We started by going to an obstacle course. It was at UCI and geared toward team building. However, our group had already done a lot of team building. Some people in our group have known each other for 15 years, some of us have gone backpacking together, some of us have worked together playing games, and some of us have gotten lost in the woods in the dark before.
The most exciting part of the course was the ropes course. It was 50 feet in the air and 360 feet long. This is us climbing up to the start of the course.
There were four different aerial sections. The first two involved walking across four wires as a group. Since we are not tight rope walkers, we had to walk across and rely on each other for balance. The third section had a platform we had to ferry ourselves across on. It is pictured below.
I went across with Terrance and Eric in the first run. This is them at the other side.
The fourth section was the hardest. We had to walk across on one line with only two pieces of rope hanging vertically to support us. I fell off the wire two or three times in attempts to get across. Eventually we all made it across. The course ended when we zip lined back to the ground. It was a lot of fun. This is our group together at one of the towers.
After some lunch, we went go kart racing at K-1 Speed in Irvine. They have electric karts that can reach 40 MPH. Our race package started with 14 qualifying laps. I finished second to Andy by only 0.3 seconds for best lap time. The second part was a 16 lap race. Our starting positions were determined by our best lap times in the qualifying laps. I was not able to keep up my performance and finished 5th out of our group of 7. The good news is I did not spin out (like Brandon). However, as a group we did well.
I liked the racing. However, paying $50 for less than half an hour of racing is not something I will be doing regularly.
After that we had a BBQ in a park. We ate bacon, hamburgers, and sausages.
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