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He is pissed right now.

Yeah, he is.

Keep your head on a swivel.

Oh, yeah.

We're leaving, bro. We're leaving

-Uh-huh. -Chill pill.

They kill more people than lions out here.

Every step forward's a step closer.

You know, we made the decision to move on to hopefully

greener pastures, because if we post up camp here,

he will come out at night, and that will be

the end of our challenge.

That won't just be the end of our challenge.

That might be the end of our lives.

But, you know, moving sucks.

Ah!

-Jesus. -Careful here.

We have been walking for miles and hours in the sun.

We're exhausted. We're all dehydrated.

But we can't stop.

We're getting close, guys. I feel it.

Does it look like it's opening up up here?

-I see rocks. -Oh, yeah.

I see some sky up ahead.

I'm seeing a waterhole.

-There's a freaking boat. -What?

Who knows what the... That's just weird.

And there's something standing.

This is a big old cage.

What is this thing used for?

This is wild.

Problem is, we don't have a choice to go anywhere else.

This is the top of the map, and that's scary.

I'm wondering whether that cage is worth

keeping something in or keeping something out.

What the heck went on here?

Three weeks into the 35 day challenge...

It is scorching out right now.

...a stifling heat wave swept across the land...

Maybe we should stop and just take a big drink.

...forcing the survivalists to rethink their strategies.

We have to leave here eventually.

Let's leave here when we're in the strongest

-position possible. -All part of the way out.

Escape this wasteland.

Waz and Teal headed north on a multi day trek...

Look at this. Fresh water.

What's up? Good to see you.

...only to encounter Joe...

-Where are your people? -I am my people.

...alone in his barren camp for the last 17 days,

where they help secure the area's

last remaining protein.

Whoo!

-There we go. -Oh, man! Cheers!

First meal caught and shared together.

Six terrapin out of Joe's pool of water

is pretty enormous for him.

But this whole area is just trashed.

We've made the decision we have to leave.

We would love to have you come with us.

-We gotta go. -I don't know about go yet.

Ooh, I like that washer.

I'm out here at the ruins, as Joe calls it.

It's like a hunting lodge that they have

pretty much pillaged.

But looking around here, I can see why people

are not here anymore... there's nothing here.

This whole desolation is just

so engulfing, and even Joe's place,

maybe even more so.

We have a long way to go to escape this, and I think

perhaps it's getting worse before it gets better.

-See that tree over there? -Yeah.

I can hear some buzzing around it, but I wanna check out

if there's some honey in there that we can get.

That would be awesome.

I think any survivor gets excited when they think

of the idea of honey.

And if we have meat, meat dipped in honey,

that's calories and pure joy.

Joe, have you made your mind up

-whether you come with us or not? -Man, I'm still

tossing it around.

This is the hardest place to ever have to survive.

So, if they wanna get out of here, I understand.

But they haven't spent the time that I have to study it,

to understand it, but they don't I don't know

the amount of time and energy and effort

that I've put into this.

There's still a chance, and I just need

to take that chance.

And you can see...

just there, there's some drippage coming

-out of the tree. -Yeah.

There's a chance, just like right inside that trunk,

-we've got some honey. -There's a huge chance.

-Yeah. -I mean, you can see it

oozing out, so I think this, uh...

-I think it's worth it. -It's totally worth it.

-Ready? -Ready.

'Cause there's no food around here,

our jerky supplies are definitely diminishing.

I think we can just maybe get a little bit of honey today

and maybe just move on.

If there's no animals here, there's nothing here for us,

we're gonna go where the animals are.

Looks like it's coming from here.

I can't... let me just...

I'm not even 100% sure that it's not tree sap.

There's no sweetness to it.

I think this mission is gonna be unsuccessful, Joe.

Yeah, once I realized it's not honey, I'm down off that table

pretty quick and ready to go.

But also, in the back of my mind, I knew

that that juice is not worth the squeeze.

Just have a look myself.

I'm not willing to give up.

I don't think it's sap.

I think it's whatever nest that was, you know?

Could've been termites, could've been ants.

Peeling this back a little bit.

You can see there's just like tons and tons of it.

I really, really want this.

Oh, this juicy goodness.

Joe's in a different place for me.

I don't know whether a little worm's crawled in his ear

and started burrowing into his brain, or what's going on,

but he's had to scavenge every single calorie out here,

and it hasn't been a lot.

-Oh. -You good, buddy?

I don't need your passing out up there.

I'm not falling down from up here.

I just... just need a minute.

All right, welcome back, brain.

One of the benefits of having done so many

of the challenges is you can see different angles.

I think he can only see the one angle, one perspective.

He gets a goal in his mind, and he's stubborn enough

that he wants to achieve it,

but, if he's not getting enough calories in,

and he takes one wrong step, falls over, hurts himself,

that could take him out.

I think that might be it, buddy.

I don't think there's any...

it don't look like there's any left.

Yeah, let's take it back, make a cup of tea,

-see if we can all share that. -All right.

Uh.

All right.

I got this cup full of dirty sap.

Just try and get as much of the dirt out of it as I can,

get it down to its sappy goodness.

We got something, I don't know yet,

but might have some sugar in it, might have some calories in it.

Can you make a tea?

Mix it with some pine leaves or something?

Yeah, and that'll be... be something today.

That's just weird, man.

But, as far as nighttime shelter, that's prime time.

I don't wanna stay in that cage.

You know, that was a rough hike.

I'm fatigued and maybe even a little dehydrated.

None of this makes sense.

-No. -Like, I can't... I can't put a backstory

to this situation.

All we know is that there is an abandoned boat

in the middle of a water hole next to a big cage.

Was this greener pastures? Jesus Christ.

Once home to a large wild game reserve,

this area is scattered with abandoned

hunting outposts and equipment.

Cages like this were used to protect game animals

from predators before they could be

introduced into the wild.

Do I feel, you know, kind of weird sleeping

in a freaking cage? A little bit.

But do I also wanna get eaten by a lion?

Not really.

I'm perfectly fine with sleeping right here.

All right, man. Whatever, whatever you want.

Well, I'm sleeping in the cage with a fire.

I'm just thinking of safety, so.

It's a boma that's already made.

Ah!

We just did this... insane hike.

And, if we have to spend the next two hours hacking down

-acacia thorns... -Yeah.

-...it would kill us. -Yeah, it would.

It would kill us. We would be left unsafe.

Yeah.

My first thought was, "No way in hell, I'm sleeping

in that cage out here."

But now I see the light in this dark situation, I'm in,

'cause I don't think I have the energy at this point

to actually build a boma.

What do you guys think?

-Yeah. -Yeah.

-I'm kind of digging it now. -We're cool.

-That takes care of tonight. -Yeah.

We got our sleeping stuff. We can make a fire in there.

We'll get some firewood. We'll shut the door.

We're good to go.

I might try to get some food tonight, too.

-OK. -Yeah.

What are you thinking? Fishing?

-Put some lines out? -Yeah, just find some bait

and get some lines in the water and see what happens.

Yeah, that's important.

You got a good-sized beetle in there.

I can see him moving right there.

This thing's worthless.

After weeks of fishing frustration... Screw that.

...due to a territorial crocodile...

It's absolutely beaten the out of us.

Wes and Steve's dam project finally led

to a much needed win.

Oh, oh! Yes!

What do you got? What do you got?

-You are kidding me? -Yes!

After all this time, man, you did it.

Yeah, that's right.

I'm gonna leave these lines out as passive lines.

Maybe something will come along.

Yeah, we haven't put some effort in.

You all right, buddy?

I see his head right now.

We are still battling the croc,

and it's a risk every time we go down to the water

because he knows where we fish and he could be

lurking anywhere.

And so we're really battling hard to make sure that we're

being as safe as possible while still able to procure wins.

Let's hog the inside of the lake, real quick.

Take one more just little glance, see if there's

anything possible, moving or to eat.

Oh man, oh man.

Good gosh!

We're just not seeing anything, man,

except for two crocs now.

We finally get a fish, and now we have

multiple crocs in our pond.

It just makes me hesitant to get back in the water.

I don't need to come up missing a leg or something.

I'm not sure what we're gonna do here.

So the main thing to get done is to make sure that we have

a fire and that we can boil water.

The clock's ticking, and the sun's going down.

There we go.

-Here's a nice burner. -Nice.

A load of termites on it, too.

Sweet.

Look at that.

What have you found, Frank?

-It's a fish carcass. -Catfish?

-Yeah. -Awesome.

-Bait? -Yeah.

I can get the rest of the firewood

if you wanna get that bait in the water.

-Yeah. -We'll divide and conquer here.

It has been a really hard and long day.

We've had a big hike. We expended a lot of energy.

So getting food on the table at this point in time is

incredibly important.

-Hurry up and wait. -Hurry up and wait.

All right.

Have you started wrapping your mind around

if you do come with us, what you're going to bring?

I'm making a mental inventory Yep.

About what that would look like.

You know, it, uh...

you know, it's just something I got to work out still.

A lot of... a lot of things, right?

If I stay, there will be trouble.

You know, the goal will be double.

There's goals, but there's no resources to achieve the goals.

And you can always bring your goals with you.

-They don't weigh anything. -They don't.

Regret is the weight I don't wanna carry.

Fair enough.

Joe, you're boiling over.

Bubbling over.

Trying to strain this juice through a cloth here.

Sorry.

Blew it.

Blew it. Sorry.

It is what it is, as long as you didn't burn yourself.

If I had a guess, we lost maybe 20 calories.

As I'm watching Joe, I start to realize if Joe doesn't decide

to come with us tomorrow, that's only gonna end one way.

He won't be able to make it out.

He won't have the energy.

He'll probably keel over, and no one will be here

to save him.

But if he chooses to stay, he chooses to stay.

He's a grown man. He gets to make his own calls.

Does anyone wanna scorpion hunt with me?

No.

Tomorrow, we're gonna hit the roads.

We don't have any energy to waste, so we need

to conserve, hydrate, and rest.

Whoa! You all right?

Hey, did you pass out? Medic!

Come on!

Medic!

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All right, so does anyone wanna scorpion hunt with me?

No.

I'll go scorpion hunt with you.

OK.

Whoa, you all right? Hey, did you pass out?

-Medic! -Hello.

-Come on! -Hey, what?

No, no, no, dude, you passed out.

-OK, hold on. -No, I'm fine.

-No, you didn't. Medic! -what?

Dude, you passed out and you mashed your face.

Oh, no, it's fine. It's just dirt.

But I don't think I hit my head.

I think I just hit my little eyebrow.

-You did hit your head. -I just hit my eyebrow.

That's part of your head.

OK. All right. All right.

-OK. -Just stay sitting down -for a little bit. -Sit.

-Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. -Sit.

I'm fine.

Stand up too quick, man. That's what happens.

Yeah, yeah.

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

-No, no, no, no, no. -I'm just helping.

No.

Da, da, da, da.

Ah.

When I passed out, it hit me like that.

I got up, I took a few steps, I leaned over,

and that's the next thing I remember was Teal

calling for the medic.

How you doing, buddy?

-How you feeling? -So, I feel fine.

We've just been called out to assess Joe,

who's experienced a syncope episode,

which is an episode of fainting.

Just gonna check your blood pressure.

Not seeing any spots or any blood vision?

No spots, no blurry vision.

I can see these scratches on my arm, very superficial.

Not any blood Got a little bump here

-on the eyebrow. -All right.

Maybe some abrasions, I don't know.

Mnh-mnh.

We suspect that he's going through a bout

of heat exhaustion.

He needs to stay hydrated as much as possible

-and keep out of the sun. -Alrighty.

But we will be monitoring him very closely

for signs of concussion.

But he is vitally stable and good to stay

in the challenge.

-We have drinking water available? -Right there.

OK, have a sip and stay in the shade.

OK, thank you.

-For me? -Water.

-Tea. -Thank you.

Thanks for caring about me, Teal.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm gonna pick three pieces, and each will have their choice.

Joe, eat some jerky.

So hopefully that helps your

brain and body.

Joe has recovered a good bit from that fall,

but he's been at such a calorie deficit for so long,

that it's getting a bit scary.

That came out of nowhere.

It really did. I did not see stars.

I did not need to breathe.

It was like lightning.

You know, if that happens while you guys are away,

then I'm screwed.

So, you know, it's a big reminder of what survival is

and sometimes it means relying on other people,

you know, especially when getting this close to the end

and we got nothing but fumes in the tank

-and we got each other at least. -Yeah.

I think I wanna leave this place behind me.

Are you ready to go?

-I am ready to go. -Mm.

There is not a damn thing left here for me to find,

discover, uncover, or thrive or survive off of.

It is just a wasteland, and it is time

-to leave it behind. -Yeah, Joe's coming.

-Yeah. -Whoo!

Yeah, this place wants to just eat you alive, man.

It just wants to open up and swallow you up whole.

So if we stay together as a group, push on

and see what adventures await.

All right, pack your things.

A bit of a roller coaster of emotions, but we've achieved

what we want to achieve in talking Joe to come with us,

and now it's time to leave.

We're gonna make sure he's got enough fluid in him,

need a couple extra bits of jerky, just so we're

physically ready for what's gonna be probably

a pretty tough journey.

I gotta say, Teal, it was really nice to see

-your face when I woke up. -Shut up.

I'm serious.

You know, buddy, as much as I love our shelter,

I think we're gonna have to move on.

Yeah.

We're just not catching enough

to survive.

Yeah.

So we're in agreement on that, right?

100%?

It's time to leave Cell Block B.

Try to rest up, try to hydrate up,

try to get one more good win.

-Yeah. -And then we just set out.

Yeah.

All right, I'm solid on that plan.

Yeah, I'm down with that.

I'm very down with that.

With multiple crocs in our pond, we just have

to keep our nose to the grindstone.

And so Stee and I set to making a couple

of deadfall traps.

We're gonna really concentrate on eating

everything we possibly can.

And we're gonna see if we can catch some critters.

All right, I'm gonna search for a good rock.

The classic figure four deadfall trap

combines a bait stick with two other notched sticks

in the shape of a four,

and held in place by the weight of a large stone.

When an animal goes for the bait,

it triggers the trap, releasing the stone

that pins the animal.

Yes, it'd be real easy to be stable.

When you're this deep into a challenge, every meal,

every win, is extremely important.

All right, Stee. There we go, buddy.

Thanks.

This is where I saw a bunch of squirrels.

So I'm gonna choose this little area right here

and put my trap.

We wanna go through this challenge with energy

and the only way we're gonna be able to do that

is if we somehow score some dribs and drabs of food.

We're just gonna have to see. We're just gonna keep

hitting it, keep hitting it every day

until something breaks.

I've got some reconstituted rib meat from the nyala.

It's really on a hair trigger.

And the squirrels I saw in this area,

if they decide they want some nyala meat,

they're gonna get a good thump on the head.

What a day. What a day.

Hell of a day.

It's pretty close to the end of the day,

and there's no telling what can come up tonight.

We didn't have time to cut any acacia thorns.

Something could totally grab us through these bars.

If anything does come, I'm hoping it's just a hippo

or an elephant and even then,

something that big can probably move this thing.

Boom.

So tonight is gonna be an adventure.

-Be careful, hey? -Yeah.

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Oh my God, you got it!

-Yeah! -He got it!

It's a big one!

-Oh my God! -Hell yeah, Frank!

Frank!

Holy!

Hell yeah, buddy.

Look at that.

I stoned him right through the freaking spine.

-That's a decent catfish, too. -That's amazing.

All right, so we gotta gut this quick.

-Yeah, we do. -This is dangerous.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

Yoohoo!

Steven, how stoked are you?

I'm super stoked, look at Frank's win, man!

I know.

Brand new location, first day.

Frank comes in like freaking Robin Hood

and just stones a catfish. I am just so

absolutely very proud of him.

-This is all meat. -All meat.

Meat, skin.

Oh, my God.

That is delicious.

Now, the thing is, this smell is gonna bring

-animals towards us. -Yeah.

Night 22, and we are settled in.

The three of us are lockstep now,

and we'll be ready to go in the morning.

This challenge for me has been

nothing but struggle and the endurance of hardship.

But with these two awesome people who came in, like,

it made...

made a change in how I'm seeing our ability to...

to make it through this apocalyptic hellscape.

And there could be just a better space down the road, so...

This was the inciting incident I needed just to see

a different perspective on what life can be out here.

-Hyenas? -hyenas.

That behind me,

those are hyenas.

We can't see them. It's pitch black.

We are literally the zoo attraction

in the bush right now.

Usually, the animals are in the cages.

We are actually in

a cage.

And we are surrounded by the most

fearsome predators in Africa.

Crazy.

-Do you have the map? -Yes, ma'am.

Moving day.

You got to get moving here pretty quick before the sun

burns through these clouds and it gets even harder

to do this.

I feel stronger than ever with these two by my side.

So let's pack up, hit the road, and, uh,

find our next destination, something new.

All right, so we're here.

Obviously, this is our end goal,

but, um, we wanna break it up a little bit.

I think the smartest option is we just go

to the closest water source,

and then we can just keep going,

or we can just stay there the night

to see what resources are available.

Still 11 miles from their targeted destination,

the new team of three will veer northwest in hopes of finding

a suitable waterhole to stay the night before continuing on.

Their path will be marked by dense, thorny brush

and rocky terrain, home to packs of aggressive hyenas

and the venomous puff adder, whose expert camouflage results

in more fatalities than any other snake species in Africa.

I think we should be able to get this done,

hopefully before the sun breaks through, but maybe not.

All right, so quick as we can. Backpacks on.

Get our backpacks and get out of here.

Now we start to head out into the unknown.

We don't know what we're walking into.

We have to rely on all our best skills.

As a group, we're gonna test what we are as survivalists.

Not only do we have to worry about all the predators

through the areas that we have to trek,

but we also have to worry about a dude with a wheelchair.

-Wheelderbeast packed up. -Real question.

-Do you need that wheelchair? -Yep, for sure.

You guys don't trust that it rolls?

I want to bring the wheelchair so I can carry my water,

my bow, my arrows, my cutting tools,

and the fish basket.

I may have to ditch all this stuff,

depending on the terrain and where we're going.

So it's a gamble, but I know it'll be useful in the end.

I think Joe is determined to make his wheelchair

make it through the journey.

It's not my favorite survival item.

I think wheelchairs don't really belong in the bushveld,

especially since they could make our hike

slower and longer.

All right, guys, let's do this.

Let's roll.

I like what you did there.

Well, it certainly was the shelter in hell.

That does look so apocalyptic.

Priority number one right now is to get

our sleeping situation as safe as possible.

We do live in a cage, but it is not secure.

Um, I mean, the holes are big enough for a lion to grab us,

for a hyena to grab us.

So I need to do a boundary of Acacia thorns

around the perimeter. That's gonna keep us safe.

There we go.

I could definitely use some more acacias.

I'm not thrilled about sleeping in a cage, but, uh...

it is a dark, scary place out here.

And last night, we heard hyenas.

So we have no choice but to make it work.

Yeah, buddy, that's a big boy!

At the same time, I'm also gonna work on,

um, some shading for the roof. I'm gonna be cutting down

a lot of green foliage.

A lot of surface area up there.

Stacking that up on top.

Do you want any in particular first?

If you want, you can just throw them over here,

-and I can grab 'em. -Oh, OK, cool.

There you go. Boom.

Perfect.

At the Thunder Bome, we learned a valuable lesson

by not having protection from the elements.

Oh, this is wet.

The roof would be nice right about now.

I don't know whether I'd call it survival

or just suffering.

But, look, it's a mistake we won't be making

again in the future.

-All right, last one. -Last one.

-OK, I got it. -Got it?

Yep.

Phew.

How's it looking there? Look pretty shady?

-Really good shady? -Yeah.

Good.

How's the acacia look from the inside? Good?

This side looks awesome. This side still needs some work.

Yeah, we're gonna fill that up a little bit.

-But that looks awesome. -This is good... this is safe.

This is actually comfortable in here.

You did good. We did good.

Good. Phew!

Oh, my gosh.

The sun is something else right now.

Yeah, no kidding.

So this cloud cover did not last as long as I hoped.

We're not making an amazing time,

but we're kicking along as well as possible.

These hikes, we're pushing into an unknown space

and there's still predators around.

The heat's coming down.

We've also got a lot less energy in our bodies.

We've got less water in our bodies.

Every single small mistake can be magnified

-into a big mistake. -Waz, where you go?

You go that way?

-Yeah, it was this way. -OK, sorry.

That just looks really clean to me.

It does.

We're trying to pick the smoothest path possible.

Ooh, good one.

Ish!

Ouch.

Wanna try and just move with the sense

of purpose here?

OK.

I am struggling to get this wheelchair through,

but every push that goes and every good wheel rotation,

I'm grateful for the amount of material that I get

to push forward.

-The water. -Go forward.

You missed the wheels.

You kinda go backwards over it.

-Like a normal one? -Should have.

You want help?

No, I'm good.

We are out here to survive, and the clock matters.

So trying to find our footing

and clearing the path so that Joe

can move his wheelchair down it,

this is a pretty enormous challenge.

All right, I gotta do a reset.

Basket fell off.

How the did that happen?

Oh, the rope broke, that's why.

That's gonna fall apart, too.

Let's switch it out there. All right.

It's so hot here, and I'm exhausted.

Like, I'm not having fun.

Because, truth be told, two people and a wheelchair

don't go very fast.

Looks like the bushes are thinning

out up here a little bit.

Ah.

-What happened? -What happened?

We lost the wheel. Ugh!

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Looks like the bushes are thinning out up here

a little bit.

Ah.

-What happened? -We lost the wheel.

We've been going slow

since he has a wheelchair, so incredibly frustrating.

This slipped out.

The whole thing slipped out, so...

I got some washers in my bag. You think they'd help?

I don't have a bigger one, but I have one that'll bridge

the gap between those two.

All right.

But we have to figure out a quick solution,

'cause now we're running behind, and we need to get going.

-Does it rotate? -It will.

Teal came through with the perfect washer

that she just had. She'd been collecting

washers this whole time.

It's that kind of thing you only get with a group

of survivalists and people that have an engineering mind.

OK, good, we're back in biz. Thank you, Teal.

-Yep, you're welcome. -Who would have known?

I tend to do that.

Just keep walking.

Yeah, it is hot again.

It's kind of like your standard day

-in South Africa, right? -Yeah.

That's my trap, you see it right there in front of you?

Nothing on either one?

No.

Nothing.

Sure.

Imma eat some mopani leaves, real quick.

Yeah, roger that, mate.

My deadfall was empty this morning.

You know, that's how it goes.

But right now, I'm trying to add anything to my diet

that I can.

You know you're down to survival when you're eating

mopani leaves, 'cause there's no joy in it.

I know mopani leaves put some kind of calories in you,

but damn, they're disgusting.

If it wasn't for being in an absolute survival situation,

I wouldn't even come near 'em.

I think we're about out of food.

To get out of here, we're gonna have to hike,

and it's a long way.

And so we know, not getting food

is not helping our cause. Yeah.

Resources are drying up quick.

It's hot now. Hot like wasabi.

-I'm getting thirsty, man. -Yeah, me too.

All right, we'll find some shade up here.

We'll stop and have a break. I wanna check the map.

Ooh.

Yeah, so that big tree right there, the one...

the furthest one we can see, I think it's gonna be

right around there somewhere.

There's a lot of big green trees there.

-That's a good sign. -Yeah.

You guys good to make this one last push?

-Now? -Yep.

Oh.

Five more minutes and we're sitting down.

-I don't believe you. -That's all right.

Have I steered you wrong before?

We've been hiking for forever, it feels like.

I'm about as exhausted as I get.

Waz is a legend, and his decision making

is sound, but it feels a lot like we are wandering

aimlessly at this point in time.

What is this?

Guys, look at this, look at this, look at this.

-Wow. -Someone has been using this. -...No kidding.

It's a shelter.

-Hello? -Hello?

-Hello? -Hello?

Hey, look at that.

That is a water hole, and it's big.

What more can you ask for?

-I wonder where this person is. -Let me see the fire.

It's been doused with water.

It says the Thunder Bome.

Oh, the Thunder Bome, that's pretty cool.

That is way cool.

It's a big cool old car.

Can you imagine moving all this?

Think they got a little lucky here.

Very nice.

A little bee smoker. Maybe they found bees?

I like that we have the protection

from the predators already built in.

Yeah.

-But if it rains... -Yeah.

It's not nice.

All right.

Well... keep going, or we can just stay the night.

I don't know.

It's one night.

Yeah, well, I mean, we'll make it work.

It's just one night,

Whoever was here was quite comfortable.

So it doesn't make sense they left.

Other than, you know, the elements just got them.

Or maybe, I suppose, the predators?

They either tapped out or were pushed out by something here.

It's kind of eerie.

This is a nice, secure boma. So what's pushed them out?

Why have they left so early?

Have they been pushed out by elephants, lions?

What's going on? Are we at risk, you know?

If they've left because they feel like they're at risk,

are we at risk?

What pushed them away?

Well, most of the push-away stuff

comes in the night, so we'll find out.

All right, so it's the night, and we are currently staying

in someone else's boma.

This is gonna be a really good boma to protect us

from any animals on the outside,

but there is zero protection from any rain

that might happen,

any wind that happens.

We can put up with this, 'cause it's just one night,

but we're just gonna pack up and keep moving,

because that's what our plan is,

not staying here anymore.

Try to get the wheel going.

Naked in a cage. It's sick.

Dude, I have no fear.

Holy.

Look at that, out there.

Holy crap.

These gaps right here

are definitely big enough

for us to be grabbed and pulled through.

They won't pull us totally through,

but they will rip off our limbs.

2

How you doing, Joe? Almost there?

I am almost there, yeah.

Let me wire in my water, throw in my quiver.

Oh, we need to look at the map.

Yeah, I got the map here.

We're obviously right this one here.

-Yep. -And with this weather,

we can travel fast and we can travel long distances,

so I'm thinking straight shot north.

You know, it's just gonna follow this ridge line here.

It's gonna bring us in on this water.

With favorable cloud cover, the team plans

a straight line path to the northernmost waterholes,

just over seven miles away, leaving them eight miles

from the edge of the wasteland.

This boma was fun for a night, but a night's enough for me.

We're gonna head on the road.

Teal, you all packed up, yeah?

Yeah, I'm good to go.

I gotta grab a couple more things inside there.

I'll be honest, I'm exhausted.

The journey yesterday was excruciating, and now we are

covering more land than we've ever covered.

It promises to be a long trek.

I'm ready to go, I just gotta throw in

some things on the top.

I mean...

-Maybe I'll take a car and put the wheelchair in the trunk. -There we go.

Yeah, I think that's a good idea.

Yeah, I gotta grab one more thing.

Joe looks like he's got some extra stuff.

I don't know how that's gonna work over some rough terrain,

but we're just gonna have to play it by ear.

Some of the unique stuff that I found

in the Thunder Bome...

there was a grease gun, a lot of wrenches.

My mind's been trying to figure out what I could do with that.

But we're getting to the end here,

and the cart's already full, so, it's time to move on.

I'll always remember it being, kind of, probably

the most unique boma.

Three out of five stars would change a lot of things.

Let's get a move on.

Tomorrow's a big move,

and now we're just counting down the hours.

Like, we can't wait to get outta here.

Where we're at, there are no resources.

They are dried up, done, washed up, finished.

And we can't stay here. We'll starve to death.

So tomorrow morning, we're moving on.

I can see our deadfall traps from here.

They're both up.

Check the lines.

Yeah.

You got any final words for the croc?

Yeah.

Hmm.

I was just caught on the bottom.

I'm gonna go turn over a log and see if turning more...

Big frogs. Yeah.

Yeah.

And we wait.

Come here, dude... come here.

Yeah.

-Yes. -Alrighty.

Alrighty. We eat for another day.

That's a win, baby. That's a win.

Yes.

All right, we got some work processing,

so we'll check in later.

Thank God for this cloud cover, man.

Just keep pushing, guys. Can't be much further.

All right.

We're on the last little leg of this journey.

Uh, we've been blessed by the clouds overhead.

But the terrain's got tough.

It's hard for me to walk through.

There's thorns everywhere.

I can only imagine how hard it is for Joe.

Ooh, I'm gonna have to help you down here, Joe.

Oh, craps.

-Can you lift that? -It's still attached.

I'm gonna help you. I'm gonna lift it over.

-Yep. -Not gonna lie.

-Not moving very fast. -Down.

All right, go ahead and go.

Go, go, go, go.

One last push, guys. One last push.

-You seeing anything yet? -Nothing yet.

We've been hiking for forever, it feels like.

I'm just putting my feet in each footstep that Waz takes

and hoping that one more step will get me closer.

Oof.

Looks a little clearer up ahead, Joe.

I'm excited to see what we've got here, but...

I have a feeling there's a lot of work to be done,

and I'm afraid I'm gonna get there exhausted.

What is this over here, people?

-Oh, is that water? -What is this over here?

This is something man made down here.

-Come on... go, go, go. -Oh, my gosh.

What is this? Another half built shelter.

Wonder if anybody's here.

Hello? Hello?

-Oh, my God! -What's up, buddy?

-Is that naked people? -Whoo!

Whoo!

-Hey! -Yeah!

What's up? What's going on?

2

Hello?

-Oh, my God! -What's up, buddy?

Is that naked people?

-Whoo! -Hey!

Yeah.

Shoot, we were wondering if we were the last ones left.

That's 'cause you didn't know I was here.

Seeing Waz, he's... one of my best friends.

We spent 60 days in the Amazon together,

over 40 days in Africa together.

We've wrestled anacondas. We've swam with piranhas.

We've faced down hyenas and lions.

-What's up, buddy? -What's up, buddy?

Brother! Hell yeah!

Obviously, I've spent a lot of time out here

on these challenges with Steven.

And to know that he is still here in this hellscape,

I'm not really surprised.

We got here two days ago, man.

We moved, like, maybe seven miles away.

Where did you come from?

We come from Thunder Bome.

-Did you see it? -I stayed there last night.

Did you? Awesome!

What can we help you carry? Give us something to carry.

That's all right, you wanna take the water

-and the walking stick? -100%.

I was wondering if there was another female left.

Oh, me too.

I know that I could have gone the rest of this challenge

with just Joe and Waz, but, at this point in time

in the challenge, having a female around

just kind of feels comfortable.

I finally feel like the adventure begins now.

Yeah.

I love the fact that another female has walked into camp.

And she's obviously a badass.

And to see another woman out here surviving,

I know what it's been like for me out here,

to see somebody else... that's epic.

That's a... look at you go.

Yeah, well, Joe, he kind of stumbled

out of the brush looking like a hobo

kicking down the street somewhere with a shopping

cart full of goodies.

Has it been a ride?

-17 days solo. -Yeah? 17 solo.

Yeah.

So, saw some impala hooves in the food truck.

Yeah.

-Yeah, I killed an impala. -That's great.

Been shooting catfish out of this water.

Yeah.

But I see more bows, more arrows, and I see

a fish trap and a mosquito net and, you know, all this stuff

could be useful. You're almost there, buddy.

Is this anybody's reserved parking spot?

-Anywhere you want. -All right, cool.

Boop boop!

Well, welcome to the rage cage.

So you got here a couple of days ago?

-We got here day before yesterday. -Mm.

I don't even know what to think.

I'm seeing something that I've never seen before.

I'm not prepared for it. There is a cage.

So we got all this up, most of this stuff up yesterday.

Like people in a cage in an environment

as dangerous as Africa...

It... we... what are we walking into?

Let's get this organized.

Pick a side or a corner, wherever you guys

wanna sleep.

A moment after realizing that we have a cage out here,

I immediately clock in on the water,

which means constant animal activity.

A group of six humans could be very tempting for anybody

in the area that hasn't eaten in a while.

I honestly am firing off back and forth in my mind

on how we're gonna make that a safe and protected shelter.

It's gonna get cozy in here.

As long as everything's organized.

Yeah, we can move that later.

So let's just get the fire sorted and then

-shift everything around it. -There it is.

What are you guys thinking?

Fire in the middle, everybody around the perimeter,

or leave the fire where it is, and we can just boom,

boom, boom, boom, boom.

Just leave the fire where it is.

Yeah, then we can all face it.

Perfect... and whatever doesn't need to be in here

can be out there.

When groups come together in these extended

day challenges, you got more hands on deck,

you got more people that can take on responsibilities.

But I've never met Joe before.

I've never met Teal before.

I don't know their personalities.

I don't know their work ethic.

And without us all working together,

till we escape this Africa, we are still surviving,

we are still in danger 24/7.

Where's everyone going?

So we've just been hanging out down the back end.

So do you wanna take the middle spots?

Can I get top bunk or what?

You can have top bunk.

From being out here all by myself

to having Waz and Teal come in,

to now we have more people that can share

and work out hunt strategies.

And so it's a total game changer mentally

that I'm still kind of wrapping my head around.

The next question is, "What is this cage doing here?"

What are we protecting ourselves from

that we need this for?

Yeah, well, we heard lions, we heard hyenas.

It'll protect us from everything, you know,

except like a big, pissed off bull elephant.

-I guess we'll find out. -Yeah.

This cage is my worst nightmare.

I can't believe it. Look at all that food

we're gonna have.

Yeah. How you feeling, Wes?

Oh, like a million dollars, man. This is great.

Look at all that meat.

All that meat.

Me and Wes...

There's not like a ton of meat on that.

But, damn it's delicious.

I mean, it tastes like somebody put spices on it.

It's unbelievable.

Every bit of it. Nothing goes to waste.

Yeah, it was.

Yep, really good win.

We are sleeping in our cage.

I don't know how big it is. It's not big enough

for six people, but there's six of us in here.

It's pitch black.

I can't see what's happening around us,

but it's just gonna be one of those nights.

We can hear some incredibly angry elephants

...the one thing that could us up

is an angry bull elephant, so...

Oh, my gosh.

2

We are here in the new Rage Cage Boma.

This morning, we woke up and already were thinking

shelter adjustments.

It is a tight little cage in there,

and I'll be honest, it was a long night,

and I didn't get a lot of sleep.

How'd everyone do last night?

Like, I know we're pretty packed in here, but...

it was bad... horrible. We were like sardines.

And then, on top of that, we heard last night

lots of elephants, angry elephants.

So this little waterway here that we're on

is a super active little spot,

and there's a lot bigger threats here

than previous camps.

I've seen what elephants can do to trees, and in my opinion,

if they can do that to trees, then they could probably

stomp our little cage.

So, I think we need to make some changes.

We gotta figure out something.

Yeah, it's time to bug outta this place.

Yeah.

You know, the only thing I'm gonna miss

about this area really, when we move, is our shelter.

Stee and I put blood, sweat, and tears into making it

as good as it is.

And I know that we're not gonna have that

when we show up at our new location.

From their current camp, Wes and Stee will head

northwest toward a collection of water holes,

five and a half miles away, pushing through exposed

stretches of burned out bushveld

before heading into low hill country,

where black mambas slink through the thick grass,

and steep, rocky outcroppings

provide the perfect ambush conditions for leopards,

who can cover over 20 feet in one jump

and take down prey three times their size.

If they make it, they will remain eight miles

from the edge of the wasteland, which must be crossed on day 35

in order to escape and reach the nearest

outpost of civilization.

Yeah.

Oh, absolutely.

When we start talking about migrations,

then you gotta start thinking about what you take with you,

what you leave behind, what you can carry legitimately.

The wire, I would really like to keep.

I'd like to make a harness.

For the walk outta that.

Thanks to eating the terrapin, it gives you a nice

little boost, but we're getting ready to move miles.

And as hard as this survival challenge has been,

I'm really going to be struggling.

I'm happy with what we're taking, mate.

Yeah, I think it's a good selection of stuff.

It's not too much.

Me and Wes have been so proud and happy

how bomb proof our shelter is.

We might not find these resources

to build a roof again.

We gotta start from scratch,

that's gonna burn a lot of calories.

All right, boy, what you say?

Let's do it.

All right.

Cell Block B.

Out.

If I'm going too fast, Wes, gust let me know,

'cause I'll just go off in the zone.

All right.

I'll tell you if I'm lagging behind.

You hope you're going to a spot that has more resources,

but really, you might end up in a spot that's worse

than where you came from.

And unfortunately, you don't know the answer

until you get to your new location.

So, I'm thinking last night,

since we were like sardines,

how can we kind of modify this without man made objects,

kind of extend our real estate a little bit?

You know, getting a key amount of sleep out here

is incredibly important when it comes to escaping,

-you know, this hell on earth. -Is that wide enough?

Yeah, I think that's good.

But it's hard to cram six people in a tiny cage.

Uh, you know, things I thought I'd never say in my life,

but, um, it's the truth.

So we need to extend the rage cage.

I figured we'd wrap a boma around it like a horseshoe

with about four foot high, three foot wide

of acacia thorn.

I figured we could start a fire outside the cage,

which is gonna keep us safe from pretty much

every wild animal.

And being outside of the cage,

um, you know... definitely risky.

But, in this situation, this is really the only option.

And if a big wild animal comes, we can literally jungle-Jim it

up the top of the cage.

-We have to beef it up. -Yep.

Lock off this entire area here to make a fortified wall.

-Little fortress. -Yep.

We know this is a lot of hard work.

Expending calories.

At the same point in time, this will just give us

a little bit more room and availability

for extra fires, and everyone can be nice and close

to a heating source.

Nice.

Well, we're gonna go hunt, gonna find a water source,

hopefully with some tracks.

Yesterday, we made it to our new area,

but because of so many predators,

there's no way any animals are coming down

to the water source that we're camping at,

so I'm gonna head up what looks like a dry creek,

see if there's another water source

that's gonna draw some animals in.

Oh, boy.

Look at what we have here.

Oh.

That's a hippo.

That's the most dangerous killer out here.

Holy moly.

Oh, there's three?

Oh, man, it looks like there's a big male.

This is his territory.

He's gonna be very territorial about it.

I bet, since it's so big, I can find a spot with some tracks.

I just have to be very, very careful.

OK, seeing some action.

Got some scat, some antelope dung.

I think they're drinking from here.

And that's really promising.

Well, I think up here on the top of the berm,

this would be the place to set up.

I can watch the hippos, and then have a nice shot

of the whole shorelines.

All right, my hippo buddies,

we're gonna be hanging out a little bit.

There's a big risk here, having such a large,

uh, aggressive predator.

But, uh, this is gonna be the last big push before escape,

so we need to get big wins.

Yeah, nothing left to do now but just sit the blind

and, uh, keep hoping for the best out here.

Blazing hot, dude.

Blazing hot.

So really, I'm trying to just keep a nice, slow pace

so we don't break out in a sweat, lose any more water

than we need to.

Heat's here today, that's for sure,

and not much cloud coverage.

Maybe one wispy cloud every now and then.

Other than that, it's direct sun beaming down

on us, and we've got no choice but to push forward.

And you know I don't like the sun?

Oh, I know you don't.

Water...

It's getting a lot harder to walk in this area now.

Lot of high grasses.

This is definitely snake territory.

I'm just being real careful where I step, buddy.

I totally get it, mate.

Terrain so far, is, uh, it is ever changing.

Big mountain, a rocky crop.

Yeah, that's a big one.

You can tell we're getting into some more hilly land,

and we're going into uncharted territory now.

So we wanna stay to the left of it?

Yeah, I think we keep walking up.

-Yeah. -That is leopard central.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, jeez.

Yeah, and you can't see 'em.

They can jump out at ya.

Hey, there's a death scene right to your left too.

-See that skull? -Yeah.

Jeez.

Look at all these bones everywhere.

Yeah, there's plenty here.

Everything's dead.

I think we gotta be really observant.

Yeah, we'll just keep our eyes on swivel.

Let's be real quiet, a little stealthy.

I got a bad feeling.

Hey.

I see something straight ahead.

Look at that!

Whoa.

2 Hey.

I see something straight ahead.

Look at that.

Whoa.

There's some rubble and a building.

It looks like a pretty big one.

You wanna go check it out? We'll see.

I mean, what in the world?

Those are massive.

-Dude, this is an old processing station. -Yeah.

Like a butcher shop, basically.

Once part of a large hunting reserve,

this compound was used as a supply outpost

and processing station for large game animals.

Yeah, I'm up for that.

This place is creepy as hell.

Just 'cause you know that death was everywhere in there.

Sheesh.

Maybe it is...

lack of water, same reason they leave everything

behind over here.

-Lions and used to be malaria. -Yeah.

What the is that?

Oh!

Like that.

Hey, the sun is hot.

Steve and I have walked all morning.

We haven't found water yet,

so even though we're exhausted already,

we've got to keep pushing on.

Wherever we set up our next shelter

has got to be based on location,

and that location is... water source.

All you can do is keep going.

I'm afraid we still got a ways to go.

I'm feeling good today. It's coming today.

I don't know.

There's something 'bout the air.

It just feels right.

Dammit!

Goddammit.

Just seeing an animal come to the water, and then,

you know, I didn't get him, and he ran off.

All right, so I'm gonna get out of here before...

I gotta walk in the dead of the heat.

It's good to try a new water hole, but, um,

you know, I'm trying to hunt so that we can have

a bunch of food, 'cause that would help everybody out,

but I'm walking out empty handed.

-Ready? -Yep.

-Where do you want it? -Let's see that back end.

Yep... yeah, we'll get one more over there.

Gotcha.

-There we go. -Yeah, that's perfect.

Boom. Nice.

That should be good enough.

Definitely adds to the rage cage.

We got a good start. We can improve on it.

But I'm very glad that we expanded.

Probably two or three of us outside.

I know me and Waz are gonna be out there.

And that should be more than enough room for everybody.

All right, take a little break, chill out for a bit, hydrate,

little bit of shade, because it is

scorching out right now.

Ever since arriving here at the Rage Cage,

I've been wondering about this old boat.

It doesn't look like it's a running boat,

but I feel like underneath it might be serving

as a nesting spot for catfish.

So, I'm gonna go check it out.

Catfish build nests in shady underwater hollows,

such as rotted logs or even discarded debris,

lining the hollow with mud and vegetation.

After the female lays her eggs, the male remains to fiercely

protect the eggs until they hatch.

This is crazy.

It's a little nice one over here.

Yeah, yeah, right there.

There's, like, a little hole there,

that they like to lay in.

Might find a nest under there.

Yeah.

But, uh, it is right in the heat of the sun.

There's only one spot on the back right of the boat

where there is some sort of a catfish nest.

And it gave me the idea of standing above it

and seeing what kind of activity I would see.

Part of being in a team is everybody needs to be doing

as much as they can in every direction

that they feel like they can.

Now, I'm just gonna wait and see what comes in.

-Oh, there he is. -I see him.

Joe's on his way back.

What's happening, buddy?

It's, uh, just a water hole up the way, but...

a pod of three hippos in there bobbing up and down

the whole time.

Guineafowl came.

Just missed by a little bit.

Yeah.

Nothing else.

Sorry, no action or luck or sign, buddy.

I can see the disappointment in ya.

It'll change.

Took me eight days to make something happen.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

It'd be really nice to be the food provider

for the group.

Just have to keep pushing and wait for my chance

to get one shot. That's all I want.

Kinda feel like she's going to get sunburned.

It's not smart working in that heat.

Oh she's good to go?

Give it a go.

Damn.

Is she just sinking 'em?

Is she giving them a proper burial?

Think you have to be already drawn and waiting.

You know, you can't see the fish and then draw.

You gotta be drawn and waiting.

After staying there for a few minutes, I realized

that there were telltale signs of fish moving

beneath the water.

There were different kind of bubbles

when the fish would move through.

One.

Come on, come on, come on.

There's no chance.

Crazier things have happened.

I Watch Teal take a few shots now.

I know she's a good shot, but difficult to see them

in the water.

OK. I see 'em, I see 'em, I see 'em.

Oh, Teal, here she goes.

Woo!

-2 Just one look at the last one? -Yeah.

There's a window here, I'm just gonna

look through the window.

Oh, I do not like this one.

Somebody was doing some religious type stuff

in this room.

Kinda nice, but kinda creepy all at the same time.

Look at the candles.

It's not like they're gonna be missing it.

OK.

In this apocalyptic scene that we're walking through,

there's just some bad juju going on.

Thank you, Lord.

It gave me the creeps.

2 OK.

I see 'em, I see 'em, I see 'em, I see 'em.

Oh, Teal, here she goes.

Woo! That's what I'm talking about.

-Yeah! -Yeah, Teal!

Woo!

It was truly a complete shot in the dark

because I was aiming into black mud,

but ran my hand down the shaft of the arrow

and found that I had nailed

that catfish almost dead center.

-Yeah! -Woo!

What a boss!

She proved me wrong.

I love that.

That's awesome.

You are an absolute superstar.

-Oh! -Oh!

-Oy! -Ooh, pull it out of the water!

Run!

I'm really proud of Teal, you know, hats off to her.

There haven't been many females on "Naked and Afraid"

that have killed with a bow and arrow.

Good job, girlfriend.

-Way to go, Teal! -Yeah, Teal!

Well done.

Oh, getting hard walking through this.

Yeah. Oh, there's some sharp stuff in here, man.

Wow.

Yep.

Tell you what, man, I'm seeing a lot of reeds

-in the... creek bed now. -Yeah.

It's like maybe we're getting closer to water.

Yeah.

What the!

Oh, hey!

People keep showing up at our doorstep.

What's going on?

Hey!

Yeah!

-Pleased to meet you, I'm Joe. -Stee.

Really Wes!

Out of my peripherals, I see, it's Wes coming up

over the hill. Beautiful sight to see.

We expanded the shelter out this morning to accommodate

just the six of us, so the six of us would fit.

Now we're eight, so it's almost like we're

back to square one.

-Nice meeting you. -Hey, buddy.

I'm Waz. Nice to meet you, bud!

Wes.

What's up, Steve? How you doing, bud?

-So good to see you. -Nice to see you too.

I'm so proud of you.

I see big, old Waz.

I see Steven. It's a super moment.

-Good to see those boys. -Come on.

Why wait? Give you a little shade.

Do you want a hand with anything?

-Can we carry anything? -Yeah, I'll take a hand

with anything you feel like picking up.

100%.

-No crocs. -We've been competing

with a crocodile all the time.

-Not much swimming for us. -Going in, find a spot.

That's why the boma's now a thing,

'cause there was too much in there.

It's a bit surreal, to be honest.

I never thought in a million years

that I'll be sleeping in a cage in the middle of Africa.

We wanna make sure you have the space

-you want, Stee, so... -Yeah.

It's awesome that this many people

have survived such a harsh environment,

but we have a lot of people here now.

That's eight mouths to feed, that's eight hungry stomachs,

-and a week left. -Everyone is

as comfortable as they can possibly be.

-Those are the rules. -Those are the rules.

Where's that damn fish?

Probably done.

All right. Right over there.

Yeah, I'll catch up.

Oh my God.

I really thought that we were the final six,

and now we have a group of eight.

And eight mouths to feed is a lot.

And the fish I caught is just not enough food for all of us.

Did everybody get a piece? OK.

That sample is good, I'll take a full serving.

We still have a week left and bigger teams

mean bigger challenges.

And we know we have the biggest challenge

yet to go with this escape.

It's been tough out here.

Somebody who's been here three times.

This is tough. This Hell on Earth in Africa.

Any number of things could go wrong.

It's hard to have eight people and have all eight of 'em

on the same page.

This is one of the most brutal environments

I've ever been in.

This is savage.

Everyone's pushed to their limits,

and we still have a long way to go.

There's no one coming to save us.

We're on our own.

We need to get out of this place.

Hopefully, there is a way to escape this hellish prison.