Rockmont Blog
Adventure: A Mindset
My wife and I live in the Haven, which sits right on the edge of the Buckeye Lodge. This summer I’ve gathered the rhythm of waking up before breakfast, making coffee, and sitting on the porch. About 150 yards away is the Thunderball pit, and it is an epicenter of (...)
Conversations about Cliffs: Hiking Safely around the Vertical
The fall in western North Carolina is awesome because the weather is typically perfect and it is (...)
Rockmont Web Lessons: Turning Frustration into Determination and Fierceness!
An age-old parenting question is, “How do we create an environment for our children that allows (...)
Breaking the Norm: How Rockmont Encourages Healthy Social Growth
As a twelve-year-old boy, I was not concerned with how kind I was to others. I was focused on my (...)
Behind the Scenes, Part One: Self Confidence
How We Develop Rockmont\'s Program in Pursuit of Five Critical Objectives for our Campers Part (...)
Wait, is that Potato Knob?
A blog for camping professionals involved in the North Carolina Youth Camp Association. and now (...)
The Importance of Play: Mother/Son Pogo Sticking Edition
Camp Rockmont is a special place - a community set aside for new experiences and new (...)
The Case for Camping
I believe in the power of a night spent camping in the woods. At Rockmont, we believe in (...)
Little Legacies
As many of you know, this summer at Rockmont looked quite a bit different from the sixty-four that (...)
The Power of Friendships to Shape our Lives
The core of any camp experience is friendship. When all goes well at camp, we find friends who (...)
