Great Escape Run

Great Escape Run (also known as Twisted, Crystal Method, and Fun Climb) is a recurring individual physical challenge that debuted in, and has since reappeared in , , and.

Rules
Castaways must race to obtain ladder rungs either buried in sand or stored in a chest. When they have their rungs, they will build a ladder and climb up to the top. The first person to finish wins.

History
The challenge debuted in in Episode 3, after Lopevi won the Reward Challenge, they earned the right to compete for Individual Immunity. In a tight race between John Kenney and Chad Crittenden, John K. ultimately won.

In, the challenge was split into two rounds, Boo Bernis, who had won an advantage in the previous Reward Challenge, was able to skip the first round and automatically made it through to the second round. In the first round, the contestants had to to dig up three climbing steps and bring them to the finish line. The first two contestants moved on. Those two (and Boo) would use the climbing steps as stairs to provide holders on a 12-foot pole in the water, making a pseudo-staircase until they can get on top to grab a flag. Dreamz Herd and Alex Angarita won the first round, facing Boo in the second round. In the second round, Boo managed to grab his flag first, winning immunity.

The challenge was later used in  as the final four immunity challenge where it was changed from the land to the water. Although Natalie Bolton maintained a lead early, Amanda Kimmel eventually caught up and beat Natalie in assembling the ladder, granting Amanda a spot in the final three.

The challenge re-appeared in episode 12 of. The final seven raced to maneuver a key through a series of obstacles in the water, then use the key to unlock a chest of ladder rungs. Erik Reichenbach won in a clean sweep.

The challenge is set to appear as the immunity challenge in.

Trivia

 * Amanda Kimmel is the only female to win this challenge.
 * This is the first Individual Immunity challenge to be held before a Double Tribal Council.
 * This challenge was used in both Fans vs. Favorites seasons.
 * Erik Reichenbach, Ami Cusack, Eliza Orlins, and Yau-Man Chan have all competed in two seasons to feature this challenge.
 * However, all four of them have only competed in the challenge once.
 * Erik was only present at the challenge in , Ami and Eliza were only present at the challenge in  and Yau-Man was only present at the challenge in .
 * Erik would have been present at the challenge in Micronesia if he hadn't given the immunity necklace to Natalie Bolton and gotten voted out in the previous episode.