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The Heart of Texas Challenge Course is here to help groups and individuals meet their goals for growth in a God-inspired setting! Every element is a "Challenge by Choice." You choose the activities in which you will participate.
The Challenge Course involves a series of individual and group physical and mental challenges. These challenges require a combination of both teamwork skills and individual commitment.
The Challenge Course is open to church, school, university, business, family, non-profit and other groups of all ages and denominations.
The elements involved can offer the following benefits to both religious and secular environments:
* Improves self-confidence * Enhances communication skills * Develops decision making skills * Promotes Trust * Improves physical fitness * Teaches conflict resolution * Teaches leadership skills * Increases individual responsibility * Develops groups cohesion * Builds awareness of group process * It's Fun!!
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Low Elements The low course elements are built from one to six feet off the ground. These elements focus on teambuilding, communication, problem-solving, leadership, trust, and faith. The low elements are: Team Wall, TP Shuffle, Wild Woozy, Spider Web, Swinging Log, Trust Fall, Zig Zag, Porthole, Triangle Tension Traverse, Skiis, Nitro Crossing and Mountain Tops. Participants must be age 10 and up.
 | Team Wall (Low Element)
This element involves a team helping their team members to overcome a 12 ft wall in an effort to get everyone over the wall. |
T.P. Shuffle (Low Element)
A telephone pole laying horizontal on two blocks sets the stage for teamwork building in the area of communication. |  |
 | Wild Woozy (Low Element)
Two cables are suspended from three trees in a triangle shape to make team members lean on each other in order to tame the wild woozy. |
Spider Web (Low Element)
The name says it all! The team must get through a rope spider-web without disturbing the fake spider. |  |
 | Swinging Log (Low Element)
Again the name tells what it is. This element requires a participant to cross a swinging log with the help of their teammates. |
Trust Fall (Low Element)
This element takes trust in a person's teammates to catch them as they fall from a platform off the ground. |  |
 | Porthole (Low Element)
The team must work together to get each participant through a tire suspended off the ground. |
Mountain Tops (Low Element)
The group must strategize and work as a team to get every participant across three platforms (or mountain tops) using only the materials on hand to reach the goal. |  |
 | Nitro Crossing (Low Element)
Each team member must swing across an imaginary canyon on a single rope while carrying a bucket of highly explosive imaginary nitro-glycerin. |
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High Elements With our high elements, you can push yourself beyond where you ever thought you would go! The high course is anchored by a 30` tower with a rock-climbing wall. We also have a Cat Walk, Multivine, Power Pole and Zip Line. Participants must have completed the fifth grade.
 | Catwalk (High Element)
A log in the air that tests your balance and your concentration. Just walking on this log will make anyone feel like a cat. |
Climbing Wall (High Element)
A 35-ft tall rock wall that challenges people to test their strength and endurance. |  |
 | Multivine (High Element)
This tight rope walking experience involves ropes that hang down to help the participant walk across a steel cable challenging both coordination and balance. |
Power Pole (High Element)
Participants on this element climb up to the top of a telephone pole and jump off to try and catch trapezees bar. |  |
 | Zipline (High Element)
This is one of the finest elements of the course! The participant is hooked into a steel pulley on a steel cable and slides down for a very neat ride! |
Skiis
(Low Element)
Team members stand on two parallel boards and must work together to "ski" across an obstacle course. |  |
 | Zig Zag (Low Element)
The team must cross from one log to another only using the resources given and a little ingenuity. |
Triangle Tension Traverse (Low Element)
Team members must traverse a tightrope that is suspended from three trees in a triangle shape using only one anchored rope for balance. |  |
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Scheduling Options
We have several options for using the Challenge Course, or we can customize one to fit the needs of your group.
Over the course of a day your group will be able to experience several initiatives as well as many of the low and high elements available at Heart of Texas Ropes. Taking the Full Day Challenge is the best way for your group to get the most out of the Challenge Course.
Participant Guidelines 1. The Challenge Course is open to groups of various ages. Low ropes participants must be age 10 or older. High ropes participants must have completed the fifth grade. 2. No open-toed or open-heeled shoes allowed on the course. No sandals are allowed. 3. Participants should wear modest clothing. No short Shorts, please. 4. Leather gloves are optional, but helpful for many activities. 5. Please drink water before you come and bring additional water with you. Also remember sunscreen and sunglasses for added protection. 6. Larger groups may be divided into smaller groups. 7. All participants must fill out and sign a Health Statement form and Release of Liability form. Participants under 18 must have these forms signed by a parent or guardian.
Facilitators Our Team of Facilitators goes through an industry benchmark training provided by Texas-based Adventure Experiences, Inc. We are committed to individual and group safety as well as spiritual growth.
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