Avalanche
Stack the cushions. Climb the mountain. Don't trigger the avalanche.
Outdoor cushions or couch pillows. A patch of grass. One climber, one mountaineer.
Stack the cushions on the grass as high as you can. The mountaineer builds the mountain.
The climber tries to scale it without knocking the whole thing over.
If a cushion shifts, the climb gets harder but the game goes on. That is just the mountain settling.
The avalanche only happens when the whole stack comes down. Game over. Switch roles.
The mountaineer gently nudges the base while the climber is halfway up.
Timer on. How fast can you summit without triggering a full collapse?
Race to the top at the same time. First avalanche ends both runs.
Skip the climbing entirely. Back up, get a running start, and take the whole mountain down in one shot. Count how many cushions fly. Rebuild and go again.
Parent tip: Let them build the mountain themselves. They will make it taller than is reasonable and immediately regret it halfway up.
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