With Summer Camp<\/a> quickly approaching a flurry of activity is underway on the MMA LEAD Complex<\/b><\/a>.\u00a0 The LEAD Complex<\/i> provides the bulk of summer camper activity throughout the four week program and each year an attempt is made to add a new\u00a0event.\u00a0 This year is no different as two new events will be completed in time for summer camp and several events will receive upgrades.<\/p>\n During the summer of 2011 a series of telephone poles were installed to provide a training station for rope bridging.\u00a0 This was utilized by the US Army Cadet Leadership Camp in June and found to be very popular event however some modifications to the event were needed.\u00a0 The Rope Bridge event is a series of telephone poles approximately 50 feet apart\u00a0spanning a depression in the ground to simulate a ravine or body of water. \u00a0During the course of this school year the event was improved by the addition of 1 1\/2 feet of dirt to the surrounding area to provide for a deeper simulated\u00a0ditch to span and installation of ground anchors to secure the poles from leaning over time.\u00a0 Rope bridging\u00a0is planned to\u00a0be included in the summer camp program this coming summer\u00a0.\u00a0 Camper will be instructed on proper techniques for securing ropes, tensioning of the rope and the technique for crossing over the bridge.\u00a0 This event will significantly add to the LEAD Complex<\/u>, not only by providing a new event but also by ensuring that summer campers fill every minute with worthwhile and valuable outdoor activities.<\/p>\n The next new event will be the addition of a tire swing crossing to the Low Ropes Course<\/a>.\u00a0 This event will be located on the southeast corner of the LEAD Complex near the current High Ropes Course.\u00a0 The event will be series of 4 or 5 tires suspended from a cable spanning a distance of 24 feet.\u00a0 Campers will climb onto a low stand to reach the first tire and will then move from one tire to the next without touching the ground until they reach a low stand on the far side of the event.\u00a0 This event replaces an older inclined rope that has not been used in several years and had been retired from use on the LEAD Complex.\u00a0 The Tire Swing is considered a Low Challenge event as the participants are never more than 1 to 2 feet off the ground.<\/p>\n Be sure to check back next week for news on this weekends upcoming event.\u00a0 On Saturday, 21 April we will be hosting the Back 40 Games during our annual Spring Fling.\u00a0 Parents will be visiting the Academy for the weekend and those brave enough will be allowed to try out rappelling, zipline and our climbing wall!\u00a0 We will be sure to post many photos of the games.<\/p>\n To learn more about the LEAD Complex and the Marine Military Academy visit our website at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org<\/a> or request information at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/MMA\/admissions<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n LEAD Complex Receives Upgrades for Summer Camp Maj Harold Compton With Summer Camp quickly approaching a flurry of activity is underway on the MMA LEAD Complex.\u00a0 The LEAD Complex provides the bulk of summer camper activity throughout the four week program and each year an attempt is made to add a new\u00a0event.\u00a0 This year is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training-facilities"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12700,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions\/12700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}LEAD Complex New Events<\/h2>\n
Rope Bridging:<\/h3>\n
Tire Swing:<\/h3>\n
LEAD Complex Upgrades<\/h3>\n
Zipline:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>On Wednesday, 17 April Maj Compton and GySgt Garcia took on the task of replacing the zipline cable.\u00a0 This required a 30′ lift being rented to complete the work.\u00a0 The old cable was dropped from its anchors and a new cable strung between the tower anchor and the telephone pole 350′ away.\u00a0 The cable was then hoisted to the top of the tower using a pulley system and tensioned correctly before final anchoring.\u00a0 Testing of the cable was fun for the Rock Climbing team that afternoon and they found out quickly that the newer cable resulted in a faster run down the zipline!<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\n
Climbing Wall:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>The Rock Climbing team began the work of installing climbing holds on the new west wall of the tower and have completed the first 8’of holds and have drilled all the holes for the remaining climbing holds.\u00a0 The remainder of the wall will continue having holds added to it each day until the entire wall is completed.\u00a0The hardest task is to keep the Rock Climbers working and not trying the climb the\u00a0 new wall!\u00a0 The new wall will add an additional 3 climbing stations to 3 already in use on\u00a0the LEAD Complex.\u00a0 In all approximately 500 climbing holds will eventually be added to the new wall.<\/p>\nLEAD Complex Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n
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