Rope Courses

MrNightly
MrNightly Posts: 3,370
edited March 2010 in The Clubhouse
So anybody ever done one of these things? It is a big team building/couples building event it appears, and is supposed to rock as well!

I just started seeing a girl, and she wants to go try it out someplace in the USA. :) (I like this girl already!!! Oh ya. :))

ROAD TRIP! :D

I think they look fantastic! 50' in the air, jumping to a swinging hand-hold... oh boy. Bring back the Yosemite climbing days!

http://ropes.usu.edu/PhotoGallery.cfm

http://ropescoursesinc.com/
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited March 2010
    We did it a few years ago(dept directors from the facility that i work in), the low course was designed for team building,,the "high course" or ropes as you say,was where one slays their own "personal dragons",, the ZIP wire was a gas.;)
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2010
    I did one and loved it. Lots of fun and adventurous. It really challenged me to push through some of my fears doing some of the high activities. My favorite was this humongous swing- the first couple seconds feel like a total free-fall and my heart skipped a beat. Enjoy it.
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  • Rodeo0530
    Rodeo0530 Posts: 797
    edited March 2010
    Do it!!! It's a great time and she sounds great already.


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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2010
    Go to any Marine Corps base and run the obstacle course, plenty of ropes to enjoy. Also a nice "slide for life".

    Seems like fun though.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    :eek::eek::eek: Once up there they would to pry me with a crowbar to move.

    I once went on the world's steepest tram in Utah, it was a completely glass enclosed tram with a glass floor. When we came down their were grip dents in the wooden hand railings from me squeezing so tightly because I was so freaked out. Can't stand heights!:eek::eek::eek:

    However, go for it bro, you're young and vital!:D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2010
    Just make sure you're in shape! I did one down in Antigua as part of a shore excursion during a cruise. It kicked my ****!! Combine the fear with the exertion and I was shaking a lot up there ;)

    Lots of fun though, enjoy it bro.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited March 2010
    Pics of said girl? :D

    Looks like fun!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Just make sure you're in shape! I did one down in Antigua as part of a shore excursion during a cruise. It kicked my ****!! Combine the fear with the exertion and I was shaking a lot up there ;)

    Lots of fun though, enjoy it bro    .

    I'd rather feel fear on the ground . . . I can run away then instead of being frozen in place.:eek:
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited March 2010
    I've been doing this mon-fri for the last 21 years and get paid for it but I'm still afraid of heights :D gravity sucks!
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited March 2010
    Pics or she didn't happen. Sorry, I have been to busy to look in on ya.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2010
    I did it in HS. One of our teachers built a mini course on our school grounds. If someone had of told me I'd be climbing 30-50 feet in the air to do a zipwire from one tree to the other (I swore I was gonna hit the tree) then be lowered back down to the ground twirling all the way. I would have said they were crazy.

    But I did it! I couldn't undo the rope because my hands were shaking so bad, & he had to lift me off the ground cause my legs couldn't hold me I was dizzy from twirling. But I was on cloud 9 the rest of the day so proud of my accomplishment!

    He also took us to rapell in the Quincy Quarry. There were a bunch of soldiers there from Ft Devons. We were doing better then them!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    superjunior wrote: »
    I've been doing this mon-fri for the last 21 years and get paid for it but I'm still afraid of heights :D gravity sucks!

    Yeah but you're swinging around with a growling chain saw!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    cfrizz wrote: »
    I did it in HS. One of our teachers built a mini course on our school grounds. If someone had of told me I'd be climbing 30-50 feet in the air to do a zipwire from one tree to the other (I swore I was gonna hit the tree) then be lowered back down to the ground twirling all the way. I would have said they were crazy.

    But I did it! I couldn't undo the rope because my hands were shaking so bad, & he had to lift me off the ground cause my legs couldn't hold me I was dizzy from twirling. But I was on cloud 9 the rest of the day so proud of my accomplishment!

    He also took us to rapell in the Quincy Quarry. There were a bunch of soldiers there from Ft Devons. We were doing better then them!

    Ahhhaaaaaaaaaa! I knew there was a crazy side under that facade of a level-headed thinker.:p:D
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Ahhhaaaaaaaaaa! I knew there was a crazy side under that facade of a level-headed thinker.:p:D

    I didn't have a choice, it was either participate in the class or flunk it!:eek:

    I learned how to tie knots, turn big tomato cans into a grill to fry an egg on, read a compass, etc.

    One class we studied dinosaurs for the whole term & went to NY to check out some bones!

    I went to a great school & got to do & try more things then I ever would have thought possible.

    It was one of the best periods of my whole life!:)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    cfrizz wrote: »
    I learned how to tie knots,

    Eh can you guess where I went with that?:eek::D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2010
    Captain tyin' knots, you want some knots tied you go to him. Yeah right. Yeah right.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2010
    Wrong.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    Maybe, but still entertaining.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2010
    As Requested...


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    I think she is fantastic :D I got us almost front row tickets to the Big 12 Championship game this past Saturday and we hung out afterwards in Power and Light and the ate at Ihop! What a great date :)

    She is snowboarding in Colorado right now... I am so jealous I am not there too...
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2010
    Hmmm... sorry for the big pic.. it came from my phone. Also, just noticed the wacko in the background :D Guess he wanted some of the action too lol
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Just make sure you're in shape! I did one down in Antigua as part of a shore excursion during a cruise. It kicked my ****!! Combine the fear with the exertion and I was shaking a lot up there ;)

    Lots of fun though, enjoy it bro.

    I can't wait... we are gonna try to find a good one somewhere in the USA and hit it up. Seems like nothing but positive things so far from people that have done them!

    Bring it on!!!
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  • jwhitakr
    jwhitakr Posts: 568
    edited March 2010
    I bet you guys had a blast at the P&L district on Saturday night. I went to the games on Friday night and it was awesome, even with the crappy weather. On a side note ... gotta love KU beating K-State 3 times in one season!!!!
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2010
    jwhitakr wrote: »
    I bet you guys had a blast at the P&L district on Saturday night. I went to the games on Friday night and it was awesome, even with the crappy weather. On a side note ... gotta love KU beating K-State 3 times in one season!!!!

    ROCK CHALK Man... I highly doubt we will see them again this Tournament, but that would be something wouldn't it? :D

    And yes, the P&L was shoulder to shoulder.... never seen it that busy! Loved it!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    She's a doll Bro!
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  • jwhitakr
    jwhitakr Posts: 568
    edited March 2010
    Oh man I would LOVE to see them again in the tournament. I don't think they'll go that far, though ... we'll be playing the other big boy #1 seeds in the Final Four.

    How much did you pay for your tickets to the game on Saturday night, btw? I got the tickets on Fri. night at face value since my bud still works for the university ... but tickets to the nosebleeds were going for $75+ so I can only imagine how much near front row seats cost!
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,426
    edited March 2010
    At the risk of bringing htis thread back on-topic, we (coaching staff) used to bring our high school's varsity volleyball team to a ropes course in Lake Geneva, WI. It was a lot of fun and that was really just the "low course". Also did the 60-ft rock climbing tower and the zip-line down. Whee!


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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    She's a doll Bro!

    Ya... I think so. She has some good pics of us together... once she gets back into town, I will post them :) I think I like her :D Is it too soon for that?!?
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2010
    jwhitakr wrote: »
    Oh man I would LOVE to see them again in the tournament. I don't think they'll go that far, though ... we'll be playing the other big boy #1 seeds in the Final Four.

    How much did you pay for your tickets to the game on Saturday night, btw? I got the tickets on Fri. night at face value since my bud still works for the university ... but tickets to the nosebleeds were going for $75+ so I can only imagine how much near front row seats cost!

    Too much man... too much. But I am so glad I went. It was quite an experience and I wouldn't trade it for anything now!

    But really? Duke? Making it that far? I dunno about that... I have a feeling this tourney will be pretty chock-full of upsets in the first 2 rounds!
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2010
    agfrost wrote: »
    At the risk of bringing htis thread back on-topic, we (coaching staff) used to bring our high school's varsity volleyball team to a ropes course in Lake Geneva, WI. It was a lot of fun and that was really just the "low course". Also did the 60-ft rock climbing tower and the zip-line down. Whee!


    Jay

    :D Ya, stay off topic please :D

    Kidding. So do you know of any place where 2 people can go, without like having to be part of a huge group? Still looking for that here...
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