If I were to try out for an reality TV adventure show, it would be -- hands down -- CBS' "The Amazing Race." Or "Wipeout" ... but mostly "The Amazing Race."
This week in OFFduty Jon Anderson tells you success secrets from this season's winners:
After sprinting across five continents, nine countries and 22 cities in 25 days, an Army helicopter pilot and his wife claimed the $1 million prize on CBS' "The Amazing Race" season finale.
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Maj. Dave Brown and his wife, Rachel, were accomplished travelers even before filming began late last year. He's a Black Hawk pilot and Iraq War veteran now teaching ROTC at the University of Wisconsin, and she regularly jets off to meetings as a project manager for a software company.
Pitted against 10 other two-person teams, the Browns put all that travel know-how to work in the globe-trotting competition, which includes a series of mental and physical challenges through a dozen major legs of the epic trek. In fact, the pair garnered eight of 12 individual wins — adding two new cars and several trips to their winnings and setting a record in the show's 20th season.
While most of us will never enjoy such fortune, the treasures of travel can come in other ways.
Click over to OFFduty for Dave and Rachel's tips to make the most of your next journey.
