08x04 - Rain of Terror

[bunniefuu]

Ow!

What happened?

It's like a stick
went straight up.

Ow, ow, ow.

So you're riddled
with cuts.

Jungle rot, I mean,
like, trench foot.

Okay, this one's --
can I touch it?

Oh, *bleep* damn.
Oh, my god.

That's bad, man.

Narrator: one man...

And one woman...

I'm not leaving!

...alone for 21 days...

What is that?

...with no food...

Oh, god, I'm freezing.

...no clothes...

Aah!
...no water...

Aah! Move!

Do they have the skills
and the will...

Hurts.

...to overcome the most primal
survival challenge

Of their lives...

...naked and afraid?

Woman: I want to go home safe.

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Narrator: miles south of
the equator

Lies ecuador's cloud forest.

It is an inhospitable
jungle that time

And man have long forgotten.

An abandoned railway
and a series of tunnels

Carved through the mountains

Are all that remain of a mining
industry that was driven out

By harsh conditions
almost a century ago,

Leaving behind the ghost
of a once-thriving civilization.

Kaila: I'm seeing the jungle
to be a b*tch already.

It's rough, thick.

My name is kaila donaldson.

I'm from southeast georgia.

I'd call myself
an outdoor adventurer.

I am definitely a badass.
I love hunting.

I love fishing.

We're going deeper
and deeper into the forest.

I can't imagine when
these tracks were used last.

A lot of people think
that I'm unapproachable

Because I have
resting b*tch face syndrome,

When I'm actually really easy
to get along with and fun.

Ah!

My daughter is a huge reason

Why I need to finish this

Because she would
never have an excuse

Not to sh**t for something,

Even if she was scared to do it.

-Ah!
-Boom!

I am coming out
to the jungle butt-a*s-naked

Because it's a competition
with myself.

I am so hard on myself,
thinking that

I'm not good enough
to do certain things,

And being the best that I can be

Is always such a weight
on my shoulders.

I can't leave here feeling
like I've failed myself.

Narrator:
kaila is highly motivated

To succeed in the greatest
challenge of her life,

But she has only tested her
expert primitive skills

In brief survival situations.

Kaila begins with a psr of 7.1.

There's a lot of steep
terrain going around here,

Which can make it very hard
to walk, especially barefoot.

My name is trevor rasmussen.

I'm from grass valley,
california, and I'm a student.

I basically have
an addiction to adventure.

I like to do a lot
of long-distance travel by foot.

I'm a married guy,
so being naked in front

Of another woman
is kind of a little weird.

Luckily, she's a cool
chick and understands.

I'm an expert survivalist
known as fronkey

On my youtube channel.

Hey, everyone.
Fronkey here,

And welcome to my new
youtube channel,

"Do it yourself
with fronkey."

Fronkey's basically the persona

I have when I'm out
in the woods.

He's like trevor at 150%.
I'm hiking on the trail.

There's a mountain lion
right there.

Hey!
Back up.

I'm a very calculated person.
I like to plan things

And do as much preparation
as I can before I get out here.

I have great expert
navigational skills --

Hunting, trapping.

I'm really good
fire-making,

Anything and everything
that will keep me alive.

By the time I get out of here,

I'm going to make
this place my b*tch.

Narrator: trevor backs up his
c*ck attitude with solid skills

And extensive expertise
in the wild.

His initial primitive survival
rating has been set at 7.3.

Trevor: time for fronkey to show
his fans how it's done.

All right.
Let's cue the music.

Whoo!

To be honest,
being naked is totally weird.

It's going to take a little bit
to get used to it,

But I did a lot of squats
and worked out a little bit

Before I got out here
to try to make myself

Feel more comfortable
in that kind of situation.

It's actually
quite a pleasant feeling.

All right. Let's go!

This is pretty badass.

This is crazy.

I've never been to ecuador.

But surviving
in this environment

Is 90% mental,
and I have that.

I guess it's time for me
to go kick a*s naked.

I feel vulnerable being naked,

And knowing that you're probably
around a whole bunch of snakes

That you can't even see,
scares the *bleep* out of me.

I hope that I don't step
on a snake.

That would really suck.

Hey! Finally!

Come on.

Oh, finally get to meet you!
I'm trevor.

-I'm kaila. Nice to meet you.
-Good to meet you.

-Cool, well...
-What's going on?

-It's drafty.
-Yeah.

And, like, it sure
is wet and sticky here.

Yeah, it is.

Just prepare because
it's probably going to rain

Like 87 times in the next,
like, 24 hours.

It's probably going to be
freezing at night, so...

It's good that my awkwardness
made this more comfortable.

I know, right?

My first impressions
about my partner is dorky,

So I can relate with him.
I'm weird myself.

All right.

Narrator: in addition to being
given a machete,

Kaila brought a fire starter,

And trevor chose bug
netting as his survival item.

All right, I have the map.
I think we're right here.

Okay. So we're going to have
to trudge down that waterfall,

Go down the river, and make it
to the jungle to find camp.

And not k*ll ourselves...

-Yeah.
-...going down it.

All right.
Let's go!

Narrator:
trevor and kaila have been

Dropped into an extremely
wet environment

That is pounded almost daily
by raging thunderstorms

And violent lightning strikes,

Which can quickly
turn this living,

Breathing jungle into one
of the most treacherous survival

Settings in the world.

At 2,100 feet of elevation,
kaila and trevor

Will be exposed to cooler
temperatures than usual

And surviving among many
cold-blooded creatures,

Including more than 30 species
of aggressive spiders

And the 12-foot
bushmaster snake,

The world's longest
pit viper, whose toxic bite,

Even if treated,
is almost always fatal.

-What do you do?
-Adventure videos, like...

-Oh, cool.
-...on youtube, yeah.

Uh, fronkey is somebody
that I guess I kind of go to

To encourage myself
to try harder

And hopefully
encourage others to come out

And do the same thing.
-That's really awesome.

I feel so much better
that you're not a *bleep*.

Yeah, once I saw
your mohawk I was like,

"Cool, I'm in."

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
that -- hold on a sec.

I may need to help you.
I just almost busted my a*s.

Trevor: it's really
slippery out here,

And we have to keep
watching our step.

It creates a slide,
and you slide on down

Because you have no traction
on your feet.

Ohh.

I've been in some
really wet environments before,

Like in ketchikan, alaska,

And it wasn't this bad.
We can fall and slip.

We can land on some rocks,
and you can get hurt.

-You're more agile than me.
-Yeah.

Moving is my specialty.

Sitting still is
a pain in the butt.

Kaila: it is.

Can you imagine
how many calories

We're burning
right now?

It's probably going
to get freezing.

-We have to get a fire.
-Tonight?

-We can't make camp here.
-Yeah, this is terrible.

Just look down there
at all those pebbles and stuff.

-Whoa!
-Whoa, are you okay?

Yeah.

Kaila:
the terrain is ridiculous.

It's so steep and wet,

And you have to be careful
with every step you take.

Yeah, we can't
make shelter here.

Look at this.
This totally floods at night.

Yeah, we need to higher
ground right now.

Yeah, let's go.

Trevor: it's really wet,
and being wet all the time

Could really damage our bodies.

It's, like, legit jungle
travel right now.

It is.

-This -- this --
-ow!

Oh, no, spider.

-Oh. It bit you?
-Oh, man. Yep.

Oh, my god.

-It really hurts?
-Yeah. Damn, spider.

Foot is burning.

We need to keep
an eye on that.

Oh, my god.

Trevor:
what do you think?

I think this center
area looks pretty good.

Yeah, I do, too.

Nice and flat,

The ground's moist enough
to where we can hammer in...

-Yeah.
-...some bamboo and stuff.

-I think we just found home.
-Let's do it to it.

All right.

Trevor: my partner is awesome.
She has a positive attitude,

And she compliments
my survival style well.

This'll be a great
water source here.

Narrator: ecuador's
guadua bamboo provides

An excellent supply
of clean, odorless water,

And it contains up
to 2 liters in every section.

Tons of free water.
Gonna cut these down,

We're going to have pot,

Build some shelters
with it, too.

Kaila: the water is awesome.

That's, like,
a huge necessity

That we already have
under our belt.

-Whoo!
-Nice.

-Look at that.
-Good job!

We're going to put two

Right there for the base
of our bed.

-Okay.
-All right?

We want it close
to the bamboo tree

Because we're going to take
some lashing that we find...

We can tie it to --

We're going to connect a line
going down the middle.

I like to take charge
and kind of be, like,

The leader
in this situation.

Some cord would be good.

Having a good plan
gets things done efficient

And gets things done faster
and also gets things done right.

-I can help you.
-I think I have this one.

My hand's getting
all blistery.

Yeah, ripping open.

He could have avoided really

Getting a lot of those sores
on his hands

By letting me do
some of the cutting

'Cause I can do it
just as efficiently,

But I don't want to start
a conflict on the first day.

-Is that thunder?
-Yeah.

-All right.
-We got to keep this going.

-It's going to rain really soon.
-Yeah.

All right, yeah.
Just drop this in the ground.

I can feel it.

Oh, damn it.

Kaila: it's freezing,
and it's wet,

And it's just all the conditions

That you don't want
to subject your body to.

Down. There.
It's going to be tight.

We're going
to make it work.

If you had let me
help you sooner,

We could have had
this done by now.

Trevor: I know what I'm doing.
I got this.

Kaila: oh, it's really
coming down now.

We're in camp
and we're getting poured on.

Yeah.

I mean, it's ridiculous.

It's *bleep* pouring.

And it's creepy.

Aah!
*Bleep*

Last night was friggin' crazy.

Our shelter, because of
the loose mud right here,

Kept pushing more
and more into the ground

To where our ridge right here
ended up right on top of us,

Where we couldn't
even lift our head.

So we need
to rebuild this thing.

The rain was just,
like, it was horrible.

It was coming from everywhere,

And it was not even
like a sprinkle.

It was just pouring rain,
and it didn't stop at all.

It's *bleep*
cold here at night.

Cuddling with you
is *bleep* necessary,

But at the same time,
like, that just makes me...

I don't know.
It just hurts me.

It's like you feel
really guilty.

Well, at least I do.

Same page.
My wife, I gotcha.

Just really, really awkward to,

Like, feel a b*ner on your back.

Like, that's my husband's,

Like, area,
not some random dude's.

I kind of want to build,
like, a little fire.

I don't know if I feel
like doing that.

'Cause I think that would,
like, boost, like,

The morale so much
to have a fire.

I don't think keeping a fire
going in this environment

Is very realistic.
It rains every single day,

And then you want to keep
a fire going and stuff?

It's just -- no, I don't
think it's realistic.

Kaila: I think trevor's
the kind of person

Where you can't really
get through to him.

You can talk to him,
but he's always

Going to throw something back
in an argument.

It's like talking
to a brick wall.

I'm gonna go hunt
for some snails

So we can eat
something today.

Sweet! I'll work on the shelter
and hopefully have

The house looking pretty
by the time you get home.

Awesome.

My partner can be
a little overwhelming at times.

I just need a break.

I don't want to run into
any snakes,

Just gotta be really careful.

Looking for snails to get
some food in our stomach.

I need protein.
I need a burger.

There's just lots of bugs

Underneath these rocks,

No snails.

I don't want to go back
to camp without food,

But it doesn't look like

I'm going to find
anything right now.

I can't see *bleep*.

The terrain is ridiculous.

My feet are k*lling me.

Oh!
This is so wet here.

It's never dry.

That's a big hole
in my foot right there.

Just a little pebble
went through my foot

'Cause it's so wet.

Week 1 is definitely
the hardest.

I hope it gets easier.

So you think we'll get
a fire started tonight?

We'll get one
started tonight.

I don't know if we'll
keep it going.

It's really
wet out here.

Trevor: I'm not cold at night.

I know she is,
but my main priority

Is to get shelter,
being the fact

That being exposed
to this thunderstorm rain

Was the worst thing for us.

-I want to shift these around.
-Looks good.

-It does?
-Yeah.

I'd really, really like
to get a fire started,

But maybe I'll just have
to do it myself.

This is ridiculous.

It's so damp.

Yeah, it's probably
not happening tonight.

It's raining. It seems to be
the theme here in ecuador.

But, hey, we're dry!

We did a good job
with our shelter, so...

Yeah, it's going
to be miserable tonight.

It's going
to be freezing.

I'm not excited for that.

Kaila: oh, my god.

Our shelter has gotten
a couple leaks in it

Because the rain has come down
actually harder than yesterday.

My feet are still soaked
because it's raining,

And the water
is still hitting my toes.

You've got to keep
your feet out of the rain.

I feel exhausted today.
My feet are k*lling me.

We got to conserve our energy,
since it's been, like...

Yeah.

...four days without
any food, basically, at all.

How wrecked are
your feet right now?

They are so swampy
and, like, cut up,

And they have holes
in the bottom.

Ow!

What happened?

It's like a stick
went straight up.

-Yeah, right there.
-Oh, *bleep* damn.

Your feet are really
important out here,

And if you don't take care of
them, you're going to be gone.

Ow. Ow. Ow.

The thing is, is moisture
is probably the biggest battle

You're going to have
against your feet.

And I don't think your feet have
been dry in the past 4 days,

So you're riddled
with cuts.

Your priority tonight,
seriously,

Is to warm them up
and to get them dry.

That's bad, man.
Like, you shouldn't

Have wrinkles
on the top of your foot.

Kaila's feet are nasty.
She's borderline jungle rot.

I mean, like,
trench foot and stuff.

She's getting really close.

Okay, this one's --
can I touch it?

Yeah.

Narrator: trench foot is caused
by prolonged exposure to damp,

Cold, unsanitary conditions

And can occur
in as few as 13 hours.

It doesn't even
look like a toe.

If kaila doesn't
dry out her feet,

She could develop gangrene.

It is a little annoying
that she didn't take care

Of her feet a little better,
because the last 2 nights,

I was very paranoid
about taking care of mine,

And I would tell her, you know,
to bring her feet

Inside the shelter
in order to dry them off.

But it's her first trip
out in the jungle,

So, you know, it's just like
a newbie little mistake.

My feet look like
an 80-year-old man

Who hasn't left the bathtub
in over 5 years.

-Like, they're so...
-That's a thought.

...mushy and gushy.

Doing what we can.

Dry is not
happening right now.

Trevor: I'm not cool with how
everything's gone so far.

My hands are, like, you know,

I have blisters
all over one of them.

Physically
exhausted all the time,

And then it's just a lot
of pressure out here, too,

To try to, you know,
get things done.

You want me to do that?

It's a lot harder
than it looks.

Kaila:
he's not letting me help.

I'm definitely not okay
with that.

It's not, you know,

"Let me only listen
to trevor show."

That's not fair.

Ow!
Damn it.

Bamboo's really sharp,

And it just split
my finger right open.

Looks like it very well
could be to the bone.

Called the medic.

Uh, I cut my finger open.
Some bamboo shot up and hit me.

Man: okay, sorry, sir.

You're going to need
a few stitches on it, okay?

Yeah, okay. Little shocked
at that, holy crap.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, well, okay,

It was worse than
I thought it was going to be.

Oh, pickle!
Ohh.

-Now it burns a little bit.
-Yep, it does.

*Bleep*
oh, I felt that one.

Ohh.

Trevor:
the worst thing that could
happen to my hand right now

Is I could get an infection,
and things could end up

Really bad, especially in
a place like the jungle,

Where there's a lot of bacteria
and there's a lot of things

That can get in your system,
and stuff that my body

Is not accustomed
to being around.

But people expect
the fronkey guy to keep going,

So there's nothing that's
going to make me quit.

I feel so weak out here.

I'm starving.

My energy is
pretty low right now.

We didn't get much sleep last
night, and we haven't eaten yet.

I knew this was going
to be hard, but I'll be honest,

This is a lot harder than I
thought it was going to be.

Kaila: oh, my *bleep* god.
There's a snake right there.

Snake!
Don't move!

Snake!
Don't move!

Oh, kaila.
Come over here.

Okay. Okay.
Okay.

I think I got him.
He's in here.

I don't know if he's venomous
or not, so come on over here.

-Be careful.
-Come over to my right.

I just need your eyes.
Grab that stick.

Grab that stick.
Good job.

Okay.

He's in here.

-There he goes.
-Oh, god. I see --

I see it.
I think I'm going to vomit.

Trevor: watch out,
he's coming at you.

Kaila: oh, god.
You got him?

Watch out.

Ugh.

This looks like
a boba snake.

It's not venomous.

-Ugh.
-Protein!

Whoo!

Good job, trevor.
High five.

Yeah!

Kaila: I'm happy that we got
a snake for dinner,

And I'm super excited
about the protein.

Whoo!
Today's a good day.

I hope it doesn't rain,
so we can cook it and eat it.

Okay, so now priority
just changed.

-Fire -- let's do it.
-Okay.

Trevor: the snake is the first
bit of protein

We've had since before
we even got out here,

So we're going to try our best
to get this fire started

So we can actually
get a good meal in.

Narrator: snake meat is a good
source of carbohydrates

And contains more protein
than ground beef.

So I'm going to go try to find
something dry and ready to burn.

Kaila: it's definitely important
to find something

Dry enough to feed our fire

Because we can't eat the snake

If it's not cooked.

When it comes to firewood,
I'm looking for any dead sticks

That are up in the trees
because the stuff

That's on the ground
is usually soaked up with water.

No. If it can snap off,
you know, like that,

Just one clean break?

That means it's dry.

That's all I can find.
I don't think it's enough.

We shouldn't make a fire
right now because, no joke,

That's going to last,
like, 5 minutes,

And we won't have time
to cook the snake.

If we don't get it
cooked tonight,

Then the insects will get it,
and it'll be k*lled for nothing.

Trevor: rain's starting
to come down a little bit.

We built this little roof.

Hoping it holds up, so we can
have some snake for dinner.

There you go.
There you go.

There she goes.

*Bleep*

Yeah, I don't think
it's possible

With this stuff,
I really don't.

It stinks we lost the snake,

But, you know,
I don't even think

We would have gained
as many calories from that snake

As we would have from gathering
all the firewood to cook it.

Well, not for nothing,

To make myself feel better,
this snake was in our house.

Yeah, but, still,
we need the food more.

Kaila:
I'm highly disappointed.

We could have eaten
that whole snake

And gotten the protein from it.

It's really frustrating.
It's aggravating,

And it pisses you off.

This morning I felt
really horrible.

I'm really hungry,
and we're both very weak.

My feet are feeling better, so
I'm going to go look for food.

This jungle is
definitely terrifying.

Anything could be out here.

I'm so out of breath right now.

Is that sugarcane?

I hope it's sugarcane 'cause it
sure does look like sugarcane.

It definitely is.
Oh, my god.

Bananas!
Bananas!

Oh, my god. I'm chopping
that whole thing down.

Bananas and sugarcane,
can't go wrong with this day.

I can't even express
how happy I am right now.

Oh, my god.

It tastes so good.

I was, like, a couple minutes
away from turning around

And going back to camp,

And there was bananas
and sugarcane!

So I'm just
in the clouds right now.

It's hard to starve.

You don't realize what it does
to your body and your emotions

And how it affects
your thinking process, and...

I needed this a lot.

It just feels good to know
that I'm sitting here eating,

And fronkey, he's back
at camp laying down.

I feel really proud right now.

And I know my daughter
will be proud of me, too.

I got some dinner
and some breakfast!

-Shut your face.
-Yeah, I do.

What'd you get?

I got sugarcane
and a whole bunch of bananas.

My feet are healed!
What'd you get?

-Sugar cane and what?
-Sugar cane and bananas.

You're getting
a naked hug.

Yes!
Whoo!

Yes!

It's a major win.
You know, it's great.

You know, she
basically stepped up,

She went exploring
on her own.

You know, she came back
with a huge win,

And I'm proud of her.

How is it?

Oh, my gosh.
That's sweet.

Potassium from the bananas
and the sugarcane, you know,

Getting all that sugar is going
to do us a world of good.

It's really good,
what we needed.

Kaila:
I'm just extremely grateful.

My partner seems
to be happy, too,

And you know what?

I ended up providing
for our team,

So...go, kaila!

Oh, man.

God, it tastes good.

My finger's
starting to swell.

-Really?
-Yeah, look at this.

I'm a little nervous for tonight
because it seems to be

Getting a little bit
bigger and bigger,

Getting a little bit
more painful,

And I'm feeling
a lot of pressure.

You know, like a really
bad infection,

I could lose my hand!

You know, we'll just see how it
looks like in the morning.

Yeah.

All right.

My hand's been
absolutely k*lling me.

I woke up, and you can see
where it's opened up,

Like, pus and blood
came out of it.

Like, just throbbing,
throbbing pain,

And it's very tough
to get to sleep.

How's your finger?

I couldn't sleep. There was
so much pain, you know?

Okay, just a sec.
Sorry.

Ah, damn it.

Okay.
Just a sec. Sorry.

Sorry, I'm totally
wimping out right now.

That hurts so bad.

Right now,
she's not touching it.

I'm, like,
in so much pain.

Paola: we need to clean
the area every day,

See how much pus is
coming out from there.

The worst that could
ever happen to him right now

Is that he has
a septic reaction,

And if we can't
treat him properly,

He must leave the challenge.

*Bleep* stings.

I'm going
to put this on.

Kaila: just seeing how bad
that trevor's hand is

And how infected it is,

It just sucks that

Right when everything
is supposed to go uphill,

It gets set back again.

I'm a little nervous
about a lot of things

Like my finger, you know?

We're out in the middle
of the jungle

In a survival situation,

And we're filthy.
You know?

And it's like,
if something got in here,

Some infection or something
like that, what would you do?

-You know?
-Of course.

You'd go home, right?

So, yeah, I don't
know what to do.

I think, like, no matter
what the smart decision

Is just whatever
benefits the hand,

You know what I mean?

But I'm definitely
not leaving.

You scared me
for a second.

I thought you were going to tell
me you were going to leave.

Not yet, not unless
they tell me I have to.

But what would you
do if I left?

Because I think
you can do it,

I totally think you can
stay here by yourself.

I knew that this was
going to be hard.

And I've already made it --

You know, we've already
made it this far.

And so --
and who knows?

You might be just fine.

I hope so. That'd be great
if I was just fine.

But we went
in this together,

So we should be
going out of it as a team.

Narrator:
so far, sugarcane and bananas

Have provided all the fiber

And potassium
kaila and trevor need.

But without
an influx of protein,

Their bodies will begin
to lose the ability

To convert fat reserves
into energy.

-What are you working on?
-I'm making a fish trap...

So I can get some fish,

And we can get
some protein.

-Yeah?
-Yep.

Trevor: there are little fish.
Look at that.

Yep.

All right.
We're gonna check it later.

Okay.

Dizzy as *bleep*.

I feel the same way.

My aggravation
comes in waves.

It hits hard when you don't
have anything to feed you.

All of the bananas that
we have now aren't ripe yet,

So hopefully, we can get a fire
going so we can cook them.

Trevor: it's been very tough
to get a fire going

Because everything
is so wet.

You know, like, right now
I'm peeling bark

Off of the branches
to try to get down to the part

That might be dry
in the middle.

Hold on. Hold on.

I don't get it, man.
This should catch.

That's as far as we get
every single time.

It's a very scary time because
we can't eat without fire,

And we're feeling it
right now.

Yeah, I don't think
we can do it.

Feels like rain.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, damn, that hurts.

-We're on day 12, right?
-Yeah.

Oh, my stomach feels
terrible, honestly.

Like, what's going?

Like, just lots
of cramps, pain, nausea.

Ohh.

Kaila: I just feel
a lot of abdominal pain.

I'm nauseated.

And I can't get warm.

I'm so *bleep* cold.

It's freezing.

Trevor:
it's okay. It's okay.

My stomach is k*lling me.

I had, like,
diarrhea eight times

In a row all night,

And it's really gross.

Just got to wait for my stomach
to get back in gear.

Here, you take
the cup today,

So when you need
to hydrate and stuff.

Oh. I can't wait for this
to be over with.

I know.

How's the diarrhea
going?

Um, still going.

Trevor: her stomach's been
hurting her for quite a while.

It could be eating ripe bananas,

But I think she's just really
stressed and misses her family,

And just being out here
for as long as we have

Is taking a toll
on her physically.

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

The challenge is hard.
You're starving.

It's always raining,
every single night.

Now it's starting
to go towards the days.

We just spent 18 hours
in a shelter together.

It's like a prison for us.

God, it smells in here.

Good god.

Phew!

...everything in the jungle is
wet and a conductor, you know,

So like if the lightning
struck 100 feet away,

It could travel
all the way to our shelter.

Tonight is by far the coldest
freaking night out here.

-It's so cold, it's painful.
-Yeah.

Kaila: it's just miserable.

I'm in a shelter
with no protection.

I might get really,

Really hurt
or electrocuted out here.

Hopefully, we can make it
through the night.

Trevor: I just want to make it
out of here alive.

Narrator: kaila and trevor
have been struggling

To survive in ecuador's
punishing cloud forest

For the past 16 days.

They've battled injuries...

Trevor:
could be to the bone.

...dangerous intruders...

Kaila:
I think I'm going to vomit.

...and wet conditions
that have had

A devastating effect
on their bodies.

The team now finds itself
at the mercy of mother nature

With no letup in sight.

With 4 days remaining,

Trevor and kaila's
ultimate fates

And final psrs are hanging
in the balance.

Oh...

Kaila: you okay?

To be perfectly honest,
I feel like *bleep*.

Last night,
it stormed really badly.

It's probably the worst thunder
and lighting storm we ever had.

Feeling really anxious
to get out of here

Because it's cold,
it's wet all the time.

It's miserable.

Every time I stand up,
I feel like I'm going to faint,

And that scares me,
you know?

I'm out here, you know,
we're in the jungle,

And we're not in control.
-Of course.

And I don't like
being not in control.

Trevor: it's actually kind
of frightening, to be honest.

My brain feels like
it's separating from my body.

And I've never felt this way
before in my life.

This challenge is way
harder than I thought.

I wanted difficult,
and I *bleep* got it.

My partner and I are
in the shelter again

Because it's raining
because, apparently,

It doesn't stop raining
right now.

It's only about 1 o'clock
in the afternoon,

But it's so cold
and wet outside,

There's no other place to go
but inside our shelter.

Weather is k*lling us.

Yeah, it's never-ending.
It's just -- it's hard.

Keep your muddy feet
off me.

Okay.

This is ridiculous.

It's freezing.
We can't even get comfortable

Or think
or anything like that.

Tomorrow will be, like, 18 days.
But I'm feeling like

The health part
of this whole challenge

Has hit me hard,
personally.

I feel weak, too, because
we've been in this shelter

For practically...

No, we've been in here
since we got to ecuador.

We've been in the shelter
since we put it up.

Yeah, it's been
like jail.

Kaila: today is day 18.

We are mentally exhausted,

Physically exhausted,
deficient in vitamins, protein,

Just starving for everything
at the same time.

I think I just hit a wall.
I miss my wife a lot.

It's the longest we've ever been
without talking to each other.

It's not easy out here.

The first day,
I got kind of knocked

On my butt
after I worked too hard,

And then I cut my finger
and I got, like, three stitches.

Why am I here?
You know, why am I here

When I could be home
with my wife and my family?

It's like -- it's mental, man.

It's like -- it's all mental,
why this is so hard.

-I got a phone call.
-Yes.

What's going on?

We're ready to go home.

Yeah. We're done
the challenge.

Okay.
And you don't think

That you can make it
a couple more days?

No. I feel too fatigued
to keep going.

I don't think I could
physically make the extraction

With how I'm wobbling
and stuff like that,

And I can't even sit
in the sun --

Stand in the sun yesterday,
I'm about to fall over.

I have to sit down
and stuff like that,

And then I think, like,
"okay, I have to do, like,

A 3-to-5 mile
extraction out of here?"

And I'm not taking
the chance of falling.

It's really not worth it for me,
even if it's 3 days.

It's probably just
going to get worse,

And it just --
my health matters.

I'd rather go home
to my 2-year-old okay.

Okay,
I just want to reiterate.

Like, you guys have,
like, 2 1/2 days here,

And you want to leave.

Yeah.

I'm good with myself.
I'm okay.

All right.

Trevor: you know, I came out
here to show people things

That they'd never seen before
and teach some of these skills.

And I should have been
a lot more prepared

For this challenge,

And I would have been
a lot more better off.

Kaila: I came in here thinking
that, like,

If I didn't make it
21 days exactly,

That I was going to be
a failure to myself

And an embarrassment,

But I've learned that I need
to be more prideful

In who I am and how much
I've accomplished.

Trevor: my advice for
anybody else who wants

To come out here is
don't take it lightly.

This stuff is real.
It's a real challenge.

You should learn
as much as you can

And respect it
when you're out here.

Fronkey failed this challenge,

And it sucks.

Narrator: two and a half
punishing weeks in ecuador

Broke down kaila and trevor,

And they lost
the will to go on.

The grueling experience
caused kaila

To lose a total of 30 pounds,

And trevor leaves the cloud
forest 19 pounds lighter

Than when he began.

Hit hard physically,

Emotionally, and by forces
they couldn't control...

It's so cold,
it's painful.

...they underestimated

What it takes to survive
in brutally harsh conditions.

Falling 3 days short of

Completing the challenge
reduces trevor's psr

From 7.3 to 4.9.

Kaila's final rating
drops down to 5.0.

Two more victims
who hit the wall

Trying to compete in the everest
of survival marathons

Naked and afraid.