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We're in the middle of the world's deadliest jungle.
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And we're in the desert.
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And we're in the Antarctic.
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And we're going to be racing each other in these completely different environments.
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Each of us have to travel to our rescue helicopters, and whichever team gets there first wins $100 ,000 for their moms.
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You guys literally stand no chance.
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Guys, I literally can't even see in front of me.
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Starting in three, two, one.
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Good luck.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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You got to beat the boys.
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I'm doing this for my mom.
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I don't care what we have to do, we're gonna win.
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We gotta win.
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Oh, stand, stand, stand.
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Oh, no, no!
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Nolan, no!
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Bad start, bad start, bad start!
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Each group has its advantages and disadvantages.
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The desert, for example.
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No shade, no water, blistering heat.
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I feel like an egg in a frying pan out here.
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And that means that they have to carry an extra 35 pounds of water each compared to everyone else.
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And here in the Amazon, it's hot, there's hills, and most importantly pause for one second this it's a list of everything
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that could kill us in the Amazon okay what's on the
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list rattlesnakes wandering spider jaguars disease carrying bats storm of bulletins anacondas flash flood former hornets diseases
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that mosquitoes carry you get the point our danger is death okay in the Antarctic well
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that's pretty self -explanatory my toes get a little frozen
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it's really cold out here I actually can't see anything in front of me
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Now, even though they're getting absolutely destroyed compared to us right now,
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throughout this video, we'll be coming across different obstacles that might change the direction of this entire race.
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Hey, boys.
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How's the desert treating you?
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Is it hot?
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Dude, it's blistering out here.
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These bags are heavy.
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I see her on the tracking app.
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You guys are about 6 % done.
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We're around 4 % done.
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And the Arctic's still on 2%.
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How does our dust taste?
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Literally.
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All right, this is looking a little sketchy up here.
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I'm not gonna lie.
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Yeah, I can't see.
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Should we look at the navigation?
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Uh, why not?
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In case you're curious, each one of us plotted our own path and then we have a compass on our phone.
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According to my compass, we have to go this way.
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Just follow the GPS?
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Just follow the GPS.
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With the visibility being so low, we might have to go ahead and set up camp immediately. But you know what?
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We're gonna be the most rested.
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And while the Antarctic was dealing with the natural elements of their biome, We were facing the challenges of our own.
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Oh, are you good?
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The cameraman's doing the challenge as well.
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Oh, he almost fell twice.
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You good?
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I'm good.
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Okay.
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There's no shot the desert's hotter than this.
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I don't know if I've ever sweat this much in my life.
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You might be wondering, babe, if we step in this water, our shoes will get soaked and we'll be miserable the rest of the video.
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Yeah.
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How are we going to cross?
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I'll handle that.
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Whoa.
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Oh, that's actually perfect.
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Whoa.
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Timber.
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get yourself a man who can build you a bridge in the amazon
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now my wife can cross the little creek without getting wet ingenuity you got this oh my gosh
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that was terrifying let's continue our journey after hacking through the brush
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and hiking up treacherous terrain this thing is
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so steep we needed a new source of water babe
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we should find water oh this is kind of pretty okay
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so this bottle actually filters bacteria and viruses
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so we can drink the Amazon water and there you go hold
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that shake it a little bit
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and now we have some good tasting electrolytes after hours of struggling
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we were only ten percent of the way to our helicopter desert was at eleven percent
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and Antarctic was still at seven percent only ten percent time
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we gotta catch up to the boys
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you know getting over every single dune makes me even more motivated come on we're gonna win
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we're gonna like oh we're gonna wait my water my water oh yep need that
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this is just my bags killing i gotcha get arrested okay thanks for carrying my bag
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oh this is
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so much easier without those bags let's go kick desert's butt
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we're literally crushing it right now we're in first place the terrain's about to change hopefully
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it's a lot easier wow look at that that's insane
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that is so pretty and now we're gonna get down all this somehow to that flat land.
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Yo Jimmy, once we get down there, you don't stand a chance.
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It's over.
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I'm gonna be honest, us making camp early is a huge disadvantage because the other teams are able to keep walking.
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We're wasting our daylight to get in a tent, so we're gonna be way behind in the race.
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While green team was struggling to stay warm, we were having the opposite problem.
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We didn't bring a fan, so we're cooling off with the drone.
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This feels amazing.
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Oh my gosh.
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This frog's just jade chilling on a leaf.
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It's such a cute frog.
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We should call it Todd the Toad.
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I did not mean to disturb his home.
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Here's the current standing.
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We're 15%, deserts, 20%.
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Antarctic, I don't know what they're doing.
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They're only at 7%.
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They're falling behind.
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Yo, that's an entire skeleton right now.
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I don't even know if that's a human or not.
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Well, judging by the screen, I don't think it's a human.
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Judging by the skull, it's dead.
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We're getting 200 grand or we're gonna die trying.
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We are still in the lead, Nolan.
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But just barely.
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We gotta keep going.
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If we stop even for a second, Jimmy's gonna catch up.
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Look at that.
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Bro, this is insane.
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I guess we just walk.
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Unless you wanna make a jump for it.
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We just have to walk around it really fast at this point.
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How do we get stuck with the world's biggest canyon?
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I don't know.
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I wonder what
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Jimmy and Tia are going through right now.
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I feel like I've been walking through the jungle forever.
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The Amazon's crazy, man.
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This is crazy.
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We are now about a quarter of the way done, and so is desert.
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It's been a grueling grind, but we finally caught up, so they're not responding on the walkie, but I'm going to assume they took a break,
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and that's allowed us to catch up.
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For the first time in this video, Jimmy has the lead.
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That cost us so much time.
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We got to make a change.
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We started the day with four of these.
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Each one of them weighs eight pounds.
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We need to get rid of some weight.
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Oh, this sucks.
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It's kind of hard to look at, honestly.
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This might be the biggest mistake of this video, but we'll find out later after four hours of hiking through the perilous jungle
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We were finally near the river.
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Oh, that's not good.
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Okay, it's okay I don't weigh as much as you do and this branch holds for me
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We're making good progress.
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We're still ahead of the desert boys.
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We are sore out of our minds
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We're gonna take a 10 minute little break here.
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Babe, we're doing great.
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Yeah, I'm so proud of you I'm proud of you too.
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I'm so comfy.
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We're same I wonder how the rest of the gang's doing.
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How's it feeling in there, Allison?
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Oh my goodness, Darius, my hair.
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Yeah, it looks pretty wild right now.
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They're literally icicles.
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I'm about to come inside.
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I'm tired.
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This is a little more extreme than I was expecting.
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That was so much effort just to put a tent up.
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That's all we did.
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I'm pretty beat right now.
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I wish I was in the desert right now.
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It's getting dark.
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We're losing sunlight.
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We need to camp out this is gonna be a good place for a tent
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i think we deserve some rest we made
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it to the river all right here's the game plan
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we're gonna camp okay in the morning yeah we're gonna build a raft okay
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and we're gonna sail across this river you mean the one filled with anacondas potentially piranhas
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and the alligator stuff uh yep okay okay i thought the amazon was the easiest
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but my gosh this is hard we have to build a raft tomorrow oh this is gonna be so hard
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so we're gonna walk alongside the river until we find a good place to camp what about here oh
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that's not bad time to set up camp my back is dying my shoulders are hurting
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but we have a tent let's get to building
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these are inflatable mattresses all you do is just blow right in there all right
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now that we're not surrounded by trees i was able to set up a starling let's facetime the gang Yo!
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What up guys?
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Me and Tia are 40%, Tariq and Nolan are around a third of the way done, and you two are 7%.
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Oh, don't you worry.
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We're gonna come back tomorrow and we're gonna be way faster.
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Hey, sleep well guys.
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Good night.
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Take care.
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So far we're in second place, so tomorrow we need to lock in.
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We're nice and snug inside the tent.
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I'm gonna keep an eye on their positions to make sure they're not lying to us
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and about to start walking and then I'll probably get a couple hours of sleep.
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See you guys in the morning.
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It seems like everybody's still sleeping.
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They haven't moved at all.
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Yeah, nobody's moved at all yet.
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We're awake and we're about to get moving here in the next few minutes and we are going full speed.
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We have to make some ground up.
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Oh!
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Um, this is beautiful though.
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I'm glad we can see.
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Yeah, yesterday we couldn't even see in front of our hands.
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We do actually need to take advantage of the fact that the boys are sleeping and the fact that we can see.
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Oh, absolutely.
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They're going to wake up and be really surprised.
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The sun is out.
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Let's get going.
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M &T might be a good couple, but a couple of losers.
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Look, dude.
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It's a river.
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Yo, we're in an oasis.
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This is insane.
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You think Jimmy's river looks like this?
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Well, ours was just slightly bigger.
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And for those of you that are going to comment, why don't you guys swim across?
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Look how strong that current is.
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With our backpacks, that current would drag us down river, possibly putting our lives at risk and even worse.
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We would guaranteed lose, hence why we need to build a raft.
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like those mattresses are not going to be enough to hold our weight
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we're gonna need something to time to bamboo would be perfect
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this looks like bamboo over here oh heck yeah this looks like somebody else's raft
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and they didn't make it up now i've built my fair share of rafts
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and where last time i had a survival expert helping us every step of the way
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this time we have an expert in
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well everything hey gemini how do i turn mattresses bamboo
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and some rope into a raft here's a straightforward guide to
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assembling the raft place the two thick bamboo logs parallel to
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each other place the two wooden branches horizontally layer the two inflatable sleeping pads directly on top of each other
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and secure the pads all right alison so it looks like right here
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if we take this path we can cut straight through It's going to make it so much faster.
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It's risky, though.
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I'm a winner, so I'm going to take risks.
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This gamble could help us catch up or even take the leap.
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But if it's too steep, we're going to lose the entire challenge.
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That's a risk I'm willing to take.
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This desert is so dry that this river literally dried up when we're walking where it once used to be.
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I can't believe this.
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We're catching up to you, Jimmy.
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Oh, gosh, the boys are moving.
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All right.
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Hey, Jim and I, how do I tie a slipknot?
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Go ahead and make a loop with your rope, crossing the working end over the standing part reach through that loop you just made.
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Thankfully, the boys are being a little less productive with their Gemini.
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It's a giant shark tube.
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Why is there a shark tube here?
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The short answer is that the Peruvian desert was once a thriving shallow ocean.
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Dude, I'm so excited about this.
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We are on the right path.
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It's just, this definitely isn't easy.
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I'm a little cold and I am sweating.
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I'm feeling really good about our new plan.
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And we're gonna catch up.
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Arctic.
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Whoa, they're making a lot of ground.
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Hold on, Nolan.
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We're in the lead.
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We're ahead.
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I'd pay to see the look on Jimmy's face once he sees we caught up.
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Boys, wait.
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Whoa, you guys just passed us.
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Okay, we got to get building this raft.
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Here you go.
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Flypack, take the zip ties you use to zip tie his hammers on trees.
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Use them to secure in the bamboo.
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Hold it together.
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Yee, all right.
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What do you guys think of my raft?
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It's TSI.
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This ain't like the one we built in the raft video.
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Well, I don't have a week.
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I had seven hours hopefully the anacondas think we're a very big predator
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and leave us alone yeah we haven't showered
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you guys don't want to eat us we don't taste very good
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this raft obviously isn't big enough for the three of us
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so we're going to put our bags on with tia and me
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and zach are just going to get drenched okay i'm still i'm still afloat go go we're going yeah oh
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that tricks whoa should i also be kicking no tia
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you paddle okay i'm on the propeller we're moving
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we're making progress shores over there guys keep kicking
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this might be the craziest thing i've ever done
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this might be the dumbest thing i've ever done okay
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i can see the shore good job man oh i feel
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that current oh my god this current is strong we're supposed to land way back there
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we're in the middle of the river this current does not want us to stop
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oh look at that we should probably aim for
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that okay we gotta get there we got a really push to our left here
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if you're gonna paddle now you're gonna have to walk another five hours it's getting deeper hi Keep kicking.
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It's over there.
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Come on.
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If we miss this one, it's Gigi's.
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It's right there.
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It's so close.
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You're not going to make it.
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Zach, I can stand.
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Pull, pull.
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We made it.
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We made it.
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oh sit down jimmy feel like jello leg
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we did it but unfortunately missing our landing spot made our shortcut into a long cut
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guys we just sailed across the river that's crazy it took
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you guys this long to sail we got swept like two miles off course
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it was really bad arctic what's going on yeah i want a shortcut like
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that hey listen guys bro they're flying
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you guys are about to beat jimmy well i doubt they have any more shortcuts all right
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so as of right now treek and nolan are 58 we're 47 and darius
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and allison with their massive shortcut are at 40 seems like it's anyone's game hey guys definitely get some rest
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you know enjoy yourself all right
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we're not stopping babe let's get going yo he's definitely not stopping no he's definitely going tonight all right
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so we take the tent
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and sleeping bag we leave it here we take only the bare minimum
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and we go we go all night
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and we make it to the helicopter before the boys okay
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i like jimmy's literally on us right now this is brutal
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you can see the sweat all over me keep going don't stop
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but we don't care how tired
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we are i'm not gonna give jimmy the satisfaction of winning
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we're single -handedly about to put them in last place
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we just need to go straight this way for a little bit longer
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we're gonna have to trek all the way up a mountain to get distracted
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it was a lot of work to get up here
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but it was totally worth seeing the view yeah this is uh beautiful slow
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and steady down the mountain down this big mountain yeah
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you good this is a lot of pressure on my knees
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this is the first time where i feel like our body's not keeping up with our minds
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it's all about breathing bro
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it's all about breathing in through the nose out through the mouth at a consistent pace no
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that's hyperventilating wow the amazon's actually very beautiful look at
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that fruit it looks really yummy is this plant edible
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while technically edible the fruit is packed with hard dark seeds that can easily chip a tooth.
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Sorry babe, you can't eat it.
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The storm is literally coming.
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Yeah, man.
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I can feel it on my face.
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Wow, the visibility's getting worse.
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Keep going, brother.
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You got it.
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We're probably pushing ourselves too hard, but I really don't care.
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So much desert.
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Nothing but pain at this point, bro.
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Oh, fire ants.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Yeah, they have a sense of urgency right there.
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We're about 12 % behind desert, so we're kicking into warp speed.
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I'm just focused on moving.
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I wonder what the boys are doing.
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Oh, there's actually five more hills.
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That is the worst outcome.
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Oh, this is actually it couldn't get worse than this to be honest.
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I thought this was the last big hill
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The wind is already picking up which is really concerning
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We're gonna push ourselves to the limit out here so we can win for our mom
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Absolutely, no stopping.
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I literally can't see in front of me right now though.
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I can't see anything I don't even know where I'm going
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No, this is bad. And
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while the weather pushed them to walk through a literal blizzard
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walking non -stops for an hour pushed our bodies to the absolute limit
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Jimmy's throwing up.
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I'll do it.
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It's my turn.
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Come on.
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Oh, my gosh.
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My back feels so good without that.
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Passenger princess now.
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Come on, my princess.
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I got you.
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You look like a little kid going to school.
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I feel like a little kid going to school.
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Even with all the odds against us, Nolan, we're still going to win, bro.
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We're going to finish it today.
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I don't care what we got to do.
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Okay, here's my mom.
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Hello.
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Hi.
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Make sure you're drinking plenty of water and be safe, but go for it and win this.
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We are finishing.
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Let's go!
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Two days!
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Winds are coming in up to around 50 mile an hour gusts.
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Wow!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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We just put ourselves in a worse position than we already were.
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Oh my goodness!
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And the wrong mistake can easily put you in a situation that you can't get out of.
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My goggles aren't working!
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I'm blinded!
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Whoa!
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How did that happen?
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I don't know.
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Whoa!
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No!
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I think we lost dang the visibility is getting so bad
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that we're having to stop nothing else we can do
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but just hunker down for this storm i almost didn't want to believe it i was just hoping and praying
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that it would just go away mother nature has kicked us in the butt oh tia has the bag
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and is pushing i forgot i was wearing the bag
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we have been booking it we finished crossing the river an hour
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and a half ago since then they went from 59 to 72 that's crazy there's no shot they can maintain
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that pace they're gonna have to take a break soon it's hot we're thirsty this bag's heavy
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all we've been doing is walking walking walking on this flat land oh this desert is brutal
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oh my god oh what i would give for an ice cube right
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now i mean it's like physical exertion to is max yeah nolan mom how are you how are you guys
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i've been thinking about you i can't see you out here
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nolan uphill with like 60 pounds on your back sand sinking with every step
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i mean this is as hard as it gets for us bro all right boys
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i have a proposition we're at 66 you're at 73 percent arctic's a little over halfway and what
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if starting now there's no updates until someone wins
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i like it i say that's a great idea we agree yeah we're we're in agreeance if everyone's on board
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Good luck guys.
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You're gonna need it.
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And just like them you now won't know how close we are to finishing either back to it
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We have no idea how fast everybody else is moving now, so we're just not gonna stop.
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We gotta book it
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We're not gonna lose.
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Well, this is for you.
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I'm on a mission to win.
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I'm not here to make friends.
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That's a woman on a mission I'm doing this for my mommy.
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Oh my gosh.
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It is so windy.
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You can see everything from up here
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Oh my gosh, just over that way is where we got to get picked up.
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Come on.
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Let's get there
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Let's get this dove for our moms, and more importantly, so no one can't get a dove over us.
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I wonder if the Desert Boys are pushing as hard as we are.
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I think I'm, like, hitting E, for real, on these legs.
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Really?
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Yeah, bro.
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We still got two and a half miles to go.
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We have to finish this.
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This is so much easier.
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This is the hack.
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Oh, there goes my water.
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No. So we have to finish very soon, or else we go thirsty.
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I have something urgent.
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Everyone, stop moving.
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Okay.
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Look up.
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I see a tree.
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One second, let me get away from this.
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Is that a ride home?
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That is not the evacuation helicopter.
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That is the hydration copter.
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Your mobile will work your butts off, and statistically, you're probably dehydrated.
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Oh, yes, dude.
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So, I'm sending helicopters to bring everyone some Pedialyte so we can get rehydrated.
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Oh, he dropped a box.
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Oh, Darius, look.
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What the?
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Pedialyte helps replenish fluids and electrolytes, so we'll all be ready to crush the rest of this track.
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Alright!
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Oh!
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The snow is so deep.
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Hey guys, it's gonna take us 10 minutes to get there, sorry.
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Yeah, oh, I'm falling over to Allison, oh!
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
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Oh yeah, let's go!
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Oh no way!
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This is amazing!
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I see it!
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Why is it so far?
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I see it.
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Ice pops.
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Can I have one too?
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Oh yeah, one for the camera guy.
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There it is.
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I need that drink.
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Cheers.
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Cheers.
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Bro, check this out.
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Let's go.
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Look at all this Pedialyte.
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Oh my gosh.
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Pedialyte comes in clutch when you need to rehydrate and feel better.
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Wow, this is a lot of good stuff in it.
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Oh, these freezer pops are so good.
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This is really good.
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Drink up.
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We're going to need it for the rest of this journey brother
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if if you use the code beast 40 it's 40 off go buy some i think
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when i'm ready to finish this course brother
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we just got really hydrated yeah i think we full send
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it till the end we're leaving the backpacks here
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we will come back to them make sure nothing's left behind
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you ready to go yep let's do it let's do it i just wanted to call you
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and show you our horrible conditions here.
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I feel a little defeated due to the circumstances.
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You know you're a winner.
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You're going to push through.
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I don't want you to come back sad.
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I want you to come back with a great experience.
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You know what, now I feel 10 times better because I was a little sad before.
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Mother Nature right now is not allowing us to go anywhere.
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OK, we're locked in now.
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This is literally the final stretch.
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Something tells me this is weirdly neck and neck with the desert boys.
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So we got to push through the pain.
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We left without any Pedialyte or water or anything.
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We're doing this for you, Ma.
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It's between us and Jimmy.
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We can't let him win.
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Ah, it's uphill.
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It burns.
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Ah, I can feel my heart beating out of my chest.
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There's only one winner.
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And just over this hill is our helicopter.
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It's going to be us, baby.
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Everything in my body is tired.
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It wants to stop.
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But the mind quits way before the body.
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So we're going to keep going.
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I just might puke again.
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There it is!
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It's right there!
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Come here!
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Yeah!
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Let's go!
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Come here!
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Got to be Nolan.
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Entering.
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Close to Nolan.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Give me the camera.
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I'll carry the torch.
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Cameraman down.
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We don't stop moving.
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You good?
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I'm good.
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Okay.
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We have no idea if Jimmy's on our tail.
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Jimmy might also see his helicopter.
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We got to get there.
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No shot.
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We let Jimmy win.
539
Guys, I think we're here.
540
I think we're here.
541
Actually, within sight.
542
Mom, if you're watching this, I'm going to get you that 100K.
543
Oh, I see it!
544
I see the money!
545
100 grand for our moms!
546
Right there!
547
Ah!
548
Ah!
549
Ah!
550
Stop!
551
I touched it!
552
Stop!
553
I'm literally about to cry, bro.
554
I can't feel my legs.
555
I have the opposite problem.
556
I can feel my legs.
557
And they don't feel good.
558
Let's go give our moms the money.
559
There you go.
560
Congratulations.
561
We won.
562
Thank you, Tia.
563
Thanks, Jeremy.
564
We have the best moms ever.
565
Thanks for watching.
566
Darius, there's nothing there.
567
I think we lost.
568
I think we might have been a little late.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “We Survived The Most Extreme Places On Earth 🥷🥷🇮🇳”. This video has 568 sentences and 4428 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:26. The speaker talks fast, about 189 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| desert noun | /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ | A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. |
| jimmy noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ | A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
| helicopter noun | /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ | An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and… |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| tent noun | /tɛnt/ | A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. |
| babe noun | /beɪb/ | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| bamboo noun | /bæmˈbu/ | Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterized by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem. |
| insane adjective | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. |
| jungle noun | /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ | A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest. |
| mattress noun | /ˈmætɹɪs/ | A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed… |
| pace noun | /peɪs/ | A step taken with the foot. |
| tube noun | /tuːb/ | Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. |
| shore noun | /ʃɔɹ/ | Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond. |
| loop noun | /luːp/ | A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| catch up verb | To pick up suddenly. | |
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
| caught up verb | Involuntarily involved in a situation. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| get down verb | /ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/ | To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down. |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| push through verb | To force (legislation or a plan) to be passed or agreed to or a decision to be reached. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How's the desert treating you?
- How does our dust taste?
- Should we look at the navigation?
- How are we going to cross?
- How do we get stuck with the world's biggest canyon?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been walking · have been booking · we've been doing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | It's been · haven't moved · i've built |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 234 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, thirsty /ˈθɝs.ti/, thick /θɪk/, tooth /tuθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, flash /flæʃ/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
- Long words — get the stress right: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, visibility /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like desert, jimmy, gosh.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.