From
the CBS press photos, helpfully available at TVGuide.com (along
with some interesting video clips), it appears the first
IC involves both tribes carrying massive Chinese dragons
around an obstacle course - over stairs, through muddy water,
and so on.
John Kirhoffer (challenge producer) had
this description on the TV Guide channel preview: "The course
is about the length of a football field-and-a-half. Once
they get to... basically the halfway point, they have to
cross a couple of bridges. The way they do this is the guy
in the lead, that's carrying the head, will break away and
then scale a couple of walls, pulling some pins and dropping
some drawbridges. Then once they're past the drawbridges,
they get a key, come back, release the rest of the tribe,
get back on with the dragon and race through the swamp."
We also note that the in-game shots of
Frosti and Ashley (neither looking particularly pleased)
appear to come immediately after the first IC (as does James's
shot, but it's less relevant).
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A new TV ad (8/28) shows additional footage
from this challenge, of Zhan Hu struggling with their dragon
through the muck. They also show James and Frosti scaling
an obstacle, both dressed as in the Ep1 IC (below - note
James's buff placement). In this shot, they're scaling a
wall, with no dragons or teammates visible. From the TV Guide
channel preview, this segment features Frosti and James racing
over obstacles to retrieve keys, allowing them to unlock
gates and allow their tribe to complete the rest of the course.
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Other ads also show wall-scaling footage
that may also be from this challenge. In it, Frosti is shown
flying from a ramp to the top of a wall in an obstacle course.
Again, no dragons or other contestants in sight,
but we note that he's dressed the same as in the Ep1 IC shots,
and that the course layout looks the same. There are also
similar color-coded dividers visible beyond the wall. Is
this part of the first IC? Maybe. We think we see the sash
around his waist in the press shot with the dragon at the
top of the page, but it's hard to say for sure. (Note: other
challenges are also shown in the TV ads, most likely from Ep2). Update:
The TV Guide channel's preview confirmed that this is indeed
part of the first challenge.
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So who wins? Well, since SurvivorSkills says
Chicken is the boot, Fei Long must win, sending the
Zhan Hu tribe to tribal council.
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