neděle 6. července 2014

The Walk to a Challenge

Behind the scenes of Survivor China: The Walk to a Challenge

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Transcript (thanks to James Barber): (text in blue is czech translation)


Jeff: This little video is going to show you how long sometimes it can take simply to get to a challenge location. This is going to be one of the coolest challenges we've ever done on Survivor, one of our most inspired ideas, and the location for it is inside a bamboo forest, which is about a 30 minute hike straight up. It's about 110 degrees today and 100% humidity. It is a kick to get up this. 

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Jeff: Kerhoffer. (runs up to him) Trying to share a little behind the scenes to show how long it takes to actually get to some of our locations. You're the one that actually found this spot - tell me about finding it and how you had to carve this path out. 

John: The way I found it was, 'Nick and Trav (?), can you go find a bamboo forest?' So they went out and found this in a helicopter. Then we came up here. All that you see used to be grass like this (points). We came up with machetes. It took about 3 or 4 trips up here, hacking and slashing with machetes in the rain, to get a basic path. Then our guys in the unit department came up and laid the gravel in, widened it out, and made it into the superhighway we have now.

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Jeff: OK, we've been on this hike for about 4 minutes, and all I'm carrying is a backpack, and I'm already definitely winded. Think about our crews that have to carry all the gear that it takes to shoot a challenge, whether it's cameras and audio, scaffolding - all the stuff to make the challenge, which I'll show you at the top. And then the poor Survivors, who've been out here 12 days now with very little to eat, even less to drink. It ain't no picnic, but that's why they call it Survivor, and that's why everybody that's done the show has a certain amount of bragging rights that they did it. (waves and calls out to crew members walking by)

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Jeff: And now we're getting to the portion where it's so steep that our unit department actually came in and put steps along with the gravel, so we can get all our gear up it. Otherwise it would be too steep, especially if it was raining and muddy - you'd never do it. This is the halfway point where we have water for everybody. You can see how many people need to take a break in the shade. (talks to them as he walks by)

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Jeff: This is no lie. I'm not exaggerating for affect. We're halfway through. Kerhoffer, how are you doing? (He says he's doing great) Well, I'm exhausted. I like to think I'm in OK shape. This is definitely a journey just to get there. 

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Jeff: And this is the light at the end of the tunnel. (?) trying to předvést, like she ran the whole thing, which she didn't. This is the entrance to a challenge we call Warrior's Duel. Look at that, my little bro, Scott Probst, earning that Probst money. Look at this gauntlet, hand-made from bamboo for this challenge. The gladiators will enter this arena to face off for immunity.

<audio of Jeff saying you have to watch the challenge on TV>

Jeff: Well, the Warrior's Duel challenge is now over, so we're heading back down the path we walked up a while ago. It was a success, a pretty good challenge. What we'll do now is everybody will head back to base camp, we will get a late lunch, and then we will head to Tribal Council and vote somebody else out. That's pretty much how the days go out here. Spend a fair amount of time getting to a location, whether it's on foot or by boat, then the challenges themselves take a few hours, by the time you set 'em up and get the Survivors there to run 'em. Then you get home, have a little grub, and you have either a rehearsal, or as I said in this case, a Tribal Council to go too. Hope you're enjoying a little taste of behind the scenes for Survivor: China. 

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