Last Saturday the Troop visited the Catamount Ropes Course and spent 3 hours climbing through the trees and another 30 minutes zip lining back to the base lodge.
For those of you who have never done a ropes course, it is a set of challenges in the forest canopy made up of various configurations of cable, wood, rope and zip lines to form bridges between trees that need to be navigated.
Catamount has 5 different levels of courses through the trees that become progressively less stable under your feet and requiring more balance, agility focus and arm strength as you progress through more challenging courses.
There is no right or wrong way to go about getting from platform to platform, each scout had to find the way that worked best for him.
All in all a perfect scouting day. We were outside the whole day, we were physically and mentally challenged, and got to work together in teams to figure out the course.
As you can see from the looks on their faces they were tired when we were done. I also hope they walked away with a feeling that they can conquer any challenges if they set their mind to it and work together.
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