Part II--Indoor and Outdoor High Ropes

Climbing - High Ropes

         Climbing Groups of 4 to 6 students will move from element to element upon completing each of its challenges. This part of the program will be continuous until the spring vacation.

         Following the spring vacation, the High Rope Sessions will move to the Outdoor Ropes Course. On Mondays, beginning in mid-April, each elective class will take a trip to St. John's Ledges for a day of technical rock climbing. (see Appendix for particulars).

         The second week of June will be spent bringing each elective class to closure, formally ending the year of Project Adventure.

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3

Goal Setting The Being--Smart List Establish Climbing Teams

 

HIGH ROPE ELEMENTS

1. Flying Squirrel - Elevator

a. Standard

b. Blindfolded

c. Loop

2. Block Wall

a. The Balcony

b. Gauche Traverse

c. Sky Hook

d. Chimney

e. The Clock

f. "Kate's Crossing"

g. Blindfolded

h. Over the Top

3. Commando Crawl

a. Standard

b. Return with downclimb

c. Blindfolded

4. Centipede

a. Standard with belay down

b. Standard with downclimb

c. Blindfolded

5. Giant's Ladder

a. Climbing and Belaying groups must be established

6. Modular Wall

a. Vertical climb

b. Vertical climb with traverse

c. Return and downclimb

d. Left vertical climb

7. Commitment Jump to Trapeze

a. Standard

b. Blindfolded

c. 180

 

OUTDOOR HIGH ELEMENTS

1. Burma Bridge

a. Standard

b. Blindfolded

c. Postman's Crossing

d. Tension Traverse

2. Sleepy Two Line

a. Standard

b. Blindfolded

c. Backwards

d. Two-person challenge

3. Multivine Traverse

a. Standard

b. Blindfolded

c. Two-person traverse

d. Two-person blindfolded traverse

4. Zip Line

a. Front clip-in

b. Standing

c. Seated

d. Nestea Plunge

e. Rear clip-in


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