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Description
Participants receive tape and will mark boulders along a traverse. This should lead to a route that the group creates together, which is manageable for all participants.
Material/wall
- tape
- traverse with many holds and footholds
Therapeutical themes
Social relationships, communication/cooperation, responsibility/dependence, estimating own performance, self-worth/pride
Key questions
How does communication happen in the group? How well are participants minding each other, and deciding whether the route can be achieved by weaker members? Who is particularly considerate? Do individual members let themselves become pressured? How does the group estimate itself? Can everybody identify with the finished created route?
Variations
Variations of the exercise could be to tape footholds as well as grips (or both). Or the bouldering route is not marked with tape, but will have to be memorised – this would include a cognitive/attention focus. Further the exercise can be made harder, when only one type of hold is chosen, for example jugs or slopers.
Tips
It is important to value the route together. The participants should be proud of their joint achievement.
The exercise Elimination is good to complete afterwards.
