The American version of the show kicked off in Canada.<\/p>\n
The American version of The Amazing Race<\/a> kicked its latest season<\/a> off in Canada, with a big stunt at BC Place.<\/p>\n The reality game show (shot last fall) saw participants start off from Vancouver’s Jack Poole Plaza<\/a> before racing around the city, mostly in False Creek (including a trip on an Aquabus) before ending at VanDusen Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the middle of all that, the teams stopped at BC Place to take part in a big stunt that likely made some competitors’ hearts drop.<\/p>\n They had to leap off the catwalk in the middle of the stadium, which hosted the FIFA World Cup this summer.<\/p>\n The walkway they had to jump off is\u00a0above the centre of the field below. The 200-foot drop ended (relatively) gently though, thanks to a complex rigging system.<\/p>\n But perhaps the event would have been better named\u00a0a “bearwalk.”<\/p>\n Not only did they have to make the leap, but they had to wear bear-like arms and catch a giant plush salmon on the way down. Watch below.<\/p>\n
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