Re: [Paddlewise] disaster- talk to the guy

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:27:32 -0500
At 02:12 PM 1/30/2004 -0500, Nick Schade wrote:
>I suspect that for the organizer, the "Survivor" aspect is the key to the 
>whole thing. I suspect he sees some $$$ possibilities. I think he could be 
>more original and still make it a worthwhile series for OLN or other cable 
>network. But, I suspect he hopes to make a good profit and thinks copying 
>Survivor is the best chance. If you want him to change his idea you will 
>probably need to offer a better scheme for making it pay. Maybe 
>reconstituting "Iditayak" (assuming it doesn't still exist).

Even "Survivor" always holds it challenges in warm climate venues.  Having 
a bunch of half naked people running around on beaches would get better 
ratings than a bunch of young people in thick parkas on "Survivor Greenland".

As a venue for a Survivor like kayak race I think Hawaii would have lots of 
benefits.  It could provide a significantly long race with lots of 
opportunities for on land challenges as well.  
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