Travis Rindler

Travis Rindler is a contestant from ​Surviving Reelfoot Lake.

Travis has the distinction of being the first person ever voted off of the Surviving Reelfoot franchise and being the victim of the series' first ever blindside.

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Age: 29 Hometown: Dayton, Ohio Occupation: Social Worker

Survivor
To begin the game Desiray and Kyle were randomly selected to be team captains, Desiray picking for the Kalopin tribe and Kyle for the Copiah tribe. Travis was drafted third overall to the Kalopin tribe. The Kalopin tribe went on to win the initial reward challenge and the extra tarp.

Starting the game out, Travis seemed to integrate well with the very cohesive Kalopin tribe. He led the charge in making fire, becoming the first tribe to make fire in the series history and the first person to do so. Daren proclaimed Travis the 'Fire Master' after his success.

Travis was a blocker for the 'Throw and Catch' challenge and despite going down 2-0 early on, his blocking presence allowed to his tribe to comeback and ultimately win the reward challenge and the spaghetti dinner that went with it.

The harmonious spaghetti dinner was followed by a crushing and swift defeat in the water bucket immunity challenge, sending Kalopin to tribal council.

Travis was a proponent of voting out Daren for his relationship to his son on the other tribe. However, after the immunity challenge, Jaylen found a hidden immunity idol and realized that Travis had seen him find it. Ultimately Jaylen and Desiray decided to side with Daren, and Travis was voted out in a 3-2 vote becoming the first contestant voted out of the Surviving Reelfoot series. On the way out from tribal, Travis decided to call out Jaylen for possessing the tribe's hidden immunity idol.

At final tribal council, Travis was undecided between the two finalists but decided to vote for Jared in the end despite never having been on a tribe with him, based on the testimonials and tribal councils he watched throughout the game.

Trivia

 * Travis is the first, first boot in Surviving Reelfoot history.
 * Travis is the first victim of a blindside in Surviving Reelfoot history.
 * Travis was the first person to make fire for their tribe in Surviving Reelfoot history.
 * Travis was the first man to be eliminated from the Surviving Reelfoot series.
 * Travis is the first juror in Surviving Reelfoot history.