This unique hull shape helped the Aircat surmount higher obstacles. "Guanxi" contacts are exploited in order to surmount institutional barriers. The Baker wall was a rather difficult task to surmount. A joint timetable was worked on but problems co-ordinating the service proved impossible to surmount. The statues are positioned on six of the carved oak panels which surmount these pillars. Thus, a ball without sufficient energy to surmount the hill would roll back down. The living climbed over the dead as they tried to surmount the palisades. At the top, a frieze and simple cornice surmount the building. Whenever technology approaches a barrier, Kurzweil writes, new technologies will surmount it. Smaller tape loop lengths helped surmount this. As their gift, they carved the two gnomes that surmount the columns. Batters still had to surmount a fence to hit home runs. To surmount that issue he used rotoscoping, which combines live action with animation. Odell says he saw one of the two surmount it.