RFBC Live Women's Boot Camp 2009

Endaba Valley Lodge - Pagosa Springs, Colorado
July 5th through 12th 2009

If you apply for our Live Boot Camp and you do not hear from me within 24 hours, please check your spam mail. If there isn't an invoice for your deposit there, please email me at Carlene at RawFoodBootCamp dot com.

Summer 2009 is going to be big for us here at RFBC. We are going to have our first RFBC Live Boot Camp. This is not a retreat, it is not a vacation, it is a tough program designed to get you 100% raw and bring exercise and activity into your life. It doesn't matter how obese you are, if you can get to the point that you can walk for one hour straight, then you are welcome. You have plenty of time to work up to that hour, so start planning today to join us. You don't have to be an RFBC member either. This Live Boot Camp is designed to help get you started and motivated. If you keep telling yourself you know that this is the way to go but just can't get a full week under your belt, then come join me and I'll get you started.

Dates: Sunday July 5th through Sunday July 12th
Airport: Durango, Colorado
Limited Participation: Room for 11 to start with 5 additional beds for overflow.
Price Range: $950 USD to $1350 USD (airfare not included)
Physical Requirements: Must be able to walk for 1 hour continuously
Food Plan: 100% Raw 25% Fat
Weight Limitations: None
Attitude: This camp will be tough. No whining allowed!

Endaba Lodge Amenities:

• On Secluded 122 acres abutting National Forest on three sides
• 7 Acre private lake - spring fed
• Hot Tub
• 1 Person Steam Shower
• Lots of hiking trails on property
• 6 Inflatable Kayaks and 1 row boat available for lake
• Some private room/private baths available (first come first served)
• Lots of nooks and crannies in lodge to have some time alone
• Large great room for us to meet
• Laundry facilities
• Game Room with Pool table that converts to Ping Pong Table
• Altitude is 7000 feet. We will take 1 day to acclimate
• Dial-up Internet access available
• Cell phone reception from some rooms. Owner has Verizon and has no problem.
  

What we Will be Doing:

It is Boot Camp ladies. It is about being raw, losing weight, and changing our attitudes for success. Expect to get up early, go for our morning walk, learn some new forms of exercise, hike around the property, learn to kayak in the privacy of our little lake, and brave the cold waters of the lake if you dare. And that is just our mornings! In the afternoons we will be going out to hike to waterfalls, or go river rafting* or go mountain bike riding* or even go soak in a mineral hot spring*.

The evenings we will be working on our food addictions and all the reasons why we fail at diets and/or can't keep the weight we lose off. There may be assignments associated with some of these evening discussions. One night if enough want to go, we will go to the local theater to see a play. There will be some free time, but be ready to work. All levels of fitness are welcome, but you must be willing to push yourself to always do your best and give everything a try. On afternoon hikes we will try and offer an easy and a moderate hike so everyone's needs are met.

I will be bringing 6 inflatable kayaks, 6 life preservers, some far from fancy bikes we can play with on the dirt road, 3 GPS systems, 4 walky-talky's, some workout equipment, and a scale that will accommodate our heaviest woman. And of course, I will be providing all the food since no one will be eating at restaurants while we are there. Those who are paid-in-full before May 15th of 2009 will receive a t-shirt designed especially for this event. If you want more than one or in a different color you will be given the opportunity to pre-order them. I'm sorry because these are being made specifically for our Live Boot Camp, if you pay after May 15th, you will not receive a t-shirt.

Since everyone will be hiking, I will teach you all how to use a GPS system to find landmarks and how to use a compass and topo map to find your way home. For those interested, I will teach you how to identify animal tracks and then we will go out on a scavenger hunt looking for bear, bobcat, elk, moose, badgers, fox, and mountain lion. We can even make casts if you like.

We will also be running Olympic types of events with prizes! And they all won't be about exercise.

I will pick up and drop off everyone who is flying into Durango airport on that Sunday the 5th and departing on the 12th. I will make up to 2 trips to the airport on arrival day and 1 on departure day. We will coordinate times closer to the event. If you cannot meet these trip schedules you will be responsible for your own transportation. Please do not make airplane reservations until this is coordinated through me. If you are planning on driving, please let me know so I can send you instructions.

This is not going to be some huge retreat where everything is served to you. It is basically me with eleven of you in a boot camp setting. The lodge is nice, but it is not the Ritz. Everyone will be helping with food prep and cleanup. No one will be given the opportunity to opt out of anything except optional activities listed below. There will be no hiding in your room with a book, or holding up the group because you have one last call to make. It is Boot Camp. I am not coming as friend or guru, but as Drill Sergeant. My expectations from each of you will be high.

*These are optional events that you can choose to purchase above the cost of the Live Boot Camp. We will provide transportation into town for these events as people sign up for them. Specific times will be set in our schedule, so please don't make reservations, we will do this as a group.

Special Guest Heidi Malano:

Believe it or not, as I was researching things to do in Pagosa Springs, I found out that the 2nd Place Ms. Fitness USA 2007 and 8th Place Ms. Fitness World lives there. Her name is Heidi Morano, and she is excited to come meet us. Heidi isn't all about muscles, she is is about making activity a part of your life. She doesn't live in a gym either. Some of her favorite things to do are hiking, camping, skiing, wake boarding, and mountain bike riding. I don't usually invite naturally thin women to get involved in camp activities because

they don't understand what we go through. As I looked at the photos of Heidi and read an interview with her, I was struck by how much discipline and sacrifice it took to just compete, never mind place 2nd, in an event like Ms. Fitness.

On contacting Heidi, I was impressed with how eager she was to help out, and how much she appreciated that I appreciated how hard she had worked for her awards. There was nothing pretentious about this woman, and I felt completely comfortable talking about my obesity and exercise issues and the issues I have uncovered from women at camp. The more I spoke, the more excited she became to meet us and help out. I am completely honored that she is going to come meet with us.

One lucky camper will win a one-on-one with Heidi during camp. Heidi is not your average personal trainer, she is a champion when it comes to what it takes to reach physical and personal goals.

Websites about Heidi:

• Her own website
• Interview
• Ms. Fitness Gallery 2007
• Ms. Fitness Gallery 2008

Payment Fee Schedule:

Deposits are not refundable or transferable unless on May 1, 2009 all open beds are sold and paid for (there are a few futons and top bunks hanging around that will open once we have 12 reserved beds. If this happens prior to May 1, 2009, they will count as open beds where the deposits are concerned).

Prior to March 31, 2009

• 1/3 fee required to reserve bed/room
• 2nd 1/3 fee required no later than March 31, 2009
• Final payment due by May 1, 2009
  

Note: March 31, 2009 is my cutoff date to cancel reservations at the lodge. I reserve the right to cancel the trip if there are less than 9 women paid up to 2/3rds of their fee. If the event is cancelled all deposit will be refunded.

After March 31, 2009

• 2/3 fee required to reserve bed/room
• Final payment due by May 1, 2009

After May 1, 2009

• Full fee required to reserve bed/room
• You will not receive an event t-shirt
  

On May 2, 2009

If you have not made your full payment, your bed will be available for someone else. All fees paid up to that point will not be refunded or allowed to be transferred unless all beds have been sold. You will however be able to use your deposit toward an available bed when you are ready to make final payment.

Note: If I do open up more beds, then for all but those in the bunk room, your fee will decrease by $50 per new person assigned to your bathroom. In the bunk room if top bunks are sold, your fee will decrease by $75.00 by each top bunk sold after all bottom bunks are sold. If you have already paid your fees, the amount will be refunded to you after all beds have been paid for.

Beds and Rates: I reserve the right to refuse service to anyone or place them on a waiting list. Rates can change without notice. Rates will not be raised for those who have already paid deposits.

All participants must sign a waiver for the owner of Endaba Lodge, and ones for RFBC as well as photo release forms.

The Lower Level has a walkout to a patio with a hot tub. There are three bedrooms and three bathrooms on this floor.
The Main Floor is mostly a Great Room and Kitchen with one bedroom I'll be staying in and a half bath.
The Second Level is on one side of the Lodge with a loft-type hallway. There are 5 bedrooms and 3 baths on this floor.

Add on Activity Options: Note that these are their 2008 prices, they might go up by July 2009.

For those not participating in optional activities they will get to go into town and do some shopping or just walking, or they could stay at the lodge and do some swimming or even reading.

• 1/2 day of river rafting - $60.00
  http://www.pagosaoutside.com/pagosa_springs_whitewater_rafting.htm your choice of 2 or 4 hour ride. Note that the availability of this option is based on river height, if too low rafting isn't offered
  Weight Limit: None Life Vest fits around 58" waist/chest.
• 1/2 day of Gravity bike ride  - $50.00 (they drive us to the top, we roll down to the bottom):
  http://www.pagosaoutside.com/pagosa_springs_mountain_biking.htm or for those who want you could do the mountain biking half day.
  Weight Limit on bikes: None
• 1/2 hour or hour of balloon ride. The actual adventure is 3 to 3.5 hours as you actually help to set up, inflate and dismantle the balloon. Each half hour is $135.
  http://www.pagosaviews.com/
  Weight Limit: None
• A day of zip lining with train ride in scenic Durango - $399. At least 4 members will need to want to do this for us to send a vehicle to Durango for the day.
  Weight Limit: 265 lbs
  http://www.soaringcolorado.com/index.php
  
• Afternoon tour of Chimney Rock Indian ruins: $10.00
  http://www.chimneyrockco.org/promo_video2008.htm
• an afternoon of soaking in hot springs: $20 
  http://pagosahotsprings.com/pools/pools.htm 
  Bathing suit required.
  
• A night at the local theater to see The Taming of the Shrew: $15 or a play about the first 600 years of America in 90 minutes also $15.00. These tickets must be purchased in advance.
• 1 or 2 hour horse back ride: $35/$40
  Weight Limit: 300 lbs. He has one horse and one saddle that could accommodate someone up to 360lbs. He was a very nice guy, and said the hardest thing for big women was getting on the saddle and then if too big being pinched by the saddle. He thought for bigger women 1 hour would be enough because they might be uncomfortable. He said he works with all sorts of people who have a hard time getting in the saddle and would be very accommodating.

There is a duathon going on in Pagosa Springs on Saturday, July 11th. It is a 6 mile run and and a 11+ mile mountain bike ride. If any would like to compete let me know. Depending on our schedule, we may as a group volunteer to help out. There is nothing more motivating than being involved with athletic events that are not so far from our reach.

Pagosa Springs and Endaba Lodge offers everything I was looking for in our first Live Boot Camp:

• Privacy so no one is self-conscious about playing in the water or exercising outside.
• Lots of private trails to hike on where no one can see us stop for breath.
• A lot of bathrooms and a large communal area in the house.
• There is a lot to do in town, so even though I know everyone is aching to be with me face to face 24/7, we all may need a fun break and experience some wild waves on the river or just a soak in a hot spring.
• This is our very own private 7 acre lake surrounded by hundreds of acres of nothing. No one will have to spend a moment self conscious about anything while we are working out and playing hard here.

You can be obese, you can be a beginner at everything, but you can't be a quitter.
This is Boot Camp ladies. Wusses need not apply!

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