Around the Bend

Around The Bend (also known as The Key of Sea, Rope-a-Dope, Connecting With Loved Ones, Brains and Brawn, Hooked Up, The Bottom Line, Tangled Up in Blue, and Don't Call It a Comeback) is a recurring challenge of Survivor.
==Rules==
The castaways will be attached to a rope that is tangled around several fences and poles that they must jump over and climb through in order to untangle it and make their way to the finish.
In , , and , the challenge is divided into stages, with a given number of castaways entering the final round, a three-level obstacle course.
In and , this challenge is used as the first part of Don't Call It a Comeback and culminates in a table maze portion similar to Paddle Out.
== History==
=== United States===
The challenge debuted in as the final eight Immunity Challenge and was split into two rounds. In the first round, the castaways had to traverse through three obstacles, with the first four to finish moving on to the final round. In the final round, they had to traverse through a three-level high obstacle course to win immunity. Cindy Hall, Jamie Newton, Rafe Judkins, and Stephenie LaGrossa all made it to the final round, with Rafe edging out Cindy to win immunity.
In , the challenge was used as the final nine Immunity Challenge and followed the same format as Guatemala, with the first three to finish the first round moving on to the final round. Brendan Synnott, J.T. Thomas, and Tyson Apostol made it to the final round, which Brendan led from the start, only for Tyson to overtake him right at the end to win immunity.
In , this challenge was used as a Reward and Immunity Challenge before that night's Double Tribal Council; the castaway who finished first for each tribe would win immunity and compete against the winner of the opposing tribe for reward. The Immunity Challenge was a truncated version of the original variation's first round, which Candice Woodcock won for the Heroes and Rob Mariano for the Villains. In the second half, which used the same three-level stage as the original variation, Rob won the reward for the Villains.
In , this challenge was used as a Reward Challenge for the family visit. The castaways and their loved ones would be tethered together and competed on a similar obstacle as used in the first round in Heroes vs. Villains. Kat Edorsson and her cousin Robby barely beat out Kim Spradlin and her sister Beth to win reward.
In , the challenge was used as the final seven Immunity Challenge and was divided into three rounds. As Abi-Maria Gomes had bought a Challenge Advantage in the Survivor Auction, she went straight to the last round. Before each round, host Jeff Probst asked a question. If the castaway answered incorrectly, they would have to carry a purse weighing 5% of their body weight. The first round was the same variation as the first round in Heroes vs. Villains. The second round featured a new stage which required castaways to traverse through bamboo poles while attached to a rope. In the final round, the castaways, no longer attached to a rope, had to untie a series of rope gates on a three-level obstacle course. Well-rested and without any weight, Abi-Maria breezed through the stage and defeated Carter Williams and Jonathan Penner to win immunity.
In , the challenge was once again used as a Reward Challenge for the family visit. Castaways would have to traverse several hitching posts both in shallow water and on the beach. In a race between David Wright, Hannah Shapiro, Jay Starrett, Ken McNickle, and Zeke Smith, Jay edged out the others to win reward.
In , the challenge was used as a Reward Challenge, returning to a variation similar to the one used in the first round in Guatemala. This time, however, the castaways competed in pairs, and would have to unclip themselves after getting through the obstacle and attempt to land five rings onto a target. In a close race between the three pairs, the yellow team of Chrissy Hofbeck and Devon Pinto managed to land their rings onto their target first to win reward.
In , the challenge was used as the third Immunity Challenge, modified for tribal use. In the first stage, one member would have to traverse a fence obstacle similar to the first round in Heroes vs. Villains. In the second stage, three members would would have to work together untangle three ropes as done in the Tangled Up challenge. In the third stage, two members would use the ropes to lasso and pull in a platform on which the last two members would build a pyramid puzzle. David and Goliath were neck-and-neck in the challenge, but David ultimately edged out Goliath in finishing their puzzle to win immunity, sending Goliath to their first Tribal Council.
In , the challenge was used as the second re-entry duel. Castaways would have to first traverse a fence obstacle similar to the first round in Heroes vs. Villains, then untangle a knotted rope gate and build a rope bridge. Finally, castaways would have to untie a bag of balls, then maneuver two balls through a table maze and land them in the slots in the table maze as done in the Paddle Out challenge. Aurora McCreary, Chris Underwood, and Joe Anglim all managed to land their first ball, with Chris then edging out Aurora and Joe in landing his second ball to win, earning him a spot back in the game and resulting in the permanent elimination of Aurora, Joe, Aubry Bracco, David Wright, Eric Hafemann, Julia Carter, Kelley Wentworth, Reem Daly, Ron Clark, and Wardog DaSilva.
In , the challenge was again used as the second Edge of Extinction re-entry duel, using the same variation as Edge of Extinction, with the exception of digging up a rope rung instead of a knotted rope gate. In addition, Natalie Anderson, Parvati Shallow, Wendell Holland, and Yul Kwon all bought a Challenge Advantage that allowed them to skip the fence obstacle. Natalie bought a further two advantages, which allowed her to skip the rope rung dig and having one-third of her rope bridge already completed, respectively. In a race to land the last ball between Natalie, Wendell, and Tyson Apostol, Natalie managed to land hers first, allowing her to re-enter the game, permanently eliminating Parvati, Tyson, Wendell, Yul, Adam Klein, Amber Mariano, Danni Boatwright, Ethan Zohn, Jeremy Collins, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, Nick Wilson, Rob Mariano, and Sophie Clarke.
In , the challenge was used as the first part of the final eight Reward Challenge. Starting from a platform out in the ocean, the castaways would traverse a series of obstacles, maneuvering their rope along with them, to get back to shore. There, they would solve the puzzle from Star Man. Although everyone reached the puzzle stage, only Deshawn Radden and Ricard Foyé made any progress, with Ricard finishing his puzzle first to win reward.
=== Australia ===
In , this challenge was used as the second stage of Hooked Up. The six people who completed the first round would have to traverse a rope course to reach an end post; the first three to do so would move on to the final round. In the end, Henry Nicholson was the overall winner of the challenge.
In , this challenge was used as the first stage of the final eight Immunity Challenge. The first five people to make it to the finish will move on the next stage. AK Knight, Brooke Jowett, David Genat, Jacqui Patterson, and Tarzan Herlaar made it to the next round. Ultimately, it was David that was the overall winner of the challenge.
=== France ===
=== New Zealand ===
=== South Africa ===
In , the contestants had to first maneuver themselves out of a bamboo structure, with the first five contestants moving on to a stepping stone obstacle. The first three to cross the stepping stones will dig up a key that unlocks a chest to reveal a separation puzzle. Although Letshego Moshoeu was the first person to exit the bamboo structure, Tejan Pillay was the first person to get to the puzzle, but his inability to crack the puzzle allowed Sean September to pull off a clutch immunity win.
The Survivor: Millennials vs Gen X version of the challenge was used as the Loved Ones Challenge at the final five of . Werner Joubert won the challenge and got to spend an afternoon at camp with his wife, as well as a Filipino barbecue feast and a new Huawei phone; he shared this reward with Katinka Oosthuizen and her mother and Tom Swartz and his wife.
In , the challenge was used as the final seven Immunity Challenge. The castaways competed in a series of elimination rounds; after buying a Challenge Advantage at the auction, Tyson Zulu skipped past the first obstacle and joined the challenge in the second round. In the final round, Chappies Chapman overcame his fatigue to beat Tyson and Anela Majozi to win his second consecutive individual Immunity Challenge.
==Winners==
<tabber>United States=
Episode	Challenge Type 	Winners 	Winners
 	Individual Immunity 	colspan="2"	
 	Team Reward 	colspan="2"	
 	Individual Immunity 	colspan="2"	
 	Individual Immunity 	 	
 	Tribal Reward(Hero Challenge) 	colspan="2"	
 	Individual Reward(Family Visit)	colspan="2"	
 	Individual Immunity 	colspan="2"	
 	Individual Reward(Family Visit)	colspan="2"	
 	Team Reward 	colspan="2"	
 	Tribal Reward/Immunity 	colspan="2"	
 	Re-entry 	colspan="2"	
 	Re-entry 	colspan="2"	
 	Individual Reward(Family Visit)	colspan="2"	
|-|Australia=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 17	Individual Immunity	
Episode 19	Individual Immunity	
|-|France=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners 	Winners
Episode 3 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 6 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 3 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 2 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 5 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 6 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 6 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 7 	Individual Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 7 	Individual Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 1 	Tribal Reward 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 13	Individual Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 6 	Tribal Reward 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 3 	Tribal Reward 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 13	Individual Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 9 	Team Immunity(Tied Destinies) 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 3 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 11	Team Immunity(Tied Destinies) 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 11	Team Reward(Tied Destinies) 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 6 	Individual Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 2 	Entry Challenge 	 	
Episode 4 	Tribal Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 5 	Tribal Reward/Immunity 	colspan="2" 	
Episode 12	Individual Reward(Sudden-Death Challenge)	colspan= "2"	
Episode 14	Individual Immunity 	colspan= "2"	
Episode 5 	Tribal Reward 	colspan="2" 	
|-|New Zealand=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 5 	Duel 	
Episode 11	Individual Immunity	
|-|South Africa=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 9 	Individual Immunity 	
Episode 14	Individual Reward(Family Visit)	
 	Individual Immunity 	colspan="2"
</tabber>
==Gallery==
<tabber>United States=
jamiecompete.jpg|Jamie competes in .
S12ep12TeamReward.jpg|The challenge in .
ropadopetocantins.jpg|The challenge in .
Bananaetiq.jpg|The Heroes compete in .
One World Rope-a-Dope.jpg|The castaways and their loved ones compete in .
RADPPa.jpg|Jonathan competes in .
S33 Ep12 SG 124.jpg|Will competes in .
Goliath tangled up in blue.jpg|Goliath competes in .
S38E13 EoEC.jpg|The voted out players compete to re-enter the game in .
S40E14 Parvati EoE.JPG|Parvati competes in .
|-|Australia=
AU17Ep17.png|Asatoa competing in .
AuAsEp19.jpg|Kalokalo competing in .
|-|France=
KLS1 Ep3 Around the Bend.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS3 Ep3 Around the Bend.png|The challenge in .
KLS4 Ep2 Around the Bend.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS5 Ep5 Around the Bend.jpg|Kumo competing in .
KLS6 Ep6 Around the Bend.jpg|Mosso competing in .
KLS7 Ep6 AroundtheBend.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS9 Ep7 Around the Bend.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS10 Ep7 Around the Bend.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS11 Ep1 Reward Challenge.jpg|Malabou competing in .
Kls12.ep13.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS13 Ep6 Reward Challenge.jpg|Wasaï competing in .
KLS16 Ep3 Around the Bend.png|Simban competing in .
KLS17 Ep13 Around the Bend.png|The challenge in .
KLS18 Ep9 Around the Bend.png|The challenge in .
KLS19 Ep3 Around the Bend.png|The challenge in .
KLS20 Ep11 Around the Bend.png|The challenge in .
KLS21 Ep11 Around the Bend.png|The challenge in .
KLS22 Ep6 Around the Bend.png|Candice and Yassin competing in .
KLS24 Ep2 Around the Bend.png|Héros competing in .
KLS25 Ep4 Immunity Challenge.png|The challenge in .
KLS25 Ep4 Immunity Challenge2.png|The challenge in Les 4 Terres.
KLS26 Ep5 Reward Challenge.png|The challenge in .
KLS26 Ep5 Reward Challenge2.png|Oro competing in Les Armes Secrètes.
KLS27 Ep12 Reward Challenge.png|The challenge in .
KLS29 Ep14 Immunity Challenge1.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS29 Immunity Challenge2.jpg|The challenge in Le Feu Sacré.
KLS30 Ep5 Reward Challenge.jpg|Ricky and Sébastien competing in .
KLS30 Ep5 Reward Challenge2.jpg|Ricky competing in Les Chasseurs d'Immunité.
</tabber>
==Trivia==
The following trivia counts the iteration of the challenge as a win for all members of the winning tribe, despite only one member winning immunity. 
*Adam Klein, Coach Wade, Danni Boatwright, David Wright, J.T. Thomas, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, Nick Wilson, Parvati Shallow, Rob Mariano, and Tyson Apostol have all competed in this challenge at least twice. 
**Tyson has competed in it three times. He won twice and lost once.
**Coach, Parvati, and Rob have won once and lost once. Rob also won the immunity portion of the Heroes vs. Villains challenge.
** All others lost this challenge both times.
**Ben Driebergen and Denise Stapley have been present for this challenge twice, but did not compete in it on , as it was used as the second return challenge in that season.
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