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Carrie: What can you do?

Like, I'm trying to see survival skills

that are being shown, and they're nowhere.

They're nowhere to be seen. And you know what?

For you to tell me that you could have done that,

I will rip that [bleep] down right now,

and you can try to rebuild it yourself...

And see what it looks like.

So, do you want to go forward as a team,

or do you want to go forward alone?

There's the option, right?

I'm leaving, because I'm gonna [bleep] freak out.

I know I can be here by myself.

I know I can survive here by myself.

Narrator: In some of the world's harshest environments,

two trained survivalists take on

the most extreme survival challenge.

They have no food, no water, and no clothes.

[ sobbing ]

[ screams ]

and they have no choice but to work together...

Yeah!

...To survive 21 days in the jungle of cambodia...

Naked and afraid.

Why won't you help me?

Hello, okay, so, I'm gonna take off to the airport, here, soon,

and I am just about to throw all my stuff into a suitcase.

This camera -- it's not the first time

it's been used for the show, and it reeks.

I mean, it stinks like b.O. And campfire.

Man, that's gonna be me soon, stinking like that.

Carrie: Here's my diary cam, machete,

and there's not really any clothes

except the ones I'm wearing,

so that will be very interesting.

Bye.

This is really happening.

I am on my way to cambodia.

I think I have about 50 different emotions

coursing through my body all at the same time.

I'm nervous. I'm excited. I'm apprehensive.

I don't really know how to process

everything that's going on right now.

My motivation in this challenge is my faith and my family.

I hope that my kids can draw what I'm doing

as a source of strength later in their lives.

Carrie: Now that it's coming down to crunch time,

I'm pretty nervous.

What I love about survival

is just finding new ways to push my limits.

Most of my survivor skills

I gained in my four years in the marine corps.

I'm feminine, for sure,

but I think that you don't have to be butch to be a badass.

I'm thinking that this environment's

gonna be pretty tough.

I'm out of my element, for sure.

Narrator: Carrie and tom are being inserted

along the western shore of the matook river

in the dense southern jungle of cambodia.

In this humid climate,

they'll face temperatures that climb well beyond 100 degrees,

creating a dank breeding ground for venomous snakes,

poisonous spiders, and 10-foot siamese crocodiles

that crush their prey with a bite force

of 3,700 pounds per square inch,

the strongest in the world.

Guess it's time to get naked.

I'm doing this challenge just to prove to myself

that I can do it.

I'm gonna use my mental strength

and ride out the physical pain in order to survive.

There is no prize.

It's just, "can you get through it?"

so I just want to prove it to myself.

I want to get through it.

For me, that's the ultimate success.

I'll survive because I really don't have any other option.

I'm not tapping out.

I have the skills, I have the mind power,

so there's really no reason for me not to survive.

Here goes nothing.

Carrie: Hi.

Tom: Wow. I'm gonna go out on a limb

and say you're my partner. Yes.

Hey. I'm tom. Carrie.

Carrie, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, as well.

I can honestly say this is the first time in 40 years

I've ever met somebody naked, so...

This is the most awkward thing ever.

A little bit.

Where are you from? I'm from tucson.

How about you? Denver.

Denver! Yeah.

All right. Cool.

Yeah. Yeah.

Sweet. [ laughs ]

we'll be all right. Don't worry about it. [ laughs ]

for sure.

Because of his lack of primitive fire skills,

tom has brought a fire starter,

and with the abundance of bamboo in cambodia,

carrie opted for a machete.

Oh, that's a good one. Yep.

Nice. And let's see what else we got.

A map.

Oh, sweet.

Let's figure out where we're gonna go.

Carrie and tom need to find freshwater and a safe location

to base camp for the night.

Their best option is to head inland several miles

through the thick, snake-ridden jungle

to one of the ancillary creeks in the area.

Before coming to cambodia,

carrie and tom were evaluated by experts

and given an overall primitive-survival rating,

or psr.

Their previous military experience

earns them both a base score of 5.0.

Tom's military-officer leadership brings him to a 6.6.

Carrie's mental toughness and primitive-skill set

brings her to a 6.4, just a few points below tom.

Carrie and tom's psr will be reevaluated

at the completion of their 21-day challenge.

So, since this thing's still rolling,

I guess I'll make my first diary cam.

This is -- I just met carrie.

It's looking good.

I think -- I think we'll make a team,

so here we go.

Carrie: So, what do you do?

Tom: Well, I have 14 years in the military...

Nice. ...Which is where I get

most of my experience from.

How about you?

I was in the marine corps for a while,

and now I'm out and doing something totally different.

Okay. Yeah.

So, what made you decide to take on this challenge?

I've always kind of wanted the adventure, really.

Yeah? So, here I am.

[ both chuckle ]

and here we are.

Oh, I should probably also warn you,

I'm fairly klutzy,

so at some point...

You're gonna fall? Yeah.

I will hurt something, break something. [ laughs ]

[ chuckles ]

carrie: He's very talkative

and very, kind of, like, upbeat and happy,

so right now, that's great.

I'm, like, pumped about it,

like, "cool, let's talk and get to know each other."

but I'm sure once I start feeling the pain,

I'm gonna be like, "shut up."

so, what do you think priorities should be, day one?

Definitely first thing we need to do is make shelter.

Yeah, I agree. Bamboo -- that's what we need.

Try to find trees that we can prop it up with.

Have you built shelter with bamboo before?

I have, actually. Oh, good.

It's been a little while,

but it's like riding a bike, I feel.

[ groans ] something just went into my toe.

Just getting denser and denser.

Oh, crap. Watch this.

That went right into my skin.

Ohh. Geez. Carrie: Be really careful.

Ooh! Aah.

You probably want to,

like, hold that one that my foot's on,

'cause it has thorns, and that's gonna --

[ groans ] yeah, you weren't kidding.

[ laughs ]

I'm just gonna go over that guy.

[ laughs ] I hope.

[ laughs ] all right, we made it.

Thank you for the heads-up. That would not have been fun.

Got a lot of ants on the floor.

You want me to hold your hand while you go down?

I think I'm good.

I'm just, like, really afraid about walking between rocks

when I can't see what's, like, in there, you know?

Yeah. They say there's cobras.

This is prime snake territory.

Narrator: The cambodian jungle is home to over 30 types of snake,

including the highly venomous king cobra,

which can grow up to 18 feet

and strike with a head speed of 50 miles per hour.

We're starting to go down,

which tells me there should be water ahead.

Yep.

It's thinning out a little bit.

Yeah.

These rocks feel good... On my feet.

I think we're approaching... That's definitely water.

...A water bed, yeah.

I see it. And it's running, thank god.

I think up there is some bamboo

we might be able to get for a shelter.

Yeah.

With a running stream and a wide-open stone clearing,

this site is an ideal area

for carrie and tom to set their base camp.

I'll start cutting the bamboo.

Okay, I'm gonna head down there

and look for some vines.

But it also leaves them

more exposed to the cold cambodian nights,

which can drop into the low 50s.

They'll need to make fire

and build a strong shelter in order to stay warm.

I'm figuring sleep here, yeah? Right here?

'cause that way, we've got the rock?

Yeah. And we'll put the fire here?

Mm-hmm.

All right, I'm gonna cut more floor out of these little guys.

Well, we should make a decision about the bottom,

because I don't want to stand here.

Like, yeah, I can start lashing them, but...

Um...All right.

So, let's -- if we're gonna do this,

we're probably gonna both have to do it at the same time,

you know what I mean?

Well, we can cord it across

and then just start that -- weaving from the back,

where our heads are.

Are you gonna find cord that long?

'cause then you're gonna be stretching that,

we don't know where it's gonna go.

Well, quite honestly, since you're -- I --

tell me if you disagree,

but I think you're better at this than me,

so if you want to lash that while I hold this,

and then we can trade off and you can do this and that,

I'll start the fire. Okay.

What do you think? Yeah, that's fine.

'cause I abysmally failed so far.

Tom: We still have to get fire for tonight.

If we don't,

it's gonna be incredibly miserable.

It's gonna get cold.

You really need the other person for body heat.

I'm gonna be sleeping naked next to someone I don't know.

It's really kind of unnerving.

It wasn't until I'm here and it's happening

that I'm like, "oh, my gosh.

I'm not really comfortable with this."

I love my wife dearly,

and I would never intentionally jeopardize

anything in our relationship.

We need that fire.

I think we got it going.

Carrie: We have our fire going,

and we actually put down a shelter.

It's not finished, but we're up off the ground.

Carrie: It's [bleep] freezing.

Tom: I think it's gonna be a long night.

I'm sorry. [ chuckles ]

we got the fire going, but it's still cold tonight.

It's a little bit disconcerting for me

that we had to kind of huddle for warmth,

and doing that, I mean, I know it's just for warmth,

but it just still feels kind of wrong.

It's not natural anymore

to be that close to anybody but my wife.

It's so cold here at night. Like, it is unbearable.

The fact that tom has a problem sharing body heat

is absolutely ridiculous.

I have a feeling it's gonna be a rough night.

It's so cold here at night. Like, it is unbearable.

The fact that tom has a problem sharing body heat

is absolutely ridiculous.

Last night was really rough.

It was freezing, and the wind was blowing.

I mean, we tried to, like, keep body heat,

but it was awkward,

and listening to him talk about his --

like, how mad his wife would be or some [bleep]

I'm like, "I don't care. I don't [bleep] care."

like, that's how I feel,

so I just got out and slept on wood,

which was better.

Narrator: On their first day of their three-week survival challenge,

carrie and tom were unable to complete their shelter,

leaving them exposed to the rapidly dropping temperatures

of the cambodian jungle.

Tom's reluctance to share body heat

added to the difficulty of the situation,

and they both suffered a long and brutally cold night.

Is it okay if I throw this behind you?

Mm-hmm.

Tom: Day two, the plan, first and foremost, is to hydrate.

I didn't think after one day I'd be hurting this much for water,

but right now, I'm just hurting for water.

Narrator: The river water in cambodia

contains potentially dangerous bacteria.

To avoid getting sick,

carrie and tom will need to boil the water

each time they want to hydrate.

Tom: We're using thick bamboo to boil the water in.

Check out this piece.

Nice. Yeah.

When you get a thicker piece,

it's really easy to reuse it over the fire,

and then it actually will hold more water,

so we'll get more water per boil.

You can see it steaming.

Give it a minute and take it out and drink it.

Cheers. Cheers. Whoo!

I'm feeling much better now that I have water.

We had a victory. We need that fire.

It's got to be our number-one priority.

Ahh! [ chuckles ] that was good.

We'll see how tonight is.

Honestly, it can't be worse than last night,

just comfort-wise.

We're a little bit worried,

just 'cause our fire is pretty far away from us.

Um, so, we might get cold.

What else are we doing? Suffering.

Oh. Yes.

Goodbye, guys. Peace out. Bye.

Narrator: Over the next three days,

carrie and tom fortify their shelter,

collect materials, and hydrate.

But a failure to find food

has led to serious malnourishment.

Carrie: He's, like, obsessed with collecting firewood --

absolutely obsessed with it,

like nothing else matters,

and we've never run out of firewood at night, ever.

Me and tom are very different.

He's fine with setting up shop where we have

and just starving and just making it through the 21 days,

and I feel like I just want more of an experience.

Like, I don't want to go home and be like,

"yeah, I kind of just sat on a rock for 21 days,

and here I am."

like, I just don't -- I just don't want that.

I want to wait a little bit more and warm up

and then go for firewood.

[ clears throat ] all right.

You can make a firewood run, too, if you want.

This [bleep] bores me to death.

We have a functioning site.

We have the basics of what we need.

We need to stick with what we know.

Is that how you want to live?

No, but I think that's how we need to live.

We got water -- I don't -- I mean,

but isn't this about more than just surviving?

No.

This is not about more than just surviving?

Like, honestly, if I have to sit here

and cook water and knit a roof for 21 days,

I will kill myself.

Tom: I'm really taken aback

by her assessing of the situation that we're in.

I'm running ragged.

I'm all for being adventuresome.

I'm all for trapping animals.

I just don't have it in me to do it right now.

Roger that.

I'm tired. I'm hungry.

I've had almost no calories in the last four days.

I feel like there's

a huge disparity in work effort between the two of us right now,

and it's really frustrating me.

Carrie: My plan is to go off on my own,

go adventure a little bit.

I want to find food and just be by myself for a little bit.

I'm just gonna keep walking down the river,

'cause I'm hoping that it leads to saltwater

where I can find something like crabs

or, I don't know, just anything.

I really can't go that much farther

'cause I'm freaking getting tired.

I just keep hearing faster water.

I probably have been hiking for like a mile or so.

I'm hoping that this ends to water.

Oh [bleep] yes!

Perfect.

Did not realize how claustrophobic I was

until just now,

and this clearing is amazing.

Narrator: Carrie's excursion isn't without its risks.

She has unknowingly trekked directly into a cove

where crocodiles frequently hunt.

Think I see some shellfish.

I found a plethora of clams, and I am super excited.

These are going to make a great meal.

Totally worth the trek out here. I am so pumped.

Another one.

At least we have a food source, if we want to make this trek.

I did not want to stay at camp,

and I took a risk,

and it paid out, so I'm super pumped.

Dude, I walked probably like a mile up the river...

Yeah.

...Came to the clearing of, like, the ocean and stuff,

noticed that there's like hundreds of clamshells

broken everywhere... Yeah?

...So I dove and found some,

so we're definitely eating clams tonight.

I actually filmed it for you to see, too.

It's a mile each way?

It's probably about a mile.

All right.

Gonna drink some water, though.

We should try cooking some. Yeah.

Yeah, let's start a fire, have some lunch.

Do we have any small tinder?

Um...No, I was...Preoccupied, kind of.

I was anticipating that she was gonna bring back tinder.

She had said that that was one of the things

she was going to do on her trek.

All right, I'm gonna get, then...Some tinder.

I doubt we have anything left there to start with.

Got fire starter there.

Um...Can you make some small sticks,

best you can, with the stuff we got?

Yeah, I need to drink some water first,

'cause I am dying.

Oh, yeah. Have at it. I think we got two left.

She doesn't necessarily see the value in...

The items that we have if they just appear.

Tom: I need water in it.

What do you want me to do, go get the water?

Yeah. Huh?

Yes, or move so I can set it up.

Go set it up, then, dude.

Uh-oh. Aw, crap.

So, I kind of feel like we should have a chat.

What's going on?

I feel like you try to make me feel bad

for, not wanting to cut bamboo all day

and, like...

No, when you left,

you said you were gonna get firewood and bring it back.

No, I said I was gonna go down to the ocean.

Right, and come back with firewood.

Yeah, but I came back with food.

Right, but we had no way to cook it.

See, like, this is what pisses me off.

First of all, there was a lot of firewood --

enough here to make fire.

Second of all, I trekked down there, you know.

My feet are tore up, too. I came back with clams.

And instead of you being like,

"oh, cool, like, you brought food,"

you were like, "well, now we need tinder to make fire."

like, that's pretty much what you did,

and then that's immediately why I was pissed off.

First thing I said to you was "good job."

well, but I was like, "what happened here?

Like, nothing has gone on here at all," so for me...

I got the bigger wood.

I made another one of those. I reinforced the shelter.

Like, I'm trying to see survival skills

that are being shown, and they're nowhere.

They're nowhere to be seen. And you know what?

For you to tell me that you could have done that,

I will rip that [bleep] down right now,

and you can try to rebuild it yourself

and see what it looks like.

Besides freaking chop down bamboo,

gather firewood, what can you do?

It's affecting me mentally, not physically,

'cause I know I can be here by myself.

I know I can survive here by myself.

Okay. And your point?

If you left tomorrow, I would be fine.

And I would be leaving on the 21st day.

Well, I'm not leaving before the 21st day.

Good.

And I'm glad you're not either.

And I hope that... That things change.

So, do you want to go forward as a team,

or do you want to go forward alone?

There's the option, right?

You want to try and talk again, or do you want space?

I mean, I'm willing to talk if you want to.

All right.

Whatever. Whatever to make it through this.

Even though we have clashes,

underneath that,

I think we're still working well as a team.

Well, I mean, what's the other -- I'm not leaving.

For one of us to leave

would be putting one of them out dramatically,

so I'm definitely not going anywhere.

Okay. I agree.

So, great.

Well, I say that we just try to get through it.

Even though I disagree with almost everything she said,

you know, it's not about dwelling in the past.

I still firmly believe that we're much better together

than we could be alone.

Time will tell.

Carrie: So, since the argument with tom,

I think I'm just gonna keep my distance for a little while,

see how things play out.

We don't communicate the same way.

You know, I think my best bet

is just to stay away for a little while.

Tom: I haven't let carrie's moods really threaten me mentally.

At this point, I just block it out.

She's gonna do what she's gonna do,

and I'm quite capable of keeping myself

entertained in my own mind.

Lately, I think, her...Moods

have started to... Have a detrimental effect

on what she is or isn't doing in camp

which helps our survival, and that annoys me.

I wonder a lot how different

this would have been with a different partner.

Carrie: I think that the elements

are definitely affecting both of us mentally.

I think that he should have never came out here.

I think that he probably camps in an r.V.

This is not his thing, which is fine.

It's not a lot of people's things.

But at the same time, know your partnered

with someone that probably wants to be here,

and you're just dragging them down,

and at this point,

I feel like I have a weight just dragging me down.

Tom: For me to stand there,

trying to, you know, lift a, I don't know, 150-pound log --

in my world,

you see someone hurting or you see someone struggling,

you immediately go to the aid of that person.

[ grunts ]

[ sighs ]

it's just so weird to me.

You stand there holding this thing

with a person 10 feet from you.

[ grunts ]

just in your head, you're like, "why won't you help me?"

[ grunts ]

it's just an...Interesting new view of things for me.

[ grunts ]

carrie: This reminds me

of when you're going through a breakup with someone

and, like, you guys can't stand each other,

but, like, you won't leave

because, like, you guys have a dog together

or, like, your cds are in his truck,

or, like, something like that.

That's exactly what this feels like.

I've been a relationship like that.

But don't worry. I got my cds back.

Carrie: So, it's just a really windy night...

Which makes it really hard to sleep.

I think maybe my mood might be fluctuating a lot

because we didn't eat, and now I feel super ill, and...

Bug -- all right. Bye.

Narrator: Over the last 18 days,

tom and carrie have only consumed

the caloric equivalent of 5 1/2 bananas each.

With extremely strenuous extraction journey looming,

they are desperate to find food for energy.

So, I'm thinking today kind of needs to be food-focused.

What do you think? Mm-hmm.

If you're okay,

what if I went back to clam beach

and tried to get clams?

You want to just go down there?

I will just go down there.

If you could keep the fire going while I'm away

and get firewood,

if I come back with clams, there's a nice meal for us.

I mean, if you want to go to clam beach, you go to clam beach.

I'll collect firewood. I'm fine with that.

We just need to do something.

It's so late in the day, and I'm, like, already over it,

'cause it's about to get hot.

Yeah.

Yeah, let's just get moving...

And drink water.

Tom: I do not want to go another day without eating.

We need energy. We need clarity of mind.

We need to be able to kind of congeal as a team again.

We're not there right now, and it's hard.

Lord, let there be clams today.

Well, this visibility sure is a lot better.

The tide pulls back a little bit.

I think this is a good place to dig.

Nice, soft sand, and it's susceptible to the tides.

But this is prime location for snakes.

For a minute I thought I had two...

But I have none.

Come out, come out, wherever you are.

I will imagine some butter sauce...

Cold glass of beer.

[ sighs ]

I hope I'm not cursing myself, but I really do have confidence

that I'll be able to get a few clams.

But it's very difficult

for someone to get the food needed for two,

as opposed to one.

It means some serious sacrifice.

Oh, bingo!

Got one!

The trip was not wasted.

Tom: Hey, partner. Carrie: How'd it go?

Uh...It was all right. I got seven clams.

You want to video, and I'll go into santa's bag?

Clam one. Nice. Score.

Clam two.

Carrie: I thought that maybe he might get some clams,

just 'cause he was going a different time of the day,

but I didn't realize it would be that many.

You know, clam beach just keeps on giving.

[ groans ] number seven was dead.

It fooled me. Yeah. Six is good.

Good, even number.

Wow. That got hot fast.

One awesome clam.

Doesn't seem like much, but it's packed with energy.

Carrie popped open her clam to find...

It's empty -- a dead clam.

So, my lovely seven awesome clams for food

has now gone down to five.

Oh. Aw, son of a...

Did it fall out? No, it's empty.

How did it -- but it purged itself like they always do.

I think -- like, I think they're, like, dead.

That's bad, too. Mm-hmm.

Carrie: We have a saying for the military --

"officers give orders and can do nothing."

and that's exactly what's going on here.

I think that just, like, the lack of food and all that

is taking a toll.

Like, can't help but wish that I just had a different partner.

[ voice breaking ] right now, I just feel like I'm --

like, even though there's someone there,

I'm just kind of, like, on my own.

[ sniffles ]

[ sighs ]

I'm just [bleep] hungry.

I just, like, came into this thinking

that I was gonna, like, be with someone

who -- like, be with a man

that was, like cap-- like, had skills.

Can it please be tomorrow yet?

I cannot do this anymore.

Last night, thank god.

Here you go.

I don't think there's anything in this, is there?

Oh, I didn't [chuckles] I didn't check.

So, it is our last day here.

We've already made a round of water,

and we're working on the second one,

'cause our plan is to chug some water

before we make our trek

and then carry some with us down there.

We'll probably take off after we boil another round of water.

Tom: Oh, son of a...

Shoot on a stick.

[ groans ]

well, we might want to do another round now.

Yep. You think?

Yeah. There's no water.

On a normal day, I wouldn't have been annoyed,

'cause I'd have been like,

"oh, let's just boil more water. No biggie."

but on a day like this, for them all just to get knocked over

and it didn't have to happen --

like, I kind of glanced over.

He's standing there next to the rock, just staring,

with a little [bleep] grin on his face, like always,

and I'm just -- I notice it,

and I've dealt with men like him before.

[bleep] I'm gonna drop this.

[bleep] [bleep]

[ sighs ]

are the other ones boiling, too?

No. A couple of them. Why?

'cause we could just pull the fire away

and let them cool there.

Yeah, this isn't gonna work.

Don't worry, tom. Don't get up. It's fine.

Wha-- what do you want me to do?

It's fine.

What do you want me to do, carrie?

Do your feet hurt that bad

that you can't [bleep] walk from here to there?!

I would say let's leave them there,

boil them all, pull the fire away,

and let it cool.

Okay, well, you're sitting here being like,

"are they boiling? Are they boiling?"

they're not all boiling.

You -- I mean, we had them boiled.

They all got knocked over,

so now we're at the [bleep] again.

We sit here and let them,

we're gonna not even make it down there forever

because we're gonna be sitting here

waiting for these to cool.

Tom: I know carrie is definitely frustrated

with the loss of the water,

but, you know, I'm definitely, at this point,

tired of the emotional roller coaster with carrie.

Go sit back down. I'll do it.

All right.

Nice passive-aggressiveness. That's really cool.

Well, that's what you're doing.

Carrie: He knocked over all the water,

but for some reason, I'm helping remake them all.

Like, do I have to hold your hand?!

No, you definitely, most definitely,

do not have to hold my hand.

I don't give a crap.

I've been getting it all this trip.

You've been getting it all this trip?

Yes. Wow.

[bleep] hell.

Are you kidding me? You are deluded.

I'm leaving, because I'm gonna [bleep] freak out.

You're [bleep] deluded.

I'm gonna go out on my own.

Narrator: Carrie and tom have reached the last day

of their 21-day survival challenge

in the cambodian jungle.

Before they began, they were both given

a primitive-survival rating, or psr.

Tom's proficiency at building

and maintaining a fire have earned him high marks,

but his conservative approach

has resulted in missed opportunities.

Carrie has displayed impressive skills

in shelter building and food collection,

but her stubborn sense of independence

has contributed significantly to the tension within the team.

Now, with the demanding final journey ahead of them,

they still have a chance to come together

and improve their ratings, but time is running out.

Narrator: On the final day of their 21-day challenge,

carrie and tom's plans to prepare water

for their long and taxing extraction journey

have met with disaster.

Tom: Oh, son of a...

Shoot on a stick.

And once again, they are at odds.

Do your feet hurt that bad

that you can't [bleep] walk from here to there?!

He knocked over all the water,

but for some reason, I'm helping remake them all.

Like, do I have to hold your hand?!

No, you definitely, most definitely,

do not have to hold my hand.

I don't give a crap.

I've been getting it all this trip.

You've been getting it all this trip?

Yes. Wow.

[bleep] hell.

Are you kidding me? You are deluded.

I'm leaving, because I'm gonna [bleep] freak out.

You're [bleep] deluded.

I'm gonna go out on my own.

[ sighing ] that sucks.

Tom: And carrie's gone. She kept on going.

I have no idea where she is.

She just left me behind.

I couldn't tell you. She took off.

[ sighs ]

hey, carrie, where are you?

I don't have a way of knowing

where the map depicts the extraction zone,

so I don't want to be sitting somewhere

where I can't get to the darn thing

and I miss my extraction.

Carrie, are you around here?

Carrie, where are you?

If she's answering, I can't hear her.

I don't see carrie. She's not answering me.

I don't know exactly where she is.

[ groans ] ow. [ sighs ]

this is why she's not a survivalist.

This is why this is an adventure for her,

not something to really practice survival skills with,

and I'm freaking smoked, and I'm really exhausted,

and I'm so tired right now.

Tom: What the [bleep] carrie.

Carrie: I got pissed off. I can tell.

We left way later than what we thought we were going to.

Carrie: I'm happy that I went my own route,

'cause, like, I think that he should have never came out here.

This is not his thing.

I don't know where he got off thinking

that this was gonna be a good idea for him.

It's too hot to be doing this.

Stay alert for snakes.

I got this, so I don't need help right now.

All right.

In the search for carrie,

tom traveled almost two miles upstream from their camp,

and they are now almost four miles away

from the extraction point.

To reach it, they must trek over rocks

and through the cobra-laden jungle

to this clearing along the river's shoreline,

where they'll be rescued by helicopter.

Yeah, I would say let's follow this down.

If we do, we should find water.

But their window of opportunity is limited.

The helicopter can't fly at night

and will return to base if it can't spot them.

So, I think it's right behind this little tree bush line.

Oh, my god.

[ sighs ]

today is not my day.

Carrie and tom have misjudged their track

and emerged from the jungle

over a mile and a half below the clearing.

With daylight fading,

they have no choice but to take the risky,

but more direct route along the shore,

where crocodiles prowl the shallow waters.

Oh, my god. But it's deep. It's like quicksand.

I heard something really big jump into the water.

Do you see it?

Carrie: I think that being in this water's definitely a risk.

There's probably snakes in here,

caiman, or some type of little, like, crocodiles, I'm sure.

But I am ready to get out of here.

I am definitely feeling the lack of water.

[ helicopter blades beating ]

I hear the helicopter, dude.

Tom: When I saw the helicopter, I'm thinking,

"okay, does he see me?"

because I do not want this guy to go past and miss us.

He banked left right away.

It was fast.

We are not gonna let this helicopter go by

without knowing we're there.

Narrator: Desperate to alert the helicopter to their presence,

tom takes the lead in building a signal fire.

Tom: Can you get some small sticks?

There's small sticks in here.

Like, more, though?

Tom: That's not survival, that's not teamwork,

and that's not how I operate.

I think he's coming from right over here, though.

I think the trees are just obstructing it.

He's low, right there. I see him.

Oh, I just want to get out of here.

Whoo!

Carrie: I don't think that there's a lifelong friendship here.

"hate" is really strong word,

but I think that we strongly dislike each other.

It just feels incredibly good to accomplish this.

Hell, yeah.

This has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

I am humbled.

But I think maybe this challenge

would have been easier on my own,

knowing what I know now about the last three weeks.

Narrator: Over the course of their intensive three-week challenge,

the survivalists went through

extreme mental and physical transformations.

Tom lost a total of 24 pounds,

while carrie lost 11 pounds.

Experts reassessed their primitive-survival ratings

based on overall performance.

Tom's persistence in fire maintenance was essential

to their warmth and hydration,

and carrie's adventurous spirit was instrumental

in discovering what little food they were able to find.

Teamwork proved extremely difficult for both survivalists.

You are deluded.

And carrie's rash decision

to head to extraction alone placed her partner

and the success of the challenge at a great risk.

As a result, carrie's psr drops significantly,

from 6.4 to 4.8,

and tom's score drops from 6.6 to 5.4.

Carries back in denver, pursuing her modeling career,

while tom recuperates on his ranch in arizona.

Now I get to be dressed and wear my happy slippers.

Good to be home.

Narrator: Despite their tumultuous relationship,

they were able to overcome their extreme surroundings

and prove they have what it takes to survive

naked and afraid.

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