Ladder toss

[3] The game is reported as having been played on Escapees campgrounds in the United States in the late 1990s.

[4] Some origin stories speculate that the bola is a stand-in for a live snake, which cowboys in the western United States or caballeros in Mexico would throw at fences or branches for points.

[3][2][5] The company sponsored a tournament in San Diego in April, 2005, featuring 32 teams.

The items needed to play are two ladders and a set of three bolas per team.

If the ball bounces off the ground and lands on a bar it does not count as a point.

There are a few optional ways to earn or lose points: English scoring is 3pts for the top rung, 1pt for the middle, and 1pt for you & 1pt off the opponent for the bottom.

Other named shots include a 'twiddler' (multiple spins around the rung) and a 'gapper' (going through a gap clean).