The cast meets up on a hill in Malibu, CA where a suitcase is dropped by a hellicopter. A tape and tape player are in the suicase and 5 plastic bags. Mark, Shelley, Alison, Kit and Carlos are instructed to put all of their cash and credit cards in the plastic bags and follow the dirt road to their winnebago. The cast gets their first clue and says to drive to Ivan Powah Lake in Nevada and get one sail before the big race. They get lost and then arrive in Ivan Powah, their mission is to landsail on a dried lake, the first 2 winners of the race recieves a hotel room in Excalibur in Las Vegas. Mark comes in first and Carlos comes in second. In Las Vegas they recieve a clue that says to meet the youngest mayor in America in Nogales Arizona. Once arriving in Nogales, they are instructed to particpate in a Pentathalon which they are all nervous about.