Even watching people on TV and movies dangle from heights makes my palms sweat. I am truly not a risk taker or and adventure seeker. You should see me when we go up on the chair lift during ski season - no one is allowed to move and the littles are not allowed to sit too close to the edge. I get REALLY nervous. Even worse is the ski lift in the summer! Every year we venture to the top to hike around and look at the pretty mountain wild flowers. 2 summers ago we went down the lift - which was the worst thing I have done in a long time - you can see just how high up you are and how far you have to go.... shudder. So last summer I made the boys hike down. Even though it was straight downhill for over an hour and my knees were aching it was 100 times better than going back down the chair lift.
Where am I going with this?
2 weeks ago on Spring Break we went to visit my parents. My mom had some passes for a local tree top adventure/zipline that she bought at a charity dinner. Older son J had done the kids course last summer with his cousins and had a blast. He was keen to try it again this Spring. Me not so much. My husband likes the outdoors and is an adventure loving kind of guy and was quite interested in trying it out. I tried to come up with a couple of excuses as to why we shouldn't do it but in the end I booked it for us because I knew how much he'd love it.
We got suited up in our harnesses, went though a low lying test course and passed out safety test. Off to the big trees we went. First obstacle in I froze - logs swinging independently of each other. OMG get me OFF this thing. The nice guy talked me through this one and gave me some tips and then I was off.
A few scary moments when I was 50 feet off the ground on a ladder that was offset steps and no supports. Deep breaths, don't look down. My husband said I was so fast he could not keep up with me. Little tip - the faster you are the faster you can get back on the safe, safe ground.
In the end we did the green and the blue course and passed on the red and black courses (think rop swing into a spider net - no thank you) and I lived to tell about it. Do I want to do it again? No. But I would do it before I bungee jumped or ski dived......

This one was ok - there was a net
The rest not so much


So brave....
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