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TAR 18 EP 12 "This is where it ends" (Brazil and Florida)>>THIS IS FOR FLORIDA
Prophet:
Here's a great interview with Gary and Mallory.
Especially this part:
--- Quote ---It seems like all the blame for your third-place finish is being placed on the cab. Do you think that was the biggest factor in falling behind?
Mallory: "Yeah, it had to be. It's funny because we got out of the airport and got in the cab and it had a GPS and English speaking driver and everything was fine, and then this lady knocked on the window and said she'd been waiting for the cab for 30 minutes. So, we got out and got into a different one. We're nice, polite people so we weren't going to not let her have that cab if she'd been waiting that long but I think it might have lost us a million dollars!"
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:'( :'( :'(
apskip:
--- Quote from: mds1978 on May 10, 2011, 03:54:06 AM ---Anyone know how long they spent doing each task? Since they arrived early in Miami and reached the finish line around sunset, those tasks were obviously pretty time consuming. I presume they were at the trailer park task for several hours. And have they revealed how much time elapsed between k/j and g/m reaching the finish line?
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mds,
I will make a guesstimate of a timeline for Dec. 13 in South Florida, from which you can see that most time was spent in taxis:
Arrive 0936 AA930
Clear customs and ready to go from Miami airport 1015
drive from MIA airport 2100 NW 42nd Ave. Miami to Miami Marine Stadium Marina 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway 11 miles 20 minutes 1035
ROADBLOCK at Marina 15 minutes 1050
drive from 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway to Jules Undersea Lodge 51 Shoreline Drive Key Largo 55 to 59 miles (2 routes, same time) 65 minutes 1155
ROADBLOCK at Jules Undersea Lodge varies from 15 minutes for Big Easy to 30 minutes for Mallory (Gary/Mallory 30 minutes behind from this point on) 1210
drive from Key Largo MM103 to Big Pine Key MM29 74 miles 85 minutes 1335
wade across the channel to Horseshoe Island and find clue box 30 minutes 1405
wade back across the channel to Big Pine Key to find motorboat 30 minutes 1435
fast motorboat ride for 19 miles back to Marathon Key Galway Bay 20 minutes 1455
find Galway Bay Mobile Home Park entrance to get a trailer and roll it to assigned site 10 minutes 1505
set up trailer exterior like model unit in picture in 20 mph wind 30 minutes 1535
walk 2800 feet to beginning of Old Seven Mile Bridge, then tricycle out 2.2 miles to the Finish Line into the wind 35 minutes
LaKisha/Jen finish around 1610, Flight Time/Big Easy finish around 1615, Gary/Mallory finish around 1640
Note that sunset for Miami on December 13, 2010 was at 532pm and for Pigeon Key maybe 2 minutes later.
Lucybell:
--- Quote from: Prophet on May 10, 2011, 10:03:06 AM ---Here's a great interview with Gary and Mallory.
Especially this part:
--- Quote ---It seems like all the blame for your third-place finish is being placed on the cab. Do you think that was the biggest factor in falling behind?
Mallory: "Yeah, it had to be. It's funny because we got out of the airport and got in the cab and it had a GPS and English speaking driver and everything was fine, and then this lady knocked on the window and said she'd been waiting for the cab for 30 minutes. So, we got out and got into a different one. We're nice, polite people so we weren't going to not let her have that cab if she'd been waiting that long but I think it might have lost us a million dollars!"
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:'( :'( :'(
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:'( Why couldn't she have knocked on someone elses window? Like Kisha & Jen's? LOL
Prophet:
I would have said forget it and tried to pay her to wait a little longer. :lol:
This makes me love Gallory all the more! :<3
mds1978:
Yeah, that's sweet and everything...BUT this was a race for a million bucks, not a Miss Congeniality contest! I'm sorry, but you're either there to win a million, or you're there to give the million to someone else. While luck plays a part in determining the outcome of the race, this was not the case with Gallory as much as I had previously thought. This was a choice they made voluntarily, and that blunder cost them the race. I really like them as a team, but that's not the type of decision that people who are in it to win it make. Noble and courteous they are, but cunning and strategic players they are not. Sorry, but after hearing this, I don't think Gallory deserved to win the race.
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