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| Preparation: | Place two lines, poles, or markers of some kind about 30 feet apart. Place two ribbons or flags on one of the markers. |
| Instructions: | Line up two teams facing each other with team leaders at the head of the line facing each other. Each camper should be shoulder to shoulder with their teammates. Have all campers sit down with legs extended together straight forward so their feet touch the feet of the camper from the other team across from them. Arrange the people so the feet are lined up all the way down the line, like this: + F F + | | | | | O== ==O | | O== ==O | | O== ==O | | O== ==O | | O== ==O | | O== ==O | | | | | + x x + In the diagram, the 'F' is the flag. The 'x' is the 2nd marker. The team leader is the camper at the top of each column of sitting campers. On signal, each team leader jumps up and runs to the team's flag, grabs it, runs down to the 2nd marker, stepping over the legs of their team. When they touch the 2nd marker, they run back to their starting place and sit down. They then hand the flag to the next camper in line who runs the same course. In this way, the first camper that a running camper steps over is the camper that just ran - this should help eliminate false starts. The last camper to run places the flag on the 2nd marker and the first team to do that is the winner. Alternate Layout: You can place obstacles such as tires, chairs, benches, knots to tie, questions to answer, ... outside the lines of campers. Instead of having each camper run over the legs twice, you could have them run one length of the course behind their team forcing them to accomplish the obstacles. |
Human Ladder Race Camping Game 
