Three to suck and then that's it.

- [Lea] You guys!

- [Asia] You would have died.

- And everybody kept making jokes what could happen to us.

And that was pissing me off.

(soft music)

(zipper)

(sighs loudly)

- The great outdoors!

A welcoming place for some

and a very scary place for other people.

Hi, I am Lea Zora and I grew up hiking, camping,

even being a Girl Scout.

But a lot of my black friends didn't.

But why?

Well, for starters, African Americans were actually legally

banned from being in National and State Parks

until the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Rude!

So, even if we wanted to go camping,

we weren't even allowed to go.

So today I'm on a mission

to break down stereotypes of what black folks don't do

and take my friends camping for their very first time.

All right, so let's meet our campers!

- I've never really officially been camping before.

I've done a version of where we slept by the car at a lake.

- So, I've decided to go on this camping trip

because, you know, camping is actually on my bucket list

of things I wanna do.

- So, my role on this camping trip

was to be the sound and film guy.

I love being outside, I love camping.

- I have zero experience with camping

because I do not do the outdoors.

I was excited to bond with people.

I felt like if we sat around the campfire, you know.

But I was really afraid of everything else.

- I'm accustomed to a certain lifestyle.

Like a roof over my head and running hot water

and food that I can prepare at a stove.

I was being stripped of all of that, in the woods.

At night, like, I could die.

- My fears going into this trip

definitely were rattlesnakes.

But I think just the thought and the idea of just seeing

or potentially seeing a snake in the wilderness,

while sleeping will probably give me a heart attack.

(high pitched screaming)

- I signed up for this,

but now I'm like second guessing this decision.

- [Lea] Well, there're a couple rules.

Rule number 1, you must build your own shelter.

(Gasps)

- It's already a dumb idea.

(laughter)

- Like we have to build our own tent?

- I have AT&T so YouTube is available.

- [Lea] Rule number 2, you must forage for your own food.

That is either a plant or an animal.

- I can't kill an animal, I will poison myself.

- No, that's a damn lie.

I don't know if I can eat these vegetables

and I'm vegan.

- I have Google.

- [Lea] Rule number 3, you must build your own fire,

without the use of a match or flames.

- I'm gonna freeze to death.

- Yup.

- Wear layers, how about that?

- [Lea] Rule number 4, you cannot use your cell phone.

- Ah.

- [Lea] You'll be completely disconnected

from electronic devices.

- Are you serious right now?

(laughs)

- And what happens in a case of an emergency?

- Rule number 5, you will be provided with everything

that you guys need to survive in the forest

and you must use everything in the survival pack.

I know you're nervous and I don't want you to be nervous.

And you will be prepared for the woods.

In order to prepare my friends for the woods, guys,

I have brought in an expert to teach you.

- Yes. - Okay.

- Chris, come on out!

- [Crowd] Whoa!

(laughter)

- Good to see you, man!

- Hi.

- See, I was, I was ready.

- We got like a crash course in camping

from Chris, the survivalist.

- My name is Christopher Nyerges

I started the School of Self Reliance

about 40 years ago to teach people about all the skills

that you guys are gonna need on your very enjoyable trip

that's about to come.

- It was good, it was definitely helpful.

I think some of the stuff

the gentleman had told us about, I kind of reminded myself

or remembered it throughout the entire trip.

- It was a crash course 'cause I can't tell you

one thing I was supposed to do (laughs).

- He scared the shit out of me and I did not feel prepared

and it's not that he did a bad job.

It's just that I was so scared that I'm like,

nope, not going on this trip.

- [Destinee] The car ride up there was cool.

It was fun 'cause I think we were all like really excited

that this thing was finally gonna happen.

- Wow! It was wildly cramped.

Not enough space for anyone to breathe and we immediately

started sharing each others carbon dioxide,

which is very poisonous.

- I had so much anxiety on the car ride over

because I just didn't know what to expect

and the unknown scares me a lot of the time.

- What about if it's not even a dog

and see you just something creeping up on you.

- Yeah, it could be a human being,

and I'm like absolutely not. - And your mind says,

"Don't be alarmed, just stay safe".

- And everyone kept making jokes

about what could happen to us.

And that was pissing me off.

- I just felt really bad for Asia.

'Cause sis was not feeling it the whole ride up there.

The whole 3 hours.

And I was like, girl.

- [Tayo] Closer we started to get to the camping ground.

The more that reality starts to set in.

Like I'm really about to do this camping thing.

- And we were told once we get to like

a certain street corner, of the avenue place

that we were supposed to call this person

prior to getting past it because we would lose our service.

And he wasn't answering

and I was like, y'all we need to turn around now.

So things already aren't going well.

- [Lea] They're going fine!

Hi, Mehmet, this is Lea from Buzzfeed.

Our group is about 15 to 20 minutes away.

We haven't lost reception yet, I have 5 bars,

but I wanted to give you a call.

So, we'll see you soon, give us a call back.

Thanks, bye.

- [Automated Message] At the tone,

please record your message.

- What's his name, Mehmet?

- Mehmet.

- That's not stressful at all.

Oop!

Girl.

- Okay, so...

- Sir, answer your phone.

- Please call us back.

- Please.

- Call him a million times, I ain't playing no games.

I'm 'bout to hop out the car.

- And go where?

- You're in the middle of nowhere!

(laughter)

- I'm going to one of these (beep) gas stations.

- And go where?

So we're calling, no answer, calling, no answer.

And Lea goes, "Here Destinee, look, maybe you call."

And she was like, "Listen to this voicemail."

And I go to listen to the voicemail

and the guy goes, "Hello?"

- Hi!

(laughter)

- [Lea] Hi, how are you?

- Look at that, he answered.