Normal strongman rules applied here with four stones ranging from 120kg (264lb) to 164kg (360lb) having to be loaded onto pedestals. The stones were placed a few meters away from the pedestals and had to be carried to the pedestals first.

If the yoke walk was hard, then this event was a killer with only three guys managing to load all four stones in the allocated time! The big upset here was that the two top guys after the yoke walk, Ettiene and Johan, failed to load the fourth stone. Ettiene had a nasty fall on the fourth stone with the stone falling right on his chest. Luckily he was okay but he was unable to load the final stone after that.

Dave Cooks was absolutely unstoppable here loading all four stones in an amazing 25.12 seconds. He made it look really easy. Koffie fought back for a very good second position on 46.22 seconds and as usual I was slow as ever on the stones, coming in at a leisurely 53.66 seconds. I had no real problems, though, and loaded all four stones without drama. Below I'm loading the 164kg (360lb) stone.

Here's a graph with the results of the atlas stones. You'll notice that I have plotted everybody's time with the number of stones that they were able to load in that time and then sorted it down from four stones to one.

The overall point standings after this event:

Despite Ettiene's mishap, his lead was big enough to sustain his first position. Dave's brilliant run moved him into second position ahead of Johan, who held that spot for the first three events. I kept fourth overall. The guys who gained positions apart from those already mentioned were Koffie and Rory, who gained two spots. The guys who slipped back were Stephan, Hennie and Willem.

Below are some atlas stone pictures...

 

	Willy Kearny on the first stone.		Willy approaching the first pedestal.
	Marthinus after lifting the 120kg (264lb) stone.		Marthinus finding platform 2 very high.
	Jason performing a nice lift.		Jason on the 142kg (312lb) stone with Dave looking on.
	Rory on the first stone. He did very well on the stones.		Rory attempting the last stone. It was not to be but good show nonetheless.
	Eben got three stones up but ran out of time on the last one.		Hennie had a hard time on stones, finding platform 2 very high.
	Willem approaching the pedestal.		Koffie on the third stone. He was very quick.
	Koffie finishing an exceptionally good series.		Stephan carrying the first stone to the pedestal.
	Stephan ready  to shoot the stone onto the pedestal.		Me, tackling the last stone.
	Dave finishing   a phenomenal series.		Johan showing excellent technique.
	The stone that beat Ettiene...		...but he was thankfully not hurt.