It was pretty obvious Preston & Jennifer were going to be a disaster when they said they were both control freaks, although I wasn’t expecting them to be the first team eliminated as they were in The Amazing Race 14 Episode 1.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Margie & Luke – 2:56AM
Second: Tammy & Victor – 2:57AM
Third: Mark & Michael – 2:59AM
Fourth: Mel & Mike – 3:18AM
Fifth: Amanda & Kris – 3:47AM
Sixth: Brad & Victoria – 3:56AM
Seventh: Jaime & Cara – 3:59AM
Eighth: LaKisha & Jennifer – 4:02AM
Ninth: Steve & Linda – 4:04AM
Tenth: Christie & Jodi – 4:12AM
Victor believes he’s the leader of his team, so his baby sister will have trouble breaking through that. Jennifer is going to have the same trouble with LaKisha. Mel injured his groin in the last leg climbing up that hill. Steve & Linda are just happy to not be the first ones eliminated. He admits he was an asshat for treating her like he did. Most of the teams are smart enough to use the phone from their taxi drivers. Margie & Luke didn’t prebook but get on the flight. Mark & Michael try to book when they get to the airport but are told there aren’t any seats. Christie & Jodi were smart enough to call, but they’re leaving so much after everyone else that there’s only one seat left.
Teams will fly to Munich, Germany.
First flight (7:10AM): Jaime & Cara, Kisha & Jen, Steve & Linda, Margie & Luke, Mel & Mike, Brad & Victoria, Amanda & Kris, Tammy & Victor
Second flight (8:45AM): Mark & Michael, Christie & Jodi
When they land, they’ll drive themselves to Rupholding, racing down the Audubon with matching Mercedes.
The road block is to run off the mountain and take a flying leap, paragliding in tandem with their instructor to the ground 6000 feet below. In the event of unsafe wind conditions, they can either wait for things to get better or hike down the mountain 60 minutes. Tammy opts to run down, and she’s got about a 15 minute lead over the others. Victoria’s the first one of the group of five that arrive next to decide to make a run for it. Kris and Margie decide to make a run for it. Mel can’t go down the hill because of his injury. He’s stuck up there for as long as it takes. Linda knows she’s not the best runner but is going for it. Having waited for a long time, Cara finally decides to run. With the people from the last flight arriving, Mel & Mike are getting more concerned. Mark leaves, and Jen and Christie go shortly behind him. That puts Mel alone at the top of the hill. He refuses to pray… God is busy enough without worrying about who is eliminated from this race. Finally, the wind calms down, and he’s allowed to head down.
Road block: Tammy, Kris, Margie, Cara, Mel, Victoria, Linda, Jen, Christie, Mark
Tammy completes the run first. Margie is next. Kris follows. Victoria is fourth. Mel lucked out and landed in fifth. Everybody else now knows it’s a footrace. Mark and Cara are next. Linda seems completely lost. Jen is eighth. Christie is ninth, and Linda is afraid Steve will hate her. She has run into the highway and decides to hitchhike, surely against the rules.
Teams must drive themselves 25 miles to the Schonau am Konigsee. Jen & Kisha get lost again, and Kisha doesn’t seem to want to know what Jen has to say.
The detour is a choice between balancing dolly or Austrian folly. In balancing dolly, teams must ride a Segway Transporter along a 2 mile obstacle course. In Austrian folly, teams must throw pies at a target (their partner’s face) until they find a pie with a cherry filling. The balancing task probably is a lot less fun, but the dumb luck task has been the downfall of many a team.
Austrian folly: Tammy & Victor, Amanda & Kris, Margie & Luke, Brad & Victoria, Christie & Jodi, Steve & Linda
Balancing dolly: Mel & Mike, Jaime & Cara, Kisha & Jen, Mark & Michael
The next stop is woodcutters. Once they get the wood, it will be stamped with their next clue. Then they will have to drive themselves to Salisburg, Austria and find Schloss Hellbrunn, which is the pit stop for this leg of the race.
First: Tammy & Victor (win hybrid go karts)
Second: Mel & Mike
Third: Amanda & Kris
Fourth: Margie & Luke
Fifth: Brad & Victoria
Sixth: Jaime & Cara
Seventh: Kisha & Jen
Eighth: Mark & Michael
Ninth: Christie & Jodi
Eliminated: Steve & Linda
Steve & Linda were an elimination waiting to happen, but Mel & Mike clearly should not be in this race any more if the injury is so bad that it will make them unable to complete many of the race’s physical challenges. Despite the fighting during the race, Steve & Linda say they wouldn’t have wanted to do the race with anyone else.
It’s looking like Jen’s frustration with Kisha is going to get hateful on a future episode, and although Tammy claims she’s used to Victor being bossy, she doesn’t look like she’ll be able to put up with it for much longer either. Christie & Jodi, who probably are not a bad team (if only they’d get a chance to prove it without always being on the last flight/train), keep cutting it pretty close.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 14 Episode 3 I’m Not Wearing that Girls Leotard, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.