09x09 - Loaded for Bear

[bunniefuu]

Do you hear something?

Yeah.

It's been going
all the way around.

♪♪

Holy *bleep*
it's a bear.

Oh, my gosh!

Aah!

Narrator: one man...

...one woman...

Whoo!

...alone for 21 days
to face the wrath...

Woman: stop raining!

...and fury

Of the most hostile environments
on earth.

Aah!

They have no clothes,
no food, no water.

I want water.

Do they have the skill
and the will...

Fire!

...to overcome the most
brutal survival challenge

Of their lives...

Naked and afraid?

Teal: go away, bear!

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Situations you don't want
to find yourself in,

Butt-naked
in a deciduous forest

While it's raining constantly
probably would be right up there

With the top five in my book.

Teal: this is one of those
places where they say

If a tree falls in the woods

And no one is around,
does it make a sound?

So we're in the middle
of nowhere.

♪♪

Narrator: the smoky mountains
of tennessee,

A dense forest known
for pervasive humidity

And a thick, chilling fog

That gives the smoky
mountains their name.

The high altitude
creates a windchill

That sends temperatures

Plummeting
to near-freezing at night,

Making it an ideal
habitat for black bears.

These woods have the densest
population of black bears

In the country,

Growing to as large
as 800 pounds.

They have been known to attack
and even k*ll humans.

The landscape is also overgrown
with brambles and thick bushes.

They provide ideal camouflage
for the venomous

Timber rattlesnake

Whose neurotoxic venom can cause
paralysis and asphyxiation.

Jermaine:
first impression here is

How the hell
am I protecting myself out here?

What's the best thing to do?

Usually, you would make a fire
first and then a shelter.

This is definitely
shelter first.

This is going to be
a huge challenge.

My name is jermaine jackson.

I'm from ventura, california.

I'm a medical rep.

I'm from virginia, originally.

The woods are very similar.

Ever since I was a cub scout,
I've been taught skill sets.

I've been taught
how to make fire.

I've been taught how
to read the woods.

I grew up bowhunting.

That's what I do or fishing
or hunting every chance I get.

The misconception is that,
you know,

African-americans
don't go camping,

Don't get out in the wilderness,

And it's my pleasure
to debunk that.

Narrator: jermaine's knowledge
of america's southeastern forest

Gives him an edge.

But his confidence
and his skill set

May lead him to underestimate
this ruthless environment.

Jermaine begins
with a psr of 6.9.

Teal: I can already feel
kind of the chill.

Not really a fan of being cold,
but I'm pretty excited.

Go time!

My name is teal bulthuis.

I am from massachusetts,
and I'm a master sergeant

In the united states air force.

I've been in the military
for 15 years.

I can stand up with any man,

Make sure that everything
is accomplished.

Everything from hunting
to trapping to skinning animals,

Constructing fires
that are set up

And suitable
for the environment.

There we go.

I decided to take on this
challenge to reground myself

In the reality that I am
a creature on the earth

And not just a member
of this electronic society

That seems to have
overcome our entire world.

Narrator:
teal's military training

Is her strongest asset,

But her fear of
frigid temperatures

Will test her limits.

She begins the challenge
with a psr of 6.6.

I guess this is it.

This is just insane.

♪♪

I brought those just for you.

All right.
See you guys on the flip side.

I'm comfortable being naked
in the woods.

I'm sure in college I was naked
in front of somebody

Of the opposite sex I didn't
know a couple of times,

So I don't really
care about it.

Here we go.

I'm really looking for
a partner that is strong.

I would like them to have
a good sense of humor.

Even if their jokes
are not funny,

It would be great
to have somebody

Who is lighthearted
and positive.

Hi.
-What's up?

Are you the other
crazy person out here?

I think so.
Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

-My name is teal.
-I'm jermaine.

Jermaine, nice to meet you.
This is great.

-Teal is a groovy name.
-Thanks.

What do you do
for a living?

-I'm in the military.
-Are you really?

-Air force.
-Cool.

How about you?

I work as a medical rep
in wound care centers.

Oh, that's super cool!

-Yeah.
-I think he looks strong.

I think he looks like somebody
that can certainly

Carry their own weight.

I'm so excited.
-Just get it done.

You are exactly
what I wanted you to be.

-Hallelujah!
-Yes!

Maybe we should look
at our bags.

-Yes. I think so.
-Okay.

Looks like we got us
some paracord,

Which is super needed

Because we're gonna need
to do a friction fire.

Yeah.
And I have a kukri.

-Cool.
-It's very hefty.

Got my recurve bow.

I'm a deer hunter.

Okay.

These are handmade,
primitive arrows.

Wow!

Teal: when I first saw
the bow and arrow,

I thought to myself,
"what a single-use item."

Like, okay, I need a knife,
and we need a fire,

And this is not
gonna do either.

Narrator: because teal and
jermaine are surrounded

By thousands of wild bears,

They've also been given an air
horn in case of an attack.

Jermaine:
if we depress the air horn,

We can scare away the bear.

I don't know if it works or not,

But I guess
I hope I don't find out.

And I have a map.

So, it looks like there's
gonna be a lot of bears.

On the edge of this,
there's water.

I like the idea of finding
a nice flat place,

And I would like to stay
maybe, like, 100 yards

From a water source...
-Cool.

...so we're
not close enough

That when the bears
go to it.

So it looks like we just need
to find a place

To set up a shelter.

Let's do this.

Hello, smoky mountains.

♪♪

-Ow!
-Real slow.

Oh, I don't know
if this is a good idea.

Holy crap!

I don't know if I can
walk that way.

Let me jump up there, kid.

You're crazy.

No.
It just doesn't really get...

-It doesn't hurt you?
-No.

You got it?
-Ow!

-You did it! You did it!
-Ow!

-You did it!
-God, that was awful.

You made it!

We are getting some
woods, man...

Okay.

...so we can get
a shelter going.

Let's take a look
if there's any new fall

With all
these thunderstorms.

Yeah, on the ground.

-Oh, yeah.
-Uh-oh.

You see something else?
-The bear likes this tree.

-Is there scrapings on it?
-Uh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.
That's a bear.

And...
-So...

...here's the other
beautiful part.

-Oh.
-I'm 6'5".

Huh.
Oh, geez.

That's a big bear.

I see evidence of bear activity,
and it's not just,

Like, passive evidence,

And I don't mind them
being a neighbor,

But I don't really
want to meet them.

Let's just make a rule.

If we come to this area,
it's two of us...

-Okay.
-...and there's a bow with us.

Okay.

♪♪

Ow!
-You all right?

Yeah.

Oh, that's an apple tree.

Oh, well, look at that!

Kind of weird that we're naked
and there's an apple tree.

Oh!

I swear there was a story
about that once.

And there's only one.

Pretty sure we're not
supposed to eat it.

Yeah, there's snakes
and *bleep* too.

If a snake comes and talks
to you, ignore it.

We realize that the area
has several fruit trees.

They are in horrible shape.

They are mangled and broken,
and it's obvious

That the bears
that live in this area

Are trying to take advantage
of all of the food in them.

-There it goes.
-All right.

Now we'll treat ourselves
to an after-fire start.

Let's go make a fire.

What do you think
about a plan?

Well, shelter and fire
are gonna be our priority.

This is kind of groovy.

Oh, yeah.

There might be
a little spring in there.

h*, h*, h*, h*.
That would be k*ller.

I like it in here.

We've got a canopy.

Yup, and I feel like we're off
the bear's tracks enough...

-I mean...
-...enough.

Day one, I'm not
confident of anything

Except I need to get
shelter before it gets dark.

Teal: I thought it was going
to be too low.

We have to be off the ground.

Everything you walk on
feels like a sponge.

Can't sleep on that.

I don't know. That's getting
pretty good, isn't it?

Check it.

Oh, that's good.

Now, fire first or water?

You know...
-I think water.

Yeah, but what are you
gonna do with the water

When you find it?
I'm not gonna drink it.

I can't support your
decision to drink

The water untreated at this time
because if I lose you,

Then I have to be out
here in the woods

By myself in the dark.

I actually wished for
a strong-minded partner.

She's definitely strong-minded,
which is super cool.

Jermaine:
I like this idea.

It is sieving.

It's sieving, though.

That's not purification.
That's just filtration.

Yeah.
So...

That's, like, a huge risk.

Narrator:
untreated water can contain

Harmful bacteria and viruses.

If it is unfiltered
and purified,

It can cause a range of issues
like vomiting and diarrhea.

Teal:
you're drinking it?

Just drink it.

Teal:
I'm still really nervous

About where we're getting
our water.

It looks fantastic.

It smells fantastic.

We don't see anything
living in it,

But I'm really dehydrated, so...

Calculated risk.

I just hope there's not some,
like, dead possum,

Like, right there.
-Yeah.

Me too, but we'd
probably smell it.

But what I really can't believe
is that we don't have fire yet.

That's cool.
Let's go get it.

♪♪

Teal: how many friction fires
have you made?

-A ton.
-Okay.

But, never...done it
this way, like, once.

Okay.

Ooh, buddy.

Come on, baby.

Come friction.

Oh.
Getting it going.

It's all right.
It's all right.

It will happen
a few times, right?

That's part of it.
-Yeah. It's got to just get in.

You got this, jermaine.

Nice, firm spot.

-I got to take a break.
-Got to keep going.

Oh.

It is wet out here.
We're getting coals.

We just can't get it
to go just yet.

♪♪

I clearly thought we would be
doing the fire dance around.

This ain't gonna work.

Oh, okay.

Going to sleep at night
without a fire,

Not only are we
gonna be cold,

But we have nothing to
protect us from the bears.

Oh, gosh, brr.

Go away, bear!

♪♪

Jermaine: that was
definitely a noise.

It was a big noise.

Shush!
It wasn't that big.

No.
It was a big one.

-No! Stop!
-No.

I mean, listen, if,
do you want me

To lie to you?

-Yes.
-Okay.

♪♪

♪♪

Teal: last night, every sound
gave me, like, a mini panic

Because we don't have
a fire at all yet,

And I'm scared of things
that go bump in the night.

Do you hear that, too?

Yeah.

It's been going
all the way around.

We need a fire.

Going to sleep at night without
a fire is actually terrifying

And was so cold
that I was violently shivering.

You know what we're
gonna do today?

Make a fire?

Hell yeah, we're gonna
make some fire!

You got it!
Long strokes.

*Bleep*

Hold on.

*Bleep*

I can't believe
it doesn't go.

It's because it's so wet.

I got to go again.

Jermaine:
in all the right circumstances,

It should take 30 to 60 seconds,

But when you're in
a wet environment,

All that goes out the window.

Ah, the burn.

Gah!
-Take a break.

Jump in, jump in,
jump in, right now.

It's super hot.

She knows how
to do a bow drill.

I know how to bow drill.

Don't know why it won't catch.

There it goes.

Pumping.

I don't know.
I just don't have it.

♪♪

♪♪

Blow, blow, blow.
Let it cook.

♪♪

Turn it.
Yep.

One go.
Blow.

♪♪

Teal: got it! Let's go.
Let's go.

Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go.

Just set it
right down in front.

Jermaine: I can absolutely,
positively, 100% say

That is the hardest thing

I have done in the outdoors,
starting that fire.

Whoo!
We did it.

Ah, oh, my god,
thank you.

Finally!

Nice job.

Hope it keeps
the bear away.

Gives another line
of protection.

I'm really exhausted.

I'm hungry.

Now that we have fire, which is
what we've been waiting for,

I can go hunting.

I'm gonna ash up
just to get me in the zone.

Do you have a design
that you're thinking?

No, no. I want you to come up
with the design,

But it's got to be
something,

You know, you know,
like I'm a slayer.

Oh, boy!

I don't know what you're doing,
but it feels cool.

Rock 'n' roll.

Ready?
-Now you look really badass.

♪♪

I'd love to see
a turkey or a pig

While I have my bow in my hands

Because now that we have a fire,

I would love to sit back like a
king and feast on some protein.

♪♪

♪♪

We're pretty high
in altitude here,

And it seems like the animals
have moved down

Out of this altitude

Because it is cooler up here.

Disappointed I couldn't put
an arrow through something.

Hey, teal, I didn't
k*ll anything.

There's nothing
moving out there.

Damn.

♪♪

♪♪

Jermaine: feels like 30s.

Mm.

Narrator: as night sets in,

A cold front sends temperatures
plummeting even further.

If teal and jermaine
cannot maintain

A safe body temperature,

They could be at risk
of hypothermia.

It sucks not being
able to sleep.

We're outside by the fire
because it's more comfortable

Standing by the fire

Than it is to be
in the shelter.

We have to re-engineer that
if we're gonna get any sleep.

Jermaine:
I underestimated the cold.

Honestly, if it was warm,

You wouldn't need
this many calories,

But because it gets
cold at night,

The body devours more,

So really difficult.

♪♪

Teal: oh, gosh.

It's insane.

We are having a very hard time.

We are trying everything
we can think of to stay warm.

This is so not fun.

Oh, my god, freezing!

What the heck?

♪♪

Jermaine: do your thing, sun.

Teal:
I am freezing right now.

I hate being cold.

I'm getting, like, disoriented
with how uncomfortable I am,

The chills that won't stop,
shivering that won't stop.

I'm really struggling.

It's, like, almost like
our shelter is useless.

And we feel like maybe
we need to re-think it.

It's a lot of work especially
with us running on empty.

Jermaine: the way that we have
our shelter right now,

With the fire outside,
we can't sleep.

So we figured if we can move
the fire inside of the shelter,

We can finally get some sleep.

So today we're gonna
build a new shelter.

This is more than
enough space to sleep.

The tepee is known for
having fires inside of it

Without burning
the structure down,

And the objective is to have
the smoke go straight up.

Okay.

Ambitious plan
to say the least.

♪♪

Whoo. I feel
light-headed.

I cant actually feel the energy
leaving my body.

That will be the door.

Okay.
-I want to stop.

Okay.

Jermaine: the extent of hunger
and the extent of tired

Is definitely a whole new area.

I mean, it's an effort to talk,
and honestly, I need to eat.

♪♪

We are in our new shelter
and have a fire.

It is not airtight,
but I do think

It's an improvement
from sleeping

In the cold.

It was a long day.

We did way more work than we
should have, way more work

Than our bodies
had the capacity to do.

We're both very tired.

We both would like
some sleep tonight.

♪♪

Jermaine:'we've been going
nonstop.

We need some sort of energy.

We're trying to get
chestnuts today.

The apples, I got to compete
with the bears for.

Chestnuts, it's all on me.

Then I got to think
through how to get to them

Because they're at the very top
of a 35-foot tree.

Got the stick.

Got the paracord.

Starting to do
my whip-it reel.

Teal: right on.

Nothing on that one.

Okay.

Catch on that *bleep*

There's one.
-Yup. I see it.

We got it.
-It's in there.

Ready?

While I'm pulling that
side of the trees,

She concentrates on where
they fall and find chestnuts.

Oh, two!

I think this goes to show that,
you know,

We do, as a partnership,

Continue to strengthen.

So bring those back
and put them aside,

And then hopefully have
a good little dinner.

♪♪

Yeah?
-Mm.

Oh, man.
That's so good.

-Right?
-I just wish there were more.

♪♪

Teal: no fish, huh?

Not even any
that you see, huh?

-Nothing to see.
-Man, that's weird.

We need that protein.

We need that diversity
of the food we're eating.

Jermaine: it literally
dawned to me

That I haven't seen
a single squirrel.

It's weird.

The hardest part for me
is calorie intake.

We've been eating
apples, chestnuts.

For a dude my size,
that's just...

It ain't gonna cut it,

And hopefully we get
some protein,

Which will up the game.

Teal: I'm hurting.
I'm hurting.

I feel, like, literally I'm
walking, like, an empty vessel.

My brain feels like it's kind
of, like, nothing

But, like, marble.

♪♪

♪♪

Just finished chopping, like,
an insane amount of wood

Because we burn so much wood
at night to stay warm.

This fire is running 24/7.

I've been chopping since,
I guess, 7:00 a.m. Maybe.

I don't know what
time is it now,

But I got
extremely lightheaded.

I've been lightheaded previous
days, but this was, like,

I thought I was gonna
straight drop, pass out.

At this point,
I'm too weak to bowhunt.

It takes a lot of
concentration, motor skills.

I don't have either one of those
right now, but we need food,

So I'm gonna set a snare.

I saw some rabbit holes.

Maybe we can get a rabbit.

Always direct your animal
to go the way you want them to,

But it has to look natural.

I'm gonna put some sticks
to widen this.

That "x" basically forces
the rabbit to jump.

Then, as he jumps...right?

It sounds like a bear.

It sounds like a bear.

♪♪

♪♪

Teal: holy *bleep*
it's a bear.

Holy crap!

Oh, my gosh.

Where the *bleep* did he go?

The bear was not interested
in meeting me today.

Seeing him literally walking up,
it makes me realize

That they're not as afraid of us
as I thought they were,

And because he is competing for
the same food source as we are,

You never know what kind of
reaction he's going to have.

Oh.

How you doing, buddy?

First exciting thing
is on my way down,

Came head-on with a bear.

How big was it?

I'd say 100 pounds
is a good estimate.

So that was scary.

Yeah, scary as hell.

All this bear activity
makes me think

That it's more than one bear
who calls this area their home.

That puts me in a situation
where I feel like

I might be in the crosshairs
for some danger.

♪♪

Talk to it.
Say it mean.

Tell the bear
to go away.

I got
the meanest thing ever,

This *bleep* air horn.

Teal: oh, god.

I'm not a spooky,
scary kind of person, but...

We just got the *bleep*
scared out of us.

Really scary.
We did the air horn...

Is it open?

It's just open.

That ain't supposed
to look like that.

Go on!
Get out of here!

Go away, bear!

I'm not going to sleep.

♪♪

♪♪

Jermaine: could barely sleep
last night.

I'm exhausted.

My arms feel, like, useless.

I'm hungry.

Teal: I am a bit worried
about jermaine.

I know that his body
needs more than mine does,

But we don't see anything.

We haven't seen a squirrel.
We haven't seen a rabbit.

That's pretty frustrating.

But if I can make it
at all easier for him,

Then he deserves it
because he did so much

To try to make it
easier for me.

So I am planning to go down

And try to get some fish
or some crawfish.

♪♪

This kind of looks
like a good place to check.

I know that the creek
by the shelter

Is not really big enough
to have fish in it.

I'm gonna just have to go
deeper into the woods and see

If I can find areas
where we can get food.

Getting down there is
going to be interesting.

♪♪

All right.

So I have a pretty
fast-moving waterfall.

We're in the shade.

Got one.

♪♪

Got one.

Got one.

It's a big one, too.

I think they like when dirty
people stand by them.

Got one.

So, look at that.

Roar!

When we walked into this,

I was so excited that
jermaine was a hunter.

And then I realized that we're
doing a bit of a role switch.

He's been doing the gather role,

And I've been doing
the hunting role.

Ooh!
-All right.

What's the word, bird?
-We got some.

Holy cow!

You k*lled it today.

It looks like 20.

-Well...
-Let's do it.

Let's go grill them up.

Let's do it.
The fire is hot in there.

It will be comfy.
Good job. Good job.

Teal: it's good eating.
Crawfish are good eating.

♪♪

She caught a ton of them,

So that was a good punch
of protein for us.

Exactly what I needed.

Ooh.
Damn, it's cold.

Is that rain?
-Yes.

Yeesh.
It ain't stopping.

♪♪

Every time I think it's really
heavy, it gets heavier.

♪♪

Teal: oh, my god!
Go away, rain!

I don't know
if you can hear it,

But the weather...

Is torturous.

It's wind and rain,

And it's so ridiculous.

How can we have such
terrible last few days?

♪♪

It's raining.

It's *bleep* cold,

And my feet are freezing,
like, ice cubes,

And now
the rain is coming in.

It's so *bleep* hard.

♪♪

Oh, that's bear scat.

-Huh.
-That's bear *bleep*

-Oh, yeah.
-That's a granola bar.

-What?
-Yeah, man.

Bear scat is edible.

I'm not eating bear poop.

Just letting you know,
there's more nutrients in there.

That's disgusting.

There's vitamins in bear scat

Because they eat
a lot of berries.

They eat fruit, right?

It's actually been cooked
in the bear's guts,

So when it comes out,
it is actually edible.

Gross.

I'm not eating bear scat
anytime soon.

I'm not eating bear scat ever.

♪♪

Oh, my gosh!

The sky is blue.

Oh, it stopped raining.

Where's the sun?

We just went through

One of the most
brutal downpours.

Our shelter was working,
and then it did not work,

And you can see me.

I'm a complete mess.

That was the toughest thing
I've been through in a while.

Last few days were
pretty much terrible.

The biggest challenge
was right before the end.

Guess what?
It's day 21.

Teal:
I can't wait anymore.

I just want to get on the road
despite how cold

And wet and slippery things are.

I really want to get there
as fast as possible.

Are you ready to take
a look at this map?

-Yeah.
-Okay.

All right.
Oh, wow!

It's all the way
down there.

Jermaine: looks like we
can just go ahead

And follow the river down.

Narrator: teal and jermaine
will need to hike

Four miles deeper
into bear territory

To reach their extraction point,

Traversing
the mountainous terrain

Via a dried-out creek bed
covered in sharp rocks.

They will need to keep
a vigilant watch for bears

And highly venomous
timber rattlesnakes

That will be on the hunt
for food after days of rain.

I'll keep one arrow ready.

Okay.

Teal: my feet are never
gonna make it,

So I'm going to try
to make some shoes.

All I need is to grab a bunch
of this dead grass,

And I'm gonna use
a traditional

Native american technique,

And then I'm gonna use
a huarache tie

With some paracord, I think.

It may not look like much.

I promise you it's
gonna be amazing.

Woo-hoo!
21.

-It's a lot of marks.
-Let's do it.

Teal: I'm gonna
put my sandals on,

Like little bales
of hay for my feet.

♪♪

♪♪

Ugh, not for a minute.

-Whoa. That's cold.
-That's cold.

Teal: man.

It's colder than the south side
of an iceberg.

Holy cow.

Ooh, a little nipply.

Got to be in the 40s.

Just follow
the river, right?

Just follow the river.

Keep your eyes out.

This is where
I saw the bear.

Okay.

Oh, look at that,
some fresh scat.

Looks like bear.

-It's a big bear.
-Look at it.

I've got my arrow out.

Okay.

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

Ouch.

Rain has totally made
it more sharp.

Yeah, cleared all of
the dirt out, really.

Jermaine: we're traveling on
what looks like

An old logging road.

It's obviously overflow
when it rains a lot.

It's exposing a lot
of sharp rocks.

It's easier to go this way
than going through

All the rhododendron
and the thick brush,

But we're trying to keep
our ear and our eye on the river

That's right next to us.

That's it,
no sandals.

Aah!

Ooh *bleep*

Just try to find
any flat rocks.

Teal: my feet are absolutely
k*lling me.

Ow!
-Take a deep breath.

-Mm.
-I really do believe in you.

We are close
to finishing this.

I hope my feet hold up
just a little longer.

♪♪

How much farther
could it possibly be?

I don't know if I can
go much farther.

I'm *bleep* running
out of energy.

How long
have we been going?

Teal: this is a lot farther than
I thought it was gonna be.

I'm worried that we're, like,
on the wrong path,

But we keep the river
right next to us,

And it just seems like
a really, really long time.

♪♪

-Some sun up there.
-I know.

Some sunshine, please.

*Bleep* my feet.

Is that a road?

Teal: it's a road,
a road, yes!

Jermaine: ooh-wee.
Look at that.

That's cool.
Oh, yeah.

Stoked.
-Yes!

Whoo!
We made it!

Oh, we made it!

Yes. Let's go!
Let's go!

Accomplishing something
this difficult

Has left me feeling stronger.

Anything that could come my way
in the future would pale

In comparison
to these last 21 days.

Whoo!

But I will never,
ever set myself up to be

In a situation this cold again.

Whoo!

Jermaine and I have a very
strong bond in this challenge

Because we were incredibly
powerful as a duo.

Teal -- my nickname for her
is wonder woman.

Her outdoor skill set...
I'd chuck them right up there

With anybody I hang out
with in the woods.

I did want to harvest a wild
turkey with a recurve bow.

However, I really feel
like I hit all the goals

That I wanted to achieve,

And the victory at
the end is really...

The feeling is amazing.

Teal: whoo!

Yes, we did it!

Narrator:
by the end of the challenge,

Teal lost 23 pounds.

She fought through
predator threats...

Teal: oh, my gosh.
It's a bear.

Narrator:
...and freezing nights,

And provided much needed
protein for the team...

Teal: roar!

Narrator:
...all while conquering her
fear of the extreme cold.

Her psr rises from 6.6 to 7.0.

Jermaine lost a total
of 31 pounds.

Although he was unable
to put his bow to use,

His fire-making skills
and mental fortitude

Kept him and his partner going.

Oh, my god.
Thank you.

His psr increases
from 6.9 to 7.3.

Teal and jermaine
came into the challenge

Ready to take on the smokys,

And their teamwork
and mental toughness

Proved they have
what it takes to survive

In america's wildest
mountains naked and afraid.