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Over the years, I have done
all kinds of survival challenges

all over the world,
but I just got a call

from the "Naked and Afraid"
producers with the opportunity

to do something I have always
dreamed about.

A 14-day no-tools challenge.
That's right.

No blade, no fire starter,
no pot, just my bare hands,

my primitive skills
and my partner.

And if I'm gonna do
something this extreme...

...there is only one person

that I want out there with me.

- Dan!
- Ky!

Oh my gosh!

I can't believe
that you and I get to do

another challenge together!
- It's gonna be tough.

- We don't have any tools.
- We're going to Thailand.

- It's monsoon season.
- Brutal.

Like damp, wind, rain.

This one is a completely
other level.

This is going to be

probably one of the hardest

"Naked and Afraid"
challenges ever.

We're gonna be faced
every single day, every hour

with problems we've never really
had to face

because we've had these tools
that we've been relying on.

We're gonna have to find
really creative solutions

I've never had to do before.
- Look at that!

That there, that is a knife,
as simple as that.

This friction fire method
I'm practicing,

it's called the bamboo
fire saw.

It's not easy.

I am sitting
here in a Thai airport,

and look who I found!

Are you ready?

- Mentally ready.
- And a little terrified.

- A little terrified.
- A little terrified.

Healthy amount
of terror, right?

So welcome
to No Tools in Thailand.

Every time we go in, I'm like,
"What the hell am I doing?"

And we're going in
with nothing.

That's the island
we're going to?

Two times I've gone hypothermic
on "Naked and Afraid"

challenges have been
in jungles, in monsoons,

this time of year
in these places.

What number is this for you?

- This is my eighth challenge.
- Eighth challenge.

- Oh, he's massive.
- Oh, my God.

So I was season one
in Louisiana.

We're in trouble.

And then I did Naked and Afraid
of Sharks.

Oh, my God!
Huge reef shark.

I did "Naked and Alone."

I've done a "Frozen in Montana."

- Oh, my gosh!
- Beauty.

I've done
a "Last One Standing in Africa"

and a "Last One Standing
in Australia."

Yes!

Yes!
Yes!

Yes!
Yes!

Yes!

Ky is a survival
consultant and former

Hollywood stunt performer.

She's an expert in friction
fire and trap making

and begins the challenge with
a primitive survival rating,

or PSR, of 9.7.

There's a lot of monumental
problems to overcome

that our entire survival
depends on.

We're not gonna have
a fire starter.

We're not even gonna
have a knife.

What are we gonna collect
water in?

- Yeah.
- That's enough.

That's scary to me.

This is gonna be my sixth
"Naked and Afraid" challenge.

Started on a 14-day
fan challenge.

Here we go.
Here we go.

Yes!
We got fire!

Whoo!

Huge snake.

Second one, 21 days
in the Chihuahuan Desert.

Oh, my freaking God!

Yes!

60 days in the Peruvian Amazon.

Are you serious?
Oh, my God!

Then did
two "Last One Standings."

And won the second one.

Yeah, you did it!

Yes!
Whoo!

Oh, my God!

But this challenge
is a whole new level.

Dan is a marine biologist

specializing in tropical environments.

He's a critical thinker
with an uncanny ability

for problem solving.

He begins the challenge
with a PSR of 10.0.

You ready?

This is gonna be
the hardest one I've ever done.

Here we go.

If I'm going into
a No Tools challenge,

I couldn't be happier
than going in with Dan,

'cause I have seen how
his problem solving mind works.

If we get through this,

it will set the bar for what's
possible for primitive survival

on "Naked and Afraid"
challenges.

- Very light.
- Yep.

- Nothing in there.
- Nothing.

- You ready?
- I hope so.

- All right, let's go.
- Let's do it, lady.

Located roughly 12 miles
off the east coast of Thailand,

Koh Maphrao is a remote island
exposed to the full force

of the region's violent
monsoon season.

The island can receive
up to 35 inches of rain a year,

but increasingly unpredictable
rain patterns mean rainfall is

never guaranteed.

Dense bamboo forests
thrive here,

swarming with relentless mosquitoes.

The forest floor crawls
with stinging centipedes

and the deadly Siamese
spitting cobra,

capable of spraying
blinding venom

into the eyes of a threat.

But with no natural water
source, dehydration will be

Ky and Dan's
most critical concern.

- Whoo!
- This is home.

This is quite rare, a rock.

This already has a sharp edge
that we can do something with.

Definitely like an axe.

If anyone asks me what I would
like in a survival situation,

the one item is always a blade.

And the reason for this is
you can create almost anything

with a blade, and now that's
taken out of the equation.

I do, however, manage to get
myself a flake that I would

consider a blade asset
out here.

I still reckon our priority is
gonna be getting

this shelter up.
Shall we find a good location?

I think we shall do that.

As I'm stepping foot
on this beach,

all I can think of is
everything that I have to do.

We're gonna need to set up
some sort of shelter.

When it rains here,
there's big,

quick monsoon bursts.

Shelter, it's gonna keep us dry
and keep us non-hypothermic.

Without shelter,
we're not gonna last out here.

Ooh, look.

- Ooh!
- Coconuts.

Has it got water in it?

Yeah.
You can hear water.

I mean, this is a big win,
but this isn't the water source

we're hoping for.
- OK.

Yeah.

The water situation here is
not ideal.

We have some coconuts,
but I mean, I don't know

how many fall
out of the trees at night.

But now my biggest concern
becomes shelter.

What about just
this little flat area over here?

Like here?

- Between these two trees?
- I mean, it's flat.

It wouldn't take
a lot of clearing out,

so you think a long pole
between these two trees.

I like that idea.

Without tools, Ky and Dan
will build a lean-to

debris shelter using bamboo
to create a frame

and adding layers
of palm fronds to protect them

from the elements.

We picked
our shelter location

because of the openness
of the area.

We're gonna need to set up some
sort of water catchment system.

That's gonna be one
of the most important things,

and we can do that right near
our shelter in this spot.

I'm OK with beginning
to clear this if you wanna try

and find a long pole, maybe?
- You read my mind.

I am gonna go get a big bamboo
ridge pole for our shelter.

Oh.

Look at that.

I would not drink that.

I'm not putting that
in my mouth without boiling it.

When you need to get water,

boiling is the easiest method,
but we don't have anything

to boil it
'cause we don't have a pot.

On a regular challenge,
I would look at this nasty hole

and be like, "I'm set,
I'm wonderful, this is great,"

but this is basically useless.

At least for right now.

Like, we're not gonna be able
to make a fire that quick

to boil it.

I'm not gonna be overconfident
in our abilities and say

that we're gonna have
fire right now.

It's gonna need to be coconuts.

Centipede!

One of the giant ones.
Whoo, those ones?

Not good.

The Thai red dragon centipede
is highly venomous

and formidable in size.

Growing up to 12 inches long,
it's known

for its aggressive-defensive
behavior

and an excruciating bite

that can be felt
for five days.

This thing could take us
out of the challenge.

I've been stung with a smaller
one of these before,

and honestly,
my thumb had pins and needles

for about two months.

So this is not something
I wanna mess around with

in our bed space.

Oh, they're tough
to bloody kill, though.

The head's off, and it's still
trying to bite me.

Crazy beast.

This is useful.

Building a shelter
with no tools is rough.

I mean, I don't have a machete
to cut anything down.

- What have you found?
- These are perfect.

They're just a little heavy.

Well, we just make sure
we tie it up, lash it well.

- I'm already thirsty.
- Yeah.

I gotta be careful.

The inner bark
of this beach hibiscus

here is the strongest cordage

I've ever found
in the plant kingdom.

It's absolutely incredible.

Ugh.

You want the longest,
straightest piece you can

to get the cordage out of.

Never cut it with a rock
before, though,

but all you really need to do
is separate the inner bark.

That's why you want a nice,
long piece.

Perfect.

Great.

I think with how heavy
this is--

- Yep.
- ...we're gonna need a middle

support beam anyway.
- 100%.

We don't wanna make
our own deadfall by accident

in the middle of the night.

Oh, look at how perfect
this is.

That is so perfect.

Building a shelter
with no tools

takes so much more planning
and knowledge.

The only thing that's making
this possible right now is

having Ky as a partner
and both of us just being able

to come up with a plan quick

and agree on and then divide
and conquer it.

Yeah.
We need a machete.

Perfect!
We can never have too

many.

God, it looks like we've got
a shelter already.

We do.

We can start to put
some debris on,

'cause we are gonna
need a lot of these dead fronds

to keep this rain off us.

- Yeah.
- Hopefully it'll rain.

Please rain!

First time in a challenge,
I'm begging for rain.

The monsoon rains can be
unpredictable out here,

so I am thinking of water.

I have some ideas
for water catchments,

including a gutter style
roof system,

which will catch
and store a lot of water

and hopefully provide us
with a good water source.

Cutting down live palms,
it's easy

with a machete in the Amazon.

That is not easy here
without any tools.

So we're using dry palms,

which requires more materials
to make it waterproof.

- What you think so far?
- I think it's beautiful.

It's fantastic.

I think that could actually
keep us dry.

Day one of the very first
No Tools Challenge

in "Naked and Afraid" history.

That is a pretty bomb-proof
shelter, considering we're

out here on an island
in Thailand in the middle

of monsoon season.

Shelter was one
of my biggest concerns.

So I'm glad we had
that need met.

Water is the next
biggest concern.

We found some coconuts
on the beach, but I'm worried

that we might not have enough.

And then I need a drink
of water.

I gotta be careful with that.

You gotta drink
when you feel thirsty,

because if you're thirsty,
it's too late.

You're already
dehydrated, right?

Yep.
Just worry.

That's like the one biggest
concern right now.

I am thirsty!

I'm trying to get
into one of these damn coconuts.

This is why no tools is hard.
I'm already feeling dehydrated.

These coconuts are so much
energy to get into,

to get the water out.

And I feel like I'm losing
a cup of water in order to get

a cup and a half out
of this coconut.

Let's see if it even have
[bleep] water in it.

God damn it!

Now we have to get
another coconut!

Ugh!
I need water.

I can't do this.
For every drink of water.

If we don't have enough water
when we're expending

so much energy trying to bash
things with rocks

and not use any tools,
you can get dehydrated so quick.

No!

[bleep] empty.

Without water, we're not gonna
last out here.

Ugh!

Dan!

What?

I found another coconut.
You never know, right?

There's--

I don't know.

Normally, when they fall
on the ground,

they don't have
that much water in 'em.

But I'm gonna try.

Let me see if there's
water in it.

Yeah.

- There's water!
- Yay!

Ooh!

You drink.
You drink.

Mm.

It takes a lot of effort
to get into these coconuts,

but taking my first sip
of this water is amazing.

It's filled with electrolytes
and other minerals

and obviously water, all these
things that I really need.

But at the same time,
I know it's not sustainable.

You can't just drink
coconut water forever.

It'll give you the runs,
and it could be very,

very unpleasant out here.

So it still just reminds me
of the other things

we'd need to do to get water
that's purified.

It does not look like any
storm clouds building either.

We have such a clear day
for monsoon season.

Holy cow.

This is a giant centipede,
and this is where my head was.

That's a big one.
That's a end up in--

hospital-for-free card.

But I have to kill.

Really big,
over 15 centimeters in length,

maybe just cruising
around by my head.

If I put my head on that,
that would have been

extremely painful.

That could have even put me
out of this challenge.

There's a lot of creepy crawlers
in the jungle.

I wanna expend my energy
on the water catchment system

before I try and expend
my energy on fire,

as far as...
- Yep.

...where I put
my energy this morning.

I think it's important
that we keep drinking.

How are you feeling?
- Getting headach-y.

Yeah, me too.
I've got a headache.

- OK, let's get these open.
- Water has become the priority.

Fire is nice, but if it rains,

we wanna catch as much water
as possible.

So our first plan is to build
a gutter system for the shelter

to try and maximize
any rain that we can get

out of the clouds.

Not a cloud
on the bloody horizon,

but we'll get that up
and then...

We'll just try.

The one [bleep] time
I want rain.

During monsoon season,
usually it downpours quick

and hard and it just lasts
an hour or two.

So we're going
to make a big gutter system.

It's gonna be an extension
of our shelter.

Basically, we're thinking
of halves of bamboo going down

into a bigger bamboo with holes
in it that drain down

into bamboo reservoirs
that can store all of our water.

OK, let's do something
that's never been done before

on a challenge
that's never been done before.

- Yes, Dan!
- There we go.

Oh, that's great.

That's like two,
three good gutters there

if we can break it
off here somewhere.

Never before had to split it
without a knife, but...

Ooh, we can
shove a stick in that--

in that hole that it makes.
- Yep.

And we can pull it through.

It'll be...

[bleep] yeah!

Yeah!

Whoo!

Look at that!

- Yeah!
- Yes!

- Yeah.
- I think we got enough, Dan.

Thirsty.

I'm already frothing
at the mouth.

Yep.
This is hot work.

I just need to rig up
a little wall for the back.

You could shove it in here
and tie it too.

Yeah, one there
and then a wire stick.

The reason we're not rushing
into fire is,

making fire in these conditions
is gonna be really exhausting.

So we have to address
the things

that we can't live without
at the moment,

and at the moment,
that is water.

I'm gonna put a beam down
here which will raise

the bottom lip of the gutter,
so rather having the gutters

going all the way
to the ground,

they're just gonna rest
on this shelf.

Eventually, we can put
storage containers under here

that the water will drip into
when it fills the gutters.

- Love it.
- Just that.

- [bleep] thirsty again.
- Yeah.

I feel like
we're on the downward spiral

of the spirals right now.

Without a pot and a fire
and a good water source,

we're just spiraling now.

I'm so impressed.

I really, really hope
it works, is all.

I hope it [bleep] rains.
I'm so thirsty.

Right now, we have
a whole gutter system,

this whole beautiful thing.

But it's going
into one tiny gutter.

And that probably holds maybe
three, four liters of water.

So hopefully, then I can drill
a little hole in the gutter

that can drain into this.

And ideally, when it rains,

this whole thing
will fill with water.

All the rain should
collect here,

go into this gutter system,

through this hole,

and into these
bamboo reservoirs.

- We gonna get that rain.
- Yeah.

Show it who's boss.

Well, we're as prepared
for rain as you could

almost be, really.

Yep.

End of day two.

Let me tell you, if it rains,
we are set.

And it's definitely
our biggest concern out here.

I am so thirsty.

And it's dangerous to
go to bed thirsty

on a "Naked and Afraid"
challenge.

Like, you need to listen
to your body and drink

when you need to drink,
but it's not that easy.

We really, really,
really need water.

I think we're both getting
pretty dehydrated.

'Cause you need water.

You can't really do anything to,
like, conserve the water

in your body
other than sweat less.

So we have to, like,
hedge our bets

and hope that it's gonna
start raining soon.

So we put a lot of effort
into building

this water catchment thing
today.

My head is [bleep] throbbing.

I'm a little nervous about this,
but crossing my fingers

this pays off.

[bleep] thirsty.

Another glorious,
rainless day in paradise.

I mean, monsoons do come
out of nowhere, but...

this weather's getting
pretty desperate.

So my plan today is fire,
fire, fire, fire.

I think this is good
for the bow drill for now.

I made some beach hibiscus
reverse braided cord for a bow

for a bow drill fire.

I've collected some dead beach
hibiscus this morning

and a good bow drill stick.

If we can get fire,
there's a chance that we might

be able to start boiling
some water in bamboo.

It's not a hugely effective
method, but it's better

than waiting for it to rain

or relying on these coconuts
dropping, so, um...

fire would definitely be
a game changer.

Ky and I have both made
primitive fire many times,

but most of the time
when you're doing friction fire,

you're
in a nice dry environment,

you have the ideal materials,

but I've never
made it in this environment,

in a humid rainforest.

Everything is impregnated
with salt and moisture,

so I'm nervous.
- Let's see what happens.

My main thing at the moment is
to try and see if I can get it

to move smoothly and to see
if I can start to create

some kind of heat out
of the board and the spindle.

I don't know if that's just
dust or if it's smoke

coming up there.
What do you think?

I think you just started
to get smoke at the end.

OK.

We will make fire.

I think...

I think we're gonna need
to build a strap

because I can't get
enough tension on it

with this short a bow.
- Yeah, OK.

I'm just drenched
from that little effort.

We don't have
a lot of energy to burn,

so I need to figure out

pretty quickly
what's working and what needs

more time to work.

So, bow drill,
looking promising,

but needs a bit more work.

OK, so pull.

Just gotta keep tension on it.
Let me pull you to me.

There we go.
That's it.

There you go.

The reason I love
the strap drill

is because it doesn't take
as much energy and effort

to get a coal.

What it does take, however,
is teamwork.

Keep that tension on it.

A bit more weight
on the bearing block.

[bleep].

OK, so we've got dust,
but it's too light in color,

so it's never gonna ignite.

So, that means either we're not
putting enough pressure on it

or the materials aren't gonna
produce what we need, so...

Every time I got to the point
where I was putting

more pressure on it,
it popped up.

Right, so maybe that is
the fact that we don't have

an amazing bearing block.

Because the spindle wasn't
straight and the coconut cap

bearing block isn't the best,
Dan was having a little bit

of trouble about getting
the correct weight on it,

and we couldn't even get
any smoke.

What we are competing against
here is the environment,

and nothing is ideal.

Oh, this is not gonna work.

I'm gonna have to go back
to the drilling board, I think,

I can go look
for some fire saw supplies.

Yeah.
I'm gonna look around

and see what I can figure out.

We're new to this environment.

We're still understanding
the materials, so there's a lot

of problem solving that's gonna
have to go into

this fire making.

It's all about problem solving.

This stuff, if it holds
an ember really well,

would be a perfect asset
to have.

If you pull apart
the fishtail palm,

there's this powdery material

in between the palm fronds
that if you collect it

and put a spark into it,
it can hold the ember.

I tried this a million times
at home, and I couldn't get it.

I've practiced the bamboo fire
saw at home, and it involves

a hearth board,
and you're gonna move that

back and forth in a sawing
motion over a saw,

which is another piece
of bamboo, creating friction.

Thought is the hot ash
will come up,

collect on the bamboo tinder
that you have there,

and create a nice little coal.

You're doing good.

That's good.
Oh, the board's splitting.

It's all right.

It's not even burnt-through.

But it's getting
some good color, so we know

we need a tougher bottom bit.

I'm trying as hard as I can,
putting all of my muscle

into it,
and I am barely getting smoke.

- Are we through yet?
- No.

OK.

This method sucks.
I think I need a drink first.

Yeah,
I'll get this open for you.

It's so much more exhausting
than it looks.

It looks exhausting.

Definitely a calculated risk

with these friction
fire methods.

We are sweating our asses off
and burning a ton of energy,

and all that sweat's
just making us more and more

dehydrated and we don't have
enough water to keep us going

in the coconuts.

A little nerve-wracking, though,
'cause I still have

never been in this position
in a challenge on day three

where, you know,
all of your needs

are not fully secured.

Until then, we're gonna
keep trying to make fire.

This looks like a piece of
really good fine-grained rock.

I mean,
it's almost looking like flint.

You can see that the outside
has been slightly oxidized

with a bit of iron
because of the reddish color.

It's probably looking
like the purest bit

of flint potential we found
out here.

I found a piece of flint
on the beach that seemed

to have an iron oxide coating.

And what I do know is,

flint and iron can make a spark.

If this has a really strong
iron oxide crust,

it might actually
produce something.

I can't see it in daytime,
but it smells like it.

I can smell it here.
It smells like a match.

- Smell that?
- Yeah, yeah.

Flint is what the cowboys
used to use.

They'd, like, strike
their knives or a bit

of steel off it.
- Mm-hmm.

But we're going even pre-steel

with the way we're existing.

Yeah, we're
back to the Stone Age here.

- It's sparking!
- Amazing!

- Oh, that was a strong one!
- Did you see that?

- Did you see it?
- Yeah.

Come on.
You're sparking.

Just give me the right one.

- I'm curious to try this out
in the dark.
- Mm.

- Go to get it on the way down.
- And see where all
the sparks are flying.

Yeah.

Dan and I can smell
that we're getting a spark,

but we just can't see it.

We decide that this method is
probably best left

till nighttime, where we can
see the spark

and aim it
into a good tinder bundle.

All right,
tinder bundle's ready.

Night three.

We are...

trying fire starting again
with the flint method,

with the iron oxide crust
on the other flint chunks.

I mean, I can smell 'em.

Both Ky and I are exhausted

and dehydrated and depleted,
but cautiously optimistic.

See if you can catch
these sparks.

Oh, wait, I've got it.
Oh, yeah.

- Yep.
- Yeah?

Yeah, yeah.
You can see them really easily.

Wow, look at that!

- Amazing!
- OK.

- Now that we can see 'em...
- Yeah, you know

how to direct them.

I almost got it.

It caught for a half a bit,
I don't know.

I'm getting great sparks,

but they're not catching
on that fluff.

You are getting
some good sparks there.

Oh, my goodness.

Yeah!
Oh, my God!

Oh, my goodness!

Dan!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my goodness!

Dan!

Oh, my goodness!

- Holy cow!
- We did it!

Oh, get it under there!
Get it under there!

Quick!
Keep blowing!

Oh, my gosh!
Get it in there!

Just put it under.

Oh, my goodness!
Whoo!

- Holy cow!
- We did it!

- Oh, my goodness.
- Whoo!

OK, now let's just keep
this down 'cause this is

our roof that's gonna go.

- Whoo!
- We did it!

Final puzzle piece!

- Oh, my God!
- Now it looks like home!

We've got our big shelter up.
Bomb proof.

Water catchment system.
Fire!

On the night of night three!

I'm so happy.
That's food.

That's water.
That is sustainability.

And we did it
with our bare hands.

- Good night, my dear.
- Good night.

Well done.
Sleep well.

Let's have some breakfast.

I want some roast coconut
and hermit crab, please.

Now we have fire.

My new favorite thing to do is
hunt the big hermit crabs.

The jungle's just alive with
these cheeky little buggers.

That's so cute.

Honestly,
I can't think of a cuter crab

that I've ever seen in my life.

But I'm starving,
and I gots to eat.

Check out the size
of this one, Ky.

Amazing.

That's like
almost two mouthfuls.

Yeah, look at all that meat.
Just like a lobster.

- That's like a solid claw.
- Yeah.

Gooier than I expected.

It's like that poop sack,
in lobsters, you know?

I thought maybe the heads would
be delicious, like lobsters.

They taste like stomach bile,
but the little back shrimp part

of the body, but sort of like
this juicy liquid pop

of shrimp flavor.

That was delicious.

Now that we got fire,
we know we can boil water,

but we've been
conceptualizing how.

But we still don't have
containers that you can boil

water in that won't fracture,
so it's a little bit harder

to figure that out.

We don't have
very many coconuts,

so we're trying to figure out
what we need to do.

What I'm praying for is rain.

Not a cloud
in this beautiful sky.

Excuse me.
I'll be back.

OK.

Apparently, man cannot live
on coconuts alone.

We've both got
to the stage where

the amount of hydration
we're getting from the coconuts

themselves are being waylaid
by the effects on our stomachs.

So once you start to get
an upset stomach,

then the water's
not staying in.

How was it?

Just milky water coming
from my butt.

Oh, no.

Oh...

What?

I think I have to go
out to the beach

and go to the bathroom.
- Uh-oh.

Yep.

Very uncomfortable.

I think maybe the coconuts
have got to him.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

OK.

I just had one of the worst poop
experiences of my entire life.

I think I went to the bathroom
16 times in one session,

just like groaning
in agony.

Oh.

- Are you OK?
- Barely.

- That was so unpleasant.
- Oh, I'm sorry.

The diarrhea just came
straight through me.

Oh, my God.

Like, just, I swear,
milky white,

just like the coconut water.

Oh, and I had like waves
of nausea,

I had to push it out.
Oh, my God, that was terrible.

Don't wanna do that again.

This coconut water,
it's coming in

just as fast as it's going out.

And it's making me nervous.

I can't believe we're
this late in the challenge

and we still haven't gotten
purified water.

We have to secure
some other water source.

God, now I don't wanna drink
more coconut water.

I had a rough moment last night.

These coconuts are not doing
my system well.

And while they still
taste delicious,

I'm wanting to drink
them less and less.

I need to find another source
of hydration.

- Just rain!
- I know, I know.

It's monsoon season out here
right now in Thailand,

but climates around the world
have been super unpredictable,

and this is proving to be
that as well.

It's been dry for days,
and the rain is our source

of fulfilling one of our major,
major, major needs right now,

which is water.

Dan and I have decided
to check out whether

the fresh water source
that he found the other day

is brackish or not.

- Fresh.
- Fresh.

All right.

Test number two is
creating a water container

to boil in.

Let me look over here.

I'm gonna take another look
at the bamboo grove today.

And I think we're gonna be able
to find some that are still

hung up, but sort
of freshly dead,

that aren't all splintered.

I know you can boil
in green bamboo,

but with no tools,

trying to cut into green bamboo
can be extremely dangerous.

When it's splintered,
it's just like dealing

with a bunch of little
razor blades.

So I wanna see first if this
works with dead bamboo.

- What about this one here?
- Here's the thicker end.

It looks quite solid.

We can burn right through
on either side of a node,

over here and over here.

And then I would have
this nice container.

I would bash through one
of the nodes right here,

and I would have a whole
big vessel.

I might be able to just boil
in it.

That'd be a good lot
of water, too.

Now that we have fire,

we can use fire to cut those
into drinking vessels

and vessels to boil water.
- Hot coals coming your way.

The plan is to build
a fire right here

and then burn through the center
of every other section.

In a minute, when this is
more burnt through,

I'll pick up that end
and try to break it.

OK.

- Oh, beautiful.
- Yeah, we burnt it.

Probably not the best day
for us to be working with fire

in this heat with the amount
we're sweating out,

just even standing here.

But we don't have much choice
in the matter.

This is what we have to do
this day to kind of ensure we're

gonna continue to survive
out here.

Fire is causing stress
fractures in the bamboo,

which could spell death
to a container to boil water in.

- Huh.
- I feel a little worried.

We're at a really high-risk
versus reward scenario

right now.

And if we've taken this higher
risk and we don't get

any reward, then our chances
of survival in this scenario

go downhill very quickly.

All right, Dan,
the moment of truth.

Please let something
work for water.

To boil this water,
we're going to tie the open end

of the bamboo up and angle it
down, and the entire section

that has water in it will be
right over the flames.

All right, here we go.

Cross your fingers and toes.

I'm crossing everything.

Once that's boiled,
it should be pretty nice.

I've drank plenty worse water.

Please work.

Ooh, it's warming up.

Like, I can feel the difference
in the temperature there.

I think it's starting
to steam as well.

It just needs to get hot
enough to boil because it takes

upwards of 70 degrees Celsius
to kill all viruses

and pathogens that are gonna
make us sick in that water.

Yeah.

- Oh, is the pot on fire?
- Yep.

Could you help me
really quick?

- Yeah.
- Kind of see

where it's tied there.

- Yeah.
- I'm gonna just, like,

rotate it.

- Thanks.
- Should we put it out?

I mean, it's gonna catch
on fire.

Ooh.

- Yeah, hear that?
- Yeah.

Check out
the size of this split.

It's huge.
These kind of stress fractures,

exactly what I'm worried about.

Water-- it's already wet here,
which means water is coming out.

It's leaking.
[bleep].

- Badly?
- Yeah.

OK.
How close are we to boil?

- Not close enough.
- All right.

I don't think it's done.
I don't think it's gonna work.

[bleep].

Yeah, we best get it
off the fire.

.

Ugh.
All that energy we burnt today.

Seriously.

God damn it!

I don't think there's
any other time

in my entire "Naked and Afraid"
career where I've been

afraid like this,
that I might not make it

to the end of a challenge.

My stomach's gonna pay
for this tonight.

That I might have to be
tapped out for dehydration

is very, very scary.

It's the afraid part
of "Naked and Afraid"

is hitting me right now.

And there are very few times
I've experienced that,

to be honest.

It was so close.

This place is
just a hellscape!

It's a crazy storm,
wherever it is.

It sounds like it's coming
from the south.

Yeah, I think.

More rain!

Is it raining?

Real rain?

Like a little bit.

That it's rain.

- Whoo!
- Oh, my God!

- Finally raining!
- Oh, my goodness!

- Whoo!
- Whoo-hoo-hoo!

That is rain!

Whoo!

- Oh, my God!
- It's finally raining!

Oh my goodness!
Whoo!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Rainin' for real now.

So far,
the shelter's holding up.

I'm hoping our rain traps are
filling up.

Check it out.

Oh, it's working!
Yes!

Oh, my God.

Dan, we-- we did it!
Look at this!

- Oh, my God, you have to try it.
- Yeah.

Amazing!

I love it when a good
theory works.

This is the rain we needed.

Yeah!

Yay!

We're at the halfway
point today.

We're at day seven.

It hasn't rained
once up until now.

It's possible it won't rain
once up until we leave.

We needed this thing to work
right the first time,

and it worked,
and worked perfectly,

and I could not be more happy.

I mean, we're not
out of the woods,

if it never rains again, but--

- You like the water?
- Yeah.

Yum, that's good.

I'll drink this one
and give it back.

All right.

Finally, I'm feeling hydrated,
which is making me feel good.

I feel strong.
My mind is in it.

And I'm excited for the rest
of this challenge.

There are a ton of crabs
in the intertidal area here,

which is a great food source.

So I wanna make a spear to be
able to dab them.

- Whoa.
- Perfect.

- Look at that.
- Boom!

- That went really well.
- It's great.

With this bamboo, I'm making
a four-pronged spear.

You take the end of it,
split it two ways with a rock,

in this case, normally a knife.

Put down some sticks as wedges
to spread the four prongs apart

and tie it shut.

This creates four different
points that are spread apart,

giving you a lot more
surface area to be able

to catch something.

Pow!

Might as well test this out.

Got one.

- Got him.
- Got him.

Delicious.

Look at all these crabs.
We're eating good.

We are into the thriving
stage now.

We are spreading out,

taking advantage
of the resources around us,

and eating like champs.

Like, we feel like we are
completely set right now.

We know we can thrive out here.

We have fire, food,
shelter, water.

It really feels
like we've made it.

Cheers.

Gonna have a little sip of this
water before we go to bed,

you want some?
- Yeah [bleep].

So we've just discovered
that the water in our reservoirs

has become stagnant
or gone off somehow.

I mean, it smells kind of bad.
It tastes a little bit funny.

And I'm actually
really worried.

I mean, stagnant water,

is that gonna make us sick?
- It's not great.

Like maybe bacteria
that could grow in it

because it's stagnant, right?

Yeah, correct.

I can't believe we're still
battling this water situation.

Tomorrow, we're gonna have
to start building our raft

if we wanna get out of here.

And in this heat and sun,
it's gonna require

a lot of hydration.

I'm actually getting
pretty concerned

that if we don't sort
this water situation out soon,

we might not even
make it to the end.

Ugh!

Today we start our raft build,

which is going to be
an exhausting project.

It's gonna be a long,
hot day to harvest

raft materials.
- Yeah, it is.

It's heating up already.

The water in our reservoir
is starting to smell

and taste a bit off.

And drinking stagnant water
is one of the riskiest things

you could do on a challenge.
So we are praying for rain.

If we just get
one good rain now,

it could fill up everything

and we can really
just concentrate our focus

on the task at hand,
which is to get off this island.

Let's do a drawing.

What we were imagining is five

to six pieces of bamboo
plus the two outriggers.

This raft that we're building
is going to be

like a catamaran.

It's going to have five or six
pieces of long bamboo

in the middle that we sit on,
a beam in front and a beam

in back,
connecting to two stabilizers,

one on either side.

And that will help us maintain
stability in the open ocean

and stay buoyant.

I think it'll move through
the water better as well.

- Oh, absolutely.
- OK.

- Yep.
- Good plan.

You can build a raft with tools.

I've done this
many times before.

It really does require a saw
or a knife, but I do think part

of the key of Dan and I being
able to get to this level

of success is
our problem-solving

and adaptability.

Fire is our only tool
we need today.

We're going to use
the fire method

to cut the pieces of bamboo.

Right there.

We've already collected
a bunch of cordage.

All we need to do is burn
the pieces to the right size

and lash 'em together,
and I think we're gonna have

a nice ocean-going raft.

There's one.

- One down.
- Seven to go.

Dan's brilliant plan
of two at a time.

Jesus!
How's the penis?

Fine.

She's durable.
What can I say?

Trying to do all this
without being hydrated

makes me a bit nervous,

especially in this
heat of the day.

Yeah.

And then that's five wide.

Plenty of room for us
to sit in the middle.

This is a part you don't wanna
just phone in.

When we've left this island,
our lives will depend

on how much attention to detail
we've done now,

and I'm gonna overkill it.

All right.

Welcome to your
evacuation vehicle.

Beautiful.

I just need a second.
I gotta hydrate.

Yeah, why don't you sit
for a second?

It has been a hell of a day,
but it is really concerning.

You can see there's
not a rain cloud in the sky.

There is not a cloud
in the sky again.

Say we try to boil this
again in dead bamboo,

but not let it catch on fire.

We've got a brutal
extraction coming up

and we really need water.

And it's not a really smart
survival strategy to just hope

to the gods for more rain.

So we need to pivot now
and figure out how to fix this.

We know that you can
boil water in bamboo,

just not exactly sure how.

Yeah, I guess as long
as it's suspended over coals,

not over the flame.

Well, how far off the coals
do you think it should be?

I think a couple of inches
off the coals.

Otherwise, the heat's not gonna
be enough, I don't think.

If we apply heat to the casing
without flame, we've got a good

chance of getting a boil.

What do you think about that?

I think it looks good.

I also think a smaller
container is probably better,

'cause it's gonna be able
to heat the water up faster,

and then it's not
as susceptible

to the heat for as long.

- Uh-oh.
- What?

It started to split
a little bit.

Oh, no.

Even though
it wasn't on flames,

but I just raise it up
a little higher.

We can go even slower.

OK.

Oh, gosh.

- This is desperation right here.
- See the splits?

Yeah.

Stress fractures.

I'm really trying not to get
my hopes up.

Normally, heading into
extraction, you're hoping

for a big protein win,

but this is the first time
in any of my challenges

where we just need water.

- Water is very hot, though.
- Is it?

- It burns me, yeah.
- Amazing.

Ky and I are sitting
by this fire, dehydrated,

I'm feeling headach-y again,

and everything is riding
on getting this water

to boil right now.

It's leaking a little bit.

Just don't look
at the back, Dan.

Just don't look at the back.

I think we're about
to have a burst.

Welcome to "What Kind
of Survivalist Are You,"

the bed edition.
We have two options here.

Firstly, we have
the more minimalist approach,

which is just

some bamboo slats
off the ground.

It's pretty uncomfortable.

So it's minimalist,
took me no effort at all,

and I can sleep pretty well
throughout the night.

Next, we're going to introduce
you to the Dan Link special.

I am a fluffy,
wonderful bed of sand

with a coconut husk hip divot...
- Ooh!

...extending at least
eight inches down,

cushioning your hip
like you were

on a pillow-top mattress.

This comes with a slight risk
of scorpion and centipede,

but a tenfold return
in sleep productivity.

Those, folks,
are your two options.

Are you a uncomfortable
bamboo minimalist?

Or are you a pillow-top sand,
comfort artist?

Take your pick.

- See the splits?
- Yeah.

Stress fractures.
It's leaking a little bit.

I think we're about
to have a burst.

Are we?

It sounds like
it's boiling though.

- Can you hear that bubbling?
- Yeah.

- I think that is boiling.
- You think?

Yeah.

- Oh, it is bubbling.
- Yes!

Boiling water!

All the pathogens and bacteria
and viruses are now destroyed.

Yay!
That's huge.

That's another day
of living out here, Dan.

- Easy.
- Good job!

That's a big relief.

I am so proud that we can
boil water.

I'm not worried about rationing
water for the first time

in this challenge.

That...

means we can thrive.
- OK.

No matter what the weather does,
we've got water handled.

Now we can drink water,
we can be hydrated,

and we're set.

We've got everything we need
now for extraction.

What does it taste like?

It tastes like bathwater,
leaves, and sustainability.

All right!

All right!
Time to go.

Thank you for keeping us warm
from day three.

It's always bittersweet leaving
these places,

because you've basically set up
a home.

And I made it with no tools,
so that just makes it

even better.

All right.

- Whoo!
- Whoo!

Nice.

All right, well,
she floats for now.

The way I think,
it's not over till it's over.

I've had too many extractions
where I feel like

I only just made it out.
So I'm nervous about the raft.

I'm nervous about these bamboo
poles lasting 'cause we just

had to pick them up
off the ground

rather than chop
new ones for ourselves.

So I'm concerned
they might be rotten,

and I'm worried that Dan and I

are gonna end up
swimming out there.

She seems solid.

So I just think we head out

into one of these deep channels
and shipping lanes.

- I mean, that's our best bet.
- That's our only bet.

Without a map, Ky and Dan
must paddle across three miles

of open ocean to the nearest
shipping lane.

With rough seas and winds
gusting up to 25 knots,

they'll have to time
their route perfectly in order

to locate their rescue vessel
and signal for help.

If they miss it,
they could drift for days.

All right.
Let's get out there.

Tide's coming in,
so we might need to paddle

quite strongly to get out.

It is more windy out here!

These waves are getting bigger.

I'm glad we put
these stabilizers on.

These waves are getting crazy!

We're working hard to get
out into this shipping lane.

The closer we get
into the open ocean,

the bigger the waves get.

They're smashing
our raft around,

and I'm hoping she'll hold.

Let's get to extraction.

I am going as strong as I can.

Ooh.

It's so hot out here.

And we're getting
dehydrated quickly in the sun.

Yeah, I'm tired.

Oof!

- Dan, is that sails?
- Something.

- It's sails! Whoo!
- Whoo!

- Over there!
- Yeah!

Oh, they've seen us!
They're waving!

Yay, Dan!

It's this big
steel-hulled sailboat,

and it is veering
straight towards us.

Whoo!

We realize this is what's
going to bring us to rescue,

and we are just
beside ourselves.

- Whoo!
- Thank you!

We've been on that island
for a while!

- Weeks!
- For weeks!

Yeah!
Whoo!

Dan!
Whoo!

- We did it!
- Whoo!

- Yes!
- Oh, my God.

No Tools Challenge completes!

We crushed it!

These 14 days were
the most challenging I faced

since I started
my "Naked and Afraid" journey.

I've been picturing this moment

for months and months
and months now.

I've been calling myself
a primitive survivalist

for six, seven years now.

And I've learned a lot
about surviving out here.

Yes!
Yes!

Whoo!

But year one of that, I don't
think I would have been able

to handle this challenge.
It required a lot of knowledge.

Ky and I came out here,
and we're so aligned

with no tools.

It didn't come
without struggle.

It didn't come without
challenges and having to find

novel solutions to all
these different problems.

But we were able to thrive.

We've turned what was
completely unknown,

what was thought to be nearly
impossible

into the possible.

Dan lost 16 pounds
and maintains his perfect

primitive survival
rating of 10.0.

Completing this challenge
brings his total survival days

to 199.

- I'm so proud of you.
- I'm proud of you.

I'm proud of us.

Oh,

The best partner
I could have asked for.

- Me too.
- Undisputed queen

of "Naked and Afraid"
right here.

Well, I don't know about that.

It was so much harder to meet
every single basic need

without a tool.

Yeah, baby!

Everything that could take
minutes with tools took hours,

even days, without them.

There are a lot of things
that made Dan and I

a really strong team.

We both try and see the positive
of the worst situation.

I've never seen
lightning like that.

Dan, you did it!

I think our partnership has
evolved nicely.

This challenge has just
strengthened those bonds

and shown us both that we can
rely on each other

for anything.

We are capable of living
without anything.

It's just the doubt of ourselves
that prevents us from trying.

You decide the path
you wanna walk.

I did that.
I can do anything.

Ky lost six pounds,
and her PSR rises to 9.9.

Her total survival days
completed climbs to 155.

- Yeah! Whoo!
- Whoo!

[bleep] yeah!

No Tools Challenge complete!