Overview
- Day 7 features a two‑kilometer canoe run on an Amazon tributary using leaky, aging boats that snag on vines, forcing constant bailing and slowing progress.
- After landing, Joe Vogel inadvertently disturbs a wasp nest, sending the group on a more strenuous detour toward the next instruction point.
- Production orders to leave tarps at the canoes are followed by heavy rain, leading contestants to improvise shelters from ponchos and foliage as fatigue and hunger intensify.
- Kris Grippo and AviveHD describe flagging energy and lack of food, with Kris pausing after feeling faint and noting his body’s clear calorie deficit.
- As viewers question safety‑rule breaches, Vogel defends some choices in a Reddit Q&A, and a production representative says the rules were for safety, violations were not pre‑approved, and participants appeared to knowingly accept higher risk.