But on Friday, my daughter and I tackled the most difficult ropes, bridges, and ziplines course at Fritz's Adventure in Branson, climbing some 50 feet to the top of the building and descending through a series of obstacles, drops, and precarious climbs.
I couldn't help but remember the journey she has been on for the last several months. With a lump rising in my throat and the sting of tears in my eyes, I thought about her personal climb and difficult return to confidence and success.
It is with great honor and a soft heart that we completed the course together, Friday afternoon. We know our young lady is resilient, powerful, and determined, but Friday lent a concrete illustration to that knowledge.
First up was the four-story Sky Trail ropes course. The four us us harnessed up and hooked onto the course for tight ropes, swinging bridges, rolling logs, and more along the 20-minute adventure. Afterward, the kids tunneled through a cement mixer to emerge through manholes, climbed through a water tower to slide back to ground level, weaseled through corkscrew climbing cages into storage containers, and meandered into a series of tree house mazes and obstacles. My son even tackle a set of warped walls.
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Then, after some ground training, my daughter and I attacked the TreeTops Course, quantified as "32 obstacles, including 11 ziplines and 2 death-defying free falls". This hour-long hike to the literal ceiling and back was taxing on the mind and the muscles, but our successes made the journey worth our while.
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