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[Bear Grylls] Previously,
on the World's Toughest Race...
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the harsh weather conditions of Day 4...
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[ screams ]
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wreaked havoc on the 59 remaining teams
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making their way through the 11-day,
671-kilometer race.
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We're having a hard time.
But our goal is to just keep moving.
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[Grylls] The difficult terrain challenged
every athlete's will to push through pain
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and continue the race.
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Any time we were hoping
to potentially get back,
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has been washed out the window here.
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[Grylls] While some teams prevailed...
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Yoo hoo hoo!
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The teams at the back of the pack
struggled to stay in the race.
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[ yells out ]
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The bilibili was sitting up
on top of the water;
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now it's sitting in the water.
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We were paddling
as hard as we possibly could,
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and still just moving so slow.
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So, we were the last one in
under the cutoff last night.
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[Grylls] The "dark zone"
of the whitewater rapids
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allowed Teams Gippsland Adventure
and Tiki Tour
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to catch up to race leaders New Zealand.
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[Nathan Fa'avee]
It's a bit of bad luck for us.
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By stopping the race,
it brings teams back together
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that you had basically got out of sight of.
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[Grylls] And after a day
of neck-and-neck racing,
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the three teams at the front of the pack
checked in to Camp 3 at Lutu village
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for a mandatory 90-minute rest period.
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There's a real special rivalry
between Australia and New Zealand.
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And we'd just so dearly love
to beat them and Tiki Tour.
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Hopefully, they'll start to buckle
towards the end.
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[Grylls] At this point, it's anyone's race.
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[Grylls] After stopping at Camp 3
for a mandatory 90-minute rest period,
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Team New Zealand
has been trekking along Leg 4
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for the past 4 hours,
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in an attempt to permanently
separate themselves
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from the other frontrunner teams,
who are still sleeping back at camp.
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It is nice to be in the lead, because
then you go at your own speed...
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and, I think mentally, it puts you
in a good headspace as well.
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But you've got to be willing
to take some risks, and I think...
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if we can get away while the
rest of the teams are sleeping,
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this could be, like, a...
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major, major part of the race.
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Is it possible we've come off...
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like, higher upstream?
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I guess I feel this is
the better option here.
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Let's just go.
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[Grylls] Covering more than 80 kilometers
in total distance,
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Leg 4, the Highland Leg,
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begins with a trek from Camp 3
to the base of Vuwa Falls.
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It's here that teams must ascend
over 1,000 vertical feet
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up the face of the falls,
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while navigating over slippery rocks
and through ice-cold water.
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This climb is the most physically-demanding
section of the race,
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where one false move could be fatal.
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If teams can make it to
the top of the falls,
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they'll be rewarded
with their fourth medallion of the race.
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And look, you just get this incredible
view here of the Vuwa Falls,
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and the team are going to be coming up
this river valley.
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This terrain is brutal underfoot.
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And this stage, after almost 60 kilometers
of jungle trekking behind them,
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this is gonna break many teams.
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Next, a series of bouldering fields
and rope climbs
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will lead teams to an 8-kilometer swim
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in frigid waters, in the pools
above Vuwa Falls.
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From there, teams will paddleboard
16 kilometers
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and then begin a 50-kilometer trek
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through the highlands of the Silicon Valley
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until they reach Camp 4.
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[ Grylls] After completing
a 5-hour jungle trek,
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traversing the 1,000-foot rope climb
up the face of the falls at night
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is a high-stakes, high-reward gamble
that could put New Zealand
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in the driver's seat of the race,
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if they've got the stamina
to complete this daunting task.
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- How's it going?
- Good.
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Do you know which of these
is the easier or hard one?
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No idea.
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All right.
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I'd rather climb this one.
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[Grylls] Performing this climb in the dark
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inflicts a level of sensory deprivation
upon the racers
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that makes every aspect
of conquering the terrain
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more difficult and more dangerous.
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For us to win this race...
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we sort of look for what our team sort
of calls a "race-winning opportunity."
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And... the time is now.
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We know there's teams
breathing down our neck.
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But first, they've got to catch us...
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and then they've got to pass us.
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If we want to continue
to be a champion team...
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I just think you have to just
suck it up and push on.
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I think our team is very
good at doing that.
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I often think that if I'm suffering,
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then so will everyone else be
through the section.
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So, it's probably a good thing.
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[ grasshopper chirping ]
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Come on, Sophie.
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[Grylls] After several hours
of strenuous climbing in the dark,
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Team New Zealand finally reaches
the summit of Vuwa Falls.
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They've sacrificed getting any rest
to secure their fourth medallion.
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Woo hoo! Look what I found! Hee, hee, hee!
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[ laughs ]
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Pure gold.
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[Camera Op] How good did that feel?
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We were successful, but yeah, just a bit slower
going than we anticipated, so we're just sort of...
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hoping to get through and get
a bit of sleep before it got light.
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But I suspect we'll be still out there
in the light.
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We have to sleep during the day or
something. We'll see what happens.
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- Are we doing any more wet stuff?
- Yeah.
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Apparently, we've got
to be prepared to swim.
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We'll basically follow the stream
on upward for another 6 or 7k.
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I guess it'll take a while,
given what it was like earlier.
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We'll find out.
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We're going. Cheers.
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[Grylls] 160 kilometers
behind the race leaders,
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the teams at the back of the pack
are finishing the jungle leg
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as they pull into Camp 2.
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[ applause ] Woo hoo!
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Ah! Hiya.
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Whoa!
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- Well done!
- Thank you.
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[Grylls] Team Able Abels arrives
ahead of the Day 5 12:30 p.m. cutoff time,
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after a gnarly 40-kilometer
mountain bike section.
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[Lauren] Cold.
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You cold? You need those wet clothes off.
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It's cold all of a sudden.
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I literally spent like 12 and a half hours
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sitting in water.
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- Just sitting in water.
- Yeah. Yeah. Bilibili?
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- Like, whole body.
- Was the bilibili horrible?
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Yeah, I mean, literally, we were treading
so much water.
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Teams were passing us,
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their entire boat and self
were out of the water.
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Like, their feet weren't even in water.
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[Lauren] When you're out there by yourself
and you're just grinding away,
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it can get really tough.
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Camp is such a mental re-boost.
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It helps so much.
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Physically, mentally, everything.
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They're exhausted, and I've told them,
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labor and delivery of a baby will be
nothing compared to Eco-Challenge Fiji,
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'cause this is so hard.
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[ applause ]
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[Col VS Malik] Hey, girls.
Well done, well done, well done.
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[Grylls] Team Khukuri Warriors has spent
the last 8 hours on bikes,
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battling the Fijian jungle to finish Leg 2.
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[Tashi Malik] It's been
an incredible journey, but it's been hard.
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I mean, Nungshi, me,
and obviously the team,
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we got our bikes like one week
before getting here.
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We've never done more than 20 or 30 Ks
on a bike,
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so we did struggle
because it's so long and far,
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but I'm just amazed how everybody's body's
pushing them through right now.
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And, yeah, keep progressing
as camps come by.
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[ cheering ]
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[Grylls] Running on just a few hours' sleep
in the last five days,
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Team Onyx reaches Camp 2
in a state of exhaustion.
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We made it to Camp 2, however many days
of racing this has been.
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It wasn't necessarily any easier
than the first couple days.
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It had its own unique set of challenges.
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It was a long, long day.
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Hey, Doctor Bob.
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[Grylls] And finally, Team Stray Dogs,
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the oldest team still competing,
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arrives in last place,
after biking more than 10 hours.
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Welcome to Camp 2.
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The cutoffs so far have really tested
this team,
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and it's only gonna get more challenging.
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Mwah!
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[Adrian Crane] Because the course
is difficult and tricky,
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we are ending up near the cutoffs.
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It's a very fine balance between pushing
your teammates too hard
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and backing off so much that
you just aren't making the time.
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Because of the ravages
of a few extra years,
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we are really trying to get each other
through this.
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'Cause we know it's easy to break
these, uh, weary bodies of ours, so...
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We're all kind of, I
think, need some sleep.
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[ laughs ]
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[Grylls] Team New Zealand
is over 100 kilometers ahead
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of teams that are just now starting
the Navua River whitewater rapids.
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That's a lead of
almost two full days of racing.
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As the rafting dark zone opens at 6 a.m.,
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the first team to emerge
are the race veteran women
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of Atenah Brasil.
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Bula!
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Bula bula. Welcome.
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Do you know, uh... Ah!
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What's the name of the village
we're gonna arrive?
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It's Waimboni. Waimboni.
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Do you know anybody there?
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Uh, we've got a family. You've got a...
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'Cause we're gonna need help there.
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Yeah, no worries.
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- There's some people down there.
- Thank you.
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[Karina] The hospitality of Fijian people,
it was amazing.
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They're so genuine, so natural, so happy.
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- Bula bula, vinaka!
- Bula.
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[Karina] Glad to see you, you know,
and glad to touch your hand,
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glad to make you a smile.
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They want to help.
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They're special people.
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Right, see you guys! Bula!
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[Grylls] As best friends in college,
the dynamic women on Team Atenah Brasil
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first started Eco-Challenge racing in 2002.
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This is the only team in the challenge
with three female members.
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[Karina] I did this race 17 years ago.
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Before, it was just me, you know?
I was a daughter.
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Now, I'm a mother.
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So, when you're a mother,
things change completely.
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[ all exclaiming ]
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[Karina] What I want my
kids to say about me,
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that I was a... life eater?
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I don't know, that I lived my life
very intensely.
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[ speaking Portuguese ]
If you see a rock in the river,
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just reach over to the bank and push away.
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[Grylls] The fourth member
of Team Atenah Brasil
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José, is filling in
for a very important teammate
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who couldn't be here...
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his wife, Cris.
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[Shubi] When we used to
race four girls in Brasil,
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Cris, she used to be one of our teammates.
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She used to be our coach also.
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She taught us how to be strong, you know,
and not complaining about life.
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Never.
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And four years ago, she passed away,
from cancer.
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And it has been a long time
that we are not racing.
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And when we had the opportunity
to bring the team back together again...
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Woo hoo!
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There isn't a better chance
to do something for her.
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We still have her in our hearts,
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and throughout the race,
we're going to remember
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her, all the time, for sure.
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Woo hoo!
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[Grylls] 74 kilometers
behind Team Atenah Brasil,
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back at Camp 2,
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teams are starting to depart
for the river leg.
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This leg starts with teams mountain biking
over 59 kilometers
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of varied and unforgiving terrain,
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to reach the starting point
for the river rafting.
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[Allison Abel] You feel great,
you feel great, you feel wonderful.
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I love you.
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Let's rock 'n' roll, bitches!
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I'll be waiting at the next stop!
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[Mark Macy] Let's do it!
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Team Costa Rica, extraordinary team.
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Extraordinary in the sense that
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we have the same "pura vida,"
and "pura vida" means "pure life,"
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and it means everything is awesome,
everything's joy.
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[all] Bula bula!
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[Eduardo] We're all friends,
we grew up together,
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we're constantly spending times
and adventures together...
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[ kids cheering ]
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we share this passion for being joyful,
for taking on life,
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and it's what keeps us going.
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I think there's a really strong element
inside of us that binds this team.
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[ chirping ]
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[Grylls] The first all-African-American
team in Eco-Challenge history, Team Onyx,
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is using Camp 2 to rejuvenate themselves
before the next leg.
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Up 'til last night, I think we all had
four hours of sleep in four days,
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is basically what we've been living on.
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So, we just got about 5 hours of sleep.
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Outside of that, you can't ask for more.
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Five hours doesn't sound like much
when you're at home and you sleep,
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but when you do something like this,
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five hours is two days' worth of sleep
in one.
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So, we're feeling good.
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I just found out that we have
a very long trek coming up,
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and it's in the mountains,
so, I am so excited.
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This is finally my element.
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I am extremely proud to be representing
the U.S. in Eco-Challenge Fiji.
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Back home, I run as a professional trail
mountain ultra runner.
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I've done multiple 100Ks, 50 miles,
50K races.
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Now, I, you know, race
as an openly gay man.
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But I didn't come out
until I was almost 26 years old.
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I've had a big platform to stand on
and just kind of be an advocate
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for the LGBTQ community
in the endurance world,
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along with the black community,
all people of color,
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to show them, like, hey,
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get out, be outside,
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go do these just awesome experiences
that are out there.
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Get another medallion.
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- I'm ready for this.
- [Clifton] Yes.
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[ laughs ]
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[Grylls] Just outside of Namuamua village,
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Team Able Abels must navigate the first
of a few river crossings
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located along the mountain bike trail.
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[ frog singing ]
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Dad, what are we doing?
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I just think we should walk in a... a line.
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- Then stop.
- So, I am stopping.
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I'm just trying to make a hole
so you guys can get through those boulders.
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Being a captain
and being a father on the same team
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is like a razor's edge.
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You can just grab onto the bike
or me, my arm, but we go, okay?
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There's really a conflict here, in terms of
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looking out for the safety of my daughters
as a father,
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versus making choices as a team,
as to, do we go forwards the river,
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or do we go around,
do we look for a better spot?
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- Almost there.
- Okay.
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Almost there.
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I care about them more than I would
a normal racer.
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They're my own blood.
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I feel a humongous amount of pressure,
in terms of when I'm gonna push them
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and have them push through
adversity or not,
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and I'm gonna look out for them
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before I want to go find a checkpoint.
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[Dan] What's up, ladies?
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Next is a bitch of a climb.
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Every mountain has a summit.
It doesn't last... Every climb has a top.
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It doesn't last forever. All right?
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- Yeah.
- [ laughs ]
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[ Ashley laughs ]
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- Sure.
- She says with a bit of a tone.
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- [ laughs ]
- Just a smidge.
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[Grylls] Not far from Team Able Abels,
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Team Khukuri Warriors are having
their own issues
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with the mountain bike section.
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[ cow moos ]
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I just want to get past this bike section.
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And then I'm rolling. [ laughs ]
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I'm not very fond of mountain biking
going uphill.
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Going down is crazy, 'cause you're flying.
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But, yeah, just pulling this thing up
with a lot of weight on you...
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Ah.
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We are... We just keep taking
one step at a time, I suppose.
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Keep the breathing going.
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Don't want to die here, so...
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Yeah, keeping that pace
and maintaining it for the next leg too.
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[Grylls] So, below me are the Khukuri twins
from India.
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And they represent
all those brave women in India
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who are fighting for gender equality.
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This is their first World's Toughest Race,
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and it's definitely been
a struggle for them.
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But they're still in,
and they are still fighting.
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Yay!
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[ horse whinnies ]
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[Grylls] 130 kilometers to the northwest,
at the Gaganura Falls,
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Team New Zealand is finishing
the final section of the ropes course.
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After more than 8 hours of navigating
slippery rocks and ice-cold water,
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it has proven a monumental task
for these endurance race veterans.
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I haven't done an adventure
race in the last four years.
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My husband Nick and I had two children.
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And then I stepped back and took on
a new role as being a mom,
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and that is hard, you know?
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Changing your own identity and, you know,
losing that sort of independence.
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Before kids, I could train
whenever I wanted to.
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Now, when I am out training,
I spend most of the time thinking about
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how I need to hurry up
and get back home again.
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There's a lot of guilt that goes on,
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and in terms of preparing myself
for the task, it has been really hard.
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I'm racing with three super strong,
super talented guys,
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and I have a lot of doubt in my ability
to complete the race
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to a level that I would be satisfied with.
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That wasn't that long ago
that I was sitting on the couch,
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you know, breastfeeding.
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How's it going?
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Getting a bit tired.
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But, uh, yeah...
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it's just taking a lot longer
than what we expected.
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And hoped.
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I know, just like, gonig up very slimy rocks,
and you can't really see that much at night.
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How far do you think you're ahead?
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No idea. No idea, actually.
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Could be a few hours, but they
would've had some sleep, so...
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we've just pushed on without any.
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Anyway, we're pretty much at
the top of the ropes stuff, and...
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the tape leads us to here,
and we've got to go that way.
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Well... Shall we get swimming?
Get this over with?
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Oh, really?
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[ Nathan laughs ]
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Awesome.
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My favorite early-morning pastime.
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The jungle looks pretty much impenetrable.
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Well, if we're swimming,
I'm gonna take this off.
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[Nathan] You're just gonna brave the cold.
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[Grylls] Team New Zealand has been trekking
and climbing all night,
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and at this point, sleep deprivation
will definitely affect their ability
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to navigate this section of the course.
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For the next 8 kilometers,
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they must swim and trek
through these bone-chilling waters,
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where the water temperature hovers
at 58 degrees Fahrenheit.
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This is the most brutal part of Leg 4.
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Once teams hit the piercing water,
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the dense jungle serves as a barricade that
keeps them submerged for most of the route.
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If they can reach this bit,
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get out of the water,
push on to that next checkpoint,
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it's gonna really be like downhill
towards the end of this race.
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But, realistically, this cold jungle water
at this elevation,
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we're gonna see teams quitting
in terms of morale
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and just not being able to go any further.
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Eight and a half kilometers
behind Team New Zealand,
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Team Gippsland of Australia
is in second place,
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as they charge up
this treacherous 500-meter climb.
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We're good, and we're
feeling good, so keep going.
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We have a great rivalry,
Australia and New Zealand.
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But last night, we chose to...
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take quite a long four-hour sleep.
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Now, we're gonna catch back up to the lead
and, um, yeah, knock off the Kiwis.
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I know that ledge is pretty
good, but it can be slippery.
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[Kathryn Preston] Yeah, yeah.
I noticed the same thing.
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[Grylls] Climbing during daylight hours
after a good night's rest
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appears to be helping them narrow
the distance behind Team New Zealand.
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But Vuwa Falls isn't called
the Widow Maker for nothing.
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One slip on this, and it's over.
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00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:40,193
A little bit more, keep going!
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I'm racing with my wife, Kathryn Preston.
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We've been racing together
for probably 10 or 12 years now.
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Kathryn is one of the
strengths of our team.
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She's a real hidden talent
that not a lot of people know of.
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[Rob] Go, go, go!
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She's one of the strongest athletes
in the sport.
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[Grylls] But even for the best climbers,
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the wet, slippery, near-vertical boulders
of Vuwa Falls
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present a supreme test
of both strength and skill.
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Three more meters!
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More to go!
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Just trying to move
efficiently ourselves...
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is the idea.
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[Grylls] Tight on the heels
of Team Gippsland,
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Team Canada has moved into third place.
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They're optimistic about overtaking
the Australians,
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but Vuwa Falls has cursed
these Eco-Challenge veterans in the past.
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Hey, not bad.
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The top of Vuwa Falls, that's exactly
where our team dropped out in 2002.
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We were doing reasonably well,
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but we contracted a jungle foot rot
on our feet.
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It became so painful
that we had to drop out,
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and it was crushing.
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00:24:19,083 --> 00:24:21,210
It was kind of like it is now.
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It was a very big part of our lives,
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and, you know, we really wanted it
to work out.
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We just took a couple of wrong turns,
and lost a few places,
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so, it's a bit disappointing.
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Progress was pretty slow
because of the slipperiness of the rocks.
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I think Tom suddenly thought
we might have missed
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the turnoff to get up to the Highlands.
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So, we went back down
probably for about 20 minutes.
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And then realized, actually, we probably
hadn't missed it and went back up again.
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[ laughs ] So, that was another 40 minutes
just like that, gone.
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[Grylls] 100 kilometers
back at the Navua River...
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the veteran members of Team Costa Rica
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are facing their most intense moment
of this entire challenge.
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00:25:20,978 --> 00:25:24,857
Her comeback, I don't know if you
know this, it's important to say,
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Veronica died and was brought back to life
in a competition,
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a rafting section of a competition.
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00:25:33,908 --> 00:25:37,119
I came into this challenge with a
lot of fears, because, years ago...
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I drowned and was resuscitated...
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00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,291
in an adventure race.
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00:25:42,458 --> 00:25:44,460
So, when I get to the rafting portion...
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I'm like, "Oh my God, I'm so scared."
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00:25:46,921 --> 00:25:51,217
All right, you in the front. Veronica, you get
in the middle or sit close to here next to me.
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00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:56,222
That way, you're within my reach, and we'll have
Gerhard and Sergio in front paddling strong.
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[Eduardo] Veronica's attitude
is extraordinary.
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She is unique in the sense
that she is so adaptable.
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She's always willing to do her best
and try to help us
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in any way, and that characteristic
is very special in a team,
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because you're gonna adapt to
what everybody is feeling at some point.
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I tell Eduardo...
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"I don't know what I'm going
to do if the boat flips...
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because I will panic."
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00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:36,679
And he tells me, "Everything will be fine."
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00:26:48,316 --> 00:26:51,569
And then the moment passes,
and you realize...
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maybe that's why you're there.
To be resilient.
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To overcome obstacles
throughout your total life.
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[ all yelling in Spanish ]
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¡Pura vida!
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00:27:01,287 --> 00:27:03,706
The payoff in adventure
racing is more excitement.
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So, I will always want more of it.
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[Grylls] 104 kilometers back,
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only one team remains at Camp 2.
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Team Onyx is the absolute last team
to depart.
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00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:26,187
Every other team's already left Camp 2
and begun the river leg,
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which starts off with
a demanding mountain bike section.
473
00:27:29,523 --> 00:27:33,486
The biggest challenge, I think, was just
all the mishaps that were happening.
474
00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:37,823
One of the recent sections where we had...
the bilibili started to sink.
475
00:27:37,907 --> 00:27:40,701
And so, we lost 2 hours.
476
00:27:40,785 --> 00:27:42,453
But we're still charging.
We're still together.
477
00:27:42,536 --> 00:27:45,706
So, we were looking forward to this section
where it was on land mostly
478
00:27:45,790 --> 00:27:47,291
and showing people we could do it.
479
00:27:47,375 --> 00:27:50,920
Woo hoo!
[ all yelling in excitement ]
480
00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:57,802
[Clifton] That's a great pace, guys.
Great pace.
481
00:27:57,885 --> 00:28:00,012
[ laughing ]
482
00:28:00,096 --> 00:28:04,725
[Coree] Leaving Camp 2 going to Camp 3,
you had 25, 30 miles
483
00:28:04,809 --> 00:28:06,060
of big roads in the mountains.
484
00:28:06,143 --> 00:28:07,686
You have these great views,
485
00:28:07,770 --> 00:28:09,188
really steep uphills.
486
00:28:09,271 --> 00:28:10,731
So, I was really excited for that,
487
00:28:10,815 --> 00:28:13,651
'cause I felt that our team
can make up a lot of time,
488
00:28:13,734 --> 00:28:16,987
since we have a lot of strong runners
and hikers and cyclists on the team.
489
00:28:17,071 --> 00:28:18,364
Ooh!
490
00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:20,449
Bula.
491
00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:24,745
Loving the hills, loving the jungle.
492
00:28:24,829 --> 00:28:26,789
Panting like a panther.
493
00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:28,666
Get to the top with everyone.
494
00:28:28,749 --> 00:28:30,292
Some, you walk.
495
00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:33,170
Some, you ride.
Some, you scream downhill.
496
00:28:33,254 --> 00:28:34,755
Woo woo woo woo woo!
497
00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:36,424
Yeah!
498
00:28:36,507 --> 00:28:38,134
Woo!
499
00:28:38,217 --> 00:28:41,345
[Grylls] Leaving Camp 2,
teams must first complete
500
00:28:41,429 --> 00:28:45,307
a hilly, 68-kilometer mountain bike trail
through the jungle,
501
00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:51,355
and this ascends over 1,750 meters
in elevation.
502
00:28:51,439 --> 00:28:54,483
And just the scale of this jungle.
503
00:28:54,567 --> 00:28:56,193
I mean, these teams are like tiny...
504
00:28:56,277 --> 00:28:59,488
The people are literally like
tiny little pinpricks.
505
00:29:01,449 --> 00:29:06,036
You know, and just, if you set
a normal person down in this
506
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,706
and said, "Go 5 kilometers,"
507
00:29:08,789 --> 00:29:12,501
99% of the world's population
would be broken.
508
00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:17,047
Recent rains combined with heavy traffic
from the lead teams
509
00:29:17,131 --> 00:29:18,632
that have already passed through
510
00:29:18,716 --> 00:29:24,305
have transformed this red volcanic clay
into a muddy, red muck.
511
00:29:25,639 --> 00:29:27,099
[Eroni Takape] I'm a cyclist.
512
00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:29,143
And I'm an ultra marathon runner,
513
00:29:29,226 --> 00:29:34,482
but Eco-Challenge really is
the toughest race in the world.
514
00:29:34,565 --> 00:29:39,778
[Grylls] The soupy red sludge is pushing
first-time Eco-Challenge competitors
515
00:29:39,862 --> 00:29:42,281
Mad Mayrs to their limits.
516
00:29:43,908 --> 00:29:46,243
[Tyson Mayr] This is a
hill that never ends.
517
00:29:46,327 --> 00:29:49,788
It's about 34, 35 degrees.
518
00:29:49,872 --> 00:29:51,123
Humid as hell.
519
00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:56,212
Coming up to probably
a 9,000-meter elevation in total
520
00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:57,546
of what we've done.
521
00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,882
That's just on this leg,
so including the last 24 hours,
522
00:29:59,965 --> 00:30:01,550
we're well over 10,000.
523
00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:04,303
This just hurts.
524
00:30:04,386 --> 00:30:05,971
And it's hot.
525
00:30:06,055 --> 00:30:07,723
[ Courtney breathing heavily ]
526
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:11,685
They said seven, eight hundred worth
of incline for this leg.
527
00:30:11,769 --> 00:30:14,313
They didn't talk about the mud, though.
528
00:30:14,396 --> 00:30:16,357
Good work, team!
529
00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:22,655
What did I think of
the "mountain biking" section? Um...
530
00:30:22,738 --> 00:30:26,784
We were kind of hoping to do it, you
know, considering that eight hours, so...
531
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:31,455
we're on our way to try and beat a
dark zone at the whitewater rafting,
532
00:30:31,539 --> 00:30:34,166
so, you have to get there
before a certain time,
533
00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:36,919
otherwise, you're locked out
until the next morning.
534
00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:40,673
But it looks like we won't make it, so...
535
00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:44,260
Ow...
536
00:30:45,219 --> 00:30:47,819
- [Elijah] You good?
- There'll be more suffering. I'm sure of it.
537
00:30:48,514 --> 00:30:51,350
Let's go home. No, I'm kidding.
Let's finish.
538
00:30:51,433 --> 00:30:52,851
Let's do it.
539
00:30:56,397 --> 00:30:58,524
[Shane] Mace, can you believe it?
There's mud here.
540
00:30:58,607 --> 00:30:59,942
[ laughs ] Yeah.
541
00:31:00,025 --> 00:31:03,237
This is the Eco-Challenge way.
542
00:31:06,532 --> 00:31:09,368
[Grylls] Below us now is Team Endure,
543
00:31:09,451 --> 00:31:13,664
and you can't help but be moved
by their incredible story.
544
00:31:13,747 --> 00:31:19,670
And, you know, Mark is one of the pioneers,
one of the old school of this sport.
545
00:31:19,753 --> 00:31:23,257
And he's recently been diagnosed
with Alzheimer's,
546
00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:27,052
and this really is probably going to be
his last race.
547
00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:33,892
Travis, his son, who's one of
the fittest guys out there,
548
00:31:33,976 --> 00:31:37,021
he's given up his chance
to try and win this
549
00:31:37,104 --> 00:31:39,189
to race alongside his father.
550
00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:45,195
Watch this, guys. Watch that. Bamboo.
551
00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:49,158
[Travis] Mountain biking uphill,
Dad is in his element.
552
00:31:49,241 --> 00:31:52,870
He is just a badass dude who can handle
just about everything.
553
00:31:52,953 --> 00:31:54,705
Dad, pause for a second.
554
00:31:54,788 --> 00:31:57,291
I'll unjam behind that wheel.
555
00:31:58,959 --> 00:32:00,502
Yeah, that's bad.
556
00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:02,254
- [ laughs ]
- What's the matter with it?
557
00:32:02,338 --> 00:32:03,458
It's just got a little dirt.
558
00:32:03,505 --> 00:32:05,633
Being out here with my dad,
559
00:32:05,716 --> 00:32:08,052
I kept thinking of this memory
of when I was a kid,
560
00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:12,264
every night, Dad and I would walk
into the woods, taking our dogs for a walk.
561
00:32:12,348 --> 00:32:14,099
You know. Darkness in the woods.
562
00:32:14,183 --> 00:32:17,561
[ voice breaking ] And I was a kid,
and I just remember thinking...
563
00:32:17,645 --> 00:32:18,979
[ sniffs ]
564
00:32:20,773 --> 00:32:26,236
"How can... how can Dad not be afraid, walking
around here in the dark in the woods?
565
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,406
We got bears, we got mountain lions.
How can he not be afraid?"
566
00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:30,449
[ sniffs ]
567
00:32:30,532 --> 00:32:35,454
And I would reach into his pocket
and grab his hand,
568
00:32:35,537 --> 00:32:38,332
and I would get this feeling of,
"It's gonna be okay.
569
00:32:38,415 --> 00:32:41,251
I'm here with my dad,
and it's gonna be okay."
570
00:32:41,418 --> 00:32:43,003
[ sniffs ]
571
00:32:45,464 --> 00:32:48,884
The good news is, there's a shower
at the end of this somewhere.
572
00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:52,554
I can't tell you how many times,
whether it was me or a teammate
573
00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:56,266
or most likely, some random person
in a race, you know,
574
00:32:56,350 --> 00:32:58,519
at a transition area or something,
575
00:32:58,602 --> 00:33:00,521
they're struggling
and they're not going to make it through,
576
00:33:00,604 --> 00:33:01,980
and they want to stop,
577
00:33:02,064 --> 00:33:05,234
and Mark Macy goes over there
and talks to 'em...
578
00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:07,778
- You okay, Trav?
- I'm good.
579
00:33:07,861 --> 00:33:10,447
[Mark] You got to do it.
580
00:33:10,531 --> 00:33:13,575
It's either do it or go home.
That's our choice.
581
00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,699
And, boom, they're back up
and they make it through,
582
00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:17,579
and they get to the finish line,
and they find him,
583
00:33:17,663 --> 00:33:20,999
and they say, "Thank you, Mark,
for getting me here."
584
00:33:21,083 --> 00:33:22,334
[Dannelle] Good job, Mace.
585
00:33:22,418 --> 00:33:25,129
And "I'm a better person
'cause I kept going."
586
00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:28,882
[Travis] Good job, guys.
587
00:33:28,966 --> 00:33:30,342
Good job, guys.
588
00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:41,478
[Grylls] Back at the start
of the mud section,
589
00:33:41,562 --> 00:33:44,481
Team Able Abels reaches Checkpoint 15.
590
00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:48,318
[woman] How's it going?
591
00:33:48,402 --> 00:33:49,778
[Lauren] Woo hoo!
592
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:56,493
So, this next mountain bike section
is basically bilibili squared.
593
00:33:56,577 --> 00:33:58,829
- Just an FYI.
- What?!
594
00:34:00,539 --> 00:34:03,459
It's like peanut butter,
and you're gonna want to be carrying...
595
00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:04,877
The whole way?
596
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,587
A lot of it.
597
00:34:06,670 --> 00:34:08,797
One of the teams said it took them
like 10 hours.
598
00:34:08,881 --> 00:34:11,675
Those are, like...
Those are good lead teams, right?
599
00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:13,159
- Those are like...
- It's all good.
600
00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:14,658
We're done at 10 tonight, then we...
601
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:16,472
Yeah. You'll be fine.
Then you'll have lots of sleep.
602
00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:18,682
- [Dan] Yeah. We're good.
- [Lauren] Okay, Ash, we've got to hustle.
603
00:34:18,766 --> 00:34:21,769
I don't understand why you're just, like,
always so, such a drill sergeant.
604
00:34:21,852 --> 00:34:23,896
Because you move in slow motion.
605
00:34:26,732 --> 00:34:30,110
[ Dan laughs ]
606
00:34:30,194 --> 00:34:31,737
[Lauren] Like, when we get cut,
607
00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:34,490
you're gonna feel really shitty
about being such a brat.
608
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:37,201
- Yeah? You think so?
- Alright.
609
00:34:37,284 --> 00:34:39,328
[woman] I feel like I'm sitting
in a station wagon
610
00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:41,914
- on the way to vacation with you guys.
- [ Ashley laughs ]
611
00:34:41,997 --> 00:34:46,460
- You have no idea.
- I'm... poor Fletcher.
612
00:34:46,543 --> 00:34:48,420
Bilibili squared.
613
00:34:48,504 --> 00:34:51,048
That's a great and a
horrible way of putting it.
614
00:34:51,131 --> 00:34:52,382
[ Dan laughs ]
615
00:34:57,054 --> 00:35:00,182
[Grylls] 150 kilometers from the teams
at the back of the pack,
616
00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:04,853
race frontrunners Team New Zealand
have finally reached dry land
617
00:35:04,937 --> 00:35:07,481
and are headed towards Checkpoint 22.
618
00:35:08,982 --> 00:35:14,279
After almost 13 hours of navigating
the treacherous terrain along Leg 4,
619
00:35:14,363 --> 00:35:17,157
the decision to push through the night
with zero sleep
620
00:35:17,241 --> 00:35:20,369
has negatively affected this team's pace.
621
00:35:20,452 --> 00:35:23,747
And spending the last few hours
in the freezing waterways of the jungle
622
00:35:23,831 --> 00:35:28,544
has lowered their body core temperatures
to dangerously low levels,
623
00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:31,088
and physically now, they are struggling.
624
00:35:38,554 --> 00:35:40,556
Welcome to checkpoint. What's up, guys?
625
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:42,140
We have a warming tent for you.
626
00:35:42,224 --> 00:35:44,434
- We have food, so...
- Cool.
627
00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:50,691
[Grylls] Emergency doctors with supplies
are standing by in a warming hut
628
00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:51,942
at Checkpoint 22
629
00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:55,863
to assess each team's ability
to continue the race
630
00:35:55,946 --> 00:35:59,616
after completing the incredibly difficult
trek through the freezing waters.
631
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:01,827
You get seriously cold there at night.
632
00:36:01,910 --> 00:36:05,247
There are blankets if anybody
wants to grab a blanket.
633
00:36:10,294 --> 00:36:14,464
We are just at the midway
stage of a long trek.
634
00:36:14,548 --> 00:36:17,843
And we basically spent the last...
635
00:36:18,302 --> 00:36:19,261
not quite a day, but close...
636
00:36:19,303 --> 00:36:20,304
in and out of waterways.
637
00:36:20,888 --> 00:36:23,473
And we've just been getting
increasingly cold,
638
00:36:23,557 --> 00:36:26,602
and having to swim quite long distances
with packs and things.
639
00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:29,479
And the rocks are just
so incredibly slippery.
640
00:36:29,563 --> 00:36:31,481
You can't even stand up on
them or walk on them.
641
00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:34,192
So, it's been really, really taxing.
642
00:36:34,276 --> 00:36:35,819
Really, really slow going.
643
00:36:35,903 --> 00:36:39,281
And we've all gotten quite
cold along the way.
644
00:36:39,364 --> 00:36:42,993
But very, very grateful
for my steaming hot cup of coffee.
645
00:36:43,076 --> 00:36:46,288
[ laughs ] Pleased to be here
and put on some warm, dry clothes.
646
00:36:47,623 --> 00:36:50,876
[Grylls] This is a huge test right now
for Team New Zealand.
647
00:36:50,959 --> 00:36:53,003
They are completely drained,
648
00:36:53,086 --> 00:36:55,923
but they have to find the strength
to push on.
649
00:36:56,006 --> 00:37:00,677
If they can't, the teams chasing them
may catch them very soon.
650
00:37:05,474 --> 00:37:07,434
Having already conquered Vuwa Falls,
651
00:37:07,517 --> 00:37:12,481
Team Gippsland, in second place, is now
only a few kilometers behind New Zealand
652
00:37:12,564 --> 00:37:16,318
and is attacking the near-freezing waters
of the creek pools
653
00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:20,280
that stand between them and the warming hut
at Checkpoint 22.
654
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:24,868
You were so hot just a moment ago,
655
00:37:24,952 --> 00:37:28,205
and now, you're swimming with your pack
through these
656
00:37:28,288 --> 00:37:32,250
never-ending pools of freezing cold
water, which we didn't expect in Fiji.
657
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,380
And we just wanted to keep
moving well and limit our mistakes.
658
00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:41,885
But we have to just keep pushing and keep
pushing all the way to the finish line.
659
00:37:46,223 --> 00:37:48,809
[ shell sounding ]
660
00:37:52,479 --> 00:37:56,566
[Grylls] 100 kilometers back,
which is over 40 hours of racing,
661
00:37:56,650 --> 00:37:59,069
teams are making their way
to the Navua River,
662
00:37:59,152 --> 00:38:02,864
to begin rafting 30 kilometers
of class-3 rapids.
663
00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:05,492
[ trilling ]
664
00:38:06,326 --> 00:38:10,372
Team Curl in the house!
Gray. Gray's cute. I like this.
665
00:38:10,455 --> 00:38:13,417
[Grylls] Light-hearted Santa Cruz surfers
Team Curl
666
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:17,421
are progressing through this challenge
with their own unique motivation.
667
00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:20,507
Uh, rafting. First time together.
668
00:38:20,674 --> 00:38:24,177
We're toying with this dynamic of, like,
how competitive do we want to be?
669
00:38:24,261 --> 00:38:26,888
And also, of course we wanted to finish,
670
00:38:26,972 --> 00:38:30,058
but more importantly, I think
we just wanted to experience
671
00:38:30,142 --> 00:38:33,311
what is Eco-Challenge in Fiji.
672
00:38:33,395 --> 00:38:36,148
Ohh. Look at that.
673
00:38:36,231 --> 00:38:37,941
Wow. You must really love your job.
674
00:38:38,025 --> 00:38:39,818
- [ laughs ]
- I have the best job.
675
00:38:39,901 --> 00:38:44,239
I get to see really, really gross feet.
676
00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:46,700
We decided we're gonna do it our way,
which means having fun
677
00:38:46,783 --> 00:38:49,536
and just encourage each other
with slapstick humor.
678
00:38:49,619 --> 00:38:51,413
Winning hearts and minds.
679
00:38:51,496 --> 00:38:56,376
Okay. I'm putting your filthy ball of dirt
up here next to you.
680
00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:59,171
Dirt bag!
681
00:38:59,254 --> 00:39:01,590
This looks like... wow.
682
00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:02,924
Whew!
683
00:39:04,509 --> 00:39:06,803
- Alright.
- Alright, let's get wet.
684
00:39:06,887 --> 00:39:08,597
Whew!
685
00:39:11,933 --> 00:39:14,853
[ all howling ]
686
00:39:14,936 --> 00:39:17,355
[Steven] It's been fun to be a part
of Team Curl.
687
00:39:17,439 --> 00:39:19,483
Like, curly hair just in itself is weird.
688
00:39:19,566 --> 00:39:22,444
Like, every day you wake up,
and you don't know what you're gonna have.
689
00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:24,154
Sometimes I have a Q-tip on my head,
690
00:39:24,237 --> 00:39:27,824
and sometimes I have, like, long,
like, surfer hair.
691
00:39:27,908 --> 00:39:29,743
I never know who I'm gonna be
when I wake up.
692
00:39:31,745 --> 00:39:35,415
I think all the curly people out there know
exactly what I'm talking about.
693
00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:39,461
And if you don't, go get a perm.
694
00:39:42,130 --> 00:39:44,591
Ee-hee!
695
00:39:44,674 --> 00:39:46,468
[Grylls] 100 kilometers ahead,
696
00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:51,431
Team Gippsland is finally completing
the near-freezing creek pools.
697
00:39:56,019 --> 00:39:57,938
[Grylls] Oh, my God. Good job.
698
00:39:58,021 --> 00:39:59,397
You legends.
699
00:39:59,481 --> 00:40:01,691
That's a brutal leg, isn't it?
700
00:40:01,775 --> 00:40:03,110
And cold in that water.
701
00:40:03,193 --> 00:40:05,654
That is a brutal leg you've just done.
702
00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:08,573
You know what?
You've just broken the back of this.
703
00:40:08,657 --> 00:40:10,784
If you do that, you can see this home now.
704
00:40:12,953 --> 00:40:14,371
You're number two,
705
00:40:14,454 --> 00:40:15,914
but you can catch 'em.
706
00:40:15,997 --> 00:40:19,334
A hundred percent.
You can catch these guys.
707
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:21,253
Well done. Respect.
708
00:40:21,336 --> 00:40:23,630
Respect. You are amazing.
709
00:40:23,713 --> 00:40:25,132
What a remarkable lady.
710
00:40:26,007 --> 00:40:28,218
I do that for you. Come with me.
711
00:40:28,301 --> 00:40:30,804
[Grylls] So, this is a
huge moment for them.
712
00:40:30,887 --> 00:40:36,351
You know, to come out of that length
of jungle trek and the climb and the water,
713
00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:39,896
brutal, brutal, hardest part of the course.
714
00:40:39,980 --> 00:40:43,275
And to get here, this is just a checkpoint
and a warming station,
715
00:40:43,358 --> 00:40:46,736
they've got a bag of dry gear, some food,
716
00:40:46,820 --> 00:40:49,614
some hot water, make it into a coffee,
717
00:40:49,698 --> 00:40:52,409
and they'll be here minutes,
and then they're gone.
718
00:40:52,492 --> 00:40:55,203
[Kathryn] All right. Rob, we're all going
to sign that together.
719
00:40:55,287 --> 00:40:56,580
[Man] Good luck, guys.
720
00:40:56,663 --> 00:40:57,914
[Kathryn] Yeah.
721
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:05,338
[Grylls] Just 14 kilometers
outside of Camp 2,
722
00:41:05,422 --> 00:41:08,300
leading up to the Navua River
whitewater rapids,
723
00:41:08,383 --> 00:41:11,511
Team Onyx is making slow progress.
724
00:41:11,595 --> 00:41:13,388
[ all calling out ]
725
00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:14,890
Nice, guys!
726
00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:17,142
[ laughs ]
727
00:41:17,225 --> 00:41:18,476
Bula!
728
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,771
Cliff's a heavier guy, so he's usually
coming up from the back, so,
729
00:41:21,855 --> 00:41:23,695
on bigger hills, we'd wait
a couple of minutes,
730
00:41:23,773 --> 00:41:25,453
and he'd show up and then start off again.
731
00:41:25,525 --> 00:41:26,943
[ camera clicks ]
732
00:41:27,027 --> 00:41:28,695
Here you go.
733
00:41:28,778 --> 00:41:31,781
The waiting part wasn't unusual for us.
734
00:41:31,865 --> 00:41:33,325
He shouldn't be that far back.
735
00:41:33,408 --> 00:41:36,077
You know, he might be 3 minutes, 4 minutes.
736
00:41:42,709 --> 00:41:43,960
Are you worried?
737
00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:47,797
Holy cow, this is... Something's not right.
738
00:41:47,881 --> 00:41:49,424
It's been 10 minutes or so.
739
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:50,759
Let's go back and check.
740
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:57,766
[ groans ]
741
00:42:00,143 --> 00:42:01,394
[ groans ]
742
00:42:06,566 --> 00:42:07,817
Ah!
743
00:42:07,901 --> 00:42:10,195
[Grylls] We've got a team down!
744
00:42:10,278 --> 00:42:11,863
A team is down!
745
00:43:15,135 --> 00:43:17,804
[ roaring ]
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