06x04 - From the Ashes

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Lee: now we got some water
boiling on the fire.

Aah!
Aah! Lee!

-Stacey.
-Oh, god.

Ow.

Narrator: one man...

One woman, exposed and alone.

Scary.

At nature's mercy for 21 days.

Aah!

There's a bear
outside my shelter.

Narrator: with no food...
I'm so gone.

...no water...
I'm hurting real bad.

...no clothes...
There's an alligator down here.

...do they have the skill...
Fire!

...and the will to survive...

Stacey:
how long is the pain gonna last?

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In the northeastern part
of croatia,

Close to the danube river,

Lies the untamed wetland
of kopacki rit,

A labyrinth of lakes, marshes,
and riverine forests

Swarming with hundreds
of species of mosquito.

This unique flood plain

Is in the midst
of a scorching heat wave.

During the day, wild boars
with razor-sharp tusks

Will be defending
their shady forest homes

From unwanted visitors.

And at night, golden jackals,
the largest of the species,

Will be on the hunt,

Stealthy,
traveling in small packs,

And ready to ambush
unsuspecting prey.

My gut's telling me, "what
the hell are we doing out here?

We should go back to the hotel."

My name is lee trew.

I'm 33 years old.

I live in jervis bay, australia.

And I teach bushcraft,
survival, and re-wilding.

I think someone else
would describe me

As someone good
to have in a crisis

And hopefully a fun guy.

It is hot, and one
of the major threats out here

Is gonna be dehydration.

There are also pigs,
which have sharp tusks,

And they'll be
defending their piglets

With everything they have.

I grew up in a kind
of a hippie commune in london,

And there was always a pack
of feral kids to run around,

Treehouses to jump out of,
fires to start.

Then, when I was a teenager,
I got to learn bushcraft

And teach bushcraft
to the younger kids.

Then I went to the tracker
school in the states

And started learning
stone-age primitive skills.

You know, the idea was
can we learn enough skills

And awareness that we can go out
into the bush with nothing?

That's how you make fire.

I've been married for six years
to an amazing woman called gina.

About two years ago,

We lost our 3-year-old daughter,
blaze, to cancer.

Going through that experience,
you know, my life falling apart,

This child
who was everything to me.

What I'm hoping to get
out of this experience

Is getting perspective
on my life,

Just wanting to say yes
to new challenges,

Including this one.

Narrator:
lee's knowledge of bushcraft

And his stone-age
primitive skills

Highlight an impressive résumé
as a survivalist.

But the real challenge
will be his ability

To adapt
to a foreign environment.

Lee's primitive survival rating,

Or psr, has been set at 7.6.

I've never seen anything
like this before in my life.

My name is stacey.

I am 35 years old, from idaho.

I'm a science major.
I'm a mother.

I'm a punk rocker.

I am so blown away
at how magical this place is.

I am a field-data collector.

I can identify most plants
in the field.

A few years ago,

I found myself stranded
in the desert.

I had no gear. I had no water.
I had no food.

I had no idea where I was.

I had to think about
whether or not I was gonna die.

Luckily, I found my way home.

That was the trigger for me

To get the warrior-hood
mentality going.

I'm doing this challenge
for my children

So they can see what they're
capable of as human beings.

And that's why I am
into survivalism,

Is for my children.

Narrator: stacey's willpower
and determination are unmatched,

But her fiercely independent
nature could work against her

In a challenge reliant
on teamwork.

Her initial psr begins at 6.2.

It's time to go do it.

Stacey: being naked in the swamp
with a stranger

Sounds initially horrible,

But we're animals.

We weren't meant to have
all this stuff.

Lee: it's very strange

Meeting someone
for the first time naked.

Much harder to judge
a book by its cover

Because there's no cues
from any of their clothes.

-Hello.
-Hi.

-Nice to meet you.
-Very nice to meet you.

-I'm stacey.
-I'm lee.

Very nice
to meet you, finally.

Yeah, yeah.

-Cool.
-Awesome.

And, um...yeah.

Well, here we are. We're gonna
do this thing, right?

We're gonna survive.
We're gonna do well.

I hope we survive, yeah.
Yeah.

Yeah. Well, we will survive.

Lee: it was a bit awkward
at first, but she's awesome.

She's totally rocking it.

She seems to me to be,

Like, a scandinavian, viking,
wild, warrior woman.

Narrator: along with
a hand drill fire kit,

Lee and stacey have both been
allowed one survival item.

A hand drill. I actually
prefer this to a bow drill.

This is what I brought.

-Nice.
-It's a nepalese kukri.

-Did you go to nepal to get it?
-No, no I had it sent to me.

Yeah, much more convenient.

-Right, right.
-I brought us...

Oh, that is so cool.

I get the party started
and bring some pot.

I dig him.
He's rad...so far.

I have a map.
Do you have a map?

I don't have a map. Thank christ
that you have a map.

Okay, so,
I suppose we're here

Next to that piece
of dead wood.

Okay, yep.

We're going to have
to make our way down river.

And this looks like
we may want to set up here.

It's nice.
I like the look of the fish.

-Yeah, that looks good.
-I guess that's a jackal, huh?

It looks like, and we don't want
to run into any of those.

Okay, are we ready?

I'm ready.

It's hot,
and there's a lot of bugs.

-I'm going to mud up, I think.
-Okay.

I've got this pasty white skin
from australian winter.

I have paid so much money
to do this.

Hey, I've been wiping my a*s.
Did I miss a spot?

No, you got it good.

This is the best vacation
I've ever had.

Oh, look, little paws
or something.

Interesting.
I'm seeing four toes.

Yeah.

So that to me
looks like a wild dog

Or maybe jackal.

That's kind of scary.

Just means you have
to be more careful.

Narrator: with temperatures
into triple digits,

The extreme heat
will cause stacey and lee

To lose up to a half gallon
of water per hour through sweat.

When the hell are we going
to reach water?

Lee: I'm a bit worried
I might be getting sunburnt.

If we want to have
a nice shelter

And be protected a little bit
from the mosquitoes,

We should probably get to our
camp and start building soon.

Do we want to cut inland

And just see what's happening
over there?

-Yeah.
-At the tree line.

-Hooray, the shade.

Oh, my skin is like

Holy hell.
There is water there.

-Oh, wow. Water.

Water, water.

It's very swampy looking.

Yeah, it's not exactly
the turquoise waters

-Of some rivers.
-No.

But at least there's stuff
for fish to hide under.

Yeah. And I've seen so many fish
jumping around out here.

I think there's a whole lot
of life in the water.

This is a good spot.

Home, sweet home.

I reckon first order
of business is --

Whoa! That dude.

-Did he get you? Oh, my god.
-Yeah.

That was cool, dude.

That was some cool
*bleep* right there.

All right.
Lee: it is hot.

This is stagnant,
slimy swamp water.

If we don't get any fire,
we don't water.

That's really serious.

Oh, that's beautiful.

The best partner ever.

All right.
I think we're done.

Oh, man.

No.

So nearly.

So, what's the problem?

-What's wrong?
-Well...

I have amazing
hand drill technique.

Usually, I can bust a coal,
no problem.

But for whatever reason,
that one didn't light.

It might just be humidity.

No. *Bleep*

Stacey:
lee's a great partner.

I'm extremely concerned
about not having fire

Because I know
how important it is

To have water in your system

Or else your cells
start to freak out.

And I don't want my cells
to freak out.

*Bleep*

-Check out my hand.
-Ow.

Lee: oh, my *bleep* god.
What is happening right here?

This is not
the game plan at all.

Feeling kind of pissed.

Stacey: I'm pretty good
at using a fire plow,

But one of my weaknesses
would be using a hand drill.

I feel slightly frustrated,
and it's only the first day.

Lee: hand drill's
usually my comfort zone.

I pushed my hands further
than I should've pushed them,

Which is just a stupid thing
to do in a survival situation

'Cause now I can't even
have another go at hand drill

Without really hurting my hands.

I feel like I let us both down.

If we don't get fire,
we're finished.

You're back.

Are you okay?

Yeah. You know?
I am. I am.

-I feel kind of like an idiot.
-Why?

I could feel
my hand was getting hot,

And I should've stopped,
but I was like *bleep* it.

We're gonna get fire
on this one."

And so I pushed through, and now
I'm just no good for hand drill

Unless I seriously
injure my hands even more.

Where are we gonna
go from here?

I don't even know.

Lee: if we don't get any fire,
we don't get water.

And in this ecosystem,
that's serious.

But that's the whole
survival mind game.

You don't deal with
what you wish you could have.

You deal with what actually is.

I had an awesome idea
for these amorpha bushes.

I was wondering about

Maybe making baskets
out of --

To put over our faces
to stop mosquitos on the face.

And then cover the rest of our
bodies with sand overnight.

Still doesn't fix
our problem of water.

What I'm thinking
is that we just

Resign ourselves
to no water tonight.

*Bleep* water.
*Bleep* fire.

We'll go straight to shelter,
basically.

I never heard nothing
like this before,

But I'm going with it.

We could make tepees
out of it instead of a basket.

I'm buried in the sand,

And I've got this little tepee
above my face

So that I'm more easily
protected.

And then I can lie here
at night and just --

So all those bugs
from the amorpha

Can crawl on your face?

This was just like
a spur of the moment thing.

I've never tried it before,
never heard of it before.

I'm interested
to see if it works.

I'm very skeptical
about this, lee.

What would you prefer?

A fire.

-Yeah.

The plan is we make fire
our priority tomorrow.

Yeah.

It's pretty good.

Stacey: I don't like the idea
of sleeping naked underground

With no fire, no water

Till morning

When I really don't think
that it's gonna get any better.

There's this calling off
in the distance.

I don't know what it is.
Maybe...

Jackal.

That kind of freaked me out.

Oh, my god. The mosquitoes
are *bleep* heinous, man.

-That is horrible.

It's really, really,
really bad.

Trying to walk so that the
mosquitos will leave us alone.

Oh, my god.
So itchy.

Maybe, just maybe,
we'll get some sleep tonight,

-But not sure.

So, do you have family...

-Yeah.
-...back home?

I have two children.

-Huh.
-Do you have any children?

No. No.

Two years ago,
our daughter died.

-Ohh.
-She was 3,

And she got cancer.

She spent two weeks

On a machine
that was keeping her alive

Until we realized

That there was nothing
that we could do for her,

And we were gonna have to
switch the machine off.

-I'm sorry.
-Yeah.

How long ago was that?
Holy *bleep* dude.

-That was like 2 years ago.
-Ohh...

So she'd be 5 now
if she was alive.

And most of the time,
I can tell that story,

And I don't even cry, but
it's like out here --

That's a horrible,
horrible thing to happen.

Yeah, it is.
It's like, out here,

Like, I'm so close
to my limit emotionally

With the *bleep*
mosquitos

And every *bleep* thing
that happened today already.

It's like day one.

And it's like, oh *bleep*

Stacey: lee losing
his daughter -- really tragic.

I couldn't even imagine

If I were to lose
one of my kids.

And he's just an amazing person.

Now that the --

The long, dark night is over,

I'm actually starting to feel

Like I'm having fun right now.

I just want to drink some water
and eat something.

I hear you, sister.

Narrator:
if stacey and lee don't hydrate

In the next 48 hours,

Their organs
will begin to shut down.

I'm really concerned
about your hand.

I'm going to help.

Okay.

Oh *bleep*
I *bleep* it up.

-Oh, we were so close.
-Ugh.

It's okay. It's okay.

We got it. We got it.

We're so close!

Ohh.

You know what that is?

That is so *bleep*

Yes.

Okay.

And that is how you make fire
in the bush!

We made fire.
Hey, that was a great job.

-That was awesome.
-That was total team.

I feel so relieved,
and this is so incredible,

And I've never been
so excited in my life

To see somebody make fire.

And I get to drink water now.

Mm.

-How is it?
-Incredible.

-Ohh.

Lee:
we can drink water.

Now we need to find food.

I've been watching the fish,
and I've noticed

That they do sometimes
come quite close to the shore

So what I'm wondering about
is making a little fish trap

Where we just
plant stakes in the mud.

And see if can kind of corral
some of those predator fish.

Getting some food tonight
would be fantastic.

But I'm not holding up my hopes.

Expectations are a real
psychological k*ller

In a survival situation,

So, um, yeah,

We'll just see.

I'm just going to stroll
up the beach

And check my fish trap,

See if I've managed
to secure any calories in there.

Yo.

Success. Little guy.

I'm pretty happy about that.

And if we can get
some more big fish in there,

I'll be even happier.

I got a tiny, little something
for our stew pot tonight.

-What is it?
-It's a little morsel.

I wrapped it up
so it'd be a surprise.

-Oh *bleep* really?

Aww, look how cute.

I flicked it out,
and he was asleep.

He was so fast asleep, I thought
he might be diseased or dead,

And then he suddenly woke up
in my hands.

-Congratulations!
-I know. Thank you.

-That's great.
-Yay.

-Yeah.
-So hopefully the first of many.

Gonna build up this fire
nice and big and hot

And make nettle and fish strew.

Yum, yum, brekkie.

And on to the fire.

We got some water
boiling on the fire.

I'm going to go just grab
a little bit more firewood.

Aah!
Aah! Lee!

-Stacey.
-Oh, god.

Ow.

Ow.

Aah!
Aah! Lee!

-Stacey.
-Oh, god.

-Medic!

Ow.

I'm sorry.

-How long?
-What do you mean?

How long? Gonna take her now?

Mm-hmm.
It's gonna be good.

Okay.

Hey, if I don't see you,
all right

Good luck.

Stacey:
I've never been burnt before.

Ohh.

She was sleeping by the fire.

We had the billy on.

Then I just heard this scream,

And it had fallen off the fire
and poured onto her.

So she's got pretty nasty burns.

She was like, "I'm so sorry,"
as if it was her fault.

She's been my companion,
my partner, my support.

I feel -- I just feel so bad.

Narrator:
to avoid contamination,
stacey is taken to a base camp

Where medics will assist
the severity of her burns.

I don't want to leave.

Okay.
Not in the bed.

Ana: in this condition,
if she's outside,

If she's cold,
she would not last for long

Because she could not

Clean the wound at all.

And it would be so painful.

I don't know if I'm going
to be able to do the challenge

In this much pain.

I won't be able to move.

How long is the pain
gonna last?

-*Bleep*
-days, yeah.

Oh *bleep* me.

With the third-degree burns,
you can get into shock.

The skin gets infected.

People can die.

Lee: she didn't want to leave
at all. I feel so bad for her.

I don't think they're gonna
let her back in.

If she does, fantastic.
But if she doesn't,

Then the challenge
looks a lot bleaker.

Dr. Posavi: you could choose
to stay here. It's a risk.

My medical opinion is that you
should probably go to a hospital

To get it cleaned
and properly taken care of.

So, uh, do you want
to stay here,

Or do you want
to be taken to hospital?

-I want to stay here.
-You want to stay here?

-Yeah.
-Okay.

If you don't get
the right treatment

It could get infected,

And you could go into sepsis,

And that's
a life-threatening condition.

-You could die from it.
-If that's my fate,

Then I'll deal with it,
but I'm not --

I'm not ready to give up.

I'm not willing to give up.

This is not for my ego.

It's for my kids.

I'm not leaving
until I'm forced to leave.

-Lee?
-Wow.

How are you doing?

I'm -- I'm in it.

-Are you?
-I'm in it, yeah.

Oh, my god. Oh, my god.

Doctor just told me,
if I don't get infected,

I'll be all right.

I'm glad you came back.

Lee:
having stacey back has meant

That I have someone
to talk with,

To joke with, to laugh with.

It's turned it back into sort
of a human challenge again.

It's like, there's community.

We're a little tribe of two.

We're by the campfire, and...

Don't know if you can hear.

The jackals have just
started howling

On the other side of the river.
I think they're howling

To let the rest of the pack know
they've found food.

What do you reckon, stacey?

Stacey:
scared the *bleep* out of me.

Heard the jackals again
heaps last night.

They crossed just over there,
and then they were moving along

Through the night
along this bank here.

So yeah, always stuff
happening at night 'round here.

It's pretty exciting.

If we could catch
a big, fat, juicy fish,

Then that would really
make me feel a lot better

About being here.

Stacey is such a trooper,
but she's in a lot of pain.

It's obvious that those burns
really require her to be still

And to rest up and get food.

Food is really important
at this point.

If I don't get this figured out,
it won't be good.

The only thing that's gonna
make me feel better

Is if we find
a good source of food.

What if we don't?

I don't know at this point.

Stacey:
it's gotten very serious.

My burns hurt really bad,

And I'm really concerned
about getting food.

We need to catch a big fish,

Something --
something much larger

To sustain both of us.

Just on the way
to check the fish trap

Just in case
there's anything in it.

Stacey: I think that he's really
worried about me right now,

Just like I am.

Having to deal with a burn,

This has been crappy.

If I'm gonna heal,
I need to eat today.

Wait a minute.

Whoa.

What the hell?

Oh, my god.

Stacey: if I'm gonna heal,
I need to eat today.

Lee: wait a minute.

Whoa.

-What the hell?
-Wow.

It's dead already,
but I wonder how --

Stacey: that's a lot of calories
right there.

Let's cut it open and see.

Smells great.

-He smells fresh.
-Oh, my god.

Lee: how did that fish
could've been in there dead?

I know a lot
of the fabaceae family of plants

Have been used as fish poisons.

They affect the fish's ability

To take oxygen in
through its gills,

So it's still safe
for us to eat.

Lee: nettle and fish stew,
à la campfire.

Okay.

Oh.

Holy crap.

Oh, wow.

It tastes like
it's fit for the gods.

It tastes like angel flesh
marinated in ambrosia.

This is
my favorite fish ever.

Ow.

I got to find a way
to keep this wound cleaner

'Cause it's not staying clean
in the sand and the ash.

Stacey: my burn
hurts really bad tonight,

So that makes me
really aware of my situation,

As well,

And how dirty conditions are.

So that's all. Good night.

I'm kind of nursing

My nasty boo-boo.

I'm going to use
some of this moss

To kind of help heal it.

Break up the plant cells
with your teeth...

...chew it up a bit...

...stick it on there.

The burn really just stings

And hurts really bad.

It's very serious. Ow.

Narrator: on day 8,
the pain becomes unbearable

And stacey calls in the medic
to check the wounds.

Just got a call.

We're headed back into the swamp
to check on stacey.

So we'll find out
what what's going on.

-Hi.
-Hi.

-What's going on?
-The wound got infected.

Dr. Posavi:
so I really don't think it could
get any better in here.

I think it will get
only worse.

If she stays, she will
eventually develop high fever,

And the infection
will spread.

I've got weird sensations
in my toes.

I'm like, *bleep*
what do I do?"

They can't get it clean,
and I can't keep it clean.

I don't know what else to do.

The longer we wait, the...

-The worse it gets.
-Yes.

I think the infection
will definitely just spread.

She needs to be
in a clean environment,

And this all has to be clean
and sterile, not like this.

If the bacteria from her wound
comes into blood,

It will get to any part
of her body,

Which leads to shock
and then death.

Stacey: if it keeps getting
worse, I could lose my leg.

When you're trying to heal
a huge wound like this,

Your body needs more calories
and more rest

And needs to be cleaner.

I'm at a huge disadvantage.

I'm scared.

I'll go to the hospital.

I can't risk losing a limb
or dying.

I'm very disappointed.

And I'm very ashamed

That I have to go home
with my head --

Head down.

She absolutely
has to go to the hospital.

It will only get worse.

Stacey:
I would've made it,

And that's like
the worst thing ever

Is that I knew
I could've done it,

And I can't now.

I don't want to leave.

I know. I know. I know.

This sucks so *bleep* bad.

Yeah, it does.

We went through so many
tough nights

And crises

And difficult things

Where most people
would've tapped out,

And you just kept trucking.

As far as I'm concerned,
you've done the challenge.

For whatever reason, your
challenge stops here and now.

I've got so much love
for you.

-I love you, too.
-You're a rock star.

-Yeah.

She so badly wanted
to complete the challenge.

She so badly wanted
to complete the challenge.

The rest of this challenge
is for you, stacey.

I'm gonna do this for you.

I'm just about
to have my first night

Without a partner.

We made a little tribe,

And, to me, tribe is just

When you look after each other
no matter what.

I'm just really gonna miss her.

It's cold today, actually.

I'm feeling the cold.

It's really different
to when stacey was around,

And time flew by.

I have a long march
still ahead of me.

It's bringing up
a lot of anxiety for me,

Rage, grief.

I'm finding myself wondering,
am I gonna have enough energy,

Enough strength
to walk out of here?

So, just looking
to take it a day at a time,

A moment at a time.

One breath at a time.

Narrator: lee has eaten
very little food in 12 days,

And his physical state
is quickly deteriorating.

Lee: I'm feeling, like,

Deep emotion stirring,

My brain trying
to explain to myself

Why it's not that bad after all.

There are times
when I'm just like,

"Oh, my god.
Please make it stop.

I'm done. I'm done. I'm done."

Narrator: his brain, starved
of essential proteins and fats,

Is consuming its own cells,

Sending him into a state
of anxiety and depression.

Feeling a little bit stir-crazy
with all this time and space.

I'm all about tribe.

My family, my friends,
they are my tribe,

And I live to serve my tribe.

Without stacey here to chat,

The time seems to pass
a lot slower,

And it's much easier for me
to get caught up

In my own thoughts
and my own emotions.

Here comes the sun.

Doo-doo-doo-doo.

This is where I'm staying
forever.

There is no pie in the sky
to look forward to.

There is no gold
at the end of the rainbow,

There's just silence.

I can hear that silence
starting to --

To -- to boom in my ears.

I find myself having repetitive,

Cyclical thoughts,

Which is often
really uncomfortable

And sometimes a bit terrifying.

I can really feel I'm starting
to eat into my energy reserves,

And with that, there's
this feeling of vulnerability,

Like stuff being stripped away.

Suddenly, out of nowhere,

I'm feeling massive grief.

It feels like
a long time coming.

Narrator:
19 days ago, stacey and lee

Entered the wetlands
of kopacki rit

With primitive survival ratings

Of 6.2 and 7.6.

Stacey was medically tapped out
on day 8

After her third-degree burns
became infected.

This will affect her final psr.

I've got so much love for you.
You're a *bleep* rock star.

Without a partner,
lee's emotional stress

Is threatening his completion
of the challenge.

If he can hold it together,

His psr will be re-evaluated
after his extraction.

Lee:
it is the morning of day 20.

After the last few days'
big emotional release,

I woke up, and I felt so soft

And just kind of receptive.

Gina and i, my wife, we've been
talking about having --

Trying for another child again.

But we've also been,
both of us, kind of feeling

Like maybe there's still
too much grief around that.

But being out here

And having all this space
to feel everything

And to heal a lot of stuff,

I've sort of cleared
enough space around,

Um, my grief with -- with blaze,

That, um, I can cherish
my memories with blaze

And also feel like I can

And really want
to be a dad again

For -- for another child.

It's day 21.

Oh, my god.
It feels like christmas.

Stacey having
to leave so suddenly

Brought up a lot
of underlying emotions in me.

I feel like, more than ever,
I have accepted some peace

Around our daughter dying.

It's just given me
this warm feeling,

This strength to now go

And find this mysterious
extraction point.

All right. It's time.

I'm camped right here.

It looks like if I follow
this river here,

At some point,
I can cut through the woods

And hit the danube,
this massive river,

With the red x right
in the middle.

So I need to get out
to the middle of the danube.

It's possible
I could meet wild pig

Or, um, some rutting deer.

We're at
some big pig tracks here.

Look at the size of that foot.

I don't want to have any risk

Of getting in between a mom
and a piglet.

This looks like a good spot
to cut in.

Narrator:
under the canopy of the forest,

Devoid of sunlight,

Temperatures have dropped
to a frigid 58 degrees.

Weak and malnourished, lee
now faces a much higher risk

Of developing hypothermia.

Lee: feels quite cold.

I'm on goosebumps already.

I think if I stuck around here
and was stationary for too long,

I'd start to get
into mild hypothermia,

So I'm just going
to keep on trucking.

If stacey were still here,

This part of the challenge
would be much easier.

But as it is,
I feel kind of lonely.

Oh, I see sunlight up ahead.

Using deep breathing to try
and boost my metabolism,

Get my body temperature
back up again.

Hypothermia, things can happen.

You can get start
to get a bit dizzy

Or make bad decisions.

That's a concern.

I don't know how long
I can go like this.

It is cold.

My vision's just going
a little bit funny,

It's a thing I get when I'm --

If I'm getting
slightly hypothermic.

I'm really feeling some fear

About what happens
if it gets much colder.

Oh, my goodness.
Clearing up ahead.

Nearly there.

Oh-h*.

Made it.

Narrator: the shallow, rocky
waters at the edge of the river

Prevent the rescue boat
from landing,

Forcing lee to swim
to the deeper channel.

Lee: I'm feeling
a little bit nervous.

Narrator: cold water lowers
the body temperature

25 Times faster than cold air.

If lee's body temperature
drops too low,

He could lose consciousness
and drown.

Lee: the danube is famous
for dangerous currents.

The water is murky.

If I did go under, it'd be hard
for anyone to find me in time.

Whoo!

It's been
an absolutely unique experience,

Grueling and harrowing at times,
transcendent at other times.

Blaze, my daughter,
she gave me a gift,

Getting to come
on this adventure.

When she was around
when I was her dad,

I lost my appetite
for adventures.

There was nowhere else
I really wanted to be.

And the fact that she isn't
directly in our lives now

Has opened new doors for me,

And this adventure has been
one of those things.

I miss my wife so much.

And I'd do this whole thing
again tomorrow

If she could be with me
next time.

Narrator:
surviving 21 days in kopacki rit

On very limited proteins,

Lee lost a total of 18 pounds.

Pushed to his physical
and emotional limit

After being alone for 13 days,

Lee overcame by displaying
ingenuity and mental toughness.

As a result, his psr
rises from 7.6 to 8.4.

After just 8 days
in the wetlands,

Stacey lost a total of 5 pounds.

She showed great courage
and determination

By re-entering the challenge
with painful third-degree burns,

Although on day 8,
she was forced

To medically tap out
due to a serious infection.

Stacey's psr started at 6.2

And will remain at that number.

A freak accident
caused one survivalist

To go down in flames,

Leaving the other
to conquer his demons...

After about 48 hours of travel,

I'm finally just
pulling into my house now.

I haven't seen my wife

Or my dogs

For coming up on a month now.

Yay.