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Retro Friday: Baseball & Basketball

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Did you know that Camp Ridgecrest baseball and basketball teams used to play outside games with Camp Blue Ridge, Chimney Rock Camp and the YMCA College of Blue Ridge? Two afternoons a week were devoted to campers that wanted to play baseball. Staffers would teach campers that wanted to learn or improve their game. Games were arranged for both younger and older campers. Camp Ridgecrest found that inter-camp games were very popular and our campers showed their spirit on the field.

For campers that wanted to play basketball they could hit the court on rainy days and in the evenings. Camp Ridgecrest campers also played in a sport league and arranged outside games with other camps.

These two pictures show campers in 1931 playing baseball and basketball. Can you imagine playing basketball in long pants and a belt? Though times have definitely changed with these two sports, we find that our campers still love baseball and basketball.

Do you remember playing baseball or basketball for Camp Ridgecrest against other camps? Tell us your stories below!


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Retro Friday: Camp Application

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This camp application for the 1932 season shows the simplicity of camp and life over 80 years ago. In 1932 camp tuition was $142. This application was to be filled out and mailed in with $10. Imagine all of the paperwork that the camp director and administration sorted through and filed.  The $142 tuition included everything for the full season, June 30-August 25, except laundry and horseback riding. Because of the relationship with the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board and because it was not operated for profit, Camp Ridgecrest offered maximum advantages at minimum cost, even 81 years ago!

The camp application was a simple one page that asked only basic questions. Now our application is all online to make it quicker and easier for the campers, parents and camp staff.Have you noticed that zip codes are not included on this application? They weren’t needed back then. This application also only asks two questions about the campers’ health. What do you think about this application? Do you remember filling out a paper application similar to this one? We’d love to hear your stories!


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The Dark Sock Rises…

Posted by matt

The ending of a series, but the beginning of a war. Sock war. The Dark Knight once again lent his hand in the battle of good and evil in this blockbuster sock war, The Dark Sock Rises. Check out this little recap of the caped crusader at it once again!

 

 

 


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The 2013 Tribal Leaders

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APACHE: ZACK AYERS

A.K.A. LC Sensible Stoat! He will be a senior at James Madison University and this is going to be his tenth summer at Camp Ridgecrest (count ’em)!  One of his favorite things about camp are the friendships you make – no matter where you are in life. He has big plans on teaching the Apache brethren how to be serious warriors for Christ and be the great, hairy chested me they truly are!

 

 

 

SHAWNEE: BRANDON DAVIS

Some call him Brandon, but around here he goes by Chief Intense Timberwolf. He comes all the way from Indiana where he is a Junior at The Indiana State Univeristy “Home of the Sycamores”. He is a full time student where he is studying to be an elementary school teacher. This will be his 12th year at camp… so the man knows camp. He is  pumped about the fact that strangers come to camp and grow together worshiping the same awesome God. Get ready folds, he already has big plans for SubWars and the crazy cool Shawnee Nation.

 

Choctaw: NATHAN BURKETT

Chief Riotous Orangutan is back as your Choctaw TL for this summer! He is a senior dawg at Mississippi State University, and this will be his 4th summer at camp. He has served as a Choctaw Counselor for two years and then Choctaw TL for one. This summer he will start up another Civil War on Choctaw Hill while other tribes stay jealous. However, he most excited to see Jesus begin transforming and keep transforming lives through the Holy Spirit’s work at camp. We are mighty! We are raw!

 

ARAPAHO: DEAN HELTON

This will be his 3rd summer at Camp Ridgecrest (although first as a TL). He has been a Choctaw Counselor for the past two summers, but this year he is changing it up! Right now, he is a senior at Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis Tennessee. Dean has made it one of his goals to take down the Sioux 4 out of 4 times in the Arapaho vs. Sioux Ultimate Frisbee game. How will the Araps fare? We shall see…

 

 

 

SIOUX TRAILBLAZERS: EP KELLER

Chief Temperate Rhino bringing up the rear from Greenville, South Carolina and graduate of the Clemson University (Go Tigers!). God has brought him back for a seventh summer at camp to keep blazing trails with the Sioux. His favorite thing about camp is how evident the presence of God is and can be witnessed in the many relationships and interactions between new and former campers and staffers. He plans on bringing his “A” game for the Sioux-Arap frisbee game and refuses to lose. This year’s games will definitely be some for the history books.


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Retro Friday: Rogers’ Retreat

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These pictures are taken from the 1960 brochure, camp’s 32nd season. Rogers’ used to be the campers’ lounge. It is the closest building to Lake Ridgecrest with an exceptional view! Rogers is a two story rock building with staff living quarters upstairs and a beautiful patio extending out to the lake. Downstairs there is a fireplace with chairs to relax. Campers can read, play chess or checkers, or use the prayer room for personal quiet meditation.

Now, Rogers’ Retreat is used as a staff lounge. A few of our female staffers live upstairs. Rogers’ is still the building with the best location – right on the lake. Campers are not allowed in Rogers’ Retreat except those campers being tapped out for the Little Chief test. The test starts with the charge being read in Rogers’ and staff gathering to give advice and pray for those Little Chief candidates.

Do you remember hanging out in Rogers’ when it was a camper lounge? Tell us your stories below! 


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Retro Friday: The Lodge

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Did you know that Camp Ridgecrest for Boys used to have a building called “The Lodge”? When most people hear “The Lodge” they think of Camp Crestridge. However, this picture in the 1932 brochure shows one of the most central buildings in camp at the time. The Lodge was an eight room house. As you can see it was a two story house that had great porches where you could stand and see most of the activities going on around camp. The camp offices, nurses station and canteen were all located in the Lodge.

Camp has spread out more since 1932 and we now have separate buildings for all three of those things. The offices are now located across from the lake in what we call the “Lake Lodge”. In 2009 a new infirmary was built to better serve our campers in a more central location. Our canteen building, the “Depot” is the old Ridgecrest train station. The Depot is now in the location similar to where the Lodge was in the picture.

Do you remember the Lodge? We love to hear your stories about camp in past years. Comment below to tell us!


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Retro Friday: Canoeing

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Campers have enjoyed canoeing for many years at Camp Ridgecrest for Boys. This picture is taken from the 1932 brochure. It shows four canoes racing down the French Broad River. Campers staying the entire camp season were given the opportunity to take a canoe trip. This trip was one of the high-lights of camp. It was a 60-mile overnight trip. The canoes and boys were transported by truck 30 miles from Asheville to their destination. The French Broad River where they were dropped off was not dangerous or deep but provided much excitement and thrills. The canoe trip also provided the boys with incomparable mountain scenery and a view of the Vanderbilt home and Biltmore Estate. Did you ever take a canoe trip with Camp Ridgecrest? Tell us about it below!


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Something New Is Coming…

Posted by phil

OK, so maybe we went a little overboard. But what can we say, we got excited! Watch this…something new is coming…. and I think you are going to like it… We will announce what it is on May 1st.


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Retro Friday: Swimming Pool

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Did you know that Camp Ridgecrest for Boys used to have a swimming pool? This picture was taken from the 1933 camp brochure. As you can imagine, the swimming pool was a very popular place at camp. The schedule in 1933 was very similar to the schedule at camp now. The boys were given time twice a day for swimming. This picture shows a concrete swimming pool which was fed from the lake. The pool was a place for testing boys that learned to swim before camp and for teaching beginners. The campers were not allowed to swim in the lake until they had passed a rigorous test in the swimming pool first. Today this area is known as Apache circle. The cabin shown in the picture is cabin 1. Do any of you remember the swimming pool at camp? Comment below and tell us your stories!


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Safari in North Carolina?

Posted by matt

Thats right- a safari. When we think safari we think wild beast roaming their natural habitat, free to do as they please. We think of images people only see in magazines. We think of hundreds of creatures joining together at the water hole for a cool down dip. So yeah, I’d say a tour around Camp Ridgecrest qualifies as a safari.

 

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