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6:45 man If this whole island is rough I dont know where were gonna find
a place to set a camp.
- Alam mo kung ang islang ito ay masyadong masukal hindi ko na
alam kung saan pa tayo hahanap ng lugar na maaaring tuluyan.
6:57 oh
- Oh
6:58 I cannot believe im sticking feet in this
- Hindi ako makapaniwalang naglalakad ako dito.
7:20 robin: if any of that black sap gets onto us, itll just be pouring
poison onto our skin.
- Kung ang nakalalasong dagta ay napunta saamin ay para n akaming
naglagay ng lason sa balat naming.
8:01 okay
- Okay
8:03 I want to get to the bach
- Gusto kong makarating sa dagat
8:04 okay
- okay
8:04 see if we can find some palm trees or something like that, something
to eat.
- Subukan natin humanap ng puno ng niyog o ng kanit anong
makakain.
8:06 okay
- Okay
8:12 watch your step
- Tignan mo yung nilalakaran mo.
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00:00:03 I was in the united states navy as an air crew survival technician. (2:46)
00:00:06 Since I've got out of the military, I kind of got bored, and I needed a challenge.
00:00:10 Basically, this is gonna be like a fresh start, like a reset button.
00:00:14 I'm here to test myself and find out who I really am.
00:00:25 Narrator: Brendan will benefit navy team leader, but his expert hunting and
fishing abilities have not been testing in a demanding, tropical environment.
00:00:35 He has been assigned an initial primitive survival rating, or psr, of 6.8.
00:00:40 If I could complete this 21 days, watch out, 'cause there's nothing gonna get in
my way then.
00:00:51 I am a nurse, and I'm a reservist for the united states air force.
00:00:57 Several wilderness challenges that I've done through the air force.
00:01:02 One of my weaknesses is that I'm very passive in a team situation, so I hope
that this experience will help me step up to the plate and be a leader.
00:01:11 Narrator: Even though robin brings substantial military survival training into
this challenge, her passive attitude in a team dynamic could hurt her.
00:01:21 I think it's gonna be a good combination of heaven, and at the same time, life in
hell.
00:01:39 I don't even like being naked with my husband 'cause it just makes me feel
awkward.
00:01:50 Ugh.
00:01:53 Brandon: I have no issues being naked.
00:01:56 In high school, I was the guy in my group of friends that was always naked.
00:02:01 Whoo.
00:02:06 If me and my partner don't get along, it'll be a long, miserable 21 days, but I
really don't see that being an issue because I'll find a way for us to work as a
team.
00:02:15 I'm from the world's biggest team, and if you try to work as an individual, yeah,
you can succeed, but it's so much easier as a team.
00:02:46 Narrator: A small camera crew with highly trained medical personnel will
accompany robin and brandon and only step in if there is an extreme
emergency.
00:02:58 Narrator: Across the shallow water from their insertion point are the low-lying
mangroves of cayo venado.
00:03:03 Trekking through the mangled vegetation, robin and brandon can either head
toward high ground in the center of the island, hemmed in by two dank and
fetid swamps, or continue all the way to the open shoreline on the other side.
00:03:45 Oh.
00:04:02 You know, there's a lot of things I can catch my giblets on right here.
00:04:09 In a team situation, I hope that he's accepting to what I might think or want to
do.
00:04:16 Perfect.
00:04:32 You got stuff jabbing in your back and in your ribs.
00:04:39 Man, if this whole island's this rough, I don't know where we're gonna find a
place to set up camp.
00:04:54 Oh.
00:05:03 Is this -- is this a chechen tree, with the -- with the black sap?
00:05:11 Narrator: The chechen tree, or black poisonwood, produces a toxic sap that can
cause painful blisters and even second-degree burns.
00:05:20 Robin: If any of that black sap gets onto us, it'll just be pouring poison onto our
skin.
00:06:00 I'm just worried about having camp here when we've got two sides of water.
00:06:06 We'll see if we can't find somewhere else.
00:06:09 Okay.
00:06:12 Okay.
00:06:12 See if we can find some palm trees or something like that, something to eat.
00:06:17 Okay.
00:06:35 Ooh.
00:06:46 -Yeah?-yep.
00:06:50 Wow.
00:06:52 Brandon: this beach, this ocean out here, it's what we needed today after being
drug through hell to find this little piece of heaven out here is a big win.
00:07:20 A bunch of bird tracks, and it's more than two toes.
00:07:32 They're the ones that sneak up on you in the middle of the night and get you.
00:07:34 Robin: The only thing that's going through my mind is, now we're in animal
territory.
00:07:55 Oh, yeah, I definitely like this spot a whole lot better than the other one.
00:08:06 I'm thinking I'm ready to get some kind of food in us.
00:08:09 All right, let's hurry up 'cause you got a couple minutes of daylight.
00:08:32 Boom!
00:08:33 Got one?
00:08:37 Uno.
00:09:00 And it's a full moon tonight, so a lot of good luck for day one.
00:09:05 I want to make our pact right now that we both, no matter what, are gonna
finish this challenge together.
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00:14:33 What?
00:15:01 It had four legs, and it stopped probably, like, five feet right in front of brandon
where he was sleeping.
00:15:14 There are pretty good-sized wildcats out here, so our first defense is a really
good shelter.
00:15:45 Okay.
00:15:45 Are you okay if I go get water, or do you want to go get water?
00:15:50 I'll get the fire going and have it ready for it.
00:15:54 Brandon: We're basically surrounded all by saltwater except for this little
section 200 yards to the swamp in the middle of this island that we're on is
fresh.
00:16:21 I don't even want to walk through it barefoot, so I can't even believe I'm gonna
be drinking it.
00:16:39 [ Laughs ] it has a different taste to it, I'll tell you that.
00:17:17 It, like, will sting your hand, and you'll get a black hole in your skin.
00:17:23 Okay.
00:17:26 If it rains, that's gonna create huge complications 'cause that black sap mixed
with the rain will just, like, pour all over us, and it's like poison oak, poison
sumac, and it's gonna be bad.
00:17:47 I got some of that black chechen or shintin, whatever it's called, sap on me.
00:17:55 Oh.
00:18:05 Its glue-like consistency makes it almost impossible to wash off with water.
00:18:11 Oh, look it, you are starting to blister on that guy.
00:18:14 Are you in a lot of pain?
00:18:17 If left untreated, brandon's damaged skin could become infected and send him
into septic shocked.
00:18:24 Concerned for his well-being, producers send in the team medic to examine
him.
00:18:30 Why is it spreading so fast, when I'm not even touching anything?
00:18:36 Well, you already have it, so it's just a question of time when it's gonna react.
00:18:46 At first, I thought I could just power through it and be tough, but then when my
skin started blistering, that kind of threw up a little red flag for me.
00:18:56 The medic told me that there was infection, so he put some kind of cream on it
to, I guess, just a last line of defense against the bacteria.
00:19:15 Yeah.
00:19:26 Yeah.
00:19:32 Brandon: I don't feel like it's gonna hinder my ability to survive out here.
00:19:35 I do feel like, though, it's gonna make it a lot more miserable for me.
00:19:54 Oh.
00:20:12 Sweet.
00:20:35 Yeah.
00:20:36 I'm gonna see if I can make a coconut bra out of it.
00:20:42 Oh.
00:20:42 The sun isn't being nice, and I'm getting sunburned more and more as we
speak.
00:20:50 Voil.
00:21:06 It itches, and it burns, and it's worse than poison ivy and poison oak.
00:21:21 Give you all a better look at what the chechen plant black sap does to you.
00:21:28 Even after the medical attention I received, it's just spreading everywhere.
00:21:32 All over my legs, and it's getting to be really, really, really painful in my joints.
00:21:49 You are really having an allergic reaction to this all over your body.
00:21:58 Yeah.
00:22:16 Okay.
00:22:16 One is gonna be for the allergic reaction, and the other one is gonna be to make
the swelling go away.
00:22:36 Narrator: Because of the severity of the chechen burns, the medic has agreed to
allow brandon to continue the challenge only if he receives these injections.
00:22:45 Okay, there's gonna be one.
00:22:49 Brandon: In a million years, never would have thought a tree would mess me
up like the way that tree did.
00:23:00 Ugh.
00:23:05 Robin: I really hope brandon gets better, but I came out here to succeed, so if I
have to do it alone, I will do it alone.
00:23:24 but we know that what youreally care about is how it feels to ride.
00:23:28
00:24:02 Whatever?
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00:27:34 Brandon: I may be going throughpain, torture and tormented, but I'm still
hungry.
00:27:38 Not enough calories in coconuts, and we've got to have protein, so food is
gonna be our priority from now on out.
00:27:49 I was gonna make myself a skirt, but instead, I'm gonna make a fish basket
because I care more about food than wearing clothes right now.
00:28:01 And then we'll put one that's slightly smaller -- -in there? -inside.
00:28:10 Yeah.
00:28:13 Brandon: I'm headed up to the north side of the island, just see if there's any
more resources up here that we can find.
00:28:24 Nope.
00:28:25 Basically what I'm doing is, I'm sticking my hand under the rocks, and if
something grabs ahold of it, I'm just gonna pull it out.
00:28:36 I was thinking I'll go set the fish traps, maybe see if we're lucky.
00:28:55 I just hope brandon is feeling better tomorrow, and he can help me get some
food for the both of us.
00:29:37 I have blisters everywhere, plus I'm already starting to get nauseous from it.
00:29:42 Medic says just give it time, but my skin's burning, and it's just -- it's not fun.
00:29:48 It's the most painful thing I've ever gone through.
00:29:52 Robin: I can't rest when I know brandon's in so much pain, so I'm trying to see
what we can do to improve the security of our shelter here.
00:30:00 With brandon out of the game, I'm gonna have to step it up.
00:30:07 Brandon: My body's screaming, " you know, I'm fighting that, and I'm wanting
to stay and complete what I started.
00:30:41 [ Sniffles ] I'm just so freakin' scared that it's not gonna get better out here.
00:30:47 I'm in so much [bleep] pain that I'm hindering robin by just staying cooped up.
00:30:56 [bleep] I know she can make it on her own, but I'm afraid she'll tap, too, and
that's -- that'll be on me.
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00:34:49 [ sniffles ] this is one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make.
00:34:58 I feel really bad if I have to leave her, but I got to think of my overall health
first.
00:35:08 Nice.
00:35:27 Being out here in the saltwater is, like, cleaning you, and if you came out here
more, I bet you you'd clear up.
00:35:34 I know my own body, and I really feel like there's no way I can fight this.
00:35:48 I think you should try one more night, and if you feel this way tomorrow, you
should make the call.
00:36:01 Robin: I guess if he wants to leave, that's his choice, but I just want him to stay
because we're a team through this.
00:36:18 I remember reading about a plant that the mayans use as an antidote for the
chechen burns.
00:36:25 And it's supposed to grow in the same area as the chechen tree does.
00:36:48 [ Bird squawks ] I finally found a plant by our camp that the mayans use to
make herbal medicine.
00:37:03 And here is brandon putting chaca plant all over his body.
00:37:11 Narrator: The inner bark of the chaca tree produces nectar that can be used to
neutralize the acid-like poison of the chechen sap.
00:37:17 Brandon: It kind of burns 'cause you got to scrub it hard, but I can feel it.
00:37:44 This is, without a doubt, the hardest thing I have ever done.
00:38:05 It's not how hard you can hit, but how hard you can get hit and keep on going.
00:38:10 I can get hit pretty hard and keep on going, I think.
00:39:04 She's got a mental focus and a drive that I've never seen before, and I think
that's part of the biggest survival skill that anybody can have.
00:39:12 Yeah, I think that's gonna help my skin out a little bit.
00:39:21 I'm absolutely thankful that I had a good enough partner to help pull me out of
my dark place.
00:39:42 Empty.
00:41:14 [ Thunder rumbling ] Robin: Do you think we're gonna be able to get through
this?
00:41:21 Brandon: The only thing we can do is just kind of suffer through it tonight, and
then see what tomorrow brings.
00:41:34 The good news is, we still got our fire going.
00:42:12 We found that the best course of action is to conserve as much energy as
possible.
00:42:16 I could try to go gung ho and just say I'm gonna whup this place's ass.
00:42:23 The only thing we really have to do now is, you know, keep the fire going.
00:43:01 The number-one thing I hate the most is being cold and wet, and our fire is not
going very well anymore.
00:43:10 [ Thunder rumbling ] you think we should go out and get some firewood?
00:43:23 As long as we can keep our spirits up, I think we'll be all right.
00:43:40 It's not raining hard, but it's raining just enough to piss you off.
00:43:47 Brandon: We've pledged to one another that we would complete this challenge
together, and I intend to see it through.
00:43:53 A couple days ago, I was completely out of the game from my chechen
reaction.
00:44:02 Robin's not feeling too good, and so it's my turn to help take care of her, so I'm
just returning the favor.
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00:49:32 Robin's support of her partner and knowledge of herbal remedies helped keep
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00:52:34 It's been raining for four days straight, and all our firewood got soaked when
our house blew over.
00:53:02 I know my limits, and these storms are definitely pushing my limit.
00:53:09 Brandon: It got so cold in the middle of the night that I actually lost feelings in
my toes.
00:53:22 Narrator: Exposed to five days of sub-60-degree rain, robin and brandon are
quickly losing core body heat.
00:53:29 If they drop below 95 degrees fahrenheit, hypothermia will set in, organs will
begin to shut down, and their arms and legs will lose all feeling and start to
spasm.
00:53:47 I'm definitely getting very, very concerned about how we're gonna be keeping
warm.
00:53:52 As their body temperatures continue to drop, and with no dry wood to start
another fire, brandon and robin's critical condition prompts producers to call in
the team medic once again.
00:54:43 I've never put my body through anything like this before.
00:54:48 We're out of firewood and water, and I'm not gonna make it.
00:55:20 We didn't gather enough firewood, and we thought we could just hunker out
one more storm, and actually, we couldn't.
00:55:31 Robin: We supported each other, every decision we made out there.
00:55:34 There were situations where I had to take the lead and make the decisions, and
I became a better leader.
00:55:42 Oh!
00:55:43 Brandon: Yeah, I learned a valuable lesson out here on the island.
00:55:46 No matter how big of a bad ass you think you are, you can't fight mother
nature.
00:55:53 Narrator: Despite surviving for only 14 days on cayo venado, a severe lack of
food caused brandon to lose a total of 25 pounds.
00:56:11 Deciding not to shore up their supply of firewood left them too vulnerable to
the harsh, wet, and cold conditions.
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00:56:23 Over the course of two weeks in the wild, robin lost a total of 16 pounds.
00:56:28 Robin stepped upand was there for her partner when he needed it most, but she,
too,fell seven days short of completing the challenge.
00:56:42 Robin and brandon gave ita valiant effort but learned the hard wayhow tough it
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00:56:58 >>> Deep in the alaskan wilderness, there is a family that was born and raised
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00:58:09 >> Myers chuck, alaska, population, 21, it's early and the leader of his family,
billy brown, is desperate.
00:58:30 Yesterday, billy and his family, consisting of seven children and wife of 30
years escaped the city.
00:58:39 They were on their way back, but only hours into the trip one of their boats
broke down.
00:58:48 >> The family limped to meyers chuck and slept in the woods.
00:58:55 Even though they only have one working boat, it's not big enough to fit all nine
safely.
00:59:02 And the family refuses to be apart for more than one day at a time.
00:59:06 >> People in the lower 48 hear that we all live together and think that it's weird
or strange.
00:59:13 But in the bush, it's a lot easier for nine people to survive than like two.
00:59:17 >> Now, billy is hoping he can find someone willing to transport them to their
new land 200 miles away.
00:59:24 >> I've been fishing these waters most of my life.
00:59:28 So I'm going to get on the radio and hope and pray that somebody gets back on
that radio and comes and help us.
00:59:35 If not, we could be stuck in meyers chuck for who knows how