Tree climbing As A Physical Excercise Program

Carbon County Environmental Education Center has applied for a $3000 mini grant to purchase tree climbing equipment to augment it's climbing program in NE PA.

Here is a link to the grant program http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/browse.asp?a=174&C=35545&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0

Keep your fingers crossed for us. We'll let you know if we are awarded the grant.

Good luck! Can you give us an idea of how you presented your grant? I know there are others that would like to see how you proposed your grant so they might get an idea on how to present one for themselves.

Grant writing is a skill in itself. It has its own kind of format. Please keep us posted. Any idea how on it will take to her back?

Peter,

I'm not sure what the process is from here. I'm not the grant writer at our center, this was just an idea I had and my boss thought we'd go for it. I just made suggestions for gear, based on what we'd been using and needed. I'd be happy to fax you a copy of our completed application. If we get the grant, you'll know what to do. If we don't, you'll know what NOT to do!

Hi Baker,

Can you please e-mail me the info?

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Fax: 770-389-7925

Thanks

Thanks Baker. If you could, please post your grant results here on the Forum board. I personally would like to see what was written. You can e-mail the attachment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Good news! We have just been notified that we have been selected as a recipient of the grant, and will receive the full amount requested - almost $3000. Confirmation letters will be mailed this week, and after a bit more paperwork, we should see the funds in about 8 - 10 weeks! WooHoo!

Congratulations on your Grant Award. Put it to good use!

Oh we will! With the help of Patty, and Viola and Barb, from New Tribe, our wish list was well constructed!

Well, here's the list of gear we are purchasing through this grant:

3 BASIC SADDLE KIDS
2 BASIC SADDLE BELT SMALL
2.BASIC SADDLE BELT MEDIUM
2 BASIC SADDLE BELT LARGE
1 BASIC SADDLE BELT XL
4 PETZL ELIOS HELMET SIZE2-GREEN
4 PETZL ELIOS HELMET SIZE 1-GREEN
12 PETZL AM'D BALL LOCK CARABINER
1 TARGET LINE 1/8" NEON ORANGE 1000'
6 SHOT POUCH 14OZ
4 SAFETY BLUE 1/2" ARB ROPE 120'
4 DAN HOUSE 3/4" X 30" ROPE SLEEVE
1 ON ROPE 1 CHEST HAMMOCK LRG
6 THROWLINE 1/8" BLACK 100 FT

This,of course, is not all the gear we have but this new list will augment our small cache tremendously. Looks like I know where I'll be spending my warm weather months - in the trees!

Orange and black throwline?

Not sure why that is important to you Dave, but if you must know: The orange is a bit stiffer than the black, doesn't tangle, and is easier to throw. The black will be nearly invisible when left in the trees after we finish. Leaving them in the trees will make it faster to set up the lines for repeated use. Black was chosen to follow the principals of Leave No Trace. www.lnt.org Hikers and other people who use our park may not necessarily want to see trees strewn w/ brightly colored string when they are not being climbed.

Yes, I was wondering if the black were for hidden lines or if it was to keep them from being confused in the same bag.

The black line is thin and does get tangled if you're not real careful. I would imagine it would be very hard to see at height as well.

Baker wrote:

The black line is thin and does get tangled if you're not real careful. I would imagine it would be very hard to see at height as well.

So they are both 1/8 inch but are very different?

So I am told by the retailer.