A New Sport: Crate Stacking

Crate stacking is a game.  The objective is to stack as many upside-down plastic milk crates as possible and stand on the top. Stackers rest their feet in the handle holes of the milk crates, and the challenge is to place the next crate and transfer footings without losing balance and blowing the stack.

The set up is like indoor rock climbing or top rope climbing in that players are in a harness and are belayed for safety. Crates are tossed to the stacker when the stack is low, and then ferried by a rope on a pulley when the stack is high. When the stack inevitably blows, the stacker is held aloft as the milk crates scatter asunder. It’s fun.

Want to try it? Come to the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in Oakland, CA this Sunday from 10am-5pm

Here’s Crate Stacking game maker Liam McNamara, landing a record 26 stack: