Episode
1:
| Starting Point: |
Pahrump, Nevada, USA |
| Route Marker: |
Christo Redentor Statue, Corcovado
Mtn., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Route Marker: |
Kiss "Fat Maria" on Paqueta Island |
| Route Marker: |
Ilha Tours |
| Route Marker: |
Second Level of Sugar Loaf Mountain |
| Detour: |
Beach- Find the girl from Ipanema |
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Mountain-Rappel down the face of
Sugar Loaf Mtn. |
| Pit Stop: |
Tocorime yacht, offshore of Urca Beach, Guanabara Bay, Brazil |
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Episode 2:
| Starting Point: |
Yacht in Guanabara Bay, Brazil |
| Route Marker: |
A Samba Club near Rio de Janeiro |
| Fast Forward: |
Play Volleyball at Copacabana Beach |
| Route Marker: |
Top of Pedra Bonita Mountain |
| Detour: |
Freak Out- Hang glide from Pedra
Bonita to Sao Conrado Beach |
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Seek Out- Find clue with a metal detector
on Sao Conrado Beach |
| Route Marker: |
Take a bus to Foz do Iguacu |
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Take a jeep to Macuco Safari Dock |
| Road Block: |
Find a Route Marker located at the base of Iguacu
Falls via boat |
| Pit Stop: |
A Jungle Camp near Iguacu Falls, Brazil |
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Episode 3:
| Starting Point: |
A Jungle Camp near Iguacu Falls, Brazil |
| Route Marker: |
Nelson Mandela's Cell on Robben Island, Cape
Town, South Africa |
| Route Marker: |
Kalk Bay Harbor |
| Detour: |
Dance- Earn 25 rand dancing
with a local troupe |
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Deliver- Carry 125 Kg of Fish across the
dock |
| Route Marker: |
Paradise Hair Salon, Langa Township |
| Road Block: |
Buy Epsom salts and a sheep's head and
take them to Ndaba Sangoma, a local healer, and drink the remedy he makes |
| Pit Stop: |
Lanzerac Manor, Stellenbosch, South Africa |
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Episode 4:
| Starting Point: |
Lanzerac Manor, Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| Route Marker: |
Walvis Bay Airport, Namibia |
| Route Marker: |
Swakopmund Lighthouse |
| Fast Forward: |
Swakopmund Hotel |
| Route Marker: |
Top of Matterhorn Sand Dune |
| Detour: |
Slide- Slide down the Matterhorn
on a sandboard |
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Stride- Walk down the back face of the
Matterhorn |
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Spitzkoppe General Dealer |
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Spitzkoppe Woodcarver's Market |
| Road Block: |
Buy woodcarvings of Africa's big 5 animals and
trade them for a large giraffe and the clue |
| Pit Stop: |
Amani Lodge, near Windhoek, Namibia |
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Episode 5:
| Starting Point: |
Amani Lodge, near Windhoek, Namibia |
| Route Marker: |
Erawan Shrine, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Detour: |
Confusion Now- Walk to a specific water
taxi dock and go to a bird market to release birds |
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Confusion Later- Take a taxi to a specific
street in Chinatown, "buy a car and send it to your ancestors," at the
Wat Leng Nei Yi Shrine |
| Route Marker: |
Wat Khao Chong Phran Temple, Ratchaburi, Thailand |
| Road Block: |
Retrieve route info from a bat and roach infested
cave |
| Pit Stop: |
Ban Plai Pong Pang river house, Ampawa, Thailand |
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Episode 6:
| Starting Point: |
Ban Plai Pong Pang river house, Ampawa, Thailand |
| Route Marker: |
Pak Kong Talad flower market, Ampawa |
| Route Marker: |
Old Bridge, near Mueng Kut Village |
| Detour: |
Boat- Navigate a bamboo raft down an unpredictable
river to an SUV |
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Beast- Ride an elephant to the SUV |
| Route Marker: |
Mae Ping Village |
| Road Block: |
Wash chalk markings off of an elephant until
the elephant keeper approves of your job and gives you the route info |
| Pit Stop: |
Karen Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
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Episode 7:
| Starting Point: |
Karen Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Route Marker: |
The Seven Spires Shrine, Chiang Mai |
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Go to the tallest building in Hong Kong (which
is Central Plaza) |
| Fast Forward: |
Get a face reading and a palm reading from a
specific fortune teller at Wong Tai Sin Temple |
| Route Marker: |
Find the green and white "Star" and go to it
(meaning the Star Ferry) |
| Detour: |
Wishing Tree- Drive 18 miles to participate
in a simple ritual |
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Herbal Tea- Find a nearby tea shop and
drink a bitter local remedy |
| Route Marker: |
HIT Terminals |
| Road Block: |
Use a crane to lift a container off of a truck
and lower it to the ground |
| Pit Stop: |
A Chinese junk in Hong Kong Harbor |
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Episode 8a:
| Starting Point: |
A Chinese junk in Hong Kong Harbor |
| Route Marker: |
Tien-Hou Statue, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong |
| Route Marker: |
Murray House |
| Detour: |
Dragon-Paddle a dragon boat 600 meters |
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Lion-Run 2400 meters wearing a ceremonial
Lion's Head |
| Route Marker: |
Opera House, Sydney, Australia |
| Road Block: |
Navigate through the city of Sydney by following
a series of clues written in Aussie Slang. The clues said to find:
1. A Surfie in Lairy Daks
2. A true-blue ankle biter
3. A Shiela in the Aussie Cozzie
4. A Bushie |
| Pit Stop: |
Roof of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia |
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Episode 8b:
| Starting Point: |
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia |
| Route Marker: |
Top of the Sydney Bridge |
| Fast Forward: |
Eat a meat pie at Harry's Cafe |
| Route Marker: |
A Metal Tree in Coober Pedy |
| Detour: |
Cool Down- Search through a dirt pile
in an underground mine for an opal |
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Heat Up- Play 3 holes correctly on a confusing,
dry, and hot golf course |
| Route Marker: |
Lookout 2 of Breakaways National Park |
| Road Block: |
Throw a boomerang outside of a circle and get
it to landback inside the circle |
| Pit Stop: |
An Aboriginal Bush Camp outside of Coober Pedy, Australia |
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Episode 9:
| Starting Point: |
An Aboriginal Bush Camp outside of Coober Pedy, Australia |
| Route Marker: |
Wentworth Station, Queenstown, New Zealand |
| Fast Forward: |
Spot a route marker flag from a speeding jet
boat on the Shotover River |
| Route Marker: |
Nevis High-Wire Platform |
| Detour: |
Quick Jump- Bungee jump 450 ft. from the
second highest platform in the world |
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Long Hike- Walk a long distance to the
bottom of the canyon |
| Route Marker: |
Inverary Sheep Station, Canterbury Plains |
| Road Block: |
Separate 3 black sheep into a separate pen from
19 white ones |
| Pit Stop: |
Inverary Sheep Station, Canterbury Plains, New Zealand |
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Episode 10:
| Starting Point: |
Inverary Sheep Station, Canterbury Plains, New Zealand |
| Route Marker: |
Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Rotorua, New
Zealand |
| Fast Forward: |
Perform a "Scree" run down Mount Terawera |
| Route Marker: |
The Lost World, Waitomo Caves |
| Detour: |
Drop- Perform a 350 foot rappel into the
Lost World Cave and hike a short distance to the route marker |
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Climb- Climb down a 100 foot ladder then
hike a long distance to the route marker |
| Route Marker: |
4-Track Adventures near Auckland |
| Road Block: |
Drive a 4-wheeler down a marked off-road
trail to a nearby beach and retrieve a clue |
| Pit Stop: |
Warbirds Hangar, near Auckland, New Zealand |
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Episode 11a:
| Starting Point: |
Warbirds Hangar, near Auckland, New Zealand |
| Route Marker: |
Sir John Logan Campbell Monument, One Tree Hill |
| Route Marker: |
Ruins of a Sugar Mill in Maui, Hawaii, US |
| Route Marker: |
Water Tower in Pauwela Pineapple Field |
| Detour: |
Bike- Find the one red pineapple in a
large field on a mountain bike |
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Walk-Find one of four yellow pineapples
in a large field by foot |
| Route Marker: |
The dock at McGregor Point |
| Route Marker: |
Buoy offshore of a volcanically formed island |
| Road Block: |
Put on snorkeling gear and retrieve a clue from
a box underwater |
| Pit Stop: |
Huialoha Church, Maui, Hawaii, United States |
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Episode 11b:
| Starting Point: |
Huialoha Church, Maui, Hawaii, US |
| Route Marker: |
Queen Kaahamanu's Birthplace, Hana Bay |
| Route Marker: |
Rust's Flying Service, Anchorage, Alaska |
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Stay overnight in an igloo in Trapper Creek |
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With snowshoes, hike a trail to a Snow Cat and
drive it across a frozen lake |
| Route Marker: |
Homesteader's Hardware Store |
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Hurricane Gulch |
| Road Block: |
Using tools provided, retrieve route info from
a frozen ice globe |
| Route Marker: |
Landmark #97, the Atkinson-Esher House, San Francisco,
CA, US |
| Route Marker: |
Municipal Pier #29 |
| Finish Line: |
Get to Murray Circle at East Fort Baker and follow the flags to the
finish line. |
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Summary:
Teams raced a total of 52,000 miles.
The race took teams to five continents (not including stops for connecting
flights): North America, South America, Africa, Australia and Asia
The race took teams to 8 countries (not including stops for connecting
flights): United States, Brazil, South Africa, Namibia, Thailand, China,
Australia and New Zealand.
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