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I tried San Francisco’s new ropes course in McLaren Park. And I have a fear of heights. Tessa McLean
The rope bridge suspended 25 feet in the air is shaking violently beneath my feet. Is it that unstable, I wonder, or is it my trembling that’s causing the bridge to sway back and forth so quickly? That’s when I remember I’m supposed to be breathing, the hint I’ve been given by Rosy Woodruff, the program manager of this terrifying experience I volunteered to try.
Rather than take a pause and look down (I will never look down), I gaze to my right and indulge in a few more deep breaths as I take in the sweeping downtown view of San Francisco. Perched shakily beneath towering Monterey Pine trees on the new ropes course in John McLaren Park, I briefly consider that this is probably one of the most underrated viewpoints in the city. That is, until I immediately return to fearing for my life.
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Tessa McLean tries out the new ropes challenge course in San Francisco s John McLaren Park.Mariah Tiffany/Special to SFGATE
The rope bridge suspended 25 feet in the air is shaking violently beneath my feet. Is it that unstable, I wonder, or is it my trembling that’s causing the bridge to sway back and forth so quickly? That’s when I remember I’m supposed to be breathing, the hint I’ve been given by Rosy Woodruff, the program manager of this terrifying experience I volunteered to try.
Goodbye, Don; hello Joe and Kamala
Thanks for covering local and national electoral efforts [ Georgia runoff races will determine control of U.S. Senate, online, January 4 and Warnock and Ossoff win Georgia US Senate seats, online, January 6].
Now we will celebrate President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and those Georgia Senate victories, physically distant, at the time of Biden s swearing in, Wednesday, January 20, starting at 8:30 a.m. at Noe Valley Town Square (24th Street at Chattanooga), weather permitting. Bring your masks and other PPE, your own electronic device on which to watch the inauguration, and a lawn chair if you want to sit down. As part of a national effort, some of us will be proudly displaying American flags, and we will mark off six-foot squares for physical distancing.