Conquering Mt. Aggie

Tuesday, another staff member (K) and I successfully summited Mt. Agamentus along with five kids from the adolescent home. K and I were subjected to a reasonable amount of whining and complaining but no more than I expected. We did have a couple of minor conflicts with some of the kids but we resolved them quickly and overall a good time was had by all. It was a beautiful day with fresh snow and temps in the low 30's when the sign was shining and the wind wasn’t blowing.

Unfortunately, my preplanning efforts were not completely successful as all of the girls ignored most of my outerwear suggestions and wore tight fitting jeans with no base layer (there would be no room for a base layer). When snow-shoeing, the snow tends to be kicked up on the back of one’s pants so the girls were all soaked and cold before we reached the summit. Hopefully they will learn from this experience and in the future will heed my advice to dress for the elements, not for the boys.

It was interesting to watch one particular girl with a rather low cut shirt and push up bra attempt to keep her assets exposed even though at times it was quite cold, 10 to 15 degrees with the wind chill. I desperately want to show her how she is devaluing herself and the attention she may get is not the kind that she really wants. However, I am unsure how to attain such a lofty objective but determined to find an answer.