As a part of its public programming offerings, Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center in rural Spicer allows children to give rock climbing a try.
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Getting outside and joining with friends in a healthy, non-competitive sport is what Volkssports is all about. It originated in Germany and that’s where Seline was introduced to it. She was the director for a small recreation center at an Army base. She led GI s stationed there on weekend Volksmarch hikes.
American military personnel are credited with bringing Volkssports to the U.S. The first U.S. event was held in 1975 at the Randolph Air Force Base in Texas. One year later the American Volkssports Association was founded.
Seline said Volkssports were once very popular in the U.S. During its heyday, Minnesota had 32 clubs devoted to hosting events. Willmar was among the communities with its own club, she said.