All language subtitles for Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E09 (Worlds Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji S01E09) (ENGLISH)

Previously, on the
World's Toughest Race.

Over the past seven days,
adventure racers from around

the world have pushed
themselves beyond human limits.

Sometimes it's surreal to me
what me and my twin have done.

In an attempt to tackle this terrifying
race course, teams have suffered severely.

It was so hard.

Elite athletes have been
put to their ultimate test.

Arriving to a limit in my
mental and physical strength.

And some have even
been forced to overcome

their own personal
demons just to stay alive.

I really went from being
one of the top female Ironman

athletes in the world to
contemplating ending my life.

Team after team have fallen victim to
Fiji's brutal environment, giving them no

choice but to exit
the race, leaving only

49 out of 66 teams
still on the race course.

Teams have been racing for over 150
consecutive hours and they're currently

spread out across 200 kilometres of Fiji's
unrelenting jungles, mountains and oceans.

Only three teams have crossed the finish
line and all teams remaining have one goal.

Survive and finish this
unprecedented expedition.

And while most teams in the
back of the pack decided to sleep

at the base of Vua Falls to
avoid climbing in the dark...

Team Iron Cowboy charged ahead
to brave the gutsy climb at night.

I'm ready.

Excited.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Vua Falls is a terrifying 1,000-foot climb
known to be one of the most strenuous

points on this race course and Team Iron
Cowboy is taking a big leap of faith by

attempting this death-defying
ascent in complete darkness.

In our group, we've done 125 Ironmans,
so we've got a lot of experience mentally.

We're a gritty, gritty
little group here.

Just winning.

In the back, in the
back, in the back.

That's really active.

It's mind work and loving.

While Sonia thrives climbing the
falls, her teammates struggle to keep up,

falling further and further
behind their team captain.

It's very heartwarming.

In the dark, tired, it's very...

It's a sense of
climbing experience.

We're learning how to adventure
race in the toughest race on the planet.

This is the part where you're
pretty much waiting most of the time.

You're there for four hours.

And you've got something to do.

This is a supper fest.

Every step along the way,
somebody else rose up and did

what they needed to do to
get everybody else through.

Family.

Just patience and resilience, and one
by one, we made our way up to the top.

Yes!

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

My family's proud of me.

You'll see it all.

Can you help me
get up there, actually?

First breakdown of the
race, right there, guys.

Over 170km ahead on the race course,
lead teams are on the final Ocean Lake,

which is where the winning
teams had major trouble yesterday.

Each of these lead teams are fighting
for their top ten position, along with the

bragging rights of finishing
the world's toughest race.

This Ocean Lake is the
world's toughest race.

This Ocean Lake is the
world's toughest race.

The ocean is definitely
starting to get rougher.

There are teams on the water.

Boy, are they going to
be feeling it at this stage.

When the sea, this far out, starts to
get rough, it is going to be harrowing.

You know, trying to paddle one of these
small boats through big waves against the

wind is going to be a whole
world of pain for these lead teams.

We wanted to arrive on the top
ten, and that's, for me, it's enough.

My body is completely out,
run out of energy and everything.

We just fight for finish.

All the countries are here,
the best teams of the world.

So it's a world championship.

So the level is so high.

And it's perfect.

The weather is a
very big element in this

race, and it's, like,
quite demanding for us.

We've never done
it on an outrigger.

I think they're
moving the island.

It just didn't seem to ever
want to get any closer.

But meanwhile, back on the main island,
the majority of the teams in the world's

toughest race are still
fighting for every inch.

And they are not
having a good time.

That's where we're heading
now to see how they're getting on.

They are really in the hurt
locker, many of them, and

they're getting to the
toughest parts of the race.

Over 100 kilometres back, Team Flying
J are dealing with one of the most pivotal

spots on the racecourse, the
infamous pools above Vua Falls.

The rocks are slippery, the bush is
impenetrable, and the water, freezing.

Thank God we didn't
do this last night.

Oh, my God.

What is that?

I'm Deanna Wells.

I'm the team captain
of Team Flying J.

The incredible men I'm
racing with are Guy Laroque.

I've done many
bike races with him.

My next guy, he's a
former Navy SEAL.

His name is Harold Zundell.

He's the calmest, coolest,
most collected beast out there.

And then Blaine Reeves.

And Special Ops won't really tell
us exactly what he does for the Army,

but, you know, he's a badass, and
I'm so happy to be racing with him.

Let's make this.

I'll swim.

We're in the range.

It's a little cold.

I'm feeling kinky.

I'm one of the few female team
captains out there, and I'm 53 now.

I have a lot of wear and tear, but
I'm nervous about just keeping my

mates just calm and
letting nothing faze us.

You know, it's just
like being a mom.

Harold, he was falling all over the
place in the water, and by this time,

it was just so cold because
we'd been going so long.

Our swim's almost over.

Yeah.

It's the end.

Being in the jungle
and you're constantly

wet, the cold is
unbelievable and unbearable.

It's the coldest I've ever been.

How slippery are these roads?

It's so hard to stand.

It's like being on ice without ice
skates or crampons or anything.

Whoa.

It's worse than ice.

It's not even.

I'm flat.

I think you're past the
point of stitches, right?

No, I need stitches.

Doesn't it have to do
with them, certainly?

They'll just reopen it.

Yeah, they'll reopen it.

On the bouldering section going up the
river, I slipped and banged my shin up at

the rock, and I split it
open so I could see the

flesh almost to the bone,
and I'm like, oh, not good.

So, I'm not going
to do it again.

So, we put a butterfly stitch on it and
some duct tape to stop the bleeding and

get it checked out at the checkpoint
23 when there's a full medical staff,

because it is swollen right now.

So, I'm worried about
infection one of the day.

It's a new day.

We're just ready to
get moving, you know.

The finish line is in sight now,
and that's where we're headed.

28km behind Team Flying J are the
back-of-the-pack teams, who are fighting

for every inch on this
racecourse just to stay alive.

They now have to tackle
the towering Vua Falls.

We're about to
go and climb that.

We have been
waiting for the waterfall.

I was like, if I was to just make it to
the waterfall during the whole expedition,

that would be epic.

This is our day seven, and we
finally made it to the climbing section.

So, we are pumped.

Like, we just want to do
this and, like, have some fun

up there in the slopes and,
yeah, get some arms working.

This is so unbelievable.

I feel like crying.

Vua Falls was just...
Oh, it was so surreal.

Even though it was cold up there, that
was definitely one of the high moments.

I've always heard about
this place, Vua Falls.

My mum's from this province.

She lives not far from here,
but I never grew up here.

It's just mind-blowing.

Mind-blowing.

The best morning of my life.

When

I live in Fiji, I've never seen
beautiful things like this in Fiji.

So, yeah.

What a great experience.

For the two Fiji teams
to experience some of the

best things in the places
that we don't even go.

I think if it wasn't for
Eco Challenge, we would

never have seen all
those beautiful places.

It's amazing.

It's all...

20 kilometres ahead, 18-year-old Hunter
and his dad from Team AR Georgia are

halfway between
Checkpoint 23 and Checkpoint

24 as they make
their way to Camp 4.

My dad started racing probably three years
prior to me starting, and I was always out

there helping him out, and I was
like, why can't I do this race with you?

So, I started racing when I
was seven and never stopped.

This section of the
race course is gruelling.

Teams must navigate 16
kilometres on paddleboards

through lakes,
rivers and tributaries.

And over the last few hours,
water levels have subsided, making

navigation hard and causing
extensive problems for the teams.

So, this is the thing, but
it looks like a dead end.

Clearly not.

One of the things that
I really want to make

sure that I don't do is
to let my team down.

And I have to get through that
mentally throughout the course.

I am the navigator, so I'm going to
have to really stay focused, and the mental

game is very important
in adventure racing.

And your team has to work together
to coach themselves at the right pace,

at the right time, to
make sure that you finish.

You're wanting to go directly
there from where the rapids were.

Let's see how far this
goes until it shallows out.

I know what you're saying.

I know where the point is.

But if there's no water,
we might have to put

in right there at the
end to cross this river.

I think it would be quicker
to portage right now.

I think this is really slow moving,
and we're second guessing.

He knows where we are, we just
need to point in that direction and go.

It's my vote, but
we all have to agree.

Fun of teamwork here.

What do you see?

It's a big bank, and it
looks like it goes that way.

Hunter, this is the direction
we want to go, right that way.

Yeah, it looks like
there's something there.

There's no easy
part in this race.

You don't realize how tough the terrain
actually is here, because we realize the

last 20% of every
single leg is the hardest.

All of a sudden, you stand on a
paddleboard, and then you run out of water.

Where are you
trying to go, Hunter?

I think that way, but I don't have
the map, so I'm just listening to him.

It kind of goes a
little bit that way.

We're going along that
shore there, but the problem

is these high points over
here don't exist on the map.

If we get out of that,
it looks like there's a

trail that follows the
river all the way down.

I think one of our big problems is just
agreeing, and three of us wanting to do

one thing, one of us
wanting to do the other,

but I'm kind of having
a little tension there.

16 kilometers behind AR Georgia,
Team Flying J is at Checkpoint 23,

seeking medical
attention on Harold's shin.

His cut is deep, and signs
of infection are imminent.

Okay, and which
one's the worst one?

This one.

This one.

All right, so you want to
swing your legs around here?

Sure.

This is a tough environment to
race in, and there's a lot of bacteria,

there's a lot of infection around
through the rivers or paddling in the sea.

In the bouldering section, I just slipped
off many slippery boulders and smashed it

right into another boulder,
and it just opened up.

It just created a little gap.

Yeah, it's probably about
2.5 centimeters there.

It's full thickness, so it's all
the way through the skin there.

It also looks as if it's got the beginnings
of infection around it there as well.

After injecting a local anesthetic, the
doctor must close the gaping wound

with stitches to prevent further
infection, with the hopes that Harold and

his team, Flying J, can
continue to the finish line.

Oh, I can feel that.

Do you want me
to put more local in?

Yeah, maybe.

Yeah.

The wound shows early signs of infection,
however, I felt that the best option was

to give it a good clean, scrub it as best
as possible, and to try and prevent any

sort of further
infections from getting in.

The fact that it's infected will
make wound healing very difficult.

I am worried, but I also know that we're
getting closer and closer to the finish

line, so I'm going to
follow the doctor's advice,

take the medication, and
just keep on pushing forward.

Flying J is going
to finish the race.

But ex-Navy SEAL Harold isn't the
only one on Flying J who's struggling.

His teammate, Ironman athlete
Guy Laroque, is barely hanging

on as the race takes its toll
both mentally and physically.

Oh, it's been tough for me.

The last couple of days, I've... this team
has basically held me through everything.

The one thing about eco is that
it's designed to turn you inside out.

You just never know
when your day is coming.

And I mean, what
day is that going to be?

For me...

Yesterday.

Today.

I can't let these guys down.

They've come too far, man.

Less than five kilometers behind Flying
J, and in the middle of the eight kilometer

swim through the icy pools, Team Iron
Cowboy is nearing their breaking point.

I don't do well in cold.

And so, swimming in the pools and
navigating all of the rock fields in the

water, that seemed like it
was just never going to end.

Very cold.

Very long.

I loosened all the straps on my pack,
let the waist belt off and the chest belt

off, loosened the shoulder
straps, game changer.

In order to prevent hypothermia,
Sonia has come up with a method of tying

the backpacks in a way
that makes it easier to swim.

It's going to get you
swimming, so you can warm up.

Okay.

So, you're going to put your
waistband around your waist, like this.

Now you can swim.

Sweet.

Yeah.

Sonia is an unbelievable,
strong woman.

Her heart is pure gold.

It doesn't feel right.

She wants to help everybody.

Okay.

Is that her?

Yeah.

Sweet.

She's gone through a lot of emotional
things in her life, massive depression,

completely had a life meltdown,
and then this race is her comeback.

We're going to cross
that finish line together.

Okay.

Just let us be honest here.

Only a few kilometers back,
team Kokuri Warriors approached

the start of the Hellish Pool
section on the racecourse.

You're okay?

You're still smiling.

So many teams
are out of this race.

You have no idea.

There are so many teams.

And this is the section
that breaks people.

So, you're here, you're
smiling, you're together.

Good job.

He's such an inspiration.

And just to hear him speak,
It just changes so much about

our own perceptions and
beliefs about what humans can do.

That section was super hard.

It's going to get cold
and difficult this next bit.

But get through it and then
it's all heading down to the end.

We are game.

Okay, go, go, go, go, go.

We have to see and look
deep into our own soul

and make the most
of our physical abilities.

Come on, India!

Come on, India!

25 kilometres ahead, AR Georgia are still
desperately trying to locate checkpoint 24

after losing valuable time being
totally lost on their paddleboards.

If they don't find their bearings soon,
the consequences could be disastrous.

When team dynamics
break down, it's only a

matter of time before
more mistakes are made.

What about that way?

Dad?

Huh?

There's a bunch
of logs in the river.

Anyway, so you have to get out.

Yeah, I see what it does.

So we all have our, like, ideas and
we're not the ones looking at the map,

so ultimately you have to rely on the
navigator and not argue too much because

that just brings their confidence
down and that doesn't help.

So these are all
footprints leading this way.

And my gut and my map and my distance
tells me that our checkpoint's over there,

but just because you're
on a subboard doesn't

mean that you're
paddling the whole way.

All right, so what we've got?

We've got a whole bunch
of fin marks on the ground.

People dragging.

We've got footprints
all toes leading that way.

Make sense?

It's only a K.

So are you guys
doing now what you'd...

Sometimes it just
takes some time.

That's right.

Oh, yes.

I don't mind mud.

I don't like it when
it's mixed in with kela.

No.

It's never good.

You can't eat.

You can't drink.

Because you
can't touch yourself.

Oh, that smells good.

Perfect.

Perfect.

You wasn't paying attention.

Hey, Buddha.

We're lost.

Do you know where the road is?

I'm going that way?

Ah, perfect.

Thank you.

Bingo.

Always double check
where you're going.

Always.

Through the cowpipe.

All right.

Welcome to CP24, guys.

You guys look a
little muddy there.

Yeah.

I would say that's more poopish.

More cow poo.

You would not be wrong.

Just because we're mountain biking
doesn't mean we're going to mountain bike.

Just because we're on a subboard doesn't
mean we're going to be on the board.

Just because we're in a sailboat
doesn't mean you're going to get wind.

That's what Equal
Challenge is all about.

So...

And dirty feet.

Over 180 kilometers ahead and days
ahead of AR Georgia, the front runners are

nearing the end of the
killer final 45 kilometer

open ocean outrigger
paddle towards the finish line.

We have a saying in New
Zealand, if you're not first, you're last.

That's sort of how we feel.

Finishing.

Definitely being a small nation,
there is a lot of pride in our sporting

legacy and history over the years
and everything that New Zealand does.

Come on up, guys.

Finish.

Yes.

I

just finished the
toughest race in the world.

It's a pretty amazing feeling.

I'm so happy.

We're very happy with where we
finished, you know, in the top 10.

So, yeah, crossing the finish
line is certainly a bit of euphoria.

Yeah, incredibly,
incredibly excited.

Impressed with
ourselves, really.

Woo!

Woo!

Woohoo!

Woo!

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

There were several times during the race
that I was not clear that I would finish.

This is the World Championship
of Adventure Racing.

That's why I'm proud if I
can be a reference for the

women that they can do
whatever, even if they are mothers.

You can train, you can be
yourself, you can feel powerful.

The empowered woman.

Here, the top ten
teams, the women.

Continuing down this ridgeline, wherever
this ridgeline terminates, it is steep.

The steepest is here,
and this is less steep.

This to me looks passable.

40 kilometers from Camp 4, Team Curl
has decided to veer off the ridgeline trail

for a shortcut down a steep
ravine that could save them time.

But this is a risk.

Trekking off course in
Fiji can quickly backfire,

causing a dire situation
for the entire team.

Justin is the brains of the group,
there's no question about that.

He is always five steps ahead.

Any human that I know.

And he took 150% of
the brunt of navigation.

There's a will, there's a way.

But yeah, it could
get really steep.

That was probably the goat.

Just trekking, getting up in those canyons
that you know few people have been in.

For me, that's experiencing the
countryside of this place that is just so

raw and so just... It
makes you feel so small.

I don't see a trail, Jen.

That's our ridge that we need to get
around before we're going to see the road.

With many kilometers to go until they
reach Camp 4, Team Curl's decision to

leave the ridgeline trail is
turning out to be a bad move.

We are missing the mark here.

What the hell?

I am so puzzled right now.

I didn't feel too scared
about navigating too far off

course, and maybe I should
have been a little more scared.

I mean, it shows
it going straight up.

I mean, it's hard to
tell, right, if it zigzags.

But then it veers hard right.

That's the direction
of our peak.

But where are you
going to get up there?

Well, I'm not sure.

We have to get up and
over this band of cliffs, but

we're just not really sure
which is the right way to go.

I didn't like this at all.

I mean, I don't mind.

Oh, yeah, considering.

This sucks.

45 kilometers back from Team Curl is Iron
Cowboy, where Sonia is fiercely fighting

to keep the guys motivated
to hang on and stay in the race.

So, look, here
we go, here we go.

And this is Iron Cowboy.

The Americans digging deep now.

This water is
absolutely freezing.

Never give up.

Keep going.

Do it, guys.

You can do this.

You haven't got much
longer left in the water.

Round this bend.

This is really the
heart, the crux of this.

If they get through
this, they can do this.

It's going to be a
tipping point for this team.

I think a race like this allows you to
really have conversations with yourself.

There's a lot of
slug-festing out there where

it's you and your mind
and your thoughts.

And you're going to find out real quick
if you like you or you don't like you.

I think that's why I enjoy these so
much, is because I can work on me.

And hopefully come out on the
other side a different and better person.

How can we get
you coffee, cocoa?

Yes!

Sonia, I think you would be an
amazing professional eco-racer.

No, seriously.

Like, it's your jam, man.

It's what you love to do.

Trust me, I'd rather be
golfing with my buddies.

Yeah.

I just really have no
business being out here.

I don't have enough experience.

I've literally almost died.

It is these experiences
that make us, like,

really think about what's
important in our life.

You have so much time to think
when you're kind of miserable.

Like many endurance athletes, I
have demons that I'm trying to slay.

And we do really hard
things because it helps us feel

like we're maybe in control
of the things we aren't.

I will walk out of this race stronger
emotionally, which is something I've

really been working on but
didn't quite always know how.

I am a tough chick.

I'm super tough.

Physically, emotionally,
spiritually, I'm tough.

And I'm, like,
I'm proud of that.

I'm proud of myself.

Meanwhile, just a few kilometres behind
Iron Cowboy, Team Kokuri Warriors are

forced to face one of the most brutal
parts of the race course, attempting to

swim the eight lethal kilometres through
the freezing pools towards Checkpoint 22.

We do this, we do this, yeah.

Which one's left first?

Get to that grass section, go up
a little, see if we can traverse that.

We just keep going this way.

I remember seeing this lake that
we had to cross and I'm like, holy shit.

And Praveen and me and Nash haven't
done swimming without PFDs before.

Like, three of us, we
were so scared of water.

Floating dog.

Move your fingers
and toes, guys.

Brandon!

Where are you?

Right, right, right.

I'm doing the stroke right now.

I'm doing doggy style.

This course is breaking
people and it's breaking teams.

Meanwhile, those
twins are still going.

This is where it gets very real.

This is where heroes are made.

Come on, the twins.

You show them.

Keep going.

You've got to move
or get hypothermic.

We have three
keys to do like this.

If you don't move
fast, you're doomed.

MUSIC PLAYS 50km ahead on this course,
a race for the top US team has formed.

The team out there is
literally chasing Bend Racing.

They know how strong Bend Racing is on
the water and are giving everything they've

got to get to the outriggers at
Checkpoint 30 as soon as possible.

About to start the last leg.

What do you feel, man?

Last leg?

I feel excited.

We've barely taken these
things out on ocean before.

You've

got your top, next to your pen.

OK.

I can still check you in
until the teams are here.

We're definitely capable of
being the top US team, so we'll

be leaning on our tenacity
and really making a big push.

We tend to really try to
kind of pick up steam and

be steady when a lot of
teams are falling apart.

It feels good to be this
close to the finish line.

We've come a long way, but I think we still
have a fair amount of paddling ahead of us.

See if we can put one
more good day on the water.

Let's see if we can do it.

We're almost there.

We're almost there!

Over 90 kilometres back and a day and a
half behind Team Out There and Bend Racing

is Team Costa Rica, who
are approaching Camp Ford.

But before they get there, they
have one more challenge to overcome.

The finish line for stage four is there
and all of a sudden we're almost there and

this bull comes out of
nowhere, stampeding.

Ah!

Everybody running around.

Super scary moments.

I'm laughing now, but at the
moment it was total madness.

In Costa Rica we have the saying Pura
Vida and so we ended up saying Bula Vida.

And Pura Vida means pure life
and it means everything is awesome.

And I think Bula Vida
says the same thing.

It's like everything's
great, everything's joy.

So today is Costa Rica's Independence
Day and that coincided with the toughest

section of the race for us and we
brought our colours in a big way.

Oh no, where's the medallion?

Oh, what are we going to do?

We've got to go back.

Hey, I'll do those
road sections 20 times.

You get in!

Having Latin blood is a big part
of why we are so joyful all the time.

And why we just take positivity
as a way of life, so to speak.

But I also think it has a lot to do with
the strong friendship that binds this team.

In a race like Eco Challenge, the
world's toughest race, if you can't rely on

somebody else in a way that
you would rely on your father

or your brother or your best
friend, you won't have success.

It almost feels
like the finish line.

Ten kilometres back from
Costa Rica and still trying to

navigate the 50 kilometre
hike to Camp 4 is Team Curl.

They're still lost and
anxiously trying to

find their bearings
before the sun goes down.

I'm seeing the settlement
over there to the right.

That's the direction
we need to be headed.

So we can go down this
road a little ways more.

Waynado Creek!

Go this way!

Woo!

That will take us down lower.

Stephen is an excellent athlete and
more importantly just a great human.

His heart is as good as gold.

He just wants everyone to
be happy and healthy and

he brings everyone up
around him to better places.

My father committed suicide
about eight and a half years ago.

And for me it was a huge bomb.

It just blew everything up.

It forced me to reconsider
everything that I was doing.

Metabolising all of
that is what I'm here for.

I think the World's Toughest
Race is offering that to me.

Like to show up, fully show
up and like get my ass kicked.

That was a joke.

Worth the price of a mission.

Is that part of it?

Like what?

30 kilometres back and a day behind Team
Curl is Team Kukuri Warriors and the Back

of the Pack teams
who are all dangerously

close to hypothermia
from being in the field.

This is the freezing pool
section for most of the day.

Come on guys, we can do this.

These middle and back of the pack teams
are all struggling which goes to show how

relentless and impressive
the lead team's pace was who

all cruised through these
sections of the course days ago.

You scared of water, you see?

Very scared of water.

I'm trying to keep
my calm, yeah.

I swam with my team
without a PFD for the first time.

I'm not a good swimmer
and I was like shit scared.

I was like what if I drown here?

The cold was terrible.

When we had to go into
the water, that was rough.

But we're just focused
on getting to the finish.

We're on our home soil.

My team will finish the world's
toughest race, Eco Challenge.

Not just for us, but for everybody
else who's cheering us on.

Oh man.

Move, move, move.

Finally, a field of water.

On a personal level, I
think it was just about my

fears and to realize that
it is temporary, you know.

Like fear is in our mind.

So if you can move that
away, tell your mind to control

your body and just keep
moving past these obstacles.

Fear just is non-existent.

Okay,

wet stuff up as soon as you can.

We'll get you a hot tub.

Oh man, that was the hardest
thing I've ever done in my life.

My mind kept telling me don't give
up, don't give up, which is so crucial.

For my body to function.

I'm so happy everything
was working in sync.

The last leg was really
pushing it hard, really pushing

it hard because we wouldn't
have made it otherwise.

I can't believe I'm holding
a cup of hot chocolate.

I was like so proud
of Nash and I.

Like we pushed through.

So I'm so glad we
got done with that part.

And if it hadn't been for
us, each other motivating

one another, we would
have been out of the race.

75 kilometers ahead at Camp
Four, Team Curl finally reaches their

destination after a
crippling hike that cost

them countless hours
being lost in the highlands.

Team Curl, happy to be here.

Had a tough day.

The way this thing
is set up is really cool.

It's not only like physically
beating us down, but it's

making us have to rely on
some deep parts of ourselves.

Like what, why the hell am
I doing something like this?

Why do I care about like facing
suffering and over and over and over?

Like what is it about
the unknown that's

enticing, relying on
ourselves and on each other?

And it's developing something
pretty, pretty nice inside.

Can we do rice and quesadillas?

Can I get a hug too?

Over 140 kilometers
ahead on Manor Island, race

director Kevin Hodder
anxiously awaits the first U.S.

team at the finish line.

Not only have you made a solid top
15 finish in the world's toughest race,

you're our first American
team to arrive at the finish line.

That was our goal.

We definitely feel like we're winning life
for having been able to come here and take

part in this and to make
it through with our team.

I just want to say thanks to Eco Challenge
for actually putting on an event that

allows us to not only race, but to get
to know a place in a way that is so much

deeper than any other
event that I've ever done.

And that makes me walk away
feeling like an actual explorer.

Yes, sir.

I'm just really grateful to
have had this experience.

I'm grateful that it's so amazing and I'll
be able to tell my kids about it one day.

And there's a lot of
pieces that are tough.

And I'm happy to live
with those things forever

if the experiences are
as good as they are.

It's always the earned victory
that makes the better story.

And I think that's adventure
racing in a nutshell.

Wow, top U.S.

team.

I don't know how that happened.

On the final episode of
the World's Toughest Race,

33 teams remain with
all eyes set on one goal.

The finish line.

But for all
remaining athletes...

Nice one!

Can't break us yet.

Here in Fiji, nothing
is a guarantee.

We are going to
take him to hospital.

On the World's Toughest Race.