What-er Drag

What-er Drag (also known as Hitching a Ride, Catch of the Day, and Hitch A Ride) is a recurring challenge in Survivor. It originated in .
==Rules==
Castaways must race across a floating bridge to the end of the course while pulling a rope being woven out by a wench. When they reach the end of the course, they would grab either a bag of puzzle strips or clip themselves onto a puzzle piece. The tribe will then pull that person back by cranking the winch (in the castaways did not use either a floating bridge or a winch). Once all the puzzle pieces are back, tribe members will solve the puzzle.
==History==
=== United States ===
The challenge debuted in as an Immunity Challenge where each tribe had to collect five bags before solving a square puzzle. Although Malakal managed to collect their bags first, Airai were the first to finish their puzzle to win immunity, sending Malakal to their third consecutive Tribal Council.
The challenge reappeared in as a combined Reward/Immunity Challenge with each tribe retrieving five bags. The last two members of each tribe then used a grappling hook to get the bags to the top of a wall where they would solve a vertical mask puzzle. The tribes traded the lead throughout, but Upolu pulled ahead at the grappling hook stage to complete their puzzle first, sending Savaii to Tribal Council.
In , the challenge reappeared as a post-merge Reward Challenge with four members of each team clipping a rope to a fish basket before being pulled in. The last member would then have to dig for a key to unlock their puzzle. The yellow team of Denise Stapley, Jeff Kent, Jonathan Penner, Lisa Whelchel, and Malcolm Freberg zipped through their flag puzzle to win lunch onboard a river cruise.
The challenge was again used in as an Immunity Challenge where each tribe had to collect three bags before solving a sliding puzzle. Naviti took the lead early on and finished their puzzle first to win immunity, sending Malolo back to Tribal Council.
=== Australia ===
The challenge appeared in as the sixth tribal Immunity Challenge. Brawn used their brute strength to carve a significant lead in collecting their five keys, giving them a headstart on working on their jigsaw puzzle. Meanwhile, the Brains were undone by their inferior strength and their ill-advised decision to sit out resident puzzlemaker Wai Chim. The Brawn tribe pulled off their second consecutive Immunity Challenge win, sending Brains back to Tribal Council.
===France===
===South Africa===
In , the challenge was used for tribal reward. Once each tribe retrieved their three crates, they would use a crowbar to open the crates use the puzzle pieces inside to piece together a portrait of the legendary pirate . As the puzzle was being solved, the rest of the tribe had to maintain tension on the winch to keep the puzzle upright. Utara was the first to piece together their puzzle, but they were wrong. Selatan capitalized on Utara's mistake to clinch their first tribal victory, winning fishing gear.
The challenge was played for reward and immunity in . Tribe members had to race out into the water to retrieve five fish traps, each containing two balls; once all the balls had been collected, the tribe would toss them onto two overhead troughs. Masu struggled with understanding the mechanics of the winch, costing them valuable time as Yontau surged ahead. Despite Masu's best efforts, Yontau won their second straight challenge for immunity and a fishing kit, sending Masu back to Tribal Council.
===Sweden===
==Winners==
<tabber>United States=
Episode	Challenge Type 	Winners
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Tribal Reward/Immunity	
 	Team Reward 	
 	Tribal Immunity 	
|-|Australia=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 6	Tribal Immunity	
|-|France=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 1	Tribal Immunity	
Episode 5	Tribal Immunity	
|-|South Africa=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winner
Episode 3	Tribal Reward 	
 	Tribal Immunity	
|-|Sweden=
Episode 	Challenge Type	Winners
Episode 1	Tribal Reward 	
</tabber>
==Gallery==
<tabber>United States=
hitching a ride micronesia.jpg|The challenge in .
Hitching_a_ride_dawn.jpg|Dawn brings a bag back for Savaii ().
Hitching_a_ride_dawn_and_brandon.jpg|Dawn and Brandon grab puzzle pieces for their tribes (South Pacific).
Hitching a ride.jpg|Ozzy at the challenge in South Pacific.
hitching a ride carter.png|Carter competes in .
hitching a ride michael.png|Michael getting pulled in by the blue team in Philippines.
Desiree hitch a ride.png|Desiree is pulled in by Malolo in .
110483 20204b.jpg|Libby brings a bag back for Naviti (Ghost Island).
|-|Australia=
Aus08e06 chelsea what-er drag.jpg|Chelsea racing for Brawn in .
|-|France=
KLS21 Ep1 Immunity Challenge.png|The challenge in .
KLS21 Ep1 Immunity Challenge2.png|Coravu are doing the puzzle in Fidji.
KLS28 Ep5 Immunity Challenge.png|The challenge in .
KLS28 Ep5 Immunity Challenge2.png|Cadlao are doing the puzzle in Le Totem Maudit.
|-|South Africa=
zas09e03 yontau catch of the day.jpg|Yontau competing in .
</tabber>
==Trivia==
* Ozzy Lusth is the only person to compete in this challenge twice. He lost both times.
==References==
Category:Recurring Challenges
Category:Survivor: South Pacific
Category:South Pacific Challenges
Category:Survivor: Micronesia
Category:Micronesia Challenges
Category:Survivor: Philippines
Category:Philippines Challenges
Category:Challenges
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor: Ghost Island
Category:Ghost Island Challenges
Category:Koh-Lanta
Category:Koh-Lanta: Fidji
Category:Koh-Lanta: Le Totem Maudit