In the event, Avatar's cash-stuffed, visually-spectacular challenge fell shy by some distance, picking up just two statues.
Otero-Pailos wants us to be troubled by this (why didn't the creators of the V&A see they were implicitly celebrating climate damage?) but surely the chimney was just a useful engineering solution to a spectacular artistic challenge.
He and his climbing partner, Dorje Gylgen, then climbed down to the South Col, before continuing on to the summit of Lhotse, the third of this spectacular three-peaks challenge, on Monday morning.
"We'll see spectacular waterfalls, travel challenging trails and savor the beauty of hundreds of acres of California lilacs.
The worst flooding, in mountainous areas of Sichuan that include some of China's most spectacular scenery, highlights the challenges of encouraging construction in places that are prone to heavy downpours and seismic activity.
The summit day is challenging and spectacular, as the trail follows a razor-back crater rim that culminates in a scramble up to Socialist Peak (4,566m).
And there's a reason that distance runners come to east Africa to train seriously: the views are spectacular, the altitude is challenging, the paths are bouncy dirt; my legs have never known hill training like it.
In May 2014, the U.S. Congress, impatient for America to do something to challenge the spectacular advances of the Islamic State in Syria, authorized the Pentagon to spend $500 million dollars to raise a "moderate" army to defeat ISIL.
This pitcher would have the same spectacular stuff, but would concentrate, challenge hitters and keep them guessing.
