Bridges, Rope, Darts and so forth

This is one of those blog posts you hope your mom doesn’t read, because the truth is, she is still the boss. When I mentioned to my sister about possibly taking on the rope dart this year, her response was, I think you will enjoy that, you have always liked fidgeting with ropes.  Little does she know how true that is.

You see growing up, I dabbled a bit into rock climbing which required a pretty good understanding of knots, rope systems, hardware and so forth.  Having minimal terrain to practice our craft, and minimal brains to properly think things through, boys with rappelling gear climbing rope and the cover of night, make for a bad combination.

Not to go into the details, (like I said, Mom and Dad are still the boss), but one such incident of narrowly missing a CN train on a very high and very narrow bridge that would have rivalled the kids from Stand By Me, and another involving mass panic and tear down after remembering mom was due to travel that very bridge coming off of night shift, should have all put a love of ropes in the past.

Truth is, I do like fiddling with ropes!  And the rope dart is one of those really cool weapons that I am finding extremely challenging, extremely unpredictable, and well, just down right enjoyable.  Progress is REALLY slow, and while sometimes I doubt my decision when I see the progress of the team around me (most of the time after taking a bean bag off the coconut) I am enjoying learning it, and believe I made the right decision.  I hope things eventually come together and all doubt is erased as things progress through the year.

 

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