Lava-Go-Round

Yesterday's photo came from a lava challenge that Simon completed in East Lansing a couple of years ago. He has provided a couple of more photos of team challenges to follow as well. How hot is it to cross a river with a rope? 77.6. That is the exact number. Dan and I took a day off from lava on account of the damage the lava-walk did to us, and instead played Knights of the Old Republic and went to the mall. On a brighter note, lavagames.blogspot.com has now been visited forty million times, and was named to the Forbes list 'Hot Three.' Anyway, the move of the day!

Blindfoot

Blindfoot – Like the orangutan, the blindfoot is a transfer from a one pole to another, but in this case, the lavaist extends a foot back blindly from the nestclamp in order to create a wedge between the two poles. Once contact with the back foot is made the lavaist then either pivots their body so that the transfer has been switched to the new pole or takes the leverage as an opportunity to perform a kind of guided orangutan. With enough space the blindfoot is very efficient and in some cases possible where the orangutan is not. The only real danger to the blindfoot is hyperextension (groin), or conversely, ridicule when performing the awkward swivel from pole to pole.