Original subtitles

Narrator: These 12 people

have conquered the Everest of survival challenges --

21 days naked and afraid.

[Bleep] Man: Hold it, hold it.

Woman: He's huge.

They survived in some of the harshest terrains on earth...

[ Yells ]

...with no food, no water...

[ Voice breaking ] I need something to drink immediately.

...and no clothes.

[ Groans ]

We got fire!

-Aah! -Whooo! Yeah!

Narrator: Now they're taking on their next challenge,

and will attempt the impossible.... Nice!

Yeah!

...to survive 40 days and 40 nights

stranded on a desolate Savannah

in one of the most remote and dangerous places on earth.

Oh, my god.

40 days changes everything.

It is gonna be exponentially harder.

40 days -- that's plenty enough time to kill you.

The bugs are hell.

Narrator: This time, instead of pairing with one stranger,

12 peers will fight for limited resources.

Aaah!

Humans can endure three days without water

and three weeks without food.

This thing's kicking my ass.

But at 40 days without

sustained sources of food and water...

I hate being so weak.

...the human body cannot survive.

Laura: You're really throwing yourself into the abyss.

Narrator: In this savage landscape, it

if that's an anaconda, I'm gonna lose me [bleep]

Whoo! [ Yells ]

Hey!

To make it out alive,

these 12 must push the limits of human endurance...

Aah!

...master the environment...

-Got it! Got it! Got it! -Hell yes!

Yeah!

Narrator: ...And survive each other.

I'm saying we don't need your help.

I just really hate

that everyone thinks I'm just an ass[Bleep]

I'm feeling very attacked.

You've been bitching for an hour.

Narrator: 40 days...

This is what I live for right now!

...naked and afraid.

I got him, I got him, I got him! I got him!

Yeah!

Man: Take that, Colombia!

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narrator: In the eastern badlands o

lies the vast orinoco river basin.

Dominated by 20 square miles of scorched plains

and just six degrees north of the equator,

temperatures here peak at over 120 degrees.

At the fringes of the Savannah,

the jungle canopy conceals Colombia's deadliest predators

on land and in the water.

I'm just nervous.

I might not make it.

I might not be able to do it this time,

and that's a really scary thought.

Shane: I mean, I could barely walk after 21 days

the first time.

I was pretty close to my maximum limits on that one,

so we'll find out how badass I am.

Hakim: Time to get this party started.

Alana: This is the most extreme survival challenge

that anybody can do.

Here I go again.

It's go time.

Let's do this.

Shane: I am not a survivalist.

I'm just a tough bastard, and you can't kill me.

Let's let the fun begin.

Laura: 40 days is a far cry from 21 days.

It is gonna be exponentially harder.

It really separates the strong from the weak.

40 days -- it all starts now.

Narrator: The 12 will eventually come together,

but they do not know the identity, or even the number,

of their potential partners.

They begin their journey alone

in one of four unique ecosystems.

At the souther edge of the Savannah,

three Alpha males will occupy roca diablo.

Here, mountains of jagged lava

plunge into an impassable undergrowth,

and water is hard to find.

Man, it looks hot out here.

I don't see any water anywhere in sight.

This is gonna be a challenge.

Hakim: This is going to be the most challenging thing

that I'm gonna face.

But, hey, I've been trained for this,

to push through these things.

You know, as a to-shin do ninja practitioner,

the idea of being a ninja,

the term "ninja" means one who endures.

Oh, geez.

Yep, we've got razor-sharp grass

that's not too friendly...

[Chuckles] ...On the crown jewels.

[ Laughs ] Hakim!

What's up?

Holy crap, man.

I look up, and I'm expecting some chick,

and there's Hakim, man.

It's the black MacGyver. It was cool.

-You too. -Well, this is new, huh?

This is new, right?

I'm actually excited to have a man as a partner.

We became friends outside of the show,

and he's a killer survivalist.

It's gonna be less drama, more work.

I think we're gonna be able to get a lot done.

Skirt the black rock,

head for the biggest chunk of water?

Yeah, that sounds good.

Jeff: [ Sighs ] Damn, it is hot.

It sure is. Got to get some water.

I know, man.

So, as a soldier, we do recons all the time,

and I know the highest point in the area

is the best place to get a vantage point,

so that's where I'm headed.

But, man, this rock is pretty warm

from the heat of the day.

Too hot to walk on.

But right there, there's my drink.

See that?

Barrel cactus.

I'm gonna try and get some water out of that guy.

Ay! Got to handle it with care.

Ha! Like a crazy pineapple.

Not bad.

This has got a lot of water in it.

Mmm. So good.

Let's get out of here on the Savannah...

And see where we're at, here.

What do you see?

Hey!

Hey!

What the hell's that?

[ Yells ] Over here!

Whoo!

-Whoo! -Hey!

-Whoo! -Yo!

-It's ej. -Oh, that's ej?

-Yeah. -Damn, I'm happy to s

ej: I was elated. It was Hakim and Jeff.

I'm absolutely ecstatic to be with these two guys.

This is hot, man. Raah!

Big man hug.

Ej: You know, the ninja and the hunter.

Who else do you need on your side?

You guys hungry? I got some barrel cactus.

Oh, my gosh.

Sweet, dude.

Ej, providing.

-Three heads are better than one. -Yea

ej: I think we should take a little quick recon around here

and just figure out where we think

we might build the shelter.

Five miles north lies the arid forest of rio negro,

where an all-female power trio

will be scattered across the sparse scrub land.

What?! Laura?

Oh, my god!

-Oh, my gosh. -So awesome.

Eva: Laura and I have been friends for a really long time.

The survival community is so small.

You know, there's really not that many of us.

So, I brought a bow drill kit.

Awesome.

Narrator: To meet this challenge,

each person comes equipped with a survival tool,

a knife, plus a map.

Oh, damn. This is a big area.

All right, well, we know

that we're gonna need to go to water.

-Mandatory. -Because it's hot out.

Seriously.

All right. So, we have to go...

-Due west? -...That way.

Laura: There's definitely a misconception

that men kind of, you know, take the lead

in this kind of role.

And I think it's gonna be great that Eva and I

are gonna show how to really rock this.

Narrator: Laura and Eva begin their search for water

unaware that the third member of their trio

is lost in the forest a half-mile away.

Dani j.: I am out here alone.

And I know there are other people out here somewhere.

Where, I have no idea.

It's a little bit scary.

Narrator: After two hours of searching for partners,

Dani wanders to the south of the scrub land

and away from her potential teammates.

I am losing daylight, so I think I'm just gonna build

a temporary shelter on the ground,

and then think a little bit more

about a more permanent shelter tomorrow.

Not being a lot of time,

whatever I can do tonight will be ideal.

So I am going to at least get out a mosquito net

and set that up.

As far as being by myself goes out here,

it makes me a little bit nervous.

I don't know. Fingers crossed.

I think I got it.

Guess we'll find out.

Narrator: Two miles away,

on the western fringe of the Savannah,

is the swampy jungle of cao verde.

A mixed group of two men and one woman take root here.

All right.

I see my bag... But no partner.

That's interesting.

All right, maybe I'm alone.

While Luke struggles to find his partners,

honora and Chris have already met.

So, I'm a little intimidated by people from New Jersey

'cause they always seem a little pissed off.

-[ Laughs ] -So...[ Laughs ]

That's an urban myth. I'm from south Jersey.

-Ohh. -South Jersey's really chill.

Okay. All right. Cool. Awesome.

When I first saw my partner and realized that it was honora,

I was concerned, I won't lie.

She fell out of her last challenge

being a heat casualty.

-Mm. -Honora, are you okay?

-Can you squeeze my hand? -Honora, can you hear me?

Honora: I overexerted myself

and was medically evacuated while unconscious on day 16.

Man: We're just trying to get her to the hospital

the hospital's in town.

I see my only option as walking out on day 40.

This is my opportunity for redemption.

Here's not a bad spot.

Yeah. Okay.

Pull all the -- like, the weeds out,

-or cut them out. -Sure.

Looks like we got some company.

What are you guys doing out here?

We were just in the preliminary stages of shelter.

Okay. Oh, nice.

So, three heads are better than two, so...

-Hell yeah. -I'm Luke. Offici

-honora. Nice to meet you. -Honora. Right, right.

-Welcome to the team, bro. -Yeah, let's do this.

-Stoked. -We're good.

Chris: Honora's lucky in the fact

that she has people like Luke and I

that are well-versed in the survival environment.

But I won't let someone ride my coattails.

I'm not gonna burn myself out

just so someone else can make it.

Good technique.

Narrator: Four miles to the east

sprawls the tropical woodland of El bosque.

Here, two women will join forces with one man.

Alana: Okay. Where in the [bleep] am I?

While Alana finds her way on the Savannah,

Shane and Danielle have already met in the forest.

From everything around us,

I definitely think this is a great place

to start the shelter. Shane: I like it.

I'm gonna put a platform right off the ground.

Are you definitely set on a platform?

I am set on a platform -- only because I can do it.

I mean, I'll be done in, you know...I will have --

we will be sleeping on a platform before it's dark.

But I just don't want to build, like,

a really awesome shelter right away

just in case we have to move it.

My first survival experience was very difficult.

[ Grunts ]

Zero communication with my teammate.

Not very big.

[Bleep] Kidding me? Are you

it's got to be five feet long.

Sounds all well and good for you to say,

but that's a nasty [bleep] animal

to be playing with out there.

It was very frustrating after 21 days.

[ Sighs ] It's not gonna be perfect

no matter how we slice it, so...

Yeah, I'm just really not feeling the platform.

I just -- I want to see how the night goes.

Dani b.: Little bit nervous that he wants to chop a b

and expend a lot of energy, and it's really hot, so...

I wish he was a little bit more observant

and thought things through.

Okay. Well, I want to get off the ground.

So how do you propose that we get off the ground?

I'm seeing a lot of dry leaves on the ground,

which would be awesome.

Like, just stack them up at least three feet high,

and then line the ground with the sticks and...

-Sure. -Okay.

Yep. Whatever you want. That's fine.

Shane: We're working through the different dynamics

of how to say, "I don't want to do that,

I'd rather do this," and it's...It's fun.

I like it. It's fun.

Come on.

Okay.

-Hi. -Hi!

There's three of us?

Looks like I'm late to the party.

-I'm Shane. -Well, hi.

-Alana. -Alana.

Danielle.

-Nice to meet you, Danielle. -Nice to meet you, too.

[ Laughs ]

-There's three. -Yeah.

Three is better than two, I guess.

Yeah, now that changes everything, having three people.

My only concern any time with any partner is,

are you gonna put your ass on the line out here

as much as I am?

And so as long as everyone is doing what their job is

and, you know, helping the group, then we're good.

So, what we've been doing right now is we --

this is just gonna be rudimentary for the night,

just to get us off the ground a little bit.

-Yeah. I mean, and it's warm anyways. -Ye

personally, I'd probably go in a little bit more open.

Maybe just a little bit that way.

'Cause the more dense it is,

the more shelter for bugs, too.

Yeah.

Alana: I'm a little more lone wolf.

The more, for me, not necessarily the merrier.

So it makes me a little nervous

having more than one person to deal with.

Having two could be awesome,

or it could be double the trouble.

I don't know.

You know, we'll see how it goes, you know, for the night.

Don't put all your effort into something

that you might end up changing later, so...

Well, I'm definitely lifting this later.

I mean, tomorrow. So...

Dani b.: The sun is completely gone

I'm completely drained. It was so hot.

Alana: Probably the worst thing is the bugs.

Every bat I see swoop by

means one less mosquito or biting fly

that's gonna get me in the night.

Shane: I definitely just killed something.

-Something big? -It was definitely...

We'll get through it. Tonight's not a good night.

[ Animal howls ]

[ Water sloshing ]

[ Animal growls, hisses ]

What the [bleep] is that?

If that's an anaconda, I'm gonna lose my [bleep]

[ Branches cracking ]

What is that noise?

Dani j.: Last night was a little rough and difficult.

Mm. But I'm alive, and I'm awake, and I'm working.

I'm also swollen.

Do you see my face? Look at my face.

It's just, like, so... Everything is just swollen.

Everywhere.

I have no idea what is going on with my eye, you know?

Allergic reaction of some sort.

So, what I'm looking for right now

is something to cure this.

So, this red stuff

that I'm gonna pull out of here, saladio,

is good for bug bites and cuts and stuff.

Narrator: For centuries, indigenous Colombians

have used the resin of the saladio plant

as a healing remedy.

Those are gonna be excellent.

Those are anti-inflammatory.

Gonna be good for whatever's going on with my eye.

[ Buzzing ]

The bugs in this spot are hell.

I got consumed last night.

Covered. Seriously covered in bug bites.

And they're just sitting there, like, chewing on me.

It's gonna [bleep] suck unless I figure something out.

The sand fleas are horrible.

Like, freaking horrible.

You know, I've always operated under the pretense

that I am tougher than anyone else,

and there is no better way

to gain perspective on who you are

than to strip yourself down naked

and spend 40 days in Colombia.

Narrator: Last night, Eva and her partner Laura

slept on the ground and paid the price.

Their top priority today is finding a better campsite.

How far are we from the water?

That's what I wanted --

the water, like, could potentially be down there.

-Mm-hmm. -I'm just not sure.

The only water that I've seen so far

has been in the river that we came in on,

and it was really murky,

and not necessarily something that I want to drink.

Still looking for fresh water.

Narrator: Three miles to the east in El bosque,

temperatures have already climbed

to 106 degrees fahrenheit.

[Bleep] Hot, man.

For the past three hours,

Shane has been building shelter

while Alana and Danielle rest in the stifling heat.

I got so much work to do I can't even think about it.

I don't want to sleep on the ground,

so a platform has to be made.

And of the three of us,

I'm the only one that can physically build it.

Oh, nice.

Do I think women are not as strong as men?

Sure. It's already been well-documented.

But I like being around women.

Take a break for a minute.

Slow down.

Okay. I'm taking a break.

I'm a guy.

I mean, let's face it.

You know, I'm a heterosexual male.

I want the attention of a female.

The only thing I really like about putting on a second deck

is because if I make a little triangle up there,

we can use it as a canopy.

That's the only reason why I want to, like,

methodically, slowly add pieces to that.

Think about how I want to get it accomplished.

Let my little a.D.D. Brain think about it.

[ Scoffs ] Even though I don't believe in a.D.H.D.

Were you diagnosed with it?

Yeah, they put me on ritalin

when I was like 6 years old.

Shane: I grew up without parents.

Spent 13 years in foster homes and boarding schools.

My chip on my shoulder is because

since I was 6 years old,

[bleep] On. I've been basically

I stopped taking it when I was like 9 or 10.

I told them I wasn't gonna take it anymore.

I don't give a [bleep] what you do to me.

What could you do to me? I was already incarcerated.

[ Scoffs ] What more could you do to me?

Been there, done that for days.

Yeah. Not quite, but damn near close.

I spent many, many, many days with no sneakers,

plastic handcuffs behind my back

with my face in a corner.

They'd cut them off and let me eat,

and put them right back on.

Dani b.: Alana and I click really well,

whereas Shane and I,

he's a little bit more difficult to adapt to.

I don't think he's mentally stable for this.

I was able to read my psychological file

when I was like 19 years old.

I should be a [bleep] serial killer,

reading that profile.

Alana: He almost seems proud of himself

when he says these things, like it's a badge of honor

to be this close to completely insane.

And I love people.

I do all kinds of things for people.

I don't like the human race.

I think it's the [bleep] worst thing

that's ever happened to the planet.

But at 40-whatever years old,

do you think there's a point

where you want to be happy?

I'm content with who I am.

I don't like the word happy.

But I'm totally content with who I am

and what my personality is and what my social circle is.

Alana: When I came out here,

I was concerned about the pit vipers and the jaguars.

No. I'm worried about Shane.

Narrator: At the southern edge of the Savannah,

the group of Alpha males is on the move.

Jeff: Oh, damn, it is hot.

Hakim: It sure is.

Narrator: Jeff, Hakim, and ej

have been searching for hours in the sweltering heat

for a safe place to build shelter.

I got to cool my body temperature off.

All we want to do is find water and build a shelter.

Ej: We're gonna be building shelter today,

so that's a physical activity that's gonna require us

to have a lot of fluids put back in us.

Whew!

Of course, we need to watch our dehydration.

Because out here, it'll sneak up on you.

Hakim: Hold up for a second, ej.

Yeah.

-Whew! -You doing all right?

[ Sighs ] Yeah, just need a breather.

Hakim: Colombia's a beast. The heat is killer out here.

The last challenge that I did, the 21-day challenge in India,

that was way different than this.

It was a colder environment.

This is heat-wave type of heat.

And it will suck the life right out of you.

Ej: How 'bout this space, though?

It's the best thing I've seen.

I feel good about this spot.

Jeff: Let's just hope we can find

narrator: In spite of the oppressive conditions,

Jeff, Hakim, and ej

have chosen to build a massive 200-square-foot shelter

rather than locate a clean source of drinking water.

Hyah!

Man, this is like a logging operation.

I'm gonna start hauling these ones over.

Ej: We just want to get this shelter done.

Sometimes really long-term, strong shelters

can take a bit of time.

Hakim: [ Coughs ]

Ej: The heat is just really our enemy right now.

Ej: We need to hydrate.

It's a sauna in here.

I think we're losing more than a pound a day.

-Yeah. -Right?

-Because of the sweat. -Yeah.

Colombia's no joke, man. Gives it to you.

I am burnt out, guys.

Got to get some water.

I know, man. I am feeling you.

Narrator: After 3.5 hours of work,

they've each lost 1,000 calories and a pound of body weight.

If you don't have fresh water in a place like this,

you'd probably be unconscious on day three.

You'd be dead.

Jeff: [ Sighs ] Damn, it is hot.

-Got to get some water. -I know, man.

I am feeling you.

Hakim: It's very concerning

that we continue to work really hard in this type of heat

with not enough water.

Narrator: Despite the oppressive heat,

Alpha males Jeff, Hakim, and ej

refuse to modify their ambitions.

They've been chopping lumber for four hours,

and they're not even halfway finished with their shelter.

Hakim: Just give me a second.

[ Groans ] -You all right?

Hakim: My whole body's cramping,

and especially my ab area,

and I just can't get myself out of it.

Well, let me go get some water.

Oh.

Jeff: Ej -- he's gonna find us water.

Me and Hakim, we're gonna continue to build our shelter.

[ Branches rustling ]

It's like pure torture, man.

Black palm, bare feet.

I can't even find a way through it.

When you get 40, 50 meters

into this swamp area where we're at,

you hit black palm.

See all this?

This is what's making it difficult.

I can't even -- I can't even find a way through it.

Narrator: Roca diablo is located in

the hottest part of the Savannah.

The only water here

is hidden deep within a forest of spiked black palm.

Ej?

Ej: Yeah.

I hit a huge wall of black palm.

It's like the black palm

doesn't want us to get to the water.

Ugh.

These cramps are so insane.

Jeff: If your legs cramp up on you...

-Yeah. -...You're effed, man.

Like, royally.

Jeff: Yeah, we've all had cramps, b

he's having these extreme, severe cramps.

All the muscles in his body just clench down,

and he's unable to move.

It's really debilitating.

So I'm worried about him.

[ Sighs ]

Narrator: Three miles to the north, I

Luke: Chris! Chris: Yo.

He's going towards the pond.

...Luke, Chris, and honora

are hunting for their first taste of protein in two days.

Yep, he's moving.

Hold on one second. Don't move.

I'll try to pin him if I can see him.

I see him, I see him, I see him!

He's right in front of me.

Oh, I see him. Right there.

So, once again, I'm gonna try to push him your way.

Ah, ah, ah, ah! Got him.

Honora: Sweet.

[ Sighs ]

There we go. There's lunch.

Nice. Nice.

Luke: People say, "no way in hell.

We would never be able to eat that."

But it tastes really good.

When you're hungry, it's very delicious.

We have our little fire stoked here, and we are having

an elegantly prepared giant cockroach.

Chris: Hors d'oeuvre?

And our main course is...A... Headless lizard.

Oh, my gosh, taste that. Oh, my god.

That tastes like butter.

-[ Laughs ] -Dinner tonight, lizard tail.

Luke: With three of us, definitely more mouths to feed.

I'm eating those bones.

So, a little bit more resource gathering

and things like that.

Hopefully get some protein every now and then

so that we can make it to day 40.

Narrator: Though they must split a 15-calorie cockroach

and a 90-calorie lizard three ways,

this meager dinner is by far the largest meal

they've consumed on the challenge.

Is that some -- some kind of organ thing.

Eva: Laura is over there.

She's all tucked in and sound asleep.

I'm tired, obviously.

The heat during the day takes its toll on me.

So, dehydration --

I mean, I'm suffering from it right now.

I feel it -- like, I'm still worked from the day

'cause I didn't drink nearly enough.

Eva: Water is so mandatory right now.

Laura: I know.

Narrator: After three days without water,

Laura and Eva have decided to drink from the murky river

to avoid crippling dehydration.

[Bleep] Water in me. Want to get this

but this water is full of bacteria

and other contaminants, and will need to be boiled.

For that, they need fire.

We're exhausted, we're dehydrated.

And if you don't have the energy left in you

to start that fire to boil that water,

I mean, it's a slippery slope.

Ow! [Bleep]

Damn it. Just split the fire board.

Right now, I just want to make sure

we get some water in us.

[ Sighs ] It's annoying.

That's a pisser.

Laura: I know.

Ow! [Bleep]

You okay? Damn. [Bleep]

Sharp blade. Yes.

Oh, yeah, it's wide open.

Oh, my god.

Just keep the pressure on it.

Holy [bleep] what the [bleep] just happened?

That cut is serious.

It is all the way to the bone.

And if we can't get the bleeding under control,

we're in trouble.

I can't [bleep] believe it.

Eva: Oh, my god.

Laura: Keep the pressure on it.

Narrator: After slashing her finger down to the bone,

Eva has tried in vain for two hours

to stop the bleeding.

Oh [bleep]

Concerned that the injury could be life-threatening,

producers call in a field medic.

Oh, god. Oh, god.

Laura: Oh, dude.

-Sutures? -Yeah.

Can we do that?

Narrator: Eva faces a dilemma.

She can risk infection and have her finger stitched

here in the bush without anesthetic,

or quit the challenge for good and go to the hospital.

Uh...

Okay, please. Stitch it up.

Laura: Stitches without anesthesia --

[ exhales sharply ] Oh, my god.

I don't want to, like, pass out and fall over backwards.

Laura: Ooh.

Ooh, now.

[ Breathes heavily ] Just breathe.

This is so hard-core, it's not even funny.

Piece of cake, right?

More than halfway there.

Ohh.

That's a rough one.

This pain is not as painful as tapping out.

[Bleep] That.

Seriously.

[ Sighs ]

Yeah, I cannot imagine how you're feeling right now.

Out here, it's scary enough getting a big, giant cut.

Far scarier would be having, like,

some festering abscess under my flap of skin.

I cannot chance getting any sort of infection

in any way, shape, or form.

It might end up being the end.

Laura: How are you feeling right now?

Narrator: It's been three days

since Dani entered the rio negro scrublands,

and she still hasn't found her potential partners,

Laura and Eva.

It's super hot,

and I can't afford to go for another day without water,

so I'm just gonna go dig a hole.

This isn't the safest method, but it's the best I got.

Narrator: Without fire,

Dani resorts to an alternative technique to purify water.

She digs a gypsy well next to a stream,

hoping the groundwater that seeps in

will be sufficiently filtered by the soil.

But this method may not remove deadly bacteria.

Dani j.: There's something sitting I don't like that.

That looks disgusting,

and, to be perfectly honest, it doesn't look 100% safe.

It's got something floating on the top.

I have to do something eventually.

I have to make a choice,

'cause otherwise I'm gonna get dehydrated,

and I'm gonna have to go home.

Don't get sick.

Smells like mud.

I hate mud.

Hate drinking mud, anyways, but that -- you know what?

That is not bad. That is not bad at all.

Oh, my god.

That's better than the tap water at home.

Hopefully, I'm fine in the morning.

I really don't want to get sick.

Sick isn't really an option right now.

So we get to here.

We'll have a little bit of a triangle.

We'll fill it in with some more rattan.

Jeff: And it's not gonna be 100% today,

but we can add to it

every couple days or something, you know?

It's the cramps?

Hakim: Yeah.

Narrator: After three days with little more than barrel cactus

to quench his thirst,

Hakim suffers from severe dehydration.

Jeff: What are your thoughts right now?

I'm afraid to think about it. Yeah.

Hakim: My body is just breaking down.

You know, I still got to live

and have a family and stuff after this, so...

It's a little scary.

Want us to give you some time alone?

I don't know if that'll do it.

I'm gonna give you my advice,

and I may regret it, but I think --

I think you should go 24 hours.

Yeah.

The chance of damage to your body is there,

but it's nothing like if you tried to push

for another week or something.

I mean... Not to take things too biblical,

but I feel like this is

the test for Jesus in the wilderness.

He got tempted three times, you know, um, to move off path.

24 hours it is, then.

Yeah.

I hope I don't live to regret giving him that advice.

[ Sniffles ]

Alana: Feel any better?

No, I was sick. I'm freezing now.

[ Sniffles ]

Like, just after walking,

I couldn't -- like, I can't see.

That's not good.

Dani b.: I have a pretty high fever,

a really bad headache, and just completely dizzy.

I'm definitely scared

that I won't be able to get my fever down.

Narrator: Riddled with bug bites,

Danielle contends with a fever

that her teammates struggle to remedy.

I just feel something's not right.

Having a fever out here isn't --

like, my body's not gonna cure itself

because we don't have much food.

It's just gonna get worse.

Shane: Danielle is not doing very well.

I really wanted to cut wood,

but I need her more than I need that [bleep] wood right now,

so I'm gonna try my best to find us some food.

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunts ]

I found a tree that has fruit.

I'm gonna go up in that mango tree

and get these fruit that are on there --

at least get Danielle some sugar

and see if she feels a little bit better.

See a lot of them up here.

Let's see if I can get up it.

[ Grunts ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

Oh, my god.

Dani j.: I got to start on the wall o which is great,

and, uh, the bark seems to be working.

I can see out of my right eye this morning.

Whoo!

Narrator: For Dani and her peers,

the struggle to survive never ends.

All 12 survivalists have taken on 21-day challenges

where they achieved expert-level primitive survival ratings,

or psrs.

With 40 days, they face a new challenge --

to achieve a sustainable existence as a group.

Each group will receive a "naked and afraid" xl rating,

or xlr.

Shane, Alana, and Danielle receive a score of 7.6.

The trio of Jeff, ej, and Hakim

starts with an xlr of 7.9.

Laura, Eva, and Dani begin with an 8.2.

And the combined skills of Chris, honora, and Luke

rate a 7.8.

As each group attempts to survive in the wild,

their xlr rating will be monitored

throughout the 40 days, if they make it.

Let's see if I can get up it.

[ Grunts ]

Come on.

Narrator: In an effort to find food

for his fading partner Danielle,

Shane tries to collect fruit

from the upper branches of a dangerously tall tree.

[Bleep]

I almost [bleep] had it.

[ Breathing heavily ]

Oh, lord, please.

Please, lord.

It's not even for me.

Please, lord.

[ Breathing heavily ]

Now, tell me that wasn't badass.

Who's the [bleep] man now?

[ Breathing heavily ]

I'm not selfish.

This wasn't about me, and that's why I prayed over it,

and that's why I had no fear of falling,

because it wasn't for me.

It wasn't my ego that did it.

It was me serving others.

All right, I'm being deadly serious right now.

These are an incredibly sugar-rooted, edible fruit.

Alana: Shane is definitely trying to prove something.

Maybe it's because he is with two women,

and he wants to show off,

but he definitely has an agenda for himself.

I'm gonna go cool down in the river for a few minutes,

and then I'm gonna go play with my bow.

Hakim: [ Coughs ]

Today wore us down completely, really beat us up.

I've been dealing with the heat

in not the most effective way,

and my body has just been cramping everywhere.

Don't like it.

Don't like having to deal with that.

I don't like having my team to deal with that.

[ Breathes heavily ]

Oof.

Every time I try to sit up, it's just like...

Ej: Can't do it.

Narrator: After 4 days with almost no water,

Hakim suffers from severe heat exhaustion.

If his condition continues to deteriorate,

he risks organ failure.

This thing's kicking my ass.

I mean, I am beyond dehydrated right now.

The way this thing is going on,

these cramps are so insane,

um, this is a whole 'nother level.

[ Whistles ]

[ Sighs ]

What muscle is it hitting now?

It's still right across here any time I try to sit up.

Right on your stomach. Yeah.

I respect your toughness, man.

Jeff: I'm worried about him.

I'm not just worried about his physical health,

but I'm worried about him --

you know, how he's doing mentally

because it sucks to even think about

tapping out of something like this.

If this is it, man,

like I said, I've got mad respect for you

like -- like you don't even know,

but, uh, I'd regret even more

if something happened, you know?

You're my brother. I respect you.

You know, you're a tough guy. I know that.

Nobody can take that away from you.

Whatever you decide, buddy, we're with you.

The ego in me says I just want to push through

and stay here until I die, you know?

And the other me says, "that's not very responsible."

And I could push through,

but I don't know what damage I'm doing to my body.

And so I'm gonna have to tap out.

Hakim: I've decided I have to go home, that I'm g

it's a tough decision for me.

Come here, man.

Take care, buddy.

When Hakim decided to tap out, it made things real.

Jeff: I didn't see this happening.

It made me think about a lot of things.

It made me think about the duration of this.

It made me think about

whether my mind and my body are capable to do this

and how important it is for our long-term survival

that we find the quickest source to water.

Our lives depend on it.

Hakim: To walk away from something like this

is not in my nature, and so I'm worried about me,

I'm worried about what could be going on internally.

Just the concept of not finishing the challenge

is very difficult for me.

Colombia's a beast, a stone-cold killer.

Narrator: This season on "naked and afraid xl"...

[ Jaguar growls and roars ]

Jeff: The strong will survive,

and the weak will fall by the wayside.

Whatever we find, we're killing it.

Ej: Look at the size.

I'd be lying if I say I wasn't concerned.

Jeff: [ Screams ] Ye-e-ah!

We're eating tonight, baby! Ya-a-y!

Shane: The 40-day challenge is past the maximum point

of what a human body can handle.

Aah!

Chris: I'm getting eaten alive by ants.

We have about a day or two before I start snapping.

What in the world?

Ej: What is this?

Jeff: All these people down here

all fighting for the same resources,

this could get wild.

[ Crying ] I'm feeling very attacked.

You've been bitching for an hour!

Laura: The things people are capable

that's what I'm scared of.

I'm saying we don't need your help.

Shane: We're gonna want to kill each other.

There will be blood.

Ughh!

Man: We're here!

Yes!