Bro Gad
Ready.
We're going over there
We're going there
Okay.
Very relaxing afternoon.
Gonna get some work done though.
Time to get up.
Gonna go get a special kind of wood called Panchoke Wood.
It's a very strong, hard type of wood.
You might have seen it on a Mokko's cutting board before
that he's had for at least a decade now.
And you'd think after cutting 1 million spliffs,
it would be worn out.
But it's still kicking because it is panchoke wood
So Coppy is gonna bring us on a mission in the forest here.
We were gonna go across the river,
but it's really heavy.
So,
we're gonna take a back way here
through
the mountains.
Coppy is already gone.
He doesn't like waiting for me,
especially when I have an excuse.
Like, "Hey let me get this lens,
let me clean this,
let me charge this."
He's gone.
So I'm trying to catch up with him.
He's the nicest guy in the world,
but when he's working,
Serious.
Dead serious.
Coppy!
Wait for me.
Wait for you?
Wait.
Come on.
F**k no.
Try and walk fast
Hello
Blessed
Try and run ahead of me
Come on Coppy.
You look badass,
Lumberjack style.
Go on man
I don't want night to catch me
Huh?
I don't want night to catch me [out here] Bro Gad
Night? It's like three o'clock.
So who's gonna carry it back?
It's me
Okay.
I'm looking at what's going on on this tree here
If I see a limb I'll just chop it down
So it's panchoke.
Ya man
Wow, look at the river go!
Crazy.
I haven't seen it this full in many, many years.
Wait, I'm looking at something man
that's going on
Wait my youth
You don't understand
Oh, it's green
If it's not green I'd just bust off that limb there, look
but it's green
it's like the limb is gone there
Hold off
Wait, what?
I have to check out this thing
Okay.
If it's dry
I'll cut it
So it might not be a far walk at all.
Maybe we will get lucky.
I'm trying to see if it's dry
It's green man because look
Okay.
See the limb there.Come on.
Okay.
We've got a nice little garden here.
We got, I can see some,
that's coco and you can see the
sorrel bearing the little flower
Red sorrel
a couple red sorrel
and
looks like a little aloe vera too
Look who's gone down the road again.
F**k
All business.
Five dogs guarding
Beware
Oh sh*t I'm out of here.
Yeah I'm going don't worry.
Hey guys.
Some nice looking
goats
I'm coming for one tomorrow
Yeah? You want a goat too?
Yeah.
Why don't you just have one of the babies
when Kelly has babies?
Yeah
What's going on?
I'll check you tomorrow
Whatever baby she has, you can have the first one.
You know that man there?
Shorty Banton
Don't you know him?
It's his grapefruit tree you went in
So this is Unruly Bar,
I guess it's called Unruly river.
Wow. That is...
Coppy this is what they call river come down?
Yeah
So Popcaan lives around here.
I mentioned it before.
They throw their parties around here.
Not lately cause of Corona.
But
there's a lot of parties happening here usually.
You get some red, green and gold
rocks down there.
That's new.
What does panchoke look like?
Locust.
Locust. Oh the one with the little pods?
Yeah.
Okay. I know that one.
Whoa, wet up.
It's the
lowest hanging ackee
I've ever seen.
It's like hip height.
Not open yet, but
promising.
It's getting jungly.
Jungly and jungly.
I'm walking across
feet like this is the path has become a river.
Coppy just
boss-manning it barefoot
I hope we don't get caught in the storm.
What did you say about 'storm'?
Wow
over there
What do you see?
I'm looking at something. I'm coming
It's the river I'm showing you
Really hoping it doesn't rain again.
Cause I did not bring any camera bag.
I wasn't really thinking.
Just quick rush up out the door
and
no gear other than the camera in my hands.
Fingers crossed.
Oh we're here. Panchoke time.
and there's a piece already half down.
That's convenient.
Yeah. What's the leaf look like?
How do you tell?
It's locust man, yellow
This is the top part.
We can rip this ourselves.
Can you pull it down?
Yeah, I think so.
Pull it down
Hold off
It's jammed
No man, hold off
Can you twist it?
Alright
Twist it
Oh, hold off
don't push it yet
It moved?
Yeah.
All you needed to take is one little bit off.
Just that little branch that's got it hooked.
That's the only hook on it.
Soaking. Still wet
Yeah. It's slippery.
You going to do the whole thing?
No man
No, no
Just make a step.
Yeah.
and f**k off that
Sideways and break it.
I want everything to come down at once
Let me try it.
Hold off
It's steeper than it looks.
Hold off
Almost.
Can you bring it back more?
Yeah
I think we got it.
Whoa!
Jeez.
Timber
You busted it.
Yeah!
Sick one.
That is good.
He had to bloodclaat go to ground
Man
Good job.
F**k
Whoa!
That's a boss move right there.
Are you going to cut this one in half?
Turn around and take one shot.
He's gone again.
See what's happening.
Coppy?
Yo
Where are you?
See me here
Sh*t
I turn around for a second
and he's just gone.
You want the axe?
What a boss
Another nice view of the river here
Almost. No.
Seems someone's got a lotta
looks like banana again
You know where he's going?
He's going to the slaughterhouse
All right, here we go.
Woo.
That's heavy.
Whoops.
Wanna cut these in half?
Wait
One way to do it.
I can't move this piece
You have to watch it, take away yourself
Good?
Sticky guys.
On my pants too.
whoops.
Section one done.
Section two, smashy smashy.
Good?
A landslide. Whole bamboo thicket fell over.
That's intense.
I mean that's a solid bamboo.
It's not just a little one.
We've got some coco out here.
Although this might be the one Mokko refers to as
I forget, a bad, bad kind of coco.
But drinks out of the leaves.
Definitely quite a few coco.
So as usual he's doing the lion's share.
I'm attempting to film while carrying
whatever I can
in the other hand.
That looks solid. You've got your axe on there too?
Yeah.
Yo, put down the camera and come please
Need help lifting it up?
Yes
Ready?
Good?
You want me to get this wood too?
Yeah, if you can carry it
Yeah
You bringing it?
Got it.
Yeah?
Yeah man. While trying and to film at the same time.
This is so gnarly.
Is it heavy?
Yeah. We're good.
Ooh.
So I hope the camera picked that up
but Coppy
is carrying the whole
thing on his head.
Well obviously you can see that part, but
it took two of us to lift it
and not like he needed a bit of help.
It was heavy work for two of us
to get the thing on his head.
and now he's
carrying the whole thing on his own.
It took some superhuman strength.
And I got one piece of wood on the shoulder.
Oh shit.
I would have taken three, four breaks by now.
And even this one piece of wood,
I'm going to say it's pretty heavy.
And I'm probably going to have to take a break
before he does.
And I'm the one trying to keep up.
You good?
Yes sir
Look, mind you drop in the water
What the?!
Watch this shot.
Almost got wet.
You fell in there?
No, watch it. Watch your head.
It's a bamboo.
I almost got wet,
Got wet badly?
Not at all.
I'm actually amazed I didn't fall in there.
Lucky
The lucky man,
I wasn't going straight forward.
Better wet than to go off the cliff on the other side.
Holy sh*t Coppy.
Good?
Okay.
We're over halfway.
Does it look like I'm sweaty?
Getting back now.
Sweat level 11.
Coppy beat me.
Although
I think it's cause I was stopping to take some shots,
but still he did not take one break the entire way.
Matthew
Hey.
Where did Coppy go?
Coppy is over there.
Oh man.
Sandflies bit me up when I was going back
Sandflies?
It looks like it's ticks
That was hardcore man. No break.
No sir, that's why
I tell you I can't stop anytime
I have to go through
And you've got a little bit of sweat on your back.
Here's my sweat level
kinda through the front and
Back
drenched.
And I was carrying a little piece of wood.
So
strong man challenge.
Come to Ras Kitchen. Hang out with Coppy.
He'll get you in shape real quick.
Oh he's going for the camera.
Hey, here we go you love sugar cane.
So, it feels like a yoga mat.
Bit me.
Didn't taste like lemon.
I'm getting lobster
grease all over my phone but
It's all worth it.
So this is what I'm going for.
This is a full-grown
paua shell
here.
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