That’s Me in the Trees
July 29th, 2006This morning I was fretting a little because I really wanted to go to the “Parqours Aventure Le Relais” (I think that translate to something like Relay Adventure Park), but I didn’t buy a ticket in advance and I was worried that they would be sold out.
Well as the universe has decided to be on my side lately, I showed up at the University and got the very last spot! Ca va tres bien!
The Parquors Aventure is a series of suspended cables that stretch between the trees (we were told that each one was a separate “game”) and each game is a different level of difficulty. One of the most interesting ones was a kind of snowboard zip line where you jumped onto the board and then zoomed down the line. It’s difficult to explain properly without a photo and since we were doing a lot of climbing, I opted out of bringing my camera with me.
However, some of my friends brought their smaller (more manageable) cameras with them and so I have a few photos of the event (like this one):
Here I look a little wobbly, but it was because I was trying hard to use only my sense of balance and not to grab the “life line” above my head in order to get across. I ended up being able to get across this one without “cheating” but most of the others, I would have fallen if it weren’t for grabbing the line (oh and of course the fact that I was strapped in).
At one point I was getting pretty confident about racing across the lines and one of the wood panels under my feet actually broke. Of course, I had the harness to hold me up, but I still got quite the adrenaline rush.
I’m having such a great time here but I’m heading out in only 7 more days! It’s time to really buckle down and get the most of it with regard to learning French!


July 29th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
That looks really fun.
July 29th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
Tres bon, mon ami! Merci pour (posting) les photos. Tres interressant! Aujourd’hui, j’ai visite Canyon Sainte-Anne. Ils ont, aussi, un zip line. Je n’ai traverse pas le canyon via le zip line!!! J’ai traverse le canyon via le pont suspendus. Sensationnel!
Congrats on the last 10,000 and I know you will make the most of the next, and the next, and the next. I don’t dare tell my number!!
Je vais voir dans le classe le lundi.
Salut !
Tish
August 1st, 2006 at 3:39 pm
I just wanted to say that, although I keep a blog myself, I never really find many blogs amusing or interesting enough to return to.
However, yours is firmly bookmarked, you fascinate me and I completely think that you rock.
Cheers! Enola.