1 00:00:07,174 --> 00:00:10,142 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:10,644 --> 00:00:13,379 johnny: Whoa. Look at this. 3 00:00:15,916 --> 00:00:17,816 Oh, my god. 4 00:00:18,352 --> 00:00:20,686 That's, that's grizzly bear hair right there. 5 00:00:21,389 --> 00:00:22,988 Look up here. 6 00:00:24,058 --> 00:00:27,559 How powerful. It just shred through this. 7 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,129 This tree is gonna be dead. 8 00:00:30,164 --> 00:00:32,031 But it's not, which tells me that this 9 00:00:32,066 --> 00:00:33,766 is pretty, pretty fresh. 10 00:00:33,801 --> 00:00:36,235 You know this happened semi-recently. 11 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:39,405 I'm not the only one in this neighborhood hunting. 12 00:00:48,449 --> 00:00:50,149 Johnny: Just more sheds. 13 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:52,785 If all else fails, caribou should be around. 14 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,120 It's a good sign. 15 00:00:55,322 --> 00:00:56,955 It's really good to see, you know, 16 00:00:56,991 --> 00:00:59,825 what's in the neighborhood. 17 00:01:04,598 --> 00:01:07,533 This is the arctic and it's a very unforgiving place. 18 00:01:09,103 --> 00:01:10,502 I'm in a new territory. 19 00:01:10,538 --> 00:01:12,004 This is new land for me. 20 00:01:12,039 --> 00:01:15,307 It's important that I secure some food for, for the winter. 21 00:01:15,743 --> 00:01:18,377 The stakes are a little bit higher here in alaska. 22 00:01:18,412 --> 00:01:20,679 The odds are against me. 23 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:24,383 There's a lot of challenges that will be coming my way, 24 00:01:24,418 --> 00:01:27,753 but I, I feel like I'm living the life that 25 00:01:27,788 --> 00:01:30,055 I was born to live. 26 00:01:30,891 --> 00:01:32,458 My name is johnny rolfe. 27 00:01:32,493 --> 00:01:35,027 I grew up right outside chicago. 28 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:38,263 I spent as much time as I could outside, 29 00:01:38,332 --> 00:01:41,567 running around a cornfield, the neighborhood forest. 30 00:01:41,969 --> 00:01:43,769 It was hard to keep me inside. 31 00:01:44,572 --> 00:01:47,639 I moved out to seattle for a job. 32 00:01:47,675 --> 00:01:50,442 I worked at a three michelin-star restaurant. 33 00:01:50,478 --> 00:01:54,713 But the city, it's a cold depressing place for me is how I felt. 34 00:01:56,050 --> 00:01:57,449 Narrator: Several months ago, 35 00:01:57,485 --> 00:02:00,319 johnny rolfe escaped city life and built a cabin for 36 00:02:00,354 --> 00:02:03,789 himself and his dog, java, in the isolated brooks range. 37 00:02:04,959 --> 00:02:08,327 This will be his first winter in the unknown territory. 38 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,667 Johnny: It's a moose scat, but it's a little old. 39 00:02:16,504 --> 00:02:18,937 But, you know, if there was a moose here at one time, 40 00:02:18,973 --> 00:02:22,141 there's probably a moose here again. 41 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:24,977 Let's keep, keep moving. 42 00:02:26,013 --> 00:02:28,947 This is the first time I'm actually going out and exploring. 43 00:02:28,983 --> 00:02:32,151 Any ground I cover today is new. 44 00:02:32,386 --> 00:02:35,420 My goal overall is to be self-reliant. 45 00:02:35,456 --> 00:02:37,156 I need to be prepared. 46 00:02:37,191 --> 00:02:38,357 This is my food. 47 00:02:38,392 --> 00:02:40,159 This is what's carrying me through the winter. 48 00:02:40,194 --> 00:02:42,561 It's moose and caribou season right now. 49 00:02:42,596 --> 00:02:45,130 It's such a short window of opportunity, 50 00:02:45,166 --> 00:02:46,798 it's going to be a lot of work for me. 51 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:49,801 But I'm not looking for an easy out here. 52 00:02:52,540 --> 00:02:55,641 Seeing a lot more caribou sign and I'm open to either. 53 00:02:55,676 --> 00:02:57,776 I'm not just out here for moose. 54 00:02:57,811 --> 00:03:00,512 I'm gonna capitalize on any of those opportunities. 55 00:03:00,981 --> 00:03:03,382 Although it's open season for moose right now, 56 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:05,784 caribou's on the list as well. 57 00:03:06,153 --> 00:03:07,886 I have to bring meat home. 58 00:03:07,922 --> 00:03:10,455 And if I don't, well then, I'm just not going to make it. 59 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:15,527 Jessi: There's three things that are important out here, 60 00:03:15,563 --> 00:03:17,863 and that's food, shelter, and water. 61 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:22,267 We need all three of those, absolutely, to survive out here. 62 00:03:26,807 --> 00:03:28,807 That's right, you're gonna show me those mushrooms. 63 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:33,679 Chris: Fall in the cosna is about the best time out here, 64 00:03:33,714 --> 00:03:36,114 but every season out here has its troubles. 65 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:38,016 Narrator: For chris and jessi morse, 66 00:03:38,052 --> 00:03:40,919 living 100 miles from civilization means they need 67 00:03:40,955 --> 00:03:43,589 to work for even the basic necessities for survival. 68 00:03:44,925 --> 00:03:47,793 In order to have a constant source of clean water, 69 00:03:47,828 --> 00:03:50,929 first, they must find and tap into a spring. 70 00:03:51,865 --> 00:03:54,366 Chris: Water's always a complicated issue out here. 71 00:03:55,069 --> 00:03:56,435 We got a lot of brush. 72 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:57,703 It's a deep bank. 73 00:03:57,738 --> 00:03:59,404 There's a lot of bears this time of the year, 74 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,506 and it's got parasites, so you have to filter it and 75 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:03,008 you have to boil it. 76 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:04,476 So, you're always trying to be careful, 77 00:04:04,511 --> 00:04:06,011 you're always trying to watch it. 78 00:04:06,046 --> 00:04:07,446 There it is. 79 00:04:07,481 --> 00:04:09,348 Oh, don't let it, you're holding me down. 80 00:04:09,383 --> 00:04:10,749 You're holding me down! 81 00:04:11,418 --> 00:04:13,252 We're always fighting some kind of danger trying 82 00:04:13,287 --> 00:04:14,820 to get water. 83 00:04:15,189 --> 00:04:16,588 Jessi: This way. 84 00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:20,158 Chris: There should be a, 85 00:04:20,194 --> 00:04:21,627 like a swamp pole out here somewhere that 86 00:04:21,662 --> 00:04:22,995 I'm looking for. 87 00:04:23,030 --> 00:04:24,630 Today we're gonna go wander around and we're going 88 00:04:24,665 --> 00:04:26,932 to see if we can find a good spot to put a well in. 89 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:29,501 But to get a well in to the ground you got a bunch of pipe, 90 00:04:29,536 --> 00:04:31,903 and you've got yourself a driving point. 91 00:04:31,939 --> 00:04:34,873 This pitcher pump styles that you've seen it all the camp grounds, 92 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:36,742 that's what we're using for a well head. 93 00:04:37,978 --> 00:04:39,278 Jessi: It's all looking pretty dry. 94 00:04:39,313 --> 00:04:40,579 Chris: Yeah, if you start walking along and you start 95 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:42,981 seeing like water come up where we're stepping, 96 00:04:43,017 --> 00:04:45,884 we'll try digging there and see what it looks like. 97 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:47,586 Let's just keep on cruising. 98 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:50,889 Jessi: Kind of swampy up in here. 99 00:04:50,924 --> 00:04:53,158 Chris: All right, I can feel it underneath me squishing. 100 00:04:54,261 --> 00:04:56,061 Jessi: Oh, I can hear it. Chris: Yeah. 101 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:57,829 Not only can I hear the water under my feet, 102 00:04:57,865 --> 00:04:59,598 but I can actually see it squish up and around 103 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:00,666 my rubber boots. 104 00:05:00,701 --> 00:05:02,768 To me that's a really good sign. 105 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:05,037 Here we go. 106 00:05:05,072 --> 00:05:07,572 Let's see how deep this is. 107 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:10,876 But, I mean, this is a pretty big muck hole. 108 00:05:10,911 --> 00:05:14,513 To me, seeing water here and digging into the ground and seeing water, 109 00:05:14,548 --> 00:05:16,448 I feel like this might be our best chance. 110 00:05:16,917 --> 00:05:18,016 Jessi: Wouldn't that be amazing? 111 00:05:18,052 --> 00:05:20,752 This tiny little hole actually has like a spring or 112 00:05:20,788 --> 00:05:23,155 something underneath it. 113 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:24,756 Chris: Give it a try? 114 00:05:24,792 --> 00:05:27,092 Jessi: I think this is the spot. 115 00:05:30,531 --> 00:05:31,730 Brittany: Living out here, 116 00:05:31,799 --> 00:05:33,432 everyone has to learn to hunt for food. 117 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:35,500 It's necessary for us to learn these skills. 118 00:05:35,536 --> 00:05:37,502 To be able to provide my family with, 119 00:05:37,538 --> 00:05:39,538 with meat for the year. 120 00:05:46,747 --> 00:05:48,613 Kaleb: We are heading out moose hunting. 121 00:05:48,649 --> 00:05:51,183 It's overnight camping up to a high ridge. 122 00:05:51,218 --> 00:05:52,718 We really need to get a moose. 123 00:05:52,753 --> 00:05:54,386 Our freezer's empty. 124 00:05:54,421 --> 00:05:55,954 We're gonna leave the kids up at grandma 125 00:05:55,989 --> 00:05:57,356 and grandpa's house. 126 00:05:57,391 --> 00:05:58,924 I get to bring my wife, 127 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:01,526 who I have never actually gone hunting with, 128 00:06:01,795 --> 00:06:03,729 so this will be a first for us. 129 00:06:05,165 --> 00:06:08,200 Brittany: Okay. You ready for some practicing? 130 00:06:08,235 --> 00:06:09,534 Kaleb: Yeah, this looks like a good spot. 131 00:06:09,570 --> 00:06:11,303 Brittany: Yeah? 132 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:13,004 Shall we shoot these jugs? 133 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,139 Kaleb: Yeah. 134 00:06:14,174 --> 00:06:16,274 Those looks like about the size of, of a moose liver. 135 00:06:16,310 --> 00:06:18,343 Brittany: Moose liver. 136 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:20,412 Kaleb: My name is kaleb rowland. 137 00:06:20,447 --> 00:06:21,847 I live in mccarthy, alaska 138 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:23,448 with my wife, brittany, and two children, 139 00:06:23,484 --> 00:06:25,117 gilbert and elovie. 140 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:29,254 I really do enjoy life out here with my wife and my children. 141 00:06:29,289 --> 00:06:31,022 I grew up out here. 142 00:06:31,058 --> 00:06:34,693 Being able to go do whatever you want, whenever you want. 143 00:06:35,129 --> 00:06:36,995 I need a shop built... 144 00:06:38,332 --> 00:06:39,531 I just do it. 145 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:43,168 My kids have the freedom out here to just roam. 146 00:06:43,504 --> 00:06:45,604 This is a beautiful place to enjoy. 147 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:46,705 I'm just happy. 148 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:49,341 I'm content with where my life is now. 149 00:06:50,444 --> 00:06:51,743 So, who's going first? 150 00:06:51,779 --> 00:06:53,478 Brittany: I think I wanna shoot first. 151 00:06:53,514 --> 00:06:56,047 I think if I see yours go kaboom, 152 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:58,750 I'm going to chicken out on shooting. 153 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:03,622 Shooting a gun is both exciting and thrilling and 154 00:07:03,657 --> 00:07:05,457 also a little bit terrifying. 155 00:07:05,492 --> 00:07:07,626 The last time I shot a gun was about 10 years ago. 156 00:07:07,995 --> 00:07:08,994 (gunshot) 157 00:07:09,997 --> 00:07:11,196 kaleb: Okay. 158 00:07:11,231 --> 00:07:12,864 You wanna have it up on your shoulder here, 159 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:14,666 and then you wanna, yeah. 160 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:16,301 Brittany: While kaleb usually goes out to hunt, 161 00:07:16,336 --> 00:07:19,037 I've been busy raising my babies at home. 162 00:07:19,573 --> 00:07:20,939 (gunshot) 163 00:07:22,743 --> 00:07:24,743 well, this time, I'm going with him because 164 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:25,811 it's hunting season. 165 00:07:25,846 --> 00:07:28,380 You only have a short window to actually be able 166 00:07:28,415 --> 00:07:30,182 to hunt a moose. 167 00:07:30,217 --> 00:07:33,318 We have to do it now or we won't have meat for the year. 168 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:37,589 Being able to provide for our family, and also have, 169 00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:39,724 essentially, a couple days of a date night, 170 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,927 we're very excited about that. 171 00:07:43,197 --> 00:07:46,097 We need to start the winter off with a full freezer. 172 00:07:47,734 --> 00:07:49,100 Michael: I'm just like a kid sometimes. 173 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:51,903 I just keep curiously wanting to push forward. 174 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:54,606 What's around the next bend? What's around the next bend? 175 00:07:55,042 --> 00:07:57,008 Until finally, I make it to my destination. 176 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:01,746 I gotta confirm the zero on my small game gun. 177 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:03,648 I can use it for camp food. 178 00:08:03,684 --> 00:08:05,217 I've shot rough grouse, 179 00:08:05,252 --> 00:08:07,252 spruce grouse, snowshoe hare, beaver. 180 00:08:08,088 --> 00:08:10,889 I've put away a lot of food with this little gun. 181 00:08:10,924 --> 00:08:13,024 Narrator: With winter on the horizon and the season 182 00:08:13,060 --> 00:08:14,860 for hunting moose coming to a close, 183 00:08:15,863 --> 00:08:18,663 nomadic wanderer michael manzo is setting out 184 00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:21,666 in hopes of stockpiling vital meat to survive 185 00:08:21,702 --> 00:08:22,934 the harsh months ahead. 186 00:08:26,139 --> 00:08:27,506 Michael: That's what I like to see. 187 00:08:27,541 --> 00:08:30,108 There's my group right there and I'm hitting black. 188 00:08:30,143 --> 00:08:32,544 Time to get up the river. 189 00:08:37,818 --> 00:08:40,285 You know, every time I head out hunting, 190 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,554 I always like to see new territory. 191 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:44,656 I can't remember the last time I've hunted the 192 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:46,758 same river twice. 193 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,728 Back in 2010 when I got back from my third one-year tour 194 00:08:49,763 --> 00:08:53,198 in the iraq war, I was pretty jaded. 195 00:08:54,134 --> 00:08:57,168 It was a harsh time to be me and it was a harsh time for 196 00:08:57,204 --> 00:08:59,337 people to be close to me. 197 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:02,407 And I come out here. 198 00:09:02,442 --> 00:09:04,409 This place, it'll humble you. 199 00:09:04,845 --> 00:09:08,313 It reminds you that no matter how chaotic the world can be, 200 00:09:08,348 --> 00:09:12,150 the man-made fabricated world, this landscape will always be 201 00:09:12,185 --> 00:09:14,553 uncomplicated and beautiful. 202 00:09:15,522 --> 00:09:18,290 The hard day on the river is better than a 203 00:09:18,325 --> 00:09:20,258 great day in the city. 204 00:09:22,229 --> 00:09:24,229 We made it all the way down here to the mouth 205 00:09:24,264 --> 00:09:26,498 of the nation river. 206 00:09:26,533 --> 00:09:29,801 This is a small, technical, troublesome river. 207 00:09:30,704 --> 00:09:32,604 And this is the way I like it. 208 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:34,372 Keeps you on your toes. 209 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:37,175 We got this cut bank right here. 210 00:09:39,046 --> 00:09:41,079 Dang. 211 00:09:41,114 --> 00:09:44,783 This cottonwood is just blocking the whole darn river. 212 00:09:51,658 --> 00:09:53,858 That sucker threatens to capsize 213 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:56,061 everything I've earned. 214 00:09:56,563 --> 00:09:59,464 I'm gonna go ahead and pull over here. 215 00:10:01,668 --> 00:10:04,336 And that's blocking the whole river flow. 216 00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:08,306 I'm gonna go ahead and check this out, 217 00:10:08,342 --> 00:10:10,408 see if I can get this boat around this. 218 00:10:10,444 --> 00:10:11,710 Holy (bleep)! 219 00:10:11,745 --> 00:10:14,012 This water is swift. 220 00:10:14,047 --> 00:10:16,047 I could barely walk out here. 221 00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:20,218 But I have enough depth here, almost up to my knees, 222 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:22,621 where I can run my boat right up against the side of this 223 00:10:22,656 --> 00:10:26,024 sweeper and try like heck to get around it. 224 00:10:26,059 --> 00:10:28,793 But I gotta cut hard and I gotta cut quick to 225 00:10:28,829 --> 00:10:31,896 get around this shoal. 226 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:34,532 These sweepers, sitting there like that with all this 227 00:10:34,568 --> 00:10:37,002 rushing water up underneath it, 228 00:10:37,037 --> 00:10:40,171 threatens to tangle you up and capsize you. 229 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:51,650 ♪ ♪ 230 00:11:02,095 --> 00:11:04,195 everything I've earned. 231 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,042 Dang. 232 00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:19,277 I hope I don't encounter any more sweepers like that. 233 00:11:24,718 --> 00:11:27,185 Oh, man, that's a perfect camp spot. 234 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:34,893 This right here, this sandy stuff always leaves a signature. 235 00:11:36,897 --> 00:11:38,096 Right here is a wolf track. 236 00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:41,433 There's a creek over here, so I'm going to walk around 237 00:11:41,468 --> 00:11:43,768 all the sand and just keep my eyes peeled, 238 00:11:44,237 --> 00:11:46,004 see what I can see. 239 00:11:46,807 --> 00:11:48,473 Big wolf. 240 00:11:52,345 --> 00:11:54,012 Moose. 241 00:11:55,582 --> 00:11:58,383 There's a nipped willow and it regrew. 242 00:11:58,418 --> 00:12:01,319 It tells me that there are cows, calves, 243 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:04,289 possibly a young bull, feeding around this area. 244 00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:09,661 I see a big load of willow brush right here, 245 00:12:09,696 --> 00:12:12,063 piled up here by the beavers. 246 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,600 So, I'm liking this spot. 247 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:18,870 Get my camp setup. 248 00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:20,438 And I don't have no time to waste. 249 00:12:20,474 --> 00:12:22,707 Got a big job ahead of me. 250 00:12:24,945 --> 00:12:27,479 Kaleb: Alaska forces me to overcome weakness. 251 00:12:27,514 --> 00:12:29,114 Because you adapt and overcome to whatever 252 00:12:29,149 --> 00:12:30,882 situation you're in. 253 00:12:38,725 --> 00:12:40,425 Kaleb: I think this looks like a great place to put our tent. 254 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:41,826 We'll have a little bit of a view. 255 00:12:41,862 --> 00:12:43,061 Brittany: Yeah. 256 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:45,163 Kaleb: Let's, let's get this show rolling. 257 00:12:45,766 --> 00:12:47,732 Narrator: Kaleb and brittany rowland have located 258 00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:51,069 a site for their hunting camp 15 miles away from mccarthy. 259 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:55,039 Harvesting a large animal could bring the family enough 260 00:12:55,075 --> 00:12:58,243 meat to fill their empty freezer and feed them through 261 00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:00,445 the harsh winter ahead. 262 00:13:03,383 --> 00:13:05,517 Kaleb: Just like that we have us a home. 263 00:13:05,552 --> 00:13:06,918 It's got our moose call. 264 00:13:06,953 --> 00:13:09,687 It's got our emergency gear. 265 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:12,657 Brittany: Does the moose call, isn't that like cheating? 266 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:14,959 Kaleb: No. 267 00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:17,162 Basically, you're just convincing the moose that you're a hot date. 268 00:13:17,998 --> 00:13:19,931 Brittany: Well, I guess that's what everyone does on, 269 00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:21,366 on tinder and stuff like that. 270 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:22,467 Kaleb: Right? 271 00:13:22,502 --> 00:13:23,635 Brittany: They lie about who they are... 272 00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:25,470 Kaleb: Yup. Brittany: To get a mate. 273 00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:27,906 (animal call) 274 00:13:28,408 --> 00:13:29,808 kaleb: Moose call. 275 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:33,344 Brittany: You're going to have a good hike glassing for a bit. 276 00:13:33,380 --> 00:13:34,779 Kaleb: Yup. 277 00:13:34,815 --> 00:13:38,550 Brittany: I am going to go and rest in there and you can scoot. 278 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:40,485 Have lots of fun. 279 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:41,586 Love you. 280 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:42,854 Kaleb: Love ya. 281 00:13:42,889 --> 00:13:45,924 Brittany: Do you want a kiss? Kaleb: I always want a kiss. 282 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:48,193 Brittany: Bye. Kaleb: Will see ya. 283 00:13:52,132 --> 00:13:54,132 Growing up out here, hunting has always been a really 284 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:55,667 important part of our life. 285 00:13:55,702 --> 00:13:58,036 It's been a part of me since as long as I can remember. 286 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:04,242 I always love that feeling of "it's moose season now." 287 00:14:04,477 --> 00:14:06,411 time to go hunt. 288 00:14:06,446 --> 00:14:08,780 (animal call) 289 00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:15,119 johnny: I like to exercise my pioneer spirit and 290 00:14:15,155 --> 00:14:17,789 I like to go explore places that people have never been. 291 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:21,626 That, to me, is adventure. It's living life. 292 00:14:24,197 --> 00:14:26,297 Johnny: Just kinda snacking and grazing as I go. 293 00:14:27,567 --> 00:14:29,100 I'm not out here hunting blueberries, 294 00:14:29,135 --> 00:14:31,202 I'm out here hunting moose, so I gotta get moving. 295 00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:38,509 When I was 10 years old I, I got a national park 296 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:42,947 picture book and all these parks looked so awesome in there, 297 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:45,350 but as soon as I went to the alaska page, 298 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:47,819 it was profound. 299 00:14:47,854 --> 00:14:50,788 I said, "I need to get there, I belong." 300 00:14:52,425 --> 00:14:54,659 yeah. It's a grizzly. 301 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,062 He's hungry. So am I. 302 00:14:58,398 --> 00:14:59,831 We're getting close to the river. 303 00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:02,367 I, I, it's gotta be somewhere up here and I know 304 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,069 that bears like to hang out by the rivers. 305 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:07,438 The river that I'm walking to is the, kind of, 306 00:15:07,474 --> 00:15:09,173 the ultimate goal of this trip. 307 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:10,942 It's something that I'd been wanting to walk to 308 00:15:10,977 --> 00:15:12,877 since coming out here. 309 00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:15,280 I've hunted quite a bit in my time. 310 00:15:15,315 --> 00:15:18,216 But I've actually never hunted out here in alaska for large game. 311 00:15:19,319 --> 00:15:22,287 In order to be successful, I just have to apply my hard 312 00:15:22,322 --> 00:15:25,924 work ethic and any skill set that I have learned. 313 00:15:25,959 --> 00:15:28,092 It's going to be a tough winter otherwise. 314 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:33,364 I'm tired, I'm a little wet, I'm hungry, but I made it. 315 00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:38,202 More beautiful than I thought it would be. 316 00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:42,974 There's all, all sorts of different tracks in here, 317 00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:45,076 I see moose tracks, I see a bear print, 318 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:47,312 but it's awesome seeing these wolf tracks. 319 00:15:47,914 --> 00:15:51,082 It's important for me to know my competition. 320 00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:53,518 We're competing for the same food source. 321 00:15:53,553 --> 00:15:56,321 So, if they're here that means they're fed. 322 00:15:56,890 --> 00:15:58,690 So, if they can get fed, all I have to do is find 323 00:15:58,725 --> 00:16:00,892 the animal so I can get fed. 324 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:09,767 Rivers here are, are essentially the veins of the land. 325 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:14,272 There's life and it's pulsing through them. 326 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:17,241 It's, it's majestic. 327 00:16:18,712 --> 00:16:21,379 You know, I'm pretty, pretty stoked about this location because I, 328 00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:25,016 it's just a giant playground for me to explore 329 00:16:25,251 --> 00:16:27,218 and everywhere I go there's something that 330 00:16:27,253 --> 00:16:29,387 grabs my attention. 331 00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:31,622 You know, animal signs, plant life. 332 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:33,124 I saw a wolf sign. 333 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:35,159 I saw a lot of grizzly bear sign. 334 00:16:35,195 --> 00:16:37,528 And just because I didn't see a caribou or moose today, 335 00:16:37,564 --> 00:16:39,564 it doesn't mean that I won't see one tomorrow. 336 00:16:39,599 --> 00:16:42,633 I just gotta keep trying and keep at it. 337 00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:45,536 I am walking home empty-handed. 338 00:16:45,572 --> 00:16:48,172 It's a little bittersweet for me. 339 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:51,576 The river was the most beautiful place that I've seen 340 00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:55,380 since I've been out here. 341 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:58,950 One thing I've learned about myself is I'm very observant. 342 00:16:58,985 --> 00:17:01,219 When I come out to nature there's noises and there's 343 00:17:01,254 --> 00:17:02,820 sights to be seen. 344 00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:05,089 Birds, animals, beautiful sunsets, 345 00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:06,391 mountains and landscapes. 346 00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:09,394 This is stuff that I wanna see. 347 00:17:12,065 --> 00:17:14,065 Caribou right there. 348 00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:18,336 When I'm living in a city, it's the exact same thing. 349 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:19,837 I notice everything around me. 350 00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:22,440 I hear every car honk, I hear every door shut, 351 00:17:22,976 --> 00:17:25,376 ads, buy this, buy that. 352 00:17:28,415 --> 00:17:32,517 It, it's, it drains me. It absolutely drains me. 353 00:17:33,086 --> 00:17:35,720 So, I moved to alaska. 354 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:37,755 So I found a place where I'm at peace. 355 00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:40,758 ♪ ♪ 356 00:17:40,794 --> 00:17:41,859 (gunshot) 357 00:17:52,138 --> 00:17:54,238 johnny: (bleep). 358 00:17:59,512 --> 00:18:00,812 (gunshot) 359 00:18:06,686 --> 00:18:08,152 another one. 360 00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:10,822 (gunshot) 361 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,926 and I'm out of ammo. 362 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:18,896 (bleep). 363 00:18:19,132 --> 00:18:22,366 We're gonna go find out if I hit one. 364 00:18:31,511 --> 00:18:33,978 This is a bull here. 365 00:18:34,013 --> 00:18:35,113 It's a neck shot. 366 00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:36,781 Went down real clean. 367 00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:39,517 That's what I'm all about out here. 368 00:18:39,752 --> 00:18:41,052 I gotta get to work. 369 00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:42,386 The sun's going down. 370 00:18:42,422 --> 00:18:44,088 I don't wanna be caught out here, 371 00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:45,456 predators and all that. 372 00:18:45,492 --> 00:18:46,591 Gonna grab the sled, 373 00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:48,659 and that way I can pull this caribou out. 374 00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:54,098 Chris: We got our banks eroding out. 375 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:55,867 Surrounded by bears and wolves. 376 00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:57,835 We have a lot of parasites in the water here. 377 00:18:57,871 --> 00:19:00,304 But it's just another day on the cosna. 378 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:07,545 Jessi: And those are your tools right there. 379 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:11,616 Chris: Today jess and I are gonna try to put a well in. 380 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:13,684 We haven't had fresh water out here in years. 381 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,920 Everything we get for water is either harvested from 382 00:19:15,955 --> 00:19:18,823 a dirty lake or coming out of a funky river. 383 00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:21,826 I'd love for some clean groundwater. 384 00:19:23,329 --> 00:19:24,795 Nice. 385 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:26,464 I've got my sand-point. 386 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:28,799 It's about a three-foot-long chunk of metal with some mesh 387 00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:30,301 screen inside of it. 388 00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:33,204 And what that's gonna do is as the sand and rocks pack up against it, 389 00:19:33,239 --> 00:19:35,273 it's gonna filter that out and hopefully give us some 390 00:19:35,308 --> 00:19:37,608 nice, clean water. 391 00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:41,812 Just stick this, you know, up on there. 392 00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:45,016 There's that. Hold that. 393 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:46,484 Once we get this into the ground, 394 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,152 I'm gonna use my post pounder, 395 00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:49,854 and I'm just gonna heave on this thing and try to 396 00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:51,489 get it set into the ground. 397 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:54,325 We don't wanna get the well all the way down and then not 398 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:55,560 be able to bring water up, 399 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,595 because it's not coming out of the ground. 400 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:00,598 We pretty much have one shot at this. 401 00:20:00,934 --> 00:20:03,467 All right, well. Go get it put in? 402 00:20:03,503 --> 00:20:04,735 Jessi: Let's go do this! 403 00:20:04,771 --> 00:20:06,771 Find ourselves some water. 404 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:09,173 Chris: You know, I've never put anything like a well in before. 405 00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:10,875 I'm totally out of my element here. 406 00:20:10,910 --> 00:20:13,644 As far as I know, in all the homesteads that have ever been out here, 407 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,446 there has never been a successful well. 408 00:20:15,481 --> 00:20:18,382 But I feel like I am gonna be that guy. 409 00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:26,857 (grunting) 410 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:30,761 oh, man, I hope this works. 411 00:20:32,232 --> 00:20:33,497 Do you wanna hand me that? 412 00:20:33,533 --> 00:20:34,999 Jessi: Yup. 413 00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:38,603 Strewn it on. 414 00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:45,543 That's it. 415 00:20:47,046 --> 00:20:48,079 Chris: Is it going down? 416 00:20:48,114 --> 00:20:50,581 Jessi: Oh, wow! Yeah! Look at that! 417 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:54,185 Chris: It's still going down? 418 00:20:54,220 --> 00:20:56,921 (metal clang) 419 00:20:56,956 --> 00:20:59,156 jessi: No. Chris: Dang. Jessi: Nada. 420 00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:04,095 Chris: Yeah, I feel like I just hit a hard spot. 421 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,897 (grunting) 422 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,734 jessi: It's not moving at all, chris. 423 00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:12,203 Chris: Man, my elbows hurt. 424 00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:13,337 Jessi: Okay. 425 00:21:13,373 --> 00:21:14,839 What do you think? 426 00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:16,907 Chris: I think I'm going to pound on this. 427 00:21:20,647 --> 00:21:25,983 ♪ ♪ 428 00:21:30,757 --> 00:21:35,293 (metal clang) 429 00:21:36,496 --> 00:21:37,728 jessi: Nothing. 430 00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:40,231 Chris: Just when you think you're getting somewhere. 431 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:41,966 Well, you know, what's four feet down? 432 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:44,468 Jessi: Four feet. Chris: Permafrost. Jessi: Permafrost. 433 00:21:44,504 --> 00:21:45,770 Chris: So. 434 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:47,471 Jessi: I was hoping that this wouldn't have so much permafrost, 435 00:21:47,507 --> 00:21:50,041 because it's been in this wide area with this water, 436 00:21:50,076 --> 00:21:53,044 you know, melting it for the last six months. 437 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:55,246 Chris: That's what I was hoping for, too. 438 00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:58,449 Jessi: And we can't pull it back out to try anywhere else. 439 00:21:58,484 --> 00:21:59,817 There's no way to. 440 00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:00,951 Chris: Oh, it's in there. 441 00:22:00,987 --> 00:22:02,386 Jessi: Yeah. I don't think it's... 442 00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:03,788 Chris: I'm gonna wreck my shoulder before we 443 00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:05,256 get this thing drove. 444 00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:07,158 Okay. 445 00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:08,993 Jessi: Lame. 446 00:22:10,897 --> 00:22:13,431 Chris: Maybe we can build like an a-frame. 447 00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:17,902 Jessi: And then attach a rope and a pulley to something heavy? 448 00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:20,371 Chris: Yeah. I'm trying to think here. 449 00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:23,341 So, if we build ourselves like a tripod, 450 00:22:23,376 --> 00:22:27,778 we could leave this on top, maybe, and just drop a log on it. 451 00:22:27,814 --> 00:22:29,080 Jessi: Yeah? 452 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:31,916 Chris: I think if we put our heads together, we'll get it. 453 00:22:31,951 --> 00:22:34,151 Jessi: We're gonna do this, love. 454 00:22:35,688 --> 00:22:37,655 Michael: I enjoy new territory. 455 00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:39,290 You always learn something new. 456 00:22:39,325 --> 00:22:40,691 Will they be easy miles? I don't know. 457 00:22:40,727 --> 00:22:42,727 But that's the great mystery of life. 458 00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:54,638 Michael: I see a couple of beavers swimming around. 459 00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:58,008 Now that I got my tent all packed up, 460 00:22:58,044 --> 00:22:59,910 I need a fresh load of camp meat. 461 00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:01,712 This might be the perfect opportunity. 462 00:23:01,748 --> 00:23:03,948 I'm gonna go ahead, drop this stuff in my tent, 463 00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:05,015 jump in the boat, 464 00:23:05,051 --> 00:23:06,417 scoot over there across the river and see if 465 00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:08,386 I can't get a beaver. 466 00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:12,022 Beaver meat is a very rich fatty meat, 467 00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:13,357 just super food. 468 00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:14,525 It really is. 469 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,794 These animals, they work non-stop. 470 00:23:16,829 --> 00:23:19,830 You see these caches of willow brush that they stash. 471 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,533 They're just hard-working animals. 472 00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:26,036 And that food, it really does give you a boost of 473 00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:28,239 energy out here. 474 00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:30,274 I've been keeping my eyes on that pile of willow 475 00:23:30,309 --> 00:23:32,843 that them beaver been putting away. 476 00:23:32,879 --> 00:23:35,379 And now that it's getting close to evening, 477 00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:37,415 I see more activity over there. 478 00:23:37,817 --> 00:23:41,285 This is a good camp. A lot of resources here. 479 00:23:51,397 --> 00:23:53,631 I just spooked a beaver off the pile. 480 00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:56,200 I'm gonna let the beaver settle in and 481 00:23:56,235 --> 00:23:58,169 I'm just gonna wait. 482 00:24:09,449 --> 00:24:11,248 (splash) 483 00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:13,250 (gunshot) 484 00:24:14,454 --> 00:24:16,053 wee bit of a miss. 485 00:24:16,088 --> 00:24:17,922 It went right over the top of his head. 486 00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:19,857 Moving animal. 487 00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:21,826 Little too far away. 488 00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:24,261 I've seen about three or four beavers contributing 489 00:24:24,297 --> 00:24:26,263 to this pile. 490 00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:28,466 Oh, there he is. 491 00:24:29,335 --> 00:24:30,935 Son of a beaver. 492 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,108 (gunshot) 493 00:24:41,247 --> 00:24:42,513 right over there. 494 00:24:42,548 --> 00:24:45,382 There's a beaver right there. 495 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:52,122 (gunshot) 496 00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:56,060 all right. I hit him perfectly. 497 00:25:02,735 --> 00:25:05,202 He hasn't resurfaced. 498 00:25:06,572 --> 00:25:08,939 Shot him once, hit him clean. 499 00:25:08,975 --> 00:25:10,941 Dove back down under water. I lost him. 500 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:21,085 Hit him clean, he dove back down underwater. 501 00:25:21,621 --> 00:25:23,287 I lost him. 502 00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:25,723 That's very discouraging to wound a beaver. 503 00:25:27,593 --> 00:25:30,427 It's a valuable, valuable animal. 504 00:25:30,663 --> 00:25:32,863 Food and fur for mitts. 505 00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:36,200 But the only thing I can do now is try to get 506 00:25:36,235 --> 00:25:39,069 over my discouragement. 507 00:25:39,672 --> 00:25:42,406 It's been a long day, so maybe I might try again 508 00:25:42,441 --> 00:25:44,608 tomorrow for some camp meat. 509 00:25:45,545 --> 00:25:47,511 These animals, and they're kind of reminiscent 510 00:25:47,547 --> 00:25:48,979 of this landscape. 511 00:25:49,015 --> 00:25:52,016 It's a really harsh place all year long. 512 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,118 And just put yourself in that beaver's paws. 513 00:25:54,153 --> 00:25:58,155 Think about if you took a bullet and you were with the 514 00:25:58,190 --> 00:26:01,492 program enough to continue to fight for your life. 515 00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:05,629 And I respect these animals in the utmost. 516 00:26:06,232 --> 00:26:11,569 The sorrowful possibility of crippling an animal and losing it, 517 00:26:11,604 --> 00:26:14,705 it is a really hard thing to digest. 518 00:26:18,511 --> 00:26:20,778 Today might not be my day. 519 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:23,547 Wait. Wait. There is a leg. 520 00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:28,652 That's gotta be my beaver right there. 521 00:26:28,688 --> 00:26:29,887 There it is. 522 00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:32,056 I got discouraged. 523 00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:34,658 And there it is, that big beaver finally let loose right here. 524 00:26:35,761 --> 00:26:37,494 Finally gave way. 525 00:26:37,530 --> 00:26:39,597 Oh, my goodness, that's a big one! 526 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:41,632 (grunts) 527 00:26:42,335 --> 00:26:44,501 I'm gonna go ahead and head back to camp and skin this, 528 00:26:44,537 --> 00:26:46,604 save that hide, 529 00:26:46,639 --> 00:26:49,306 and get to processing the meat off this. 530 00:27:01,354 --> 00:27:03,454 You know, every time I skin a beaver, 531 00:27:03,489 --> 00:27:06,090 I think about one of these old river guys that, you know, 532 00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:08,025 when I was pretty green in this country, 533 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:09,560 and I was real thin, 534 00:27:09,595 --> 00:27:12,796 on my last notch in my belt and he showed me 535 00:27:12,832 --> 00:27:15,799 right quick how to put away a beaver for good, 536 00:27:15,835 --> 00:27:17,434 palatable food. 537 00:27:17,470 --> 00:27:19,336 Even though that was a long, long time ago, 538 00:27:19,372 --> 00:27:20,804 every time I skin a beaver, 539 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,841 I remember that valuable lesson. 540 00:27:24,076 --> 00:27:26,176 All right, I got the meat and the liver, 541 00:27:26,212 --> 00:27:28,345 and the hide all separated from the entrails. 542 00:27:30,483 --> 00:27:32,149 Whoo! Long day. 543 00:27:32,184 --> 00:27:34,885 Now I think it's time to get a good night's rest. 544 00:27:40,526 --> 00:27:42,059 Brittany: We're not just going out there and 545 00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:43,994 guaranteed anything. 546 00:27:44,030 --> 00:27:46,296 It is called "hunting". It's not called "shooting". 547 00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:58,475 Kaleb: I very possibly see a set of moose antlers. 548 00:27:58,511 --> 00:27:59,476 See the mountain? 549 00:27:59,512 --> 00:28:01,078 Brittany: Uh-huh. Kaleb: There's that bowl? 550 00:28:01,113 --> 00:28:02,446 I see two white paddles, 551 00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:03,914 they're about the correct distance apart, 552 00:28:03,949 --> 00:28:05,783 but I gotta get closer to tell. 553 00:28:05,818 --> 00:28:08,018 It's all the way at the end. 554 00:28:08,054 --> 00:28:10,354 I'm excited to go on this hike out the ridge. 555 00:28:10,389 --> 00:28:12,289 I'm excited to see what we see. 556 00:28:12,324 --> 00:28:14,258 I maybe saw a moose out there, 557 00:28:14,293 --> 00:28:15,359 but I couldn't tell. 558 00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:16,593 So, we're just gonna get out there. 559 00:28:16,629 --> 00:28:18,028 We're gonna get eyes on it. 560 00:28:18,064 --> 00:28:19,963 Brittany: Ah, how much farther do we have? 561 00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:22,533 Kaleb: Eh, it's a little over a mile. Ups and downs and... 562 00:28:23,102 --> 00:28:24,768 Brittany: Okay. 563 00:28:24,804 --> 00:28:26,870 I'm trying to have a great attitude 'cause I love the 564 00:28:26,906 --> 00:28:29,239 idea that kaleb and I are going out on this date 565 00:28:29,275 --> 00:28:31,075 and this adventure. 566 00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:34,078 But I won't lie, it is not easy. 567 00:28:34,113 --> 00:28:35,512 All right, let me just like. 568 00:28:35,548 --> 00:28:36,880 Kaleb: It's just right here. 569 00:28:36,916 --> 00:28:38,849 Brittany: Sounds good. 570 00:28:42,455 --> 00:28:44,655 Kaleb: You're doing great. 571 00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:48,425 Just, just don't think about the journey, 572 00:28:48,461 --> 00:28:50,661 just one foot in front of the other. 573 00:28:55,735 --> 00:28:57,201 I think I see the moose. 574 00:28:57,236 --> 00:29:00,270 Brittany: So, why don't you head over there? 575 00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:06,276 This has definitely not been an easy trip, 576 00:29:06,312 --> 00:29:07,711 especially for me. 577 00:29:07,747 --> 00:29:09,880 I'm really proud of myself on everything that I've done 578 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:12,082 and I know that kaleb is too and I'm also 579 00:29:12,118 --> 00:29:14,485 very grateful to have a little rest right now and 580 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:18,055 really excited to see what happens next. 581 00:29:23,195 --> 00:29:25,662 Kaleb: Got fooled by a shed. 582 00:29:25,998 --> 00:29:28,132 It made me think that there was a moose there. 583 00:29:28,834 --> 00:29:33,036 (animal call) 584 00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:47,718 I've sat up here for an hour. 585 00:29:47,753 --> 00:29:49,686 Getting to be time to head back. 586 00:29:49,722 --> 00:29:52,489 I gotta give brittany a little more time to get down the mountain. 587 00:29:52,525 --> 00:29:55,359 So, start heading back. 588 00:29:55,795 --> 00:29:58,662 Not getting a moose on this hunt is a bummer. 589 00:29:58,731 --> 00:30:00,664 But getting to be out here with my wife and 590 00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:03,634 enjoy each other's company, makes it all worthwhile. 591 00:30:06,739 --> 00:30:08,505 Brittany: How's this for a date night? 592 00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:09,673 Kaleb: It's awesome. 593 00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:12,276 Brittany: Not many people get to go out and do s'mores 594 00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:14,278 on a camp stove. 595 00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:18,782 Kaleb: Nope, mmm-mmm, you might have to clean 596 00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:21,518 my beard off. 597 00:30:21,754 --> 00:30:23,153 Brittany: You ready to go to bed? 598 00:30:23,189 --> 00:30:24,688 Kaleb: Most definitely. 599 00:30:24,723 --> 00:30:26,356 Tomorrow, I'm gonna break camp, 600 00:30:26,392 --> 00:30:27,758 load up, and head out. 601 00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:30,527 Brittany: Sounds good to me. 602 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,632 Chris: Jessi and I are unique. 603 00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:38,569 We work hard together and we persevere through everything. 604 00:30:38,604 --> 00:30:40,537 We don't give up. 605 00:30:40,773 --> 00:30:42,773 When the land pushes you, you just push back. 606 00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:46,476 Chris: These birch trees are real skinny. 607 00:30:46,512 --> 00:30:48,679 Be able to cut that one down for us real quick. 608 00:30:48,714 --> 00:30:51,081 Jessi: Okay. 609 00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:56,453 Narrator: In order to secure clean groundwater, 610 00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:58,355 chris and jessi are attempting to install a 611 00:30:58,390 --> 00:31:01,458 water pump deep in the permafrost. 612 00:31:01,493 --> 00:31:03,660 They must use a lever and pulley system 613 00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:07,397 in order to create enough force and get to the clean water 614 00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:10,100 deep below the surface. 615 00:31:12,071 --> 00:31:15,439 Jessi: So that orange rope has to be able to hold 616 00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:16,740 the whole contraption, right? 617 00:31:16,775 --> 00:31:19,476 Chris: Yeah. But it's, um... Jessi: 550? 618 00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:21,478 Chris: It's 550 cord, so it's pretty tough. 619 00:31:21,513 --> 00:31:22,746 Jessi: Okay. 620 00:31:22,781 --> 00:31:26,450 Chris: If it breaks, we'll figure something else out. 621 00:31:27,019 --> 00:31:29,519 Jessi: I'd say chris is more wild thinking. 622 00:31:29,555 --> 00:31:31,255 He really thinks out of the box. 623 00:31:31,290 --> 00:31:33,824 But I take my time and I'm more, like, 624 00:31:33,859 --> 00:31:35,525 of a precise thinker. 625 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,694 Chris is more experimental and, 626 00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:40,664 "ah, we'll just, we'll just throw some stuff 627 00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:42,866 together until it works." 628 00:31:43,102 --> 00:31:44,534 chris: That looks pretty good. 629 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:48,171 Jessi: But this is kind of a sketchy project. 630 00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:50,274 So, the next part is we need to find the big weight 631 00:31:50,309 --> 00:31:51,441 to put up there, right? 632 00:31:51,477 --> 00:31:53,677 Chris: Yeah, I'm gonna go cut one down, cut it up, 633 00:31:53,712 --> 00:31:54,945 drill some holes in it. 634 00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:57,047 We'll hang it and then we'll pound. 635 00:31:57,116 --> 00:31:59,383 Jessi: Okay. Chris: Okay. Jessi: Let's do it. 636 00:32:01,153 --> 00:32:03,053 Chris: We're already running ragged out here. 637 00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:05,289 I've got this pulley tied up here, 638 00:32:05,324 --> 00:32:06,490 I feel like it's level. 639 00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:08,759 We can't stop, we have to keep moving forward. 640 00:32:08,794 --> 00:32:10,827 We have too much to get done and not enough time. 641 00:32:14,934 --> 00:32:19,036 See, I'm not a professional knot-tier by any means. 642 00:32:19,405 --> 00:32:21,038 You don't look enthused. 643 00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:23,707 Jessi: I'm deep in thought, my love. 644 00:32:24,576 --> 00:32:27,277 Things happen and you get really tired, so, 645 00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:30,480 I'm nervous watching him because something might happen. 646 00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:34,851 Chris: Let's put the pounder on and see what we get, huh? 647 00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:37,521 Okay. 648 00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:40,157 I'll lift with the pulley, you try to guide. 649 00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:44,928 Jessi: Are you going to be able to lift that all by yourself? 650 00:32:44,964 --> 00:32:46,663 Chris: I'm gonna have to. 651 00:32:46,699 --> 00:32:48,065 Jessi: I'm constantly worried about him, 652 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:52,002 but I know I have incredible faith in him, 653 00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:54,237 but things happen out here. 654 00:32:54,807 --> 00:33:01,144 Chris: Okay. And a pick, and a knock. And a pick, and a knock. 655 00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:03,447 Hold that post. 656 00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:07,250 Jessi: Ah, this is some sketchy bush-crafting. 657 00:33:10,122 --> 00:33:11,088 Okay. 658 00:33:11,123 --> 00:33:13,390 Chris: Okay. 659 00:33:24,036 --> 00:33:26,403 Jessi: Whoa! Chris: What's going on? 660 00:33:26,438 --> 00:33:28,138 Jessi: You're pulling up way too high, so like, 661 00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:28,972 I can't even hold it. 662 00:33:29,008 --> 00:33:29,940 Chris: Okay. 663 00:33:29,975 --> 00:33:31,108 I'm, I'm, you just gotta talk to me. 664 00:33:31,143 --> 00:33:32,376 I thought once we put this up, 665 00:33:32,411 --> 00:33:34,611 we would be pushing through the permafrost, 666 00:33:34,646 --> 00:33:37,080 but damn, it's hard. 667 00:33:37,316 --> 00:33:42,953 Okay. Got it. Let's just keep after it. 668 00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:47,457 (thud) 669 00:33:48,660 --> 00:33:49,793 (thud) 670 00:33:51,096 --> 00:33:52,429 (thud) 671 00:33:53,432 --> 00:33:54,531 jessi: Whoa! 672 00:34:03,308 --> 00:34:04,641 A! Did we just break it? 673 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:05,776 Chris: Yup. 674 00:34:05,811 --> 00:34:07,444 Jessi: So, the paracord broke? 675 00:34:07,479 --> 00:34:09,913 Chris: Yeah, the pulley must be sharp. 676 00:34:09,948 --> 00:34:12,816 Jessi: Wow. 550 cord, and it was double, right? 677 00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:14,317 Chris: Yeah. I'm surprised it broke. 678 00:34:14,353 --> 00:34:16,620 It all hit, it broke all at once, too. 679 00:34:17,356 --> 00:34:18,889 Jessi: I'm glad it went that way. 680 00:34:18,924 --> 00:34:20,090 Chris: Yeah. 681 00:34:20,125 --> 00:34:21,858 I fell backwards pretty fast. 682 00:34:23,762 --> 00:34:26,396 I double tied it with this 550-pound strength cord. 683 00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:28,665 I really thought it was gonna be good enough. 684 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:32,035 But we realized how close we came to hurting ourselves. 685 00:34:32,071 --> 00:34:33,837 The edge of the pulley is slightly sharp, 686 00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:35,405 it must have cut through. 687 00:34:35,441 --> 00:34:37,574 Okay. 688 00:34:37,910 --> 00:34:39,443 I found this old wad of rope, 689 00:34:39,478 --> 00:34:41,111 it's gotta be from the '80s. 690 00:34:41,146 --> 00:34:44,281 It's like what you'd find at a, a kid's swing set, 691 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:47,751 but I feel like it's gonna be tougher than the 550 cord. 692 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,754 This rope doesn't like to tie knots real well. 693 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,122 Jessi: I don't trust that yellow rope. 694 00:34:52,157 --> 00:34:54,324 I just don't. 695 00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:56,860 Chris: Well, what do you want me to do about it? 696 00:34:57,296 --> 00:34:59,463 Well, we'll find out pretty quick if it's gonna break. 697 00:34:59,498 --> 00:35:02,199 Just make sure to get out of the way. 698 00:35:02,468 --> 00:35:04,501 Jessi: I think that it's trash, 699 00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,169 but it's chris' treasure, 700 00:35:06,205 --> 00:35:07,871 so I guess we're just gonna go with it, 701 00:35:07,906 --> 00:35:09,239 and I'm going to really keep my eyes on it... 702 00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:10,774 Whoa. 703 00:35:10,809 --> 00:35:12,776 Because I don't trust it. 704 00:35:12,811 --> 00:35:13,977 Okay. 705 00:35:14,012 --> 00:35:15,278 Chris: Okay. 706 00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:17,114 Jessi: Come on, water well. 707 00:35:17,149 --> 00:35:18,648 Bring us some water. 708 00:35:18,684 --> 00:35:21,051 It's like a genie. 709 00:35:24,823 --> 00:35:28,692 Chris: That's slamming good. 710 00:35:29,995 --> 00:35:32,829 I can see it going down. 711 00:35:32,865 --> 00:35:34,831 Jessi: We're doing it. 712 00:35:35,501 --> 00:35:38,101 Chris: I mean, it's moving. 713 00:35:38,737 --> 00:35:40,670 Look at that! 714 00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:45,408 We gotta be at least, what, six feet into permafrost? 715 00:35:45,444 --> 00:35:46,643 Jessi: Yeah. 716 00:35:46,678 --> 00:35:47,811 Chris: We're really moving. 717 00:35:47,846 --> 00:35:51,381 Jessi: Okay. All my muscles are crying. 718 00:35:51,416 --> 00:35:54,084 I mean, I'm so worn out from drilling this well 719 00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:56,286 into the ground. 720 00:35:56,588 --> 00:35:57,721 Chris: I'm feeling like we're almost there. 721 00:35:57,756 --> 00:36:00,624 What do you say, like, a couple more inches and I think 722 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:03,093 we're going to be good? 723 00:36:03,328 --> 00:36:04,694 Let's knock this out. 724 00:36:04,730 --> 00:36:06,096 We're coming into home stretch. 725 00:36:06,131 --> 00:36:07,497 Jessi: Five! 726 00:36:07,533 --> 00:36:08,865 Chris: I don't have much left to give. 727 00:36:08,901 --> 00:36:10,133 Jessi: Four! 728 00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:12,035 Chris: My arms are burning, my core is burning. 729 00:36:12,070 --> 00:36:13,570 Jessi: Three! 730 00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:16,039 Chris: I'm hitting it with everything I have. 731 00:36:16,108 --> 00:36:17,140 Jessi: Two! 732 00:36:17,176 --> 00:36:18,275 One more. 733 00:36:18,310 --> 00:36:20,944 Chris: This is it. I'm getting water. 734 00:36:23,549 --> 00:36:24,681 Jessi: Okay! 735 00:36:24,716 --> 00:36:26,283 Chris: Down to the ground. 736 00:36:26,318 --> 00:36:28,385 Oh. 737 00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:30,720 Jessi: Oh, god. Chris: Oh. Wow. 738 00:36:31,290 --> 00:36:33,190 I feel like we did it, man. 739 00:36:33,225 --> 00:36:34,558 We're starting to move. 740 00:36:34,593 --> 00:36:37,160 We gotta be through that permafrost. 741 00:36:37,196 --> 00:36:38,595 And the only thing left to do is to try to put 742 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:41,531 that well head on and see if we can get some water to come up. 743 00:36:41,567 --> 00:36:42,566 Can try it. 744 00:36:42,601 --> 00:36:44,000 Jessi: That's the only way to test it, 745 00:36:44,036 --> 00:36:45,202 is to test it, right? 746 00:36:45,237 --> 00:36:46,770 Chris: Yeah. And if we don't get water. 747 00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:49,806 Jessi: Keep drilling. Chris: Keep drilling. 748 00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:55,679 Kaleb: I'm not one to take failure laying down, 749 00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:57,347 as it were. 750 00:36:57,382 --> 00:36:59,616 That's how I grew up, that's how I am as an adult. 751 00:37:00,052 --> 00:37:02,152 I strive for success. 752 00:37:12,931 --> 00:37:15,065 I just spotted a moose down there. 753 00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:17,434 He's about a half a mile away. 754 00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:19,603 This one is for real a moose, because it's moving. 755 00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:23,039 Even though we made a valiant effort on the moose hunt, 756 00:37:23,075 --> 00:37:25,575 it's important to me to just keep trying. 757 00:37:26,078 --> 00:37:28,778 Brittany is watching the kids and I'm gonna continue on 758 00:37:28,814 --> 00:37:29,946 up the mountain. 759 00:37:29,982 --> 00:37:32,082 I know there's bears, there's moose. 760 00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:33,750 There's all sorts of game up there. 761 00:37:33,785 --> 00:37:36,486 I'm not gonna stop until I succeed. 762 00:37:37,456 --> 00:37:40,490 Boy, he is in the most impossible brush right now. 763 00:37:41,159 --> 00:37:43,893 Problem is I can't get down there to pull him out. 764 00:37:43,929 --> 00:37:47,197 It's not ethical, it's not morally right to just shoot 765 00:37:47,232 --> 00:37:49,299 something and leave it in the field, so, 766 00:37:49,334 --> 00:37:52,302 knowing that I can get it out before I pull the trigger is 767 00:37:52,337 --> 00:37:53,803 vitally important. 768 00:37:53,839 --> 00:37:56,473 I think he bedded down, the little stinker. 769 00:37:57,542 --> 00:37:58,575 Ah! 770 00:37:58,610 --> 00:38:00,644 Well, this is hunting. 771 00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:03,613 I'm not always guaranteed a successful outcome. 772 00:38:08,153 --> 00:38:09,986 Oh, wow. 773 00:38:10,022 --> 00:38:11,521 There's a bear out there, 774 00:38:11,556 --> 00:38:13,657 he's about 300 yards away right now, 775 00:38:13,692 --> 00:38:16,426 which is too far for me to shoot. 776 00:38:17,195 --> 00:38:18,728 I think I'm gonna go after him. 777 00:38:18,764 --> 00:38:21,998 I gotta go way up and around, though. 778 00:38:22,301 --> 00:38:24,000 The wind predominantly is going up the valley, 779 00:38:24,036 --> 00:38:26,670 so I should be able to effectively sneak up 780 00:38:26,705 --> 00:38:29,306 on him that way. 781 00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:36,913 Moose was the target on this hunt, 782 00:38:36,948 --> 00:38:38,648 but it's fall time, 783 00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:41,184 and its black bear hunting season. 784 00:38:41,219 --> 00:38:43,620 Targets of opportunity is the name of the game 785 00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:47,057 when you're harvesting meat for the freezer. 786 00:38:49,161 --> 00:38:51,294 He keeps getting closer. 787 00:38:56,234 --> 00:39:01,137 ♪ ♪ 788 00:39:01,173 --> 00:39:02,238 (gunshot) 789 00:39:10,849 --> 00:39:12,782 kaleb: He's going. 790 00:39:20,192 --> 00:39:21,624 All right. 791 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:23,626 I got him. 792 00:39:24,129 --> 00:39:26,496 He is done. 793 00:39:27,099 --> 00:39:29,833 This black bear is probably the biggest bear 794 00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:31,101 I've ever harvested. 795 00:39:31,136 --> 00:39:35,238 Up in the high country, man, those bears are fat. 796 00:39:35,941 --> 00:39:38,775 They've been packing on the pounds for months now, 797 00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:40,210 and as long as they're awake, they eat. 798 00:39:40,245 --> 00:39:42,011 Dirt, twigs, berries, 799 00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:44,581 they somehow turn that into fat. 800 00:39:44,616 --> 00:39:45,715 Blows me away. 801 00:39:45,751 --> 00:39:47,951 If I ate the way they did, I'd have a stomachache. 802 00:39:47,986 --> 00:39:49,619 This is where he rolled. 803 00:39:49,654 --> 00:39:51,421 I can see blood. 804 00:39:51,456 --> 00:39:53,823 Little bits and pieces of blood in the brush. 805 00:39:54,626 --> 00:39:57,060 So, I just gotta follow his trajectory down into 806 00:39:57,095 --> 00:39:59,929 the creek bottom and I'll be able to find him. 807 00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:10,273 I see the bear down there, so I'm gonna move in on him 808 00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:12,509 really carefully. 809 00:40:17,516 --> 00:40:20,717 He is certified dead. 810 00:40:28,593 --> 00:40:31,394 Brittany: Kids! It's daddy! 811 00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:35,031 Whoa. 812 00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:36,766 What did daddy get? 813 00:40:36,802 --> 00:40:38,101 Well, that was successful. 814 00:40:38,136 --> 00:40:40,637 Kaleb: Yeah. Finally. 815 00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:42,972 Brittany: Yay! 816 00:40:43,008 --> 00:40:44,908 Even if it's not a moose, but I think that this will do 817 00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:46,309 nicely in our freezer. 818 00:40:46,344 --> 00:40:47,343 Kaleb: Yeah. 819 00:40:47,379 --> 00:40:48,978 It'll ought to fill it up real nice. 820 00:40:49,014 --> 00:40:50,246 This is a big bear, too. 821 00:40:50,282 --> 00:40:51,414 There's a lot of meat on him. 822 00:40:51,450 --> 00:40:52,916 Brittany: Yeah, how much meat do you think? 823 00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:54,017 Gilbert: 14 pounds. 824 00:40:54,052 --> 00:40:55,285 Kaleb: 60 pounds, probably. 825 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,586 Brittany: 60 pounds? That'll be good. 826 00:40:56,621 --> 00:40:58,087 Gilbert: 14. Brittany: 14? 827 00:40:58,123 --> 00:40:59,622 Gilbert: No, 45. Brittany: 45? 828 00:40:59,658 --> 00:41:01,324 So, gilbert's guess is 45. 829 00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:03,226 Elovie: My guess is a 1,012. 830 00:41:03,261 --> 00:41:04,327 Brittany: Kaleb's is 60. 831 00:41:04,362 --> 00:41:05,462 How many? 832 00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:07,230 Elovie: My guess is 1,012. 833 00:41:07,265 --> 00:41:08,998 Brittany: 1,012? Okay, and I think. 834 00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:10,300 Kaleb: Wow! That's ambitious. 835 00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:12,469 Shall I go to the shop and skin him out? 836 00:41:12,504 --> 00:41:13,903 Brittany: I think that sounds great. 837 00:41:13,939 --> 00:41:15,338 Ellie wants to go. Go hop on the four-wheeler. 838 00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:16,739 Kaleb: Go clean my four-wheeler off? 839 00:41:16,775 --> 00:41:18,741 Brittany: I'll take your bike. 840 00:41:23,949 --> 00:41:26,216 Kaleb: Now the work begins. 841 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:29,285 Even though my goal in going out on this hunt was to 842 00:41:29,321 --> 00:41:31,955 get a moose, I really just needed to get some meat for 843 00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:33,456 our family to eat. 844 00:41:33,492 --> 00:41:35,758 Not very many people have the opportunity to just 845 00:41:35,794 --> 00:41:37,827 walk out their door and go hunting. 846 00:41:37,863 --> 00:41:40,330 To harvest a black bear to put away meat for the winter, 847 00:41:41,199 --> 00:41:43,800 I'm eternally grateful for it. 848 00:41:44,336 --> 00:41:46,369 This was a great weekend with my wife. 849 00:41:46,404 --> 00:41:49,906 We got to connect and struggle and frustrate and laugh and 850 00:41:49,941 --> 00:41:51,441 just enjoy each other. 851 00:41:52,244 --> 00:41:54,844 ♪ they said we can be heroes ♪ 852 00:41:56,181 --> 00:41:58,214 ♪ save the world from itself ♪ ♪ 853 00:41:58,783 --> 00:42:02,519 michael: This beaver reminds me that no matter how 854 00:42:02,554 --> 00:42:04,888 complicated your life might be, you know, 855 00:42:05,156 --> 00:42:06,589 you gotta keep pushing forward, 856 00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:08,157 you gotta keep moving. 857 00:42:08,894 --> 00:42:11,294 So this is a good day to get that beaver hide all stretched 858 00:42:11,329 --> 00:42:13,963 out so it doesn't spoil in the warmth. 859 00:42:13,999 --> 00:42:16,666 When you do stretch out the hide, you can almost get, 860 00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:19,402 like, a perfect circle. 861 00:42:21,006 --> 00:42:24,040 Having literally fought for my life on occasion, 862 00:42:24,075 --> 00:42:28,344 I can honestly say that I understand that beaver's spirit, 863 00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:32,081 that he would just fight to the very end. 864 00:42:32,284 --> 00:42:35,418 I think him and I had a little bit in common. 865 00:42:35,687 --> 00:42:38,121 ♪ we're standing on a fault line ♪ 866 00:42:39,324 --> 00:42:41,858 ♪ we're standing on a fault line ♪♪ 867 00:42:42,294 --> 00:42:43,793 chris: If I can't get this pump to work, 868 00:42:43,828 --> 00:42:45,595 I don't know if there's another way to get water out 869 00:42:45,630 --> 00:42:47,564 of this well. 870 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:51,267 Oh, come on. 871 00:42:51,303 --> 00:42:54,137 Pull it up. Pull it up. 872 00:42:54,372 --> 00:42:56,606 I can feel it getting pressure. 873 00:43:03,014 --> 00:43:05,949 Jessi: Hey! Chris! Keep doing it! Keep doing it! 874 00:43:05,984 --> 00:43:07,617 Yeah! It works! 875 00:43:07,652 --> 00:43:09,452 Chris: All right. 876 00:43:09,487 --> 00:43:11,788 Oh, man. Looks a little murky. 877 00:43:11,823 --> 00:43:13,122 Jessi: I don't care. 878 00:43:13,158 --> 00:43:15,825 ♪ we're standing on a fault line ♪♪ 879 00:43:16,428 --> 00:43:19,963 chris: To me, success isn't measured in a monetary value. 880 00:43:19,998 --> 00:43:22,799 It's measured in how much freedom I have to live my life 881 00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:24,467 the way I want to live it. 882 00:43:24,502 --> 00:43:25,768 We did this. 883 00:43:25,804 --> 00:43:26,970 Jessi: We did it. 884 00:43:27,005 --> 00:43:28,404 Chris: This isn't me, this was us. 885 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,940 ♪ we're standing on a fault line ♪♪ 886 00:43:31,176 --> 00:43:32,508 johnny: This is the arctic, 887 00:43:32,544 --> 00:43:34,978 and it's a very unforgiving place. 888 00:43:35,013 --> 00:43:38,514 It's a lot of work to live this lifestyle, 889 00:43:39,384 --> 00:43:41,784 to fully achieve it. 890 00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:44,621 The only way is to be self-reliant. 891 00:43:49,594 --> 00:43:51,094 That's good. 892 00:43:51,129 --> 00:43:52,895 It's really good. 893 00:43:53,264 --> 00:43:55,431 A lot of questions before. 894 00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:58,134 And I got my answer. 895 00:43:58,570 --> 00:44:01,971 After all of this, I feel like I'm ready to take on and 896 00:44:02,007 --> 00:44:04,807 to battle anything that old man winter throws my way. 897 00:44:06,277 --> 00:44:08,978 You ready to take this winter on? 898 00:44:09,014 --> 00:44:10,313 Me too. 899 00:44:10,348 --> 00:44:12,782 Let's rock and roll, girl. 900 00:44:13,852 --> 00:44:18,621 ♪ ♪ 901 00:44:20,959 --> 00:44:22,759 captioned by cotter captioning services.