What-er Drag

What-er Drag
Recurring Survivor Challenge
Description:	A recurring water challenge
Appearances:	Micronesia South Pacific Philippines

What-er Drag (also called Hitching a Ride and Catch of the Day) is a recurring challenge in Survivor. It originated in Survivor: Micronesia.

Rules

Castaways must race across a floating bridge to the end of the course while pulling a rope being woven out by a wench.  When they reach the end of the course, they would grab either a bag of puzzle strips or clip themselves into a puzzle piece.  The tribe will then pull that person back by cranking the winch (In Survivor: Philippines the castaways did not use a winch). Once all the puzzle pieces are back, tribe members will solve the puzzle.

History

The challenge debuted in Survivor: Micronesia. Eliza Orlins, Natalie Bolton, and Jason Siska got the puzzle pieces for Airai, while Ozzy Lusth got all the pieces for Malakal. The new Airai went on to win yet another Immunity Challenge against the new Malakal.

The challenge reappeared in Survivor: South Pacific, where Ozzy Lusth and Dawn Meehan retrieved the puzzle pieces for Savaii, and Albert Destrade, Brandon Hantz, and Mikayla Wingle got them for Upolu. In a tight race, Upolu won their second challenge.

In Survivor: Philippines the remaining ten castaways were split up into two teams. Denise Stapley, Jeff Kent, Jonathan Penner, Lisa Whelchel, and Malcolm Freberg were on one team and Abi-Maria Gomes, Artis Silverster, Michael Skupin, Pete Yurkowski, and Carter Williams were on the other team. The teams would have to pull their teammates back to shore using their own strength. The team of Denise, Jeff, Jonathan, Lisa and Malcolm won the challenge.

Winners

Episode	Challenge Type	Winner
Micronesia "Like a Wide-Eyed Kid in the Candy Store"	Tribal Immunity	File:S16 alexis t.jpgFile:S16 eliza t.jpgFile:S16 james t.jpg File:S16 jason t.jpgFile:S16 natalie t.jpgFile:S16 parvati t.jpg Airai
South Pacific "Reap What You Sow"	Tribal Reward/Immunity	File:S23 albert t.jpgFile:S23 brandon t.jpgFile:S23 coach t.jpgFile:S23 edna t.jpg File:S23 mikayla t.jpgFile:S23 rick t.jpgFile:S23 sophie t.jpgFile:S23 stacey t.jpg Upolu
Philippines "Dead Man Walking"	Team Reward	File:S25 denise t.jpgFile:S25 jeff t.jpg File:S25 jonathan t.jpgFile:S25 lisa t.jpgFile:S25 malcolm t.jpg Denise, Jeff, Jonathan, Lisa & Malcolm

Gallery

The challenge in Micronesia.

Dawn brings a bag back for Savaii (South Pacific).

Dawn and Brandon grab puzzle pieces for their tribe (South Pacific).

Skupin getting pulled in by the Blue Team in Philippines.

Carter competes in Philippines.

Trivia

• Ozzy Lusth is the only person to compete in this challenge twice. He lost both times.