First appearance: S2E5 — The Gauntlet — Dan Kowalski v Gordy Gotta Get Em · watch it on YouTube
The Jungle Gauntlet is the Grandmaster’s “oldest of training grounds”: a jungle obstacle course with two lanes. It runs from the log and squirrel trees, over a 45-foot cliff and a lily-pad river with a waterfall, through a forest thick with pollen, past a clearing belonging to the Box of Chaos, and into a cave full of ghosts and skeletons. It hosted the Gauntlet between Dan Kowalski and Gordy Gotta Get Em.
Description
The Jungle Gauntlet is less an arena than a gauntlet in the literal sense: a run of stages, one after another, with two lanes. It opens among the log and squirrel trees. Beyond them is a 45-foot cliff, then a river crossed by lily pads, with a waterfall.
Past the river is a forest hazy with blue and yellow pollen. Then comes a clearing that belongs to The Box of Chaos, which is never a comforting thing to meet in the middle of a race. The final stage is a narrow cave crowded with ghosts, skeletons and webs. It also holds treasure chests and a portal rune circle.
History
The Jungle Gauntlet appeared in S2E5 — The Gauntlet — Dan Kowalski v Gordy Gotta Get Em. The Grandmaster presented it as her oldest of training grounds for Dan Kowalski and Gordy Gotta Get Em. Its stages were the trees, the cliff, the lily-pad river, the pollen forest, the Box of Chaos clearing and, finally, the haunted cave with its rune circle.
Notable Figures
- Dan Kowalski: one of the two champions who ran the Gauntlet.
- Gordy Gotta Get Em: the other champion who ran it.