Climbing offers worthy opportunities to learn new skills, expand personal boundaries, problem solve, and test yourself. It's hard to top the satisfaction of climbing to the top.

Out of some new inner strength before the end of the day, climbers find out just what they can do. Quite often what they can do is more than they ever dreamed possible.

Benefits of participating in a climbing program:

increased self-esteem
trust building
teamwork
respect for others
communication
cooperation
fun and adventure
retention in the program

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Have your Boy Scout or Venturing Crew unit do some rock climbing at Allamuchy. Put it on your 2010 - 2011 unit calendar!

B.S.A. Climbing Instructor Program: Fall 2010

Special open climbing opportunity for Scouts, leaders, and adults: Go climbing with our Climbing Instructors as part of their training on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the spring and Fall sessions of CI 101. Open to the first 30 participants, pre-registration required, sign up early! Contact Larry Borshard for registration and more info. Click here for Student Climbing information

Designed for unit climbing/rappelling, Climb On Safely, No. 20-099, is the BSA's recommended procedure for organizing and managing climbing and rappelling activities at all levels of the Scouting program: Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouting, Webelos Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing. It offers guidance for climbing and rappelling at natural sites and at specifically designed facilities, including climbing towers and fixed and portable walls. Climb On Safely addresses has eight points to help ensure the safety and well-being of participants:

1. Qualified Supervision	5. Equipment
2. Qualified Instructors	6. Planning
3. Physical Fitness	7. Environmental Conditions
4. Safe Area	8. Discipline

Climb On Safely

Climb On Safely is not designed to prepare leaders to instruct BSA youth in the skills of climbing or rappelling. Teaching climbing or rappelling requires a trained climbing instructor who meets the criteria defined in Climb On Safely.

Climb on Safely is the Boy Scouts of America's recommended guide for planning and organizing a Boy Scout climbing/rappelling activity. This class is for the Unit Leader(s) who will supervise climbing at a natural site or at a specifically designed facility, such as a climbing wall or tower by trained . This training is required for Indoor Climbing also.

National Standards require Climb on Safely training for all unit level climbing and rappelling activities. One way to keep older youth in our programs is to get them out climbing. This class will show you how to keep it safe while they experience the fun! You can find more information on our Do It Online page.

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Contact Debbie Wickham or at (973) 765-9322 x239 with any questions.

Climb on Safely Training 2010 Dates

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The training fee for this class has been eliminated. Patches will be sold separately.

Climb on Safely Training: REGISTRATION FORM

Complete the registration form and send to:

Climb On Safely - Patriots' Path Council, 222 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ 07932

Fax: 973-765-9142

Facilitators wishing to conduct their own Climb on Safely training should request a kit. Please see Facilitator flyer for more information

Presenting the CI 101 BSA Climbing Instructor class of October 2009. from NJ and CT. Thanks to the new Kent Center indoor climbing facility in the Mennen Building at Camp Wheeler, MASR, around 25 Scouts, leaders and adults had mad fun in our Sunday Student Scouts program running Belay Races, Crevasse Rescue, Self-rescue skills, and of course climbing and rappelling, in spite of the rain that weekend. As always, our thanks to the Scouts, leaders and adults for supporting this unique training program, and our congratulations to our new and recertified BSA Climbing Instructors!

What: Highly skilled training that meets the required standards to become or renew as a BSA qualified Climbing Instructor, able to deliver safe and exciting climbing and rappelling programs. You will learn the skills required to develop, set-up, and teach a unit climbing program. Topics include: Safety and Leadership, Equipment Management, Teaching Techniques, Ground School activities, Natural Site Selection, Top-rope Anchors, and Emergency Procedures. Certification is valid for two years with active participation.

The next CI 101 training sessions will be:

Outdoor Weekend: October 1-3, 2010 (Saturday Classroom September 18 or 25, 2010)

Outdoor Weekend: April 15-17, 2011 (Saturday Classroom TBA)

CI 101: MORE DETAILS AND REGISTRATION FORM

New Beginner Climbing area at MASR: Webelos Hill

We now have a new beginner area with two stations on the left side of the MASR entrance road as you drive into camp: "Webelos Hill." Moderate slope, something between 4.16d and 5.09d, but you definitely need to be roped for safety. Thanks go to Chuck Gandy for his original recon back in the spring, to Buddy French for outstanding help clearing the overgrowth from the Safety/Fall Zone, to Tony and Scott Mastroianni for their help bolting, rigging, running and fine-tuning the top belay stations. Always thanks to Greg Lake and Keith Dlugosz for their support.

Night Climbing at Camp Somers/Mt. Allamuchy

Monday - Thursday nights during Summer Camp

Contact Greg Lake at GregLake@aol.com or at 908-752-8682 to arrange your Night Climbing during summer camp - even if your unit is not going to Allamuchy this summer.

Check out our Kent Center indoor rock climbing: