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This environment is one of the most desolate locations

I have ever seen.

It's like I'm standing on Mars.

Laurae: Everything is covered in spines.

Everything is sharp as hell.

It's the most horrible place

I could even imagine trying to survive.

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As we were driving out here, my driver had said something

about the valley of the lady of death.

I was like, "oh, well, that's just the name of it."

Turns out a lady came out here about three weeks ago

and disappeared.

Chris: There's a ton of threats out here.

Not only the weather.

There's tons of big cats, snakes,

and insects that could take me out in a heartbeat.

This is a freaking nightmare.

I'm dying.

[ Man screams ]

It's a lion.

[ Groans ]

Oh, my God.

[ Man shouts ]

I'm so cold.

[ Groaning ]

I'm gonna finish!

Laurae: They brought us to the desert so we can die.

Narrator: Deep in Baja, Mexico,

lies devil's canyon, a desolate, arid wasteland

where the blinding sun heats the still air

to more than 120 degrees during the day.

After dark, temperatures plunge 70 degrees

and 40-mile-an-hour winds kick up violent sandstorms

with no warning.

I don't see anything that I can eat.

I haven't seen any animals.

Narrator: Hidden within the vast expanse,

mountain lions can take down animals larger than humans,

like deer and wild horses,

who've also adapted to Baja's harsh conditions.

Mountain lions have no natural predators.

Chris: It's just about after dawn.

It is pretty warm.

I'm definitely not in Canada anymore.

I am a mountain man. I personify bushman.

I am the Canadian Davy Crockett.

How did I prepare for "Naked and Afraid"?

Quite simple.

Nutrition.

Mmm.

I'm looking around. I'm seeing a lot of foliage,

but not a whole lot of water.

I think that's gonna be the hardest challenge out here.

I am a counterterrorism facilitator/

public safety professional,

protecting Canadians both foreign and abroad.

My life philosophy is you're either in or in the way.

When I get pissed off, I will stare daggers through you

and make your spine just curl.

Being from Canada, we have a different skill set.

We're used to cold.

But I've been running around the woods

and surviving my entire life.

I've been built for this.

I can build shelter, I can hunt, I can fish.

I am the first Canadian male to attempt "Naked and Afraid."

I plan on finishing this to show that us Canadians are tough.

I'm waving that red and white maple leaf,

and your dealing with some triple-a Alberta beef.

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Laurae: The reality of the severity of the environment

that I'm going into

is a little overwhelming at the moment.

My name is Laurae, and I'm from West Virginia.

I'm so skilled. I'm fearless.

The longest I've ever spent outdoors was 33 days.

I had a run-in with a mountain lion,

a bobcat, and a bear cub.

If I didn't kill it, then I didn't eat.

I am one-eighth native American.

I can weave. I can hunt. I can trap.

Works.

I can make stone tools, bone tools.

I can make bows. I can make arrows.

So I don't necessarily think

they're primitive skills or survival skills.

They're traditional skills.

I feel that doing this challenge honors my family,

and I have to live those things and do those things

to teach them to my children so they don't die with me.

Are you guys worried about anything?

I mean, you're a tough cookie, so you got this.

This desert is so harsh and dry.

I've never seen anything like it in my life.

I'm going to have to rely on every single survival skill

that I have to survive out here.

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Here we go, baby.

Time to show the Baja a Canuck the buck.

I guess this is my stop.

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Let's go, baby. Pasty and tasty.

Oh, into the desert I go.

I'm fully confident in my skills,

my knowledge, and my abilities.

I expect my partner to work at least half as hard as I do.

I can't stand lazy.

Before I left, my wife turned to me and said,

"honey, it's okay if you need to cuddle for warmth."

I said, "babe, I don't even cuddle with you."

I got restless leg syndrome. I don't cuddle.

So I really hope my partner doesn't plan to.

Narrator: Chris enters with confidence,

but his considerable experience in the snowy rocky mountains

may be unsuited to this unforgiving terrain.

He begins with a primitive survival rating of 6.3.

Laurae comes to Baja with traditional survival knowledge,

which she puts into practice living off the grid.

But it's never been tested in an extreme environment.

Her primitive survival rating is 6.5.

You must be my partner.

Laurae. Laurae? Chris.

Great to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

I see we're wearing the same outfit.

I hate it when that happens.

[ Laughs ] Good point.

Absolutely.

Yeah. Where are you from?

I'm from Calgary, Alberta.

So this is definitely a lot more different than I'm used to.

Yeah. I feel you there.

I'm just out here sweating. Probably the same as you.

Yeah. Definitely not used to the desert.

We got this. I'm not worried.

Yeah.

Let's go grab these bags over there.

Why don't we go check those out?

All right. All right.

Narrator: Chris and Laurae have been given a fire starter,

and they each brought a personal item...

a machete and paracord.

Oh, looks like I got the map as well.

All right. Looks like we're right about here.

Let's say we go into these mountain ranges

and then go out over here.

Let's see what all we got here. We got a little bit of water.

Oh, thank God.

I'm definitely thinking water is first and foremost

our necessity right now.

I would agree with you there. We'll get up over there.

We might be sheltered a little bit there

from the mountains from a lot of this wind.

Looks like we've got coyotes that run the range here.

As well as the mountain lions.

I think we really need to watch for these at night.

I think this heat is gonna gonna get us real quick

if we just stand here.

I think we need to get there quickly.

Yeah. I'm done frying. Let's get rolling.

Awesome.

Holy piss. That sand is hot.

Yeah, it is getting hot as a son of a gun out here now.

Chris and Laurae's top priority is water.

But to find it, they must endure hours hiking across sand

hitting more than 140 degrees,

hot enough to inflict third-degree burns.

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This is just dry.

Yeah. Sweaty. Thirsty.

Yeah.

I'm struggling right now.

Yeah. It's tough, man.

That heat is starting to lay a whoopin'.

[Bleep]

Oh, look at that.

I think this is a wild burro.

Yeah.

It looks definitely to me like something's been eating it.

I don't know if it's a mountain lion or coyotes,

but you can see the way that all the bones are strung out,

it didn't just lay down and die.

No, he's been picked out, for sure.

This ain't anything to mess with.

Yeah.

The area's highly adapted coyotes

hunt small prey on their own.

But in packs, they can take down

animals weighing hundreds of pounds

by using vocalizations to coordinate their attacks.

Have you read the news, though, lately

about that woman that got lost?

I did.

It's a sad story for sure.

I wonder if that's what happened to her.

She was out here walking alone, she got lost,

and something decided she'd be easy to eat.

What do you think? Mountain lion?

I think our biggest threat that we've got to deal with here

is cats.

It's the cats.

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It is just hot.

Oh. Son of a bitch. That hurt.

Everything is just covered in spines.

My feet are just getting tore right up.

Spiky cholla cactus and ocotillo thorns

cover the blistering sand.

And lurking in the dry vegetation

are poisonous scorpions and three-foot-long rattlesnakes

whose venom paralyzes victims, who are then consumed whole.

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Ah. Dry riverbed.

I'm kind of thinking maybe we need to follow this up

a little bit.

[ Grunts ]

Oh, my God. Hey.

Holy [bleep]

Agua!

[ Laughs ]

Oh, God!

Oh, yeah, baby.

[ Laughs ]

Oh, God, my mouth is still so pasty.

I want to drink this, but I probably shouldn't.

You shouldn't, no.

The scarce water sources in devil's canyon

draw most of the region's animal life,

increasing chances of contamination

as they deposit bacteria and feces in the flowing stream.

I'm thinking we're gonna have to dig a well.

'Cause I don't see anything out here

that's gonna let us boil.

First things first... we could shelter out behind us here.

Right.

Ready? Yeah.

Find a shady spot. Yeah.

Laurae: I think Chris is awesome.

He seems very nice, easy to talk to.

I think his accent is kind of funny.

I think we're gonna work really well together.

Well, that doesn't look too bad.

No, not at all.

Lots of hard, dense wood that'll burn really nice.

I mean, this is, you know, decent enough.

If we go right in there, it has its own cover.

I just got to clear out a lot of that deadwood.

So what do you think? Home sweet home?

I think this looks great.

I'm gonna go down to that creek,

see if I can start clearing out a little spot

and I'll start digging a well.

Sounds good. I will clear this out.

Holler if you need me.

Good luck. You as well.

♪

Laurae is awesome. She's a little ball of energy.

She's part gopher.

She was traipsing those mountains

like you wouldn't believe.

Laurae is absolutely wonderful.

I think she's gonna be a great partner.

Laurae: There's a lot more water here than we see right there.

We've got a nice patch of sand and start digging a hole.

So hopefully the water will backfill it

and it'll be far enough from the stagnant water,

come up through the sand that will help filter it,

so we can just drink straight out of that.

Okay. Good.

We have water.

Longer is sits, to clearer the water's gonna get.

Okay. Go check on the house.

Chris: So right now, we're just kind of clearing this out.

Found this to be a pretty good spot for camp.

Lots of mesquite. That will burn really nice.

We're in the shade. We're out of the sun.

Our biggest thing is keeping protected

and shaded and covered.

It's only gonna get hotter.

All I know right now is we need rest

and we need some water.

That was a grueling trek to get here.

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For right now, she'll do.

Casa, sweet casa.

Bienvenidos tu lo casa!

[ Laughs ]

Nice. Good job.

We got a bunch of wood all ready to go to be burnt.

Cool. Did the best I could.

There's water seeping in.

But I think wait until the morning...

Laurae: It sucks. I'm thirsty.

This is the thirstiest I have ever been.

Yeah.

Our temperature's gonna be dropping here.

Should we get a fire going?

[ Exhales deeply ] Yeah.

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Good job.

We have fire!

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Chris: It's night 1.

It is extremely cold.

[ Insects chirping ]

[ Fire crackling ]

[Bleep] Oh, man.

Oh [bleep] that wind is whipping right up.

[ Wind blowing ]

Oh, my God.

Oh, man. The sand.

[Bleep] Oh, my God.

Oh, God!

Oh, son of a bitch.

[Bleep]

[ Wind blowing ]

Oh, my God.

Oh, man. The sand.

[Bleep] Oh, my God.

Oh, son of a bitch.

Oh, God!

[ Groaning ]

[ Groans ]

Aah!

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Yeah. That was brutal.

Yeah.

The night wouldn't end.

The wind, it went on forever.

Man, night 1 sucked.

It was cold.

And when that wind whipped up, this wood burns through quick.

Laurae: That was the longest night of my life.

I slept maybe six minutes, if that.

This place is brutally inhospitable.

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Feeling extremely thirsty.

Me too. We need some water.

Yeah. All I can do is just hope

that the water is nice and clear.

Chris: We're tired, thirsty, sunburnt.

It's been 24 hours without water.

I'm dehydrated.

My mouth feels like it's surrounded by glue.

It's incredible how important water is in a climate like this.

Son of a bitch.

We just got to make sure that it's clean

and good for us to drink.

It's looking like sediment's resting.

Still a little cloudy, but it's water,

and it's something we need right now.

[ Exhales sharply ]

There's some risk.

Yeah.

I mean, we're not boiling it.

I don't want to run any risk of getting dehydrated

if I can help it. Yeah.

Here we go. [ Grunts ]

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That is good.

Now that I don't have to worry about water,

I can focus on the rest of the stuff that we get to do

when we're out here, and that feels really good.

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Laurae: How are your feet feeling?

They're hurting.

This one's getting a little swollen.

I got something right in the arch of my foot.

It's just buried.

So what's our game plan, do you think?

I think food would be nice. Yeah.

Probably hike up past where our water hole is,

closer towards that canyon.

I don't plan on doing a whole lot of trekking today,

so, I mean, if your feet are good to do that,

I'll keep working on the shelter.

Okay.

Whoo! Ooh, that was close.

I'm worried about, like, rolling my ankle.

I'm not seeing anything so far.

I mean, I haven't seen any yucca, any agave,

any pinyon, any nothing.

You look all the way up and down this creek, it's all rocks.

[ Grunts ]

My plan is to store up the shelter a little bit more

'cause last night was a real tough one,

because when that wind whipped up, it got cold.

The location that we picked for a shelter,

it is extremely barren,

with a whole bunch of ocotillo trees.

It's a little flimsy, but that should do for shelter.

Fortunately, ocotillo has been used for years

as building materials,

but ocotillos have all of those thorns on the branches.

So when those things fall, they get right into our feet.

Nice thing about this is the flowers at the very top

are edible.

Not very tasty, but they're edible.

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I'm looking for straight ocotillo,

which this one definitely is.

I also want it a little bit older

'cause it's a little bit more stale, a little bit harder.

It's not gonna wobble as much in the wind.

♪

Time for me to head out of the sun.

Between the rocks, the hot sand,

it's pretty rough to walk around every single day.

[ Groans ] Son of a bitch.

It is hot.

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[ Coyotes barking ]

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It's an oasis just for the ray.

There's a little waterfall.

God, that's pretty.

Wow. Berries.

I wasn't sure, but I'd hope they were lemonade berries,

and as soon as I tasted them, I knew.

Narrator: Rare so far inland,

a handful of lemonade berries has the same number of calories

as about half an orange.

They're like sour patch kids. That's what they taste like.

The palm can do a lot more work on our shelter.

There's a bird's nest in this one right there.

[ Gasps, chuckles ]

I think I'm good with that.

I have way more than what I can easily carry.

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Son of a bitch.

Now we'll just weed the mesquite boughs through,

throw those all in.

Should be nice and warm tonight.

What this wall should do is make the shelter windproof

and help with the reflection of the heat.

Essentially, creating an oven-like effect,

but this is tiring stuff, man.

Oh [bleep]

Just had a little visitor come into camp.

Sorry, buddy. Guess you're lunch.

Here we go. Little guy.

That's how you smoke a lizard.

Hey, hey. Chris: Yo, yo.

I got you lunch.

What'd you get?

Got you a nice little lizard.

Nice.

Well, we've got some palm.

Awesome.

I'll throw that here.

And then there's two eggs

and then there's some berries in there, too.

Yeah! Good find.

That is awesome. [ Groans ]

They juicy?

No. They're really, really sour. Very tart.

Whatever.

There's tons of berries up there.

There's yucca up there.

We can go up tomorrow and get more.

Yeah. You did good.

We want to make an omelet?

Ooh. Now you're just getting fancy.

Chris: Laurae has just been awesome.

That was a huge win. She really pulled through.

I'm really, really, really thankful.

I wanted an omelet.

On the half shell.

Chris and I shared a lizard and two eggs.

It was actually pretty good. It's not a lot.

I'd say maybe, what, 35, 40 calories in that.

But it's a start.

Delicious.

The egg was actually quite good.

The lizard, a little gritty, little crunchy.

I don't know if that was from when I cooked him on the coals

or just a gritty lizard.

[ Laughs ]

Chris: Man, we needed this.

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Did you hear that noise?

Yeah.

It's coming from up there. It's in the trees.

[ Barking ]

[Bleep]

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Get out of here! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Get! Hey! Hey! Hey!

[ Coyotes barking ]

Chris: [Bleep] Coyotes.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Get out of here!

Hey! Laurae: Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

[ Coyote howling ]

They're going away.

I think they're gone.

Yeah. I don't see anything.

[ Coyotes howling in distance ]

They brought us to the desert so we could die.

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Laurae: Wow. Look at that.

You could see the trail right through there.

Yeah. Coyotes.

Good God.

Yeah.

There's another fresh kick-up right here.

They got to be around that damn corner.

They have to be.

Laurae: Coyotes came around our camp last night.

This has potential to be

an extremely threatening situation out here.

You've got to watch out

that one of the predators aren't gonna come down here.

A lot of this poop all through here, eh?

What do you think that is?

Meat-eater.

[Bleep]

Look at that.

[ Coyotes whining ]

[Bleep]

The coyotes are just waiting for us

to go to sleep tonight.

Oh [bleep]

It's hell on earth.

[ Coyotes barking ]

♪

Oh.

[ Sighs ] Just hot.

[ Grunts ] Son of a bitch.

That's where I did not want a thorn.

Chris: The plan for the day is definitely chop

a lot of firewood up.

Burnt through a lot last night.

We need enough to keep warm,

but we also need enough to keep a big fire at night

so that we can keep the predators away from our camp.

Laurae: As usual, it's a constant search for firewood.

Everything is incredibly dry, and it burns super fast.

Chris: Walking through the heat, it really wears on you.

It's exhausting.

Nothing like in Canada.

Oh [bleep] that hurt.

Every three steps, I'm feeling something

poking in the bottom of my feet.

Everything out here is so rocky

that I don't want to be taken out by rolled ankle.

But we absolutely need fire.

It's critical for us to survive at night.

This Canadian's hurting, man.

My feet are sore.

Laurae: I think Chris has got some thorns

that are stuck underneath his skin.

Look at this one right here.

Oh, damn.

He's really gonna need to watch that

'cause they can abscess and get infected,

and then it'll be impossible for him to walk.

I'm gonna find food.

Yeah. I'll get that fire cooking up.

Cool beans.

♪

Whoo. That was close.

This is a partnership, and we need food.

I can go up there by myself.

Chris' feet hurt, so he needs to rest those up.

Oh, that might be yucca.

See them on that little ledge right there sticking out?

Ha!

[Bleep] Yeah!

Let's see if we can reach them.

♪

Yeah.

♪

Ouch. Oh [bleep]

So I'm just grabbing some yucca.

I'm gonna take all the stalks off.

Narrator: The yucca plant grows on rocky, arid hillsides.

In some species,

the carbohydrate-rich root can be cooked and eaten.

Laurae: Ooh! That one's pokey.

You can see all these little spines on here, too.

Just everything down here is designed to just tear you up.

All right. That's good enough for me.

Oh, man.

Chris: Where's my digging stick?

Thank you.

Chris: Laurae is a go-getter.

One of the great finds is this yucca.

God bless her for that.

We decided we're gonna ground-roast,

so I'm digging a nice, deep little pod.

Throw a bunch of coals in there.

We have this thing roasting.

You definitely want to roast those.

They're not edible if you don't.

[ Birds chirping ]

It comes out nice and tender and a lot easier to eat.

Oh, yeah. That's nice.

How is it?

Kind of like artichoke, but a little sandy.

[ Chuckles ]

Laurae really pulled through for us today.

Working her ass off out there in the sun.

Really appreciate her. I think she's a great partner.

Fibrousy.

[ Laughs ] I'll bet.

[ Laughs ]

♪

[ Insects chirping ]

I'm exhausted. It's hard to even think straight.

So how are you feeling, like, physically?

My feet are hurting.

Yeah, I bet.

I think I'm gonna go pee.

It's dark out there.

Use the night vision on the camera.

Oh, yeah.

Still can't see with the night-vision thingy on there.

♪

I needed to pee, but it's so dark, I can't see anything.

Oh, crap.

[ Screams ] [Bleep]

[ Grunts ]

[ Insects chirping ]

I needed to pee, but it's so dark, I can't see anything.

[ Screams ] [Bleep]

[ Grunts ]

Laurae?

Laurae: [ Exhales deeply ] [Bleep]

[ Grunts ]

[ Insects chirping ]

Samuel: Copy that. I'm on my way.

[ Grunts ]

All right. Take it slow, guys.

One, two, three, down.

[ Groans ]

Samuel: Can you move your foot up?

[ Groans ]

Okay. Set it back down.

Can you feel this?

[Bleep]

Okay. Don't hurt yourself.

If you can't do it, don't force it.

Okay. Can you feel this?

Not much.

Okay. Can you feel this?

No.

Okay. There is something definitely wrong here.

You're losing sensation in your toe.

That's a sign for a torn ligament or a possible fracture.

So it would be wise to take you to the hospital.

[ Sighs ] I agree.

Samuel: There's not a lot we can do right now.

My main concern is that she's losing sensitivity in her toes.

We're gonna do an emergency extraction,

immobilize her ankle... [ groans ]

...and take her to the hospital have her checked out there.

There you go. One, two, three, down.

Chris: Laurae is one of the most gifted, skilled people

that I've ever met.

You get yourself healed up, all right?

All right.

We'll do this again sometime.

Okay. Thanks for being an awesome partner.

Any time.

Samuel: Listos? Man: Yeah.

Uno, dos, tres. Arriba.

Okay.

It worries me going at this alone for the next 17 days.

Without Laurae, it is gonna be difficult.

She is an amazing partner,

but I'm crossing that finish line for the both of us.

That is one tough chick.

Narrator: The challenge comes to an end for Laurae

after only three days,

but she displayed a high level of skill and determination.

Her primitive survival rating drops marginally, to a 6.3.

[ Groans ]

Oh [bleep]

I'm super disappointed.

I can't imagine how awesome it would have been

if I could stay.

I feel like I'm abandoning Chris.

I think we worked really well together.

I should've been being more careful.

And I feel that me doing this,

I didn't shoot just myself in the foot.

I shot us both in the foot.

♪

This is brutal.

I came into this thinking, no problem.

But there's a lot of days left, and my feet are just tore up.

[ Insects chirping, fire crackling ]

I think I might have bitten off more than I could chew.

[ Clears throat ]

♪

♪

This is a daunting [bleep] environment to tackle solo.

The heat is so overwhelming.

Trying to keep out of the sun, conserve energy.

When the sun gets a little bit too hot,

I really don't want to go out there.

My feet are killing me.

I really don't want to run that risk

of running across the hot sand.

I can't even find material to make shoes with.

♪

[ Exhales deeply ]

This is brutal.

♪

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[ Whispering ] There's five horses.

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[ Grunting softly ]

That's really neat to see out here.

It takes me back to home.

Everybody relies on the creek in this area.

Horses and naked Canadians.

It's life in a desolate area.

To see something as beautiful, and majestic as a horse...

if horses could survive out here,

there's no reason why I can't.

[ Horse nickers ]

It's a cool way to start the morning.

Day 5... five horses.

Not too bad for a Calgary kid.

♪

♪

I'm hungry.

This stick right here, which if it's not too dead,

I'm gonna turn into my spear.

I'm gonna go out there with my skill

and make sure that I bring home some food.

Right now, I'm just sharpening up the points of this.

So when game comes in, whether it be a rabbit, lizard,

bird, snake, and I pin him, it'll be a lot more streamlined

as opposed to just this block of wood.

Plus, if I miss, I might get lucky

and still poke him with one of the sharpened edges.

Here we go.

It ain't pretty, but... I got to get the job done.

♪

That blister patch just tore off the bottom of that foot.

My feet are just killing me.

[ Grunting ]

♪

I think I got to go sit in that pool for a little bit.

♪

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[ Birds chirping ]

♪

There's a snake up over here.

[Bleep] King snake. Gonna see if I can grab it.

Son of a...

son of a bitch.

Laurae: I think a lot of my traditional skills

will be very useful out here.

I can weave anything I need.

Just seeing if I can weave something together

that we use for out here.

There you go.

Should be way bigger than what it is.

It works.

Hey, Tomas. Look.

That's actually not a bad idea.

I don't think Tomas needs to see too much of that.

[ Laughs ] I'm here for you, buddy!

I'm here for you.

[ Laughs ]

You can call it the tidbit tie.

♪

Chris: It looks like a king snake.

It's not poisonous. I still don't want to get bit.

Son of a bitch.

[Bleep]

[Bleep]

Man, that's a meal.

I'm hungry. I know I need to get food.

Son of a gun.

Not getting that snake was a tough one.

I haven't really had a real meal here since day 3.

People aren't supposed to live here, man, let alone like this.

Nothing prepares you for what it's like out here.

♪

Right now the only goal I have is I need to find a meal.

And I need to find a meal quick.

It's the only option that I have right now.

So tomorrow morning, see if I can find me a rabbit

or a quail.

[ Coyotes barking ]

What the [bleep]

[ Coyotes barking in distance ]

Coyotes. [Bleep]

[Bleep]

♪

♪

I've had the worst night I've ever had in my life.

Every 15 minutes, I'm putting more wood on the fire.

[ Coyote barks ]

[Bleep]

[ Coyote howling ]

Get out here.

Hey! Get!

[ Coyote barking ]

[ Coyote howls ]

♪

♪

The coyotes came back last night.

They know I'm weak.

Son of a bitch.

My feet seems to be getting worse right now.

Every step I take,

it's almost like him stepping on a bunch of broken glass.

This environment is just so intimidating.

There's so many different predators out here

that if I can't walk,

I couldn't get out of my shelter quick enough

if a rattlesnake came in.

I couldn't properly defend myself against a coyote.

I'm a sitting duck.

So...

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Hi, Chris.

Hey, Darcie.

I think I'm pretty much done with the Baja.

I'm really sorry to hear that.

It's one thing to have the skill.

It's another thing to actually have your head in the game

to be able to display those skills.

And I thought I was mentally prepared for this.

I thought I was, but I know when I'm beat.

Are you absolutely 100% sure you want to tap out?

I'm 100% sure that this is the point

where my journey ends and I tap out.

All right.

[ Exhales deeply ] Let me just grab my stuff here.

All right. Let me show you the way.

Chris: I knew this was gonna be an emotional struggle.

I knew this was gonna be a battle,

and I thought I was gonna be strong enough.

I thought I had the emotional balls

to be able to get through it.

I think losing Laurae so early in the challenge

played a huge role in this.

I lost that companion, and even though I only knew her

for three days, we really grew attached.

I think once that disappeared, it became too overwhelming.

There's your ride out of here.

Narrator: After eight days in the scorching Baja desert,

Chris lost a total of 15 pounds.

The Canadian Davy Crockett proved no match

for devil's canyon.

His inability to complete the challenge

drops Chris' PSR from 6.3 to 5.6.

This challenge is immense.

It is an all-encompassing challenge.

It took a toll on me mentally, emotionally, physically.

Ultimately, the decision's mine,

and the consequences, good, bad, or otherwise,

is something that I'm gonna have to live with.

♪

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[ Buffalo grunting ]

Woman: Out here in Africa is very scary.

I heard a leopard at one point.

Saw a few rhino as well.

Man: Africa is crazy.

We got to stay on our toes.

We have to stay alert... very alert.

Narrator: On the dry South African savanna,

in a unique two-hour event,

four survivalists take on a dangerous domain

where every day is a battle for survival.

Two are battle-tested,

with hands-on experience with apex predators...

Woman: I've been here before.

I was attacked by two lions in South Africa.

I'm nervous to encounter the unexpected.

Man: I am the wild-child gator hunter.

We're about to show them how these boys do it, Cajun style.

Narrator: ...The other two, military veterans

with no experience against Africa's killer predators,

will attempt to make it through

with the training they've received.

Woman: I've never been face to face with any apex predator,

but I'm so excited to get in there.

We're gonna see a lot of wildlife, dangerous game.

Narrator: Both teams will have to survive

in two separate camps for the first 10 days.

Holy cow.

If they make it to day 11, they will merge

and attempt to complete the challenge as a single tribe.

Man: We are in a world of trouble.

Narrator: What will be more valuable...

apex-predator experience

or extensive military survival training?

And will it be enough to survive 21 days

in the untamed African bush?

[ Lion growls, woman screams ]