“You hid from the Beast and followed your string back to where you made the mistake”

Answer: 6 – Ignore the ‘net’ movement of 2m each day and track the position of the snail after each day and night. The snail first crosses the 14m point during day 6.

	Height after daytime (m)	Height after falling at night (m)
Day 1	5	2
Day 2	7	4
Day 3	9	6
Day 4	11	8
Day 5	13	10
Day 6	14	–

Click the string to retrace your steps.