Jeff Probst explained, “Well, as you may or may not know, as recently as the 1960s, this island was ruled by pirates who would rob and steal from passing boats. That ties in to today’s challenge.

“Today’s challenge is a race along this bamboo course. At the end of this course, two boats, one for each tribe. Your goal, rob or steal 10 items from the other tribe’s boat back to your boat. First tribe to do so wins.

“Here are the rules,

* You can only take one item at a time.
* You can only have two members on the course at any time.
* If you fall off, you lose the item you are carrying and you go back to the start.
* At the center of the course, there is an attack zone. It is clearly marked in black and gold. If you are in the attack zone, you can engage contact with somebody else who is ALSO in the attack zone and try to push them off the course into the water. If you are NOT in the attack zone when you engage contact, you’re out of the game, and one item from your tribe’s boat goes into the other tribe’s boat.”

The winning tribe gets two Red Berets (members of Special Forces – the equivalent of Green Berets here in the U.S.) for 24 hours to show how to live off the land, to help build shelter, help source food, and so on.

This challenge was actually pretty neat. If anyone fell off the thin bamboo they had to start over again. After a short bit, Team Skateboard had a quick 3 to 1 lead. Their athleticism clearly gave them an advantage.

But then Ted got wise. He got down on his knees near the attack zone as Robb approached “A showdown!” Robb said, “You gonna stand and try to bump me, bro?”

Tags: attack zone, build shelter, food

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