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Previously on the
World's Toughest Race.

66 teams of adventure racers from
around the world began a brutal five-leg,

11-day race spanning over 671 kilometers
of Fiji's most unrelenting terrain.

This is unreal.

On day three, teams restarted the
race after a complete course shutdown.

This was due to the torrential rains
that have put athletes in genuine peril.

While Team New Zealand and the
leaders continue to run a tight race...

In many ways, the harder the race is,
the bigger the advantage is for our team.

Our motivation is to
knock off the Kiwis.

As a team, we will do our race,
so keep calm, but keep on going.

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

Teams in the back of
the pack rode into Camp 1

with only minutes to spare
before the cut-off time.

And Team Stray Dogs arrived literally
seconds away from being disqualified.

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World's Toughest Race.

Teams have now been racing for over 72
consecutive hours with little to no sleep.

They are now spread out over 150
kilometers across Fiji's remote mountains,

jungles and rivers.

Team New Zealand and the lead
pack are now approaching Checkpoint

16 after mountain biking for
over 65 kilometers from Camp 2.

It's hard to believe, but
these front teams are

running on less than two
hours sleep in three days.

This next whitewater rafting section
is a mandatory course dark zone.

This means that due
to safety, no teams will

be allowed to tackle
the next section at night.

Have a rest.

A sleep rest?

Yeah.

Your bike box is
right over there.

Yeah.

If you're interested, there's a
bike wash if you want to walk.

Oh, it is?

Where then?

Over on the left
of those trucks.

So we're at Checkpoint 16, so we've
just finished the mountain bike ride.

Most of today we've spent
with Tiki Tua, the other New

Zealand team, and not far behind
has been the Australian team.

It's a bit of bad luck for us because
rafting was dark zoned, so we have to wait

till 6 o'clock tomorrow morning
before we can go rafting.

We felt like we maybe had
one or two hours advantage over

them that we'd sort of built
up since the start of the race.

We feel like we really are a few
hours in front of them, but we're not.

I would guess that there will be a handful
of teams will come through that'll just

come in during the night and make
their way down to the start of the rafting.

So at 6 o'clock, everyone who's
there basically is on the water.

So we've found what we
think will be a nice spot to sleep.

It's all going to be a
bit damp, but I'm going

to put the tarp up
over this bamboo here.

We got rewarded by
some consistent racing.

The dark zone had been ruled, and
we actually caught back up to the lead.

And probably in the next
24 hours, it's where we

really need to leave our
mark on the rest of the field.

They're going to keep
pushing hard and pushing

hard, and hopefully one of
them will make a mistake.

While the lead teams wait out the night
for the dark zone to open, 68 kilometres

back and a half a day
behind the leaders, teams

in the middle of the
pack arrive to Camp 2.

They've been mountain biking for over
40 kilometres through Fiji's rugged jungle.

Hola!

Hola!

And Team Bend Racing is pushing hard to
close the gap between them and the leaders.

For most of day one, Bend
Racing was in first place, before

fatigue crushed the team,
causing them to drop to 58th place.

Boom!

Here it is.

The medallion.

All right.

Yeah.

They've since regrouped and have
clawed their way back up to 16th place and

continue to give everything
they have in order to

catch up with Team New
Zealand and the lead pack.

Be careful.

Here, teams will be reunited with their
assistant crews to refuel on food and rest.

This bike leg into camp has been rough on
all the team's equipment, and Guatemalan

team Hombres de Mais is
desperately searching for a

part, or they will not be
able to continue in the race.

Do you have a
spare rear derailleur?

No.

No.

Sorry, guys.

Yesterday, my bike, the rear
derailleur got caught in the wheel.

It snapped.

The bicycle is broken.

If I can get a new one from
one of the teams, I can continue.

With no extra bike parts at camp two,
Team Hombres de Mais checks with officials

to see if there are any teams out of the
race who might be able to help them out.

No news?

Not yet.

I'm still trying to get
in touch with them at

camp one to see which
teams are still around.

I will let you know as
soon as I hear something.

Thank you very much.

After a navigation error on the river,
my closer and team out there are now

currently racing in
eighth place, and they're

roughly 65 kilometers
behind the lead teams.

So we're feeling good, like,
good spirits and feeling strong.

And I think we'll be able to spend some
time on our bikes, and that's what we

excel in, so hopefully we can
claw back a little bit of time.

We got some ground to make up.

The Kiwis are our biggest rivals,
so just hopefully those guys got to do

some sleeping and give us a
chance to kind of close up on them.

It's not over by any means
yet, so we'll keep plugging away.

Meanwhile, over 140 kilometers back and
36 hours behind the leaders, teams in the

back of the pack are just
now arriving at checkpoint 12.

Here, they'll have to build their
billy-billies by hand before setting off

on a 45-kilometer river
paddle in the middle of the night.

USA, USA.

Came from USA.

And you live here
in this village?

Yeah.

Nice.

Do you guys know
how to build a billy-billy?

Yeah.

We can help you.

Awesome.

Front?

Yeah, front.

Are these too long,
or are they good?

Good, good, good.

Okay, ready.

Shane and Danelle are building
the billy-billies with some local kids,

and we're going to eat some
hot dinner from our little stove.

This might be a pathway
resistance option.

Just have them do it.

Any concerns going forward
on the billy-billy into the evening?

Well, sometimes the abyss gives you false
sense of security because you can't see

the bad water coming,
so the rest of us are

going to have to wing
it to see what happens.

It's really just letting
the river take you It's not

going to take you where it
wants to go, but it is a ways.

It's a ways.

We thought it was
going to be a normal raft.

We did not anticipate this.

I'm quite nervous.

The other thing I read is that
there could be sharks up the river.

I have no idea if that's true,
but I'm super scared of sharks.

Right now my mind is
just sharks, sharks, sharks.

I can't even concentrate.

At night it's hard to see.

Navigation becomes
so much more difficult.

It's never easy at night, you know, like
I should be in bed till broad daylight.

Oh yeah, these will
be super stable for you.

I don't think we have to worry
about kneeling or anything, man.

It's an adventure race, right?

It's like, am I tired?

Yeah, it's the
middle of the night.

What's out there?

I have no clue, but I mean, I know
we can get through whatever it is.

If we hit something and
something breaks, we'll fix it.

Feels like she's
going to float, man.

Good thing I can't see her.

I can't see a frickin' thing.

We are sleeping here because
there's a village right there.

It's warm, it's dry,
it's out of the rain.

And we also know that getting a good
long sleep in the middle of the night,

I mean, it helps us all,
but it especially helps Dad.

While Travis from Team Endured decides to
stay in the village due to concerns about

his dad's Alzheimer's disease and his
ability to function without proper sleep,

only a few kilometers away, Team Stray
Dogs are lost, trying to find Checkpoint

12 as they continue to
struggle racing in last place.

You think you're further
back than you think you are or

you think you're further
ahead than you think you are?

Very tough to tell.

I think we're
probably further back.

The direction of that road
up there is pretty much west.

What's the final decision?

We're going to continue up here
and find out what the heck's happening.

We're going safe?

Yeah, we're going
to go safe, yeah.

It's not that far.

Really, it doesn't appear that
we know where the heck we are.

So what was your plan?

Are you going to stay
here or are you going to

check out and continue
with the Bilibili section?

We're on the way.

You're on the way?

So I will check you
in and check you out.

Yes, thank you.

Stray Dogs are now
where the leaders were.

Over 24 hours ago, they were over
150 kilometers off the frontrunner's pace,

giving them no choice but to power through
the night in order to make the next cutoff

time and avoid
disqualification from the race.

I knew there was a really good
possibility that we may be moving too slow.

We're kind of close to the
cutoffs, real close to the cutoffs.

And I was totally
scared of that.

As the sun rises in
Fiji on day four, the lead

teams must tackle the
next section of the race.

Here, teams must whitewater raft 30
kilometers through narrow canyons and

gorges while braving the
rapids of Fiji's Navua River.

We basically restarted the
race, you know, with a few teams.

For us to win this race, we needed
to do all the things that we can do well.

But we also needed to
race incredibly smartly.

Yeah, some teams
want to have a go at us.

I feel really confident
through this section.

So to beat a team as good
as the Kiwis, we definitely

have to sharpen our
skills on the paddling legs.

But we were also quite worried about
the other teams that were around us.

So the dark zone is open.

And Nathan Farbey,
the captain of Team New

Zealand, is going to
be powering ahead now.

And they are especially
strong in the water.

And another team coming down.

Notice all four of
them paddling hard.

These guys, they
don't let anything slip.

Every moment is a chance
to get that edge, to get ahead.

You've got to always be
pushing, pushing, pushing.

And these guys are
living and breathing that.

And in the back of Nathan's
mind, where is his arch competitor?

Mike Closer and team
out there right now.

I think they're going to be powering
on towards the New Zealand team.

Oh my Lord.

Nightmare on Mudgeville here.

This is just what we were
hoping wouldn't happen.

Stopped raining.

Then it just becomes
peanut butter.

And we got caught
right at the wrong time.

For many years we were rivals.

But the Kiwis are the
New Zealand team.

I am not by any means a quitter.

We just got to suck it up.

Race strong and hard and
see where we end up in the end.

This is the best we've
seen it in the last two hours.

We just hit it exactly wrong.

Where the rain stopped
and the mud got real sticky.

And just seized everything up.

It's so hard to move the bike.

You can't have to push it.

You can't have to carry it.

And...

Any time you're
hoping to potentially get

back, it's being washed
out the window again.

Unbelievable.

Unbelievable.

While teams get annihilated by the
muddy conditions on their mountain bikes,

back at Camp 2, Andre
and Team Hombres de Maiz

get an update on the
issues with their bike.

I have an update.

There is a bike coming
from Peak Traverse.

They have dropped out.

So they have donated a bike.

We are trying to get
it here from Camp 1.

Wow.

There were two huge guys.

Yeah.

Thank you.

I will let you know as soon
as I hear something else.

But we're trying to
get it here, okay?

We appreciate it a lot.

So... Yeah.

Relax.

Mm-hmm.

Good.

Good.

Tres, tres.

Cuidado.

Tranquilo, hermano.

Tranquilo.

Descansa sin la cama.

No pasa nada.

No pasa nada.

No pasa nada.

When you're the one who...

who got the problem, you carry
that on your shoulders of all the team.

I have three other people's
dreams of finishing this.

And it was on my shoulders.

But now we're finishing.

OK, I'll keep you posted.

I should just hang out more.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

With the Guatemalan team back in the race,
I wanted to check in on the youngest racer

on the course, Hunter
Leininger from Team AR Georgia.

Epic, can I come in two minutes?

Oh, my God, you are incredible.

You are a machine, you know?

Oh, my God.

What a thing, doing
this together, you guys.

Thank you.

That's pretty special, isn't it?

Oh, yeah.

Pretty special.

It's a father's dream to
be able to have your son

do what you do and do
it for this length of time.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's been a great
bonding experience for sure.

Yeah, you're amazing.

You've got an incredible time coming
up over the next few days as well.

Who's doing the nap?

Me.

OK, good, yeah.

Yeah, that means you as well.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Youngest person on this course,
you are going to be there at the end.

OK?

See you there.

Yeah.

Definitely the reason I'm here is to
inspire kids through this race because you

can pretty much do anything
no matter what your age is.

Do it now before it gets too old
and you might not be able to do it.

So just get out there and do it.

Stay ahead of the mistakes.

You know, stay
ahead of everything.

You know, so then if anything
goes wrong, you've got stuff banked.

Yeah.

Yeah, we're cheering you on, eh?

Thank you.

Good.

Thank you.

Take care.

Thanks very much.

Got the new bike?

Yeah.

It's making my dream
come true to finish this.

It's the strongest, tougher
race I've ever made.

And now we're back on track.

Thank you, Team Pix Traverse.

Thank you.

Meanwhile, teams in the back of the
race, over 100 kilometres off the leaders,

continue to claw their way
through the never-ending

45-kilometre paddle
on local Bilibili rafts.

Their dreams of a podium
finish are long gone.

Now they're just praying they
can survive and cross the finish line.

We're enjoying the back
of the bus of this race.

We teams are probably finished by now,
on the podium, having their champagne.

We are taking in... we're
going to enjoy every day.

We're really milking
the full experience.

We want the full 11 days.

Anybody can finish in five days.

It takes true grit to come out
here and take 11 days to finish.

Our Bilibili was
submerged in water.

We were sitting in three
inches of water for 12 hours.

It was a struggle.

We were paddling as hard as we possibly
could and still just moving so slow.

You guys tell me how
the trip's going so far.

The trip on these damn things?

It's not the best.

I don't love it.

I float

away every day at how
amazing the museums are.

It's more than I ever
expected, for sure.

For sure.

A few kilometers behind Abel
Abel's, and in the middle of

the 45-kilometer Bilibili
section, is team Kukuri Warriors.

They haven't stopped paddling since setting
off yesterday in the middle of the night.

Hey guys, tell me
how the trip's going.

Oh, good.

Man, it's a bit
tiring, to be honest.

Especially with the
bamboo part, too, to paddle.

It's pretty hard.

Just cruising down this
river and it's been real pretty.

Not the fastest turn in the world,
so we're just kind of taking it easy.

If I'm not able to speak, it just explains
what my state of being is at the moment.

The less I talk,
the more tired I am.

The more I talk, the more
energy and stamina I've got.

One of the things, of course,
that drives a lot of these exciting

experiences is the personalities
we all bring to the table.

I feel like we all are like these tea
bags with different flavors, you know.

We're just trying everything.

Masala chai, it's a
very Indian thing to say.

But trying everyday new flavors of what
humans can do and what they are about.

And so sharing that journey with
three others has been so special.

It's almost like we are
four bodies but one soul.

We're working, drinking, eating,
sleeping, equal challenge at the same time.

Which is awesome.

We're having a hard time, but our goal
is to just keep moving, no matter what.

So we're excited.

We're getting somewhere,
one step at a time.

So below me is Team Stray Dog.

And they're the
last team in the race.

But you've got to love them.

You've got to love their
spirit and their tenacity.

And most of these guys were
adventure racing before I was born.

Before most of these racers
on this course were born.

And we're just cheering
them on from up here.

Going, come on, you've
got to make this cut off time.

Go Stray Dogs, you can do this.

It is hard getting older.

And it is hard to accept that you
can't do what you used to be able to do.

With this race, we wanted
to show that we're not

afraid of coming out here
and trying at 68 years old.

We're just old guys.

But we didn't let that stop us.

20 kilometers ahead of Stray Dogs and
leading the back of the pack is Team Onyx.

Yeah, the Billy
Billy is starting.

It was sitting up
on top of the water.

Now it's sitting in the water.

So we're going to need to get
out of it, get the weight off of it.

See if we can get some of
the water, I'm assuming, out.

Team Onyx heads to dry
land to assess the damage

and determine if they
can continue downstream.

The Billy Billy is starting
to sit really low in the water.

It's getting hard to control.

And it's starting to sink.

The water is coming in.

We've got to put a fix on it.

After rafting 30 kilometers through the
dangerous Class 3 rapids, Team New Zealand

is holding on to a slight lead as
they approach the Muamua Village.

With Team Tiki Tor and Gippsland
Adventure right on their heels.

So once they come
out of the river, out of the

rapids, they're going
to reach this village.

And this is where they're going
to collect their third medallion.

They've got to find the chief of
this Muamua Village, get it from him,

and then access the
next part of the course.

OK, let's go and find him.

You all right, guys?

Bula!

Bula!

Bula!

Bula!

Bula!

Hey, Bula.

Hey.

Hey, Lee.

Nice to meet you.

Thank you so much
for hosting all of us.

Thank you.

You are so kind.

OK, so you're going
to give one of these?

Yep.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you.

Keep moving.

Take care.

Team New Zealand
is first out of the boats.

They must now cross the river,
navigate their way through the Muamua

Village, in order to find the chief and
retrieve their third medallion of the race.

So from here, they go
into this monster hike.

What's ahead of them really is probably
the hardest part of this entire race.

They're now on foot
for 45 kilometres.

That's without getting
lost through some of

the densest and hardest
jungle in the world.

And look, here's
another team coming in.

These front-running
teams are so close, which at

this point in the race
is really extraordinary.

There can be days between teams.

Trying to cross this river,
and you can see how deep it is.

That is now waist deep.

And when the water level
gets above your knees on

a river like this, it can
be really hard to stand.

If you notice the technique they're using,
they're going in a line where only one

person is taking the
force of the water, and

the other three behind
are supporting him.

By the time the racers reach here,
they're going to be fatigued and very wet,

but very relieved to
get a welcome like that.

And that's a huge part of what
the world's toughest race is about.

It's about how fast
you can get out.

Thanks.

Thank you very much.

Beautiful place.

Beautiful river.

Thank you.

For this section of the race,
teams have the option of hiring

local porters to help carry
packs and to act as guides.

Taking the strategy to
the next level, Emma from

Team Summit doesn't
settle for only manpower.

She comes up with the idea of hiring
a horse to carry all of the team's packs.

We wanted to try the horses.

It was an experiment.

This is one of the ingredients also
of adventure racing, to adapt to the

situation, try to control it, and to
find the solutions for everything.

If we run, he can go running?

Yes.

Yes, because we
will run all the time.

OK.

No problem.

You also run?

Yeah.

OK.

Thank God.

Thank God.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

You know that we are going
to do it very well, you know?

Thank you very much.

Meanwhile, over 30 kilometres back,
six hours off the leaders, there are a

number of teams trying to catch the lead
pack as he powers through the whitewater

section of the race, rafting
down the Nauvoo River.

This river cuts through the high
water, The race is at the heart of Fiji and

creates powerful
challenges for all racers.

They must choose a course that avoids
submerged boulders, which can easily trap

a boat, not to mention the sharp overhangs
that can cause a race-ending crash.

Bend Racing is now
on the Navua River.

Their determined effort to catch back up
to Team New Zealand and the leaders is

taking shape as they
claw their way up in the

rankings to their current
position of 15th place.

Oh, wow.

We were just pushing so hard
and then we got here in time

and ran all the way here and
now we paddle our asses off.

We can be with the teams that we
want to be racing for the rest of the time.

We're pretty excited.

We've been really liking
all the paddling in this race.

And look at the rapids
ahead for them down here.

If the rapids look big from up here,
you can guarantee if you're in a little

raft, they're going to
be huge for these racers.

All right, let's go.

Oh, the white

water was amazing.

It started off with a bang.

It really kind of
kept us on our toes.

Just such a stunning canyon.

We were always trying to imagine who
found that because it was totally stunning.

So it definitely
made it exciting.

It's unbelievable.

Oh my God, this is so special.

What a treat.

Let's go catch some kiwis.

Over 80 kilometers back on the race
course, Team Onyx is still desperately

trying to fix their billy-billy
in order to continue the race.

We might be able to add some string
just to see if we can get these to bend up.

There's a little bit of a gap between
the strut piece and the green piece.

So maybe we can just
add some more line.

Pull it up?

Yeah, so it flips back over.

One, two, three, lift.

One of our team
billy-billies is not floating well.

So the first solution we're trying is to
bring some of the long bamboo sticks

closer to the support braces
because there were some gaps.

We learned how to make
these boats this morning.

And so now Chris is fixing it.

So hopefully we can continue.

Perfect.

We're paddling.

Yes.

Definitely better.

Another good team save.

Thanks, Sam.

We'll see you guys down there.

Yep.

Team Onyx.

Actually floating, not sinking.

That's always a
good thing in a boat.

Never a better ship has
been built of bamboo.

Billy-bitty badass boat.

Let's go.

Also battling in the back of the pack,
legendary racer Mark Macy and son Travis

from Team Endure have now
joined the other paddlers on

the Raver River after getting
extra rest during the night.

The team's energy has rejuvenated and
refreshed as they try to make up time in

order to make Camp 2's
cutoff tomorrow at 12.30pm.

Travis is very mindful of my disease
as well as the other people on our team.

Danelle and Shane joined
the team knowing about it.

They have the same drive, if
you will, to get us through this.

You know, those guys gave
up everything for me to do this.

I'm retired from adventure racing
and I got an email from Travis saying,

hey, we're going to
Fiji in three months.

I had to think about it for about
five minutes and it was all go.

Travis is amazing.

I mean, it just touched my
heart seeing him take care

of his dad and always
being there to take his hand.

To be sure that his dad is going to have
a quality of life all the way till the end,

I mean, I'm never
going to forget it.

We all came here for Mace.

That's the bottom line.

We came here to
get him through it.

There's a real deep satisfaction on
a very personal level for doing that,

but the reality is, we can make a
difference by supporting somebody like

Mace and Travis and the path that
those two are on dealing with Alzheimer's.

It's special.

So when do you think the
front pack will get into Camp 3?

They have 50 kilometres of an overland
jungle track before they make it to Camp 3.

Yeah, but that is super hard.

Well, you're still going into the
heartland of the Fijian wilderness.

There's absolutely no roads.

This is just an old path that they're
going to have to find to link it up to

make it all the way
across this height of land.

And then hopefully they make it by Camp
3 tonight and it should be around 10pm.

So 45k in 12 hours.

That's hardcore.

The lead teams are literally
neck and neck and many see

this as their only opportunity
to overtake Team New Zealand.

We know that Team New Zealand are very
difficult to beat and you'd have to have

the race of your life and have
nothing go wrong for that to happen.

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

They have been for a while.

But the umpires have to come crumbling
down at some stage and hopefully we might

be the team to knock Team
New Zealand off their podium.

For us now, it's
game on for sure.

And as long as we can minimise our
mistakes or not make any mistakes,

you know, I feel really confident
that we're in a strong position.

I guess it just keeps
you very motivated.

With the competition this tight and all
teams looking for an edge, they've now all

hired locals to help
carry packs through this

brutal 45km trek through
Fiji's dense jungle.

Are you happy to help
me get to Nagavika?

Yeah.

Cuckoo!

I've got this premium guide here
helping us now, so this is really good.

More off you, G!

The torrential rain shower
moves through, adding to the

challenge by making the already
slippery trails now treacherous.

I'm going to drop
you guys there.

Down there, at the river.

So you can go across.

Because it's very slippery.

Very dangerous.

Team Summit encounters
an unexpected complication.

Due to the heavy rains, the trails are
too steep and too muddy for the horse,

forcing them to separate
in order for the horse and

the porter to take a flatter
but much longer route.

Good luck.

Thank you.

How do we say
thank you in Spanish?

Gracias.

Gracias.

Gracias.

Gracias.

And you can tell to the horse
person that we are going.

We wake him up there.

At the village on top, yeah.

Thank you.

The trail is different
from the horse trail.

That's why we're going
to split in some parts.

The big difference will be that we don't
have to carry any backpack for a while.

Well, for a while.

For a long trek.

So for me, this
is a big difference.

As elite teams continue
to push the pace, they have

to swap out fatigued
porters and hire new ones.

Hey, does anyone want to come
for a ride with us and carry our bags?

We'll pay you some money.

These guys here have been
going super, super strong.

Looks like all the teams
have chosen this one.

And we're like, well, looks
like they could go, so it

seems like a good option,
given that we're allowed.

Emma's decision to
hire a horse is backfiring.

Separating from their gear
was a risky move, and now

they're losing valuable time
waiting on them to catch up.

Are we at day four now,
or day three, day four?

Three and a half, yeah.

There's only three
days to adventure racing.

The first, the
middle, and the last.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The horse finally shows
up, but the owner informs

them that the trail is
too steep to continue.

You have someone that
can come with us to Lutu?

No.

It's from a different
other village.

They're now looking
for a replacement to help

guide them for the
last part of the hike.

And the locals offered
up their best hiker in

the village, a 15-year-old
boy named Rebony.

You OK?

OK.

Rebony.

Rebony.

Rebony, come with us.

15-year-old guy.

So they're down
here, stray dogs?

That's them?

Stray dogs.

We really do want to
get these guys through.

The next leg.

Well, they still have, like, 40
kilometres of that billy-billy to do.

Yeah.

So there are 44 kilometres
left of that windy, flat river.

And then?

And then they've got 40 kilometres
of bike to do till they get to Camp 2.

And they have to make it
there before noon tomorrow.

But that's doable.

It is, but you're
going to have to push.

That's still at 80 kilometres.

So they've got to go 80
kilometres in 21 hours.

It's doable, but
they can't quit.

They've got to keep moving.

Yeah.

We've got to see them at Camp 2.

They're legends.

Well, let us know
what they look like.

We'll be here watching.

Yeah.

They look tired and dirty.

Thanks, guys.

I'm being really nice to her
by allowing her to paddle.

Because we can't paddle
too hard and get too far ahead.

So only one of us can stay warm,
and I guess it's going to be you.

Because I'm sacrificing
myself for you.

We are sacrificing.

You're such a giver.

So we were the last ones to go.

We went in under
the cutoff last night.

One of the reasons
we're out here doing this

is to possibly inspire
people that are our age.

The message is to keep doing as
much as you can for as long as you can,

not to shut it down just
because of your age.

It's been a long time since
they've had this race, 17 years.

So we've been waiting
for them to bring it back.

And it's about time.

So here it is,
dropped in our lap.

So we're obviously a bit older.

You know, I started doing
these, I guess, when I was 42.

And I'm 68 now.

So, yeah, time flies.

You've got to squeeze as
much out of life as you can.

As night falls on day four, the lead
teams are nearing the end of this monstrous

45-kilometer trek through
the remote jungles of Fiji.

To Camp 3.

Team New Zealand has had multiple
teams nipping at their heels all day long.

But they pushed hard and
they're the first to arrive at Camp 3.

I think today that some of my teammates,
I think, got a bit engaged in the racing.

And we've probably gone a little bit
harder than what I would have liked.

You know, the sort of cat and mouse
kind of racing stuff is a waste of energy.

And I still just
think it's too soon.

There's still a long way to go.

And only minutes behind is fellow
New Zealanders, Team Tiki Tour.

Followed closely by the Aussie
team, Gippsland Adventure.

Our performance so far is reinforcing
our belief that we're a top three team.

Their desire to beat the
Kiwis is a huge motivator.

Yeah, there's a real special rivalry
between Australia and New Zealand.

And we just so dearly love
to beat them and Tiki Tour.

And hopefully they'll start
to buckle towards the end.

Team Summit continues to
make progress, approaching Camp

3 with the help of their
15-year-old porter, Rebony.

Rebony, how are you doing?

Good.

You're good?

Yeah.

Is this easy or is
this hard for you?

Easy.

Easy?

Yeah.

It was so amazing how they walk.

They go fast.

They run without shoes.

How they know the trails.

And he's under 18.

And I was scared about
if he could manage.

I said that I want him for
the next adventure race team.

He was laughing.

We are very happy of sharing seven
hours, eight hours with the Fijians today.

And it was a
beautiful experience.

Thank you.

As day four comes to a
close, lead teams at Camp

3 strategize for the
next section of the race.

The Wuwa Falls.

Known to the locals
as the Widowmaker.

How teams tackle this death-defying
1,000 foot climb is critical.

One misstep, mistake or single lapse
in judgement will spell the difference

between a team's survival or the end
of the road on the world's toughest race.