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Glendale and Denver residents have been getting
Naked and Afraid.
Bree Walker, Glendale resident, was Naked and Afraid
in the jungle of Honduras, right along the Conrejal
River.
“I got really bored one day and just �lled out a
paragraph online, and then I guess I quali�ed to go,”
Walker said. “And then, a month later I was on my
way.”
When Walker �lled out that paragraph, she signed up
for Naked and Afraid. It’s a T.V. show designed to put
survivalists to the test mentally and physically.
Contestants are thrown into remote locations for 21
days with only one item each and no clothes or shoes.
They’re left to make their own shelters, hunt and
gather their own food. Two strangers meet for the �rst
time and have to survive together — naked.
While being naked was a shock at �rst to Walker,
eventually everything became routine — even feasting
on the philodendron fruit which can leave third degree
burns along the throat if not picked at the right time.
“It became a daily routine and a lot simpler than we
have here,” Walker said. “I loved not having the
Internet, and I loved not having a phone, or doing my hair or makeup or anything, or what I am going to wear today.”
Walker and her partner Clarence were in the Honduras jungle during monsoon season and a blood moon, meaning
light of any kind was hard to come by. Walker found refuge and sunlight near the river at what she called her
“breakfast rock.” To prepare for the show, she ran the dirt trails by Arrowhead barefoot and packed on an extra 17
pounds by eating paleo meals every hour and a half. Those extra pounds didn’t last long — she lost 25 pounds
throughout the entire experience. Walker made it 14 out of the 21-day challenge due to hypothermia and a 106-
degree fever among other complications.
Walker and Clarence were inserted into the wilderness in late September 2015, just about a month after Walker’s
30th birthday — a present of sorts to herself.
“I think it helped me �nd myself because turning 30 just made me feel like, do I really know who I am, and what can I
really put myself through? What can I really conquer?” Walker said.
Walker discovered her own inner strength, realizing she could do much more than her partner could. After her
experience she said she threw away the body shaming and pressure society often puts on women. Her journey in the
jungle taught her she was stronger and more independent than she thought, something she wants women and girls
to see within themselves.
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“Don’t let anybody tell you not to do something. Go try
it and �nd out for yourself because you’re strong
enough,” Walker said.
Walker isn’t the only local resident who was strong
enough to be naked and afraid. Matt Wright, a Denver
resident and survival expert, also went on the show.
His episode aired April 24, 2016. Wright’s episode was
�lmed in Thailand in November 2014. When it came to being afraid, he wasn’t, but when it came to being naked,
things were a little di�erent at �rst.
“You really realize you have nothing to defend yourself,” Wright said.
Both Walker and Wright said being naked made them feel more vulnerable, but any awkwardness quickly dissipated
as the focus switched to survival, food, water and shelter.
“When I was out there, the most peaceful thing was that those were the four things I had to worry about. That was it.
Yeah, it was tough as heck, but if I was there a little bit longer and would’ve had that warmth, it would’ve just clicked,”
Walker said.
And when it comes to the partners?
“It was the hardest forced relationship you could imagine,” Wright said.
The camera and sound crew only �lm the contestants a few hours each day, and for the remainder of the time, they
are completely alone. Wright said his partner became his best friend because she was his only friend. Wright didn’t
forg (http://glendalecherrycreek.com/naked-afraid-3-5-16/)et about his girlfriend Brooke back in Denver however. On
the show he recorded a proposal to her after reading a special note she sent with him tucked away in his knife. Their
wedding is set for late July.
Walker’s partner was a little more distant — they didn’t share a shelter, a �rst in the show’s history. Her partner
refused consolation by Walker when he was frightened in the middle of the night by growling in the jungle — his own
stomach growling. While Wright may have been more prepared than his partner was, they worked together to
survive, and he gained a new outlook on people.
“[The experience] opened up a huge window where I believe now anybody is capable of anything,” Wright said.
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Wright’s outlook on negative situations has changed
too, frequently seeing that “it could be worse.” For
Walker, being back in the real world made her realize
how much everything was about time and that she
was born under a wandering star.
Despite hundreds of bug bites, lost weight, infections
and hospitalization, Walker and Wright say they would
do the show again “in a heartbeat.” Walker’s show will
air May 29 on the Discovery Channel.n
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