It's coming up on that wonderful time of year again, when the Chapel
Hill Quest Center relocates to its hidden retreat for the weekend of
intense training, cliff-side nighttime black-belt testing, deep
spiritual waterfall experience, and campfire crepe-cooking that we
call Mountain Quest.  If you have not attended before (including those
from previous years who may still be wandering the
intentionally-deceptive mountain roads trying to find the place)
please join us!  The true beauty of this event is being with our
amazing community in a place so perfectly our own.  Plus marshmallows,
and fire.

Mountain Quest 2008 will be held Friday, August 1st through Sunday,
August 3rd, 2008. Mountain Quest is a special event that originates
from and is unique to the Chapel Hill Quest Center. This amazing
seminar consists of a three-day event in the North Carolina Mountains
at a location reminiscent of the original Togakure mountain training
ground of the ninja warriors of the past. Dr. Richard Stack searched
long and hard to find a site worthy to carry on the Ninja lineage in
North Carolina. An-Shu Stephen K. Hayes named the mountain upon which
Mountain Quest takes place, Shin-Togukre Ryu ("New" Togakure School)
because of its close resemblance to Togakure Mountain. This seminar
takes place once a year under the teaching of An-Shu Hayes. The event
is an opportunity for Ninjutsu practitioners around the country to
come and train with the founder of To-Shin Do(R) Ninjutsu. The vast
majority of the Chapel Hill Quest Center's black belts tested for
their black belts at Mountain Quest. Shin-Togakure is located on 200
acres of beautiful private lands on Grandfather Mountain at the exact
latitude (36 degrees) of the original Ninja training sites used in the
mountains of Japan over nine hundred years ago. The setting is
identical to that of Japan's Togakure Mountain, with lush green
valleys, rocky cliffs, and waterfalls.

Contact the Chapel Hill Quest Center (ncquestcenter.com) at (919)
489-8893 or cont...@ncquest.com to register. You may pre-register for
a reduced rate. Pre-registration runs through this week and costs
$190. Beginning May 16th, registration is $269.

Mountain Quest will take place in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. You
may camp at the training site or stay at a hotel in Blowing Rock (you
can find accommodations at www.blowingrock.com ) or in Boone. A
packing list, directions (good luck), and training schedule will be
provided to participants prior to the event.

Hope to see many of you there!

-Kim Stahl
Chapel Hill Quest Center