R.O.P.E.S. Challenge Courses

Probably the most well-known of the experiential family, ROPES Challenge courses are located throughout the United States. WooHoo uses only certified courses built by the best in the business Building Bridges, Inc. out of Asheville, NC. Experiential training has many forms and the smaller "elements" are the ones more commonly used by WooHoo, Inc. However, when dramatic breakthrough is needed and serious teambuilding or teambonding, as we like to call it is needed, then there is nothing better than a ROPES course.

Shown here are two elements. In the foreground is the corporate wall. Teams are to get from the ground onto the landing at the top by climbing the side. They must figure out how to get everyone "over the wall" without use of a ladder. To the right is the "Crow's Foot." This element involves three participants at a time suspended on the cables in the middle and supported by the rest of their team on the ground with their belay (safety) lines.

Great time and care is taken in the preparation of the ROPES elements. We have a saying at WooHoo - "We never sacrifice safety for fun!" Plenty of time is spent explaining the process to the participants before each element. The system is double cabled for extra safety and the connections are double checked with each participant.

As you can see, everyone takes part in the exercise. The people on the ground are the support and safety for the pole in the air. If the person on the wall falls, their "team" on the ground holds them up. These two elements, the "Quantum Leap" (left) and the "Corporate Tower" (right) are great teambuilding exercises that have wonderful metaphors relating back to the workplace. (Incidentally, the pole on the left is 32' high and the tower on the right is 40' high. We knew you were thinking that!)