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The impossible ladder challenge
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Quite simple. The top of the ladder rotates but it is lockable (probably electronically) and as such is locked when the ’successful’ participant (the shill) climbs the ladder. Just like 3-card-Monty the con only works if the audience see someone else do it.

Hill climb challenge:

3 feet or arms on at all times. Alternating arms and feet. My friend has won countless prizes (and gives them all away)

Going up I kept both my feet close to the center and used speed. Took me about 7 tries.

Right hand left leg move Then left hand right leg Keeping your body center and move like a sloth Taught my kids this trick at the trampoline park

Wait. What goes on here...👀

Total fix. The ladder is locked when the guy who succeeds does it.

The "impossible ladder" in this clip, known as the Jacob's Ladder game since the early 1900s, pivots on a single point at the top and bottom, creating torque that flips climbers unless they keep their center of mass perfectly aligned. Explaining why most tumble into the inflatable pit below.

The key is all in the balance and slow movements, but the tension makes everyone rush and fail. Such a classic carnival trap!

That last guy made it look way too easy😁

Bro just Hacked The Game The wrong way But it’s a win win 🏅

Firemen know how this works.

The barefoot commitment is what separates the curious from the serious.

OSHA watching this with a headache

it is possible i have numbers of people doing it all it need is centre of gravity

Place your feet in the middle

I would rotate the ladder to use on side

My ex had this down. He won me SO many stuffies 😂

There’s some physics to this

It is a really impossible challenge

tell pilates girlies to try it, they will 100% make it

that ladder's tricky fr

I can climb these ladders. The secret is to use one hand and one foot on opposite sides to bend the ladder and this allows you to balance, then the hard part is going to the opposite hand and foot, but you never use more than two limbs to hold your weight.

All you need is balancing

Ok ya todos a por ello ,, Punch te lo sube de espaldas ajjajaj

It's not impossible if someone has done it

Paying money to look like a struggling spider on a rope is a bold lifestyle choice.

That guy must be an Alien👽. What da F was that with that back?

Feet should be placed in center

Bro attended all of his physics classes.

