♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> BRIDAL VEIL FILES JUST OUTSIDE OF HEBER SPRINGS.

IF YOU CATCH IT AT JUST AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT RIGHT AFTER A RAINFALL, THIS IS A SITE YOU CAN ENJOY.

IT'S WHERE WE'LL BEGIN THIS WEEK'S EXPLORATION.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ THE GOOD THING ABOUT PAYING A VISIT TO BRIDAL VEIL FALLS, YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF EITHER A SHORT WALK OR A LONGER HIKE AND WALK, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE FOR EXPLORING THIS AREA AND HOW STRENUOUS OF AN OUTING YOU PREFER.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ THE SHORTER WALK IS ONLY A FEW FEET FROM THE PARKING AREA AND WILL GIVE YOU A FANTASTIC VIEW OF THE TOP OF THE FALLS BY WALKING OUT ONTO AN OBSERVATION DECK.

♪♪ THERE ARE PLENTY OF PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND, PLUS, THERE'S ALSO A TRAIL THAT GOES OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE OBSERVATION DECK THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO OTHER VANTAGE POINTS, INCLUDING ONE THAT IS LITERALLY RIGHT SMACK-DAB ON TOP OF BRIDAL VEIL FALLS.

IF YOU WANT MORE VIEWS AND ARE IN SOMEWHAT DECENT PHYSICAL SHAPE, THERE IS THE LONGER TRAIL WHICH WILL TAKE YOU AROUND AND BELOW THE BLUFF LINE.

WITH AN EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION ALONG THE WAY, DEPENDING UPON THE RAINFALL, AND THAT BEING QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE CASCADE.

♪♪ ♪♪ THIS TRAIL THAT EVENTUALLY TAKES YOU DOWN TO THE BASE OF THE FALLS IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE IN LENGTH.

EASIER GOING DOWN, OF COURSE, THAN COMING BACK UP.

AFTER REACH BEING THE BOTTOM, JUST FOLLOW THE CREEK BED, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, BRIDAL VEIL FALLS IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU.

♪♪ ♪♪ A CLASSIC PHOTO OF BRIDAL VEIL FALLS WAS TAKEN BACK IN 1902 WHEN IT FROZE.

THEN AGAIN, 108 YEARS LATER IN 2010, WHEN IT FROZE AGAIN.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> THERE'S A ROPE ACTUALLY TO HOLD ON HERE.

IT CAN BE DONE WITH NO HANDS.

I GUARANTEE YOU, THOUGH.

A TIGHT ROPE WALKER.

YOU TALK ABOUT A ROPE ADOPE.

I THINK I LIKE -- I THINK I LIKE ZIPPING BETTER THAN THIS.

[LAUGHTER] [SOUND EFFECTS] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> IT'S CALLED LOCO ROPES AN ADVENTURE IN THE TREES LOCATED IN THE OZARK CENTER IN MOUNTAIN VIEW.

>> PUT THIS RIGHT ONTO OUR BRACKET WHICH GOES TO OUR OTHER LEG CABLE.

ESSENTIALLY THIS LITTLE CHARLIE IS GOING TO FOLLOW YOU EVERYWHERE YOU GO.

IT ROLLS RIGHT ALONG.

IF YOU TAKE THAT MISS STEP, AGAIN, WE CALL IT -- NOT 40 FOOT FALLS.

YOUR LEG WEIGHT TAKES YOUR WEIGHT.

GRABBING THE ROPE IN FRONT OF YOU IF YOUR ELEMENT IS MADE UP OF ROPE.

OR STAND RIGHT UP.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> LOCO ROPES ARE ACTUALLY: THREE WHO CHANGED -- THREE THREE-CORD STRENGTHS, ALL IN THE NAME OF ADVENTURE.

>> DEFINITELY ADRENALINE RUSH, EXCITEMENT.

IT'S -- IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE.

>> I GUESS IT BUILDS CONFIDENCE LITTLE BY LITTLE.

>> YEAH, ONCE YOU FINALLY GET THE FIRST ONE DONE, YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

THEN A SECOND AND THIRD TIME, YOU FEEL MORE AND MORE LIKE YOU CAN DO IT AND YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF.

SO, DEFINITELY BUILD EGO, I THINK.

>> OKAY!

[SOUND EFFECTS] >> ALL RIGHT.

>> GREAT LANDING.

>> ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THREE COURSE IS A TARZAN SWING.

>> IT'S PRETTY SCARY.

WHEN YOU'RE UP ON THE PLATFORM YOU'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS AT FIRST.

ONCE YOU FINALLY DO IT AND GET INTO THE NET YOU FEEL ACCOMPLISHED AND LIKE YOU DID SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF.

YOU GET UP HIGH IN THE TREES AND DO SOMETHING CARE SCARY LIKE THAT, IT IS CHALLENGING.

IT'S SCARY AT FIRST, BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT.

>> JUST HOLD ONTO THE KNOT.

>> OH, HO!

[LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S A TRIP AND A HALF.

>> I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU WON'T REGRET DOING.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> THE FINAL THING YOU CAN TRY HERE IS THE SO-CALLED PARACHUTE DROP OR JUMP, EXCEPT YOU DON'T HAVE A PARACHUTE.

>> SO-O-O!

MARVELOUS.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> YEAH!

♪♪ ♪♪ >> IN THE HEART OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION HERE AT ARKANSAS CITY, JUST ACROSS THE LEVEE LIES A LESSER KNOWN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

CHOCTAW ISLAND, WHICH INCLUDES ECOLOGICALLY SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND PRODUCTIVE HABITATS IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

♪♪ ♪♪ THE CHOCTAW ISLAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA STILL LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DID 100 YEARS AGO WHEN STEAM BOATS USED TO GO UP AND DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HERE.

AS DOES MOST OF ARKANSAS CITY, WITH ITS RESTORED 1800 STORE BUILDINGS WITH BALCONIES, CHURCHES, AND THE DE SHEA COUNTY COURTHOUSE ALL LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

THE COURTHOUSE, BY THE WAY, IS SUPPOSEDLY HAUNTED.

BUT GETTING BACK TO THE CHOCTAW ISLAND AREA WHICH COVERS 7,580 ACRES OF MISSISSIPPI BOTTOM LAND HABITAT, IT'S THE ONLY PUBLIC LAND INSIDE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVEES IN ARKANSAS.

♪♪ ♪♪ THE RIVER AND ITS WETLANDS SUPPORT MORE THAN 400 SPECIES OF WILDLIFE, INCLUDING 40% OF NORTH AMERICA'S MIGRATORY WATER FOWL.

THE CHOCTAW ISLAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA ALSO HAS MORE THAN 9 MILES OF HIKING NATURE TRAILS.

THERE'S THE ROCKY HO TRAIL NEARBY ROCKY HO LAKE WHICH OFFERS EXCELLENT FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE LEVEE TRAIL ALONG WITH THE OLD RIVER LAKE TRAIL CONTAINING ALL SORTS OF WATER FOWL.

♪♪ ♪♪ LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BY ALL MEANS, CHECK OUT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRAIL OR THE AUTO TOUR FOR SOME WONDERFUL VIEWS OF THE MIGHTY MISSISSIP.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> FOR THIS FINAL SEGMENT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

LAST TIME WE WERE WITH PARK INTERPRETER AT GREAT RESORT LAKES PARK.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SURVIVAL SKILLS.

NOW, JASON IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH SOME BASIC STEPS AND SOME BASIC TIPS THAT WE ALL NEED TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT EXPLORING ARKANSAS IN THE WILDERNESS.

AND YOU NEVER KNOW, SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN WHERE YOU JUST MAY HAVE TO GET BY FOR A COUPLE THREE DAYS AND WHATNOT UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.

SO, JASON, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK TO US.

>> MY PLEASURE AS ALWAYS.

>> SURVIVAL SITUATION IN ARKANSAS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY OR WORLD.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

HERE IN ARKANSAS, THIS IS NOT THE BEAR, GORILLAS JUMP OUT OF A HELICOPTER AND SURVIVE SIX MONTHS OUT OF A JUNGLE, GNAW YOUR LEG OFF SURVIVE KIND OF THING.

HERE IN ARKANSAS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, REALLY MOST SURVIVAL SITUATIONS ARE GOING TO RESOLVE THEMSELVES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, GOOD OR BAD, IN JUST A DAY OR TWO.

ONE TO THREE DAYS.

EITHER YOU MAKE IT OUT OR YOU DON'T.

SO, WE'RE NOT TALKING EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, WHICH HAS A WAY OF CHANGING OUR STRATEGY, YOU KNOW.

SOME THINGS WE MIGHT THINK ARE IMPORTANT ARE REALLY NOT IMPORTANT IN YOUR TYPICAL SURVIVAL SITUATION HERE IN ARKANSAS.

>> LIKE FOOD, FOR EXAMPLE.

YOU REALLY DON'T NEED FOOD FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS.

>> EXACTLY.

USUALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING SURVIVAL PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS, THAT'S ONE THING WE ASK.

WHAT ARE THE BASIC NEEDS HUMANS HAVE?

FOOD, WATER, SHELTER ARE USUALLY THE BIGGIES.

WE TALK ABOUT SURVIVAL.

WE MENTION FIRE AND SIGNALS.

THOSE ARE THE BIG FIVE.

WE'LL RANK THOSE IN IMPORTANCE.

HOW LONG CAN YOU GO WITHOUT FOOD ?

ARE WE TALKING MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS, OR WEEKS?

AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING FOOD, IT'S WASCTIONTION.

-- WEEKS.

WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT FOOD.

FISH HOOKS OR SPEARS FOR CATCHING ANIMALS DOESN'T COME INTO PLAY SO MUCH UNLESS YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP BUSY, WHICH IS NOT A TERRIBLE IDEA.

BUT GENERALLY NOT THE HIGHEST ON OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES.

WATER IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT, BUT HOW LONG CAN YOU GO WITHOUT WATER?

CAN WE GO MINUTES, HOURS, OR DAYS?

GENERALLY DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS, YOU'RE TALKING DAYS.

SO, WATER IS KIND OF ON THE EDGE OF WHAT WE NEED.

REALLY WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO IT, SHELTER BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT.

AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS.

WINTERTIME IN ARKANSAS DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE BELOW FREEZING.

JUST NEEDS TO BE COLD.

IF YOU GET COLD AND WET, TWO BIG RED FLAG DEALS IN SURVIVAL, IF YOU'RE COLD AND WET, YOU'RE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.

NOW YOU MIGHT BE TALKING HOURS OR EVEN MINUTES BEFORE YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE.

SO, NOW, FOOD, THAT'S WEEKS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

WATER, THAT STAYS.

EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS, SHELTER, NOW WE COULD BE TALKING HOURS.

THAT BECOMES OUR TOP PRIORITY.

>> COMPACT SURVIVAL BLANKETS HAVE SAVED MANY LIVES PROVIDING SHELTER.

TRASH BAGS CAN ALSO BE USED IN VARIOUS WAYS, AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

>> THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHELTERS.

YOU CAN GO ONLINE, YOU CAN RESEARCH THEM.

A COUPLE THINGS WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND.

WE WANT TO STAY DRY.

IDEALLY YOU WANT TO STAY WARM AND DRY, BUT DRY IS BETTER.

IF YOU'RE COLD THAT CAN BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

IF YOU'RE WET THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS.

COLD AND WET, LETHAL.

IF YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU COULD BECOME COLD AND WET OR YOU ALREADY ARE COLD AND WET, THAT SHOULD BE GREAT BIG RED FLAGS.

DANGER, DANGER, DANGER, THIS IS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.

I NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING NOW.

SHELTER AND FIRE ARE GOOD WAYS TO CHANGE THAT.

SO, WE WANT TO STAY DRY.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLASTIC OR MYLAR BLANKET, WE'VE GOT TO USE MATERIALS AROUND US.

CERTAINLY WE WANT TO MAKE USE OF ANY NATURAL OVERHANGS, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO KEEP US DRY.

SHORT OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE DEBRIS, THE STUFF WE FIND ON THE GROUND.

THE COMMON THING IS THE DEBRIS SHELTER WHICH IS REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN FINDING A TREE OR SOME SORT OF ROCK OR SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LEAN A STICK UP AGAINST.

AND FROM THIS STICK YOU LEAN OTHER STICKS OFF OF IT AS RIBS.

AND THEN PILE AS MUCH DEBRIS, LEAVES, PINE BOWS, STICKS, WHATEVER YOU CAN ON TOP OF IT.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PILING.

I'M TALKING ABOUT PILING.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE MORE IS MORE.

GET THAT SUCKER FIVE, SIX, EIGHT FEET HIGH.

AS MUCH TIME AS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN DEVOTE TO PILING STUFF ON THERE, DO THAT, BECAUSE THE MORE DEBRIS, THE LESS LIKELY IT'S GOING TO BLOW AWAY, THE MORE LIKELY IT'S GOING TO KEEP RAIN FROM GETTING IN, AND THE WARMER IT'S GOING TO KEEP YOU.

NOW, WE SAID PILE IT HIGH.

YOU CAN'T FORGET PHASE II OF OUR SHELTER.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM.

YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MISTAKE OF SLEEPING DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND.

THE GROUND WILL SUCK THE HEAT RIGHT OUT OF YOU.

YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO PUT INSULATION, LEAVES, DEBRIS, WHATEVER WE CAN FIND BETWEEN US AND THE GROUND.

DON'T FORGET, AS WE'RE DOING THE MORE IS MORE AND PILE IT HIGH, WE WANT TO PIE IT SO WE CAN SLEEP ON IT.

LAST THING ON THE DEBRIS SHELTER, WE HAVE TO THINK PILE UP HIGH, STUFF PILED ON THE GROUND, PILE OF LEAVES WE'RE IN.

REMEMBER OUR TUBE, WE DIDN'T WANT A BIG SPACIOUS BIG CASTLE TO GET IN.

WE WANT SMALL LITTLE HOVEL.

DID HE BREAUX, THE SAME WAY.

JUST ENOUGH SPACE TO WEDGE IN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT OUR BODY TO HAVE TO HEAT A BIG CABIN.

NICE SPACE, PLENTY OF LEAVES ON TOP, PLENTY OF LEAVES ON BOTTOM, KEEP US WARM AND DRY.

ARE THERE GOING TO BE BUGS IN THERE?

COULD BE.

I'D TAKE THE BUGS OVER THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS NOT FEELING AT ALL.

SO, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO WITH SHELTERS.

JUST SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES.

REALLY YOUR MIND THAT NUMBER ONE TOOL IS GOING TO BE A LIMITING FACTOR AS TO WHAT YOU CAN USE TO KEEP YOURSELF WARM AND DRY.

THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGIES.

>> STARTING A FIRE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT SURVIVAL TOOL.

IF YOU HAVE MATCHES OR A LIGHTER, THAT'S PERFECT.

IF YOU DON'T, THERE ARE OTHER MEANS.

>> THIS IS FLINT FROM STEEL.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING FIRE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

IT'S GREAT, STEEL ON FLINT, AND IT MAKES A SPARK.

BOOM, NICE HOT SPARK, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> NOTICE THIS IS NOT A KNIFE.

THIS IS JUST A LITTLE CHUNK OF STEEL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D LIKE TO USE THE OLD MULTI-TOOL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO USE THE BLADE PART.

I'M P GOING TO USE THE KNIFE.

I'M JUST GOING TO USE THE SCREWDRIVER PART.

IT WORKS THE SAME.

SCREWDRIVER, HARD SEAL AGAINST THIS FLINT, STILL MAKING SPARKS.

YOU SEE IT ON SOME OF THE REALITY SHOWS.

THEY HAVE GIANT KNIVES AND THEY'RE HACKING AWAY TRYING TO MAKE SPARKS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU CUT YOUR HAND OFF.

PLEASE DON'T DO THAT.

YOU CAN USE A KNIFE.

YOU DON'T NEED THE BLADE PART.

YOU CAN USE THE BACK OF THE KNIFE AND SCRAPE IN A SCRAPING MOTION, YOU GET THE SAME SPARK.

NOW, WHAT WE MIGHT DISCOVER LATER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN TIGHT WITH OUR TENDER SCRAPING DOWN, IT HAS A TENDENCY TO KNOCK ALL YOUR TENDER AROUND.

MY HAND MIGHT SLIP AND KNOCK IT DOWN.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS HOLD MY STEEL STILL AND BRING MY FLINT BACK.

AND NOW I'M STILL GETTING SPARKS GOING DOWN, BUT I'M NOT KNOCKING MY HAND INTO MY WORK AREA.

FLINT AND STEEL, THAT'S ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

YOU SAY, ALL RIGHT, WHAT IF I WANT SOMETHING BIGGER AND MORE ROBUST AND WATERPROOF AND MANAGE BIGGER SPARKS?

YOU GET THE SAME KIND OF PLAN WITH STEEL, SAME KIND OF DEAL, FLINT AND STEEL, DIFFERENT PACKAGE, WORKS THE SAME WAY.

GOOD NEWS ABOUT FLINT AND STEEL, YOU CAN GET IT WET AND JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO DRY OFF, AND OFF YOU GO.

THESE THINGS ALL WORK GREAT, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A PROBLEM.

IT'S THE TENDER.

IT'S OKAY TO MAKE BIG SPARKS.

IF YOU HAVE NICE, DRY TENDER, THAT'S GREAT.

REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING WATERPROOF TENDER AND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORKOUT.

SO, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS GO OVER TO THIS LITTLE DEVICE RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS A MAGNESIUM BLOCK WITH A PIECE OF FLINT IN IT.

THEY'RE PRETTY CHEAP.

YOU CAN BUY THEM AT WAL-MART FOR UNDER $8.

THIS IS COOL BECAUSE IT BRINGS ITS TENDER WITH YOU.

THIS WHOLE BLOCK IS MADE OUT OF MAGNESIUM, WHICH WE KNOW IS THE SMELL THAT BURNS PRETTY HOT.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS USE, AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY A KNIFE.

JUST SOME HARD, USUALLY A 90 DEGREE EDGE HELPS, PIECE OF STEEL, AND WE CAN SCRAPE SOME FLAKES OFF OF THIS BLOCK.

AND THESE FLAKES WHEN THEY CATCH A SPARK, CAN BURN.

NOW WE HAVE OUR TENDER RIGHT WITH US.

THIS STUFF BURNS HOT.

SO, WE CAN HAVE SOME NOT SO GREAT OTHER TENDER MIXED IN WITH THESE FLICKS AND WE'LL GET A GOOD SPARK.

RUB AGAINST THIS PIECE OF SPLINT, AND WE HAVE SPARKS ROLLING.

>> STEEL WOOL AND A 9 VOLT BATTERY WORK WELL TOGETHER.

>> THAT'S LIKE MAGIC FIRE THERE.

>> IT'S PRETTY COOL.

HOW MANY OF US ACTUALLY CARRY A 9 VOLT BATTERY AND STEEL WOOL AROUND WITH US?

>> AND, OF COURSE, WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THE SURVIVAL KNIFE.

>> THE BEST KNIFE IS GOING TO BE THE KNIFE THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOU, BECAUSE ANY OTHER KNIFE DOESN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD AT ALL, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S WHY WE LOOK AT A KNIFE LIKE THIS.

[LAUGHTER] >> YEAH, LOOK AT THAT BAD BOY.

THAT'S A KNIFE.

RIGHT, WELL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO CARRY THIS?

IN MOST PLACES IN ARKANSAS IF YOU'RE CARRYING THIS YOU COULD GO TO JAIL.

YOU CAN'T WALK AROUND WITH THIS KNIFE ON A DAILY BASIS.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

REMEMBER, MOST OF OUR SURVIVAL SITUATIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN ARKANSAS ARE NOT NECESSARILY PLANNED EXCURSIONS, BUT WE'RE PLANNING TO SPEND TIME IN THE JUNGLE WHERE A KNIFE THIS SIZE MIGHT BE USEFUL.

IT'S A DAY TRIP WHERE SOMETHING GOES UNPLANNED AND NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION.

MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CARRYING SOME BIG OLD HAWKING KNIFE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CARRYING WHAT'S WITH US.

IN WHICH CASE, THE SMALLEST LITTLE HAPPIEST FOLDER LIKE THIS WOULD BE YOUR BEST KNIFE.

IT'S SHARP.

YOU CAN USE IT FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

IT HAS THREE BLADES IN CASE TWO OF THEM BREAK.

YOU'RE NOT CUTTING DOWN TREES AND BUILDING A LOG CABIN WITH THIS, BUT YOU CAN DO A LOT OF OTHER STUFF WITH THIS.

AND IF YOUR CHOICE WAS NO KNIFE OR THIS KNIFE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE UNANIMOUS WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS.

>> THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE SURVIVAL WORKSHOP HERE AT DeGRAY LAKE STATE PARKA GRAPE IT IS BENEFICIAL ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE AN OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST.

>> UNDERSTAND THE BASIC SKILLS OF OUTDOOR, WE DIDN'T REALLY LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE WE CAN GET FOOD, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT WAS JUST REAL BASIC.

AND LEARNING TO STAY PUT SO THEY CAN FIND YOU IS CRITICAL.

THAT'S THE HARD THING TO DO WHEN PEOPLE GET LOST.

THEY JUST LIKE WANDER.

AND THEN CIRCLE OF FINDING THEM GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER, AND MORE PROBLEMATIC.

SO, LEARNING TO USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM AND STAY PUT IS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING WE LEARN.

>> YEAH, I THINK SOME OF THAT HELPED IN SOME OF MY SKILLS AND ADVANCING IN SCOUTING, BECAUSE LIKE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE KIND OF DONE MORE ADVENTUROUS TYPE STUFF LIKE BACKPACKING, ROCK CLIMBING, CAVING, STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S REALLY HELPED WITH WHAT MY SKILLS HAVE COME TO.

>> I THINK IT'S BEEN A REAL CONFIDENCE BUILDER FOR HIM.

TO HAVE TAKEN THAT ON AT AN EARLY AGE, YOU'RE ONLY ONE OF TWO KID IN THE CLASS.

I THINK THAT'S HELPED HIM BUILD CONFIDENCE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BE OUTSIDE MORE, CAMPING AND ROCK CLIMBING AND ALL THAT, IT'S REALLY HELPED HIM DO BETTER AND FEEL MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT BEING OUT THERE.

I THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGING.

>> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE TO GO THROUGH A SURVIVAL WORKSHOP HERE AT DeGRAY LAKE STATE PARK, THEY OFFER IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR USUALLY FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE EATING BUGS DURING THE SURVIVAL SEGMENT, I WON'T DISAPPOINTMENT YOU.

I HAVE A LARVAE HERE.

OH, YEAH.

HOW ABOUT A CRICKET?

TASTY MORSEL.

I MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

AND FOR MORE ON OUR OTHER DESTINATIONS AND OUR OTHER SEGMENTS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, AETN.ORG/EXPLORING ARKANSAS.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN THE NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE ON EXPLORING ARKANSAS.

MIGHTY FINE.

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