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Look at all the water now.

Isn't it crazy?

Morning of day 16.

The rain stopped up in the middle

of the night somewhere.

And so we almost had three full nights of rain.

-Ooh, Teal, look at this. -Whoa.

That's crazy!

Here your blind's completely underwater.

And I do believe your fishing pole is as well, huh?

Yeah, the fishing pole was tied off next to the blind,

so that's gone too.

Damn.

The environment's changing quite significantly.

You know, all of the animals were attracted

to our waterhole before, so I had a blind set up there,

and that was a really good hunting opportunity.

And now there's water everywhere.

Yeah.

Seeing how absolutely devastated this environment is,

it feels like it's never ending.

Ooh, look at this, look at this tail.

Oh, gosh.

That's gotta be like 15, 16 feet.

-Yeah. -An absolute monster.

This is completely unfishable now.

Yeah.

That's for sure.

The next stage of the apocalypse.

-Yeah. -Terrifying.

After two weeks of intense heat...

Yes! I got it.

...and hard fought wins...

-It's dinner time! -Yeah, buddy!

...heavy rains descended on the wasteland...

...and pounded the survivalists for days.

Holy!

It's been raining for almost 24 hours now.

Oh, my God.

All we can do is pray that we make it till morning.

Ah,

Without a roof on their boma,

Steve and Alexa and Frank were left exposed.

We're hunkered down. There's nowhere we can go.

If we get out in the rain, we'll get hypothermia,

so it can take us out of this challenge.

This is really up.

I can suffer, but I'm only human.

You all right over there, Lex?

You OK, honey?

-Mm-hmm. -Sure?

Yeah.

What's up?

I know, I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Avoiding hypothermia for three nights in a row now.

Honestly, I've put my body through some pretty things,

and that's pretty much gotta top it.

We love you.

We're a team.

And we'd be there for each other

to the very, very end.

Huddled with Alexa in the truck in the pouring down rain

at night, freezing

because I didn't build a better shelter.

I felt like it was my fault that she was suffering,

I felt like it was my fault that she was freezing to death,

and it just crushed me.

Doomsday in Africa.

It surely is.

In this apocalyptic wasteland of a place, when you don't have

that little glimmer of hope, it's really hard to know

how long you have to hang on for.

And inevitably, that's gonna take a toll

on people's mental health.

Africa has been rough on us to say the least,

but we're motivated.

We got a lot to do.

We gotta build up our shelter more.

That's going to be top priority, but we are hungry.

Yep.

With the rain also, it kind of kills

our hunting activities, since there's so many places

for these animals to drink, you know?

Yep.

I'm gonna make sure that we have firewood for tonight.

I'm just gonna hunt catfish.

I've had a lot of teammates and survivalists

throughout the years.

I don't know too many of them that could take

these giant transitions from hot to cold,

just the extremes that Africa has to offer.

So I'm gonna do whatever I can

to make sure that we're gonna get through this.

The last few days have been rough, and I mean rough.

Alexa, she's definitely struggling the most

and food's running low.

So it is crucial that we find another source

of protein out here.

Back in Florida, I do quite a bit of bow fishing.

These catfish,

in the dry season, when everything dries up,

they burrow down in the mud and they start spinning

and the slime from their skin creates, like this sack,

which keeps them alive through the dry season.

And then, when the rains come, they kind of burst out of that

and swim back up into the water.

So I think our chances of eating some catfish now

are better than ever.

Here we go, that's a big one.

They're quick.

But we're getting closer.

Holy crap.

See? That's what I'm talking about!

Hunger makes a better hunter.

That's a big sigh of relief right there.

Hey, guys, you ready for breakfast?

-What? -I got a catfish.

-Hell, yeah! -Look at this guy!

How'd you get him? Did you shoot him?

-I got him with a bow. -Holy!

-Hell, yeah, brother! -Good aim!

-Good job. -Nice, dude.

I've been really concerned

about how we're gonna survive,

but I find myself surrounded

by two teammates who are incredibly skilled

hunters and fishermen.

-So I'm grateful. -Man, that looks good.

-Yeah, it does. -Yeah.

This place took away a lot of our joy

over the last couple of days,

and I'm glad it's given us some back.

Yeah, nature, you get that little blessing

that, like, resets everything.

Maybe it feels some pity.

Nature knows no pity.

All right, babe, get in there.

Get in there, yeah.

Good.

Love that.

My first taste of catfish in Africa will always be

-it tastes like hope. -Yeah, 100%

Hope tastes a lot better when you can actually eat it.

Right?

-Yeah. -You know?

Oh, Stee, I know this is gonna burn you alive,

but the sun feels so good to me.

-I hate the sun. -Oh!

Desperate for their first significant meal...

You know you're hungry when you're picking

through some animal's crap to find something to eat.

...the nonstop rain delivered a crushing blow

to Wes and Steve.

Oh, man!

But a strange discovery... What in the hell?

...brought an unexpected bounty.

Yes!

It's unbelievable.

-We're rocking it. -Yeah.

Our shelter smells like full on meat.

All the flavors from the bones, the rest of the meat.

-Our shelter... -absolutely bomb proof. -Yeah.

Storm comes in, we stay dry.

Brilliant.

I feel great.

You know, I got energy again.

And processing on denial is going really good.

I mean, really good.

I couldn't be happier right now.

I tell you what, with all that water we got now,

I think the game's gonna be really widespread.

I'm glad we have the meat stores right now,

because I think hunting would almost be

-a waste of time right now. -Yeah.

For day 16, we've got to process the last bit

of our meat, get it hung up, get it smoked.

We're gonna have us a nice little stew tonight.

It's gonna be unbelievable.

What the hell is that?

-Ugh! Disgusting. -That's bad.

Good lord... Well, this is not good right here.

Yeah, it's gotta go.

You know, maybe it had something to do

with the animal's death originally.

Maybe that's where something settled in.

But that's one of those things you don't take a chance on.

You get rid of it.

Wait till the hyenas and the lions smell it.

As bad as it smells, they'll smell it for miles.

Yeah.

We're pretty comfortable with the distance it is.

I mean, who wants to have to fight for meat

in our shelter when it's free and available 75 yards away?

Oh, man.

Look who came to visit.

Here's the elephant again.

And...

here is me.

Here's me in my home.

Unable to hunt due to an aggressive elephant...

...and three days of unrelenting rain...

It just sucks, it's just abysmal.

...Joe is feeling the weight of the challenge.

My energy level is just depleting.

There he goes, right there.

He's probably a good...

oh, I don't know.

30 yards away.

Elephants can reach a maximum speed

of 25 miles per hour and sustain it

for over 200 meters.

That's almost twice as fast as the average human.

He's going to do some more marking of his territory.

Keep on walking, buddy.

This tree is marked by the elephant that stalks me.

This shows intention.

He's a lone bull.

Unpredictable.

He could do unspeakable things to me.

When they wanna attack, they beat you, they stomp you,

they whip you against trees, and then they bury the body,

you know, out of respect or some practice they have.

I mean, they move silently.

It's unbelievable how quiet they move through this.

You won't even hear them till they're right on top of you.

They're not above taking a human out,

and I just don't wanna be that statistic out here.

Look at these scratches. They go

all the way down here to the base, to the very almost

probably about 12 feet up.

So I wanna build a ladder so I have an escape route

from my tree, so I know now I gotta get

at least that high up in order to escape.

So we need one long piece here.

So I'm gonna go scavenge materials from the ruins.

Nope.

Let's see what we got here.

Oh, look at this.

That's a big old telephone pole.

The fact that this has been laying here for 60 years

and still retains some of its shape,

that's pretty damn good.

I could make that a ladder, real easy,

but here's your guide wire for this thing.

That thing is probably buried deep.

Once standing nine feet tall, the telephone pole

was supported by a thick cable guide wire buried deep

into the ground.

To execute his plan, Joe must first remove several bolts

and a bracket in order to separate the pole

from the cable,

and then attach footholds made from scrap wood

and scavenged nails before finally securing it

to the tree to form his escape ladder.

Having all these assets means you've got to figure out

ways around, kind of, the industrial parts of things.

And we don't have all the tools, so it's this big balance

between what you have, what the materials are,

and what can you do with your own mitts and wits.

How do we get you free here?

It would slide off much easier if I got this one bolt off.

And this wrench is too big.

That might work, actually.

Thank God, this is an old pole with square nuts,

which they don't really make anymore,

because it makes for a good hitting source,

a good hitting platform for this wrench

to, uh, try and get this thing loose.

It's like flintknapping, doing this, you know?

It's, like, strategic strikes.

Finale.

All right.

God, I hope this pole doesn't get

super thicker at the bottom.

Ugh.

Is this going to take all day, working it down?

Damn you.

Oh, my gosh.

I think so, mate.

Yeah.

Yeah, we can give anything a try.

Sound like a lion..

I'll tell you what, I'll get this outside door.

Do you wanna get that one?

Ooh...

Something really not good is going on right now.

Oh, man, right there.

Oh...

Good lord!

Holy!

Holy!

Oh,

Oh, man.

-Good lord! -Oh!

Holy!

Oh,

Oh!

He's gone.

Oh, yeah.

You good on leaving everything

shut down for a few minutes?

Let's just leave it closed up.

OK, yeah.

Yeah, I mean, we've got a holy moment here.

I've got more than 100 days under my belt

on "Naked and Afraid."

As an experienced survivalist, I haven't seen anything,

like really, absolutely nothing like this.

This is really a wake up call.

Oh, yeah.

It's unbelievable.

What you got there?

I'm gonna get into some target practice.

I was wondering if you want to join me.

Yeah, sounds good.

It's been a couple of days

since I pulled the trigger on anything.

That's a big 200 pound male right there.

After several close hunting calls... Oh.

...the discovery of a fallen kudu...

Oh, my gosh, it's still wiggly.

...brought hope to Teal and Waz.

Oh, look at that.

Getting that red meat endorphin rush.

That's super tender.

But three days of rain and moisture...

...laid ruin to their meat preserves.

Didn't get enough of the moisture out.

This one, I know, is bad. Smell that aged beef smell.

We need to kill something.

OK, we're gonna start from scratch.

It's back to hunting today,

but I have to take into account, you know, I... first to admit,

not a great hunter, not even a good hunter,

but I won't be deterred.

I'm just gonna keep going, keep chipping away,

keep learning, keep adjusting until I finally get

that food on the table.

All right, it's at 20 yards to that elephant poo?

-15, 18. -15? All right, -Watch how close I get. -OK.

-Where was I? -Just above.

Second shot.

Same spot, right?

No, just goes to the same spot

they're like magnetized that way.

I still think I'm hitting an animal there, right?

Mm.

As a target archer, I've been shooting archery

for a very long time.

I think I first started shooting

when I was eight years old, but my experience with the bow

is limited to sport.

I have a good bit of experience hunting, mostly small game

with the.22 and shotgun for birds, but not with a bow.

Oh, one from one.

Look at that, like a pro.

-Close. -That's only half inch off.

I still think that counts as a kill shot.

Woo!

Great shooting, Tex.

So, what I do is I aim, and I shoot.

OK.

That's what I've been doing wrong.

I've watched Teal take a few shots now,

and I'm extremely impressed.

To her credit, you know, she's probably a better chance

than me at hitting something.

Well, you're starting hunter, and I'm backup hunter.

-No! -Yeah.

Just seems like the common sense thing to do.

Let's do that.

I'll do rock, paper, scissors for it.

No, you're starting.

I would hate to think that anyone was relying on me

to hunt for a food source because, you know,

it's been shown time and time again that's not my strong suit.

But with Teal, having her be able to use that bow and arrow

is giving us an opportunity to restock that food supply.

Definitely gives me a little bit more confidence,

should we find ourselves in a place where

we're hunting something any day soon?

Yeah.

When we came together as a team, I really felt

comfortable relying on Russell and Waz to hunt,

and I felt like maybe that's not my place.

But food is the top priority.

We have to eat.

So it sounds like it might be the right time

to try my hand at it.

And I think there's a very good chance

I might be successful.

Yeah, now we just have to find a place to shoot.

Come on, baby

My goal is to get this...

Get this pole free of the guide wire,

take it over to my tree, and then use it as a ladder

to get up there so I have an escape route from the elephant.

So I'm gonna need something to get to higher ground,

much, much higher ground.

Of course, I thought it would just slide off.

Is this a fool's errand?

It's only gonna get harder.

This is a bit like Sisyphus right now.

Can't go that way, can't go this way.

What am I doing? What am I...

why am I wasting so much energy?

This is where I've gotta stop.

That's a lot of calories spent.

So, damn disappointed in myself.

I gotta remember the pendulum swings both ways, man.

You get an adrenaline rush, you got a nice low

to come back to, when that's gone.

Starting to get a little blackout.

That's what I'm feeling right now, so I've got to start

using my head more, thinking more critically

and more conservatively about my energy.

It's the only way I'm gonna make it.

Just keep them in like a flower.

-Yeah. -All right.

We had a pretty good lion scare today.

It was not fun.

Did it make me really take a hard second look

at safety precautions? Yes, it did.

And so we're gonna set up a little alarm system.

So what we're doing is...

-That's plenty. -Yeah.

Sure.

Well, I'll let you tie your end on that,

and then we'll stretch it out.

-Like it? -Yeah.

A lot of wind moving through.

You know, the wind's swirling around.

A lot of things will smell that meat as the wind circles.

And so tonight's gonna be very telling

'cause they know where it is now.

-Hey, Stee, can you hear that? -I can hear it.

I think those rocks in there are gonna help it

-not make noise with wind. -Yeah.

All right.

That'll help us.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Mm, meaning...

That's it.

I don't know if I'll get much sleep tonight,

'cause I traded in the rain for high winds,

and this shelter and high winds

don't sound too good.

Every time a breeze rips through here,

it's a horrifying metal crushing sound.

Like this place is gonna collapse in on me.

Oh, my God, this has been the worst night.

This wind is just wreaking havoc on the shelter,

I'm trying to rework it and make it so it doesn't

do that anymore, 'cause that's a horrifying sound.

Metal falls and creaks, and the door goes flying open,

and cold wind comes rushing in.

It's gonna be another long night, man.

I need my sleep.

That was the one thing that I was controlling well

that was giving me energy throughout the day.

And if that goes, then... so goes my mental health.

This apocalypse is kicking my ass right now.

The catfish, seems like their numbers have increased

because of the rain.

I'm gonna make this fish trap

and this is gonna actually be unbelievably cool.

It's gonna resemble a lobster trap.

I'm using the pallet boards and the wire

that Steve brought back from the farmhouse.

So, what I'm doing is, I'm gonna make

kind of a barrel,

and in the front of it is gonna be a funnel.

A catfish should feel very comfortable swimming in there,

and then once it's in, it can't get out.

Wes has designed a scavenged fish trap that will be closed

and baited at one end.

On the other end, he'll build a funnel of wires,

which will guide fish into the trap,

where the sharp prongs will prevent them from escaping.

I've never made a fish trap like this, ever.

And so, I'm pretty excited to give it a go.

I need more wire, so I gotta see what I can find.

In this apocalyptic scene that we're walking through,

you really have to be creative.

I think the opportunities to ramp up the survival

and turn it into a thriving event is really here

if you just look around hard enough.

A half dozen pieces like this

and my trap will be absolutely like no escape.

OK.

I'm trying to find that low hanging fruit right now

and conserve my energy.

Yeah, I'm tired.

Yesterday, I just wanted to finish that telephone pole

and get it done.

But, you know, it's just proving to be

a much bigger setup than I could imagine

with the tools that I have and the energy that I have.

So switching gears, real quick, I've got to get smarter.

I've got to get more tactical.

Well, I found quite a few nails here.

Today, I think I'm gonna create a perimeter alarm system

using some trip wire and some of the metal

that I have acquired.

That would be helpful in the event

the elephant comes through.

There's a ton of shell casings around here.

If I drive a nail into it, I can put some wire on it,

and then nails plus casing strung together on a wire.

Seems like whoever was here used this as a place

to fire off, do some marksmanship.

Really, kind of suits this entire

apocalyptic challenge.

Probably got about 20 casings.

It's a good place to start, I think.

So we gotta make like a wind chime on the wire,

combining the nail with the bullet shells.

So they kind of look like this.

If I can put some wire on it.

You know, I've got these things here.

If I can get these things to cling together...

That's a good alarm system.

I'll hang them up with some wire.

And when I set it up, I'll feel a lot safer.

Feels good seeing that sun peek through the clouds

for the first time in... Heck, yeah.

...three days.

It's the first time I've been warm in three days.

-Right? -Amazing.

It's gonna harden the ground up nice and quickly.

Oh, it is the morning of day 17,

and today's it's a good day, it's not raining.

The sun is out.

And honestly, like, yeah, I feel like a new me today.

Jeez, our watering hole just keeps getting

bigger and bigger.

Now that we have energy, we need to focus

on the goal at hand, catfish, and some shading

for the roof of our shelter.

This is four times as big as it was three days ago.

-Yeah. -Anything in it?

Nope. No catfish.

Nothing.

They're not quite as active as they were.

They must have calmed down a little bit.

These catfish are so bloody smart.

They're either smart or they're full.

This hillside, I always see guineas moving through this

every day.

I should probably concentrate on snaring them.

Yeah.

What have we got here?

Hey, guys.

-What? -It looks like -a bed liner. -What's that?

Maybe it got washed out of the mud.

What?

Look, you can even kind of see

-where the floodwaters came in. -Yeah.

We got something else up here, too.

-Yeah, what's that? -Huh?

Yeah, buddy, Is this a door?

That looks like part of a door

for a stock trailer or something.

That's a roof right there.

Yeah.

This massive storm that raged for three plus days

washed some more stuff down the riverbed.

And in this wasteland of nothingness,

there is no waterproof material.

So seeing a flat, non-porous surface is a beautiful sight.

Will the shelter frame hold that?

It's heavy, but there's enough joists to disperse the weight.

-And this means waterproofness. -Yeah.

After spending the last three days soaking wet.

Bring it back.

Throw it on the roof.

All right.

Door's kind of heavy.

It must weigh like 150 pounds at least.

Oh, yeah.

You want it right here, right?

Yeah, I'm thinking this way.

OK.

These poles aren't in the ground that far.

Gotcha... And they're not gonna take any side to side.

Gotcha, so let's remove the ribs first.

Yeah.

-Ready? -Yep.

-You got it, Frank? -Yep.

-Get the big post. -The beams.

Right in the middle.

-Yep, that side. -Right there.

Further.

-There? -Yep.

There you go.

-Towards me, more. -Oh, no.

-Oh, God. -No.

That's what I was talking about.

Yeah, no.

-This is a... -I don't know if...

I don't know if this is gonna be strong enough.

Can we put another beam in over there?

I don't know that this is gonna hold it.

No, we gotta push these back that way.

-Oh, my God. -It's all falling apart.

All right, let's bring it down.

We've got to bring it down.

Holy crap.

Towards me more.

Oh, no!

Oh, God!

Oh, my God, yep.

Holy crap.

Now, that sucks.

That could have been really bad right there.

That could have been really bad.

Well, maybe that was just the good lord telling us

not to do that, so that we didn't die in our sleep.

One wind gusts the right way, literally, murder somebody.

I think wanting to be dry for once

kind of enveloped our rational thinking.

And that's when you don't survive,

is when the rational thinking goes out the door.

That almost went very, very, very wrong.

Oh, it did go very wrong.

Like, but it could have been so much worse.

Like, we have to be really careful, guys.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

The posts weren't really deep enough, and with the rain

softening the ground up, they were able to move.

So, same structure again, deeper holes.

Same structure again, deeper holes,

and we're not putting a 200 pound steel door

on top of it.

-Yeah. -Trial and error.

I tell you what, we learned real quick.

It's a catch 22 with man made materials.

I'm thankful for the things out here that were left,

but we also gotta be super hypervigilant

on how we use them.

Blessing in disguise.

Scary blessing in disguise.

Today, we're gonna build a elephant warning system.

All right, so I've got this bundle of barbed wire.

I'm gonna string it through trees

at about this high, and then I'm gonna hang

the bullet shell casings that are rigged with nails

so that they'll hang and dangle, and then I've got some washers

that they'll cling against.

So it'll create an early warning system if anything

gets within a perimeter.

So I'm essentially gonna have a warning system, my boma,

and then my shelter.

So I'll have three lines of defense here in case

that elephant decides that it wants to get

a little bit more intimate.

Putting this perimeter wire about 50 yards from my shelter.

That way, I'll have at least

some time to know that they're breaching this perimeter.

That should give me enough time to get outside,

get around, climb the tree.

Who knows?

In the calm of the night, it'll sound like something.

Dunzo.

Hold on, hold on.

Give me a break.

Hmm.

I am not doing that great right now.

Let's go to the shade. That's the best.

Out there in the heat of the day,

all the rising and standing and rising and standing

and walking and sitting in the sun, like it just, uh,

it hit me real quick.

You know, just got that tunnel vision, things started

to go gray, lost balance.

So, you know, I just gotta realize, like, hey,

moving at that time of day, it's really not good

for my health.

I'm only halfway through this thing,

and I don't wanna slip into some kind of zombie-like state.

So food is my number one priority now.

You know, even if a predator does come,

if I'm totally exhausted, wasted, and lightheaded, like,

what am I gonna do? I'm gonna fall over.

OK.

All right.

That's the bottom of the fish trap there,

sealed up tight.

And now I just gotta work on this top part.

Our very first day

of recon, we're still using the same materials for tools

and to make our lives better.

OK, this sucker's done.

A decent sized catfish goes in this trap.

He will stay there until I get him out.

Our bait's gonna be that rotten yellow.

Yeah, that's the piece I want right here.

Catfish love nasty stuff like that.

Here we go.

That is a fish basket right there.

Full on fish trap.

Hey, Stee, any bites at all?

Yep.

Do you like something like that?

Yeah.

You ain't seen our friend the croc, have you?

-Perfect. -All right.

What if I cut some brush?

Yeah.

All right, I'm with you.

Hopefully, we'll get some.

Oh, God.

Hey, see a snake's skin.

-Right there. -Oh.

Oh, yeah.

Well, it had to be yesterday, day before,

something like that, when it happened.

Might have, but we got so many gaps under here

and everything, it might have been living here.

It may still be living here.

We've got to start being a bit more vigilant,

'cause the snakes are out now, so I don't want to stand

on one, especially a black mamba.

If I get bit, I'll be out of here

within 15 minutes in a grave,

and I don't want that happening.

One of the deadliest and fastest snakes

in the world, the black mamba, attacks by rising up

and lunging to deliver multiple bites to its victim.

Its highly toxic venom acts quickly,

inducing heart attack and paralysis,

and without antivenom treatment, could be deadly

in as little as 20 minutes.

Ooh.

That's great.

So I just got back from collecting some firewood,

and Teal's up in the blind, right now, sitting right here

in that little hide.

She has been up there three or four hours.

She's able to find the perfect opportunity,

pop up and drop one of these things,

I'm gonna be so excited.

I'm just gonna sit here and just nervously watch

that field and see if a kudu or a nyala come in.

All right, so I'm up in the blind the first time.

I know this is my moment to be able to provide

a good meal for Waz and I, but it's so much different

when you're stalking something

and you're anticipating it to move,

and that type of animal knowledge, I don't have,

but hopefully we get a couple in looking to feed.

Hopefully it's nyala because they are a little bit

less skittish, but if it's kudu, that is what it is,

and we'll try to get those guys.

Just gonna do our best.

Oh, she's got lots of animals walking up on her,

this is exciting.

There he is, walking across,

it's right under her blind right now.

They're moving in closer.

That's how close she is, probably 20... 25 yards.

Oh, this might be her best shot.

Come on, Teal.

Come on, Teal.

Oh!

That's so annoying.

How frustrating.

Oh, man!

I just missed that shot, and I had so much to shoot at.

I was like, very careful, stalked it super slow.

I stood up, I thought there were only like five out there.

I stood up and there was like 15!

And that humongous one just staring at me.

I picked the smallest one,

and I... I thought I was on target, but man,

not only did I miss, but I missed a massive amount.

I feel like I could have hit any single one of them

and I did not.

I literally just totally whiffed.

I'm still in disbelief. I feel like...

How could I have missed that?

Ugh!

-Hey. -Welcome home, Miss Teal.

Tell me about day one of your hunting adventures.

-Hmm. -That little last group at the end there?

-Yeah. -Just too many one?

I think that's what it was.

And I shot at the smallest one, but I was way under him.

OK.

Between getting up slowly and firing at a moving target,

and nothing having bullseye on it,

it has proven to be just as difficult as I thought.

Tearing apart that telephone pole

had some advantages of finding some new materials,

and I'm hoping

I can turn this into a fishing reel.

Right now, I'm dragging, I'm dragging hard.

So my next course of action, and my focus is going to be

acquiring food, so...

Here is our proposed fishing line.

So what I gotta do is scrape off all this plastic,

exposing the wire.

My priority is to figure out how to use that watering hole

to get food right now.

Hunting is not... not the method.

The rain pretty much obliterated hunting.

Now that there's water everywhere,

the watering hole is just not a place

where animals are gathering.

So, I'm gonna try turning it more into a way to catch fish.

I'm holding a ceramic insulator.

Came off the power line, so this is an early way

for power lines to be wrapped safely would give them

some distance so that they weren't able to arc to metal.

So I'm just trying to use this bolt to create a handle.

By running a large bolt

through the middle of a ceramic insulator

and securing it with two metal nuts,

Joe's makeshift reel will allow him to more easily

spool and guide his fishing line.

All right, now let's see if we can find a good thorn.

Try and make a thorn hook.

Oh!

All right, we're just going to get some...

hay.

See, I think that's when I start cussing a lot.

That's when I start to get lightheaded.

That's when all the swearing just comes out.

Ugh... all right, so found these sickle bush thorns.

And, you know, these things have been creating havoc

on my feet this whole time.

I think it's time I use them to my advantage.

Then I'll wire wrap it so that the wire is the eyelet.

That should be good.

The hook is good.

Got a nice strong eyelet.

I mean, I've starved my way through a challenge before,

and that's not what I want here.

Gotta use the elements and the items around me

so that I can just bring in more food.

Yeah, there we go.

All right, OK.

Last one.

-There we go. -Boom.

-That works. -...Following the shelter debacle,

we decided that it's probably best

if we go back to our original idea

of the canopy, which was always meant to be designed

as a sunshade, while Frank starts concentrating on food.

I figured, I'm just gonna start setting guinea snares.

OK, yeah, cool.

-Perfect. -Get after it.

-Good luck, buddy. -Yeah.

Good luck, godspeed.

Um, I'll cut all the wires out of that other cab.

Yep.

And then, while you're tying these in,

-I'll start chopping green stuff. -Yep.

-Wires. -Awesome.

I'm using wires that I've pulled out of some cars

and securing the corners of the poles.

And Steven is cutting down all the green foliage

that is gonna on top.

Hopefully, that's gonna mean that the structure is

far more secure, so when we start throwing things on top,

it's not gonna move.

Through there.

Boom. There you go.

-Boom. -OK.

So now what we're gonna do is literally just toss it on top.

There you go. Boom.

-Perfect. -Awesome.

Looks pretty cool, hey?

I love it, 'cause it's like mixing of two worlds.

-Yeah. -Right? You've got

the primitive survival, and then you've got

-urban survival. -Yeah.

Nice!

This area here, I think, is a really good spot.

I always see guineas moving through this.

The style of snare I'm gonna do, it's a spring pole snare,

but it's actually called an African bird snare.

Pretty much invented for guineas.

A spring pole snare uses a noose

tied to a bent sapling for tension.

It's then tied to a trigger stick,

that is anchored under an exposed root

and propped up with a bait stick.

When the guinea fowl disturbs the bait stick,

it triggers the trap, tightening the noose

around the bird.

There's my loop.

It's all woven in there.

So I made these snares with my Pawnee bark,

and I'm gonna scratch the ground out as I make this

to make it look like something's been in there digging.

And that usually drives scratching birds nuts.

It makes them think that somebody's getting

something that they're not.

So they go over there and scratch it.

And then this is my bait stick right here.

This is the trigger of the whole trap.

I got a big old cricket.

I'm gonna go out of my way to put as much

guinea delicious-y goodness on this thing as I can.

I want him to be like, "Ha! Look at what I just found."

And then, quick try to eat it before his buddies notice.

And his greed will be his downfall.

He's gonna peck at this...

and then, boom, you get a guinea.

All right, that's one trap done.

On to trap number two.

Our firewood supply is getting kind of low.

That sounds good.

Yeah, I like the sound of that.

Where we just walked through, it looked like there was

-tons of wood. -Yeah, I've seen that.

Out here, when you're surviving, you have to have

a firewood inside your shelter at all times,

especially at night, because whether it's rain

coming in or it's big predators coming close,

if we hear our trip line go off,

then we can build up our fire a little bit,

get a little more smoke in the air,

just to further protect ourselves.

All right, that's a pile there.

Give us a chance to get that fire going.

Flare up a little.

'Cause these are gonna start coming and prowling,

'cause we've got meat and guts on each side

of our shelter.

I do.

I do not get tired of it.

-Oh, my God. -The camera... hell!

Thank you!

That's a black mamba, there, too.

-Is it? -Yep.

Holy crap.

Don't move, don't move.

Oh, my God.

Hell!

Oh, man, that's scary as.

Yep.

Yeah.

Right there.

Oh.

That's a black mamba.

Holy crap.

Where did he come from?

I have no idea.

Yeah.

Yeah, it crawled right underneath there.

And after that, I have no idea.

Oh, man! Thank you for spotting it, buddy.

, that was a bit of a scare.

Yeah, it is a lot of a scare.

And it's gonna get pitch black soon.

Oh, man!

We need to ash that ever-loving hell out of this.

Just here or throw them under there?

As cold blooded reptiles, snakes seek shade

from extreme heat in order to cool their body temperature,

so spreading warm ash can help deter them.

You might have saved my life right there.

No joke, you might have saved my life.

It was a really close call.

Yeah, it's a black mamba.

He bites you and you're dead, and he was in our shelter.

We don't know how far he went, but we threw burning ash

in there and coals,

and then ashed the doorway really good.

He won't come back, hopefully.

Just almost turned deadly.

I don't know about sleep tonight.

I'm on the edge right now, man.

Yeah, I don't feel good over here at all.

How many things are gonna happen to us?

The line comes through camp, and then I have a damn

black mamba at the foot from my head.

Very, very scary.

I was feeling any weaker or anything like that,

just a little mentally bad. I'd be gone.

Yeah, I got some praying to do tonight.

That was scary.

Not worth it.

Get me the out of here.

Ugh, goddamn, man.

I'm tired.

Right now, I'm back to being weak.

Not just weak, but like worried,

so I built a fishing line

and that's what I hope is gonna pay off, so that...

I don't have to keep going days without eating.

And we're gonna take a scorpion.

There we go.

Now we've got a baited hook.

The line's super heavy, it's wire.

So I'm gonna try and use a Y stick here

to, uh, prop it up in the water.

Well, I set the line, scorpion's on there.

We'll leave this in here overnight,

see if the scorpion gets eaten.

You may get lucky, you may get a starving catfish

in hopes of a scorpion meal.

So we'll see what happens.

I think I see a bunch of frogs here.

Tons of frogs.

They're poisonous, but maybe I can use them as bait too.

Let's see how quick they are.

Got a little poisonous white frog.

I can bait the catfish trap, and then hopefully that'll be

more enticing than just that old bone.

They need something bit new on the menu.

Nothing, nothing, nothing, OK.

All right.

So we got a dangly-gutted frog.

That looks awesome.

And we'll see if that gets us a yield.

I have really high hopes for that trap now yielding

with that frog, and if I come check in the morning,

and it has fish in it, and guess what?

I'm putting another frog in there.

You know, it's like, if that's gonna yield me more

than this makeshift fishing line,

that would be an amazing score.

Starting to get a little blackout.

Jesus, it's getting dangerous to stand up.

Kept getting really lightheaded,

almost to the point where I...

just lo... losing track of where I'm at,

what I'm doing.

I'm afraid that I don't have the guts to...

ride this out this far.

Yeah.

Last night, sleep was a little rough.

I had thoughts about that black mamba all night.

They talk about getting rattled.

Yeah, that thing bites you, and you're... you're dead.

When something like that happens,

you have a moment of reflection and you go,

"What in the hell am I doing here?

I might not ever see my family again."

Yeah.

Yeah, I got hit with being very tired for some reason.

-Your body needs it. -I guess so.

I guess so.

Are you OK?

Um, I don't know.

Let's go check some bird snares.

Now, let's see.

This one is still set and the bait is still there.

I just don't think they've been by it

or just haven't seen it yet.

OK, so the second one is right up here.

Let's go see if we still got bait in this one.

No, nothing, still set.

Nothing.

You know, our traps, we got them out there.

It's just a matter of time.

So I'm gonna explore around a little bit

and maybe try to find something to eat.

It is very important to keep exploring your area,

'cause that's how you find things.

Like, everything's moving out here.

This is a fluid environment, you know, including the plants.

The plants are moving, they're moving up.

But, uh...

this looks like a little scorpion hole.

Let's see if anybody's home.

Something's grabbing this, see?

There's a scorpion in this hole.

Yeah. Look at the pinch marks on it.

I wanna dig it out.

I mean, obviously, the thing is dangerous,

but I still gotta catch it.

Even small protein sources that are fresh

are worth its weight in gold.

This is gonna take a second 'cause I don't want him

to go too deep.

There are over 130 different species of scorpion

in South Africa.

To escape extreme heat and avoid predators,

many create underground burrows,

digging anywhere from a few inches to three feet deep.

If disturbed, their neurotoxic venom

can cause intense pain, muscle paralysis,

and potential respiratory failure.

Oh, and I see it.

Yeah, OK, here he is. I got 'em.

Let's get him out now.

Ooh, he is not happy.

Oh, there he is.

OK.

So... And here's how you deal with these guys.

Like this.

He's not happy.

Now, this won't kill you, but you're not gonna enjoy

the sting from it.

I've been stung by several scorpions

in the United States and, uh...

it could hurt for anywhere from 30 minutes

to three days.

So now that I know I can do this

and they're not that deep,

I could probably dig out 30 of these guys

and just like eat them like popcorn chicken.

It's crucial that we find another source

of protein out here.

And every little bit adds up when you're waiting

on a big kill.

So now it's time to go get my team

and get after these guys.

Oh, more firewood. Good.

-It got really cold last night. -Yeah, it did.

We're halfway through this challenge.

And today is definitely hunting day.

So, Teal, she's determined, I like it.

I hope it pays off because she hasn't had

that perfect opportunity yet.

And... but I'm sure when it comes,

she gonna make the most of it.

Oh, yes.

I think it might be a juvenile duiker,

heading straight up to the field,

right where the blind is.

Hey Teal, I can see something about three quarters

of the way up to the farmhouse up there.

It looks like a little duiker or something,

but it's moving around slow, do you wanna go?

Do you wanna take the bow and arrow up there and see...

see if you can get it?

Duiker's tasty.

Yeah, let me check it out.

Aim small, miss small.

Getting within, you know, 20 yards of an animal

and feeling confident on a shot is, you know,

makes me a little nervous.

But when the opportunity presents itself,

just take the shot,

because what's the worst thing that could happen?

Oh, I see him! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

I see him. I see him.

I'm looking at this duiker, and it's sitting there

staring at me.

Maybe this thing is sick or heat exhausted.

It seems a little disoriented.

But you don't get many shots out here,

and you rarely get one that's as sure as this.

He's such a small target.

I don't wanna get too close.

'cause I don't wanna startle him.

He's such a small target.

I don't wanna get too close

'cause I don't wanna startle him.

Definitely got him.

Oh, he's not feeling good.

Oh, God.

Thank you, sweet thing.

He's not going anywhere.

Just rest.

Just close your eyes and rest, it's OK.

I saw you shooting at something, Teal.

How'd it go?

Yeah, I got him in the chest.

-You good? -Yeah, I'm OK.

I'm proud of you for getting that shot on target.

A little bit of that practice, and look how it's paid off.

I thought he was going to get away.

Just wait here, Teal. Let me check it real quick.

Yep.

It's obviously dead.

-You good, kid? -Yeah, I'm fine.

Just one of those things about survival is,

you know, this is part of what we do, and...

part of how it all works, it sucks.

Like, I feel as bad as anyone else.

I'm not naive, I know where my food comes from.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. -I just don't like this part.

Yeah, yeah, I get it.

I get it.

It's unfortunate, but... Yeah.

We've got a little bit more food,

which is a positive spin on it.

We just need to get past this.

Get past this little bit, you know?

Yeah.

I'll carry it down here, and we'll...

we'll field dress it down there.

Under the tree again.

It'll be a lot easier this time.

We're gonna get this meat ready.

We're not gonna waste one bit of this.

We've got a process we're gonna follow.

Gonna get the guts out, we're gonna save all this meat,

cook some up, eat some, and jerky some.

I was able to shoot the duiker,

but I don't feel so great.

It's just hard to do it, and even aiming

and taking the shot, I feel like my brain is just like, "miss."

We don't have a choice, we have still

more than two weeks to go, and we have to eat,

but it's still really hard.

Watching Teal get emotional, it's something

I've experienced before.

It's something I definitely understand.

You're taking something's life, but...

in an apocalyptic environment, this is a real thing

that we need to do as survivalists.

So you have to pay respect as much as you can,

doing the right thing about the animal

once it's been harvested by just getting

as much of that resource

out of the animal's body as possible.

It's just hard.

Should we start looking for scorpions?

Yeah.

-Oh, yeah, got one. -Oh, you have?

Yeah, see?

Oh, yeah, he's in there.

Oh, yeah.

We need food, we need protein.

So we got a bunch of scorpions.

We're gonna dig up for a little scorpion popcorn party.

I think that might be him right there.

-Got him. -Is he a big one?

Well, it's not real big.

Wee!

Cut the stinger off.

-Boom. -Perfect.

-Amazing! -Scorpion!

-Oh, wow. -Scorpion.

-One down. -Oh!

Is there any meat on a scorpion?

Yeah, probably eight grams of protein in one.

-Really? -Scorpions actually

have more protein per weight than any mammal, any bird,

any snake, or reptile or amphibia.

So we're looking for at least...

We're looking for nine, aren't we?

Ooh, are we going that hard?

Yeah, we have three apiece.

All right, goodness, OK.

We can feast.

So even though they're not the most appetizing,

as far as nutritional value, it's top notch.

At this point, I'm excited

about eating anything at all.

Ooh, without taking the stinger off.

Use the other end, and you'll feel it and bite it.

It's like you're scorpion fishing.

-There's one in here. -Yeah?

Yeah.

All right.

Can't let all you boys have all the fun, you know?

-There she is. -It's crazy.

Scorpion kebab, all right, six to go.

Woo-hoo!

Oh, mama, I'm so sorry.

After I got the kill, I felt really conflicted.

I felt kind of like...

accomplished, but also kind of sad.

It's difficult, but being able to provide a meal to my team

is an act of care and it's important,

and I wanna be here for it because I want to be able to be

that provider as well.

That's good.

We're gonna have some red meat in our bellies,

which is awesome.

Teal getting a duiker was emotionally draining on her,

but if Teal hadn't found this thing when she did,

it wouldn't have taken... wouldn't have taken many minutes

before something else was eating it.

So, you know, unfortunately, this one

lost its life, but you know, we're gonna be able to get a lot

out of this thing, so it's a godsend.

Got the heart right there, that's gonna be

a good little bit.

We gotta eat the back straps, period.

100%, we're eating the back strap,

eating the heart, eating the kidneys.

And then we'll just strip the strips of meat away

from the legs and string them up.

And we'll smoke 'em.

It's got to take this one last leg off and we're done.

We're definitely in a place where, if we had to,

we could go all the way to 35 with just the meat

that we have right now.

It's a safety net we can fall back on if we have to.

Gonna get the smoker cracking.

The last time we used the smoker in the rain,

it was hard keeping the coals alive

and keeping the temperature up.

We might have a bit of a better grasp on it this time,

just in relation to controlling the temperature.

Here we go.

Nice, fresh red meat.

We should be able to turn a lot of this into the jerky

before the sun goes down.

And we're gonna eat some as well,

which is gonna be great.

It's gonna get a nice little cook on.

All right, check my fish traps.

See if there's anything in them.

Just so depleted right now.

It's day 18 of the challenge.

Pretty hungry, I can't even remember the last time

I had catfish.

The two step forward, one step back of surviving

this apocalyptic landscape is taking a toll.

So I'm hoping the scorpion at least got chewed up.

See if scorpion is an effective bait.

Yeah, nothing really doing here.

Damn it. That's a bummer.

So Scorpion was eaten.

All right, just spit out the hook.

So they will take the scorpion bait.

All right.

But now the big one, I'm really hoping

this yields, 'cause...

we have fresh bait, but you know,

they like stinky rotten stuff, so...

It could just end up taking a few days for this frog

to get real gross.

And then they will be like, "Yes, please."

And they'll line up to come in here.

Come on, baby.

Nothing says team bonding

like a family dinner of scorpion shish kebab.

Arachnids on a stick.

You really wanna hear that crackle pop.

That's usually when their guts kind of explode inside of them.

That's when you know that their innards are boiling.

Sounds super appetizing.

We found about nine scorpions.

This one isn't physically huge, but it is mentally huge.

-We got our scorps. -Cheers!

-Team building! -Team Alpha.

On the tongue.

Mmm.

Mmm.

-Oh, it's rough. -Yeah.

That one had dirt in it.

-Pretty sure that's sand. -It's all crunch.

It's just exoskeleton and dirt and Africa in your mouth.

Yeah, that was weird.

There we go!

We got a terrapin stuck in there.

Absolutely incredible.

No doubt.

All I know is I have a source of protein,

and that makes me feel good.

It's a good amount of meat.

In these apocalyptic times, you're a meal.

And I'm super stoked about it.

I think this is an old fan cover.

I found this in the ruins the other day.

All right, now we're cooking them.

All right.

I feel proud.

I feel proud about my trap working.

So good to be getting a meal that actually makes me

feel stronger, knowing that my body's gonna get

a little bit of nourishment.

I haven't eaten anything in probably

more than a week now.

I needed some food, I was starting...

starting to waste away, so I know it's...

only about, you know, big in my hand, but...

it's a meal.

Wow.

That's pleasant.

That's really good, actually.

A terrapin this size will yield about five ounces of meat

and provide the same amount of protein

as a beef burger patty.

That is good for me.

You know, out here, little things like this

are coping boosters, you know,

and I feel I need it today.

You know, I need that confidence right now,

going forward, with trying to hunt

and acquire a bigger meal.

You know, that's my number one goal right now.

And if I get that, then I'm gonna be able

to ride through this challenge.

Be ready to rock and roll.

It's pretty much done.

-Looks lovely. -It does, doesn't it?

There you go.

-Cheers. -Cheers.

Just juicy.

Mm.

It's really tender.

It's absolutely mouth watering, and the mouthfeel is chewy

but not tough, and juicy, and just delicious.

It's so good.

To be standing here, eating, not just eating,

-but eating fresh. -It's really nice.

And yeah, I think all the hard work we put in

eventually turned our luck, you know?

Yep.

Into something you harvested.

More than halfway through the challenge,

and I must admit, we've made

a pretty darn good living for ourselves.

We have a great shelter, a massive amount of food,

and we're feeling like we're pros.

I can't believe how well we're thriving.

We're so set up now.

Still good.

All the work is done.

That duiker's processed.

Uh, the meat is hanging up inside the smoker.

Flames at the bottom, smoke coming up.

And we have... where is that sun at?

One and a half hours before the sun

touches the horizon.

So, probably, two hours of work here.

We can get this probably to a place in two hours

where we can just take it and hang it inside.

Then I don't have to worry about it overnight,

which would be perfect.

So we've got all this meat down near the boma.

They could invite scavengers in overnight.

So it's just about keeping that stuff away

from the predators in the area.

-Cheers. -Cheers!

The wind outside is kicking.

So I started a little comfort fire here.

Also, we've got full bellies right now.

So full to the top, lots of red meat in us,

lots of energy, lots of forward momentum.

Everything's going well.

Including our meat chandelier.

Good job today, Teal. Very proud of you.

Great day.

-That's you, right? -Hmm?

-Is that you moving? -No, what was it?

What the is that?

Is that a lion?

OK, now I'm freaking out.

There are so many noises tonight.

And I just heard a really big one.

It sounded like a long brush up against the shelter, like fur.

I swear I even heard growling.

It's freaking me out.

-Oh, my God! -Jesus Christ!