Scaling new heights with Team Sky Ropes, forging bonds amidst towering cliffs and endless skies.
A crack team from Alpkit GHQ headed to Thornbridge Outdoors in order to see what they could throw at them.
The Big Shakeout weekend is all set to get the adrenaline pumping for all levels of outdoor enthusiasts, but what activity could cater for all levels in one sitting? Well our hosts for the Big Shakeout, Thornbridge Outdoors have a number of set ups that could well fit the bill, whether that’s for groups of mates, young kids or families. On a recent visit the Alpkit team decided to take a tour of some of the on-site activities that are on offer.
First up was the Sky ropes, a skeletal network of wire, wooden poles and cargo net, towering in the Thornbridge grounds. Striding up to it there is a slight air of apprehension combined with a feeling of ‘how hard can it be?’
In a mix of friendly bravado and encouragement, the sky ropes proves a fun and challenging exercise whether it’s overcoming your fear of heights or refining your high-line techniques. “I really enjoyed the Sky ropes even though it was raining, i loved the fact that each of the sections could be made easy or hard to suit who was doing it, and even better to see Izzy complete the course even though she was scared of heights” Nick
“I definitely preferred the low-ropes. However there was lots of team encouragement as I made my way around the sky ropes and a zip wire is always fun, even if you are scared of heights. There’s fun for everyone!” Izzy
Moving on from the sky ropes we took a quick peek at the pump track, which will be home to the Campbell Coaching bike skills sessions, before heading out to the high ropes.
There is also plenty to occupy the younger kids and get the whole family involved at the Big Shakeout and so we moved onto the low ropes course. Forming part of our Mini Adventurer sessions, it will provide a great challenge in balance, trust and confidence for the younger kids. But fear not, it is not primarily aimed towards younger age groups and can be adapted to make for a fun and more challenging course for the adventurous families to work together on when taking part in the Family Adrenaline day.
Which is just where Pete and Ben finished their time at Thornbridge. Again part of our Mini Adventurers, Family Adrenaline day, and Mole hole/Nightline courses, the mole holes are a man made series of tunnels to navigate through. Whether you want to go for the narrow or easy option, it’s a good introduction to the more adventurous side of caving. Just happened that Pete and Ben came away with some rather interesting mole facts too.
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