1 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:19,020 I got nothing left. I just can't go on. I know it's for real. She's had it. 2 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:22,940 That's all I was trying to say, damn it. There's nobody more stubborn in the 3 00:00:22,940 --> 00:00:26,060 world than my dad, and he took it to a whole other level. It's getting to the 4 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:28,960 point where we should really start thinking about what the future holds. 5 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,100 I have really intense abdominal pain. 6 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,520 If I can't do anything, I can't stay out here anymore. 7 00:01:04,810 --> 00:01:07,050 Spent a good amount of time in the shelter today. 8 00:01:08,230 --> 00:01:10,770 It's been a rough few days, that's for sure. 9 00:01:15,210 --> 00:01:21,670 Still pretty jelly-legged and jelly-armed and that kind of stuff, but 10 00:01:21,670 --> 00:01:23,970 I'm getting better, I think. 11 00:01:27,610 --> 00:01:29,770 Jim is still carrying a lot of the weight. 12 00:01:31,050 --> 00:01:33,050 How much longer he can keep up. 13 00:01:33,570 --> 00:01:35,350 carrying the extra weight, I don't know. 14 00:01:36,050 --> 00:01:40,850 But we're doing it, and if I start improving a bit and can start 15 00:01:40,850 --> 00:01:43,730 contributing more, then that's going to help a lot. 16 00:01:47,050 --> 00:01:48,050 Okay. 17 00:01:49,230 --> 00:01:50,810 Now it's time to forage. 18 00:01:53,270 --> 00:01:57,350 I would do anything to protect Jim, and I know he would for me. 19 00:01:58,630 --> 00:02:02,310 We really feed off each other and help each other through. 20 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,120 tough times and give each other the confidence and strength when need be. 21 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,180 I'm incredibly proud of him and his ability to help me continue going. 22 00:02:13,580 --> 00:02:15,060 You know, it's inspirational. 23 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:20,560 It's just changed our relationship into just a brick house, rock solid one. 24 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:23,520 Oh, my God! 25 00:02:24,340 --> 00:02:31,220 Oh, there's so many. 26 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:33,840 Wow. 27 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:37,720 Oh, my God. 28 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:42,560 Yeah! 29 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:45,460 Hey, Ted! 30 00:02:45,780 --> 00:02:51,960 And I just top-danced the out of, like, 24 gunwale fish from two rocks. 31 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,640 I almost have a full bag. 32 00:02:54,380 --> 00:02:55,760 Wow, that's good. 33 00:02:58,020 --> 00:02:59,240 I'll tell you what. 34 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,340 When, uh... 35 00:03:01,690 --> 00:03:04,850 I just started loading in on gunwale fish. 36 00:03:05,590 --> 00:03:07,370 It's pretty freaking exciting. 37 00:03:07,690 --> 00:03:11,130 That makes me think we can do it. 38 00:03:11,570 --> 00:03:13,430 We can go longer. 39 00:03:16,030 --> 00:03:19,830 But I want to get delusions of grandeur. 40 00:03:21,810 --> 00:03:24,750 Because I am starving right now. 41 00:03:25,270 --> 00:03:26,430 So hungry. 42 00:03:41,070 --> 00:03:43,590 In some ways, we're just passing the days. 43 00:03:44,550 --> 00:03:50,010 Our energy levels are so low that some of the projects that we feel like could 44 00:03:50,010 --> 00:03:53,090 help us get more food on the table, we just can't do. 45 00:03:55,390 --> 00:03:59,570 You keep on pushing yourself and you keep on going. 46 00:04:00,330 --> 00:04:02,910 It's like a marathon without a finish line. 47 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,360 Whoever else is out there is in just as bad shape as us. 48 00:04:17,940 --> 00:04:20,140 All we can do is hope we can outlast them. 49 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:26,520 One thing I can be sure of at this point is that it's going to end here real 50 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:27,520 soon. 51 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,120 It's got to. 52 00:04:42,860 --> 00:04:46,760 Who would have ever thought we'd be out here until Christmas Eve? 53 00:04:49,020 --> 00:04:51,740 I can't believe I'm out here in the first place, honestly. 54 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,180 I sure do miss my wife and my daughter. 55 00:04:55,740 --> 00:04:57,540 I can't wait to see them again. 56 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:02,300 One of these days, we'll all be back together. 57 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,100 It's so cold. 58 00:05:07,420 --> 00:05:11,900 Our hands are going to go numb, but we've got to keep fishing. 59 00:05:13,710 --> 00:05:17,150 Each fish that we get extends our stay out here a day. 60 00:05:17,450 --> 00:05:18,450 Here we go. 61 00:05:19,730 --> 00:05:26,070 I got one! 62 00:05:39,550 --> 00:05:42,610 I cannot believe that we have spent Halloween 63 00:05:43,330 --> 00:05:48,830 thanksgiving and christmas out here i'm an old retired guy and i should be at 64 00:05:48,830 --> 00:05:55,070 home under my comforter drinking a cup of hot chocolate i yeah i can't believe 65 00:05:55,070 --> 00:06:01,790 we're going to spend christmas without mom it's so sad just miss home so much 66 00:06:01,790 --> 00:06:05,230 i know they're all going to be talking about us at dinner tomorrow should most 67 00:06:05,230 --> 00:06:10,230 likely go to aunt cindy's i would say oh yeah i'm sure it'll be in cindy's all 68 00:06:10,230 --> 00:06:11,710 the family will be there 69 00:06:13,109 --> 00:06:16,150 Yeah. Oh, I just hope that they have a great day. 70 00:06:16,510 --> 00:06:17,530 That would be nice. 71 00:06:17,870 --> 00:06:22,210 I wish there was some way we could share it for the briefest of moments. 72 00:06:22,830 --> 00:06:29,310 Yeah. And Cindy, she'll have her cheesecake and probably how many pies? 73 00:06:29,710 --> 00:06:31,830 Oh, and you remember that baked green Nicky made? 74 00:06:32,050 --> 00:06:35,350 Oh, that would be so good right now. I could go for anything. 75 00:06:35,750 --> 00:06:40,790 Right now, after all those kelp greenlings, I could probably eat the ass 76 00:06:40,790 --> 00:06:42,450 end out of a hobby horse right now. 77 00:07:04,570 --> 00:07:07,270 Yay! Merry Christmas, everybody. 78 00:07:08,789 --> 00:07:12,930 I'd like to take this opportunity to say Merry Christmas to my family, 79 00:07:13,230 --> 00:07:16,930 particularly Heather. I love you so, so much. 80 00:07:17,250 --> 00:07:20,610 I'm so sorry I'm not there to spend this day with you. 81 00:07:20,830 --> 00:07:23,190 I just want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. 82 00:07:23,530 --> 00:07:28,990 My family, my mom and dad, Aunt Peggy and Uncle Steve, Tori, especially you. I 83 00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:29,990 love you so much. 84 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,370 I'm missing you guys a lot. 85 00:07:32,670 --> 00:07:35,270 I know you're all invested in this with me. 86 00:07:36,310 --> 00:07:37,510 Thank you for that. 87 00:07:51,150 --> 00:07:54,870 You know, part of me feels like Heather and Tory are, you know, part of this, 88 00:07:54,990 --> 00:07:55,990 too, you know? 89 00:07:56,410 --> 00:08:00,710 Like, if we win, I feel like saying to Tory that, like, we did it, not just me, 90 00:08:00,830 --> 00:08:01,409 you know? 91 00:08:01,410 --> 00:08:02,410 I agree. 92 00:08:03,230 --> 00:08:04,690 They're going through this, too. 93 00:08:05,590 --> 00:08:08,930 It's not just us that's invested in this. 94 00:08:09,170 --> 00:08:13,190 Yeah. Missing Christmas is definitely a pretty big blow. 95 00:08:13,690 --> 00:08:14,690 Absolutely terrible. 96 00:08:15,030 --> 00:08:18,070 I just feel like letting everyone else down, not being there. 97 00:08:19,110 --> 00:08:20,110 Horrible, man. 98 00:08:20,350 --> 00:08:26,550 so beaten down and i just want to get home and see heather so much and get 99 00:08:26,550 --> 00:08:31,610 back to my wonderful life you know just sucks and is emotionally crushing that 100 00:08:31,610 --> 00:08:38,530 we have to miss christmas how about christmas 101 00:08:38,530 --> 00:08:39,530 day ted 102 00:08:49,420 --> 00:08:50,420 I don't know. 103 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:54,060 But... I'm really hurtin'. 104 00:09:21,130 --> 00:09:25,210 It's had my toque on so long, I don't know what my hair looks like anymore. 105 00:09:27,430 --> 00:09:29,130 Ah, that's what it looks like. 106 00:09:32,830 --> 00:09:34,470 Ready to go to the Oscars. 107 00:09:46,070 --> 00:09:48,850 That log seemed to really give you a hard time. 108 00:09:49,190 --> 00:09:50,210 Oh, my God. 109 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,280 This is never ending. 110 00:09:53,780 --> 00:09:55,640 25% of me is gone. 111 00:09:56,260 --> 00:09:59,420 I've lost 25% of my body. 112 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:04,140 We were eating two and then sometimes three pots of food. 113 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:08,280 But now it seems like we're kind of wasting away. We're losing weight and 114 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,280 losing weight and weaker. 115 00:10:11,220 --> 00:10:12,220 Man down. 116 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,060 I think about food a lot. 117 00:10:30,060 --> 00:10:35,820 I think about, you know, the comforts of just a chair sitting around by the fire 118 00:10:35,820 --> 00:10:37,480 every night. It's just not comfortable. 119 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:38,940 Our bed's not comfortable. 120 00:10:39,860 --> 00:10:43,720 Sometimes it just feels like, man, I just want to go home and, you know, 121 00:10:43,740 --> 00:10:45,280 order a freaking pizza. 122 00:10:46,460 --> 00:10:51,340 I think the only thing that's kept me going out here is just, like, imagining 123 00:10:51,340 --> 00:10:54,860 the things I'm going to have in my life when we win, you know? 124 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:57,630 Oh, my God. 125 00:10:59,270 --> 00:11:01,590 Imagine just my house and my business. 126 00:11:04,690 --> 00:11:09,130 Today, part of me is just like, you know, what are we doing out here, you 127 00:11:09,130 --> 00:11:10,230 know? Like, we've been starving. 128 00:11:10,590 --> 00:11:11,690 It's just freezing. 129 00:11:12,090 --> 00:11:14,610 Like, I'm just so bored of it. 130 00:11:15,510 --> 00:11:17,110 Can't take being so hungry. 131 00:11:18,110 --> 00:11:22,630 Just day after day, eating this is not making me feel any better. So part of me 132 00:11:22,630 --> 00:11:25,310 is just like, we should just quit, go back. 133 00:11:25,870 --> 00:11:26,870 Eat something. 134 00:11:28,570 --> 00:11:30,530 What about you, Ted? How are you feeling? 135 00:11:31,690 --> 00:11:35,070 I don't know. When you talk like that, you really bring me down, though. 136 00:11:40,310 --> 00:11:43,450 Jim is starting to lose grip a little bit. 137 00:11:44,010 --> 00:11:49,430 It's a little scary because he's a strong, big dude, you know? And he can 138 00:11:49,430 --> 00:11:52,390 mentally push through almost anything. 139 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,620 Whatever happened to no one's going to beat us, Jim? 140 00:11:58,620 --> 00:12:00,480 Oh, it still might be the case, Ted. 141 00:12:01,780 --> 00:12:03,960 No one can suffer like we can. 142 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:09,960 Are you giving up hope, Jim? 143 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:09,240 It's terrible. 144 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:15,120 I'm just trying to... Oh, the acid just... 145 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:19,140 You should try to drink some water. 146 00:13:20,460 --> 00:13:22,720 Oh, my stomach hurts so much. 147 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,260 I'm getting acid reflux. 148 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:33,660 It's coming up in my esophagus and burning. 149 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,520 I can only lie on my back. I can't lie on my right side. 150 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:43,020 I know that you can get a situation where it happens over time. 151 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:46,860 I mean, it can cause, like, a precancerous condition in your 152 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:47,860 esophagus. 153 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:50,200 It's scary. 154 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,540 My dad's heartburn is really getting rough. 155 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:56,780 He can't even really rest anymore. 156 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:58,600 You know, it keeps him up all night. 157 00:13:59,620 --> 00:14:01,900 So anyway, he's just taking it easy right now. 158 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:03,480 That's really our plan at this point. 159 00:14:05,620 --> 00:14:07,520 There's no way around it. We still need water. 160 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:12,580 And I think that's really the only, you know, that's kind of the only thing that 161 00:14:12,580 --> 00:14:14,220 we have that can at least give them a little bit of relief. 162 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,520 Just to dilute some of the stomach acid. 163 00:14:22,180 --> 00:14:26,400 You know, we've both been going through this slow decline, but it seems like 164 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:32,760 just a couple days ago, it just started increasing so significantly. It's almost 165 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:34,240 exponential at this point. 166 00:14:36,650 --> 00:14:39,110 Got the water on, Dad. It'll be ready pretty soon. 167 00:14:42,250 --> 00:14:45,210 It's been an incredible journey out here. 168 00:14:46,870 --> 00:14:53,790 And it just, it is so beautiful. But at the same time, I'm starting to 169 00:14:53,790 --> 00:14:54,790 hate it. 170 00:14:55,870 --> 00:15:01,050 It's just starting to hate the things that we have to do every day. 171 00:15:02,810 --> 00:15:04,310 I have boiling water. 172 00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:06,720 Which Sam is doing right now. 173 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:13,680 Just hanging on by her toenails. 174 00:15:15,820 --> 00:15:19,040 I want so bad to win this thing. 175 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:25,940 I want Sam to win this thing. I want him to have a little jump start in life. 176 00:15:26,820 --> 00:15:28,860 Be able to invest a little money. 177 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:32,340 Just get himself in a good spot. 178 00:15:33,580 --> 00:15:35,400 He'll help him the rest of his life. 179 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:44,000 But I think neither one of us wants to kill ourselves trying to do that. 180 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,300 We got some things to talk about, Sam. 181 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:50,320 Yep. 182 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:58,340 I want to go as long as I possibly can, but I'm going to get to that point where 183 00:15:58,340 --> 00:16:00,440 I just can't do it anymore. 184 00:16:22,190 --> 00:16:23,370 Oh, my stomach's hurting. 185 00:16:23,990 --> 00:16:24,990 Man, it kills. 186 00:16:26,010 --> 00:16:28,170 Man, crawl into bed, call it a day. 187 00:16:29,250 --> 00:16:35,390 My stomach cramp, upper abdominal pain has come back, and it's really hurting, 188 00:16:35,450 --> 00:16:36,470 and it's getting worse. 189 00:16:37,190 --> 00:16:42,310 And that just is absolutely immobilizing out here. 190 00:16:43,030 --> 00:16:45,490 Ted is just in a really bad place. 191 00:16:46,430 --> 00:16:49,790 He's broken. I've never seen him that broken before in my life. 192 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:52,720 I mean, 71 days doing this. 193 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:55,240 Oh, man. 194 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,140 Just got real, I'll tell you that. And now I got to find my brother. 195 00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:02,000 Whoo! Look at this place. 196 00:17:02,420 --> 00:17:07,000 We're going into this with the mindset that we can figure out what is in our 197 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,900 area and what to do with it. As long as that works until we can find something 198 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:15,740 else. God, it's tough walking through this stuff. All these salal bushes. 199 00:17:17,429 --> 00:17:22,630 The terrain out here on Vancouver Island is hands down some of the hardest 200 00:17:22,630 --> 00:17:26,450 terrain to walk through in the entire world. I'm feeling nervous, you know, 201 00:17:26,490 --> 00:17:29,830 that I'm just not going to be able to make it, that I don't have enough food. 202 00:17:30,470 --> 00:17:33,970 You know that times are tough when you're like, yeah, I get to eat a slug. 203 00:17:34,650 --> 00:17:35,650 It's disgusting. 204 00:17:36,730 --> 00:17:38,850 Things are really starting to get hard. 205 00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:41,410 Still no gym yet today. 206 00:17:41,850 --> 00:17:45,530 I see a grouse up ahead. I'm going to try to kill it. 207 00:17:49,389 --> 00:17:50,389 So close. 208 00:17:50,710 --> 00:17:54,550 By the time Jim gets here, I'd like to have a little more done than just a 209 00:17:54,550 --> 00:17:59,810 piece of shelter and a gill net set up with no food for him. We're going to 210 00:17:59,810 --> 00:18:01,250 have to get other food sources. 211 00:18:01,570 --> 00:18:03,350 So I'm starting to make a boat. 212 00:18:03,830 --> 00:18:04,890 What do you think of that? 213 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:10,670 Man, I'm getting exhausted just doing this with no food. I can just feel every 214 00:18:10,670 --> 00:18:13,050 last ounce of energy being sucked out of me. 215 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:18,560 I really hope when there's two people here, we can work at things together and 216 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,120 start producing some results. 217 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,420 Hey! Yeah! 218 00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:25,020 Yeah! 219 00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:30,460 Jim's here! 220 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:31,860 Whoa! 221 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:33,080 Unbelievable. 222 00:18:33,660 --> 00:18:34,660 Yeah! 223 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,000 You did it! 224 00:18:40,710 --> 00:18:45,670 Together, we both feel like we can stay out here as long as we want if we can 225 00:18:45,670 --> 00:18:50,110 find enough food. While Ted works on the boat, I'm starting to build a crab trap. 226 00:18:50,310 --> 00:18:54,110 There's the front of it, and this here is the entrance where the crabs will 227 00:18:54,110 --> 00:18:55,910 walk in and get trapped. 228 00:18:56,330 --> 00:18:58,650 Jim's crab trap is revealing its head. 229 00:18:58,930 --> 00:18:59,930 No! 230 00:19:00,730 --> 00:19:03,930 Out here, it's very unpredictable and... 231 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,680 That's really challenging to deal with mentally and physically. 232 00:19:08,140 --> 00:19:09,740 That's devastating, Jim. 233 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:15,740 I just puked. I can't stomach that seaweed. 234 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:20,580 Best survival item you have is the other person you're out there with. I'm going 235 00:19:20,580 --> 00:19:21,720 to try to carry the ball here. 236 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Yeah! 237 00:19:25,020 --> 00:19:26,240 You got a fish? 238 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:27,640 Yeah! 239 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,820 We're ready for the maiden voyage of hope, the boat we've built. 240 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:36,460 We're really hoping this boat floats. 241 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:38,400 Yeah! 242 00:19:42,460 --> 00:19:46,040 Starting to get worried about this boat not providing us with more fish. 243 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,440 We're not getting enough food out here. I feel like I'm being tortured, you 244 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:54,880 know? It's a slow starve is what's happening to us. I'm going to set a trot 245 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,860 line. One, two, three. 246 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,320 Oh! 247 00:20:01,070 --> 00:20:02,070 Oh, dude. 248 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:04,070 The hook's embedded in my finger. 249 00:20:04,330 --> 00:20:07,890 Dude, I tried to tell you. It's okay, man. Shut up. 250 00:20:08,110 --> 00:20:13,970 Just being together with the same person day in and day out can really be wearing 251 00:20:13,970 --> 00:20:15,330 on any relationship. 252 00:20:15,710 --> 00:20:19,890 Such a depressed case, bud. Like, cheer up. Take your rod out of the boat 253 00:20:19,890 --> 00:20:22,550 already. Got a four-inch. I don't want to. 254 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,320 Kill myself doing that, man. 255 00:20:24,540 --> 00:20:28,920 I'm doing the heavy lifting right now and Jim isn't contributing. 256 00:20:29,380 --> 00:20:31,360 The limpets are out like crazy. 257 00:20:31,820 --> 00:20:34,660 We have like at least four pots of food here. 258 00:20:34,940 --> 00:20:41,200 We're basically starving to death and one of the risks is that we get in an 259 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:42,900 argument that we can't come back from. 260 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:44,880 I forage way more than you. 261 00:20:45,530 --> 00:20:49,990 And you always are complaining and don't want to do it. You're the big hero. 262 00:20:50,330 --> 00:20:52,510 I'm not the hero. I'm just saying, dude. 263 00:20:52,770 --> 00:20:55,590 You want to win $500,000? 264 00:20:55,870 --> 00:20:58,050 You can't sit on your ass and not get food. 265 00:20:59,830 --> 00:21:01,890 Man, that's it for me. 266 00:21:02,390 --> 00:21:06,290 I had some really intense abdominal pain. 267 00:21:06,670 --> 00:21:08,250 I've kind of been out of commission. 268 00:21:08,570 --> 00:21:11,890 Jim's definitely been carrying a little extra weight the last couple days. 269 00:21:12,630 --> 00:21:14,690 Ted and I get in a lot of fights out here. 270 00:21:15,450 --> 00:21:20,590 But we understand you have to just forget about it and focus on the job at 271 00:21:20,590 --> 00:21:23,090 hand, which is being the last guy to stay out there. 272 00:21:26,670 --> 00:21:28,570 Really hoping this subsides. 273 00:21:29,090 --> 00:21:32,830 It's the kind of thing that just will push you over the edge, to be quite 274 00:21:32,830 --> 00:21:33,830 honest with you. 275 00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:38,410 We're telling ourselves we want to keep pushing. We want to make 80 and then 90 276 00:21:38,410 --> 00:21:43,090 days. But, you know, Ted's also saying that, listen, man, I might have to tap 277 00:21:43,090 --> 00:21:44,090 out soon. 278 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:50,160 i told him today if you really need to tap out we can do it 279 00:22:16,820 --> 00:22:18,280 Oh, boy, oh, boy. 280 00:22:25,140 --> 00:22:30,940 One of these days, one of these days, this will be over. 281 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,580 It could happen any day. 282 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,140 And every day is one day closer. Every day is one day closer. 283 00:22:52,010 --> 00:22:54,750 Ten weeks out here on the island. 284 00:22:54,990 --> 00:22:56,030 That's insane. 285 00:22:56,730 --> 00:22:58,850 My stomach hurts so much. 286 00:22:59,350 --> 00:23:03,050 We're hungry, we're worn out, we're physically weak. 287 00:23:03,390 --> 00:23:09,970 And I've been noticing, I'm getting these weird black spots on my toes, like 288 00:23:09,970 --> 00:23:11,410 all purple. 289 00:23:11,870 --> 00:23:12,870 That's disgusting. 290 00:23:13,250 --> 00:23:15,790 And I'm just wondering if this is frostbite. 291 00:23:16,830 --> 00:23:17,990 It could be. 292 00:23:19,879 --> 00:23:22,260 But, you know, we just can't give up at this point. 293 00:23:22,580 --> 00:23:25,700 Yeah, over two months of our life have gone into this. 294 00:23:26,580 --> 00:23:27,580 Here we go. 295 00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:29,020 This is it. 296 00:23:30,940 --> 00:23:31,940 Yeah! 297 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,300 Awesome! So happy to be here, but very nervous, too. 298 00:23:39,020 --> 00:23:40,360 This rainbow is incredible. 299 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:41,780 I think that's good luck. 300 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,960 My dad's off in that direction. I got to go find him. It's just me and the island 301 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,660 now. Coming out here, I had a two-fold goal. 302 00:23:49,130 --> 00:23:53,650 to spend time with my son and put my skills and knowledge to the ultimate 303 00:23:53,650 --> 00:24:00,070 test holy i caught a fish i knew the train was going to be rough but honestly 304 00:24:00,070 --> 00:24:03,710 cameras just they can't capture it you're climbing over trees constantly 305 00:24:03,710 --> 00:24:08,370 you're going over you're going under this forest just tears you up it is 306 00:24:08,370 --> 00:24:15,330 unforgiving oh my god there are bears all over the 307 00:24:15,330 --> 00:24:20,650 place here there's some poop do that just full of berries i saw something 308 00:24:20,650 --> 00:24:25,710 moving down there i don't know how far i have to go i don't know how many days 309 00:24:25,710 --> 00:24:29,790 it's expected to take i'm just out here getting beat to death every day day in 310 00:24:29,790 --> 00:24:33,730 day out just trying to cover ground just trying to meet up with my dad i've had 311 00:24:33,730 --> 00:24:38,050 virtually nothing to eat today i'm getting so weak i can barely do anything 312 00:24:38,050 --> 00:24:44,890 man cannot live on limpets alone man i wish i knew when sam was going to get 313 00:24:44,890 --> 00:24:45,839 here 314 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,280 Oh, I can't wait to drop this pack and be done with it. 315 00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:50,700 Hello, staff! 316 00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:52,420 Dad! 317 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:53,960 No way. 318 00:24:54,660 --> 00:24:56,620 Oh, my God, Sam. 319 00:24:56,980 --> 00:24:57,980 Holy cow. 320 00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,500 Oh, Sam. 321 00:24:59,780 --> 00:25:00,780 Oh, my God. 322 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,120 Holy cow. 323 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,900 Sam made it. Now that Sam and I are together, I think we're going to be out 324 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:09,859 there a long time. 325 00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:12,560 Being successful fishing out here is going to be the difference between 326 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,080 staying and going home. Whoa! 327 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:16,140 Sam! No way! 328 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:18,320 Yes! 329 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,120 This is how we're going to win. Hey! 330 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,960 What we're doing right here, this is how we're going to win. This is going to 331 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,780 carry us right through to the end. 332 00:25:28,850 --> 00:25:34,230 Yes! This is an incredibly unique opportunity, spending a lot of time with 333 00:25:34,230 --> 00:25:35,029 my son. 334 00:25:35,030 --> 00:25:38,350 Here you can see the tide, and that's the back wall of our shelter right 335 00:25:38,350 --> 00:25:42,930 there. There'll come a day when he'll get married, have children, maybe settle 336 00:25:42,930 --> 00:25:44,690 down in a different part of the country. 337 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:47,550 And then who knows how often we'd be able to see him. 338 00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:51,710 So we're headed off on our hike to the new potentially good fishing spot all 339 00:25:51,710 --> 00:25:55,750 the way around the cove. I think both of us are just really getting tired, really 340 00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:57,710 worn out. We didn't have any fish yesterday. 341 00:25:58,460 --> 00:25:59,760 We had none the day before. 342 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,980 And it's really catching up with us. 343 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:04,600 Away! Oh, no! 344 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,160 I have not caught a single fish. It's so frustrating. 345 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,380 There is nothing easy about this. There's nothing staged about it. It's 346 00:26:13,380 --> 00:26:18,420 amazing how low our energy levels are right now. At least mine. You're doing a 347 00:26:18,420 --> 00:26:19,420 lot better than I am. 348 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,520 Huh? You're a lot older than I am. 349 00:26:22,940 --> 00:26:24,840 Yeah. What the heck? 350 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:26,940 Maybe we caught them all. 351 00:26:27,690 --> 00:26:29,210 I can see it in my dad's face. 352 00:26:29,410 --> 00:26:33,970 He's really starting to feel it. He's a lot older than I am, and I'm really, 353 00:26:34,050 --> 00:26:35,110 really worried about him. 354 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:36,470 Take five minutes. 355 00:26:36,750 --> 00:26:38,390 You haven't even sat down five minutes, right? 356 00:26:39,310 --> 00:26:41,570 You were talking about the 20-gauge wire. 357 00:26:42,030 --> 00:26:45,930 I'm talking about the wire for the rock and 20 pounds on the end of that so 358 00:26:45,930 --> 00:26:46,930 it'll break away. 359 00:26:46,970 --> 00:26:49,330 That's all I was trying to say, damn it. 360 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:51,270 That's all I was trying to say. 361 00:26:51,470 --> 00:26:55,050 When you're starving, when you haven't eaten, who knows what sort of... 362 00:26:55,260 --> 00:27:00,780 demons come out in your personality at this point in the game you gotta i mean 363 00:27:00,780 --> 00:27:06,300 you gotta do the bare minimum just to get by it's it's you know we're pooped 364 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:12,200 we're running out of energy you know we lose weight every day i'm frozen i'm 365 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:18,740 tired i'm wobbly my legs are weak being 61 and a half years old really 366 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:23,600 makes being out here a tougher challenge i don't know how much longer i can stay 367 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:24,600 here 368 00:27:35,070 --> 00:27:38,030 How much can our bodies actually take? 369 00:27:40,470 --> 00:27:42,330 I'm just skin and bones. 370 00:27:42,570 --> 00:27:46,090 I don't have any more fat to lose. 371 00:27:47,350 --> 00:27:54,050 And the way we're feeling right now and the way we're struggling, I just... 372 00:27:54,620 --> 00:27:57,960 I just can't believe there's someone else that's still out here. 373 00:28:01,020 --> 00:28:06,860 We're both just so exhausted, and I hope the sacrifice has been worth it. I'm 374 00:28:06,860 --> 00:28:11,640 really starting to think that it wasn't. It's miserable with the constant daily 375 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:17,660 hunger pangs, and I'm just really wanting to get home. That draw of food 376 00:28:17,660 --> 00:28:20,680 is just so powerful and strong. 377 00:28:22,670 --> 00:28:24,970 No victory is worth permanent damage. 378 00:28:25,210 --> 00:28:30,190 No. It'd be nice to win this, but there are other things more important. 379 00:28:31,050 --> 00:28:36,570 We still have the rest of our lives 380 00:28:36,570 --> 00:28:38,330 to go. 381 00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:43,870 I don't want to win this, but regret it for the rest of my life. Right. 382 00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:45,670 That's really what it comes down to. 383 00:28:46,890 --> 00:28:51,850 Ted really wants to get home, and I don't blame him, considering the stomach 384 00:28:51,850 --> 00:28:57,370 cramps and whatnot that he's had and the torture of being out here that really 385 00:28:57,370 --> 00:28:59,090 just wants to make you tap out. 386 00:28:59,410 --> 00:29:04,790 It's so incredibly hard out here right now, just the burning pain. 387 00:29:05,170 --> 00:29:08,650 I just don't know if it's worth it. I don't know if winning is worth it 388 00:29:08,650 --> 00:29:11,330 anymore. I just don't really know. 389 00:30:26,860 --> 00:30:27,960 It's been a hell of an adventure. 390 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:29,600 Once-in-a-lifetime thing. 391 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:34,280 But, you know, like all good things, it's got to come to an end, right? 392 00:30:34,820 --> 00:30:37,720 Basically, we just don't have any buffer left on our bodies, you know? 393 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,380 You know, we drink water, it goes right through us. 394 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,100 It's just a constant battle, dehydration. 395 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,180 Yeah, we're at our physical limit. 396 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:47,840 Can't go on. 397 00:30:56,490 --> 00:30:59,010 To not win is definitely a disappointment. 398 00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:00,870 You know, I would have loved to have won. 399 00:31:01,170 --> 00:31:04,650 But you learn a lot from an experience like this. It teaches you about 400 00:31:04,650 --> 00:31:07,010 yourself. It teaches you about what you're capable of. 401 00:31:07,270 --> 00:31:11,010 We're leaving here better people than when we came here. 402 00:31:12,430 --> 00:31:16,410 I've certainly bonded much more with my dad than I ever have. 403 00:31:16,650 --> 00:31:19,210 And I can tell you that we're closer than we've ever been. 404 00:31:20,950 --> 00:31:25,030 He's honestly the strongest man anybody could ever be fortunate enough to meet. 405 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:27,510 We gave it everything. 406 00:31:27,950 --> 00:31:30,370 That's not something that many people can actually say. 407 00:31:31,730 --> 00:31:34,610 Before we even came out here, you know, we made an agreement with each other 408 00:31:34,610 --> 00:31:41,450 that no victory ever would be worth causing harm to ourselves that 409 00:31:41,450 --> 00:31:43,170 could last the rest of our life. 410 00:31:45,630 --> 00:31:51,310 Oh, now I'm a little sick. 411 00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:00,820 Still feeling it? 412 00:32:01,860 --> 00:32:03,440 Straight stomach acid. 413 00:32:17,620 --> 00:32:18,620 No, 414 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:21,400 no, sit down. 415 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:38,640 Oh, I thought I was going to throw up. 416 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,320 Man, I'm pretty darn proud of you. 417 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,900 61 years old, 74 days. 418 00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:46,599 Kicking butt. 419 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:47,600 Yeah. 420 00:32:49,580 --> 00:32:51,440 Oh, yeah, I wouldn't have made it this long without you. 421 00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:57,260 At this point, I can honestly say I don't think I could go another day. 422 00:32:57,420 --> 00:32:58,560 We're leaving here with no regrets. 423 00:32:58,900 --> 00:32:59,900 Yeah. 424 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:01,620 We did the best we could, right? 425 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:02,980 Yep. 426 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,000 We pushed ourselves to our physical limit. 427 00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:22,100 We could not go any farther. 428 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:24,720 I don't feel defeated. 429 00:33:25,100 --> 00:33:27,360 I'm so proud of what we've done. 430 00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:31,400 I never dreamed I would be out here for 74 days. 431 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:39,360 I'd like to address those people who are getting up there in years and have 432 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:44,540 worked all their lives and now feel like it's just the next step in life to 433 00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:46,380 just... Sit around and take it easy. 434 00:33:47,380 --> 00:33:50,100 You know, if I could say, just get out there and challenge yourself. 435 00:33:50,420 --> 00:33:51,700 Try something new. 436 00:33:52,140 --> 00:33:58,720 Go to a national park and experience nature and see what is so beautiful in 437 00:33:58,720 --> 00:33:59,900 the world around you. 438 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,300 From this whole experience, there are many things to be grateful for. 439 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:06,960 It's been a wonderful adventure. 440 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,880 I mean, it's been a test of my abilities and skills. 441 00:34:11,659 --> 00:34:12,659 But... 442 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:17,080 The most important thing I've gained out of this is being able to spend that time 443 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,780 with Sam. I mean, that was the biggest prize of all. 444 00:34:57,070 --> 00:35:01,550 This is the morning of day 75. 445 00:35:04,430 --> 00:35:06,150 Oh, that was a bad idea. 446 00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:16,630 The crew is coming to do med checks and some gear swaps. 447 00:35:17,090 --> 00:35:21,110 And other than that, we're going to do the usual stuff. 448 00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:24,430 We're going to forage and fish and eat. 449 00:35:25,190 --> 00:35:28,050 And that's probably all we're going to do today. 450 00:35:29,030 --> 00:35:31,050 That's all you can do anymore out here. 451 00:36:29,710 --> 00:36:36,090 Being out here is just kind of like an horrific feeling of torture and just 452 00:36:36,090 --> 00:36:38,710 getting through the day, you know, walking around. 453 00:36:39,130 --> 00:36:43,870 You feel like you just finished a marathon and then you're so starving. 454 00:36:43,950 --> 00:36:47,830 Even after you eat, you still feel weak, but at least that makes you feel better. 455 00:36:47,890 --> 00:36:51,470 But you got to chop wood. You got to light a fire. It's like just taking off 456 00:36:51,470 --> 00:36:53,950 your sweater. This is like, oh, like exhausting. 457 00:36:54,810 --> 00:36:57,290 To just put your boots on is exhausting. 458 00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:02,100 I'm actually amazed with how far I can... 459 00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:16,200 Being 460 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:22,800 out here 461 00:37:23,260 --> 00:37:27,200 It's just kind of like an horrific feeling of torture. 462 00:37:27,460 --> 00:37:31,260 It's like just taking off your sweater. It's like, oh, like exhausting. 463 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:34,240 To just put your boots on is exhausting. 464 00:37:34,860 --> 00:37:39,840 I'm actually amazed with how far I can really push. 465 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,780 I don't believe we actually did it. 466 00:38:03,980 --> 00:38:05,340 Oh, my God. 467 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:07,540 You did it. 468 00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:09,940 We did it. 469 00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:16,020 Is this really happening? 470 00:38:16,700 --> 00:38:18,820 Oh, my God. You too, Ted. 471 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:21,120 Ted, 472 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,020 get over here. I love you. 473 00:38:26,860 --> 00:38:29,500 So, so lucky to have you as my brother, Ted. 474 00:38:33,870 --> 00:38:35,770 You're my hero, Chad. 475 00:38:36,330 --> 00:38:38,690 You're my hero, man. 476 00:38:40,870 --> 00:38:41,870 Yes! 477 00:38:45,230 --> 00:38:47,650 You want to see what won us this show? 478 00:38:47,930 --> 00:38:48,888 Oh, Chad. 479 00:38:48,890 --> 00:38:55,070 These. Oh, my. Those are disgusting. But if it wasn't for these, there's just no 480 00:38:55,070 --> 00:38:56,070 way. 481 00:38:56,610 --> 00:38:59,750 This here is all the days that we've been out here. 482 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:06,620 There's only 74, so maybe you guys want to put a 75 saw cut in the tree for us. 483 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:07,680 Together. Yes. 484 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:13,200 75, guys. 485 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:15,320 It was close. 486 00:39:15,660 --> 00:39:20,100 Whoever the last group was, you're a couple of tough bastards. 487 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,820 To win the money feels freaking amazing. 488 00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:41,040 I can't believe it actually happened. 489 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:47,420 It's given me peace of mind, a clear future, way less stress. 490 00:39:47,820 --> 00:39:49,540 It's such an awesome feeling. 491 00:39:50,740 --> 00:39:54,580 I'm incredibly grateful for my brother, Ted. 492 00:39:54,840 --> 00:40:00,060 Here's a guy that goes out in the hammering rain every single day, exerts 493 00:40:00,060 --> 00:40:04,840 himself so intensely to bring food back home. It's just unbelievable. 494 00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:10,940 What we went through, how we helped each other, how when one was down, the other 495 00:40:10,940 --> 00:40:13,920 picked up, how we got through the rough times. 496 00:40:14,420 --> 00:40:16,800 That's what makes this experience so amazing. 497 00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:24,420 I can thank Jim for us being here and for me getting to this point. 498 00:40:24,740 --> 00:40:27,400 If it wasn't for Jim, we wouldn't have won. 499 00:40:38,830 --> 00:40:44,050 I guess what I've learned most about myself out here is that I just have more 500 00:40:44,050 --> 00:40:46,690 than I thought I had to give. 501 00:40:47,630 --> 00:40:52,190 It's the things that are the hardest, that are the most challenging to 502 00:40:52,190 --> 00:40:54,730 achieve, that are the most satisfying and rewarding. 503 00:40:55,090 --> 00:40:58,790 It's not the things that are easy to do because anybody can do those things. 504 00:41:00,530 --> 00:41:05,770 If I can push myself to this extreme, what else is going to be this hard? 505 00:41:06,860 --> 00:41:07,980 What is impossible? 506 00:41:09,220 --> 00:41:14,100 It just gives me the level of confidence that whatever I put my mind to, I can 507 00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:15,100 do. 508 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:24,020 If we can, as people, learn to respect nature as much or more than we respect 509 00:41:24,020 --> 00:41:30,440 ourselves, then we can finally come to some sort of a balance that is going to 510 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:31,960 keep us alive long term. 511 00:41:35,370 --> 00:41:40,870 If you look up at the stars at night, you realize that we're just floating out 512 00:41:40,870 --> 00:41:45,270 here on a big rock, and everything that's here is actually in this together 513 00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:48,950 as one.