Palm-size spiders are enough to make most people run for cover.
But that was only the tip of the iceberg for Kishan Patel, MD, a third-year emergency medicine resident at UCSF and contestant on the new season of “Survivor” on CBS.
Patel’s other obstacles to reality TV glory included getting by on just small bits of coconut, “brutal” contestant challenges and plenty of scheming, strategy and backstabbing fit for one of television’s most iconic franchises – now in its 47th season.
“It was insane,” Patel said of his “Survivor” experience, which is airing now. “It was so cool to actually be part of it. I still feel like it was all a fever dream and I'm going to wake up and see it was all fake.”