And if you did what class grade/year would it had happened? What decade (if your comfortable sharing)?

I am wondering how many people actually did this and from what locations/ages/years it would have happened. For my education (American elementary-college years 2000’s-2010’s) I never had to do that. I feel like I had to be common enough that it is referenced in movies and tv shows.

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    Sure did, I think it was part of a bunch of tests we had to do for the… Presidential Fitness Award or something?

    It was done in Elementary school, so Fall 87->Spring 93? I have no idea if they’re still doing any of that crap now though.

    I do remember it being the neatest dang thing because our school had like this entire wall of collapsible gym equipment that folded out like a playground with like 2 or 3 story monkeybars and gigantic poofy mats at the bottom, and you better believe some kids fell off.

    The more I think about it, the more I suspect they don’t let them do that anymore

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      I’m probably five years younger than you. We had rope climbing but it wasn’t part of the Presidential Physical Fitness Award (which I am seemingly deeply proud of actually having managed in the third grade, despite being crap at pull ups, and I was even worse at rope climbing).

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      ELEMENTARY! I feel like that is wild.

      Haha yeah it sounds like a crazy fun playground filled with danger.

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        honestly I think the last time I could have pulled it off was elementary. I went from a skinny stick to mr. chubs in a flash in 6th grade. though maybe it was because I didn’t have any ropes to climb anymore?