All language subtitles for Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E08 (Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E08) (ENGLISH)

The New Zealand
guys are in trouble.

So it looks like their mayday came
from near the finish line in the water.

So they're here.

We've got to get them right now.

We have crews on
their way to your location.

Hold the armour,
hold the armour.

Marine 5 is on its way.

No sign of the team yet.

Thanks Marine 5.

Be advised the
wind is near 30 knots.

Bag

boy, you're fed a black bag.

This is Marine 5.

We've spotted New Zealand.

Awesome.

The seas have been quite rough
and the whole boat capsized.

Crazy, huh?

Yeah.

Basically the pins coming out of the
armour have just come out of the wood.

So we basically just lashed
it back on so it didn't sink.

That was one of the most extreme things
I've actually done in an adventure race.

We had waves breaking over us, the boat
is sinking, there's stuff floating away.

We're thinking, well this
might be the end of our race.

Is this it?

Is this an eco-challenge for us?

It all finishes a couple of
hours from the end of the race.

So we've brought you to the closest, safest
place that we can relaunch at this tide.

We're bringing a replacement boat and we're
going to get you guys back on your way.

With the equipment that we
have supplied, the organisers have

the burden to bring a replacement
boat from the organisation.

I mean, you've just had
near-death experience.

And just to kind of push that
aside and go, well I'm just going

to get straight back out there,
as if that never happened.

I wouldn't have
been that surprised.

People just refuse to
get back in the boat.

As management rushes to
replace a race-supplied outrigger

for Team New Zealand, the
Kiwis can only sit and wait.

Contemplating whether to get back on the
water at all, and knowing that Team Canada

Adventure is close behind, readying
to push off in a boat of their own.

You're 100% going to focus in on the
other teams and try to catch them in.

We knew New Zealand was
going to be the strongest team.

We get to just paddle home now.

Off our feet.

We're good.

Hey guys, let's do this quick.

I haven't raced for six
years now almost, and this

race brought me back to
wanting to redeem myself.

We definitely were
chasing New Zealand.

We were moving quite well, and we kind
of knew that we'd caught up to them again.

We hadn't seen them for a few
days, and we were really jazzed up.

It's expedition racing.

Anything can happen.

Across the rest of the
course, teams are attempting

to navigate this brutal
Fijian river in the dark.

At 2am, after hours of travel, Mark
of Team Endure dismounts his horse

because the uneven terrain has
been wreaking havoc on his spine.

I think he's okay.

Ah, maybe.

It's the hardest day in
adventure racing, that's for sure.

You just need to get there and
get dry, get warm, eat, sleep.

The team is desperately trying to reach
Camp 3 before the afternoon cut-off time,

but Mark's debilitating
back pain has forced

them to rest for a few
hours in a nearby village.

I have no intention
of quitting race racing.

We know that, Dan.

Not much for us.

Come on, Red.

Over a

day of racing ahead, Team
Atena Brazil has made it

to the top of the towering
Vua Fools in the dark.

But their discovering
that river travel

past the big climb
hasn't gotten any easier.

Come on, be careful.

Being back on that
river, falling and hitting my

legs on the rocks, my legs
were starting to swollen.

I was starting to have
a little bit of deja vu.

I had to be evacuated from
the course 17 years ago.

One of my main fears is
for any of us to get injured

and not being able to look
after our kids back home.

I can see here on the map the
river, it gets a little bit narrower.

Are you okay?

Jose fell and hit his head.

We need just to check.

Not so good.

We couldn't stop in the middle of
the river to sleep because it was rainy,

it was cold.

So our goal on that stage
was just, okay, let's make

it to the next checkpoint
and then assess the team.

It looks like we still
probably have another, I don't

know, 40 minutes to an
hour to get to the checkpoint.

Over 200 kilometers ahead, Team Canada
Adventure is well into the final paddling

leg, just behind Team
New Zealand, who is rushing

to get back onto the
water near the finish line.

Okay, guys, your replacement
outrigger canoe is here.

You're clear to go.

So let's do it.

Four of us were bobbing
around in the ocean at night.

We do get shaken by it.

But at the same time,
I wanted to finish the

race and we had no idea
where the canoes were.

We didn't know how
far back they were.

But by this point,
we'd lost three hours.

So we figured that they
were going to be very close.

Should we push it in the water?

This is a good
discipline for us.

We know there's teams
breathing down our neck.

They're hungry to
try and win the race.

Now it's game on for sure.

Given how far we've
come, not far to go, is there?

Good work, guys.

You're making progress.

We were moving really
well and we'd caught up.

We could see the New
Zealand team across the

water and we'd been
gaining on them a little bit.

So we said, okay, this is it.

Let's push.

Let's see what happens.

Oh, now they were
not in the wind.

Look at us go.

Canada!

We can go and just pass
where those waves are.

As a species, it wasn't that
long ago we were rummaging

around in the jungle
looking for things to eat.

And, you know, modern life
has just got so comfortable.

We actually want to get
out there and suffer and

feel like we are being
tested and feel alive.

Woo!

So waiting on the finish line.

4.50am.

You can just see.

This one boat paddling in.

So is it going to be the New
Zealand team or the Canadian team?

Woo!

Yeah!

You're a legend.

You're a legend.

Good for you.

Oh, my word.

671 kilometres.

Jungles, rivers, oceans, swamps.

Team New Zealand, you've
just won the world's toughest race.

And the $100,000 prize.

This race for me was largely about
winning Eco Challenge for my teammates.

It's a bit of a shame
that my teammates had

never really had
that figure in their cap.

For me it was just putting
together a really good race

that would hopefully,
you know, earn us the title.

You won this Eco Challenge
when you were age 30.

You're now age 47.

How have you done it so fast?

I think the more you look
back on a race you've done and

the experience comes to wisdom,
probably more than anything.

And Sophie, you gave
birth to a little baby.

How many months ago?

Nine, ten months ago?

Yeah, nine months.

How do you do it?

How did you train for this?

I had done a lot of racing up
until I took time out to have kids.

A lot of it is experience.

You know, everybody's
situation is different.

And I hope it makes mums
get back out there again.

It's totally worth it.

Woo!

Woo!

There's lots of positive things
to be gained from challenging

yourself and pushing your
boundaries and taking risks.

And yeah, I just really
encourage people to get out

there and find their toughest
race, whatever that may be.

Team New Zealand is
the first to have crossed

the finish line of the
world's toughest race.

But the struggling slower
teams didn't enter the race to win.

They came simply to
prove to themselves,

family and friends
that they could finish it.

One of those teams is
Atena Brazil, whose racers

are hoping to redefine
their Eco Challenge legacy.

Now having made it to the checkpoint
just beyond Vua Falls, they wake up after

sleeping only two hours and try to
decide whether they're able to continue.

I'm exhausted.

Yeah, we're going to be walking
in the river for at least like...

It's not too many k's, it's
like around seven kilometres.

But if we stay here too
long, it's even worse.

We may get too cold.

Last night we had the
most difficult part of the race.

Going by the river, there's
a lot of slippery boulders.

You cannot see anything.

You cannot know
where the river is going.

And we fell a lot.

Jose hit his head.

Nora hurt her leg.

Everybody's very hurt.

But I think we can
still keep going.

We want to finish the race.

Come on, guys.

Let's go at a good pace.

Come on, guys.

We're doing great.

In the end...

Nearly a day behind, teams
Mad Mares and Kukuri Warriors

arrive at Camp 3 at sunrise
after pushing through the night.

Welcome.

Good morning.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Getting to camp, when I saw camp,
there was a different kind of adrenaline.

We finally did it.

I think it was very emotional.

I was so proud of myself.

I pushed really hard.

And I...

I just can't wait to see how this
unfolds in the rest of the days to come.

But our spirits are high.

We've made it this far.

I was so happy to
see those totems.

Tell you what.

Seeing those, I was like, okay.

I'm here.

I'm done.

I kind of, like, cried
on the way down

because the boys were,
like, just ahead of me.

I was like, I am so proud of the boys
for, like, doing what we've just done.

And we get to the
totems and I'm like, okay.

Hold it in.

Don't cry.

Don't cry.

It's going to be okay.

And I was like, yes, we're done.

Oh, god, that's good.

Take your sleeping bag out.

Wait, are you crying?

Is she upset?

Is she happy?

Are you...

Oh, are you actually...
Are you caught?

Yeah... It was just a cry of happiness and
a cry of relief, and a cry of excitement.

We were all happy.

I believe Mike finished
this race before me.

I swear it's a happy crisis.

Back at the end of the course on
Manor Island, Team Canada Adventure,

who nearly matched Team New Zealand's
relentless pace over almost a week of

racing, paddles the last
kilometre towards the finish line.

Team Canada, you've just come
second in the world's toughest race.

Respect.

Well done, you guys.

I'd been away for six years and
hadn't participated in these events.

I guess I still wanted to prove to myself,
even all these years later, come back and

still compete with these guys,
and it was really indelible for me.

Did you realise how close you
were to the New Zealand's as well?

I mean, they were an
hour and a half ago.

You were that close.

So maybe he wasn't stuck
in that current for two hours.

The hardest part
of the race, for sure.

It's an amazing
time, and I don't know,

maybe it'll keep me
in it for a while longer.

As Team Canada Adventure continues to
celebrate, Team Gippsland Adventure makes

their way towards the finish
line just minutes behind.

Come on up.

So you guys have just
earned a podium finish,

come third in the
world's toughest race.

Congratulations.

It's a dream come true.

When you can finally see that finish line,
you're overcome with a lot of emotion.

It is one of the hardest
things I've done in my life.

You're swimming with
your pack, through these

never-ending pools
of freezing cold water.

I was able to just get
over those tough moments.

I really sort of grew during the race, and
that's what's made this race so special.

I'd like to think we're
one big happy family.

But at least four days of racing away from
the finish line, Team Stray Dogs in last

place is just trying to get to
Camp 3 by the 4pm cut-off time.

But Bob has been feeling sick for days,
and now things are only getting worse.

Don't say this guy's got his
bad macerated feet over red.

I know all the descriptive terms for
all these bad things that we're getting.

Some local peoples of the
village were giving us water.

I got a bottle, probably filled off a rain
barrel or a cistern, and so untreated.

And then about four or five hours
later, then I got sick to my stomach,

and that's persisted through
the remainder of the race.

And now, I put myself in the position
of, weakest member of the team.

Don't be discouraged, Bob.

You're moving really well.

I mean, there's no chance I
could make the bet off of anything.

Sure there is.

But I mean, I'm moving so slow.

You know, it is what it is.

I mean, we're together
in this thing, man.

Okay, all right.

But let's just continue together
until somebody comes over

and taps us on the shoulder
and says, Too late, you're up.

Bob, don't worry about it.

We've gotten this far together.

You know, we'll keep,
just keep doing it.

That's what we do.

You're a stray dog, buddy.

Like it or not.

He feels bad that
he's holding us back.

That's his perception.

I think in his head, we don't
have a chance to make him cut off.

And you know, he's convinced himself of a
lot of things that aren't necessarily true.

The thing is, is we're
out here together.

And that's what really
counts, I think, to all of us.

Trust me, I'd rather be out here
with you than sitting in a hotel room.

Anyhow, whatever
it hands us, it does.

Just a couple of hours ahead, former Stray
Dogs team member Mark Macy, now of Team

Endure, is waking up
and assessing his team's

chances to make it to Camp
3 by the 4pm cut-off time.

How are you
feeling this morning?

Not great, mate.

Back's killing me.

Thank you for coming.

Bye-bye.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You have beautiful children.

Thank you.

Look at those guys.

We got about 11 kilometers,
which seems pretty simple, but

it's up and down and
technical and a lot of river stuff.

And I think, I truly think
we have a good shot.

One thing I learned from
Dad is you can get better.

Sometimes you...

it seems that things will only get worse,
and that's not always the truth, you know?

He was better than
last night, that's for sure.

I feel bad for Mark.

He's having a tough time.

This is a lot for him.

Sit down for a
minute, all right?

Why don't you...

get your breath.

Psychologically,
this is what he wants.

This is what he lives for.

But I feel bad seeing
him suffer like this.

Where's that horse?

180, dude.

I can't turn 180.

Okay, how do I
get on this bad boy?

Stand on that.

I'm on the bottom.

Now you want to throw
that leg up and over.

Of course.

He's got it, he's got it.

This is the way.

Getting close.

Oh!

Dad's back is really wrecked, but we
know that we need to move in daylight,

so if we're going to make
it through this, we have to

keep going, give it our
best, and see what happens.

Very nice horse.

Thank you very much.

Okay?

Thanks, buddy.

Have fun.

Now, after resting at Camp 3, hoping
to muster up some strength to continue,

Team Endure, along with Kokuri Warriors
and Mad Meyers, have packed up and are now

heading into the most dangerous
and difficult part of the race.

They'll be trekking across slippery rocks
to the base of Vua Falls, where they'll

have to ascend the
massive waterfall and then

submerge into pools for
an eight-kilometer swim.

It's a bone-chilling
section of the race, so the

course the team and Tenor
Brazil is just beginning.

So the superhuman ladies of
Tenor Brazil are hanging on in there.

Can these mothers use that
strength to get through this race?

Or is it going to be a
heartbreaker for the Brazilians?

There's a lot of water.

I was feeling very awful because
my knee is hurting a little bit.

I fell so many times that my knee, I
don't have a ligament and I have a

little bit of arthrosis,
started to swallow.

And my other teammate, Nora,
had a lot of bruises everywhere.

Jose was struggling a lot.

So the three of us
were not doing so good.

The best thing for us is to keep
going and we're not going to stop now.

As the swimming section slowly exhausts
team Tenor Brazil, a helicopter prepares

to rescue another team
on the river behind them.

Go ahead, team 60.

We hear you loud and clear.

Copy that.

Busted my knee.

Fell in the river.

Landed hard.

Thought it was all right at
first, but I can't stand on it.

Adventure racing does that.

It's a crazy sport.

And if it didn't have that risk and
that adrenaline and that wild aspect,

I don't think we'd be doing it.

The helicopter is going
over the edge right now.

OK, we've got you there, mate.

We'll come around.

The dense terrain makes it
impossible for a helicopter to land.

So the pilots make the decision to evacuate
team Strong Machine in a rescue basket.

Just two kilometres behind on the river,
team Endure is just starting their journey

into the heart of the race course, knowing
that significant risk awaits them ahead.

Getting across a river like this that's
maybe 50 yards with wet rocks and moss and

it's up your waist, that's really
hard and currently a little bit risky.

I think it would be like last night
where we'll finish well after dark.

You repel or something down into the canyon
and then you kind of wallow through this.

It's basically a swamp,
knee deep to chest deep and

giant boulders that
you're trying to get through.

You're half swimming, you're half
crawling, you're half hopping from rocks.

Four miles of that in the river.

Four miles in a river?

That's what it looks like.

Wow.

That's a lot.

Jeez.

We're all getting cold, not moving
very quickly to generate body heat.

This is a really risky
situation and we don't know

whether we as a team can
make it through this together.

So what are you thinking about?

We're worried about you.

Getting your ass through that.

Yeah.

Then we're DQ'd.

I'll do it.

So

you think there's somebody
injured in there or just... Yeah.

I'm okay.

I'm shivering.

At the end of the swimming section and
in excruciating pain, Team Atena Brazil

immediately seeks medical
attention at the nearby checkpoint.

Are you okay?

I have a headache.

What?

What was it?

Get this off.

Just use one of the pockets.

Who is the team captain?

Shuby.

Shuby, yeah.

Everybody's kind of injured.

Each of them has a little thing.

I can't see anything straight.

Your leg?

Karina's knee is super big.

Nora has all these cuts and
wounds and all getting infected.

And Zé was really cold
and now he's kind of weak.

This here looks
particularly warm.

See, I just wonder if
he might get cellulitis.

Yes.

It's like shivering
the whole time.

Yeah.

Yeah.

No.

It seems shivering.

Yeah.

Most of all, that is his head.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What year is it?

I need a chance.

You need a chance.

What year is it right now?

Six years.

Six years.

A six-year-old.

A six-year-old.

Um...

Like, I can't say it's done already, but it
doesn't look like we have many chances.

How long have you
been suffering from it?

Ah, since yesterday.

Yesterday.

You've got very
limited movement.

But do you think if I tape,
I can... it goes better?

Yeah, you can fully extend.

I don't know what to do.

I'm kind of confused.

I don't know what can happen.

OK, all right.

But I don't want to
drop out of the race.

I think you've come
a long way, Nora.

You've done exceptionally well.

Just obviously there's a combination
of fatigue, exhaustion and injuries.

OK.

And the effect... the sepsis
that you've had previously, um...

I think we can't go any further.

Yeah.

I think you're probably right.

You know, you can
keep your head still tight.

What you've achieved
so far is phenomenal.

Yeah.

Yeah.

All right.

Are you glad you did this again?

Not sure.

Uh, yes, I think I'm
glad I did that again.

And, um, yeah, this time we went way
much, much further than we did last time.

But, uh, yeah, this part
of Fiji is pretty rough,

pretty tough, and the
weather, you know, didn't help.

Yeah.

So... Yeah.

We need to look after ourselves.

And, uh, you know, we
need to look after our lives.

Doing this race now, like, uh, almost
20 years older, with a kid at home,

like, uh, I kept thinking
about him during, like, I told

him that every time I look at
the moon, I will remember him.

And...

Yeah.

But it's good, uh, because we have to
go back home healthy to take care of him.

And... Yeah.

You know, I have
someone to look after.

Climbing up the
river is legit hard.

Going over a bunch
of loose, like, slippery,

wet rock, big old
things, you step, slip out.

It's just...

We were just trying to
take it slow so we didn't twist

anything or bruise or break
an ankle or anything, so... The

worst I've ever seen in
terms of rocks and water.

It's so damn slippery.

You step on one picking
stone and it moves.

You take support from
the other, that moves,

it's like you're
tripping all of the time.

Very difficult.

Rocks are super slippery.

I just slipped and

my legs got saved, but
my picking chin hit the rock.

Hit her chin on, on a rock.

She got lacerations.

Only a couple of hours
behind, Team Endure's

progress in the river
has slowed to a crawl.

No, I hate to think that I'm the one
who's wrecking things for you guys.

Dad, you're not
wrecking anything.

You're the one who's made this
an awesome experience for all of us.

Don't worry about that part.

You're not letting us down.

I think we all went into it with an
open mind to see what happens.

What do you think?

I say right now,
we keep walking.

Might as well.

Let's do it.

Keep rolling.

If I stopped adventure racing or ultra
running or all that other stuff that I do,

my life would be gone.

Anything that happens in life
and anything that happens...

You know, up in these
mountains and you're sliding

around and falling in
the mud and hitting rocks.

Yeah, you just gotta
suck it up and go with it.

He would never stop.

He would never stop.

He would crawl up there.

You know that, right?

I don't have any
doubt about that.

You said it earlier.

You're like, he's
not gonna stop.

The question is, does he have
the physical tools now, right?

I don't know.

He's still moving forward and, you
know, being around these kind of races

over the years, I've seen a lot of
times where you look at someone and,

you know, clearly it's like, shit, that
person should not be moving forward.

And they still are.

You know, I'm not surprised.

This is what he does.

This has been incredible.

Oh, yeah.

You know, we've made it
seven days through all this stuff.

Yeah.

I mean, I truly have had one
of the best weeks of my life.

Gotta tell him that.

Yeah.

Cool.

All right, buddy.

Let's do it.

Yeah.

Just seven kilometers ahead upriver at the
top of the Vua Falls is Team East Wind of

Japan, whose captain Masato
has adventure raced for 25 years.

And participated in
five Eco Challenges.

But now his team is waking
up from a hellish night

after walking 12 extra
hours while lost on the river.

And they're facing
the difficult decision of

whether they should or
even can continue this race.

He and he, food is hardy
food, like trench food.

So, skin is broke, break down.

So, no recover.

It's good.

Very hard.

But, can't keep racing.

Headquarter, headquarter.

This is Team 31 on
channel 3, calling for help.

My team member, two team
member has a trench food cannot walk.

So I decided, retired.

Please pick up my team.

Back 22 kilometres short of Camp 3,
Team Stray Dogs has only six hours before

the cut-off time and Bob's
energy level has plummeted.

The team is barely
moving, so they're exploring

a local village
desperate for a solution.

So, we're interested in
getting a horse to go to Lutu.

And you can take our backpacks?

Yeah.

OK.

Looks like we're going off-road
with multiple river crossings, with our

faithful horse, carrying our
backpacks and Mark, our trusty guide.

I am the slowest member
of the team, and if I had

just paused at that time I
drank that tainted water,

that was a very crucial moment in the race
for me, and I should have known better.

Dr Bob is one of the
top riders in the race.

He's one of the
toughest human beings, I

think he's the toughest
human being out here.

But he was just suffering greatly,
and sweat was just pouring down him.

He just motored through it, wouldn't say a
thing, very quiet, and so we finally threw

Dr Bob on the horse, and,
you know, he became a

cowboy for, you know,
a limited amount of time.

OK, let's go.

He's pretty good
at it, actually.

And the colours
started coming together.

He's got a little bit of
skin back in his face,

too, so we began to
recognise him as Dr Bob.

We're making our way
up this very muddy, narrow

jungle trail, and
basically it's quarter to 11.

Cut-off is 4 o'clock, so we've got five
and a quarter hours, and it's about 18k,

I'd say, so we have
some chances of making it,

but everything depends
on the state of the trail.

33km ahead, past Camp 3 at Rua Falls,
Team Iron Cowboy has finally reached the

checkpoint below the difficult section
of climbing up the enormous wall.

It's been taking folks that are
tired in the dark around five hours.

Do you understand?

Yeah.

Is it navigable in the dark?

It is.

I mean, with a headlamp,
you just follow the

ropes, but it's certainly
easier in the daylight.

So it all depends on how much
big wall climbing you've done.

I was put on this
planet to do hard things.

It's in my core.

It's in my bones.

It's in my blood.

I know when I'm out here, there's no
reason not to believe that I am capable.

I think we got it.

We all sure are.

Yeah.

We're gonna go for it.

I've never done
something like this.

No experience.

Never done an
adventure race before.

I'm not super intimidated.

I'm excited.

Hey, guys, let's
just be patient.

Take it one section at a time.

Pretty much everything
on the race we're doing for

the first time, we're
doing it for the first time.

So this is very, very new to us.

The course is relentless.

So every step is a victory.

We're a gritty, gritty
little group here.

Just an hour behind, the
Kukuri Warriors and Mad

Mez have also arrived at
the base of the Vula Falls.

Fuel up.

Get in a good rest
before you hit the falls.

Because once you're on there,
you're kind of just on the ropes.

There's not great
places to rest.

And then the weather, you know, it's about
1,000 feet above where we are down here.

It's quite a bit windier
and quite a bit colder.

And I think this is
going to be nice.

Looks good.

Because we're going
to get hypothermic.

So let's do that
in five hours time.

I feel like I could do it, but it
would not be enjoyable, man.

And we only got 30
minutes sleep last night.

You guys are welcome to camp
anywhere between here and there.

We're sharing with
Team India tonight.

And there's not that
much floor space, but it

should be a fun experience
here in the jungle.

The Koori Warriors and Mad
Mare's head to bed for the night.

Trailing just behind is Team Indure,
still struggling to get to the falls.

I've lost my sense of balance that I've
always had and running on rocks and stuff.

I've been running on rocks, you
know, for years and years and years.

And I was thinking, what?

What's happening?

I don't know if it's my
Alzheimer's or maybe it is.

Or maybe it's just age.

And I think that's
probably the thing.

That's probably the
case, Alzheimer's aside.

For every athlete, a time comes.

Gordie Howe and John
Elway and Joe Namath.

Can't leave out Joe Namath.

A time comes.

You know, over the last several days,
I've been unable to keep up with you guys,

which is something that not too long
ago would have been easy for me to do.

I think what's happening is, like,
the visual-spatial challenges with

Alzheimer's, like, I think
it's less your balance

and some of the stuff's
just not coming through.

Like, I don't think you're seeing, you
know, all the rocks and the roots and.

Yeah, it's what it is.

Ultimately, that...

Ultimately, that disease
is gonna progress.

And I have no idea...

what's gonna happen
when I came here.

I had no idea what
was gonna happen.

And I still don't know
what's gonna happen.

You did an awesome job.

You know?

Unreal.

You made it through
seven and a half days.

Unreal.

We faced uncertainty.

You know, you're right, Dad.

We will face more of it.

We can go in together,
as a family, and...

You know?

We can handle
anything that comes.

Because we're in it
together, you know?

I mean, seriously, Dad.

It's...

I love you so much, Dad.

I'm so proud of you, Dad.

You know, I'm proud of you.

I'm proud of you as well.

I know.

I'm so proud of you.

When Dad was
first diagnosed with

Alzheimer's, he said,
you know, my greatest.

fear with Alzheimer's is that my
grandkids won't remember who I truly am.

And you know what, Dad?

Your grandkids are gonna
know exactly who you are.

I promise you that.

I will make sure
that they know, Dad.

I'm gonna tell them
what their grandpa did.

And who he was.

And they're gonna be proud.

Just like I am.

It was hard for
me to quit smoking.

Because I've never quit.

Dad, it's not...
This is not quitting.

This is going on
with living fully.

That's what we're
gonna keep doing.

Our family has an
uncertain future.

Especially when you
look at something like

Alzheimer's, where we
don't know the timeline.

We don't know
what's gonna happen.

You know?

We really don't know.

And all we know is...

Man, we are in it together.

We are a team.

And we are gonna
take on whatever comes.

And doing this race, this has empowered
me to know I'm ready to take that role.

HQ, HQ.

Team 52 here.

Go ahead, Team 52.

We have decided that going to the ropes and
canyons is not a good choice for our team.

Copy that.

Heading back to Camp Freeman.

And I want to let anyone
know who's listening

how proud I am of my dad
and how much I love him.

It's been awesome, Dad.

That's awesome, you guys.

Great job.

Thank you.

Over.

As a son, you know, I
do have a responsibility

to make sure he
remembers his stuff.

And for him to know,
man, that he got out there

with me in the jungle
in Fiji for seven days.

He did a whole bunch
of really hard stuff.

That's a story
I'm going to tell.

How far is this village?

How far?

I think it's the next
start of the road.

6K.

So it's 6K to the
start of this road, and

then it's like two miles
from here to there.

I feel like some sort of time
warp happened or something.

I don't know where we lost time.

So it's getting dark.

Yeah.

It's almost 4 o'clock now.

So this is not a day possible.

And I'll give you guys a
lift back up to Camp 3 there.

I'll take two of you
guys first, and then come

back to do the rest
of the other two things.

I can sit here and say
we gave it our best shot.

I'm very thankful to be
able to get as far as we did.

Very proud of that,
especially at all times.

So we'll take Bob, and you're
going to come with me as well?

Yeah.

Okay.

I think we're probably the oldest
adventure racing team on the planet.

This could be the last big adventure
race for the stray dogs, but we will still

continue to be best friends
through thick and thin.

This will stick with me forever.

I mean, I'll bore my
grandchildren until the

cows come home with
stories of eco-challenges.

That's Fiji.

I saw about half of this race
course, and it was pretty dang tough.

It's easy to say you've got to be
crazy to do this, but my wife likes to say,

the only sane ones
are the crazy ones.

And I think she
may have a point.

I think this is the most sensible
thing to do with your time.

You experience life to
a much greater degree,

and I enjoy it and
think it's worthwhile.

Made history.

Made history, yeah.

Yeah.

Marshall's right
over there, Ben.

Yeah.

Yeah, he's been waiting on you.

Oh, man.

Hi.

Oh, Jesus.

How's it going?

Oh, it's going all right.

You guys still in?

No.

Yeah, we're not in here.

Oh, man, you look like shit.

I don't know.

Mark and I used to joke about if something
happened to one of us, just like it's

happening to Mark, where we have a
dementia or something, one would take the

other one out into the woods after
they've totally lost it and just leave him.

And that's how we wanted to go.

And I can't do that.

Yes.

I thought, how silly
for us to think that.

We missed the cutoff.

We were about
four miles out or so.

Oh, yeah.

So the difference is, they came out
and picked us up with a helicopter.

Did you know?

Is that you?

That's how connected we are, and that's how
much doing things like this means to us.

It enriches our lives.

It enriches our experience.

It enriches the
bond that we have.

When they say unbreakable,
people speak casually about that.

I'm not speaking
casually about that.

It's unbreakable.

I had a blast being out
here with both of you guys.

It meant a whole lot.

Thank you.

Thank you both.

I mean, seriously.

I love you guys.

I love you, too.

We got a whole lot of stories to
share, as I know you guys do, too.