♪♪ 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 Mt.

Everest.

Top of the world!

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

[whooping] 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.

♪♪ - It definitely turns up the competition.

Colin: This week, the Goulds from Gilbert, Arizona.

- Sometimes you just have to tell yourself you're gonna do it and hit it head on.

Got this!

Colin: Will battle it out with the Hopkins from Mesa, Arizona.

- We're never alone, we're always there for each other.

Colin: Who will come out on top?

- Steady pace wins the race.

- The other team just passed us.

- Go, go, go, go, go!

Colin: And be this week's Survivalists?

[birds cawing] Hopkins: We are the Hopkins family from Mesa, Arizona.

- You can start.

- No, you start.

- Okay, I'll start.

We are a close-knit family, bonded together like glue.

Child: If we work together, we can do anything.

- I just wanna win.

Goulds: We're the Gould family from Gilbert, Arizona.

- We love the outdoors.

- I'd describe our family as pretty adventurous.

Child: We're all super competitive people, we all try to win.

- Welcome, so excited to have you here.

[cheering] Hopkins, tell me a little bit about yourselves.

- When you see the Hopkins, it's trouble.

[laughter] - We are a like, different family from others.

- We're all adopted, so.

- We come in different shades in this family, and we're here to show the world we are strong and we are one.

- What are you hoping to get out of this experience as a family?

- At the end we just hope to just be tighter than ever before.

- Nathan, you think you have what it takes to win?

- Yeah, I'm pretty competitive.

Back home at my high school there's always these people telling me that I'm too weak to do anything that I like, dream of.

I'm here to prove to the bullies that I can do this, and if I can do this, then I can do anything that comes in my way.

Colin: Carriona, how are you feeling about being out here with the family?

- Well, I'm pretty nervous.

I'm a little bit of like, an independent person, I'm not really a team player.

As we grow older, I've definitely kind of disconnected from my family at times, and stuff, so I'm hoping being here kind of connects us, you know.

We can't do this individually, we have to do it together, like as a team.

- Can you tell me a little bit about the Hopkins family flag?

- The lion represents our courage, a family that have had lots of tests, but none that we cannot overcome.

- I love that.

Now, Goulds, how you feelin'?

[excited overlapping chatter] What are some of your deeper objectives as a family comin' out here?

- With Autumn leaving the nest, we have a chapter closing in our family book.

- I'm super excited to go to college, but I'm gonna miss my family.

- I'm really excited for this family adventure, it's kind of like our last hurrah, sending Autumn off.

- Me an Autumn have a really good sisterly connection, so there's definitely gonna be a void that can't be filled by goats.

[chuckles] - Do you wanna tell me a little bit about the Gould family flag?

- Our flag is a goat, we have 36 goats, we started goat yoga.

Goat yoga is basically how it sounds, yoga with goats.

And we're the greatest of all time.

- Yeah, there you go.

[laughter] - With that said, you're about to undertake a strenuous, three-day, thirteen-mile expedition through heavily wooded and mountainous countryside.

Day one, you'll hike up almost five miles, and scale a cliff face that's higher than an eleven-story building, before setting up camp for the night.

Day two will put you up against a steep, grueling trail, and a summit to 10,000 feet.

The final day you'll race downhill through rocky riverbeds to the finish line, where the first family to raise their flag will be declared the winner.

Trust me, it is not gonna be easy out there.

Did you guys wanna know what we're playing for?

All: Yeah!

Colin: All right, all right.

We've got these custom backpacks here, why don't you check out what's inside?

- Open it, open, open.

Child: Oh, my gosh!

[excited chattering] Colin: That's right, those backpacks are stuffed with $10,000 cash.

But only one family is going home with both backpacks.

- It definitely turns up the competition a lot.

- Families, before I release you into the wild, I'm gonna give you the opportunity to visit the General Store where you can grab all the essential items to survive your three-day extreme expedition.

But you'll only have ninety seconds inside to find everything you need.

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

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

The very first challenge that we have today for you, is knot tying.

[dramatic music] All right, I'm gonna need you guys to elect one member of your family to compete.

Who'd you guys nominate?

Nathan?

Nathan: I'm feeling pretty excited, 'cause I'm gonna put the knots that I've been studying for a while to use.

- In this challenge, we've got six essential survival knots, you'll need to tie each knot to the item below, hoist it up, connect it to the anchor, and hopefully it holds.

You will have seven minutes to tie as many of those knots as you possibly can.

Three, two, one, go!

[family cheering] All right, he's doing the bowline knot first, looks like he's confidently tying this one.

[family cheering] He got one, what's he going to next?

Taught-line hitch, I'm impressed, Nathan does know his knots pretty well.

Oh!

A little bit too long, it's about getting the slack right.

There we go.

Two knots down, now he's moving on to the sheet bend knot.

[family cheering] We got the fisherman's knot next.

He's not even hesitating, he knows 'em all.

All right, he's gonna move on to the clove hitch.

- Come on!

Go go, get it up, get it up, get it up.

- We got the trucker's hitch next.

- I forgot this one.

Colin: Oh, he's having trouble, this is the first time he's hesitated.

Nathan: Uh.

- All right, Nathan, you've only got one minute left, one minute left.

Maria: Just do whatever you think it is.

Do it, Nathan, just don't quit.

Don't quit.

Colin: He's got the loop!

- Yes!

Colin: Five, four, three, two, one.

Whoa, time's up.

All right, Nathan, congratulations.

You got five of the six knots tied.

Looks like you got the sixth knot tied, but didn't quite get it off the ground in time.

- I knew the knots, I just kind of went brain dead for a little second there.

Colin: It's time to see if Russ can do it a little bit quicker.

Watching Nathan rip through that makes me a little bit nervous.

- Three, two, one, go.

[family cheering] All right, looks like Nathan he's going to the bowline first.

April: You've been practicing!

There you go.

Colin: All right, let's see if he can get the first one.

Okay, he's going to the fisherman's knot next.

[family cheering] See if that holds.

[family cheering] That is, uh, not a fisherman's knot.

Goulds: Oh, no!

Colin: You have to redo that one.

If I gotta be honest, he's lookin' a little bit less confident than Nathan was at this point.

[Goulds cheering] Two down, let's see if he's got another four in him.

Remember, they're playing for thirty seconds extra in the General Store here.

Three down, three to go.

This is a trucker's hitch.

This was the one that tripped Nathan up.

Oh, two to go, the time's a-tickin'.

It's gonna be close.

Get the clove hitch, five down.

Let's see if he's got the taught-line hitch knot.

It's down to the wire.

Kids: Go dad!

[cheering] Colin: Let's see!

Oh!

Congratulations, you got all six tied, you are the winner of the first competition, congratulations.

- Feels almost like a relief, I feel like I've done my part, and now my family's gotta do the rest.

- All right, families!

For the second competition we have axe throwing.

[dramatic music] For this challenge there's gonna be two participants from each family.

Who's it gonna be for the Goulds?

- We are gonna have April and Autumn go.

Autumn: I have experience using axes to chop wood, but never throwing them into things.

- And for the Hopkins?

- Kenneth and Carriona.

Carriona: I'm just thinking, like, my family really needs this.

Colin: Okay, well, the way this competition works, each person from each team will throw the axe three times.

The outer ring is 10 points, the inner ring is 20 points, the red bullseye is 100 points.

Whoever has the highest total wins an extra 30 seconds in the General Store.

You guys ready?

All: Yeah!

Colin: All right, come on up, let's do it!

- You got this, daddy!

- We definitely need the win, so hopefully we'll be able to hit the nail on the head.

Colin: Ready... Autumn: Axe throwing is something that I didn't really prepare for.

Colin: Throw.

[axe thuds] [Goulds cheering] [axe clatters] [crowd awws] - Well, almost a bullseye, Autumn.

After the first round, we've got the Goulds with twenty points, and we've got the Hopkins with zero.

- Focus and throw, that's the strategy right now.

- All right, round two, you guys ready?

- My first throw, I was just kind of winging it.

- On my go.

- So hopefully on these next two tries it'll just get better and better.

- Go.

[axes clatter] [all aww] It's still twenty to zero.

So this is the last throw for you guys before you hand it off to your other family member.

Kenneth: If I use my hand, I'm like, okay.

Hopefully, hopefully.

[axes clatter] Of course, it drops.

[all aww] - Second members of each family, come on up.

Carriona: As I'm grabbing the axe I'm thinking, "Oh, I've got this."

- She looks like she's handled an axe before.

- This gonna be like a cakewalk.

- Go.

[axes clatter] - Definitely isn't easy.

- You've each got two more throws.

- The blade would be right there.

[axes clatter] Ah!

But then it would just fall off.

- This is the very last throw.

- No pressure.

- The Goulds lead 20-0.

- I'm nervous.

- You got it, Carriona, you got it.

Colin: Three, two, one, go.

[axes clatter] [all aww] - Oh man.

[clapping] - Good job guys.

- Good job, mom.

- The Gould family are the winner of the axe throwing competition, congratulations.

Autumn, not only is she gonna be a college student soon, but if that doesn't work out, you know, maybe you have a future in axe throwing.

[chuckling] Hopkins, don't worry, we still have one more competition, so you can gain some time for the General Store for yourselves.

- Spilt milk, clean it up, let's go.

- The third challenge is perhaps one of the most important things you need to survive in the wild, and that is building a strong shelter.

[dramatic music] The remaining two family members will be participating in a race to see who can build the four-person tent first.

For the Hopkins, we've got Natalie and Maria.

The Goulds, we have Lincoln and Summer.

Three, two, one, go!

[all cheering] The Hopkins look like they've got theirs unrolled a little bit quicker.

The Hopkins are off to an early start, I think.

Maria is jammin' the poles together, I'm impressed.

She's looking like a pro.

- Yeah!

Colin: Goulds seem to be taking their time, still struggling to get the knots undone.

Lincoln: I was really scared, because the other team was already setting up the tent.

Colin: Hopkins definitely have the lead here, Lincoln and Summer now have the tent poles, they're putting them together.

- Way to go, Lincoln!

Colin: The Hopkins seem to have slowed down a little bit.

Maria: Okay, let's come over here.

- Ooh, oh!

Maria: I'm sorry!

Colin: Swinging those tent poles around!

Maria: Oh, sorry!

It was a challenge.

Something's wrong here.

Natalie: Mommy, I think it's upside down.

Colin: I think Lincoln may have had a breakthrough.

Carriona: Yeah, work together.

Maria: Natalie, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

Natalie: I don't know.

Kinda disappointing, 'cause we like, talk about how we're such a bonding family.

Did I do this part right?

But we didn't really bond.

Carriona: Talk about it!

Maria: Just keep your eyes, keep working.

- Don't overwork yourself.

Colin: All right.

- Oh!

Maria: You can't do anything when you're frustrated.

I took a minute and went back at it.

Okay.

Colin: Looks like Natalie might have the idea.

Oh, there we go!

The Hopkins are catching back up.

It looks like the Goulds may be in the lead, but it's not fully constructed right.

- Oh, Lincoln?

Lincoln: Yeah?

- It's all positioned wrong.

Colin: Looks like the Hopkins are really starting to work together.

Nathan: Find a rock to pound it in, Natalie.

Colin: They've got their rock, they've got their stakes.

Natalie's hammering 'em in.

Starting to pull even at this point, no one's givin' up.

I like the tenacity from both teams.

Lincoln's on the very last one.

- In the last stretch!

Summer: Whoo!

Colin: Looks like the Goulds think they're done, but I gotta test to make sure this thing is windproof.

So far it's pretty strong!

Let's see.

Is it oriented the right way?

Looks like a good tent to me!

The Goulds are the winners, congratulations.

[Goulds cheer] Hopkins, you did an outstanding job as well, it was close.

- I think we did okay, but we could have done better.

Summer: This feels great, because we're the youngest in our family, so we're really proud.

And now we know how to build a tent!

♪♪ Colin: Welcome to the General Store.

♪♪ [all cheering] Every family gets 90 seconds to shop for what they'll need to take with them on this expedition.

The Gould family, because you won all three survival competitions, you will get an additional 90 seconds.

- All right!

Colin: In total, you guys are gonna have three minutes.

You guys are gonna have a minute and a half.

Every single thing that you bring back to your circle, you have to take with you on the expedition.

You don't wanna have too much, you don't wanna have too little.

I have a list of essential items.

That includes flint, water bottles, water filtration, a knife, first aid kit, and GPS.

If you miss any of these essential items, you will get a thirty minute time penalty for each one of them that you miss.

This is crucial.

But you will notice on this list, there's not tents, there's not sleeping bags, there's not food, so it's up to you how much of that you wanna bring.

All right, as we know, the Goulds are gonna have an extra 90 seconds, so I'm gonna start them first, then I'll start you guys, and you'll end at the same time.

Three, two, one, go!

Keep an eye on what their strategy might look like.

Autumn: Does anyone see flint?

Colin: Backpacks, sleeping bags, jacket.

Autumn: Do you have my stuff, mom?

Colin: Okay, Hopkins, you got five seconds.

You gotta make use of all your time.

Go!

All right, now everyone's in the General Store.

You gotta make sure all the essential items are taken care of.

Autumn: You get everything on the list, strongarm?

Lincoln: Yeah, I got it, I got it.

Colin: All right, one minute to go, one minute!

- Where's the food?

Summer: Mom, what are you even grabbing?

Nathan: I got the water filter.

Russ: We are not taking all this.

Colin: Russ is thinking that maybe they've got too much stuff now.

- Why are we taking all these jackets?

Colin: We've only got five seconds to go!

Five, four, three, two, one!

Stop, stop.

Okay, that was quite a shopping spree.

Gould family, let's go to you guys first.

How do you think you did?

- Uhh... - We overpacked.

April: We way overpacked.

Summer: We have a lot of extra gear.

Russ: Got at least eight sleeping bags, think we got two bags of marshmallows and a whole bunch of melted chocolate.

The extra time was probably to our detriment.

- Well, you got all the essential items.

- I think we got enough stuff for the expedition.

Colin: All right, Hopkins.

Let's make sure that we got all the essential items.

Let's, let's check these off the list.

I see a lot of shaking heads.

Maybe you know something that the rest of the family doesn't know yet.

- Uh, I think I forgot the GPS.

- The GPS?

- I don't think we were really prepared.

- There's the flint, so we got that.

There's water bottles, as well as the water filtration.

We got all Kenneth's clothes piled up on top here.

[grunts] Here we go, there's the knife.

Nathan: Okay.

- We got the medical kit.

I don't see the GPS.

So unfortunately, you guys are gonna start with a thirty-minute disadvantage tomorrow when we kick off at the trailhead.

But, you will get a GPS.

Maria: Somehow, somewhere, we're gonna get ahead of them.

Colin: Now I'm gonna give you some time to pack up your gear, get a good night's sleep, and I'm gonna meet you on the trailhead tomorrow at sunrise, so have a good night.

All: Thank you!

♪♪ [rushing water] Colin: Everyone comes out here for a different reason.

Whether it be the Hopkins wanting to build up their children's confidence and prove the bullies wrong, or the Goulds looking to take advantage of every last moment before their eldest leaves home.

Their journey begins now.

Come on in, guys!

Welcome to your outdoor adventure.

This is day one.

Today, the Goulds and the Hopkins will trek nearly five of their thirteen mile journey.

Not only will they need to climb 1800 feet in elevation, but also the massive 120-foot cliff face that stands between them and their first campsite.

Hopkins family, how are you feeling?

- Feeling pretty good.

Ready to go.

- You guys did a great job with the 90 seconds you had in the General Store, but unfortunately, you missed the GPS, so you will be starting thirty minutes behind.

Gould family, you think that you're gonna take off with your lead and that'll be it?

- I have a strong feeling we're gonna see the Hopkins again.

- We definitely have a comeback, we don't have all that weight.

[laughter] - Here's how the challenge is gonna work.

Inside these little pill bottles are gonna be coordinates that you'll put into your GPS.

As you arrive to that waypoint, you'll find another one of these, and you'll get a clue for where you're going.

Without further ado, on my go.

Three, two, one, here you go.

Autumn: "With a helping hand, you will be able to chart your path."

Russ: All right, GPS.

♪♪ Colin: To get to the first checkpoint, the families must navigate over two miles and nearly 600 feet of elevation gain through thick timber, streams, and boulder fields.

Autumn: Are we going the right direction?

Russ: I sure hope so.

April: My strategy was to just kind of book it a little faster paced.

Russ: Honestly, this is about my pace.

- It might not be called a pace if nobody else is keeping it.

April: I didn't realize this is as fast as you can walk.

[laughs] Carriona: Hopefully this is a good opportunity for us to start bonding again.

- We win or we lose together.

- The challenge is working together.

Kenneth: I'm telling you, this thirty minutes is getting prolonged.

- All right, bud, here's what we do.

There's a lesson learned in life, it's "Happy mom, happy somethin' or other," so.

Lincoln: Bet.

Russ: So try to keep up our pace as much as we can.

Lincoln: And burn out all of our energy?

Got it.

- All right, the Gould family's been out there for thirty minutes.

All: Oh, yeah.

Nathan: It's time to track 'em down, yep.

- All right, three, two, one, here you go.

Nathan: The Goulds may start ahead of us, but we're gonna make sure we finish ahead of them.

- Thataway.

Kenneth: Let's go.

Maria: Let's go.

Colin: The families need to make a decision: take the longer but easier path on the forged trail, or take a shorter line, bushwhacking through overgrown forest.

I've felt this same temptation over the course of my expeditions, but I've often regretted trying to take a shortcut when it means battling with dense forest.

Lincoln: This is not a trail... Autumn: It's definitely not a human trail.

- Made by humans.

- I would definitely rather be on a pathway.

Russ: Looks like we're gonna be mountain goats here for a minute.

Autumn: We're walking over a bunch of stumps and down trees.

Summer: This is definitely getting more challenging.

Russ: This just stepped up three levels.

Colin: As the Goulds struggle to move quickly through the backwoods, the Hopkins are speeding down the path.

Nathan: What I learned about navigating, that you probably shouldn't take the direct path, you gotta try to find the easiest way around, otherwise it's just gonna take longer.

I think this trail saved us quite a lot more time than it would've been if we would've walked through the woods.

I'm hoping the Goulds take the straight shot, 'cause I bet it would take longer.

Maria: Hey Nathan, keep leading us, you're doing a great job.

Nathan: Thank you!

Kenneth: You got this.

♪♪ April: I'm just afraid that the other team, since they know we're thirty minutes ahead, I'm afraid they're gonna try to really book it to catch up with us.

Maria: I'm coming.

Kenneth: Okay, you got it?

Maria: Going uphill is so much harder.

Kenneth: I know.

Nathan: Come on, guys, you got this, just keep going.

You're almost there!

- See, a little helping hand, this is what it's talkin' about.

We pull each other up as a team.

Russ: I think we're here.

Look for a hand.

April: A helping hand.

- Are we gonna like, find a hand stuck in the tree or something?

That would be a little bit creepy.

Lincoln: Do you think it's up in the tree?

April: No way!

Autumn: Can someone help me up, though?

Lincoln: Yeah, helping hand.

Autumn: We realized that a helping hand was having some other member of my family help me up the tree.

Lincoln: Good job.

- Whoo!

April: What's it say, what's it say?

- "Don't let the triangle stump you."

- It's what-- this way.

- All right, let's go.

Maria: Too far in this, we gotta keep it moving.

- Think I'm really close, guys.

I see it!

It's on the tree, I'mma need your help.

Natalie: Okay.

Kenneth: Good job.

- I have to like... boost you up, Natalie.

Yes, we may have started thirty minutes late.

- Here, you got it.

Nathan: Can you reach it?

Goulds might've had quite a big head start.

There you go, yeah!

But I'm hoping that I can keep my family moving past the Goulds.

'Kay, come on, guys.

Colin: This checkpoint will see families continuing their ascent, gaining a daunting 500 feet of elevation over the next mile.

Lincoln: Yeah, we're going here.

Russ: Going back the way we came.

Autumn: I don't know how much time we're losing by climbing all these hills.

Russ: All right, how you doin' buddy?

Lincoln: Good, but tired.

- Summer, how are you?

Summer: I'm good.

April: I'm good too, thanks for asking.

Summer: How are you?

Oh, thanks, mom.

Autumn, you?

- I'm starting to wear down.

Autumn: I'm doing awesome.

- I might need to stop for water soon.

Colin: After gambling on the shortest path through the woods, the Goulds' early advantage begins to slip.

I know how much pressure comes from being the navigator on an expedition.

I love seeing Nathan stepping it up and showing he has what it takes to lead his family through this challenge.

Nathan: Watch out here.

Kenneth: Don't let the triangle stump you.

Natalie: I think our family's doing good, because the slower you go, the faster you can win the race.

Something like that.

Carriona: We found the trail.

Nathan: Just straight up the path, that's the direction we gotta go.

Maria: All right, let's rock and roll.

Natalie: Do we need to stop to get water or anything?

Nathan: We should be close.

Russ: Let's stop and grab some lunch.

Lincoln: Yay lunch!

April: Let's have a feast!

Summer: Yum.

Russ: Lasagna with meat sauce.

[all voicing approval] Summer: Okay, we don't have a lot of water, what's the plan?

- Oh, gosh, that's disgusting!

Russ: How about me and mom run down and grab water, we'll filter it.

April: River is all the way down there.

Russ: If we can hear it, it's close enough to get water.

Colin: While the Goulds stop to refuel, the Hopkins continue their steady march forward.

Carriona: Do we need to get water?

'Cause the lake's down there.

Maria: We need to keep moving.

I'm worried at this point, not being ahead of the other family.

Kenneth: All right, let's keep goin'.

Maria: Some things in life is never easy.

I just gotta make it there, you know?

Have to do this.

[rushing water] Russ: Rule of thumb is find the water that has the most bugs in it.

That's how you know it's the cleanest; if the bugs'll drink it, humans will too.

These experiences where I get to spend individual time with my children are the bonds that hold us together through life.

- Like a squirt gun.

Russ: They're gonna be the threads that will bounce us back to each other.

Summer: So me and Autumn are just like, sitting around.

And then all of a sudden-- - Oh, hello.

[chuckles] Autumn: Hello.

Kenneth: Hello Hopkins!

Summer: We see, like, the other family.

- That should be some good motivation right there.

- No stopping us.

Let's rock and roll.

- Guys, come back, hurry!

The other team just passed us.

Russ: Ai, ai, ai.

April: Are you serious?!

Now we are neck and neck.

Russ: We land at the same spot at the same time.

April: Hey, guys, fancy seeing you here.

Russ: We're both searching for the clue, and we can't find it.

Nathan: We're just checking everywhere we can.

April: This is gonna be one of those things where I've walked past it, like, a hundred times.

Nathan: I found it!

Maria: Good job, Nathan!

Nathan: I was so excited, I screamed it out loud, and let even the Gould family know, which may have been a mistake.

April: Over here, guys!

Autumn: Hold on, I'm coming!

Carriona: Read it, read it, hurry up and open it!

- "High or low, it's up to you."

Russ: And then it's off to the races.

Colin: The families will need any advantage they can get over the next half mile, as they race to the most difficult obstacle so far: a vertical climb as tall as an eleven-story building.

April: We're right behind 'em, guys.

Summer: They definitely have an edge, but we have something that they don't have.

[whispered] Water.

Kenneth: If anybody has water?

Carionna: No one has water.

I can't keep going if-- Here's some water, it's just down here.

Colin: As the Hopkins are forced to stop and get water, the Gould's early preparations allow them to reclaim their lead.

April: Definitely feeling the air getting thinner.

Russ: We're at 8500 feet.

April: What's that compared to Arizona?

Russ: Strawberry, it's 5500.

April: So this is the highest we've ever been?

Russ: Yeah.

Maria: Mind over matter.

Mind over matter.

♪♪ Can you give me a minute?

Natalie: She needs a minute.

Daddy?

Kenneth: You okay?

- Mm-hmm.

- Okay.

- Just letting these rest.

- You out of breath?

Maria: We got it.

We got it.

- We got this, we can do it.

- It's getting stronger.

Nathan: Let's go catch the Goulds.

Russ: So we're scrambling up some like, loose gravel, and we come up to this sheer rock face.

Autumn: Guys, there's a clue, come on up here to read it.

"Make your choice, only one can advance."

- Guys, there's a rope.

April: Okay, let's go, go.

- Oh, we're goin' up, that's fun.

Colin: One person from each family will make the 120-foot free climb up a sheer 80 degree rock face to find their next clue.

- I can go.

- Okay, you'll haul butt up there?

- I'll haul butt.

[birds calling] Nathan: Hey mom, do you want the good news first or the bad news?

- Good news.

Nathan: Well, the good news is, I know where we're going.

Bad news is, it's going toward the mountains.

Maria: Okay.

Let's go.

[rock music] Russ: She's goin'.

April: You're so awesome, Autumn!

Summer: Good job, Autumn!

- Good job!

Summer: Autumn's bombing it.

- What?

What'd you say?

- She's the bomb.

- Oh, I thought you said she's bombing it, I was like... - Oh, I did say she's bombing it, like, she's doing the best.

April: Bombing it, but in a good way.

Russ: But in a good way.

♪♪ Russ: Our mountain goat girl!

April: She's got it, she's got it.

[Goulds cheering more] - Momma proud.

Autumn: This was actually super, super difficult for me, but I've learned that my family's always going to be there, cheering me on.

Okay, we're going down.

- Let's go.

- Uh... yeah, the other family's up here, so... April: Good luck, guys!

- Looks like there's gonna be climbing.

Natalie: Uh-uh!

Nathan: Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

Ah, looks like I'm gonna be climbing the mountain!

- I got my confidence in you.

I believe in you.

I know you can do it.

- Thank you.

- You're gon' show those bullies, when they see this, huh.

Nathan out on top of that Mt.

Everest of Idaho?

- [chuckles] Mt.

Everest of Idaho, yeah.

- I believe in you.

Nathan: All right.

Well, I'm afraid of heights, right?

It looks pretty, pretty steep, but I just look straight ahead, upwards, keep climbing.

Maria: I see that little redhead baby boy that's growin' up too fast, climbing this huge mountain.

Kenneth: And he's lookin' real good, real confident.

Good job!

Maria: You're almost there!

♪♪ Nathan: I mean, of course I looked around.

Climb to this tree, or...?

I looked down, and it was really far down.

♪♪ So I got really nervous, but I was like, I gotta do this for my family.

Maria: He will never forget this.

Kenneth: You think about those bullies.

Each step!

Carriona: You're almost there, you're almost done!

- I got it!

- Uh, uh, uh!

- Yes!!

Nathan: I have a lot of confidence right now.

I just achieved my greatest fear.

Kenneth: Our son, he just climbed that mountain, you know?

I mean, he's doin' what I can't do.

- Yeah, we got it!

Maria: I think we did a good job.

Don't you?

- Yeah.

Maria: Come here.

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

All right, let's go.

- Let's go.

- Outta here.

Summer: I see our flag.

April: You see our flag?

- Go, go, go, go, go!

Autumn: Run!

Run!

Summer: Go, go, go, go!

April: Good job, guys!

Yeah!!

[sighs in relief] I'm super stoked we were the first family here, it's been a tight race.

- "Congratulations, you have survived day one.

If you're the first family to arrive, you have your choice of campsite."

- Oh, yes.

Colin: While the Goulds are settling in for the night, the Hopkins are still steadily making their way to camp.

But every minute they spend on the trail is a minute head start the Goulds will get tomorrow.

- Oh, wow, the flags are up here.

Maria: I'm pushing my body harder than I've ever pushed it.

Carriona: "Congratulations, you have survived day one."

Maria: But I gotta do this, 'cause I'm not a quitter.

- [laughs] - We made it!

Maria: I gotta show my kids, you know, you never stop.

Colin: With Maria struggling on the final leg, the Hopkins have finally arrived in camp 23 minutes after the Goulds.

April: I didn't realize how much this trek would really mean to us.

- No matter what, we're always gonna be a family.

Russ: Yep, no matter what.

- No matter what.

Russ: Yeah, we can face hard things together and support each other, and that goes on well beyond this competition, but I'm glad we're here to show that to each other one last time.

But I am gonna miss having Autumn-- - I'm gonna miss having you guys.

- In our house, and in our arms, and our home is always open to you.

Even if you're not there.

You're gonna leave a little void in our family.

Summer: You're gonna leave a big void in our family.

- That we're gonna miss.

- I am one fifth of you guys.

[laughter] - Mom's gonna miss you-- - You're crying too!

- I am!

April: I love you guys.

Kenneth: We made it, together.

That's a testament, y'all.

Carriona: Dad was kind of crying when you were up the mountain.

Maria: He sure was.

- He's proud of you, he's proud of you.

Kenneth: When you see your child climbing that mountain, you know, mountains are majestic, steady, always there, and you're climbing up over that.

You know, you're showing 'em, those bullies, that you can do anything.

Maria: That's right, all of you did good.

All of you.

- You might've not climbed that mountain like he did, but you got your own treks in life.

We made it almost 10,000 feet.

I'm proud of y'all, for real.

I love y'all.

- I love you too.

♪♪ Maria: So, it's been a long day.

It was kinda rough, you know.

But I made it.

- My legs on fire!

[laughter] [ambient nature] ♪♪ - Well, it's day two, and we had a pretty rough night.

I really forced my body, put my body through something it had never been through.

Um, but anyway, I'm gonna keep on movin' on.

Can't stop now.

Colin: As the Hopkins prepare themselves for their long day ahead, the Goulds start theirs with a 23-minute lead.

- All right.

Russ: [indistinct] April: There we go, there we go, what's it say, what's it say?

"Where the rock hugs the tree."

Colin: Today the families will take on an exhausting uphill journey.

Four miles of unrelenting terrain over steep switchbacks, culminating in a 10,000-foot summit.

They'll start by making their way through two miles of tangled roots and rocky winding paths.

- That way?

- All right, let's go.

- We're trying to put a little extra vigor in it today.

- Wheee!!

- Yesterday we took that thirty minutes for granted.

You got it, buddy.

That little bit of lead we had got swallowed up real quick.

For all we know, they're gonna be clomping up the hill here in just a minute.

Safety medic: How you feeling this morning?

- Well, it's pretty rough.

I think I put my body through the works, and it didn't like it.

- All right, we have a really high resting heart rate, which is not great.

- Yeah.

- So, I've got some concerns.

Because today's gonna be a pretty big climb.

- I guess we'll see.

- Well, I think medically, I don't know if I can approve you to continue on.

[cymbal roll] - I mean, look how far I've come.

- And that's why I'm gonna make the option easy for ya.

I'm gonna pull you from the field.

- Well, come around.

Got somethin' to tell ya.

I'm not continuing with you guys.

- What?

Nathan: You're not?

- They won't let me.

Carriona: It's kinda disappointing, because, you know, she was supposed to cross the finish line with us.

Maria: You gotta do this.

You can still win.

All of you get it, give it your best shot.

I'll be waiting for you at the finish line.

- My dad's definitely gonna have to step up.

- We've always done everything together.

- I know, but you have to do this.

[sighs] [tearfully] Do you hear me?

Let me get one last hug.

You can still win, that's the best thing.

It's them Hopkins, right?

If you hear any noise, it's not me and the boys, who is it?

All: Them Hopkins.

- I love you guys.

Nathan: Love you too.

Maria: I have to do what I have to do.

I know that they're gonna be okay.

Kenneth: All right, we got this.

Starting day two, it is a little stressful.

Carriona: 'Kay, we can do this, guys.

- We've got this.

But I'm doin' it for my wife and my, my children.

Mom may be out, but she's still with us.

Show them that you don't give up.

- See that mountain, I climb over there.

Lincoln: We arrived.

Russ: What was the hint?

Autumn: Where the rock hugs the tree.

Russ: Where the rock hugs the tree, that looks like a huggy rock.

Summer: That's-- Lincoln: Found it.

[all voice approval] Summer: "Hands down, the coldest waypoint."

- All right, well, we're going somewhere cold.

Colin: Now's when the work really begins.

To reach the next checkpoint, families will cross the valley to the base of the steep mountain, and then climb nearly 1,000 feet of vertical elevation through rocks, gravel, and punishing switchbacks.

Carriona: Kinda sad that mama can't continue.

Kenneth: We got this, Natalie, you're strong.

- I'm very close with my mom.

It's like half of your heart gone, it's just like, broken off.

Kenneth: We can do this, we doin' this.

One foot in front of the other.

Natalie: But I'm gonna keep walking.

Because I know when I get to the finish line that she'll be there.

And I can connect my heart together.

[birds calling] Autumn: I wonder how much up there even is to do.

Russ: Oh my gosh.

- Day two so far, feeling uh... pretty exhausted.

Russ: Trees are thinning out to the point where I don't think we've got maybe another thousand feet.

- We are going a lot, lot higher than we did before.

Russ: This thousand feet feels like the last 3,000 feet combined.

- We're just goin' straight up.

Colin: As the Goulds steadily make their way up, the Hopkins have found the next clue, but they may have a problem.

Carriona: C'mon, daddy, you can do it.

Nathan: We're almost there, just one step in front of the other.

- Right now, my dad's kind of struggling.

You gotta breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth.

We keep trying to give him motivation, to tell him to continue, but yeah, that's not really working.

Nathan: Are you good?

Are you okay?

Kenneth: No, but I gotta keep goin'.

Carriona: What is it, are you overheating, is it hard to breathe?

Kenneth: All of the above.

- It's gettin' hard, all of us are tired, really.

- I just wanna grab a quick blood pressure on you, if that's okay.

And just breathe normal, nice, relaxed breaths.

Colin: In every expedition, there's always a moment where it feels like an impossible task.

Kenneth has reached that point.

- It's not really what I was hoping for, it's pretty high.

Colin: With Maria already out of the race, if he leaves, his children will be on their own in the wilderness.

- My blood pressure's too high to continue.

♪♪ Carriona: I'm kinda disappointed.

But I mean, health comes before anything else.

Natalie: I promise you guys that we're gonna cross this finish line together.

- I wouldn't leave it, leave you guys, for no other reason.

Never would.

I dug deep as I could.

Guessin' I dug too deep, maybe.

I feel so guilty, man, for you guys to have to-- - What is there to be guilty about?

- Your safety first.

Kenneth: [tearfully] Because I'm the parent, I'm supposed to be the one that's leading... Carriona: No, no.

You guys have taken care of us since we were three, and you adopted us.

Yeah, you're a parent, but it's our turn to take charge.

So let us prove to you that we can do it.

- I know you will.

- We're gonna keep goin', we try as hard as we can, and we try not to give up.

Natalie: Only thing you can do is try.

- I'm sorry.

Nathan: We'll see you at the finish line.

- Okay, I love you guys.

You can do this.

- Bye.

- You have all the strength you need.

Colin: Carriona, Nathan, and Natalie will now have to face the wilderness all alone, and with their most difficult climb to come, all they can do is take one step at a time.

- It's around the corner.

♪♪ These are like, the steepest switchbacks.

I can't believe there's a trail up here, like, people do this for fun.

- I'm pretty sure we're not near the top.

But this just keeps saying go up.

- Doing these back and forth switchbacks is super, super intense.

Russ: Oh my gosh.

Autumn: We're looking down at the GPS, and it's been saying that we only have half of a mile to go for what feels like four or five miles now.

We're all feelin' it.

Russ: Pile of snow.

April: Oh, look, there's a snowman, even.

Russ: Hands down the coldest waypoint.

You see any hands?

Hands?

April: Ah!

You found it!

Russ: Little snowman's hands are down!

- "You've climbed the mountain, now cross the peak."

- Shut the front door.

- Oh my gosh!

Colin: From here, it's a scramble up 30-degree slopes to get to the peak, which towers overhead at an altitude over 10,000 feet.

- We're almost to the top of the mountain, actually.

I can see the top right over there.

Carriona: Don't walk too fast, we gotta keep our pace.

Nathan: Hate to slip and fall down.

Natalie: We won't fall.

We got each other's back.

Carriona: We lost two of our teammates today, my parents.

So we all need to just work together.

Of course, being the oldest, I definitely do feel like I have to kinda step up and be the leader.

C'mon, you can do it, Natalie.

I really wanna get to the finish line.

We were right down there.

Mommy and daddy would be so proud.

Nathan: Yeah, I wish they were here with us.

- We have not done anything like this.

It is very important, kind of a bonding experience.

Natalie: We're almost there, right?

Nathan: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely.

Around a couple corners.

Carriona: This is, this is good teamwork.

Natalie: Oh, it's a snowman!

That's so cute.

I wanna smash him.

- You're gonna smash the poor snowman?

- Yeah, he might be hiding secrets.

- [laughs] Carriona: I haven't seen snow since we were back in Indiana.

Nathan: Feels great, especially after that hot climb.

- Take it!

- Fine!

- I dare you.

[laughter] Carriona: Oh, that's so cold, no!

The pain, the struggle, everything.

It was all worth it just to see the snow and get to play in it.

"You've climbed the mountain, now cross the peak."

- All right, that's the summit, we have to come up.

Colin: Despite their parents' absence, the three siblings face the mountain as one.

Meanwhile, further up, the Goulds' energy is fading as they're nearing the peak.

♪♪ Autumn: This is really steep.

Russ: This has been physically draining, and I have to say emotionally draining as well, just trying to keep pushing yourself.

April: I mean, I'm hoping I'll look up and I'll be there.

Russ: Even though your body keeps saying, "Nope, we were done ten steps back."

I think it just goes to show, when you've got things in your life, sometimes you just have to tell yourself you're gonna do it and hit it head on.

Summer: Keep goin' deep, we're almost there.

- One foot at a time.

- One foot at a time, even when you're goin' to college.

April: Oh my gosh!

Autumn: Beautiful.

- Wow!

♪♪ There's mountains, like, all around us.

We're completely surrounded.

- Just getting lost in the beauty.

We're higher than all those mountains, higher than all those.

I'm really proud of these guys for all that they've done.

This took it to a whole new level.

- Nice.

Lincoln: We did it!

April: Whoo!

- It feels so awesome to be up here with my family.

April: We made it to the top.

Russ: Hard to believe.

Autumn: To look down at the valley and everything that we've accomplished together, I'm just so proud of all of us.

- All right, where're we goin'?

- Down.

- [laughs] Colin: Four hundred feet down the mountain, drawing strength from one another, the Hopkins bravely make their way to the summit.

Natalie: Thank you.

Nathan: Climbing up this thing right now, I keep looking up and down, it doesn't look like we're moving at all.

- [panting] - I mean, are we ever going to get to the top?

Carriona: We really wanna complete this challenge for our parents that couldn't do it.

Woo, baby.

Nathan: Almost to the top.

Climbing up this summit, the wind is blowing really strong, and it's pretty sheer cliff on every side, so it feels kind of dangerous.

Natalie: C'mon, let's go.

I feel like I'm going to fall off the cliff, I'm not even gonna lie.

Nathan: Oh, wow, careful, careful.

- Being up at this high point is definitely very scary, but then Nathan grabs my hand and gives me a little bit more strength.

Nathan: You can climb up this part.

Carriona: And it seems like a metaphor for our family.

We're never alone, we're always there for each other.

- It's totally worth climbing up all that way to get here.

Wow.

Climbing up this summit really lifted a lot of weight off my shoulders, makes me more confident.

My goal coming into this is to prove to everyone, the bullies, myself, that I can do this, I can do anything, and I feel like I have accomplished it.

♪♪ Carriona: I wouldn't trade this journey for anything in the world.

Russ: Yeah, there's a lot of slippery rocks.

- Whoa!

- Today, not gonna lie, has been really, really hard.

To think that this is probably our last big family trip before I really leave for college is a really sad thought for me.

April: When you guys were younger, you know, I thought we had so much time.

- Being with my family and accomplishing these hard things.

April: There's the flag!!

[all cheering] - We made it, you guys!

- Has shown me just how important they really are to me.

- "Congratulations, you have survived day two."

[all cheering] - Let's get out of here.

- Let's find some shade, or grass, or anything.

- Anything.

- Family's always gonna be there for you.

- Yes, they are.

♪♪ [sighing in relief] Carriona: Oh, solid ground, oh my gosh... At this moment, I'm very impressed, by not only myself, but my siblings.

Nathan: Finally!

All right.

Carriona: At times, you're always gonna tell yourself that you can't do it, but it definitely is an achievement.

Colin: Having both their parents drop out must have been a crushing blow to the Hopkins kids, but I'm astounded how they were able to overcome adversity and work together so they'll be starting the final day only 18 minutes behind the Goulds.

- We see that your dad's not here, what happened?

- He was having a little trouble on the beginning of the trail.

He ended up having to get pulled out, so... - So now it's just you kids?

- Yeah, just, just the kids, versus you guys.

[laughter] April: Well, that's a bit, that's tough!

Nathan: He wanted to be there for us and all, but we uh, told him we'd reach the finish line for him.

Is that first or second?

Doesn't matter, we're gonna reach it for him.

April: You guys are like... so awesome for staying.

They must be really proud of you.

- Yeah, everything that we do, it's pretty much because of them.

They taught us how not to give up, and kinda to be a little stubborn, you know.

Nathan: There's always a way, yep.

- Be such a waste to give up now when we've gotten this far.

- Natalie, did you have a reason for comin' out?

Natalie: I mean, I have a low self-esteem, so I wanted to show myself I could do it, but after mommy and daddy left, I kind of felt like I had to do it now.

- That's hard, you know?

That's really hard.

You could've quit, you know, at any time, but you chose to stay, that's pretty-- that's really awesome.

- I know, it's definitely... life isn't life without challenges.

♪♪ Colin: I'm so impressed by these Hopkins kids, the way they've summoned the courage to lead themselves through this wilderness.

- Morning of day three seems just as beautiful as ever.

We all feel better, our feet don't hurt as much as they did yesterday.

I think we're ready to go.

I'm super excited to see my parents.

I bet they're gonna be really proud of what we've done.

Colin: It is not easy to be alone out here.

But they've made it further than even they thought was possible.

- Me and my sisters, we're going to reach the finish line for my dad and my mom.

Colin: And with the Goulds' lead now down to 18 minutes, it looks like it will be a real race.

The families will have to make their descent over the next three miles, navigating rocky creeks and riverbeds on their way to the finish line.

April: Okay, where're we going today?

Autumn: "Over the river."

April: Okay.

Russ: All right.

[Goulds saying good-bye] - See you there!

Russ: We'll be listening for you on our heels.

We'll hit the gas if we hear ya.

[laughter] Summer: Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go I actually feel like my lung capacity has increased a lot, 'cause if I were to do the hike that we did yesterday on the first day, I would've like, died.

Like, not figuratively, but like, literally died.

Nathan: See their pace?

Double time.

- The other family said that they kept taking breaks, so maybe if we take less breaks, like, if we continue on a steady pace and we don't stop at all, I bet we could pass them and they won't even know.

Russ: Looking at the elevation changes, we're gonna be dropping quite a bit, so get ready for more of this.

- Okay!

So a lot's riding on today, seeing it's the last day.

Whoo!

Parkour!

We just really have to hurry it up today.

Carriona: Today really matters, so our pace is really quickening.

We really want this.

For not just us, but our parents too.

C'mon, Natalie!

We got this!

We all can do it.

The look on our parents' face when we cross the finish line is worth any pain in the world.

Colin: As the Hopkins gain ground, Maria and Kenneth will be reunited with their kids at the finish line.

Welcome, welcome, to the finish line area.

You must be so proud, you know, they didn't give up.

- I'm kinda glad they got a chance to get this experience.

- Yeah.

- Without us, because I think this boosts their confidence.

- And clearly you guys have set a great role model for your children, because how incredible is it that they were willing to stay and stick it out for the family?

- You know, it's nice to know that you, your kids can take away something good.

- Well, I'm so glad that you both can be here for the finish line to see them complete the final task.

♪♪ Carriona: So when you guys get home, what's the first thing you guys are gonna do?

- Sleep and eat an actually good meal.

What about you, Natalie?

- Take a nice shower.

Nathan: Oh, yeah, true, true, yeah.

Natalie: Freakin' dirty.

Summer: I think I see it.

It's a bridge!

I'm fairly certain it's under the bridge, that would make the most sense.

April: I think I see them, I think I see them.

Autumn: Where, where?

[cheering] Summer: I'm really hoping that it says, like, "Congratulations, you're done, that's it."

Autumn: "Your wettest waypoint."

- [laughs] - Oh yeah.

- All right, this way, let's keep going!

Colin: To reach the next checkpoint, the families must travel downstream, navigating around slick rocks and through unstable riverbeds.

Nathan: There's a bridge over here.

It said we had to cross the river, and this bridge is crossing the river, so maybe it's under the bridge?

- Hmm, maybe.

I'm feeling good 'cause we got to the second checkpoint.

- I found it, it's right here.

We're almost there, we just gotta, we just gotta keep going.

It's this way.

Colin: Summoning their newly-found courage, the Hopkins push on, and close in on the Goulds, who have run into a snag further down the river.

- Oh!

[nervous laughter] Autumn: You good?

April: Oh, that was close.

Lincoln: Arrived.

Russ: Have we arrived?

- Yep.

April: I think it's in the river, right?

- So we're looking around.

Russ: Looks like it's on that hill.

Summer: And we're looking for a really long time.

- It's saying it's behind us now.

Summer: Our efforts are absolutely fruitless.

Autumn: I see a string.

April: Next to the plant!

- That's a root.

- I think this is one of the hardest ones.

Russ: It's the wettest one yet, so, look in the water.

Nathan: There's no path?

There's gotta be a path.

- I reeeally wanna get to the finish line, I know we can do it.

Nathan: It looks a little flatter over here.

Carriona: We're so tired right now, but it's worth it.

To cross the finish line, it's a huge accomplishment.

- So I'm thinking, uh, we go toward the water, yeah?

April: Guys, I see a string!

Right there, right there!

Autumn: Aha!

- All right!

[cheering] April: That was a tricky one.

“Go, go, go!” - I think the only time that you scream "Go, go, go" in a race is when you're right at the end, so I'm hoping that this is it.

- That direction.

- Go, go, go!

Colin: The Goulds have lost precious time, and the Hopkins may have a chance to take the lead.

Nathan: I found it, it's over here.

- Oh my gosh, "Go, go, go!"

- We're super close, I can practically taste it.

We gotta keep this pace going.

Autumn: Let's go, let's go, hop the creek, hop the creek!

April: All right, I'm coming!

- C'mon, Natalie.

- [screaming] - Keep going.

- Go, go go.

- All right, we're here at the finish line.

Autumn: I think I see him!

April: What?

- C'mon guys, you're nearly there!

- Ten thousand dollars, here we come!

Colin: Wow!

April: We're so happy to see you!

- Congratulations!

You remember your family flag?

All: Yeah.

- What I need you to do is raise your flag into the air.

[all cheering] All right, here you go.

- Let's go.

Russ: It gives me a huge sense of pride to see our emblem of our family.

April: It's beautiful, it's beautiful!

Russ: Being raised up and hoisted into the air.

[all cheering] And to know that we have accomplished all of this together.

Colin: Congratulations, Gould family, you are the winners!

April: Going through this journey has been really rough, physically, mentally challenging.

- Ten thousand dollars!

- Oh my gosh!

April: Ten thousand dollars is definitely a cherry on top.

- But at the same time, the time that we spent together means more.

- How are you guys feeling?

You know, I know it's been a long several days here.

- The most meaningful part has just been able to come closer together as a family.

Even though I'm independent and competitive, at the end of the day, life is about creating bonds with others and forging relationships, and I'm really grateful that this experience was able to show me that.

Natalie: You guys see anything yet?

- We're really close.

What kept me motivated, really, was getting back to my parents.

Carriona: They're the reason we are who we are today, and the reason we were here.

Maria: Who's that over there?!

Carriona: "Who's that over there", is that what I heard?

Maria: If you hear any noise!

Kenneth and Maria: It's not me and the boys!

- Who is it?!

Children: Them Hopkins!

[shouting] Colin: All right, come on, you guys!

- Oh, you did it, you did it!

I'm so proud of you!

- Took the torch and just went on to the finish line.

Maria: They finished something that I could never do.

And for that, I'm feeling awesome.

Colin: How good is it to be reunited with your parents?

Nathan: It's wonderful to be reunited, I've been waiting ever since they left to be reunited with them.

Colin: Well, I'm proud of you, I know we are all so proud of you guys.

Kenneth, when you had to bail out, your kids soldiered and climbed over 10,000 feet.

- I mean, it's beyond great to see my little youngsters come up to be responsible and work together, get to the finish line together.

Colin: Nathan, what would you say to the bullies right now after what you've shown you can go through?

- I can do anything no matter what you say.

Just watch this and you can see I can.

- It takes that strong determination to conquer your fears.

You didn't stop.

- That's right.

- You didn't quit.

And that's all we wanna see in you guys, never quit.

- Congratulations, you did it, you did it.

I mean, it just makes me so happy to see this, because it is about competition, it is about finishing first, but ultimately the essence of this entire show, it's about camaraderie, it's about friendship, it's about bonding as a family unit, and so to see both families standing here proud, I hope you've learned something, and you can take this positivity and joy with you as you continue on your journeys as families.

[all cheering]