the happenings of james and heather boldt

Caving part 2

2007-01-13T22:54:00.000-08:00

After only a few hours...Part 2 in our installment of the Young Life Caving Series.

I decided to break this post up into two parts because the last one proved to be too big for all the pictures I wanted to post. On the Trip up to Gargantua our group stood on top of the world with nothing around us but open sky and the mass of giant rock that had been there for thousands of years.

There is nothing quite so incredible as hiking in the rocky mountains.

The group right before getting on top of the saddle.

Everyone on top of the world.

Daniel and Steve.

Torrie is Loving the view and loving just being up in the mountains!

Everyone in the window exit of Cleft...There is a 1000 ft Drop from the cliff to the right of us. Simply incredible!

Simply put, Heather and I love this. Infact we live for this, hanging out with High school kids in God's wilderness talking about his great love for us. This is real Adventure. This is real Joy. This is a glimpse of what Real life was supposed to be.

LET"S GO CAVING!!

2007-01-13T14:37:00.000-08:00

Again Earlier this fall Heather and I took a group of younglife kids caving. Caving always turns out to be an awesome experiance. The mixture of adventure, hard work, the beautiful surrondings, and great friendships cannot be re-created anywhere else then the YL Cranbrook Caving Trip. Hopefully you will enjoy all the pictures and perhaps get a chance to take a glimpse into this amazing adventure.

The YoungLife Caving Camp is usually only a two day adventure. The first day we leave from cranbrook very early in the morning, then we drive to the Crowsnest Pass. This is where the first leg of our adventure starts. 4X4ing in the Canadian Rockies.

Jake's Little-Big Rig that got us to the Trail-head. You got to love a suzuki!

One of the many, many creek crossings that had to be made to get to the trail head. Thank-goodness for 4X4s.

Here is our sleepy group rarrin' and ready to go at the trail head. From here we have a steep 2-3 hour hike to our Camp site.

There are 2 different caves that we usually explore on our trips. The first is called Cleft which is a smaller cave that goes right through the mountain. Cleft has narrow hallways with tight, ice-walls that windthrough the limestone mountain.

Looking up towards Cleft.

The Winding tunnels inside cleft. The walls are very icy and often have little ice blobs all over them.

One of the highlights of Cleft Cave is having to squeeze into this little hole. It requires the spelunker to lie down on his or her back and push with their feet. Although not very long it can be a bit of a challenge for most people. However, everyone is very proud to overcome tis challenge and it often sticks in the mind as a great life experiance.

This is Hunter entering Cleft.

Let me introduce Hunter...Hunter really helped make this trip happen. He helped go the extra distance to collect water, firewood and was a huge support for everybuddy. His awesome presence and attitude added so much warmth to our group. Thanks for being such a great leader Hunter.

After a long day of hiking and caving we decided to do some eating and get some sleep. We had another big day ahead of us with Gargantua as our destination. Gargantua is a huge cave system with large Caverns. One of the Rooms is the size of an olympic sized gymnasium. Most of the hallways could easily fit a semi truck through them. Gargantua has multiple pots or holes in it. Many of these pots are 50 + ft drops. so care and attention to the maps is needed.

On the trail to Gargantua. We had to go up and over a saddle then around the back side of a mountain.

On the trail towards the upper entrance of Gargantua. There are 3 entrances to the cave.

Some Guy got Married

2007-01-08T20:57:00.000-08:00

Thats right....This guy got Married way back in September....The guy on the left. His name is Matt. The other guy was a big part ofMatt's Bachelor party. His name is Trace Bundy or the Acoustic Ninja. You should really check him out cause he pretty much rocks and his guitar makes sounds loud and mellow.

So I had the distinct honor and privelage to be Matthew's best man. He has been a Pillar in my Life. A real great friend. And I was so happy and proud that He married my other great friend Alison.

Isnt that a great looking group of people?

They both rock my socks.

It snowed the day of the wedding which was a bit chaotic at first but it turned out incredible!!! We did pictures in the snow. Then on a hand made bridge over the creek.

Then things got even more exciting...We did pictures on a real live PIRATE SHIP. ARGGH. AVAST YE MATIES, RAISE DEM SAILS, AND SWAP THE DECKS YOU SCALLY WAGS.

cough cough. Yeah it was fun!

So yeah the whole couple weekends, Matt's Bachelor Party and the wedding were a great time. Congradts Matt and Alison. Heather and I are Really Stoked for you guys. Even 4 Months Later.

Rockridge part 2

2007-01-07T21:21:00.000-08:00

Some guys get all the ladies...

Here's another great bite of Rockridge last summer.

Heather's cabin of girls became volleyball playing skittles. No one tried to take any bites out of them though.

Later on in the week we had a Gladiator style event. This was one of the many different challenges. After any great battle like the Alamo, World War I, or Rockridge Gladiator games everyone headed to the blob.

Tylere gets great style points for his uhhh. Backside 360 MCflopper. He actually landed on the blog. Amazing! To get even more style points, Tyler showed up big time at the Disco Dance party.

Thats one sweet multi-colored leather jacket. And the Fro and gold chain top it off nicely. This guy deserves a 10 out of 10 for style. But these guys might deserve more.

Yeah the Mo-hawks and Mo-flops are pretty sweet. So we had a great summer. These High school guys and girls have really been an awesome part of our lives. Well we'll move on to a bit later in the summer.

Rockridge

2007-01-01T20:43:00.000-08:00

Some folks wanted to hear about camp last summer so here it is:

Last summer we took a whole swack load of kids to Rockridge and had a heaping pile of fun, good times and great memories.

Anticipation rising on the bus!

My Cabin of Guys minus Kevin who was huggin the toliet

The Green man group plays volleyball.

One Happy Green Man

Kevin not huggin the toliet

This makes "droppin in" a little easier

Heathers girls before hittin the Caribe and on the Caribe

Some other Great times at rockridge including zipline, disco party, ropes course, flour fight, shaving cream and water baloon fight, tyler sneakin up on a bear, fun puttin on make-up, and chillin by the pool.

Well thats good for now and if your lucky maybe we'll do a second post to give you more of a taste of Rockridge 2006.

We're Back

2007-01-01T18:58:00.000-08:00

We took a blogging sabbatical....or something like that. But we're back. Sorry about all the freeze ups etc. We changed things so hopefully that won't happen any longer. Enjoy leave comments, thoughts, encouragment and advice. Here's to a great new year.

Cheers
James and Heather Boldt