Alisha Jones

Airman 1st Class Aaron Turney, an air traffic controller with the 71st Operations Support Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., prepares to descend from a 90-foot climb up an outside wall at Rocktown Climbing Gym in Oklahoma City, July 28. He was one of a group of single Airmen the Vance Chapel hosted to a day of rock climbing and an evening meal at Spaghetti Warehouse. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Frank Casciotta)

Alisha Jones

Airman 1st Class Alisha Jones, an air traffic controller with the 71st Operations Support Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., takes a break between climbs at Rocktown Climbing Gym in Oklahoma City, July 28. She was one of a group of single Airmen the Vance Chapel hosted to a day of rock climbing and an evening meal at Spaghetti Warehouse. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Frank Casciotta)

Chaplain Bravinder

Chaplain (Capt.) Jon Bravinder pauses on the way up an inside wall at Rocktown Climbing Gym in Oklahoma City, July 28. He and Staff Sgt. Darick Alexander, with the Chapel staff at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., hosted a group of single Airmen to a day of rock climbing and an evening meal at Spaghetti Warehouse. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Gary Bangs)

Chapel hosts rock climbing adventure for single Airmen

Published Aug. 8, 2012

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The Vance Chapel hosted a trip for single Airmen to Oklahoma City July 28 for a day of rock climbing and a spaghetti dinner.

Chaplain (Capt.) Jon Bravinder and Staff Sgt. Darick Alexander, with the Chapel staff, organized the trip to the Rocktown Climbing Gym in Oklahoma City because, according to Alexander, "We have a lot of programs for married Airmen and we want to start doing just as much for our single Airmen."

Rocktown Climbing Gym is housed in a former grain elevator and includes 16 silos that are 90-foot tall with hand-holds on both the inside and outside walls.

After the climbing, the 29-member group went to the Spaghetti Warehouse for dinner.

"We organized the event to generate a community bond with our Airmen," said Alexander. "We took an opportunity during dinner to talk about spiritual resiliency."

The Chapel staff plans to host more events like this one, said Alexander. The next one is a pool party Aug. 24 at the base pool.

For more information, call Alexander at 213-7211.