Local ‘Naked and Afraid’ survivalists bare all

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Pocatello Jeff that is native Zausch spent 121 times nude into the wilderness for Discovery’s “Naked and Afraid.” He spent 21 times into the Madagascar wilderness, 40 times in Colombia, plus in the season that is newest of “Naked and Afraid XL” — airing June 2 — Zausch attempts to survive 60 times in the Philippines.

“ I do it for the thrill, the action as well as the joy out of a very terrible life-or-death situation,” Zausch told EastIdahoNews that I feel when I make a big kill or when I pull myself. “That variety of joy I only feel it doing these types of challenges that I feel. That’s why I continue right back. I guess I’m addicted to the thrill and addicted to the feeling of accomplishment.”

Star Torres, a U.S. aquatic, and Tony Wheeler, a U.S. Army Green Beret, both of Pocatello, were the very first couple ever to be on “Naked and Afraid.” Their episode aired might 5 up on Discovery.

“We always work therefore well together. We wished to test our relationship in that harsh environment,” Wheeler stated.

Torres and Wheeler spent 21 times within the Guyana jungle. During the end, Wheeler proposed to Torres.

“I figured if she could endure me for the reason that harsh environment, she could tolerate me anywhere,” Wheeler said.

Torres explained just what had her head whenever she recognized Wheeler was proposing.

“I had been like, ‘No way, he’s really doing this now.’” Torres said. “So he would go to propose and I also could inform he’d lots of things to state in which he ended up being, like, tongue-tied. I’ve never seen him really tongue-tied before.”

The proposal came at the very end as they had been waiting for a watercraft to come and simply take them back to civilization. Through the 21 days before, they endured constant battles.

Torres said the part that is worst ended up being constantly being bitten by bugs.

“I scar effortlessly, specially with bug bites,” she said. “You’re getting bit up, it’s nonstop. You place on mud, it does not quite assist. Or it doesn’t help with the flies, also it’s constant. You merely think, ‘There’s no prize cash after this, and I’m just scarring up my human body.’ Therefore I had been a disheartened that is little that.”

Zausch stated the 60 times into the Philippines may be the experience he’s that is hardest had on “Naked and Afraid.”

“This series that I simply got done recording has the most life and death moments. This is the very first time ever, in another of these challenges, that I thought that my partner may not survive through the night time. It’s also … the first challenge I’ve ever done in my own life where We questioned whether I would personally survive to begin to see the next sunrise,” he said.

Even as the very first couple ever on “Naked and Afraid,” intimacy wasn’t a concern for Torres and Wheeler.

“You’re t uncomfortable. You can find t many bug bites and everything like that. But, you realize Match vs eHarmony, you nevertheless try to be caring and loving for every other,” Wheeler stated. “We were constantly together and close.”

Zausch, Torres and Wheeler each knew whatever they desired initial thing whenever they got house after their ordeals in the wild.

“The very first thing is I kiss my gf, we hug my dog then I go consume bacon cheeseburgers,” Zausch said. “That’s something I enjoy from very nearly time two in the challenge most of the way to the really end is that very first US dinner of fat, grease and meat.”

All Torres and Wheeler wanted to do ended up being get clean.

“At that time in time, we hadn’t had a hot shower at all,” Torres said.

Zousch stated he doesn’t know very well what its about Pocatello that generally seems to attract survivalists.

“Contrary as to the people think, no person from Pocatello winds up nude. There’s only three of us,” he said.