Play systems having belt components

A play system comprising:

• a support structure, having a bottom end and a top end, vertically oriented relative to a surface such that the bottom end contacts the surface and the top end is above the surface;
• a belt assembly having flexible portions and rigid portions that forms an ascending surface inside of the support structure such that it ascends from the bottom end of the support structure to the top end of the support structure, the ascending surface configured to allow users to ascend and descend on;
• wherein the rigid portions each comprise a plate and the plates couple at least some of the flexible portions to one another;
• and
• a plurality of clamps that couple the support structure and the belt assembly.

A play structure comprising:

• a support structure comprising a plurality of rigid support poles, the support structure having a bottom end and a top end, vertically oriented relative to a surface such that the bottom end contacts the surface and the top end is above the surface;
• a plurality of vertical ropes disposed within, and supported, at least in part by, the support structure;
• a belt assembly having a plurality of flexible portions and a plurality of rigid portions that forms an ascending surface inside of the support structure such that it ascends from the bottom end of the support structure to the top end of the support structure;
• wherein the plurality of rigid portions comprises a plurality of plates, each plate having a first end coupled to one of the plurality of rigid support poles and a second end coupled to one of the plurality of vertical ropes, the plurality of plates ascending helically around the plurality of vertical ropes;
• and
• wherein the plurality of flexible portions comprises a plurality of belts, each belt coupled on a first end to one of the plurality of plates and coupled on a second end to another one of the plurality of plates.