Hase and Grizz: Two Strangers, $10,000 a Day, and How Long They Lasted in the Wilderness
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Jimmy (MrBeast) dropped two men who had never met, Hase and Grizz, in the middle of the wilderness. He offered them $10,000 for every day they both survived, with no upper limit. The video follows how long that open-ended deal held up against cold, hunger, a run of tempting paid offers, and in the end the pull of family. As the two put it on the first day, if they stayed long enough they could both become multimillionaires.
The Rules and the First Plan
The money came every 24 hours in a briefcase dropped by parachute from a plane. The two could end the challenge at any time by firing a flare gun. When they did, the challenge would end for both of them and they would keep everything won so far. Jimmy told them to be careful with the flare.
The pair quickly settled on a target. Grizz noted that a full year would come to $3.6 million, and they agreed that "the plan's officially a year." To protect that plan, they split the flare gun into two parts and each kept one, so neither could end the challenge alone. The video warns early that this arrangement "doesn't exactly work." It also shows a later clip of Hase saying they needed to steal the flare gun so they could "be a dad again."
The First Nights: Fire, Pine Needles, and Cold
Their starting supplies were about five days' worth of food, two containers of water, a change of clothes, warm jackets, and a fire starter. On the first night they gathered wood, got a fire going, and made beds out of pine needles. They said the beds would not be comfortable, but at least they would not freeze.
On day three, after the second payment, they started building a real shelter. They used a jacket to gather pine needles to layer on it. They found a metal piece from a children's swing set to use for the roof. They used the parachutes and cords from the money drops to make a rain cover. During this stretch, one of them said on camera that people probably expected him to be the reason they failed, but that the money would mean college for the kids.
On day four they went looking for water and found a swamp. They said they would feel safe boiling it but were wary of bacteria and parasites. The cold was the main problem. They reported getting about two hours of sleep for three nights in a row. Hase hoped Grizz would "snuggle up" because Grizz was big and warm, and said that if it rained they might have to go to the hospital.
Hunger and the Day-10 Food Deal
The five days of food ran out. Grizz called what followed a "fast," which Hase said sounded nicer than starving. By day nine they were down to a small square of beef jerky in the morning and were eating greenbrier leaves on Grizz's word that they were edible.
On day ten Jimmy arrived by helicopter with a crate. It held ten more days of food, spices, two tarps, and fishing gear, all for $50,000 of their prize money. The two talked it over. Jimmy added two Feastables bars to the deal, and they accepted. They called it a deal they had to take, though one of them remarked that a week of food had cost as much as his child's college tuition.
The video points out that this crate only bought ten days. A one-year plan would require finding food themselves, and the swamp near camp had no fish in it.
Moving to the Creek
While Hase was talking about his two-year-old's sleep, the two came across moving water: a creek with what looked like a natural dock. They judged it the right place for both food and shelter. After a surprise freezing rainstorm, they decided to move camp there. One of them noted that at least they now had $100,000.
They gathered dead trees, leaned them into an A-frame, and cut them to length. The structure collapsed at first, and one of them fell on the other. They rebuilt it, then spent a full day on finishing touches, including a fishing dock. Even with the improved shelter, the winter nights without sleeping bags stayed harsh: cold toes, cold feet.
Turning Down the Sleeping Bags
By day 20 the camp was deep enough in the woods that Jimmy had to reach it by boat. The plane was down for maintenance, so he delivered the $10,000 by hand, which brought their total to $140,000. He then offered one red sleeping bag for $10,000, or both for $50,000. He said they were the same bags used on his Antarctica trip. He also showed them a forecast of colder weather the following week and recommended buying at least one.
The two refused. They said they had started in the twenties with nothing, had adapted, and now had bedding and pine straw. Hase admitted he would love a sleeping bag but balked at $50,000, and joked that he slept closer to Grizz than to his wife. They declined even a single bag.
The First Catch
The sleeping-bag decision did nothing about food. Their days settled into a routine: sitting out rain, boiling water, working on the shelter, and setting lines baited with guts in hopes of catching catfish. Day after day they caught nothing.
On day 27 they finally pulled something in: an eel, which the video calls "that abomination of Mother Nature." Grizz grilled it over charcoal as "American style unagi." It was the first thing they had caught. They called it amazingly good, and one said that if they kept catching fish like that, they could easily stay a year. Jimmy's narration adds that after nearly 30 days without fresh food, even a rock would have tasted good.
On day 28 they built raised beds: two tripods, side rails, slats across, and a pine-needle mattress wrapped in parachutes. Their only stated regret was that the beds weren't bunk beds. Jimmy said that watching the shelter get more comfortable made him worry he would really end up paying millions. But they could not catch another eel. In confessionals, Hase described spending more time in the wilderness than with his newborn son. He also talked about his wife caring for their two-year-old alone, and asked how you explain to a two-year-old that daddy won't call, talk, or visit. Asked what they would actually buy if offered, they named firewood and guessed they might pay $10,000 for it.
The One-Month Store
At the one-month mark, with $240,000 won, Jimmy brought them a "store." His team had gone through their vlog footage and listed everything they had wished for: firewood, a shovel, cooking supplies, bedding, books, and board games. Every item cost $10,000.
They turned all of it down. Mosquito nets and hammocks were things they thought they could make from parachutes. They said they would buy the firewood only if it came as an unlimited supply. Jimmy pointed out that they earned ten grand a day, but they still said no. Jimmy said he would never have guessed they would refuse everything, joked that they might be secret Navy SEALs, and promised to get them to spend money next time.
Running Low and the Trip to the River
Over the next few days they caught no fish. Their food was nearly gone. Hase said he was on the last belt loop and estimated about two days of food left. Hase concluded that without a boat, the creek was not productive, and that reaching the river on the other side of the swamp could "turn all this around."
The hike through the swamp was a gamble on calories. Hase said it was risky but necessary if they were going to go any further. When Hase reached the river, he called it the most gorgeous thing he had ever seen, and said finding it was probably the difference between reaching their goal and tapping out early. The homemade fishing pole they had built broke immediately. Hase spent hours trying to catch fish by hand and kept losing them. Then he landed one, and more after it, and carried the catch back to Grizz. They described it as their first real food in ages.
Day 40: Seeing Their Wives
On day 40, with more than a third of a million dollars won, Jimmy offered them a visit with their wives for $10,000. The wives were watching live. After some hesitation about not letting their families down, they accepted, and the reunion followed.
The visit forced the main question into the open. Hase asked his wife, Talia, how long she wanted him to stay. She said she wanted him home now. When Hase pressed on whether she needed him home, she said yes: he needed to bond with his son, he had made enough money, and she didn't care what the other guy said. Hase called the conversation very difficult. He also said the day had held everything he loved: his wife, his kids, and his buddy Grizz.
The other partner came away from the visit with the opposite resolve. He said that holding his wife and knowing she was safe had changed how he viewed the challenge. Knowing he had her support, he wanted to stay until he had $1 million. Jimmy observed that the two seemed happier afterward than he had ever seen them. They smoked fish, joked around, and shrugged off a briefcase that crashed into the camp, which brought them to $400,000.
Building a Boat and Refusing One
Getting to the river still meant trudging through the swamp. A boat could float them down the creek instead, so Hase built one: a frame of sticks with a tarp attached. Hase admitted to low confidence in the build but argued it was worth the risk. The first trial is shown with Grizz cheering Hase on.
On day 50, Jimmy found that they had built what he called "a village." He tried the stick-and-tarp boat himself and was surprised it floated. His day-50 offer was, ironically, a boat. He first served them a meal, then offered the boat for $50,000. They noted it had no motor and they would have to push it with sticks. Jimmy cut the price to $40,000 because they had happened to build their own the day before. Hase said he trusted his own ship with his life and left the decision to Grizz. Grizz passed and said he would ride in "Hase's death trap" instead. They credited the homemade boat with saving them $40,000.
Spring, Snakes, Rats, and Fraying Tempers
They had started in the dead of winter, and by around day 51 spring was in full bloom. The camp was warm and full of flowers, and the latest briefcase brought them to $440,000. They built a "loveseat." One of them said 80% of the money was going to his business. One said he didn't want Katie to work 24-hour shifts anymore.
The warm weather brought new problems: snakes, and rats every night. The lack of sleep made them irritable. In one exchange, Grizz asked whether Hase needed help paddling upriver into the wind, then told Hase to fix the fishing lines. Hase snapped back: "You shut your mouth when you're talking to me," and complained about being told to do what he was already doing. Hase also called one of Grizz's ideas "stupid." Grizz apologized, saying he hadn't realized Hase was actually upset.
Hase then turned off his camera and paddled down the river to camp alone overnight. Grizz worried that Hase might have run away, and said that if Hase wasn't back in a couple of days he would go looking. In the meantime Grizz built a table from a large board Jimmy had left behind, propped on the old cases. Hase came back the next day with a sea trout, found the table, and called it a "$100,000 table." Hase said it felt good to be home.
Negotiating the End
The friendship was repaired, but the question of when to stop remained. Hase said they needed a serious conversation about the end, and that Hase would have been done five days earlier. One of them suggested pushing maybe another week, noting that would be another $35,000 each. Hase asked how Grizz would feel if Hase fired the flare on day 70. Grizz said he would feel "really let down and lied to." They agreed to talk again on day 70 and decide whether to go further.
Hase said privately that Hase had promised to stay longer for Grizz but wasn't happy about it. At some point, Hase said, they had to stop being "wilderness guy" and go be a dad. Grizz said Hase was keeping to himself and that he was worried.
On day 70, Hase raised it directly: ready to hit the flare. Grizz said he wanted to stay longer. Grizz acknowledged that Hase needed to get back to family, and asked whether Hase could give it one more day. Hase agreed.
Jimmy then took Grizz aside. Asked how long he could last if Hase weren't a factor, Grizz estimated about 45 more days. He said Hase talked about leaving every day. Separately, Hase told Jimmy that Hase thought about shooting the flare every day, and that what stopped Hase was Grizz. Hase said it was hard to say no to Grizz wanting a million dollars, that Hase felt an obligation to Grizz, but that the balance was shifting toward family.
The Flare
Hase returned to their first camp, where the two had slept shoulder to shoulder, and reflected that after those nights they had become brothers. Hase said they had expected to leave with money but not with a friend for life. Hase then went into Grizz's bag and took Grizz's half of the flare gun, even though splitting it had been Hase's idea. Hase said that all Hase had to do was shoot it, and Hase would get to be a dad again.
The confrontation that followed was the emotional center of the video. Grizz argued that Hase was providing for the family in a way that would change their lives. Hase said it had gone the other way: Hase needed to be there, the money didn't matter anymore, and the only thing keeping Hase there was Grizz. "And I'm sick of it." Grizz said his family needed him too. Hase told Grizz he was good at manipulating Hase.
Jimmy framed it as Grizz's decision: keep pressing Hase for more money, or be there for his friend. Grizz chose the friend. He said he couldn't imagine going through the experience with anyone else and genuinely thought of Hase as a brother. He apologized for pushing Hase "on and on and on." When Hase said Hase didn't want to let Grizz down, Grizz answered that brothers don't let each other down. He asked for the flare, said he owed Hase this and was sorry it had taken so long, and they fired it together.
Jimmy arrived to find them shouting "We're rich!" He showed side-by-side images of how they looked at the drop-off and 74 days later. As a final surprise, their families were there to meet them. After 74 days, they left with $670,000, well short of the year-long, $3.6 million plan they had set on day one.
I just dropped these two strangers off in the middle of the wilderness. These two guys have never met each other in their life. Nice to meet you, man.
Every day that the two of you survive in the wilderness, I'll give you $10,000. I hope you brought enough money, man. We're here for the long run.
Hey, put that camera down. Let's head out. Take care, boys. This video can make you guys millionaires. He's going to be poor by the time we're out of here!
I'm Hase. Hase, I'm Grizz. Nice to meet you, man. Grizz? You're gonna be my best friend for the next however long. Starting now.
These guys receive $10,000 every day, with the only limit being how long they can survive. Which theoretically means they could win unlimited money.
Dude, if we stay here, we're both multimillionaires. We are trying to find a camping spot, build a fire, survive at night. I guess we should just set up camp here.
For the rest of the night, they gathered wood and went through their supplies.
We've got approximately five days' worth of food, two things of water. Looks like a change of clothes, some warm jackets and boom, a fire starter. Let's see if we can get a fire going.
Oh, yeah! We are good. Let's make beds out of pine needles. It won't be comfortable, but at least we won't freeze to death tonight.
We're alive. Day two.
In the morning, I showed up to give them their first $10,000. Boys, how was the first night? It was cold.
It's been 24 hours and I didn't walk over with ten grand. You're not gonna ask? Yeah, I guess we should, right? Yeah. Okay. Just look up. Oh my... Here we go!
Every 24 hours, we're going to drop $10,000 out of a plane for you guys. There's $10,000! In a parachuted briefcase. Catch it! Go catch it! Watch out! Bro, this is crazy. Okay. Bro, we're going to be so rich by the end of this video.
And on top of that money, this is your flare gun. Very careful. Shoot it up in the air. The challenge ends for both of you, and you walk away with the money you've won.
So, how long should we stay out here? 3.6 million for the year is crazy. All right, the plan's officially a year. We're going to split this in two. You get this. Yes. I get this. Now, we can't screw each other over.
But later in this video, that plan doesn't exactly work. All right, I feel bad, but I need to steal that flare gun. I just got to shoot this thing, and I get to be a dad again. If you fire that flare, I literally think I'm going to kill you.
Well, buddy, you ready to get rich? Absolutely.
By day three, you could say the boys were pretty tired of sleeping on the ground. So after another ten grand, they started work on building their shelter.
Going to use my jacket to gather pine needles and layer them on the shelter. All right, I found this metal piece from a kid's swing set, and I think it's going to work great for the roof for our shelter. Layer one on.
Here's a section that we're working on. You see, it's got some structural poles. We get to use the parachutes and the cord. So we're going to make a rain cover on our shelter.
Everyone thinks probably that I'll be the reason we leave and fail this challenge, but this money would mean college for the kids.
And then on day four, they started looking for a water source. Oh, there's a swamp. I would feel safe boiling that. Yeah, we gotta be careful because that stuff is full of bacteria and parasites.
Just a touch of the swamp. All right, we're going to bed. Hopefully Grizz snuggles up because it's cold and he's big and warm.
This is like the third day in a row that we've gotten two hours of sleep. It's been so cold. If it rained right now, we'd probably have to go to the hospital. But I'd do it for $10,000.
And it wasn't just the freezing temperatures that were getting to them. We're at the end of our supplies. Grizz likes to call it a fast, which sounds so much nicer than starving.
And for the next few days, the hunger problem didn't get any easier. We had a little square of beef jerky this morning and that's it. Jimmy gave us five days' worth of food and it's day nine right now. These are greenbrier leaves. Grizz says they're edible, I guess. Yeah.
It was clear by this point that the boys were extremely hungry. But lucky for them, I had a surprise waiting for them on day ten. They've officially survived ten days. Yeah, brother! Bring in the helicopter. Oh, man. I'm nervous, dude. Oh my gosh.
To celebrate day ten, I brought you guys an additional ten days' worth of food, spices, two tarps and everything you would need to fish. All of this for $50,000 of your prize money.
You want some beef jerky? Yes. Don't eat it yet. These beans look good? Absolutely. He's not kidding. This is literally all the things we would need to fish. Fifty grand. Fifty grand.
Should we talk to them now? Yeah. All right. All right. All right, Jimmy. I'll throw in two Feastables bars. Yes. Let's do it. Thank you. Thanks, Jimmy! Thanks, Jimmy.
It's definitely a deal we had to say yes to. That week of food literally cost as much as my kid's college tuition.
Hello! Hey! Bro, I still can't believe it every time this money falls out of the sky.
The food from the crate will keep them fed for ten days. But if they want to make it a year... All right, the plan is officially a year. They'll still need to find more food in the wilderness.
So some of you might be wondering, why have they not caught fish? Well, the swamp nearby has no fish in it. What we really need is moving water that we can fish in.
And while Hase was grumbling on about his kids... And my two-year-old doesn't sleep very well either, so... This happened. I think being a dad—
What is this? This is a creek. This is not a swamp. This is actually moving water. There's fish in here. Dude, look at this. It's like a dock. This is the perfect place for food and shelter.
And after another few days full of a surprise freezing rainstorm... Rain. At least now we have a hundred thousand dollars. They decided to move and upgrade their shelter near their newfound water source.
Good morning, Grizz. How are you always up earlier than me?
We're gathering up a bunch of dead trees that we can use for our structure. And then we balanced them together into an A-frame shape and cut the trees to the right length.
I'm sorry. No, it's all right. I'm glad I broke your fall. Sorry.
All right, so maybe they had a bit of a false start, but once they got the structure back up, they spent the entire next day putting their finishing touches on their shelter. They even built a fishing dock to help them catch more food.
Dock's done. Pleasantly surprised. And now all we got to do is catch a fish. Come on, right? Yeah.
And as good as this may be, without sleeping bags, the winter night was still unforgiving. Another really cold night. Cold toes, cold feet. No sleeping bag. So I think I knew what my next offer was.
It's day twenty and they moved super deep in the woods, so now we have to get there by boat. You hear that sound in the distance? What'd you say? Is that a boat? Any minute now, when we find them, I've got a fun offer for them.
How's it going, boys? Hey, Jimmy! Hey, guys. What's going on?
Two things. First, the plane needed maintenance, so I'm delivering this by hand. Hey, all right. Here's your $10,000, which puts you guys at $140,000. And second, we have an offer for you.
Reveal your offer. Just go ahead. Take it off. Here it is. Ooh. You can either give me $10,000 for that red sleeping bag or give me $50,000 and you get both sleeping bags. What? Five times the amount for both. Oh, man.
Can I take it out? Yeah. Look at it. Yeah. Check them out. Hang on. I just got to do this. These are the same sleeping bags we used in Antarctica. They work very well. Here's the weather forecast. It's going to get pretty cold next week, so I highly recommend you at least buy one.
When we started this thing out, we were in the twenties without anything. We've adapted to it. We have bedding, we have pine straw. We're doing pretty well in these low temperatures. I would love to have a sleeping bag. But $50,000 is... I sleep closer to Grizz than I do my wife, so... I'm not even kidding.
You're actually going to say no to both? A really cold night. No sleeping bag. Yeah, so I think it's final. We don't want it. Yeah. Agreed. Not even a single sleeping bag. All right, boys, close it up.
Sure, the boys could survive without sleeping bags, but that didn't solve their food problem. In between sitting out rainy days, the boys got into a bit of a routine where they would boil water, work on their shelter, and try to catch fish, which wasn't really working out for them.
We've got some guts for bait and we're going to cast them out, and hopefully the fish come off the bottom of the creek.
Day after day of failing to catch any fish... Let's go check the lines. See if any catfish are on. They finally caught a wind in their sails. Grizz! Or whatever that abomination of Mother Nature was.
What is that? Can I eat it? First fish. It's an eel and I think I'm gonna charcoal grill it. We're going to have ourselves some American-style unagi. This is the first thing that we've caught out here in 27 days, which is insane. We're happy to have it, and we're going to make it delicious.
I don't know if this is what I'd call delicious, but the fact that they haven't had a fresh meal in almost thirty days means even a rock would taste good to them at this point.
It's excellent. It's so good. It's just amazingly good. If we keep catching fish like this, we can easily stay for a year, bro. Dude, yeah. 3.6 million dollars. Good night.
And on day 28, they started constructing the raised bed system in their new shelter. So it's going to be two tripods. One, two. Side rails going down. Slats across, and then a nice pine needle mattress made out of parachutes.
And after seeing their new shelter become more and more comfortable, I was starting to get worried that I was going to pay these guys millions of dollars. The only regret that I have, they're not bunk beds. That's honestly an L.
They were betting everything on their new shelter being right next to this creek. But that may have been a huge mistake because they couldn't catch another eel to save their lives. Snapped it.
At this point I've spent more time in the wilderness than I have with my newborn son. I also have a two-year-old with my wife alone. How do you explain to a two-year-old that daddy's going to be gone and he won't talk to you, he won't call you and he won't see you?
Say they were making us an offer, what would be something that you would actually buy? We spend a lot of time out here trying to get firewood. Having firewood dropped off would be really nice. I'd probably pay $10,000 for that.
We are literally in the middle of the forest. I couldn't tell you where we are anymore. Oh, right. How's it going, boys? Doing great, man. How are you? Yeah.
As a reward for surviving an entire month, I brought you a store. Oh, okay. We combed through all your vlog footage, and we wrote down everything you've asked for, such as firewood, a shovel, cooking supplies, bedding, and even books and board games. It's like a dollar store, but everything costs $10,000. Oh, man. This is your store. Feel free to shop.
We've won 240 grand. Might as well check it out. What are these? Those are mosquito nets. We'll use parachutes. We don't need those.
All right, what about the hammocks? I like the hammocks, but we haven't tried making them out of parachutes yet. All right, Grizz, answer this. What can you not make out of parachutes? A lot.
Okay, well, do you guys want the firewood? How much wood? That's the wood you get. If it came with unlimited wood, I would buy it.
I offered them literally everything they could possibly need here, and they still weren't interested. I was beginning to think these two were secretly Navy SEALs or something. Are you guys going to buy literally anything? You make ten grand a day. What's another ten grand? I got to say no. All right.
In a million years, I would not have thought they would say no to everything. Next time I'm going to convince you to spend money. We're looking forward to it. Yeah, man. See you, Jimmy! There he goes. In his tank.
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And so they continued without any of the tools from my offer. But go figure, for the next few days, they weren't able to catch any fish. And even though the money kept coming, they were running out of food and time to catch it quickly.
I am on the last belt loop. I think that we have maybe two days or something worth of food left. That's not good. Without a boat, this creek is not productive. We got to go to that river. If I can get to that river and the fishing is good, that'll turn all this around.
With their rations running dangerously low, their only hope of getting food was to travel through the swamp to the river on the other side in hopes of catching some fish. It's risky wasting all these calories, but I have to do it if we're going to make it any further.
But after a grueling hike, Hase finally found what he was looking for. Oh my gosh. Oh, look at that. It's the river. Is that not the most gorgeous thing you've ever seen? Finding this river is probably the difference between us making our goal and us tapping out early.
Fortunately, he had a secret weapon. Grizz and I made our own fishing pole. This thing is going to make catching fish easy.
With Hase's makeshift fishing pole immediately breaking, he was going to have to use his hands, and he spent hours trying and failing. Oh, no. And if he couldn't catch any fish without immediately dropping them, the calories burned coming here would be for nothing.
But just when he was ready to give up... This is going to be it. Yeah. Holy moly. Yes, I told you it was that one!
And the luck didn't stop there. I cannot wait to bring this back to Grizz. He's going to be so stoked. We're eating tonight! Hey! All right, that's awesome. Feels like this is our first real food in ages.
But in the meantime, I was preparing an offer that I knew they couldn't refuse. It's day forty. They've made over a third of $1 million. And I have an incredibly special offer for them.
For $10,000, and I think that you're really going to like this, you both can see your wives. In fact, they're watching right now. Do it! Do it! Oh my God, guys. Are you serious? Oh, man. I can't let down my kid. I know. I can't let down my wife. Okay, Jimmy.
Yes! Yeah! Oh, yeah. Yes! Oh my God. It's me, it's daddy. Oh, my God. I smell so bad. Hi, Talia.
As nice as it was to see their families, the visit was also bittersweet because there's one big question on everyone's mind.
How long do you want us to stay? I want you home now. I do. I know you want me home. But do you need me home? Yes, she needs you. Yes. You need to bond with your son. I don't care what the other guy says. You've made enough money. I need you home.
That conversation was so difficult for me. Even so, yesterday was a really good day. It had all of the things that I love. It had my family, my wife, my kids, my buddy Grizz. That was a really huge gift. But they're gone now.
To hold her and know that she was safe. It really has changed the way that I'm viewing this entire challenge. Knowing I have my wife's support, I want to stay until I have $1 million.
And after some much-needed family time, Hase and Grizz were much happier than I'd ever seen. Hase and Grizz, Grizz, Grizz. Hase and Grizz, Grizz, Grizz. Ambush! Let's smoke some fish. Look at that. This is perfect.
Even when something happened that would've totally drained them before... $400,000. By now, they didn't even seem to mind. It looks like someone had a gender reveal.
And the gender was just money.
Even though their spirits were high, there was still a problem they needed to solve. In order to get to the river to fish, they would first need to trudge through this giant swamp. But if they had a boat, they'd easily be able to float down the creek to the river.
I'm building a boat. The idea is to create a frame with sticks and then attach our tarp so the whole thing can float.
I'm not feeling super confident in the boat build. If we can get down to fish without having to tromp through a whole swamp, it's worth the risk.
Time for the first sea trial of my beautiful ship. Here he goes. Grizz!
And this was pretty ironic considering the offer I was about to bring them.
It's day 50. Let's see how they're doing. Hey. What's up? Oh, you guys have a village now. Wait, are you serious? You built a boat? Yeah, man. You're telling me this thing can actually float? You want to try it?
Oh, my gosh, it actually works. He built a freaking boat in the woods. All right, now that I'm aware of that, this changes a lot of things. It's actually insane that you two built a boat yesterday because I brought the two of you a boat with a Zaxby's restaurant.
Oh my gosh. That is so cool, Jimmy.
Before I present the offer, I want to make sure you're in a really good state of mind. This is our brand new MrBeast Box, which are now live at every single Zaxby's across America.
Oh, my God, that is so good.
The MrBeast Box comes with the best tasting chicken known to man. And the cool part is, every single meal comes with the Feastables bar. Our goal with this collab was to take the world's best chicken and pair it with the world's best chocolate. Indeed!
Zaxby's also has 12 sauces. There's so many flavors happening in my mouth. What is that? That's really good. It's the Zax Sauce.
Look how happy they are. If you want to be happy like them, just go to Zaxby's and get the MrBeast Box right now.
Now that you guys have gotten your meals, your day 50 offer is, for 50 grand, you can have this boat.
We don't have a motor. We don't have any way to get this thing around. So you just use sticks. Oh, Lord, I don't know.
Since you weirdly built the boat the day before, I'll give you a discount. We'll make it $40,000.
My answer is I love the ship I made. I trust it with my life. So I'm going to leave it up to Grizz.
For $40,000, I'm going to pass on the boat. Yes! I'll get in Hase's death trap instead.
If that sinks and you have to quit, I tried. We appreciate the food. That was lovely. Bye, Jimmy. I'll see you next time.
So this ship saved us $40,000. It's still a death trap. Hey, hey, hey.
Man, when we first started this thing, it was in the dead of winter. You remember how cold it was? Yeah. Now everything is so nice and warm.
And spring was now in full bloom. And they were looking pretty comfortable.
There's a lot of flowers here. I can't say that I mind it. What is today? 51? I don't know. I lost track.
I hear an airplane coming in. Where? Oh, he's coming straight at us. This briefcase puts us at $440,000.
Time to build the Hase and Grizz loveseat. 80% of what we're sitting on here is going straight to my business.
This case? I don't want Katie to work 24-hour shifts anymore. This money is going to do so much for her and our family.
But while the warmer weather was nice, it presented new problems like snakes. Don't want to get bit by that. And rats. Get out of here! Every night. Oh my God.
And it wasn't long until the lack of sleep started to make them irritable.
Looks like Hase is struggling to get over here. Hase, do you need my help? What does it look like? You want to paddle upriver into the wind? Hase, why don't you get over there and get those fishing lines fixed? You know what? You shut your mouth when you're talking to me. He's angry.
Can you check those lines while you're over there? What do you think I'm doing? I don't know, I was just asking. Thank you for telling me to do what I'm already doing once again. Very angry.
Keep in mind, at this point, Hase and Grizz were very close friends, but Hase had reached the end of his rope and the jokes just weren't hitting the same anymore.
Grizz's idea about how this would unwind is not working. Obviously, because it's a stupid idea.
Hey. I'm sorry, buddy, I did not know I was actually pissing you off. I did not know that you were actually upset. It's all right. Okay.
And so, feeling frustrated, Hase, having turned off his camera, paddled downriver where he set up his camp until the next day.
Hase has set sail, and I think he may have run away. I'll certainly be thinking about him. I know it's supposed to be cold at night. If he's not back in a couple days, I'm going to have to go looking for him.
Let's do something to cheer him up. So we got a huge board over here that was left by Jimmy at the last Beast Drop. And I'm going to repurpose it into a table with some of our cases. This is actually pretty sturdy.
And when Hase returned home, he was not empty-handed.
Sounds like Hase has returned from his great adventure. Nice. Oh, there's a sea trout. I'm pretty wiped out. Mind if I take a minute? No, man. Do your thing.
Grizz! Yeah, buddy? What's this? It's our table. We have a table. Yeah. Oh, man! Yeah, I figured that would perk him up a little bit. This is a $100,000 table, Grizz. Welcome back, buddy. Feels good to be home. Come on.
With their survival needs met and their friendship restored, one question still remained. How long will they stay?
We gotta have a serious conversation. Yeah. The end. Honestly, I'd have been done five days ago. Maybe push an extra week. I mean, hell, that's $35,000 each. If I pulled that flare on day 70, how would you feel?
I would feel really let down and lied to. I propose at day 70 we have a conversation, decide if we're going to push further. That's fair.
I promised Grizz that I would stay longer for him, but I'm not happy about it.
Morning, guys. So Hase has been a little upset. I'm seeing it. He's keeping to himself, so I'm a little worried about him.
Spoken to Grizz about it. He wants me to stay longer. He's kind of pushing me to stay longer and stay longer. At some point I got to stop being wilderness guy and go be dad.
Another day. Yeah. Oh, no. No, no. I knew that was going to happen. I saw it. Oh no. Oh, no. Hase going to check out the case that has dropped from the sky.
Day 70. I'm going to see if Grizz is good being done today. See what he says.
What are we going to do with all this money? I kind of want to talk to you about that. I'm kind of ready to hit the flare. What do you think about that?
I want to stay longer. I know that you've got to pull away from this thing with family. I know, I know, I know, I know, we've talked about it a thousand times. I just want to know how you feel about it today. Yes or no?
Can you go one more day? Give yourself 24 hours just to kind of feel it out. I thought a lot about it, but if you want to go another day, let's go another day.
How's it going, boys? How are you, buddy? Good. Let's go on a little walkie-walk. We can go over here.
Let's say Hase isn't a part of the equation. Yeah. How many more days do you think you could survive out here? Let's call it 45 days would probably be as far as I'd go. How many do you think he has left in the tank? He talks about it every day.
How often do you think about shooting the flare? Every day. What stops you? At this stage, Grizz. He wants to make a million dollars and it's hard to say no to that. I have an obligation to him, too. But it's starting to go towards family. Yeah. Yeah. When you do shoot that flare, that's going to be crazy. Oh, I can't wait.
Sleep okay last night?
I don't want to disappoint Grizz, but I think I'm done.
Thought it would be cool to come back here to our first camp, where I was shoulder to shoulder with Grizz every single night. And after that it was like: "All right, dude, we're brothers now." I expected to walk away with a lot of money. I didn't expect to walk away with a friend for life, and that's so meaningful to me. I kind of got to think about what's right for me and my family.
Hase got so desperate that he literally went into Grizz's bag and stole the flare gun, even though it was his idea to separate it into two parts.
At this point, all I have to do is shoot this thing. And I get to be a dad again.
I know this thing is very challenging. What we're doing out here is not easy. I really, truly do believe that you're doing what's right for your family. I disagree. You're providing for them in a way that's gonna change their life.
Now it's gone the other way. Now it's... I think I need... I need to be there.
I think that you've been really upset and you've been missing your family really bad. I feel like... I think the money doesn't matter. You spiraled through this thing.
The money doesn't matter to me anymore. And really, the only thing that's keeping me here is you. And I'm sick of it.
Yeah, my family needs me, too. You're very good at manipulating me. I don't know.
It was clear that in this moment Grizz was going to have to make a decision. Convince Hase to continue surviving in these woods for more and more money, or be there for his friend when he needed him the most.
I can't imagine having gone through this experience with anyone else. I genuinely think of you like a brother. I'm sorry that I've just pushed you on and on and on.
I just don't want to let you down. You're not letting me down. Yeah, I am. Brothers don't let each other down. That's the way it is. Everything's got to come to an end sometime.
Let me see that flare. I owe you this. And to be honest with you, I'm sorry that it's taken so long. I think it's time for us to do this thing, buddy.
I love you, buddy. I love you too, man. You smell bad.
I think that they shot the flare. No, you take that one. Let's go check in on them. We're rich! We're rich! Boys. Oh my God. Hey, Jimmy.
When we dropped them off, this is what they looked like, and here's them 74 days later. Crazy. Yes, they look crazy.
You haven't left these woods in 74 days. Dude, I'm so ready. One final surprise. Oh my God! Oh my gosh! Hi, Talia, baby! I love you!
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