Leaders were responsible for the entire team's completion of the task, whether that meant climbing a wall, building a bridge or hiking for two hours.
Guido, a local restaurateur who had been involved in other local architecture projects, had the idea for the bridges while hiking in 2009.
The tribe has also received a $1 million donation from the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians, near Highland, Calif., to help rebuild the campground, foot bridges and hiking trails.
Maura Shea Crowley, his daughter, recalled how concerned the family was as her parents crossed ravines on swaying rope bridges and hiked for hours at an altitude of 14,000 feet but the vacation was a success.
Park also includes museum, lockkeeper's house, helicoidal bridge, 2.9-mile hiking and biking trail and picnic area.
Visitors can tour the artificial but convincingly natural lake on the boat, or they can cross the bridge for a hike through the fields.
It could pass either over a 60m wooden hiking bridge or through a tunnel.
Guides take groups kayaking under stone bridges in Montenegro, hiking around Albanian archaeological sites and even skiing in Kosovo.
For example, participant teams can be challenged to build foot bridges, complete a hike, build a Tyrolean Traverse, cook a meal, or other practical challenges.
Nearly every state is grappling with how to pay for road and bridge repairs, which might mean hikes in gasoline, sales or other taxes.
