1 00:00:18,290 --> 00:00:20,360 [gunshot] 2 00:00:20,470 --> 00:00:23,890 ? 3 00:00:23,990 --> 00:00:25,540 male narrator: In one of the most brutal 4 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:27,580 survival challenges ever, 5 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,960 three straers will try to endure 30 days in the wild 6 00:00:32,070 --> 00:00:34,930 with only one resource, 7 00:00:35,030 --> 00:00:37,660 a fresh kill, 8 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,560 its location marked 9 00:00:39,660 --> 00:00:41,800 by a single flare. 10 00:00:41,900 --> 00:00:44,010 - As soon as that flare goes up, 11 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:45,700 the clock has started. 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,320 We need to get to that animal to preserve 13 00:00:47,430 --> 00:00:49,010 every piece we can. 14 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:54,020 ? 15 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,680 - We have a long run. - We've got to move fast. 16 00:00:56,780 --> 00:00:57,880 narrator: They have no tools... 17 00:00:57,990 --> 00:00:59,370 - This is unreal. 18 00:00:59,470 --> 00:01:01,580 I've never worked on an animal with just a rock. 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,370 - Come on. Let's go. - Come on. 20 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,200 narrator: Just the clothes on their backs. 21 00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:07,830 - We have nothing. 22 00:01:07,930 --> 00:01:09,970 This is gonna be extremely difficult to produce the tools 23 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:11,140 we need to accomplish the tasks 24 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,860 that have to be done right now. 25 00:01:12,970 --> 00:01:13,970 narrator: Do they have the stamina 26 00:01:14,070 --> 00:01:16,560 and ingenuity to survive? 27 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:23,770 ? 28 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,360 - [breathing heavily] 29 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,640 There it is. Holy... 30 00:01:27,740 --> 00:01:30,260 - That's awesome. - Jeez Louise. 31 00:01:30,370 --> 00:01:31,810 - As soon as I see the moose, 32 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,610 I know instantly that this is gonna be a lot of work. 33 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:41,410 ? 34 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,140 I'm not sure we're gonna get everything done, 35 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,280 including a shelter, before dark. 36 00:01:45,380 --> 00:01:47,590 - All right. Let's get started with some cutting. 37 00:01:47,690 --> 00:01:49,140 - Let's get some tools. 38 00:01:49,250 --> 00:01:53,080 ? 39 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:56,670 - Not having a knife, it makes everything ten times harder. 40 00:01:56,770 --> 00:02:00,500 So I am thoroughly impressed by our ancestors. 41 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,610 They used to live off the land, 42 00:02:02,710 --> 00:02:05,570 and I'm excited about making that connection. 43 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,020 ? 44 00:02:07,130 --> 00:02:08,990 - We're gonna have to find rocks we can work 45 00:02:09,090 --> 00:02:12,680 to get sharp edges to get the animal apart and prepped. 46 00:02:12,790 --> 00:02:16,100 I really can't work with this. 47 00:02:16,210 --> 00:02:17,970 Why would I want to do something like this? 48 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:20,280 I like to see, how far can I go? 49 00:02:20,380 --> 00:02:22,350 How far can I push this? 50 00:02:22,450 --> 00:02:25,280 If my ancestors could do this, why can't I do this? 51 00:02:25,390 --> 00:02:28,770 This challenge is the ultimate test 52 00:02:28,870 --> 00:02:31,190 of my skills, wilderness survival, 53 00:02:31,290 --> 00:02:33,220 bushcrafting, primitive skills. 54 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,050 Going out here with no tools in conditions 55 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,990 that are probably-- get worse and worse 56 00:02:38,090 --> 00:02:40,950 day to day, minute by minute, it's a true challenge 57 00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:45,060 and there are parts of it I'm not looking forward to. 58 00:02:46,650 --> 00:02:47,820 - Found a rock, Lindsay? 59 00:02:47,930 --> 00:02:50,070 - I'm seeing how well it does. 60 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:52,170 - You guys finding anything? 61 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,620 - Lindsay's trying something that she found. 62 00:02:54,730 --> 00:02:56,110 - It's getting dull. 63 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:57,830 ? 64 00:02:57,940 --> 00:02:59,630 - The rock formations around here 65 00:02:59,730 --> 00:03:01,910 are just absolute junk for cutting edges. 66 00:03:02,010 --> 00:03:05,390 The rocks have all been broken up by ice and frost 67 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:06,810 and everything else, so trying to get 68 00:03:06,910 --> 00:03:09,950 a cutting edge is terrible. 69 00:03:10,050 --> 00:03:12,160 It gives me a whole newfound respect 70 00:03:12,260 --> 00:03:15,680 for why primitive peoples traveled so far 71 00:03:15,780 --> 00:03:18,370 to trade for things like obsidian or chert 72 00:03:18,470 --> 00:03:20,750 that they could knap into a decent blade. 73 00:03:20,850 --> 00:03:27,860 ? 74 00:03:30,930 --> 00:03:32,490 - Find anything decent? 75 00:03:32,590 --> 00:03:34,180 - Yeah, I think I got one. 76 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:41,220 ? 77 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,260 - Oh yeah, that's good. 78 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,570 - Perfect. I'm getting started. 79 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,710 ? 80 00:03:50,820 --> 00:03:52,400 The number one priority right now 81 00:03:52,510 --> 00:03:53,850 is to get the guts out of it. 82 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,270 The guts keep a lot of heat trapped in there, 83 00:03:56,370 --> 00:03:58,060 and if you get them out, it will cool it down 84 00:03:58,170 --> 00:03:59,890 and prevent the meat from spoiling. 85 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,660 But the hide's incredibly thick...10, 15 strokes, 86 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,380 you might make it a half inch maybe. 87 00:04:06,490 --> 00:04:14,220 ? 88 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,080 Just careful, because his guts are right here. 89 00:04:16,190 --> 00:04:19,360 So you want to cut right at the skin right here. 90 00:04:19,470 --> 00:04:21,430 I grew up running around the woods with my dad. 91 00:04:21,540 --> 00:04:24,880 He taught me all about hunting and the love of the outdoors. 92 00:04:24,990 --> 00:04:28,920 I have three of my own kids, and all of them have helped 93 00:04:29,030 --> 00:04:30,480 in way or another with butchering, 94 00:04:30,580 --> 00:04:31,890 whether they were on a hunt with me 95 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,170 or have hunted themselves 96 00:04:33,270 --> 00:04:34,580 and harvested their own animals. 97 00:04:34,690 --> 00:04:36,310 And I'm hoping that 98 00:04:36,410 --> 00:04:39,870 as my kids watch their mom out here doing this challenge 99 00:04:39,970 --> 00:04:43,420 that they can be inspired to chase their own dreams 100 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,600 whatever they are. 101 00:04:47,700 --> 00:04:50,250 - And I might start working on this leg. 102 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,190 My skill set is definitely more the hunting 103 00:04:52,290 --> 00:04:53,430 and fishing side of things, 104 00:04:53,530 --> 00:04:55,810 setting primitive traps, stalking, 105 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,640 being able to hunt and take game. 106 00:04:58,750 --> 00:05:00,820 I got excited about doing this challenge, 107 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,300 because it's the ultimate test. 108 00:05:03,410 --> 00:05:05,860 Can I put my skill set to use? 109 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,170 Can I walk into the woods 110 00:05:07,270 --> 00:05:09,270 with nothing but clothes and survive? 111 00:05:09,380 --> 00:05:13,930 ? 112 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,110 - Come on. 113 00:05:17,210 --> 00:05:19,010 - This animal is not only food. 114 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:20,940 It's everything for us out there. 115 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,360 And we have to preserve every piece we can. 116 00:05:24,460 --> 00:05:27,670 ? 117 00:05:27,770 --> 00:05:28,980 - I'm thinking, time-wise, like, 118 00:05:29,090 --> 00:05:30,710 I don't really want to take the hide off of it 119 00:05:30,810 --> 00:05:33,190 if we're not gonna get the quarters up somewhere. 120 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,160 - Yeah. I'm thinking we should divide and conquer. 121 00:05:35,260 --> 00:05:36,650 - Joe, you want to start... - Shelter. 122 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:37,890 - Start on a shelter. 123 00:05:37,990 --> 00:05:39,720 I'll have her get the lungs and heart out. 124 00:05:39,820 --> 00:05:41,100 - Yeah. 125 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:42,860 - And then we can let this bad boy sit overnight. 126 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,590 - Tonight we'll be keeping our ears open for predators. 127 00:05:45,690 --> 00:05:46,930 If we hear anything, 128 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,350 we'll have to go out and check it out, 129 00:05:48,450 --> 00:05:50,870 try to chase off something if it's coming in. 130 00:05:50,970 --> 00:05:57,940 ? 131 00:06:01,190 --> 00:06:03,260 - Shelter-making and fire-making. 132 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,300 Those are the two components I excel at. 133 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,890 Here's a good area right here. Nice and flat. 134 00:06:10,990 --> 00:06:13,650 We have a lot of these trees here blocking the wind. 135 00:06:13,750 --> 00:06:15,030 So that's good. 136 00:06:15,130 --> 00:06:17,690 This wind sucks. 137 00:06:17,790 --> 00:06:18,860 ? 138 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,100 I mean, right now, I'm, like, 139 00:06:20,210 --> 00:06:21,860 even just feeling it right now 140 00:06:21,970 --> 00:06:25,310 just against my back. 141 00:06:25,420 --> 00:06:28,080 Just gonna break off the bottom limbs here 142 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:30,530 and then take some more boughs and put them on the outside. 143 00:06:30,630 --> 00:06:32,980 We do not want to have the wind blowing over us 144 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,570 during the night. 145 00:06:34,670 --> 00:06:36,770 Otherwise, you're just gonna be wasting energy 146 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,330 and body heat. 147 00:06:38,430 --> 00:06:46,100 ? 148 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,170 - Because the moose is an incredibly large animal, 149 00:06:49,270 --> 00:06:52,930 it's very difficult to get the heart and the lungs out. 150 00:06:53,030 --> 00:06:54,860 Ohh. 151 00:06:54,970 --> 00:06:58,660 You have to go shoulder-deep up into the animal 152 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,520 and try to reach the esophagus up in the throat. 153 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:05,150 Everything's attached inside the cavity to that esophagus. 154 00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:08,670 If you can disconnect that, you can usually hook 155 00:07:08,770 --> 00:07:11,080 your fingers inside the esophagus, pull down, 156 00:07:11,190 --> 00:07:14,090 and get everything to come out all at once. 157 00:07:14,190 --> 00:07:15,370 ? 158 00:07:15,470 --> 00:07:16,710 - Did you get it? - Yep, I got it. 159 00:07:16,810 --> 00:07:19,200 - Oh, nice. 160 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:20,440 - [laughs] - Ooh. 161 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:24,370 [laughs] 162 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,070 ? 163 00:07:27,170 --> 00:07:28,860 - We've propped open the rib cage 164 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,730 with a stick to allow the air to circulate 165 00:07:30,830 --> 00:07:32,180 inside the cavity. 166 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,110 It will cool down tonight, and in the morning, 167 00:07:34,210 --> 00:07:37,150 we'll pick back up where we left off. 168 00:07:37,250 --> 00:07:41,810 ? 169 00:07:41,910 --> 00:07:46,220 - [coughing] 170 00:07:46,330 --> 00:07:49,920 [wind whistling] 171 00:07:54,090 --> 00:07:58,410 ? 172 00:07:58,510 --> 00:08:00,580 - Last night was rough. 173 00:08:00,690 --> 00:08:02,070 We all curled up around each other. 174 00:08:02,170 --> 00:08:03,720 It was quite cold. 175 00:08:03,830 --> 00:08:04,900 - [coughing] 176 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,660 - Was that you coughing in the night? 177 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,940 - And I developed a nice little cough, 178 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,390 which is kind of worrisome, 'cause, 179 00:08:11,490 --> 00:08:13,800 it's, like, we're only 24 hours into this, 180 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:15,840 and it's, like, already becoming exceedingly 181 00:08:15,940 --> 00:08:17,150 a challenge. 182 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:18,600 [coughing] 183 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:21,470 - Joe had a rough night. He's coughing really bad. 184 00:08:21,570 --> 00:08:24,300 He said he's sweating, feeling, like, fever-y, 185 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,300 and just really not looking good. 186 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,300 ? 187 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,130 - We have all sort of priorities today. 188 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,240 It's gonna be a headache. 189 00:08:34,340 --> 00:08:37,270 ? 190 00:08:37,380 --> 00:08:41,800 This morning, my main goal is to get the hide off the moose 191 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:44,010 and get the quarters and the backstraps all off 192 00:08:44,110 --> 00:08:46,080 and cached somewhere, so they're safe. 193 00:08:46,180 --> 00:08:53,120 ? 194 00:08:53,220 --> 00:08:55,570 - Having our cache up on the cliff edge 195 00:08:55,670 --> 00:08:57,880 protects the meat from all sorts of bears here, 196 00:08:57,990 --> 00:08:59,750 primarily black bears. 197 00:08:59,850 --> 00:09:02,640 I want to make a decent cache for the moose, 198 00:09:02,750 --> 00:09:05,580 because we need this food for the next month. 199 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,410 And we can absolutely 200 00:09:07,510 --> 00:09:10,510 under no circumstances lose this meat. 201 00:09:10,620 --> 00:09:12,140 ? 202 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:13,310 [birds squawking] 203 00:09:13,410 --> 00:09:16,870 - [coughing] 204 00:09:16,970 --> 00:09:19,080 [birds squawking] 205 00:09:19,180 --> 00:09:21,730 - Got a pair of ravens. Bears aren't stupid. 206 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,320 They observe. 207 00:09:23,420 --> 00:09:25,530 Yeah, if they see, like, birds circling around and gathering, 208 00:09:25,630 --> 00:09:27,010 that's where they'll head to. 209 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,740 Bears getting ready to hibernate. 210 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,670 They're gonna be solely devoted to eating, 211 00:09:30,780 --> 00:09:32,710 and you get in their way, they're not gonna hesitate 212 00:09:32,810 --> 00:09:35,710 to bat you aside or turn you into a meal. 213 00:09:35,820 --> 00:09:42,790 ? 214 00:09:46,340 --> 00:09:48,380 Whew. 215 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,690 Damn, I'm feeling... 216 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,250 - Tired? - Yeah. 217 00:09:53,350 --> 00:09:54,870 - You feeling dehydrated? 218 00:09:54,970 --> 00:09:59,390 - It's not that; it's just burnt out at this point. 219 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:01,600 - Maybe sit down for a minute. 220 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:02,640 - Yeah. 221 00:10:02,740 --> 00:10:04,910 Ugh. 222 00:10:05,020 --> 00:10:06,190 [coughs] 223 00:10:06,290 --> 00:10:09,880 This cold, right now, it's brutal. 224 00:10:09,990 --> 00:10:13,850 - I would really like to get this moose broken down, 225 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,720 quartered out, get him cached, 226 00:10:15,820 --> 00:10:18,270 and if possible, I'd love to get fire going too. 227 00:10:18,380 --> 00:10:20,620 But to have one less set of hands 228 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,900 with Joe being sick, we're behind the eight ball. 229 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,180 - [coughing] 230 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,490 Oh, sheez, [bleep]. 231 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,630 [coughing] 232 00:10:37,460 --> 00:10:40,710 ? 233 00:10:40,810 --> 00:10:43,680 - We're down a set of hands with Joe being sick. 234 00:10:43,780 --> 00:10:45,780 He's coughing and hacking. 235 00:10:45,890 --> 00:10:48,230 So Lindsay are doing a lot of work. 236 00:10:48,340 --> 00:10:50,620 And would love to get fire going too. 237 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,000 There's a bit of a ticking clock right now, 238 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:53,450 with the meat. 239 00:10:53,550 --> 00:10:58,040 To be able to preserve every piece, fire is key. 240 00:10:58,140 --> 00:11:00,420 It's protection; it's a way to boil water 241 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,080 and prepare food. 242 00:11:02,180 --> 00:11:04,970 It is literally gonna be our bread and butter out here. 243 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,220 ? 244 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,530 So I decided I'm gonna go for this 245 00:11:09,630 --> 00:11:12,050 Inuit strap method. 246 00:11:12,150 --> 00:11:14,050 It was used in the Arctic 247 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,880 and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years. 248 00:11:16,990 --> 00:11:20,060 You'll have the fire board in between your knees. 249 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,230 The hide serves as the strap 250 00:11:22,340 --> 00:11:24,790 run by both hands around the spindle. 251 00:11:24,890 --> 00:11:27,930 And then your down pressure for your bearing block 252 00:11:28,030 --> 00:11:29,380 is put in your mouth, 253 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,760 so it kind of gives you a little bit more control 254 00:11:31,860 --> 00:11:33,970 over how fast or the direction of your spindle, 255 00:11:34,070 --> 00:11:34,930 stuff like that. 256 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,220 ? 257 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,840 [bleep]. 258 00:11:42,940 --> 00:11:44,500 The wind and the fire 259 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,880 don't really go together for the first step. 260 00:11:46,980 --> 00:11:48,810 It's great once you get an ember going. 261 00:11:48,910 --> 00:11:50,090 ? 262 00:11:50,190 --> 00:11:51,680 But trying to get that ember going, 263 00:11:51,780 --> 00:11:53,780 the wind is just a killer. 264 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,300 Oh, my back. 265 00:11:55,400 --> 00:12:00,200 ? 266 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:01,790 I've been at this for seven hours 267 00:12:01,890 --> 00:12:03,930 and my shoulders hurt, my back hurts. 268 00:12:04,030 --> 00:12:06,590 I've had some really close calls but nothing yet. 269 00:12:06,690 --> 00:12:08,350 ? 270 00:12:08,450 --> 00:12:10,140 So right now, I'm picking off witch's beard. 271 00:12:10,250 --> 00:12:14,220 It's a fungus that grows on dead trees or dead branches, 272 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,010 I'm gonna take the dust from this, 273 00:12:16,110 --> 00:12:18,390 put it into my fire board, 274 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:21,050 and hopefully be able to create fire with it. 275 00:12:21,150 --> 00:12:28,160 ? 276 00:13:06,410 --> 00:13:10,340 Hey Lindsay, we got it. 277 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,410 - Oh my gosh, I can't believe it. 278 00:13:12,510 --> 00:13:14,170 - When you've put so much blood, sweat, 279 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,550 and tears into building one of these friction fires, 280 00:13:16,660 --> 00:13:19,490 you really--you build a relationship with it. 281 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:21,970 This gives me a whole new respect 282 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,290 of what the primitive peoples went through 283 00:13:24,390 --> 00:13:25,420 that lived in the Arctic. 284 00:13:25,530 --> 00:13:30,390 ? 285 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:33,260 Feeling awesome. 286 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,090 I'm anxious to get some moose in my belly. 287 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:43,170 ? 288 00:13:44,410 --> 00:13:46,580 Here. Here's a chunk. 289 00:13:46,690 --> 00:13:51,420 - Ooh, it's hot. - Uh-huh. 290 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:53,490 It's pretty amazing, even without any seasoning. 291 00:13:53,590 --> 00:13:56,320 - Mm-hmm. Tastes just great. 292 00:13:56,420 --> 00:13:58,730 After not having anything to eat for so long, 293 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,010 just roasting meat 294 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,050 is kind of hard to beat when you're hungry. 295 00:14:03,150 --> 00:14:08,090 ? 296 00:14:08,190 --> 00:14:11,020 - Joe is pretty much down for the count. 297 00:14:11,130 --> 00:14:14,160 We need to get all three of us working at the same time. 298 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:15,860 So one of our big pushes is, 299 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,340 we want to be able to boil water 300 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,100 to get the tea going so that we can help Joe out. 301 00:14:22,210 --> 00:14:24,410 The Native Americans used this technique. 302 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,660 Cut into a stomach and use it to boil water. 303 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,250 Well, how about I'll go and rinse this stomach out? 304 00:14:31,350 --> 00:14:32,250 - Okay. 305 00:14:32,350 --> 00:14:38,600 ? 306 00:14:38,710 --> 00:14:40,120 - Just washing out the stomach. 307 00:14:40,220 --> 00:14:41,600 I have it turned inside-out. 308 00:14:41,710 --> 00:14:44,330 And these are all the little fibers the move the grasses 309 00:14:44,430 --> 00:14:46,580 or the barks or whatever the moose has been eating, 310 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,580 so I want to make sure I get everything washed 311 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,410 out of all of these little nooks and crannies. 312 00:14:52,510 --> 00:14:59,520 ? 313 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,840 Well, that'll hold water now. 314 00:15:06,940 --> 00:15:09,010 - And then we'll set the rocks on the flaps. 315 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:10,910 That's good thinking. - Yeah. 316 00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:12,150 ? 317 00:15:12,260 --> 00:15:14,570 - We're heating rocks in our fire pit 318 00:15:14,670 --> 00:15:15,950 and as we heat them, 319 00:15:16,050 --> 00:15:18,090 we take one out, and we'll put it in the water. 320 00:15:18,190 --> 00:15:21,820 As those heat up, we switch them out with a new hot rock. 321 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:28,930 ? 322 00:15:32,930 --> 00:15:34,900 - You--you need some rose hips? 323 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,940 - Yeah. - Okay. 324 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,870 We'll find some rose hips. 325 00:15:38,970 --> 00:15:41,940 Rose hips have some vitamin C that we can grind up, 326 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,700 and hopefully, that'll get Joe feeling a little bit better. 327 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:51,810 ? 328 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:59,890 - [coughing] 329 00:15:59,990 --> 00:16:01,370 - The whole point of having a group 330 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,860 is to help with the workload. 331 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,030 - Joe, we've got some of that tea ready for you 332 00:16:06,140 --> 00:16:08,170 if you want to try it. 333 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:09,730 - I'm just worried about him getting better. 334 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,320 ? 335 00:16:13,420 --> 00:16:14,350 - Doing any better? 336 00:16:14,460 --> 00:16:16,150 - [groans] 337 00:16:16,250 --> 00:16:18,360 - It's very hot. 338 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:23,570 ? 339 00:16:23,670 --> 00:16:25,610 - [coughs] 340 00:16:25,710 --> 00:16:29,130 Feel like I'm just being a damn anchor to you guys. 341 00:16:29,230 --> 00:16:30,440 ? 342 00:16:30,540 --> 00:16:32,060 Ohh. 343 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,060 This is hard for me. It's just-- 344 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,030 it's like, guys, I have to--I'm done. 345 00:16:36,130 --> 00:16:37,240 I have to call it in. 346 00:16:37,340 --> 00:16:40,240 ? 347 00:16:40,340 --> 00:16:43,170 I've got to take care of my health. 348 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:44,520 ? 349 00:16:44,620 --> 00:16:47,590 - It's a blow to the team to lose part of your crew. 350 00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:48,590 - Sorry. 351 00:16:48,700 --> 00:16:51,530 ? 352 00:16:51,630 --> 00:16:54,120 I'm disappointed. 353 00:16:54,220 --> 00:16:58,090 Feels like I'm abandoning my team, letting them down. 354 00:16:58,190 --> 00:17:00,570 I tried, and then I just crashed and burned. 355 00:17:00,670 --> 00:17:05,090 Sometimes you've just got to call it in. 356 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:10,580 ? 357 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,310 Mother Nature doesn't take kindly to fools. 358 00:17:13,410 --> 00:17:15,340 And if you're being foolish by trying to push 359 00:17:15,450 --> 00:17:16,620 by sheer stubbornness, 360 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,040 she ain't gonna be gentle about it, 361 00:17:18,140 --> 00:17:20,070 and that's why I'm listening to her. 362 00:17:20,180 --> 00:17:23,010 She's saying, "Joe, get your butt back home." 363 00:17:23,110 --> 00:17:25,180 That's what I'm doing. 364 00:17:25,290 --> 00:17:33,850 ? 365 00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:37,370 That water is ridiculously cold. 366 00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:39,640 - Lindsay and I are gonna have way more work 367 00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:42,820 now that Joe's gone, to go get firewood, 368 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:44,650 to go get water, to cook meat, 369 00:17:44,750 --> 00:17:48,000 all of the stuff that has to get done on a daily basis. 370 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,350 And to have one less set of hands is 371 00:17:50,450 --> 00:17:54,590 gonna add to our workload for sure. 372 00:17:54,690 --> 00:17:55,590 - That's interesting. 373 00:17:55,690 --> 00:17:58,460 ? 374 00:17:58,560 --> 00:17:59,560 - Liver's gone. 375 00:17:59,660 --> 00:18:01,910 - Kidney there too. - Mm-hmm. 376 00:18:02,010 --> 00:18:03,250 - Yeah. 377 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:05,460 - We know that there are predators in this area, 378 00:18:05,570 --> 00:18:07,050 bears especially. 379 00:18:07,150 --> 00:18:09,260 We haven't seen one yet, but we know 380 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:11,370 that it's only a matter of time before they show up. 381 00:18:11,470 --> 00:18:13,370 So we've been trying to keep our eyes out 382 00:18:13,470 --> 00:18:15,160 and be ready for that when it happens. 383 00:18:15,270 --> 00:18:16,610 ? 384 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,480 - The carcass has been stripped of everything 385 00:18:18,580 --> 00:18:20,100 that we can use it for, 386 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,450 and now we're just gonna concentrate on defending it 387 00:18:22,550 --> 00:18:24,690 from whatever predators are around 388 00:18:24,790 --> 00:18:28,000 and preserving what meat we've taken off. 389 00:18:28,110 --> 00:18:31,390 ? 390 00:18:31,490 --> 00:18:34,770 - Out here, there's not a lot of ways to preserve your meat, 391 00:18:34,870 --> 00:18:37,940 so one of the ways people used to preserve their meat 392 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:40,360 was by smoking it. 393 00:18:40,460 --> 00:18:42,050 Smoke gets the moisture out of it, 394 00:18:42,150 --> 00:18:44,050 and then it also creates this barrier 395 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,500 on the outside of the meat that helps protect it 396 00:18:46,610 --> 00:18:49,130 from bacteria and things like that. 397 00:18:49,230 --> 00:18:56,200 ? 398 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,170 - We're using a chunk of hide that was cut off of the moose 399 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:02,900 to attempt to channel the smoke 400 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,010 through this big split rock 401 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:06,800 that's next to the shelter, 402 00:19:06,900 --> 00:19:10,630 and if we go and build a fire box on one side, 403 00:19:10,730 --> 00:19:12,530 the moose hide will cover the top, 404 00:19:12,630 --> 00:19:15,460 so it's acting like a horizontal chimney. 405 00:19:15,570 --> 00:19:17,880 That should allow us to put the meat in it 406 00:19:17,980 --> 00:19:19,610 and should give us a real nice smoke. 407 00:19:19,710 --> 00:19:24,960 ? 408 00:19:25,060 --> 00:19:28,200 We have about 400 pounds of meat, 409 00:19:28,310 --> 00:19:29,650 so it's gonna be a lot of work. 410 00:19:29,750 --> 00:19:36,760 ? 411 00:19:41,660 --> 00:19:43,660 I'm not super stoked about 412 00:19:43,770 --> 00:19:45,910 going to sleep in the shelter tonight. 413 00:19:46,010 --> 00:19:49,950 It is wet and drippy, damp, and cold. 414 00:19:50,050 --> 00:19:51,190 This is a bunch of crap. 415 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,200 - The snow, it's settling on the shelter 416 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:05,410 and then it's, like, slowly melting through. 417 00:20:05,510 --> 00:20:07,450 It's gonna make for a long night. 418 00:20:07,550 --> 00:20:09,760 - We'll just hunker down and ride it out. 419 00:20:09,860 --> 00:20:11,000 - Yep. 420 00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:18,110 ? 421 00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:29,570 - So last night, the snowstorm moved in 422 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,470 and started to melt into the shelter 423 00:20:31,580 --> 00:20:32,820 getting everything wet. 424 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:37,200 And then the temperature dropped off. 425 00:20:37,310 --> 00:20:38,750 Panic goes through your brain, 426 00:20:38,860 --> 00:20:40,310 because you automatically start thinking 427 00:20:40,410 --> 00:20:44,240 about hypothermia. 428 00:20:44,350 --> 00:20:51,280 ? 429 00:20:51,390 --> 00:20:53,670 So trying to keep things dried out is gonna be paramount. 430 00:20:53,770 --> 00:20:55,250 - This is a big 'un. 431 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:57,430 We've decided we need to add some more boughs 432 00:20:57,530 --> 00:20:59,950 to the top of the shelter to just make 433 00:21:00,050 --> 00:21:01,570 a waterproof barrier that we know 434 00:21:01,670 --> 00:21:03,950 the snow can't get through. 435 00:21:04,060 --> 00:21:07,680 - Hopefully, it'll keep some of that snow from just blowing in. 436 00:21:07,780 --> 00:21:09,920 Out here in the Arctic, you have to keep your fire going 437 00:21:10,030 --> 00:21:11,550 and try and keep your shelter dry 438 00:21:11,650 --> 00:21:13,170 and keep your meat from freezing, 439 00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:15,790 and that's way more difficult than back home. 440 00:21:15,890 --> 00:21:17,140 That stupid smoker. 441 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,690 Fire's out again. 442 00:21:18,790 --> 00:21:20,210 Man, the Arctic is brutal. 443 00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:22,760 - We're gonna have to build, like, a massive one in there. 444 00:21:22,870 --> 00:21:25,630 - The Arctic is just a harsh environment, 445 00:21:25,730 --> 00:21:29,560 and just trying to stay warm, trying to stay motivated, 446 00:21:29,670 --> 00:21:32,840 it's gonna be a constant fight from here on out. 447 00:21:32,950 --> 00:21:34,330 Could make for a long month. 448 00:21:34,430 --> 00:21:41,400 ? 449 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,520 - Hey, Zane? 450 00:21:50,620 --> 00:21:53,240 Zane. 451 00:21:53,350 --> 00:21:54,590 - What? 452 00:21:54,690 --> 00:21:56,280 I think I hear something out there. 453 00:22:00,730 --> 00:22:02,700 - Bear. 454 00:22:05,010 --> 00:22:12,020 ? 455 00:22:15,580 --> 00:22:22,550 ? 456 00:22:23,580 --> 00:22:25,790 [leaves rustling] 457 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,940 [leaves rustling] 458 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,390 [bear growling] 459 00:22:36,490 --> 00:22:38,430 - Get the hell out of here. Ahh! 460 00:22:38,530 --> 00:22:41,010 Go on! 461 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,980 ? 462 00:22:46,570 --> 00:22:50,370 - Yeah. 463 00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:53,820 ? 464 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,820 The Arctic is one of the more brutal places in the world. 465 00:22:56,930 --> 00:22:59,790 The extreme temperatures, the erratic weather, 466 00:22:59,890 --> 00:23:02,140 everything that's unpredictable and unforgiving 467 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:06,380 about this area, it makes everything harder. 468 00:23:06,490 --> 00:23:10,220 Right now, I'm missing my kiddos, like, 469 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,250 to the point where I'm contemplating... 470 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:15,880 um...I don't know. 471 00:23:15,980 --> 00:23:19,570 We'll see what happens with that. 472 00:23:19,670 --> 00:23:26,650 ? 473 00:23:40,690 --> 00:23:47,630 ? 474 00:23:48,670 --> 00:23:50,080 How goes the battle? 475 00:23:50,190 --> 00:23:53,290 - Slowly but surely. - Um... 476 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,230 so... [clears throat] 477 00:23:56,330 --> 00:23:58,020 I'm gonna have to-- you know, 478 00:23:58,130 --> 00:23:59,580 just keeping this short, 479 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,270 I have to tap. 480 00:24:01,370 --> 00:24:02,580 ? 481 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,960 - [bleep]. 482 00:24:14,210 --> 00:24:16,800 - Um...so... [clears throat] 483 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:19,390 ? 484 00:24:19,490 --> 00:24:22,390 Just keeping this short, I have to tap. 485 00:24:22,490 --> 00:24:26,150 ? 486 00:24:26,260 --> 00:24:29,230 - Why? - I'm missing my family. 487 00:24:29,330 --> 00:24:31,990 And I've got to just tap out 488 00:24:32,090 --> 00:24:33,610 and get home as quick as I can. 489 00:24:33,710 --> 00:24:35,780 ? 490 00:24:35,890 --> 00:24:38,990 I'm very, very sorry about leaving you solo up here. 491 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:40,240 This is gonna be-- 492 00:24:40,340 --> 00:24:42,340 make things ten times as hard. 493 00:24:42,450 --> 00:24:43,650 - It's gonna be quite a long time 494 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,730 out here without you alone. 495 00:24:46,830 --> 00:24:50,730 ? 496 00:24:50,830 --> 00:24:53,600 Suddenly, two is down to one. 497 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:55,080 ? 498 00:24:55,180 --> 00:24:58,530 He's having to head on out, which was a shock. 499 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:01,530 I didn't, obviously, see that coming at all. 500 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,610 Coming out here, you know, the whole mind-set, 501 00:25:04,710 --> 00:25:06,400 getting ready for this thing, in my head, 502 00:25:06,510 --> 00:25:07,950 it was, like, a team thing, you know. 503 00:25:08,060 --> 00:25:11,410 It's a team effort. And suddenly, the team is me. 504 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,860 And I just wasn't expecting that. 505 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,650 So it's a little bit of a mind shift, 506 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:20,410 and the whole dynamics change. 507 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,000 ? 508 00:25:22,110 --> 00:25:23,310 Now that he's gone, 509 00:25:23,420 --> 00:25:28,110 my load's just gonna be a lot more daunting, 510 00:25:28,220 --> 00:25:31,290 just to keep everything going that I need to survive, 511 00:25:31,390 --> 00:25:33,430 to keep my fires going, the smoker going, 512 00:25:33,530 --> 00:25:36,400 keep myself warm, keep myself dry. 513 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:37,610 ? 514 00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:39,090 In the conditions that we're in, 515 00:25:39,190 --> 00:25:40,470 I don't know that I would be able 516 00:25:40,570 --> 00:25:42,780 to start a fire out here if the fire went out. 517 00:25:42,890 --> 00:25:46,130 I was pretty sure to have at least some company 518 00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:47,920 throughout the whole journey. 519 00:25:48,030 --> 00:25:50,960 But this one did definitely catch me by surprise. 520 00:25:51,070 --> 00:25:53,340 It's just gonna be a grind during the days 521 00:25:53,450 --> 00:25:56,000 from here on out. 522 00:25:56,110 --> 00:25:59,250 ? 523 00:25:59,350 --> 00:26:02,870 [bear growling] 524 00:26:02,970 --> 00:26:06,840 ? 525 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:08,640 I think I heard something outside. 526 00:26:08,740 --> 00:26:16,440 ? 527 00:26:16,540 --> 00:26:19,030 Every night, you hear a little bit of something. 528 00:26:19,130 --> 00:26:20,270 Usually, it sounds like a squirrel 529 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:23,100 that's really small or something. 530 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,790 This time it sounds a little bit bigger. 531 00:26:24,890 --> 00:26:31,830 ? 532 00:26:46,430 --> 00:26:50,610 I was just coming down to get some water, 533 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:53,710 and the bear's on the carcass, and I can see him. 534 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:55,410 [birds squawking] 535 00:26:55,510 --> 00:26:57,620 It's just-- 536 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,200 that kind of effectively changes my trip to the water. 537 00:27:01,310 --> 00:27:03,830 I know that what this bear wants is the meat, 538 00:27:03,930 --> 00:27:06,000 and if I happen to get between him 539 00:27:06,110 --> 00:27:07,280 and some of that meat, 540 00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:09,490 and he thinks that I'm a threat, 541 00:27:09,590 --> 00:27:10,770 he could attack me. 542 00:27:10,870 --> 00:27:12,800 And I don't really want to go there. 543 00:27:12,910 --> 00:27:19,880 ? 544 00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:27,370 Yesterday, the bear was really wanting to be 545 00:27:27,470 --> 00:27:29,160 down there eating on that carcass, 546 00:27:29,270 --> 00:27:31,790 and it might be best for me to drag that carcass 547 00:27:31,890 --> 00:27:34,100 that he wants down around where he feels safe 548 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,030 and I've him his stuff in his area 549 00:27:36,140 --> 00:27:38,480 and keep my stuff in my area. 550 00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:45,590 ? 551 00:27:53,390 --> 00:27:54,980 Hopefully, if he has that 552 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:57,160 that he can eat on and feel comfortable and safe, 553 00:27:57,260 --> 00:27:58,950 then he won't feel like he needs to wander up 554 00:27:59,060 --> 00:28:00,580 looking for more this way. 555 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,370 He's a big boy. 556 00:28:03,470 --> 00:28:05,650 Just to help reduce the risk of him, you know, 557 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:10,140 coming up and getting into one of my caches. 558 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,140 I was able to move the moose 559 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,520 from where he was to below these cliffs, 560 00:28:14,620 --> 00:28:19,530 which is quite a little way from where my camp is. 561 00:28:19,630 --> 00:28:21,600 It's definitely worth bringing it down here. 562 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,600 It kind of gives us a little bit more separation 563 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:26,600 and gives him what he needs and gives me what I need. 564 00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:33,710 ? 565 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:43,000 I thought I would try my hand at making a little bone knife. 566 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:44,720 We'll see if I can pull it off. 567 00:28:44,830 --> 00:28:47,140 But I'm trying to thin this piece down 568 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,690 so that I can sharpen this edge right here. 569 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:56,770 ? 570 00:28:59,810 --> 00:29:01,910 For me, it's more of, like, to have here in the shelter 571 00:29:02,020 --> 00:29:04,330 in case Mr. Bear pokes his nose around, 572 00:29:04,430 --> 00:29:05,950 I have something that can give me 573 00:29:06,050 --> 00:29:07,540 a little bit of distance maybe 574 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,820 better than nothing, which is what I had. 575 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:17,070 ? 576 00:29:17,170 --> 00:29:20,140 [wind whistling] 577 00:29:26,140 --> 00:29:30,910 ? 578 00:29:31,010 --> 00:29:32,050 [bear growling] 579 00:29:32,150 --> 00:29:34,080 [bleep]. 580 00:29:34,190 --> 00:29:37,020 I just saw a bear right out past my fire, 581 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,610 and he was literally, like, 582 00:29:40,710 --> 00:29:44,640 ten feet away from me. 583 00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:45,990 ? 584 00:29:46,090 --> 00:29:47,060 [bleep]. 585 00:29:57,210 --> 00:30:00,420 [bear growling] 586 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:01,420 ? 587 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,770 - [bleep]. 588 00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:08,910 He's literally, like, ten feet away. 589 00:30:09,010 --> 00:30:11,220 He could see the fire, and he could see me. 590 00:30:11,330 --> 00:30:13,600 He's way too comfortable. 591 00:30:13,710 --> 00:30:17,130 He's getting into my personal stash 592 00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:18,370 right here by camp. 593 00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:25,440 ? 594 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,910 Just gonna check my cache. 595 00:30:39,010 --> 00:30:44,330 ? 596 00:30:44,430 --> 00:30:48,220 Found some bear tracks. 597 00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:50,610 My shelter is right there, 598 00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:53,440 and he didn't--obviously, he didn't care. 599 00:30:53,540 --> 00:30:55,780 He was here. 600 00:30:55,890 --> 00:31:02,930 ? 601 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:07,730 Bears, you know, are dangerous. 602 00:31:07,830 --> 00:31:09,490 They can hurt people. 603 00:31:09,590 --> 00:31:13,250 That's it's just me, it's gonna be a lot harder to be safe. 604 00:31:13,350 --> 00:31:16,080 ? 605 00:31:16,180 --> 00:31:19,700 Now that I know that he's obviously not gonna go away, 606 00:31:19,810 --> 00:31:22,910 the best decision is to find another location. 607 00:31:23,020 --> 00:31:26,060 So I'm gonna pull my hide out from the shelter 608 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,160 that I used for keeping me dry, 609 00:31:29,270 --> 00:31:31,370 and I'm gonna fashion that into a pack 610 00:31:31,470 --> 00:31:34,200 to carry the few things that I do need to take. 611 00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:35,440 And I'll gather up the meat that I need 612 00:31:35,550 --> 00:31:38,340 and roll that up into that pack as well. 613 00:31:38,450 --> 00:31:40,760 I also decided to bring this scapula, 614 00:31:40,860 --> 00:31:43,560 because it actually throws fairly well. 615 00:31:43,660 --> 00:31:45,490 If Zane and Joe were still here, 616 00:31:45,590 --> 00:31:48,530 setting up a new shelter would be a lot easier, 617 00:31:48,630 --> 00:31:53,460 but this seems like the best option that I have right now. 618 00:31:53,570 --> 00:31:57,950 I'm gonna use this birchwood to carry my ember 619 00:31:58,050 --> 00:32:01,190 for my new fire in a new spot. 620 00:32:01,300 --> 00:32:08,340 ? 621 00:32:12,690 --> 00:32:14,140 Fire is essential, 622 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,520 and I'm not capable of building a fire in these conditions. 623 00:32:18,630 --> 00:32:22,350 And I've put my ember down here and this piece of chaga, 624 00:32:22,460 --> 00:32:26,320 and then the heat from the fire can rise up into the chaga. 625 00:32:26,430 --> 00:32:33,430 ? 626 00:32:34,470 --> 00:32:37,230 It is a great coal extender. It should hold my coal for me 627 00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:39,440 and keep it going until I get to my new location, 628 00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:41,550 and I can use it to start a fire. 629 00:32:41,650 --> 00:32:44,580 ? 630 00:32:44,690 --> 00:32:46,890 The risks of leaving my campsite 631 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,970 are just the fact that I'm leaving good shelter, 632 00:32:50,070 --> 00:32:51,730 a dry location, 633 00:32:51,830 --> 00:32:54,800 resources that I'm aware of and well-established as to 634 00:32:54,900 --> 00:32:58,390 where I can find them, a large amount of food. 635 00:32:58,490 --> 00:33:00,560 There's a lot of risks to leaving, 636 00:33:00,670 --> 00:33:03,740 but at some point, it would come to a head 637 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,500 between him and me and the meat. 638 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:06,850 When it comes down to it, 639 00:33:06,950 --> 00:33:08,810 without a gun, he's gonna win eventually, 640 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,680 and I don't really want that fight. 641 00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:14,890 ? 642 00:33:14,990 --> 00:33:18,820 I miss my family. It's not easy. 643 00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:20,830 My kiddos are my life. 644 00:33:20,930 --> 00:33:23,690 They are the number one thing to me. 645 00:33:23,790 --> 00:33:28,700 But I've learned in life that you have to do the things 646 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:33,530 that you would regret not doing. 647 00:33:33,630 --> 00:33:37,020 ? 648 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,020 [bleep]. 649 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:42,020 ? 650 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,440 If my fire went out along this trip, 651 00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:46,990 I would be [bleep]. 652 00:33:47,090 --> 00:33:50,440 I will not longer have a fire to dry my clothes out. 653 00:33:50,550 --> 00:33:53,440 I won't have a fire to warm up by. 654 00:33:53,550 --> 00:33:55,380 Fire is huge for me out here, 655 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,380 and without it, I would have to tap out. 656 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:03,210 ? 657 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:04,210 There's still heat there. 658 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:05,420 ? 659 00:34:05,530 --> 00:34:08,320 There you go. 660 00:34:08,430 --> 00:34:11,010 I know that I'm gonna have to find a spot quickly. 661 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:18,060 ? 662 00:34:19,370 --> 00:34:20,920 Zane had an incredibly difficult time 663 00:34:21,020 --> 00:34:22,610 getting the fire to go, 664 00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:26,510 and it's not gonna be possible for me to create a new ember, 665 00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:28,580 and I need to nurse this one back to a flame. 666 00:34:28,690 --> 00:34:35,690 ? 667 00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:39,870 Come on. 668 00:34:39,970 --> 00:34:46,980 ? 669 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:53,190 - [bleep]. 670 00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:57,270 ? 671 00:34:57,370 --> 00:34:59,650 Fire is huge for me out here. 672 00:34:59,750 --> 00:35:01,310 ? 673 00:35:01,410 --> 00:35:04,410 It's not gonna be possible for me to create a new ember, 674 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,520 and I need to nurse this one back to a flame. 675 00:35:08,620 --> 00:35:15,630 ? 676 00:35:28,060 --> 00:35:29,750 It means a lot to have fire. 677 00:35:29,850 --> 00:35:31,410 If I didn't have fire, it would be a very wet, 678 00:35:31,510 --> 00:35:33,060 cold night. 679 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:37,310 So tonight I'm just gonna throw some green boughs down, 680 00:35:37,410 --> 00:35:38,830 just to try to get up off the wet, 681 00:35:38,930 --> 00:35:42,550 and I'm going to use the moose hide 682 00:35:42,660 --> 00:35:44,280 to keep me dry 683 00:35:44,380 --> 00:35:47,210 and the fire to keep me warm. 684 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,590 Tomorrow I'll build a shelter. 685 00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:56,670 ? 686 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:06,820 In the Arctic this time a year, 687 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,960 it's just going to keep getting colder. 688 00:36:09,060 --> 00:36:12,480 So I've got to get a new shelter. 689 00:36:12,580 --> 00:36:14,720 I'm gonna keep it simple. 690 00:36:14,830 --> 00:36:16,520 Just big enough that the moose hide 691 00:36:16,620 --> 00:36:21,070 can still cover my sleeping area and keep that dry too. 692 00:36:21,180 --> 00:36:23,180 I need to get quite a few more boughs, 693 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,740 and then I'll have to trim off all the branches on the inside. 694 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,430 Positioning the hide so I can know 695 00:36:28,530 --> 00:36:31,500 that that part will stay dry and then cover the rest of it 696 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,160 with as many boughs as possible. 697 00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:38,200 I can tell that I'm drained, 698 00:36:38,300 --> 00:36:41,270 but I need to stay protected from the wind and the cold. 699 00:36:41,370 --> 00:36:44,650 It's just going to keep getting colder. 700 00:36:44,750 --> 00:36:51,760 ? 701 00:36:59,220 --> 00:37:00,560 When I woke up this morning, 702 00:37:00,670 --> 00:37:04,360 I was feeling quite run-down and light-headed. 703 00:37:04,460 --> 00:37:06,360 Been out here for quite a long time. 704 00:37:06,470 --> 00:37:08,470 Not as many nutrients as I'm used to getting, 705 00:37:08,570 --> 00:37:09,640 and I've been losing weight. 706 00:37:09,740 --> 00:37:15,780 ? 707 00:37:15,890 --> 00:37:17,580 When I decided to make a new camp, 708 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,000 I just brought only dried meat with me, 709 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:22,310 so I've just been eating dried meat. 710 00:37:22,410 --> 00:37:24,280 And last night, when I was in bed, 711 00:37:24,380 --> 00:37:26,380 it felt like I had been chewing glass. 712 00:37:26,490 --> 00:37:29,010 Like, I cut all of my gums up. 713 00:37:29,110 --> 00:37:32,560 So if my gums can't get fully healed, 714 00:37:32,660 --> 00:37:34,080 it's gonna be difficult for me to eat. 715 00:37:34,180 --> 00:37:35,980 I may also just need some more fat. 716 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,390 I've lost quite a bit of weight, 717 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:39,950 and I don't really have any fat. 718 00:37:40,050 --> 00:37:47,060 ? 719 00:37:48,270 --> 00:37:50,030 So I'm gonna be trying to hunt 720 00:37:50,130 --> 00:37:52,480 and add some fresh meat to my diet. 721 00:37:52,580 --> 00:37:53,790 If I get, like, a grouse, 722 00:37:53,890 --> 00:37:55,030 there'll be some fat in the meat there. 723 00:37:55,130 --> 00:37:57,860 And just the fresh meat, being easier to chew, 724 00:37:57,970 --> 00:37:58,930 would also be a good thing. 725 00:37:59,030 --> 00:38:06,110 ? 726 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,840 I've hunted grouse before, 727 00:38:13,950 --> 00:38:16,810 but I usually hunt them with a .22 or a shotgun. 728 00:38:16,910 --> 00:38:20,300 But the scapula, located on the shoulder 729 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:21,750 of the moose, I've discovered 730 00:38:21,850 --> 00:38:24,580 that I can throw it fairly hard and accurately. 731 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,130 So this is my new grouse hunting tool. 732 00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:34,620 ? 733 00:38:34,730 --> 00:38:37,180 I've gotten a lot weaker. 734 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,180 Not nearly as capable as I was when I first came out here. 735 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,110 And it's a humbling feeling. 736 00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:45,530 I'd like to leave knowing that I can fix that. 737 00:38:45,630 --> 00:38:47,260 ? 738 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:48,530 I need more food. 739 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:55,610 ? 740 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:03,200 Yeah. 741 00:39:03,310 --> 00:39:04,890 This will be a good dinner. 742 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,210 It's time to eat. 743 00:39:07,310 --> 00:39:11,870 ? 744 00:39:11,970 --> 00:39:14,320 I've been hungry the last couple days. 745 00:39:14,420 --> 00:39:18,560 ? 746 00:39:18,670 --> 00:39:19,980 It was the first time that my stomach 747 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,780 had actually felt full in probably a week. 748 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,570 And it gives me a little more energy 749 00:39:25,670 --> 00:39:29,230 to be more excited for the final bit of this. 750 00:39:29,330 --> 00:39:36,340 ? 751 00:39:39,140 --> 00:39:43,830 Finally, it's time for me to pack up my stuff. 752 00:39:43,930 --> 00:39:46,380 This journey is about to come to an end. 753 00:39:46,490 --> 00:39:48,250 And I'm excited that I'm gonna be able 754 00:39:48,350 --> 00:39:50,150 to finish it on a high note. 755 00:39:50,250 --> 00:39:52,080 That's a great feeling for me. 756 00:39:55,150 --> 00:39:59,810 Feels like forever ago that this whole thing started. 757 00:39:59,910 --> 00:40:03,430 ? 758 00:40:03,540 --> 00:40:05,200 Trying to survive with nothing 759 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:07,960 but the clothes on my back--I can't say, 760 00:40:08,060 --> 00:40:12,760 like, this was fun or it was a good time, 761 00:40:12,860 --> 00:40:16,760 because it wasn't fun; it was hard. 762 00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:18,730 But that's exactly what I expected. 763 00:40:18,830 --> 00:40:21,900 I didn't come into this with rose-colored glasses. 764 00:40:22,010 --> 00:40:26,560 I knew it was gonna be a challenge. 765 00:40:26,660 --> 00:40:30,460 But in the end, you see the value of all the struggle. 766 00:40:30,570 --> 00:40:32,640 It's like climbing a mountain. 767 00:40:32,740 --> 00:40:36,810 The climb sucks, but man, when you reach the summit, 768 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:41,510 that feeling-- that feeling is unbeatable. 769 00:40:41,610 --> 00:40:48,620 ? 770 00:40:49,650 --> 00:40:54,040 So much has happened since Zane and Joe were with me. 771 00:40:54,140 --> 00:40:56,760 It's hard to go back there in my mind 772 00:40:56,870 --> 00:40:59,590 and feel what I felt like then. 773 00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:02,010 I'm very proud of how I've done out here. 774 00:41:02,110 --> 00:41:03,360 I'm proud of the fact 775 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:06,700 that I was able to move forward by myself. 776 00:41:06,810 --> 00:41:09,290 ? 777 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:14,130 I've found a new limit to what I'm capable of doing. 778 00:41:14,230 --> 00:41:16,720 ? 779 00:41:16,820 --> 00:41:19,890 And now I'm very excited to go home 780 00:41:19,990 --> 00:41:22,510 and share this story with my kids. 781 00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:26,000 And I hope that they are inspired to go and chase 782 00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:28,280 and their own wild adventure stories. 783 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:29,380 ?