As we try to secure a mainstream media deal for the rights to the stair climb challenge, innovation has been rife amongst competitors. Fronting the charge is web/events guru Hugo Lewis (his website www.hugoplanet.com is a must see), whose minimalist approach to web design and online media has been hailed the future of the internet (again, see hugoplanet.com).
In an attempt to record all 16 floors of stair mayhem in glorious motion pictures, Mr Lewis opted to don the newly developed concept helmet, The Glove.
Reverse engineered from the back to the front (which makes it proper fast) in floor 16's lab, The Glove may look like a conventional cycle helmet worn the wrong way around, with a Blackberry mobile phone lashed to the front via a medium size latex glove, however it's not.
Critics of this ground breaking technological advance have been silenced by the simply stunning footage it captured as man (Hugo) battled adversity (stairs). The future just happened.
Hugo Lewis currently sits in 3rd position with a time of 01:59:50. He estimates the down force The Glove Helmet gave him helped reduce his time by up to 7 minutes.
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