In TNT’s 72 Hours, three teams of strangers must travel through a variety of challenging environments in search of a briefcase filled with money. Competitors navigate a wide variety of terrains, mountainous Southern Rockies and jungles of the South Pacific.

As a producer on 72 Hours, I spent a month in Fiji, designing and ground-truthing the race course, managing show logistics including camera crews, helicopters and ships (ask me about the time I saved $20k of jet fuel from being thrown into the sea by a crazy boat captain), and sourcing supplies.