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Bill Spencer's Finale Photos!

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maf:

--- Quote from: bcp19 on May 05, 2012, 12:50:27 PM ---It does seem that either 1) R/D took less time to get rigged to descend or 2) were speed demons descending.

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I know that at least in earlier season they have had fixed times for the rigging and safety briefing. That is when teams arrive the clock start ticking and they may not start ascending until a certain number of minutes have passed. That is so that nobody is tempted to skimp on the safety briefing.

I assume the same procedure still applies.

boston_jen:
Amazing pictures!  Thank you, Bill.  Texas Lady, thanks for organizing them so well. :hrt:

Just speculation: I have been wondering if there was anything about Sand Island Beach Park that was supposed to be discovered by the racers before descending.  That could explain a difference in their time spent up top, if R&B took longer to figure it out than R&D did.  :duno:

apskip:

--- Quote from: bcp19 on May 05, 2012, 12:50:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: Prophet on May 05, 2012, 12:44:39 PM ---When they arrive on the scene it took them about 20 minutes to get geared up. Once the reach the top they appear to change gear for the descent. On the way down they are wearing those pads and things that they don't have on the way up. They may even have to change their harness.

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It does seem that either 1) R/D took less time to get rigged to descend or 2) were speed demons descending.

10:47 D/R finished climb, 11:33 seen departing
11:00 B/R finished climb, 11:42 rachel still descending (3 floors to go)

Only 4 minutes to finish the descent and get out of the rigging and leave to equal D/R time.

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bcp19,

I think you may have misinterpreted some of the data from Bill Spencer's timeline as sorted out by Texas Lady.

The way I look at it, we know that Rachel and David were both of top by 1147. However, we do not know when they actually started down. There is an indication that they left at 1133.

They arrived 9 minutes before Rachel and Brendon. Rachel and David reached the top at 1101 so they lost about 4 minutes in rigging and ascent. We do not know precisely when Rachel and Brendon finished their descent and were able to leave. What we do know is that it had to be several minutes after 1142 since Rachel was still 3 floors above the ground and she still had to unrig from her harness. This means that Rachel and David did indeed gain a little time on this task vs. Rachel and Brendon.

Alenaveda:

--- Quote from: boston_jen on May 05, 2012, 08:01:04 PM ---Amazing pictures!  Thank you, Bill.  Texas Lady, thanks for organizing them so well. :hrt:

Just speculation: I have been wondering if there was anything about Sand Island Beach Park that was supposed to be discovered by the racers before descending.  That could explain a difference in their time spent up top, if R&B took longer to figure it out than R&D did.  :duno:

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We don't know; but in the picture number 20 Rachel B. seems to be looking at some place.  But maybe she was just watching the landscape.

TexasLady:
Since we have to do something until tomorrow night, here are some shots with closeups of the clue and something Dave and Brendon are reading, instructions?
(Sorry I couldn't get them as clear and large as RachelB's.)


(RachelB)

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