Low & High Ropes

Move from your comfort zone to the hallowed stretch where Lewis Hamilton, Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer operate consistently.  It’s all about preparation and mental strength.  Your teams will be tasked to complete challenges that bring effective team work to the fore. A 10m climbing wall, low ropes and then high ropes. A ropes course is a series of supervised individual and group challenges that can be used for recreational, educational, developmental and therapeutic purposes.They are not assault courses or adventure playgrounds. They are very versatile facilities, which have been designed to meet the needs of a wide range of different user groups. Effective participation in a ropes course program is not dependent on strength or physical fitness; however, an open minded sense of adventure and the ability to have fun are essential!

Low-ropes elements are predominantly team-based problem-solving and attitude changing exercises.

Group initiatives, also called team courses or Low-ropes courses, are problems or obstacles that challenge groups, both mentally and physically.

These challenges require teamwork to be completed successfully. All participants must work together to accomplish the tasks and they act as safety systems for one another.

These activities allow the Frontier Events trainer or facilitator to work with the group, helping them to deal with teamwork objectives, and preparing them for bigger challenges found in the everyday world. Our staff is versed in applying these challenges to their everyday working life.

High-ropes elements can be both personal and team based challenges and usually involve some degree of perceived risk.

Ropes courses can be seen as the ultimate group, or individual challenge.

Ropes courses are vertical obstacle courses that make extensive use of safety equipment to keep participants from danger.

Working with peoples’ natural discomfort for heights, but using safety equipment to reduce real risk assists them to gently transcend from comfort to the stretch zone, thereby unifying the team.

When groups or individuals go up on a ropes course there is a great opportunity for them to learn about calculated risk taking and their own perceived limit. They also discover how they as the individual take risks or perform under pressure. How they can give or receive support from other people in taking “appropriate” risk and how working with others can help individuals to achieve more than they thought they could accomplish, is also highlighted.

The skill of our facilitators allows your delegates leave with a positive experience. There is a euphoria of elation for those that achieve their own goals and make it through the top course. The low ropes allow the team to prepare in a comfort zone and practice the skills required to operate up top. It also allows those that will never make it to the higher echelons to understand the pressure of those operating under immense pressure. There are very meaningful support roles for the mere mortals below and absolutely no sense of failure as they assist, and encourage their team’s high flyers.