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I will do reports for all legs again but some of them may be a bit late as I will be traveling.
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Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 7, Episode 1, "Canada get more maps"
Film dates: 2019-04-23 - 2019-04-24
This seasons starts at David Pecaut Square in Toronto. 9 teams assemble here and then Jon presents the 10th team. Before the race CTV let Canada choose among three teams of former racers and Canada choose Jet & Dave so they get to run the race again.
The racing teams are:
* Sarah & Sam - Olympian Teammates from Toronto and Calgary, AB
* Nicki & Aisha - best friends from Toronto
* Anthony & James - married couple from Edmonton, AB
* Lauren & Joanne - sisters from Regina, SK
* Aarthy & Thinesh - dating couple from Vancouver
* Trish & Amy - friends from Toronto
* Meaghan & Marie - queer twin sisters from Halixfax, NS
* Gilles & Sean - grandfather and grandson from Sunderland, ON
* Dave & Irina - married couple from Montreal, QB
* Jet & Dave - best friends from season 1Jon also presents the prize for the winners of this season. It is two new Chevrolet cars, a trip for 2 around the world, $250,000 and the title.
When Jon says go teams rush up the stairs where their find the first clue waiting on their bags.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Extreme
Reach recording stdio and
search outside for your
next clue!
You have $900.00 for
this leg of the race.
NOTE: In this leg there
are two Express Passes
up for grabs!
--- End quote ---
Teams rush to find taxis.
"We're scared of Canada's choice, Jet & Dave kind of ruined my day", Gilles & Sean
They arrive at the studio in the following order:
1. Dave & Irina
2. Jet & Dave
3. Gilles & Sean
4. Nicki & Aisha
5. Anthony & James
6. Sarah & Sam
7. Meaghan & Marie
8. Lauren & Joanne
9. Aarthy & Thinesh
10. Trish & Amy
Road block: Woo can hear the lion roar?
In this sponsor road block contestants must record the voice over for the trailer to the upcoming Disney move the Lion King. They do have the text in front of them, all six lines of it, but timing is everything and the judge is strict. Each contestant seem to get a practice room but there are only two recording studios where they can do the task.
We learn that Aisha has a degree in acting so she feels confident with this task.
"Cut, go back and practice", but the director has other ideas
"I got to my second line and she said cut so that's not good", Jet
"I've got to memorize these lines", Sam thinks he has to memorize it all
"I have wasted so much time", Sam when he realizes the lines are in the recording booth
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+0)Dave & Irina* (0-1)On her 1st attempt 2(+0)Jet* & Dave (1-0)On his 2nd attempt 3(+1)Nicki & Aisha* (0-1)On her 7th attempt 4(+3)Meaghan* & Marie (0-0)On her 4th attempt 5(+5)Trish* & Amy (1-0)On her 5th attempt 6(-3)Gilles & Sean* (0-1)On his 8th attempt 7(+1)Lauren & Joanne* (0-1)On her 7th attempt 8(-3)Anthony* & James (1-0)On his 6th attempt 9(+0)Aarthy & Thinesh*(0-0)On his 8th attempt10(-4)Sarah & Sam* (0-1)On his 13th attempt
The next clue sends teams to the Ontario food terminal (17min 14km). Here they must search for two halves of a postcard which will reveal their next destination.
Teams find the two halves in the following order:
1(+1) Jet & Dave
2(-1) Dave & Irina
3(+0) Nicki & Aisha
4(+1) Trish & Amy
5(+2) Lauren & Joanne
6(-2) Meaghan & Marie
?(+?) Sarah & Sam
?(+?) Anthony & James
?(+?) Aarthy & Thinesh
?(+?) Gilles & Sean
The postcard tells teams to go to Kamloops BC. They must now make their way to the Toronto airport and sign up for one of two flights landing 30 minutes apart.
The first flight carries:
Jet & Dave
Dave & Irina
Nicki & Aisha
Lauren & Joanne
Trish & Amy
The second flight carries:
Meaghan & Marie
Sarah & Sam
Anthony & James
Aarthy & Thinesh
Gilles & Sean
Teams fly to Kamloops via Vancouver.
Once they land they need to find a sponsor car and their next clue in the parking lot.
Road block: "Who likes mine games?"
In this road block the team mate who did not perform the previous road block must zip-line 1000ft across the abandoned Ajax Copper mine. While they do that they must throw a yellow ball so it lands inside a target floating on the lake 100ft below. They will get their next clue once they hit the target.
"I know where we are, I just don't know where we are going", Amy
Teams arrive to the mine (33min 25km) in the following order:
1. Jet & Dave
2. Nicki & Aisha
3. Dave & Irina
4. Lauren & Joanne
5. Anthony & James
6. Trish & Amy
7. Sarah & Sam
8. Aarthy & Thinesh
9. Gilles & Sean
10. Meaghan & Marie
'I'm a basketball player, I've got this on lock", Nicki is sure of herself (but misses)
"He's gonna get it in the first try, 100%", Irina is certain of her husbands abilities
"What happens if he doesn't?", Jet
The only one really struggling here is Gilles which takes quite a few tries. Sean gets stressed when all other teams have left and they are the only ones left.
"At this point I need a team to mess up for us to get trough this game", Sean (and fortunately for them somebody is messing up)
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+2)Dave* & Irina (1-1)On his 1st attempt 2(-1)Jet & Dave* (1-1)On his 3rd attempt 3(+1)Lauren* & Joanne (1-1)On her 2nd attempt 4(+3)Sarah* & Sam (1-1)On her 1st attempt 5(+1)Trish & Amy* (1-1)On her 2nd attempt 6(-4)Nicki* & Aisha (1-1)On her 3rd attempt 7(+3)Meaghan & Marie* (1-1)On her 2nd attempt 8(+0)Anthony & James* (1-1)On his ?th attempt 9(-1)Aarthy* & Thinesh(1-1)On his 2nd attempt10(-1)Gilles* & Sean (1-1)On his 7th attempt
Route info: Drive yourselves to Circle Creek Ranch an search the grounds for your next clue.
"As a navigator it is my job to follow the map, but I don't have a map", Jet
Jet & Dave have trouble finding the ranch.
"Navigate to the youngest person with the newest phone", Jet has some navigational tricks
Eventually Jet & Dave arrive in Merritt, which is about an hour from where they need to be. Here they find somebody who can show them where they should be.
Teams arrive to Circle Creek ranch (14min 8.7km) in the following order:
1(+0) Dave & Irina
2(+2) Sarah & Sam
3(+0) Lauren & Joanne, just after #2
4(+3) Meaghan & Marie
5(+1) Nicki & Aisha
6(+2) Anthony & James
7(-2) Trish & Amy
8(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh
9(+0) Gilles & Sean
10(-8) Jet & Dave
At this ranch teams must search a heard of 30 calves. Their next location is written on a tag attached to the ear of one of the cows. The text is written in fairly small type so they must get relatively close without spooking the younglins.
Lauren & Joanne work with Sarah & Sam at this task. This makes sense since they are both there together but one team is ahead so they are probably not fighting for first.
"We're hoping that if we do this together, none of us are eliminated", Sam
"This is way harder than I thought", Meaghan
"I hope I get to do some dressage, most beautiful of the horse dances", Dave (of Jet & Dave)
Teams get the next destination "Kamloops bike ranch" in the following order:
1(+0) Dave & Irina
2(+1) Lauren & Joanne
3(-1) Sarah & Sam, just after #2
4(+0) Meaghan & Marie
5(+2) Trish & Amy
6(+0) Anthony & James
7(-2) Nicki & Aisha
8(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh
9(+0) Gilles & Sean
10(+0) Jet & Dave
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourself to the
Kamloops Bike Ranch
and search the bike
trails on foot for Jon at
your first Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
The bike ranch (16min 14km) is a big place and Jon is waiting at the top plateau.
Nicki & Aisha has trouble finding Jon. They think he will be at the bottom, which is very wrong.
Teams reach Jon and the mat in the following order:
1(+0) Dave & Irina, win a trip to Cape town and 2 express passes
2(+1) Sarah & Sam
3(+1) Meaghan & Marie, just after #2
4(-2) Lauren & Joanne, just after #3
5(+0) Trish & Amy
6(+0) Anthony & James
7(+1) Aarthy & Thinesh
8(-1) Nicki & Aisha
9(+0) Gilles & Sean, just after #8
10(+0) Jet & Dave, are eliminated
The winners get 2 express passes. One for them to use and one which they must give away by the end of the 3rd leg.
"This is like the worst thing that could have happened", Dave
"We learned a hard lesson. Maps are very important. They actually show you locations. Maps are great. Hey, Canada get more maps", Dave gets the title
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Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 7, Episode 2, "Our Competition's Not That Smart"
Film dates: 2019-04-26
The last pit stop was at the top of the Kamloops Bike Ranch. Teams are released from the Riverside Park in central Kamloops after a pit stop of over 24h. They are released in the following order:
1.Dave & Irina 05:462.Sarah & Sam 06:13+0:273.Meaghan & Marie 06:15+0:294.Lauren & Joanne 06:16+0:305.Trish & Amy 06:23+0:376.Anthony & James 06:45+0:597.Aarthy & Thinesh06:46+1:008.Nicki & Aisha 06:56+1:109.Gilles & Sean 06:57+1:11
Route info: Drive yourselves to Revelstoke, British Columbia. Find your next clue along the way at the last spike.
The last spike is a memorial 47km outside Revelstoke and is a memorial where the Canada Pacific railway was completed. Teams will pass it on the way to Revelstoke.
"Our competitors are not that bright so we're gonna do fine", Irina gets the title
"Canada's most hated couple", Dave has a good idea how they will be portrayed
"I'm gonna do better today", Gilles feels he let his grandson down in the last leg
As long as you get on to the trans Canada Highway navigating is easy. Teams seem to arrive at the last spike (1h53min 166km) in the following order:
1(+1) Sarah & Sam
2(+1) Meaghan & Marie
3(-2) Dave & Irina
4(+2) Anthony & James
5(+0) Trish & Amy
6(-2) Lauren & Joanne
7(+1) Nicki & Aisha
8(-1) Aarthy & Thinesh
9(+0) Gilles & Sean
Road block: Who is ready for the main course?
In this road block contestants must drive a dirt bike one lap around a track in 1:50 or less.
The task takes place at Glacier House resort (39min 52km) and teams have to do some navigating to get there. They arrive to the road block location in the following order:
1(+2) Meaghan & Marie
2(+1) Dave & Irina
3(-2) Sarah & Sam
4(+2) Lauren & Joanne
5(-1) Anthony & James
6(-1) Trish & Amy
7(+2) Gilles & Sean
8(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh
9(-2) Nicki & Aisha
Before teams may go on the actual track there is a mini driving school they must pass.
"I kind of want to see that on tape", Joanne after she lost control of her bike during training
We learn that Marie broke her neck in 2016 but she miraculously recovered. Meaghan is very worried about her during this task. And it does not get better when on her first attempt Marie loses control in a jump and does a really spectacular wipe-out. But she is fine.
The non participating team members wait in a small lookout shelter. Here they start piecing together who went home in the last leg. They are all very happy when they realize that it was Jet & Dave who got eliminated.
Most racers seem to manage this task relatively easily. Sure many fall off their bikes but must seem to get it on their first or second attempt. The only one we see struggling is Joanne who gets scared of the bike so she needs 7 attempts before she makes it by exactly hitting the maximum time.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+1)Dave* & Irina (2-1)2(-1)Meaghan & Marie* (1-2)3(+2)Anthony & James* (1-2)4(+4)Aarthy* & Thinesh(2-1)5(-2)Sarah & Sam* (1-2)6(+1)Gilles & Sean* (1-2)7(-1)Trish* & Amy (2-1)8(+1)Nicki & Aisha* (1-2)9(-5)Lauren & Joanne* (1-2)
Detour: Plant or paddle
In plant teams must travel to the BC Interior Forestry Museum (15min 13km). Here they must pick up 40 tree seedlings which they must plant at the correct distance and depth.
In paddle teams must drive to Williamson lake (21min 15km) where they must collect five flags. The trick is that they must do it while paddling two kayaks which are tied together bow to stern and stern to bow.
Dave & Irina goes for the planting. Irina does not see that they have a measuring rope so she start measuring the distance with her steps.
"Oh fudge, I didn't think we had a rope", Irina after they see Anthony & James use theirs
They are nearly done when they find the rope and when they measure they realize they have planted the trees at the wrong distances so they have to redo everything.
Meaghan & Marie has done kayaking before. They are very surprised when they realize they kayaks are tied together forwards and backwards.
"This isn't normal kayaking", Marie
"So I'm a canoeing instructor, but the problem is boats are not supposed tied together going in opposite directions", Gilles
"I can't even keep a house plant alive", Trish has doubts about their planting
Not only did Lauren & Joanne struggle at the road block, they are also having a hard time finding the detour. In short they are very last at this time.
Lauren & Joanne is the last team to arrive at the tree planting detour. Strangely enough both they and the two teams still present are cheered up by this. Nicki & Aisha and Trish & Amy are happy that they know on team is behind them and Lauren & Joanne are happy to see other teams.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+1) Meaghan & Marie, paddle
2(-1) Dave & Irina, plant
3(+1) Aarthy & Thinesh, paddle
4(+1) Sarah & Sam, paddle
5(+1) Gilles & Sean, paddle
6(-3) Anthony & James, plant
7(+0) Trish & Amy, plant
8(+0) Nicki & Aisha, plant
9(+0) Lauren & Joanne, plant
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
All aboard!
Drive yourselves to the
Revelstoke Railway
Museum and use all the
pieces in a model train
set to build a track.
Then conduct your train
around the track to
receive your next clue.
--- End quote ---
Teams must now drive themselves to the railway museum (9min from both detours). They arrive in the following order:
1(+0) Meaghan & Marie
2(+0) Dave & Irina
3(+1) Sarah & Sam
4(-1) Aarthy & Thinesh
5(+0) Gilles & Sean
6(+0) Anthony & James
?(+?) Trish & Amy
?(+?) Nicki & Aisha
9(+0) Lauren & Joanne
The track they put together must use all available pieces and form a closed circuit without any dead ends.
"I was a train nerd when I was a kid", Anthony
This turns put to be a hard puzzle. The trick is forming a track without dead ends with the pieces they have (4 switches and a bunch of straights and curves). There are multiple possible solutions.
Meaghan & Marie struggle with this task. It is so bad that they think about taking a penalty. Eventually they ask Sarah & Sam if they can come and look at theirs. Sarah & Sam know how much racers can help each other so they agree, probably hoping for a future pay back.
Lauren & Joanna arrive as Trish & Amy leave and the only other team still at the task is Nicki & Aisha.
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+3) Aarthy & Thinesh
2(+0) Dave & Irina
3(+2) Gilles & Sean
4(-1) Sarah & Sam
5(-4) Meaghan & Marie
6(+0) Anthony & James
7(+?) Trish & Amy
8(+?) Nicki & Aisha
9(?0) Lauren & Joanne
Route info: Drive yourselves to Revelstoke Mountain resort.
At the resort (14min 8.5km) teams must ride the gondola to the top and then search on foot for the mat. It is a bit of a walk and the height makes it a lot harder, but nobody seems to have any trouble finding Jon so either the way was marked or players could see it from the gondola.
As usual when you have two teams fighting for last we see the first team struggling and the second team seem to cruise through all navigation. But we are jaded and have seen that kind of edit many times. It is usually just a trick to add excitement to a non-exciting situation. But in this case the edit did not lie.
Teams reach Jon and the mat in the following order:
1(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh, win a trip to Madrid and an express pass
2(+0) Dave & Irina, just after #1
3(+0) Gilles & Sean
4(+0) Sarah & Sam
5(+0) Meaghan & Marie
6(+0) Anthony & James
7(+0) Trish & Amy
8(+1) Lauren & Joanne
9(-1) Nicki & Aisha, are eliminated
Jon tells Aarthy & Thinesh the express is good until the end of the 7th leg.
"Team 8 is not team 9, we're still here", Joanne can hardly believe that they survived
"Even though we did not make it as we wanted to, we have some good stories", Nicki
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Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 7, Episode 3, "We'll Let the Peasants Fight For Last Place"
Film dates: 2019-04-27 - 2019-04-28
The last pit stop was at the top of a ski slope above Revelstoke Mountain resort. Teams are released from the parking lot of the resort, in the following order:
1.Aarthy & Thinesh12:012.Dave & Irina 12:05+0:043.Gilles & Sean 12:09+0:084.Sarah & Sam 12:14+0:135.Meaghan & Marie 12:28+0:276.Anthony & James 12:40+0:397.Trish & Amy 14:41+2:408.Lauren & Joanne 15:15+3:14
The first clue tells teams to fly to Edmonton, AB. They must drive the airport and sign up for one of two flights. The first flight has room for two teams and arrives 2.5h before the second flight. Each team gets $800 for this leg of the race.
The clue also warns teams that there is a double one way ahead. The double one way lets two teams decide which detour two other teams must complete. And in this case it is blind so the teams using it will remain anonymous.
At this point we learn that Meaghan & Marie have a motto "Do it for Jonesy!", this refers to their mom who passed away from cancer when they were 14.
Before they can sign up for the flights teams have a bit of a drive ahead of them as the sign up board is located at the Kamloops airport (2h45min 231km).
Flight #1 carries:
1(+1) Dave & Irina
2(-1) Aarthy & Thinesh
Flight #2 carries:
1(+1) Sarah & Sam
2(-1) Gilles & Sean
3(+1) Anthony & James
?. Lauren & Joanne
?. Trish & Amy
?. Meaghan & Marie
At the airport Dave & Irina give their second express pass to Anthony & James as thanks for the latter inadvertently helping them at the tree planting detour in the previous leg (by using the provided measuring rope).
Teams fly from Kamloops to Edmonton with a stopover in Vancouver.
Once they land teams must make their way to the Source in Southgate centre where one of the employees will give them their next clue.
Racers will also get a Samsung Galaxy watch will track the number of steps they take over the course of this leg. The team which finishes with the fewest number of steps taken will win a $5,000 gift card.
Teams reach the store (21min 25km) in the following order:
1. Aarthy & Thinesh
2. Dave & Irina
?. Sarah & Sam
?. Anthony & James
?. Lauren & Joanne
?. Trish & Amy
?. Meaghan & Marie
?. Gilles & Sean
This next clue sends teams to the High Level Bridge streetcar. It seems they have to find a specific spot where they can board the streetcar. They will then have to take a short ride. Inside the car they will find the double one way board and their next clue.
As he exits the store Thinesh takes giant steps in order to take as few steps as possible.
"This is a very stupid idea", Aarthy about Thinesh's long steps
Teams reach the streetcar (14min 7km) in the following order:
1(+1) Dave & Irina
2(-1) Aarthy & Thinesh
3(+?) Anthony & James
4(+?) Lauren & Joanne, one ways Trish & Amy to do Celebrate
5(+?) Sarah & Sam, one ways Gilles & Sean to do Celebrate
6(+?) Trish & Amy
7(+?) Gilles & Sean
8(+?) Meaghan & Marie
--- Quote ---Detour: "Celebrate" or
"Elevate"
Celebrate: Join the
Kokopellu Choir as it
celebrates an African
song arrangement to
receive your next clue.
Elevate: Ride up and
down the 100 Street
Funicular until you have
correctly recreated two
images of downtown
Edmonton to receive
your next clue.
--- End quote ---
In celebrate teams must make their way to the Royal Alberta Museum where they will perform with the Kokopelli choir. Teams must learn both the lyrics and the choreography for a medley.
In elevate teams have to complete two nearly identical photo puzzles. One at the top and one at the bottom of the funicular. Pieces from the puzzles are split between the top and the bottom locations and teams may only bring one piece each time they ride the funicular.
"We'll let the peasants fight for last place", Dave gets the quote when explaining why they did not use the one way
"Ah, they are all corner pieces", Aarthy HAD a strategy to solve the puzzle
"We are great at puzzles but not great at dancing", Sean
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Dave & Irina, elevate
2(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh, elevate
3(+0) Anthony & James, elevate
4(+1) Sarah & Sam, elevate
5(-1) Lauren & Joanne, elevate
6(+?) Meaghan & Marie, celebrate which they got on their 2nd attempt
7(+?) Trish & Amy, celebrate (were one wayed) got it on their 5th attempt
8(+?) Gilles & Sean, celebrate (were one wayed) got it on their 4th attempt
The next clue sends teams to Old Strathcona Antique Mall (~10min) where teams have to search for Jon inside to receive their next clue. They are told that they must find Jon inside and show him to the woman at the counter to get their next clue. What they do not know is that they need to find a bobble head version of Jon.
Some teams get creative. Dave & Irina find an old record with John Lennon but that is not accepted. Trish & Amy find a magazine about the Olympics with a picture of Jon inside it. Unfortunately this is also not accepted.
"There's so much stuff here, it's insane", Thinesh
Teams find bobble head Jon in the following order:
1(+0) Dave & Irina
2(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh
3(+1) Sarah & Sam, found Jon in seconds
4(-1) Anthony & James
5(+0) Lauren & Joanne, found Jon in about 10 minutes
6(+1) Trish & Amy
7(-1) Meaghan & Marie
8(+0) Gilles & Sean
The next clue sends teams to the Kurimoto Japanese garden where they need to find the Ozawa pavilion.
Teams find their clue by the Ozawa pavilion (32min 35km) in the following order:
1(+0) Dave & Irina
2(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh
3(+1) Anthony & James
4(+1) Lauren & Joanne
5(-2) Sarah & Sam
6(+0) Trish & Amy
7(+0) Meaghan & Marie
8(+0) Gilles & Sean
Road block: Who is feeling icky?
Racers must now duplicate an elaborate Japanese flower arrangement. There is a silent demonstration they can watch. The tricky part seems to be that things the judge will look at include:
1. that the flowers are at the correct height.
2. that the flowers may not touch each other.
3. that their work station is clean.
These things are not all that apparent in the demonstration. And as usual teams get no indication about what they are doing wrong by the judge.
"I have done some flower arranging before but this looks very attentionate to details", Irina
Trish meet Sam in the waiting area and asks him point blank if they were the ones who one wayed them. Sam says i was not them.
Amy is close to getting it but she has forgotten to clean her work station. And when she cleans she misses one small leaf and it takes a while for her to see that one. Gilles also misses that he needs to clean his work station.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+0)Dave & Irina* (2-2)2(+0)Aarthy & Thinesh*(2-2)3(+1)Lauren* & Joanne (2-2)4(-1)Anthony* & James (2-2)5(+0)Sarah* & Sam (2-2)6(+1)Meaghan* & Marie (2-2)7(-1)Trish & Amy* (2-2)On her 18th attempt8(+0)Gilles* & Sean (2-2)On his 12th attempt
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Search the grounds for
the Agar Khan Garden to
find Jon at your next Pit
Stop.
Warning!! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
The show is edited to make teams look at lot closer than they probably were. But it seems that the two teams on the first flight never even saw any of the other teams in Edmonton. I would not be surprised if they had checked in with Jon before the second flight even landed.
Teams check in with Jon in the following order:
1(+0) Dave & Irina, win a trip to Casablanca
2(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh
3(+1) Anthony & James
4(-1) Lauren & Joanne, just after #3
5(+0) Sarah & Sam
6(+0) Meaghan & Marie
7(+0) Trish & Amy
8(+0) Gilles & Sean, are eliminated
At the mat when Anthony & James and Lauren & Joanne were there Jon decided to ask if any of them have used the one way. I find this a bit strange since it was supposed to be blind.
"Every time we think of this we're gonna have real joy in our hearts", Gilles
After the elimination Jon collects the remaining teams and announce that Lauren & Joanne won the step counter challenge with 5241 steps.
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Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 7, Episode 4, "I Love Geologists"
Film dates: 2019-04-29 - 2019-04-30
The last pit stop was at the Kurimoto Japanese garden, Edmonton. Teams will depart from somewhere else in Edmonton in the following order:
1.Dave & Irina 02:262.Aarthy & Thinesh02:50+0:243.Anthony & James 04:29+2:034.Lauren & Joanne 04:30+2:045.Sarah & Sam 05:02+2:366.Meaghan & Marie 06:36+4:107.Trish & Amy 07:27+5:01
Route info: Fly to Yellowknife, NT. Teams get $250 for this leg of the race.
"We have an express pass, we'll try to be strategic about using it", some foreshadowing from Irina
"I hope we're gonna see some penguins", Irina is either clueless or sarcastic
"My biggest fear on this race was being cold", Sarah does not look forward to this leg
All teams are on the same flight from Edmonton to Yellowknife. Once they land then need to make their way to Somba k'e Civic Plaza. Here they must find a 6 meter high sculpture and that is where they will find their next clue.
As teams land we get a text that the local temperature is -21°C. Production has been nice and provided everybody with winter clothes (marked with Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary).
When they land teams quickly realize that there are not that many cabs in Yellowknife. Only the first 4 teams managed to get one right away at the airport, the others must scramble. Eventually all get into cabs in the following order:
1. Sarah & Sam
2. Dave & Irina
3. Meaghan & Marie
4. Anthony & James
5. Aarthy & Thinesh
6. Trish & Amy
7. Lauren & Joanne
Teams get the clue at the civic plaza (8min 6km) in the following order:
1(+0) Sarah & Sam
2(+0) Dave & Irina
3(+2) Aarthy & Thinesh
4(-1) Meaghan & Marie
5(-1) Anthony & James
6(+0) Trish & Amy
7(+0) Lauren & Joanne
Route info: Make your way to Rotary Park and then drive a snowmobile across the great slave lake to find your next clue.
Dave & Irina does not think of asking their cab to wait, they soon realize this is a big mistake as cabs a few and far between in Yellowknife. Eventually they steal Trish & Amy's cab.
"We're gonna pay you double", Irina to the driver
At the Rotary Park (5min 2km) teams find snowmobiles and they do not seem to have any problems finding the clue box on the ice. They reach it in the following order:
1(+0) Sarah & Sam
2(+2) Meaghan & Marie
3(+0) Aarthy & Thinesh
4(+1) Anthony & James
5(+1) Trish & Amy
6(-4) Dave & Irina
7(+0) Lauren & Joanne
Here teams must go ice fishing. This includes drilling a hole, clearing the ice around the hole and the slush from the hole. Finally they must put a fish on the hook and place it in the hole.
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+0) Sarah & Sam
2(+0) Meaghan & Marie
3(+1) Anthony & James
4(+2) Dave & Irina
5(-2) Aarthy & Thinesh
6(-1) Trish & Amy
7(+0) Lauren & Joanne
Road block: Who likes hard rock?
This road block takes place at the NTW Diamond Centre. Here racers will be presented with 7 diamonds. They will need to use a jewelers Lupe to find Canadian symbol on six of them, use a tool to get the identification number and they must place the diamonds in weight order.
First teams drive their snowmobiles back to Rotary Park and then they go by cab to the road block location (3min 1km). This time Dave & Irina steal the cab from Aarthy & Thinesh.
"Oh my god we just made enemies, but it is about surviving here", Dave
Lauren & Joanne also have taxi trouble since their cab has left when they get back.
"I'm a little glad I'm doing this because I need some experience with diamonds, I think she's expecting one soon", Thinesh
The last two teams at this task both struggle. Anthony has their express pass ready and Amy spots this so she know they have one. Then Trish gets it and Anthony immediately present their express pass.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+2)Dave* & Irina (3-2)2(-1)Sarah & Sam* (2-3)3(+2)Aarthy & Thinesh*(2-3)4(+3)Lauren* & Joanne (3-2)5(-3)Meaghan & Marie* (2-3)6(+0)Trish* & Amy (3-2)7(-4)Anthony & James* (2-3)
Route info: Make your way Great Slave Lake and search for your next clue out on the ice. The clue actually specifies that they need to make their way to the dock at the end of Robertson drive.
On their way Dave & Irina wonder what they will need to do on the frozen lake.
"Dave is down for whatever, it's me that's the princess which doesn't want to do anything", Irina
Teams have no problem finding the clue box on the ice (6min 3km).
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who wants a cold one?
NOTE: The team
member who did not
perform the last Road
Block must attempt this
one.
--- End quote ---
In this road block players must suit up and swim under the ice from one small opening to the next. The distance between the holes is about 2 meters, but the ice is 1 meter thick. They must also grab a clue before they surface.
The task is not as dangerous as it sounds since the racers are attached to a rope which goes from one hole to the next and there are divers under the ice. There are also tents for the racers to change in. Nevertheless it is cold outside and the water is not exactly balmy.
Dave & Irina immediately use their express pass on this task so they can continue racing without Irina needing to get her feet wet.
"My worst fear is being cold and being in water", Sarah is about to experience both
"Why do I keep getting the hard ones", Aarthy is not happy about this task
The instructor tells each contestant to begin by dunking their face into the icy water as this will make the whole task a lot easier.
"I hated that", Sarah, after she did the task
Aarthy actually fails the first time she tries the swim. She gives up before she descended through the ice. Thinesh asks if she wants to use their express pass, but she relents and on the next attempt she completes the swim.
"I never knew you were this strong", Thinesh to Aarthy after she did the swim
We learn that Lauren & Joanne do speed swimming so Joanne breezes through this task.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+0)Dave & Irina* (3-3)Used their express pass2(+0)Sarah* & Sam (3-3)3(+0)Aarthy* & Thinesh(3-3)4(+0)Lauren & Joanne* (3-3)5(+0)Meaghan* & Marie (3-3)6(+0)Trish & Amy* (3-3)7(+0)Anthony* & James (3-3)
Route info: Make your way to Air Tindi Float base to find your next clue.
At the Air Tindi float base (11min 5km) teams are given four maps. They must then locate 10 different rescue sites specified as a latitude and longitude on these maps and write down the name of the lake at that position. It seems each team get a unique set of coordinates.
To make matters more interesting this task takes place outside. And the temperature is still around -21°C. As a nice gesture each work station comes with a table and a few rocks which can be used to weigh down the corners of the maps so they do not blow away.
As usual the first step is to get to the task location. Most teams have no trouble but Trish & Amy's taxi has left, even though they asked him to wait, so they loose a lot of time waiting for a new cab.
"Reading maps is a bit tricky for us. We're millennial's we've got GPS all day", Sarah
On their way to the task Sarah & Sam stop at a small store and look up what latitude and longitude is.
Dave & Irina have no clue how to solve this so they decide to take the 2h penalty. They will have to wait that out at the pit stop.
"65° 43´ North, shoot I have no idea what that comma means", Sarah struggles
"It's outside, are you joking me?", Aarthy arrives to the task
"This is like 3rd grade geometry right here", Aarthy as Thinesh picks out the places on the map
Sarah & Sam struggle with this task and even though they checked what latitude and longitude is before they go to there they still are unable to make sense of the task. They decide to go for help so they go back to their taxi and drive to the a nearby building (1km). This turns out to be a geology department and people there are good at reading maps. Sarah & Sam quickly get help by a geologist who shows them how to find the coordinates on the map. Once they learn how to do the task they go back to the Air Tindi float base and find all the coordinates.
"Should've listened in high school geometry a bit more", Sarah
"I'm definitely feeling the pressure a little bit", Sam as a pair of teams have left
"Do you know what I'm not feeling? My hands", Sarah, the temperature is now -23°C
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+0) Dave & Irina, took the 2h penalty
2(+1) Aarthy & Thinesh
3(+2) Meaghan & Marie
4(-2) Sarah & Sam
5(-1) Lauren & Joanne
6(+1) Anthony & James
7(-1) Trish & Amy, just after #6
The next clue tells teams to board one of the planes and fly to Dene First Nation Community Dettah where they will find Jon and their next pit stop.
But before teams can take off they must pay their cabs. And this is a problem for Sarah & Sam as their bill is $245 and they only have $155. They decide to go back to the geology department and ask for some money. And it turns out that the geologists are generous, the first guy they ask give them $65 and they quickly get the rest of the money they need.
"I love geologists", Sam gets the title
Teams reach Jon and the mat in the following order:
- Dave & Irina, have to wait out their 2h penalty
1(+1) Aarthy & Thinesh, win a trip to Dublin, Ireland
2(+1) Meaghan & Marie
3(-2) Dave & Irina
4(+0) Sarah & Sam
5(+0) Lauren & Joanne
6(+0) Anthony & James
7(+0) Trish & Amy, are saved by a non elimination
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