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So, in an attempt to concentrate on something else:
Sunday we went to Go Ape in Grisedale Forest, which is essentially an assault course high up in the tree-tops. We had the safety brief (long loves the tree), and a test run on zone 1, which is a nice easy rope ladder, wire bridge and zip line. At this point if you have problems you can turn back and get your money back.
We all seemed to get on OK there, so headed on to number 2. This is where things went a little bit harder :) The rope ladders are longer, the trees are higher and the obstacles are nastier. I was going last out of our group, I think I'm glad as it meant I wasn't under any pressure from my lot, however the 10yr old kids with their dad who works up towers anyhow (bastard), were making me look bad :)
I didn't have problems really, however I was holding to everything really tightly, and I absolutely refused to stand up on the horribly narrow ledges until I had to. Unfortunately that was far too early for my liking in some places. I could feel my knees shaking really really badly most of the time. At least everything had handrails and sides to hold on to.
2 was completed without too much nastiness, swearing or wishing I could get down now please. 3, however was a nastier course yet. There were ladders. Ick. Going from a platform high in the trees to another platform even higher in the trees. There were bridges with no hand-holds, just wood and wire footplaces. Ickie. I was not at all impressed here, and although I think I looked confident (at least when I wasn't crawling around the platforms), I was absolutely crapping myself. I didn't enjoy it... It wasn't a good scared, it was scared scared.
I should probably point out here that I don't regret doing anything - although it wasn't necessarily an enjoyable experience it was still an experience and hence worthwhile doing.
I stopped after this site, 2 more were available and although they didn't look difficult, I found that I'd no strength left in my upper body and I really didn't _want_ to go. The others did, and their descriptions didn't make me wish that I'd done it.
Sunday we went to Go Ape in Grisedale Forest, which is essentially an assault course high up in the tree-tops. We had the safety brief (long loves the tree), and a test run on zone 1, which is a nice easy rope ladder, wire bridge and zip line. At this point if you have problems you can turn back and get your money back.
We all seemed to get on OK there, so headed on to number 2. This is where things went a little bit harder :) The rope ladders are longer, the trees are higher and the obstacles are nastier. I was going last out of our group, I think I'm glad as it meant I wasn't under any pressure from my lot, however the 10yr old kids with their dad who works up towers anyhow (bastard), were making me look bad :)
I didn't have problems really, however I was holding to everything really tightly, and I absolutely refused to stand up on the horribly narrow ledges until I had to. Unfortunately that was far too early for my liking in some places. I could feel my knees shaking really really badly most of the time. At least everything had handrails and sides to hold on to.
2 was completed without too much nastiness, swearing or wishing I could get down now please. 3, however was a nastier course yet. There were ladders. Ick. Going from a platform high in the trees to another platform even higher in the trees. There were bridges with no hand-holds, just wood and wire footplaces. Ickie. I was not at all impressed here, and although I think I looked confident (at least when I wasn't crawling around the platforms), I was absolutely crapping myself. I didn't enjoy it... It wasn't a good scared, it was scared scared.
I should probably point out here that I don't regret doing anything - although it wasn't necessarily an enjoyable experience it was still an experience and hence worthwhile doing.
I stopped after this site, 2 more were available and although they didn't look difficult, I found that I'd no strength left in my upper body and I really didn't _want_ to go. The others did, and their descriptions didn't make me wish that I'd done it.
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