Colombia. Her
beauty will draw you in,
but this is going
to be quite sketchy.
I really don't think there's
anywhere that's safe.
This is absolutely not where I
expected to be a few months ago,
as I was actually scheduled
to be getting married tomorrow.
And my wonderful fiancé said,
"What wedding? We'll
move everything back,
we're gonna make this happen."
So, instead of getting
married tomorrow,
I'm actually going to be
naked with a stranger,
marching off into the jungle.
So, we'll see how that goes.
I'm just not sure anybody
can survive here for 21 days.
Oh, my God.
Run. Go, go, go, go.
Oh, God.
Twenty-one days.
Don't tap.
Die first.
This is an absolute
harsh environment.
I'm excited.
Get me in there now!
Let's go.
I've done survival training
throughout my whole career.
So I have pushed
myself to the limits.
I can make all
different types of traps.
The reason why I'm
doing this challenge,
is I really want to test myself.
I want to see if I actually
have got the mental fortitude
to survive 21 days,
totally stripped back.
Let's do it.
Steven has spent
over two decades
adapting to life or death
situations around the world.
But he has never been
in a survival situation
without the material
support of the British military.
Steven's initial primitive
survival rating, or PSR,
is set at 7.0.
A few months ago, I was
trying on my wedding dresses,
and now I'm getting naked
in the Colombian jungle.
I would consider
myself a survivalist.
I have always been
an outdoors girl.
I'm most passionate about
being in the wilderness.
It's just the only way to really
be centered with yourself,
without any
external distractions.
We've become really
removed from nature itself.
And it's just something about
grounding back with Mother Nature.
A lot of my skills that I'm
using are all self-taught,
fire starting, being able to recognize
and foraging edible plants and berries.
I'm taking on this
as I have seemed
to lost the ability
to just be in the moment
and present at home.
I seem to have my mind
divided many places.
Being here is going to remind
me how to actually just be present,
focus on the task.
Because being in the outdoors,
that is what brings me the most peace.
Time to even out the tan.
Sunny is an independent spirit,
who's used to taking
her adventures alone.
But will her survival
strategies fit in
with a take-charge
Commando as a partner?
Sunny begins with a PSR of 6.2.
- Hey!
- Hey, you all right?
- How are you?
- Good.
Another crazy person
in the jungle naked.
-Oh, gosh. I'm Sunny.
-I'm Steven.
-Steven, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, where abouts are you from?
Canada, and yourself?
- England.
- England? Oh.
Are you ready for this?
Yeah, it seems
like perfect timing.
It's starting to come down.
Dude, your legs are so bad.
Oh, my gosh.
Well, thank you.
They're taking you, not me.
-All right.
-Let's get our bags.
All right.
Nice.
Oh, she's beautiful.
We're good to go.
I'm really excited
about this one.
- Big mosquito net.
- Absolutely.
I can understand why
you're excited for that.
Yeah.
In addition to their
personal items,
Sunny and Steven have
also been given a pot
and a fire starter.
I've got the famous map.
You've got the map.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay. I think as long as
we're not too close to the water,
because obviously
the mosquitoes.
-Yeah, yeah.
-But close enough, I think that's fine.
-Let's rock and roll. Let's go.
-Let's do it!
For their survival challenge,
Sunny and Steven
will be severely tested
on the boggy swampland of
Colombia's Pantano Yucao.
The vegetation is dense,
the jungle floor is littered
with piercing thorns
and tall grasses
cut like scalpels.
It's the rainy season,
daily temperatures
in the mid-90s
combine with frequent rainstorms
to create a steamy, humid,
mosquito-infested environment,
that is the worst the
tropics have to offer.
You've got to be careful where
you put your feet everywhere,
'cause it's a
damp, wet location.
Snakes, scorpions, spiders.
I hate the spiders.
Steven and Sunny will
have to be on constant alert,
living in an area that is home to
fiercely aggressive wild boars...
six-foot-long caiman...
freshwater stingrays
with venomous barbs
that can easily
penetrate human skin.
And elusive 200-pound puma,
whose large teeth and bursts
of speed up to 50 miles per hour
make it the region's
apex predator.
How old are you?
I'm 33. You?
Okay.
You got little ones or...
Yeah. I've got a daughter
who's 15 this year.
- Oh, wow.
- 15 going on 20.
She's 15 going...
That's... man, you'll
have to give me advice.
I've got a
two-year-old daughter.
- Oh, awesome.
- Yeah.
So what do you do?
I just started my own
digital media company.
- Oh, awesome.
- Yeah.
What is your background?
So I'm in the military.
Oh, that's brilliant.
I am so pumped.
Yeah. I've been
serving now 21 years.
In what field of the military?
- I'm a Commando.
- Commando.
Okay. So, are you married then?
Yeah. I got married,
actually, last Saturday.
No way. Congratulations.
Yeah. This is my honeymoon.
My fiancé canceled our wedding,
which was supposed to be
tomorrow, so I could be here.
That's commitment.
So we're both like...
We're very confused honeymooners.
apparently, at this point.
So far, my partner, Sunny, I
think she's a really good girl.
We're both parents.
She's about to get married.
I've just recently got
married. Around the same age.
This is absolutely crazy.
What does your fiancé
think about you doing this?
My fiancé, Jordan, his honest
reaction was, like, good luck to him.
He was, like... just no concern,
uh,
in that sense.
There are electric
eels in this area,
and I don't want to
step on one by accident.
I'm excited to get out of
this area, to be honest.
-It's not a good area, is it?
-No.
So it looks like we might be
coming up to that clearing on the map.
- You good?
-It's a big step. Yeah.
- Anything stuck in there?
- Nah.
Okay.
Oh. The Colombian sun.
I'm sweating so profusely.
It's just so hot.
Yeah.
Oh, my gosh. Look at this.
You see, to the right here?
Yeah.
That might be what we're
looking for from our map.
Wow. This is just
absolute paradise.
-Nice that, isn't it?
-It's so nice.
For shelter?
Resources for building are
going to be out there. That's 100%.
-We'll get our water source. Let's go and do it.
-All right.
Okay.
Team honeymoon.
Let's go.
This has got a lot of cover,
still quite close to
the water, though.
I think though...
Yeah, as long as it's not
like an obvious game trail,
because of the pigs, right?
I don't want to be caught
in the middle of those.
Yeah, I like it.
Steven is perfect.
I was asked who the best
partner I could ask for would be.
And I just said
absolutely military,
older the better,
because their crankier
and they're just better
at giving direction.
So, we pretty much hit the
ball out of the park on this one.
How are you feeling for water?
I want to get a fire going
and start sterilizing some
water as we do a camp.
- Done.
- Done. Teamwork.
The teamwork between Sunny
and I is coming on really well.
She's a strong girl.
So it's all good.
Okay.
What?
Do you have the knife?
Okay, I got your spear.
Let's get dinner.
Holy crap.
I got your spear!
Let's get dinner.
You think it could
have been a pig?
Yeah, it could've been a pig.
Those pigs are so fast.
Oh! Where did it go?
There's so many
little trails though.
Yeah. Yeah.
All right. So, to the
first fire of many,
and the success of
our 21-day challenge.
Now that we have a fire,
it's going to be important
to maintain our water supply
so we don't get dehydrated.
I can't wait for that drink.
You go first. You go first.
Oh, drumroll please.
Stop, stop.
Okay, go.
-How is it?
-Mmm...
It's so good!
Oh, my God.
Whoo! Day one!
Yeah.
We have to hurry.
The mosquitoes are
absolutely everywhere.
That's where our fire pit
is and you can just hear...
you can just hear the rain.
I want to say sweet dreams
to the partner back home
who made all this possible.
You know, I'm
absolutely thriving in life,
and that's because of you.
I miss you a lot.
Sweet dreams, babe.
And see you soon.
-All right. Night.
-Night.
Oh, my God. It's miserable.
Hi.
I got my Englishman a
little bit of peppermint tea.
- Awesome.
- So you have tea.
And I got rocks
for the fire pit,
and I got you a stone
to sharpen your blade.
- Brilliant.
- And a fire starter.
So, Steven, you know,
obviously he misses his tea.
And lucky enough, I've
actually just found peppermint,
so I'm really excited
to be able to, like,
bring it to him and
offer him English tea.
It's an unexpected,
wonderful surprise.
Because you are the Englishman
and this was a goal of ours,
you have to take
the first sip of our...
quickly made... it
hasn't quite steeped.
But, you have to take a sip of
our charcoal peppermint tea.
Oh!
Happy boy?
Peppermint tea in the
middle of the jungle.
Day two, baby, day two.
What's funny, me, as an
Englishman, I do love a cup of tea,
and my wife, Jennifer, brings
me a cup of tea on a daily basis.
And I always love them.
Today, Sunny walks
in with peppermint,
So that's just lifted my morale.
Instead of just
drinking hot water,
I'm going to drink
peppermint tea,
like a proper Englishman
in the Colombian jungle.
Okay.
Have a drink.
Cheers.
Even the stuff on the
fire is so wet, I hear it like,
sizzling the moisture out of it.
The first night in Colombia,
we had a tropical rainstorm,
so you didn't get much sleep.
The priority right now is getting
that roof above our heads,
get the beds built because
I'd rather lie in a bed
instead of in slush
and mud on the floor.
Do you need anything before I
go run to go get the roof stuff?
Okay.
Right now, my biggest
concern definitely is the shelter.
I'm actually going to be heading
back to where we entered from.
And there's a bunch of long grass
available, and I'm hoping to use that
for sleeping mats,
use that for our roofing,
just to help with the rain.
Well, hello!
I got shingling!
Yeah.
...for our roof, and
especially for our fire shelter...
...the fire was on the
verge of going out.
But it feels like the
weather is changing.
- Perfect timing to do the fire shelter, hey?
- -Mmm.
All right, so, I've got...
plenty now to finish
- the platform for the bed.
- -Yeah.
Cool.
All right, Sunny,
I've made the bed.
Go and check that
out. Grass is on there.
Oh, my gosh.
I don't know if I'm gonna get
up after... I'm not getting up.
- It's cozy, innit?
- Good night.
This is amazing.
Today was a great day.
We've got our shelter,
our fire is protected.
So I have a feeling we're
probably just gonna pass out.
The night was awesome last
night. I had a really good sleep.
You're gonna go hunting?
Yeah. I'm gonna see if I can
get us some fish or stingray.
-See you in a minute.
-See you later.
Ta-ra, ta-ra.
Ta-ra, ta-ra.
...cayman, stingray,
and electric eel.
This morning, my goal
is to work on the shelter.
I'm already seeing
huge holes in the walls.
So, this is wind block
and, then, using the roof
to keep it at the
height that I want.
I've got a bunch of side panels,
and this is gonna prevent wind,
this is gonna help
trap in that heat.
I can see the big
fish everywhere.
Yes!
Yes!
That a guy!
Yeah!
Got a bit of animal,
bit of protein.
Yes!
Sunny!
Hey!
Oh, my God!
Got it in one try.
- Come get your high five.
- -So I'm making the fish soup.
And it doesn't even take long.
I'm so proud of
Steven, his moment.
Catching those minnows
without having a fish basket
and just using what was on him
is the best feeling ever.
Oh, amazing!
- Yeah!
-Oh, my God! First meat!
It's only three of them,
but it's still such a win.
Okay, so, like, see? It's the
dark gray and, then, that silver.
You can tell that it's cooked.
All right. You should do the
honors of taking it off the fire.
-Cheers.
-Cheers!
My fish are that big.
But I will get a little bit of protein,
and vitamins, and oils, and omegas.
That is good. I can taste
loads of salt, as well.
Like, I didn't think I'd
miss tasting salt so quickly.
- Yeah.
- That's the best part of it.
-Like an albacore?
-Yeah, it was just... It was amazing.
-It wasn't only three. It was fish.
-Yeah. Yeah.
You did it.
-Yeah.
-And you've never done that before?
Nah. I was just
catching fish by hand.
Best feeling ever.
This morning,
hunger, it's hitting.
This is just the start,
and I know it's just
gonna get harder.
We have these moriche trees
around here, and their nuts are edible.
It can tide us over until we
can catch something to eat.
Moriche palm fruit and their
nuts are high in vitamin C
and are used to make juice,
jam, and even fermented wine.
Steven has been working
incredibly hard for us,
so to be able to provide for me
and my partner, it means a lot to me.
Come on, that is really good.
It tastes like jam.
- That's right. Like fig jam.
- Hmm.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome.
I can start feeling my
energy massively dropping.
I think my body
is running at 60%.
I can use these vines to make
cordage for his fish basket.
Holy . Oh, God.
Oh,.
I just got stung
by three hornets.
One in the corner of my eye.
Two on my arm, one on my rib.
But, yeah, those got a
good little bite to them.
It feels like, almost, when
I broke my nose. Like, it's...
It's a lot.
But it is what it is.
We've only got so many hours
and we need a fish basket,
so I can worry about
it and cry about it later.
Oh, man. I just got
stung by three hornets.
That is painful.
That was not fun.
Being stung by
hornets is a huge deal.
Depending on the
types of hornets,
that could actually be fatal.
I'm really, really, really lucky
that I'm not medically tapped right
now, and that I'm still standing here.
Stay away from there.
Thanks, Tips.
Yeah, baby!
Got two baskets,
small one and a big one.
The fish goes inside.
I've got loads of
spikes on the inside,
so the fish goes in there,
gets stuck at the very end,
and doesn't wanna turn around.
And I'm hoping, fingers crossed,
there's a big
catfish in there later.
And if we catch a catfish,
we know that's a
good food source.
And we know that's a priority, then,
to make a couple of more baskets.
Yeah.
I don't need to go looking for land
animals when I've got fish there.
Why waste my energy
hunting, stalking, building traps,
when I've got fish
swimming right next to me?
So, fingers crossed, it works.
Let's go.
Steve.
There's something
rattling in the bushes.
It sounds like something
coming out of the water.
Oh, my God.
We're out here alone. The
mosquito net does not give us
a lot of safety.
Got the knife?
I've got your six, I'm
watching this bush.
My God.
Oh, my God.
Holy!
Oh, my God.
It's just charcoal and ash.
Last night was
really scary, actually.
I was actually concerned that
this could spread to be a forest fire
because there's a lot
of dead brush around us.
So, there was new dry
stuff that could have caught.
Luckily, though,
there was no wind.
Steven handled it like a champ.
He knew what he was
doing and he took care of it.
Yeah.
-A million percent before we get wet.
-Come on.
Being on this
challenge, it is relentless.
It's hardcore.
The insects don't stop. Every
one wants to bite your a*s.
-Your favorite weather's coming in.
-Yeah.
I like the wind, though. It
keeps the insects from biting me.
Yeah.
Nothing.
Reality's definitely hitting.
There's still two weeks
left of the challenge.
We've got to get food because,
otherwise, we're both in trouble.
Yeah, before the rain hits.
I'm gonna move it in a different
spot and put it in a shaded area
where I can see a lot of
fish closer to my shelter,
so I'm not walking
out further every day.
We have the thunder and the
lightning right above our heads.
Our fire just went out
within, like, two seconds.
The wood, it's all
sitting out in the rain.
It's useless at this
point. It's not processed.
So, that means that him and I are
gonna have to get up once the sun is up,
and the rain, if
it's continuing,
drag all the wood
in, process it,
'cause this could
last a few days.
My legs are cold and freezing, and
this is how hypothermia could happen,
is just either one
of us out in the cold.
And we haven't eaten anything.
I can't warm up.
It rained pretty
hard last night.
Everything's soaked.
Firewood is my priority today.
We're gonna dry out all our
woods and dry out our shelter area.
Warm up a little bit.
And, then, I'm gonna try to
collect as much firewood as I can.
The night storms,
they're hitting me.
I was bone cold.
I was shivering.
I'll take the knife.
This is serious for me.
This could take me
out of the challenge.
- See you in a bit.
- -See you in a minute.
I've just gotta
keep an eye on her,
making sure she's okay.
- Oh, my God.
- What is it?
Cat tracks.
It's big and it's
close to our shelter.
Crap.
We have a puma on site.
It's something we
need to be cautious of.
We're gonna have to
be watching our backs,
because for every puma
you see, nine have seen you.
And they could come any time.
That's really scary.
We just need to be
on our guard now.
There's something
by our watering hole.
And it started upriver, and it's been
getting closer, and you can hear it.
And, like, there's a
strong, musky smell
that just gets
stronger and stronger.
Like, it reeks of musk.
And it's coming
right by our shelter.
Hey, hey.
Hey.
Oi! Oi!
Get out!
It's a puma.
It's... it's coming back.
Get out!
Oi!
Get out!
Get out!
I think it's gone.
That's what I was smelling.
It was so close, just...
Absolutely terrifying.
So tired. I didn't sleep at all.
That was absolutely terrifying.
We know there's
a puma in this area.
Couldn't sleep last
night 'cause of it.
I was up all night then,
just tossing and turning
thinking that something's
gonna try and eat my head off.
A puma is an apex predator,
and only an apex predator
will come up to human
beings not bothered.
So, that was quite...
That animal was comfortable
enough to come close up towards
and lean into the side
of our shelter to sniff us.
That's really scary.
Think before we go to bed,
we can get a big-a*s fire on?
Yeah.
And just let it smolder
and flame all night.
And if we hear anything, we
can always put more sticks on it.
- Yeah.
- And that's it.
Instead of we letting it
just go down to smolder--
- And, then, we're panicking to get a fire.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Last night was a reminder
that there are pumas in this area,
and it's so dangerous.
Emotionally draining.
It's brutal out here.
It's the hardest challenge
you could ever do.
Oh, yes.
We are the only people in this
area, but there's so much wildlife.
And they're getting
used to us now,
so they're quite comfortable
coming into our area,
and that is scary in a
jungle I'm not familiar with.
That's definitely
enough for tonight.
-More than enough tonight.
-Yeah.
So, it's two o'clock
in the morning.
We've got a little bit of a flame
to just keep the wildlife away.
We're pretty vulnerable
behind the mosquito net.
We're kind of just, like,
wrapped burritos at this point.
Hmm.
It's gonna be a long night.
Damn, most of my hands and
my feet are, like, really cold.
That means, yeah, my
body is in a fight or flight
kind of response.
-Yeah.
-I'm just kind of in a really vulnerable place.
- You hungry?
- I'm starving.
My fatigue... You know,
right now I'm gonna say
it feels like it's a nine,
but I'm sure in five days,
if we don't have protein,
I'm really gonna know
what a ten feels like.
Okay.
I've never felt so
extremely vulnerable.
I did not expect my body
to already be failing me.
Coming into the challenge,
I thought, you know,
I'm gonna be hungry.
I'm gonna be fatigued.
And now I'm realizing
every day how dangerous
this place is.
This is harder than I imagined.
But I have to remind myself
to do what I came here to do,
which is learning to be present.
I don't know how
I'm gonna do it.
Hold on.
I'm having a hard
time breathing.
Okay. That was weird.
Ugh.
Holy crap.
I can't breathe.
Yeah, it's fine
if I go like this.
But just trying to... talk,
I'm just out of breath.
I don't wanna have to go home.
Holy crap.
I can't breathe.
You all right, Sunny?
Yeah.
Dizzy spells again?
Not dizzy. I couldn't breathe.
-All right. Tomorrow you're having a day off.
-But...
-You go down into the shelter.
-Uh, thank you.
My body is definitely
slowing down.
My mind is slowing down.
And I'm realizing every day
how dangerous this place is.
And I need to really put
myself in safer positions.
Are you having
breathing problem today?
Yeah. All of a
sudden, it was like
my whole chest, like,
I just couldn't breathe.
It wasn't painful.
I wasn't dizzy.
I just...
-Like...
-You wanna have a little lie down in a minute?
And I'll get... I'll get dinner.
I'll just sit in the boma.
She needs me
more than I need her.
Uh, so I just wanna support her.
But she is suffering massively.
So what it is, what it is.
It's a survival challenge.
We're not in a
five-star luxury hotel.
I just can't seem
to get a breath.
-Do we need to get a medic in, just to check you?
-No, no, it's fine.
I'd already checked
my heart rate,
like, like my pulse
is a little weak,
but that's just
fluid level and...
Heart rate's fine.
So... Yeah.
I'm only doing a medic if
my core temperature drops,
otherwise they can
drag me out by my teeth.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- -Which is good to see.
Not being on death's door.
I'm like, "Oh, God,
she's gonna die on me,
- I can see her bones."
But you're full of life today,
...which is good to
see and nice to see.
-We've still got 11 days.
-Okay.
And that's a long, long time.
So I'm gonna go down
and check the fish basket.
Fingers crossed.
There's even a little
minnow in there or something.
And then from there,
I'm gonna go and look for some
kind of food, maybe find a mango tree.
-I'm starving.
-Mmm-hmm.
Yeah.
I got a full night's
sleep last night,
so I feel much better.
-I'll see you later.
-Happy hunting.
Have a good day.
As of today, now I know
it was sleep deprivation
that was really impacting
my abilities. Emotionally,
today is a turning point.
Come on, give me some fish.
No luck.
A disappointment
that there's no fish.
Took me two days
making that basket,
and I was hoping to
have at least one fish.
So it is a kick in the nuts.
But I need some food
for me and my partner.
I need to go and check out
what else we've got in the area.
And you never know, I might
come across a mango tree
and that would
be worth the trek.
That's disheartening.
Disheartening.
So, let's see.
I wanna go around
the whole lake.
I would love it if I just
came across a mango tree.
Juicy mango, come on.
What are these?
I want a mango.
I want a mango!
I'm not seein' nothin'.
Let's keep lookin'.
I'm looking for fruit
or any signs of
the easy wildlife
I can just whack and hit.
Any... Any ground birds.
This is not nice to walk in.
Freaks me out that they're
gonna spring out and get me.
This is definitely snake
country, and I'm myself.
The grass was up to me head.
Day ten. One bite sets
me off the challenge.
This is a stupid idea.
But I need some food now.
It'll be worth it.
This is risky, really risky.
I just wanna make sure
that there's cool water
for Steve when he gets back.
Yeah, smoldering out
here is very different.
Back home, uh, normally,
you can wake up...
with a fire and
it'll light right away,
but everything is so humid.
Um, even if you keep
your sticks out of the rain,
they're always
absorbing moisture.
So It's definitely
interesting to learn.
b*stards.
So as I walk around
the whole area,
I haven't seen one snake.
I've looked for mangoes.
I've looked for
different fruits.
I haven't seen nothing.
But what I do know
is there is a food
source next to our shelter.
I don't need to be
wasting me energy.
I just need to be smarter.
I've got a mosquito net.
I can cut that down in half...
and use it as a net.
I need proper protein,
so if she's using
it as a blanket,
I wanna use it as a fishing net.
You all right, Sunny?
- Anything?
- Eh.
Just out there.
- Yeah.
- -And it's a distance,
I went all the way round.
- Well, I've got a suggestion.
- I've got your water.
Thank you. But
here's my suggestion...
Okay.
I went everywhere
today, and it's nothing.
- There's nothing.
- Yeah.
I couldn't see one snake.
The fish basket's not working.
Now, I wanna know what you feel.
But we can...
This mosquito net's
big enough to cut in half.
And we make a net and we
get in that water every day
and just scoop loads of...
-Do you need that to wrap up in?
-Yeah.
- Shelter is number one, so to compromise the shelter...
- -Mmm-hmm.
...to compromise my
potential core temperature,
on, like, really bad days
for something that's not
a need and it's a want.
I think it will be a need.
So we'll need the energy. I don't
think we're gonna get enough calories.
For Steve, he's okay.
He's feeling warm.
It's my body who
can't handle the cold.
So it's my responsibility to
make sure that I stay warm.
It is very serious for me.
This is what ends up
happening for medical tap-outs.
There's hundreds
of fish in there
and, well, we can go in
there every day together,
scoop up...
And we hit... We don't
need to take loads off it, just...
Just a square.
But I'm kind of getting
the end of the stick.
It's... It's a sliver, a sliver.
A sliver.
I... I can guarantee
if I got some fish,
your smile will be like...
Just a square off.
It's a sliver.
Ah.
Okay.
So hold it right here?
Yeah, 'cause I don't wanna
to take it any further now.
We need that mosquito
net to get some food.
One last cut.
This makes more sense
than using it as a blanket.
It is 50-50, isn't it?
At the end of the day, half
the mosquito net's mine.
And I wrap my side.
- And just twisted it on itself a little bit.
- -Yeah.
Initially, I wanted to
worry about shelter,
but the mosquito net, we
want to use it as a fish net,
so I'm not too upset about it.
I might as well try it.
Okay.
Yeah... That's it, yeah.
Let's go.
We're gonna go get fish.
Let's do it.
You can see the fish
actually moving past here.
Loads of them as well.
Kind of a big one
right here, too.
-Yeah, lots here.
-Yeah.
We... We'll get in the open
-'cause you see loads of them that go past us.
-Perfect.
Only a bit further.
What we are lackin' in is
protein and fat, massively.
But I am hoping there's
some fish in there.
Yeah, I see there's
some big ones now.
- Ideal. So should we go here?
- Yup.
Now, where are the bigger ones?
A little bit deeper
for the bigger ones.
A bit closer to you.
There's one.
Big ones in. Lift it.
- Ah.
- me.
You can see the fish.
There's one.
Big ones in. Lift it.
Ah.
me.
Maybe get some minnows
instead of big ones.
You know, even if we get
Yeah.
So you got a huge patch by you.
Do you wanna bring the
net a little bit closer to you?
Mmm.
Nice and slow.
- Look at that! Whoo!
- Yes!
Yes! Come on.
Exactly what we needed.
- We can easily get 50 of these.
- -Oh, we got-- Yeah.
Sunny is happy
with the fishnet now
when she realized this
is a very, very good idea.
That's a nice one.
I'm excited. I'm pumped.
It's actually one of the best
decisions we've made as a team.
Here we go.
- You're gonna get your 50.
- Yes!
-Oh, lady!
-Oh, lady!
Riki-chiki-chamba!
Riki-chiki-chamba!
Maka-maka-mora!
Roca-roca-mora!
Oh, thank you, Mother Colombia.
Thank you.
So that's gonna be one bite.
It's gonna be one big bite.
I just squashed them
all together. I can't wait.
So we squashed all
the minnows to a ball,
so it's just enough
for a good bite,
wrapped 'em in a leaf and
cooked them on the embers.
There's my dinner
all wrapped up.
I'm gonna just dig a little
hole in the coals here...
and I wanna leave
it for... for a little bit.
This is a massive game changer.
It's gonna give us the
protein, the omega oils,
the fat, what we need to
carry on with this challenge.
It's just a massive
morale boost. Proper meat.
Here's my little sushi packet.
Whoo!
I can just see the
condensation in there.
So everything is still moist.
It feels hot.
Oh, yeah, she's steaming.
There we go.
- Wow.
- You can see it.
Just cooked fish.
All right.
So, dinner tonight,
this is a huge celebration
for us on the halfway mark.
Um, it's just a game
changer morale wise.
Um, hot, hot, hot.
Come on, big bite. You ready?
Holy... Mmm-hmm.
That tastes so good.
- Such a win today.
- Oh, my God!
-Okay.
-Yeah.
That was so good.
That was so yummy.
That was, yeah.
Oh, my God. Okay.
Oh!
Mmm.
Flash flood.
Yeah.
Um...
But, uh...
It was really bad
last night. We had a...
Just blowing all
night and I'm freezing.
Last night, I think it took
almost all the calories I had left,
'cause this morning,
my bones are cold.
Like, I am...
I feel like I'm in a building
with AC on right now.
If anything is going to
take me out, take Steve out,
it's the weather.
It keeps changing on us
and it's severe changes.
It will drop by ten degrees
in 30 seconds at night.
It's a struggle out
here. Absolutely.
Everything's wet.
These logs, I wanna dry 'em out.
Soon as I got this fire stable,
- we need to boil water.
- Okay.
It was absolutely rough.
The worst night we've
had since we've been here.
All our dry wood is wet,
so it's gonna be hard work today
to keep the fire going.
Oh, man...
This sucks.
We're gonna get the
fire going in a minute.
How are you feeling?
Mentally, I'm 1,000% in,
- but physically, my body is shutting down.
- -Yeah.
I've got a headache.
I'm feeling really sick.
I'll just take one day
and I'll be right
back out there.
I really think she's struggling.
She can't cope with the cold.
Your body's got a lot more
in it than your mind thinks.
Because your mind's
always in survival mode.
It wants to stop.
So you gotta be able
to control your mind.
Okay. Can't be in direct
sun, but need to be warm.
There's some shade.
We'll go right there.
But she let her mind take
over and stops instantly.
Boomshakalaka.
You see, everything's damp.
Look, even that's damp.
It's not really going off.
The best way I can
describe how I'm feeling
is, like, I've
been put in, like,
a 90-year-old
lady's old, frail body.
Just like my... my
energy and my vitality
just does not match what
my body can do right now.
No fire all night.
Bit cold, bit chilly.
Wet.
It took me around three
hours to get that fire goin' again.
I can see all the water.
All... All the juices and that
'cause everything's damp.
My feet are cold right
now, and my hands are cold.
Oh, that's a good fire.
No around.
Get back to boiling
water, catch some fish.
Pass me spear.
eel.
-Pass me that spear.
-Coming, coming, coming, coming.
Where is it?
Come on, Sunny. Come on.
See this face there popping on?
I'm coming. Coming,
coming, coming, coming.
I'll get the knife.
Remember, keep your distance.
Let me get a visual.
So I don't think they swim off
'cause there's no murk,
so it's hiding in here.
Just give it a second.
He was just sitting
there like smiling at me.
We haven't really been
looking for the big game.
'Cause Sunny is wastin' away.
I need to get some
protein in her ASAP.
We need a big one.
You know, we got our
minnows. That's our staple.
But it might not give
us enough protein
to extract these
miles out of this area.
There's a very high
chance it could be so bad,
- I just physically can't cross the line.
- -Yeah.
Without a big win,
I think Day 21 is gonna
be a little bit intimidating.
Yeah, it's gonna be tough,
so we need to get
some protein in us ASAP.
I'll make a sprung
cage one today.
Yeah.
Yup.
We need to focus more
over hunting and trapping.
That minnow was that big.
A ground bird, it's that big.
So having a decent
chicken breast
will be a big win at the minute.
So I'm building a cage.
My goal is to gain
as many calories
and make as much
reserves as I can.
We're getting so
close to the finish line,
but we have to be very careful.
This is when people
make mistakes.
I'm gonna make some sort of trap
using, like, a basket style,
a bit like a fish basket,
but a bit more flatter.
An animal comes in.
Locked in.
I've got a bit of a
walk with this now.
Be safe.
- Okay.
- I'll get the water on for you right now.
Yeah.
- And I'll keep fishing throughout the day.
- -Yeah.
So I'm prioritizing
getting food every day,
whether it be fishing
or moriche nuts.
And I'm just trying not to
put a lot of pressure on him
'cause if I'm telling
him, "I need this
and I don't think I can
cross the finish line
and I'm relying on you..."
Jeez Louise.
You know, I don't
want him to feel
like he's failing his partner
'cause I think he would
take that as a really hard hit.
Just a little snack
to keep us goin'.
The sun's beating down on me.
There's no shade, but I do know
that animals are gonna
be rife in that area.
I know that there's,
uh, iguana there.
I know there's snakes.
I know there's birds.
Whereas where we're staying
animals are staying away from us
'cause we're making too
much noise and movement.
Get a grip.
Come on.
easy.
It's a mile here.
I'm dehydrated, I'm fatigued.
And I haven't had a
substantial bit of food.
It's going right here.
Yeah, that was tough.
heat.
On Day 21, we need a
win to make it to extraction.
So it needs to work.
I need water after that.
Now I'm gonna go
and check the traps,
so fingers crossed
we have got something.
I'm ready to eat dinner tonight.
-100%.
-Let's go.
-You got this.
-Need to feed you.
I am listening for that w*r cry,
and I'll cry back
to you in success.
Make sure you drink that water.
Okay, I will.
You're gonna do amazing.
- Come on.
- Whoo!
I think Steven is the best
partner that I could ask for.
It's about a mile walk, and it
gets hot right away in the day.
He could burn out just by
going and checking those traps.
I wouldn't go and
check it myself
because it's honestly just too
much of a calorie burn for me.
If there's not
anything in there,
it's gonna feel like
a kick in the nuts.
I'm hoping for some sort
of decent sized rodent
or a snake.
I'm hoping for something
that's gonna give us
enough calories
to get us out of this.
Looks like the
trap's been tripped.
It's a massive iguana.
Yes!
b*stards!
So now I feel emotional, but...
I'm so happy just for Sunny now.
I felt like I put so much
pressure on myself
to catch something.
I'm sorry, little man, but you're
gonna get stomped in the head.
I'm really sorry.
This is gonna get Sunny
out on the extraction.
I don't know why it
made me emotional.
Lot of meat there.
That is heavy.
Hey.
Oh, my God!
First talk of a
challenge, it's happening.
Oh, my God.
-Oh.
-Yes!
-Ah.
-Oh, my God.
You got what you wanted.
-Let me sit down.
-Okay.
I'm gonna get you water.
Fire's on.
-You did it.
-Okay, well.
Just got emotional back there.
Oh, my gosh.
Day 17, and I feel like I
have achieved me goals.
- You finally did it.
- Hmm.
Seventeen days.
I don't get emotional.
Stone Cold Steve,
me wife calls me.
- Yeah.
- -It's a big win, though.
Rotisserie, rotisserie.
I'm gonna cook it to a
charcoal, so I don't get sick.
The legs will definitely,
like, if the skin is singed,
the legs will definitely
be fully cooked.
But I can see all the...
the juices bubbling
through the skin now,
which is a good sign.
So one more fist pump, though.
Dude, you nailed it.
You did amazing.
We both have. We both nailed it.
I've never had lizard before.
tastes like chicken.
hell.
Oh, that was amazing.
Oh, yeah.
Ah, them clouds are coming in.
You want me to start
breaking small twigs for the fire?
Okay, we got this
if we need it as a wind
block for the shelter tonight.
I'm just focusing on getting
as much insulation as possible
'cause even when
it doesn't rain,
the wind and the temperature
drops are very significant.
It looks like the rain
is moving in fast.
I'm actually scared
that it just rains all the
way through till tomorrow.
Almost hyperventilating.
Sunny is very cold.
She's emotional as well.
So... Last night, we got
rained into the shelter
around three o'clock
in the afternoon
and we couldn't leave.
But I think I'm just
feeling, like, really drained
'cause I'm just really...
I'm going through it right now.
So my body's
just really fatigued.
Emotionally fatigued.
I would be on my honeymoon.
And, honestly, I wanna get home
and I wanna be healthy,
and I wanna be happy,
and I wanna be energetic,
not be on my deathbed.
Day 20. We had iguana yesterday.
I think that's enough
calories for us.
I don't need to be
slaughterin' any more animals.
Gonna be my last time
checkin' the fish basket.
I'm just gonna
be repurposing it.
I'll make some
shoes for extraction.
It's been an amazing challenge
and, uh, yeah, lookin'
forward to gettin' to the end.
But Sunny's on
her last legs. Uh...
The iguana gave
her a little boost.
Now she's, uh,
massively struggling.
I don't know how she's
gonna get to on a hike,
but I'll make sure she gets
out of there in one piece.
I stripped my, uh,
fish basket down
and there was
enough vines on there
to make my shoes and Sunny's.
Now there is a sole.
Just keep weaving
and that will be solid.
So we're making the
shoes like little snow shoe
and we're getting
these on top of it.
And they're brilliant.
Made one.
It's like walkin' on a cloud.
Then we're going to lash it
up with all our mosquito net.
I've got enough vines on me
basket to make another three shoes.
Let's go for our extraction.
Really happy the
fact that I've used
something I've made
what weren't effective
to make something
what's gonna be effective
for me to walk
out of this jungle.
Suck it up.
Sunny.
-You all right?
-Um...
I almost passed out on my face
trying to drink the water.
I laid down.
I was gonna sit up
to get more water,
and I almost passed out again.
I'm feeling absolutely
vulnerable and terrified
'cause I'm so close
to the finish line.
And I don't know if I'm
gonna be able to do tomorrow.
We got fresh water from
the rain for the first time,
so I'm just gonna
make my rain catcher.
Been wanting to do
this for the last ten days.
Because if I catch rainwater,
I can drink it straight off.
So we're not
wasting a lot of time
collecting water, boiling water,
waiting for it to cool down.
This is gonna cut
our time in half.
Dude, that's amazing.
- You heard me.
- That's the coolest thing I've ever seen.
- You're brilliant.
- It's creative.
Man... Oh, man, I'm
so pumped for that.
Oh, Steve's got a rain catcher.
I'm feeling absolutely
vulnerable and terrified
'cause I'm so close
to the finish line.
And I don't know if I'm
gonna be able to do tomorrow.
Don't worry, Sunny. We got this.
We're gonna rest today.
Twenty-four hours.
There's only so much
my body can handle,
and this environment
is extremely tough,
and I'm definitely at
the end of my rope.
It's Day 20.
Extraction's tomorrow.
But physically, I actually
don't know if I can make it.
Come on, Sunny. You got this.
Get some water in you.
I'll boil some more water.
Come on, mate. Well done.
All right, chug this and I'm
gonna get another pot on.
Just think how proud Jordan
and Miana are gonna be
when you march out tomorrow.
Getting dragged along
by the skin of your teeth.
Twenty-four hours.
I just need 24 hours.
I'm just... I'm just
a rough Commando
who can tell me
mind, "Sit back on."
I think, uh, my partnership
with Sunny, we have grown...
We have grown massively.
The more I've seen her suffer
and what she's going through,
I feel like, uh, we've
grown massively as a team.
I just really hope, like,
I just physically can...
force it through tomorrow.
If you get tapped on Day
I will give you for
the rest of your life.
I will terrorize you
like the first person
to be tapped on Day 21.
The only concern is
if Sunny doesn't finish,
that means I haven't done
well as a team member.
I can't sleep.
Getting close to the end now.
I'm starting to think
about me wife, Jenny...
and my daughter Chloe.
I'll be home very soon.
All right.
-Extraction, Day 21.
-Mmm-hmm.
We've got a big distance.
I'm worried about...
As you can see,
the extraction's four times
longer than the insertion.
And the insertion was long.
-Yup.
-So this is gonna be tough.
So we will need
to go over this hill
- and straight to extraction and, uh...
- -Yeah.
Sunny has struggled
over the last few days
with her mental game
and her physical body.
But, uh, I've given
her some pep talks,
uh, motivated her, driven her,
exactly what I'll do with my own soldiers.
And she's back in the game.
And what we can
go and do now is,
should we go mud up
and let's get out of here.
-Day 21.
-Let's go.
We're almost there.
Right now, temperatures are low.
It's windy.
But I know it's not gonna last.
I know that I am gonna be in
trouble during the afternoon.
Heat exhaustion to heat stroke.
Medically being tapped,
that is my concern.
So I just wanna get out of camp
as soon as possible
and get en route,
'cause the longer we wait,
the harder this is
gonna be for me.
Gonna get the out of here.
Then we're out of here.
Sunny and Steven
will trek six miles
through the steep rolling hills
of the Los Llanos grasslands,
where there are no
trees to protect them
from the unrelenting sun
and rising daytime temperatures.
They will have to keep
their eyes on the ground
to avoid 300 species of snakes,
until they ascend
the final ridge
and find their
extraction vehicle.
Ah, stones.
-I'm gonna put my shoes on at the top.
-Yup.
All these little stones,
absolutely destroying me.
- I'm just gonna stop here on this little flat bit.
- -Okay.
Ooh. Them rocks are
absolutely disgusting to walk on.
Yeah, like that's what
you're stepping on.
Just look at that.
They're sharp.
Slicing me feet.
Ah.
Feel like I'm walking on a cloud
and I'm not even stood up yet.
You sure don't wanna
stick your shoes on?
Yeah, 100%.
'Cause the shoes are
heavier. They're a lot of clunkier.
They're gonna be
pulling on the grass.
And you've got those calories
where for me, it's just...
lighter and just a
lot easier to navigate.
- So...
- Yeah.
Let's do it.
Wow. They feel
absolutely amazing.
I feel like I'm on snowshoes.
- Aren't them stones eating your feet?
- -Nope.
Hardcore.
Your body's slowly
breaking down.
- It's gotta keep on top of the game.
- -Yeah.
Trying to go up the
hills, my legs are on fire.
Going down the hills,
my knees are shaky.
I am so exhausted and fatigued.
I'm concerned. This
is... This is serious.
The heat's coming up now.
Come on, Sunny, you got this.
-You got this.
-Yup.
Even with the wind,
that heat is just...
Oh, man.
Oh, . I don't know if
we're gonna get up there.
I need water.
We need shade. We need water.
Come on. Let's keep going.
I just need more... Just...
-Ten seconds.
-Hmm.
Another push.
We've got it.
Body feels weak as.
I feel weak now.
The heat just took it out of me.
This is our last hill.
When we get up this hill,
this is the end of it, and
it's all downhill from here.
But we are both struggling.
Can't move.
Massively dehydrated.
Heat exhaustion's kicking in.
Well, at this pace
and this heat,
I'm feeling like
I felt yesterday.
I can't... Do you know
what, Sunny, though,
- we've got one more big hill to do.
- -I know.
-That's--
-One more big hill.
I wanna make sure she
finishes this challenge.
With a team, you never
leave no one behind.
Come on, one more big hill.
Come on, Sunny, last hill.
Last hill.
Argh.
I am already feeling
the slightest
elevation in the ground.
My legs are heavy.
This is really,
really difficult.
Come on, Sunny.
Come on, Sunny.
Come on, Steve.
Gotta get up...
Come on...
Come on, Sunny, last climb.
Come on!
- Come on, Sunny. Keep pushing.
-I know...
She is faint.
She is dehydrated.
I will fireman's carry my
partner out of here if I need to.
I'm a Commando, I'm a soldier.
It's what I do.
Okay.
Come on, Sunny.
Sunny.
Sunny, give you a hand.
Sunny.
Give me your hand. Come on.
Come on.
Some vehicle over there.
We've got extraction.
Yes.
Come on.
The vehicle shows
up from nowhere.
Feeling really emotional.
It made me so happy.
It... it's... it's... honestly,
it just lifted me spirits.
Yes, let's go.
Let's go.
Come on, Sunny.
Last push.
Come on, heart's beating.
You got one more.
- Hey.
- Hey!
The struggles out here,
they're serious, they're real,
they're emotional, they're
physical and they're mental.
- Oh, it's the best thing I've ever seen.
- -Hey, yeah, yeah.
Oh...
Thank you.
It's pulling out something
that is a type of strength
that you need to have.
And I needed an experience
to allow me that opportunity
and this has been it.
, we made it.
We made it.
-I keep getting emotional.
-I can't believe it.
Steve 100% has my back.
He's been the perfect partner.
It taught me that I can
rely on a teammate.
I can rely on a partner.
And the fact that that's a gift
that this challenge
has given me,
I won't take it for granted.
Steve is gonna
be a lifelong friend.
I am ready to go get married.
Jordan, this wouldn't
have happened without you.
Everything I got from this
is because of you, babe.
After surviving 21 days,
Sunny lost six pounds.
Her Primitive Survival
Rating rises from 6.2 to 6.7.
-You're the best teammate, man.
-Likewise.
I think everything I've done
has been good for the team.
Everything I've built
hasn't just been for me,
it's been for both of us.
Whoo!
I like to grow as a person,
and that's the reason why
I've done this challenge.
When I get home, I'm
a father, I'm a husband.
So what that means to me is
loyalty, integrity, team player.
I'm trying to do the best I
can for the people that I love.
Stevenn lost 13 pounds.
His PSR goes up from 7.0 to 7.5.
- Twenty-one!
- Yes! Come on!
-Yes!
-Yes!
-We did it.
-Oh, thank you, Colombia.
Whoo!
So, yes, we did
plan an elopement,
and I can't be more grateful
or more excited to be
here getting married.
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17x05 - Runaway Bride
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Each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists who meet for the first time naked and are given the task of surviving a stay in the wilderness for 21 days.
Each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists who meet for the first time naked and are given the task of surviving a stay in the wilderness for 21 days.