Two New Routes.
The very epic route:
1: San Francisco, USA -> Mexico City, Mexico
-(Start Line in the middle of San Francisco Bay, jet ski to Golden Gate Bridge, rappel up, bike through downtown, drive to airport)(night leg in Mexico City)(11th place elimination)
2: Mexico City, Mexico -> Cancun, Mexico
-(Lots of beach/water tasks)(10th place elimination)
3: Cancun, Mexico -> Montreal, Canada
-(French influence and maple syrup, eh?)(Fast forward #1)(9th place NEL)
4: Montreal, Canada -> Nuuk, Greenland (Denmark)
-(Remote location)(Snow/ice)(9th place elimination)
5: Nuuk, Greenland (Denmark) -> Dublin, Ireland
-(Classic Irish Stuff)(Fast forward #2)(8th place NEL)
6: Dublin, Ireland -> Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
-(We haven't had very many eastern european legs recently)(W-turn #1)(8th place elimination)
7: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina -> rural Angola
-(Rural African Leg)(7th place NEL)
8: rural Angola -> Luanda, Angola
-(More Africa)(Fast forward #3)(7th place elimination)
9: Luadna, Angola -> Kathmandu, Nepal
-(Epic high altitude city)(W-turn #2)(6th place elimination)
10: Kathmandu, Nepal -> rural Nepal
-(The Himalayas)(Skydiving in mountains)(5th place TBC)
11: rural Nepal -> Manila, Philippines
-(self-navigate back to Kathmandu for flight)(crowded southeast Asia leg)(4th AND 5th place DOUBLE elimination)
12: Manila, Philippines -> Seattle, USA
-(Space Needle)(Finish line in Olympia National Park)
Route without Asia or Continental USA (no notes because it takes a long time):
1: Honolulu, USA -> Suva, Fiji
2: Suva, Fiji -> Hobart, Australia
3: Hobart, Australia -> Johannesburg, South Africa
4: Johannesburg, South Africa -> rural South Africa
5: rural South Africa -> Heraklion, Greece
6: Heraklion, Greece -> Athens, Greece
7: Athens, Greece -> Bratislava, Slovakia
8: Bratislava, Slovakia -> Copenhagen, Denmark
9: Copenhagen, Denmark, -> Santa Cruz, Bolivia
10: Santa Cruz, Bolivia -> La Paz, Bolivia
11: La Paz, Bolivia -> San Jose, Costa Rica
12: San Jose, Costa Rica -> Anchorage, USA