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America’s Toughest Jobs: Recap

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a change to talk about ATJ here. Here’s a recap of what’s been going on with the ATJ crew….

Out of the original 13 contestants, six remain: Ben, Eric, Michaela, Rommel, Sandy and Steven.

These contestants – and the contestants that were eliminated – faced the following challenges:

Panning for gold in Alaskan wilderness (Phil was eliminated)
Working oil rigs in Texas (Eric was sent home)
Performing bridge maintenance in Los Angeles (Chris quits in the final challenge)
And last week’s challenge was toiling as lumberjacks in the Pacific Northwest. Bryce was eliminated.

The next challenge sounds incredibly dangerous – working as part of the rescue crew on Mount McKinley in Alaska.