{"id":2876,"date":"2013-06-10T10:11:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T14:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2013-06-10T10:11:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T14:11:23","slug":"heights-woods-and-bravery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/miscellaneous\/heights-woods-and-bravery\/","title":{"rendered":"Heights, Woods, and Bravery"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>

Cables connect an ariel obstacle course at The Adventure Park at Storrs<\/p><\/div>\n

I attended the opening ceremony of The Adventure Park at Storrs<\/a> last week, and as people traversed cable pathways in the trees overhead, I peered up through the rain to watch them and contemplate my own bravery.\u00a0 I\u2019m not scared of heights, but I appreciate them.<\/p>\n

\"Only

Only one safety clip at a time can release. Ingenious.<\/p><\/div>\n

Beyond just the concept of aerial pathways and ziplines through the forest, which is already pretty spectacular, three things about the new Adventure Park impressed and delighted me most.\u00a0 First, the technology of the safety clips that attach each climber\u2019s harness to the cables makes it impossible for both clips to release at the same time.\u00a0 A climber is always attached to a safety line, and can never accidentally go into a free fall.\u00a0 That was incredibly cool to me.<\/p>\n

\"staff\"

Orange. Nice.<\/p><\/div>\n

Next, twenty-five people who love working with people, the outdoors, and physical challenges have new jobs.\u00a0 The Adventure Park is staffed by excited, happy, fit young people in bright orange sweatshirts, and their enthusiasm is contagious.\u00a0 I love to see businesses that give responsibility and expert experiences to young adults, especially in the so-called quiet corner of our state where we have had few such new openings.<\/p>\n

\"LynnandRusty\"

Co-owner Lynn Stoddard and her noble dog, Rusty<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, I\u2019m completely inspired by my friends, Lynn Stoddard and Chris Kueffner, who with their partners have opened the park.\u00a0 When Lynn first told me of their concept a year ago, it seemed to face insurmountable obstacles and unknowns.\u00a0 Yet she had this vision of doing something ecologically responsible with the land she and her husband owned, and finding a way to get people into the trees, and bringing a sense of fun to our community.\u00a0 I find her inspiring.\u00a0 She put a dream and hands-on bravery into action.<\/p>\n

Did I make it up into the trees?\u00a0 This time, I did not, but I saw the world from a new perspective even from the ground. \u00a0And I’m going back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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