There are many different ways to do the ropes course. When you look at the ropes course it seems like youre never gonna get to the top. When youve started it you feel like its gonna be easy.
It takes a long time to get ready to do the ropes course. It was easy to put our harness on because the counselors put them on us. The harnesses protected us from falling because they are attached to a caribena which is attached to a rope that is hooked on the system you are about to use. When everybody was done getting their harnesses on we practiced getting from one station to another. Even though it was easy to put the harnesses on it took a long time to have everybody go through the stations.
There are many different ways to do the ropes, most people went up a short net called a cargo net. Then they would go across a rope with ropes in the middle like a web called the golden gate bridge.
It is very important to help when youve done the ropes course. You stay and encourage people. Encouragement may not seem like a lot but most people like it. Apart from encouraging you can help people start and end the ropes course.
I think the ropes course was the best thing at Sgt. Camp. I think that when I look back when Im older Ill remember the ropes course the most.