Cliff Hanger

Modified obstacle. Competitors cross the water on a 1-inch ledge, hanging by their fingertips.

This already-difficult obstacle is much tougher now. The middle section is on an incline, and the gap between the second and third section is so wide that all three Stage 3 competitors went out at that place. Shunsuke Nagasaki and Kenji Takahashi fell; Makoto Nagano successfully reached across, but accidently rested one hand on the top of the structure and was disqualified.