Survivor, Jeff Probst | TIMBER! Host Probst goes out on a limb in Africa
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TIMBER! Host Probst goes out on a limb in Africa
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Kenya Believe It?

Meet the man who outwitted and outplayed Mark Burnett

Say you're one of the 150 guards on the Kenya set of CBS' ''Survivor: Africa.'' Who's enemy number one? It ain't the elephants. ''One hundred and forty-eight of those guards are for the press,'' says ''Survivor'' host Jeff Probst. While CBS may have the front lines covered, their online security needs work. By e-mailing ''anyone and everyone with a Kenya address,'' 50-year-old ''Survivor'' fan Dan Bollinger outwitted CBS for the second year in a row by announcing the secret shooting location: Shaba National Reserve. As always, his findings are posted on the Web. ''If I met Mark Burnett, I bet he'd buy me a beer,'' Bollinger laughs. ''I'm not spoiling anything.'' Indeed, when you click on an icon promising a peek at Tribal Council, you get a close-up of a tree. So, it's no wonder that exec producer Burnett would take Bollinger up on his offer: ''I'd buy him a beer. I am lucky that webmasters like Dan find ''Survivor'' compelling enough to actually talk and share information about us on the Web.'' May we suggest Tusker? Probst says this local brew is a crew favorite.

Originally posted Sep 04, 2001
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