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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've got to get rid of that hesitation is the difference between success and failure in this
00:00:25game you're gonna get hurt damn you just got to 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 safe 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
00:01:20this 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
00:03:24fire i made fire going out into the wilderness just taking in the air looking at nature desperate
00:03:33times these desperate measures
00:03:38it's absolutely everything
00:03:42let's go conquer africa my mental health journey i've been on antidepressants
00:03:47and different adhd medicine since i was 11. my whole life i was depressed
00:03:54until about five years ago i found naked and afraid i've always found a sense of peace
00:03:59in the wilderness uh calming and now i've taken it to the extreme
00:04:11hello hey how are you are you as excited as i am i'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
00:04:22i'll see some of that in common
00:04:24i just met nicole and i'm excited to have her as my partner bright pink hair and this
00:04:29great smile good positive energy here
00:04:32so you're a fan
00:04:33yes
00:04:34is this uh you've seen a ton of episodes i'm sure
00:04:36is this what you thought it would be like
00:04:38absolutely 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 i'm ready
00:04:54for it you know so yeah so let's kick some ass let's kick ass
00:04:57mm-hmm yeah i got another yes look i feel very comfortable already andrew is just like a teddy bear
00:05:04um i'm just feeling great about this 14 days and we're gonna rock it
00:05:10it's real now it's a real deal so i brought my hook and line yes oh i'm so excited yeah
00:05:20we're
00:05:21gonna eat this 14 days oh yeah i love getting some food all right what you got well our beautiful
00:05:26knife here she is small but fierce yeah i think i have something else in here oh i am so
00:05:31happy to see
00:05:32this oh yes a pod so important yeah looks like we got a fire starter that's gonna come in handy
00:05:40too
00:05:40out here yes and we have the handy dandy map i've been waiting for this oh yeah where are you
00:05:46thinking
00:05:47oh yeah we'll just head north and check this water and hole out there's looks like a change in terrain
00:05:51but there's plenty of wood water course and yeah resources and hopefully food can't wait can't wait let's
00:05:58do it happen let's roll super fans nicole and andrew will attempt to survive 14 days
00:06:11in zambia's luonga river valley a vast african wilderness which holds the highest concentration
00:06:18of carnivores in zambia here many of the continent's big game including elephants leopards
00:06:29lions nile crocs and hyena roam in the thorn ridden grasslands
00:06:37the sub-saharan wasteland is now nearing the end of its long dry season with daytime temperatures
00:06:43approaching triple digits and suffocating humidity animals are gathering at dwindling water holes
00:06:49desperate for scarce water and resources
00:06:56a 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
00:07:16i got 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 going to water i guess they're going to water
00:07:31we 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 this
00:07:48thirsty in my life but with the heat out here i've been nauseous all day the past 10 minutes i
00:07:53feel a
00:07:54little dizzy yeah it is hot i am sweating a ton i never knew just a few hours could drain
00:08:02you 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 gotta be coming close yeah all signs point to we gotta be getting close water i see water there's
00:08:31water so that's life all right so yeah there's plenty of water hopefully there's some some fish
00:08:38in here and one of those in crocs yeah i think i'm more worried about the big stuff that comes
00:08:43and drinks it
00:08:44yeah
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
00:09:02want to do as far as a shelter and where we want to kind of put a base camp let's
00:09:06go look and see
00:09:08where we want to put our home
00:09:13even though we have predators here we see the tracks we don't have a lot of time but it is
00:09:17crucial to
00:09:17build a sturdy boma to make sure that when the predators too come around and they're they feel
00:09:21confident to be here that we're ready for them it looks like either oh i like this big time animal
00:09:27trails here right through i think if we block it off though i love the shade we're going to need
00:09:34that
00:09:35being so hot with the sun i think if we clear this out and we just kind of like uh
00:09:42we can use this as
00:09:43a lean-to later from the rain but and we can even just kind of bend those trees yeah all
00:09:49right i'm gonna
00:09:49get us some firewood i think start this fire get us some water going yeah let me just kind of
00:09:56get
00:09:56things 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 right
00:10:08right now is just unreal
00:10:10should start right up
00:10:30oh this brings me happiness
00:10:46i'm already starting to feel a little nauseous from the track i feel a little bit of a headache
00:10:52come on so 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 you want to maybe feed this
00:11:11fire yeah
00:11:12i got you i got you worried 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 okay yeah feeling bad again take a break
00:11:58andrew 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 the power in me to drink as much water as i can tonight to
00:12:36replenish what i've
00:12:37already lost
00:12:41yeah yeah oh that is amazing yeah this is africa with the heat and the humidity the biggest concerns
00:12:49for surviving here are you know water water water uh make sure we've got that system in place and we
00:12:55have
00:12:55that all right all right good job you did that thank you
00:13:08we gotta finish this boma before it gets dark i don't want animal creeping in at night because africa
00:13:18everything wants to kill you
00:13:23because i've watched episodes of africa i know the shelters that need to be made i know the resources
00:13:29that can be found here and how to find them as quickly and burn as less energy as possible to
00:13:35do 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 hopefully we'll get a good
00:13:51night sleep tonight and keep on going
00:14:06ah we made it through the first day out in the wild i have never done anything like this
00:14:13that's yeah it's insane we are cray cray but we're doing it
00:14:35our first night was in the books i'm gonna use the knife
00:14:45oh my god andrew scorpion grab that knife oh 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 um probably about this big oh wow yeah it was a good size one wasn't
00:15:05one of the
00:15:05little small ones watch your hands though because he was running that way
00:15:13i've got to be careful his ass is venomous that's crazy to think that these are just sitting in our
00:15:17shelter and i was sleeping right there yeah a 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 yeah i'll have a stick ready you still take the knife i'll have a stick
00:15:42ready and i'll get that son of a bitch we'll get him the scorpion and the boma that gives us
00:15:48a new
00:15:49unlocked fear i see him again i am not letting you go be careful nicole
00:15:57oh right 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 yeah and then we gotta get that tail yeah but i'll move him at least
00:16:11he's
00:16:11gonna die now scorpions 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 yeah so imagine getting stung in the head or on the
00:16:21face no one of these we'd be like in serious pain or done yeah that'd be it just one something
00:16:27that
00:16:27simple that small change everything
00:16:44i think our plans are to get some stuff done and 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 and then while you do that
00:16:54i'll work on putting up a snare yes how's that this sounds good because if there's no protein source
00:17:00here then we got to reevaluate some things thinking of food you know right now with the heat and the
00:17:06humidity and all that you'll never have enough calories out here we have to try to get something
00:17:11we're gonna hook up a trot line with a little bug at the end of it and with this one
00:17:17the idea is to
00:17:18the catfish is going to be swimming smelling trying to find something nasty to eat he'll come on to
00:17:23this chomp on it it'll be attached to the tree i've been fishing all throughout my whole life you know
00:17:29there's a lot of lakes and rivers where i come from so give me a body of water i catch
00:17:34fish
00:17:41now we just wait
00:17:52all right so this is the muponi tree and i want some cordage from it my goal for today is
00:17:59to get
00:17:59as much cordage as i can set my snare now i'm gonna catch something i'm gonna work on some really
00:18:06like
00:18:06fine small weaved ones for more of the little game out here
00:18:17this muponi tree is definitely great for cordage like i can't get that off even if i wanted to
00:18:26but it dries out very quickly so you want to just make sure that it stays moist until it's ready
00:18:32to be
00:18:32used i've never actually killed anything but out here it's survival so let's go let's do this
00:18:39i'm looking for the rabbits uh birds whatever small game they have here i just got to find their
00:18:46paths oh i think i found one i like all right so i have my noose right here okay
00:18:55then 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
00:19:05when they enter the noose which is propped open with short sticks they become trapped as they
00:19:11struggle to get free this has got to work and 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
00:19:29relatively easy or quickly then that's a game changer all right let's see moment of truth and oh god damn
00:19:41um no bait but that means there's something here but i think that just means they're really really
00:19:52small and 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 i'm gonna walk down there and check that line real
00:20:55fast yes
00:20:56nothing 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
00:21:36yes
00:21:42all right we got this so we just put a snail on the line we're doing some active fishing over
00:21:47there
00:21:48if we can have dinner tonight that would be a really really great win we need one of those
00:22:00you got it
00:22:00oh no
00:22:06god damn it
00:22:10you got this friend
00:22:16yes all right we got this we can have dinner tonight that would be
00:22:20a really really great win we need one of those
00:22:25mother
00:22:28had a fish god damn it they're so small they won't even get on the hook
00:22:34we knew this was gonna be hard so um but i'll be okay we're gonna push through we're in it
00:22:42together
00:22:43and we are just gonna keep on trucking
00:22:58okay definitely snake territory
00:23:02i would love to have some snake for lunch yesterday was the first day that i heard my stomach growl
00:23:08my body is definitely letting me know that i need food i just got bull nettle in the face oh
00:23:13it is
00:23:14tearing me up oh my goodness
00:23:19our map it shows that there's another river body of water not too far from our little camp so we're
00:23:26gonna see if there's any other source of proteins that may be beneficial we haven't had any luck in the
00:23:31pond done it for three days and found nothing so it's time to find something else oh you son of
00:23:37a
00:23:45bitch
00:23:46yeah it sounded big and sound like it's tearing up so we need to be careful i don't want to
00:23:52get trampled on
00:24:02all right look at this andrew oh this is great are these all elephant tracks something big and
00:24:12these are fresh these are fresh yep look at that that just goes to show how big those elephants are
00:24:27we need to keep our head on a swivel
00:24:39turn around there has to be fish in there there's already a little dam from the stream being pushed
00:24:46so hard yep and then past that is almost still water yeah they're gonna be in these pools here
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 it
00:25:09makes
00:25:10fishing and identifying that there's fish a lot easier than the stagnant mud hole that we were at
00:25:15and i think i think i'm gonna work on a fish basket hopefully i can finally catch something we're gonna
00:25:22get him
00:25:24i know he's feeling a little down that he may not find anything but i'm feeling confident
00:25:29about anything um
00:25:33please jesus please just let this as soon as it hits the water somehow someway
00:25:39you bless me with this fish just let it just let it be just finding food is is critical into
00:25:45so many
00:25:46points one my body's telling me andrew we're needing it it's four days since we've had a meal
00:25:50let's get something but also just the mental boost to say that you can do this that looks like that
00:25:54just
00:25:54catfish heaven under there we're gonna put some lines out trot lines we haven't had any luck on
00:26:01trot lines maybe that's the one this is ideal we have a perfect setup here for a fish basket
00:26:11and i i truly believe this can be my win and i really need one of those all right so
00:26:17you're
00:26:18gonna take one two three four five almost like in a little circle and you're gonna stick it into the
00:26:25mud then you're gonna take all five gather it to the top and then you're gonna take some like vines
00:26:33or saplings and you're gonna basket weave them throughout the whole thing what you end up with
00:26:38is a round basket that comes up to a cone then you make a smaller one and you put it
00:26:45inside fish can
00:26:46go in but they can't turn around and come back out they're in there it's gold
00:26:55i've failed at getting food it's something that i i'm supposed to be good at it's getting very
00:27:02heartbreaking and frustrating right now um to try to hold it together knowing that nicole is counting
00:27:07on 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 hole though about four or five inches long it's time to nut up or shut up and get that
00:27:22fish
00:27:23he definitely is in there sit your big ass out there come on come on take it come on come
00:27:30on baby take this
00:27:31baby take it baby baby please take it come on come on take take it come on
00:27:41yeah you got one yeah
00:27:44come on come on take it come on
00:28:17oh my goodness oh we are having fish i'm gonna get the fire ready this was so worth it
00:28:25all right all right this is a game changer africa had me on my knees questioning my abilities on
00:28:32if i could actually do this catch any fish been trying to do this for a couple days now
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 at
00:28:44that africa trying to tell me i can't fish look at that i can fish yeah son listen that sizzle
00:28:53you
00:28:53hear that just sizzling mm son look at that white meat look at how delicious yeah cheers cheers
00:29:05mm that's good god what do you think oh my god i could cry this is so good it's just
00:29:16so 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
00:30:43what
00:30:43what
00:30:44what
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00:31:02Oh
00:31:26I'm so happy this is done you should be it's a messy one but it is going to work do
00:31:33you want to
00:31:33hold it yeah I'll hold it right there I did it it fits look at that I did it look
00:31:43at that let's show
00:31:44the world last night was really tough with all the noises of the animals all night long Andrew
00:31:51didn't sleep well I didn't sleep well but today is a new day so we're gonna catch some fish today
00:32:04the stream that we're in is set up perfectly for a fish basket it had a natural dam so we
00:32:10added to
00:32:10that and we are forcing the fish to go into that basket come on baby there's gonna be fish in
00:32:20there
00:32:30I did not want to lose any water
00:32:35all right pour another one no no I'm not thirsty so but I'll be okay I'm gonna go downstream and
00:32:42check those lines real fast I wish he would drink more this is Africa it is hot right it's hot
00:32:53it's
00:32:53human you can get dehydrated he has not had water in like three hours and I hand it to him
00:33:03he takes a sip
00:33:03but I can't force him to drink so what do you do
00:33:18it's a struggle yeah up and over
00:33:25it's day seven we'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 when we're used to
00:33:39eating
00:33:40you know 2,000 so the only way to get out of this thing is we have to find fish
00:33:45all right fish trap I know you're gonna do fabulous
00:33:55nope not today nothing nothing
00:34:00Andrew and I have been busting ass and I've been working real hard on providing I'm a checklist
00:34:09person and having the snare and the fish basket and all those on a checklist and nothing like
00:34:16checked I feel like I'm not contributing you're not bringing home anything and you know
00:34:23is frustrating to me I just want a success I want a win
00:34:33sun's starting to break through the trees up there it's gonna be hot
00:34:38oh try some it's delicious right now I'm just I'm not thirsty right now so you know how I am
00:34:44with
00:34:44chugging I'm not much of a yeah you're not a chugger because just doing that just makes me
00:34:50yeah we don't nauseous I'm concerned about my partner he definitely doesn't feel thirsty so he
00:34:57doesn't think he needs to drink that worries me dehydration is a danger out here we both threw up
00:35:04on day one I'm scared that at the rate that he's going he is going to be in trouble yeah
00:35:11I'm getting
00:35:11slower I can feel it
00:35:25this is a deep hole too and how the sun's shining on it might be pretty good fishing to change
00:35:32things up a little bit running low on energy very very low
00:35:39getting kind of weak getting harder to get up
00:35:44when I exert myself it does it's just like breathtaking in a way it just takes your breath away
00:35:52a lot different look I'm hurting my body hurts it feels like every joint in my body is wanting to
00:35:59poke
00:35:59out the sides whether it's my elbows shoulders spine ribs getting slower getting kind of weak I got
00:36:07them cat light reflexes oh it'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 maybe fish in
00:36:23here there are I'm sure big enough to get on the hook but should have brought even smaller hooks I
00:36:28guess
00:36:28their mouths are shaped smaller or something but they are not wanting to take it
00:36:46I'm tired of this it's just frustrating because this is supposed to be what I do this is what
00:36:52you know I catch fish but now when the on the line can't catch I'm tired I'm hurting baby it's
00:36:59time to go
00:37:09home feeling kind of a little weak every morning my body hurts been my back was killing me my legs
00:37:17I
00:37:17have cramps from starting creeping I'm sorry you're not feeling fabulous it's just just real tired and
00:37:23kind of hard to get you know it's hard to think like there's a blanket over my brain or something
00:37:31he needs to drink I can see it on his face it is essential for his body he's already in
00:37:37probably
00:37:38stage three of dehydration I am very concerned about you with water oh yeah I mean I'm just
00:37:51frustrated right now I mean my brain ain't even thinking about it I know but do you do you mind
00:37:56if
00:37:56I say something and then just say if I'm out of line tell me anything you want your back hurt
00:38:02mine
00:38:03doesn't mm-hmm your calves hurt mine don't mm-hmm you're not thirsty I am yeah you're not sweating
00:38:10anymore yep all of that is dehydration it's gonna take and this is a fact it takes triple the amount
00:38:20of
00:38:21water intake to get you back from dehydration I absolutely love Nicole she's the greatest person
00:38:29we take care of one another we look out for one another hard-headed I struggle accepting help but this
00:38:36here you have to you know if you don't accept the help and you let the ego get in the
00:38:39way you're done
00:38:42look at you chugging
00:38:43I think relatively close to the water or just how they were walking yeah their strides aren't very big
00:38:59but they go in groups so we've been seeing the Egyptian geese walking along our pond same path
00:39:06every day catching one of those geese will push us through till day 14. okay yeah I can see bird
00:39:14prints
00:39:14right there awesome so I was thinking jab it in and then put this there right there I came here
00:39:23with an
00:39:23idea of what I wanted to do and I feel like I'm running out of time and I know I'm
00:39:29hard on myself
00:39:29but I'm just disappointed in what I've brought to the table I just want to be successful and I want
00:39:39to be successful in the things that I've been working hard for and it's so frustrating you may
00:39:46let it stick up so then it catches him a little bit his foot gets in there he can't he
00:39:50doesn't pick
00:39:51it up very high drags it tightens up around his foot and he can't get off I'm going to get
00:39:57something
00:39:57in my snares or my fish basket I'm here to do that I mean that's all you can do
00:40:13we got this day Andrew oh I know it's just it's just frustrating it's I feel like my momentum
00:40:20has kind of hit a wall you know I'm exhausted from being out here I'm really tired
00:40:32oh my god Andrew I see a snake get that stick do you see it
00:40:39oh there he is up there there's my chance damn that's a baby black mama be careful
00:40:53don't let me bite you I know I know where'd you go I just scared him and I stirred up
00:40:58the mud
00:40:58we gotta get it Andrew do you see it downstream yeah Nicole that was your chance I see a snake
00:41:10in the water perfect perfect opportunity he goes up the bank and what do I do I fling it back
00:41:21into
00:41:21the freaking water like an idiot the one snake we see in Africa and try to
00:41:32I just need a minute so stupid you're good you're good go do what you gotta do
00:41:42all I had to do was take the side of the stick place it on him I had the knife
00:41:47in my hand
00:41:48I could have just done it but you're just so tired and you don't think but that was we're so
00:41:56hungry
00:41:59oh I'm so mad at myself I'm disappointed I have been that's all I wanted to do here in Africa
00:42:20what she's feeling is the same thing I felt and it felt like just I was just this big stupid
00:42:26ass
00:42:26loser that talked all this stuff about how he could fish and survive and just to let my partner down
00:42:36I have been putting in the freaking man hours sunup to sundown I have not stopped
00:42:47I've gotten nothing nothing accomplished on my list nothing and we only have four more days
00:43:03maybe I'm not a survivalist
00:43:07maybe I'm not supposed to be here
00:43:21maybe I'm supposed to just go back doing hair
00:43:32need a little more time or can I come talk to you
00:43:35you can come talk to me
00:43:42come here bring it in bring it in bring it in
00:43:46it's gonna be okay
00:43:49it'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
00:43:58who flings it back in the water who does that
00:44:05it's okay I get it and there's gonna be other opportunities
00:44:09we have four days we waited ten days to see a snake
00:44:14I know I'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 ten 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
00:44:37what 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
00:44:47to know that it wasn't catastrophic
00:44:49it's okay you'll be fine
00:44:51just keep pushing
00:44:52we turn that page and we move on from it
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
00:45:13but Africa has showed me that I am hard on myself
00:45:17and I gotta 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 gonna catch as many frogs as I need to
00:45:41and I am just gonna 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
00:45:52gonna 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
00:46:02that's a big one
00:46:05no no no no no
00:46:11no oh you jerk off
00:46:15I 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 balls to the wall
00:46:30and 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
00:46:44preserve what protein I've got left
00:46:46and
00:46:46well hopefully I can
00:46:47not fight it
00:46:48step up for the team
00:46:50when we need it the most
00:46:51I'm discouraged
00:46:52because the water levels are dropping
00:46:54which affects biting
00:46:56very iffy on whether we're gonna get anything today
00:46:58you know
00:46:58it seems like a lot of the fish are probably moving downstream
00:47:02this is the deepest part of the pond
00:47:06nope
00:47:22here we go
00:47:22there you go
00:47:23get in there
00:47:24oh
00:47:25here we go
00:47:26here we go
00:47:26oh you want me to do it?
00:47:27sorry I thought I never scream
00:47:29I hate the people who scream
00:47:31I got freaking lunch
00:47:35there you go
00:47:36I just caught a fish
00:47:39this is so important
00:47:40the morale is going to be so much better
00:47:43we really really needed this
00:47:45I could cry right now
00:47:46I literally just
00:47:47there you go
00:47:48you did amazing
00:47:51we needed you
00:47:51we needed you
00:47:52and you did it
00:47:53and I really needed this
00:47:54oh
00:47:55I 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
00:48:04and was very emotional about it
00:48:05because
00:48:06her big thing has been
00:48:07she doesn't contribute
00:48:09and for her to catch that fish
00:48:10it was very overwhelming for her
00:48:12and I'm very proud of her
00:48:13for her to be able to do that
00:48:14and feel that way
00:48:16whenever we needed it the most
00:48:17one of us delivers
00:48:19every time
00:48:20every time
00:48:21I couldn't have asked
00:48:22for a better partner
00:48:23I couldn't have either
00:48:24I mean I couldn't have wrote
00:48:25if I had a script to write it
00:48:27I couldn't have done it
00:48:28any better myself
00:48:30this has been a crazy ride
00:48:33it has
00:48:46got it
00:48:46yeah
00:48:48whoop whoop
00:48:51alrighty
00:48:51alright
00:48:52so we'll cook this guy
00:48:54yummy
00:48:55I could have called it quits
00:48:57but I didn't
00:48:58I'm so proud of myself
00:49:00I knew I can do it
00:49:01when we needed it most
00:49:02and I am so ecstatic right now
00:49:05alrighty
00:49:07mmm
00:49:08I'm so excited
00:49:10oh I'm so thankful
00:49:11for this right now
00:49:13mmm
00:49:13mmm
00:49:18oh my god
00:49:22mmm
00:49:22damn that good
00:49:24yeah
00:49:27I'm picking every damn thing
00:49:29off this thing
00:49:30it's been a real struggle
00:49:31to catch fish
00:49:32and just any food in general
00:49:34you know
00:49:34the struggle's real out here
00:49:48so I mean right now
00:49:50both of us are
00:49:51very sluggish
00:49:52and there was a fish
00:49:54and there was a fish
00:49:54there was lunch
00:49:54but it's just exhausting
00:49:56out here
00:49:57you underestimate it
00:49:58when you're watching the show
00:49:59it's just
00:50:02everything takes energy
00:50:03to just do anything
00:50:06of course we all want the big wins
00:50:08but sometimes the small ones
00:50:10are what make us
00:50:11you know foraging is
00:50:13this is the last chance
00:50:14to really secure food
00:50:15to get ready for extraction
00:50:17and I would love to be able
00:50:19to get that win for both of us
00:50:22ah ha
00:50:23yes
00:50:25Andrew
00:50:26Hey
00:50:27found monkey fingers
00:50:28there you go
00:50:29pick the hell out of them
00:50:31how many you got
00:50:32oh made my day
00:50:34made my day
00:50:35yes
00:50:36bunch 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.
00:50:44Oh, this is great.
00:50:48Oh, I see some over here.
00:50:50Perfect.
00:50:52Some here.
00:50:54Ah!
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.
00:51:09OK.
00:51:10All right, got them all?
00:51:11Yep.
00:51:12I just got a pop one.
00:51:14Ready to head back?
00:51:17Mm-hmm.
00:51:18All right, let's roll.
00:51:20Mm.
00:51:21Out here on Nakin' It Afraid, you don't have a ribeye steak
00:51:24on your table.
00:51:26Mm.
00:51:27That good.
00:51:27That's a boost.
00:51:29Mm.
00:51:29Mm.
00:51:30That's what I'm talking about.
00:51:32And here I am with a smile on my face, pasting new food,
00:51:36monkey fingers.
00:51:37It doesn't have a whole lot of calories to it,
00:51:39but it's going to help us in the long run.
00:51:54What the ?
00:51:55God damn.
00:51:57What is that?
00:52:00Good?
00:52:04Good baby.
00:52:17Good baby.
00:52:19Good baby.
00:52:19Hey okay, good baby.
00:52:23Bye, whoa, whoa, whoa!
00:52:25Whoo, what is that?
00:52:39Always have to be on the slow.
00:52:40Can't get cozy here.
00:52:41Sure can.
00:52:55Last night was rough.
00:52:57Last night was a zoo.
00:52:59We heard all the animals, hyenas, elephants, hippos, a water buffalo I'm sure of.
00:53:06It was insane, all in the same watering hole and just feet from our boma.
00:53:12All right, all right Andrew, we are going to get bait, all right I'm really really feeling
00:53:26good about the fishing.
00:53:28To make extraction we really need that energy and that nutrition to get out of here safely.
00:53:35So hopefully we get another one to get a little bit more.
00:53:38All right.
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.
00:54:00Oh my god.
00:54:02Oh my goodness, elephants.
00:54:03Oh my god.
00:54:06Insane.
00:54:10Oh my goodness.
00:54:11Oh my goodness.
00:54:12Oh my goodness.
00:54:16Oh my goodness.
00:54:20Oh my goodness.
00:54:20Elephants are just so majestic.
00:54:22But it's big, it's scary, and it's starting to become an issue.
00:54:27There's danger around every corner.
00:54:31Oh my god.
00:54:36Oh my god.
00:54:38Oh my god.
00:54:41I cannot just explain what just happened.
00:54:44My heart is like, I gotta calm down.
00:54:50In recent days, local herds have been encroaching on Nicole and Andrew's location.
00:54:55Elephants remember smells and people.
00:54:57If an elephant feels their territory is being invaded, they will perceive it as a threat,
00:55:02which would trigger a deadly charge.
00:55:06I'm gonna show y'all something.
00:55:09That...
00:55:12Elephant.
00:55:16And...
00:55:17That...
00:55:17is our obama.
00:55:20Just 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.
00:55:30Anybody think, oh, it's stage, it's this, it's that?
00:55:34Uh-uh.
00:55:35That's real .
00:55:35That is a real .
00:56:19Oh my god.
00:56:21It's gonna be no big.
00:56:23Oh my god.
00:56:28That's great.
00:56:30Hey, wow.
00:56:30The bugs hurt some mals.
00:56:32I'm beyond negative as far as her point Vik benefits.
00:56:45There's a damn force just falling down.
00:56:49I think what they do is bomb what they stepped on.
00:56:52I mean, we weren't caused in this thing.
00:56:57The real lightning just goes around us.
00:57:13I don't think I'm going to get this thing that way.
00:57:29I don't think I'm going to get this thing that way.
00:57:43There's some lightning and thunder over the hills.
00:57:48It's like the storm is like super, super close to us.
00:57:52I just felt a raindrop.
00:57:53The wind is shifting.
00:57:58I'm kind of freaking out a little.
00:58:06All right, so we're kind of in a spot right now.
00:58:10There's lightning from 1130 up to 30ish.
00:58:15It's all lightning.
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
00:58:25a 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
00:58:37of our words right now.
00:58:38No, I'd rather be surrounded by hyenas than this.
00:58:43Oh, this is like one of my worst nightmares.
00:58:48Oh, .
00:58:50Nothing.
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.
00:59:33But 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, um.
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.
00:59:51It rained that hard.
00:59:52We made it.
00:59:53But 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?
01:00:13It may be more beneficiary to us to try to go a little ways,
01:00:17build a temporary boma and, um.
01:00:20Do it in two?
01:00:21Do it in two days.
01:00:22We just have to be careful because we all know the area
01:00:25and, um, watch for predators, yeah.
01:00:27So I think it would 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 100%.
01:00:43We're leaving today?
01:00:44Not a doubt in my mind.
01:00:45All right.
01:00:46You?
01:00:47100%.
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
01:00:55before 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.
01:01:09That's right.
01:01:09I don't see any, like, super sweet spots, so I guess it's whatever we think we can handle
01:01:17and go from there.
01:01:18Yep.
01:01:19After 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.
01:01:40Definitely don't want to exert a lot of energy building the boma, so we need this to be already
01:01:47almost 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 and it is a
01:02:00dangerous
01:02:01situation.
01:02:02Our first priority is to protect this fire.
01:02:04We'll get us a coal real fast.
01:02:06All right.
01:02:07And some of these are soaked and still burning.
01:02:10Go us.
01:02:11We're gonna get this big coal here because it is wet and we may need it to help us get
01:02:16our
01:02:16fire down.
01:02:17Absolutely.
01:02:17We'll get one more just to be safe.
01:02:19Yeah, get that.
01:02:20Yeah.
01:02:21Yeah.
01:02:21That'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.
01:02:26It's slippery.
01:02:27Mm-hmm.
01:02:28Bye, boma.
01:02:30Gotta get it going.
01:02:32Some people I see on the fan Facebook pages, they say, oh, Africa's one of the easier spots.
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.
01:02:52Yeah, 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 gotta
01:03:01be mindful of that.
01:03:03All right.
01:03:04You gotta keep your head on a swivel because, I mean, you don't know what's hunting you.
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 gonna 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're gonna get, you .
01:04:22A lot of critters 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 gonna go sideways.
01:04:45Let's see.
01:04:47That's 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 gonna use that staff.
01:05:03All right.
01:05:03Okay.
01:05:04All right.
01:05:06All right.
01:05:06Now, the next challenge is going across here carefully.
01:05:09You ain't gonna 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.
01:05:34But the only way out is through.
01:05:36I suppose is 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.
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 heel, I'm fine.
01:06:01And the little one gets you.
01:06:02Yeah.
01:06:02Not my coal.
01:06:03My coal.
01:06:06They're out.
01:06:07They're out.
01:06:08So 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.
01:06:20Makes 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, 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, circle 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 this 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.
01:07:53Time 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 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?
01:09:37I 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
01:09:54because it's so saturated.
01:09:58Very frustrated with Andrew.
01:10:00I don't know if it's because he genuinely wants to help
01:10:03or 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 it's going to kill it.
01:10:27I mean, it was hard enough to light because we don't have a coal.
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 we're dead.
01:10:42No, 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.
01:10:47But 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
01:10:55and keep our heads together and get this fire started.
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, the smaller one.
01:11:06Okay, let's throw this big wet.
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.
01:11:22And as fans, you know, you're watching the show,
01:11:24you're watching your survivalist, and you don't think about the crew.
01:11:27Who'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 going to fall.
01:11:43I'm going to fall.
01:11:43You're sliding.
01:11:44I believe in you, Phil.
01:11:45You're definitely sliding.
01:11:47Technique.
01:11:47Yep, yep, yep.
01:11:48Technique!
01:11:49Silver surfer!
01:11:50Oh!
01:11:52Yeah, so...
01:11:53You just got to commit to it.
01:11:55Oh!
01:11:58Signed it.
01:12:04They're in it with us, so you got to see how they did.
01:12:07There they are.
01:12:08One big family.
01:12:10Mm-hmm.
01:12:13I mean, you want to throw some of this wet stuff on it and see what happens?
01:12:15We can put one, at least, a smaller one, just to start it.
01:12:18Okay, 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.
01:12:25We're going to 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 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.
01:13:20If I had an issue, I should have just said, hey, Andrew, this is how I'm feeling, and I didn't
01:13:26do that, and I took it out on you, and that wasn't fair.
01:13:28Yeah.
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.
01:13:38No, it's all good.
01:13:39I ain't worried about it.
01:13:41Can you 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.
01:13:49Thank 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 gotta 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 gotta give a little, take a little, and I'm so thankful
01:14:16that 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, and I got me a new best friend.
01:14:25We got this.
01:14:26Yep, we just got a few more hours, then we go to sleep and have to do this long, long
01:14:32hike, and get the hell out of Africa.
01:14:47We're skinny, we're tired, we're weak, and you know, just even seeing that elephant so close and personal even takes
01:14:57a lot of energy.
01:14:58So to take two days of travel, build another BOMA, start another fire, it's definitely a risk.
01:15:07Has it been done?
01:15:08I couldn't think of it, but...
01:15:09On a fan challenge, I don't think.
01:15:11On a fan challenge.
01:15:11On a fan challenge.
01:15:13We got this, though.
01:15:15We can do this.
01:15:16And 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.
01:15:45Yes.
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.
01:16:10Whoo.
01:16:12All right, let'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.
01:16:28This is probably the weakest I have felt in 14 days.
01:16:33Lions, they definitely lurk on prey that are weak, and we are weak, and 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, trust unconditional.
01:16:55I got us.
01:16:56All right.
01:16:57We're following the stream, and that's what the map says to do.
01:17:01Mm-hmm.
01:17:01This could be, like, super snake area, especially hiding from the rain.
01:17:07Yep.
01:17:12You hear that?
01:17:13Yep.
01:17:14I wonder what that is.
01:17:18O-M-G.
01:17:21Andrew, 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.
01:17:35Elephant.
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.
01:18:04Let me help you.
01:18:09Mm-hmm.
01:18:09And 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.
01:18:48Oh, 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.
01:19:05I 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.
01:19:24After 14 days, we made it.
01:19:29That was so hard.
01:19:30It 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, but yeah.
01:19:46I see something.
01:19:48I see something.
01:19:49Look at that.
01:19:49That's gonna be our ride.
01:19:55We made it.
01:19:56We made it.
01:19:57We 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.
01:20:11Come on over here.
01:20:13Hello.
01:20:14Woo.
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.
01:20:33I 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.
01:20:57Nicole completes the 14 day challenge, losing 14 pounds.
01:21:02Her final primitive survival rating, or PSR, jumps from 5.7 to 6.0.
01:21:09Let's go.
01:21:09Let's go.
01:21:10Yeah, let'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.
01:21:17You 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.
01:21:23You don't have to regret your past.
01:21:25You don't have to wish you could go in 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!
01:22:02Yeah.
01:22:05Goodbye, Africa.
01:22:06Goodbye, Zambia.
01:22:07We did it.
01:22:08Mm-hmm.
01:22:09We frickin' did it, Andrew.
01:22:11We made it.
01:22:13Goodbye, Zambia!
01:22:22We 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.
01:22:31Aw.
01:22:34Damn, this is insane.
01:22:35Steak and the mashed, rice and the chicken.
01:22:38You got your burger.
01:22:39Mm-hmm.
01:22:40And you got your fried pickles.
01:22:42What 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.
01:22:51It's everything I've dreamed 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.
01:23:04You 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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