Who played on a single rope hanging from branch when you were young?

LTC Stephen F. — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:00:20 -0400

I watched Tarzan movies when I was young and pretended to swing through the trees hanging on vines by using a rope. Later as teenagers my friends and I found ropes hanging over streams and lakes and swung out over them and jumped in to the cool water. At some point we hung our own ropes and swung out into the water. At some point we used homemade swings or usually ropes with knots tied in them to swing out into creeks, ponds and lakes.
How many you liked to either swing over water, sail out over water and let go, or pretend to swing out over water.
[Update] After I became a soldier, military water survival training added some twists to using ropes to go into water. The slide for life and similar activities over water were exhilarating and fun.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs COL Jon Thompson LTC Stephen C. LTC Bink Romanick CPT Private RallyPoint Member, MAJ Private RallyPoint Member, CPT L S SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL TSgt Hunter Logan PO3 Steven Sherrill SSgt Private RallyPoint Member SSgt Private RallyPoint Member SGT Randal Groover SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SrA Christopher Wright PO2 Ed C.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Sep 24 at 2015 11:03 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:03:27 -0400

I started out swinging over grass and graduated to swinging out on a rope over water especially in the heat of the summer. I also enjoyed watching the Tarzan movies with Johnny Weissmuller.

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Sep 24 at 2015 11:07 PM

SSgt Terry P. — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:07:09 -0400

Oh,yes,loved every minute swinging off the side of a hill and dropping into the icy cold water at our favorite swimming spot.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Sep 25 at 2015 2:13 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 02:13:41 -0400

We had a rope tied to a large pine tree and swung out over the canyon. It had big pucker factor.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Sep 25 at 2015 2:44 AM

PO1 John Miller — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 02:44:00 -0400

All of the above! :)

Response by SN Alex Tufail made Sep 25 at 2015 3:05 AM

SN Alex Tufail — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 03:05:34 -0400

I love doing rope swings. I'm trying to get a few people together who want to build a King Swing in Arches National Park. No takers so far.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 25 at 2015 9:42 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:42:36 -0400

Always did hurt when the rope either came untied or snapped. But it was still fun times.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Sep 25 at 2015 11:54 AM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:54:10 -0400

Yep we did all that fun stuff that is banned now. We used to climb trees, play on the rock jetty, swing on ropes, and do all of the things that get a parent in trouble now for "child endangerment"

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 25 at 2015 12:03 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:03:54 -0400

We jumped off cliffs into water and out of lofts.... I didn't particularly like using ropes because if you didn't release at the right point, you might drop to soon or too late.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Sep 25 at 2015 1:36 PM

LTC Bink Romanick — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:36:18 -0400

LTC Stephen F. we had a swing at a place called "the point" on the lake where I grew up. Used to take our boats there and swing out over the water and swim all day.

Response by COL Mikel J. Burroughs made Sep 25 at 2015 2:03 PM

COL Mikel J. Burroughs — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:03:24 -0400

LTC Stephen F. As young boys and me and my younger brother had both. We had a rope in a big tree down by our ditch behind the house that we swung on for years and we had one that we used out over a lake where we camped with our parents. You don't know what your missing if you haven't had a rope swing!

Response by Maj Chris Nelson made Sep 25 at 2015 5:58 PM

Maj Chris Nelson — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:58:37 -0400

Into water was fun....into grass, a bit less fun..depending on the landing.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Sep 26 at 2015 4:11 PM

LTC Stephen C. — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:11:58 -0400

LTC Stephen F., I made the 40' jump/dive many times from Goat Island in Lake Mitchell, AL as a young "twenty something" during the seventies. A few of my water skiing buddies and I made this foolhardy move only after many beers. Fortunately, none of us ever got hurt, but I don't know how!

Response by SA Harold Hansmann made Oct 26 at 2015 3:08 PM

SA Harold Hansmann — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:08:12 -0400

I have a rope hanging from the maple tree in my back yard.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 26 at 2015 3:14 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:14:52 -0400

I played on ropes and also watched Tarzan. " Me Tarzan, you Jane." LTC Stephen C. LTC Stephen F. SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL

Response by Sgt David G Duchesneau made Oct 26 at 2015 8:17 PM

Sgt David G Duchesneau — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 20:17:17 -0400

I still do today! It's a blast!