By CREUSS
This time, after a few stories, I am back to a true story…
I was in the army, as I explained before… There is no reason to waste time to tell you about my army life…
Anyway, we were into a “commando course,” something quite hard, but rather interesting… Quite a challenge.
I won’t let you know why, but for any reason, I have done something wrong that awarded me to be punished.
As it was not really possible to be withdrawn from the course, the punishment had to be quick and efficient, to impress me and the rest of the squad.
Among the possibilities of the course, there was what we call “une Tyrolienne”. The English call that a toggle rope, I think (but I am not 100% sure of the translation).
From the top tower of the fort, it was possible to slide along the rope, down to the moat. We used to hold us with a special rope to grip both hands on each side of the rope. The bent of the rope could make the speed quite fast…
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