Jeff Zausch on Naked and Afraid XL has gone through 121 days enduring Discovery Channel's missions, returning over and over for another test. He addressed whether he would "make due to see the following dawn" during Season 5 Episode 8.

Jeff finished endurance missions as a youngster before he chose to exposed all on "Bare and Afraid" and "Bare Afraid XL." But even with years as a survivalist added to his repertoire, he never experienced anything as he did on Season 5 Episode 8 of "Stripped and Afraid XL: Jeff's Worst Nightmare," which pretense on Discovery Channel at 8 p.m. EST Sunday July 14, 2019.

"The gathering is crushed when two basic survivalists leave the test;" the scene's depiction says, "with only 10 days left before extraction, Jeff is compelled to change his endurance system, yet a health related crisis puts him very nearly a tap out."

Zausch disclosed to East Idaho News the 60 days he spent in the Phillipines was his most extraordinary test yet.

"This arrangement that I just completed taping has by a wide margin the most life and passing minutes," he said. "This is the first run through ever, in one of these difficulties, that I felt that my accomplice probably won't live as the night progressed. It's likewise … the principal challenge I've at any point done in my life where I addressed whether I would get by to see the following dawn."

Jeff Zausch credits his ingrained instincts to his dad, who had a heart imperfection and endure any longer than his primary care physicians anticipated.

He began giving himself endurance challenges as a little youngster, outdoors in the mountains close to his country Idaho home. At age 9, he went through the night alone during a snowstorm with temperatures 15 degrees underneath zero.

This is what you have to know:

1. 'I Questioned Whether I Would Survive to See the Next Sunrise,' Jeff said

Jeff Zausch almost tapped out during his 60-day endurance adventure in the Philippines on Season 5, Episode 8 of "Stripped and Afraid XL: Jeff's Worst Nightmare" due to a health related crisis.

He unmistakably endure the scene to discuss it. He was met by East Idaho News toward the finish of taping. He went through 121 days stripping down for Discovery Channel's outrageous endurance unscripted TV drama challenges, however never had an encounter as troublesome as his time in the Philippines. During the season, he thought about whether both he and his accomplice, Laura Zerra, would endure the season.

Jeff Zausch has been a repetitive face on Discovery Channel's Naked and Afraid shows.

"This arrangement that I just completed recording has by a long shot the most life and passing minutes," he said. "This is the first run through ever, in one of these difficulties, that I felt that my accomplice probably won't live as the night progressed. It's additionally … the main test I've at any point done in my life where I addressed whether I would make due to see the following dawn."

The scene depiction said Jeff Zausch almost tapped out on season 5 scene 8.

"The gathering is crushed when two basic survivalists leave the test; with only 10 days left before extraction, Jeff is compelled to change his endurance system, however a health related crisis puts him nearly a tap out," the scene's portrayal said.

He shared a photograph on Instagram to advance the scene, alongside a statement from President Theodore Roosevelt.

"I think Theodore Roosevelt says all that needs to be said: "It isn't the pundit who checks; not the man who calls attention to how the tough man staggers, or where the practitioner of deeds could have improved.

The credit has a place with the man who is entirely the field, whose face is defaced by residue and perspire and blood; who endeavors valiantly; who blunders, who misses the mark over and over, in light of the fact that there is no exertion without mistake and deficiency; however who carries out really endeavor to accomplish the things; who knows incredible enthusiasms, the extraordinary commitments; who spends himself in an admirable motivation; who at the best knows at last the triumph of high accomplishment, and who at the very least, in the event that he comes up short, in any event fizzles while brave significantly, so his place will never be with those cold and tentative spirits who neither know triumph nor rout." - Theodore Roosevelt"

2. At Age 9, He Spent The Night In The Mountains During a Blizzard

Jeff Zausch gave himself his first evident trial of endurance when he was just 9 years of age. During an extreme snowstorm close to his rustic Idaho home. At the point when he heard the figure of 3 feet of day off temperatures dropping to 15 beneath 0, he chose it was the ideal time to test his abilities, as per his Discovery life story.

"His mom had given him a chance to go through various evenings in the mountains without anyone else's input yet never under such perilous conditions," the bio said. "With the assistance of his dad, he had the option to convince his mom to give him a chance to test his abilities by outdoors medium-term in the tempest, high up in the mountains behind their home. This experience changed Jeff until the end of time. From that minute on he kept on pushing the points of confinement of human endurance in the outside and was consistently vigilant for another test."

Paving the way to his greatest endurance challenge, he would spend his evenings and nights investigating the mountains, coming all the way back well after dull.

3. Jeff Learned Survival From His Dad, Who Had a Heart Defect

Jeff Zausch figured out how to make due from his dad, who was brought into the world with a heart deformity and refuted specialists' desires when he made due to adulthood. His dad kicked the bucket instantly before Season 2 of "Stripped and Afraid," where survivalists tested their abilities in Madagascar, as indicated by Jeff's memoir.

Jeff's father had his first open-heart medical procedure at just 5 1/2 weeks old, when that sort of medical procedure was still new. Disclosure wrote in the bio the medical procedure was one of the first of its sort on the planet. He had nine more heart medical procedures through a mind-blowing span.

"This capacity to vanquish, survive and endure before long turned into a changeless piece of his character," the bio said. "Jeff's dad was the best survivalist that he at any point met. Each day of his life was a battle for endurance. He instructed Jeff how to be rationally solid in any event, when the chances were against him. He educated Jeff how to succeed in any event, when others said it's outlandish. Basically, Jeff's dad showed him how to endure."

Jeff's endurance is a piece of his dad's heritage.

"This inheritance that his father abandoned is a similar one that [Jeff] attempts to live by – to never stop, never surrender, and consistently succeed, in any event, when others state it's outlandish," the account said.

Jeff Zausch imparted a photograph of him to his dad in 2015. It stated, "The present "Return Thursday" minute returns to the multi year old me. That glad kid had everything in life that he would ever need. Where his #1 legend was his Dad and his #1 young lady was his Mom."

4. He Has Spent 121 Days On Naked and Afraid and Naked and Afraid XL

Jeff Zausch obviously can't get enough of flaunting his ingrained instincts while being taped. Prior to Naked and Afraid XL, Jeff Zausch and his accomplice, Laura Zerra, finished consecutive difficulties, finishing Naked and Afraid's common 21-day challenge pursued quickly by Naked and Afraid XL's 40-day challenge.

"It's insane to try and consider," Zausch told PEOPLE. "That is two months without garments, without an appropriate supper, living out in the wild. There was a great deal of mental readiness included. In case you're not rationally solid, you're not going to make it."

He has spent a sum of 121 days on Naked and Afraid and Naked and Afraid XL. He additionally co-facilitated "Double Survival."

Jeff has come back to the arrangement again and again, going through 21 days in the Madagascar desert and 40 days in Columbia. On the flow period of "Stripped and Afraid XL," he is endeavoring to endure 60 days in the Philippines for the show's longest stretch.

"I do it for the rush, the experience and the delight that I feel when I make a major slaughter or when I haul myself out of a truly horrible decisive circumstance," he revealed to East Idaho News. "That sort of happiness that I believe, I just feel it doing these kinds of difficulties. That is the reason I prop up back. I surmise I'm dependent on the rush and dependent on the sentiment of achievement."

After his first stretch on "Bare and Afraid," he posted on Instagram in 2014 that a request was coursing to take him back to the show.

"I love my fans!!" he composed. "Clearly there's a request to get me back on the show!"

5. Jeff Zausch Pleaded Guilty to Pleaded Insurance Fraud in 2015

Jeff Zausch was sentenced for lawful offense protection extortion in 2015 for attempting to record a vehicle mishap guarantee when he didn't have full inclusion, as indicated by the Idaho Office of the Attorney General.

The judge gave him a retained judgment and requested him to perform 100 hours of network administration. He was put on post trial supervision for a long time at the time. He was likewise requested to pay Geico $376 in compensation and pay a $1,250 fine, as per a public statement.

He entered a liable supplication to a crime check of protection extortion September 8, 2015, conceding that he intentionally gave an insurance agency bogus data about the date of a mishap, the Office of the Attorney General composed.

Zausch was associated with a mishap February 3, 2014. His vehicle was towed. The following day, he called to change his arrangement from risk to full inclusion, which he added to the approach 16 days after the fact. He at that point recorded a case, saying he was in a mishap Feb. 18, 2014, the public statement declared.

Zausch shared an image of himself on Instagram the day after the condemning October 19, 2015, which stated, "Thumping me down is the simple part. On the off chance that you need to keep me there, you will need to invest more energy."

He subtitled the post, "To each one of the individuals who wish to toss me punches. #KeepOnSwinging"