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DISSENTION WITHIN MARAAMU TRIBE: HUNTER ELLIS VOTED OUT
March 13, 2002
On Day 9, after a 4-2 vote, Hunter Ellis, the 33-year-old Federal Express pilot from La Jolla, California, was voted out of the tribe. Hunter's leadership was instrumental in the first few days of island life, but his will to survive in the wild surpassed his ability to survive the tribe. With Maraamu losing three consecutive Immunity Challenges, Hunter became the third person voted out of the tribe and off the Island. Having his torch extinguished, Hunter remembered his time on the Island and resentfully added, "I really don't understand the logic behind it right now. I was camping with a bunch of knuckle heads. Hang in there, Gina, I wish you guys the best of luck." ( Hunter's Final Words
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Tribal Council Aftermath
As the tension built after another Tribal Council, Maraamu returned to camp to hash out tribal differences. Feeling threatened by the 3 votes cast against her, Sarah Jones, the 24-year-old account manager from Newport Beach, California, confronted Hunter, demanding, "This morning when I woke up and you guys were already gone, I knew you were talking about me not working, when no one even bothered to wake me up. If you guys need me to do something, damn it, wake me up!" Sean Rector, the 30-year-old teacher from Harlem, New York, felt disrespected by the tribe's inability to communicate, leading him to complain to Hunter, "When you aren't communicating to me it's a form of disrespect, when you just assume that people are going to get up when you want to get up." Hunter felt aggravated by his tribe members' poor work ethic and stubborn attitudes, leading him to vent, "You know you signed on to do this survival game, but you still have to survive, otherwise you are just going to dwindle out, and you aren't going to have any energy." ( Vecepia on camp life )
