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THE NAME OF THE GAME  Episode 9 – The Name of the Game Description: Ryan, Rich, and Phil look through antique gamebooks (some over 100 years old) with the task of identifying how to play the games with only the name and a few other clues to help. In this episode the games to […]

ROAD TO HIGH 5 WITH TAYLOR Episode 8 – Taylor Hillsgrove Description: Taylor talks to Phil about starting at High 5 at an early age, being a sour patch kid and jumping all the way to the moon.

ROAD TO HIGH 5 WITH TODD Episode 7 – Todd Brown Description: Todd talks to Phil about his thoughts on the changing challenge course industry, the many variations of coleslaw and adding hot sauce to salty foods.

ROAD TO HIGH 5 WITH RYAN  Episode 6 – Ryan McCormick Description: Ryan talks to Phil about prop bags weighing more than he does, being influenced by The Wizard of Oz and life as a Gummi Bear.

ROAD TO HIGH 5 WITH CHRIS  Episode 5 – Chris Damboise Description: Chris talks to Phil about his background in climbing, having issues with ducks and his regrets around not learning to play the recorder. Show Notes: [00:06:35] Beyond Basics – ACCT Level 2 Training – https://store.high5adventure.org/collections/training/products/beyond-basics-level-2-training Adventure Basics Training – https://store.high5adventure.org/collections/training/products/adventure-basics-level-1-training Outward Bound – […]

ROAD TO HIGH 5 WITH TOM Episode 3 – Tom Miller Show Notes: [00:01:15] The following is a list of places Tom mentioned working at before working for High 5. Trinity College: https://www.trincoll.edu/ University of Denver: https://www.du.edu/ St. Paul’s School: https://www.sps.edu/ Aloha Foundation: https://alohafoundation.org/ Ketchum: https://www.ketchum.com/ [00:04:50] Wellesley College: https://www.wellesley.edu/ We also have worked with […]

THE ROAD TO HIGH 5 WITH ANNE LOUISE Episode 4 – Anne Louise Wagner Description: Anne Louise talks to Phil about studying to become a teacher, being involved in the community and singing Moana out loud in a car. Show Notes: [00:01:08] Hartwick College: https://www.hartwick.edu/ Awakening Program: https://www.hartwick.edu/campus-life/pine-lake-environmental-campus/awakening/ [00:04:00] SIT Graduate Institute: https://graduate.sit.edu/  [00:09:05] Adventure […]

ROAD TO HIGH 5 WITH JAMIE Episode 2 – Jamie Thibodeau Description: Jamie talks to Phil about growing up in Maine, duffle bags of Lego pieces, and living the remainder of his life as Optimus Prime. Show Notes: [00:01:00] The upstate New York camp mentioned can be found here: http://www.oswegatchie.org/ [00:02:35] FFA stands for Future […]

ROAD TO HIGH 5 WITH RICH Show Notes: Rich Keegan [00:01:37] Project Adventure is an ACCT vendor based out of Beverly, MA [00:02:11] Dr. Stuart Brown’s book; Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, is worth reading and can be found here; https://www.amazon.com/s?k=play+stuart+brown&crid=35E69HSKYPQZ0&sprefix=play+stuar%2Caps%2C148&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_10. [00:03:57] Renbrook Summer Adventure – https://www.renbrook.org/student-life/renbrook-school-summer-adventure […]

ROAD TO HIGH 5 – TRAILER Road to High 5 – Trailer Show Notes: In this series of episodes, Phil Brown, High 5 Lead Trainer, interviews members of the High 5 team. Members of the Training, Building, Operations and Edge of Leadership teams share their stories about their Road to High 5.