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Aaron Thornburg
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Full name

Aaron Daniel Thornburg

Endurance, 1st place
Hometown

Bozeman, MT

Age

15

Team

Blue Team

Partner

Jonna Mannion

Arrived

Right to Stay

Left

Don't Drop the Ball

Aaron is the outdoorsy type, who loves fishing and hunting. (He once caught 300 snakes in two days!). He has his own business making Christmas ornaments out of fly-fishing hooks, and he can do some mean animal calls, including a bull elk mating call, a cow in heat and a gobbler turkey.

—DiscoveryKids.com bio

Aaron Daniel Thornburg (born July 12, 1987) is a former contestant and winner on Endurance. He competed alongside his partner, Jonna Mannion, as the Blue Team.

About[]

Aaron was homeschooled until ninth grade. . He and his father are rattlesnake hunters. In his audition tape for Endurance, Aaron crosscountry skiied with his cat on his shoulder.

Endurance[]

At fifteen years old, Aaron was selected to be a part of the first season of Endurance.

Aaron was one of the contestants that made it through the Right to Stay. In the partner selection, he didn't want to be part of the drama, because it made enemies of each other. He was one of the four people who went against Jonna's list. Ironically, he was paired with her on the list and in reality.

He was a member of the brotherhood alliance along with Orange, Green and Purple. However, this alliance was short lived as, after Blue won the first endurance mission, they gave Orange the samedhi. Aaron also felt Trevor from green was getting on his nerves and decide to send Green along with Gray after Blue won the following temple mission. The intent was that Gray would win but Green ended up returning instead. Jonna was quite upset with Max's angry note about his elimination, Aaron maintained that both she and him agreed on sending Gray rather than just being his decision.

In Plant the Flag, Aaron was the runner for blue. Unlike the past two missions though, Blue was trailing some of the other teams with Yellow becoming the winners. Aaron claim he was ok with their win as he was certain Yellow wouldn't give Blue the samadhi. This was proven correct at the rock as, after doing a survey along with the others, Yellow chose to give the samadhi to Purple which prevented them from competing in the following temple mission. In Squeeze Play, Aaron managed to avoid getting squeezed out but got a couple of the answers wrong. As Ashley was able to get them all right, Red team were the winners of the temple mission. Lana tried to convince Ashley to send Blue but this was unsuccessful. Instead Orange and Purple were sent with Purple being eliminated.

Quotes[]

  • "I don't like [the partner selection]; it's turning everyone against of each other."
  • "I did say I like you." (to Sabrina)

Post Endurance[]

Aaron graduated from Bozeman High School in Bozeman, Montana. He later attended Montana State University and currently works for Animal Planet.

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