NO STORYBOOK ENDING Austin written out of Gitanos
The former La Mina alliance continues to take a beating as Austin Carty, the 24-year-old author from High Point, North Carolina, is voted out in a 6-3 decision. When he admits to throwing an earlier Challenge, Austin's error in judgment sours the Casaya contingent and they vote him out, considering him a game-player, thus a threat. With his Final Words, Austin admits his dilemma: "It was very difficult for me to negotiate the line between integrity and playing the game of SURVIVOR."
About Last Night
The morning after a Tribal Council in which Nick Stanbury was voted out, the alliance of former La Mina members is down another person. Thinking that he would be the one to go, Austin revealed at Tribal that he had thrown the previous Immunity Challenge as a tactic to make the Casaya alliance believe him weak. "That was so stupid to let them know my plan," Austin laments, "because now I'm afraid people are questioning whether they really trust me." Terry, knowing that Casaya will be gunning for Austin, hopes that La Mina can pull a defector to their side. Terry admits, "I'm still a team guy. I'm still a La Mina guy versus the remaining Casaya members, and I'm hoping to turn it around a little bit."
