
Competitors must walk along a narrow balance beam, which includes a cylindrical segment in the middle. (In other words, in the middle they have to walk on a round pole rather than a flat beam.) Competitors wear a harness to keep them from falling into the water, but have nothing to assist them on the beam.
Two competitors made it to this stage, and both fell at the cylindrical segment. The weather had turned nasty by that point with a steady snowfall. It might be possible to cross that beam, but it doesn't seem possible when it's slick with snow.
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