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A Ropes Course is an outdoor team building activity. A ropes course will usually consist of a high and low element. The low elements are named that because they usually take place on the ground or only a few feet above the ground. A high ropes course usually will be much higher than a low course, and be parts of trees or made of utility poles. The United States Military usually has recruits go through a modified ropes course as part of basic training. Courses are usually designed to increase participants: Look up Outside in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Things commonly named outside include: Outside — a magazine 1. ...
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- Group Cooperation
- Decision-Making Skills
- Self-Confidence
- Positive Risk Taking
- Group Cohesion
- Trust
- Self-Esteem
- Leadership Skills
Example of a High Ropes Course at Night
High Course
A High Course can be a pre-fabricated course that is built by a contractor, or it can be a course that is hand built in a wooded area, where ropes and wire is attached to diffrent trees. The course can also be a static or dynamic course. With a static course, participants are attached to an upper wire for safety. If the participant falls, they will be caught by the wire. On a dynamic course, participants are connected to a rope, which someone on the ground will be holding onto. Advantages of a static course include the ability to need less facilitators. Advantages of a dynamic course, allows for participants to be lowered to the ground much easier. Rope is also the title of a movie by Alfred Hitchcock Coils of rope used for long-line fishing A rope is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength, for pulling and connecting. ...
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Usually participants must sign a waiver before allowed to participate on the course. Some participants may have a hard time completing the course due to it's height. Courses usually range from 25 feet through 50 feet tall. In order to climb to the course participants usually must climb up a cargo net. A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some right or privilege. ...
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Image of a challenge course taken from the second level Students climbing up a cargo net
Low Course The low course will usually involve approximately ten different elements. Different courses may have more or less. The low course focuses on participants abilities to work together to accomplish the task. Participants are usually required to step outside of their comfort zone, and work together.
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