TEAM BUILDING Facilitation / High Ropes / Low Ropes & Fixed Initiatives

Low Ropes and Initiatives Tasks, although less intimidating in height or skill, stress patience and thorough thought processing. These activities are tools we use to challenge the group in problem solving, communication and collaboration.

Nuclear Reactor
Three nuclear reactors of increasing height are melting down, and only the diffuser and team work can stop the inevitable destruction. Using out-of-the-box creative thinking and ingenuity, the team must work to carefully and quickly to place the diffuser over each of the reactors without touching the reactor itself.

Conundrum
Four cables are strung close to the ground between four trees in the shape of an X. The group evenly divides themselves between the four wires and then stands on the wires at the trees. Each person moves from his or her starting tree to another one by balancing on the cable with the aid of ropes secured to the trees. To complete this challenge, each participant must end at a different tree, with different people, and in a different order.

Low V
The low V consists of an isosceles triangle of 3 trees. connected by foot cables. At the apex of the triangle, there is a hand rope that splits into two seperate ropes. The object is for the group to get around the triangle, without falling off the cables.

Zig Zag
Five foot cables form a path between six trees. On trees 3 and 4, there are two hand ropes. The object for the group is to make it from tree 1 to tree 6, without falling off the cables. There are several solutions to this tricky element!

Whale Watch
The Whale Watch is, in essence, a large, low teeter-totter. The object of the element is to balance the Whale Watch with entire group on the element. It takes every member of the group to actively participate in problem-solving this one. Trickier than it seems...

Tires of Hanoi
There are three poles side by side. On the first pole, there are five tires of diiferent sizes, so that the largest tire is on the bottom, and the smallest is on top. The object of the activity is to move the tires to the third pole with the following conditions: only one tire can be off the pole at a time, and a larger tire can never rest on top of a smaller tire.