Rules
Contender and Gladiator are both harnessed on to separate parallel tightropes, hanging beneath them with a safety net below them. On the whistle, they pull themselves along the rope which inclines upwards to a halfway station. At this station, participants must unhook themselves from the safety harness, press a button and grab a zip line which sends them back down the rope to the finishing point. On the finishing point is a large pad which participants must hit with their feet. The first to reach the end wins, causing the loser to plummet from their zip line, with a shower of sparks emanating from a small box on top of the zipline. 10 points are awarded to the contender should they finish first. There is no time limit to the event. Participants must touch the button on the halfway station or risk disqualification and must press the end pad to claim victory. Participants must also unhook themselves from their harness without any help from the production crew. Should a Gladiators safety gloves get caught in the rope pulley system then they must stop and forfeit the event. Falling from the zip line part of the event results in disqualification. Should the losing participant still be on the halfway station when their opponent wins, they still have to traverse along the zip line, with the release mechanism activating instantly.
Read more about this topic: Tightrope (Gladiators)
Famous quotes containing the word rules:
“Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery? Phooey! You should never subjugate yourself to another nor seek the subjugation of someone else to yourself. If you follow that Crispian principle you will be able to say “Phooey,” too, instead of reaching for your gun when you fancy yourself betrayed.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“Good discipline is more than just punishing or laying down the law. It is liking children and letting them see that they are liked. It is caring enough about them to provide good, clear rules for their protection.”
—Jeannette W. Galambos (20th century)
“But suppose, asks the student of the professor, we follow all your structural rules for writing, what about that “something else” that brings the book alive? What is the formula for that? The formula for that is not included in the curriculum.”
—Fannie Hurst (1889–1968)