Through our passion for excellence, quality, innovation and safety, we build high quality CHALLENGE ROPES COURSES, and CLIMBING TOWERS. Our courses are designed with character as well as strong visual appeal.
We build courses that are easy to maintain and facilitate with uncompromised safety and superior value in mind. We meet and exceed the standards set by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT).
Our activities feel safe and wear well through years of heavy use, because they are built with high quality materials. We use the highest level of care in our designs and constructions.
We look foward to building you a custom, cutting edge course that provides you with safe, educational and profitable activities for many years.
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COURSE DESIGN
Ring Homestead Camp has been designing and constructing ropes courses since 1980. We are known for combining experience, and using innovative solutions to create new activities that promote powerful insight and positive changes.
Our high quality standards meet or exceed the standards set by the Association for Challenge Courses Technology (ACCT). Our attention to detail goes beyond selecting and inspecting equipment. We use utility poles for quality, integrity and longevity. We also give special consideration to the prevention of unauthorized use, minimizing enviromental impact and to maximizing TREE longevity for courses built in trees.
We offer two types of CHALLENGE ROPES COURSE designs. Whether it be on POLES or high in the TREES, our quality design team will custom build the right course that suits your needs.
Call today for a free site consultation and price quote. (845) 361-3842
RING HOMESTEAD CAMP HIGH QUALITY CONSTRUCTION $$CAN SAVE YOU MONEY !!!$$
Ring Homestead Camp is centrally located just two hours from NYC and 30 minutes from the Catskill Mountains. As a local business, this allows us to keep construction costs down . Travel expenses are usually calculated into our prices, saving you money. In addition, if a question or a problem arise, a highly trained team member can immediately assist you.
STAFF TRAINING
RING HOMESTEAD CAMP INC. offers challenge course facilitation programs presented to you by one of our highly trained team members. This hands on training prepares new facilitators, as well as, previously certified facilitators to lead groups through the challenge adventure course safely and with confidence.
Low Course Facilitation
This dynamic 2-3 day training will give participants the nessessary skills to facilitate adventure - based activities safely and effectively. We will cover needs assessment, program progression, group developement, observation, and debriefing skills. These types of skills are a MUST for your new staff.
High Course Facilitation
This 3-4 day training will prepare your staff to safely run your High Ropes Course. From knot tying to emergency rescues, participants will gain the knowledge they need to run your program with confidence.
MOST ROPES COURSE TRAININGS FOCUS ON TEACHING PARTICIPANTS HOW TO USE INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITES, LEAVING GROUP LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO BE LEARNED ON THE JOB. RING HOMESTEAD CAMP TRAININGS FOCUS ON DEVELOPING FACILITATOR SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES WHICH GIVE THE PARTICIPANTS A STRONG FOUNDATION THEY CAN USE IN MANY ENVIRONMENTS.
NOT ONLY CAN RING HOMESTEAD CAMP DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR HIGH QUALITY ROPES COURSE... THEY CAN TRAIN YOUR STAFF TO RUN IT EFFECIENTLY.
Call now to find out how RING HOMESTEAD CAMP can facilitate YOUR program using HIGHLY TRAINED staff right at YOUR location !!
An annual safety inspection by a qualified professional is critical not only for the safety of your programs but also for your liability protection. We thoroughly check all hardware and equipment to insure that your course is structurally sound and safe in the midst of normal or abusive wear and tear, tree growth, possible decay, rust, storms and vandalism.
CUSTOM COURSE DESIGNS
We believe that designing courses is an art. We design courses that reflect the soul of your adventures and give character to your land. You want nothing but the best, so we will meet with you one-to-one to understand your vision, values, populations you work with and the spirit of your land. We excel at bringing shape to the models that inspire your work so you achieve the educational benefits you expect from your programs. The result is a World Class Challenge Course that you can feel proud to own. You will feel good knowing that it was easy to set up, safe to run, low cost to maintain, and that your staff will be able to facilitate it with ease and pride.
HUB AND SPOKE HIGH COURSES
Hub and Spoke Courses are built like a wheel: Activities radiate from a center hub with a large platform to the outside poles or trees, which are then connected together by other activities. Here is the scoop: The WHOLE team, should they choose to do so, may be on the course at the same time without waiting lines or traffic jams.
Hub and Spoke Coursesoffer the best educational value and versatility of all high course designs, as they : 1. Maximize learning as participants always have several choices and can therefore challenge themselves on the activity that is the most beneficial to them. 2. Work for both in-depth facilitation with small groups and high volume with large groups. 3. Offer by far the highest industry ratio of active participation over staff. 4. Increase repeat business as participants are compelled to come back to challenge themselves. In addition, hub and spoke courses are visually stunning, whether built on poles or trees.
POLE COURSES
Although they come with a higher sticker price, poles give you the freedom to build the course of your dreams in a location you wiould not be able to do otherwise. Among other advantages are longevity (Poles do not grow, become diseased, fall or die.) and lower maintaince cost.
TREE COURSES
Courses built in trees have a more natural feel and are more aesthetically pleasing. They offer more privacy as well as a shelter from exposure to rain and sunshine. Our long experience and collaboration with arborists has proven that trees adapt well to our construction techniques. In most cases you can expect 10-12 years of life of your course.
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LOW COURSE ELEMENTS
TIRE TRAVERSE participants swing from one tire to the next until they reach the end.
FIDGIT LADDER participants climb to the top while other group members spot the activity from below.
DOUBLE ROPE WALK Participant walks across two parellel ropes one for each foot and has a rope handline.
INCLINE BEAM Participants can enter a ropes course by walking up the beam.
POSTMAN WALK Participant has a foot cable and a rope hand line.
POSTMAN WALK Participant walks across s foot cable WHILE HOLDING HAND CABLE
CABLE WALK Participant walks on foot cable and holds onto various length dangling ropes.
CARGO NET Participant moves horizontally across rope cargo net while suspended by a cable.
CRISS CROSS WALK participant walks across two cable that criss cross and has a rope handline
HIGH ROPES COURSE
INCLINE LOG participants walk up one log and across the other and then are lowered
BOARDWALK Participant walks on boards that are attached to cable handles.
BURMA BRIDGE participant walks on a foot cable and two handline are connected by ropes to the foot cable.
BURMA BUCKETS Participants walks through loopped rope and has cable handlines.
CABLE WALK Participant walks aon foot cable and hangs onto various length dangling ropes.
CENTIPEDE participant climbs the staples to the top. Yes, it spins!
HIGH CHAIR participant sits on a chair connected with a pulley to a cable and pulls self across using handline.
HOURGLASS Participant has three ropes to find their way across.
POSTMANS WALK Participant has a foot cable and a rope handle.
PULLEY WALK Participant walks across a foot cable and has a rope handle on a pulley.
STIRRUPS Participant walks on boards that are suspended on cables.
SWINGING BEAM Participants walks across beam suspended by cables.
SWINGING STEPS Participant walks on boards that are suspended on cables.
TENSION TRAVERSE Participant walks on a foot cable and criss-crossing rope handlines.
TIRE CLIMB participants climp tires connected by cables to the top and are lowered down
TREMOR BRIDGE Participant walks on the board bridge that has two cables running through the boards and a rope handline.
THE WALL PARTICIPANT CLIMB TO THE TOP USIN A VARIETY OF CLIMBING HOLDS
THE HIGH ROPE PARTICIPANTS CLIMB TO THE TOP
TEAM ROPES COURSE ELEMENTS
PORTHOLE Participants work as a team to get everyone through the porthole.
3-D SPIDER'S WEB Participant are passed through the web without touching it.
SPIDERWEB Participants are passed through the web by group without touching (one demensional).
WHALE WATCH Participants try to balanc ethe platform for 5-10 seconds.
SQUEEZE BOX Participants fit the entire group inside the squeeze box.
SWAMP CROSSING Participants find the correct combination of boards to get the group across the swamp.
MEAT GRINDER Participants work as a group to get everyone over the meat grinder.
MOHAWK WALK participants attempt to maneuver the entire group from one to the other without falling off.
NITRO CROSSING Participants use a swinging rope to get the group across to the other side.
BLIND MAZE Participants find thier way out of the maze while blindfolded.
ELECTRIC FENCE Participants escape through the fence without touching it or they start over.
TEAMS COURSE POD
SPIDERS WEB POD between the two posts elements such as Spiders Web, Electric Fence, Giant's Thumb, and Porthole can be attached.
LOW ROPES COURSE POD
HOW TO GET STARTED... 1. Call us for a free consultation. 2. Schedule an on-site visit to design your course. 3. Plan course installation and staff training.
phone (845) 361-3842 fax (845) 361-1601 RING HOMESTEAD CAMP, INC.
