Climbing Practice 12/10

The boys had a great pre-meet practice yesterday to include some bouldering, a job, some core work and a few sprints.  We will be in Sterling today doing the teams very first bouldering comp!  Should be exciting.

Climbing Team Comp 2 Results

Results: Comp 1 at Earth Treks Rockville

Climbing Team Comp 2 in Rockville MD

On 12/4 the Climbing Team headed up to Earth Treks in Rockvill MD to compete against three other schools.  The boys worked hard and had a great showing putting up some personal bests on their climbs. 

 

Rapidan and PF

Rapidan and PF teamed up for the last two days of Fall sports to build the bonfire and climb at the Carolina Climbing Wall.  It was a great way to end a fantastic season!  Winter sports started yesterday so stay tuned for updates from the winter season!

 

Little Stony Man

 

Mr. LaVoie, Monahan and Davidhizer went out to Little Stony Man Cliffs a couple of Tuesday's ago to work on some rock climbing skills and scout the area.  We had a great time and are really looking forward to getting the boys out to this beautiful part of Virginia!

Cedar Run Falls

Cedar Run Fall in Shenandoah National Park offers a really cool and unique opportunity to go down a natural waterslide into a deep pool of mountain water.  The guys said the water was cold, however, the slide was worth it!

Kayaking on the Rappahanok

About a month ago Mr. Reid and Mr. Vickers took the Rapidan guys out on the Rappahanok River to do a little kayaking and work on the skills that they learned in the pool just days before. 

Rapidan Parents Weekend!

The boys of the Rapidan program opened up the Alpine Tower for their families this afternoon. It was great to see so many mom's, dad's and siblings get to the top! Thanks to Chris Nance's mom for the amazing pics!!!

 

More Pics of the Expedition

Final Video Coming Soon

Here is a preview of what is to come!

 

Day 2

Day 1 Video

Day 1 of the Expedition

We arrived this morning at Wilderness Ventures this morning and the boys immediately started getting to work.  Bags were packed, gear was issued and hamburgers were eaten.  Some of the first days activities consisted of canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing.  Here are some pics from the first day. More to come soon!

Early morning!!!

Boys are loaded and ready to roll

IV Form Expedition Starts Tomorrow!!!

Check here often for all of the latest and greatest updates!  Its going to be a great time!

WFS Mtn Biking

Some boys headed out on the perimetter trail this weekend to make a short mtn bike video!  Pretty awesome work if you ask me!  I can't wait to get off campus with these guys, and ride some of the local trails! 

9/30 IV Form Ropes Course

Today we had the last of the IV Form students come down for the ropes course.  We had a great day! 

Some interesting facts about the last three weeks:
100 student participants and over 25 ropes course instructors did the following

Consumed:
Over 200 granola bars and PB and J sandwiches.
and
Over 50 gallons of water and Gatorade .

Climbed over:
3,000 feet on the wall
and 4,500 feet on the tower.

All 100 students in attendance had a chance to take part in group games, the climbing wall, alpine tower and low ropes course challenges and initiatives.  All of these activities were facilitated by our talented, and well trained team of student ropes course instructors!