{"id":10654,"date":"2014-07-20T03:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/?p=10654"},"modified":"2022-01-19T11:26:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:26:57","slug":"high-ropes-challenge-summer-camp-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/10654\/high-ropes-challenge-summer-camp-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"High Ropes Challenge Course at Summer Camp 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"high<\/a>High Ropes Challenge Course at Marine Military Summer Camp<\/h2>\n

Campers balance aboard a telephone pole secured to two parallel poles. Sounds pretty easy, right? Ha, here\u2019s the\u00a0catch\u2026that horizontal telephone pole stands more than\u00a020\u00a0feet off the ground! Not to worry \u2013 each young man is first secured with a climbing\u00a0rope which is\u00a0steadied by a pair of instructors\u00a0whose feet are planted firmly upon the ground.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/a>Campers progress across the rope \u2018bridge\u2019 while steadying themselves with a series of
\nropes dangling from an upper cable\u2026just barely within\u00a0reach. STRETCH, grab that rope, and STEADY AS HE GOES! The support offered by the first rope diminishes steadily, until the camper is forced to quickly switch to the\u00a0other rope.<\/p>\n

Not enough of a challenge yet? Hook up your harness, shimmy up the 10-foot ladder, then climb to the top of the waiting 20-foot telephone pole by inserting your shoes into the steel pegs, moving one foot to the very top of the pole, then the other. As your second foot moves upwards, you fling your arms out straight to steady your stance\u00a0and\u00a0you realize it\u2019s all you up in the stratosphere. You inch your body upwards until you\u2019re standing
\nrigid as a concrete pillar.<\/p>\n