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Gathering/Outreach Report
Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge,
Oklahoma
Report written by Jeremy Higle
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The event went great as far as meeting some new folks. We had only five
show up but it was a good crew. Our Outreach didn't go as well with the
intermittent bad weather which probably kept a lot of climbers at home. Saturday
night and Sunday were rained out with a pretty good series of storms. But
as it is with the first time you do something, it starts with a small
dedicated group and the other four who attended I think will be. We are
already talking about doing a fall trip and trying to increase attendance
with haveing a regular meeting each fall and spring.
Having some digital cameras that we could hook up and show pics on my laptop
was fun (couple photos attached). One thing that didn't work out as planned
is that all of our outreach was focused on Sunday, with fellowship inside
our group on Friday and Saturday. So outreach was basically rained out.
Next time we will tweek the schedule so that we do not wait til the last day
for outreach and evangelism.
Overall it turned out to be some bonding time for what I pray will be a core
group that will be advocates for future events. Our oldest climber was 50
and the youngest 21 and we had a blast getting to know each other. The
first steps are the hardest and we got the first on out of the way.
Contact Jeremy Higle at
jeremy@mountainleadership.org
if you would be interested in the next event.
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