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The Expedition Begins: Swimming and Sabotage
The Expedition begins with everyone jumping over the side of the ship and into the water where they must swim to shore. However, Kendra has some trouble swimming, so her Red Crew teammate, Alexis, comes to the rescue and helps bring her to shore. The Black Crew reaches shore first and Azmyth leads everyone on the search for the sabotage point. Azmyth finds the sabotage point first and once the Black Crew is in the clear, the sabotage is triggered and a thorny wooden gate is dropped right in the middle of the path. Meanwhile, the Red Crew finally makes it to shore, with Kendra heading up the rear as the last one out of the water. "I just died inside. I couldn't believe it," she laments.
The Black Crew continues to forge ahead up the steep mountain, which leaves Louie exhausted and a little dizzy. As the Red Crew continues to walk along the shore, they encounter the thorny gate at the Sabotage Point. They struggle to move it out of the way so their team can pass.
A Sea of Snakes
The Black Crew is the first to arrive at the Snake Pit, where a Compass Plate is buried beneath the swampy snake-filled waters. When Louie sees all the slithering serpents around him, he clams up and wants to see the map again before jumping in. "If I'm gonna start looking through this swamp of snakes, I'd just as soon be looking in the right spot," he says with nervous laughter.
The Red Crew continues up the steep mountain, where Christian's bulky frame works against him. "Going uphill after you swim, it was very difficult, even for an athlete like me," he explains. Jay observes Christian falling behind and realizes this is an Expedition where Christian's brute strength will be unable to help bring his Crew to a win. Meanwhile, at the Snake Pit, Nessa is the first member of the Black Crew to start climbing down into the Pit. "I laugh in the face of danger," she says with playful confidence. But it's Azmyth who unearths the Compass Plate from the snake-infested swamp. Joe Don looks on from high above the Snake Pit, leaving Louie to comment, "That Azmyth, he's a rock and roll pirate. He's the real deal. And then the Captain, he does nothing."
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