13x02 - Worlds Collide: Part 2

[bunniefuu]

I'm slowly dying.

How far can I go?

Oh, my God,
I got my chance.

The "Alone"
World Championship.

Ugh!

Doesn't get any better.

Got him.

Going up against
some of the world's

best bushcrafters.

Fire!

This ain't a beauty pageant.
This is a survival challenge.

It takes
a little bit of insanity

to wanna stay out here alone.

Ah!

Bear.

But I think I might have
that little bit of insanity.

We are in one of the most

harsh environments
on the planet.

The Beaufort Delta,

in the shadow
of the Richardson Mountains.

Yeah!

125 miles into
the Arctic Circle.

I am so far away
from the place I belong to.

Whoa!

There's gonna be
a b*tch slap of reality.

This place is [bleep] brutal.

Being alone out here,
it changes you.

You do lose your mind.

But maybe you find some
of your soul as well.

Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.

What a day to be alive.

This terrain
is [bleep] brutal.

Perfect.

Ooh.

Beautiful ivrulik.

Amazing.

Hunting a female with
the son is not allowed.

I hope I can get another shot.

Awesome.

Yes!

Sorry, dude.

Shh.

Trap line produces.

First solid meal.

We're on the right path.

Man, I [bleep] miss
my wife and kids.

I am officially tapping out.

There's not a thing
in the world

worth trading time
with your family.

This is the
World Challenge of "Alone."

So as a Welshman,
I'm flying the flag

for our ancestral skills in a
way that nobody's done before.

This is about as surreal
as it can get.

I think if you're
a part of any first ever,

it's pretty exciting.

But could be an easy win
or it could be impossible.

Hopefully I won't see that
thing for quite a while.

I want to prove
that the United States

is better than anybody.

[bleep] Arctic Circle.

Day one, man.

Holy [bleep].

I gotta stop swearing.

Whoo-hoo!

Nice one.

All alone.

Crazy [bleep], man.

They dropped me off in
[bleep] middle of nowhere.

Oh, man, alone.

You hear that?

I'm here.

It's happening.

So many mosquitoes here.

Well...

[bleep] loads of them.

Okay, first things first.

Let's do some exploring.

The first thing to do
is obtain data.

It's not hot yet.

It's a scientific approach,

seeing what is out there and
looking for the resources.

A lot of Labrador tea.

[bleep] flies.

They will eat me alive.

Ooh,

it would be so amazing
to do some fishing.

Oh, [bleep].

Bear.

And a wolf, a big one.

Nice one.

And another footprint.

And more and more and more.

There are so many footprints
all over the place.

But I'm definitely not afraid
of wolves and also bears,

because I'm quite used to
being in the wilderness.

Look at this.

Super huge wolf.

Gosh.

But maybe I underestimate
how it is

when the big guys are coming.

So it might change if I have
a lot of encounters with bears

and they are not so pleasant
as they are in Slovenia.

Look at this guy.

Black bear.

And wolves and bears
and wolves.

Wow.
And all these [bleep] flies.

In my ears, in my eyes.

I never saw so big ones
in Slovenia.

Bah!

Slovenia is definitely one
of the wildest countries

in Europe.

One of the most
common footprints.

Bears.

More than 60% is forest
and it's still quite intact.

Forest, forest, forest.

So me and my brother went
to the forest just as kids.

We fell in love for
this outdoor life.

So we actually started a
survival school back in 2014.

We are really focused on
to build from scratch

everything they need
to survive.

If I win
half a million dollars,

I would definitely increase
our survival school,

Gozdovnistvo bushcraft and
survival school in Slovenia.

And maybe buy a small property
out in the woods

where my family
could spend their time.

They are my inspiration.

My wife, she's super stubborn
and she doesn't give up.

I would also like to show
my son what he might achieve

if he really goes
for something.

As fish biologist,
I have advantage

over other participants.

I understand
how fish are moving,

what kind of food
they are looking for.

Whoo-hoo!

I'm very proud
to represent Slovenia,

coming from one
very small country,

and I would like to show

it doesn't matter
where you're coming from.

Show them who's the boss.

If you're really
passionate about something...

See you guys!

You can succeed.

Ooh,

look at these guys.

Might be a place for
my temporary shelter.

Whew.

A really nice spot.

It's much better without flies.

And basically,
it's like a flat shelf.

And I have a really,

really nice view
down to the river.

So basically,
I could set my fish lines

and just observe them while
I'm doing other stuff up here.

Another thing is it's a
really nice sh**ting range.

Will be sufficient
for a couple of days.

And later on, I will look
for more permanent shelter.

And now, guys,
I'm super thirsty.

It's time to start preparing
water that I will drink.

We are here in lowland.

And water,
it has a lot of different

parasites and bacteria.

So treating water
is really important.

But I don't have a ferro rod
to make fire easily.

These rubber boots are
luckily waterproof,

so I will just fill one
completely with water.

Luckily, I have
a very cool technique

to get drinkable water.

And this can give me advantage

because I can go without fire
for a very long time.

Okay.

I will use my shemagh.

Actually, I could use
also T-shirt or whatever.

So the idea is,
if you put it like here

and you leave it like this,
you realize that at some point,

water will get up
to higher point.

So I let it get over here

and into the pot.

When water travels
through this shemagh

or any piece of cloth,

this is actually
the principle of capillarity.

And you can see it's getting
wet and it's spreading.

And the point is that water
and very, very small particles

can travel easier
than bigger particles.

So it's filtering.

And I might speed it up
to make it double.

And I know from
my previous experiences

it is gonna be
good enough for drinking.

Look at that color difference.

In Slovenia,
I have been out in the wild

for so many times
without ferro rod.

And for me, this competition
is not only about winning.

It's also about
testing my skills

and showing to the world
that you can do anything

with less gear.

Look at this. Nice.

Cheers, guys.

All right.

Well, I'm here.

I wanna go check
some stuff out,

but I gotta get my gear
organized first.

I don't wanna lose anything.

One of the first things
I'm gonna do

is create a strap here

for my Leatherman.

Yeah, I've only been here
friggin' 20 minutes,

and I'm already like, okay,
don't lose your stuff.

Don't lose your stuff.

I lose my multi-tool,
I'm just done.

Game's over.

Put a loop here in the end.

There we go.

That's the no lose plan.

Put everything back.

Got my bow.

And I think
I'm just gonna walk,

you know, see what I can find.

Wow.

This is happening right now.

That's crazy.

Ha, yeah!

Made a perfect shot.

My name is David Booth.

I don't really know if
I could have hit him better.

I grew up in Palmer, Alaska.

Good morning, sir.

I was a high school principal.

I bring the wilderness
with me everywhere that I go.

I just recently retired.

I loved my job because I was
able to make a difference.

But now I need
another challenge.

I need something to push me
as hard as I can be pushed.

In my 52 years in Alaska,

this is what
I was raised to do.

Every time I go into the woods,
really, I'm going home.

I've been a hunter
my entire life.

I've hunted every animal
that walks this land.

I owned a fishing guide
service for 23 years.

I've caught every fish
that swims in this water.

This area is my backyard.

That's a huge advantage.

One snowshoe hare.

I've been snaring
since I was a kid.

I recently moved to
Mountain View, Hawaii.

I'm trying to
live sustainably.

$500,000--that provides me

the rest of my life
with adventure.

This is the first
"Alone" World Championship.

I'm representing America.

That's gonna push you
even harder.

I don't see myself being
anywhere but the winner.

There's a pretty
heavy trail right here.

I think I'm just gonna
head back this way.

We're here at fall time.

Look at this bank.

It's beautiful.

Looks like I got
a decent spot to fish.

As far as the animals here,

it's probably the most
dangerous part of the year.

Caribou are coming into rut.

They're full of adrenaline.

And grizzly bears are trying
to get full before wintertime.

They're hunting
the same animals.

Beaver.

Like to find him.

Winter's coming,
and they're gonna do

whatever they can
to prepare for it.

I gotta boil some water.
I'm thirsty.

I haven't drank yet, so
I'm gonna do that right now.

Just gonna make
a little spot for a fire.

My end goal
at the end of this

is to see how hard
I can push myself.

This is a personal challenge.

This is a world
championship contest.

I believe that
us in the West

have a considerable
advantage because

our life is based on practice
and not theory.

Some of the competitors
are very highly skilled.

They've been to fairs.
They've been to camps.

They've watched
YouTube videos.

They've made all kinds of
cool stuff in their backyard.

But, um,

there's gonna be a b*tch slap
of reality in a month.

What was that?

Oh, [bleep].

My ferro rod.

I gotta get it out.

Damn it!

My ferro rod's on fire.

[bleep].

Damn it!

It turned to ash.

This is real [bleep] bad.

I can't light a fire.

This is a [bleep] taco.

Well, I was that guy.

I'm that guy.

I started my fire,

set my ferro rod
off to the right,

and forgot I set it there
for so long,

and I burned my ferro rod up.

That's gonna make it
pretty damn tough

for me, you know.

That's gonna make it
pretty tough.

I need my ferro rod
as much as I need anything.

I'm in the Arctic.
I gotta have fire.

I can't drink this water.
I can't cook my food.

I can't heat my tent.
And I did it immediately.

Oh, [bleep].

I can't believe it.

I said I can't lose my stuff.

And I know that about myself.
I lose things.

All I had to do was tie it to
my waist like my multi-tool.

I only got, like,
an inch of ferro rod.

That's not going to last
very long.

Bow and drill is not
one of my best skills,

and not something
I was planning on

leaning on
when I got out here.

I guess I'm Friction Fire Dave
from now on.

[bleep].

Welcome to my world.

There's lots of
good-looking material.

I think I'll go
for a small walk,

just grab my bow,

and see what I can
and can't see.

But it looks great.

It looks really good.

So excited.

I can't believe
that I am here.

I know that
there's so much to do,

but I keep telling myself
just to slow down,

like, keep things
nice and simple right now,

and just focus.

Just got to
the first bit of mud,

probably 50 meters away from
where I got dropped off.

Bunch of tracks here.

Best of all, caribou tracks.

Right next to them

are bear tracks.

Not that fresh,
but fresh enough.

I live in New Zealand.

I have zero experience
with grizzly bears.

We shot a massive,
massive Chamois buck.

The odds I was fighting
to even get a shot

into this guy
is just so lucky.

Super stoked.

I was brought up in
New Zealand on a small farm.

Just out here doing
a bit of daily exercise.

I live on the West Coast

of the South Island
of New Zealand.

That's where I started
to just enjoy

and appreciate the fresh air

and the excitement
of adventure.

I probably spend close to 100
nights away from home hunting.

I believe bowhunting is my
bread and butter, for sure.

That's what I live for.

I remember getting my first
compound bow when I was 13.

I shot my first deer with it,

and then it was just
a real floodgates open.

I wanted to partake
in this competition

to build my mental game.

This is
the perfect environment

to push it
to the very, very edge.

It's unreal.

I've got an amazing view
of the mountains.

I still live at home
with my parents,

and they support me greatly.

Having the chance to win
this large amount of money

to help out my family--
that would be phenomenal.

To represent New Zealand
on a world stage

is definitely nothing
but excitement and pride.

I believe
I've got more than enough

of what it will take to be
the last person, for sure.

I'll make some snares.

And just trying to avoid
getting bitten by bugs

or getting sunburnt
is today's task.

One of the biggest priorities
of what I need to do,

it's mainly food.

It's a blue sky
and it's a beautiful day.

I'm not worried about rain.

So instantly, I'm gonna go out

and try to get something
for dinner tonight.

My first bit of protein.

A mosquito.

Everything counts out here.

I need to have as much food as
I possibly can because I know

I'm gonna need quite
a lot to sustain myself,

sustain my body to be here.

Let the games begin,

and let the hardest [bleep]
here be crowned champion.

Okay, maybe set out 20 or 30
snares just around here.

I see something.

Ptarmigan feeding
on the water's edge.

No way.

I'm gonna go put
a stalk on them.

They definitely know I'm here.

We'll see what I can do.

Missed.

Come on down, buddy.

Got him.

Well, that was rather exciting.

I just headshot
my first ever grouse.

Oh, man, I'm so excited.

This place,
this is gonna be it.

Kind of means a lot
early on in the game.

You know,
it's only one bird,

but now I've got feathers
to make lures and flies,

bones to make needles,

and a little bit of protein
for the next couple of days.

Stoked.

What a way to start
this competition off.

Wow.

Good morning.

Took me a long time
to fall asleep

because of my screw up
yesterday.

Yeah, I--

I'm trying to estimate
just how many fires

I can start
with what I got left.

I can start quite a few.

One thing I gotta do is

I'm not the best
friction fire starter.

So I think today,

today I'm gonna have to
work a little bit better

on a shelter so I have
a really good area

inside that shelter
to make fire.

I thought my whole thing
out here

would be food and shelter,

but now fire becomes
just as important.

God, I wish I wouldn't
have done that.

I'm gonna move this stuff over,
clear this land,

and just get started.

For a permanent shelter,

I've decided to build
a basic A-frame.

Put my tarp over it,

and I'll put logs and moss
on it after that.

That will carry me through

the really cold nights
that are gonna come.

I'm gonna start
collecting some poles.

I have done enough exploring

that I know I have
good resources here.

There's some swamps
upriver from me.

There's dense willow patches.

Those are the type of areas
that I'm gonna have

the opportunity to set snares.

I want to build a good base
for me to sleep in,

then I'll be a lot more
serious about hunting stuff.

Aww, damn it.

This is like being on
"The Truman Show."

You know, like, ooh,
everyone's watching me.

Everybody's seeing my mistakes.

We're making plenty of them,
I guess.

I know there's people
at home that'll judge me

for the mistake that I made
with my ferro rod.

I'll beat myself up enough.

Slow progress.

Growing up, I was a wrestler.

You walk out there
in a wrestling match

and you're gonna
shake the guy's hand

and the goal is to pin him,

but sometimes you find
yourself on your back.

You have to take a deep breath
and you say,

okay,
now it's time to wrestle.

And that's the same thing
out here.

Things are not
gonna go smoothly.

That will definitely work.

Every one of us,
me especially,

are going to make mistakes.

Put the rest of
my stuff in here

and let's go for a short walk.

I've seen beaver sign
on the edges of the river.

I can't light a fire until
I have a large amount of food

because I'm only
gonna be able to light

so many fires with what
I got left of my ferro rod.

What's going on here?

If I can catch this beaver,
I can smoke it

and have food
for several weeks.

You see where
he's coming up here.

He goes right through here.

Then I can work on my shelter,

practice with a bow and drill
and get better at it.

I just need to tie it down.

And then I can really
make a run out here.

We've got a pretty
easy spot to snare.

Pretty cool if I could catch a
good-sized beaver and smoke it.

Yesterday, I shot a grouse,

and instantly I can use
the grouse guts for bait,

which is great.

These are my assorted
fishing hooks.

So I'm gonna put
a wire leader on it.

Just play it safe starting off
if I catch a pike.

Okay. All right.

My strategy for gaining food
is gonna be a blend

of fishing and hunting

and seeing which ones

are gonna be
the most lucrative.

I'm putting energy
into trying to explore

every sort of nook and cranny
of my block.

We're about to be in
a [bleep] beaver scrap.

Crazy.

Definitely mapping out
my area in my head.

I'm seeing great potential

for what I think I need
to win this competition.

I've just walked to
a new point here.

This lake looks phenomenal.

I'm just gonna use a float
out of some bark.

All right.

First cast in
the Northwest Territories.

I'm feeling quite at home
in this location.

It doesn't feel like
I shouldn't be here,

and it's really comforting.

I've got fresh water,
good-looking lake

that I'll be able
to go fishing

within five minutes' walk.

I don't think there's
much else I could

be asking for in a location.

[bleep] day two.

Wow.
My first ever pike.

I've never even seen
a pike in real life.

It's a tiny one,
but it'll be dinner.

Hey, beauty.

This place is good.

Pretty amazing turn of events.

These guts are working
a wonder on the pike.

Many more to come.

Holy [bleep],
there's a moose over there.

You won't be able to see it,
but it's over on that beach.

It's moving pretty quick.

I'm gonna wade across
this channel.

It's just on the other side of
this island here, over there.

Getting a moose
is super important

to stay here for a long time.

Being able to tap into a large
amount of its fat stores,

I could just hang out
here forever.

It's pretty deep over there.

The wind's perfect.

I'll put my pants on.

Holy [bleep].

That thing's huge.

Wow.

I could have taken a long shot,

but I decided not to.

I just don't wanna
wound something out here.

No point.
It's only day two.

It's still so hot.

And that moose will live
for another day.

So cool.

She could see me
the whole time.

A little bit too far.

Yeah, anyway,

I caught my first
Northern pike

and I saw my first ever
Canadian Moose.

What a day.

[bleep].

Screw you guys!

What are you going to do now,

black flies?

You can't get me.

But I also don't see much.

It's--yeah.

Welcome to the North.

If you like black flies,
you will definitely enjoy here.

Okay, now it's about food.

So putting a lot of snares.

I know that in long term,

this is some kind
of hunger game.

So getting food
as soon as possible

is very important
for survival.

That looks nice.

Okay.

So my food strategy is mostly
passive, because basically,

I'm not a hunter.

Nice one.

I'm not really aiming
for big game

unless it comes
and I see it,

or I see very obvious
footprints

and I might follow it.

But I won't spend too much
time on active hunting.

I don't want to waste
too much energy.

So snares are for sure
a very good way to get meat.

It's just good enough.

Okay, done with snaring.

Everything looks good.

Definitely this is not a place
for permanent shelter.

No way.

It's super nice, panorama view.

Look at these guys.

The problem is,

it's facing west.

Especially later in winter,

sun is gonna be very low
behind these mountains.

The only option
is to go more south.

Another thing is,
the longer I'm here,

the more snares
there will be out,

and I will have
to move all of them.

So I think it's
the sooner the better.

My plan was first
to move after a week,

but I realized it's better
to move as soon as possible,

because you're
investing your time

to set up snares,

fish spring pools,
and all other stuff.

It's a lot of energy.

So it's very important to find

optimal permanent location
quickly.

It's gonna be
definitely a challenge

because it's super difficult
to pass this terrain.

I don't like
too much what I see here.

We are on the edge
of taiga forest.

It's muddy, swampy,
super thick vegetation.

This is the reason why,
historically,

not many people
lived out here.

It's so important that you
have easy access to water,

to berries,
a fishing spot,

or location where
you can put snares.

So there are many,
many different things

which is difficult to find.

Quite exhausted.

Very long walk.

But I think
it's worth the effort

because it makes a difference
on the long run.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Oh, you know, guys,
this looks like

a location
for permanent shelter.

Season 13 temporary cribs.

This is my sick house for

hopefully no longer
than a week.

And the inside.

Bed right here.

Pack right there.

Try to close this up

so these [bleep] bugs
don't get me.

So yeah, today's agenda is

get to work on
my permanent shelter.

Yeah, I like it here.
It's nice and mossy.

Lots to work with.

So we just gotta get some--

we need six skinny poles.

Okay, let's get after it.

My strategy is to get my
shelter built right away.

This looks like [bleep] work.

Then I can focus on hunting,
fishing, and acquiring food.

Timber.

I'm gonna make a log cabin.

It's a hybrid lean-to,
just built out of logs.

I need to harvest a bunch of
logs about 8 to 10 feet long,

and I'll stack them high
on one side,

make a roof
down to a low side,

and then just
put the walls up.

This shelter is gonna be
a lot of hard work.

It's gonna take
a lot of energy.

But I believe that it will be
beneficial in the long run.

I plan on staying out here
for a very long time,

so I want something
that's out of the weather.

I want something that
will keep me warm during

the cold months
and feels like home.

Oh, my goodness.

We are eating,
ladies and gentlemen.

Growing up on a small
hobby farm, my childhood,

a lot of it was hard work.

There's another
good chunk of meat.

My dad was
an avid outdoorsman.

My grandpa as well.

Every weekend, we were
camping, hunting, fishing.

Oh, yeah. Nice fish.

I've k*lled
many moose in my day.

My top three survival skills
is definitely hunting...

Oh, bullseye.

Mental toughness,
and then bushcraft.

Yeah, these feel good.

You know, I fought
mixed martial arts.

I've played rugby.

I've played
pretty crazy sports.

And this is the scariest,
hardest,

craziest thing
a person can do.

This season's
definitely different,

especially it being the World
Championship in my country.

So there's added
pressure there.

Push her into the snow.
She's working.

I will show how gritty
and tough Canadians are.

And not go down easy
or at all.

See you later.

Good luck to ya.

In about 90 to 100 days,

I'm gonna be the winner
of season 13 of "Alone."

That's me.

Buh-buh bye!

Bye.

Hard work out here logging.

It'll be worth it,
though, I tell you.

I don't know if you're
gonna see anything, but...

I wanted to try to get
some fish lines in the water

so I can have some
passive fishing

while I build my shelter,

but I don't have bait.

I need this squirrel.

Man, I haven't missed
like that in years.

Oh, my God, Aaron.

What the [bleep]?

I'm so disappointed in myself.

Oh, my God, I can't believe
I just did that.

I don't know how they missed.

That's embarrassing.

I'm gonna be looking
for arrows.

Holy jeez, Aaron,
you're so dumb.

Oh, guys.

You must be kidding me.

We have a bunny.

Oh, man.

That's really nice catch, actually.

Thank you, bunny.

Oh.

What a cutie.

I knew that snaring
is gonna be very important,

so I'm really happy
to have my first hare.

But I'm not gonna cook it
right now because

today I'm moving everything
to another location.

Bunny.

They're quite small, actually.

But seems quite fatty.

Big belly.

Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.

Tomorrow, there's gonna be
a rabbit soup.

I have to move all this stuff

and I'm glad that I'm moving
as soon as possible

because later on,
I would have only

more and more things
to move.

That's it.

I'm leaving my camp to move

to a new location.

Here we go again.

Very long walk.

Not too many
more trees to cut down.

Put in a lot of hard work,
so hopefully it pays off.

'Cause if it doesn't...

No such thing as it doesn't.

It will work.

Hard work pays off always.

Man, if I had that squirrel
right now, we'd be fishing.

Such a dummy.

Got a couple snares out now.

Hopefully acquire
some food that way.

If not, we're just gonna
fast another day.

Longest I've ever fasted,
ten days.

Don't wanna do it again.

But if I can't get a squirrel
or anything else to get fish,

we're doing another day.

It started to rain.
It's good enough.

So I'm gonna get
everything under there.

Gonna be a sick little home
for 90 days.

It sounded close,
so I'm gonna go in there

and try to get him.

There he is.

Right there.

Too high.

I need to start taking
responsible shots

and not sh**ting when
the squirrel's in the trees.

I can't just be
losing my arrows.

One more shot.
Please, give me one more shot.

I promise I won't miss.

Oh, my God.

Oh, this squirrel's
been my nemesis.

Sorry, little buddy.

Had to be done.

And now we can get
some fish lines in.

This is huge getting
a squirrel today.

Now I got bait
for my fish lines,

and hopefully they'll
start pulling in fish.

So I'm gonna just get
some tall, thicker willows

or alder.

Just making a notch in the
tree so that the line can sit.

And then I'll tie some fish
line on it, probably 50 feet.

Put a hook on the end
that I can put bait on,

and put a weight
on each of them.

Get her swinging.

I'll get like six lines
up and down.

Get out of here, rain.

If I can start hauling in fish,
I'm telling you,

I won't be going home.

But right now,
the moose hunting begins.

It's so quiet right now.

That moose call
should carry a long way.

But I don't know if moose
call much around here

because of all
the grizzlies and wolves.

I'm gonna keep walking.

My hunting strategy is
to find a big game animal.

Moose, caribou.

I carry my bow with me
at all times.

I'm just looking on both sides.

Looking for sign,
looking for anything.

It'll be exciting to see
some fresh moose tracks.

I'd rather not see grizzly.

As I walk, I always call,
just because

it's getting close
to prime time moose hunting.

And once the rut comes
into full effect,

I'm gonna harvest a moose.

See, here's those tracks.

What the hell is that?

That was definitely something.

That's the problem
with calling moose.

You call grizzlies too.

I don't like that.

Let's give it a minute
to walk away.

Definitely wasn't a moose.

So either a wolf or a bear.

So I'm just sitting here
on the bank waiting.

[bleep] it.
Let's go.

Hopefully it wandered off
after it got my scent.

I can sneak behind it
and get back to my camp.

If not,
we're gonna have a duel.

Here we go,
ladies and gentlemen.

Loaded.

Just getting
all my weapons ready.

Bear spray's got the lid off.

Bear banger's loaded.

Air horn.

And that's all I have.

I've been charged by bears.

I've seen big grizzly bears.

I've been real close to them,

and I don't wanna
be around them.

There's some bear [bleep].

So I will be cautious and
move properly around them

and do the smart thing.

Getting close
to where the action is.

On this episode of "Alone,"

watch how Aaron

gets eaten by a bear.

[bleep] jumping in that river
if it really gets after me.

What a loser I am.

Hilarious.

Now, where did he go?

Let's follow his tracks again.

He went up here.

Probably swam back
in the water.

I don't know.

That's so funny.

I was ready to spray a bear,
sh**t a bear banger,

had my horn ready to go.

It's a beaver.

That's the problem with
not having binos,

and having [bleep] eyesight.

Let's get back to camp.

All my fishing lines are in.

Holy [bleep], got a fish.

Oh, no, no, no.

Holy [bleep], what a [bleep].

Sorry about the language.

Holy macaroni.

We just caught Moby d*ck.

Yeah, buddy.

What a tank.

Thank you, squirrel.

Holy Toledo.

That's a pig.

Hoo-hoo, first fish, baby.

Oh, we can breathe
a sigh of relief

and eat.

Yes!

Oh, well--

ha, I start everything
with "well."

Okay.

I'll try not to start
with "well" every time.

Okay.

So--

That's another one.
How do you start?

You can't just start, can you?

You just have to
say "well" or "so."

Today I'm feeling pretty good,

despite having
not eaten anything.

But I do have to start
looking for food.

I made up some snares,
so I'm gonna make a start

on my trap line,
get those calories in.

So wish me luck.

You can't go into
an environment like this

and just sit down and hope
everything's gonna be good.

Your shelter's not
gonna build itself.

Your fire's not gonna
light itself.

I need to go forward
and deal with the things

that need to be done
practically.

This is a spot with
a lot of hare activity,

but there's no obvious place
to put a snare, so...

All the trees are
very widely spaced,

so it doesn't make sense
to put a normal snare here.

So what I'm gonna do instead

is build a hare trap.

Probably best if I show you.

I am focusing my attention
on snaring.

I'm seeing a lot of sign
of smaller game.

There's rabbit droppings.

Just got my four cross members.

This is a multi-phased game.

In the early stages,
the priority

has to be to keep
my calorific intake up.

Our first beam at this point.

The early part of this,
I'm expecting to be busy.

I'm gonna be building
my shelter.

I'm gonna be fishing.

I'm gonna be foraging,

hopefully hunting
some big game as well.

And then as it gets
much colder,

the resources
become more scarce,

I will be conserving
a lot of my energy.

Now then, we need
to block off

all the alternative routes
into this

so that they have to go
through the snares.

The environment that I'm in
isn't quite the same

as anywhere
I've ever been before.

This is a whole different
world from what I'm used to.

Wales is a very
temperate climate.

It very rarely
gets below zero.

Okay.

There we have

our complete

snare compound.

This is Bannau Brycheiniog,

or as it's known in English,

the Brecon Beacons
National Park.

I'm a professional
bushcraft instructor.

Okay, so I'm just gonna
set up my drill.

I've always thought I'm kind
of a jack of all trades.

My archery skills are solid.

And I'm not too bad
at fishing as well.

But I think my real advantage
is the fact that

I've got a very
adaptable mindset,

and I'm hoping to pull
all of that together

into this environment
and make it work for me.

Here we go.

Being 51, I think now
I'm more methodical

in the way I approach things.

Some of the younger guys,
in a short-term situation,

they're gonna outrun me.

But I see this as more of
a hare and the tortoise,

and I'm definitely
the tortoise in this game.

So firelighting with Ruby.

Get that birch bark
shaved up root.

Looking good.

I think the biggest thing
I'll miss will be my family.

My fiancée, Julia--
Julia

And my daughter,
she's 12, Ruby.

She'll miss me a lot,

but she started watching
some previous episodes.

Oh, nice shot.

She said don't come back
without the money.

Half a million dollars
would be life changing.

Nice.

It would pay off
the mortgage.

It would give us
a lot of freedom

to travel more as a family.

I'm very confident that I have
the psychology to do this.

I'm gonna use
every skill that I have.

I'm gonna adapt
and I'm gonna persevere.

Whatever it takes
to survive and to win.

I don't feel like I'm just
doing this for myself.

I'm doing this for Wales.

Still raining.

There's not much point in just
sitting here wasting time,

so I'm gonna make
some more snares

and take them out
as soon as it stops.

And by making these
before I go out,

I don't have to waste time
while I'm out and about.

I'm making the most of this
damp and miserable day.

I'm feeling quite cheerful, actually.

I think it's because of
the rain reminds me of home.

I feel like I'm back in Wales.

Ah. Anyway.

Wales has a lot of
the ancestral skills.

We're a very strong
and resilient nation.

And I like to bring
those skills alive again.

As a Welshman,
I'm flying the flag

for our traditions
and our ancestral skills.

I've gotta do well out here
for myself

and also for Wales as well.

So I've, uh,

made a bunch of these

and I'll be setting these
all around my site.

And, uh,

hopefully,

that will get me
a squirrel

or two

because I'm starting
to get really hungry now.

I hope I don't lose
my arrows.

It was just rainy all night,

so I'm already dressed
in my winter clothes.

But, guys, now I'm here

at the location
where I want to be

and which I think is gonna
really benefit me.

Probably today, I will also
finally start the fire,

cook this hare,

and have proper meat.

First meat since I'm here.

Yeah.

If I want to stay long here,

I should go, go, go.

Okay, guys, I like to go down
and check some snares.

Oh, man.

Bunny.

Wow.

I have to fix this.

Time to make fire.

Everything is still super wet.

Conditions are not perfect,

but let's find
appropriate material.

If I want to eat,
I have to have fire.

The problem is, it's much
more rainy than I expected.

And then it keeps on
being wet all the time.

I'm not sure about this,

but it would be really nice
to start cooking,

then finally get
some proteins.

For our survival school,

we didn't have any mentor
or whatsoever.

The most of our knowledge

comes from being out
in the wild.

There is, of course,
strong individual factor

of being stubborn and
not giving up and so on.

But this is the way
how you learn a lot.

Here we are with
all parts ready.

These here are two trees

where it's kind of
a bit more dry under.

Nope.

If there would be sun, there
would be no question about it.

But in this

weather conditions,

I have to try to
make a fire today.

No pressure.

It's just for real now.

Come up.

I have it.

Okay.

I have it.
I have it.

I have it.

Don't die now.

You're smoldering.

[bleep] humidity.

It's simply too wet here.

Still no fire.

[bleep].

Not with this wood.

Not in this weather.

Gosh, I just can't make fire.

But I know not to freak out,

and I should just think what
I can do better to adapt.

Okay, guys.

All of those...

wood pieces are going
to be teddy bears

for me tonight.

I have to take fire
more seriously now.

No more excuses.

I will try tomorrow.

Time to go get some water.

Since day one, I've been
drinking the river water,

and I'm not boiling it.

Because I burned up
my ferro rod,

I'm gonna have to
light fire sparingly.

I've drank this water
before in Alaska.

It's flowing.

I'm just gonna
have to risk it.

A bunch of rainwater in here.

I can't go without water.

You can go hungry,
but you can't go thirsty.

That's gonna be
completely debilitating.

Not bad.

Arctic rainwater.

Walk down and check
my beaver snares.

I'm gonna wait to start a fire

till I have
a large amount of food

because I wanna use that fire
in order to preserve it.

And I'll pay the consequences
if they come.

Everything's harder to do
when you're not eating.

Definitely a lot tougher.

Nothing in that one.

You know, sh**t,
I'm struggling.

Dan Gable said after wrestling,
everything is easy.

Well, he's not
exactly 100% right.

This is actually pretty tough.

I thought it would be hard,
but it's even harder

than I thought
it was gonna be.

I gotta find some food.

What is that?

God.

We got a pretty
good size beaver here.

I gotta k*ll him now.

I need a big stick.

That's a big a*s beaver.

Man, he's almost free.

Now he's not.

Got him.

Looks like I'm smoking
a lot of beaver.

Pretty awesome.

This has just given
brand new life

into my entire
"Alone" experience.

I have a chance.

This actually
might turn out okay.

It almost tore up my anchor,
the beaver is so big.

It's a monster.

Probably close to 40 pounds.

I'm gonna be real tired
hauling him back.

I just got him on my back.

Now I gotta skin him out.

All right, I'm gonna get
the guts out of him

real quick right here 'cause
I don't want that up by camp.

Beautiful friggin' animal.

His hide is so nice.

Castors.

And that's what makes
a beaver a beaver.

Super smelly suckers.

By the time I get the guts
out of it, eat the organs,

I'm gonna have 30 pounds
of meat here.

Save some liver.

This one animal
could last 30 days.

And in those 30 days,
I'm gonna catch other stuff.

We'll haul him back,
start smoking him.

I don't know if I can
get a fire started.

I'm gonna try.

Ever since my ferro rod
caught on fire,

I have been thinking
about what happens

if I can't get this fire going
with this ferro rod.

I'm gonna kind of hurry
before this stuff gets wet.

I'm only gonna get
so many scrapes on this.

That's all I got.

Come on.

It's all rough from the fire.

It's like lava or something.

Come on.

[bleep].

I can't light a fire,

I'm [bleep].

I need something that sparks
and burns for a moment.

That's what ferro rods do.

When this ferro rod heated up,
it changed it.

It's like I have a piece
of flint in my hand.

It's just not gonna work.

I can't live out here
without fire.

But that beaver's
just gonna rot.

I can't--I can't dry it.
It's so damn rainy.

I'm so mad at myself.
Damn it.

Why didn't I just
keep my fire going

after my ferro rod went out?

That fire could
still be going.

It's harsh and wet and windy,

and I am not confident
in my skill in friction fire.

I don't think I can do it.

I could just sit out here
and starve

till I got too cold

without a fire.

I could probably do that
for a couple weeks.

But what's the fun in that?

I can go without food
for a long period of time.

I wrestled.

I know what it's like
to be hungry.

But that's not what
I came out here to do.

I wanted to come out here
and survive.

And letting that beaver spoil,

that's not doing
the animal right.

Felt confident
in everything else

that I was doing out here.

I can't believe
I let this happen.

This is David Booth.
I'm officially tapping out.

[bleep].

I would have never guessed
I'd have been out this quick.

Not even for a second.

I had my land figured out.

I knew where
the resources were.

But I couldn't recover
from that first mistake,

my ferro rod.

When you're doing
something like this,

this remote and this serious,

you have to slow down

and think about
what you're doing all the time.

One mistake like that
will just end it for you.

It's certainly gonna
make you humble.

I'm probably not gonna
talk much smack

'cause everybody can
remind me of this now.

Oh, yeah, remember when
you were on "Alone"?

Four days, sucker.

This is not at all
how I wanted this to end.

The emotion that I have is
shame, to tell you the truth.

Just, man,
I could have done better.

The worst thing
about tapping out

is that I really
am embarrassed

'cause I think
my family thought

that I would have done
amazing out here.

They're going to see
that I wasn't amazing.

Out here,
I've seen too many times

people with a bow and drill,
they've all struggled.

I didn't wanna be
naive enough to think,

well, they couldn't do it,
but I can.

I left my ferro rod
on the bank.

It was nobody else's fault.

That's what I'm the most
disappointed about.

But who knows
what would have happened

if I wouldn't have done that?

There's really no need
to starve out here.

There's so much
in the way of foraging

and just natural resources
everywhere.

Look at these alder cones,

which I've just foraged.

Now, these are edible as well.

Yeah.

Ugh.

Oh, man.

I think I'd rather starve.

Let's go and catch a fish.

I've checked all the
snares this morning,

and there's no sign of
anything going near them,

let alone in them.

I need to find better
solutions rather than

doing the same thing
over and over again,

expecting a different result.

So today I think
I'll try fishing.

There are so many fish
in this river.

It's just

how do you get them
out of the river

and into your belly?

We're a successful species.

That all comes down to our
ability to adapt and overcome,

which is exactly what
I plan to be doing today

and for however
many days it takes

to win season 13 of "Alone."

So now you have it.

You're stuck with me.

It's not easy
to fail at things,

but I'm trying to stay
as calm as I can.

To not allow negativity
to get in.

We've seen it with so many
previous contestants

where things will
play on them.

Thoughts,
thoughts about home,

unfinished business,

things that they hadn't
resolved before they left.

And I've come into this
with a clear head.

So I know I just need
to allow myself

to focus on the challenge
that lies ahead.

I'm pretty confident
I can adapt.

Nothing.

Okay.

Sorry, dude.

Well, this was unexpected.

I caught a squirrel in
one of my rabbit snares.

This one won't go to waste.

I'm very grateful
for this gift.

And anything left over
is gonna be used for bait.

So I've got high hopes
that this squirrel's life

is that one break to get me
producing food here.

So hopefully
that squirrel is it.

So I'm just gonna go
and clean this

and make a stew.

Five days in.
Feeling pretty good.

Feeling good.

You don't care at all.

I will definitely go for it,
but not now.

I have some more stuff to do.

Now let's focus on fire.

Okay, guys.

Overnight, I kept my
bow drill

set up here,

and now I've put it
in a sleeping bag

to keep it warm

and dry.

And...

That has better--

feels better than yesterday.

I mean, of course,
there is no sun,

but it's kind of
not as humid as yesterday.

So I will give it a try.

Okay.

I know that my friends
were quite worried

that I'm going into this
competition without ferro rod,

and I see now
it is definitely a risk.

The problem is,
I really did not expect

so much wet conditions.

And I know that if I don't
get fire for a very long time,

at some point,
I would have to tap out.

A bit more.

Wow.

I think I have it.

Okay, okay, okay.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Keep on going.

Now tinder.

Don't blow too much

because you have to
retain the heat.

I think this is
enough air coming.

This is working.

Just let it go.

Keep on going, baby.

I should start blowing
before all does burn.

Fire!

Whoo!

Bam!

Have it!

We are eating bunnies tonight.

A lot of bunnies.

So this is my first fellow,

which I caught on day three.

And it seems to be
totally fine.

So let's start.

As a scientist,
I can reanalyze

where I was successful
and where not.

I have realized that
my failures can be good

because you're looking
for ways to adapt

and observe nature
and learn from it.

Here I'm drying

three bodies of hare.

In the pot, entire one.

Here I hanged two livers
and kidneys in the end.

And those are stomachs.

I'm getting quite hungry now.

I mean, this is, in a way,
also what fuels science.

Maybe somebody would
also come up with

some unique ideas
what I could have

done differently and better.

I'm really curious
how it tastes.

Here comes fat.

Oh, yeah. Livers.

I'm really happy
to be out here.

It's gonna be
a long journey.

A long, long one.

Kidneys are the best part.

So let's do this.

The weather's
getting colder.

I need to get my
permanent shelter up.

Freeze frame photo.

Oh, my God,
oh my God, oh, my God.

Holy [bleep].

It's the moose.