Guy tripping on escalator

[Winged Wonder]

heehee... we had a teammember do that.. he tripped at the top of the really really long escalators and then just sorta DIED... so he rode the excalator all the way down and then had to take the one on the right all the way up.

... i dunno if anyone has a picture of him though. i never thought about whipping out my camera to capture that moment...

[george56]

i know i was able to get this guy from 384 (Sparky) to run up the down escalator. it was the really long one outside of Gate C. he got about 3/4 of the way up and then tripped and then he got stopped by the security guard but then got past him for the finish. i think i got it on tape but im not sure. if i find it ill see if i can post a link. it was pretty cool.

[jhnphm]

The guy was on my team (614, black shirts with a hawk resembling a pidgeon or dove), "ran" up the escalator on the way between the pits and the Georgia Dome (the long one inside the GWCC) and when he nearly reached the top, some members of a team wearing yellow shirts came down and he tripped on his bag containing a 12 pound laptop.

[Sister Grimm]

There were a lot of people running up the down escalators...

I know I did at one point just to catch a match... or was it one of the other team members... meh...

A couple of the mentors on my team also did the same... actually, no, only one... but a lot of the students did it... For one reason or another. Freak out the chaperones (Bad idea...), rushing to get something, just plain impatient, etc.

Gosh, a 12 pound laptop? That really has to sting... hope it's still in one piece (as well as your team member, of course!)

Now that I think about it... did anyone go down the up escalator?

[RudimentaryPeni]

I was looking like a super hero everytime i went up. one of my team members took a picture of it.

[DCA Fan]

Hahaha if it was a guy in an orange shirt, it was probably our mentor Ron. He and our other mentors Rick and Eric constantly had races up the escalators of GWCC

[AIBob]

Originally Posted by Sister Grimm

There were a lot of people running up the down escalators...

I know I did at one point just to catch a match... or was it one of the other team members... meh...

A couple of the mentors on my team also did the same... actually, no, only one... but a lot of the students did it... For one reason or another. Freak out the chaperones (Bad idea...), rushing to get something, just plain impatient, etc.

Gosh, a 12 pound laptop? That really has to sting... hope it's still in one piece (as well as your team member, of course!)

Now that I think about it... did anyone go down the up escalator?

About half of my team went up the down escalator on Saturday when everyone was leaving, the one right next to the dome that was always crowded, but no one was going down when we went on it Saturday, it was exhausting, I think we passed everyone on the up escalator.

[Sister Grimm]

Everyone's admitting they ran up the down escalator, it's kinda funny...

I shouldn't say anything, my ankle still bites in pain from it.

But I'm going to go off and see if I can find anyone on our team who has anything like that... there were a lot of people taking pictures of it, so there's a good chance something like that would have happened...

[KTorak]

Bah, out smart everyone, use an ELEVATOR I avoided tons of people inside the GWCC by using the elvators to get to the pit level.

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by KTorak

Bah, out smart everyone, use an ELEVATOR I avoided tons of people inside the GWCC by using the elvators to get to the pit level.

Can't use an elevator when there isn't one ! I do realize that there is one inside the GWCC, but depending on where you were going, it could have been really far out of your way.

[White_Orpheus]

At nationals last year, my whole team had a competition to run up the MARTA escalators by the Peachtree. We went down to teh station at about 1:00 and got to racing. My team is stereotypically dorky, and no one except me participates in any athletic activity. Putting my X-Country and track skills to use, i proceeded to annihhilate my teammates, putting forth a mighty time of 32 seconds. Good times.

[ShaneP]

Yeah several or our guys ran up the down escalator at the dome. Unfortunatly, I had stepped in some water before going up one of the three times, and slipped about half-way up. That was Friday. I cought myself though. The first time you feel like puking, the second you have built up a bit of stamina, and the third is like the first for some reason(Probably because I drank a soda before it). Short= Get tired fast. -My experience.

[Cyberguy34000]

At nationals we were carrying extra tools and equipment from the airport to our hotel. I got stuck with the really heavy battery cart with wheels on the bottom. You know that one really really really long and steep escalator at the airport? Well when we were riding it, it was jammed pack from top to bottom. So I just set up the battery cart on its side, but it didn't quite fit the stair. Towards the top the thing starts to slip but luckily, the team members behind me stopped it before it went more than a step or two.

Though it made me think about what would have happened if they hadn't caught it. A 20-30 pound battery cart tumbling 100 feet down a crammed escalator, gaining momentum and knocking out everyone's knees on the way. Ouch!

But I'm glad that didn't happen. Be careful with wheels on escalators!