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But there was nothing about the challenge that required 9 people to complete it.
But anytime someone is doing horrible at a challenge, they can just say "I'm bowing out of the challenge so my team can finish it." It's not allowed for this kind of challenge. They all needed to finish it.
In other challenges where people got injured they were able to theoretically complete the challenge.
It depends entirely on the kind of challenge. In Penner's challenge, people needed to go into the water to get things. Penner stayed back on shore, and just helped people bring things up, instead of swimming out. Totally fine for that challenge. He could have laid down and done nothing if he wanted, because it was only hurting his team, but he didn't need to finish anything on his own.
In Jeff's challenge in Palau, people had to carry heavy bags, and try to chase the other tribe in a circle. When people couldn't carry anymore, they would drop out, and the rest of the tribe had to carry that same weight. He dropped out the second the challenge started. It hurt his tribe, but it was completely within the rules of the challenge.
In other challenges, like the one with Ben in Samoa, where he got kicked out of the challenge for breaking the rules. That was a team game where they had to score points. If someone got injured in that challenge, they could keep playing, because it only puts your team at a disadvantage.
The whole point is that the challenge that Kourtney got injured in was an obstacle course, and the entire point of that challenge was that every single member needed to get to the finish. It wasn't like the challenges listed above. Once she was injured, she was the equivalent of Daniel/Chris, who sucked so bad, they just couldn't get across. It would be unfair to excuse her, because that was the rules of the challenge.
If 9 people were needed to complete the challenge, the women's tribe was unable to complete the challenge
Exactly.
so they should have rescheduled the challenge in case Courtney came back. In reality, she didn't, so it didn't matter, but if Courtney had returned then the women would have had to go to Tribal Council for a challenge they were unable to compete in.
It's a case of only being as strong as your weakest link. It's always how these obstacle course challenges are. Just because she was injured changed nothing. Same as failing the obstacles any other way. It's seriously no excuse at all.
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