Season 01

[North of Eden]

I fully expect this to get deleted as understandably it does not belong in the SURVIVOR forum but since it is the most active CBS reality show board there is no better or busier place for it. If there is someone around still that has the power to delete this then you likely have the power to add a official THE SUMMIT forum to the site. Please do us that kindness so we will have a place to discuss.

THE PREMIERE-EPISODE 1-9/29/24

 

That was actually excellent.

Probably the best new reality show to come along in over a decade.

The reason why it is so good it strips away all the fluff. To wit:

The host isn’t there to coddle you or praise you on how you are a roll model, representing etc. Manu is stone cold steely (borrowing from Crixus I suppose) laying down the hard truth. You are going to fail if you keep this up.

Next we have NO protection from the vote. There is no anonymity. You have to own your vote. And props to the boot for saying what I halve always said -why would you ever hug the people that have cost you your dreams after everything involved in traveling to the far side of the world. Good on Rose. She was badass military pilot much respect.

The instead of fake (edited)ery like made up A.I. or crap there felt like there was real danger of Tony being in serious jeopardy.  Which reminds me that’s another plus….casting real damn people! When’s the last time that’s happened.

Members perfectly willing to leave Bo behind was an awesome throwback to how things used to go in real life back in the olden days. I’ve read a lot of shipwreck, doomed expedition stories and stuff like that happened all the time. It was a nice peak into human nature before the conditioning of 20/21st century life.

And the final thing that makes it great is that the producers are evil genious coming up with the idea t hat if someone quits or can’t make it the jackpot gets lower…the stakes that in the end you could wind up with a small to nothing jackpot is delicious.

Now a few quick takes on the players I can remember:

Every reality show needs a villain and Shweta is doing her level best to step into that role.

Please let the New YAWK accent woman go next. Can’t hack that voice.

Theron and Rob are so beta….don’t care for either of them.

Dusty-lantern jawed leading man material right there. I expect him to go far.

 

Anyway to sum up-a very promising start…enough for me to forgive this delaying TAR until spring.

 

[seacliffsal]

It was fascinating to watch Rose unknowingly earn her eviction over the player they almost left at the rope bridge and had to carry the backpack for to even try to get him to finish the route.  Amazing!  And, she thought she was out strategizing everyone else.  The real start of her end was when she was arguing with Becky about which players should be prioritized coming over the rope bridge (and she openly told Becky that Amy and Bo were her priorities).  With all of the other options for voting out, it was quite telling how over Rose they were that they sent her packing over Bo (and others).  However, someone did raise a valid point that they would lose the money should Bo quit, so maybe they should vote him out in order to split his money rather than lose it.  

It will be interesting to watch the long term decision making: keep the weak because we 'feel' for them and their dreams while risking our own money?  Save our alliances even at our own personal cost?  This could be a really interesting show...

[snarts]

Is Amy the one who's constantly crying?

I would've liked to hear how the guy who collapsed and was medically eliminated is doing. I feared it was cardiac related. 

I do like that there forced to publicly cast their vote but I don't really care for the rule that they must eliminate someone at each checkpoint. The trek seem daunting enough cause a lot of attrition.

[JH Lipton]

23 hours ago, seacliffsal said:

It was fascinating to watch Rose unknowingly earn her eviction over the player they almost left at the rope bridge and had to carry the backpack for to even try to get him to finish the route.  Amazing!  And, she thought she was out strategizing everyone else.  The real start of her end was when she was arguing with Becky about which players should be prioritized coming over the rope bridge (and she openly told Becky that Amy and Bo were her priorities).  With all of the other options for voting out, it was quite telling how over Rose they were that they sent her packing over Bo (and others).  However, someone did raise a valid point that they would lose the money should Bo quit, so maybe they should vote him out in order to split his money rather than lose it. 

I think that Rose believed it was 2024 and not 1954, and women are allowed to have opinions and voice them.  "She doesn't want what I, big manly-man (right, Denis!) want.  She's so bossy!  What do you mean -- "girl boss" is a good thing?  That makes no sense!" When a man calls a woman bossy, he's just showing his own insecurity.

Bunch of stupid-ass jerks haven't figured that it will take ALL of them working together, as another drops at each checkpoint, to reach the top.  "Alliances" at this point are self-defeating.

[seacliffsal]

14 minutes ago, snarts said:

Is Amy the one who's constantly crying?

I would've liked to hear how the guy who collapsed and was medically eliminated is doing. I feared it was cardiac related. 

I do like that there forced to publicly cast their vote but I don't really care for the rule that they must eliminate someone at each checkpoint. The trek seem daunting enough cause a lot of attrition.

I agree that there will be a lot of 'natural' attrition, but then they lose that money.  They only get to add money when they vote someone out.  So, we may see a LOT of helping others through the trek just to vote them out at the next elimination to keep the money.

I'm surprised there wasn't talk of voting out Amy as she really slowed them down initially and, yes, was crying throughout.

[seacliffsal]

2 minutes ago, JH Lipton said:

I think that Rose believed it was 2024 and not 1954, and women are allowed to have opinions and voice them.  "She doesn't want what I, big manly-man (right, Denis!) want.  She's so bossy!  What do you mean -- "girl boss" is a good thing?  That makes no sense!" When a man calls a woman bossy, he's just showing his own insecurity.

Bunch of stupid-ass jerks haven't figured that it will take ALL of them working together, as another drops at each checkpoint, to reach the top.  "Alliances" at this point are self-defeating.

My original comment was not about her having opinions, but rather how insistent she was-even with other women, so it wasn't a 'how dare she argue with them men...' thing. It's also about overplaying way too early in the game (for example, in The Anonymous a player named Jack just got eliminated for way overplaying too overtly, so it's not a male/female differential-it's a 'read the room' issue).  Anyway, just my opinion. 

I totally agree that they have to work with each other, but by carrying the weaker players with them, they are all exerting additional energy that may be crucial as the game goes on.  Good for those who want to challenge themselves, but wanting to challenge oneself does not mean that others have to 'carry' them or their backpacks.

[KeithJ]

I really enjoyed this but let me start off by saying, half of the people on the show have absolutely no business being on a show trying to climb a mountain.

I like how votes are out in the open and everyone knows who you are voting for.  Personally, I think they made the right decision bringing Bo across the rope bridge.  My question to everyone saying no would have been "what if it is you next time?"

I think they said there are nine checkpoints and this is a 14 day challenge?  They can afford a few slow days but not many. They better step it up.

Which brings me to Rose.  She really wanted to vote out the person who was trying to keep the entire team on pace?  That sounds like a pretty stupid reason for a timed challenge.

[Evenshorter]

2 hours ago, seacliffsal said:

My original comment was not about her having opinions, but rather how insistent she was-even with other women, so it wasn't a 'how dare she argue with them men...' thing. It's also about overplaying way too early in the game (for example, in The Anonymous a player named Jack just got eliminated for way overplaying too overtly, so it's not a male/female differential-it's a 'read the room' issue).  Anyway, just my opinion. 

I totally agree that they have to work with each other, but by carrying the weaker players with them, they are all exerting additional energy that may be crucial as the game goes on.  Good for those who want to challenge themselves, but wanting to challenge oneself does not mean that others have to 'carry' them or their backpacks.

I wish you had used spoilers about the Anonymous - that episode wasn't available in Canada yet....

[seacliffsal]

2 hours ago, Evenshorter said:

I wish you had used spoilers about the Anonymous - that episode wasn't available in Canada yet....

I am so sorry!  It aired here in the U.S. and I didn't realize it aired on different days elsewhere.  It won't happen again.  Please accept my apologies for this.

[ChiCricket]

8 hours ago, KeithJ said:

I really enjoyed this but let me start off by saying, half of the people on the show have absolutely no business being on a show trying to climb a mountain.

Agreed, but I think I read that they just applied to be on a reality show, and the whole 'climb a mountain' was sprung on them as a surprise. 

(I would have noped my fluffy self out of there SO fast!)

 

[tv echo]

More enjoyable than I expected. However, I found the part where they had to cross the chasm in pairs tedious and wished they had shortened or edited that section better.

Edited October 2 by tv echo

[Tango64]

17 hours ago, ChiCricket said:

Agreed, but I think I read that they just applied to be on a reality show, and the whole 'climb a mountain' was sprung on them as a surprise. 

(I would have noped my fluffy self out of there SO fast!)

I would have climbed back in the van, too. I'm surprised nobody did. Or did they? Maybe a few quit and they brought along alternates in case that happened? They still ended up with a good portion of people who physically can't complete this task.

[MarylandGirl]

5 hours ago, Tango64 said:

I would have climbed back in the van, too. I'm surprised nobody did. Or did they? Maybe a few quit and they brought along alternates in case that happened? They still ended up with a good portion of people who physically can't complete this task.

If I didn't go back in the van then, I'd have bailed at the rope bridge. "Please, just leave me behind!"

[dizzyd]

NZ looks better than the BB house. The host’s voice, wow!

[Red Bridey]

I don't think they had any idea of the actual challenge. They must have known there was a physical component based on the backpacks, bedrolls and North Face branded clothing (presumably provided to them). But climbing the Misty Mountains...I wouldn't have volunteered for that! 

Disgusted with the alpha male nurse already. You don't go home with "absolutely nothing," you pig. You go home after a once in a lifetime experience that you will never forget, and gain an appreciation of the determination of your fellow humans. I feel very sorry for you and your future patients if that's "absolutely nothing". I am so tired of the Villain trope, I know every reality show wants one, but it's so "Dark Side of the Nineties: Reality Shows." Overdone and tired.

Otherwise, am looking forward to seeing what's next. Oh, yeah, and that rope bridge crossing. How long did it actually take? I would think the teams that fell off were hauled back to the beginning and had to start again so it must have taken hours. Then hauling the high rope back over for Bo, stringing it up and having the boys go back over again...it was edited drastically but still, as noted above by another poster, was still too long. And I would have said, "Bye, it's been good to know you all." I have an absolute terror of swaying balancing kinds of devices. I don't even like ferris wheels!

 

[Netfoot]

4 hours ago, Red Bridey said:

Disgusted with the alpha male nurse already.

Yep. It seems obvious that they will eliminate sluggards who delay their climb and stop them from reaching the checkpoints. But there is good potential for an "insufferable asshole" elimination and this guy is on course to be the recipient of one of those.

It occurs to me that each time you have to make a "bivy camp" is an elimination opportunity missed, where you don't get to steal anyone's cash. So you want to drag your sluggard to the checkpoint and then eliminate him!

Back to "Alpha Male Nurse Guy"... Anyone know a website where I can go and put names to the faces? I have no idea what "Alpha Male Nurse Guy" is actually called at this point. Which makes discussing him a little tedious...

 

[Red Bridey]

I *think* his name is Dennis, but I've deleted the show already so I can't be sure. We could just call him AMNG 😉😆

[Notabug]

10 minutes ago, Red Bridey said:

I *think* his name is Dennis, but I've deleted the show already so I can't be sure. We could just call him AMNG 😉😆

His name is Dennis.  Here's a cast list with photos and basic info.

https://ew.com/the-summit-cast-cbs-8711233#:~:text='The Summit' is a new CBS show about 16 people

[Skooma]

Yeah I agree with nurse dude being the heavy along with his ally the young woman whose name is Sw-something.

I got a reply as to why this show's "rectangle" isn't on the regular "rectangle" page but buried in the thousand millions of rectangles page where I can't find it.

Apparently this show's forum here needs to have at least 1,000 posts on it before it gets mainstreamed into the active and easy to read "rectangle" section.

But since people can't find the forum easily if at all then it will be near impossible to ever get enough people here to get up to 1,000 posts on the forum.  Defies logic and common sense.  Catch-22 much.

The mod did say they would be discussing changing the rules about such things but not until some massive software overhaul so maybe not for a long long time??

[LakeGal]

Dennis referred to himself as the Korean Cockroach.  At least he knows what he is.  

[Silver-hyren]

2 hours ago, Skooma said:

Yeah I agree with nurse dude being the heavy along with his ally the young woman whose name is Sw-something.

Shweta.  Who I'm sure I'll be calling Sweater all season.

[Netfoot]

3 hours ago, Notabug said:

Here's a cast list with photos and basic info.

Thanks for that...

3 hours ago, Skooma said:

I agree with nurse dude being the heavy along with his ally the young woman whose name is Sw-something.

She was the one complaining about somebody mansplaining to her? After that exhibition, she'll be lucky if anybody tells her which berries are the poisonous ones! Or which nettles make the best toilet paper.

[mertensia]

They lost quite a bit of time because Rose had to fight Becky on Becky's choices of who crossed next. Like, just keep 'em coming. There was no bonus for figuring out a certain order.

[North of Eden]

9 hours ago, Skooma said:

Yeah I agree with nurse dude being the heavy along with his ally the young woman whose name is Sw-something.

I got a reply as to why this show's "rectangle" isn't on the regular "rectangle" page but buried in the thousand millions of rectangles page where I can't find it.

Apparently this show's forum here needs to have at least 1,000 posts on it before it gets mainstreamed into the active and easy to read "rectangle" section.

But since people can't find the forum easily if at all then it will be near impossible to ever get enough people here to get up to 1,000 posts on the forum.  Defies logic and common sense.  Catch-22 much.

The mod did say they would be discussing changing the rules about such things but not until some massive software overhaul so maybe not for a long long time??

I feel like the chicken and the egg principle applies here somewhere LOL. Much appreciated you trying though!

[Meowwww]

This show was GOOD. It’s going to show greed vs physical limitations and social values, and I’m here for it. 
surprised that Bo didn’t go, with the young people wanting the elders gone.

Board is glitchy tonight, not keeping up with my typing.  Annoying. 

[CiscoPug]

Love the whole premise of the show.  The interpersonal dynamics are definitely going to be different than the usual competitive reality shows.  I actually work with Rob, and am rooting for him. He's a really great guy - smart,  funny,  and super personable. We literally found out about him being in the show a few weeks before the premiere and I want surprised - he's a huge reality TV fan. The surprise reactions from the contestants were real - Rob actually applied for another reality show.  He made it pretty far,  but in the end,  they called him back for this show,  but didn't say exactly what the show was - just that it was an adventure. 

[candall]

I feel like I've summitted that mountain myself, just by tracking down this forum.  What the hell?  CBS is pulling out all the stops on this thing--90-minute episodes with the Survivor juggernaut lead-in, multiple broadcasts of the premiere, a gigantic production budget.

 

And it looks terrific.  I like the broad mix of people, the challenges are freaking hard, the discomfort is real.  (I cringed when someone mentioned the mosquito situation when they were all already stretched out in their dinky little burritos on the cold, cold ground.)

 

If this show hits, there will be subsequent seasons, but it will never be as interesting as it is right now, when neither players nor watchers have a clue about what's coming next.

 

I love that we have @CiscoPug on board.  It's so fun to have a connection to one of the participants.  So they just told the applicants it was going to be "an adventure"?  YIKES.  Taxi!

.

[CiscoPug]

7 hours ago, candall said:

I love that we have @CiscoPug on board.  It's so fun to have a connection to one of the participants.  So they just told the applicants it was going to be "an adventure"?  YIKES.  Taxi!

Yep.  And the reality show he applied for was The Mole, so BIG difference from what the experience would have been.  

[Ellee]

This show was so not for me.  Well it wasn’t until I read here ….

I’m watching now. And again it is because of this forum.  😁  

[Skooma]

3 hours ago, CiscoPug said:

Yep.  And the reality show he applied for was The Mole, so BIG difference from what the experience would have been.  

OT:  The Mole is a thing again? 

First two seasons back in the day were totally excellent with Anderson Cooper as the host.  The charm and wit he brought just added to the show and made it great.

But the rest I saw had terrible hosts and some stupid celebrity version which was dumb so I tuned out.  The charm and sophistication was a major part of The Mole from the very start and the others replacement hosts were terrible and couldn't provide that ambience.

(I'm still pissed Season 2 was never released, think it was better than Season 1 but it got blocked somehow). 

Also I read that part of Anderson Cooper's original contract with CNN was he could never mention he was on The Mole because CNN idiots thought ALL reality shows were so low brow then.  Now CNN is doing some comedy show I hear plus all their endless TV through the decades non-news light fluff stuff, lol).

The Mole and The Amazing Race were actually the two shows all "brows" loved back then.  CNN = total idiots with that stupid contract.

[Auntie Anxiety]

Sobbing Amy is insufferable. Honey, put on your big girl pants, act like an adult and stop crying about every damned thing at the drop of a hat. Grow up!

[cocobeans]

I love getting to see the unvarnished, original season of a show! It must be difficult trying to think, move, and plot while your body is screaming in pain and your brain is screaming for oxygen. Love it 🥸

 

[meep.meep]

The Race to Survive show had their contestants start out in the same type of tussocked meadow as this one, with a big difference being that they were allowed to use hiking poles.  Why weren't these contestants given them?  

[ChiCricket]

8 hours ago, meep.meep said:

The Race to Survive show had their contestants start out in the same type of tussocked meadow as this one, with a big difference being that they were allowed to use hiking poles.  Why weren't these contestants given them?  

  I was already thinking I'd find me a big old stick.

  But maybe there weren't the kind of trees around that would have sturdy falling branches you could use?

(Or maybe it's just not allowed?) 🤔 

Edited October 8 by ChiCricket
missing letter

[Auntie Anxiety]

29 minutes ago, ChiCricket said:

  I was already thinking I'd find me a big old stick.

  But maybe there weren't the kind of trees around that would have sturdy falling braches you could use?

(Or maybe it's just not allowed?) 🤔 

I was thinking the exact same thing. Grab a strong stick and use it for hiking. A walking stick can make a huge difference.

[Netfoot]

I don't think the contestants knew in advance that they would be climbing a mountain! But given the gear they brought with them, they must have known that they were going to be in the outdoors.

I make my own walking staves (usually from bamboo and paracord)

and if I am going anywhere near the outdoors, one of these comes with me.

In a pinch, I would also be looking for a sturdy stick and if I couldn't find one on the trail, I'd be looking around the campsite/checkpoint to see what I could "borrow".

Do you think the contestants will be carrying anything like a bush knife? Or would any such be prohibited in the name of making the mountain (and the outdoors generally) into a "safe space?"

[SoMuchTV]

On 10/3/2024 at 3:37 PM, Skooma said:

I got a reply as to why this show's "rectangle" isn't on the regular "rectangle" page but buried in the thousand millions of rectangles page where I can't find it.

Apparently this show's forum here needs to have at least 1,000 posts on it before it gets mainstreamed into the active and easy to read "rectangle" section.

But since people can't find the forum easily if at all then it will be near impossible to ever get enough people here to get up to 1,000 posts on the forum.  Defies logic and common sense.  Catch-22 much.

The mod did say they would be discussing changing the rules about such things but not until some massive software overhaul so maybe not for a long long time??

If this is a show you plan to keep coming back to, why not just follow it? Then you can get to it directly from your home page, and get notifications for new posts if you want them. 

Also, I’ve realized I’ve realized the search function at the top of the page works much better than it used to. Just start typing the name in, and it will come up as an option. No need to deal with the rectangles. 

[KeithJ]

All these people talking “he’s strong” “he’s a threat”.  This isn’t Survivor.  There can be more than one winner.  You want to keep the strong people.  I don’t get it.

[PaperTree]

1 hour ago, KeithJ said:

All these people talking “he’s strong” “he’s a threat”.  This isn’t Survivor.  There can be more than one winner.  You want to keep the strong people.  I don’t get it.

My Dad taught me "Don't be greedy"

Voting off the strong players just increases your chance of not making it and getting nothing.  ETA:  There is no jury vote at the end, they act like they think there is.

Since you must travel as a group, you can't just jock-bro steamroll to the top and claim all the money.  It's like they don't understand the rules.

Bo was a logical choice, but Pati, Jennye, or Amy would have been too.

Dennis, however, can go away any time.  It would be funny for him to get his wish getting out the strong guys, then getting nothing.

Made camp!  

Schweta gets whacked for being so annoying, but she was young and fit and able to keep up.  Could be a mistake.

Edited October 10 by PaperTree

[Skooma]

8 minutes ago, PaperTree said:

Schweta gets whacked for being so annoying, but she was young and fit and able to keep up.  Could be a mistake.

Since she was Dennis' chief lieutenant, I think they made the right decision.

Were there physically weaker people?  Yeah and they will go out sooner than later.  But Dennis' insane attempt to purge all the strong climbers got knocked down a peg and that is fine with me.

[mertensia]

Shweta's little tantrum cooked her goose.

They waste way too much time choosing people to cross over. "whoever is last gets cut, so choose someone who can keep going". Boom. Done.

[tv echo]

Again, way too much time spent on the segment where each person had to cross over that rickety bridge. I got bored and changed the channel to watch something else for a while before tuning back in.

From the beginning of the first episode I thought it was clear that whoever makes it to the summit would split the money. But after reading media interviews with Manu Bennett, it sounds like we don't know what will happen when they reach the summit. Will there be a twist?

Regardless, it seems like all the contestants are familiar with Survivor and are playing both a social game and the physical game. Since this is the first season for this new show, I'm pretty sure the Mountain Keeper will ensure that at least some people make it to the summit within the 14 days, even if the group keeps kicking out faster people and keeping slower people.

Edited October 10 by tv echo

[KeithJ]

 

22 minutes ago, tv echo said:

From the beginning of the first episode I thought it was clear that whoever makes it to the summit would split the money. But after reading media interviews with Manu Bennett, it sounds like we don't know what will happen when they reach the summit. Will there be a twist?

I just re-watched Manu's voiceover from the first episode and he says:

"If they can climb the mountain in 14 days they'll earn their share of one million dollars."

He then tells the competitors:

"Each of you will carry an equal share of the $1m and that prize will be shared by the few who make it to the top."

It's very clear that if you make it to the top, you will win the prize.  However, will they make sure only one person reaches the top even though he said "the few who make it to the top?" Which, IMHO, would be very shitty.

 

Edited October 10 by KeithJ

[Ellee]

I’d be terrible at this.  aside from not being able to complete the physical requirements I couldn’t vote off some people. In this case — Bo.  
 

On the other hand there are 3 or 4 that I’d help pack their stuff all the while saying that it was nice to meet them. 

[Tango64]

Agree they spend way too much time on the bridge crossings. It's not that dramatic because it suffers from the same thing as the "scary" tasks in The Amazing Race: the CBS legal department will not let anyone die. It's all way over engineered for safety, there are experts on site to oversee and doublecheck everything (edited out in this show), and contestants quickly learn that the worst outcome is dangling in an uncomfortable harness for a few minutes. Even the most scaredy cat contestants seem fine with it all by the second episode.

I was pretty enthused about this fresh new show where no one knows how to scheme and work the game, but it seems they quickly figured out how to apply what they know from Survivor, Big Brother, etc. I hope it's not just going to be a repeat of that in a more mountainous setting.

Plus, the first episode made it look like they were going to endure some real hardship along the way. But those were some massive, luxurious feasts at camp! Getting there is hard, sure, but those feast scenes undercut the struggle that I thought was central to this whole game.

Edited October 10 by Tango64

[wintrygal]

Was there another show similar to this that aired a year or so ago?  I am confused with this being called Season 1.   To me it should be Season 2.  I watched that whole other Season, all different cast but all the challenges are the same pretty much.  Feel like I'm stuck in a time warp. 

I do find it frustrating as I did with the other one, that they tend to vote off the stronger players, once they've had their sad useless asses hauled over halfway up the Mountain.  Agree that they don't really understand the rules, and in the one I saw, more than one person made it to the top.

[realitytvfan1017]

13 hours ago, KeithJ said:

All these people talking “he’s strong” “he’s a threat”.  This isn’t Survivor.  There can be more than one winner.  You want to keep the strong people.  I don’t get it.

It’s way too early to get rid of someone like Geoff.

 

My thoughts for the episode:

1. Too early to get rid of threats.

2. Wondering why they didn’t get rid of one of the slow players on the checkpoint vote? Maybe they think the mountain keeper will force them to get rid of more people and they can get the slow players here .

3. Sweta was a good choice for the vote but Dennis would have been better 

[KeithJ]

5 minutes ago, realitytvfan1017 said:

2. Wondering why they didn’t get rid of one of the slow players on the checkpoint vote? Maybe they think the mountain keeper will force them to get rid of more people and they can get the slow players here .

But the issue is that when the mountain keep forces them to get rid of people, they lose that person's money.

With this being a brand new show we don't really know when the mountain keeper shows up.  Does the keeper only show up when they are running behind or is the keeper going to show up regularly.

I would love for a task to be "send your strongest player over the bridge" and then have the keeper show up and drop a bag at the group.  Have it be something like "choose to cut the bridge, leave your strongest player behind, and we'll give you a shortcut".

[seacliffsal]

Although there is talk of getting rid of the 'strongest' players, I noticed that it's the 'strongest' players (with the exception of Dennis) who are helping everyone else who is struggling.  They are helping to pull them up, and in one instance, push from behind.  If the goal is to get to the summit, I would want to keep those who are helping me get there.  

Right now, I would target Dennis.  While he may be 'stronger' he didn't help anyone else and he is actively sowing discord which could have a direct impact on being able to get to the summit.  

I may have teared up a bit at the bridge when Geoff learned what the 'responsibility' was as he so visibly did not want to have to leave someone behind (and cutting the rope?  evil!).  There are definitely friendship bonds being made and Bo seemed like a nice guy-I believe most of the contestants who stated that it was personally hard to lose him.

Amy could have left with her 'moms' mentality.  She prioritized her mom group over the game in the first elimination.  Had she kept that up I think she would have been eliminated, but she seemed to move on from that.  Has she forgotten that one of the best strategies in any competition show is the 'anyone but me' strategy that worked so well for Sandra on Survivor?

It amuses me that they get to divide the money of the person voted out.  Gosh, I'll miss you, but give me your money...

[realitytvfan1017]

1 hour ago, KeithJ said:

But the issue is that when the mountain keep forces them to get rid of people, they lose that person's money.

With this being a brand new show we don't really know when the mountain keeper shows up.  Does the keeper only show up when they are running behind or is the keeper going to show up regularly.

I would love for a task to be "send your strongest player over the bridge" and then have the keeper show up and drop a bag at the group.  Have it be something like "choose to cut the bridge, leave your strongest player behind, and we'll give you a shortcut".

 

1 hour ago, KeithJ said:

But the issue is that when the mountain keep forces them to get rid of people, they lose that person's money.

With this being a brand new show we don't really know when the mountain keeper shows up.  Does the keeper only show up when they are running behind or is the keeper going to show up regularly.

I would love for a task to be "send your strongest player over the bridge" and then have the keeper show up and drop a bag at the group.  Have it be something like "choose to cut the bridge, leave your strongest player behind, and we'll give you a shortcut".

Right so why keep someone that’s going to slow you down and risk you losing the money if you don’t know if the mountain keeper will propose to get rid of someone again?  Interesting challenge you pose about the strongest player.

3 minutes ago, seacliffsal said:

Although there is talk of getting rid of the 'strongest' players, I noticed that it's the 'strongest' players (with the exception of Dennis) who are helping everyone else who is struggling.  They are helping to pull them up, and in one instance, push from behind.  If the goal is to get to the summit, I would want to keep those who are helping me get there.  

Right now, I would target Dennis.  While he may be 'stronger' he didn't help anyone else and he is actively sowing discord which could have a direct impact on being able to get to the summit.  

I may have teared up a bit at the bridge when Geoff learned what the 'responsibility' was as he so visibly did not want to have to leave someone behind (and cutting the rope?  evil!).  There are definitely friendship bonds being made and Bo seemed like a nice guy-I believe most of the contestants who stated that it was personally hard to lose him.

Amy could have left with her 'moms' mentality.  She prioritized her mom group over the game in the first elimination.  Had she kept that up I think she would have been eliminated, but she seemed to move on from that.  Has she forgotten that one of the best strategies in any competition show is the 'anyone but me' strategy that worked so well for Sandra on Survivor?

It amuses me that they get to divide the money of the person voted out.  Gosh, I'll miss you, but give me your money...

I agree , if you want to get rid of a strong player now,  then at least do it with someone who is not helpful and showing discord like Dennis. Amy is annoying me too, unfortunately with her being a liability, she should keep,a low profile.