18x01 - No Legs, No Problem

[bunniefuu]

I'm
making history today.

No one like me has
ever tried this before.

I'm excited to see how it goes.

It is very beautiful.

I'm already
getting slapped around.

Here we go.

I'm a little scared
because survival to me

means something differently
than it would for most people.

Looks like we're here.

I get to be the first person
on Naked and Afraid

with no legs and I think
that's pretty damn cool.

Ten years ago, my life
was changed forever.

I was struck by a locomotive

severing my limbs from my body.

I have died three times
and came back from that.

I have seen my limbs heal

from some gnarly wounds.

Since being amputated,

it's been my
main goal in life to

show other people
that there is life

after the unimaginable.

I am the first

female bilateral amputee

to summit the Manitou Incline

in Colorado Springs.

Basically, 3,000 steps

leading up a mountain.

A month later, I set my sights

on Mount Kilimanjaro,

and became the first female
bilateral amputee to reach the summit.

My motto is tell
me that I can't,

and I will show you that I can.

Yeah!

Yeah!

And now, this
21-day challenge is my Everest.

And because of my
physical disposition,

I am allowed to have my gloves.

I see so many people give up

when they're faced with
some kind of adversity.

And I just want to show
people that it can be done.

I'm just not sure
anybody can survive here for 21 days.

My God!

Two strangers.

Run! Go, go, go, go!

God.

No food.

No water.

21 days.

Don't tap.

Die first.

Naked and Afraid.

Jesus.

The jungle is so dense,

and the most venomous
snake in this hemisphere

is in this jungle.

What did I sign up for?

Ooh, this is it.

I would describe
myself as outgoing.

A bit of a goober.

I like doing outdoor stuff.

I come from a military family.

I joined the army
when I was 17 years old

and I spent some
time in active duty.

I was able to learn an
incredible amount of skills.

Delicious worm.

I'm doing this challenge to
improve my main strengths

as a survivor.

The most important skill
that I got from the military

is the ability to
adapt to situations.

Like, even if it's
wildly uncomfortable.

Okay.

Twenty-one days starts now.

I am going into
this with a lot of trepidation.

I'm most nervous about

how my partner is going
to be accepting of the fact

that I ambulate
differently than he does.

And for me,

a decent partner can
make or break you.

I'm about
to meet my partner.

It's the big wild card
in this challenge.

If there's somebody I
can't work with very well...

I feel like that's
gonna be tough.

- Hi.
- Hello.

I must be the
weirdest thing

you've seen in the woods yet.

My name's Mandy.

Jonny.
Pleasure to meet you.

Nice to meet you, Jonny.

All right. Are
you excited for this?

I am. I am.

This is kind of crazy?

- A little bit.
- All right.

A little bit.

Well, we're gonna be best
friends for the next three weeks.

Yeah. Excited.

I'm pretty chill. Just,

you know? It seems
like you're pretty chill, too.

You're not being an
as*h*le about the...

no legs thing, so...

Well, I'm sure you've
got it figured out.

- I've been doing this a while, yeah.
- Sounds good.

I'm super relieved that my
partner seems pretty chill.

He didn't ask why
he was with a halfling,

and I'm pretty happy about that.

How about yourself?

- I'm pretty confident here.
- What's your skill set?

Positive mental attitude.

- Awesome.
- So there we go.

All right. Cool.

- I think we've got our bags right here.
- Cool.

So I just
met my partner.

Obviously,

there's a difference
between me and her.

You know, other
people might look at her

and immediately have
misgivings. You know?

But I don't think anybody
would sign up for this challenge

if they weren't
capable and badass.

So I'm really excited to see

how she's gonna be
out here in the jungle.

All right. I've
got a fishing kit.

Wonderful.

And I've got my machete.

Awesome.

So we'll put a lot
of use into this thing

- while we're here.
- Nice.

In addition
to their personal items,

Mandy and Jonny have
also been given a fire starter

and a pot to boil water.

I have the handy dandy map.

So we're gonna have to go

through some
pretty dense jungle.

We're gonna want
to go north a ways

and around that

to get to this water source.

Okay. I'm down.

Got everything we need.

- Yeah.
- You ready to start this trek?

I'm so ready.

- Okay.
- Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Mandy and Jonny
will test their survival skills

for the next 21 days

in the remote and
forbidding jungle of Belize,

a dense rainforest
teeming with life.

Here, the
lethal fer-de-lance,

Central America's
most dangerous snake,

delivers a bite
that can be fatal

within 20 minutes of striking.

And deadly jaguars

stalk their prey
with night vision

six times sharper
than that of humans.

With the onslaught
of the rainy season,

swarms of mosquitoes
fill the thick, humid air

carrying dengue fever for
which there is no vaccine.

Posing an especially
high risk to Mandy

are the many
spiders and b*llet ants

that cover the jungle floor.

And ticks

that latch on to exposed skin

spreading disease.

- I'm going to let you get in front.
- All right.

- If you see anything and you get bit...
- I'll shout out.

Yeah.

Based on
Jonny's military training,

he begins with a
primitive survival rating

of 6.5 out of 10.

How's it looking?

Leaf soup, man.

It's hard to maneuver
around here in the jungle

with feet, so,

I'm already impressed by her.

Mandy's tenacity
and mountaineering experience

have earned her an initial
primitive survival rating

of 6.7.

Ooh.

Keep your eyes peeled.

A bunch of those thorns
are right over there.

Okay.

I have to worry about
things on the ground,

what my skin might
come into contact to,

to reduce risk of, you know,

gynecological infections.

And if I were to get
bit by a fer-de-lance

or a pit viper,

I would have very little time

to get and seek treatment.

Because Mandy
has lost her lower extremities,

the toxic venom of a snake bite

would reach her heart and
nervous system much more quickly,

greatly increasing
the risk of paralysis,

blood clotting, and death.

I gotta be
super, super careful.

Let me know
how I can support you

if it's getting slippery, like, if you
just need a backstop or something

in case you start going.

- I am all right, thank you.
- Okay.

Whoa!

That's a big group of ants.

They're all right here.

Geez, look at
how many are right there.

There's just a ton of them.

It's a whole trail.

Yeah, it's
gonna cut across.

I'll just
have to jump over it.

I mean, if you're
comfortable, I could hoist.

All right.

You wanna give me a piggyback?

- Sure.
- Think you can?

- Let's do this.
- All right.

- Are you sure you're good?
- Yeah, I'm good.

I go to the gym every
day for stuff like this.

- ants.
- Mad dash.

All right, you just let me
know when you wanna get put down.

Um, just right up
here whenever you see it's clear.

Okay.

Right next to these cohunes.

- Cool. Thank you.
- Good?

- Yep.
- Good?

- Sorry.
- You're good.

The sweatiness.

- Thank you very much.
- No problem.

I have no problem helping
her get through this challenge.

It's part of my job
as her teammate.

If I'm struggling, I know she'll

do her part to lift me
up and help me out.

- Yeah.
- You lifting me off the ground

saves my a*s, quite literally.

Boy.

It gets a
little precarious.

I mean, it's,

- not...
- If the ants are there, just holler.

Fun for me to traverse, but...

It is what it is.

My legs and my a*s

are pretty scraped up.

I need to get to some
water to clean up.

I hope that's a river.

I think it is.

I see water, Mandy.

- You can see it?
- I see it.

It looks like it's
calling your name.

Okay.

It says "Mandy."

My God.

- Doesn't it look beautiful?
- My God.

- Ooh.
- God, it's like running water.

Dude.

- This is pretty.
- Yeah.

We have an awesome site.

We've got an
awesome water source.

We know
that there's fish in here.

That's good. I'm
getting right to it, bud.

It's very shallow.

It's not running right
now. But I can swim in it.

And that's good news right now.

It feels so nice.

It does.

Okay.

Mad respect for Mandy.

She's hardcore.

She has some sort
of crazy fortitude.

That chick is tough. So,

yeah, I'm gonna
learn a lot from her.

Both in survival skills

and probably in some
sort of mental fortitude.

We're good.
We made it past insertion.

Now the fun begins.

Where are
you thinking for shelter?

Up. Somewhere a
little bit higher than this river bed.

How far in
do you want to be?

You know, that's
what I'm thinking about.

I think that we need to be as
close to the river as we possibly can.

The least amount of
energy I can expend

going to get water and
bathing in the mornings

is gonna be ideal.

Okay. Let's just
do it right here.

So, priorities?

I think, we gotta get water.

Okay.

Get some fire
started pretty quick.

Since you're
a little bit taller than me,

do you mind cutting down things

for our shelter
that I cannot reach?

And I'll get this fire going.

No problem.

I'm gonna do my best to...

try to get us some fire.

All right.

I just choked it up.

- Jonny!
- You got it?

I think so.

Way to go.

See?

You don't need
legs to start a fire.

And with this,

you know, we'll be able
to boil water for tonight.

What I'm thinking is, is
we can start using this

as one of our support railings

for some kind of bed
to get up off the ground.

Have the
planks across this piece

that I'm, like, hovering over

- and onto the root there.
- Yeah.

There we go.

Because I'm
on the ground so much,

getting up off the
ground is key for me.

It's not gonna be comfortable.

But it will get us
up off the ground.

Water is all ready to go.

It's the first sip.

Now blow some bubbles
like it's chocolate milk.

Okay, there we go.

Here, get you some.

Yeah.

Doesn't
that feel glorious?

Our first water all
day? That's crazy.

Water is super important.

High five.

- Yeah.
- We're gonna k*ll it.

I think so. I think so.

- Yeah!
- We're gonna do great.

All right, so we're just,

sharing campfire stories.

And Mandy's about to tell me

how she ended up in
the situation she's in.

All right.

If you want to...

It's fine.

I went out with a
guy that I was dating

when I was 21 years old.

Jesus Christ.

- Are you me?
- Yeah.

- My God.
- I died three times,

came back to life.

Had to be re-amputated
a year after healing.

So...

Much more harrowing of
a tale than I was expecting.

Um, Jesus Christ.

I can't believe that
happened to somebody.

Yeah.

But it's such an honor
that they put you with me.

Like...

I have trust issues out the a*s.

I, like,

kept myself up at night
for months worrying about

who my partner was gonna be

and if they were gonna
be an as*h*le to me.

Hope that they
chose me to be your partner

'cause I'm not an a*s.

- 'Cause you're chill.
- Cause I'm chill.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's...

. That's
just not dry enough.

My first night was rough,

'cause we got rain all night.

I am concerned
about keeping fire

going so that we can have water.

Everything's wet.

I don't think I'm gonna
be able to get this to start.

Dude, everything is just...

saturated.

It's so damp that it
doesn't look like fire

is gonna be an option
for us anytime soon.

The palm fronds are soaked.

Everything is soaked.

So the only other
option we have is to try

- a gypsy well.
- Okay, let's go.

I'm highly
concerned about

getting potable water today

because I'm highly dehydrated.

So I decided to get

a gypsy well made.

The gypsy well,

it takes the water table

from this water source here

underneath and
through the sand and silt,

and it acts as a natural filter.

Ooh. Damn.

This is fun, it's
just a giant rock.

Riverbed is kind of rocky, so,

you know, it's not easy to dig.

What about the island?

Dig at the island?

You need water, like, bad.

Yeah, I'm gonna try it.

- All right, Godspeed.
- Can you keep digging here?

- I'll keep digging here.
- Yeah.

Twenty-four hours with no sleep,

I'm expending a ton of energy,

and you'd face some serious
issues with dehydration.

I don't want to tap out
because we don't have water.

It's gonna
happen over here.

Nice.

Yep, I got it.

- Already?
- Yeah.

Good for you.

I got water.

And, um,

providing I don't get sick,

it means I got water
for 21 days here.

It's a big relief.

Big relief.

Mandy's awesome

and extraordinarily skilled

at primitive survival.

And now, because of
her, we have water forever.

You know, I have
zero ego out here,

so major props to her.

There we go.

Now that we have water,

we're getting
shelter figured out.

We'll just put
the support beams, like,

- on either side.
- Let's get the support beams in first.

So we are going to build

a lean-to A-frame

with cohune palm.

And then we'll have
two support structures

with a support beam going
from the two support structures.

We're gonna widen
the bed a little bit

so that both of us
can sleep comfortably.

And then we will

chop down a lot
of this cohune palm

and lean it over our
support structure.

When it rains,
hopefully it'll be rain-proof.

Yeah. Hopefully.

It's day three

and we haven't
eaten anything yet.

My body is starting to
really, really, really feel it.

Like, I'm dog-a*s tired

and actually getting
a little dizzy today.

So, right now my chief concerns

are getting some
food in our bellies.

Maybe some edible plants.

Damn.

What the is this?

I just found something.
I don't know what it is.

It could be the roots of a palm?

I just got
a heart of palm.

That's some success right there.

Baby.

yeah.

It does taste a
little spicy, so...

I'll hold on for a second, but
I'm bringing this back to camp.

It's really, really
spicy in my mouth.

It hurts.

I need to drink that water.

Yeah?

I found some heart of palm,

but...

after I chewed
on it for a little bit,

it tastes like

those ants are biting
the inside of my mouth.

And it's getting worse.

Are you getting sick?

Hold on. g*dd*mn.

My mouth and throat
are on fire, though.

It's doing something to me.

Swallowing hurts.

And
when I swallow,

it stings going down my throat.

When it
hurts to swallow,

it's like a response
to a toxic substance.

Palms do not have a
root system with tubers.

That's more along the
lines of, like, elephant ear.

The
elephant ear plant

contains calcium
oxalate crystals,

which, if consumed,

can embed in the mucous
membranes of the mouth, throat,

and digestive tract,

leading to burning,
painful blisters, vomiting,

and difficulty swallowing.

If you
start asphyxiating,

I can't do anything
if you're over there.

My head feels
really hot. I feel, like, frantic.

I can feel my
heartbeat is, like,

just going
crazy right now.

I am very
worried about Jonny.

That's serious , like,

that's tap-out time.

- You all right?
- My mouth and throat are on fire.

If you
start asphyxiating,

I can't do anything
if you're over there.

I feel, like, frantic.

Hold on. g*dd*mn.

Jonny is
suffering the effects

of having eaten some
toxic elephant ear root.

Mistaking it for heart of palm.

I am very
worried about Jonny.

It's one thing to be

out here with a
partner with no legs.

It's a completely other ballgame

to be out here by
yourself with no legs.

You need to drink
plenty of water.

Always do a taste test,

a rub test, if you don't
know what something is.

That would have saved him
a world of hurt if he had just

cut it open and
rubbed it on his lips.

I mean, he might have
had burning lips, but not

the whole shebang.

I think I spit up a lot
of what was causing the issues.

Ooh.

When it comes to
skills and knowledge,

I'll defer to her.
You know, she's

the subject matter expert out
here in a lot of different things

that I'm not.

So, I'll be more careful
around plants in the future.

Yeah, absolutely.

I think we need to
batten down the hatches.

We've got some
bad weather coming.

Great.

If there's a
bunch of rain coming,

I feel it in my legs.

It's like sciatic shock,

so it'll go all the
way up my spine.

Rain is
often preceded by

a drop in barometric pressure,

which can cause inflammation
of ligaments and joints.

A painful sensation

made more acute in amputees.

Goodness.

Our shelter is shored up.

I think we're good.

We've got a more
rain-proof shelter

than last night.

Yeah.

This is brutal.

Absolutely.

Mandy was right. It's
been raining most of the day.

And the rain is cold.

Can't get a fire started
because everything's damp.

My hands are blistered
from trying to start the fire.

It's just too wet and rainy.

We need another side to this

because I'm not sleeping
wet tonight on top of having

- no fire and everything else.
- Yes, ma'am.

All right. I'll go cut
some more palms.

I knew that
this was gonna be hard,

but I didn't anticipate

that it would be just
demoralizing.

I'm expending a ton of energy

physically, emotionally,
and mentally.

I know I have
the skill to do it.

It's just I have to figure out

this environment specifically

and adapt to it

rather than run
away and cry, which...

This jungle

definitely makes me want to do.

I just got to stick it out, man,

until there's some
kind of rhythm.

And I don't think that this jungle
is gonna give me any rhythm.

So I'm preparing
myself for that mentally

as much as I can.

- Is that pretty even?
- It's...

- Or did I go too far?
- No, it's super even.

Good morning.

It's our first sunny
morning in Belize.

And things are drying out.

I'm just out here
collecting some more firewood

to make sure we've got
enough reserves to go on.

I've done five
trips to get wood.

I'm exhausted.

We're
gonna get fire today.

Blow that.

There you go.

And I'll come there.

My God.

We've been
suffering out here.

I'm more drained
than I've ever been.

Mandy's exhausted.

Priority one for her was fire.

And it was causing
a lot of frustration.

I'm glad for Mandy,

because she needed it.

We're of
the same mind here.

- Let me have the fishing kit.
- Okay. Here you go.

We've got the fire going,
now we can start fishing.

Now we can cook. So
maybe that's a game changer.

Feels like razors
in my a*s cheeks.

We're both starving out here.

We haven't eaten in six days.

So we're going down to the river

to do some fishing.

I found a
bunch of snails for bait.

- I'll start with that.
- Okay.

Primitive fishing is
a little more difficult

because I don't have the height

to get the weight
and the hook out.

So I've learned how to
toss a cast from the ground.

Okay.

Now this is just a
waiting game at this point.

No.

These guys nibble
and they nibble fast.

I think he got the bait.

- They cleaned it.
- Yeah.

I've been fishing for catfish
my entire life and I know

that they're bottom feeders.

And the challenge is that

the smaller fish

out here just nibble away

at the bait before it
ever sinks to the bottom.

I'm telling you,
these guys are like piranha.

They're ravenous.
Little a*s biters.

It's disappointing every time.

- Do you want to call it?
- Yeah.

At least we've
still got snails we can eat.

We have
some escargot for dinner.

So I'm super stoked about that.

Food in the belly.

I'm really
excited to try escargot.

There we go.

Ooh, a little guy.

How does it taste?

- Like, coming to life again?
- It's really good.

It's... It's very good.

Freaking delicious.

Knuckles.

I'm gonna go
cut some palm fronds.

Thank you, Jonny.

I would absolutely say the
first week of this challenge

was the hardest.

Now I feel like
we've got a rhythm.

Holy.

Hey, there's a snake in here.

- What? Where?
- Back here.

In the back of the shelter.

Did you
see what kind it was?

Nasty pit viper.

Couldn't see much of it.

I just saw it slither
over some wood.

Careful.

Mandy's got to worry
more than the average person

because her blood
circulates faster.

So if she gets
bitten by a snake,

she needs to be airlifted
to the nearest hospital.

- What do I do?
- Get out.

- Get out?
- Get out.

It slithered towards

this side of the wall.

It was under these tendrils
that are hanging down.

Right here?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

I saw a snake slither through

some of our dry wood
in the back of the shelter.

It looks clear.

Yeah. Just gotta hope it doesn't

decide to make introductions

while we're sleeping
or something.

mosquito.

The snake hasn't come back,

but the bugs are out tonight.

I am getting swarmed
by mosquitoes right now.

I am getting
absolutely ravaged.

It's just relentless.

Mosquitoes and no-see-ums

and anything that bites.

There are
hundreds on me.

Quit going
through my labia.

Okay, we're just gonna

take a gander at my partner's

bug bites here.

My back is ravaged,

and it's causing a
reaction in my skin.

Everything burns right now.

It's just

relentless.

It's really unpleasant.

Yeah.

Just eaten up.

We had a pretty
rough night last night.

Spent all night slapping
the bugs off of me.

It's like my third
night in a row

of just zero sleep.

I've had a lot of hard
nights in my life, but that...

It's definitely up
there in the top ten.

We need a ton of
smoke. Mosquitoes don't like it.

We just have to
keep the fire going.

Yeah.

I'm,

a little nauseous this morning.

Not only am I limbless,

but I have post-traumatic
stress disorder

and phantom limb syndrome.

And so

being out here for me means

a lot of pain.

This looks like
Splinter City for me.

You've got this.

Easy for
you to say, buddy.

My limbs hurt. I'm emotional.

It's exacerbated by

sleeplessness

and calorie deficit.

You want some help?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Mandy's struggling out here,

and I'm gonna do
everything I can

to keep her in the game.

You know, I'm
here to pick her up

when she's feeling down,

and she's here to...

Tell me what to do.

My partner said she was
starting to get nauseous,

and we haven't eaten
anything in a few days.

So we're heading to the location

where we found
a bunch of snails.

- Is that bad?
- No, no. Don't set me down on that.

- No. On the ground.
- Okay.

Jonny's been
picking up the slack

this entire challenge,

and, um,

I hate that feeling,

'cause it makes me
feel like a burden.

Collecting
snails is great.

We need the calories, but, um,

everything's an
effort right now.

Energy levels
are just not there.

Well, I knew that

coming into this,
it would be hard,

but some days are
harder than others.

You starting
to feel sick again?

I'm sorry.

Okay.

What's going on, Mandy?

What does it feel like?

What are your symptoms?

Well, the bad thing
is, I can't throw up

out of just my mouth,

so I throw up out of my nose.

Jesus..

And it's all bile.

I'm sorry, buddy.

Can we take a layer
of palm away from the outside,

just to give it
more ventilation?

Okay.

The, smoke helps with

the mosquitoes that
I'm being attacked by,

but I'm pretty sure it
made me nauseous.

I know my body,

and I know my mind,
and I have no morale now.

It's just getting
harder and harder.

The frustration is mounting.

I don't know what to do, man.

See, now, it's
just blowing from here.

- I'm just choking myself out.
- Yeah.

I'm just trying
not to throw up right now.

Honestly.

I worry about my
partner tapping out.

She's not getting any sleep,

she's in pain,

so I think

that those factors together

put her in kind of like
an emotional spiral.

You're getting smoked out in
there and not in like the fun way.

Let me put down some
more of these palms

so you can lay down
more comfortably.

Or you got that one.

As the first amputee athlete

to face this challenge,

she carries the weight
of a lot on her shoulders.

And, I think that's
what's helping her

get through on a
day-to-day basis.

But it also looks

closer and closer like
she's at her breaking point.

I feel so weak.

The thing that made
it hardest to sleep last night

was the monkey

that right
next to our shelter.

We were both like...

Three o'clock in the morning.

I'll probably slide into
it knowing my luck.

The world's nastiest
slip and slide.

I'll clean the.

Monkeys
are well known for

throwing at things

that they, don't like

that might be

camping in their territory.

Must have been like a
bear monkey or something.

Because it's a big,
big old piece of.

Just another day in paradise.

I do think that breathing
in this air is gonna help,

because you have been
breathing in smoke for

a couple of consecutive hours
and that can't be good. Right?

I'm not gonna lie.

The jungle is a beast
in this challenge.

I've had my a*s handed to me.

But didn't go through
all that to quit now.

On Kilimanjaro, there
were several moments

I got tired and wanted
to just go home.

But I'm glad
that I stuck it out.

So I'm not going anywhere

until I cross the finish line.

Thank you.

You doing okay, partner?

- I'm okay right now. Thank you.
- All right.

The last two days here,

it's been

a little torturous
for me at times.

But I slept last night.

And so,

I'm feeling so much better

than I have been
in the last few days.

Today's the day
to get some calories in us

before our extraction.

Some protein would
be fantastic for both of us.

We're going upstream.

Hopefully see
different kinds of fish.

One,

two,

three.

Nice.

Beautiful cast.

Thank you. I
learned from the best.

The snails
have been great.

But, we really need

a nice protein win
before extraction.

I do have a bite.

Yeah, you
got it. You got it.

You got it. Reel it in. Whoo!

- Mandy!
- Dude!

food!

Nicely done, buddy.

Nicely done.

We just caught a cichlid.

Mandy's been waiting
on that protein score

since, like, day one.

The smile she had on her face

when she was
reeling that sucker in

was pretty cool.

I know it doesn't
look like much,

but we are
stoked about this.

Bam!

Extraction protein.

My goodness.
How are you feeling?

I'm feeling like
I'm about to have a feast.

Dude, the the fat on it. Oof.

It is time.

It is time.

My gosh. Fish head.

It's so good.

It's pretty good.

Feeling the nutrients,

like, absorb back
into your body,

it's incredible.

Now that looked
like it was a good bite.

Look at that.

Holy crap.

I'm feeling super
grateful for this meal.

At the same time,

I'm so grateful for Jonny.

My compliments to the chef.

We did it
together as a team.

It's been a great day.

Extraction's right
around the corner.

We got this.

It's kind of a
metaphorical moment,

'cause I've been
so worried

about this thing for 21 days.

It is day 21.

I'm pretty excited
for extraction.

For me, today is summit day.

It's the last
stretch of Everest.

We go from here to here.

It's completely
a water extraction.

You know, we don't
know what's downstream.

We don't know how rapid it gets.

Judging from the map,
the river gets wider.

The river gets deeper.

Mandy only has two
limbs to swim with.

Because the lack of, like,

muscle and bone density
on the lower part of her body,

she's very buoyant.

Basically, her lower half

flips up and tips her...

her head underwater.

Let's stick close to
each other, okay?

- Yeah.
- As much as we can.

I'm just gonna
bring a whole new meaning

to crawling across
the finish line.

To reach
their extraction point,

Mandy and Jonny
will need to head

two miles downstream,

navigating rocky,
turbulent waters

that conceal venomous pit vipers

and deadly coral snakes.

And also attract
jaguars looking for prey.

When the river bends
sharply to the left,

they'll need to summon
any remaining energy

to climb the riverbank

and find the road where
they'll be picked up.

Keep an eye
on snakes in the water.

Got it. I can do that.

Right now,
I'm concerned about

my energy levels

and my physical state.

I don't want to do
anything stupid.

Made it this far,
and I feel like

if I injured myself,

it would all be for nothing.

Be careful
up ahead. The rapids.

This river might seem
like it isn't difficult,

but it's got rapids.
It's got current.

It can easily sweep
away our footing,

and that's dangerous
for both of us.

Whoa! Ooh!

- That felt amazing on my feet.
- You all right?

Yeah.

How you doing?

I mean, I'm
shot, but I'm still moving.

It does look like it gets
a lot deeper up ahead.

Yeah.

Okay, let's do it.

The buoyancy of
my legs makes swimming

very dangerous for me,

especially in current.

I've almost drowned before.

Whenever my legs float up,

my head goes under,

and, it's hard
to correct that.

Mandy,
this has to be it.

The river bends
sharply to the left.

The map said it's a
straight shot to the road.

I think we get out here,

climb the ridge, and
see what's going on.

- All right.
- If you need help, just let me know.

I really don't think
I'm tougher than anybody else

on the planet.

I think that I just
have a different will.

And I think everybody
has that will.

They just need to
learn how to tap into it.

Okay. Almost there.

Well...

I never would have
expected...

Farmland on the
other side of that.

I see the road, Mandy.

It better be there.

This has got to be it.

Did you hear that?

Buddy, I think our ride
out of the jungle is here.

- Your chariot arrived.
- I'll take it.

Mandy's just
a remarkable woman.

She's an inspiration
to a lot of people.

- I got it, actually.
- Doesn't need it.

All right.

And witnessing Mandy

achieve her Everest

has been remarkable.

Bye-bye, jungle.

Crossing
the finish line with her,

that's very rewarding.

- Nice.
- Yeah, man.

After months and
months of worrying about

who my partner was gonna be,

and then ending up with Jonny...

There needs to be more men
and gentlemen on the planet

like Jonny.

I'm really proud of you.

- I know this was...
- Proud of you too, man.

I know this was not easy.

I mean, I was 21 years old

when somebody left me on
the train tracks to die.

You...

I don't know how I
came back from it.

And, um,

little experiences like this with
good men really do my heart...

a world of good.

- You're such a badass.
- I'm just glad I didn't quit.

Mandy lost
a total of 21 pounds.

Successfully
completing the challenge

raises her primitive
survival rating

from 6.7 to 7.1.

This is one of the most

arduous challenges
I've ever had in my life.

Just a crazy sense
of accomplishment

and gratitude

for having been able to do this.

Jonny lost 30 pounds.

His PSR rises from 6.5 to 6.9.

Twenty-one days!

- We did it!
- Yeah!

Just did 21 days in the
Belize jungle.

And I'm the first
amputee to do so

in Naked and Afraid history!

Yeah!

- Yeah.
- Out of here!

So done!