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The Marine Military Academy Ropes Course<\/b> was begun in 2000 with the construction of the first The ropes course is run under the supervision of certified Academy instructors that have completed To learn more about the value of ropes courses read Michael Hyatt’s article “What I\u00a0Learned About Leadership from a Low Ropes Course<\/a>”\u00a0\u00a0 In the article he lists 7 take-aways from the experience that you might find interesting.<\/p>\n To learn more about the Marine Military Academy visit our website at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org<\/a> or request information at\u00a0http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/MMA\/admissions\/admissions_form2.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LEAD Complex Ropes Course Maj Harold Compton Ropes Course Operation The Marine Military Academy Ropes Course was begun in 2000 with the construction of the first series of high elements.\u00a0 Work on this section of the course was completed in time for use during Summer Camp 2000.\u00a0 The second high element section and the low […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training-facilities"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13749,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/13749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"ropes](\"http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/highcrse.jpg\" "\\"highcrse\\"")
<\/a> series of high elements.\u00a0 Work on this section of the course was completed in time for use during Summer Camp 2000.\u00a0 The second high element section and the low element were constructed the following year in time for Summer Camp 2001.\u00a0 The ropes course<\/i> is a series of 23 low and high events testing strength, stamina, teamwork and helping overcome fear of heights.\u00a0 High elements are an individual test for each participant while most of the low elements are team eventsrequiring the participants to overcome some problem while working as a team.\u00a0 To supplement the ropes course<\/span> a series of ground elements were also constructed that are all team oriented.\u00a0 These include the Tank Walk, A-Frame \u00a0Shuffle,\u00a0 Landing Pads and the most popular of all events, the 350 foot long zipline.\u00a0 These events are used during the Summer Camp Crucible each year.<\/p>\n
\nthe Boy Scout COPE (Challenging Opportunities for Personal Experience) course.<\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 The ropes\u00a0course contains an element that challenges most participant\u2019s fear of heights more than any other; the infamous Power Pole.\u00a0 This event requires that the participant climb a 20 foot telephone pole and then stand up on the top\u00a0 of it with only a safely line attached to their harness.\u00a0 They must then dive out and attempt to touch a rubber buoy suspended at eye level, 9 feet in front of them.\u00a0\u00a0 Success on this event places them in an elite category and is something they will never forget!<\/p>\n