Entry 14 - The Games Are Over

October 22, 2007

The tether repair was completed and the Kansas City Space Pirates left defeated. The high school team, Technology Tycoons, ran once more but were bested by the wind. The USST team had just mounted their climber and we were told to clear the area when the tether broke again. Only this time it was at the top of the 400-foot crane.

The heavy blue tether (an industrial strength machine belt) came cascading down to the left of the USST team's massive cargo container that holds their 10 kilowatt laser. The noise it made as it hit the ground was a heavy flapping sound and it piled up in one giant heap. The safety line attached to the USST climber did its job, but the games are now over with no winner of the half-million dollar purse declared. The prize next year will be $900,000.00 ... unless something changes in the meeting that's about to take place.