After an amazing tour of Asia, we are back here in the US! Keep on the lookout for pics of tropical rock climbing, kayaking, and more!
Thailand, Singapore, China…. now back home!!
Mission Statement
An updated Mission Statement from Ascent
The mission of Ascent Adventure Consulants LLC is to provide individuals and businesses with a dynamic way to break free from their normal routine and everyday experiences and accomplish something that seems out of reach, by offering professionally guided rock climbing and mountaineering adventures, as well as customizable corporate training and teambuilding programs. We are committed to guiding every individual on an incredible adventure and to equipping every business with the tools it needs to achieve its goals.
Transcendence on the Mountain
A short posting today…
I just read this quote in Paul Tripps book “A Quest for More” and had to share it. First, a definition of transcendence: the state of being beyond and outside of the ordinary range of human experiences.
And now for the quote:
“The mountain climber, facing the dizzying heights, the unforgiving inclines, and the biting wind, has touched a bit of transcendence. He is about to join a small society of people who have escaped the everyday concerns and demands of life to accomplish something great. He stands on that oxygen poor summit and he has transcended if for just one day. The mountain isn’t the only summit he has ascended.”
WOW! That defines the experience that I long to give every Ascent Adventure Consultants client!
Transcendence on the Mountain
A short posting today…
I just read this quote in Paul Tripps book “A Quest for More” and had to share it. First, a definition of transcendence: the state of being beyond and outside of the ordinary range of human experiences.
And now for the quote:
“The mountain climber, facing the dizzying heights, the unforgiving inclines, and the biting wind, has touched a bit of transcendence. He is about to join a small society of people who have escaped the everyday concerns and demands of life to accomplish something great. He stands on that oxygen poor summit and he has transcended if for just one day. The mountain isn’t the only summit he has ascended.”
WOW! That defines the experience that I long to give every Ascent Adventure Consultants client!
www.carolinaclimbers.org :: View topic – 2009 Adopt-a-Crag at Pilot Mountain
www.carolinaclimbers.org :: View topic – 2009 Adopt-a-Crag at Pilot Mountain.
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Escaping the Global Village: Part 1
Have you ever heard of the Global Village? This is a term coined by Marshall Mcluhan, describing the way that technology, specifically the internet, has allowed people and cultures all over the world to seemingly be part of “one village.” We can communicate with each other faster than ever before, we can build relationships with people on the other side of the globe, we can do business with companies everywhere. This global village has continued to develop throughout the past century, and will continue developing into the foreseeable future. Who knows what lies ahead that could draw us even closer together than current technology allows!
This is indeed a wonderful thing. But there are a few things can be potentially dangerous about it. Paul Michelman on the Harvard Business Blog has written a great article and started a great discussion on how this has caused us to become obsessed with work and slowly makes us lose our private lives. He says:
“[The] notion is that the M-F, 9-5, three-weeks-of-carefully-planned-vacation work-a-day life is an anachronism in today’s information economy. Most of our work…can be done anywhere, anytime. Why force people to toil within meaningless barriers of time and space? [T]his idea [is presented] in the name of freedom — we should have more flexibility in how we get our work done and how we choose to live our lives.”
Over the next few days, I will discuss the following topics, with a goal of helping us to avoid the pitfall of becoming so obsessed with work that we forget to enjoy our lives.
The Global Village has:
1) Caused us to be focused on work from the moment we wake to the moment we lay down to sleep
2) Placed expectations on us to respond to every contact/email/phone call instantaneously, and causes us to place those same expectations on others
3) Caused us to begin forgetting how to relate to people and build relationships without technology
4) Made it hard for people to escape from the normal routine of life
Ultimately my goal in discussing this is to begin some dialog on how pursuit of outdoor adventure and enjoyment can help us to reconnect to what we have lost as a result of this “villagization”
The New Image
Today, we began the process of developing a new image and branding. This is sure going to be exciting for us and for all of our customers. We’re doing this with RM-Ideas, a marketing consulting and design company out of Lancaster PA (Ryan@rm-ideas.com). Here’s a picture of our visual language study…
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