Barrel Roll/Cotton Reel
An obstacle present during the first season of the American and UK revivals, this obstacle, called the Barrel Roll in the US and the Cotton Reel in the UK, requires contenders to hold on to a log that is then rolled down an incline. This obstacle is similar to the Rolling Log obstacle used in the Japanese TV series SASUKE. Both tracks have steeper drop sections to jar contenders loose, but there is no penalty for falling off the log early. The US Barrel Roll included a rope that Contenders are allowed to hold on to, but the UK Cotton Reel does not, and as a result, No UK Contender* ever completed the obstacle.
^* UK Gladiator Atlas, competing in the Series 1 Legends Special, was able to successfully complete the cotton reel.
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Toward heaven still,
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Apples I didn’t pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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