Complete a ropes course

“I made it my goal to complete every obstacle on the course, though the difficulty of the course could be felt in my arms and legs. At one point, I hit a major traffic jam. Six of us were standing on a platform about the width of my foot – all trying to go in different directions. We were forced to use our communication skills and teamwork to figure out the most effective way to continue to the next destination. After about 10 minutes of deliberating, shimmying, shifting and leaning over the edge of the platform on the tip of my toes, I squeezed and wiggled my way to the next obstacle. Three levels later I was at the “crow’s nest.” At 55 feet, it is the highest point of the course. My arms were exhausted. I rang the bell at the top as beads of sweat trickled down my face and arms.”

“So over the span of the early evening, we hopscotched across platforms shaped like mushrooms and lemons sliced in half, walked across rickety bridges that swayed under our feet, tightropes, zig-zagging planks, spinning cylinders, and ziplined. With each level up, second to fifth, the obstacles got increasingly difficult — but for every quiver and near-scream, I had my friends going through the same obstacles next to me, which was its own kind of comfort. At my peak, though, I was killing it. I felt like an Olympian. I ziplined multiple stories over a fountain and got my legs wet. My feet wobbled and I steadied them. The obstacles tried to defeat me, but they simply couldn’t because I was what? A champion.”