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Greetings!
Welcome New Subscribers !!
I spent five days identifying and learning 50 species of the Temperate Forest at highlandnaturesanctuary.org I learned so much and feel more connected to nature than ever!!
Yet....five days is a long time for an enthusiastic energetic person -that loves to move -to stand still for very long. Thank goodness one of the other students brought along a hula hoop
Sugar Maple in the background |
When I first put the hula hoop on I was moving my hips way to fast trying to keep the hoop up. Traci graciously taught us that it is about slow, steady movement back and forth that gets the results. I quickly caught on as you can see from the pic below LOL!!.
You may think that the Hula Hoop was a fad born in the 1950s, but in fact people were doing much the same thing with circular hoops made from grape vines and stiff grasses all over the ancient world. More than three thousand years ago, children in Egypt played with large hoops of dried grapevines read more here Last year, at the 9th annual Tree Climbers's Rendezvous we celebrated Saturday night with guest hula hoopers
 
This year we are having professional POI dancer Aaron Stillwell! YOU DON'T WANT to miss out on the biggest gathering of tree climbers every year! Go here to read more and see who is coming We want you to hear first hand from people that have climbed with us.
Every week we will feature live videos of climbers in the trees and/or 5 questions with the climber of the week. This way you will know we are telling truth that tree climbing is fun, adventurous and connects you to nature, others and yourself!! Check out what Kevin Knapp- Program Logistics Manager and Challenge Course Manager at YMCA Storer Camps- has to say down below and to the right!
We L♥ve Tree Climbing !
Shelly and Bill Byrne
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EarthJoy hosting the
9th Annual Tree Climbers Rendezvous
Oct 12th-18th, 2010
Beechridge Conference Center
YOU DONT WANT TO MISS THIS GATHERING!!
Did you take our Basic Beginner weekend class? Then take 50% off the Rendezvous registration fee!! |
Where is EarthJoy?
July 23rd Boy Scouts at AJ in Alexandria Ky full
July 24th 11:00 am Hocking Hill Hercules Red Oak Climb-open to public
July 29th Centerville summer camp -full
July 30th Grand slam party summer camp AJ- full
July 31st AJ JOLLY Boy scouts -full 12:30 open
August 7th 10:00 Hocking still have 4 openings
12:30 full
3:00 open
August 10th-12th Dayton summer camp
August 14th 11:00 Hocking 6 openings
1:30 open
August 27th -30th Basic + Facilitation class (3 spots left)
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Birthday party at AJ JOLLY Everyone loves to spiderman and rest in the hammocks!!
Samson above -the birthday boy- and his best friend below
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| Would you like to climb the trees in your own backyard or start your own tree climbing program?
Then you will want to sign up for the class below
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NEW!! Basic plus Facilitation class
This special program is being made affordable to you. We know the JOYS of tree climbing and we also know how difficult it can be getting a new business started. In this NEW class we are guiding you from A to Z on how to become a facilitator, how to get customers, providing YOU with the paperwork required to get started and for insurance approval.
You will also have the chance to spend an entire day with EarthJoy learning hands on how to facilitate a climb from set up to take down. We will teach you all the small tricks on how to get clients that are struggling getting into the tree.
At the end of this class you will be able to
- Safely facilitate at 3:1 ratio
- You will learn to tie knots, repeating each knot many times to instill *muscle memory*.
- Have all the paperwork necessary FOR your next business step
- You will learn how to access a tree, rope advancement within the canopy, rope and throw line retrieval, ascending using DREC, descending procedures
- Rope check and storage and basic equipment
- Know the hazards of tree climbing.
- Be able to assess a tree for safety
- Recommended equipment choices
- Rescue -critical aerial, non-critical aerial, and ground rescue.
- AND much more!!
BONUS BONUS BONUS: If you take the Basic Beginner Class Level I with us this year get the Rendezvous registration for half off!
Why: To learn something new and renew your spirit at the same time!
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Want to Toe Dip first??
Shawn in the Three Sisters! |
Want to see if you even like it? If it is true what we say? We have three marvelous climbs you can choose from two different locations. How do you sign up? Email Shelly@climbtreeswithearthjoy.com and ask for a copy of our Program guide. |
Kevin took our new class read what he has to say!!
5 Questions with Kevin Knapp
Bio: Kevin Knapp, originally of Minnesota, living in Jackson Michigan for the past 6 years.
Program Logistics Manager and Challenge Course Manager at YMCA Storer Camps. Contact by email: swedishchef217@yahoo.com
What led you to take the Basic/Facilitation tree climbing class? As the challenge course manager at a YMCA camp, I have had trainings to run low ropes courses, high ropes courses, and climbing walls. Camp started a tree climbing program a few years ago and trained several other staff at that time. This past year, the last of those staff members left camp, and it was time for me to be officially trained in order to continue/improve the tree climbing program. How has completing the class impacted your personal and work life? Starting with my work life, it not only has allowed me to start to facilitate tree climbing for camp, but to also start to reinvent the program. Personally, the class has given me new friends, a new joy, and a new perspective (I now walk around looking up at trees and tripping on things).What do you like most about tree climbing? I think the thing I enjoy most is the freedom you have in a tree. Unlike climbing walls or high rope courses, climbing a tree provides opportunities to climb in any direction. There is also something about climbing a tree that can bring out your inner child (granted, working at a camp, my inner child is not all that deep inside). What will I do differently as a result of taking both classes. Hmmm, I think I will climb trees (sorry, that's my inner sarcasm). While I am excited about climbing trees, I am also excited that I can bring my friends and family along and introduce them to tree climbing.What would you say to others that may be thinking of taking this class? Do it. Do it! You know you want to. Why are we even debating this. Seriously. Are we still talking about this? What's going on here? Less thinking, more action.....
Kevin transferring tree to tree | |
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