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This is not going to be what you think it is. When it comes to team building, I'm not quite on the up and up about it. I try to glean from a lot of guys I know who do. With that being said, it shows that it is still a work in progress for me and something that I am continually trying to refine.
One thing that was amazing was to see the power of the team in full display at Summer Camp. On two different occasions I was able to witness what is able to happen when a group of people work as a team (and when they don't). The first of which was our experience on Pikes Peak. For four years now, theBURN has been attempting two different trails on Pikes Peak (Barr Camp and the Crags). Both of them prove to be very difficult, though everyone has their preference (right Daniel?). For the past 3 years, our butts have been kicked by the mountain. With dehydration, exhaustion, hunger and altitude sickness all playing a part, Pikes Peak was showing us who boss was. Barr Camp was the first year (with someone calling their mom because they were lost, don't ask...). The Crags was the last two years (with students laying in the middle of the Pikes Peak Highway trying to catch a ride and "medical emergencies" around each corner. This year we returned to Barr Camp (which is a much longer hike) to attempt to make something that has yet to happen, everyone summiting the mountain. This was not the year it happened, but something did happen that has never happened before. All students and leaders (66 in total) made it to Barr Camp. This is a 5000 vertical feet and 15 mile round trip accomplishment. I was way proud of our students and leaders for how well they did on the mountain. Some didn't know they had it in them. Some didn't want to know it was in them. All made it.
My next occassion was while whitewater rafting on Sunday. I was in a raft with Harrison, Jaime, Hannah D, Victor and Billy along with our guide Tyler. It was AMAZING! By far the best rafting I have ever been a part of. The water was up, making for faster and bigger rapids. Not only that, but we got to do something I had never seen before called surfing. It looks a little something like this :
The way it works is that water is moving both ways keeping the raft stuck "surfing" between the waves. It was ridiculuous. We were caught in it for over four minutes (which the guide admitted was too long) and everyone in our raft was nearly ejected a couple of times (almost 5 for me) with water covering the raft for almost the duration of our surf. I can't put into words how cool it was. The only thing that got us out was all of us paddling to get out. I tried to be an alpha male and get us going. No dice. I was only put in my place and thrown towards Harrison. Once we all started paddling though, we were well on our way down the river to conquer more rapids (and our guide got in a little trouble). A team is a powerful group. Something about strands not being easily broken comes to mind...Or how about a man stopping so many and two men stopping manh more...
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One thing that was amazing was to see the power of the team in full display at Summer Camp. On two different occasions I was able to witness what is able to happen when a group of people work as a team (and when they don't). The first of which was our experience on Pikes Peak. For four years now, theBURN has been attempting two different trails on Pikes Peak (Barr Camp and the Crags). Both of them prove to be very difficult, though everyone has their preference (right Daniel?). For the past 3 years, our butts have been kicked by the mountain. With dehydration, exhaustion, hunger and altitude sickness all playing a part, Pikes Peak was showing us who boss was. Barr Camp was the first year (with someone calling their mom because they were lost, don't ask...). The Crags was the last two years (with students laying in the middle of the Pikes Peak Highway trying to catch a ride and "medical emergencies" around each corner. This year we returned to Barr Camp (which is a much longer hike) to attempt to make something that has yet to happen, everyone summiting the mountain. This was not the year it happened, but something did happen that has never happened before. All students and leaders (66 in total) made it to Barr Camp. This is a 5000 vertical feet and 15 mile round trip accomplishment. I was way proud of our students and leaders for how well they did on the mountain. Some didn't know they had it in them. Some didn't want to know it was in them. All made it.
My next occassion was while whitewater rafting on Sunday. I was in a raft with Harrison, Jaime, Hannah D, Victor and Billy along with our guide Tyler. It was AMAZING! By far the best rafting I have ever been a part of. The water was up, making for faster and bigger rapids. Not only that, but we got to do something I had never seen before called surfing. It looks a little something like this :
The way it works is that water is moving both ways keeping the raft stuck "surfing" between the waves. It was ridiculuous. We were caught in it for over four minutes (which the guide admitted was too long) and everyone in our raft was nearly ejected a couple of times (almost 5 for me) with water covering the raft for almost the duration of our surf. I can't put into words how cool it was. The only thing that got us out was all of us paddling to get out. I tried to be an alpha male and get us going. No dice. I was only put in my place and thrown towards Harrison. Once we all started paddling though, we were well on our way down the river to conquer more rapids (and our guide got in a little trouble). A team is a powerful group. Something about strands not being easily broken comes to mind...Or how about a man stopping so many and two men stopping manh more...
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Now playing: Joel Auge - Glory Glory
