USO Tour Part 1: AbenteuerPark

On Sunday morning at 0830 we boarded the USO bus. We were headed to AbenteuerPark for a ropes course adventure! Neither of us had ever tried a ropes course before, but we were very excited. We pulled up to AbenteuerPark after a comfortable hour ride on the bus. This is what we saw:

After we stowed our belongings in a locker and donned our helmets, we were ready to go!

At AbenteuerPark we received a 30 minute briefing on how to safely snap our carabiners onto the different cables, ropes, and lines. Once we were brief complete they cut us loose to do whatever courses we chose! During the brief we were told that it takes approximately 30-40 minutes to get through each course. AbenteuerPark offers Courses 1-9, the number corresponding to the difficulty level. Course 1 is the easiest and Course 9 is the hardest. Since we were feeling fairly confidant, we started out on Course 6. Course 6 was a great one to start on. There was a little tight-rope walking:



A little zip-lining:



And lots of fun obstacles. After about 35 minutes we were done and ready for our next challenge! We decided to step it up a notch and go for Course 8. Course 8 proved to be a bit more difficult (Course 8 almost bested me on what I like to call "The Rings of Death"), but there was also considerably more zip-lining which was my favorite part. Once Course 8 was under our belts I was ready for a rest, but Brian was itching to try Course 9 (which, incidentally, required another 15 minute briefing prior to attempting). As Brian got his extra briefing I got the camera all ready to capture his maneuvers.

Course 9 started out with a long rope climb (which Brian breezed through like some sort of jungle cat):



Next up was the Double Pendulum. The Double Pendulum was the reason for the supplemental briefing prior to Course 9 (also the main reason I chose to take pictures instead of partake). Please enjoy my Ode to the Double Pendulum:







Success! After the Double Pendulum there were some more fun obstacles. For example, walking across teeny tiny wooden swings:



And skateboarding:



And then finally, zip-lining down:



We lucked out with absolutely gorgeous weather on Sunday and had a blast on the ropes course! After Brian finished Course 9, we grabbed some lunch at the biergarten and waited for Part 2 of our USO tour to begin.

To be continued...