HTC
20 months ago
Next semester when I am planning to work for Venture and they have a High Ropes Course!
I can’t wait!
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How to do a high ropes course
It made me
relieved yet proud
 "scariest thing I've ever done but a real case of personal growth and development!"
How I did it: At the summer camp I worked at, they opened the high ropes course one rest hour for staff who wanted to do it. I do not particularly like heights, but for some reason, I wanted to do it because I didn't want to do it. I felt that I should be challenging myself more. It consisted of beams, ropes, bridges and other connecting parts 50ft above the ground, with a zip wire to finish it off. Once you are up, you can't get down. I was petrified from the beginning. I knew that I wasn't going to fall and that I was properly connected to the safety harness but I still couldnt shake the irrational fear that I was going to fall to an untimely death. At one point - on the tight rope part of the course - my legs locked and I couldnt move. I stated that I was staying there and they would have to come to rescue me. After being told that the only way down was to finish the course and go down the zipline I had no choice but to carry on. I had friends on the ground encouraging me and taking my mind off the height by talking to me.
Lessons & tips: don't look down! Have a spotter on the ground wh you trust to give you encouragement and help you get to each stage. Always make sure you have proper training and understand how the equipment works
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It made me
FREAKING EMPOWERED!
How I did it: The big 8th grade trip for my junior high was always to Camp Kern this camp north of us that offers a high ropes course and zip line. In addition to having a disgusting case of homesickness everytime I seemed to leave my parents, I also had been gifted with a disgusting fear of heights. So when we made our first stop at Tango Tower I thought I was going to throw up my own stomach. For those of you who have the deep, deep fortune of never … Read how I did it…
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etherealessence is such a lucky girl!
Awesome experience!
20 months ago
Thanks to my parents, I got to experience this when I was in high school. They were going through some unique issues, and I certainly was enduring the typical teenage angst, so I wasn’t especially open to hanging out with my parents at a high ropes course initially. However, the experience ended up being among one of the more remarkable ones I’d ever have, and I still reflect on it fondly. The aspect of trust was deeply emphasized not just with others there, but with myself. It really made me get in touch with my fears, as I faced them with support from everyone there, which was reciprocated throughout the group!
Kat is looking forward to exciting adventures in 2009!
Yay!
2 years ago
I have done high ropes. And I feel a lot of pain. It was quite fun though, except for when my friend Dylan rocked some of the planks and such. That was particularly evil. The best course was the one with no harnesses cause it was just nets. That one freaked me out the least, oddly enough.
Feeling a lot of pain in ribs right now, although I’m not sure this is due to high ropes and more due to a couple of males of whom I shall not mention…although one already has anyway. :)
Kat is looking forward to exciting adventures in 2009!
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2 years ago
By way of sheer luck or something or rather, I am going to do high ropes for a friends 18th birthday party. :)
So I shall finally be able to check this goal off. Yay!
mahinui ever more at home
It wasn't that I wanted to do this
2 years ago
But my daughter challenged me, and we did it together.
The word “empowerment” is not one I use on a regular basis, but in this case it applies. I could not quite imagine myself walking and balancing so high up. I did not think I would make it, and would instead be dangling up there, the object of a rescue mission.
I discovered my balance held. I knew my daughter could do it – she can do anything.
jenuine happy holidays :)
Amazing.
2 years ago
I have a big fear of heights, but I did this anyway just for the thrill. It gives you adrenaline and makes you feel completely alive, and I loooove anything that gives you that feeling, like a rollercoaster or jetskiing or something. I encourage you to do it. When you get up there, you’ll be afraid but just remember that nothing can happen to you when you’re in a harness, so just go for it! You’ll be glad you did.
Allison Michelle is a Creative Extroverted Self-Knower
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2 years ago
Several times, but the most rememberable one was at a young life camp in Colorado. I was scared to death, but it was worth it and I would regret it if I didn’t do it.
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2 years ago
I did a ropes course class in college. It was really fun. I think it is one of those things you can walk away and talk about with pride.
I did it!
2 years ago
:] OMG! It was so much fun! We were the first ones there too! I wasn’t scared of the heights I actually enjoy it…lol..I so want to do it again! Especially the zip line! [:
P.S: In the picture I am the red little blob…lol :P
Okkkk....
2 years ago
...so I asked one of my friends if she wanted to go the rope course….and said yes! Its going to be so much fun tomorrow! :]
