They get news that they all report to the RI, no word on the merge, but Rob says we need to be safe and take all of our stuff....Phillip doesn't want to, but will, he's learned alot from Rob.

Mike at Zap says if this is a merge he's ready to take on Rob....makes me think that Mike is going home tonight....

Matt has hurt his foot, Sarita thinks she's a worthy opponent....Tribes come to the RI arena where Jeff tells them that whoever wins this duel is back in the game...

On RI, Rob says if Matt wins it's not good for me, he could be holding it against me so he could defect, that's what I would do....

Been in the challenge 15 minutes, they have to move down to next foothold, change in 15 seconds, challenge continues. Omes are cheering for Matt (Phillip), Steve for Sarita...Phillip give us some insight...talks about a samurai...facing difficult things, blah, blah, blah....talks for a long time, it's all up here and points to his head, keep your focus Matt....time to move to the third foothold....stuch here to the end of the challenge....Zaps are telling Sarita, "zen"....this is it, they are on an 1/8th of an inch....Matt readjusts, cramps....zap cheering for Sarita...Sarita finding a zone...Phil cheering on Matt, Sarita digging deep....she falls. Matt is winner, seizes the moment and reenters this game....

Sarita is bummed, thought she had it. Matt is back in the game. Congrats, 6 duels, 6 wins, he has a new buff for him , it's clean and a different color cause we are merged, the one tribe....hugs, Rooster and Matt, Glenn, Andrea and Matt hug, merge to a new beach. Beginning with next TC, we have a new RI, Matt you could be voted out again, what! give me a minute. Matt talks about how RI helped him, he learned alot, he has a couple of options can go with Zap, or Ometepe but one slip up out here and you are gone....