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Sunrise in Rio
 At 6:30 am, the volleyball contest began. The two Teams began playing against the Brazilian teams. The twins did well, scoring a few points. Gary & Dave, however, were being soundly beaten by their Brazilian competition. "There's a couple of sports I'm not so good at. And volleyball seems to be one of them," Dave commented. His assessment turned out to be accurate, as Shola & Doyin scored their tenth point. The twins received the Fast Forward pass, which instructed them to skip all remaining tasks and head directly to the Pit Stop in a jungle camp near Iguaçu Falls, more than 900 hundred miles away.
Gary & Dave decided to go for the buried treasure Detour. They headed to São Conrado Beach, grabbed a metal detector and rushed out onto the sand. At the same time, Cyndi & Russell took off on their hang gliders. One after another, Teams rode the gliders. Gary & Dave glanced up to find the sky filled with a myriad of colorful gliders. Realizing how quick that Detour task seemed to be moving, they gave up on the treasure hunt and rushed off to the top of Pedra Bonita. ( Gary & Dave resolve to stop being morons)
 Several of the competitors were terrified as they glanced over the hang gliding ramp. Peggy worried that she wouldn't be able to run fast enough to get the glider off the ramp. Hope said she was fighting back tears. "Everything in your brain, in your body, is saying, 'You're crazy, don't do this,'" she summed up. However, once the contestants took off, they thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The last Team to arrive were Gary & Dave. Dave looked down and wryly noted, "We'll probably die. But it's better than losing." ( Hang gliding off Pedra Bonita)
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