Comments on: The Adrenaline Forest http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eric http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-61439 eric Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:37:37 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2935#comment-61439 I really enjoyed reading about your experiences at The Adrenaline Forrest. I also enjoyed the video that was on youtube. As I was reading I couldn’t help but recall my college experience when I took a course that was required for my major in health and physical education. The course title was adventure based education. West Chester University who offers a program which I believe is second to none in PE came up with the course about 10 years ago and they have added things each year. You start off the semester with team building activity and eventually move into the high ropes course which is the final exam. I learned more about myself and my classmates during that semester than any other course or class I have ever been a part of. I am sure you experienced a lot of the same feelings whether good or bad, proud or scared that I experienced. The sense of accomplishment after something like that can only be done first hand; I don’t think there are any words that can describe it. I plan to look more into The Adrenaline Forrest and I hope some day I have the opportunity to do something like this again. I really enjoyed reading about your experiences at The Adrenaline Forrest. I also enjoyed the video that was on youtube. As I was reading I couldn’t help but recall my college experience when I took a course that was required for my major in health and physical education. The course title was adventure based education. West Chester University who offers a program which I believe is second to none in PE came up with the course about 10 years ago and they have added things each year. You start off the semester with team building activity and eventually move into the high ropes course which is the final exam. I learned more about myself and my classmates during that semester than any other course or class I have ever been a part of. I am sure you experienced a lot of the same feelings whether good or bad, proud or scared that I experienced. The sense of accomplishment after something like that can only be done first hand; I don’t think there are any words that can describe it. I plan to look more into The Adrenaline Forrest and I hope some day I have the opportunity to do something like this again.

]]> By: simon Bourne http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-60594 simon Bourne Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:51:29 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2935#comment-60594 Wow, what a super experience, I hope that one day I'll make it out there and see NZ first hand. Lets hope it stays so unsoilt and beautiful. Well done on the adrenaline buzz, live life! cheers Simon Wow, what a super experience, I hope that one day I’ll make it out there and see NZ first hand.
Lets hope it stays so unsoilt and beautiful.
Well done on the adrenaline buzz, live life!
cheers
Simon

]]> By: New Zealand Education http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-60236 New Zealand Education Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:59:34 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2935#comment-60236 A visit to New Zealand is an opportunity to view spectacular range of landscapes, to decide how to travel around our country may be less important than choosing where you want to go. A visit to New Zealand is an opportunity to view spectacular range of landscapes, to decide how to travel around our country may be less important than choosing where you want to go.

]]> By: Olga LaPlante http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-60224 Olga LaPlante Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:59:35 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2935#comment-60224 Funny, I just watched the movie "Into the Wild", and maybe it's not quite the same, although I see the underlying theme - finding a way to feel alive. You are really not feeling it when you are grocery shopping, or sometimes you forget to feel it when you are playing with your children, and not all of us feel it when we teach reading rules to a group of 20 kids, but we do certainly feel it after as few as 10 minutes into a hike, and certainly when you are already on top. Helps us appreciate what we have, huh? Thanks for sharing your experiences, Will. The previous comment says the most courageous thing was that you were willing to share - but I feel it's the whole point! One has to be vulnerable and overcome it, or it's not a story, am I right? :) Funny, I just watched the movie “Into the Wild”, and maybe it’s not quite the same, although I see the underlying theme – finding a way to feel alive. You are really not feeling it when you are grocery shopping, or sometimes you forget to feel it when you are playing with your children, and not all of us feel it when we teach reading rules to a group of 20 kids, but we do certainly feel it after as few as 10 minutes into a hike, and certainly when you are already on top. Helps us appreciate what we have, huh?
Thanks for sharing your experiences, Will. The previous comment says the most courageous thing was that you were willing to share – but I feel it’s the whole point! One has to be vulnerable and overcome it, or it’s not a story, am I right? :)

]]> By: KarenJanowski http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-60215 KarenJanowski Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:35:18 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2935#comment-60215 The most courageous thing about this experience that you shared with us, Will, is your willingness to share your fear and vulnerability. The most courageous thing about this experience that you shared with us, Will, is your willingness to share your fear and vulnerability.

]]> By: Pat http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-60183 Pat Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:48:20 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2935#comment-60183 I've never done a zip line before but I think watching you was fun enough! I have actually hiked where we had to cross a raging river (hubby says it was just a quick moving stream) and had to walk across the wires like you did. Only there was nothing to hold us on the wires and we had no gloves. I ended up hooking my elbow over the top wire and walking across. Another time I did it, I didn't hook my arm over but I had a death grip on the wire. Of course we probably wasn't as high as you were but it was scary! Thanks for sharing! I’ve never done a zip line before but I think watching you was fun enough! I have actually hiked where we had to cross a raging river (hubby says it was just a quick moving stream) and had to walk across the wires like you did. Only there was nothing to hold us on the wires and we had no gloves. I ended up hooking my elbow over the top wire and walking across. Another time I did it, I didn’t hook my arm over but I had a death grip on the wire. Of course we probably wasn’t as high as you were but it was scary! Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Brian Crosby http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-60164 Brian Crosby Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:06:52 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2935#comment-60164 This is how I became a teacher ... well sort of. I was a photographer and a friend that ran a outdoor ed camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California begged me to come and take publicity shots for a couple of days. A couple of days turned into 5 weeks and then 2 more years. Zip lines, rock climbing, long hikes, rope bridges, making "sleds" out of dead redwood tree branches and having races where each team had to pull a member of their team all the while teaching about the trees and ecosystems and appreciating nature and doing science experiments with creek water ... I could go on and on. Needless to say I cancelled my scholarship at Brooks Institute of photography and the rest is "history. : ) REAL messy learning! Brian This is how I became a teacher … well sort of. I was a photographer and a friend that ran a outdoor ed camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California begged me to come and take publicity shots for a couple of days. A couple of days turned into 5 weeks and then 2 more years. Zip lines, rock climbing, long hikes, rope bridges, making “sleds” out of dead redwood tree branches and having races where each team had to pull a member of their team all the while teaching about the trees and ecosystems and appreciating nature and doing science experiments with creek water … I could go on and on. Needless to say I cancelled my scholarship at Brooks Institute of photography and the rest is “history. : ) REAL messy learning!
Brian

]]> By: JenW http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/the-adrenaline-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-60162 JenW Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:25:45 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=2935#comment-60162 Will Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. Pushing past our fears (sometimes without a safety harness) is always a very hard thing to do. The look of "ohmigosh" and "OHMIGOSH" in your eyes at the was wonderful! Thank you for another snapshot into your family's life. Jennifer Will

Thank you so much for sharing this with us all.

Pushing past our fears (sometimes without a safety harness) is always a very hard thing to do.

The look of “ohmigosh” and “OHMIGOSH” in your eyes at the was wonderful!

Thank you for another snapshot into your family’s life.

Jennifer

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