1. - Hello!
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2. - Six weeks ago,
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3. I set out to discover whether
14 ordinary British men.
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4. - Woo hoo!
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5. - And 14 ordinary British women,
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6. could do something extraordinary,
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7. survive on two remote Pacific islands,
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8. filled with dangerous wildlife.
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9. - That is a big fucker!
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10. - It came right at me!
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11. - At the height of
the tropical storm season.
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12. - How on earth are we
expected to survive in this?
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13. - What I want to find out is,
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14. has all of this cushioning,
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15. that civilization has experienced
over the last 50 years,
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16. made us totally lose touch
with that survival instinct,
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17. that I believe is deep within us all.
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18. In this groundbreaking experiment,
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19. the castaways faced surviving
entirely alone for six weeks.
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20. - Holy shit!
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21. - Ah!
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22. - Tonight, I discover
how both the islands fared.
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23. - Really all mother nature I see.
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24. - Yes!
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25. - I'll reveal and explain
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26. the techniques the men
and women used to survive.
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27. - Find out how
island life affected them.
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28. - I am not the same person
who went to the island.
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29. - Oh!
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30. - It's been the best thing I've ever done.
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31. - And what it was like
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32. when they returned to civilization.
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33. - What, there's curtains on
the shower and everything?
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34. - Oh!
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35. - No way!
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36. - It's absolutely brilliant, babe.
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37. Oh god, your voice is beautiful.
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38. - After 41 days
I return to the islands,
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39. to find out how the castaways
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40. have stayed alive using only their wits
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41. and some basic survival skills.
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42. - Is that him?
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43. - Such a big part of me is so relieved
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44. we've reached this point
where we're extracting them.
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45. This is the most in depth
experiment I've ever done.
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46. Six weeks, height of the rainy season.
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47. Brutal.
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48. - Welcome.
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49. - Wow, look at you guys.
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50. Well done, you.
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51. - Thank you.
- Well done, you.
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52. Amazing, genuinely.
- Thank you.
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53. - I think what's interesting
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54. about doing two separate islands,
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55. one for the men, and one for the women,
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56. is seeing how two very
different groups of people
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58. Look at you guys.
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59. I thought I smelled bad.
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60. Aaron, that is the smell
of honest hard work.
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61. - Success, it's
the smell of success.
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62. - Thanks for coming back.
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63. - Now, let's have a look at the camp.
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64. - We would like
to introduce you to
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65. The Croc and Trotter, which
is the name of our camp.
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66. - Guys, this looks incredible.
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67. - It's all right isn't it?
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68. - This is like out of a
movie set of Robinson Crusoe.
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69. - Yeah.
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70. - So with this sign here,
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71. I think this is like a
symbol of how far we've come.
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72. See it's no longer a
camp, it's now our home.
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73. - Sounds a bit like a pub.
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74. - Yeah.
- Right?
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75. - I discovered they've constructed
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76. a fire pit and seating
area, a communal table,
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77. and individual raised beds.
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78. They've even built themselves a staircase.
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79. - Because of the torrential
rain, that hill was treacherous.
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80. So, one of the first things we did
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basically built the shelter,
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82. I built the steps.
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83. - Yeah, little things like that
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84. where you're trying to conserve energy.
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85. - As a team, we definitely thrived.
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86. No doubt about it.
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87. I mean, you don't even have
to go and look around the camp
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88. to realize that it was
a pretty serious set up.
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89. - Respect, you know?
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90. I know you guys have been
through, it's brutal.
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92. On the women's island, they
took a different approach.
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93. - Would you like a tour?
- I can't wait to see it.
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94. - This is our passe, made
by coconuts that we ate.
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95. - You've eaten a lot of coconuts.
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96. - A lot, far too much coconut. (laughs)
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97. - The women had made a huge effort
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98. to make their camp feel
homely and cheerful.
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99. Wow, guys, look at this.
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100. This is cool.
- It's very cool.
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101. Here's our insulation.
- And it's so clean.
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102. - You know it is not easy to
get an island like this clean.
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103. This is amazing.
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104. This is way better than I expected.
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105. And I look at how the men did stuff,
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106. and it was functional.
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107. Technical and it didn't
have this kind of warmth.
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108. Little touches of decoration, you know?
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109. To me, it has much more of a heart to it.
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110. - This is home.
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111. - The first rule of survival
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112. is to find a safe place to build shelter.
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113. - Do you see the rocks in
the distance just there?
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114. That's home.
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115. That's where we're going.
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116. - The men chose an excellent spot.
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117. - Booyah!
- Beach!
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118. - It was close to the sea,
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119. which is a great source of food,
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120. but set back enough from the beach
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121. to give the natural
protection from the elements.
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122. - Because it's elevated,
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124. Now, what do you want me to do, Paul?
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125. What we need now are cross members.
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126. - Having chosen their location,
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127. the men set about building shelter
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128. to protect themselves and their fire
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129. from the frequent tropical storms.
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130. - It's got a fairly good canopy.
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131. It's got four corners that we
can notch off, put rope into.
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133. - From my experience in the wild,
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134. constructing a good shelter is crucial,
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135. not only to get yourself
out of that weather,
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136. but also just for morale.
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137. You know, if you're just getting pissed on
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138. all day, all night, to have
somewhere to hide away,
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139. get out of it, means so much.
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140. - So, these are the dormitories.
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141. - The men went on to
build individual covered beds
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142. that were raised off the floor
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143. to protect them from the jungle critters.
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144. - A group of guys decided
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145. that we're gonna start throwing
up a bed for everybody,
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146. and then you would
personalize your own bed
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147. by putting a roof on your pitch,
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148. depth of bed, length of
bed, that sort of thing.
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149. - The beds were built using A-frames
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150. and lengths of washed up
rope for their mattresses.
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152. - Mine!
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153. And that's this one.
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154. - A man's bed is his castle.
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155. - I got stuck into me bed,
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as I possibly could.
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157. 'Cause once I got in that bed
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158. I wanted that to be my personal place
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159. for me to go, close me
eyes, and be at home.
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160. So, I realized once we decided
to make individual beds,
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161. pick a decent one, make it your palace.
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162. - You happy if I have a go?
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163. - By all means sir.
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164. - You gonna be sad to leave this, Vic?
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165. - Yes, I am, yeah.
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166. Yeah, that was my one
luxury on this island.
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167. And a good night sleep every night.
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168. Oh, god yes.
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169. If the bed is a rockin'
don't come a knockin'.
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171. - Oh Jesus, pretty dense up here,
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172. so we need to get moving.
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173. - On the women's island,
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174. establishing a base camp took longer.
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175. - This is the direction where
we should be heading in.
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176. - The group split,
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177. and after getting lost in the jungle.
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178. - I think it's that way.
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final week on the island,
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idea for a communal bed,
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185. where they could keep each other warm.
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186. - And you just tie that
there, it's perfect.
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187. We felt that it was a really important way
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190. And you could probably get
six or seven of us on it.
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191. And it's fully lined.
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192. - Go on, have a go.
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193. - Go, please, go and lie on it.
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194. - I mean, it's not quiet.
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195. - No, it's not quiet.
- But it's comfy.
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197. this is a thousand times
comfier than the male one.
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198. - Yes!
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199. - The only thing is,
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200. you get up in the middle of
the night to go for a pee,
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201. everybody knows you're getting up.
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sleeping on before this?
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203. - Beach.
- The beach.
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204. - Which is brutal.
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205. - But it's not bad if
you're spooning though.
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206. - No.
- We love a spoon.
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207. - Do you wanna move down?
- The outside or the inside?
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sleeping as a group.
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210. There was a sense of safety,
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nasty was to come into camp,
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213. - There's a spot now, Georgie.
- Decisions, decisions.
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214. - I think we were really
happy with spooning,
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comfort for a lot of us,
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218. That's right.
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219. - You know, maybe this is a difference
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220. between men and women.
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221. The men wanted their space.
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223. where they can hide away and they go,
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224. "Oh, I'm annoyed him,"
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225. and (whooshes) I close
my curtains and I'm done.
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226. But actually, community is strength.
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227. I very much anticipated
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much the homemakers.
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229. It would be right top of
their list to build shelter.
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230. I think it was interesting
just how long it took.
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231. - That looks pretty good.
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233. - They just didn't have the skills.
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they got there in the end.
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236. But one thing the women were
better at was making fire.
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237. They did it much quicker than the men.
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241. - Why Vesta?
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242. - Because Vesta is the
Roman goddess of the hearth.
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243. - Whereas she's been
the heart of the camp,
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244. and the main thing that we've kept going.
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245. - The women used a traditional
friction based method,
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create heat by friction.
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247. - Bloody good ember.
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248. - Then blowing on the ember to
breathe life into the flame.
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249. - There we go!
- Oh my god!
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250. - Wow.
- We've got fire!
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256. To me, to me, awesome.
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257. Yeah, that learning curve
just went like a U-bend, boom.
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- Fuck off!
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265. - Come on!
- Get the sticks ready, lads.
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266. - Gilbert!
- Gilbert, Gilbert!
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- Yeah!
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- You've nailed it.
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275. didn't help them deal with the sandflies,
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276. which attack at sunrise and sunset,
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277. and they feed on the
protein in human blood.
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278. - Do I have a bite?
- Ooh, it's swollen.
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280. - They were unmerciful, they
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to foot in sandfly bites,
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demoralizing effect.
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284. You're scratching, then things get septic.
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285. You know, you got sore
wounds, a big no no.
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286. - Getting bit constantly.
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around, it's horrible.
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289. - Ugh, it makes me itch
thinking about the insects.
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290. They were everywhere,
in people's knickers.
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could sit down at all,
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or some sort of bug
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tear your skin apart.
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295. - I feel like I'm turning
into the fucking Elephant Man.
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297. You fucking bitch!
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298. - Oh.
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299. Good thing I'm not going
on a date anytime soon.
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300. - And neither did
the men escape unscathed.
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301. - Oh god! (groans)
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302. Sandflies, seriously.
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305. if that was what it
means to get rid of them.
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306. - But the islanders came up
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308. to ward off the island critters.
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309. - You seal your hood round
and put your boxer shorts
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310. that you've been wearing for
four weeks over your face.
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311. You just sleep in that rigid
position for six hours.
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312. - You put it like that,
then you bring your hood up.
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over me face! (laughs)
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319. I mean, I may as well be at fucking home
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321. - And the women
used some extra resources
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322. not available to the men.
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323. - The sanitary bag got misused,
and we found if you stuck
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325. - That's not misuse!
- It kept them all right.
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326. - That's exactly the right use.
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327. - I cleansed my face
with sanitary towels now.
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328. When I have run out of cotton
pads, you can't complain.
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329. You're like, "Oh, sanitary
towel, that'll work."
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331. I've returned to see how the men and women
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three minutes without air,
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three weeks without food.
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337. During tropical storm season,
rainwater is plentiful.
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338. - As it rained, it used
to come off the trees,
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340. - It's running like a bloody tap.
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341. - We nicknamed it the jungle tap.
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- It's the air coming.
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344. - But once it hits the
ground, water is contaminated.
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a whole host of nasties.
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- That is horrible.
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352. - So, we'll fill the reservoir to the max,
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several bottles with sand,
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up T-shirt in the bottom
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all the crap. (laughs)
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- It's sorted.
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of just knock it back.
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378. - On the women's island,
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more polluted than the men's.
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380. - That is fucking disgusting.
- It is, it really is.
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382. - Fucking hell!
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simple, but effective.
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constantly on the boil.
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388. and literally just dripped
it through very, very slowly,
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389. and within a day, we got
30 liters of the stuff.
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390. - I don't want to drink the
water, it tastes of poo.
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391. You drink it and you go, (retches).
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393. - With water sorted, they now
needed to feed themselves.
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indigenous animals,
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410. - You can't afford to be squeamish.
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413. - A testament to British
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of the most energy efficient
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intricate caiman box trap,
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an inescapable prison.
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spring-loaded trap,
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to ensnare the animal.
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422. - It comes down, it'll feed or water.
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- Okay, ready?
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440. - Then they used their
body weight to pin it down.
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441. - Go on!
- Yes, mate, yes!
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442. - That's it.
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443. - And dispatched quickly
and humanely as possible.
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444. The technique that they used
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445. to catch that crocodile
was actually textbook.
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446. It was pretty impressive
'cause there's no doubt,
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447. you know, you're faced with
the number one predator
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448. on the island, it's intimidating.
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449. - Like, I felt very, very strongly,
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450. if we were gonna kill stuff,
we should kill it humanely,
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451. and we should not waste any scrap of it.
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452. Come on, look at that!
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453. - Oh, get in!
- Unbelievable!
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454. Let the feast begin, boys.
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455. Yes!
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456. These are some of the trophies we kept.
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457. We actually ate everything.
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458. It was a beautiful crocodile,
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459. that's all that remains pretty
much, apart from the sign.
Copy !req
460. - The thing is, if you hesitate, you lose.
Copy !req
461. Set your traps, set multiples of them.
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462. You've gotta be opportunistic.
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463. That's great, you're right, dodge.
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464. Whilst the men accepted that
killing was necessary to eat.
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465. - Hi, Sage and Onion.
(piglet grunts)
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466. - Ooh!
Copy !req
467. - One of the things I think
the women struggled with
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468. was putting aside their
instinct to nurture,
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469. and turning it to an
instinct to hunt and to kill.
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470. - Hunting and killing has
been the biggest eyeopener
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471. that I've taken from the island.
Copy !req
472. - Taking a life is never easy,
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473. and for the women it was
a real turning point.
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474. They overcame once of the
hardest psychological obstacles,
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475. showing they had what it
takes to be survivors.
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476. - You can spend a week
trying to trap an animal,
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477. and then the actual killing
process is pretty gruesome.
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478. It's actually a really emotional thing.
Copy !req
479. - Using a knife,
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480. the most humane way to dispatch a pig
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481. is by severing its jugular veins,
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482. which renders the animal unconscious.
Copy !req
483. - It was so hard, just it
was horrible, horrible.
Copy !req
484. - It took them a long time
to embrace the hard realities
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485. that this isn't gonna be pretty,
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486. but from that point on, the
women just like the men,
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487. were able to take their rightful place
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488. at the top of the island's food chain.
Copy !req
489. While there's plenty to eat on the land,
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490. if you can catch it, the
most reliable source of food
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491. for the men and the women
wasn't on the island at all.
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492. All of the seas around here are
literally teeming with life.
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493. There's something like 500
different edible species of fish.
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494. That's why when it comes
to desert island survival,
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495. I always say to people, fish first.
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496. Once you figure out how to catch them,
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497. you've got a well-stocked
larder right on your doorstep.
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498. - Oh, look, look, look, look!
- Rays, fuck, they're shallow.
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499. Aren't they?
- Come on, boys.
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500. Let's get one of these!
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501. - But it's easier said than done,
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502. when you don't have the
right tools for the job.
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503. - Stingrays one, survivors nil.
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504. - Yeah!
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505. No, she just lost it!
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506. - Get behind it, oh!
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507. Put him on.
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508. - Have you ever seen anyone
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509. fish like that before in your life?
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510. - I don't think any fish came near me.
Copy !req
511. I was rubbish! (laughs)
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512. I loved the fishing, I
loved doing the fishing,
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513. but I was rubbish at it.
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514. - Bastard, him!
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515. That spear's not worth donkey poo.
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516. Fucking rubbish.
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517. Then the reality kicks in
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518. that you have no idea what you're doing,
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519. and hopefully that you're gonna be able
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520. to cut your things to make them work.
Copy !req
521. That's why it's called
fishing and not catching.
Copy !req
522. It was a big learning curve.
Copy !req
523. It really was a big learning curve.
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524. You fucking beauty!
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525. Look at the size of that bitch!
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526. - As part of
their basic survival kit,
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527. I provided both islands with
a handful of fishing hooks.
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528. - Oh Barney, you're an inch or two longer.
Copy !req
529. - It's directly proportional
to the size of my penis.
Copy !req
530. - Which meant they could experiment
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531. with improvised rods.
Copy !req
532. - That idea is so romantic, isn't it?
Copy !req
533. To be able to carve your own fishing rod,
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534. sit there with your stick like a gnome,
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535. and soak up the sun.
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536. Oh, I've got a big one!
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537. Fuck!
Copy !req
538. But it was far from romantic, really.
Copy !req
539. It was a really hard graft.
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540. - Oh my
god, I can't believe it!
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541. She's got a fish!
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542. - Daddy brought home the bacon!
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543. Yeah!
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544. Oh, I saved everybody.
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545. I was almost like Jesus.
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546. I fed the thousands with nothing more
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547. than a homemade fishing rod. (laughs)
Copy !req
548. - In a survival situation,
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549. the sea can be a lifesaver,
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550. but if you don't treat it with respect,
Copy !req
551. it can just as easily take you out.
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552. - Harry's gone!
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553. Oh shit!
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554. - I've seen it happen.
Copy !req
555. A misjudged tide or a freak
wave, and it's game over.
Copy !req
556. Rock fishing can prove deadly.
Copy !req
557. - The best fishing was always
in the most dangerous spot,
Copy !req
558. and bad shit happens really quickly.
Copy !req
559. It takes 12 months for Christmas to come,
Copy !req
560. bad to fabulous, (snaps
fingers) that quick.
Copy !req
561. - And that's why rock fishing
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562. is considered one of the most
dangerous sports in the world.
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563. - Oh my god!
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564. Shit!
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565. - Literally in half a second
he was gone, like that,
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566. and it was genuinely terrifying.
Copy !req
567. I just remembered screaming at
the top of my voice, "Ross!"
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568. - To many more days like this.
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569. - There's nothing
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570. like a successful hunt
to lift the spirits.
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571. - This is the first time
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572. we've actually had breakfast.
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573. - Yeah, I think it is.
- Amazing.
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574. - But as I know from experience,
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575. the island diet can have a
few unwelcome repercussions.
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576. - Ooh, pardon me. (laughs)
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577. Sorry!
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578. - I can't have more though.
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579. I'm gonna have to go.
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580. - Oh no, you're not
gonna be sick, are you?
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581. - No, I don't feel very well.
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582. Sorry!
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583. - Pardon me of anything.
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584. Why does that always happen?
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585. We're not talking about food.
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586. That's not what's supposed to happen.
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587. - Basically, I have been
having explosive diarrhea.
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588. Ugh.
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589. - I would get completely
naked, do a poo. (laughs)
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590. And just run straight into the sea,
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591. and have a shower and bath in the sea.
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592. - With no modern
conveniences on the island,
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593. the call of nature presented
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594. something of a dilemma for the women.
Copy !req
595. - You're doing a poo in the ocean?
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596. - Yep.
- What?
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597. - Yes.
- Are you kidding me?
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598. - No.
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599. - Why are you shitting in the ocean?
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600. - Because it's clean.
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601. - Going for a poo,
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602. a lot of people went into
the jungle and dug holes.
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603. I have to confess,
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604. I was really worried about
something biting my bum,
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605. so I used to go just on the water's edge,
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606. which I know upset a lot of people.
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607. - The men weren't so fussy
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608. about where they did their business.
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609. - Here comes my esteemed colleague.
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610. I think he might have some
good use for the camera.
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611. - I've officially dropped anchor
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612. and pooed there three times.
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613. Ugh, such a relief.
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614. I feel like a new man.
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615. Going in the sea for me was,
it was absolutely perfect,
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616. so I've started shitting in the bath.
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617. - Six weeks after
abandoning the men and women
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618. on two remote tropical islands,
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619. I went back to see for myself
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620. how they managed to stay alive.
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621. - Shit!
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622. It's good to get it off your
chest now and again, Barney.
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623. - Sometimes the
hardest thing about surviving
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624. on an island is living
with your fellow castaways.
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625. - It's fucking immaturity.
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626. It's sulking and it's attention seeking.
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627. - They don't know
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628. this is not an enjoyable
experience for me.
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629. I fucking hate it!
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630. - You pointing the
finger at me and saying,
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631. "Well, you've had sleep."
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632. Fine, that's your problem.
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633. - Kyle!
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634. We're all sweating our
bollocks off up there, fella,
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635. and it looks like—
- Yeah, yeah, fair enough.
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636. - It looks like you're doing fuck all
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637. when it comes to water.
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638. - Before we went onto the
island, I was worried.
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639. It could go one of two ways.
Copy !req
640. When women are great, we're
fantastic communicators,
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641. good at multitasking.
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642. - I know we're not finished,
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643. I was actually just having
a little bit of a rest.
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644. - Ah!
- So give me a break, please.
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645. - I'm not saying that, I'm just
saying we haven't finished.
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646. That's all.
- Right.
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647. - When a group of women are bad,
Copy !req
648. it's bitchy and backstabbing
and really nasty.
Copy !req
649. - So, you're not here
for the team anymore?
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650. You're here for yourself.
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651. - Are you trying to start an argument?
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652. - I'm asking, that's what you're saying.
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653. - You are trying to start an argument.
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654. - That's what you're saying.
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655. I think I've done quite
well to hold my tongue,
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656. because I could've called her
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657. a fucking stupid cunt like I wanted to.
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658. - Constantly moaning, and
grumbling, and complaining.
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659. I think, "Oh god, you're
all doing my head in."
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660. If anything's gonna make
me leave this island,
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661. it's the people, it's
the lack of teamwork.
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662. - I think my major achievement
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663. was actually not hitting anybody.
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664. - I think one of my concerns
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665. for you guys right at the beginning
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666. was that you're such diverse people.
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667. When the gloves are off,
you're tired, you're hungry.
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668. From my experience, that
can be quite explosive,
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669. and that is hard.
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670. - I don't know, you knocked
a noggin, didn't you, Vic?
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671. - Did I?
- Yeah.
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672. - I don't remember any of that.
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673. - I was taking the bones out,
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674. so we can use them for the next meal.
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675. - All that was left to do was stir this.
Copy !req
676. How difficult can stirring stew be?
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677. - Because you are in such
a extreme environment,
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678. tiny, tiny little things
are gonna get you agitated.
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679. - To some it would look like
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680. you didn't want to do the harder job.
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681. - I would say fuck you
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682. to that person, that's what I would say.
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683. - I was just like,
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684. "Guys, you're arguing about fucking soup."
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685. You know what I mean?
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686. Just let's fucking calm down then.
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687. There's no need to be like this.
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688. - I really do think that this experience
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689. is the ultimate pressure
cooker environment.
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690. Living in close quarters like this,
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691. it's inevitable, you're
gonna get conflict.
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692. - When there's a little
bit too much pressure,
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693. you need to let it off,
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694. and you have a good swear or a shout,
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695. or a fallout with somebody.
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696. You (mutters) whether
you're right or wrong.
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697. It's, phew, it's better.
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698. It's better.
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699. - Well listen, Victor,
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700. I'm sure it won't be our
last little locking horns,
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701. but no hard feelings, mate.
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702. - None whatsoever, none whatsoever.
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703. - If left unchecked,
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704. tensions among the men
could've torn the group apart,
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705. but they came up with their own novel way
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706. of dealing with conflict.
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707. - We've had our morning meetings,
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708. and in that we've had a beef section.
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709. If anyone has a problem,
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710. it's aired to the group,
in front of the group,
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711. and talked about like adults.
Copy !req
712. As a result, I think we can all say,
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713. there's been the odd tiff here and there,
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714. but nothing more than a lover's quarrel.
Copy !req
715. - Anyone got any beef?
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716. - What's important is that
grievances don't fester.
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717. You can shine the light on
what you're finding difficult,
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718. it tends to go away.
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719. It's a good way to start the day.
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720. - Getting everything off my
chest and everything like that,
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721. I think it's working.
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722. I don't want any beef stewing.
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723. - Is that why you wanted to
emcee, just for that joke?
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724. That was it.
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725. - I did think about this all night.
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726. - I thought so!
(men laughing)
Copy !req
727. - The women devised an
altogether different approach
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728. to healing rifts in the
group, island therapy.
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729. - I'll start.
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730. Bea, I feel like your positivity
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731. is something I've never
come across before.
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732. - I am so fond of you, Jules,
and I think you're hilarious.
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733. - Cringe.
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734. - One of the most important
qualities is actually kindness.
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735. You know, and it's not
something you necessarily
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736. immediately think is
critical to a survivor,
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737. but you live with someone for six weeks,
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738. in those sort of conditions,
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739. boy, are you grateful for
the person who's kind.
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740. - Becky, I think you are
absolutely wonderful.
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741. - Maybe we didn't always
perfectly get along.
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742. There were times where I'd quite liked
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743. to have gouged their eyes out
or stabbed them in the face,
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744. but I would always
experience that with them,
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745. so forever we'll have this amazing bond.
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746. - Happy, all that time we
spent in the jungle together,
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747. I couldn't got through it without you.
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748. You were so positive.
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749. - I'm sorry, I'm not used
to it! (crying softly)
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750. - Arriving on the
island with little more
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751. than the clothes they stood up in.
Copy !req
752. The island's beaches were
a rich source of materials
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753. for the castaways to put to good use.
Copy !req
754. - What is this?
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755. Yes!
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756. Look at that, not the
cleanest teacup in the world,
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757. but I'm sure we can get
it all washed for 'em.
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758. - That is amazing!
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759. A metal can you can boil stuff in.
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760. - Look what I found!
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761. Unopened can of ginger ale,
and it's I'm date as well.
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762. - Oh my god!
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763. - One thing that always staggers me
Copy !req
764. with these desert islands,
however remote they are,
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765. it's just the amount of trash
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766. you often see washed up on the beaches.
Copy !req
767. Discarded rubbish offered an opportunity
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768. to make life on the islands
a little more comfortable.
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769. - Hey lads, look.
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770. I found it, a pink pair.
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771. Look at these bad boys.
- This is the male version.
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772. - Woo hoo, what's this?
- Oh yes!
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773. - A lovely toothbrush.
- That is minging.
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774. - That is pretty ruined.
- Ah!
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775. - Oh.
(laughing)
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776. - I've got a pink, kind of 14
year old girl's toothbrush.
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777. Where else would you do that?
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778. You take a little bit of burnt wood
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779. and stick it in your mouth,
Copy !req
780. and then a washed up
toothbrush you found. (laughs)
Copy !req
781. But is was effective actually.
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782. It was very effective.
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783. - Oh my goodness!
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784. I found me a necklace!
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785. I know have a collection of
hair clips from the island.
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786. - Another comb, wide tooth!
- Very important.
Copy !req
787. - The women used scavenged items
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788. to turn their camp into
a home away from home,
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789. and they even created
an island hair salon.
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790. - Bear, don't look too scared.
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791. - This is where, this one
quite out of my comfort zone.
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792. - Bear, when you threw me into that sea,
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793. I was out of my comfort zone!
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794. If it wasn't for all the
treasures that the sea brought us,
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795. I'm not sure we would've been
able to do as much as we did.
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796. Jungle headband.
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797. - That's a bit more Rambo.
- It's quite Beary.
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798. - You survived my territory,
and I've now survived yours.
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799. In this hostile environment,
the castaways were putting
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800. their lives in danger on a daily basis.
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801. There's no doubt with this experiment,
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802. this island was not benign.
Copy !req
803. - Oh god, what the fuck was that?
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804. Something just fucked me.
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805. It's a scorpion, guys!
Copy !req
806. - Everything on the island was dangerous.
Copy !req
807. There was nothing safe!
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808. - They faced
starvation, dehydration.
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809. - I feel so weak!
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810. - And exhaustion.
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811. And it was inevitable over six weeks,
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812. that there would be injuries.
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813. - Go right into
the sea 'cause it's cold.
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814. - She opened the lid,
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815. and it just exploded in our face.
Copy !req
816. - That's your most blistered area.
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817. - The first thing that
went through my head
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818. when the water can exploded
was, "Gosh, that is hot."
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819. And then the second thing was,
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820. "Oh my god, I don't want
to leave the island."
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821. I'm still standing! (humming)
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822. - Are you okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
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823. I feel a little bit faint.
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824. - You look ever so slightly peaky.
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825. - Just don't look, pet.
- Just don't you dare look.
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826. - In case of a
serious medical emergency,
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827. I had a rapid response
team on a 24 hour standby.
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828. But the islanders still felt vulnerable.
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829. - She's boiling, I
need to get some air to her.
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830. Oh my god!
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831. - Code 77.
Copy !req
832. We're just dealing with a
collapse call at that location.
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833. - I definitely worried
for my life on the island,
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834. like genuinely after the collapse,
Copy !req
835. then I realized, yes, we
have the support team,
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836. but it does take them awhile
to get to us, so yeah,
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837. we need to be careful! (laughs)
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838. I just got up and everything went black.
Copy !req
839. - What happens when you
extend the amount of time
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840. that they're trying to survive for,
Copy !req
841. you up the risk ratio exponentially.
Copy !req
842. You know, 'cause now
you're making decisions
Copy !req
843. when you're tired, you're
dehydrated, you're starving,
Copy !req
844. and so much can happen
in those last few weeks.
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845. - Be careful!
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846. Holy shit!
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847. Medic, medic, medic!
Copy !req
848. - Any incident is a serious incident
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849. when you're playing
around with mother nature.
Copy !req
850. The power of the water.
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851. (groaning)
- You're okay, you're okay.
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852. - Ugh.
- You're okay, you're okay.
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853. - Oh shit!
- It was a hell of a fall.
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854. - See that.
- Yeah?
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855. - That is almost.
- Oh, that's tendon.
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856. - It was so close to the end to making it,
Copy !req
857. but it wasn't to be, you know?
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858. - Once evacuated from the island,
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859. cameraman Will was flown
to the nearest hospital.
Copy !req
860. - The plastic surgeon
has done an awesome job.
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861. I had cut through muscle
that controlled the wrist.
Copy !req
862. So, I'm gonna have a good scar.
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863. But yeah, everything's fine.
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864. Oh, look at that!
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865. Carbs and veg!
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866. Oh, the smell obviously,
is like nothing else.
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867. It's absolutely heartbreaking
to not make it to the end.
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868. This kind of makes up for it a little bit.
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869. - After six weeks on the island,
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870. 10 men and 10 women made
it through to the end,
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871. and now having survived.
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872. - It looks like a tornado!
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873. That is terrifying!
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874. - They are about to
return to civilization.
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875. Okay, Colin, then give
us your highs and lows.
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876. - Literally just to get to the end
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877. and finally be watching the sunrise
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878. of what will be my last day on the island,
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879. that was just overwhelming.
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880. - We got passed strangers,
we got passed friends,
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881. and we became family.
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882. - You really do feel like
you can conquer anything
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883. when you're all together.
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884. - When going back home,
what is there to stop us?
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885. Nothing else can really stand in our way.
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886. - You know, you've got light in your eyes,
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887. and it's in all of you,
and you only get that glint
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888. when you go through the mill
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889. and come out the other side of it.
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890. Guys, I think you're amazing.
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891. It's time to get you off this island.
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892. - Yeah!
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893. - Let's go, boys.
- Yeah!
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894. - So, Bear dropped us off on this island,
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895. and it's just a random island.
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896. Bear then come back and he was
picking me up off our island,
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897. and it was such a strange sensation,
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898. and I think quite a lot of the other lads
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899. felt like that as well, like
that was our ground now.
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900. - Woo, boys!
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901. - Return to civilization was weird.
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902. We spent a lot of the time
wishing for that day to come,
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903. and dreaming about it and being like,
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904. when that boat turns up,
it's gonna be amazing.
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905. - We did it, guys!
(cheering)
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906. - But then the reality
was, I wasn't ready.
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907. I wanted to stay.
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908. I wanted to stay with these amazing women,
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909. and living in this amazing experience.
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910. - We're done, boys!
- Come on.
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911. - Let's grab this tackle
and get out of here, yeah?
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912. - Now that the time was up
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913. and this great, great,
great adventure we're on
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914. is coming to an end, that
was really sad that, yeah.
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915. - I'm so heartened to arrive here
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916. and actually see real genuine
love, care, and community.
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917. They don't look emaciated and broken.
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918. They look actually healthy
and smiling, and proud.
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919. Pride is something that is hard won,
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920. and they've done it the hard way.
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921. - Oh, the relief, absolute relief
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922. just to know that we were
finally gonna get back to reality
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923. where we can fill our bellies.
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924. It was just, yeah, amazing.
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925. - Okay ladies,
welcome back to civilization.
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926. You've done it, you've done it!
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927. - Oh, I was like, so happy!
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928. - For the men's arrival,
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929. a special welcoming party awaited.
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930. - Here they come.
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931. - In the form of
injured cameraman, Will.
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932. - There's William!
(men cheering)
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933. - I could see all their faces
on the side of the boat,
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934. and I kind of gave a little wave,
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935. and they all kind of cheered,
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936. and jumped out, came running over.
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937. It was quite, you see?
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938. It's giving me goosebumps
now to think of it.
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939. Wow, you all stink!
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940. It was, you know, it was really good
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941. to kind of get the team back together.
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942. - After spending six
weeks cutoff from the world.
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943. - It's so weird to touch, weird.
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944. - Re-acclimatizing
was going to take time.
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945. - It feels, I'm gonna
need to train myself.
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946. I can't remember how to work it!
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947. I knew this was going to happen
if I've gone out to work.
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948. It feels so weird!
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949. Fucking hell, it looks weird!
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950. - Oh, that first phone call.
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951. I was really looking forward to it,
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952. but not the emotional rollercoaster
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953. that I knew were gonna come.
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954. I mean, purely speaking to my missus
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955. just pushed me over the edge.
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956. I've never been like that in
me life that I can remember,
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957. other than being a kid,
sobbing over bugger all.
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958. Oh god, your voice is beautiful!
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959. Had a bit of squeeze on the phone,
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960. it was lovely, really nice.
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961. - Hello, baby!
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962. - I'm so happy to talk to
you, I cannot tell you.
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963. - Oh, it's so good to hear your voice!
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964. - It's so strange, and weird,
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965. and intense, and I really loved it.
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966. I really loved it.
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967. - I didn't realize that
when I spoke to my mom
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968. and heard her voice, just
how powerful that was.
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969. - Hello?
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970. Hello?
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971. Is that Barney?
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972. - Yeah! (sobbing)
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973. - Oh, Barney!
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974. - I wasn't upset, I was just so happy.
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975. I've never been so happy.
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976. My mom's pissed me off since being back.
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977. She's annoying, but you know,
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978. I'm not gonna try and forget
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979. that moment with the phone call,
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980. but actually you realize
that she's not annoying.
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981. She's the best. (laughs)
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982. - Hello?
- Hello!
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983. Hearing my daughter's voice
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984. after six weeks was just beautiful.
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985. Oh baby, I miss you so much!
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986. And kind of made me realize what I have,
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987. how rich my kind of life at home is.
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988. - The truth is, you cannot
go on this island, endure,
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989. and leave the island the same person.
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990. It is a life transforming experience.
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991. - Oh my god!
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992. - After being stripped
of all modern comforts,
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993. the men and the women had an appreciation
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994. for the simplest things.
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995. - What's this?
- Mm.
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996. - Returning to civilization
was really weird.
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997. - Woo!
(splashing)
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998. - I got sort of visual indigestion.
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999. - Oh! (laughs)
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1000. Oh my god!
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1001. - There's curtains on the
shower and everything,
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1002. and the toilet.
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1003. Oh, isn't it beautiful?
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1004. I can't get over how beautiful it is.
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1005. - Fucking hell!
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1006. No way!
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1007. Everything that you
totally took for granted
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1008. is suddenly the most amazing thing.
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1009. Oh my god!
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1010. Ah!
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1011. You know, we're a few months on now,
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1012. and I'm still just so
grateful of everything.
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1013. Every, silly things, sitting
on a chair, you know?
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1014. Where does that chair come from?
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1015. It's amazing. (laughs)
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1016. I can't believe I'm talking about a chair.
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1017. - Wow!
- That looks great.
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1018. - After weeks of
surviving on very little food,
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1019. the men and the women were
given a strict diet to follow
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1020. to allow their bodies time to recover.
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1021. - Wow!
- A starter!
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1022. I'm glad we have the starter.
- Yeah.
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1023. - You're instructed that we
would be given a meal plan,
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1024. and I thought the meal plan
would've been a lot bigger.
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1025. - So good, it's so good.
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1026. I just wish it was four times as big.
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1027. - I just can't get it in quick enough.
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1028. Mm.
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1029. - I want more food.
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1030. I have secret videos of me and Belinda
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1031. when we got off the island,
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1032. scoffing Mars bars and
drinking beer. (laughs)
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1033. Have a crisp. (laughs)
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1034. - Mm.
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1035. - That night when I come off the island,
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1036. I went against the rules and I ate,
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1037. I think two or three
steaks, Pina Coladas, beers.
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1038. I went to town.
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1039. That night, I went to bed
three o'clock in the morning.
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1040. It was like someone had
opened up a tap in my ass,
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1041. and I never got off the toilet
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1042. until about 10 o'clock the next day.
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1043. I think I lost about six
stone in one sitting.
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1044. - I think what I gained from the island
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1045. was a sense that the human
spirit is unbreakable.
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1046. - Yes!
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1047. - It made me feel fantastic.
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1048. I was 25 again for six weeks,
it was great, fantastic.
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1049. Thank you.
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1050. - I am not the same person
who went to the island.
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1051. I was really shy.
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1052. I was just scared of what
people would make of me,
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1053. but the island, it helped me find friends,
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1054. like lifelong friends.
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1055. - I think we had an amazing bond.
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1056. We've shared experience,
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1057. and that we'll keep for
the rest of our life.
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1058. - She floats!
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1059. - What?
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1060. They made a raft.
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1061. - It's that feeling of living on the edge
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1062. and living in the extremes,
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1063. but still being really happy,
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1064. that's what amazed me the most.
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1065. 100% I would do it again.
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1066. I loved it.
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1067. - Yes!
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1068. - I think probably the
experience on the island for me
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1069. was life changing, and
incredibly humbling.
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1070. I just think it's about the
best thing I've ever done.
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1071. Full stop.
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1072. - Seeing them at the end,
proud of what they've done,
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1073. tied as a group, actually it's inspiring.
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1074. Ultimately, they learned never give up.
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1075. Every single one of them said that.
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1076. They said this is about
just being bloody minded,
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1077. and not giving up, and sticking with it.
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1078. Really, that's the heart
of a great survivor.
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