The History Channel’s Alone season 10 episode seven kicks off on day 31 with five survivalists still in the hunt for the $500,000 grand prize. Each of the five remaining survivalists – Alan, Mikey, Wyatt, Taz, and Melanie – gets camera time on episode seven, “Aftermath.” And by the end of the one-hour episode, the five hardy survivalists are still battling the environment in the remote islands surrounding Reindeer Lake in Northern Saskatchewan.
Alan Tenta, Age 51, Columbia Valley, BC, Canada
Day 31 – It’s 33 degrees, but the wind’s died down and it’s calm. Alan’s lost 37 pounds and knows he needs to eat more fish. He heads off to check the gillnet and it’s caught a duck. Using a gillnet’s an illegal/unethical harvesting method, so he has to release the merganser (a fish-eating duck). You can only kill them via a bow and arrow.
Alan released a marten on day 10, and now on day 31, he has to release a duck. He thinks that maybe the ducks have been stealing his fish.
The duck hangs around, and Alan pets it before realizing it’s still got his net around its wing. Releasing the duck meant Alan had to cut his net, so he’ll have to repair it later.
He casts a few times and hopes for a lake trout. Fortunately, he has six pieces of fish left from his previous catches.
This spot isn’t working, so Alan decides he’ll need to burn some calories and walk half a mile to a calmer area.
Day 32 – Alan works on his gillnet, which has a huge hole thanks to a careless duck. While repairing it, Alan confesses this morning was the first time that his mind went to dark places and his father’s death. Alan was there when his father died, and he’ll never get over his passing. There’s a deep sadness in his heart, but he knows he needs to get as much enjoyment out of life as he can.
The waves are kicking up too much to place his net, so Alan takes off to the point that’s much calmer. He’s never been there before and takes his bow just in case he spots any game. His legs are weak, but he perks up when he sees big, fresh tracks on a game trail. Alan determines it’s a moose track and believes this is a good sign. Big game can lead to a win in Alone.
He finally makes it to the calm fishing area and is shocked that it’s really deep right offshore. Alan gets a lake trout right away, but it escapes before he can pull it in. He gets another bite, but it also gets off his hook when it reaches the shore. Alan reminds himself not to freak out and continues fishing even though it’s already 5:30pm.
Nothing bites, and he heads back to his camp. Alan’s encouraged that at least the fish were still biting.
Day 34 – Alan’s pleased with the placement of his gillnet, just off the bottom of the lake. He’s still got food in the bank but does some fishing. Alan’s figured out his hook might have been too big and uses a smaller one.
Alan catches a fish and credits the new hook with getting this little lake trout. The sun’s almost setting as Alan loses his lure to a giant pike. He’s not mad because the lure was sacrificed to the biggest pike he’s ever seen.
This experience has deepened Alan’s connection with his dad.
Alan’s 10 Survival Items:
Ax
Saw
Ferro Rod
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Sleeping Bag
Cooking Pot
Paracord
Snare Wire
Multitool
Melanie Sawyer, Age 54, Essex County, NY
Day 31 – The three-day storm is gone, but when Melanie finally opens her door, there’s a huge tree that’s fallen right in front of her shelter. That worries her, but she needs to take off to grab as many berries as possible.
Melanie’s happy to be outside after three days of being cooped up. She’s shocked the water’s got a layer of ice, and she’s feeling extremely tired as she walks to the distant berry patch.
She’s out of breath and too tired and is forced to return to her shelter. She turns back after making it less than one-fifth of the way to the berry patch. Melanie’s lost 35 pounds since day one, and she cooks up a pot of soup with mushrooms, reindeer lichen, inner birch bark, and berries to help get her strength back.
She’s hoarded her food for the future, but now’s the time to eat and regain her strength. Otherwise, she won’t make it to the patch. She’s hoping that in two or three days, she’ll have the energy.
Melanie works on her fire and admits it’s taken her a while to be able to voice her thoughts on camera.
Day 33 – Melanie heads out after eating, and she’s even taking some provisions with her. She’s determined to make it all the way to the blueberry patch today.
It takes her a few hours, but she makes it and there are still hundreds of berries. Melanie plans on taking quite a bit of time to pick as many as she can before returning to camp. She’s now got the confidence to work her way through problems after being able to push through the fatigue and pain.
Melanie is back to her full strength and is proud she was able to overcome the fatigue.
Melanie’s 10 Survival Items:
Bow and Arrows
Snare Wire
Fishing Line and Hooks
Saw
Multitool
Sleeping bag
Cooking Pot
Ferro Rod
Food Rations
Food Rations
James “Wyatt” Black, Age 51, Ontario, Canada
Day 31 – Wyatt’s ready to repair his gillnet now that the storm’s blown through. Once completed, he sets it up in the same location where he caught the huge pike. The storm kept him inside for three days, and he’s anxious to get some fishing in.
After making it back to his shelter, Wyatt confesses he’s been keeping a secret. A week ago, he made a mistake and stabbed himself in the arm with a piece of wood. He removed 1 ½” of wood from his forearm and pus shot out.
Wyatt shows off his injury and it’s healing, with clear pus and a little blood coming out. He kept it hidden so that he wouldn’t be medically tapped from the competition. Wyatt realizes he’ll be in trouble once the producers see this footage.
Day 34 – Today feels different to Wyatt, but he doesn’t know why. He plans on taking his new Reindeer Demon lure, made with his last treble hook, down to the lake to see if he can pull in some fish.
Wyatt casts and explains that he doesn’t feel like this show is a competition against others. He thinks he’s just competing against himself.
A big pike tries to take his lure but swims away. A few minutes later, another fish bites and he’s able to pull in the biggest lake trout yet from this rod. He’s proud of his fourth lure, Reindeer Demon. He casts again, and his line breaks, causing him to lose Reindeer Demon.
Wyatt chuckles and notes that his luck goes way up, and just as suddenly, it plunges.
He heads off to check his gillnets, thinking nature’s playing a joke on him. Wyatt spots a grouse and kills him with his first shot. A red squirrel comes into his line of sight next, and he also kills it with his first shot. And he hasn’t even made it to the gillnet yet.
He checks the net and it’s caught his first white fish. It’s a three-pounder and Wyatt can’t believe the day he’s having – and it’s not even noon. What he’s caught so far will allow him to stay 10 more days.
Wyatt believes he and the land are at peace.
Wyatt’s 10 Survival Items:
Cooking Pot
Axe
Saw
Ferro Rod
Sleeping Bag
Snare Wire
Paracord
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Multitool
Tarcisio “Taz” Ramos Dos Santos, Age 35, Becket, Massachusetts and Sergipe, Brazil
Day 32 – Taz sets to work making a door since the weather’s turned cold and he needs to be protected from the wind. While he works, he reveals it’s his mom’s birthday. She gave birth to him when she was 16, and his biological father abandoned them. He also had a child at 16 but still followed his dreams of doing theatre. He pushed himself to act, direct, and produce. (His mother’s also creative.)
Taz was the first person in his family to go to college.
It doesn’t take long to build a door, and next, he builds a chair for relaxing. He takes a moment to appreciate his hard work.
Taz checks his food cache and discovers his food is covered with maggots. He can’t eat much, if any, of his grouse or fish and has lost his 10-day supply of food. Taz admits he’s super close to tapping out but decides to stick around.
He works on stripping out maggots and boiling useable pieces. Taz then hangs them up to dry. That night, he’s eating the grouse and spots leftover maggots. (Maggots can lead to Myiasis, which can cause cramps, nausea, and rectal bleeding.)
Day 33 – Taz had left his food hanging out to dry overnight and, in the morning, it’s on the ground and he’s missing half of a trout. He laughs because it’s all so ridiculous.
He heads off to check his gillnet, aware he needs to increase his food intake. Taz discovers the cord tied to his gillnet broke, but he can still recover it. The net’s all messed up and needs to be repaired.
Taz has lost 44 pounds and realizes he needs to change his strategy. He decides to set up some snare traps, hoping he can catch a few squirrels.
Taz’s 10 Survival Items:
Sleeping Bag
Ferro Rod
Cooking Pot
Axe
Multitool
Fishing Line and Hooks
Paracord
Snare Wire
Bow and Arrows
Tarp
Mikey Hilton, Age 32, Rome, Georgia
Day 33 – Mikey works on making more toys for his son. After that, he heads out to do some hunting and is feeling pretty strong at this point. He’s shot three grouses since the windstorm and was able to set some aside.
He finds comfort in being able to sit in the woods and just listen to sounds and connect with nature. Mikey describes it as a magical experience.
He hears a squirrel and takes a shot, killing his first squirrel. Mikey loves squirrel meat but works slowly on cleaning it so he doesn’t rip the hide. He cooks the vital organs and its head together first, and shows off its brains in a close-up to the camera.
Mikey’s 10 Survival Items:
Axe
Saw
Ferro Rod
Multitool
Fishing Line and Hooks
Paracord
Cooking Pot
Snare Wire
Bow and Arrows
Sleeping Bag
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