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[shanika] ouch!

Can you stop biting for five minutes?

When I say these bugs are relentless,

I mean, I'm out there doing the shelter

and they're biting me on my [bleep], on my ass, like everywhere.

They just don't give a [bleep].

Maybe they're like the fbi or the cia of the bugs, I don't know.

[jeremy laughing]

they will hunt you down and find you.

[dramatic music playing]

going into the heart of the jungle,

I feel a little cursed energy here.

There's also things that are deadly.

[jeremy] pretty dense terrain here.

I've got to watch out for sticks in the eye and branches,

and there's a million things out here that can kill you.

It's going to be quite the adventure.

Ooh.

[narrator] at the southernmost edge of mexico

lies the ominous rainforest of chiapas.

For centuries, it was home to the maya and later the chiapa indians,

who were all but decimated by the spanish conquistadors by the 1700s.

Today, the jungle is steeped in legends of unsettled spirits haunting the area.

[crows cawing]

[narrator] the thick and humid undergrowth makes it an ideal environment

for deadly jaguars, coral snakes and swarms of biting insects,

and strong winds and heavy rains from the central highlands

can drench it up to 120 inches a year, making it even more unforgiving.

[cesar] whoa!

- [cesar] sorry. It's all right, all right. - [leah] ahh!

- [narrator] in fact, no previous survivalists... - [leah] ahh!

- [man 1] it's eating me alive. - [man 2] I can't pick the bugs anymore.

I want to tap out.

[narrator] ...Not even naked and afraid a ll stars

have been able to last the full 21 days here.

The nights are absolutely [bleep] miserable.

Holy [bleep].

- [man 3] it's on fire. - Get it off.

This place is haunted or something.

[jeremy] I definitely think this place is survivable.

You know, the mayans did it for many, many years.

Is it going to be easy?

No.

[shanika] you know, I've done a lot of things in my life,

a lot of hard things, a lot of beautiful things.

And I've always been like the black sheep in my family.

And they would call this challenge crazy white people [bleep].

[laughs]

[shanika] but my philosophy is give no [bleep].

[jeremy] all right.

If you truly want to be alive as a human being,

you have to live as primitively as you possibly can,

because this is what we're designed for.

[shanika] I really love being outside in nature naked.

It makes me really feel just primal, powerful and, you know, like

I'm in the garden of eden.

Naked and free.

[jeremy] you know, I've done primitive survival in the wilderness before,

but always on my own.

So, I've... I've never had a partner before.

Different ideas that maybe aren't my own that I have to accommodate.

[shanika] when people meet me, they say I exude this like calm energy.

Can you feel it?

[laughs]

hey! Funny that we meet like this!

[jeremy] yeah, yeah, yeah.

I thought I was a little underdressed, but I see you wore the same outfits, so.

[shanika laughing] I'm shanika.

Nice to meet you, shanika. I'm jeremy.

Turn around, let me check you out.

- Let's get this over with. - Yeah.

All right. All right.

[both laugh]

- check me out. - Yep.

It's a little awkward, you know, but it is what it is.

Yeah, we both signed up to... For this awkward nudity.

[jeremy] you got it.

So where's our, where's our bags at?

[shanika] oh, I think I see them over here.

I'm just going to claim this one.

- That one? - Yeah.

[shanika] here's my item.

Mosquito net.

I'm glad you brought that.

I brought my knife, my cookery knife.

[shanika] that's beautiful.

[narrator] due to the extremely wet jungle climate,

the survivalists have also been given a fire starter.

Now, do you have a map or do... I don't think I have.

Um, I think they gave me the map.

You know, they know I have superior navigational skills.

[jeremy] yes, you're probably right. I am a guy, so...

[shanika laughs]

[shanika] all right, I would say that's us right there, right?

[jeremy] that sounds like us. Mmm-hmm.

So, I see there animal danger.

- [jeremy] snakes... - [shanika] coral snakes, jaguars.

[jeremy] and then it looks like we have food sources here and then there's water.

- [shanika] water. - We want to get somewhere in that neighborhood.

[shanika] oh, yeah, definitely by the water.

- All right, it looks like we're going to head that way. - South?

- [jeremy] yep. - [shanika] all righty.

[adventurous music playing]

[jeremy] watch yourself, it's muddy.

[shanika] yeah. Whoa!

[jeremy] you good, shanika?

[shanika] yeah, I'm good. Thank you for asking.

[jeremy] so, where are you from?

[shanika] I live in atlanta right now.

But I'm from... From jamaica.

[jeremy] oh, from jamaica? Nice.

What do you do in atlanta?

[shanika] well, I do a few things. I'm a midwife and...

[jeremy] oh, nice, you work in medicine?

[shanika] transformational coach.

Nice.

[shanika] yeah, I'm not religious.

[jeremy] no, I'm not either.

[shanika] but I'm spiritual and I say, like, nature is my church.

[jeremy] we're like-minded on that.

What got you into primitive survival?

[shanika] well, I started attending primitive skills gatherings.

[jeremy] mmm-hmm.

[shanika] so then I got really inspired because

there were no people of color.

Nature means everything for me.

Whoo!

And I really wanted to break through that lack of diversity.

So, I want to be that example for,

you know, black girls everywhere to know that it's okay to be powerful

and to show up in places where we're not fully represented.

That really made me want to like continue my learning and journey.

[narrator] shanika has mental fortitude and good primitive skills,

but her spiritual approach may not be enough to conquer the mexican jungle.

She begins with a primitive survival rating or psr of 6.5.

[shanika] what got you into all this nature stuff?

[jeremy] I'm a big fan of like primitive man and feel like it's good to reconnect,

and I think primitive survival is a great way of doing it.

[shanika] yeah.

I was an outdoorsy type kid, you know, playing outside, catching bugs.

When I was in college, I actually bought the us military survival guide,

and I was hooked, man.

I started practicing primitive survival skills in my backyard.

I started kind of going into the mountains about a week at a time.

Whoo!

I'd take a knife, I'd take an enamel cup, really, that's about it, man.

Got my shoe done.

Had to leave these bad boys in there and run supporters through.

[jeremy] you know, I'm a football coach,

and as a coach, I preach mental toughness to my players.

I preach, you know, resilience, persistence,

things that you, that you definitely need out here.

And I'm not a guy who's going to half-ass through something.

If we're going to build a tree house in the backyard,

then we're going to build the taj mahal of the [bleep] treehouses,

because that's just how I roll.

I'll pull this for cordage.

[narrator] jeremy has competent primitive survival skills

from many days solo in the wilderness,

but his over-eager personality may prevent him from pacing himself.

He begins with a psr of 7.0.

[shanika] oh, you hear that?

[jeremy] yeah, we're getting close to water.

[shanika] nice body of water, yeah.

And I see some clouds coming in.

[shanika] so you know what that means. Shelter, shelter, shelter.

[jeremy] soon enough.

I don't think we want to be right on the water.

[shanika] yeah, 'cause of the chance of flooding and all that.

[jeremy] with all the rain that we get, yeah, I think, you know...

[shanika] it's nice to be close to it at least.

[jeremy] oh, yeah, for sure.

That water, I don't think we have any problems drinking that.

[shanika] ooh, hallelujah.

[jeremy laughing]

I don't know about you, but...

[jeremy] yeah, it feels nice.

Might be a clearing up here.

We've got the bamboo right there,

- so we won't have to haul it that far. - [shanika] yeah.

Holy [bleep], look at this.

[shanika and jeremy laughing]

[shanika] this is nature like providing.

- [jeremy] so maybe we could just stack... - [shanika] this is not bad.

[jeremy] ...Stack over across it to make it more waterproof.

But yeah, I mean, we have... This is a built-in ridge line.

- [shanika] yeah. - [jeremy] you know what I mean?

We're going to use that tree as a ridge line and fashion a roof pretty quickly.

[shanika] oh, that's messed up here.

It legit looks like an alien head.

- Look. - [jeremy] I know I saw that.

It's like a voodoo head looking at us. It's kind of creepy.

I'll start clearing and looking for portage.

[jeremy] awesome.

[water flowing]

[shanika singing] we're not walking this journey alone.

[shanika] there's a local myth that says this place, it's cursed.

You know, invaders come to the land and rape and pillage it.

So I want to come to the land with a honoring and a reverence

to know that I'm not here to do that.

I'm like saying a prayer in my head to like connect to this landscape

so that I'm not seen as like a foreigner here.

[jeremy] these bigger ones will make good shelter building material.

So far, you know, with shanika, she's a go-getter.

She's... She's working hard, which concerns me

a little bit if she's going to be able to hack it physically.

But regardless, she's my partner out here.

I'm going to make sure that... That I try to get her through to 21 days as well.

I mean, we're in it together.

[jeremy] bamboo is strong as hell.

[shanika speaking]

[shanika] when I harvest anything,

I'm always, you know, giving thanks to the plants.

You know, they're giving their life.

You might not look at it as like human life, but, you know, it's sentient.

So I just like to give thanks.

These plants are going to save my ass.

[jeremy] there we go, bitches.

[jeremy sighs]

[shanika] cutting all this bamboo is really labor-intensive, so...

I know he's gung-ho about it,

but got to remember that it's a marathon and not a sprint.

What worries me is if he like continues at that pace and wears himself out.

Hey, how's it going?

[jeremy] I was like paul bunyan over there.

[shanika laughs]

[jeremy] probably not the brightest thing.

[shanika] so I'm thinking, I know it's like

- a lot of work... - [jeremy] I know.

- [shanika] ...To cut all the [bleep] and split it and... - I know.

You know, we don't have to try to get everything done right now,

- just have like a... - [jeremy] yeah.

[shanika] ...Somewhere that's waterproof.

And then I'm also thinking about like a raised platform to sleep on.

[jeremy] yeah, yeah, yeah, and we'll do that on whole ones.

- [shanika] so, have them under. - [jeremy] yeah, yeah.

[jeremy] being off the ground in this environment is critical,

so we're making a platform bed out of bamboo.

[jeremy] yeah, that'll work.

It's going to be a little bumpy there, but you know...

[shanika] survive.

- [jeremy] yeah, it's going to rain soon. - [shanika] yep.

[jeremy] lord knows when we're going to be able to make a fire.

Tomorrow is a new day.

[jeremy] we're just weathering the storm literally, um, and mosquitoes,

so I can't imagine if we didn't have this netting how many mosquitoes...

[shanika] oh, my god, it would be hell.

[jeremy] it'd be, yeah, unbearable.

We're just trying to stay warm.

It does get a little chilly when you get wet out here at night, so...

I got one in my eye. Yeah.

[jeremy] last night was rough.

We got zero sleep because it gets chilly

when you're just laying there when it's 64 degrees out.

So, shanika and I had to definitely, you know, use body heat to stay warm.

Priority for day two is dry tinder, dry kindling, everything's wet.

Fire is going to be our nemesis, man.

Just... There's just nothing dry here.

[shanika] I know that jeremy, you know, he seems like a hard-working guy,

but he is very pessimistic.

[jeremy] we got one dead piece of bamboo sitting in the sunlight up off the ground.

This will be as good a shot as we got in making it tinder, which is a nightmare.

I figure just let it sit here and dry as best it can at 75% humidity.

[bleep] it's relentless, bugs.

[shanika singing]

[crows cawing]

[jeremy] ow, [bleep]!

Man, something is burning the [bleep] out of my leg.

[sighs]

[shanika] what happened?

[jeremy] I have the worst burning, like burning itch.

I hope it's not chiquitos, man, 'cause those are miserable.

I can't see them.

[narrator] the chiapan jungle is swarming with mosquitoes,

tiny bloodsucking flies, known as chiquitos,

and fire ants whose agonizing venomous sting can cause anaphylactic shock

and is even fatal for 5% of its victims.

[jeremy] oh, my god, I don't know what kind of reaction

I'm having here right now, but [bleep] this is going to be bad.

I won't be able to sleep, I won't be able to do anything with this.

I don't know what the hell to do with it.

I can't get away from it.

Oh, my god, dude, I don't even...

If this doesn't go away, I'm not going to be here very long.

Can't do it, man.

[crow cawing]

oh, this burning on my legs.

Just picture putting your... Your leg in fire ants

and then just leaving your leg in it, that's what it feels like.

[shanika] you want to try the mud?

Give it a go. Not a bad idea.

I'm thinking, I don't care what we need to put on.

I'll put anything on this to get this to go away.

[shanika] yeah, you really got to put this mud on thick

because it's so soothing.

And the mosquitoes, it's hard... Harder for them to bite through.

[jeremy] it does feel better, thank god.

It's taken the sensation away almost immediately.

You're not going know I'm a white dude after this.

[shanika laughs]

[shanika] there's a [bleep] load of ants.

You know how to get rid of ants, right? Ash.

[shanika] ash, yeah.

[jeremy] do you want me to get the fire started now?

[shanika] I guess so.

Maybe you're [bleep]...

[shanika speaking]

[jeremy] I think we got enough if we can get that burning.

Our food sources are somewhat limited without fire,

and I think it will help with the bugs.

So, and the cold, because honestly, it gets cold at night,

especially when you're wet because you can, you know, go hypothermic.

It still feels wet, like just the humidity in the air makes it feel wet.

Oh, [bleep]. It sucks.

Phew.

It's going to be a bitch.

[bleep] man.

Had a little tiny flame and no go.

[shanika] jeremy is frustrated right now,

and it's like the energy that you're bringing to something,

if you're frustrated, you know, you're angry,

it's just going to affect the outcome.

[jeremy] do you want to give it a go?

[shanika] yeah, I'll try.

Oh, come on, grandfather fire.

Oh, I got it.

[jeremy] oh, [bleep].

Oh, [bleep].

This rain is such a pain in the ass, you know.

But we've got to keep some of the stuff dry.

[shanika] yeah, put it under...

[jeremy] something, yeah.

It's just so difficult to get

dry tinder, dry kindling, everything's wet.

It's frustrating.

We have to dry it another day.

[jeremy] night two is... We're going to make it.

We'll hold it together and try to stay warm and do the best we can.

Oh, man!

So, we had another rough night last night between the bugs and the cold.

If we're not sleeping, you know, you just won't make it.

[shanika] we felt like it would be best to just clear that whole area

and be able to like let some sun in,

then keep things dry and change this shelter situation.

[jeremy] awesome. Now, I can get sun in here and I can dry my kindling.

Oh, I cut myself.

[shanika] you got a cut?

[jeremy] not bad, but a little bit.

[shanika] if he wasn't going so hard, he wouldn't have injured his hand.

He's exhausted, but I can't say like [bleep], you need to rest, sit down.

But I'm in tune with my own body.

I'd rather be a turtle as the turtle always finishes the race.

Well, since you have the knife and I can go like forage and see what I can find.

[jeremy] okay. Yeah.

[shanika] oh. Look at that. That would be good eating.

This is ice cream bean. They're full of carbohydrates, sugar.

You don't have to cook them. You can just eat them right out the pod.

Thank you. Thank you, thank you.

Ice cream bean.

[jeremy] oh, look at you! Thanks, buddy.

You just suck off the white fleshy part

and then spit the seeds out.

They have a nice, pleasant, sweet taste.

[jeremy] I don't know if you can live off them, but they're pretty good.

[shanika] clouds coming in.

Just putting all this kindling away.

I don't want to be doing something else and the rain comes in

all of a sudden and all this is a wasted effort.

[jeremy] here we go. Look at it, it's coming.

[shanika] are we doing an a frame?

[jeremy] well, I don't think we'll have time to a frame it today.

We'll get the roof done. We've got some pieces here we can put on right now.

[jeremy] dude, I am gassed.

[jeremy] I don't think I've had

maybe even an hour and a half of sleep the entire time we've been here so far.

Got to sleep, man.

It's killing us.

[jeremy] fire is the number one priority today, for sure.

We're going to have to put the time and this time to make sure everything's dry.

So, this is a critical step for us right here.

If we go to a ton of effort and we can't get it or we can't maintain it,

I'm going to be [bleep] pissed.

I mean, we'll never know if we don't try.

[jeremy] right.

[shanika] with the lack of rest, jeremy has hit a wall

physically, and I am worried about him.

He seems to like frame everything in a negative way.

He's putting negative fuel to the fire, no pun intended, but it is.

And I'm asking grandfather fire, please come sit with us.

- [jeremy] there you go. - [shanika] ooh.

[jeremy] oh, a good spark, man.

- [shanika] I hope this works. - [jeremy] yeah.

[birds chirping]

keep going. Keep going, keep going, keep going.

Come on, kindling, catch for us, man.

[shanika] nice long breaths.

[jeremy] man, the fuel is not igniting.

Fuel is not catching.

I got [bleep] nothing.

Cannot get anything to ignite. Unbelievable.

I'm done.

- [shanika] huh? - [jeremy] done, man.

I'm not dealing with it. I've made an effort.

I can't do it. It's... It doesn't work for me.

I can't go on.

Twenty-five minutes sleep, it's torture. Night is torture.

I don't know if I can make it 21 days.

I really, I really don't. I think, I physically might die.

- [shanika] you really want to leave on day five? - [jeremy] I can't function,

I can't function in this environment.

I'm out, man.

I got [bleep] nothing. Cannot get anything to ignite.

Unbelievable.

I'm done.

[shanika] huh?

[jeremy] done, man. I'm not dealing with it.

I've made an effort.

I can't function in this environment.

[jeremy sighs]

[shanika] for me, I can't let outside, like, circumstances dictate my happiness.

I'm zen as [bleep] because I just know

that it's the potential of it going out in this environment is likely.

What I've learned is just more patience and trying again.

[jeremy] like, anywhere else in the world, that's fire.

[shanika] I'm going to try one more time.

[jeremy] you got something.

Nice job.

Did it!

We finally have gotten fire.

[shanika] thank you, grandfather fire.

Instead of giving up, trying again,

you know, I think the spirit of the fire likes that persistence.

Now, we're going to put a little shelter over the fire,

so when it rains, it doesn't just go right out.

[jeremy] good job today, man. You carried us.

I'm fighting right now to stay in, to stay in the fight, if I'm being honest.

I'm struggling, man. I'm not sleeping at all. I've got to sleep, man.

[thunder rumbling]

[shanika] it's raining again, I'm cold, it's... The roof is dripping.

We got the fire going but...

[jeremy] we're letting it smolder right now because

getting out in this rain and defend it, it just doesn't make sense.

[birds chirping]

so, we lost our fire last night during a bad rainstorm.

Really no substantial sleep at all.

We've got to close this shelter and there's no doubt about it.

So, we're going to enclose this with kind of a lattice structure

and some large leaves today, to just keep our body heat in there.

[shanika] massive cloud right behind us.

She's a little early today, mother rain.

[crows cawing]

[jeremy] we're going to be dry tonight, that is my main goal.

[shanika] ouch!

Can you stop biting for five minutes?

When I say these bugs are relentless,

I mean, I'm out there doing the shelter

and they're biting me on my [bleep], up my ass, like everywhere.

They just don't give a [bleep].

Maybe they're like the fbi or the cia of the bugs.

I don't know.

They will hunt you down and find you.

But I'm glad we got this wall up.

So hopefully, it holds up.

It will be more dry and warm because I need sleep.

All right, one last thing.

[shanika speaking]

it's dead bamboo.

It's a lot lighter. Yep, that one.

I came up with this thing called the pee gutter by splitting bamboo in half.

I have a hate-hate relationship with the bugs out here.

So, I was just thinking instead of getting up at night

and coming out of the bug tent and then going back in,

I just devised this way to be able to pee without leaving the tent.

[jeremy speaking]

[shanika laughing]

[jeremy] you know, I got a little sleep early last night.

It got cold again. It wasn't as cold as it has been.

I mean, it was better, definitely, um, but it was still cold.

I definitely reached the point where food has started to become a priority,

but we need to find something substantial.

We can't live on ice cream beans the whole time.

Sunny spots, man, that's where I'm looking.

Woo-hoo, what do we have here?

This is taro.

It's going to have some big edible roots on this.

And we got to cook it.

Found a little taro root...

[shanika] a little.

[jeremy] ...To use.

[shanika] that's amazing.

The taro root is similar to like a potato, but we need the fire.

It's like everything is dependent on fire.

[jeremy] so again, no fire, no food.

How much rain can be in those clouds?

[shanika] think I'll have like rain trauma now, you know.

[shanika] just another like long, tough night.

I can't sleep, and I know jeremy as well can't sleep.

But I'm focusing on day 21

and how I'm going to feel once I get there.

I feel like jeremy should try that, too.

Then, you know, it might be a more positive experience.

[jeremy] not feeling great today, I'm not going to lie.

Feeling weaker by the day and just not getting a lot of sleep.

I can feel my body breaking itself down.

Yeah, it's a rarity we get this full sun for very long.

So, I'm going to take advantage of it, dry the wood.

[shanika] you know, that taro is like,

it just sounds so amazing right now.

[jeremy] [bleep].

It's going to be another cold night.

I just want to be warm at night and not shiver my [bleep] ass off.

Last night was warm.

[shanika] mmm-mmm, every night is.

[jeremy] uh...

Oh, my god!

[jeremy speaking]

so, it's the morning of day 11.

A rough night, 10 hours of shivering, I think.

[jeremy speaking]

I just can't do another night like that.

I do feel guilty, but I just can't do it.

And I want to stop.

Sorry.

[jim] hey, jeremy, what's up?

[jeremy] I'm not going to, I'm not going to do another night here, man.

I got to tap.

[jim] you sure?

[jeremy] I'm at peace with my decision, so...

[jim] jeremy has decided he's going to leave, so can you come get him?

[jeremy] shanika, I feel guilty about leaving her,

but suffered as much as I could.

Couldn't do it anymore.

Be strong.

[shanika] bye.

[jeremy] this is a very, very difficult, humbling environment.

Nobody's ever finished the 21-day challenge here, um,

and I can see why.

[narrator] chiapas claims yet another victim.

Jeremy's psr drops from 7.0 to 6.1.

[jeremy] I hope shanika can make it 21 days.

It's going to be very difficult,

but, you know, if anybody can do it, she can.

She's... She's tough.

[shanika] so, jeremy decided to leave this morning.

He's just tired of suffering, and I understand that.

I'm tired of suffering,

but I also don't want to like give up and then regret it.

That can be dried.

It'd be good tinder as well.

I'm going to try to hold as long as I can.

All the wood literally has to be cut down to these small pieces

for them to be able to burn.

Sad to see my partner go.

But, you know, there's the downside and then there's the upside.

Now I've got more space in the shelter to store wood.

[shanika] so, this has given a lot of pieces of wood that I haven't time to dry.

All right, all right, all right.

I really need to keep this fire going all day and all night.

So I really don't want to be out here by myself

and go hypothermic.

[shanika] with the two of us, we had each other to keep us warm,

but with just me, I'm freezing.

[shanika] so last night was just a night of like being up,

shivering, feeling sorry for myself.

But I have my three beautiful children at home

and, you know, they're counting on me to do it.

Well, I'm cutting the taro root in small pieces so it can fit

in this small bamboo.

I'll just put some water in there

and I just need this taro to boil for at least 30 minutes.

Then I can have something substantial, give me some energy,

because right now I don't have it.

Let's hope it's cooked through.

In the caribbean, we eat taro root, but we call it dasheen.

I've eaten it a lot of times, so I'm pretty confident that it's well-cooked.

Mmm.

It's not sweet, but it's like this pleasant flavor.

Mmm.

It was so nice to have something like warm to eat.

[shanika] a lot of rough nights,

so put some work into the shelter to kind of provide me more warmth

where I can actually sleep.

Time is of the essence.

This needs to be done before another rainstorm rolls in,

which is inevitable.

That should be good.

Honey, I'm home.

[shanika chuckling]

[shanika] good morning. It's day 15.

It's like, "damn, give me a break."

and coming in from the back.

So I'm basically just sitting in water.

Right back where I sleep at, it's also wet, like everywhere is wet.

Perfect storm for hypothermia.

[shanika speaking]

I have the fire going. I've been at it for hours.

I've been literally freezing my ass off, and this fire isn't helping.

Oh.

I can't, I can't go through this all night.

[shanika crying]

[birds chirping]

[shanika speaking]

it's day 18.

Even though I'm so close,

that doesn't make any easier to go through it.

I'm going to try my best to get to day 21.

[shanika praying in foreign language]

[shanika] I do believe that as spiritual people,

we have the power to change the energy of a place,

and to actually pray for the spirits that might be trapped here.

And I'm hoping that the energy will get lighter.

[shanika praying in foreign language]

[shanika] I already got the great flood.

I'm praying like nothing else, please.

[shanika] holy [bleep].

Oh, my god!

[jeremy] ooh, that's not a fun one.

Ooh, wow!

Ow. I'm bit on the penis, one, two, three, four, five, six...

Nine times on the head of the penis.

It kind of feels like toad skin, toad skin penis disease.

Holy [bleep]. That is tore up.

Damn, no mercy, dude, they're even going for the balls.

[shanika] oh, my god.

They're called private parts for a reason.

[bleep]

[shanika] holy [bleep].

I see this big wall of flames.

[bleep] [bleep]

[thunderclap]

[shanika] luckily, rain shower came in and put it out,

so that was pretty eventful.

This is what I have left.

I'm so grateful for mother nature.

This place didn't kill me.

No, not yet.

That rain wet my shelter so much that it didn't get consumed by the fire.

I am hoping that, that was just a sign from this place that

shanika is okay in my book.

But I am a little worried about extraction and having to walk out of here.

My plan is to make a little trek and forage for some more food.

[breathing heavily]

whoa, look at that!

They look like breadfruit.

[shanika] I see this big breadnut tree.

Look at that. The nuts, they have a lot of protein,

which I've been lacking and really need.

These are the superfood of the rainforest.

Coming in here, I really made the prayer

that mother nature provides for me everything that I need.

And I would say, mother nature has done that and beyond.

I just roasted my first nut.

So I'm going to enjoy this, and then I have a lot more to go.

I'm so thankful, so grateful.

Mmm, delicious.

[shanika] if I didn't tap into my spiritual side

and all the tools that I have in my bag,

I wouldn't have made it through this.

Tomorrow can't come soon enough.

[shanika] day 21 is finally here.

I can finally go.

All righty, my map.

I'm just about here by the river.

I need to go southwest to my extraction point.

[narrator] shanika's journey will take her two miles up a steep hillside,

through thick jungle, where she'll have to be wary of jaguar

and coral snakes, whose neurotoxic venom can cause cardiac arrest.

Once at the top of the ridge,

she faces a one mile precarious descent,

where she must avoid steep drop-offs,

until she reaches an old bridge, where her extraction vehicle awaits.

[shanika] oh.

My calves are already burning.

I'm thirsty, tired.

Oh. Oh, get out of my face.

I can't even see where I'm stepping.

Hope I don't step on anything bad.

[shanika sighs]

oh, wow!

Look at that view. Gotta be careful going down.

It looks to get really steep here with a lot of rocks.

Oh.

I have never pushed myself this hard in my life,

and I'm walking out of here knowing that no african-american women

have ever completed this challenge,

that's what really keeps me going.

Oh, I see the river.

Oh, my god, I think I'm starting to hear a car.

Hey! Hey, stop!

Of course it's my ride.

[shanika sighs]

oh.

Ah.

Get me out of here.

[shanika] it's undescribable,

to be the first african-american woman to complete

naked and afraid 21-day challenge.

This was the hardest [bleep] I've ever done.

I can see now

why nobody that's ever came to chiapas made it.

What I accomplished is just monumental.

To all women of color, if I could do this,

you can do anything you want to do.

[narrator] shanika lost 34 pounds.

Her psr rises from 6.5 to 7.3.

This is still a 100% crazy white people [bleep].

Luckily, some of my best friends are crazy white people.

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