On Amazing Race | Spectacular, Snowy Switzerland

Teams flew from the Southern African country BOTSWANA to the city of Zurich, located in northern SWITZERLAND. Once they arrived at the airport, they traveled south towards a much smaller community in Southern Switzerland. This town is Grindelwald, which boasts a beautiful church named Kirche (Church) Grindelwald. In this episode, teams rode the train rather frequently to get from one destination to the next. The first task was to walk a rescue dog from one rugged location to the next. Traveling by train, teams then went to the Eiger Mountain, which is a little more than three miles south of Grindelwald — as shown in the interactive Bing map below.

The challenge at this mountain called for a member of each team to horizontally climb across a dangerous mountainside thousands of feet above sea level to retrieve a hanging Travelocity gnome. Wynona had the most trouble with this challenge, not to mention being understandably frightened by the height! The next challenge was amusing: teams climbed to the top of a snow-covered hill to get four wheels of cheese, a total of 200 pounds. They then had to transport the cheese with two wooden sleds downhill. While Chuck and Wynona were last to complete the challenge, they actually arrived at the Pit Stop before Joey and Meghan did because that team walked instead of taking a taxi to the Pit Stop. However, Chuck and Wynona received a 30-minute penalty since they improperly rolled the cheese down the hill (they were supposed to keep them on the sleds). Joey and Meghan arrived before the penalty expired, so Chuck and Wynona were eliminated.

Results: Team Anthony and Bates arrived at the Pit Stop first yet again, winning a trip to the island of Bora Bora in French Polynesia. Mona and Beth were second, Max and Katie were third, Caroline and Jennifer were fourth, Joey and Meghan were sixth, and Chuck and Wynona were last and eliminated.

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