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Quote for Tuesday, November 28, 2006
"There are no passengers on spaceship earth, only crew."
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Quote for Monday, November 27, 2006
"Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the ancient fear of the Unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into. … Read more »
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1st Overnight, November 18-19, 2006
Cass and Robby test their endurance and skill with the bow-drill friction fire. Zack discovers that a pine-needle bed is actually quite cozy. Stephen, Allana, Brittany, Robby, Zack, Chris, Cass, Carlton, Charlie and Matt warm-up for the hike with some sea-foam green belt Karate.
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Journal for Friday, November 17, 2006
For this journal response, I’d like you to reflect on our overnight trip. Now that you have one group expedition under your belt, please rank the following concepts in order of importance to a successful trip: Communication, Attitude, Logistics (gear, weather, lessons, etc.), and Personal Feelings. Give complete reasons describing why you ranked the 4… Read more »
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Quote for Friday, November 17, 2006
"I’d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth." -Steve McQueen
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Quote for Thursday, November 16, 2006
"A person who points out what is wrong renders only half a service unless he can point out what is right." -Unknown
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Quote for Tuesday, November 14, 2006
"The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between the way nature works and the way man thinks." -Gregory Bateson
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Quote for Monday, November 13, 2006
"If a Koyukon Indian wrote a book about bears, maybe half the volume would be the rules of keeping yourself in a state of respect toward the animal." -Richard Nelson, Alaskan Anthropologist
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Journal for Thursday, November 9, 2006
This week we looked at social change and how it relates to people on a political and personal level. For example, we used Robby’s desire to have a large all-terrain vehicle that has notoriously poor gas mileage as an instance of his ‘personal’ world. Robby, being a world-wise and savvy guy, also sees global warming… Read more »
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Quote for Thursday, November 9, 2006
"Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to. Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" -Aldo… Read more »
