TreeGO Adventure – Part I
Looking for some fun activities near the Fredericton area? Longing to get your adrenaline pumping? Try TreeGO!
Now, you may ask: “What is TreeGO?”
“Fun, freedom and personal reward are what TreeGO is all about. These serial adventure courses offer a diverse and exciting experience within the comfort of knowing you’re attached to continuous safety cables. No matter what your age or fitness level, our courses are designed for your pleasure in a unique outdoor environment.”
~ TreeGO Mactaquac
The TreeGO in Mactaquac is opened since summer of 2008. It takes about 30 minutes to drive from downtown Fredericton. Besides the winter months, they are open throughout the year (usually May till October), rain or shine. TreeGO has been established for over a decade in Europe. Currently, there are a few TreeGO sites across North America. In Canada, there is one in Nanaimo, British Columbia, nine in Quebec, and two in New Brunswick (Moncton and Mactaquac). On top of that, there is one site situated in the New York State.
The starting point of TreeGO adventure.
TreeGO is a progressively challenging course. There are four levels of difficulty, and each of them bears a colour code: green, blue, red, and black, respectively.
A briefing session is conducted by a TreeGO staff. Participants have the opportunity to get some practice before the adventure begins.
Get a feel of the swinging motion with two carabiners attached to the safety cable.
Always, always… have the red coded carabiners (two of them) attached to the safety cable, throughout the course of activity.
A safety harness is provided. Each participant carries a pulley and three carabiners. What are they for? Two of the carabiners (red coded) are used to hook onto the safety cables, whereas a pair of pulley and carabiner (yellow coded) comes into play when the participant is going through a zip-line. Safety cables can be seen everywhere in the TreeGO field, be it on the tree trunks for climbing up and down the trees, across the tree trunks while adventuring from one tree to the other on suspended logs, or on a Tarzan rope for swinging from one end to the other.
Use the red coded carabiners at all times when climbing.
Keep your body balance while walking on the wooden planks arranged across two trees.
The wooden swings can be tricky, especially crossing from one to the other.
A log bridge across the trees!
It’s getting more challenging… The wooden planks are far apart from each other! I had to stretch my legs to reach the planks, and be sure not to miss any…
The zig-zag log bridge. Fun!
Taking a view of the ground from the bridge. I was walking in the air!
Walking on a steel cable. A circus stunt?
The group of TreeGO adventurers: (From left) Marie & Paul, John, Miles & Adeline (myself).
Tags: Adventure, Canada, Experience, Fredericton, Life, Spring
June 19th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
wow! Paul has a GF!!!
June 21st, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Pierre,
Not quite his GF… Paul is married :P