September is on the Troop schedule for Climbing.
There are two climbing opportunities for Scouts and Ventures in the next few weeks.
Opportunity 1
Simon Kenton Council will be conducting its Fall Rappelling Clinic on the weekend of September 16-18 (our scheduled outing weekend) for Scout and Adults.
The Council sponsors and conducts two rappelling clinics each year (Spring and Fall), teaching beginning skills and offering participants the opportunity (by attending several clinics) to advance to the Scouting designation of Rappel Master. It requires attendance at 3 or 4 clinics to be eligible to advance to the leadership rank.
One catch: Participants must be 14 by the date of the event and have earned their First Class rank. (Opportunity 2 below includes younger Scouts).
The clinic costs $100 and covers the event, food, and cabin camping at Camp Falling Rock. More information is available here. Registration is through Doubleknot here.
Since this is an event with separate registration and includes food and lodging we will not be conducting this as a troop outing. Register your self as soon as possible if you wish to attend. Space is limited.
Please let me know if you plan to attend so that we can coordinate transportation. There are a number of Scouts that are interested in attending but have other commitments on Friday evening. I understand that some Scouts are planning to come to Camp Failing Rock early on Saturday morning to participate. Again, please let me know so that we can assist with coordinating transportation.
Opportunity 2
For all Scouts (without regard to age) we will be conducting an afternoon outing on Saturday, October 6 leaving at 4PM sharp. We will be meeting at the Church and traveling to Vertical Adventures on the North side of Columbus, we will have a session of climbing from 4:30 until 6:30. We will return back to the church at about 7PM. The outing will cost $20. This will not be a troop weekend outing as another outing (backpacking, woo hoo!) is scheduled for the following weekend). For those who might be interested, the OSU game on that Saturday is not until 8PM.
Please let me know if there are questions and be sure to register for the Rappelling clinic as soon as possible.
Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Fulton