 Dear
4-H Rock Climbers,
Welcome (or welcome back)
to the Sauk County 4-H Rock Climbing Project! You've made
a great choice by signing up for this project. The project
meetings are incredible, the volunteer project leaders are amazing,
and your experiences will be out of this world!
The
goals of the Sauk County 4-H Rock Climbing Project are:
• Participants
will learn about and become involved in all aspects of the sport
of rock climbing.
• Participants
will learn and practice important life skills such as leadership,
trust, communication, and teamwork.
• Participants
will increase their awareness, knowledge, and involvement in healthy
lifestyle choices including an increase in physical activity.
• Participants
will gain awareness and knowledge about the environment and practice
environmentally friendly choices and low impact behavior.
• Participants
will have the opportunity to progress through different levels
of rock climbing skills and serve as youth leaders to other project
members.
The project literature
will outline different parts of the sport of rock climbing.
In our monthly meetings, we will be covering much of the material
in the book, but review the information prior to each meeting.
We are looking forward
to a great year!
See you on the rock,
Jessica Jens
Sauk County 4-H Youth Development
Agent
Rock
Climbing Project Information:
2008 Rock Climbing Project Guidebook (48 pages, 7,510 KB) 
Assumption
of Risk Document (2 pages, 26 KB)
Health
Form (2 pages, 67 KB)
Youth
Environmental Stewardship Record (1 page, 80 KB)
End-of-Year
Reflection (2 pages, 24 KB)
2008
Project Meeting Dates:
Download a printable copy of the meeting dates here:
|
Date & Time
|
Place
|
Topic
|
April 21st (Mon)
6 – 8 p.m. |
West Square Building, Baraboo |
Orientation Meeting, t-shirts, Leave No Trace, knot tying,
belay school |
May 19th (Mon)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Rain Date: May 26th |
Potty Rocks (E Bluff) |
Bouldering and Climbing Techniques; meet at the Elephant Rock parking lot |
June 18th (Wed.)
9 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
Misery Rocks |
State Conference Rock Climb: Level 2-4 members are encouraged to come and help teach & belay state conference participants from 9 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. If you would like to help, contact Jessica for more details. |
June 18th (Wed.)
4:00 -7:00 pm
No rain date |
Misery Rocks |
Climbing Day: Meet at the south shore boaters’ parking lot or find us on the bluff. |
June 30th (Mon)
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
|
Leaning Tower (on top of east bluff) |
Rock Climb for Washington Co. 4-H Camp: Level 2-4 members are encouraged to come and help teach & belay from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. If you would like to help, contact Jessica for more details. |
June 30th (Mon)
4:00 – 7:00 pm
No rain date |
Leaning Tower (on top of east bluff) |
Climbing Day: Meet at the CCC trail parking or find us on the bluff. |
July 14th (Mon)
5:30 – 8:00 pm
Rain date: July 28th |
Elephant Rock |
Climbing Day: Meet at the Elephant Rock parking lot |
July 31st (Thurs)
8:30 am – 4:00 pm |
Misery or Stetner’s |
Rock Climb for Sauk & Columbia Co. 4-H Camp: Level 2-4 members are encouraged to come and help teach & belay from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. If you would like to help, contact Jessica for more details. |
August 18th (Mon)
5:30 – 8:00 pm
Rain date: Aug. 25th |
The Pantry |
Climbing Day: Meet at the south shore boaters’ parking lot or find us on the bluff. |
August 20th (Wed)
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
|
The Guillotine (East Bluff) |
Rock Climb for Kenosha/Racine/Walworth Co. 4-H Camp: Level 2-4 members are encouraged to come and help teach & belay from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. If you would like to help, contact Jessica for more details. |
August 20th (Wed)
4:00 – 7:00 pm
No rain date |
The Guillotine (East Bluff) |
Climbing Day: Meet at the CC trail parking or find us on the bluff. |
September 13th (Sat)
12:30 – 6 p.m.
Rain Date: Sept. 20th |
Old Sandstone Area |
End of the summer potluck picnic and climb; Meet at the north end of the South Shore parking lot/picnic area for a picnic at 12:30 pm. After we eat, we will car pool to the Ice Age Trail parking lot on South Shore Road to climb at the Old Sandstone Area. |
Adult
Project Leaders:
Jessica & James Jens
(795-2379)
Jessica's Office: 355-3255
Jessica's cell phone: 393-6568
jessica.jens@ces.uwex.edu
Ann & Jeff VogtSchaller
(356-4114)
anntrees@hotmail.com
vogtschaller@wisc.edu
- Keith Bourne
- Jarred & Melissa Burke
- John & Judy Markstad
- Michiel Lofton
- Larry LaRivere
- Holly Rasmussen
|
