All language subtitles for Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E03 (Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E03) (ENGLISH)

48 hours ago...

66 teams of athletes from
all over the world started an

epic adventure race paddling
boats in the Fijian Islands.

Now teams have switched into survival
mode as they begin to deal with illness,

heatstroke and the
punishing race conditions.

It was so hard.

Making their expedition even harder,
on the second night an intense tropical

storm slammed into the racecourse causing
the waters in the canyoneering section of

leg 2 to rise to dangerous levels forcing
the closure of the world's toughest race.

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

And leaving teams
spread out across 230

kilometers with most
of them held at camp 1.

The only team unaccounted for was
team Estonia who was trapped in the flood

waters of Vyga Canyon
with no viable escape route.

We cannot get to TV 11
because it is too dangerous.

We realized that this is dangerous
if we get swept away downstream.

With Estonia still trying to escape
the flood, the teams are waiting out the

storm, hoping to continue
the world's toughest race.

The water level was already above
waste and there was nothing to hold on to.

We were trying to push
through all four persons in a

row and holding each other's
backs for not to slip away.

And finally, we succeeded in it.

But it didn't lead us out.

But still, it's better to keep
moving than just wait around.

In the beginning, it was like a
wide river, maybe 50 meters wide.

As we progressed, we got
to a narrower place and it was

harder and harder because
the water level was rising.

We had to get out of the
river then on the side of the

steep hill and hack away
with machete through bamboo.

As they emerge from the canyon,
Team Estonia's decision pays off.

In the distance, they see the lights of
the next race checkpoint, a safe area

where they will now stop and
wait for the course to reopen.

We spent three hours to
reach to here and I'm happy.

Okay, so torrential downpours, the
river level has been going up and down.

But do you know what?

It was a right call just
to shut everything, get

everyone to stay put,
get safe, let this pass.

Now, dawn, there is a
little break in the weather.

They're fired up, they're ready to go,
and we're going to set them off now.

World's toughest race.

Come on, then, let's go.

Across the course, we've allowed the storm
to stop teams to prepare their gear and

plot their routes
before the race restarts.

But the trailing teams behind
camp one are in a tough position.

If they don't get to
camp by a 4 p.m.

cutoff, they face
disqualification.

Over a hundred kilometers back,
in last place, after making numerous

navigational errors on
the island of Overlau, is a

team with two Middle East
war vets, Team Unbroken.

We've got to get this dive out of the
way and get headed toward the mainland,

where we live before the...
before the tide turns again.

I made the decision as the captain, I
would not take my team out on the water

at night, and getting us
lost was another factor.

I'm going to make a run to the
boat and take a couple of packs.

You get to a point in life where
you have to decide whether the

things that set you back will
be the things that define you.

The advantage of high tide.

That's right.

Now, I would like to get through that weak
point and keep everybody in good spirits

and keep everybody moving forward
and then move on to the next bit.

Back at camp one, Team Unbroken's
assistant crew member, Hal's friend,

Kale, waits in anticipation
for the race to begin.

You okay?

Yeah.

You doing all right?

Yeah.

How are you?

Yeah, how are you feeling?

Rough night.

Yeah, as long as they were
safe last night, so off the water.

All good.

You know, now
it's all up to them.

Right.

On this race, it's not
often that it's impossible.

Right.

And it is, at the
moment, it's possible.

Yeah.

They've been blown up,
shot at, and everything

else, so they can
make it through this.

There's nothing they're afraid of, so...
Rooting for them and getting them free.

Yeah, can't wait to see them.

Send the prayers.

Absolutely.

Setting the strength.

Thanks, brother.

Appreciate it.

55 kilometers behind camp
one, the rest of the boat and the

back-of-the-pack teams
wake up after sleeping

in the small schoolhouse
in Sote village.

This schoolhouse
was easy sleeping.

So we kind of woke up a little behind
the eight ball, but it was well worth it.

It was fantastic.

Make sure you don't
leave anything behind.

Now the teams must prepare their
bikes outside the school for the upcoming

56-kilometer mountain biking leg, which
must be completed by the cutoff time.

So ready to be on this bike.

We're trying to get to
the checkpoint by 4 p.m.

Ready?

All right, you guys.

Oh, I got to ride now.

My number six Allen
wrench isn't in here.

Do you have one I can borrow?

Am I supposed to be
doing my back tire first?

Back tire first.

My sister and I have
assembled our bikes.

This will be my fourth time.

Exactly what you're not
supposed to be doing.

This is what we do.

Fling the screw.

My family forced
me to do this race.

I'm just kidding.

They didn't force me, but somehow I was
in college, partying, having a great time,

and my sister Ashley's like,
this is what we have to do.

This down, and then press
the little black hair bolt.

Not all the way.

Not all the way.

I have to finish an adventure
race at some point in my life.

It's always been a goal of
mine ever since I was a kid.

You got your bike done, Fletch?

Yep.

So the fact that she would put herself
through something like this for her

family, for me, for my dad, I'm
blown away by my sister's selflessness.

Now we're only minutes away from releasing
the middle-of-the-pack teams into the

flooded Uyghur River,
where teams will travel up

the canyon until they
reach the jungle medallion.

We've only got a few
minutes before starting off here.

We already paid three.

This is a nice
looking breakfast.

It was a good sleep last night.

It was great.

Okay, so just to be clear, I said to you
right at the start of this whole journey,

number one is safety.

We've got to keep you all alive.

But certainly we have a duty of
care, and that storm was unforecast,

much bigger than
it was meant to be.

Take nothing for
granted in that ravine.

Survival heads on.

This is not a normal
adventure race.

Okay, we're only 15 seconds.

Here we go.

I think we can do it
again today, right?

Okay.

Hey!

It's getting exciting!

Woo-hoo!

Let's go!

Five, four, three, two, one.

Woo!

Yeah, here we go.

Across the entire race course,
we've given all teams the green light to

continue from wherever
they stopped last night.

Of course, those teams that made
it to Camp One are the luckiest.

They're now fully refreshed and refueled,
ready to torpedo towards the lead teams.

I like how unpredictable a
race can be, hour after hour.

I love the notion of
losing time and space.

And there's nothing that can be
accomplished more than an adventure race.

I want to go back.

I want to go back.

So, the storm has passed.

It's still a bit overcast,
but it definitely

feels like a lull between
these weather systems.

The race is back on.

The teams have been unleashed,
and they're straight into that canyon.

The bulk of the
teams are in there now.

The water level is down.

Let's hope it stays that way.

Here we go.

This race is back on.

Oh, my goodness.

This is amazing.

This is unreal.

Among the teams heading into the canyon's
floodwaters is a squad of adventure race

veterans, the only team with
three women, Team Atena Brazil.

Atena, the name, this is because
of the Greek goddess, Athena.

Her biggest strength
is her strategy.

That's how she used
to win her battles.

And from the experience
I've had, we had in the past, we

know to do well in the race,
we need to have good strategy.

I've been walking this
big valley for a long time.

In the 2002 Nico
Challenge, I got really sick.

And having to quit, be evacuated
from the team was so devastating.

It was not only because of my health, but
mainly because I was letting my team down.

I always liked the team
spirit, helping your teammates,

contributing with something
bigger than yourself.

We're pretty close, so
maybe another 40 minutes?

Before, the first time we did the
course, we were just university students.

We didn't have
much responsibility.

We just pushed ourselves to the
limit, and, you know, like party times.

But I'm a mother now.

Not only myself, but Shuby and
Karina, we're all mothers now.

So I think one of my main fears for this
race is to get injured or get ill again.

Nowadays, you know, we have
to remember that we have some

little lives back at home
that we have to look after.

I want to try not to make the same
mistakes that we did in the past.

You just see the gap
in the canyon there.

This is very
difficult underfoot.

Slippery rocks and boulders.

This is going to slow
the teams up massively.

Really, this is their
first taste of wet jungle.

They've had some trekking over on
that other island, but this is different.

This is getting gnarlier now.

Pretty heavy waterfalls.

Just six kilometres upriver, battered
team Estonia emerges from the river canyon

after their sleepless
night waiting out the storm.

Looking strong.

Also looking wet.

Well done.

Good job.

Respect.

Because that was a long night.

That was a long wet night.

Look at your hands.

It was actually pretty
cool doing the night.

You got through?

Yes.

Oh, well done, yeah.

All the teams were
thinking of you last night.

In an adventure race
of this kind, you cannot

let mistakes or bad
situations get to you.

You just have to
forget it and deal with it.

The water level was rising.

They stuck it out.

The water level started to drop and
that Estonian team pushed through.

And they're now out
of this canyon into

this checkpoint and
then into raft building.

While the Estonian team
builds their billy-billy rafts,

team Unbroken has finally
reached the ocean medallion.

But they're two hours of racing behind
the next closest team and they'll have to

travel 97 kilometres in nine hours
to make the Camp One cut-off time.

See it?

I think it's shiny.

Right there.

No?

How?

She said directly...
I think I see it.

I could be wrong.

Just getting us here
was quite the feat.

It's more important that
we're still in the fight.

I see it.

Nice.

Put this in your B.I.T.

I honestly can't tell you
how long that took us.

And our boat was the only
one in the harbour, so it didn't

take a rocket science to
figure out that we would last.

But what do they call a doctor
who finishes last in medical school?

They call him Doctor.

Team Unbroken,
they're back on the water.

You've got to give
them credit for resilience.

They're still going.

Slow, but they are still going.

And they're really showing the true
spirit of the world's toughest race.

They might be at the back,
but they are not giving up.

As Team Unbroken continues to
fight, in a village 40 kilometres ahead,

the two Fijian teams
in the race, Tabu Soro

and Namako, greet
enthusiastic local fans.

Yes, everybody cheering for us.

To represent Fiji in a global
event, yeah, there's a bit of pressure.

Tabu Soro means never give up,
so that's the spirit that we're trying to

hold on to, and I really hope
that we don't have to give up.

Everywhere we go, we're here.

Hey, we're going to Fiji.

It's a Fijian team.

Go, Fiji, go!

Go, Fiji, go!

Our team's biggest strength is that this
is our backyard, being able to speak the

language and knowing
the customs and talking

to the locals and
going into villages.

Go, Fiji, go!

Go, Fiji, go!

We have a whole country
behind us, is what it feels like.

The support is
just unbelievable.

It's going to make me cry.

Go, Fiji, go!

Go, Fiji, go!

It's great knowing that they
are representing the country.

I don't want to have
tears in the morning.

If we do cross that finish line,
whatever team that'll be from Fiji,

whether it'll be Tabu Soro
or Namako, we help each

other out a lot, and we
want to finish this race.

As the slowest teams push fiercely
forward to meet the Cat 1 cut-off time,

six of the leading teams are still paddling
down the seemingly endless Rua River.

After 54 hours of racing,
they're travelling closely

together, each looking for
the right moment to pull ahead.

The rain actually worked well for us,
because we were on the billy-billy rafts

when the floodwaters
came into the main channels.

So it was a bit of a boost.

It sort of topped the river up.

Yeah, it was long.

A bit slower than we expected.

So, pretty hard work.

Good workout for the arms.

I think we're biking now, so...

Keep pushing, keep pushing.

Our technique got heaps better.

I feel like we're experts
in billy-billy padding.

Yes.

If we never see one again,
we wouldn't be unhappy.

But it was something
to do in Fiji.

While the lead teams get ready for the
biking leg to Camp 2, the teams at the

back of the pack including stray
dogs, the team with the race's oldest

competitors battles Fiji's brutal
climate, trying to finish the remaining 40

kilometres to Camp 1
before the cut-off time.

Well, going very, very slow, because of
the heat and humidity, and that seemed to

have the greatest effect on...
Last night, I was perfectly fine.

I'm having trouble
with the heat, so...

I've been really cautious.

I got good coaching
behind me, so...

I should be OK.

Marshall and I have been
friends the longest on the team.

A little breeze up here.

Marshall is just very
calm, very reassuring.

He just wants me to
straighten up and get

back on course, and I
actually appreciate it.

I'll try to do
these two buttons.

That's cool a little bit better.

I was trying to get Bob
to show a little skin here.

There you go.

What the public wants.

It's almost like having
the Buddha with you.

Couldn't have a better teammate.

An hour of cycling ahead of the stray dogs
is team Endure, with their best friend and

former teammate Mark
Macy, who is struggling

with a diagnosis of
early onset Alzheimer's.

It's good.

We had 20 or 30K of fast biking on roads
with some steep hills, but quite rideable.

And then we had about
an hour that was super thick

mud, just what turned into
what we call hike-a-bike.

So you're no longer riding your bike,
but you're pushing more against it.

And carrying it, in this
case, through about

six inches of just
wet, clay, nasty mud.

Scrambling all over.

You know, fun though.

Pretty hard ride.

Dad smashed it.

That's why we're here.

I'm here to do the race with
Dad and have the experience.

And we're having a blast.

And just barely ahead
of them, on the biking

route, is the Abel
Abel's family team.

Yeah.

I'm really excited to
race with my sister.

We do everything together.

She's my best friend.

We're just so similar.

We don't know where we're going.

Tweedledee and
Tweedledum over there are

confused by this fork
in the road, apparently.

Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

Was Salt Creek Camp
Road not on the map?

Yeah, it is.

My dad can sometimes have just a go,
go, go mentality, whereas Ashley and I

like to, you know, take
a sec, think about things.

We're all right.

I don't know.

They tend to
overcomplicate things.

With the comfortable nature of my family,
we don't have any filters with each other.

We say the first thing
that comes into our brain.

These are my favorite candies.

You're the weirdo whose
favorite flavor is purple.

I know.

I haven't got to it yet.

I opened it from the green side.

But whose favorite
flavor is purple?

Mom's favorite is green.

Wait, why didn't I get one of
those big sweet and tart things?

She had another one.

She had two packages.

Did you get one?

Hell yeah.

What the hell?

Up ahead at Camp One, the
assistant crew's anxiety levels

are rising as they monitor
the progress of their teams.

Able-ables have gone up.

Some stray dogs dropped
a couple of ranks down.

Assistant crew for the Kukuri Warriors
team and father to Tash and Nungshi,

Colonel Malik awaits anxiously
for his daughter's arrival.

This is Gurkha's famous knife, the
traditional Gurkha knife called the khukri.

Every soldier in the
Gurkhas in the Nepalese

army carries this as
a personal weapon.

And it's associated with
valor, great determination.

Yeah, I never quit.

This is my inspiration.

And my daughter's equally.

I am the dad as well as
the team assistant crew.

My job is really tough,
balancing the job and being a

father and being very concerned
about the daughter's safety.

Being the first army
officer in my village history,

I achieved something
impossible in my times.

So when twin girls embarked on
this journey of dreaming big, I said,

don't limit yourself to dreaming
by night, dream by day.

Dreams are free.

The girls are very young
still, and they do not rationalize

the dangers as much as I
do, based on my experience.

But they've been through
mountains, of course.

There have been particularly long
expeditions, but nothing like this.

So they are going to really,
really push their boundaries.

Up and down, up and down.

You know, there's
basically no rest.

At the bike course, physically
we knew we were tired.

Like, I was breathless
most of my time.

I could feel my
muscle, every bit of it.

And then our butts are sore.

You know, you had
this weight of the bike.

This is super steep, guys.

We got our bikes literally like
two weeks before getting here.

Because we barely
get any gear in India.

Eighty percent of the gear is from the
States, and ran and had to get there.

Thirty-seven kilometers into this
biking leg sits the small village of Tonia,

an oasis of Fijian hospitality.

Here, tired racers can catch their
breath before their final push to Camp One.

Just behind the Kokuri Warriors,
another team that stops to re-energize

before the final slog
to camp, is Team Onyx.

Thank you so much.

Cheers.

All black, man.

Yeah.

Whole team.

First team ever.

From where?

All across the United States.

You guys live here every day?

Every day.

So jealous.

Riding?

Good.

There's a lot of mud.

It means a lot to represent
black females in particular.

You don't see much
of it in adventure racing.

So I'm happy to show people that
they're frankly like black superheroes.

This is the closest we ever get
to being superheroes and inspire.

You want them to believe that they could
go do something, and the hopeful part of

you hopes that you racing an
adventure race in Fiji will do that.

This is day three, and
the race is 11 days long.

We're trying to make
it to a checkpoint.

If we don't make it before
1600, we're disqualified.

So, we have to hurry.

Thank you guys.

Don't be nice to the next team.

As the slowest teams continue racing
towards Camp 1, the middle of the pack

teams in the canyon, six
kilometers past Camp 1, continue to

brave flood waters in their
search for the jungle medallion.

I'm with Team AR Georgia,
and I've been involved

in adventure racing
for about 16 years now.

I'm with my son, Hunter.

He's 18 years old.

Hunter wasn't even born
when I started adventure

racing, when I got
addicted to this sport.

Just to be here with my son
is the most amazing thing.

I feel he's absolutely
a super athlete.

Five minutes go to you.

Navigation's gonna get
tricky now, so that benefits

us because we're a really
strong navigating team.

I started doing the first race
when I was seven and loved it.

Mud up to my neck.

Never stopped.

When I started, there
was no kids out there.

I was the only kid all
alone racing with adults, and

now all my entire life is
based around adventure racing.

All right.

As teams begin to find their way out of
the canyon, the lead teams, nearly 100

kilometers ahead, approach
camp two, the end of the jungle lake.

At camp, the team's assistant crews have
moved here from camp one to refresh and

refuel the racers while
they take a mandatory

90-minute stop and
make navigational plans.

I've been adventure racing
now for nearly 30 years.

We are one of the most experienced teams,
and in many ways, the harder the race is,

the bigger the
advantage is for our team.

But on the flip side is, the
longer you're out there, the

more likely sort of things out
of your control can happen.

Over the years, we've become quite good
friends with the other team, New Zealand.

We're quite happy traveling along
with them and keeping pace with them,

but it would be really nice
to be able to beat them.

New Zealand have been dominant
in adventure racing for so long.

Our motivation is to
knock off the Kiwis.

You know, they are the
best team in the sport.

They have been for a while,
but hopefully we might be

the team to knock Team
New Zealand off their podium.

Team Canada Adventure and Team Summit
pull in just under an hour behind the front

runners, who, after resting for 90 minutes,
head out of Camp 2 for the River Lake.

Starting with 63 kilometers of biking,
followed by 30 kilometers of whitewater

rafting and 50 kilometers
of jungle trekking

before finally reaching
the next camp.

Back on leg 2, the jungle leg, the
Estonian team has been paddling for

hours, while the middle of
the pack teams have escaped

Wiger Canyon and are
now building billy-billy rafts.

This former traditional raft building
indigenous people here have been using as

a mode of transport
for thousands of years.

Bamboo's great because it's hollow,
full of air, really buoyant and light,

and actually pretty
straightforward to construct this.

You know, you don't want
to make it complicated.

It's simple.

It's just got to keep you
afloat and get you downstream.

Going back to the
billy-billies after 17 years.

In 2002 when we were doing the race here,
we arrived at the billy-billy and I was

cutting the rope to build up
the boat and I just cut my finger.

And afterwards it just got
infected and I had to be evacuated.

Got really sick.

Spent four days in the hospital.

So I had very good memories from Fiji, but
this one is not one that I like the most.

We approached the race
way differently this time, so I'm

looking after myself and wearing
gloves to protect my hands.

Doing well.

This guy sliced it pretty deep and so
I'm just trying to keep it clean right now.

Infections can get pretty
quick out here, I think.

Adventure racing can
be very dangerous.

That's why I think we do it.

I think we need the thrill.

You need to know
that you're in danger.

That feeling keeps you going.

That feeling gives you
adrenaline to keep going.

I thought I knew how to build one, but now
I see how they're doing it, it's better.

This course is awesome.

My team came together
from Brett Gravelin.

He's the stoner in Santa
Cruz, who surfs and raises kids.

So he called me, former
MLS soccer player.

There's Justin Smith.

He's an eighth grade
science teacher.

And then there's
Jennifer Hemmon.

She's an ultramarathon runner.

I think each one of us prefers a
different thing so we kind of balance out.

Our team name comes
from our curly hair.

All of us have curly hair and we believe
that our curls give us special powers.

We're strong paddlers.

We're really good at sliding
down really muddy hills.

But then Justin cut his hair.

I was really
disappointed in that.

The team curl barber
said, you're going to

Fiji, I don't want stuff
ending up in your top.

So this is what my cut
ended up looking like.

But it's all here.

This is my curlies
right down here.

All right.

Wow, this is like
core activation.

New muscle group.

Yeah!

I mean, I used to work in Orlando
where we built fiberglass boats.

And if I showed them a picture of
this, they would probably die laughing.

And it's kind of like Mark
Twain stuff going on here.

Once we get the hang of this,
we should move a lot quicker.

This is the chill life.

Yeah.

This is not like teaching
middle school science.

Nope.

It's cool for your brain to
learn a whole new sport.

I think the wind's
blowing us backwards.

There's a little
bit of resistance.

It's too shallow!

If we go in there, we're
going to get swept in.

The billy-billies, oh my God.

It's fun for the first
five minutes and then

it's just like, how do
you steer this thing?

How do you go fast?

Every team out there was trying to figure
out a way to make those things go faster

than just sticking a pole
in and singing Italian music.

This is going to take us a
full day or two days at this rate.

I was thinking attaching some sort of
fin on the end of this to make more like a

kayak paddle, but we've got to try to
brainstorm what we can do with that.

Just ahead, an industrious local
Fujian sees an opportunity to help.

Bamboo.

And I'm making some
balance from the bamboo here.

And I sell it to these people.

We're just trying to figure out
how to go faster than these things.

Come and buy a bamboo paddle.

You guys are way
smarter than us.

We're too sleep-deprived to
think of something like that.

Four dollars.

Four dollars each?

Yeah.

Totally worth it.

If it saves us four hours of paddling,
four dollars is worth it all day.

Open it up on both ends.

Kayak paddles.

I said, no, no, cut
the other end off.

I want to make
it a kayak paddle.

This and that.

And he's like, oh,
okay, no problem.

Like this, like this, yeah?

Yes, sir.

Perfect.

Thank you, brother.

Thank you.

God bless you.

Yes.

Okay, I can see
you next week, eh?

Okay, we'll be back.

All right, that's it.

We're going to paddle back up.

Yeah!

Behind the paddlers,
back at camp one...

Got my head down.

Just went for an
afternoon stroll, dude.

...Team Endure arrives with only
two hours to spare before the 4 p.m.

cutoff time.

It's 2 o'clock.

That's as close as I need to be.

Closest you can find.

You guys have to stay at
camp one for 90 minutes.

All right.

So your earliest
check-out time is 15.29.

Okay.

Are we sleeping up in the hills?

You can sleep
wherever you want, man.

I think we're making
good time biking.

We're feeling good.

Taking care of
ourselves, having fun.

We'll try to be out of here within,
well, right at 90 minutes, I think.

Meanwhile, the Able-Able team's assistant
crew, Alison, waits anxiously for her

husband and daughters
to arrive at camp one.

I'm going to cry.

Picturing them go across that
bridge, it's my girls out there doing it.

It's crazy.

It's amazing that you've seen
so much with your husband.

It's very different this time.

Dan has raced our
whole marriage almost.

Yeah.

And it's been our life,
waiting for dad at the

finish line, and now
they get their chance.

Yeah.

With their dad.

It's really cool.

But Mama Bear is really scared.

Yeah.

They've got to do it.

They've got to finish this.

I was so happy to see camp one.

Obviously to see my
mom, and she's funny.

She just has so much
energy and is so excited for us.

Come on.

Baby, can I help you?

I'm just standing.

I got you.

Do you want to push this?

Yes.

Thank you.

I got my ducklings.

I think you have
more mud than sock.

Oh, yeah.

Is that even a sock?

I don't remember.

My mom is just a
little bundle of joy.

She had all of our, her cute little
camp set up with all of our little things.

Are you starving?

Yeah.

Oh, I'm so hungry.

More sunscreen on the
head in between the breaks.

Her instant energy, and she just knows
exactly what we want, when we want it,

how we like everything.

Is this rubbing in at all,
or do I just look ridiculous?

You know what, honey?

At this point, just put
your head back and relax.

Can I help you?

Can I have some more food?

I know you really
like the sunscreen.

Yes.

But I need food.

Yes.

I'm here to serve you.

Welcome to our family.

I've been married to
Allison for 26 years.

She is an absolute saint for
putting up with this lifestyle.

Whether you're racing with strangers
or whether you're racing with family,

when you get on that race
course, it's an intimate experience.

We have an advantage as a family
because we already are close to each other.

We know our strengths
and our weaknesses.

Oh, you guys are amazing.

Thank you.

This is so exciting.

We're so proud of you.

There are a lot of
people rooting for you.

So when you're out there and you
feel on your own, you're not on your own.

It's hard.

It's hard.

It's really hard.

It's a big effort.

It's a big effort.

It's a huge effort.

Hey, it's the world's
toughest race.

Yeah.

Ashlyn's over there.

Go say hi.

Okay.

Yeah.

I'll go and give her a hug.

When tensions are a little aggressive,
my dad just calms things down.

Hi, Bear.

A quick hug.

Okay.

How's it feel being
on a race course?

It's great.

I'm so proud of the way
you guys are smashing it.

Thank you.

Are we?

You are smashing it because
you're still here, you're smiling.

We are.

You are only just getting going.

I know.

It's crazy.

It's going to be okay.

Good.

Refuel, rehydrate, rest.

Keep going.

Thank you so much.

It's so cool.

With less than 40
minutes remaining before

4pm, Team Onyx's
assistant crew, Michaela...

I'm excited.

...wait for her
dad and his team.

I'm Michaela.

I'm the assistant
crew for Team Onyx.

With my dad, Clifton
Lyles, he's the team captain.

I think ever since I was little,
he's been my support system.

Now, when it comes to adventure racing,
for him it's not just how far his body can

go, but just how far
he can go as a person.

I know he really likes to
lean on support from people.

From the outside.

And so, I wanted to sort
of offer that to him now.

I'm super proud.

All right, people.

Let's go eat.

Let's celebrate.

Nice.

Real food that's warm.

Oh, my God.

I know, right?

Fluids.

Lots of fluids.

Getting the first stage under
your belt is a huge accomplishment.

I think it breeds a lot of confidence,
knowing that they made it before the time

cut off, and that they get
to continue on the race.

And it's a tandem, right?

We saw two people floating down.

So, just, like, really proud and impressed
that they're, like, grinding it out.

I'm happy to be supporting them.

It's pretty cool.

You are in.

The legend.

The legend.

Oh, my God.

You're in.

Yes.

What's your plan?

Good strategy, right?

Because we've got
a long race to go.

We don't want to be
getting towards the

latter part of a race
and have to force sleep.

So, we're discussing that
now amongst the team.

And we're going to make our
decision in the next 20, 30 minutes.

Bank it.

Restore.

Refuel.

Ready to go.

Make a good decision.

Good for you guys.

Let's go, baby.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Well done, girls.

Woo!

Yay!

We made it.

We did it.

Yes.

Where's the passport?

When I saw him, it
was really emotional.

I could see then he
was definitely proud of

us because he knows
what we took to get here.

And I think he was
quite emotional, too.

Like, I could see
that in his face.

He was like, yes, my
daughter's made it.

Oh, my God.

What a time.

Thank you.

I mean, talk about it.

Look.

I mean, look at that.

You made it.

Thank you.

You know, first thing,
if you can do one

phase of this expedition,
you can do them all.

And if you want to gain experience,
you've got to do the course.

You've got to finish it.

That's right.

That's our plan, yeah.

OK.

Get fueled.

Thank you, Bear.

Get rested.

Get dry feet.

Thank you, Bear.

Complete the next phase.

We're going to
eat this elephant.

Of course.

We're ready.

We're ready.

Now, Unbroken and Stray Dogs are the only
teams that haven't yet arrived at Camp One.

And Stray Dogs is in bad shape.

All right, I've got
to just cool down.

I should be very
tolerant of this.

This is an environment where I've trained
and why I'm having so much trouble here.

That's a bit puzzling,
but we'll deal with it.

I reckon it.

And the big thing
is I've recognized it.

And I won't do anything to jeopardize
our effort, but I'm trying to be heroic.

All right.

All right.

Back in the day of Eco Challenge when
it started in Utah, we were on competitive

teams, we were always at the front of the
pack, and because of the ravages of a few

extra years, we are really trying
to get each other through this.

But we are ending up near the cut-offs
and we're recognizing that it's a very fine

balance between pushing
your teammates too hard and

backing off so much that
you just aren't making the time.

We knew we'd make it, it
just took us a little while.

I think it didn't go
perfect, but we got here.

That's what matters.

It's going to be really mucky.

Watch your shoes,
make sure they're tied.

Welcome to Checkpoint 7, guys.

Cut-off time.

4 o'clock, Camp 1.

And it's mathematically
impossible to make it now.

So I'm really sorry to
tell you that you're drunk.

The journey is
going to end here.

So we would go until
they told us we couldn't

go any further, and
we have done that.

What happened on that was one of
the hardest things that I've ever done.

And I relied on you guys just
like I would my own troops.

That meant the world to me.

You are my guys.

We are still unbroken.

This will not break us.

Right?

We also said we
wouldn't give up.

We didn't.

We never gave up.

I feel like we
have more to give.

Captain, you did
a phenomenal job.

Love you.

Here we are.

We're out of the race.

You know, we're still unbroken.

There are a lot of people in the world
who also have some significant injury.

Something that's broken that
they're struggling to deal with.

You don't have to be.

You know, I'm walking away
from this race a stronger person.

Learned a lot about myself.

And definitely with a hunger to come
out and do something like this again.

I'm not done with this.

I still have something to prove.

I can't change that I'm deaf.

It's like you've been
dealt a new hand.

So instead of four aces and a king,
now you've got four kings and an ace.

It's still a good hand.

It's not as good as it was,
but it's still a good hand.

So take it and you've got to
play that hand to your best ability.

So I hope that we've
opened the gateway for

people like ourselves to
say, hey, we can compete.

Don't be afraid of our injuries.

Put us on the same playing field
and let us do the best we can do.

No regrets?

Yeah!

One, two, three, I'm broken!

We're just kind of going
along on a hope and a prayer.

You work as hard as you can.

And if you don't make the
cutoff, you know, then it's okay.

So the tracker says that stray dogs
are just a couple of minutes out now.

The cutoff was set
here for four o'clock.

You know, I'm through these
totem poles at four o'clock.

Your race ends.

So these guys, they know that.

I am much slower
than I was in 1995.

I mean, that's
just the way that is.

We were really hammering
for a couple of hours.

And we knew when we started this race,
there was a chance we might not finish.

But the reason we're really
here was to show that there

is no age you have to
quit doing interesting stuff.

Oh, my God.

It's now four o'clock.

I'm so afraid of it.

My fault.

No, it isn't.

No, it's not.

You made it here.

You guys are through.

We are so proud of you.

We're still in, really?

Yeah.

You are still in.

You have to still keep going.

Magic.

You've got 90 minutes.

You are still on the
world's toughest race.

Now go and smash it, you guys.

But I wanted a night's sleep.

Last one through,
but you are still going.

Being able to come
out here and do this, you

know, especially at our
age, I'm 68 years old.

I'm just overwhelmed
with gratitude.

As a team, the Stray Dogs have
certainly learned, don't give up.

It may look bad and
you think, my gosh, there

can't be anybody as
slow and as lost as we are.

You'll start doubting
yourself, but you can't do that.

We thought we still
had some, you know,

something left in us and
some good grit to show.

But to have got this
far, we're really thrilled

and we're going to hammer
on and do some more.

Oldest team and
the last team in.

These guys are part of the
world's toughest race family.

And they've lived and breathed
this race for the last 25 years.

And this for them
is just the beginning.

Awesome.