Monday, June 28, 2010

A weekend climbing and zipping amongst the wilderness.



When you are in the wilds, won't a little luxury mean a whole lot? This is exactly what I mean when I say you get the pleasures of a comfy bed, a nice tented 'room' and of course not to forget an attached western toilet.
Add to it some soft adventure activities like a 'zip fox'....hang on to a bar, zip down a rope way while you are securely harnessed and feel as if the earth is coming up to eat you. Gave me a huge ball in the stomach at the beginning but I ended up doing it many times over...:)
If going down a slope is not your idea of fun, try out the vertical wall...go up...reach the heavens...though the trip is not as easy as it sounds...you need strong arms, a keen sense of placement of footholds and you are on your way!!!...much easier than you normal way of reaching heavens, I must say!!! It does end up giving you an exhilarating sense of power and accomplishment.
For the ones looking at testing out their sense of balance, there is a huge array of choices to be made....rope crossings, burma crossings, net crossings, suspended bridge crossings...and much more. You are not too high in the air, but enough to give you the right feel and yes, did I mention the harness??? Each and every time. You are safe...even if you miss a foothold, you don't plunge to the bottom. You might hand in there till you find your foothold again.
For the lovers of leisure, no need to get into the hurry of zipping, crossing, hanging. Relax on the many hammocks, swings, tyre tubes to swing on, climb the machaan to sleep high up staring at the skies through the tree tops, try your hand at archery, a gentle sport, or maybe your lost forgotten (??) skills on the bicycle.
When so many activities abound, food taken care of...can we just leave our worries back in the city, soak in the atmosphere, rediscover ourselves and reconnect with self and family or friends??? Yes, we can!!!