Ropes course

In UE2 yesterday Hunter reviewed Energy Theater by showing the teachers our now-classic Energy Theater presentation (the one with Brad in it), which we've given on many occasions in the last year.  Joe had a response I love.  (Sorry, the video is of another table, so just attend to the audio.)

Hunter:  Imagine yourself never having seen Energy Theater before, that video is supposed to give you a sense of, if Energy Theater were happening, what would it look like.
Joe:  It's got a ropes course leadership kind of element to it.
Hunter:  Why is that?
Joe:  Just like, the teamwork piece.
(Akbar?): The trust
Joe: It sounds a lot like people doing a ropes course -- "No wait you're supposed to stop hold on you get back over there bu-"  Just, how to communicate amongst a group of people who all have something to say.

First of all, I love that of all the things to say about Energy Theater, he would call out the teamwork piece.  I bet that's especially compelling for people who have done it a lot, rather than mostly thought about it (like me).  Second of all, I love that what he would identify as similar is the nature of the discourse.  "Ropes course leadership element" to him apparently means, "people talking to each other the way they do for a ropes course."  It seems subtly amazing to me, yet also totally natural, that we would identify completely different activities as being similar based on the kind of talking we do during them.