Video: Leap of Faith, Ropes Course 11/7/09

Posted November 10, 2009 in News, Spider's Web by Rich Curran | Comment

In the spirit of getting out of yourself and taking risks, participants in last weekend’s Family Learning Center were challenged to take on a great trust and confidence builder and easily the scariest high element on the Hyde-Woodstock Ropes Course: the Pamper Plank or Leap of Faith (also affectionately known among students as the Ball of Death).  From a 40-foot height, climbers leap from a small platform and attempt to touch a large white ball attached to a pulley. The belay rope is attached at one end to the climber’s chest harness, and at the other end to an anchored pole and a trusty belay team. Congratulations to all the families that took on this challenge!

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richardcurran

Born in 1949, Rich "Spider" Curran grew up in Fall River, MA, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1981. He owned and ran a textbook production and design company from 1995 to 2004. In 2004, Richard and his wife, Sharon, moved to CT to join the faculty at Hyde-Woodstock, where Richard taught studio art, AP Art History, English, and was the Ropes Course instructor, and Sharon was the school's librarian. In 2008, the Hamer Curran family moved back to Cambridge, MA, where they have lived in an intentional community called Cambridge Cohousing since 1997. They have two children, Jeff '04, a media studies major at The New School, and Nora '10, a senior on the Woodstock campus.

One Response to “Video: Leap of Faith, Ropes Course 11/7/09”

  1. November 16, 2009 at 11:31 am
    Linda McGuire says:

    The ropes course is a terrific part of the FLC process. Kids are inspired when their parents take risks and attempt the different elements.


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