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Prep Notes: CLIMBING WALL NOTES – 12/2, updated 12/8 – Pliska, Breen

Saturday 1/9-1/10: Cookie Rally/Lock-In at Central Rock Gym To kick off the start of cookie season, Supertroop will be sleeping overnight at Central Rock Gym in Hadley. Girls arrive at 8pm and can be picked at at 8:30 Sunday morning. See this link for more information about Lock-ins at Central Rock. The cost of this event is $40, but the troops may pay part, so check with your troop. We ARE allowed to bring in snacks. Permission slip will come from each troop.

Link for Central Rock info: https://app.rockgympro.com/b/widget/?a=offering&offering_guid=9b0621d0d21d4d35ac92e23fb7f6374b Link for electronic Waiver: http://www.centralrockgym.com/waiver.php Link for paper Waiver: http://www.centralrockgym.com/resources/print_waiver.pdf What to bring: For climbing: Comfortable, flexible clothing Water bottle A fun-loving attitude For sleeping: Pillow Sleeping bag PJ's Toiletries Any essential medications you may need

Our Super Troop sleepover is coming up on Saturday, January 9th. This event is at the Central Rock Gym on Rt 9 in Hadley.

Cost $40 per Girl Scout, parents/chaperones are no charge for sleepover. Waivers need to be completed before ANYONE can stay (scouts and adults, climbing or not).

Belay Training Cost $10 for Girls* 13yrs+ and Adults (*Hadley Service Unit will pay for the belay training for all eligible Girl Scouts). RSVP is required for the belay class. Class time TBD, however, it is likely to happen at 6pm).

Arrival time is 8 pm Belay class also starts at 8 pm.

Sunday morning pick up time is 8:30 am.

The gym closes for business at 9pm on Saturday night, at which time we are locked in for the night with a gym employee.

Troops can bring in their own food or have it delivered before 9pm if they want to arrange this. If you want pizza delivered, we need to set that up prior to the event.

Please respond to Barbara Pliska bpliska@smith.edu with commitments for both the overnight and the belay training.

2014 Notes for next time
Super Troop Sleepover Central Rock Gym - Route 9 Hadley January 11th - 12th, 2014

Coordinator: Barbara Pliska

6pm Belay Training Class $10 Age 13 and up only

7 pm - 9 am LockIn Sleepover $40 per climber (scout)

Grants of $10 provided to each scout. Grants of $10 provided to each scout for belay traning. Scholarships provided for those in need. (I believe 5 in total were requested).

40033 Gr 6 - 6 Scouts, 3 Adults Belayed, 2 slept over 40063 Gr 7 - 9 Scouts, 2 Scouts Belayed, 2 Adults Belayed, and 2 adults slept over 40029 Gr 9 - 8 Scouts, 8 Scouts Belayed, 1 Adult Belayed, and 2 adults slept over

Total event cost $1,120

I believe the Service unit paid about $550 in scholarships and grants to make this possible.

Comments:

1. Can never have enough trained belayers. AND it is not reasonable to expect the older girls that are trained to give up their time to belay for the younger girls. There were a couple of older girls that were happy to belay people outside of their troop, but for the most part that was not the case. At the last minute, my husband joined us, so our troop had 3 belayers for 6 girls.

2. Make time to do the team building activities - we had this planned, but there didn't seem to be any time for this. It might have helped to create more of an opportunity for the girls to mingle between troops.

3. If we go at the same time next year and include the Cookie Wonderland U stuff, I would require getting the bucket prior to the morning of the event. It was useful, but it was incomplete and I needed more time to be better prepared. It was a great kit but not utilized to the fullest it could have been.

Per Paulette - I think team building would be great, I am not sure the younger girls were secure around the older girls until later. Definitely team building.