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It's right near the backbone where it hurts the most.

I would suggest a helicopter evacuation.

Is that it okay?

So we have to extract him.

We have to extract you now as well.

Yeah!

Oh my god, my brother's here.

You're alive!

Yeah!

Five fish.

I've got a meal, yes!

This forest just tears you up.

Hey dad!

Oh my god.

This is gonna be an incredible challenge.

We're gonna be dropped off in separate locations and one of us has to find the other.

There he goes!

I've got the way to my brother.

Hopefully he'll be here soon.

Please come tomorrow.

I don't know where I'm going.

How long I'm gonna be out here.

All I have is a compass bearing.

It's a needle in a haystack.

Can I even make it to base camp?

Dad!

No way.

Everything around you is telling you you need to go home.

Please leave me alone!

If you don't work as a team, it's game over.

I can't hold the whole thing up.

$500,000 would be life-changing.

I know.

I feel like life has sucked out of me.

He's coming.

He sees me.

Look at the size of that thing.

That big giant spider was crawling on me.

It woke me right up.

Holy cow.

Oh my goodness.

It's huge.

It's gotta go.

You shall not live in my house.

Spider violence.

Now try to go to sleep.

Sweet dreams.

I wonder if I'll see Dave today.

Oh, I so hope so.

Where are you, honey?

Miss you.

When is he gonna get here?

All I can do is wait and make this place better every second.

I think I'm gonna work on my shelter a little bit more.

I want to make a raised bed.

You can see the slope I'm dealing with here.

If I could get this place leveled out with some kind of a barrier underneath us,

that would get us off the ground.

I would give you some insulation.

Maybe one more thing I could do to make him comfortable when he gets here.

These will hold the logs in place so I can fill in rest.

Being alone and surviving has been tough.

But I've been working so hard the last couple days and realized I'm so much

stronger, so much smarter, so much more capable than what I thought.

I just can't wait to be reunited and do this with Dave.

I'm thinking layers of cedar and hemlock and then moss on top of that.

I want to sleep comfortably.

This isn't too bad.

Oh, my God.

And we're off the ground.

Finished floor.

It's good.

Six inches deep.

It really makes this space in here more usable.

I have a feeling Dave isn't coming today.

I don't know why, I just don't have a feeling that he's coming today.

I'm really surprised I'm still alone.

I'm completely frickin' burned out on hiking.

But what I'm really burned out on, more than anything else,

is this black t-shirt that has been wet since day one.

Day two, actually.

And this morning, again, I've got to put this monstrosity on.

I hate you, black t-shirt.

Oh, I can't believe I'm doing this.

I hate this shirt.

Oh, my goodness.

Not only is it wet, which is horrible.

It also smells really bad, because I've been hiking in it for days.

It's just gross.

I think we can pretty much pack this show up and get going.

I'm so close to the coast, I can smell it.

But I got this thing to deal with.

Nasty, nasty river.

Ripping down through here.

That's straight down.

Not sure what to do.

I could easily walk across this log, but that's 20 feet above the river.

That totally goes against every drain in my body to be 20 foot above a river like this.

One slip and, you know, if you do a header into the rocks, that's it.

Let's see if we can pick our way down here.

What is the best way to do this?

There really isn't the best way to do it.

Wish me luck.

Okay.

Get up onto here.

I don't know if I can trust this, honky.

Okay.

I wonder about that, because that could be deep.

There is no telling.

I can make it to that rock.

Famous last words of a guy with a wet leg.

Good deal.

I think the coast is over the next Ridge.

Look, way out there.

It's hard to see it, but... there's the ocean out there.

My heading is that direction.

It's unreal to have been at this for days and days and days.

And you finally see where you're going.

Brooke is right over there.

One mile.

Three miles?

Who knows?

But she's out there.

She's right out there somewhere.

Stuff's getting hard.

I have no idea how much further I have to go.

I'm guessing...

Ted is somewhere on the coast below.

It's probably another two days.

And I'm completely out of food.

It's concerning.

I'm feeling kind of nervous, you know, that I'm just not going to be able to make it.

That I don't have enough food.

I'm hoping that Ted's harvested a deer.

Tanned the hide.

Smoked the meat.

But save some fresh, you know, filet mignon kind of thing for me.

Ted is the only other guy I know that can handle just being cold and wet and

miserable and doing hard physical labor day after day.

I know that he's doing really awesome.

Right now, I'm going to pick a whole bunch of the Greens.

There's what I think is watercress here and a whole bunch of dandelion Greens.

And maybe those will give me an extra push.

Dandelions have more nutrients in them than broccoli.

Dandelion Greens, that is.

It's going to be a nutritious morsel.

Not a filling one, but a nutritious one.

These here are salal buds.

These almost have like a little bit of a sweet flavor to them.

Just something to give me a few calories to keep me going.

All right, here are a few nice looking dandelion Greens again.

Oh my God.

I see a grouse up ahead.

That's some much needed protein.

I'm going to try to kill it.

Oh my God.

I'm using this rock wall right ahead of me.

It has a natural barrier.

It's just going to allow me to sneak up on it.

I see a grouse up ahead.

I'm going to try to kill it.

So close.

Man, that stick just missed it.

Like, literally by one inch.

Damn it.

Look, I smashed my GoPro.

Whipped off my head.

Man, that would have been so freaking awesome to have gotten that.

Well, all in all, foraging is just not going to be able to cut it.

Only watercress and the dandelion green, so it's going to be a skimpy dinner tonight.

I'm feeling nervous that I'm not getting enough protein.

I'm going to keep pushing to find Ted, but

unfortunately, it takes X amount of calories.

If your car runs out of gas, you can't go anywhere.

Today is the first day that I have to actually take a number two.

I'm sure you all wanted to hear that, but what that says to

me is I haven't really eaten enough since I got out here.

So...

I guess you're all wondering what we're like with out here.

Moths.

There's a few different varieties.

This one's not bad.

There's some better ones.

You might think it sucks, but it's all moist.

It's sort of like, got a spritz.

Like at the grocery store, the spritz of the vegetables.

And, you know, it's a dual action cleaner.

It's better than you think.

Believe me.

Sometimes it's better than toilet paper.

Yay.

Don't worry, I'll spare you on watching that one.

The tide is way out, and I'm going to check my Gill net.

The first couple days, my Gill net was amazing.

Caught me five fish, and then it's just nothing.

I haven't caught anything in it.

I'm feeling some of the effects of hunger already.

Things are really starting to get hard.

Things that are simple for me, I'm finding challenging.

Really exhausting.

I'm really needing food.

They say you can't go through a period of significant

change without also going through a period of pain.

Hopefully, for me, it's a positive change, and

I come out of this experience a better person.

Come on, baby.

Don't see any fish in it.

Son of a bitch.

Man, that's upsetting.

That's... that's really upsetting.

I'm freaking starving.

I should probably spend the next little while harvesting limpets.

I have to really come up with a more sustainable, better way of collecting food.

Especially when Jim gets here, like, we're going

to need way more food than I'm getting now.

That's... that's going to be the deciding factor here.

It's a lot of work to clean tiny ones.

I feel like when Jim gets here, it's going to give me a real boost.

And it won't be so difficult to do everything.

Oh, this is bad.

I lost my axe.

It's gone.

I have no idea when it fell off.

I have no idea where it could have been.

I don't know what I'm going to do.

There's no point to even try to look for it.

There's no way I would ever find it.

Whew.

I can't believe I've lost my axe before I've even gotten to meet up with my dad.

I was like, oh, hey, dad, I'm finally here.

By the way, the axe is gone.

Sorry.

This is the roughest forest I have ever been in.

Probably the roughest forest there is in the world.

I am not lying to you.

I am not kidding.

And I'm just out here getting beat to death every day.

Day in, day out.

Just trying to cover ground.

Just trying to meet up with my dad.

I don't want to get to my dad when I'm already half dead.

And every step I take is...

I mean, it's just one step closer to the last step I'm going to take.

This hike is just devastating.

I'm just ready.

I'm just ready to give up.

Hello!

Sam!

I hope Sam shows up today.

I keep hollering for him every once in a while.

Sam!

He'll answer me when he gets here, I guess.

I've had virtually nothing to eat today.

Almost nothing at all.

Just a little sea asparagus.

I've got to eat something.

I'm getting so weak, I can barely do anything.

So, as much as I find them distasteful, I'm going to go out and eat some limpets.

Raw.

Because I don't have anything dry to even start a fire with.

Everything is so wet.

Oh, God.

I don't want to eat limpets.

I want a cheeseburger so bad.

I started going out fishing and crabbing with my dad when I was very young.

I would go along, even when it was just him doing the fishing.

My mom says she has a picture of me somewhere with

a bag of candy in one hand and a fish in the other.

Man cannot live on limpets alone.

Started taking Sam out with me when he was just young also.

He loves fishing.

He loves the outdoors.

He goes crazy if he has to stay inside for any length of time.

He's a true outdoorsman.

I'm proud of that.

Yeah, that's enough.

Man, I wish I knew when Sam was going to get here.

Must be brutal.

He doesn't even have a shelter set up.

I don't think that I could do what he's doing.

It would be too much for me, I think.

I'm getting a little too old for that stuff.

Definitely coming to grips with my limitations.

Man, I'm getting exhausted.

I'll tell you that right now.

It's hard for me to keep moving on at this point.

It's not easy.

Just doing this with no food like the way I'm doing it.

And just to feel every last ounce of energy being sucked out of me.

I've got to stop and make camp here because I'm just beat as hell.

One of the things that keeps me going when times get tough is thinking about what it

used to be like for outdoorsmen and for people whose

way of life was living off the land in remote areas.

I mean, today, everybody's so spoiled.

You know, people have quads, they have snowmobiles, they have powerboats,

they have jeeps.

Back then, a good hunter was an athlete.

Now, a good hunter can be grossly obese and just bomb everywhere on a quad.

What I'm doing right now was just commonplace at one time.

And you realize that a lot of what you think is hard is really just in your head.

What we think is our breaking point is nowhere close to where it actually is.

If anything's possible, doing things by your own sweat and blood, your own muscle.

And that's definitely what we're doing out here.

It's looking all right.

There's a fresh pile of mountain lion right next to where I'm camping.

Even looks like a little trail going down that way.

A little mountain lion trail.

Spent so much time setting up, I feel worn down and tired.

This is home for the night.

Now, the part of the day where I put on my dry clothes.

Oh, it's just my favorite part of the day.

Just my favorite.

Oh, wait a minute.

Wait for it.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, there's that feeling.

That warm, dry feeling.

Nothing like it.

Holy.

Something's out there.

Something's looking at me, crouched down.

It might be the cougar.

Staring at me.

If it is a cougar.

Let's go, baby.

Come on.

Something's out there.

Something's looking at me, crouched down.

Probably be the out of it.

If it is a cougar.

Let's go, baby.

Come on.

Go.

I can't see.

Nothing.

Probably took off.

But still lots of time to get eaten.

Maybe tomorrow I'll see Ted.

Maybe it'll be a couple more days.

Hard to tell though.

When I have no idea where I am or how far I need to go still.

I don't see how anyone could go a whole lot faster though.

Kind of wish there was more limpets over in this section.

There really just aren't many at all.

I've seen one through here.

In this whole section I've seen one limpet.

And that's what I was thinking I was going to fish with.

I might have to go back.

What do we have here?

Not a limpet, but someone's garbage.

Look at that.

A water bottle.

That's a find.

Wow.

Look what I found.

I can saw the top off and turn that inside out

to catch minnows and fish and little things.

Or I could use it as a little canteen because all I have is a pot right now.

I'm finding stuff, but I'm not finding food.

Oh man.

So hungry.

Being in this spot is going to be very challenging.

There's some shore crabs and some limpets, but there's

not a lot of rocks to turn over with food under them.

My Gill net has just been an absolute nightmare.

I just, I haven't caught anything in it throughout the past probably five days.

Just had a look at the net and I can't fully

see it, but it looks like there's nothing in it.

It's pretty upsetting.

By the time Jim gets here, I'd like to have a little more done than just a piece

of shelter and a Gill net set up with no food for him.

It's not easy carrying a 60 pound pack with no food.

And when he gets here, there's just nothing.

So realistically, we're going to have to get other

food sources or we're not going to last long here.

My cove here has absolutely no action.

Nothing.

I'm not seeing any fish.

So I was thinking of starting to make a boat.

It's a nice curve here.

The front of the boat you imagine goes like that.

I'm telling you, when you're hungry, you move slower.

You work.

You can't make your decisions as easily.

Out here, every little decision is just magnified.

It has to be the right decision or you have to

commit to it and make it the right decision.

And that's one of the things I'm struggling with.

This would be the middle of my boat or makeshift canoe, whatever you want to call it.

And then this piece here is the front.

I'll have ridges coming across here and across the back or this other side.

And then a few more pieces running the length.

And then I wrap it with the tarp.

So much pressure on everything.

It's a really hard burden.

I really hope when there's two people here, we can come to decisions together.

And work at things together and start producing some results.

What do you think of that?

Starting to look like a boat or what?

I don't know if what I'm doing is the right thing to do at this moment in time.

I feel terrible just knowing that if I fail, we don't get a second chance.

Oops.

Hit my head.

Maybe I'll find some more treasures out here.

A couple of water bottles.

Maybe good traps.

Little fishies.

Oh, I hope Dave shows up today.

Be such a boost.

I hate to get my hopes up.

I mean, I have no idea how far away he started.

His pace.

I don't know.

I'm hopeful, but...

I've been thinking that for the last three days and he hasn't showed up.

I see some netting with some floats.

Oh my gosh.

I'm gonna go around the other way.

Holy crap.

This is awesome.

Wow.

The mother load.

This is awesome.

There's a lot of line in there.

We can make a net.

A Gill net would be fantastic.

Oh.

Wow.

This sucker is heavy.

It's gonna be a project getting it all out, but that's a score.

It's not gonna untangle itself.

Gotta make progress.

We gotta eat.

That is freaky.

And I'm like, Mom!

Mom!

It scared me for a second.

Very odd noise.

Hey, how's it going?

I can't tell where his voice is coming from.

Can you hear me?

Be just a few minutes.

He's here.

I'm gonna cry.

He's here.

Holy.

Oh, my.

Oh, my goodness.

I'm so happy to see you.

Oh, man.

How are you doing?

Just having to see you.

What a great reception.

Oh.

You stink.

Oh, I smell like a dead pig.

You're skinny.

You've lost weight.

You look fantastic.

Look at you.

Well, thanks for the moment of confidence.

I can't believe I'm here.

Would you like to see your home?

Let's go.

I've been working really hard to get this set up for you so you can rest.

Oh, and this is our Meadow.

Love the Meadow.

Isn't it cool?

This is the most beautiful place I've seen since I'm getting dropped off.

This is our hobbit hole.

I love it.

You can take your pack off now.

This is home.

Finally.

Finally.

I'm done.

And I can take this wet black t-shirt off for the last frigging time.

You're so goody.

Oh, I'm so happy now.

Hate you, black shirt.

I don't really mean it.

It'll dry you out.

We'll be cool again.

We can be friends.

That's it.

I'm home.

Oh, man.

This is awesome.

This is so sweet.

Check that out.

She's got an indoor fire pit.

That's a woman.

This is super cool hunt.

I love this.

Do I have to get up in the morning and walk 10 miles?

Baby, you can sleep in.

Wow.

I get to sleep in.

But after you cut us some firewood and catch fish.

Holy cow.

I see a lot of water out in front of me.

There's a steep hill between me and the water.

And you can just see it through the trees.

Oh, God.

I'm hoping it's actual coastline and my dad's down there somewhere.

I can only imagine how stressed he is.

I'm sure he's just sitting there so worried.

I'm sure he never expected it would take this long.

Hopefully, he's been working hard.

Hopefully, he's making a nice, cushy bed for me to

lay on and just sleep for like three days straight.

Oh, that's a welcome sight.

Shoreline.

Oh, I can't wait to drop this pack and be done with it.

This thing is absolutely brutal.

I'm seeing a lot more kelps, a lot more algaes.

Well, seaweeds.

Hopefully, that's a good sign.

I mean, I'm getting close to the ocean.

I don't want to go jinxing anything.

But, uh, I think the end is finally in sight.

I've got to be close to my dad.

Dad!

I've got to find him.

I'm just getting anxious.

Dad!

Dad!

God, I just don't know.

So, I'm just going to keep wandering this direction.

Dad!

Closer!

Dad!

I just heard the first call from my dad.

And it couldn't come at a better time.

We're going to go find him.

Dad!

Dad!

No way.

Oh, my God, Sam.

Holy cow.

Oh, Sam.

Oh, my God.

Oh, I can't believe it.

Oh, my God.

Nine days.

Just can't believe you did it.

It must have been absolutely horrible.

You okay?

Everything all right?

I'm fine.

I'm just sore.

I can't believe it's been nine days.

I stopped keeping track after four.

There were days I spent hours at a time on my hands and knees.

Honestly, cannot believe you made it.

I thought everyone would tap out.

Well, at the end of the day, I knew I wasn't giving up before I got here, at least.

This is what we're here for.

So, let's go get up under the top.

I gotta get this pack off my back.

Yeah.

Get all that off of you.

Absolutely.

Finally finding my dad.

It's incredible.

It was getting to the point where I didn't know if it was ever going to happen.

Holy cow.

Sam made it.

I can't believe it.

I am so happy.

That makes me feel so much better.

I knew that Sam, once he got started with this, he wouldn't quit.

I knew it.

He's a tough guy.

And he's my son.

And I love him a lot.

Just when I thought things were really, really

bad, they all of a sudden got way worse.

Still no Jim yet today.

I feel like when he gets here, it's going to give me a real sense of hope.

Jim!

Being successful fishing out here is going to be

the difference between staying and going home.

Isn't that beautiful?