Thursday, August 11, 2011

OCCIDENTAL FOREST CHALLENGE FOR KIDS

WHEN I WAS A MOM I WENT TO OCCIDENTAL CAMP AND MY SON'S 6TH GRADE CLASS JOINED OTHER SCHOOL'S TO BE IN TEAMS FOR ATTEMPTING VARIOUS PHYSICAL/EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES. ONE CHALLENGE THE KIDS HAD WA CLIMBING TALL ROPES HNGING FROM REDWOOD TREES, WITH CLASSMATED CHEERING THEM ON. THEY ALSO HAD A BIG 15 FOOT CIRCULAR ROPED CLIMBING CHAMBER TO MANOUVER IN.

THEN MANY OF US WENT TO A ZIP LINE WHICH WAS QUITE SCARRY. IT WAS A TRICKY THING FOR THE ADULTS MOSTLY. BUT SOME KIDS DID NOT WANT TO DO IT. A TRUE BLOOD INDIAN BEHIND ME ENCORGED ME THAT IT WAS FUN. WE HAD TO CLIMB A 50 FOOT TREE AND THEN PUT YOURSELF IN A SADDLE OF SORTS AND THERE WAS A PULLEY THAT SWUNG US ABOVE THE REDWOOD TREES AND WE LANDED ON ANOTHER WOODEN PLATFORM AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT WAS A CHANGES I WON'T FORGET.

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