(foreboding music)
I think we're on the right track.
Whoa. Whoa.
-Oh, my God. -Whoo!
Honestly, I'm really impressed with your...
Yeah. Who's your driver now?
Okay, wait. I have to get this out from Bear.
"Bobby and Caitlin, congratulations on the engagement.
So wonderful.
Ready for some wilderness marriage training?"
(laughs)
BEAR: Radio and TV personality, Bobby Bones,
has been entertaining us for years.
TOM: The winners and new champions of Dancing With the Stars,
-Bobby and Sharna. -(crowd cheer)
BEAR: The last time we hung out was in Norway...
Oh. (laughs)
BEAR: ...where he was facing his fears.
Stretching them. (grunts)
BOBBY: My biggest fear is heights. And danger.
Oh, and commitment.
But unless they're gonna put a girl out here and say, "marry her,"
I'm good on that one.
BEAR: But at least he's overcome one of those fears.
-It's... it's left. Look at the map. -That's left?
Yeah like turn it... turn the map like that.
BEAR: Now he's engaged
to an incredible woman named Caitlin Parker.
CAITLIN: I think we go this way.
-Are you sure? -No.
For me, I hope Caitlin, one, has a great adventure.
But two, you know, I hope it bonds us in a way that we haven't bonded yet.
And I think this is going to put some interesting stress on us.
And I... I think and I hope we come out of this stronger
than before we went in.
Here we come.
-BOBBY: Whoo! -(Caitlin laughs)
BEAR: They're joining me in the Sierra Nevada Desert
because if their marriage can survive the wild,
it can survive anything.
Below me is the Sierra Nevada desert, high, dry, and harsh.
With dangers and hardships around every corner, just like marriage.
Oh, no, hold on. I can't say that.
My wife Shara will kill me.
They should be in-bound any minute.
I need to get on the ground and then meet them.
Okay. This adventure is just getting going.
(sudden music sting)
(action music)
BEAR: Here we go.
Okay. On the ground.
Oh, no.
BEAR: There we go.
What is happening?
BEAR: Bobby Bones and Caitlin.
CAITLIN: Oh, God.
BEAR: Well done, you guys.
-Hello. -We made it, barely.
-Okay. Grab your stuff, follow me. -Okay.
(action music)
Okay. Let's hustle. Here we go.
-CAITLIN: I'm already about to fall. -(Bear laughs)
BEAR: Okay....
First of all, welcome to Running Wild, we're really pleased to have you along.
This is going to be fun, follow me.
BOBBY: Oh, my God.
BOBBY: She has never done anything like this.
-(Caitlin screams) -We're out of here!
BOBBY: Oh, my god. Wo-hoo!
BEAR: Hold tight and don't look down. Here we go.
(screams) Here we go!
BEAR: The heli is taking us deeper into the desert
and will drop us on one of the high peaks that dominate this region.
Bobby and Caitlin don't know it yet but we've got a mission to accomplish.
And this is the only way to reach our destination.
BEAR: Okay, so we're looking for a spot to put the chopper down.
I see it, bring us down.
PILOT: Good to go, guys.
BEAR: We're ready to go.
PILOT: Stay low, stay low.
Easy, easy.
Okay, he's just unclipping.
Okay, they're clipping off.
They're clear.
-Well done. -PILOT: We're good to go.
-BOBBY: Whoo-hoo. -CAITLIN: Oh.
Aw, it's always a bit of a bonfire of these heights, this adrenaline
-and noise and everything. -That was insane.
Being back out with Bear sounded fun on paper,
but as soon as you get dragged back up in a helicopter hooked to a harness,
like all of that fear came racing back into me.
And then not only was I worried about me, I was worried about her,
but I look up and she's like, "I'm doing good,"
and I'm scared to death. How are you feeling?
It was crazy, but it was fun.
That's fun for her, it's always scary for me.
(chuckles)
BEAR: So, the mission is,
we're gonna give one of the local government agencies
a hand with some wildlife tracking,
and there have been reports of a family of mountain lions.
At this time of year, uh, you know, cats come down out of the snowy mountains.
They're looking for food and water.
This is also a place where there are bighorn sheep,
which are endangered.
Obviously, bighorn sheep are prey to mountain lions.
So, we're gonna set some camera traps that trigger with movement
and if they film any of the lions
then the agencies know where this family of mountain lions are.
-Ready? -Ready.
-I'm ready. -Okay, here we go.
We're going this way, guys.
BEAR: We'll be traveling eight miles northwest,
across bighorn sheep territory.
They're a vulnerable species and their numbers are dwindling.
We're gonna set up trail cameras to monitor their population
but also to keep tabs on their main predator, the mountain lion.
This landscape is nothing for the sheep and mountain lions
but for us, it's going to be a grueling two-day adventure
across some tough terrain.
(ominous music)
BEAR: Okay, you guys can spot each other as you move through here.
Being out here with Caitlin is... is thrilling and scary.
Like I'm excited about what we're about to go through together
because nothing we have done together at this point has been like this.
Uh, but I'm also scared because I'm scared of everything.
I'm gonna lean on you a lot.
-I know you are. -I'm gonna be more vulnerable
probably with you than I have been our entire relationship.
-I'm looking forward to that. -And I'm not.
-That's the thing, I'm not. -It's gonna be good.
BEAR: Okay, this is ultimately where we're heading.
CAITLIN: Straight down?
BEAR: Yeah, that's our route.
And at least we know we've got like a crack system down this.
The terrain here is definitely steep and it's committing these,
you know, very sharp, steep drop-offs.
I guess we just try and figure out our way through some of this.
BOBBY: Wow.
BEAR: Making any sort of progress is gonna be like a bit of a snake
up and down over this stuff.
But we've got a coil of rope and we've got each other,
uh, and we've got a mission.
CAITLIN: This is a very tight squeeze.
Nice job, babe.
BEAR: I'll go next.
-BOBBY: Did you make it? -(pants) Phew.
BEAR: Okay, yeah, that's good, Bobby.
-Doing well, Bobby. -CAITLIN: You look like a baby
-coming through the birth canal. -(all laugh)
I made it. Holy crap.
BEAR: Come on then.
Okay, so we do need to get down here somehow.
CAITLIN: Oh, my gosh.
Oh, oh, yeah, wow.
Okay, Bobby...
I don't know whether you want to have a look at this or not.
I'm, uh, I'm good.
I'm gonna have to go down it anyways, so I'm good right here.
BEAR: We need something to tie this off to.
What about even at your feet there, Caitlin?
-BOBBY: Yeah. -BEAR: Yeah.
CAITLIN: So, we pulled this rope through this boulder
and I'm supposed to trust this.
(laughs)
There's a lot of trusting with Bear.
Yeah, I mean, it does look a bit precarious.
CAITLIN: Yeah. (sighs)
Let's do it.
BOBBY: We are now in between two cliffs.
CAITLIN: There's a massive drop off at the end of this,
and I guess Bear is sending me down as the pioneer now.
This part is making me nervous.
We are doing a lot of trusting right now.
We are.
BEAR: Caitlin, go, come under me here.
You got it, babe.
CAITLIN: What?
-Are you serious? -BEAR: Yeah. You're fine, okay.
And then, you've just gotta lean back and trust the rope.
'Cause I've got you, okay?
-CAITLIN: I trust you, Bear. -BEAR: Lean back. It's fine. It's fine.
-CAITLIN: I don't trust... -BEAR: You can't go anywhere.
-...people very easily... Oh, my God. -BEAR: It's good, it's good.
-CAITLIN: Why am I doing this? -BEAR: All right, keep going around.
-BEAR: We're gonna get you right around. -CAITLIN: Why am I doing this?
-So, yeah. This is now in there, okay? -CAITLIN: Okay.
You got this, babe.
CAITLIN: No. There's nowhere to stand on this wall.
BEAR: That's good. That's good. Okay, don't worry about it.
Just trust the rope. Trust the rope. Here you go.
Okay I'm gonna let you go a little bit, okay?
And it's gonna be easier there for you.
-BEAR: There you go. -CAITLIN: Oh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
(thud)
-CAITLIN: Something just fell. -BEAR: Don't worry about it.
-CAITLIN: What was that? -BEAR: Don't worry. It's fine.
-CAITLIN: No, no, no. I think that was... -It's the GoPro. It's fine.
-Are you sure? -It's fine.
BEAR: I'm in the Sierra Nevada Desert
with newly engaged couple, Bobby Bones and Caitlin Parker.
This is Caitlin's first time rappelling and she is understandably struggling,
to overcome her fears.
-CAITLIN: Oh. -I'm gonna slowly lower, okay?
-Why am I doing this? -BEAR: Okay?
Wide stance. Wide stance.
CAITLIN: I don't like this, guys.
BOBBY: Seeing her nervous...
that sucks, honestly.
You know, I... I get nervous too, but seeing her...
you know, being that scared sucks for me in a different way
that I don't think I've ever experienced before.
Okay. Now, just get a good stable stance, there you go.
-You're stable there. -Okay. Yeah.
-BEAR: Then, I'm gonna slowly lower. -I'm proud of you.
-Thank you. -BEAR: That's it. That's good.
-Yeah. I'm just not looking down. -BEAR: Yeah, that's good.
Walking it down, leaning back.
Trust the rope leaning back.
Nice and steady. Good.
Looking where you're putting your feet. Look at your feet.
There you go.
CAITLIN: Don't let me fall, Bear.
-You got it. Protect your face. -CAITLIN: Okay.
BEAR: I've got you here. There you go. Keep going back.
Almost there.
BEAR: There you go. Lean back into it.
-CAITLIN: This is not graceful. -BOBBY: Great job, babe. That's it.
-CAITLIN: All right. -BEAR: Well done, Caitlin.
All the way until where you feel you're safe.
Okay. I'm safe.
Okay. Unclip.
Unhooked.
I don't even know if that's the term.
BEAR: Okay, Bobby. Let's bring you here.
CAITLIN: That was crazy.
I was terrified, but I'm interested to see how Bobby handles this,
because I don't like heights, but he hates heights.
-BOBBY: Am I clipped and ready to go? -BEAR: Yeah. You're ready to go.
-BOBBY: All right fallin' back, you ready? -BEAR: Yeah.
Leaning back. That's it.
You've got your right hand to fend off, if you need.
-Easiest if you lean back. -BEAR: There you go. Nice wide stance.
Look at your feet where you're going.
-Great job, Bobby. -CAITLIN: You're so close.
BEAR: See that? That's... that's a pro. There you go.
You can tell that's a dif... just doing it once or twice.
Yeah. I don't trust the process yet.
BEAR: Yeah. So next little bit.
Straight down where you're looking. That's it.
CAITLIN: Nice job.
Nice job.
-BOBBY: Clear. -BEAR: Okay.
(action music)
-CAITLIN: Oh. -BEAR: That's a long way.
BOBBY: That's a lot of trust. You have to just...
-finally lean back into the rope. -I know.
I did not want to do that.
Well, hopefully, I will be your rope.
You know with Caitlin, she's already the strongest woman I know,
and, you know, I know she's scared.
But, you know, being... being brave is doing it anyway
even though you're scared.
And to see her do that, like, that really...
that really fills me up. I love it.
Of course, look, he's like a pro.
-Superhero. -Yeah.
-Okay, great job. Come on. -Thank you.
BEAR: Look at where you came down.
-CAITLIN: I know, that's wild. -BEAR: You know?
Now, gotta find, good places to put these cameras.
That is what we're looking for. Well, let's head that way,
cause ultimately, that's our direction to travel.
This looks more manageable.
-Famous last words. -Yeah.
BEAR: So, from here we're heading on down. The terrain looks a little easier.
We come out of the really steep stuff.
Uh, I am though looking for some places to put these camera traps.
See, all of this is a natural funnel here. This is a game trail.
Oh, yeah, look.
-CAITLIN: Yeah. -BEAR: Look. See that?
That's gonna be a perfect natural funnel animal's gonna pass through.
CAITLIN: I can smell the mountain lion.
-BEAR: Can you? -CAITLIN: No.
(Bobby laughs)
BEAR: A mountain lion, something has definitely gone this way.
-Look, you see the... -CAITLIN: Look at this print.
-That's wild. -BEAR: Well spotted, Caitlin.
-Nice. -BOBBY: Yes. You...
-I'm a tracker. -(laughs)
-Nice. -Nice, see that one?
Yeah.
We got one, two, three, four, that's... yeah, that's a big cat.
-CAITLIN: That print looks massive. -BEAR: Yeah.
Yeah. They'll definitely use it. Okay. Let's put a camera here.
Honestly, I... I was thinking this is a definitely a game trail,
-and then boom, you just spotted that. -(Caitlin sighs)
BEAR: So you put them out, tie it against a tree
so anything moves past, it starts recording.
BEAR: Trail cameras are used by researchers and conservationists
to catalog and monitor wildlife in a specific area.
A motion sensor on the camera will detect nearby wildlife and begin recording.
This footage is then uploaded to various agencies
who use the data to estimate the population of species in a region.
The ones we are placing today,
will be used to keep track of mountain lions
that have come into the vulnerable Big Horn Sheep territory to hunt.
BEAR: Okay. So, look. We're gonna jam this in here.
Okay. It's good.
Marked, logged, moving on.
BEAR: We've placed our first trail camera,
and will continue heading northwest through the foothills.
If mountain lions are hunting in this region,
then there must be a water source nearby.
Running water is a magnet for wildlife, and if we can find it,
it's gonna be a good location for our second camera.
Okay, look at that for a view.
So, there you see all the high mountains and snow now?
CAITLIN: That's gorgeous.
BEAR: Should we take two minutes and just have a little rehydrate?
I think you're doing amazing, don't you think, Bobby?
-BOBBY: I do too. -CAITLIN: Thank you.
Were you nervous before doing this?
I... I was pretty nervous.
Well, I had to do a bit of convincing to get her here.
You know, I know the last time you and I sat around here,
we talked about how I had been,
not only just single,
but I just didn't believe that love was a real thing.
I'd only seen it on movies
-or read about it in books. -BEAR: Yeah. Yeah.
BOBBY: And if you've never experienced it, you start to go,
either something's wrong with me or everybody's lying.
-BEAR: Mm-hmm. -Until I met her and then, it was...
it was just like a... a recharge inside of me.
And for me, that was really one of the best things
that's ever happened to me.
So how did you guys meet?
We met through one of my friends.
-BEAR: Yeah? -Yeah.
She didn't want to go out with me.
-CAITLIN: No... -Let me be honest for a second.
Uh, but she... Someone like her, look at her.
-CAITLIN: No. -Look at me.
There... This is a mismatch. Let's be honest here.
BEAR: Not at all. Bobby, you're strong.
-You're good looking, you're honest, -CAITLIN: Right.
-you're... -Handsome.
But more important than that, your... your character is beautiful.
I just think you haven't had enough people remind you in your life.
Well, for the first time ever, she tells me that,
and I believe her when she says it.
Yeah. Good.
And that's... that's a real gift that I've been able to... to accept.
BEAR: Yeah. Love heals us all.
So Caitlin, I mean, your life as well has been changed so much.
CAITLIN: Yeah.
My life is completely different than it was a year and a half ago.
I was just such a private person.
I was so nervous to take that step,
to kinda go from private to somewhat in the public eye, um...
People are really, um, mean, awful to her online.
I don't mean to make it sound like woe is me because my life is so beautiful
and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
But there were a lot of labels that have been shoved on me...
-Mm-mm. -...by other people that don't know me.
Why do I care that?
None of that's real. You're... you're loved.
You're surrounded, all the people that just love you.
Whether its Bobby and your family. And that's... that's the real stuff.
-Right. -The rest it's just... it's just not real.
What is your advice for us as we're about to get married?
You... you got so many beautiful things ahead of you guys.
Protect what you have, just you guys and your friends.
I don't want to spend my life with things that aren't true.
If I know it's not true, I don't want it in my life, you know?
Put your energy and your time into the stuff that is true.
You never really know what people are like until you start the adventure.
And what I've noticed is they're really sweet with each other.
They're not competitive.
They're really kind. They're really encouraging.
Come and see me in 25 years.
That's a challenge, you gotta stay like that.
Twenty-five years on Bobby Bones, you, me, we're gonna have a beer.
I bet you, you're still kind, still encouraging,
still the humble man but that is always a challenge. Come on.
Okay. Come on. Let's get... let's get moving, get warm.
On the move.
-(ominous music) -(wind gust)
BEAR: So, look, you hear that?
CAITLIN: Unfortunately, I do.
BEAR: So that's all the snow melt coming down into this ravine.
Definite sound of water.
Where there's water, there's gonna be resources like trees for firewood.
Uh, you're gonna find food. All the animals are gonna be down here.
Also, for us, a good place to put one of our trail cams.
Okay.
So, it's definitely that time of day where the light is getting low.
It's getting colder. We found the river.
It's just... it's always... I can't quite see what's down over this bowl.
It's one of these tricky ones, you can't see it.
So, we're just going blind? You haven't seen down there.
-No, no. -Okay.
I'm freaking out.
And she's freezing.
-And I'm freezing. -Yeah.
So now, do you want to find me somewhere to tie this rope around?
In crisis, it's like two people take different roles.
And you're freaking out, and luckily for me, I'm also freaking out.
(chuckles)
I mean, this is a pretty good rock right here.
I like this one 'cause it has this little lip on it.
-BOBBY: Yeah. -BEAR: Yeah?
The tree would even be good. This is fine.
Come on, let's do the tree.
-Just the tree? -I'm... I'm happy.
I'll show... I'll show you how strong this is.
So, you're saying that our body weight won't pull that tree down?
There's no way your body weight, in fact,
I'm so confident in this tree,
I'm gonna put both of you on the line at the same time,
-which you'll need to do because... -No. No. No.
(ominous music)
You look... you look concerned about this.
BEAR: Bobby Bones and his fiancée Caitlin Parker
are helping me place trail cameras in the Sierra Nevada desert.
I'm sending them down a cliff face together,
and the news wasn't that welcome.
Who's gonna take care of the dogs if one of... if both of us go down?
Well, no, because one of you has got to put the camera somewhere down there.
-Oh, my God. -The other's gotta control the descent,
and this tree, look,
it's been growing in here for about a month.
I feel like a tiny tree cannot hold both of us.
BEAR: Maybe I go first.
Is this up for discussion?
Would you have been better with just one of us going down?
Yeah, you.
-Oh. -(both chuckle)
BEAR: Okay. So, look, I'm putting this through one of these clips.
Don't drop it.
-Yeah? -CAITLIN: No pressure.
Bobby, you've rappelled before now. You're gonna control that descent.
That means holding this and not letting go.
So, if he accidentally let go,
-we fall all the way? -You're dead.
So, don't let go. Okay? He is not gonna let go.
-I'm gonna try. -Oh, my gosh.
This is the ultimate faith, trust, teamwork, commitment.
Your favorite word now. Come on.
I have to trust him to do something that you've done one time?
-Barely. -Yeah.
(action music)
This is gonna be a scary bit, no doubt for them.
And look, wow, that leads us straight into the water.
Oh, boy. Here we go.
-Is your heart rate elevated? -Yeah. I feel like I'm gonna throw up.
BEAR: Whoo!
(action music continues)
We are waiting for that rope to...
uh-oh. One, two three.
Oh, no. (chuckles)
-I love you. -I love you.
We're gonna get through this.
BOBBY: This is one of the first real obstacles that we're gonna have.
We're gonna hit it head on.
And if our future kids ever call us lame,
-we're showing them this clip. -That's right.
-Yeah, kids, what up now? -Yeah.
Okay. That's good. I can feel them on the rope now moving.
BOBBY: All right, babe.
We're about to be off the edge.
Just saying prayers in my head.
This is the moment of commitment, right here, right now.
-Oh, my gosh, I looked down. -BOBBY: Don't look down.
Hey, we got this.
-CAITLIN: We got it? -BOBBY: You feel good?
Not really.
-(rope clicks) -(both gasp)
-Holy... -BOBBY: We're good.
-We're good. That was just a little click. -CAITLIN: Are you sure?
-BOBBY: Yeah. -CAITLIN: Are you sure?
BOBBY: I'm positive. I am not gonna let us go.
-I love you. -I love you.
Did you ever think you'd be on the side of a cliff?
-(chuckles) -(Bobby pants)
Do you know where you want
-to put the camera? -CAITLIN: I don't know where to put it.
Caitlin, just below you on the left.
BOBBY: Just below you on the left. And go.
-(Caitlin grunts) -Good job, grab.
-CAITLIN: I can't. I can't. -One more time.
-And go. -CAITLIN: I can't grab on.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I don't want to do this.
BOBBY: We're good. You got it. Hang in there.
Try and get it by your left foot. Jam it in there.
(action music)
-BEAR: Yeah, that looks good. -Yeah.
That's a good spot. That's it. That's there.
(Caitlin laughs)
-BOBBY: Great job, babe. -CAITLIN: Oh, my gosh.
BEAR: Welcome to...
Running Wild: The Marriage Course.
I love it.
BEAR: Caitlin placed the second camera in a great spot.
But now Bobby's got to get them safely down the rest of the cliff.
And with an icy river rushing up to meet them,
that won't be an easy task.
BEAR: Stay on your feet, okay?
You hear him? We're gonna be in the water.
Yeah.
BOBBY: Okay.
Hold on. (grunts)
-CAITLIN: Okay, good. -Okay. I'm down.
Oh, crap, Oh, crap.
You've got to keep her out of the water.
Go straight towards the wall into the shallowest bit.
Oh, my God, that's so cold.
-My, uh, my legs are, like, freezing. -BOBBY: Okay.
Okay. Unhook yourselves.
CAITLIN: Oh, my gosh.
BOBBY: There he is.
We're gonna get outta here. Let me trail blaze through this.
Just follow me.
We are... well, this is real ice.
-How do you feel, Caitlin? -CAITLIN: I'm freezing.
BEAR: Dropping into that water, nothing prepares you for that.
It takes your breath away. Uh, respect though, you know.
Caitlin maintained her composure to find a little place,
even managed to get that camera in perfect.
Any animal movement down here will trigger that
and capture it on film so well done her.
CAITLIN: I can't feel my legs.
BEAR: I did not expect ice like that.
I know we got icy, icy cold toes.
But we're gonna get warm, we're gonna get a fire going
-and then we'll be fine. -CAITLIN: Okay.
-You did a great job. -No, it's you.
(adventure music)
BEAR: We've placed the second camera
and while that's good news for the Big Horn Sheep,
it's cost us dearly.
We're now soaked with freezing water
and the icy temperature is dropping rapidly.
We'll follow this river through the canyon
and hopefully, find a place to make camp and build a fire.
If we can't get dry before the sun goes down,
we risk frostbite or even hypothermia.
(pensive music)
BEAR: Oh, wow, look.
(Caitlin whimpers)
-See those? -CAITLIN: What?
BEAR: Yeah.
CAITLIN: What?
(action music sting)
BEAR: Snails.
Escargot?
BEAR: There's a whole bunch of them here.
Ah, dinner. If I know Bear.
(scoffs)
BEAR: Here you go, take those.
That means dinner. Okay.
-CAITLIN: Mm. -We need to find shelter here.
(action music)
I think what we wanna do is to find someplace elevated from here
otherwise, it can be classic flash flood if that water level rises.
Good, okay, let's go there.
BOBBY: My feet are soaked and freezing.
Oh, wow, look.
BEAR: We may be able to tuck under that rock.
-That'd be good. -CAITLIN: Yes.
BEAR: So, we found a good little place for camp.
Uh, it's a natural overhanging rock.
It's a little bit above the water level in case there's a flash flood down here.
It's rudimentary, but at this stage of the day,
we're losing the light and we're super cold.
It's our only option.
Okay. So, do you want to try and tear some,
break some of these dead branches off?
We'll get a fire going.
(ominous music)
I am so cold.
BOBBY: And that double-layered sock, which when they get wet is even worse.
-Yeah. -So I am freezing cold.
BEAR: Yeah, make it quick.
BEAR: Combination of setting sun, cold feet, no shelter, no fire,
and once it gets dark, it's gonna be pitch black.
We need to work fast now.
(action music)
(tranquil music)
BEAR: I'm in the Sierra Nevada desert
with Bobby Bones and his fiancée Caitlin Parker,
racing to build a fire before the sun goes down.
So, we've got this dry wood.
To get this going, we've got to be resourceful.
Something most people always take when they're camping,
a little scouring pad for cleaning their pots and pans.
You know, this sort of soft wire wool
but also is a great way for starting fire.
The combination of a battery, a bit of wire wool,
and then a bunch of all this dried leaves from under the tree there,
we're gonna try and start this.
Roll that so it's like a little mustache,
and then what you want to do is touch both the ends of the terminal
like, so imagine this is the battery.
You've got to go... like that.
The whole thing will conduct heat, super-fast.
Place it gently down into this. Okay?
-Oh, gosh. -So, here we go.
-Here we go. -CAITLIN: Okay.
-So, I just touch both ends. -Go for it.
-CAITLIN: Oh, wow. -BEAR: Stick it right in there.
Stick it right in. Here we go. Now, stick it into here.
Here we go.
CAITLIN: Oh.
You just lit a fire with a bit of scouring brush and a... and a battery.
All this dry wood.
(exhales)
-Are your feet just ice? -Yes. Yes.
CAITLIN: I want to be inside that flame right now.
I know. We're gonna get dry. We're gonna cook those snails.
-Good job. Smashed today. -Thank you.
BEAR: We're getting there.
Inch by inch, we're building what we need to survive the night.
Food, shelter, water, fire.
Okay, put a bit of water in this.
I didn't know there was a pot in there.
-Okay. -CAITLIN: That's all we got.
We're gonna boil the snails.
-Six for me. -(Caitlin chuckles)
-Each of you guys get one. -Aw, look at that.
BEAR: The truth is, if you kind of cook them on a kebab,
on a skewer, it's gonna taste much nicer,
but there's something great about boiled snails.
You might want to take your gloves off now and get your hands warm.
Caitlin, tell me about growing up as a young girl.
Were you adventurous, or...
Um, loved to play outside, loved to be with my family.
Yeah. And you're still close to them?
-Very. -BEAR: Yeah.
Bobby, you... you picked a smasher, I can tell you that for nothing.
Family minded.
-BOBBY: You know, she... -It's everything that you basically
lacked, isn't it?
And it's funny you say that it's everything I lacked
because just this last Christmas, for example,
I've never had a Christmas with a whole family before,
-and I went to her family's house. -BEAR: Yeah.
It... it was the first time I'd ever had a...
you know, what I would call a TV Christmas.
Had dinner, woke up Christmas morning, gave gifts.
It was just so love-filled. And although...
it wasn't my blood family, but it's now my family.
And the fact that she's so close to hers, is...
um, for me just a game changer in my life.
-It's something I really look forward to. -BEAR: Yeah.
I had gotten used to having Christmas by myself, honestly.
-Yeah. -BOBBY: It was a foreign feeling,
but it was a great feeling,
and something that I look forward to for a long time.
BEAR: How do you look at Bobby's sort of world of...
I mean, I'm always trying to push Bobby to go
-and be President of the United States. -I know you are.
But I mean, you know, he... he wants to serve and to lead
and how do you feel about all of his aspirations and his work?
I love his aspirations.
But my thing with him is I think he's been so career-driven,
which is beautiful, and it's gotten him to amazing places,
but let's find our worth in things that aren't just our career.
-Yeah. -Like, find your worth in things that...
In who you are, not in what you've accomplished,
-I guess. -BEAR: Yeah. But, I mean,
how do you feel about that, Bobby?
I have always,
and still do, uh, only found my worth in how successful I've been.
It's really the only place I found love, ever.
But I've never been told that I really had worth.
And I think now I'm... I'm finally starting to accept it.
It's still foreign feeling.
But I can feel me making progress
and anything in my life that I've gotten good at,
it's all started with really small progression.
And... and I feel that now, for the first time.
It's true.
Are you gonna cry?
-No. I'm not crying... -It's okay to cry.
(chuckles)
Having spent a day with Bobby, Caitlin and seeing them together
and, you know, the...
She is somebody who just oozes goodness, you know?
Her heart, she wears it on her sleeve.
She's just a good soul
and the best thing, I think, that's ever happened to Bobby.
I think we'll look back on this,
and we'll go, this was the beginning for Bobby Bones.
She was the only one that's ever meant anything to me,
and away we go.
Amazing.
You ready to try some snails.
-I guess. -We're starving.
-BEAR: Yeah. -BOBBY: I think I'm more of a charcuterie
-kind of guy. -Okay.
-Wait, what do I do here? -We'll just hold it.
-CAITLIN: Oh, gosh. -(chokes)
BEAR: And then, take an implement.
Thank you.
-BEAR: And then, I think... -CAITLIN: I'm not.
-Ugh. -...you can kind of dig it out.
-CAITLIN: Y'all, this is... -BOBBY: You gonna cheers to the ice water?
-BEAR: Okay? Are we ready? -BOBBY: We're ready.
Here's to you guys in the future.
-Thank you. -BEAR: I'm proud of you today.
-You smashed it. Come on. -Thank you.
Protein. It's warm.
BOBBY: Wow, that's bad.
Oh, my God. Oh, that's bad.
-Uh, that was disgusting. -It was disgusting.
Let's just be honest.
Oh, it was like we were eating a big booger.
-I swallowed it whole. Did not chew. -I didn't. And I didn't.
I'm... Again, I'm the dumb one.
There's a reason the French smear it in garlic and butter.
The texture is bad. It's like rubber.
-(Bobby chuckles) -(groans)
Well, the great news is, guys...
we've got more.
-No. -(Bobby laughs)
BEAR: Okay.
Where... where are those sleeping bags?
I think one of the, you know, hardest things
when you're at this elevation is, uh, staying warm at night.
-BOBBY: Make sure your feet... -(Caitlin giggles)
CAITLIN: Bear says as long as we keep our fire going,
we're good.
So, we just have to make sure that you wake up
-and keep it going throughout the night. -Yeah. I wake up.
Okay. I have a feeling this is gonna happen now
and when the baby comes.
-BEAR: Night-night, you two lovebirds. -(Caitlin giggles)
-CAITLIN: Good night. -BOBBY: Night-night.
-There's no baby yet. -There's no...
There's no baby.
-BEAR: You crack me up. -(Bobby and Caitlin laugh)
-(static noise) -(mysterious music)
Hello?
(laughs) Is this thing on?
Oh, my God.
Let's see if they see this.
-(chuckles) -(static noise)
(ominous music)
BEAR: Consider this breakfast, guys.
Okay, look.
Split those open.
And then, inside you know you've got the...
CAITLIN: Like a little seed?
Pine nuts, good energy.
-CAITLIN: Hey, you want this one? -BOBBY: Better than the snail.
BEAR: At this stage, anything is good.
A little pine nut, all of these.
BOBBY: It was so cold last night.
We... didn't sleep very well, or...
-We slept horribly, I'll say. -Or at all.
Okay, come on. We've got to do it. We've got to leave the comfort of this.
BOBBY: Based on my experience with Bear,
there's always some grand finale.
BEAR: We're putting it out. We're putting it out.
BOBBY: I have no idea what's to come,
but all I know is that it ain't over yet.
-Whew. Okay. -CAITLIN (whispers): Okay.
BEAR: After a cold night in the desert,
we'll follow this canyon out into the rugged foothills.
We'll make our way across a plateau of thick brush
before reaching a cliff edge.
If we can make it down safely,
we'll meet back up at the river
and follow it towards our extraction point.
(ominous music)
Okay. So, we're looking for a way down.
Oh, man.
Oh, my gosh.
So, we've come to the edge of this canyon now,
and I can see our extraction point.
I can also see first signs of civilization.
A road the other side.
What we've got to do though is get down.
There's gonna be water at the bottom,
we're gonna place that final trail cam there
and then we're kind of heading on, pop the smoke, call in the helicopter.
We're gonna be fine. This one, we're gonna have to do one at a time.
-No. -BEAR: Okay?
So, I'm gonna have to use all the extra rope in your backpack
and yours as well for this.
This is about a good 200-foot to the bottom.
Uh, I'm gonna go first.
Then I think, Bobby, you should coach maybe Caitlin
over the edge 'cause you know that technique.
You've done it a few times now, okay?
'Cause you're gonna have to control your own descent on this.
-You're really worried about this. -You got this, babe.
-You got it. -It's gonna be fine.
It's go... it's gonna be easier and less scary than you think.
-(all chuckle) -Okay. We're gonna set up the rope.
BEAR: This cliff is over 200 feet to the bottom of the canyon,
and its sides are made of loose, crumbling rock
that can break away at a moment's notice.
It's a scary drop for anyone.
But Bobby's here to help Caitlin face her fears
and see her safely down the mountain.
You've got this, Caitlin. It's gonna be fine.
CAITLIN: I'm very nervous.
It's making me a little emotional.
I cry when I'm scared, so I'm trying to hold that back.
I've never done it before.
BOBBY: You know what else that you've never done?
-What? -This.
-Yeah. -Me and you.
Yeah. I have peace about that. I don't have peace about this.
So, Bobby, your job is coaching her through this, yeah?
I always like this time, feels like last push.
You gotta go for it.
There's no hiding, though, raw fear,
and uh, Caitlin definitely has a lot of that going on right now.
But you know what? It's okay.
She can do this, but she's definitely gonna have to dig deep.
So, I'm gonna go first and leave her in Bobby's capable hands.
Call it the last part of marriage training. Boom.
Running Wild style.
BEAR: So, this gonna be the awkward bit.
Caitlin, nice wide stance here, yeah?
Okay. So, weight in the rope. Here we go.
(ominous music)
So, the hardest thing, Caitlin,
is gonna be the physicality of lifting this rope to let yourself down.
Yeah? It's this angle all the way.
It's gonna be fine. You got it. You got it.
(ominous music continues)
Below!
What was that? Why is he screaming?
Nasty, falling boulders here.
Wow. Right in this gully.
Below! Below!
I know you're emotional. We get to the bottom, we're done.
-You wanna back out? -No.
(suspenseful music)
All right. So, keep your feet wide. You don't want to put them together.
-Keep your... -But I won't fall?
BOBBY: You won't fall.
I promise you won't fall.
Okay?
CAITLIN: I'm trying to think what's going through my mind.
I'm anxious. Nervous.
-BOBBY: You got it? -CAITLIN: Yeah.
BOBBY: All right.
And hoping I don't die.
(foreboding music)
Oh, God dang.
CAITLIN: Holy crap.
(sudden music sting)
Okay.
BOBBY: Lean back. Trust it.
Trust it.
Good.
-(grunts) -BOBBY: Step.
There you go. Good.
I'll see you on the other side, down at the bottom.
-CAITLIN: I'm not gonna die. -BOBBY: Nope.
Oh, whoa, whoa.
-(Caitlyn whimpers) -BOBBY: Lean back. Shoulders back.
You got this. One small step at a time.
CAITLIN: Oh, my gosh.
Keep it flowing through your hand.
CAITLIN: My hand is just cramping up.
Oh, gosh.
BOBBY: I'm losing you.
Oh, my God.
(Caitlin groans)
BOBBY: You got it?
-CAITLIN: Yeah. -BOBBY: All right.
-(grunts) -BOBBY: Step.
There you go. Good.
BEAR: This 200-foot descent down a canyon wall
is all that stands between us and our extraction point.
Oh, my gosh.
BEAR: But for newly engaged couple, Caitlin Parker and Bobby Bones,
this is proving to be the ultimate test.
Oh, my God.
(Caitlin groans)
(ominous music)
(whispers) Okay, I am fine. You're fine.
Stay calm.
You got this.
BEAR: You're doing great, Caitlin, straight down from there.
(Caitlin grunts)
BOBBY: There you go.
CAITLIN: Am I almost there?
BEAR: You are so nearly there. It's the last bit. It's the easy bit now.
That's what I'm talking about.
Okay.
BEAR: Well done. Brace yourself. There you go.
Great job. Really good.
BEAR (chuckling): Well done, you.
That cliff is a lot scarier than getting married in a few months.
A lot scarier. I was terrified.
-No, really proud of you. -Ugh. Thank you.
I mean, good job. How was Bobby's coaching?
-Good. He was scared for... for me. -Yeah.
To see her go off the edge of that cliff, like, I'm so proud of her.
I've never seen her as terrified as she was and scared.
She was crying.
Uh, it hurt my heart,
but it made me even more proud to see her go off
because she didn't let fear hold her back,
Hey, here's the thing, I'm scared as crap too
but someone's gotta grab the role of, "Hey, I got you."
Who would've thought it'd be me, I'm the biggest weenie baby in the world.
Now I gotta go off the edge of this thing, I didn't wanna do that.
But I wanna get down and see her.
BOBBY: I'm coming for you, Caitlin.
I don't like this either, but I cannot wait to see you.
Holy crap, I just looked down.
Oh, that's steep.
Whoo!
(Bobby muttering)
(action music)
-CAITLIN: Can you hear me? -BOBBY: I can now.
-CAITLIN: You're doing great. -BOBBY: Thank you.
CAITLIN: You're welcome.
-Am I straight? Am I going okay? -BEAR: Yeah, yeah.
Well done. Last little bit.
-BOBBY: Whoo! -CAITLIN: You're almost there.
BEAR: The last ten feet. Here we go.
Whoo!
BEAR: Yep, yep, yep, yep. All right, good job.
BOBBY: I focused.
I got down. I'm proud.
My butt is tired, but I'm here.
Okay, so look, from here...
-CAITLIN: Oh, gosh. -...we're gonna snake our way around here.
-Okay. -And head down to the river.
-Nice job, babe. -Thanks.
-You did it. -Yeah.
Are you proud?
-Yeah. -Yeah. Heck yeah, you are.
Like, I could not be prouder
-and more in love with you right now. -CAITLIN: Thank you.
(ominous music)
BEAR: Actually this would be a quite good little place
to put one of those camera traps here.
Natural game trail along close to the water.
Let's... We'll put this last one here.
So, we've placed our final camera at the bottom of that big canyon.
Uh, hopefully, the data from these cameras
will one day help stabilize the population of these bighorn sheep in this region.
I got a little present for you, I've been saving this.
-You do? -I had, uh...
something little for your, kind of, engagement,
-wedding, wedding present. But, um... -Aww.
it's... it's a compass and the point is, I guess to keep following,
you know, the guide, you know true and all.
This is so nice.
"True, kind, loving, strong. To Bobby and Caitlin."
-NGU, Never give up. -"Never give up, Bear."
-Come on, NGU. -Ah, I love it.
-BEAR: Ah, I really love you, guys. -CAITLIN: Oh.
Uh, I'm so... so excited for your real adventure ahead.
So let's carry on along here,
work our way up this last bit of the canyon.
We should be getting a pickup.
Okay, so helicopter's gonna come in here.
-(helicopter rotors) -BEAR: In fact, I can hear it.
There it is.
BEAR: What's exciting is seeing Bobby having found the love of his life.
It's like there's a light in there and that's amazing.
And I think, you know so much of the wild
is kind of almost a bit like the journey of marriage, you know.
You... you can never get complacent and never give up.
When you do that, you'll win.
Pure gold.
(crackles)
BOBBY: We knew coming out here that we were absolutely in love.
We couldn't wait to get married.
But I'm telling you, I feel so much closer to you
after these last couple days than I ever have
because we got put in a pressure cooker a little bit here.
Mm-hmm. We had to completely trust each other at all times,
every step of the way.
CAITLIN: If I was scared, if I was cold, if I was nervous, he just protected me.
Physically, with his words, he just made me feel super safe.
-I am so proud of you. -Thank you.
I love you so much,
and we're very grateful for this experience,
and we come away from this a stronger couple because of it.
-(action music) -(whirs)