The racers are off to La Paz, Bolivia, where the 12,000-foot altitude becomes a factor. After camping out en masse in the middle of the city, they have to find their next clue in the morning paper, which directs them to a hat shop. There they learn about the Detour, which is a choice between forming a band and leading it through the street, and riding wooden bicycles through town. Everyone but the Frat Boys and Belles do the bikes, and nobody makes use of the available U-Turn. But more on that later.
Then it's off to the Road Block, where they have to put on tights, learn how to wrestle women, and do it in front of an audience. Ken, Dallas, and Dan succeed on the first try, so it's a second leg in a row won for Ken and Tina. Most of the other teams have to take more than one crack at it (including the Belles, who end up in fourth. I know!). From there, it's a mad taxi race through town to the Pit Stop, during which Mark and Bill realize they misread their clue. They arrive eighth, and have to wait out a 30-minute time penalty while hoping the last-place Divorcees don't arrive before it's up. But they do, and the Geeks are out. Which really stings for them; the last thing they expected was to get Philiminated by being dumb.
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