Ten People Compete For $500,000 In A Survival Challenge- Some Feast Daily While Others Are Starving.
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00:00:00The challenge takes place at Chilko Lake in Canada,
00:00:03a territory of grizzly bears, cougars, and wolves.
00:00:06As the production crew's boats depart,
00:00:08ten participants are dropped off at their individual wilderness spots.
00:00:12The first contestant, Tim, never imagined he'd be selected by the show.
00:00:17Now, both excited and nervous, he sheds a few tears on camera.
00:00:21Having fished and hunted from a young age,
00:00:23Tim is skilled with traps, and even bears fall to his arrows.
00:00:27A father of six, he joined the contest to improve his family's living conditions.
00:00:32Within half an hour of arrival, he spots two grouse,
00:00:35but also notices numerous grizzly bear tracks.
00:00:38This area has one of the highest populations of North American grizzly bears,
00:00:42making it impossible to completely avoid their range.
00:00:45The second contestant, Clay, quickly demonstrates his prowess this season.
00:00:50While scouting the woods, he spots an animal trail and decides to follow it,
00:00:54discovering several porcini mushrooms along the way.
00:00:57He collects a good number,
00:00:58continuing until the increasing number of fallen trees suggests no further discoveries.
00:01:03Suddenly, he spots a grouse,
00:01:05and with over a decade of archery experience,
00:01:08hits it from over 20 meters away, impressing viewers.
00:01:12After preparing the grouse by the lake,
00:01:14he separates his cooking area from his living space to avoid attracting bears.
00:01:18Just as he is about to start cooking, he hears a noise behind him.
00:01:22Turning around, he's startled by a cougar staring intently at him.
00:01:25Rather than retreat, Clay charges, hoping to drive the cougar up a tree.
00:01:30If he had his bow with him, the encounter might have ended differently.
00:01:33His bravery is undeniable.
00:01:35The next contestant, Matt, is initially disoriented by the new environment.
00:01:40His confusion is quickly disrupted by the sight of a moose swimming in the lake,
00:01:44though it's too far for his bow.
00:01:46Like season six champion Jordan,
00:01:48capturing the moose would have provided sustenance for the duration of the challenge.
00:01:52Matt and his wife are instructors of primitive skills,
00:01:55adept at toolmaking and hunting.
00:01:58With over 20 years of experience making fire in the wilderness without matches,
00:02:02he chooses to rely on friction fire starting,
00:02:05though the high altitude doubles the usual time required to ignite a fire.
00:02:10After last night's heavy rain,
00:02:12Billy's tarp accumulated a lot of water.
00:02:15He filtered out the gravel with his teeth and took big gulps directly on camera.
00:02:19Billy, who loves music and the wilderness,
00:02:21usually spends his time managing his band and studying various wilderness survival skills.
00:02:26Recently, his fiancée became pregnant with twins.
00:02:29Participating in a loan was mainly to win the prize money for his family.
00:02:33The other contestants are similar, with overalls and bows in hand.
00:02:37Billy searches for game near the campsite but finds nothing but berries.
00:02:41He wanders to the lake where he spots a rivet in a piece of driftwood washed ashore.
00:02:45Without any knives on his trip,
00:02:47he spends considerable effort to remove the rivet,
00:02:50hoping to forge it into a knife.
00:02:52He first heats it in the charcoal,
00:02:54then pounds it with the back of an axe.
00:02:56And after some polishing, he has a makeshift wilderness knife.
00:03:00Turning back to Tim,
00:03:01considering the potential dangers of grizzly bears and cougars,
00:03:04he decides to focus on building a luxurious shelter before addressing food.
00:03:09He constructs a square foundation with log joints on the ground,
00:03:12leaving space for a door.
00:03:14He then angles two logs for the roof frame
00:03:16and fills the gaps in the walls with stones and moss,
00:03:19finally covering it with the tarp.
00:03:21With his deluxe shelter complete,
00:03:23he can focus on food without worry.
00:03:26Ross is the first female contestant this season.
00:03:29She's been sleeping in a temporary shelter by the lake,
00:03:32now busy looking for a permanent settlement.
00:03:34Despite her gentle appearance,
00:03:36she's tough enough to take on crocodiles
00:03:38and is determined to hunt all 29 large North American animals with a bow,
00:03:42aiming to prove she's as capable as any man.
00:03:45She finds a suitable clearing not far from the lake and decides to move there.
00:03:49Determined, she binds two tripods with rope,
00:03:52then covers them with a tarp for a simple shelter.
00:03:55The smaller space helps retain heat,
00:03:57and the sealed smoke from the fire won't bother her,
00:04:00allowing her a brief respite.
00:04:02By day four,
00:04:03Tim, having spent a lot of energy building the shelter
00:04:06and consequently losing six pounds in four days,
00:04:09is desperate for food.
00:04:10He uses a stone to hunt grouse,
00:04:12a bizarre choice given his skills with a bow.
00:04:15His toothbrush comes in handy.
00:04:17He cuts the end, makes a hole,
00:04:19and attaches a fishing hook with a line to act as a lure.
00:04:22He plans to try fishing by the lake,
00:04:24but strong winds make it difficult to cast the line,
00:04:27so Tim decides to return to his shelter and rest.
00:04:30On the second day,
00:04:31Clay made a fishing rod from a branch and fashioned a reel.
00:04:34Expanding the shelter requires energy.
00:04:37On day five, he went fishing at dawn.
00:04:40After about an hour, he felt a tug on the line.
00:04:43Clay successfully landed a two-and-a-half-pound rainbow trout,
00:04:46the first fish of the season,
00:04:48using only a bottle cap and umbrella cord as bait.
00:04:51Before moving,
00:04:52Ross ate a lot of bear berries since she couldn't find any other substantial food.
00:04:56These berries alone sustained her,
00:04:58but they led to abdominal pain and nausea that night.
00:05:01The high fructose content in wild berries can cause bloating, pain, and vomiting.
00:05:06She spent much of the night awake and vomiting up the berries she ate during the day.
00:05:10Tim was even unluckier.
00:05:12That afternoon, he went out looking for food
00:05:14and saw a grouse fly into the bushes.
00:05:16His intense desire and rapid breathing from excitement,
00:05:20coupled with days of little food and low energy,
00:05:23triggered a heart attack.
00:05:24Ignoring the grouse,
00:05:26he hurried back to his shelter with severe chest pain.
00:05:29Knowing he had a history of heart issues,
00:05:31and despite not wanting to disappoint his supportive wife,
00:05:34he tearfully made the call to withdraw from the competition,
00:05:38becoming the first to be evacuated on day six.
00:05:41The next contestant, Colt,
00:05:43joined because his mother is a huge fan of wilderness survival shows.
00:05:47He lives alone on a deserted island,
00:05:50where he installed his own utilities and spent 42 days alone last winter,
00:05:54making the competition relatively stress-free for him.
00:05:58While acclimating,
00:05:59he found a path made by a grizzly bear with plenty of berries nearby,
00:06:03requiring him to stay extremely alert.
00:06:06The seventh contestant, Nate,
00:06:08served 24 years in the military,
00:06:10including in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
00:06:13He developed a resilient personality under pressure
00:06:16and knows how to make fire by friction and set traps.
00:06:19Near his starting point,
00:06:21he spotted a grouse in a tree.
00:06:23After setting up the camera,
00:06:25he stepped into frame,
00:06:26drew his bow,
00:06:27and aimed.
00:06:28Despite the close range,
00:06:29his arrow missed,
00:06:31flying just below the grouse.
00:06:33The eighth contestant, Teresa,
00:06:35a rare expert in Stone Age skills,
00:06:37is proficient in making tools from stones,
00:06:40bones,
00:06:41and wood.
00:06:42She joined the competition to win the prize money
00:06:44to maintain her ideal lifestyle.
00:06:46Upon arrival,
00:06:47she quickly found berries and edible plants.
00:06:50Teresa swiftly chose a temporary campsite,
00:06:53setting up a simple tent with a tarp and a leaning tree trunk,
00:06:56and placed her cooking site by the lake
00:06:58to avoid attracting bears,
00:07:00showing thorough consideration.
00:07:02Michelle starts by showing a close-up of a cricket to the camera,
00:07:05then braces herself mentally before popping it into her mouth,
00:07:08crunching away.
00:07:09The taste isn't bad,
00:07:11just a bit tough on the teeth.
00:07:13Michelle has lived for four years in Alaska
00:07:15and with Siberian natives,
00:07:17learning many survival skills,
00:07:18including setting traps and identifying edible plants.
00:07:21Despite her petite frame,
00:07:23she possesses a strong inner spirit.
00:07:26Initially,
00:07:27her survival strategy focused on gathering plants.
00:07:30She found a lot of nodding onions on a hillside,
00:07:32a collector's paradise.
00:07:34Cooked,
00:07:35these onions provide about 20 calories per 100 grams.
00:07:38She quickly gathered a large amount,
00:07:40getting off to a smoother start than others.
00:07:43She also found plenty of rose hips.
00:07:45While eating them,
00:07:46she inadvertently spotted a grizzly bear
00:07:48swimming towards her from across a lake,
00:07:50several meters away.
00:07:52Frightened,
00:07:53Michelle quickly hid in the woods
00:07:54and watched the bear move away
00:07:56before she felt safe again.
00:07:58Teresa,
00:07:59while still energetic,
00:08:00wants to get her shelter in order.
00:08:02She plans to build a pithouse,
00:08:04a semi-subterranean dwelling excellent for warmth.
00:08:07Without ideal tools,
00:08:09she uses sticks,
00:08:10stones,
00:08:11and found moose bones to dig into the earth.
00:08:13Throughout the process,
00:08:14she finds insect larvae in the soil
00:08:16and snacks on them as appetizers.
00:08:18After five to six hours,
00:08:20she expends thousands of calories.
00:08:22Jordan,
00:08:23the last contestant,
00:08:24eats ants found in wood for breakfast,
00:08:26noting their sour taste resembling lemon juice,
00:08:29although in frustratingly small quantities.
00:08:32He finds a clearing in the jungle
00:08:34where he plans to build his long-term residence.
00:08:36Building and hunting are his strengths.
00:08:38Having spent much time in the wilderness,
00:08:40he joins the show to win the prize money
00:08:43to pay off his mortgage
00:08:44and spend more time with his wife and kids.
00:08:46Jordan plans to build a lean-to cabin
00:08:49using logs as thick as thighs.
00:08:51Although it consumes a lot of energy,
00:08:53once built,
00:08:54it will save him more in the long run.
00:08:56He uses mortise joints
00:08:57to assemble the logs into a square structure,
00:08:59nearly completing half by midday.
00:09:02He sleeps in a small tent made of tarp,
00:09:04and at 10.30 p.m.,
00:09:06half asleep,
00:09:07hears a large animal moving outside.
00:09:09Judging by the sound,
00:09:10it's a bear,
00:09:11but luckily,
00:09:12it's scared off by the noise he makes.
00:09:15The next day,
00:09:16he finds a small path
00:09:17about 30 to 40 meters from his camp,
00:09:19explaining the bear's visit.
00:09:21Reluctant to move again,
00:09:23his priority is to find food,
00:09:25as building the house is physically demanding.
00:09:28Colt chose extra tarp over a fire starter,
00:09:31making him the second contestant this season to do so.
00:09:34His first two attempts at making fire with a bow drill
00:09:36went smoothly,
00:09:37but today,
00:09:38he struggled and became worried.
00:09:40Eventually,
00:09:41he managed to start a fire with great effort
00:09:43and vowed never to let it go out again.
00:09:45Unlike others who prioritized building shelters,
00:09:48Colt decided to build a boat first
00:09:50to fish in the lake for food.
00:09:52Despite never having built a boat before,
00:09:54his rowing experience helped him craft it adequately.
00:09:57He wrapped it with the extra tarp he chose
00:09:59and filled it with more sticks to increase buoyancy
00:10:02and fully stretch the tarp.
00:10:03The simple structure didn't take long to complete.
00:10:06He then carved paddles with an axe
00:10:08and eagerly launched the boat for a test.
00:10:10Good news.
00:10:11It had enough buoyancy.
00:10:12Bad news.
00:10:13It lacked stability and needed additional braces.
00:10:16Yesterday,
00:10:17Nate picked chanterelles,
00:10:19planning to make soup this morning,
00:10:21but squirrels stole half of them,
00:10:22souring his mood.
00:10:24To ensure survival,
00:10:25he planned to fish using a trotline,
00:10:27a main line with baited branch lines at intervals
00:10:30for better chances of catching fish.
00:10:32After setting it up by the lake,
00:10:34he only needed to check it periodically.
00:10:36Nate initially intended to collect wood for his shelter,
00:10:39but encountered the squirrel
00:10:40and retrieved the stolen mushrooms.
00:10:42He considered shooting it to improve his meal.
00:10:45After collecting some wood,
00:10:46Nate built a simple A-frame shelter,
00:10:48placed acorns on the sides,
00:10:50covered it with a tarp,
00:10:51and finished his task.
00:10:53He then checked the trotline.
00:10:55Lake Chilkoot was generous without much hassle,
00:10:57and he smoothly pulled a fish ashore.
00:11:00Though not very large,
00:11:01the fish,
00:11:02along with chanterelles and berries stewed together,
00:11:04helped alleviate his fatigue.
00:11:06After digging the underground part of her pithouse,
00:11:08Michelle started on the frame.
00:11:10She dug a post hole in the center
00:11:12and selected driftwood from the abundant supply by the shore.
00:11:15After installing the chosen post
00:11:17and stabilizing it with stones and sand,
00:11:20she arranged logs around it
00:11:22and secured them with wire at the front.
00:11:24Her shelter was half complete.
00:11:26As another female contestant,
00:11:28Michelle's shelter was much more solid than Nate's.
00:11:31She placed a beam between two tripods,
00:11:33essentially creating a larger version of Nate's shelter
00:11:36with a similar construction method but more interior space.
00:11:39Day seven arrived,
00:11:41and Billy started building early in the morning.
00:11:43He first secured the roof beams and pillars,
00:11:45scraped off the bark to prevent fire hazards
00:11:48and protect the tarp from punctures.
00:11:50Extra measures were taken for the wind-facing wall
00:11:53by layering branches and bark.
00:11:55With that, the basics were covered.
00:11:57Driftwood found by the shore was perfect for making a bed.
00:12:00He gathered branches for padding
00:12:02and lying on it was extremely comfortable.
00:12:05His shelter was nearly complete,
00:12:07but his stomach was still empty.
00:12:09He almost caught a fish yesterday, but it slipped off the hook.
00:12:12So far, he hadn't seen a single grouse or deer,
00:12:15and the dense tree population made hunting impractical.
00:12:18He planned to check the opposite side of the bay.
00:12:20Unable to cross by land,
00:12:22he swam across in just a bathing suit,
00:12:24despite the water being only 11 degrees Celsius.
00:12:27After swimming 800 meters,
00:12:29he was disappointed by the dense trees
00:12:31and only a few berries on the other side.
00:12:33His arrows were blocked by branches,
00:12:36and he swam back empty-handed,
00:12:38wasting thousands of calories.
00:12:40Tonight, he would have to make do with a soup of petals and roots.
00:12:43Worried about the approaching autumn
00:12:45and the potential lack of even grass to eat,
00:12:47he envied Clay,
00:12:49who had the best food supply so far.
00:12:51Clay started with grouse and mushrooms,
00:12:53caught a trout,
00:12:55and still had half left by day seven.
00:12:57Fearing a bear might steal it,
00:12:59he tied the legs of his spare underwear tight,
00:13:01placed the fish inside,
00:13:03and hung it midair.
00:13:04With a relatively ample food supply,
00:13:06his house was almost finished.
00:13:08He used moss to fill the gaps between wood and stones in the fireplace,
00:13:12tested the fire,
00:13:13and was pleased with the perfect results.
00:13:15Now focused on food,
00:13:17Clay,
00:13:18knowing he was lean,
00:13:20realized he couldn't survive just by enduring hunger.
00:13:23He needed to hunt big game like elk to have a chance.
00:13:26He targeted an open bushy slope,
00:13:28thinking it likely to find deer.
00:13:30When he arrived, he discovered it was a forest devastated by fire,
00:13:34with wood scattered all over the ground,
00:13:36making navigation difficult.
00:13:38After a fruitless and exhausting hunt,
00:13:41he luckily found many berries in a meadow.
00:13:44Planning to save some for later,
00:13:46he utilized the principle that cold air sinks.
00:13:49He dug a hole in a low spot,
00:13:51enclosed it with wooden panels,
00:13:53lined it with moss,
00:13:55and stored four liters of berries for gradual consumption.
00:13:58Matt's situation wasn't much better than Clay's.
00:14:01He, too, hadn't secured any meat.
00:14:04He resorted to digging up wild chives,
00:14:06chopping them up and cooking them with other wild greens to make a soup.
00:14:10It barely provided enough calories.
00:14:12After finishing the soup,
00:14:14he planned to go hunting with his bow and arrow,
00:14:16only to find that mice had chewed through the bowstring overnight.
00:14:20Furious,
00:14:21Matt cursed the mice in a long tirade.
00:14:24It would be a huge loss to quit the competition over this,
00:14:27so he tried to repair the string.
00:14:29Although not as good as before,
00:14:30it was still functional.
00:14:32Later, Matt set up a deadfall trap,
00:14:34determined to make the mouse pay for its actions
00:14:37and to add some meat to his otherwise vegetarian diet.
00:14:40Turning to the female contestant Ross,
00:14:42her shelter was probably the simplest.
00:14:44She had started foraging early,
00:14:46crafting a fishing rod from wire and branches,
00:14:48complete with a reel and lure,
00:14:50trying to approach modern fishing techniques.
00:14:52She hoped to catch seven or eight fish a day,
00:14:54but by 6 p.m. by the lake,
00:14:56not even a nibble had occurred.
00:14:58Fish resources were not as abundant
00:15:00as in Canada's Great Slave Lake from Season 7.
00:15:03That evening,
00:15:04just as Ross was about to turn off her camera and sleep,
00:15:07she heard disturbances outside.
00:15:09Judging by the sounds,
00:15:11it was a hungry grizzly bear.
00:15:13Close to hibernation,
00:15:14anything could be its meal.
00:15:16Ross quickly fired bear bangers into the sky,
00:15:19scaring the bear away while she sat in her shelter.
00:15:22Shaken,
00:15:23but thinking of the $500,000 prize.
00:15:26Another female contestant, Michelle,
00:15:28had a harder day.
00:15:29She dug up a few cow parsnip plants during the day,
00:15:32using the hollow stems to blow on her fire
00:15:34and roasting the root bulbs to eat.
00:15:36Native Americans also used these as food.
00:15:39Michelle took a bite with a tentative mind,
00:15:41but the taste was horrible,
00:15:43not at all pleasant.
00:15:44Only the fish in the lake
00:15:46could provide all the nutrients her body needed.
00:15:48She made a longer fishing rod,
00:15:50weighing it down with rocks by the lake,
00:15:52hoping for a good catch.
00:15:54She planned to expand her shelter,
00:15:56but soon felt nauseous,
00:15:57from her stomach to her armpits.
00:15:59She had mistaken water hemlock for cow parsnip,
00:16:02as they look similar,
00:16:03but the former is highly toxic.
00:16:05Michelle chewed some charcoal
00:16:07in an attempt to neutralize the poison.
00:16:09She woke up around 5 a.m.,
00:16:11feeling slightly better.
00:16:12Luckily, she had only taken a small bite,
00:16:14or withdrawing from the competition
00:16:16would have been unavoidable.
00:16:18Jordan,
00:16:19originally a carpenter,
00:16:20was obsessed with making his shelter perfect.
00:16:23Sadly,
00:16:24time and energy were not on his side.
00:16:26However,
00:16:27the quality of his shelter
00:16:29was the best among the contestants this season.
00:16:31Now Jordan desperately needed food
00:16:33to replenish his strength.
00:16:35He couldn't remember how many times
00:16:37he had tried fishing.
00:16:38After waiting tirelessly for 2-3 hours,
00:16:41he was in disbelief
00:16:42when he finally dragged a fish to shore,
00:16:45shouting with joy.
00:16:46The fish weighed over 2 pounds,
00:16:48enough to feed Jordan for at least 3 days.
00:16:51He quickly cleaned and prepared the fish,
00:16:53planning to make a fish head soup
00:16:55and enhance the flavor
00:16:57with chopped wild yellow essence roots.
00:16:59While the soup was cooking,
00:17:01he smoked the other slices of fish
00:17:03for dehydration and storage.
00:17:05On day 13,
00:17:06Teresa hung up her freshly washed underwear
00:17:09and, adopting a semi-sitting posture,
00:17:11became an expert in warming herself by the fire
00:17:14before returning to building her shelter.
00:17:16The frame of the house was ready.
00:17:18Next,
00:17:19she would lay the walls
00:17:20using large pieces of bark from dead fir trees
00:17:23stacked from bottom to top like tiles
00:17:25and fill the gaps with pine shavings
00:17:27for better insulation.
00:17:28She had left spaces for the fireplace and door.
00:17:31Looking at the empty interior,
00:17:33she planned to make a comfortable bed
00:17:35using wire to bind several logs together
00:17:37to form a frame,
00:17:39then laying wooden planks
00:17:40topped with grass and branches
00:17:42to mimic a mattress.
00:17:43Nate,
00:17:44feeling a bit desperate for food,
00:17:46decided to sunbathe to replenish some vitamins
00:17:49as the continuous strong winds
00:17:51made fishing impossible.
00:17:53His fishing lines were washed back by the waves.
00:17:55After much thought,
00:17:57he decided to build a dock in the deep water area,
00:17:59hoping it might help.
00:18:01Using dovetail joinery techniques
00:18:03learned from his neighbor,
00:18:04he connected several logs into piles.
00:18:06However,
00:18:07as he carried them into the lake,
00:18:09he was annoyed by the water temperature
00:18:11and frustrated when the piles visibly fell apart.
00:18:14Realizing he had forgotten to install support beams,
00:18:17Nate wasn't discouraged.
00:18:19He focused on solving the problem
00:18:20rather than complaining.
00:18:22Previously, the boat Colt had used was unstable,
00:18:25so he made two small boats
00:18:26using the last bit of tarp
00:18:28and bound them with fir wood as external braces.
00:18:31On retesting them in the lake,
00:18:32there were no issues.
00:18:34Not only was the stability greatly improved,
00:18:37but the maneuverability was also excellent,
00:18:39allowing forward, backward, and rotational movement.
00:18:43Colt was thrilled
00:18:44and immediately stripped down
00:18:46to jump into the lake for a relaxing bath.
00:18:48However, his enjoyment was short-lived
00:18:50as he spotted a grizzly bear staring at him from a distance
00:18:54and slowly approaching.
00:18:55Colt quickly fired a bear banger,
00:18:57which initially had no effect.
00:18:59The bear paused for a few seconds
00:19:01then continued advancing.
00:19:03Colt fired a second shot,
00:19:04which made the bear retreat into the woods a few steps,
00:19:07but it still lingered and approached again.
00:19:10Only the third bear banger scared it away.
00:19:12That night,
00:19:13Colt was still shaken from the day's events,
00:19:16relieved that the bear had finally left.
00:19:19Hand the painting to craftsman Jordan.
00:19:21With the fish he caught a few days ago,
00:19:23he is living comfortably without worrying about food.
00:19:26The smoked fish has a reddish hue and is fragrant,
00:19:29tasting even better than he expected.
00:19:31The cabin is almost complete,
00:19:33only lacking a door.
00:19:35Jordan plans to make the door with wire and wood
00:19:37and install it with hinges for opening and closing.
00:19:40Without an electric drill,
00:19:41he uses his imagination,
00:19:43cuts a groove in the wood with a saw
00:19:45and secures it with wire to the wall and the door's crossbars.
00:19:48He binds it with harder wood,
00:19:49fitting it perfectly.
00:19:51Finally, he uses a bent branch as a door latch.
00:19:54With this,
00:19:55the cabin is complete.
00:19:57On day 16,
00:19:58Colt dreamt of delicious food
00:20:00and decided to treat himself today
00:20:01since he hasn't eaten meat in half a month.
00:20:04He paddled to the center of the lake
00:20:05and immediately a fish bit his line,
00:20:07but it got away before he could pull it out of the water.
00:20:10Over the next three hours,
00:20:11he had four bites but failed to catch any fish.
00:20:14His fishing skills clearly need improvement.
00:20:17Fortunately, his perseverance paid off
00:20:19and he finally caught a rainbow trout
00:20:21weighing about half a pound,
00:20:22proving that his boat and fishing methods were effective.
00:20:25He quickly thought of several fishing techniques
00:20:27to try in the future,
00:20:29feeling a step closer to the $500,000 prize.
00:20:32To prevent homesickness,
00:20:33Jordan's main strategy is to keep himself busy.
00:20:36This time,
00:20:37he decides to make a pipe.
00:20:39He drills a hole in a stick to form the bowl,
00:20:42cuts off the excess,
00:20:43and carves it slightly for style,
00:20:45then inserts a hollow branch as the handle.
00:20:48He completes his wilderness-style pipe
00:20:50and fills it with traditional Native American tobacco,
00:20:53living more and more refinedly by the day.
00:20:56Nate sits in his camp
00:20:57drinking freshly brewed pine needle tea.
00:21:00A squirrel is on a nearby branch.
00:21:02Let's look at contestant Ross.
00:21:04Her breakfast is unappetizing seaweed.
00:21:07So far, she hasn't caught a single fish.
00:21:09Now, she hopes to catch some small fish
00:21:11with a fish trap to sustain herself for another month.
00:21:14However, the trap is crudely made.
00:21:16Large fish cannot enter,
00:21:18and small fish can escape.
00:21:20She places it in the shallow waters near the shore,
00:21:22securing it with stones.
00:21:24Time will tell,
00:21:25but she expects to catch nothing.
00:21:27Fortunately, there are berries in the grass,
00:21:30which have been her sole source of nutrition these days.
00:21:33As days pass,
00:21:34the berries either fall to the ground or turn black.
00:21:37She believes they will all be gone in half a month.
00:21:40Since Jordan finished making his pipe,
00:21:42he seems to have lost his spirit,
00:21:44completely absorbed in missing his family.
00:21:47Keeping busy no longer helps him cope.
00:21:50Viewers of wilderness survival shows
00:21:52can probably guess that he ended up
00:21:53making the expected call to quit the competition.
00:21:56Over to Clay,
00:21:57who hasn't had a successful catch
00:21:59since landing a two-pound rainbow trout
00:22:01on day five of the challenge.
00:22:03Today, he decides to make a scoop net.
00:22:05He crafts the frame himself
00:22:07and uses the inner core of a parachute cord.
00:22:10It takes him half an hour to finish the net.
00:22:12He heads to a spot he scouted earlier.
00:22:14It seems the fish in the lake know he's equipped with a net,
00:22:17as now they won't even bite the hook.
00:22:19Michelle finds a few snails,
00:22:21which taste like crispy chicken.
00:22:23These days,
00:22:24she relies on snails and crickets for protein,
00:22:27having not had a proper meal.
00:22:29Her fishing rods, placed in the lake,
00:22:31haven't yielded anything either.
00:22:33Like Ross, she plans to make a fish trap,
00:22:36but her craftsmanship far surpasses Ross's.
00:22:40She persists through the hardship,
00:22:42hoping to use the prize money
00:22:43to care for her brother-in-law,
00:22:45who has Down syndrome.
00:22:46Michelle places her fish trap in deeper water,
00:22:49hoping to catch some fish.
00:22:51Matt is under significant pressure.
00:22:53As a survival instructor by profession,
00:22:55he hasn't achieved notable success in the challenge.
00:22:58Others have at least shot a grouse,
00:23:00but he hasn't even caught a fish until now.
00:23:02Suddenly, Matt finally catches a rainbow trout,
00:23:05though it is as small as the one Nate caught earlier.
00:23:08He eagerly returns to make a soup with wild chives,
00:23:11savoring every bit,
00:23:13including the leftover fish bones.
00:23:15Such a small amount of food
00:23:16can't fill his hungry stomach after half a month.
00:23:19His solution is meditation,
00:23:21using his thoughts to communicate with his family
00:23:23to alleviate his pain.
00:23:25He then realizes his shelter lacks insulation.
00:23:28He might manage now,
00:23:30but it won't be good as the weather cools.
00:23:32Being the contestant with the least body fat,
00:23:34he needs to enhance his warmth measures.
00:23:37Matt finds a dense, grassy area in the forest
00:23:39and decides to gather some dry grass for bedding.
00:23:42Unexpectedly, he disturbs a ground wasp nest
00:23:45preparing for winter.
00:23:47Several stings later, he runs out.
00:23:49Billy made a knife from a rivet he pulled out of deadwood
00:23:52and showed it off in front of the camera.
00:23:54It works well for chopping wood.
00:23:56Only 18 days into the challenge,
00:23:58he has already lost 31 pounds.
00:24:01Although he is quite heavy,
00:24:02he can't keep this up forever.
00:24:04The dense forest in his area makes hunting impossible,
00:24:07so he plans to weave a fish basket from willow branches
00:24:09to catch fish in the lake.
00:24:11While talking to himself and weaving the basket,
00:24:13he suddenly hears noises from the slope below
00:24:16and turns to see two grizzly bears.
00:24:18He quickly fires a bear banger, scaring them away.
00:24:21It's his first encounter with grizzlies in decades.
00:24:24His heart is still pounding after the danger has passed.
00:24:27When he places the finished basket in the lake,
00:24:30he wonders if it can really catch fish in such shallow water.
00:24:33Michelle, having nothing else to do,
00:24:36constructs a conical shelter to protect her fire.
00:24:39After working, she feels unprecedentedly weak.
00:24:42She desperately needs food
00:24:44as she only has berries and wild vegetables today,
00:24:47which provide very little energy.
00:24:49To get enough salt, she even eats her own mucus,
00:24:52but she's still getting weaker by the day.
00:24:54She hopes the fish basket will yield some results,
00:24:57but upon reaching the lake, she's stunned to see it empty,
00:25:01either washed up on rocks or possibly retrieved by a bear,
00:25:05plunging her spirits.
00:25:06Unable to imagine how she'll continue,
00:25:09she even notices her teeth discoloring from malnutrition.
00:25:12Feeling close to her limit,
00:25:14she remembers seeing some grouse near her dwelling.
00:25:17She takes her bow and arrows
00:25:19and puts her last hopes on hunting grouse.
00:25:21After wandering in the woods for several minutes,
00:25:24her legs are weak,
00:25:25and despite her efforts, she sees no grouse.
00:25:28She collapses in a chair at her campsite.
00:25:30Just then, she sees a grouse hiding behind a tree within her sight.
00:25:35She quietly approaches for a shot,
00:25:37but the grouse dashes into the bushes and disappears.
00:25:40With her last hope gone,
00:25:42Clay decides after a moment of thought to call and quit the competition.
00:25:46On the 21st day of the challenge,
00:25:48seven contestants remain.
00:25:50Due to poor fishing results,
00:25:52Clay shifts his hopes back to hunting.
00:25:54Otherwise, with his physique,
00:25:56he definitely cannot compete with the other heavyweights.
00:25:59He walks a long time to a previously unexplored forest area.
00:26:03Calming down, he carefully observes his surroundings
00:26:06and listens to the sounds of animals.
00:26:08Finally, he discovers a good sign,
00:26:10a pile of deer droppings,
00:26:12the first deer trace he has found since the start of the challenge.
00:26:15Since it's getting late, he heads back.
00:26:18Matt is the only survival coach this season,
00:26:20but has not met his own expectations.
00:26:23Eventually, he couldn't take it anymore.
00:26:25Regardless of how others might criticize him in the future,
00:26:28at least his family won't mock him.
00:26:31He decisively made the call to withdraw from the competition.
00:26:34After finding the area with deer activity,
00:26:36Clay followed the same route back the next day.
00:26:39Seeing fresh droppings on the ground,
00:26:41he surmised the deer were still active in the area.
00:26:44Around noon, he indeed spotted a black-tailed deer staring straight at him.
00:26:49Afraid to startle it, Clay froze in place.
00:26:52Once the deer lowered its guard and began to move,
00:26:55he seized the opportunity to shoot an arrow.
00:26:57Reaching the spot where the deer was hit,
00:26:59he followed the blood trail and found the broken arrow,
00:27:02indicating the deer couldn't have gone far.
00:27:05The black-tailed deer finally expired in the grass.
00:27:08At that moment, Clay's anxiety was relieved,
00:27:11and he couldn't help but shout with joy.
00:27:13The deer weighed about 60 kilograms.
00:27:16With numerous grizzly bears in the forest,
00:27:18Clay wasted no time and began to butcher the deer,
00:27:21carrying several legs back to his shelter,
00:27:24which was four kilometers away.
00:27:26Fearing that grizzly bears might be attracted by the scent,
00:27:29he hurried back.
00:27:30By 5 p.m., he had brought all the deer meat back to camp.
00:27:34After removing the skin, bones, and offal,
00:27:37about 46 kilograms of pure meat remained.
00:27:40Keeping it in the shelter posed a risk of attracting bears,
00:27:43so he had to find another place to store it temporarily.
00:27:47Fortunately, the production team had provided each contestant
00:27:50with a heavy rope specifically for hanging meat.
00:27:53Clay hung the deer meat 7 to 8 meters high,
00:27:56making it difficult for any bears to steal.
00:27:58That evening, he fried deer heart and deer fat,
00:28:01and the aroma gradually spread through the air,
00:28:04eagerly anticipating the taste.
00:28:06As for Colt, he had also hoped to rely on hunting deer for food storage,
00:28:10but he hadn't seen even a trace of deer so far.
00:28:13He had no choice but to gather wild onions and berries.
00:28:16Thankfully, the low temperatures in the area meant that the berries
00:28:19could stay fresh in a cave for three weeks without spoiling.
00:28:23Taking advantage of their availability,
00:28:25Colt spent time each day gathering them to prepare for the winter.
00:28:29When talking about the $500,000 prize,
00:28:32he envisioned using the money to build a community farm
00:28:34to give more people a chance to experience the wilderness.
00:28:37However, unexpected events occur quickly.
00:28:40The next day, as he went to have some berries for breakfast,
00:28:43he discovered a bear had raided his storage overnight,
00:28:46eating half of the berries.
00:28:47Due to local legal restrictions,
00:28:49fishing nets could only be used after surviving for 45 days.
00:28:53Naturally, Colt also thought of making a large fish basket using fir branches.
00:28:58After completing the basket, over a meter tall,
00:29:01it was the only one that seemed hopeful among the contestants' creations,
00:29:04as others were either too small or too crudely made.
00:29:08Rowing to the middle of the lake, Colt wasn't sure how deep the water was.
00:29:12He placed the basket, marking the spot with driftwood.
00:29:16Logically, there should be a good chance of catching fish.
00:29:19Nate has lost 32 kilograms from hunger,
00:29:22his cheekbones now prominently visible.
00:29:25Each day, he looks forward to checking his fishing line at the dock,
00:29:28his mood lifting with excitement.
00:29:30He slowly drags a fish towards the shore,
00:29:32but just as he is about to secure it, the fish slips off the hook.
00:29:36Nate quickly rushes into the water to catch it,
00:29:39but sadly watches as the fish escapes back into the lake.
00:29:42Without fish, he continues to drink pine needle tea.
00:29:46Having learned a painful lesson, Nate decides to build a scoop net.
00:29:50He uses Y-shaped branches to create a circular frame and parachute cord for the netting.
00:29:55Although the net is a bit rough and small compared to clays,
00:29:58it should work for catching fish.
00:30:00When testing it, Nate finds another small fish pulling on the line,
00:30:04the second one he's caught.
00:30:06On day 23, the meat clay hung in the tree remains untouched by grizzly bears.
00:30:11Clay plans to build a smokehouse to preserve the meat through dehydration for a longer period.
00:30:16The structure must be robust to keep out grizzly bears.
00:30:19He uses a simple mortise and tenon structure,
00:30:22stacking cut logs into a square shape,
00:30:25binding wire inside for hanging the meat,
00:30:28and plugging gaps in the walls with moss.
00:30:30The roof is also covered with a thick layer of moss for waterproofing.
00:30:34He patiently slices the deer meat into strips,
00:30:37hanging over 46 kilograms of it in the smokehouse.
00:30:40By waiting overnight, the meat can be preserved for several months.
00:30:44Clay is now firmly leading in resource management.
00:30:47Teresa has finally completed her pithouse but must still test its smoke ventilation.
00:30:51The results are disappointing.
00:30:53Within half an hour, the smoke makes it impossible for her to keep her eyes open.
00:30:57She gathers a large number of stones from nearby to build a meat smoker over the fire pit,
00:31:02filling the gaps with mud.
00:31:04The height is level with the ground, facilitating cover.
00:31:07The improved fire quickly shows effects,
00:31:10allowing her to move from her tent to the pithouse.
00:31:13The pithouse's insulation far surpasses other contestants' wooden houses,
00:31:17allowing Teresa to conserve energy by sleeping in just a sleeping bag.
00:31:21Turning back to Nate, he forgot to cover his iron pot before going to sleep two days ago.
00:31:26Drinking water in the dim morning light,
00:31:28he didn't notice several squirrel droppings in the water until daylight.
00:31:32He's unsure if this will cause illness but feels fine so far.
00:31:35Today, he plans to make a fishing rod with a reel for longer casts,
00:31:39taking advantage of the dock's extension to catch bigger fish.
00:31:43After completing the rod and reel, Nate starts feeling nauseous and cold at 4 p.m.
00:31:48He suspects an infection from salmonella carried in the squirrel feces,
00:31:52as nausea and chills are typical symptoms.
00:31:55Regretfully, he makes the call to withdraw from the competition.
00:31:59Billy hasn't eaten any meat since the challenge began.
00:32:02He has lost 45 pounds.
00:32:04His fishing trap in the lake has been set for a week,
00:32:07hoping to catch a few fish to satisfy his craving for meat.
00:32:10Unfortunately, each time he checks, the trap is empty.
00:32:13With no other option, he tries fishing again.
00:32:16After nearly two hours by the lake,
00:32:18he finally catches a rainbow trout weighing about a pound and a half.
00:32:21Billy quickly goes back to build up the fire
00:32:23and stews the trout with some wild vegetables.
00:32:25While waiting for the fish to cook,
00:32:27he keeps an eye out for grizzly bears,
00:32:29fearing they might appear from nowhere and steal his catch.
00:32:32Eating just the fish meat is no longer enough to satisfy his protein needs,
00:32:36so he consumes the bones as well to feel fully satisfied.
00:32:40As the weather gets colder each day,
00:32:42it's necessary for Ross to install a large door on her squash shack to block the wind.
00:32:47Otherwise, the cold north wind at night is too much for her to withstand.
00:32:51On day 8, she found some wooden planks with nails still in them,
00:32:55which she hadn't used.
00:32:57Ross pulled the nails out, made a tripod from sticks,
00:33:00and wove some pine branches on top.
00:33:03By day 26, only five contestants remain.
00:33:07Billy, who had finally caught a rainbow trout,
00:33:10now only has a few sips of soup left,
00:33:13but they still taste incredibly delicious to him,
00:33:16as this was the first meat he's eaten since the challenge began.
00:33:19Feeling the cold weather, he plans to make a wooden door,
00:33:23using the classic design of five logs with two horizontal supports,
00:33:27and stuffs it with pine resin to enhance the wind-blocking effect.
00:33:31He uses a wire to tie to the house,
00:33:33avoiding even the effort of saying,
00:33:35open sesame by just stepping on it.
00:33:37After fixing the door, he must also sort out the fireplace
00:33:40so he won't have to go outside to start a fire or boil water
00:33:43when it's windy or rainy.
00:33:45The stones are piled up on the lakeshore,
00:33:47and moving them to the shelter requires going up a steep slope.
00:33:50For an ordinary person, it's a simple task,
00:33:53but for Billy, who has been starving for months,
00:33:56it's a strenuous activity.
00:33:58Billy uses clay instead of cement
00:34:00to build a semicircular fireplace with stacked stones.
00:34:03It doesn't take much time, and the smoke ventilation works quite well.
00:34:07Ross sits inside her squash shack,
00:34:09using a found glass bottle as a hand warmer.
00:34:12The low energy intake makes her always feel cold,
00:34:15so she relies on this simple method to warm her hands,
00:34:18occasionally adding rose hips to the bottle for a unique flavor
00:34:22and a significant boost in vitamin C.
00:34:24Her luck with fishing has been poor,
00:34:26and now she thinks about setting traps in the woods to catch rabbits,
00:34:30a method she hasn't tried yet.
00:34:32Although squirrels are protected by local laws and cannot be trapped,
00:34:35making the wire loop larger should prevent harming them.
00:34:39Still, it carries some risks,
00:34:41which might be why the contestants are hesitant to set traps.
00:34:44Ross has no choice but to take this path now,
00:34:47with her mind focused solely on getting food to keep going.
00:34:50Fortunately, while setting traps,
00:34:52her sharp eyes spot a bear trap among some dry leaves.
00:34:56Since 2017, trapping bears has been banned for non-indigenous people,
00:35:00and given its rusty condition, it's definitely several years old.
00:35:04Two days after setting up the traps,
00:35:06Ross found bear tracks on the ground while checking them.
00:35:09The tracks were near the lake, not far from where she was staying.
00:35:12As she was about to leave,
00:35:14Ross saw the bear that made the tracks coming towards her,
00:35:16which frightened her immensely.
00:35:18Ross hadn't recovered from the scare
00:35:20when she questioned whether risking her life for $500,000 was worth it.
00:35:24She held the emergency communicator in her hand,
00:35:27ready to press the button to quit.
00:35:29However, after calming down,
00:35:31she decided to continue the challenge.
00:35:33She caught an unlucky smoke-colored jackrabbit,
00:35:36the first rabbit caught this season.
00:35:38Ross had never had a full stomach,
00:35:40so she quickly cleaned the rabbit
00:35:42and set up a pot over a fire outside the camp.
00:35:45She exclaimed,
00:35:46''Oh my God!''
00:35:48smelling the delicious aroma.
00:35:50After cooking, she ate the rabbit heart first,
00:35:53savoring its protein content,
00:35:55which was much higher than beef,
00:35:57chewing slowly before swallowing.
00:35:59Clay wanted to use the deer hide to make a lure hat
00:36:02to get closer to other animals for more hunting opportunities,
00:36:05also as a way to respect the hunted black-tailed deer
00:36:08by using every part of it.
00:36:10After removing the deer hide,
00:36:12he scraped off the fat, meat scraps, and cartilage to prevent rot.
00:36:16He then stitched the eyes and mouth,
00:36:18filling them with moss to create the lure hat.
00:36:21Clay scooped out the deer brains,
00:36:23mashed them into a paste in an iron pot,
00:36:25and spread it over the hide.
00:36:27The brain paste contained lecithin,
00:36:29a natural agent used for making leather.
00:36:32Colt, unable to get meat,
00:36:34decided to go after morels,
00:36:36abundant in his area.
00:36:38He collected 13 kilograms of morels
00:36:40and hung them to dry inside his cabin,
00:36:43hoping they would last until day 45
00:36:45when he planned to catch big fish using a fishnet and a tarp boat.
00:36:49A sudden heavy snowfall prevented Colt from collecting more morels.
00:36:53He then worked on improving his shelter to withstand the cold weather,
00:36:56covering the roof and walls with pine branches.
00:36:59Teresa followed a similar path,
00:37:01relying on edible plants for survival,
00:37:03because she believed the caloric content of plants was underestimated.
00:37:07She had tried fishing several times without success
00:37:10or only catching month-old fry.
00:37:13She focused on collecting plants,
00:37:15targeting bright red bear berries
00:37:17and Solomon's seal roots in the fields.
00:37:19However, engrossed in her work,
00:37:21Teresa realized she had lost her way,
00:37:24which filled her with an unstoppable fear.
00:37:27Teresa tearfully told the camera she was ready to quit.
00:37:30Her feet frantically searched for a way out.
00:37:33Seeing more trees blown down by the wind,
00:37:35she knew she was getting closer to the lake.
00:37:38Once she found her way back to the shelter,
00:37:40she stopped talking about quitting.
00:37:42Her outing yielded three cans of cranberries,
00:37:45a bag of rose hips,
00:37:46a bag of wild vegetables,
00:37:48and some Solomon's seal roots,
00:37:50barely enough to sustain her for the day.
00:37:53To conserve her fat reserves,
00:37:55she depended on fish from the lake.
00:37:57Teresa built a small raft from logs,
00:37:59tying a trawling rope at the bottom,
00:38:01ready to pull the raft into deeper waters with a trawling system.
00:38:05Setting up for the first time required her to brave the cold water,
00:38:09wearing a life jacket and carrying an emergency communicator.
00:38:13After stretching her limbs, she swam into the deeper water.
00:38:17Unexpected inflation of the life jacket disrupted her rhythm,
00:38:20tangling the trawling rope around her clothing,
00:38:23complicating what should have been a quick task.
00:38:26Her legs, freezing and reddened, neared hypothermia.
00:38:30After returning to shore,
00:38:31she stayed by the fire for a long time.
00:38:34Although she recovered by nightfall,
00:38:36her legs were burned from being too close to the fire.
00:38:39Colt, on his tenth check of his hand-woven fish traps,
00:38:42had yet to catch anything.
00:38:44He stayed to fish, and his luck turned,
00:38:47catching two small fish, each only about half a pound.
00:38:50If only they were bigger, he could have had a hearty meal.
00:38:54Clay heard noises outside his camp in the middle of the night.
00:38:57Wearing a headlamp, he saw nothing.
00:38:59The sounds disappeared.
00:39:01By dawn, he realized a gray bear had approached within meters of his food storage.
00:39:06Worried about his dried deer meat being stolen,
00:39:08he planned to set up an alarm system.
00:39:11He tied a bear whistle to a tree,
00:39:13surrounding the storage with a string that would trigger the whistle
00:39:16if a bear stumbled upon it, scaring off even a tiger.
00:39:19With limited smoked deer meat,
00:39:21he could only eat a little over two ounces a day,
00:39:24or it would be gone in less than a half month.
00:39:26Relying solely on deer meat was not enough for victory.
00:39:29Like the others, Clay needed fish from the lake to maintain his weight,
00:39:33but he, too, had no luck catching any.
00:39:35On day thirty-two,
00:39:37Billy woke up early to find several holes chewed in his clothes by mice.
00:39:41It had been over ten days since he last ate meat,
00:39:43and he was in urgent need of protein and fats.
00:39:46The ground, covered in snow, was very slippery.
00:39:49Despite walking cautiously,
00:39:51he still slipped and twisted his ankle,
00:39:53which was already injured.
00:39:55Billy went to the lake to calm his mind and fish,
00:39:57but after five hours, he caught nothing.
00:40:00Even with a strong mindset,
00:40:02this situation could be disheartening.
00:40:04Teresa's knees were blistered from burns.
00:40:07The painful price paid was compounded by her trawling rope tangling into a mess,
00:40:11rendering it useless.
00:40:13Unable to contain her frustration any longer,
00:40:15she crouched by the lake and cried for a few minutes.
00:40:18Colt, too, was having a rough day.
00:40:20He went to check his fish traps,
00:40:22only to find them stuck under debris in the water.
00:40:25After several attempts to free them failed,
00:40:27he cut the nylon rope to minimize the loss.
00:40:30Ross ventured into the woods to check if her traps had caught any rabbits,
00:40:34hoping rabbit meat would sustain her.
00:40:36However, she was unsettled to find cougar tracks in the snow following her own.
00:40:40She worried that even if the traps caught rabbits,
00:40:43the cougar could be a threat.
00:40:45Indeed, the cougar hadn't taken any rabbits,
00:40:48but it had tampered with the traps,
00:40:50making successful hunting even more challenging.
00:40:53Ross felt her toes throbbing with pain.
00:40:56Back at the shelter, she removed her shoes and socks
00:40:59and discovered frostbite symptoms,
00:41:01meaning she had to warm her toes every hour,
00:41:04severely limiting her time outside and work efficiency.
00:41:07Clay finally finished making deer leather,
00:41:09which he used to craft a lounge chair.
00:41:12He accidentally spotted a gray bear near the lake while setting it up.
00:41:15Not wanting it around the camp,
00:41:17he followed its tracks to understand its movements.
00:41:20Suddenly, he was frightened as the bear emerged
00:41:23just seven to eight meters behind a tree and charged at him.
00:41:26Clay quickly used bear spray,
00:41:28averting a dangerous situation.
00:41:31By day 36, Teresa cleaned her camera lens early in the morning,
00:41:35clearing the previously hazy image.
00:41:37She left her hut to forage,
00:41:39not wanting to be a vegetarian in the wilderness.
00:41:42Despite her lack of success in fishing and hunting,
00:41:45she had been surviving on plants.
00:41:47Unexpectedly, while walking along the lakeshore,
00:41:50she found a small fish on the gravel,
00:41:52a surprising source of protein,
00:41:54likely dropped by an eagle.
00:41:56Her luck continued as she spotted another fish in the water,
00:41:59weighing about three pounds and fresh enough to eat.
00:42:02If the other contestants knew,
00:42:04they would surely be envious of her incredible find
00:42:07just steps from her door.
00:42:09Teresa was already very weak.
00:42:11The two fish were crucial for her.
00:42:13Although the boiled fish tasted unpleasant,
00:42:15she forced herself to swallow it,
00:42:17hoping to sustain herself for another ten to fifteen days.
00:42:20Ross's situation was grim.
00:42:22Her frostbitten toes were constantly in pain.
00:42:25The rabbit she caught had only a little meat soup left,
00:42:28hung on a tree dozens of meters from the camp.
00:42:31She wanted to retrieve it for breakfast,
00:42:33but her weak body made walking feel as strenuous as running a marathon.
00:42:37Gradually, she couldn't even hold the camera steady.
00:42:40Her vision blurred, and her hearing seemed to decline.
00:42:43Ross quickly called the medical team to examine her.
00:42:46After describing her symptoms and being checked by the medical staff,
00:42:49she had to evacuate immediately to avoid severe health risks.
00:42:53Her endurance was well known.
00:42:55Surviving over thirty days with just one snowshoe hare was already her limit.
00:42:59She was carried onto the boat when she left,
00:43:02leaving only four contestants in the challenge.
00:43:04Facing a temperature of minus twelve degrees,
00:43:07Billy lived in a drafty wooden cabin which was very tough.
00:43:10He collected moss from outside to fill every crack between the logs
00:43:14and made a fire in the fireplace to slightly warm the interior.
00:43:18Gilnits could not be used before day forty-five,
00:43:21and he couldn't wait to finish weaving it,
00:43:23placing all his hopes on it.
00:43:25He also made a soup spoon,
00:43:26fantasizing about how great it would be to sit in the cabin,
00:43:29eating fish and drinking soup heartily.
00:43:32To pass time faster, Billy made a bear spear,
00:43:35cutting off his belt and sewing it into a sheath for the knife.
00:43:39The craftsmanship was quite good.
00:43:41Colt didn't see any animal tracks in the snow and decided to go fishing.
00:43:45Unlike Teresa's luck, he found a dead bird floating in the lake,
00:43:49which didn't smell bad.
00:43:51He plucked it on the spot,
00:43:52planning to take it back to the shelter to eat.
00:43:55Since the start of the challenge, he had lost sixty pounds.
00:43:58Without eating some meat soon,
00:44:00he risked being forced to leave the show by the production team.
00:44:04Eating the dead bird carried the risk of infection from parasites,
00:44:07but Colt only ate it after making sure it was thoroughly cooked,
00:44:11not stopping until he had finished everything.
00:44:14Teresa wore a homemade parka,
00:44:16specially prepared to handle the cold weather for her wilderness solitude.
00:44:20Wearing new clothes greatly improved her mood.
00:44:23Today's task was to collect rose hips.
00:44:26Thanks to the late drop of rose hips and bear berries,
00:44:29they became Teresa's life-saving food here.
00:44:32She filled the cloth bag she brought in half an hour.
00:44:35Previously, while cleaning fish guts on the lakeshore,
00:44:37she noticed many small fish coming to eat.
00:44:40She thought of making a fish basket.
00:44:42Since she couldn't catch big fish,
00:44:44catching several small ones would also do.
00:44:46After completing the task,
00:44:48she planned to place the fish basket in deeper water.
00:44:50Teresa had already set up anchors in the water.
00:44:53Now, she just needed to pull the rope
00:44:55to drag the fish basket into the deeper water.
00:44:57However, things didn't go smoothly.
00:45:00The fish basket got stuck halfway and wouldn't move.
00:45:03She had to use her long legs to walk into the lake
00:45:06and properly set up the fish basket.
00:45:08I seriously suspect she did it on purpose.
00:45:11By day 44, Colt also started weaving a gill net,
00:45:15striving to get every knot and float right.
00:45:17He worked from morning till nightfall
00:45:19to finish the gill net on time.
00:45:21Unexpectedly, at 2.30 a.m.,
00:45:24a fierce wind blew, giving him a bad feeling.
00:45:27Worried that his tarp boat might be damaged,
00:45:29he went to the lakeside with a headlamp to check.
00:45:32Sure enough, two rope knots had loosened on the boat.
00:45:36It was fortunate that he checked.
00:45:38Otherwise, just when he could use the gill net,
00:45:40the boat might have sunk the night before.
00:45:42That would have been infuriating.
00:45:45The next day, Billy sawed down a slender pine tree,
00:45:48removed all its branches to use as a long pole
00:45:51for binding the gill net,
00:45:52and chose a suitable spot to lower the net.
00:45:55He secured the long pole with stones
00:45:57to prevent it from being washed away.
00:45:59He hoped the gill net would turn his fortunes around.
00:46:02Otherwise, he would have to rely on his body's fat reserves
00:46:05to endure, just like a bear.
00:46:08Colt wasn't in a hurry to get into the water,
00:46:10but decided to add a few more beams to the boat
00:46:12and replace two crossbeams to increase buoyancy and stability.
00:46:16Afterwards, he sailed out and spread the gill net in the deep water,
00:46:20greatly increasing his chances of catching fish.
00:46:23While everyone else was busy setting nets to catch fish,
00:46:26Clay had the leisure to stuff moss into nets as sword targets
00:46:29and occasionally practice archery outside the camp.
00:46:32Today, he also needed to set up his gill net.
00:46:35For this, he decided to make a trawling pulley system.
00:46:39By standing on shore,
00:46:40he could easily deploy and retrieve the gill net.
00:46:43He constructed a tripod from logs,
00:46:45fixed an iron ring at the top,
00:46:47connected another iron ring to a buoy
00:46:49attached to an anchor stone in the water,
00:46:52and linked the two rings with a nylon rope.
00:46:55The gill net was thus freely deployed and retrieved.
00:46:58During his busy work,
00:46:59he noticed a teal duck less than ten meters away.
00:47:02Seizing this rare opportunity,
00:47:04Clay immediately stopped his work
00:47:06and shot an arrow at the duck.
00:47:08Unfortunately,
00:47:09the wave pushed the arrow just under the duck's belly,
00:47:12and he missed the chance for a follow-up shot.
00:47:15It was an exciting time for checking.
00:47:17Teresa's highly anticipated fish basket
00:47:20had been washed ashore by the large waves,
00:47:22which were more destructive than she expected.
00:47:24With no fish to eat
00:47:26and only some matsutake mushrooms she had picked,
00:47:29she decided to cut them into pieces and boil them.
00:47:31Billy's gill net had not been washed ashore,
00:47:34but there was no need to retrieve it
00:47:36because from the shore,
00:47:37he could see it was empty.
00:47:39Now, all his hopes were dashed.
00:47:41Facing continuous attempts and failures,
00:47:43his mood sank to an all-time low.
00:47:46He wished his father was there to encourage him,
00:47:49but his determination to persevere remained unshaken.
00:47:52Clay's gill net also yielded nothing
00:47:54and got tangled by the waves.
00:47:56If he continued to catch nothing,
00:47:58winning seemed unlikely.
00:48:00However, his gill net finally caught two rainbow trout,
00:48:03giving the contestants a much-needed boost.
00:48:05Despite losing 60 pounds over these days,
00:48:08with fish from the lake as food,
00:48:10he confidently said he could last another 50 days.
00:48:13Clay ventured into the forest
00:48:15to search for matsutake mushrooms.
00:48:17The area was scarce in grouse and rabbits,
00:48:20but fortunately, mushrooms were plentiful.
00:48:23While I marveled at his cutting technique,
00:48:25Clay pulled out a bag full of matsutake mushrooms.
00:48:28He had gathered two kilograms just along this ridge.
00:48:31Before the competition,
00:48:33Billy weighed 270 pounds
00:48:35and had plenty of body fat left,
00:48:37despite being hungry.
00:48:39He figured he could last another 20 days on tough resolve.
00:48:42Unable to find meat,
00:48:44he turned to wild onions,
00:48:46which were abundant near the camp.
00:48:48As long as they weren't withered,
00:48:50he could dig them up daily.
00:48:52Billy even started planting the onions
00:48:54he couldn't finish eating to keep them fresh.
00:48:56But realistically,
00:48:58it seemed unlikely there would be any leftovers.
00:49:00The gillnets remained persistently empty.
00:49:03Due to the lack of food,
00:49:04the cold became increasingly unbearable,
00:49:07causing his limbs to feel abnormally cold.
00:49:09Billy stretched his feet towards the fire to warm up,
00:49:12but accidentally burned a large hole in his socks.
00:49:15The contestant's luck seemed worse than ever.
00:49:18Teresa returned to her days of collecting berries for food.
00:49:21She hadn't found any fish by the lake again,
00:49:24and even picking berries left her gasping for breath,
00:49:27clearly due to long-term food shortage.
00:49:29It seemed she might be evacuated like Ross had been.
00:49:32Currently, Colt faced the least stress.
00:49:35Having great success in fishing,
00:49:37he had made some dice in the melon shed today
00:49:39for entertainment and relaxation.
00:49:41However, when it was time to check the nets,
00:49:43he was stunned upon reaching the lake.
00:49:45His trusted tarp boat had sunk.
00:49:47Colt insisted on rescuing it.
00:49:49He pulled the boat ashore,
00:49:51and after inspecting it,
00:49:52discovered that only the waves had swept water into the cabin,
00:49:55causing it to sink.
00:49:57Colt's ribs and a few seat planks were dispersed,
00:49:59but it could still be used as before once repaired.
00:50:02Clay has lost 20% of his body weight so far,
00:50:05but he still has muscle.
00:50:07There's not much meat left on the black-tailed deer.
00:50:10He desperately needs fish from the lake
00:50:12to supplement his diet.
00:50:14This time, his gill net finally met expectations,
00:50:17catching a rainbow trout frozen in an arc shape,
00:50:20which could provide about 2,500 calories.
00:50:23However, the waves tangled the gill net again.
00:50:26He decided to relocate the net near a large boulder,
00:50:29cut a log from the forest,
00:50:31and use it as a ladder on the boulder.
00:50:33Clay climbed up,
00:50:34threw the anchor stone connected to the float into the lake,
00:50:37moved the tripod over,
00:50:38assembled the trawling system,
00:50:40and secured the gill net in place.
00:50:42On day 58, Colt got a foreign object in his eye,
00:50:45making it difficult to even open his eyes.
00:50:48Despite this, he couldn't let it affect the competition,
00:50:51especially as he was close to winning.
00:50:54He used a syringe from the provided medical kit
00:50:56to flush out the foreign object.
00:50:58Then, he rowed his tarp boat to check the gill net.
00:51:01At this exciting moment,
00:51:03the gill net caught another bull for him.
00:51:05With this momentum,
00:51:06Colt could easily last a hundred days.
00:51:09Back at the shelter,
00:51:10Colt arranged the iron pot for stew,
00:51:13enjoying fish soup and fish meat,
00:51:15with the situation looking very promising.
00:51:18After eating well,
00:51:19Colt chopped a big pile of wood for firewood,
00:51:22enough for half a month.
00:51:23Since the gill net was so effective,
00:51:25he expected the days ahead to be comfortable.
00:51:28From morning till night,
00:51:29he constantly burned calories
00:51:31and finally set another net in the lake the next day.
00:51:34However, the old net caught nothing today.
00:51:37Was the good start over so soon?
00:51:39Teresa didn't want to be a vegetarian,
00:51:41but with limited skills in fishing and hunting,
00:51:43she had berries again this morning.
00:51:45She mashed the cooked berries,
00:51:47formed them into balls,
00:51:48and baked them on the fire,
00:51:50creatively turning them into a meal.
00:51:53While waiting,
00:51:54she sat by the fire doing handicrafts,
00:51:56planning to make a hook for hanging the iron pot.
00:51:59But seeing her handle the saw,
00:52:01I knew trouble was brewing.
00:52:03She wasn't skilled,
00:52:04and as expected,
00:52:05she cut her left hand.
00:52:07Although the medical kit had the necessary supplies,
00:52:10a severed tendon that couldn't heal on its own
00:52:12would force her to call and quit the competition.
00:52:15Fortunately,
00:52:16the wound wasn't that severe.
00:52:18Otherwise,
00:52:19fishing in such a way would be frustrating for anyone.
00:52:22Let's look at Clay again.
00:52:24Seeing the strong winds and high waves,
00:52:26he guessed the gill net would have no catch
00:52:28and decided to hunt grouse and rabbits in the forest.
00:52:31Instead,
00:52:32he found fresh cougar feces on the ground.
00:52:35Local laws allowed contestants to hunt cougars.
00:52:38With Clay's stored deer jerky running low,
00:52:41catching this cougar would not only provide about ten pounds of meat
00:52:44but also fulfill a long-standing wish.
00:52:46Unfortunately,
00:52:47despite searching all day,
00:52:48he never saw the cougar.
00:52:50That evening,
00:52:51Clay made a tube out of deer skin
00:52:53that emitted sounds somewhat like a deer's call
00:52:55but also resembled the cry of a dying hare.
00:52:58The next morning before dawn,
00:53:00he left the shelter with his bow and arrows,
00:53:02planning to lure a cougar with the sounds and shoot it.
00:53:05Unexpectedly,
00:53:06the situation changed rapidly.
00:53:09Gray bears,
00:53:10absent for a long time,
00:53:11had returned.
00:53:12Clay spotted their tracks in the snow.
00:53:15Only seven or eight meters from the shelter,
00:53:17he had no choice but to abort the hunting plan.
00:53:20If the deer skin tube attracted a bear instead of a cougar,
00:53:23it would be a double loss.
00:53:25Billy's gill net had never caught anything.
00:53:28Billy decided to move it,
00:53:30refusing to believe he couldn't catch a single fish.
00:53:33Now,
00:53:34climbing a steep slope left him breathless,
00:53:36showing his physical weakness.
00:53:38A few wild onions in the garden were his food for the day,
00:53:41enough to sustain him for another week.
00:53:43He had quit his job to join the contest,
00:53:45with barely any money left in his bank account
00:53:47and twins on the way.
00:53:49Winning the $500,000 prize was crucial to avert a financial crisis.
00:53:53On day 66,
00:53:54although Billy's gill net hadn't caught any fish,
00:53:57he found one on the shore,
00:53:59possibly stranded or dropped by a bird.
00:54:02It was his first meat in nearly 50 days.
00:54:05He cooked the fish until it was charred.
00:54:08After a long time on a vegetarian diet,
00:54:10the small amount of meat,
00:54:12albeit little,
00:54:13felt incredibly satisfying due to the protein.
00:54:16Colt had thought the journey ahead would be easier,
00:54:19but the gill net caught no more fish.
00:54:21He felt his weight and stamina decreasing.
00:54:24The next day was the medical checkup scheduled by the show's producers.
00:54:28All contestants feared being forced to leave due to health issues,
00:54:31but it was inevitable.
00:54:33Colt lifted his shirt to reveal his emaciated body,
00:54:36having lost over 30 kilograms.
00:54:39The other contestants were not faring much better,
00:54:41anxiously awaiting the medical report.
00:54:44Surprisingly, Colt was the contestant disqualified.
00:54:47Despite catching three large fish in the past 20 days,
00:54:51his significant weight loss beforehand was too great.
00:54:54The doctor said his cardiovascular system was under immense stress
00:54:58and staying could cause permanent damage.
00:55:00Facing permanent injury meant automatic disqualification.
00:55:04If Lake Chilkoot in Season 7 had the same fish resources as Big Slave Lake,
00:55:09Colt might not have been disqualified
00:55:11and could have been a strong contender for the champion.
00:55:13Clay had finally finished his deer meat and was now also facing a food crisis.
00:55:18He had moved the gill net to a new location a few days earlier,
00:55:21but it was empty and tangled when he checked it this morning.
00:55:24Clay could no longer tolerate the device.
00:55:27Even after placing it deep in the water,
00:55:29he decided not to waste more time on it.
00:55:32Teresa was semi-giving up, lacking hunting skills and unwilling to hunt.
00:55:36This morning, she made a broom in the pithouse.
00:55:39Her craftsmanship was impressive.
00:55:41She took the broom outside.
00:55:43Intending to clear the snow off the roof but being on a vegetarian diet,
00:55:47she quickly felt dizzy and had to lie down again.
00:55:50Without wood for the fire due to not collecting it the day before,
00:55:54she forced herself to gather wood outside.
00:55:56Walking on land, she felt as if moving through water.
00:56:00While collecting wood, she saw deer tracks in the snow,
00:56:03the first since the challenge began.
00:56:05But she was indifferent, either too weak to care
00:56:08or unwilling to change her situation.
00:56:11Teresa had settled on berries and mushrooms.
00:56:13On day 69, she received a text from the show saying her medical checkup
00:56:18was moved up and to stay at the camp.
00:56:20She fantasized about being the last one standing
00:56:22and that the crew would soon announce her victory,
00:56:25but reality was harsh.
00:56:27Teresa had become extremely thin,
00:56:29and the early medical checkup was due to poor last results.
00:56:33Her heart rate had increased by 20% over the last week,
00:56:36a possible sign of impending heart failure,
00:56:39making her the third contestant to be forced to leave.
00:56:42Now only Billy, the endurance king, and Clay, the deer-hunting expert, remained.
00:56:48Billy's gill net was predictably empty.
00:56:50Desperate, he decided to eat pine bark.
00:56:53After peeling off the outer bark, he collected the inner layer,
00:56:56containing digestible sugars, fiber, and starch.
00:57:00He boiled the bark in a pot.
00:57:02The red color looked tasty, but it was hard to swallow.
00:57:05Drinking more made him feel nauseous.
00:57:07Not wanting to lose the little food in his stomach,
00:57:10he decisively covered the pot and planned to look for other food.
00:57:13Clay had given up on fishing and decided to focus on traps and hunting.
00:57:17He had set several traps for squirrels in the forest.
00:57:20The first trap had been touched, as there were many rabbit tracks around.
00:57:24As expected, the second trap caught one.
00:57:27He thought that would be all for the day,
00:57:29but three wire snares caught two snowshoe hares,
00:57:32boosting Clay's confidence as his food supply dwindled.
00:57:36The savory stewed rabbit meat satisfied his hunger.
00:57:39Every bite was precious, and he couldn't bear to waste any,
00:57:43bones included, wanting to consume more calories.
00:57:46That night, a noise outside from a fallen net woke him.
00:57:50Clay thought a gray bear had knocked it over.
00:57:52Opening the door and shining a flashlight,
00:57:54he found a fisher, a fierce animal with no natural predators
00:57:57and protected by local laws, hence he couldn't hunt it.
00:58:01Otherwise, Clay would have shot it with an arrow right then.
00:58:04Billy was devastated by a few sips of pine bark soup.
00:58:08He felt extremely nauseous yesterday and still hasn't recovered,
00:58:12lying in bed as if waiting for death.
00:58:14He must go out to find food to fill his stomach.
00:58:17While searching nearby, he discovered a large patch of wild onions,
00:58:21ensuring he wouldn't worry about food for the next few days.
00:58:24Since the start of the challenge,
00:58:26Billy has been eating wild onions, frying some and boiling others.
00:58:30After eating them for over two months, he still praises their taste.
00:58:34I truly admire his perseverance.
00:58:37Clay's situation isn't promising either.
00:58:39Today, while checking his traps,
00:58:41he saw fisher tracks in the snow following his own footprints.
00:58:45It seems the fisher had checked the traps before him.
00:58:48Clay felt a sense of doom when he found blood near the traps,
00:58:52likely left when the fisher stole a rabbit.
00:58:54If the fisher keeps visiting each night,
00:58:56Clay figures he won't last much longer in the competition.
00:58:59Every time Billy returns from fetching water from the lake,
00:59:02he has to climb a steep slope, walking about a hundred meters.
00:59:06Today, he felt his heartbeat accelerate for the first time, pounding intensely.
00:59:11He suspects he might have heart palpitations
00:59:13and feels dizzy as if he's falling apart.
00:59:16Billy continuously apologizes to his wife,
00:59:19admitting he might not last much longer.
00:59:21Clay is also reaching the end of his resources.
00:59:24On Day 71, Thanksgiving Day,
00:59:27he took out the family photo he had brought
00:59:29but resisted looking at until now.
00:59:32Overwhelmed with longing for his family,
00:59:34he shed tears he hadn't shed in decades
00:59:37and prepared himself to go home to see them.
00:59:39On Day 73, the crew's yacht appeared on camera,
00:59:43indicating someone had called to quit.
00:59:45The question was, who could it be?
00:59:48The answer was Endurance King Billy.
00:59:51Over the past few days, he had felt his heartbeat increasing
00:59:55and his breathing becoming labored.
00:59:57Although he could continue to endure hunger and isolation,
01:00:00losing 90 pounds was the limit for his body.
01:00:03Any further weight loss could be dangerous,
01:00:05so Billy had no choice but to withdraw from the challenge.
01:00:09On Day 74, Clay became the champion of Season 8
01:00:12of the Wilderness Survival Challenge,
01:00:14winning the prize money.