Original subtitles

[uplifting music playing]

Look at this weather, it is turning quick.

[Margot] The winter, it's pretty harsh.

Just the cold in itself is a challenge every day.

Pretty freaking cold right now.

[Emilie] It's -45.

The cold has an impact on everything.

Working in the winter up here,

the snow and the ice, everything is more difficult.

The cold up here keeps you humble.

It will be a huge challenge.

Oh shit, man.

Oh my god, man, that's a lot of water.

[sighs]

I can see so many things going wrong already.

[Gilbert] It's all smashed.

[man] Okay. Stop!

This wall is falling right now.

If it falls, we're all fucked, though.

[Billy] Oh my god. Oh! I am done.

[theme music playing]

[soft music playing]

[Matty] Newfoundland has a very unique draw

and a power over the people that are born and raised here.

No matter where I went, it could be other side of the world,

I was always proud to be a newfie.

A good Newfoundlander is like a migrating bird, they always want to come home.

I've been back here now for four months,

and I'm more dug in now than I ever have been.

There's no going back for me anymore.

[upbeat music playing]

This is the master bedroom.

Guest bedroom.

As soon as these three walls go up, it's going to feel like a different space.

It's going to really turn into a little house as opposed to a cabin.

It's gonna look good, man.

This is one of my best buddies, Adam.

[Adam] Let's go ahead and get this tacked down.

He's up here to give me a hand with this project,

to speed up the process.

And right now we're racing against winter,

racing the first big storm, so his help is vital.

With a second guy up in the woods doing stuff like this,

it goes more than twice as fast,

especially when it's a very capable person,

it's three or four times faster getting everything done.

Plus, it's enjoyable having your buddy around.

Last time I saw Adam was up in the Arctic, in Paulatuk.

We were on a Northwest Passage.

So, it's a bit of a reunion, too.

[soft music playing]

We were attempting to row the Northwest Passage,

over a 2000-mile journey across the Arctic Ocean,

in homemade rowboats we built ourselves, with really no rowing experience.

Lowest point of that trip, by far, was when Adam injured himself

and we had to part ways in Paulatuk, and I continued on alone.

It's the first time we've been back together since.

You think you'd ever see me again, Adam, last seeing ya in Paulatuk?

Oh, I figured you'd frickin' wash up on shore somewhere.

[laughter]

[uplifting music playing]

[Matty] It's a great feeling standing back and watch it come together.

Now that the wall is framed up, you can see where the windows are going to be.

I can already picture standing there in that room, looking out the window

at the woods in the morning.

[chainsaw buzzing]

This is how we're going to raise that wall, a few of these logs.

Not sure if it's going to work, but we'll see.

Okay, we'll lift up from the center.

[sighs]

There you go.

[tense music playing]

The plan is to use a 4:1 pulley system, hook up to this tripod

and connect that to the wall, and hoist all the weight up...

while Adam secures it.

All right, that should do it.

Hopefully, it's going to make pulling this wall up super easy.

Yeah, you know, we don't have scaffold or high lift or anything like that here.

So, you got to get kind of creative

when working in the backcountry.

- [Matty] I think we try it. - [Adam] Just hold it steady.

We don't want this to slam down onto the deck.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Matty] Good. Hold.

[Adam] Okay. Okay, stop!

She's up.

And yeah, looks good.

It went up real easy.

I was somewhat skeptical of this thing coming on my head,

but it went good, I'm happy with it.

I can really see the scale of the cabin with the wall up.

That's a big wall, a 20-foot wall.

That's great.

Two more walls up and we start working on the roof.

[intriguing music playing]

[Billy] I've got a river that runs through my land.

It's hard to get across. It's a barrier.

And it's a problem because I know there are some very good trees

on the other side of the river that I could use for lumber

for my future projects, and I really want to get there.

I've never built a bridge in my life, it will be a huge challenge.

I'm thinking to build a bridge here because the river, it's more narrow.

It looks like 20 feet.

[soft music playing]

I'm going to be careful because I don't want to get through the ice on the river.

So, this part of the land, I barely have visited, you know.

One base will be here, and the other end of the beam will be over there.

Oh, shit, man.

Oh my god, man, that's a lot of water.

[grunting]

Did I get wet?

Oh yeah, maybe a bit, but I've got some waterproof boots.

Yeah. Okay, so I will have to be very careful.

Whoo!

All right, this is a very nice spruce, perfect to build the beams for my bridge.

[chainsaw buzzing]

People think living in the nature, it's suffering.

For my part, it's not.

Even if it's hard sometimes, I'm happy here.

Timber!

Whoo hoo! [laughter]

Oh, wow, that was a good one.

Whew! [laughter]

Oh, man. Happy.

Beautiful tree.

[upbeat music playing]

Building a bridge like this, it's a huge project...

but I really want to make it big because I want it to last,

I want it to be strong, and to use it for years and years.

[chainsaw buzzing]

There we go.

Whew! Very happy.

Very great. Beautiful log. It's just gorgeous.

And it smells good. [laughter]

[soft music playing]

On each side of the bridge where the footing will be,

I'm going to make a big fire in order to melt all the ice and snow,

just to see if the ground is level.

Very important. Otherwise, the bridge would be... like this.

I really want to have this base very flat...

because I don't want the foot of the bridge to collapse.

So, right now, I'm going to let it burn.

It's going to be big.

[soft music playing]

[Margot] Winter in the Yukon, it's pretty harsh.

Just the cold in itself is a challenge every day.

Your fingers are frozen.

Just walking outside, when you have like three to four feet of snow, it's harder.

Everything is more complicated.

In the winter, to get water, I need to find a good spot on the river...

where the ice is thick enough and where it's safe to travel on,

and drill my hole.

You need to drink, right? So...

You gotta get your water somehow.

It just takes a lot more effort in the bush.

It's a little more harder than opening the tap.

Living in town or living in the city, I don't think I could do that.

I think living this kind of life makes me stronger, when I'm own my own.

I like to be challenged.

Obviously, winter is not smart at all for any log building.

[soft music playing]

Usually, people start in the summer or in the fall,

and then, your cabin is ready in the winter.

But in my case, I had to start here pretty late, winter was already started.

And I can't wait to move in because it's pretty freaking cold right now.

The last couple weeks, I got the floor done.

The walls are almost done, I just have one row left

until I can start on the roof.

I just built those tripods because it was getting too heavy to lift them up by hand.

[upbeat music playing]

Every step, I'm extra cautious.

They're heavy logs. And if I'm crushed under logs,

nobody will know that I'm hurt.

[creaking]

That's the kind of crack you don't want to hear.

Fuck!

I just have to adjust them all the time.

They are useful, but also a pain in the ass.

[chuckles]

Okay.

[chainsaw buzzing]

[uplifting music playing]

It's getting cold now, so it's getting harder to work with the logs.

The logs are frozen, so it's hard to nail them.

You have to be always careful to not make a mistake.

It's looking good. I just have to cut that piece

the right length so it fits in between.

If I cut too short, I have a big gap in my corner.

If it's too long, I can't drop it in, so, it has to be kind of perfect.

[suspenseful music playing]

You don't want to make mistakes.

I can't just replace that log with a two by four or whatever,

I have to go cut another tree, and drag it back,

and cut it all over again, and bring it up...

so you can't make mistakes.

[chainsaw buzzing]

Oh.

Nice.

That was the last row.

So, the walls are done.

[soft music playing]

It was a lot of work. It took a lot of time,

a lot of logs, a lot of swearing.

[chuckles]

I'm not going to put too much time on the roof,

I'm just going to have a little temporary roof,

so I can actually move in and start living in the cabin for the winter.

And then, in the spring, when it's warmer, I will do a proper roof.

[soft music playing]

[Gilbert] Ready? All right.

- Oh, wow, this is heavy. - Yeah.

[Emilie] That cold is brutal.

Good thing we have a pencil and not a pen, eh?

It would have been frozen.

Today's definitely been the coldest of the year.

It's -45.

We haven't had a really cold day yet, and I'm glad we're having them,

because our rivers and lakes need to stay frozen,

so that we can use our skidoo and go up to our cabin.

And, this is the best time to haul some stuff, in the winter,

because we can use a snowmobile.

[Emilie] So, the plan right now is we need to build a flat sled,

so that we can bring really heavy things to our cabin.

The most important item that we need to bring is our brand new stove.

A wood stove is the heart of the cabin, like it's what keeps you warm and dry.

So, we need a stove to survive.

Ever since moving here, like having these -40 and below temperatures,

now, I'm realizing how much the cold has an impact on everything.

Pressure's on.

Is that gonna work in this cold?

[chainsaw buzzing]

Gotta warm it up.

[upbeat music playing]

Wow, that looks really good, Gilbert. You did really well.

You don't want to make it too wide.

Make it too wide, it's going to become a problem.

You're gonna hit trees.

[soft music playing]

I learned this from my uncles, and my dad, and my mom.

She's a really good carpenter.

[Emilie] Something that's really important to Gilbert and I

is to really teach our kids all these skills that can be lost.

You're gonna hammer this in?

[Emilie] For them to learn their roots, not a lot of kids get that opportunity,

you know, be really hands on like that.

- Nice job, Annie. - Good job, Annie.

Mikael, you want to come help daddy?

Mikael.

I think he stops functioning colder than -40, just like the chainsaw.

[chuckles]

[soft music playing]

[laughter]

I can't use this hammer anymore.

Like, what's wrong with it? Did it shrink or something?

- Yeah. It was too cold. - In the cold?

[Gilbert] The wood shrunk.

Oh my god, no. [chuckles]

[sighs]

If it's too cold for the kids and it's too cold for the hammer,

I think it's time we maybe call it a day.

Hopefully, by morning, we'll be able to pack it up.

We're going to put it to the test tomorrow.

[soft music playing]

[Billy] What I like the most about living in the woods in wintertime

is the silence, the quiet.

This is the most precious thing to my heart.

[Matty] Just be alone with your thoughts and be alone in nature...

just spend multiple days, weeks even, and not hear a single voice from anyone.

[Emilie] It just feels good to be in a very quiet place...

where you hear your own heartbeat, you hear the wind,

and you just feel so at peace.

[upbeat music playing]

[Billy] The fire has been burning for about three hours.

The ice and snow needed to be melted

in order, you know, to level it...

and everything is thawed, so I'm very happy.

The other fire did a very good job. Whoo hoo!

[chuckles] Very easy.

I'm going to set up the base of the bridge, which is called gabion.

It's like a cage with rocks inside.

So, gabion will stay there and it will hold the bridge forever.

[laughs]

Look at this! It's just, whew, between the lines.

[chuckles] So happy.

Perfect. Look at this!

So now, I just need to fill it up of rocks.

A lot of it.

The best way to find the rocks, it's here,

in the river, underneath the ice.

Oh, it's very cold.

Yeah, there's about two feet of water.

I just put my hip waders on.

All right. You know there will be rock fishing.

[suspenseful music playing]

I wouldn't swim in this water. Oh, man.

It's colder than I expected, actually. [laughs]

But, you know, the work has to be done.

There is no shortcut when you are in the bush, it's so much work.

[grunts]

But it is great to have this feeling of self-reliance.

I just love it.

All right. It's done.

A few hundred pounds of rocks.

So heavy.

[laughs]

Oh, man. Way more rocks than I expected.

Oh.

Now, two beams.

One, two.

Going across.

And that will be it, the base of the bridge. Whoo.

Next step, I'm going to bring the big beams

using the snowmobile pulley system.

[chuckles] And it's a big, big job.

[soft music playing]

- [Emilie] Is this a new stove? - [Gilbert] Yeah, it's brand new.

Whoa! That's heavy.

[grunting] Yeah.

Cast iron.

The plan is, we're going to be hauling that flatbed

to bring our heavy-duty cast-iron stove to our camp.

I'm worried about it because it's glass.

What if we break it?

[Gilbert] Be very gentle.

[Emilie] Getting the stove to our cabin is very hard

because it's very heavy, but we need a stove to survive...

to be dry, warm, it's essential.

- How's that? - Looks good.

I can see so many things going wrong already.

Oh, boy.

[engine starting]

All right. Ready? Mount up.

[uplifting music playing]

[Emilie] Everywhere on the land here, there's trails, there's old trails

from hundreds of years ago, there's new trails.

So, we've been using a mix, and now, we'll be doing

a bit of a new trail, so we'll be cutting through,

and making our own trail to our cabin.

[thudding]

[Gilbert] I hit a tree.

[Emilie] That hit pretty hard, eh?

All right, let's go check it out.

Oh, no.

Our horse broke. Both of them broke.

Oh, man.

[Gilbert] It's all smashed.

[Emilie] I'm glad the stove looks okay.

I mean, this is not so bad, but the stove would have been terrible.

[Gilbert] Yeah, the trail's too tight. [Emilie] Yeah.

So, I guess we'll have to remove that one.

- This one, too, right? - These two. Yeah.

Want to go remove that one over there? Yeah.

So, do I just cut straight across or like a V...

Like a little angle.

Emilie's always trying new things.

The chainsaw, one thing.

Chopping down some trees.

- This big one? - This big one, yeah, then we're good.

[chainsaw buzzing]

I feel like I've been relying a lot on Gilbert,

and I've never used a chainsaw.

Yes, it's intimidating, but I don't want to be someone

that he has to do everything for.

So, I'm really trying to learn as much skills as I can,

and now, I feel like I'm a little bit more self-reliant.

- Good? - That's good. Yeah.

It's already getting colder, eh?

- Let's go before the nighttime comes. - Yeah. Before we freeze.

[upbeat music playing]

- [Emilie] Are we stuck? - [Gilbert] Yep. We're stuck.

We're gonna have to lighten the load.

Okay.

Oh! [chuckles]

Want to reach that one first, the heavy one?

The heavy one, okay.

[suspenseful music playing]

All right, now, we can go like this. We can grab a two by four.

You stick it in here, and then, you just...

like that.

So, as you're driving, you want me to do that?

- Yeah. - Okay.

[engine revving]

- That went pretty good. - That was good.

[soft music playing]

[Emilie] We've had a lot of challenges today, some delays.

It's getting pretty late in the day,

and I can already feel the temperature dropping.

So, by the time we would make it to camp,

if we were to keep going, it would be so cold.

So, we're going to set up a camp right in the trees,

and yeah, we'll start up again tomorrow.

[Gilbert] The best fire starters, these little branches here.

[Emilie] Gilbert's spirit name basically means fire keeper.

He can make a fire out of anything, anywhere, anyhow.

He just lights it up within seconds.

So, it's really fitting.

[soft music playing]

Coffee tastes really good right now.

When you spend the whole day outside,

your food tastes better, your sleep is better.

- [Gilbert] Like the fresh air. - [Emilie] Yeah. Fresh air feels good.

- I love it. - Yeah.

[Emilie] It's such a beautiful night. Lots of stars.

So, we're just going to relax, and recharge, and admire the beauty of it.

We have everything we need.

We have our shelter, our warmth.

We have each other.

We got a lot done.

And there's more tomorrow.

[upbeat music playing]

Last one. Ready?

[man] Okay, pull.

[sighs]

Yeah, I got a new friend in.

Alex is my partner.

We've been together for a year now.

He lives in the bush too, hunting and guiding.

And he came here to spend some time in the bush with me.

It's good because he is just coming in when I'm going to start the roof,

so it's going to be a good help.

[Alex] She's already got the walls up,

and she's been working pretty hard on this.

It's been quite a big job.

And it's nice I can give her a hand.

[Margot] It's very important to me that the person I want to be with

can share this part of life with me, because it's, it's not just a hobby.

It's, it's me, it's what I want to do, it's how I want to live.

We're good partners.

[soft music playing]

- Push it my way? - Yeah.

- [Margot] Okay, stop. Is it holding? - [Alex] Yeah.

[Margot] Is it high enough on your side?

Sure a workout in itself, to climb in and out of this now.

Yeah.

Close to where I'm building, there is an old trapper cabin.

It's an abandoned cabin.

Everything was left behind.

So, this place is pretty much my hardware store.

I'm hoping I can salvage this door for the new cabin.

It looks like it's in pretty good shape.

It's not rotten. It's a good find.

It's going to save me a couple hours of work

that are going to be useful for something else, for sure.

It's not everywhere in the bush that you have the chance to have...

an old cabin like this, full of treasure.

So, if you have it, use it.

That will be perfect.

Yeah. I think that should be good.

It's time to cut the hole for the door.

We're trying to square the door as much as we can,

but we're not squaring it from the floor

because the floor is probably not level anyway.

Everything is crooked, right? It's logs and it's bush carpentry.

I spent so much time working on those logs.

Everything is nice and tight.

And now, I have to cut that big hole in the wall.

If I fuck it up, the hole is there forever.

So, it's kind of nerve wracking.

[chainsaw buzzing]

Whoo hoo!

Damn!

It's a door.

[Margot] It's a door.

Oh, man. That's great.

Feels like it's a, an actual cabin now.

It was just a pile of logs, and now, it's a pile of logs with a door.

That's sweet! Great. And straight-ish.

[chuckles]

[suspenseful music playing]

Fuck!

Fuck! This wall is falling right now,

and I'm scared it might roll because it kind of moved hard when I pried it.

- No, don't do that. - No, I'm just checking.

If it falls, we're all fucked, though.

When I pried the two by four, the logs moved a little bit.

I don't want this wall to fall down.

Not good.

[soft music playing]

[Matty] I wouldn't change my life.

Absolutely love it up here.

The best part is really feeling like you have everything you need around you.

It's about simple things, standing back in a nice little warm cabin

and just, just being there in the moment.

[door creaking, closing]

[Matty sighs]

You got everything out here.

You know, when you really boil it down, like, all we're really meant to do

is what you're doing out here, is, you know, hunt, fish, trap.

Feed the fire.

Doesn't get more basic than that, really, you know.

There's a lot of sacrifices that come with it,

but I mean there's a whole lot of pay offs also,

just like waking up every day as your own.

This is it for me.

Wild boy for life.

Only part missing from this whole equation is a good woman.

- Absolutely. - A good partner.

It would be that much better.

A couple of dirty little barefoot kids running around, potato sacks on.

Oh, man, I would raise some feral ass kids up here.

I know.

That's really what's missing.

- That's coming, too. - That's coming, yeah.

All right, let's track on.

[upbeat music playing]

Yeah, I'd say it's looking pretty good.

It's a real-looking roof. Solid, man.

Having Adam here, it's going way faster.

He's a professional carpenter. I mean, I'm a professional... hillbilly.

It's really starting to look like something.

You can really feel how big the space is going to be.

It's a whole 50% extra to the size of the cabin.

I mean, it's a small house now.

It's so exciting.

Some heavy clouds.

[suspenseful music playing]

[wind blowing]

There's a Newfoundland snowstorm on its way right now.

Supposed to blow hard, you know, over two, three feet of snow.

You shouldn't be roofing in the middle of winter back here like we are,

but if we don't get it sheeted and shingles on before sundown

and the storm gets here, it's going to be just a damn mess.

Look at this weather.

It is turning, quick.

[Adam] And we're losing light.

The shingles got wet and they froze.

And the tar really doesn't like to stick to a wet shingle.

[rhythmic music playing]

Working in the winter up here, the snow and the ice,

everything is more difficult.

Keeps you humble, that's what it does, the cold up here keeps you humble.

These shingles have got to get on before the snow comes.

I was looking at the radar earlier

and we got 30 miles an hour winds coming in tomorrow.

[Matty] Yeah, man. This is right down, right down to the wire.

If there's ever been a trial by fire for a hastily built roof,

it's going to come in the next 24 hours.

[Matty] Yep.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Matty] Around here, you get bad weather. And when it blows, it blows.

We got the roof on just in time. And then the storm hit.

[wind blowing]

The weatherman wasn't lying, this storm is definitely blowing proper.

And I woke up very happy when I seen that fresh bed of snow...

to know that the shingles were on tight and done the night before.

We didn't leave anything undone.

[Billy] When I'm here, I don't miss too much the city.

You know, I miss mostly the people.

I miss my friends.

[Margot] I really like my solitude in the bush...

but I also need company just to share the experience.

[laughter]

[Matty] I'm not one of those weird hermits that want to be completely isolated.

I still love my family. I love my friends.

I still want to be connected.

[upbeat music playing]

[Emilie] Today is a really nice day, couldn't ask for any better weather.

We're going to finish our travel, and hopefully, we'll make it all in one piece.

- [Gilbert] All right. - [Emilie] Okay.

You think you can make it? That's really steep.

We have a big hill at the end to go up to get to our camp.

I'm anticipating some issues, some challenges.

Gilbert's already flipped out on a steep hill with that skidoo,

so, you gotta be careful how much you're carrying.

Probably better if I come off, and then I'll meet you at the top.

- [Gilbert] It would be easier that way. - [Emilie] So, I'll see you up there?

It doesn't look super steep, but it's steep enough

for it to be a problem when you have that much cargo.

There's so many things that can go wrong. I just don't want Gilbert to get hurt.

[engine revving]

So far, I think it's okay?

Oh my goodness.

Ooh! Oh!

Oh, that looks so heavy. Oh my god.

[suspenseful music playing]

- [Emilie] Oh, no, it came off. - [Gilbert] It came off!

- [Gilbert] The cable snapped. - [Emilie] Yeah.

I'm surprised it didn't slide all the way down the hill.

Man, I'm happy I wasn't on that skidoo.

Like, the runners were just going up.

- Ooh, I would have been so scared. - [chuckles]

[soft music playing]

All right. We're almost there.

Yeah, we can just leave it there because our camp is close, we drop this off.

Okay. And then, you'll come back to get that one over there?

Yep.

[Emilie] You think it's just bringing lumber there, building a cabin,

put the four walls and the roof and you're done.

But there's a lot more work behind it.

Lots of obstacles and lots of travel and I'm glad I'm getting to experience it.

[Gilbert] Our camp is close, we're lucky this didn't happen further away.

[Emilie] There's still a lot of work to do,

but I feel like the biggest piece is done now.

Like, we were waiting for the winter to be able to haul all the heavy stuff.

- Good. It made it. - Yeah, it made it.

That's a big load off my shoulders.

I feel like the most important piece that we needed for the cabin is the stove.

I'm really happy it made it.

Gonna be a lot easier to travel back home now.

Yeah, and the trail's made. We're good.

[Emilie] We've made it just on time today, that we can get back before nightfall.

And we'll get to see our kids before they go to bed.

Let's go home.

- All right, let's go. - It'll be quick!

[suspenseful music playing]

So, see that bent? Because I just cut.

I'm scared and there's nothing to hold on right now in between.

So, pfft.

And... camping all winter.

The remedy is to not cry.

And to try to nail something inside to hold the wall together.

So, hopefully, it's good enough.

- Want to try hitting there? - Yeah.

[dramatic music playing]

- It's working. - Yeah?

Take a look.

See how it's... you think that's good?

Yeah, I think that's way better.

Not too scary anymore.

[rhythmic music playing]

Done.

Now, it's going to be great.

I can be way faster now that I don't have to climb in and out all the time.

The next step is I have to start putting the purlins.

The purlins are the beams that go across the cabin length.

[Alex] There we are.

[sighs]

[Margot] And on top of the purlins, I need some poles.

A few years ago, part of this valley was burned in a forest fire.

So, there's thousands of little dry poles like this around here.

And they're perfect for the roof of my cabin.

This one right ahead of me is good.

[Alex] I'll cut this one.

[soft music playing]

So, I'm cutting a bunch of poles for the temporary roof that I'm building.

So, those poles are going to be holding the tarp.

That's pretty much the last step before being able to finish the roof

and moving in.

[grunting]

About 20 on each side.

[rhythmic music playing]

So, once all the poles are nailed down for the temporary roof,

just gotta put a tarp over, then I can actually move in

and start living in the cabin for the winter.

Then, I can just focus on trapping and go have fun.

[indistinct chatter]

[soft music playing]

[Alex] I'll hold it and you pull a little bit tight.

I'm pretty tight on that side. It's great.

Amazing.

It's not going to be a very great insulated roof, obviously.

It's just for now, to have a little shelter.

And in the spring when I have more time and it's better weather,

I can build a permanent roof.

[uplifting music playing]

All done.

The roof is on.

It's a big accomplishment, I'm happy.

Now, I just gotta put that door in, put the stove,

probably a window, and it's good to go.

And this was just a couple of trees around here,

and now, it's, it's starting to look more like a home.

Like a dream home.

[soft music playing]

[Billy] So this is the second beam that I cut for the bridge.

To get the log on the other side, that's about 20 feet.

So, with the rope, on the other hand,

I'm just going to take this log... [whistles]

all the way to the other side.

It's going to work.

[rhythmic music playing]

So now, I have got to pull fast enough to make sure

that I've got enough momentum to get this log across the river.

It's very important because if this big piece of log gets stuck

in the middle of water, I am done.

[speaking french]

[engine revving]

Oh my God! Oh! Ah!

[suspenseful music playing]

Merde.

No.

I was just too worried I did not have enough momentum,

but I had too much momentum.

The good news is, I got it across, okay, so...

but the bad news is, well, the other end, it's almost in the water.

I don't know how, but I will need to lift it up and put it back here.

One step at a time.

[soft music playing]

This is the first bridge I'm building.

I'm learning a lot here.

I'm always asking myself, how can I solve this problem?

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.

Go, go, go, go, go! Whoo!

That's good.

Whoo!

I just do my best. That's it.

I'm not a bridge builder, I'm just a guy in the woods.

[chuckles]

[uplifting music paying]

Whoo hoo!

[engine revving]

Whoo!

[chuckles]

It looks level. Wow.

I'm building a bridge...

in the middle of my land.

It's amazing.

You know, I see it now and I say, oh, wow, this, this is another part of my land

that I will be able to see and to travel and to get the woods and everything.

It's a new world, you know.

[chainsaw buzzing]

[soft music playing]

It feels so great just to work on my land, to keep this place alive.

This is the moment of truth.

[uplifting music playing]

Building a bridge, it just inspired me to dream big.

I'm dreaming about exploring,

I'm dreaming about taking care of this part of the land.

Dreaming about what's next.

[Matty] Everything's tougher in the winter.

We're really threading the needle with this wind.

You have to be really careful. Anything can go wrong.

Gilbert, do you need help?

[Gilbert grunting]

You're working at heights, you're working with heavy, awkward things.

[Billy grunting]

God, the nearest hospital's hours away.

[Margot] Here, if I just want to be warm, it's not easy.

It's a mess.

The nature is not the enemy, okay, but is not the friend.

I cannot get through.

Fucked that one up good.

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