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[dramatic music]

This is going to be a bit--

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I'm scared to death right now.

I feel like I'm starving.

[dramatic music]

See you.

Good luck.

[dramatic music]

I am not good in
the head right now.

[dramatic music]

Hi.

I have chills right now.

Woo-hoo!

[dramatic music]

Some new technology to learn.

There's a learning
curve to this.

[dramatic music]

The long wait is nearly over.

I'm ready.

[dramatic music]

ALAN KAY: Last year, I spent
56 days on Vancouver Island.

[dramatic music]

I don't know if life
will ever be the same.

But I don't regret
going for a minute.

After seeing what I went
through on the island,

over 3,500 people applied to
be on season 2 of "Alone."

Basically, all
I'm going to do is

I'm going to cut off his
legs and then eat them.

From these submissions,
20 were chosen

to spend a week with survival
experts and producers.

Participants will be evaluated
physically and psychologically.

Their survival skills
will be tested.

And only the best will
make it to the island.

In order to survive alone,
you need three basic skills,

shelter building, fire
starting, and the ability

to find food and water.

The assessment week
begins with shelter.

It rains 217 days a year
out on Vancouver Island.

So any structure you build must
keep you warm, as well as dry.

The best shelters have pitched
roofs that can shed water

and thick walls for insulation.

[dramatic music]

So the setups we're
seeing are very interesting.

Everyone's come at
a different angle.

Some of it strong--

some people approach
it very strong.

Some people are very weak.

It's just a
modified debris hut.

So its-- debris just means
you scrape leaf litter

off the ground, pile it.

The stick is-- basically
you have time to pile it.

Mine's not very specific.

[dramatic music]

I actually took
some of this bark

and used the shingles
in case it did rain.

ALAN KAY: At this point in the
process, the best of the best

are in the running.

And only the truly elite
will rise to the surface.

This is what I call cozy!

KIRAN: Debris shelter.

Great job-- exactly
what we asked for.

ALAN KAY: I can tell you this
from personal experience.

On Vancouver Island,
shelter is life.

In the winter months,
the average temperature

on the island is 39 degrees.

And that means shelter
won't be enough.

Fire building is absolutely
critical for heat and water

purification.

Failure, failure, failure.

It will not ignite.

ALAN KAY: In order to
really last out there,

you need to know how to
start a fire with friction.

A great piece
of bow wood here.

The spindle, you want
to be fairly soft wood.

You want to have the
pointed end for where it's

going to go into your handhold.

And then you want to
have it carved down here

a little flatter.

This first thing I looked
for was a nice, light wood

to make the board.

I know this wood here
will probably work.

If I scrape this
with my thumbnail,

I'm getting a good dent, which
means it's nice, soft wood.

And soft wood isolates the heat.

This is a new skill for me.
So.

That was my first
hole right there.

By the time I got close
to getting to an ember,

it burned through the
bottom right there.

The wood-- it could be
the humidity in the air.

It could be so many
different things.

[sawing]

The color of my dust--

it's very dark.

And it's not a fine powder.

It's kind of a gritty dust.

And that's a good sign.

I bet I've done it 1,000 times.

It's so awesome.

ALAN KAY: After having
a good shelter and fire,

you've got to find food.

And on Vancouver Island, if you
can't catch small game or fish,

you can't eat.

[laughing]

I caught a fish.

Ah!

ALAN KAY: Participants
must prove they can build

a wide range of working traps.

Nibble, nibble, nibble, boom.

I definitely am going
to make a fish trap.

I'm going to make a M
shape out of sticks.

And the fish swim into the
channel at the V of the M.

And then they don't have
the sense to get out.

This is a South American
Arapuca bird trap.

When the bird
comes in, it falls.

And what you end up with is a
live bird trapped in a cage.

I think it's really
clever how you've managed

to get that built so quickly.

He's built a Paiute dead fall.

But he's modified it to
make it easier to set.

Robbins will
cruise the ground.

And they'll go for wriggling
earthworm under there like it's

the last day on Earth.

Perfect.

When a ground animal
gets stuck in this,

it strangles itself.

And you usually
find them hanging.

And then you just simply
pull them out in the morning,

and there's your food.

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ALAN KAY: At orientation,
the participants

go through training
with their camera gear.

I really had a hard time using
the five cameras we were given.

By day 2, I wanted to
toss mine into the ocean.

Come on, man.

Do what you're supposed to do.

You hook your Moleskin up.

Put it like so.
You see that?

Right hhere?

No, just on your clothes--
you see where it is?

I kind of got it on the mic.

See what I've done there?

Yeah.

My next thing is to--

Jose is already on it.

Your good, old
weather cover is on.

ALAN KAY: Once
they're dropped off,

each person will
be totally alone.

There are no
producers with them.

And they must be ready for
whatever they encounter.

There's a learning
curve to this, you know?

Look into the lens,
not into the thing.

ALAN KAY: The crew continues to
teach the participants to use

their cameras.

So the top handle
actually has a separate slot

that it moves into.

OK.

ALAN KAY: I've got to say,
it was a lot to learn.

And it was not easy.

I don't look at
the viewfinder.

So you just look at what the--

Look-- look at how the-- the
line of this shutter thing--

- Yeah.
- To me, that looks great.

- OK.
- I mean--

Yeah, I got you.

OK, cool.

Yeah, that makes sense.

ALAN KAY: At the end of an
intense week of observation

and skill tests including camera
training, safety briefings,

shelter building
and fire starting,

the final 10 are selected.

These are the participants
of season 2 of "Alone."

MARY KATE: I love you.

Give you a kiss before you go.

Can I have a kiss right now?

Are you going to miss me?

Yeah.

No!

I am.

I'm a stay-at-home mother.

I have two daughters.

Out in the field,
I think that this

would be a good knife for me.

My other weapon of choice
is going to be an ax.

It serves as a hammer.

It's going to cut my firewood.

It's going to cut
my lodge poles.

It's going to keep me alive.

It's a really good tarp.

I think, if they're going to
give you a tarp as an option,

you better take it.

[scoffs]

I'm not, like, the normal
person that would sign up

for the show, that's a
survivalist, that's--

that's gung-ho about
studying their skills.

I'm not that person.

My work experience have been
tests of my own strength.

[inaudible]

Hotshots are wildland
firefighters.

I'm joining the hotshot crew.

And it's extremely stressful.

What I learned was that mental
strength can get you just

about anywhere.

Let's go check it out.

I'm the person that
says, I can do this.

I might drop you
down in the hole.

I grew up off the grid and
learned many different skills

or how to survive.

My kids-- that's the big
part, leaving the kids.

[daughter yelling]

I mean, who would want
to leave that face?

Who would want to
leave that face?

I wouldn't do it unless my
mom was watching my children.

So there you have it.

I want my kids to say, my mom
did that, or I can do that.

There's no stopping me.

Why would something stop me?

I want my girls to grow up
with a backbone, with a voice,

with strength and courage
to do what they want to do.

I may break.

I may thrive.

I may do something really
stupid that gets me in trouble.

I don't know.

All right, I'm out of here.

ALAN KAY: The remote
location of Vancouver Island

will present enormous challenges
for each of the season 2

participants.

And the endless hours on
your own can be brutal.

But our next survivalist
is looking forward

to the solitude.

[dramatic music]

RANDY: Just being
outside in nature

does a lot for-- for my spirit.

You always come
back feeling good.

You know, I call it,
like, a wilder high,

a little bit-- you know?

When you get back,
you're just, like,

sort of floating in cloud
nine for a couple of days.

It's great to have
stability, and a great house,

and all that sort of stuff.

But I've never really been
a conventional type person.

The idea of, like, going to work
from 9:00 to 5:00 and, like,

having a regular job--

I'm more interested in the
growth of the human spirit.

I have a girlfriend.

We've been together
for five years now.

She's excited for me.

She's a little nervous.

So how long do you think
you're going to last?

I have a great relationship
with my family, too.

They're super supportive.

They're really stoked for me.

And they're definitely my
rock and my support system.

He's going to do a
great job out there.

Choosing a career of
being a wilderness survival

instructor--

initially, my parents
were like, you

could be doing anything else.

It's a great job for me.

Throughout the entire time,
they've been super supportive.

This is sort of like a
culmination of all of the years

of training, all of the
books that I've read,

all of the going out and doing
it, and getting in the dirt

time.

It's about growth and, uh--

and sort of, like,
figuring out who you are

and what you're made of-- so.

I regularly do solo trips.

But I haven't really spent more
than just a couple of weeks,

you know, alone on a trip.

That's the hardest part
about this whole experience.

Wire for snares and for traps,
for lashing and for a cordage--

I mean, wire's
obviously super strong.

And it's also something that
I can use over and over again.

Packed and ready to go.

DAD: Here he is--
his senior picture.

We're going to miss him.

I'm excited.

But yeah, definitely sort
of mixed emotions right now.

ALAN KAY: The participants
are making their way

to Vancouver Island, the
same location as season 1.

It's so remote, it takes
multiple planes to get there.

And to me, the journey
felt like forever.

RANDY: Departure,
ticketing, and valet.

I said goodbye to my girls.

That was a very
difficult thing to do.

Really hard saying
goodbye to the kids.

I've been through some really
difficult things in life.

This won't be the
first time for me

that everything's
been stripped away--

15 years in Brazil
as a missionary.

I think I'm emotionally
well equipped

to handle the isolation.

To a certain extent,
that kind of experience

really does-- does me well.

It kind of reset something
very basic in me.

I taught survival in two
venues on a ministry basis.

The other was with
paying customers.

I'm no longer in the ministry.

I am leaving behind
my three kids.

I wish I could
take you guys with.

Um, no.

DAVID: Well, you haven't
lived till you've

wiped your butt with moss.

[daughter laughing]

I am not married.

I do not have a girlfriend.

I am as free as a man
can be at this moment.

I'm really glad you
finally get to do this.

I don't want to
fail technically.

As the weather progresses and
it might get very hard to stay--

to stay fed, that's
my main concern--

is being able to eat enough.

And that raw, wet cold
is about the worst.

I take him to the park.

I sit here on the bench.

And he climbs trees and
does the slack line.

Then there's the psychology.

I don't know what the psychology
of being alone for that

long is going to do to me.

That does kind of scare me.

He climbed stuff
before he could walk.

The biggest and bulkiest item
I'm taking is a 0-degree bag.

The second item is a
US Army bivy sack--

basically, a Gortex cover that
goes over the sleeping bag.

Because I know, on the
island with that much rain,

I just do not want to have--

take any chance of
getting my bag wet.

So this is the most dangerous
thing I'm taking with me.

One slip with this, and I could
very easily take myself out

of the show altogether--
off the island.

My faith is a huge part
of what I'm doing here.

This show is called "Alone."

But I don't ever
feel like I'm alone.

This is not the first time my
faith will have been tested

or tried.

I just want to
get out and do it.

I'm really tired of
talking about it.

I'm going to go out there
and get my butt kicked.

[music playing]

ALAN KAY: As participants
make their way

to the island from all over
America, anticipation builds.

I'm getting a little excited.

I'll be a little bit more
excited once I actually

make it there.

The isolation issue out there--

I don't think it'll
bother me at all.

You know, I'm used
to being by myself.

I've been alone pretty
much in everything I do.

I joined the military at age 19.

I enjoyed every moment of
it-- love to serve my country.

All those tours in Iraq--

if I was going to die, to me,
I should have died a long time

ago.

What's going on, everybody?

How's everybody doing?

[cheering]

That's my sister, my auntie.

That's my cousin here-- the
oldest of all the grandkids

in my family and cousins.

My brother right here.
Everybody, this is my brother.

This is my grandma right there
and the rest of my family

right here.
I don't have any kids.

I'm not married.

I think that's an advantage
to me over everybody else.

I grew up in a small town.

It was a little violent--

my wonderful mother right here.

My mom put us into Boy
Scouts and things like that.

Desmond is my
adventurous child.

DESMOND: Some of the solace
that I had was coming out

to the lakes and going fishing.

My mom started to notice.

So she brought us out to get
us away from the city life.

And instead of going out and
partying with our friends,

we went fishing, instead.

This is pretty much the
fishing string of hooks

I'm going to have, OK?

A 40-pound test line.

I looked at the history of
the island and what the people

before us did.

A lot of their food
came from fishing.

300 yards of fishing--

fishing line.

So that is my strong suit.

I think it does
give me a leg up.

Nah, if the bear-- if
the bear come around me,

I'm going to say, hey, bear.

But you know, I ain't
going to tap out.

And then if the bear grab me--
if somebody see the bear fight,

they need to help
the bear fight.

[laughter]

I'll come back 20 pounds heavier
and with a bear-skin suit

on for beating the [bleep].

Go off in there with
everything else.

Oh!

As he go out on this adventure
and this journey of this life,

Lord, that he will experience
great and awesome things,

that you will protect him.

You will guide
him in Jesus name.

Amen.

Amen.

[cheering]

You're going to come up
there and cook for me while we

- out there?
- Hell, no.

DESMOND: I'm not the type
of person to give up.

I was always raised to go
and continue to do something

until the bitter end.

[dramatic music]

ALAN KAY: After traveling
from across North America,

the participants arrive at
Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.

The Quatsino had lived on
Vancouver Island for over 1,000

years.

These First Nation
people have a tradition

of going off into the forest
alone as a rite of passage.

As the participants
witness the ancient dance

given for warriors
embarking on their journey,

it's a chance for them to pay
respect to the First Nation

people and for the Quatsino
to bless the 10 on the journey

they're about to take.

[chanting]

For one of the participants,
the connection to native people

is personal.

LARRY: It sounds funny.

But when I was a kid, I
wanted to grow up and be

a Native American.

I mean that's-- when my parents
asked me what I wanted to grow

up to be, that was it.

How they lived with nature
rather than against nature--

there's a method to
living with the wilderness

rather than against it.

This is my wife, Rachel.

So we've been married for--

how long's it been?

How long's it been now?

27 years-- something like that.

26, right?

LARRY: So this is my son.

This was a graduation picture.

This is my daughter.

[laughing]

See you, goofball.

You can practice in
your backyard all day,

every day all you want.

You're never
really, truly tested

until you go into the woods for
an indefinite amount of time.

I constructed just
a big lean-to.

Can someone sustain
themselves out there?

Absolutely.

Can you do it by yourself
at this particular time

of the year?

We'll find out.

I want to step back
away from the life

that I'm living right now, get
a little more introspective,

and find out, what's
my next step in life?

I've been married
since I was 18.

I've had my first
kid when I was 21.

That's what I wanted to do.

That's what I should have done.

I decided to have those kids.

I devoted my life to them.

A lot of people got to
experience stuff like this

before they got married.

I never did.

It's going to be
an amazing journey.

And it's-- it's my time.

I've got my hooks in here.

I've got an assortment of hooks.

I need to make sure that I
keep my calories up, keep

hydrated for sure,
find a source of water.

This fishing line, it's
also a very strong cordage.

This can be used for snares.

My ax-- if I have to
give something up, I'll

give up something
other than a tool.

In other words, I'd like
to go very tool heavy.

This is kind of a
unique little saw.

RACHEL: I'll miss him.

But we love him.

He needs this opportunity.

He's really excited about this.

I'm really excited.
RACHEL: I know you are.

And when you're out
there, remember us.

And remember that
we support you.

And we love you.
And we're really happy for you.

We love you.

LARRY: Love you, too.

RACHEL: He doesn't quit.

Something will have
to take him out.

Because he won't
take himself out.

That's the work.

I can't wait.

ALAN KAY: For the final
10, life on the island

can be incredibly challenging.

Winds can whip up to hurricane
force during the winter months.

But for our next participant,
the harsh winter weather

is commonplace.

One of my favorite sounds.

[loons crying]

Loons crying.

I hope you can hear it.

This is one of the reasons
why I went, uh, to the north--

to hear the cry of the loon.

[dramatic music]

I consider myself to be an
aboriginal-minded person.

I look at the world with
the eyes of somebody

that is native.

This is a Yukon territory, a
couple of hundred kilometers

south of the Arctic Circle
in Northwest Canada.

That's what I call
my hobbit table.

All sorts of things
get done there.

I do leather tooling.

I work on arrows, as well.

I carve.

You can not impose your
presence on the bush.

The bush can have you anytime.

So I don't perceive
nature as hostile.

One pair of outdoor pants--

this is one of my underpants.

When all around
you is olive drab,

and the sky is gray,
and seeing bright colors

can have a positive
effect on you.

Hey, what about the
personal photograph?

My wife, Shauna-- here's
a bunch of pictures.

My wife here is from Canada.

I will get my permanent
residence here.

Is this supposed to
be a good one of me?

Yes.
[laughing]

Oh, OK.

It was a nice shot there.

SHAUNA: No.

JOSE: I have a good
background for solving

all sorts of problems
that can come up there.

But I can't solve every problem.

I'm interested in, what did
the local native people do?

Pretty much 80%
of their resources

or more came off the ocean.

This gill net, it's
a 3-by-3-inch mesh.

I'm targeting big fish.

That's when I'm going
with a big gauge.

OK, this is a multi
tool that I modified.

What good are screwdrivers
to me out there in a place

without screws?

This, I made into a
small chisel that can

cut holes real quick and easy.

And this guy here, I ground
into a miniature version

of a crooked knife.

SHAUNA: I'm happy you can go.

But I'm going to miss you.

JOSE: It's nice that there
is a prize and all that.

But, uh, it's a
wonderful opportunity

to-- to reach out and
inspire people to spend more

time in nature to try to get
in touch with their ancestry.

For the longest
part of our history,

we have been Stone Age people.

What we are is cave
people with CDs.

And we're really confused.

[music playing]

ALAN KAY: With only
five days till launch,

the participants are training
extensively, learning

about the local area and
continuing to practice

their camera skills.

JIM CLAIR: We're from the
Department of Fisheries

and Oceans Canada.

ALAN KAY: The participants
must abide by all local hunting

and fishing laws while they
live on Vancouver Island.

JIM CLAIR: Red tide
plays a big factor.

The levels are still too high.

It can bring death very quickly.

You guys have been given
permits that give you

the privileges that a BC
resident has to hunt and fish.

Where you are going,
it's fairly simple.

Because there's not a lot
of diversity-- maybe deer.

There's black bears.

There's wolves.

There's cougars.

ALAN KAY: They are then
walked through the emergency

kit they'll be supplied with.

The basic first aid kit--

these are your handheld flares.

Three people used these last
year to scare away bears.

[dramatic music]

TRACY: Each person has to dig
deep to be able to make it

past whatever it is that they
have to endure to get to where

they want to be.

[gun shot]

I'm hoping I can put myself
in a presence of mind

to be able to be accepting of
what that island has to teach.

I am former law enforcement
and former military.

I'm currently living out
on the Appalachian Trail

trying to find hope and peace.

I'm very fortunate.

I still have my parents.

I have my daughter and my son.

I have two of my
three grandchildren

here with me today.

These are dove breasts and a
couple skewers of dove hearts

from dove we
harvested yesterday.

Come give me my hug.

Owen, hug, kisses.

I'll see you
when I see you, OK?

It's the last time I get
to see him till I get back.

I've been through
quite a bit in my life,

been witness to a lot
of very difficult things

that have been very,
very emotionally

and physically trying.

That island will
renew my sense of hope

in people, as well as myself.

Molly.

[dog barking]

Molly has been with
me from day one.

The longest I've been away from
Molly is been about a week.

I think she's upset
with me right now,

because I am leaving.

I was so relieved to find
this pot because of the spout,

and the handles, and everything.

The KA-BAR is a fantastic,
awesome knife-- high carbon,

very, very, very strong blade.

I can use it to drill holes.

I can use the end to
flint map or rake.

My biggest fear--
quick and easy--

it's that I will not be there
long enough to find the answers

to the questions that I have.

[dramatic music]

ALAN KAY: This
season, 10 new sites

were selected for
the participants.

Every location had to be
as equal to the others

as it could.

Each had to have a water source.

There must be food
resources, whether that's

plants, mushrooms, or fish in
the area and timber for shelter

and firewood.

The sites were randomly
picked by each person.

Each fortune cookie
has a number in it.

Pick a cookie.

Crack it open.

And that's your site.

Site number 6.

Site number 4.

7.

5.

ALAN KAY: Each
site is different.

One may have easy
access to fresh water

but may require a rugged
walk to find flat ground,

while another may have
access to a nice-sized cove

but lack direct sunlight.

I don't know how
I feel about this--

site number 10.

I only have one
person next to me.

That's probably good.

All right.
Awesome.

Want to bring this to the fire?

I'm rotating wood today and
getting things just battened

down and ready
for when I'm gone.

It's going to be harder
to leave these guys--

my son, Colton, who's 12.

Hi.

My son, Quinn, who's
7, my partner, Carson.

The longest I've been away
from my kids is seven weeks.

I love you more
than you love me.

No, I love you more.

No I love you more
than you love me.

No I love you more
than you love me.

COLTON: I'm confident my
mom will do well out there,

because she's awesome.

She's independent.

And she's reliable.

What's up?

I am a safari guide in Africa.

I work primarily with
the Kalahari Bushmen.

I also work in anthropology,
teaching at Prescott College.

And I am a primitive
skills instructor.

And I love my life.

[laughing]

To test the skills that I've
taught for so many years--

it's going to be
really exciting for me.

I teach medicinal plants, how
to make medicinal tinctures.

I make mostly all
my own medicine.

I think my mental
fortitude will help a lot.

I've had, uh, some major trauma
in my life, both spiritual

and physical.

15 years ago, I couldn't walk.

I have multiple sclerosis.

I was put on all
this medication.

A couple of years into
that, I just said,

this isn't working for me.

Oh, and there's heal-all.

And it heals everything.

Nature was one of
my biggest healers.

Mm.

There's not as much
variety on Vancouver Island

as there is here.

So I'll be a little limited
for some of the things

that I-- my common
go-tos for medicine.

I'm a little nervous.

You know, I think, to to go into
it with a big head thinking,

oh, I'm going to
do great at this--

I think that's just silly.

I think anyone going
in with that idea

doesn't realize how hard it is.

Hypothermia is probably
my most serious concern.

There was no way I was going
to not bring a sleeping bag.

It's a minus-30 bag.

A silky saw-- cuts
through stuff like butter.

The cutting edge on
here is extremely sharp.

My next item is a pan.

Voila!

We could have gone
with a two-quart pot.

This is more like 10 quarts.

The drawback is
that there's no lid.

I just thought, size
matters in this case.

[playing guitar]

I've been through some
trauma in my life, the death

of my stepson,
um, two years ago.

And, uh--

[exhales sharply]

He drowned.

He was missing for a long time.

And I spent a month looking
for him until we figured out

what happened to him.

And I've been able
to come through it

and still have joy and
happiness in my life.

I'm a happy, joyful person, even
though I'm crying right now.

Um, having gone through
traumatic experiences

will be a blessing, because
I've had to deal with grief.

And I've had to deal
with my [bleep]..

You know?

Like, we all have it.

Whew!

Vancouver Island,
ugh, here I come.

[laughing]

[dramatic music]

We have a shirt, woolen.

ALAN KAY: In addition
to the 10 survival tools

each person must
select, the participants

must also decide
what they'll wear.

They're only allowed a
certain amount of clothing.

But they're on their own to
select the specific garments.

Then we have to woolen
sweaters, thermal underwear,

the choice of either a
baseball cap or a brimmed hat,

or a light jacket.

Most importantly out
here is the rain gear--

high-legged hunting
boots, scarf, Gators,

three pairs of socks, a
pair sandals, underwear,

two pairs of gloves,
two pairs of pants--

and then that all goes down into
the pack that we supplied them.

And if it gets damaged, they
have to repair it themselves.

ALAN KAY: The dangers
are real on the island.

The participants are supplied
with emergency equipment.

Every safety effort has
been taken to keep everyone

as safe as possible
while they are alone.

DAN: This is all the essentials
they need to help them survive.

And if a major issues
happen, then they

can contact us-- basic
backcountry medical kit,

their personal flotation
devices, pepper spray, hand

flares, air horns, bear scarers.

They'll give a blast
on these air horns.

And hopefully, that'll
frighten away the game.

[blast]

So then it comes
to communications.

Here we have the SAT phone
if they need to contact us--

if they can't contact
us any other way.

This is how we monitor them.

We can send messages.

And they can send messages.

This is their lifeline to us.

ALAN KAY: The yellow GPS not
only allows producers to track

the movement of
every participant,

it also serves as
the tap-out button.

If you're in serious trouble,
emotionally distraught,

or simply ready to go
home, a push of the button

brings in the rescue
crew in minutes.

This is your buddy.

Keep it on you all the time.

If you hit this
button, it means--

You're out.

Yeah, you're tapping up.

Coast Guard will be
alerted, stuff like that.

Because that is the
emergency button,

where you're in deep [bleep].

OK, you hit this.

And you need us
in there as quick

as you can to come rescue you.

Because if not,
you're going to die.

You're in immediate danger,
and you're going to die.

ALAN KAY: I never
tapped the button.

But I was glad to know I
had an instant line to help

in case anything went wrong.

Our next participant knows a
few things about staying safe

in dangerous conditions.

[dramatic music]

JUSTIN: I was in the
Army for about 15 years.

I recently got out.

For the majority of that
time, I was either a sniper

or working down at
the sniper school.

I founded and I'm the director
of an organization called Hike

to Survive, where we take
veterans on overnight camping

trips.

There's a huge suicide epidemic
in the veteran community.

We're trying to give guys
a purpose and a connection

before they get to that point.

And to me, that's-- that's
what keeps me going.

[insects chirping]

When I get out in the woods,
everything just kind of

slows down.

I think that's, you know,
partly from doing what

I did in the military.

You're sitting in a
hole with, you know,

a couple other guys for
three, four, five days.

You're pissing and
[bleep] in your bag.

Survival is a big part of that.

Being in the military, you still
have that human interaction,

which is vastly different.

This is a strange situation.

You look like a caterpillar.

JUSTIN: Very few
people have ever

gone out by themselves
completely shut off

from-- from everybody.

And they only historical
ones I can think of

went crazy pretty fast.

So--

[laughing]

I'm about halfway there, anyway.

So it's-- it's not-- not--
not too big of a jump.

All the years in the military,
if you have one thing,

it's-- it's going to be this.

So I have two
blades, one regular.

The other one is serrated.

I have, uh, three stepkids,
but I raised them.

I actually have a grandbaby.

Over the course of 15 years
active duty in the military,

years of my life have been spent
away from family, and friends,

and-- and everything else.

So that is a normalcy for me.

I'm getting ready to go
through, uh-- through a divorce.

For some people, that
might weigh heavy on them,

you know, going in, and
doing this, and having that

in the back part of their head.

For me, it will allow me
to release a little bit.

Some people want to
challenge themselves.

This is that challenge
that I've always

wanted to put myself through.

ALAN KAY: With only
one day until launch,

the participants pack their bags
with the 10 pre-approved items

they've selected
from a list of 50.

A good sleeping bag.

ALAN KAY: Everyone has chosen
to bring sleeping bags, ferro

rods, saws, axes, and
either a pot or pan.

Knives, gill nets, fish
hooks, and emergency rations

are common choices, as well.

But some have decided
to bring unique items.

This is a hammock.

This blue rope here is
basically braided fishing line,

a closed-steel
ring-- a lot of stuff

I can do with a steel ring.

From the steel ring to the
actual net of the hammock

is an extra 20 feet of paracord.

The actual net itself--

it's basically a gill net--

five or six different
things in one.

So I went with smaller,
sharp, high-quality saw with

the curbed blade
and the large teeth.

This particular, uh,
saw works on the draw.

There will always
be those times where

I got to deal with my painful
past and hurtful history.

Back in the '60s,
Mom and Dad weren't

quite ready to be
married and to have kids.

We were sent to a Boys
Town in Omaha, Nebraska.

I got kicked out when I was 15.

So like, where do you go when
the orphanage kicks you out,

right?

I joined the Air Force
as a survival instructor.

We would go to the
mountains and learn

how to survive there, go to
the desert, out on the ocean--

how to survive as
a prisoner of war.

Wow.

Look at that guy.

If a bear comes after me,
he better think twice.

I've been teaching men,
women, and children

how to survive in the
wilderness, how to set up

a trap, how to build a shelter,
how to make friction fires.

I am so busy teaching it
that I rarely have a chance

to go on missions.

Now, if you were going with
me, we could share body heat.

Barbara is just this
kind, compassionate woman.

I am blessed that she loves me
and likes being married to me.

I'm going to, of course,
bring a ferro rod

with an orange attachment
for striking it that

will prevent me from losing it.

BARBARA: Fiona knows
something is up.

I don't know how
you know, but--

aw, poor baby.

I want to prove to
myself that I can do it.

I'm not out there
to beat nature.

I'm out there to
cooperate with nature.

I have three children.

I'm a grandfather by three.

When my daughter passed,
she was only 10 years old.

In those situations
where I am alone, those--

those memories are larger than
they are ever at any time.

I am going to learn in a
deeper, more amazing way

how to live with that painful
past and hurtful history.

ALAN KAY: Like
last year, the cast

is on Quatsino Sound,
Northwest Vancouver Island.

This rugged landscape goes
from fjords to the sea.

It's got abundant forests
from cedar to hemlock.

A large population
of cougars and wolves

roam free alongside black bears.

It's one of Mother
Nature's gems, exposed

to the massive
waves of the Pacific

and the treasures she brings in.

From ropes to plastic bottles,
what was trash to others

became indispensable
tools for me.

I could walk on
the beach and find

100 feet of rope, which
I could turn again

into 800 feet of rope.

It's all down to
luck and chance.

And that is part of
the game out here.

[dramatic music]

It's easy to have a romantic
idea that fish can be picked

out of the water with bare hands
and that hunting big game will

be easy and abundant.

That idea soon changes
when you get out here,

and it rains for
30 days in a row.

OK, that wasn't too bad.

Before launch, the crew does
a gear drop at each location.

The heavy cases they're hauling
contain additional cameras.

So when each participant gets to
his site, they're ready to go--

no handholding.

The location of each gear stash
is marked with a bright ribbon

to ensure it's easy to find.

See ya.

Good luck.

ALAN KAY: I remember
exiting my chopper last year

and immediately feeling
that I was on my own.

So this is home.

We are here.

This is crazy.

I'm a complete lunatic.

[dramatic music]

After an intense
week of training,

it's up to the participants
to survive alone.

It's hard to describe how I
felt standing there, excited,

anxious, scared, and determined.

I can tell you this, no
matter how much they think

they're ready, they're not.

You don't know what you're
going to encounter until you're

out there.

And sometimes, the
biggest challenge

isn't bears or the cold.

It might just be the
predator inside you.

TRACY: It's the
anticipation, the build up,

the time that we spent from the
applications, the screening,

the boot camp, everything
all the way up till now,

all the traveling, the
saying goodbye to family--

the last couple minutes.

I'm ready.

[dramatic music]

I just want to see where
I'm going to be living

for the next couple months.

As we get my piece of ground,
I can what I have to work with.

[dramatic music]

The long wait is nearly over.

[dramatic music]

Now I'm just ready to get
out to my site and just start,

you know?

Keep it simple.

That's what I always say.

I'm just ready to get out there.

[dramatic music]

- OK, here we go.
- Ah!

Ha, ha!

Woo!

[alarm sounding]

[dramatic music]

I shaved my beard.

It was kind of a--

I'm going to start changing the
way that I live my life now.

I'm feeling really anxious.

But besides having kids, this
is about the most exciting thing

I've ever felt.

[dramatic music]

You've been in these
before, have you?

A couple times.

[beeping]

[engine whirring]

[dramatic music]

ALAN KAY: The 10 embarking
on this adventure

are about to take part in
something only a small handful

of people can truly understand.

The experience will test them,
break them, build them up,

and tear them down.

No matter how
their journeys end,

they will walk away
profoundly changed.

It will be the first
time in their lives

that they will be
100% alone, struggling

to survive in complete
isolation, all

while the whole
world watches on.

I wish I was on that
boat going out again.

Good luck to them all.

[dramatic music]

Now they're on their own.

We're about to embark on an
extended wilderness survival

experience.

This is it.

It has begun.

Oh, my god, I'm alone.

[laughing]

What the hell have I done?

When you're out
here in the woods,

it's just amazing how
hard everything is.

[dramatic music]

It is not easy going out here.

50-mile-an-hour winds--
I've got to go back to camp.

[groaning]

I swear to God, if that
thing chews my sleeping bag up,

I'm blowing this place up.

I'm so disappointed
in myself right now.

If you suffer a
mechanical injury,

there's nobody here to help you.

If I don't start catching
fish and soon, I'm a goner.

Look at that!

Squished mouse-- my favorite.

I'm starting to see more
and more signs of bears.

I just heard a loud
noise out there.

I'm not sure what it was.

[whistling]

Hey, bear.

Yo, bear.

I got to get out of here.

Oh, my god, the
bears are here--

not good.

Hey, don't come over here.

Get out of here!

ALAN KAY: Season 2 of
"Alone" starts now.

[dramatic music]