Summit Placement

A fresh stack of bright red party cups sat idle across the vinyl booth! Time for high-elevation construction! I locked my footplates firmly onto the bench, unstacked the plastic cylinders, and aligned four inverted rims across the checkerboard runner. Click, click, click, click! Base layer locked! Next tier: three cups nestled into the grooves. Steady palms! Two more stacked cleanly above them. Only the crown piece remained! I held my knee joints dead still. Center alignment. Lower! Place! The apex cup teetered on the lip for half a second before settling dead flat on top. A pristine six-tiered pyramid stands erect! Zero wobble detected!