Alone: Colter’s RISKY Homemade Boat Sets Sail (Season 8) | History

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[@psyamok3735]

Not many people can successfully harvest local wood from unfamiliar area and build a bow drill that works. My respect to you.

[@frankblanco9369]

Fresh looking actors. Fresh clothing, fresh cut, fresh gear and fresh stage to act on. Dont believe everything you see

[@drakesp9479]

@@frankblanco9369 hey Frank do you think the show is staged ? Done for dramatic entertainment? Just a question tho I'm not saying your wrong or throwing any stones cause I've wondered the same thing

[@frankblanco9369]

Edits are too clean nowadays. Even when they are supposed to look rugged, it still looks to clean and scripted.

[@lleeexx]

​@@frankblanco9369 What isn't shown is that they are told to give entertainment value (exaggeration) and I'm sure that they have calls with the producers daily. But I don't think the show is fake otherwise, seems legit.

[@frankblanco9369]

Believe half of what you see and believe nothing you hear

[@BlackRose3610]

“There isn’t a bear on the planet that couldn’t come and kill any one of us at any time” Me: *glances uneasily around my 14th floor apartment*

[@BlackRose3610]

@@GHOST... thanks man

[@the_rover1]

I suppose bears probably can make use of an elevator, though...

[@hockeynumber28]

Just got to Alaska for the army , this is really interesting to me …Coming from Florida , I’m going to be pretty cold in Fairbanks

[@swflfishing2902]

Thank you for your service!

[@dianeschuller]

You are amazing Colter. You should be so blinking proud of yourself.

[@sudieasher1484]

Colter looks and sounds like the geologist on the big bang theory Brian Posehn

[@Klatubarada1979]

This is my pick to win. Great with isolation and good attitude.

[@BryanL420]

Paddle making skills are on point well done

[@TheSpeakersofFlames]

Never have I ever seen anyone take wooden resources in a simple tarp to make a bark canoe. Would definitely want to try this ASAP!

[@alexrtsimpson]

This guys confidence is on another level. I don't even have the confidence to order food I can't pronounce on a restaurant menu 😩

[@Mrjacharles]

This guy is out there days, and meanwhile I could barely survive for an hour 😂😂

[@Justmefornow]

If you watch the Danish version (whole seasons here on KZbin) you will see that many of their participants used boats. Not as elaborate as Colter's, but quiet successful.

[@danieldaak3082]

The danish version is a bit strange. They start of really late in the season. Its already super cold when they start.

[@garypage9515]

My suggestion would have been to practice building the boat ( several times) while he was still back at home, so he could get it right. As it is, he burned a lot of calories without any food intake that we could see.

[@billwithers1349]

yep and a pontoon outrigger raft is much better.

[@catmandude2357]

So this guy already lives alone in the area? So he just needs to live his normal life for a couple months to win?

[@catmandude2357]

@Kent Hackathorne Granted he doesn't get all those tools and filming yourself would make it harder, I was commenting more on the isolation and change of environment, both of which he is used to. The isolation seems to get to most contestanst and I would imagine it would bother him less, giving him an advantage.

[@billwithers1349]

@@catmandude2357 nah, it's the starvation that gets them. They wont admit it, that's all

[@jabulanicharlesshabalala3910]

You are my number 1 pick to get this....Clay is your serious competition.

[@marko9912]

Fowler banked his fires in season 3, if this can be successfully done here then you might make it without a ferro rod. Imo it's a massive disadvantage having to do all that work every time you need a fire when it could have been done with a few swipes of a rod. Building a boat is a huge project as well, tried a few times before with zero success for bringing in food, not something I would do but hopefully Colter will have better luck. I like Theresa's shelter the most so far, if it can hold a steady temperature then it's a big win and calorie saver. A lot of strange comments being posted, must be a LOT of people who are new to Alone. Why take an axe and a saw? Most of what you do involves wood, you could lose or break one of them, and an axe will get you through the ice to fish, etc etc. You're not alone you have photographers? There's no way the person who said that has ever watched a single episode. Come on be serious.

[@HENRIKOIVUROVA]

with a fishing net and a boat, you can catch a lot of fish if you know what your doing. but it's bit dangerous thing to do in a big lake with a home made tarp boat

[@marko9912]

@@HENRIKOIVUROVA Season 1: Lucas Season2: Jose Martinez Amoedo Season 4: Ted and Jim Season 7: Kielyn Lucas built a nice canoe but didn't catch any fish, his boat was used to find a better location if I remember rightly. Jose's boat was a work of art, but didn't get any fish and tapped out after turning over. The twins threw something that floated together and had no luck at all, their location was dire so worth a try but no good in the end. Kielyn made use of a barrel to build a raft but quickly gave up when she decided it was too unstable and not worth the risk. The above would be enough for me to not consider building a boat, unless I was an expert going in with with a plan and properly prepared. Clay even made a few fishing rods to prepare pre show. Colter's taken too much of a gamble. It's good entertainment for us but to be completely honest you're setting yourself up to fail. Once in a lifetime opportunity so your gameplan needs to be solid. Kielyn only built a raft because all her other fishing attempts had failed so it was worth a try. It would be great if Colter could make that boat work, but wow he's taken the most gambles of all contestants, building a boat for the first time on location and no ferro rod. Will fortune favour the brave?

[@HENRIKOIVUROVA]

@@marko9912 I'm not expert on net fishing myself, but i know people who are, and i've been fishing with them and you can get more fish than you can eat with a fishnet if know what your doing, how deep to set your fishnet and how to pick a right spot. in my experience fishing rods are bit of a gamble, you can sometimes spend a days fishing and catch nothing. but with fishnet you can just check out once a day did you catch anything, it takes like 1hour from your day.

[@marko9912]

@@HENRIKOIVUROVA They're not allowed to fish with nets this season so I'm told.

[@HENRIKOIVUROVA]

@@marko9912 ok that explains why nobody had a net. fishing with nets is not allowed everywhere, would be nice to know what animals they can hunt. for some reason they never say what their hunting regulations are, but i know they can't just kill everything they see, they have regulations about what animals you can hunt and how many, they need to get a permit for hunting, and there are some rules about fishing too in most places that you have to follow

[@couz10]

Unless he takes unnecessary risks repeatedly, he seems to have a good chance. Bow drills might get old unless he uses Fowler’s method of keeping the fire alive. Love the confidence.

[@brandonlee6900]

The more fire building methods you know it leaves you many options to choose from depending on the situation your in

[@opo3628]

He needs to be very careful in that boat. One capsize and he's done.

[@benkeys3320]

Now that’s how you catch more viewers!!!

[@logiconabstractions6596]

Nice. I think he could easily have waited for a calmer day to test it out though, as it wasn't urgently needed. I do understand the eagerness though.

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[@joshdavenport5787]

There is more to life than just paper with numbers on it.. Can I get one LIKE lol

[@grizzlehatchet1]

No ferro rod... Drinkin untreated water 5 minutes in. Sorry mama its a wrap

[@1peanut]

He drank that water. He knows better why would he do that ?

[@MrRavenski23]

There must be a lot of food out there, all these animals dropping dead from drinking untreated water.

[@grizzlehatchet1]

@@MrRavenski23 spoken like a true city folk who drinks chemically treated water lol. Get some knowledge

[@grizzlehatchet1]

@@1peanut it had to be nerves?... Showing off for the camera?... A very odd mistake.

[@MrRavenski23]

@@grizzlehatchet1 no sense of humour!

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[@oooooo9509]

I can learn a lot from him

[@Nunya_Bidnez]

I think He has a great chance at taking a win. I bet his boat leaks by week 2. Tarps drag and get holes in them.

[@Maketaurie]

Outrigger a must.

[@mikemartin9677]

It's busy every waking moment.

[@paulbarthol8372]

"Isn't a bear on the planet that couldn't come and kill us anytime.". Who would sell a russian bears plane ticket so that they could get here?

[@jenniferwise8515]

You are VERY talented!!

[@anncramblit526]

He sounds like Raymond!

[@dbcooper1618]

@3:02 “There isn’t a bear on the planet that could come right now and kill anyone of us.” How about a Koala?

[@allangooge2840]

😂👍🏻

[@harrylime8077]

Dunno bout that, while at a wild animal park down in Oz (Queensland), a Koala got hold my wife’s jacket tore it to shreds. Thankfully the wife wasn’t wearing it!

[@dbcooper1618]

@@harrylime8077 was it a Koala fur jacket?

[@jooky5]

Kill us with cuteness

[@joshdavenport5787]

Is it a dumb question to ask why you couldn't just fish from shore?

[@sparrowflying864]

Why not just take the the rope hammock and make nets? Why not make hooks with twigs and thorns? I been fishing most of my life and 25 hooks can be easy to lose especially in 3 months time span. Imjs.

[@ralphramoutar787]

From what I've seen, it's possible but the rocks can be an issue, as well as, as it gets colder the fishes retreat to the deep.

[@garysapper8716]

This is not lake with shallow fish structure, and if your site has a shallow shore you need to fish someplace with a drop-off or a ledge to catch the lakers, walleye and pike. A stable boat saves time and energy if it paddles well and is stable. X- factor for paddling is always the wind.

[@billwithers1349]

cause you want to be using trotlines, bow fishing, baiting, is not allowed and you just get your line snagged all of the time.

[@billwithers1349]

@@sparrowflying864 baiting is not allowed. you can't use netting before day 45. Cut 24 big sinngle hooks in half and bind them into 16 treblehooks. make streamer lures out of tape and the reflecttive tarp

[@sockoblocko]

Why not build a raft out of logs like Huck Finn?

[@billwithers1349]

many dont float and it's a lot of wood and work . debris stuffed pontoons are a much better answer

[@joshweickum]

I will never go into Bear territory again without a large gun.

[@tribalism_is_toxic1989]

@Dan Jett The fact that you've thought out a dance you'd have with ur 9mm vs a Bear to contradict this guys statement proved ur talking out of ur A$$. JS...lol.

[@joshweickum]

@Dan Jett if you're man enough bahahahha.

[@joshweickum]

@Dan Jett id pay good money to watch you fight a bear.

[@joshweickum]

@Dan Jett real men dont need money to be manly

[@joshweickum]

@Dan Jett come collect your money after you fight a bear. You won't survive the encounter so I don't expect to have to pay

[@danteafkCamelotUnchained]

What if the crew destroyed his boat overnight in episode 10 and not the wind?

[@AnyoxB.D.]

No ferro rod=no win

[@daveman5860]

If that rickety canoe doesn't collapse, it will definitely sink, from waves splashing in. It's not safe to use, it is unstable AF, and how would you be able to fish using that ridiculous canoe.? Pretty much not.

[@rorywynhoff1549]

The fish DO come near the shore, ya know.

[@timothybalentine3550]

Good job bubba!!!

[@starmartini8972]

this guy never bring flint. He never thought it will be rain or winter come. I give this guy 10-15 days life and tap out soon.

[@jeffdorris5321]

Nice work 🎆

[@AnyoxB.D.]

The stern of that canoe is almost under water already.

[@amangogna68]

Great video !

[@noob9103]

why risk everything by building a boat? clay hayes is smart man.

[@freestyles7880]

เยี่ยมมากครับวิวสวยจังครับ😀👍👍👍

[@stevestumpy6873]

the boat should have had out riggers on it for more support

[@nickcrosby9875]

Colter said that he will add them

[@stevestumpy6873]

@@nickcrosby9875 I had not got that far in to the video when I commented

[@billwithers1349]

you definitely need to take the reflective 12x12 tarp, but you need it as a lean to roof over a fire on stilts out in the lake. You need to cut streamers of this tarp for fishing lures. You need a piece of tarp with which to line your stone-boiling pit, until you can make the 4 one-gallon each baked clay cookpots with lids. You need the tarp to make an anorak, mittens, booties, shorts, leggings, using the Gorilla tape. You need the tarp and tape to make a waterproof fire-kit, and food containers. The sleeves of your outer shell jacket serve to store 2 gallons of water. You need to drink at least a gallon of water per day, and to intake some salt, too. You dont want to have to boil 2 qts of water twice per day with that little cookpot. What a pita that is! Instead, filter 3 gallons of water thru your T shirt, and stone boil it in a pit, line with tarp, lined with sand or gravel.

[@komsakt]

Is it only me? I found that Colter Barnes sounded like Lumpy space princess from adventure time

[@1peanut]

are they allowed to bring salt ?

[@antaress8128]

You can get salt block as one of your 10 items.

[@anncherielicausi8108]

When in Doubt Don't That boat is definitely a doubt in my mind. Why don't you put a pole out to each side and put two on each side with something on each side that floats and keeps the boat from tipping?

[@billwithers1349]

he did, eventuallly

[@valhallametalworkshagen2856]

I voting on this guy, good on yah bro

[@oscaranderson1822]

Should have used this stick.

[@johnroycarreon6601]

Raft are more safety that like that boat..just gathered maybe 5-6pcs to make a raft..and it make you floats..

[@slamsz5598]

I was watching this last night

[@mthomas8338]

Make a couple of toons

[@billwithers1349]

for the first 4-6 weeks, the only shelter required is a pole tent made out of the 20x20 tarp. It can be done in 2 hours. Once it's for sure too cold for rain to be a risk, then you convert the tent into the triangular 4x4x7 ft sleeping shelter with a 3 ft thick layer of compressed debris all around you. During that month or so, you can be accumulating the debris and keeping it dry inside of the pole tent. 6-8 hours or so. The actual conversion into the sleeping shelter only takes 2 hours. You need to be nearly done with everything before you switch to the sleeping shelter. There is a way, however to have room, light and warmth, just in front of your shelter. So you CAN do a lot of work in that manner, if need be.

[@kisstherain73]

I question this guys tactics but we will see.

[@joannemcphee3019]

No ferro rod😬going to be tricky when wet and icy

[@ered203]

So a canoe CAN"T be one of your ten items? What about an inflatable life raft? They made a decent usable boat out of duct tape on mythbusters. Could you choose like 5 rolls of tape and have it count as a single item?

[@billwithers1349]

no, you can only have one roll of tape. But you can make a very fine pontoon outrigger raft, out of the backpack, life vest, 2 sets of clothing, tape, and 8 small logs as a frame work

[@richjacobs9736]

Learn to eat bugs

[@garysapper8716]

Outriggers are a fix for a poor design. In testing various types of tarp boat builds, found that round or v-bottoms are never stable. Using ovoid ribs with flat bottom makes an excellent frame , and floor stringers need to be UNDER the ribs. Easiness stable tarp boat frame looks like a bathtub.

[@stevenhall8964]

As soon as I write the word outriggers the dude says" I need outriggers on this thing!' Aaarrrgggghhh!!!

[@tomm2812]

My first thought. Beat

[@1peanut]

Not related to Colter but, Why do people go into this skinny ?

[@johndamo9421]

Goofy logic as why not to bring a fire starter rod. 10 days tops

[@jordythebassist]

The thing about Colter that I didn't understand was that he built a boat that he was constantly paddling around in but I never saw him trolling a lure of some kind behind it. When you're in an area with such aggressive fish and you have a hand crafted boat that you're paddling around in - that seems like the most logical thing to be doing. It's a passive style of fishing that works incredibly well for fish like the trout they were catching.

[@daveman5860]

Why didn't this guy just take his hatchet and do a dugout canoe? HF that thing looks like it's going to sink and get holes in it real quick,,, it's rickety af. Then a decent raft is an option as long as you find logs that float, meaning dried dead pine.

[@cohenj87]

Koala bear, they could not kill you unless you really tried for it to.

[@hardthornedoutdoors7961]

Dude I would bait one of those bears in and sit in a tree and kill it with that bow haha seriously I would just hunt the whole time

[@OneGrungDM]

They aren’t allowed to hunt the bears, and were given some things to try to keep them away

[@billwithers1349]

no, you wouldn't, cause you can only take a deer there, only one and baitings, not allowed even for fish.

[@navyflyer7465]

How does he think Native people were living there before the white man came?

[@billwithers1349]

they were not handicappped like he is.

[@andrewchatmon]

Fowler 2.0

[@mthomas8338]

Did He eat Kermit

[@richjacobs9736]

What are you doing up there? Are you crazy insane

[@gaurabkumar8648]

Sir i am coming With you i live in India

[@tomn.9879]

Why did he choose a saw and an axe?

[@jacobferdinand1862]

Multiple people did. Strange to me but a saw blade can break i guess

[@dale436]

He ain't no Roland Welker. Sorry but he's focused on the wrong things. What a waste of energy on that flimsy thing. Outriggers or not, it's way too fragile to be a dependable and safe vessel to count on. No ferro rod? Ridiculous.

[@John-gp9qf]

Not a good idea.

[@cloud9smokeshop]

the fact he's not carrying a rifle at all times up there makes me question the whole thing

[@rangerbuck403]

They aren’t allowed to have one cause they would just shoot animals with it and say they used their bow. They do give them bear spray and it doesn’t count as one of their ten items but your right, not a big fan of going into grizzly country without some decent fire power

[@josephgilboy6259]

@@rangerbuck403 can they have flares this season? A bear might think twice with a bunch of red smoke around

[@fonhollohan2908]

put some weight/rocks in the bottom of the boat for ballast to give you stability. That is why they put keels in a boat.

[@dale436]

Yeah right, rocks in a tarp boat? Lol. Without the rocks poking holes in it, it won't last more than a couple weeks.

[@richjacobs9736]

You're insane

[@benkeys3320]

But he enjoys every minute of it!

[@chipum2fleming228]

get some ballast

[@grizzlehatchet1]

"If my boat is unsafe im outta here. Im gone."..... I hate when they let people on the show with this type of attitude.

[@TWolf317]

So you are one of those people that sits at home and judges the contestants from your couch?

[@aspiringalpinist]

He expended a ton of calories building it, and if its unsafe he's going in the water and will probably need to be rescued. That's what he meant not 'if it doesn't work I give up'

[@grizzlehatchet1]

@@TWolf317 yes

[@grizzlehatchet1]

@@aspiringalpinist yeah he wasted valuable time and calories. Instead of having a "if this doesnt work its onto plan b, adapt and overcome" mindset hes set himself up for failure and a preset excuse.

[@iamcleverdic]

These are boring because there is no follow up video. Impossible to find. I wanted to see how Colter went, and nothing. Pointless watching the first one if there is no easy direct link to the second. No way I'd subscribe.

[@GCGambino]

This guy is 35 going on 60

[@aparson2967]

Chilkoot Lake isn't far enough from the road to be scary.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

thats a horrible boat

[@mrlopez1437]

Lol

[@flipyao]

Pubba?!?

[@richjacobs9736]

Just remember you're never alone with God and Jesus Christ

[@ktbowersbellsouth]

Honestly pretty stupid.. why not just catch fish from the shore

[@richjacobs9736]

It's not beautiful but at least you can take cannabis it's legal

[@jonross377]

how lame is that...

[@stevenhall8964]

He should have used an outrigger system for better balance

[@tayler4925]

he didn't make that boat

[@Natemations614]

E

[@tribalism_is_toxic1989]

The guy that tapped was breathing hard in every video. The producers F'ed that one up. AND CANT WAIT for the annoying American born British accent woman to tap. Referred to the bear as her friend and want to take the first couple days strolling across her area. Lol.

[@johnmirbach2338]

😎🖖👌👍✌😁

[@andrewdy8345]

Why not get a contestant that doesn't have any skills or idea how to survive. Or perhaps someone is new to this environment I'll take it anyway it's must be fun

[@craigwall9536]

Not impressed. 42 days alone? Big whoop. Poking around bears? DAF. Living off the land with a black plastic tarp? How authentic. Gonna build boat with no knowledge? I can't watch.

[@emmanlays5443]

Don't do Drugs. It's not cool to play with your life. I wouldn't dare step my beautiful self on that 💩💩🤦🏾‍♂️.

[@lazyguy2549]

I don’t think you’re invited

[@jonross377]

@@lazyguy2549 or beautiful. Prolly they on drugs too...

[@sondrajoyce8810]

YOU'RE NOT ALONE.......YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHERS!

[@iro6758]

They send them with backpacks of equipment, and spend weeks training them how to use it. In the early seasons, it was actually a huge problem - that contestants would get out there and think they were recording, but not - or they'd let the batteries die, etc.

[@bikowright408]

Haha WRONG. We film everything ourselves. 2 go pros one big camera with a tripod and a hand held water resistant cam. Then game cams to catch animals outside our shelters at night.

[@marko9912]

Have you never seen this show before?? What a dumb comment.

[@1peanut]

@@bikowright408 Hi Biko. I only seen 2 episodes but I hope it goes well for you. No spoilers please.