What Urban Teens Think About Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing is a relatively new adventure for us. Though I had long been interested in the sport, it wasn’t until our students in the Outdoor Adventure Club asked me to take them snowshoeing that I...
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Exploring the Outdoors With Urban Teens
Camping with a toddler is challenging. Add in eight teenagers, most of whom are not English speakers, and things get even more interesting! As the leader of my school’s Outdoor Adventure Club, I take the kids...
Learning to Canoe with the Appalachian Mountain Club
I row. Not in a canoe – in a rowing shell. I first stepped foot in a boat my junior year in high school. Having been cut from the varsity soccer team, I decided...
Hiking the Mt. Willard Trail, Bretton Woods, NH
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Mt. Willard, Bretton Woods, NH Date: February 2, 2013 Distance: 4.05 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 1020 feet Our Hiking Time: 4.5 hours roundtrip Trail Blaze: Yellow Rectangles Difficulty: Moderate [/box] This past weekend, I traveled to New Hampshire with the...
Why Urban Kids Need to Spend Time in Nature
I did not go tent camping as a kid. I grew up in the inner-city, and the closest my family ever came to communing with the outdoors was a trip to some sort of family camp...