‘Alone’ Season 10 Episode 5 Recap: “Spirit Bear”

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Rebecca Murray
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Alone Season 10 Alan
Alan Tenta in The HISTORY Channel’s ‘Alone’ season 10

Six survivalists remain as History’s Alone season 10 episode five gets underway. Food is scarce and the weather’s getting colder as episode five, “Spirit Bear,” begins with a trip back in time six days to day 17. “Spirit Bear” takes the action up through day 23.

One more survivalist bids goodbye to the remote islands surrounding Reindeer Lake in Northern Saskatchewan on episode five, which features Alan, Wyatt, Cade, and Mikey.

Alan Tenta, Age 51, Columbia Valley, BC, Canada

Day 17 – Alan completes work on his gill net and launches it into the lake. He knows fishing is only going to get worse, so he’s hopeful the net will provide much-needed food. That accomplished, he sets to work on building a door. It’s going to be well-insulated with moss between two layers of wood.

The door fits perfectly, and Alan declares he’s ready for winter.

Day 18 – Alan heads out to check his gill net and discovers it’s empty. He needs to eat soon, or else he’ll have to tap. The weather’s changing and some of the plants he was eating are dying off.

Alan’s lost 34 pounds thus far.

With just one piece of fish left, Alan decides to do some fishing. He sees a huge pike in the lake, but it doesn’t bite. Alan reminds himself to be patient and not get mad as he keeps on fishing. He gets two little bites and then finally pulls in a little guy. He cheers and notes he’ll be able to remain in the game for a few more days, thanks to this catch.

He continues to fish, hoping for a few more before the sun goes down. And the effort’s worth it as he reels in a decent lake trout. But he’s not done yet and catches a huge fish. He takes a minute to acknowledge that the fishing is incredibly good today. Since it’s going so well, Alan continues to try his luck and pulls in yet another fish!

Alan thanks Mother Nature for what she’s provided. The four lake trout should provide Alan with 5,000+ calories.

Alan’s 10 Survival Items:
Ax
Saw
Ferro Rod
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Sleeping Bag
Cooking Pot
Paracord
Snare Wire
Multitool

Alone Season 10 Cade
Cade Cole in The HISTORY Channel’s ‘Alone’ season 10

Cade Cole, Age 27, Crowheart, Wyoming

Day 18 – Cade continues the weird tradition of having at least one survivalist in a season put on a skit.

After picking berries, Cade heads off to look for a bear. He believes the bear will be out in the meadow gathering the last of the berries and finds what he thinks is the perfect spot to wait. It’s near a trail used by bears and caribou (which are off-limits to hunters), so he should see some activity. He makes a blind while reminding viewers he didn’t gain any weight for this competition.

Cade admits that sitting in the blind takes a lot of mental strength. He thinks about his young son and the baby they just lost while remaining silent and still.

Two hours later, Cade gives up for the day. He realizes that until he gets some food, that’s the last time he will expend the energy to walk that far.

As he’s returning to camp, he spots a squirrel in a tree. Cade hits the squirrel with his first shot, but it remains far up above him in the tree. He decides to climb the tree because he’s so hungry and needs protein. He finds and eats a few blueberries before making the dangerous climb.

Once up in the tree, Cade realizes the squirrel’s injured and still alive. It bites him, but he manages to hang on to it and not fall out of the tree. The squirrel’s probably not worth the calories used climbing the tree, but he wasn’t about to just leave a wounded animal. Cade carefully washes out the wound since squirrels can transmit tularemia.

Day 20 – Cade’s now lost 10% of his body weight. His strategy involves big game because his metabolism needs fat. He ate his squirrel, and this morning he’s having a “breakfast cocktail” made of pine needles, mushrooms, and Labrador tea. Cade’s so desperate that he cuts his belt and puts it in the stew. The result is a bitter-tasting concoction, but at least it has some fat in it.

He eats a chunk of his belt as Alone informs us that tanned leather is indigestible and contains toxic chemicals. The leather tastes disgusting, and Cade spits it out, describing it as the worst taste he’s ever had in his mouth.

That afternoon, Cade hits the berry patch again, looking for a bear. He picks some of the remaining berries and admits to being frustrated that he can’t track the bear. Cade’s exhausted and desperately in need of protein.

He spots fresh scat but isn’t able to locate the bear before night falls.

Days 23 – Cade’s feeling weak and is suffering from warm and then cold flashes, which could mean he’s severely dehydrated. He gets a late start because he’s tired, but he knows he needs to push through this if he wants to remain in the challenge.

Cade heads out to the berry patch, admitting he’s exhausted as he makes the trek. At this point, he just wants to find a “monster” anything – grouse, squirrel, bear, mouse…whatever. Squirrels and mushrooms aren’t enough.

He finds a few-day-old bear poop with two cranberries beside it. He eats the berries and insists he’s not tapping out unless he’s medically forced to withdraw. Cade’s dizzy as he reaches for three more berries and falls down. He remains unconscious for 57 minutes before finally coming to.

He’s in tears as he says he wanted to win this so badly but can’t do this anymore. He’s wracked with emotion as he makes the call and taps out. He’s overcome a lot – including the loss of a baby – and losing his arrows was a big blow to his survival strategy.

He apologizes to his wife for tapping out. His body’s worn out, but the experience has taught him who he is and who he wants to be.

Cade is the fifth survivalist to tap in season 10.

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

Alone Season 10 Mikey
Mikey Hilton in ‘Alone’ season 10 (Photo Credit: The History Channel)

Mikey Hilton, Age 32, Rome, Georgia

Day 19 – Mikey takes a few shots at a grouse without any luck. He decides to work on his shelter instead, needing to make it warmer since the weather’s getting colder. Mikey cuts some boughs and admits he’s spent too much time working on various styles of shelters. It wasn’t until day seven that he settled on a lean-to structure after trying to build a cabin and a teepee.

Mikey swears he knows what he’s doing and that he’s making mistakes because he’s not familiar with this environment. By day 19, he tells himself he needs to stop making errors. His last bite of protein was on day 10, and he’s exhausted.

Mikey’s not used to snow, but he realizes he needs to strengthen his shelter to hold its weight.

Mikey grew up poor and has learned to adapt to tough situations. Struggling as a child gave him the strength to handle difficulties as an adult.

His lean-to’s looking near completion, and he’s covered it in moss for insulation before finishing up for the day.

Day 21 – Mikey speaks to his son Nikolai on camera as points out the fresh snow. Insulating his shelter kept him warm but also turned it into a mouse amusement park. Today, he’ll set figure four traps to catch them.

Day 22 – His trap caught a field mouse (he calls it a rat) and Mikey uses the side of a wooden box he found two days ago as a cutting board. He takes his time preparing the mouse to cook and admits it’s the hardest animal he’s ever gutted or skinned.

Just this tiny bit of food lifts Wyatt’s spirits, and he’s thankful for the mouse. He makes a hoop out of willow and stretches the tiny mouse skin into a dreamcatcher.

Mikey’s 10 Survival Items:
Axe
Saw
Ferro Rod
Multitool
Fishing Line and Hooks
Paracord
Cooking Pot
Snare Wire
Bow and Arrows
Sleeping Bag

Alone Season 10 Wyatt
Wyatt Black in The History Channel’s ‘Alone’ season 10

James “Wyatt” Black, Age 51, Ontario, Canada

Day 21 – Wyatt gathers kindling for his fire and shakes his bootie for the camera. Anyway…he’s caught six fish with his gold hellfire lure and gives it a kiss. “I love you, baby,” says Wyatt.

He does some early evening fishing and reels in a large trout, thanks to the gold hellfire. He’s not done for the day, but as he’s reeling in his next fish, it steals his hellfire lure. A big pike took his lucky lure, and Wyatt’s devastated.

Not only did he lose his lure, but he also lost two treble hooks – and he only brought four. He still has smaller single hooks left, but they don’t work as well as trebles.

Although he thought big game hunting would get him through, he’s changed his whole plan and dedicated himself to fishing. He can’t cry over lost lures and needs to create a replacement.

Day 22 – Wyatt has made a new lure which he names gold fury. He gives it a kiss and says it’s been made with love.

It’s 4pm when he casts the gold fury. He explains this competition is a cakewalk compared to taking care of his wife when she was on her deathbed with cancer and they were raising little kids. Wyatt believes he’s got what it takes to win this.

It’s 4:45pm when the gold fury becomes the second lure claimed by the lake and its fish. It had a leader, yet still it was taken away. Wyatt’s now down to one small treble hook and is deflated by this turn of events.

Wyatt’s 10 Survival Items:
Cooking Pot
Axe
Saw
Ferro Rod
Sleeping Bag
Snare Wire
Paracord
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Multitool




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