Author Topic: EP1 Title: "I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio." (Read 162141 times)

Whirley · « **Reply #175 on:** February 05, 2007, 04:28:35 AM »

Yes, I can confirm, that is the viewing hut you've arrowed up on the hillside.

Chateau d If · « **Reply #176 on:** February 05, 2007, 09:39:53 AM »

So Whirley, That's gonna be the checkin point!

There will be a mat there that teams run up to when they have completed the first leg of the race.

Of course, they have to find it! And the last team to get there will be eliminated.

They always run to meet the host there. See Puddin's picture.

Whirley · « **Reply #177 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:52:57 AM »

Coooool. I tell you what though... it's a steep hill, I've run up it... there'll be some major puffing and panting to run all the way up it.

Chateau d If · « **Reply #178 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:56:22 AM »

That's the way we like it!

georgiapeach · « **Reply #179 on:** February 05, 2007, 12:44:03 PM »

Quote from: apskip on February 04, 2007, 03:34:37 PM

GEORGIAPEACH, you were speculating about the length of a day in Quito on Nov. 21. I have the answer. Sunrise was at 556am and sunset at 604pm. It is a 12 hour 8 minute day due to being on the equator. First light would not be until after 5am. Twilight would not linger past 7pm. That means a maximum light of 14 hours. However, since when has no light stopped the Amazing Race?

Thanks apskip for this!

Now where did I EVER get the idea they had a super long day?! Shoot! I hate those little headlamp things!

Chateau d If · « **Reply #180 on:** February 05, 2007, 01:10:21 PM »

Snikers. Yeah, at the equator the day is as close to 12 hrs long as you are ever going to get.

All year long too.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #181 on:** February 05, 2007, 01:30:39 PM »

You would have thought that I might have remembered from my time in Kenya how FAST it gets dark.

There is really very little "l'heure bleue"--that "red rubber ball" drops like a rock! Of course, it bounces up pretty fast too!

Chateau d If · « **Reply #182 on:** February 05, 2007, 01:42:01 PM »

I totally forgot about that effect. When the sun dives down perpendicular to the horizon it takes less time to vanish.

We are used to a long ramp to darkness thanks to the increased tilt of the ecliptic we get from latitude.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #183 on:** February 05, 2007, 01:56:09 PM »

^^^Heee...what he said!

For me, it just meant that my favorite time of day was gone before I knew it. :-\

apskip · « **Reply #184 on:** February 05, 2007, 02:03:14 PM »

GEORGIA PEACH and CHATEAU, your deductions about the length of the equator day are right on. However, the reverse is true in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia where the summer days are long. With Ushuaia just shy of 55 degrees south and Punta Arenas at just more than 53 degrees south, you are talking about the equiavent of Akimiski Island in the James Bay outlet of Hudson Bay and Cape Muzon, the southernmost extension of the southeast part of Alaska. I haven't found tables for them yet (and might not), but we are talking less than one month shy of their summer solstice. I would guess it would be about 18 hours of light.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #185 on:** February 05, 2007, 02:14:31 PM »

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I would guess it would be about 18 hours of light.

Now THAT I like! Maybe that's where I got it. (Hmmm.... lends new meaning to the term "cocktail hour"!

Do you remember that old Northern Exposure show about the 24 hour daylight? The doctor guy kept going, and going, and going...Cute!

My Mom tells a great story about going to a ballgame on the longest day in Alaska---and thinking that that game was never going to be over!

apskip · « **Reply #186 on:** February 05, 2007, 02:37:07 PM »

I found a "Universal Time" timetable for sunrise and sunset at all longitude/latitute combinations. With the coordinates for Ushuaia for Nov. 28, 2006, sunrise was at 800am and sunset at 0048am. With one hour of dawn and dusk light on either end, we get 19 hours of light.

Chateau d If · « **Reply #187 on:** February 05, 2007, 02:59:12 PM »

Here's my favorite: Sun Earth Moon Applet

It gives sunrise at 4:59 am and sunset at 9:44 pm.

apskip · « **Reply #188 on:** February 05, 2007, 03:46:59 PM »

CHATEAU, note that the answer you get is pratically identical to mine in terms of differntial between sunrise and sunset. I think I've inferred what "Universal time" is. It's Greenwich mean time and Ushuaia must be 3 hours behind it and 2 hours ahead of Eastern time.

Chateau d If · « **Reply #189 on:** February 05, 2007, 04:16:08 PM »

I see. Sticking in the offset from GMT is tricky. I wish the program did it automatically. I always have to go hunt it down from timezone data sites.

Chateau d If · « **Reply #190 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:18:08 AM »

So now after using GE to look at every square foot of Miami I now recognize where all the stock shots were made for CSI Miami.

Watching it now.

But last week they were at a location that I also recognized. But it was not Miami. It was right here in Pasadena (Castle Green). And so many times they shoot from places down around Long Beach.

You can even see the Queen Mary and the Lighthouse where TAR7 started!

puddin · « **Reply #191 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:11:25 PM »

TV Guide magazine Feb 12-16

Your Favorite Amazing Race teams are back!!
These people just can't get enough roadblocks, detours, and smirks from Host Phil Keoghan. And we can't get enough of seasoned pairs like Charla and Mirna.
In the first leg the teams head to Ecuador, where they'll have to choose between two tasks. You know the drill.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #192 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:17:01 PM »

That's Yanahurca!

puddin · « **Reply #193 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:18:22 PM »

Quote from: georgiapeach on February 06, 2007, 02:17:01 PM

That's Yanahurca!

Ya think ?

I wonder if C/M are first!?

puddin · « **Reply #194 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:31:49 PM »

I have a title ...

"I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio."

ETA: actually this is how its listed but I can't figure it out

Amazing Race 11, The - “ I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio.”

Chateau d If · « **Reply #195 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:57:12 PM »

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That's Yanahurca!

And here it is in Whirley's picture:

georgiapeach · « **Reply #196 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:58:26 PM »

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"I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio."

I am SO putting that on a T-shirt!

Has to be the Cha's or the Frats!

I love it!

Chateau d If · « **Reply #197 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:59:39 PM »

Looks like a Detour and it's around noontime.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #198 on:** February 06, 2007, 03:17:44 PM »

More pink house views...

gingerman28 · « **Reply #199 on:** February 06, 2007, 03:51:49 PM »

And note the horses in the background. Weren't we told by gerorgiapeach's friend there that they were herding wild horses the day that TAR was supposed to be at the ranch?

I think with so much time for intros, getting to Ecuador and out to the ranch etc. that there will not be a ROADBLOCK in EP1 only the DETOUR which looks like it will be at the ranch site. Then a run up the hill to the mat. If it is close, that would be a handicap for Mirna and Charla.

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Author Topic: EP1 Title: "I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio." (Read 162141 times)