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Survivor is Back--Peter Harkey Bowled Over
February 28, 2002
Survivor is back to the beach, and on night three Peter Harkey, the 45-year-old bowling alley owner from Millis, Massachusetts, became the first person to be voted out of Survivor: Marquesas. The quirky Zen master had sealed his fate earlier by revealing his voting strategy to his disapproving Maraamu tribe members. After Peter's torch was extinguished, he looked back on his short time spent on the island saying, "Sometimes I take myself a little too serious. I should have taken my wife's advice and come to this Island and just had fun. I will have fond memories of this adventure." ( Peter's Final Words
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Survivor: Marquesas poses an incredible new challenge that sets it apart from previous Survivor shows -- abandoned on a tiny remote island in the South Pacific, these 16 new castaways are stranded with absolutely no rations of food or water. Separated into two tribes, Maraamu (Wind) and Rotu (Rain), they will compete against each other and must live off the land, essentially creating a new society. They must battle the elements and, ultimately, each other. Either they must learn to adapt to their surroundings and their fellow tribe members, or they will be voted out of the tribe. Every three nights one tribe will trek to Tribal Council, where they will vote one of their own off the island. One person will remain and claim the one-million-dollar prize and the title of Sole Survivor.
After a three-hour journey through the turbulent seas of the South Pacific aboard the fishing vessel "Amaryllis," the new 16 castaways of Survivor: Marquesas were forced to abandon ship and paddle to what would be their new homes for the next 39 days.
The Grueling Paddle to Shore
Left with only a life raft and paddles, the members of the Maraamu and Rotu tribes split off in opposite directions and headed to shore to their new homes. As Rotu began the immense task of paddling to shore, the struggle immediately brought them together and they began working as a team, counting their paddle strokes in unison. Arriving on shore, the group celebrated as Tammy Leitner, the 29-year-old crime reporter from Mesa, Arizona, added, "We were thrilled, we made it the first part of the way."
As Maraamu spotted their flag and began their final paddle to shore, Sean Rector, the 30-year-old teacher from Harlem, New York, observed Sarah Jones, the 24-year-old account manager from Newport Beach, California, relax as the others paddled. Sean added, "Sarah's arrival was almost like Cleopatra." As the tribe pulled the raft, and Sarah, to shore, they celebrated for completing their first task. Surprised that they had accomplished such a feat, Sean led a prayer with Peter and later stated, "We didn't do this on our own, God's hand was definitely under the raft guiding us."
