Here is a little about WinShape.
Founded in 1991, WinShape Wilderness started as an entrepreneurial business using an existing ropes course located on the Mountain Campus of Berry College to provide team building for Chick-fil-A Operators, church and school groups, as well as corporate clients. Fifteen years and tens of thousands of participants later, WinShape Wilderness has been positioned under the umbrella of the WinShape Foundation side by side with six other programs. With a new purpose, to glorify God by creating adventure experiences that encourage spiritual transformation, WinShape Wilderness is dedicated to using adventure to equip people to experience real change, not just in a team setting, but also through personal transformation. Through the ropes course, participants are introduced to five key components to transforming their team: building trust, improving communication, creative problem solving opportunities, the power of encouragement, and practicing celebration. Our group experienced all of these things, and learned so much about each other. We have been transformed from a group of 18 people, into ONE team! You can learn more about all the programs WinShape provides by checking out the link below.
http://www.winshape.org/
Here is a little glimpse of our wilderness adventure.
Our guides for the adventure. Ricky & Mark
We started with a few group activities.
We made a circle with a bulls-eye in the center and charted our feelings. For example "Are you afraid of heights?" or "Do you enjoy the outdoors?". We learned some very interesting things about each other.
We then divided into two teams.
We had to figure out how to make a five point star with a rope tied into a circle. You could not let go of the rope and both teams got tangled, but we learned to work together.
We also learned quite a few new handshakes.
For example:
Miles tries out The Logger
Rickey learns the Exploding Rocket.
BJ & David Milk the Cow
We also learned the Over Achiever, Squirrel, and Slappy Salmon.
To get to our next two adventures, half the team was blindfolded and led silently to the next activity.
We learned how to trust each other and work together without words.
First, we had a team task where we had a square grid of blocks, and had to cross from one side of them to the other. Once someone was touching a block it was active, and to stay active a team member had to continue to touch that block. If you took your foot off before someone else put there foot on the block. the guide would remove the block, and we needed ALL the blocks. Every team member had to be inside of the grid, before a team member could exit the grid, on the opposite side from where they started. It sounds complicated but we did the task with ease, no mistakes, and worked very cohesively.
The next adventure was to continually balance on a teeter totter as we gradually added team members.
If we lost balance and hit the ground, we had to start all over.
We only had to start over once.
We got very close as a team in more ways than one.
This is how we walked back to the main building for lunch.
They called it taking the bus.
It did have a lot in common with a school bus if you think about it.
After lunch we headed to the JUMP POLE!
Thank goodness no one lost their lunch, but the excitement and nerves were in high gear!
Everyone completed the climb and jump!
Stephen and Sherri were the first to brave the POLE.
Dawn & AndreaJo climbing the POLE.
Eliza & Buff figuring out how to get from sitting to standing atop the POLE.
BJ & David jumping off the POLE to grab the trapeze.
Jody & Lance on a very graceful return to the ground.
After the POLE, we got the thrill of doing the Flying Squirrel.
It was so much fun.
You get harnessed in again, hooked to a rope, and you take off running.
The rest of the team runs away with the other end of the rope and you get flung into the air.
Nate preparing to run.
Noel on takeoff.
Kim getting her run on.
Buff lifting off.
Eliza 's spread Eagle.
Emily always has a smile, and waves Hello.
Lance laughing and loving the ride.
Benton soaring through the trees.
This adventure had to be the highlight of the day.
Our final task was the Trust Fall.
A task of trust and teamwork.
Each team member stands atop a small pole and falls backwards into the arms of the rest of the team.
We all fell in love with this team.
Dawn getting ready to fall.
The team ready to catch.
AndreaJo taking the fall of faith.
We all enjoyed this wonderful bonding experience and can't wait to use all we learned to serve others.
Our Team with our guides Ricky & Mark.
Team VZCT2-11
The Greatest Team there ever was!
Thank You friends and family for following us on our Adventures!
Your prayers and support mean so much to all of us!
You can see more pictures by visiting our Picasa Album at the link below.
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