![]() ![]() Just because nothing happens to you the first week, then you don’t want to start tromping through thinking that nothing is going to get you, and there’s no snakes. “And now apply that same mindset down in the Everglades. “ everyone sort of drops their guard a little bit, and the minute they do that, that next room they go through, there’s an insurgent in there,” he said. Holt said he relied on his military training to survive in the wild, and one of the challenges was dealing with complacency over the three weeks. And we could hear them thrashing and fighting and growling, and that was so intense and amazing, and having to deal with the snakes in the water or anytime you would bathe in the water, the gators would come to you.” Ryan Holt hangs on to a tree branch on Naked and Afraid - Photo courtesy of Discovery Channel And the water was literally 4 feet from us, from the end of our shelter. It was amazing, and where are you going to see a beautiful 10-point buck like this just watching us? … It was just sitting there watching us forever, and at times, at nighttime, there would be alligators fighting over territory right behind our feet. You could go outside by the fire, and one night we were eating, and we’re looking across the canal and there’s this 10-point buck just staring at us. “Being out there for so long, you make your house your home, so that’s your comfort zone. “Everything was beautiful out there,” she said. Hargrove agreed and said the wildlife was “amazing.” “So to be able to take your time, walking through everything, being meticulous about it, doing everything right the first time, go slow moving, and watch every single step you take, making sure you’re not going to step on a snake or making sure that there’s not an alligator sort of lurking in the tall grass.” “When you’re out on a challenge like this, you’re out there for 21 days, you have nothing but time,” Holt said. In addition to the mosquitoes, the partners had to deal with venomous snakes like water moccasins and alligators. By day seven, they were even worse and had become her “worst nightmare.” ![]() Previewing the episode, Hargrove said by day three she had many bites. “They were relentless, and it was a nightmare trying to sleep every night.” “I don’t think anything I’ve done physically or mentally could have prepared me … for the amount of mosquitoes, the amount of mental toughness that we had to harness in order to deal with those little buggers,” Holt said. Instead both partners reported that mosquitoes were the real issue. Hargrove said the “naked” part of the show was not a problem. And I looked at my husband, and I said, ‘I’m going to go apply for that show, honey.’ And he said, ‘OK, whatever, go ahead.’ Well, I did.” And I watched the season finale back in April, and it like broke my heart watching how that female, how crappy she did. I’m just an outdoor fanatic, and I was a huge fan of Naked and Afraid. I’m that type of girl that will go out there and go fishing with no shoes on. Hargrove had recently finished serving 10 years in the Army, with a couple deployments as well. There’s no prize, or possession, or reward challenges or anything like that.” ![]() So it was just about being able to do it. ![]() You have to be able put that stuff to the test. They literally strip you of everything, and you’re left with only the skills and the knowledge you have in your head. “To me, this felt like the ultimate test of everything that I’ve learned in my life,” he said in a joint phone interview with Hargrove. The season premiere features Amber Hargrove and Ryan Holt in the swampy Everglades of Florida.īefore the 21-day adventure, Holt served eight years in the Marine Corps and had recently completed a yearlong survival and guiding school. The reality series teams up two partners, strips them of everything except one item of their choosing and drops them in the middle of harsh terrain. Naked and Afraid, a show with perhaps the most self-explanatory name on television, returns with new episodes 10 p.m. Amber Hargrove and Ryan Holt survive in the Everglades on Naked and Afraid - Photo courtesy of Discovery Channel ![]()
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