In partnership with local LifeSuccess Coach Leslie Flowers (www.lifesuccessleslie.com), Ascent Adventure Consultants is presenting the LifeVenture Weekend Retreat in Cary NC. The event will be held at Homewood Suites in Cary NC, where participants will spend the night Friday evening, and  then spend all day Saturday  in the program. This is a unique event and the first of it’s kind in the USA. Leslie Flowers is an international motivational and inspirational speaker, teacher and coach and was tapped by former LifeSuccess Consulting President Paul Martinelli as an emerging leader in the personal and leadership development industry. Brandon Hensinger of Ascent Adventure Consultants works with groups of business people and professionals across the country to help them develop their leadership, management, and communication skills through experiential team building and training.

The weekend retreat begins on a Friday night, lasting until Saturday evening, and combines Leslie’s excellent LifeSuccess teachings, with experiential training and application by Ascent Adventure Consultants professional team building and training facilitators, to help participants learn and apply the principles being taught.

Leslies passion and teaching focuses on helping people to understand the human performance gap — why we don’t do what we already know to do — how limiting beliefs stand in the way of our success, and what is required to narrow that gap in short order. Her teaching also focuses on connecting people with their infinite potential and purpose. The principles and practices learned through her teaching sessions will be the focus of the experiential training aspects of the program, conducted by Brandon Hensinger.

Logistics and Details

Where:

Homewood Suites, 100 Macalyson Ct Cary NC 27511

What the Weekend Includes:

Lodging, all meals, conference facility

Schedule

Friday January 22

6:30pm – Kickoff Dinner

7:30pm – Session 1

Saturday January 23

8:00am – Breakfast at Hotel

9:00am – 12:00pm – Sessions 2 and 3

12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch

1:00pm – 5:00pm – Sessions 4 and 5

To Sign Up for the Retreat, and/or For More Information, Please Fill Out the Following Form:

]]> http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/10/lifeventure-weekend-retreat/feed/ 0 http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/05/climbing-and-other-resources-to-combat-childhood-obesity/ http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/05/climbing-and-other-resources-to-combat-childhood-obesity/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 11:42:00 +0000 brandon http://www.ascentadventure.com/?p=1129 I read a great article on Resources for Physical Activity Programs to Combat Childhood Obesity: http://tinyurl.com/ox9bkx.

These are some great practical steps to take that help parents make sure their kids stay physically active in fun, adventurous ways!

Check it out.

Mt. Buckner 9,080’ (North Face or North Face Couloir)

Grade III, 40 to 50 degree snow and ice.  2-3 days round trip.

Shark Fin Tower 8,120’ (Southeast Ridge)

Grade II, 5.0, 30 degree snow, Glacier Travel.  2 days

Forbidden Peak 8,815’ (West Ridge)

Grade II-III, 5.6, 50 Degree snow. 2-3 days

Sahale Peak 8,680’  (Southeast Ridge)

Grade II, 3rd-4th Class rock; steep glacier, exposed snow. 1-2 days round trip.

Johannesberg Mountain 8,200’  (Northeast Buttress West Rib Variation)

Grade V, Mid-fifth class; snow and ice to 40 degrees.  1-2 days (experienced climbers only)

Eldorado Peak  8,868’  (East Ridge)

Grade II, Exposed 35 degree snow.  1-3 days.

Sahale 8,680’  (Quien Sabe Glacier)

Grade II, 3-4 class rock, steep glacier, exposed snow.

Washington / Rainy Pass:

Liberty Bell 7,720’  (Beckey Route)

Grade II, 5.7 Rock, 5-8 hrs.

South Early Winters Spire 7,807’  (South Arête)

Grade II, 5.4 5-8 hrs.

Black Peak 8,970’ (South Ridge)

Grade II+, Class 4 Rock, 30 Degree Snow, 1-2 Days.

Cutthroat Peak 8,050’  (South Buttress)

Grade III+, 5.8 6-10hrs.

Leavenworth

Ingalls Peak 7,662’  (South Ridge)

Grade II 5.4 4-8hrs. (East Ridge) Grade II, 5.7 4-8hrs.

Colchuck Peak 8,705’  (North Buttress Couloir)

Grade III, 3rd & 4th class rock, 30 to 50 snow and ice.  1-2 Days.

Mt. Temple 8,292’  (Temple Ridge)

Grade II+, 5.6.  1-2 Days.

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Greenwash Watch: “Eco” Bottled Water

I’d be interested in seeing how many people are willing to make the switch to using Sigg Bottles. I will! If you will, please leave a comment that says “YES!” showing your support.

Understandably so, since without the infrastructure to support this type of land use, the land managers have no choice but to restrict the activities. This is something that the Access Fund specifically targets and works on with these land managers, however the Federal Government has made it extremely difficult because ultimately they are the ones providing the lack of funding.

BUT NOW THE GOOD NEWS….

Barack Obama, along with promoting an excellent energy plan, and making the oil companies use their windfall profits to help consumers, is also planning on increasing appropriations for public land….and therefore will most likely help to give access to many, many areas.

Their administration needs our support to get this done. Please visit Outdoor Alliance and choose to Take Action, and send letters (via the website) to Barack Obama, to help open up access to these public lands.

Along with a better energy management and energy use system, the funds that are going to be provided to these land managers will help conservation of our natural resources, including “roadless areas” that will be protected. This country is taking a turn in the right direction!

Thank you and Happy Climbing

Brandon Hensinger

The mission of Ascent Adventure Consulants LLC is to provide individuals and businesses with a dynamic way to break free from their normal routine and everyday experiences and accomplish something that seems out of reach, by offering professionally guided rock climbing and mountaineering adventures, as well as customizable corporate training and teambuilding programs. We are committed to guiding every individual on an incredible adventure and to equipping every business with the tools it needs to achieve its goals.

I just read this quote in Paul Tripps book “A Quest for More” and had to share it. First, a definition of transcendence: the state of being beyond and outside of the ordinary range of human experiences.

And now for the quote:
“The mountain climber, facing the dizzying heights, the unforgiving inclines, and the biting wind, has touched a bit of transcendence. He is about to join a small society of people who have escaped the everyday concerns and demands of life to accomplish something great. He stands on that oxygen poor summit and he has transcended if for just one day. The mountain isn’t the only summit he has ascended.”

WOW! That defines the experience that I long to give every Ascent Adventure Consultants client!