Original subtitles

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE HYPERTHER-- HYPOTHERMIA.

I DON'T THINK SO.

MY BODY IS SHUTTING DOWN.

THIS IS THE MOST COLD I'VE EVER BEEN.

ME TOO.

I LIVED IN ALASKA, AND THIS IS NOT THE SAME.

Narrator: ONE MAN...

-AND ONE WOMAN... -I'M NOT LEAVING.

...ALONE FOR 21 DAYS...

WHAT IS THAT?

...WITH NO FOOD...

OH, GOD, PLEASE.

...NO CLOTHES... -AH!

...NO WATER.

GOD! DON'T MOVE!

DO THEY HAVE THE SKILLS AND THE WILL...

IT HURTS!

...TO OVERCOME THE MOST PRIMAL SURVIVAL CHALLENGE

OF THEIR LIVES?

OH!

Cory: THIS IS MORE LIKE TORTURE THAN ADVENTURE.

-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

"NAKED AND AFRAID" HAS GIVEN AMERICA'S TOP SURVIVALISTS

THE CHANCE TO PUT THEIR PRIMITIVE SKILLS

TO THE TEST ON THE EVEREST OF SURVIVAL CHALLENGES.

CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

FANS RESPONDED, TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA

TO SHOWCASE THEIR OWN SKILLS

AND SHARE THEIR DESIRE

TO PROVE THEMSELVES ON A SPECIAL 14-DAY FAN CHALLENGE.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT CREEPY-CRAWLIES

GETTING INTO MY LADY PARTS.

Narrator: TWO CANDIDATES WERE CHOSEN.

THEY'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES

TO CONQUER MOTHER NATURE.

WHAT'S UP, GUYS? IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY

HERE IN EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA,

AND, YES, I'M GOING TO BE A PARTICIPANT

ON "NAKED AND AFRAID."

OH, MY GOSH. I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

MY NAME IS CORY. I AM FROM EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA,

AND I'M A YouTuber AND LIFE ENTHUSIAST.

I AM A VERY ADVENTUROUS TYPE OF PERSON.

I JUST LOVE TO GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE THINGS.

I SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING VIDEOS AND JUST SHARING MY LIFE.

HOW DO YOU CLIMB A STEEP MOUNTAIN?

ONE STEP AT A TIME.

PEOPLE CONSIDER ME A SOCIAL MEDIA STAR.

I CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 1 MILLION FOLLOWERS ALTOGETHER ON YouTube.

* HEY, LITTLE SPARTA, WHAT IS WITH ALL THE FIGHT? *

* LITTLE, BITTY KITTY WANT TO BITE, BITE, BITE *

I DON'T NECESSARILY CONSIDER MYSELF A SURVIVALIST.

I'VE NEVER HAD TO PUT MYSELF IN A SITUATION

WHERE I ACTUALLY HAVE TO SURVIVE,

BUT I AM A HUGE FAN OF "NAKED AND AFRAID."

I HAVE SEEN EVERY SINGLE EPISODE,

SO I PUT A LOT OF STUDY,

A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS,

AND I THINK MY BIGGEST STRENGTHS ARE, OF COURSE,

FIRE-MAKING AND FISHING.

MY ONLY WEAKNESS THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE GOING INTO THIS

IS BEING AWAY FROM MY MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER.

I'M GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH.

DADDY HAS GOT TO GO.

DON'T FORGET ME, OKAY?

WHAT REALLY MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE ON THIS CHALLENGE

IS JUST SHOWING THE WORLD

THAT NO MATTER WHAT, THROUGH ANYTHING,

AS LONG AS YOU STAY POSITIVE IN YOUR MIND,

YOU CAN GET THROUGH THINGS.

Narrator: LIVING IN ALASKA,

CORY IS INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH THE OUTDOORS,

BUT HE'S GOT NO HANDS-ON PRIMITIVE EXPERIENCE.

HE STARTS OFF WITH A PSR OF 3.9.

MY NAME IS ANASTASIA.

I'M FROM SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA,

AND I'M A PROFESSIONAL SURFER.

I WON MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL EVENT AT 16

AND WON MORE THAN 100 EVENTS WORLDWIDE,

INCLUDING THE PRO SURFING TOUR OF AMERICA

AND ALSO THE PIPELINE PRO.

I GREW UP ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU IN HAWAII,

AND SO I GREW UP BEING A FULL NATURE GIRL.

I WENT TO SCHOOL BAREFOOT.

I WAS IN THE OCEAN FOR HOURS A DAY.

I DID HIKES.

SO FOR ME, NATURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PART OF MY LIFE.

I COME FROM A REALLY MALE-DOMINATED SPORT,

AND IT'S SOMETIMES REALLY HARD FOR ME

BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T TAKE ME SERIOUSLY AS AN ATHLETE

BECAUSE I'M IN A BIKINI.

I'M A GIRL.

I'M SURFING, BUT I WORK JUST AS HARD AS ALL THE GUYS,

AND I'M ALWAYS OUT THERE HAVING TO PROVE IT.

CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, I HAVE OVER 3 1/2 MILLION FOLLOWERS

SPREAD OUT ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS.

I'VE SHOT SURF VIDEOS ALL OVER THE WORLD,

AND WHETHER IT BE INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, TWITTER,

SNAPCHAT, YOU NAME IT,

MY GROUP OF INTERNET FRIENDS

WANT TO SEE IF I CAN SURVIVE IN THE JUNGLE.

Narrator: AS A CHAMPION SURFER,

ANASTASIA IS ACCUSTOMED TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE OCEAN,

BUT THIS WILL BE HER FIRST ATTEMPT AT SURVIVING

IN A GRUELING JUNGLE SETTING.

SHE BEGINS WITH A PSR OF 3.2.

THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S VERY GOOD.

WHILE CORY AND ANASTASIA HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE

IN THE OUTDOORS,

THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN A CRASH COURSE

IN PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL TRAINING FROM A WILDERNESS EXPERT.

START SLOW AND THEN GO AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

SO I THINK YOUR PSR IS GOING UP BY THE MINUTE.

CORY AND ANASTASIA WILL BE DROPPED

DEEP INTO THE JUNGLES OF NORTHWEST BELIZE

IN ITS MOST ISOLATED EXPANSE,

MONKEY BAY.

IN THIS PRIMEVAL RAINFOREST,

RECENT UNSEASONABLE RAINFALL AND HIGH HUMIDITY

HAS CAUSED THE INSECT POPULATION TO EXPLODE,

LEAVING THE REGION CRAWLING WITH MILLIONS OF STINGING BUGS

AND BLOODSUCKING SANDFLIES,

WHOSE BITES CAN INFECT THE SKIN WITH LEISHMANIASIS,

A PAINFUL FLESH-EATING DISEASE.

LARGER THREATS ABOUND, INCLUDING JAGUARS,

DEADLY AMERICAN CROCODILES,

AND TERRITORIAL PACKS OF HOWLER MONKEYS.

ALTHOUGH SMALL IN STATURE, WHEN THREATENED,

THEY WILL USE THEIR REMARKABLE STRENGTH

TO QUICKLY OVERPOWER ANY DEFENSELESS HUMAN BEING.

OH, MAN. I'M FEELING SO ALIVE THIS MORNING.

THIS -- THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR,

STUDYING, PRACTICING,

DOING THINGS FOR MANY MONTHS,

ALL FOR THIS.

Anastasia: IS THIS THE PART OF THE JOKE

WHERE THEY PUT ME IN THE NICE HOTEL,

AND I PRETEND TO GO IN THE JUNGLE?

I'M VERY COMFORTABLE IN MY BODY

AND DOING PHOTO SHOOTS AND STUFF,

BUT I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER DONE ANYTHING NUDE.

I'M GOING TO BE BLUSHING.

HERE GOES NOTHING.

IT'S GAME TIME.

LET'S DO THIS.

I'M 110% SURE THAT I'M GOING TO SURVIVE OUT THERE.

THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN'T CONTROL OUT THERE IS MY PARTNER.

HI.

LIKE, JUST YOU AND ME IN THE JUNGLE.

THIS IS SO NOT AWKWARD.

THIS IS AMAZING. THIS IS -- HI. I'M CORY.

-ANASTASIA. NICE TO MEET YOU. -GOOD TO MEET YOU.

YOU READY FOR THIS? -NO.

OH, MY GOSH. I'M READY.

SO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS OUT THERE, JUST KNOW WE ARE A TEAM.

-OKAY. -WE'RE GOING TO STICK TOGETHER.

THERE'S SO MUCH TO EAT OUT HERE, SO MUCH FOOD, SO MUCH VARIETY

AND SO MANY THINGS WE CAN MAKE, SO, YEAH.

THINK OF THIS AS ONE BIG CREATIVE JUNGLE.

-OKAY. SO... -OH, MY GOD!

ONE BIG CREATIVE, AWKWARD JUNGLE.

GET RID OF THE AWKWARD BECAUSE THIS IS 14 DAYS.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS HOME. -OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SEE WHAT WE GOT, YEAH?

ALL RIGHT.

Narrator: IN ADDITION TO BEING GIVEN AN EMERGENCY RADIO

AND MOSQUITO NETTING...

THIS MEANS WE GET TO SLEEP, AND IT MEANS WE GET TO FISH.

AWESOME.

...CORY AND ANASTASIA HAVE BROUGHT TWO PERSONAL ITEMS --

A MACHETE... -26-INCH MACHETE.

WELL, WE NEED THAT, SO GOOD.

YES, YES.

...AND DUCT TAPE.

YES! YOU CAN MAKE SO MANY DIFFERENT...

THAT'S GOING TO HELP IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE GOT IN HERE.

I GOT A MAP.

-NICE. -YEAH.

Cory: BEAUTIFUL. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RIGHT HERE,

AND WE NEED TO MOVE OUR WAY DOWN.

WE NEED TO FIND OUR WAY TO THAT WATER SOURCE

BECAUSE THAT WATER SOURCE RIGHT THERE

IS GOING TO BE OUR LIFELINE.

ALSO, WE'VE GOT SOME BAMBOO.

THAT COULD BE USED FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

-OKAY. -YOU READY?

-YEAH. -LET'S DO THIS.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO FOR IT.

GEEZ. YOU HEAR THAT?

HOWLER MONKEYS ARE GOING NUTS.

WHAT DID WE SIGN UP FOR?

I'VE BEEN STUDYING, AND REALISTICALLY,

MY SKILLS OUT HERE, I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE.

I MEAN, I'M SEEING A LOT OF FOOD SOURCES.

I'M USED TO BEING, LIKE, IN THE OUTDOORS,

AND I'M VERY ACTIVE AND STUFF,

BUT, LIKE, ACTUAL SURVIVING, LIKE, I'VE NEVER...

YOU KNOW, I'M MORE OF, LIKE, A LITTLE BIT OF A PRINCESS.

I WOULDN'T SAY "PRINCESS."

CALL YOURSELF, LIKE, A PRINCESS WARRIOR.

OKAY. THAT'S A CUTE NAME.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO BE.

YOU'RE MY PRINCESS WARRIOR.

ALL RIGHT. THIS GETS REALLY SOFT BACK HERE, BUT YOU GOT TO...

OKAY.

HOLY CRAP. LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S A BIG CAT.

OH, GOD. NO.

LUCKY FOR US, THEY KIND OF HIDE,

BUT STILL, THEY'RE HERE, AND THAT'S PROOF.

I'M A LITTLE TERRIFIED OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT HERE.

-OKAY. WATCH THESE ANTS HERE. -OKAY.

BUT KNOWING THAT CORY HAS SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE RIGHT OFF THE BAT

MAKE ME FEEL 10,000 TIMES SAFER.

OH, MY GOD. SEE THE SNAKE OVER THERE?

JUST MOVED UNDER THE BRUSH.

-WHERE? -RIGHT OVER THERE.

THERE'S A LOG THAT'S DOWNED, JUST KIND OF LAYING BACK THERE.

-OH, YEAH. -HE JUST WENT UNDER.

HOW DO YOU EVEN SEE THAT?

I'M TERRIFIED OF SNAKES.

THAT, MOST LIKELY, FER-DE-LANCE.

THAT ONE IS THE ONE THAT WE WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM,

EXCEPT FOR MEAT. THAT'S FOOD.

OH, MY GOD. THAT'S, LIKE --

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET BIT BY IT?

THAT, RIGHT THERE, IS AN INSTANT TAP.

OH, MY GOD. ANASTASIA, LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS IT. THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

THIS IS BAMBOO HEAVEN.

THIS IS WHAT WE SAW ON THE MAP.

-OKAY. OKAY. -THIS IS IT.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SETTING UP SHOP?

YEAH. YEAH, BECAUSE THE GROUND HERE,

IT'S REALLY SOFT.

SO TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO WORK MAINLY ON THE BEDS.

WE'VE GOT SNAKES OUT HERE.

YOU DON'T WANT SNAKES ON YOU, RIGHT?

NO!

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO NOT SLEEP WITH THE SNAKES.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU WANT THAT TO LINE UP?

YES. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS ONE IN THE...

THE BAMBOO HUT IS NOT COMING ALONG THE WAY I LIKED IT.

IT'S TAKING A REALLY LONG TIME.

IT'S STARTING TO GET ME A LITTLE SCARED,

BUT I HAVE FAITH IN HIM, THOUGH,

AND I THINK IT'S ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER.

THE SPACE.

HOW'S THE BED COMING?

OH, IT'S GOING.

I GOT IT LEVEL-ISH.

Cory: I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO THIS ON PREVIOUS SHOWS.

AND I FEEL LIKE TODAY HAS BEEN A, YOU KNOW,

LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR ME

THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, ALL I'M DOING IS,

YOU KNOW, FAILING AT BUILDING A BED.

BUT I LOOK AT IT AS TODAY, I LEARNED A LOT, YOU KNOW?

ALL RIGHT. WELL, CHECK IT OUT, SHELTER.

WE NEED TO ACTUALLY GET IN IT,

MAKE SURE THIS THING IS GOING TO STAND UP.

OKAY. LET'S TRY THIS.

WELL, IT'S HOLDING BECAUSE I'M NOT HOLDING MUCH OF IT.

-OKAY. -YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

PERFECT. -OKAY.

JUST LIKE THAT.

*BLEEP* *BLEEP*

Cory: IT'S FREEZING COLD OUTSIDE.

YEAH. MONKEYS ARE AGGRESSIVE, TERRITORIAL.

YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU KNOW WHAT MONKEYS DO, DUDE?

-HMM? -LIKE, THEY'LL GO AFTER MY JUNK.

"YOU LITTLE GUYS, LET ME GRAB YOU."

AND THEY'LL TRY AND TAKE IT.

THEY'LL JUST TAKE IT, LIKE, "MINE. THIS IS MINE NOW."

OTHER THING WITH THOSE MONKEYS, IT WAS, LIKE, BAD.

I WAS ASSUMING THAT I WAS GOING TO GET ATTACKED.

Cory: I HAVE TO GIVE A TON OF RESPECT

FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S EVER DONE THIS SHOW.

THIS SHOW IS HARD-CORE. -YEAH.

NIGHTTIME WAS TERRIFYING.

THERE'S LOTS OF SCARY THINGS OUT HERE.

IT WAS PRETTY HARD CONSIDERING WE DIDN'T HAVE FIRE

OR A TECHNICAL SHELTER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY, TODAY WILL BE A LOT BETTER,

ONCE WE GET ONE OR THE OTHER.

SO THE TECHNIQUE I'M USING TO START FIRE TODAY

IS CALLED THE FIRE SAW.

THIS IS A TECHNIQUE THAT I'VE JUST...

I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON,

BUT PERSONALLY, I HAVEN'T DONE IT.

BUT, I MEAN, IT'S FRICTION, YOU KNOW?

AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

MY PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS FIRE, THEN SHELTER

BECAUSE I NEED THE FIRE TO PURIFY WATER.

THAT WAY, I CAN GET SOMETHING TO DRINK BECAUSE I AM THIRSTY.

I'VE ACTUALLY USED DUCT TAPE A LOT IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE, LIKE,

FROM SURFBOARDS AND, YOU KNOW, AROUND MY HOUSE.

SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE A SEXY DUCT-TAPE BIKINI.

I WANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROTECTION FROM BUGS

AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

Cory: IT'S CLOSE.

I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. I'M HAPPY.

THAT MEANS I'VE GOT THE RIGHT MATERIAL.

CUTE, NO?

SO THAT'S YOUR CONFIDENCE BOOSTER.

WHEN I GET THIS GOING, THAT'S MY CONFIDENCE BOOSTER.

ALL RIGHT. I SMELL IT.

-AH! -ALMOST THERE.

AH!

AH! -ALMOST THERE.

ALMOST THERE.

AH! AH!

-ARE YOU OKAY? -YUP.

NOT WORKING?

NO.

Anastasia: I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FIRE

BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MUCH FIRE SKILLS,

SO I CAN'T REALLY TALK,

BUT CORY SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT IN DOING IT.

I FEEL THAT MAYBE CORY OVERSTATED HIS SKILL SET

AND MAYBE HIS KNOWLEDGE

OF THE MATERIALS THAT WERE AROUND.

SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GETTING SUPER DEHYDRATED,

AND WE NEED THE EASIEST OPTION,

AND I THINK THAT EASY OPTION RIGHT NOW

IS DIGGING THAT GYPSY WELL. -OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG ONE OUT BY THE RIVER.

WAIT. I MEAN, YOU'RE REALLY CONFIDENT IN DOING THAT?

YEAH.

I HAVE NEVER DONE A GYPSY WELL.

I KNOW THE BASICS.

Narrator: A GYPSY WELL, ALSO KNOWN AS AN INDIAN WELL,

IS A 1-FOOT-DEEP HOLE DUG NEAR A FRESHWATER SOURCE.

AS THE HOLE FILLS WITH LIQUID SEEPING THROUGH THE SOIL,

THE CARBON IN THE DIRT FILTERS OUT POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS

CAUSED BY MOSQUITOS AND ANIMAL FECES

THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS ABDOMINAL AILMENTS.

A GYPSY WELL IS SOMETHING THAT I HEARD OF

WHEN I WAS JUST DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH,

TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO PURIFY WATER,

AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME ACTUALLY DRINKING OUT OF ONE.

A LITTLE CUP.

OH, MAN.

Anastasia: HOW'S THE CUP HOLDING UP?

UGH!

NOT DRINKABLE?

IT'S PRETTY BAD, TASTES HORRID.

AT THE SAME TIME, MAN, IT'S WATER.

UGH. I DON'T LIKE THAT.

I SEE STUFF, LIKE, ON TOP OF THE WATER.

JUST THINK OF IT AS, LIKE, A WEIRD TEA,

AND YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

Anastasia: THE RIVER WATER TASTES LIKE MUD.

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT MUD OR DIRT TASTES LIKE,

IT'S LIKE A DIRT SOUP.

WELL, HUNGER IS STARTING TO KICK IN,

SO I THINK I'M GOING TO START TO LOOK TOWARDS

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EAT.

I WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOME COCONUTS.

I DON'T SEE ANY COCONUTS HERE, THOUGH.

THERE WE GO, COHUNE NUTS.

OH, YEAH. I'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE.

I THINK THESE HAVE A LOT OF CALORIES IN THEM.

HOPEFULLY, THESE ARE EDIBLE.

Cory: I THINK, SO FAR, THINGS WITH ANASTASIA

HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD.

TEAMWORK IS NUMBER ONE.

COHUNE NUTS, WE NEED THESE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SOURCE OF FOOD,

AND THOSE ARE GOING TO HELP US REPLENISH A LOT OF THE CALORIES

THAT WE'RE LOSING DOING THIS.

I THINK, TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT.

-SHELTER? -YEAH.

OKAY.

Narrator: WITH JUST 3 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT LEFT

AND NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 50s,

CORY AND ANASTASIA AND TURN THEIR ATTENTION

TO REDESIGNING THEIR SHELTER

TO BETTER PROTECT THEM FROM PREDATORS AND THE ELEMENTS.

Anastasia: THE SUN IS DROPPING, SO WE GOT TO HUSTLE.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE FIRE AS OF NOW,

BUT SHELTER IS COMING TOGETHER.

HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE A LOT WARMER.

YOU GUYS AT HOME, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS LIKE,

WHAT THIS IS REALLY LIKE?

TRY LAYING IN YOUR BATHTUB WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO SLEEP

WITH THE SHOWER RUNNING ON THE COLDEST SETTING.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS LIKE, AND IT'S MUCH, MUCH WORSE.

THIS IS NOT FUN AND GAMES. THIS IS SERIOUS.

I'M SERIOUS, LIKE, MY BODY IS SHUTTING DOWN.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP THROUGH THIS.

THE RAIN SUCKED LAST NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE DAYS OR NIGHTS

I CAN MAKE IT WITHOUT FIRE.

OKAY. I'LL MAKE IT.

OTHERWISE, YOU MIGHT BE OUT HERE BY YOURSELF.

AH!

WE'LL MAKE FIRE TODAY.

Cory: I FEEL LIKE I'VE JUST BEEN FAILING TOO MUCH

WITH THE FIRE SAW, AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE HER,

SO I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS DO THE GOOD OLD BOW DRILL.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GOOD AT.

TURN THIS INTO, LIKE, A LITTLE TWINE, WIND IT UP.

OH, IT LOOKS GOOD.

DEFINITELY NEED FIRE FOR DRINKING WATER,

AND IF WE HAVE ANOTHER RAINY NIGHT OR COLD NIGHT,

SO IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AH!

-OH, NO. -WAY TOO HARD.

IT'S DOING NOTHING.

IT'S SUPER FRUSTRATING TO WATCH THE SMOKE COME

AND TRY FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS

AND NOT GET ANY FIRE,

BUT I'M THINKING IT'S ANOTHER FIRELESS NIGHT.

OH *BLEEP*

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE HYPERTHER-- HYPOTHERMIA.

I DON'T THINK SO.

YEAH. THIS *BLEEP* SUCKS.

I'M SO OVER IT.

THIS IS THE MOST COLD I'VE EVER BEEN.

ME TOO.

I LIVE IN ALASKA, AND THIS IS NOT THE SAME.

Cory: I NEVER ONCE THOUGHT SLEEP DEPRIVATION

WAS GOING TO BE THIS BAD.

I FEEL LIKE MY...

MY MOTOR SKILLS ARE A LITTLE OFF, WACKY.

IF I DON'T GET A FIRE TODAY,

THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE.

WHY IS IT...

IT'S NOT DOING IT. THERE IT IS.

Cory: COMING INTO THIS CHALLENGE,

I WAS TOTALLY CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITY TO MAKE FIRE.

LIKE, THAT WAS ONE OF MY TOP THREE SKILLS,

BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE JUST HOW DIFFERENT THINGS

WERE GOING TO BE HERE.

I KNOW, LIKE, I KNOW, AND I FEEL THAT I'M BETTER THAN THIS,

BUT OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT.

YEAH, BUT, AGAIN, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, LIKE,

YOU'RE NOT USED TO THIS...

-NO. -...AREA, AND...

NO. I NEVER SAID I WAS A SURVIVAL EXPERT,

BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAP ON DAY 4, DUDE.

-RIGHT. -THAT'S EMBARRASSING.

I THINK IF ANYONE WAS WITH US LAST NIGHT,

THEY WOULD NOT SAY, "THAT'S EMBARRASSING."

YEAH.

Narrator: WITH CORY AND ANASTASIA STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE

IN THE FREEZING NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES,

PRODUCERS, CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY, DECIDE TO INTERVENE.

OUR STRING BROKE.

NOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR 4 DAYS, HASN'T IT?

I'M EMBARRASSED BY THIS. I WORKED SO HARD.

WELL, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE EMBARRASSED.

YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT,

CORY, OR YOU, ANASTASIA.

YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN THIS A REALLY VALIANT TRY.

SO I'VE GOT A SUGGESTION, WHICH YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE,

BUT IF YOU WANT TO STAY IN THIS

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK EITHER OF YOU WANT TO GO.

I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO. I WANT TO GET THIS FIRE STARTED,

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO.

THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION OF CIRCUMSTANCES HERE.

WE HAVE A FIRESTARTER.

WE CARRY IT IN OUR FIELD KIT ALL THE TIME.

YOU CAN HAVE THIS.

YOU CAN HAVE FIRE IN 10 MINUTES.

WELL, I HAVE TO LET MY PRIDE GO

AND JUST SAY, "GO WITH IT."

GOOD LUCK. IT'S A SMART DECISION.

Anastasia: I WASN'T SURE IF CORY WAS GOING TO ACCEPT

THE FIRESTARTER OR NOT, BUT ALSO, I KNOW HE KNEW

THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENCE OF US

STAYING IN OR NOT.

OH, GOSH. FIRE!

OH, MY GOSH. MY WISHES HAVE BEEN GRANTED.

THAT'S AMAZING.

GAME CHANGER.

Cory: SO IT'S REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING,

AND LOOK AT MY FACE. YOU SEE?

YOU SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE?

I'M SMILING. I FEEL REALLY GOOD.

I ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET SOME SLEEP LAST NIGHT.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

TIRED...

YEAH?

...LIKE *BLEEP*

I FEEL LIKE I COULD THROW UP.

OH, YEAH. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.

WHAT HAPPENED? YOU ALMOST THROW UP?

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO THROW UP. YEAH.

OOH.

Cory: YESTERDAY WAS MY DOWN DAY,

AND I FEEL LIKE ANASTASIA IS HAVING HER DOWN DAY TODAY.

MY ARM IS FEELING REALLY WEIRD.

YEAH. IT'S THE LACK OF PROTEIN, PROBABLY.

YOUR BODY IS GOING TO START USING MUSCLE,

LIKE EATING MUSCLE.

UGH.

GET YOU SOME FISH.

I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN FISHING WITH A MOSQUITO NET BEFORE,

BUT I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA

ON HOW TO CATCH FISH WITH THIS.

I FOUND SOME HALF-ROTTEN COCONUTS ON THE GROUND,

WHICH I'M GOING TO USE FOR BAIT.

JUST GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THEY START REALLY NIBBLING ON THIS,

STIR UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE COCONUT.

YUP.

THANK YOU FOR FEEDING US TONIGHT.

WOULD YOU BE HAPPY IF I CAUGHT A FISH?

YEAH.

WOULD YOU BE HAPPY IF I CAUGHT 21 OF THEM?

21?

21 FISH.

WOW.

Anastasia: CORY IS A REALLY CARING, NURTURING PERSON,

SO I'M FEELING, LIKE, NOT ONLY HAS BEEN FAILING HIMSELF,

BUT HE'S FAILING ME BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF ME

AND MAKE SURE I'M OKAY, AS WELL.

JUST POUR THE FISH IN THERE, PUT SOME WATER,

BOIL THEM UP, ALL GOOD.

OH, YEAH. THEY'RE STILL MOVING.

NOW I'M EXCITED TO TRY THIS FISH.

Cory: PROBABLY GOING TO BE REALLY SOFT.

MM.

IT'S REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY.

AW.

REALLY GOOD, RIGHT?

THOSE ARE GOOD.

LITTLE BONY,

BUT I DON'T CARE.

THAT'S OUR PROTEIN, RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE GETTING EATEN ALIVE.

Narrator: ATTAINING FIRE IS A MIXED BLESSING

FOR CORY AND ANASTASIA.

IT PROVIDES WARMTH,

BUT THE LIGHT AND CARBON DIOXIDE GIVEN OFF BY THE FLAMES

ARE ATTRACTING MORE BITING BUGS THAN EVER.

WE'RE IN A MOSQUITO NET, YOU KNOW?

LIKE NONE OF THIS STUFF IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN,

BUT THESE LITTLE GUYS ARE SO SMALL.

Anastasia: OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD.

UGH.

AH.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S JUST EVERY NIGHT IS SO BAD.

IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER.

OH.

THIS HURTS.

I KNOW.

UGH!

OW. OW. OW. OW.

MORNING OF DAY 6, AND I'VE BEEN SO BITTEN ALL OVER MY BODY.

I DON'T FEEL GOOD.

OH, MY GOD.

AS I'M SAYING, THE BITES ARE JUST SO EXTREME.

I CAN'T -- I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.

I'M, LIKE, DONE.

I HAVE TO TAP OUT.

LIKE, I CAN'T STOP ITCHING, AND THEY WON'T STOP BITING.

LIKE, WE DIDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT, AGAIN,

AND I'M JUST, LIKE, DONE.

BECAUSE I AM AN ATHLETE, AND BECAUSE I KNOW

NOT TO PUSH MYSELF TOO MUCH PHYSICALLY

TO THE POINT WHERE I DON'T WANT TO DO DAMAGE,

AND I DON'T WANT TO MESS MYSELF UP

BECAUSE MY BODY IS MY TEMPLE,

AND IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I HAVE.

Cory: IN THIS SITUATION, I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS IS UNBEARABLE,

ABSOLUTELY UNBEARABLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT OUT HERE.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

Anastasia: I TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.

I WOULD'VE NEVER GUESSED

I WOULD'VE TAPPED OUT FOR SANDFLIES.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.

-YOU 100% SURE? -YEAH. I'M DONE.

I CAN'T HANDLE IT. -OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING AMAZING.

OH, MY GOD. YOU WERE THE GREATEST.

I'M DEFINITELY GUILTY OF BEING A FAN

AND MISJUDGED HOW HARD IT WAS.

I THOUGHT I COULD CONQUER WHATEVER IS THROWN AT ME,

BUT I WAS WRONG.

FROM YEARS OF BEING AN ATHLETE,

YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME, AND YOU MOVE ON.

EMOTIONALLY, FOR ME, IT'S A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE

AND SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW,

I DEFINITELY LEARNED A LOT FROM.

I CAN PRIDE MYSELF OUT HERE SAYING THAT AT LEAST I TRIED

AND WENT FOR IT.

OW. OW. OW. OW.

OW. OW.

THIS SPOT, THIS, RIGHT HERE,

THIS IS, LIKE, SANDFLY CENTRAL.

THIS IS TERRIBLE.

WELL, TIME TO SHOP FOR A NEW PLACE.

PBHT!

OKAY.

YEAH, NO. I JUST CLEAR THIS OUT,

AND THEN I GOT A NICE BIG FLAT SPOT TO WORK WITH.

I THINK I FOUND HOME.

THIS HAS NOW BECOME A NEW CHALLENGE.

THIS IS A SOLO SURVIVAL CHALLENGE.

PART OF ME IS, OF COURSE, REALLY BUMMED OUT THAT SHE WENT HOME

BECAUSE SHE'S A VERY POSITIVE PERSON, VERY SUPPORTIVE.

BUT THE OTHER HALF OF ME, I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF EXCITED.

I LOVE A GOOD CHALLENGE.

I AM GOING TO BEAT THIS PLACE.

IT'S JUST YOU AND ME, BELIZE!

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!

Cory: * HEY, LITTLE SPARTA, WHAT IS WITH ALL THE FIGHT? *

* LITTLE, BITTY KITTY WANT TO BITE, BITE, BITE *

* HEY, LITTLE SPARTA, WHAT IS WITH ALL THE FIGHT? *

* LITTLE, BITTY KITTY WANT TO BITE, BITE, BITE *

* HEY, LITTLE SPARTA, WHAT IS WITH ALL THE FIGHT? *

MY FIRST NIGHT ALONE WAS ACTUALLY QUITE AMAZING.

I AM REFRESHED. I FEEL AWESOME.

I SLEPT FOR, LIKE, 10 HOURS LAST NIGHT, NO JOKE.

I FEEL...

OH, MY GOD...AMA-- I FEEL AMAZING.

TODAY, I'M GOING TO HUNT.

MY BODY, I THINK, IS LIKE, "PROTEIN!"

BECAUSE I HAD, LIKE, PIZZA DREAMS ALL LAST NIGHT,

BUT TODAY IS GOING TO BE GOOD.

I FEEL IT.

WELL, I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT...

HEY. LOOK AT THIS.

LET'S GET THIS BAD BOY. OH, HE'S BIG.

FOR MY FIRST SOLO MEAL, ESCARGOT.

NOT 100% SURE IF IT'S EDIBLE.

I THINK IT IS, BUT BECAUSE I'M REALLY HUNGRY,

I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO GO FOR IT, TAKE THE RISK.

Narrator: FRESHWATER SNAILS, WHILE HIGH IN PROTEIN,

MAY CONTAIN PARASITIC WORMS

THAT CAN CAUSE FLULIKE SYMPTOMS AND EVEN PARALYSIS.

IF NOT THOROUGHLY COOKED,

THE WORMS CAN LIVE IN THE HUMAN BODY FOR 3 TO 5 YEARS.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IT PROBABLY TASTES LIKE SEAFOOD.

OH, HOLY CRAP.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

I NEED MORE OF THOSE.

THIS IS THE MOST AT PEACE

I'VE BEEN SINCE ENTERING THE CHALLENGE,

AND I'M AT A LEVEL OF PEACE RIGHT NOW

THAT IS JUST UNHEARD OF.

BEING OUT HERE WITHOUT A PHONE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE INTERNET,

WITHOUT CONNECTION TO ANYONE

HAS ALLOWED ME TO CONNECT WITH MYSELF.

AND THIS IS HARD.

I MEAN, THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY HARD.

THIS CHALLENGE, THIS IS NOT EASY.

BUT I THINK, BY THE END OF THIS,

I'M GOING TO BE A MUCH STRONGER PERSON,

A MUCH MORE HUMBLE PERSON,

CONNECTING WITH MYSELF OUT HERE.

THAT'S -- THAT'S WHY I'M OUT HERE.

I'M FINDING MY PEACE.

THIS IS HELL TIME.

IT'S FREEZING COLD.

OH, I REALLY HOPE MORNING IS CLOSE.

I USED UP A LOT OF CALORIES LAST NIGHT SHIVERING.

NOW, I'M VERY MUCH HUNGRY AND VERY THIRSTY,

AND TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, MY FIRE...

THAT'S IT. IT'S OUT.

I AM SO GLAD I HAVE A FIRESTARTER NOW

BECAUSE TRYING TO FIND THE MATERIALS

TO GET MY STUFF GOING IN THIS DAMP ENVIRONMENT,

THAT WOULD JUST TAKE SO MUCH LONGER.

SO THIS FIRESTARTER, ABSOLUTE LIFESAVER.

I'M STARTING TO GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED.

EVERYTHING OUT HERE IS SO WET.

I CAN'T EVEN GET THE FIRESTARTER TO WORK.

DAMN IT.

I'M DONE WITH FIRE FOR A WHILE.

BITING FLIES ARE BACK.

THESE FLIES ARE UNSTOPPABLE.

UGH!

AH.

THEY FEEL LIKE BEING BITTEN BY RED ANTS.

THEY'RE RELENTLESS, DUDE.

AW, DAMN.

* LITTLE, BITTY KITTY WANT TO BITE, BITE, BITE *

THIS TIME I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO TALK TO

WHEN THINGS GET REALLY BAD, BUT, YEAH.

THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET BAD.

AH. DAMN.

MY BODY IS DRAINED.

OH, MAN.

AND I'M CRYING BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY,

HOW MUCH I MISS THEM.

JUST KEEP SEEING MY DAUGHTER'S EYES.

SHE'S ONLY 8 MONTHS OLD.

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN AWAY FROM HER.

I'M JUST FRUSTRATED, TIRED.

LOSING MY FOCUS. I GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

COCONUT!

MAYBE I CAN EAT THIS ONE.

IT HAS WATER IN IT.

OH.

THAT WAS DISGUSTING.

OH! THAT'S PUTRID.

UGH!

OH, IT SMELLS SO BAD.

UGH. I THINK I'M GOING TO BE SICK.

Narrator: YouTuber AND SUPERFAN CORY

HAS BEEN ALONE IN A REMOTE JUNGLE OF BELIZE

FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS.

HIS PARTNER, ANASTASIA, CALLED IT QUITS ON DAY 6

AFTER HER BODY WAS RAVAGED BY MORE THAN 1,000 BUG BITES.

ANASTASIA'S EARLY EXIT DROPS HER PSR FROM A 3.2 TO A 2.7.

STARTING WITH A PSR OF 3.9, CORY HAS BEEN STRUGGLING

AND IS SINKING IN SELF-DOUBT.

I'VE LOST MY POINT OF WHY I'M DOING THIS CHALLENGE.

Narrator: WITH 5 DAYS REMAINING UNTIL EXTRACTION,

CORY NOW FACES A DECISION AT THE CROSSROADS OF SURVIVAL --

TAKE FLIGHT OR FIGHT.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE HUNGRIEST I'VE EVER BEEN.

MAN.

ANY FOOD RIGHT NOW WOULD BE GOOD.

I WOULD LOVE ONE OF THOSE COCONUTS.

COCONUT MILK IS SOMETHING I COULD DESPERATELY USE RIGHT NOW.

THOSE WOULD BE AN AMAZING THING TO HAVE.

THAT'S DANGEROUS.

THIS WAS TAUGHT TO ME IN MY SURVIVAL CLASS.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A BIRD TRAP.

OUCH.

I AM HOPING THAT I CATCH SOMETHING...

BECAUSE I SURE WOULD LIKE TO EAT.

UGH.

MY CORD JUST BROKE.

OH, MAN.

I JUST GOT TO FIND A STRONGER CORD.

I MEAN, THE DESIGN IS HERE.

I THINK IT'S THAT WHOLE "CORY ALMOST MADE IT" SORT OF DEAL.

UGH!

THE BITING FLIES ARE WORSE THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN.

OH, MY GOD. THEY'RE JUST SWARMING.

THIS IS SO BAD.

UGH!

I'M BEING EATEN BY BUGS.

I'VE HAD THINGS ATTACH THEMSELVES TO MY CORNHOLE.

MY MAN STUFF HAS BEEN BITTEN SO BAD.

THAT'S NOT COOL, MAN.

THEY'RE BITING ME EVERYWHERE.

OH! OH!

UGH. THIS NEEDS TO STOP.

THEY'RE JUST EATING ME.

ARGH!

LAST NIGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY TOUGH, A LOT OF SANDFLIES.

THEY'RE STILL HERE.

BASTARDS!

RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST... I'M BEING TORTURED,

AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

MY BODY IS DRAINED.

I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN DAYS,

AND THEN I'VE GOT EXTRACTION COMING UP.

I'M TOO TIRED.

THINGS ARE JUST A BIT MUCH FOR ME.

THE HARDEST PART ABOUT BEING OUT HERE

ISN'T GETTING SHELTER OR FOOD OR ANY OF THAT.

IT'S BEING AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.

THE REST IS PHYSICAL, BUT THE HARD STUFF IS EMOTIONAL.

I THINK I HAVE TO TAP.

COMING OUT HERE, I WAS LIKE 110% SURE

I WAS GOING TO KICK THIS PLACE'S BUTT.

I WAS GOING TO SURVIVE.

BUT I'M NOT A SURVIVALIST, YOU KNOW?

I'M A YouTuber.

I MAY BE BOOK-SMART, BUT, YOU KNOW, SURVIVAL-SMART?

NOT SO MUCH.

AS A HUGE FAN OF THE SHOW,

I WILL NEVER SEE THIS SHOW THE SAME AGAIN,

BUT I AM GLAD THAT I GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT

BECAUSE THIS IS LEARNING,

AND I GET TO TAKE SOMETHING HOME,

AND NOW I GET TO APPLY THAT LESSON TO SOMETHING ELSE.

THIS MAKES ME A BETTER PERSON IN THE END.

Narrator: AFTER ONLY A WEEK AND A HALF IN THE BELIZEAN JUNGLE,

CORY LOST A TOTAL OF 26 POUNDS.

ALONE FOR 5 DAYS, FRIGID NIGHTS...

THIS IS THE MOST COLD I'VE EVER BEEN.

Narrator: ...AND A MASSIVE ONSLAUGHT

OF SKIN-RIPPING SANDFLIES... -ARGH!

...ULTIMATELY TOOK CORY DOWN

3 DAYS SHY OF HIS INTENDED GOAL OF 2 WEEKS.

AS A RESULT, CORY IS SENT HOME WITH A FINAL PSR OF 3.4

AND A STARK REMINDER...

UGH!

Narrator: ...OF JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO SURVIVE

COMPLETELY UNPLUGGED FROM CIVILIZATION.