Trip Log (TLOG) for November 15-16, 2003

The Community Adventure Program will document each overnight trip with the following Trip Log (TLOG) in order to create a logistical and planning resource for future classes. Below we have documented the details of our first weekend overnight camping trip outside of Nederland, Colorado.

PRE-TRIP INFORMATION

Basic Trip Information:
Trip name- Survival Skills Weekend
Dates- November 15

Quote for November 21, 2003

“Ah, to be alive, on a mid-September morn, fording a stream, barefoot, pants rolled up, holding boots, pack on, sunshine, ice in the shallows, northern rockies.

Rustle and shimmer of icy creek waters, stones turn underfoot, small and hard on toes, cold nose dripping, singing inside, creek music, heart music, smell of sun on gravel.

I pledge allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the soil, of Turtle Island, one ecosystem, in diversity, under the sun

Exploring our Sense of Place

Today we began to discuss and explore our understanding of our individual sense of place. Some of us were born in Cambodia, Brazil, and throughout the United States, but we all currently live in Boulder, Colorado and are connected to the land that surrounds this amazing town.

We were fortunate to have Lynne Sullivan, an Interpretive Naturalist with the City Of Boulder Open Space And Mountain Parks, meet us in Chautauqua Park to help us explore the cultural history of Boulder. Lynne facilitated a “show and tell” of replica artifacts from native tribes of the plains. The photo below shows us carefully handling these delicate weapons, tools, and ceremonial objects that helped native cultures survive in this area for thousands of years. We learned how the native cultures of the Front Range had an intimate connection with the land, the animals, and plants. We learned about the edible and medicinal plants in Chautauqua, and learned how each plant was used for food, medicine, and to make tools.

We also explored what life was like in Boulder 100 years ago, how the city was founded, populated, developed, and finally how the land around Boulder is being protected. Boulder currently buys private land to be used as open space in order to protect the natural integrity of the land, to give its citizens a natural sanctuary to recreate, and to protect the area from over-development.

I would like to thank Lynne so much for donating her time and for helping us have a richer, more complete picture of the cultural history of Boulder!

Quote for November 19, 2003

“There is a great deal of talk these days about saving the environment. We must, for the environment sustains our bodies. But as humans, we also require the support of our spirits, and this is what certain kinds of places provide. The catalyst that converts any physical location

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 of the hot events going in the community this week:

Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - Avalanche Gear and Rescue Clinic, Mountain Sports, Boulder, 7pm.

Tuesday, November 18, 2003, Avalanche Awareness, REI, Boulder, 7pm.

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - Beginner/Advanced Waxing Clinic, Mountain Sports, Boulder, 7pm.

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - Introduction to Ice Climbing, EMS, Boulder, 8pm. Get a 10% off coupon for attending! For more info, call 303.442.7566.

Thursday, November 20, 2003 - Heidi Wirtz, Neptune Mountaineering, Boulder, 7pm.

Saturday, November 22, 2003, Winterfest

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Quote for November 18, 2003

“How strange and wonderful is our home, our earth,
With its swirling vaporous atmosphere,
Its flowing and frozen climbing creatures,
The croaking things with wings that hang on rocks
And soar through fog, the furry grass, the scaly seas

Three Part Journal Entry, by Cailin Marsden

Tuesday, November 4, 2003:
* Garth Schaffer from Service Learning Colorado came and talked about projects we could do to improve our community and showed us a movie.
* Class thought up some ideas for community improving projects
Wednesday, November 5, 2003:
* We got a sheet concerning the camping trip supplies that we will need for the 14-16th. We also broke up into sleep/food groups.
* Michael Jospe met us at Tantra Park in really cold weather to teach us about blending in with nature and awakening our senses
* We learned

Quote for November 14, 2003

“There is something exciting in the first start, even upon an ordinary journey. The bustle of preparation

CAP Receives a Personal Tour from Local Mountaineering Legend Gary Neptune

The CAP had the honor and privilege of receiving a personal tour of the Neptune Museum in Boulder, Colorado from local mountaineering legend Gary Neptune.

Neptune Mountaineering is a locally owned and operated outdoor retail store and is home to one of the most comprehensive mountaineering museums in the United States. Gary was kind enough to donate his time to tell us about his mountaineering background, share some crazy stories from his expeditions, and give us a personal tour of the historic equipment he has acquired over the years. Click here to read about his expedition to Gasherbrum II in the Himalayas.

On behalf of the CAP I would like to personally thank Gary Neptune for helping to inspire us as we continue to learn cool outdoor skills and explore the wild. Neptune Mountaineering is a great store run by great people, so get out and support your community outdoor retail store!

Quote for November 12, 2003

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness out of it and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience.” Henry David Thoreau

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