Camp Geiger - Wed. June 22 - 4:17 p.m.

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This week, high on a tower about 90 feet above Camp Geiger, many of our boys are learning to defy gravity, face their inhibitions and in come cases, remind us old guys that they are absolutely fearless.

Yesterday, we blogged about the boys taking C.O.P.E. and covered a number of the "low course" challenges they were tackling with their teammates. Today, they took to the "high course" climbing up a 65-foot hanging rope, or maneuvering their way up a 65-foot climbing wall and then rappelling or ziplining down from the top of the tower. For some, there was also a triangle of terror to deal with at the top where they walked across a single wire with just one wire to hang on to, a single wire with two wires to hang on to and then a series of wooden steps with only their harness to hang on to - all 70 feet above the ground! But fear not, they are always locked onto a guide wire and they are always On Belay.

After last night's storms, this morning's winds at the top of the tower were at least 20-30 mph. Even double hooked in as all people on the top platform are, it was still a little disconcerting when the wind gusted and the tower swayed. Only a few of our guys were on the team ziplining today but we had a bunch of climbers and climb they did. They were like a pack of spider monkeys scurrying up the wall in just minutes.

But of course what goes up, must come down and for a bunch of our boys, that meant rappelling off the 65-foot tower.

All in all, another awesome day at the C.O.P.E. tower for team 451!


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