BYUtv's Survivalists
brings families to wild places where they face difficult challenges.
It's a trek of a lifetime
that leaves participants better people than when they started.
Take a look.
I'm Munirah Yuen And I'm Ronnie Yuen And we're from South Jersey.
And we're the Yuen family.
This show is called the Survivalist, and honestly, I don't know
what exactly we're going to be doing, but I know it's going to be adventurous.
And we're here to win.
I'm Eden Burrell, and I'm 15.
I'm Kayla Burrell and I'm 17.
Survivalists is about two families racing through the wilderness,
trying to get to the finish line and win $10,000.
The last few days we have climbed mountains, rappelled, climbed down
ravines.
Today we paddled about five miles or more.
The host is Colin O'Brady and I know he's done
crazy things like hiking through Antarctica ...
Antarctica, and like going practically up every mountain.
I'm Colin O'Brady.
I'm the host of BYUtv's Survivalists.
I'm a ten time world record holder and a New York Times bestselling author.
I was the very first person ever to Snapchat from the summit of Everest.
So in 2016 I accomplished that.
I suppose that's a unique one of my accolades.
This place is so beautiful.
Words cannot describe it.
I've seen the stars last night
and burst out in tears because it was hundreds of them.
It was beautiful
and never in a million years would have I imagined that my eyes would see this.
And I'm just so grateful that, you know, we're here.
I would say the funnest part was absolutely fantastic scenery.
Beautiful spot.
Just to see that out in nature was was really exhilarating.
I have a different funnest part.
The funnest part for me was really the whole overall experience
and seeing our family bond together and have this experience.
But I actually enjoyed getting to know the crew a lot, so
that was really interesting to get to know our producer
and all the people behind the scenes who do all the same things that we're doing.
They just don't get any credit for it.
There's been so many touching moments on the show,
but the Hopkins family in season one were a really special group.
The kids were foster kids and they'd been bullied a little bit in school
and a young boy, a teenager by the name of Nathan, he came in
and kind of had his head down.
You could tell self-esteem, you know, he's getting kind of bullied in
school is what he had told me. And he rappelled down this cliff.
He climbed up and rappelled down this cliff.
And he looked right in the camera and said,
you know what, I am strong, I'm capable, I can do anything I set my mind to
and all the rest of the episode after that,
his demeanor had completely changed and newfound confidence
had been born inside of him
and it was just a beautiful transformation to see of this experience.
I learned about myself that I was just really competitive
even more than I thought.
I thought I'd get tired and I thought I'd be the slowest one in the family.
But I actually picked up the pace a little bit,
and I think the adrenaline really helped.
I learned that I am afraid of heights.
I did not know I was afraid of heights until I was staring down
that steep ravine.
But I also learned that I can overcome any challenges that come my way
with the help of my family, Ooh, I have another.
I learned that I love new challenges because all the scary things
that seemed scary at first, it was really fun
trying to conquer those challenges like the ravine.
It was scary during it, but after you look up
and you see what you accomplish, it's just a great feeling.
On this show, we bring people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Sometimes we've had families who were,
you know, ultra marathoners or avid campers
or Boy Scouts or something like that or Girl Scouts.
We've also had families who have never camped before in their life,
and it's amazing to see really the through line is the people that sign up
for the show say, you know what, I'm going to try something.
I'm going to step outside of my comfort zone.
I'm willing to try something new and I think the transformation
and some of those people are some of the most profound.
I think people our age would love to watch this show
because it's inspirational that people their age can conquer their challenges.
I think Survivalists is the perfect show for a family to watch,
especially with kids around our age, because you get to see your peers face
some huge challenges and no matter what's going on in your life,
you get to see if this family can climb the mountain, then our family can
maybe find the same strength to push forward together.
Watch families
find the strength to persist until they thrive on BYUtv's Survivalists.
Check it out on air or on the free BYUtv app.
Catch you later Insiders.