17x10 - Hit by Hippos

[bunniefuu]

I did not expect it to be as cold
as it getting down here in Africa.

This uh, environment just got
that much more challenging.

But, you know, ain't no
tapping out, so it don't matter.

This Naked And Afraid
challenge is a done deal

because, as you can see Marlin
"So Icey" Sims, professional boxer.

My name is Marlin
"So Icey" Sims.

I've been ranked in
the top 40 in the US.

Still undefeated...
Marlin "So Icey"...

The most thing that
I love about boxing

is once you're in that ring,

everything is solely up to you.

You just have to stay strong.

You've got to have confidence.

I am undefeated.
And you can't beat me.

Just like I'm in the ring.

I'm gonna do my thing.

This will definitely be the
greatest fight of my life.

This is Muhammad Ali
and George Foreman, man.

This is "The Rumble
in the Jungle" right here.

Let's go!

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

Oh, my God!

- Run!
- Go, go, go!

Oh, God.

Don't ask--

Die first.

I'm a little bit cold.

Africa is not as warm
as I thought it would be.

I'm every emotion that
you could imagine right now.

Nervous, excited, scared.

But I know I can
do this challenge

because my wife, Monica,
completed a 21-day challenge.

And she never quit,
and she never gave up.

She motivates me to do anything.

If I have a goal and
it's the craziest goal

she's always like, "Go for it."

Like, "You can do it."

You think I'm gonna make it?

Oh, yeah.



Everything I did to this point,

that was my training camp.

So now this is me
walking out into that arena.

I'm just ready to do it, man.

Let's do it.

Erin and Marlin are entering the
treacherous Black hills of South Africa.

An area home to some of the
deadliest animals on the continent.

Fierce Nile crocodiles,

and extremely aggressive
hippos with long, sharp teeth.

And a bite force
of around 1800 psi

that can snap
their prey in half.

And where, during
the winter months,

temperatures can plunge
into the 40s at night.

Wow, there's a giraffe
in the middle of the road.

Staring us down.

Holy hell, I just seen
some water bucks.

I'm in Africa now.

Well, I guess this is it.

Looks like this is me.

Here comes the weird part.

I'm a nudist.

I love myself. I love my body.

I'd be naked on the
average day if I could without,

you know, going to jail.

Hit the road, Jack.

Sorry, Dad.

This is so crazy.

I think I'm about
to meet my partner.

I don't care what my
partner's skills are.

I just want them to
have the proper mindset

that you need in survival.

I hope my partner is
somebody who knows the land.

You know, the things that
we can consume out here.

There's going to be
a lot of body energy

calories that I'm
going to be using.

- Hey.
- How you doing?

My gosh.

-I've been so excited to meet you.
-Likewise.

-I'm Erin -All right. Erin,
Marlin. Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you. Where are you from?
-Okay.

- Uh, Florida. How about you?
- Florida?

-I'm from Kansas, but I live in California.
-Kansas--

-Okay, So--
-So you're not used to this?

Yeah, No. I'm from Minnesota.

-Okay.
-But I just love heat.

Yeah, I bet.

I-- I lived in Alaska, so
I'm a little bit used to it.

-But I'm not built for the cold, so.
-Okay.

Yeah, me either.

That's why I'm in
the Sunshine State.

Yeah, let's check out our bags.

Let's go and see.

To have a chance
at surviving 21 days

in the Black Hills
of South Africa.

Each survivalist has
brought two survival items.

So let's see what you got?

I got my machete.

-Beautiful.
-And a fire starter, too.

What did you get?

So I got some hooks
and some fishing line.

- Oh, I'm so happy to see that.
- Yes.

They have also been
provided a pot for hydration.

I also have the
map inside the bag.

Sweet.

I'm assuming this
is where we are.

I guess, if we head
south to our water source

and start camp up there?

All right. Let's get started.

-Take one day at a time.
-Yep. Yep.

- All right.
- That's what I've been saying.

- You want to lead the way?
- Ah, let's go.

Hoping the sun comes out,

You know, it's going
into the winters.

It's a little chilly out here.

I wasn't expecting
that on uh, in Africa.

I know.

But it's pretty-- It's pretty
dense out here, I guess.

Yeah, it is thick.

So what's your background?

What did you do for work?

I was in the military for
the past seven years.

Oh, wow.

After I got out of the Air
Force, I was a cop in Alaska.

Alaska is cold and
brutal and there's a lot

more criminals there
than you would think.

I think it made me
really mentally tough

- because like, you would see pedophiles, murderers.
- -Mmm-hmm.

And then you just have to go on to
the next call like nothing happened.

Yes.

In law enforcement, you
have to find a way to deal

with the stress
that you've endured.

And for me it was rock
climbing and backpacking

and just learning
about primitive survival

and that's how I
was able to process

all of the the
trauma that I saw,

and I've backpacked all
over California and Alaska.

And my wife did this challenge.

Oh!

So, you know, we practiced

primitive survival skills
together, and all that.

Nice.

So I'm pretty sure your wife is
super excited for you to be out here.

Oh, yeah. I can't go home,
man, without finishing this.

She finished.

What about you?

Um, I'm a professional boxer.

- Oh, really?
- Yes.

That's awesome.

But um, I consider myself

- a fan-turned-survivalist.
- Yeah?

I grew up in the city.

I didn't grow up hunting.

I didn't grow up on the farm.

This is all considered
white people

But I'm the type of person that you
can't tell me that I can't do something.

I'll show you different.

It didn't take me any time
at all to get that started.

I'm so icy. But hey, I'm a
fire starter. You feel me?

I truly believe in my skills where
I can survive 21 days in the wild.

I call this "The
Rumble in the Jungle."

Just like Muhammad Ali
versus George Foreman, so.

After this then I
get back to the ring.

- Yeah, stronger than before.
- -Yes.

So I just met my partner

and he's pretty awesome
and positive, so I'm excited.

Hopefully we make


Marlin's boxing background

gives him the toughness
and fight to survive.

But his inexperience in extreme
elements could knock him down.

As a result, his primitive
survival rating, or PSR,

begins at 6.6.

Erin's military and law
enforcement training

is an asset when
handling adversity.

But will her sensitivity to
cold be too much to overcome?

She begins with a PSR of 6.2.

Oh yeah. Here's some bones.

Looks like pretty old.

Oh. Look at this.

Looks like a Wildebeest.

Oh, beautiful.

That is pretty heavy. g*dd*mn.

Definitely out here, man.

You just got to keep
your head on the swivel.

- Okay.
- -It's-- It's opened up here.

We're on a dried river bed.

-It looks like--
-That's what it looks like.

- Yeah, oh, wait, I see that's water.
- -Might be the water.

It's not a mirage.

Look at that.

It's beautiful.

Yeah.

We should run to the pond.

- Literally.
- If you want to.

-We can.
-All right.

We got a little distance.

- Water.
- Nice.

All right.

I see a lot more track here.

Yeah. There's animals
out here for sure.

- Big time.
- -We're gonna share this pond?

- Yeah.
- -We'll have to find a spot around here.

Do you want to look-- I mean,
it looks like kind of a natural...

- To the right?
- Yeah. Over there.

Yeah. Let's go and check it out.

You know, we're
on the time crunch.

It's just a matter of fact of
how high we want to get up.

I mean, I don't want to
be too far from the water.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

What do you think about--
What, right up here?

It's kind of, it's flat here.

- So--
- What do you think?

We should go ahead
and call it home?

Yeah, I think so.

Clear out the bottom first.

Yeah, clear out the
bottom and then start finding

thorns we can put around.

Alrighty.

You brought some
gardening gloves with you?

Yeah, I wish.

I just want to make sure
that we're safe at night,

because at night, that's
when the wildlife come out.

The real predators
the leopards, the lions,

the hyenas, the
crocs, the everything,

So we need to make sure that
we have a boma fortify with thorns.

Oh, it's thorns city,

but that's exactly
why I want this one.

What possessed Mother
Nature to grow these

What is attacking the trees?

Oh sh...man.
Scratched up the jewels.

Hey, this is no joke.

Phew!

Get past that hyena.

Let's work on the fire.

I got you.

You can only go so long,

especially doing
this type of work

without uh, any hydration.

I found some dry tinder.

All right.

It's the moment of truth.

There we go.

This gonna go?

Yep. You got it.

We got fire.

I'm from the damn city.

From the hood, man.
In the in the g*dd*mn--

This is so fun.

Yeah, I'm crying.

I'm crying for happiness.

Yeah, eh, we-- we're
moving on up so on to the next

And I can't wait to see the little
fish we can pull up out of here, man.

Yeah, I know.

We got our first pot.

Yeah.

We're here. We
got it. We're good.

- We're making it work.
- Good job.

Yes, persistent.

- We were dedicated.
- Mmm-hmm.

Things is going great.

She's great.

It's just magic right now.

Tired.

I'm sure it will
be with the fire.

Oh, but I'm excited, man.

- This is--
- Yeah, this is awesome.

This is real right now.

It's our first night
in our boma.

First night in a boma.

g*dd*mn, it's gonna be real.

Yeah, I don't feel
comfortable no more.

-I do, but I don't at the same time.
-Don't think about it.

'Cause there are
holes in this boma.

There's just g*dd*mn
sticks with points.

Oh, croc.

You know this croc?

That's scary.

We gotta keep this
fire going all night.

- Yeah.
- This just got real.

This fire is honest
to God. True of life.

There terrifying.

Did you hear that?

What the

Oh, God.

Well, we did it, you
know what I mean,

we-- we got through
the first night.

I know I'm excited but
the night time, it's hard.

I probably got
three hours of sleep

We're tired, but if you
don't start getting food,

it messes with
your mind a little bit.

So that's what
we're focusing on.

So beautiful out compared to
yesterday. Oh, my goodness.

I know.

This morning we're
gonna try to look

for some stuff that
we can use for fishing.

Just flipping over
these rocks and logs.

I found some frogs.

Nice catch.

They're pretty small, but the
frogs would be a good bait.

We got our fishing line.

We got some bait.

We got the hooks.

Did you see that?
Something jumpy.

Yeah, we've got
a croc in the water.

Oh, my God.

Holy Ooh, that is so dangerous.

We are not alone.

This is Africa.

We have crocodiles in the area.

Croc has been around
since the dinosaurs.

It is literally a dinosaur,

one of the most dangerous
animals in the world.

But our goal is to
be able to sustain our

bodies so we got to
get some food in us.

I'll throw it out a little away.

We're prey right
now, but we're hungry.

So risking it for the biscuit.

Just keeping my
eye on that croc.

I know there's more crocs.

I know.

We're just setting some lines

to see if we can get some fish.

We don't necessarily have
to sit there and watch it.

We can come back and check
and hopefully, we are successful.

Okay.

Good.

Yep.

Before the end of the night,

we'll go back and check it out.

Hopefully, we can
score something today.

Hip hip hooray.

Uh...

The line is there.

See something?

Oh, look.

Every-- thing is gone.

I Everything is gone.

We just had a croc here, so.

That's far now.

Do we have enough hooks?

So tomorrow we're just going to
have to probably do some active fishing.

You know, it's a
fishing game, you know.

You just got to be persistent.

You've got to keep
going. Don't give up.

Me and my partner, Erin.
We both hate the cold.

- Hmm.
- Absolutely hate it.

The nights are
really really hard.

Last night was so freaking cold.

I only got a couple
hours of sleep

Today the main priority
is um, food and comfort.

Right now, Marlin
is checking the lines

while I fortify the shelter.

We need to keep the heat in

and make sure that we
can stay warm if it rains,

because I'm more than a
little worried about the weather.

Oh.

It was way colder on
Monica's challenge, though,

and she didn't complain
about that at all.

Ow! God.

I got a massive
cut on my foot now.

Ow! Oh. I mean, it's deep.

Hope it doesn't
turn into an infection.

Hopefully I can get
some fish out of here.

I don't see any--

Oh He was right
here the crocodile.

He better not eat nothing off

You gotta keep your eyes peeled.

I'm gonna just start
using some driftwood,

some more tree bark,
um, using that as a bobber.

So, if I really get a nice snag,

I'll be able to notice it better

than trying to
pinpoint the line.

Hopefully, we could have some
success out here pretty soon.

Feed us.

Erin.

Oh, hey. Any luck?

Not at all.

I covered this area.

It looks good, too.

Beautiful.

That's what's up.

All right, so check this out.

Our boma is so dark
you can't see anything

and it's not even
dark outside yet.

We have the best boma

in Naked And Afraid history.

Things are just hip hip
hooray for us right now,

I'm someone who is
very attuned with his body.

Physically, I can feel
depletion, a little bit of drain,

which is a very serious thing

because you know me
as a a professional boxer,

I got to make sure I got the
proper calories of proper energy.

We are definitely
going to have to lock up

and come up on something.

I got this one here caught up
on a rock or something, or a stick.

Catching everything but a fish.

Catching sticks, catching
debris, seaweed, air.

Oh

It's a little, it's swollen.

My feet are infected.

It's super tender.

I really feel like it
would be a great idea

to just kind of really
just not do too much.

It'll help it heal.

Yeah, probably.

It might help.

Are you going to fish?

Yep.

- Yes.
- Thank you.

You're welcome. Rest up.

My partner, she's down today,

so, you know, I
got to keep moving.

Got to keep doing what I can do

to try to put some
food in our body.

I just hope that she,
you know, overcome it

because I didn't
sign up to do a solo.

I really want to finish
because of Monica,

like she told me how
much she struggled,

but you know, being here, I see
like, what she must have really

you know, struggled in.

and... I don't think
she'd be proud if I quit.

Nothing.

Hmm.

Maybe I can even throw
some lines in a new spot.

It's dangerous here.

Here I don't have any rocks
to protect me from the crocs.

But my partner is down

due to an infection in her foot.

You know, we need
food so that she can heal.

I think it's risky, but I think
it's worth a shot for sure.

This is for you, Erin.

All we can do is just hope.

I just need a win
in the form of food.

We got a lot of movement. Oh!

Got something.

Yep. Yes!

Catfish. First one.

We never gave up.

The first Naked And Afraid fish.

God dang it.

I've imagined this moment
so many different times.

I'm very excited.

Look at that bad
mamma jamma right there.

I could kiss it.

Boom bada bing.

We got our fish and
we're ready for more.

Let's go!

Second catfish, bigger.

We've got two big catfish.
Put catfish on the menu.

Another fish.

Beautiful, that's
what I'm talking about.

And then we got another one.

You'll be eating good tonight.

Excited to being able to provide
for my partner, to be honest.

We're able to eat sustain,
you know, get that protein

and healthy fats and everything.

Yes!

Might not happen
when we want it.

But it comes when we need it.

We're still naked,
but we ain't afraid.

We're doing what we can do.

Erin get some
fire going, please.

No way.

Three catfish. Three Tilapias.

Whoa!

I am so excited, Marlin
caught so many fish.

Wow! Good job.

This is the nutrients
needed for my body to heal.

So right now what
we're doing is a mixture

of a Tilapia catfish
broth, Stomach's growling.

Can't wait to eat.

Hooray 1st bite
of today's catch.

Yeah, that's good.

Oh, my goodness.

I don't even wanna talk? I
just wanna savor this right now.

No words on how good this is.

My body is receiving
it. It is loving it.

How do you feel so far?

Well, I already feel better.

We're gonna be all right.

We're gonna be all right.

My feet feel better.

Oh, nice.

That's beautiful.

I feel good that we
had food yesterday.

I feel like we started
over, you know,

starting over a challenge.

So the plan is we're gonna
go down to the fishing hole,

bright and early.

Catfish for breakfast.

Catfish for brunch,
catfish for lunch,

catfish for dinner.

I kind of wish the sun
was out just a little bit more.

Me too.

Oh, Hippos.

- Look at the Holy -Oh!

Oh, my gosh.

Yeah, if we're
not fishing today.

We have five hippos
in the water right here.

The most dangerous
animal in Africa,

Hippos are highly territorial

and, when threatened,
can run at speeds of 20 mph.

Easily outpacing a human.

And hippos k*ll more
humans than anything else.

I think it's around
like 400 plus a year.

They don't even want to eat you.

They just want to k*ll you

and get you out
of their territory.

It would be so dangerous

for us to go down by that pond.

I need to fish right here.

That's our source of proteins.

You know, everything that
would replenish my body

to keep me going and fuel it up.

So I'm a little worried.

I guess we're
never eating again.

Everybody got a plan

until they get
punched in the face,

and this challenge has
punched me in the face.

Look, it's getting up.

We might have to haul a*s
before they get over here.

All right, let's roll out.

Yeah, it is a wrap.

You might as well
sell all your property.

Screwed.

That'll let you know the
seriousness of a hippopotamus,

We know there's
crocodiles there.

We see the crocodiles,


while we're fishing
and everything.

But we don't stop
because of a crocodile.

See some hippos.

Uh, we get to move immediately.

Oh, Sh...man!

Hippos are still here.

They kicked us out.

Eviction, if they
call that place home.

We can't go there no more.

If the hippos don't leave, that
could make things more challenging.

No. Hippos down there still.

Yeah.

I could see a big
difference in my body.

Arms are a lot smaller.

Thighs are extremely
a lot smaller.

But this is when the
real challenge starts.

I've just been scared lately.

You know, I'm a
professional boxer.

I got to take care of my body
because after this 21-days,

I got to get back to work,

and I got to get back to
the ring with the hippos.

We can't get more protein,

And if I can't get the protein,

that could possibly
make me tap out.

We're gonna be okay.

It's just gonna start
feeling really weak

and dizzy and just go slow.

Okay?

Hippos are K*llers.

They are some territorial
they will rip you up.

Oh h*...

- Oh God.
- That is dangerous.

Feeling very,
very, very depleted.

I feel so far gone.

My cravings for food,
It's more than my will

to want to beat this right now,

I just think I want--
I just want to leave.

I don't know.

Freakin A.

How are you feeling?

I almost passed out.

Never in my entire
life ever felt that.

Just have to adapt.

What?

I'm just scared.

Out of nowhere, he
said he's stopping.

I don't get it.

I'm an athlete.

- I'm a professional boxer.
- That's it.

And I need to make sure that I keep
my body up to where it needs to be.

I just want to go eat.

Erin will be very disappointed
that she had to continue

the rest of these
days by herself.

But I'm done.

I'm tapping out.

Get me out of here, please.

I'm surprised.

And I'm like, what the ?

I know.

That feeling.

That's the feeling.

When you finish this...

Not comparable.

I just want to go home.

Okay?

You know, I can do this

I just don't want
to do it like that--

That's the thing.
Honestly, my truth.

And as weak as it might look.

But

This is Marlin Sims.

I did not make it the 21 days

I could wield my
mind to keep going.

But it's my body at this
moment that, that I'm listening to.

Yes.

Thanks for everything.

Sorry. I couldn't just
be there more mentally.

No, it's-- It's fine.

It's just uh... You did
awesome at the beginning.

And I think you'll regret it.

No, I'll get over it.

I proved that I've got
the skills to survive.

But, yeah, I just

need to get back to
regular life for now.

Outside of this challenge,
I'm a professional athlete.

You know, I just always
got to take care of my health.

It sucks that I had to
leave my partner behind.

But I know that she's strong.

She's strong minded.

For anybody who
think that they know me

because I quit
on this challenge.

You don't have no ideas
until you're out here.

The Black Hills in
South Africa is no joke.

It got the best of me.

While Marlin proved
his fishing skills

when faced with the
difficulty of weight loss

and physical depletion,

he was unable to
adapt and overcome.

As a result, his PSR
drops from 6.6 to 5.2.

Goodbye, Africa.

It's been real.

A little too real.

What am I going to do, cry?

I'm sad, you know,
we started this thing.

I'd like to finish it together,

but I don't want to finish it
with someone who's not all in.

I'm all in. I want to
be with somebody who

you know, wants the do
this thing like, let's do it.

You know, what really matters

is that you see it
all the way through

and you survive to the end,
and that's what I'm gonna do.

Now I can sleep wherever I want.

So quiet.

I can't. I can't. I can't
believe my partner left me.

I kind of can't believe he left.

The hippos.

They don't want
me at their pond.

the hippos and I are
battling for territories.

We're two neighbors from hell.

And if there's hippos there,
I'm not going to catch a fish.

But I'm still going
to, like, go out there

and try because
you-- you never know.

You really never know.

I can walk like a
normal person again.

My body has healed, and I
think the infection is gone.

Ha!

I don't see any hippos.

It's amazing.

I reclaimed my territory.

Today the hippos are gone.

But there's always something
out here watching you

and I see that crocodile
watching me today.

It's definitely watching
me, watching my patterns,

watching where I go.

But my hunger is more
intense than my fear.

I'm feeling weaker and weaker.

It's all really challenging,

but you know, I mean, this
challenge really changed

my wife, Monica.

She's mentally a
stronger person. I see it.

You know, I think that
doing something hard

and pushing yourself
even when it really sucks

or you know, in
your lowest moment

that you could ever be
and you come out of it.

Is when you really
become a stronger person.

Nothing.

And when you really
learn about yourself...

What's for dinner?

Boiled hot water.

Yum!

I'm so hungry.

I've never gone this
long without eating

And what if I try
everyday fishing

and I don't catch anything?

And then I'm like,


I don't have enough
energy for anything.

I'm just off balance and
like not thinking as clearly

If I don't eat anything, I'm
not gonna make it 21-days.

I really want to
finish, like, so bad,

and I feel like I would
would be a failure to her

if I didn't-- Maybe,
I swear to God.

Oh, my God.

Hello and good morning.

We're cleaning our
teeth this morning.

Besides the bomas, this is
the only good use of thorn.

Otherwise they're just annoying.

I gotta use some charcoal

when I brush my teeth?

Thing that's great
about this is that

this charcoal got the--
basically like detox your teeth.

Um, got antioxidants.

I gotta do some forms
of hygiene out here.

If y'all ask me, what
is my number one thing

that I want to do
when I leave here?

I want to go to the dentist.

Oh, my God.

Phew! I caught it, I
caught a Terrapin.

I'm going to live.

I feel like I'm gonna be able to
walk out of here instead of crawl.

I'm so happy I could cry.

It's cooking Now.

It's on the stove.

Look at all that fat.

Well... you know,
honestly, it tastes like...

...chicken.

Fatty chickens.

That is crazy good.

So much protein.

I literally feel like somebody

opened me up and put a
new pair of batteries on me.

Turtle is not bad.

It is night 20

in the middle of
nowhere in South Africa.

And to commemorate my
time out here I am giving myself

a primitive tattoo
with a fishing hook,

charcoal water,
[i]and a little bit of pain.

It'll be on my knee
where Monica's tattoo is.

This is a line.

This one best friends for life.

It's a broken line
and a whole line,

and it symbolizes
brokenness to wholeness.

It kind of symbolizes how
I felt when I got out here.

I felt like I couldn't do it.

Sometimes I felt
like I struggled.

And then, you know, I just
adapted to everything out here.

I became a stronger person.

But I have extraction
in the morning.

Extraction looks long and hard.

But I know that I can
get through anything.

It feels like literally
Christmas morning.

It feels like I've been waiting
years for this day to come.

I'm ready to get
the hell out of here.

I'm ready to eat some pancakes.

Check out my map.

It looks like it will
be a journey for sure.

To reach her extraction point,

Erin must hike 3.5 miles

across dense,
thorn covered terrain,

she'll have to stay vigilant.

As venomous cobras
and black mambas

lurk within the thick grass

while herds of aggressive hippos

roam the vast African bush.

Get me out of here.

Trying to just be
careful where I step.

I'm kinda in high grass.

Here, and I can't really see
what's exactly on the ground.

Anything could be in this grass.

Snakes, scorpions, lions.

It's too hot.

I have no idea how
much longer I have to go,

but I just gotta keep moving.

I can't slow down now.

Ouch!

Ow!

Hidden thorns here.

Oh h*, invisible on the ground.

I can't tell where they're-- Ow!

They are just randomly...

The thorns out here.

Thorns are plentiful.

Ow!

They're everywhere.

Ow!

Ow! What the hell?

Ow!

Doesn't matter what direction
they are on the ground.

You'll step on it.

They're all through here, too.

There's nowhere to go.

Ow!

I don't know if I can do this.

Ow!

They're everywhere.

Nope, I cannot
walk through here.

There's no other way around.

Ow!

What the

I feel like I can't do it.

Oh, my God.

But I can hear Monica
in the back of my mind,

Talking to me like
telling me you can do it.

It's hard, but you can--

You have more
strength than you know.

I couldn't make it.

I can make it through.

Literally gonna
crawl out of here.

I would do anything to finish.

I swear to God.

Let me find a way.

I can walk on there and then I
can walk on the grass that way.

Please don't be thorns.

My God!

Like I'm ready to be saved.

But did you hear that?

Is that for me?

I think I'm finally
getting out of here.

It's beautiful.

It feels so good. I've
never been so happy.

I made it.


eight days alone.

I couldn't be more happy.

I can't wait to eat food.

I'm just really proud
that I didn't give up.

You know, usually I
lean on people in my life

to help build me up.

But I was out here
alone, and I did it alone

and there were a lot
of difficult moments,

and I came out on top

and I finished and
I'm so proud of myself.

Over the course of 21
days, Erin lost 19 pounds.

Her PSR surges
from 6.2 up to 7.3

I can't wait to go
home to my family.

I can't wait to hug my wife.

Monica, I love you so much.

I hope I make you proud.



Goodbye, Africa,