>I disagree. Since it was
>an endurance event that was
>expected to last several hours,
>holding onto the key with
>both hand right from the
>beginning would wreak havoc on
>your shoulders in the long
>term. Using just one
>hand you could alternate and
>always have a non-fatigued shoulder
>available.

I agree with Zipperhead. First of all we did not get to see enough of what the Volcano was suppose to do to get a really good grasp of the competition. Because it was an endurance competition, I do think that holding on with both hand is a completely logically start, considering the volcano would probably either started to vibrate or move or explode in some way. Holding on with two hands at the start is easier. Then they would have made them remove one of the hands and it still would have been exploding or moving or whatever. They have never had an endurance competition where they have stood there for 6 hours and not had things move or stuff fall on them or whatever. Both hands to start is the most logic and they all should have remembered that from past competitions.