Will you try the Totem?
Published: 01 February, 2007
Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh has become the first centre to host the UK's newest aerial adventure game, the Totem. The attraction has been specifically designed for shopping centres, retail parks and leisure outlets, and provides a unique and exciting experience for adventurous shoppers.
The Totem is the brainchild of outdoor sporting enthusiast Johnny Watson of Atrium Games. An investment banker by profession and a top-class skier and mountain guide in his spare time, Watson and was selected by NASA in 1994 as part of a worldwide competition to identify potential Shuttle crew.
Participants are first given a safety and guidance talk before putting on their safety harness and helmet and making their ascent - swinging, jumping, climbing and thinking their way to the top. On each structure there are a number of predetermined routes for each adventurer to discover. If they lose their footing, a unique belay safety system kicks in to bring them safely and smoothly back to the ground.
Ocean Terminal's manager, Dennis Jones, said, "We're delighted to welcome the Totem. We believe it will create a unique and exhilarating experience for the whole family when they visit Ocean Terminal. Hosting the launch of this brand new concept further underlines the centre's reputation as a premium retail and leisure destination and is yet another example of Ocean Terminal's entrepreneurial approach to its lifestyle offer."
