Day 11

Day 5 of BCT-exactly 9 weeks to graduation

     Today is when the fun things begin. Our day started with PT first, with more instruction and the 30/60 sprints. The sprints wore me out, but I pushed myself as hard as I could. We then had breakfast at the compound before getting into tactical formation and headed out.
      Victory Tower is basically a super high ropes course. It is a 30 foot wall to rappel from, three different ropes to climb, a 30 foot cargo net to climb down, and a rope swing.
     We received our gear when we arrived at the tower and then the DS's gave us a demonstration. They even made it funny and had a dummy to throw off the top of the wall.
     We then made our own harness from rope and went to practice rappelling on a shorter wall before climbing the tower and rappelling. I was glad I had rappelled off of a cliff before, so I wasn't too nervous. I was nervous about sliding down the rope, but I managed just fine and didn't  even get upside down.The whole thing ended up easier than I expected and was very rewarding to have completed.
     Once we returned, the rest of the day was spent learning more about our rifles.