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To: Sybeck1
Burning hair stinks.

Dried, shredded coconut husks work well. Notice just about every survivor episode shows them in use.

The trick is that the back side of the metal match is magnesium. Use the knife to scrape a few flakes onto a leaf, pile some thinly pulled husks over that, get the striker side of the metal match close to the leaf and push down on the knife directing the sparks into the pile of magnesium. Poof, you've got fire.

Mostly on the show you see people wildly whacking away with sparks flying everywhere. Long time to get fires going.
166 posted on 02/19/2007 6:13:24 PM PST by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: 24Karet; AJMaXx; Alice in Wonderland; alisasny; agarrett; A knight without armor; ...

Tune in tonight at 8pm et/pt

The MOTO tribe (green buffs): Alex, Boo, Cassandra, Dre, Edgardo, Gary, Liliana, Lisi and Stacy.

The RAVU tribe (orange buffs): Anthony, Earl, James, Michelle, Mookie, Rita, Sylvia and Yau-Man.

The Losers: Jessica, Erica

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen! It’s Thursday, so that must mean it’s time for your:

SURVIVOR PING ! ! !

The title of tonight’s episode is ”This Isn't Survival... It's Thrival“

The clues from the SeeBS website are as follows:

After a fall during the Reward Challenge, one Survivor struggles to catch their breath, causing an emergency visit from the medical team. Can they overcome this unfortunate situation or will they be forced to leave the game? Spoiler site rumors have it that Gary (Papa Smurf) is the one who has a hard time catching his breath. And even though there is a vidcap of someone on the Moto tribe commenting that “He said he doesn’t want to die here in Fiji…..” I think that Moto will manage to convince him to stick it out for a little while longer. Also, next weeks TV guide comments about “One Survivor’s failing health, continuing to be a problem.

On Exile Island, one Survivor realizes the importance of finding the hidden Immunity Idol if they want to stay in the game. Will they be able to dig up the Idol without their other tribemates finding out? During the promos we see Sylvia making a comment about thinking she knows where the Hidden Immunity Idol (HII) is buried. She wouldn’t be able to make that comment unless she was sent back to Exile Island to get another clue. So, Sylvia is this week’s Exile Island visitor.

In the Immunity Challenge, the Survivors are forced to eat foods off the Fijian menu, including fish eyes and pig snouts with hair still on them. You would think that for Ravu being starving and dehydrated, they would manage to win for a change. But even starving folk have a hard time stomaching fish eyes and pig snouts with hair still on them. Moto wins yet again.

One extremely dehydrated Survivor makes a desperate attempt to start fire with their eyeglasses. Will they get a flame or just burn out tired and frustrated? Jeff Probst commented during one of his pre show interviews that Michelle manages to accomplish something we haven’t seen since Survivor Africa. And that would be, start a fire with a lens and not a flint.

The Reward Challenge involves the players sliding down a giant “slip-n-slide” while trying to grab onto numbered balls hanging overhead. We also see promos of Moto returning to camp, all smiles and hauling the spoils with them. So Moto wins the Reward Challenge.

The Immunity Challenge is a return to the old tried and true “Gross Food Challenge”. I’ve already given my reasons for Moto winning, so the only thing left to decide is who is tonight’s bootee. I think that with Earl returning from Exile Island only to find that Erica was booted instead of Sylvia, he goes on a one man crusade to convince the rest of Ravu that Sylvia should be booted. The only question remaining is, will Earl find the HII while Sylvia is at Exile Island? If not, will Sylvia have enough time to locate the HII between Ravu loosing the Immunity Challenge and having to leave camp for Tribal Council? Needless to say, Sylvia gets the boot tonight, and doesn’t have the HII to save her.

So there you have it:

Cuz’s Weekly Picks!

Reward Challenge Winner: Moto
Sent to Exile Island: Sylvia
Immunity Challenge Winner: Moto
Second Player booted from the game: Sylvia

As usual, I’ll be back bright and early Monday morning with my recap.
So till then,

Take Care,

FReepmail me if you want added to (or removed from) the Survivor Ping List.

167 posted on 02/22/2007 4:08:51 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money (Duncan Hunter for Prez - 2008!)
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