
First team: |
Gold |
Arrival
(approx): |
NA. No call
necessary |
Second team: |
Purple |
Arrival
(approx): |
NA. No call
necessary |
Soundtrack: |
Elevation, U2 |
A# |
None. |
Upon leaving the Argentena Mine, teams began their
journey northward back towards the city of Las Vegas as the morning sun shone.
Tracking their GPS devices while cruising along the freeway, after 20 minutes
the latitude and longitude were correct. On the interstate itself, they
had arrived.
Shawshank Redemption Tunnel
- The Setup
At the correct latitude and longitude, the desert landscape which supported
the freeway dropped away to reveal an overpass. With vans parked safely
off the road and on the wide shoulder, the players could run back to the
overpass and enter it from below.
A concrete tunnel, square in shape with ceiling
about 25' high, offered the next clue with a simple challenge. On the wall
some text read...
UP..
AND IN...
Pasted to the ceiling of the tunnel hovered a row
of colored envelopes, and on the side wall of the tunnel opened a drainage pipe
with a diameter not more than 3 feet across. Deep inside the pipe awaited
a second set of colored envelopes. Two simple physical challenges-- reach
25 feet above the ground, and wriggle the smallest, least-claustrophobic team
member all the way down the pipe to retrieve the envelope.
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