History’s Alone season 10 episode three opens with all 10 survivalists still in the hunt for the $500,000 grand prize. Despite fierce predators, extreme loneliness, and unpredictable weather, episode three begins on Day 10 and none of the competitors have tapped out.
Episode three features Mikey, Cade, Lee, Ann, Alan, and Luke. “Growing Pains” takes the season through Day 19. By the time the episode ends, two survivalists have tapped out.
Mikey Hilton, Age 32, Rome, Georgia
Day 10 – It’s 6am and Mikey’s in horrible pain and has been dry heaving after eating a grouse. A few hours later, he reveals he feels better and is no longer nauseated. It’s his birthday, and a good dream about his son woke him up.
He sets to work forging but takes his bow just in case there’s game. He gathers some blueberries and spots a grouse, taking a shot that misses. His second shot strikes its target, but the grouse flies off. Mikey starts tracking it and spots it not far away.
“Happy birthday, Mikey,” he says, believing his wife, Hazel, sent him this bird. It’s his first birthday since they’ve been married that they haven’t spent together.
Day 11 – Mikey asks the audience not to judge him for his first attempt at making an arrow out of alder. He misses his family and reveals that in his dream, his son spoke to him. His son is autistic and doesn’t speak, and every day is a struggle for him. Loud noises really affect people on the autism spectrum, and Mikey wishes people would be more respectful of the people around them.
Mikey’s 10 Survival Items:
Axe
Saw
Ferro Rod
Multitool
Fishing Line and Hooks
Paracord
Cooking Pot
Snare Wire
Bow and Arrows
Sleeping Bag
Alan Tenta, Age 51, Columbia Valley, BC, Canada
Day 11 – 11am and Alan’s busy constructing his permanent shelter. He’s munching on alder cones and birch fungus, which aren’t delicious but do provide a few calories. Alan’s worried his stomach will lose its ability to digest properly, so that’s why he makes sure he eats berries and fungus.
Alan hasn’t caught a fish in six days and has recently set up snares for small game.
He describes his plan for a permanent shelter as small, cozy, and simple. Everything he needs to build a teepee is within 10 yards, so he’s not expending too much energy. Alan says talking to the Cree elders inspired him to choose a teepee design.
He has the structure built fairly quickly and works on covering the outside with moss. He’ll place his tarp over where he sleeps, but the moss is not just good insulation – it’s also waterproof.
Shelter completed, he sets out small game hunting. There’s a pine marten in his snare that’s alive and growling, and it’s not an animal the survivalists are allowed to trap. Alan must release him and knows the poor animal’s going to put up a fight defending his life.
Alan tosses his jacket over the marten and tries to cut the snare wire, speaking to it soothingly as he works as quickly as possible. He frees it, and it runs off with the noose still around his neck. That should be okay since it’s not connected to anything.
Alan decides to take down his snares because he hasn’t seen any rabbits. “Harvesting animals ethically for me is very important because I’ve always had a great respect for animals,” says Alan. “Being an ethical hunter means making choices that are in the animal’s best interest.”
Alan’s obviously affected by the marten suffering in the snare, and he’s going to focus on fish instead of game for now.
Day 16 – Alan provides a guided tour of his camp, bragging about its lakefront view and walkaround yard. The home is covered by moss and spruce and has a living floor – all the rage in New York. Plus, there’s a skylight. However, he can’t get fire insurance. (Apparently, Alan’s going a bit crazy in the woods.)
He admits the fishing has dried up, and he’s not sure why. He keeps fishing anyway and spots a pike nearby, but it doesn’t bite. Hours later, he finally gets a bite and screams in delight. It’s a five-pound lake trout with about 330 grams of protein.
This fish will be Alan’s first meal in five days. He confesses he didn’t expect to get emotional catching a fish, and he describes his plans to spread out the fish over the next few days.
Alan’s 10 Survival Items:
Ax
Saw
Ferro Rod
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Sleeping Bag
Cooking Pot
Paracord
Snare Wire
Multitool
Cade Cole, Age 27, Crowheart, Wyoming
Day 13 – Cade finds an old wasp nest, which is perfect as a fire starter. He’s going to save it for when he needs it.
His snares haven’t worked, so today he’s making arrows to replace the ones he lost when his quiver fell off his bow. If he can’t hunt, he can’t win. But he’s determined to fight it out as long as he can.
Cade found a bucket on day seven and is using it as a chair as works on making his first arrows. Grouse feathers and fishing line complete the arrow, except for a little charcoal decoration he adds at the end. Cade sets up a target and shoots his first homemade arrow. He hits the target on his first shot and laughs, happy he’s still in the game.
Day 16 – Cade works on another arrow as he explains he believes we’re handed adversity to force growth. He’s representing his community and his family and doesn’t want to blow this opportunity. As he’s working on an arrow, he hears a grouse. He only has one arrow and hasn’t test-fired it yet but has to take the shot now because he needs food.
The arrow works, and he kills the grouse on his first shot. His next chore is to build a new cooking area firepit, and he starts a fire using the wasp nest he collected earlier.
The grouse boosts his morale.
He grew up without running water and was very poor and hunted to provide food for his family. He’s recalling his childhood when he spots smoke and realizes he left his firepit burning. He races back and realizes he almost started a forest fire!
He douses it with water, and it ultimately takes him a couple of hours and a few hundred gallons to put it out. All this effort has burned a lot of calories, but it’s necessary because smoke keeps rising from the roots.
He builds another firepit closer to the lake and surrounded by rocks. He admits it’s where he should have originally constructed the pit.
Cade’s 10 Survival Items:
Knife
Multitool
Shovel
Fishing Line and Hooks
Sleeping Bag
Bow and Arrows
Ferro Rod
Snare Wire
Cooking Pot
Bar of Soap
Lee DeWilde, Age 59, Huslia, Alaska
Day 15 – Lee makes a birch and berry soup that cooks up purple and bitter. The soup’s ingredients include birch bark, cranberries, lingonberries, and blueberries. A cup equals about 80 calories.
He checks his net using his raft and is disappointed he hasn’t been catching as many fish as he thought he would. His net never catches anything.
Although he’s not catching anything, he needs to get to work on a trapper-style log cabin. It’ll be like the one he grew up in, and he plans to build it about 5’ high. He’s doing a little bit of construction each day so that he doesn’t get worn out.
Spending time in the woods helps him understand his dad, a mountain man who wandered around Alaska. Lee feels like he’s following in his dad’s footsteps now.
Day 17 – Lee’s made a lot of progress on his cabin, and it’s almost finished as he heads off to fish. He spots a little trout but thinks it’s possible the hook’s just too big.
Lee gives up on fishing for now and returns to work on his shelter. He hasn’t had much to eat and is only attempting to fish once a day to conserve energy. He’s existing on vegetation for now, but at least he’s nearing completion on his cabin.
His dad always pushed himself to near starvation from trying to maintain his family and would never accept a handout. Lee doesn’t fault him for his behavior but is determined to learn and be a better person.
Lee puts the finishing touches on his cabin, placing moss on his roof and building a door.
Day 18 – 2am and Lee can’t sleep. He pushed himself too far and his ears are ringing. His head’s pounding and he knows he needs food. Lee’s got a slender frame and simply doesn’t have the reserves to make it much longer without food.
Morning arrives and his net’s empty again. He doesn’t have the energy to hunt, and he admits he won’t survive long without fish. He also admits he spent too much time and energy on the cabin.
Lee is the first to tap out. He’s learned a lot about what it’s like emotionally and physically to be hungry, and that’s made him think a lot about what his father went through. Lee truly appreciates what his dad went through and the trail he forged.
Lee’s 10 Survival Items:
Paracord
Sleeping Bag
Cooking Pot
Ferro Rod
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Snare Wire
Multitool
Axe
Saw
Ann Rosenquist, Age 56, Northern Wisconsin
Day 14 – Ann does her laundry and then heads out to procure food. She’s an off-grid organic farmer who feels best when she’s in the woods and compares the experience to being in a church.
This area’s a harsh environment, and she’s struggled to find food. Ann spots a grouse and is ecstatic that she hit him on her first shot. Her luck’s turned with the bird, and as she prepares it for dinner, she thinks about her mom who recently passed away.
Ann always tried to do her best but never really got the attention she was seeking from her mother. All her mom hoped for was for her to finish college – which she didn’t. Instead, she chose farming over education and prefers the outdoors.
Just as she’s finishing prepping the bird, she hears a moose call nearby. He’s massive and swimming in the lake as Alone informs viewers that moose can swim for two hours without stopping. He’s too far away to take a shot, but Ann believes she might be able to lure him back at some point.
If Ann wins, she’ll use the money to hire workers for her farm.
Day 19 – One of Ann’s articles of clothing is a sweater in honor of her mother. However, she doesn’t want to talk about her mom because she refuses to cry on TV.
Ann hasn’t caught anything since the grouse, and she tries a moose call to see if she can lure the moose back to her area. Even just calling the moose takes a lot of energy, and she’s forced to sit down and rest after feeling dizzy.
She’s deteriorating and admits she might not even have the energy to dress a moose if she’s lucky enough to shoot one. Ann feels like she’s having a heart attack, and her heart rate’s accelerating. She’s feeling horrible but has enough energy to make it back to the shelter.
Her mind’s still in the game, but her body is failing her. Ann doesn’t want to go and believes it’s too early, but she makes the decision to tap. (She’s the second person this season to tap out).
Ann’s 10 Survival Items:
Sleeping Bag
Saw
Snare Wire
Paracord
Multitool
Axe
Cooking Pot
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Ferro Rod
Luke Olsen, Age 39, Maui, Hawaii
Day 17 – Luke’s belly is full of fish, and he’s cooked down blueberries, making cakes out of them on his gaiters. Luke’s got an impressive setup, and he’s using his gaiters – which he custom-made out of marine vinyl – to dry his berries in the sun.
Luke’s goal is to build two shelters, and he has enough energy to get to work since he’s already caught 11 fish over his first 17 days. He’s located the perfect spot further away from the lake for his winter shelter. He gets busy digging a hole on the side of a hill, creating an earthen shelter to keep the heat in and be protected from the harsh winter.
He made a longer handle for his spade (participants can only bring a short-handled spade), and it’s making it easier for him to dig. He describes his winter shelter as a bear den and recalls Alone’s Theresa and Karie Lee both built earthen shelters.
He’s honoring his dad’s teachings by building this fully primitive shelter. His father had dementia at the end, and Luke credits his dad for teaching him all his outdoor skills.
Luke’s 10 Survival Items:
Block of Salt
Sleeping Bag
Cooking Pot
Gill Net
Snare Wire
Bow and Arrows
Multitool
Saw
Fishing Line and Hooks
Shovel
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