Even then it was hard as heck, I was taking a ton of fall damage and agroing those elite bird mobs on the way down. If the timer was a little looser it would be OK but you have to rush with such a short timer. I was hoping there was something more to it than just start from the top but I did prepare myself for finally hearing that was it. I got to the top by letting the giant Globellum ball shoot me into the air and landing near the top then making a jump or 2 to get to the pinnacle. You can get bronze just from the top pile of shrooms alone. I was just abou to get silver after dropping down just once to the next level where I saw shrooms but like I said, the fall took me down to 25% HP and the elite bird finished me off quickly.