All language subtitles for Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E02 (Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E02) (ENGLISH)

Previously on the World's Toughest
Race, 66 teams of adventure racers from all

around the globe departed
a small village in Fiji

for the craziest adventure
any human could undertake.

This grueling five-stage, 11-day
race clocks in over 671 kilometers,

consisting of a multitude of
technically challenging disciplines

over some of the most
rugged and unforgiving terrains.

The World's Toughest
Race is underway.

Right away, American Team Bend
Racing unexpectedly took the lead.

And they quickly paid the price.

Leaving an opening for Team
New Zealand to slip into first place.

And close behind in second place, long-time
rival and previous champion Mike Clarke.

A closer of team out there.

Good pace up there, Nathan.

The Kiwis, our
old rivals, beatable.

We've done it before.

Father and son duo Mark and Travis Macy of
Team Endure are currently in 49th place as

they stare adversity
in the face despite

Mark's diagnosis of
early onset Alzheimer's.

To do this race with my dad is a
priceless, once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Woo!

Woo!

As the first night sets in,
the back-of-the-pack teams...

are just fighting
to stay in the race.

Team Unbroken, the
wounded warrior team, coming

in dead last, has made a
tough trek even tougher.

My instinct at this point, we go
back so we follow a path that we know.

And with the collapse of their strongest
team member, Dan, Bend Racing's entire

quest is in jeopardy as they've
slipped from first to 58th place.

For the hardcore adventure
racers, it's a contest for the podium.

But for many, the
goal is just to survive.

Currently at checkpoint four, Bend
Racing has made it to the top of Overlau,

the apex of the ocean leg.

Dan got heat stroke
and we went from like first

place to 58th place
in a matter of an hour.

We just slowed down and turned the
event into like, can we survive now?

Any water we have left, other than like
a sip or two, let's make sure he has it.

We want to keep him hydrated
but we want to make sure

we don't, you know, he's got
to have enough to get down.

Do you want your
emergency blanket to lay on?

When he's going fast, it's just like we're
riding his wake but when he slows down,

it's a lot of weight.

It takes all three
of us to carry him.

A lot of weight to carry.

I'm just trying to figure out
how to not let it get worse.

As countless teams pass them, Bend Racing
is getting further and further behind.

They could miss the ocean leg cut-off on
day three and be eliminated from the race.

This leg of the journey
has been just punishing.

So we're going from here?

Yeah.

And we're going
over here, right?

You ready?

I'm ready.

All right.

Are you guys ready?

Up, up and away.

While the majority of the teams are
suffering their way through the jungles of

Overlau, having all retrieved the
ocean medallion in the pitch dark of night,

the group of lead teams are neck and
neck as they brave the open waters of the

Pacific back to Fiji's
main island of Viti Levu.

The race is in the late hours
of day one, and the lead teams

have traversed almost 100
kilometers of the race course.

Time, time.

Team New Zealand scarcely maintains their
first place position as a pack of hungry

teams are nipping at their heels,
including decades-long rival and

eco-challenge vet Mike Closer
of the American team out there.

Oh, there's some strong teams.

We were the 17th
together for a while.

Maybe 16.

I'm a three-time eco-challenge champion,
long-distance orienteering champion.

It would be great to leave
on a high note and be

this athlete or role model
that people look up to.

New Zealand was one of
our rivals for many years, and if

I had to pick a favorite,
personally, I'd pick the Kiwis.

But I don't want to
count us out either.

We're pretty excited and scared.

A lot of teams that could
be on the podium at the end.

It's only 12 hours
from the beginning.

It's nothing.

There is some fun.

There is some suffering.

And there is some
dark places that you go.

What could be better?

20 kilometers behind the lead teams,
triathlete team Iron Cowboy has managed to

navigate to the buoy
marking the first medallion.

They must retrieve it
before they're allowed

to proceed to the
next leg of the race.

James, the Iron Cowboy
himself, who completed 50 Ironman

competitions in 50 days,
is their designated diver.

Don't fail me now.

It's all where it is.

Well, ish.

The medallions are located
between the anchor and the island.

OK, so the island is which way?

To your left.

To which way?

To your left.

That way.

That way?

Nope.

This way?

Nope.

This way?

Nope.

This way?

Oh, my frickin' god.

I'm just over this boat.

My name is Sonya Wick.

I am on Team Iron Cowboy.

I'm a cowboy, and I have
done zero adventure races.

I cried this morning.

Like, I cried this morning.

I'm scared.

We've got James
Lawrence, the Iron Cowboy,

who did 50 Ironmans
in 50 days in 50 states.

It's the essence that
he brought to the 50

that is what Iron Cowboy
means to all of us.

We saw the promo for this race, and it
was calling us out as Ironman athletes.

It said it was going
to eat us for breakfast.

And I thought, well, then I'm going to
find a whole bunch of Ironman athletes,

and I'm going to come
here to try to see if that's true.

I got it.

One step closer to
turning into this frickin' boat.

Fifteen kilometers behind, on
Overlau, the Back of the Pack

teams are still trekking the
jungle in the pitch darkness.

We've been climbing at, like, a
12-degree slope for two hours.

They must make their way
around the circumference of the

island before they can get
back to their outrigger canoes.

A little bit sweaty,
that's for sure.

I think the humidity's high.

For my first adventure race, I
had a little bit of a realization.

You've got to be
insane to do this.

You've got to be
absolutely insane.

That's where we are,
but I was just trying to

look for some place that
we could set elevation.

Oh, yeah.

My team captain is Travis
Macy, who happens to be my son.

I was diagnosed with Alzheimer's
disease approximately a year ago.

I'd known for many years that I had
problems with word finding and stuff like

that, and a lot of people think that's
just normal old-guy stuff, but it's not.

I've raced with Team Stray Dogs since
the first Eco Challenge, and I was going to

race with Team Stray
Dogs in this race as well.

But my son Travis
decided to have a team.

He asked me if I wanted to
be on a team with him, and of

course, you know, I'm happy
to be on a team with my son.

You know, he's been watching
Eco Challenge tapes on TV

since, you know, he was
just a little boy, you know.

Now his little boy and his
daughter, you know, my

grandkids, man, they love
to watch Eco Challenge.

If they're staying at
our house, I tell them

Eco Challenge stories
before they go to bed.

It just cracks me up.

They hear them over
and over and over again.

They love them.

Stray Dogs.

Yeah, they're here.

I haven't seen them.

I don't know how they're doing.

Trailing just one hour
behind Mark Macy, his former

teammates on Stray Dogs
are arriving at Checkpoint 3.

59.

I'm Bob Hall of Team Stray Dogs.

I'm also known as Dr. Bob
because I'm a doctor.

Our Team Stray Dogs is
made up of team members.

All over 60.

I'm 68.

Marshall Ulrich's 68.

Adrian Crane is, I think, 64.

And the youngster,
Nancy Bristow, at 62.

That's my claim to fame in this event,
I think, is that I'm not the fastest.

At least I'm the oldest.

So my buddy's on
Team 52, Mark Macy.

Mm-hmm.

Endure how they do.

Team 52, you said?

Yeah.

Mark has raised nine Eco Challenges,
eight Eco Challenges with me.

They came in around...
around 8 o'clock, just before 8.

Wanted to see how he was doing.

He's...you know, I'm sure you
guys know he's got dementia.

He's with his son and his sons.

So...

You're doing well.

Good.

It's almost like there's a part of me
missing because we're so intertwined.

We're hoping that we'll
bump into him on the course.

Mace, you're killing it, man.

Yeah.

Good pace.

That's just cranking
it up this hill.

I'm literally barely keeping up.

Man, this seems
like yesterday though.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Mace is so excited.

This part will choke me.

Yeah.

It's great to get to race
with Mace for the...you

know, this is going
to be the last time.

If you think you could outrun
him up a mountain, no, forget it.

He can still outrun
you up a mountain.

But this will be great.

Sorry.

That was amazing.

That's the only thing I
can do is run up hills.

That's the only talent I have.

Team 52 over here.

Right here.

Yep.

Let's see who's doing it.

OK.

He went super fast, didn't he?

I was so impressed.

I'm proud of him.

If he could just keep
doing this, it would be good.

Way ahead across the ocean, the
lead teams have dominated the last race.

We've passed Ocean Lake at a
breakneck pace, with the New Zealanders,

Americans, Spanish, French,
Estonians and Australians all in the front.

This truly is the Olympics
of adventure racing.

Going non-stop now for over 15
hours without sleep and very little food,

can the frontrunners
keep up this pace?

They don't know it yet,
but what they've just

accomplished is as
easy as it's going to get.

Water's there.

Paddles can go here.

We've got medics at the back.

Checkpoint?

Yeah, checkpoint 7.

Here at Verrata Point, the teams
transition to their stand-up paddle boards.

They must plot a course
to the island's interior

using one of the
many rivers in the area.

And they must do this entirely
in the dark, without sleep.

The teams were pretty tired after paddling
for that long, and then to have to paddle

more on the SUP, so it was
kind of like, are you kidding me?

We've got to do this for...

another six, seven hours.

You never know.

You arrive to a place and you know
which surprise is going to happen.

When you are going
deeper and deeper into the

race, you have to focus
more on your team.

Now in the beginning,
everyone has energy, so you

just look around and see
the teams, how are they.

But after the second or the third
day, it will be... how can we survive?

If we need to take caffeine,
what do you want to do?

Need grid reference 613.

Successful navigation
here is crucial.

The teams must take great care
to plot their course with intention.

Because... locating the mouth of
the river at night will be no easy feat.

And the slightest miscalculation
could send a team up the wrong river.

It's going to be a long night.

And probably a long morning.

Lease is on.

Back on Overlau, the
Wounded Warrior team,

Unbroken, is dead last,
departing checkpoint 3.

They are now over seven
hours behind the lead teams.

And Captain Hao has just
decided to avoid the steep ascent to

checkpoint 4 by taking the
long way back around the island.

It feels a little strange
to backtrack, but I'm

responsible for a group
of important people.

They mean a lot to me.

I don't know.

Right now, I'm like, my common sense
is telling me to chill out at checkpoint 2.

Would you rather just stop
here than one of these villages?

I mean, at the end of
the day, it's a team race.

It doesn't matter how
good I feel or you feel.

It matters how the team feels.

Yeah.

Whatever decision
you make, I'm on board.

We are trying to respect the elements and
appreciate the fact that we're really new

at this, so we wanted to err on
the side of safety and caution.

The injuries that we came to Eco Challenge
with, somebody would have gotten hurt.

Gretchen told us when we left the
state, she said everybody comes home.

And that means a lot to
her as a military person.

She used to say that
to her troops every day.

So she says that to us,
and it means a lot more.

As Team Unbroken settles in for the
night, it's the early hours of the morning.

And Team Bend Racing has
managed to get Dan into their outrigger.

Despite having a man down,
they've actually increased

their standing by 11
positions into 47th place.

When one person goes down,
we rally around that person.

You know, we
cannot keep doing this.

You've got to come
out of that dark place.

And we've all got to work together
as a team to get to where we're going.

While Bend Racing tries to make up for
the lost time, the lead teams have been

paddling up a dark,
dangerous river for

almost six hours into
the heart of Viti Levu.

It's been a long night,
navigating the many

twists and turns upstream
for over 30 kilometers.

Noticeably missing from
the front pack is former

Eco Challenge champion
Mike Closen of Team Albert.

At the last checkpoint, they were in second
place, right behind Team New Zealand.

But now, they've disappeared.

Thank you.

OK, great job.

That was a paddle.

Pretty punishing.

Here at checkpoint eight
is Sote village, where

the lead teams can
drop their paddle boards.

Across the village,
they'll transition to their

mountain bikes, which they
must use for the next leg.

The first mountain bike segment will be
an arduous and unforgiving 50 seconds.

It's a six-kilometer ride, but
the long night is finally over.

As the lead teams set out
at first light, they anxiously

anticipate the end of the
ocean lake at camp one.

Here at race headquarters on the main
island, I'm able to closely monitor the

race course, the weather conditions,
as well as the position of all 66 teams

throughout the course
via their GPS transponders.

All right, legends.

Who slept?

We haven't been... No one.

OK, so what has
gone on with this team?

They thought they were going
for a shortcut, but they went

all the way back and
basically doubled their distance.

This whole zigzag going
backward and forward is unbroken.

That's right.

They got CP3.

They turned around.

I think they were
looking for an easier

pass, because on the
map it does look steep.

But that trail, if you follow the terrain
properly, you get there efficiently.

So that's the team with the
deaf American veteran, Gretchen.

Wow, that's going
to be so challenging.

Last but not least, this
is the first time they've

lost place, lost in the
dark and in total silence.

Wow, I've got so
much respect for her.

Out there.

Team out there, yeah.

They took a wrong turn.

Hold on.

So this is what they've done.

They've just bummed down that.

So do we got to go up
a channel a little ways?

I think we got to
go check this out.

This is Mike Closer, who, if
anyone can catch Nathan, it's him.

And they're
struggling to catch up.

Oh, that is
heartbreaking for them.

He's going to be really pissed.

We spent three and a half,
four hours wasted last night.

To see those things kind of slip through
our fingers first night, especially after

being up in the front
with the top two or

three teams, it was a
little bit disappointing.

I should say more than a little bit
disappointing to have lost that time.

Meanwhile, way back at checkpoint
five, still on the island of Overlau,

team Endure is currently
in 54th place, more than

10 hours and 100 kilometers
behind the lead teams.

Yeah, don't put this
stuff on your back.

What are you saying?

Right?

Yeah.

I'm stuffed.

What?

You're stuffed?

I'm stuffed.

Okay.

Start beating then.

I like to see more.

We got some good
restorative sleep.

We were all out for
a solid five hours.

All right, gang,
let's do this, huh?

Yeah.

I think we're about ready.

We are ready.

I think the biggest challenge for
everybody is tackling Alzheimer's and

understanding that
that is a big challenge.

I think the biggest challenge
for me is non-MACE.

He's a highly intelligent, highly skilled,
highly experienced person out here.

But the Alzheimer's has taken
a lot of that away from him.

You want your food bag?

He can't zip up his jacket.

He can't put on
a pair of gloves.

He can't tie his shoes.

And so taking those moments when it's
pouring down rain and zip up his jacket

or, you know, help feed
him, that's the hard part.

The reality is we can make a
difference by supporting somebody

like MACE and Travis and
the path that those two are on.

It's an honor.

It's the bottom line.

And just a little behind at
checkpoint four, Unbroken is

dead last as they finally
arrive at the top of Overlau.

Yeah, checkpoint four.

We made it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Good job, dude.

Thank you.

We made it this far.

Get back to five and
try to get on our boat.

Just got to trust the captain at this
point, but, you know, you make too many

wrong turns, you're
not making up that time.

You know, we got a two and
a half day cutoff and we can't

have too many errors like
this in terms of navigation.

Just taking a moment
to get everything in order.

Everybody reset here.

Sneaking a seven
minute power nap.

Resources are short.

Resources are short.

We don't have a good recent
history with Jungle Navigator.

You say that with such poise.

A good recent experience
with Jungle Navigator.

I'm not even reading
lips very well right now.

How's your knee feeling, Keith?

It's actually my good
knee, my left knee.

It's my right knee
being really messed up.

On my second tour to
Iraq back in 2009, it was

a scout vehicle, an MRAP,
doing convoy security.

And, uh, we got
caught in an ambush.

The vehicle was hit by an EFP,
basically a homemade anti-tank round.

It punched straight through.

On my side of the vehicle, shattered
my right femur, snapped my knee joint,

fractured my hip socket and ankle,
knocked me out for a good period of time,

left me with a
traumatic brain injury.

Pretty high tolerance for pain,
because they dragged me out, and then I

put a tourniquet on my shattered
femur, with no painkillers.

Let me tell you, that sucks.

And, uh, yeah, spent the
next two years recovering.

I have a lot of
hardware in the knee.

Thirteen screws, a plate.

About six months, they
thought I'd lose my leg.

So, uh...

So, yeah, the left knee's not
hurting too bad, comparatively.

Yeah, but...

You know, I'm out here doing this for
some friends of mine who didn't come home.

They can't be here, you know.

They'll never have
this opportunity.

So, you know, I
do this for them.

I'm also here to prove to myself that,
you know, I'm still the man I used to be.

Uh, you know, despite my injuries,
and despite everything that happened,

I can still go out here and
run the world's toughest race.

Uh, keep plugging away.

You know, a lot of
them want to stop me.

Should we knock off a few more?

Another click?

Yeah, I'm good.

Seventy-five kilometers
ahead at Sote Village,

day two is in full swing
at checkpoint eight.

As the rest of the team switch
gears to their mountain bikes.

Emma, how are you this morning?

Tired, but happy to take
out all the water section.

It was crazy.

They've been going for over 24 hours,
traveled a distance of 120 kilometers,

and they've done this all
without sleep or a proper meal.

It's still the same pack of lead
teams, with the New Zealanders, Spain,

Australia, Canada, and Estonia.

But noticeably absent
is the American team

out there, who've
slipped from the top ranks.

Team out there who was in second place
before their critical navigation error

finally arrives at the
mountain bike transition.

We had a little mess up.

We decided to, unintentionally,
to take a shortcut on a river.

Looks like we're about
five and a half hours

out of first, which is
Team New Zealand.

And those guys are pretty
tough to get in the lead.

And you gotta hope that they
make a mistake at this point.

So we're now
heading to Camp One.

And already they've done
long ocean legs, long paddling.

Long treks.

They've been on the paddle
boards, and now they're on the bikes.

They are now exactly
24 hours into this race.

What you gotta remember is that
they're only coming into Camp One.

You know, they've got
five of these legs to do.

It's only day two, and
they're still almost 500

kilometres from the finish
line with nine days to go.

To win this is gonna take a whole lot
of heart, determination and insurance.

There will still be a few of the
frontrunners who are muscling it.

But by the end of this, in
ten days' time, there won't be.

But we're gonna see.

It's gonna be interesting.

This is Camp One,
next to Naivezzini village,

an oasis for the
weary adventure racer.

Here they'll have access to race
management, medical and the leaderboard,

where they can see their standing amongst
the teams representing over 30 countries.

Go, Fiji, go!

All teams must pass the threshold of these
totems by tomorrow's cut-off time at 4pm,

signifying completion
of the first leg of the race.

As soon as they've done so, it's only
at the camps that they'll be reunited with

their assistant crew member,
the unsung hero of the team.

Hailing from around the globe, these
assistants provide their teams with

a shelter, a hot meal,
fresh clothing and whatever

gear they'll require
for the upcoming leg.

Teams must take a mandatory 90-minute stop
here, where they'll receive information

about the upcoming
leg and plot their course.

At this stage of the race for us, we
don't really feel like we're racing yet.

We're pretty much just
ticking off the stages.

Our sort of philosophy in adventure
racing is that for the first 60-70% of the

course, you've just got
to be looking after yourself

and making sure you've
got four healthy people.

Our biggest fear at the
moment is not the other

teams at all, it's the
course and the environment.

Hi, guys.

That's what I'm talking about.

Hi!

That's what I'm talking about.

What do you need?

Food.

All right, let's go.

You guys have to

stay for 90 minutes
between the two totems.

Good job.

Emma!

I'm Emma Rocca.

I'm the team captain
of Team Summit.

I'm too old.

No, you're not.

You're not doing it, Emma.

No way.

Yes.

Emma, we're
cheering you on there.

No, no.

I am better at home with
my three kids, not here.

No more races.

Adventure racing is too hard.

I have three kids.

I am finishing my
PhD in biochemistry.

I have three businesses.

I'm a professional firefighter.

Don't put me in such stuff.

But then you
realize, and why not?

I'm clean.

After 30 hours, I'm clean.

It's life.

And they have to
grow also like this.

Look and see their parents competing
and having these experiences.

During all the years that
I've been as a firefighter or

competing in many races, always
I was a minority as a woman.

Always.

There were few women.

From here, I ask more women,
more girls, just to have the opportunity.

If they can be a team captain in
an adventure race like this, why not?

My name is Silver Enslar.

I am team captain of
team Estonian ACE.

We're satisfied.

Thank you.

I think we're doing good.

One of the reasons that I got into
adventure racing at all, Estonia was

occupied by the Soviet Union and we
all grew up in the end of the occupation.

And in 1991, we got the freedom.

Then we got some foreign
television and satellite

television and we saw the
Eco Challenge show there.

This was absolutely amazing.

Jungle leg.

Good job, guys.

Good job.

Good job.

You love it and you hate it.

This is just a dream race because
it takes you into very special places.

And puts you in very
especially hard situations.

After a brief fuel up and
resupply, the lead teams press on.

Leg two is a jungle leg spanning almost
100 kilometers of Fiji's rugged terrain.

And it will employ three
separate but distinct disciplines.

First, the canyoneering
trek through Waiga Canyon.

It's a grueling upriver slog going
a distance of over 12 kilometers.

From there, it's 45 kilometers
paddling down the Wainimala

River on bamboo rafts built
by the teams themselves.

From Virea Village, the teams transition
to mountain bikes for their last section.

A 40 kilometer punishing ride across
the main island all the way to Camp 2,

which they must arrive to
by the cutoff time on day five.

For the middle of the pack
teams, this won't be today.

It will be tomorrow.

Still dealing with leg one,
most teams are just now making

it to Terra Firma with
gratitude and a renewed spirit.

You know, you come in off a paddle
like that after a long night and the first

thing you hear is this beautiful,
like, harmonious singing.

It's awe-inspiring.

You know, you go down there and you
see their smiles, and they're so welcoming.

Like, a part of you wants to cry,
but then a part of you goes, oh,

my gosh, these people
are just some of the most

beautiful people you'll
ever meet in the world.

My name's Tyson Mayer.

I'm the team captain of the Mad
Mayers, and I'm from Australia.

The past 10 years, I've traveled
through 90 different countries.

I have this community
on Instagram.

There's about 85,000 people that
get to share this experience with me.

The last decade of travel, there's so
many little bits and pieces that you learn

about the way you deal
with locals, you know,

instead of just
rushing past the village.

I'm hoping there's
going to be a lot of

little elements like
that that will help us.

J-Dogs, how you doing?

Pretty good.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's just it's better to
lie down than stand up, so...

So yeah, we got to figure out
some way for him to snap out of it.

Because if he just
stays like he's in the way,

like, we can't pull Dan
through with ourselves.

Like, it just can't happen.

Like, so if he doesn't want to
race it, I don't know what to do.

It's really difficult to be,
like, the person in the hole.

And my team has just been taking
my weight, pushing me, pulling me.

I have no idea how
they're able to do it.

So I really try to, you know, stay
focused on, like, wanting to be out here.

I'm going to be on the
mend for the rest of the race.

It's just a question of how to play
the edge between digging myself in,

digging myself out, and performing to try
to get as much ground under us as possible.

Hey, you did awesome, eh?

Want to get down?

Are you good?

No.

You're good.

That was so hard.

That was hard, eh?

It was a rough, rough
paddle for teammate Sonya.

Super high, and
then really, really low.

And when the low hits,
it really affects the team.

It's tank.

I didn't get to, like, barely eat or
drink since we got back on the boats.

It's been trying to get
us where we need to go.

We've got to rally and just get her
quickly and high as possible we can,

because it just...
it hits us all hard.

We check her temperature.

It's okay at the moment.

We put her in front of the air
conditioning, put water over her head.

Slightly high heart rate,
feeling a bit dehydrated.

So we've already discussed with
Sonya about the fact that to seek medical

attention earlier if she
starts feeling dizzy at all.

In 2014, I was trying to win my age group
of the Ironman World Championships in Kona.

I had been trying
for five years to win.

I had pretty much been sacrificing every
single thing I had in my life to get there.

About two years ago,
everything came to a head, and...

I had a panic attack that
sent me to the hospital.

I really went from being one of the top
female Ironman athletes in the world to in

bed for days and weeks at a
time, contemplating ending my life.

We're getting there.

We're getting there.

She hit the top, the
pinnacle of our sport.

I mean, Kona six times, winning
races and tops in the world.

That's a big deal.

And then to lose
everything mentally.

This race, I think it's
her comeback story.

She's the heart and
soul of this team.

Better.

Just past Camp One is a gorgeous
but equally dangerous Waiga Canyon.

The teams are going to have to
make their way up this river canyon.

Fourteen kilometers of it.

Sometimes up to here.

There are medallions
hidden throughout this canyon.

This course.

And the teams are going to have
to find one to complete each leg of it.

There you go,
medallion number two.

And with that, they can move on.

When we got into the
canyon, that was amazing.

We were going up
there just blown away.

It was very narrow.

It was gorgie.

We were having
to swim in places.

But we were thinking, this
will be epic in here if it rains.

And there'd be no way through.

Like, you just wouldn't be
able to get through there.

Team New Zealand has just found their
medallion and now must navigate the tricky

and winding terrain of
Waiga Canyon to get out.

Somewhere.

Somewhere.

Somewhere along here.

Who knows?

You've got to be willing to take
some risks and sort of figure, well,

you know, this is what we
think will be the quickest route.

There's only one
way to find out.

So we just went back
to what we normally do.

We got amongst it and
went jungle bashing.

Nathan and his fellow Kiwis have taken
a risk in popping up above the canyon.

Going off the
prescribed path is an

unconventional choice
that could prove costly.

Sophie, do you
know where you are?

Fiji.

Definitely Fiji.

There's a big hill up there.

See, look at it.

It was quite thick jungle up
there and it was quite slow going.

And once we got into
the thick of it, we realised

that that probably
wasn't the intended route.

So we decided to take a detour.

Trailing just moments behind Team
New Zealand, the pack of lead teams are all

neck and neck as
they locate the second

medallion and make
their way out of the canyon.

Back on the open water of the Ocean Lake,
many of the last placed teams are still

struggling with their paddle
just getting to the first medallion.

And with an incoming tropical storm,
race management steps in to investigate.

How's it going?

No!

We've been trying to get
to that island since 11.30.

There's a pushing tide and we can't
get through the pushing tide sailing,

paddling, anything.

Nothing can get us to that
island and that storm's nothing.

Okay, this is the story.

If you want assistance
with the boats, you are done.

That's the end of the race.

Weather predictions, this wind
is only going to get stronger.

Only got about two
hours till it gets dark.

How long till that gets here?

Your guess is as good as mine.

You guys have got to decide
if you're pulling the plug or not.

Sadly, team Nika is not alone.

Team Peak Traverse also
makes the tough call to remove

themselves from open
water before the storm arrives.

Thank you.

Back at Checkpoint 8,
team Bend Racing has

completed the stand-up
paddleboard segment.

They've simultaneously reclaimed
much of Dan's health while

elevating themselves another
eight positions into 26th place.

Sweet!

Right.

We're just happy to having
Dan feel a little bit better.

So, as long as he keeps
improving, we're in a good spot.

I'm still quite hot, so I'm still trying to
figure out how to make everything work.

It's been tough for Dan with the heat
both days in a row, but he loves mountain

biking, so hopefully
this will help everybody.

Hopefully we can give him
something to focus on other

than his misery so he
can bounce right out of it.

Done with their trek around the
island of Overlau, team Unbroken

has not yet made it back to
the dangerous ocean crossing.

We've overcome many challenges.

This day and a half
or almost two days, I

guess, on this island
is really nothing else.

It's cemented who we are as a
team and that we're not clearers.

With tomorrow's cut-off at 4pm looming,
team captain Hal makes another tough call.

We're not going out at night.

We're going to set up camp,
get some rest, and as soon as

possible in the morning we'll
get out there and get going.

That's the plan.

This was a hard day today.

It was a hard two days.

So we're going to take a
good night's sleep tonight.

Get up in the morning
and tackle this ocean again.

I think your decision not to go
out in the dark might be a good one.

Thank you so much.

We're not going to quit.

Someone's going to
have to walk up to us if that

happens and say, you
have to leave the course.

And then we may even get a little indignant
and try to convince them otherwise.

Unbroken is a full 24
hours behind the lead teams.

With an overnight on Overlau, by the
time they make it back onto open water,

they'll have less than
10 hours to make it all

the way to Camp 1 before
tomorrow's 4pm cut-off.

The tropical storm which
has been threatening

all day is beginning
to sweep the island.

The skies are opening
up and the torrential

rains are making tough
conditions even worse.

Teams are spread out over 100 kilometres
throughout Fiji, ranging all the way from

Overlau in the east, to the main
island's interior of Waiga Canyon.

Team Out There has shaved
off almost 90 minutes of

their lost time as they
finally arrive to Camp 1.

Their proficiency at
riding has helped them

advance their positions
three spots to 11th place.

And they're now just four hours
behind first place Team New Zealand.

You OK?

Good job, good job.

I know you've had some battles
out there, but you know what?

Yeah, you know, like you say,
you're going to make some mistakes.

Yeah.

But really, hopefully,
that's all we have.

Good for you, good for you, cos you've
got to look at it like that, haven't you?

What did it cost you, 8K?

Well, it was the time, really.

How long do you think?

Four hours.

Yeah.

4 o'clock tomorrow,
then it's the cut-off.

They'll either come through
here after 4 o 'clock or we'll

hear on the radio that maybe
they're, you know, the bad guys.

But, you know...

We'll see.

So, first time I've really tried to get all
of the support crews together because

the waiting is really hard and really
looking out for each other, and that's a

huge part of what the
World's Toughest Race does.

It brings people together.

Who's never done this job
as a support crew tack before?

OK, it is such a hard
job for you guys here.

You know, the lack of
information is difficult.

The conditions turn and
you think, oh, my God,

what the hell are the
teams going through?

But all I say is, this
is normal, you know?

This is normal.

You're on the World's
Toughest Race.

This is OK.

All right?

In the canyon, round
there, it does get gnarlier.

OK, I was out there
earlier today and the water

level was, like, here,
here at some places.

So the water level will be going up, but
we're monitoring it and it will be fine.

If it gets to a level where it's
dangerous, we'll assess and we'll adapt.

3pm tomorrow is
the cut-off for B&B.

Are you being here?

No, 4pm.

You know, it feels like a long way away,
but that time will race along, you know?

I would say I'm broken,
need a little bit of a miracle.

Despite their navigational struggles,
Team New Zealand is the first to emerge

from Waiga Canyon, but the lead they had
built up has been reduced to only minutes.

Over the course of the next ten days,
the lead teams will struggle with these

kind of mistakes as their
bodies and minds are

broken by the gruelling
conditions of the race.

On the river's edge here at Navuniasi
village, the teams must now construct two

bamboo rafts, which
the locals call Bili-Bili.

They've been using this mode of
transportation for generations and the

makeshift pontoons must carry the
teams all the way to the next checkpoint.

So let's build a raft.

Should be interesting.

Oh, like this.

If they choose, the teams
can source the locals'

expert knowledge to
assist in building their rafts.

What could go wrong
with a few sticks last year?

Oh, it's going to be fun.

The lead teams press
on under constant threat of

being overtaken by the
teams left in their wake.

They've been going
strong for over 30 hours

with almost no sleep
and even fewer calories.

And the hunt only intensifies as
they become more and more depleted.

Emma Roca and her Spanish team Summit have
overshot the Bili-Bilis by two kilometres,

costing them an hour of race time
as they must now double back upriver.

We knew that we had a
mistake with the navigation.

You feel like, OK, Emma, let's
try to gain some ten minutes.

Who's going to help me?

Help me!

So I just asked the
local people if they

could help us and they
were happy to answer.

And I said, perfect!

One, two, three, come on!

Up!

Muy bien!

You are strong!

My goodness!

Muy bien!

Come on, Emma!

Come on, Emma!

Come on, Emma!

Come on, Emma!

Is it your idea to build them in the
water as opposed to on the shore?

They say that it's better
because you can put this

rope under the water and
pass through the bamboos.

So, very clever.

Yeah.

You're the first team
to do it in the water.

Because you told me!

Yes!

I know that I love to suffer and
do the sport and finish this race.

More in front!

More in front!

More, more, more!

Right!

But above all, you need these experiences
with the locals because you are in a

fantastic island with people that
you will not see perhaps again.

Thanks a lot!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Bye bye!

Just

a few kilometers back in
Huayga Canyon, the last of the

lead teams find themselves
in a precarious situation.

In a normal circumstance, you don't want
to go into the canyon in the rain because

the level rises and the speed of the water
is getting larger and larger all the time.

It was intense because you had to watch
your every step and then the water started

dramatically to rise and then
there was nothing to hold on to.

We realized that if we get loose
then we get swept away downstream.

We decided to camp
out and decide what to do.

The canyon was manageable.

In a half an hour, the water rose
and now we are kind of stranded.

It's about five o'clock and I've
been following the Estonian team.

So they've set up a tent but
I think there aren't any other

teams coming up because
it's just gotten too dangerous.

So we may have to
spend the night here.

Race management has been
tracking team Estonian Aces GPS

transponder and a center
chopper to offer assistance.

At

that point we weren't in a dangerous place
and we choose not to airlift us out of

there but to just leave
us there and wait it out.

They were just taking
shelter under their tarp.

Very relaxed, no waving or
anything, just gave us a thumbs up.

After that, we'll turn down
on the helicopter rest.

The bad weather has forced our hand
and a tough decision has to be made.

OK, thanks, guys.

Well done gathering everyone.

So we are going to stop the race for a
few hours whilst these storm conditions are

coming and going because we've got
people spread out in ravines, on oceans,

on rivers, in jungle.

And if the weather goes the wrong way,
it can turn into a disaster super fast.

So we get to the
next checkpoint.

They're going to be
stopped down there.

4 a.m.

we reassess everything and 90%
lightning and everyone just continues up.

OK, good.

Till 4 o'clock, no more moving.

A brief pause in the rain has given
them a small window of escape.

Unaware of the course
shut down, Silva and his team

are going to attempt
to improve their position.

And maybe even
escape the rising waters.

Obviously, it is a dangerous
situation right now.

But this is, yeah,
this is Eco Challenge.

And nature kicks in.

It kicks in hard.