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- Three days of running through the Canyons of Utah, but make it the most minimalist survival run you can imagine. It was a cold night. No shelter, no sleeping bag, no food aside from the small bag of ground corn, not even running shoes. Woo, holy shit, it's dusty. In this episode, my buddy Dan and I embark on what is known as a primitive run. Ah! On this journey, we aim to run like our Stone Age ancestors once did when they set out to hunt for animals, and scout out new locations.
Not sure if this was a great idea. But we are modern human beings. - We gotta move. - So what's it like to spend three days running with no food or sneakers, and sleeping out in the open wild with no shelter? I guess I'm getting what I asked for. (laughs) This is probably one of the wildest outdoor adventures I've ever done. (pensive music) This is definitely not how I imagined this trip to start because I've had the worst cold for the last couple of days. Just all I wanna do is be in bed, so congested, just feeling really iffy. And this morning, I'm about to set off on a three-day adventure run. So, Dan's gone to get some coffee and some cinnamon rolls to sweeten this morning a little bit.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to pull myself together with hot tea and medicine. This is not the best start to an adventure, but if we don't do it now, we'll never do it. (chuckles) (eerie music) Well, this is my hair for the next three days. (chuckles) (eerie music) That is not gonna change at all. It's not gonna get brushed out or combed out. Dan got the coffee. We are not gonna be eating much at all for the next three days, and this is our last gourmet luxury.
Better enjoy every bite. Definitely sweetens the morning. So, if we're not bringing much food, then what are we actually taking with us? The whole point of this run is that we're doing it super minimalist. I mean, if you think about going out for like a hike or a run, especially if you're staying overnight, you'd be bringing, you know, a tent or some kind of shelter, a mattress, a sleeping bag. Definitely food. (chuckles) A way to cook that food. - Yeah. - So it actually ends up being quite a lot of stuff. But you know, like back in the day, people didn't use to, like our ancestors didn't use to hike or run like that.
So we're doing it super minimalist. So we're gonna, with Dan, we're gonna take you through all the things that we're taking. This is my friend Dan. Dan is a guide and wilderness survival instructor with a love for doing these wild, stone-age-inspired adventures. He was actually part of the core team of My Nat Geo Show. Super skilled as a producer and wrangler of all logistics. And we've been talking about doing a run like this for years now.
- So, basically, each of us have to carry enough stuff to not die if things go catastrophically wrong. That's a big mistake a lot of people make when they're trying to go low-tech or primitive. But the point is, we'll see how much of this we can not use. But if we have to, we have water filter, you have a rain poncho, you have your one set of clothes that's all you get for three days. You got a knife. - [Eva] I wanna point out the fact that we are not bringing almost any food. This is all, how many calories did you say that this contains? - That's like less than 1,000.
It's probably 800. (plastic rustles) - For three days. - That's it. - And this is pinole mixed with chia seeds. So it's pretty basic, and I think that's probably the thing that I'm gonna struggle with the most in this challenge is not eating, 'cause I love eating while I run or hike. (laughs) - You also get rock salt, so- - Oh, yay, - That's it. (Eva gags) We have a steel cup for boiling water if we have to. You have your emergency backup blanket, and then you have your carry wrap. It's gonna be your waist wrap that carry all this stuff aside from your backpack for your camera gear and basics. That's it. That is our entire kit for three days.
I'm bringing a few extra things as a guide. I'm gonna bring our map and compass, and a GPS in case we have to call Search and Rescue. - And one more thing that I've kind of been taking for granted, but it is kind of not normal at all if you really think about it. We're gonna be running in these bad boys' little sandals. We're running in sandals, not running shoes. - But honestly, probably most common and most used footwear for running, or walking, or hiking in the entire world.
- Running trainers are a pretty recent invention. So humans have actually used something like this for the vast majority of our existence. So while it seems weird to a lot of people today, it's not that weird. - I've seen Sherpas on Everest going up to base camp and sandals- - Flip-flops. Yes. (laughs) - So. - The thing is that I'm actually filming this adventure, which means that I've got to bring some camera gear to immortalize it, (laughs) for the generations to come, which makes my pack a little heavier than it normally would be. But that's how you guys get to actually watch this video.
Some batteries, some chargers, my puffy, scarf, socks, sleeping trousers, sunscreen, head torch. That is probably the lightest backpack I have ever run with. - And half of it is camera gear. - Ready to go? - I think we're ready to go. - Let's do it. (energetic music) You might be wondering, "Why do this? Why make this so much more difficult than it actually needs to be?" Well, here's my hot take. We have a million gadgets available to optimize every single sport that we do.
Extra-padded shoes, promising to turn you into the next marathon Champion. Aerodynamic underwear. Performance-enhancing electrolytes. Sometimes I feel like running has become more about how you optimize yourself than about the actual running. So what happens when you strip away all the noise and leave yourself with the bare minimum, just like our ancestors did? That's what I'm much more curious about than the next high-performance gadget. (bright music) I'm really starting to feel this cold coming back, quite clogged up and congested in my chest. In my nose.
(calm music) Turns out our run would bring us much closer to our ancestors. Not just in the style of our run, but also in our choice of running route. A landscape where humans have dwelled and thrived for thousands of years. (calm music) We've just been walking and wandering around here on this big cave, and we chanced upon this. These are actually original wall paintings. They're quite ancient. - They're about 2,000 years old from a culture called the Fremont culture that were hunter gatherers, running around here like we are. And they also culturally corn in some places.
It's super awesome culture. - It makes you think that, yeah, I mean, we're out here doing this primitive run, where like, you know, not that long ago, people actually lived here, thrived here in this environment, and this was their home, right? A place that we now see as like inhospitable, actually wasn't. - People think of deserts as really scary, dangerous places for living. These are blood-bread baskets. These are amazing places to live. - [Eva] What have we here? - These are sumac berries, and this one's pretty tapped out. But you said your throat's feeling pretty dry, and you find that these tend to get the saliva flowing.
- Mm, oh, they're so sweet. (munches) - I call this the lemonade berry tree. This is this type of sumac. - Well, it's amazing 'cause it tastes like they're coated with like a sour type of sugar. Like, what are they called? - Sour Patch Kids. - Sour Patch Kids - People call the natural sour patch cube. - Oh my God. (bright music) The rules of our run are simple. We may not have brought much food with us, but we are allowed to forge for snacks. Depending on the season, there can actually be a ton of wild edibles out here. But today, the sumac berries would have to suffice. Though, honestly, it's kind of hard
to focus on hunger when you're in a place like this. These canyon systems in Utah are basically massive mazes of rock carved over millions upon millions of years. And although we're technically in a high-desert environment, there's water here and lush greenery, this place feels so very alive. (energetic music) Well, we've been on the road for about five hours, and before we actually got started on this run, I was telling Dan that we should try, and you know, make this into a really, like big, long-distance kind of thing. And then Dan was like,
"No, like wait 'til you experience it. It's not standard miles out here. It's like canyon miles." And I was like, "No, no," I just didn't believe him. And you know what? He was right because canyon miles feel a lot harder. - Every canyon mile's like a mile and a half, so it's- - And it feels like it. It really does. - It's not straight. (Eva sighs) - So, we're gonna start looking for a spot to call home for tonight. The plan is to dump our stuff here in order to save some energy while we look for a spot to camp somewhere within a close radius.
Energy preservation is everything right now since we're surviving on so few calories. There's our stuff. We are gonna head up the canyon a little bit to see if we can find a better spot to camp for tonight. You know, I feel like at this point in the day, I would normally be really looking forward to eating something. (laughs) Like cooking myself a nice meal. You know, something warm, and hearty, and filling. Today, we don't have that, so this is not something that we can look forward to, which is a little bit disheartening. But at the same time, I decided to remind myself
that I'm out here with the intention of seeing what it's like to be really uncomfortable. And I don't mean just a bit uncomfortable. And I don't even mean just uncomfortable. I mean, really uncomfortable. (laughs) So, I guess this is the whole point. - Temperatures are gonna get close to freezing tonight. So uncomfortable. - (laughs) Yay. I guess I'm getting what I asked for. (laughs) (bright music) In order to sleep warm tonight without a tent, bivvy, sleeping mat, or even sleeping bag, we need to identify a spot that won't be too drafty,
and that's close enough to some natural materials that we can use to build ourselves a bed. Wow, this is amazing. (water trickles) (enchanted music) It's time to wash up. (water trickles) (enchanted music) (chuckles) Not sure if this was a great idea 'cause it's quite chilly. (panting) (lips trilling) Refreshing, we should say. Well, we found a spot that looks quite good. It's very flat and sandy as we can see. I feel like it's got a good vibe to it.
It's right next to the beautiful creek. But we just need to figure out if we can gather enough leaves to make bedding. - This is the difference between us, us hating ourselves tonight, or dying of hypothermia, and feeling really comfortable like a squirrel in a nest. - We definitely wanna be the squirrels, and not the people dying of hypothermia. (calm music) On a normal overnight, you take five minutes to set up your tent, sleeping pad, and sleeping bag, and you'd be snug as a bug.
Ooh, nice. Tonight, we're gonna spend well over an hour making our bed. (calm music) All right, let's go make our beds. - Oh, congratulate yourself, yeah, chop-chop. We got an hour 'til dark. We need like eight more of these. - Oh my God. (laughs) How are we gonna do that? - Fast? (Eva laughs) (energetic music) You gotta move. (energetic music) - I'm definitely starting to miss my sleeping bag right now. That's the first load. - We don't wanna be too close to the wall, 'cause sometimes, you have a pack of rats and things that move along the sides.
- I have some experience sleeping on an island full of rats, and I do not wanna repeat that experience ever again, so. It's 11 o'clock and I've been woken up by a bunch of rats running over me. Yep, I actually slept without a tent on a legit rat-infested island once. Never doing that again. Looks pretty cozy. - Not once we smash it down. - Oh, really? - Yeah, it's gonna get real smashed, so. (leaves rustling) (energetic music)
- As much as the day was pretty hot, all in all, it is getting really quite cold out here. So, I'm just gonna put on my puffy, and then I've got my trousers on. But this is the shirt that I was running in all day today. So beyond these things and a pair of socks, I don't have anything else to wear tonight. So it could be quite cold. (zipper zooms) Dan doesn't even have long pants. He's (laughs) buckskin short in it. (laughs) And I think we're both quite tired now, so we are gonna have this, some of this pinole.
This is our only food that we have for this entire trip. - We gotta eat it cold, 'cause we can't have a fire. - Can't have a fire, which is so sad, unfortunately. - That's less than a cheeseburger, okay? And that's your calories for the entire three days. - What a great comparison. Less than a cheeseburger - Especially, 'cause we're in America. - Yeah. - So, Cheeseburgers America. I want a cheeseburger so bad right now. - I want a pizza. - Oh, okay. Let's have the pinole. (everybody laughs) - Ooh, pinole.
- Okay, well, I'm gonna rush on this since I don't wanna run out of food. So I'm just gonna have a little bit. At this point, you might be wondering what pinole actually is. The short answer, ground maize. I'm gonna have to leave this for the next two days. Imagine making a bunch of popcorn and grinding it down to a fine powder, then mixing it with water to make a paste. No spoon. So I use a stick. But pinole is considered to be a superfood capable of fueling travelers on very long days on foot in some of the driest, gnarliest places in the world.
- This is very fine pinole. - And that's all because it provides a slow and steady release of energy. If you've watched "Superskilled," or read "Born to Run," you'll know it to be the staple food of the legendary Raramuri runners of Mexico's Copper Canyon. - Mm. - Agh, it's not all bad. It's not bad. So, you wouldn't recommend drinking your own pee if you are really hungry or thirsty? - I would say that's an absolute no, despite what you see on television by certain personalities. Anything over 1% salt concentration, as this, aside from all the other bad toxins in pee, your body can't absorb it.
So, your body will hunt for water to pull it out, so no. - So don't do it. You're better off not drinking your own pee. - No pee-drinking. - And you can survive for many days without food. - Yes. - So, it's not really such a big deal, actually, right? - You can go 30 days without even still be a functional human being. You can survive many days without food. Salt, however, is pretty essential to our functioning. I don't think I can have an actual piece of salt, then.
- Yeah, you can. So you could just soak this in your water. (stone tapping) Or we could break off some pieces. - [Eva] Should I put it in my pinole? - [Dan] Yeah, you could. - Just a little bit. - I wanna. If you're not gonna eat at all, eat some. - That's it, thank you. - You need the electrolytes. (Eva laughs) - You know, weirdly enough, I'm not feeling like super hungry. I feel quite like fresh, (indistinct) invigorated.
- You are doing way better than like a lot of students that come out on these things at this point. A lot of people are crying already. - It's like I have done similar things before. (laughs) - You've been in some pretty rough environments. - Dan has gone for 30 days without food once, while walking through the Savannah in Africa. - Yeah, that was so good. - That was fun. It was a crazy show. (calm music)
- The moment has come to test out the bed. (laughs) So I've got my silk sheet here. Now this stuff isn't exactly super warm, but it is a little warm, and I think very importantly, it's gonna keep me a little bit sheltered from all the leaves. Oh, what! Holy shit, it's dusty, ugh. But it's quite soft. It's actually quite nice. Got my kit here, all my batteries. So we can keep filming tomorrow. Nice and cozy. And Dan said that this is when I need to unveil the leaf duvet. So this is what we're gonna do now. The idea here is to pull the blanket with leaves on top over ourselves, basically like a duvet of leaves.
Underneath this thick layer of dry leaves, we should theoretically stay somewhat warm. This is actually surprisingly comfortable, Dan. I'm really impressed with us. This bed of leaves is of excellent quality, Dan. - You're on my side, though, so. - I am on your side? - You're on my side. - Well, no, I'm on my side. - You took like 90% of the bed. (Eva laughs) - That's so not true- - I'm against the wall here.
- I am like definitely within the limits of my half. - Fair enough. - But I am- - It was easier than building two beds. - And I am very satisfied with the quality of this bed and bedding. It's very soft and very, very warm. My feet are actually extremely warm. - I'm kind of roasting right now, it's- - Yeah. - If it's like this when it drops down to like freezing tonight, we're gonna be good. - We are gonna be good. - Leafs. Leafs for the win. - Good night. (bright music)
You'd think that this would be a pretty like uncomfortable setup, 'cause maybe it doesn't look like a proper bed. It was, honestly, one of the most comfortable beds I've ever slept in. I don't know, those leaves. (leaves rustling) (bright music) (water trickles) (Eva sighs) No soap, no toothbrush, no toothpaste. (chuckles) but you know what? It doesn't really matter. But now, we need to deconstruct our leaf bed, because, leave no trace. So. (laughs) - Exactly.
Let's do that. (lively music) I've been thinking about trying out Dan's cool-looking hip pack today. Very stylish. - The more you know, the less you need to carry. - So, we've got Dan here showing off the latest in ancestral fashion. You've got sandals, right? They're pretty minimalist sandals on his feet. Instead of running shorts, he is wearing something very, very special. I'm not sure if you guys have noticed, buckskin shorts.
- Yes. - And then around his hips, a very cool pack. I mean, so much more functional than any Prada bag, really. (energetic music) I wanna be as cool as Dan, and therefore, I need to make myself a little hip rug. So as it turns out, your hip pack could serve as a rug, and your rug could serve as a hip pack. Theoretically, if you are not carrying camera gear like me, you could do this entire run while carrying your necessities in this single hip pack. Pretty neat, no? (groans) Oh, God, it's like a corset. - It's gonna feel tight to start, but it'll loosen up. - Ancestral style. (laughs) Still, gonna wear my backpack because my backpack contains all my camera gear,
which I need immediate access to at any given time. So not fully ancestral. (laughs) Day two, as it turned out, would be less of a run and more of a treach. We were about to spend the better part of the day, shuffling our feet through the water of this Canyon Creek. And although that normally makes for a great resistance workout, it also means very slow-going. This should be classified as like a separate sport. You know, it's not hiking, it's not walking, I don't know. Some kind of resistance weighting.
- Creek slogging. - Creek slogging, yeah. (laughs) That's a good one. (water trickles) (calm music) (Eva moans) (calm music) It may be a slog, but it's a pretty beautiful slog. Dan also wanted to put his atlatl to a good use. This tool you see here is nicknamed the atom bomb of the Stone Age. It made humans capable of hunting large game from farther away like never before. As for us, we would be so happy with just one little fish for a lunch. Alas, not so many fish in this creek, and we did not get lucky. (footsteps crunching) (grass rustling) (calm music)
(water streams) This spot looks quite fishy right there. You know, you've got quite a bit of current going on, and while the water itself is not very deep, aside from the little pools, the rocks are slippery, the current's quite strong. And I feel like if you really think about it, you know, even water that's just knee-deep, it's capable of sweeping you off your feet. (water streams) (eerie music) Woo. (laughs) Yep. (laughs) But a hand, Dan, pull me up. (laughs) Yeah, that's what we're talking about. (laughs) (water streams) (eerie music) - Give me your backpack.
(water streams) It's very slippery. - I'll give you my camera. That's more important. - I'll help you with that. (water streams) (eerie music) Backpack, Evy. (water streams) (eerie music) - Ooh. It's one thing that I really wanna get off my chest because this has been kind of, you know, sitting on my mind for a little while. And the fact that we're calling it a primitive run, and I want you guys to hear Dan's explanation,
because I feel like for a lot of people the word primitive has really negative connotations, but that's not really what this is. - The primitive skills community, the outdoor survival community from a long time ago, recognized that all of our ancestors used to live Stone Age, used to live much more connected lives. And so, in the outdoor survival world, the primitives of our world, that has a really positive context, we're connecting back to our roots, to our ancestors, to the land. And so, that is not seen as a derogatory term like it might have been used in other communities for other reasons.
- It's like a badge of honor, basically. Like if you're doing something primitive, that's a point of pride and not something to be ashamed of because it shows that you can live off the land, right? - Yes, it's a positive descriptor rather than one that describes people as less. - Right. - So we feel we are more when we are connected to our ancestral roots. - Yes, so primitive is more. - Yes. - Not less. - Exactly. - Which is why we're still calling it a primitive run. - Woo. (Eva laughs) - Reclaiming that word. - That's right.
(Eva laughs) - All right, you guys, I think this might be the spot for tonight. Look at it. Oh, good, look at that pine tree. What the heck? The reason I say that this could be our spot for tonight is because it is quite nice. It is lovely. There's even a bench. Voila. And a fire pit, which unfortunately, very sadly, we cannot use because it is illegal. - Illegal! - Today, we're on the go for about seven hours with like an hour for lunch, roughly, when we stopped, and I am pretty, pretty tired actually by now.
- I think the thing is, realistically, survival terms-wise, if we're gonna couch in survival terms, we're getting closer to dark. We need to figure out how to stay warm. Last night, we found some really good material. I don't think we're gonna be that lucky tonight. So we're gonna have to scrounge around right now. Come up with the best solution we can to stay warm. - Yeah, so no more leaf bed tonight. It's not gonna be as warm tonight, probably, which is a bit of a shame. But hopefully, we can still get some sleep.
- We do our best, biggest thing right now is to break cover with the ground. - So let's go look for our beds. (laughs) Dan has just told me to come and smell the tree. - Smell the tree. (Eva inhales) - Oh my God, it's so delicious. (Dan laughs) I wanna eat it. Can I eat it? Ugh, it smells so good, like licorice. - [Dan] Like syrup and sugar. - Like sweet, sweet licorice. (grass rustling) (calm music) Any luck? (calm music) - Nope.
(grass rustling) (calm music) - Here, we see leaves - [Dan] You can rake down that hill. (leaves rustling) (calm music) - So- - We have managed to harvest as much leaves, but Dan is getting bit by ants, so we're gonna evacuate. (laughs) I am also getting bitten by ants now, ew. - [Dan] They're all through that whole bag. Just go dump that out on the sand over there and they'll run. - All right. (energetic music) This did not look promising. There were practically no dry leaves around. So building a bed involved piling up, whatever we could find that wouldn't be invested with ants or prickly like pine needles.
Mentally, we needed to prepare ourselves for the distinct possibility that tonight would likely be a long, cold night. (leaves rustling) (eerie music) Bed number two may not look as spectacular as bed number one did, but I'd say it looks pretty cozy. Doesn't look bad. It's dinner time. And guess what's for dinner? Yep, you guessed it right. More pinole. (laughs) At this point, I am actually, I'm not super hungry, to be honest, but I am a bit hungry. I'm like, I can definitely feel like a sucking sensation in my stomach, but my stomach has not been rumbling yet, so that's good. But I think more importantly, or more like viscerally, I am.
I have been fantasizing about pizza for the last four hours, I think. So that's exactly what I'm gonna do once we get outta here. The first thing I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go and get pizza. Delicious, hot, cheesy-tomatoy pizza. I think one thing that makes all of this easier is just realizing that humans can go for a really long time without food. And so, this is really no big deal. We're just so used to never being hungry. We're so used to having these like three meals a day that is like the standard, and feeling hungry is like the least desirable sensation in our lives.
I get that. But you know, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's immediately lethal. So, it is ready. Mm, nice and gooey. Eat it with a stick. Oh, yeah. (pot clacking) The more I eat the stuff, the better it tastes. Hmm. (pot clacking) Maybe tomorrow, I'll wake up, and I'll be like, "Actually, I don't want pizza. I just want more pinole. (laughs) (gentle music) Oh. (gentle music) Oh, I really felt that. (chuckles) (gentle music)
Tonight's bed is looking mighty fine. Not quite as plush as the bed last night that was really, really soft. I would say this is like a six out of 10, which, since we're in the wilderness, is really saying something. One of the funny things about being outdoors in places like this is that, you know, when you're out here, you always end up missing like home comforts, right? Like nice food and snacks and like body temperature. But as soon as you're out of these places, you start to miss them terribly, and you realize that you are so incredibly lucky to be able to spend time out here.
And I guess it's just always good to remind yourself that even when the going gets tough, when you're out in the outdoors, out in the wild, just remember to appreciate every single moment. Good morning. (clears throat) Good morning, I can't even speak. It was a cold night -. Yeah. - Much colder than the night before. I did not sleep very well. Kind of in and out the entire night, which is why I look like this. (laughs) Hopefully, hopefully, we will manage to make it to our end destination at some point this morning.
Well, maybe not this morning, but like around lunchtime. (sniffs) If we have enough juice left in us. I feel like I have no juice left in me, but I think I just need to wake up. Just need to like get moving. (calm music) There is so much power in knowing that you can go far with very little. I definitely don't recommend replicating this kind of run unless you have a survival instructor with you because things could go wrong very quickly if you're not well-prepared. But what I can recommend is returning to the essence of things.
Don't obsess over running kits, just go for a run. Don't sweat it over the latest in ultralight gadgets. Just go spend the night outside. Pure and simple. Not necessarily every single time, but at least some of the time. That's where we camped last night, in that little patch of greenery there, somewhere around that spot. And right now, we're leaving the creek behind, which means we're leaving water behind. And for the majority of today, we will not have access to water, which I think is a little. (panting) A little scary, in a way. But hopefully, we will pass through little pockets of water,
maybe little creeks and streams. But yeah, we may have to take it a little bit easy today. (calm music) The world we live in can sometimes make us feel so powerless and weak. But with experiences like this, moving your body through the landscape and getting stronger, that stuff really gives you back a sense of agency, and reminds you that humans are capable, powerful, and so resilient. (lively music)
We just stopped by the side of the trail and found something quite delicious. What are these, Dan? - These are Manzanita, called the little apple, because they look kind of like a little apple. And when they're really sweet and ripe, they're so good. It's like almost eating those fake apple candies. - Hmm. Let's try. (munching) Mm, quite tart. (lips smacking) - [Dan] Right now, they're tart. (laughs) - But like tasty. Definitely a neat little trail snack. ♪ Ooh ♪ At this point, you might be wondering what it's like to run or hike in a pair of minimalist sandals for such a long time.
Well, I've been really into barefoot and minimalist running footwear for a few years, and it's been a game-changer for me. A little check-in. So we're very close to the finish line, actually. We've probably got like an hour left. And I just wanted to share a little bit about how I'm feeling. My feet are feeling great. My body's actually feeling really good, but I am hungry. (laughs) That's the one problem I have currently. But other than that, this has been amazing. And the fact that we have not been carrying tents
or sleeping bags has made this run so much lighter. So I feel like you just don't get as tired as you would with like a big hiking backpack. So, yeah, all good, except I'm really excited about that pizza now. - Oh, man, I'm loving it here. I'm so happy to take you out on this stretch of land. This is so my favorite country in the world. And man, you killed it. - Okay, let's go get that pizza! - Do it. (Eva laughs) (lively music) - Woo! Not gonna lie, as much as we've both loved being out here and eating pinole, the allure of that pizza cannot be understated.
We were so ready for it, but not before one last misadventure. (lively music) - Don't get too excited yet, Zu Beck. (lively music) - Dan found a snake. Yay. Oh my God! He is catching it! Jesus, Dan. (Dan panting) Ah, do not, do not- - Up a little gopher. He's not poisonous. - [Eva] Ah! - That is cute. - Oh my God, I can't believe he just ran after a snake and caught it with his own hands!` - [Dan] Have you touched a snake before?
- [Eva] Yes, I have. Yeah, eeh. - He's soft. You're not gross. - No, they're- - These things are gross. - They're not gross, but they are a little scary. (both chuckles) - You wanna hold 'em? - No. (laughs) - All right, buddy, we'll see you later. (lively music) - And after we passed our friendly snake, suddenly, the end of the trail came into view. (bright music) (wind whooshing) Huh, guess here we are? (wind whooshing) ♪ Ta, ta, tam ♪ ♪ We made it ♪ - Woo! (wind whooshing) Well, done. That was a big one.
Oh my gosh, I feel very accomplished right now. I feel like I've discovered a whole new level to trail running. Holy shit, let's go get that pizza. And that is exactly what we did. Pizza and beers were had. I may have had two pizzas in one day. But on a serious note, adventures like this, done with people who are good teachers, can really build skills and competence. As for myself, I feel so empowered to continue learning about minimalist running and super-ultralight adventures. (calm music)
