The intrepid team from the University of Saskatchewan was a contestant at the recent Japan Space Elevator Games (JSETEC) – I wrote about the competition previously (here and here).

This is a video of one of their runs – as you see, it does not end well…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cyVTwyDD6k[/youtube]

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These guys needed “TetherMan“!