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Challenge Course
( also known as "The
Ropes" )
For guests seeking more excitement and adventure during their stay,
the Kostopulos Dream Foundation operates a leadership challenge
program. One aspect of this program is the use of our challenge
ropes course area. We offer two different courses for use by our
guests.
The low challenge course
is a structure comprised of telephone poles and aircraft cable.
It is sectioned into different elements that require balance and
confidence to complete.
Examples of low course elements include a rope
bridge, swinging horizontal pole, and a wire walk. The elements
are built just a few feet off the ground, so safety is provided
by the attentive spotting practices of your teammates. Each individual
has an opportunity to attempt the different elements and several
elements may be attempted in pairs or groups. Trained facilitators
will guide your group through each of the elements and assist your
group with processing the deeper implications of what it means
to be supported by the
group.
Have you ever done a zip line or leapt to the
trapeze bar? How about climbing to the top of a telephone pole?
The high challenge course at Camp Kostopulos has all
this and more.
Trained facilitators will guide you through an
experience not soon to be forgotten. The high challenge course
is similar to the
low course in that there are elements of varying difficulty for
participants to attempt. The main difference is that now you are
25 feet off the ground. The safety on a high challenge course
comes from the use of rock climbing harnesses and ropes while
skilled
belayers assist you in attempting the elements.
The initial training includes a medical prescreening,
use of harnesses, carabiners, helmets, and a review
of verbal
commands used when participating.
For some individuals, just climbing the pole will
be enough. Others may want to try all seven high elements which
include a rope bridge, zip line, rope ladder, high balance log,
and trapeze. Participants will set their own goals for the high
course,
strive
to reach them, and be safely lowered to the ground by the belayer.
Because each individual may have differing levels
of comfort, noon but the climber makes the choice to participate.
All staff is trained in facilitation, hardware use and safety.
The high challenge ropes course is built to standards
set by
the
national
challenge course certifying group.
Download
the Challenge Course Release Form here
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