Barry Johnson

How To Be A Better Citizen At Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

September 17, 2016 by Jason Clements

In this third part of my interview with the owner of Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, we talk about how to be a better citizen at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. I ask Barry:

“What can THE climbing community do to support you?”

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The 3 things that climbers and campers can do better for the ranch right now…

Sign in and pay your fees
Pick up your trash
Be a good citizen – be a good human – be considerate of other people and realize that this is private poverty – and when we say it’s private property – it is private property; but we want people to come and enjoy it.

Sometimes when someone says “HEY, this is private property” – it means we want you to leave – that’s not what we are saying . We want people to understand that this is our home, our back yard, our livelihood; and we want you to be considerate, respectful and obey the rules.

Barry says that he doesn’t want the underlying tone to be a lecture or a scolding. And you all already know Barry and Amy – they might just be some of the most generous human beings that we have the pleasure of knowing.

Is there something that the veterans of coming to the ranch that we can do better when we come to the ranch to prepare ourselves mentally to help reduce the risk of injury?

Barry: Yes, primarily for those of you in the climbing community. We get a lot of people who are touching rock for the first time. They may have been in a gym pulling plastic for years – and that transition from the gym to the outdoors – the ranch is great for that because it has a lot of easy to moderate routes. And, everything is bolted really safely. It is a great place to take your first lead…

…the problem with that is – it is your first lead.

So people, in the climbing community, need to not be shy, and even if someone thinks you’re a jerk or a know-it-all; you need to say, for example, “You didn’t finish your knot.” or, “can I show you a better way to do that.”

Wristbands At Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

Barry: You need to watch out for your neighbor, and you need to watch out for the ranch. If somebody is not wearing a wristband up there, chances are they have not signed off on their waiver. Well – that is a threat to everyone’s access – isn’t it. [Read more…] about How To Be A Better Citizen At Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

HCRBeta Supports Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Price Increases

July 15, 2016 by Jason Clements

I talked to Barry Johnson about his decision to raise the Day Use Fee at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. He is allowing me to break this news.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to read all the way to the bottom of this article as you’ll find out how Barry continues to extend his generosity by offering a discount for the Season Pass.

DETAILS: Beginning August 1, 2016 the Day Use Pass at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch will increase to $10 per day. The Season Pass will increase to $100 (good for 1 year from date of purchase. The Camping Fee remains $5 per night.

Barry says:

The price increase is “not (to make) more money necessarily; but to manage the resources more carefully.”
“And, to be quite honest, lessen the impact and provide an even better experience for the community.”

I fully support the price increase.

Barry and his family have shared their piece of heaven with the climbing community and has not raised the prices to climb for 15 years.

Since I’ve started climbing at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in 2007, Barry has added:

The super convenient bathrooms and showers
The impressive pavilion with electrical outlets to charge my phone
Jason and Morgan continue to bolt new routes and maintain all of the hardware and fixed gear
They’ve added the coffee shop inside of the Trading Post

All of these improvements have made Horseshoe Canyon Ranch a world-class destination for climbing and relaxing.

I hope you will agree: I am willing to pay more for climbing at HCR without a single thought of complaining.

I did ask Barry if there was anything that we, as climbers and campers, could do better for the ranch right now. Barry said:

Sign in and pay your fees
Pick up your trash
Be a good citizen – a good neighbor. Be considerate of other people.
Don’t be shy – watch out for your fellow climbers. Watch out for the ranch. If somebody is not wearing a wristband, chances are they have not signed off on their waiver. Well, that is a threat to everyone’s access. It is okay to say, “I’ve noticed you’re not wearing a wristband…”
Please be considerate. Please be respectful. Please obey the rules.

The Earth Beta 5 Discount for Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

Barry and Horseshoe Canyon Ranch is partnering with Earth Beta 5 to benefit those who love the outdoors. Barry is generously allowing Earth Beta 5 members to purchase a 1-Year Season Pass at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch for the old price of $50.00.

The new 1-Year Season Pass is going to be priced at $100. EB5 members save $50.

Barry is even going to allow you to use the Earth Beta 5 discount all the way up to December 31st of this year (2016) so that you can continue to climb for all of 2017 at the old pass rate of $50. (That will make a pretty awesome Christmas gift for your climbing partner – hint, hint!)

Purchase instruction for Earth Beta 5 cards will be released shortly. (The EB5 cards are initially going to cost $20 and they will NEVER EXPIRE.) You might be blown away by the other discounts and monthly giveaways that come with your Earth Beta 5 membership. (If you NEED an Earth Beta 5 card immediately, you can email: membership@earthbeta5.com)

Barry, on behalf of THE ENTIRE CLIMBING COMMUNITY, we support this price increase and are truly grateful that you share your beautiful piece of heaven with all of us.

Learn a whole lot more about Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in HCRBeta’s Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Category

Jason Clements is the founder of and writer for HCRBeta, Hike Climb Relax: How to… Jason has served as the President of the Kansas City Climbing Club where he grew the club from 100 members to 1000 members. He lives in Shawnee, Kansas and also runs the cell phone recycling company, Cells for Cells, which recycles cell phones to raise money for families battling cancer.

You can follow Jason on Facebook or on Twitter @jasonclements.

The History Of Horseshoe Canyon Ranch by Barry Johnson

March 15, 2016 by Jason Clements

The History Of Horseshoe Canyon Ranch by Barry Johnson

Amy and I bought the property In 1994. I was 26 yr old at the time…

…I had decided to make a shift from what I was doing – I was doing financial planning and group insurance for federal and postal employees. I had been doing that for about 3 or 4 years right out of college; and found some success doing it. It allowed me to have a little bit of money in the bank but I was traveling a lot – too much. And when my oldest son, Cameron, was born (he is 21 now), I wasn’t willing to continue to pay that price anymore. That’s when we decided to make that lifestyle switch.…

…so, we had looked for suitable properties to develop for about a year.

We were up in Harrison looking at another piece of property, not too far from here, a larger track about 700 acres. But the access was poor — about 10 miles on a gravel road — and for other reasons, we didn’t’ feel comfortable with purchasing that property.

But, back at the motel that night, we had picked up one of those real-estate guides that you pick up at the super market, and there was a new listing in there. It said something along the lines of:

“Beautiful Horseshoe Canyon – 350 acres, good for cattle, and good for this and that and whatever…”

…we came out that following morning and looked at the property, and knew it was exactly what we were looking for and we offered and accepted that day; and away we went.There was nothing here when we bought it…

…only a single road down to that old chimney, where we parked our trailers out near the front. And the previous owner had a pen there, where he gathered his cows. That was it.

All of the roads and all of the structures; we had to build all of that.

The vision for the layout wasn’t very complicated. We pictured that we needed a barn; an activity center to base the horse operation out of; and a lodge where people can gather and we can feed every body. And we knew we needed cabins.

It was just a matter of walking around with stakes and ribbons and saying, “this would be a good spot,” and we just staked it all out and started building. Most of the cabins were just kinda sketched out in a legal pad.

I had some construction management and finance background that I started in college, so I was comfortable with the construction aspect of the ranch. We did find a home plan for the lodge that we converted and redrew to fit our need for the commercial building that it is.

We always new that the purpose of buying this property was to develop it into a family guest ranch. I wanted it to be similar to my experience out west.

But the most important part was that we wanted to build a dude ranch where families could come, reconnect with each other and reconnect with the outdoors.