Ropes course

[Mark Chisholm]

The day before I went to the ITCC I had to prune a bunch of 100+ woods trees. Me, Rory and one ground guy (Rob) spent the day in the woods with no equipment. Just climbing gear and a couple of saws.

The job was to prune the hazard limbs over top of a ropes course that went through these beautiful woods. Of course you can't expect us to not play a little bit right? Here's Rory after he dropped down onto one section.

Some really cool tasks were setup on this course. They had a pole (30') with a 2'x2' platform on top. You had to climb up and stand on this square and then leap across to about 6' away and grab a trapeze. They even had a rock wall. Pretty neat stuff.

 

[Toparboring]

That looks sweet job and course, I knew that when you said ropes course you all had to play on them. glad you had a stress breaker job.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

It was a cool day. The day before I spent all day doing a crane removal with tractors, big chipper and log loaders. That's one reason I love this job- diversity from day to day!

 

[Toparboring]

That is one of our greatest gigs in this job new places and faces to see and go.

 

[RogerM]

WHat a neat set up, And absolutely would have to play a bit. Diversity day to day sure beats doing the same thing every day. Let's not forget the wealth of personality types we meet on a daily basis(clients) Some you click with some you don't. Its a good excercise in PR.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

That was called a 'Pamper Pole' Mark...named after the diapers which you would wish you were wearing after you made the leap

Here are some others:

http://www.experientialsystems.com/pages/ropes.html

 

[Toparboring]

Yeah up at the campus we are subjected to the same deal over and over then move on to a new place. It is when we get in the trees that people start to talk and ask and we have fun. On the side jobs that we do we love it cause we have lots of new areas to play in.

 

[semprebene]

hi Mark...cool job..
good choice go with Rory...if you go with Seth the section of the trunk of the course could be not enough!!!!! /forum/images/graemlins/bangtard.gif
say hello to all yours guys...and asks to Seth if he tryed the gloves!!!!!

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Ciao Stefano! You are right, Seth is a bigggg guy. Rory is only half of Seth. /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Seth did try the gloves and wears them a lot. He did tell me to thank you and say thet he does like them a lot.

 

[semprebene]

good..!!
hey nice photo your new avatar...i tryed to post one for me but it 's too big I have to change...hey tree billy say hello to you ...all the guys are very happy for the aspen shirt I bring them...!!!!!
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[Mark Chisholm]

Good to hear! Tell them all that I will see them soon in Italy.

 

[Lumberjack]

I started my vertical life on a course quite similar to that one.

In Boy Scouts, we had the C.O.P.E (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experiance)Course. Our trapeze was at the top of the "Giants Ladder". Climbing up timbers strung between a cable at each end. The distance betweeen the timbers varried from 3' to around 6' give or take. Get to the last rung and then you have to get onto of the phone pole that was lying horizonally (the ladder hung from it). Walk down the pole and leep out for the trapeze. After a couple years I became an instructor, lotta fun watching the local university cheerleaders going through the events various high and low course events .

I aint scared of heights, falling is what gets me!

 

[Tino]

That photo brings back some memories. I was a Ropes Course Director for the YMCA for a while. We had two courses one on an island on a lake , all natural set up on Hemlocks and the other course was phone poles. Probably the best job of my life and it taught me alot about people and how they deal with pressure and problem solving.