[daring music] 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 woooorld!

I've set 10 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 in their communities to achieve their biggest dreams.

Wooohooo!

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.

- 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.

♪♪ - I was not expecting it to be this insane.

Colin: This week, the Dixon family from Austin, Texas... Heather: We're really, like, working together as a unit and a team.

Colin: ...will take on the Purefoys from Brodnax, Virginia.

Shaun: You're not just in it for yourself.

We're here together and we need to finish together.

Colin: Who will be the first to raise their family's flag... Shaun: All right Purefoys, let's go!

Heather: Hold on, hold on, woo!

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

♪♪ All: We're the Purefoys from Brodnax, Virginia!

Shaun: We are motivated, we love to win, we hate to lose.

This is gonna be something.

Dave: We are... All: ...the Dixon family!

Dave: I think we're pretty fun-loving.

Definitely have a sense of adventure, like to try new things.

Avery: We believe in going forth boldly, joyfully, and purposefully in all our adventures and endeavors.

♪♪ - How's it goin'?

- Families, welcome to Survivalists!

[cheering] So we got a showdown between Texas and Virginia.

- That's right.

Colin: Purefoys, first up.

Do you think that you as a family generally work well as a team?

- We're a musical family.

We've been singing, doing ministry with music, since they were little kids.

So we've always had that concept of teamwork in our family because, you know, if someone's off, then the music sounds bad.

All: ♪ We're the Purefoys, and we'll be all right.

♪ - Nakia, for you, what does it mean to be here with your kids?

- We have six kids.

We have three littles at home and they take a lot of my time and attention.

So I'm enjoying the time that I get to spend with my older kids.

You know, Xavier, he's at that age where, you know, he just wants to be his own person.

He is basically an adult and is out the house already.

- When he left, it was kind of like-- it wasn't on the best of terms.

You know, "Oh Dad is-- he's just trying to stop me from, from living my life."

I want it to just kind of bring us back together, help us to realize how much we do need each other, to just you know, reignite that love and that closeness that we once had.

Colin: What is that like for you to know that he's left the house, but you get this week with him now?

- It's everything for me, um, 'cause I love spending time with this guy.

This is so important for us.

Xavier: Even if we're not on the same pages, even if I'm not in the same household, my family is still my family, so I always have their backs.

And I know they will have mine because we're the Purefoys.

♪♪ - Purefoys, tell me about your flag.

Shaun: Our flag is mostly just, like, about our family.

Nakia: Eight stars because there are eight of us all together.

And the hatchets symbolize the outdoors.

I think as long as we're together, we're stronger.

So stronger together... - forever.

- Yeah.

- Sitting over here is the Dixon family.

Any thoughts you want to share on the competition?

- We got love for you, but we're coming for you.

Colin: All right.

Dixon family, welcome to Survivalists!

I see you guys have matching t-shirts.

Avery: That's true!

- Tell me about them!

- It's the five of us, so it's "5 Go Forth", and it's our motto: boldly, joyfully, and purposefully.

Colin: All right.

Some pretty big mountains out here out west.

Excited, nervous?

- Optimistic at this point.

I'm looking forward to seeing our family maybe pushed a little bit outside of their comfort zone.

Usually you grow when you're not comfortable, right?

So hoping to see some growth, maybe, out of this as well.

- My first impression is it's going to be difficult, right?

It's gonna be a tough-- a tough journey ahead to win this.

I do like a good challenge.

A good challenge can push you and motivate you to do things that you didn't think were possible.

- Have you done anything like this as a family before?

- We actually did tear down an Airstream Argosy and take it on a cross country trip.

Colin: Cool!

Dave: So we were on the road for about six weeks, very tight quarters.

Colin: I will tell you, Survivalists is gonna be a little bit more rugged than that.

Dave: Yeah.

Heather: I can't imagine what the scenarios we might face would be, but I'm ready for them.

- Tell me about your family's flag here.

Clara: Well, we have the trailer on it to symbolize the trip we took as a family and our love for travel.

Colin: Love it.

It is amazing to have both families here.

And I'll tell you this, it'll be a battle to the finish, no doubt about it.

You'll be going on a challenging three-day, 24-mile trek through one of the most diverse and dangerous landscapes in the country.

♪♪ Day one, you'll traverse five miles of razor-sharp black lava, avoiding deep cracks and crevices, to safely arrive at your first camp for the night.

Day two, you'll navigate a demanding 16 miles across the barren and wind-beaten region using all-terrain vehicles to survive the harsh elements and help you conserve your strength and much-needed water.

Day three, you will scramble up a rugged, rocky mountain peak, steeply climbing to over 7,000 feet before racing down to the finish line, where the first family to raise their flag will be declared the winner.

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

All: Yes!

Colin: All right!

- Yes, please.

- Right here I've got these backpacks.

Why don't you open them up, see what's inside?

Shaun: Oh my... Arianna: It's money!

Xavier: Yo!

Nakia: Oh my... Colin: That is $10,000 cash for the winner of this competition.

- Papa got a brand new bag.

Nakia: Having money on the line ups the ante.

We're going hard.

- Well before I set you off, I'm gonna give you the opportunity to visit the General Store, where you can grab all the essential items to survive our three-day extreme expedition.

But you only have 90 seconds inside to find everything you need.

To gain even more time, I've set up three challenges for you to play.

Each challenge you win, you'll earn an additional 30 seconds to your clock.

All right, the first survival challenge is the fire challenge.

[intense music] All right families, welcome to the fire challenge!

It's a competition to see who can start fire fastest using just flint, steel, and tinder found in the wild.

Once you get your fire started, you still have to get that fire burning high enough to light this rope on fire.

When that burns through, it will release the rock.

Whoever’s rock hits the water first wins.

- I'm hyped, let's go!

- Okay, on my go.

Three, two, one, go!

Clara: You got this, Dad; I believe in you.

Colin: Clara's already hyping her dad up, I like it.

Slightly different tactics here.

We've got Nakia going for the magnesium first, we've got Dave going for the tinder first.

Dave: I need to build a nest, get a little straw on top of there, and you want a good bed of magnesium, you get a good spark.

Bada boom bada bing.

Colin: Now it's sparking.

Arianna: Come on Mommy, you can do it.

Nakia: I am so worried.

He is getting tons of sparks right now and I am not getting anything.

- Come on babe, hurry up, hurry up babe.

Colin: Couple pieces, looks like they're about to light!

Heather: Keep going!

Shaun: Come on baby, don't give up, don't give up, don't give up!

Colin: They are spark-- oh my gosh, that looks so close.

Oh, Nakia has fire!

She has fire!

Shaun: Put it all on there!

Just throw everything on there!

Colin: Looks like Nakia has taken the advantage!

[yelling] Dave's still trying!

She's got quite a flame going.

Is it enough?

♪♪ [splash] Purefoys: Yes!

Shaun: Let's go!

Colin: Nakia is the winner!

Shaun: ♪ You did it!

♪ ♪ You did it, did it, did it!

♪ Nakia's definitely the hero today.

She really just wowed us.

- Purefoys, you guys won this challenge.

You have 30 seconds extra in the General Store.

So congratulations.

Arianna: Thank you.

Dave: They got the better of me, we'll get them next time.

- You guys ready to move on to the second challenge?

Dave: We are, let's bring it on.

Colin: All right, let's go to that food challenge!

[laughing] ♪♪ Xavier: I could eat that.

Arianna: What?

Colin: I hope you guys are hungry!

[mingled sounds of disgust] Colin: Yum, yum!

Welcome to the food challenge.

The way this challenge works, is up here, you've got both edible and inedible foods.

The goal is to pick an edible plate of food and eat it.

Dave: [groans] - Oh no.

- If you pick a poisonous food, your family loses this challenge.

You're gonna need two participants from each family: one to pick the food and one to eat it.

Shaun, how are you feeling, man?

- I feel good 'cause I don't have to eat that.

[laughing] Our brave soldiers are gonna be Jayden and Xavier.

- All right, Dixon family, who's it gonna be?

- Avery and Oliver.

Avery: I'm willing to eat whatever I need to win this challenge.

I'm willing to take the pain in the temporary for the benefit in the long term here.

Shaun: Woo, you got this boys.

Let's go!

Xavier: There's a bunch of bugs and plants on the table.

I mean, we're ready to take it on, right Jayden?

- Oh, um... I'm not sure about that.

I guess I'll just do it for the family, do it for the team.

Colin: Three, two, one, go!

Shaun: Come on, Xav!

Heather: Go, go, go!

Colin: Xavier went quick!

Heather: Ew, he's gonna make him sweat!

[laughter] Avery: Little buggies.

Mealworms.

- Avery, what do you have in front of you?

Avery: Yeah, well, uh, they look like mealworms, or bugs of some kind.

- Good pick, Oliver.

But you need to take a handful of those to make it to the next round.

Avery: A handful?

Clara: A handful?

Heather: Oh, you're gonna do more than one!

Colin: There it is!

Dave: Wow.

Avery: A little disgusting.

They were really crunchy and they did not taste great.

[retching noises] [laughing] Colin: Jayden, how're you feeling about what's in front of you?

Jayden: I don't know.

Colin: Berries are always a little bit touch and go.

Why don't you pick 'em up.

♪♪ - They are blueberries: edible.

Eat it and you're into the next round.

Arianna: Yum, yum!

- Go!

Ooh, Oliver's running.

♪♪ Avery, why don't you pick that one up?

Clara: [laugh] - Confident in this one?

- I think it's wood.

And I don't think wood's poisonous, so.

- Tree bark, edible.

Oliver: It's tasty.

- Tastes like cardboard!

Colin: Tastes like cardboard.

Jayden, what do you think you got there?

- It-- it looks weird.

Colin: That is ginger, it is edible, take a bite!

Shaun: Yeah, get in there!

Xavier: You have to eat it.

[laughing] - It was hot... and disgusting.

- Go!

♪♪ Dixon family: [groaning] Avery: Yo, these look even worse.

Oliver: I'm not being-- I'm just choosing the ones that look edible.

- I'm not watching him eat that.

[laughing] Colin: All right.

Avery, what do you think you got there?

- Grasshoppers.

Dave: Oh!

- They just, uh-- they look a little disgusting.

[laughing] With all their dangly appendages, the mental image of that really shook me before I even got to them.

Colin: I'm gonna need a-- a small handful of those to get to the next round.

Dave: Wow, wow!

Colin: Jayden, what do you think you got in front of you there?

- It kind of looks poisonous.

[laughing] Pick that one up slowly.

♪♪ Stop.

[Shaun groaning] That is dieffenbachia; that is poisonous.

Xavier: We lose some, we win some.

We're just gonna keep our heads up and just keep pushing through.

Colin: Dixons, you win the food challenge!

[cheering] Congratulations!

Evening the score up!

Avery: Winning that justified my eating of the grasshoppers and worms.

I can finally feel vindicated.

Colin: We are now going to move on to our third challenge, Animal Tracks.

♪♪ Welcome to the third and final survival challenge: Animal Tracks.

You're gonna have to flip over animal tracks on these wood panels and match them with the pictures of the animals from your podium.

Whichever family can match all six animal tracks to their respective animals wins this challenge and takes the momentum and the lead going in to the General Store.

Come on up to the podium!

Shaun: Come on babe.

Dave: Go get 'em, girls.

Shaun: I'm a little nervous about this challenge because I'm not that familiar with animal tracks.

I'm a city boy through and through.

Colin: Three, two, one, go!

Xavier: Come on, y'all got this!

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Clara: [mumbling] Shaun: I don't recognize anything that she's flipping over.

It was just like a bad episode of, like, Jeopardy!.

This is the bird.

Go, uh-- go put this on the bird.

Colin: Let's see if Arianna's got the right pick here.

The Dixon family's moving a little bit quicker, but do they have theirs in the right place?

Heather: I got it wrong; this goes right here.

Clara: Yeah, okay.

- You do that.

- That works.

So, I don't know a lot about animal tracks.

- That's a moose.

Bring me the Elk.

Clara: Mom definitely has studied a lot of animal tracks.

- The Purefoys actually have five of the six in there right now, but do they have them in the right place?

You have three of six correct.

Shaun: Aside from a bird, everything else was pretty much a guess.

It-- it just wasn't adding up to me.

Colin: The Dixon family are placing their sixth one.

Let me have a look.

You have four of six.

- We have bunny.

I think... Oh no, this guy.

Put him on the end.

Put him on the end, give me the fox.

Arianna: This might be the bear.

Colin: Re-orienting there.

♪♪ Dixons, you won the challenge!

[cheering] - Woo!

Dave: Way to go, girls!

Colin: Congratulations!

Dave: Well done, ladies.

- It's okay.

Nice try, guys.

Dave: Well done.

Shaun: I hate losing.

My fire's kind of been stolen.

I just feel like I-- I let my family down.

- Well, Dixon family, you took the victory in the animal challenge.

- Yep!

- Congratulations.

Heather: Thank you.

Avery: Lo and behold, the studying paid off to help us win that challenge.

- I thought you were doing a great job up there.

You had fun anyways?

- Yeah, it was fun.

Colin: That's the most important thing.

All right, it's been back and forth!

But it's time to go to the General Store and shop for the crucial supplies you're gonna need to survive in the wild.

You guys ready?

All: Yes!

- Let's go to the General Store!

[miscellaneous cheers] ♪♪ [clanking] [creaking] Welcome to the General Store!

- Woohoo!

- Each family starts off with 90 seconds.

But based on how you did in the survival challenges, you've earned yourself a little bit of additional time.

The Purefoys won the first challenge, so you get an additional 30 seconds.

And the Dixons came from behind to win the last two challenges, so you've earned yourself an additional 60 seconds inside the General Store.

Whatever you bring with you out into these circles you have to bring with you on the entire expedition.

In addition to that, I have made a list of essential items that you absolutely have to take with you on this expedition.

- Okay, all right.

Colin: On this list is flint for starting fire, water bottles for every family member, water filtration, knife, first aid kit, and GPS.

Shaun: Okay.

- If you miss any of these while shopping in the General Store, I will have to give you a 30 minute time penalty for each item you miss.

Shaun and Arianna: Don't mess this up.

Colin: You do not want to miss one of these.

Okay, the Dixons are going to be on my very first go.

Three, two, one, go.

Dave: Go, go, go!

Colin: All right, the Dixons are off.

Heather: Backpacks, guys.

Dave: Right there.

Heather: Sleeping bags.

Dave: Get 'em.

Get yours.

- You guys got ten more seconds!

Clara: Is this a sleeping bag?

Heather: Yep, that's a sleeping bag!

Colin: Three, two, one, Purefoys, go!

All right, now both families are in there!

♪♪ We got shoes!

Dave: Heather, what do you need help with?

- How about food?

Dave: Let's do it; let's do food.

Arianna: I need a sleeping bag.

Nakia: Sleeping bags are over there.

- The Purefoys still haven't got that much yet.

- Over there, there, right there, righthere!

Shaun: Because of the Dixons having that head start, I myself got, like, kind of frantic.

What do you need?!

Xavier: I got everything.

- Uh, food!

Heather: Dave, get the one to the right.

Dave: Anybody need a hat?

Heather: I got the mag lights, I got the mag lights.

Dave: Chair, grab that chair!

Colin: Five seconds!

Four, three, two, one... stop!

Stop, stop!

Okay!

Nope.

Nope, not coming.

Heather: Did you not get your backpack?

- I didn't get a backpack.

Avery: Why not?

Colin: Yo Shaun, you look like you're out of breath!

- I'm exhausted, dude.

- Well give me that clipboard.

I want to check that thing first and see if there's any time penalties.

Okay!

We got flint, fire starter right there.

- Flint.

- I see the knife, water filtration, water bottle for each member of the family... Shaun: Boom.

- ...first aid kit, and the GPS!

Shaun: Let's go!

All right, team.

Good job, baby.

Good job, good job guys.

I was a little down in the dumps that we had lost those two challenges, but we still got everything that we needed.

- Clara, what happened there?

- Well, I forgot I was wearing the backpack.

[Colin laughing] Heather: I feel like our creativity might-- might come into play, here.

We might have to, like, fashion something out of handkerchiefs.

- I see the flint right here, water bottle for each member of the family, water filtration, knife, we got a first aid kit here, and then the GPS!

Well done!

There's no time penalties, which means you guys will be starting head to head against each other tomorrow, battling all the way to the finish line three days from now.

My advice, pack your stuff up right now, and I'm gonna see you on the trailhead in the morning.

- All right.

Colin: Have a good night.

Dave: All right.

Shaun: See you, Colin.

Dave: Let's pack it up, guys.

♪♪ [crickets chirping] ♪♪ Colin: Everyone comes out here for different reasons.

The Purefoys are hoping this adventure can bring a family divided back together.

The Dixons want to find out how they react together and individually when they're pushed outside of their comfort zones.

Their path is here and the journey awaits.

Welcome, families!

Shaun: 'Sup, Colin?

Dave: Hey, Colin.

Colin: This is day one.

Today, the Dixons and the Purefoys must trek five of their 24-mile journey.

They'll pick their way along a dangerous, volcanic lava field, with each family determining the safest and hopefully fastest route through the difficult terrain, finishing their treacherous trek together.

♪♪ Shaun, you seen anything like this back home?

- Never in my life, dude.

We-- definitely not in New Jersey or Virginia.

This is... out of this world.

- Avery, how are you feeling?

- This is pretty insane.

It's just crazy the sheer scale.

- Dave, you had a chance to size up your competition here in the Purefoys?

- As I learned with that fire challenge, I came in there and uh, got smoked.

They're definitely stiff competition.

- Absolutely, well I promise you this.

These next three days are going to test you.

- Let's do it.

Colin: Here's how it works.

In my hand here I have a cannister.

Inside, there are coordinates that you'll put in your GPS that will guide you to your next checkpoint.

At each checkpoint, you'll find another cannister that will keep you on your way.

On three, you can open it up, and the race begins.

Three, two, one, go!

Dave: Open it up!

Shaun: Oh my... - Open up.

- Welcome to Survivalists... All: ...lava rocks lead your way.

- All right, come on, come on, let's go, let's go, let's go!

- Good luck, you guys!

See you at the finish line!

- Dave: Bye, Colin!

Colin: To reach the first checkpoint, the families need to decide which is the best route on the sharp and uneven lava rock, through large craters and over dangerous cracks and crevices.

- Just follow me.

I got this.

Heather: Okay, so where is it pointing, Avery?

Avery: It's going this way?

- It points that way, okay!

- Well, slightly that way.

Heather: Follow your brother.

Nakia: All right, be careful, Ari, okay?

- Yeah, I'm okay!

Xavier: Here we go.

As navigator, I'm trying my best to keep my eye open, but I'm also in a rush because this is also a race.

Nakia: Are we going the right way?

- Yeah, we are.

- Okay.

Xavier: We want to take our time so nobody gets hurt, but, you know, we should also be a little dangerous.

There's a gap right here!

Here we go.

Step.

Avery: I can do this ridge, but if it's too much, just tell me and we'll go, like, a long way around over there.

It's jagged, there's big canyons and cliffs everywhere.

Dave: Loose rock, careful.

Avery: I was not expecting it to be this insane.

Heather: Oh!

Oliver: Are you okay?

- Nope, fell.

Okay, this is not easy.

[chuckle] This is really, really hard.

- Ow!

- Nope, that's not good.

- It's just-- I keep feeling like I'm gonna fall.

- Just make it to where I am and then we'll go from there!

- No, I can't because of the bag.

Dave: Dude, you doing all right?

Clara: I'm just, like... - Pooped?

Me too.

- No, I'm like, frightened.

- Are you?

- Yeah, 'cause this throws off my balance entirely.

Dave: It does.

Shaun: All right Purefoys, let's go!

Climb straight up; you just climb up like a ladder.

I got you.

We-- we got to keep the family together because you're not-- you're not just in it for yourself.

We're here together and we need to finish together.

Xavier: Grab my arm!

I just know that our family is gonna get closer at the end of this 'cause we need to, we need each other.

We have to rely on each other, we have to depend on each other, you know.

There's no I in team at the end of the day.

This way looks safer, a little flatter land.

Arianna: We can do this!

♪♪ - Guys, come on, we need to hurry up!

Clara, you want help?

Yep.

Dave: You got it, girl.

I believe in you.

- Nice work.

Dave: Guys, when we get up here, Clara's gonna take a rest.

Heather: We might change out a pack.

Dave: Clara's legs were getting a little weak carrying the weight, so we got that off her, we swapped out.

It's actually working out nice having four packs instead of five because people can take little breaks.

Clara, you good?

Clara: I don't know if I can carry a backpack like that.

[chatter] Clara: Or anything.

- I feel pretty confident in myself, but I do worry for my family.

Rocky, not rocky.

Let's get over here where it's a little more relaxed.

If we work together, help each other out, we can definitely get through this.

Colin: As Avery works on finding an easier path for his family, the Purefoys are having trouble keeping up with Xavier.

Nakia: Ope, you all right?

- Yeah.

Nakia: Ari might need some assistance.

- Dad, can you cross first?

Shaun: Come on, come on, come on, grab her hand!

Xavier: The levels of the rock aren't a problem for me because I have such long legs, so I'm hopping over anything that's in my way.

But with Ari and, you know, my dad and my mom, it's not the same.

Shaun: Y'all trying to climb up this?

- Crawl up, use your hands.

Arianna: Need help?

- Use your hands all the way up.

Instead of rushing, we have to think, you know, plan it out, problem solve.

- Looks like we're close.

Oh, found it!

Let's go!

Let's go, let's go, yes, yes, yes!

- You're in the flow now, keep going.

Shaun: We've got a little lead, but we can't get complacent.

And I'm really, really loving the communication.

Nakia: Yeah, guys.

Shaun: And, uh, that's what we just gotta continue to do all the time, all right?

Stay positive, keep going.

- I'm so proud of my family and I'm definitely proud of my little sister.

My dad, you know my dad, my dad is-- he's making sure that everybody's on track.

All right, here we go.

♪♪ - Ready?

Good, good, good.

Dave: Hey Clara.

Why don't you pay attention to where they're looking, visually fixate on where they find it.

- I found where they found it.

Right over there.

Dave: Clara, you confident to lead the way over there?

- Uh, yeah.

Can I start walkin'?

Found it!

Colin: The families continue through the jagged landscape for another mile and a half over unforgiving terrain towards the next checkpoint.

Shaun: Purefoys, where y'all at!

All: Right here, Dad!

Shaun: All right.

Nakia: Those boys, they are doing amazing.

And Xavier's staying back to help with me and Ari.

Um, having him back in the fold is everything.

You see his position in our family.

- Here, here, here, here here.

Just hold my hand, hold my hand.

Nakia: He always takes lead, he always helps his younger siblings, and of course me; he's momma's boy.

- And they went that way, but this way's easier.

See this?

See this, Mommy?

- I'm lovin' it.

- It's basically, like, right over this ridgeline into the grass.

Heather: Okay, so what-- which way is the best way?

- This way.

Avery: Yeah, it's like right into the grass.

- Okay.

Avery: I think we're getting there, you know.

It's nice that there's a little flat ground we gotta walk on.

- Guys, this is more treacherous than what you think.

- I think we're doing fine.

♪♪ Shaun: Come on.

I feel my body, like, kinda breaking down, guys.

Come on.

Come on, let's power through, then we can rest.

I'm-- I'm not even concerned about the money right now.

We came here for, you know, for this experience and to be together.

- Oh, found it already.

Shaun: Let's go, Purefoys!

Let's finish up strong, let's finish up together.

Xavier: Good job, y'all.

- I love y'all.

Nakia: Awesome.

Shaun: Hey little bro, thanks for pushing.

Arianna: Yes, thank you, Mama!

Shaun: Here, bug, you read it.

- Your hot pursuit will soon cool down.

Shaun: All right, let's go.

Nakia: This way!

Heather: Okay, we are in the middle of nowhere, and the sun is setting.

We don't know where camp is yet.

[rustling] Whoa, you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

I just ran into a bush!

- [laughing] - Could've been worse!

Another rock could've fallen on me.

- Well the sun's certainly setting.

It's a little dim.

It's not pitch black yet, but I think it's getting there.

Hopefully we can get to camp before then, 'cause it would not be fun to hike in the dark.

So, we'll make do.

Ah, my eyes!

Flashlight, there you go!

Arriving!

All right, we are on top of it, so look around.

It's gonna be close by.

Oh, you're right, the light-- oh, found it, found it!

Right here!

Woohoo!

Oliver: Your hot pursuit will soon cool down.

- Uh, it is that way.

Let's go.

♪ Off we go!

♪ [crickets chirping] Colin: Finally leaving the vast lava fields behind, the families race the rapidly-setting sun for two more miles through a dry brush field to their camps.

Shaun: All right, come on y'all.

Woo!

One more push, one final push.

Hey, look!

There's our flag, come on!

Let's go, baby!

Xavier: Yes, yes!

Shaun: You beautiful flag, you.

♪♪ Shaun: Congratulations.

You have survived day one!

[cheering] And if you are the first to arrive, you have your choice of campsite.

Let's go, baby!

Let's go!

Big team hug.

You know!

A month ago, I couldn't hug my son.

Just being together again, you know, I think we won already.

Arianna: Okay, let's go!

[singing] Arianna: No, no, no!

You messed up the song!

Shaun: It's P-Block, you know!

P-Block!

Nakia: [laughing] P-Block!

♪♪ Heather: I see a flag!

Avery: Hey, is this it?

Heather: Woo!

Dave: There we go.

Clara: We got it, guys.

Avery: I think this is it!

Finally, yeah.

One of these last, uh... - Today was pretty brutal.

But we got through, we persevered, so.

I'm very proud of my family, huge team effort.

♪♪ Colin: As day one comes to an end, a tired Dixon family that were pushed further outside of their comfort zone than they anticipated find themselves only 18 minutes behind.

The Purefoys have learned from this arduous trek that reforming family bonds and looking out for each other is crucial to their success.

[chatter] Xavier: Here's our tent right here.

Everybody say hi to the camera.

Nakia and Arianna: Hi!

Shaun: All right, listen up, y'all.

Words cannot describe how proud of y'all I am.

Thank y'all for just rocking today.

We made it here first, you know, we're ahead of the game.

Today was... a day of days.

Um, we pulled it out, and we got it together.

Uh, we kind of became unstoppable.

Let's get this tent up and let's call it a night.

♪♪ [groaning] Dave: At least this ground is not volcanic rock.

- Yeah!

Dad, I think this-- this went well today.

I'm very proud.

Dave: It did, I'm proud of you.

You guys worked together as a team, shared the load on the packs... Heather: Yep.

Dave: We, uh... Heather: Encouraged each other... Dave: Encouraged each other a few times... Heather: ...when we were having a moment!

Dave: ...when we were not feelin' 100%.

We persevered; we showed a lot of grit.

Clara: Yeah.

Dave: Proud of you guys.

Heather: Oliver, how do you feel, babe?

- Um, proud, but at the same time, I'm a bit demoralized.

- Nah, because you know they got here before us?

- Well yes.

Heather: You just never know!

We can make that up tomorrow, it's a very long day.

Anything can happen.

Clara: It's the end of the first day.

I'm very tired.

But I'm super excited.

I think this is gonna be fun and the stars really are beautiful.

Uh, and yeah, so this should be great!

[crickets chirping] ♪♪ Nakia: Good morning!

Shaun: It is, uh, day two.

Nakia: Just saw a beautiful sunrise.

[sigh] This is crazy, this is an awesome experience.

♪♪ Colin: Both families rise with the sun.

The Dixons are awake, well-rested, and confident as they break camp.

Heather: I don't think you should count the Dixon family out.

No telling what's ahead.

We are behind, but we have determination and drive.

Colin: And after a night of roughing it, the Purefoys are feeling slightly less rested.

- I woke up, like a million times.

I probably look really tired.

Colin: However, they're still aiming to build on their 18-minute advantage.

- The quicker we get to camp, the quicker we get to sleep.

Nakia: [laughs] Arianna: It says, "Buried in the sand is the key to your advancement."

- This way, come on.

- This way?

[indistinct] Shaun: Purefoys!

Xavier: Here!

Nakia: Uh-huh!

Dave: We're in good spirits this morning getting ready to kick off.

We're behind, but I think we learned a few lessons yesterday.

So this is a marathon, not a sprint.

♪♪ Colin: This is day two: a dusty and desolate 16-mile journey.

The families are traveling both by foot and behind the wheel of all-terrain vehicles working together to navigate the twisting route to camp two.

Shaun: Boys, I'm talking to y'all.

We might have to alternate who's gonna hold Ari's bag.

If Ari can't finish, then we all can't finish.

We gotta make that sweet music together.

- At the end of the day, we're all a team.

So if she can't hold her bag, I'll hold it for her.

No matter what it takes, we're gonna win this thing.

Shaun: Keep pushing, baby.

- Okay, got it?

Avery: All right guys, it's that way.

Let's go.

Yesterday, it felt like we were trekking through Mordor, you know, with all the black rock, the volcanoes, the lava.

But now that we're out here, I don't know where it'll take us, but for now, I'm feeling pretty confident.

.64 miles!

Heather: Ah, okay!

Avery: That's not too bad on this terrain.

Heather: A little over half a mile.

- Ooh!

Heather: Hey Avery, let us know if you see the Purefoys on the horizon, okay?

- Yeah, if we can keep up a steady pace here, we might be able to shave off some time.

- Mom, if you get tired, I can take the backpack.

- All right, thank you.

Shaun: All right, we're almost in sights!

Start looking around now.

Xavier: It's right there!

Right there.

Arianna: It's right there!

Shaun: Get it, get it.

You get it.

- Take a seat for your desert drive.

Shaun: Knowing Colin, they're gonna throw us for a loop.

- Yeah, take the key that says Polaris, or whatever it is.

- Oh, the key says Polaris on it?

- Yeah, there's two of 'em.

- We might be ridin'-- ridin' dirty for a bit.

Arianna: There's two keys, there's two!

♪♪ Avery: Arrived!

Heather: I see it, it's right there!

Avery: Oh, there it is!

Whoa!

Heather: It's not in the sand, though.

Oh, wait, there's a key!

Oh my gosh, yes.

Take a seat for your desert drive!

The key... - It's right out that way, guys.

- We're gonna-- we're gonna rock, paper, scissors for who drives.

Let's go.

Clara: Let Avery drive.

Dave: No.

Oliver: I can drive!

Shaun: Hey, I see the Polaris things!

Nakia: Awesome!

Shaun: Push, push, push!

I'm tired of walking.

My legs are still tired from last night.

Saddle up!

Nakia: Let's go!

- We're going that way.

This was just, like, a prayer answered.

- This is way, way better than walking.

[engines revving] - Woo!

♪♪ Avery: It's right up there, guys.

[Heather cheering] Yeah!

I think those keys might get some use.

I call dibs!

Colin: Traveling at speeds of over 40 miles per hour, the families will race their two ATV's over the 13-mile journey, hitting multiple checkpoints along the way.

Dave: Avery and I both have a little bit of experience driving Polaris's.

That's why we chose the drivers.

And Heather has some experience backseat driving, so we made her navigator.

- Here we go!

- Woo!

Heather: Yep, they're comin'.

- This is much more my speed of trekking.

- Woo!

Dave: Gettin' rough in here.

Hopefully uh, Avery can keep up with me.

- Here we catch up, Oliver.

Bumpity bump!

[engines revving] - How cool is it?

Arianna: [indistinct] Ah, it's not that close.

- Go home, cow!

- You paying attention to the GPS, right?

Xavier: Yep!

Shaun: So while we got this lead, we're not out of the woods yet 'cause we still got to navigate because it's only a mile and a half.

[engines revving] Dave: Talk to me, navigator!

- [indistinct] .11 mile.

♪♪ Look at it, it looks-- look, look, look David, look.

Dave: Are we on it?

Heather: Look.

Avery: Did you guys go the wrong way?

- So I'm just pushing the in and out button.

- Are we there?

Heather: Let's turn around carefully!

Dave: We gotta turn around, buddy.

Heather: The numbers, it got wonky again.

Dave: Yep, turn around.

[engines humming] Dave: [laughing] Heather: Park, park, park!

Let's park right here.

There, stop.

Yeah, Avery I need you to take over navigation.

Clara: Wait, I think the tire is flat.

Heather: No, no, no!

Avery: Yeah, the tire's-- the tire's dead.

Clara: There isn't anyone around here that can help you if you get a flat tire.

Luckily, we had the kit, so we're probably gonna be fine.

- Yeah, we may need to get-- Heather: There's a miraculous spare tire.

[laughing] [engines revving] Xavier: Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

Nakia: Back?

We gotta go back?

Xavier: Yeah, we gotta go back.

We gotta-- we gotta turn around.

- We gotta turn around!

Nakia: Just reverse!

Xavier: It's the GPS, y'all.

Now we're gonna have to get on our feet and walk because-- Nakia: We gotta walk?

Xavier: Yeah, we gotta do something because look at it.

Just stop, Mommy, just stop.

I'm gonna get out of the car.

♪♪ It's telling us to go this way, then it's telling us to go that way.

Nakia: Which way is it telling us now?

- It's telling us this way, then it's telling us that way.

We were just driving this way and it was saying to turn around!

Shaun: I see it!

It's over here.

All right, come on.

Arianna: Get it, get it, get it.

- The rock of your success begins with a full tank.

Let's go!

Shaun: Leave it to Colin to give us Razors that don't give us enough fuel to make it to where we have to go.

- There's gasoline on the other side of it.

Shaun: All right, get the gas can, let's go.

♪♪ [engines revving] Colin: With the ATV's refueled, the Purefoys are on their way to the next checkpoint, leaving the Dixons in their dust.

- I'm gonna pour a little water on it.

See if you see bubbles.

Heather: Move the thing so I can see it, I can't see it.

Avery: I don't see anything.

Dave: I don't see bubbles.

I just see water coming off.

Heather: Yay!

This has probably set us back.

- Let's go!

Come on, let's load up!

Heather: It doesn't mean we can't make up time and come back and win it.

I think-- I think we can.

Maybe they'll get two flat tires!

[engines revving] Colin: As the Dixons regain their momentum, up ahead, the Purefoys have reached a crossroads.

Nakia: That way?

Xavier: All right, let me check.

- Where are we going?

Nakia: I don-- we're trying to figure it out!

Xavier: Well this is what it says right here.

So I'm thinking it's this way to the right.

- All right, we're gonna try it!

We're gonna try that way.

Shaun: Straight?

Let's go!

As a father, it is important that you allow them to take leadership roles.

- Looks like we're almost there.

Shaun: And they're doing a great job.

Nakia: I hope this mountain-- this has nothing to do with our expedition 'cause that mountain is-- Xavier: I don't wanna go on those mountains.

Arianna: It looks like a volcano!

Colin: While the Purefoys eye the looming mountain, the Dixons are finally firing on all cylinders.

- Here, we arrive!

- Hold on!

- Hold on, hold on, woo!

Make a right here, hard right.

I think we're getting close, but look.

Dave: We lost 20 minutes fixing that flat.

We may not be first today, uh, but we're gonna hopefully close some gap.

Avery: There we go!

- We're not giving up, we're back on the pursuit, we're ready to go.

[engines roaring] Xavier: Arriving.

[cheering] - Let's go, Purefoys!

Xavier: Hustle, y'all.

Nakia: Come on guys, come on guys!

Shaun: The vehicles have run their course.

Now race to camp.

All: Let's go!

- Wooo!

Shaun: We goin' to the camp.

Shaun and Ari: We goin' to the camp!

Ari: Even though we have to leave our dune buggies behind, our sweet, sweet, good dune buggies!

I'm ready for this final last push.

At least camp is right over there, so.

♪♪ Shaun: Congratulations!

You have survived day two!

- Ay!

- And on that, we-- we dab.

We do one dab, one dab.

Yep, we got it.

Jayden: Okay.

[birds chirping] Dave: The vehicles have run their course.

Now, race to camp.

Heather: Let's do it!

Avery: Come on, come on!

Maybe we can shave a little bit of time off, you know, every bit helps.

Dave: We're heading up to what will hopefully be base camp: 30 mile an hour winds, constant dust, all the brush.

Heather: Watch out for the big Rambo!

Dave: Cactus attack!

Everything will sting ya, prick you if it can, but we're gonna finish strong and hit our camp!

Avery: All right, guys.

Heather: Congratulations!

Oliver: Congratulations, you have survived day two.

- Woo!

[ruffling] ♪♪ Colin: It's been another long day for the families.

But today, they've each learned how to come together to deal with the struggles they've encountered.

The Purefoys worked as a well-oiled machine to again reach the flags first, while the Dixons didn't let a flat tire deflate their spirits.

♪♪ Dave: Right now, there's so much to worry about.

There's so much going on.

Work's crazy, the world's crazy, it's very hard to live in the now.

- Uh-huh.

- Like, when you're out here, I think you get to live in the now.

Yeah, it took us a minute or two to kind of find our rhythm and to find that again and connect again where we're really, like, working together as a unit and a team.

Avery: Yeah.

It's good that we all made it.

Dave: Honestly, probably the best part of this adventure, uh, has been the time we've been able to spend together.

- We're around each other all the time, but we get busy with our normal lives and we forget to do this stuff.

Dave: Like, Heather's busy, I'm busy, every kid's got something they're passionate about.

But to be able to come together as a family, it's been a pretty epic adventure.

All right guys, let's call it.

Avery: I guess so.

Dave: We've got one more day left.

I have a sneaky suspicion it's gonna be the most brutal.

♪♪ - I'm not nervous about tomorrow.

What things haven't we overcome together?

The only time we fail is when we're not.

That kind of like brings us to our main reason for, you know, coming out to this experience.

This has been the best two days, just, laughing and joking and you, like, you being here, like, I feel like I won already, you know, because it wasn't even like that not even a month ago.

- Um, it makes me happy.

It's like this-- like my heart is just uplifting because, you know, we're just doing this, but we're doing it together.

- I miss you.

You know, what hurt me the most is just, like, you left us, you know.

Like, you didn't give us the chance to really, like, fight for you.

You know, you didn't-- - That's it, we couldn't fix it.

Shaun: You know, you feel like you're not being heard.

Give us a chance, you know what I mean?

Talk to us.

- I can't really find the words, but even though we bump heads, don't think I-- that I do not love you guys.

I do miss you guys.

And I do-- I do want to live with you guys.

Shaun: We're people of faith and we know that there's-- there's nothing that God can't do.

If you believe that, then we can fix things, you know.

We can be together.

It doesn't have to happen overnight, but we're gonna make the efforts to do that.

That's all-- that's all I want.

Nakia: We just need to see you.

Family is first.

Nakia and Shaun: It's okay!

Shaun: It's okay to cry.

I cry all the time.

Well, without each other, we are fragmented.

Together, we are whole.

♪♪ [birds chirping faintly] ♪♪ Dave: All right, someone get this tent broken down.

Pull those stakes and put 'em in a pile.

So it's day three.

We are up bright and early.

Colin: These families have overcome a lot, both physically and emotionally.

- It's the morning before the great trek.

Dave: Oh, look at that.

We're getting pre-dawn sun over there.

Colin: The Dixons, who have reached far outside their comfort zone, remain only 35 minutes behind and in high spirits.

Dave: We're down, but not out for sure.

I think today is going to be perseverance and grit.

Colin: While the Purefoys and their son Xavier have begun the important process of reconnecting.

Shaun: Thank you for this wonderful experience, Lord.

So needed for our family.

Help us to rely on one another, help us to put family first.

Xavier: We did kinda talk about things, like, all together again.

So we're-- we're growing because of this.

- Amen.

All: Amen.

- We had no clue what we were getting ourselves into, but we're together, we love one another, you dig?

♪♪ Here it is.

Xavier, you read.

- There are many hills to climb in life.

Let's start with the one above.

Shaun: This way, come on.

Right this way.

Arianna: All right, Mama.

♪♪ Shaun: Laser line of focus, y'all.

Xavier: This is crazy, man.

It looks like a painting.

Colin: This is day three.

Today, the families will travel the final miles vertically, climbing the demanding steep slopes filled with dangerous boulders, loose rock, and along exposed ridgelines at over 7,000 feet.

♪♪ Avery: All right.

Heather: There it is.

Okay, it says: "There are many hills to climb in life.

Let's start with the one above."

Avery: Let's go that way!

Heather: We're gonna have to pace ourselves.

Avery: Yeah, yeah, don't wanna... - I'm looking at a mountain, and I think it's gonna be pretty challenging.

Dave: Hey kids, watch your step, it's still a little dark.

Heather: It's gonna be a long day, but I know we can do it.

Dave: Guys, I was thinkin' it was gonna be that hill.

Unfortunately, I was right.

Heather: [nervous chuckling] Clara: That's a-- that's a pretty big hill.

I think we got this though.

♪♪ [grass crunching] Shaun: Purefoys, where y'all at?

- We're coming!

Ooh.

Shaun: Catch up, girls.

Catch up, catch up.

Just get right here.

Hustle with the pack, take time with the walk.

I don't even know how much time we have.

I don't know how much they gained on us.

♪♪ Clara: Hey, let's play count the cactuses.

Heather: [laughing] Avery: Try to make a decent pace to the base and then we can take our time getting up.

Heather: Okay.

Avery: So yeah.

Heather: I spy with my little eye a really frightening-looking hill.

[nervous chuckle] - It's 0.24 miles away!

Heather: Oh, okay.

- So yeah, not too bad, if it wasn't up a mountain, but you know.

Dave: Look, the only thing I know to expect is the unexpected.

So we've been thrown some curveballs before and we're gonna rally and do as well as we can until we get that advantage, so that's what we're gonna do.

- I see the other family right up this hill, so they're not quite yet at the top either.

I think we're making pretty good time.

Shaun: [heavy breathing] Arianna: You okay, Daddy?

- [exhausted sigh] Nope.

Nakia: You got this, baby.

- It's 93 feet away!

Arianna: Okay, 93 feet away.

We can do this, y'all!

Nakia: Yes we can, baby.

Arianna: I mean, we're already up here; there's no turning back.

Nakia: [laughing] Xavier: I feel like this is a very, very, very, very steep mountain.

They're keeping up and then they're-- they're falling back.

- [tired sigh] - Found it!

Arianna: He found it!

Shaun: All right, come on.

- I think I did.

Shaun: Let's go up there.

Push.

- But, you know, we're a team, so we're just gonna push through together.

- Oh yeah, baby.

Woo!

- The truth will rise and so must you.

'Kay, which way?

- Up.

[laughing] Colin: To reach the next checkpoint, the families will make a long and difficult climb up 1500 vertical feet to reach a perilous, but rewarding ridgeline.

- It's a very steep [indistinct].

Dave: Well the view's nice and the company's good.

We got that going for us.

Heather: [chuckle] Clara: This is not a walk in the park.

This is really tough terrain.

And then there's bushes and you have to watch your feet so you don't fall.

Dave: You're doing good, Clara.

We're pushed out of our comfort zones; all of us are uncomfortable.

Heather: Trust me, I'm uncomfortable.

[laughing] Come on, you got it.

- It's important to me to finish this race.

- We can see the other team.

Avery: Yeah, right up there.

Dave: Right up ahead.

I actually think we're gaining.

Oliver: I see it, I see it!

All right.

It says, "The truth will rise and so must you."

Dave: All right guys, let's go.

Avery: It's gonna be right up there.

Heather: Woo!

♪♪ Nakia: You okay, baby?

Arianna: Yeah, it's just stuff in my shoe.

- You got it?

- Kinda.

But there's still stuff in my shoe.

Nakia: Oh, mine too.

Couldn't help but see God's greatness behind us.

Shaun: We in the dash for that cash, but you can't help but marvel at how beautiful this is, man.

I feel amazing.

I see my boys transform, come into their roles as leaders 'cause, you know, one day they're going to have their own families to lead.

And right now, especially Xavier, he's putting us before himself.

We've been preaching selflessness this entire time, sticking together.

It's really beautiful, man.

Nakia: Hey, you can see this side!

Shaun: Yo.

We did this, look at this, y'all.

This is in-cre-di-ble.

Nakia: Can you believe we're all the way up here?

- This is really, really pretty.

I love the view.

- We've been looking at this mountain for the past couple days, but that view from down there does not do-- Nakia: --any justice.

Shaun: --any justice to what we see right now.

- Yeah.

Shaun: Look at Ari.

- Well, we're gonna have to keep the spirit of climbing alive.

Can't just learn something and then let it go for the rest of your life.

So I think we will be doing more mountain climbing.

There's still a whole bunch of mountain to climb before we get to the finish line, so... let's make it happen.

Shaun: All right, come on.

Nakia: Do it.

♪♪ Heather: Okay.

Clara: You okay?

Heather: Yeah, I was caught in that bush.

Oh.

Don't want to go that way.

Go this way.

- Clara, if you want, I can take the pack up.

- I don't want to make you do that, Avery.

- I'm completely fine with it.

I'm pretty sure I'm capable of it, so if you're tired, don't worry about it.

- Okay, sure thing.

- All right.

Dave: Avery stepped up, and now he's doing some pack shuttling.

So, going up, dropping a pack, coming back and getting another one.

Clara: Thank you.

Avery: Yeah, no problem.

Clara: I feel bad about it, but I don't feel like quittin' at all.

I feel like if I quit now, all of that would have been for nothing.

- You have earned the first shower.

Avery: [chuckle] That'll be nice, yeah, thanks.

Heather: When we get back.

Colin: With Avery doing whatever it takes to get his family up the mountain first, the Purefoys need some words of encouragement to carry them upward.

Shaun: We've got this.

We're running our own race.

And remember, the Dixons have to do this too.

Push, push, push!

Xavier: Watch out for the loose rocks!

Don't step on those rocks!

Nakia: They're amazing me.

- Yeah, our family is doing amazing today.

We've-- we've never been so close.

There you go.

Open up, bigger steps.

Um, we've never had to communicate so much in our lives.

There you go.

Good job, kid.

Come on, Purefoys!

Yesterday, I kind of predicted that we would be coming up this mountain.

And when we got to the bottom of it, I was ready for it, you know.

But this is way harder than I would have ever imagined.

[rock sliding] Xavier: Ah, everybody watch out!

Shaun: Rock!

Xavier: Watch out!

Nakia: Rock, rock, rock, baby!

Xavier: [painful yell] Nakia: Everyone okay?

Xavier: [pained moan] Oh...no.

[strained breathing] Ah.

It's dislocated or something.

Medic: Yeah.

Did you get it stuck in between a rock?

Xavier: A rock fell on it.

[painful groan] Medic: Go like this.

It's either dislocated or possibly broken.

Nakia: All right, we're getting to him.

- I'm good, y'all.

Nakia: You sure?

- My pinky's broken.

- It's your first broken bone, dude!

Out of any of the kids.

- ♪ Woowee!

♪ Colin: Now with just one hand to pull himself and his family up over rocks, the Purefoys may have lost their secret weapon just as the Dixons seem to be catching their stride.

Heather: It's slippery.

Clara: Careful, the rock is-- I just stepped on is loose.

Avery: Um, I'm feeling a little worried.

We're on this ridgeline, you can see down way below on both sides, and there's a lot of loose rocks and, uh, steep paths.

Clara: We got this, Oliver.

♪♪ Shaun: Hundred feet, that's nothing, let's go!

Finish up this last hundred feet real strong!

Come on, let's go!

Xavier's doing a great job of leading and communicating, and that's all we could-- that's all we ask for.

Look at where we are, right?

Look at-- look at what we see.

Look at what we've accomplished.

Like, this has been a beautiful experience.

We've learned a lot; we've grown a lot.

You know, we've just gotten a chance to just really just pause and-- and look at this great, wonderful landscape.

Nakia: Mhm.

- I'm lovin' it.

♪♪ Dave: If it was easy, where would the thrill be?

That sense of accomplishment.

Heather: Looks like we're getting close!

Avery: I see the summit.

I can see it right here!

Heather: Oh, wow!

[triumphant music] Yeah guys, I think we made it to the-- pretty much we're at the top!

Avery: I'm up here on a-- the top of the mountain, like I've conquered the world.

- Good job!

Dave: Powered through!

Clara: We've been tired today and, like, our feet have hurt.

But we've pushed through it.

You know, we're determined.

Dave: Hey, great team effort everywhere.

I'm proud of all of you guys.

Heather: Follow your brother.

Colin: With both families now on the rocky ridgeline, the Purefoy's final push quickens as they sense the end is near.

Shaun: Follow the ridge that Xavier's going.

I know that when we get to the finish line, whether we win or lose, to say that we did this and we did it together, that's a win for me.

Look, look, look, look!

There's Colin!

Nakia: [cheering] - Coming up over the ridge, it looks like it's the Purefoys!

Shaun: ♪ Everywhere we go... ♪ All: ♪ ...people wanna know who we are!

♪ - I can hear 'em singin'; they're in good spirits.

- ♪ This is P-Block!

♪ - Purefoys!

- [cheering] - Well you guys have made it to the finish line area first!

- Yes!

- I need to see you guys raise the Purefoy flag up in the air.

If you can do that first, you guys win.

- Whenever we're at our best, it's because we're together.

- Wind is howling up here!

Nakia: All right, let's get the flag on.

- All right, come on.

Avery: Come on!

Nakia: Let me get some [indistinct] in there!

- Looks like they're close!

They're putting the last little rocks on here!

Shaun: We can't-- we won't make it without one another.

- Purefoys, you are the winners of Survivalists!

- [cheering] Shaun: We conquered the mountain through hard trials, bumps and bruises.

Through everything, we still managed to come out on top.

- These people are-- they're my rock and they're my everything.

- You are taking home $10,000!

Here it is.

Here it is, congratulations!

Congratulations, $10,000!

- ♪ We won, we really, really won!

♪ ♪ Came out to the desert, we won, uh-huh.

♪ ♪ We campin' outside, we won.

♪ - What an extraordinary accomplishment!

- In all seriousness, this was exactly what we needed as a family.

We're better because of it!

You know, our motto is Stronger Together.

We never quit; we finish our course.

- Xavier, for you, I know you've been away from the family for a few months.

Do you feel like you're closer to your family than you've been in a while?

- You know, I've had the best time that I've had with my family in a really long time.

And I'm so grateful for it.

And I wouldn't trade you guys for the world.

My biggest takeaway from this experience is that if I don't have anybody else, all I need... - Love you, kid.

- ...are these guys right here.

Shaun: One time, salute the flag.

Colin: There it is!

There it is, Purefoys, wow, congratulations!

Arianna: Thank you.

- Now we really, really, really know that we can do anything we put our minds to as long as we're together.

[flag ruffling] Colin: Here come the Dixon family!

Avery's here!

- Yeah!

Colin: Congratulations, Dixon family!

- Super exciting to see the flag when we finally got to the finish line.

To see the teamwork that happened this week, where people were shouldering each other's packs, everyone was helping out in different ways over some really grueling days, I'm super proud of these guys.

- Congratulations Dixon family, you have finished Survivalists!

Dave: Well done.

Heather: Yay!

- Tell me what this experience has been like for you, Heather.

Heather: The entire experience has pushed us well beyond where I thought we could be pushed.

- I think we've set a new benchmark for what we can do.

Everybody here was pushed beyond their limits.

And now when we face obstacles in the future, right, we have a new reference point that's a lot higher than what we used to have.

We didn't technically win, uh, but it was still a victory for the Dixon family.

And I think we'll all have grown from this experience for sure.

- I'm very proud of my family.

- We just made it to the top of this mountain, right?

We set up this flag!

Oliver: I would say this is probably one of the most challenging things I've ever done.

Heather: I've always known that they could accomplish so much in their life, but I feel like this experience might give them that same confidence that there-- there's nothing they can't do.

- Congratulations, you guys.

You should be very proud of yourself.

Avery: Family hug!

Oliver: No!

Heather: [laughing] Colin: Congratulations!

Dave: All right.

Colin: Good job!