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Re: Racing report TAR18, leg #12 is on page 2
georgiapeach:
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maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 18, Episode 5
Film date: 2010-11-28 - 2010-11-29
Any driving times given are calculated using the web and assumes no other traffic. Also when I list the order of the teams I usually also list how many spots they have gained(+) or lost(-) since the last place team order was given.
The episode starts with shots of Kent & Vyxin who realize they forgot their fanny pack in the gondola. They try to make their bus turn around and to back to fetch it.
In the meantime Zev & Justin check in at the "fake" Pit Stop, and now finally we get to hear what the next clue says:
Route info: "Travel by train to Kunming China... WARNING! A double U-turn will appear somewhere on this leg of the race". Teams must now travel back to Kunming, once there they have to travel to Dounan flower market where they'll search for the next clue.
Meanwhile Kent & Vyxin are back at the gondola and are told that their bag may be at the top station. It turns out that luck is smiling at them since the bag is sitting with the staff at the top station of the gondola. When they finally get to the detour they select hammer. When they reach Phil they are very relieved to learn that they are still racing. But Phil tells them they will get a 30 minutes penalty at the next Pit Stop for not taking the mandatory flight out of Japan.
Choice quotes:
"You are still in the race, as a matter of fact you are still racing right now", Phil to Zev & Justin
"We know what happens on the Amazing Race if you loose your passport", Vyxin
"Seriously, there's like some kind of screw loose up here in our minds", Vyxin tries to explain their lapses
"Hammer, I don't want to have to navigate", Vyxin selects detour
"We are definitely not going to let any other team know anything about this penalty", Kent & Vyxin wants to keep quiet to avoid beeing U-turned
Margie & Luke who are first get to the train station at 12:01 and learn that the next train leaves at 19.05. So it is bunching time. While waiting on the train some teams (Jet & Cord, Kisha & Jen and the Globetrotters) decide to play some basketball with the ball the Globetrotters are lugging around. Jamie & Cara show off their cheer-leading skills and spirits are high. Flight Time & Big Easy get to show off that they really are professional basketball players.
Then Zev & Justin show up and tell people that Kent & Vyxin are on their way. This dampens the mood. And we can't really say that anybody is happy when the Goths finally show up.
Kent & Vyxin decide to lie about the upcoming penalty. They feel that if teams knew they would surely be targeted with an U-turn. They also do not say they got lost but instead lie and say their car broke down.
Choice quotes:
"Oh, my gravy. Here come Kent and Vyxin", Big Easy does a cowboy impersonation
"It was funny: Hi how are you, what's your penalty?", Kent describes the welcome they got
All teams are bunched on the same train leaving at 19.05 which arrives in Kunming the next morning at 05.30. Teams jump into taxis and eventually find the clue box at the flower market (20km 0:24) in the following order:
1. Kisha & Jen
2. Zev & Justin
3. Ron & Christina
4. Margie & Luke
5. Jamie & Cara
6. Kent & Vyxin
7. Jet & Cord (the clock is now 06.00)
8. Gary & Mallory
9. Flight Time & Big Easy
Choice quotes:
"Speaking Chinese we have home court advantage right now, Christina
Route info: "Make your way to the golden arches and search for your next clue". Teams must now travel by taxi to the Golden Horse and Jade Cock memorial arches (22km 0:30).
Outside the flower market Jet & Cord take the last waiting taxi. It was not theirs, but they did ask their cab to wait. This creates a problem for the Globetrotters who have to find a new cab.
Choice quotes:
"I don't think it's the McDonald's Cord", Jet found some golden arches
Teams reach the clue box at the arches in the following order:
1(+2) Ron & Christina
2(+0) Zev & Justin
3(+1) Margie & Luke
4(-3) Kisha & Jen
5(+4) Flight Time & Big Easy
6(-1) Jamie & Cara
7(-1) Kent & Vyxin
8(+0) Gary & Mallory
9(-2) Jet & Cord
Detour: "Honor the past or embrace the future"
In honor the past teams must watch a traditional Tibetan performance. Without taking any notes they must then go into another room and place a set of 15 dolls, representing the characters in the show, in the same order they appeared on stage.
In embrace the future teams must offload a solar water heater from a truck, carry it up to the roof of a building and assemble it. Actually teams just have to carry three large boxes of tubes to the roof and place them in an already erected frame.
Teams complete their detours in the following order:
1(+1) Zev & Justin (past)
2(+2) Kisha & Jen (past)
3(-2) Ron & Christina (past)
4(-1) Margie & Luke (future)
5(+1) Jamie & Cara (future)
6(+3) Jet & Cord (future)
7(-1) Kent & Vyxin (future)
8(+0) Gary & Mallory (past)
9(-4) Flight Time & Big Easy (future), reached the detour after 07:18
Once done with their detour choice teams get a new clue:
--- Quote ---Make your way to the
place pictured in the
enclosed photo.
Caution! Double U-Turn
Ahead.
--- End quote ---
The photo turns out to show the Chinese minority heritage center, where the double U-turn sign awaits.
Zev & Justin and Kisha & Jen have trouble communicating with their taxi drivers so when Ron & Christina turn up they just follow them. Unfortunately for them the driver takes them to the Kunming Cultural Center instead of the Yunnan Province Cultural center (4km 0:10) where the U-turn is. They loose some time through this.
Teams reach the U-turn in the following order:
1(+3) Margie & Luke
2(+4) Jet & Cord
3(+4) Kent & Vyxin, U-turn Jamie & Cara right on front of them
4(+1) Jamie & Cara, U-turn Flight Time & Big Easy
5(-4) Zev & Justin
6(+2) Gary & Mallory
7(-5) Kisha & Jen
8(-5) Ron & Christina
9(+0) Flight Time & Big Easy
Choice quotes:
"Ehhh, I'm in trouble here", Justin have seen the performers and must now remember the order
"I never played with dolls", Ron
"Kent go. This isn't rocket science, just walk", Vyxin wants Kent to speed up while carrying solar tubes up the stairs
"Should we tell them? Yeah", Jet & Cord decide to tell Kent & Vyxin where the U-turn is
Kent & Vyxin reaches the U-turn sign seconds before Jamie & Cara. Jamie & Cara tries to get them to U-turn the Globetrotters, but Kent & Vyxin decide to U-turn a team they know 100% is behind them (as opposed to season 12 where they wasted the U-turn on a team in front of them), that is Jamie & Cara. But this is a double U-turn and there is a spot left so Jamie & Cara use this to U-turn the Globetrotters.
Choice quotes:
"Globes, Globes - they're the strongest", Jamie & Care tries to influence Kent & Vyxin at the U-turn
"I'm very frustrated that Kent & Vyxin U-turned us, but we can totally overcome this", Jamie
The U-turned teams complete their second detour in the following order:
10. Jamie & Cara (past), complete this before the Globetrotters arrive
11. Flight Time & Big Easy (past)
Once teams get past the U-turn sign they get a new clue: Route info: "Make your way to the Stone Forest" (93km 1:10). Here teams will find their next clue.
Teams have a hard time to get their Taxi drivers to understand where it is so a number of teams are bunched up close to the U-turn. Kisha & Jen are lucky to have a driver who speaks English and knows where it is. The other teams quickly jump into their cabs to follow them.
Margie & Luke stop at a hotel and call somebody who speaks English who can then tell their driver.
On the way to the Stone forest Jamie & Cara's driver stop for gas, that is not good for their blood pressure.
Zev & Justin have trouble communicating with their Taxi driver so they are not going to the right place. Gary & Mallory are following them so they are also lost. But eventually it seems as if Justin succeeds in making a charade with a stone and a tree to get their driver to understand where they need to go.
Teams arrive at the stone forest clue box in the following order:
1(+6) Kisha & Jen
2(+6) Ron & Christina
3(-2) Margie & Luke
4(+3) Kent & Vyxin
5(+1) Jet & Cord
6(+3) Flight Time & Big Easy
7(-3) Jamie & Cara
8(-3) Zev & Justin
9(-3) Gary & Mallory
Road Block: "Who's ready for a task 65 million years in the making?". In this challenge one team member must put together a 20ft replica of a Dilophosaurus. This is a wooden dinosaur skeleton model (~40 pieces) just like the only you can buy as 3D puzzles, but much larger. There is one poster nearby which teams can use for reference.
All teams are at the road block at the same time so as more and more teams complete the road block the pressure builds for the remaining teams.
Choice quotes:
"That was just a bunch of nonsense", Ron about Vyxin's explanation why they lied about their penalty earlier
"I love you", Vyxin encourages Kent at the road block
"They key was to get the hips on correctly. If the hips were not wedged in correctly you were basically toast", Christina
"That's one piece I hope I don't have to take out", Jet comments on the fact that some pieces fit very tightly
"I know this is right, I know it", Kent is sure of himself as we hear omnious sound effects and the camera zooms in on his mistake
"I went back and checked the little diagram more than anybody", Jet had a different strategy
"Jamie, you are doing great", Cara is encouraging
"Leave me alone for now", But Jamie is not receptive
"...my wonderful creation, all the way apart", Kent has spotted the problem and has to disassemble his dinosaur to fix it
"Sure noisy", Cara comments on the sounds the Globetrotters do when they manage to complete the dinosaur
"And then there were three", Cara feels the pressure
"Now I think we definitely are doomed", Cara as Zev & Justin are done and Jamie has realized she must disassemble her dinosaur to flip a piece around
Teams complete the road block in the following order:
1(+8)Gary* & Mallory (2-2)Used the Express Pass2(+3)Jet* & Cord (2-2)3(+0)Margie* & Luke (2-2)4(-3)Kisha* & Jen (2-2)5(-1)Kent* & Vyxin (2-2)6(+0)Flight time & Big Easy*(2-2)7(-5)Ron & Christina* (1-3)8(+0)Zev & Justin* (1-3)9(-2)Jamie* & Cara (2-2)
When Gary & Mallory arrived at the dig site and saw they were building something complicated and that they were last they decided to use the express pass. They could then skip this task and get the next clue directly. For this they feel they should be first at the Pit Stop. Unfortunately for them their cab driver has left so while they are trying to find a new cab they are passed by Jet & Cord.
Route info: "Make your way to the next Pit Stop in Green Lake Park" (90km 1:11). Teams reach the Pit Stop in the following order:
1(+1) Jet & Cord, win $5000 each
2(-1) Gary & Mallory
3(+0) Margie & Luke
4(+1) Kent & Vyxin, but have a 30 minute penalty so they are eventually checked in as #5
5(-1) Kisha & Jen, but are cheked in as #4
6(+0) Flight Time & Big Easy
7(+0) Ron & Christina, win a footrace against #8
8(+0) Zev & Justin
9(+0) Jamie & Cara, are eliminated
Next week we are going to India and there will be lots of people and tea.
apskip:
maf,
Another fabulous report. Please take a look at the Roadblock count you have for Gary/Mallory. In the #4 leg report you listed the split as Mallory 1/Gary 2 and in leg 5 they avoided the ROADBLOCK by using their Express Pass. That leaves their count at 1/2 as best I can tell.
maf:
--- Quote from: apskip on March 26, 2011, 08:09:14 AM ---maf,
Another fabulous report. Please take a look at the Roadblock count you have for Gary/Mallory. In the #4 leg report you listed the split as Mallory 1/Gary 2 and in leg 5 they avoided the ROADBLOCK by using their Express Pass. That leaves their count at 1/2 as best I can tell.
--- End quote ---
I think this is a bit unclear, how do you count an aborted road block? We clearly hear that Gary says that he will be doing it. So they have at least read the clue and committed who should do it. So you could argue that they have at least started. But then they bailed out before actually touching any of the pieces.
It would have been interesting to know what TPTB think about this and if it counts towards the roadblock count or not. It would have been even more interesting to get a look on the actual race-rules:-)
I could not really decide if this road block should count or not but in the end I came do on the side that it should. But I could change if a lot of people think that I should.
redskevin88:
--- Quote from: apskip on March 26, 2011, 08:09:14 AM ---maf,
Another fabulous report. Please take a look at the Roadblock count you have for Gary/Mallory. In the #4 leg report you listed the split as Mallory 1/Gary 2 and in leg 5 they avoided the ROADBLOCK by using their Express Pass. That leaves their count at 1/2 as best I can tell.
--- End quote ---
If you count as roadblocks completed, yes it is 1-2. But if you count is as roadblocks attempted, the roadblock count is 2-2. According to Wiki, the official stance is that Gary did the roadblock.
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