The call of Adventure
Wanted: Ropes course guides/facilitators
Give back to your community • Learn valuable skills • Enjoy outdoor adventure • Earn extra money
March 28 6pm-9pm @ Sonoma Riding ClubMarch 29 - 31 8:30 - 4:30pm @ Challenge Sonoma in Glen Ellen
No Fee this year! If these dates don’t work, ask about Shadow Training.
CHALLENGE SONOMA ADVENTURE ROPES COURSE (CSARC) is gearing up for exhilarating ropes course experiences! You are invited to participate in one of two 4-day special CSARC GUIDE training to be offered March 16-19 and April 13-16 in the Sonoma Mountain redwood forest! A challenge course involves a selection of low and high climbing elements and ropes course activities enabling participants to grow at both team and individual levels by exploring leadership and communication, collaboration, problem-solving and coaching. Learn to belay, set up and tear down high and low ropes events, facilitate team-building initiatives, and lead local school groups, sports teams, and professional staff through a day in the trees at CSARC!
Participants in the training must be at least 15 years old. Current and emerging trainers range in age from 17-81. Whether you are new to the outdoors entirely or a veteran climber, you are welcome and encouraged to join in the training and work with a diverse staff of emergent leaders with a love for outdoor adventure. Working at CHALLENGE SONOMA ADVENTURE ROPES COURSE has opened doors for individuals of many ages to pursue work in outdoor recreation, non-profit management, higher education, sports medicine and beyond.
Training begins on Thursday, March 16, with an orientation from 6:00-9:00 p.m. and is followed by three days at CSARC on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 17-19, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and again on April 13 from 6-9p.m.and followed by 3 days 14-16 from 8:30 to 4:30. The fee for this comprehensive and worthwhile training is $125.00 and includes 50 hours of total training and shadowing, after which graduates will be eligible for an on-call paid position as a CSARC ropes leader.
Established in 1984, CSARC is a non-profit group of dedicated community volunteers serving Sonoma Valley school children and youth-at-risk. At the heart of this far-reaching organization are CSARC’s leaders and skilled trainers who engage over 3,500 participants annually in unequaled outdoor experience that promote self-awareness, inspire learning, and offer strategies to success.
Don’t miss out on this exciting and unique opportunity! Enroll now! Participants are responsible for the cost of fingerprinting. Partial scholarships are available. For an application packet and to enroll in CSARC’s SPRING ROPES COURSE GUIDE TRAINING PROGRAM, call Diana Rhoten at 707/484-7759.