All language subtitles for Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E05 (Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E05) (ENGLISH)

Previously on the World's Toughest Race,
the harsh weather conditions of day four

wreaked havoc on the 59
remaining teams, making

their way through the
11-day, 671-kilometer race.

We're having a hard time, but
I've got us to just keep going.

The difficult terrain
challenged every athlete's

will to push through pain
and continue the race.

Any time we're
hoping to potentially get

back, it's being washed
out the window here.

While some teams
prevailed, the teams at the

back of the pack
struggled to stay in the race.

The Billy Billy was sitting up on top of
the water, now it's sitting in the water.

We were paddling as hard as we possibly
could and still just moving so slow.

So we were the last one
in under the cutoff last night.

The dark zone of the Whitewater Rapids
allowed teams Gippsland Adventure and Tiki

Tour to catch up to race
leaders New Zealand.

It's a bit of a challenge.

It's a bit of bad luck for us.

By stopping the race, it
brings teams back together

that you had basically
got out of sight of.

And after a day of neck-and-neck racing,
the three teams at the front of the pack

checked into Camp 3 at Luta Village
for a mandatory 90-minute rest period.

There's a real special rivalry
between Australia and New

Zealand, and we'd just so dearly
love to beat them and Tiki Tour.

Hopefully, they'll start to
buckle towards the end.

At this point, it's
anyone's race.

After stopping at Camp 3 for a mandatory
90-minute rest period, Team New Zealand

has been trekking along Leg 4 for the past
four hours in an attempt to permanently

separate themselves
from the other front-runner

teams who are still
sleeping back at camp.

It is nice to be in the lead because
then you're going at your own speed,

and I think mentally it puts you
in a good headspace as well.

But you've got to be willing to take
some risks, and I think if we can get away

while the rest of the
teams are sleeping,

this could be a major,
major part of the race.

Is it possible we've come
off higher up straight?

I guess I feel this
is a bad option here.

Let's just go.

Covering more than 80 kilometres in
total distance, Leg 4, the Highland leg,

begins with a trek from Camp
3 to the base of Vua Falls.

It's here that teams must
ascend over 1,000 vertical miles.

This is the most difficult part of the
race, where teams have to climb vertical

feet up the face of the
falls while navigating

over slippery rocks and
through ice-cold water.

This climb is the most
physically demanding section

of the race, where one
false move could be fatal.

If teams can make it to
the top of the falls, they'll

be rewarded with their
fourth medallion of the race.

And look, you just get this incredible
view here of the Vua Falls, and the team

are going to be coming
up this river valley.

This terrain is
brutal underfoot.

At this stage, after almost 60
kilometres of jungle trekking behind them,

this is going to
break many teams.

Next, a series of bouldering fields
and rope climbs will lead teams to an

eight-kilometre swim in frigid
waters in the pools above Vua Falls.

From there, teams will paddleboard 16
kilometres and then begin a 50-kilometre

trek through the highlands of the
Solikana Valley until they reach Camp 4.

After completing a five-hour jungle trek,
traversing the 1,000-foot rope climb up

the face of the falls at night is a
high-stakes, high-reward gamble that could

put New Zealand in the
driver's seat of the race, if

they've got the stamina to
complete this daunting task.

Do you know which
race is the easier, harder?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

All right.

Oh, that's fine.

That's fine.

Performing this climb in the dark inflicts
a level of sensory deprivation upon the

racers that makes every
aspect of conquering

the terrain more difficult
and more dangerous.

For us to win this race, we sort of
look for what our team sort of calls a

race-winning opportunity,
and the time is now.

We know there's teams bringing
down our neck, but, first of

all, they've got to catch us
and then they've got to pass us.

If we want to continue to be a champion
team, I just think you have to just suck

it up and push on, and I think
our team is very good at doing that.

I often think that if I'm
suffering, then so will everyone

else be through this section,
so it's probably a good thing.

After several hours of
strenuous climbing in the dark,

Team New Zealand finally
reaches the summit of Vua Falls.

They've sacrificed getting any
rest to secure their fourth medallion.

Oh, look what I found.

Pure gold.

How good does that feel?

We were successful, but, yeah,
just a bit slower going than we

anticipated, so we're just sort of hoping
to get through and get a bit of sleep

before we've got light, but I
suspect we'll be still out there

in the light and have to sleep
during the day or something.

We'll see what happens.

Are we doing any more reps now?

Yeah.

So, apparently, we're going
to be being prepared to swim.

We basically follow the stream on upward
for another 6 or 7km, so I'm guessing

it'll take a while, given
what it's like earlier.

We'll find out.

Cheers.

160km behind the race leaders,
the teams at the back of the pack are

finishing the Jungle Lake
as they pull into Camp 2.

Team Able Able's arrives
ahead of the day 5, 12.30pm

cut-off time after a gnarly
40km mountain bike section.

Cold.

You need those wet clothes off.

It's cold all of a sudden.

I literally spent, like, 12 and
a half hours sitting in water.

Just sitting in water.

Yeah.

Like, really, really?

Whole body.

Was it really, really horrible?

Yeah.

We literally were
treading so much water.

Teams were passing us.

Their entire boat and
self were out of the water.

Like, their feet
weren't even in water.

When you're out there
by yourself and you're

just grinding away, it
can get really tough.

Camp is such a mental reboost.

It helps so much, physically,
mentally, everything.

They're exhausting.

And I've told them labor
and delivery of a baby

will be nothing compared
to eager challenge.

It's so hard.

Team Kukuri Warriors has
spent the last eight hours

on bikes battling the Fijian
jungle to finish leg two.

It's been an incredible journey.

But it's been hard.

I mean, Nash, me, and
obviously the team, we got

our bikes, like, one
week before getting here.

But we've never done more
than 20, 30 k's on a bike.

So we did struggle
because it's so long and fast.

But I'm just amazed how everybody's
body is pushing them through right now.

And, yeah, it gives
me a lot of energy.

Keep, keep progressing
as camps come by.

Running on just a few
hours' sleep in the last five

days, Team Onyx reaches
Camp 2 in a state of exhaustion.

We made it to Camp 2.

However many days of
racing this has been, it wasn't

necessarily any easier
than the first couple days.

It had its own unique
set of challenges.

It was a long, long day.

Hey, Dr. Bob.

And finally, Team Stray Dogs,
the oldest team still competing,

arrives in last place after
biking more than ten hours.

Welcome to Camp 2.

The cut-offs so far have
really tested this team,

and it's only going to
get more challenging.

Because the course is difficult and
tricky, we are ending up near the cut-offs.

It's a very fine balance between
pushing your teammates too hard

and backing off so much that
you just aren't making the time.

Because of the ravages of a few extra
years, we are really trying to get each

other through this, because we know it's
easy to break these weary bodies of ours.

We're all kind of
in weeks of sleep.

Team New Zealand is over 100
kilometers ahead of teams that

are just now starting the
Navua River Whitewater Rapids.

That's a lead of almost
two full days of racing.

As the rafting dark zone
opens at 6 a.m., the first team

to emerge are the race
veteran women of Atena, Brazil.

Gula!

Who

are you going to ride?

It's Weinbogen, Weinbogen.

Do you know anybody there?

We've got a family.

Because we're going
to need help there.

Yeah, no worries.

There's people
there, down there.

Thank you.

The hospitality of Fijian
people was amazing.

They are so genuine,
so natural, so happy.

Gula, Gula, come here.

Glad to see, you know, and glad to
touch your hand, glad to make you smile.

They want to help.

They are special people.

Right, see you guys.

Gula!

As best friends in college,
the dynamic women on team

Atena, Brazil first started
eco-challenge racing in 2002.

This is the only team.

In the challenge with
three female members.

I did this race 17 years ago.

Before it was just me,
you know, I was a daughter.

Now I'm a mother.

So when you're a mother,
things change completely.

What I want my kids to say
about me, that I was a life eater.

I don't know, that I lived
my life very intensely.

If you see something
you have to pull to your

side, you take it here
and pull to the side.

The fourth member of team
Atena, Brazil, José, is filling

in for a very important
teammate who couldn't be here.

His wife, Cris.

When we used to race four girls in Brazil,
Cris, she used to be one of our teammates.

She used to be our coach also.

She taught us how to be strong, you
know, and not complaining about life.

Never.

And four years ago she
passed away from cancer.

And it has been a long
time that we are now racing.

And when we had the opportunity
to bring the team back together

again, there isn't a better
chance to do something for her.

We still have her in our hearts.

And throughout the race we're going
to remember her all the time for sure.

74 kilometers behind
team Atena, Brazil.

Back at Camp 2, teams are
starting to depart for the river leg.

This leg starts with teams mountain
biking over 59 kilometers of varied and

unforgiving terrain to reach the
starting point for the river rafting.

You feel great, you feel great.

Let's rock and roll, bitches.

I'll be waiting
at the next stop.

Let's do it.

Team Costa Rica,
extraordinary team.

Extraordinary in the sense
that we have the same pura vida.

And pura vida means pure life and it means
everything is awesome, everything is joy.

We're all friends, we
grew up together, we're

constantly spending times
and adventures together.

We share this passion
for being joyful, for

taking on life, and it's
what keeps us going.

I think that's a really strong element
inside of us that binds this team together.

The first all-African-American team in Eco
Challenge history, Team Onyx is using Camp

2 to rejuvenate themselves
before the next leg.

Up to last night, I think we
all had four hours of sleep

and four days is basically
what we've been living on.

So we just got about
five hours of sleep.

Outside of that, you
can't ask for more.

Five hours doesn't sound like much when
you go at home in your sleep, but when you

do something like this, five hours
is two days worth of sleep in one.

So we're feeling good.

I just found out that they
have a very good team.

It's a very long trek coming up, and
it's in the mountains, so I'm so excited.

This is finally my element.

I'm extremely proud to
be representing the U.S.

in Eco Challenge Fiji.

Back home, I run as a professional
trail mountain ultra runner.

I've done multiple 100Ks,
50 miles, 50K races.

Now I, you know, race
as an openly gay man, but I

didn't come out until I
was almost 26 years old.

I've had a big platform to stand on and
just kind of be an advocate for the LGBTQ

community in the endurance world along
with the black community, all people of

color, to show them, like,
hey, get out, be outside, go

do these just awesome
experiences that are out there.

Get another medallion.

I'm ready for this.

Yes.

Just outside of Namuamua
Village, Team Able Ables

must navigate the first
of a few river crossings.

Located along the
mountain bike trail.

What are we doing?

I just think we
should walk in a line.

Then stop.

So I am stopping.

I'm just trying to make a hole so you
guys can get through those boulders.

Being a captain and being a father
on the same team is like a razor's edge.

You just grab onto the bike or
me and my arm and we go, okay?

There's really a conflict here in terms of
looking out for the safety of my daughters

as a father versus making choices as a
team as to do we go forward to the river?

Do we go around?

Do we look for a better spot?

Almost there.

Almost there.

I care about them more
than I would a normal racer.

They're my own blood.

I feel a humongous amount of
pressure in terms of when I'm

going to push them and have
them push through adversity or not.

And I'm going to look out for them
before I want to go find a checkpoint.

What's up, ladies?

Next is a bitch of a car.

Every mountain has a summit.

Doesn't last... Every
climb has a top.

Doesn't last forever.

Right?

Yeah.

Sure.

She says with a bit of a tone.

Just a smidge.

Not far from Team Abel
Ables, Team Kokuri Warriors are

having their own issues with
the mountain bike section.

Just want to get past
this smoke bike section.

And then I'm rolling.

I'm not a very fond of
mountain biking, going uphill.

Going down is crazy
because you're flying.

But, yeah, just pulling this thing
up puts a lot of weight on you.

But, yeah, we just keep taking
one step at a time, I suppose.

Keep that breathing going.

Don't want to die here.

So, yeah, keeping that pace.

And maintaining it
for the next leg, too.

So, below me are the
Kokuri twins from India.

And they represent all those brave women in
India who are fighting for gender equality.

This is their first
world's toughest race

and it's definitely been
a struggle for them.

But they're still in and
they are still fighting.

Yay!

130 kilometres to the north-west at the
Gaganura Falls, Team New Zealand is

finishing the final section
of the ropes course.

After more than eight hours of navigating
the slippery rocks and ice-cold water,

it has proven a monumental task
for these endurance race veterans.

I haven't done an adventure
race in the last four years.

My husband Nick
and I had two children.

And then I stepped back and
took on a new role as being a mum.

And that is hard, you know,
changing your own ideas.

Changing your own identity.

And, you know, losing
that sort of independence.

Before kids, I could train
whenever I wanted to.

Now, when I am out training,
I spend most of the time

thinking about how I need to
hurry up and get back home again.

There's a lot of
guilt that goes on.

And in terms of preparing myself
for the task, it has been really hard.

I'm racing with three
super-strong, super-talented guys.

And I have a lot of doubt
in my ability to complete

the race to a level that I
would be satisfied with.

It wasn't that long ago that I was sitting
on the couch, you know, breastfeeding.

How's it going?

Getting a bit tired.

But, yeah, it's just taken a
lot longer than we expected.

As soon as you got back home.

I know, it's just like very slimy rocks and
you can't really see that much at night.

How far do you
think you're ahead?

Oh, no idea.

No idea, actually.

Could be a few hours, but
they would have had some sleep.

So we just push on without any.

Yeah, we're pretty much at
the top of the rope stuff and

the tape leads us to here
and we've got to go that way.

Well, shall we get swimming?

Get this over with?

Oh, really?

Awesome.

My favourite early
morning pastime.

Jungle looks pretty
much impenetrable.

Well, which one, mate?

I'm going to take this off.

I'm just going to
brave the cold.

Team New Zealand has been trekking
and climbing all night and at this point,

sleep deprivation will
definitely affect their

ability to navigate this
section of the course.

For the next eight kilometres, they
must swim and trek through these

bone-chilling waters
where the water

temperature hovers at
58 degrees Fahrenheit.

This is the most
brutal part of leg four.

Once teams hit the piercing water,
the dense jungle serves as a barricade

that keeps them submerged
for most of the route.

If they can reach this bit, get out of the
water, push on to that next checkpoint,

it's going to really be like downhill
towards the end of this race.

But realistically, this cold jungle water
at this elevation, we're going to see

teams quitting, in terms of morale,
and just not being able to go any further.

Eight and a half kilometres behind Team
New Zealand, Team Gippsland of Australia

is in second place as they charge
up this treacherous 500-metre climb.

I'm feeling good, so keep going.

We have a great rivalry,
Australia and New Zealand, but

last night we chose to take
quite a long four-hour sleep.

Now we're going to
catch back up to the lead.

And, yeah, knock off the Kiwis.

I know that our ledge is pretty
good, but it could be slippery.

Yeah, yeah, I have one too.

Climbing during daylight hours after a
good night's rest appears to be helping to

narrow the distance
behind Team New Zealand.

But Rua Falls isn't called
the Widowmaker for nothing.

One slip on this, and it's over.

I'm racing with my
wife, Catherine Preston.

We've been racing together
for probably 10 or 12 years now.

Catherine is one of the
strengths of our team.

Like, she's a real hidden talent
that not a lot of people know of.

Go, go, go!

She's one of the strongest
athletes in the sport.

But even for the best climbers, the
wet, slippery, near-vertical boulders

of Rua Falls present a supreme
test of both strength and skill.

Three more metres!

Let's try and move
efficiently ourselves.

That's the idea.

RUA FALLS With the
skills of Team Gippsland,

Team Canada has
moved into third place.

They're optimistic about
overtaking the Australians, but Rua

Falls has cursed these Eco
Challenge veterans in the past.

The top of Rua Falls, that's exactly
where our team dropped out in 2002.

We were doing reasonably well, but we
contracted a jungle foot rot on our feet.

It became so painful that we had
to drop out, and it was crushing.

It was kind of like it is now.

It was a very big part of our lives,
and we really wanted it to work out.

We just took a couple
of wrong turns and lost

a few places, so it's
a bit disappointing.

Progress was pretty slow because
of the slippiness of the rocks.

I think Tom suddenly thought we might
have missed the turn-off to get up to the

highlands, so we went back
down, probably for about 20 minutes,

and then realised, actually, we probably
hadn't missed it, and went back up again.

So that was another
40 minutes just like that.

Gone.

100 kilometres back at the Navua River,
the veteran members of Team Costa Rica are

facing their most intense
moment of this entire challenge.

Her comeback, I don't know if you know
this, it's important to say, Veronica died

and was brought back
to life in a competition,

a rafting section
of a competition.

I arrived with a lot of fear
because many years ago I

had drowned and I was
reanimated in an adventure race.

So when I arrived at the rafting
section, I was like, God, I'm so scared.

Where are you from?

This is the front, Veronica is in the
middle, or a little closer, behind me,

so I can get close
and Gary is in the front.

I'm going hard.

Veronica's attitude
is extraordinary.

She is unique in the sense
that she is so adaptable.

She's always willing to do her best
and try to help us in any way and that

characteristic is very special
in a team because you're

going to adapt to what
everybody is feeling at some point.

I told Eduardo, I don't
know how I'm going to

act if we turn around
because I'm desperate.

And he told me, don't
worry, you're going to be in

front of me and I'll grab
you and throw you the boat.

I think you're going to be in front of me
and I'll grab you and throw you the boat.

Then the moment comes and you realize
that maybe that's what resilience is for,

to overcome obstacles
throughout your life.

Adventure challenges
always pay off with more

emotion, so I'm always
going to want more.

104 kilometers back, only
one team remains at Camp 2.

Team Onyx The Riverlegs is
the absolute last team to depart.

Every other team has already
left Camp 2 and begun the Riverleg,

which starts off with a
demanding mountain bike section.

The biggest challenge, I think, was
just all the mishaps that were happening.

One of the recent sections where
we had the billy-billy started to sink.

And so we lost two hours, but
we're still charging, we're still together.

So we were looking forward
to this section where it

was on land mostly and
showing people what we could do.

Woo-hoo!

Great pace, guys, great pace.

Leaving Camp 2, going to Camp 3, you had
25, 30 miles of big roads in the mountains.

You have these great
views, really steep uphills.

So I was really excited for that because
I felt that our team could make up a lot of

time since we have a lot of strong runners
and hikers and cyclists on the team.

Lovely!

Loving the hills, loving the
jungle, painting like a panther.

Get to the top of every one.

Some you walk, some you ride,
some you scream down here.

Leaving Camp 2, teams must first complete
a hilly 68-kilometer mountain bike trail

through the jungle, and this ascends
over 1,750 meters in elevation.

And just the
scale of this jungle.

I mean, these
teams are, like, tiny.

The people are literally
like tiny little pimp-fricks.

You know, and just...

If you set a normal person
down in this and said, go five

kilometers, 99% of the world's
population would be broken.

Recent rains combined with heavy traffic
from the lead teams who've already passed

through have transformed this red
volcanic clay into a muddy red muck.

I'm a cyclist, and I'm an
ultra-marathon runner, but

Eco Challenge really is the
toughest race in the world.

The soupy red sludge
is pushing first-time Eco

Challenge competitors,
mad mares, to their limits.

This is a hill that never ends.

It's about 34, 35 degrees.

Humid as hell.

Coming up to probably a 9,000-metre
elevation in total of what we've done.

That's just on this leg.

So, including the last 24
hours, we're well over 10,000.

This just hurts.

And it's hot.

They said 1,700 worth
of incline for this leg.

They didn't talk
about the mud, though.

Good work, Jane.

What did I think of the
mountain biking section?

Um, we're hoping to do it, you know,
conservatively in about eight hours.

So, we're on our way to try and beat
a dark zone at the whitewater rafting.

So, you have to get
there before a certain time.

Otherwise, you're locked
out until the next morning.

But, uh, it looks like
we won't make it, so...

Ow.

You good?

There'll be more
suffering, I'm sure of it.

Oh, let's go home.

No, I'm kidding.

Let's finish.

Oh, let's do it.

Let's do it.

Mace, can you believe it?

There's mud here.

Yeah.

This is the Eco Challenge way.

Below us now is Team Endure.

And you can't help but be
moved by their incredible story.

And, you know, Mark is one of the pioneers,
one of the old school of this sport.

And he's recently been
diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

And this really is probably
going to be his last race.

Travis, his son, who's one of the fittest
guys out there, he's given up his chance

to try and win this, to
race alongside his father.

Watch this, guys.

Watch that bamboo.

Mountain biking uphill,
Dad is in his element.

He is just a badass dude who
can handle just about everything.

Dad, pause for a second.

I'll un-jam that wheel.

Yeah, that's bad.

Just man with it.

You can do a little dirt.

Being out here with my dad, I kept
thinking of this memory of when I was a

kid, every night Dad and I would walk
into the woods, taking our dogs for a walk.

You know, darkness in the woods.

And I was a kid, and I
just remember thinking...

How can Dad not be afraid?

Walking around here in the dark in the
woods, we got bears, we got mountain lions.

How can you not be afraid?

And I would reach into his
pocket and grab his hand.

And I would get
this feeling of...

It's going to be okay.

I'm here with my dad,
and it's going to be okay.

The good news is there is a
shower at the end of this somewhere.

I can't tell you how many times,
whether it was me or a teammate,

or most likely some
random person, in a race,

you know, at a transition
area or something.

They're struggling, and they're not going
to make it through, and they want to stop.

Man, Mark Macy goes
over there and talks to him.

You okay, Trav?

I'm good.

You got to do it.

Either do it or go home.

That's not a choice.

And boom, they're back up and they make it
through, and they get to the finish line,

and they find him, and they say,
Thank you, Mark, for getting me here.

Good job, Mace.

And I'm a better person
because I kept going.

Good job, guys.

Good job, guys.

Back at the start of the mud section,
team Abel Abels reaches checkpoint 15.

So this next mountain bike section
is basically Billy Billy Squared.

Just an FYI.

What?

It's like peanut butter, and you're going
to be wanting to carry... The whole way?

A lot of it.

One of the teams said it
took them like 10 hours.

Those are good
lead teams, right?

It's all good.

We're done at 10 tonight.

You'll be fine.

Then you'll have lots of sleep.

Yeah, we're good.

Okay, Ash, you've
got to hustle up.

I don't understand why you're
just always such a drill sergeant.

Because you move in slow motion.

When we get cut, you're going to
feel really shitty about being such a brat.

Yeah?

You think so?

I feel like I'm sitting in the station
wagon on the way to vacation with you guys.

You have no idea.

I'm off.

Poor Fletcher.

We're going square.

That's a great and a
horrible way of putting it.

150 kilometers from the teams at the back
of the pack, race frontrunners Team New

Zealand have finally reached dry land
and are headed towards checkpoint 22.

After almost 13 hours of navigating
the treacherous terrain along leg four,

the teams have finally The decision to
push through the night with zero sleep has

negatively affected this team's pace,
and spending the last few hours in the

freezing waterways of
the jungle has lowered their

body core temperatures
to dangerously low levels.

And physically now,
they are struggling.

Welcome to checkpoint.

Good job, guys.

We have a warming tent for you.

Okay.

We have food.

So... Cool.

The team is standing by in a warming
hut at checkpoint 22 to assess each team's

ability to continue the
race after completing the

incredibly difficult track
through the freezing waters.

It gets seriously
cold there at night.

There are blankets if anybody
wants to grab a blanket.

We are just at the midway stage of a long
trek, and we've basically spent the last,

not quite a day, but close to, in
and out of waterways, and we've just

been getting It's getting
increasingly cold, and having

to swim quite long distances
with packs and things.

And the rocks are just
so incredibly slippery,

you can't even stand up
on them or walk on them.

So it's been
really, really taxing.

Really, really slow going.

And we've all gotten
quite cold along the way.

But very, very grateful for
my second hot cup of coffee.

Pleased to be here and put
on some warm, dry clothes.

This is a huge test right
now for Team New Zealand.

They are completely drained.

But they have to find
the strength to push on.

If they can't, the teams chasing
them may catch them very soon.

Having already conquered Vua Falls,
Team Gippsland in second place is now only

a few kilometres behind New Zealand and is
attacking the near-freezing waters of the

Creek Pools, the stand between them
and the warming hut at Checkpoint 22.

You were so hot just a moment ago and
now you're swimming with your pack through

these never-ending pools of freezing
cold water, which we didn't expect in Fiji.

And we just wanted to keep
moving well and limit our mistakes.

But we have to just keep pushing and keep
pushing all the way to the finish line.

100 kilometres back, which is
over 40 hours of racing, teams

are making their way to the
Nauvoo River to begin the race.

They're rafting 30
kilometres of Class 3 rapids.

Team Curl in the house!

Grey.

Grey's cute.

I like this.

Light-hearted Santa Cruz surfers,
Team Curl, are progressing through this

challenge with their
own unique motivation.

Ah, rafting, first
time together.

We were toying with this dynamic of,
like, how competitive do we want to be?

And also, of course we wanted to finish,
but more importantly, I think we just

wanted to experience
what is Eco Challenge in Fiji.

Oh, look at that.

Wow.

You must really love your job.

I have the best job.

I get to see really,
really gross beef.

We decided we're going to do
it our way, which means having

fun and just encourage each
other with slapstick humour.

Winning hearts and minds.

Dude, I'm putting your filthy
ball of dirt up here next to you.

Dirt bag.

This looks like... wow.

Whoo!

All right.

All right, let's get wet.

Whoo!

It's fun to be a
part of Team Curl.

Like, curly hair
just in itself is weird.

Like, every day you wake up and you
don't know what you're going to have.

Sometimes I have a
Q-tip on my head, and

sometimes I have, like,
long, like, surfer hair.

I never know who I'm
going to be when I wake up.

I think all the curly people out there
know exactly what I'm talking about.

And if you don't, go get a perm.

100km ahead, Team Gippsland is finally
completing the near-freezing creek pools.

Oh, my God, good job.

You legends.

That's a brutal leg, isn't it?

And cold in that water.

That is a brutal leg
you've just done.

You know what?

You've just broken
the back of this.

Do that, you can
see this home now.

You're number two.

You can catch them.

100%.

You can catch these guys.

Well done.

Respect.

Respect.

You are amazing.

What a remarkable lady.

I'll do that for you.

Come with me.

You know, so this is a
huge moment for them.

You know, to come out of that length of
jungle trek and the climb and the water,

a brutal, brutal, hardest
part of the course.

And to get here, this is just a
checkpoint and a warming station.

They've got a bag of dry gear, some
food, some hot water, make it into a

coffee, and they'll be here
minutes, and then they're gone.

All right, Rob, we're all
going to sign out together.

Good luck, guys.

Yeah.

Just 14km outside of Camp 2, leading
up to the Navua River whitewater rapids,

Team Onyx is
making slow progress.

Nice, guys.

Hula!

Cliff's a bit heavier, guys.

He was usually coming up from the back,
so on bigger hills, we'd wait a couple of

minutes, and he'd show
up and start off again.

Here you go.

The waiting part
wasn't unusual for us.

He shouldn't be that
far back, you know,

than, like, maybe three
minutes, four minutes.

Holy cow, this is...
something's not right.

It's been a minute or so.

Let's go back and check.

I think it's been
an hour and a half.

You know, we're
going to be there.