phaedrus78
05-30-2008, 08:17 AM
Hey,
I'm new here to the bogley. I've been into the outdoors for my entire life, I grew up as the only son in my family so my dad and I went out camping, backpacking, hiking, jeeping, hunting, shooting, canoeing, climbing, etc. at least once a month year round.
Now I'm a dad myself with 3 boys (7, 5, 3) {not to say that my daughter, our youngest won't hit the trails with us when she gets old enough} and I'm taking this summer to get them serious about the outdoors and se the course for our future.
My wife loves hiking and camping as well, a goal of hers is to scale Kilimanjaro when the our youngest gets old enough.
A quick question to the climbers here. I've climbed and repelled a lot during my teens, but really low-tech, my dad was a Green Beret so we hit the climbs with rope, biner, and swiss seat. I want to learn more about climbing and current equipment so that we can do some serious mountaineering as the family ages; also, my son really wants to give climbing a try (again he's 7). So my question to you is how should I go about this and is my son too young for lessons/summer camps?
We live in Saratoga Springs, I attend BYU and will graduate April '08, studying Bioinformatics, then we head to law school in the fall.
Our Fam's plans and activities for this year:
Already spent 3 days of hiking and camping with the fam down in Goblin Valley.
Done some geocaching in Provo canyon and west side of lake mountain.
Heading to Diamond fork for a fathers and sons outing tonight.
Hiking in Waterton NP in July (the Canadian side of Glacier NP).
Zion
I'm new here to the bogley. I've been into the outdoors for my entire life, I grew up as the only son in my family so my dad and I went out camping, backpacking, hiking, jeeping, hunting, shooting, canoeing, climbing, etc. at least once a month year round.
Now I'm a dad myself with 3 boys (7, 5, 3) {not to say that my daughter, our youngest won't hit the trails with us when she gets old enough} and I'm taking this summer to get them serious about the outdoors and se the course for our future.
My wife loves hiking and camping as well, a goal of hers is to scale Kilimanjaro when the our youngest gets old enough.
A quick question to the climbers here. I've climbed and repelled a lot during my teens, but really low-tech, my dad was a Green Beret so we hit the climbs with rope, biner, and swiss seat. I want to learn more about climbing and current equipment so that we can do some serious mountaineering as the family ages; also, my son really wants to give climbing a try (again he's 7). So my question to you is how should I go about this and is my son too young for lessons/summer camps?
We live in Saratoga Springs, I attend BYU and will graduate April '08, studying Bioinformatics, then we head to law school in the fall.
Our Fam's plans and activities for this year:
Already spent 3 days of hiking and camping with the fam down in Goblin Valley.
Done some geocaching in Provo canyon and west side of lake mountain.
Heading to Diamond fork for a fathers and sons outing tonight.
Hiking in Waterton NP in July (the Canadian side of Glacier NP).
Zion