{"id":5443,"date":"2016-08-12T09:49:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T08:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2016-08-12T09:49:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T08:49:35","slug":"alexs-hands-on-high-ropes-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/alexs-hands-on-high-ropes-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex&#8217;s Hands On High Ropes Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5619 alignleft\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/alex-e1465378067826-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"alex-e1465378067826-300x300\" width=\"248\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/alex-e1465378067826-300x300.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/alex-e1465378067826-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/>When we\u2019re not hard at work booking incredible experiences for our customers, we love escaping the office to give them a go ourselves. So for our latest \u2018First Person Review\u2019 we sent Sales Agent Alex to take on a <a href=\"http:\/\/theactivitypeople.co.uk\/en\/venues\/oAct-56\" target=\"_blank\">high ropes course<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At this point we should probably point out that Alex doesn\u2019t like heights.. or spiders, or bees \u2013 but mainly heights. So if he can conquer a high ropes course, anybody can! Here\u2019s how he got on..<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say I wasn\u2019t looking forward to my high ropes experience at all, but being a team player I decided to give it a go anyway!<\/p>\n<p>When I arrived at the site I was really nervous, which I think the instructors spotted straight away, so they really went out of their way to reassure me. I could see other people working their way round the course too, so that made me feel a lot better about my chances of survival.<\/p>\n<p>After being fitted with a harness and helmet I was ready to take on the first obstacle, which just so happened to be a 40ft climbing wall &#8211; 40ft! With a bit of encouragement I somehow managed to put that to the back of my mind though, and slowly but surely I made my way to the top. 40ft seemed a long way up from the ground, and when I got to the top it was even higher than I&#8217;d imagined, but I was glad I&#8217;d made it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5447 alignright\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1011453_6ffc2123.jpg\" alt=\"1011453_6ffc2123\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1011453_6ffc2123.jpg 427w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1011453_6ffc2123-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>The second obstacle wasn&#8217;t quite as daunting as the climbing wall, but it required a lot more skill. It was a swing bridge that was suspended in mid-air, and as soon as I stepped onto it it started to move. There were gaps in-between each step too, which meant I couldn&#8217;t help but look down. Once I&#8217;d got the hang of swinging from one step to another though I actually started to enjoy myself, and I made it to the end fairly quickly.<\/p>\n<p>With the bridge crossing conquered I was ready for the last obstacle, which was a zip wire ride back to the safety of solid ground. There was a choice of two zip lines to try: a long one and a short one, and I decided to go for the shortest because it looked like the most fun &#8211; and it also got me back to the ground the quickest! The zip line ride was actually really god fun, and if they ever got me up there again I&#8217;d definitely give the longer one a go.<\/p>\n<p>After touching back down on the ground I was so relieved my experience was over, and even though I probably wouldn&#8217;t do it again I&#8217;d definitely recommend it to anybody (even if you&#8217;re scared of heights). The instructors at Bedale were really reassuring and they didn&#8217;t force anybody to attempt any obstacle they weren&#8217;t 100% happy with, which I think makes you want to push yourself even more.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everybody at Bedale for an unforgettable day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To book your own high ropes experience visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/theactivitypeople.co.uk\/en\/venues\/oTown-1908_oAct-56\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> today!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we\u2019re not hard at work booking incredible experiences for our customers, we love escaping the office to give them a go ourselves. So for our latest \u2018First Person Review\u2019 we sent Sales Agent Alex to take on a high ropes course. At this point we should probably point out that Alex doesn\u2019t like heights.. &hellip; <a href=\"\/blog\/alexs-hands-on-high-ropes-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alex&#8217;s Hands On High Ropes Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[910],"tags":[36,966,965,245],"class_list":["post-5443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-climbing","tag-experience-days","tag-high-ropes","tag-team-building"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5443"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5636,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443\/revisions\/5636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}