Neither email to parents gave information about the condition of the camper, whether the zipline remained open or details about the fall. As prayers for our fellow camper continue, our staff remains dedicated to providing a positive camp experience. I want to thank you for your expressions of care and concern for our camper who experienced a fall on Tuesday. Please keep the camper and their family in your prayers as our entire Y prays for them as well.Ī second email to parents of campers and staff followed last Thursday from Conroy and Andy Belich, resident camp director. Parents of the campers who witnessed the incident are being notified. We are providing counseling support to any campers and staff who witnessed the incident. Out of respect for the camper and the camper’s family, we are unable to share additional details at this time. After receiving responsive medical care from YMCA and onsite Atrium Health staff, the camper was immediately taken to the hospital for further evaluation and care. Today, one of our campers experienced a fall from our zip line structure at YMCA Camp Thunderbird. In the first email parents received, dated June 7, camp executive director Kimberly Conroy wrote: The camp’s website says the zipline is 300 feet long and “departs from 40’ high and uses a simple gravity brake to bring riders to a gradual stop at the low point of the cable.” Camp Thunderbird hosts hundreds of young campers per week in day sessions and weeklong sleep-away camps, with activities including archery, canoeing and swimming. The camp is on Lake Wylie, just across the Buster Boyd Bridge that connects Charlotte to York County. In a statement given to The Ledger late Tuesday night, officials from the YMCA of Greater Charlotte said all ropes courses in the YMCA system are now closed. The camp hasn’t given details on the fall but said that the camper was rushed to the hospital and that the incident is under review. The popular daytime and sleep-away summer camp on the shores of Lake Wylie just south of Charlotte hosts hundreds of campers per week.Ī camper at YMCA Camp Thunderbird on Lake Wylie was seriously injured last week after a fall from the camp’s zipline structure, according to emails obtained by The Ledger from a parent whose child is attending camp there. The median household income is $61,154 with 0% of the population living below the poverty line.FILE PHOTO: A girl glides down the zipline at Camp Thunderbird in this Ledger file photo taken in 2016. About 98.6% of the population is white and 1.4% is Hispanic. The population is 52.1% male and 47.9% female. Roaring Gap's Zip Code Tabulation Area (Zip Code 28668) has a population of 142 as of the 2000 census. Vogler Cottage are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. YMCA Camp Cheerio, which is owned by the YMCA in High Point, is also in Roaring Gap. Roaring Gap has 3 Golf and Country Clubs in its area High Meadows Country Club, Roaring Gap Club and Olde Beau Golf Club. The community derives its name from the noise the wind makes when rushing through the mountains located there. Roaring Gap was established in 1890 as a summer resort by Elkin, North Carolina industrialist Alexander Chatham, one of the founders of the Chatham Manufacturing Company. Home to three private golf communities, Roaring Gap is a popular summer colony. Roaring Gap is an unincorporated community in the Cherry Lane Township of Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States, situated near the border with Wilkes County.
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