Welcome
to Leg 12! Last time, on That
Crab Just Bit Me!, 4 teams
raced from Thailand to Hong Kong. Henry and Evan had a Speed Bump,
and managed to move into first, because Henry speaks Chinese. Conor
melted down something awful when he got bit by a crab, had to speak
Chinese, and then went crazy looking for hidden clues that didn’t
exist. At any rate, this slowed them down and Indy Car was
eliminated on the course. Which leaves us with Henry and Evan, the
dating debaters from Yale, who were nearly eliminated by the first
Head to Head, and then bounced back from being both U-Turned and
Speed Bumped; Cody and Jessica, Team Big Brother, who fell in love in
the BB House and have basically made it this far thanks for Cody; and
Kristi and Jen, the freestyle skiiers who, as a team, have never
placed below third on the entire race. (Toyouke: “This
is a tough final three. Except for Jessica. “) Three
teams remain. Who will win The Amazing Race 29? (click for more)
Arrival
at the pit stop last episode:
1st
– Henry and Evan, Beauty and the Geek Take 2, #TeamYale
2nd
– Cody and Jessica, Team Reality Show YDC, #TeamBigBrother
3rd
– Kristi and Jen, The Freestyle Skiers, #TeamExtreme
Intersection
of Johnston Road and Wan Chai Road, Hong Kong, China
Henry/Evan
(1st)
Clue:
Fly 7000 miles to your FINAL DESTINATION CITY, San Francisco,
California! Once there, make your way to AT&T Park and find the
statue of the Say Hey Kid Willie Mays to get your next clue.
Cody/Jessica
(2nd)
Kristi/Jen
(3rd)
So,
teams make their way to the airport. They arrive in the following
order:
1-
Henry/Evan
2-
Cody/Jessica
3-
Kristi/Jen
All
teams get the same flight to San Francisco (of course). (Toyouke:
“Yeah, I
guess when they give you business class tickets that are probably
direct, there's no risk to checking your bags like there was that one
season where they had layovers they couldn't take. “) So
teams get on their flights in Business Class, and the Amazing Orange
Line gets them to San Francisco International Airport in the
following order:
1-
Cody/Jessica
2-
Kristi/Jen
3-
Henry/Evan
Teams
get taxis and make their way to AT&T Park. They arrive at the
Say Hey Kid in the following order:
1-
Cody/Jessica
2-
Kristi/Jen
3-
Henry/Evan
Teams
arrive and are told to Pull Some Balls from the Drink. In San
Francisco, home runs end up in McCovey Cove, so teams are told to
make their way to Pier 40, find a kayak, and pick up baseballs that
are equal to the number of home runs hit by Willie Mays in his career
(660). (Toyouke: “This
seems hard. And in the dark too. However I love that it's on
the statue but no one noticed. “) Teams
take the baseballs to an umpire, also in a kayak, to get their next
clue. So, teams arrive at Pier 40 in the following order:
1-
Henry/Evan
2-
Kristi/Jen – who actually
take a moment to find out the number of Willie Mays’ home runs
before heading down.
3-
Cody/Jessica
Teams
search for balls and get the correct numbers and get their clue from
the umpire (Toyouke: “What
poor PA or whatever had to sit in a kayak, in umpire gear, in the
middle of the night, just for this dumb task?”)
in the following order:
1-
Kristi/Jen
2-
Cody/Jessica – who get help
from a passerby on street level.
3-
Henry/Evan – who eavesdrop
on BB’s passerby.
When
they rip open the clue, teams get the ninth roadblock.
ROADBLOCK:
Who
brought an extra pair of underwear?
In
this roadblock, one team member must use a pair of ascenders to climb
200 feet to the top of the center anchorage of the San Francisco –
Oakland Bay Bridge. Once at the top, the roadblocker must then
freefall into the center to get their next clue.
The
following teammates take the Roadblock:
1-
Cody
2-
Kristi
3-
Evan
After
much climbing and falling, teams complete the Roadblock in the
following order:
1-
Cody/Jessica
2-
Kristi/Jen
3-
Henry/Evan
Teams
are now given a rebus clue that they must solve in order to travel to
their next destination, the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company.
Teams figure out the rebus and arrive at the fortune cookie factory
in the following order:
1-
Cody/Jessica
2-
Kristi/Jen
3-
Henry/Evan
Teams
are now instructed to each make a tray of 51 fortune cookies. Once
teams complete 102 perfect cookies, they receive their next clue.
(Toyouke: “It's
not a difficult task, particularly. It's not like they don't know
what they're supposed to look like when you're done.”) The
cookies are completed and teams get their clues in the following
order:
1-
Kristi/Jen
2-
Cody/Jessica
3-
Henry/Evan
Teams
are now instructed to make their way to the USS Hornet and search the
pier for their next clue. Teams arrive in the following order:
1-
Kristi/Jen
2-
Henry/Evan
3-
Cody/Jessica
Once
they arrive, teams get the final task.
FINAL
TASK:
Who’s
ready for take off?
In
this final task, both team members must search the 7 decks, 1000
compartments and 900 foot length of the USS Hornet for 12 puzzle
pieces to create a model airplane. Only 6 of the 12 pieces fit on
the plane, but the plane must contain symbols representing all 12
legs of the race. Some symbols are on multiple pieces and some legs
are represented by multiple symbols. The person who did not do the
roadblock on the leg must create the plane. Once the plane is
correct, the puzzle solver pushes the plane to their partner and get
their next clue.
For
reference: The Legs and their correct symbols: Leg 1 Iceland: Off
Road Helmet; Leg 2 Belgium: French Fries; Leg 3 Morocco: Fish; Leg 4
France: Boat Rudder; Leg 5 France: Knight; Leg 6 Czech Republic:
Magnifying Glass; Leg 7 Zimbabwe: Canteen; Leg 8 Zimbabwe:
Microphone; Leg 9 Bahrain: Scale; Leg 10 Thailand: Elephant; Leg 11
Hong Kong: Handcuffs; Leg 12 USA: Oars.
Teams
take over an hour to find all the pieces on the USS Hornet, and then
Jen, Henry and Jessica start assembling the planes. (Toyouke: “This
is how the final task should be: three people wracking their brains
trying to remember each leg of the race. Is this going to turn into
the "hello/goodbye" final task? Where no one knows what
they're doing and it takes hours because everyone is just guessing
every combination? I mean I guess that's a method. It did result in
the team I was rooting for winning, but it kind of felt cheap.”)
Teams finish the task in
the following order:
1-
Cody/Jessica
2-
Henry/Evan – who had a
correct plane, and then switched a piece before having it checked.
3-
Kristi/Jen
Teams
find now that they must make their way across the USS Hornet to the
opposite deck, the FINISH LINE of this racearoundtheworld. The first
team to arrive will WIN the Amazing Race!
1-
Cody/Jessica
2-
Henry/Evan
3-
Kristi/Jen
21
cities, 9 countries, 29000 miles, Cody and Jessica, you are the
winners of The Amazing Race 30! (Toyouke: “I
mean they were the least objectionable Big Brother team but that's
not saying much. I wanted Extreme to win. They dominated the whole race and then went
out on the last task. You can't tell me Jessica was the smartest
person working that task.”)
And. . .that’s
about it.
ORDER
NOW:
1st
– Cody/Jessica
3rd
– Kristi/Jen
4th
– Alex/Conor
5th
– Lucas/Brittany
6th
– Eric/Daniel
7th
– Trevor/Chris
8th
– Joey/Tim
9th
– Cedric/Shawn
10th
– April/Sarah
11th
– Dessie/Kayla
Next
season: TAR 31! Well, at least CBS has promised it to us at some
point. We’ll see when that occurs. Until next time!
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