You'll need to be able to tie a few lashings - typically square, shear and diagonal (or their bamboo equivalents, which are far easier). There are various books out that will help if you don't know what to do. If someone can draw the main lashings then I'll scan them in and add to these pages.
Don't worry if your first attempt collapses. Normally this just means that one or more lashings weren't tied tightly enough.
Back to the main page| Time: | 45 - 60 minutes |
| Equipment: | Pioneering poles Rope Cheap plastic food bags or paper water bombs |
| What to do: | Split into 2 or more groups Each group makes a ballista: build a tripod frame (sorry - no picture yet), attach a 'firing arm' (another pole) to the top and devise a method to hold the plastic bag on one end while the other is jerked hard to fire the plastic bag (filled with water, naturally) at the opposing team |
| Hints: | A tub or other small container nailed to one end of the firing arm holds the plastic bag quite well The cheapest plastic food bags burst best on impact The faster teams get more time firing at the slower teams |
| Time: | 20 - 60 minutes |
| Equipment: | Pioneering poles Rope Sacks, filled with foam, straw or whatever Mat or something else soft to land on |
| What to do: | Split into 2 or more groups Each group makes a tripod frame (sorry - no picture yet) Tie a long pole between the two tripods Pair the teams off Each pair mounts the long pole and the two team members get given a sack each The first one to get hit off the pole loses |
| Hints: | It helps to have couple of leaders (one either side) to catch the loser |
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