01x07 - Making it Out Alive

[bunniefuu]

[Terra] I'm hungry.

I have to find some
[bleep] protein.

I have to have
a full belly once.

Just once, I need a full belly.

Otherwise, I don't know
how I'm gonna continue.

[Kaila] I've been
trying really hard.

I definitely need food.

I definitely need food
to make it till extraction.

[sighs]

[James] [sighs] Oh,
boy. What a freeze.

I started lately losing
feeling in my... in my toes

and my fingers.

[sighs] Oh, my gosh.

[Jamie] I'm tired, hungry.

I'm soaking wet.

[Jamie speaking]

Last night, was unreal.

It rained heavy.

The fire went out
and I was freezing.

I'm still shivering.

I was going delusional.

I really think I
was experiencing

the early stages of hypothermia.

I've been warming up

but I needed to get warmer.

This isn't healthy.

Oh.

It's gonna be extremely
hard to get the fire going.

It's just soaking wet.

Oh, [bleep] holy [bleep] man.

Look at all these ants.

I'm trying to get
a spark to this,

but I just feel like
everything I try and do,

there's always a setback

and there's always
something going wrong.

So there's only three days left,

and it just so happened

that the last couple of
days has been the worst.

I could feel myself
mentally checking out.

[sighs] There's no hope

for getting my fire going.

I'm trying everything
in my body right now

just to not let go.

[Kaila] I'm starving.

You know, I haven't really
been eating much at all.

And, of course, I
threw up the snake.

So I definitely
need some protein

to be able to
make it to the end.

I think I might run back
down and check my fish trap

and hopefully get more fish

and eat protein that way,

because I'm not succeeding
with hunting with my bow.

No, nothing.

The fish are too small.

All the baits gone
though. [sighs]

I mean, this fish basket

is meant for bigger fish,

but the problem is

all the fish in
here are so small,

they just slide right
through the cracks.

But I'm gonna just set
it anyways just in case,

'cause you never
know if you're gonna run

across something or not.

Bigger fish down here.

Definitely gonna have to
make a smaller fish basket.

That way, it's nice
and secure and tight,

and there's no way that
these little tiny minnows

can sneak out of it.

You have to think of risk
versus reward out here.

And getting bit
by a fer-de-lance,

that would not be good.

You can die very quickly.

Well, that's a clear sign

to go back to the shelter.

This challenge taught me,

definitely not to go into
things all headstrong.

And it's taught
me what survival is,

you know, from the
fire to the starvation

to the thirst to
the this... To the...

I've been worn down to my core.

And what that tells me is
I just need to learn more

and...

still never give up,
never surrender.

[sighs] I gotta go
get some water.

Out of breath.

It feels like I'm in
a constant state

of exercise.

It feels like getting
up or something

is like getting on a treadmill

and doing six miles.

I'm getting lightheaded
from lack of nutrients

and lack of protein.

Every little protein

I can get, I guess
I need to take.

So right now, I'm gonna
collect some cactus.

I gotta eat something.

I was taught that when
you're cooking cactus,

you burn off the heat.

Yeah, I might go and
just fire-roast this one.

It's not what I wanted at
this point in my challenge,

but, you know, you
take what you can get.

I would say it has a
mix between a cucumber

and heat, it's slimy.

It's got a tart
flavor on most of it.

Not very good.

It's not something
that I would just go

every day pick in my
backyard and try to eat.

They usually give me

pretty bad indigestion at night.

Hoping that's not
the case tonight.

[Kaila] Now what I'm gonna
do is I'm going to make

a much smaller fish basket.

And that way,

hopefully I can just catch
like a bunch of minnows.

And that'll still
make a good meal.

I'll just boil them all up

and it'll be like a nice
little pot of protein.

This one should be
small enough to catch

the much smaller fish in here

'cause there really
isn't any big one.

I'm just gonna crush up a bunch

of these snails for bait.

Figured if I made
it a little bit smaller,

maybe I'd have a better chance

of catching all
these little guys.

And it's nice and tight too,

so they can't really
sneak out the sides.

Being mindful of snakes.

Hopefully, that
one works better.

[bird caws]

[James] So far, I
have found nothing

that I can get the
advantage over those catfish.

Fish basket wasn't working.

Hook's not working.

These little fish
I'm getting now,

yeah, it's good
for a mental boost

but there's really not
enough calories there.

So a good-sized catfish

could actually bring
some of the energy back.

And there are definitely
some big ones out there.

So now we'll chum for them

and take the fish heads,

crush them up,
basically make a chum.

I'm gonna put them all
in one area at one time,

and maybe the potency of
four crushed-up fish heads

would be enough to
draw their attention.

Yeah. It's the only way

I can think of
getting those catfish.

Everything else
has been failing.

So I'm gonna start
throwing arrows at them.

I'm not giving up yet.

I'll keep trying till day 21.

They do sometimes get worked up

almost into like a feeding
frenzy and there'll be two,

three, or four of
them in one spot.

And it's at those times,
I'm gonna watch for

and take a shot.

Wow.

Dang. Those fish are big.

Not as easy as you might think.

You're trying to keep
your balance from falling in.

At the same time,
you're trying to literally get

a tail from a fish to give
you a clue where he's going.

Whoa.

There's one of those catfish.

Oh.

Nothing.

Dang. As much commotion
as I created with that arrow,

I actually thought I got one.

You know, I just
cannot get a break.

[sighs]

The water is so
dark and so muddy,

you can't see them.

I really don't know if
they're going left, right.

It's just blind shots.

They don't seem to
be bothered by the fact

that I just shot in there
and walked through there,

and they were acting like as
if nothing had ever happened.

They were back to
just swimming around.

Damn. There's
some big fish in there.

My tummy is grumbling.

I'm hungry.

This is the hungriest
I've been so far.

It's finally starting
to cool down,

so I think I'm gonna go down
and check my fish basket

and see if I caught anything.

Awesome.

So that's what I was hoping

is to be able to catch
some of these smaller guys.

Yay.

I'm glad that I ended up
making a smaller basket.

And I'm gonna take
out my bigger one.

It caught something.

Crawfish.

I'll go boil him up and eat him.

I caught four little fish.

I got a little crawfish.

Definitely excited about this.

Tastes amazing.

And I'm just happy that I
have a little bit of protein

that I'm not gonna throw up.

It's amazing how food

fuels our body and our brain.

Like I feel... I feel great

and I'm actually
okay with being alone.

I was a little worried
about it at first

but I'm doing okay right now.

I'm ready to get my 21 days.

[Jamie] Feeling a lot
better from when I woke up.

I got a fire going.

I can actually get
heat in me now.

Once this is over,

I do not need to come back here.

I will never, ever
forget this challenge.

Now I've done...
I've only done Africa

and I've experienced
two days in Peru.

This has been the
most hard-hitting one.

Mother Nature or just
the force of the jungle

has grabbed me by the neck
and pinned me up to the wall

and says, "Jamie, you need
to [bleep] change yourself.

You need to look at yourself
and [bleep] make changes.

And you need to
[bleep] get this job done."

And then just threw me
on the floor, spat on me.

That's what it feels like.

Especially being
in this environment,

stripped of all my resources
and dignity, in a way,

it's got me thinking
that, you know,

things may need to change.

I need to stop taking
things for granted,

especially family members.

When I get back
home, it's gonna be like

starting a completely new life,

totally different to anything

that I've ever lived before.

Great. Let's go and
check the fish trap.

I've had so many ups and downs

throughout this whole challenge.

As early as day
three, I was feeling low.

Anxiety was getting
the better of me.

And that's absolutely fine.

Everyone can go
through stages like that.

But it's how we
pull through them.

I can see the trap.

[bleep] There's something in it.

There's something in... Yeah.

Yeah. There's a
wee catfish in there.

It's right here.

Nice.

Gonna be eating today.

Oh, look at that.

Lovely. That's a nice catfish.

Thank you very much, jungle.

I'm so happy for this right now.

I love catfish.

To get one this
size, this means a lot.

Let's get this back to the camp,

cook it and eat it.

This is just adding to my
energy levels for day 21.

This is, by far, the most fish

I've ever eaten on a challenge.

Yesterday, I could feel
energy levels getting low.

It could have been a medical tap

but now that I'm
eating some of this,

I'm feeling a lot
better already.

That was amazing.

[Terra] Last night, I
had a lot of trouble

going to sleep. It
took a long, long time.

I had some kind of
acid reflux going on.

It kept tasting like

that cactus coming back up.

I'm not seeing any benefits
from eating the cactus.

I need fats and proteins.

My tank is at about
an eighth of a tank.

If I'm gonna make extraction,

I've got to build that back up.

I'm going shrimping.

I haven't seen signs
of life other than shrimp.

Hopefully, I can get
enough shrimp to have a little

shrimp boil and get
some good protein in me.

Shrimping has
been dismal at best,

so still hopeful.

[water gushing]

Found one.

My plan to keep the
shrimp is not like last time.

Last time I had the
pot, I had the lid.

The lid came off.

Oh.

This time, I plan
to take my bag out

into the water with me.

I'm gonna tie a piece
of paracord around it,

so that I can cinch
it up each time,

so they can't escape.

These shrimp get
into these holes,

you have to reach
them and grab them

and pull them out.

Try not to have them escape.

Any that escape is a big deal.

All right. That one makes four.

That's a honker.

Having enough shrimp
to eat is a big deal

when it's coming
to fats and proteins.

That's five, doing good.

I think this is number eight.

I'm headed back in.

I ended up with eight shrimp.

I'm pretty excited about this.

Day 19, it's the first real food

that I'm getting this challenge.

Look at this, I have
floating shrimp.

Seeing all these
shrimp lined up,

I feel fantastic. I feel happy.

I'm so stoked to eat them.

There's one, two, three,

four, five, six, seven,

eight, nine ready-to-eat shrimp.

Oh, my God. That's to [bleep]

it's a flavor expl*si*n.

Look at that.

I have two days
left before extraction.

This will get me through.

Last one.

I can honestly say
this is the happiest

I've been in this challenge.

It has fat just
dripping out of it.

Thank you, shrimp.

[Jamie] It's day 19,

I need to go and
find some bamboo

'cause I want to make a
raft to try and cross this river.

Because the amount
of rain that's fell,

the river's flowing pretty fast.

I've got all the rain
behind me here.

I can still be dry.

Some food and some bamboo.

So, I'm gonna take
a few lengths of these

and hopefully, that will help me

make my body to eat.

Bit of bamboo there.

I'm gonna have to
try and feed it under,

keeping everything in
place 'cause when I start

to push this under there,

that's gonna want
to come around.

Come on [bleep] come on.

Just don't get that partner
with me, just to help me.

I'm trying to do
everything myself.

And it is [bleep] hard, man.

I hope this works.

It will float,

but my main concern is,

will it hold together?

That's my best effort.

[James] Just about
the end of another day.

Was not successful.

I've built traps for fish

and traps for birds, and
I've have got the bow.

And I'm like, "I can get
these extra calories."

And extra calories
aren't coming.

Oh, boy.

Each day, the energy drop

has been dramatic.

Outside collecting some firewood

and walking out
to the blind side,

there is no energy left.

Nothing.

I'm getting weaker and weaker.

And I'm not a
hundred percent sure

if I can get to the
end of the challenge.

[suspenseful music]

[James] The part that's
tough in this environment here,

there's no fruit,

there's no other greens to eat

except for one bush

that has a leaf
that you can eat.

It's a small oval leaf
and it's got a double thorn

where one of them is
curved, so I have to, like,

actually go up to
every single bush

and just touch it and
feel it in order to find it.

I got a long thorn
and a little short thorn.

Found some.

I get double, triple,

quadruple portion.

And I'm hoping
that if I go ahead

and boil it a little bit,

it'll soften it up

and make it a little
more tolerable to eat.

You know, put these
on to simmer for a while.

I'll probably boil it
for about 15 minutes,

and then let it steep.

I'm planning to go get
some fish, catch it, cook them

and have the fish
and greens together.

This basket has
been a lifesaver.

Just didn't think I'd
be using it this way.

Although the big win
with the bow is desire,

the bigger success is
completing the 21 days.

And if that means eating
leaves and small fish,

then that's what I'm gonna do.

That drive to figure it
out came from my dad.

It's just, "Look around you,

study it, get to the
end, be successful."

My dad, he passed away

literally right before
the challenge.

So, it would break my heart

to not get to 21 days.

I wanna be able to
dedicate it to my dad

and don't wanna
dedicate a failure to him.

I want it to be a success.

So, I do wanna
be in the challenge.

I wanna stay in the challenge

as a tribute to my dad.

Buffalo thorn and small fish.

Yeah. That's now
my dinner plate.

I'll take a mouthful
of the buffalo thorn

and I'll follow it by picking
apart these tiny fish,

what little meat I
can get off of them

and take another
bite of buffalo thorn,

then go back to the fish.

I don't like fish. I
can definitely tell you

I don't like buffalo
thorn either.

I detest the texture.

It influences my gag reflex,

so it makes it very
difficult to hold down.

Not exactly my favorite meal,

but it's a meal.

[Terra] Yeah, I'm tired.

My body is hurting.

And I might not
have come out here

and kicked a*s

and thrived like I wanted to.

But that doesn't mean
I did a [bleep] job.

That doesn't mean I
failed and that doesn't mean

I did anything, you
know, terribly wrong.

Got a lot left to learn.

I'm not a master survivalist,

but I'd like to be.

Not gonna lie, I am kind
of worried about extraction.

According to the map,

the best way to get
there is by water.

If that's the case,
I gotta build a raft.

Today, I plan on
working on the raft

by making floatable
pieces out of some reeds.

Start putting bundles of reeds

together with paracord,

then put those bundles together

and try to make a raft
out of those bundles.

I'm definitely using my energy

a lot more efficiently

by making the floatation
device out of reeds

instead of a raft out of wood.

Well, it's heavy and it's ugly,

but I think a few of
them might actually work.

At least, it's a
floatation device.

Tomorrow morning, I should have

either the raft complete

or the raft damn near complete.

So, it's night 20.

Extraction day tomorrow.

I'm just boiling a pot of water,

see if I can have a big
drink before I leave tomorrow.

This should help me
get some good sleep

'cause I'm pretty tired.

I can't wait.

Cannot wait to get out of here.

[Terra] I'm having a
little bit of trepidation

about the voyage.

Just thinking
about the little raft.

What if it falls apart?
What if it doesn't work?

What if it rolls every
time I try to get up on to it?

And will I have the
strength to finish this,

like the physical strength?

I'd lie if I said I
wasn't nervous.

I just don't want it all
to fall apart at the end.

[James] Well, do
you see what that is?

That is the morning of day 21.

Extraction time.

Last night, miserable night.

All I could think
about was how bad

the hike and extraction can be.

The way cloud covers,

it may just be a miserable hike.

I'm ready to get
out of here so bad.

I'm at the lower
end of that creek

and I've got to go
all the way to here.

The white tree has
got to be the spot.

We find that tree and
get my heinie out of here.

♪ So long ♪

♪ Farewell ♪

It's felt a lot longer
than 21 days.

It's been such a
challenge mentally.

I'm just glad to get out of here

and enjoy my new life.

So, I think I'm gonna
cross the river right here,

and then hike along.

And I should come
across a road of some sort.

Like a lump.

[bleep] hope this holds
together in the river.

It's like carrying
around a mini g*n.

It's time to go swimming.

There could be anacondas,

piranhas.

I've got open wounds
all over my body.

That's probably the
most concerning thing.

If a piranha
catches wind of that,

it could be game over.

[Terra] Here we go.

Twenty-one days.

It's a big notch for a big day.

Ready to get on the voyage.

I had the stamina
today to finish this.

It's gonna hurt.
It's gonna suck.

But you embrace the suck
and you don't surrender.

The one thing I wanted to
do was be able to just float.

So, what I've done is
I've put a couple of sticks

on here, lashed them
to the different parts

of the different
reeds and hopefully,

they'll just give me
something to hang on to.

You know, if I get
really worn out, fatigued.

And it's probably
a lot of overkill,

but I'd rather overkill
than underkill and die.

Have a nice life.

Bye, jungle.

I'm actually exhausted.

There's a lot of things
touching me in the bottom.

Blanches and stuff.

Just gotta keep going.

That was the part I
was dreading the most,

but hey, it's done.

My floatation device
held up perfectly.

I'm gonna follow this trail here

and see where it leads to.

Don't know how
many miles I've hiked,

but I'm starting
to feel the effects.

I can feel my energy
levels going down.

I just need to make
it to that finish line.

Just need to watch
my feet as I'm walking.

Any slight movement,

spiders, scorpions,
or even snakes.

My mind is just working like
a supercomputer right now.

I've lost sight of the track.

I'm just heading in
between these trees,

just walking to nowhere.

This is interesting.

It's like a wooden bridge.

Don't know if it's
floating or what,

but I'm gonna go across.

This bridge is slippery, man.

I'm gonna have to
take it really slow

if I want to make
it in one piece.

This bridge...

This is interesting.

I'm gonna go across.

This bridge is slippery, man.

Oh, my...

Man I'm [bleep] course.

I'm really gonna have
to take my time here.

I hear a vehicle.

I hear a truck.

This looks like it.

Wow.

So close, but any
quick movement,

I could seriously injure myself.

This bridge is
unbelievably slippery.

It's like ice.

It's right there.

Oh, my God.

Here we go.

Oh, my God.

I'm here.

Finally made it.

Every single day, I didn't
know if I was gonna make it.

And here I am, day 21.

Right now, I'm on
extraction vehicle day 21,

here we go!

Tasted the jungle before

and I knew it was
gonna be rough,

but this has been
the hardest thing

that I've ever attempted.

It was just such an
emotional rollercoaster.

The thing that kept
me going through this

is just knowing that at the end,

I'm gonna see my family.

Goodbye, jungle!

[narrator] Throughout
the last 21 days

in the Guyanese Jungle,

Jamie has lost a
total of 22 pounds.

His SSR rises from 6.9 to 7.7.

Yes!

I chose to do this challenge

because of my time in Peru.

And I wanted to show to people

that I don't just give up.

I can safely say,

goodbye to the jungle

and I've completed it.

The Scottish pioneer
has done it again.

Yes.

Twenty-one days. Yes.

I'm finally out.
I'm finally free.

Bye-bye, jungle!

Just what I needed. Deep
puncture from a thorn.

Almost every plant

has a thorn,

scratching you, gouging you,

poking you, prodding you.

Ow!

You step on one the wrong way

and what went in the bottom

is gonna come out
the top of your foot.

All right.

Here's the big lake.

I wonder if the hippos are home.

Yup. They're home.

That's just... That's
just super cool.

It'd be cool to
get a little closer,

but I don't wanna take a chance

with these massive beasts.

With my energy, I'm
sure they can outrun me,

so I have to get to extraction.

I'm gonna get out of here.

Been traveling uphill.

Definitely takes it out of you.

I think it's right
through those trees.

[sighs] Slow but steady.

Oh. I wonder what
took that one down.

The leopards like to hang
out around these rocks.

It could jump on you and
you wouldn't even know it

until it was too late.

I should be pretty darn close.

Well, that's the whitest tree

I've seen out
there. It's not huge,

but I think if I stand up here,

I can see something.

Hello?

Anybody there?

That's an... That's an engine.

There he is. That's my ride.

Come on, baby!

That's right, 21 days.

Handpicked worst
challenge I can think of.

And it's done.

There's my ride.

Twenty-one days of nightmares!

It's over.

All right!

I just wanted to see

if I could do another challenge

that was a challenge
within a challenge

within a challenge
because it was all the things

that hit my weaknesses

or I knew it would terrify me.

So, I faced them and survived
for 21 days and walked away.

Home.

There you go, dad.

Twenty-one-day victory for you,

dedicated to you.

Never would've started,

never would've finished

if you wouldn't have
been there for me,

looking out for me.

Thank you, dad.

I'll miss you.

[narrator] After
enduring 21 days

in the South African grasslands,

James leaves the
challenge 37 pounds lighter.

And his SSR rises
from 7.6 to 8.1.

[James] You can walk in
here with the biggest ego

and the site will put
you in your place.

But it was just me.

I wasn't riding
somebody's coattails.

And I've proven again
I'm not at a plateau

and I'm not going down.

It's another peak.

I'm just gonna keep
right on climbing.

Bye, South Africa,
I took you on.

James has done it again!

Yes, yes, yes!

Oh, God. Here we go.

Oh.

I get into the river and
I have a few problems

right off the bat,
getting it over rocks,

getting it moving.

I just gotta be
a little bit faster.

Wow.

Holy [bleep] I'm
losing my balance.

Oh, my God.

[Jamie] My teeth
feel really fun.

Looks like I've got
white stuff on my gums.

Strange.

Oh, like, there's like
a layer of, like, fuzz

that builds over your teeth
when you don't brush them

for weeks and weeks and weeks.

Feels like a layer
of carpet almost.

Got a toothpick
just for you, mom.

I do miss a toothbrush, yes.

[Kaila] Just brushing
my teeth before bed.

And charcoal is good for that.

This is how we keep them
so nice and white out here.

Oh, God. Feels disgusting.

That feels a bit better.

There's no white stuff anymore.

Teeth are as clean
as they can get.

Want unlimited toothpicks?

Boom. Acacia thorn.

[Fernando] White teeth.

All I can say is that
my teeth look white,

but besides that,
it is not pretty.

[Cheeny] I don't wanna
have leftover food in there.

It's good to have
a clean mouth too.

Yeah, hygiene is super
important out here.

Nice and white.

Yay.

[Terra] Starting to hate
when my feet touch the bottom

because that means it's
gonna get shallow again

and I'm gonna get beat up again.

Ow!

It's too much.

My legs are beat-up.
My back is beat-up.

I hurt all over.

I am exhausted.

Oh, my God.

But I know that I've
got to push through.

I keep telling myself,

"Don't give up,
don't surrender."

Oh, I see my extraction vehicle.

Oh, my God.

Hey!

The solo challenge has
been the most difficult thing

I've ever done in my
life hands down, period.

I mean, I knew I was tough

from the first challenge,

but this is like a
whole new level.

I am most proud of
the fact that I didn't quit.

I went 21 days
literally starving,

not eating much
of anything at all.

I'm depleted,

my legs hurt, my arms hurt,

and I put everything
I had into extraction.

I've got nothing left
in the tank right now.

I honestly don't think
I could be happier.

Twenty-one days alone.

Challenge number two, done.

[narrator] After
surviving 21 days solo

in the high altitude
jungles of Mexico,

Terra has lost a
total of 36 pounds.

Their SSR rises from 7.3 to 7.7.

Let's get the
[bleep] out of here.

Whoo!

Completing my
challenge in Zambia

gave me a little bit bigger
of an ego than I deserved.

But I've been humbled
and I've learned.

That's what survival is.

Evolve or die.

I did it and I did
it alone, again.

Whoo! Twenty-one days!

[Kaila] Oh, it's just so bad.

Everything is so... It's so...

I can't tap out. I'm so close.

Come on. Please keep going.

Please don't go out. Oh, my God.

So, I'm trying not to freeze.

Now, I'm just wasting away

in this [bleep] shelter.

There's no animals.

I just want this to be over.

I just wanna go home.

[Fernando] It's
really, really cold.

I cannot keep my heat.

This is no joke.

This is going to pass.

[bleep] this is it.

This is it.

Oh.