I probably would have chosen food, but would not be able to finish it. I thought the two teams that maybe could do it were Jet/Cord and Flight Time/Big Easy, but both chose the couch task.

I think I would have chosen the food too! 12 minutes sounded like a long time to me - I'm a fast eater. But that WAS a lot of fried food . . . and would not have been easy to go down. Now Sacher Torte! Yum!!!

The thought of having to carry a couch a mile would have intimidated me. But as they all did, I would have had to too! ;0

Not that I have an opinion one way or another ;)
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I'm with you -- Long Hard Walk all the way! I'm pretty good with directions but not so good with eating a ton of food -- or timed eating. I've never been a big eater, so that's the main reason why I would've skipped it.

Yeah, I'm pretty good with directions, too. My hesitation in doing those kind of tasks is it's often the luck of the draw finding someone who can give you good directions to the place, and in some countries (though probably not Austria) the signs seem like they can be pretty confusing.

Depends on my partner. If I clone myself, I take the food - I'm a pretty big guy, have a healthy appetite, eat like a caveman, and tend to be a pretty fast eater. Not sure if I could accomplish it, but I would sure as hell try.

If my partner is a skinny person whose idea of a big meal is two cucumber strips and a sip of water, no way am I chancing it.

Truthfully, though, I watch a lot of Man vs. Food. I know how easily food can whip a guy's ass. But that challenge? Looked pretty similar to a food challenge I took six months ago called the Double Dog Dare (in a hot dog place no one's ever heard of here.) Basically, two big hot dogs butterflied and served on a hoagie bun - with four mozzarella sticks, two chicken strips, toppings, and what appeared to be cole slaw, alongside a pound of fries. I polished it off in about 10 1/2 minutes - well within the time limit - and asked for seconds. And it would have been faster if I hadn't dipped half the fries in ranch dressing.

That said, if I do the food challenge, I'd have to be absolutely certain I could finish in 12 minutes - or I'd take one look at the food and say, "The hell with this," and spend my 12 minutes looking at Vienna while discussing the best way to carry a couch. No point in doing that with a bunch of stomach cramps if I don't think I can finish.

>Depends on my partner. If I
>clone myself, I take the
>food - I'm a pretty
>big guy, have a healthy
>appetite, eat like a caveman,
>and tend to be a
>pretty fast eater. Not sure
>if I could accomplish it,
>but I would sure as
>hell try.
>
>If my partner is a skinny
>person whose idea of a
>big meal is two cucumber
>strips and a sip of
>water, no way am I
>chancing it.
>
>Truthfully, though, I watch a lot
>of Man vs. Food. I
>know how easily food can
>whip a guy's ass. But
>that challenge? Looked pretty similar
>to a food challenge I
>took six months ago called
>the Double Dog Dare (in
>a hot dog place no
>one's ever heard of here.)
>Basically, two big hot dogs
>butterflied and served on a
>hoagie bun - with four
>mozzarella sticks, two chicken strips,
>toppings, and what appeared to
>be cole slaw, alongside a
>pound of fries. I polished
>it off in about 10
>1/2 minutes - well within
>the time limit - and
>asked for seconds. And it
>would have been faster if
>I hadn't dipped half the
>fries in ranch dressing.
>
>That said, if I do the
>food challenge, I'd have to
>be absolutely certain I could
>finish in 12 minutes -
>or I'd take one look
>at the food and say,
>"The hell with this," and
>spend my 12 minutes looking
>at Vienna while discussing the
>best way to carry a
>couch. No point in doing
>that with a bunch of
>stomach cramps if I don't
>think I can finish.

IMO, it's not just how much you can hold but how fast you eat. I have a HUGE appetite but I'm not the fastest eater so I would have been intrigued by the food challenge but I would have been better off with the couch carrying. Also, I have a pretty good sense of direction.

This week, in Lichtenstein

Cheese - Eat a fondue pot of cheese

or

Wheeze - Deliver 20 bags to at least 5 different hotels in town

Again, no question, I would have done Wheeze. Although at least the food task wasn't timed, so I might have had a chance. The cowboys didn't seem to struggle as much as Zev and Justin did with it, but I'm sure I couldn't have done it.

Having struggled through a really good fondue that I was enjoying in an Alsatian restaurant in the past I may well have gone for Wheeze, it depends how tired we were at the time.

If Weltek were my partner, the cheese would have been a no-brainer.

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*snort*

I agree with you -- Wheeze all the way. Not only am I not a fast eater, I'm a very picky eater as well!

Again, I love cheese but I'm lactose intolerant so I would have to go for Wheeze. Actually, even though I'm a runner, I have asthma and the word "wheeze" triggers negative connotations for me, I would pick it for health reasons.

Your choices:

Search – use a beacon to find the correct location, dig a hole until you find a body, then get it out
– or –
Rescue – one team member rappels down into a crevasse, guided by the other, then attaches a hook to a stranded person, then they haul him out

This would have been tough. The search part wasn't so hard, since they gave you a beacon, so I might have been tempted to go for that, not realizing how far you would have to dig down. But I have no problem with the rappeling, so hopefully we would have chosen that.

search tasks are often killers, but I thought more would have chosen that over the crevasse - that seemed scary & dangerous!

Impossible to tell if the snow was packed harder or frozen harder over some dummies than others.

I would worry about the search task so would probably have gone with the rescue (provided I had a slim partner!)

Rescue. AFter all, I may have a mild fear of heights but I don't think my fear would be strong enough to prevent me from doing Rescue -- or from going into the crevasse if I had to.

Of course, if Nat & Kat chose that Detour then Kat would've done the rappeling -- Nat's terrified of heights.

Two beach-themed tasks:

On the rocks – make 100 Caipirinhas
– or –
on the beach – sell bikinis and have the purchasers change in a portable changing room

No contest on this one. I took bartending classes at one point in time and I hate selling stuff, so On the Rocks for sure. I would especially hate selling stuff on the race, because you're practically begging people to buy junk for a lot of money.

Probably On the rocks. Although I never took bartending classes, On the rocks looked easier than On the beach.

Definitely On the Rocks, I would suck at a selling task.

Lovely cheese Mooney

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