1 00:00:05,072 --> 00:00:10,109 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:12,079 --> 00:00:15,681 ALEX: I'm heading back up towards my tent at Deadman Lake, 3 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:17,950 it's a few miles from here. 4 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:20,218 I've just been down by the river, 5 00:00:20,221 --> 00:00:23,022 and as I'm going up I'm, uh, 6 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:27,359 I'm not hunting anything specifically but I'm kind of, 7 00:00:27,428 --> 00:00:29,228 kind of hunting everything. 8 00:00:29,964 --> 00:00:33,432 I want to get to know this area and all the different seasons 9 00:00:33,434 --> 00:00:36,301 'cause I, I've been here in the winter, 10 00:00:36,303 --> 00:00:37,770 I've been here in the spring. 11 00:00:37,838 --> 00:00:39,371 But this is my first fall here. 12 00:00:39,373 --> 00:00:42,007 And fall's an important time for, for hunting. 13 00:00:45,029 --> 00:00:48,113 It's when the bears are, the bears are at their fattest. 14 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:52,317 If I can get a bear before they go into hibernation that would 15 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:53,986 be a great way to start winter. 16 00:00:55,056 --> 00:00:57,256 A bear would be a lot better than grouse. 17 00:00:57,324 --> 00:01:00,893 But, you know, naturally, I don't know what I'm gonna find. 18 00:01:02,730 --> 00:01:04,329 Oh, there goes some grouse. 19 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:08,600 You know, I could just kind of have my head down and 20 00:01:08,669 --> 00:01:11,870 just hike right up to my tent and not pay attention, 21 00:01:11,872 --> 00:01:16,408 but if I wanna subsist off this land here I gotta build a 22 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:17,543 library of knowledge. 23 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:21,012 Look here and here. 24 00:01:21,015 --> 00:01:23,949 This it's, it's kind of melted, it looks like a lynx track. 25 00:01:24,752 --> 00:01:26,952 If there's lynx around that means there's small game around, 26 00:01:26,954 --> 00:01:28,220 and that's good eatin'. 27 00:01:28,489 --> 00:01:30,689 One more little piece of data I'm gathering. 28 00:01:30,691 --> 00:01:32,624 When you live this lifestyle, 29 00:01:32,626 --> 00:01:34,093 you don't necessarily go hunting, 30 00:01:34,161 --> 00:01:35,694 you're kind of always hunting, you know, 31 00:01:35,762 --> 00:01:38,230 'cause anytime you walk out your door there 32 00:01:38,298 --> 00:01:40,432 could be something right there. 33 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,434 That's tough walking. 34 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:44,203 Might be better to go through the woods. 35 00:01:44,972 --> 00:01:46,771 To me that feels normal, you know. 36 00:01:46,774 --> 00:01:49,341 It sure looks a lot different when it's not covered in snow and ice. 37 00:01:50,577 --> 00:01:52,577 If I have to get a job and build a career in the city, 38 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:54,112 doesn't feel normal. 39 00:01:54,115 --> 00:01:57,516 Right in here, it looks like a blop of snow, 40 00:01:57,584 --> 00:01:59,851 it's actually a little snowshoe rabbit. 41 00:01:59,854 --> 00:02:02,788 Uh, right now's a great time of year for hunting them because 42 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:05,624 they've turned white, but, you know, it's still green. 43 00:02:07,328 --> 00:02:10,195 Real slow and careful, I'm gonna take off my backpack, 44 00:02:10,264 --> 00:02:13,198 dig inside, get some bird shot out. 45 00:02:13,267 --> 00:02:16,001 If I can get my shotgun loaded and he doesn't spook, well, 46 00:02:16,003 --> 00:02:17,236 then I'll have a nice dinner. 47 00:02:19,540 --> 00:02:21,406 Fresh meat is everything out here, you know. 48 00:02:21,675 --> 00:02:22,808 That's what it's all about. 49 00:02:24,211 --> 00:02:25,611 Give myself two shots. 50 00:02:37,892 --> 00:02:39,258 (gunshot) 51 00:02:40,611 --> 00:02:42,828 (clicking) 52 00:02:45,566 --> 00:02:47,065 ALEX: Okay, he's dead. 53 00:02:48,169 --> 00:02:50,168 Nice. 54 00:02:50,171 --> 00:02:52,571 Look at that, here's a nice, beautiful rabbit. 55 00:02:52,907 --> 00:02:54,573 You know, that's a dinner, dinner and a half. 56 00:02:55,176 --> 00:02:57,576 He's all white fur, so he was all ready for winter. 57 00:02:58,245 --> 00:03:01,179 But, uh, but this will be his last. 58 00:03:01,182 --> 00:03:02,648 He'll be my dinner tonight. 59 00:03:03,651 --> 00:03:05,383 I respect the rabbit, but, uh, 60 00:03:05,386 --> 00:03:07,852 it's just the game of life and... 61 00:03:07,855 --> 00:03:09,120 Okay. 62 00:03:09,123 --> 00:03:10,455 This could get me through the next couple days, 63 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:12,824 till I get my next opportunity, you know? 64 00:03:17,931 --> 00:03:20,265 JESSI: When you hunt and fish and live a subsistence lifestyle 65 00:03:20,267 --> 00:03:23,134 in Alaska you've gotta go where the animals are. 66 00:03:23,137 --> 00:03:24,803 You gotta kinda be nomadic. 67 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:28,873 Right now is time to hunt and fish and get out there. 68 00:03:29,143 --> 00:03:30,742 And get our pantry stocked, 69 00:03:30,811 --> 00:03:33,011 'cause we need enough to last through the winter. 70 00:03:34,081 --> 00:03:36,915 CHRIS: Look at that. JESSI: Oh goodness. 71 00:03:39,153 --> 00:03:40,352 Let's get some fish. 72 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:45,691 Wow, this looks amazing. 73 00:03:47,027 --> 00:03:49,094 The water's still open, look at how icy it is. 74 00:03:49,096 --> 00:03:51,162 CHRIS: Look right here, see that big rock? 75 00:03:51,165 --> 00:03:53,899 And you see how the water kinda pulls in and makes a little eddy? 76 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:55,167 JESSI: Yeah. 77 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:57,236 CHRIS: I feel like we might do some good fishing down there. 78 00:03:57,304 --> 00:03:59,504 I'm just worried about that ice. 79 00:03:59,506 --> 00:04:00,872 JESSI: Gosh. 80 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:06,845 During summer and fall, fishing at the Cosna is fantastic. 81 00:04:06,847 --> 00:04:07,846 The thing is... 82 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,114 Ooh, how deep is that? 83 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:10,182 CHRIS: I don't know. 84 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:12,584 JESSI: The rivers are starting to ice over. 85 00:04:12,653 --> 00:04:13,785 CHRIS: Okay. 86 00:04:13,854 --> 00:04:16,288 JESSI: All right, seems solid? CHRIS: Yeah. That's good. 87 00:04:17,391 --> 00:04:19,324 JESSI: The fish aren't in the Cosna anymore. 88 00:04:19,326 --> 00:04:21,059 They've come down to bigger waters and 89 00:04:21,128 --> 00:04:22,828 so Chris and I have done the same thing. 90 00:04:24,731 --> 00:04:27,065 CHRIS: Careful, the ice is only two inches deep. 91 00:04:27,134 --> 00:04:28,834 Step on the rocks. 92 00:04:35,142 --> 00:04:36,408 It's not bad. 93 00:04:37,210 --> 00:04:39,144 JESSI: So between me and these rapids? 94 00:04:39,212 --> 00:04:40,412 CHRIS: Is deep. JESSI: Yeah. 95 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:41,280 CHRIS: That's what it looks like to me. 96 00:04:41,348 --> 00:04:42,414 JESSI: Okay. 97 00:04:44,018 --> 00:04:45,417 CHRIS: I'm gonna head around the corner. 98 00:04:45,485 --> 00:04:46,685 JESSI: Let me know what you find. 99 00:04:51,825 --> 00:04:55,427 All right, so I wanna hit a deep spot that 100 00:04:55,429 --> 00:04:59,764 doesn't have quite as fast of water. 101 00:04:59,767 --> 00:05:01,900 When it widens out like this, 102 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:04,302 usually it slows down and the fish, you know, 103 00:05:04,305 --> 00:05:06,738 they don't wanna be in the current all the time. 104 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:10,976 They wanna rest a little bit. 105 00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:17,582 CHRIS: Ooh. 106 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:19,451 That is not thick. 107 00:05:19,453 --> 00:05:21,386 Let's see how deep it is here. 108 00:05:24,925 --> 00:05:26,591 It's shallow. 109 00:05:26,593 --> 00:05:28,993 I was hoping for a nice deep eddy here. 110 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:30,795 I was gonna bring the lines in and just drop 'em down with 111 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:33,332 a little bit of bait and do some jiggin'. 112 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,434 But this is not deep. 113 00:05:37,537 --> 00:05:39,871 JESSI: This is just proving to be more difficult 114 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:42,607 than I was hoping, but. 115 00:05:42,609 --> 00:05:45,410 CHRIS: How's it going? 116 00:05:45,479 --> 00:05:47,746 JESSI: Hey! 117 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:48,813 CHRIS: Any nibbles? 118 00:05:48,816 --> 00:05:51,483 Any bites? Any fish? 119 00:05:51,485 --> 00:05:54,018 JESSI: Not yet. 120 00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:56,988 I keep getting stuck up on this ice shelf. 121 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:00,559 I don't think we're gonna get anything here. 122 00:06:00,627 --> 00:06:02,961 Let's, uh, head up to those lakes and 123 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:04,696 maybe we'll have better luck there. 124 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,231 CHRIS: Yeah. JESSI: Yeah. 125 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:11,636 JOHNNY: Out here in the arctic every day, 126 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:15,374 life is a constant challenge, and I'm super grateful that 127 00:06:15,442 --> 00:06:18,443 I can just step outside my cabin door and just 128 00:06:18,512 --> 00:06:20,712 have an immediate adventure waiting for me. 129 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,655 JOHNNY: A lot of work goes into hunting. 130 00:06:30,657 --> 00:06:33,592 A lot of work goes into hauling meat around. 131 00:06:34,728 --> 00:06:38,263 When you bring it back to camp, the work doesn't stop there. 132 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:44,068 Living in this giant freezer allows me to hang up meat, 133 00:06:44,071 --> 00:06:45,804 and keep it there all winter. 134 00:06:47,074 --> 00:06:48,874 These guys feel a lot heavier when they're frozen. 135 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:55,480 The cold is my friend, but the cold can be an enemy. 136 00:06:57,217 --> 00:07:00,218 If you leave the meat hanging up in the wind, 137 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:03,221 it's gonna get all dried out from this cold air, 138 00:07:03,290 --> 00:07:05,824 so you have to take your time and process it. 139 00:07:07,428 --> 00:07:09,895 If you process the meat properly, 140 00:07:09,963 --> 00:07:15,500 you're gonna have a nice supply of meat through the winter. 141 00:07:16,703 --> 00:07:18,103 That's what I'm after. 142 00:07:18,839 --> 00:07:23,908 The fat of the, the caribou will actually spoil if you don't get 143 00:07:23,911 --> 00:07:26,778 it out of the animal and render it down. 144 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:29,881 So, I like to get all the fat off the animal. 145 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:34,052 That way I have some jars of, of fat, 146 00:07:34,054 --> 00:07:38,123 because if I don't eat the fat then I can get sick just eating meat, 147 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:39,691 and that fat is super vital. 148 00:07:41,995 --> 00:07:43,128 Little start. 149 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:49,467 There's a lot of fat in these caribou skulls. 150 00:07:49,470 --> 00:07:51,536 You just gotta look in the right places. 151 00:07:57,277 --> 00:07:58,676 Boom. 152 00:07:58,679 --> 00:08:01,813 So right behind the eye is all this fat. 153 00:08:06,553 --> 00:08:10,956 It's very, very delicious, and the texture is just, 154 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:15,060 it's like a, it's almost like a dough. 155 00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:18,063 Get this tongue out of here. 156 00:08:20,968 --> 00:08:22,868 The tongue is just loaded with fat. 157 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,640 Here come the gray jays. 158 00:08:28,976 --> 00:08:30,408 (whistles) 159 00:08:31,245 --> 00:08:33,778 Little guy's hungry. 160 00:08:33,780 --> 00:08:35,313 It's funny, he goes right for the fat. 161 00:08:36,917 --> 00:08:38,984 The predators out here eat everything. 162 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:43,521 So, if you utilize head-to-toe, 163 00:08:43,524 --> 00:08:46,190 that's how you get all the nutrition from the animal. 164 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:49,794 So, I'm gonna get the brain out, 165 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,796 the brain is packed with vitamins, 166 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:54,199 packed with minerals, packed with nutrients. 167 00:08:54,267 --> 00:08:56,268 And it's stuff I need to keep going out here, 168 00:08:56,336 --> 00:08:59,471 so I'm gonna cut this skull open and get that brain out. 169 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:03,675 The texture of this is, uh, 170 00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:06,277 almost like cottage cheese or something, 171 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,947 and right now it's gonna be a little bit more frozen, 172 00:09:09,015 --> 00:09:10,315 like ice cream. 173 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:15,420 But you fry some meat in some eyeball fat, 174 00:09:15,422 --> 00:09:16,555 you know, now we're talking. 175 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:21,559 What about you, huh? What's your favorite part? 176 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:22,961 All of it. 177 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:24,495 You're like me. 178 00:09:24,498 --> 00:09:25,697 I love it all. 179 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:29,768 Another step done at meat camp. 180 00:09:31,438 --> 00:09:33,038 And, uh, there's still a lot more to do. 181 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:40,045 CHEVIE: You're not born with the instincts to survive. 182 00:09:40,113 --> 00:09:41,980 It's not like something you read in a book. 183 00:09:42,515 --> 00:09:44,516 It's something that you learn as you're ready. 184 00:09:46,587 --> 00:09:49,120 CHEVIE: Everything is getting ready for winter, including us. 185 00:09:49,122 --> 00:09:50,388 SONTA: Yeah. 186 00:09:50,390 --> 00:09:51,923 It's not super frozen yet, 187 00:09:51,992 --> 00:09:53,324 but we only have like a matter of days. 188 00:09:53,327 --> 00:09:55,260 Really until it gets super frozen. 189 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:57,195 CHEVIE: Yep, it's crazy how you can watch the water 190 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:59,197 like kinda get heavy. 191 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:02,200 Sonta and I and the baby are gonna head out to our cabin. 192 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:04,269 The goal is to start building a steam bath. 193 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:07,472 SONTA: I'm super excited about just the ability to spend more 194 00:10:07,474 --> 00:10:11,142 time out here, having a steam bath will really allow us to stay clean... 195 00:10:11,144 --> 00:10:12,076 CHEVIE: Yep. 196 00:10:12,079 --> 00:10:13,278 SONTA: And that's really the great way, 197 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:15,814 sometimes cleaner than a shower will get you, really. 198 00:10:15,882 --> 00:10:16,848 CHEVIE: Yep. 199 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:22,687 My only obstacle, I wanna get this done before 200 00:10:22,689 --> 00:10:24,055 this river freezes up. 201 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,293 SONTA: What do you think, Chevelle? 202 00:10:29,296 --> 00:10:31,696 Wanna check it out? 203 00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:32,964 CHEVIE: All right. 204 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:36,367 Let's break some ground on this project before 205 00:10:36,370 --> 00:10:38,336 it gets any colder out here. 206 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,306 SONTA: Well the next step of just kinda figuring out 207 00:10:42,309 --> 00:10:44,175 where to put the steam bath. 208 00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:46,578 CHEVIE: Yeah. SONTA: Yeah. 209 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:50,649 CHEVIE: It's gonna be eight feet wide, by 16 feet long, and so 210 00:10:50,717 --> 00:10:53,985 we were thinking the front of the door kinda facing the cabin. 211 00:10:54,054 --> 00:10:55,720 SONTA: Sure, and that way also, you know, 212 00:10:55,722 --> 00:10:57,655 we talked about having some windows there, 213 00:10:57,658 --> 00:11:00,725 a nice look out to the river, or look out to the flat. 214 00:11:00,794 --> 00:11:02,661 (crying) 215 00:11:02,729 --> 00:11:04,195 Well, the baby's starting to cry. 216 00:11:04,197 --> 00:11:05,797 I'm gonna go and leave you to it. 217 00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:06,864 CHEVIE: All right. 218 00:11:06,867 --> 00:11:08,066 SONTA: But I'll come out when I can. 219 00:11:08,134 --> 00:11:09,134 CHEVIE: Sounds good. 220 00:11:13,540 --> 00:11:16,407 I need to start getting into the foundation stuff before 221 00:11:16,410 --> 00:11:18,343 the ground gets any more frost in it. 222 00:11:19,079 --> 00:11:21,079 'Cause you don't wanna take any shortcuts. 223 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:25,150 It's a long process, you just gotta, uh, do it right. 224 00:11:27,154 --> 00:11:30,555 All right, time to get my, uh, 225 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:33,158 four-by-four beams to run across the top, 226 00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:36,360 get stuff a little righter and tighter, and, uh, 227 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:37,729 start building the floor. 228 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:46,304 I just need your straight eyeball on where you want that 229 00:11:46,306 --> 00:11:48,590 edge of the house to be. 230 00:11:48,642 --> 00:11:49,774 SONTA: Well, here's the thing, okay. 231 00:11:49,776 --> 00:11:52,977 So, you're, you're in the steam bath, and whatever. 232 00:11:52,979 --> 00:11:55,313 You're like changing and you're looking out and 233 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:57,048 you're gonna see the outhouse. 234 00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:58,717 Probably. Right? 235 00:11:58,785 --> 00:11:59,984 CHEVIE: I don't know, I don't think so. 236 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:03,254 SONTA: If it went more this way, you'd at least get more of that, 237 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:05,389 if it's not a huge deal. 238 00:12:05,392 --> 00:12:06,591 CHEVIE: (bleep). 239 00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:08,993 SONTA: But that's really nothing though, really. 240 00:12:08,995 --> 00:12:10,395 Right? Is it, is it, does it matter? 241 00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:11,729 CHEVIE: Oh, it's nothing, you know. 242 00:12:11,732 --> 00:12:14,999 (bleep) I'll shovel and chop all day. 243 00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:17,068 Chevelle's learning how to... 244 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:19,203 SONTA: She's learning how to be the assistant on the job. 245 00:12:19,206 --> 00:12:20,471 CHEVIE: Start praying for her husband. 246 00:12:20,474 --> 00:12:21,539 (laughs) 247 00:12:21,608 --> 00:12:24,342 SONTA: Yeah. CHEVIE: All right. Love you. 248 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:25,944 Back to the manual labor. 249 00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:31,816 ALEX: To live a lifestyle like this, 250 00:12:31,885 --> 00:12:34,152 you gotta be able to, as they say in the Army, 251 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:35,687 endure the suck. 252 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:37,488 Alaska's a pretty rough place. 253 00:12:37,491 --> 00:12:39,290 You gotta work to get any comfort here. 254 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:40,592 It doesn't come easy. 255 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:46,164 ALEX: This is kinda the way I wanted to live out here. 256 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:48,032 It's kinda the way I like it, ya know? 257 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:49,901 No sense of time. 258 00:12:49,903 --> 00:12:51,836 No sense of distance. 259 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,838 You know, I'm just trying to get the meat, 260 00:12:53,907 --> 00:12:55,306 trying to get dinner. 261 00:12:55,308 --> 00:12:58,243 And when I get it, all questions are answered, 262 00:12:58,311 --> 00:12:59,911 and when I don't, I keep looking. 263 00:12:59,979 --> 00:13:01,146 (laughs) 264 00:13:02,916 --> 00:13:05,116 It's getting colder now that the day's about to end. 265 00:13:05,185 --> 00:13:07,385 So, I'm looking to make a fire, warm up, 266 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:09,988 and then dress this rabbit up, cook him, 267 00:13:10,056 --> 00:13:11,456 have a good night. 268 00:13:15,261 --> 00:13:17,562 So, this is my camp just up ahead here. 269 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:21,466 I've got a, uh, canvas wall tent. 270 00:13:21,534 --> 00:13:24,068 Same style, you know, gold-miners and stuff used to bring, 271 00:13:24,137 --> 00:13:26,537 just big enough so you have some quality of life but 272 00:13:26,540 --> 00:13:28,973 also small enough you can keep it warm. 273 00:13:31,678 --> 00:13:33,044 Uh-oh. 274 00:13:35,014 --> 00:13:37,415 I can see the backside of the tent, 275 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:39,484 and I see a door. 276 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:41,202 There's no door on the back side of the tent. 277 00:13:47,427 --> 00:13:50,261 ♪ ♪ 278 00:13:56,452 --> 00:14:01,389 ♪ ♪ 279 00:14:01,391 --> 00:14:02,757 ALEX: Someone's been in here. 280 00:14:04,394 --> 00:14:05,927 It's a lot messier than I left it. 281 00:14:06,730 --> 00:14:08,263 Let's take a look inside. 282 00:14:09,332 --> 00:14:10,732 That's gotta be a bear. 283 00:14:13,670 --> 00:14:15,403 Damn, he trashed it. 284 00:14:15,405 --> 00:14:18,406 He just basically shoved his head and just busted these buckles. 285 00:14:20,210 --> 00:14:23,945 Uh, so I gotta get this place cleaned up before I go to sleep, and, uh, 286 00:14:24,013 --> 00:14:26,748 and then I'll focus on fixing this thing so it's ready 287 00:14:26,816 --> 00:14:30,218 for winter and then also, uh, do something to protect myself 288 00:14:30,286 --> 00:14:32,286 'cause I don't wanna be in here when 289 00:14:32,289 --> 00:14:34,189 a bear shoves his face in at night, ya know? 290 00:14:36,025 --> 00:14:37,491 I didn't leave any food in here. 291 00:14:37,494 --> 00:14:39,160 Otherwise, it would've been a lot worse. 292 00:14:39,629 --> 00:14:42,363 But yeah, I got my work cut out for me. 293 00:14:44,568 --> 00:14:46,334 Yeah, this bear kinda ruined my evening. 294 00:14:48,705 --> 00:14:51,773 JOHNNY: I think that it's in our DNA to know, 295 00:14:51,841 --> 00:14:54,976 how to survive and thrive in this environment. 296 00:14:55,044 --> 00:14:57,845 And I think that we all know how to do it. 297 00:14:57,847 --> 00:15:00,415 We just all haven't been given an opportunity to try it. 298 00:15:05,722 --> 00:15:07,522 JOHNNY: The first season I was up here, 299 00:15:07,590 --> 00:15:09,958 the flies were just laying eggs all over the meat. 300 00:15:11,327 --> 00:15:13,795 That's when I learned if you smoke the meat, 301 00:15:13,863 --> 00:15:16,731 it creates a film on the outside. 302 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,667 Like a natural, plastic, wrap. 303 00:15:19,736 --> 00:15:21,236 Nothing can really penetrate it. 304 00:15:24,073 --> 00:15:27,542 I like using tarp because I can make this smoker air-tight 305 00:15:27,610 --> 00:15:31,412 without expending a bunch of energy trying to build something out of logs. 306 00:15:31,481 --> 00:15:34,749 It's just so much easier to fashion something fast, quick, 307 00:15:34,817 --> 00:15:36,985 and just make a bush smoker. 308 00:15:39,088 --> 00:15:42,757 The hardest part is trying to keep that fire under control. 309 00:15:42,759 --> 00:15:45,493 Because I don't wanna cook the meat. 310 00:15:45,561 --> 00:15:49,297 And I don't want the fire to be a blaze and burn my tarp, 311 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:51,966 but in order to get a lot of smoke, 312 00:15:52,035 --> 00:15:54,569 you gotta start off with a lot of coals. 313 00:15:55,438 --> 00:15:56,504 That's pretty sealed up. 314 00:15:56,572 --> 00:15:59,107 I'm gonna toss some snow around the edges here, 315 00:15:59,175 --> 00:16:01,709 and just guarantee that final seal around the outside. 316 00:16:03,847 --> 00:16:08,783 While that smoker's going, I've got all this fat to render. 317 00:16:08,851 --> 00:16:11,219 I'm gonna take this inside and do a little rendering. 318 00:16:14,591 --> 00:16:16,657 Java. Wanna eat some fat? 319 00:16:16,660 --> 00:16:17,692 Come on. 320 00:16:21,464 --> 00:16:24,065 JESSI: I feel like the weather changes every 15 minutes. 321 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:26,067 Alaskan weather is its own kind of person. 322 00:16:26,135 --> 00:16:29,737 It's like a different character, with like, bipolar disorder. 323 00:16:33,209 --> 00:16:37,879 (gusting winds) 324 00:16:39,949 --> 00:16:42,216 CHRIS: Got a lot of really hard snow on top, 325 00:16:42,285 --> 00:16:44,085 which is gonna add to the strength. 326 00:16:44,087 --> 00:16:45,253 JESSI: Good. 327 00:16:48,425 --> 00:16:49,891 All right, that looks deep. 328 00:16:49,959 --> 00:16:51,225 CHRIS: All right, I didn't hit water and 329 00:16:51,294 --> 00:16:54,028 I got a good three inches of lake ice, 330 00:16:54,097 --> 00:16:56,764 plus three inches of hard crust on top. 331 00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:59,367 I'm gonna push out a little ways and test it. 332 00:17:00,903 --> 00:17:03,104 JESSI: Oh, right in the face! 333 00:17:03,106 --> 00:17:04,839 Damn. 334 00:17:04,907 --> 00:17:06,440 (sighs) 335 00:17:06,443 --> 00:17:08,109 It's like getting sandblasted. 336 00:17:08,111 --> 00:17:09,577 (bleep). 337 00:17:11,647 --> 00:17:12,914 Holy crap. 338 00:17:14,250 --> 00:17:16,250 CHRIS: I got water! And it's six inches! 339 00:17:16,252 --> 00:17:17,385 JESSI: Great. 340 00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:19,320 CHRIS: Nice and solid, I'm gonna go towards the middle 341 00:17:19,389 --> 00:17:20,455 and check it out. 342 00:17:20,990 --> 00:17:22,590 JESSI: You want me to go get the chainsaw or 343 00:17:22,592 --> 00:17:24,792 are you gonna just do it with that? 344 00:17:24,794 --> 00:17:26,460 Ow. 345 00:17:26,463 --> 00:17:29,530 CHRIS: With this wind our chainsaw will freeze really fast. 346 00:17:29,599 --> 00:17:32,433 JESSI: Oh, you're right. I didn't think about that. 347 00:17:34,871 --> 00:17:36,137 CHRIS: It's gonna get wet. 348 00:17:36,139 --> 00:17:37,305 JESSI: Okay. 349 00:17:38,274 --> 00:17:39,807 CHRIS: There we go, we're hitting water. 350 00:17:39,876 --> 00:17:41,943 Maybe we're gonna get lucky. 351 00:17:42,011 --> 00:17:43,711 JESSI: Okay. 352 00:17:44,947 --> 00:17:46,881 Oh, jeez. 353 00:17:46,949 --> 00:17:49,083 This is even worse than it was down at the river, 354 00:17:49,085 --> 00:17:50,885 but the fish are probably here, 355 00:17:50,953 --> 00:17:52,387 so we're still gonna give it a shot. 356 00:17:54,090 --> 00:17:55,223 Chris likes to dirt bike. 357 00:17:55,291 --> 00:17:56,891 He likes to get on machines, 358 00:17:56,893 --> 00:18:00,828 and he likes to go out and see things. 359 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:04,498 I like to pull things out of black holes in the middle of the lake. 360 00:18:04,501 --> 00:18:06,000 (laughs) 361 00:18:09,172 --> 00:18:12,106 I've never gotten a fish this way. 362 00:18:12,175 --> 00:18:15,176 I have fished many times in a hole through the ice, 363 00:18:15,178 --> 00:18:18,012 and I have never brought one up. 364 00:18:20,450 --> 00:18:23,718 Oh. Oh. Uh. Uh. 365 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,053 He's biting. 366 00:18:26,055 --> 00:18:28,389 Did, did he stop? 367 00:18:28,458 --> 00:18:29,957 CHRIS: Are you getting hit? JESSI: Yep. 368 00:18:33,263 --> 00:18:35,062 I think I'm hitting on grayling, 369 00:18:35,131 --> 00:18:36,798 just because it's a real soft tug. 370 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:40,067 Just a little bit, just ee, ee, eeeee, 371 00:18:40,069 --> 00:18:41,202 just a little bit. 372 00:18:41,204 --> 00:18:43,204 CHRIS: Jess, oh Jess. 373 00:18:43,272 --> 00:18:45,006 JESSI: Did you get, don't you dare get a fish before me. 374 00:18:45,074 --> 00:18:46,741 CHRIS: Jess. Get that net. Come on, Jess. 375 00:18:46,809 --> 00:18:49,143 JESSI: The net. Okay. I was getting bites too though. 376 00:18:49,145 --> 00:18:50,077 I'm coming! 377 00:18:50,146 --> 00:18:51,012 I'm coming. I'm coming. 378 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:51,879 CHRIS: Come on, Jess! JESSI: I'm coming! 379 00:18:51,948 --> 00:18:52,813 CHRIS: I'm gonna lose it, come on! 380 00:18:52,816 --> 00:18:54,482 JESSI: I'm coming! I got it. I got it. 381 00:18:54,484 --> 00:18:55,683 Here, right here. I'm right here. 382 00:18:55,751 --> 00:18:56,717 Oh my gosh. 383 00:19:01,875 --> 00:19:03,807 'T believe you got a fish before I did. 384 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:04,875 CHRIS: Get it. Get it. Get it. Get it. Get it. 385 00:19:04,878 --> 00:19:08,012 JESSI: Ha! Fishes! 386 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,582 CHRIS: Look at that rainbow. What a beautiful fish. 387 00:19:12,552 --> 00:19:14,485 Yeah, keep it away from that hole. 388 00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:16,020 All right. 389 00:19:16,022 --> 00:19:18,823 Thank you, fish, even though you're small. 390 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:20,024 We'll still enjoy you. 391 00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:23,427 JESSI: Oh, my gosh, I can't believe that, argh! 392 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:25,829 You got what one before me. 393 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:28,866 I'm jealous! Woo! 394 00:19:29,636 --> 00:19:31,769 I have never been in winds like this. 395 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:37,108 I have very little luck being out on ice doing ice fishing, but... 396 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,577 CHRIS: Whoa! JESSI: I'm willing to stay here. 397 00:19:39,579 --> 00:19:40,911 (laughs) 398 00:19:40,914 --> 00:19:44,382 JESSI: The next fish has Jessi's name on it. 399 00:19:44,450 --> 00:19:45,983 CHRIS: Oh, there he is. 400 00:19:46,052 --> 00:19:47,985 Fish on! Fish on! 401 00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:49,520 Get the net! Fish on! 402 00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:51,189 JESSI: Okay! I'm coming! 403 00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:52,456 Fish are biting. 404 00:19:52,492 --> 00:19:53,991 I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. 405 00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:54,992 And I'm happy. 406 00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:56,327 CHRIS: Come on, Jess! 407 00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:59,063 JESSI: Even though this is probably one of the rougher experiences 408 00:19:59,065 --> 00:20:00,264 I've ever had fishing. 409 00:20:00,333 --> 00:20:01,532 CHRIS: I just had it up. 410 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:02,567 I'm losing him. 411 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:06,270 Here he comes. Here he comes. 412 00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:07,805 Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. 413 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,407 And now. Now. 414 00:20:09,475 --> 00:20:10,541 Oh! Right! 415 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:13,344 JESSI: Yay! Good job, Chris! 416 00:20:14,414 --> 00:20:15,613 At least we're getting something. 417 00:20:18,017 --> 00:20:20,952 ALEX: If you're someone who's keen on being comfortable, 418 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:23,020 this isn't the lifestyle for you. 419 00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:26,957 If you just eliminate the possibility of quitting from your mind, 420 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,893 then you start finding ways to adapt. 421 00:20:34,701 --> 00:20:37,301 ALEX: So, this just demonstrates the kinda brute strength of a bear. 422 00:20:37,303 --> 00:20:38,970 This is like really thick, strong fabric. 423 00:20:39,038 --> 00:20:41,239 It's hard to cut, even with a knife. 424 00:20:41,307 --> 00:20:43,173 You know you can take a sharp knife at it and, 425 00:20:43,176 --> 00:20:44,976 and really have to work to get it to cut. 426 00:20:45,044 --> 00:20:47,378 He just put his claws right in there and shredded it. 427 00:20:49,515 --> 00:20:50,914 I view this as a warning shot. 428 00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:52,583 Okay. 429 00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:55,519 My first priority is to get this place fortified. 430 00:20:57,456 --> 00:20:59,874 Because the bear could come back tonight. 431 00:21:00,326 --> 00:21:02,126 I'll just clean these branches up. 432 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:05,329 I already got the metal frame on the tent. 433 00:21:05,331 --> 00:21:09,933 I think I can bolster the frame using spruce poles, 434 00:21:09,936 --> 00:21:13,003 make this place a little bit more like a fortress. 435 00:21:13,406 --> 00:21:15,873 All righty. There we go. 436 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,010 And less like a thin t-shirt. 437 00:21:21,281 --> 00:21:22,413 That's good. 438 00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:24,048 I'll saw 'em to length as I need. 439 00:21:26,552 --> 00:21:29,620 Mostly this is what my life is: 440 00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:32,290 cutting down trees, hauling 'em in a sled. 441 00:21:35,561 --> 00:21:37,027 First thing I'm gonna do: 442 00:21:37,030 --> 00:21:38,829 expose the frame, 443 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:41,765 clear my junk out, get a nice, clear workspace. 444 00:21:41,768 --> 00:21:46,070 And, uh, and then I'll get to work. 445 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:48,973 Three critical things: 446 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:51,709 I gotta have shelter, warmth, and I have to have food. 447 00:21:51,711 --> 00:21:53,977 My shelter has been threatened. 448 00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:56,013 So I gotta prioritize this one task. 449 00:21:58,117 --> 00:22:00,784 That'll be enough space to work. 450 00:22:00,787 --> 00:22:03,454 I'll get these spruce poles and put 'em in here. 451 00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:05,322 Tie 'em off. 452 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:07,458 Put one along the bottom to make it rigid and 453 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:10,928 that will make this place a little bit, a little bit safer. 454 00:22:10,930 --> 00:22:13,831 Just a little bit, but every little bit counts. 455 00:22:16,536 --> 00:22:19,070 Never, never really pictured myself making a fortress to 456 00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:21,639 defend from bears, but here I am. 457 00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:29,413 Here's the last one, but it won't do anything yet because 458 00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:31,349 the bottom is, uh, insecure. 459 00:22:32,285 --> 00:22:34,485 So, he can just push right in. 460 00:22:34,487 --> 00:22:36,554 My tent's kinda back in action, 461 00:22:36,622 --> 00:22:38,956 but now I still got a few finishing touches. 462 00:22:41,094 --> 00:22:43,961 CHEVIE: In the winter, everything's fogged up, frosty. 463 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:45,563 Visibility is really limited. 464 00:22:45,631 --> 00:22:47,164 It's cold. It's rough. 465 00:22:47,233 --> 00:22:50,434 You've gotta be able to work through those types of weather conditions, 466 00:22:50,503 --> 00:22:52,370 and come out with a finished product. 467 00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:56,006 (saw humming) 468 00:22:58,778 --> 00:23:00,244 CHEVIE: Floor joists cut. 469 00:23:00,246 --> 00:23:03,714 And then I just need two, four rim joists, and, uh, 470 00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:08,619 we'll put together, I, Sonta and I will put together a floor. 471 00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:13,657 The goal is to, uh, start building the steam bath. 472 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:16,927 So we can use this steam bath throughout the whole winter, 473 00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:19,263 but we got about a week. 474 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:21,398 'Til the river starts really flowing ice, 475 00:23:21,401 --> 00:23:23,734 where it's unsafe to take a boat on it, 476 00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:26,237 so let's start putting together a floor. 477 00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:32,276 Right now, time is of the essence. 478 00:23:33,946 --> 00:23:36,547 If I don't build it now, I really can't start building it 479 00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:37,982 until next year. 480 00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:44,955 SONTA: Cool, Chev, this is looking awesome. 481 00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:46,824 CHEVIE: Well, I missed one screw right there. 482 00:23:46,826 --> 00:23:48,092 SONTA: I was, just had my eye on that actually. 483 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,093 CHEVIE: I know. 484 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:50,627 I thought I'd talk about it before you did. 485 00:23:50,630 --> 00:23:52,029 SONTA: This is great. 486 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:54,565 There's nothing like seeing it up off the ground now. 487 00:23:54,567 --> 00:23:55,699 CHEVIE: Yep. 488 00:23:55,701 --> 00:23:58,569 It's good to be working up off the ground now, finally. 489 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:00,704 So, I'm assuming that you're gonna have that little bit 490 00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:02,840 bigger window over here because... 491 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:04,708 SONTA: Because we have the view. 492 00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:05,843 CHEVIE: Not of the outhouse either. 493 00:24:05,845 --> 00:24:07,644 SONTA: Not the outhouse though, no. 494 00:24:07,647 --> 00:24:10,581 CHEVIE: It's all about setting the moon, mood in the steam bath. 495 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:12,316 SONTA: Mm-hmm. Really nice, Chev. 496 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:13,451 It's looking good. 497 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:18,589 CHEVIE: All right, I gotta, uh, mill up the last bit of my logs. 498 00:24:18,591 --> 00:24:21,258 I know I'm gonna need 'em for my six-foot walls 499 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:24,194 for my, uh, steam bath. 500 00:24:24,197 --> 00:24:27,665 It's a long process, but it's got to, 501 00:24:27,733 --> 00:24:30,000 it's got to get done and, uh, 502 00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:32,069 I'm the only one that's here to do it. 503 00:24:32,538 --> 00:24:34,171 Get this thing warming up. 504 00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:39,143 Start milling logs again. 505 00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:46,116 I've been using this mill for a lot of years. 506 00:24:48,888 --> 00:24:51,622 Motor's a little tired on her. 507 00:24:51,624 --> 00:24:54,358 She's, uh, sputtering and popping a little bit more than 508 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:58,896 she did ten years ago, but, uh, 509 00:24:58,898 --> 00:25:00,698 it's built me a beautiful house, 510 00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:02,499 a place for my kids to stay warm. 511 00:25:02,502 --> 00:25:04,101 We've built a lot of stuff in its time. 512 00:25:05,438 --> 00:25:07,538 And it's here gonna finish building me a steam bath. 513 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:11,442 (clinks) 514 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:12,910 (motor stops) 515 00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:14,245 (bleep). 516 00:25:19,535 --> 00:25:21,401 ♪ ♪ 517 00:25:21,404 --> 00:25:23,137 CHEVIE: That's the first time that's ever happened. 518 00:25:25,875 --> 00:25:30,010 The, uh, blade was frozen to the wheels 519 00:25:30,079 --> 00:25:35,449 and so when it to, went to turn it just popped off. 520 00:25:37,954 --> 00:25:39,553 If I can't cut these logs, if something goes down 521 00:25:39,555 --> 00:25:45,359 with this mill there may not be enough time to get this steam bath done. 522 00:25:46,695 --> 00:25:50,898 Because the ice is gonna start moving in this river sooner than later. 523 00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:54,301 So, you get a new blade on it... 524 00:25:54,303 --> 00:25:56,036 (grunts) 525 00:25:56,038 --> 00:25:57,437 Get back after it. 526 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,906 (engine turning) 527 00:25:58,908 --> 00:26:00,641 Come on, baby. 528 00:26:00,709 --> 00:26:02,175 (engine starts) 529 00:26:02,178 --> 00:26:03,410 Oh, yeah. 530 00:26:05,848 --> 00:26:07,915 See if this blade stays on this time. 531 00:26:11,921 --> 00:26:14,922 All right, one down, ten to go. 532 00:26:16,592 --> 00:26:21,061 Got ten, 12 logs I need to get milled up today to ensure that 533 00:26:21,130 --> 00:26:23,063 I've got enough logs to build this wall. 534 00:26:25,935 --> 00:26:28,869 So we got one window there, then we're gonna do another one here, 535 00:26:28,938 --> 00:26:30,738 stove's gonna be right here. 536 00:26:32,274 --> 00:26:35,809 We'll get these walls up, with the wood stove in, 537 00:26:35,878 --> 00:26:38,379 put the roof on, be ready to go. 538 00:26:39,615 --> 00:26:42,650 But for now we're gonna keep on moving. 539 00:26:46,088 --> 00:26:48,689 JOHNNY: To live this far away from everything, 540 00:26:48,691 --> 00:26:51,892 that's a lot of different occupations that I hold. 541 00:26:51,894 --> 00:26:54,662 It's really crucial to survival of the wild. 542 00:27:00,569 --> 00:27:01,602 (smooches) 543 00:27:03,505 --> 00:27:04,872 JOHNNY: Got some fat to render, girl. 544 00:27:06,108 --> 00:27:08,509 You get to eat all the crusties once it's done rendering. 545 00:27:10,446 --> 00:27:15,316 Mission right now is to take all this fat, render it down 546 00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:19,687 until it's all melted down from a solid to a liquid. 547 00:27:21,657 --> 00:27:24,258 So, to sort of render this big pot of fat, 548 00:27:24,326 --> 00:27:25,993 I gotta get the stove cranking hot. 549 00:27:28,797 --> 00:27:33,000 I stay busy with meat camp for days if not weeks, 550 00:27:33,068 --> 00:27:35,402 but that's why I'm here. 551 00:27:35,404 --> 00:27:38,805 You know, I can spend all my time working and then just buy food on the shelf, 552 00:27:38,808 --> 00:27:41,075 and that's, that's a way of life. 553 00:27:41,143 --> 00:27:45,879 But instead, I choose to spend my time working on my own food 554 00:27:45,948 --> 00:27:47,314 that I find and that I harvest. 555 00:27:54,957 --> 00:27:56,823 So while the fat's goin', 556 00:27:56,826 --> 00:27:59,159 it's time to bust out myself a little treat, 557 00:27:59,228 --> 00:28:04,831 a little delicacy, and that's gonna be 558 00:28:04,834 --> 00:28:06,567 good old brains. 559 00:28:06,835 --> 00:28:08,769 (sizzling) 560 00:28:08,837 --> 00:28:10,837 Listen to it sizzle. 561 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,042 Just so wild to think that this matter right here is what gives 562 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:17,244 me the intelligence to be able to cook this. 563 00:28:17,913 --> 00:28:19,613 It's kind of interesting to think about. 564 00:28:23,519 --> 00:28:24,952 Don't wanna think too hard about it. 565 00:28:26,589 --> 00:28:27,921 It's going to be delicious. 566 00:28:28,257 --> 00:28:31,058 You can kinda just scramble these up almost like eggs, 567 00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,193 that's really what the texture is. 568 00:28:33,195 --> 00:28:34,595 They're good in the morning, you know? 569 00:28:34,663 --> 00:28:37,798 Fry up a little bit of meat and then, um, 570 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,867 kinda have like a scramble. 571 00:28:39,935 --> 00:28:41,201 Brain scramble and meat. 572 00:28:42,671 --> 00:28:44,371 You can just taste all of the nutrition in there. 573 00:28:45,207 --> 00:28:47,141 And they're creamy, it's, uh, 574 00:28:47,209 --> 00:28:48,342 nice to have these textures out here. 575 00:28:48,410 --> 00:28:51,678 I don't have creamy texture, just the meat. 576 00:28:51,747 --> 00:28:53,647 It's just nice for my pallet. 577 00:28:56,218 --> 00:28:57,484 Want some brain? 578 00:28:57,686 --> 00:28:59,186 Oh, yeah. 579 00:29:01,957 --> 00:29:04,925 This must have been a smart caribou 'cause these are some of the better brains I've had. 580 00:29:09,098 --> 00:29:12,566 We got a beautiful liquid in here right now. 581 00:29:12,568 --> 00:29:15,702 Game bag works really well to strain it, 582 00:29:15,704 --> 00:29:17,571 leaves me with a beautiful fat. 583 00:29:21,110 --> 00:29:22,776 It almost looks like honey. 584 00:29:26,315 --> 00:29:28,181 It's three jars of fat right here. 585 00:29:28,717 --> 00:29:30,183 That right there is a good start, 586 00:29:30,186 --> 00:29:32,586 it's good start going into the winter. 587 00:29:32,588 --> 00:29:34,254 It's not going to last me through the whole winter, 588 00:29:34,256 --> 00:29:35,689 but it's a really, really good start. 589 00:29:39,261 --> 00:29:43,063 JESSI: If you wanna live a subsistence lifestyle, 590 00:29:43,132 --> 00:29:44,398 knowledge is power. 591 00:29:44,466 --> 00:29:47,134 Knowledge is money and every day out here 592 00:29:47,136 --> 00:29:48,936 that I'm learning how to fish better, 593 00:29:49,004 --> 00:29:50,571 that's more money in my bank. 594 00:29:51,407 --> 00:29:54,374 CHRIS: Whoa! 595 00:29:55,277 --> 00:29:56,877 Damn wind today. 596 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,815 JESSI: All right, soon as that fish pulls this is gonna go like 597 00:30:01,817 --> 00:30:04,885 that and, up goes the flag. 598 00:30:04,887 --> 00:30:06,353 So that's what we're gonna try. 599 00:30:06,822 --> 00:30:08,889 Keep our eye on this. 600 00:30:08,891 --> 00:30:11,091 I just need you to get more fish than Chris. 601 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,094 All right, I'm gonna go take my spot back. 602 00:30:17,433 --> 00:30:20,367 We've been out here for a couple days and we only got two fish. 603 00:30:20,435 --> 00:30:23,303 I'm kinda worried about not having fish for the winter. 604 00:30:23,305 --> 00:30:25,305 CHRIS: Come on, fishy. 605 00:30:25,374 --> 00:30:28,508 JESSI: It's something that my body needs. 606 00:30:28,511 --> 00:30:30,978 I mean one day I'd like to know how to do it all. 607 00:30:31,046 --> 00:30:32,712 I mean, I'm starting small and 608 00:30:32,715 --> 00:30:34,381 I'm starting with a little bit of ice fishing. 609 00:30:34,449 --> 00:30:38,452 It's a trial and error, and you gotta make mistakes. 610 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,989 The thing is, is the opportunity is right beneath my butt. 611 00:30:42,057 --> 00:30:44,591 Right here, all the stinking fish. 612 00:30:46,061 --> 00:30:47,928 CHRIS: We got something. 613 00:30:47,996 --> 00:30:49,429 It's big. 614 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,799 I guess not, it was just an angry fish! 615 00:30:53,802 --> 00:30:54,801 All right! 616 00:30:54,803 --> 00:30:55,936 JESSI: Look at him. 617 00:30:55,938 --> 00:30:57,137 Gosh darn it! 618 00:30:57,139 --> 00:30:58,739 CHRIS: Woo-hoo! 619 00:30:58,807 --> 00:31:00,374 They might be small but they're stacking up. 620 00:31:02,878 --> 00:31:05,012 JESSI: I'm not a good ice fisher. 621 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,948 I'm just not, but, you know, the only way to get better 622 00:31:08,016 --> 00:31:11,051 at ice fishing is to ice fish. 623 00:31:16,091 --> 00:31:17,557 Do I still have him? 624 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,226 Oh, he let go. 625 00:31:19,294 --> 00:31:20,694 It was a good bite though. 626 00:31:20,696 --> 00:31:22,162 That means he's still down there. 627 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:26,033 CHRIS: It's a fighter, ah! 628 00:31:26,101 --> 00:31:28,168 All right! Jess! 629 00:31:28,237 --> 00:31:30,770 JESSI: Chris! Dang it! CHRIS: Woo-hoo! 630 00:31:30,773 --> 00:31:32,372 JESSI: Oh! 631 00:31:32,441 --> 00:31:33,874 Oh, I'm so frustrated. 632 00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:37,177 CHRIS: Oh, that little (bleep). 633 00:31:37,179 --> 00:31:39,213 I bet he got my bait. 634 00:31:40,249 --> 00:31:43,584 JESSI: Oh, there it is! 635 00:31:43,652 --> 00:31:46,286 I got him! Ah, look! 636 00:31:47,856 --> 00:31:48,989 (laughs) 637 00:31:48,991 --> 00:31:52,859 I got him! I got the fish! 638 00:31:52,861 --> 00:31:56,663 Look at him! He's gorgeous! 639 00:31:56,665 --> 00:31:59,866 Almost got out of my net, look at that! 640 00:31:59,935 --> 00:32:01,334 Woo! 641 00:32:01,337 --> 00:32:04,004 CHRIS: All right. JESSI: Mine's down! 642 00:32:04,006 --> 00:32:06,406 We're getting there, that's all that matters. 643 00:32:06,475 --> 00:32:08,808 Progress is progress. 644 00:32:08,811 --> 00:32:10,277 I'm gonna go put this fish away and 645 00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:12,079 then I'm coming right back to this hole. 646 00:32:12,147 --> 00:32:13,413 Yeah! 647 00:32:15,951 --> 00:32:16,817 All right. 648 00:32:16,885 --> 00:32:17,884 CHRIS: Good looking fish, love. 649 00:32:17,953 --> 00:32:21,989 JESSI: Oh, no! I didn't lay it down! 650 00:32:26,295 --> 00:32:27,160 CHRIS: Ah, man. 651 00:32:33,352 --> 00:32:36,353 CHRIS: Something knocked it down. 652 00:32:36,421 --> 00:32:38,155 JESSI: Was it a fish? 653 00:32:38,223 --> 00:32:40,223 Did the fish just pull it right in there? 654 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:43,693 CHRIS: I don't know, this thing got kicked over and, 655 00:32:43,696 --> 00:32:46,096 I mean it didn't blow it I don't think. 656 00:32:46,098 --> 00:32:48,482 JESSI: Oh, crap, you can see it, Chris. 657 00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:49,366 CHRIS: Can you? 658 00:32:49,368 --> 00:32:50,701 JESSI: You can see it right there. 659 00:32:50,769 --> 00:32:52,235 CHRIS: If I see it I'll get a treble hook and I'll get it back. 660 00:32:52,237 --> 00:32:53,903 JESSI: Look at it... CHRIS: I can see it! 661 00:32:53,906 --> 00:32:55,038 JESSI: You can see it, you can see all of it. 662 00:32:55,107 --> 00:32:56,773 CHRIS: Ah, I'm gonna get a big treble hook and 663 00:32:56,775 --> 00:32:58,108 I'm gonna try to fish that out. 664 00:32:58,110 --> 00:32:59,509 Holy (bleep)! 665 00:32:59,511 --> 00:33:00,844 (laughs) 666 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:04,114 JESSI: Well, I guess these did not, uh, 667 00:33:04,116 --> 00:33:06,583 serve their purpose but you can see it right there. 668 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:08,118 You can see the whole thing. 669 00:33:08,186 --> 00:33:13,457 The flag is up, I'm glad it's bright orange. 670 00:33:13,525 --> 00:33:15,125 Wow. 671 00:33:15,127 --> 00:33:16,893 You're gonna have to get it in that corner. 672 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:25,001 CHRIS: I can't get it over to where it's at. 673 00:33:25,004 --> 00:33:26,903 It's gonna take all day to pick it out of here. 674 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:31,775 Oh, come on wind. 675 00:33:32,210 --> 00:33:33,343 Feels heavy. 676 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,746 Oh, oh. 677 00:33:35,814 --> 00:33:37,631 Whoa, Jess! I got it! 678 00:33:39,952 --> 00:33:42,219 JESSI: Great. CHRIS: Ha-ha! 679 00:33:42,287 --> 00:33:45,488 Fixing problems for 15 years! 680 00:33:45,491 --> 00:33:46,956 JESSI: Amazing. 681 00:33:46,959 --> 00:33:50,327 Hopefully we'll get some fish instead of fishing for our gear. 682 00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:54,898 ALEX: I have to respect the bear, 683 00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:58,101 'cause I moved into his home. 684 00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,903 If he comes back and, uh, 685 00:33:59,905 --> 00:34:02,639 doesn't respect the respect that I'm giving him, uh, 686 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:03,774 then I'll shoot him and eat him. 687 00:34:07,513 --> 00:34:09,913 ALEX: Now I gotta sew up the big hole I think. 688 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:12,582 Get that done before I move all my stuff in and 689 00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:14,551 then I'll be, uh, kind of back to normal. 690 00:34:16,321 --> 00:34:18,521 Okay, um... 691 00:34:18,524 --> 00:34:21,191 I've never actually sewed, you know, 692 00:34:21,193 --> 00:34:23,193 some of my clothes got holes in them, 693 00:34:23,195 --> 00:34:26,129 but not so bad that I ever needed to sew, so. 694 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:29,733 I knew someday I'd have to do it, 695 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:32,602 but I was kinda dreaded it 'cause, like, ugh. 696 00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:34,571 Sewing. 697 00:34:36,675 --> 00:34:39,342 I was hoping I could make it to my death without having to do it but, 698 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:43,647 unfortunately this is not a job duct tape can do. 699 00:34:45,484 --> 00:34:48,151 You know, life out here is, it's simple, 700 00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:50,153 but it's not easy. 701 00:34:50,155 --> 00:34:52,355 Simple means that I can understand it. 702 00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:53,890 I'm just a regular guy and so 703 00:34:53,892 --> 00:34:57,260 if I'm able to do it then it's simple. 704 00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:00,763 That's not bad, I mean it's kind of a, 705 00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:03,166 you know, I don't know if my mother's gonna be proud 706 00:35:03,168 --> 00:35:05,735 but I did it. 707 00:35:07,706 --> 00:35:10,507 An Alaskan winter's no joke. 708 00:35:10,509 --> 00:35:14,044 Every little advantage I can get I try to take. 709 00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:18,381 Uh, I just got my wool blankets here, 710 00:35:18,383 --> 00:35:21,718 and I just kinda stuff 'em up into the, uh, frame here. 711 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:24,254 And this, just this little bit of insulation makes it to where 712 00:35:24,322 --> 00:35:25,722 I can burn much less wood in here. 713 00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:28,091 And, you know, just a little fire and it stays toasty warm. 714 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:32,862 I can solve my problems on my own, 715 00:35:32,865 --> 00:35:34,397 but that doesn't mean a lot of times I don't know 716 00:35:34,466 --> 00:35:37,134 what the best decision to make is. 717 00:35:37,202 --> 00:35:38,869 In my time in the army, 718 00:35:38,937 --> 00:35:41,004 someone else was making the big decisions. 719 00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:42,805 Okay. 720 00:35:42,808 --> 00:35:44,607 Out here in the middle of the woods alone 721 00:35:44,610 --> 00:35:45,808 I have to make all of the decisions. 722 00:35:45,811 --> 00:35:47,144 Every decision. 723 00:35:47,212 --> 00:35:51,148 This can be part of my bed roll. 724 00:35:53,018 --> 00:35:54,751 But I don't want to always know what's gonna happen. 725 00:35:56,087 --> 00:36:00,123 I want for nature to compel me to keep growing. 726 00:36:02,761 --> 00:36:05,828 CHEVIE: You just never know what's going to be tossed our way, 727 00:36:05,831 --> 00:36:08,831 but you gotta constantly be a step or two ahead of yourself. 728 00:36:09,234 --> 00:36:12,369 You can't predict everything, but if you can predict most of 729 00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:14,371 the things you're gonna be ahead. 730 00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:21,311 CHEVIE: North wind's blowing like a sun of a bitch today. 731 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:28,051 And, uh, when the north wind starts blowing like this. 732 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:30,487 Cold weather comes right behind it. 733 00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:35,792 Got a, my wood stove for the sauna, 734 00:36:35,811 --> 00:36:37,994 I got my ladder to put my roof on. 735 00:36:38,730 --> 00:36:40,997 Insulation for the floor and the ceiling, 736 00:36:41,066 --> 00:36:44,801 all the final to things to, uh, insure that this steam bath 737 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:48,538 throws as much heat as possible, so. 738 00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:54,277 The obstacle's gonna be trying to get this, uh, 739 00:36:54,279 --> 00:36:57,981 wood stove up this bank somewhere. 740 00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:02,085 Need to be working on the roof of my steam bath, 741 00:37:02,087 --> 00:37:07,023 not playing games with this, but on the other hand steam bath's 742 00:37:07,092 --> 00:37:09,425 not much of a steam bath without a wood stove in it. 743 00:37:09,428 --> 00:37:11,294 So, gotta get it there. 744 00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:14,564 So I'm gonna pull my boat as far as I can up there. 745 00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:17,100 Can't run it too far or else water will come in the back of 746 00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:18,868 the boat and you don't want that right now. 747 00:37:20,038 --> 00:37:23,240 Thor sitting in here like he's watching something. 748 00:37:23,308 --> 00:37:25,075 He's making me more nervous than ever. 749 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:30,713 Just don't wanna be fishing it out of a slew or 750 00:37:30,716 --> 00:37:32,249 some (bleep), you know. 751 00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:38,121 I'm really down to the last few days of getting this done. 752 00:37:38,189 --> 00:37:40,657 So I hope it just goes smoothly, 753 00:37:40,659 --> 00:37:42,826 I don't have time for any setbacks right now. 754 00:37:52,004 --> 00:37:53,036 (thuds) 755 00:37:59,427 --> 00:38:02,295 : Well, that didn't work out quite as planned. 756 00:38:08,436 --> 00:38:11,705 I didn't break any windows, so we're winning. 757 00:38:11,773 --> 00:38:15,875 I'll get it back up there, get it sucked up that bank. 758 00:38:18,113 --> 00:38:20,981 It's not a super, super heavy stove but, uh, 759 00:38:21,049 --> 00:38:22,616 it's a lot of steel. 760 00:38:23,986 --> 00:38:26,920 There's no way I can get it up the bank by myself without 761 00:38:26,988 --> 00:38:29,289 some sort of mechanical advantage. 762 00:38:30,659 --> 00:38:32,626 We use these chains that have winches a lot. 763 00:38:36,264 --> 00:38:40,533 I'm just gonna re-hook it to itself like that, 764 00:38:40,602 --> 00:38:42,836 take it slow, start pulling it up and see what she looks like. 765 00:38:51,546 --> 00:38:54,047 Chainsaw winch was the way to do it today. 766 00:39:04,693 --> 00:39:07,427 SONTA: So we're getting a huge stove and a tiny steam bath. 767 00:39:08,630 --> 00:39:10,096 CHEVIE: Perfect height, right waist height to put 768 00:39:10,098 --> 00:39:11,497 wood in like that. 769 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:13,232 It's pretty sweet. 770 00:39:13,502 --> 00:39:15,135 Let's get it up these stairs. 771 00:39:16,504 --> 00:39:17,637 SONTA: Well, that's not bad. 772 00:39:17,639 --> 00:39:19,839 Shoot, we could have brought it up the bank like this. 773 00:39:19,841 --> 00:39:22,442 Why'd we do all that chainsaw winching? 774 00:39:22,444 --> 00:39:25,378 CHEVIE: Damn, you're tough. SONTA: I know. 775 00:39:26,248 --> 00:39:27,414 Been working out. 776 00:39:33,588 --> 00:39:34,854 Nice. 777 00:39:34,856 --> 00:39:36,589 So we just scoot it? 778 00:39:37,859 --> 00:39:39,859 Whoo, it's awesome. 779 00:39:39,861 --> 00:39:41,027 CHEVIE: Let's get a roof on here. 780 00:39:43,398 --> 00:39:44,797 SONTA: You gotta go a little bit up. 781 00:39:45,467 --> 00:39:48,935 CHEVIE: I got ice in the river, it's 18 degrees this morning. 782 00:39:48,937 --> 00:39:51,671 SONTA: It's not quite over it, just gotta eyeball it. 783 00:39:51,740 --> 00:39:55,208 CHEVIE: I know that winter's coming, and with winter, snow. 784 00:39:57,079 --> 00:39:58,812 SONTA: Little loud for baby, if you could just keep it down. 785 00:40:00,549 --> 00:40:01,614 CHEVIE: Sorry, Chevelle. 786 00:40:01,683 --> 00:40:02,949 (laughs) 787 00:40:04,152 --> 00:40:05,852 CHEVIE: It's kind of like the fourth quarter, man. 788 00:40:07,022 --> 00:40:09,489 Three minutes left, it's grind time. 789 00:40:10,291 --> 00:40:11,491 I want to get this done. 790 00:40:15,630 --> 00:40:17,630 JOHNNY: The meat's been in here overnight. 791 00:40:19,034 --> 00:40:21,501 It's looking pretty good, I'm gonna take it out into the light 792 00:40:21,569 --> 00:40:22,769 and get a better look. 793 00:40:23,105 --> 00:40:26,973 (gusting winds) 794 00:40:27,041 --> 00:40:28,708 And it snowed last night, too. 795 00:40:36,251 --> 00:40:39,052 This is exactly what I'm looking for. 796 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:43,723 It's nice and dry, it's not like tacky wet meat on the outside. 797 00:40:43,792 --> 00:40:46,459 Again, I'm not trying to cook the meat. 798 00:40:46,461 --> 00:40:49,462 All I'm trying to do is put this natural 799 00:40:49,464 --> 00:40:53,800 kind of butcher paper feel to the outside, 800 00:40:53,802 --> 00:40:58,738 and this is just one more layer of added protection against the frost. 801 00:40:58,740 --> 00:41:01,207 Uh, even against the birds if they were to pick through, 802 00:41:01,276 --> 00:41:03,042 they kinda hit this hard outside. 803 00:41:05,947 --> 00:41:08,281 I'm gonna go hang it up in the cache and 804 00:41:08,349 --> 00:41:09,649 start doing the rest of 'em. 805 00:41:10,752 --> 00:41:11,751 Javs? 806 00:41:11,820 --> 00:41:13,153 Come on, wanna help? 807 00:41:17,425 --> 00:41:19,492 You know, I don't ever just put meat up, 808 00:41:19,494 --> 00:41:25,097 put fat up, sit back and relax and think I'm done 'cause 809 00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:26,666 that's just not how it works out here. 810 00:41:30,172 --> 00:41:32,238 CHRIS: Do you need to scoop out your hole or anything? 811 00:41:32,307 --> 00:41:33,807 JESSI: I think it's okay. 812 00:41:36,311 --> 00:41:39,779 I think if I had to choose between the winds or 813 00:41:39,848 --> 00:41:42,615 the wet snow I'd choose the wind. 814 00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:45,051 CHRIS: Oh, something just took my bait. 815 00:41:45,119 --> 00:41:46,853 I saw him down there. 816 00:41:46,921 --> 00:41:48,121 Come back, buddy. 817 00:41:49,524 --> 00:41:51,190 Ha-ha! 818 00:41:51,193 --> 00:41:52,058 Oh, right. 819 00:41:52,060 --> 00:41:54,127 JESSI: Are you? CHRIS: Yeah. 820 00:41:54,195 --> 00:41:55,662 Look at that. 821 00:41:55,730 --> 00:41:57,129 What a pretty fish. 822 00:41:57,132 --> 00:41:59,532 JESSI: You know, it's gonna get one before me. 823 00:41:59,534 --> 00:42:01,601 (laughs) 824 00:42:01,603 --> 00:42:03,937 Me versus the polar tip up since I already lost, 825 00:42:04,005 --> 00:42:06,172 it's like the losers bracket. 826 00:42:07,408 --> 00:42:09,208 CHRIS: Got one! JESSI: Are you kidding me? 827 00:42:09,211 --> 00:42:10,677 CHRIS: Oh, fish on! Fish on! 828 00:42:10,745 --> 00:42:12,679 Hot dog! 829 00:42:12,747 --> 00:42:15,481 JESSI: If Chris gets another fish I'm stealing his spot. 830 00:42:17,018 --> 00:42:19,686 Living off the land is more than just a lifestyle. 831 00:42:19,754 --> 00:42:22,488 I don't think my family gets it and I don't think my friends do. 832 00:42:22,490 --> 00:42:24,090 CHRIS: Got a fish! Got a fish, got it! 833 00:42:24,158 --> 00:42:25,625 JESSI: Oh my, okay I'm taking it. 834 00:42:25,627 --> 00:42:27,060 I'm going over there. 835 00:42:27,095 --> 00:42:28,027 Nope. 836 00:42:28,029 --> 00:42:30,230 To be out here and to get your water and 837 00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:32,899 to get your house together and to get all of your food. 838 00:42:32,967 --> 00:42:35,501 All right, gosh darn it. 839 00:42:35,503 --> 00:42:39,572 When you live off the land, you become intimate with everything 840 00:42:39,574 --> 00:42:43,142 that it takes to live and you become a totally different person. 841 00:42:44,846 --> 00:42:48,381 ALEX: This is nice, this is the most organized I've been out here. 842 00:42:48,383 --> 00:42:51,117 So I'm feeling really good about this, uh, you know, 843 00:42:51,185 --> 00:42:55,121 kind of turn this place into a little bit more of a fortress 844 00:42:55,123 --> 00:42:57,590 so I can sleep a little easier at night. 845 00:42:58,326 --> 00:43:00,726 Celebrate all this hard work I've done with that rabbit 846 00:43:00,729 --> 00:43:02,128 I got the other day. 847 00:43:03,197 --> 00:43:04,997 Okay. 848 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,934 I've kind of learned a long time ago when I was young and 849 00:43:07,936 --> 00:43:09,936 getting started in the Army. 850 00:43:10,004 --> 00:43:11,537 I kinda made a little mantra where I'd tell myself 851 00:43:11,606 --> 00:43:14,006 this is just my life. 852 00:43:14,009 --> 00:43:17,543 I thought about like, the guys at Valley Forge, 853 00:43:17,545 --> 00:43:20,012 they're in the Revolutionary War. 854 00:43:20,015 --> 00:43:21,681 They like didn't have boots and their feet were freezing, 855 00:43:21,749 --> 00:43:24,884 but they just kept going and I figured they probably weren't 856 00:43:24,886 --> 00:43:27,086 sitting around complaining about the lack of boots because 857 00:43:27,088 --> 00:43:28,888 there just wasn't boots. 858 00:43:28,890 --> 00:43:31,024 And so that's what I kinda told myself. 859 00:43:31,092 --> 00:43:32,692 I just have to do whatever I gotta do. 860 00:43:33,361 --> 00:43:34,694 JESSI: Bite it, my friend. 861 00:43:35,363 --> 00:43:36,763 ALEX: And then I wasn't thinking about quitting, you know? 862 00:43:37,699 --> 00:43:39,432 SONTA: Let's go see how warm it is. 863 00:43:39,434 --> 00:43:40,833 Test out the steam. 864 00:43:42,036 --> 00:43:43,436 ALEX: Then I was just thinking about adapting. 865 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,372 JOHNNY: Hey man, this ain't a blanket. 866 00:43:46,441 --> 00:43:49,642 ALEX: My lifestyle here is continuing to do what I was used to. 867 00:43:51,646 --> 00:43:53,846 JESSI: Got him. 868 00:43:53,915 --> 00:43:55,715 Oh, goodness sakes. 869 00:43:55,717 --> 00:43:58,318 ALEX: Have a rough lifestyle where I just go from meal to meal. 870 00:43:58,386 --> 00:44:00,320 I don't cook a lot but that's probably 871 00:44:00,388 --> 00:44:03,323 a good solid 20 grams of protein right there. 872 00:44:03,358 --> 00:44:07,526 When you're alone out here, when you gotta do all the work yourself. 873 00:44:07,529 --> 00:44:09,662 SONTA: That's what we wanna see. 874 00:44:09,664 --> 00:44:10,930 ALEX: You can't be a defeatist, 875 00:44:10,999 --> 00:44:13,466 you gotta always look for the silver lining. 876 00:44:13,468 --> 00:44:15,268 It's never not going to help you. 877 00:44:18,139 --> 00:44:20,406 Mm, that's very nice. 878 00:44:21,276 --> 00:44:22,475 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.