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Spring 2018\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

[lead]Located near the Barbara Ying Center, the Challenge Course<\/a> may look like fun and games, but it serves as a way to determine how people face difficult tasks, communicate in groups and solve problems in real time.[\/lead]<\/p>\n

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[blockquote source=”Nathan Vink, outdoor adventure assistant director for the Recreation and Wellness Center” cite=”” color=”” css_class=””]\u201cOut here, people learn that there are different types of leadership skills. Not everyone leads out front, and that\u2019s OK. Some people like to lead by example, others like to lead from behind the group.\u201d[\/blockquote]<\/p>\n

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With the high-elements course, which combines climbing and balancing, participants learn to work together and face their fears while developing physical and mental problem-solving skills.<\/p>\n

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These same skills are honed with the low-elements course \u2014 for those wanting a challenge, minus the heights.<\/p>\n

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[photo id=”12609″ title=”Ropes-Course-Slide-3″ alt=”An empty rope net stretches to the base of a wooden platform.” position=”left” width=”100%”][\/photo]<\/p>\n

The Challenge Course uses the Odyssey III high-elements course, which starts with a climb up a rope net and finishes with a zip line.<\/p>\n

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About 1,200 students use the Challenge Course each semester.<\/p>\n

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The high-elements course takes an average of 3 hours to complete per group and has a maximum height of 40 feet<\/p>\n

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A student climbs up a rope net onto the first platform of the high-elements course.<\/p>\n

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A group of RWC staff members in training try to complete the high-elements course to test their abilities to work together as a team.<\/p>\n

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