Dual Survival

Ended Wednesday / 7:00pm Discovery US 45 min.
Surviving in the wild is not an exact science. Beyond the basics of finding water, food, shelter and eventually help, opinions vary. Two experts tell how they think it's done. Equipped with minimal gear, the pair are left in remote locations where they battle the elements and sometimes each other.

Season 9

7 Episodes

Stranded and lost in the drought-ravaged Okavango Delta in Botswana, EJ and Jeff must face down aggressive bull elephants and territorial three-thousand pound hippopotamuses in their quest for survival and a way back to civilization.
Oct 12 2016
Lost in the middle of South Africa�s Wild Coast, EJ and Jeff find themselves surrounded by African lions. Without food, water or protection they must navigate through some of the most hostile terrain on the planet to find their way back to salvation.
Oct 05 2016
In the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, located between Russia and Turkey, EJ and Jeff find themselves in a nightmarish scenario as they�re surrounded by 800-pound bears and trapped in a pitch-black cavern.
Sep 28 2016
Waist-deep in the backwater swamps of Louisiana's Atchafalaya river basin, EJ and Jeff find themselves surrounded by alligators and poisonous snakes. With no clear way to safety, they must find a direction out of the bayou and onto safe dry land.
Sep 21 2016
EJ & Jeff brave the blazing high desert heat of eastern Utah. Their quest for water & rescue forces them to descend a sheer canyon wall, climb the face of a steep mesa and endure a hellish journey through one of the deadliest deserts in the country.
Sep 14 2016
Lost in a mile-high Araucaria forest of South America, Army Combat Veteran EJ Snyder and Wilderness Survivalist Jeff Zausch must brave venomous pit vipers, fight a wild boar and survive the treacherous terrain in their search for rescue.
Aug 31 2016
Stranded in the scorching hot savannas of Southern Brazil, Naked and Afraid fan favorites EJ Snyder and Jeff Zausch must find a way to survive this bone-dry environment without water or food and navigate back to civilization.
Aug 24 2016

Season 8

7 Episodes

Military Veterans Grady Powell and Bo McGlone are dropped into separate locations of a Colombian jungle. With only a map and machete, they must survive in the jungle while trying to link up and find rescue.
Aug 03 2016
In a special military edition of Dual Survival an Air Force veteran and a former Green Beret must navigate the exhausting, snowy terrain of Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains.
Jul 27 2016
Stranded in the Peruvian Andes, Grady and Josh battle altitude sickness.
Jul 20 2016
Shipwrecked, Grady and Josh seek solutions for food, shelter and water.
Jul 13 2016
Grady and Josh face a whiteout blizzard, freezing temperatures and a run-in with a deadly predator on the slopes of Bulgaria's Rila Mountains.
Jul 06 2016
Grady and Josh slash their way through the Nicaraguan jungle battling snakes, mosquitoes and dehydration. They struggle to start a fire using a soil testing kit, go on a nighttime hunt for caiman and build a raft to cross croc-infested waters.
Jun 22 2016
Trapped in the jagged canyons of Croatia's Velebit Mountain, new partners Grady and Josh must work together to navigate the frigid, fast-moving rapids, and descend treacherous waterfalls in order to find salvation in this remote landscape.
Jun 15 2016

Season 7

9 Episodes

Tempers flare as Bill and Grady explore remote and rocky coastal Maine.
Mar 09 2016
Cuba is uncharted territory for the Grady, Bill and most Americans.
Mar 02 2016
Bill and Grady take on Oregon's rocky and arid canyon lands.
Feb 24 2016
Grady and Bill fight the bitter cold in Idaho�s Sawtooth Mountains.
Feb 17 2016
Grady and Bill are stranded in the Namib Desert of southern Africa.
Feb 10 2016
Grady and Bill survive the Zambezi River Basin during the dry season.
Feb 03 2016
Bill and Grady commune with animals to navigate through the Amazonian jungle.
Jan 27 2016
Grady and Bill try to get fire in the damp rainforest while they are stranded in Chile; Grady and Bill use a primitive fire and hunt to help with their survival.
Jan 20 2016
New partners, Grady and Bill are dropped onto a glacial volcanic peak in the Chilean Andes, where they face 70 mph winds, heavy snowfall, and sub-freezing temperatures. Hunkering down in cave shelters, they risk noxious gases and struggle to get fire.
Jan 13 2016

Season 6

4 Episodes

Joe and Matt face a journey of epic proportions in the Bolivian Andes. From the world's largest salt flat 12,000ft above sea level, through a desert with toxic water and into mountain peaks, they're in a constant battle against dehydration and altitude.
Oct 21 2015
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.
Oct 14 2015
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.
Oct 07 2015
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.
Sep 30 2015

Season 5

13 Episodes

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.
Apr 22 2015
In the Himalayas, Joe seeks rescue from the rocky terrain, dense forest, and animal threats while Matt seems more interested in achieving spiritual enlightenment than getting out alive.
Apr 15 2015
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.
Apr 08 2015
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
Apr 01 2015
Marooned on a rocky coast in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and Joe struggle to get away from powerful waves and come head to head over the question of whether to hunker down or travel deeper into one of the darkest, wettest forest in the United States.
Mar 18 2015
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.
Mar 11 2015
Trapped on high ocean cliffs, Joe and Matt struggle to cross a volcanic island covered with jungle and water-filled canyons. Every setback fuels a rift between the guys and only a successful hunt can help them get out alive.
Mar 04 2015
On the slopes of a tropical volcano, Matt and Joe face roadblocks in their quest to navigate towards the coast including thick rainforest, steep-walled gorges and towering waterfalls that stop them dead in their tracks.
Feb 25 2015
Stranded in a black water swamp in southern Georgia, Joe and Matt are deep in alligator territory where peat bogs, mysterious floating islands, and poisonous snakes stand in the way of getting out and finding rescue.
Feb 18 2015
Marooned on a barren island under the tropical sun, Matt and Joe risk a long swim through shark-infested waters and fight for life-sustaining basics at every turn.
Feb 11 2015
Matt and Joe start at the site of a plane crash on an uninhabited tropical island.
Feb 04 2015
Joe and Matt travel through the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, contending with freezing rain, steep ravines and bears.
Jan 28 2015
Joe and Matt face down the high desert canyons of Matt's home of 20 years: southern Utah. Without knives or any modern supplies, they attempt to survive and seek rescue in this harsh terrain that's more favorable to rattlesnakes and mountain lions.
Jan 21 2015

Season 4

10 Episodes

Joe and Matt hunt their target into unfamiliar territory.
Jun 25 2014
While stranded in Vietnam, Joe and Matt face the hottest month of the year in South East Asia.
Jun 18 2014
Lost on a perilous ridgeline, at 15,000 feet above sea level, Joe and Matt are forced to descend slippery cliffs through extreme weather conditions, where altitude sickness and hypothermia threaten, and life-preserving fire alludes them.
Jun 11 2014
Trapped in a labyrinth of underground tunnels, Joe and Matt face down darkness and risk drowning only to emerge on surface and find an inhospitable jungle. Their opposing approaches to survival pit them against one another before bringing them to rescue.
Jun 04 2014
Teti and Matt Graham in their first episode together in Panama
May 28 2014
After 15 episodes, the partnership of Cody Lundin and Joe Teti is coming to an end. This special episode of Dual Survival goes behind the scenes with the show�s crew to get the scoop on who is leaving and who�s moving on with a new partner.
May 21 2014
On a glacier and clinging to opposite ends of a rope, Joe and Cody face their most challenging rescue scenario ever. The frozen landscape brings Joe and Cody�s opposing survival styles to the forefront of this journey - their final episode together.
May 14 2014
Marooned in a sea of sand dunes, Joe and Cody traverse the unforgiving desert and trek deep into the mountains of Oman. Threatened by dehydration and heatstroke, their journey shows how nomads have survived for millennia in this hyper-arid land.
May 07 2014
Part 2 of 2 - Stranded deep in the jungle of Sri Lanka, Joe comes face-to-face with elephants and is forced off a cliff, Cody masters the ancient fire piston, and they cross a crocodile-infested lake to escape the longest survival scenario in history of Dual Survival.
Apr 30 2014
Part 1 of 2 - Stranded in a mangrove swamp in Sri Lanka, Joe and Cody escape the crocodile-filled waters only to find themselves in a leech-infested jungle. But this time, distressed elephants interrupt their journey back and they may not get out alive.
Apr 23 2014

Season 3

11 Episodes

On the season finale, Cody and Joe take on the mountains of Northern California. The damp and treacherous woodland environment proves to be the ultimate test for Cody and Joe, with drastic temperature changes and a lack of dry materials for fire-building.
Mar 12 2013
Stranded at over 9,000 feet above sea level in the snow covered Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Cody and Joe battle temperatures of negative twenty degrees Fahrenheit in an effort to fight off hypothermia, and stay alive long enough to get spotted by passing
Mar 05 2013
Marooned on a deserted island somewhere in Fiji, Joe and Cody face unpredictable and punishing tropical storms and brave shark-infested waters. With limited resources and up against enormous odds, they'll show how to get back to civilization alive.
Feb 26 2013
Isolated beneath the mountains of Romania, lost in a labyrinth of underground caves, Cody and Joe fight to escape the pitch black darkness with dying headlamps. Their teamwork is further strained by their opposing survival philosophies.
Feb 19 2013
Stranded in the middle of Zambia's hot, wild plains, Joe and Cody must avoid territorial hippos and herds of elephants to find water and shelter. An argument over whether to sleep inside a bat-infested hollow tree threatens to break the team apart.
Feb 12 2013
Tempers get hot when survival tactics collide as Joe and Cody struggle to escape the Nicaraguan jungle. The men are stranded at the top of a steep, muddy volcano, and Cody takes on the role of a hiker suffering an immobilizing knee injury.
Feb 05 2013
Joe and Cody are marooned on the banks of the mighty Amazon River and surrounded by an unforgiving jungle.
Jan 29 2013
Isolated in the jungle of an uninhabited Hawaiian island, Joe and Cody lock heads over priorities. Cody battles the dangers of dehydration searching for water and fire-making tools, while Joe gears up for mortal combat with aggressive feral boars.
Jan 22 2013
Deep in New Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert, Joe struggles to get out of an abandoned mineshaft. A deadly western diamondback rattlesnake becomes dinner, and a maggot-infested cow carcass puts the team's opposing survival tactics to the test.
Jan 15 2013
Stranded in the South African bush and in close proximity to the planet's deadliest predators including lions and leopards, Joe and Cody fight to get out alive while hiding from poachers who may be hunting them.
Jan 08 2013
Chile's Atacama desert is the driest place on Earth, and it's landscape is so barren and unique that NASA uses it as a testing ground for it's Martian rovers. It is here that Cody Lundin and Joe Teti are put to the ultimate desert survival test. In this scenario, they take on the plight of a downed paraglider pilot who has crash landed on a mountain peak over 14,000 feet above sea level. Facing acute altitude sickness, and with limited water and resources, they must strip the paraglider for all it's worth and head out in search of civilization and re-hydration.
Jan 01 2013

Season 2

12 Episodes

The hosts portray two lost travelers who run out of gas on an abandoned logging road in Northern Maine. To survive, they loot a broken-down truck for supplies and find a can of dog food.
Jul 01 2011
In Kentucky, Dave and Cody take on a scenario of two kayakers who are dumped into the cold river just a few hours before sundown. To make things worse, they become separated from each other by two miles of rushing river. Then, Dave traps an irate skunk.
Jun 24 2011
In Botswana's Okavango Delta, Cody and Dave -- equipped only with a dying GPS and waterlogged binoculars -- seek to escape the dangerously territorial and deadly hippos that rule the marshland.
Jun 17 2011
Adrift 2x09
Our intrepid duo take on the survival scenario of two castaways adrift at sea and show how to survive being stranded on a deserted jungle island in the South Pacific. This time, even Dave goes barefoot.
Jun 03 2011
Cody and Dave take on a survival scenario in South Africa's backcountry where dehydration kills in hours and hungry super-predators kill even faster. Armed with nothing but a machete, they show how to escape the bush without getting eaten alive
May 24 2011
Cody and Dave take on the scenario of two ranchers, stranded on the Northern Great Plains in Montana during the dead of winter. Their only survival supplies are the charred remains of a burned-down shack: an axe head, a bison hide, a glass jar, a metal tin and a steel striker
May 20 2011
Bitten 2x06
Cody and Dave are dropped in the Highland jungle of Thailand that has few tools for survival but lots of things that like to bite
May 13 2011
Dave and Cody take on the role of biologists lost in the wet cloud forests of Panama 7,000 feet above sea level with only a poncho, specimen jar and a broken lighter to aid in their quest for civilization.
May 27 2011
David and Cody show how to survive the harsh Rocky Mountains.
Apr 29 2011
From the barren salt flats to the vast desert woodland, Dave and Cody battle the elements in the sun scorched desert of Baja, Mexico. With few supplies, they each demonstrate how to make use of an unlikely resource - urine
Jun 10 2011
How lost hunters can survive in the harsh conditions of Tierra Del Fuego, how to survive and extreme injury.
Apr 22 2011
Dave and Cody head into the Everglades to take on the role of airboaters stuck in a sawgrass prairie marsh under the blazing Florida sun. They must seek shelter in a nearby swamp where water moccasin, python and alligators lay in wait.
May 06 2011

Season 1

10 Episodes

Cody and Dave wade through piranha-infested water in Brazil's Pantanal.
Aug 20 2010
Cody and Dave find survival resources in the trash in a hurricane's aftermath.
Aug 13 2010
Soaked 1x08
For two boat-wrecked hunters, surviving in the Pacific Northwest rainforest takes keen navigation skills and the know-how to avoid hypothermia and signal for rescue. Dave and Cody take on this nightmare scenario and show what it takes to survive.
Jul 30 2010
Dave and Cody must trek through tough Arizona terrain to find each other before making their way back to civilization.
Jul 23 2010
Swamped 1x06
Survival experts Cody and Dave head to the heart of the Louisiana bayou to take on a potentially deadly scenario: lost in a 1,000 square mile labyrinth of water channels and bogs, home to 1.5 million alligators and six species of poisonous snakes.
Jul 16 2010
Dave and Cody take on a lost hiker scenario in the sweltering jungles of Laos
Jul 09 2010
Cody and Dave head into Peru's infamous "Valley of the Volcanoes" to take on the ultimate lost-in-the-desert survival scenario � a broken down car miles from civilization, in the middle of an almost barren lava-scorched landscape. Here, Dave and Cody take on two roles to show how to survive this desolate location: Dave stays with the vehicle and signals for rescue while Cody heads out in search of water. But first, Dave and Cody strip the car for everything it's worth, salvaging the battery, headlights, electrical wiring, tires and seat cushions. They fight volcanic rock, heat exhaustion, altitude sickness,dehydration, rodents and a debilitating illness that literally brings Cody to his knees.
Jul 02 2010
Each year, an average of 20 people drown while cave diving. For this survival scenario, survival experts Cody and Dave are lost divers who are fortunate to find air, but they are deep inside a maze of caves in Belize. Equipped with only their dive gear � mask, fins, wetsuit, buoyancy compensator and flashlights � they must find their way out and to safety. The survival rules that work above ground, like following a river downstream, don't apply in the labyrinth of underground caves. Instead, they must make their way upstream in a trek that puts Cody's barefoot philosophy to the ultimate test. Once they emerge, the situation goes from bad to worse � they find themselves surrounded by dense jungle, a web of vines and thorn ravaged terrain... and snakes.
Jun 25 2010
Next, our survival experts take on a mountaineer's worst nightmare. They are left stranded on top of a mountain in New Zealand with limited supplies that would be carried by a climber: rope, crampons, an ice axe and other climbing gear. Working together, they battle 8,000-foot glacial peaks, deadly crevasses and deep rocky canyons as they trek down the mountain on a course set by Canterbury, an experienced climber. To find food, Lundin uses his knowledge of local cultures to tap the dietary wisdom of New Zealand's indigenous Maori.
Jun 18 2010
In this survival scenario, hosts Cody and Dave find themselves on a deserted island off the coast of Nova Scotia � in the dead of winter with plummeting temperatures. Despite the freezing temperatures � and his partner's objections � Cody doesn't give in on his indigenous survival strategy, where he lives his life barefoot. Here, he's only wearing shorts and wool socks. The only items they have are those they're able to salvage from the life raft they used to reach the island: an emergency Mylar blanket, a plastic tarp, two knives and a single rescue flare. They must use these items and their arsenal of skills to find shelter, build a fire and find food and water, all in sub-zero conditions.
Jun 11 2010