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Dustin Hurt faces a dilemma, to either risk his life and financial ruin by purchasing and mining one of the most legendary and inhospitable claims in Alaska or play it safe in the white water of McKinley Creek.
团队挑战阿拉斯加湍急瀑布深潭淘金的冒险精神, 面临着一个两难抉择：是冒着生命危险和倾家荡产的风险去购买并开采……
团队挑战阿拉斯加湍急瀑布深潭淘金的冒险精神, 面临着一个两难抉择：是冒着生命危险和倾家荡产的风险去购买并开采……
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00:06all right you ready for this this is the most nervous I've been in probably 20 years I'm about
00:15to do the craziest thing I've done in a very very long time trying to take a Florida airboat up
00:23the
00:24circle which is a crazy river well everybody says it can't be done and if anybody's gonna do it we're
00:31the ones to do it I've been told by old locals don't do this you're gonna die there we go
00:38god
00:39it's off the trailer this actually scares me oh it's up in my throat right now this season we have
00:48to go further than we've ever gone before we're looking for bigger and better gold you don't want
00:53seat belts in these things because if they flip you want to jump as far as you can away from
00:57this
00:58thing and get to shore we have to push ourselves like we've never pushed ourselves before we will
01:03achieve the impossible mission control we are going for launch ready clear you're gonna die might as
01:11well die having fun ready rock and roll
01:27yeah I don't like you but I can't do my hands
01:35a lot of water so hard to see
01:46here we go this is gonna be crazy
01:53on the all-new season I bought a new claim bigger better gold
02:01of whitewater
02:04two rules out here don't get hurt don't die
02:11dustin risks everything good gold but nobody can get to it what have you gotten yourself into
02:15on a remote new plane named for its monster gold nugget creek is like McKinley on steroids and located
02:26deep in the Alaskan wilderness anybody nervous this is scary no machine's gonna make it up there I mean
02:34it's not impossible I have to find an alternative way to get to the claim
02:40new challenges our gold is underneath that snow just like the old-timers you got to get something
02:46there you put it on your back and go it's not safe we need to get out of here it's
02:51a new level of hard
02:52but how about we throw some it up fire the hole
02:57oh it's need a medic new ground all the experience in the past is going to come to bear right
03:03now
03:03and new hope it's a new adventure for a life-changing pile of gold
03:29right now I'm looking to change our lives it could be the best thing I've ever done or the dumbest
03:37thing I've ever done either way I'm looking for a big change in southeast Alaska at the start of a
03:46new mining season Dustin hurt gathers his top lieutenants hey how's it going y'all hey Dustin what's
03:56going on brother how's it going rough winter dude let's get back to work so a few things didn't work
04:05out
04:05the way I wanted it to first of all Valdez that claim didn't work out at the tail end of
04:14last season
04:15Valdez we made it guys Dustin found a new claim most people would think it's difficult but we're crazy
04:24that proved to be gold rich I got gold already Dustin was banking on this claim to be his future
04:33this place is better than anything I've ever dug
04:38they got a lot of snow this year there's avalanche problems by the time we start digging it would be
04:44the shortest season we've ever had so I can't send anybody up there we're just double team McKinley
04:52then man Carlos I don't think we're gonna go back to McKinley this year oh bro there it is Fred
05:01six years
05:02ago hot damn Dustin made the greatest gamble of his life buying the McKinley Creek claims a pocket of
05:13gold on this Creek could be anywhere from one to four million bucks I think that's gonna make you a
05:18wealthy man taking big risks this is extremely dangerous stuff he accessed areas others didn't
05:34dare to mind we're good Carlos you're gonna have to pull from there and walk it over with his father
05:41and crew by his side Dustin risked life and live to make them all rich there's nuggets everywhere but
06:00for all their effort 25 ounces it never delivered the millions they wanted whoa that looks like more
06:0827 ounces doesn't it I'm a little disappointed
06:18McKinley's been picked over better than I thought those old-timers are a lot tougher than people give
06:22them credit for it some of those areas that I've just never thought they'd get to I get that man
06:27but
06:28it paid the bills well I'm not doing this to just pay the bills I'm trying to up Danny on
06:33this
06:33sure I'm trying to go bigger just trust me on this I'm trying to change our whole damn lives right
06:38now I've got a few leads I think I can pull this off it's kind of hard to just follow
06:44someone I'm blind
06:45faith I'll figure this out I need you to trust me we need to figure it out pretty quickly cuz
06:53the
06:53season's about to start do what you got to do bro all right
07:08I'm going out on a limb here to better our season for the for the biggest and best gold
07:15that I can get I'm sick of just making it it's time to find some real gold
07:27dustin's first stop hello how you been man I'm good welcome welcome oh you want a cup of coffee
07:36that sounds great friend and local mining legend Mark Siebens okay I wanted to talk with you anyway
07:44because I've got something so I've been digging this hole underneath where the old flume was actually
07:50let me show you a couple of pictures here okay so here's the flume right and the creek is running
07:58over here you can see the pilot tailings look at that oh man how fun would that be mark owns
08:04a claim
08:05where a hundred years ago miners built a huge flume to divert porcupine Creek and mind the riverbed for
08:14thousands of ounces of gold marks theory the remains of the pilings that supported the flume proved that
08:25the ground by the side of the creek was never mind leaving behind a bonanza in gold so these are
08:34just a
08:34a couple of the chunks from last year some good looking stuff I don't know if this is something
08:40that worked for you and your crew well it's not our normal digging I'm definitely looking for something
08:46that hasn't been picked over but what I'm actually looking for is like like a long-term kind of
08:54investment like I'm looking for something big dangerous impossible to get to these are the words
09:00people you have to use obviously lots of gold I know you know all the miners around here and I
09:05know you got a lot of history here so I'm just curious if you know anybody that's got something
09:10that would line up do you know Al Gilliam the the guide yeah he's a hunting guy hunting guide I
09:19know that
09:20he he he ended up with claims and they're up the circle River at a place called Nugget Creek I
09:28mean Al
09:29went up there with a dredge and they were only in there for a couple of weeks and showing some
09:35really
09:36nice gold buds is it really hard to get to it's hard to get to far from the nearest town
09:46and nine miles up the
09:48circle River lies Nugget Creek first staked in 1899 rumor has it that the claim was barely mined by the
10:00handful of old-timers who could get there in the 1980s a small group of prospectors mind the claim for
10:10a
10:10few seasons despite finding monster nuggets they were forced out by the unforgiving and deadly
10:21wilderness that sounds great I'd love to talk to the guy see if he's willing to sell give Al a
10:29call
10:29awesome all right man all right hey Dustin great to see you again bud yeah I don't really like this
10:46last-minute planning stuff we should have already had a plan locked down and a place locked down before
10:50the season started not as the season's starting after putting in a call to the claim owner Dustin
10:57brings in Kayla Johansson to help him scout the claim how's it going she's an expert at reading
11:07the land and spotting the signs of hidden deposits of gold so there's four claims that I'd like to go
11:16look at right now they're over the top of the mountains zero access middle of nowhere it's pretty
11:21steep yeah it does look steep but it's old there's good gold in it and it hasn't been hit as
11:28hard as
11:28McKinley hopefully it lives up to its name how's it going man ready for a ride
11:39all right everybody hear me okay I got you all right coming up
11:47Caitlin how you liking the flight it's a little weird I've only been in planes
11:52is this your first time in a helicopter yeah I'll be damned
11:58right up here at McKinley so far Dustin's treasure hunt has led him up porcupine McKinley and Cahoon
12:07Creeks which over a century produced a hundred and forty five million dollars in gold his new
12:16prospect shares the same mother load and gold could have been washing down the mountains for thousands of
12:29years it's so remote Nugget Creek could still hold a jackpot so it looks like on the map right now
12:44the claim starts right here yeah this is where the top one is and it's obviously snowed in right
12:53now but if we get a little bit of sunshine I don't know how fast this is gonna come away
12:57right there I
12:59think that's where the bottom of the claim is it goes up from there what do you think there's a
13:05lot
13:05of exposed water once you get out of that canyon so it's workable it looks like if there's a place
13:12we
13:13could sit down and walk up there that would be awesome to mine the remote claim could cost Dustin
13:19nearly every penny he has this work for you perfect man this is absolutely amazing so he wants to see
13:39it up close right here is where I think the claims start and go up that way way the hell
13:45up there okay well it
13:47looks like there's some exposed bedrock right up here yeah that bedrock it looks like it goes
13:53almost all the way across like a riffle yep which might be a good sign there's a lot of big
13:59rocks in
13:59there more in the granite family that make for easier splitting agreed there's probably been a few
14:07hobbyist divers but nothing like us they've gotten gold out of it it's been proven but it's never been
14:13ransacked like McKinley has this is a gamble what I need to know is should we pursue this you think
14:24it's gonna be doable as far as getting out here don't know all my life what I've done is figure
14:32out
14:32what I want and then figure out how to get there but it is nowhere yeah I mean it's not
14:40impossible yeah
14:42that's what that means it's not impossible I'm gonna show you something they found a four ounce
14:47nugget last year right up there somewhere that's promising we found a one ounce nugget in McKinley
14:55but they did this in like five days of digging hmm I believe that this is that changing moment that
15:05this is the place for that well there's only one way to find out let's see if we can get
15:11these
15:11claims now that I got eyes on it I'm pretty psyched I'm ready to go I can't wait to see
15:23if I can get
15:23these claims I'm excited it's a new adventure it's new ground new everything if I could pull this off
15:31this could change all of our lives and that's what I'm hoping for right now
15:39up ahead all right Paul good to go go ahead and send it come on baby come on baby a
15:45little more a little
15:46more a little more give her don't give up yeah yeah good deal
15:52I need all my gear and I'm feeling it he's going to race against the clock right now
16:00oh no no no no no no no no no broke it
16:07I don't have any time for this stressed out of my damn mind right now I'm losing my head a
16:25little bit
16:27in Haines Alaska the new gold mining season is just days away Dustin hurts trying to secure a new
16:36claim that could deliver a huge payday just had a meeting with a claim owner and he put out a
16:50pretty
16:50substantial number for the claims he wants to sell and the numbers we're talking about are enough to
16:57break me completely break me and if I spend all this money and I can't get anywhere with it we're
17:09done
17:10this will be the last time we try this I'll be paying for this for the rest of my life
17:17if we mess
17:18this up and don't get gold
17:36what's going on fellas what's up hey long time no see man how's it going you guys ready to do
17:43it again
17:44look at this man with a deal made Dustin's crew assembles
17:53that doesn't look too bad it's not bad at all it's gonna melt out here fairly quick looks like
17:58yeah it is yeah all right welcome back y'all and they're hungry for gold
18:08what's the plan so I don't think we're gonna be going up to McKinley this year guys
18:14so where are we gonna go um I bought a new claim it's called nugget creek it looks impossible to
18:23get
18:23to and it looks even harder to dig I'd like a new challenge and I haven't seen the returns that
18:30I want
18:31to see I just I'm tired of picking up somebody else's scraps what I'd like to do is find something
18:37better that makes sense I'm always down for a new adventure and better gold bigger better gold that's
18:43what we're looking for right that's why we do this yeah bigger better gold okay but here's the thing
18:48isn't it just like right on the other side of McKinley how are we gonna get there what's your plan
18:52what's your idea well this is it this is our savior this is gonna be our main mode of transportation
19:02right here the new claim is so remote the fastest way to move his entire gold mining operation would
19:12be by helicopter but that would cost tens of thousands more dollars which after making the
19:19deal Dustin doesn't have thought you were crazy for buying that thing a long time ago I know it looks
19:26old believe me I know how bad it looks it's smashed and it's old and it's rusted it's got six
19:32wheel drive
19:33so this is gonna be our way in and out and it's nine miles up a raging river I take
19:40that back right now
19:42it's frozen and after all that snow is melted not even this truck will make it across that river
19:49I'm not understanding this man are we going to like drive up a river nine miles across a river we're
19:56doing both Dustin's truck and trailer will pull his crucial gold mining equipment 18 miles to Nugget
20:05creek the only access for the final half of the journey is up the thawing circle riverbed which
20:13is surrounded by five monster glaciers with spring temperatures spiking 40 degrees above normal the crew
20:22need to make the journey and bring in all their gear before the river floods with glacial meltwater
20:30cutting off the new claim so a hundred year old military truck five-ton that hasn't started in a
20:39couple of years pulling this connex box that's on a makeshift trailer going up a nine mile river which
20:47we have a small window of opportunity before the water rises yeah I get it this is dangerous crazy as
20:58I
20:58hear it good gold but nobody can get to it nobody that sounds like us Dustin has sunk every last
21:07dollar into buying his new claim at Nugget Creek all right Paul are you gonna do the honors of hooking
21:13this thing up copy that now success rides on a truck that's been beaten up by decades of harsh Alaskan
21:21winters we're using the antique truck to get everything to our new site something that was
21:32probably used in the Cold War you know all right let me tighten these down I think we'll be good
21:37to go
21:38ready
21:39come on baby
21:40come on baby
21:44come on baby
21:56I had faith in it I knew it to the start
22:06I can't believe it dude that thing that thing was frozen for two years and it freaking turned
22:12over no problem no problem I'm gonna take it for a ride get in
22:20good to go yeah
22:28it does work it works it works
22:33it works
22:39it's not built for comfort it's a rough ride
22:47to rattle the fillings out of your teeth if you have them
22:57feels good to me good job y'all hell yeah in a race against mother nature the crew split up
23:06dustin in the dozer will plow the snow up the circo river to clear a path for the old truck
23:13while the rest of the crew packs the container with their vital gold mining equipment
23:20I'm gonna drive the devil's elbow all right well we'll get this thing hooked up and see if we can
23:25meet you out there
23:26all right
23:27anybody nervous
23:29we just might as well talk about time travel man that seems that seems a little bit more feasible man
23:36all right everybody knows what to do
23:37all right everybody knows what to do
23:39all right let's get to it
23:41all right
23:45all right
23:57all right
23:58all right
23:58man the things we do to go out here to our goal
24:03Six miles up the Sirkoo River, Dustin Hurt plows a path to his new Nugget Creek claim.
24:14Man, this snow is deep out here.
24:17While crew member Scott Allen scouts ahead to find a route clear of hidden, deadly deep water.
24:25So that's three crossings.
24:27Seems like there's got to be a point.
24:30One spot where we can cross just once.
24:36I'm thinking this is going to be it.
24:45Everybody keeps telling me how crazy I am.
24:50I'm going to die out here.
24:53Well, here I am.
24:55I'm committed.
24:58You're not backing down.
25:08But Dustin's facing a big problem.
25:11High spring temperatures are melting the snowpack.
25:15The path to his new claim will soon be cut off.
25:22So right now, I'm feeling kind of a panic.
25:27I need a road.
25:28I need all my gear.
25:29And I'm feeling it.
25:32I'm really feeling it.
25:34I'm trying to calm down so I don't make any dumb mistakes.
25:37But the truth is that I'm starting to race against the clock right now.
25:44One of the problems I'm having is I don't know what this ground looks like.
25:48I don't know what's here.
25:51Don't know.
25:57Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
26:01I broke it.
26:11What happened?
26:13I heard a roof.
26:15There's a stump right there.
26:16I didn't know it was there.
26:17I don't have any time for this.
26:22Look, it's spitting.
26:25It's coming out bad.
26:32There she is.
26:33Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
26:37Wow.
26:37I've never seen one blow like that.
26:40I've never once ever seen one blow like that.
26:43The hydraulic line blown, they'll have to go back to Haynes for a spare.
26:50Their day is over.
26:53Yeah, that was my fault.
26:56Piss poor driving.
27:03Couldn't push a little snow, could you, boy?
27:06I feel like an idiot.
27:09I can't believe I just did that.
27:11I broke a dozer.
27:14In snow, of all things.
27:29Two days later.
27:32Dad is where we blew out right there.
27:36That is incredible.
27:37And a 60-mile trip for parts.
27:41We had a special bait hose.
27:43It's not the original part, but hopefully all we have to do is plug this in and go.
27:55Done.
27:57This might just work.
28:08It's not leaking yet, but I've got to warm it up.
28:10We're going to have to test the hydraulics.
28:12You're going to move it.
28:23The forecast says that it's going to be hot and sunny for the next week, which means all
28:31this white stuff goes away and goes into that river right there, which that river comes up
28:36several feet and we can't drive it.
28:38So we have to get all of our gear here as soon as possible.
28:50At Porcupine Creek.
28:52That's about as much stuff as we're going to need, I hope, for the season.
28:56I mean, we've got our dredges, we've got our generators, we've got cable, everything but
29:01the kitchen sink, but we'll figure that out when we get there.
29:03We at least got toilet paper.
29:04Yeah.
29:05Well, let's lock this thing down and get out of here.
29:08The whole gold mining operation packed in the container.
29:13Good luck.
29:14All right.
29:15Dustin's crew travel nine miles down to the river entrance.
29:24This is definitely not what we're used to doing.
29:32Nothing like having to pack up and move.
29:34I hate moving.
29:43Oh, my here.
29:47We got to cross that.
29:51Yeah, I don't know about that.
29:56At the downstream entry on the Serku River, the snow has already thawed and the water is
30:03rising rapidly.
30:11All right, I'm going to try it out in low gear and see how this goes.
30:13All right, Paul, good to go.
30:14Go ahead and send it, man.
30:15Bring it.
30:21Come on, baby.
30:21Come on, baby.
30:23Push through it.
30:23Push through it.
30:24Push through it.
30:26Come on, baby.
30:27Come on, baby.
30:28A little more.
30:29A little more.
30:29A little more.
30:29Get her.
30:30Don't give up.
30:30Keep going.
30:41Oh, my .
30:43I was so worried about that part right there.
30:46We got past that.
30:47I think we got it now.
30:49That was a big concern.
30:51If it'll go through this, we'll make it the whole way.
30:53You're damn right we will.
30:55Hey, I told you I was going to do because I hazard it.
30:57Go for it, buddy.
30:58Go for it, buddy.
31:00Go for it, buddy.
31:02Go for it, buddy.
31:05Go for it, buddy.
31:11Go for it, buddy.
31:11Go for it, buddy.
31:12Go for it, buddy.
31:13Go for it, buddy.
31:14Go for it, buddy.
31:14Go for it, buddy.
31:15Go for it, buddy.
31:15Go for it, buddy.
31:17Go for it, buddy.
31:17Go for it, buddy.
31:17Go for it, buddy.
31:18Go for it, buddy.
31:19Go for it, buddy.
31:19Go for it, buddy.
31:19Go for it, buddy.
31:19Go for it, buddy.
31:19Go for it, buddy.
31:20Go for it, buddy.
31:22Go for it, buddy.
31:27Go for it, buddy.
31:31I never, never thought I'd be off-road in a big-ass army truck, right?
31:35With a Con-X.
31:36With a Con-X.
31:59These water crossings might be kind of crazy, y'all.
32:02On the right here, there was barely any water with that yesterday.
32:07Wow.
32:11Hey, Scott, don't be scared of the gas pedal.
32:16James, step on it.
32:26I think the biggest struggle right now is that sand really wants to put a lot of coal on you
32:32when you're trying to pull the trailer through it.
32:37Hang right, hang right.
32:39Come right, come right, come right.
32:44Here we go!
32:47Come on, don't stop now.
32:49Yeah, don't get stuck in the mud.
32:58He's struggling.
33:02One just came completely off.
33:04What?
33:04Ah, we might be stuck.
33:07Yeah, you're buried, there's no more tires left.
33:37On the Sirkoo River, rapid snow melt has turned the riverbed into quicksand, sucking down the trailer and stopping it
33:46dead.
33:49Dustin, you got a copy? Dustin, you got a copy? Wes for Dustin.
33:55Hey, go ahead, man.
33:58We've got the Con-X buried.
33:59Is there any way you can work your way downstream and maybe help us pull this thing out or pull
34:04the Con-X itself?
34:06Are you kidding me?
34:08Ah!
34:10Yeah, I'll come back.
34:12Okay, copy that. Wes out.
34:18Their journey along the Sirkoo to their new claim at Nugget Creek is nine miles.
34:25The truck and container managed barely one.
34:30I wouldn't even have called this a crossing.
34:33There's no, like, current to that.
34:39Dustin spent his last dime hoping Nugget Creek would pay out big.
34:44I see Dustin.
34:46He's not gonna be happy.
34:48If he can't get the container with all his gear to the claim, he's dead in the water.
35:13No one's going good until I came across this crossing right here.
35:17Well, once we lost those tires, it's when went bad.
35:20Well, I mean, that all happened right here.
35:21All right, all right.
35:22Just let me, let me just think for a second.
35:33Well, I just spent all night and all day plowing snow that doesn't look like we'll even reach.
35:40This shouldn't have been a problem. The rest of it's going to be a problem.
35:45Yeah.
35:45You guys made about a half a mile?
35:47No, we're probably further than that. I don't know.
35:51I'd say a mile or so.
35:56This is hard to take right now, looking over there and seeing my trailer.
36:01Half underground.
36:08What I'm worried about most is the water coming up and taking everything from me.
36:15I'm trying to beat it, but it's not working out.
36:26I'm trying to undestroy this mess right now.
36:37Pushing the whole thing!
36:39Holy crap!
36:59That's probably good right there.
37:01Try it.
37:02Ugh!
37:05Dude!
37:12Not the way I thought this was going to go.
37:19Whew!
37:20It's a rough one.
37:21I thought this was going to be the easy part.
37:37Did you have to dig it out a little bit more?
37:38Ah, just a little bit on that one.
37:41That's mangled for sure.
37:42That rim and tire is totally gone.
37:47Dustin Hurts Hunt to find the greatest gold of his life
37:53has led him to buy a new claim, Nugget Creek,
37:57nine miles up the Serku River.
38:01Only one mile in, the container that holds all their crucial gold mining equipment
38:08is stranded.
38:12Jeez, man, this can't be happening.
38:20Tires are not going to work.
38:22We figured this out, right?
38:23Yep.
38:24What I'd like to do, I'd like to find two logs to go underneath the axles
38:29and lash them off and make a sled out of this thing.
38:34Dustin's plan?
38:35Attached logs under the trailer, creating a two-ton sled.
38:41Pulled by the dozer, the sled should rise above the riverbed's sinking sand,
38:47delivering their crucial gear so they can dive for Nugget Creek gold.
39:05This is the first time I've ever done this, so this will be experimental for me.
39:09I don't know if it'll work, but I'm getting desperate.
39:15So what we did was we found a ledge, and now we're going to jam two logs or trees right
39:22in here,
39:22and we're going to back this thing over the top of them, and hopefully we can make sleds out of
39:28these logs.
39:38Beautiful. There's 20,000 pounds of anchor for you.
39:41All right. All right. We're doing this?
39:43Yep. Let's do it.
39:45He's building the art, dude.
39:51Are you ready?
39:59All good over here.
40:04Come in. Come in.
40:06Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it,
40:09bring it.
40:10Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it,
40:15bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it.
40:16Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it.
40:18Bring it, bring it, bring it.
40:20That's good, that's good right there.
40:22Ha ha!
40:23Are you serious?
40:26Holy crap. Can you believe me?
40:30Well, all we got is straps, cables, and some chain.
40:33let's make the best of it Carlos I think we're ready to hook this thing up to the
40:39dozer and drag it man you ready for this yeah
40:47I'm just praying brother I'm not thinking anything I'm just praying bro
40:50just praying get the site man gotta pay some bills dude
40:59here we go
41:04move it
41:06it's working
41:15this is working great man
41:19the sled fix a success
41:22it's working man it's going good
41:25the next challenge for Dustin the rising Sirku rivers two deepest crossings
41:35yeah that's pretty that's deep man
41:40I think we're in trouble here look at that creek that goes
41:44oh maybe I can get up that
41:46you could probably cross in better spots
41:49I'm trying not to hit any ledges
41:51oh I got you
41:53this thing's getting uglier and uglier
41:54oh yeah it's getting bad
41:57that water's come up a lot
41:59this is going to be a challenge
42:00we don't want to get anything stuck right now
42:02wow that's our entire season right there
42:06alright
42:07let's see how it looks dude
42:21let's go
42:24I'm doing it Carlos
42:30I'm here bro
42:33oh
42:35what are we doing
42:39deep
42:41oh
42:48come on
42:50hold on
42:52hold on
42:53hold on
43:03after an epic
43:05eight hour journey
43:06hauling the sled over seven miles
43:09Nugget Creek
43:10is within sight
43:13you first
43:18this crossing
43:19looks like it has to be the worst
43:22the widest
43:24the deepest
43:26the finish line is literally right there
43:30right freaking there
43:31it's going to be deep but it's not as deep as this
43:34this is freaking deep as hell right
43:37the temperature dropped
43:38this far upstream because of the freaking glaciers
43:42the snow
43:42it's still got snow on this side
43:45it looks really deep
43:49come save me
43:51please come save me
43:52if I get stuck out there
44:01I don't know what I'm doing
44:05I don't know what I'm doing
44:06I don't know what I'm doing
44:08I'm going to dip the box
44:11bad things are happening
44:14I'm in trouble
44:16I bit off water I can chew
44:18we're about to stall
44:21Carlos
44:25please don't flip
44:28please don't flip
44:32come on baby
44:33don't flip
44:34please don't flip
44:36please don't flip
44:52please don't flip
44:54please don't flip
44:57come on baby
44:58don't flip
45:00just one mile short of their final destination
45:04Dustin may have pushed it too far
45:09come on baby
45:15did that just happen
45:17did that just happen
45:23you are crazy
45:25that was insane
45:31that was insane
45:35you're rolling
45:38never going to forget this
45:40again
45:43yeah baby
45:49the melting
45:50Serku River
45:51tested the crew
45:53to the limit
45:54oh what a rush
45:59but they finally reached
46:01their new claim
46:02at Nugget Creek
46:06and the possibility
46:08a life-changing goal
46:15we made it
46:17Carlos
46:21we did it
46:24woo
46:29woo
46:30hardly
46:31get it
46:32yeah
46:39holy crap
46:41crap dude
46:41I can't believe we freaking made it man
46:43that was something
46:46let's not do that again
46:47of course I had my doubts
46:48I don't care what you're saying
46:50I don't care
46:51I had my doubts
46:52I had my big doubts
46:53that's the longest nine miles in the world
46:56that was only nine miles
46:58yeah
46:59we think this is bad
47:00imagine how they felt on the Oregon Trail
47:02with the wagons
47:03those guys are so much tougher than me
47:05we just did nine miles
47:07they did thousands
47:09what a hell of a journey
47:11if that worked
47:12then we got freaking gold coming our way man
47:15we put in the freaking effort
47:17and the work for this
47:18new site
47:18bigger gold
47:19it's gonna be hard to get to
47:20but we're here
47:21everything's here
47:22we're ready to get started
47:23finally
47:24yeah
47:25yeah now let's just go find a place
47:27and start our camp
47:28so we can start living out here
47:32well there better be some damn good gold here
47:34on the season ahead
47:36that's the bear
47:37we're in bear territory
47:39that is moving right there
47:43this is scary
47:44that'll kill you
47:46hold on
47:46hold on
47:48two rules out here
47:50don't get hurt
47:51don't die
47:51our gold is underneath that snow
47:55it's not safe out here
47:56we need to get out of here
47:59that's it
47:59I got some gold man
48:02that's good gold
48:04I think it's the crew that can do it
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