1 00:00:05,105 --> 00:00:05,472 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:07,707 --> 00:00:09,342 * * 3 00:00:09,376 --> 00:00:12,345 - Previously on "Race to Survive: New Zealand," 4 00:00:12,379 --> 00:00:16,282 38 days and 135 miles... 5 00:00:16,316 --> 00:00:17,650 - This is what we do. 6 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:20,720 - Six eliminations, five races, 7 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:23,390 four survival camps... 8 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:25,558 - We a long way from the city! 9 00:00:25,592 --> 00:00:28,428 - The toughest race ever conceived has tested 10 00:00:28,461 --> 00:00:31,197 the limits of what even the most elite athletes 11 00:00:31,231 --> 00:00:33,633 on the planet can endure. 12 00:00:33,667 --> 00:00:35,702 * * 13 00:00:35,735 --> 00:00:37,404 - I feel so bad. 14 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:39,472 - I cannot keep pushing like this. 15 00:00:39,506 --> 00:00:42,175 - What began with lofty dreams of a life-changing payday... 16 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:44,744 - We're all here competing for half a million dollars. 17 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:47,247 - Jesus Christ, that would change everything. 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,648 - I really don't see any competition. 19 00:00:48,682 --> 00:00:49,849 - Quickly turned... 20 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:50,817 - It's the bucket. 21 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:52,318 I'm stuck. 22 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:53,853 - To the harshest of realities... 23 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:56,156 - At this point, we are 100% starving, 24 00:00:56,189 --> 00:00:57,857 complete catabolic states. 25 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:01,761 - In a contest that requires more than speed and strength. 26 00:01:01,795 --> 00:01:03,763 both: Eat some calories. 27 00:01:03,797 --> 00:01:05,165 - Some succumbed 28 00:01:05,198 --> 00:01:06,232 to the brutality of the landscape. 29 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:08,335 - God damn it. 30 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:09,436 - You heard a crack? 31 00:01:09,469 --> 00:01:10,670 - Yeah. 32 00:01:10,704 --> 00:01:13,573 - Some, the rigor of survival in the wild. 33 00:01:13,606 --> 00:01:15,709 - How much more can we lose from our bodies? 34 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:18,345 - But three determined teams 35 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:20,547 have risen to every challenge. 36 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:22,716 Smoke jumpers Ethan and Tyrie... 37 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:23,783 - This is the big one. 38 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:25,819 This is the one we're gonna dump it all out for, 39 00:01:25,852 --> 00:01:27,253 put it all out on the line, 40 00:01:27,287 --> 00:01:28,722 and really see what we're made of. 41 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:31,191 - Oil workers Kennedy and Nik... 42 00:01:31,224 --> 00:01:32,759 - This is our time. 43 00:01:32,792 --> 00:01:34,494 We're here for a reason. 44 00:01:34,527 --> 00:01:36,329 So now I've really gotta believe 45 00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:37,864 that anything can happen. 46 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:40,800 - And mountaineering exes Paulina and Creighton. 47 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:43,370 - This is gonna be the fight of our lives, 48 00:01:43,403 --> 00:01:46,406 like you're the third monkey in line for Noah's Ark, 49 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:49,576 and, brother, it's starting to rain. 50 00:01:49,609 --> 00:01:54,347 - Now it all comes down to one race for the ultimate prize... 51 00:01:54,381 --> 00:01:57,283 - Yes, the finale! 52 00:01:57,317 --> 00:01:59,552 - Whoo-hoo! [laughs] 53 00:01:59,586 --> 00:02:02,789 - And the winner of "Race To Survive: New Zealand." 54 00:02:02,822 --> 00:02:09,796 * * 55 00:02:09,829 --> 00:02:12,799 [dramatic music] 56 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:19,873 * * 57 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:23,810 - $500,000, it is life-changing money for us. 58 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:25,545 But now it's bigger than that. 59 00:02:25,578 --> 00:02:28,381 There's a lot of lessons learned from just this race. 60 00:02:28,415 --> 00:02:29,949 Watch that big rock in the center. 61 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:32,285 Push, push, push! 62 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:33,219 It feels like it's a lot farther 63 00:02:33,253 --> 00:02:34,888 than we should have gone. 64 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:37,557 - I think our character has been developed in the way 65 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:39,659 that we deal with our emotions and our problems. 66 00:02:39,693 --> 00:02:42,595 Dedicating this one to my father, man. 67 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:46,232 - Tell him to give you strength and ask him to watch over us. 68 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:48,335 - And we got a lot stronger overall 69 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:49,969 and closer because of it. 70 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,905 - Ah, my dude! 71 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:53,306 - Through this challenge, I think 72 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:54,908 every competitor realized a new level 73 00:02:54,941 --> 00:02:57,711 of what they're capable of. 74 00:02:57,744 --> 00:03:00,013 - We weren't best friends coming into this. 75 00:03:00,046 --> 00:03:02,349 We were recently divorced. 76 00:03:02,382 --> 00:03:03,917 It was a hard start. 77 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:05,318 You were slow in the forest. 78 00:03:05,352 --> 00:03:06,753 I have seen you move faster. 79 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:07,987 - I feel like you've been really mean to me 80 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:09,422 like all day today. 81 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:10,790 And I don't understand what's going on. 82 00:03:10,824 --> 00:03:13,293 Emotionally and mentally, both of us put a lot 83 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:16,696 on the line to come out here, so we had to be open. 84 00:03:16,730 --> 00:03:18,498 It's what kept us pushing through 85 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:21,835 and working so well as a team. 86 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:24,304 - I'm excited to cross this finish line with you. 87 00:03:24,337 --> 00:03:26,606 - Adventure exes for life! 88 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,875 - The beginning of this race, there was a self-doubt 89 00:03:28,908 --> 00:03:30,877 cycle that was initiated. 90 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:32,345 - We're all waiting here. Come on. 91 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:33,813 - Huddle up! Huddle up. 92 00:03:33,847 --> 00:03:34,948 - ----, we're idiots. 93 00:03:34,981 --> 00:03:36,483 I don't want to be up here. 94 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:40,053 Whoo-hoo-hoo, get me the ---- off this mountain. 95 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:42,288 - Basically tested every single piece 96 00:03:42,322 --> 00:03:45,592 of my body, my mind, my soul. 97 00:03:45,625 --> 00:03:47,794 Came here to suffer, and here we are. 98 00:03:47,827 --> 00:03:49,696 I am definitely suffering. 99 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:52,298 - We became a completely different team. 100 00:03:52,332 --> 00:03:53,767 Nik, I got it! 101 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,567 - Nice! 102 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:57,370 Maybe we are who we think we are. 103 00:03:57,404 --> 00:03:59,439 Maybe we're flipping top contenders. 104 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:01,775 - Our confidence has skyrocketed. 105 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:05,512 All these bits and pieces are coming together. 106 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:06,880 - Everything changed. 107 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:10,050 That's why we're gonna win this thing. 108 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:13,520 - This is the last one. 109 00:04:13,553 --> 00:04:15,488 - $500,000, let's go, baby. - Let's get it. 110 00:04:15,522 --> 00:04:16,556 - $500,000 - Let's get it. 111 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:17,891 - Let's go. Let's go. 112 00:04:17,924 --> 00:04:21,695 - This is it, the final, exhausting 15-mile 113 00:04:21,728 --> 00:04:24,531 crusade for all the marbles. 114 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:27,000 Out of the blocks, they'll hit the creek run, 115 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:30,704 an ankle-breaking sprint across moss-slick rocks. 116 00:04:30,737 --> 00:04:34,574 Next is Dead End Cavern, a limestone labyrinth 117 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:37,677 of false hope and confusion that, if solved, 118 00:04:37,711 --> 00:04:42,982 exits to the Alpine Climb, a grueling 11-mile trek 119 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:45,919 that rises over sheer, brush-filled ridges. 120 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:48,388 From there, they'll scale The Dome, 121 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:51,891 a mammoth 1,500-foot-high barrier 122 00:04:51,925 --> 00:04:55,729 and their toughest climb yet that leads to the final push, 123 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:58,898 a clamber through karst-rock crevices that surge 124 00:04:58,932 --> 00:05:01,568 to the summit, where the winners will lay claim 125 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:05,705 to the final set of medallions and $500,000. 126 00:05:05,739 --> 00:05:07,107 * * 127 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,376 - Oh, yeah, guys, let's do it. 128 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:10,610 - I'm so excited. 129 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:11,911 - The final test... 130 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:13,446 - All right, are you guys ready to count it down? 131 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,048 - Let's do it on five. 132 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:20,120 all: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 133 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,454 - Starts now. 134 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:22,489 - Let's go, baby! 135 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:23,523 - Yeah, brother. 136 00:05:23,556 --> 00:05:25,558 - Yeah, buddy. 137 00:05:25,592 --> 00:05:27,460 - Whoo, whoo, whoo! 138 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:31,164 - Come on, go, go, go. 139 00:05:31,197 --> 00:05:32,966 - You got it, Paul. 140 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:35,435 - Moving steady, brother. 141 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:36,569 - Keep pushing. 142 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:38,838 We can get there before them. 143 00:05:38,872 --> 00:05:41,007 - Come on, dude. 144 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:43,076 Killing it, E. 145 00:05:43,109 --> 00:05:44,911 - You got it, Paul. 146 00:05:44,944 --> 00:05:47,914 [dramatic music] 147 00:05:47,947 --> 00:05:54,954 * * 148 00:05:54,988 --> 00:05:58,825 - Let's get it, buddy. 149 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:00,860 - Oh, there she is. 150 00:06:00,894 --> 00:06:02,195 Good, good. 151 00:06:02,228 --> 00:06:04,030 Let's keep going. 152 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:06,833 - Ah! 153 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:08,034 - Come on, Nik. 154 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:10,036 You're doing great. 155 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:12,806 - I lost my teammate. 156 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,107 Hey, Paula, let's keep going. Keep going. 157 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:15,141 We're almost there. 158 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:18,078 - OK. 159 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:21,147 I keep falling. 160 00:06:21,181 --> 00:06:24,784 My body just feels very heavy and wet and cold. 161 00:06:24,818 --> 00:06:26,920 So every time you pick yourself up out of the water, 162 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:27,921 it's exhausting. 163 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:28,955 - You got sticks. 164 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:29,989 You got balance. 165 00:06:30,023 --> 00:06:32,659 Let's move. 166 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:33,727 They're 30 yards ahead. 167 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,930 We're not at the cave yet. 168 00:06:36,963 --> 00:06:39,966 - I can feel like all that negative self-talk 169 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,868 just like creeping back in. 170 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:45,739 But I have Creighton depending on me to get back up and push. 171 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:47,474 I don't want to let him down. 172 00:06:47,507 --> 00:06:48,475 I'm so sorry. 173 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:49,943 - You're OK. 174 00:06:49,976 --> 00:06:53,646 [panting] 175 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,548 We're almost out of this. 176 00:06:55,582 --> 00:06:56,816 We're almost out of this shitty part. 177 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:58,685 - As Paulina and Creighton struggle 178 00:06:58,718 --> 00:07:00,253 to find their footing... 179 00:07:00,286 --> 00:07:01,955 - Come on, brother. 180 00:07:01,988 --> 00:07:04,157 - Front-runners Ethan and Tyrie 181 00:07:04,190 --> 00:07:06,026 stride into the lead... 182 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:07,827 - This. Ooh. 183 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:09,062 - Welcome back to the darkness. 184 00:07:09,095 --> 00:07:10,930 You're returning to New Zealand's underworld. 185 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:14,000 - And get first crack at Dead End Cavern. 186 00:07:14,034 --> 00:07:17,871 While the most direct route through is only 1,200 yards, 187 00:07:17,904 --> 00:07:23,243 the maze-like passages induce a literal tunnel vision. 188 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:26,579 Armed with only a map, compass, and headlamp 189 00:07:26,613 --> 00:07:29,115 to cut through the darkness, teams must chart a course 190 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:32,185 through the hidden paths, blocked alleys, 191 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:36,956 and false pockets to return to the surface. 192 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:39,592 * * 193 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:43,763 - We are caving. 194 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:46,032 The prize money is a huge drive. 195 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:48,001 There's a saying in wildland fire-- 196 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:49,069 you get paid in sunsets. 197 00:07:49,102 --> 00:07:52,072 But then the fire season ends, and you realize, 198 00:07:52,105 --> 00:07:54,207 shoot, I don't know if we're gonna be able 199 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,143 to survive until the fires start happening again. 200 00:07:57,177 --> 00:07:58,144 - Let's stick right. 201 00:07:58,178 --> 00:07:59,112 - Stay right. 202 00:07:59,145 --> 00:08:00,780 Stay right. 203 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:02,615 - I got friends all the time that'll send me pictures 204 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:04,784 of a fast food joint that's hiring 205 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:07,554 new entry-level employees that are getting paid 206 00:08:07,587 --> 00:08:09,589 $3 an hour more than what I'm getting paid. 207 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:11,291 And I've been doing this for a decade. 208 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:17,964 * * 209 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:19,632 - Ow. 210 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:20,800 Heads up for rocks. 211 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:22,002 - Yeah. 212 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:26,940 Yeah, we--it looks like a dead end to me. 213 00:08:26,973 --> 00:08:30,310 - Has to be the other route then. 214 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:33,279 [dramatic music] 215 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:34,681 - You got your map? 216 00:08:34,714 --> 00:08:35,682 You got your compass? 217 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:36,750 You got your water? 218 00:08:36,783 --> 00:08:37,717 - Map, compass, water, got it. 219 00:08:37,751 --> 00:08:39,319 Check. - OK. 220 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:40,787 - I'm very religious. 221 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:42,655 I really do believe there's a greater power. 222 00:08:42,689 --> 00:08:44,724 It's pushing me towards some higher end. 223 00:08:44,758 --> 00:08:46,059 Multiple times throughout the last couple of weeks, 224 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:49,062 I've seen the same vision, and I've started crying. 225 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,765 The vision is there's a storm coming. 226 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:53,667 We have to go through it. 227 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,169 And a crate is on the top of the summit, and we open it. 228 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:57,937 - Ho-ho. 229 00:08:57,971 --> 00:09:00,340 - I think we're gonna win $500,000. 230 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:02,776 That's what I've seen. 231 00:09:02,809 --> 00:09:04,210 - Well, let me look out with you. 232 00:09:04,244 --> 00:09:06,312 Entrance, broke tan line. 233 00:09:06,346 --> 00:09:07,647 - It's gotta be in here. 234 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:10,083 - Right there, straight down. 235 00:09:10,116 --> 00:09:12,052 Gotta boogie. 236 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:13,787 OK, drop it down. 237 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:15,755 - $500,000 is a lot of money. 238 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:18,024 - I know we are here for a reason. 239 00:09:18,058 --> 00:09:19,225 I grew up poor. 240 00:09:19,259 --> 00:09:21,261 I work a blue-collar job. 241 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:22,829 - We both want better lives. 242 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:24,397 But you can't just have that. 243 00:09:24,431 --> 00:09:25,732 You need to earn it. 244 00:09:25,765 --> 00:09:27,367 The Lord is basically testing us. 245 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,402 And that's why we're here. 246 00:09:29,436 --> 00:09:30,837 - OK, come on down. 247 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:33,106 OK. 248 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:37,043 - So we--we should probably go this way, this way, this way. 249 00:09:37,077 --> 00:09:39,012 - That's all jammed up right there, though. 250 00:09:39,045 --> 00:09:40,080 Right here. 251 00:09:40,113 --> 00:09:42,115 We have to do this Dwarf's Passage. 252 00:09:42,148 --> 00:09:43,717 Just go straight. 253 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,752 We gotta remember, always push forward. 254 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:48,188 * * 255 00:09:48,221 --> 00:09:51,224 - Even if we're not like coming in first right now, 256 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:54,094 we got a long race ahead of us. 257 00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:55,929 * * 258 00:09:55,962 --> 00:09:58,398 - Winning the prize money for this race would definitely 259 00:09:58,431 --> 00:09:59,733 be life-changing for me. 260 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,234 I'm now on my own. 261 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:04,004 I would love to feel financially stable. 262 00:10:04,037 --> 00:10:07,407 It's something I've never had for myself. 263 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,676 - Ooh, this is cool. 264 00:10:09,709 --> 00:10:11,711 We're in it now, Paul. 265 00:10:11,745 --> 00:10:14,280 * * 266 00:10:14,314 --> 00:10:17,817 - As Paulina and Creighton hit the gas... 267 00:10:17,851 --> 00:10:19,285 - This might be a dead end. 268 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:20,286 It's a dead end. 269 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,354 OK. 270 00:10:21,388 --> 00:10:22,756 - Could just be a pocket. 271 00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:25,191 - Up ahead, the smoke jumpers... 272 00:10:25,225 --> 00:10:27,827 - Yep, it's a dead end. Back to that one. 273 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:30,864 - Have hit a wall. 274 00:10:30,897 --> 00:10:33,433 - Now--wait. - Again? 275 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:36,169 - Dead end. 276 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:37,270 - Is it? 277 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:38,738 - Yep. - It's a dead end? 278 00:10:38,772 --> 00:10:39,906 - Yep. 279 00:10:39,939 --> 00:10:41,474 - Are you sure? - Yeah, dude. 280 00:10:41,508 --> 00:10:42,909 - OK. OK. 281 00:10:42,942 --> 00:10:44,778 - I can't see anything. 282 00:10:44,811 --> 00:10:46,112 Yeah, no way, dude. 283 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:48,748 - OK. 284 00:10:48,782 --> 00:10:51,084 - Another dead end. 285 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:52,919 ------- hell. 286 00:10:52,952 --> 00:10:57,023 There's just a bunch of dead ends. 287 00:10:57,057 --> 00:10:57,991 - Oh, shit. 288 00:10:58,024 --> 00:10:59,325 - Nik and Kennedy are coming. 289 00:10:59,359 --> 00:11:00,794 - Go right. 290 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:01,961 - We have Ethan and Tyrie 291 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,230 directly in front of us, Nik. - Got it. 292 00:11:04,264 --> 00:11:06,399 - We just gotta go this way and then left. 293 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:07,400 - Wait, wait, wait. 294 00:11:07,434 --> 00:11:08,501 Nik, Nik, Nik, Nik, Nik. 295 00:11:08,535 --> 00:11:09,803 - What? 296 00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:12,272 - I'm feeling wind. 297 00:11:12,305 --> 00:11:13,373 There's a lot of wind. 298 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:14,474 That's good, right? 299 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:15,875 - Where is it coming from? 300 00:11:15,909 --> 00:11:17,811 - Over here. - Go, go. 301 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:18,812 - Do you think I'm right? 302 00:11:18,845 --> 00:11:20,280 - Yes, I do. 303 00:11:20,313 --> 00:11:24,818 * * 304 00:11:24,851 --> 00:11:27,454 - ------- dead end. 305 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:28,455 - Really? 306 00:11:28,488 --> 00:11:30,256 - Yeah. 307 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:32,125 ----, back out. 308 00:11:33,293 --> 00:11:34,894 - They already went that way? - ----. 309 00:11:34,928 --> 00:11:36,830 - So back into that big main? 310 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:38,231 - I guess so, yeah. 311 00:11:38,264 --> 00:11:39,833 All right, I think Nik and Kennedy 312 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:41,801 are ahead of us right now. 313 00:11:41,835 --> 00:11:45,772 - Wind, water--this is the way. 314 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,841 * * 315 00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:49,175 OK, we gotta go upstream. 316 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:51,244 Upstream. Where's the water flowing? 317 00:11:51,277 --> 00:11:52,979 This way. 318 00:11:53,013 --> 00:11:55,148 You right there with me? 319 00:11:55,181 --> 00:11:56,149 - I'm with you. 320 00:11:56,182 --> 00:11:57,117 I'm with you. 321 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:58,551 - Yeah, you are. 322 00:11:58,585 --> 00:12:00,854 Nik, your vision is coming true. 323 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:03,189 We're in first place, man. 324 00:12:09,462 --> 00:12:09,829 [dramatic music] 325 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:14,167 - Six hours into the final race... 326 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:15,835 - We're gonna take the next left, 327 00:12:15,869 --> 00:12:17,837 and then we're gonna dogleg left. 328 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:19,039 - If we go up, we can get through here. 329 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:20,206 - OK. - And then if we-- 330 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,241 - All right. 331 00:12:21,274 --> 00:12:23,176 Let's go upstream. 332 00:12:23,209 --> 00:12:25,345 - While their competitors fumble in the dark... 333 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:28,148 - OK, lead the way. 334 00:12:28,181 --> 00:12:30,050 Gotta get through this climb. 335 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:31,985 - Canadian roughnecks Kennedy and Nik 336 00:12:32,018 --> 00:12:34,120 are out of the cave and in the top spot 337 00:12:34,154 --> 00:12:35,922 for the first time ever. 338 00:12:35,955 --> 00:12:37,323 - We're doing amazing, Nik. 339 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:40,393 Further we get today, closer we are to tomorrow. 340 00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:44,464 - But it's an uphill battle from here on out-- 341 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:48,535 a 6,000-foot rise in elevation that stair steps 342 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:50,603 over 11 miles of thick forest 343 00:12:50,637 --> 00:12:53,273 and snake-like game trails. 344 00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:55,208 Breaking free of the tree line, 345 00:12:55,241 --> 00:12:58,011 the final climb to The Dome offers multiple routes 346 00:12:58,044 --> 00:13:00,580 across the range, including one 347 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:03,917 with a food cache, where teams will decide-- 348 00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:05,885 fuel up or fight through the hunger. 349 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:08,888 * * 350 00:13:08,922 --> 00:13:11,091 - Push as much as we can hard. 351 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:13,193 This entire race, I was trying to build Kennedy up 352 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:15,095 in preparation for the end. 353 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:16,930 Here we are in the last race. 354 00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:18,298 She's leading, and I'm following. 355 00:13:18,331 --> 00:13:21,101 - And we are in first place, the only race 356 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,903 that really actually matters at the end of the day. 357 00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:27,540 Big clearing coming up. Doing great, Nik. 358 00:13:27,574 --> 00:13:30,877 It flattens out up here. 359 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:33,446 Our ------- race, bro. 360 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:38,618 [dramatic music] 361 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:39,619 - Right here. 362 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:40,620 - What's that? 363 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:42,122 - Right here. 364 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:43,423 - There's a ton of dead ends in there. 365 00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:45,125 We took about every single one of them. 366 00:13:45,158 --> 00:13:46,259 And Nik and Kennedy, 367 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:47,327 they just kept staying behind us. 368 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:48,962 And then they took the right one. 369 00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:50,397 Smart on their part. That's all right. 370 00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:51,431 We know we're faster. 371 00:13:51,464 --> 00:13:54,434 We'll pass them by running. 372 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:55,402 - Let's move, brother. 373 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:56,636 - Following you. 374 00:13:56,670 --> 00:13:58,471 * * 375 00:13:58,505 --> 00:13:59,472 - Keep pushing. 376 00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:00,507 Keep pushing. 377 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:01,574 - You good, brother? 378 00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:02,942 - Yeah, keep going. 379 00:14:02,976 --> 00:14:04,044 I got you. 380 00:14:04,077 --> 00:14:05,178 Make me chase you. 381 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:06,913 Make me ------- earn it, brother. 382 00:14:06,946 --> 00:14:08,281 Come on. 383 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:11,151 * * 384 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:13,086 - Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. 385 00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:16,523 * * 386 00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:20,427 - Strategy is to move fast. 387 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:23,997 We know they're all ahead of us, so ready to book it. 388 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:24,998 - We're ready. 389 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:26,332 - Let's do it. 390 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:27,334 - Keep it going. 391 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:28,668 Keep it going. 392 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:30,170 - I'm struggling. 393 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:33,006 That river start really got to me. 394 00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:34,074 - Keep moving. 395 00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:35,342 Let's get moving. 396 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:37,644 * * 397 00:14:37,677 --> 00:14:39,579 - Just give me a minute, please. 398 00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:40,580 - You need a minute? 399 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:42,315 - Yeah. 400 00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:44,284 - This last race means everything. 401 00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:48,054 And being in last place, it puts a-- 402 00:14:48,088 --> 00:14:50,223 puts a damper on my spirit. 403 00:14:50,256 --> 00:14:51,958 - Creighton's fast. 404 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:53,526 So I've been, like, really struggling with the fact 405 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,395 that if he had been here with somebody else, 406 00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:58,465 he might have a better chance at winning that $500K. 407 00:14:58,498 --> 00:14:59,532 - You ready? 408 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:02,635 - Yeah, we gotta catch up. 409 00:15:02,669 --> 00:15:05,438 * * 410 00:15:05,472 --> 00:15:09,609 [timer beeping] 411 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:12,545 - With all three teams clear of the cave... 412 00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:15,982 - Oh, this is gonna break everybody, dude. 413 00:15:16,016 --> 00:15:19,219 - The uphill fight rages in zone 2. 414 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:20,186 - Let's keep moving. 415 00:15:20,220 --> 00:15:21,488 Let's keep moving. 416 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:24,157 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's ------- it. 417 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:25,692 That's ------- it. 418 00:15:25,725 --> 00:15:30,563 - And five weeks of endless hardship is taking a toll. 419 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:33,166 * * 420 00:15:33,199 --> 00:15:36,436 - ------- missed. Ah! 421 00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:39,773 - Never stop moving, one foot in front of the other. 422 00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:41,541 That's all that matters. 423 00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:45,078 * * 424 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:47,180 - ------- get it, brother. 425 00:15:47,213 --> 00:15:48,481 ------- get it. 426 00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:51,017 - One last big push for the day-- 427 00:15:51,051 --> 00:15:52,786 all gas, no brakes, brother. 428 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:54,754 - 30 seconds! 429 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:57,190 * * 430 00:15:57,223 --> 00:15:59,659 [timer beeping] 431 00:15:59,693 --> 00:16:00,660 [timer beeping] 432 00:16:00,694 --> 00:16:02,529 - End of race clock. 433 00:16:02,562 --> 00:16:04,030 -------. 434 00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:04,764 - Sleep right there. 435 00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:06,666 - Yep. 436 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:08,668 - Right there, that's our spot. 437 00:16:08,702 --> 00:16:13,340 - The 39th of 40 days is in the books. 438 00:16:13,373 --> 00:16:16,710 And in the competition's most important race, 439 00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:19,446 it's the underdog roughnecks, Kennedy and Nik, 440 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:24,284 alone at the top and the closest to $500,000. 441 00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:25,819 - I literally have had this vision 442 00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:27,654 of us winning so many times. 443 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:30,357 The fact that this is happening the way it's happening, 444 00:16:30,390 --> 00:16:32,659 it's giving me goosebumps. 445 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:34,194 Good job today, Kennedy. 446 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:35,295 - Yeah, that was-- 447 00:16:35,328 --> 00:16:37,297 - That was an amazing pace. 448 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:39,432 - Big push, big push tomorrow. 449 00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:41,334 * * 450 00:16:41,368 --> 00:16:42,369 - Damn. 451 00:16:42,402 --> 00:16:44,771 - I did not expect them to be that far ahead. 452 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:46,606 They're moving today, and I think it's because they got 453 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:49,542 a taste of first, and they just started pushing, 454 00:16:49,576 --> 00:16:50,677 going all out, you know? 455 00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:53,179 - This is gonna be everybody dumping everything out. 456 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:54,447 - Dude, I'm so-- 457 00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:55,682 I'm so proud of us. Great moving. 458 00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:57,117 - I'm so sorry for today. 459 00:16:57,150 --> 00:17:00,854 I ------ up on that river so bad. 460 00:17:00,887 --> 00:17:02,622 - It was so mossy. 461 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:05,191 It was so slick. 462 00:17:05,225 --> 00:17:06,593 - I feel like you're mad at me. 463 00:17:06,626 --> 00:17:07,627 - I promise you, I'm not. 464 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:11,798 I would be mad or upset with you if I thought 465 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:14,300 you didn't give it your all. 466 00:17:14,334 --> 00:17:16,202 I--you absolutely did today. 467 00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:18,405 You gave it your 100% best. 468 00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:19,706 I'm so proud of you for it. 469 00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:21,474 I promise I'm not mad. 470 00:17:21,508 --> 00:17:23,343 You don't have anything to be ashamed of. 471 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,712 - I just hate letting you down. 472 00:17:25,745 --> 00:17:27,380 When we were going through our divorce, 473 00:17:27,414 --> 00:17:29,749 I became a very closed-off person. 474 00:17:29,783 --> 00:17:33,753 It's just been cool to see how well we've worked together 475 00:17:33,787 --> 00:17:35,889 to lift one another up. 476 00:17:35,922 --> 00:17:38,291 - I know how to talk to her and get through to her. 477 00:17:38,324 --> 00:17:40,293 She knows how to talk to me and get through to me. 478 00:17:40,326 --> 00:17:42,128 And that's definitely more than what 479 00:17:42,162 --> 00:17:44,264 we had when we came out here. 480 00:17:44,297 --> 00:17:45,665 - Ooh. Good fire. 481 00:17:45,699 --> 00:17:46,700 - Right? 482 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:49,636 Good shelter. 483 00:17:49,669 --> 00:17:50,870 - Thanks. 484 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:53,873 [dramatic music] 485 00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:02,982 [dramatic music] 486 00:18:05,618 --> 00:18:09,255 * * 487 00:18:09,289 --> 00:18:12,258 - Last day, best day, final push. 488 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:14,260 - Six harrowing race legs. 489 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:16,930 Nearly 143 hellish miles. 490 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:19,299 It all comes down to this, 491 00:18:19,332 --> 00:18:21,835 the final day of the competition. 492 00:18:21,868 --> 00:18:23,370 - It's the day, brother. 493 00:18:23,403 --> 00:18:25,638 - Big push day. 494 00:18:25,672 --> 00:18:28,641 - I like cannot tighten these pants enough. 495 00:18:28,675 --> 00:18:30,377 - I know. 496 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:32,445 - Nik, how hungry are you? 497 00:18:32,479 --> 00:18:33,613 - I have zero food. 498 00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:36,583 - Yeah, we're 100% out of food. 499 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:39,319 - This is gonna be a tight, tight race. 500 00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:42,355 That's all I'll say. 501 00:18:42,389 --> 00:18:43,890 - You want to lead, or do you want me to? 502 00:18:43,923 --> 00:18:45,325 - I'll follow you. - All right. 503 00:18:45,358 --> 00:18:47,694 - Set the pace. 504 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:50,597 - In less than 12 hours, one team will be 505 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:53,333 half a million dollars richer. 506 00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,468 - Are you ready? 507 00:18:55,502 --> 00:18:57,237 - I'm ------- ready. 508 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:59,673 both: Three, two, one. 509 00:18:59,706 --> 00:19:02,876 [timer beeping] 510 00:19:02,909 --> 00:19:04,577 - Here we go. 511 00:19:04,611 --> 00:19:06,279 Whoo-hoo! - Let's do it. 512 00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:07,280 - Let's get it. 513 00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:08,982 Let's get it. 514 00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:10,784 - We're going up. 515 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:13,353 Climbing up, that's good. 516 00:19:13,386 --> 00:19:16,756 Go under it, Nik. 517 00:19:16,790 --> 00:19:17,757 - Keep pushing. 518 00:19:17,791 --> 00:19:20,226 Keep pushing. 519 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,462 [exhaling sharply] 520 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,497 Yeah, just go, go, go. 521 00:19:24,531 --> 00:19:25,765 Keep going like we've been. 522 00:19:25,799 --> 00:19:28,335 - Yeah, do not stop. 523 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:31,338 [timer beeping] 524 00:19:31,371 --> 00:19:34,908 * * 525 00:19:34,941 --> 00:19:38,545 - My legs are taxed. 526 00:19:38,578 --> 00:19:40,613 I'm definitely exhausted right now. 527 00:19:40,647 --> 00:19:43,016 We don't really have a lot of food in our system. 528 00:19:43,049 --> 00:19:46,786 - Last race, we didn't grab the second food cache, 529 00:19:46,820 --> 00:19:48,655 and so we had to go to the gateway to finish 530 00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:50,390 and finish with very minimal food. 531 00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:53,026 So we are struggling. 532 00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:54,427 - Look at that view. - Let's go. 533 00:19:54,461 --> 00:19:55,662 - ---- that view. 534 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:56,763 - Let's go. 535 00:19:56,796 --> 00:19:57,797 - Get to that next ------- view. 536 00:19:57,831 --> 00:20:00,400 Come on. 537 00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:01,868 - We gotta get through this climb. 538 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:03,670 - Big push. 539 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:08,375 * * 540 00:20:08,408 --> 00:20:10,510 We got a team coming. 541 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:13,546 - Nik and Kennedy? 542 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:14,948 They're coming right up. 543 00:20:14,981 --> 00:20:16,516 Yeah, let's go. 544 00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:18,852 - There they are, right behind us. 545 00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:24,491 - Hell of a push, guys. 546 00:20:24,524 --> 00:20:27,427 Gonna pass you and go up there, Nik. 547 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,062 Good push, guys. 548 00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:31,364 Good job. 549 00:20:31,398 --> 00:20:34,634 [dramatic music] 550 00:20:34,668 --> 00:20:39,472 - Animals. ------- animals. 551 00:20:39,506 --> 00:20:41,574 - Nik and Kennedy, everything they do, 552 00:20:41,608 --> 00:20:42,942 I'm just kind of like, dude, these guys-- 553 00:20:42,976 --> 00:20:44,444 - Are too tough to die, man. - They don't quit. 554 00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:45,712 They don't quit. 555 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,414 They're so tough, both of them. 556 00:20:47,447 --> 00:20:50,850 It's no surprise to me that they're at the very end race. 557 00:20:50,884 --> 00:20:53,319 - I don't want to see any of them anymore, 558 00:20:53,353 --> 00:20:54,988 not until we're done with this shit 559 00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:56,322 and buying them drinks. 560 00:20:56,356 --> 00:20:57,991 - ---- yeah. 561 00:20:58,024 --> 00:20:59,626 [timer beeping] 562 00:20:59,659 --> 00:21:03,596 - Snatching back the lead from the Canadians... 563 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:06,466 - Up here, figure out where we're going 564 00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:09,035 to go as far as cache or not. 565 00:21:09,069 --> 00:21:11,371 We have to make the decision. 566 00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:14,441 - The smoke jumpers are the first to the final race's 567 00:21:14,474 --> 00:21:16,710 most critical juncture. 568 00:21:16,743 --> 00:21:18,478 - This is the biggest push of the whole race. 569 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:20,113 It's gonna be a steep climb up and out. 570 00:21:20,146 --> 00:21:22,982 See this just rocky mess going up. 571 00:21:23,016 --> 00:21:26,686 - And after 39 days of difficult decisions, 572 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,756 this is the toughest one yet-- 573 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,025 head straight for The Dome over the ridge 574 00:21:32,058 --> 00:21:34,561 that shoots skyward at a 35-degree 575 00:21:34,594 --> 00:21:36,363 quad-busting incline, 576 00:21:36,396 --> 00:21:39,632 or follow the ridge line, which adds a mile of travel 577 00:21:39,666 --> 00:21:42,969 but climbs in a more gradual ascent, and as a bonus, 578 00:21:43,003 --> 00:21:46,673 provides a food cache with one last pick-me-up 579 00:21:46,706 --> 00:21:49,109 to carry them to the finish. 580 00:21:49,142 --> 00:21:50,543 - We're not gonna get the cache. 581 00:21:50,577 --> 00:21:51,711 - Back ridge is the one, eventually, 582 00:21:51,745 --> 00:21:53,113 we're gonna hit. - Yeah. 583 00:21:53,146 --> 00:21:55,849 - And then The Dome might be somewhere back there. 584 00:21:55,882 --> 00:21:57,717 - Good. 585 00:21:57,751 --> 00:22:00,053 - All right, let's ride, my man. 586 00:22:00,086 --> 00:22:02,422 - I'm definitely exhausted right now. 587 00:22:02,455 --> 00:22:05,692 You can really feel the low food in our system. 588 00:22:05,725 --> 00:22:07,160 This way, you think? 589 00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:11,431 - I just want to see the view, see where that cache is. 590 00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:16,836 Follow this ridge all the way, that's where the cache is. 591 00:22:16,870 --> 00:22:18,104 The steep route-- 592 00:22:18,138 --> 00:22:19,506 - That's vertical. 593 00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:20,807 It'll kill us. 594 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,075 We know our strengths and weaknesses. 595 00:22:22,108 --> 00:22:24,477 Our weaknesses is going straight vertical. 596 00:22:24,511 --> 00:22:25,679 Even if we didn't need the food, 597 00:22:25,712 --> 00:22:27,180 it's not quick for us. 598 00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:28,648 If we put the pressure on them, 599 00:22:28,682 --> 00:22:31,551 they're gonna start acting more reckless, 600 00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:32,819 which means more mistakes. 601 00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:34,821 - We have to take the ridge route. 602 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:36,690 It's not about which route are we gonna take, 603 00:22:36,723 --> 00:22:38,558 it's about which route we can actually do 604 00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:40,493 and still keep up the pressure. 605 00:22:40,527 --> 00:22:44,064 - Even if it's 2 kilometers further, 606 00:22:44,097 --> 00:22:47,834 it'll be faster for us because we aren't those type of people. 607 00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:49,869 We don't have that endurance. 608 00:22:49,903 --> 00:22:52,439 - If they make a mistake, we're in. 609 00:22:52,472 --> 00:22:53,840 It's gonna be a battle. 610 00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:56,009 - Just behind, after starting the day 611 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:58,578 over a mile from the leaders... 612 00:22:58,611 --> 00:22:59,746 - We're almost there, Paul. 613 00:22:59,779 --> 00:23:00,580 - OK. 614 00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:01,981 - Last push. 615 00:23:02,015 --> 00:23:04,484 * * 616 00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:06,853 I see them right there, 12:00. 617 00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:08,955 I think that means they're going for the food cache. 618 00:23:08,988 --> 00:23:13,927 - Paulina and Creighton have closed the gap to 900 yards. 619 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,795 - Decision time-- we can go left 620 00:23:15,829 --> 00:23:17,864 and up along the route, 621 00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:21,001 or we can go right and straight to it. 622 00:23:21,034 --> 00:23:23,603 This is our opportunity to pass Kennedy and Nik 623 00:23:23,636 --> 00:23:25,205 and catch Ethan and Tyrie. 624 00:23:25,238 --> 00:23:30,610 Paulina and I frickin' fly up and down the mountains. 625 00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:31,878 - I'm down to go straight to it. 626 00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:32,846 Let's do it. 627 00:23:32,879 --> 00:23:34,147 - OK. 628 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:35,715 * * 629 00:23:35,749 --> 00:23:37,017 - Let's make distance on them. 630 00:23:37,050 --> 00:23:39,185 - Whoo-hoo! 631 00:23:39,219 --> 00:23:42,188 [dramatic music] 632 00:23:42,222 --> 00:23:43,623 * * 633 00:23:43,656 --> 00:23:46,493 - Just a little bit of pain. 634 00:23:46,526 --> 00:23:48,261 - This is what we do. 635 00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:50,030 ------- easy. 636 00:23:50,063 --> 00:23:51,765 - Let's go. 637 00:23:51,798 --> 00:23:54,901 - Biggest paycheck you'll ever get for hiking, brother. 638 00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:58,104 - As the smoke jumpers start the climb... 639 00:23:58,138 --> 00:23:59,205 - There it is. 640 00:23:59,239 --> 00:24:00,907 We're almost there, Nik. 641 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:05,245 I can definitely feel the low, low fuel in the tank. 642 00:24:05,278 --> 00:24:08,648 - Kennedy and Nik push hard along the ridgeline, 643 00:24:08,682 --> 00:24:10,617 honing in on an energy boost 644 00:24:10,650 --> 00:24:12,686 that could help them make up ground. 645 00:24:12,719 --> 00:24:15,689 * * 646 00:24:15,722 --> 00:24:19,292 - This is super important for intel. 647 00:24:19,325 --> 00:24:21,795 * * 648 00:24:21,828 --> 00:24:24,864 Ah! - Yeah! 649 00:24:24,898 --> 00:24:27,100 I think that's gonna screw them. 650 00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:29,269 Ethan and Tyrie didn't take the cache, 651 00:24:29,302 --> 00:24:33,039 which means they went a very vertical, steep route 652 00:24:33,073 --> 00:24:35,041 through the forest. 653 00:24:35,075 --> 00:24:38,912 That opens them up for getting lost. 654 00:24:38,945 --> 00:24:40,180 whereas we're gonna stay on the ridgeline. 655 00:24:40,213 --> 00:24:41,281 We're gonna save our legs. 656 00:24:41,314 --> 00:24:42,982 We're gonna save our bodies. 657 00:24:43,016 --> 00:24:45,085 * * 658 00:24:45,118 --> 00:24:47,554 And we're gonna eat. 659 00:24:47,587 --> 00:24:51,091 - 42, 75, right there. 660 00:24:51,124 --> 00:24:52,625 - This side? 661 00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:54,761 - This guy right there all the way up, 662 00:24:54,794 --> 00:24:56,296 that's the ridge we follow. 663 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:58,565 - OK. - That's bare. 664 00:24:58,598 --> 00:24:59,566 - Set to boogie? 665 00:24:59,599 --> 00:25:01,568 - Set to boogie. - OK. 666 00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:04,237 * * 667 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:05,839 I see teams. 668 00:25:05,872 --> 00:25:07,640 Oh, I see Ethan and Tyrie. 669 00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:10,310 Nik, we are right on their asses. 670 00:25:10,343 --> 00:25:15,715 If we spotted them, they 100% spotted us, Nik. 671 00:25:15,749 --> 00:25:17,050 That's gonna make them rush. 672 00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:18,885 It's gonna make them do dumb moves. 673 00:25:18,918 --> 00:25:20,687 - They make one mistake from here, 674 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,122 we're on top of them. 675 00:25:30,130 --> 00:25:30,497 [dramatic music] 676 00:25:31,931 --> 00:25:34,300 - Over halfway through the final race, 677 00:25:34,334 --> 00:25:37,704 all three teams are within a half-mile cluster 678 00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,939 in the charge for The Dome, 679 00:25:39,973 --> 00:25:43,643 the last obstacle before the grand prize is on. 680 00:25:43,677 --> 00:25:47,047 * * 681 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,015 - Damn, is that Nik and Kennedy right there? 682 00:25:49,049 --> 00:25:52,218 - People over on the other side of the ridge. 683 00:25:52,252 --> 00:25:55,088 - Either way, we beat them on the uphills every time. 684 00:25:55,121 --> 00:25:56,122 - Yes, sir. 685 00:25:56,156 --> 00:25:57,223 - Let's go. 686 00:25:57,257 --> 00:25:59,192 Come on now. 687 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:01,961 - Holy shit, that's them right there, Ethan and Tyrie. 688 00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:02,929 - Where? 689 00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:04,064 - Right--dead across. 690 00:26:04,097 --> 00:26:05,231 You see that big rock? - No shit. 691 00:26:05,265 --> 00:26:06,232 - Just to the left. 692 00:26:06,266 --> 00:26:07,233 - You think so? 693 00:26:07,267 --> 00:26:08,968 - Who else would it be? 694 00:26:09,002 --> 00:26:10,403 That's them right there. - No ------- way. 695 00:26:10,437 --> 00:26:11,638 Let's go. 696 00:26:11,671 --> 00:26:12,806 - Holy sh--let's go. 697 00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:14,808 * * 698 00:26:14,841 --> 00:26:16,343 - That's our battle. - This one? 699 00:26:16,376 --> 00:26:17,911 - Right there. 700 00:26:17,944 --> 00:26:21,648 We're heading up the ridge, all the way up there. 701 00:26:21,681 --> 00:26:24,951 * * 702 00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:26,953 This is nothing compared to what they're going through, 703 00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:28,655 I'll tell you that. - Yeah, I know. 704 00:26:28,688 --> 00:26:30,256 - Nothing. 705 00:26:30,290 --> 00:26:33,893 [dramatic music] 706 00:26:33,927 --> 00:26:37,263 - With every foot of elevation gained 707 00:26:37,297 --> 00:26:43,003 comes a plunge in temperature and New Zealand's final twist. 708 00:26:43,036 --> 00:26:44,738 - Real freaking windy. 709 00:26:44,771 --> 00:26:47,307 - This is exactly what we needed, dude. 710 00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:50,276 'Cause ain't nobody here gonna hike faster than us. 711 00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:52,345 Ethan and I didn't become smoke jumpers 712 00:26:52,379 --> 00:26:53,980 because it's ------- easy. 713 00:26:54,014 --> 00:26:56,416 And this ain't easy. 714 00:26:56,449 --> 00:26:57,784 Follow you, man. 715 00:26:57,817 --> 00:26:59,219 - All right. 716 00:26:59,252 --> 00:27:00,854 - They gotta beat us. 717 00:27:00,887 --> 00:27:02,989 We are the force to be reckoned. 718 00:27:03,023 --> 00:27:05,191 - Breaking out of the uphill slog, 719 00:27:05,225 --> 00:27:08,728 Ethan and Tyrie push across the upper ridgeline, 720 00:27:08,762 --> 00:27:13,700 500 yards through the clouds on the outer rim. 721 00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:16,870 - Ah. Here it comes! 722 00:27:16,903 --> 00:27:18,705 Just gotta be quicker than it. 723 00:27:18,738 --> 00:27:21,041 Gotta be quicker than the storm. 724 00:27:21,074 --> 00:27:23,243 - We are the storm, brother. 725 00:27:23,276 --> 00:27:25,478 We are the storm. 726 00:27:25,512 --> 00:27:27,313 - I hate mountains. 727 00:27:27,347 --> 00:27:28,982 - I love mountains. 728 00:27:29,015 --> 00:27:33,019 The higher you go, the closer you go to the Lord. 729 00:27:33,053 --> 00:27:35,889 - Take me to the cave with the gremlins. 730 00:27:35,922 --> 00:27:37,157 * * 731 00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:40,460 - Let's ------- go, baby, to The Dome. 732 00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:42,162 - Come on. - Come on. 733 00:27:42,195 --> 00:27:45,999 - This is exactly what the final race should be. 734 00:27:46,032 --> 00:27:48,335 This is insane. 735 00:27:48,368 --> 00:27:51,204 This is New Zealand! 736 00:27:51,237 --> 00:27:54,307 [timer beeping] 737 00:27:54,341 --> 00:27:56,176 - With the exes and Canadians still 738 00:27:56,209 --> 00:27:57,911 in the heart of the tempest... 739 00:27:57,944 --> 00:28:00,180 - Wow, holy shit, dude. 740 00:28:00,213 --> 00:28:02,949 - The smoke jumpers crest the final ridge, 741 00:28:02,982 --> 00:28:04,784 the first team to clear the storm. 742 00:28:04,818 --> 00:28:07,187 - And then The Dome entry 743 00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:08,488 is gonna be somewhere over there. 744 00:28:08,521 --> 00:28:09,789 - It is there. 745 00:28:09,823 --> 00:28:10,790 - I think it's right there. 746 00:28:10,824 --> 00:28:13,326 - Down there? 747 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:15,762 - It's slick. 748 00:28:15,795 --> 00:28:17,764 - Dude, we're ------- right there. 749 00:28:17,797 --> 00:28:20,333 * * 750 00:28:20,367 --> 00:28:23,470 - I think Ethan and Tyrie went this way. 751 00:28:23,503 --> 00:28:25,071 - I think so too. 752 00:28:25,105 --> 00:28:26,940 - There are fresh footprints right here. 753 00:28:26,973 --> 00:28:29,075 - Oh, nice. 754 00:28:29,109 --> 00:28:30,543 - Oh, shit, there they are. 755 00:28:30,577 --> 00:28:33,079 - I see Nik and Kennedy. 756 00:28:33,113 --> 00:28:35,482 Nik and Kennedy are right behind us. 757 00:28:35,515 --> 00:28:39,986 * * 758 00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:43,890 - I see people up at the top of that ridge. 759 00:28:43,923 --> 00:28:46,226 - So do I. 760 00:28:46,259 --> 00:28:49,029 - Oh, shit. 761 00:28:49,062 --> 00:28:50,230 - Focus on us. 762 00:28:50,263 --> 00:28:52,899 - Yes, I am. 763 00:28:52,932 --> 00:28:53,900 - There it is, dude. 764 00:28:53,933 --> 00:28:55,235 - Yeah, brother. 765 00:28:55,268 --> 00:28:57,037 - ---- yeah. 766 00:28:57,070 --> 00:29:03,276 * * 767 00:29:03,309 --> 00:29:05,111 In a culmination of all the rope skills 768 00:29:05,145 --> 00:29:06,579 you have experienced throughout the journey, 769 00:29:06,613 --> 00:29:09,482 you will be required to climb up and over The Dome. 770 00:29:09,516 --> 00:29:14,254 - The Dome, a 1,500-foot-high monolith of marble 771 00:29:14,287 --> 00:29:17,157 and the last major barricade between them 772 00:29:17,190 --> 00:29:19,592 and half a million dollars. 773 00:29:19,626 --> 00:29:22,562 One team member at a time, they must scale a sequence 774 00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:26,599 of vertical cliff faces where the eroded surface affords 775 00:29:26,633 --> 00:29:29,002 little purchase, forcing climbers 776 00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:32,872 to haul their full weight up fixed ropes with an ascender. 777 00:29:32,906 --> 00:29:37,344 After both cliffs are cleared, 778 00:29:37,377 --> 00:29:39,279 teams will rappel down the back side 779 00:29:39,312 --> 00:29:41,181 and drop to the final push, 780 00:29:41,214 --> 00:29:43,550 2 miles to the end crate. 781 00:29:43,583 --> 00:29:49,456 * * 782 00:29:49,489 --> 00:29:50,557 - Trust the tools. 783 00:29:50,590 --> 00:29:56,563 * * 784 00:29:56,596 --> 00:29:57,564 - Pull that rope tight, E. 785 00:29:57,597 --> 00:29:59,065 - Yeah. 786 00:29:59,099 --> 00:30:05,638 * * 787 00:30:05,672 --> 00:30:11,077 Pretty hard, pretty strenuous after a day like today. 788 00:30:11,111 --> 00:30:14,914 * * 789 00:30:14,948 --> 00:30:16,916 - That's straight through this canyon. 790 00:30:16,950 --> 00:30:18,952 - We gotta hurry. - OK. 791 00:30:18,985 --> 00:30:20,286 - We gotta move. 792 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,589 - Got it. 793 00:30:22,622 --> 00:30:25,392 - Let's go, dawg. 794 00:30:25,425 --> 00:30:26,393 - Ethan! 795 00:30:26,426 --> 00:30:27,594 - Yo. 796 00:30:27,627 --> 00:30:30,497 - Rope. 797 00:30:30,530 --> 00:30:32,065 That's gonna be tough for some people. 798 00:30:32,098 --> 00:30:34,634 That took a lot of upper body strength. 799 00:30:34,668 --> 00:30:37,537 * * 800 00:30:37,570 --> 00:30:40,940 Ethan, he's gonna muscle it up, though. 801 00:30:40,974 --> 00:30:42,042 He'll be fine. 802 00:30:42,075 --> 00:30:43,943 He'll--he learns quick. 803 00:30:43,977 --> 00:30:46,913 - ----. Oh, man. 804 00:30:46,946 --> 00:30:48,348 I see them. 805 00:30:48,381 --> 00:30:50,950 Paulina and Creighton got some legs on them. 806 00:30:50,984 --> 00:30:52,085 - I see them. 807 00:30:52,118 --> 00:30:53,620 Look at that right there. 808 00:30:53,653 --> 00:30:55,155 That's our Dome. 809 00:30:55,188 --> 00:30:57,557 - That is The Dome. Whoo! 810 00:30:57,590 --> 00:30:59,392 - I see Pauline and Creighton up ahead. 811 00:30:59,426 --> 00:31:00,393 - Let's go. 812 00:31:00,427 --> 00:31:01,594 Let's go. 813 00:31:01,628 --> 00:31:03,630 - Whoo-hoo! 814 00:31:03,663 --> 00:31:05,331 - Come on, Paulina. 815 00:31:05,365 --> 00:31:07,367 Come on, Paul. Come on, Paul. 816 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,968 - Ethan! 817 00:31:09,002 --> 00:31:11,037 Come on, now. 818 00:31:11,071 --> 00:31:14,040 [dramatic music] 819 00:31:20,547 --> 00:31:20,914 [dramatic music] 820 00:31:23,516 --> 00:31:25,552 - Oh, man. 821 00:31:25,585 --> 00:31:27,387 - Halfway through the final day 822 00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:30,557 and half a million dollars still on the line... 823 00:31:30,590 --> 00:31:31,624 - Come on now. 824 00:31:31,658 --> 00:31:35,261 - ------- move up. 825 00:31:35,295 --> 00:31:37,163 - Smoke jumpers Ethan and Tyrie 826 00:31:37,197 --> 00:31:41,001 grasp to a narrow lead. 827 00:31:41,034 --> 00:31:43,036 - Come on. ----. 828 00:31:43,069 --> 00:31:45,238 - But just 600 feet below, 829 00:31:45,271 --> 00:31:48,174 a battle on The Dome is brewing. 830 00:31:48,208 --> 00:31:49,142 - Pull the rope. 831 00:31:49,175 --> 00:31:52,712 - Yep. 832 00:31:52,746 --> 00:31:54,180 Yeah, yeah, that's it. 833 00:31:54,214 --> 00:31:55,548 That's awesome. 834 00:31:55,582 --> 00:31:57,450 We're definitely close to Ethan and Tyrie. 835 00:31:57,484 --> 00:32:00,520 If our skills are ever going to come into play 836 00:32:00,553 --> 00:32:03,656 at an important moment, it's now. 837 00:32:03,690 --> 00:32:07,594 [dramatic music] 838 00:32:07,627 --> 00:32:09,662 - That's good. 839 00:32:09,696 --> 00:32:11,398 - There. OK. 840 00:32:11,431 --> 00:32:13,033 You're good to go, Nik. 841 00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:18,672 * * 842 00:32:18,705 --> 00:32:20,407 Try to get yourself vertical. 843 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,175 It'll be a lot easier, right against that wall. 844 00:32:22,208 --> 00:32:23,209 - Hey, man, I'm good. 845 00:32:23,243 --> 00:32:24,210 Just let me do this. 846 00:32:24,244 --> 00:32:25,245 - OK, cool. 847 00:32:25,278 --> 00:32:26,746 You're doing great. 848 00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:29,549 - Look at her fly up this. 849 00:32:29,582 --> 00:32:30,684 Come on, Paul! 850 00:32:30,717 --> 00:32:32,252 Come on, Paul! 851 00:32:32,285 --> 00:32:34,087 * * 852 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,288 - You got me, E! 853 00:32:35,321 --> 00:32:37,223 - Hey, brother. 854 00:32:37,257 --> 00:32:40,660 - What's up, brother? 855 00:32:40,694 --> 00:32:42,629 - We keep ascending. 856 00:32:42,662 --> 00:32:45,565 - Are you moving your arms all the way up? 857 00:32:45,598 --> 00:32:47,167 - Well, yeah, man. 858 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:48,802 - You're doing so great, Paul. 859 00:32:48,835 --> 00:32:51,604 - Thank you. 860 00:32:51,638 --> 00:32:54,307 - Keep pushing it. 861 00:32:54,341 --> 00:32:56,209 - You got this, Creighton! 862 00:32:56,242 --> 00:32:57,477 - Look at that. That's-- 863 00:32:57,510 --> 00:33:00,780 I can't-- I can't compete with that. 864 00:33:00,814 --> 00:33:02,282 * * 865 00:33:02,315 --> 00:33:04,117 - Nicely done. 866 00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:05,552 - Whoo-hoo! 867 00:33:07,754 --> 00:33:09,322 - Nik, I'm coming. 868 00:33:09,356 --> 00:33:12,325 [dramatic music] 869 00:33:12,359 --> 00:33:15,395 * * 870 00:33:15,428 --> 00:33:18,832 - Yeah, dude, this is cool. 871 00:33:18,865 --> 00:33:23,203 * * 872 00:33:23,236 --> 00:33:25,405 - Just one foot in front of the other. 873 00:33:25,438 --> 00:33:28,108 I guess on this, one foot behind the other. 874 00:33:28,141 --> 00:33:34,180 * * 875 00:33:34,214 --> 00:33:36,816 Here you go, brother! 876 00:33:36,850 --> 00:33:40,253 - For the final act, teams will have to dig deep 877 00:33:40,286 --> 00:33:44,424 and ascend 2 miles of giant karst-rock-riddled alpine. 878 00:33:44,457 --> 00:33:47,227 First to the top wins it all. 879 00:33:47,260 --> 00:33:49,129 - Holy shit, dude. 880 00:33:49,162 --> 00:33:53,333 * * 881 00:33:53,366 --> 00:33:56,703 - Nice job. 882 00:33:56,736 --> 00:34:00,173 - We are a little bit behind now, but we can catch up. 883 00:34:00,206 --> 00:34:03,677 It's never over until it's over. 884 00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:06,513 - Kennedy is moving exceptionally fast. 885 00:34:06,546 --> 00:34:08,748 She's the gas now, and I'm the one following. 886 00:34:08,782 --> 00:34:11,384 * * 887 00:34:11,418 --> 00:34:13,219 I got nothing left. 888 00:34:13,253 --> 00:34:15,321 - Whoo! 889 00:34:15,355 --> 00:34:17,657 * * 890 00:34:17,691 --> 00:34:20,860 - They call her Zippy Longstocking. 891 00:34:20,894 --> 00:34:23,229 [laughs] 892 00:34:23,263 --> 00:34:24,864 - OK, Nik, clip yourself in. 893 00:34:24,898 --> 00:34:25,899 We're far behind. 894 00:34:25,932 --> 00:34:26,900 - Yeah, we are. 895 00:34:26,933 --> 00:34:28,635 We're losing. 896 00:34:28,668 --> 00:34:32,272 - Wow, Nik and Kennedy are coming down. 897 00:34:32,305 --> 00:34:34,841 Let's freaking go. 898 00:34:34,874 --> 00:34:37,577 - As Ethan and Tyrie and Paulina and Creighton 899 00:34:37,610 --> 00:34:40,447 breach the final push of the race... 900 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:41,881 - These rocks are wild, man. 901 00:34:41,915 --> 00:34:43,817 - And so sharp. 902 00:34:43,850 --> 00:34:45,552 This is crazy. 903 00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:49,856 - It's a $500,000 climb to the finish. 904 00:34:49,889 --> 00:34:51,825 - Oh, we're so close. 905 00:34:51,858 --> 00:34:52,892 Come on, come on, come on. 906 00:34:52,926 --> 00:34:53,927 Go, go. 907 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,662 Yeah, we're looking good. 908 00:34:55,695 --> 00:34:59,232 - But back at the base of The Dome... 909 00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:01,701 - We're gunning as fast as we can. 910 00:35:03,603 --> 00:35:05,605 - Can you just leave me alone, man, please? 911 00:35:05,638 --> 00:35:07,440 Just have some respect for me, man. 912 00:35:07,474 --> 00:35:08,775 Leave me alone. 913 00:35:08,808 --> 00:35:10,377 - Doing great, Nik. 914 00:35:10,410 --> 00:35:12,212 - I'm just done. 915 00:35:12,245 --> 00:35:14,314 I'm trying to do this for Kennedy, 916 00:35:14,347 --> 00:35:17,283 trying to get to the end. 917 00:35:17,317 --> 00:35:18,752 That's it. 918 00:35:18,785 --> 00:35:20,653 * * 919 00:35:20,687 --> 00:35:23,656 At that point, it was just everything was gone. 920 00:35:23,690 --> 00:35:25,825 I no longer cared about anything 921 00:35:25,859 --> 00:35:27,927 because the jungle took Nik's soul. 922 00:35:27,961 --> 00:35:30,263 And so Nik wasn't really Nik at that point in time. 923 00:35:30,296 --> 00:35:31,331 He was just the vessel. 924 00:35:31,364 --> 00:35:32,432 - That's all it is. 925 00:35:32,465 --> 00:35:34,300 We do it for each other. 926 00:35:34,334 --> 00:35:35,702 Just gotta get to the end. 927 00:35:35,735 --> 00:35:38,805 - Might be able to cross right here. 928 00:35:38,838 --> 00:35:42,342 * * 929 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:44,344 Come on. 930 00:35:46,646 --> 00:35:48,581 Oh, shit. 931 00:35:50,316 --> 00:35:51,284 One big leap. 932 00:35:51,317 --> 00:35:53,286 - Oh, boy. 933 00:35:53,319 --> 00:35:54,454 - Here, your poles? 934 00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:55,755 - You got it. 935 00:35:55,789 --> 00:35:56,756 You got it. 936 00:35:56,790 --> 00:35:59,492 - OK, I see the end crate up there, Creighto. 937 00:35:59,526 --> 00:36:01,227 - I think so too. 938 00:36:01,261 --> 00:36:02,595 - Let's get moving. 939 00:36:02,629 --> 00:36:04,230 - Ah. 940 00:36:04,264 --> 00:36:06,366 Big leap. 941 00:36:06,399 --> 00:36:07,834 Let's go. 942 00:36:16,576 --> 00:36:16,943 [dramatic music] 943 00:36:18,812 --> 00:36:20,814 - One big leap. - Oh, boy. 944 00:36:20,847 --> 00:36:23,416 * * 945 00:36:23,450 --> 00:36:25,352 Ah, shit. 946 00:36:25,385 --> 00:36:30,357 * * 947 00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:31,424 - There you go. 948 00:36:31,458 --> 00:36:33,493 Come on, now. 949 00:36:33,526 --> 00:36:34,861 - Got 'em. - Come on. 950 00:36:34,894 --> 00:36:35,862 - Let's go. 951 00:36:35,895 --> 00:36:38,898 - Let's do it. 952 00:36:38,932 --> 00:36:41,401 Oh, I see it, dude. 953 00:36:41,434 --> 00:36:43,903 - No way. 954 00:36:43,937 --> 00:36:46,039 - Let's do it, dude. 955 00:36:46,072 --> 00:36:48,641 [laughs] Six races, baby. 956 00:36:48,675 --> 00:36:50,410 - Come on! - Let's go. 957 00:36:50,443 --> 00:36:51,644 Come on, now! - Come on. 958 00:36:51,678 --> 00:36:53,513 - Come on. - Come on. 959 00:36:53,546 --> 00:36:54,781 - Come on. 960 00:36:54,814 --> 00:36:57,917 - After dropping a combined 31 pounds, 961 00:36:57,951 --> 00:36:59,986 fighting through 40 days of hell 962 00:37:00,020 --> 00:37:03,790 and 150 miles of the harshest traveling on the planet... 963 00:37:03,823 --> 00:37:05,792 both: 3, 2, 1. 964 00:37:05,825 --> 00:37:07,794 * * 965 00:37:07,827 --> 00:37:09,529 [cheering] 966 00:37:09,562 --> 00:37:11,431 Let's go! 967 00:37:11,464 --> 00:37:12,966 - Wildland firefighters 968 00:37:12,999 --> 00:37:15,301 Ethan Greenberg and Tyrie Merrill 969 00:37:15,335 --> 00:37:18,538 are the winners of "Race to Survive: New Zealand," 970 00:37:18,571 --> 00:37:21,975 claiming $500,000. 971 00:37:22,008 --> 00:37:23,309 - Dude. 972 00:37:23,343 --> 00:37:24,077 - You do the honors. 973 00:37:24,110 --> 00:37:27,047 - Yeah, sir. 974 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,382 - Sir Ethan. [laughs] 975 00:37:29,416 --> 00:37:31,651 - Oh, dude. 976 00:37:31,685 --> 00:37:35,021 - Ahh! Come on! 977 00:37:35,055 --> 00:37:36,690 - Ow! - Let's go! 978 00:37:36,723 --> 00:37:39,059 - Yeah, dude. [cheers] 979 00:37:39,092 --> 00:37:40,326 - How about that, New Zealand? 980 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:41,861 - There we go! 981 00:37:41,895 --> 00:37:43,396 - Whoo! 982 00:37:43,430 --> 00:37:44,831 * * 983 00:37:44,864 --> 00:37:46,599 Couldn't have done it without you, man. 984 00:37:46,633 --> 00:37:48,401 You pushed me through this whole freaking way, dude. 985 00:37:48,435 --> 00:37:49,669 - I love you, man. 986 00:37:49,703 --> 00:37:51,738 - You're a ------- animal! 987 00:37:51,771 --> 00:37:54,040 - We represent more than just ourselves. 988 00:37:54,074 --> 00:37:57,977 We represent a community of hardworking men and women, 989 00:37:58,011 --> 00:37:59,579 you know, that put their lives on the line 990 00:37:59,612 --> 00:38:01,414 and aren't paid enough. 991 00:38:01,448 --> 00:38:02,982 But they still show up every single day to that fire line. 992 00:38:03,016 --> 00:38:04,684 And they do the best job they can. 993 00:38:04,718 --> 00:38:06,119 We represent that. 994 00:38:06,152 --> 00:38:07,921 And I think knowing that in this moment, you know, 995 00:38:07,954 --> 00:38:10,523 being at the top now, we showed how tough 996 00:38:10,557 --> 00:38:12,392 a wildland firefighter can be. 997 00:38:12,425 --> 00:38:13,993 - ---- yeah, brother. 998 00:38:14,027 --> 00:38:15,895 [laughs] Pumped me up. 999 00:38:15,929 --> 00:38:18,031 - I always believed in us, man. 1000 00:38:18,064 --> 00:38:19,532 - Oh, my God. 1001 00:38:19,566 --> 00:38:20,934 - I knew this was where we were meant to be. 1002 00:38:20,967 --> 00:38:23,470 - Cheers, baby. 1003 00:38:23,503 --> 00:38:24,571 [tense music] 1004 00:38:24,604 --> 00:38:25,972 - Come on. 1005 00:38:26,006 --> 00:38:28,742 Come on. Come on. 1006 00:38:28,775 --> 00:38:30,477 Come on! 1007 00:38:30,510 --> 00:38:31,711 - You got 'em right here. 1008 00:38:31,745 --> 00:38:33,947 Let's go, dude! Let's go, dude! 1009 00:38:33,980 --> 00:38:36,716 Come on, now! 1010 00:38:36,750 --> 00:38:39,452 - [speaking indistinctly] Ah! 1011 00:38:39,486 --> 00:38:41,721 - Ah! [laughs] 1012 00:38:41,755 --> 00:38:44,891 [laughter, cheers] 1013 00:38:44,924 --> 00:38:50,063 * * 1014 00:38:50,096 --> 00:38:52,832 - Holy shit. 1015 00:38:52,866 --> 00:38:55,001 - Here we are at the end of it all, 1016 00:38:55,035 --> 00:38:56,903 and we ended up working out better 1017 00:38:56,936 --> 00:38:59,839 as teammates divorced than we probably would have 1018 00:38:59,873 --> 00:39:01,641 as a married couple. 1019 00:39:01,675 --> 00:39:04,778 Honestly, I'm in a happier, healthier place with Paulina 1020 00:39:04,811 --> 00:39:09,949 than I ever imagined I would be post-divorce. 1021 00:39:09,983 --> 00:39:12,719 I think I would call it peace. 1022 00:39:12,752 --> 00:39:15,021 That's something I haven't had in a long time. 1023 00:39:15,055 --> 00:39:16,923 - It's a big reason why I wanted 1024 00:39:16,956 --> 00:39:18,825 to do this race with him is because 1025 00:39:18,858 --> 00:39:21,194 I didn't want a life without him in it. 1026 00:39:21,227 --> 00:39:24,698 And while it may not be the romantic type of love 1027 00:39:24,731 --> 00:39:27,767 that we had before, we will always find a way 1028 00:39:27,801 --> 00:39:29,536 to create space for each other 1029 00:39:29,569 --> 00:39:30,804 in one another's life. 1030 00:39:30,837 --> 00:39:32,072 But at the same time, 1031 00:39:32,105 --> 00:39:34,441 I know that I have everything that it takes 1032 00:39:34,474 --> 00:39:36,209 to continue on my own, 1033 00:39:36,242 --> 00:39:38,211 and I don't need anybody else by my side to thrive. 1034 00:39:38,244 --> 00:39:41,681 [cheering] 1035 00:39:41,715 --> 00:39:43,216 - It's bittersweet. 1036 00:39:43,249 --> 00:39:47,053 It's not like we're going to the next chapter of our lives. 1037 00:39:47,087 --> 00:39:48,822 It's like starting the next book. 1038 00:39:48,855 --> 00:39:51,658 - I mean, what an incredible way to finish a book. 1039 00:39:51,691 --> 00:39:53,460 It's the perfect ending 1040 00:39:53,493 --> 00:39:54,928 to such an incredible... 1041 00:39:54,961 --> 00:39:55,895 - To our story. - Relationship. 1042 00:39:55,929 --> 00:39:57,197 Yeah, yeah. - Yeah. 1043 00:39:57,230 --> 00:39:59,032 - Yeah. 1044 00:39:59,065 --> 00:40:01,234 Oh, God, we did it. 1045 00:40:01,267 --> 00:40:03,203 both: Ah! 1046 00:40:03,236 --> 00:40:04,637 - [laughs] - Ooh. 1047 00:40:04,671 --> 00:40:06,239 * * 1048 00:40:06,272 --> 00:40:09,576 - You OK? 1049 00:40:09,609 --> 00:40:11,478 Last push, Nik. 1050 00:40:11,511 --> 00:40:13,980 Come on, finish strong. 1051 00:40:14,014 --> 00:40:15,715 You know, race one you pushed me, 1052 00:40:15,749 --> 00:40:16,850 and we had no food then, 1053 00:40:16,883 --> 00:40:18,852 and we have no food now. 1054 00:40:18,885 --> 00:40:20,854 It's just get to the end. 1055 00:40:20,887 --> 00:40:22,856 I'm so proud of you. 1056 00:40:22,889 --> 00:40:25,225 - At the end of the day, I came here to break myself, 1057 00:40:25,258 --> 00:40:26,960 and I broke myself for sure. 1058 00:40:26,993 --> 00:40:29,729 But I'll never say I quit, 1059 00:40:29,763 --> 00:40:31,564 because I had to get my partner to the crate. 1060 00:40:31,598 --> 00:40:32,665 I can feel it. 1061 00:40:32,699 --> 00:40:33,733 It's up there. 1062 00:40:33,767 --> 00:40:35,735 - Up here? - Yeah. 1063 00:40:35,769 --> 00:40:37,804 - I'm gonna cry. 1064 00:40:37,837 --> 00:40:40,273 Oh, I'm gonna cry. Oh. 1065 00:40:40,306 --> 00:40:41,508 - Me too. 1066 00:40:41,541 --> 00:40:42,742 - Come on now! 1067 00:40:42,776 --> 00:40:43,743 [cheering] 1068 00:40:43,777 --> 00:40:45,011 Come on now! 1069 00:40:45,045 --> 00:40:47,013 - Never did I in a million years think 1070 00:40:47,047 --> 00:40:48,848 that me and Kennedy would have a relationship like this. 1071 00:40:48,882 --> 00:40:50,884 It was truly, truly a team effort. 1072 00:40:50,917 --> 00:40:52,786 This journey into my own madness, 1073 00:40:52,819 --> 00:40:54,254 it made her then become the leader 1074 00:40:54,287 --> 00:40:57,057 and hold that strength and hold the torch. 1075 00:40:57,090 --> 00:41:00,060 [cheering] 1076 00:41:00,093 --> 00:41:04,197 * * 1077 00:41:04,230 --> 00:41:07,033 all: Ah! 1078 00:41:07,067 --> 00:41:08,902 - It wasn't exactly Nik's vision, 1079 00:41:08,935 --> 00:41:10,904 but I won in so many ways. 1080 00:41:10,937 --> 00:41:13,540 I won because I learned how to be, 1081 00:41:13,573 --> 00:41:15,308 you know, better for myself. 1082 00:41:15,342 --> 00:41:18,278 I won because I learned you can be like a hard individual 1083 00:41:18,311 --> 00:41:20,547 and do like hard things, 1084 00:41:20,580 --> 00:41:22,716 but you can do that while having emotions. 1085 00:41:22,749 --> 00:41:25,919 So I'm walking away like full in my heart as well, 1086 00:41:25,952 --> 00:41:27,654 which is a big thing. 1087 00:41:27,687 --> 00:41:31,224 Oh, my God, congratulations. 1088 00:41:31,257 --> 00:41:35,662 [muffled conversation] 1089 00:41:35,695 --> 00:41:38,331 - You freaking did it! 1090 00:41:38,365 --> 00:41:40,000 - Look at that. 1091 00:41:40,033 --> 00:41:41,901 Look what we just came from. 1092 00:41:41,935 --> 00:41:44,204 - Can't believe it. 1093 00:41:44,237 --> 00:41:47,640 - You can't even see a tenth of where we've come from, 1094 00:41:47,674 --> 00:41:49,342 not even close. 1095 00:41:49,376 --> 00:41:56,282 * * 1096 00:41:58,852 --> 00:42:00,987 - It's one thing looking at a map, 1097 00:42:01,021 --> 00:42:05,025 and it's an entirely other thing getting to that country 1098 00:42:05,058 --> 00:42:08,361 and experiencing it in real life. 1099 00:42:08,395 --> 00:42:10,196 [dramatic music] 1100 00:42:10,230 --> 00:42:12,232 - It's an incredible place, 1101 00:42:12,265 --> 00:42:14,034 from the caves and the waterfalls 1102 00:42:14,067 --> 00:42:18,738 to these high alpine peaks to the ocean 1103 00:42:18,772 --> 00:42:20,306 and all the animals in between. 1104 00:42:20,340 --> 00:42:22,108 I'll just say thank you to New Zealand. 1105 00:42:22,142 --> 00:42:25,111 It's been an incredible experience. 1106 00:42:25,145 --> 00:42:27,647 [cheering] 1107 00:42:27,681 --> 00:42:30,617 - Thank you, New Zealand! 1108 00:42:30,650 --> 00:42:33,119 [cheering] 1109 00:42:33,153 --> 00:42:34,387 Time to eat. 1110 00:42:34,421 --> 00:42:36,690 [laughter] 1111 00:42:36,723 --> 00:42:41,795 * *