KENNEDY: THERE IS GOLD OUT THERE
IF YOU ARE WILLING TO FIND IT.
HE'S MINING FOR GOLD
OLD-FASHIONED WAY USING HIS
HANDS AND BASIC TOOLS LIKE THE
ORIGINAL MINERS OF THE 1800s.
BUT DOES IT GO WELL?
>> IT'S IMPRESS YAIVMENT OF
[BLEEP] THAT CAN GO WRONG IN
THREE DAYS.
WE [BLEEP] BACK.
I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE
PLANNED A BETTER DISASTER.
>> WE SHOULD HIT THE ROAD.
>> WE ARE BURNING DAYLIGHT.
>> LET'S BURN DAYLIGHT WALKING.
KENNEDY: HERE TO DISCUSS MORE OF
THE TROUBLES ON THE TRAIL.
THE STAR OF "GOLD RUSH" SECOND
SEASON PREMIERES MARCH 30 ON THE
DISCOVERY CHANNEL.
OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST SEASON YOU
WERE IN THE UCONN AND THAT WAS
COLD.
-- YOU WERE IN THE YUKON, AND
THERE WAS FROST BITE AND HARD
SAD WATER.
THEN YOU GO SOUTH AMERICA WHERE
IT'S WARM.
BUT YOU ARE NOT USING HEAVY
METAL MACHINERY.
BUT THERE ARE SPIEDERS YOU SAID
THE SIZE OF SOFTBALLS.
WHICH IS WORSE?
THE SPIDERS THAT COULD EAT YOUR
FACE?
>> THE SPIDERS DEFINITELY
WEREN'T VERY FUN.
IT WAS LIKE MUCH HOTTER THAN
WARM.
IT WAS 100-110 WITH 100%
HUMIDITY.
KENNEDY: WHY DID YOU GO BACK TO
THE OLD SCHOOL TOOLS?
>> THERE IS NO INFRASTRUCTURE
THERE.
SO WE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THE
EQUIPMENT IN IF WE HAD WANTED
TO.
KENNEDY: IF YOU ARE SITTING
THERE PANHANDLING WHICH IS WHAT
YOU ARE DOING WHEN YOU ARE
MINING WITH OLD SCHOOL STUFF,
WHAT IS THE ONE TOOL YOU WISH
YOU COULD HAVE HAD?
>> THE ONE TOOL?
OUR MECHANIC.
KENNEDY: WHAT COULD HE HAVE DONE
FOR YOU?
>> WE BROUGHT MONEY AND RENTED
BASIC PUMPS.
WE BEGGED AND BARTERED.
WE DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING.
AND IT WAS OLD JUNK.
YOU WILL SEE IT WAS TOUGH.
JUST FROM A MINING STAND POINT,
IT WAS REALLY HARD IT WAS GOING
BACK TO THE WAY THEY MINED 100
YEARS AGO.
KENNEDY: IS IT FRUITFUL?
>> FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT IS.
THEY FIND RAW DIAMOND.
KENNEDY: DID FIND DIAMOND?
>> WE SAW PEOPLE FINDING
DIAMOND.
KENNEDY: DID YOU STEAL THEM?
YOU DON'T GO AROUND STEALING
STUFF.
IF I DID I WOULDN'T TELL YOU.
KENNEDY: ARE YOU REALLY 23?
YOU HAVE ALMOST AS MANY NUMBERS
IN GOLD AS YEARS.
>> WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TO
FIND ALL THAT.
I'M RICH IN FRIENDS.
KENNEDY: THAT'S LOVELY.
YOU SOUND LIKE A DIRTY HIPPIE.
>> MAYBE I AM.
YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?
KENNEDY: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
YOU ARE FROM ALASKA.
WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE?
>> A DIRTY HIPPIE.
KENNEDY: IS IT LIFE CHANGING?
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
IS IT LIFE ENDING?
>> NO, NO LIVES ENDED.
THERE WAS A SITUATION TOWARD THE
END OF OUR TRIP THAT WAS PRETTY
SKETCHY.
NO LIVES WERE TAKEN.
KENNEDY: DID SOMEONE MUG YOU OR
GET A PARASITE?
>> WE GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A
LARGE DISAGREEMENT.
KENNEDY: WITH SOME OF THE
LOCALS?
>> YEAH.
KENNEDY: YOU WOULD BE LONGING
FOR FROSTBITE TO SNAP YOUR
FINGERS OFF.
>> DESPITE ALL THAT, I DID LOVE
GUYIANA.
THE PEOPLE WERE SUPER FRIENDLY,
99% OF THEM.
BUT THE SPIDERS AND THE SNAKES,
AND ALL THAT STUFF --
KENNEDY: GOOD LUCK WITH ALL