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Canoe Area 2001 highlights:
Wow, what an adventure! Please send us your photos
and brief stories from the 2001 trip. Map of crew
routes- warning, this page takes 80
sec to download on a 28.8 kbps modem.
Photo Gallery from the adventure;
Stories and more... |
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| Plant and Wildlife
identification list- Crew 3 wins the prize for identifying the most plants and wildlife (28 out of 47) on the list. This crew encountered a moose, bear, otters, blueberries, Labrador tea, thimbleberries and lots more. How did your crew do? Copy of plant/critter list. |
What
were the plans for the 2001 adventure? What kind of training is required? What are the medical requirements? What kind of equipment will you need? What low-impact outdoor skills will you learn? |
| What were the plans for the 2001 adventure? | |
June 24-July 3: Summer Adventure We headed into the world's greatest canoe country -- the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)! It is nestled on the north-eastern Minnesota border and offers more than one million acres of pure wilderness, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands and lots of islands to explore. We'll be canoeing for five days within this pristine wilderness area with small groups of nine people on each crew.
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you will paddle are the very same water trails used for hundreds of
years by the Sioux and Chippewa Indians and by the French-Canadian
Voyageurs. There are more than 1,000 lakes and 150 miles of portage
trails and over 1,200 miles of canoe routes.
We'll be paddling in the homeland of moose, loons, bald eagles, timber wolves and black bears. You might even see deer, bears, martens, mink, fox and otters. The BWCAW is home to over 200 types of birds, 50 species of mammals, 7 kinds of reptiles and 12 amphibians. It's an outdoor photographers paradise!!! Other special features of the adventure include a stop at Cabela's (south of the Twin Cities, MN), a short visit to the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park (north shore of Lake Superior) and shopping in Ely, MN for souvenirs! Travel Schedule:
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are the medical requirements? Because this is a physically and mentally demanding experience, it is very important that participants be in good physical condition! Specific requirements include: * Physical examination (due June 15th) * Tetanus shot or booster (within 5 years) * Top physical condition (those who have marked obesity for height and/or are physically inactive will not be accepted) * Medical conditions that are aggravated by strenuous activity at high altitudes include asthma, high blood pressure, heart conditions, poorly controlled diabetes. |
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Dehydration Tip:
If you're not drinking enough water to maintain a healthy fluid balance--water ingested equal to water used --you can alter, and harm, every physiological function of your body. Too bad, as a spokesman for the International Sportsmedicine Institute once said, "many Americans live from day to day in a dehydrated state--that is, they don't drink enough water." Medically, dehydration can be classified into three levels. |
| Boundary
Waters Sites:
Our Outfitter-- Boundary Waters Journal -- http://www.boundarywatersjournal.com/ BWCA Wilderness -- http://www.snf.toofarnorth.org/snf/bwcaw/ Boundary Waters Catalog -- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Minn.:
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 For more information please contact: Pat McNally, pmcnally [at] oznet.ksu.edu, Kansas State University 4-H and Youth Programs, 201 Umberger Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: (785) 532-5800 |
