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off into any, uh, forest, you want to make sure you let people know where you're going. If there are any park rangers around, just go ahead and visit them, maybe even leave a map, detailing

where you're gonna end up just so that, you know,

everyone knows where you are at all times. - Yeah, one thing you always

want to have is a map. Of course, we don't have a map because we are lost.

- We don't have a map. We are officially lost, that's not us, that's what we're after.

- We are lost, that's kind of the goal. But you-- You absolutely want to talk to people who know about the area

you're gonna be hiking or camping in. Uh, that's a very important element. It's really important to uh,

keep in mind the fact that woods tend to all look the same. - Yeah.

- Uh, and that's why it's so easy to get lost. Uh, most people who get lost in the woods, uh, are expecting to be

there maybe a whole day, maybe with a sleeping bag

or a tent just in case because they might, you

know, think it would be fun to stay the night and then

come back in the morning. But the fact is, these trails,

if you look at them they, they all blend together and

they start to look the same, very quickly. - Absolutely. - So if you're hiking and

you don't know what direction you're going in, you're pretty

much guaranteed to be lost. - That's why--

- Luckily-- - That's why it's really important

to have a compass as well and even if you don't have one, or in, even in addition

to having a compass, even if-if you're alone out here, you know, if you have

something you can tie to a tree or make a marker on, go ahead and do that, it'll-it'll mark where you've been. You know, in case you need

to return the same way. - Nothing would be stupider

than traveling without a compass in the woods. Do your magic, man. - All right, so, there are

many, many ways to start a fire once you're out camping. My personal preference

is the flint firestarter. Uh, it can be a little

frustrating, depending. I mean, it can take a little while. This wood is a little wet, so

we'll give it our best shot and we'll see how we do. - I mean, you're frustrating

and we keep you around so-- - I know, yeah. - The key is to get a good

spark in the kindling. The other key is to try not

to bore the audience at home. - I am, I'm being very boring right now. - Well, I'd rather be bored than cold. - That's very true. - And I do want to mention, I don't know if this

is gonna be consistent, but it is getting, uh, a bit

colder than we were expecting, which is something you have to expect when you're out in the wild. Things aren't gonna go

exactly the way you plan. And uh, we thought it was gonna be warmer than it actually is. So we need this fire very, very badly. We have... Maybe 40 minutes of sun left. Just about, yeah. Well like I said folks,

this can take quite a while. - Well, I think after our

failure finding the water, we're going to accept

no other failures today. - Oh, oh, oh!

- Oh, there's a good spark. Oh, oh, oh! - There we go.

- Okay, we got it. We got a little bit of flame. - Got a little--

- It's very small. You gotta feed it.

- Uh, we're still, yeah, we're good, yeah.

- You wanna blow on the flame a little bit. Try to feed it. Look at that. That's how you start a fire. That's why you carry a flint firestarter instead of a pair of stupid sunglasses, as your third and final item. Oh well, I-I

understand that your, your flint firestarter starts a campfire, but these sunglasses start a fire inside the hearts of young ladies. - I won't deny that. I wish we had marshmallows-- Whoa, what was that? What was what? Oh, do you have your flashlight? Uh, yeah-- I've got mine, I got it. What'd you hear? It's, I mean it, it was definitely like a... Like a, I mean it was

kind of your stereotypical branch snap, but-- Branches snap all the time.

- But I mean, I'm kinda freaked out 'cause I feel like, I mean, do you think those, those witch women followed us? 'Cause they were acting really weird at the end of the interview. And they could-- Okay, kind of. That's a fair point. Uh, but... It definitely is making

me a little uneasy. Uh... You know, for our, you know, first night. - Well, don't worry about it. I mean, like, unless

you hear actual people, I wouldn't worry about it. It's a twig snapping. We need to concentrate on getting warm and just getting to sleep. We need to get some rest for tomorrow. We still have to find

a whole bunch of stuff. You're right. We got plenty of firewood to burn. So I guess it's time to call it a night, and let the fear go to bed with us. - Exactly. Hey. Hey. There is something

outside of the camp. - No. I'm serious. I don't know what it is, but there's something outside the camp. What are you talking about? Look, look. There's something outside the camp. It was loud, man. It was really, really loud. - I mean, did it sound

like an animal or a person? I mean, I-I-I don't know, I guess an animal. - I don't hear anything now. I don't hear anything. All right, well, let's go back to sleep. Go back to sleep. There's nothing out here. Put some more wood

on, and I'll go back to sleep. You just... Go ahead, all right? Ah, another beautiful October morning. Yeah. Yeah. So how'd you like your, uh, your floor mattress

here, your dirt mattress? - The most comfortable

bed I've ever slept on. The fire was really good though. - It was good. Good job, man. So, first order of business, take care of water. - Find some water. And uh, food. - Food, definitely food. Did No. You sure? 'Cause it, I didn't

leave it open all night. No, I didn't touch it. I mean, I had my backpack here. I was just sleeping on it. No, I didn't go near your back. I didn't need anything out of it. Do you think... Like a - I don't know, I mean, don't you think one of them

would of them would have woken us up? I don't know, I-- You su-sure like

in the middle of the night, you didn't like a, you didn't

decide to change the batteries in your camera or something? - No. No, no, I mean unless I sleptwalk, and I'm not known for sleepwalking though. All right. - One of the most important

tools you can have when venturing out into the

wilderness is a compass. But, just in the event that

you no longer have one, uh, there are a lot of

really important ways, you know, good ways to uh, to find your way out of the woods. As you know, the uh, the

sun, uh, rises in the east, sets in the west. Also, if it's a cloudy day like today, you can always find moss. You know, moss always grows

on the north side of the tree, so you can find that, you know, which direction is north. - That's true, but it's also

important to keep in mind that uh, sometimes it's not always about getting yourself out. Sometimes you want to make

sure that people can find you when you're lost.

- True. - So marking your trail

is extremely important. Either by cre-creating

some kind of an unnatural, uh, stone marking on the path, or something as simple as

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