Over the Hump is most Tuesdays through this summer at Irvine Lake, Orange, CA for this summer.

“Challenge yourself and your students at OTH. A phenomenal opportunity to expose to students a stretching and rewarding physical challenge outdoors in God’s beautiful creation. Put down the video games and come play outside!!!”

Eric Williams, Jr. High Pastor Seaside Community Church

-Eric’s been racing Over the Hump with some guys from his church group since last summer, when we launched our first two.

Join Eric and more 350 other racers of all abilities at this summer’s series.

$25 / race if you register online, and for ever 5 racers who register with your group, you’ll get 1 free.

Check out the schedule at http://overthehumpseries.com/race-info/schedule/

Over the Hump Mountain Bike Race Series kicked off our inaugural season in 2009 with 2 races. Both sold out! Back by popular demand, this season there are 12 races.

OTH is designed to be a fun, relaxed event for everyone. Our race course has been designed to challenge all levels of riders, and give you a great place to experience the fun and excitement of mountain bike racing. Our beautiful course offers a variety of scenic terrain with views of Irvine Lake and Santa Ana Mountain Range. Ride through the pine trees above the lake to single track along the cottonwoods. Easily accessible after work from all over Orange County.

Come out and give racing a try, or just enjoy the buzz! Looking forward to seeing you out there with us.

• Everyone is welcome! Beginners to Experienced racers.
• Great first race to try Mountain Bike Racing, and challenging race for the experienced rider.
• Exclusive Mountain Bike Race track available only to Over the Hump racers.
• Fun and Competitive.
• Highly visible track for your personal support team (AKA family and friends)
• Bring the whole family out for the fun! Picnic area, grass, tons of shade, and full restrooms all right at the water.

Planning your personal and group adventures can be daunting, if not downright impossible.  Higher Ground Adventures takes the headache out of group travel. Here’s what you can expect when you work with Higher Ground Adventures.

• Higher Ground’s customers are pampered, while adventured, we care about you and the details.
• Professional and Experienced Adventure consultants will answer your calls and emails.
• We will assess your needs, answer your questions…no question is a bad one!
• After our initial conversation HGA will present you with a great travel fit for your group. Descriptions of your choices, and a detailed breakdown of the options will all be sent your way.
• From the time you decide on the final details, to the time you travel we’re with you every step of the way. We’ll help you budget, schedule, plan, set up promotion, and help you to know exactly what to expect.
• After all, being prepared is what makes Adventures fun; so you can enjoy the journey.

Let us know how we can help you. If you’d like to know more, visit our “about us” page.

]]> http://highergroundadventures.net/news/meet-hga/feed/ 0 http://highergroundadventures.net/news/sample-post-news-1/ http://highergroundadventures.net/news/sample-post-news-1/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:37:13 +0000 admin http://highergroundadventures.net/wp/?p=140 We’re still the HGA you trust as you travel, but at least a piece of us is all new! We have a new website.

You spoke we listened, “more information, pictures, regular updates, Twitter feed, contact information, resources, online forms, and details”. (For those die-hard Higher Ground fans who love a phone call and value our top-notch customer service: don’t worry we still list our phone number, answer it, and love talking to you).

What’s new:

• Specific information on our most frequented destinations and services
• Features” section on the home page: for quick links to specials and offerings
• We’re now on Twitter! Follow us at http://Twitter.com/HigherGroundAdv
• Resources page: for some added bells and whistles like Fundraising, Online Registration, and Coming Soon: Trip Insurance
• Blog section, where you’ll find weekly articles and updates to keep you informed on the latest at Higher Ground Adventures.

I want to personally think all of you, our valued customers who have been our biggest advertisers, and the reason why we thrive. Please keep sharing your experiences with your friends and colleagues. Referrals from friends are the most trusted endorsement known to man!

Lastly, a special thank you to my wife, Charity, for a great graphic presentation on the site, and Jason Loftis http://jloft.com, who made the site come to life. You both worked hard to get the site up and running, and give us a tool we can use everyday. Thank you!

So here’s to no more static pages and the New and Improved Higher Ground Adventures.

Big Adventures,

Matt

Midweek Tues, Sept. 15 @ 6:00pm

@ Irvine Lake

Over the Hump Mountain Bike Race Series is designed to be a fun, relaxed event for everyone. Our race course has been designed to challenge all levels of riders, and give you a great place to experience the fun and excitement of mountain bike racing. Our beautiful course offers a variety of scenic terrain with views of Irvine Lake and Santa Ana Mountain Range. Ride through the pine trees above the lake to single track along the cottonwoods. Easily accessible after work from all over Orange County.

• Everyone is welcome! Beginners to Experienced racers.
• Great first race to try Mountain Bike Racing, and challenging race for the experienced rider.
• Exclusive Mountain Bike Race track available only to Over the Hump racers.
• Fun and Competitive.
• Highly visible track for your personal support team (AKA family and friends)
• Bring the whole family out for the fun! Picnic area, grass, tons of shade, and full restrooms all right at the water.

Click Here to Join the Race Now!

]]> http://highergroundadventures.net/news/moutainbike-race/feed/ 2 http://highergroundadventures.net/news/blog-updates/ http://highergroundadventures.net/news/blog-updates/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:00:55 +0000 admin http://highergroundadventures.net/wp/?p=462 Get the latest from HGA.

Together Truth and HGA will be displaying the latest of both company’s products, along with the opportunity to pay for a portion or your entire trip, through Truth’s new Church Fundraiser.  1/2 of what your group, or even more specifically 1/2 of each participant’s sale proceeds go directly to paying for your trip, before you go.  Jeff and Taylor approached me about the idea, recently, and I thought it was a perfect fit.

Come visit us at the booth in September.  If you’re a youthworker and you’ve never visited National Youthworker’s Convention now’s the time. NYWC is the place you’ll find seasoned veteran’s sharing their secrets, tons of key note speakers, great time to netowork, and of course there are hundreds of resources in the exhibit hall like HGA who will make your job that much easier.

See you there.