LOW TENSION TRAVERSE:

Did you concentrate more on NOT FALLING or on KEEPING YOUR BALANCE? What was most distracting to you?

This time I seemed to concentrate more on not falling. during the final portion of the activity, I did start to lose my balance, however, and split concentrating on both of them. This activity seemed to be about just as difficult with blindfold as without. The visual aspect is pretty much minimal here, thus the lack of vision didn't help. Nothing really caused a major distraction.

WILD WOOSEY:

The main problem that my partner and I had was...

Again, we had a little trouble keeping our body positioning correct. Being blindfolded, you had to guess how much your partner was stretched out, and attempt to compensate for it. Our first run through this we managed to get one of us to the end, so we just jumped off. It seemed to be much easier with the blindfold on. (Or maybe that was due to the fact that we had already done it before.) This was one of the events that our group overall had the most success in, and we were able to switch partners and try it different ways, and most of us made it across.

SWINGING LOG:

The thing that helped me the most in keeping my balance was...

Well, I still was not able to keep my balance very well. The best trick I used for keeping my balance turned out to be the old increase in forward momentum. I just launched forward at a super-fast speed, and then it really didn't matter whether I had balance or not. I was still able to take about 5 steps or so before I fell off. Thus, the blindfold might have helped a little bit, because I was unable to see anything, and could use the portion of my brain that would be concentrating on the vision on balance instead. However, it still did not help a great deal.

I (did or did not) feel very dependent upon my spotters because...

I didn't feel very dependent on my spotters because the log was at such a low height. I knew that if I was to fall down, I would quickly hit the ground, and I could just continue walking away. I did however, depend on the people around me to warn when I was quickly approaching the end. (but, I would rarely stay on the log that long, anyway.) And, I used them to help me to get back up on the log after another fall. ( A common occurrence.)

FIDGET LADDER:

The thing that challenged me the most about this was...

This time, it was much easier because I had the diagonal theory explained to me and had it clear in my head. Doing it blindfolded didn't really matter. It was almost all based on feeling anyway, and the blindfold merely added to the need to concentrate on the feeling aspect of the activity. Finally, when I finished it, I was able to quickly jump off, with a great feeling of success. The main problem I had was the initial start. The first time I wasn't quite sure about my footing when I started out. another challenge that I had was the desire to move my foot forward a little too far (up a few more rings than I was supposed to, thus 'squishing up myself'.

Overall, the blindfold day was easier than the earlier regular day. However, it is impossible to discern whether this difference was due to group cohesiveness and familiarity with the obstacles, or if it instead was a major factor resulted from the lack of vision.

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