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Camp’s Ropes Course Conquers Fears

Crisscrossing the ropes course provides challenges and opportunities to grow and overcome fears. (Courtesy)

Alexis Wooderson takes a look up a 40-foot tower that Brownsville’s Camp RIO calls its Treehouse and begins to unpack what it can do.  “It can seem like a puzzle,” said Wooderson, who manages the camp’s new ropes course that runs through the tower. “It looks like a daunting course, but once you’re up there, you can feel how secure it is.” With the help of a nearly $600,000 grant,…

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