Trapezium

Trapezium is good for what it is — a place to go learn, practice, and use *one* trapeze. I say that factually, without judgement.
Housed in a much larger Horizon Roc rock climbing complex, Trapezium seems to be an afterthought, but is a very cool experience. I had never tried trapeze before and the people who were in charge that day — who were also participating in the jumping — (yeah, not much permanent organization) made me feel very comfortable. In my hour-​long experience, I did not succeed at making a «catch», but they did whatever they could to help me. If it were something I was interested in working on, I would go back.

My niblings were looking forward to this part of our trip more than anything else, and they weren’t disappointed. In one two-​hour session, they learned to hang upside-​down from the trapeze by their knees and jump into the arms of the «catch» on the other swing. It was definitely something they won’t forget soon.
I had a less fortunate experience. As I was getting on the trapeze, right after the «hep,» I lost my grip — and apparently my belayer lost hers — because I plummeted 30 feet to the net, leaving my nose, upper lip, arms, and feet with rope burn, and my right shoulder sore. My brain felt rattled on impact, and even though I rarely get headaches, I’ve had one all day.
I understand that falling is a part of trapeze, but I was rather upset when the belayer in question said, as she was handing me a pack of ice, «I didn’t know you were going to fall.» Is that supposed to be an excuse? Uh, I didn’t know I was going to fall either, but isn’t that why she’s there? I had absolutely no support to keep me from slowing on the descent. I don’t know how much training she’s had, but I know I would never get on belay again with her there. However, I was more than comfortable letting the niblings go again when the belayer switched to another employee, whom I had watched and felt comfortable with. The rest of the staff was also extremely courteous and professional. So the loss of one star is due solely to my experience.
I’ll try the trapeze again, but it will probably be with some trepidation. And I’ll be sure to ask about the belayers’ credentials beforehand.