00:27:15,837 --> 00:27:20,341 lots and lots of smoke, and someone might fly over and see 570 00:27:20,375 --> 00:27:22,577 it and they'll be able to tell someone where you're at, 571 00:27:22,610 --> 00:27:24,045 and they'll come and rescue you. 572 00:27:24,078 --> 00:27:25,313 GILBERT: Oh. 573 00:27:25,346 --> 00:27:28,750 But then how, because they wouldn't be able to land? 574 00:27:28,783 --> 00:27:31,019 KALEB: They'll tell someone by the radio. 575 00:27:31,052 --> 00:27:33,454 BRITTANY: That's something to consider is, 576 00:27:33,488 --> 00:27:36,257 like, you need to find the places that are the best way 577 00:27:36,290 --> 00:27:39,894 to get rescued, too. 578 00:27:39,927 --> 00:27:44,399 Like, survival is number one, but being found is number two. 579 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,403 All right. Gilbert, what did you learn today? 580 00:27:48,436 --> 00:27:53,041 GILBERT: To survive and... 581 00:27:53,074 --> 00:27:55,510 make shelter and a fire. 582 00:27:55,543 --> 00:27:59,914 BRITTANY: What did you learn about how to light or make smoke? 583 00:27:59,947 --> 00:28:01,683 How to make smoke? 584 00:28:01,716 --> 00:28:04,185 ELOVIE: Shake the fire. BRITTANY: Shake the fire! 585 00:28:04,218 --> 00:28:06,721 ELOVIE: Shake it, shake it! BRITTANY: Shake it, shake it! 586 00:28:06,754 --> 00:28:08,856 All righty, shall we have some lunch? 587 00:28:08,890 --> 00:28:09,857 BOTH: Yeah! 588 00:28:09,891 --> 00:28:11,693 BRITTANY: Yeah! 589 00:28:14,228 --> 00:28:16,097 MICHAEL: This living within my means, 590 00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:19,534 this developing a rural landscape from scratch, 591 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:25,725 there is a lot of gain from this pain and that is independence. 592 00:28:31,512 --> 00:28:32,847 All right. 593 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,817 Now I'm just gonna line this thing up and do a little mini load. 594 00:28:37,585 --> 00:28:42,557 I'm gonna take probably a half load right down there. 595 00:28:43,291 --> 00:28:46,060 Bumpy trail, barely a trail, six inches of snow, 596 00:28:46,094 --> 00:28:47,662 200 yards down. 597 00:28:47,695 --> 00:28:49,063 And so, I gotta go slow. 598 00:28:49,097 --> 00:28:50,431 I gotta use a light load. 599 00:28:50,465 --> 00:28:52,233 But it looks clear enough. 600 00:28:52,266 --> 00:28:54,702 I think this is gonna go really well. 601 00:28:55,470 --> 00:28:57,071 All right. 602 00:28:57,105 --> 00:28:59,107 Let's see what we're working with here. 603 00:28:59,140 --> 00:29:02,210 First load down the trail. 604 00:29:04,378 --> 00:29:06,380 Once I get all the pieces down there, 605 00:29:06,414 --> 00:29:09,317 life's gonna be a lot easier, 606 00:29:10,785 --> 00:29:13,721 'cause then I can put together my home. 607 00:29:15,923 --> 00:29:17,492 All right. Here we go! 608 00:29:17,525 --> 00:29:19,961 From sun up to sun down. 609 00:29:19,994 --> 00:29:22,964 I don't mess around. 610 00:29:22,997 --> 00:29:26,634 This is the plan today, moving all this stuff down to the building site. 611 00:29:26,667 --> 00:29:28,202 I don't have enough snow. 612 00:29:28,236 --> 00:29:32,039 I'm hopeful that these first few runs are going well, 613 00:29:32,073 --> 00:29:35,276 but I'm, I'm a little reluctant to be skidding stuff 614 00:29:35,309 --> 00:29:37,845 without enough snow. 615 00:29:37,879 --> 00:29:40,648 But I'm gonna try. 616 00:29:41,916 --> 00:29:44,886 Whoo! First load. 617 00:29:44,919 --> 00:29:48,055 Without issue. 618 00:29:55,163 --> 00:29:58,966 All right. The next loads are only gonna get bigger and crazier. 619 00:30:02,370 --> 00:30:04,205 All right. Here I am on this run. 620 00:30:04,238 --> 00:30:07,408 This is the biggest piece yet. 621 00:30:20,288 --> 00:30:22,123 What the (bleep)? 622 00:30:22,156 --> 00:30:24,292 This skid has collapsed. 623 00:30:24,325 --> 00:30:26,694 Wanting to act a fool. 624 00:30:26,727 --> 00:30:29,096 Rushing a little too much. 625 00:30:29,130 --> 00:30:31,098 This sled (bleep) suck. 626 00:30:40,391 --> 00:30:41,926 MICHAEL: Everything was going good. 627 00:30:41,959 --> 00:30:43,494 This was a great load. 628 00:30:43,528 --> 00:30:45,396 Sometimes when I get to, to working, 629 00:30:45,429 --> 00:30:48,199 I get in that mode and I forget stuff. 630 00:30:49,384 --> 00:30:54,889 Lashings loosen up, the runner just caved on one side. 631 00:30:53,771 --> 00:30:57,008 I'll have to support that some more. 632 00:30:57,508 --> 00:30:59,710 I'm gonna go ahead and prop this up, 633 00:30:59,744 --> 00:31:02,613 get the weight off this side, 634 00:31:02,647 --> 00:31:07,618 and get that runner upright. 635 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,622 And then, I'm gonna scab another piece of wood that 636 00:31:11,656 --> 00:31:15,626 will prevent it from moving that much. 637 00:31:16,027 --> 00:31:19,497 That ought to limit that. 638 00:31:19,530 --> 00:31:23,834 And so, I think that should be the last piece of the puzzle 639 00:31:23,868 --> 00:31:28,773 before this free sled is actually working well for me. 640 00:31:29,707 --> 00:31:31,642 All right. 641 00:31:31,676 --> 00:31:33,978 We'll see if that will limit the flex. 642 00:31:34,011 --> 00:31:36,113 Thinking this might work. 643 00:31:36,147 --> 00:31:38,983 Life is a fine blend of pessimism, 644 00:31:39,016 --> 00:31:41,586 optimism, and realism. 645 00:31:41,619 --> 00:31:45,356 And so, it's up to you how you wanna blend your life. 646 00:31:45,389 --> 00:31:48,693 Just like new, but not really. 647 00:31:48,726 --> 00:31:53,164 For me, I like to be on the most part, realistic. 648 00:31:53,998 --> 00:31:58,135 Optimistically, I would say that this should be the last repair. 649 00:31:58,169 --> 00:32:01,572 Realistically, probably won't be. 650 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,242 Pessimistically, I'd like to say, 651 00:32:04,275 --> 00:32:06,711 "Screw this sled!" 652 00:32:06,744 --> 00:32:09,046 But you can't just throw your hands up in the air and walk away, 653 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,717 'cause Alaska is never gonna change in regards to 654 00:32:12,750 --> 00:32:15,286 how challenging the environment is. 655 00:32:15,319 --> 00:32:17,922 You gotta keep your cool, figure it out, 656 00:32:17,955 --> 00:32:21,259 and keep moving. 657 00:32:23,327 --> 00:32:26,797 All right! 658 00:32:26,831 --> 00:32:29,066 I got a good blend today. 659 00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:31,335 Little bit of optimism. 660 00:32:31,369 --> 00:32:35,506 Sometimes, when you feel like life is so terrible, 661 00:32:35,539 --> 00:32:39,210 you just gotta remind yourself how thankful for life you are. 662 00:32:39,243 --> 00:32:42,013 If you got a full belly, you got warm toes and warm 663 00:32:42,046 --> 00:32:45,049 fingers, and your body still works, 664 00:32:45,082 --> 00:32:48,452 be happy with what you have, get through that problem, 665 00:32:48,486 --> 00:32:50,755 and keep trucking. 666 00:32:50,788 --> 00:32:52,757 Wow. 667 00:32:52,790 --> 00:32:54,792 Did that just happen? 668 00:32:54,825 --> 00:33:00,064 Did I just haul a massive piece of floor with no crazy conundrums? 669 00:33:00,097 --> 00:33:01,766 Did that really just happen? 670 00:33:01,799 --> 00:33:04,135 Dang. 671 00:33:04,168 --> 00:33:07,305 A little bit of adversity, and now everything is just 672 00:33:07,338 --> 00:33:09,273 as smooth as silk. 673 00:33:09,307 --> 00:33:12,009 I'm feeling like a million bucks! 674 00:33:12,043 --> 00:33:14,845 I'm gonna keep hauling loads, man. 675 00:33:16,414 --> 00:33:20,117 Everything up here gets tested by the Alaskan environment. 676 00:33:20,151 --> 00:33:24,121 I can't wait to get all of this stuff up. 677 00:33:24,155 --> 00:33:25,890 Whoo! 678 00:33:25,923 --> 00:33:27,725 Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo. 679 00:33:27,758 --> 00:33:31,095 In time, before the real cold, cold spells, 680 00:33:31,128 --> 00:33:33,698 the 40 and 50 below stuff kicks in. 681 00:33:33,731 --> 00:33:37,401 It'll be a nice feeling to jump into a new, cozy home. 682 00:33:37,435 --> 00:33:40,271 But there's still a lot of work to be done before 683 00:33:40,304 --> 00:33:42,840 I get to that point. 684 00:33:47,345 --> 00:33:49,347 ALEX: For us as a species to survive, 685 00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:51,182 we can't think that we're above nature, 686 00:33:51,215 --> 00:33:52,683 because we're not. 687 00:33:52,717 --> 00:33:55,586 It's gonna come back to bite us in the ass in a major way. 688 00:34:01,926 --> 00:34:03,728 This is a shooby magic. 689 00:34:03,761 --> 00:34:06,430 It's gonna be the world's best outhouse. 690 00:34:06,464 --> 00:34:08,733 So today, I'm gonna kinda finish out this whole little 691 00:34:08,766 --> 00:34:11,736 ordeal by rebuilding my outhouse. 692 00:34:11,769 --> 00:34:13,537 So, this is my front and back walls, 693 00:34:13,571 --> 00:34:15,606 kind of like the frame of the house. 694 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:17,541 And then those two big plywood sheets, 695 00:34:17,575 --> 00:34:19,477 I'll kind of just tack on to either side, 696 00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:21,045 which kind of gives it walls. 697 00:34:21,078 --> 00:34:23,214 And that's basically it. 698 00:34:23,247 --> 00:34:25,416 I could spend, you know, weeks planning the perfect outhouse, 699 00:34:25,449 --> 00:34:27,017 and just make something beautiful, 700 00:34:27,051 --> 00:34:29,286 but what's happening in here is the same either way. 701 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,255 It doesn't got to be pretty. 702 00:34:31,288 --> 00:34:33,724 We're gonna just do this bush-bum style. 703 00:34:33,758 --> 00:34:36,761 Ah, it's not cooperating. 704 00:34:36,794 --> 00:34:37,828 I gotta brace it first. 705 00:34:37,862 --> 00:34:41,065 This is just an exercise in frustration. 706 00:34:41,932 --> 00:34:44,068 If I had somebody here to hold that, 707 00:34:44,101 --> 00:34:46,036 I wouldn't even need to bother with this. 708 00:34:46,070 --> 00:34:48,339 A lot of times, I'll spend as much time just basically 709 00:34:48,372 --> 00:34:51,876 making, like, braces and stuff to hold something that if, 710 00:34:51,909 --> 00:34:54,512 uh, if I had another person, they would just be able to 711 00:34:54,545 --> 00:34:56,213 hold it for me. 712 00:34:56,247 --> 00:34:57,982 So, it kind of like doubles the amount of time you have to 713 00:34:58,015 --> 00:35:03,220 work, which is, uh, the reason I spend half my time cussing. 714 00:35:03,254 --> 00:35:05,122 (grunting). 715 00:35:05,156 --> 00:35:06,824 (bleep). 716 00:35:06,857 --> 00:35:08,359 Piece of (bleep). 717 00:35:08,392 --> 00:35:10,961 Why can I not (bleep) do this? 718 00:35:12,430 --> 00:35:15,366 (bleep) stupid. 719 00:35:18,402 --> 00:35:19,470 Okay. 720 00:35:19,503 --> 00:35:21,472 So that's all braced up. 721 00:35:21,505 --> 00:35:24,041 Now, I can put my walls on. 722 00:35:31,582 --> 00:35:33,083 This is a good quitting point. 723 00:35:33,117 --> 00:35:34,418 It's about to be dark. 724 00:35:34,452 --> 00:35:36,454 I made good progress on this, I just got one wall left, 725 00:35:36,487 --> 00:35:38,155 and then there's a couple small little things I need to 726 00:35:38,189 --> 00:35:40,858 do, but I'll just finish up those last little bits 727 00:35:40,891 --> 00:35:43,060 tomorrow morning. 728 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,735 CHRIS: Out here, it's survival of the fittest. 729 00:35:51,769 --> 00:35:55,005 You live day by day, and you live by the gun. 730 00:36:04,715 --> 00:36:07,518 All right. Head up to that burl. 731 00:36:09,587 --> 00:36:11,789 Now that looks like a den. 732 00:36:11,822 --> 00:36:15,125 JESSI: That looks like a bear den to me, Chris. 733 00:36:15,159 --> 00:36:17,695 CHRIS: Let me see your rifle. I wanna look at that. 734 00:36:23,868 --> 00:36:26,103 That sure looks like a bear den to me, Jess. 735 00:36:26,136 --> 00:36:28,572 JESSI: It's a big old hole. 736 00:36:28,606 --> 00:36:32,276 CHRIS: Yeah, I can see frost hanging. 737 00:36:32,309 --> 00:36:35,479 I'd like to know if he's in there. 738 00:36:35,846 --> 00:36:38,883 He's denned up for the winter. 739 00:36:38,916 --> 00:36:41,952 And I'll have to get closer to really know. 740 00:36:43,787 --> 00:36:47,091 What I'd like you to do is go right out onto this knoll, 741 00:36:47,124 --> 00:36:48,759 and I want you to just cover me. 742 00:36:48,792 --> 00:36:50,327 And I'm gonna go up and around, 743 00:36:50,361 --> 00:36:52,863 and I'm gonna go get a closer look. 744 00:36:52,897 --> 00:36:55,032 I'd really like to know that he's denned up for the winter. 745 00:36:55,065 --> 00:36:57,167 JESSI: Okay. 746 00:36:57,201 --> 00:36:58,502 I'm gonna go straight. 747 00:36:58,536 --> 00:37:01,238 You, uh, you keep an eye while I go up there, okay? 748 00:37:01,272 --> 00:37:02,840 CHRIS: Uh-huh. 749 00:37:02,873 --> 00:37:05,075 JESSI: All right. Here we go. 750 00:37:05,109 --> 00:37:06,777 CHRIS: The first thing I ask Jessi to do is go out onto the 751 00:37:06,810 --> 00:37:09,780 little island that overlooks the bear den. 752 00:37:14,408 --> 00:37:18,845 Let me know, Jess, if you see any movement, okay? 753 00:37:22,626 --> 00:37:25,996 What I want is her having a top view as I walk across this ravine. 754 00:37:26,030 --> 00:37:28,198 I don't want that bear to sneak up on me. 755 00:37:28,232 --> 00:37:30,167 I don't want him having the high ground. 756 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,636 So, with Jessi pointing her rifle directly into the den, 757 00:37:32,670 --> 00:37:35,940 I feel a lot more confident about getting over there. 758 00:37:35,973 --> 00:37:38,342 Oh, I can see the frost hanging down. 759 00:37:38,375 --> 00:37:40,511 I am fearful that there is gonna be a bear in this den. 760 00:37:40,544 --> 00:37:42,313 It's really warm out today. 761 00:37:42,346 --> 00:37:44,748 Chances are if I start stomping around and he's not 762 00:37:44,782 --> 00:37:47,751 sleeping, he's gonna come out. 763 00:37:48,852 --> 00:37:51,722 I'm gonna cross. 764 00:37:52,156 --> 00:37:54,625 As I head down and work my way across this small ravine, 765 00:37:54,658 --> 00:37:56,994 my heart is thumping. 766 00:37:57,027 --> 00:37:58,596 I'm getting really close to a bear. 767 00:37:58,629 --> 00:38:01,932 And not just any bear, a big, aggressive bear. 768 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,468 Oh, man. 769 00:38:04,501 --> 00:38:07,404 It's definitely a den. 770 00:38:07,438 --> 00:38:10,074 I'm gonna have to get closer. 771 00:38:11,342 --> 00:38:13,410 Oh, man. 772 00:38:13,444 --> 00:38:17,681 I'm gonna go back this way and go up and around, okay? 773 00:38:25,389 --> 00:38:27,625 I don't want him to come out. 774 00:38:27,658 --> 00:38:31,128 I just wanna see if he's in there. 775 00:38:33,397 --> 00:38:35,165 Now's the time to be quiet. 776 00:38:35,199 --> 00:38:38,068 This bear den is a hollow hole underneath frozen ground. 777 00:38:38,102 --> 00:38:39,803 Every step I make is gonna echo through the chamber of 778 00:38:39,837 --> 00:38:43,841 this bear, and I'm just trying to be as quiet as I can. 779 00:38:45,209 --> 00:38:46,910 This is it. 780 00:38:46,944 --> 00:38:49,513 I might be face to face with the biggest predator out here. 781 00:38:50,447 --> 00:38:53,884 There's a (bleep) bear down here. 782 00:38:58,389 --> 00:39:01,392 There's something in there. 783 00:39:02,059 --> 00:39:05,429 The grass is moving. 784 00:39:09,096 --> 00:39:14,801 Oh, man. (bleep). 785 00:39:22,579 --> 00:39:23,947 Oh, man. 786 00:39:23,981 --> 00:39:25,449 I can hear something shifting inside, 787 00:39:25,482 --> 00:39:27,518 weight being moved and sat down. 788 00:39:27,551 --> 00:39:28,819 (bleep). 789 00:39:28,852 --> 00:39:32,189 There is a big bear in here. 790 00:39:35,192 --> 00:39:38,395 Don't wanna wake you up, buddy. 791 00:39:40,564 --> 00:39:43,934 It's in there. 792 00:39:43,967 --> 00:39:46,937 I'm just gonna back away. 793 00:39:52,609 --> 00:39:53,811 Oh, man. 794 00:39:53,844 --> 00:39:56,480 There's definitely a bear in that den. 795 00:39:56,513 --> 00:39:59,850 The best bet now is to just back off, walk away. 796 00:39:59,883 --> 00:40:02,920 Let him hibernate for the winter. 797 00:40:02,953 --> 00:40:05,589 I don't wanna fight that bear this close. 798 00:40:08,058 --> 00:40:09,993 I don't see a big plug sitting in here that says he's in for 799 00:40:10,027 --> 00:40:11,462 the winter. 800 00:40:11,495 --> 00:40:13,297 This bear could come out at any moment. 801 00:40:13,330 --> 00:40:14,998 He's just getting comfortable. 802 00:40:15,032 --> 00:40:17,101 He's getting ready to ride out this cold winter. 803 00:40:17,134 --> 00:40:20,037 But like me, he's still hungry and he might be coming out to hunt. 804 00:40:20,070 --> 00:40:22,372 I don't want to mess with his den anymore. 805 00:40:22,406 --> 00:40:24,341 I'm hoping he just stays put. 806 00:40:24,374 --> 00:40:26,343 Just gonna back away. 807 00:40:26,376 --> 00:40:31,715 Phew. Man. That was intense. 808 00:40:31,749 --> 00:40:33,417 JESSI: Come up here. 809 00:40:33,450 --> 00:40:35,619 CHRIS: It feels good to know this bear is inside its den, 810 00:40:35,652 --> 00:40:36,987 but with warm weather like this, 811 00:40:37,020 --> 00:40:38,655 he could come out at any point. 812 00:40:38,689 --> 00:40:40,257 So until we start getting really cold weather, 813 00:40:40,290 --> 00:40:42,926 I'm still gonna be looking over my shoulder. 814 00:40:44,228 --> 00:40:45,496 JESSI: Wow. 815 00:40:45,529 --> 00:40:47,064 CHRIS: There's a bear in that den. 816 00:40:47,097 --> 00:40:49,266 He's trying to get comfortable to hibernate. 817 00:40:49,299 --> 00:40:51,001 Hopefully, he stays in there. 818 00:40:51,034 --> 00:40:52,436 JESSI: You didn't see any tracks? 819 00:40:52,469 --> 00:40:53,804 CHRIS: I didn't see any tracks, 820 00:40:53,837 --> 00:40:54,972 and I went up and around. 821 00:40:55,005 --> 00:40:56,540 There's no tracks at all. 822 00:40:56,573 --> 00:40:57,775 JESSI: If it wasn't for that storm, 823 00:40:57,808 --> 00:40:59,376 I mean, who knows? 824 00:40:59,409 --> 00:41:00,744 He could have gone in there yesterday; 825 00:41:00,778 --> 00:41:02,246 He could have gone in there last week, right? 826 00:41:02,279 --> 00:41:03,881 CHRIS: Yeah. 827 00:41:03,914 --> 00:41:06,750 JESSI: Well, at least he's not out here and not tracking us through the woods. 828 00:41:06,784 --> 00:41:07,885 I guess. 829 00:41:07,918 --> 00:41:09,720 CHRIS: Yeah, no kidding. 830 00:41:09,753 --> 00:41:12,089 JESSI: I guess nothing left but to head back home, right? 831 00:41:12,122 --> 00:41:14,091 CHRIS: Yeah, it's gonna get dark soon, and... 832 00:41:14,124 --> 00:41:15,559 JESSI: I don't wanna be out here. 833 00:41:15,592 --> 00:41:17,261 I don't care if he's away for the winter. 834 00:41:17,294 --> 00:41:20,430 I do not wanna be caught in these thick woods in the dark. 835 00:41:20,464 --> 00:41:22,866 CHRIS: No. Let's get moving. 836 00:41:22,900 --> 00:41:25,502 JESSI: Ready? I'll follow you. 837 00:41:33,110 --> 00:41:34,578 MICHAEL: All right. 838 00:41:34,611 --> 00:41:37,581 The last of the last, right here. 839 00:41:37,614 --> 00:41:39,216 Phew. 840 00:41:39,249 --> 00:41:43,620 Oh, I think I made a coffin, I can lay in it now. 841 00:41:44,655 --> 00:41:49,426 Bury me! Ugh. 842 00:41:54,898 --> 00:41:57,434 Today was definitely a bludgeoning of the mind, 843 00:41:57,467 --> 00:41:58,769 of the body. 844 00:41:58,802 --> 00:42:02,706 Fix the sled, move the sled. Lift this, drop that. 845 00:42:02,739 --> 00:42:06,243 Holy smokes. But you know what? 846 00:42:07,048 --> 00:42:12,253 You can't escape the strains of living a rural Alaskan lifestyle. 847 00:42:12,349 --> 00:42:15,519 Now all I gotta do is assemble this thing just like a kid 848 00:42:15,552 --> 00:42:18,088 would assemble a Lego set. 849 00:42:18,121 --> 00:42:20,624 Looking forward to the challenge. 850 00:42:28,298 --> 00:42:30,767 BRITTANY: All right. Hand me a stick. 851 00:42:30,801 --> 00:42:32,703 Let's test out. 852 00:42:32,736 --> 00:42:34,137 Whoa! 853 00:42:34,171 --> 00:42:36,006 (Kaleb laughing). 854 00:42:36,039 --> 00:42:37,741 KALEB: Today, my kids learned a lot. 855 00:42:37,774 --> 00:42:40,210 Their little minds are like sponges. 856 00:42:40,244 --> 00:42:41,578 They soak stuff up. 857 00:42:41,612 --> 00:42:44,081 So, when they're young like this is the best time to teach 858 00:42:44,114 --> 00:42:47,217 them how to survive in the bush. 859 00:42:47,918 --> 00:42:50,821 Gilbert and Elovie are the fourth generation of Rowlands 860 00:42:50,854 --> 00:42:52,856 to live here in the McCarthy Valley. 861 00:42:52,890 --> 00:42:54,658 And they're not the last generation. 862 00:42:54,691 --> 00:42:57,361 Someday, their kids will be here, too. 863 00:43:02,733 --> 00:43:04,268 ALEX: I got the walls, the floor, 864 00:43:04,301 --> 00:43:06,904 and then the finishing touch, a little toilet paper holder. 865 00:43:06,937 --> 00:43:08,272 And that'll be it. 866 00:43:08,305 --> 00:43:10,240 I'll have this great outhouse. 867 00:43:10,274 --> 00:43:11,708 You ever just sit on your toilet and think, 868 00:43:11,742 --> 00:43:13,644 "I got it made. I'm a frickin' king." 869 00:43:13,677 --> 00:43:16,046 No, you don't think that until you live in the bush. 870 00:43:16,079 --> 00:43:17,581 And then you think that. 871 00:43:17,614 --> 00:43:18,815 That's just part of kind of bush living. 872 00:43:18,849 --> 00:43:20,250 It puts things in perspective. 873 00:43:20,284 --> 00:43:22,853 It makes you realize how many thousands of years of 874 00:43:22,886 --> 00:43:26,023 technological progress we're standing upon. 875 00:43:28,125 --> 00:43:29,960 Nice outhouse, it's all complete. 876 00:43:29,993 --> 00:43:32,696 The only thing left to do is test her out. 877 00:43:37,234 --> 00:43:39,503 CHRIS: Tell you right now, I'd much rather hunt than be hunted. 878 00:43:39,536 --> 00:43:40,871 That's a big change. 879 00:43:40,904 --> 00:43:43,373 I didn't like that feeling of something stalking me. 880 00:43:43,407 --> 00:43:46,176 Having some lights on the house isn't gonna keep the bear away. 881 00:43:46,209 --> 00:43:47,644 But when you have a light switch and you can light up 882 00:43:47,678 --> 00:43:49,579 your entire grounds as far as you can see, 883 00:43:49,613 --> 00:43:50,881 you just feel better. 884 00:43:50,914 --> 00:43:53,283 It's just comforting. 885 00:43:56,453 --> 00:43:59,156 Time to try it out. 886 00:43:59,189 --> 00:44:00,457 All right. 887 00:44:00,490 --> 00:44:01,725 JESSI: Good job, love. 888 00:44:01,758 --> 00:44:03,994 CHRIS: Fear is like a weed, it gets inside of you and it will 889 00:44:04,027 --> 00:44:07,564 grow and grow and grow, and it's gonna push you out of this lifestyle. 890 00:44:07,597 --> 00:44:10,233 You have to prepare for it. 891 00:44:10,267 --> 00:44:12,135 You have to overcome it. 892 00:44:12,169 --> 00:44:13,670 You have to let fear go. 893 00:44:13,704 --> 00:44:17,074 You have to go out there and face your fears. 894 00:44:18,175 --> 00:44:19,343 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.