Plot Synopsis

In this one-hour reality series, survival expert Tim Medvetz drops in unsuspectingly to take everyday people away from the monotony of their lives, and takes them on epic physical, mental and emotional journeys that bring them closer to nature and to their true selves. Along the way, Tim pushes people to their absolute limits, navigating life-threatening terrain, hunting for food and water, and forcing them to build their own shelter in brutal locations. In each 60-minute episode, Tim helps a different lost soul, including: Kym Cook, who works two jobs to support her unemployed husband Michael and four children and who takes a canyoneering expedition with Michael through the Owyhee Canyon lands of Idaho, Oregon and Nevada; Kris Hartman, who lost his sister eight years ago -- and the pain has pushed him to drink every night -- and who forges his way up the volatile Mount St. Helens, rappels into caves, and scrambles across dangerous rocks; and Michelle Blackwell, who walked away from her career to raise a family -- but was left with no goals or self-worth -- and who takes an excruciating trip through the unforgiving desert of Moab, Utah. Originally scheduled to be a three-episode, one-night event, Nat Geo Wild instead premiered one episode with subsequent episodes showing on consecutive Mondays.