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Half-Life 2 Hints
Secret Supply Stash
1 of 11: As you pass by on the right side of the rubble, watch for the lambda symbol.
2 of 11: When you see it on a well-lit part of a large pillar, stop the boat and get out.
3 of 11: Look around near the lambda symbol to find the supply stash.
4 of 11: It's in the basket that's hanging just above the symbol, but you can't reach it up there.
5 of 11: You could park the airboat directly underneath the basket and then jump up onto it to reach the supplies, but there is an easier way.
6 of 11: What's holding that basket up?
7 of 11: If you visually follow the cable it's attached to, you'll see that there's another basket on the other end.
8 of 11: This basket is on the ground, implying that its contents weigh a lot more.
9 of 11: So remove those contents!
10 of 11: Lift the heavy cement bricks out of the lower basket to get the other one to drop down to where you can get to it.
11 of 11: NOTE: The easiest way to get the supply basket's contents is to move up next to it, aim at one item at a time, and press the "Use item" key (just like you did when removing the bricks from the other basket).
