♪♪ Colin: Welcome to Survivalists!

The adventure show where families face nature's most extreme challenges... together.

Using the healing power of the outdoors to strengthen bonds and mend family wounds.

I'm your host Colin O'Brady.

This season we're venturing south to the pristine peninsula of Baja, Mexico.

♪♪ People across the country have submitted why they think Survivalists can provide the breakthrough their family needs.

♪♪ Taking on the challenge this week is the Leung family from Redwood City, California.

- My name is Bridgette.

I'm 15 years old.

I've been worldschooling for most of my life.

I am incredibly close with my mom.

I am not as close with my dad.

I don't see him as often because of all the traveling that I do.

We don't have as deep of a relationship.

I think being on this show will help us see each other in a different light.

And I really hope that working as a team pushes us to be more expressive towards each other and it brings us closer.

Colin: And the Horne family from Aumsville, Oregon.

- My name is Samuel and I'm 17 years old.

My whole family's insanely competitive from my parents to my twin brother and we get that from my mom.

She wants us all to be great, but she has a hard time seeing her own greatness, and gets down on herself sometimes.

We all believe in her and think she's doing a good job.

But sometimes it's hard for her to accept that.

I want to go on Survivalists to help my mom stop looking at the negatives and focus on the wins.

♪♪ Colin: These families will have to dig deeper physically... Man 1: We're doing this.

It's going to be even better when we're at the top.

- Trying to focus on taking one step at a time.

Colin: mentally... Man 2: This is crazy.

Colin: And most importantly... emotionally.

- It makes me feel so bad.

Colin: as they compete for a $10,000 prize.

- Whoa!

This is so scary.

Colin: This is... [birds calling] Colin: Families, welcome to Survivalists!

[cheering] Leung family, have you done anything like this before?

Bridgette: This is just about the first time.

- No.

- It's definitely out of my comfort zone.

- I have faith in her.

All: [laugh] - Thank you.

- Bridgette, you made clear in your plea, that you really want to have a deeper bond with your father on the other side of this.

Tell me a little bit more about that.

- For the past six years, I've been worldschooling which means I'm away, I'm travelling with my mom.

I'm gone for about six months out of the year, so I don't get as much time with my dad.

My mom and I spend a lot of time together.

We are incredibly close.

My dad and I, we don't get much one-on-one time together, and I don't feel like I know much about him.

Even when my dad and I are in the same room together, I have to work a bit more in carrying on the conversation, and if I'm not, we're just both on our own devices or doing our own things, separately.

Out here in the wilderness, disconnected, I'm really hoping to really get to know each other on a deeper level.

Colin: Alan, you've obviously worked super hard to provide this incredible experience for your daughter and your wife to travel around the world.

Talk to me a little bit about what it means to actually be here with them on this adventure.

- Be able to come out here and be disconnected of everything else, um, I think it help us focus on each other and be able to build up that bond that I'm hoping to build.

Even when they are back at home and we are all together, I find a distance emotionally.

I'm not able to connect with her, so that's been difficult.

I want to stay close to her, even when she grow up.

Bridgette: I think what's preventing my dad and I from having a more deep relationship is his upbringing where he wasn't really encouraged to talk about his feelings, so I think that's really unnatural for him to share about his day or his childhood with me, and I think overcoming that would help both of us be able to talk a lot more.

Jubilee: Bridgette and I, we have such a strong bond, but as she is you know, growing up and becoming a teenager, he doesn't get to see this side of her when we travel.

- I want to understand who she is, has become as a young lady.

- I'm growing up and there is not much time, but the present to grow a closer bond.

Colin: Well, you guys certainly have a good reason for being out here.

It is an incredible opportunity to really bond as a family.

Okay, Horne family, I've heard that you guys are all about competition.

Who is the most competitive out of all four of you.

- This one secretly though.

- [laughing] No.

- Amber!

Amber, both of your boys called you out like that!

- Oh wow.

- Well, I would have pointed that direction too, but I want to lay low a little bit.

[Amber laughs] Colin: Smart man, smart man.

Is that accurate?

Are you the most competitive of the entire family.

- Well, maybe, I don't like to lose.

It's been an issue for me in being super competitive.

Being competitive can be an advantage because you're always thinking ahead, you're always planning, preparing and trying to be successful, but you tend to be more hard on yourself, and you can self-sabotage and get down on yourself as well.

- Sam, you said in your plea that your mom can struggle with having a positive attitude.

Talk to me about that.

- I think just any circumstance whatever it is, my mom gets down on herself because she doesn't think she's doing a good enough job.

- The pressure to be perfect comes from my childhood.

I was super successful from a young age as an athlete, and I was like that with whatever I did, whether it was singing, or sports or whatever, and so I got a lot of praise, and that's how I developed my self-esteem was by being good at things, by being the best.

Colin: Will it be nice to have your mother in a scenario where win or lose, you can show her the value of positivity while you're out here, Sam?

- I-I think it will be a lot different just having that optimism would help her a lot.

Thinking of the positives more than the negatives.

My mom deserves a lot more credit than she gives herself, and I think that's what the show is gonna provide for us.

Amber: One of the things I'm hoping to gain here, is figure out how to give myself a little bit of credit for the things that I'm able to do.

Colin: Absolutely.

John: She has put way too much pressure on herself to try to feel like the best out there when everyone is out there struggling and making mistakes and failing and... I love to hear Amber talking about a desire to give herself some more credit.

Colin: Great to hear about both families.

Seems like you both have really good reasons for being out here to bond as a family.

This course will definitely test you.

This season, we've come to Baja, Mexico.

And this week, you're in the Cabo Pulmo region at the southern tip of the peninsula.

Over the next four days, you'll each be traveling different routes over 25 miles, through rugged terrain and scorching desert heat, with only a map and a compass to guide your way.

All right, there's no more time to waste!

The race starts right now!

- [laughs] Sam: Aw yeah.

- Orange Team, this is your map.

Blue Team.

All right, on my go, you need to grab your bags and off you go!

Three, two, one, go!

Amber: Feeling good, guys!

Go, pick up the pace, let's go!

John: Come on, now!

Colin: Good luck, you guys!

♪♪ This is day one.

Families are in for a shock as they'll be facing six miles of slogging through deep sand, loose rocks, and thorny vegetation in the sweltering desert sun before finally making it to camp for the night.

♪♪ Bridgette: Are you guys at a good pace?

You wanna... Jubilee: Oh, I think for now.

Bridgette: ...go slower?

Jubilee: The terrain is... much harder [laughs] than I thought!

Alan: Do you have an approximate of where we are?

Bridgette: Probably, like, here.

I've always led the way when I'm with my mom 'cause I have a lot better sense of direction than her.

Alan: Let me see the map.

Bridgette: No, it's just straight.

Since I'm working with my dad this time, we both have opposing ideas to which way we're supposed to go.

Left.

I'm calling left.

Alan: Where?

Where do you make a left?

- What way do you think we go?

But I hope to figure that out along the way.

Jubilee: Is this even a path, guys?

Alan: I don't think... we should go down this way.

Let's go back.

Bridgette: I agree.

Yeah.

Alan: Let's go back.

[footsteps crunching] Sam: Spencer's the leader, okay?

I'll be in the back... with Mom.

- You my navigator?

- Yeah, I'm your navigator.

I'm helping you on the harder stuff.

I'm really nervous about my mom on this trail.

Uh, she struggles with the heat, and I know it's gonna be hot out here.

To your right is harder stuff.

Amber: Honey, just let me walk where I want to walk!

John: So, there's an option to go straight here— I'm assuming we're still going left?

Sam: I was gonna try and take a shortcut, but— - We're not taking any shortcuts, that's where the snakes live.

[rattles] Colin: With both families off to a difficult start, the Hornes have taken a two-minute lead over the Leungs— who are still struggling to find their way.

Alan: Okay, let's reassess, and see which one is— seems to be a path.

Bridgette: Does this make sense?

Alan: Yeah.

This would make more sense.

Since Bridgette's been worldschooled for the past five, six years... Okay, let's try it.

Bridgette: Wait, it's really thorny, I don't wanna go.

Alan: It's not that thorny.

Bridgette: It is!

- We're so far apart for a good part of the year.

It makes it difficult to have a close relationship.

Bridgette: How does this help?

Alan: Okay.

Bridgette: Are you sure?

Alan: Yeah, come.

There's a clear path.

Bridgette: This is so spiky.

Now I know what Sleeping Beauty felt like.

Except I don't get to sleep, I get to hike.

- So, even when Bridgette is home, we're all together, I still find it difficult to connect with her in most authentic way.

I just don't know what to do with her, I don't know what to talk to her about.

I, I'm just... don't know how to connect.

Okay.

[laughs] Bridgette: It's a dead end.

Alan: Hmm.

♪♪ Colin: As the Leungs continue to have difficulty navigating both the course and their relationships, the sun creeps higher and temperatures inch past 100 degrees.

[buzzard squawks] John: Uh-oh, buzzard circlin'.

That's not good.

Sam: Do you wanna catch up time, Mom?

Amber: I'm not gonna push myself faster than I can go.

It was a lot harder than what I thought it was gonna be.

I need to slow down a little bit.

My hips hurt so bad from the sand.

The sand was pretty brutal for me.

Colin: Trudging through deep sand is exhausting and can use up to three times the amount of energy as walking on a hard surface.

Amber: Sorry, guys!

John: Don't be sorry.

Sam: Do you want me to hold the bag?

Amber: No.

I started slowing down and they kept saying, "Mom, you need to give up your pack."

Sam: I think the fastest way would be two-packing it.

Amber: I'm fine, Samuel, please stop asking.

I just wouldn't give up my pack.

I wasn't going to allow them to carry my burden or to carry my weight.

It's just my legs.

- I think we need to break up her pack.

- As a mom, you carry your kids' weight, you carry their burden, you take away their pain.

And they wanted to do that for me, and I-I wasn't willing to let them do that.

Spencer: You want us to give you a little break.

- Okay, take my pack.

Spencer: Here.

- Just watching him put on my pack... that was so hard!

That makes me feel so bad!

[cries] Spencer: [laughing] It's okay, Mom.

John: Honey, you're okay, you're okay!

- As a mom, to watch your kid carry your burden... it's so hard.

Spencer: Okay, Momma.

Don't feel bad!

John: She's just gotta work through it, I think.

Colin: While Amber struggles to deal with relying on her sons for help, five minutes behind, Alan is still struggling to connect directly with his daughter.

Alan: I'm surprised Bridgette is doing so good.

Jubilee: Yeah, I think when push comes to shove she is actually quite strong.

I'm glad you see that side of her because I see that in her when we travel.

Like, she's so independent and strong and self-reliant.

I see that side of her as she's, like, growing and blossoming, and Alan doesn't really get to.

Alan: I should [indistinct] see that enough of her.

Colin: As the Leungs push forward, seven minutes ahead, the difficulties of the day are continuing to chip away at Amber's positivity.

Sam: Some rough terrain up here.

Oh, wow, Mom.

A lot of huge rocks.

Amber: This is brutal on my knee.

- I think it's really hard on my mom that she can't keep up with me, Spencer, and my dad because she was a really successful athlete and just seeing her not be able to do what we can do, she gets really down on herself.

Amber: This is hard for me to walk on.

Sam: Walking stick for you, Momma.

John: Here you go, Momma.

Amber: Oh, bless you.

It's been an issue for me, in being super competitive, comparing myself to others.

I wanna be the best.

I think we're getting up higher in elevation.

Sam: Yeah, we've been climbing for a while.

- If I'm not able to do all the things then I tend to, uh, spiral down a blackhole if I, if I'm not perfect.

Maybe there'll be parts of the day I like, but not this part.

John: Take away those negative thoughts.

You're stuck looking down so much.

You gotta look up and enjoy things.

- Yeah, that's a surefire way to trip.

Colin: With Amber's negative feelings swirling, half a mile behind, Bridgette is leading her family up the mountain.

Jubilee and Alan: [breathe heavily] Alan: Let's do this.

- I thought we were done with the hardest part of the day.

Alan: Strong!

Come on.

Bridgette: I don't doubt that my dad loves me.

I know he loves me a lot.

He doesn't verbally express it, but he shows it in his actions and how he cares for my mom and I. Alan: [exhales] One step at a time.

Almost!

Jubilee: [panting] Alan: Let's go.

Colin: As the sun sets on the first day in Baja, the families are still on the trail and trade scorching temperatures for treacherous pathfinding.

Jubilee: I can't believe we're still hiking, like, in the middle of the night.

Bridgette: As we're flashing these headlamps around the bushes, I hope we don't see these eyes twinkling back at us.

[laughs] Colin: They must fight their way through a maze of overgrown, thorny bushes.

Spencer: Poky bushes up here!

Amber: Ow!

Spencer: Both sides, really pricky.

Colin: Aided only by the light of their headlamps.

[animal howling] Amber: What is that?

Sam: It was totally dark and the trail was horrible.

We were basically making our own path.

Amber: Oh, oh dear.

Sam: Good job, Mom.

Amber: I can't do this.

Sam: Just walking through bushes, trees, whatever there was, we were walking through it.

It was terrible.

Spencer: Oh!

John: Oh, you see it?

Let's go!

Hustle, hustle.

Go, go, go.

John: Yeah!

Spencer: Congratulations, Horne Family, you have survived day one.

John: Yeah!

- But it's not time to setup camp and rest just yet, as I have one more challenge for you that could earn your family a significant reward.

Good luck.

Colin: The Hornes prepare for the final challenge of the night while almost half a mile behind, the Leungs are still navigating their way through the darkened desert.

Bridgette: Do scorpions come out at night?

[laughs] I think so.

Alan: This is crazy!

We just don't know where the finish line is for the day.

Bridgette: This is scary.

Alan: Careful.

Bridgette: Oh my gosh.

So many thorns!

Alan: And we just keep on trucking along.

Bridgette: It doesn't really seem like "a way".

- And we just have to keep going.

Jubilee: Wait, is that it?

I see something orange.

Alan: We're there!

Bridgette: Yes!

Jubilee: Yes!

The flag!

Woohoo!

Alan: Oh my goodness.

We're there!

Bridgette: Yess!

Jubilee: Oh my gosh, high-five!

Yes!

Alan: [laughs] Bridgette: Yayy.

- Congratulations, Leung Family, you have survived day one.

But it is not time to set up camp and rest just yet.

Colin: The Leungs have made it to camp 11 minutes behind the Horne Family.

But all that could change with the Fire Challenge.

John: All right, you got this.

Spencer: Let's go, Sam!

Jubilee: All right, let's do this, Bridge!

Bridgette: Okayyy!

Colin: Bridgette and Sam will have five minutes to build a fire big enough to burn through the rope and release the rock.

If they succeed, their families will get to leave 30 minutes early tomorrow morning.

Spencer: All right, it's all you.

Bridgette: All right.

John: You got this!

Let's go, Sam.

Jubilee: Just do your best, focus.

Great, Bridge.

Spencer: Keep it up.

John: Come on, now.

Amber: Let's go, you got it, bud!

- This is a lot harder than you think.

[flint scraping] Jubilee: There you go.

Alan: Oh, oh.

Jubilee: Uh oh, there you go.

Alan: Do you need more?

- Oh my gosh.

Alan: Get that up.

Jubilee: It's goin'!

It's goin', it's goin', it's goin'!

Alan: You wanna grab more grass?

Jubilee: Oh my gosh, it's a huge fire.

- Ah!

Amber: Go, let's go, Sam!

John: Go, Sam.

Alan: Gonna burn this place down.

[twine snaps] Bridgette: Yeah, let's go!

Jubilee: Woo!

Good job!

Alan: You did it!

John and Amber: Don't give up.

Amber: All the way to the end, bud.

John: Aw, good try, Samuel.

Good try.

Sam: It's a lot harder than you think!

I know that losing 30 minutes is really crucial.

We're gonna have to work harder and harder and make up time.

John: Ohh.

Amber: Ohhh.

John: Way to keep going the whole five minutes.

- I'm really surprised that I pulled that off.

Jubilee: Good job!

Bridgette: Yeahhh, let's go!

Alan: [laughs] Jubilee: Woo!

Colin: After an exhausting day, Bridgette's success in the Fire Challenge means the Leungs now leap into the lead by 19 minutes heading into tomorrow.

Jubilee: Tomorrow will be a new day and we are gonna rock it.

♪♪ Sam: Dad, how do you think the first day went?

- Well, I think, uh... it was really tough.

Sam: Mhm.

John: The heat... is almost unbearable.

It was hard to see Amber experience those emotions 'cause I know it was about failure on her part and, and the impact that that's gonna have on others.

Kinda slow and steady, we just kept, kept movin', kept pushin', and, uh, supportin' each other and that made a big difference.

But seeing the boys carry Mom's pack and take charge of what we're doing, what we're experiencing, it was pretty impressive.

Sam: I think we all worked together, we overcome some obstacles that we didn't think we could, but we used each other's thoughts and pressed through it.

Sorry, about the Fire Challenge, um, we got 30 minutes to make up tomorrow.

Amber: It's okay.

John: That's all right.

Amber: You did better than I could have.

[howling] [cheerful music] - I'm actually quite proud of us, that we— Alan: We did it!

Jubilee: —made it!

[laughs] Alan: I know!

I didn't know it was this hard.

- Yeah, I feel like I feel more confident today because of what we conquered yesterday.

Bridgette: Yeah.

Colin: Leung Family, good morning!

Alan: Good morning!

Jubilee: Good morning, Colin!

Bridgette: Hey!

Colin: You guys are already all packed up!

Jubilee: We are!

- You did amazing on the Fire Challenge!

Jubilee: [laughs] - I know you guys were behind when you got to camp.

Leungs: Yeah.

- But with that victory in the Fire Challenge, you guys moved ahead of the other team by 19 minutes.

Alan: Wow!

Colin: How's that feel?

- That is a victory!

Alan: Yes!

Colin: Alan, what was it like to see, uh, your daughter light a fire with just a flint and steel?

- She did it in no time!

And I was so impressed, it was amazing.

Colin: How is it watching your daughter and your husband's, uh, relationship evolve out here?

Jubilee: I think in the very beginning there was a bit of, like, a power struggle in reading the map, 'cause, you know, Bridgette's really good at navigating and Alan hasn't seen that side of her.

Colin: Mm.

- So he was really adamant of, like, no, this is how we go.

And she was like, no, I think it's this way.

Alan: I have a lot of difficulties connecting with Bridgette.

I want to understand her world and really listen to her.

And I think I just need to spend more effort to connect with her and be more present and build up the bond that we so wanted.

Jubilee: Well, they're working on it!

[laughs] ♪♪ Colin: Horne Family!

Amber: Hey!

John: Howdy.

Colin: How you guys doin'?

Amber: We're okay.

John: Refreshed.

- It was rough.

Colin: It was a rough day for you?

- Yeah.

- What was the most challenging part?

- It was emotionally challenging to rely on my kids and husband to help me physically.

- I was very proud of her 'cause, uh, she was physically hurting but she could've stopped and I'm proud of her for keeping going.

She's too hard on herself.

I see her, a lot of times, focusing on the negative, and the positives mean much more than the negatives to, uh, me and Sam and, uh, our family.

We got 19 minutes to make up.

Just gotta stick together as a family.

Jubilee: Let's do this.

Alan: You know what, Bridge?

You proved yourself yesterday.

Why don't you take the map today?

Colin: It's day two, and the families have a challenge in store.

To start the day, they'll pilot off-road vehicles through two miles of twisting trails deep into the desert... where they'll reach a checkpoint, and they'll have to hike nearly five miles through rocky river canyons, scorching heat, and thick thorny cacti before finally reaching their camp for the night.

♪♪ Bridgette: Oh my gosh, no way!

Alan: What!

Bridgette: Go get the flag!

Baja is famous for its offroading and you're about to find out why.

Yes!

Alan: [laughs] Jubilee: We don't have to walk!

- We saw this side-by-side— Jubilee: Just try not to do anything too crazy.

- I was so ecstatic!

Bridgette: Whooa!

Oh my— ah!

Oh my gosh!

Alan: I'm an adrenaline junky.

Jubilee: I'm so scared.

- I just love to speed.

Bridgette: Oh my gosh!

Dad and I love adrenaline.

Cactus!

There are cactuses!

My mom wasn't at confident.

Jubilee: Watch out for the sharp turns.

Woo!

Please don't flip us.

Alan: Yeah!

Bridgette: I follow my dad in his adrenaline-seeking ways.

I think my dad and I grow closer through adventure.

Alan: I have Bridgette by my side and it was really great.

Bridgette: [laughing] Jubilee: Woo.

Colin: With Alan's daredevil driving, the Leungs have widened their lead to 30 minutes, and are setting out on foot into the desert as the Hornes get behind the wheel.

Amber: Woohoo!

Spencer: Oh yeah!

John: All right!

Sam: I'm so relieved seeing these ATVs.

This thing got some kick!

I think yesterday was a hard day.

It's important for us to keep on having these moments as a family because it's another positive.

You can see the mountains.

You can see the ocean!

Spencer: Woo!

Slow down, slow down.

Amber: Go, go get it!

John: Let's go, let's go.

Amber: Let's go, let's go!

Colin: As the Horne's eagerly pile out of their ATV, 28 minutes ahead, the sun creeps higher into the sky as the Leungs are trudging through the deep unforgiving sand.

Alan: [pants] Bridgette: It is pretty hot.

Alan: It is hot.

Bridgette: I feel like it's hotter than yesterday.

Just one foot in front of the other.

[bird squawks] ♪♪ Alan: We were struggling quite a bit.

It was really difficult, especially with the heat and the humid.

Jubilee: This is brutal.

Wait up, Bridge!

Bridgette: You're doing great!

Alan: Slow the pace down a little bit?

Bridgette: How are you feeling?

Jubilee: Uh, I'm okay, a little winded.

Alan: Keep going!

Almost there!

Jubilee: [panting] That was... that was a hard trail.

Then, at some point with a big shady area I'm gonna need a break.

Alan: Okay.

Colin: The sun beats fiercely down on the Leungs.

While nearly two minutes behind, the Hornes are trying to soldier through the same dense thorny brush and baking temperatures.

John: I'm actually sweating for the first time.

Amber: I need some water.

- ...caught up to the Leungs.

Amber: And some shade.

I feel like I'm gonna fall.

I don't do well in heat.

My body's freaking out.

John: Are you overheating?

Amber: I don't know.

I feel like I'm gonna throw up.

John: Sit right here.

- I don't want to sit!

John: Oh.

- It was super frustrating for me to be the only one struggling.

If I sit down I won't get up.

I would look around at everybody else, everyone else was standing still, and when we'd take breaks, I had to sit and that was so frustrating to me.

All I could think about was the things I wasn't able to do.

And I wasn't able to keep up.

Why is nobody else having a hard time?

- I feel really bad when my mom gets down on herself because she doesn't think she's doing a good enough job.

I mean, everyone looks at negatives more than they do the positives and she especially gets really down on herself when those negatives come along and uh, I think that just having that optimism would help her a lot.

Amber: This is torture.

Alan: Let's get some rest over here.

Bridgette: Holy!

I just wanna collapse.

You did so amazing.

You never gave up.

- Your strength motivates me.

Great job.

- I know, I'm surprised.

Jubilee: So, do you feel like you and daddy are working well together?

Bridgette: I think it's been okay.

Sometimes it's a little difficult because we both want to lead sometimes.

Jubilee: I can see you want to prove to him that you are capable.

Alan: Bridgette is so close with her mom, they're always together.

I think what's preventing me from having a similar type of relationship with Bridgette is that I need to make more intentional effort to open up.

Bridgette: I can't believe it's only been two days.

Jubilee: I know— Bridgette: I want to collapse.

Both: [laughing] Bridgette: I want to collapse.

Colin: As Alan contemplates the relationship he wants to build with Bridgette, 32 minutes behind, the Hornes are back on the trail.

Samuel: Ooo!

Let's go!

Steep hill.

Amber: My body's done for the day.

Samuel: No it's not, mom.

You gotta believe in yourself.

Out here the best and fastest way to finish is together, and I'm gonna do my best to stay positive the whole time.

You got this mama.

Just think positive.

Amber: I can't do the heat.

I gotta get my mindset right.

Samuel: We're bonding as a family.

We're doing once in a lifetime things right now, mom.

Amber: Yeah, we're about ready to walk down into a deep hole.

Colin: As Amber struggles to find the bright side of trudging through the desert, one and a half miles ahead, Alan is learning what he's missed while missing his daughter.

Alan: So does Bridgette usually take the lead like this when you're travelling?

Bridgette: I will scout this area as I wait for my parents.

Jubilee: Yeah, she's always doing the heavy-lifting, and navigating and just leading.

Alan: I'm glad I got to see this in person.

Bridgette: You're doing great!

Jubilee: Aren't you happy to see her like, blossom in this way?

Alan: For sure.

Yeah, I can be glad that she's really thriving.

Jubilee: I would like to see Alan express those thoughts directly to her.

I think oftentimes that's what's missing between them.

Like, he'll say these things to me, but you know, the goal is that the two of them can actually have this conversation together.

Alan: I need to make more effort so that she'd know that I am there and I care and I'm present and just really understand who she is, has become as a young lady.

Bridgette: Oh, I see it!

Guys, we're close.

Alan: Oh, really?

Jubilee: Oh yeah, I see it, I see it!

Bridgette: Come on, you guys.

Alan: Okay, let's go!

Jubilee: Okay.

Run!

Bridgette: Yay!

Alan: Push.

Okay.

Bridgette: Okay.

"Congratulations Leung family, if you, if you are reading this, you survived day two.

Alan: Yes!

Bridgette: Tonight, I hope you use this time to reflect on all your achievements today and to remember what really brought you here."

Alan: Oh, wow.

John: Now this is the view I've been waiting for.

[flag flapping] Almost there.

Samuel: Last yards.

John: Come on.

We got this.

Samuel: Claim victory, mama.

"Congratulations, Horne Family.

Another hard fought day in the books."

You did it, mom.

Didn't know we didn't have a hard day.

It was a hard day.

Amber: Yeah, it was.

Samuel: We did it.

We did it.

Colin: The Hornes made it to camp 24 minutes behind the Leungs today.

Both families were pushed to exhaustion.

But both families also learned that in the face of difficulties.

It's family that allows you to persevere.

Spencer: Let's go.

John: Get these tents out.

Samuel: Mom, you're with me.

Spencer: Sam, what do you think the highlights were of the day?

Samuel: I think we did some stuff that we thought we couldn't do.

Amber: There was a lot of positive encouragement and working together, and that felt really good and it just kept me going.

- It's all in the mindset.

I think this is all mental.

We're all physically we can do this, but all we got to do is encourage each other and push our mindset to that point.

Amber: That really was what it was about and it made a huge difference on my endurance and ability to keep moving forward.

Bridgette: I don't know if I'll miss camping, but I would definitely want to do it again.

Alan: Yay!

We finally get to go camping.

Bridgette: Have you always wanted to?

Alan: I always want to do camping.

Bridgette: Oh.

I think on my part, I have to be a bit more proactive in engaging with him sometimes.

I already assume that he doesn't really want to share, so I'm not as motivated.

I could definitely do this without the pressure of having to race.

I think it'd be a lot of fun and pretty relaxing.

Alan: And you get to eat the camp food that you like.

- Yeah.

Yes.

I know my dad really wants to be closer to me.

It's just not very instinctive for him to talk to me and share about his life.

♪♪ [crickets chirping] ♪♪ Alan: Bridge, I've never done something so hard physically.

- Really?

- And I'm so proud that you've done even better than I can.

Bridgette: Oh, my gosh.

I'm just as tired.

Alan: Well, I'm glad this is one of those that we can do it all together as a family.

Jubilee: Wouldn't want to do it than anyone else.

- I brought my family out here to be closer with my dad.

- I still remember when you were little-- - Remember you had to like piggyback her and... Alan: Yeah.

You've become a totally different person and it's so great for me to see that in front of me.

Bridgette: Yeah, I'm glad you can see it too.

Both: [laughing] - I know we're slowly getting a bit more tired, but we're still really excited for every day.

Alan: Let's do it.

Both: [laughing] Spencer: We fold it one more time.

[rustling fabric] Oh, hurry, hurry, hurry.

Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.

Ocean!

Hurry!

John: [laughing] - We lost the tent.

Oh.

[all laughing] John: Oh, I hope he catches it.

I don't want to put away a wet tent.

Samuel: That was funny.

[laughing] John: All right.

What's the strategy here?

Samuel: We only got one more camp to reach, and then the finish line will be tomorrow, guys.

We got lots of time to make up, so I think we should push ourselves extra hard today.

John: I think we've got it in us.

Samuel: Yeah, it's a mind game.

John: Mental toughness, it'll take today, but we can do it.

Jubilee: Okay.

[sigh] Day three, let's see what's in store.

Bridgette: Oh, gosh.

Both: All aboard.

Jubilee: The Sea of Cortez provides your first challenge today.

Colin: It's day three and a whole new challenge awaits.

The families are heading to sea, where they'll face relentless waves and ocean currents, making their way a mile and a half around the Cape before returning to land and tackling a grueling five-mile hike over loose rocks and dry sand on their way to camp.

[waves lapping] Jubilee: There they are.

I'd never kayaked before.

I'm so scared.

And so the fact that I had to do this while in a race.

Bridgette: Okay.

Alan: Go!

Paddle!

Paddle!

Jubilee: I was just completely terrified.

Alan: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

- I had a bit of a struggle getting into my kayak.

Bridgette: You're doing great!

Jubilee: [yelp] [laughs] Like, oh, wow.

Like, I could actually cost us this race for the fact that I couldn't get my kayak into the water.

Colin: The Sea of Cortez is a superhighway of marine life, gliding easily through rough waters.

But kayaks are a poor substitute for fins and tails.

The powerful currents and choppy water make every stroke a fight against nature.

Bridgette: Look at how good you're doing!

Alan: Keep on paddling!

- I can't believe I'm doing this.

I wanted to just break down and, and say, I can't do it.

It's impossible.

But I didn't want to let Bridgette and Alan down.

- Are we heading the right direction?

- We are.

- Do you see the rock?

Alan: Yes.

Jubilee: Oh, my gosh.

[waves crashing] Colin: Exhaustion is far from the only danger out here.

Bridgette: Look at the current out there, pulling us.

Colin: The treacherous currents and unpredictable swells threaten the real possibility of sweeping the kayaks directly onto the jagged rocks nearby.

- Man.

Holy!

- Louise!

At that moment, I was sure that, you know, there's gonna a point where I would capsize and need to be rescued.

- Come on, back paddle, back paddle, back paddle, back.

Back.

Colin: As Jubilee struggles to stay afloat.

24 minutes behind, the Hornes are wasting no time boarding their kayaks.

John: All right.

All right, paddle me.

Spencer: [indistinct] John: All right, let's go.

Samuel: Keep going left.

Yeah, stay on the left.

John: You're gunning it, boys, you're gunning it.

Samuel: Go, momma!

- This would be impossible with one person doing it.

There's no way.

Jubilee: People actually do this for recreation.

- You're doing awesome.

Jubilee: Best part getting back to shore.

- Mom, you got this!

Jubilee: I'm coming.

Thanks for waiting.

What motivated me was just watching Bridgette and Alan together.

Bridgette: Left.

Right.

- You're doing great, Bridge.

- I think this kayak challenge helped my dad and I realize how strong we are as a team.

Yeah.

Let's go, you got this!

Alan: Come on!

- My family, they're so cute.

[laughs] I mean, I was really surprised and quite proud that we were able to finish.

Yes.

Bridgette: Good job.

Jubilee: So you guys were so in sync.

Samuel: Let's do this.

[laugh] John: Slow and steady, guys.

Nice big strokes.

Samuel: See, the wind's pushing us, mom.

We can catch ground up here.

Amber: My gosh, my legs are burning.

From a young age, as an athlete, I based my value on outside recognition, on winning.

You need to make sure your blade's perfectly sideways.

Work smarter, not harder.

I thought that's how we were successful was by being the best.

John: Nice job, guys.

Amber: And if I don't win, I'm not good enough.

And I need to reverse that to realize that that's not what's important in life.

What's important in life is who you are as a person, not how you perform.

John: Nice!

None of that.

[chuckle] Colin: Moving swiftly as a team, the Hornes have made up time.

While 16 minutes up the beach, the Leungs are making the most of their trek.

Alan: Hi, Bridge.

Bridgette: Hi.

Alan: It's hard to keep up with you.

Bridgette: I'm, it's tough for me to keep this pace.

- I'm definitely seeing some improvements in the bond between Bridgette and Alan.

Bridgette: Did you go to the beach when you were younger?

Alan: In Hong Kong?

Yes.

Yeah.

My dad would take me there and we'd go swimming.

Jubilee: Without any interruptions and distractions of our normal day-to-day lives.

It's really given them an opportunity to be present with each other.

Alan: I actually never take formal lesson, but I was, probably my elder brother taught me.

- With her daddy, she really doesn't know much because he, he's not one to really just offer up information.

Alan: Bridge, you know, when I was little, your grandma, which is my mom-- Bridgette: Yeah.

Alan: Bring us lunch.

- As I saw Alan sharing some of his childhood memories with Bridgette.

I thought that was really sweet.

Alan: And then she would let us sometimes eat some street food, that's all.

Bridgette: Ah.

Jubilee: It's just a great foundation for them to really start being more expressive with one another.

Alan: We used to swim quite a bit when we were younger.

Bridgette: Yeah, doggy paddle.

Alan: Yep, doggy paddle.

- I think my dad and I are definitely making headway and getting closer.

You know, speaking of doggy paddle, I think we should get a dog.

Alan: [laughs] Colin: As Bridgette and Alan forge a new connection, 14 minutes behind, the Hornes continue to support one another physically and emotionally.

John: Careful with your ankles, guys.

Samuel: These look like big dragon eggs.

Maybe we're sittin' on a dragon's nest right now.

John: Just look for big boulders.

Little ones are gonna wiggle.

Samuel: All right, let's crawl through this, Momma.

Amber: One of 'em was being positive in one ear, and the other one was being positive in the other ear.

Samuel: You good, Mom?

Amber: Yeah.

Samuel: Are your legs tired?

Amber: Yeah, I'm fine.

Samuel: Should we pick it up a little?

Amber: I'm going as fast as I can go right now.

Samuel: Okay.

Amber: I will always go as fast as I can go.

And I just felt like, uh, we were a team, and that felt really good.

And that was a huge moment for me, being positive instead of being negative.

Samuel: Go, Mama!

We're waitin' on Dad here now.

Amber: Well I don't have a pack.

Samuel: That's not the attitude.

Amber: I'm a beast!

Samuel: Yeah!

Spencer: I think when my mom gets a little more encouragement that pushes her and we're more of a unit and can get through stuff better.

Easy there, Ma.

Amber: Sea of Cortez!

Spencer: Whoa.

Amber: Peace out.

Samuel: Go, Mama!

♪♪ Alan: C'mon.

I think we're super close.

Bridgette: Okay.

I'm feeling really great.

I'm super happy about how my whole family performed today.

All right.

Do you mind if I go ahead?

Alan: Yep, go ahead.

- These past few days has been super special for my whole family but especially between my dad and I. Alan: Oh wow.

Amazing.

Bridgette: Whoa.

Jubilee: Oh my gosh.

Alan: Oh my goodness.

We did something really, really hard, both physically and mentally, and at the end of the day we get to be together as a family.

Bridgette: Oh, we did it!

- We're here!

We're here!

And it was just amazing.

Bridgette: "Congratulations, Leung family, you've reached your final camp.

Take tonight to reflect on what truly brought you out here.

- Good job, guys.

- Good job.

Day Three's done.

All right, let's set up our camp.

Bridgette: Almost to the finish line!

♪♪ Spencer: Mama's goin'.

Woo!

She ain't messing around.

Amber: I can go faster.

John: Camp's just right there, guys.

Samuel: Let's go, mama!

Spencer: I'm really proud of my mom for pushing all of us through this last little bit.

Amber: Come on, guys, let's go!

Spencer: She's leading us through, and it really boosts us up.

Oh my.

"Congratulations on making it to your third and final camp."

We made it, guys.

John: Yeah.

[claps] Way to go, guys.

Spencer: One more day, guys.

Last camp.

Colin: At the end of an exhausting Day Three both families should be proud of the strides they made.

But it's the Leungs who lead by 13 minutes as they're faced with their final night under the stars.

Spencer: [grunts] Way to push.

Way to push all the way to the end.

We needed that.

That made up a lot of time right there.

Tomorrow's all we got left, guys.

John: I think for a third day of this experience, we are comin' together really well.

We're supporting each other.

We're encouraging each other.

It's helpin' us older folks step up.

- Yeah, this last leg especially... you guys were super positive, and it gave me energy, and I appreciate that.

- I think just keepin' a, a positive mindset throughout, um, really helped to motivate us, push us through as we're gettin' tired, exhausted.

Keepin' positive helps us keep one foot in front of the other, and, uh, that positivity flows through all of us as a family.

♪♪ Alan: I never hiked so hard.

[laughs] Jubilee: I know.

It's been the hardest two days of my life, but also, like, the best days.

Alan: I'm so proud of you, Bridge.

You did amazing today.

Bridgette: I did.

I'm not gonna deny it.

I did.

Jubilee: Thanks for always watching out for me.

Bridgette: Yeah.

Alan: Of course, of course.

The third day is done, and I'm so glad that we have done so well along the way.

Bridgette: I'm so tired.

But it's also really peaceful to finally be able to set up camp and watch the sunset with you guys.

Jubilee: Yeah.

Alan: Yeah.

Being able to see Bridgette thrive and Jubilee stepping up is, you know, I don't know what more I can ask for.

- So happy that you're here and you're able to spend time with me and go on adventures with me because that doesn't happen very often.

Jubilee: Aww, so glad you guys got this time too.

I think challenge and adversity bring the best out of people.

Taking those challenges together, Bridgette and I, will bring us closer together.

All right.

Bridgette: Love you guys.

Jubilee: Love you too.

Alan: I love you.

What a memorable day.

♪♪ - Good morning.

- It's our last day.

Just woke up.

Jubilee: Whatcha doing?

Bridgette: I'm making breakfast while eating breakfast.

It's really good.

- I do need a bit of a rest before I can do this again, but I do, I do really enjoy the time we get to spend together, and I think that it's amazing.

It feels so surreal that this is the last day.

- It does feel bittersweet that this is the last time we're folding up the tent.

Alan: I just can't believe that we have done so much.

Jubilee: Goodbye, tent.

Bridgette: Bye.

Jubilee: You have served us well.

Bridgette: And you've weighed us down well too.

Alan and Jubilee: [laugh] Bridgette: It'll be pretty weird when we don't have to set up a tent I think.

We just... - Roll into bed?

- We just lie down on the bed, like, what is that?

- What a luxury, what a luxury, right?

Alan: I'm just so proud of my family.

It just blows my mind.

[hawk cries] Amber: Gettin' ready to start day four.

We've come a long way but also really wanna win.

John: We got some time to make up.

We're comin' back.

Amber: Everyone loves a good Cinderella story.

John: We just gotta keep staying positive and working hard.

Amber: Remember yesterday when you guys were super positive with me, how it kept me going?

Spencer: You gotta keep that up today, huh, Mom?

- Yeah.

- For this last little bit, it's important that I encourage our family and we all encourage each other.

John: Stay positive throughout, and I think we got a shot at this.

Jubilee: Okay.

"Today is a race for the finish.

Only one can win the prize, but win or lose, make sure to enjoy the journey and leave having said everything we came to say."

- All right.

Let's go.

Colin: It's the last day, and it's going to be an uphill battle.

Families will have to hike five miles, finding their way through a maze of dry riverbeds and clambering up steep, mountainous terrain on their way to the finish line.

♪♪ Alan: Come on, guys.

Let's do this!

Jubilee: My feet are sinking in this sand.

Alan: Well, let's just do the best we can.

Jubilee: This looks like a rough start.

Alan: So we should see two mountains on the left.

We go straight shoot.

Bridgette: We don't go up?

Alan: No.

Let's see.

Maybe we going the wrong way.

♪♪ Spencer: Let's see what we gotta do today.

John: All right, here we go.

Spencer: Looks like we're headed up and down mountains.

John: All right, let's do this.

We were wondering at the beginning, at least I was, all right, four days in.

What are we gonna be feeling like third and fourth day.

Woo!

We're doing this.

Home stretch.

But I actually feel like we're increasing in our energy.

The comeback is happenin'.

Of course the motivation to catch up is big for us.

Spencer: How you doin', Mama?

Amber: Good.

Spencer: You need a water break?

Amber: No.

Spencer: [laughingly] You're going too fast for me, Mom.

John: Great pace, guys.

Coming back.

Love the underdog.

Colin: The end, an impossible comeback in sight, the Hornes advance through the desert heat while 12 minutes ahead, the Leungs are working on finding their way.

♪♪ Alan: Be careful.

Those are really thorny.

Jubilee: Ugh.

Bridgette: You have to be nimble.

Jubilee: Whoa.

Bridgette: Am I going the right way, Dad?

Alan: Today I think we just wanna focus on making sure that we are on point on the navigation on the trails.

Bridgette: Which way?

It's split.

Alan: Uh... Making sure that we don't get lost.

Jubilee: Is that a path that way?

Alan: Look at all those mountains.

Bridgette: So we have to continue going kind of around them.

Jubilee: Um, throughout this race, I think one thing that has made me really happy was the fact that we've all been able to keep up our spirits and stay pretty positive.

Really?

Alan: Yeah.

Jubilee: I think to us, we know, you know, what the priorities are, what's important to us.

Bridgette: I don't really wanna go through these thorns, but I can do it.

Alan: Let's just go around.

I think it's this way.

Jubilee: Um, family is always first, and so, despite, you know, the challenges and maybe feeling some frustration on the way.

Gosh.

I wish I wore longer pants.

Alan: Ah, this is much better.

- We still wanna remain loving and supportive to one another.

Alan: I think I had it the wrong way.

Bridgette: It's okay.

♪♪ Alan: All right, let's make up some time.

Colin: While the Leungs meander through the maze of dry brush, 10 minutes behind, the Hornes are working together and moving quickly to gain time.

John: Nice work, guys.

Spencer: There's a big mountain up here.

John: Mom's in a pretty good groove, I think.

Here we come!

Colin: After three days of punishing hiking, the families are now faced with their biggest ascent.

Over the next three miles they'll be gaining 500 feet in elevation in the midday sun, fighting deep sand, dry brush, and painful thorns the whole way.

Alan: Remember, guys, last and final day.

Bridgette: Light at the end of the tunnel.

I'm imagining ice cold water.

Jubilee: Or ice cream.

Bridgette: That would be wonderful.

Jubilee: So, coming into this race, you know, we had a purpose.

Like, I really wanted Bridgette and Alan to build a stronger bond, for all of us to connect while being disconnected from the rest of the world.

Bridgette: When you were younger, did you get the soft serve ice cream from the ice cream trucks in Hong Kong?

Alan: Yeah, I did.

They make it really, really, really tall.

Bridgette: Really?

Alan: Yeah.

Jubilee: On this last day, I feel like I've seen the grown in their relationship.

- Did I tell you about the time I had ice cream with mealworms and crickets in it?

It was really good.

Alan: Oh, really?

- Yeah, 'cause the crickets are kinda crunchy.

Alan: [laughs] Jubilee: It's definitely made it all worth it.

Colin: As the Leungs are enjoying each other's company as a reunited family, just six minutes behind, the Hornes are showing off the benefits of positive thinking as they power up the mountain.

John: Let's go catch up to them.

Catch up to 'em.

Spencer: Keep up with her.

She's crusin'.

Amber: Oh, wow, look how pretty it is.

Spencer: Wow.

Amber: Out on the trail I had a realization.

Spencer: Look at the view.

John: Oh my goodness.

It's incredible.

Amber: We don't have time to stop and smell the roses unfortunately.

Two years ago I weighed a hundred pounds more than I do right now.

I couldn't even walk through a grocery store without getting a motorized scooter.

And that thought never crossed my mind on the trail.

The only thought that crossed my mind was why am I the only one struggling?

And it never occurred to me, um, how far I'd come.

I'd never praised myself one time for everything I've overcome and everything that I have accomplished over the last two years.

John: We're doing this.

Right now.

One step at a time.

It's gonna be even better when we're at the top.

- Two years ago I would never even been here and never even been able to walk from the car to the trail.

And here I am walking miles and miles up a huge hill.

And I wasn't giving myself credit for that.

John: Good job, babe.

Samuel: Good job, Mama.

Spencer: Almost there, guys.

Amber: Remember this moment.

You'll think back on it five years from now, ten years from now.

This'll be, like, one of those moments that you'll, it'll be like an anchor moment in your life.

All: Woo-hoo!

Spencer: Let's go!

Samuel: Top of the world!

Colin: The families have reached the final climb.

The Hornes have made up a lot of time today, but will they be able to close the gap during the final sprint to the finish?

Alan: So close I can smell it, Bridgette.

Bridgette: Yeah.

Amber: Feeling good, guys.

Go.

Pick up the pace.

Let's go!

John: C'mon, now!

Bridgette: [out of breath] You've gone so far.

We can do this.

Jubilee: [laughingly] This is the hardest thing I've ever done.

Samuel: Downhill, get some speed going up.

John: Making up time.

Bridgette: Yeah, we're getting so close.

It's, like, within reach.

Jubilee: Come on.

Spencer: Let's go.

We're almost there, Mama.

Keep pushin'.

-Tryna focus on taking one step at a time.

It's so close.

Yet so far.

[laughs] John: Big strides, big strides.

- It's no joke.

I'm a Survivalist.

John: We got this, guys.

Alan: I see Colin.

Colin: All right, Leung family.

Almost there!

Alan: [grunts] - We got up to the top of the hill, and I was absolutely exhausted.

I wanted to collapse.

C'mon, you guys.

Let's do this together.

It was incredible.

Like, we hiked all this way, and we're at the finish line.

It was amazing, and to do it as a family was really great.

- All right, you haven't finished yet.

Leung family, you gotta raise your flag if you wanna claim the prize as winner of Survivalists.

Spencer: Just to the top of this hill.

- We got this guys, come on.

Alan: Before we even getting there, uh, I was telling to myself, like, as long as we finish we are winner already.

Colin: Raise it up as a family.

Alan: There was just so much that we able to take away from it that at the end of it, it was just really just the icing on the cake.

[flag flapping] Colin: Leung family, you're the winner of Survivalists!

Congratulations!

Jubilee: I'm proud of you guys.

Colin: You guys did it!

Congratulations, you did it.

How does it feel, Jubilee?

- Completely surreal.

- Well, seeing you guys walk up here hand in hand.

Bridgette, how does it feel to be standing here with your father.

- It's so great.

Like, I never imagined that this would actually happen.

It just felt so far away, but I feel really great.

It's awesome to do it as a family and as a team.

- I'm so proud of you guys.

- Proud of you guys.

Colin: Alan, how does it feel to be standing here with your daughter?

I know we talked about how you don't get to spend as much quality time as they're traveling the world.

What's it mean to have this life experience that you can take with you forever?

- Absolutely, this is definitely top the list of everything that we ever have done.

There is nothing can match this, and I'm so grateful to have this opportunity.

Throughout the race, I was able to see Bridgette thrive and even exceeded my expectation, and it really helped me to change the way how I see Bridgette.

She is more capable than I can ever imagine.

There's no word can describe.

You know, I'm just so proud of her and that she have shown herself that you can just be totally confident and independent.

Bridgette, there's no doubt in my mind you can achieve anything that you put your mind to.

- Thank you so much.

- Absolutely.

- I love you.

- I love you too.

Colin: Beautiful, beautiful.

How does it feel, hearing your father say that?

- It's great because I rarely get to show him this side of me.

Usually it's when I'm traveling and I'm not with him.

So, I'm really happy that he gets to see this side of me.

I'm going home stronger and better connected with my dad.

Being on the Survivalists has created a good foundation for my dad and I to get to know each other better and do more things together.

- Well I'm so happy for you guys.

To see you guys come up that hill, arm in arm as a family, victorious, being so strong throughout.

I mean it's absolutely incredible, so congratulations on the victory.

Colin: Amazing job you guys.

Bridgette: Thank you.

Survivalists champions!

Leong Family: [cheering] [flapping] John: You guys have done amazing.

- There they are!

Horne Family, almost there!

Sam: Let's go guys.

Colin: Come on; bring it in.

Amber: At the finish line, I felt like I failed the family.

Colin: As you can see, the Leung Family have already arrived.

- I pushed myself the fastest I could go, so when we fall short, all I could think of was I'm the reason that we lost the race.

Colin: [clapping] Congratulations Horne Family!

Spencer: Hey, let's go.

- You completed Survivalists!

Good job!

Amber: [muffled] Oh, you guys stink.

Sam: [laughs] Colin: Good job!

John: I'm proud of you guys.

- Amber, how're you feeling?

- I just feel like I let everyone down.

It just makes me feel as a mom that it's another thing of- to let them down.

[sniffs] No mom wants to let their kids down.

- Sam, is that how you feel?

- We finished as a family.

Colin: How 'bout you Spencer?

Do you feel like she let you down?

- No, I just feel like we got this to do together and no matter how many highs and lows we go, if we stick together we-we'll get to the finish line.

Amber: To hear the kids take the loss on as a team, never did they point a finger, never did they say it was my fault— in fact, all they did was show love for me, um, was huge.

- Sam, I see some emotion comin' from you.

Talk to me about how you're feelin'.

Sam: [emotionally] I'm just really proud.

Spencer: I just don't want Mom to feel like [sniffs] she let us down.

[chuckles] And I want her to realize that there will be lows but [sniffs] there- the highs are bigger.

Sam: And we're at a high right now.

- Thinking about all the difficult things we've experienced over the last four days, whether Mom or Dad or one of the family members is struggling, we're here, we're positive, we're supportive, and we're gonna finish together like we did today.

Colin: Amber, talk to me about when you look back on this experience, what some positive highlights might be for ya.

Amber: Just how awesome these kids are and, you know, they could've gotten frustrated along the road so many times, but they never showed a sign of frustration.

It was support the entire time.

Somehow I got lucky enough to have two boys that care more about me than themselves, so... Coming into it I thought it would be more of a physical challenge but the emotional bond that we experienced out here in the Baja desert was something I'll forever be grateful for.

- I'm more proud of you than anything else in the world.

- Thanks bud, love you.

John: Love you guys.

♪♪