01x06 - To Stop Is To Die

[bunniefuu]

[Bear Grylls] Previously,

on the World's Toughest Race

[ howling ]

58 teams still remain.

This just hurts.

now spread out over 200 kilometers

in the rugged Fijian wilderness.

The jungle looks pretty much impenetrable.

All teams are now facing some of

the most physically demanding sections

of the entire racecourse.

This is the Eco-Challenge way.

Either you do it or go home.

After a complete disaster on Day 1

- Whoa!

- Dan, you okay?

Team Bend Racing had made

a miraculous recovery

and are steadily climbing

the leader board.

We need to paddle our asses off.

Let's go catch some Kiwis.

Come on, Sophie.

But Team New Zealand has pulled away

to a commanding lead

by braving the night

and scaling Vuwa Falls on no sleep.

Woo hoo! Look what I found!

For us to win this race

we sort of look for what our team

calls a "race-winning opportunity."

[Grylls] But their decision has taken

a physical toll,

and for the first time in the race,

the Kiwis are struggling.

And in last place, Team Onyx

has been separated from their captain.

Cliff's a heavier guy, so he's usually

coming up from the back, so,

on bigger hills,

we'd wait a couple of minutes.

Here you go.

He shouldn't be that far back.

Holy cow, this is Something's not right.

Are you worried?

[ bike crashing ]

[ heavy breathing ]

We've got a team down!

A team is down!

♪♪♪

Ah! [ whispers ] Okay.

[ exhaling ]

Tight turn, loose gravel

fast speeds.

Not a good formula.

We need to get the bike back together.

- What do you need?

- Uh, tools, bandages.

- All right.

- All of that good stuff.

OK, what happened?

Uh, came out of the turn,

went into the ditch. Wiped out.

All right.

[Chriss] They're both on their feet.

They're both on their feet.

Don't panic. They're both on their feet.

[Sam] Hey!

Hey, are you okay?

- Um, could you check the bike?

- Yes.

- Thank you.

- Yep.

- Are you okay?

- Uh, yeah, yeah.

[Coree] He's okay.

- Where's your helmet?

- I took it off. It's there.

[ exhaling forcefully, groans ]

- You get the hand?

- [ Clifton exhaling ]

[ groans ]

Let's

Sit down.

Your helmet is cracked. Sit down.

Sam looked at his helmet

and noticed a crack on the left side,

so, it raises concern for, you know,

a head injury or yeah, so not good.

[Chriss] About how fast do you think

you were going around that corner?

[Clifton] Pbbth. Twenty-five?

So, the impact was like that,

because the front handlebar

just crushed right in and slid right over.

- [Sam] We need to go that way.

- We need to go that way.

Let's go that way on foot,

because it's closer.

It will give you time to just

whatever you need.

- And then we can figure it out from there.

- [Sam] That's a great plan.

- [Clifton] I like that plan myself.

- Perfect.

We are gonna head back to Camp 2

to get Cliff some medical attention.

As a team, we decided that health

is definitely way more important

than racing, so

um, we will deal with it.

[Grylls] As Team Onyx

backtracks to Camp 2,

most lead teams will be moving

through Camp 3

into the most challenging

80-kilometer section of the course,

where they must first navigate

through slippery boulders

for over 12 kilometers,

to the base of Vuwa Falls.

All are looking to gain on race leaders

New Zealand,

who conquered this section overnight

and are approaching Checkpoint 23.

Look at the scale of this.

This really is the crux of the race,

this bit.

The teams are gonna be

absolutely exhausted here.

Every step is trying to trip you up.

Slippery rocks, soaking wet,

and in the end,

one of the hardest jungle sections.

And then when they see that huge,

imposing wall ahead of them,

wow, that is going to be a test

of their resilience and team spirit.

But this section will break people,

and it will see teams out of the race.

Okay, let's get up to the top of the falls.

Here we go.

We've been adventure racing

for a while now, almost 20 years.

We used to be four people with

no commitments whatsoever

and now, we are four people

on a team with 12 kids.

We're having fun, right?

We've known each other for many

years, treat each other like family, and

that leaves no room for complaints.

We should be approaching

the checkpoint up ahead, but

it will take some time, of

course. This is difficult terrain.

Adventure races and expedition races

expose your limits and

to be honest,

you don't need to create problems,

becuase problems

always arise on their own.

Looks wrong again.

- What?

- We should have passed it.

FRAN: I think it's the one on the top.

- ALBERT: Just look at it.

- FRAN: Yes, but I think

ALBERT: We made a mistake

by marking the wrong coordinates.

FRAN: You just follow the waterfall.

ALBERT: Yes, but the supposed

shortcut is where we just came from.

FRAN: Yes, but it wraps

around. The river wraps the

ALBERT: Yes, but oh.

FRAN: The river wraps the cliff.

This point is 300 meters

higher than the other one here.

It can't be.

It's impossible that it's down below.

I don't know. Decide. It's

the same to me either way.

I see here..

EMMA: What problem is there

with trying down below?

ALBERT:

No, we just think it's outside of it.

[Grylls] The Spanish Team Summit

has made a critical navigation error,

a mistake that will cost them hours.

[Emma] Normally, I do adventure racing,

and they last four, five days.

So, it's the toughest

because of the longest,

and the stages are really

[ exhales ] painful.

Hey, we could go up this way. Look.

We need to follow this river.

It's all uphill.

Your call on what we do next.

We had the mistake that

we lost three hours

by doing a lot of effort.

And a lot of energy was wasted there.

[ inhales ]

It scared me.

[Grylls] 90 kilometers behind,

teams in the middle of the pack are moving

from Camp 2 to Camp 3,

which includes a grueling 63-kilometer,

muddy bike climb

that leads to the class-3 rafting section.

It's probably the most physical thing

we've had to do since the

This is pulling and pushing

and lifting your bike over a mountain

and make your way 50 extra pounds

with beautiful Fijian mud.

There it goes.

[ bird singing ]

- Every last drop.

- That's all our water.

You want to find some?

I just told them we were out of water, and

you pull out a whole fresh water bottle?

- I got water.

- What the hell?

You're out of water. [ laughs ]

Hey, we're a team out here.

That's what you need

in a race like this,

is to be upbeat and have

a little bit of fun,

because if you don't, this jungle,

this climate, this environment

will just beat you up.

This has been really hard on our girl.

We can't help her.

We're dealing with our own bikes and

And we can't pull other stuff,

so she's got to do it all herself,

which is tough, she's

a tough chick, that's for sure.

Coming!

Toughest chick

on this side of the mountain.

It was like four hours

of trying to get through this mud.

- Look at that!

- This is what I'm talking about.

Like, I was getting so worked from pushing

my bike up super steep hills full of mud,

and trying to get the mud out of my bike,

sometimes just putting it on my shoulders

and carrying it.

And I thought, "Man, this is

very physically demanding,

and I might not have what it takes

to get through this.

But I can't let the boys down."

♪♪♪

Up here at the moment,

we've got Bend Racing,

now in 15th place

and currently approaching Camp 3.

And that's the team that earlier on went

off at that blistering pace at the start.

One of their team members got heatstroke.

We thought they were gonna be out

from being at the front,

but they're still going,

and to see them up here

at this stage of the race

is a real testament to grit.

I am pretty excited about

how many places we've come up from

when we dropped back so far,

and just continued to, like,

to chip away and keep working

and stay within our game, and

- [Jason] Now we get to keep chasing.

- Yeah.

And since our blowup on the first day,

it's been fun, because we, you know,

obviously, it wasn't what we planned,

but once Dan got healthy, it was just like,

we're in chase mode.

[Jason]

How many teams can we chase down?

It's really hard to be the weakest link,

but it also feels really good to be pushed

and to be performing to try to get

as much ground under us as possible.

[ strains ]

We're ready to dig in.

Yeah, I think this is an important part

of the race

to keep in mind that we're still gonna be

out here for quite a while,

and so, the call to get a little help

with the packs and stuff,

I think, was really smart.

I'm the old guy on the team.

Got horrible arthritis in one hip,

I've got another fake hip,

two cracked ribs.

I don't need to be going that fast.

Just about a month ago, I broke two ribs.

And first thing the doctor said is,

"You're done."

Like, no "Eco."

You know, like any real, like,

long-term athletes

who've been training for something

for a long time

will tell you that's not the best option.

You know, I'm feeling better.

Like, every day gets exponentially better.

And my team knows,

and they're all super supportive,

so, that's, you know,

we're going to factor that in.

I'm going to be really honest

with where I'm at, but, you know

We're here.

So, we're gonna give it our best.

- Man, this trek is brutal!

- Yeah.

These rocks are really, really slippery.

[ thud ] Aw!

[ Jason groans ]

Hold up! Yo!

I need help!

I don't like to suffer,

but I like to suffer with a purpose.

If I stop being competitive,

then I just feel all the pain

that's going on in my body.

I just f up my rib.

Yeah. I mean, I'm going to keep going fast,

I just don't, like

I know.

[Jason] Let's go.

We're just gonna keep pushing, because

that's why this sport exists for us,

to teach us about ourselves

while we're out there.

It's what gets you close to all those edges

and over them,

so that you have to react and adapt.

- I landed right on my back.

- [Stephen] I saw your feet sticking up.

[Jason] I didn't hear a crack or anything.

It just really hurt.

[Grylls] 15 kilometers ahead

[ bird trilling ]

teams are reaching

the base of Vuwa Falls.

With 450 kilometers of

the World's Toughest Race behind them,

this death-defying climb

will push teams to their limits.

The other teams are gonna come up here,

and on top of this,

somewhere,

is that fourth medallion.

Yeah, this is a soul-destroying climb.

And at this point, if they can do this,

this is the tipping point.

Because right here, really,

is the crux of the World's Toughest Race.

After being lost for hours

on the trek from Camp 3,

Team Summit finally emerges

at the base of Vuwa Falls

The leaders?

but are now trailing

both New Zealand teams,

Australia, and Canada.

Right now, we are in 5th.

What it means is that we

are on the top five, but

I'm happy, but I would like to

improve a little, if I can.

If we cannot, then maintain.

But

Fight 'til the end.

Never give up, so

we will do this.

[Grylls] Before attempting

this daunting climb,

Fran takes a moment to remind himself

of what matters most.

My kids my three kids here.

My girlfriend.

My sister, who died of cancer last year.

And my mom at the hospital with my sister.

These just give me more motivation.

I just look at them here and

there, and they brighten my day.

Each day, you start to miss everything.

You miss your family, your friends

everything.

And, well, this is a good

way to keep them close.

CAMERA OP: And what if

something goes wrong, like

CAMERA OP: You don't

get upset with each other?

No, what for?

There's a Chinese proverb that says

"If your problem has a solution,

why get angry?

If it does not, why get angry?"

There's no need for that.

[Grylls] Team Summit is exhausted

from their costly navigation error.

But in order to stay in the lead pack,

they must dig deep

and somehow find the strength

to overcome

the most physically-draining section

Oh-- Whoa!

that they've faced so far.

[Emma] In this special race,

the stages are

[ exhales ] You suffer a lot.

Why is it so complicated?

[Emma] So, it's like, "Come on, push you

more harder, harder, harder."

What will be your limit?

What will be your top and say, "No more,"

or say, "F you," or say whatever?

If you can ask me,

"Are you going to repeat an Eco-Challenge?"

If it's like this, never again.

[ laughs ] It's so hard.

[Grylls] As Summit pushes towards the peak,

several other lead teams begin their

thousand-foot descent of Vuwa Falls

Why don't you take it,

and I'll take the one next to it?

all chasing Team New Zealand,

hoping the front runners

will have to stop for rest,

and they can make up precious time.

It's a long way up,

and I still can't see the top.

Just have to keep going.

Well done. Oh, my God. [ laughs ]

Dios mío.

Why did we do this, no?

What is the answer? Tell me.

- Why?

- [ Bear laughs ]

Why we cannot stay at home or go

to the beach or just stay in the resort?

You are amazing.

- No.

- And from here

you can do a last push through the jungle,

hard bit of jungle now,

but then it's like downhill, you know?

And we do mistakes, because we are tired.

I just keep on going, keep on going,

push hard, push hard, and

- Nunca te rindes.

- Never give up.

[ speaking Spanish ]

No, you cannot give up.

- [ speaking Spanish ] Never ever.

- Nunca jamás.

That's why it's the World's Toughest Race.

And you are an inspiration.

- Thank you.

- Don't want to hold you up.

[Grylls] After a sleepless night

conquering Vuwa Falls

and the freezing pools that followed,

Team New Zealand got a much-needed

3 hours of rest at Checkpoint 23.

But the leaders are still

absolutely exhausted

as they push forward to another grueling

stand-up paddle section.

Well done, my friend. You did so well.

We're just cheering you on

and following every second.

- Oh, cheers, thank you.

- You can do this.

- Yeah, yeah.

- You can do this.

I mean, what you what you guys

are achieving is beyond extraordinary.

You're over that tipping point.

And are you feeling okay?

- Did you get a good rest?

- Really good rest, thanks.

Even 3 hours can sort of feel like,

you know, a whole night's sleep.

[Sophie] That was a really challenging

stage that was really physically taxing.

You couldn't really get your heart rate up

to warm up.

You know,

I did have some mild hypothermia.

I can't recall being that cold for

such an extended period of time before.

So, when you're telling young guys how

to be top of the game in adventure racing,

what do you recommend, Nathan?

For me in these races, it's always about

just sort of personal health

and, you know, if he runs individually

looking after their health

and making sure their feet are okay,

and they're eating and drinking and

everyone needs to be, like,

super committed

to pushing hard

and enduring some suffering.

[Grylls] So, after resting for 3 hours,

New Zealand's once-commanding lead

has now dwindled to under one hour,

so, they've got to push hard

on the paddle boards

to regain some separation.

All-time world's greatest adventure racer,

leading his team, out in front,

calm, polite, efficient, smart.

And strong as hell.

The Kiwis are the first team to embark

on this strenuous 20-kilometer

standup paddle section

which is followed by

a 40-kilometer highlands trek

leading to the final camp of the race.

As the leaders push hard towards Camp 4

falling even further into last place,

Team Onyx continues their journey

backtracking to Camp 2,

where team captain Cliff can receive

medical attention from his crash

and be reunited with his assistant crew

and daughter Mikayla.

It was like a catcher's glove.

The ditch just kind of

caught me in the side.

Had it not been there, stuff would have

been strewn all through the jungle.

I feel a focus on Cliff

and what's going on with him,

because, you know, we want him to be okay,

we want them to say he's okay

and then want him to rest and heal

and do what he needs to do,

but at the end of the day,

it's human life, and

it matters a lot.

CHRISS:

Let me tell you where my mind is at.

CLIFTON: Okay, stop.

- [Coree] Thank you.

- [Chriss] Okay?

Walking up the hill, we already started

thinking about "This race is over for us."

Death. This race isn't over

until the athlete says, "I can't race."

- I'm not saying that.

- Or medical says you can't race

or they can't source a helmet.

In my mind, if the athlete wants

to continue to race,

and medical says it's clear

to continue to race,

we can source another helmet,

I would like to continue racing.

If I were you, I would not continue

under any circumstance.

- I hear you.

- [Sam] It's head trauma.

That doesn't heal the same way as the body.

It'll affect you forever

if you don't really take care of it.

- [Clifton] I hear you.

- Okay.

I'm gonna want to go.

If you don't feel comfortable, I'm good.

- I will respect your wishes. Okay?

- [Sam] Okay.

My only concern would be, you know, like,

what if he's okay today,

and then we get out in the mountain

somewhere,

- and then you're not okay.

- Yep. Okay.

- Okay.

- [Sam] Let's go see it, then.

- Cool.

- [Sam] Let's get you checked out.

He's pushing the bike.

Yes, it's somebody I care about;

yes, it's my teammate,

but now he is the patient.

And I have to address his needs

and make sure he's okay.

[ thunder ]

[Grylls] As Team Onyx backtracks

towards Camp 2,

160 kilometers ahead,

teams that have just climbed Vuwa Falls

now move into a taxing river section.

This is proving one of

the most unforgiving paths

of the whole of the World's Toughest Race.

Higher elevation, a lot of deep pools,

and cold.

We've seen the Spanish team clear

the top of the falls.

They're going to be

entering this stage now.

Let's hope they keep moving, keep warm,

and keep strong,

for this is gonna reduce people, I know it.

For the next 8 kilometers,

they must swim

through bone-chilling waterways,

and the dense jungles serve as a barricade

that keep them submerged

for most of the route.

[ thunder ]

Today [ shivering ]

a nightmare.

[Emma] It's cold.

[ Emma shivering ]

We are tired.

And also, we got lost.

[ thunder ]

[ speaking Spanish ]

[Grylls] Ahead of Team Summit

and chasing New Zealand,

Team Canada Adventure

have just conquered

this difficult and freezing

swimming section

[Rea] Where's the warming hut?

and are rewarded with some relief

at Checkpoint 22.

[Rea] Food?!

- Coffee.

- Oh, my God.

We were borderline hypothermic off and on

for, like, the last 2 hours.

We're just so depleted,

and the water was so cold.

Yeah, that was brutal.

[Rea] Yeah, um, it was hard.

It was probably the most miserable

I've been so far

and probably the most miserable

I've been ever [ laughs ].

So, that's quite an achievement. [ laughs ]

Our goal is to push ourselves

physically and mentally,

and, you know, really explore our limits.

If it rains on the teams coming through

over the next few days,

there is gonna be

serious carnage in there.

I think they'll be pulling teams out

like crazy.

[Bob]

We are definitely chasing New Zealand.

- Ow.

- Sorry, sorry, sorry. Sorry.

We are going to push to try and catch them.

We've got a shot, you know.

Let's take the sucker down.

Thanks again, guys.

[Rea] Sounds good!

[ thunder ]

[ heavy rain starts ]

[Grylls] With temperatures dropping

even lower

and still hours from the warming hut,

Team Summit's mental and physical strength

are being tested.

[ thunder and lightning ]

[ shivering ]

Emma?

I'm putting on my Gortex

and then I'll come there.

[ exhaling loudly ]

[ shivering ]

How much longer?

How long is it?

[Emma]

When the rain came, it was the hell

[ thunder ]

because of the cold, because

I was feeling really really bad.

[ thunder ]

[ Emma straining ]

And my teammates were in front,

and I couldn't see the finish.

And I said, "Oh my God, I cannot do it."

This is the first adventure race

that I have the feeling of

arriving to a limit in my

mental and physical strength.

It scared me. It scared me a lot.

[ thunder ]

[Grylls] 35 kilometers ahead,

Team New Zealand is powering through

the standup paddle section.

There you go, you're looking at

the special forces of adventure racing.

Arrow formation, wind on their backs.

They are powering down this lake now.

Keep going.

[Grylls] 'Cause they have got

an awful long way to go.

The whole length of this lake.

Something like 30-plus kilometers.

Paddling when they are so drained already.

They have this relentless resilience

and determination to never give up,

and that's one of the most potent weapons

in their arsenal.

New Zealand's 4-hour lead from this morning

has been cut down to under an hour,

as Team Gippsland Adventure

is nipping at their heels,

as they're now entering the lake

for the standup paddleboard

Shouldn't be too bad, as long

as there's not a headwind.

followed closely behind

by Team Canada Adventure,

who have just arrived at Checkpoint 23.

With plenty of race left to go,

anything could happen.

Well, we got pretty lucky.

We didn't have as much rain.

We got through, like, three quarters of it

before the rain hit.

- Right.

- So, it was just a lot of water.

That was real nasty.

[Grylls] 40 kilometers

behind the lead teams,

Bend Racing has made it past Camp 3

and are moving towards Vuwa Falls.

Team captain Jason has managed

to push through his rib pain,

but the team is now lost

in the same section

that Team Summit struggled with

earlier today.

There's no way up that.

Oh, yeah, over here.

What?

Yeah, that way.

Here we go. Nice work.

We had a huge nav error,

just 'cause we kind of panicked about

getting to the climb site before dark

and just moved too fast.

- [Jason] What's our bearing?

- West.

What? We're going west?

You're tired, and you're a little bit tired

of each other sometimes.

We want to go this way. Right?

I don't know.

[Stephen] This is not a great spot to stop.

I think we need to go back up there.

I mean, unless we catch, like, this trail,

'cause see this trail here?

Stephen is very analytical,

so he likes to understand everything

and every choice.

So, that's that creek, right?

- Dude, this is totally the

- I think we're at one of these.

So, when we started to get lost,

he demands a high level of confidence,

if he's gonna follow somebody.

And so, when I lost that,

we had to take some time to sit there

and have these conversations

so that I could convince him, you know,

that I was worthy of being followed,

even though I had just made them

wander around for hours in the wrong place.

So, we definitely don't want to go too far.

- We're about a K from these powerlines.

- Right.

I just don't wanna go south too far.

[Grylls]

Even with Jason's navigation issues,

Bend Racing hopes to make it

to Vuwa Falls before dark.

Team Onyx has backtracked

all the way to a now empty Camp 2,

and injured team captain Cliff

is reunited with his assistant crew

and daughter, Mikayla.

One of the crew members

came over and said,

"Somebody on your team

has fallen off of their bike,

and they're coming back here."

- You want a chair?

- Uh, yeah, that'd be great.

And my gut reaction was like,

"Oh, it' s my dad."

[ voice breaking ] Um

Sorry.

You look dazed.

I'm good. I'm good.

You know you were concussed recently.

And I could just

see in his eyes that, like,

he just looked off.

Um, Mikayla's concern is that I had

a concussion about three months ago.

[medic] You did?

Did you hit your head?

[Clifton] I don't know if I've had

a lot of concussions,

but I did suffer one

about three or four months ago,

you know, in a bike accident as well.

And so, I've made this decision

not only just for me

and the team that I'm racing with

but just making sure that I make

the best decision.

Any blurred vision when I'm doing that?

- There was.

- Okay, where was that?

When you were going down on my left side.

I'm not the ego-driven, you know,

you're a guy, you're a Marine,

stand up, be strong.

Our advice would be

that you enter hospital

just to keep an eye on you.

Normally it's for about, sort of,

12 to 24 hours.

You would be with people who would be able

to recognize a worsening head injury

and be able to do a CT scan.

- If needed.

- If required.

[Grylls] The medics can't diagnose

a concussion in the field

but advise Cliff to seek further evaluation

at the local hospital.

However, the decision to continue racing

is up to Cliff and his team.

Everything on the left side of my head

is muffled right now.

So, even though they can't make the call

that it's a concussion,

I think that's what it sounds--

that's literally what it means.

[Sam] So, what do you want to do?

I don't want to get you guys

out in the middle of the jungle

and not be able to do it.

[Sam] Okay.

[Clifton, voice breaking] If I'm not thinking

clearly, then I'm not leading my team.

And if I'm not doing that,

I'm not being a captain, so

So, at times, you have to

change who and how you are.

for what's best for the team.

- [Coree] I respect you 100%.

- [Sam] Same here.

And, honestly, I mean, your health

is way more important than a race.

I'm glad we got to do

what we got to do together so far,

and we're still in Fiji.

- [Coree] Yeah. Yes, we are.

- [Clifton] Okay?

I feel for them.

I feel for the team. I feel for my dad.

This race for him was

13 years in the making.

But even though it didn't end

the way he wanted it to,

I'm incredibly proud of my dad

because representation

is the biggest thing for us.

As an LGBT black woman,

I know how important that is.

And, um, you're probably making

a difference for a lot of people,

and that's what matters.

[Sam] I think regardless

of whether we finish the race or not,

we came here to be the people who we are

and to show the world who we are.

- Sam, thank you, thank you.

- [ Sam laughs ]

- Thanks for momming me.

- Mm-hmm.

[Sam] Just

just being the person you are

is always enough. [ whimpers ]

[ sighs ]

So

I guess that's important to say.

You're enough. Each one of us is enough.

All right.

[Clifton] We came here on a mission

to make sure that those people

who feel marginalized,

unseen, underrepresented,

and not only the outdoors,

but in society as a whole,

feel that they have a voice.

So, Team Onyx was really here

to create that voice.

Unfortunately, we didn't get to the heights

that we wanted to

in order to promote that message

and finish this race,

but we still accomplished our mission.

We are the first all-African-American team

to ever be in an Eco-Challenge.

We may be the first,

but we don't want to be the last.

Yes, we do belong in adventure racing.

We belong in everything.

You know, you just haven't seen us yet,

but we're coming.

We have started something.

[Grylls]

Back at the pools above Vuwa Falls,

Team Summit has struggled for hours,

swimming through the freezing water.

Both Emma and Fran are now

on the brink of hypothermia.

Emma

[Emma] I'm coming, I'm coming.

What a nightmare.

What kind of person would do this?

[Emma] It was really tough,

this section with the river

the slippery rocks.

[ breathing heavily ]

Then the cold water

so unpleasant.

[ thunder ]

Albert and Jukka managed to find a trail

between the

the trees, the jungle,

and they they found one,

and we were lucky.

We could avoid the last swims.

Ahh!

Fran was really in a unhealthy state.

[ straining ]

[Emma] In that point, we didn't know,

is he going to quit right now,

or do we put the shelter and tarp and say,

"Let's ask for help"?

[ thunder ]

[ Fran cries out ]

[Grylls] As the sun sets on Day 5

of the World's Toughest Race,

over 200 kilometers behind the leaders,

Team Tabu Soro has stopped

near Checkpoint 15

to wait for their friends from Team Namako.

But the fellow Fijians

are nowhere in sight.

The river is quite refreshing,

so that's good.

But we are worried about

the other Fiji team, Namako,

because they left

about an hour and a half before us,

and they're not here yet.

So, we think they took a wrong turn

somewhere

which is not good.

Right now, just starting to

not "starting," already,

miss the family and all the kids.

[ sighs ]

I'm counting the days.

Today's day number 5,

and, uh can't wait to reach

the finish line and go home and

give them all a hug.

Maybe that's Namako.

That's them?

Yeah, yeah. We made it.

[Anna] Whew!

Tremendous sense of relief.

- [man] What happened?

- We made a mistake.

It's all right, bruh.

We're here now. We're here together, bruh.

When anyone needs a hand,

we stop and wait for the other team

and neither of the teams'

got anything to prove, so

Fiji's got one big team.

It's got eight people in it.

That's how we roll.

[Anna] I don't think

we're gonna make this cutoff.

We will make the cutoff. Don't worry.

That's the worst-case scenario.

- All right. Let's go.

- Let's go.

Slow and steady, yeah?

[Grylls] The Fijian teams

are planning to work together

to cross the finish line

but they are still 100 kilometers

from the Camp 3 cutoff,

which is 46 hours from now.

Already past Camp 3,

Team Bend Racing put their faith

in Captain Jason's navigation,

but they've been lost all day long

in the difficult terrain

leading up to Vuwa Falls

and the team is reaching a breaking point.

Yes, I can say I made a horrible nav error.

I feel horrible.

I want to apologize to all of you and

I appreciate I appreciate

hearing you say that,

but I'm not we don't need to unpack

sorries and stuff like that.

If you don't want to follow me,

I understand that, all right?

I want to know what

I want to see what the plan is.

[Jason] Where's the map?

Sit down with me, okay?

I assumed

[Stephen] Which is K.

[Jason] Yes.

[Stephen] I feel like you're desperately

trying to to fix this,

and I don't feel like we're being honest

about how lost we are.

Okay.

And I've lost

all of my confidence in us

knowing where we are.

It's the stuff that I teach people to do

if they're lost on a river.

Right, and I feel like you teach people

that if they were this far gone,

and they had made this many poor choices,

that they should get some rest

and wait 'til daylight

before they say that they're 100% certain

about anything.

I want to-- I want to get rest.

Like, I'm not suggesting we go now, at all.

We're gonna move faster, like,

the best race thing to do

is to get some sleep,

move faster in the daytime,

and, like, not have

this horrible feeling

that we all have right now.

- Yeah.

- Right?

Um, we just got to decide

if we're gonna stick together

and and figure this out and fix it.

Fix it and move forward.

We're sleeping first, or we're going in?

- [Melissa] Sleeping.

- [Jason] No, we're sleeping.

Let's get a dry top on or something.

Yeah, dry top, dry pants. I'm freezing.

[Melissa] We love you, J.

- Yeah, I love you guys too.

- [Melissa] It's okay.

Don't Don't get mad; get even.

Heh! I love you too, Jay.

I just don't want to keep getting lost

out here.

Nobody likes being lost.

[ thunder ]

[Grylls] In the darkness around Vuwa Falls,

Team Summit avoided some freezing water,

by bushwhacking through the jungle.

Emma has managed to recover somewhat.

But teammate Fran

is now in a critical state.

[ thunder claps ]

This is life and death,

and to keep moving is their only chance.

[ in Spanish ] We are very wet

and we've been going on for hours.

We left at 3:30 a.m.

Had we reached the top by

now, we would have stopped

put our tarp down

and taken our clothes off

put on whatever dry clothes

we had, and been together.

It's a disaster.

That's why, when you have hypothermia

to stop is to die.

[Grylls] In desperate need of help,

Team Summit finally reaches

the warming hut.

[Dr. Carachi] Now, let's get your gear off.

Now, listen to me.

We need to get your wet stuff off.

Listen to me. Listen.

- You're okay. You're safe just now.

- You're okay.

Listen to me. You're going to be okay.

Nick, can you please get the hot blanket

out of the front of the thing?

It's the very front thing, okay?

[Dr. Carachi] Okay, let's get this

stuff off, and I need a towel as well.

- What's his name, please?

- [Albert] Fran. Fran.

Fran? Fran, sit up. That's it.

- [Dr. Carachi] Okay. All right.

- [Dr. Thorne] Thank you.

How long has he been like this?

- Like one hour.

- Okay.

Can we get a hot drink or something,

please? With a bit of sugar in it?

It's cocoa, so it's sugar and cocoa.

[Dr. Carachi] Listen, bud. Listen.

Come on. Come on here.

There we go.

I need you to sit up for me.

Okay. Will you take a hot drink just now?

- Yeah, that wet stuff needs to come off.

- Okay.

Watch yourself.

Okay. Listen.

- I need you to take it easy.

- [Dr. Thorne] You're okay.

Okay. Okay.

[Fran struggling]

You want to try and see if he gets it?

He has cramps. He has cramps.

Cramps? Okay.

[woman]

Just try and drink something for me.

[Dr. Carachi] So, there's different stages

to hypothermia.

The first stage is

you shiver as a response,

but as you get colder and colder,

you lose the ability to shiver.

and your conscious level can decrease.

I need to get him into this blanket

as much as possible.

[Emma] Fran, te ponemos

en una manta de sobrevivencia.

[Dr. Carachi] Fran, we've got

a sleeping bag here for you, mate.

Okay.

And, ultimately, if you become very cold,

then you can develop heart arrythmias

and can die as a result of that.

- Right now, he's

- [Emma] No, we are going to wait here.

- Yeah, yeah.

- [Emma] And see how he recovers.

[Emma] And we will decide on the daylight.

[Dr. Carachi] Okay. All right, sure.

- Right now, he's too cold, and

- [Emma] No, no, no. Completely.

And we have to thaw,

and after one hour, two, three, four

- Yeah.

- we decide.

Right now, his conscious level is impaired,

you know, I think.

- So, it's quite soon

- No, no.

You're right, though.

We'll see how he gets on. Okay?

- All right. Thanks.

- Thank you.

I'm just gonna take a blood sugar reading

from his finger.

A sharp prick coming up, okay?

[Fran struggling]

- [Emma] Vamos, Fran.

- [ Fran yells ]

[Dr, Thorne] You're all right.

You're all right.

[ yells loudly ]

- [Dr. Thorne] You're okay. There we go.

- [ Fran groans ]

[Emma]

Now we're going to rest here a little.

We are going to see how he evolves.

And and see what to do.

Difficult and hard.

♪♪♪

[ roaring ]