♪♪ Colin: Welcome to Survivalists, the first ever extreme family adventure competition show.

I'm your host, Colin O'Brady, and I'm an explorer who loves to prove the impossible-- Summit!

--is possible.

From becoming the first person to cross Antarctica solo, unsupported, and fully human-powered, to climbing Mount Everest-- Top of the world!

--I've set ten world records, and I'm a New York Times Bestselling Author.

I have learned that if you push yourself, you'll be amazed at what you can achieve.

Now, my wife and I work to inspire kids and their communities to achieve their biggest dreams.

Woohoo!

I know firsthand the value of pushing yourself in the wild, and now each week, I'll be challenging two families, each here for deeply personal reasons, to push themselves further than they've ever been pushed before.

They will head out on a three-day adventure of a lifetime, that will test them physically, mentally, and emotionally.

- We've always done everything together.

- I know, but you have to do this.

Colin: They will learn to see loved ones in a new light, rebuild relationships, and find strength as a family.

Boy: For anybody who's ever doubted me, you don't need to doubt me anymore.

Colin: But in the end, only one family can come out on top and take home the $10,000 cash prize.

- This is one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Colin: This week, the Blasingames from Gadsden, Alabama... - I'm just lookin' forward to victory.

Colin: Take on the Elliotts from Boulder, Colorado.

Mom: This is the Elliotts that I know.

We're comin' for ya!

Colin: Who will come out on top... - We're right behind 'em.

They're panicking.

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

♪♪ All: We're the Blasingames, and we're from Gadsden, Alabama.

Blasingame Mother: So I would describe our family as very competitive, and we stand for all things fierce.

- I'm just here to tote the load, crack the whip, and just to keep the family driving, keep us moving forward.

Blasingame Son: If we lose, it's gonna be a long flight home.

Elliott Father: We're the Elliotts, super high-energy family, love adventure, you know, we embrace challenges.

Elliott Mother: Makes us tick?

Just enjoying life.

All: Elliotts!

Elliott Father: Yeah, I'm really not that concerned.

I know we're gonna get out there and we're gonna kill it.

- Welcome, families, to Survivalists!

[all cheer] Elliotts, tell us a little bit about yourselves.

- We love hiking, and skiing, and we're an outdoorsy family.

Elliott Daughter: We're all super competitive.

- Who would you say is the most competitive among the four of you?

- Justin.

- I know I'm the most competitive, but I think they would argue to be competitive as well.

- We compete about being competitive.

[laughter] - Michelle, why is it important for your family to come together and do this?

- Kids are in their tweens, approaching adolescence, and just a lot of changes goin' on for our family right now, so coming together is really important for us.

These children, when they were younger, did everything together.

At twelve and fourteen, I've watched them kind of both go their separate ways.

Madison: I miss having my sister as like, my best friend.

We used to be so close, like, we had to learn to like, grow together.

Justin: This is a perfect opportunity for us to get out, really be together, so they can remember that, "You know what, my sister really is cool, "I actually really love her."

Colin: I saw you planted this amazing flag.

- Yeah, so we have the sun embracing four mountain peaks.

Each peak represents a member of our family, and the strength of each of us as individuals.

- All right, well, we're so excited to have you.

Welcome, Blasingames!

[cheering] Bringin' the whole family out here, what, what was important for you to do that?

- My son, he's actually getting ready to head off to college, and we wanted to have a last hoorah, I guess, before he goes off.

Not saying he won't come back.

Colin: Sure.

- But we've always had a bond, so we wanted to share that one more time with him.

- Goin' off to college on my own, it's scary, 'cause for the past 18 years I've constantly relied on my parents; it's gonna be a big shift.

Colin: Aquia, is that hard for you?

- Oh, yeah, I mean, that's definitely hard, but we'll get through it.

I basically decided to throw my family into the wilderness just to make sure that our son could survive his first year of college.

- Which is the craziest test I have ever heard of.

- Tell me about the flag, what the special design means to you guys.

- It's basically a fire pit.

The logs represent my husband and I, and then the flames represent each of our personality.

- We're ready to have a blast.

Colin: Lightin' the flame, I love that.

- Yeah.

Colin: I love that.

- Yeah.

- All right, families.

As you know, we're about to embark on a grueling, three-day, sixteen-mile expedition, through dense brush and jagged peaks.

Day one, you'll kayak through rough waters, climb to the windswept peak at 6,000 feet, and head back down to camp for the night.

Day two, you'll bushwhack through dry undergrowth as you make the difficult climb to the rocky summit of 7500 feet.

The final day, you'll bike and trek to the finish line, where the first family to raise their flag will be declared the winner.

But before we get out there, take a hold of this, check these out.

[all express awe] Cool, right?

But why don't you guys take a look inside of the backpacks?

- [gasps] - [gasps] - [more gasps] [all cheering] Colin: We got $10,000 inside of those backpacks.

You guys are playing for $10,000 cash.

[cheering] - You better bring your A-game.

- The cash is fun, it's amazing.

Aquia: Mmhmm.

- But, I think we all know the real reward is coming together as a family to take on this adventure.

- This will be a priceless moment for our family.

Colin: Fantastic.

Before we release you into the wild, I'm gonna give you the opportunity to visit the General Store, where you can grab all the essential items to survive your three-day extreme expedition, but you'll only have 90 seconds inside to find everything you need.

In order to get more time, I've set up some survival challenges.

For each challenge you win, you'll add an additional 30 seconds to your clock.

First up, we've got the fire challenge.

♪♪ But only one member of the family gets to compete in it.

Who's it gonna be, Blasingames?

- I accept the challenge.

Colin: Omar with the fire!

- My dad's a pro at starting fires.

- Yeah.

- I accept the challenge also.

Colin: Justin, all right!

- He's the only one that practiced.

- On this challenge, you guys have to set a fire using only flint, steel, and natural elements that can be found in the wild.

Once you get that fire started, it's got to get high enough so that rope gets on fire, that rope will release the rock.

Whoever's rock hits the water first wins.

Here we go, on my go.

Three, two, one, go!

All right, both starting out with a nice nest of dry wood.

Omar's got some extra wood shavings on the inside.

All right, Justin's the first one to start putting the shavings in there.

Starting to see a few little sparks comin' off.

Nothing's catching yet.

Justin is still scraping in, two different tactics.

Oh, Omar's got fire, Omar's got fire.

Ooh, gotta keep the flame higher, though.

- C'mon, c'mon.

Colin: Don't wanna smother it.

Justin's still giving it his best effort over there to get the fire started.

Omar's definitely got a clear lead, but the wind's kind of blowing it away from the rope a little bit.

Oh, he's lookin' good!

[splash] [cheering] Omar has won his family, the Blasingames, 30 extra seconds inside the general store, that's a big win.

All: Yeah!

Omar: I'm proud of myself, 'cause I feel like I put forth my best effort, a hundred percent, I pushed the kids to do a hundred percent, so I'm excited.

- Not to worry, Elliotts, there's two more challenges.

- We don't really need the extra 30 seconds in the store, 'cause we're um, pro shoppers.

We know how to get things done quickly.

- We're gonna be good, we like to shop.

- All right, families, the next challenge is food.

♪♪ - I could eat.

- All right.

In front of us, we've got twenty plates of food.

All of these things can be found in the wild.

Some of the things up here are edible; however, five of the plates on here have poisonous foods.

Each player comes up, selects a plate, brings it back.

If it's edible, you eat it, you have to eat it.

- Oho!

Colin: If you grab something that's inedible, the game is over for you, and the other team wins.

- So we really eat this?

[laughter] I had no idea we would be eatin' bugs, and plants, and everything else, so yeah, I was freakin' out.

Colin: Michelle, how you feeling?

- I'm famished.

- Aquia, how you feeling?

Aquia: I'm nervous, but I signed up for it.

- Okay, well, we've got round one, three, two, one, go!

All right, Aquia's got something.

Aquia, you look pretty confident, what do you think you've got there?

- I kinda think I have, like, a carrot, or a rutabaga, or somethin'.

- Aquia, that is safe to eat.

Go ahead and take a bite.

Good to go.

All right, Michelle, you went very quickly over to that, what do you think you got there?

- Some blueberries.

- Michelle, that is safe to eat.

Success, you both pass round one.

[all applaud] Ready for round two?

- Go!

[screaming] [laughter] Aquia: We got it!

- Darn it!

- Wow, that was a serious battle.

What do you think you got there?

- I know this is ginger root.

- That is safe to eat.

- Ooh, that burns.

[laughter] - All right, Michelle, what do you think we got here?

- Dandelion.

Colin: Go ahead and take a bite.

All right, we've made it to round three, go!

Oh, decisions, decisions.

♪♪ All right, Aquia, what do you think you got here?

- Some kinda root.

- Well, let's see.

All right, stop.

- Aah!

Colin: That is not edible, it's an iris bulb.

- Oh my gosh.

- So that means that if what Michelle picked is edible, the Elliotts win this challenge.

Michelle, what do you think you've got there?

- Think these are bluebells.

- Those are actually more poisonous than a rattlesnake bite.

- Oh, no!

Colin: You eat those, those'll kill you.

That means... - We live to play!

Colin: You live to play another day!

Oh, Michelle's goin' quick at something.

Aquia, what's it gonna be?

Aquia: Ah, I gotta eat this?

I don't know why I'd get this!

- Michelle, that's edible.

[Aquia laughing] Colin: Snails!

[laughter continues] - That's a lot.

Colin: Over to Aquia.

That is indeed edible.

- Oh my gosh!

Omar: Make it quick!

Come on, let's go!

Colin: Crunchy.

[cheering] Round five.

♪♪ Madison: Yeah, Mom.

- Aquia, what do you think we have here?

- I'm guessin' tree bark?

- You're good to go, let's see you eat that piece of tree bark.

[cheering] Michelle, you are quite brave for selecting that one.

Take a bite, ugh!

[all groaning] Justin: Oh my, Michelle, good job!

- You have both made it to round six, the choices are getting slimmer and slimmer.

Butterfly, perhaps?

Gotta make your choice.

Justin: All right.

Colin: Michelle, we're gonna go to you first.

What do you think you got there?

- I don't know, but they look friendly enough.

- Okay, give it your best shot.

♪♪ - You are safe.

All: Ohh!

- Aquia, what do you think you got here?

- I honestly have no clue.

Colin: All right, let's see, slowly.

♪♪ - Stop!

- Agh!

Colin: I'm sorry, it's very, very, very poisonous.

The winners of the food challenge are the Elliotts!

[cheering] Michelle: You know, if you're ever in a dire situation and you need to eat, um, it's just nice to know that you can.

- There's only one challenge left.

[birds chirping] All right, guys, our third and final challenge: water.

♪♪ - Elijah and Nilah will be going head to head against Charlie and Madison.

Here's how it's gonna go.

Each team has to use this well to draw water into their buckets.

Take those full buckets, and you bring 'em over to the barrels.

As the water gets filled up, you turn on the spigot, and whoever gets to fill their jug fastest wins the challenge.

Three, two, one, go!

Charlie: Start pumping.

Pump.

Colin: All right, gotta fill the first bucket.

Madison: Go.

Colin: All right, Charlie's got the first full bucket, but it's the smaller of the two.

Madison: Come get some water, get some water.

♪♪ Michelle: Good job, Madison!

Colin: Oh!

♪♪ - We were so proud, the fact that they were working together and hustling.

Colin: Fresh legs, comin' in the race.

- When these two get together and they're both in their A-game, they bring it.

They always have.

Justin: Charlie, I like it.

Madison: C'mon!

What're you doing?

♪♪ Colin: Oh, the Elliotts are opening their bottle for the first time.

Do they have enough?

Michelle: Needs more water!

Madison, get more water!

Colin: Blasingames are still goin' for it.

Oh, the Elliotts have the water comin' out.

Are they gonna fill it up?

The Blasingames have got theirs, do they have enough in it?

Neck and neck right now.

Elliotts have it!

[cheering] The Elliotts win!

Wow, ohh!

- I think we were both a bit nervous at the beginning, we thought we were gonna get crushed by them.

Madison: There's two older kids that were a lot stronger than us.

Charlie: But it, like, worked out.

Colin: Elijah, I notice that we have a little battle wound up there, what happened?

- I drop a empty bucket, and she picks up one, and it hits me in the head, and so, you know.

Colin: Okay, so it wasn't intentional, Nilah wasn't trying to take you out.

- Naw, naw.

Colin: All right, let's go to the General Store.

Michelle: Okay.

Omar: All right, let's go.

♪♪ [doors creak open] - Welcome to the General Store!

[all cheering and applauding] - I wanted to make sure you guys had all the gear you needed to take with you into the wilderness on this expedition, so I'm gonna give you a little bit of time to shop for the essential equipment.

Every family gets 90 seconds, but based on the challenges from before, Blasingames get an additional 30 seconds, and the Elliotts get an additional 60 seconds.

Now, there's a couple more things to remember.

Some items you can just choose at your will.

But there's an essential items list; you need to make sure that you have flint, water bottles, a water filtration system, knife, first aid kit, and GPS.

If you forget any of these, you will have a 30 minute time penalty to begin the day tomorrow.

You might notice tent, or sleeping bag, things like that are not on the essential items list, but if you don't take those, you might be a little cold at night.

Lastly, every single thing you take, you have to carry with you the entire time, so choose very wisely.

- We're really excited, because we have extra time, we should really take our time and think about what we need to bring.

Michelle: Dad has to do this part, because he knows where this is.

- I'm gonna get this stuff in two seconds, and I'll come help you with the rest.

- My family gon' wanna shop around, unfortunately, we're gonna have to run through and get what we need.

Madison: I love to shop, but shopping for a designer purse is a lot different than shopping for a tent, so it might be a challenge.

- Elliotts, you guys get to go first.

Blasingames, you'll have to wait for my second go.

Everyone's ready?

All: Yeah!

- Okay, three, two, one, go!

Michelle: Go, go, go!

Colin: And they're off!

- I don't know my size!

Michelle: Gall, I don't either.

Colin: Let's see if they've got their strategy.

Michelle: Gall, I don't either.

- Just one of these.

♪♪ Colin: All right, Blasingames, go!

Blasingames are off!

I see Elijah's moving quick.

Did he get all of the essential items?

- Where's the flint?

Colin: Looks like it's gettin' intense.

Michelle: You're not moving fast enough, J. Colin: All right, five, four, three, two, one, stop!

Okay, Blasingames, were you able to get all the essential items?

- Yes, all of 'em are right there.

- All right, let's check 'em off the list and make sure they're all here.

We got the flint, we got the four water bottles, water filtration, knife, first aid kit, the GPS, you got all the essential items!

[cheering] That means no time penalties, these guys are starting right on the mark at sunrise tomorrow.

Omar: There we go.

Justin: I forgot the tent.

Girls: Dad!

- This is so annoying.

Colin: So tell me what happened here.

Justin: We forgot a tent.

Colin: Whose job was the tent?

- Dad!

- Mine.

I am a hunter, I am not a gatherer.

I was very focused on my essential list.

Well, our bags'll be lighter.

Girls: No!

- We're not going without a tent!

When my family, like, when they get heated... Justin: I didn't even get the sleeping bags.

- It can get a little out of hand.

What are you thinking?!

- We don't put on special faces.

- No pretenses, we're lettin' it all hang out.

- Did we get all the essential items, at least?

- We got the essential items.

But where was the food, you guys?

- We didn't get food, either!

- You've got no food?

- No food.

Colin: All right, here's the deal that I have for you guys.

I'm gonna offer you 30 seconds for only one of the family members to do some additional shopping, but in exchange, you're gonna start 30 minutes behind the Blasingames tomorrow.

- Yeah, that's fair, that's fair.

- You guys can discuss it, let's, why don't you discuss it between the two of you guys?

- I'll go.

I'll fix-- - No, you are not going!

No.

- Oh, really?

Michelle: No!

- You know, there's a lot of energy in our household.

[Elliotts yelling] - You wanna get it?

- Some people call that fighting.

- Stop talking, you're out of the picture.

- We like to call it talking it out.

Okay, this became a dictatorship, you have a deal, and I'm goin' in.

- All right, go.

Charlie: Get the tent!

Michelle: Get the tent!

Charlie: Get food!

Madison: Just get the food.

Charlie: Get the food.

Get the food, you stink!

Colin: Three, two, one, done, done!

- You did a good job.

Colin: Are we happy?

- Good job!

Justin: Yeah, we got food, we got a tent, we got sleeping bags, we're gonna be plenty happy.

- Today has been a crazy day, to say the least.

[laughter] - Elliotts, Blasingames, it's been quite a day.

We are gonna have a heated battle all the way to the finish line, I have no doubt about it.

Michelle: Yeah.

Colin: So, get a good night's sleep, and I'm gonna meet you at the starting line at sunrise, go ahead and pack up your gear.

Aquia: Okay, thank you!

Omar: Thank you.

♪♪ Colin: Everyone comes out here for a different reason, whether it be the Elliotts, who wanna see their daughters, who have drifted apart over time, reconnect, or the Blasingames, looking for reassurance that their eldest, Elijah is ready for life away from home at college.

The path is here, and the journey awaits.

Welcome, families!

[all cheering] Here we are at the start line for our outdoor adventure.

This is day one.

Today the Blasingames and Elliotts will travel five of their sixteen-mile expedition.

They'll have to navigate through dry, piercing brush to a lake they'll need to kayak across, where they'll begin the long ascent to an elevation of over 6,000 feet before heading down to their first campsite.

Blasingames, you guys are from Alabama.

When you look around and see these mountains, how you feelin' about that Aquia?

Aquia: [laughs] Oh, it's a little scary.

[laughter] Elijah: Yeah, bottom line, it's intimidating.

- These mountains right now look really small.

- [gasps] Madison: They look like a foothill to me.

Colin: All right!

[chattering] Colin: Confidence is high over here.

- Yeah, we're gonna win, amd I think that people are making this trek sound a lot harder than it is.

- I'm gonna give you guys the first coordinates to input into your GPS.

That'll give you a waypoint.

When you make it to the next waypoint, there'll be a clue there, and maybe a little bit of knowledge of what's coming up next.

Blasingames, you have the 30-minute advantage, so you're going first.

Let's go.

Omar: All right, let's go!

- Good luck.

Justin: Good luck and safe journey, Blasingames!

Colin: Okay, here's your GPS coordinates.

Three, two, one, go!

Omar: There you got it.

Aquia: So, "Welcome to Survivalists adventure!

"Your first clue might be a lifesaver."

Omar: Okay.

All right, we got it.

All right, Let's go!

[cheering] Colin: To get to their first checkpoint, families will have to follow their GPS coordinates up a steep and barren hillside, and then find their next clue.

Justin: There they go, check 'em out goin' up the hill.

Michelle: I'm thinking we should think about running, just to the foothills.

- No.

No way.

We talked about the tortoise and the hare approach.

We just gotta take our time, and have a good solid pace.

- Whew!

I'm tired already.

[laughs] Omar: Good job, Nilah.

Good job, Elijah, keep it up!

Aquia: They're not picking a... an easy path.

Omar: 'Qui, you good?

Aquia: As long as I can see you, I'm good.

Elijah: [breathing heavily] I'm worried about, you know, my mom and stuff, you know, she's not used to inclining and stuff, but you know, I have full support, I believe she'll do it.

- There's no way.

Colin: All right, Elliotts, come on up!

Does that feel like a long 30 minutes, having to wait as those other guys--?

- Forever!

- It was painful, we're ready to make up for it, though.

- All right, three, two, one, go!

- Go!

- Let's go, let's go.

- Good luck catching the other team, guys!

♪♪ - I know where I'm goin'.

I have a mind memory.

A mind GPS.

Justin: We got Charlie leading up front, it's just a way to show her that... we have full trust in her abilities, and if she wants to lead the way, we're gonna follow.

- Last time my dad yelled to me and told me where we were goin'.

Yep!

Otherwise you'd be telling me to go otherwise.

Justin: Hey girls, stop.

Madison: Guys!

Michelle: Forge ahead.

Madison: You're heading the wrong direction!

- Oh, we are going the wrong direction.

Aquia: Where is Elijah?

- He over that mountain over there.

Aquia: Elijah has the GPS, but I don't know where they are.

Colin: The Blasingames have found themselves scattered across the mountain, as Elijah has rushed ahead of his parents to find the clue.

Elijah: Like, I'm right on it.

You see, I'm right on top of the pink.

Nilah: You think it'd be in the grass?

- I have no idea.

It says that it's back that way, but I went back that way, there was just a bunch of shrubs.

Oh, man.

Colin: As the Blasingames are searching for the checkpoint and each other, less than half a mile away, the Elliotts are searching for the path to get themselves back on track.

Justin: It's on our left, you guys, we have to figure out where to cross this-- Michelle: I know, I just said, right here.

Madison: I don't think so... Justin: This is where we gotta go, we gotta cross at some point, this looks as good as any point.

Charlie: Yeah, but how do you get back up?

Justin: There you go, watch her.

There you go, take your time.

Shimmy to the left, all right.

[backpack thuds] - [sighs] Got it.

Nilah: You found it?

- Yeah.

Nilah: Whoo!

- Where is Elijah?

Nilah?

Omar?

I don't even know if they're wondering where I am.

- Did you get water yet?

- Yeah, I had a sip earlier.

- And he has the water.

They just walk off and leave me, no team effort.

But they don't have any food.

[tuts] Because I have all the food!

Elijah: Man, I need some snacks.

That is exactly what I'm thinkin'.

- Leading an expedition, you're responsible for every member of your party, but instead, Elijah separating from his family is causing them to waste precious time and energy trying to find one another.

Elijah: HEY!

Nilah: We found it!

- I found the kids!

I'm so glad.

- Y'all shouldn-- - Where is-where's Dad?

- He over there somewhere.

But because y'all left us, now it's only three of us.

- We had to keep going, we couldn't just stop because y'all stopped all the way back there.

Aquia: No, it is a family effort.

- There he is, there he is, there he is.

Elijah: Come on!

We got it.

Come on!

[whistle blows] - The 30-minute head start that we had, I feel like we had a lot of time at first, but now I feel like it's either been cut in half, maybe less, considering that we had separated trying to find things.

- We shouldn't separate, we should stick together.

That's my bad.

Omar: That's fine, we know now I guess.

- Yeah, this is our first thing, Omar: Lesson learned on the first one, we just gotta do better next time I guess.

Elijah: Let's get out of here.

Aquia: We goin' after the prize!

♪♪ Justin: Just keep your eyes out to like an obvious like, mark or-- Madison: Look at all my scratches, it hurts so bad.

Charlie: Boo hoo let's go.

Justin: You know, the bond between the sisters is something that we've been talking about a lot as a family because we have friend groups that have been influencing the relationship between the sisters, but at the end of the day, your sister's always gonna be there for you.

Michelle: I feel like it's about right here.

Justin: So we're very close.

♪♪ Omar: Looks like what we coming up on is a body of water, or lake.

♪♪ Aquia: Nilah, you gonna be good?

Nilah doesn't like water.

What are we gon' do?

Nilah: I'm so scared, I'm scared.

Aquia: I hope we don't have to swim it.

Michelle: Come on, honey, I don't think it's back up there.

Charlie: Guys!

It's right there!

Justin: I see it!

Charlie, you did it!

Michelle: Go Charlie!

Justin: Nice!

- We've made quite a few mistakes today, but we found it, that's all that matters.

Colin: The Elliotts have already cut their time deficit to 18 minutes, but the Blasingames are moving quickly and have already made it to the next checkpoint.

Omar: There it is, right there.

Found it.

All right, it look like a picture of a mountain.

X mark the spot.

Elijah: Put it in perspective.

Yeah, yeah, see?

This mountain matches right there.

Colin: The families will have to follow the map and paddle to the opposite shoreline, nearly a mile across the lake, to get to the next checkpoint.

- Let's go, get your lifejackets.

Aquia: Are you gonna sit in the front or back?

Omar: Being that this like one of her biggest fears, feels like we might not be able to make it through.

♪♪ Nilah: And then they showed up.

- Ugh.

- We made it to the other family!

Michelle: All right, let's go guys!

Justin: It's time to hustle now, we can really gain some ground on the Blasingames.

[water splashing] ♪♪ Aquia: Seeing Nilah on the water and knowing that she's afraid of the water, that's scary.

Nilah: We have to get over there to that side, so I think I'm overcoming a fear, and I can like, keep my emotions in.

You can do it, you can.

♪♪ Michelle: Get-- oh!

[boink] Sorry.

- Ow!

- Oh, did I hit you?

- I was just pleasantly kayaking, next thing I know I'm being boinked in the back of the head.

- 'Cause we've been having-- What's goin' on?

Good grief, please do not do that.

That could flip us.

- It's both our first time I guess in a boat, but over time we kinda picked up on what to do.

- He's speaking for himself, 'cause I still have no clue what to do.

Omar: Left, left paddle, left paddle.

The other side, the other side.

Aquia: Our kids, I asked him, "Did we give birth to Elijah?"

He is able to do anything!

Elijah: Get ready to hop out here.

[water splashing] [Nilah gasping] [splashing] [Nilah gasps] - Elijah fell-who?

Somebody fell in.

- Oh, that's freezing.

[chattering] Omar: Let's go, let's go.

Here it is, I found it.

♪♪ - It's a hot day, the sun's out, perfect timing to jump in and swim.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

I thought I was going out to help the girls.

Madison: We wanna finish it ourselves, don't help us.

Michelle: We can do it.

Justin: But they were committed to getting here without an ounce of help.

- We have to go, let's go.

Justin: Let's go make up some time, come on.

♪♪ Colin: The families will now have to face forty degree slopes and over 1,200 feet of elevation gain as they race to the top of the peak.

Omar: We gotta keep climbing.

Elijah: If we just keep this momentum up, we're cruising.

For the past 18 years I've constantly relied on my parents, and now we're coming out into the wilderness.

It's like the roles switched, now they're relying on my input.

Yeah, I think the waypoint that we're going to has to be at the top of that mountain.

Aquia: Which mountain?

♪♪ Justin: Let's go, we got this.

We're right on line folks, so go up.

Madison: Everyone go as fast as you can.

Justin: Crushin' it.

Michelle: I need a-- I need-- I need help.

Justin: All right, gimme your bag.

Let's go, let's go.

- I won't take advantage very long.

Justin: This is like search and rescue, I've just gotta carry a human being up the hill.

We're picking up a lotta pace this way, with you guys having no bags.

Omar: Man no, we've never climbed a mountain this big.

[laughter] I'm wondering if I've had a problem that big.

[laughing] My gosh.

Omar: Hey Elijah, give it a break for a second.

Elijah: All right, I think the other family is probably chillin' eating lunch right now.

Michelle: We're coming for ya.

We got you.

Madison: I see them, they're up there!

Justin: Here we come!

[Elliott's whooping] Madison: They're so far.

Justin: [echoing] We're here!

Elijah: The pressure's intense, they're pickin' up the pace a little bit, they know it's a lot on the line, so I'm startin' to feel a little cramped now, but I'm not gonna give up.

I know we're so close.

Aquia: I can't do it.

Omar: Yes, you can.

- I'm, I... [sighs] I'm ready to go home.

- We've almost caught up to them.

Charlie: We've come so far, and we're in it to win it.

♪♪ Justin: We're overtaking 'em, this is the moment of the match, this big achievement.

- I'm tired, and I just wanna go to sleep.

- How much more?

Omar: I don't know.

Just a little bitty step, little by little.

Little by little.

[Elijah grunting] I can't, bro.

I can't even move, my legs are cramping so bad.

[Charlie whooping] Madison: Charlie just, when she doesn't wanna do things she doesn't try.

But I think she always has it in her, she's so strong.

[gasps] - Guys I found it!

Come on Elliotts I found it!

Elijah: She goes up there, she finds it.

She did it for her family, so I gotta do it for mine.

- I found the next clue.

It feels so accomplishing.

- Come on guys!

I got it!

- I feel like I'm letting Elijah and Nilah down.

- You're not letting them down, baby.

[girls cheering] - It felt really good for my sister and I to come together today and like, accomplish something together.

- I love you.

Madison: I think that was a good bonding experience for us.

♪♪ Charlie: Come on, Mom, come on, Dad!

Push through!

- I feel really impressed with my children and my husband right now.

This is the Elliotts that I know.

They rally.

Justin: Uh, we're feelin' accomplished.

I mean, tired, but uh very proud to be up here as a family.

♪♪ - I think this is the first time in a while our family's ever like, agreed on something.

- Yeah.

[howling] ♪♪ - Look to the south and your campground will be found.

Colin: Finally on their way to basecamp, families will have a choice.

Take the longer route along the ridge line, or opt for the more direct path, which means climbing down into the valley, then back up.

Justin: I'd rather just coast through here, wrap around the side, and you know what?

This is the nicest trail we've walked on all day.

- Come on, guys!

I see our flag!

Justin: Our flags are flyin'!

That's basecamp, baby.

- I don't feel like I'm close, I know I'm close.

[wind gusts] [gasps] Justin: This is the best time ever.

So fun, couldn't ask for anything more.

- [to himself] Keep going, I gotta keep going.

[rocks crunching] Elijah: Let's go Mom!

- I just don't know.

I'm trying to hold it together, I feel so bad.

I'm sorry!

- It's okay.

Just up to me and you got it.

Aquia: I feel very discouraged 'cause I was the weakest link.

If Omar hadn't been carrying the bag, I probably wouldn't be right here.

Ugh.

- I gotcha, I gotcha, I do what I can do.

I do what I can do.

♪♪ Charlie: Base camp!

Justin: Whoo!

♪♪ Charlie: Finally.

- Whoo.

Justin: I think we, you know, exceeded probably even our own expectations today.

Charlie: Thirty minutes set behind, so it's a big accomplishment for us to get ahead of them.

- Congratulations, your family has survived day one.

Welcome to camp, if you're the first family to arrive, you have your choice of campsite.

- Yes!

Nice.

This'll probably be the best night of sleep we've had, maybe ever.

Colin: With the Elliotts safe at camp, every minute the Blasingames spend on the mountain is going to cost them tomorrow morning.

- You know, try to keep a steady pace, and hopefully we don't have that much time behind the other family.

Aquia: For me the day was tough, however we still have that common goal, we're still in it to win it.

Whoo!

We made it.

- Yeah!

Colin: After starting the day with a half an hour lead, the Blasingames finish the day 14 minutes behind.

- We're just gonna have to restrategize and regroup, and hopefully be ready for the next one.

Good job, good job.

Way to finish strong.

♪♪ Colin: Both families faced difficulties as they made their way to camp, but it's how they reacted to these challenges as a family unit that made a big difference today.

Justin: Our biggest concern, actually, was how you guys were gonna handle it out here.

You guys blew our expectations away.

Elijah: I'm so tired after today.

- I bet you are tired, you pullin' forward pretty strong today, so.

I was thinkin' he's gonna be the caboose on this trip, and I would just be leading the charge, but he pretty much reversed that role and I'm proud of the fact that he did.

Justin: Charlie, what do you think two things are that we could've improved on that we could take into tomorrow?

Michelle: We gotta strategize.

- Being faster and being more as like, together as a family.

Madison: We caught up so much during the hike.

- I'm really proud of you, Nilah, 'cause you know, steppin' up.

I was surprised you were like fifteen steps behind me.

Michelle: Charlie, you know what I was really thinking about?

How much you changed your attitude.

It's like you turned it around.

So I was really proud of you.

- All right, y'all ready to eat?

[all agree] Justin: All right, girls, we really love you, enjoy the last few minutes of the fire and get ready to take charge like we did today.

[fire crackling] ♪♪ Justin: Time to get up.

Madison: Charlie come out.

[groaning] Colin: The Elliotts manage to recover from an early deficit yesterday by coming together and supporting one another.

- Here we go, we gotta pack up camp and we gotta be ready to go for day two, 'cause this is gonna be a big battle today.

Colin: The Blasingames not only lost their 30 minute lead from yesterday, but today they'll start 14 minutes behind.

Aquia: Based on yesterday y'all, we need to definitely stay along the ridgeline.

- Yeah, without a doubt.

- And then we're gonna have to probably keep a decent pace.

I mean, I'm not knockin' your pace, but.

Do what you do, but just tone it down just a notch, and then-- - Yes, please.

[laughing] - There's a clue.

"The forest surrounds you, but look high or low."

Colin: Today, the grueling six mile trek lies ahead for both teams.

Navigation will be key as they maze their way through barren hills up a 30 degree slope to the 7,500 foot peak.

- We're going.

♪♪ - I don't really like the fact that they're going ahead.

I hope they move so slow that they forget that it's a race.

[birds chirping] Justin: All right you guys, it's up this way.

We can go straight through there and just grind through this garbage, or we can go up and around this ridge.

Michelle: Better to go high and over, that foliage is thick and it slows you down.

- All right, so let's go get up on the ridge and walk over.

Omar: Yes guys, we got this.

Let's go.

Today, to be sitting behind 14 minutes, I guess it feels bad, to just hate to lose.

But on the flip side of it is, we made a lot of mistakes and we're only 14 minutes behind, I think today we're gonna have a great day.

Justin: I am starting to be concerned that this is a ridge that we're not gonna be able to pass over.

Now it says I'm facing the target.

This thing was pointing me that way for the last half an hour, and all of a sudden now it's this way?

Colin: The Elliotts have lost precious time struggling to navigate around the ridge, giving the Blasingames a chance to catch up.

[distant voices] Aquia: Sounds like I hear people.

[softly] We hear y'all!

We're close to 'em.

Charlie: Did they pass us?

Justin: I guess so, I'm not worried because we're gonna catch 'em later in the day when they fall apart.

Charlie: Where's the target?

Justin: Ours is just right up here.

Elijah: Look at tree branches, guys.

Aquia: Yeah.

Elijah: It says we are right on it, guys.

Charlie: I see it!

I found the clue!

Justin: We got it, we got it, we got it.

Nilah: It's over there, it's over there, it's over there.

Go, go.

Omar: Go get it, Elijah.

Elijah: Where?

Yeah, I see it.

Nilah: That pink string.

Justin: Can you believe what she just found?

In two seconds she found that.

- Come on, baby.

We in this thang.

Colin: To reach the next checkpoint, our families will face the most difficult leg of the trek.

Over 2,100 vertical feet across two and a half miles of barren landscape in the midday heat.

♪♪ With temperatures soaring, and little coverage to protect them from the elements, the families face the long climb during the hottest part of the day.

Aquia: How much more altitude?

Elijah: A lot.

Nilah: This one's tough.

Omar: Slow steps, Aquia, you got it.

[hawks screeching distantly] Elijah: Pace it, Mom, we don't have to rush.

Omar: Take your time.

Turtle race.

Not a rabbit.

[hawks screeching] Colin: I've learned from my expeditions that you can never underestimate the dangers of the sun.

[eerie music] Madison: [crying] Ow... I can't breathe now.

Charlie: Madison, come on!

Come on, Maddie.

- I can't.

Justin: Nice job, baby!

Madison: No, I can't.

I can't breathe, I think I'm gonna pass out!

Charlie: Madison you're-- Madison: I think I'm gonna die.

- Madison you're overheating.

- Come on, let's go get some shade.

Colin: Madison is suffering from heat stroke, to stabilize her body temperature, the Elliots will have to find a way to cool her down.

Madison: I'm so hot, I'm so hot.

Michelle: I totally understand how you feel.

Justin: It's fine.

Charlie: She's just so emotional and it gets on my last nerve sometimes.

I don't get why she has to be like that.

Colin: If they can't get it under control, this could be the end of their race.

Elijah: Good work, Mom.

Come on, keep pushing.

Aquia: I'm trying to find some steady ground, I don't know where that is right now.

Omar: You wanna climb up this half [indistinct]?

- Okay.

Our feet are sore, our legs are sore, everything's sore.

- I just don't know if we're goin' right.

Nilah: Mama, Mama, please stop.

- I'm about to panic.

I think this challenge makes your worst day.

This is the toughest thing... Oh my gosh.

...look like your best day.

[laughs] Colin: While the Blasingames make their way up the mountain, Madison has recovered and the Elliotts are back in the race.

- Are we just going to the top?

Michelle: I don't know that that's exactly right, we just have to go up high.

- Charlie's paused.

- I'm tired and I wanna go home.

Michelle: Now she's gonna have her meltdown?

- I don't wanna hike.

- First Madison had her heatstroke, and now Charlie's really reached her wall, and is breaking down.

Charlie: We're taking a break.

We don't wanna hike.

- Gotta think about how I get them out of the doubt frame of mind.

[sighs] - This is the worst thing that's ever happened.

♪♪ - We're facing a challenge and we're together as a family, we gotta go with a norm-- With a positive attitude.

Charlie: It doesn't matter, I'm done hiking.

Colin: During an expedition it's easy to feel defeated when things get tough.

- Being outdoorsy and camping and having some challenges, you know, everybody's gonna struggle, Charlie, and certain days are gonna be better than others.

Colin: But it's important that the Elliotts learn to work together as a family and pick each other up when it feels impossible.

Michelle: It's okay how you feel, we all are feeling the same way.

Okay, you're not feeling any different.

You think because we're adults that we feel different?

We don't feel different.

We understand.

♪♪ Elijah: I'm just sitting up here, y'all.

Aquia: Okay.

Just trying to get a little, just a little somethin'.

Mm.

It might be the mm to get us to the top.

[laughing] Eating tuna out of a pack.

[laughing] Is nothing like barbeque chicken, green beans.

- Yeah, I could use that.

Some old school down South sweet tea.

- Mm-mm, what do you want, Nilah?

- Pasta.

[laughs] Colin: While the Blasingames are enjoying their break, 500 feet below, Charlie seems to have been inspired by her parents' advice.

Justin: Can we make this our final push?

- Okay let's go.

- All right, lead the charge, Charlie.

- Let's go.

Michelle: Out of no where, Charlie gets a boost of energy, and decides to just tail it up the mountain.

I see the other team, guys.

And all I'm trying to do at this point is keep up with my girls.

Charlie hold on!

Madison: I think she's going the better way, though.

Charlie seems to be getting these things right, it's like her mind's her own little GPS.

- It was just really nice to get the kids to the point where they're supporting each other more than going at it with each other.

Madison: Thanks for pulling it together.

- I mean, she can be annoying about things, but she's pretty good at like, cheering me up, or like making me feel good.

Colin: With the Elliotts back on track, the Blasingames are now facing a challenge of their own.

Elijah: Are we seriously out of water right now, guys?

Aquia: Yes.

Nilah: Yeah, I think so.

Aquia: I don't, I don't know where any more water is.

- Well let's quit thinkin' about water and let's focus on getting a break now and get up there.

Elijah: Okay, let's go.

Aquia: Oh!

What is that?

Omar: Wow, that's a deer hoove foot or something.

With the foot still there, what the heck, man?

- That's scary.

- Why?

- Did it get stranded out here?

Was there no food?

Was there no water?

- Yeah, something chiseled, and ended up with the hoof on that one.

- So it's something that ate the whole thing.

- I think a bear, lion, panther or something.

- We're in some predator's household right now if that's the case.

- Oh, are we?

- We need to go ahead and get to movin'.

Elijah: Yeah, let's get outta here, guys.

♪♪ Charlie: Do you see the top of the mountain?

Madison: We have to hike to the top of that?

Charlie: Hey, we've got this, it's fine.

♪♪ Madison: Day two has been an impossible journey for us mentally and physically.

All I wanna do is get to camp, lie down, and eat s'mores.

Michelle: You know, at this point I realize we need to stop battling ourselves and we just have to start battling the Blasingames.

[birds screeching] ♪♪ [gasping] - Whew, I'm tired.

Elijah: It's right up there, literally just gotta go up this and we're done.

Colin: This is such a difference from what I saw of Elijah yesterday.

Instead of heedlessly rushing ahead on his own, he's really showing he listened and learned.

Keeping his family motivated as they summit the peak together.

♪♪ Aquia: We did it!

I'm so thankful.

I'm thinking, you know what?

I've crossed the ends of the Earth for my family.

[cheering] I mean, to know that you're creating this bond, you're creating memories, just things that last a lifetime, is priceless.

- "Down the path to home at last."

- Yes.

♪♪ Aquia: Elijah with these past few days I'm seeing more of a man and less of a boy, that's a proud feeling.

Headed to home base.

Omar: There go the flags, we see it, Qui!

We see it!

- We made it!

I'm so glad.

- We found it!

Whoo!

Colin: As the Blasingames arrive in camp, the Elliotts finally make it to the peak.

- Ah, I found it.

Whoo!

I found the clue!

Michelle: Whoo!

Justin: On one hand, it was such a painful, grueling day for us, with so much, you know, internal fighting, the trail was winning, the mountain was winning, and the Blasingames were winning, and it was all because we were fighting with ourselves, not supporting each other, and not doing the things that we said we'd do.

But painful as the day was, when we finally got to base camp it became so joyful at the end of the day.

[howling] Colin: As the sun sets on day two, both families have learned valuable lessons.

It took Charlie and Madison struggling to learn the value of working together, but they appear stronger for having worked through it.

All: Elliotts!

Colin: Elijah developing leadership skills has dispelled any worry his family has of him being on his own, as they finish the day with a 28 minute lead.

Madison: I'm not giving up on my $10,000 yet!

Justin: That's right.

Michelle: "My 10,000."

♪♪ - Whew.

Last day.

- That's it, we came at day one strong, day two strong, let's finish strong.

Colin: These families have had a real battle throughout this entire race.

For now, the Blasingames are ahead by 28 minutes.

But the Elliotts have proven they know how to come back.

- All right girls, I mean, today's the last push, we have some good strategies.

The key to winning today is no stopping, no fighting, no, you're never out of it.

- I really feel blessed to have had this time with you all, and Elijah especially since you're getting ready to go away to college in the fall.

- Yeah.

It's kinda hard knowing that Imma have to put this behind, but you know, I'm always gonna be there for you guys.

- Right.

Omar: I'm really proud of you guys, today is the day we make it happen.

[Blasingames cheering] Elijah: Let's go!

Omar: Let's go!

Colin: Today the families will navigate five miles, first climbing to the rocky ridgeline of the mountain before descending 800 feet, where they will be presented with the choice to either ride mountain bikes or run the final stretch to the finish line.

Omar: Let's go, let's get it, let's get it.

Bring the energy, baby, let's go.

Aquia: Why are we always climbin'?

Omar: It ain't no trek without climbing.

- Whew, I wasn't ready.

My heart was ready, my body... My body is not ready.

- Come on, let's win this.

- We move, we move.

- Let's win!

Twice we've come back, if we wanna win, we will win.

Okay, but we gotta want it.

Omar: Just pace it, 'Lijah, like slow pace.

You're lookin' good Elijah?

Elijah: Yeah, we're good.

- Whoo, if I don't fall first.

It's mountain after mountain.

Elijah: We're gonna keep goin', we're staying on this ridgeline.

Omar: I'm with you man, I trust you, let's go.

- It's a huge responsibility knowing that my family members trust me enough to pick not only the safest, but the quickest route.

It's boosting me up a little bit.

- I'm not looking back at the other family, I'm just looking forward to victory.

Justin: Let's go!

Charlie: Come on guys, we're goin' that way!

Justin: Right up there.

To the peak we go.

We're comin' out of the gates day three like we did day one, the only way we're gonna do this is to come together as a team.

Madison: Charlie and I have a little camp cheer that we always do.

Charlie and Madison: You gotta want it, to win it, and we want it bad.

Justin: And day one I said I'm a hunter not a gatherer, and what we're hunting today is the Blasingames.

- We're closing in on the target.

Omar: Here it is, I got it!

I got it.

Elijah: Good stuff, yeah!

- Right now I'm in beast mode, I'm ready to get this thing done.

Yes sir.

Just trying to step up today, make sure I do my part.

Nilah: "Down the path you're nearly there, a choice awaits, if you dare."

- Ooh, I'm worried about the choice, now.

[laughs] Colin: The next mile long leg of their journey will leave families to descend 900 feet down the mountain, before being given the choice to ride bikes or run.

Justin: I think we can probably pick up 15 minutes here.

Michelle: Okay, we're quicker, come on guys.

We can do this.

Justin: What's lovely about this trip is, you build bonds with people when you spend time with them.

All: You gotta want it, to win it, and we want it bad!

Charlie: We gotta map.

Madison: Come on, Charlie.

- As parents, like there was nothing better that we could hear.

All right, we're gettin' real close.

Charlie: I found the clue!

Justin: We got it!

"Down the path, you're nearly there, a choice awaits, if you dare."

Elijah: Guys come one, there's bikes up ahead, come on!

- That mean we don't have to walk anymore.

- "Packs down it's time to decide, do you walk, or do you ride?"

- I think we should walk.

- I just think we get to the top of that hill, and it's all downhill slope like a good ground like this, they will come rolling past us on them bikes while we sittin' here walkin'.

Elijah: Okay, all right, let's go, packs down.

- Oh, this feels so much better.

Omar: Slowly but surely.

Watch out, watch out.

Nilah: I'm trying, but it's too- it's rolling too easy.

- That's fine.

- I would say that I was pretty scared, I was trying not to like, swerve, my wheels were getting stuck.

Omar: Tap your break, tap your break.

Take your time, we ain't gotta rush, we ain't gotta rush, take your time, I don't want you to fall off.

Aquia: Whoo!

Elijah: Good job, guys.

- Thank you.

- Good job, Nilah.

- Good job, Nilah, good job.

Colin: While Nilah is getting the hang of the bike, the Elliotts are closing in behind with renewed energy.

[all cheer] Michelle: We're going to the dirt road and we're takin' a right.

- Great job, Mom.

Michelle: Girls, no joking, I am so proud of you.

I don't really know any other two children that would do this or could do this.

Justin: Let's hope this is the smooth path to the finish line.

Elijah: Come on, guys, it's right here!

- "The end is near, "but you still have a flag to bear."

Aquia: Something's up there, y'all.

- I think that's the end point.

[excited chatter] Omar: We're here, let's go.

[cheering] Madison: There's bikes, there's bikes.

Charlie: "Packs down, it's time to decide, "do you walk or do you ride?"

Guys we ride, we ride, we ride.

Justin: But look at the hill.

Charlie: Come on, please?

- That hill just looked steep, and I was like, I don't wanna do it.

- Madison I really wanna ride the bikes, please can we-- - All right, fine, fine, we'll ride the bikes, come on guys, let's just go.

Michelle: All right, good job.

Justin: Ah, that was literally the greatest feeilng ever.

Whoo!

The Elliotts are finishing this together as one family, one team, no matter what this is a huge victory for our family.

Just believe in yourself, you got it, nice and strong.

[Blasingames cheering] Elijah: Let's go!

Aquia: Gotta scale this mountain!

One last time!

Colin: Well, looks like the Blasingames have come to the final mountain.

Elijah: Just follow me, and try and step where I step.

Omar: Almost there.

Justin: Let's go baby!

Whee!

Omar: Let's go, we gotta muscle up now.

Madison: Come on Charlie!

Michelle: Come on, Charlie!

Elijah: All right, I'm here!

Let's go.

We got it!

- You guys are the first team to make it to the final mountaintop.

[cheering] You need to build your flagpole and raise your flag.

- Let's go!

Let's go.

Justin: Whoo!

Charlie: "The end is near, but you still have a flag to bear."

- Let's run it in guys, let's finish strong.

Come on.

Aquia: Let's make this happen!

Omar: All right, get in the first one right there.

[tools clacking] I'm just gonna keep digging, and the whole time it's like you hear in the background it's like, okay, they're comin'.

Justin: Let's go, last push!

Elijah: Once we start actually getting the pole up there, I'm like, "Oh, I hope it doesn't fall."

Colin: Final moment, is it gonna stand up?

- I hope the wind doesn't blow this.

[cheering] Colin: Blasingames, you are officially the winners of Survivalists.

Elijah: Good job, guys!

Good job.

Aquia: Yes!

Elijah: Good job.

- I promised you on day one there'd be a prize waiting for you at the finish line.

- Yes you did!

[cheering] - I can't believe we really just did this!

Omar: Yeah, we did it.

It was a great moment, it was a great feeling.

Colin: Come on, Elliotts, you're almost to the final summit.

Come on up, come on up!

- We know we're not winning this competition, but we're gonna finish strong.

[cheering] To have perservered through this challenge is the ultimate victory for us.

Family hug!

Colin: Congratulations.

- We did it, we did it, we did it!

We did it!

We're just excited to put our flag in the ground and fly it high, fly it proud.

[flags snapping] Colin: All the families, my hat's off to you guys for finishing strong, planting your flag pole, and getting all the way here.

- I'm proud of these two girls, I've gotta say.

They had me, they pulled through and they just really encouraged us.

Charlie: This is one of the hardest things I've ever done.

- It shows that our whole family, and especially my sister and I, can do anything.

- Charlie was the first one up the mountain, still with a smile on her face.

Elijah: She was gettin' in my head, I kept hearing the howls behind me, and I get up there and I'm sitting just chompin' on an apple and she's just galloping past me.

- Justin, when we got on the trail, seeing this guy had about 15 bags on him.

It's impressive so, I know you talked about your daughters pretty much getting along from the very beginning, but as a family, I got a lot of respect for those guys.

- I think it's pretty cool that my sister and I got to do this experience together and it felt so rewarding to accomplish that together.

Michelle: I really wanted the kids to come here and be able to rely on each other, and bond, so that they can understand that family is first.

- It's really been neck and neck the entire time, so it's amazing to see really just the camraderie and teamwork in both families in the end.

- I most definitely feel that Elijah is more equipped for what his future holds.

Trekking the mountains out here took dedication and going to college, that's gonna take dedication as well.

- They honestly earned it, have fun at college, the Elliott's gonna be pullin' for ya.

- Thank you!

There are gonna be times in college, it's gonna get rough, but I know when those times come up I can look back and say, you know, I overcame these challenges.

- I'm really proud of the fact that he stepped up, going from an 18-year-old kid to like, leading the pack.

I think he'll be okay.

- It's been incredible to have both you guys on Survivalists, ultimately for all the families it's just a win to be here at the finish line.

Now go take a shower!

[cheering] Elijah: Let's go, guys!