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00:00:10I can't believe Naked and Afraid was crazy enough to ask me to come back.
00:00:15I'm Ernie, and I'm the biggest true fan of Naked and Afraid.
00:00:20Every season, every episode.
00:00:23You know, people use the word super fan over and over again.
00:00:25I'm a true fan.
00:00:26I have bags. I have all kinds of memorabilia that I've collected.
00:00:31Like, I went on the Naked and Afraid cruise to meet a bunch of my heroes.
00:00:35So, yeah, I'm a big, huge fan.
00:00:38I did a 14-day fan challenge in the Yucatan of Mexico.
00:00:42I hate this f***ing place.
00:00:44I was baptized under fire.
00:00:46We did it.
00:00:46Oh, my God.
00:00:47We did it.
00:00:49I'm here to do a 21 in Botswana, Africa.
00:00:54Woo-hoo!
00:00:55Can you believe it?
00:00:59I'm just not sure anybody can survive here for 21 days.
00:01:04Oh, my God.
00:01:06Two strangers.
00:01:08Ah!
00:01:09Go, go, go, go, go!
00:01:11No food.
00:01:12Ah!
00:01:13Ah!
00:01:16Ah!
00:01:16No water.
00:01:18Ah!
00:01:1921 days.
00:01:21Don't tell.
00:01:21Ah!
00:01:23Die first.
00:01:24Naked and Afraid.
00:01:29Damn, this is pretty.
00:01:31You're gonna kick my ass, aren't you, Africa?
00:01:35I've always wanted to be here.
00:01:36You see the tall grass, the wreath.
00:01:39You see all the birds flying around.
00:01:42You hear the wimpo's out.
00:01:44This place is like a heartbeat.
00:01:47There's tons of danger out here.
00:01:50There's a jaguar, the lion, the croc.
00:01:53This is so overwhelming.
00:01:55And the water is forever.
00:01:58It's a sea of green.
00:02:01And instead of it being like an ash or a field, it's water.
00:02:07Located in southern Africa, Botswana's Okavango Delta is a vast inland wetland, where winter flooding from the Okavango River slowly
00:02:17fills the grassland, creating a seasonal habitat for Africa's large populations of migrating animals, including lions, elephants, and hippopotamuses, whose
00:02:29two-ton frame and four-foot gaping mouths kill 500 humans each year.
00:02:34As winter weather brings floodwaters to the region, it also offsets the searing sun with near-freezing nights and sudden
00:02:43wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour.
00:02:48Africa is gonna test me beyond anything I already know.
00:02:52It's gonna push me beyond my limits for sure.
00:02:56Super intimidating, but as much as I'm afraid in Africa, I'm terrified of what my partner might be here.
00:03:05I can definitely feel the nerves, man.
00:03:07Partnership dynamics can be volatile.
00:03:11Are you happy, Ernie?
00:03:12My partner from the Fan Challenge, Mandy, she was a surprising breath of fresh air.
00:03:18I am super appreciative of you making shoes.
00:03:20We complimented each other.
00:03:22We did things for each other.
00:03:23She is a f***ing rock star.
00:03:27Getting closer.
00:03:29Ah, dang!
00:03:31The one thing you can't control is your partner, and I think once I meet my partner that I'll feel
00:03:38so much more relaxed, and hopefully we get along.
00:03:43The moment of truth.
00:03:45I'm super apprehensive.
00:03:47I tell this to people all the time because everyone always asks.
00:03:50You can practice fire.
00:03:52You can practice shelter.
00:03:53You can practice every weakness you have and every strength you can sharpen, but you can never be in control
00:03:59of your partner.
00:04:02Man, if I end up with some lazy, self-loathing, f***ing negative, egotistical beast, I'm just gonna lose my f***ing.
00:04:18F***ing.
00:04:22All right, all right, I feel better now.
00:04:25F***ing kidding me.
00:04:26Oh my God, you gotta be kidding me.
00:04:32Oh, this is so much better.
00:04:34F***ing.
00:04:36We're gonna do this again.
00:04:37Oh my gosh.
00:04:39F***ing.
00:04:44I'm about to do 21 days.
00:04:48In Botswana, this is the scaredest I've ever been probably in my entire life, if I'm being honest.
00:04:57Absolutely more scared than I was last time.
00:05:01My name's Mandy, and I just finished a 14-day challenge.
00:05:05F***ing.
00:05:06Uh-oh.
00:05:07I knew it was gonna be hard, but I couldn't possibly fathom how hard.
00:05:12A lizard.
00:05:13We tried to eat, but unfortunately, we were not successful, so during the whole 14 days,
00:05:22we only ate cactus, so I knew right away I needed to learn how to trap.
00:05:28Set traps, snares, things like that.
00:05:32I had opportunity between the two challenges to really focus on the things I wasn't good at,
00:05:38and now it's my time to prove that I am good at these things.
00:05:49You're f***ing kidding me!
00:05:50Oh my God, you gotta be kidding me!
00:05:55The last person I expected.
00:05:57The last person.
00:05:58The best person.
00:05:59The best.
00:06:00This has never happened.
00:06:01Two fans coming in together for a 21?
00:06:04This has never happened.
00:06:04I don't think they've ever had...
00:06:07Are you kidding me?
00:06:09We're so lucky to be first in Naked and Afraid history to go from a fan to a 21 together.
00:06:15Hey, we're not two fans trying to figure it out this time.
00:06:19I don't have an opportunity to tap.
00:06:22Wow.
00:06:23I've been a part of this community for years.
00:06:25I will catch all kinds of s***, not only from my family, but from other fans.
00:06:30I even made the comment, someone asked me, who'd be your perfect partner?
00:06:33And I was like, okay, well, imagine Mandy, and then branch out from there.
00:06:36Maybe with some more skill set.
00:06:38But hey, Mandy 2.0 is here.
00:06:39All right, awesome.
00:06:40Mandy 2.0 is here.
00:06:41I can't see how we can fail.
00:06:43Let's get to it.
00:06:44Okay.
00:06:45We figured out through some of the hardest times in our lives how to get through 14.
00:06:48We just gotta get through one week.
00:06:49It's that last week that's gonna make the difference.
00:06:51It's the one that's gonna bite.
00:06:53We got a little bit more than our supplies.
00:06:54Uh, Makoro, I believe, is the African canoe name.
00:06:59But that means we're not staying here.
00:07:02You know, normally when they give you extra s***, it's...
00:07:04We gotta use it.
00:07:05Traditionally dug out from the trunk of a large tree, a Makoro is a canoe used for navigating
00:07:10the channels and flooded plains of Botswana's Okavango Delta.
00:07:15Dude, this is pretty bad ass.
00:07:18What you got?
00:07:19What you got?
00:07:19Yeah.
00:07:20I have my machete.
00:07:22I like it.
00:07:24I've got a very cool fishing kit here.
00:07:27So we are eating this time.
00:07:28Yes.
00:07:29We're eating.
00:07:30In addition to their survival items, Mandy and Ernie have been given a fire starter,
00:07:34a pot, and a map of the Delta.
00:07:37Where are we going?
00:07:38Voila.
00:07:39Okay, so we're here.
00:07:40Yeah.
00:07:40And we have...
00:07:42Ah, the tree of life.
00:07:44So we're gonna have to canoe there today.
00:07:47It's gonna be a tough push out.
00:07:48Yeah.
00:07:49We need to get started, like, yesterday.
00:07:50Yeah.
00:07:51Let's get on the move.
00:07:51Let's do it.
00:07:52Let's do it.
00:07:53To reach their island, Mandy and Ernie must navigate their Makoro 2.1 miles north through
00:07:59the flood basin, where Nile crocodiles hide amongst the papyrus reeds.
00:08:04All right, buddy.
00:08:06All right.
00:08:07Off we go.
00:08:08There we go.
00:08:09Go!
00:08:11We're going.
00:08:15I'm gonna try standing, just because I feel like I've got more leverage that way.
00:08:20You might want to be careful, you know?
00:08:22You land in this water, you got crocs, and you got...
00:08:25We got snakes, and we got all kinds of shit we don't know that's floating in here.
00:08:30Ah!
00:08:30There's a spider.
00:08:32Okay.
00:08:32Ah!
00:08:33It's so big.
00:08:34There are spiders everywhere.
00:08:37I did not take that into consideration.
00:08:40On the water?
00:08:41On the water.
00:08:42Orb weaver.
00:08:44These spiders are not great.
00:08:48I don't mind getting filthy.
00:08:50I don't mind trucking through thorns.
00:08:53Ah!
00:08:53Sorry.
00:08:54But when it comes to bugs and spiders...
00:08:56Oh, my God.
00:08:57Hang in there.
00:08:58Something's crawling on me.
00:08:59I scream.
00:09:01Ah!
00:09:02And I can't control it, so it's something that I'm going to try to work on, because they're
00:09:05everywhere.
00:09:06Ah!
00:09:07Oh!
00:09:08Oh, my God!
00:09:09It's okay.
00:09:10It's okay.
00:09:10It's okay.
00:09:11I thought you were going to tip.
00:09:11I got it.
00:09:12I got it.
00:09:13You're brave.
00:09:14That spider web was right in your face.
00:09:23I got it.
00:09:23Man, I'm telling you what.
00:09:24My shoulders are feeling me.
00:09:26It's a workout.
00:09:27No doubt about that.
00:09:28It is.
00:09:28It is.
00:09:29Make a hard...
00:09:31There we go.
00:09:32There we go.
00:09:33See the right?
00:09:35The tree.
00:09:36You think that's it?
00:09:37I think that's the right one.
00:09:38Yeah, that's got to be it.
00:09:39I don't see any of the tree that kind of looks like that, you know?
00:09:42It said that way?
00:09:43Yeah.
00:09:43Yeah, let's do it.
00:09:44Let's do it.
00:09:47That final push for the day.
00:09:49Yeah.
00:09:51Oh, it's definitely getting more shallow.
00:09:53Oh, yeah.
00:09:53I just hit the bottom.
00:09:54You want to go ahead and get out here?
00:09:56Yep.
00:09:57You want me to get out first?
00:09:58Yeah, yeah.
00:10:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:10:00It's very shallow.
00:10:01We're good.
00:10:02The endorphins are rolling.
00:10:04I'm super excited.
00:10:05But I can't neglect the fact that the hard stuff's coming.
00:10:09Hey, look.
00:10:10Elephant.
00:10:10What?
00:10:11What?
00:10:11Oh, you know what that means.
00:10:13Yeah.
00:10:14It could be close by.
00:10:15Yeah.
00:10:17Did you find a spot to tie it off on?
00:10:19Yeah.
00:10:20We have the most dangerous predators around us, and they're nocturnal.
00:10:24That's a different type of skin.
00:10:26That's not elephant.
00:10:26Oh, no, no.
00:10:27That's a...
00:10:27What is that, you think?
00:10:28That's a...
00:10:29That could be a cat.
00:10:30We are definitely in their territory.
00:10:33It is imperative that we get that boma done as soon as possible.
00:10:40So we need coverage.
00:10:42So we need to be in the trees.
00:10:44There's like that big shady looking tree over there.
00:10:46Yeah, exactly.
00:10:47Let's see what we're working with, at least.
00:10:49Exactly.
00:10:53Let's take a look over here.
00:10:54Yeah.
00:10:55Look at this.
00:10:55This is some nice shelter.
00:10:57Do you think that this would be good?
00:10:59And like, so what we could do is build our...
00:11:02Like, this could be our entryway.
00:11:04We could put the fire here.
00:11:05There's enough clearance overhead.
00:11:06I don't see any ants.
00:11:08I don't see any spiders coming above.
00:11:10All right.
00:11:11All right.
00:11:11Home.
00:11:11Ready?
00:11:1221 days.
00:11:12Got it.
00:11:13Here in Botswana this time of year, we only get about 11 hours of daylight, and we are well
00:11:17surpassed the halfway point.
00:11:19So I think we're going to use our strength.
00:11:21While you're building, I'm starting that fire, and then after that, I'll start clearing out.
00:11:24Okay.
00:11:26Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:11:28There is something on your cheek, buddy.
00:11:30Oh, it's a leash.
00:11:33Okay.
00:11:34I'm just going to pull it.
00:11:35Okay.
00:11:35One.
00:11:36If you rub the head of it.
00:11:38Where's the head?
00:11:39Is that the head?
00:11:39Well, the part that's stuck.
00:11:40They're both stuck.
00:11:42Both?
00:11:42Yes.
00:11:42It's two?
00:11:43Yeah.
00:11:43Rip it off.
00:11:45Oh, my God.
00:11:47Ah!
00:11:47Where'd it go?
00:11:50Oh, man.
00:11:51That was funny.
00:11:53You're welcome.
00:11:54You're welcome.
00:11:54Now I don't know where I threw the damn thing.
00:11:57So slimy.
00:12:03The boma is, it's absolutely necessary.
00:12:08It's for our protection.
00:12:10Africa comes alive at night.
00:12:12And that's why it's important we're on the clock.
00:12:15Ernie and Mandy are surrounding their camp with a six-foot-tall boma built with layers of stacked branches
00:12:21and filled in with thorny palm leaves for protection from nighttime predators.
00:12:26A lot of these have thorns in them.
00:12:29Ah, f***.
00:12:30The palms have, like, these gargantuan thorns on them, too.
00:12:34So, yeah, I'm going to use that to try to cover it.
00:12:40Just getting a little bit more tender.
00:12:43So that way when it's go time, we're good.
00:12:50I got it started within seconds.
00:12:53All right.
00:12:56Okay.
00:12:57All right.
00:12:57I'm going to take a break from this, and I'm going to help you because our daylight is going to
00:13:01go quickly.
00:13:05All right.
00:13:08I wish I was just a little thicker.
00:13:11I feel like there's still a lot to fill up.
00:13:13Not a lot of time.
00:13:17Want to use this for our door?
00:13:20Yeah.
00:13:21Yeah, that's a great idea.
00:13:22I mean, it's bushy enough.
00:13:24Yeah.
00:13:25All right.
00:13:26So we're done for the night?
00:13:28Yes.
00:13:28We'll see what works tonight, and then we'll fill in those gaps tomorrow.
00:13:33Day one.
00:13:34We're on lockdown for the night.
00:13:37Got our fire.
00:13:38We've got our boma.
00:13:40Hanging out with my, used to be my jungle friend.
00:13:44Now he's my Delta dude.
00:13:46I'm a little scared of what's going to come out later.
00:13:49Yeah.
00:13:49Tonight's going to be an experiment.
00:13:52Yeah, it is.
00:13:53We're going to see how that goes.
00:13:55It's about to be a party.
00:13:57Could be.
00:13:58It could be.
00:14:07That was an elephant.
00:14:13It's so early.
00:14:14Yeah.
00:14:16And there's already so much activity.
00:14:21Elephant.
00:14:22That was an elephant.
00:14:25That was an elephant.
00:14:27Like, it almost sounds like it's coming out.
00:14:32Those are steps.
00:14:40There's a lot of movement in that water, man.
00:14:42There is so much movement.
00:14:58That was different.
00:15:01It's that one.
00:15:03It's that one.
00:15:07Do you see it again?
00:15:20That s*** sounded close.
00:15:22Close.
00:15:23It was coming from that direction, right over here.
00:15:29And it sounded...
00:15:32Yeah.
00:15:34Yeah.
00:15:35That's right.
00:15:38What is it?
00:15:40It would make me more comfortable if it was a crocodile lion.
00:16:05Last night was tough.
00:16:06We could hear all the animals.
00:16:08Yeah.
00:16:09That was a trip.
00:16:10A lot.
00:16:11Activity nonstop.
00:16:12We heard elephants, hippos.
00:16:15Then I heard this like guttural like...
00:16:18Getting closer and closer.
00:16:20It was pretty intense.
00:16:23All right.
00:16:23Team.
00:16:24Sorry to interrupt.
00:16:26You both know Wundi, our head ranger.
00:16:29Bye Wundi.
00:16:30Bye.
00:16:31Wundi needs to give you some very important information.
00:16:34So I would like to show you something on the ground over there to work with me.
00:16:39After scouting the perimeter of Ernie and Mandy's boma, one of the local rangers is concerned about their nighttime safety.
00:16:46Oh.
00:16:47They're close.
00:16:48Is that a paw?
00:16:50Yeah.
00:16:51He was a lioness.
00:16:52Lioness?
00:16:53Yes.
00:16:53That's really scary.
00:16:59And then it went around.
00:17:01Boma's right there.
00:17:03Like we are right...
00:17:04Yeah.
00:17:04You see it?
00:17:04There.
00:17:05It walked through here.
00:17:07Oh my gosh.
00:17:09Look at how close it was.
00:17:11So this is the paw here.
00:17:13And this part here, it's wet.
00:17:17She peed here.
00:17:18And you can tell that she was facing that direction.
00:17:20Oh my God.
00:17:22This is insane.
00:17:24Look at...
00:17:24Find out that the lioness was about 15 feet from our boma, it's scary to me.
00:17:29She had to use the bathroom right there.
00:17:31Is that her way of marking her territory?
00:17:34Trying to come back that way?
00:17:36It very well could be.
00:17:38I'm not sure.
00:17:39So just put it more into perspective, like just how dangerous all of this really is.
00:17:44This is part of their hunting grounds and their territory.
00:17:46So make sure that you have to improve the structure of your boma for your safety.
00:17:51Yeah.
00:17:52Absolutely well.
00:17:53We're in their territory.
00:17:55Like this is their spot.
00:17:56This is their home.
00:17:57Yeah.
00:17:57That's a huge wake up call.
00:17:59The boma needs to be improved today.
00:18:01We'll get that knocked out.
00:18:03Yeah.
00:18:10In order to protect themselves from the female lion in the area, Mandy and Ernie will reinforce
00:18:16their boma, building taller and thicker walls to prevent animals from entering.
00:18:20If you can put the palms, it'll block the view.
00:18:25I'm cutting down the bigger branches.
00:18:27We're going anywhere from seven to 10 feet.
00:18:29Mandy's going inside and weaving all the palms in between so they have their thorns.
00:18:34So it's like the secondary inner layer of protection so that, you know, you can't necessarily see.
00:18:39We want predators to walk right by us and not even know we're there.
00:18:42Stack it up.
00:18:44Can't lie.
00:18:44I felt like our shelter was ready yesterday and found out today that it's not.
00:18:49But the good thing about mistakes is that you learn from them and you become better.
00:18:53Ugh.
00:18:54I want to be able to show during this entire challenge that you can grow.
00:18:58You can do hard things.
00:19:00And if you want to learn it, you can do it.
00:19:04That palm looks like a wall.
00:19:05You did such a good job.
00:19:07So we still have some work to do, but compared to what we had last night, it's night and day.
00:19:13And hopefully we get some good sleep tonight.
00:19:15Yay.
00:19:16That would be great.
00:19:36There's something walking outside the right side of our boomerang.
00:19:39There's something old like tolan.
00:19:44There's something driving outside the right side of our back.
00:19:54I don't know.
00:19:56I don't need that夜 сегодня.
00:20:01There's something walking outside the right side of our side of our boomerang.
00:20:02Here we all dive into Communityizing.
00:20:03Here we go.
00:20:17Good morning, Mandy.
00:20:19Good morning.
00:20:20There was a lion right outside our boma.
00:20:22Oh, my God.
00:20:24It's scary.
00:20:25But luckily, the boma blocked it out.
00:20:27Yeah.
00:20:28He slept right through it.
00:20:30Something that is not different from the Yucatan
00:20:32is Ernie will fall asleep within five minutes.
00:20:34That's nothing new, and it's like,
00:20:36I don't want to wake him even if I am scared
00:20:39because I can function on little sleep,
00:20:43and I know he does not,
00:20:45but just like Ernie has his kryptonite of sleep,
00:20:48my kryptonite is weight loss.
00:20:49I'm going to start getting hungry soon.
00:20:51I'm excited about going fishing.
00:20:54I really am too.
00:20:55The toughest part of the fan challenge for me
00:20:59was I never could acquire enough food.
00:21:02I failed at capturing some iguanas.
00:21:05That was right next to him.
00:21:07And it was a little defeating.
00:21:09I'm done.
00:21:10He wins.
00:21:12Get some bait.
00:21:13I am totally excited that Mandy brought fishing line
00:21:16because we got a fighting chance.
00:21:19I think there's two in here.
00:21:20Okay.
00:21:21Let's get to fishing.
00:21:22Really hope we don't fall in because it is cold.
00:21:25Yeah, the water is really cold.
00:21:26There's scary things in there.
00:21:35You hear that?
00:21:36I did hear that.
00:21:43Do you see anything?
00:21:45Any fish?
00:21:46Any kind of activity?
00:21:48Not yet.
00:21:49Dang, there.
00:21:50I mean, this place used to be grass, you know,
00:21:54just a month ago.
00:21:55The delta is not a river.
00:21:57It's not a lake.
00:21:58So for fish, it's not actual active habitat.
00:22:01The fish come in after the waters flood in.
00:22:06I've honestly never fished in an area like this.
00:22:10And I honestly don't know what to do.
00:22:12The fish, they're just not here yet.
00:22:14I'm frustrated.
00:22:15My last challenge, I made it 14 days with barely no food.
00:22:19And it was awful.
00:22:20I can't just say, oh, we're going to get food this time.
00:22:22Because what if we don't?
00:22:23I need to catch some food this time.
00:22:25I just need to figure it out.
00:22:26Look, there's a couple of lilies.
00:22:29Want to try to grab them since we're here?
00:22:30Yeah.
00:22:33Definitely be careful.
00:22:34Tell me if you see anything, any bubbles or eyeballs.
00:22:51Good job, Ernie.
00:22:52Yeah.
00:22:53Good job.
00:22:54You know, some sort of win.
00:23:08Dairy gel.
00:23:09Just kind of looks like a really thick green bean.
00:23:13Just a bunch of mush.
00:23:14It is.
00:23:17So...
00:23:18Doesn't smell very good.
00:23:23What do you think?
00:23:26Mushy, not much of a spice.
00:23:28I'm just going to pretend it's overcooked celery.
00:23:31That's what we're doing.
00:23:32Yep.
00:23:34Eh.
00:23:36Not bad.
00:23:38Not good.
00:23:42Lily's aren't off the menu.
00:23:43I don't know how much more I can eat.
00:23:45There's another one in there.
00:23:46I know.
00:23:48Hell no.
00:23:49We ain't eating none of that for breakfast.
00:23:51We are done with Lily's today.
00:23:54I can't enjoy it anymore.
00:23:55I'm over it.
00:23:56Yep.
00:23:56I'm over it.
00:23:59What is that?
00:23:59That was a warthog.
00:24:01Where did it come from?
00:24:03That.
00:24:05I want to kill it and I want to eat bacon.
00:24:07Yes.
00:24:07Yeah.
00:24:08F*** it.
00:24:09Maybe I can get lucky.
00:24:10They live in huge holes.
00:24:13Okay.
00:24:13You don't think so?
00:24:14He's very aggressive.
00:24:15So if I just show up at the front and start tapping it, he'll try to attack me.
00:24:19Yep.
00:24:20If I'm lucky, he run towards me and I'd just be able to, like, stab him straight out.
00:24:27But, ideally, I find him in his hole and I stab him in there.
00:24:32That's my plan.
00:24:35I'm not seeing any tracks.
00:24:40I mean, him finding a hole in there would be really smart.
00:24:44My God.
00:24:47F*** it.
00:24:48This might be a game trail.
00:24:51He might have run through here.
00:24:56There he is.
00:24:58Come here.
00:25:06F***.
00:25:08F***.
00:25:13F***.
00:25:14It went that way to the left.
00:25:16He took off running, so I probably found his hidey hole.
00:25:21F***.
00:25:21I would like to go out and look for Pumbaa again.
00:25:24There's nothing over here.
00:25:24But to be able to get something with my machete is super tough.
00:25:29I chased his ass down as far and as fast as I could, but I lost him on the edge
00:25:34of the island.
00:25:34We need to be smart hunters.
00:25:36And I did get exhausted chasing him.
00:25:39When looking at food strategy, it calls for a completely different game plan.
00:25:44I want to start scoping out tomorrow, like, little holes.
00:25:47Where do some birds hang out?
00:25:48And set some snares.
00:25:50Yeah.
00:25:51This is part of Mandy 2.0.
00:25:53Awesome.
00:25:53I want to hunt.
00:25:55I want to set traps.
00:25:56I want to get food for my partner and I.
00:25:58That's super important to me.
00:25:59Mandy 2.0 is learning from all the mistakes that Mandy made in her fan challenge.
00:26:15I'm going to pay attention to these holes that I'm seeing.
00:26:19For a snare, if you're going to sit there and say Mandy 2.0, you have to back it up.
00:26:24I want to say, hey, I went out and got us dinner.
00:26:28That's a big hole.
00:26:30Something could live in there.
00:26:31And with the sticks that are right over it, it's perfect for setting a trap.
00:26:38I'm going to make a snare trap out of cordage.
00:26:43In Yucatan, they had a pedoquin plant.
00:26:47This looks like it, but without the thorns.
00:26:50If you smash it, you can get the fibers out of there and make cordage.
00:26:55When you break them down, there's all these little fibers in there.
00:26:59And you can roll them a certain way and twist them to make cordage.
00:27:05See?
00:27:06Look at that.
00:27:07Boom, boom, boom.
00:27:08And now I just got to keep going.
00:27:10Look at you.
00:27:13Man, Mandy has rocked from where she was at our 14 to what she's doing now.
00:27:19That's grit.
00:27:20I mean, the girl is mission focused.
00:27:25It is.
00:27:26I'll be back.
00:27:33Technically, I am hunting right now, passively.
00:27:36And that's actually what you want to do, because we don't have calories coming in yet.
00:27:39It's all calories going out.
00:27:41It's just going to come out, and it's just going to get caught up in my snare.
00:27:46I'm going to weigh it down.
00:27:48And I'm going to block it off, so that way it's not tempted to run in a different pass.
00:27:54Perfect.
00:27:55Now we wait.
00:28:04I'm going to go check my snare.
00:28:06I think it's a great idea.
00:28:09Aw.
00:28:10It broke.
00:28:11It broke through it.
00:28:12Which means there's something in there.
00:28:16I'm on to something, but my snares aren't strong enough.
00:28:20Man.
00:28:21It's frustrating.
00:28:22Well, as they're out here, out in the heat, they're going to dry out some, too.
00:28:27I'm frustrated with my snares.
00:28:31And I'm very disappointed in myself, but it wasn't due to lack of trying.
00:28:36So I just got to learn from it and move on.
00:28:43Let's get to fishing before it gets, because the sun's really starting, I'm starting to
00:28:46feel it now on my shoulders.
00:28:47Okay.
00:28:48We want to set lines.
00:28:48You know, last time we did not catch fish, so we are going to be setting lines today.
00:28:57So we're going to have two poles, and we're going to set two lines on each pole.
00:29:04I'm hopeful that this is going to be a very awesome, passive way of fishing.
00:29:10Mandy and Ernie's deadline system will consist of two baited hooks and lines attached to a
00:29:16pole that is then secured into the basin floor and left for passive fishing.
00:29:21Ernie, work that pole, buddy.
00:29:24I'm working that pole.
00:29:25It's time to get fishy with it.
00:29:27That's right.
00:29:28That's right.
00:29:32Yeah, it feels like the water has definitely risen in the last few days.
00:29:36I don't remember it going up to almost our knees.
00:29:39So fish should be coming in.
00:29:42Okay.
00:29:42Today, we're going to try to push it to a little bit deeper water.
00:29:46That's where the productivity is going to be.
00:29:48I think that's where we're going to see more probabilities and chances.
00:29:53Right here?
00:29:53Right here is good.
00:29:54See how there's kind of like this open, clear spot a little bit?
00:29:56We're going to try setting some lines.
00:30:00It's such a passive way to hunt.
00:30:02Okay, good.
00:30:03Okay, so when you lean that way, I'm going to lean this way a little bit.
00:30:06Going 14 days in the Yucatan with only cactus, it was really awful.
00:30:11Oh, it's not enough.
00:30:13So one of my biggest fears was like, what if we don't get anything?
00:30:17I don't know if we can make it 21 days without anything.
00:30:20Two, three.
00:30:23There we go.
00:30:27Great job, Ernie.
00:30:38Oh.
00:30:39My energy sucks today.
00:30:42It's pretty obvious that we are expending way more calories than we're getting in.
00:30:46But as much as I realize that, I can't keep dwelling on that.
00:30:50A positive attitude, a positive mindset, it's everything.
00:30:56Wow.
00:30:57Hey, there's this much water over here.
00:31:00This pot gets heavy when it's full of water.
00:31:04I'm losing my strength.
00:31:19Almost there.
00:31:20We are using the Makoro exclusively for fishing.
00:31:24Oh, I see it.
00:31:25It's right ahead of us.
00:31:26Checking our lines, all about food.
00:31:29How do we want to approach this so we don't knock it down?
00:31:31We are definitely getting hungry.
00:31:34Every day has to be a strategic calculation of where we burn calories, where we don't.
00:31:38And that's part of our routine now.
00:31:41Go out and check it.
00:31:42Nothing.
00:31:43There's nothing on that one.
00:31:44Nope, nothing on that one.
00:31:45All right.
00:31:46Okay, but I've still got the bait.
00:31:47Yep, still got the hook.
00:31:49Still got the bait.
00:31:50It's pretty important that we get something soon.
00:31:52Not going to lie, this kicked my ass.
00:31:56I can already feel it.
00:31:57My stomach's growling all day.
00:32:00Scatter-brained.
00:32:03Strength isn't 100%.
00:32:04And it really does start wearing on me.
00:32:07I'm freaking wiped out.
00:32:10My heart is freezing.
00:32:14You want to have some water real quick?
00:32:16Yeah, that sounds great.
00:32:18I think it's pretty heavy, so you've got to be careful how you pick it up.
00:32:23Can't just grab the handles.
00:32:27Oh, gosh, it's heavy.
00:32:31Did it get you?
00:32:40Oh, gosh, it's heavy.
00:32:44Hey, did it get you?
00:32:50It did, but not bad.
00:32:52It's on my legs, but it's not on my feet.
00:32:57I'm just going to go sit in the water for a second.
00:32:59Cold water.
00:33:03Whew.
00:33:04It burns pretty bad right now.
00:33:06Oh, okay.
00:33:07I might have a couple blisters already forming, but here's the deal.
00:33:12That could have been my feet.
00:33:14That could have been it.
00:33:15You know, I made a mistake that could have possibly gotten me med tapped, and that was just a very,
00:33:21very eye-opening experience, because this challenge means everything to me, and I can't afford to be making stupid mistakes
00:33:29like that.
00:33:30It burns.
00:33:31I just wanted to just check on you in your head space right now.
00:33:35I'm good.
00:33:36Okay.
00:33:36Just a little scare.
00:33:37It just shows you how fast your strength can just go.
00:33:42Yep.
00:33:42When you come out to a place like this, it slices away at you, thin slices, but it does get
00:33:48to you, and there's something we're going to have to look after.
00:33:51I'm glad you're okay.
00:33:54Me too.
00:33:55I think that's why I'm not upset right now, because I'm so grateful, because I know that could have been
00:33:59really bad.
00:34:00Yeah.
00:34:12All right, so let's check our lines.
00:34:15Yep.
00:34:15Look out for any crocs, any snakes in here.
00:34:18Oh.
00:34:20Oh, it's getting deeper every day.
00:34:23Even though we're only day seven here, we did 14 in Yucatan.
00:34:27Just heard my stomach growl.
00:34:28And to go 21 days without anything to eat, that can be quite discouraging, and it really starts to mess
00:34:36with your mind if you let it, you know?
00:34:39Getting started is, like, the hardest part.
00:34:41Yeah.
00:34:41There's times where I'm thinking, what am I even doing?
00:34:44Like, I suck at this.
00:34:46There is our first line.
00:34:51So, no activity yet.
00:34:53Okay.
00:34:58One line looks tight.
00:35:00It does.
00:35:01It's tilted a little bit.
00:35:03Yeah, but...
00:35:04It could just be caught, but...
00:35:06Mm-hmm.
00:35:13Okay, okay.
00:35:15Oh, my God.
00:35:16It's a catfish.
00:35:17We did it.
00:35:19Here we go.
00:35:20It's our first catch.
00:35:22It's a really, really big deal.
00:35:25It's a very big deal.
00:35:26This is huge.
00:35:28Yeah, it is.
00:35:31This is what it's about.
00:35:33This is what it looks like to win in Botswana, Africa.
00:35:37There you go, sweetie.
00:35:39Oh, my God.
00:35:40Remember, always grab it by the mouth and the gills, never by the body.
00:35:43Like, I'm so grateful.
00:35:45Like, this is such a big deal.
00:35:47Such a big deal.
00:35:48My last challenge, we just didn't catch anything.
00:35:52There's an iguana.
00:35:54And I felt defeated.
00:35:58You're so fast.
00:36:00I'm trying so hard.
00:36:02It's just not good enough.
00:36:04And today was just that validation to prove that...
00:36:08So grateful.
00:36:10I really am a survivalist.
00:36:12Like, it's a game changer, you know?
00:36:14How long has it been since you've eaten catfish?
00:36:17I've never had catfish.
00:36:18Holy s***.
00:36:19Are you f***ing me?
00:36:21No.
00:36:21Girl, you just don't know.
00:36:22Trust me.
00:36:23This is, like, the best first time to ever have it.
00:36:25Let's go have some breakfast.
00:36:27Okay.
00:36:30I'd rather clean it here in the shallow.
00:36:33Yep.
00:36:34You just tell me what you need me to do to help you with this, because I have never done
00:36:37this before.
00:36:38I am pretty open to whatever my partner can teach me.
00:36:42I'm hitting the breastplate.
00:36:43Right.
00:36:44So, here we go.
00:36:47All the entrails are all there.
00:36:49And I'm learning, and I want to learn more.
00:36:52I'm slowly starting to feel like I am delivering Mandy 2.0.
00:36:57Okay, so now we clean it out.
00:36:59I'm going to grab this.
00:37:03There we go.
00:37:05Being for Bar Gasol, this is definitely not my first time with catfish.
00:37:08I love catfish.
00:37:10However, it is my first time having to cook it over a campfire.
00:37:15I'm just, like, over the moon.
00:37:17I've never done anything like this.
00:37:19I'm glad I get to do it with you.
00:37:21It's just freaking awesome.
00:37:24You can hear the oil dripping into the fire and it spark up.
00:37:27That's a good sound.
00:37:31This is absolutely delicious, wouldn't you say, Barter?
00:37:37It's wonderful.
00:37:39Oh, it's so, like, melt in your mouth.
00:37:41Mm-hmm.
00:37:42Gratitude had a flavor right now.
00:37:44This would be it.
00:37:45This would be it.
00:37:47Just so grateful to share this moment.
00:37:50It's something we've been waiting for for so long.
00:37:52Our bodies needed this so badly.
00:37:54We have starved.
00:37:56And now it's our first meal.
00:37:59Like, I have goosebumps.
00:38:00Like, it's just, it's such an amazing day.
00:38:05Like, I will remember day seven forever.
00:38:08Like, I will remember day seven forever.
00:38:38Yeah, I know.
00:38:38Definitely coming out.
00:38:40That hurt.
00:38:41Yeah, it did.
00:38:42Those things hurt.
00:38:43That hurt.
00:38:44I mean, sit down right now.
00:38:46We're struggling.
00:38:47Whatever these things are that are biting, it stings.
00:38:51It's a sharp sting, like a little needle prick.
00:38:57And, um...
00:38:58It is a prick.
00:38:59And it's a prick.
00:39:00It is a prick.
00:39:01Pun intended.
00:39:02Yeah.
00:39:09You had the buzzing.
00:39:11Oh, it landed on me.
00:39:13I've gotten a bit like 10 times.
00:39:15It's a way down.
00:39:16It's a real bad.
00:39:18Now it's like I can't get them off.
00:39:19It's a real bad.
00:39:25Oh, it's a real bad.
00:39:25They are here.
00:39:27They are here.
00:39:28They are here.
00:39:28Oh, it's so...
00:39:32I have nothing to miss me.
00:39:35Because I just keep getting attacked by these bugs.
00:39:38It's a real bad things.
00:39:41I want to eat mine.
00:39:45Oh!
00:39:58You're awake.
00:40:00I ain't here today.
00:40:02Last night was awful.
00:40:04The thugs tried the hardest part of this challenge so far.
00:40:07It's crazy.
00:40:08I have double the bites today than I did the whole time.
00:40:14Absolutely.
00:40:15The bugs feast on me all night long.
00:40:20You have a ton of bites.
00:40:21I know, it feels like it.
00:40:22I'm probably up to 1,000 bug bites at this point.
00:40:25It takes a lot for me to lose my crap.
00:40:28I almost lost my crap last night.
00:40:30In the history of Naked and Afraid,
00:40:33it's not food that knocks most people out.
00:40:36It's the bugs.
00:40:37Those bugs are destroying me.
00:40:40I can hardly walk.
00:40:41There's got to be a time where you draw the line.
00:40:43And this is it.
00:40:45I have more than one tick in my butt.
00:40:47Oh, no, no.
00:40:49I cannot sleep at night.
00:40:51Oh, my God.
00:40:52This is torture.
00:40:54Get me out!
00:40:56So, the bugs, that's something we have to solve
00:41:00or everything else gets harder.
00:41:02We need to start working on a shelter.
00:41:05I know that lean-to's super important to both of us.
00:41:09Yeah.
00:41:10So, we can build walls and try to protect us from the bugs.
00:41:14And just in case it rains, we do need something.
00:41:16I love it.
00:41:17Yep.
00:41:17Okay.
00:41:17Let's do that.
00:41:18Okay.
00:41:19Mandy and Ernie will combat bugs
00:41:21by building an enclosed lean-to structure
00:41:24with thatched walls for protection
00:41:26and move the fire closer for extra heat and smoke.
00:41:31A shelter will provide us a solid surface cover
00:41:36and a reflecting wall,
00:41:39and we'll be able to bring the fire in closer
00:41:41to keep bugs away.
00:41:44This lean-to is pretty important to both of us,
00:41:48but it's also not something we can whip up in a day.
00:41:51So, we're starting it tonight.
00:41:53It's not going to finish,
00:41:54but there's a chance it could be finished by tomorrow.
00:41:56That's pretty important,
00:41:57so I'd like it to be done as soon as possible.
00:42:07Let's get this thing started.
00:42:09So, we're going to be constructing the lean-to right here.
00:42:12So, this is a possible Y brace,
00:42:15so we're going to keep that here.
00:42:17This is our cross beam.
00:42:19Shelter is the inner perimeter.
00:42:22This is our interior design.
00:42:25Yeah.
00:42:26We've done the exterior,
00:42:27now we've got to do the interior.
00:42:28Right.
00:42:29So, this is going to be our why.
00:42:31Yeah.
00:42:32Prior to even going on the challenge,
00:42:33I've heard from a lot of survivalists before
00:42:35on Naked and Afraid,
00:42:36how they don't like to worry about shelter
00:42:38because it's a waste of time
00:42:39and they burn too much energy, blah, blah, blah.
00:42:42All right, let me secure these.
00:42:43I definitely have the polar opposite thought.
00:42:46Hey!
00:42:48After the Yucatan and after these bugs,
00:42:52I will say shelter is imperative.
00:42:54All right, the basic structure is up.
00:42:57We made some adjustments.
00:42:58It's no longer a lane to.
00:43:00It's just a shelter.
00:43:01However, I feel like there's still a lot to do.
00:43:04We're going to add walls,
00:43:05and then we're just going to tie some leaves on there.
00:43:08So, tomorrow, hopefully,
00:43:10hopefully we can finish the shelter entirely.
00:43:14Are you excited about tonight?
00:43:16No.
00:43:16No.
00:43:17Yeah, I know.
00:43:18I dread it.
00:43:19Stuck in one spot,
00:43:20getting eaten for breakfast, lunch,
00:43:23and dinner from these bugs.
00:43:25Tonight's going to suck so bad.
00:43:28It's going to suck so bad.
00:43:40Yeah.
00:43:41Ouch.
00:43:45I just want to go sleep too.
00:43:46Uh-huh.
00:43:47Yeah.
00:43:51Nighttime.
00:43:52And this is by far the worst the bugs have been
00:43:57for Ernie and I.
00:43:59They don't stop.
00:44:00They're going everywhere.
00:44:02Straight up just scratching and itching.
00:44:05Your stomach, your legs, your head, your ears.
00:44:07Yeah, they're everywhere.
00:44:36They just don't stop.
00:44:38They just don't stop.
00:44:45Mandy and I are still up.
00:44:48Bug bites all over our skin.
00:44:51All we are doing is being in pain.
00:44:55Get away from it!
00:44:58Ah!
00:45:00No sleep.
00:45:02Can't sit down.
00:45:03Can't lay down.
00:45:05But we get attacked again.
00:45:06But that's also hearts.
00:45:09I've been standing almost for 10 hours straight.
00:45:13I'm sorry to do this.
00:45:14This is torture.
00:45:18Tonight, 10 can eat.
00:45:46It's the first morning that I'm not my loud, obnoxious, happy self.
00:45:51Last night was very taxing on both of us.
00:45:57I have never experienced 10 hours of being bit by mosquitoes nonstop.
00:46:04You don't know how physically, emotionally, and mentally taxing that can be.
00:46:10Look at all those bites.
00:46:15Like, all those bites.
00:46:20They're just everywhere.
00:46:23They're everywhere.
00:46:25It broke me.
00:46:29For me, I get it out, and I cry, and I can move on.
00:46:34Ernie, it bottles it up and shuts down.
00:46:37And right now, he's kind of in shutdown mode.
00:46:43You know, as windy and as cold as it is right now, I'd rather it be like this than last
00:46:50night.
00:46:52Because if it's like this, there won't be any bugs.
00:47:08I'm going to check the lines by myself.
00:47:11I came into this challenge stating Mandy 2.0, wanting to be able to bring more to the table.
00:47:18So I'm going to go do that.
00:47:21I'm pretty confident that if there's a fish, I can get it off and gut it and bait it and
00:47:28all the things.
00:47:29I know Ernie loves food, so if there's something to eat, that might lift his spirits a little bit.
00:47:41Oh! Oh! Hold on!
00:47:44The fish is alive.
00:47:46I've never done this without Ernie.
00:47:49Ernie, that's a total game changer.
00:47:53All right.
00:47:56Oh!
00:47:58There's another one!
00:48:01Holy s***!
00:48:03Okay, okay, okay.
00:48:04What did Ernie teach me?
00:48:06What did Ernie teach me?
00:48:07Because they're slippery.
00:48:09No, no, don't go nowhere.
00:48:10Don't go nowhere.
00:48:11Okay, there's the hook.
00:48:13Rabbit.
00:48:14Oh, I got this bitch.
00:48:17Okay, so this is really going to test my strength here.
00:48:23Woo!
00:48:26Where'd it go?
00:48:27Dang it.
00:48:27Oh, Ernie, I'm so sorry.
00:48:29Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
00:48:31Don't go nowhere.
00:48:32Come here.
00:48:34Oh, God.
00:48:35Yeah.
00:48:36Yeah.
00:48:38Oh, redemption, baby.
00:48:41That's redemption.
00:48:42So sorry, I got you.
00:48:46Okay, one down.
00:48:49One to go.
00:48:52Oh, this one's fat, too.
00:48:53It's, like, harder to grab.
00:48:55I can hook my thumb in there.
00:48:58Like he taught me.
00:48:59My thumb is hooked.
00:49:01I should have done that with the last one.
00:49:03I was just too f***ing excited.
00:49:05Okay.
00:49:06Reset.
00:49:08Squeeze with the thighs.
00:49:12I did it.
00:49:14I did it.
00:49:16Look at the size of this thing.
00:49:20Woo!
00:49:21Mama's bringing home lunch.
00:49:34Lucy, I'm home.
00:49:37Time to get up.
00:49:39Look at that.
00:49:41Look at this.
00:49:42Not one, but two.
00:49:47Woo!
00:49:48Did you get them?
00:49:49Good job.
00:49:54That's so cool.
00:49:55I'm super proud of her.
00:49:57It'll keep our spirits up, keep us motivated.
00:50:00The last time we paid was the fish on day seven.
00:50:03That's what you're looking for.
00:50:04That's awesome.
00:50:07Food fixes everything.
00:50:09Try a piece of my barbecue.
00:50:13Mmm.
00:50:15It makes the reward that much sweeter.
00:50:19Really good.
00:50:22Yeah.
00:50:24There's not a lot of times where I will tell myself that I'm proud of myself, but I'm actually
00:50:30proud of myself today.
00:50:32I'm becoming more confident in what I bring to the table.
00:50:36I don't want to ride the coattails of my partner.
00:50:38And I feel like I have steered away from that.
00:50:41I feel, I feel very empowered.
00:50:50It was good that we had this meal.
00:50:51The only apprehension is hopefully we get a good night's sleep tonight or everything else gets harder.
00:51:08It's going to be cold tonight.
00:51:10It's going to be cold tonight.
00:51:45It's going to be cold.
00:51:47It's going to be cold.
00:51:53It almost goes, it matters剛 metres.
00:51:57It's going to be cold.
00:51:58Are you ready again?
00:52:02What?
00:52:14Oh, God!
00:52:15Triple! Triple!
00:52:18Ow!
00:52:20What?
00:52:23How's it going?
00:52:31How's it going?
00:52:35Get it out.
00:52:36There you go.
00:52:37There you go.
00:52:45Close call.
00:52:47That looks nice.
00:52:48They'll take a call.
00:52:51It's really good for a minute.
00:53:04Whoa.
00:53:06All I can do is shoot me out.
00:53:08That hurts.
00:53:09Go on.
00:53:10Don't shoot me out.
00:53:14Don't shoot me down.
00:53:17I didn't win.
00:53:18You're doing it.
00:53:23You're doing it.
00:53:32No one will...
00:53:34You're doing it.
00:53:35You're doing it.
00:53:35It's really...
00:53:35It's crazy.
00:53:36It's crazy.
00:53:38It's amazing.
00:53:39It's crazy.
00:53:39It's a cold night of my life, absolutely worse.
00:53:45It nearly broke me into tears.
00:53:47It was so, so hard.
00:53:52The pain of the cold, and then the pain of the wind,
00:53:56and then you add on the other night with the bugs.
00:54:00Sleeping an hour or two out of 36 hours.
00:54:03Mentally and emotionally, I just feel broken.
00:54:10I just kept thinking, please don't let him not want to stay.
00:54:14Oh, I don't want to stay.
00:54:16I don't want to stay.
00:54:17I don't.
00:54:18I have zero desire to be here.
00:54:22I'm done.
00:54:25The only reason I'm here is for you.
00:54:28If you were anybody else,
00:54:30I'd have been on that boat yesterday.
00:54:32But I just, I don't want you to suffer from me.
00:54:36That's the way things.
00:54:37That's how friends do that.
00:54:38He's long-suffering.
00:54:41You can't want to be here for another person.
00:54:43That's only going to carry you so far.
00:54:46You still have nine days.
00:54:48That's a long time when you're miserable.
00:54:51I want him here.
00:54:53We really do need to create that wind barrier.
00:54:56That's all that matters today.
00:54:58Get the walls up on the shelter.
00:55:00Absolutely.
00:55:02If we don't get these walls.
00:55:05We're going to get them.
00:55:06We're going to get them.
00:55:09I want to be a 21-day survivalist, but I'm starting to hurt.
00:55:15Everything is awful.
00:55:17Like, I'm ready to walk right now.
00:55:25Fortifying the shelter more.
00:55:27We got cross beam here, cross beam here, and then we're just going to cut down a bunch of these
00:55:32and then shingle them.
00:55:34And then we're also going to add walls for blocking the wind and containing the heat.
00:55:41I'm filling in the roof right now.
00:55:44Yeah, now we're going to work on the sides.
00:55:48Then we can just fill it in more every day.
00:55:50Absolutely.
00:55:51You have a couple of cords?
00:55:54You're awesome.
00:55:56Food focus is kind of taking priority above our shelter.
00:56:00If we had reinforced our shelter 12 days ago, last night wouldn't have been as bad of a night as
00:56:07it was.
00:56:09Holy .
00:56:11Whoo!
00:56:12So I feel like if we finish our shelter, it'll help my motivation to stay much more.
00:56:20Looking good, Ernie.
00:56:23Well, we're making great strides forward.
00:56:26Yes.
00:56:38The wind has really picked up, and so far so good.
00:56:44The shelter is holding up.
00:56:48If we didn't have this, I don't even know.
00:56:51Oh, God.
00:56:52I don't even want to contemplate the type of pain we would be.
00:56:54If you've lost me all over you.
00:56:56I think we've got a good solution.
00:57:04Yesterday, you were just on a whole different level yesterday, but today, you know, I got some sleep, and I
00:57:09didn't think so.
00:57:09I'm excited.
00:57:10I feel like I've got Ernie back, like, you know, it's funny, but a little bit of sleep,
00:57:17can do for a soul.
00:57:21My hiney's cold.
00:57:22Your hiney?
00:57:23Bend over and grab your toes.
00:57:25No.
00:57:26I don't need to be that warm.
00:57:30What's that?
00:57:32Oh.
00:57:32We have not seen anything like this since we've been out here.
00:57:35What's that?
00:57:36I don't know what it is.
00:57:38It's like a grubby thing.
00:57:41Oh, it's squishy.
00:57:42Grubby things?
00:57:43Oh.
00:57:44Yeah.
00:57:45We could use this as bait.
00:57:47Yeah.
00:57:48Like, it's...
00:57:49Is it still alive?
00:57:50Oh, yeah.
00:57:51It's alive.
00:57:52I think so.
00:57:52It's moving.
00:57:53Yeah, cold as too.
00:57:55That's awesome.
00:57:56I've been looking for grub since, like, day three, and I could never find it.
00:58:01You know, it's pretty large.
00:58:02It's squishy.
00:58:03It almost reminds me of, like, one of my kids' fidgets.
00:58:06Um, I'm about to go take a walk down to our lines, and I'm gonna bait this fella.
00:58:21I'm noticing that these walks are, they seem longer, even though they're not.
00:58:27My body's letting me know.
00:58:29So I'm really hoping that there's maybe even just one fish on there.
00:58:44I feel like this thing's gonna juice everywhere.
00:58:50Oh, it did!
00:58:53Oh, that's super gross.
00:58:56Okay, so nothing here.
00:58:59Get this on there.
00:59:02Boom.
00:59:04Boom.
00:59:04All right.
00:59:06Moving on.
00:59:26So, Mandy, what day is it?
00:59:28Today is day 14, the end of week two.
00:59:31I thought it was gonna be bittersweet, like I'm gonna be a little sad.
00:59:33Yeah, like a downer.
00:59:34Mm-hmm.
00:59:35Mm-mm.
00:59:35I'm not.
00:59:36I'm actually excited.
00:59:37Last challenge, we were heading out, which was super nice.
00:59:41Uh, now we know we got another week.
00:59:43We need some sort of food source.
00:59:46I have to finish this challenge so I could humbly place myself at the footsteps of other
00:59:51survivalists and feel like I belong with them.
00:59:56My body is hungry.
00:59:57My body is hungry.
00:59:58I barely made that 14-day challenge and this is an additional week.
01:00:01We are so much more active here.
01:00:03We are walking around all the time, way more than I did in my last challenge.
01:00:07It's cold here at night.
01:00:08That sun gets real hot, so that's also exhausting.
01:00:16No fish.
01:00:17No fish.
01:00:17No fish.
01:00:17Let's go to this.
01:00:43Look at that guy.
01:00:44Yeah.
01:00:51Let's go.
01:01:23Last night, that whole, that growl.
01:01:27Yeah, it was definitely right behind our boma, sounds like, close.
01:01:34The f***?
01:01:37What are you looking at?
01:01:39Big kitty print.
01:01:41Is that a lion?
01:01:42That's a, I think it's a f***ing lion print.
01:01:45Look at the, look at how deep those claws, they're bigger than my thumb.
01:01:50And that's fresh.
01:01:52Our boma's 100 feet away.
01:01:55It's the second time a lion has been very close to our boma.
01:01:59And we still have a whole another week.
01:02:01This is not a petting zoo.
01:02:04There is danger all around us.
01:02:07I wouldn't have seen it happen.
01:02:08Just a very eye-opening, it just teaches us that we always have to be on alert.
01:02:14Seeing those lion tracks, it's not something I take lightly.
01:02:18It takes about two weeks for predators to get used to who's here and their surroundings.
01:02:25And then that's when they start closing in.
01:02:27Lots of places to hide.
01:02:30It's more important now than ever for both of us to be vigilant.
01:02:34Because if we can't face to face with a lion, I don't even know.
01:02:55This place, it's not ours at all.
01:02:58It's theirs.
01:03:00And they can do whatever they want, whenever they want.
01:03:02That's my concern.
01:03:03So let's think.
01:03:05Number one rule if we do see a lion looking at us.
01:03:09Don't run.
01:03:10Don't run.
01:03:12Now I'm not saying not to worry.
01:03:14I'm just saying if we protect one another, watch each other's back, close up at night, keep the fires going.
01:03:21Yeah.
01:03:29There's lions out there.
01:03:37I just made my fire.
01:03:40They hurt.
01:03:42I scared them away.
01:03:44We've managed to get our fire quite boring.
01:03:48I guess what's the kind of country I mean.
01:04:01Okay, you ready?
01:04:02Yeah.
01:04:03Do you mind if I set the pace?
01:04:05No, no, go ahead.
01:04:07I'm struggling today.
01:04:08Yeah, I can see it.
01:04:11It was hard for me to sleep at for a while because every little noise that I heard, I kept
01:04:16thinking it was like a lion walking and stuff.
01:04:19I am worried about Mandy because she gets anxiety and she's feeling pretty tired.
01:04:25So hopefully we have fish there and it'll work her up.
01:04:27I really want to fish, Ernie, but I'm trying not to even give up my hopes right now.
01:04:39There's no fish.
01:04:42Middle end, no fish, but it still has both its bait.
01:04:46No fish on any line.
01:04:48It's what it is.
01:04:56Oh, yeah, it's hard.
01:04:59You feeling all right?
01:05:02Why don't you have a seat?
01:05:03Drink some water.
01:05:05Yeah, it's not quite ready, but I am going to have a seat.
01:05:07Yeah.
01:05:09My body is angry at me right now.
01:05:13It's letting me know all the things.
01:05:16Oh, man.
01:05:18Moving a little slower.
01:05:23I notice the little things get my heart rate going.
01:05:27I'm going to catch my breath.
01:05:30Woo!
01:05:31I have to take more breaks.
01:05:34I only made it like 30 feet.
01:05:37I know I need to rest, but it's hard for me because I'm always busy.
01:05:45Mandy never stops.
01:05:47It's very noticeable how much weight she's lost and how depleted she is.
01:05:52If we don't catch a fish or two before extraction, I am very concerned for her well-being.
01:06:09I want to do better.
01:06:11I want something for my kids to be proud of.
01:06:15That's what I want.
01:06:25I'm not going to lie.
01:06:26I don't think I've ever wanted the fish so badly as I do today.
01:06:29I know Mandy desperately needs calories.
01:06:35Finding fish is imperative.
01:06:40Our sticks don't even look the slightest bit bent.
01:06:50Fortunately, nothing on that line.
01:06:52Yeah, there is.
01:06:53There is.
01:06:54Yep, there is.
01:06:55Look at that.
01:06:57Oh, hallelujah.
01:06:58All right.
01:06:58This is amazing.
01:07:01This is so wonderful.
01:07:02Look at this.
01:07:04Look at that.
01:07:06Look at that.
01:07:07Woo!
01:07:08Grubby, grubby, grubby, grubby.
01:07:09I was praying for a fish today.
01:07:12I'm going to check over here and I'll check the other one while you're working on that.
01:07:18You got it?
01:07:20Okay.
01:07:21I got one, too.
01:07:22Oh, my gosh.
01:07:25How exciting!
01:07:27Oh, s***.
01:07:28This is a completely different kind of fish right here.
01:07:31Okay.
01:07:32This is not from Arkansas.
01:07:33The fact that we just got this huge, huge score means everything to us.
01:07:39Two days and a wake up!
01:07:41This is going to do so much for our bodies and our mindset.
01:07:4614-day challenge.
01:07:47We had one cactus.
01:07:48One cactus between the two of us.
01:07:52We're just going to eat.
01:07:54And then we'll just flip them over after a while.
01:07:56Yep.
01:07:57We have two catfish, one bottlenose, and we couldn't be happier.
01:08:01I couldn't be happier.
01:08:02Had we not been successful, I'm not 100% confident Mandy would have made it through the challenge.
01:08:08So this is really good to be able to physically repair, recover, push forward.
01:08:14This is all mine.
01:08:17Look at Ernie's.
01:08:18Look at Ernie's.
01:08:19All in one piece.
01:08:24Mmm.
01:08:25Yeah.
01:08:26Now, I'm going to say it.
01:08:28Oh my God, that crunchy.
01:08:31I can feel it warm.
01:08:34For 16 days.
01:08:35I've been wanting to feel when they say, I can feel it nourishing my body.
01:08:40I can.
01:08:43Oh my gosh.
01:08:45I'm very happy for you.
01:08:47Mmm.
01:08:48The flavor kind of reminds you of home.
01:08:51So it's a good place to be in your head.
01:08:53I am actually very, very excited to try this new fish of ours.
01:08:58Mmm.
01:08:59It's good.
01:09:00Now I have to get some tartar sauce, man.
01:09:02Dude, I was just thinking about that.
01:09:05If this is the last time we eat, we're going to be okay.
01:09:10Absolutely.
01:09:11You know?
01:09:11Yeah.
01:09:12Best day.
01:09:14Like the best way to end my day.
01:09:28Oh, God.
01:09:33I'm totally out of breath.
01:09:35I came down to use the bathroom.
01:09:38There's elephants.
01:09:40Oh my God, I'm out of breath.
01:09:42Right out there.
01:09:59They're crossing our end of the island where we usually hear them, and they're following all the way along the
01:10:03back of this island.
01:10:05All the way to the back of our Boma, which is where our watering hole is.
01:10:10It's right there.
01:10:20It's right there.
01:10:24Listen, 20 yards away from me.
01:10:28Don't do anything.
01:10:29That elephant's looking to see if we're following.
01:10:33Hide behind the bushes.
01:10:38Not only are elephants super territorial and dangerous, there's a mama with their baby.
01:10:44And that's a huge no-no.
01:10:48This is their home, and we have invaded it.
01:10:51We are out of here tomorrow, so we have to respect their space and be safe.
01:10:57That way we can leave.
01:10:58If they came running through here, you can just move this down.
01:11:12Coming to you from the Alcabanga Delta, a little game show from Ernie and I.
01:11:20If the answer is Mandy, we're going to hold up a stick.
01:11:25If the answer is Ernie, we're both going to hold a bark.
01:11:28You want me to go first?
01:11:29Yeah.
01:11:30Okay, go ahead.
01:11:31Who's first to cry?
01:11:34Who farts the most?
01:11:37Who pooped first?
01:11:41Who has the loudest farts?
01:11:43Oh.
01:11:47Hands down.
01:11:52Who's the most sensitive?
01:12:01Who loves Taco Bell?
01:12:03Oh!
01:12:05That was a good one.
01:12:06We do love Taco Bell.
01:12:10See, this is why we work so well.
01:12:12We're like right on the same page here.
01:12:16We love Taco Bell.
01:12:17We love Taco Bell.
01:12:27We love Taco Bell.
01:12:45No matter what, it's last night.
01:12:48We look up tomorrow and leave.
01:13:00It's Extraction Day
01:13:02And we're so excited
01:13:06But it's gonna suck so bad
01:13:14Extraction, baby
01:13:15Christmas, graduation, your birthday
01:13:18All up in one little gift
01:13:19I don't care that I didn't sleep last night
01:13:21I don't care that the bugs bit my ass all night long
01:13:24Don't care, because why? I'm leaving
01:13:26And I will be in a bed tonight
01:13:29Let's go through the map
01:13:30That's north
01:13:31Yeah
01:13:32So that's where we are
01:13:33Yeah
01:13:35It was very busy last night
01:13:36I know, I heard a lion
01:13:38Yeah
01:13:39Going around here, we hear a lot of elephants all the time
01:13:41All the time
01:13:42So we gotta be on lookout for that
01:13:45As long as we're not seeing anything dangerous
01:13:46Then we can skirt the island in a straight line distance
01:13:49Right through there
01:13:50Yeah, so we'll be on the west side of the island
01:13:53A lot of rowing, my friend
01:13:54Yeah
01:13:55We're just gonna have to push through
01:13:58Got it
01:13:59To get to their extraction point seven miles away
01:14:02Ernie and Mandy will have to trek a half mile back to their fishing hole
01:14:06Avoiding the lions prowling near their camp
01:14:09From the water's edge
01:14:11They will need to navigate their makoro
01:14:13Through the Okavango Delta's flooded waterways
01:14:16Fighting the unpredictable currents
01:14:18Steering clear of herds of elephants
01:14:20And watching for crocs and hippos
01:14:23Lurking in the deeper channels
01:14:25At the end of a deep and narrow waterway
01:14:28They will be rescued
01:14:32Finally
01:14:33This is it
01:14:34One step at a time
01:14:36Cross that finish line
01:14:41Yeah, such a beast
01:14:43Oh, good morning
01:14:48Holy
01:14:48That is cold
01:14:51Oh
01:14:52How can my shoulders be burning
01:14:55And my feet are frozen
01:14:57This is rude
01:15:03I'm tired
01:15:04Yep, let's get on
01:15:07My endurance is crap at this point
01:15:10So just walking with two sticks
01:15:12Takes a lot out of me
01:15:13Then I gotta get in this makoro that I hate
01:15:15And then I gotta row for God knows how many miles
01:15:17So just telling myself one step at a time
01:15:20Not thinking of the overall picture
01:15:22Just breaking it down into segments
01:15:25If you just push across
01:15:26If you try not to or push off the ground
01:15:29Can you just push
01:15:29Yeah, just push off the ground
01:15:32Ernie and I are gonna switch positions
01:15:34I need to save my strength
01:15:35I need to be in the front this time
01:15:37I can't do all of those things that I did last time
01:15:40It's just not gonna work
01:15:41Are you okay?
01:15:43I'm alright
01:15:43I'm f***ing tired
01:15:44I know you are
01:15:45We're so tired
01:15:47Gotten so little sleep
01:15:49And now we're about to do
01:15:51The ultimate fitness test
01:15:53Across water and land
01:15:55Power through
01:15:56I don't wanna get lost
01:15:58A fall out of the boat
01:15:59Risk not seeing a croc
01:16:01Or a hippo underwater
01:16:04I know this one's gonna be much harder
01:16:06Than it was in the Yucatan
01:16:13Nice and easy
01:16:16Yep, Mindy, can you turn?
01:16:17I'm trying to go left
01:16:19Where are you going?
01:16:20I'm not doing anything
01:16:21Oh
01:16:22Current
01:16:24You know, to help me
01:16:25Can you try to stay on one side?
01:16:27Let's try it like that for a little bit
01:16:28Alright, I'll stay on the left
01:16:29Okay
01:16:31Yeah, I'm trying to turn
01:16:37That macoro is so hard to operate
01:16:40It takes a lot of core strength
01:16:42Especially at this stage of the game
01:16:44Oh my gosh
01:16:49Oh my gosh
01:16:50Are you okay?
01:16:52Okay
01:16:59My anxiety
01:17:00Ten out of ten today
01:17:01You can't tip into that water
01:17:03There's crocodiles and hippos
01:17:04All over the place
01:17:12How many miles do you think we've gone?
01:17:14I don't know, man
01:17:15We're on water
01:17:15It takes forever
01:17:17Sure does
01:17:20I'm just letting you know
01:17:21My heart rate's really going
01:17:25Take a breather
01:17:26Seriously
01:17:30Oh gosh, okay
01:17:31Tall weeds
01:17:32I'm looking for spiders
01:17:34Okay
01:17:35Okay
01:17:38Okay
01:17:39My knees are starting to hurt a little bit
01:17:41But okay
01:17:42Just
01:17:42Oh
01:17:43Big spider
01:17:44It's so big
01:17:46Oh my gosh
01:17:46I better get it out
01:17:47Got to get it out
01:17:48Got to get it out
01:17:48Oh my gosh
01:17:50Oh my gosh
01:17:53Okay
01:17:55It did
01:17:55Good job
01:17:56There it is
01:17:57Okay
01:17:58Good job
01:17:58My heart rate's about to burst out of my chest
01:18:03These reeds are so hard to pour through
01:18:06It's shallow enough
01:18:07I think I can get out and walk some of it
01:18:10This is for the spiders
01:18:13Lee, the water's cold
01:18:15Yeah
01:18:19In the Yucatan
01:18:21It was just ugly, ugly, ugly
01:18:23Trying to make it through trees
01:18:25Here it's so much more open
01:18:26And it just doesn't stop
01:18:29It just doesn't stop
01:18:44Oh, it's pretty cold
01:18:46Yeah, and then the sun
01:18:49Is just cranking it up
01:18:51Is it getting harder?
01:18:53Oh yeah
01:18:54Do you need me to get out?
01:18:56Yeah
01:18:57Oh, it's cold
01:18:59We've got to be around the four mile mark by now
01:19:03But not only is there no determination in distance
01:19:05But I don't know how heavy that Makoro actually is
01:19:08But that sumbitch feels like it's a thousand pounds
01:19:11You're in and out of Makoro
01:19:14Rowing, steering, walking
01:19:17My body, I can feel it
01:19:19It's just draining every step
01:19:21Oh my god
01:19:22It's so cold
01:19:24We're going to finish this, hopefully
01:19:31This is really tiring
01:19:34Can we stop for a second?
01:19:36Just for a second
01:19:39Sorry, Ernie
01:19:40It's fine, it's fine
01:19:41My heart's just going really fast
01:19:42Okay
01:19:44Oh
01:19:47We're not going to make it across this with that
01:19:55Okay, right after here
01:19:56It starts getting deeper
01:19:58Okay
01:19:59But
01:20:00It's got to pull a little more
01:20:01Yeah, pull that thing over
01:20:03The shallow water back into deeper water
01:20:06Okay, ready?
01:20:08Yeah
01:20:13This thing is so heavy
01:20:15Sorry
01:20:21Poor Mandy's just bent
01:20:22She's trying to pull
01:20:24But I'm really pulling her and the Makoro at the same time
01:20:28And that rope, it's cutting through me like string cheese
01:20:34Okay
01:20:35Yeah
01:20:35Holy
01:20:38Okay
01:20:39Okay
01:20:39Just breath
01:20:42Smoked
01:20:43Smoked
01:20:45Smoked
01:20:45Breathe
01:20:50We're in the middle of nowhere
01:20:52God damn, it's cold
01:20:57Oh no
01:20:59Oh, that wind
01:21:02Oh my god
01:21:04It'd be so much easier if we were going with the current
01:21:07How far do you think we've gone?
01:21:09Ernie, I honestly don't know
01:21:12It just keeps going on and on
01:21:18Is that for us?
01:21:20Oh, that can't be for us, can it?
01:21:22Holy
01:21:24Holy
01:21:25Holy
01:21:25Holy
01:21:26Are you kidding me?
01:21:28Oh
01:21:28Rescued by the USS
01:21:30Let's go
01:21:31Thank you
01:21:36So cold
01:21:39I came into this challenge
01:21:42Stating Mandy 2.0
01:21:46I have surpassed what I thought I could do
01:21:53I love you
01:21:54You're doing great
01:21:56Way to push through
01:21:58At the end of my last challenge
01:22:00I felt like a little bit of a badass
01:22:02A little bit
01:22:03This time
01:22:04Look at this
01:22:05Woo
01:22:06I feel like a brave primitive badass
01:22:11How exciting
01:22:12And no one can take that away from me
01:22:15In 21 days, Mandy lost 33 pounds
01:22:19Her PSR jumps from a 5.7 to a 7.4
01:22:31I'm done
01:22:3321 days here
01:22:35Total of 35
01:22:36All naked and afraid
01:22:38I needed to do a 21
01:22:40To feel like I completed something
01:22:43And to be a part of the group of people
01:22:45That I admire so much
01:22:46In 21 days, Ernie lost 22 pounds
01:22:50His PSR rises from a 6.0
01:22:53To a 7.2
01:22:56We are like survivalists now
01:22:58We are official survivalists
01:23:01Not 14
01:23:0421
01:23:0521
01:23:08Mandy and I have been all in for each other
01:23:10Every step of the way
01:23:12And that means a lot to me
01:23:13I'll always be grateful
01:23:16To make history with Mandy
01:23:18He's happy
01:23:24And be the first fan challenge
01:23:25That went on a 21
01:23:26Same team together
01:23:28Ha!
01:23:29We did it
01:23:30We did do it
01:23:32Mandy!
01:23:33No!
01:23:34There are deem Mandy!
01:23:352.0
01:23:37We're here
01:23:4021
01:23:42One
01:23:42One
01:23:42One
01:23:43One
01:23:43One
01:23:43One
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