Question:
I am supposed to be making running an obstacle course at the local school fete on Saturday as a publicity event for the group.
We have done this in the past using pioneering poles to support scramble nets and balance beams but they all got worm a couple of years back, and we ended up having to burn them as they were absolutely riddled.
I arranged to borrow some scaffolding but it turned up tonight and the poles are way too big and covered in loose rust so I don't want to use them. The kids will get rust on their hands, in their eyes and I have no idea how safe they are so that's out
The problem is that I only have 40 6' staves a scramble net, a camo net and bags of ropes and pegs.
My brain is fried from all the crap going down at the moment can anybody suggest suitable ideas for obstacles given the stuff listed above?
Answer:
a bit of lateral thinking, you need more resources but picking up cardboard boxes, pallets etc shouldn't be beyond a bunch of Scouts.
Peg out the scramble net as a crawl net. It ain't so easy to get under one. and keep moving.
Use chairs, pallets, and cardboard to build a low level maze. Peg the camo net over the top so that A - you can see what is going on. B/ no-one gets claustropbobia in the middle of the maze.
When they are collecting stuff, ask the local tyre dealer if you can borrow some old tyres - make sure that he will take them back, and use them either to crawl through, or as step thoughs.
Scaffold Poles -- lash two together and lay them on the ground, or just above the ground on blocks and create a low level walk. (Actually, if you used scaffold poles for pioneering you could run into some serious trouble if anything went wrong)
Beg steal borrow some milk crates, they can be used for the maze, or as stepping stones.
6 foot staves, lash them to create a double frame, and run cord between the frames in a spider's web style, attach bells or tin cans and challenge them to find a way through the web without rattling the cans.
