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Expedition Impossible

Don't know if anyone else got hooked on this "reality show" based in Morocco but there were some pretty serious physical and mental challenges and the three member team that finished in second place had a 30 something year old guy who has been totally blind for 20+ years, a army guy on active duty now heading back to Afghan (about 1/2 way through the show he seriously re-injured an ankle he had previously broken in Afghanistan and did the last several days of challenges with a fiberglass cast and canes/crutches) and the third guy who has served as the blind guys wingman for many years. Those two guys had a bond of trust that was incredible.

It was amazing to watch the blind guy and his wingman rappel down long vertical cliffs, ride wild camels, half-wild horses, mountain climb, kayak in rapids, etc.. the only time the blind guy got in real trouble was kayaking in rapids because he couldn't hear his wingman over the roar of the water..

and one of the teams they beat were 3 ex NFLers..

there were also several all female teams that did really well..

Most "reality TV" is total crap but this was really interesting...
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