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Wild Woosey

Extremely dynamic traversing challenge for pairs.

  • Physically demanding
  • Challenge for everyone
  • Develops balance & agility
  • Focus on team support
  • Inspires relationship metaphors

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. In advance, assess your group’s physical abilities and spotting skills as required for this exercise.
  2. Objective: Challenge two people facing one another to work together and traverse the foot cables starting from the narrow end as far along the activity as possible using each other for support.
  3. For safety purposes, the two participants must not interlock their fingers.
  4. Minimum of six spotters, positioned as guided by prescribed spotting protocols (go to Participant Responsibilities tab.)
  5. As in all traversing elements, spotters will move with the participant.
  6. When one or more of the participants step off or fall from the cables, invite them to have another attempt or swap with another pair.
  7. Allow as many attempts as possible within your allotted time frame.
  8. Process your group’s experience at the conclusion of the task.

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Comments (2)

  1. Emily

    I have seen this called the Eiffel Tower. Two people trying to “climb to the top”, supporting eachother. along the way. I will never forget when we did a pair by pair reflection and a student said “it helps to pretend you have something in your butt and you clench it the whole time…this helps you not bend at the waist”. Every pair after that made it to the top no problem! A great memory indeed but also a great tip.

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    • Mark Collard

      Too funny Emily. I had a similar refrain when leading this activity, too. I employed the ‘credit card’ principle of clenching your buttocks hard enough to leave an imprint of the card’s numbers…

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