Twins take `Fear Factor' challenges in stride.Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard They spent seven days on the set of the gross-out reality show "Fear Factor," but identical twin sisters Dacotah Splichalova and Erinn O'Connor say they weren't scared, not even once. "The only thing I'm afraid of is aluminum foil Noun 1. aluminum foil - foil made of aluminum aluminium foil, tin foil foil - a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil" ," said O'Connor, the taller, red-headed twin. "We're powerhouses," the flashy-dressing blond Splichalova added. "We absolutely love life and new experiences." The ebullient 22-year-old sisters, who grew up in Eugene and have a habit of finishing each other's sentences, graduated from Churchill High School in 2001. They will be featured on tonight's episode of "Fear Factor." The program airs at 8 p.m. on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . Confidentiality agreements prohibited the twins from spilling too much information about what goes down on today's program. They did not say whether they ate worms or other insects, as many guests on the show have been told to do. "We can tell you that we're absolutely not scared of eating anything," Splichalova said. "If you're going to let a stinky bug get in your way, why would you do the show in the first place?" O'Connor added. In addition to gross-out challenges, "Fear Factor" is known for its outrageous stunts. During one sequence, Splichalova was doused with fire retardant fire retardant Public health A chemical used to resist combustion, which may contain polybrominated biphenyls and antimony oxide and shot 150 feet out of a cannon. Although she suffered a concussion during the challenge, she says she'd gladly do it again. "If somebody asked me to do (Fear Factor) every single day," she said, "I would." The sisters say they were able to take many of the challenges in stride Adv. 1. in stride - without losing equilibrium; "she took all his criticism in stride" in good spirits . Both are well-versed in skydiving skydiving Sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate altitude (e.g., 6,000 ft [1,800 m]) and executing various body maneuvers before pulling the rip cord of a parachute. Competitive events include jumping for style, landing with accuracy, and performing in teams (e.g. and bungee jumping bungee jumping Sport in which the jumper falls from a high place with a rubber (“bungee”) cord attached both to his or her feet and to the jump site, and, after a period of headfirst free fall, is bounced partway back when the cord rebounds from its maximum . Splichalova got in shape for the show by running up Spencer Butte. While in Los Angeles taping the program, the two practiced their swimming in the hotel pool. "We're just typical hippie kids from Eugene," Splichalova said "We were raised with very few rules," O'Connor added. "It was up to us to decide where the borders are." O'Connor lives in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , where she's enrolled in an undergraduate program in Middle Eastern studies. Splichalova has been living in Eugene since June. She said she plans to open a holistic therapy practice. The pair applied to be on "Fear Factor" last May. They both believe it was their "overwhelming energy" that won them a spot on the show. "We're good competitors," Splichalova says. "My sister says our biggest problem is managing our energy." CAPTION(S): Identical twins identical twins pl.n. Twins derived from the same fertilized ovum that at an early stage of development becomes separated into independently growing cell aggregations, giving rise to two individuals of the same sex, identical genetic makeup, and Erinn O'Connor and Dacotah Splichalova say they are typical Eugene hippie kids. |
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