“This stillness, solitude, wildness of nature is a kind of thoroughtwort or boneset, to my intellect. This is what I go out to seek. It is as if I always met in those places some grand, serene, immortal, infinitely encouraging through invisible, companion, and walked with him.”
I mentioned in the last CAP Week in Review that our class had the distinct honor and pleasure of having Cornelius and Blair from the Boulder Co-op Market talk to us about the environmental benefits of buying local and organic food. I wanted to take the time to acknowledge and thank them once again for… Read more »
“When the slab cut loose, my mind calculated trajectories, analyzed terrain, and fed me its conclusions
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 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 »
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 »
“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 »
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 »
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 »
