I was just about to say "Use an airplane"...

Edit: Was it a swimming contest?

Originally Posted by goodnews.inc

I was just about to say "Use an airplane"...

Edit: Was it a swimming contest?

Not quite, but you're on the right track.

Originally Posted by Joseph

Not quite, but you're on the right track.

Hmm. I've never swum in my entire life or been in water outdoors...I'm going to assume that because wind and water interact, the surface is more turbulent than the lower parts.

Was it a contest to see who could hold their breath under water the longest to swim across and carry the cables at the same time...?

Originally Posted by goodnews.inc

Hmm. I've never swum in my entire life or been in water outdoors...I'm going to assume that because wind and water interact, the surface is more turbulent than the lower parts.

Was it a contest to see who could hold their breath under water the longest to swim across and carry the cables at the same time...?

lol good try, but the answer has nothing to do with water. They wouldn't survive if they had to swim across Niagra Falls.

Okay so it has to do with swimming but not water...
Maybe...it was...a contest to see who was the lightest person that they could throw across?

Hahaha...throwing a little boy across Niagara Falls. (:

Keeping in tune with Bushra's thought about the airplane...why not use hang-gliders? Or better yet kites...I bet it's kites, since a young boy wouldn't be hang-gliding (which is unfortunate, because it'd be amusing xD).

You could attach the cables to the kite and fly them across.


EDIT: I see...the cords are heavy. So why not do a 'tug-of-war' with the cables? Attach a normal kite line to the kite, fly it across, and now you have a 'thin' wire which crosses the falls...so tie the cables to the wire, and pull them across from the other side. (:

Not sure what you mean by countries...Canada and US? Sweden? Mexico? Haha. (Maybe if I name a bunch of countries, I'll get it right)

Originally Posted by Mowicz

Hahaha...throwing a little boy across Niagara Falls. (:

Keeping in tune with Bushra's thought about the airplane...why not use hang-gliders? Or better yet kites...I bet it's kites, since a young boy wouldn't be hang-gliding (which is unfortunate, because it'd be amusing xD).

You could attach the cables to the kite and fly them across.


EDIT: I see...the cords are heavy. So why not do a 'tug-of-war' with the cables? Attach a normal kite line to the kite, fly it across, and now you have a 'thin' wire which crosses the falls...so tie the cables to the wire, and pull them across from the other side. (:

Not sure what you mean by countries...Canada and US? Sweden? Mexico? Haha. (Maybe if I name a bunch of countries, I'll get it right)

Wow... that is an awesome answer! I would never have thought of that in a million years! If that's not the real answer I don't know what is...

Oooh
Does The Water Ever Freeze?
If So It Would Be An Ice Skating Contest

That was formerly all in capitals...it just got edited that way but I hope we can all still sense the enthusiasm

Originally Posted by goodnews.inc

Oooh
Does The Water Ever Freeze?
If So It Would Be An Ice Skating Contest

That was formerly all in capitals...it just got edited that way but I hope we can all still sense the enthusiasm

Oh wow, you guys are really creative! I'm so unimaginative XD

Edit: Oh, Harpooning contest? I'm positive they had harpoons back in the day. Whale hunting was crazy in the past!

Catapult!

Edit:

Tie the cable to a rock, fling the rock over the other side

But why would a little boy win a catapulting contest?

He practiced with slingshots

I'm getting very anxious for Joseph to respond. I don't want to take the GO to Brampton and start knocking at houses to hear if we're on the right track

Originally Posted by Mowicz

it's kites, since a young boy wouldn't be hang-gliding (which is unfortunate, because it'd be amusing xD).

You could attach the cables to the kite and fly them across.


EDIT: I see...the cords are heavy. So why not do a 'tug-of-war' with the cables? Attach a normal kite line to the kite, fly it across, and now you have a 'thin' wire which crosses the falls...so tie the cables to the wire, and pull them across from the other side. (:

Not sure what you mean by countries...Canada and US? Sweden? Mexico? Haha. (Maybe if I name a bunch of countries, I'll get it right)

Mike's correct! Nice job!

The builders of the bridge offer a prize to the first person to fly a kite from the American side to the Canadian side. Once the kite string made the crossing, a heavier cord was tied to this string and it was pulled across. This process continued in succession using heavier cords and ropes until the first cable spanned the river.

Another please