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Snow clearing championships
Dec. 21st, 2009 02:37 pm* We take you live to our snow clearing championships where our contestants struggle with the next challenge: snow that has frozen to the sidewalk. Harry, what's happening with you?
- We're standing here at the edge of the practice field and as you can see behind me, contestants are warming up. We see several contestants, aged 25-40, warming up for their runs in the field. But where this field just has the loose snow, rumour has it that the finale field has the snow frozen to the surface underneath. As you probably know, loose snow is easily shoveled, it being just a matter of bloody singlemindedness and putting your backs into it, whereas the frozen to the tiles-variety needs additional concentration and minute coordination in order to break the icey snow's grip on the tiles beneath. These contestants are clearly in for a challenge later today. Back to you, Jim.
* Sounds like a challenge indeed. We now go live to William at the edge of the finale field, where contestants are ready to clear this challenge.
% Thank you Jim. They're in for a fight today, as you can see behind me. The board indicates a roughly L-shaped field must be cleared, from the fake front door, running behind the cardboard cars down to the 15 meter-mark. This is a difficult challenge, as neither the cars or the door can be touched by snow or shovel, and both must remain accessible. The two Dutch contestants in lane one and two are ready to go.
And they're off! Jane in lane #1 is taking it slow, but NoKey in lane #2 seems to be suffering from cold fingers. Yes, he's changing gloves before going on. The suede light-weight gloves are off, and the real sportsmans gloves appear from his jacket pocket.
Meanwhile, in lane #1 Jane is taking off her gloves. Her face is quite red, she seems to be struggling with the conditions, but she doesn't appear to be cold like her countryman in the next lane.
As a difficulty bonus for this challenge there are stuntmen ambling about, trying out the cleared field and checking its desnowification values.
* Sounds exciting, William. The contestants seem to be coping so far, though. But what is this?
% Oh, Jim it's a disaster. The snow shovel - of NoKey - has broken! The handle just snapped off right next to the iron blade, and he's looking at it dejectedly. I fear this means an end to this round... yes! The umpire has blown his whistle and the competition is paused! Paused!
This must be the most exciting endgame I've seen to date.
* We'll be right back after this message from our sponsor.
- We're standing here at the edge of the practice field and as you can see behind me, contestants are warming up. We see several contestants, aged 25-40, warming up for their runs in the field. But where this field just has the loose snow, rumour has it that the finale field has the snow frozen to the surface underneath. As you probably know, loose snow is easily shoveled, it being just a matter of bloody singlemindedness and putting your backs into it, whereas the frozen to the tiles-variety needs additional concentration and minute coordination in order to break the icey snow's grip on the tiles beneath. These contestants are clearly in for a challenge later today. Back to you, Jim.
* Sounds like a challenge indeed. We now go live to William at the edge of the finale field, where contestants are ready to clear this challenge.
% Thank you Jim. They're in for a fight today, as you can see behind me. The board indicates a roughly L-shaped field must be cleared, from the fake front door, running behind the cardboard cars down to the 15 meter-mark. This is a difficult challenge, as neither the cars or the door can be touched by snow or shovel, and both must remain accessible. The two Dutch contestants in lane one and two are ready to go.
And they're off! Jane in lane #1 is taking it slow, but NoKey in lane #2 seems to be suffering from cold fingers. Yes, he's changing gloves before going on. The suede light-weight gloves are off, and the real sportsmans gloves appear from his jacket pocket.
Meanwhile, in lane #1 Jane is taking off her gloves. Her face is quite red, she seems to be struggling with the conditions, but she doesn't appear to be cold like her countryman in the next lane.
As a difficulty bonus for this challenge there are stuntmen ambling about, trying out the cleared field and checking its desnowification values.
* Sounds exciting, William. The contestants seem to be coping so far, though. But what is this?
% Oh, Jim it's a disaster. The snow shovel - of NoKey - has broken! The handle just snapped off right next to the iron blade, and he's looking at it dejectedly. I fear this means an end to this round... yes! The umpire has blown his whistle and the competition is paused! Paused!
This must be the most exciting endgame I've seen to date.
* We'll be right back after this message from our sponsor.
