Sunday, August 9, 2009

Ropes course

Our entire team headed out to the Pegasus Institute 60km from Bangalore for a weekend of team-building. It was fun and frustrating at the same time. As for team-building, I'm not so sure. If anything, there was a bit of team destruction. But hopefully in hindsight we'll all look back on the experience fondly.

We stayed in 10-person tents and here is the setup. Basically there was a mattress pad and some blankets which served as our sleeping bags. Luckily the girls' tent only had 4 of us, so we had plenty of room to spread out.

We got lost on the drive out, so we were late for dinner but the folks at Pegasus waited up and saved food for us. It was delicious and we got to eat out by the campfire:

A beautiful view from the Pegasus grounds. I still have no idea where exactly we were, but the scenery was a nice change from Bangalore's dirty and congested streets.

The long path that cuts through the Pegasus grounds. On one side are the tents and mess hall. On the other side are the obstacle courses.

This is like a regular ropes course. Unfortunately we did not have any projects on this course the whole day.

Task 1: We were to pass each member of our team through a unique whole in this spiderweb without touching any of the rope. This was the only project that went smoothly.

Task 2: The goal was to get across this field using 3 barrels and 2 planks. The catch? All 10 people on your team had to be off the ground (i.e. not touching the dirt) the entire way. This was by far the most frustrating task we had to complete and by the end everyone was irritated and angry. Needless to say, we did not complete the task.


Before task 3 we had a dancing break. This little exercise was meant to loosen us up before the obstacle course, and it was so much fun. We couldn't stop laughing.

Task 3: A tricky puzzle of an obstacle course. There were 3 stations that each team had to get through without touching any of the sand or any areas painted red. We only got through the first station and ran out of time trying to strategize the 2nd.

It was still light out when we left Pegasus and we got some beautiful views of the countryside:

The roads got pretty narrow on the drive and they were filled with local villagers.

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