Jeff Varner's Survivor Adventure Is Over, But His Midlife Quest Has Just Begun

Posted Oct 17, 2015
There were no poles, there was no peanut butter, and there was no time to waste. Jeff Varner hit the beach of Survivor: Cambodia — Second Chance running at a speed that can only be described as “balls to the wall,” in his own words. But the tank finally ran out of gas and bit him in the you-know-what on Day 12. (Parade Magazine)

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