Climb Every Mountain

I saw a super team building activity in my workshop today. One of the participants described it and we tried it.

A rope is fastened on something heavy about 2 feet or so from the ground and run about 15 feet and reattached at the other end. Sort of like a low limbo rope. Anyway you can get this set up will work as long as the participants don't knock the rope down.

Then we divided into two teams and each team gets a turn at the rope.
Team 1 starts on one side of the rope. Everyone on that team has to get across to the other side of the rope, but has to stay in contact with at least one other team member by touch. So imagine it, about 6 people in a formation touching. So the team has to figure out how to get people across the rope without losing contact.
A lot of fun as participants tried lifting, bending knees to use as stepping stools and carrying over the rope. Some of the tall folks just strode across the rope. Thing is, though, you can't touch the rope as you go over.

We figured out that it would be fair to let the participants touch the rope accidentally a certain number of times, say 3 to make it a bit easier. Or perhaps count the number of times they touch and deduct it from a score. You figure this bit out.

How I Would Use It
A great teambuilding activity and a real opportunity to think of different ways to solve a problem. Fun, active and fairly physical.