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Oh, my god.

Big ol' scorpion.

I've never caught or killed a scorpion,

So I'm like a little bit

Nervous to try, but that sucker is pretty big.

I don't know. I don't know what to do.

I'm not a hunter. I don't kill things.

I'm going to cry.

Sorry.

Oh, god, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

21 frickin' days.

Good morning, zambia.

Zambia, africa, here I come.

I guess zambia is gonna be home for the next 21 days.

This tall grass right here, this is perfect.

Perfect lion ecosystem right there.

Perfect prowling behavior.

Landmarked between angola and mozambique

Lies zambia's luangwa valley,

A merciless land stretching almost 500 miles.

The thick african brush

Is home to the continent's most cunning killers.

Here, hyenas fight for every scrap

And territorial crocodiles patrol the luangwa riverbanks

In search of prey.

Out here, there's lots of predators.

They're top on the food chain.

Time to get naked.

Aahh! Tall grass, little matt.

I am fairly comfortable

Being naked in front of strangers in general.

Now for the good stuff.

But I think I'm most worried

About areas here where animals

Definitely could be lurking and hiding,

There's a lot of tall grass, there's a lot of thick bush.

All right. This is me in my birthday suit.

Getting ready to meet my partner,

Really looking forward to it.

This is it. I'm about to meet my partner, I'm really excited.

I have a little bit of butterflies, so

Yeah, I'm just really excited.

Hey! How are you?

- Hey, another naked person. - Can I hug you?

Yes. I'm matt.

- I'm kerra. Nice to meet you. - Very nice to meet you.

- Where are you from? - Arkansas.

- Awesome. I'm from tennessee. - Oh, cool.

Yeah, we're neighbors.

Neighbors. Awesome. Ever done anything like this?

Not quite like this no.

I'm assuming you haven't either.

This is actually my second challenge.

- Is it? Really? Yeah. Oh, awesome. - Yeah, I did a same challenge.

- Yay! That's great. - Yeah.

My first challenge, I felt like I definitely got knocked down a peg.

I was unable to secure any major protein.

Big old fat squirrel. I'd like to eat him.

Damn it!

It really bothered me

That I was unsuccessful in catching anything.

So I've been focusing really heavily on trap making

As well as learning how to use a recurve bow.

I'm out here with a purpose.

I really want to show people

That somebody from arkansas can do this.

You know, I completed the 14-day challenge.

I really want to be in the first arkansan

To complete a 21-day challenge.

- Cool. We're going to rock this. - Awesome

based on his skills and experience,

Matt begins the challenge

With a primitive survival rating or psr of 6.1.

He's not the big,

Tall, fat, hairy man I was hoping for,

But he's done a challenge before,

So I'm, I'm really excited about that.

So lots of survival background?

Ah, yes and no.

I don't have a lot of like primitive background,

But I spend a lot of time outdoors.

My background is in wildlife for work,

- And I travel the world. - Awesome.

So I think, you know, I hope I'm helpful.

My degree is environmental science.

I had a wildlife emphasis,

So I've studied a lot of animal behavior

And I spent eight years in the military

Where I had to build bunkers and dig foxholes and trenches.

What's prepared me the most for this experience,

It's a combination of everything that I've done and accomplished.

The reason why I want to do this challenge

Was I felt like I wasn't living up to the hype

That all my friends and family see me as.

Kerra enters the challenge with a psr of 6.5.

- No tap outs, right? - No tap outs.

- No tap outs. Deal. - Okay.

You want to check out our bags?

- Let's check them out. - Okay.

Matt and kerra have each brought

A personal survival item.

- All right. So I brought my bow. - Oh, yes.

So hopefully we'll be able to get some food with this.

Super awesome. Hopefully, he's good at using it,

I'm sure he is.

I'm not a hunter and I'm not a fisher.

Not because I don't think that

It's wrong to do that kind of stuff,

I just don't think I have it in my heart to kill an animal.

I have my blade.

Very nice.

And they've been given a pot for boiling water

And a fire starter as the dense vegetation

And abundance of predators

Make it essential to get fire before nightfall.

We are, looks like we're right here.

Right.

And we've got some danger areas

With leopards, hippos,

- Lions and crocodiles. - Lions and crocodiles. Mm-hmm.

- Yeah. Goodness! - It looks like we should just probably make our way,

- I guess, to water. - That looks like fresh water.

Yeah, water and food source right there. That's a good spot.

- All right. Get started. - Let's go.

All right.

As dense as this is,

There could be a lion or a leopard or...

- yeah. - Something hanging out

-In a tree, -yeah.

100 yards away and we'd never see them.

No, for sure.

The seven-foot tall grass

Provides excellent cover for the felines

That are in the luangwa valley,

The nickname valley of the leopard

because it has

The largest concentration of leopards in all of africa.

Reaching speeds of up to 36 miles per hour,

Leopards' muscular hind legs and powerful jaws

Allow them to take down prey three times their size.

I mean, literally could be something like

right here.

Just sitting in here. I know, yeah!

Clapping also keeps those animals away. So just.

- Does it? - Yeah.

Yeah, we can clap. Hoop and holler.

Nice.

Definitely glad you know this stuff.

Kerra seems real nice, extremely knowledgeable.

Having somebody that's familiar with the animals down here

Is gonna be an absolute ace in the hole.

- Out of curiosity. - Mm-hmm.

And I only say this because it happened on my last challenge.

- Uh-huh. - You know, not to throw

Fecal material in the water source, right?

- Of course. - Okay, that's cool.

On my last challenge, my partner made some mistakes.

I just sharted.

She just put it in our water source.

- That's disgusting. - I dig a well.

Yeah, wasn't fun, but we made it.

- We got through it. - Yeah. Good.

I'm pretty easy to get along with.

- I like to think I am. - That's good.

- You seem to, so far. - So far.

So far.

Getting into all this seems more like a dry riverbed.

Yeah.

Definitely need to keep an eye out for some snakes.

I see water, matt.

- Water? - Water.

Water. Water!

Oh. Do you know what probably lives in this water?

Big old crocodiles.

If we're careful, this would be a good little area

To come get water at if we needed to.

Mm-hmm. What would be your ideal spot?

As much natural protection as possible.

Yeah.

Hopefully a lot of resources around

Within, at least, somewhat of a distance.

- Yeah. - Like, I kind of like

- This little area right here. - I do too.

You know, it's got natural coverage overhead.

Yeah. I think we're far enough from the water source

Where we're not like on top of any animals coming in at night trying to drink.

We definitely gotta get protection around us,

So I'll start dragging stuff in.

Right now, we want to build a shelter

That surrounds us.

It looks as uninviting as possible.

My goal is to get as many thorny sticks

Around our shelter as we can.

It could double as firewood if we get cold at night.

Nice. Nicely done.

What a good little bush husband you are.

Me and my partner are getting along great.

He's just a good old southern boy from arkansas.

He's very polite. He's very respectful.

Doing all right?

The sun is falling real quick.

As of right now, light's fading fast,

We only got maybe a couple more hours of day light.

All right. I'm going to try to get some water.

Just gonna wait for a little bit

And see if there's any drag marks.

We have to really watch out for crocodiles in this river.

Since this is our water source, we have to be extra vigilant

And to make sure that before we get our water,

We look and we listen and we make sure

That there's no friends lurking in the water

Trying to, trying to eat us.

How's that fire coming?

I don't know. I'm struggling.

So you try and make it more of like a bird's nest shape.

Yeah, give it a shot?

Yeah. Okay.

Damn, it's getting hot.

Come on, you son of a bitch.

Here we go.

Great job.

Oh, thanks, man. Appreciate that.

We currently have fire, shelter, water.

Feels pretty good to be set like this.

This is our first pot of water.

- Really, really hot. - Really hot still, damn!

I just put my finger in it.

That's so gross..

Sorry, ashley.

Oh, so gross.

Scowl, it's cold.

You're actually, like, frozen.

You're so cold, it hurts to even like move.

It freezing.

Something is definitely moving out there.

It was an awful night in the frigid cold.

Matt didn't sleep, hardly at all.

Last night was very rough.

It was extremely cold.

Something came walking by.

Definitely concerned about the predators in the area,

But right now,

We gotta get our evenings under control.

Otherwise, we're going to be,

It's gonna be a long 21 days.

So let's make our rock wall our priority today.

I agree.

I'm gonna use this mud for mortar.

Our plan right now is to build a nice rock ring,

Something with a reflecting wall.

What do you think?

This last load up the hill for a moment?

Sure.

The human body can go approximately three days without water.

It can go approximately 21 days without food,

But one more night in hypothermic temperatures,

We're done, that's, you're over.

Tada!

Very nice.

Hopefully, this will make our evenings a little bit warmer.

- Toasty. - Well, toasty.

So last night was pretty nice.

Rock wall helped.

I think it made a substantial difference.

For sure. I definitely am starting to feel hungry.

Mm-hmm.

We should maybe try fishing today.

You wanna try the little lagoon area?

Mm-hmm.

I've got this very thorny spiky branch,

And I am going to use it to try to catch some catfish

In this gully here.

This is my first time. I have never done this before.

Rake and pull method. Ow!

Basically you just take the branch

And you just slam it into the water

And then you drag really hard. Damn it!

And hopefully the thorns,

I mean, they're really, really sharp,

Will sink into the skin of the catfish

And hopefully, we'll have some breakfast and lunch

Because we haven't had any of that.

Damn!

There's a cat. There's a cat right there.

Holy

It is concerning. They know we're here,

They know our presence,

So we really need to make sure to keep a constant eye out.

Matt, that was a epic fail.

Yeah.

I saw a cat back there about 150 yards out.

- Walking? - Yeah.

This is exactly why we need a secure boma

And hot fires because, you know,

We're definitely not at the top of the food chain right now.

Go! Get outta here.

Something outside, rustling around.

Go!

Mmm.

Little cat prints.

So this is right next to our camp site.

Thank god our boma is so secure.

This is, I mean, obviously very fresh

Because it wasn't here yesterday afternoon,

Which is concerning.

Just need to make sure that we don't get complacent.

Complacency kills.

Day five without protein.

There's a duiker call.

I learned duiker is a small deer-like animal.

I'm going to see if I can grab some mopane leaves.

Maybe I can catch one off guard coming out to get some water.

Matt is supposed to be a hunter.

I don't know the first thing about hunting.

I don't even know if I could even shoot an animal

With a bow and arrow,

So I'm really relying on matt's skills there.

It's like a legume tree.

There's little beans inside of it

That you can cook off and eat.

They're all brown right now, so they're probably not 100% ripe,

So they'll probably turn green

When they're fully ready to be eaten.

But at this point, even if it's not completely ripe,

It's going to be worth it

Because we need the calories for sure.

Can't see anything.

Much harder than I expected.

There he is.

Didn't hear or see anything.

I found all these beans, but they're not ripe.

Gooey.

It'll be better when they ripen up. Yeah.

It's a little, it's got a punch.

My partner did find some beans,

Even though they're very acidic, really providing for our team,

And I appreciate that. She is pulling her weight.

I'm a little concerned that I'm not pulling my weight

To match hers, but I'm doing the best I can.

All right.

Oh, my god.

Big ol' scorpion.

This thick-tailed scorpion is highly venomous

And attacks by driving its razor sharp stinger

Deep into its prey.

I've never caught or killed a scorpion,

So I'm like a little bit

Nervous to try,

But that sucker is pretty big.

And I'm sure matt would be super excited to have that guy.

I don't know. I don't know what to do.

I'm not a hunter, I don't kill things.

Oh, my god. My heart is beating like a million miles an hour.

Ooh, I'm going to cry.

Oh, I'm sorry.

No, no, no, no, no, no!

Ooh, I'm going to cry.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, god! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

Ooh, I'm so sorry.

Ooh, you're still alive. What do I do?

Ooh, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

I have never killed anything intentionally,

And it is really breaking my heart.

But this was an opportunity that I couldn't just pass up.

I'm so sorry.

Matt will be really happy, I hope.

Okay. Hey, I brought you something.

- You all right. - Yeah, I'll be fine.

- Wow! - I killed a scorpion for you.

- That's a big damn scorpion. - Yeah.

But I think he's still alive. I don't know. He keeps moving.

- That's just nerves. - Okay.

Wanna cook him up?

I don't want to.

- You can cook him. - Struggling?

Yeah. Will you just take him?

Yes. Set him right there, I'll take care of him.

First time you ever kill anything?

Yeah.

It's not fun at all. Sorry.

This is the first time she's intentionally took a life.

I understand how hard it is.

You gonna be okay?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

I am telling you, you are a badass.

Oh, stop.

Seriously, I ain't blowing smoke,

I ain't blowing sunshine up your ass.

You legitimately are a badass partner.

I would do a 40-day with you anytime.

Oh, thanks, man.

I certainly appreciate you.

Again, she provided some protein that's very appreciated.

I really hope I'll be able to do the same.

- Very good. - Really?

Very good. A hint of crab meat.

Really?

Yep.

That's not bad.

I'm going to call it delicious.

Feeling the first bite

And tasting the first little bit of protein,

You could feel just the smallest amount of protein

Going into your system.

You know, the only thing that at the end of it was more,

You know, we need more.

Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

Mm-hmm.

That scorpion was just a fraction amount of calories.

We're pretty desperate.

I can definitely feel the lag in my response time

And my thought process, so we're gonna go catfishing.

I'm sure there's something in here.

Bet you, there's a bunch of little ones.

By splashing around,

Stirring the mud up in the bottom

Usually will bring things to the surface.

I mean, I don't think there's anything in there.

I am frustrated.

Sun is beating down on us, it's super hot

And I am just over it at this point.

Well, what do you want to do?

Want to come out of the sun for a minute.

No. I'm just frustrated. That's all.

Just remember not to take it out on me.

I'm only trying to help.

I'm thinking, matt, being this hunter

Needs to start going out and getting that food

Because this is obviously not an answer for us

That's sustainable.

I just missed a huge protein source.

Just sick to my stomach right now,

Just sick.

There's something got hit.

Relatively fresh blood right there.

And that's a shot just under it.

How was your hunt?

I shot a little low

And basically probably nicked his foot.

Yeah.

I'm having such a hard time getting some food,

So it's tough.

I could see, matt, like visibly kind of down,

I think maybe it's weighing heavy on him

That he's the sole provider for any kind of meat.

I'm not going to discourage him.

It is what it is.

It's a really tough area to hunt in.

So, you know, he's doing more than what I could.

That's still progress.

That's more than you've done animal-wise

Since we've been out here and...

Yeah, thank you. Sorry, I didn't get it.

Well, don't be down on yourself.

I'm gonna obtain some protein

Somehow, some way, I'm gonna figure this out.

I don't know.

There's a big ass nest in that tree.

It looks like a big old eagle's nest, to be honest.

You definitely could climb it,

There's some big fat eggs in there.

Only thing I know to do is start pulling this apart.

Lot of birds, whole lot of birds.

Yeah.

Bad news, darling.

Nothing?

Nada.

Dang.

Getting lightheaded often.

Today, I am just

Planning on collecting enough firewood

To get us through the evening and hopefully for tomorrow.

Not eating is definitely

Taking a huge toll on my energy,

I am out of breath.

I'm trying really hard to, like, keep it together.

All right, night 14, here we go.

I am officially in uncharted territory.

I have surpassed my fan challenge time frame.

Pretty exciting.

I'm proud of you. A good job.

Hopefully, I'm making arkansas proud.

Just one foot.

Just one foot, then the other.

Marula.

Marula is a small, plum sized fruit

High in vitamin c,

But when consumed unripe, it can be acidic.

I think I see another one over here.

Oh yeah, that's a couple.

Oh, there's another one, another one out there.

I read about this fruit during my research.

I'm not sure if it's ripe yet or not.

I'm hoping it is, but it's such a morale booster.

I'm super excited that I found it.

It truly is just a golden nugget.

How'd it go?

Well, nothing's new.

Uh, huh.

How was your day?

I found all these marula fruit.

They are very acidic?

Well, yeah, it's like eating a lime, almost.

There's not much meat

In comparison to the pit, to the actual fruit itself.

So it's not a lot of food, but I...

It'll will do, I guess.

Oh, my stomach, I don't feel so good.

You okay?

Oh, my stomach's rumbling. Damn!

My stomach hurts.

I'm really tired.

My partner seems to have trouble

Stomaching the marula fruit.

It hasn't affected me so far,

But I'm getting really worried about my partner.

I'll be more than happy to do the work today.

Appreciate it.

I'm happy to do it.

I...

Marula fruit is not sitting well.

Walking through the bush here,

I really hope you all understand how tall this grass is.

I'm not very tall, but I'm telling you.

How tall are you?

- 5' 6". - You're not 5' 6".

- What it says at the dmv. - There's no...

- There's no way. - Okay.

I'm 5' 8".

Well, you're awful tall.

That's what it says on my license.

- That's what they said... - Who gave the dmv.

- I must've been wearing boots. - You must have been.

Little nauseous. My stomach hurts.

Every time I burp, I burp the taste of marula

And it makes me want to puke.

I can lay down. I can watch my stomach move

Because it's not sitting well with the marula.

Brush some charcoal and eat little bits of it.

Just suck on it like a candy.

It'll help neutralize the gas in your stomach.

Matt's being really sweet and supportive.

You know, he's a natural caretaker.

You know, he is ready to make sure

That I am as comfortable as possible at all times,

And I'm super grateful

That he was willing to go and do that for me.

Thanks.

In the past 19 days,

Kerra and matt have consumed as little as 500 calories each,

Which is less than the average person consumes

In one meal.

I'm gonna blow some bowls in it.

Cool it for you.

It's drinkable.

And let's see if I can... Find something to eat.

At this point, it's kind of a make or break.

Being unsuccessful as a hunter is disappointing.

You know, I really came out here fully expecting

To get something big, but that just hasn't happened.

Oh, there's a snake.

Gotcha.

Whoo! Yes!

This about to become dinner.

Whoo! Sweet victory.

This snake is absolutely awesome.

I've been trying so hard

To provide some kind of a large meat source

For my partner and myself.

It feels absolutely amazing.

Hey, partner?

What you say partner? You eat snake?

Do I eat snake? Did you kill one?

Shut up. Dang, dude.

This is a stiletto snake,

Oh, still moving, which is gross.

It's much needed

And we really needed the protein.

So thanks to matt for doing the dirty work.

Gotcha. Gotcha.

Mmm.

I'm proud of you. Good job.

Thank you so much.

Cheers!

Not bad.

I just feel...

Couldn't do anything. It's not a fruit, it's not a bean.

Oh, thank you, matt.

Indeed, indeed. Thank you very much.

Yeah.

It's nice going to bed

With some protein in our stomachs.

All right. She promised we'd do it.

So on the count of three.

One, two, three, good morning, zambia.

Good morning, zambia.

Hooh! Little brisk.

Here we go. Taillights.

All right.

So here we are.

Looks like we just head up just the beach line

And then cut off into the bush.

- Looks like... - It's gonna be a heck of a walk.

Suck it up, buttercup.

- It is about to get real. - Yep.

All these rocks are not fun.

Don't think about it.

Your feet are numb. You cannot feel.

Matt and kerra face a perilous 6.5 mile trek

Along the razor sharp banks of the zambezi river.

Ten-foot crocs are a constant menace

In the murky waters

And can suddenly dart out and attack

At speeds of up to 20 miles per hour.

Once they reach the thorny shrub land

And thick vegetation,

They'll have to watch out for venomous puff adders

And leopards who lay in wait.

This is rough.

Just don't walk too close to that water right there

Because it looks like it's a good...

- Murder puddle? - Yeah.

Yeah.

It's starting to get hot,

We need to get up into the canopy.

Let's get to it.

- Big thorn tree on your right. - Love that, love that.

This is prime snake and leopard territory,

For sure.

Thorn bush on your right and left.

I'm just gonna stop saying that because they're everywhere.

There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

Yeah. Just because your feet are red and sore

Doesn't the they're ruby slippers.

We are...

- Probably halfway through it. - Through it.

We're running on low fumes

And water would be nice.

It's getting hot in the canopy.

Yeah. Ow, ow, ow.

Ow, ow.

Oh, I'm ready to be out of this.

At this point, there's only one way out, out.

My feet are hurting real bad.

I hear something.

- Oh, thank god. - I hear a motor.

Ow, ow.

This sounds close. Oh, I think I see a road.

- Yeah? - I think I see a road.

I see a truck. I see a truck. Yes.

- Yeah! - Oh!

- All right. - Good job.

Ooh!

- We did it. - Yeah, we do.

Here we go.

- Ahhh. - Whoo-hoo

having gone through a 14-day challenge,

It makes this joy

Of completing a 21-day challenge

Just that much sweeter,

Even though I wasn't the most proficient hunter,

I did the best I could.

Now, I'm that one step closer to being the survivalist

Like the ones I've watched on tv

And hope my home-state's proud.

Ah!

Can't wait for some water.

After surviving 21 days in zambia, africa,

Matt lost a total of 23 pounds.

His psr rises from a 6.1 to a 6.8.

I'm like full of happiness and joy

And pain and exhaustion.

Just all the things rolled into one.

I definitely think this challenge has

Made me kind of a better version of myself.

I think coming out here was a nice reminder

That I can, I can do some hard

It feels really great

To be crossing the finish line with matt.

He was really patient with me and he was very kind

I was never gonna leave him.

I don't think he was ever going to leave me,

Just really proud of us. He was a great partner.

Kerra dropped a total of 15 pounds.

Her psr rises from a 6.6 to a 6.8.

I'm like crying for joy.

I'm very grateful to have been paired with kerra.

She definitely looked out for me.

I tried my best to look out for her.

I think that we really worked well together.

Couldn't have done without you.

Couldn't have done it without you.

Good bye, zambia.

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