11x09 - Trying to Deal with the Devil

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This environment is one of
the most desolate locations

I have ever seen.

It's like I'm standing on Mars.

Laurae: Everything
is covered in spines.

Everything is sharp as hell.

It's the most horrible place

I could even imagine
trying to survive.

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As we were driving out here,
my driver had said something

about the valley
of the lady of death.

I was like, "oh, well,
that's just the name of it."

Turns out a lady came out
here about three weeks ago

and disappeared.

Chris: There's a ton
of threats out here.

Not only the weather.

There's tons of
big cats, snakes,

and insects that could
take me out in a heartbeat.

This is a freaking nightmare.

I'm dying.

[ Man screams ]

It's a lion.

[ Groans ]

Oh, my God.

[ Man shouts ]

I'm so cold.

[ Groaning ]

I'm gonna finish!

Laurae: They brought us
to the desert so we can die.

Narrator: Deep in Baja, Mexico,

lies devil's canyon, a
desolate, arid wasteland

where the blinding
sun heats the still air

to more than 120
degrees during the day.

After dark, temperatures
plunge 70 degrees

and 40-mile-an-hour winds
kick up violent sandstorms

with no warning.

I don't see anything
that I can eat.

I haven't seen any animals.

Narrator: Hidden
within the vast expanse,

mountain lions can take down
animals larger than humans,

like deer and wild horses,

who've also adapted to
Baja's harsh conditions.

Mountain lions have
no natural predators.

Chris: It's just
about after dawn.

It is pretty warm.

I'm definitely not
in Canada anymore.

I am a mountain man.
I personify bushman.

I am the Canadian Davy Crockett.

How did I prepare for
"Naked and Afraid"?

Quite simple.

Nutrition.

Mmm.

I'm looking around. I'm
seeing a lot of foliage,

but not a whole lot of water.

I think that's gonna be the
hardest challenge out here.

I am a counterterrorism
facilitator/

public safety professional,

protecting Canadians
both foreign and abroad.

My life philosophy is
you're either in or in the way.

When I get pissed off, I will
stare daggers through you

and make your spine just curl.

Being from Canada, we
have a different skill set.

We're used to cold.

But I've been running
around the woods

and surviving my entire life.

I've been built for this.

I can build shelter, I
can hunt, I can fish.

I am the first Canadian male
to attempt "Naked and Afraid."

I plan on finishing this to show
that us Canadians are tough.

I'm waving that red
and white maple leaf,

and your dealing with
some triple-a Alberta beef.

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Laurae: The reality of the
severity of the environment

that I'm going into

is a little overwhelming
at the moment.

My name is Laurae, and
I'm from West Virginia.

I'm so skilled. I'm fearless.

The longest I've ever
spent outdoors was 33 days.

I had a run-in with
a mountain lion,

a bobcat, and a bear cub.

If I didn't k*ll it,
then I didn't eat.

I am one-eighth native American.

I can weave. I can
hunt. I can trap.

Works.

I can make stone
tools, bone tools.

I can make bows.
I can make arrows.

So I don't necessarily think

they're primitive
skills or survival skills.

They're traditional skills.

I feel that doing this
challenge honors my family,

and I have to live those
things and do those things

to teach them to my children
so they don't die with me.

Are you guys worried
about anything?

I mean, you're a tough
cookie, so you got this.

This desert is so harsh and dry.

I've never seen
anything like it in my life.

I'm going to have to rely
on every single survival skill

that I have to survive out here.

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Here we go, baby.

Time to show the Baja
a Canuck the buck.

I guess this is my stop.

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Let's go, baby. Pasty and tasty.

Oh, into the desert I go.

I'm fully confident
in my skills,

my knowledge, and my abilities.

I expect my partner to work
at least half as hard as I do.

I can't stand lazy.

Before I left, my wife
turned to me and said,

"honey, it's okay if you
need to cuddle for warmth."

I said, "babe, I don't
even cuddle with you."

I got restless leg
syndrome. I don't cuddle.

So I really hope my
partner doesn't plan to.

Narrator: Chris
enters with confidence,

but his considerable experience
in the snowy rocky mountains

may be unsuited to
this unforgiving terrain.

He begins with a primitive
survival rating of 6.3.

Laurae comes to Baja with
traditional survival knowledge,

which she puts into
practice living off the grid.

But it's never been tested
in an extreme environment.

Her primitive
survival rating is 6.5.

You must be my partner.

Laurae. Laurae? Chris.

Great to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

I see we're wearing
the same outfit.

I hate it when that happens.

[ Laughs ] Good point.

Absolutely.

Yeah. Where are you from?

I'm from Calgary, Alberta.

So this is definitely a lot
more different than I'm used to.

Yeah. I feel you there.

I'm just out here sweating.
Probably the same as you.

Yeah. Definitely not
used to the desert.

We got this. I'm not worried.

Yeah.

Let's go grab these
bags over there.

Why don't we go check those out?

All right. All right.

Narrator: Chris and Laurae
have been given a fire starter,

and they each brought
a personal item...

a machete and paracord.

Oh, looks like I
got the map as well.

All right. Looks like
we're right about here.

Let's say we go into
these mountain ranges

and then go out over here.

Let's see what all we got
here. We got a little bit of water.

Oh, thank God.

I'm definitely thinking
water is first and foremost

our necessity right now.

I would agree with you
there. We'll get up over there.

We might be sheltered
a little bit there

from the mountains
from a lot of this wind.

Looks like we've got coyotes
that run the range here.

As well as the mountain lions.

I think we really need to
watch for these at night.

I think this heat is gonna
gonna get us real quick

if we just stand here.

I think we need to
get there quickly.

Yeah. I'm done
frying. Let's get rolling.

Awesome.

Holy piss. That sand is hot.

Yeah, it is getting hot as a
son of a g*n out here now.

Chris and Laurae's
top priority is water.

But to find it, they must
endure hours hiking across sand

hitting more than 140 degrees,

hot enough to inflict
third-degree burns.

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This is just dry.

Yeah. Sweaty. Thirsty.

Yeah.

I'm struggling right now.

Yeah. It's tough, man.

That heat is starting
to lay a whoopin'.

[Bleep]

Oh, look at that.

I think this is a wild burro.

Yeah.

It looks definitely to me like
something's been eating it.

I don't know if it's a
mountain lion or coyotes,

but you can see the way that
all the bones are strung out,

it didn't just lay down and die.

No, he's been
picked out, for sure.

This ain't anything
to mess with.

Yeah.

The area's highly
adapted coyotes

hunt small prey on their own.

But in packs, they can take down

animals weighing
hundreds of pounds

by using vocalizations
to coordinate their attacks.

Have you read the
news, though, lately

about that woman that got lost?

I did.

It's a sad story for sure.

I wonder if that's
what happened to her.

She was out here
walking alone, she got lost,

and something decided
she'd be easy to eat.

What do you think?
Mountain lion?

I think our biggest threat
that we've got to deal with here

is cats.

It's the cats.

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It is just hot.

Oh. Son of a b*tch. That hurt.

Everything is just
covered in spines.

My feet are just
getting tore right up.

Spiky cholla cactus
and ocotillo thorns

cover the blistering sand.

And lurking in
the dry vegetation

are poisonous scorpions and
three-foot-long rattlesnakes

whose venom paralyzes victims,
who are then consumed whole.

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Ah. Dry riverbed.

I'm kind of thinking maybe
we need to follow this up

a little bit.

[ Grunts ]

Oh, my God. Hey.

Holy [bleep]

Agua!

[ Laughs ]

Oh, God!

Oh, yeah, baby.

[ Laughs ]

Oh, God, my mouth
is still so pasty.

I want to drink this,
but I probably shouldn't.

You shouldn't, no.

The scarce water
sources in devil's canyon

draw most of the
region's animal life,

increasing chances
of contamination

as they deposit bacteria and
feces in the flowing stream.

I'm thinking we're
gonna have to dig a well.

'Cause I don't see
anything out here

that's gonna let us boil.

First things first... we could
shelter out behind us here.

Right.

Ready? Yeah.

Find a shady spot. Yeah.

Laurae: I think
Chris is awesome.

He seems very
nice, easy to talk to.

I think his accent
is kind of funny.

I think we're gonna
work really well together.

Well, that doesn't look too bad.

No, not at all.

Lots of hard, dense wood
that'll burn really nice.

I mean, this is, you
know, decent enough.

If we go right in there,
it has its own cover.

I just got to clear out
a lot of that deadwood.

So what do you think?
Home sweet home?

I think this looks great.

I'm gonna go down to that creek,

see if I can start
clearing out a little spot

and I'll start digging a well.

Sounds good. I
will clear this out.

Holler if you need me.

Good luck. You as well.

♪

Laurae is awesome.
She's a little ball of energy.

She's part gopher.

She was traipsing
those mountains

like you wouldn't believe.

Laurae is absolutely wonderful.

I think she's gonna
be a great partner.

Laurae: There's a lot more
water here than we see right there.

We've got a nice patch of
sand and start digging a hole.

So hopefully the
water will backfill it

and it'll be far enough
from the stagnant water,

come up through the
sand that will help filter it,

so we can just drink
straight out of that.

Okay. Good.

We have water.

Longer is sits, to clearer
the water's gonna get.

Okay. Go check on the house.

Chris: So right now, we're
just kind of clearing this out.

Found this to be a
pretty good spot for camp.

Lots of mesquite. That
will burn really nice.

We're in the shade.
We're out of the sun.

Our biggest thing
is keeping protected

and shaded and covered.

It's only gonna get hotter.

All I know right
now is we need rest

and we need some water.

That was a grueling
trek to get here.

♪

For right now, she'll do.

Casa, sweet casa.

Bienvenidos tu lo casa!

[ Laughs ]

Nice. Good job.

We got a bunch of wood
all ready to go to be burnt.

Cool. Did the best I could.

There's water seeping in.

But I think wait
until the morning...

Laurae: It sucks. I'm thirsty.

This is the thirstiest
I have ever been.

Yeah.

Our temperature's
gonna be dropping here.

Should we get a fire going?

[ Exhales deeply ] Yeah.

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Good job.

We have fire!

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Chris: It's night 1.

It is extremely cold.

[ Insects chirping ]

[ Fire crackling ]

[Bleep] Oh, man.

Oh [bleep] that wind
is whipping right up.

[ Wind blowing ]

Oh, my God.

Oh, man. The sand.

[Bleep] Oh, my God.

Oh, God!

Oh, son of a b*tch.

[Bleep]

[ Wind blowing ]

Oh, my God.

Oh, man. The sand.

[Bleep] Oh, my God.

Oh, son of a b*tch.

Oh, God!

[ Groaning ]

[ Groans ]

Aah!

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Yeah. That was brutal.

Yeah.

The night wouldn't end.

The wind, it went on forever.

Man, night 1 sucked.

It was cold.

And when that wind whipped
up, this wood burns through quick.

Laurae: That was the
longest night of my life.

I slept maybe six
minutes, if that.

This place is
brutally inhospitable.

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Feeling extremely thirsty.

Me too. We need some water.

Yeah. All I can do is just hope

that the water
is nice and clear.

Chris: We're tired,
thirsty, sunburnt.

It's been 24 hours
without water.

I'm dehydrated.

My mouth feels like
it's surrounded by glue.

It's incredible how important
water is in a climate like this.

Son of a b*tch.

We just got to make
sure that it's clean

and good for us to drink.

It's looking like
sediment's resting.

Still a little cloudy,
but it's water,

and it's something
we need right now.

[ Exhales sharply ]

There's some risk.

Yeah.

I mean, we're not boiling it.

I don't want to run any
risk of getting dehydrated

if I can help it. Yeah.

Here we go. [ Grunts ]

♪

That is good.

Now that I don't have
to worry about water,

I can focus on the rest of
the stuff that we get to do

when we're out here,
and that feels really good.

♪

Laurae: How are
your feet feeling?

They're hurting.

This one's getting
a little swollen.

I got something right
in the arch of my foot.

It's just buried.

So what's our game
plan, do you think?

I think food would
be nice. Yeah.

Probably hike up past
where our water hole is,

closer towards that canyon.

I don't plan on doing a
whole lot of trekking today,

so, I mean, if your
feet are good to do that,

I'll keep working
on the shelter.

Okay.

Whoo! Ooh, that was close.

I'm worried about,
like, rolling my ankle.

I'm not seeing anything so far.

I mean, I haven't seen
any yucca, any agave,

any pinyon, any nothing.

You look all the way up and
down this creek, it's all rocks.

[ Grunts ]

My plan is to store up
the shelter a little bit more

'cause last night
was a real tough one,

because when that wind
whipped up, it got cold.

The location that we
picked for a shelter,

it is extremely barren,

with a whole bunch
of ocotillo trees.

It's a little flimsy, but
that should do for shelter.

Fortunately, ocotillo
has been used for years

as building materials,

but ocotillos have all of
those thorns on the branches.

So when those things fall,
they get right into our feet.

Nice thing about this is
the flowers at the very top

are edible.

Not very tasty,
but they're edible.

♪

I'm looking for
straight ocotillo,

which this one definitely is.

I also want it
a little bit older

'cause it's a little bit more
stale, a little bit harder.

It's not gonna wobble
as much in the wind.

♪

Time for me to
head out of the sun.

Between the rocks, the hot sand,

it's pretty rough to walk
around every single day.

[ Groans ] Son of a b*tch.

It is hot.

♪

[ Coyotes barking ]

♪

It's an oasis just for the ray.

There's a little waterfall.

God, that's pretty.

Wow. Berries.

I wasn't sure, but I'd hope
they were lemonade berries,

and as soon as I
tasted them, I knew.

Narrator: Rare so far inland,

a handful of lemonade berries
has the same number of calories

as about half an orange.

They're like sour patch kids.
That's what they taste like.

The palm can do a lot
more work on our shelter.

There's a bird's nest
in this one right there.

[ Gasps, chuckles ]

I think I'm good with that.

I have way more than
what I can easily carry.

♪

♪

Son of a b*tch.

Now we'll just weed the
mesquite boughs through,

throw those all in.

Should be nice and warm tonight.

What this wall should do is
make the shelter windproof

and help with the
reflection of the heat.

Essentially, creating
an oven-like effect,

but this is tiring stuff, man.

Oh [bleep]

Just had a little
visitor come into camp.

Sorry, buddy.
Guess you're lunch.

Here we go. Little guy.

That's how you smoke a lizard.

Hey, hey. Chris: Yo, yo.

I got you lunch.

What'd you get?

Got you a nice little lizard.

Nice.

Well, we've got some palm.

Awesome.

I'll throw that here.

And then there's two eggs

and then there's some
berries in there, too.

Yeah! Good find.

That is awesome. [ Groans ]

They juicy?

No. They're really,
really sour. Very tart.

Whatever.

There's tons of
berries up there.

There's yucca up there.

We can go up
tomorrow and get more.

Yeah. You did good.

We want to make an omelet?

Ooh. Now you're
just getting fancy.

Chris: Laurae has
just been awesome.

That was a huge win.
She really pulled through.

I'm really, really,
really thankful.

I wanted an omelet.

On the half shell.

Chris and I shared a
lizard and two eggs.

It was actually pretty
good. It's not a lot.

I'd say maybe, what,
35, 40 calories in that.

But it's a start.

Delicious.

The egg was actually quite good.

The lizard, a little
gritty, little crunchy.

I don't know if that was from
when I cooked him on the coals

or just a gritty lizard.

[ Laughs ]

Chris: Man, we needed this.

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Did you hear that noise?

Yeah.

It's coming from up
there. It's in the trees.

[ Barking ]

[Bleep]

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Get out of here! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Get! Hey! Hey! Hey!

[ Coyotes barking ]

Chris: [Bleep] Coyotes.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Get out of here!

Hey! Laurae: Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

[ Coyote howling ]

They're going away.

I think they're gone.

Yeah. I don't see anything.

[ Coyotes howling in distance ]

They brought us to the
desert so we could die.

♪

Laurae: Wow. Look at that.

You could see the
trail right through there.

Yeah. Coyotes.

Good God.

Yeah.

There's another fresh
kick-up right here.

They got to be around
that damn corner.

They have to be.

Laurae: Coyotes came
around our camp last night.

This has potential to be

an extremely threatening
situation out here.

You've got to watch out

that one of the predators
aren't gonna come down here.

A lot of this poop
all through here, eh?

What do you think that is?

Meat-eater.

[Bleep]

Look at that.

[ Coyotes whining ]

[Bleep]

The coyotes are
just waiting for us

to go to sleep tonight.

Oh [bleep]

It's hell on earth.

[ Coyotes barking ]

♪

Oh.

[ Sighs ] Just hot.

[ Grunts ] Son of a b*tch.

That's where I did
not want a thorn.

Chris: The plan for the
day is definitely chop

a lot of firewood up.

Burnt through a lot last night.

We need enough to keep warm,

but we also need enough
to keep a big fire at night

so that we can keep the
predators away from our camp.

Laurae: As usual, it's a
constant search for firewood.

Everything is incredibly
dry, and it burns super fast.

Chris: Walking through the
heat, it really wears on you.

It's exhausting.

Nothing like in Canada.

Oh [bleep] that hurt.

Every three steps,
I'm feeling something

poking in the bottom of my feet.

Everything out here is so rocky

that I don't want to be
taken out by rolled ankle.

But we absolutely need fire.

It's critical for us
to survive at night.

This Canadian's hurting, man.

My feet are sore.

Laurae: I think Chris
has got some thorns

that are stuck
underneath his skin.

Look at this one right here.

Oh, damn.

He's really gonna
need to watch that

'cause they can
abscess and get infected,

and then it'll be
impossible for him to walk.

I'm gonna find food.

Yeah. I'll get that
fire cooking up.

Cool beans.

♪

Whoo. That was close.

This is a partnership,
and we need food.

I can go up there by myself.

Chris' feet hurt, so he
needs to rest those up.

Oh, that might be yucca.

See them on that little
ledge right there sticking out?

Ha!

[Bleep] Yeah!

Let's see if we can reach them.

♪

Yeah.

♪

Ouch. Oh [bleep]

So I'm just grabbing some yucca.

I'm gonna take
all the st*lks off.

Narrator: The yucca plant
grows on rocky, arid hillsides.

In some species,

the carbohydrate-rich root
can be cooked and eaten.

Laurae: Ooh! That one's pokey.

You can see all these
little spines on here, too.

Just everything down here is
designed to just tear you up.

All right. That's
good enough for me.

Oh, man.

Chris: Where's my digging stick?

Thank you.

Chris: Laurae is a go-getter.

One of the great
finds is this yucca.

God bless her for that.

We decided we're
gonna ground-roast,

so I'm digging a
nice, deep little pod.

Throw a bunch of coals in there.

We have this thing roasting.

You definitely
want to roast those.

They're not edible if you don't.

[ Birds chirping ]

It comes out nice and
tender and a lot easier to eat.

Oh, yeah. That's nice.

How is it?

Kind of like artichoke,
but a little sandy.

[ Chuckles ]

Laurae really pulled
through for us today.

Working her a*s off
out there in the sun.

Really appreciate her. I
think she's a great partner.

Fibrousy.

[ Laughs ] I'll bet.

[ Laughs ]

♪

[ Insects chirping ]

I'm exhausted. It's hard
to even think straight.

So how are you
feeling, like, physically?

My feet are hurting.

Yeah, I bet.

I think I'm gonna go pee.

It's dark out there.

Use the night
vision on the camera.

Oh, yeah.

Still can't see with the
night-vision thingy on there.

♪

I needed to pee, but it's
so dark, I can't see anything.

Oh, crap.

[ Screams ] [Bleep]

[ Grunts ]

[ Insects chirping ]

I needed to pee, but it's
so dark, I can't see anything.

[ Screams ] [Bleep]

[ Grunts ]

Laurae?

Laurae: [ Exhales
deeply ] [Bleep]

[ Grunts ]

[ Insects chirping ]

Samuel: Copy
that. I'm on my way.

[ Grunts ]

All right. Take it slow, guys.

One, two, three, down.

[ Groans ]

Samuel: Can you
move your foot up?

[ Groans ]

Okay. Set it back down.

Can you feel this?

[Bleep]

Okay. Don't hurt yourself.

If you can't do
it, don't force it.

Okay. Can you feel this?

Not much.

Okay. Can you feel this?

No.

Okay. There is something
definitely wrong here.

You're losing
sensation in your toe.

That's a sign for a torn
ligament or a possible fracture.

So it would be wise to
take you to the hospital.

[ Sighs ] I agree.

Samuel: There's not a
lot we can do right now.

My main concern is that she's
losing sensitivity in her toes.

We're gonna do an
emergency extraction,

immobilize her
ankle... [ groans ]

...and take her to the hospital
have her checked out there.

There you go. One,
two, three, down.

Chris: Laurae is one of the
most gifted, skilled people

that I've ever met.

You get yourself
healed up, all right?

All right.

We'll do this again sometime.

Okay. Thanks for being
an awesome partner.

Any time.

Samuel: Listos? Man: Yeah.

Uno, dos, tres. Arriba.

Okay.

It worries me going at this
alone for the next 17 days.

Without Laurae, it
is gonna be difficult.

She is an amazing partner,

but I'm crossing that
finish line for the both of us.

That is one tough chick.

Narrator: The challenge
comes to an end for Laurae

after only three days,

but she displayed a high
level of skill and determination.

Her primitive survival rating
drops marginally, to a 6.3.

[ Groans ]

Oh [bleep]

I'm super disappointed.

I can't imagine how
awesome it would have been

if I could stay.

I feel like I'm
abandoning Chris.

I think we worked
really well together.

I should've been
being more careful.

And I feel that me doing this,

I didn't sh**t just
myself in the foot.

I shot us both in the foot.

♪

This is brutal.

I came into this
thinking, no problem.

But there's a lot of days left,
and my feet are just tore up.

[ Insects chirping,
fire crackling ]

I think I might have bitten
off more than I could chew.

[ Clears throat ]

♪

♪

This is a daunting [bleep]
environment to tackle solo.

The heat is so overwhelming.

Trying to keep out of
the sun, conserve energy.

When the sun gets
a little bit too hot,

I really don't want
to go out there.

My feet are k*lling me.

I really don't want
to run that risk

of running across the hot sand.

I can't even find material
to make shoes with.

♪

[ Exhales deeply ]

This is brutal.

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[ Whispering ]
There's five horses.

♪

[ Grunting softly ]

That's really neat
to see out here.

It takes me back to home.

Everybody relies on
the creek in this area.

Horses and naked Canadians.

It's life in a desolate area.

To see something as beautiful,
and majestic as a horse...

if horses could
survive out here,

there's no reason why I can't.

[ Horse nickers ]

It's a cool way to
start the morning.

Day 5... five horses.

Not too bad for a Calgary kid.

♪

♪

I'm hungry.

This stick right here,
which if it's not too dead,

I'm gonna turn into my spear.

I'm gonna go out
there with my skill

and make sure that I
bring home some food.

Right now, I'm just
sharpening up the points of this.

So when game comes in,
whether it be a rabbit, lizard,

bird, snake, and I pin him,
it'll be a lot more streamlined

as opposed to just
this block of wood.

Plus, if I miss, I
might get lucky

and still poke him with
one of the sharpened edges.

Here we go.

It ain't pretty, but... I
got to get the job done.

♪

That blister patch just tore
off the bottom of that foot.

My feet are just k*lling me.

[ Grunting ]

♪

I think I got to go sit in
that pool for a little bit.

♪

♪

[ Birds chirping ]

♪

There's a snake up over here.

[Bleep] King snake.
Gonna see if I can grab it.

Son of a...

son of a b*tch.

Laurae: I think a lot
of my traditional skills

will be very useful out here.

I can weave anything I need.

Just seeing if I can
weave something together

that we use for out here.

There you go.

Should be way
bigger than what it is.

It works.

Hey, Tomas. Look.

That's actually not a bad idea.

I don't think Tomas needs
to see too much of that.

[ Laughs ] I'm
here for you, buddy!

I'm here for you.

[ Laughs ]

You can call it the tidbit tie.

♪

Chris: It looks
like a king snake.

It's not poisonous. I
still don't want to get bit.

Son of a b*tch.

[Bleep]

[Bleep]

Man, that's a meal.

I'm hungry. I know
I need to get food.

Son of a g*n.

Not getting that
snake was a tough one.

I haven't really had a
real meal here since day 3.

People aren't supposed to
live here, man, let alone like this.

Nothing prepares you
for what it's like out here.

♪

Right now the only goal I
have is I need to find a meal.

And I need to find a meal quick.

It's the only option
that I have right now.

So tomorrow morning,
see if I can find me a rabbit

or a quail.

[ Coyotes barking ]

What the [bleep]

[ Coyotes barking in distance ]

Coyotes. [Bleep]

[Bleep]

♪

♪

I've had the worst night
I've ever had in my life.

Every 15 minutes, I'm
putting more wood on the fire.

[ Coyote barks ]

[Bleep]

[ Coyote howling ]

Get out here.

Hey! Get!

[ Coyote barking ]

[ Coyote howls ]

♪

♪

The coyotes came
back last night.

They know I'm weak.

Son of a b*tch.

My feet seems to be
getting worse right now.

Every step I take,

it's almost like him stepping
on a bunch of broken glass.

This environment is
just so intimidating.

There's so many
different predators out here

that if I can't walk,

I couldn't get out of
my shelter quick enough

if a rattlesnake came in.

I couldn't properly defend
myself against a coyote.

I'm a sitting duck.

So...

♪

Hi, Chris.

Hey, Darcie.

I think I'm pretty much
done with the Baja.

I'm really sorry to hear that.

It's one thing
to have the skill.

It's another thing to actually
have your head in the game

to be able to
display those skills.

And I thought I was
mentally prepared for this.

I thought I was, but I
know when I'm beat.

Are you absolutely 100%
sure you want to tap out?

I'm 100% sure
that this is the point

where my journey
ends and I tap out.

All right.

[ Exhales deeply ] Let
me just grab my stuff here.

All right. Let me
show you the way.

Chris: I knew this was gonna
be an emotional struggle.

I knew this was
gonna be a battle,

and I thought I was
gonna be strong enough.

I thought I had
the emotional ba*ls

to be able to get through it.

I think losing Laurae
so early in the challenge

played a huge role in this.

I lost that companion, and
even though I only knew her

for three days, we
really grew attached.

I think once that disappeared,
it became too overwhelming.

There's your ride out of here.

Narrator: After eight days
in the scorching Baja desert,

Chris lost a total of 15 pounds.

The Canadian Davy
Crockett proved no match

for devil's canyon.

His inability to
complete the challenge

drops Chris' PSR
from 6.3 to 5.6.

This challenge is immense.

It is an all-encompassing
challenge.

It took a toll on me mentally,
emotionally, physically.

Ultimately, the decision's mine,

and the consequences,
good, bad, or otherwise,

is something that I'm
gonna have to live with.

♪

♪

[ Buffalo grunting ]

Woman: Out here
in Africa is very scary.

I heard a leopard at one point.

Saw a few rhino as well.

Man: Africa is crazy.

We got to stay on our toes.

We have to stay
alert... very alert.

Narrator: On the dry
South African savanna,

in a unique two-hour event,

four survivalists take
on a dangerous domain

where every day is
a battle for survival.

Two are battle-tested,

with hands-on experience
with apex predators...

Woman: I've been here before.

I was attacked by two
lions in South Africa.

I'm nervous to
encounter the unexpected.

Man: I am the
wild-child gator hunter.

We're about to show them
how these boys do it, Cajun style.

Narrator: ...The other
two, military veterans

with no experience against
Africa's k*ller predators,

will attempt to make it through

with the training
they've received.

Woman: I've never been face
to face with any apex predator,

but I'm so excited
to get in there.

We're gonna see a lot of
wildlife, dangerous game.

Narrator: Both teams
will have to survive

in two separate camps
for the first 10 days.

Holy cow.

If they make it to day
11, they will merge

and attempt to complete
the challenge as a single tribe.

Man: We are in
a world of trouble.

Narrator: What will
be more valuable...

apex-predator experience

or extensive military
survival training?

And will it be enough
to survive 21 days

in the untamed African bush?

[ Lion growls, woman screams ]