 WILDERNESS
SURVIVOR - Loosely based on TV’s ‘Survivor’
Your group is divided into teams competing to plant their flag
on the mountain top and "claim the mountain." The teams "race" to
the base camp and follow wilderness challenges on their route to the
summit. Consensus building and teamwork are a must to cross raging
rivers, canyons, and ice fields on the way. At certain points all
teams meet and must work together. At Tribal Council, tribes compete
head to head but can they survive?
Survivor combines hiking, problem solving, consensus building,
orienteering, low ropes elements and wilderness challenges.
* Takes 3 Hours (Moderate Fitness Level)
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Wilderness Survivor
Team strategizing their next move
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POSSE
- An Orienteering Game
Outlaws are at it again and have
stolen the Montara Payroll. Posses are sent to the 60 towns in the
territory to find the hideouts and capture the outlaws and reward.
* This is a map and compass team competition. Teams must plan,
use resources wisely, and execute a strategy to capture the outlaws.
* Takes 2-3 hours. (Moderate Fitness Level)
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COWBOYS
CHALLENGE COURSE
For Groups that have Limited Time for activities or want a
Short Program between meetings. Low ropes and problem solving
initiatives, like "The Manure Maneuver", "Train Race", "Feed
Trough", "Waterfall", "Painted Desert", and "Hangman's Noose" and
many more.
* Each of these take 15 - 30 minutes. (Fun and Low Impact)
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Building Bridges
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BUILDING BRIDGES
A PROJECT MANAGEMENT
GAME - Rabun County, split by the raging Chattooga river, for
centuries had a foot bridge uniting two tribes for trade and
commerce. About 50 years ago, the bridge was wiped out in a 100
year flood. No one had the money or the builders to rebuild it.
The USDA has decided to fund a rural development project for the
rebuilding, but there must be maximum participation from both
tribes and also maximum communication.
The bridge must be designed and built on time, within budget,
structurally sound, and distinctly beautiful.
One problem: The
tribes no longer speak the same language. |
This exercise
has both an indoor and outdoor component. Teams must design and
build a prototype using a "made up" language, gain
consensus, build the prototype, and build the bridge over a farm
creek... on time, on budget and on specs!
* Takes 4 hours minimum. (Low Impact)
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COWBOY
GAMES
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These games can be done as part
of other programs or individually for fun during breaks or
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Barnyard Bolleyball -
Ultimate Teamwork
Volleyball played with partners using
saddle blankets to catch and return balls... but watch out for the
"meadow muffins"!
Cowboy Croquet... played in a meadow the size of a
football field, it is croquet with a few twists. The balls and
wickets are TEXAS size and getting through the course without
hitting a runaway Mustang or a guy in a ten-gallon hat is every
one's challenge. The team that brings all members back to the
ranch first wins.
Buckin Horseshoes - Team horseshoes with unique rules and
obstacles, so everyone can play and anyone
can win.
Indian Marbles...
played like Bocce Ball with big stones.
Meadow Muffin Golf...
a cross between primitive golf and disc (Frisbee) golf. Eighteen
"holes" through one rough. One very big rough!
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MURDER MYSTERY …You
are the suspects; costume up for an outrageous evening of murder and
mayhem.
Judge Waylon N. Payne has been murdered and the town's people
have information. They won't come forward because they fear the
malevolent seven. Your group is divided into teams of detectives to find the clues
left by the towns folk and solve the mystery. Solve this case
or work on one of other western theme mysteries.
* Takes 2-3 Hours during dinner
Murder Mystery at
Montara Farm
NATIVE AMERICAN
SCAVENGER HUNT
Learn to survive in the wilderness as the Cherokees did. Teams
are sent out with cameras, tools, and other aids and must find,
scavenge and make tools and prepare food to survive.
* Takes 1-2 Hours (Low Impact)
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Rope Bridge builds
team confidence
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NEARBY
OFFSITE ACTIVITIES
Teambuilding activities utilizing
attractions located near Montara Farm |
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Canoes, Kayaks
and Dragon Boats
Dragon Boat Races - Groups
of 30 to 150 at the Olympic Center. Includes coaching, lunch
racing and swimming with the Lanier Canoe Kayak Club and Montara
Farm Staff.
Canoe / Kayak Adventure - Does your team move forward
with all it's paddles in the water? Using the Internationally
Acclaimed 1996 Olympic Racing Course, Montara Farm offers a
fun-filled team building program to get your team pulling
together at the same pace and depth. Race to the wilderness area
and win! Uses Canoes, Kayaks and Dragon Boats.
Golf - An
18 hole Mountain View course is just one mile from the farm.
Mini-tournaments and “Scrambles” can be set up for guests.
 Rafting -
Montara Farm recommends Wildwood Outfitters ten miles away to the upper Chattahoochee River for Class 1
to 3 giggle rafting, or to the experts at the Nantahala Outdoor
Center which is only
a 2 hour drive North.
Waterfall Hikes - Dukes Creek, Waters
Creek, Anna Ruby Falls and others are 15 miles from
Montara Farm. Also, Georgia's Tallulah Gorge is only 45
minutes away!
Mountain Biking - A 25 mile downhill track is 15 minutes away in Helen, GA.
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