yeah at the Catwalk. I shake my return at the catwalk. Me while traversing the event.IT’S GAME TIME!!!!!!! This is the day that we will try to conquer our fears, push ourselves to the limit and go beyond what ordinary humans cannot go. La Corona’s main attraction is the “Rope Challenges”. There are several physical and mental activities using ropes, high wires and cables that each participant needs to pass through. Each of us was given a partner or a “buddy” and both of you will try to hurdle the different obstacle courses they offer. My buddy’s name is Orly a guy from another team which has a distinction of quiet man and less talk. I’m not close with him and I don’t really know who he was, what interest him and at first if we will be a great buddies but since it is a “team building” so I decided to just let him play his game and let’s see from where can I go with. Before we proceed to the area we have a couple of warm-up where we will try to both extend ourselves holding both hands and our feet farther apart will try to reach farther as long as we can and YES we done it but this is not the true test it is just only a warm-up.
After a few minutes of briefing about the safety guideline we proceed to the area where we will have the different challenges. The first one is called, “Low-V”. From the name itself you will get an idea on what it is. A cable is attached to a coconut tree that will serve as the cross point and the two ends is attached to two pole and about two feet above the ground. The main objective is both of you can traverse to the other end at the same time without falling. What makes this difficult is the fact that you are pushing one another to create balance at the same time moving farther apart from each other while traversing in the wire. Aside from the objective to get to the other side this obstacle course is developing team effort as well as protecting one another. We have what we called “spotters” who will catch you if you are too tired and because of that you fall. Luckily my buddy is such a strong guy I think he is the one who carried the “fight” in that event. We are one of the two teams who successfully finished that event with flying colors. We are able to maintain our balance until we reach the other end. The next event that we will take is traversing in a wire where the objective is both of you at opposite ends will gonna cross to the other side without falling. On this event, the challenge would be both when both of you are at the center to change position as well as change the ropes. It requires balance, agility, strength and precision to maintain the balance. When we reached the center it was the time when we talked who will plant the foot first between the other’s legs and we decided that since I’m at a much better position I will be the one who will plant the foot in between his (Orly) legs. I slowly put my foot between his legs combating the swaying of the wire after a minute of trying to establish the best position alas! I do it!!! But that the game is not yet over, it is only the beginning; we need to successfully exchange position in order to finish that event. We need to exchange the ropes that help us maintain the balance. This come the struggle, I’m a bit wobbly and started to loose my balance, I’m started to shaking, but to my surprise, Orly did unimaginable thing to do. He goes straight to my back extend his arms to reach the rope that I’m holding at the same time still holding his original rope. He is at my back and also struggling to stay he is now holding the two ropes and I said to him, “Don’t release the rope! Hold on! Hold on! I will just reach your rope” When I get hold on the rope I said to him, “Ok release it!” Then before we started to move I do another “exhibition” I turned 360 degrees and after that we make a move to reach the other end. After that all I hear is clapping and great remarks on what we had done. It’s a GREAT GREAT event. All smiles!!!! J Thanks to him (Orly) he is such a very athletic guy more than I imagined. After this event we take a break. The menu is “pancit hab-hab and puto”. I’m not a fan of pancit but mind you guys it is one of the best pancit I ever taste aside from that the “puto” is also the best! DELICIOUSLY INSANE as GONUTS says.
Next in line is the “Slide for Life” after that great menu. It is the easiest event on that day since you will just slide from a mountain side down the ground. The last but definitely the hardest event is the “CATWALK”. The event mechanics are you need to climb to a 50 feet post, walk to the pole adjoining the two post and get back to the center to have a free fall or jump down. Orly my buddy is the first one who try it and it seems is look so easy for him. And then my turn comes, since we are the last two who did the slide for life now we will be the first for the Catwalk. When I’m starting to climb I don’t have any worries and I just feel so normal but when I am already at the top. I can hear nothing. It seems that it is my end when I fall even though I have a harness. All I can see is the pole that I need to walk on and nothing else. All I can hear is my breathing as well as my heart pumping. Certainly I will not back out or let me loose the said event without trying. So I just continue walking up to the other end and slowly back to the center. When I’m already at the center and I needed to jump, I have hesitation to do it because I don’t know what will happen next but there’s no way down except to jump…. I count one… two… three and then JUMP! It seems that it is so high…. YES! Thank God I’m still alive!!!! J
I’m so tired that day and I can’t anymore join the team on their videoke nights. I have flu and I just need a great rest so I sleep at around 10pm. I leave them singing as much as I wanted to but I have no voice that night.
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