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11. Ha! In JH ours were bolted to rafters. During one class a kid climbed the rope, straddled the rafter and pulled the rope

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 11:50 AM

Dec 8

up. He wouldn’t come down until his mother showed up.

Guy became a legend!

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The "good old days". [View all] RandySF Dec 8 OP

My school didn't require P.E., Haggard Celine Dec 8 #1

Wow Randy BOSSHOG Dec 8 #3

I hated that as an acrophobe. NNadir Dec 8 #4

Yes, they had that at my Jr High School and I could never do it LymphocyteLover Dec 8 #5

Here was our gym class. OldBaldy1701E Dec 8 #6

Ah, the memories... Wuddles440 Dec 8 #8

I remember doing that in the 1960's Martin Eden Dec 8 #9

We had a knotted rope for the weaklings and the girls. hunter Dec 8 #12

Two gym activities we had to do LogDog75 Dec 8 #14

my husband told me he was required to do that in gym class LNM Dec 9 #15