The storming of the wall.
Apr 3rd, 2008 by Miranda
We did it! A BLOG SQUAD team push, pulled and pummeled itself over a 12 ft. wall! I still cant wrap my head around it. To see is to believe (Oh cameraman?) and as such you MUST google (or blackle.. its the energy-friendly version of google) Storm the Wall at UBC and just take a look at the pictures. Then imagine yourself doing it. Then times that by 10 and then you might have an inkling suspicion about how hard it is… but you will NEVER know how FUN it is until you try it!
A little history before I weak my weary bones:
1. It’s the Largest Intermural Event in North America (if that’s not a reason to try it out, I don’t know what is!
B. Divided into 5 parts: 9 widths of the pool, 450m sprint, 4 laps on cycling, 1 km run and then the 5 participants must scale a completely flat wall using only their teammates and stepping stones and grips. You will get bruises. You WILL wear those bruises like badges of honor!
III. These parts are normally divided up between 5 people. There is however, the option of doing the entire race alone. This is known as Ironman/woman. The wall is THEN scaled with the assistance of only ONE person AFTER you have races all of the other 4 parts. You are timed. For women, the help is on the ground, for men (and honestly, there is nothing more entertaining than watching this) their help is at the top so they have to somehow jump from the bottom, be caught MID-AIR by their uber-buff partner and be hauled up from their! SUPER Ironman (I don’t even think there are girls that participated in this) but do the entire race alone.. yes, they have to jump and grab 12ft. above them in such a way that they can pull themselves up. This has to be seen to believed.
If you are going to do anything at UBC – keep in mind that I don’t care HOW little you are into sports (Ahem… we’re the BLOG SQUAD!) – you will get something out of this event that needs to be experienced in order to identify.
Note to the Squad: Thanks so much for going along with my otherwise delusional dreams of doing the wall and making it one of my best UBC experiences to date!! We rule like no other!!
wow! it sounds pretty crazy. I’m looking forward to participating in it!
Unbelievably fun! I CANT wait!