Around the Bend

Rope-a-Dope (also knows as Around The Bend) is a recurring challenge of Survivor.

Rules
The castaways will be attached to a rope that is tangled around three obstacles that they will have to jump and climb through in order to untangle it and make their way to the finish. The first four to finish move on to the final round, where the rope is attached to a three-level high obstacle that they will have to make their way through. The first person to finish wins.

History
In, the challenge was for immunity. Tyson and J.T. has neck and neck, taking the first two spots in the final. Brendan edged out Sierra for the final spot. In the final round, it was close but Tyson won immunity.

In , this challenge was used as reward and immunity challenge where who finished first in each tribe would win immunity and compete against the winner of the opposing tribe for reward. Candice won for the  Heroes and Rob for the  Villains. In the final stage, Rob won the reward for the Villains.

In , the challenge was divided in three rounds. As Abi had bought an advantage in the auction, she went straight to the last round. Before each round, Jeff asked a question. If the participant missed the answer, he would have to carry a purse with an increase of 5% of their weight. In the first round, Denise and Lisa got the question wrong and added the extra weight to begin the challenge. With five moving on to the second stage, it was only Lisa who was left behind. At the second stage, Denise got her question wrong again, making her extra weight 10%, while Carter and Skupin added 5%. In this stage, they were attached to another rope, while navigating through bamboo poles. Penner and Carter moved on to face Abi in the third stage, where they had to untying a series of rope gates, while navigating through a multi-level obstacle course. Carter got the question wrong again, adding to his burden. Well rested and without any weight, Abi breezed through the stage to take Individual Immunity.

Trivia

 * J.T. Thomas, Coach Wade, and Tyson Apostol are the only contestants to compete in this challenge twice.