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Mountain Boards

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:26 +0000

Mountain boarding has been a part of Jumonville’s summer camp program for over 10 years. A mountainboard is kind of like a cross between a skateboard and a snowboard that is designed to ride on grass. Helmets, wrist pads, knee pads, elbow pads, and even butt pads are all part of the required gear. It may be possible to have a mountain boarding session for your retreat group. Contact the Jumonville office for rates and to see if possible arrangements can be made for your group.

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Rescue Basket Teambuilding Course

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:26 +0000

The Rescue Basket Teambuilding course is one of the newest additions to Jumonville’s extensive Challenge Ropes Course. It utilizes a “rescue basket” that would be used to transfer an injured person from a cave, rock climbing area, or other rough terrain where a vehicle would not be able to be used. The rescue basket is used to transfer a “patient” through an extensive on the ground set of initiatives that are built out of used utility (telephone) poles. Younger campers don’t transfer another camper. They may transfer a stuffed animal or some other object. Older campers will actually transfer another team mate.

This challenge course is ideal for exploring team building principles with almost any population. Participants will be able to hone team building skills such as listening, leadership, planning and communication while embarking on an adventurous and challenging mission. Although simple looking in design, the action and learnings that occur represent some of the most dynamic group initiatives in the adventure education field.

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Adventure Center Bouldering Room

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:26 +0000

The middle room in the Ben Cromer Adventure Center measures 35′ x 40′ and has 12 foot high side walls. There are climbing walls on all four walls with varying angles and levels of difficulty. These “bouldering” walls are used to teach the basics of rock climbing and can easily handle groups of 30 or more (although individual groups are normally between 15-18 participants). Helmets, harnesses and ropes are not needed as the participants pair up with another participant who serves as a “spotter.” In addition to the “bouldering” activities, the room is used for “off the wall” activities (lead up activities to help stretch out a group and get the ready to start climbing) as well as portable initiatives that help a group with team-building and problem solving.

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Adventure Center Back Room

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:26 +0000

Our back room of the Ben Cromer Adventure Center measures 35′ x 40′ and has 24 foot high side walls. There are two large 10″ square garage doors that can be rolled up to provide some great ventilation in the warmer months. Twenty-five different ropes are currently set up for climbing with varying angles and levels of difficulty for what is referred to as “top rope” climbing. Each rope has multiple climbs available and climbs are color coded by the color of the holds. Endless variations are available to provide for beginners to hard core gym rats. In addition to the “top rope” climbing activities, there is also a rappelling station where participants can learn to rappel or improve their rappelling techniques. Take your adventure to new heights by trying your hand (and feet) in our newest adventure activity.

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Belay Certification

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:26 +0000

Belaying refers to a variety of techniques climbers use to exert friction on a climbing rope so that a falling climber does not fall very far. A climbing partner typically takes up the slack in the rope while the climber continues to climb. The partner then applies friction at the other end of the rope to stop the climber and then removes the friction from the rope whenever the climber needs more rope to continue climbing.

Our trained adventure staff teach classes in proper belay techniques to our older campers or other staff who want to become certified belayers. Taking the class does not guarantee certification. Campers or staff must pass the belay certification test and then they are added into the database and receive a wrist band indicating that they are belay certified.

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Rappel Station

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:26 +0000

Jumonville built a Rappel Station several years ago to help our summer campers get ready for rappelling at our various rock climbing sites. It is part of the progression that we have built into our adventure program so that campers are doing appropriate activities for their age level and skill level. The Rappel Station helps to teach them the basic skills in a controlled and safe environment.

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Individual Elements Challenge Course

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:20 +0000

Jumonville’s individual elements are located on the top of our mountain in the area between the Great Cross near the Low Element Teambuilding Course. Special arrangements need to be made with the Jumonville office staff if you want to include this activity as part of your group’s experience. The goal of utilizing the individual elements is similar to the high elements. It is more for individual challenge than that of group teambuilding but there is not the additional factor of being further off the ground and therefore no extra belay equipment is needed. The participants belay or “spot” for each other. The individual elements are often used in conjunction with the teambuilding elements and may be used to help the participants warm-up. They are also ideal for younger participants with lots of extra energy to burn.

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Rock Climbing

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:14 +0000

Rock Climbing

Rock climbing has been a vital part of Jumonville’s summer camp adventure programs for over 40 years. Most of the rock climbing is done at a nearby area called Greenbriar which is just several miles from Jumonville. Older adventure campers have used Seneca Rocks as well as the New River Gorge. In past years we also occasionally used Coopers Rocks in West Virginia.

On occasion, we have received requests to have our Jumonville staff take retreat groups on a rock climbing excursion to one of our local climbing sites. If you are interested, contact the Jumonville office for rates so that possible arrangements can be made for your group.

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Teambuilding Course

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:14 +0000

Most of Jumonville summer camps include the Challenge/Ropes Course Team Building Course as part of their planned events. Our low team building elements are the heart of our excellent challenge/ropes course team building program. The physical site is located on the top of our mountain in the area between the Great Cross and Topside (near the individual course & high elements course). Advanced arrangements are required if you want this popular activity to be included as part of your group’s experience.

We can either bring in our own instructors who will work with your group to plan a experience that will meet your group’s specific goals or you can have your own staff trained to work with your own group. You will need to allow a minimum of 2 hours for this experience.

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Adventure Center

Tina Smith — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:18:14 +0000

Our original Ben Cromer Adventure Center was established in 1993 in one of our former outdoor classrooms. It was destroyed by an early morning fire in April of 2002. A new and much larger Adventure Center was built near our bouldering wall in 2003. The elements and program are geared toward planned success to build inner confidence, trust, and team building through shared struggle, communication and accomplishment. The initiatives are physically engaging, intellectually challenging, spiritually stimulating, and tailored to the abilities of participants. Physical ability is far less important than tenacity in the cooperative search for solutions and the ability to think creatively. There are three areas in the new adventure center. There is a front welcome center area, a middle bouldering area, and a taller back room for top roped climbing and rappelling.

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