Beginning pot: $129,000

The contestants have 50 minutes to carry bricks of gold to the top of the mountain. They get $250 per brick for a possible total of $50,000. The catch is that they have to reach the top at the same time. The first team of four to reach the top of the mountain gets an exemption.

Nicole seemed to slow down quickly for appearing to be in such good physical shape. Of course, the overweight guy, Craig, has some problems in the mountain air with a bunch (more) weight on his back. I'm not sure if Nicole appeared more suspicious or just failed to be the mole. Mark stood out as well, quick to give up his bricks. On the other hand, he made a statement about taking the most bricks up in the first place. But considering that if you put more weight in a bag with a weak team anyway (Sorry, Craig!), they are going to have a harder time making it up the mountain. So if I were the mole, I'd load up my team and myself over a reasonable weight. Then if I had the ability to lose some of that money by leaving bricks behind at the halfway mark, like Mark did, I would have.

Clay gets the exemption reward. Money added to the pot: $14,250

The first mission brought a scary medical emergency. The aforementioned overweight guy had some medical problems with hypothermia and altitude sickness. But he got out of the awkward dinner that seems to be getting more uncomfortable. At tonight's dinner, the contestants got their books swapped out. Mark, who has been writing in his diary like crazy, again shows that he might know what's coming. If I were the mole the diary would contain all kinds of red herrings.

On the other hand, the questions were super lame. Kristin lost her money because Nicole was an idiot. I mean, they are all adults -- she coughed, she blinked, she waved her fingers all over. She lost the group $2,000, but ended up getting $8,000 more added to the pot.

When the diaries were caught on fire, Mark overreacted. He completely overdid it whether he's the mole or not. I don't buy that any reasonably smart person would be that upset about losing their diary. If Mark isn't the mole and the temper tantrum was real, I feel sorry for Mark.

The executions with ties are always the more exciting ones. When two contestants get the same low score, the person with the slowest time gets the boot. In tonight's case, Victoria is gone, leaving a few contestants wondering who the heck the mole is.

I still think Mark is the mole, obviously. The dark horse at this point is Craig. With that said, I think his medical condition was real. He also got to keep his diary, which is suspicious. His "condition" could have been faked to give him an excuse to keep his journal. But the mole should be smarter than using his diary for real information anyway. I have a theory that the diaries are going to come back and that Jon made copies of them or did something to preserve them during the time he was away.

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