task
force
PAINTBALL
GAMES
You're
crouched inside a wooden hut, squeezed into a corner breathing to minimize
yourself as a target. All is silent, save for the sound of your own breathing
- a sound you've perhaps never been aware of. You hear yourself swallow as
your stomach twists itself into another knot. Your senses are heightened like
never before and you hear other noises,
a whisper, the slightest of rustles, the cracking of a twig. Your palms are
moist and clammy as the comforting grip of the butt of your carbine tightens.
Your throat constricts. Another surge of adrenaline courses through your veins.
Your eyes stare, searching the undergrowth. It's still, then suddenly trembles.
A menacing masked face stares back. You're hypnotized in its glare.
BLAM!
The shot whines past your ear and snaps you out of your trance. 
The butt of your carbine fits snugly into your shoulder as you draw a bead
on your
assailant WHAM!
You squeeze off a round of return fire. You miss, but only just. You've unnerved
him and he breaks for cover, diving to his left. For a split second he's fully
exposed, but you're ready. BLAM!
There is a satisfying thwack and an explosion of vivid color as your shot
finds its target. All around mayhem has broken out. Yells, whoops and shrieks
fill the air. A deafening bang, followed by plumes of thick red smoke.
Shots crack and whistle all about.
This is not an excerpt from a war correspondent, but describes a typical few
minutes at our Cowbridge
Paintball site just west of Cardiff.
TASK
FORCE
THE ULTIMATE PAINTBALL THRILL