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the assault course
Posted: Wed 02 May, 2007 2:59 pm
by roger that
can anyone list the obstacles on the bottom field assault course? i think it goes water trap, 5 ft wall, railings, scramble net, monkey bars, ropes, zig zag wall, wobble bridge, 6 ft wall, more railings, underground tunnels, then wall with steps on the other side. if anyone can definately name each part or give me a link to somewhere that can, id very much appreciate it.
p.s i did do a search prior
Posted: Wed 02 May, 2007 3:06 pm
by LostandFound
From memory, I think youve got that pretty much spot on
Posted: Wed 02 May, 2007 4:14 pm
by ali_hire
5 and 6ft walls are the other way round (IE. 6ft wall is first after the tank trap) and the chasm (rope crossing is after the zig zag wall but otherwise that's everything.
Also, the first set of railings you kid of run over and the second set you vault over.
Have a look down the page on this RM forum and you should see a thread relating to a Blue Peter PRMC. Part of the video has the assault course on it.
Incidentally, does anyone have any idea which of the 3 tunnels is the shortest?
Posted: Wed 02 May, 2007 4:39 pm
by ali_hire
Thought as much!
Anything to shave a second or two of the time!
Posted: Wed 02 May, 2007 4:43 pm
by 803troop
Posted: Wed 02 May, 2007 5:13 pm
by chris5818
Any reason why you want to know?
Posted: Thu 03 May, 2007 7:00 am
by cruicent
Wants to make his own.
Posted: Thu 03 May, 2007 2:25 pm
by themattmeister
ali_hire wrote:Thought as much!
Anything to shave a second or two of the time!
The tunnel on the right is the shortest, and they get longer from right to left.
Posted: Thu 03 May, 2007 6:09 pm
by druadan
No, the one on the right just feels shorter cos you run slightly downhill to get to it, leaving you feeling fresher
Posted: Sat 12 May, 2007 6:03 pm
by tomharto30
druadan wrote:No, the one on the right just feels shorter cos you run slightly downhill to get to it, leaving you feeling fresher
Roger that, then you can have a nice little loafing session while going through the tunnels!!
Posted: Sat 12 May, 2007 6:05 pm
by druadan
PTI caught one lad stopping for a quick breather in the tunnels. He won't forget the following week in a hurry
Posted: Sat 12 May, 2007 6:11 pm
by tomharto30
Only ever got one real thrashing down bottom field, most sessions we performed well, but one sat morn session everyone was loathing and waiting to get out on the lash, that was our first and last thrashing down there!!lol. Can you remember what time you got on tarzan?
Posted: Sat 12 May, 2007 6:14 pm
by druadan
10min 13s I think, but I fell off the first rope on my tests
Had to climb all the bloody way up the net rather than swinging into it most of the way up. Still don't know how I managed it
Posted: Sat 12 May, 2007 6:39 pm
by tomharto30
Good effort, I did it the other day, fell off one of the obstacles and completed it 4 seconds over the time, so should be ok on the day. What about endurance??
Posted: Sat 12 May, 2007 7:38 pm
by druadan
Just over 60 mins.
Don't worry about being over the times now, the first time we did them we were nearly all told we'd failed, in some cases by quite a lot (think I got told 14min30s Tarzan or something). Not sure if that was PTI reverse psychology or what, but by the time the tests ticked round no problems. Cos I was Huntered on my tests first time round, the second time I actually did cheeky Wed, Tarzan on Fri, then joined new troop and started tests on Sat, so did 7 tests in 7 days