“Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top
Posts By: Ford Church
Weekly Outdoor Clinic Calendar
CAP students are expected to broaden their outdoor knowledge and skill base by tapping into the rich educational resources in their community. In order to accomplish this goal, students will take advantage of the free outdoor skills clinics, workshops, and slide shows offered by outdoor retail stores in the Colorado Front Range. Below are some… Read more »
Weekly Outdoor Clinic Calendar – February 23 – 29, 2004
CAP students are expected to broaden their outdoor knowledge and skill base by tapping into the rich educational resources in their community. In order to accomplish this goal, students will take advantage of the free outdoor skills clinics, workshops, and slide shows offered by outdoor retail stores in the Colorado Front Range. Below are some… Read more »
CAP Week in Review – February 17, 18, and 20, 2004
We began the week by debriefing our first winter camping experience as a group. It turned out to be a very educational process as we made a list of all the positive expedition behavior/actions we observed and all of the negative expedition behavior/actions we observed last weekend. We learned that there are no mistakes in… Read more »
Quote for February 20, 2004
“To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await… Read more »
Student Journal Entry, By Jesse Yoh
No one makes good decisions in the grocery store. The whole idea – thousands of boxes stacked high on shelves – higher than one can reach. Rows upon rows, the ends of the isles places of interest, sales, deals, good buys. One finds himself examining the milk cartons wondering, “which milk is the best deal”… Read more »
TLOG for February 13 – 15, 2004
The Community Adventure Trip Log (TLOG) is a tool that we use to document each trip. Students can use this as a reference and template for coordinating their own trips outside of this class and future CAP classes will use this information as a reference for future trips. This is also a reflective tool for… Read more »
Quote for February 18, 2004
“I find myself being mentored by the land once again
Quote for February 17, 2004
“The credit belongs to the one who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions, and spends self in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the… Read more »
CAP Week in Review – February 10, 11, 13, & 14, 2004
We started off this week by having a guest speaker from the community teach us about astronomy. Mike Zawaski, professional guide and instructor with Outward Bound West, wilderness medicine instructor, and graduate student, facilitated an interactive presentation called Kinesthetic Astronomy. Students learned about basic astronomy including how the stars, planets, and moon move through space… Read more »
