Johan makes a hammock swing
After reading the task brief, Johan immediately complains that it is unfair to him, as he is “super heavy”.
He finds a large tarp in the shed, and drapes it over a tree with large and low branches. However, he quickly realises that using a single tree will not work, and so he attaches the other end to another nearby tree with knots and rope.
He sits David in the hammock, but notices that the tarp has started ripping apart under David’s weight, so starts duct-taping the connecting ends of the tarp, in a desperate attempt to strengthen it.
After David lies down in the tarp hammock, Johan – clutching the task brief in his mouth – starts to carefully climb in. However, as soon as the majority of his weight is inside, one end of the hammock rips off of the tree, sending both men crashing to the ground.
With five minutes left, Johan returns to his single-tree strategy, knotting one end of the tarp around one thick branch, and securing the other end of the tarp around another with a load of duct tape.
Crucially, this method shortens the hammock, creating more of a hammock swing, and allowing more of the tarp to be used to secure it on the tree, minimising its chances of tearing.
Johan explains his new plan to David: the two will lie perpendicular to the hammock together, rather than parallel to it (David likens this to a “double-barrelled hot dog”).
In his final 15 seconds, Johan lifts David to lie on the hammock swing on his stomach, then – once again clutching the task brief between his teeth – he lies on his stomach on top of David, using his hands to help hold the tarp in place.
Having ‘chilled’ in the hammock together, Johan then gets off of David, and pushes him in the hammock swing, telling him to take some time to think about everything that had just transpired.
Johan builds an “acceptable, and intimate” hammock in 18 minutes and 40 seconds, and earns second place.
(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)
(Illustrations collected by Jenny R and adjusted by Karl Craven)
