[low growling]
Oh, hell no. Hey!
[shouting] Hey!
There are [bleep] lions right
outside of our [bleep] boma.
- [low growling] - [voice shaking]
They're huge and they won't leave.
- [roaring]
- [Jaclin exclaiming in fear]
[bleep] this is it.
This is the day we die.
[Jaclin] You leave me out
here with the [bleep] rhinos.
I am extremely nervous today.
My first impression
of the Kalahari desert
is it's very chilly.
So that worries me a little bit.
[Michael] Kalahari literally
means "Land of the Thirst,"
and I believe it 100 percent.
Everything out here seems bone dry.
[narrator] The mighty
Kalahari desert,
The largest stretch of uninterrupted
sand anywhere on Earth.
Late fall sees
virtually no rainfall,
with temperatures
peaking at 100 degrees
and plummeting into the fifties.
But Jaclin and Michael
are entering the challenge
as a sudden cold front has caused
the mercury to drop into the forties.
This time of year also
brings violent wind storms,
reaching speeds of
up to 30 miles an hour,
making it even
harder to survive.
[Jaclin] I'm extremely
nervous about the lions,
There's lots of bones, it's
a feeding ground out here.
[narrator] This section of the
Kalahari has only one pan of water
for 30 miles around,
which attracts aggressive
- jackals, hyenas, and desert lions...
- [hyena squeals]
- ...that have adapted to this unique environment.
- [roaring]
Prey here is scarce, so the
Kalahari lions are smaller,
and because they carry
less weight, they are faster
and more aggressive.
[growls]
This is it. Now or never.
In my partner, I'm really looking for
somebody who's gonna be mentally strong.
Sorry, Mom.
Everything out
here is dangerous.
I don't really wanna
be out here by myself,
you know, I do need
somebody to watch my back.
All right, I guess
this is my stop.
Kalahari, be good to me.
It's gonna be awkward to be
naked around another man.
It's gonna be awkward to
be naked around another man
that is not my boyfriend,
that I do not know.
Guess it's time to be brave.
Back in touch with
nature, feet to the dirt.
It's the way it's
supposed to be.
- Hey, naked person.
- How's it going?
- Good, I'm Mike.
- Nice to meet you, I'm Jaclin.
Nice to meet you. I'm looking
forward to this, are you ready?
Me too, yeah. What do you
think of this environment?
- It's insane. And now...
- Where you from?
- I'm from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, how about yourself?
- Florida, okay.
I'm from Gary, Indiana. Is there
any kids, wife, anything like that?
No kids, single.
What about yourself?
- I do have a boyfriend and I have two children.
- Okay.
[Michael] How does he feel
about you being out here?
[laughs] I think any man
would think it's awkward.
- Right?
- [laughs] I... I agree.
It's awkward enough for us.
- [Jaclin] Yeah, we'll make it through.
- Yes, absolutely.
I just love the outdoors,
I'm super excited.
[Jaclin] I am a Criminal
Defense Paralegal.
People generally
think that I'm a girly girl.
But deep down,
below all this makeup
and the nail polish, and the
professional edge, I'm a badass
that loves to be outdoors.
Me and my kids, we do shelters
all the time and make little forts.
I have fire building skills,
but I've never k*lled
anything in my entire life,
or trapped anything
successfully.
And I'm an animal lover, so I have a lot of
things that I'm going to have to overcome
during this challenge.
I have a little girl
that looks up to me,
and I don't think that she
views me as a strong protector
like she does her father.
I'm a warrior, and my
daughter needs to know that.
I hope that you make it through.
I want to show her that I could
be a badass just like daddy,
and that if you put your mind
to something, you can do it.
[narrator] Jaclin is
tough and resilient,
but she's never had to
k*ll her own food to survive.
She starts with a primitive
survival rating, or PSR, of 6.3.
- So how about you?
- Trapping and shelter building.
- I work on the water, so, um...
- Okay.
...I'm not used to this at all.
But I love being
outdoors. I love adventure.
[Jaclin] Awesome.
[Michael] I work in the
maritime industry as a captain
as well as an engineer.
The reason why I'm out
here doing this challenge.
The reason why I'm out
here doing this challenge
is I've had some
adversity in my life.
I have always been
determined to come out
bigger, better,
faster, stronger,
and not let the things that have
happened to me in my past affect me now.
I'm going to be tested here.
And that's pretty much
why I want to do this.
As a young adult, I
broke both my hands
and all my fingers severed off,
and I begged them to reattach
them and put them back
so that I could have
use of my hands.
It took about a year
to rebound from that.
It made me mentally stronger.
That determination is what I'm
going to bring here to this challenge.
[narrator] Michael has
overcome adversity before,
but as a deckhand
on a fishing boat,
he has no
experience in a desert.
He begins with a PSR of 6.5.
Well, looks like we're
in this together, it's...
- 21 days, 21 days.
- [laughs] That's right. We got this.
- Are you ready to see what's in our bags?
- [Michael] Absolutely.
- Let's do this.
- All right, let's go.
All right.
I have a machete for us to use.
I thought this would come
in handy, uh, paracord.
[narrator] Michael and Jaclin
have also been given a pot
to boil water,
and a fire starter
to help ward off predators that
will be sharing their water hole.
[Michael] The map.
So... I don't see much water.
Absolutely. So it looks like we're going
to need to go north to find the water...
- Oh, yeah.
- ...and maybe set up camp over there.
Yeah, it looks like we got puff
adders, black rhinos, snakes, lions and...
- Those are the dangers.
- [laughs]
- Are you ready for this?
- It's now or never.
- "Now or never," I like that attitude.
- Let's do it. [laughs]
- Let's do it.
- It's an adventure.
[Michael] What do you think your
confidence level is on completing this?
[Jaclin] My confidence
and my clothes are gone.
The cold is awful.
I thought we were in Africa.
- How about you?
- About a seven-and-a-half.
Okay.
You know, I like
to believe myself
- as mentally strong.
- I can be a little bit emotional.
That's okay. I think it's
okay for people to cry.
You know, sometimes in order for you
to move forward, just pick yourself up.
You know, sometimes in order for
you to move forward, just pick yourself up
you know, you just
need a good cry.
- If you get emotional like you said you were...
- I do.
- ...don't worry about it.
- Aww. You're melting my heart.
- I think you're my long lost
bestie right now. [laughs] - [laughs]
- My Kalahari bestie.
- I know.
[Jaclin] Michael seems
absolutely wonderful.
I'm very thankful to have
somebody that's empathetic like he is.
- Do you wanna make a pact?
- We should make a pact, right?
We could do this. But
we need each other.
- We do.
- Yeah.
And we can't leave
each other by ourselves.
- 21 days.
- 21 days.
- Don't leave me.
- I'm not leaving you.
- I'm not gonna leave either.
- Don't leave me either.
No matter how much I cry.
I will not leave you.
You can cry as much as you want.
We'll cry the whole time if we
need to, but we're making it out.
We're in this for
the ride or die.
This is rhino dung.
[Michael] Yeah. And
these are rhino tracks.
It's like two of my feet.
[narrator] The desert black rhinos
range can span over 80 square miles.
Twice the distance
of other rhinos.
Their dung is as
unique as a fingerprint.
Their dung is as
unique as a fingerprint
and is how rhinos
identify their territory.
They can run at speeds
of 34 miles per hour,
and are quick footed, allowing
them to turn sharply towards a target.
All right. I think we might have
to just watch each other's backs.
Very dangerous.
We really can't
be alone out here.
Yeah.
There's some areas where
you can't see past ten feet.
You don't know
what's behind that bush.
They can be there watching
you, waiting for you to screw up.
I think we need to check
our surroundings often...
- [sighs] Yeah, yeah.
- ...for the rhino and the lion.
Absolutely.
Man, I still don't
see any water here.
[Jaclin] Yeah, I hope
we're on the right path.
Absolutely. I'm starting
to feel a little thirsty.
I hope we do find water.
I'm pretty worried
myself actually.
Ah, this grass is brutal.
- [Jaclin] Yeah.
- Check out these thorns.
I mean, they just
get bigger and bigger.
This is... this is hell.
- Oh, look at that.
- Oh [bleep]!
Holy [bleep]!
That is going to be perfect for
some of the stuff we need here.
We can use some of this, soften it
up and maybe make some shoes.
Ah, there's some hair on here,
so we can actually make bird traps.
- Yeah.
- All right.
I'll tell you what. We're
going to deal with this later on.
I'm going to have to
drag it or something.
- [Jaclin] Okay.
- [Michael] 'Cause this is just absolutely tough.
This is tougher than
nails, but we need it.
I am using a little bit of
energy, but we need it.
Good job. Look at that.
- [Michael] There we go.
- Beast. There we go.
- Carrying that.
- I'll carry it.
Carry that.
I kinda wanna... knock that down
so we get the bugs off of there.
[exclaiming] There's
more coming out. [laughs]
Lots.
All right, let's go.
- Man, that's was a good find.
- Hell yeah, it was a good...
Day one, and we got already
some fur and some skin.
Yeah.
Thank you, Kalahari.
- [Michael] My mouth is getting dry.
- [Jaclin] Mine too.
And we're using a lot of energy
just trying to find water right now.
- All right, so the top of the hill.
- Oh, my God!
And I still don't see any water.
- [Jaclin] I hope we're going the right way.
- Yeah.
Let's make sure we're
headed in the right direction.
- We still have the sun setting this direction.
- Yeah.
So when it's to the left of
you, you're headed north.
So we have the sun here.
We started there.
I think we just
gotta keep going.
This just looks like it's
quite a distance and...
- Okay.
- The only thing we can do is keep charging through it.
Sure.
[Michael] Gotta
find this water hole.
[Jaclin] Yeah. I'm so thirsty.
[Michael] Yeah, it's really crazy
how fast you start to feel dehydrated.
- [Jaclin] It's a brutal walk.
- Oh, yeah.
- I wonder what's on the other side here.
- See what we can see...
Up here...
- [bleep] Wow.
- Don't see any water.
It's just sand as
far as you can see.
Yeah, and it goes on forever.
Um...
[Jaclin] I am starting to get worried
that we might not find water tonight.
- [Michael] Yup.
- This is hell.
[Michael] [bleep]
Don't see any water. It's just
sand as far as you can see.
I am starting to get worried that
we might not find water tonight.
Very concerning.
- We are dehydrating and using a lot of energy right now.
- [Michael] Yeah.
[Jaclin] That sun is going to
be going down here pretty quick.
Yeah, you know,
We got to build a shelter if
we're not seeing the water.
Absolutely.
I am terrified of the night out here
because you can hear all the animals,
but you can't see
anything, and it scares me.
We can't be out here at night.
There's way too much
danger. It makes me nervous.
Okay, so we've
got animal tracks.
- [Michael] That's a good sign.
- [Jaclin] Yeah.
Animals will lead us to water, so
let's keep going with there's more.
Do you see that?
My imagination, or is that...
We found water. Holy [bleep].
[exclaiming] We found water!
Amazing. Look at that.
It doesn't look like good
water, but we found it.
[Michael] Water is water.
[Jaclin] We really
need this water.
[Michael] This is gonna be good.
- [Jaclin] Okay. We need fire.
- This is good.
We need to start boiling water, and
we need to start building our boma.
Let's just quickly pick out a
tree we can use for our boma.
I don't set it up too
too close to the water.
This is where everything's
going to come to drink.
I think that one's pretty nice.
[Michael] Good. Check this out.
We have some entryways here.
What do you think
about this spot?
[Jaclin] Looks like it's going
to give us a bit of space.
We could even have our fire
kind of right here at the entryway.
- Okay.
- So it's like added protection.
We could also put an
exterior wall out here, maybe.
- Yeah. That's cool.
- Second barrier.
- I think I'm happy with it.
- I'm happy with it.
- All right.
- Got ourselves a game plan.
Yes.
I'm working on the walls.
I want to get a lot of
thorn trees and bushes,
so that we can use it for
protection on our boma.
- Then I'mma start to stack it around the perimeter.
- This is a bird's nest.
So might as well
use it to start my fire.
Fire. This makes me happy to
be able to do this and contribute.
Man, I can see my partner right now,
and I see that smoke flowing from the fire.
She's got it. She's got skills.
It's not the prettiest, but we
have fire, and that's important.
I got us a fire. I'm
going to go get water.
[Michael] Oh, that's
awesome. That's perfect.
- Yes. We'll get it boiling right away.
- Nice job, man.
- Nice job.
- [Jaclin] You too.
Gotta to be really careful.
Some of these are so big, they
could literally go through my finger
if I fell on them
with my palm open.
Things that are gonna get you,
not gonna want to mess with these.
[sighs] That'll have
to do for the night.
- [water splashing]
- Yeah.
All right.
- So you want to do mud?
- Sure.
- Cover up?
- Mud up.
- Yeah, it's a little chilly now, huh?
- [Michael] I mean, it is.
[Jaclin] We're definitely going
to have to keep that fire up.
- It's cold now.
- Yeah. [laughs]
- We need the fire.
- It's cold.
[both laugh]
Do the honors, man,
taste it, see how it goes.
- No, it's not bad.
- [Michael] It's not bad?
We can definitely deal with it.
Just be a little bit
easy, it's like hot coffee.
- Thank God.
- Right?
- Yeah.
- It's actually a decent water source.
It doesn't look very pretty.
- It's like... out of the bottle.
- [Jaclin] I know.
- [laughs]
- I know. [laughs]
- [wind blowing] - Man, that wind is
coming right up over this ridge line.
We're definitely nowhere
near close to being done.
- So we'll suck it up tonight with what we got.
- Yup.
- [shivering] Oh!
- [Jaclin] It's so [bleep] cold.
We've gone through so much firewood
because we gotta keep our fire big.
It's the only thing that helps.
It's so cold. Um, I don't
know... [breath trembling]
...if we can make it tonight.
We're just so unprepared. Mmm...
- It's freezing.
- Um...
Yeah.
[Michael shivering]
[Jaclin] I'm so [bleep] cold.
[Michael shivering continues]
[Jaclin] Really hoping the
cold was gonna be over.
[Michael] Night one,
it was [bleep] brutal.
Again, we went through
all of our firewood last night.
We've cannibalized our boma
on the inside as much as we could.
Just sucks
everything out of you.
All of your energy just
laying here shaking.
The ground is cold.
I wanna make a wall to
keep the warmth inside.
Um, the side of the shelter that's over
there is where the wind comes through.
So we need to figure a way out to
conquer this so that we don't go home.
Because this will send us home.
[Michael shivers]
Collecting some tall grass
so I can create like a
wind block on the inside.
Wind has not
stopped at all today.
Probably means tonight
is going to be just as bad.
So my lovely partner went and chopped
all of this grass to dig into the ground
and embed into the ground so that we
can have a barrier from the cold tonight.
[Michael] The cold
nights absolutely stuck.
You're shivering
the whole night.
Shivering makes you lose your body
temperature faster and also, you know,
uses up your energy.
Get the sand in there for a base and it
can kind of start just shaping together.
Kinda get that wall there going
and just kind of keep kicking up sand
and it kind of holds it in
place at the base and, uh,
helps keep that heat inside
and also it keeps the wind out.
It acts as a barrier.
A lotta work but
it'll be worth it.
[Jaclin] Oh, the
wind is picking up.
- [Michael] Yeah.
- Holy [bleep].
Here it goes again.
[Michael] The wind
is k*lling my lips.
Yeah. This cold's no joke.
Um, it's day two, I'm still
feeling pretty optimistic.
Still looking forward to doing
the tasks that we need to do
and, you know, we got to eat.
So we're going to look
for places to set traps.
[Jaclin] Nice little
burrow right there.
There's tracks too.
You want to smoke it
out? It's only one hole.
Can you even
try a deadfall trap?
Well, if we smoke it out, I'm afraid
that it's gonna be trapped in there.
It's not gonna have
a way to get out.
So it might be better to do a
deadfall or a spring trap here.
- [Michael] That's...
- Got it. Oh, look!
What you got there?
Oh, you got a cricket?
Yeah.
They like blend as soon
as they jump, don't they?
Here it is.
Eat it.
No, man, let's
put it in the pot.
- [Jaclin] Yeah...
- If we could collect a couple of these.
[Jaclin] Yeah.
Something is something.
- Oh, my...
- Good job. [laughs] Oh, it's chirping.
Stay in there.
[Michael] All right. So
what part do you want?
- Do you want the head? Because the head...
- I don't want the head
- or the a*s.
- Both.
I'm freaked out.
Take the head,
I'll take the butt.
[gags] Let me see you do it.
Let me watch you do it.
Oh, God. You're eating it.
[Michael] It's like a
sunflower seed, crunchy.
- All right, fine.
- [laughs]
- Give me the [bleep].
- Do it.
I know you can.
- And its head, that's just like...
- I know you can do it.
- ...a dream, it's my favorite.
- Don't even think about it, just do it.
- These are my favorite, thank you partner.
- Oh, no problem.
Thank you.
[Jaclin] Oh, I'm
shaking. Eat it.
Oh! I'm eating a bug!
Oh, my God! [gags]
Ew, and it sat on my
tongue like bad alcohol.
[gags] I need water.
Never. [retches]
I just ate a bug.
I never ate a bug.
I don't like bugs.
- [Michael laughs]
- [Jaclin] I wanna cry so bad.
[Michael] I know.
I'm tired of the
cold [bleep] sand.
The wind is relentless.
We did fortify our boma.
So we got a secondary layer.
Pretty much a complete
circle around us.
But wind just moving the
actual tree that we're under.
It's [bleep] cold.
This is pure t*rture.
It's just blowing so hard.
It sucks.
[Jaclin] Wanna cuddle?
We're freezing.
No matter what we
do. It's not working.
[Michael] I hate Africa.
[Jaclin and Michael shivering]
[Jaclin] It's so
unbelievable, this cold.
[sighs wearily] I
feel exhausted.
- You're good?
- I might pass out.
[retching]
My muscles are locking up.
[coughing, retching]
I don't want to... [sobs]
[Jaclin coughing, retching]
[Michael] I'm really worried about my
partner now. I need her on her A game
and she's been doing so well.
- [Jaclin groans]
- I need her back in the game.
[Jaclin] I'm gonna
throw up again.
[narrator] As Jaclin's condition continues
to worsen, the medic is called in.
[retching]
Medic, you're going to
have to come on inside.
I don't think she's going
to be able to get out there.
She started to get the
spins and she's trying to puke
but she doesn't have
anything in her stomach.
But she's hyperventilating
and she's not stopping.
- She's dry heaving like crazy.
- [Jaclin whimpering]
[medic] Okay. Jaclin, relax.
I'm coming in, I'm coming for you.
Relax, sweetie,
relax, relax, relax.
Jaclin, look at me,
look at me here.
There's nothing wrong
with your breathing.
Relax. Slow it
down. Slow it down.
Slow it down. Slow it down.
[medic] She's having a
panic attack at the moment.
Watch me, watch
me. [breathing deeply]
She's panicking. Breathing
heavily, hyperventilating.
We must manage to
calm her, reassure her.
That's all we can do now
when she's in this state.
- Come on, slowly. You can, you can, you can.
- [breathing heavily]
You can, you can. Look at me.
Control it. Calm down.
Calm down, relax, relax.
I want you to stay
on your side for me.
Keep your legs together,
stay on your side for me.
Relax, relax. Everything's
going to be okay.
- Everything's going to be okay. All right?
- Okay.
[Jaclin] I underestimated what
this challenge is on so many levels.
[Jaclin speaking]
You get a bit of rest.
You can get some sleep.
You're gonna be feeling
better after this, okay?
Perfect.
[Jaclin] I'm struggling really
bad with the things out here.
I felt awful.
I burned all my calories
throwing up because I'm panicking.
My morale is definitely down but
I need to get over that [bleep] stat.
I think that's because we
haven't really had a solid win.
I think my partner's optimism
is kind of going down a little bit.
She struggled a lot yesterday.
Kind of concerned me.
Schedule today is food.
[Jaclin] Hopefully
we can secure some.
[Michael] Yeah, we need a couple
of good wins to really bring it back up.
It's been cold a
majority of the time here,
so we haven't really been
able to explore the area.
But uh, we gotta eat.
- Look all these birds.
- [Jaclin] Ooh.
I think we might be
able to set up a trap.
[Jaclin] I'm emotional, frustrated, and
pissed off, but I like to solve problems.
So we're going to go work on a
trap so maybe we can get a bird.
Would kinda be a big win.
I'm getting some pods down right now
for the birds for when we go to trap 'em.
There's seeds inside there
and these black seeds
inside are what the birds like.
What is that? Oh, it's a lizard.
There he is. On the ground.
On the ground. Right there.
Whack that [bleep]. Damn.
Smack him.
[breathing heavily]
I thought I got
him. Damn. [bleep]
- Nah, keep an eye over there.
- Yep. I see him.
I had him, just try to
keep him pinned down.
- Yes. We got him.
- [Michael] Yes!
- I just k*lled my first thing.
- You're [bleep] awesome.
- [bleep] awesome.
- Oh, my God!
[exclaiming]
[Michael] Where did
he go? Where did he go?
It's [bleep] ugly.
Ew!
Ew, I k*lled him. I k*lled him.
It's still moving.
- What the [bleep]
- [Michael] It's just nerves.
Oh, I feel so bad now.
Ew. I can't look. I'm done.
I k*lled him. I'm good.
I can't look. [gags]
[Jaclin] I feel like a m*rder*r.
It was minding its own business and all
of a sudden whacked him over the head.
I feel awful.
I mean, you didn't
even hesitate, so...
Props to you. I don't even think
I'd need to push you to k*ll a bird.
I think you can
do it on your own.
[Michael] She's not a k*ller.
She doesn't like doing that stuff.
But I'm 100
percent proud of her.
I can't eat him.
I feel really bad.
You have to eat all of him.
- No, you're...
- Otherwise I'm gonna feel so guilty.
You're eating it too.
- I can't eat him.
- You are going to.
- That's so wrong I can't.
- You're not even gonna know it's a lizard.
I just m*rder*d
him. I can't eat him.
Well, you have to.
[Jaclin] Oh, I feel so guilty.
He was minding his own business
and now his head's [bleep] chopped off.
I was really hoping for a bird.
'Cause it's like chicken.
Who knows what this
thing's going to taste like.
And he's going
to make me eat it.
This Florida boy
will eat anything.
I'm from Indiana.
We don't eat lizard.
We're going to eat
something that eats flies.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Flies and other little bugs.
Mouth' watering.
I might throw up.
[Michael speaking]
[gags]
[Michael] No. Come on.
[retches]
- Don't...
- [exclaims in disgust] It's too late.
You need the nutrients.
You need it. Don't throw it up.
God, that's [bleep] disgusting.
[Michael] You
got it, lizard girl.
[exclaims in disgust]
It's making me nauseous.
Don't throw it up.
[gagging]
[Michael] Just
distract yourself.
[exhales]
You feel better?
Nuh-uh.
[lion grumbling]
[Jaclin] Michael's building
a spring trap right now.
So, while does there,
I'm in protective mode.
There is a lion.
You can hear
him, I can't see him.
But if you can hear him, that
means they're close enough.
[exhales] It's nerve-wracking.
It is still the day time,
It is still the day time,
so to hear them out right now...
Scary.
I don't know what we're gonna do
if a lion tries to visit us.
Been stepping it up a lot,
I've been getting the wood
especially at night, running for the water
but I can't do everything,
I'm not Superman.
Here I'm just kind of disguising the
color of the paracord I'm gonna use,
it was black before.
Just trying to get it to blend
in so it doesn't look so obvious.
Just built the spring
trap for the first time, um,
You know, you have
your spring right here.
You have your trigger down here that's
connected to the other part of the trigger,
when something lands
on this, it's gonna pop it,
make it sh**t up, it's
gonna tighten up the loop
and whatever's in there is
gonna get caught up on it
when it's trying to
eat this food here.
This could get something
medium-sized or small.
So, whatever lands in there will be
dinner, but let's hope that it works.
Stay positive. That's
what I'm trying to do.
[Michael] Gonna be
something in those traps today.
At some point, Africa's gonna provide
something other than extreme weather.
I think there's a bird
on our spring trap.
[exhales]
[bleep]
I'm so sorry, I don't
wanna do this to you.
[bird cheeps]
I know, I know.
[Michael speaking]
Yeah.
[bleeps]
[wind blowing]
[bleeps] man.
That's what you get for
being compassionate.
I should have just
k*lled him when I had it.
I'm so [bleep] angry right now.
I just need a moment
to kick my own a*s.
[bleep]
You're so [bleep] stupid, why do
you have to be compassionate?
Just [bleep] do
what you gotta do.
I'm talking to birds, [bleep]
man, I'm such an idiot.
My partner's gonna
be so disappointed.
I've got some really bad news.
What's up?
[groans] Oh, God,
I can't believe it.
What's wrong?
I [bleep] up, man.
What'd you do? Are you okay?
Yeah, I gotta collect
myself though.
Take a deep breath.
[Michael exhales]
What could you have
possible done? What's wrong?
There was a bird in our trap.
Okay... And I spent
too much time...
[exhales]
...being compassionate
and talking to it.
You couldn't k*ll it?
- It got away.
- [Jaclin] Damn.
It is disappointing, but I
don't hold it against you.
Now I know I'm not the
only one that's struggling
with [bleep] chopping
heads in Africa.
[Michael] I could totally do it,
I don't know what happened.
I just... I was in my feelings.
[laughs]
[Jaclin] He's got a heart, too.
I don't think a heart out here
is gonna keep us alive though.
I'm so [bleep] stupid.
You're not stupid, you
have a heart, this is hard.
Yeah.
[animal growling]
My partner and I
were laying down,
and I heard some noises.
Of course, when you think
Africa, you think about the lions
and obviously anyone would
want to see them wild, but...
when we're out here, vulnerable,
it'd be best to see
'em from a distance.
If you can hear 'em,
it means they're close.
[Jaclin] I heard lions
last night and I'm scared,
I've no idea how far they
are or how close they are but...
A lion's roar is
deep and grumbling.
It hits the pit of your stomach
and makes all the hairs
stand up on your back,
and really brings you back into the reality
of what these animals can do to you.
We're starving to death,
and without food, mornings
are really, really hard.
I'm gonna attempt to make a deadfall
trap while my partner is sleeping.
Michael's been
doing a lot of work
and it makes me feel good
to contribute to our situation.
Maybe I'll catch something
to wake him up to.
So he doesn't feel like I have
to depend on him for everything.
[narrator] When a small animal
goes for the bait under the rock,
the trigger is nudged and drops,
causing the weight
to fall on the prey,
k*lling or trapping the animal.
[Jaclin] I'm trying not
to be so emotional.
I wanna stick this out.
Tired of being a
victim to the Kalahari.
I'm ready to own this place.
[bleep] got it.
I'm gonna make two more.
[Michael] So spooning
isn't really doing much at all.
I don't feel a difference in
the body temperature, so...
I'm gonna collect some
of these dried branches,
it's nice and thick,
it's not a lot of
open space on it,
it'll kinda create a wall,
another little barrier.
It'll help block the wind.
[Jaclin] This is the
cowboy bed method,
you dig a hole,
you fill it with coals
and then, you
cover the coals up.
And it acts like a heating pad in the
sand to keep our body warm tonight.
We need more than
just a fire and body heat.
It's not the best but it's going
to, hopefully, help just a little bit.
Oh, that wind is kicking up.
It's getting cold.
It's suffering, it's
pure suffering.
We sleep in this
[bleep] cold every night,
No matter what we
do, it's not working.
We're almost out of wood.
I don't know what to do.
I'm freezing.
I'm pretty much ready
to tap at this point.
I'm miserable.
I underestimated
how cold it would be.
I'm losing hope that
we're gonna finish this.
No one can stand
these cold nights.
[Michael] Let's
check those deadfalls.
[Jaclin] Let's do it, maybe we have
mice and we can make some broth.
[Michael] It's a beautiful
day outside except for the fact
that it is windy
like a hurricane.
I don't usually experience
winds like this, at all.
Unless it is a
hurricane back at home.
These winds are
chilling to the bone,
a lot of these animals, they're not
visible, it's been too cold, too windy.
These guys are just hunkering
down and you can tell because,
you know, when you walk
past some of these mice holes,
They've actually pulled in
grass to their holes to insulate.
[Jaclin] Oh, I think we got one.
Oh, he's under there,
did you hear him crunch?
There is one in there.
[Jaclin] Oh, okay.
I'm gonna walk away.
[Michael] But he's not alive.
[Jaclin] Oh, the other
ones are set off, too.
Oh, and I... Oh, okay,
yeah, I think we got a few.
[Michael] Yeah.
- [Jaclin] My deadfall worked.
- [Michael] Your deadfall worked.
- So on the traps, you used blood and grass and seeds?
- Blood and... yeah.
- Oh, look at you...
- [Jaclin] Yay, got another one.
Look, Gemma,
Mommy set up traps
and brought home dinner.
I know you actually have a
pet rat, so you might freak out,
but just be proud, 'cause
this was really hard.
So, you ready to, uh,
taste this?
We caught two mice this
morning in the deadfall.
Uh, my partner was kind enough
to gut them and turn it into a soup,
so it'll be easier
for me to handle.
And the soup, to me,
looks like a pot of brains.
I really don't want to do
this but here we [bleep] go.
It's actually not bad.
[exhales]
It's not bad.
Mmm, it doesn't
have flavor to it.
My God.
The bones are crunchy
but it's really not bad.
It's better than nothing.
[groans and shudders]
The nutrition that she's eating is
not gonna be enough for her to get by,
but I can't force
her to eat anything.
And I can only ask her to do it.
I know that she's smart
enough to listen to her body,
so when she really gets to that point,
I'm sure that she'll turn that around.
Uh-uh, uh-uh... [gagging]
[Jaclin] Think I
wanna eat mice? No!
[wind blowing]
[Jaclin] Ooh, here
it comes again.
I'm so disappointed that
the weather's like this.
It's frustrating.
I can't stay in this
cold another day.
[narrator] The chilling winds and
unseasonably cold temperatures
that were expected to
last for only a few days
have now persisted
for more than a week,
and show no signs of letting up.
Producers decide to step in.
- Hi, guys. Jaclin?
- Yes.
- [producer] Michael?
- Yes.
This is like a
hundred-year cold front
and due to that extreme
nature of this event,
I, as the producer of the show,
have left you an item out on the
survival area that I want you to go find.
Okay.
[Jaclin speaking]
[crying] My, God.
[crying]
Thank you.
Thank you.
This animal hide, it's
our only lifeline right now.
[Michael sighs] This
is fine. Let's get warm.
Oh, gosh. Jaclin.
- You can spoon me. Come here.
- [Jaclin shivering]
Just wanna hide from the wind.
[Jaclin] It's so great.
Never been so grateful for
something in my life. [crying]
[Jaclin] Oh, there's
definitely something out there.
All of a sudden, we heard this,
like, huffing outside of our boma.
- And... I don't know.
- [low animal grunting]
- [bleep] this...
- [Jaclin] Hey!
There are [bleep] lions right
outside our [bleep] boma.
I hear their [bleep] growls
and their paws are [bleep] huge.
[Jaclin] Oh, my God.
- Back up a bit, we're just gonna get next to the fire.
- [Jaclin shivering]
Uh, this is [bleep]
outta control, sweetie.
They are huge predators,
and they won't leave.
[growling]
[lions growling]
This is [bleep]
dangerous as [bleep].
- Hey!
- [bleep] It's... they're...
Back up.
They're huge and
they won't leave.
[Jaclin] Hey!
Hey!
I think they're gone.
[Michael] The
animals are moving in.
[Jaclin] Lions could absolutely
get ahold of us if they really wanted.
[Michael] Yeah, this is crazy.
I'm ready to go home.
We're not here
to k*ll ourselves.
- [Jaclin] Do you want to?
- I want to.
[Michael speaking]
I'm willing to stay if you stay.
I can't,
although I am pretty beat up and it
does sound appealing to go home.
I think we should
stay for a little longer
and just try to push through, I know
that's not what you want to hear, but...
I just, I just know my family.
It's gonna be like, "I told you so."
[Michael] Don't do it for
other people, do it for yourself.
I know, but I wanna
do it for my child, too.
This will forever be the thing
that Jackie couldn't finish.
Just the story of how I quit.
I didn't come here to do
that. I came here for myself.
- Is that better?
- [Michael] I broke both my hands,
it was the hardest thing
I've ever done in my life.
I don't have anything to prove
to anybody at home, I don't care.
And I've never had to
prove anything to anyone.
'Cause that's not
how I live my life.
I feel like you're gonna push
yourself too far just staying and...
I don't think I'm in
the same place as you.
And I don't have
anything to prove.
[Michael speaking]
Uh, when you're ready and you
say "tap out," I'm there with you.
[Jaclin] I gotta
give it a chance.
Michael does seem uninterested.
I know that he's just here for me
and I'm really relying on someone
that doesn't even care
to be here, it worries me.
I speak for myself, I
hate when people do this.
When they can't be
real with themselves.
He's got everything to
say about my journey,
doesn't care what people
think, then go home.
If I wanna stay, I wanna
stay. Mind your own business.
Maybe he should think about what he
said and quit worrying about me since...
You know, he's not judgmental
and doesn't care what people think.
You want to go home?
Go home, big baby.
[Michael] We both made a pact
that we're gonna stay together, so,
I totally respect it. I'm actually
gonna take it moment by moment
and see how this goes.
Headed down to check my traps.
I see some kind of k*ll...
Here...
It's definitely a lion k*ll,
real close to our boma.
It looks like a fresh
k*ll, that's alarming.
We knew they were here. There
could be a lion 10 feet away from you
behind a bush and you wouldn't
even know it until it was too late.
Maybe... Yes, there is.
All right, this is a score.
There's... I see some marrow
and I can feel it in there.
It's like a jelly substance
and that's got a lot
of nutrients in there,
so if I can crack these bones
open and there's stuff in there,
that's really good.
Picking up a chunk of
dead animal and using it,
you know, to consume.
It might be crazy but you
have to do what you have to do,
if you wanna live.
We're gonna crack 'em open and
see what's going on inside of 'em.
[growls]
[Michael] Found
a portion of a k*ll.
On the part that's
got open bone,
if you reach in, you
can feel the marrow.
- [Jaclin] Does it look pretty fresh?
- [Michael] Oh, yeah.
This is what's gonna get us by.
[Jaclin] Michael was able to find some
bones out there that were extra fresh.
[Michael] I'm gonna try to hack away
this bone, so I can get to the marrow.
[Jaclin] I'm very, very
appreciative of Michael right now.
[Michael] That strip, right
there, is what you're looking for.
Now I feel like an a*s[bleep] for
being so mad at him because...
I have a good partner.
And he's a good person.
[Michael] All right, so now
that I have a source of energy.
[Michael] All right, so now
that I have a source of energy
that we can ration
out, I can put it in a tree
that's a little further
away from us.
I just want it off the ground. Leave
that for later. I'm gonna go cook this up.
Boil it, get all those fatty
juices around the water.
Mmm-hmm.
Think of it as like a nice
soup that's got a lot of fat in it.
[narrator] Similar in
consistency to butter,
the yellow bone marrow found in
bones is composed mostly of fat.
Yeah. Now this is
a game-changer.
I'm really happy,
it's that one win that
could be so crucial,
it just makes it a better
experience, a better relationship
and better survival.
I feel my cholesterol
going up as we speak.
[laughs]
It's like eating butter.
Straight up.
[lion roaring]
[animal grumbling]
[Jaclin] Please don't be a lion.
[Michael] Feed the fire.
- [Jaclin] Hey!
- [Michael slamming sticks]
Hey!
[bellowing]
[Michael speaking]
[Jaclin speaking]
[bleep]
[Michael] This is it,
this is the day we die.
[animal bellowing]
[Michael] Never heard anything
like that before in my life.
[Jaclin] No, I'm so scared.
[Michael speaking]
[Jaclin speaking]
- [Jaclin crying] - [Michael]
I'm shook to the bone.
[Jaclin] That rhino was so big.
[Michael] It's all right,
nothing will happen.
[Jaclin] We're
sleeping in a bush,
And the rhino
[bleep] our bush up.
He didn't give a
[bleep] about the fire.
[Michael] This boma
does not feel secure.
No, this boma feels
like they can come in.
This is insane, this
is [bleep] insane.
They were not scared of us at
all. They were super, super curious.
- I don't think there's anymore sleeping.
- No.
I'm done. I'm done.
Abort mission. Abort mission.
[Michael] That was some
scary [bleep] last night.
[Jaclin] Terrifying, really.
[Jaclin] After the
whole rhino incident,
I'm feeling really
exhausted and depleted.
Oh, that was terrifying.
It's taking everything
in me just to keep going.
Definitely rhino.
Yikes.
But we're at a halfway
point in this challenge
and I didn't struggle
this far for nothing.
[Michael] Over there.
- [Jaclin] There's rhinos.
- [Michael] Rhinos, and yeah...
Went over that ridge.
[Jaclin] Oh, my God.
Why is it all torn up
over there, though?
- Next to the rocks, that wasn't like that.
- Uh-uh.
- Footprints by the water.
- [Jaclin] Oh, that's scary.
We gotta be
really careful today.
[Jaclin] Absolutely.
[Michael] That rhino
visit was a wake-up call,
and it's really,
really unnerving.
This isn't a game,
this is serious.
And look, he was prancing
around, all over here.
[Jaclin] That must mean that
other water holes are drying up.
This is their last resort. So, it's
gonna have a lot more wildlife
right next to our boma.
[Michael] Ah, it's
nerve-wracking.
We had made a pact that we
were gonna do this together.
I'm a man of my word, I
don't wanna go back on that.
But, uh, I'm also worried about
making 21 days at this point.
Getting attacked by rhinos.
There's predators lurking,
it's getting a little crazy now.
It's getting a little crazy.
[Jaclin] I'm gonna go get
some water really quick, okay?
- [Michael] Yeah, absolutely. Sounds great.
- Refill it.
Keep your eyes open.
This is super dangerous.
Just, uh, collecting
some firewood
after last night,
with the rhinos.
Wanna make sure we
have everything we need.
[Jaclin] If a rhino were to start
charging at 40 miles per hour,
There's plenty of trees in this
vicinity that I can jump up in.
Now a lion, I know that
you're not supposed to run.
Safety is my number one concern,
I wanna go home to my family.
[Michael] You look that way,
there's nothing at all except for field,
fields and fields of grass.
Uh, you never know
what's hiding in there.
[Jaclin screams]
[Michael] She's screaming down
there, I need to go see what's going on.
[Jaclin] Oh, my God.
What am I gonna do?
[Jaclin screaming]
She's got a bird in the trap.
Don't bite me.
[bird squawking]
- You're not getting away.
- [Michael] Don't let it go.
[Jaclin] I got it.
- You wanna do it?
- No.
You know, I know she's
not one to dispatch anything,
so I'm willing to do it but
it's also really hard for me.
- [bird squawking]
- I'm so sorry, dude.
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
I have to do this.
It's done.
[Jaclin] Thank you, God.
Thank you.
I feel bad, but
thank you. [crying]
[Jaclin] Me at home would
help him but me here is hungry.
[Michael] I buried the head
of the bird just out of respect.
There is a soul
inside of an animal.
There's no reason why they should
just be tossed like a piece of garbage.
[Jaclin] Thank you.
[Jaclin speaking]
It's really good.
It kinda tastes like turkey.
This reminds me of my
grandma on Thanksgiving day.
I'm struggling really bad
with the things out here to eat.
So much better than
the lizard and the cricket.
Mouse...
I'm very thankful for the bird
and as weak as I'm feeling,
I'm very blessed to have it.
That is the heart.
[Jaclin] You can just eat
that sucker, right out the bird?
It's super respectful to eat it.
That's how you
honor what you k*ll.
You usually walk
away for this part.
[Michael] Respect for the bird that
gave its life for our first real meal.
Out here in the Kalahari.
Gross.
The big victory didn't
really change too much,
it did partially, but
it's still freezing cold
and the lions and
rhinos are closing in,
it's just getting
harder and harder.
Oh, my knees.
Last night, the rhinos were
super interested in us, so...
Gonna be prepared, in
case they come again tonight.
We got our wood pile.
That's our, uh, door.
It is a little bit
chilly. It's windy.
So that's not really good.
Hoping that it's not
another cold night.
[wind howling]
We're freezing, we're miserable.
We're questioning what the
[bleep] we're doing anymore.
We don't have much fat on our
bodies anymore, it's leaving us.
I can't wait for day 21.
If we stay alive long enough.
Last night was brutal
and I'm not really sure how
many more nights of that I can take.
[Michael] We have to
collect wood, chop it,
and I'm gonna need you
to really help me out today.
[Jaclin sobs] I feel so weak.
These tasks are just getting
to me because it's just me.
Supporting two people,
for the next nine days,
I mean, I can do it, but...
Just gonna be a little
bit more rough on me.
Especially if, you
know, she's just
trying to sleep the time away.
[Jaclin] Michael's frustrated with
me for sleeping and I understand.
I just don't know
what else to do.
[sniffles] I'm
nothing but tired.
- [birds chirping] - [Michael] I
would like to make one thing clear.
I came out here
for an adventure.
I came out here for
a chance of a lifetime.
And, uh, also I came
out here to have fun.
This is not fun anymore.
Job's never done.
[bleep] man, when does it end?
Out here sucks.
[thunder rumbling]
What the [bleep]
is that [bleep]?
The weather changing
is super scary for us.
If it rains, we're definitely
getting hypothermia. No doubt.
- [thunder rumbling]
- [Jaclin] There's no way.
No one's tapping.
It's way too cold.
I can't.
[thunder rumbling]
No, Michael, I don't see that.
[sobs] There's no way.
That sure as hell is bad.
There's no way we
can sit in the rain.
Holy [bleep] if it rains.
I'm getting scared.
[Michael] I'm not
getting caught out here
in some crazy
a*s [bleep] weather
that we're not prepared
for. We're naked.
[bleep]
[Jaclin] What's your
heart telling you?
I told my mom I wasn't gonna k*ll myself
out here. There's no heroes out here.
I know.
If you go, I'm going.
But if we tap and it doesn't rain,
I'm gonna be so mad at myself.
Africa has done nothing
but kicked our a*s.
[thunder rumbling]
[thunder rumbling]
Holy [bleep] if it rains.
I'm getting scared.
[bleep]
[Jaclin] I can't do
the rain in this cold.
I've been trying so hard.
[Michael] From the
get it's been insane.
We've been dealing with a
hundred-year weather pattern.
It's been blowing
wind day and night.
Every time you turn around
there's more sand in your eye.
Jackie woke up with a puffy eye
and she might have
a couple of infections.
It's been one
extreme after another.
And I can only take
so much as a person.
You can't beat Mother Nature.
[birds chirping]
[Michael] My answer is [bleep] it,
go. Are you 100 percent okay with that?
[mumbles]
What?
I'm just scared if it doesn't
rain, we'll be bummed out.
But I'm with you.
I can't take the
elements anymore.
Well, we made a pact so
honor the pact. Let's do it.
Okay?
Okay.
The Kalahari is not
only beating me up,
but exhausting my soul
and I'm very frustrated.
This challenge takes
everything out of your body
just to keep going.
Boma to Paul. Boma to Paul.
[Jaclin speaking]
[Jaclin] It's not gonna
rain, I don't think.
It's just a windstorm.
[Michael speaking]
Do you think your
body can go more?
If we push.
Are you not coming with me now?
- You want to stay?
- [Jaclin] Come sit.
I just, I don't think it's rain.
I'm just thinking
it's a windstorm.
[Michael speaking]
[Michael] I don't have
much gas in me to make it.
I don't care about
the 21 right now.
It'd be nice, but realistically,
we dealt with brutal, brutal
nights. We got attacked by rhinos.
We've had an
adventure of a lifetime.
The struggles of a lifetime.
If you're ready, you tap,
If you're ready, you tap,
and just see what
tonight has in store for me,
and probably tap in
the morning if it rains.
I'm good to go. I don't care.
I don't really like the idea of
leaving you behind out here,
because we made a pact.
But if you wanna
stay, you can stay.
I don't have it in me to
do what I've been doing.
[crying] Okay.
Give me a hug. Come here.
All right.
[crying]
- You gotta be really brave, though...
- [Jaclin sobbing]
- ...you gotta be realistic...
- I will.
- ...and you gotta listen to your body.
- If it's rough, I'm...
- I promise.
- That's the only reason I'm leaving right now,
- is because I'm being realistic.
- [sobbing] I know.
It was really nice
to get to know you.
Let me get some
water. [sniffles]
[metal clanking]
[Jaclin crying]
[producer] Hi,
what's up, Michael?
Um, I've made
the decision to tap.
[producer] Really,
why you tapping?
I'm just, the weather, the conditions
have just been out of control.
Um, I don't have it...
in me to keep going.
All right, let's get going.
[Michael] The pact
when we talk about it,
it always goes back
and forth, back and forth.
If we made a decision to
leave, I'm gonna stick to it.
You don't, that's on you.
Please don't do anything
crazy out here. Okay?
I don't think her chances of staying
out here and surviving are the greatest.
I think they're pretty slim.
Because she is gonna learn that
she has to do a lot of the work now.
It's all on her.
It wasn't ideal to tap, but
out here it's life or death.
There's no heroes.
I'm being realistic about this
and not gonna k*ll myself out here.
[Jaclin] Pact's gone. The
pact should have been
that we're in this
together for 21 days.
Not we're leaving together.
[sobs] This is gonna
be extra hard now.
So it's all on me.
I'm not going home with excuses,
"Oh, but me and my partner left together.
I couldn't stand
starvation anymore."
Those are excuses.
And I'm not going
home with them.
I feel like [bleep] leaving a woman in
the desert, but she changed her mind.
And there's nothing
I can do about that.
I feel betrayed
a little bit by her.
It's time to move on.
[narrator] Michael's decision to abandon
the challenge with one week left to go
brings his PSR down
from a 6.5 to 6.2.
[bleep] hell.
I'm pissed.
Leave me out here
with the [bleep] rhinos.
Dickhead. I thought
we had a pact.
[birds chirping]
Michael was always
saying, "There's no hero"
or "don't be a hero
in this challenge."
But that's what I came to
do. To be a hero for my kids.
Let them know I can do
anything their dad can do.
So there is a hero out here.
And the hero is the
person that keeps pushing.
People respect getting
what you came for done.
I'm extremely nervous to
be out here, tonight by myself.
But we shall see what happens.
- [insects buzzing]
- [rhinos grunting]
I'm assuming it's a rhino.
Or a bunch of them.
Oh, hell no. I do
not like this [bleep].
If they [bleep] come over here, I'm
gonna open up a can of whoop a*s.
I am not playing tonight.
Today has been a [bleep] day.
I'm feeling feisty and I'm
not [bleep] around tonight.
Shake 'em with my horns.
It's a little bit quiet now. I
hear them off in the distance.
They better stay away if they
know what's good for them.
My first night alone
was pretty trippy.
Could hear the rhinos but
they never bothered me.
I was very, very nervous
that it was gonna rain.
I let the sky freak me
out. I was panicking.
All those emotions for nothing.
This is what one night
of wood looks like.
I got some backup.
Got it all piled there.
Just in case.
It doesn't really
look like a lot.
But I busted my a*s for it.
And I think I'm feeling
the effects of it now,
which is not good.
I got the hide on me.
I'm getting very nervous
that it's gonna be cold.
But I am hoping that
tonight will be a good night.
I made a mistake tonight, guys.
Oh, this is the last of my
firewood going right now.
I thought I had
more than enough.
And I still have a long
night ahead of me.
The hide's not
doing a whole lot.
I'm trying not to panic.
[exclaims] I made
a big, big mistake.
Uh... Oh, God.
Mouth is watering like
I'm ready to throw up.
Too many cold nights
just to go home now.
I've got a massive headache.
Trying to drink
water as best I can.
But my body's
starting to reject it.
Never felt this weak in my life.
All that I can do is
crawl out of the boma
with the hide wrapped around
me and I collapse on to the ground.
It's definitely harder
when it's just you.
You just lay around
shivering all day.
On top of that I haven't eaten.
It's hard to get
your water intake in.
I really, really contemplated
last night about leaving.
So many factors against you.
I'm starting to realize that
this is a do or die moment.
I don't wanna go home. I
didn't push this far for nothing.
My brain's telling me to
move but my body won't.
[exhales, cries]
I'm trying my best, I don't
wanna go home. [sobs]
I'm definitely in survival mode.
Trying to remember
to stick to the basics.
I need to keep drinking water.
I haven't been doing good
at all this whole time with that.
I also need to eat something,
and the only thing that I
have easily to consume
is the bone marrow in the legs
that are hanging outside of the boma.
I need to take this
hide off so I can move.
I'm fighting, I'm
fighting for my 21 days.
Harder than anything.
These are something that
Michael found and left behind.
He put 'em in a tree so that
the predators didn't mess with us.
I need the marrow out of these.
[narrator] Since marrow
is encased inside bones
it retains low bacteria counts
compared to fresh meat.
When boiled, it can
remain edible for weeks.
[Jaclin] I'm being
positive about this marrow.
Hopefully, with just a
little bit of bone marrow
and some water it will help
me excel the next few days.
This is one thing that
Michael taught me.
It's definitely coming
handy right now.
Not an ideal situation.
But this could be the difference
of me being able to stay.
I'm gonna get some shut eye.
Hopefully, I can wake up
feeling a lot better than I did today.
Just a few more days left
until I can hold my babies again.
Still can't believe that the
girl that's scared of everything
is laying under a bush
in South Africa. [laughs]
Solo. I love my daughter,
Gemma, more than anything.
I want to show her that if you
started something you have to finish it.
Even if you don't like it.
Even if you don't wanna do it,
you still have to finish it
because you committed to it.
Never give up.
Even though I
feel very depleted,
I think that I can catch a bird.
I'm gonna fix this one.
This was Michael's trap.
These animal hairs work
better than the cordage for birds.
I'm an animal lover.
It hurts my heart that
we're k*lling things out here.
So I don't know
how I'm gonna react
when there is a
bird in that trap.
[birds chirping]
[Jaclin] I'm gonna go
down to the watering hole,
and work on hydration early.
I ate a lot of bone
marrow last night.
I think the last time I ate it
was that bird and it was...
I don't even remember,
it was so long ago.
I could use protein,
but I'm still not keen on
k*lling a bird right now.
[bleep]
[Jaclin] Hi, buddy.
[birds chirping]
Nice sized bird too.
I'm hungry.
[crying] It's okay. It's okay.
I'm sorry.
[bird chirping]
[Jaclin] I call it
African a*s water,
because every animal in the Kalahari
desert has pooped in our water.
And stuck their
butt in our water.
[Michael] And it
tastes like it too.
[Jaclin] It tastes
like rhino butt,
lion butt,
bird butt,
lizard butt.
Everybody's butt but ours.
[Michael] No, I was in there.
- Now his butt too.
- [Michael chuckles]
African a*s water
and Michael. [laughs]
[Michael] Mmm-hmm.
[Jaclin] All it
is is butt water.
[Jaclin] I'm sorry.
I'm hungry.
I don't wanna hurt him. [crying]
I need a friend more
than the food right now.
Scared too?
[whispers] It's okay.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
[whimpering]
I look like a fool,
but I just can't.
I know it's hard to
find food out here,
but I swear that
marrow's doing it for me.
I'll eat all that
marrow if I have to.
All night long. All day long.
Go, buddy.
Go on, you're free.
Still got your head,
why aren't you going?
I can't eat you... Good
bye, you're welcome.
I hope that decision
doesn't kick me in my a*s.
I've been drinking
bone marrow broth
to replenish my body and
I'm starting to feel good.
To replenish my body
and I'm starting to feel good.
I'm very proud of myself
because I'm listening to my body.
Today's agenda, I think
I'm gonna try shoes first.
It's most important
for extraction for me.
And I'm gonna use the hide.
This part right here, is
perfect size for my foot.
So I'm gonna cut it like that.
And then I'm gonna
put two holes in the top,
and two holes back here.
And I'm gonna try
to wrap it to my foot
so it'll hold it tightly
when I'm walking.
And then the other two paws,
I'm gonna cut and
make a top out of.
[crickets chirping]
Shoes, ladies and gentlemen.
These are called the "Jaclin."
Perfect for the African bush.
Surely did not get any
more pricks or pokes.
I know that I can do this.
I'm fighting. I'm fighting for my
It's day 21. It's
time for extraction.
This is the front of the top.
And then, I need to finish
weaving it through here,
for two more holes over here.
Then, I'm gonna use the
string to tie it in the back.
I'm very excited that I've
made it to where I've made it.
Not bad.
We're good to go.
Throughout this journey
I've suffered a panic attack,
cramping muscles, headache,
too many cold nights,
black rhinos and lions.
I had to fight
through all of that.
And I still can't believe
that I'm here today,
and I'm super proud of myself.
All my hard work paid
off. I'm almost there.
I'm gonna take my hide with me.
It's kept me warm all 21 days.
I think leaving the
boma is bitter sweet.
Lots of memories
have been made here.
I think I'm ready to go.
I even got my nice
handy-dandy walking stick.
It's day 21 and I'm
ready for extraction.
So the water
source is right here,
I need to go all
the way over here.
So, extraction,
looks like it's gonna be that
way over to that big, big mountain,
which is quite far.
Little dehydrated
today. I'm very tired.
But must make it to extraction.
[narrator] In her weakened
state, Jaclin will walk six miles
across lion and rhino territory,
staying on the lookout
for deadly puff adders
that are responsible for the
most snake bite deaths in Africa.
She'll then have to ascend
and continue across
the scorching savannah,
until she reaches a dirt road.
[Jaclin panting]
Think it's the hottest
day since I've been here.
Rough time for this hike.
Wow, yeah, that's
definitely a zebra.
This is a k*ll zone.
I'm thinking this was
attacked by a lion, probably.
It's a vicious world out here.
I need to keep moving,
before these lions get me.
[panting]
Definitely need some
water. [breathing heavily]
Dehydration set in really fast.
This hike is taking
everything out of me right now.
And there's the mountain
I'm looking for. It's so far away.
So tired.
[lion growls]
[Jaclin] Dizzy.
It's like I've been
hiking forever.
My legs feel like Jell-O.
I'm [bleep] dying.
[breathes uneasily]
[bleep]
Scorpion.
Gotta be careful.
Definitely don't wanna
step on a scorpion.
I'm getting closer
to the mountain.
Which means
closer to extraction.
Oh, my God.
These rocks are so hard.
I can't wait to hold
my babies again.
[bleep]
I'm going to tell you
about all the things I ate.
Oh, my God.
How my partner left me.
Heart's racing.
[breathing uneasily]
Gotta keep pushing.
[inhales] Don't stop.
I can do this.
Oh, my God.
[exclaims] I'm starving.
Spaghetti.
Spaghetti.
Keep pushing.
I want that spaghetti,
I want my family.
[panting]
[groans]
Don't stop. [groans]
[faintly] Don't stop.
I can do this.
I can do this.
[groans]
[panting]
I see the road over there.
There's the car. [laughs]
It's coming. It's
coming. [sobbing]
There's the car.
Oh, there's the car.
To pick me up.
Yes!
[crying]
It's over.
It's over.
Done. I did it, and I'm done.
[sobs] 21 days in South
Africa and I'm done.
I did it! I finished by myself.
I want that spaghetti...
I would say to all
the girls in the world,
that are similar to me,
people downplay you and make
you feel weak or minimize you,
But you can demand
the respect you deserve.
You just gotta go out
there and put your mind to it.
[narrator] After surviving
seven of them by herself,
Jaclin lost 17 pounds.
Her PSR rises from 6.3 to 7.4.
No one can ever say
that I'm not a badass.
I hope my daughter never forgets
just because her dad is a male
doesn't mean that females are any less.
And that I'm just
as strong as him.
Just as brave as him.
And I can prove that
I could do anything.
Gemma, I love you so much,
and I hope you're proud of me.
I did this for you, baby.
Told you Mommy's strong.
I wanted to prove it and I did.
I love you so much.
I'll see you soon.
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15x05 - Kalahari Cold Front
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Each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists who meet for the first time naked and are given the task of surviving a stay in the wilderness for 21 days.
Each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists who meet for the first time naked and are given the task of surviving a stay in the wilderness for 21 days.