Eliminator (Gladiators) - The Travelator

The Travelator

The Travelator is a steeply sloped moving walkway which usually forms the last part of the Eliminator course before the final rope swing, and is present in nearly all formats of the Eliminator. The Travelator has possibly become the most notorious piece of apparatus in Gladiators, with many contenders finding themselves unable to run up it on their first attempt, sometimes losing the race. After repeated unsuccessful attempts, often due to contender fatigue, the Travelator is sometimes slowed down, and in the case of a losing contender unable to make it up, the Travelator may be stopped to allow the contender to run up and finish the course. In some American versions of the Eliminator, contenders were given two or three bona fide attempts to complete the section before being allowed to run up the side, and in other seasons, contenders were given one minute of time on the section before being allowed to run up the side. Some contenders have been known to give up the event completely following repeated unsuccessful attempts up the Travelator.