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I guess it's low 20s out right now.

Even under the pelts, it is really, really cold.

Oh, my god. It is hot.

I feel just absolutel whipped and helpless.

This is really, really challenging.

whoa! Massive paw print

They look like bear to me.

They're in such close proximity to our area.

Well, I think we should all carry a spear when we come out.

If my foot falls off, it falls off. I'm not tapping.

this isn't supposed to be like this.

joe!

Joe!

You okay?

Joe!

facing some of the most brutal terrains on earth...

it's like my flesh is being burned.

the xl challenge has pushed the limits of human endurance

And tested the will to survi against all odds.

Oh! *bleep*

Oh! *bleep*

now, 12 naked and afraid veter

Take on the most punishing environment yet,

The rocky mountains, montana

A 3,000-mile wall

Dividing the north american continent.

Here, 10,000-foot peaks plunge into frigid valleys

Where blistering winds drive temperatures well below zero.

This unrelenting winter landscape

Hosts some of the deadliest land predators on earth.

Wolf packs that consume ove 300 pounds of meat in a single day.

And grizzly bears, emerging from hibernation,

Ravenous, searching for their first meal in months.

Now, these elite survivalist take their next step toward becoming legends...

These storms just move in out of nowhere.

...As they attemp to endure 14 grueling days I this ice covered wilderness

It's a whole new mental game.

where the threat of frostbite and hypothermi are constant.

three hours in cold exposure can lead to death, but out here,

I think you'd be in trouble in about 20 minutes.

temperature below freezing. This place is insane.

I hope we can make it.

can this group of modern day warriors conquer the blistering cold

In one of the most severe environments on earth

It's kinda deep here. Should've worn my thigh-high boots.

at an elevation of 6,300 feet,

Steep, treacherous slopes collide to form a deep, frozen gorge.

I have been naked in the snow once or twice before,

But there is always alcohol involved.

So, this is a first.

This will be my last challenge.

I have loved doing these challenges. They push me to my limits.

I feel, what better way to do it than freezing my ass off?

hello!

hey, how's it going?

Oh, look at you all dressed up!

-I love the outfit. Very special. -Thank you.

- Oh, hey! Another person. - Oh! Here we go!

Because I absolutely despise the snow

And I'm putting myself into this kind of situation knowing that I hate it,

This challenge will mean more to me than anything.

here, in this snowy mountain valle

Jake will be seeking xl redemption

With xl legend, waz,

And first time xl challenger, sara.

The wind is the thing for me.

Cuts through the clothes, all the way to your bones, so.

Listen, we're gonna have to take these off in here in a second...

- I know. - ...So I'm not looking forward to that, that's for sure.

not at all.

seven miles to the northeast,

1,500 pound moose lay claim to the river that bounds a frozen meadow

Who is that?

Hey, are we crazy or what?

Yeah!

I've done only warm-weather challenges.

On my previous challenge in peru,

One of my partners just, um

We had problems.

-Trish, shut up. Right now. -No.

I'll never *bleep* shut up.

It did not bring out the best of me at all.

It brought out the person that I don't like to see.

I'm hoping to prove to my new partners that

I am a team player, it's like, I want

All of us to bond together and work as a team.

- Hey, guys. - hey!

- holy crap. - Amazing to see you out here.

I mean, I've done three other challenges and every one of them,

I felt like I've left stuff on the table.

This challenge here,

I'm going in with the mindset that I don't wanna leave nothing on the table.

40-day xl veteran, trish,

Will be partnered with rod and jeremy,

Who are both seeking redemption

From their own xl challenges

- You guys ready to do this? - You've got to be crazy.

Well, I think anybody out here has got to be crazy.

ten miles to the southwest,

Hurricane-strength winds strip the snow off of froze mountain top.

I've done this thre times now.

The hardest thing I ever saw was the cold.

But nothing like this. If you can survive this, you can survive anything.

- Hi! - How's it going?

good.

nice to see another crazy person out here.

- Hey! - is that a third?

It's been more than a year now since I left montana, I promised myself,

I'd never be unprepared agai

So, since then, I've dedicated all my time and preparation

Just for cold-weather survival.

Let's see if it paid off.

here, above a frozen lake,

40-day xl finisher, gabby,

Will combine her experience with first time xl challengers,

Joseph and ky.

Could not be happier to see you two out here.

- Aw, that's so nice. - That is so nice.

six miles to the east,

Packs of wolves hunt the woo below a rocky ridge line.

With this challenge, it's gonna be a grueling 14 days.

Uh, but I have to make it uh, because of my south african medical tap

And then out of ecuador on a covid tap.

Uh, I need to finish a challenge.

Yeah, it's killing me.

- no way! - Hey! What's happening, sarah?

I haven't seen you since africa.

This is no accident, is it?

- Man, it's good to see you. - Good to see you, too. Oh!

Mmm.

Oh! We're partnered up again.

- This is gonna be awesome, man! - Yeah.

wes and I, we've been on the challenge together and I know that

He's going to be on the same kinda level that I am in skills.

Also, somebody that I can learn from as well.

- Ca-caw! - What! Who's that?

- I'm jermaine. - Got a cowboy coming into camp.

Black cowboy!

I put myself in strange situations all the time just to test my skillset.

So, the black cowboy had to come out. I'm ready to roll.

wes will be seeki xl redemption

With 40-day xl vet, sarah

And first time xl challenger, jermaine.

You guys ready to get cold?

I don't think we have much of a choice now, baby.

let's do it.

- You ready? - Ready as we're gonna get, right?

- Let's see what we got! - Let's get naked.

- Yes! Let's get naked! - all right!

Oh! Feeling it.

That is lovely right there.

Whoo!

all right. So long, genitals!

Ah!

All right. Oh, my gosh! I'm freezing. Hah!

Come on, brother!

- There it is. - There we go.

Oh, I'm not really enjoying what I'm feeling right now.

I'm immediately regretting this cold decision.

oh, my god!

we're gonna need to go, my feet are getting frozen quick.

-Come on, let's go. We'll get it. -Okay.

- Ooh! That's cold. Argh! - Yeah.

- All right. - let's move quick.

- Let's get there and get the bags. - Let's get these bags.

each survivalist has brought one item

And each group has been provided with a map of their surrounding area.

- giant... - The tree right here, I think that's that one over there.

we need to make our way right over here.

We need to move. We need to move.

- Like, right now. - We gotta get out.

- Oh, holy cow! You guys just wanna step in my footprint. - you liking the snow?

- ah! *bleep* -holy cow!

yep, that snow hurts. It hurts.

- I recognize some resources down here, I think that's... - Okay.

- By the lake? - That's south, that way.

- agreed! - Watch your step 'cause there's

- Plenty of prickly pear around here. - - yeah, I saw that.

let's not damage these feet on day one.

we come over, look at this area here.

So, it's gonna be heading straight down here and

We'll hook her out to the right and...

- we gotta get out of this wind immediately. - - yeah.

Yeah, we're losing body heat right now, so we gotta move.

Yeah. This ground is freezing.

Oh! *bleep* get in!

Okay, huddle up, huddle up, huddle up!

Let's see where we can get out of this wind.

- Yeah! - That's going down.

- Yeah! - Let's get out of the wind.

- Out of the wind. - Yeah!

- So, we just head down? - Yeah.

- Oh, yeah! - Yeah, have to go that way.

- Let's get down, let's get down. - Let's go.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It has been seconds and I'm already freezing.

- huh! - Woo! Whoo!

- mmm! - yeah!

this ground is freezing.

- yeah, I think it's gonna get a lot worse here. - - oh, yeah.

- holy smokes! - oh, my god!

- Painful. - - you want a piggyback?

oh, my god.

yeah, it hurts.

here again, I am so sorry.

if you go in the footprints, it's gonna be a little bit

Better for you, but...

I think it gets better right up here.

We get under some trees.

the cold is terrifyin to me.

I mean, the wind's ripping at, like, 30 miles an hour.

Oh, my god, I'm in so much pain.

Oh, my god!

Like, I'm in so much pain.

Oh!

oh, man. This is tough.

Hey, did you guys see that big ass rock right there?

- Yeah. - Is that us?

If we get behind it, we get out of this wind for a second.

- all right. - that'll help us.

oh, man!

- we get on the other side of this. - - yep, we'll be golden.

- We could stop, take a look at the map again. - - yeah.

formulate a game plan.

- Check this out. - oh, yeah.

There's like a nest in here.

- All this. - nice and...

- This is dry. - Good!

In the bag.

- good find. - Let's grab all of this out of here.

okay, tell you what, oh!

uh! Get on the other side of the rock fast.

ahhh!

- This side of the rock. - Don't have to ask me twice.

let's check that map.

there's the rock.

- And there's the shelter location. - We're gonna have to just cut

Across down here 'cause there's fish, there's water.

- And that's resources for making a decent shelter. - - absolutely.

- We need, we need to seek shelter right now. - that's my priority.

-Let's go do it. Let's go get fire. -And lots of firewood.

all right.

if we don't get out of the wind and stay warm over a fire,

We're not gonna make it through this challenge.

- that wind! - oh!

- whoo! - Damn.

Hey, watch your footsteps. Let's double time, guys, it's cold.

Ah! Whoo!

my feet hurt.

it's needles I'm walking on.

there's briars everywhere.

You know there's one thing with the briars

And there's another thing when you feet are frozen and you're stepping through briars.

yeah, you don't feel them.

Hey, somebody's got blood on their feet already.

uh-oh!

We gotta get to the tree. That's it.

thinking about just kicking it in gear.

You're not getting out this snow.

there's not a whole lot of other options.

All right, jeremy. I'm following you, brother.

- let's go! - Come on, rod.

I'm coming.

- Just get out of this wind for a few minutes. - Yeah.

It gets southside now.

Oh, sun!

- yeah, buddy! - Oh, give me sun!

Oh! Hey. Look at that.

- what the heck! -ooh, kidding me? Come on.

Oh, man!

If I see what I think I see...

- sweet mary and joseph. - - peanut butter and jelly time.

oh, buddy!

oh!

- Oh, I see something really nice in there. - - oh!

in these frigid conditions,

Each team is given the framework of a shelter.

Looks like an abandoned shelter up here.

animal pelts.

oh, I see hides.

a fire starter and a pot for boiling water

- We need to get our torsos covered. - - yeah.

- Let's get going. - let's get going.

- okay. Yeah, I do. - You got a blade there?

I work professionall as a taxidermist

And the side part of that is a lot of creating my own clothing.

- Pretty warm. - way colder than I am.

- You good? - Yeah, I'm good.

cool. The design looks like, it's very native.

it does look very indigenous.

Pretty sure this is kind of like

A modified version of a hogan shelter.

So, the style of shelter that we have is a hogan-style shelter

That would've been the type used by indigenous cultures in this area

And I am very impressed with the technology that they developed.

the sturdy framework of this modified winter hogan

Is ideal for holding heavy amounts of insulation

That can withstand sustaine periods of wind and snow.

- And it's gonna do just fine for us, I can tell you that. - Yeah!

Currently, the top priority is getting a fire going.

The shelter is not sufficient as it stands.

The hides are not gonna do it alone.

So, we're gonna have to get all three of these components coming together.

Let's get to fire-making.

Okay.

Guys, we need to get the cut.

- Yeah, sure do. Let's get a... - Yeah, my feet's getting numb.

shoes, we gotta get shoes, guys.

I was just looking down at my feet and they are turning purple.

- yeah, they are a... - - shoes are the first and foremost.

yeah, we gotta get these feet covered.

Yeah, my concern coming into this challenge was the circulation in my feet.

- I mean, you can feel how cold they are. - - yeah, they're cold.

His, his feet are blue. Purple.

in these extreme temperatures, frostbite can occur in minutes.

Water inside the cells of exposed skin

Forms ice crystals

Which rupture, killing the cells.

The damaged areas of the body must be amputate

To prevent infection from spreading.

- we gotta do something or my feet's... - - yeah, yeah

yeah, they sure are. Your toes are not good.

argh! My feet are gone.

My right one, I can't even feel it.

*bleep*

If you can see those trees over there, those ten-foot high ones?

If I take 'em off the ground level and we just

- Laid 'em out and make that a part of the shelter? - Make a...

- And that's... - Yeah, yeah.

I can feel it in with other *bleep* but no, I think it's perfect.

Yeah, no, no, I'm gonna hold it tight for you, so it's easy to chop.

- If I hurt you, then I would feel really sad. - Not bounce it.

Chop all the way down there. It's not gonna hurt me.

you don't have to chop between my fingers.

beavis and butt-head right here.

Okay.

gosh, we're so strong!

for this frozen challenge,

Teams will be evaluated eac week on a modified scale.

The fsr, or frozen survival rating,

Weighs each group's ability to complete the challenge as a team.

Waz's skills are now legenda

After surviving 60 days in the amazon.

- whoo! - Oh, my god!

oh!

jake has proven himself to be a strong, hard-working teammate.

timber!

sara's determination came through in her last challenge.

I may have a nervous breakdown on you, okay?

I'm gonna keep this fire going.

but, her inabilit to cope with cold,

Could be a huge liability.

Their combined fsr,

Or their chance of reaching their frozen survival mission target

Starts at 64%.

- How you doing there, sara? - Well, it went out like, twice.

All right. Try this.

like, I've had it lit.

- this is just about keeping it lit? Yeah. - twice.

- Yeah. - yeah.

Let's see if I can get this damn thing going again.

fire is the most important thing, so...

This is one of my top priorities.

Without it, I'm not gonna make it, so and I know they won't.

Right now, I'm highly uncomfortable.

Throughout my previous challenges, um, I think the most difficult aspect

Was staying warm.

It's really cold. Or at least, I am.

And hopefully, it keeps going, the rain doesn't put it out.

I think one of the things that I would like to get out of this challenge is just

Knowing that I can do this.

But we have gotta have a fir

Maybe, I just need a big pile of magnesium in here or something.

- you definitely want to have a, a big pile. - - a bigger pile, yeah.

that'd be sure, that stuff would kick that one off.

that's what I'll do.

Come on.

Don't you dare go out.

yeah, sara!

Nice job.

- the fire's good. - I love that smell.

as soon as you get that smoke, that first little smell of that fire.

Always makes me feel good.

working out in cold climate is miserable, but t be out in a place like this

With two great partners, kinda helps with the misery just a little bit.

Yep, there's a lot of stuff we need to get done out here

So, we're just trying to mak as much of a wind-block

As possible.

Take advantage of the daylight and just trying to pile on as much as I possibly can.

What are your thoughts on this?

Be more specific 'cause I have a lot of thoughts on this.

Trust me.

Where do you want me to begin?

about this, uh, shade that's just come over...

- mmm-hmm. - - it has made it a lot colder.

yeah, yep.

We have couple of hours before that sun hits the ridge.

truth is, we're not gonna get everything done.

I feel like if we get the *bleep* for the floori

As long as we're on top of those

Branches and enough to keep the hides from getting wet, we'll be golden

You look wild, woman.

Yeah, you, right back at you.

all right, I'm gonna start getting some of these branches down and, uh...

I'm gonna look for um, dead wood, see if there's anything laying around.

- perfect. - - like, that one to your left.

- Yeah. - mmm-hmm.

Just a matter of figuring out

Which branches are gonna be best to

Thread into our shelter.

Oh, it's gonna get really, really frigid out here.

Yeah.

One thing I forgot up here.

Air's thinner, you get tired a lot quicker.

Just gotta remember to slow down.

First time I came out here,

I just went, you know, pedal to the metal.

You get so fatigued so quickly and so dehydrated.

You know, you don't even realize it's happening before too late.

even though joe completed his first and only challenge in montan

It wasn't without severe difficulties.

I need a minute, I feel sick.

Oh, yeah. I need to sit down, I'm feeling really, really lightheaded.

Oh, wow. That came on suddenly.

ky's track recor through three challenges

Has proven her arsenal of primitive skills.

And gabby has also beaten three different environments

But nothing is punishing as the frozen wilderness of montana.

There you go!

having completed all their previous challenge

The team receives an initia frozen survival rating

Of 71%.

- there's cat tracks here. - - yeah?

That's pretty close to camp.

I think a fire is gonna be important to deter them.

Looks like they're following the deer.

wow! Oh, well. At least, maybe they got a good meal.

- oh! Hey, guys! - heya!

we got bones over here.

And there's definitely a prevalent game trail next to us here, too.

oh, there's a lot of bone.

Still hair on this,

Still flesh on this.

Um, I don't think this is a victim of the cold.

I think this is a victim of a predator.

Judging by the amount of

Tracks we see here, it was likely a lion.

three mountain lions are known to roam this area.

These large cats can leap up to 40 feet on to unsuspecting prey.

There's, there's so many tracks through this valley,

Um, right here by the pond.

It's concerning.

buckle up 'cause it's about to get chilly.

I might go around here just for a minute.

It's, this is all junipers.

I mean, sure as hell ain't gonna keep the rain out

Unless we had it ten feet thick.

Juniper is really sparsy.

So, we're trying it right now and use it for wind break.

As you can see, it's like, ain't much wind breaking that.

So, we gotta get a lot of it.

Yeah, make it out here,

You gotta stop the wind.

jermaine's ingenuity helped his team survive 44-degree temperatur

In the smoky mountains.

We did it.

complimented by sarah's elite taxidermy skills,

Which are invaluable for crafting clothing from pelts.

I'm gonna get these boys all toasty warm.

wes brings prove hunting skills to the team.

But has been unable to complete his last two challenges.

the team begins with a projected group success rate

Of 56%.

Whoo!

my feet are frozen, jermaine.

Frozen.

Ooh!

I'm shivering a lot.

- gotta get by a fire. - - yep.

I can't feel my feet.

- No, I can't either. - I don't wanna go hypothermic.

yeah, boys. Get yourselves in here if you need to warm up.

hypothermia occur when the body's core temperature falls

Below 95 degrees.

Symptoms begin with shivering and increased heart rate.

But as the body's temperatur continues to drop,

The heart actually slows resulting in loss of consciousness

And organ failure.

I mean, these hides are really important to the survival challenge.

You can have an amazing shelter, you can have a good fire,

But if you do not have proper insulation,

Which comes from pelts, in this kind of environment, you will die.

Look at that discolor.

If my feet wasn't cold, I'd be 100% right now.

The cold's mad at me, but my foot's the one that's gonna,

It's gonna take it the worse.

guys, we don't have a lot of

Sinew up here, but I'm gonna take this off.

Hand me the knife. I gotta cut.

- I'll just make a quick cut. - mmm-hmm.

trish has successfully completed two brutal challenges,

Including 40 tumultuous day in the amazon.

- Whoo! - wow, get it, girl.

Don't hug me when it's mouth is open.

rod is a proven hunter.

But his recent 40-day challenge was cut short by a medical evacuation.

Jeremy has proven himself on one challenge.

But quit on two others

Including his previous xl attempt in africa.

As a result, the likelihood of them completing the challenge as a team,

Is only 47%.

Well, that tree right there would be easy to cut down.

I can get up above it. Those would be good boughs to lay on.

that's probably a good idea.

We need to cut something big so we don't have to keep

Running back up and down this hill.

Right. Let me try and get back up the hill.

you get one big giant one, we'll get some good boughs.

We have very limited amount of time to get material to put around our shelter.

Hopefully, it will be okay tonight.

Ugh!

Don't fall.

- huh? - I said, don't fall.

*bleep*

yep, this is all gonna be loose.

Oh! Argh! Ugh!

Oh, crap!

oh! Argh! Ugh!

this is terrible. This bank is so dangerous.

I've had back issues where if I

Stand up too quick or I twis or turn or if I slip on something,

It will hurt my lower back.

And, you know, that makes it difficult 'cause if I get hurt or injured,

I'm gone.

That's a really poor way to start off a challenge.

But hopefully, after a day or two, my back won't hurt anymore.

oh, oh, oh, oh!

- Timber, rod. Timber! - Timber!

you can feel that temperature dropping already, can't you?

- uh-huh. Indeed. - didn't take much.

you guys, what're you seeing? What do we need the most?

um, everything.

- Everything. - - it is a touch drafty inside.

I think, maybe if I keep bringing you leafy boughs that you can

Thread on the inside, would that work?

- yeah, you want me to sit inside and keep going? - - yeah, maybe.

Yep, I can. Sounds good.

This location presents a whole new set of challenges.

This wind, it's ferocious.

But thankfully, we have a wind being blocked by rock on one side.

You got it, joe.

- I can smell it. - it's a fire.

- it feels good, though. Doesn't it? - Oh, indeed!

Here, I'll just give you some more branches.

- just keep adding small little... - I do.

at least we can regulate the temperature that way and the height.

I mean, we have to get just a little bit bigger. I'm gonna come up through this hole.

okay.

takes about a million juniper branches to fill this sucker in.

You put one layer on and the wind cuts right through, you just gotta do

Multi stacks.

Takes forever.

yoo!

- woo! - There is a change in the air.

temperature's dropping the sun's starting to go dow and you can feel it.

It's changing

Five degrees every five minutes.

It's, it's starting to become freezing now.

- It's getting chilly, right? - It's getting chilly.

You know, first day, you start your shelter

And you get it going as much as you have time for.

And that's about the stage where we're at right now.

Our shelter's okay.

Uh, but it's not good by any means. It's gonna take another

Day or two

To really get it tightened up.

So, it's gonna be a cold night.

We know night one sucks.

hey, rod.

I'm doing what I can, man, my feet are gone.

My right one, I can't even feel it.

My feet kill me every single time I step outside.

But I don't wanna sit in a shelter 14 days.

Rod, I think we need to get what you got cut and bring it back.

- okay. - We gotta get firewood.

- Yep, okay. Sounds good. - like, immediately.

The sun is setting

And it took us a little longer to make sure our shoes are ready to go.

But there's just so much to do on the first night.

So many things that need to be done that are priority

The whole shelter's not covered in yet and uh,

We need to get some firewood, but, uh,

We have very limited amount of time.

I thought about it 'cause that's not doing nothing.

- It's not doing nothing for us. No. - No, it sure isn't.

I mean, this shelter's big enough that, you know, we could have

Another three or four people in it.

And so, that's a lot of roo to have to heat.

So, we're gonna take one wal basically almost down and move that in,

So we have a lean-to shelte and a wind-block

On the north side

And we're gonna try to make it so we have less space to heat,

So we can stay warm without spending too much energy.

This is not good.

I'm gonna tell you right now,

- We're gonna be in trouble tonight. - Yep.

- I don't think we'll all be sleeping very much anyway. - - no.

It's gonna be a brutal night.

oh, yes! That is gonna feel amazing.

Cook my feet, bitch.

oh, god! It's almost worse when your feet start defrosting

- 'cause then you realize how much it sucks, again. - - how much they hurt?

- Oh, my gosh. I cut my toe open. -oh, my!

I told you you needed to check the bottom of your feet.

ah.

- what is that? - That is like half of my toe's gone.

that's half his *bleep* toe.

my feet are really banged up.

And...

I am feeling really, genuinely concerned

Just because

You know, we're out here on ice

And snow and I've now got these open holes in the bottom of my feet,

So I need to be careful.

Don't wanna have to tap out because of my feet.

- there's literally ice on the floor on our shelter. - - uh-huh!

I feel like the temperature's dropped 20 degrees.

This ground's gonna suck the heat out of us.

yeah.

oh, I'm shaking.

Getting super cold.

No, not... No. I'm gonna make it through the night.

just have to power through this night of misery

it's too cold.

Make sure there aren't any bears.

Okay, okay. Oh, sharp!

- you look there. - okay. This.

- *bleep* -this.

trying to get warm again.

it's night one. I'm finishing up my hat.

It's been a pretty good night so far.

We took fire shifts,

Um, at the moment, ky and joe are sleeping.

I'm feeling pretty competen at this point.

If we can make this shelter stronger

And continue to work together, we're gonna be in good shape.

- it's started to refreeze. - - yeah.

that's, that's...

- what's starting to refreeze? - - our water.

are you kidding me?

Wow.

so, how're you feeling right now?

I'm starting to shiver.

once we have boots, that's gonna be another gamechanger.

We gotta figure it out

'cause

It's about to get really cold.

- I'm starting to shiver. - are you?

it's cold.

Well, that wind is like 45 mile-an-hour gusts.

this shelter sucks.

this is probably the worst shelter I've ever been in.

- it is the worst I've been. - - the worst one.

- we ain't trapping any heat in this damn thing. - - no.

- I hope we have enough firewood for tonight. - - *bleep*

That's not good.

I don't know how this is gonna work.

oh, my god! It's super cold. I'm freezing.

your back's so cold.

I'm freezing.

we survived the night.

We're gonna get this shelter insulated up a little bit better than it is.

We did as much as we could yesterday, but...

It needs more. We need lots more trees. I was just looking at it.

yeah, the thing that sucks is all the *bleep* that we've

Trapped down in the next couple days starts drying up.

So, it is gonna be just non-stop.

I'm gonna go do some work.

- is my face swollen? - huh?

is my face swollen?

- yeah, you look a little bit swollen. - Yeah, I can feel it.

Well, last night was absolutely horrible.

Um, my face looks like I got into a fight with mike tyson.

Pelts are wonderful.

Keep you warm, but I'm allergic to them.

We got a nice fire, though.

How are your feet feeling?

There's just like from them, kinda swelling up and splitting

Like, they were oozing a little bit.

And then, they stuck together like this.

- From the ooze. - oh, no!

I don't know how hopeful I'm gonna be today, but I'm gonna try.

it's concerning.

okay, I'm gonna get up and go out. Trish, don't let me step on your feet.

- you're getting firewood or floor? Okay. - firewood.

-How you feeling? You feel good? -Useless.

- You? Look at me. - Yeah.

out there like a crutch to the team, sitting in a shelter,

And tending to my feet.

I mean, that's not what I came here to do.

It just feels like I'm

Not contributing and...

I'm not liking that at all.

we need a pot of snow and I'm too cold to get up and go get it.

I'm fixing to get some.

- Here, I'll get you some. - You gonna grab it?

- Here I'll get it. - Just gonna get it right there.

- Or you can get it over there. - I'm gonna get fresh snow.

- pack it in tight, so it's... - Okay.

you know, even though my back right now is right around probably a six in pai

If their limitation tells them, "my feet hurt, I need to stop,"

I respect that. They need to stop.

When I can, I'm gonna do whatever I can to help the team.

I feel rain.

*bleep*

- I definitely feel rain. - I just felt it, too.

if it starts raining, it's gonna suck.

If we're wet and our beds are wet,

That's gonna be miserable.

that ain't gonna be miserable,

It's gonna be a hypothermic mid-tap.

morning of day two!

We made it. I think if that's our hardest night, then we're gonna be okay.

- We got this. - But then, I've also

Quite often had surprises on day nine!

So, then, day 12. so, I'm not gonna get too cocky just yet.

You know, this is an ideal location for us

With the wind being blocked by rock on one side.

I think we have a good foundation,

Um, but, the next few days we're gonna have to work to fortify that.

ah!

There's some weather coming in, guys.

great.

like, if it comes this way,

Which...

That is the wind direction, we're gonna get some rain.

Okay.

Yeah, we've gotta, um, put some stuff on our shelter.

If it's a light shower...

- uh-huh. - ...We'll get drizzled on, but if it's sustained,

- We're in trouble. - right.

- It's cold. - All right, I'm gonna get as many little boughs as I can.

- okay. -Just and when... We just need to

Just bump up that top.

- it's raining. - is it?

yeah, it's starting to rain, guys.

Oh, gotta get wood.

*bleep*

I'm cold. Gotta push mentally.

Okay.

That's gonna do it.

I'm shivering a lot, dude.

Oh, I gotta get inside.

*bleep*

I'm freezing right now.

Just making sure

I don't go hypothermic.

But I feel like I'm about to, so I'm just getting warm.

you doing good in there?

just can't stop the shivering.

- I can't like shake it, you know what I mean? - Yeah.

- I mean, I'm definitely pre-hypothermic. - Yeah.

if...

You don't get warm and it goes into hypothermia, you are out of here?

Yeah.

I would really hate to lose jermaine.

But if he goes into hypothermia,

This challenge is over for him.

It's just over.

There's no coming back from that.

I am scared right now, dude.

this is really bad.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah, it's a good one.

jermaine's getting really cold.

He's shivering uncontrollabl

So, I'm gonna keep a close e on that, make sure he's the guy next to the fire.

And we'll see if we can't turn that situation around real quick.

It's nice and hot.

Nice and hot.

I think I'm getting better. My hands aren't shaking like they were.

One thing I don't wanna do is get medically tapped.

I'm trying to just get warm 'cause once I get my core up,

Then uh,

It should be all right.

Crazy challenge.

Ridiculous, yeah.

how's it looking? Did...

I feel like we can get a heap on there quite quickly, huh?

yeah, I'm filling a lot of gaps inside here at the moment.

perfect!

I got a lot of, um, thicker stuff off that last one.

perfect.

is it just me or is it colder today than it was yesterday?

it's much, much colder today than it was yesterday.

this is so much harder to do when you're weak.

I am noticeably weaker today.

I know my blood sugar's definitely down.

I mean, even standing up,

I got a momentary period of dizziness.

I promised this team I would give them everything I have.

No matter what.

One step at a time.

Don't think about the day.

Right here. This is what's important.

joseph, you should just rest.

Honestly, I can't have you falling down on us.

- Just drop that, rest. Please. - I understand.

- I'm coming up. - all right.

- You get it? - yes.

All right.

We need you.

like, physically, I feel drained. Right now, I'm ready for a nap.

Take, uh, quite a bit of water in and just rest

For a little bit to kinda recoup a little.

joe, how you feeling, man?

I just started feeling nauseous, that's why I had to lay down quick.

oh, I understand.

- ooh. Excuse me. Yeah. -ooh. You okay?

what's that?

- uh, joe's a little nauseous in here. - - joe is?

- yeah. - Yeah, it's just that level of dehydration, I know it.

I just, yeah it's a prime characteristic of it.

in cold, dry air sweat evaporates almost instantaneously,

Making hydration levels hard to track.

In addition, heart rates elevate

To keep internal body temperatures up, which accelerates dehydratio

try and stay hydrated, joe.

We're gonna finish this together.

rod, do you need to come in and warm up?

No, let me keep going.

I'm afraid if I stop, I'm not gonna be able to stand back up.

yeah. I understand that.

Rod's a hard worker.

Been really trying hard to pull for the team.

He's definitely trying to make sure that we'll be, we'll be okay tonight.

- Let me just sit these right here. - - yeah.

- rod, why don't you come in and take a break? - I got this last one.

Okay.

Guys, you think that's enough wood for tonight?

- Or you think we need more? - No, I think, I think, you did an amazing job down there.

- I think we're good, rod. - - I think we're okay.

okay. And my back's killing me.

I appreciate it.

I appreciate your commitment to our team.

- Come on, rodney. Get in here. - okay.

Get your tail in here and warm up.

- How's your feet feeling? All right, well, get in here. -they're frozen. Okay.

- Listen to your team. - But once I get in, I ain't coming back out.

that's all right. That's all right.

- oh, it's always easy just to stay... - little bursts

Of rod are better than

Big bursts of rod and then, he leaves 'cause he's hypothermic.

I doubt I'll leave 'cause I'm hypothermic.

If I leave, it's 'cause of my back.

I took a risk on day one

Climbed up that hillside to cut those trees down and I'm paying the price for it

I can deal with it.

And I've been dealing with it, you know,

It's one of those things that

I don't know if it's gonna get better, if it's gonna get worse.

And if it drags out, I've gotta go get attention for it.

- you all right, rod? - Bit hurt.

You need to just take a break, rod, you need to get off your back,

Lay down,

Let me and trish handle this.

We got ya!

It sucks.

Rod is a huge part of this team.

I know he's hurt and he's in pain.

I can see he don't wanna go home.

But he's contemplating it.

-Hey, I need you. Trish needs you. -Yeah.