My encounters
Completed with assistance
Born Survivor’s answer to Tough Mudder’s Everest, although with a rubberised running surface.
I gave it a couple of proper attempts and got reasonably close to the top, but couldn’t make the grab. On one attempt I slid back down and bounced my head off the rubber surface, at which point repeatedly throwing myself at it stopped seeming particularly sensible.
There was an assistance rope at one side, so I eventually used that to get myself over.
Under the Elite rules the rope was not available to male competitors without disqualification. My Elite classification had already ended at Commando Crossing, so I chose the assisted route and completed the obstacle that way.
For Tough Smudge performance tracking, this should count as an unsuccessful unassisted attempt rather than a normal obstacle completion.