Rope Swing Finish
Unlike the Swing for Life, Rope Swing Finishes marked the finish line of the course. The Rope Swing Finish was first used in the original UK version, and was adopted by both the Australian version and the American version in Season 5 of its original run. The Rope Swing Finish is currently used in the Australian revival and was reintroduced to the American version in Season 2 of its revival. In the Rope Swing Finish, contenders grab a rope and swing through a barrier of some kind, breaking through the barrier marks the end of the race. In the US, UK and original Australian versions, the barrier was a paper wall. In the Australian revival, the barrier is a waterfall. The US revival Rope Swing Finish has a much shorter distance than the others, possibly due to the high level of contender exhaustion at the end of the Eliminator and the fact that if a contender were to fall off the rope prior to breaking the barrier, they could not break it because they fall approximately 10 feet down into the pool after letting go of the rope.
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Famous quotes containing the words rope, swing and/or finish:
“The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“And then came the most devastating thought of all: I was one of them. I who used to swing upside down on a living horse, who always danced when mere walking would have done, so glad was I of life, so full of health. It was the most gruesome thought I had ever had in my life.”
—Josephine Demott Robinson (1865–1948)
“Vodka is our enemy, so let’s finish it off.”
—Russian saying popular in the Soviet period, trans. by Vladimir Ivanovich Shlyakov (1993)