Scene 6 — Lindsey

Lindsey was more than happy to pass off the blindfold to Cal. Even though she knew she had a safe escape and even with the guy she pretty much fully trusted at this point, pushing yourself underwater in a confined space, completely blind, was still extremely stressful and she was happy to have her vision back. She grasped Cal’s arm and they fell into their routine running rhythm. She thought they were moving at a solid pace, but couldn’t help but mull how other teams were doing. Were they flying along at an 8 minute mile pace? At least nobody had passed them on this path, that was probably a good sign.

The fourth obstacle appeared after several minutes of jogging. Lindsey looked it over, it seemed straightforward. There was another pit filled with beet juice. This one was pretty wide, she guessed at least 50 feet to cross it. To cross there were two ropes, one just above the surface that looked like a pretty typical climbing rope. About 5 feet above that, at shoulder height, was a second rope, although this one was much thinner. The top rope wouldn’t hold their body weight, it was for balance, the lower rope would hold most of the weight. She climbed up to test them. It seemed pretty easy, but then she remembered why this wasn’t so simple: Cal couldn’t see.