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00:00:01not only have i been a fan of the show but now i get to do a zoom with one
00:00:08of the people that
00:00:08kind of that got me inspired to do it you've been a fan but it's time i mean after this
00:00:15you're transitioning from fan to actual survivalist are you nervous yes i am nervous
00:00:20you gotta get rid of that hesitation is the difference between success and failure in this
00:00:25game you're gonna get hurt oh damn you just gotta be able to stick it out the other thing you
00:00:33need
00:00:33to do is you need to hydrate you don't hydrate you're gonna crash faster than diddy's career
00:00:39you're gonna have moments when you're gonna go this is not worth it
00:00:45we are if we cannot get the fire going but whatever you do stay away from pity parties for one
00:00:53nobody wants to see it nobody's coming to save you you're taking a one-way ticket to no man's land
00:01:00and there is no comeback i'm tired i'm hurting i'm done
00:01:21this is some next level and i really don't know what i just got myself into
00:01:26a week ago i was on my couch watching the show and now i'm on a truck in zambia africa
00:01:34as a fan i know i'm underestimated but don't ever underestimate a hairdresser they will cut you
00:01:48back in texas we don't have some of the predators that can eat you it's definitely intimidating
00:01:55it's time to nut up or shut up there's no more taking armchair notes
00:01:59come on let's go naked and afraid let's go
00:02:10oh i think this is my spot ready as i'll ever be
00:02:13i describe myself as a people person i am always caring about others doing for others
00:02:20i wear many many hats salon owner mom i am married with two beautiful children
00:02:27oh i'm gonna miss you so much baby
00:02:31in preparation of this challenge i've been mentored by my favorite naked and afraid legend
00:02:36kayla cummings i'm so excited to finally meet you
00:02:39oh my god we learned fire starting bow drills
00:02:44it's like it looks so good and i was even there to watch kayla make my blade that i'm taking
00:02:48into
00:02:49this challenge she is a badass and everybody knows it the fact that my skills are untested and i'm just
00:02:55a fan that does not faze me i'm gonna crush it here i come zambia
00:03:16it's about to get good the outdoors mean absolutely everything to me
00:03:27going out into the wilderness just taking in the air looking at nature
00:03:31desperate times these desperate measures
00:03:38it's absolutely everything
00:03:42let's go conquer africa
00:03:44my mental health journey i've been on antidepressants
00:03:47and different adhd medicine since i was 11
00:03:50my whole life i was depressed
00:03:54until about five years ago i found naked and afraid
00:03:57i've always found a sense of peace
00:03:59in the wilderness
00:04:00a calming and now i've taken it to the extreme
00:04:11hello hey how are you are you as excited as i am
00:04:15i'm crazy excited i can't even describe it
00:04:17i'm nicole i'm andrew
00:04:18a hug yes i want to be the hug i was wondering if you i'm a hugger
00:04:22i'm a hugger too i'll see so we have that in common
00:04:24i just met nicole and i'm excited to have her as my partner bright pink hair and this great
00:04:30smile good positive energy here so you're a fan
00:04:33is this uh you've seen a ton of episodes i'm sure
00:04:36is this what you thought it would be like absolutely not complete opposite
00:04:40yeah um the tall grass the green i just i don't know what i pictured but it wasn't this
00:04:45yeah yeah and i feel like every foot we take there's like something dangerous lurking
00:04:50stop looking at me saying he looked yeah we are not the top of the food chain anymore
00:04:54i'm ready for it you know so yeah so let's kick some ass
00:04:59i feel very comfortable already andrew is just like a teddy bear um i'm just feeling great about
00:05:06this 14 days and we're gonna rock it it's real now
00:05:11it's a real deal so i brought my hook and line yes oh i'm so excited yeah
00:05:20we're gonna eat this 14 days i love getting some food all right what you got well our beautiful
00:05:26knife here she's small but fierce yeah i think i have something else in here oh i am so happy
00:05:32to see this oh yes the pot so important yeah looks like you got a fire starter that's gonna
00:05:39come in handy too out here yes and we have the handy dandy map i've been waiting for this
00:05:45oh yeah where are you thinking so yeah we'll just head north and check this watering hole out there's
00:05:50looks like a change in terrain but there's plenty of wood water course and yeah resources and
00:05:55hopefully food can't wait can't wait let's do it let's make it happen let's do this let's roll
00:06:06super fans nicole and andrew will attempt to survive 14 days in zambia's luonga river valley
00:06:13a vast african wilderness which holds the highest concentration of carnivores in zambia
00:06:21here many of the continent's big game including elephants leopards lions nile crocs and hyena
00:06:33roam in the thorn-ridden grasslands the sub-saharan wasteland is now nearing the end of its long dry
00:06:41season with daytime temperatures approaching triple digits and suffocating humidity animals are gathering
00:06:48at dwindling water holes desperate for scarce water and resources
00:06:56uh big thorn bush here so be careful on both sides
00:07:01yeah they come out of nowhere huh yeah you kind of learn to look for them after they get you
00:07:05a couple
00:07:05times oh are you okay yep just got a thorn in the nipple i don't want another piercing today
00:07:16got some dropping some scat here uh i see an elephant track here which is crazy well they have
00:07:26the same thing in common as with us is they're uh i'm going to water i guess they're going to
00:07:30water
00:07:30yep we are literally in a zoo with no cage no borders yes yes welcome to africa
00:07:43i can definitely feel like the mugginess starting to come out a little well yeah i've never been
00:07:48this thirsty in my life but with the heat out here i've been nauseous all day the past 10 minutes
00:07:53i feel
00:07:53a little dizzy yeah it is hot i am sweating a ton i never knew just a few hours could
00:08:02drain you so much
00:08:08need water dehydration can kill you absolutely it's going to be critical to find a water source
00:08:15relatively soon with this heat and the sun beating on us um it's going to suck us dry really fast
00:08:21we got to be coming close yeah all signs point to we got to be getting close water i see
00:08:30water
00:08:31there's water so that's life all right so yeah there's plenty of water hopefully there's some
00:08:37some fish in here and one of those in crocs yeah i think i'm more worried about the big stuff
00:08:42that
00:08:43comes and drinks it yeah
00:08:56let's fill this guy up i'm feeling dehydrated i need some water i think we need to figure out what
00:09:02we want to do as far as a shelter and where we want to kind of put a base camp
00:09:05let's go look and see
00:09:08where we want to put our home
00:09:13maybe though we have predators here we see the tracks we don't have a lot of time but
00:09:16it is crucial to build a sturdy boma to make sure that when the predators too come around and they're
00:09:21they feel confident to be here that we're ready for them it looks like either oh i like this big
00:09:27time
00:09:27animal trails here right through i think if we block it off though i love the shade we're going to
00:09:34need
00:09:34that being so hot with the sun i think if we clear this out and we just kind of like
00:09:41uh we can use
00:09:43this as a lean-to later from the rain but and we can even just kind of bend those trees
00:09:48yeah all right
00:09:49i'm gonna get us some firewood i think start this fire get us some water going yeah let me just
00:09:56kind
00:09:56of get things going and oh yeah see how well i can do
00:10:02as a fan i have seen this moment so many times and the fact that i am sitting here doing
00:10:07this
00:10:07right now is just unreal
00:10:15start right up
00:10:29oh this brings me happiness
00:10:46already starting to feel a little nauseous from the track feel a little bit of a headache come on
00:10:52so i know water is crucial oh come on hold it in
00:11:01oh i try not to get sick here andrew oh no yeah i felt a little nauseous earlier and
00:11:06you want to sit down for a second and now i got better so
00:11:10you want to maybe feed this fire yeah i got you i got you
00:11:13worried about my partner getting sick right off the bat
00:11:19the insertion hike was incredibly draining i am already dehydrated that does not put me in a good
00:11:25state on day one you okay yeah feeling bad again take a break
00:11:53you're all right
00:11:59andrew and i underestimated what a hike in the heat with no clothes on can do
00:12:08so now that we know our limitations with that heat we're just going to have to work smarter
00:12:21our first pot of water here in africa
00:12:28it is crucial that i find
00:12:31the power in me to drink as much water as i can tonight to replenish what i've already lost
00:12:40yeah
00:12:42yeah oh that is amazing
00:12:45this is africa with the heat and the humidity the biggest concerns for surviving here are you know
00:12:51water water water uh make sure we've got that system in place and we have that
00:12:56all right all right good job you did that thank you
00:13:09we gotta finish this boma before it gets dark
00:13:14i don't want an animal creeping in at night
00:13:17because africa everything wants to kill you
00:13:23because i've watched episodes of africa i know the shelters that need to be made i know
00:13:28the resources that can be found here and how to find them as quickly and burn as less energy as
00:13:34possible to do so
00:13:43home sweet home
00:13:47how do you like that no it's great you're great we got this that's right
00:13:50hopefully we'll get a good night's sleep tonight and keep on going
00:14:07we made it through the first day
00:14:08out in the wild
00:14:10i have never done anything like this
00:14:13it's yeah it's insane
00:14:15we are cray cray but we're doing it
00:14:35our first night is in the books
00:14:38i'm gonna use the knife
00:14:44oh my god
00:14:46andrew scorpion grab that knife
00:14:48oh come back here where'd you go
00:14:51all right he's under there i didn't let him go but
00:14:57it's like a brown like a um probably about this big
00:15:01oh wow yeah it was a good size one
00:15:04wasn't one of the little small ones
00:15:09watch your hands though because he was running that way
00:15:13i've got to be careful his ass is venomous
00:15:15that's crazy to think that these are just sitting in our shelter
00:15:18and i was sleeping right there
00:15:19yeah
00:15:20a sting from a scorpion will take us out of the challenge
00:15:26oh my god if we cannot get him there is no way i'm sleeping here tonight
00:15:37i'll keep on the lookout
00:15:39i'll have a stick ready you still take the knife i'll have a stick ready and i'll get that son
00:15:44of a
00:15:44bitch we'll get him
00:15:45the scorpion and the boma that gives us a new unlocked fear
00:15:51i see him again i am not letting you go
00:15:54be careful nicole
00:15:57right here right here i got him
00:16:01all right so i'm gonna go ahead and just cut him in half
00:16:05and be done with it
00:16:06yeah and then we gotta get that tail
00:16:09yeah but i'll move him at least he's gonna die now
00:16:12scorpions can take you out that can be a game changer and end me real fast
00:16:17he was literally like right where your head was
00:16:19yeah so imagine getting stung in the head or on the face
00:16:21no we'd be like in serious pain or done
00:16:25yeah that'd be it
00:16:26just one something that simple that small
00:16:30change everything
00:16:44i think our plans are to get some stuff done
00:16:46and see if this is a protein source or not
00:16:49yeah i definitely think throw something out there just to see what we got
00:16:53and then while you do that i'll work on putting up a snare
00:16:56yes how's that
00:16:58this sounds good because if there's no protein source here then
00:17:01we got to reevaluate some things
00:17:03thinking of food you know right now with the heat and the humidity and all that
00:17:08you'll never have enough calories out here we have to try to get something
00:17:11we're going to hook up a trot line with a
00:17:14little bug at the end of it and with this one the idea is to
00:17:18the catfish is going to be swimming smelling trying to find something
00:17:21nasty to eat he'll come on to this
00:17:24chomp on it it'll be attached to the tree
00:17:27i've been fishing all throughout my whole life you know there's a lot of lakes
00:17:30and rivers where i come from so give me a body of water i'll catch fish
00:17:51all right so this is the muponi tree and i want some cordage from it my goal for today is
00:17:59to get as
00:17:59much cordage as i can set my snare now i'm gonna catch something
00:18:04i'm gonna work on some really like fine small weaved ones
00:18:08for more of the little game out here
00:18:17this muponi tree is definitely great for cordage like
00:18:22i can't get that off even if i wanted to um but it dries out very quickly so you want
00:18:29to just make
00:18:30sure that it stays moist until it's ready to be used i've never actually killed anything but out
00:18:36here it's survival so let's go let's do this i'm looking for the rabbits uh birds whatever small game
00:18:44they have here i just got to find their paths oh i think i found one i like all right
00:18:49so i have my noose
00:18:52right here okay and then i have my tree right here my anchor tree something small this will be fine
00:19:02a slipknot snare is used for trapping small game and birds when they enter the noose which is propped
00:19:08open with short sticks they become trapped as they struggle to get free this has got to work
00:19:15and now we hope for the best
00:19:24yeah so this is first time trying to score protein this is always a big moment if you can do
00:19:29it relatively
00:19:30easy or quickly then that's a game changer all right let's see moment of truth and oh god damn
00:19:43no bait but that means there's something here but i think that just means they're really really small
00:19:54and they're just picking the out of the bait and yeah that's disappointing
00:20:00i'm going to use the scorpion we caught for bait and then try again
00:20:19this towards your snare yes this is towards the snare
00:20:23the snare i think we're coming up on it we are on day three with no protein actually for the
00:20:30first
00:20:31day starting to feel that hunger feeling starting to get slower let's take a look here
00:20:39it just sucks nothing well that's disappointing because i'm gonna walk down there and check that line
00:20:46real fast yes
00:20:57nothing something nicked on it a small fish probably not big enough to take the hook
00:21:02so they sit there and peck at it until it's nothing left
00:21:11fish come out during the evening so what we're gonna do before bed we are gonna throw one out in
00:21:18the middle fish is gonna pick us up we're gonna throw that sucker in the middle of the pond
00:21:22and we're gonna get us a fish here we go let's go
00:21:31you got this friend
00:21:42we just put a snail on the line we're doing some active fishing over there if we can have dinner
00:21:49tonight tonight that would be a really really great win we need one of those
00:22:09you got this friend
00:22:19we knew this was gonna be hard so um but i'll be okay we're gonna push through
00:22:41we're in it together and we are just gonna keep on trucking
00:22:59okay definitely snake territory
00:23:02i would love to have some snake for lunch
00:23:06yesterday was the first day that i heard my stomach growl
00:23:08my body is definitely letting me know that i need food
00:23:11i just got bull nettle in the face oh it is tearing me up
00:23:17oh my goodness
00:23:19on our map it shows that there's another river body of water not too far from our little camp so
00:23:26we're going to see if there's any other source of proteins that may be beneficial
00:23:29we haven't had any luck in the pond done it for three days and found nothing so it's time to
00:23:34find
00:23:34something else oh you son of a
00:23:44hear that
00:23:45it's that elephant yeah it sounded big and sound like it's tearing up so we need to be careful
00:23:50i don't want to get trampled on
00:24:02all right look at this andrew oh this is great are these all elephant tracks something big and these
00:24:12are fresh these are fresh yep look at that that just goes to show how big those elephants are that's
00:24:18insane
00:24:27we need to keep our head on a swivel
00:24:38we need to keep our head on a swivel
00:24:40turn around there has to be fish in there there's already a little dam from the stream
00:24:45being pushed so hard yep and then past that is almost still water yeah they're gonna be in these pools
00:24:52here
00:24:55there are little baby frogs everywhere there's crickets it's just an endless supply of bait
00:25:03yep this is a great opportunity great chance new life potentially it's you could see to the bottom so
00:25:09it makes fishing and identifying that there's fish a lot easier than the stagnant mud hole that we were at
00:25:15i think i'm gonna work on a fish basket hopefully i can finally catch something we're gonna get him
00:25:24i know he's feeling a little down that he may not find anything but i'm feeling confident
00:25:33please jesus please just let this as soon as it hits the water somehow some way
00:25:39you bless me with this fish just let it just let it be finding food is is critical into so
00:25:45many points
00:25:46one my body's telling me andrew we're needing it it's four days since we've had a meal let's get
00:25:51something but also just the mental boost to say that you can do this that looks like that's just
00:25:54catfish heaven under there i'm gonna put some lines out trot lines we haven't had any luck on trot lines
00:26:01maybe that's the one this is ideal we have a perfect setup here for a fish basket and i i
00:26:12truly believe
00:26:13this can be my win and i really need one of those all right so you're gonna take one two
00:26:19three four
00:26:21five almost like in a little circle and you're gonna stick it into the mud then you're gonna take all
00:26:27five
00:26:28gather it to the top and then you're gonna take some like vines or saplings and you're gonna
00:26:35basket weave them throughout the whole thing what you end up with is a round basket that comes up to
00:26:41a cone then you make a smaller one and you put it inside fish can go in but they can't
00:26:47turn around
00:26:48and come back out they're in there it's gold i've failed at getting food it's something that i'm
00:26:58supposed to be good at it's getting very heartbreaking and frustrating right now um to
00:27:05try to hold it together knowing that nicole is counting on me
00:27:11seen a little catfish he didn't take the bait he's just kind of pecking at it he swam out of
00:27:16that
00:27:16hole though about four or five inches long it's time to nut up or shut up and get that fish
00:27:23he
00:27:23definitely is in there sit your big ass out there come on come on take it come on come on
00:27:31baby take
00:27:31this baby take it baby baby please take it come on come on take it come on
00:27:42yeah you got one yeah
00:27:45you got one yeah you got one yeah no don't come on
00:27:56come on come on come on
00:28:09come on are we having fish for lunch oh my goodness oh we are having fish i'm gonna get the
00:28:23fire ready
00:28:23this was so worth it all right this is a game changer africa had me on my knees questioning my
00:28:32abilities on if i could actually do this catch any fish been trying to do this for a couple days
00:28:37now
00:28:37and look what we got here big old catfish look at that bigger in my head i got a big
00:28:43old head look
00:28:44at that africa trying to tell me i can't fish look at that i can fish yeah son listen that
00:28:52sizzle you
00:28:53hear that just sizzling mm son look at that white meat look at how delicious yeah cheers cheers
00:29:05um that's good god
00:29:10what do you think oh my god i could cry this is so good it's just so juicy
00:29:18oh my gosh and you said you needed some protein you provided
00:29:28one of my biggest things that i wanted to do here was to first time in my life be proud
00:29:34of myself
00:29:35i came from this shy little boy battling depression and a purpose of existence this fish tells me that
00:29:43i deserve to be proud of myself i'm a good enough person to be proud of myself with what i've
00:29:48overcome
00:29:49in life but also even here a big victory today huge victory we caught us a fish bang that's some
00:29:57good
00:29:58stuff this trip over here was worth every minute i am so thankful and grateful we have a fish basket
00:30:06started he has a fish in his hand juicy i mean look at that just beautiful to me that is
00:30:12not a fan
00:30:13anymore we are survivalists and this is just what we needed to say we got this we know what we're
00:30:20doing mother nature provided that's right
00:30:35what the
00:30:51oh
00:31:03yeah
00:31:04I don't know if you want it.
00:31:26I am so happy this is done.
00:31:29You should be.
00:31:30It's a messy one, but it is going to work.
00:31:33I guess you want to hold it.
00:31:34Yeah, I'll hold it right there.
00:31:36I did it!
00:31:38You did it.
00:31:39It fits.
00:31:41Look at that.
00:31:42I did it.
00:31:42Look at that.
00:31:44Let's show the world.
00:31:46Last night was really tough with all the noises
00:31:48of the animals all night long.
00:31:50Andrew didn't sleep well.
00:31:52I didn't sleep well.
00:31:53But today is a new day.
00:31:55So we're going to catch some fish today.
00:32:00There we go.
00:32:01Yeah, right there, like that.
00:32:02That's what I'm talking about.
00:32:03Now we bring these in.
00:32:04The stream that we're in is set up perfectly for a fish basket.
00:32:09It had a natural dam, so we added to that.
00:32:11And we are forcing the fish to go into that basket.
00:32:16Come on, baby.
00:32:18There's going to be fish in there.
00:32:29OK, I did not want to lose any water.
00:32:35All right.
00:32:36Pour another one?
00:32:37No, no.
00:32:38I'm not thirsty, so.
00:32:40But I'll be OK.
00:32:41I'm going to go downstream and check those lines real fast.
00:32:47I wish he would drink more.
00:32:50This is Africa.
00:32:51It is hot, right?
00:32:52It's hot.
00:32:53It's humid.
00:32:53You can get dehydrated.
00:32:57He has not had water in like three hours, and I hand it to him.
00:33:03He takes a sip.
00:33:04But I can't force him to drink, so what do you do?
00:33:18It's a struggle.
00:33:19Yeah.
00:33:22Up and over.
00:33:23Mm-hmm.
00:33:25It's day seven.
00:33:26We're halfway through the challenge, and, you know, we're running on fumes.
00:33:32Right now, I bet you we are averaging, it'd be less than 100 calories a day.
00:33:37When we're used to eating, you know, 2,000.
00:33:42So the only way to get out of this thing is, we have to find fish.
00:33:46All right, fish trap, I know you're going to do fabulous.
00:33:53And...
00:33:55Nope.
00:33:56Not today.
00:33:57Nothing.
00:33:58Nothing?
00:34:00OK.
00:34:01Andrew and I have been busting ass, and I've been working real hard on providing.
00:34:07I'm a checklist person, and having the snare and the fish basket and all those on a checklist
00:34:15and nothing, like, checked, I feel like I'm not contributing.
00:34:20You're not bringing home anything, and, you know, it's frustrating to me.
00:34:25I just want a success.
00:34:28I want a win.
00:34:33Sun's starting to break through the trees up there.
00:34:35It's going to be hot.
00:34:38Oh, try some.
00:34:40It's delicious.
00:34:40Right now, I'm just, I'm not thirsty right now, so you know how I am with chugging.
00:34:45I'm not much of a chugger, because just doing that just makes me nauseous.
00:34:52I'm concerned about my partner.
00:34:54He definitely doesn't feel thirsty, so he doesn't think he needs to drink.
00:34:59That worries me.
00:35:01Dehydration is a danger out here.
00:35:03We both threw up on day one.
00:35:05I'm scared that at the rate that he's going, he is going to be in trouble.
00:35:10Yeah, I'm getting slower.
00:35:12I can feel it.
00:35:25This is a deep hole, too, and how the sun's shining on it might be pretty good fishing
00:35:31to change things up a little bit.
00:35:33Running low on energy, very, very low, getting kind of weak, getting harder to get up.
00:35:41So, when I exert myself, it does, it's just like breathtaking in a way, it just takes
00:35:49your breath away.
00:35:52A lot different look.
00:35:54I'm hurting.
00:35:55My body hurts.
00:35:56It feels like every joint in my body is wanting to poke out the sides, whether it's my elbows,
00:36:01shoulders, spine, ribs.
00:36:04I'm getting slower, getting kind of weak.
00:36:07I got them cat-like reflexes.
00:36:10Oh, .
00:36:13It's rough right now, and the water levels are dropping, which affects biting.
00:36:17And with our energy lowering and lowering, it's harder to throw that line out there.
00:36:22Maybe fish in here, there are, I'm sure, big enough to get on the hook.
00:36:25But they should have brought even smaller hooks.
00:36:28I guess their mouths are shaped smaller or something, but they are not wanting to take it.
00:36:46I'm tired of this .
00:36:48It's just frustrating, because this is supposed to be what I do.
00:36:51This is what, you know, I catch fish, but now when the on the line, I can't catch .
00:36:56I'm tired.
00:36:57I'm hurting.
00:36:58Maybe it's time to go home.
00:37:09I'm feeling kind of a little weak.
00:37:13Every joint in my body hurts.
00:37:15Bend my back.
00:37:15It's killing me.
00:37:16My legs have cramps.
00:37:17I'm starting creeping.
00:37:19I'm sorry you're not feeling fabulous.
00:37:21It's just real tired and kind of hard to get.
00:37:26You know, it's hard to think like there's a blanket over my brain or something.
00:37:31He needs to drink.
00:37:33I can see it on his face.
00:37:34It is essential for his body.
00:37:36He's already in probably stage three of dehydration.
00:37:42I am very concerned about you with water.
00:37:49Oh, yeah, I mean, I'm just frustrated right now.
00:37:52I mean, my brain ain't even thinking about it.
00:37:55I know, but do you mind if I say something and then just say if I'm out of line?
00:37:59Tell me anything you want.
00:38:01Your back hurt.
00:38:02Mine doesn't.
00:38:03Mm-hmm.
00:38:04Your calves hurt.
00:38:05Mine don't.
00:38:06Mm-hmm.
00:38:07You're not thirsty.
00:38:08I am.
00:38:09Yep.
00:38:09You're not sweating anymore.
00:38:11Yep.
00:38:13All of that is dehydration.
00:38:16It's going to take, and this is a fact, it takes triple the amount of water intake to
00:38:23get you back from dehydration.
00:38:25Whoa.
00:38:26I absolutely love Nicole.
00:38:28She's the greatest person.
00:38:29We take care of one another.
00:38:31We look out for one another.
00:38:32Hard-headed.
00:38:33I struggle accepting help, but this here, you have to.
00:38:37You know, if you don't accept the help and you let the ego get in the way, you're done.
00:38:42Look at you chugging.
00:38:52I think relatively close to the water, just how they were walking.
00:38:57Yeah.
00:38:58Their strides aren't very big, but they go in groups, so.
00:39:02We've been seeing the Egyptian geese walking along our pond, same path every day.
00:39:08Catching one of those geese will push us through till day 14.
00:39:13Okay.
00:39:13Yeah, I can see bird prints right there.
00:39:15Awesome.
00:39:16So, I was thinking, jab it in, and then put that snare right there.
00:39:22I came here with an idea of what I wanted to do, and I feel like I'm running out of
00:39:27time.
00:39:28I know I'm hard on myself, but I'm just disappointed in what I've brought to the table.
00:39:36I just want to be successful, and I want to be successful in the things that I've been working hard
00:39:42for, and it's so frustrating.
00:39:45You may let it stick up, so then it catches him a little bit.
00:39:48His foot gets in there.
00:39:50He can't, and he doesn't pick it up very high, drags it, tightens up around his foot, and he can't
00:39:54get off.
00:39:55I'm going to get something in my snares or my fish basket.
00:40:00I'm here to do that.
00:40:01I mean, that's all you can do.
00:40:13We got this day, Andrew.
00:40:15Oh, I know.
00:40:16It's just frustrating.
00:40:18I feel like my momentum has kind of hit a wall, you know?
00:40:21I'm exhausted from being out here.
00:40:24I'm really tired.
00:40:32Oh, my God, Andrew, I see a snake.
00:40:34Get that stick.
00:40:36Do you see it?
00:40:37Mm-mm.
00:40:39Oh, there he is up there.
00:40:41There's no chance.
00:40:42Damn, that's a baby black mama.
00:40:44Be careful.
00:40:45Come here, help me.
00:40:46All right, let's see.
00:40:50Come on.
00:40:53Where'd you go?
00:40:54Be careful, don't let him bite you.
00:40:54I know.
00:40:55Where'd you go?
00:40:56I just scared him, and I stirred up the mud.
00:40:59We got to get it.
00:41:01Andrew, do you see it?
00:41:02Mm-mm.
00:41:04Downstream.
00:41:05Yep.
00:41:06Nicole, that was your chance.
00:41:09I see a snake in the water.
00:41:15Perfect, perfect opportunity.
00:41:16He goes up the bank, and what do I do?
00:41:20I fling it back into the frickin' water like an idiot.
00:41:24The one snake we see in Africa.
00:41:28Mm-hmm.
00:41:29And try to .
00:41:32I just need a minute.
00:41:34So stupid.
00:41:35You're good.
00:41:36You're good.
00:41:36Go do what you gotta do.
00:41:38Like...
00:41:42All I had to do was take the side of the stick, place it on him.
00:41:47I had the knife in my hand.
00:41:48I could have just done it.
00:41:51But you're just so tired, and you don't think.
00:41:54But that was...
00:41:55We're so hungry.
00:41:59Oh, I'm so mad at myself.
00:42:04I'm disappointed.
00:42:07I have been...
00:42:08That's all I wanted to do here in Africa.
00:42:12I'm not gonna get that opportunity again.
00:42:21What she's feeling is the same thing I felt.
00:42:23And it felt like I was just this big, stupid-ass loser
00:42:27that talked all this stuff about how he could fish and survive
00:42:33and just to let my partner down.
00:42:36I have been putting in the freaking man hours.
00:42:41Sunup to sundown.
00:42:43I have not stopped.
00:42:47I've gotten nothing, nothing accomplished on my list.
00:42:51Nothing.
00:42:52And we only have four more days.
00:43:04Maybe I'm not a survivalist.
00:43:07Maybe I'm not supposed to be here.
00:43:21Maybe I'm not a survivalist.
00:43:24Maybe I'm not supposed to be here.
00:43:29Maybe I'm supposed to just go back doing hair.
00:43:33Need a little more time?
00:43:34Or can I come talk to you?
00:43:35You can come talk to me.
00:43:42Come here.
00:43:43Bring it in.
00:43:44Bring it in.
00:43:45Bring it in.
00:43:46It's gonna be okay.
00:43:47I'll get the frustration.
00:43:50It's give and take with me and Nicole.
00:43:52You know, when she's down and needing a boost, I'm there.
00:43:55And then whenever I'm down and need a boost, she's there.
00:43:59Who flings it back in the water?
00:44:01Who does that?
00:44:02I know.
00:44:02I know.
00:44:03I know.
00:44:05It's okay.
00:44:06I get it.
00:44:07And there's gonna be other opportunities.
00:44:09We have four days.
00:44:11We have four days.
00:44:11We waited 10 days to see a snake.
00:44:14Okay.
00:44:15I know.
00:44:17I'm good at what I do.
00:44:20And I don't even have the time to prove it.
00:44:26But this is our first 10 days ever being in an environment like this.
00:44:30There's a lot of trials and errors.
00:44:32And you have a right to feel how you feel.
00:44:34You have that right.
00:44:35But do not undermine what you've done, what you've accomplished.
00:44:38Yeah, we've got four days left.
00:44:40But there's a lot of things that can still happen.
00:44:42Africa, it knocks you on your ass real fast.
00:44:45So my message to Nicole, to know that it wasn't catastrophic.
00:44:49It's okay.
00:44:50You'll be fine.
00:44:51Just keep pushing.
00:44:52We turn that page and we move on from it.
00:44:56Okay.
00:44:57In my daily life, I've never failed anything.
00:45:01At home, I'm this confident mentor, boss lady, mom.
00:45:06I'm the one with all the answers.
00:45:08I'm the one people go to.
00:45:09My self-esteem is lower than I've ever felt before.
00:45:14But Africa has showed me that I am hard on myself.
00:45:17And I got to give myself some credit.
00:45:20At least I'm still trying.
00:45:22And I won't stop that till the end.
00:45:35We have to secure protein.
00:45:38I'm going to catch as many frogs as I need to.
00:45:41And I am just going to fish the day away.
00:45:43I just want a success.
00:45:46I want a win.
00:45:48I came out here to be that savage warrior princess.
00:45:53Gonna get fish.
00:45:54Gonna get fish.
00:45:55Trying to catch one last frog for bait.
00:45:59I'm just here to support you.
00:46:02Oh, that's a big one.
00:46:05Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:46:09Ah, dah, dah, dah, dah.
00:46:11No.
00:46:12Oh, you jerk off.
00:46:16I have not been able to secure food.
00:46:18Nothing has been successful yet.
00:46:20But it's on like overdrive now.
00:46:26Got him.
00:46:27I'm going.
00:46:29Balls to the wall.
00:46:31And just give it my all.
00:46:35You okay?
00:46:36Yeah, just really tired.
00:46:38Wish we could get some protein.
00:46:39But I just don't think it's likely.
00:46:41Until for me, it's kind of preserve what protein I've got left.
00:46:46And hopefully I can not fight it.
00:46:48Step up for the team when we need it the most.
00:46:51I'm discouraged because the water levels are dropping,
00:46:54which affects biting.
00:46:56Very iffy on whether we're going to get anything today, you know?
00:46:59It seemed like a lot of the fish are probably moving downstream.
00:47:02This is the deepest part of the pond.
00:47:21There you go.
00:47:22There you go.
00:47:23Get in here.
00:47:24Oh.
00:47:25Here we go.
00:47:26Here we go.
00:47:26Oh, you want me to do it?
00:47:27Yeah.
00:47:28Sorry, I thought I never scream.
00:47:29I hate the people who scream.
00:47:31I got freaking lunch.
00:47:35There you go.
00:47:37I just caught a fish.
00:47:39This is so important.
00:47:41The morale is going to be so much better.
00:47:43We really, really needed this.
00:47:45I could cry right now.
00:47:47I literally just...
00:47:48There you go.
00:47:49You did amazing.
00:47:50We needed you and you did it.
00:47:53And I really needed this.
00:47:54Oh, I love it for you.
00:47:56I'm glad this happened for you.
00:47:57This is amazing.
00:47:59Today, she had the goal.
00:48:00She wanted to catch a fish.
00:48:01She wanted to get protein.
00:48:02And she teared up and was very emotional about it
00:48:05because her big thing has been she doesn't contribute.
00:48:09And for her to catch that fish, it was very overwhelming for her.
00:48:12And I'm very proud of her for her to be able to do that and feel that way.
00:48:16Whenever we needed it the most, one of us delivers.
00:48:19Every time.
00:48:20Every time.
00:48:20Mm-hmm.
00:48:22I couldn't have asked for a better partner.
00:48:24I couldn't have either.
00:48:25I mean, I couldn't have wrote it.
00:48:26If I had a script to write it, I couldn't have done it.
00:48:28I couldn't have done it any better myself.
00:48:30This has been a crazy ride.
00:48:34It has.
00:48:46Got it?
00:48:47Yeah.
00:48:48Whoop, whoop.
00:48:50All righty.
00:48:51All right.
00:48:52So we'll cook this guy.
00:48:54Yummy.
00:48:55I could have called it quits, but I didn't.
00:48:58I'm so proud of myself.
00:49:00I knew I can do it when we needed it most.
00:49:02And I am so ecstatic right now.
00:49:05All righty.
00:49:07Mm, I'm so excited.
00:49:10Oh, I'm so thankful for this right now.
00:49:13Mm, mm, mm.
00:49:15Mm.
00:49:19Oh, my God.
00:49:22Mm.
00:49:23Mm.
00:49:23Damn that good.
00:49:24Yeah.
00:49:27I'm picking every damn thing off this thing.
00:49:30It's been a real struggle to catch fish and just any food in general.
00:49:34You know, the struggle's real out here.
00:49:49So, I mean, right now, both of us are very sluggish.
00:49:53And there was a fish.
00:49:54There was lunch.
00:49:55But it's just exhausting out here.
00:49:57You underestimate it when you're watching the show.
00:49:59It's just everything takes energy to just do anything.
00:50:06Of course, we all want the big wins, but sometimes the small ones are what make us.
00:50:11You know, foraging is just the last chance to really secure food to get ready for extraction.
00:50:17And I would love to be able to get that win for both of us.
00:50:22Aha.
00:50:23Yes.
00:50:25Andrew.
00:50:26Hey.
00:50:27Found monkey fingers.
00:50:28There you go.
00:50:30Pick the hell out of them.
00:50:31How many you got?
00:50:33Oh, made my day.
00:50:34Made my day.
00:50:35Bunch of them.
00:50:36Yes.
00:50:37Do you need help?
00:50:38Yeah.
00:50:41I'm going to try to get as much as I can.
00:50:43Oh, this is great.
00:50:48Oh, I see some over here.
00:50:50Perfect.
00:50:52Some here.
00:50:53Ah!
00:50:55This is pure joy right here.
00:50:58Oh, they look so ripe and delicious.
00:51:02We have an abundance of monkey fingers.
00:51:07This is exactly what I needed.
00:51:09All right.
00:51:10You got them all?
00:51:11Yep.
00:51:11I'm just going to pop one.
00:51:14Ready to head back?
00:51:17Mm-hmm.
00:51:18All right.
00:51:18Let's roll.
00:51:20Mm.
00:51:21Out here on Naked and Afraid, you don't have a ribeye steak on your table.
00:51:26Mm.
00:51:27They're good.
00:51:27That's a boost.
00:51:28Mm.
00:51:29Mm.
00:51:30That's what I'm talking about.
00:51:32And here I am with a smile on my face, tasting new food, monkey fingers.
00:51:36It doesn't have a whole lot of calories to it, but it's going to help us in the long run.
00:51:41Mm.
00:51:54What the .
00:51:55God damn.
00:51:57What is that?
00:51:58I don't know.
00:52:00It's big.
00:52:38You always have to be on the slow.
00:52:40Can't get cozy here.
00:52:41Sure can.
00:52:55Last night was rough.
00:52:56Last night was a zoo.
00:52:59We heard all the animals, hyenas, elephants, hippos,
00:53:04a water buffalo I'm sure of.
00:53:07It was insane, all in the same watering hole
00:53:09and just feet from our boma.
00:53:12All right.
00:53:14All right, Andrew.
00:53:16We are going to get bait.
00:53:19Yep.
00:53:20All right.
00:53:23I'm really, really feeling good about the fishing.
00:53:28To make extraction, we really need that energy
00:53:31and that nutrition to get out of here safely.
00:53:36So hopefully we get another one to get a little bit more.
00:53:39Maybe a grasshopper will land on you again.
00:53:41Mm-hmm.
00:53:46Oh, my God.
00:53:49Oh, my goodness, elephants.
00:53:57Oh, my God.
00:54:01Oh, my goodness, elephants.
00:54:06Insane.
00:54:20Elephants are just so majestic.
00:54:22But it's big.
00:54:24It's scary.
00:54:25It's starting to become an issue.
00:54:27There's danger around every corner.
00:54:31Oh, my God.
00:54:34Don't get us going to stay.
00:54:37Oh, my God.
00:54:41I cannot just explain what just happened.
00:54:44My heart is like, I got to calm down.
00:54:49I can't.
00:54:50I can't.
00:54:50In recent days, local herds have been encroaching
00:54:53on Nicole and Andrew's location.
00:54:55Elephants remember smells and people.
00:54:57If an elephant feels their territory is being invaded,
00:55:00they will perceive it as a threat,
00:55:02which would trigger a deadly charge.
00:55:06I'm going to show you all something.
00:55:10That is an elephant.
00:55:16And that is our obama, which is right there.
00:55:23All these tracks.
00:55:24So the threat in this show is very, very real.
00:55:27It doesn't get any realer than this, you know.
00:55:31Anybody think, oh, it's stage, it's this, it's that?
00:55:34Mm-mm.
00:55:35That's real .
00:55:35That is a real .
00:55:42That is a real .
00:55:46You're now a PGt-CH.
00:55:59We've never met.
00:56:12What did you do?
00:56:12We got sp asta-
00:56:21I don't know what to do, but I don't know what to do.
00:56:45There's a damn force is falling down.
00:56:49I think what they do, there's a bone that they stepped on.
00:56:52I mean, we're encouraged in this thing.
00:56:57The real thing just goes around us.
00:57:00Fire!
00:57:05Fire!
00:57:05Fire!
00:57:07I really want to get some sleep tonight.
00:57:13I don't think I'm going to get that sleep that way.
00:57:43There's some lightning and thunder over the hills.
00:57:48The storm is like super, super close to us.
00:57:52I just felt a raindrop.
00:57:53The wind is shifting.
00:57:58Kind of freaking out a little.
00:58:05It's cold.
00:58:06All right, so we're kind of in a spot right now.
00:58:10Lightning from 1130 up to 30ish.
00:58:15It's all light.
00:58:17And Nicole's worst fear is being wet and cold.
00:58:20We have a little canopy, but that doesn't matter if it's a complete torrential downpour with lightning.
00:58:31And I hear the hyenas in the background.
00:58:35But that's the crazy part is they're the least of our worries right now.
00:58:38No.
00:58:39I'd rather be surrounded by hyenas than this.
00:58:43This is like one of my worst nightmares.
00:59:07We go from elephant to having my worst fear.
00:59:12Wet and cold.
00:59:14Africa has not let me down.
00:59:30Everything is wet right now, but we have been able to save our fire in a downpour rain.
00:59:37So I think that is a win.
00:59:40Our feet was getting covered with...
00:59:42It was a pond in here.
00:59:43Yeah, it was getting to be a pond.
00:59:45And most people may not believe it and be like,
00:59:47Oh, it didn't rain that damn hard.
00:59:49If they still got a fire going like that.
00:59:50Oh no, it rained that hard.
00:59:52We made it, but it sucked.
00:59:57Crazy, crazy morning.
00:59:59An elephant was 10 feet away from us.
01:00:03There's big animals here that could hurt us.
01:00:06I know we're getting closer to extraction.
01:00:10Do you want to have that convo?
01:00:13Maybe more beneficiary to us to try to go a little ways, build a temporary boma and...
01:00:20Do it in two?
01:00:21Do it in two days.
01:00:22We just have to be careful because we don't know the area and watch for predators.
01:00:26Yeah.
01:00:27So I think it'd be a good idea.
01:00:28Let's do it a two day trip.
01:00:30All right.
01:00:30So, yeah.
01:00:31Mm-hmm.
01:00:32I agree.
01:00:33All right.
01:00:35Elephants are getting closer.
01:00:36It's time to move on.
01:00:38I did not work this hard just to fail my extraction.
01:00:42So you're a hundred percent.
01:00:43We're leaving today?
01:00:44Not a doubt in my mind.
01:00:45All right.
01:00:46You?
01:00:46A hundred percent.
01:00:47All right.
01:00:49Let's do this.
01:00:50Let's open this boma.
01:00:50All right.
01:00:51Africa's not letting us out easy.
01:00:53You know, she's going to throw every punch she can before we go down.
01:00:56You just keep rolling with the punches.
01:00:58All right.
01:00:59So we're here.
01:01:00Mm-hmm.
01:01:01Extraction is there.
01:01:02Mm-hmm.
01:01:02We just walk as far as we can safely and figure out the best spot to stop at.
01:01:08That's right.
01:01:09I don't see any, like, super sweet spots.
01:01:14So I guess it's whatever we think we can handle and go from there.
01:01:18After 13 days in Zambia's Luanga River Valley, Nicole and Andrew have decided to begin their
01:01:24extraction one day early due to the threat of local elephant herds encroaching on their
01:01:28location.
01:01:29To reach their extraction point in the next two days, they'll face a six-mile trek through
01:01:34dense forest along steep creek-side drop-offs, stopping midway to shelter overnight.
01:01:41Definitely don't want to exert a lot of energy building the boma.
01:01:44So we need this to be already almost built for us.
01:01:49Absolutely.
01:01:49I had a little freak-out session last night because the elephants came through.
01:01:54I was confident in the boma we built for protection, but they can come really close,
01:01:59and it is a dangerous situation.
01:02:02Our first priority is to protect this fire.
01:02:04We'll get us a coal real fast.
01:02:06All right.
01:02:06And some of these are soaked and still burning.
01:02:10Go us.
01:02:11We're going to get this big coal here because it is wet and we may need it to help us
01:02:16get
01:02:16our fire done.
01:02:17Absolutely.
01:02:17We'll get one more just to be safe.
01:02:19Yeah, get that.
01:02:20Yep.
01:02:21Yeah, that'll be perfect.
01:02:22There we go.
01:02:23All right.
01:02:24Well, let's get this show on the road.
01:02:26Careful, it's slippery.
01:02:27Mm-hmm.
01:02:28Bye, boma.
01:02:30Got to get it going.
01:02:32Some people I see on the fan Facebook pages, they say, oh, Africa's one of the easier
01:02:39spots.
01:02:40No.
01:02:41Big fat lie.
01:02:42Nope.
01:02:43Nope.
01:02:44Nope.
01:02:44You're wrong.
01:02:45Africa's hard.
01:02:46Be careful.
01:02:48Of course, we just went through the mud with footing.
01:02:51Yeah, that was tough.
01:02:52You know, I don't want to break an ankle.
01:02:53It's so slippery.
01:02:54But also, it could be that snakes and other things could be on the move too, so we've
01:03:01got to be mindful of that.
01:03:03All right.
01:03:04You've got to keep your head on a swivel because, I mean, you don't know what's hunting
01:03:07you.
01:03:07You know, it's tall grass, snakes, lions could be in there.
01:03:11I mean, it's ridiculous of all the different things that could get you and you can't see
01:03:15them.
01:03:16I hope that the weather stays like this.
01:03:18Yes.
01:03:19Because the sun is not going to be our friend.
01:03:23No.
01:03:24Especially, we got a little late start because of that storm.
01:03:27Yeah.
01:03:39Lean back and let your staff be your extra foot.
01:03:42Jab it and kind of lean on it a little bit and put that weight on them heels so if
01:03:47you
01:03:47do fall, you fall backwards instead of on your face.
01:03:50Extraction is taking a toll on the body right now.
01:03:52The feet with new thorns, grass whipping across my legs, opening up wounds, a little razor
01:03:57grass, the bugs biting.
01:04:00This trek is harder than what we did coming in.
01:04:03Oh, yeah.
01:04:04I mean, absolutely.
01:04:06I'm so glad we didn't do this all in one day, Andrew.
01:04:09Me too.
01:04:11The river that we are on, it is muddy.
01:04:13It is wet.
01:04:15I am shivering.
01:04:16I'm cold.
01:04:17So I think right here is the closest clearing we are going to get.
01:04:21A lot of critters have been crossing, so if the critters say it's okay, then...
01:04:26All right.
01:04:26I'm a little nervous about crossing this, Andrew.
01:04:29Mud is not my friend.
01:04:30Okay.
01:04:31Damn critters.
01:04:32Be real careful and watch them ankles.
01:04:33Do not roll an ankle.
01:04:35And use your stick as like a third leg.
01:04:39Okay.
01:04:41And if you fall, fall backwards.
01:04:43I'm going to go sideways.
01:04:45Let's see.
01:04:47That is not my forte.
01:04:50Okay.
01:04:51I'm sorry.
01:04:51I'm being a baby about this.
01:04:52You're fine.
01:04:53You be safety first.
01:04:54Don't roll no ankle.
01:04:58There you go.
01:04:58Dig them feet and dig them toes in that ground.
01:05:01Use that staff.
01:05:02You're going to use that staff.
01:05:03All right.
01:05:04Okay.
01:05:04All right.
01:05:06All right.
01:05:06Now, the next challenge is going across here carefully.
01:05:09You ain't going to see no croc in that, you know, and other snakes that are moving because
01:05:13they got washed out.
01:05:14So here we go.
01:05:15You ready?
01:05:16Use your staff as a third leg.
01:05:17All right.
01:05:19But do not let the point get past any part of your head.
01:05:23So that if you fall, it won't stab you.
01:05:27I suck at this part.
01:05:30The terrain, it's treacherous.
01:05:32It's a challenge and very difficult, but the only way out is through.
01:05:36I suppose it's that light at the end of the tunnel that this is almost over.
01:05:40And it gives that body, those feet, just a little bit more unk.
01:05:44All right.
01:05:44Be careful.
01:05:45It's getting steep again.
01:05:47I thought you were prepared for everything.
01:05:53Made it to the bottom.
01:05:56Damn.
01:05:56You okay?
01:05:57Yeah.
01:05:58Of course, at the big-ass hill, I'm fine.
01:06:00And the little one gets you.
01:06:02Yeah.
01:06:02Not my coal.
01:06:03My coal.
01:06:06They're out, so we're about to start a fire from scratch.
01:06:10And that's unfortunate because everything's so wet.
01:06:14It's just going to be a little harder.
01:06:16Yeah.
01:06:17If we can't get fire, we won't have water for the rest of this extraction.
01:06:20It makes me a little nervous.
01:06:30I feel like we're halfway.
01:06:32It's a good time to look at, see if this will be a spot for our-
01:06:36Oh.
01:06:37To spend the night.
01:06:39Something small, something easy, as little energy as possible to make.
01:06:45Somewhere in here would be good.
01:06:47I mean, we have coverage from the rain if it rains a little bit.
01:06:51Build it in this area here.
01:06:53Circle it here.
01:06:55This tree here helps us not need as much material.
01:06:58Okay.
01:06:59And then you circle it back around, back to that tree.
01:07:03And then now we've got to build fire.
01:07:05Yeah.
01:07:06In this very humid, wet environment.
01:07:11Okay.
01:07:12Yeah.
01:07:12Let's make it happen.
01:07:17But anything's somewhat dry, even if it has thorns, I'm putting out here.
01:07:24It takes a little bit of energy building another Bulma.
01:07:27It's too early to tell if it's a good payoff or if it's a gamble that'll cost us.
01:07:33I'm already tired.
01:07:34I'm already hungry.
01:07:34This could be the end of us because of dehydration or burning calories.
01:07:39The biggest risk is not making extraction.
01:07:41I just hope we can get us a fire started.
01:07:44We need to get some water going.
01:07:46All right.
01:07:47Some of this has thorns, but it's super dry.
01:07:50Mm-hmm.
01:07:50The sun's going down.
01:07:52Time is of the essence.
01:07:54We are building a Bulma, collecting firewood, starting a fire.
01:07:59All of that is going to exert energy.
01:08:19And we're going to get so much magnesium.
01:08:23We're going to use that really, really dry leaf.
01:08:27Our plan was to bring a coal.
01:08:29That failed.
01:08:30So we've had to start from scratch, start a brand new fire just like we did on day one.
01:08:34We are if we cannot get the fire going.
01:08:37It's not just water, but even the predators keep them away.
01:08:48All right.
01:08:50All right.
01:08:51Mm-hmm.
01:08:52We have fire.
01:08:53We have fire.
01:08:56Fire.
01:08:57Now we just got to keep it together.
01:09:01All right.
01:09:02Oh .
01:09:03It's like.
01:09:05All right.
01:09:05I got to go find smaller pieces.
01:09:07That scares me.
01:09:09It's like already almost out.
01:09:11Yep.
01:09:11It burned all the small stuff and all the big stuff.
01:09:13Just they don't want to take because it's so wet.
01:09:16Yeah.
01:09:17We got to keep that going.
01:09:20All right.
01:09:20This one's dry.
01:09:21It has green, but like it's almost out.
01:09:24We have to get this back.
01:09:26We cannot let that happen again.
01:09:35I don't know.
01:09:36You sure this green stuff good?
01:09:38I mean, it's burning, so any of this will work.
01:09:41Yeah.
01:09:41But I mean, look at that.
01:09:42What you just gathered, it's soaking wet, you know, so.
01:09:45But it's burning, so.
01:09:46Well, not that one.
01:09:47It's these little things that are burning.
01:09:49The hard stuff that we have on here is not.
01:09:52I got water sizzling and boiling out one of these because it's so saturated.
01:09:59Very frustrated with Andrew.
01:10:00I don't know if it's because he genuinely wants to help or if it's he wants to outdo me.
01:10:08I'm not sure.
01:10:09We're not outdoing each other.
01:10:10We're just here to survive.
01:10:12Because right now, none of the stuff that we've got is usable other than this little stuff
01:10:16unless we can get this stuff to dry out within the next couple of minutes.
01:10:20Because the stuff that's being gathered is very, very, very wet.
01:10:24She's just throwing wet, green wood on the fire and is going to kill it.
01:10:27I mean, it was hard enough to light because we don't have a cold.
01:10:31She might as well be throwing water on it.
01:10:33I don't get it.
01:10:34I'm thirsty.
01:10:36No, I know.
01:10:37I'm worried.
01:10:37I'm not trying to be mean.
01:10:39I just, like, this is literally like that.
01:10:41No, there's nothing to be mean about.
01:10:43It's just, I'm just simply stating is that everything that you're bringing is soaking wet,
01:10:47which is everything.
01:10:48But it's burning.
01:10:48So we have to try to dry it out.
01:10:49This is not usable stuff.
01:10:52We came here with no water.
01:10:53This could be the end of us if we cannot stay positive and keep our heads together and get this
01:10:57fire starting.
01:10:58Like, we can't just not put something on it because it's wet.
01:11:01I mean, you want to throw some of this wet stuff on it and see what happens?
01:11:04We can put one at least, a smaller one, just to, like, start it.
01:11:06Okay, let's throw this big wet one.
01:11:07Let's throw this wet one on here and see what happens.
01:11:12Don't be a dick about it and, like, smother it.
01:11:20You know, so we're on our extraction walk and, uh, as fans, you know, you're watching the show,
01:11:24you're watching your survivalist, and, uh, you don't think about the crew.
01:11:26Who's up? Who's up?
01:11:28Take it slow and be careful, okay?
01:11:30They go through the same crap as we do.
01:11:32The same nasty mud, slick mud.
01:11:34Holy .
01:11:35Here I go.
01:11:42I'm gonna fall.
01:11:43You're sliding.
01:11:44I believe in you, Phil.
01:11:45You're definitely sliding.
01:11:46Oh.
01:11:47Technique.
01:11:48Oh!
01:11:48Oh!
01:11:49Silver surfer!
01:11:50Oh!
01:11:52Yeah, so, stand here.
01:11:53You just gotta commit to it.
01:11:55Oh!
01:11:58Send it.
01:12:00Okay.
01:12:02Woo!
01:12:04They're in it with us.
01:12:05So, you got to see how they did.
01:12:07There they are.
01:12:09One big family.
01:12:12I mean, you wanna throw some of this wet stuff on it and see what happens?
01:12:15We can put one, at least, the smaller one, just to, like, start it.
01:12:17Okay, let's throw this big wet one.
01:12:18Let's throw this wet one on here and see what happens.
01:12:21Don't be a dick about it and, like, smother it.
01:12:24No.
01:12:25No.
01:12:25We're gonna set it right next to it and that's how it'll go.
01:12:43It's looking better.
01:12:45It's getting there and I can hear it boiling more and more, um, water out of these logs.
01:12:53I thought we might be screwed, but in my frustration, dumping that big pile of wood on top heated up
01:12:57the fire enough to get a big chunk of it to at night.
01:13:01Listen, I'm sorry.
01:13:03I'm thirsty.
01:13:04No, I know.
01:13:05I'm worried.
01:13:06I know, but, I mean, I'm not criticizing or anything.
01:13:10I feel the same emotions as you.
01:13:15I shouldn't have reacted that way.
01:13:17It was not your fault at all.
01:13:19Um, if I had an issue, I should have just said, hey, Andrew, this is how I'm feeling.
01:13:25And I didn't do that and I took it out on you and that wasn't fair.
01:13:29Yeah.
01:13:29So, I really do apologize and that should not have happened.
01:13:33No, it's all good.
01:13:34I'm not worried about it either way.
01:13:36I just...
01:13:36It's just not fair though.
01:13:38Yeah.
01:13:39No, it's all good.
01:13:39I ain't worried about it.
01:13:41You forgive me?
01:13:42I forgive you.
01:13:42There wasn't nothing to forgive.
01:13:44I was already, you know, no big deal with it.
01:13:48Andrew, thank you.
01:13:50Thank you for being kind, caring, a true Southern gentleman.
01:13:55Even at my worst, we were able to communicate and that just means the world to me.
01:13:59I could not have asked for a better partner.
01:14:02You got to finish it out strong because this is it.
01:14:05We're...
01:14:05And we've been a team from the beginning and we're doing it together.
01:14:09We only have each other's best interest at heart.
01:14:12Something out here that I learned is that you got to give a little, take a little.
01:14:15And I'm so thankful that I have Nicole with me on this journey.
01:14:18She's a bright spot to this world.
01:14:20You know, she's...
01:14:21You know, the world's better with her.
01:14:22And I got me a new best friend.
01:14:25We got this.
01:14:26Yep.
01:14:26We just got a few more hours then we go to sleep and have to do this long, long hike
01:14:34and get the hell out of Africa.
01:14:47We're skinny, we're tired, we're weak.
01:14:51And, you know, just even seeing that elephant so close and personal even takes a lot of energy.
01:14:58So to take two days of travel, build another boma, start another fire, it's definitely a risk.
01:15:06Hasn't been done.
01:15:08I couldn't think of it, but...
01:15:09On a fan challenge.
01:15:10On a fan challenge.
01:15:13We got this though.
01:15:15We can do this.
01:15:16And you go out smiling.
01:15:20I'm ready to go home.
01:15:22I'm ready to eat.
01:15:24I'm ready to see my family.
01:15:41Andrew.
01:15:42Yes.
01:15:43It is day 14.
01:15:46Yes.
01:15:46I mean, it felt like the longest night of my life.
01:15:50I think part of that was just being anxious for being today's day 14.
01:15:54Everything we've endured, everything we've learned comes to play right now.
01:15:57It's time to put it all together, all the pieces together for one final showdown between us and Africa
01:16:03to show that we're going to win it here in the end.
01:16:05This is it.
01:16:08Wow.
01:16:10Woo.
01:16:12All right.
01:16:13Let's do this.
01:16:14Mm-hmm.
01:16:17I cannot believe we almost completed a 14-day experience in Zambia, Africa.
01:16:25I know.
01:16:27This is probably the weakest I have felt in 14 days.
01:16:32These lions, they definitely lurk on prey that are weak.
01:16:37Mm-hmm.
01:16:37And we are weak.
01:16:38And we are slow.
01:16:39Yep.
01:16:40Just got to be very, very careful.
01:16:49We still going the right way?
01:16:51Oh, yeah.
01:16:52Remember, trust me.
01:16:53Trust's unconditional.
01:16:55I got us.
01:16:56All right.
01:16:56We're following the stream, and that's what the map says to do.
01:17:01This could be like super snake area, especially hiding from the rain.
01:17:07Yep.
01:17:12You hear that?
01:17:14Yep.
01:17:14I wonder what that is.
01:17:19O-M-G.
01:17:22Andrew, there are elephants all up in this area.
01:17:27All of them.
01:17:30Look at that.
01:17:32Elephant.
01:17:33Elephant.
01:17:34Elephant.
01:17:35Crazy.
01:17:37And that's scary because you can't even hear them.
01:17:40And so if they were literally on top of you, you wouldn't know it until crushed.
01:17:49You feeling okay?
01:17:50I'm starting to get a little dizzier and weaker, but I'm good.
01:17:56Okay.
01:17:57Well, just let me know.
01:18:00Here we go.
01:18:04Let me help you.
01:18:08Mm-hmm.
01:18:10And just watch the sticks down there.
01:18:13There you go.
01:18:14Mm-hmm.
01:18:15As the days went on, I realized you can't do this alone.
01:18:20Andrew and I, complete opposites or not, if something's bothering us, we talk about it.
01:18:26If somebody's down, the other one lifts them up.
01:18:29You need your partner out here.
01:18:32We're almost there.
01:18:38Wait, do you hear that?
01:18:40There's a waterfall.
01:18:43That might be the river.
01:18:45Oh, that might be the river.
01:18:47Hope so.
01:18:49Oh, please be the river.
01:18:55So this creek should lead us directly to the river.
01:19:02It ends there.
01:19:03It pours into that river.
01:19:04I think we're there.
01:19:06We gotta be there, right?
01:19:10Oh, my goodness.
01:19:12It opens up.
01:19:14Goddamn.
01:19:17This is it.
01:19:18We're here.
01:19:19We're here.
01:19:20We're here.
01:19:22Oh.
01:19:24After 14 days, we made it.
01:19:29That was so hard.
01:19:31It was hard.
01:19:32But we did it.
01:19:33But we did it.
01:19:35Made it to the end.
01:19:37On Naked and Afraid.
01:19:39Africa, you're so beautiful, but you're such a beast.
01:19:43I got a different word for it.
01:19:45But yeah.
01:19:46I see something.
01:19:47I see something.
01:19:49Look at that.
01:19:49That's gonna be our ride.
01:19:55We made it.
01:19:56We did it.
01:19:57And it's such a crazy, surreal just experience to finally feel that in your soul.
01:20:03I don't feel bad at all anymore.
01:20:05I'm not dizzy.
01:20:06I'm not anything.
01:20:07Yeah.
01:20:08Look at that.
01:20:09That's our ride home.
01:20:10That's our ride home.
01:20:12Come on over here.
01:20:13Woo!
01:20:14We are no more fans.
01:20:16We are survivalists.
01:20:18That's right.
01:20:18And we're going home.
01:20:20I will never judge another survivalist or fan challenge.
01:20:25It is so much harder than it looks on your couch.
01:20:28Longest 14 days of my life, and we are about to be home.
01:20:34I was a fan coming into this, but I am now officially a naked and afraid survivalist.
01:20:40I have learned so much about myself out here.
01:20:44The good, the bad, the ugly.
01:20:46It all came out.
01:20:48I did not discover this crazy demon warrior princess, but I have discovered a pretty cool Zambian queen.
01:20:58Nicole completes the 14 day challenge, losing 14 pounds.
01:21:02Her final primitive survival rating, or PSR, jumps from 5.7 to 6.0.
01:21:08Let's go!
01:21:09Let's go!
01:21:10Woo!
01:21:10Yeah!
01:21:11Let's go!
01:21:12We freaking did this!
01:21:13We did it!
01:21:13All right, come on.
01:21:14All right.
01:21:15What I've learned out here, to give yourself credit, you work your ass off.
01:21:18Be proud of yourself.
01:21:19I advise to anyone that has scars that they're hiding or trying to heal from, you don't have
01:21:24to regret your past.
01:21:25You don't have to wish you could go on time machine and fix it.
01:21:29That amazing person you are right now is because of those things.
01:21:33So heal from them, but understand that that built the character that you are right now.
01:21:38I was just a fan, you know, keyboard warrior.
01:21:42And now I'm a certified naked and afraid survivalist.
01:21:46To be able to say that is like, what in the hell are you talking about?
01:21:52Andrew lost 16 pounds.
01:21:55His final PSR rises from 6.6 to 7.0.
01:22:01Woo!
01:22:03Yeah.
01:22:05Goodbye Africa, goodbye Zambia.
01:22:07We did it.
01:22:08Mm-hmm.
01:22:09We freaking did it, Andrew.
01:22:11We made it.
01:22:13Goodbye Zambia!
01:22:15Woo!
01:22:23We gotta scoop some of this.
01:22:25That's your mashed potatoes, right?
01:22:26Yep.
01:22:27You got them.
01:22:28You want one of these bad boys?
01:22:30I'll take one.
01:22:31Oh!
01:22:34Damn, this is insane.
01:22:36Steak and the mashed, rice and the chicken.
01:22:38You got your burger and you got your fried pickles.
01:22:42Oh!
01:22:43What is that?
01:22:43What is that?
01:22:44That's the chicken.
01:22:45Even though I just ate bugs and for the past 14 days, but I can't let things mix everything I've
01:22:53dreamed of.
01:22:57Oh!
01:22:59Like I never thought you could feel something like this over some food.
01:23:02Like, it's crazy.
01:23:04Like...
01:23:04You forget the small things.
01:23:06Mm-hmm.
01:23:07Extra boiled.
01:23:08Mm-hmm.
01:23:09Look how clear that is.
01:23:10Mm-hmm.
01:23:11No more monkey .
01:23:12That good?
01:23:13Yeah.
01:23:14I know my body needs to go slow, but you just... you just can't.
01:23:2114 days, Andrew.
01:23:23We did it.
01:23:23We did it.
01:23:24Last diary cam.
01:23:25That's it.
01:23:26Done.
01:23:27Love y'all.
01:23:28Peace.
01:23:29Peace out.
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