The Triple Tortuga is Contest born.

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by vhcook

I've been looking for video of this, but I can't find it, so I'll provide the play by play, as I recall it.

The near robot was disabled by the refs for having a bumper fall off traversing the rock wall (it was lying in the neutral zone next to the robot). One of the other two (1997) subsequently got stuck in the moat (high-centered on the second bar). The third robot could only cross group B and D defenses (too tall for the low bar) and got marooned in the neutral zone. They tried to push the dead robot over the rock wall, which had no effect. Then they cast about for a moment or two trying to find something to do. After a few moments, they drove over and tried to push their other partner out of the moat. This resulted in the tent formation you see in the picture. Since at that point the only things in contact with the ground were bumpers, they were stuck there for the rest of the match.

Oh please oh please. SOMEBODY get me a link to a video of this match.

Dr. Joe J.