It’s Snow Time in the Wild!
Season 2 Episode 1 | 54m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
The Kraus family works to end their division; the Reoch family learns to work together.
Colin O’Brady hosts the Kraus family from Erie, Colorado and the Reoch family from San Rafael, California on a three-day 13-mile adventure through snowy mountains and thick woods. The Kraus family is hoping that they can close the division within their family. The Reochs need to stop the sibling infighting and learn to work together.
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It’s Snow Time in the Wild!
Season 2 Episode 1 | 54m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Colin O’Brady hosts the Kraus family from Erie, Colorado and the Reoch family from San Rafael, California on a three-day 13-mile adventure through snowy mountains and thick woods. The Kraus family is hoping that they can close the division within their family. The Reochs need to stop the sibling infighting and learn to work together.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪♪ Narrator: 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 10-time world record holder, bestselling author, and professional explorer.
Top of the world!
My passion for the outdoors helped me overcome the biggest challenges in my own life, 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... Woman 1: [screams] Colin: ...mentally... - I can't do it.
Colin: ...and emotionally.
They'll go on a three-day adventure of a lifetime... Woman 2: Let's go Survivalists!
- Yes, girl!
Colin: ...where they'll compete for a $10,000 cash prize.
- [cheering] Colin: 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.
- Right here, baby.
I'm so proud of you.
Colin: This week, the Lutz-Carrillo family from Austin, Texas... Woman 3: I tell them all the time, we can do hard things.
- You got this!
Colin: ...will take on the Serratos family from Lake Forest, California.
Man 1: When we work together in the right attitude, man, anything is possible.
- Let's go!
Man 2: We gotta double time.
[cheering] ♪♪ Serratos: We're the Serratos family, and we're from Lake Forest, California.
Woman 1: It's spelled phonetically, Serratos, but I like to pronounce it as champion.
- [laughing] Girl 1: If we're doing something, we go all in.
Girl 2: We work so hard, we just go for it.
Lutz-Carrillos: We're the Lutz-Carrillo family from Austin, Texas.
Woman 3: We're definitely an active family.
Girl 3: We love to go hiking.
We've been to all the national parks around us.
- Doing physical activity helps to keep the kids from picking at each other all the time.
[laughter] ♪♪ Colin: All right, families, welcome to Survivalists!
[families cheering] Colin: Lutz-Carrillos, I want to get to know you guys.
Why did you bring your family out into this environment?
Man 2: I think just this is a awesome opportunity to get them all out into the wilderness.
I want the kids to lean on each other, lift each other up, and get to that goal line.
- There's always somebody who's picking on the other one, trying to nitpick exactly where it hurts the most, but sometimes, they don't see all the strengths that they each have, and so we want them to kind of start noticing that and respecting that a little bit more.
I think sometimes, when you're trying to work together to accomplish something, that's a good time to focus in a cooperative way instead of fighting against each other all the time.
- It's kind of hard being the only girl.
These two, they like to gang up on me sometimes.
- What are they like, you know, interacting with one another?
- One moment, they're hanging out together, having so much fun, and the next, they're at each other's throats, and it's craziness.
Nico: The littlest things just aggravate both of us.
We might get a little angry at each other.
Ella: Two of our doors are broken because of them.
Nico: Because of me.
Ella: Yeah.
- In Survivalists, you guys are on the same team, so, it's gonna be crucial to figure out how to get along to get to the finish line together.
Dijar: I really hope they can hold it together, not be at each other's throats, but focused on moving the group forward as a pack towards that goal.
Colin: Trudy, I'd love to hear from you.
What's the flag mean?
Trudy: Our flag has a beautiful turtle on it that first of all, talks about our love of the water, and each of the appendages on the turtle represent one of the five of us, and then, the skull kind of represents our heritage and the protection that we have from everybody who's come before us.
Colin: Beautiful.
Serrato family, let's get to you guys.
How you feelin' bein' here, Fernando?
Fernando: Excited to share this experience with my beautiful family, and first time being out in the wilderness for me, so it's a new experience.
- He's really strong, so I bet he could take those backpacks.
[family laughing] Colin: That's important.
Someone's gotta carry all that weight, after all.
- We're a family of wrestlers and pretty mentally strong, and we're ready to conquer whatever's in front of us.
Mom and Dad wrestled collegiately, all through high school and college.
I coach Division I college, and now our kids are following suit.
- I am second in the nation, and I've won a couple of national titles, so, I'm, I'm up there.
- We have a lotta leaders amongst our group, but I think we're all aware that we have to work as a family unit.
Ricky: I've been a Girl Scout for a while, and that has brought a lot to the table with like, leadership.
Fernando: I think it's time for these girls to step up, not only with themselves, um, but with us parents, you know?
Teach us the ways and find solutions to problems that we'll have during this hike.
The main reason we're out here is for me to gain patience and understanding.
When Ricky was wrestling at the California state championships, it was a tough loss, and instead of embracing her as a dad, I gave her feedback as a coach.
- He was like, this is what you need to work on, and I'm like, Dad, I just lost.
Like, give me a minute.
- I can get really intense, and that was the first time ever that made me sit down and realize that I should always be Dad and, and be more patient with my kids, and I wanna use this trip to kinda gain that, to let her take the lead, um, let them make mistakes and then, uh, help when needed, but not guide them the entire way.
Colin: What does your family flag stand for?
Cookie: So, the bears stand for us and the California flag that has a bear on it, and then we also put headgears on the bear because we all wrestle.
Colin: Okay, well, both families, you guys are in for an adventure of a lifetime.
You'll be going on a trying 3-day, 19-mile trek through diverse and challenging countryside.
Day One, you'll travel 11 miles, navigating down a powerful river and finishing on foot through the narrow canals that lead to camp for the night.
Day Two, you'll travel six miles on foot through slot canyons along low riverbeds and face a daunting 40-foot rappel before reaching camp.
Day Three, you'll traverse two miles teetering on narrow, rocky spines, and making your way across fissures of loose rock and boulders to the finish line, where you'll need to raise your family's flag to win.
All right, you guys want to know what we're playing for?
[families assenting] Colin: All right.
These backpacks'll be waitin' for you at the finish line, stuffed with $10,000 cash!
[families cheering] Dijar: Oh my gosh.
Ella: I'm confident that we can pull this out.
Colin: Before sending you out in the wild, I'm gonna give you an opportunity to shop at our General Store to grab essential items that you're gonna need to survive in this multiday expedition, and I'm gonna give each family only 90 seconds to shop for this essential gear.
However, before doing all of that, I wanna test your survival skills.
I've set up three survival challenges today that you're gonna compete in.
Whatever family wins those survival challenges earns an additional 30 seconds in the General Store to shop for that important gear.
You guys ready to show me what it takes?
Dijar: Oh, yeah.
Families: Yeah!
Colin: All right, well, the first challenge we have up is the Water Challenge!
Monica: Oh, what's that?
[laughter] Nico: What?
♪♪ Colin: Families, welcome to the Water Challenge!
Families: [cheer] Colin: The way the Water Challenge works: you'll select two competitors from your family to come on up here.
You need to run with your family member down to the river, fill up your bucket.
You bring it back, you dump it in the barrel.
You gotta fill these barrels up until there's enough water above the spigot.
Whoever opens up that spigot and fills their glass bottle first wins this challenge and an extra 30 seconds for their family in the General Store.
Got that?
Dijar: All right.
Trudy: You got it.
Ella: Woo!
Colin: Okay.
Well, who's it gonna be from each family?
I need two participants.
Nico: I'm here so I can prove that I'm not just the youngest child, the one who has to have the support of everyone else in the family, that I can do hard things, too.
Colin: All right, we have the Lutz-Carrillos boys and we have the father-daughter from the Serratos.
Fernando: We work really good together, good teamwork, communication between Annabelle and myself.
Colin: Three, two, one, go.
All right, Serratos have the quick advantage.
Ricky: Run, Ani, run, come on!
Trudy: They fight and bicker a lot, so working together as a team, it's gonna be a little bit more of a challenge.
Colin: Lutz-Carrillos look like they've got a little bit of an advantage at this point.
[overlapping encouragement] Colin: It's definitely getting more physically demanding.
This is a tough challenge.
Boy 1: Those things are super heavy.
All the way filled up with water would be at least 10 to 15 pounds each.
Colin: It is a close battle.
Almost the exact same amount of water is goin' in each one of these barrels so far.
Annabel: Almost there, Dad, almost there!
Dijar: Are we close, boys, are we close?
Boy 1: Yeah, it's on the edge.
Start the flow.
Trudy: Oh, put in the bottle!
Colin: Oh, I'm seein' a few drops come out of the Lutz-Carrillos!
Just a few drops!
Oh, it's coming out of both teams!
[overlapping cheers] Colin: Whoa, it is neck and neck!
This is down to the wire!
[cheering continues] Colin: Looks like the Lutz-Carrillos just have maybe a slight advantage!
Ricky: Dump it, dump it!
Colin: They've got it!
Lutz-Carrillos, by about one second!
Dijar: Nico and Egan, well done!
Nico: I think I proved that I can hold my own weight, just like I hoped for.
Trudy: They can never again tell me that they can't do some chore that I asked them to do, because nothing is as hard as that.
Egan: Oh, yes we can.
Colin: Lutz-Carrillos, you've won this, congratulations, 30 seconds in the General Store, well done.
Dijar: Good job, boys.
Colin: Well earned.
Dijar: Good job.
Colin: Next up, Animal Tracks.
Dijar: Woo!
Families: [cheer] ♪♪ - Families, welcome to the Animal Tracks challenge!
Dijar: All right!
Children: [cheer] Fernando: Yeah!
Colin: I'll present an image of an animal on one of these wooden panels.
It is up to you to shuffle through your panels.
First to identify the correct track gets a point.
Three points wins you the challenge and earns your family an extra 30 seconds in the General Store.
Which two people is it gonna be from each family?
Trudy and Ella, and Monica and Cookie!
Come on up!
[cheering] Fernando: All right, girls, do it!
Trudy: We're both perfectionists, we're both highly competitive.
Ella: Not like my brothers, we just work really well together.
Fernando: Come on Mama and Cookie!
Dijar: Come on Ella and Trudy!
Colin: The first... the bear.
Ani: [indistinct encouragement] Cookie: Our strategy was to just to flip 'em over.
She gets a couple and then I get a couple and we see which one we think is correct.
Colin: Correct!
Monica: Yes!
Fernando: Yeah!
Colin: Very good, Serratos, you won the first point!
Round 2.
Ready... go!
Raccoon.
Trudy: I know that a raccoon paw looks just like a weird little human-monkey hand with little claws on the end.
Colin: Correct!
Monica: Aww!
Colin: Lutz-Carrillos got it!
Egan: Let's go!
Dijar: All right, guys.
Colin: Tied up, one to one!
Nico: Nice job!
Colin: Ready... it's a elk!
[overlapping yells] Colin: Whoa.
Okay, we've got two different ones.
Elk tracks are larger and rounder than deer tracks, so that means... Lutz-Carrillos, you have the correct one.
Well done.
Trudy: Woo!
Colin: Round 4, you guys ready?
Lutz-Carrillos, if you get this one, you win.
♪♪ The hawk.
Ella: Go, go!
Colin: Bird.
Hawk.
Oh!
You guys both have it correctly, but Serratos, you got it up first.
Cookie: Yeah!
Fernando: All right, wow!
Colin: Tied up, two to two!
Whoever wins this round wins 30 seconds for their family in the General Store.
Okay, final one.
Cookie: Squirrel!
Colin: Squirrel!
Nico: Go, go, go!
Dijar: All right, Trudy!
Ani: Go, hurry!
Go, go, go, go, hurry!
[wood clattering] [Ella laughs] [dramatic music] Colin: Lutz-Carrillos, you won this.
Trudy: Yay!
Nico: Let's go!
Colin: Well done, well done.
Trudy: There was no way I was missing the squirrel.
I was so glad that we got that one up first.
- Congratulations, Lutz-Carrillos.
You have taken the lead in the survival challenges.
Serratos, you did so good, Cookie, I was impressed.
Monica: So close!
Colin: So close.
Monica: Mwah.
We knew it wasn't gonna be easy, but the other team is definitely, they're showing up.
Colin: All right, the next challenge is the Knot Tying Challenge.
Families: [cheer] Colin: All right, let's go!
♪♪ All right, families, welcome to the Knot Tying Challenge!
Families: [cheer] Nico: Yeah!
Colin: One member of each family is gonna compete in the Knot Tying Challenge.
I'm first gonna show you how to tie the knot, and it's gonna be a race.
Whoever can get that knot tied first wins that round and a point.
Best outta three wins.
All right, who's it gonna be for the Knot Tying Challenge?
Dijar, Ricky?
All right!
You been practicing, Ricky?
Ricky: Yeah, I know a lotta knots 'cause I'm a Girl Scout, and we do a lot of knot challenges.
Colin: Yeah?
How 'bout you?
- I'm a little intimidated by the Girl Scout, but, we'll see how it goes.
Colin: All right.
The first knot that we're gonna tie is the bowline knot.
Here's how you tie it.
Keep the working end on one side, right hand over left hand.
You take the working end up through the hole, back and around, back through, and pull it tight.
A nice loop, you can't pull through.
Dijar: I definitely know the bowline, I just hope I can get it done quick enough.
On my go.
Three, two, one, go!
Egan: Go, Dijar!
Colin: Ricky looks like she's definitely practiced this one before.
♪♪ Tie it through... done!
Ricky's got it.
Lutz-Carrillos: [groan] Monica: Nice job, baby.
Ricky: I was super excited to do that one 'cause I knew I could do it really fast.
- The score is 1-0.
So, for our next knot, we have a clove hitch.
One loop, second loop, put it behind.
Now, hitch knots need to be clipped to something, so I'm gonna give you each a caribiner, clip it through, and tighten.
That's a clove hitch.
Three, two, one, clove hitch!
Let's see it.
♪♪ Got it!
Dijar's got it.
Well done.
So it's one to one.
One more knot left to see who wins this.
Fernando: You got it, Ricky, come on, baby.
Monica: Come on, Ri.
Colin: It is a figure eight on a bight.
So, take a bight of rope by folding it over like this, 'kay?
Then, back down, cross it through, finish the figure eight... looks like that.
Three, two, one, go!
♪♪ Nope, that's an overhand knot.
♪♪ Ricky, correct, you've got it!
Monica: Good job!
Colin: Good, you win the competition!
30 seconds for your family in the General Store!
- Good job, baby!
Ricky: We came off with two losses, and now you start the hike with a positive note, and... I'm super happy.
Colin: Well, that concludes our survival challenges, let's go shoppin'!
Time to go to the General Store, let's go!
Dijar: Yes!
♪♪ Colin: Families, welcome to the General Store!
Families: [cheer] ♪♪ Colin: For me, when I plan my expeditions, I take a long time to pack, but here, each family only started with 90 seconds to get everything they need.
Lutz-Carrillos, you won two of the competitions, so you have an additional 60 seconds in the General Store, and the Serratos, you have an additional 30 seconds to shop.
Monica: All right.
Colin: Now, it's up to you what you grab inside of the General Store.
However, I'm not gonna let you go out in the wild without this list of essential items.
Now, some of these items have changed since last season because different environments require different essentials, and out here, weather can drop to near-freezing temperatures, so to help you survive the hike as well as the cold nights, you'll need sleeping bags, sleeping pads to provide critical insulation, a tent, walter filtration system, flint and steel, and GPS.
If you forget any of these items, I have to give you a 30-minute time penalty for each one of the essential items you missed.
Lutz-Carrillos, you guys are up first!
Three, two, one, go!
They're off!
Lutz-Carrillos, we're in the General Store!
Dijar: The plan is to divvy up our responsibilities so that we don't duplicate any of those items.
Egan: Where are the sleeping bags?
Colin: Three, two, one, go!
Both families are in the General Store now!
Monica: Everyone has very specific items to get, and they're to stick with just those things.
Egan: I got GPS, I got a GPS.
Trudy: Okay, good, go, go!
Egan: Go, go!
Dijar: I got headlamps!
- Whoa, things are flyin', pots and pans are goin' all over the place!
It's gettin' crazy!
Ricky: What do we need?
Fernando: Sleeping pads, and [with Cookie] GPS.
Dijar: You have the GPS, guys?
Ella: I don't know!
Egan: Everybody makes it seem like it's life or death.
Ella: Go, go, go!
Except for the fact that it is life or death because literally this stuff we're bringing with us to survive.
Colin: Looks like the Lutz-Carrillos might be havin' a little confusion over their essential items.
10 seconds left!
Monica: What else, what else?
Fernando: We got pads?
Colin: Five seconds left!
Fernando: We got pads?
Monica: Don't get anything-- Colin: Three!
Two!
One, stop!
Time's up, time's up!
Wow.
Give me your essential items list.
Let's see if you got them first.
So we got the tent, water filtration system, flint and steel, the GPS.
Five sleeping bags, 'kay, sleeping pads.
One, two, three, four... uh oh.
I'm seeing four sleeping pads and six sleeping bags.
Trudy: I think you're right.
- That is a 30-minute time penalty.
Trudy: That was my fault.
I felt like I let my entire family down.
That 30 minutes could definitely be the difference between winning and losing.
Colin: All right, Serratos.
Before I even say a word, Fernando, you're crackin' up.
What are you laughin' about, man?
Fernando: This will be, like, my style of camping, right?
Where you just, you just have more than enough.
- All right, well... you're gonna have to put it all on your back, but first, let's see the essential items list.
So, seven sleeping bags, sleeping pads... one, two, three, four... Monica: There's so much stuff in here, you guys!
Ricky: Nope.
- Unfortunately, only four sleeping pads, but we're not through the list yet.
Hopefully, there's not another deduction I have to give you.
Tent right here, so you got that.
Water filtration system right here.
You got the flint and steel, you guys can start a fire, and lastly, you got the GPS.
So, Lutz-Carrillos, 30-minute time penalty for missing a pad, Serratos, 30-minute time penalty for missing a pad, which means, in the end, you guys are starting at the same time tomorrow.
Fernando: We just wanted to make it interesting.
Trudy: Keep, keep it close.
[familiies laugh] Colin: All right, you guys got a long journey ahead, so here's my advice.
Pack your stuff up, get a very good night's sleep tonight, and I'm gonna see you at the trailhead to begin this expedition at sunrise.
See ya at sunrise!
Cookie: 'Kay.
Families: See ya.
Fernando: Get this stuff in here.
Monica: I'm a little disappointed.
That lead was within reach and kind of flew out the window, but may the best family win.
♪♪ Fernando: This trek is important for me to connect with my kids at a different level.
I'm tryin' to kinda take a back seat and let them be them and grow up.
- You wanna do things with your father, not your coach.
Getting him to be a little bit more dad mode is definitely one of the main objectives of this trip.
♪♪ Nico: My siblings and me fight.
I can't give you a exact percentage, but it's a lot.
Trudy: I really want this experience for my family because I want them to learn how to communicate more effectively with each other and to see the strengths in each other instead of trying to point out the weaknesses all the time.
♪♪ Colin: Families!
Welcome to the start line of your multiday expedition.
This is Day One.
The Lutz-Carrillos and the Serratos will travel 11 of their 19 mile journey.
They'll board rafts and work together to navigate through the powerful river.
They'll then continue on foot to camp for the night.
Ricky, I feel like you're lookin' after your younger sisters, but also of course, lookin' after your dad, here!
Cookie: [laughs] Ricky: There's room for both of us, but honestly, I think I'm the better leader.
- [laughs] - Trudy, for you, how do you feel like the communication is within your family?
Trudy: We've definitely noticed over the past day or so the places that we're lacking.
Nico: Think maybe this will help us understand each other.
I want to get rid of the tension between me and my siblings so we can get along better.
Egan: Nico can be a pain, but he's gonna cross the finish line with all the rest of us.
Colin: You have an adventure of a lifetime awaiting you.
To navigate along your way, I'm gonna give you this canister.
Inside has the coordinates that you'll put in your GPS to find the next checkpoint.
You'll be following each checkpoint to the eventual finish line.
On my go, the race begins.
Three, two, one, go!
♪♪ Dijar: Welcome to Survivalists.
You and your family are about to set out... Cookie: ...on the journey of a lifetime.
Dijar: Let's go!
Colin: All right, Lutz-Carrillos, good luck!
Serratos are off!
To reach the first checkpoint, families will race through a tricky desert landscape, navigating over loose rock and around sharp plant life towards the river.
Ella: [yelps] Trudy: Does she need to slow down?
Ella: We're in the cactus field, I think.
Trudy: Nico, you good?
Nico: Yeah.
There's just a lotta cactus.
Cacti!
- We tried to find a intermediate ground between going really fast and going too slow where the other team overtakes us.
It looks like a little bit rough terrain that way, so I think we're gonna stay on the trail.
Monica: We goin' the right way, Ri?
Ricky: Yeah.
Doing my best looking at the navigation.
Monica: Okay.
Ricky: At home, my dad will give us instructions, but now, I'm in his position.
Dad, cut straight diagonal.
But, I think I'll be able to do it.
Monica: Well, we noticed the other team's running.
Makes me a little worried, but I think they're gonna gas out.
Trudy: I can see the water.
Dijar: That's the waypoint.
Keep your eyes open.
I don't know exactly what we're looking for.
Monica: Left or right, Rick?
Monica: No.
Fernando: Lemme see.
Ricky: That's how long it'll take us.
Fernando: Let me see, can I see it, please?
Yeah, we're really close, you guys.
Dijar: Here, here!
Trudy: Oh!
Dijar: Ahoy family!
Ella: Prepare to launch-- Dijar: Prepare to launch, whatever you do, don't rock the boat.
Let's go.
Ella: Okay.
Cookie: Guys, come on, we're close!
Fernando: Start looking!
Cookie: Look around!
Got it, got it!
Ricky: Okay, that way.
Monica: All right, let's go.
Colin: The families must now board their rafts and paddle over five miles downriver to the next checkpoint.
Trudy: Okay, let's go!
Dijar: [grunts] Let this current push us for a sec.
Trudy: Okay.
Nico: Okay.
Trudy: My whole family loves being in the water.
Our sea turtle flag can attest to that, so we're very excited to have a water challenge.
Cookie: Guys, come on, come on!
Fernando: Come on, sprint!
Cookie: Go, go, go, go!
Monica: Never really been on a raft and had to paddle that I can recall?
I did a lotta fishing with my dad, which is totally different.
It'll be a new experience.
Looking forward to it.
Dad and Ani, go!
Cookie: Ah!
Monica: Okay, everyone together, stroke... Dijar: Okay, hold on, let's get straight.
Let's get straight.
Trudy: Okay, we were straight for a second.
Trudy: Yeah, I can help.
He can stop if he needs to, you guys just keep going.
Nico: I'm just doing this so you guys can turn it this way.
Ella: No, you don't need to stop ever.
Trudy: Okay, come on.
Ella: We're out here to try to get away from all of our bickering and fighting with each other.
Nico: I'm stopping 'cause I can't do anything.
Egan: Yes you can.
Ella: And... it was a lot of fighting.
He keeps splashing me!
Nico: On accident!
I can't [trails off] Trudy: It feels great when he splashes you, because it's hot!
Come on, work together, not against each other.
Fernando: More juice on that side.
We're not going at the same time, Rick, we gotta go at the same time.
Monica: I think you and I should've been in the front so they can follow our strokes.
Fernando: Go, switch.
Ani: Hey, you hit me in the face again!
Monica: Quiet.
'Kay, hold on, Ani, switch with me.
Go behind.
Take your oar with you.
Ricky: Go!
Monica: 'Kay, you guys need to follow our strokes.
Fernando: Ready?
Monica: Let's go.
We need you guys to push us more this way.
Go Ani, go Rick.
Everyone should be paddling right now.
Fernando: Ani, go to that side.
Go to that side.
Monica: We haven't really balanced out the power in the boat, so there's a lot of row on this side, row on this side, then we have to catch up.
Fernando: No, I need you and Rick on that side.
Monica: We shuffled things around continuously, but we can't find that balance, and I think that's where we're struggling.
Fernando: We're turning again, you guys!
Ricky: Ani and Cookie have to be in the middle!
Fernando: I already told you what to do!
[water rushing] Trudy: This is where we're goin'!
Straight-- Ella: Go, go, go, go, go!
Nico!
Egan: Come on, go, go, go.
Check along the treeline!
Dijar: Says we're on it.
292 feet.
Still this way.
Trudy: I see it, I see it!
Ella: Okay, let's go!
Trudy: Guys, here it is!
Ella: Back to the boat, keep your [with Dijar] spirits up... Dijar: ...and the wind in your sails.
Ella: Oh my... Nico: You're telling me there's more boating?
We were really tired of it.
Trudy: 'Kay.
Let's go.
Nico: But then they were like, I see, do more of it.
♪♪ Colin: Back in the boat, the families continue paddling downstream through deep canyons for another three miles.
♪♪ Fernando: Come on.
Come on.
Cookie: We're getting really close, guys.
Fernando: My side.
Ani: Ah!
Monica: Get out, go!
Who has the GPS?
Ricky: I do!
Fernando: Are we here at the destination, or is this just-- Monica: I don't know, find it, find it!
Ricky: I d-- I-- Monica: Just say Dad, I need help.
It's okay if you need help.
Don't worry about it.
Fernando: She was a little, kinda hesitant to give directions, so I took the GPS right out of her hands.
Says I'm going the wrong way.
We gotta go that way.
Monica: Which way?
Fernando: That way.
Monica: Back down?
Fernando: Yeah.
Monica: 'Kay, back down.
Fernando: Hold on, hold on.
Monica: Let Dad navi-- Cookie: It's over there.
Fernando: No, this is tellin' me to go back to the boat.
Monica: Um, hold on, hold on.
The arrow's on now... which is that way.
Cookie: Oh, I see it!
Oh, it's over here.
Monica: Good job, Cookie!
All right, back to the boat.
Let's go.
Ani: No!
♪♪ Nico: One... Trudy: Okay, Nico's counting.
Nico: Two... three... Egan: It is hard for us to communicate and get into rhythm together.
Lutz-Carrillos: Five.
Nico: But then we all found something that we enjoy doing.
307.
308.
Just counting.
I don't know why, but everything just clicked, and there was no more bickering.
Ella: 354.
It's really proving that we can get things done.
Dijar: Guys, check this out!
Egan: Wow.
Dijar: That's amazing.
How, how tall do y'all think that is?
Nico: Couple hundred feet.
Trudy: I think it's more than a couple hundred.
Dijar: I think it's more than a couple hundred.
Nico: A lotta hundred feet.
Trudy: A lot of hundreds.
Monica: Dad, what do we need Dad to do?
Cookie: Steer.
Monica: No, I'm asking Rick.
Ricky: Dad, we need you steering-- Monica: Louder, baby!
Ricky: I need, like, a megaphone!
Monica: She's a little intimidated to check us and say, hey guys, I got this, listen to me.
Fernando: Ricky and Mom are not in sync, that's why it's changing everything!
Ricky: Mom's side.
Monica: Can't hear you!
I think she's ready for it, I just think she's maybe a little hesitant, and I'm hoping to see some progression throughout this trip.
Fernando: You're the leader.
Monica: You're the leader, here, sweetie, we need, we need you to pull through for us, okay?
Dijar: There you go, you guys can hop on those rocks right there.
Ella: Okay, perfect, let's go!
Trudy: Go, go, go!
Egan: All right.
Over here, over here!
Ella: If you're feeling fatigued, you'll need that second wind.
Leave the river behind, and head to the towers.
Trudy: I think we're going over there.
Dijar: Okay, let's go.
Whew, this is the mud.
Nico, this is you.
'Kay guys, this way!
♪♪ Colin: Back on land, but not dry, families race up a wet and winding creek bed to reach Camp One.
Monica: Right here, let's go, come on!
Fernando: Get out!
Monica: Go up to the front, start checking the GPS, Rick, and tell them where to go.
Ricky: Okay.
♪♪ Fernando: Try to step on the path of the mud that's already been stepped on.
Dijar: [exhales] Ella: I see some rocks that kinda look like towers.
Dijar: 1.16 miles to go.
Monica: Come on, Ani.
Your bag's half my size.
Atta girl.
Use this downhill.
[sighs] Just keep movin'.
Dijar: Should be a, a waypoint pretty soon, which should be our base camp.
Ella: Right there!
♪♪ Trudy: Almost there, come on, let's run it in.
Ella: I think we made some pretty good time, and we really worked hard and communicated a lot, and I think it's a good start to our journey.
Trudy: Run it in!
[sighs] [heavy breathing] Okay, let's see what this clue says.
Ella: Congratulations on reaching Camp One first.
I've left a message below.
Colin: Welcome to camp.
As a reward for being here first, I've left you supplies to prepare a hot meal.
Enjoy, and get ready for tomorrow.
Trudy: Woo!
Dijar: Awesome.
Trudy: Will do.
Dijar: We're gonna eat!
♪♪ Fernando: It's around here!
Ani: Dad, I see the flag!
Fernando: Ah!
Come on!
Ani: Few more steps!
Cookie: Come on, guys, we're close!
[grunts] Fernando: Ah!
Ani: Come on!
Cookie: Come on, Ri!
Fernando: Come on, you guys can jog this!
Ani: Woo!
♪♪ Monica: [sighs] Bring it in, bring it in.
Oh!
The sweaty goodness.
Ani: Oh, it's too warm!
Colin: I know firsthand how crucial it is to be in sync with your team when rowing a boat.
After a rough start, the Lutz-Carrillos found a way to work in unison without their usual bickering, while the Serratos struggled to find their family's rhythm, and will have to start 22 minutes behind tomorrow.
Trudy: So how are we gonna keep going tomorrow?
We gonna count again?
What do you think?
Egan: I don't think we're doing anything with boating.
I hope we're not doing any more boating.
Ella: I'm looking forward to hiking more.
I think I'm most proud of all of us just trying to work together because that doesn't usually happen.
This will be the front.
Dijar: Yeah.
Ella: So it needs to be switched.
Trudy: Hopefully they'll take that lesson into tomorrow and throughout the rest of the challenge that when we work together, we actually can accomplish things, and when we're not, that's going to hurt our chances here.
Monica: Everyone have a corner?
Boom.
Fernando: That river kicked our butts, huh?
Cookie: Yeah.
Ricky: Well, we've never done that before.
Ani: Well, that was like, the first time doing it, so I think that's not that bad.
Fernando: I've never been out in the wilderness, and it was the first time, so, I just didn't expect to get on a boat right away.
You know, we held it together, we didn't fall off the boat, we're not 15 hours behind, so, overall, it was cool.
Coming to this trip, you said I want to take the lead on this, I just want you to realize that I was struggling with this scenario because you weren't taking lead, and it was affecting everybody.
Ricky: It's just hard when you tell me, like, oh, you're gonna be the leader and then two minutes later, you tell me, oh, be quiet, like, this is what we're doing.
Fernando: Okay, well then voice that.
Monica: Yeah.
'Kay, that's what I wanna hear from you.
Ricky: Okay, I just-- Monica: Like-- Ricky: I don't wanna disrespect you guys, either.
Fernando: Well, no, I mean, there's, there's no disrespect there.
Monica: It's not about that, though.
You guys need to be able to be comfortable vocalizing what you need from us.
- We probably came at her a little strong, and I, you know, and I'll own it.
You know, I think my approach was a little bit, you know, intense.
- If you start in a bad mood in the morning with everyone, it puts everyone else in a bad mood the rest of the day.
Just because we're, just because we all stop talking 'cause we're scared you're gonna yell at us.
[pensive piano music] Fernando: In terms of being a father, I, I'm learning every day.
Today was a great example.
Maybe I should take a different approach on how to motivate Ricky.
Positive reinforcement, and maybe that's what she needs.
For all of you guys, whether we win, this adventure, we win a national title, whatever it is, what do I tell you guys?
Does it change the way that I feel about you?
Monica: We love you anyway!
Fernando: 'Kay?
Right?
Monica: Oh, baby!
Fernando: I love you guys to eternity and even more.
Dijar: Gotta overcome your fears.
What are you afraid of, Trudy?
Egan: Losing board games.
Trudy: What?
Ella: Losing.
Dijar and Egan: [laugh] Trudy: I'm not afraid of much, I don't think, but I am afraid of not knowing what's coming, or the unknown, and I guess this challenge is a good way for us to test all that out, right?
Dijar: Mm-hm.
Trudy: Okay.
So, let's go ahead and flip the steak.
Well, I hope you like... Dijar: There we go!
Trudy: ...rare.
[laughs] Nico: Medium rare.
♪♪ Colin: Optimistic about the day ahead, these families are ready to start fresh and get moving.
Fernando: You wanna take the lead with the GPS, or do you want me to do it?
Cookie: You do it.
Colin: Fernando hopes taking a different approach with his girls will have a more positive result for his whole family.
Trudy: Packs on.
Colin: And help them make up the 22 minutes the Lutz-Carrillos are ahead of them.
Dijar: Let's see.
You got it, Nico?
Nico: Yeah.
Welcome to Day Two.
Pace yourself in the right direction and find your edge.
Colin: This is Day Two.
The families will travel six miles through slot canyons and up to a 40-foot high ledge where each family must decide: rappel down, or take the long way around to get to their second camp?
Egan: Let's go.
Dijar: Right now, I think we set our own pace and not really worry about what the other team is doing.
Where to, El?
Ella: Okay, the GPS is telling us to take a right up here.
Dijar: Okay.
Egan: I just want to hopefully gain some more times over the Serratos.
Cookie: Welcome to Day Two.
Monica: All right, let's go.
More water, just what we need.
Go, go, go.
Cookie: [grunts] Egan: Be careful, it's slippery.
I see the clue, I see the clue.
Trudy: Okay, let's get up there to Egan.
Egan: Life is about choices, and here's one for you.
Take the long road around, or rappel to the ground.
Nico: I knew it.
Colin: Families now must decide: take the quick way down, descending the frightening 40-foot cliff, or choose to hike the long way around, losing valuable time in the process.
Dijar: Who wants to go long way, who wants to rappel?
Nico: Rappel.
Egan: Rappel.
Trudy: Rappel.
Yeah.
Okay, you feel confident?
Nico: Yeahhh, kind of.
Ella: Yeah.
Trudy: You got this!
Dijar: Okay, let's do this.
Ella: We'll do it with you.
Dijar: Let's do this.
Egan: Come on, guys.
Helmets are here.
Trudy: Who wants to go first?
Nico: I will, I do.
Trudy: You do?
Nico: The less time I have to think about it, the better.
Trudy: That's probably true.
Dijar: You wanna watch somebody else go first?
Nico: No, then I'm gonna think about how big it is.
If I had time to think about it and let my nerves get crazy, then I wouldn't be able to do it.
Dijar: Guys, we're going over this edge.
♪♪ Are you okay with that?
Ella: Looks fun.
- Yeah.
Dijar: You okay?
- Yeah.
Egan: All right.
Go for it.
Dijar: Let's do it, then.
Trudy: Ooh.
Looks like it's pretty far down.
♪♪ Monica: Come on, Ani.
Ani, you can't keep falling behind, sweetie, let's go.
Fernando: Ani, I'll take your bag from now.
Get it off.
'Kay?
Thank you.
Yeah, it's okay.
Don't worry about it.
My approach is different than yesterday because the way they were honest with me about the way that I communicate, just more positive dad, to help motivation.
I just think I just gotta keep that mindset.
Come on, girls!
♪♪ Trudy: You doin' okay?
Nico: Yeah.
If someone asks me how I'm doing while I'm rappelling, I'm gonna get mad.
I'm not doin' well.
Ella: I am glad you're going first.
[chuckles] Dijar: I'm excited to see Nico do this.
Let's go, Nico!
Egan: You got this!
♪♪ Dijar: Don't look backwards.
Ella: Don't look down!
Nico: [mumbled] I don't wanna do this.
Woman 5: 'Kay.
Nico: [sharp inhale] I don't wanna do this.
It's like, super far down, and, it's really scary 'cause I can't see anything.
Dijar: You're good, Nico, you're goin', you're good!
Lean back, not forward.
Nico: I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't do it.
Dijar: You got it, Nico!
Nico: [sobbing] I can't do it!
It's too scary.
[sobbing] It's too scary.
[sobbing] Trudy: 'Kay, bud.
How you doin'?
Nico does have a fear of heights, but I didn't think it was gonna be something that impacted him as much as it did.
- I can't do it.
Trudy: I know.
Nico: I can't do it.
I told you that I can't do it!
Trudy: I know, I know.
You know, we want him to be strong, we want him to try things that he hasn't tried, to push his boundaries.
This is a scary thing, but I promise you-- Nico: No, I can't do it!
Trudy: --that you are not gonna fall.
Fernando: 'Kay, we gotta go up.
Let's go.
Trudy: You want me to go first?
Nico: Yeah.
Trudy: Are you gonna come down and meet me at the bottom?
Nico: Mm-hm.
Trudy: All right.
So I guess, rope me up.
Let's do this.
Dijar: See you later, Trudy.
Trudy: Goin' off the cliff, y'all.
Dijar: See ya at the bottom.
Trudy: Wow, this is scary, y'all.
[sharp inhale] This is not not scary.
Oh!
Here goes nothin'.
Oh, gosh, I don't wanna let go.
Nico, you can definitely do this.
Dijar: Nico, please snap out of it, think positively.
Trudy: Nico!
I did it!
Come on down, kiddo!
Fernando: Come on, come on, come on, come on!
Trudy: Hey guys, I can see the Serratos, so you'd better get your butts down here!
Fernando: Found it, come on, guys!
Cookie: Dad found it!
Dijar: You got it, bud, put your feet down and keep slidin'!
Nico: It's so scary!
Dijar: It's okay that it's scary!
Nico: No, but I physically can't!
My body won't let me do it!
Ella: Okay!
Can someone else go, then?
Dijar: Okay.
Egan, go ahead.
Colin: If Nico cannot complete the rappel, he'll need to take the long path down by foot, costing his family valuable time, but they'll need to hurry because the Serratos are right behind them.
Monica: You wanna walk around, or you wanna just slide down?
Fernando: No, hey, we gotta get-- Monica: Wrap up, let's go.
- Everybody's cool with it except for my mom.
She's afraid of heights.
It's gonna be hard for her, but I think she can make it.
Monica: Let's do it, all right?
Grab the stuff, let's go!
Fernando: Suck it up, let's go.
Come on.
Trudy: There ya go.
[rock clatters] Egan: Ow.
Ella: Nico.
Think about it!
Egan: Nico, this is fun!
I believe in you!
You got this!
Cookie: I'm so excited!
Ani: Ohhh.
Egan: I think that's Ella.
Trudy: That does look like Ella.
Ella: Ah!
Holy cow!
Dijar: We have to go right now, or we have to do the penalty.
Nico: I think we have to do the penalty.
Dijar: Okay.
Trudy: Good job!
Ella: Yeah.
Dijar: Hey guys, Nico's not coming, we're gonna have to do the walk around.
We'll see y'all at the bottom.
Egan: So you realize if we lose, then it's... Trudy: If you lose, then what?
Egan: Then we're not gonna forgive him.
Trudy: Oh, you're gonna forgive him.
Of course you will.
Egan: We were literally in front the whole entire time.
Trudy: And you'll be in front again, as soon as we get started again.
And you don't even know what's gonna happen up there with the other family.
- Dad, are you excited?
- So excited!
- I am, too.
[laughs] Ricky: Today is totally different than yesterday.
He's super positive.
Now we're having so much fun.
It's been so much more enjoyable.
- [heavy exhale] So we're getting ready to descend this like, five mile cliff.
[heavy breathing] I'm freaking out a little bit.
I'm panicking.
I don't know how I'm gonna do.
All I know is I don't wanna let them down, and I wanna gain this lead, [exhale] so we can win this thing.
Fernando: Let's go, killa Cooks!
Good job, baby, you're good!
Cookie just is a fearless little girl.
Good job, look it, you're such a beast!
When she's in it, she's havin' a good time, and it's a positive environment, she shines.
- I made it!
- Cookie's down?
Fernando: Yep, she's down.
- Okay.
Fernando: Good job, Ani!
Ani: Oh, geez!
Fernando: You're killin' it, babe, you're killin' it!
I have some great kids, huh?
Dijar: Hey, look.
It's okay that you didn't do the rappelling, but, we have a lot of time to make up.
Nico: I've accepted that it's my fault, and I'm taking full responsibility for it.
Dijar: Put forth your best effort.
On our next events, we'll be okay.
- I'm down.
I'm alive!
Yay!
- You're up, baby!
Ricky: Yeah!
Fernando: Let's do this!
You got this, hey.
Cookie: Up here, it doesn't look, like, that high, but once I saw you up there, I was like, oh my gosh!
That is big!
Fernando: You got it, babe.
That's the hardest one right there!
Ricky: I know, I'm just trying not to look back.
- So proud of you, Rick!
Man, they're conquering this.
This is unbelievable.
Any of the challenges where I thought my girls were not gonna handle it, this would've been it.
♪♪ Cookie: You did good, Ri!
Ani: You did really good.
- She's down there, baby.
Do you wanna go before me?
Monica: Nope.
Fernando: See you at the bottom, baby!
Girls: Let's go Dad!
Woo!
- Whoa!
Dijar: This is a long extra hike.
You think the Serratos passed us while we're doin' this?
Serratos girls: Woo!
Ricky: Mom, Dad's safe!
- Boom!
Girls: Woo!
- It's game time.
I need to hold up my end of the bargain here.
[tense music] [screams] [breathing heavily] Ah!
Fernando: You got it!
[girls yell] Fernando: You're fine!
Monica: AH!
I'm gonna die!
Ani: Go!
Go!
Ani: You got it!
This is ea-- Monica: What do I do?
Fernando: Go down!
Ani: Go, go, down, down!
Fernando: Just rappel down!
Monica: Tell me when my feet are close!
I don't wanna look at anything right now.
- [laughing] Monica: How much further?
Fernando: Yeah, Mama!
[triumphant music] Ani: Wooh!
Ricky: Good job, Mom, I'm so proud of you!
Monica: I think the anxiety building up just to the beginning of it was a lot worse than the actual rappel, but, we did it.
We made it.
Now we're on our way, and we're gonna hopefully catch up and win this thing.
Fernando: All right, let's go.
Ricky: Okay, let's go.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Trudy: Oh, no, look.
Ella: Oh no.
Trudy: Uh oh.
Hope Dijar and Nico will speed it up.
Looks like they're passin' us right by.
You guys are doin' great!
Good job.
Fernando: Thank you!
Ricky: Go Dad!
You're doin' good.
Trudy: Well... we're gonna have to go a lot faster to make up for that.
Monica: Now that we've just passed the family, makes it all worth it.
Gives us a little more motivation to, uh, take up the pace, keep going, and hopefully keep the lead.
Colin: With just over a mile to the finish, it's an all-out sprint to reach their flags in Camp Two, but the Lutz-Carrillos need Nico and Dijar to rejoin the family before they can continue.
Trudy: So that was a hard one, huh?
Difficult challenge, come here.
Gimme a hug.
I know, baby.
I know.
Nico: [muttering] Dijar: We need to move.
Trudy: Okay.
Dijar: We need to move quick.
Ella: Obviously.
Trudy: I'm not mad at you one little bit.
I got a 30-minute penalty from grabbing the wrong things in the General Store.
Dijar wasn't able to win his challenge.
We all have things that we didn't do as well as we wish that we would have.
Dijar: We gotta double time.
Ella: Yeah, I know.
Ricky: Go, go, go, go, go!
Monica: 'Kay, pick it up, Ani.
Come on, baby.
Trudy: Where are you, Nico?
Nico: Feet wet.
Trudy: Come on, bud!
Monica: Pick it up, pick it up!
Oh, mud there!
Dijar: We're gonna be there before we know it.
♪♪ Cookie: Come on, Ri, we're right here!
Ricky: Read it, read it, read it!
Cookie: Congratulations, you have survived Day Two.
Ani: Yes!
Ricky: Good job, Mom.
It's all because of you and conquering your fear.
I have full confidence in my family that we can win this.
Fernando: When we work together in the right attitude, man, anything is possible.
Monica: All right, let's go set up camp, guys.
Trudy: Whew!
Let's go.
Come on, run it!
- Congratulations, you have survived Day Two.
Dijar: Oh, let's find camp.
Ella: Let's go find camp, for sure.
Dijar: Let's find camp.
Whew!
Whoo.
[tranquil piano music] Dijar: Good.
Trudy: You know that we are not upset with you that you didn't finish the rappelling, right?
Nico: Egan is.
Dijar: Yeah, he might be.
Trudy: He might be for a little while, but, you know that he'll get over it, right?
Nico: I'm not sure.
- Well, you get over it.
- No.
Trudy: You're not gonna get over it?
Dijar: You're never gonna get over it?
Nico: Nope.
Trudy: We're glad that you stuck to your beliefs and your feelings and that you made them clear to us.
I know that it was frustrating for your brothers and I know that that was kind of hurtful to you, too.
Nico: I felt a lot better to share that they weren't really mad at me, 'cause, like, you're still a kid, it doesn't matter if you messed up or if you did something wrong.
Trudy: We're gonna get through it as a family, right?
Nico: Mm-hm.
Trudy: Yeah.
Nico: I'm gonna need a piggy back ride back to there.
Trudy: [laughs] Fernando: You know, I hope you guys feel that, just like you guys are breaking out of your shell, right?
Ricky: Mm-hm.
Fernando: Going to the extreme, pushing yourselves.
Ani, you did a fantastic job of pushing yourself today.
- Yeah!
- I'm pushing myself to cater, to cater to you guys and your needs and spending time with you guys, and you guys know that I will always have your backs, and I'm extremely proud of you guys.
[tranquil piano music] [crickets chirping] ♪♪ Ani: The moon's still out for some reason, I don't know how that-- Cookie: I want the sun!
- I agree, we need sun and fire.
Colin: This has been a back and forth race since Day One, and both these families know it comes down to this final day.
The Lutz-Carrillo family is starting behind by 15 minutes... Dijar: You guys ready for the day?
Ella: Mm-hm.
Colin: ...with Nico eager to make up the time he cost his family, while the Serratos are excited to keep the positivity in their family going... Cookie: Dad's packing up the stuff!
Colin: ...all the way to the flag.
Cookie: Just a sec.
Dijar: Grab your bags, let's go.
We got some catching up to do, let's go.
Fernando: Go, get the clue.
Monica: Congratulations, you're on your final day, so dig deep and remember to work together.
Fernando: All right, let's go.
This way, guys.
Dijar: There they go.
Trudy: I think we kinda have to forget about all the stuff that happened yesterday.
Just put it out of our minds.
We just push hard.
Dijar?
Dijar: We're gonna be movin'.
Trudy: 'Kay.
Colin: This is Day Three.
The families must travel two miles of the most treacherous terrain they've experienced yet.
Fernando: Oh!
Colin: Down a razor-thin spine with steep dropoffs on their way to the finish line, where they'll have to raise their flag and complete the course.
Fernando: We're gonna have to cross.
Our mindset is that we're still losing and we still gotta catch them up, so if we're gonna break a world record of hiking or whatever, then let that be, right?
Come on, guys!
Cut this way!
You know, we're in it to win it.
Monica: Let's go, baby, go!
Dijar: All right, let's do this, guys.
Trudy: Where are we?
Dijar: What have we got?
What have we got?
So, we started today behind the Serratos.
We're hoping that the terrain gets pretty treacherous, that the waypoints get harder to find, 'cause we think that the harder it is to navigate today, the better for us.
Fernando: So which way are we going, guys?
Ricky: Yeah, we probably have to go up this thing right here.
Fernando: We have to go up this thing.
Colin: As the Serratos struggle to find their way, the Lutz-Carrillos are charging ahead, quickly making up ground.
Nico: I think we're gonna work as a team.
My mindset is go fast in the beginning... Dijar: We gonna go down here?
Ella: Just follow the river!
- ...go fast in the middle... ...go fast at the end.
Egan: If we keep up this, I think we can beat 'em.
Fernando: Do we go up, or do we go down?
Monica: How's it looking?
Fernando: Be careful, you guys.
This is difficult.
Ricky: It was getting really hard and scary 'cause I think I'm gonna fall.
Come on, we have no time to lose.
Monica: Well, which way are we going?
Cookie: I don't know!
Fernando: Here, go this way!
Ricky: Dad, that's too steep!
Fernando: Oh!
Agh!
Ani: [groans] Fernando: This is tricky.
Monica: I thought the creek was bad, but I think I might take the creek over these, uh... Fernando: I agree with Mom.
Monica: ...these big hikes.
So, do you want us to head back?
Fernando: Yeah.
Navigating, it's becoming more difficult.
Hopefully my mistakes don't result into a, a loss.
Cookie: That just wasted all of our energy!
Fernando: It's okay.
Trudy: I'm also tryin' to follow where the... [breathing heavily] ...grass is so I don't die.
Nico: I think we're movin' pretty fast.
Faster than I think the Serrato is.
Dijar: Follow the footsteps, guys, don't worry about the GPS.
Find the footsteps.
Nico: I'm happy that they went first 'cause they had to figure out their own path, and then we just had to follow it.
Dijar: All right, let's go.
Fernando: 80 feet?
Ricky: We have to go up!
- Up and over.
Let's go.
We're gonna have to use the rope to pull ourselves up.
Ani: Come on, guys.
We're getting closer to civilization.
Fernando: Pull it tight, Ricky.
Pull it, pull the rope tight.
Ricky: I'm... Fernando: There we go.
Ricky: ...trying.
Fernando: There we go, climb.
Ricky: [breathing heavily] Fernando: Lean back as you're climbing!
Monica: Lean back.
Ricky: That makes it harder.
Just let me do it my way.
Fernando: Okay, okay.
We're struggling, we're sweating.
Ricky: [groans] Fernando: Good job!
We're huffin' and puffin'.
We're almost there, we're halfway there.
Ricky: I know.
Fernando: As long as we keep the right, positive direction going and the right attitude, we'll be fine.
No, no, no, don't let go!
Cookie: [yells] Ani: Here, Cooks, I got you, I got you.
Fernando: You're g-, you got it baby, you got it.
I believe in you.
Monica: Almost there, Ri!
Fernando: [groans] Ani: Ricky, you're leaving us a slippery path!
Ricky: It's so hard every step.
Instead of moving an actual foot, you're moving like that much because dirt keeps sliding.
Monica: And you just slide down with it.
Then your shoes fill with sand and rocks, and then you have that in your shoes the whole time.
Cookie: I don't know, I actually kinda liked going up the mountain.
Fernando: Come on, baby, you got it!
You got it!
Seeing them just overcome obstacle over obstacle, getting out of their comfort zone, breaking through their shells.
Ricky: Come on, guys, this is where we have to work together!
Monica: Agh!
You got it, you're almost there Cookie!
Fernando: And to do it as a family, and see that?
Monica: Are you guys up?
Fernando: Yeah.
I mean as tough as it was, I wouldn't have changed a thing.
Good job, baby.
It definitely brought us together closer.
Good job.
Dijar: Use your hands on this, guys.
Trudy: So when we got to the rope, I thought, I can do this.
I mean, you just, just hand over hand, you just pull yourself up.
You got this, just pull, Egan.
Dijar: Nice, steep hill we got here.
Trudy: And then, I kept pulling, and I felt like I wasn't geting anywhere.
Ella: Dude, this sand is terrible.
Dijar: Egan, use that rope.
Nico: Climb was a lot harder than I anticipated.
Trudy: Come on, guys.
Egan: [exhales] Trudy: Whew!
Nico: But once I realized that I could just get on all fours, then start climbing up, it was a lot easier.
Trudy: Come on, Nico.
Pull, pull.
You got this.
Egan: He got up the mountain first.
It was 100 percent a very hard thing to do.
Trudy: I tell them all the time, we can do hard things, and I kept telling myself, you can do hard things, too!
[laughs] - You got this!
Ella: You're so close!
Dijar: Let's go.
Trudy: All right, you guys.
Dijar: Let's go.
[grunts] ♪♪ Fernando: Come on, guys.
Keep it positive, we'll get through this.
Monica: Come on, you got it, babe.
♪♪ Colin: The families now have to make their way across one mile of razor-thin ridgeline and through exhausting peaks and valleys, all the way to the finish line.
Ricky: There was a path like this wide, and it was just cliffs.
I was so scared.
I was bawling, I was shaking.
Fernando: You're good, baby.
You're such a beast, babe.
Monica: I'm freaked out, so I was up there kind of like, with my hands like this so I wouldn't look at the mountains.
Fernando: Just stay on the path.
Slow and easy!
Ricky: I was like, just looking at the ground.
I didn't look to my side, I was like, I was terrified.
Ani: Don't look down over here, okay?
Unless you want to scare the life out yourself.
Fernando: You're good, baby.
Monica: Good job, you're there, you're there, come on, baby.
Fernando: Hey, look it, Rick!
Right here, baby.
I'm so proud of you.
You're making my heart smile so much right now, baby.
Don't let anybody ever tell you you can't do something, my love.
You have killed it.
Come on.
We're not done.
Ella: Guys!
I can see the Serratos from here, we're catching up!
Dijar: Good.
We've caught up enough where we can see 'em.
They're in our sight line.
Our psychology at the start of the day was go as fast as we could, try to make up as much of the time as we could.
Ella: Fast walk.
Fast walk, Nico.
Dijar: Fast walk.
And, I think we've done that.
Trudy: Woo!
Ricky: What kept me going was that [laughs] the other family was so close behind us!
Cookie: Let's go, Mom!
Almost there!
- I knew that if I didn't step up, I would lose it for my whole family, and I definitely did not wanna be the reason why we lost.
Trudy: Whew!
Ella: I think that today, we've been the most motivational with each other.
Egan: Nico, we keep up this pace, we've got this in the bag.
Ella: I think that if we just keep pushing each other, then we can do this.
Dijar: Nico's already at the top over here.
Ella: Very nice, very nice.
Nico: You got this!
Colin: You guys are so close!
Come on, last push!
Cookie: Guys, I see Colin!
Let's go!
Colin: Wow, this is comin' down to the wire.
Egan: Just keep goin'.
Colin: First up here, I can't believe it!
Cookie: Let's go, Dad, you're almost there!
Almost there!
Ricky: When my dad couldn't carry the bag anymore, I realized, like, I need to go down there and help.
Fernando: Where are you, babe?
Ricky: Drop it!
Fernando: Come on, I'm comin' for you.
Colin: Now Fernando's goin' back to help his wife.
Cookie: We gotta go quick!
Colin: The Lutz-Carrillos are right there!
Fernando: [groans] Cookie: They're right there!
Ricky: I got it!
Colin: Wow, look at Ricky!
Determination to grab this last pack!
Whoa!
Monica: Ah!
Ani: Come on, Dad!
Monica: Oh!
Colin: Serrato family, you are the first to the top, but, to finish this challenge, you need to get your flag in the air.
Clock's tickin'.
Dijar: This is gonna be slippery.
Colin: And the Lutz-Carrillos are just over the edge, there!
Dijar: Crawl it if you have to.
Trudy: I can hear them.
Monica: Other side, other side!
Ricky: Okay, that needs to be tied at the bottom!
Colin: Lutz-Carrillos are right there, but the Serratos are puttin' their flag in the ground!
Nico: Trudy, Dijar, Egan, you got this!
Colin: Cookie's gettin' her hands dirty, everyone's pushin' it!
Monica: Stomp it!
Colin: Let me see!
Serratos, you are the winners of Survivalists!
Ho-ho-ho-ho, my gosh!
The emotion!
So much perseverance.
Monica: My greatest takeaway has probably been seeing each one of my kids overcome things that they don't think that they can do.
I don't think I've ever been pushed that hard, um, and to have my kids, you know, screaming for me to get up that last mountain, I just, I didn't think I was gonna do it.
Colin: There's Nico, right there.
That just shows you how close, just a matter of inches.
First to arrive for his family.
Monica: Good job, Nico.
Nico: When I got to the top, I felt really good 'cause I helped lead everyone to the top of the hill.
Trudy: I know that all of my kids are strong in different ways, that they're very different people, but I think that this just reinforced all of those things.
Colin: Lutz-Carrillos, you've crossed the finish line of Survivalists, congratulations!
Monica: Good job, guys.
- Nico, how do you feel, man?
Nico: I felt like I kinda made up for me not doing the rappelling.
Ella: Even if he couldn't, um, do the rappelling, trekking up the mountain, I think he did really good.
We made up more than half an hour, and I think that's, that shows a lot, and we really tried our hardest.
- That was exhausting, but I'm really proud of all of us for making it to the top.
I mean, sometimes it's fun picking on each other, but now that we've completed the whole thing, I think not fighting is better than fighting, so, I think we're gonna see him differently as we did before.
Colin: For you guys to, you know, have that big gap and to push back is truly remarkable.
Dijar: We barely lost.
This could've turned out differently.
That sort of thing sticks with you.
- I know it's a hard thing not to always be the champion, not to always win, but we worked together, we communicated, we did our best, and that's all that we can ever ask of them.
Colin: Well, Lutz-Carrillos, congratulations.
Gotta go back over to the Serratos real quick.
Serrato family, almost hard for me to put into words what I just experienced, but I did promise there would be a prize at this finish line.
Fernando: Yeah!
Colin: Here it is, it's got $10,000 in it, congratulations!
Monica: I'm so proud of you guys!
Ricky: Good job, guys!
Monica: Physically and mentally, but also as a family, we definitely got a lot more out of this than I think any of us were anticipating.
Colin: Fernando.
I see the emotion that you are pouring out right now.
Fernando: Every parent thinks they have a special kid, right?
And I'm always the armchair quarterback, tryin' to have them push more, do more.
When I was their age, there's no way I coulda done what they just did.
Monica: Yeah.
Fernando: Never.
This trip has definitely provided a lotta clarity on how to communicate to the girls, how to motivate them the right way.
First day, I wasn't very encouraging.
We had a tough conversation that night over dinner.
Some true words were said that made me take a step back.
It's an eye opener, and I just gotta remember that they're evolving and they're learning.
Just because I'm a father doesn't mean I know everything or, I just take some of that constructive criticism and learn from it.
- I'm just so happy we all did it together.
My biggest takeaway from this whole trip was that we need to work as a team more often, and, we will always be there for each other.
Cookie: Ricky was outstanding.
I don't think I would've gotten through this without Ricky.
Monica: Without all of you guys.
Cookie: Or anybody.
- It was the best feeling I could ever have.
Not just like, them just realizing that I'm stepping up and being a leader, I'm realizing it, too.
Monica: Definitely something amazing that we accomplished as a family.
- Even though we struggled in the beginning, we couldn't have asked for a better attitude the last two days.
Monica: So we all played a part in getting this victory.
Trudy: Good job, y'all.
Dijar: Nice job, guys.
Fernando: No man, you give me a hug.
Colin: This is what it's all about.
Trudy: Good job.
You guys did awesome.
Dijar: Oh my gosh.
Monica: Good job.
I've never done anything like that before.
Ella: Good job.
Colin: That was unbelievable.
♪♪
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