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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 1:49 pm 
This started last night, it was excellent.
Reminded me of the old shows that Mark Burnett did, Eco-challenge.
It is like those in that teams are competing for a $500,000.
Over the course of 40 days and six races, the teams will have to conquer more than 100 miles of the world's most inhospitable terrain without food, water or a charted path.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 1:52 pm
I saw it was showing again tonight. They already had to airlift out a competitor.
It is pretty hard, the teams have 4 days to get from one point to the next, but they can only travel for 12 hours and have to stop for 12 hours. They were given a bit of "emergency rations" and it wasn't clear if they were allowed to pack any food in but they do say they have to get their food from foraging the land.
Last night they ran into/across two different bears that made them change their hiking directions.
I really enjoyed it, and the scenery was georgous.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 1:53 pm
Here is an article about the show
https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/how-when-watch-usa-networks-race-survive-alaska
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 3:46 pm
I felt awful for that poor woman. She said several times "I need electrolytes", but they never showed her husband (and her) stopping to drink. It made me feel like that could have been prevented.
She told her husband she was dying and she would "see you in heaven." She must have been quite bad off. They said she was going into shock.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 3:54 pm
It really was shocking to see how badly she was impacted so quickly. I agree it sure seems like the team could have prevented it, surely they had water in their packs. Although I thought I saw someone filling a bottle at a stream and remember being concerned about whether the water was really safe to drink without boiling.
I did wonder what the temp was while they were hiking.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 3:56 pm
I saw one screen that said 82 degrees.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 4:42 pm
I recorded this. Judging from everyone's reviews I can't wait to watch it this weekend.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 11:58 pm
It is good...
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 8:34 am
This one does sound good. I watched a show called Outlast on Netflix which took place in Alaska and enjoyed it for 2 episodes. Then it became a Hunger Games type situation with people stealing other people's sleeping bags and food to force them to quit. It was no longer enjoyable after that. I prefer the shows like Alone where you see the struggles but also the success of hard work so again, this sounds good.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 8:40 am
Yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens since they will have to find their own food as the time goes on. If it ends up being a starvation kind of thing, I may not enjoy it as much.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 9:02 am
Well the previews showed at least one team catching a fish, plus most have said they did survival contests before so probably know about foraging.
And the girls did find the blueberries, although I would have been a bit worried about bears since they like those too, LOL.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 11:57 am
Someone eats a big slug... š¬
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 12:51 pm
I had seen the previews and wanted to watch, and totally forgot. So thanks Dipo for the reminder. Eco-Challenge was my favorite.
I was grimacing when the father-son vegans were eating the clams/mussels. When you are a vegan and all of a sudden eat any type of "flesh", your system does not take to it kindly. I was thinking that shellfish would be nasty on the way back out. The son confirmed that. I imagine there was a certain amount of Montezuma's Revenge also. Hopefully he is young enough to bounce back.
I am curious about the emergency food rations. How much they get and why they wouldn't have make sure to give the vegans something appropriate. If it goes down the path where they have to kill animals to survive, I would probably not watch anymore.
Esther is an Alaskan and used to the terrain and climate. I'm sure the stress and the adrenaline pushed her over the edge. They said the contestants are never left alone for a minute. They take their safety very seriously. The producers said:
"You don't do the show unless you've got the right people in the right spot. When we see what happened in Episode 1, I had 100 percent confidence knowing that we executed a plan flawlessly. At the end of the day, Esther wouldn't be alive if we didn't execute flawlessly"
So it was pretty serious. Thankfully she is ok. I realized after, that the interview with her boyfriend (where he was crying as he was describing how wonderful a person Esther was) was after they airlifted her. Not before as the showed it. That was chilling when she told him she was dying and she would see him in heaven!
This show has all the makings of a good reality survivalist show. But I like it when it isn't about starving or having to kill because of it. So we shall see
From what I have gathered from the articles I have read before the show started, it's going to be a wild ride!
The competition is fraught with events that would kill a normal human being. It might even be a bit much for these superhuman survivalist competitors.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 5:04 pm
Why did they bring such heavy backpacks? Twice as big as everyone elseās.
The very handsome black guy with the heavy black beard looks very familiar. Maybe a ā Bachelorā?
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 7:05 pm
Lake yeah backpacks were a whopping 78 pounds!
Max, the one you are referring to, was on Naked and Afraid
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 7:29 pm
Thanks I was racking my brain.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 7:59 pm
You probably didn't recognize him with his clothes on 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 05, 2023 - 10:58 pm
Well they certainly are going to kill that fish..
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, April 08, 2023 - 5:47 pm
I just watched my recording... OMG - I totally loved it!!! That rainforest was insane. Everyone that went through the rainforest said they struggled to breathe when they were in it. Was it the "cover" of the rainforest that was preventing them from being able to breathe?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, April 10, 2023 - 2:54 pm
New show tonight!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 10, 2023 - 4:17 pm
Yay..
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - 1:33 am
Oh my gosh....the dad. When the son said, I worry about my dad...that something hes going to do.. might take us out of the race. I was thinking heck, I was worrying that something he was going to do might kill him.
The dad didn't want the two girls to "follow" them...but they saved his butt three times. They helped pull him out of the hole, they traded them the sorghum so they could eat and they had first aid supplies to clean his finger when he nearly chopped it off. Shouldn't everyone have brought first aid supplies? Lucky the girls were doctors...even though one is a vet.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - 10:11 am
I think it was the brother and sister team who were following the father and son (and made the trade for food). The female doctors are a different team and came in behind them at base camp.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - 11:24 am
Yeah, it was the siblings in the beginning, you are right. The dad thought doesn't want anyone around them but ends up being lucky people were there to help. I was wondering when he fell off of the two rope bridge, if he can't get up...how are they going to rescue him? Turned out he easily recovered. But I'm sure we are going to see more from him lol
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - 12:24 pm
I would have thought that a preparing for this race you would have packed at least a minimal first aid kit. And being vegan, some sort of protein bars as well.
But Seamonkey, I thought the same thing, Dad is gong to get himself seriously hurt, he seems a little unaware, did they say if he had still been racing while Son went on his own. I just think Dad is out of his element this time.
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