Original subtitles

Sabrina: VINCE, DO YOU NEED TO CALL THE MEDIC?

[ CRYING ]

[ SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

Hank: WE'VE JUST EVACUATED FROM THE SURVIVAL AREA.

RIGHT NOW I'M IN AN AMBULANCE.

WE'RE HEADING TO THE HOSPITAL HERE IN BOLIVIA.

WE'RE HEADING AS FAST AS WE CAN.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

Narrator: TWO STRANGERS...

ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, BOTH EXPERIENCED SURVIVALISTS,

HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT THEIR SKILLS TO THE ULTIMATE TEST.

JUST ONE VICTORY! PLEASE!

THEY HAVE NO WATER, NO FOOD, AND NO CLOTHES.

THEIR CHALLENGE IS TO SURVIVE FOR 21 DAYS...

AAH! I WANT TO GO HOME.

Narrator: ...KNOWING THAT THE HUMAN BODY

CAN ONLY LIVE THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATER

AND BEGINS TO SHUT DOWN AFTER THREE WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD.

GET OUT OF THERE!

Narrator: THIS IS THE EVEREST OF SURVIVAL CHALLENGES.

CAN A MAN AND WOMAN

SURVIVE ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS NAKED AND AFRAID?

Woman: THIS PLACE IS NOT GONNA CONQUER ME.

Narrator: IN THE HEART OF SOUTH AMERICA,

PLUNGING FROM THE PEAKS OF THE ANDES

TO THE IMPENETRABLE JUNGLES OF THE AMAZON,

ITS GEOGRAPHY IS AS EXTREME AS ITS CLIMATE.

SUFFOCATING HUMIDITY AND INTOLERABLE HEAT

REACH TRIPLE DIGITS BY DAY,

AND THE TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET

DOWN TO UNBEARABLE FRIGID NIGHTS.

THE WILD WINDS PRODUCED BY EL NIÑO

CAUSE SUDDEN TROPICAL STORMS,

AND FLASH FLOODING IS A CONSTANT THREAT.

THIS IS HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST VENOMOUS SNAKES

ON THE CONTINENT.

THE FEARSOME FER-DE-LANCE STRIKES WITH LIGHTNING SPEED,

PUMAS STALK THEIR PREY,

STINGING SCORPIONS THAT ATTACK WITH PARALYZING VENOM,

AND GIANT POISONOUS SPIDERS MAKE THIS AN EXTREME CHALLENGE

FOR ANY HUMAN TO SURVIVE.

SUN SCORCHED, A HARSH AND HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.

THIS IS BOLIVIA.

Sabrina: I'M REALLY AMAZED BY WHAT I SEE.

I'VE CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE UNITED STATES,

SO THIS IS ALL VERY NEW TO ME.

MY NAME IS SABRINA MERGENTHALER.

I'M FROM SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA.

I'M A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO I HOME SCHOOL.

I CONSIDER MYSELF AN AMERICAN WITCH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL CLOSE TO IS NATURE.

OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS,

I'VE BEEN TEACHING MYSELF PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL SKILLS.

I'VE BASICALLY LEARNED HOW TO TAKE THINGS FROM NATURE

AND TURN THEM INTO USABLE ITEMS.

IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH OUT HERE.

NOT GONNA BE MUCH FOOD OR WATER OR ANY AMENITIES, OBVIOUSLY.

I'M VINCENT PINTO FROM ARIZONA.

BEEN MARRIED FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW.

I'M A NATURALIST AND FULL-TIME SURVIVAL INSTRUCTOR.

I'M A TEACHER.

I'M PAID TO TALK AND TEACH ABOUT SURVIVAL.

I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

WHEN I'VE BEEN IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION,

IT ISN'T BECAUSE I MADE A STUPID MOVE.

IT'S BECAUSE I PUT MYSELF OUT THERE.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE FURTHER WE GO, THE BETTER.

I JUST WANT TO FALL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

Sabrina: I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 10 YEARS,

AND THAT'S THE ONLY MAN I'VE SEEN NAKED,

SO THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY STRANGE FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT.

BEING NAKED IN FRONT OF MY PARTNER IS NO BIG DEAL TO ME.

IF YOU HAVE YOUR MIND IN THE SEXUAL GUTTER

AND YOU'RE IN THE WILDERNESS, YOU'RE IN FOR A WORLD OF HURT.

YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT LIKE THE TERRAIN IN GEORGIA.

JUST LIKE BACK AT HOME,

MEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING OUT THE TRASH

AND THE WOMEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE DISHES.

I DO HOLD THAT TO BE THE CASE HERE IN THE JUNGLE.

HOWEVER, I'M ALSO CAPABLE OF DOING THE STRONG THINGS,

AND HE NEEDS TO TRUST THAT I CAN DO THAT.

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

THAT ENJOYED LONG WALKS IN THE JUNGLE COMPLETELY NAKED. HI.

GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE NAKED HERE, THAT'S FOR SURE.

I KNOW.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME? SABRINA.

SABRINA. VINCENT. GOOD TO MEET YOU.

YOU CAN SAVE A SYLLABLE AND CALL ME VINCE.

I LIKE IT. COOL.

I HAVE A NAME FOR OUR TEAM.

WHAT'S OUR TEAM?

WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO BE A NEGATIVE TEAM.

WE DON'T WANT "CAN'T."

WE WANT "CAN," SO "TWO CAN," 'CAUSE A LOT OF TOUCANS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? [ LAUGHS ]

I LOVE IT.

Narrator: SABRINA AND VINCE HAVE EACH BROUGHT

ONE ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL ITEM.

THIS IS SIMPLY A CONTAINER TO CONTAIN MY HAND-DRILL KIT.

RUBBING TWO STICKS TOGETHER AND MAKING FIRE,

SO KNOCK ON WOOD I'M VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH IT.

I BROUGHT A HATCHET.

AWESOME. WE'LL BE ALL DAVY CROCKET OUT HERE.

THIS IS GREAT.

IN ADDITION, SABRINA AND VINCE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HANDHELD CAMERAS

TO DOCUMENT THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES.

A SMALL CREW WILL CAPTURE THE 21-DAY JOURNEY

WITH CLEAR INSTRUCTION NOT TO INTERVENE

UNLESS THERE IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

OH, THIS MUST BE OUR MAP.

SABRINA AND VINCE HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF

NEAR THE BEND OF A RIVER SNAKING ITS WAY

THROUGH THE DANGEROUS, LUSH JUNGLE.

IF THEY HEAD NORTHWEST DOWN THE MUDDY RIVER,

THEY'LL REACH A BOX CANYON ABOUT EIGHT MILES DOWNSTREAM.

THE CANYON WILL OFFER AMPLE RESOURCES

SO THEY CAN ESTABLISH A BASE CAMP FOR THEIR 21-DAY CHALLENGE.

IF THEY MAKE IT TO DAY 21,

THEY'LL NEED TO TREK A FURTHER FIVE MILES,

SCALING STEEP AND ROCKY TERRAIN TO THEIR EXTRACTION POINT,

WHERE THEY'LL BE RESCUED BY A HELICOPTER.

SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY WE HEAD DOWNSTREAM AND CHECK IT OUT?

AS PART OF THEIR SELECTION PROCESS,

SABRINA AND VINCE HAVE UNDERGONE RIGOROUS PHYSICAL

AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING.

THEIR OVERALL SURVIVAL ASSESSMENT

HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY EXPERTS ACCORDING TO THREE CATEGORIES --

SKILL, EXPERIENCE, AND MENTAL APPROACH.

VINCE'S EXPERIENCE AS A WILDERNESS INSTRUCTOR

SCORES VERY HIGH,

BUT HIS INEXPERIENCE WORKING WITH A PARTNER IN THE WILD

COUNTS AGAINST HIM.

SABRINA'S SERENE AND SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE

EARNS HER A HIGH MENTAL RATING,

BUT HER SURVIVAL SKILLS HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED

IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.

VINCE AND SABRINA HAVE BEEN GIVEN

OVERALL PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL RATINGS, OR PSR.

VINCE SCORES A PSR OF 8.2 AND SABRINA GETS 6.7.

OUR EXPERTS WILL REEVALUATE THEIR PSRs

AT THE END OF THE 21-DAY CHALLENGE IF THEY MAKE IT.

TRY TO STICK TO THE SHADE, HUH.

THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF SUN OUT HERE, I THINK.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A PLANT BACK IN ARIZONA CALLED CORALBEAN.

SOME REALLY BRIGHT-RED BERRIES BACK IN HERE.

LIKE, SOME PLANTS WILL KILL YOU,

SO YOU REALLY CAN'T MESS WITH THAT.

OH, THAT'S A GOOD STICK.

I'M THINKING HE TALKS QUITE A BIT.

THIS IS AN INTENSE SUN.

IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO MUD UP, TO CLAY UP.

RIGHT.

IF HE DOESN'T STOP EXPLAINING TO ME ABOUT THINGS I ALREADY KNOW,

THAT IS DEFINITELY GONNA PUT A WEDGE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP.

THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO THINK LIKE A HERON...

[ CHUCKLES ]

...AND REALLY FEEL WITH OUR FEET.

[ MONKEY CHATTERING ]

MAN, IS THAT SUN HOT OR IS IT ME?

YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY HOT.

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HOLES IN THIS TRAIL.

THERE COULD BE ANYTHING IN THEM.

I AGREE. BETTER BE CAREFUL.

I DON'T THINK SHE HAS THE SURVIVAL SKILLS I HAVE,

BUT SHE'S VERY OBSERVANT,

WHICH TO ME IS THE BASIS OF ALL SURVIVAL SKILLS.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT

THAT I'M WALKING THROUGH AN UNDERGROUND WASP'S NEST.

Narrator: FOUR HOURS INTO THE TREK, THEY'RE LOSING DAYLIGHT.

THEY DECIDE TO MAKE A TEMPORARY CAMP

AND CONTINUE THE REST OF THE JOURNEY IN THE COOLER MORNING.

SEE IF WE CAN FIND A GOOD SHELTER SITE.

SO, I NOTICED THIS.

YEAH. THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD SPOT.

Vince: FOR NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING

TO GET THE SHELTER SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.

WE'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING A LEAN-TO.

IT'S VERY EFFICIENT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HATCHET.

Sabrina: I AM REALLY HOPING WE GET THIS SHELTER BUILT.

WE'RE PUSHING THE TIME BOUNDARIES FOR TODAY.

LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S LIKE A 10-PERSON SHELTER IN THERE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

HOW YOU FEELING HEALTH-WISE RIGHT NOW?

OBVIOUSLY THIRSTY LIKE ME, BUT OTHERWISE?

YEAH. PRETTY PARCHED.

I AM EXTREMELY THIRSTY RIGHT NOW.

PHEW.

WE'LL BE OKAY AT LEAST THROUGH TOMORROW.

YEAH.

PHEW, OKAY.

SO, DAY 1 REALLY KIND OF KICKED MY ASS

JUST A BIT MORE THAN I EXPECTED IT WOULD.

WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE.

21 DAYS.

ALL RIGHT, DAY 1 OUT.

WE ARE IN A SUPER HOT LOCATION.

I CANNOT DESCRIBE THE HEAT.

I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO GET SOME WATER IN ME.

Narrator: TRACKING ALONG THE RIVER

KEEPS VINCE AND SABRINA WITHIN REACH OF FRESH WATER,

BUT THE STREAM IS SLUGGISH, FULL OF INSECT LARVAE AND PARASITES.

THE RISK OF DISEASES LIKE GIARDIA

IS TOO GREAT FOR THEM TO TAKE ON.

Vince: RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON THE THIRST QUEST.

THAT'S REALLY PREOCCUPYING US.

WE MAY HAVE TO SCAVENGE FOR WATER FOR A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH.

THINK THE SUN IS AT ITS HIGH POINT RIGHT NOW.

VINCE, WE NEED TO TAKE A MINUTE.

FEELING VERY NAUSEOUS.

[ SIGHS ]

MY STOMACH IS SUPER CLENCHED RIGHT NOW.

SABRINA IS NOT FEELING VERY WELL,

AND I HAVE NO DOUBT IT HAD TO DO WITH BOTH THE HEAT

BUT ESPECIALLY THE LACK OF WATER.

[ SIGHS ]

I'M GONNA KEEP MY EYES OPEN FOR ANY BITTER PLANT

I FEEL VERY SAFE GIVING YOU,

'CAUSE SOMETIMES BITTERS FOR THE STOMACH

WILL CALM IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

Narrator: VINCE GATHERS SOME EUCALYPTUS LEAVES.

THE OIL IN THE LEAVES WILL HELP EASE SABRINA'S CRAMPS.

Vince: YOU'RE MOST IMPORTANT

TO THE TEAM RIGHT NOW GETTING YOUR HEALTH BACK.

YEAH.

Sabrina: WHATEVER IT WAS, IT PASSED,

AND I'M EQUATING IT TO THE DEHYDRATION.

[ WATER RUSHING ]

YOU HEAR THAT?

[ GASPS ] OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD!

LOOK AT THIS!

WHOO! THIS IS AWESOME!

LOOK AT IT!

HOLY COW.

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?

WOW! [ BOTH LAUGH ]

WOW.

COMING TO THAT WATERFALL IS MASSIVELY AMAZING.

IT'S THE MOST PHENOMENAL SCENE

I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

THIS WATER IS GREAT.

PRETTY DAMN INCREDIBLE. WOW.

LOOK AT THIS. WOW!

[ LAUGHS ]

Vince: I'VE SEEN SOME BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD.

THIS IMMEDIATELY JUMPS TO MY TOP-FIVE LIST,

AND I'VE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD A LOT.

WHOO!

I REALLY FEEL AT MY MOST SPIRITUAL WHEN I'M IN NATURE.

HOW ABOUT YOURSELF?

I'M A WITCH.

WE DERIVE OUR ENERGY FROM THE EARTH.

SHE'S A WITCH.

SHE COULD BELIEVE IN FLYING SAUCERS AND WHATEVER.

I DON'T CARE WHAT ANGLE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

AS LONG AS SHE GIVES IT HER GOD'S HONEST BEST EFFORT,

WHO AM I TO JUDGE?

WE GOT WATER HERE.

YOU HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING?

SO, YOU THINK WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT WITH THAT?

WELL, LET'S GET UNDER IT, SEE WHERE IT'S COMING OFF.

I MEAN, IT'S COMING WAY AWAY FROM THE MAIN STREAM.

THAT MIGHT BE SAFE.

Narrator: THE WATER ON THIS SIDE OF THE CLIFF

IS BEING FILTERED THROUGH THE POROUS SANDSTONE.

MANY HARMFUL PATHOGENS WILL BE REMOVED.

BUT THE RISK REMAINS THAT THE WATER COULD BE CONTAMINATED.

YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS?

YOU KNOW WHAT? SURVIVAL'S ABOUT RISK, TOO.

YEAH.

JUST SITTING THERE AND PURIFYING WATER,

HOW MUCH WE GET AND HOW MUCH ENERGY DOES IT TAKE TO DO THAT?

IT'S NOT A LOT OF WATER.

SO, IF I GET UNDER THERE AND HOLD MY MOUTH OPEN,

YOU THINK I'D BE ALL RIGHT?

IT'S A RISK, BUT I'LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

LET'S DO IT.

Vince: YOU GOT TO ROLL THE DICE AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

"I'M GONNA CAST MY LOT OVER HERE

AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS."

OH, THAT IS SO DELICIOUS.

LET'S CHECK OUT THIS SIDE OVER HERE.

OKAY.

I SEE A LITTLE SHADE, AND IT IS HIGH UP.

Narrator: SABRINA AND VINCE TAKE A CALCULATED RISK

AND BEGIN BUILDING A PERMANENT SHELTER

NEAR THE BASE OF THE WATERFALL.

STEEP ROCK WALLS SURROUNDING THEM ON THREE SIDES

FORM A BOX CANYON.

BUT WITH ONLY ONE ACCESS POINT,

IT CAN BE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING,

ESPECIALLY IN THE RAINY SEASON,

MAKING THEIR LOCATION POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS.

Vince: THIS IS A MONSOONAL-TYPE PATTERN

SETTING UP WITH THIS HEAT,

AND IT COULD DELUGE AT ANY MOMENT,

SO I WANT TO GET THAT FIRE GOING,

PROTECT IT AND OURSELVES, AND THEN I'LL BE GOOD TO GO.

SALIVA TO HELP ME GRIP.

WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING FIRE BY RUBBING TWO STICKS TOGETHER,

I WOULD SAY I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

[ GASPS ] OH, MY GOD.

THERE YOU HAVE IT. YOU ARE THE MAN.

[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]

Sabrina: RIGHT NOW, THE WEATHER IS PRETTY CLEARLY SAYING

IT WANTS TO THUNDERSTORM ON US.

I THINK THE BIRDS ARE AGREEING.

THEY'RE GETTING INTO THEIR NESTS AND THEY'RE HUNKERING DOWN.

IT'S PRETTY COLD.

THE WIND HAS PICKED UP TREMENDOUSLY,

SO WE'RE HUSTLING AND BUSTLING TO GET THIS SHELTER COMPLETED.

BIG CONCERN IS THE WATERFALL

POSSIBLY BECOMING VERY OVERBEARING

AND JUST THROWING DOWN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER

AND MAYBE FLOODING US OUT.

YEAH.

EXACTLY.

Vince: I KNOW THIS CANYON GETS RIP-ROARING FLOODS AT TIMES,

SO IT'S NOT JUST GETTING WET.

THAT COULD BE DYING.

VINCE, DO YOU NEED TO CALL THE MEDIC?

I'M JUST DEBILITATED.

[ CRYING ]

YEAH.

Narrator: AFTER TREKKING NEARLY EIGHT MILES

THROUGH THE BOLIVIAN JUNGLE,

VINCE AND SABRINA ARRIVE AT A WATERFALL ON DAY 2

AND IMMEDIATELY DRINK WATER FROM THE SOURCE.

WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA,

THEY FRANTICALLY SET ABOUT MAKING FIRE

AND BUILDING SHELTER IN A DANGEROUS BOX CANYON.

NOW AFTER A COLD NIGHT IN A HASTILY CONSTRUCTED SHELTER,

THEY BEGIN THE PROCESS OF FORTIFYING THEIR CAMP.

Sabrina: [ GROANS ]

SPENT ALL NIGHT LAST NIGHT BEING COLD.

Vince: YOU HYDRATED?

DID YOU PEE MUCH TODAY?

YEAH. I DID DRINK QUITE A BIT.

THE PEE WAS WHAT -- CLEAR, YELLOW, BRIGHT YELLOW?

I HAVEN'T PEED SINCE THIS MORNING, BUT --

THAT'S NOT GOOD. I'LL GET TO IT.

NO, BUT I DRANK MORE.

SO DID I. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

I THINK THAT WILL BODE WELL, BUT WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

WE GOT I'D SAY TWO HARD HOURS OF WORK LEFT.

YEAH, SO, LET'S GO.

SO WE'RE NOT LIKE, "OOH, IT'S GETTING DARK."

YEAH. THAT'LL BE DUMB.

IF I EVER TALK TOO MUCH, JUST TELL ME TO SHUT UP.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO ADD THEM BUTT-END FIRST.

OKAY.

BECAUSE IT'S GONNA WEIGH DOWN THE STUFF UP TOP MORE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA WANT TO STICK UP,

AND MAYBE I CAN DO THIS AND BREAK IT A BIT.

THERE YOU GO.

SO, DO YOU MIND HOLDING THAT FOR A SECOND?

I'M JUST TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS 'CAUSE I'VE DONE IT A LOT.

I CAN GET KIND OF VERBOSE.

IN FACT, MY WIFE KIDS ME AT TIMES.

ONE THING THAT IS ANNOYING-ISH IS THE STOP.

THE PAUSING OF EVERYTHING BUT WHATEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ALL WORK STOPS WHEN MEN START RUNNING THEIR MOUTHS.

YEAH. RIGHT.

I'VE BUILT EASILY OVER 50 SHELTERS IN MY LIFE,

MAYBE MORE LIKE 100.

Vince: I HAVE A SMALL THRESHOLD FOR GETTING ANNOYED.

Sabrina: I'M KIND OF GETTING TO MY WITS END WITH VINCE.

IT'S LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

"I DON'T LIKE WHEN YOU SIT HERE AND ACT LIKE A BOSS, YOU KNOW,

OR A KNOW IT ALL," BUT I PUT UP WITH THAT *BLEEP* SO YEAH.

JUST LIKE, "WHATEVER."

Narrator: EARLY MORNING ON DAY 5,

VINCE HAS LEFT THE BASE CAMP

WITHOUT INFORMING SABRINA AS TO WHERE HE'S GOING.

I'm about to camouflage myself up

for a bit of a hunting and foraging expedition.

Like the king of the jungle here, the jaguar.

Oh, wow. Cicada's loud. [ CICADAS BUZZING ]

This may be a good time to walk so nothing hears you.

I'VE BEEN OUT HERE ON MY OWN,

AND THE REASON IS I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY.

SABRINA -- SHE JUST STARTED WHINING

AND COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERY LITTLE FLY,

AND IT'S TOO COLD, IT'S TOO HOT,

IT'S TOO THIS, IT'S TOO THAT AD NAUSEAM.

I THINK MY MOOD

ALMOST PURPOSEFUL OF BEING KIND OF PISSED OVERTLY

REALLY SENT A MESSAGE TO HER LIKE,

"HEY, YOU GOT TO PULL YOUR END."

THERE ARE NO PRINCESSES OUT HERE.

IT MAKES ME WANT *BLEEP* TO WRING HER NECK.

IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS THAT WHEN YOU'RE HUNTING,

YOU GET VERY, VERY LUCKY.

THIS IS WHAT I JUST FOUND.

BEAUTIFUL FALCON BABY, A FLEDGLING,

NOT ABLE TO FLY YET.

I JUST -- AH, WHAT DO YOU DO?

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY?

YOU GOT TO EAT, AND IN TYPICAL FASHION,

I LOOKED INTO ITS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE EYES

AND SAW MY OWN REFLECTION,

AND TO SEE YOUR OWN MORTALITY THERE...

JUST A VERY SPECTACULAR, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BIRD,

AND I FEEL VERY SORRY.

VERY GRATEFUL.

AND IT JUST DIED IN MY HAND.

SO, IT IS DEAD NOW.

Vince: PRETTY PRODUCTIVE MORNING.

I GOT A FALCON.

Sabrina: I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT YOU.

I'M FINE.

Sabrina: I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE

THAT VINCE DECIDED TO LEAVE.

HOWEVER, HE DID CAPTURE A FALCON,

WHICH WAS A HUGE BLESSING.

YOU EAT WHAT YOU GET, AND THIS IS WHAT WAS GIFTED TO US TODAY.

I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED AND MORE GRATEFUL.

MMM.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAUGHT THIS.

[ BIRD CRIES ]

Narrator: NEARLY 72 HOURS AFTER EATING THE FALCON,

VINCE AND SABRINA HAVE NOT EATEN ANYTHING

BEYOND A FEW NUTS AND BERRIES.

WITH FATIGUE SETTING IN, VINCE SETS OUT ON ANOTHER HUNT.

Vince: THERE'S FOOD OUT HERE.

IT'S JUST VERY ELUSIVE, SO WHAT THAT MEANS,

I NEED TO GET EVEN MORE IN TUNE WITH MY ENVIRONMENT

AND HONE MY HUNTING SKILLS

AND TRY TO BRING HOME THE IMPOSSIBLE.

Sabrina: MY INTENTION IS TO MAKE A PENTACLE WREATH.

WHEN I HANG IT UP, I CAST SPELLS OF PROTECTION.

A FEW DAYS AGO, VINCE CAUGHT A FALCON.

SEEING THIS LIFELESS BIRD IN HIS HAND,

THERE'S AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF SADNESS.

IT'S DEEP. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN.

THIS BIRD -- IT WAS LIKE A BAD OMEN.

Vince: I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT

OUR LONG-TERM VIABILITY HERE.

CALORICALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE UP AGAINST IT AS IT LOOKS NOW.

I NEED TO KEEP EXPERIMENTING, I NEED TO KEEP ON THE BALL

AND KEEP SEARCHING BECAUSE THERE'S FOOD OUT HERE.

[ BIRD CRIES ]

THINK IT'S WISE PUTTING THAT HUGE ONE ON?

WELL, I WAS TRIPPING OVER IT.

YEAH, LET'S MOVE IT.

I DON'T WANT IT THERE 'CAUSE IT'S WAY TOO BIG.

I SAW HER PLAYING AROUND WITH SOME WITCH STUFF.

I THOUGHT, "YOU GOT TO BE *BLEEP* KIDDING ME."

YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND SHARING CALORIES,

BUT YOU GOT TO PULL YOUR END.

IT'S NOT GONNA CATCH,

AND IT'S DANGEROUS FOR THE SHELTER.

WELL, WHAT IF WE JUST LAY IT DOWN?

IT SEEMS LIKE TOO MUCH WOOD TO ME.

Sabrina: VINCE IS KIND OF GETTING

ON MY NERVES A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE EXHAUSTING ALL THIS ENERGY GOING BACK AND FORTH

TO GET THIS *BLEEP* WOOD, AND IT'S REALLY PISSING ME OFF.

I'M A GEORGIA GIRL. WE LIGHT BONFIRES ALL THE TIME.

YOU GET ENOUGH THICK WOOD UP ON THERE,

THAT *BLEEP* WILL BURN FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT, OKAY?

I'M SO SORRY TO SOUND THAT WAY.

I KNOW IT'S BITCHY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME.

I'M JUST SAYING.

PEACE OUT.

Narrator: SINCE KILLING AND EATING A BABY FALCON

ON DAY 5 OF THEIR SURVIVAL CHALLENGE,

SABRINA AND VINCE HAVE HAD LITTLE TO NO FOOD

AND ARE NOW FEELING THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE

AND SERIOUS MALNOURISHMENT.

GOOD MORNING.

IT IS THE MORNING OF DAY 10.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE BOTH STARVING.

WE HAVE BARELY ANY ENERGY.

YOU CAN SEE IT REFLECTING IN OUR ATTITUDES TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

WE NEED ALL THE PROTEIN WE CAN GET.

AS A MAN, VINCE NEEDS TO STEP IT UP, AND HERE'S TO DAY 10.

[ CHUCKLES ]

[ SIGHS ]

IN GEORGIA, WE HAVE BEARS AND PIGS,

BUT WE KNOW HOW TO HUNT FOR ANIMALS.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IF MY HUSBAND WAS THE HUNTER,

HE'D BE GETTING UP IN THESE BUSHES

AND STALKING SOMETHING OUT,

NOT JUST PLAYING IN THE RIVER WAITING.

[ SIGHS ]

WHOA. LOOK AT THAT.

CAN'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN FOR A SECOND OUT HERE.

Narrator: THIS SCORPION IS PART

OF THE STRIPED BARK SCORPION FAMILY.

NEUROTOXINS IN ITS VENOM CAN CAUSE MUSCLE SPASMS,

SHORTNESS OF BREATH, PARALYSIS,

AND IN SEVER CASES, ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK.

Vince: LOOK AT THAT.

LINES, TOO. VERY BEAUTIFUL.

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.

AND IT COULD BE DEADLY, SO I'M GONNA KILL IT NOW.

[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]

Sabrina: THINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE CONCERNING RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT VERY WELL,

BUT THOSE ARE SOME DARK CLOUDS.

Vince: THOSE LOOK VERY, VERY OVERCAST.

THERE'S A LOT OF THUNDER AROUND,

AND WHILE THE THUNDER'S NOT CLOSE,

THAT COULD CHANGE IN A BLINK OF AN EYE.

WE'RE GETTING KIND OF CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE A WET NIGHT,

AND EVEN WORSE,

MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE IN A MAJOR FLOOD ZONE.

Vince: THERE ARE CLIFFS ON EVERY SIDE PRETTY MUCH,

OTHER THAN A STEEP HIKE OUT.

I'M CONCERNED THAT HERE WE ARE, WE'RE BOXED INTO THIS CANYON.

IN THE EVEN THAT IT DOES RAIN, YOU KNOW,

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH PREPARATION WE CAN DO.

IF IT FLOODS, THERE'S BASICALLY NOWHERE FOR US TO GO,

SO WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN "B."

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

RAIN IS GETTING HARDER, NOT GOING AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE DO DO BUT HUNKER DOWN,

KEEP A FIRE GOING, GET SOAKED NOW AND THEN,

HYDRATE, AND NOT EATING.

TOO MESSY TO EAT, SO ONE MOMENT AT A TIME.

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]

Sabrina: YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR WATERFALL BEFORE,

BUT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS.

THE MAJOR CONCERNING PART IS THIS RIGHT HERE.

THAT IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WATER.

I MEAN, THAT THING IS RIP ROARING.

YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER ONE HAS COME IN BESIDE IT.

OUR PATHWAY OUT IS GETTING MINIMIZED

EVERY SECOND BY THIS HUGE WATERFALL.

Vince: IT'S INCREASED IMMENSELY.

SO, AT WHAT POINT DO THESE REEDS

OR GIANT GRASSES WE'RE IN BECOME WATER?

AND I KNOW THIS CANYON GETS RIP-ROARING FLOODS AT TIMES,

SO THAT'S SERIOUS.

THAT'S NOT JUST GETTING WET.

THAT COULD BE DYING.

HOPEFULLY, CROSS YOUR FINGERS,

WE DON'T SEE VERY MUCH MORE RAIN.

[ THUNDER CONTINUES ]

Narrator: AFTER THREE DAYS OF TORRENTIAL RAINS,

THE STORMS HAVE PASSED, LEAVING VINCE IN A VERY POOR STATE.

Sabrina: VINCE HAS BEEN SLEEPING IN THE LEAN-TO FOR,

I DON'T KNOW, AWHILE NOW.

Sabrina: OKAY.

DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, VINCE?

DO YOU NEED TO CALL THE MEDIC?

IS HE OKAY? HE'S IN BAD SHAPE.

Sabrina: DO YOU NEED TO CALL THE MEDIC?

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

Narrator: AFTER DAYS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND NO FOOD,

VINCE IS STRUGGLING TO STAY CONSCIOUS AND IS IN SEVERE PAIN.

SABRINA CALLS IN THE MEDICAL TEAM TO ASSESS HIS CONDITION.

UPON REVIEWING VINCE'S VITALS,

THE MEDICAL TEAM FINDS SIGNS OF DEHYDRATION,

MALNUTRITION, AND FATIGUE,

BUT CLEAR HIM TO CONTINUE THE CHALLENGE.

Vince: I'M AT MY BODY'S END.

I'M JUST DEBILITATED IS THE WORD.

SO, UM...

VINCE?

ARE YOU IN PAIN?

VINCE?

YEAH.

Narrator: AFTER 16 DAYS, VINCE ADMITS DEFEAT,

LEAVING SABRINA TO SURVIVE ON HER OWN.

Sabrina: VINCE HAS TAPPED OUT.

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS BEING ALONE.

[ SIGHS ] SO...

[ SIGHS ]

THAT'S A GOOD FIRE RIGHT THERE, HUH?

YEAH, THAT'LL KEEP US WARM FOR AWHILE.

AND THOSE BIG LOGS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,

THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO GET HERE

THAN THE FREAKING SMALL ONES.

WELL, IT'S JUST 'CAUSE THEY FIT IN MY ARMS A LITTLE BETTER.

YOU KNOW, THESE SMALL ONES, THEY FALL ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO...

[ SIGHS ]

LET'S HEAT UP SOME PALM NUTS, OKAY?

SO, WITH VINCE GONE, IT GETS KIND OF LONELY.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO TALK TO,

EVEN IF THAT SOMEBODY HAPPENS TO BE A ROCK

THAT LOOKS LIKE A MUSHROOM.

I'M NOT AT ALL UPSET

ABOUT MUSHROOM MAN'S HAPPY ATTITUDE EVERY MORNING,

AND I DON'T WANT TO SOUND CRUEL OR ANYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW,

IF I WAS WAKING UP TO VINCE AND IT WAS THIS WEATHER,

HE'D BE GRUMPY.

REALLY WOULDN'T MOTIVATE ME TO GET ALL THIS WOOD RIGHT AWAY.

I'M GLAD HE'S HERE WITH A SMILING FACE EVERY DAY.

HOPEFULLY, THE SUN WILL COME UP.

I'M HUNGRY.

Narrator: SABRINA HAS HAD NO MEANINGFUL PROTEIN FOR 11 DAYS.

IN HER WEAKENED STATE,

HUNGER IS WHAT DRIVES HER ON A QUEST TO FIND FOOD.

GODDESS, I DO ASK FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE IN CAPTURING FOOD.

GONNA GIVE FISHING A TRY HERE.

I'M LOOKING FOR ANY DISTURBANCE IN THE SAND

THAT SUGGESTS THE FISH HAVE MOVED AROUND HERE.

THESE FISH ARE ABSOLUTELY GENIUS IN THEIR COVER.

MOST -- OH! THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO.

OKAY, WE STIRRED ONE UP.

WHERE'D YOU GO?

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANY LUCK WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.

THEY JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE POPPING UP.

YEAH, I'M STARVING HERE.

WOW.

THIS IS A PARROT HEAD.

OR AS VINCE WOULD PROBABLY TELL ME, IT'S A PARAKEET.

THE PARROTS LIVE UP THERE IN THAT CREVICE.

THERE'S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT COULD'VE DONE THIS.

MY GUESS WOULD BE A BIGGER, LARGER BIRD.

FALCON OF SOME SORT.

COULD'VE BEAN EATEN UP THERE AND MAYBE JUST THE HEAD FELL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S VERY MUCH BRAINS LEFT IN THERE,

BUT IF THERE ARE, COULD BE MY FOOD SOURCE FOR TODAY.

MUSHROOM MAN, YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I'VE COME ACROSS.

WE'LL GIVE IT A TRY.

MY BODY NEEDS MEAT.

GOT TWO MORE DAYS LEFT UNTIL EXTRACTION.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN GET THROUGH THIS HIKE

ON THE 21st DAY.

I CAN'T PASS UP ANYTHING.

COULD I EVER IMAGINE MYSELF

PICKING UP A BIRD SKULL AND JUST EATING IT?

NEVER I MY LIFE COULD I HAVE IMAGINED THIS.

I'M, UH...

[ CRYING ]

Narrator: AFTER 16 DAYS OF VINCE AND SABRINA'S

THREE-WEEK SURVIVAL CHALLENGE, ONLY SABRINA REMAINS.

BEFORE THEY BEGAN,

THEY WERE BOTH GIVEN A PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL RATING, OR PSR,

THAT WILL BE REEVALUATED AT THE END OF THE CHALLENGE.

SINCE VINCE REACHED HIS BREAKING POINT

AND DECIDED TO LEAVE BOLIVIA,

HIS FINAL PSR WILL DROP CONSIDERABLY.

SABRINA'S PSR HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED.

THIS IS A PARROT HEAD.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S VERY MUCH BRAINS LEFT IN THERE,

BUT IF THERE ARE, COULD BE MY FOOD SOURCE FOR TODAY.

Narrator: WITHOUT A PARTNER, SHE FACES THE INTIMIDATING TASK

OF COMPLETING THE 21-DAY CHALLENGE ON HER OWN.

[ SIGHS ]

[ CRYING ]

[ BIRD CRIES ]

I'M, UH...

[ SIGHS ]

Narrator: ON THE 20th DAY,

SABRINA HAS BEEN STRICKEN BY MASSIVE ABDOMINAL PAIN.

THE FIELD MEDIC HAS BEEN CALLED IN

TO DIAGNOSE THE SOURCE OF SABRINA'S AGONY.

[ CRYING ]

HERE.

HERE.

[ CRYING CONTINUES ]

SABRINA, THE PAIN IS WORSE...

[ RADIO CHATTER ]

THE MEDIC IS CONCERNED SABRINA HAS A SEVERE INFECTION

OR POSSIBLY APPENDICITIS.

THE CREW MUST EVACUATE HER IMMEDIATELY.

Woman: YEAH, BUT WE'RE LOADING HER IN THE AMBULANCE.

Hank: IT'S NIGHT ON DAY 20

AND WE'VE JUST EVACUATED SABRINA FROM THE SURVIVAL AREA.

SHE HAS A SEVERE STOMACH PAIN.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

[ HORN HONKS ]

WE'RE HEADING TO THE HOSPITAL HERE IN BOLIVIA.

RUSHING IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY.

[ SIREN CONTINUES ]

[ SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

Narrator: UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT IS CAUSING

HER ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN,

LOCAL DOCTORS RUSH TO ADMIT SABRINA AND BEGIN TESTING.

AFTER ALMOST THREE WEEKS IN THE WILD,

SABRINA IS IN A SEVERELY WEAKENED STATE,

AND HER BODY'S ABILITY TO FIGHT OFF INFECTION

HAS BEEN GREATLY DIMINISHED.

WHILE TESTS RULE OUT

A LIFE-THREATENING RUPTURED APPENDIX,

THE MEDICAL TEAM RECOMMENDS THAT SHE REMAIN HOSPITALIZED

FOR FURTHER OBSERVATION,

ENDING HER SURVIVAL CHALLENGE ONE DAY SHORT.

Sabrina: VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF FOR CUTTING OUT

THE DAY BEFORE EXTRACTION.

AT THE SAME TIME,

I AM QUITE PROUD OF MYSELF FOR MAKING IT AS FAR AS I DID.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY FEEL LIKE IF THIS HADN'T HAPPENED TODAY,

I'D BE FLYING OUT IN A HELICOPTER TOMORROW.

Narrator: OVER THE COURSE OF THE 21 DAYS,

SABRINA AND VINCE WENT THROUGH SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORMATIONS.

EVEN THOUGH HIS CHALLENGE WAS OVER ON DAY 16,

VINCE LOST 20 POUNDS.

SABRINA LOST A TOTAL OF 10 POUNDS.

AFTER STRUGGLING WITH ILL HEALTH

FOR A MONTH AFTER HE LEFT BOLIVIA,

VINCE WAS DIAGNOSED

WITH THREE VERY SERIOUS TROPICAL DISEASES,

INCLUDING FALCIPARUM MALARIA, THE MOST DEADLY TYPE.

HIS RECOVERY IS ONGOING.

SABRINA SHOWED INCREDIBLE COURAGE AFTER VINCE LEFT

AND CAME UP ONLY 1 DAY SHORT OF COMPLETING 21 DAYS IN THE WILD.

THIS RAISES HER SURVIVAL RATING FROM 6.7 TO 7.5,

WHILE VINCE'S PSR DROPS TO A 7.1,

PROVING ONCE AGAIN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHALLENGE

TRYING TO SURVIVE NAKED AND AFRAID.

THE FALCON WAS GOOD, BUT THIS IS BETTER.

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