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Oh my God.

My whole body feels like it's shutting down.

-Just breathe. -We just need to get there, man.

Once we get there, too, you can do all the resting

and relaxing that you need. Just chill.

We've been hiking, trying to see if we can find

some better fishing grounds.

But Terra is like, getting dizzy spells.

Well, this is a lot more grueling than I thought it was gonna be.

And that worries me.

I don't know if it's the heat that's doing it

or if it's dehydration.

Are you gonna fall over?

-It's a possibility. -Then sit down.

Maybe we can go ahead, go forward,

dig a seep well, get some water,

and then come back and give it to you to get you there.

That would be awesome.

-Do you wanna do that, Nate? -I'm down to do that.

-Okay. -Yep. Rest.

Okay. Nate, let's go and see if we can get there

and get some water and bring it back to Terra.

-Okay. -I'm sorry that I'm hurting.

It's okay.

Just rest here and we'll bring you water.

We're starting to worry about not just the hike there, but getting Terra back home.

I don't know what's making my eyes go blurry

and my ears not hear, but this is awful.

It's hard to breathe.

As soon as I sit up, I feel like I need to lay back down again.

We need to find that water,

and we need to bring it back as quickly as possible.

40 miles, 40 days.

I hate this place.

-Nate? -Yep.

How the hell are you getting through all this so fast, my friend?

I'm eager to get where we're going.

Gets rocky up here.

-Pretty brushy? -Rocky, and a steep hill.

Ow! ants. Goddammit.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Oh, this is cool.

-Yep. -First things first, though,

we gotta get the seep well going.

We gotta get Terra some water and get it back to Terra and then get back here.

The quickest way to get water is to dig a seep well

near a water table like a river or a pond,

and then just let the water seep in.

The other way we've been getting water here is by boiling it.

However that'd take hours.

It would also take hours to cool it down.

And I don't think Terra has that long in the noonday sun.

And the idea behind the seep well is that instead of drinking water

that's coming straight from the river

where monkeys have been using it as their toilet

is that as the water percolates through the ground,

it should act like a filter and trap any protozoans

or other bacteria or viruses from getting into the water.

I'll just give it about five or ten minutes.

Okay.

Just suck it up with a banana leaf and spit it in the pot.

Right now, I'm just getting water out of the seep well for Terra.

Terra may not drink it anyway, being it's this muddy,

but it's the best we can do right now.

And if Terra lets it sit for a bit,

most of the heavy particles should go down to the bottom.

Damn.

The very worst case scenario is that Terra ends up being medically tapped out.

So I'm down here trying to get water,

and this was a pretty big risky expedition to begin with,

so we had to spend so much energy

to come out here in the heat of the day.

Hopefully, we can get this done as quickly as possible

and everything will be okay.

So I'm gonna run the water back to Terra.

You want me to stay here then?

I'll be as fast as possible.

-Be safe, Nate. -Thanks.

Cloudy, isn't it?

-It's good. Thanks, man. -Yeah.

I guess I'll just continue on,

get back to where you guys are,

-slowly give it a shot. -Yep.

Come on.

If Terra can stand up without issue after getting that water,

I think that Terra will be able to make it.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

I'm following you. I don't know where to go.

I feel like a giant burden to my partners.

I feel like I'm just a big rock that's slowing them down.

Still feeling exhausted, but...

Better.

And it really sucks that I came all the way out here to do this.

And I'm falling apart today. Like I'm just falling apart.

Damn it!

Oh my God.

It's only day seven.

Time to get to bidness.

Bidness, bidness, bidness.

Alone since day four

and 34 miles away from extraction,

Kaiela's skill and stamina has been tested

by the Badlands.

My anxiety is through the roof.

Oh yes.

But her persistence provided a much needed food win.

Yes.

Oh my God.

This is just reassurance that I can do this and I can do it by myself.

I think I've found an incredible amount of success

being out here alone.

Let's catch some fishies, bait some caiman lines.

I was so nervous when my partners left

that I was somehow incapable of securing enough food for myself

and I'm more than capable.

Monkeys. Hi, buddy.

I'm just building a lot of confidence out here.

My leftover fish bones and head and skin.

So try and string some of this up to bait eel, caiman.

That's the biggest source of protein out here.

This area would be good for baiting

because it kind of funnels into a really shallow pool

so I can see the bottom.

And hopefully, if he does take the bait,

it will be easier for me to pull him up if I do get him.

So right now I'm just using the fish guts.

Looks yummy.

For a caiman.

So I'm going to stick my caiman line down this rotted out log,

kind of dangle it above the water and dip it

just to let him know it's in here.

Now I'm going to set an eel line,

set some of the guts on a bigger hook on the bank.

Extra stank.

And maybe an eel will come up and take it.

They like to come up and kind of stay close to the shore.

All right.

You know, these are proving grounds out here,

and I think being alone requires you

to be on your toes and know your stuff.

It's testing every survival skill that I have.

I'm gonna take some of these leftover fish remnants,

kind of just throw in and create some vibrations,

stink up the water a little bit.

It's kinda like feeding a stray cat.

Once they know where the food's at, they'll start to come back.

All right.

I think it's a good start.

You've got a bullet ant on your foot.

Hey!

One got me on the nut the other day, not a caiman, a bullet ant.

If a caiman got you on the nut, I want to see.

After a risky excursion far from camp...

-Okay. -Quick, quick!

-Where is he? -There!

Heather, Adam and Sam struck it big.

Holy

Scoring their first major protein win of the challenge.

Look at the size of that bloody thing.

-Oh my God. -He's big, he's big.

And with 31 days to go,

they remain 35 miles from the extraction point.

But I do feel a bit hungry today.

To catch a caiman right here would be amazing.

-You know what I mean? -That'd be spectacular.

We've finished all the caiman meat now,

and to be honest, we probably spent

a third of the calories we gained from it, retrieving it.

So we're all in need of some significant protein again.

So today I saw a caiman in the water.

That's the first one we've seen right here.

Yeah. I'm actually setting caiman traps.

So I took a shark hook with a paracord.

It's gonna have the bait on it.

-You want to give me some guts? -All right.

This is the proving grounds.

You gotta earn every single day.

There's no taking no time off.

You gotta work.

If we can get another caiman, that's a huge win.

Nothing's going to miss the smell of this.

It is putrid.

I shouldn't have sniffed it.

This is perfect.

Yeah, they're gonna smell that a mile away.

-I'll see youse in a bit. -Yeah. Wish us luck.

I'm gonna crawl out right till you see

-where that one limb that's coming off right there... -Yep.

...because that's where I keep seeing him go underwater.

Things could get a little wild, really quick.

Yeah, I can imagine several ways.

I'm gonna set it right above the water

just enough so he has to jump to bite it.

The hook goes right through his mouth and we'll take him.

Okay. Oh my God.

Sam is out with me, and he's not used to this kind of hunting.

-He's already interested. -Yeah.

I was born in south Louisiana, so it's in my blood.

Thank you, Heather. Thank you for letting me come on the hunt...

-Thanks for helping me out. I appreciate it. -...with somebody.

It's my... It's my first alligator hunt.

-Caiman. -Caiman.

It truly has been a dream of mine to undertake the XL challenge.

Come on Heather Let's get out of here.

And every day I feel like I'm getting stronger as a person and a survivalist.

Oh -What?

Oh no.

What?

Dude.

Oh, wow. Dude, bro.

How in the heck did a tick end up on your Mike and Ike?

He's digging in further, man.

I'm gonna rip him out!

What?

Oh no.

-Do you really? -Yes.

What?

It's not even the biggest target.

Oh wow. Dude, bro.

Are you going through any pain or you doing...

Yes, it's... It's pretty excruciating.

I tried to... Like, in a moment of panic.

I tried to pull him out and he's tried to bury himself in further.

Oh Jesus.

Dude.

Anything like that that happens to your pecker,

it's not good.

How in the heck did a tick end up on your Mike and Ike?

On your bloody sword?

-On me chopper? -Yeah.

What?

He's digging in further, man.

It seems like I have some kind of Naked and Afraid curse.

On my first challenge, I actually had a hot coal

pop out the fire and burn my junk.

That was

And now I've got a tick trying to eat away at my helmet.

I'm gonna rip him out. I'm gonna rip him out.

Don't rip him out. It's gonna make it worse.

I'm gonna rip him out!

I just... I need to try not to go into shock.

As humorous as this is, there is quite a risk with ticks.

They can carry some very, very unpleasant diseases.

It could indeed end my challenge quite abruptly.

Um, I'm having a difficulty.

I hope you have a tick remover.

Uh, I have a tick in my penis.

-Oh. -Yeah.

I can't. I...

I can't... I can't watch this. This is gonna be awful.

Poor Sam.

He's like the punching bag for the jungle.

He's got a tick on his... Twig and berries.

On his twig.

No, I don't want to look. I shouldn't keep looking.

At this point, honestly, everything the Badlands is throwing,

it's landing on him.

Oh

-That's huge. -Oh my God.

Oh my God.

That was one of the single most unpleasant experiences of my entire life.

He's gone!

Brother.

You can't say I didn't take it like a champ.

Oh, man.

I don't think there's anything else left out here to bite me.

Be careful what you wish for.

Lynsey.

Yep. I'm coming to you.

It's not a huge spot, but we've got a little sandy-ish beach area

-where we can just kind of hang out. -Nice.

There's thousands of tiny fish here.

It would be a good place to throw your cast net.

How are you doing?

Did you get some water in you?

It would suck if we went all this way

and burned so many calories to come up empty handed.

Hopefully we'd find some kind of bigger fish.

I feel like the fishing is okay at camp.

It's just... We need more.

So hopefully this new location will get us some more food.

-Is it stuck? -Yep.

-My God. -No.

I'm worried about you, man.

Yeah, I'm worried about me, too.

They're stuck again.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry about it then, Nate.

No, no, no!

I'm stuck. You kidding me?

I don't know. I just lost my bait, dude.

I don't know, man.

How many more losses do we need before we get a win?

We cannot continue to do this on this challenge

or we're going to burn out very quickly.

Well, for us not having any food at camp,

this was not a bad survival choice.

We have to do something, we have to get food,

and the only way to get food is to go out and find it.

Stunning how there's nothing here.

And now we have to walk all the way back.

I'm so hungry.

Let's go, guys.

Look at you and your little basket and berries.

-You're so cute. -Yeah.

What was that that just bit me?

With her team struggling,

Got one.

Malorie's fishing skills have finally begun to pay off.

But relentless bugs... I just want to die.

And mysterious symptoms caused Chris to tap out of the challenge,

leaving Mallory and Shell too thin for themselves

31 miles from extraction.

We lost Chris yesterday, and it's still sinking in that he's not here

and it's just gonna be me and Mal.

Fiery Latinas.

Shell and I are gonna kill this. I know we are.

Because my partner is a badass.

I love her.

Deep breath, deep breath,

I got some fishing to do.

Now that Chris is gone, I need to be even more productive.

It's very hot, it's very humid.

It takes a lot out of me being out here.

But you don't take a day off from survival.

Back at home, I do it all by myself.

I maintain a household, I work.

I take care of my kids.

So right now that's what I'm gonna do.

Here fishy, fishy, fishy.

I love having Mal as a partner

and we are definitely playing to our strengths.

Malorie's the best fisher person on our team.

She's better than I am.

And so, she's been focusing on the fishing situation right now.

And for me, I want to focus more on chores such as wood, fire, water

and also going to be collecting some fruits

and berries that are around here.

I'm surprised the birds don't eat these.

More for me and Mal.

There's a balance with survival.

I try to be in a mindset of, okay, slow and steady.

I feel like I'm more of a tortoise less of a hare.

-Are you fishing, Mal? -Yep.

Okay. Have you drank lately?

No. I need to, I know.

I got us berries for lunch.

Awesome. You're amazing, girl.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

Just waiting for my line to get tight and pull.

Whoa! Yeah!

Nice! Good work.

That is so beautiful.

Wow.

Did you wanna grab some water?

I will in just a moment.

I'll be right back.

I'm gonna try to get a little bit of vine,

hopefully finish my fish basket.

All right.

I'm grateful that I caught that fish, that protein,

but it's just not enough.

We have to complete 40 miles in 40 days.

We need to catch more fish.

Cook this thing up.

Malorie is a passionate fisherwoman,

but surviving 40 days was definitely unchartered territories for us.

We've all only seen Day 21.

So to cover 40 miles in 40 days,

we really need to pace ourselves.

The fish are gonna swim in for the bait,

and then it's gonna be hard for them to come out.

Fish is done, Mal.

Okay, I'll be right there.

All right. And there's my fish basket all set up.

Okay.

I just need to set my line up in the same spot.

Fish is done.

-You doing okay still? -Yeah.

To be honest, I'll take the mosquitoes over the sun here any day.

Yeah. That sun's pretty brutal.

It feels good to be back in here,

which is kind of a crazy thing to say.

Lynsey, thank you for carrying the water this whole way.

Oh, you're welcome. It's not a big deal at all.

Home sweet home.

The expedition was a total bust.

I feel like we all should have just stayed back at camp.

As much as I had hopes and everything seemed promising,

I think it was a waste of calories.

But you have to try and you don't...

You're not gonna get anywhere if you don't try.

Guys, I'm so sorry about today.

Nothing to be sorry about.

Really though.

I've never been this weak.

I've never felt this weak in my life.

We got to get you back on top.

And the only way to do that without a significant amount of food

is to just rest and hydrate, rest and hydrate.

I'm so sick and tired of being out here

and not contributing as much as I want to.

The next few days, I'll fish from camp

and we'll get hydrated

and get you ready for completing those 40 miles.

I'd gotten used to being alone,

literally, pretty much every day of my life,

so I never rely on people to take care of me.

It wears on me mentally.

It just makes me angry.

I'm sick of dealing all of this by myself,

like, keeping a fire going all night.

It's so annoying, and it requires so much wood.

The nights are taking longer.

It's getting harder and harder to sleep at night.

It's definitely getting harder.

I'm honestly just lonely.

Starting to kind of feel like,

well, it might be time for me to try and find some

other people out here.

Like, I need to go.

I need to.

And I just... I want to get the out of here.

-What? -I think we have caiman.

Yeah, it was there. There was something there.

Yeah, it was. He was right there.

He was little.

Maybe about two, three feet.

Yeah. He took off fast, too.

Super-fast.

Now...

Yep.

The ants are everywhere.

I got ants all over me.

This Colombia bug situation is insane.

I can't believe how many welts we've got.

Now there's no sleeping.

Like, not getting any sleep during the night.

Bloody hell.

Ah!

Like, I am itching so bad.

I don't know what to do.

Things have gone from bad to worse.

Me feet have swollen up.

The ankles are swelling up.

I'm having quite a significant amount of pain.

I think it's an allergic reaction.

It can lead to, like, quite a serious immune response.

I've just been bitten so many times.

The immune system is starting to, you know,

like an overproduction of histamine.

This place is literally a living hell.

These ants are, like, doing overtime.

Absolutely relentless.

Oh!

Wow, that is brutal.

I just can't believe that...

I don't look like that, like, it blows my mind, you know?

They just go after different people,

different ways, you know.

Busted me up pretty bad.

It's day ten, and we're a quarter of the way through the challenge.

That's a nice little milestone.

But unfortunately, I feel utterly

washed out and drained.

If I feel this depleted and this exhausted,

it really paints a huge question mark

on what 40 days and 40 miles looks like for me.

My feet have swollen up a lot more.

Ultimately, I'm treating my feet

as an indicator of when I'm getting,

you know, a histamine overload, to be honest.

In response to his many bug bites,

Sam's nervous system is creating large amounts

of a chemical known as histamine,

which increases blood flow to the infected areas

to help repair it, but also causes painful swelling.

You just want to go the distance

and just to prove I'm a survivalist.

You survived last night.

We survived last night, but today we gotta survive tonight too.

I can't face another night on the floor.

We've got to get up off the ground.

We're going to need to make a raised platform

to get up away from the ants.

If we push back to these trees,

they're going to be good, good strength

to build a raised platform. Upgrade again.

There's going to be a lot of effort

that we don't really want to do,

but this is what we're gonna have to do to stay in the game.

Let's get to it.

We were super reluctant in the beginning

to build such a big shelter.

But Sam's body is just getting punished.

I'm super worried.

So we've gotta help him out.

And you know, this shelter is really gonna help us rest,

build up our energy, so we can do that 40 miles.

Whoo!

Building off a cluster of existing trees for support,

a series of white poles and cross beams

will be used to support the framework of the platform floor.

Additional poles and framing will then be used to create a roof

thatched with palm leaves.

Oh!

Take your time. Take it slow.

Yep. Slow, steady pace.

Let's get this bug situation under control.

It's day ten.

We're a quarter of the way in.

There's a hot one again.

Last night verifies that there is a caiman nearby.

There is a caiman in those waters, and we need to catch it.

But we need bait.

Time to check my fish basket.

Oh, there's... Oh, he fell out.

No, there is a fish in there.

We can use this guy for a caiman.

You're our caiman bait.

Whoo!

Caiman one would be massive.

It's been one of my top goals, honestly, out here.

Same with mals, lots of fats.

It's delicious.

It's just a good, solid meat source for us.

It's food that'll hopefully lasts us quite a few days.

So now let's talk about this caiman.

All right, what's up?

So I can do two different rigs.

The options we have is to just use this one and bait it.

Mm-hmm.

So we can put the fish head on here.

-And then... it'll take it. -Yeah.

The second option would be to get your cordage,

tie it through there, and we can use this as a gaff

and then bait him with a setup

where we'll have the J-hook in here.

Yeah. I like that one idea of a J-hook.

It's gonna hook even good.

Mm-hmm.

Malorie plans to use a smaller J-hook to bait the passive line,

which will be secured to a tree.

Once a caiman is hooked,

the larger treble hook strung with cordage,

will act as a gaff to help wrangle it to shore.

We have everything ready.

I tied my knife to a stick so that we can stab him in the neck.

We're ready to head out and get a caiman.

We need that protein.

This is our stinky bait right here.

Not to mention it would be pretty cool

to see us two girls get a caiman.

Pretty bad ass.

Exactly where I saw him last night.

Yeah, they do.

Okay.

Caiman tail sounds wonderful.

It's gonna be delish.

Day ten.

A quarter mark.

Yeah, it's kind of crazy to me.

I'm just feeling lethargic as.

Ten days, sleep has been hard to come by for all of us.

I hurt all over.

You can't... win for losing.

I'm just going to try to catch us some fish.

-That's my plan. -Okay.

I'm gonna watch the fire.

And try to rest.

I'm excited that we're a quarter of the way through.

But thirty days is a really long time,

and it's gonna be really, really, really tough,

especially if Terra doesn't get better.

So hopefully we can get some more fish because it's going to take

all three of us to cross that finish line.

Not a huge one, but bigger than what we've been eating.

Awesome.

Very nice.

Oh, my God.

Another one.

Sweet!

Lunchtime.

So I did catch two fish today.

Even though it's not a huge,

massive meal, this can feed us.

What do you think, Nate?

Look good.

Two little fishes.

It's very important to be happy for what we have,

and I am very happy for this meal.

It was super exciting to be able to pull even though,

like, even just this size too, though.

This one's really good.

Mm-hmm. Juicy.

This guy's hard to get the meat off of.

Man, I would say, do you want more of this one,

but there's nothing there.

This has got some, like, juicy yumminess to it.

Oh, these probably should be thrown back or something.

When you catch them.

There's nothing to them.

Well, it's either that or nothing.

That's a shame.

Being positive is a huge survival skill.

That was an awesome thing.

Getting to bring home two fish,

and it seems like Terra just could care less.

You're welcome.

God, I hate this place.

Well, we're here.

Yep. I'm here.

Gotta stay positive.

Man, I'm going down and check my line.

It's day ten.

I hit a milestone and it gives me a boost of energy.

Nada.

But it would be amazing to have a team and partners

to help carry the weight.

So really hoping to find other people.

Put a new worm on there.

I think it's a smart move for me to start that journey.

Hmm.

But in order for me to move anywhere, I need protein,

and I need I like a good amount of it.

So there's definitely a sense of urgency.

It does feel like there's a lot on the line.

This has to be it.

Like, I need this really bad.

Something's moving over here.

I thought I heard some rustling.

Something big moved over here.

Oh, my God.

There's a caiman.

Oh, my God.

It looks like he's about three foot,

so, you know, they're super quick on land.

So this is gonna get weird.

Okay.

He's starting to wiggle his tail.

Caiman.

I've got a Y stick to kind of pin its head down.

I want to try and hit it with a knife.

This is gonna get weird.

Oh, my God.

Oh!

Oh, my God.

Thank you, buddy.

Yes!

Whoo!

Oh, my God.

I'm just gonna catch my breath.

Forty day challenge is proving grounds, and I'm out here doing it.

This was one of my huge goals

to accomplish out here was to kill a caiman.

And not only did I do that, but I did it by myself.

I'm just really, really, really proud of myself.

So now I'm gonna go back to camp, process this.

Chasing caiman naked in a Colombian jungle.

Who am I?

Oh, I am, like, wobbly today.

It's hard finding the groove of this place.

It's just... We are all so gosh... hungry.

So today I'm just trying to get us

something to look forward to and keep our spirits higher.

Just give us a break, Colombia.

Give us a break.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yes!

Yeah!

Get him!

Damn it! Get him! Get him!

Get him! Get him! No!

Damn it!

I literally had him up here and he fell off.

He's right there.

He's big, too. I don't know what he was.

Oh! That was so good.

And there's my bait.

Bye-bye. Enjoy.

I don't know.

I don't know. I'm trying to stay positive

and I'm holding out hope, but my hope is diminishing.

I need to take a little break because I'm stressed out from losing it.

I just keep feeling like we just keep putting out effort

and we're not getting anything in return,

and it's just... it's getting to me.

That bite hurt bad.

I hate the bugs here.

That hurt.

There's no winning in Colombia.

Whoo!

What a day.

It's a lot of meat to process.

This is the first time I'm dressing an animal.

I've really only ever killed

a fish before and a turtle once.

This is a workout.

I think this would be a lot easier with partners.

This is exhausting.

But the monkey's hanging out.

Let them know it's a potluck dinner,

if they'd bring me some fruit.

There is definitely a sense of urgency.

The humidity and this environment will spoil meat a lot quicker.

The second flies start swarming is not a good sign.

Oh, my God, I'm so excited.

I've never had caiman before, but I hear it's really, really good.

For the thinner stuff,

I'm going to try for the first time smoking meat.

'cause there's definitely no way I can eat all of this

and I would like to make this last as long as possible.

To be able to kill a caiman,

it just makes you feel like you can take on anything.

And I just feel like I'm really kind of finding a groove and...

Yeah, I'm just really happy.

Oh, yeah. That's pretty much ready.

It's way better than I expected it to be.

It just, like, melts in your mouth.

I've never been more proud of myself.

There was a lot of firsts for me today.

And this tastes like victory for me.

This caiman means so much to me.

This is definitely gonna help me cover

about 40 miles that I need to make.

So while I have the energy, it's time to leave

and put some miles down and search for my tribe.

This is the best barbecue I've ever had

in my whole life.

We're slowly getting there.

We've gotta get this shelter done,

but it's pure exhaustion.

So it's just wires in the middle,

wires down each side, and then we're good to go.

We want to make this thing as strong as possible

as soon as it's up, up off the ground.

It's going to need a little bit of extra support.

The support beams up for our raised platform.

All right. Moment of truth.

Rock solid.

It looks great.

It's braced, it's super secure,

and we won't have to worry about the bugs anymore.

It's perfect.

This is already looking very, very promising.

Do you want me to keep shopping the bigger ones?

-Good idea. -Yep.

Roger that.

Oh, yeah.

There's a lot of chopping.

My energy levels are low because of the lack of sleep.

Have really been quite a kick in the teeth.

I'm just trying to roll with the punches and keep contributing.

I need to grit my teeth and hang in there.

I can push through to the end of this.

I don't care if I have to crawl.

You hear that thunder?

Yeah.

The weather here literally turns on a dime.

I'm just trying to get it up there at this stage,

and so we can get out of this weather and get up out of the bugs.

Maybe the bugs were actually so active

because it happens back home with the animals,

because they knew a storm was coming.

Here it comes.

Yep.

Oh, my God.

This is really, really severe weather.

It is now raining its absolute butt off.

Things changed actively, rather quickly.

The temperature dropped drastically,

like, it is so cold.

This is hell on earth.

Looks like another night of absolute agonizing torture.

Oh, yeah, we're through.

Oh, good. Just what we needed.

This place.

Damn it, dude.

We can't catch a break, can we?

God damn it.

The temps have dropped significantly.

It's cold.

I'm already getting dripped on?

God damn it.

Oh, my God.

What am I doing?

All of our wood is wet,

so it is incredibly hard to find anything dry.

It still isn't burning like it should.

I wish this wood would stay lit.

I don't know how to stay positive

in a situation like this.

This place sucks.

Does that feel swollen on my back?

Oh, yeah.

That's not right, is it?

Jesus Christ.

Ah!

You all right? You all right, mate?

Jesus

Guys, I'm in a real mess here,

and I'm not entirely sure what to do.

The weather has turned off

while we're like in the middle of like a mini monsoon.

I don't know what's all going on, but it's awful.

Oh! This is ridiculous.

My kidneys feel very swollen.

I can feel them in my back.

I can't... I can't move.

Oh.

Ah!

It just feels like there's knives in my back.

Hell.

Ah!

Oh, my gosh!

This is getting really bad, really quick.

It is shooting up my back.

Hello, medic.

Copy.

I'm having serious, serious kidney pain right now.

And it's...

Every... - Here they come now, mate.

They're coming now. They're coming now.

Here they come now.

Okay.

Oh!

Guys, I've got to get out.

No, seriously, out.

11.

11.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

If we thought it was bad, it only got worse.

Yeah.

The continued production of histamines in Sam's body

has lowered his blood pressure significantly,

making his kidneys unable to filter blood at their normal rate.

To prevent the risk of serious infection

and kidney failure,

medics inject an anti-inflammatory steroid

that should relieve the swelling by blocking

the body's production of histamines.

-Are you all right, Sam? -No.

I'm not all right.

Take your time.

Sit down a minute.

The medical team say I'm getting bug bit so much.

I'm having some kind of massive histamine response.

And now I think, to be honest, my organs are swelling up,

namely my kidneys, which, as you can imagine,

is quite terrifying.

You got a lot on your plate, mate.

-Think about it. -No, I haven't.

I've got one thing to think about, and that's 40 days.

And I need to smash this challenge.

And it's pouring rain outside.

We're freezing cold.

I'm shivering my blood off. It's wet.

Wet and cold.

I think we have caiman on.

Did you hear it?

We're getting some splashing by the water.

We're going to head down through right now.

We may have hooked onto a caiman, I think.

Yeah, I did.

We lost our caiman.

Right now, I feel like the Colombian badlands has won.

It's defeated me.

I'm starting to feel like

I'm not owning up to this challenge,

and I need to give more.

Sitting in this shelter, in this rain and everything,

this is depressing.

It's just brutal.

It's bringing me down, the rain last night.

Being cold, I don't know.

It just all weighs on me.

Last night was the absolute worst night of the challenge.

I am just sitting here, all of these feelings in my head

about how much my body hurts, how cold I am.

I wish in this moment that I knew how to quit,

because I want to go home so bad.

My mom asked me when I came out here

why I like to do this

And I told her it's because I felt like

I was addicted to suffering.

You know how up that sounds?

I think maybe I like to suffer because I like

when you can overcome it.

I don't know if I can overcome this place.

Lynsey, I want to lift you up.

Just sit here and say, "You can do it.

You can stay."

I want to be that person.

But at the same time, I don't know if doing that

would be good for you.

The thing is, I have all the faith

in the world and your skills.

But I can't sit here and try to make you stay.

I just don't know if it would be good for you mentally

and physically.

I don't know if I can overcome this place.

Lynsey, I want to lift you up.

I want to sit here and say, "You can do it.

You can stay."

But at the same time, I don't know if doing that

would be good for you.

I just don't know if it would be good for you

mentally and physically.

Terra told me that if my mental health

was really affecting me that bad,

that it wasn't worth it to be out here,

that maybe I should go.

And I know Terra was saying it out of a place of love,

but my kind of thoughts is like, how dare you?

How dare you tell me that I can go?

I have stood by their side every single step of the way.

And for what to be, it's really like

Yeah.

Just make it one more day.

Nathan says things so simply.

But they mean so much.

Just Nathan simply saying, "All you have to do

is make it to the next day."

I know right then and there that Nathan supports me,

and I appreciate that.

Gonna try to keeping on.

Like Nate says, "Make it to the next day, next minute,

next hour, next day."

I'm gonna keep going.

That comment kind of just made me want to fight more.

How you feeling?

Just beat up, run down, fatigued.

Been having difficulties with the bugs

and the way my body's responding.

Last night, I was having a very severe histamine response.

The medic managed to administer

a small amount of medication.

The pain subsided, but I'm feeling lethargic.

Hopefully, I'll just recover from this

and be able to push forward.

Hey, mate, if you need to rest, you need to rest.

Don't force your body to do something

it doesn't need to do.

I think we can carry you. I think that it's...

I think it would...

That's not what the challenge is about.

It's not about carrying me to the end.

It's not about me being a burden for you guys.

Challenge is about showing up as an individual

and contributing to your team and contributing strong.

And, um, I've got to do that.

You're a strong bloke.

Sam's a badass survivalist, but right now, he's hurting.

The bugs and lack of sleep has just pushed the urgency

to finish this shelter.

We've got to get it done today.

One step at a time.

Ready to push forward.

I guess we've got some work to do.

We've almost finished the base out on our ray shelter.

It's coming together.

Just need a few more logs.

And then the plan is to put a roof on it.

But we haven't got that much to go, you know what I mean?

Like, we were so close.

I need to chop some larger wood.

Go ahead.

It's been quite tough here in the badlands.

They've been kicking my ass this week.

Ah.

I'm feeling extremely weak, extremely delicate.

But I'm not giving up.

Because I just want to stay with all my heart

and see this through.

It's so difficult as it is.

We need a third team member.

So we're going to carry him as far as we can.

Definitely. He's part of the team.

We need him.

It rained all night last night.

But honestly, I feel like I'm in like a meat hangover.

I had my big pot of caiman's stew.

All I have left is jerky, which is so good.

And I'm having a really hard time not eating all of it.

I'm really not going to be good at this rationing thing.

No way.

Just take a step, take a step, take a step.

Get off your butt.

My game plan for today, make some preparations

to move on from this spot.

So I am going to take this caiman hide, rinse it off.

And then I am going to lay it out in the sun to dry.

Oh, yeah.

It's been, uh, cooking.

Got all the bugs on it.

Smells really good.

Your feet are your biggest asset

to completing 40 miles in 40 days out here.

So I will make some shoes with this.

So right now, I am taking all of the flesh off this skin,

trying to prep it so that I can tan it.

It's going to be a little bit of a process.

The only reason I know how to do this,

my partner from South Africa, Tim,

taught me all about this.

Uh.

That's crazy.

On my 21-day challenge,

I think I was pretty timid and scared

and not have a lot of confidence

in the things that I was doing.

You cut it, I'll carry it.

It's the least I could do.

And kind of take the back seat.

If the shoe fits.

It fits.

Success.

Looking back, seeing that version of myself,

to see who I am now, feels pretty crazy.

It makes me feel like a badass.

See if soaking it helps.

Yeah, I should probably finish this today

and get it out in the sun.

It's been sitting down here for too long.

I don't want it to completely rot.

I feel really good about this.

We've got the main structure done.

Now we just need to make this thing waterproof.

It's time to get this roof on.

So we're going to use palm fronds for the roof?

I'm thinking maybe just a simple lean-to roof.

Oh, really?

Like, just wire frame it up, go down the back.

I'm just hurting through and through.

I think whatever's going on, whatever's wasting me away,

there isn't enough fuel left in the tank.

How you feeling, Sam?

Are you going to be all right?

I need to take water though, guys.

Struggling to stand up.

I reckon just get back in the shade, mate.

Yeah, absolutely.

Poor Sam.

He has had more adversities, obstacles, and challenges

thrown at him.

All of them have chipped away almost

like a ball and peen hammer.

It's taken a toll on him.

The mind's willing.

The body just hasn't got it in it.

We don't want you to go.

We wish you would stay.

At this point, I can feel myself going down

and going down hard.

And I think the best decision I can make

for myself and my body is to, uh, tap out.

It's been an honor to be beside you.

It has been with you as well.

You really are a great fella, mate.

-Thank you, Adam. -Real, real good fella.

That means a lot to me, bro.

Could you get the producer for me, please?

Oh, God.

What's going on, Sam?

Um, my body, my mind have just been

broken down by this challenge.

And I think I've reached my limit.

It's time to go.

I need to tap out now.

I respect your decision.

Say goodbye to your partners.

I love you guys so much.

-Love you, too, brother. -Love you, too.

Look after yourself, mate.

It's not going to be the same without you, Sam.

-I'm going to miss you guys. -Gonna miss you, man.

And I know you can do it.

Smash to the end for me.

I'm definitely disappointed

that I wasn't able to complete 40 days.

I gave it everything I possibly could.

But sadly, the proving grounds have proven too much for me.

The weather and the bugs have been absolutely relentless.

I feel terrible leaving my partners behind.

They're both fantastic people, and incredibly skilled

and strong survivalists.

I just couldn't face another moment out here.

Finishing the XL Challenge has always been my dream.

And it's been a harder ride

than I ever thought it was going to be.

I wanted to prove myself here on the proving grounds.

But this dream's turned into a bit of a nightmare.

He's a really brave guy.

I literally am so upset with Sam leaving this challenge.

We are in an environment designed to break us.

And his body just couldn't make the adjustment.

Now it's up to Adam and I to battle this out

for the next 28 days.

We've got to finish this.

You can't tap.

I don't plan on it.

Where do you want me to tie?

If you just want to tie that end on.

Okay.

I'm in shock still.

I'm so bummed Sam left.

But it's just like, we've got to get this shelter done.

We got to catch up on some sleep,

-like I'm feeling it. -Yeah.

Sam's tapping really made us focus.

And the realization of what can happen

when you're physically or mentally break in this challenge

just happened in front of us.

So the platform, this is urgent.

You might put some palm fronds up here

and try to get this thing waterproof.

Okay.

We're a man down.

And there's a lot more things

that we're going to have to pick up the slack on.

Awesome.

This is looking pretty good.

-So close, yet so far. -Yeah.

Last night, the caiman got away.

I'm just, I'm bummed.

I feel like nothing was accomplished.

It sucks because we should have had it.

And we really were not able to get it.

I'm doing my best to not be frustrated by it.

I mean, we can scope it out first from the sidelines

to see if we can kind of see him.

But it's very important for us to get larger amounts of food

because we are starting to lose weight.

And we're not trying to totally exhaust

all of our resources we have built up in our bodies

because we still have a lot of miles to go.

I can see his path,

where he most likely came through here.

He went that way.

But then it just opens up.

Yeah, if he's not in our immediate area,

the likelihood of finding him is very low.

It's a huge energy exertion for us at this stage

to be searching for hours

for the caiman in a massive swamp.

I'm thinking he'd be in the land somewhere.

There's so much area.

He could be anywhere.

We really need this caiman.

We really need the meat.

We need the skin.

We need all the resources that that caiman has to offer.

I need to go on a journey

to find the caiman, just to scout it out,

to see if I can find any caiman tracks or anything.

I know we wanna find it, but, you know,

we can't take ourselves out overdoing it.

I think it's not very smart.

I'm gonna watch the fire.

I know somebody's gotta do it and it's a job,

but I hate being camp bitch.

Negativity can have a negative effect

in a survival situation.

It makes everyone in the group depressed,

and lethargic, and less motivated to do anything, really.

I'm gonna go try to get us some more fish.

Go throw this worm on a hook.

Maybe some big fish we can actually smoke and cure?

Yeah, Terra seems super crabby, I don't know.

And I feel like every single time I do something,

it's not good enough.

The energy is way off.

And, I don't know.

It's irritating.

My last challenge, I came into Africa

feeling afraid to speak my mind.

I'm getting frustrated because I don't have a knife.

He's got the knife, and he's making freaking shoes.

I wish they were a little more comfy.

It's ridiculous.

And frankly, I don't really find it fair

that I have to get all our firewood.

And instead of saying anything to him,

I just sat there and stewed on it.

The whole point of this is to come in as a team and go out as a team.

It needs to be a team effort.

I'm sorry.

I feel like I've grown so much in this challenge,

and it's important for me to continue speaking my mind.

Lynsey, Nathan?

What's up?

If y'all would stop burning my snake stick.

I didn't burn it.

Stop burnin' it.

This is getting old,

but it's creating more of, like, a storm inside myself.

I'm pissed.

Something's gonna be said.

I don't see him anywhere around here.

Yeah, I combed this whole area.

And nothing, no caiman.

No signs of him.

He had to have swam off.

Who knows?

I feel like I've done a thorough search.

Looking at the banks, searching the marsh areas,

anywhere that the caiman could possibly be,

and nothing.

And I'm tired, I'm exhausted.

You okay, Mal?

No, I feel nauseous. Real nauseous.

Hope you didn't overdo it out there.

Feel like I'mma throw up.

It's just dry heaving.

My body wants to do it, but it can't.

I searched everywhere for that caiman, it's not here.

I know it's not. That's why I was saying,

we probably shouldn't overexert ourselves.

She gets hyper focused.

She's out there for hours and hours and hours.

She's so hyper focused that she starts getting dehydrated, she's worn out.

I wanna let her go and do her thing every day...

Thank you.

...but I need to reel her in

and make sure she takes care of her body.

All right, good.

I just overdid myself a little bit trying to find that caiman.

Yeah, that might not have been the best choice.

It's really comin' together.

Another thing we need to think of too is putting a fire up here.

We're on a wooden platform that's raised.

So, we have to put something between the fire and the platform,

or the whole shelter can go up in flames.

And my idea was to do a full box.

Put these green slats in the very bottom of it.

Then do a layer of clay, then do a layer of rocks.

Put a wall up behind the fireplace,

just to, a reflector fire, and then put in the fire.

So, I'm just trying to find a good supply of clay for our fire pit.

Yeah, I'm just looking for something that's really gonna bind together well.

So, the stronger the clay, the better.

Clay's clay. Once we get it under there and under the stones,

it's literally gonna just, like, heat up,

turn into, like, just a hard rock surface.

You know what I'm saying? Like, it's just gonna bake.

Yeah, I'll start smoothin' it out,

and we'll get this thing ready.

It's gonna be wild, though.

I think we'll have fire.

Pretty good. Got a backsplash and everything, huh?

I think Sam would be proud.

Yeah, I think he would.

I gotta pee. I don't wanna get up.

I'm just irritated today,

and trying not to let this explode.

Hey, dude.

Can we step off to the side so me and you can actually

talk and settle some things now?

Sure.

I don't want us to be, like, standoffish towards each other.

I don't want there to be an issue.

Going to the log.

M'kay.

Because I feel like things are always better on the table

and just needs to be discussed and handled head on.

When I was having, like, my mental breakdown,

and whenever you said that

you thought that I should tap...

And I know that it came from, like, a place of love,

but to me, I kind of felt like

almost not believing in me kind of type of deal.

It kinda hurt my feelings.

I wasn't saying, "I want you to tap." I don't want you to tap.

I want all three of us to make it to 40. I really do.

Bottom of my heart.

But at the same time, I know about anxiety and depression,

and I know what it can do to you mentally and physically.

I was literally just saying,

"If you are having a hard time mentally

and it's getting to be too much,

nobody would blame you if you left."

Yeah.

I guess one other thing that was bugging me a little bit

is just, like, catching the fish and stuff,

and just bringing 'em back and kind of feeling like

what I'm doing, like, isn't good enough,

-or appreciated, or something like that. -Oh, no.

Everything you're doing is beyond good enough

and more than appreciated.

For me, like, it's so big to me just to,

like, bring home my little jungle family a meal.

I want to provide for you guys and it sucks, it's so hard

-that we have to... -Yeah, I wanna provide for you guys, too.

...that we have to sit here and split everything three ways.

And it's just this tiny, minuscule amount

that isn't doing anything really for any of us.

It does not bring out

-the best part of any of us either, like... -No.

And it's gotta be hard too to be in a situation

where you've just been alone this whole entire time.

-Not just on challenges, in, like, in my real world. -But at home too.

Like, yeah, you've told me, like, you're alone at home too.

Basically, I've been alone for years.

It's just been me and my dog.

So, to be introduced with two people,

like, you have to take up shop with, like,

-thrown into it. -Like, literally become not just roommates...

-Yeah. -...but your roommates.

-You know? It's your bedroom and they're sharing it. -Yeah, yeah. we're roommates.

Yep. And it's hard because I feel like I have a huge connection with you.

Like, I feel like you're my best friend out here,

-and I want us all just to be okay. -Yeah.

But it is gonna be, like...

I'll do my best, too, to just be completely upfront

and tell you things up front and not hold anything in either.

It's not easy to be with partners in a challenge.

When I'm in a challenge, I seem to always be alone.

So coming in, having new roommates,

feel like I've got this disconnect with everyone around me.

I don't have the ability anymore, I guess,

to see that there's something bothering somebody.

So, when she brings up this, this, this, and this,

I'm just, I'm kind of shocked

because I thought I was a better person than that.

I didn't think I was, you know, such an ass.

But she's right, you know? I want to be appreciative of the fish.

I want to appreciate everything both of them do.

I just have to mentally come out of my shell

and embrace having other people around

to do the work with me.

This was a nice improvement.

I'm happy to be up off the ground, way less buggy.

And we are so excited. We are in our new shelter.

This is probably the highest shelter

that's ever been made on Naked and Afraid.

And literally, this is a mansion, like, compared to other shelters.

And we actually have a fire

in a raised platform. That's insane.

I just wish Sam was here to see it all.

As I would say in Australia, our shelter is pretty sick.

Goodnight from the badlands bungalow.

We love it!

So, I think I'm gonna get this caiman skin.

Since this is forty miles in 40 days,

I will make some shoes with this.

It makes this journey a little bit easier for me.

Mmm, damn.

Just falling apart, disintegrating.

I took way too long to get this out in the sun,

and it is just falling apart.

All scales are comin' off.

It smells terrible.

Really, really pissed at myself.

It would have been really nice to use the skin for shoes.

It's not an option anymore.

For me to process all that meat for my first time,

there was no way I was gonna be able to

get that skin taken care of that same day.

Movin' on.

So, it's hard being one person out here.

Sometimes things just get lost in it so...

And that was one of 'em.

Definitely bummed out about it.

So, I did set the line up again last night.

Kind of weird, the bait is gone.

The whole night, we never heard a caiman.

When we get up, we go down and check the line

and the bait's gone.

Right now, I feel like a failure today.

I feel like the Colombian badlands has won.

It's defeated me.

We're hungry, we're growing weak by the day.

Everything here is against you.

Try to get out of the heat.

I'm feeling really nauseous right now.

Hate the Colombian badlands.

Really is, it's testing me.

I can't take this anymore. It's too much for my body.

I think Mal's health is declining, unfortunately.

And her energy levels are almost nonexistent.

A person can only be beat up so much, honestly.

And that starts removing a desire to be out here.

You goin' to bathroom? Oh.

Do you want me to bring you some water?

Is there anything I can do to help?

I am keenly aware that there is a serious possibility

I can lose my last partner in this challenge.

I didn't come out here to do a solo challenge.

-Do you want me to call the medic, Mal? -No.

Let me know if you need anything.

I just wanna see you get better, you know?

Hey, what's that shaking?

Are we having a...

Earthquake?

The shelter is shaking.

We're going through, like, a mini earthquake.

-Do you feel that? -I feel it.

-But it feels like my body is moving back and forth. -I'm moving.

-Like, a earthquake or something. -Yeah, I'm moving.

-What is that? -That's an earthquake.

-Oh, my God. -I'm moving.

What is that?

The hell? The whole ground is shaking.

We're in the middle of a earthquake. This is a first.

Yeah, what's Colombia gonna throw at us next?

We have earthquakes now.

Wow, that was crazy.

♪ Moving day ♪

I'm ready to get the out of here.

I'm feeling good, especially after having so much caiman.

But I have no more turkey.

It's smart for me to start going towards extraction.

Not gonna miss you ♪

ants.

I am definitely going to focus on hydrating before I leave.

Once you get dehydrated, it's really, really hard to come back from that.

I do see an alternative water source.

That's pretty much my only, my only option.

Currently 34 miles from the day 40 extraction point,

Kaiela's nearest viable water source lies seven miles to the east.

Across sun-scorched savannahs

to a patch of swampy jungle

that will leave her thirty miles from extraction.

The sun is hotter than you could ever imagine.

There's no clouds, so I'm going to mud up.

You get sunburn real quick out here.

And a sunburn could potentially knock me out of this challenge,

and I'm gonna take every precaution

to make sure that that doesn't happen.

...knife, the hatchet,

fire starter, my pot.

Here we go. Whoo-whoo.

But I'm getting a little nervous,

having to kind of walk into the unknown.

It is a risk, going to this new spot.

And I am well aware that I could be walking to a place

that has absolutely no fish in the pond,

absolutely no game trails, that has absolutely no fruit trees.

And that is pretty scary to think about.

Feels like I'm walking in a giant sauna.

Definitely makes me understand why it's called the badlands.

Feels pretty brutal.

So brutal.

I had a way better sleep last night.

The bugs were not a issue.

-I feel a lot more refreshed. -Yeah, so do I.

If I can have a few more nights like that,

-I'm gonna feel so much better. -Yeah.

We've got a great shelter.

We're up high, and we got a fireplace.

We've now avoided the bugs.

That is a huge win.

Hmm, sounds like a plan.

I'm gonna see what I can try to get today.

Adam and I have a great partnership.

I know that we're able to work well together.

I know I can catch fish, I know Adam can catch fish,

so I'm pretty happy and confident that we can go the distance.

Ooh.

Whoo-hoo! One down.

Ooh!

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. This is a good one.

Ooh, look at this one!

No, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

Oh.

Whoo-hoo!

It's a very good-sized fish.

We got lunch.

-How'd you go? -I got two fish.

-That's new. -Isn't it neat?

That is an awesome-looking...

It looks like a carp or something.

-I'm gonna process the fish out here. -All right.

Adam, have you ever seen this before?

Parasites. Bugger.

Well, there goes that fish.

We definitely shouldn't eat it, that's for sure.

The Anisakis nematode

is one of several hundred intestinal parasites

found in fish in Colombia.

While most pass harmlessly through humans after ingestion,

others can burrow into the lining of the stomach,

causing nausea, diarrhea, and in some cases,

gastrointestinal bleeding and organ failure.

That's a shame. It's a bloody big fish too.

Yeah.

The risk of eating something full of parasites

and it tapping me out of this challenge,

it's not worth it.

Hmm.

Yep, the situation is scary. Fish has parasites.

This is extremely problematic.

We have to do 40 miles in 40 days.

And without a food source, we are screwed.

Damn.

I've been hiking for miles and miles.

Feeling the burn in my legs.

Feeling the weight of this bag and this pot.

Yeah, definitely, definitely wore out.

It's hard to breathe, and it's just getting hotter and hotter.

I'm gonna try and keep movin'.

I'm not gonna stop.

Going up these savannah Hills is brutal.

So brutal.

I'm really hopin' I'm close.

Oh, I see water.

Oh, my God, yes.

Thank God.

Oh, man.

It is a little oasis.

Oh, thank God.

That's my new home.

So, so happy.

There's tons of palms.

Bet you caiman are all up in here.

I think I'm gonna have a lot better luck fishing here.

Definitely worth it.

This place is incredible,

but I do want to find people at some point.

I don't wanna end forty days alone.

Hello, hello, hello?

Oh, my God.

Naked people?

What the hell? What is that?

Knock, knock.

Bloody hell.

Oh, you're kidding.