♪♪ Colin: Welcome to Survivalists: the adventure show where families face nature's most extreme challenges together.

I'm your host, Colin O'Brady.

I'm a ten-time world record holder, best-selling author, and professional explorer.

Top of the world!

My passion for the outdoors helped me overcome the biggest challenges in my own life.

[disgruntled sigh] And with the support of my family, I have learned that the impossible is possible.

And now each week, I'll be using those life lessons to help mentor two families, each here with their own deeply personal reasons, as they push themselves physically... - [scream] Colin: ...mentally... - [emotionally] I can't do it.

Colin: ...and emotionally.

They'll go on a three-day adventure of a lifetime... Woman 1: Let's go Survivalists!

- Yes, girls!

Colin: ...where they'll compete for a $10,000 cash prize.

[cheering] But their real reward comes when they begin to see loved ones in a new light, rebuild relationships, and find new strength as a family.

- [chuckle] I love my family.

Colin: This week, the Kraus family from Erie, Colorado... Woman 2: Throughout life, the Krauses will always have each other's backs.

Man 1: We've got this, family.

Colin: ...will take on the Reoch family from San Rafael, California.

Boy 1: Knowing that we have to work together, we can do anything.

Colin: Who will be the first to raise their family's flag... - Let's go.

- Push!

Man: Go!

Boy 1: Good job, Mom.

Colin: ...and be this week's Survivalists.

[bird calling] ♪♪ Kraus family: Hurray!

We're the Kraus family from Erie, Colorado.

Woman 1: We are fun!

We're a fun family.

Woman 2: There's never a dry moment.

All: Kraus in the house, hey!

Kraus in the house.

[laughing] Reoch family: We are the Reoch family from San Rafael, California.

Boy 2: We are definitely a competitive family.

Woman 3: We bring perseverance to the table.

Boy 1: We're just gonna keep going no matter what.

- We'll be waiting for the Kraus family at the finish line.

Colin: Come on in!

[cheering] - Thank you!

- Welcome to Survivalists!

[cheering] So great to have you guys here.

Kraus family, how you feeling being here?

Man 1: We feel good!

So excited.

Colin: Yeah?

- Sandy, what would you say is the number one reason that you want to bring your family out here?

- Probably the #1 reason is that we've noticed, especially the last couple of years, it's been kind of Hunter and I, and then Michael and Evan.

- So the boys are kind of pairing off and the girls are pairing off a little bit?

Sandy: Exactly, yeah.

She's a mini version of me, and I would say Evan's a mini version of Michael.

[laughing] I do kind of feel like Hunter and I are closer than Evan and I, and that makes my heart sad sometimes.

So I am hoping to pair up with Evan on this trip.

We want to strengthen the bonds between father and daughter and mother and son.

- I always get to spend time with my dad, so I hope that this will be a good opportunity for me to get to spend time with my mom.

Michael: And Hunter's my baby girl.

She's at this stage, she's a teenager, and loves to spend time with her friends.

Colin: Yeah.

- So this is a great opportunity where we could really strengthen our bond and spend time together: father, daughter.

Colin: Yeah.

Hunter: When I was younger, you're a little girl!

It's easier, you know, just to get, like, tossed in the air by Dad, or whatever.

And as you get older, we don't really have anything to connect on.

So this trip will be super important for us to have, like, one thing that we've done together and experienced.

- Tell me about this Kraus family flag.

Sandy: So, it's the Colorado state colors because we're from Colorado, woot woot!

Evan: [chuckling] Sandy: And we feel most at home in the mountains so there's a reflection of the home and the mountains, where we tend to do our family bonding.

Colin: Amazing.

Well, let's get to know your competitors over here!

[muffled clapping] Reoch family, welcome.

How're you guys feelin'?

Boy 2: Really good!

- Nervous at all?

Boy 1: Yeah, just a little bit.

- Matt, what's making you the most nervous?

- [sigh] Elements, I think.

We're from a fair-weathered town.

This was a little shocking, but we're up for it.

- I am not in the cold very often and when we go skiing, I'm the one that if it's blizzarding, chooses to go back.

I'm like, I'm done!

Colin: What would you say is your biggest objective coming out of this experience as a family?

Matt: That we all finish this race together and be supportive of each other 100 percent.

Discouraging or putting each other down can be a normal way of being for us.

If we can get through this challenge and come out the other side fully supportive, it's a huge achievement for us.

Colin: Out here over the course of this competition, you're competing on the same team.

Do you think that's gonna be a little bit of a problem for you?

- Definitely.

[all laughing] I definitely think our family's here for personal relationships with each other.

- The relationships with each of my family members, all of them have high highs and low lows.

So I kinda wanna find that middle ground.

Miles: Not only spending time together, but it's definitely so that we see each other and understand each other way more.

- I know that we're gonna have some challenges along the way, but if we stick together, we're gonna be great.

Colin: Okay!

I would love for you guys to tell me about your flag.

Woman 3: So, right in the middle is a camera lens because we are a creative family and a family of photographers.

And around that lens are four arrows which represent a compass because we feel like wherever we wind up in the world, we'll always find our way back home.

- Fantastic.

Well, this is just the beginning.

You'll be going on a challenging 3-day, 13-mile journey across the frozen peaks and the highest mountains in the region.

Day One, you'll travel five and a half miles through dense, Aspen forests and steep, snow-covered passes to safely arrive at your first camp for the night.

Day Two, you'll travel three miles of winding muddy mountainside before reaching a frigid, swampy lake where you'll be faced with a difficult decision of how to get across.

Day Three will take you over five grueling uphill miles to the breathtaking summit over 11,000 feet, before racing down to the finish line where the first family to raise their flag will be declared the winner.

Well, I always find that the true reward is the experience that you're gonna have here as families.

But, it's a competition after all.

Do you guys want to know what you're playing for?

All: Yeah!

Colin: Well, we got this backpack here.

What have we got?

This is full of $10,000 cash.

[cheering] - Game on!

Colin: I love the confidence.

Now you know what we're playing for.

Let me tell you how the game works.

Before I send you out in the wild, I'm gonna give you some time to shop in the General Store to get the essential gear you're gonna need to survive.

But here's the catch.

You only have 90 seconds in that General Store to shop for everything that you need.

However, I've set up a series of survival competitions where you can earn yourself extra time to shop in the General Store.

The first competition we have is the Slingshot challenge.

Sandy: Oh-ho-oh!

[stre-e-etch] [clink] Colin: Welcome to the Slingshot challenge.

[cheering] All right.

Slingshots have been used for survival throughout history by hunters and trappers.

It's a difference between a hot meal or going hungry, so it's a very important survival technique.

The way this competition is gonna work is I'm gonna give you five minutes.

Whichever player knocks down the most cans wins the challenge.

- Okay.

Colin: On my go.

Three, two, one, go!

All right, Slingshot challenge!

Let's see.

Looks like Michael might have the first shot!

[whoosh] Oh, didn't go too far that time.

Mason: Adjust, adjust, a little higher!

Michael: We're a competitive family, so any little advantage we can get is a big deal.

[hollow pop] Colin: Ooh!

Michael hit the post.

Almost got the can.

Mason: Learn from each shot, remember!

That extra 30 seconds that he might be able to take home would be really amazing, but I'm doing my best right now to suppress those inner feelings of demanding him to be winning.

Wide stance, Miles, wide stance.

Laura: Wide stance!

Colin: Three minutes remaining.

[clang] Colin: Oh!

Michael nails it!

Miles: He just hit one.

That set off a trigger in my mind.

Okay, this is the moment where you gotta focus.

Colin: Miles can easily catch up at this point.

[clang] Mason: Oh!

Nice!

Miles: Adrenaline goes rushing through my body.

I'm actually in this.

[clang] [cheering] Matt: Keep going buddy, keep going.

Laura: Slow and steady, Miles.

He's doing his best and he's trying.

Colin: The Kraus's are up 2 to-- [clang] Whoa!

Another one!

- Yeah, Daddy.

I think this is a perfect challenge for Dad and he can definitely win it.

[clang] Colin: Oh!

Michael gets a fourth one!

Three, two, one, stop, stop, whoa.

Sandy: I'm really proud of Michael for giving us those 30 seconds 'cause we will definitely need it.

- The Kraus family wins the challenge.

Congratulations.

Mason: We could've taken home that extra 30 seconds but didn't turn out that way.

- There is plenty of time for the Reoch family to battle back.

After this one, we're gonna heat things up.

The next challenge is the Fire challenge.

All: Yeah!

♪♪ [splash] Colin: All right families, welcome to the Fire challenge.

[cheering] Obviously, we've got some pretty cold conditions here.

When these low temperatures hit the high desert, it can be very problematic if you don't have a fire at night.

So, I am testing to see who can build a fire the fastest.

The way this challenge works, you have to light a fire using just a flint, steel, and natural elements.

You need to get your fire high enough to light that rope on fire, which will drop the rock into the water.

Whichever team's rock hits the water first wins 30 seconds for your family in the General Store.

Three, two, one, go!

[cheering] Laura: I'm a little nervous about going up against Evan.

They're from Colorado.

Feeling like he probably has some fire skills in him.

Colin: And he's already going for the sparks.

Miles: Slow, strong, straight.

Sandy: Go, go, go, go!

Colin: Oh, Evan's got flame!

Evan's got flame!

Evan: When I see those flames, I am so excited.

I'm like, yes, I basically won at this point.

Colin: There's still time for her to get flames, even though he's got the clear advantage at this point.

Laura: I'm getting some sparks, but it's not catching, so it's frustrating, and I'm feeling defeated.

Colin: Evan had the clear advantage, but now it's not burning high enough to get that rope!

Miles: Looking over to see Evan's dying down a little bit really gave me hope.

Matt: You know how to build it.

Colin: It's possible that his flame is gonna go out.

I don't even see fire anymore!

Michael: You kinda feel helpless when you see him come down right in front of you.

You wanna be supportive and be positive, but there's only so much you can do when you're sitting to the side.

Colin: She's got flame!

She's got a flame now!

Is Laura gonna come from behind?

She's got a flame going!

She's gonna smother it.

She might smother it as well; she's having trouble.

- Evan, come on, Evan!

Colin: Big flame at this point!

[splash] [cheering] Laura wins the challenge!

That was a serious come from behind!

Evan: I'm definitely a little frustrated.

You know, I had that fire, such a good head start.

It's okay.

Matt: Yeah!

Sandy: We don't give up in this family!

- I've never seen a comeback like this in this challenge.

Laura: There was an instant of wanting to give up for sure.

And then didn't give up, it paid off.

It feels good!

- We got more challenges to go.

The next is the Shelter challenge.

Good job!

[cheering] ♪♪ Welcome to the Shelter challenge.

[cheering] When I was crossing Antarctica all by myself, setting up my shelter every night was probably the single most important thing that I did to save my life.

I'm gonna test you on this skill.

The first team to set up a two-person tent wins their family an additional 30 seconds in the General Store.

I'm gonna need two members of each family to step on up.

Sandy: Hunter and I, we have so much fun together; we're so much alike.

She can talk to me about anything.

We just have a really strong relationship.

- I'm gonna count you down.

Three, two, one, go!

All right!

[cheering] Hunter: I'm confident going in!

We're an outdoorsy family.

We like to go camping.

Sandy: Hunter and I usually are the tent builders.

- Yeah.

Sandy: So I feel good about it.

Matt: 'Kay, Mase.

We've got these right there.

We're keeping our head down; we're staying focused, concentrating.

Talking, communication is key.

Watch your eyes, watch your eyes.

- Go, go, Mother, go!

Sandy: I didn't realize we were that far behind!

- Sandy and Hunter, they are two peas in a pod.

And a lot of times that's fantastic because they get along so well, but when they both get in a stressful situation, it could actually backfire on them.

Sandy: Why is there a stake in the hole?

- When we're out in the field, I think Hunter could be in more of a calmer place when she's with me.

And Evan will bring that calming presence to Sandy as well.

- I don't know how to put this tent together!

Evan: Don't give up.

Come on guys, go!

Matt: Good job, buddy!

Colin: Vote of confidence over here.

Sandy: What's happening with this?

Hunter: I have no idea, just put it on top!

Matt: 'Kay, get in.

Mason: Oh, yeah.

- Reochs are inside!

They feel like they're secure, okay.

Congratulations, you're the winners!

You did it!

Laura and Miles: Yeah!

Mason: Going into the General Store, it's gonna be nice having that extra 30 seconds, be able to think it through, not over pack not under pack.

Colin: Well done.

Sandy: So when we're on the trek, I think it is a good idea that Hunter and I separate from one another.

Since Hunter and I are so alike, we maybe don't have as much room to grow and learn, and we can learn something about the boys, so this might be a good situation.

- Well that concludes all three survival challenges.

Now let's go to the General Store.

All right?

All right!

♪♪ Families, welcome to the General Store!

[cheering] As you can see behind me, there's everything you need to survive a multi-day expedition.

Now, you each only started with 90 seconds to get the gear you'll need.

However, based on how you did in your survival challenges, you've earned yourself some additional time.

The Reochs winning two of the challenges, you've got 60 seconds’ additional time.

And the Kraus family, you've got 30 seconds’ additional time.

Now, everything you bring with you from the General Store needs to end up in this trough.

And what ends up in the trough is coming with you the entire time.

I've also made a list of essential items.

This is a harsh environment where temperatures can quickly drop below freezing, and so you need to be prepared to survive.

So on the list is sleeping bags, sleeping pads for critical insulation, a tent, water filtration system, flint, steel, and a GPS.

If you forget any of these items, you're gonna get a 30-minute time penalty for each of the essential items that you're missing.

All right.

Reoch family, you're on my first go.

Three, two, one, go!

All right, they're off!

Reochs are in there.

Mason: We plan on everyone grabs a backpack and stuffs that, so we don't have to run back and forth and back and forth too often.

Laura: [indistinct] the little one.

Mason: That's the big one, that's the big one.

Laura: That's big?

- Three, two, one, Kraus family!

Sandy: Go, go, go!

Colin: Both families are in the store now!

Got two more minutes!

- I don't know where the GPS is, guys.

Hunter: Haven't seen it!

Sandy: Hunter and I learned from not communicating on the tent challenge, so we promised we would communicate with one another if we can't find one of our items.

Don't know where GPS is!

Hunter: Looking for it.

Found it!

Found the GPS!

Sandy: 'Kay, thank you.

Michael: I got four head lamps.

Miles: Mom, did you get tents?

I already got it, I already got it, I already got it.

Laura: 'Kay.

Michael: Did you get the water bottles?

Hunter: Get water bottles, go.

I am a daddy's girl for sure, but over the years, I've, like, grown farther apart.

I only see three!

Michael: I have four, I counted.

I got four, guaranteed.

Hunter: He's, like, let's go watch football, or, you know, running, and I'm like, I wanna go shopping with all my friends!

Matt: Laura, did you get these?

Laura: No!

Quick, quick, quick.

Go, go, go, go!

Sandy: Go, go!

Matt: Mason!

Hunter: Okay.

- Okay, three, two, one, stop.

Stop!

[clapping] It's time for me to go through with a fine-toothed comb to see if you actually got all the essential items here.

Laura: So nervous.

Mason: 30-minute penalty sounds horrible.

- I think that would potentially ruin the race for somebody.

- We need four sleeping bags.

Mason: Oh my gosh.

Colin: Three sleeping bags... and four.

Four sleeping pads, well done.

Two 2-person tents.

Miles: Yep.

Colin: Water filtration system.

You got the flint & steel.

You've got the GPS.

Reoch family, congratulations.

You have all the essential items.

You have no time penalties.

- Thank you.

Colin: Let's see how the Kraus family did.

Laura: We got everything on the list, which is awesome.

Mason: Yep.

Matt: My heart was beating.

- For sure.

Colin: Let's see if we got four sleeping bags in here.

Two... three... here we go.

[cheering] Whoa, four.

- Woo!

Colin: Four sleeping pads, well done.

Four-person tent.

Water filtration system.

Whoa, flint & steel, we got that.

And then last but not least, we got the GPS.

[clapping] Sandy: I am very excited to get the race going, spend time with one another, and push ourselves to see what we have.

Colin: Great job to both families.

You'll be starting together on the starting line, no time penalties.

My advice, pack your things up right now, get a very good night's sleep, and I'll meet you at the trailhead to start this thing off at sunrise.

[cheering] [wind blowing] ♪♪ Sandy: Hunter and I, we just have a really strong relationship.

Michael: And Evan and I have a very special bond because we have so many things in common.

We wanted to have the experience so Evan and I could learn more about each other, and then the same goes for Michael and Hunter.

Hunter: I hope all four of us feel more connected and less, like, divided and separated.

♪♪ Laura: In order for us to get from point A to point B in one piece and hopefully first, it's gonna take working together.

Matt: And to do it in a way where we are fully supportive of each other.

Mason: Teaming up is a rare occurrence, but we'll have to summon that power for this week.

[chuckling] ♪♪ Colin: Welcome, families, to the start line of your outdoor adventure!

This is Day One.

Today, the Kraus and the Reoch family must trek five and a half of their 13-mile journey.

They'll be faced with a steep ascent through thick forest, reaching nearly 11,000 feet in elevation, then must find their way through snow-covered slopes to camp for the night.

[birds chirping] Reoch family, what would you say is your biggest why for coming out here, Matt?

Matt: Our why is to finish this course together and to do it with unity and to support each other 100 percent.

Laura: This is like a really unique experience that we get to do together, and uh, have a good time while we're doing it.

- And to build relationships with ourselves.

Laura: Try and not get too angry at each other... [laughing] ...along the way.

Colin: Kraus family, it's cold out here, but I see some shorts going on.

- It's never too cold for shorts, and you know, we put it in Kraus mode, which is also... Family: ...beast mode.

- All right!

I heard a little somethin' about maybe a new buddy system you guys have established.

- Evan's gonna be my buddy, and Hunter will be Michael's buddy.

Evan: My sister and mom talk about music or boyfriends or girl stuff like that, so we don't share too many interests.

I feel like if I team up with my mom and then Hunter teams up with Pops, then we could get to know each other a little bit better.

- You guys ready to find out how this competition actually works?

Laura: Oh, yes!

Mason: Yeah!

- Each one of these canisters has your GPS coordinates to your waypoints.

Inside will be a clue.

You can plug that into your GPS and off you go.

When you get to the next checkpoint, you'll find another one of these to continue on your journey over the next three days.

Three, two, one, go!

- Welcome to Survivalists, it's time to start the race.

Sandy: Who will set the pace?

Hunter: 'Kay, go.

Colin: All right, off you guys go!

Sandy: [yelp] Colin: See you at the finish line!

♪♪ To reach the first checkpoint, families will climb up 2,000 vertical feet through a maze of dense forest.

Michael: The coordinate shows us all uphill.

Sandy: Do you want to start to power walk?

Michael: Just a very light jog.

Mason: All right, Mom, you're setting the pace on this one, so.

Laura: I'm not.

Miles: Two and a half miles, that's not that bad.

Michael: And we're going perfect direction right now.

My daughter is a typical teenager.

She's at the point now where if she could spend time with Dad or spend time with her friends, she'll pick her friends.

We're a team, so however we can help one another, that's the best way to go.

And that's hard to see, you know, because I still view her as my little girl when she was six years old running around with the pigtails.

If we have a chance, to share some good father/daughter time would be amazing.

I just want you to... to feel good.

'Cause if you go too hard here, then it's gonna be horrible at the end, you know.

Evan: You're doing awesome.

Sandy: [breathing] Focus on your breathing.

Sandy: When Evan was younger, he just looked up to me with these, like, twinkly eyes and, like, I was, like, his everything.

Evan's giving me water.

He's putting it back in my pack.

Evan: [chuckling] - As he's gotten older, it's just been harder to find things to talk to him about, but this experience with Evan, it'll give us something to bond over definitely.

[audible sigh] I need a flat.

Evan: [chuckling] Matt: Mase!

Mason: Yeah?

Matt: Check GPS constantly!

Mason: Of course, Dad, this is the path!

This is, like, the fourth time I've checked in the past minute!

Laura: I wanna keep checking the GPS; it feels like we're going the wrong way.

Miles: Do you think it's left?

Matt: Which way is the trail running?

Laura: It doesn't look like anything's gonna switch back that way.

Miles: Mase, it might just switch back.

- I'm thinking.

Miles: I'm gonna just trust.

Matt: I think that it's a great opportunity to be more patient and to learn how to work together.

How far?

- Welp.

1.17.

Matt: We're even farther now.

Mason: What do you wanna do?

Laura: Well, can you-- so my thought is-- Mason: We really should not be stopping for this long.

Laura: Okay, keep going.

Colin: Being lost in the wild can be a frustrating experience.

And the Reochs will need to support one another if they want to catch up with the Krauses.

Michael: We're just generally going to-- Evan: We totally screwed up right there.

Sandy: What is happening?

I don't think we know what we're doing.

Michael: 'Kay, stay positive.

Sandy: We're not-- we're not being smart, babe.

And I'm getting frustrated!

Michael: Evan and I, we do these-- the longer trips like this, so this is where Evan and I are in our zone.

Sandy: Babe!

Michael: Here.

Hey, babe.

Sandy: Not-- I highly doubt this is the way.

Michael: For Hunter and Sandy, this is something, you know, they're out of their comfort zone here.

Sandy: What is happening?

Hunter: Are we almost there?

Michael: No, we really screwed up.

Hunter: Evan and Dad are both super talented athletes, and me and Mom, we haven't actually, like, hiked or walked or even really done anything in a while.

- We're losing so much time.

Hunter: I know.

Knowing that we were just lost and just wandering and trying to find the trail, it was hard for sure.

Michael: 'Kay, let me, uh, just scout things out.

We're thinking that we're taking the most direct route to the next waypoint.

Dot is this way, through-- on the other side of the forest here.

When I realized there's this huge ravine and a forest in between where we need to actually go, my heart just sinks.

Hunter: Daddy, do you have something yet?

We gotta go!

Sandy: We need to make a decision.

Michael: I think we're gonna have to go down and around.

It's just too thick to go through here.

Hunter: 'Kay, down, go.

We got it.

Move.

Michael: We're gonna make it up here, okay?

We're going back the right direction.

Miles: We climbed up here to now be at 1.17, where we were down there.

I think we made a wrong turn.

I think when it said 1.17, there was a trail leading straight to be honest.

Mason: And we missed it?

Miles: I do.

We obviously took a wrong path through the wrong trail.

I'm kinda putting that on myself just because I was leading us.

I feel like I should've been more open.

I feel like I kinda let my family down a little bit, but I can bounce back.

♪♪ The opening is just boulders!

Mason: We may or may not have walked the wrong direction multiple times.

- We're gonna try and cut across this rock and then up.

Laura: What if we come down?

Is it rocky the whole way down?

- I don't think going down's worth it if we're gonna be going up.

Matt: Well, look at what we'd be climbing.

Mason: I know.

Matt: It's a horrible idea.

Mason: [chuckle] I know.

Matt: So we've gotta cross this and walk up.

Laura: I don't want to cross the rocks.

Miles: We have to!

There's no choice!

Matt: We have to get over the fact that we made a wrong move.

It's time to forge forward.

Michael: Okay, here's the trail, guys.

Put your head down, be strong here!

This is where we gotta make up time!

So we made a decision to run ahead here.

That way we can just direct the ladies where to go and not waste time all of us together trying to find the waypoint.

Hunter: Uh oh.

Footprints two ways.

Sandy: Which way?

Hunter: I don't know.

Sandy: Where are you!

Michael: Our strategy just went out the window.

We started pushing ahead and not working together as those two little teams.

Hey, babe, we're right up here!

Sandy: Could you come and get our packs?

Michael: Oh, yep.

Sandy: You say, "right here!"

like it's the easiest thing in the world.

Michael: Okay.

Sandy: Actually makes us feel really badly about ourselves.

Michael: Okay, just one step at a time.

Whose pack do you want me to take?

- Both of 'em.

Michael: We immediately saw, I mean, that made things worse rather than better.

Miles: 'Kay.

- Use your hands, everybody.

Laura: We have no idea where we are.

We have no idea how far behind the Krauses we are.

Pretty epic bouldering, guys.

Wow, look at this just crazy.

Right in the middle of all these trees.

Guys!

Mason: What?

- This is a heart-shaped rock!

Matt: 'Ay!

[cheering] - [chuckling] Matt: That's a sign!

- That is a sign, heart-shaped rock.

- Hopefully we can stay together, stay on the trail this time, rather than going a complete mountain to the side.

Miles: All right, I made it!

Hunter: One left, they got it.

Michael: Okay, we're at the spot!

Hunter: Yay.

Evan: There's another family decision to be made: shorter and harder or longer and easier.

Colin: Families must choose between a shorter route that continues upward another 1,000 vertical feet before steeply descending into camp and a longer route that adds an extra mile that is a more gradual and easier path.

Evan: Longer and easier for sure, right?

Michael: Longer and easier.

- Longer and easier.

Michael: Okay.

[snow crunching] [bird calling] Matt: Guys, we are on a pseudo trail here.

Miles: Mase, we need you at the front, please.

Mason: I-- You guys tell me to be up there, but no one's here with mom.

No one cares about us!

Miles: Mase, what did you say?

Mason: What?

Miles: Where are you?

Mason: It's just forest.

Matt: Mason!

Miles: Guys!

Mase!

Matt: Keep coming my way!

I found a trail, so come to me.

We need to move on.

Mason: [crying] Matt: Mase.

Mason: [whimpering] Matt: I'm sorry, bud.

Can we move forward?

Laura: You need to give him a minute.

- 'Kay.

Laura: Matt was up ahead, Mason got really triggered by how that went.

It was really hard.

- I shouldn't feel forgotten.

Laura: I know.

I agree.

- You know?

Laura: I agree.

Look at how pretty it is.

Mason: I know.

I'm having fun, I just don't appreciate being left, especially when our whole message is, like, unity.

Laura: I agree.

Mason: To see myself kind of be pushed to a limit where I just break was really weird.

Laura: That wasn't cool.

- I'm fine now, I just don't appreciate when I'm, like, calling out, like, hey, this is why I'm upset, he responds with, "Okay, well, let's keep moving," you know.

Laura: I agree.

Matt: Hey, I know how frustrating that can be, and I'm sorry.

I won't let it happen again.

- Thank you.

- 'Kay?

Hey.

No more.

I'm sorry.

Laura: In the end, he apologized, and, you know, rebonded the family together, which is what we try to do.

- Forge on?

- Fru- what?

- Forge on?

- Oh, I thought you said, "For John."

I was, like, who's John?

- [laughing] Exactly!

[laughing] Evan: It's cold.

Michael: I'd prefer if snow was not here.

Sandy: My feet are freezing.

This is a lot colder than I anticipated, the wind is blowing, it is hard.

Michael: The sun going down, and we're thinking we don't know for sure how long the finish line is.

Over here I see the trail.

- Yeah.

Evan: Oh, smart, smart.

- And you start to worry about it.

We got this!

Sandy: [excited scream] - The flags!

Michael: Woo!

Okay!

That's us.

Let's go!

[overlapping chatter] Evan: Coming in at the end of that first day-- [excited chatter] Michael: There it is!

Evan: Woohoo!

--I feel like that was a real breakthrough point for our family.

Michael: We got this!

[cheering] Evan: It was full of pain, you know, lots of emotion, lots of struggle for sure.

- Congratulations!

Woo!

- Yay!

- You have survived Day One.

Evan: Yes!

But I feel like once we cross that finish line, we knew that we could do it, we could keep on moving forward.

Hunter: Let's see.

Sandy: Oh, my gosh!

A phone!

- Congratulations on reaching Camp One first.

As a reward, I've set up a grill, so you can cook yourself a hot meal tonight and get ready for a long day on the trails tomorrow.

Sandy: Oh yeah!

All: Oh!

Michael: Brats!

Sandy: Good job, guys.

Michael: Yes, we did it!

Evan: We did it.

Sandy: Love you.

Michael: I'm so proud of you!

[kissing noises] Matt: Mase, talk to us!

Mason: 30 feet!

Laura: Let's go!

- Got it, guys!

Here!

Laura: Woo!

Miles: Woo!

Matt: Yeah.

We may have gone seven miles away from the course.

I don't even know.

There is now a family decision to be made.

- [laughing] - Shorter and harder, or longer and easier?

- Oh, my gosh!

- I can tell you what ours is.

Here's the- here's the points.

Colin: The Reochs are attempting to gain back time by taking the shorter but more difficult route.

Miles: Oh, this is so slippery!

Mason: This way!

Laura: Oh, geez!

Matt: Find our feet, like, right here.

Great spot to plant.

- 'Kay.

[gasp] Even your footprints though are super slippery.

Oh, my gosh.

- Going up is going to be impossible.

Why do we have to do this, Mase?

Matt: Are we supposed to do this before the sun goes down?

Laura: Yep!

Matt: Oh, my goodness.

Colin: As the Reochs trudge up the mountain, the Kraus family is already settling into camp.

Sandy: Woohoo!

Hunter: Yay.

Okay.

Thank you, daddy.

Michael: So, Evan, it was just great to see you just be yourself out there and work with mom.

Sandy: I could not have done that without you, like, pulling me along and encouraging me.

Like, at the beginning when I was struggling, you weren't embarrassed to, like, hold my hand and, like, lead me up, and I'm very grateful for that.

Michael: And Hunter, tomorrow we have another big day.

Hunter: Yep.

Michael: Let's really just try to work together, father-daughter.

Let's see what we can do out there.

- Got it!

Sandy: Hey, guys.

Go, Krausy, go!

All: Oh!

Go, Krausy, go!

♪♪ Miles: I need to take a break.

One second.

[crying] It's just so annoying right now.

- Day One pushed beyond even our fumes to get us to the end.

♪♪ How much farther?

How much farther?

'Kay, dig deep.

Miles: Okay.

Matt: Dig deep.

In the end, I think we just broke down a little bit.

Almost there.

I wanna get there before this nightfall, okay?

Miles: Okay.

Let's go.

[sniffling] - You got this.

Miles: Okay.

Laura: Today was hard.

Matt: Today was hard.

Laura: Today was really hard!

Mason: Day One was nowhere near what I expected it to be.

Laura: This trail is getting narrow.

It's hard to see.

Matt: I need to sit by a fire.

I need to dry my socks, dry my shoes, dry the stuff in your pack.

Final clue, guys.

Laura: Let's go!

Miles: Woo!

Laura/Matt: Final clue.

Miles: We made it!

"Congratulations, you have survived Day One.

You have made it back to camp."

[overlapping cheering] Laura: All right, guys.

I am the most proud of you that I have ever been in my life-- Miles: Thank you.

Laura: --and that is not a lie.

Matt: Yep.

Good job.

Laura: That is the absolute truth.

Today was brutal, but we were able to handle it.

- You crushed it.

Mason: Bring it in, Miles.

[snow crushing] Matt: We pushed ourselves hard today.

Guys, we can build a snowman in the morning.

♪♪ ♪♪ Colin: The warm morning sun brings new fire to the competition, but the Reochs are not ready to surrender to the Kraus' lead.

Laura: We'd always talked about how Day One was gonna be rough.

We had no idea how rough it was gonna be.

- Yesterday was a tough day.

Super proud of our boys.

- Packing up some food.

Mason: Yeah, we're just wrapping up our packs.

Laura: We were not sure we were gonna keep going, but we woke up this morning feeling like we could do it.

- We got through it, and here we are today hopefully a little better.

- We'll see you on the trail.

Miles: Yeah.

Hunter: How you feelin', daddy?

- Oh, I feel good.

I'm tired, but I am so happy that, um, we're doing as well as we are.

Sandy: Yeah, we had a-- Hunter: Let's get it, Krauses!

All: Bye!

- Woo!

Evan: All right, guys!

[overlapping shouts] Michael: Okay.

Sandy: See what it says.

"Good morning to Day Two!

Can your body be tried and true?"

Colin: This is Day Two.

Over the next three miles, the families will have to wind their way through muddy passages and around dense forest to a lake they'll need to cross by inflatable rafts or paddleboards to reach Camp Two.

Sandy: Whoa, watch out!

Michael: It was slippery.

Hunter: Very slippery.

Michael: Use your poles.

Hunter: At home, it's normally girls and, like, guys, just because we share common interests, but out here, it's been really nice to have the whole family working together and be able to talk to everyone.

Michael: You're doing awesome, sweetie.

Hunter: Thanks, daddy.

You too.

Michael: How do you feel?

Hunter: Fine.

Actually, good.

Michael: You're doing awesome, honey, just keep on working up that hill.

- The buddy system when we first started off went really well.

We were cruising, we were going at a pretty good pace, so I feel like if we could try to start off with that again today, I think that will be great.

Hunter: Daddy, what if we get to go fishing?

Michael: Oh, also catch fish?

Hunter: Daddy would be so excited.

Sandy: It's like perfect weather.

Yesterday was a lot colder.

The sun is out, it's blue skies, no clouds, and I'm feeling a lot more positive today.

We are pros hiking in the snow after last night!

Oh, I just stepped in major mud.

My feet are soaking wet.

Mason: Get it.

Matt: 'Kay, here it is.

Miles: Yep, yep, yep.

Mason: 'Kay, open.

Matt: "Good morning."

Miles: "Good morning to Day Two.

Can your body be tried and true?"

Matt: Ooh, it is tried.

- We're going that way.

Laura: Okay.

Miles: Cool.

Sounds good, let's go!

- Let's go!

Miles: Yep.

Mason: Day Two, we want to catch up to them, we wanna be next to them, we wanna pass them.

Matt: Follow the footsteps, guys!

That's an advantage for us!

Miles: As long as we know where they are.

Mason: So, we're just keeping going.

You got this.

Michael: Let's go, Krausy!

Sandy: Watch your step, please!

Michael: How far?

Evan: .3 as the crow flies.

Sandy: As the crow flies.

Evan likes to throw that in there.

I'm getting a better understanding of how Evan ticks.

Evan: Well, yeah, it's different than following the actual trail.

Sandy: I feel like a lesson that I'm going to take back with me is that I need to learn how each other works.

Just embrace the mud splash.

Evan: I'm watching the trail, don't worry.

Hunter: Watch the trail, not the mud!

Sandy: Oh my.

Guys, look ahead.

Michael: Guys.

Look at this!

Evan: Fabulous.

That's fantastic.

♪♪ Michael: It really takes my-- Sandy: Let's take a moment.

Michael: --breath away.

Sandy: And enjoy it.

Just a moment.

I don't think yesterday I took enough time to stop and enjoy the view.

Evan told me to do that this morning when we woke up to just stop and enjoy the view.

Hunter: Wow.

Michael: Look at this.

Sandy: It's beautiful.

As long as we don't have to hike up there.

[Krauses laughing] Matt: Good job, guys!

Miles: Good job, mom!

Matt: Keep it up!

Miles: Woo!

♪♪ Mason: We are cruising right now.

Miles: We are cruising.

This is a really good, really good pace-- - My worry-- - --that you're also in front with me-- - My worry-- - --'cause yesterday was also.

- --is that the other team is cruising at the same level we are.

♪♪ Michael: Words can't describe how beautiful this is.

Evan: It's fantastic.

Sandy: All right!

On the road again.

Are we going the right way?

Michael: Let me just make sure.

Matt: This is a good pace, guys.

Miles: Yep.

Matt: This feels good.

Miles, you good?

Miles: Yep!

[labored breathing] I'm so proud of my boys.

Feeling like the energy is super positive right now.

Mason: All right, let's jog, Miles.

Miles: Yep.

Mason: Let's get there and then come back for them.

Miles: 'Kay.

Matt: Epic view ahead!

Let this motivate us!

Miles: Come on, guys!

Matt: If you can pick up to a slight jog, that's great.

Laura: I just needed to catch my breath.

Miles: I'll grab mom.

You grab dad.

Mason: Yep.

Matt: Good.

Go, go.

Mason: My mom was right there beside us.

My brother and I would go on ahead, and we'd drop our bags to come pick hers up.

Matt: Miles, let me help mom.

Miles: You sure?

Matt: Yeah.

Miles: Okay.

Mason: And she was right there.

I'm really glad that she was able to stick with us.

I'm really proud.

Sandy: Evan, yeah, this is mud powerwalk.

Evan: Yeah, it's awesome.

So close!

Giving my mom a lot of verbal encouragement-- Just put one foot in front of the other.

You're doing amazing.

-- guiding her and helping lead her, I feel like that's a really good opportunity for us to kind of bond.

I'm amazed by how much you're putting into this.

I love it.

I feel we got to really work with each other, and it was great.

Sandy: I'm just gonna follow Evan.

♪♪ [sighs of awe] Sandy: Honestly, this is so pretty.

Hunter: Wow.

Sandy: 'Kay, there it is!

Michael: There it is.

Hunter: Go, go, go!

Sandy: It's your choice: pump up paddleboards or a family raft.

Colin: To make it to their flags, the families will have to summon any remaining energy to inflate their own transportation and cross the snow-lined lake.

- Okay, I say we go raft.

Hunter: I think raft.

Sandy: Let's pick the raft.

Michael: Yep, I agree.

- Okay.

Michael: Let's do it.

- Okay, let's go!

Sandy: All right.

Michael: Okay.

Hunter: I'm guessing this goes there.

Michael: Here's the pump.

Sandy: Right here.

[whooshing] Michael: We figure blowing up one vessel is better than four Hunter: Do you want Evan to pump?

Sandy: Yeah.

[overlapping chatter] Hunter: Go, go, go, go, go.

Michael: We take turns as a family pumping because it is tiring for the upper body.

Sandy: Good job, guys.

Remember, that family is hot on our heels.

Miles: You guys good?

Laura: Hard to breathe.

Mason: This way.

Miles: Good job, mom!

[air whooshing] Sandy: Oh, gosh.

Michael: 'Kay.

Hunter: Packs in, let's go!

Sandy: Okay, push!

Uh-oh.

Push from that side, babe?

Oh, gosh.

Michael: 'Kay.

Here we go!

Sandy: We gotta push on that side?

Right side.

Okay, push.

Hunter: Well, there's-- Sandy: Are you guys in?

Hunter: Yeah, go.

Evan: Here we go, we're out.

Hunter: We're out, okay.

Sandy: All right, our side, Evan.

Go, guys!

Hunter: Go!

- Okay, ice, ice coming ahead!

Michael: Ice!

Sandy: Oh!

This is crazy!

Push!

[Hunter grunting] Push!

Michael: 'Kay, we got through the ice!

Hunter: Yay!

Sandy: All right.

I see it!

We're almost there!

Miles: Woo!

Matt: You see 'em?

Mason: Yeah.

Laura: Yep!

Matt: Motivation, babe!

Every moment counts!

Come on!

Laura: Right here!

Miles: Found it?

Matt: Okay, guys.

Paddleboard for sure.

Miles: I think so.

I think we need-- Laura: Two, not four.

Two.

Well, you two have been doing amazing so far.

Do you guys wanna just go together?

Miles: Uh, sure.

Laura: Do we do that?

Mason takes Miles?

Matt, you take me.

Finish strong, Reochs!

Hunter: We can put-- Sandy: Oh, right here, right here.

Hunter: Keep going up.

Sandy: Try to go as far... [cheering] Sandy: All right!

Hunter: Go!

Go!

Michael: Put your packs on?

Sandy: All right.

Hunter: Yay!

All: [cheering] Michael: Yeah, baby!

Hunter: Get it.

Sandy: "Congratulations!"

[cheering] "You have survived Day Two!"

[cheering] Michael: So proud of you guys.

Sandy: [laughing] All right.

Let's go find a place to camp.

Hunter: Yep.

Laura: Go.

Go!

Matt: 'Kay, stay balanced, guys.

Balance.

Straight ahead.

[water gurgling] Miles: Good job, Mase.

This is light work.

Uh, right a little bit.

Knowing that we have to work together really puts something in our heads that we can do anything and that we're super strong.

Matt: Ready?

Laura: Yep.

Matt: Pushing off.

Miles: Finish strong.

We got this!

Go, go, go.

Mason: All right.

Miles: Come on, dad!

We're here!

Matt: Yesterday was the toughest thing our family has endured.

But today was a much better day today.

We've got optimism, potentially gained some time today.

Mason: Come on, guys!

Matt: Go, go!

You know, we just don't like to give up.

Miles: "Congratulations, you have survived Day Two."

[cheering] Matt: Good job, guys.

Mason: We definitely made up a lot of time.

Laura: Let's get to camp!

♪♪ Sandy: How's it going, Evan?

Evan: It's going fine, going good.

Hunter: Let us know if you need us to go get more, like, dry stuff.

Sandy: Hunter could be the gatherer.

[flint and steel grinding] Looks good, Ev.

- Nice job!

Hunter: It's been harder than I thought it was gonna be, but it's super nice to be out here as a family-- Michael: [indistinct] Hunter: Keep it going.

--doing things together and working through it, 'cause that doesn't happen a lot in our house.

- Well, you know, I think these last couple days have really been a great time for us to just, you know, be together.

You know, I really appreciate it.

Sandy: With Evan and I, I think we don't have a whole lot to say to each other at times.

I actually learned so much from you, and I look up to you in a lot of ways, how hard you push yourself and persevere, and, um, yeah, you teach me new things every day, so I love you.

- I love you too.

[kiss] Sandy: I definitely think that this race is going to bring us closer and help those conversations.

I felt like all of us had a, like, better attitude today.

- I liked rafting.

I thought it was fun to cross and, like, break through all the ice.

It was, like, breaking through the ice and a breakthrough moment for us getting to the finish then, so.

Michael/Sandy: Oh!

Sandy: I like that.

- Yeah, it was fun.

Michael: I mean, we'll never forget this.

Hunter: No.

♪♪ - How 'bout that day today, huh?

- How proud of you- are you of them?

- So proud.

So proud.

- Oh my gosh!

[laughing] Matt: Right?

- Crazy!

- Those kids are so resilient.

It's kinda crazy.

Laura: Stake down first.

Matt: Today was all about being fully supportive, and to watch Mason be supportive of his younger brother is a huge, huge step for us.

Mason: We figured it out.

Miles: Woo!

Mason: Mm-hmm.

Miles: It's actually not that hard to put together.

Matt: Good job today, guys.

♪♪ Proud of you guys.

- [exhausted sigh] I'm tired.

- Day Two.

Laura: We were hoping to have passed them today maybe, but we didn't do that, but we're definitely stronger and working together to try and make that happen for tomorrow.

What is our motto?

We have a motto.

- We do?

- Yeah, we do.

Can either one of you- [scoff] I hope you know what our motto is for Day Three after all these years of telling it to you all the time.

- Finish strong.

- Finish strong.

Good job.

- I saved myself there.

- You did!

[laughing] - Without the help from every member of their family, neither the Krauses or the Reochs could have made it this far.

But there's one day left, and anything can happen.

♪♪ [bird call] Hunter: Good morning!

Sandy: Good morning!

Michael: Ahh.

How did everyone sleep?

Hunter: Good, how are you two?

- I did not sleep that well because Pops was snoring the entire night.

- No, no, that, that was a bear.

- I'm excited to get out there, get that W today.

Miles: 'Ello mate.

Mason: Morning everyone.

Miles: Morning.

Mason: We, we need to catch up today.

- With only one more day to go, the Reoch's have shortened the Krauses lead, and have no intention of slowing down.

Miles: You did a really good job with the GPS.

Mason: Thanks, buddy.

Matt: Yesterday we were cruisin'.

We have to really find that pace that we had yesterday.

Laura: It's gonna be hard.

Matt: Today's the day we bring it.

Boys?

Miles: Yep.

Matt: Son, what's our family motto?

Miles: Stay strong.

Mason: Finish strong.

- What is it?

Miles: Finish strong.

Mason: Finish strong.

All: [chuckling] Matt: We are competitive as a family, but I think we're more competitive with each other.

As we go up against the Krauses, I feel that our family has really bonded.

Sandy: It's go time today.

Michael: Remember, we have the lead, we don't have to think about what others are doing, just gotta control what we have control over.

Poles up.

All: One, two, three... Woo!

Michael: We got this.

Sandy: We got this.

Love you.

Michael: I love you too.

[kiss] 'Kay, let's do it guys, last day, beast mode.

- It's your final day, so up, up and away.

Michael: Okay, we got this.

Colin: This is Day 3.

Today the families will travel the last five miles of their trek up the steep and icy mountain to reach the soaring elevation of 11,050 feet, before racing to the valley below where they will have to raise their flag at the finish line.

Evan: There should be a trail right up here.

Michael: Why aren't we jogging?

Sandy: Okay, Evan go faster, this is real.

Miles: It's your final day, so up, up and away.

Matt: I knew it, I knew it.

Laura: Ah, we're going up.

Mason: This ways.

Miles: This way.

Matt: Let's go.

Miles: Sounds good.

Michael: Okay, this thing's gonna be all uphill, guys.

Having this opportunity of being together, and really sharing good one-on-one time was so important for me.

Hunter, if you want me to carry your pack, let me know, okay?

Just love every second of that, for sure.

This is Kraus element here.

This is where we're the strongest.

Hunter: Is it?

Michael: Yes.

Miles: We need to make up time, come on!

Come on!

Mason: Even though we had that big gap, we could totally catch up to them.

We don't have anyone behind us.

Our focus right now is just make it to the end.

Miles: This looks like a dead end.

Mason: It's an adventure.

Miles: I don't think this is right.

Mason: Have faith.

Laura: Go, go, go, guys.

Go!

Mason: Don't be such a Debbie Downer.

Matt: Boys!

Stop and turn around.

Just like Day 2, we are supporting each other.

Matt: We're definitely learning from this experience as a family.

From this point forward no more.

Support and unity is really what's gonna push us that's where we get our drive from.

Good job, Laura.

Mason: .6 brother.

Miles: All right.

Matt: Today is dig deep.

We got this.

We are a family unit.

Think how much exercise we're getting.

Sandy: [gasping] Evan: You're doing awesome, mommy, you got this.

Sandy: I am hurtin', [chuckles] I am not a fan of uphills.

My hands are freezing.

Evan: Your body can do a lot more than you can give it credit for.

You can do it, trust me.

Sandy: The last thing I wanted to do is to disappoint Evan.

I wanted him to be proud of me, since he was my buddy.

Really, really, really want to win for you, Evan.

For you to be proud of me.

Evan: Oh, I'm super proud of you, you're doing amazing, mom.

Don't do it for me, do it for yourself.

Miles: Woo!

Great job, mom!

Great job, dad!

Laura: Thanks, Miles.

Matt: Love you.

Laura: [breathless] I love you too.

Why did we do this?

Matt: [laughs] Laura: You guys are killing it!

Woo!

Matt: You guys are so strong.

Just keep leading the way.

Mason: My brother and I at the front of our line, we look up to the left... Miles: I see them, I see them!

They're up the hill.

Mason: And we see the Kraus family, directly in front of us.

Miles: They're just up the hill, guys.

Mason: If we want to have a shot at this, we gotta go.

♪♪ - You guys are doing awesome.

Sandy: Babe, aren't you so proud of our kids?

Michael: I am.

Sandy: I am so proud of Evan, leading the way, and the kid is never out of breath-- Michael: I know.

Sandy: It's like so inspiring.

Michael: Keeps moving this whole time.

And then Hunter, I mean, she's just so positive and helping and so encouraging, pushing themselves past their limits and just doing awesome.

Hunter: Lookit, lookit, lookit.

It's so pretty.

Michael: Wow.

Evan: Look at this.

Michael: Fabulous, it's fantastic.

Evan: This is inspiring.

It's amazing.

Sandy: Oh my gosh.

Evan: That was awesome.

Sandy: This experience has been a rollercoaster ride.

[sobbing] Hunter: I know, I know.

Some parts were running and feeling good and then other parts were crying and just wanna be done.

[sobbing] Michael: Look at what you just did.

Sandy: But when I had my moments of crying, my whole family, I could feel their love and support.

Michael: You're our inspiration.

Sandy: And I just know that throughout life the Krauses will always be close and have each other's backs.

Michael: You're what keeps our family going.

[kiss] Evan: I was just really impressed to see how much she tried and kept on working for it.

Michael: [kiss] We love you so much.

Evan: I never would have thought that she would have pushed herself so hard.

This really gave me a shot to just see how much she cares.

Michael: Fulfill your wish and race to the finish.

Oh my gosh, the finish!

Down the hill to the finish.

Colin: Getting to the top of the mountain is only half the battle.

Families must now backtrack a quarter mile before dropping down 2,000 feet on their way to the flags.

[breathing heavily] Matt: Keep coming.

Evan: How's it going?

Miles: Good.

How are you?

Evan: Good.

Matt: We see the Krauses, that was motivation.

Hunter: Hi Mason.

Evan: Hi Krauses!

Matt: Feeling really proud of this team right here.

Team Reoch.

Laura: At the end of the day, I have so much respect for all of us.

Matt: Miles.

Laura: I love my family.

[chuckle] I love my family.

Matt: This is nuts.

It's right here.

I can smell it.

Laura: Woo!

Mason: No.

Matt: Look at that.

Laura: Come stand and look.

Look at the view.

Oh my gosh.

Matt: Our morale is high.

This was our plan, we stuck to it.

Family unit, encouragement.

Mason: That's gorgeous.

Laura: And we are just gonna keep going.

We are just gonna keep pushing until we reach that finish line, build our flag.

Matt: So proud of you guys.

Miles: I still have energy.

I am still in it to win it.

This is really good for us.

Matt: Way to lead the way.

Hey, way to lead the way.

This has really made us aware that we can be supportive of each other and it's a good thing.

We're on their tails, guys.

Laura: Tell us which way.

Matt: Go, go, go, go!

Michael: Power hike, we got this, final stretch down the hill.

Matt: Where to Miles?

Miles: Just come to me the fastest way you can!

And it's the fastest way and I don't think they took it.

Matt: Keep going!

We're making really good time.

Hunter: We got it, guys.

Evan: We're really close.

Oh, there is Colin.

Colin: Hey!

[distant cheering] Hey, you guys!

Kraus family are here.

[cheering] Colin: You are the first to arrive to the finish line area.

Sandy: Yes!

Colin: But you are not finished yet.

Family: Oh no!

Colin: Here's your family flag.

Michael: Yes!

Colin: Erect this flag and you're the winner of the Survivalist challenge.

Mason: Watch out Krauses, here we come!

Miles: Woo!

Michael: Come on, guys, we've got it!

Colin: You guys have overcome a lot of obstacles out here, this is the final challenge.

Miles: Cutting again?

Mason: Yup.

Matt: Way to go, guys!

Colin: Now it's going up!

Let me test it!

Kraus family, you're the winners of Survivalists!

Evan: Pushing, helping everyone, emotional rollercoaster, I'm thrilled.

I'm so excited.

Colin: I promised you these would be waiting at the finish line.

That's $10,000 right there.

Hunter: It feels super good to be done and to win, but also it just feels good to have done that and accomplish that as a family as well.

Sandy: Woo!

Colin: Wow!

Kraus family, how you feeling?

Family: Awesome!

So good, so good.

Hunter: We kind of stuck together today and just pushed through and motivated the parents and nailed it.

My mission through all this was to bond with dad, and I think I did accomplish that.

Michael: I can't be more proud of my little girl.

The bond we have now I think is just stronger than ever.

Even though I want Hunter always to be daddy's little girl, she's a very independent person too.

But no matter what we're there for her as a family.

I'll be there for her as dad.

And I can't wait to spend more time with you.

Hunter: Yeah, it feels great.

Michael: That's awesome.

Colin: You're victorious as Survivalists, [cheering] but also I'd say victorious as coming out here and taking something so beautiful from this experience.

Michael: We'll always be together as a family, no matter where we are.

[fluttering] [Kraus family cheering] Families: Good job!

Good job!

Matt: We may not have won, but what we took away-- Michael: Awesome job, guys!

Matt: We are Survivalists and we proved it.

Laura: Get in here.

[laughter] [cheering] [flapping] Colin: Reoch family, wow, that was down to the wire.

Laura, how are you feeling?

Laura: Disappointed that we didn't make it all the way, first, but they are an incredibly strong family, and to have made it this far and to finish that close, says more about us than I could ever imagine.

Colin: Well it's a testament to your guys' perseverance and your strength that you're standing here at the finish line and you were making up ground all the way to the end.

Miles: We all did our best, and there's no question, no doubt about it.

Colin: Miles, congratulations, you did amazing.

Mason, do you kind of have a newfound respect after what he's shown you out here?

Mason: This little man was hoofin' it the whole way.

HIs little legs were just [trills].

Colin: [laughs] Mason: It was crazy.

But yeah, he made me proud.

He definitely pushed me more than I think he thinks he did, which was not what I expected to happen, but I'm glad it did.

Colin: What do you think are some of the best lessons you've learned from this experience?

Matt: Stick together.

Be supportive of each other.

The reason for our family coming out here was for us all to be more supportive of each other.

We had to work together, trust each other and be positive with each other.

We did that.

Miles: There were moments where it was really hard for us, but we stood strong and we persevered, a month from now, two months from now, we're just gonna be even better than we were.

We're gonna be stronger together.

Colin: That is beautiful.

That's so well said.

I mean, no one can ever take this away from you.

You climbed up to that mountain top and you looked out at this beautiful place and said we did this as a family.

Matt: We're gonna take that and put that back into our home, and we're gonna remind each other of this experience, so that we can continue to be encouraging of each other going forward.

Colin: Well done, I'm so proud of you guys.

Miles: Thank you.

[applause] - Good job, guys.