Moat CrossingBefore each team was an abandoned fishing net, and beside it was an old vine. On Kirk's signal, the first player from each team swung out to the net and climbed over to jump and swim to the other side. Then, their partner would get the vine after jumping in and cross the same way.
Steps of KnowledgeOne of the greediest and most ruthless of the Spanish Conquistadors was Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada. In the mid-1500's, he came to South America with 900 men and hacked through the Colombian jungles seeking gold. They came across a great city of Chibcha Indians, a peaceful tribe who offered their gold freely to the strangers. Soon, the greedy Spaniards began taking gold by force. But they couldn't figure out where all the Chibcha gold came from. Frustrated, Jimenez had the Chibcha Chief and his assistants brought before him in chains. "Tell me where your gold comes from, or you'll be sorry." "No way, José." "I'll exile your wife." "I—I'm thinking!" "I'll marry your daughter." "You my son-in-law? I'd rather tell."   He winked at his assistant, then launched into an incredible fib about the lost city of El Dorado, where everything, even the trash, is made of gold. "Let me draw you a map." Jimenez' eyes were like saucers. He gathered his men and went in the jungle, but of course, they never found the mythical El Dorado, and the map ended up here in the Temple.
Temple GamesThe Orange Iguanas are Hallie, who plays softball and the flute, and Jared, who enjoys riding bikes and surfing (Kirk even joked about him "hanging ten" in the Moat). The Silver Snakes are Erin, who enjoys ice-skating and playing the piano, and Antonio, who plays basketball and aspires to be an actor. Entering El Dorado (Big "E" Wall)[]Gonzálo Jiménez de Quesada and his men searched high and low through mountains and jungles in search of El Dorado; when Kirk gave the signal, Erin and Hallie had to manuever their chain along the path to the slot marked "El Dorado", and whoever accomplished this task first within 60 seconds would win. Hallie passed through the slot with 14 seconds remaining, awarding the Orange Iguanas a half-Pendant. Hunting for Gold (Cubbyhole Web)[]When the Chibcha Indians no longer offered their gold freely, the Spaniards started stealing it from them; each of the cubbyholes had Chibcha gold or nothing stored in them. When Kirk gave the signal, Antonio and Jared had to climb the web and seek out six pieces of gold hidden in each cubbyhole, and whoever found all six within 60 seconds would win. Jared won with 22 seconds remaining, giving the Orange Iguanas a whole Pendant (Antonio had only found 3 golden pieces). Colombian Jungle Trek (Sinking Steps)[]Gonzálo Jiménez de Quesada's soldiers had to find their way through tropical jungles; when Kirk gave the signal, one player from each team would step onto a tree's roots. If it dropped, their partner would try, and the first team to get a player across to the opposite side of the jungle within 60 seconds would win. Antonio reached the opposite side with 39 seconds remaining, leading to the Tiebreaker. Tiebreaker[]  Olmec: "Which ocean did Gonzálo Jiménez de Quesada have to cross to get from Spain to Colombia: the Pacific, Atlantic or Indian?" Jared rang in and correctly answered "the Atlantic Ocean", sending him and Hallie to Olmec's Temple.
Temple RunHallie decided to go into the temple first. Moving at a fast pace, she decided to start the run by heading into The Crypt first. But upon pulling one of the books from the skeletons, an overzealous temple guard jumps out and captures Hallie and attempts to take her out of the temple despite her having a pendant! Once the misconception was cleared, Hallie gives the guard the only pendant and moves into The Pit of the Pendulum. Thinking on her feet, Hallie knocks over the column and tries to get back on the platform, but she quickly falls off the rope swing and is now forced to climb. However, she'll make a decision that will ultimately cause the outcome of the run. (And in a painful way too). Hallie did at first make an attempt to climb The Wall Climb, but upon noticing that the door to The Tomb of the Headless Kings was opened, she decided to save some time by heading in there instead. But just as she entered the room and started pulling on some of the ropes, the second temple guard captures her with 2:28 left. Thus, removing her from the temple. 
It was very unfortunate that the two Orange Iguanas lost to a triple seizure, as both were shown to be very fast runners and knew exactly what to do in each room. Many fans blamed the placement of the temple guards to be the root cause of their lost as nearly every room they went in (similar to Elizabeth I's Golden Ship) had a temple guard in it and no matter where they went, they were just going to be met with bad luck. However, some fans pointed out that had Hallie not decided to change her path by heading to The Tomb of the Headless Kings and continued to climb up to The King's Storeroom (as the door was opened), she would have been caught there instead. And after that, Jared can head there next to finish the objective and never having to encounter another guard beyond that point. Regardless, a triple seizure is always a sour taste in both fans and contestants' mouths, and this run was unfortunately the second quickest within the show's run.
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