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The sixth edition of THE AMAZING RACE began in downtown Chicago as Teams
made their way to Reykjavic, Iceland. After a major mistake, best friends
Meredith & Maria fell way behind in
a drive across the beautiful, rural Icelandic landscape, but caught up when
Teams camped overnight on a glacier. At the Detour, most Teams chose to
scale a wall of sheer ice, but high school buddies
Avi & Joe struggled when opting to
search for a buoy in an expansive lagoon. While dating actors
Hayden & Aaron claimed first place,
Avi & Joe made a critical error when pulling into the wrong entrance at the
Pit Stop, resulting in their elimination.
READY, STEADY, GO!
Cruising in speedboats along the shores of Lake Michigan, eleven Teams of
two people arrived at Buckingham Fountain in downtown Chicago, where host
Phil Keoghan welcomed them for the start of THE AMAZING RACE. After
informing the Teams that there would be four non-elimination legs over the
course of the Race, Phil signaled the start, and Teams raced to their bags,
where they learned they would be flying to Iceland on one of three flights,
all landing within five minutes of each other. Taking the Blue Line train to
O'Hare Airport, father and daughter
Gus & Hera decided to team up with
Hayden & Aaron and Joe & Avi in a secret alliance, hoping to bump off other
Teams, especially married entrepreneurs
Jonathan & Victoria because,
according to Gus, Jonathan is "a pain in the ass." Almost immediately, the
new alliance found themselves in peril as their chosen flight to Iceland
through Boston, scheduled to land first, was delayed. Gus commented, "It's
disconcerting that we thought we were ahead and now we're behind."
Landing in Reykjavic, Iceland in first place, dating models
Freddy & Kendra, sisters
Lena & Kristy, grandparents
Don & Mary Jean, and Meredith & Maria
took marked vehicles to begin a 130-mile drive to Seljalandsfoss waterfall
to find their next clue behind a torrent of water. As the four Teams sped
along the rural highway on a chilly early morning, the second and third
planes landed, carrying the remaining Teams. Hayden & Aaron took an early
lead in the second pack of seven Teams, while alliance mates Gus & Hera and
Avi & Joe fell into last place. Soon, however, Gus & Hera and Avi &Joe
caught up to Hayden & Aaron. Hayden was happy, but commented, "The problem
with these alliances is that I feel like I'm worrying about four other
people. This is a race. We're in it for us."
WRONG TURN
Cruising in the front of the pack, Freddy & Kendra, followed by Lena &
Kristy, made a critical error by driving past Seljalandsfoss waterfall and
continuing on to another waterfall. Realizing their mistake and turning
around, a frustrated Kristy remarked, "This is exactly what we told
ourselves not to do, and that is to follow people." A disappointed Freddy
said, "We went from first to last like that." The alliance of Gus & Hera,
Hayden & Aaron and Avi & Joe capitalized on Freddy & Kendra's and Lena &
Kristy's mistake by arriving at Seljalandsfoss waterfall in first place,
while Meredith & Maria also drove past it, convinced that Avi & Joe made a
wrong turn. As the three Teams began traversed the steep landscape to the
clue box behind the waterfall, the athletic married pro wrestlers
Lori & Bolo pulled in and caught up
to the alliance. |