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Ryan: Wow, look at this.

We're in the African bush now.

The elephants, they will trample you to death in a second.

Crazy.

Sherean: I'm really nervous.

I didn't sleep at all last night.

This is South Africa.

It's not a joke.

And as you get out here further, it's terrifying.

There are so many dangers out here.

Apparently, there's a lot of leopards that have cubs out here

and they're so defensive over their babies.

Ryan: Everything out here wants to eat you --

Lions, the hyenas, crocodiles.

Sherean: What the hell was I thinking?

[ Leopard roars ]

I'm dying.

[ Woman groans ]

Woman: It's a lion.

[ Man grunts ]

Oh, my god.

Man: Whoo!

I'm so cold.

[ Groaning ]

I'm gonna finish!

Ryan: Welcome to Africa.

The beauty of this place -- Incredible

but dangerous, very dangerous.

Sherean: The land around me looks insane.

There's thorns everywhere.

The sand looks hot. Being naked in this environment is crazy.

Narrator: Sherean and Ryan are entering the harsh grasslands

and mountainous outcrops of limpokwena, South Africa.

The crocodile-infested river

is the only source of water for miles around,

and it attracts one of the highest concentrations

of predators in South Africa,

making this a natural killing zone.

Game trails everywhere.

If I go hungry, it's my own stupid fault, huh?

[ Chuckles ]

For a living, I'm a wilderness-survival instructor.

I love primitive-living skills, I love bushcraft,

and this is what I do.

I spent a full year in the wilderness

using a wickiup shelter that I built myself.

I grew up hunting and fish.

Eating is not gonna be a problem.

I went out in the woods with two sticks,

a rock, and a piece of string,

and come back with a deer.

Who else does that?

I've built bows, shelters, especially primitive fire.

I've done it thousands of times, literally.

I'm doing this challenge because, it being one

of the toughest challenges there is on the planet.

It takes a special few.

Try my best to be one of those.

Narrator: Ryan has over 20 years of survival experience

and is skilled in primitive weapons and fire.

He begins with a primitive survival rating of 8.1.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Really nervous,

but at least if I pee myself, I won't be wearing shorts.

So that's great.

Part of my nightly routine is walking barefoot

and practicing karate to ward off all the lions and hippos.

[ Chuckles ]

I'm a homesteader.

We have our little farm.

Here's some of our turkeys, chickens.

Then we have some meat rabbits in the back.

Since I was younger, I basically lived in the outdoors.

We moved around so many times

and primitive survival, especially,

gave me a sense of control

in a non-controlled environment.

Learning to make fire, shelter, living off of nature,

kind of a hobby of mine.

I'm so nervous. There's so many dangers out here.

I think as soon as I get naked, it's just gonna all hit me.

[ Chuckles ]

I'm doing this just for my kids.

I feel like being on this challenge is gonna show them

that their mom can do anything so they can do anything.

Unless I get a medical tap out, I get eaten by something,

I'm gonna be here the whole time.

I don't want them to worry, so I told them I'm going away

for a survival class for a couple weeks.

Are you gonna be able to survive?

Maybe.

[ Laughs ]

Sherean is accustomed to living off of the land

in the pacific northwest,

but she is completely untested in harsh environments.

She begins with a psr of 6.3.

Sherean: Oh, my gosh, it's a zebra.

Alright, time for the blurs.

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Alright, it's time for me to change into my birthday suit.

Sherean: I have absolutely no problem being naked.

Bodies are just bodies to me.

I feel more in touch with nature already.

Ryan: I'm actually excited. I don't like clothes.

I don't like shoes. So here we go.

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Look at that.

This is a horned adder. It's super dangerous.

I just about stepped on him immediately.

It's a close call.

Look at him. Dangerous. That's amazing.

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I'm gonna try to get him.

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He's striking.

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Don't have my knife on me.

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It's done. It's food.

I think this is dinner,

and I think my partner will be impressed.

I hope my partner can bring survival skills.

I'm not saying they have to be on a level of 20-something years

of studying this, but I hope she has something

where it's not all on my shoulders.

I'm already feeling the thorns. Ow.

And it's gonna be really hard,

and it's going to be really important

to have a solid partner.

I hope he's positive.

The second that you let negative thoughts get in, you're done.

Naked person. - Hey.

- Hi. - How are you doing?

Good. [ Chuckles ]

So, how did we get in this crazy situation?

[ Chuckling ] Yeah.

I'm Sherean. - It's good to meet you, Sherean.

- What was your name? - I'm Ryan.

- Ryan, nice to meet you. - I brought you a peace offering.

I killed it on the way in. - Oh, my gosh.

What did you kill it with? - A stick.

Oh, my gosh. Yes.

[ Chuckles ] Great. I'm excited.

- Very cool, very cool. - Yeah.

Are you excited? Are you nervous?

Little bit, yes.

This was the part that was most nervous about.

Yeah, me, too.

So I think we got it under control.

Yeah.

Okay, so it's like we have our survival items.

Let's check it out. - Yeah.

- I brought my machete. - Oh, wow.

It's sharp, so be careful.

Great. [ Chuckles ]

- I brought a bug net. - Great.

And we have a pot also.

- We can cook up this snake. - I love it.

How is your primitive fire?

Very good. I've done it a bunch.

Don't worry about fire. We have fire.

Okay, yes.

And I have a map. [ Chuckles ]

Let's see what we got into.

- Okay. - Here's us.

We're gonna have to go to the water somehow.

Okay.

And the best way to view all that,

I think is gonna be a lookout point, high ground.

But I understand there's leopards there.

They're dangerous.

We just got to watch each other's back.

- Just stay close. - Okay, let's do this.

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So, tell me about yourself.

I teach primitive-living skills, wilderness survival.

- Oh, nice. - I'm self-taught

for over 20-something years, man.

I've been doing it when I was -- Before the books come out,

before the shows come out, you know?

Alright, some resources.

- Hey. - What about you?

- I'm a homesteader. - Cool.

I feel a lot less experienced,

but I'm so excited to learn from you.

I think this is gonna be really great.

Oh, the sun is brutal.

Oh, it's so hot. It is so hot.

- Damn. - Killing my feet.

South Africa is unreal.

- Hopefully there's water, huh? - Yeah.

- [ Chuckles ] - There better be water.

- Water and no leopards. - Or hippos, crocodiles.

Yeah, crocodiles, all the other --

Elephants.

The goodies that come along with this, huh?

Narrator: Limpokwena is home to some of

the most dangerous wildlife on the planet,

including the largest land animal, the African elephant.

They are surprisingly quiet given their size

and can be particularly aggressive.

Elephants are responsible for an estimated

500 human deaths per year.

Mm.

[ Exhales sharply ] - Are you okay?

- Ugh, got a thorn. - Mm.

Oh, man. [Bleep]

- Welcome to Africa, huh? - Yeah.

Place just wants to tear us to pieces, doesn't it?

- Oh, wow. That -- - You alright?

- This is bad. This is bad. - God, they're painful.

Ugh. That looks pretty far away.

I don't see how we're gonna make it there without --

- [ grunts ] Without shoes, yeah. - Yeah.

That tree's got bark. We got shoes.

-Alright, let's go. Let's go, -[ Grunts ]

[ Grunts ]

That's like a pair, isn't it?

Look at this. It's gonna make good cordage.

[ Grunts ] Yeah, that is awesome.

My first impressions of my partner -- total badass.

He has all this knowledge, which is what I was hoping for.

I think we're gonna work really well together.

I'm gonna wrap it around the front of my foot

and then one towards the end, just for more security,

I'm very creative when it comes to survival.

I feel like you cannot be an in-the-box person for this.

I'm gonna follow your lead on that.

See, this is when we combine our skill set.

You know what I mean? - Yeah.

And this is how we're gonna conquer this damn place.

- We got this. - We got this, yeah.

Ryan: Great partner.

She's so positive.

We've got this in the bag.

[ Laughs ]

Oh, it's so nice.

- Nike can kiss my ass. - [ Laughs ]

- Oh, that's nice. - Yeah, just a little bit.

It's taking the scorching-hot feeling

off of our feet.

- It's so much better. - Ah, so much better.

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Oh, wow.

And there is a leopard track. - There it is.

- Yep. - Leopard territory, you know,

and where we're walking right up on that.

We got to watch your back, because the stories

that I've been hearing, you know, these things,

they'll get us and we won't even know we're got.

Narrator: Nocturnal hunters,

leopards' night vision and hearing

are up to seven times better than a human's,

and the cats' powerful muscles allow them to take down prey

three times their size.

Making me nervous. Alright, let's go.

Oh, my gosh. - Oh, man.

[Bleep] - Man.

I don't like any of this.

This is like a zoo cemetery,

something has drug this up here and eaten it.

Oh, god, it's probably hiding up here somewhere.

I would be very cautious over there.

Making me nervous.

I see water this way.

- Yay! - Yeah, that's the river.

- Thank god. - Okay, let's go.

- We got to get down there. - Yep.

I'm getting really dehydrated.

Yes, it's time to move.

Right there's a fire board, corkwood.

Perfect. Oh, yeah. That's what we want.

For a hand-drill friction fire,

I need a really good hearth.

[ Grunts ] - It's so hot.

Our little bag of goodies is filling up, huh?

Alright. Push through.

[ Elephant trumpets ]

There's an elephant.

Oh, my god. Oh, my god.

Oh. I'm so scared right now.

Oh [bleep]

It's [bleep] huge, man.

Holy [bleep]

[ Gasps ] [ Elephant trumpets ]

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Oh.

Is it alone? Is the elephant alone?

[ Elephant trumpets ]

Right now, there is a very, very large elephant

and it's in defense node right now.

I know if they do start to charge,

these trees aren't gonna save us.

[ Elephant trumpets ]

Ryan: That was a close call.

We got to pay better attention,

'cause if we walked up on that thing completely,

we would have been trampled to death.

That was scary.

I was like, "this is it." - He's huge.

This is it. - Day one -- dead.

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Look at this. Wow, the water's right there.

Beautiful.

- Does it look crocodile-y? - Yes.

- What about hippopotamus-y? - Yes.

It looks all-the-above-y, I think.

Sherean: Okay.

Look at this up here.

This may be it.

Oh, yeah, look at this.

Like, that's perfect.

We're not gonna get... - I like this.

...any elephants.

They're not gonna be out here.

We're picking this spot because there's water right there,

an abundance of it, and we're far enough away

where we don't have to really worry about the crocs as much.

I like this. - I think it's ideal.

This guy's been in the sun for so long.

I don't know that we should eat that snake.

I fully agree with you on that. I'm not gonna risk it day one.

I'm going to need water pretty soon.

Okay. I'll get started on the fire.

[ Inhales sharply ] I feel out of breath.

I'm so dehydrated.

We're smoked. We've been in the sun all day.

We got to process water.

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[ Grunts ]

[ Grunts ]

There you go. It's smoking. We got an ember.

That was impressive.

Fire. [ Chuckles ]

I have never seen anyone make a fire that quickly.

- Bic lighter. - That was like 60 seconds.

And you had a fire.

This is awesome. You're really impressive.

I'm so happy. - Thank you.

We're doing good. We're clicking right along.

We're gonna rock this.

Ahh.

I'm so happy to have hot water. - Is it good?

No, it's not good.

It's like lukewarm hot chocolate.

It's really gritty,

[ exhales sharply ] - [ Chuckling ] Yeah

hot cocoa without the cocoa plus mud.

- Alright, I'm good to go. - Cool.

- We have to get a shelter made. - Yeah, that's a necessity.

First priority is making a boma.

We need a protective fence around our shelter.

There are predators out here. They hunt at night.

The clock's ticking.

Ryan: We have protection behind us.

As you can see, the huge rock walls,

we just put a little bit of brush in front of us

and some thorns and we're good, that and a fire.

[ Grunts ]

We got to put in the work so we can relax

without worrying about being eaten.

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I'm just trying to get us at least one defensive weapon

just in case we need it.

Never know about this place.

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[ Elephant trumpets ]

What the hell's that noise?

[ Elephant trumpets ]

And that was a freaking elephant.

Oh, my gosh. What in the world?

What were we thinking?

This is what we signed up for.

They don't call it "naked and afraid" for nothing.

That's for sure. - Mm-hmm.

[ Leopard grunts ] Oh, my god.

[ Leopard grunts ] Holy [bleep]

[ Animal shrieking ]

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Fairly fresh elephant crap, man. Look at it.

Same ones we heard last night, probably.

Sherean: Last night was terrifying.

Everything came out.

Hippos, elephants, some kind of cat.

Ryan: It was big.

I want to say it was a leopard

'cause it was walking, you know [Imitates leopard grunting]

And that's what leopards do, when they're walking,

you know, kind of getting their breath.

It was scary.

Sherean: That looks like a cat print.

Ryan: It does, doesn't it?

- There's one, two, three four. - And the paw --

I don't see any other ones, do you?

There was also the sound of something

getting killed last night.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Looks what I just found.

What?

It's a spinal column.

It's terrifying, being out here naked

and hearing these noises.

I was with legit in fear for my life.

Everything out here wants to kill us.

We need to build up the side, because there is --

This is a trail where something's coming down

and our shelter's right there

and that is our weakest point. - It is.

Definitely a predator in the area last night.

Ryan: It was very close to our boma,

and we've got to get that thing reinforced.

So, right now, what we're trying to do

is take these buffalo thorns that animals respects,

surround the boma with it.

Sherean: We have to finish it or else

I'm just not gonna feel comfortable sleeping in there.

Get through that, leopard.

Ryan: We have to have a fire all night.

Fire wood.

So we had to take shifts in sleeping.

I'm really dreading tonight, 'cause it's so scary out here.

The heat has been really hard for me,

and I'm fatiguing.

I take like five steps, and I'm gasping for air.

I don't know how close these animals are gonna get.

Ryan: Don't worry about that, okay?

We'll make it through this. - [ Sighs ]

Ryan: The leopard loves walking through here and growling

and waking everybody up. We don't get no sleep.

So we do as the animals do.

I marked the territory.

That way, like,

the male testosterone, I guess, scent is in it.

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[ Animal grunting ]

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[ Animal growling ]

I am really scared right now.

That wasn't an elephant.

That was some kind of cat.

It's pretty close.

[ Animal growling ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Animal growls ] Ryan: Holy [bleep]

Holy [bleep]

[ Animal growls ] [ Gasps ]

[Bleep]

Sherean: So scary.

[ Coughs ]

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Ryan: I think it's gone.

I just didn't think they would come so close to humans.

I thought they were scared of them.

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We definitely have a leopard that's stalking our boma,

and last night it made protective noises like,

"this is my area."

So I'm really concerned.

They're very territorial.

Ahh.

Ryan: The predator situation and the movement at night,

it's dangerous, but this is Africa.

Sherean: [ Sighs ]

Ryan: You alright?

I just feel really lightheaded.

Happens easily with this no-food thing

for a while, you know?

Sherean: Hopefully we can find some food

and get a little bit more energy.

It's gonna be very important

to ward off all the dangerous predators.

Time to get a bow built.

Just want to lay down. Everything hurts.

The ground is horrible.

Oh, my gosh. What's that?

Oh, it's gonna be a bow, I hope.

The wood -- I messed with it a little bit,

and it seemed flexible.

Not gonna be pretty. It's just gonna be functional.

I can build a longbow that'll out-shoot

any store-bought longbow, but it's hard to do that here.

And what makes this more difficult is not knowing a lot

about the woods here, you know?

But I'm learning as I go.

What are you using for the arrow?

That square stuff I do for a hand drill.

It works great.

It seems dense enough and light enough.

I'm gonna see what happens.

The way that you straighten an arrow shaft is

kind of the same way that's been done

since the arrow was made.

I heat it up right here,

I hold it place once it's hot, and once I let go, it'll stick.

It's pretty neat.

[ Blows ]

There it is.

This arrow right here,

this tip is tipped with a piece of bone.

You know, the penetration's not very deep.

It's for, like, small game. And what the feathers do,

they guide the arrow in a straight path,

as they do a bird.

They're you have it.

I would kill for some ice right now.

Baobab. Tree of life.

I want to build a bowstring out of this bark.

Twist clockwise, wrap counterclockwise.

It's simple, but it's what holds the whole thing together,

and it works great.

And the moment of truth.

Got us a bow.

Oh, yeah.

This will get a 45-pounder, if not more.

I'll go get food. Just stay here and rest.

Thanks.

Some tracks.

It's very important that we find food.

Warthog.

Right now with this bow, it's gonna be small stuff

I'mma have to do after.

You don't pull enough poundage, and the arrows, you know,

aren't tipped good enough for anything big.

So there'll be, you know, small game.

Maybe a bird.

There he goes.

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Fig tree.

[Bleep]

Missed the sucker by this much.

Man, I hit a little branch.

Just enough to veer my arrow off.

I'm just gonna try get some figs while I'm here.

You know, I don't know what else to do.

[ Grunts ]

Bring some back for my partner, of course.

That's what I'm talking about.

[ Birds screeching ]

Sherean: The heat is unbearable.

It's over 100 degrees out, and there's nowhere to hide from it.

Ugh.

So hard to move.

I didn't expect to be this depleted this fast.

Well, tonight, hungry we will not be.

This bag's heavy with figs.

Oh, nice.

Here you go.

Well, I don't need them all.

I'm so hungry.

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They taste really dry.

Mm-hmm.

Like eating dirt.

They're drying my mouth out.

Ryan: My partner, man, she's struggling,

mentally and physically.

She's having a really rough time,

so I hope -- I hope it gets better for her.

[ Elephant trumpets ]

That's an elephant.

Sherean: So tired.

These animals are so scary, I'm dreading going to sleep.

A lack of sleep out here is not good.

It's way more dangerous.

[ Animal grunts ]

I can't sleep.

[ Animal grunting ]

This isn't staged.

These aren't, like, audio noises.

It's real.

I saw a leopard right there last night.

[ Exhales sharply ]

People can't live without sleep.

[ Animal grunting ]

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[ Animal grunting ]

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Sherean: I don't think I can do another day.

I just don't even want to be here anymore.

[ Sniffles ]

South Africa's brutal.

I can take the sun,

I can take the excessive heat exhaustion,

I can take starving, but I can't feel like my life is in danger.

I have kids to get back to.

I cannot die out here.

I just want to go home.

Nothing to, you know, make a rash decision on.

We've got [bleep]

Just hang in there. You got this.

Hey, you got it.

I just can't. I honestly cannot.

I don't have what it takes to be here.

If you need to take it easy for a day or two days,

I don't care.

It does not bother me.

I am unbelievably weak.

I won't survive being attacked by one of these animals.

Isn't worth being eaten.

I just want to go.

Okay.

- Sherean? - Hm?

Are you absolutely sure you to do this?

Yeah.

[ Grunts ]

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

[ Sighs ]

We had predators around our boma,

and she, you know, was thinking that her life wasn't worth this.

Take care of yourself, okay?

You got this. Be careful.

Okay.

Narrator: Only lasting four days in the kill zone of South Africa,

Sherean's primitive survival rating plummets

from a 6.3 to a 4.1.

The bush is not for everybody. Wilderness is not for everybody.

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Just gathering some firewood for tonight,

'cause I'll probably need it.

My partner just tapped,

so I'm alone in the bush here for 17 days.

Worst-case scenario is not being able

to take shifts sleeping.

That kind of puts me in danger of falling asleep,

the fire going out, and then all of a sudden,

a leopard jumps in with me.

You know, that's a scary thought.

[ Animal grunting ]

Well, wish me luck.

I done heard elephants over there.

So I have 17 days left, so that's quite a bit.

[ Elephant trumpets ]

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[ Animal grunting ]

[ Grunting continues ]

I didn't hear the leopard last night.

I didn't hear anything but elephants.

So now that I'm on my own, it makes me more determined.

Not making it is not an option.

I have to make it.

Whoa, look at this dude.

My god.

It's a transvaal thick-tailed scorpion.

It's one of the most venomous in the world.

So let's go ahead and get rid of him.

If that they got me, guess what.

It'd have probably been a trip to the hospital,

maybe a tap out if that dude got me.

But this is edible, so...

But the stinger, it's gonna go on the fire now.

Even though the scorpion is dead,

the stinger can still mess you up,

just like cutting the head off a venomous snake.

You want to bury it or get rid of it somehow

so nobody steps on it.

Alright, let's cook this guy up, huh?

Mmm, a scorpion kabob.

Oh, wow.

I want more of these.

This tastes just like grilled beef.

More venomous scorpions.

[ Chuckles ]

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See an animal hide.

Oh, yeah, this is leather.

And, like, good leather.

Running across that scorpion gives me more motivation

and another reason to make better shoes today.

So this is a gold mine.

I got this hide.

I've soaked it to where it's pliable now.

That's a shoestring.

Now what I need is a leather punch,

so let me run to the store real fast.

There it is.

I'm gonna take this bone,

sharpen it where needs to be sharpened.

Now I can poke holes in the leather.

Stitching it up just like you would a shoe,

all the way around.

Boom. Piece of cake, baby.

That is nice.

Now we'll go fire-harden these.

If I just go walk on hot coals and the ash,

it'll harden the sole immediately.

You just feel it just "schooop!" Tighter to your feet.

Oh, yeah. Bring it [bleep] thorns.

So much easier traveling with good shoes is.

So nice.

♪

[ Grunts ] [Bleep]

♪

I've been out in the sun for an hour and a half.

It just keeps sucking energy out of you.

My usable time to hunt, it's running thin.

If it was 80-degree weather, you know, overcast sky,

be able to hunt all day,

but I just have to get lucky within an hour or two.

Makes it so difficult.

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My body's starting to tell me that I need some protein.

Only have really about half the energy as I've been having.

You almost kind of have, like, a buzzed feeling,

and you're really weak.

There are crocs here, where I'm at.

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[ Thunder crashes ]

[ Elephant trumpeting ]

♪

There's an elephant, it's right up there.

Breaking sticks [bleep] right at the shelter.

We got charged the first day by them,

and if one decides to charge here, well, I'm done.

There's nothing I can do about it.

Nobody can get here in time.

[ Crunch ]

[ Elephant grunts ]

♪

[ Elephant trumpets ]

My god.

[ Elephant roars ]

[ Roars ]

Sherean: I feel my heart beating in my stomach, I want food so bad,

it's extremely hard to go without food.

I'm starting to look at everything as an option,

including my partner.

[ Chuckles ]

We can get a slow crew member.

[ Laughs ]

You know, I can't eat people, so...

I mean, I could,

but that's, like, extreme survival.

We're not there yet. - Which one would you eat?

If you had to eat one of them, which one?

[ Laughing ] This guy right here.

- [ Laughing ] This one? - [ Laughs ]

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Ryan: There were elephants all over the place last night,

up there on the rocks, kicking stuff down on me.

These son of a bitches were close,

and if one decides to charge,

grab my shelter, do something with it,

there's not a thing I could do about it.

[ Elephant trumpets ]

10 more.

All the close calls that I've had with wildlife

in my time out in the wilderness,

it's been stuff that's completely scared of humans,

you know, coyotes, bobcats, you know?

It had me really nervous.

You know, I'm a little bit tired this morning

from dealing with the elephants all freaking night,

but I need more protein in my system.

It's got to happen.

Look at that.

There he is. I see you.

Mopane worm, they thrive on a mopane tree.

They eat the leaves.

That's awesome.

Look how big they are.

These things -- super good.

I wish we had trees full of them.

To gut it, you take the tail in. Twist it off,

you just squeeze the guts out,

and all the poop and stuff goes with it

that you don't want to eat.

Yeah, this is very much needed.

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It is what it is. I'm here for 21 days.

I can't be choosy.

Mmm.

That's good.

Mmm.

It's like the chewy fat of bacon.

Eating the food has got rid of my starvation buzz I had going.

It was kind of having my mind separating from myself.

It's perilous here. You got to stay on top of your game.

Gives me another day of life.

But not having a partner, it's really wearing on me,

especially at night time.

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There's crocodiles.

They're right next to my shelter.

Oh, man.

It seems that animals can tell that I'm weak,

and they're not really afraid of me.

I'm actually in fear for my life.

I've got nobody to watch my back right now.

I can only stay awake so long.

Hey! [ Claps hands ] Hey!

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Tried to keep the fire stoked half the night.

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There's no way I can defend myself right now.

I'm too weak.

It started making me think

that I might want to live to see another day.

[ Elephant trumpeting ]

There wouldn't be nobody mad at me

if I had to leave because of danger.

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It's too much. I'm ready to bring it to an end.

I want out.

- You sure? - I'm sure, yes.

My mind's been made up.

This place is a house of pain.

Just ready to get home and do bushcraft besides here, man.

[ Elephants trumpeting ]

Got to worry about the big six here.

[Bleep] That.

It's too much.

Monsters are real here.

[ Leopard roars ]

Narrator: Despite a strong set of primitive survival skills,

the dangers of South Africa proved to be too much for Ryan.

His psr collapses from a high score of 8.1 to a 6.7.

They know I'm not leaving because of my skill set,

because my bushcraft skills are bar-none, believe me.

But to fight with elephants or crocs, leopards,

it's just too much.

I thought I was ready for Africa, but I wasn't.

Say what you want. You weren't here.

Believe me, you weren't here.

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

captions paid for by discovery communications

[ animal growls ]

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[ Groans ]

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Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

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[ Grunts ]

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I'm dying.

[ Woman groans ]

It's a lion.

[ Grunts ]

Oh, my god.

Man: Whoo!

I'm so cold.

[ Groaning ]

I'm gonna finish!