Sarah completed a rock climbing and scrapbooking project between October 2011 and April 2012. She took an adult rock climbing class 15 times, learning techniques like belaying, top-roping, bouldering, and rappelling. While she struggled at first and was concerned climbing may not be for her, she gained strength and confidence over time, eventually being able to campus 5 levels. She created a scrapbook to document her experiences but found it challenging due to her lack of creativity. In her final meeting, her facilitator Erin said she would take Sarah on an all-day climbing trip once her project was complete, as Sarah had grown to miss rock climbing.

1. Product Work Log
Name_SarahLeifed______________________________________ Date _April 19, 2012_____
Product _Learning to rock climb, creating a scrapbook_________________________________
Date/Time: Activity:
10/8/11 I met my facilitator, Erin Turner. We talked about how I
4:00- 4:45 would execute my project, got all for my forms signed, and
45 mins took pictures.
Commentary:
After meeting with Erin, I am really excited to begin. She was
really nice and seemed like she was thrilled to be my
facilitator. I also had Erin read over the start of my research
paper. She said it was good, but I needed to check some of
my information on lead climbing.
Date/Time: Activity
10/10/11 I drove to Escalade and had a meeting with Andy, Escalade’s
2:00- 3:00 owner.
1 hr
Commentary:
Andy made me feel extremely welcome at the meeting,
which helped my nerves a great deal. We designed a
curriculum and workout schedule that would be
incorporated into the adult class. Andy told me that due to
the nature of the project, I can take the class for free.
Because the adult class is Tuesday and Thursday night at
eight o’ clock, I am slightly concerned about arriving on time.
I also briefly met the class’s teacher, Mike Donisi. He seemed
really excited as well.

2. Date/Time: Activity:
10/18/11 I went to my first class. Mike focused on teaching basics of
8:00- 9:05 climbing, ranking system, and fundamental exercises.
65 mins.
Commentary:
Tonight was extremely fun. It was a little overwhelming at
first as I was the only girl in the class and everyone came
with prior experience. I was shocked when he gave us the
night’s workout which consisted of 20 pushups, thirty
crunches, and thirty pull-ups. I will most definitely be sore.
Mike had me attempt to campus and do a bouldering lap.
Both of these will take some practice. (Note: Wear long pants
next time!)
Date/Time: Activity
10/20/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9:30
90 mins. Commentary:
Tonight repeated the same activities we did on the first
night. Climbing was still just as challenging as it was during
the first class. While doing a bouldering lap, I fell and
managed to miss the bouldering pad. Painful, yet nothing
injured beyond repair. I am starting to worry that rock
climbing may not be for me.
Date/Time:
Activity
10/25/11
Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9:00
1 hr
Commentary:
Tonight we got to practice top-roping for the first time. I
think I enjoyed this more than I have the bouldering. The
thrill of being up so high was exhilarating.

3. Date/Time: Activity
10/27/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9: 15
75 mins Commentary:
Mike taught me how to belay someone while we were top-
roping tonight. It was a lot more difficult than I expected,
and I will definitely have some blisters tomorrow. I had fun
doing it though. The climbing tonight seemed to be a bit
easier. (Note: Buy chalk and a chalk bag.)
Date/Time: Activity
11/3/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00-9:10
70 mins Commentary:
We did the same routine tonight; however, we stayed on the
bouldering wall. It was crowded, so it was more difficult to
find a space to practice. I really did not learn anything new,
just worked on improving skill.
Date/Time: Activity
11/8/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9:00
1 hr Commentary:
Tonight we did both top-roping and bouldering. In the
warm-up I campused a level! Even though I know this is not
much, I am really excited over this accomplishment. Mike
said to start coming early or on the weekends to practice
bouldering. He wants me to focus primarily on mastering the
upside down section.

4. Date/Time: Activity
11/10/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9:30
90 mins Commentary:
Class tonight was particularly fun. Mike decided that we
could work on dynos. Dynos are dynamic moves, in which
the climber must jump to the next hold, completely leaving
the wall. Everyone else had done these before, but it was a
first for me. Although I struggled with the move at first, it
became easier the more I practiced.
Date/Time: Activity
11/12/11 Went to Escalade to practice
12:00-2:00
2 hrs Commentary
I spent this Saturday practicing the upside down section of
the bouldering wall (Mike’s suggestion.) It was hard and I
showed little improvement over the two hours of work.
Date/Time: Activity
11/17/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9:15
75 mins Commentary:
The class voted and only wanted to do bouldering tonight
much to my dismay. It was probably a good thing, as I still
have a hard time with it. I began working on a particular
problem in the corner. It is ranked a 1, which is a level up
from what I am used to.

5. Date/Time: Activity
11/22/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9:00
1 hr Commentary:
While top-roping, I found a route that I really liked. It was
extremely hard to master because a section of it was on a
projection. I spent a significant amount of time on this
problem, and I could tell my belayer was slightly frustrated.
When I finally mastered it, I felt great. I am really excited to
work on the bouldering problem I mentioned in the previous
entry now.
Date/Time: Activity
11/29/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9:35
95 mins Commentary:
Mike had us spend the entire night learning how to rappel.
For this, we all stood on this giant platform in the middle of
the room and took turns practicing lowering ourselves
down. There was a minor mishap with the rope (due to
Mike’s poor setup), but once that was fixed I got to go.
Rappelling required a great deal of upper body strength. I
had to support both ends of the rope in order to keep from
falling.
Date/Time: Activity
12/6/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00-9:00
1 hr Commentary:
Mike had us spend a great deal of time bouldering again. I
am beginning to think it is his favorite thing to do. I did get
an opportunity to almost master my bouldering problem. I
was so close to the top, but I fell when I went for the last
hold. As frustrating as this was, I am determined to master it.

6. Date/Time: Activity
12/10/11 I met with Erin to share with her everything I have done so
12:00- 1:00 far.
1 hr
Commentary:
Erin contacted me, wanting to meet over lunch, so that I
could update her on the status of my project. Our meeting
ended up being really important. She gave me advice about
how to master the bouldering problem, and we went over all
the major things I have learned.
Date/Time: Activity
12/13/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00-9:15
75 min Commentary:
No!!!!!! There is an upcoming competition, and they have
rearranged all the holds in the facility. The problem I have
been so focused on solving no longer exists. This really
ruined the class for me tonight. Mike let us break apart and
choose what we wanted to do. I, of course, spent the majority
of the night top-roping, too sad to even look at the
bouldering wall.
Date/Time: Activity
12/15/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00- 9:00
1 hr Commentary:
Mike gave us an assignment that they normally do in his
power series class, called ladders. We were to start at the
most difficult level we could do (in my case a very simple
two) and work our way down. Repeat this as many times as
we could. I am slow; therefore, this was quite the challenge. I
liked having to try to rush through the problems because it
really tested my abilities.

7. Date/Time: Activity
12/20/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00-9:00
1 hr Commentary:
As of tonight I have officially campused five levels! I am so
incredibly excited. I cannot believe how much stronger I
have gotten through this experience. I had a great time, and I
am really sad that the next class will be my last.
Date/Time: Activity
12/22/11 Adult Climbing Class
8:00-9:15
75 mins Commentary:
This class was unfortunately my last class. I have had such a
great time with this that the 15 classes I received seemed to
just fly by. I plan on coming back over the summer as often
as possible. I really have enjoyed this and will really miss
everyone.
Date/Time:
2/26/12 Activity
2:30-4:45 Shopping for supplies
195 mins
Commentary:
I went to Michael’s with my sister today in order to purchase
everything I would need to make my final scrapbook. This
project just keeps getting more expensive.
Date/Time:
Activity
3/10/12
Work on scrapbook
7:00- 11:00
4 hrs
Commentary:
I began to work on my scrapbook. I lack creativity, so this is
going to be more challenging than I expected.

8. Date/Time: Activity
4/8/12 Met with Erin
3:30- 4:15
45 mins Commentary:
I had my final meeting with Erin today. We talked about
everything I had learned and I gave her my evaluation form.
She said that even though we had a hard time getting
together for an all day climb before my project was due, she
would be happy to take me out as soon as possible. I will
probably take her up on that because I already miss
climbing.
Date/Time:
4/15/12 Activity
7:30- 9:30 Work on scrapbook
180 mins
Commentary:
I completed my scrapbook today. It was a lot more work
than I had anticipated.
Total: 34 hrs 35 mins