TAR18, Recap Leg 9, 4/25/11

Welcome to Leg 9! Last time, on The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Racers, teams raced from India to Austria. The Cowboys managed to start in last place again, thanks to another bum flight, and the Goths bickered incessantly. And Gary and Mallory were in last but were saved by the final NEL. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Zev/Justin, Team Aspergers
2nd – Flight Time/Big Easy, The Globetrotters
3rd – Kent/Vyxsin, Team Goth
4th – Kisha/Jen, Team Bathroom
5th – Jet/Cord, The Cowboy Brothers
6th – Gary/Mallory , The Hillbillies

Villa Trapp, Salzberg, Austria

3:14 AM Zev/Justin (1st)
Clue: Travel by train to Feltkirch, Austria, and then cross the border at Schaanwald, Liechtenstein! Once there, find the clue.

3:25 AM Flight Time/Big Easy (2nd)
3:39 AM Kent/Vyxsin (3rd)
3:49 AM Kisha/Jen (4th)
3:50 AM Jet/Cord (5th)
4:36 AM Gary/Mallory (6th)

Teams arrive at the train station in the following order:

1- Zev/Justin
2- Flight Time/Big Easy
3- Kent/Vyxsin
4- Jet/Cord
5- Kisha/Jen
6- Gary/Mallory

All the teams end up on the same train to Feldkirsh. Once there, teams get their taxis in the following order:

1- Jet/Cord
2- Gary/Mallory – (Toyouke: “Uh oh...Gary is getting the "I'm enjoying my train ride because travel is wonderful" edit. A bad sign.”)
3- Flight Time/Big Easy
4- Kisha/Jen
5- Zev/Justin – whose taxi driver’s name is Tuni. Zev: “We’re good American people!” (Toyouke: “I would probably break traffic laws for Zev and Justin too.”)
6- Kent/Vyxsin

Teams take their taxis and arrive across the border in Schaanwald in the following order:

1- Zev/Justin
2- Flight Time/Big Easy
3- Kisha/Jen
4- Jet/Cord
5- Kent/Vyxsin
6- Gary/Mallory

However, once they arrive, Gary and Mallory find the Speed Bump.

SPEED BUMP:

A speed bump is a task that must be performed by the last place team on a non-elimination leg. Once they complete this task, they may return to the place where the speed bump occurred and continue the leg. In this speed bump, teams must measure out the proper amount of gasoline that it will take to fill a VéloSolex motor bike with petrol (2 litres) to get the 25 part gas to 1 part oil necessary. Once completed, they will receive their next clue.

(Toyouke: “This Speed Bump is HORRIBLE! Where's the sitting on ice?! Where's the running through fireworks?” Kmanpat: “What about the Saunabus?” Auburnium0513: “It's actually very lucky that the Speed Bump is so early in the leg...”)

Teams complete the Speed Bump in the following order:

1- Gary/Mallory

After much gas measuring, they continue with the rest of the teams in getting the clue in Liechtenstein.

Once they arrive, teams get the eighth roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Who’s ready to give a measured response?

In this roadblock, one team member must ride a VéloSolex motorbike the entire length of the country of Liechtenstein from Schaanwald to Balzers, a distance of 22 kilometers. Using a map and odometer, roadblockers must give six time Olympic skier Marco Büchel the correct distance to get their next clue. Otherwise, they must return to Schaanwald and start over.

(Toyouke: “I am super entertained by this Roadblock. Also, cute skiier.” Auburnium0513: “I love this task! I want to go to Lichtenstein...and Luxembourg...just so that I can have stamps in my passport from such tiny countries.”)

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Justin
2- Flight Time
3- Jen
4- Jet – who is the only one who screws up and has to travel the whole distance three times.
5- Vyxsin
6- Gary - "It’s just like the Tour du France!” (Toyouke: “Hee!”)

After much bike riding, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Zev/Justin
2- Kisha/Jen
3- Flight Time/Big Easy
4- Gary/Mallory
5- Kent/Vyxsin
6- Jet/Cord

The Roadblockers are directed by Marco Büchel to the Castle Gutenberg to meet their partners. They arrive in the following order:

1- Zev/Justin
2- Kisha/Jen
3- Gary/Mallory
4- Flight Time/Big Easy
5- Kent/Vyxsin
6- Jet/Cord

Teams are now instructed to take a bus and a train to Zermatt, Switzerland and to find the clue at the train station. Teams take buses to Sargons:

Bus 1
1) Zev/Justin
2) Kisha/Jen

Bus 2
1) Gary/Mallory
2) Flight Time/Big Easy

Bus 3
1) Kent/Vyxsin

Bus 4
1) Jet/Cord

Teams arrive in Sargons and board trains to Zermatt:

Train 1
1) Zev/Justin
2) Kisha/Jen

Train 2
1) Gary/Mallory
2) Flight Time/Big Easy
3) Kent/Vyxsin

Train 3
1) Jet/Cord

Teams arrive at the Zermatt Train Station and get their clue in the following order:

1- Zev/Justin
2- Kisha/Jen
3- Gary/Mallory
4- Flight Time/Big Easy
5- Kent/Vyxsin
6- Jet/Cord

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Cheese OR Wheeze
*Cheese: Teams travel to Restaurant Walliserkanne and eat a full pot of cheese fondue to get their next clue printed on the bottom of a clean fondue pot.
*Wheeze: Teams travel on foot to the porter at the train station and pick up 20 pieces of luggage to deliver to at least five hotels in Zermatt. Once all pieces are delivered and tags are returned to the train station, the porter will give teams their next clue.

(Toyouke: “Another eating challenge? Sigh.”)

1- Zev/Justin choose Cheese – who enjoy this thoroughly. (Toyouke: “Why do I find Zev and Justin so hilarious?”)
2- Kisha/Jen choose Cheese – who quickly realize that it’s not going to happen, and Bald Snark to Wheeze. (Auburnium0513: “Why would you quit? What is so hard about eating cheese fondue?”)
3- Gary/Mallory choose Wheeze
4- Flight Time/Big Easy choose Wheeze – who seem to lose bag tags. (Auburnium0513: “I am kind of sad that there wasn't a "Total bags 22 out of 20" for the Globetrotters...”)
5- Kent/Vyxsin choose Wheeze – (Auburnium0513: “SHUT UP KENT! Goodness, I really want them to be eliminated!”)
6- Jet/Cord choose Wheeze

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Zev/Justin
2- Kisha/Jen
3- Kent/Vyxsin
4- Gary/Mallory
5- Flight Time/Big Easy
6- Jet/Cord

Teams are now instructed to find the Inderbinen Brunnen Fountain.

CAUTION: DOUBLE U-TURN AHEAD

This is a Double U-Turn. Teams may choose to u-turn any team they wish (well, the team has to be behind them), but they may only use the U-Turn once during the race. If a team is u-turned, they must go back to the Detour choices and complete the Detour that they did not complete. This U-Turn is doubled, meaning two teams may U-Turn two other teams. This is the second double U-Turn of the Race.

1-Zev/Justin choose not to U-Turn
2-Kisha/Jen choose not to U-Turn
3-Kent/Vyxsin cannot U-Turn – because they used it earlier in the race.
4-Gary/Mallory choose not to U-Turn
5- Flight Time/Big Easy choose to U-Turn Jet/Cord – (Toyouke: “I mean, I like the Globetrotters, and this is exactly how one should use the U-Turn to save yourselves, but it makes me very sad.”)
6-Jet/Cord have been U-Turned

So, the Cowboys head back to Cheese and complete the other Detour.

Teams get their clue and find that they must now take an electric taxi to Moos Restaurant, the PIT STOP of the ninth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Zev/Justin – who win a trip for two to Curaçao, the only country in the world named for a liquor. And Zev has the fondue pot on his head. (Toyouke: “See? Zev is wearing the pot on his head, working the word "fondue" into as many sentences as he can, and it's hysterical instead of super annoying.”)
2- Kisha/Jen – (Toyouke: “I am glad that they are checking to make sure they are using the appropriate method of transportation to get to the Pit Stop.”)
3- Kent/Vyxsin
4- Gary/Mallory – (Toyouke: “AND I love Mallory! I must be a crazy person.”)
5- Flight Time/Big Easy
6- Jet/Cord

And Jet and Cord are eliminated. Aw! No more cowboy brothers. Cord: “They hit the nail on the head when they said this race was amazing.” And they ride off into the sunset, with the TAR Cowboy music playing.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Zev/Justin
2nd – Kisha/Jen
3rd – Kent/Vyxsin
4th – Gary/Mallory
5th – Flight Time/Big Easy

Next week: To the Matterhorn we go! And the Travelocity Gnome makes a chocolaty appearance. Until next time!