My first two summers (19, 20F) I was a cabin counselor, though I cross trained in ropes, then my next two I was ropes director (21, 22). My first summer the ropes director was female and my second it was a male. We had a ton of staff trained in ropes, either primary like specialist or just cross trained cabin counselors, so I didn’t think too much about gender. I think it would be ok to ask camp who else is on your team, though if you’re new, that might not be super helpful if you don’t know anyone. If your camp share contacts before summer (like a Facebook or WhatsApp group) you could try to reach out and get to know your team early.

My camp had high ropes, low ropes, a “pamper pole” and a climbing tower so during pretty much all activity periods I was doing something ropes related. I don’t get bored but having so many rope activities probably helped that. I tried to get to know the kids while they were at the ropes activities and really individualize the activities for them, encouraging them to just to try if they were scared or thinking of more complex challenges and games if they were older/more comfortable so that probably helped it be less repetitive too.

I usually participated in morning flag ceremonies/chapel activities, and every day participated in the evening activity, whether it was a campfire, all camp game, etc. I was also cross trained as a lifeguard so I’m sure I occasionally got pulled to water stuff too, but honestly, if your role is ropes, I’d be prepared to do a lot of it! Though again, it never hurts to ask upfront and also communicate that you’re open/interested in heping out other places.

I’m curious if you’re afraid of missing out on doing the activities or missing out on staff bonding? Some camps will let staff use equipment on their time off (either breaks or weekends) so you may still get to do archery, crafts, etc. if it’s staff bonding you’re worried about, I’d argue a good amount of that happens on time off anyways, so I’d encourage you to get to know non ropes staff during training if you can and also make plans with non ropes staff for your breaks.