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TAR 17 EP 11 I'm Surrounded by Ninjas (Seoul, South Korea)
theschnauzers:
We do know Nick/Vicki were still attempting the second detour option at 4 a.m., and that was before they decided to take the penalty. Then they had to get to Phil at the pitstop to be checked in. since the penalty won't be applied until their departure on the next leg.
Even if you assume that the last team to check in before N/V was at 3 a.m., the time gap would still have been a couple of hours; and I think the other three teams finished the task before then. And unlike flying out of Dakka, flying out of Hong Kong was a lot easier in terms of the number of flight options.
For that reason alone, I don't see Nick/Vicki being able to use the flight schedules to catch up completely. There's going to be a significant gap in Seoul, the question is how much.
georgiapeach:
We know how much from the spoiler sources. 5+ hours at the RB.
Prophet:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on December 03, 2010, 04:57:55 PM ---We know how much from the spoiler sources. 5+ hours at the RB.
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I had forgotten about that info. Thanks, peach! :tup:
DrRox:
Actually, theschnauzers, the flight schedules from Hong Kong to Seoul do halp N/V catch up some. Mainly due to TPTB extending the pit stop. There is an 8 hour gap in flights from HKG to ICN (Seoul), from 4pm to midnight....the first three teams were released, so that they had to sit at HKG for that gap....negating the 6 hour detour penalty. The main reason that N/V are behind so much.......there is another gap in flights after the first three teams left HKG of about 6-7 hours.......before N/V could get out of HKG.
In retrospect, it appears to me that if N/V had of just taken a nap and tried to finish the boat detour after the sun came up.....they would have been able to catch the same flights with the other teams......The combination of taking so long and then the penalty, doomed them, which is what it is supposed to do. It is hard to see that far ahead when you are dead tired and hungry......Nick was hungy, but Vicki just had had a filling meal (actually several, considering the ones left in the toilet......:)...)......whether she enjoyed it or not........she had the nourishment....Nick didnt.
As they said in the after leg confessional.......they just had a really bad day all around.
gator27:
--- Quote from: DrRox on December 03, 2010, 05:40:20 PM ---
In retrospect, it appears to me that if N/V had of just taken a nap and tried to finish the boat detour after the sun came up.....they would have been able to catch the same flights with the other teams......The combination of taking so long and then the penalty, doomed them, which is what it is supposed to do. It is hard to see that far ahead when you are dead tired and hungry......Nick was hungry, but Vicki just had had a filling meal (actually several, considering the ones left in the toilet......:)...)......whether she enjoyed it or not........she had the nourishment....Nick didn't.
As they said in the after leg confessional.......they just had a really bad day all around.
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I doubt they thought about a NEL while they were tired on the boat. If they had thought about a NEL, they might have gotten to the nap until sunrise option.
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