Lisa | Tuesday, April 10, 2001 - 05:07 am  Day 28 - Amber was isolated from the decision to vote Jerri out. She felt her tribe didn't trust her and she felt really sad. Keith thought Amber made a mistake being so close to Jerri. Rice is running really low and there are 14 days left. Colby said they must stay tough mentally to get through a food drought. Rodger tried to fish. They all look skeleton like. Keith chased a grasshopper for fishing. It seemed like a really big deal. Colby and Keith seemed to be in competition for catching grasshoppers. A turtle came up and ate the cricket and hook on Amber's fishing line. Tree mail told them the next challenge is to find out the real value of food. They were each provided with a wallet with money holding $500.00 Australian dollars. A survivor auction was all set up. They had to bid on food in $20.00 increments. For 4 Doritos and salsa, it cost Nick $60.00. For chocolate and peanut butter, Elizabeth paid $260.00. Mountain Dew and ice cost 80.00 and oreo cookies, pretzels and beer were sold ti Nick. There were also 6 French fries with ranch dressing as well as chocolate power bar and milk for 280.00. Mashed potatoes, bread, turkey, 340.00 shared by Elisabeth and Tina. Mystery plate went for 200.00 to Amber - River water (dud). Cheeseburger - 320.00 to Rodger. They all felt sick after and had to go to the outhouse a lot. That night, there was a torrential rain downpour. The next day, the camp was being washed away, as the water began to encroach on them. They all felt really sick from the feast before, and knew that one meal was not enough and no food is available. Everyone went fishing except Nick and the others seemed bitter about that. Elisabeth was disappointed in Nick who was lying around to conserve his energy. It was time for the immunity challenge. Each were assigned a fire scale, and were told to create fire, and then pour water in the bucket on the other side to raise the fire to reach a spark. They had to run to the river for water, and ensure their fire was still lit. There was a hole in each bucket as a catch. They were all very week, yet they had to run and carry water and twigs. Each had matches and got their fires going. Tina and Nick were the first to go for water. The water was pouring out very quickly. Colby had great difficulty starting his fire and was way behind. The fires seemed to be burning well while they concentrated on getting the water. Colby came from behind and won the challenge. He was so happy, he grabbed Jeff and hugged him. Nick looked worried. Day 30 - the tribe were really weak and all they could do was sleep. Elisabeth was shaking, weak and crying. She felt nauseous and couldn't walk up the hill to fish. Jeff came to the group with a big can of rice. He said he was concerned because of the lack of energy, and 13 days left. He said they had enough rice and tackle equipment to last the whole time, and they weren't careful enough. He had enough rice to last the final 2 weeks - but - he needed something in return. Serious value required. Jeff asked for their shelter in exchange for the rice. He added 25 more hooks to entice them. They agreed and the tent was disassembled with the Texas flag. Now they would have to cope with the rain each night with no shelter. They realized they had to act quickly to build some shelter before night arrived. They managed to build some shelter with grass, wood and trees. Voting strategies were discussed and Amber's name came up a few times. Amber felt that she couldn't trust anybody. The group went to tribal council and Alicia and Jerri were brought in as the jury. The group took their turns to vote. Nick voted Keith because he felt that Keith was arrogant by not bringing his backpack to tribal council. No strong alliance this time - it was a tight race but Nick was the one to leave with 4 votes. Amber received 2 votes and Keith received 1. Survivor continues next Thursday. |