Seasons & episodes

Joe and Matt attempt to survive in the harsh terrain of southern Utah without knives or modern supplies.

Joe and Matt travel through the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, contending with freezing rain, steep ravines and bears.

Matt and Joe start at the site of a plane crash on an uninhabited tropical island, and face long-term survival.

While marooned on a barren island, Matt and Joe risk a swim in shark-infested waters and fight for life-sustaining basics.

While stranded in a black water swamp in southern Georgia, Joe and Matt find themselves in alligator territory.

While on a tropical volcano, Matt and Joe must navigate toward the coast through rainforest, steep-walled gorges and waterfalls.

Joe and Matt cross a volcanic island covered with jungle and water-filled canyons, where setbacks fuel a rift.

Off the beaten path and waterlogged in the rainforest of Costa Rica, Matt and Joe battle torrential rains, deadly insects, and raging rapids. After missing a shot at rescue, they combine survival ingenuity with indigenous skills to get out alive.

Matt and Joe are marooned on a rocky coast in the Pacific Northwest. They must decide whether to hunker down or travel deeper into one of the darkest, wettest forest in the United States.

In the snowiest part of Wyoming, Matt and Joe demonstrate how to repurpose a broken down snowmobile, make shelter from snow, and survive sub-freezing temperatures in whiteout conditions that cause them to miss a chance at rescue

Conclusion. The guys find a use for a broken snowmobile and make a shelter in the snow as they try not to freeze before they are rescued in Wyoming.

Joe endures the rocky terrain, dense forest and animal threats in the Himalayas, while Matt searches for spiritual enlightenment.

Stranded in the vast scrubland of Namibia, Joe and Matt are in a race to get out alive from one of the driest countries on earth. They run into trouble with a troop of baboons, proving that Mother Nature isn’t the only force in the wilderness.

Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, Matt and Joe are caught in open water, where a nightmare scenario of a sunken ship is made worse by prowling sharks, razor sharp coral, unpredictable weather and false hope for rescue.

Matt and Joe take on one of the most common and deadly scenarios in the wilderness: an injury that requires medical intervention. Caught in a thick jungle, this worst-case becomes a test of will in the struggle to get out alive.

Joe and Matt take on an escape and evasion scenario on the border between Texas and Mexico. Here they confront the dangers of the wilderness without their knives, including being restrained with zip-ties, traveling solo and evading pursuit.

Joe & Matt face a journey of epic proportions in the Bolivian Andes. From the world’s largest salt flat 12,000 ft above sea level, through a desert with toxic water and into mountain peaks, they’re in a constant battle against dehydration & altitude.

In the Chilean Andes, Grady and Bill start their survival mission high up on a snowy dormant volcano. They must get off the volcano, find shelter in caves, and trek down into the rainforest. Along the way, they search for food, and attempt to build a fire.

Continuing in the Chilean Andes, Grady and Bill must survive a cold night in the rainforest. On their journey out they hunt feral pigs, build a shelter, and attempt to build a fire again.

In the Amazon rainforest, Bill and Grady must navigate through dense jungle, and build a shelter from the rains. They navigate to a river, attempt to catch fish, and build a raft to try to reach civilization.

While stranded in the Zambezi River Basin, Grady and Bill attempt survival during Africa's dry season, on their trek to the Zambezi River. Along the way, they search for water, build a primitive fire, encounter a myriad of African wildlife and predators, and hunt for guinea fowl.

In the Namib Desert of southern Africa, Grady and Bill are left with a broken down car. They use the car to help them with survival tasks, catch and eat scorpions, create signals for rescue, and search for water and food in a nearby canyon.

In the cold and snow of the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, Bill and Grady begin their survival on a mountain ridge and make their way to a forested area where they discover a dilapidated cabin. After spending the night there, they navigate to a river, deal with hypothermic conditions after Grady partially breaks through the ice, and attempt to trap beaver.

Bill and Grady visit Oregon where they find themselves lost in a desert-type environment.