点评:We were a family group who did the Treetop Challenge. We comprised of two young women in their thirties, a man nearly 40 and myself celebrating my 70th birthday. We had done this course when I was 60, but we thought it was longer and harder than last time, but that maybe was because we were all 10 yrs older! You do need to be reasonably fit to do the course. Although I am 70, I hike several times a week and go to the gym. Parking is expensive unless you hold a season ticket to the forest. The toilets are near the centre of Forest about a 10 minute walk from Go Ape, so go there on arrival. Optional expenses are gloves to protect your hands but none of us wanted them or needed them. You cannot take any bags, bumbags or water around the course, so either don’t take valuables with you, or just take a credit card and put it in a zipped pocket. We purchased plastic waterproof mobile phone holders with lanyards at £6 each. We were glad we did this, as we took lots of photos and videos of our experience. However you can buy them cheaper off Amazon. Car keys and phones etc are put in a zipped pouch and you are given a receipt. I recommend that if you are wearing glasses, you wear an elastic strap to keep them in place, as both me and my daughter nearly dropped ours. Also one of my ‘behind the ear’ hearing aids nearly got dislodged by one of the ropes. There are water stations at about 3 of the 5 challenges. We really enjoyed it, the instructor was friendly and helpful, but be aware it is strenuous and you have to be able to climb up rope ladders and have reasonable balance. We always felt safe and not worried about falling as the training was comprehensive. We were lucky that there was no-one else in our group, or following us, so we were able to go at our own speed, it took us nearly 3 hours. If you have time afterwards, you can wonder around the forest and there is a cafe.
翻译:我们一家人参加了树梢挑战赛。我们包括两个三十多岁的年轻女性,一个将近 40 岁的男性,还有我,我正在庆祝我的 70 岁生日。我在 60 岁时参加过这个课程,但我们觉得这次比上次更长更难,但这可能是因为我们都老了 10 岁!你确实需要相当强的身体才能参加这个课程。虽然我 70 岁了,但我每周都会徒步几次并去健身房。停车费很贵,除非你持有森林季票。厕所靠近森林中心,从 Go Ape 步行约 10 分钟,所以到达后去那里。可选的费用是戴手套来保护你的手,但我们都不想要或不需要它们。在课程中你不能携带任何包、腰包或水,所以不要携带贵重物品,或者只带一张信用卡放在带拉链的口袋里。我们购买了带挂绳的塑料防水手机支架,每个 6 英镑。我们很高兴这么做了,因为我们拍了很多照片和视频记录我们的体验。不过,你可以在亚马逊上以更便宜的价格买到。车钥匙和手机等都放在一个带拉链的袋子里,你会得到一张收据。我建议如果你戴眼镜,就戴上松紧带把眼镜固定在位,因为我和我女儿都差点把我们的眼镜掉在地上。我的一个“耳背式”助听器差点被绳子弄掉了。在 5 个挑战中,大约有 3 个设有补水站。我们真的很喜欢,教练很友好,乐于助人,但要注意这很费力,你必须能够爬上绳梯并保持良好的平衡。我们一直感到很安全,不用担心摔倒,因为训练很全面。幸运的是,我们团里没有其他人,也没有人跟着我们,所以我们可以按照自己的速度前进,一共花了将近 3 个小时。如果之后你有时间,你可以在森林里闲逛,那里有一家咖啡馆。