There appears to be an appetite for more strenuous physical activity here: the Spartan race, a kind of cross-country mountain slog dotted with barbed wire obstacles to climb over or crawl under, was having its first snowbound outing here, with the locals emerging victorious from an international field.
The status of their enlistment made little difference against the artillery, machine-gun fire, and wire obstacles of modern industrial warfare at any rate.
Although the Chinese had been well dug-in, there were no barbed wire obstacles to hamper the attackers and the Australians had rapidly gained the position.
These positions disclosed themselves by firing at Australian patrols, which now went out nightly, mapping the antitank ditch and the barbed wire obstacles.
The insufficient artillery bombardment, however, meant that the barbed wire obstacles and mine fields in front of the German positions had largely remained intact.
The South Koreans had also constructed numerous bunkers, barbed wire obstacles and minefields on both banks of the river in order to strengthen defenses and to maintain troop morale.
The positions occupied by the Australians had been badly damaged by the Chinese assaults and bombardments in May and June, and recent rain had also collapsed some trenches and weakened many of the wire obstacles.
The battery was defended by a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun and several machine guns in 15 gun positions, all enclosed in an area 700 by surrounded by two barbed wire obstacles 15 feet thick by 5 feet high, which also acted as the exterior border for a 100 yards minefield.
But today, the area is home to Rizvan City Adrenaline Park, where a team of guides take visitors along a high-wire obstacle course shrouded amid the tree canopy.
Cruise ships today have evolved into floating theme parks, complete with high-wire obstacle courses and waterslides.
