website. Endurance Season Five - High Sierras: 2006–2007 Episode description Balance is the Key 20 all new contestants arrive at Shaver Lake, deep within the High Sierras, where the fifth season of Endurance takes place. After spending a night with one another, J.D. reveals that one boy and one girl will be chosen from among both sexes to skip the Right to Stay Challenge— shockingly, that same person will choose one more contestant to skip the challenge as well! In the end, the girls select Darci Miller and Kelsey Schultz to take the free pass, whereas the boys select Aric Manthey and Alex Carignan. In the Right to Stay Challenge, each contestant must traverse a balance beam, trying to complete five laps as quickly as possible, with the last two girls and boys to finish being eliminated. Lilly Brown, Taylor Sico-McNulty, Kristine Turner and Cealey Godwin complete all their laps first, leaving Aeriel Miranda, Anna Nti-Asare, Martina Iwala and Stefanie Fernandez to vie for the last two spots in the next episode. Hanging Around Picking up where the girls' race in the Right to Stay Challenge left off, Aeriel and Anna claim the remaining two spots, whereas Martina and Stefanie are automatically eliminated. In the boys' race, Dakota Fisher, Garret Manno, Connor Finnegan, Max McFarland, Cameron Uranick and Ike Moody are the first complete all their laps, automatically eliminating Adrian Bardales and Rafael Liriano. The following day, the remaining 16 contestants discuss who they want as partners. Much drama ensues with Taylor's refusal to be paired with Garret, and some contestants even contemplate having them as a team to be an easy target. In the partner selection game, the last person holding on will win the right to choose the first team, although it's not going to be their own (to be continued in the next episode). Unwind Dakota wins the partner selection game, and picks Cameron and Aeriel to be the first team. They then select Dakota and Kelsey to be second team, who selects Alex and Cealey to be the third team, who selects Aric and Lilly to be the fourth team, who selects Max and Kristine to be the fifth team, who selects Connor and Darci to be the sixth team, who selects Ike and Taylor to be the seventh team, leaving Garret and Anna as the eighth and final team. As yet another added twist, J.D.