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[bird of prey screeches]

[Amy] It feels hot.

The sun is no joke out here.

I am extremely terrified of dehydration.

It's a very dry heat.

That's all you see, it's just dry.

[Tray] This is insane.

Knowing that this place has already taken out

two other survivalists, two other survivalists,

it's pretty intimidating.

This place is gonna be absolute hell.

[narrator] Canon del Diablo, or Devil's Canyon,

is a desolate hellscape in Baja, Mexico,

that's already proven itself as unsurvivable.

[Laurae] Holy piss, that sand is hot.

- [Chris] It's hell on earth. - [sighs deeply]

[coyote howling]

[narrator] Coyotes.

[Chris] Oh, man, that wind is whipping right up.

[narrator] Pushing previous survivalists

to their breaking point... to their breaking point...

by day eight.

[Laurae] They brought us to the desert to die.

[narrator] Now, in this region of extremes,

from bone-chilling, windy, 40-degree nights,

to scorching triple-digit midday heat,

and record-setting surface temperatures

that clear 170 degrees,

two more survivalists will attempt to succeed

where no one else has.

[Tray] The heat's gonna just bake these feet, I know it.

But I know I can do this.

21 day or bust.

Ain't nothing taking me out but a med tap.

[Amy] It's the valley of death.

This environment already took two people out.

But it's not taking me out.

These notes are gonna save my butt out here.

[laughs]

My cards have been my study guide.

You have everything in there.

From what not to touch,

to the things that I could eat.

I keep going through these

in hopes that I might have it memorized.

By the time I get out there.

It's naked time.

Everything here is named after the Devil.

Not today, Satan.

My friends, my family, they think that I'm nuts for doing this.

But as a survivalist,

I've always wanted to take on the desert,

I sure never thought I'd be doing it without clothes.

Naked in the desert.

This is a whole new challenge altogether.

[Amy] I have been terrified of the desert my entire life.

But I never go anywhere unprepared.

I've done enough research.

All right, note cards.

I hope you did me well.

Now I'm ready to dance with the devil.

Let's go.

[exclaims]

That was pretty big thorns right away.

No guts, no glory.

[Tray] Oh, man.

I sure hope my partner don't get under my skin

the way all these prickly pricks are.

Oh, there she is.

- I see naked people! - Naked person!

[laughs]

- Well, hello. - Hello.

- Nice to meet you. - Hi.

I'm Tray.

- I'm Amy. - Amy, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you. - Are you a hugger?

- I'm a hugger. - Sure.

- We're already naked, why not? - [Tray laughs] All right.

Oh... So, have you ever met anybody

in a Mexican desert before naked?

In a Mexican desert before naked?

No, I can't say as I have.

- Same. - [both laugh]

A first for me.

Definitely a first.

Yeah, I can't say I've ever met anybody naked.

I can't say that.

No? Oh, hey.

[both laugh]

To each their own.

But where are you from?

I'm from just outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Okay, okay.

- I am from Wisconsin. - Okay.

- Yeah. Nice. - I know it.

You know, there has been another challenge here

and neither one of them made it.

I know, but...

I think I've done enough research.

- We'll be good. - Oh, yeah.

We're gonna make this, we're gonna rock it out.

- High five. Awesome. - Let's do it.

Hey, let's see what we got.

[Tray] Say, we've got a fire started here.

[narrator] To aid their attempt

to finally conquer Canon del Diablo,

Amy and Tray receive a fire starter.

Additionally, each survivalist

has chosen to bring one survival item.

[Tray] I have got my knife.

[Amy] Excellent.

I brought duct tape.

Duct tape?

With my duct tape, we can protect our feet.

[laughs]

[Tray] Not having a pot could be a bit of a problem.

I would like to be able to have water

rather than duct tape.

And I have the map.

The map!

All right.

Looks like we are right here.

So, I see water here.

[Amy] Water by mountain lions.

That looks fun.

- It's intimidating, yes. - It is.

But there's no water anywhere that I can see.

- So, if we've got water... - Same.

...let's hit it.

All right, so... off we go.

- Let's do it. - Let's rock and roll.

[Tray] 21 days in Mexico, let's get this done!

[roaring] Yeah!

[Amy exclaiming]

This ground is getting hot.

Hot, hot, hot.

[Tray] It is... So, I guess coming from up north,

you're not doing a whole lot of barefoot hiking, are ya?

[Amy] Actually, I'm a barefoot girl.

- Awesome. - So I have really calloused feet.

I thought that that would give me an advantage.

- [chuckles] - I am the same.

[Amy] Okay, what are your skills?

[Tray] I can do a friction fire.

- Nice. - I can build shelters.

But I'm actually a caver.

[Amy] Oh, really?

I spend a lot of time in caves.

My friends call me Traygladyte,

because a troglodyte is a cave-dwelling human.

And I've been caving for about 30 years now.

One of my closest brushes with death was

being trapped in a cave

unexpectedly seven hours from the nearest entrance.

And all of a sudden I see water rushing in.

We had no idea if we were gonna live or die.

Being trapped in a cave for 39 hours,

you've gotta be patient,

and you can't have 'no' in your heart,

or you will not survive.

Since then, I've been pushing myself and studying

and wanting to get back to primitive man.

We have fire.

Part of primitive survival, I think,

is keeping a positive mindset.

And getting trapped in a cave, I survived that.

I know I can do this.

I just gotta keep telling myself

anytime [bleep] gets real, anytime [bleep] gets real,

"Suck it up, buttercup."

Suck it up, buttercup. [laughs]

That's gonna be the new thing.

[both laugh]

So, uh, got any kids?

I do, I have two adult kids.

And they have kids.

[Tray] Wow, I'd have never guessed.

A lot of people know the word MILF,

but I would describe myself as a GILF.

I'm still young, I'm still vibrant...

but I have grandkids.

I wanna swing higher.

[Amy] I had children at a young age,

and once they were 18,

they started having grandbabies for me.

These littles are gonna come with Grandma

and we're going on an adventure.

Being a grandma, I get to adventure with my grandkids.

We're gonna build a shelter.

[Amy] I would describe myself as an adventurist,

I love the outdoors.

Growing up, I lived in the Northwoods of Wisconsin.

My backyard was river streams.

If we were not successful in hunting,

There was no food on the table.

Did you know that these are edible

and they're actually tasty.

[crunching]

I think I'm the most excited

to push my skills to the limit.

Oh, we got smoke! We got smoke!

And teach my grandkids to do the exact same thing.

Hot, hot, hot, hot!

[winces] Fudge!

[Tray] Wow, that's hot.

[Amy] I know. The hot is... [Tray] Brutal.

[Amy] Like, it's almost as if you're walking on lava.

Let's pull the duct tape out.

- Yeah, that's... - [Amy sighs]

It's like torture.

[Amy sighs]

Thank God I brought duct tape.

I'm gonna kinda wrap it around my foot.

In the areas that are dying.

[Tray] Honestly, her item of choice,

I was a little surprised by.

You don't see duct tape being used on these challenges very often.

But I was wrong.

I am really glad you brought this.

This right here is just... [winces]... a gamechanger.

Uh, took me by surprise.

Really, I think we're gonna get along great together.

That is so much better.

[Amy] Way better than it was.

[Tray] I came into this wanting a good partner.

I think I've got that.

[Amy] Same. And I agree. [laughs]

[Tray] I think that we can make it through this 21 days

and get some redemption for this landscape.

[narrator] As a caver,

Tray brings an impressive ability

to stay calm under pressure.

But a lack of significant fat stores

could present a hurdle.

He begins with a primitive survival rating,

Or PSR, of 7.0.

Amy is relatively new to primitive survival,

but brings ingenuity into the challenge

and a lifetime of experience defying expectations.

Amy starts with a PSR of 6.3.

[Amy sighs]

- [Tray] This is definitely... - Hot.

...getting hot.

[both laugh]

Really good snake territory.

[Amy] Kinda glad we haven't heard any rattling yet.

I'm definitely gonna have to watch my step.

So that I don't step on the rattlesnakes.

A little terrifying.

[Tray] Best thing you can do if you see a snake

it's kinda like if you see a train coming.

You step off the tracks.

[Amy] Well, that's good to know.

So, you've killed a snake before?

[Tray] I am a snake hunter.

If I had a superpower,

I'd say that it's my sense of smell.

I can smell a snake from a mile away.

I'm gonna hunt it down and we're gonna have dinner.

[Amy sighs wearily]

Tray, do you see any water yet?

[Tray] I sure don't see any water

or any signs of it yet.

[Amy] Still no water.

It is getting so hot, It is getting so hot,

and if we don't find water, it's gonna suck.

I see a palm!

[Amy] Wait a minute, is there a palm on the map?

There is a palm on the map.

[Tray] I think that's our water hole.

[Amy] Yes!

Look up there next to that beautiful palm.

- [Amy] The cave? - You see that massive boulder?

Almost looks like a cave under?

[Amy] Oh, yes.

[Tray] We got water.

- [Amy] We got water? - [Tray] We got water.

- [Amy] Hey, water! - [Tray] Water!

This is like a lagoon!

Yes, this is gorgeous.

[Amy] Oh, look at how clear it is!

[Tray] Oh, this is beautiful.

It's flowing.

Oh, so exciting.

This must be where heaven and hell meet.

I'm pretty sure we just walked through hell.

[Tray chuckles] I think you're right.

[Amy] It kind of looks like it's coming straight out of the mountain.

[Tray] It's flowing through so much rock there.

I think that we could get our drinking water here.

[Amy] Without boiling.

[Tray] That tastes like wild water.

[Amy] Oh, that's wonderful.

I'm digging this location if it's all it looks to be.

[Amy] I could keep my feet in here all day.

If we didn't have a shelter to build.

- Whoa! - Oh!

All right, duct tape's coming off.

[Tray] Let's look at this.

Oh, yeah!

[Amy] Oh, this is super neat.

[Tray] This, right here, I could call this home.

But there's also lots of other things

that'll want to call this home.

[Amy] Was gonna say, this looks like an area

mountain lions would be.

[narrator] In arid regions,

wind and sand erosion create rock shelters.

These cave-like formations protect twilight hunters,

like mountain lions, like mountain lions,

coyotes, and rattlesnakes... [rattling]

...from the extreme daytime heat.

[Tray] There's scat everywhere under here.

Lots of snake scat.

I think we're gonna have to get a fire going and smoke this out

or we're running out of daylight.

- Yep, and... - We're gonna have to do something here pretty soon.

- That sound good? - Sounds good.

[Tray] I'll tell you what, getting firewood naked

is a whole new ballgame.

[Amy] It sure is.

[grunts]

They don't call me She-Ra at home for nothing.

- [laughs] - [Tray] She's a beast!

[Amy] A little worried about going into night one.

I'm hoping that we chose the proper place to sleep

so that we're not dealing with coyotes, mountain lions,

or snakes... [Tray] I think fire's gonna be key.

[Amy] We're gonna do whatever it takes

to make sure that we're not getting attacked by animals.

[laughs]

[Tray] We got some really good tinder here.

[Amy] I will start a bowl.

With the duct tape, I can create a container

to be able to carry water.

[Tray] Oh, this wind could be a little bit rough.

Do you want some duct tape to hold your magnesium in place

so it doesn't fly out of there?

- [Tray] That is brilliant. - [Amy laughs]

Yeah, that's working really well to hold on to that.

[in sing-song voice] Hey, hey!

- All right... - Awesome.

Look at that.

[Amy exclaims]

We got fire.

Look at that beautiful mess!

[Tray roars] Yeah!

[Amy laughs]

[roaring] Fire!

This is awesome.

[Tray] So, we've got shelter and we've got fire on day one.

- And we got a bowl. - With a source of water.

This is definitely gonna hold some good water.

[reverentially] A-ha!

Awesome.

I'm feeling pretty good.

We have fire, we have water.

Oh. Smell that?

When there's a snake around, I can smell it.

They've got a very distinct odor.

See something white down in here?

[Amy gasps] Snake!

[Tray] That's a California king snake.

You dying today, snake.

[Amy] Ah! Not in the water!

[Tray] Oh, no!

- [Tray] Oh. - [Amy gasps] Snake!

[Tray] That is a California king snake.

[Amy] Ah! Not in the water, not in the water!

[Tray] Stay back.

[Amy] Get that knife out.

[hisses]

[Amy] Whew.

[Tray] You ain't getting away that easy.

Oh, come on.

You're dying today, snake.

Sorry. You dinner.

[Tray] Come on... there.

[Amy] Yes! Cut it. Chop that head.

Okay, spine severed.

Oh, my Lord. He's got a snake.

- We got food. - Hey!

We're gonna eat good tonight.

Day one, we've already got water, fire, shelter

and food.

Look at that.

California king.

So, the challenge that took place in this location before,

both of the survivalists were taken out early.

I feel like we're already ahead of the game.

[Amy] It makes you feel good.

It makes you feel like,

"I can survive this challenge, 21 days".

And it shouldn't be too big of a problem.

[Tray] Let's see if it's done.

Mmmh.

[Amy] How does it feel? How does it taste?

[Tray] It has a great flavor to it.

- Does it? - Yeah, it really does.

It's a little tough, but... This is actually not bad.

[Tray] Mmmh!

[Amy] Did you hear that noise?

[distant howling]

Oh, God. It's coyotes.

The fire will hopefully keep predators away.

[Amy speaking]

[Tray] Right.

[barking, howling]

[Amy] You got your knife close to you, right?

For just in case...

I do, I got it right here beside us.

I think I'm gonna just sleep with this stick right here.

[wind howling]

- [Amy groans] - [Tray] Oh, man.

[Amy] That wind.

[Tray] Yeah...

It just serves as a...

[shivers]

...as a wind tunnel.

Oh...

[Amy speaking]

[Tray speaking]

[Tray] Oh, yeah.

I'm seeing a yellow glow on the horizon.

[Amy] Oh, God, there it is!

[Tray] We got sunrise!

We have officially made it through night one.

I didn't sleep last night at all.

[Amy] Oh, God.

Sleeping on sharp rocks sucks.

[Tray] It looks like sand that's quartz

sucks the moisture out of your skin.

I think today we need to focus on a wind trap

in the area that you are right now.

[Tray] We have a large gap

where all the wind is just howling through.

When it kicks up, it's ugly.

- It's cold. - It's cold.

[Tray] We're gonna be going from 107 degrees during the day

to 40 degrees at night.

Plan for today is we're gonna get us some palm fronds

and hopefully come up with a pretty solid wind break.

We're also going to get us some grass,

cut it all down and build us up a bed.

It'll be softer than the rocks.

I feel like that should make all the difference in the world.

I am making a curtain rod

so that we can block the wind trying to come into our home.

All right.

[Amy] We're gonna take some of that dead palm

to create basically a curtain It gets cold.

We need to close up that wind tunnel that we have.

[Tray] I'm gonna build a fire here...

[Amy] Perfect. Careful for below you.

We decided to move the fire into this crevice

where it kinda has more of a natural reflective wall.

All right.

[Tray] Awesome!

I think we're set up for a pretty good night.

I might actually sleep.

[Amy] Oh, my God, wind, quit!

The wind is getting a little strong.

Might be a little much for our wind break here.

That wind is gonna kick our ass tonight

if it does not go away.

[narrator] In the evening, as temperatures plummet,

powerful winds develop in the desert,

which create a vortex blowing through the canyon.

The cold, dry air and windchill combine

to increase the body's risk of dehydration.

[Amy] There's no humidity here.

[Tray] No humidity.

And everything just sucks the moisture right out of you.

[wind rushing]

It's funny, 'cause watching some of the shows, I'm like,

"Oh, it's definitely not that bad."

[wind rushing]

It's definitely that bad.

[chuckles]

Hopefully this will get us fire for a good while.

[wind howling]

[Amy sighs, sniffles]

[Tray groans]

I'm being stabbed in the back.

This bedding sucks.

Grass sucks.

[Amy] It's so cold.

[Tray] Oh, man.

I'm freezin'.

[Amy] I'm like, sitting on top of the fire.

[Amy] I'm like, sitting on top of the fire

and it's not making me warm like it was last night.

[Tray] Almost out of firewood.

Going through it so fast.

In the dark?

[Amy] No.

I know, but I think we're gonna run out of firewood...

Let me go do what I can.

[Amy] I know.

Just be careful, please.

[Tray] I sure will.

May not be the best decision I've ever made,

but we just need to get some sleep tonight.

[Amy] Is it going okay?

Yeah.

Whew.

Oh, damn.

Got light-headed.

[Tray speaking]

Coming back out in the middle of the night

in this pitch black.

I hate where you can see nothing.

- You need help? - No.

[Amy] You got it?

[Tray] Oh, [bleep].

[wind howling]

- [Amy] You need help? - [Tray] No.

[Amy] You got it?

[Tray] Oh, [bleep].

[both exclaiming]

[Amy] Don't fall, don't fall, don't fall.

[Tray groans] Nope, I'm good.

[Amy] Are you bleeding?

- No. - Okay.

[Tray] A little scrape and a bruise...

[Amy] All right.

[Amy] Did not get much sleep last night.

We didn't anticipate the wind to be as awful as it was.

[Tray] Colder than a witch's titty

in a brass bra and pushed up in the snow.

It's making the arid temperatures

and dryness worse.

We need to solve that problem.

[Tray speaking]

But first, we need firewood.

You know, we went through more wood last night

than we did the night before, by far.

[Amy] We are nowhere near easy firewood.

Firewood is so far away from the shelter that we chose.

All right.

I see a bunch of deadwood over here.

We need that.

Ah! Fudge!

I think that's my new favorite word out here.

[Tray] We are leapfrogging these piles of wood...

- Thank you, I got it. - You got it?

[Tray] ...from one spot to the next... [grunts]

...to the next... to the next.

All right.

From way down yonder, from our camp.

Camp is way up here.

See that little dark spot there?

[Tray grunts]

We are busting our asses for everything that we've got.

[Amy exclaims] Pinched my nipple!

[Tray] And every day, we have to go further and further

for anything that we need.

[Amy grunts]

[singing] Just keep walking, just keep... [groans]

[winces]

Got on my foot.

Every single prickly thorn that there is in this world

is legitimately finding my feet.

It's like, "Oh, your feet feel better?

Here, let's make them feel awful!"

[Tray] Ow, [bleeping].

This sucks.

All right.

I'm dying, I need to find water or I'm gonna pass out.

[Tray] Sure.

[panting] That's... no joke.

It's hard work.

I'm exhausted.

I'm tired, I'm thirsty,

I don't want to do any more work.

[Tray panting]

[Tray taking deep breaths]

[Amy] I feel nauseous.

Easy.

[exhales]

[Amy] This challenge is definitely harder than I expected.

[screeching]

[Amy] Oh, it's so hot.

Oh, shoot.

[Tray] How's your feet?

[Amy] My feet are... they suck.

A little burnt on the feet.

My feet hurt.

Like, they hurt.

The duct tape was the saving grace.

But duct tape's slippery on the big slippery rocks.

Okay... Hold on.

Put my feet in this water, 'cause it feels amazing.

I feel like if you could take second-degree sunburn

and put it on the bottom of your feet,

that's what my feet are right now.

Looks like there's cuts on 'em,

they're literally cracked open on my heels,

in between my toes...

[Amy speaking]

I literally just wanna lay down.

And just, like, chill for a minute.

[Tray] I'm getting pretty tired myself,

but we still got a couple hours of sunlight.

We have got to shore up that wall.

The wind tunnel in there is horrible.

We have to do something about that.

We decided that we need to remake that palm curtain

with fresh palms.

And we gotta be able to close it off completely.

[Tray] The palm tree's just right here.

[Amy] Holy [bleep].

It's hot!

This is the time of day that sucks.

These are so much easier than the last ones that we got.

- Those dry ones. - Wonderful.

[Amy] We feel like the fresh palm

is definitely going to help us.

Make a little bit more airtight.

The more we can tie 'em together, weave 'em together,

the better off we'll be.

[Amy] Right.

[Tray] It might be a horrible idea,

but it might just work.

[Amy] We just need to be able to stay warm.

[Tray] Mother nature's out to kick our ass.

[wind rushing]

[Amy] New curtain is looking good.

But I need warmth, I need fire.

If we build the fire in between us,

we at least have half of it radiating back to both sides.

There we go.

All right.

Boy, if this doesn't keep us warm tonight,

I don't know what will.

[wind rushing]

[Tray grunts]

[bleep]

That wind is horrible.

Yeah, that wind comes in and says, "[bleep] you."

I know.

I am burning on one side and freezing on the other.

[bleep]

[Amy] I don't think I'm sleeping tonight at all.

These sleepless nights are definitely torture.

Tonight has been really...

damn rough.

And the night's only just begun.

[bleep]

[bleep]

Oh, [bleep]

[Amy grunts]

[Amy] I don't know that this place is possible

for 21 days.

I don't even think that seasoned people

that have made it 40 days can make it out here.

[sniffling]

[crying] I don't think this torture is worth anything.

I don't wanna have to... I don't wanna have to...

go home and tell my grandkids I can't play with them

because I destroyed myself in this challenge.

I've never wanted humidity more in my life.

[crying]

I want nothing to do with the desert.

[bleep] the desert.

[bird of prey screeches]

[Tray] Hey, partner.

How you doing?

[sobbing]

If there's anything at all that I can say or do

to help get you back into go mode.

We're gonna do this.

I just wanna go.

I can't.

I get it.

- I'm sorry. - I don't want it, but I get it.

I'm sorry.

Sorry.

[Kat] All right, what's going on, Amy?

My body says, "I quit."

I can't do this anymore.

I just know you're tougher than this.

And I would hate for you to go home and regret it.

I wanna tap.

I don't want anything to do with this weather anymore.

I never wanna come to the desert again.

[Kat] Okay.

[Amy] I truly am sorry I have to leave you.

- It's okay. - [Amy cries]

I hope you make it.

This location took two people out before me,

it's taking me out now.

- [Tray] Be careful. - I shall.

I'm just not sure anybody can survive here for 21 days.

[Amy speaking]

[voice breaking] My only regret is leaving Tray behind.

[narrator] After only four days, the sweltering heat

and relentlessly cold and windy nights

were too much for Amy to take.

Her PSR drops from 6.3 to 4.7.

There's definitely a reason There's definitely a reason

why this place is called Devil's Canyon.

It's deadly here.

[shouts]

[Tray] The hardest part for me right now is mental.

I just can't get over that hump.

I know that I'm gonna have to take this on alone.

I don't want to take this on alone.

I don't know that I can make it to 21 on my own.

But I took on this challenge for a reason.

I gotta push myself as far as I can push myself.

Don't tap. Die first.

Suck it up, buttercup.

Come on.

If it comes down to it, I'll be the first funeral tap.

Devil's Canyon may have taken three,

but it ain't taking me.

I'll show the devil who's boss.

I really do not want to spend another night in this shelter.

Last night was miserable.

The wind tunnel through here was freezing.

If I were to stay here another night or two,

I could end up hypothermic before the end of it.

This location, beautiful? Yes.

But, survival's ugly.

I mean, just look at this mug.

I'm gonna scout down through this canyon.

I'm gonna find me another shelter.

I want to be down towards the lower end of the canyon.

That's where all the vegetation is.

That's where all the wildlife is.

Oh, man. Look at this.

There's shelter up in here.

I found this really neat looking cavelet.

It's facing the opposite direction that the wind is coming from at night.

It's small. It's much smaller than what I had.

I think it's going to be easier to heat.

You know, I could probably lay right there.

All right. I got to get to work.

It's a scary move,

having to rebuild shelter and everything.

It's like going back to day one.

Except for I am way more depleted than I was on day one.

Way less energy.

I ain't got time to be this weak.

But I think in order to make it through day 21,

I got to do what I got to do.

I am building me a lean-to.

All the way down this crack.

I'm gonna weave a bunch of these

right in through here,

giving me the wind break and protection from predators.

I also want to make a duct tape sleeping pad.

I can finally sleep comfy.

All right.

[insects chirping]

I wish I would have thought of this one on day one.

The shelter's turned out to be pretty decent.

I don't get the wind tunnel.

Nowhere near as bad as it was at the old shelter.

Right now, I just really want to sleep.

[frogs croaking loudly]

[croaking stops]

I heard something... [deep growl]

[Tray growling loudly]

- [frogs continue croaking] - There's something definitely out there

and I sure don't want to become lunch.

I have beefed up the fire, got my knife at hand.

Sleeping with one eye open.

The visitor last night was a bit of an eye-opener.

Probably a coyote.

Could have been a mountain lion.

Just a little bit scary.

I burnt through a lot of wood.

It might come back again tonight.

I really got to make sure that I'm ready for it.

All right, I'm going to go get some firewood

before it gets too hot.

It's already hotter than a two-peckered billy goat in mating season.

I'm going to have to be on high alert

the rest of this challenge.

I really have to up my fire game.

Otherwise I'm a sitting duck.

Man. That's got to be well over 100-pound log.

This "no partner" thing's

starting to get a little rough.

I can't stop. Can't let that fire go out.

I've been busting my ass every day.

I came in here with no body fat.

I just have no energy.

Every step is harder than the last right now.

I really need a good, substantial meal.

All right, sunrise. Day nine.

As long as I make it through today,

I will be, officially, the first to make it this far.

In this location.

Hey, look at that.

We've got some prickly pear or, uh, nopales.

It's edible. There's nutritional value.

I hear the youngest ones taste the best.

Get me a fruit.

That's all I'm going to take for now.

I want to at least make sure I can stomach it.

I went and got me some nopales fruit.

I'm trying to get all the spines roasted off.

I'm curious.

Really sweet, though.

So sweet.

Not bad.

[Tray groans]

After eating nopales,

all of a sudden my gut just... [groans in pain]

It hurts to the touch.

Ow. [bleep]

[groans]

[duct tape ripping]

[Tray] So, I think today I would like to make

another great use for Amy's item.

You know, just kind of a little creature comfort, you know?

Something to give me a little bit of clothing that I can wear out here.

So, I made a duct tape thong.

It ain't great, but...

Not too shabby.

[Tray] Ow. [bleep]

[groans in pain]

Hey, Tray.

Tell me in detail as much as you can.

What are you feeling?

I got a nopales fruit.

It's the only thing I've ate or drank different.

Okay.

It hurts to walk. It hurts to move.

Any pressure at all, it's all right here.

Okay. Can you lay down?

[grunts]

- I'm sorry for the pain, but I just have to... - Do what you got to do.

- This hurt? - Yep.

- Yeah, yeah. [groans] - Okay. Do it again?

- [Tray cries out] - [Sam] That hurt?

- Yeah. - Yep.

Given on the location of his pain,

appendicitis is ruled out.

The worst case scenario right now is that something's

trying to pass through your intestines.

So, you need to drink a lot more water.

Get your, you know, digestive system going. Okay?

Okay.

I'll be God damned if a little constipation's going to take me out.

This sucks.

I don't like to be down.

Suck it up, buttercup. [grunts]

Just got to drink way more water than I normally do.

It sucks doing this alone.

Going from feeling on top of the world

to hitting a low.

[burps] Ow!

[groans] God damn it.

Just grabbed hold of the wrong end of a [bleep] burning stick.

Ah, son of a bitch.

Hell of a way to start the day.

Oh, I got to go soak it.

I cannot believe I did something so [bleep] stupid.

Well, if this wasn't already a struggle,

it sure as hell is now.

My gut is really hurting.

So, continue to hydrate So, continue to hydrate

as well as soak this damn hand.

I just have no energy.

If only I had a partner and she was able to pick up my slack,

it'd be an entirely different story.

I don't know what the hell I'm going to do.

I can't defend myself.

I'm get myself into a really bad head place.

I don't like that.

It's exactly what happened to Amy.

[grunts] I've still got some ugly abdominal pain.

Oh. Come on.

Burnt the [bleep] out of my hand.

[groans] Didn't get anywhere near the firewood I was needing.

I got buzzards stalking me over here.

I'm just very much ready for a nap.

Too physically exhausted to keep going.

It's day 12 and I hit a brick wall.

If I keep trying to move,

it's only a matter of time

before I fall and smash my head.

I just can't do it.

Time this journey comes to an end.

All right, talk to me, Tray. What's going on?

I hit a brick wall.

Especially with my hand the way it is.

No. I need to go.

I just worry the minute you get in that car

and get some food in you... I'm gonna regret it, I know.

I can probably see that.

I just can't. I can't keep going.

I'm gonna tap.

- [sniffles] - Let's get you out of the desert.

The desert will never be out of me.

Can I maybe get a hand?

I came in here thinking, "Don't tap. Die first."

[bleep] walk of shame.

This morning, I kind of feel like I died a little.

I did die first.

[narrator] After 12 days in the Sonoran Desert

and losing 12 pounds, Tray has had enough.

Though he sets a new record

for survival in this inhospitable location,

his PSR drops from 7.0 to 6.0.

[Tray] My decision was the right one.

Doing it solo, that's hard.

That's hard stuff.

The devil has definitely taken my soul today.

[narrator] With a double tap of Tray and his partner, Amy,

the legacy of Devil's Canyon continues

as an unsurvivable hellscape that spares no one.