TAR14, Recap Leg 2, 2/22/09

Welcome to Leg 2! Last time, on Don’t Let That Cheese Hit Me! (Toyouke: “Hee.”) teams raced from Los Angeles to Locarno, Switzerland. The Hicks fell behind, while Team ASL flew to the top. The Flight Attendants can’t seem to follow directions, but it was Preston and Jennifer that fell apart faster than the traditional cheese carriers, and were eliminated. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

(Toyouke: “Now is the time for ‘Amazing Race theme: Club Remix’”)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Margie/Luke, Team ASL, arrived at 2:56 PM
2nd – Tammy/Victor, Team Asian, arrived at 2:57 PM
3rd – Mark/Michael, The Stuntmen, arrived at 2:59 PM
4th – Mel/Mike, Team Rainbow, arrived at 3:18 PM
5th – Amanda/Kris, Team YDC, arrived at 3:47 PM
6th – Brad/Victoria, The Ohio Team, arrived at 3:56 PM
7th – Jaime/Cara, Team Brunette, arrived at 3:59 PM
8th – Kisha/Jen, Team Black, arrived at 4:02 PM
9th – Steve/Linda, The Hicks, arrived at 4:04 PM
10th – Christie/Jodi, Team Blonde, arrived at 4:12 PM

Post Office, Stechelberg, Switzerland

2:56 AM Margie/Luke (1st)
Clue: Fly from Zurich, Switzerland to Munich, Germany! Once you arrive, drive yourselves to the town of Ruhpolding and take the cable car to the mountaintop to receive your next clue. You have $585 for this leg of the race.

2:57 AM Tammy/Victor (2nd) – who ask for a cell phone to book a flight.

2:59 AM Mark/Michael (3rd) – Michael: “We’re just going to chill on the way to the airport.” Oh, and I hear the Rattlesnakes of Discontent rattling.

3:18 AM Mel/Mike (4th) – who ask for a cell phone to book a flight. Oh, and Mel has an injured groin. So many ways for me to take this. (Toyouke: “And yet, you’re done.”)

3:47 AM Amanda/Kris (5th) – who ask for a cell phone to book a flight.
3:56 AM Brad/Victoria (6th) – who ask for a cell phone to book a flight.
3:59 AM Jaime/Cara (7th) – who ask for a cell phone to book a flight.
4:02 AM Kisha/Jen (8th) – who ask for a cell phone to book a flight.
4:04 AM Steve/Linda (9th) – who ask for a cell phone to book a flight. Oh and Steve is apologetic. (Toyouke: “It's kind of touching that the hick is sad for being a jerk.”)
4:12 AM Christie/Jodi (10th) – who ask for a cell phone to book a flight. But are thwarted by everyone else.

Teams arrive at Zurich International Airport in the following order:

1-Margie/Luke
2-Tammy/Victor
3-Mark/Michael
4-Mel/Mike
5- Amanda/Kris
6- Brad/Victoria
7- Jaime/Cara
8- Kisha/Jen
9- Steve/Linda
10- Christie/Jodi

Teams choose flights to Munich. Actually, most folks have called ahead, and have gotten on the earlier 7:10 AM flight on Swiss Air. However, Margie/Luke and Christie/Jodi race to get the last pair of tickets, and Team ASL wins out. So the flights shake down:

SwissAir, 7:10 AM
1) Jaime/Cara
2) Kisha/Jen
3) Steve/Linda
4) Margie/Luke
5) Mel/Mike
6) Brad/Victoria
7) Amanda/Kris
8) Tammy/Victor

Lufthansa, 8:45 AM
1) Christie/Jodi
2) Mark/Michael

So, teams arrive in Munich in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Amanda/Kris
3- Margie/Luke
4- Jaime/Cara
5- Mel/Mike
6- Kisha/Jen – who proceed to get lost going to Ruhpolding.
7- Brad/Victoria
8- Steve/Linda
9- Christie/Jodi
10- Mark/Michael

Teams then drive themselves to Ruhpolding. So teams arrive at the cable cars in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Amanda/Kris
3- Margie/Luke
4- Jaime/Cara
5- Mel/Mike
6- Brad/Victoria
7- Steve/Linda
8- Kisha/Jen
9- Christie/Jodi
10- Mark/Michael

Teams take cable cars to the top in the following groups:

Car 1
1- Tammy/Victor

Car 2
1- Amanda/Kris
2- Margie/Luke
3- Jaime/Cara
4- Mel/Mike

Car 3
1- Brad/Victoria

Car 4
1- Steve/Linda

Car 5
1- Kisha/Jen
2- Christie/Jodi

Car 6
1- Mark/Michael


Teams arrive at the top of the mountain and arrive at the clue box in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Amanda/Kris
3- Jaime/Cara
4- Margie/Luke
5- Mel/Mike
6- Brad/Victoria
7- Steve/Linda
8- Kisha/Jen
9- Christie/Jodi
10- Mark/Michael

And teams come to the second roadblock.

ROADBLOCK:
Who’s ready to fly like an eagle?
In this roadblock, one team member must run off the mountain and tandem paraglide 6000 feet to a marker on the ground. The other team member must take the cable car back to the base of the mountain and wait for their team member to arrive. If wind conditions make it unable to paraglide, teams may wait for conditions to improve or hike a 60 minute path to the bottom of the mountain.

The following team members complete the Roadblock.

1- Tammy – who arrives just as the winds change, preventing everyone from paragliding right away.
2- Kris
3- Cara
4- Margie
5- Mel – who knows he can’t walk to the bottom without pulling his groin. So he waits. Mel: “I can’t pray for God to intervene.” God: “Wait? What? Did the preacher say he’s going to wait until I’m out of the tub? How nice! Let me turn off the mountain fan.” Mike: “It’s a miracle, the winds improved!”
6- Victoria
7- Linda – who makes a wrong turn, ends up on a road, and gets a nice passer by to drive her BACK to the bottom of the mountain to find her partner.
8- Jen
9- Christie
10- Mark

After much walking to the bottom of the hill, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Margie/Luke
3- Amanda/Kris
4- Brad/Victoria
5- Mel/Mike – Mike: “If you had walked, I was worried that I’d find your bones in the hinterland of Germany 5 years later.”
6- Mark/Michael
7- Jaime/Cara
8- Kisha/Jen
9- Christie/Jodi – Jodi: “We need to drive ourselves to that word.”
10- Steve/Linda – Linda: “Oh God, he’s going to hate me now.” (Toyouke: “ That’s kinda heartbreaking.”)


And that word happens to be Schönan Am Königssee, 25 miles away. Teams arrive and get their next clue in the following order.

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Amanda/Kris – Amanda: “That was one of the most fun tasks I’ve gotten to done.” (Auburnium513: “Speaking isn’t her strong suit.”)
3- Mel/Mike
4- Margie/Luke
5- Brad/Victoria
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Kisha/Jen
8- Mark/Michael
9- Christie/Jodi
10- Steve/Linda

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Bohemian Dolly OR Austrian Folly
*Bohemian Dolly: Teams must travel along a 2 mile obstacle course on a Segway. Once complete, teams get their next clue.
*Austrian Folly: Teams must run to a nearby tent where they throw Schlag Pies at a target. However, as the title quotes, the target is your partner’s face. Once a team finds a pie with cherry filling, they get their next clue from the bandleader. (Toyouke: “So much entertainment for the locals.” Auburnium513: “And this is a bad thing?”)

1-Tammy/Victor choose Austrian Folly
2-Amanda/Kris choose Austrian Folly
3-Mel/Mike choose Bohemian Dolly
4-Margie/Luke choose Austrian Folly
5-Brad/Victoria choose Austrian Folly
6-Jaime/Cara choose Bohemian Dolly
7-Kisha/Jen choose Bohemian Dolly
8-Mark/Michael choose Bohemian Dolly
9-Christie/Jodi choose Austrian Folly
10-Steve/Linda choose Austrian Folly

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Amanda/Kris
3- Mel/Mike
4- Margie/Luke
5- Brad/Victoria
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Mark/Michael
8- Kisha/Jen
9- Christie/Jodi – (Auburnium513: “Never have two skinny blondes been so excited to find rich cherry filling.”)
10- Steve/Linda

Teams are now instructed to travel by foot and find the “Holzsager”, or the Tyrolean Woodcutters, who cut teams a piece of wood, on which their next clue will be stamped. They arrive in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Amanda/Kris – Kris: “My hair is like Something About Mary times ten.”
3- Mel/Mike
4- Margie/Luke
5- Brad/Victoria
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Mark/Michael
8- Kisha/Jen
9- Christie/Jodi – who get lost, meet a horse, and find a piece of wood.
10- Steve/Linda

Teams read the stamp on the wood and find that they must now drive themselves to Austria and find the Schloss Hellbrunn in Salzberg, the PIT STOP of the second leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Tammy/Victor – who each win a hybrid go kart.
2- Mel/Mike – who try to climb the fence to get in. They get an eyebrow pop for that. (Toyouke: “That was almost as hilarious as swimming to the pit stop.” Auburnium513: “It's like that Far Side comic that has the kid at the school for the gifted pushing on the door that says ‘pull’.” Kmanpat: “You mean Midvale?” Toyouke: “You WOULD know that.”)
3- Amanda/Kris
4- Margie/Luke
5- Brad/Victoria
6- Jaime/Cara – who arrive at the pit stop 14 hours after the leg started. . . which is probably 9:15 pm, if they mean the time that the teams arrived in Germany. But that’s still a long time for a leg.
7- Kisha/Jen
8- Mark/Michael
9- Christie/Jodi
10- Steve/Linda

And Steve and Linda are eliminated. But they still love each other and they are supportive of each other.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Tammy/Victor
2nd – Mel/Mike
3rd – Amanda/Kris
4th – Margie/Luke
5th – Brad/Victoria
6th – Jaime/Cara
7th – Kisha/Jen
8th – Mark/Michael
9th – Christie/Jodi

Next week: Romania! Gymnastics! (Kmanpat: “There’s men! Men in TIGHTS! Tight tights!”) Amanda and Kris lose their Amazing Fanny Pack. But since we know who it is this time, they will probably recover. Oh, and Tammy and Victor melt down. Until next time!