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There is absolutely nothing in this challenge

that will make me tap out.

Twenty years ago, I fell off a 68-foot cliff.

I broke 46 bones, and the doctor's prognosis

is that I would never walk again.

Not only do I walk...

I ride.

I have ridden myself into a 15-year stunt riding career with Cavalier.

There is nothing that could physically

break me on this challenge more

than I have already been broken.

Tapping out is not an option, period.

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

Oh, my God.

Two strangers...

Go, go, go!

Oh, God.

No food.

Come on!

No water.

21 days.

Don't tap.

Die first.

Naked and Afraid.

Finally here in Colombia, the back of the truck.

Headed on in.

This is crazy.

I consider myself like an amateur herpetologist.

So anything, herbs, you know, amphibians, reptiles,

all kinds of stuff like that. Snakes, turtles.

Check out me and my man.

What's up, boy? Tell 'em what's up.

I do create content.

My name on my content is Salamander God.

Snakes and the reptiles and amphibians,

they're misunderstood, like, there's a disconnect

with how the media represents them,

which makes you think they're nasty.

But I'm just trying to present them in a different light,

showing you how beautiful and cute they could be.

-You get a picture? -He got me.

That was good.

I've never ever killed a snake before.

I'm the person that stops traffic

and gets the snake off the road kind of thing.

But I I could kill snake out here.

I'm not gonna be happy about it.

But, you know, food is food.

In terms of survival, I know how to build shelters.

Fires, I'm really good at.

I consider myself a very good fisherman.

And I was a hunter growing up.

I'm ready to take on this 21-day challenge

to show what I'm really capable of.

I definitely have a big ego.

I'm gonna come off strong at first,

but eventually you'll love me.

Where is the water?

I have not seen any water yet.

It's a little concerning, especially with the heat.

Do you wanna see my rain dance?

It goes like this.

I just made that up.

I grew up on an Angus cow farm.

I was always outside.

I was very outdoorsy.

As for survival, I am very confident in my shelter building.

My fire making skills are on point,

and I love pushing my body to the limits.

But after my accident, I had to redefine who I was.

And that's when I rekindled my love for horses.

And being a stunt rider,

I had the opportunity to join Cavalier,

which was just such a blessing to be able to take,

you know, my circumstances, overcome them,

and then be that inspiration for other people.

I'm taking on the 21 day challenge

because I've overcome some really great

physical obstacles in my life, and that's what this challenge is about.

Twenty years ago, I was unbreakable,

and 20 years later, I still believe

I have that unbreakable spirit.

All right. Looks like we're here.

Being naked out here is gonna be a little weird at first.

I'm sure I'm gonna forget about it quick, but it's just a body.

So I have no problem with being naked.

All right.

Here we go.

So I'm a plant based eater.

Yes, I guess, technically vegan.

So it's gonna be a challenge out here.

I really hope to be able to find some fruits.

Maybe roots.

I really hope that I can stay true to it.

And we'll see when we get out there.

Okay.

Colombia.

Wow.

Here we go.

300 miles north of the equator in central Colombia

lies Caño Selva, a vast area of sun scorched grasslands and dense jungles,

inundated with over 100 inches of rain each year.

The region is home to 300 lb wild tapers and deadly rattle snakes.

But it's the puma that reigns supreme.

These ambush predators are armed with powerful jaws and razor sharp canines,

capable of severing the spine with one fatal bite

to the back of the neck.

-Hey. -Hey, partner.

-Hey, how you doing? -I'm so good.

-How are you? -Good.

I'm Fairland.

-Keenan. -Keenan?

-Yeah. -Fun.

-How do you feel? -I feel great.

Feel confident. What about you?

I do, too. I mean, it's day one.

So confidence is easy to have, like, in this moment.

-For sure. -Let's get rolling.

Dude, the the heat is intense.

Wanna get some shade?

Are those our bags?

Yeah, looks like it.

-Yeah. -I guess, yeah. Okay.

Let's get 'em.

We got it.

It's hot.

All right. What'd you bring?

-I got a mosquito net. -Yes.

-Keep the bugs off. -Dude.

And I have our knife.

And a firestarter and a pot.

Oh, thank you, Colombia.

-Thank you. -You wanna take the firestarter?

Yeah. I'll take the firestarter.

I'll take the pot.

Do you have the map? Because I do.

I do have the map.

So yeah, this is us.

Um, it looks like that way.

-There's like a... -Small water source.

- All right, Well, let's do it. - Let's get out the heat.

-The blazing sun. -All right, let's go.

Don't worry. I'm warding off all the snakes for you.

Don't do that.

I just want to see 'em.

-Are you outdoors a lot or like, what's your... -Yeah.

-I'm outdoors all the time. -Really?

You know, from fishing, hiking.

Do a lot of hiking and camping.

A skilled outdoorsman, Keenan's physical strength

and knowledge of venomous snakes should be an advantage,

but his love for reptiles could be his downfall.

He begins with a PSR for primitive survival rating

of 6.1.

What about you? Are you big outdoors?

Um, yeah, I mean, so I work on a horse farm,

and so I'm outdoors all day in the heat.

So those are definitely like strong suits.

Yeah.

Fairland's resilience in the face of adversity

gives her an edge,

but her vegan diet could prove challenging

in this environment.

She starts with a PSR of 5.9.

Twenty years ago, I had a really bad accident.

I fell off a cliff.

What the...

So I broke 46 bones and I had to learn to walk again.

-They told me that I probably never would. -That's insane.

And so just to come back out and kind of, you know...

-Reclaim that. -Reclaim that. Right.

-Right. So, here I am... -Get in the jungle.

-...walking naked with you. -Hell yes.

I am predominantly a plant based eater.

-Really? -I'm going to try to stick

to fruits and plants and we'll see how it goes.

- Fairland is awesome. - She's hard core.

She doesn't eat meat.

I got a lot of respect for it,

but I'm definitely hoping to get some protein.

It just got real.

Yeah.

-At least it's cooler in here. -Yeah, a lot cooler.

But we'll see how the bugs treat us in here.

Let's see if we hear any running water.

I'm just trying to see if I can hear some water.

If there are any signs of water.

It's getting more damp, more moist.

I mean, feeling like I do hear something.

I know, but I'm like, is it in my head or is it,

like, actually something?

-Okay. -Huh?

-Yeah. -Shut up! I hear it.

-That is not in my head. -No.

♪ Hallelujah ♪

-Found the water. -Shut up.

It's a big river.

That looks beautiful.

Hey, it's clear here.

Is it clear where you are, Keenan?

I'm coming your way.

All right, Keenan, I'm coming down towards the river.

Headed towards you.

Water.

Did you have better access to water?

It's a little deeper over there.

Faster moving.

The thing is, like, right up here, there's like a clearing.

Let's go check it out.

And then we can just kind of clear it all more.

I don't know. What do you think?

It's kind of close to the water.

So you like it?

I was thinking about bugs, but we have our mosquito net.

What are your thoughts on, like,

let's use this guy, this guy and that guy.

It's already in the ground for us.

So if we did like a raised bed and then four walls,

and then put the mosquito net over top.

Yeah, something like that could work.

And then fire, just like, right there.

Yeah. No, I do like this.

This is nice. This is our little point.

Clear out some of these.

Yeah. Okay. Let's get on it then.

Are we both gonna do the shelter right now?

What about firewood? Should one of us look for firewood?

-We can divide and conquer. -I say we just keep moving.

-Keep going. -Start going.

-Yeah. And just start making what we can make. -Okay.

That's a good straight post.

If you want to clear everything out of the area

that you're gonna be living in just to kind of deter bugs

and other critters from like being in this space.

So clear this area for our fire

and get going because with no fire,

you have bugs, and with no fire, you have no of water.

And... I love water.

So let's get to work.

How are you at fire starting?

-I'm pretty good. -Are you?

Yeah. You ready to... Do you have this?

Yeah. I mean, I can cut cordage.

I know you've been doing kind of a lot of...

-whatever. -Yeah.

I mean, everything's so wet, though.

-There's that. -Cool.

I love Keenan. He's optimistic.

We're communicating well, you know, neither of us are super pushy.

Come on. Catch, catch, catch, catch, catch.

Everything is a bit damp in here,

so it's a little bit concerning with making a fire,

but we have quite a few hours before it gets dark.

So hoping to kind of knock this out and get somewhere situated.

Come on.

Goddamn it!

It's okay. I believe in you.

I turned around and saw flame.

-I was like, yes! -It was close.

You'll get it.

Another long stick. I'm just trying to get all the supplies here.

Just in case we run out of daylight.

At least I have everything in front of me.

And the fact that Keenan and I can't...

get this going, it's like, mildly concerning.

-Still working on it? -Fine.

Just nothing. Nothing stays lit.

There you go. There you go.

Man, it's like burning, but it just burns nothing.

Yeah. Lemme try.

Just walk away from it for a while.

Do we want to just...

-Start with the shelter. -Right. Like, let's finish it,

make our roof If the fire is going to beat us for today

like, maybe just be like, you know what?

Fine.

-We can hunt more tomorrow. -Yeah.

Yeah, so at least we don't have, like, no fire and no shelter.

Pretty brutal first day.

Terrible.

There's so many bugs. The bugs, the bugs.

Even with this mosquito net, we need to get better coverage.

Hopefully get a flipping fire started.

But... Ow!

Okay, I'm done with the camera.

It's just...

Whoo! That rain is cold.

- The sun just came up. - Thank goodness.

It was literally the worst night of sleep we've ever had.

Ever.

-And by night of sleep, we mean never sleep. -Ever. Terrible.

The worst night of my life.

We never got our fire going and our bug net didn't, like, cover everything.

So we just got eaten alive all night.

These are the bug bites.

This is what it looks like all over my body.

So fire is the goal for the day.

And we are re-assessing our shelter.

So our plan is to get rid of all the sticks

because it was super uncomfortable.

Clear this area below and sleep on dirt.

But so that the mosquito net can fall all the way down.

We're gonna leave our roof. Our roof actually worked great.

It rained all night and we didn't get wet at all.

So no fire, no water, no food.

Day two.

We're doing great.

Last night was pretty bad.

Like, no sleep.

But I'm sure once I get some food and a fire, it'll feel a lot better.

You think this stuff's gonna light?

Yeah, I don't think so. You know, I mean,

you and I could not be throwing better sparks to it.

I don't get it.

I didn't really expect it to go like this.

I mean, it's only been two days and we're struggling,

- like, we shouldn't be. - I mean,

I don't know how long you can last out here without a fire.

This is what happens every time.

As much as they're like abundance of resources

in a way, like, nothing's dry.

And so, it is just not igniting.

So I'm looking for just some drier, drier material

to make fire building a little easier.

Something super, super fine and dry.

Trying to start a fire,

it might be the most frustrating thing

I've ever been through

and that was never something that I was concerned about.

There's some tinder down here.

This stuff over here was baking in the sun.

Super thin.

That's what they.

I know it got wet yesterday, but it's been direct sunlight.

And it's dry.

Oh, this stuff is money.

-Look at this. -What?

Well, I guess you can't really see it from that far.

Is that that hairy stuff?

I think it was a leaf, yeah.

-Fire catchable? -Yeah.

-Yeah. -Think so.

Oh, you don't have a fire.

All righty.

Do the right thing and catch on fire.

Come on!

That almost was it.

Hell, yeah.

Started burning.

Come on.

Come on, baby.

We finally got a fire and it feels good.

It feels really, really good.

Tomorrow we start looking for food.

Get some protein, some more energy in us and see where that takes us.

So I'm super, super excited.

This is the best thing in the whole world right now.

Jungle hasn't broken me yet.

I am so thirsty.

It's getting dark.

We have our fire going, which is so amazing.

- We have water. - We have fire.

Next time, it's time to eat.

Well, it's warm right now.

We have a mosquito net, we should not be getting bit by bugs.

It doesn't make any sense.

- This is tough out here. - It's brutal.

Like out here, there's really no recharging.

You can't even get deep sleep all night long

and getting bit by something and itching and turning

and the mentally draining-ness of it

followed by an empty stomach, you know.

That, you know, the combination

just does damage to you.

So we've got to get sleep, like, we got to figure out how to deal with bugs.

This is definitely the hardest,

hardest thing I've been through.

Termites.

That's a great mound.

And we need to burn that.

I really thought that last night

would be much better, and it was way worse.

There were more mosquitoes inside the net

than there are in the rest of the jungle.

So now we're going on three days of no sleep.

Kenan is struggling.

So I'm going to try to come up with

better alternatives today.

Just come back later and take chunks out of that.

Put it in the fire.

Termites release chemicals called terpenes,

but act as natural mosquito repellants when burned.

If you just make little improvements every day,

little steps, little wins,

you know, that's kind of all you can do.

Termites live here.

All right. Onward.

I don't know what this stuff is.

I can't. It's like...

It's like clay.

I guess I would use it for...

to block bugs.

-Do you want some, clay? -Heck, yeah.

Where'd you find that?

It's all over.

-Oh, great, thanks. -Most of these rocks like this.

Haven't you been putting this on for the mosquitoes?

The bugs are doing us in at night.

So we're going to cover ourselves in the clay down here.

Then, while the clay is still a bit damp,

we're going to cover ourselves in the ash from the fire

and then set a termite mount

smoking in the corner of our place.

And If that doesn't do it, I don't know what will.

- I hope it works. - I know.

I don't think we can have another night like we've had.

Why don't you tell us a little bit about what we have going on here?

We got a little good mixture of the clay and the ash.

I look like, um... Who is that villain?

Jennifer Lawrence played?.

-Oh, yeah. -Right.

Except she's blue and I'm gray.

-But we're both, like... -It's close.

Looks like... Yeah, with the red hair.

You're gonna tell me I missed that right there?

Hoping that it keeps these little critters from biting us.

It's not actually boiling, but it's...

What was that?

I have absolutely no idea.

But it was huge.

Okay, what was that?

I don't know. I'm trying to think like...

- What's even here? - They got pigs, but...

There's no way that was a pig.

That would have to be a 1500-pound pig.

We better get stomped out in the middle of the night.

I'm going. I'm coming in there.

Not like that's gonna protect you.

We have our mosquito net to protect us.

Yeah, so today's the day we got to find some big protein.

Where you wanna go to try to find stuff?

That creek that connects to this one,

it is kind of like a track, but I think that way has

-just more... -Just more plentiful things.

-It's just what it seems like. -Right.

I just wanna make sure that we just conserve our energy,

you know, we're not just like because you need to eat.

I need to eat.

I was feeling so, so bad yesterday.

But last night was the first night of zero bugs.

- That was amazing. - So we actually slept.

My mental is up, but, you know,

I know there will be a crash here soon

if I don't get some kind of meat in me, some kind of protein.

So now we're at the point where I want to

just give it everything I got to find something to eat.

So here's the river up here, and I'm just gonna check it out.

I'm right here at it,

and there's kind of a path that goes along,

and if you want to just follow it.

You know, so at least we don't get lost.

You're not getting lost.

Okay.

This is nice. This is...

No activity.

No frogs. There should be more turtles.

Like, you'd think you'd walk up on a creek,

you know, frogs jump in, you see some fish swimming.

Some activity, some stuff checking you out.

Man, it's just desolate.

I don't see much of anything.

What are you doing?

I mean, I'm trying to find snakes, anything.

I mean, like you're saying, there's just nothing,

but there's a pretty decent path here that kind of follows the river

so we can just cover some ground and see if we find anything.

Because I would say that they've moved away from our camp.

You know, the commotion, the fire.

Yeah, I say we...

If we keep following this creek, it's gotta...

lead to something, man.

I thought at least crayfish, some clams, some...

We're gonna find something.

All right.

Movements and patterns.

That's what I'm looking for.

For some reason, like my brain really picks up on patterns.

Like, I'm good at, like snakes, like their scales.

It's crazy what you don't find.

Like, back home, I go in the woods

and I know everything's different, but even like...

a carcass or something, like bones.

It's a very quiet jungle.

A mouse...

I mean, literally, like, I just am not seeing anything.

Not a frog.

Not even like slither marks of a snake.

I mean, I have to come down to the water.

This is a nice hole.

Little baby fish here.

Where is your mama?

Hey, here's a bunch of termites.

-I'll drop in. -Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Do that, do that.

Yeah, look at them swarming.

Come on, what else is there in here?

-Yeah, I see nothing bigger than... -Like minnows.

-An inch. -Right.

That's good, though. This is pretty dry.

There's nothing.

Okay, let's keep moving.

Watch out for these thorns.

Looks like it's getting less dense.

Oh, my God, that is so beautiful.

Oh!

Oh!

God, look at that thing.

Look at you. I have not even seen it.

That is so amazing.

Tortoise.

Oh!

That's cool, man.

-Check this out. -I mean...

South America Tortoise

That is so cool.

No eating tortoises.

Seriously?

This tortoise, like, really jolted me for some reason.

I mean, I'm going on four days and not eating,

and like, I can't kill it.

I'm having a lot of doubts about just what I'm gonna eat

and what I'm okay with eating.

Like, going in here,

I was like, dude, there's no way I can't find turtles

and all these snakes and stuff.

I find those so easy that I'm gonna be full.

I'm gonna eat so much.

Like all these things that I go out and find, that is food.

People eat those.

But now, I don't know.

These are my things, these reptiles.

And I'm almost scared if I kill something, that it...

you know, haunt me for a while.

Sleep out here is no joke.

It's tough to even get a little bit.

All night long, you're getting bit.

It was just killing my body.

Y'all, honest.

I don't even think I want to be here anymore,

which sounds so crazy.

It's a quiet jungle, surprisingly.

I thought there'd be

flourishing a lot more, which I'm sure it still is.

But I'm sure I thought it would be more visible.

I mean, to keep going here,

I know I would have to kill some snakes.

I don't know. Something about that just doesn't sit right.

Why do I have say that I get to kill that thing?

And I know this is survival, but there's a piece of my brain

that knows that I put myself here.

I thought once I got in this situation,

you know, when there's not a grocery store,

you know, two minutes up the street,

that my brain would know it would be justified.

But, man...

I don't know.

I don't know if it does know that.

Oh, there's some fruit over here.

I'm not sure what that is, but this is nice.

This is a good little score.

Hell, yeah.

Ah!

Ooh.

Think that was a bullet ant.

This hurts.

Why are you guarding a fruit?

Bitch, you don't eat fruit.

They're like, literally protecting this fruit.

It's just frustrating.

Everything's so damn hard out here, like, what's the point?

What's the point?

Okay? I'm done, man, I don't even care about this.

This is just for my partner now.

We're gonna... That hurt.

Finally.

I got some fruit.

Oh, my gosh.

I didn't know you were going on a journey.

They were so big, I tried to grab as many as I could,

so I just tried to...

Keenen bringing me these coquito nuts,

it's just such a huge win.

I'm just so grateful for that.

Is it gross?

I don't know.

You wanna try?

What does it taste like?

Like, nothing.

I don't need it to taste good.

As long as it's nourishing.

What were you hoping they'd taste like?

I wouldn't hope anything.

I was just getting them for you mostly.

You didn't find anything for yourself?

No.

What if I just cut you some of this fleshy part out?

You eat it.

No, I think you should eat it, which I am still kinda...

Feeling kind of checked out.

I just wanted to get you some...

You're just trying to set me up, so you leave.

I don't know.

Yes, you do.

You can be honest.

Well, just in case.

Just in case.

I know that I'm like, I'm, like, checked out.

Keenan is struggling.

I don't know really what's going on in his head.

I truly don't.

I think he really wanted to come in and do some wow things.

And sometimes surviving is not necessarily about the wow.

I thought I can do anything, and I can't.

I believe you can, like, how do we get mental...

Keenan to match up with physical Keenan?

I mean, here you are, like, you have this opportunity to do this.

And make it.

I always thought that if my partner trashes,

I thought I would, like, drag them back.

And it's interesting because now that I'm here,

it's like, I don't even have the energy to, like, fight

for someone else as much as I usually do.

You're here for a reason, Keenan.

I don't think it's to give up.

Never did I think

it would be this difficult.

Just know I want you here, Keenan. Okay?

If I had the opportunity to pick a partner, then I'd pick you.

Oh, man.

I don't know. I don't get it.

Like I said, I just feel checked out, like...

I can sit here and last.

But that's not really me.

I think she can sit here and last.

You know, she's pretty hard core.

I know.

I didn't come out here to starve.

That's not me. That's not what I planned on doing.

So if I feel like I'm just sitting here starving,

I'd rather go home then, than just sit around till day 21.

Not really.

That part is so quiet.

Yo yo.

Um, I think I'm done.

I think I'm checked out. Ready to go home.

I didn't think it'd come to this, but, I mean, I'm...

I'm submitted.

As long as you're 100 percent with it, you know?

-Yeah. -I just don't want you to have any regrets.

I know, I know, and I am.

I am.

You know, I've talked about it with myself.

But you're tough as nails.

So... Ask for a better partner.

You're amazing.

You're badass.

You really are.

This was amazing.

Well, thank you for everything you've done since you've been here.

Of course. Stay positive.

Okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You got it. You got it.

You've been through worse.

Seriously.

I'm out of here.

Bye, Keenan.

Goodbye.

Just tapped.

Something I never thought, you know,

in a million years I'd do.

I was probably quoted saying I'd die before I tapped,

but I'm willing to submit when I have to.

You know, I thought things would've went a lot smoother.

Colombia is rough, man.

Colombia, it did damage to me, for sure.

But I don't feel broken.

I feel, you know, like it just shifted me in a different direction.

I didn't necessarily come in here without any cracks.

Maybe broke off what I didn't need.

It surprised me beyond what I thought was possible.

I thought I'd be ready for anything

and it really threw a curveball at me.

After five days, Keenan reaches his breaking point.

Ten pounds lighter, his early exit

drops his PSR from 6.1 to 4.9.

Yeah, it's hard core out here.

I'm not even mad at him, like, this has been so hard.

It's been so hard with two people,

and just to think to do it with one person is like...

Five days.

Man, there's so many days left.

Okay.

One thing at a time.

Ten minutes at a time.

Like...

A couple of deep breaths and let's just reset.

I'm going to go collect some dry grass.

This has probably been the five hardest days of my life.

It's so hot once you get out here.

At least after I fell off the cliff,

I was in an air conditioned hospital with a bed, food.

Let's just grab 'em

and get out of here.

I'm not ever gonna get too confident

because this place is humbling.

Humbling.

But I am going to just take it little steps at a time.

Still rain.

It's been hours.

I'm just bored, bored, bored.

The sun isn't coming up here.

This is where the temperature just really drops.

I'm so thankful for a good roof.

Obviously you can hear this rain.

It's no joke.

It's the morning now.

And guess what? It's still raining.

Yay!

I'm gonna show you my roof damage from last night.

This whole area is solid.

But right there,

I need to fix that today because the water is

pretty much just coming right on in.

Remember that rain dance I did at the beginning?

I'm regretting it.

Be careful what you wish for.

The rain is just relentless.

My pot's filling up.

So at least tonight I won't have to start a fire and boil water.

And actually it's filling up...

faster than I'm drinking it,

which is good, because when this rain stops,

I want to go try to find something to eat.

So being super hydrated will be great.

At least that's what I keep telling myself.

All right, so...

It's stopped raining.

The sun isn't out as much as I want it to be out,

but don't wanna waste any more time

'cause if it does start raining again, then...

that's not good, but I need to ash up.

The mosquitoes are like maybe the worst I've seen them

which I wouldn't really think that they could get worse.

And then they do.

It rained non-stop for two days.

You sit there and shiver all night.

- You know what? - I'm concerned about not having food

because when you shiver, it burns calories.

I'm really low energy today.

So I don't want to overdo it.

I need to pace myself. Slow, nice, easy steps.

But there's things I need to get done.

I need to find food, and every task just seems so monumental.

Oh, my goodness, dryness.

It's just crazy how different it is out here.

Like, the second you get out here.

Right now, I feel super lightheaded.

I get dizzy and I feel like I have just absolutely no stamina.

It worries me unless I find a massive source of energy.

Should I be worried that, like, the tips of my fingers

on this left hand are, like...

tingling all the time?

You know, when something falls asleep

and then it's coming back to life,

that's what it feels like.

It's felt like this...

for a day or so now.

I'm worried because it's just, like,

oh, is that normal? Is it dehydration?

Are you about to have, like, an aneurysm?

I'm worried because it's just, like,

oh, is that normal? Is it dehydration?

Are you about to have, like, an aneurysm?

-Hi. -Hi.

No.

Nothing bite you?

Mosquitos.

Okay, basically, you are fine.

Good.

But those kind of feelings

you have in those three fingers is normal,

because you are not taking food, you know?

Right.

Drink water and try to eat something like small fish

or some different kind of protein.

Okay.

I will go to the grocery store today and get some and fish.

Yeah, Go ahead.

-All right. Thank you, guys. -Okay.

I was worried they were gonna say,

oh, you have to medical tap out.

And...

They were just saying that you need to eat something, which...

Right.

I would love to eat something.

Easier said than done, but I mean, I can try.

Medical check with the fingers was concerning, for sure,

because the doctor said, you need to eat more

and you need to eat protein.

That just really got me thinking that...

okay, you need to start making plans to hunt fish.

I'm gonna cut some of my mosquito net out

to construct some sort of fishnet.

Making this trap and the thought of catching a fish

and then killing it and cooking it and eating it,

it's a lot, but, you know, like I've always said,

I'm vegan because of the industry.

And this is about as fair as it gets.

I don't love it.

But you know, at this point, I need to eat something.

End product.

I tied this knot off here to give it a little weight.

So it drags,

throw the termites in,

and scooby dooby dooby doo!

All right. Why don't...

Not the best fish net I've ever made,

but hopefully it works.

Spits of rocks.

Nothing there.

There's nothing in there.

I think these are Moriche fruits.

Usually, once they're in the river, they're bad,

but if they're right here and they're washing them this close, they have to be

not that far from me.

Food situation's been hard since I got here.

I need to find protein, but in the meantime,

it's like I need to eat something.

Just even the smallest amount of fruit.

That would be a lot of energy.

Hey, there's one.

And another one.

Oh, my gosh, there's so many.

I'm gonna fill up my entire bag.

♪ Hallelujah ♪

Whoo!

Little late to the game, but better late than never.

This was what I've been dreaming of.

So these shells have the consistency of a hard boiled egg.

Mm.

Oh, my gosh.

Food.

This is the best thing that's happened.

Since the beginning of the challenge.

Oh, this jungle has to be kidding right now.

Oh, my gosh.

It was such a successful day finding the fruit.

And so, then the storm is so bad, like,

like, the worst storm I've seen.

And my roof fell.

I just don't know what's coming.

You know, I'm so cold.

And the bugs.

I'm trying so hard to be so thankful for today.

I really am.

But, like...

I don't know. I just don't even see

how I'm gonna make it through this night.

Last night was the worst night.

I don't know if it was one of the fruits or what,

but I threw up nine times.

And now I can't even stand the smell of the fruit.

So... Then there's that food source.

I've been trying to rest this morning and drink.

And they're not gonna...

Attempt to pack up camp and get to the grasslands.

Hopefully, it's warmer, less bugs in a place

where I feel like it's blocked by the wind.

Overall, that's a better situation.

I'll figure the rest out tomorrow.

Man.

I'm hoping we'll get to the grasslands. It's hot.

The jungle has broken me.

And you have these moments of highs and victories,

and you just think, like, perfect.

My shelter's great.

Then the storm comes and just knocks it over.

And then it's like, yay, I found food,

and then you eat it and you throw up all night.

So I am packing up and moving to the grasslands,

and hopefully start to rebuild from this brokenness.

So no sooner did I get the last palm on,

It started raining.

It's not the best roof, that's for sure.

Hopefully, it's just a light rain tonight.

And I can fix it more in the morning.

It's just when you're in this constant state of feeling nauseated,

it's so hard to get anything done.

Mm.

Yesterday was the most broken that I had felt, for sure.

I woke up this morning and I was like, I'm not gonna feel like that anymore.

I refuse.

All right, heading to the river.

Get some water.

Let's see what food I can find.

Ugh.

I will press on and press on, and I want to start

thinking about getting nutrition in me for extraction day.

I mean, some activity.

You just get to a point where you just feel hopeless.

You're so tired. You're so lethargic.

The bugs are eating you alive.

You're starving.

You know, and today, I was like,

you've made it to 18. It's good enough.

Get out of here.

You know, you just have to start talking to yourself

and just say, it is worth it.

You've made it this far

and you didn't come this far to only make it this far.

You know, if you're gonna tap out at 18,

you might as well tapped out at day two

and saved yourself all the trouble.

Oh, I got some!

What?

I got three of them.

It makes me sad.

I don't want 'em to sit here and suffocate.

I smashed their heads.

I didn't want 'em to sit here and suffer.

It makes me, like, way sadder than I thought it would.

Because I don't kill animals.

You know, with a fishing net made of sticks and a mosquito net,

I'd say it was a pretty fair fight.

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed.

On one hand, I feel victorious.

My three little fish are caught.

On the other hand, I feel sad.

The fish were so good.

So I wouldn't necessarily say I regret it

or I'm overly beating myself up about it.

You know, if I have to go back out tomorrow

and catch more fish to be able to get out of here on extraction day,

yeah, I absolutely will.

Oh.

End of day 20.

Of course, this bad storm is rolling in,

and it's just the final round.

And I didn't expect this for to get being any different.

Honestly.

The jungle doesn't want me here.

I don't wanna be here anymore.

Like, why?

Why has this been so hard?

And here it comes.

So... that's my cue.

And tomorrow, day 21.

Let's extract out of here.

The rain has let up.

It hasn't stopped and the whole floor

of the shelter's flooded.

I'm laying in two inches of water.

And I'm feeling sick.

I'm giving this challenge my all every day.

Every day, every day.

And now this last night, when I just wanted to get a good night's sleep

and get up in the morning and celebrate extraction.

Now I'm gonna spend all night fighting.

And I'm...

so tired.

So hard.

Well, that's the thing. You work and work and work to get them,

and you get, like, nine.

You know what they taste like?

They taste like, um... Uncooked soy beans.

I was thinking, when I get back to the States,

maybe opening up my own pest control business

"Hi, I'm Fairland and I'll come eat your termites."

The sun is starting to come up on what was literally like

the worst...

The jungle just, like, ripped me to shreds last night.

And even with extraction just hours away,

I wanted to quit.

All right.

Rested a little bit more.

And the sun's out.

It is extraction day.

It's like Christmas Day.

There are times I literally never thought that this day would come.

Okay, so I've moved out to the grasslands here.

It looks like I'm just going somewhat back to where I was.

The fact that it's day 21 and I'm here,

I just... I could not be happier.

So I'm going to be heading north,

all the way through the jungle,

and then when I get out, it's just a bit northwest.

And there's extraction.

Okay, let's do it.

Physically not doing any better than

I've probably done the last week.

But mentally, I am running out of here.

I am so excited.

Let's get out of here.

To reach the extraction point, Fairland must hike

two miles through dense jungle

while staying alert for snakes,

herds of wild taper and the deadly puma.

She must then traverse five miles

over a searing savannah

where temperatures near triple digits

and one of the deadliest snakes in the world,

the Fer-de-lance lurks in the tall grass.

I'm ecstatic that this is the last time

I will make this walk.

Oh, this jungle has to be kidding right now.

Yes.

Looks like this clears.

Real cute, jungle.

There's no worse feeling than just sinking.

I can absolutely correlate this time in this challenge

to falling off the cliff 20 years ago,

and bridging that gap with the mental fortitude,

the hard work, and be able to look at this situation

and just say, you didn't stay in that place of brokenness then,

and you didn't stay in that place of brokenness now.

And that, for me, is truly what's telling me

at this point, on extraction day that I am unbreakable.

Those tall grasses were brutal.

It's like a foot of marsh below 'em.

The landscape's beautiful.

It's really breathtaking,

if I had any breaths to be taken.

I'm just looking down at the ground for snakes

and carefully taking one step at a time

because a wrong step out here

could end me hours before extraction.

Feet are good.

The sun is hot.

I just want to rest here for a moment, and then...

Keep going 'cause the sun's only going to get hotter.

The sun is so oppressive.

I need to get to this tree.

I don't know how much more I have in me.

I'm just so tired.

It's so far.

It's like I'm fine when I'm resting.

But the second I start walking,

I just get dizzy and my vision gets black.

I just can't see anything.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my goodness.

There is this familiar sound of, like, horses,

and it's just like, wow.

I've already died and going to heaven.

And then I just like, look up.

And there's these horses coming.

And it's just, like, such a connection to past

when I fell off the cliff because horses gave me

such a reason to fight to get better.

Hey, buddy.

They just gave me the legs that I didn't have then.

And then today, so unexpected.

They just did the exact same thing for me.

After 21 days, Fairland completes the challenge,

shedding 40 pounds in the process.

Her primitive survival rating jumps from 5.9 up to 7.1.

This whole challenge has just really taught me

that it's not about not being broken.

It's about being broken and not staying broken.

I am so happy it's over.

I think when I get rest and rehydrated and...

showered, I'll be even more proud of myself.

But right now, you know, it's done.

It is complete.

And it's what I set out to do

and It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.

And then to go out on a horse.

On a horse. I mean, is there any better way?

Not for me, they're not.

Whoo!