For Arrowmen at NOAC walking around and unsure of where to go--the Camping and High Adventure Committee has the solution for you! Filled with fun, excitement, and challenges to keep you busy, the Camping and High Adventure areas are happening places. There are many program areas for you to explore including a ‘Camp Chef ’ booth where cooking demonstrations run nonstop and the food is free.
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This and other awesome events are included throughout the Total Outdoor Adventure Place (TOAP) course. The first area you’ll see when you enter the course is called the Disabilities Awareness Challenge. This is composed of six areas intended to mimic common ways in which people with special needs are challenged everyday. They simulate a blind person going through a maze, playing volleyball with only one arm, an obstacle course on crutches, and blindfolded softball. The other two stations deal with sign language and the challenge of dyslexia. The great thing about the Disabilities Awareness program is that it allows us a small glimpse into the hardships that people with special needs face day in and day out. Everyone who participates in all six segments will receive a shiny, gold-colored hat pin. |
| The next thrilling area you can find within TOAP is called Arrowmen
Sharing Knowledge (ASK).
The ASK section includes a monkey
bridge, a sky walk, and three types of
climbing walls for you to enjoy. The third and newest addition to TOAP is the high adventure area. Here you can test your marksmanship at the air rifle booth, participate in "Leave No Trace" instruction, and learn about canoe camping and winter camping. |
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But wait, there’s still more! The Camping and High Adventure committee, under the direction of CVC Linley Collins, run some cool aquatics programs as well. Kayaking instruction and classes go on in the mornings at the Royar Diving Well, and free kayaking is available in the afternoons. Scuba diving is the other high adventure program offered, which is located at the HPER building in the pool.
A number of classes are offered too, including the very popular Wilderness Medicine class that teaches skills and techniques of surviving in the wilderness using only the resources available in the natural world. Another class, Small Shiny Objects for the Mind, shows off the latest outdoor equipment and explains how they are used.
New today is the Camping and High Adventure Expo, located in the Tennis Pavilion, which features some of the top vendors of outdoor equipment in the world. Special seminars will be offered on how to use their products as well. With tons of booths to see, many raffles, and free give-aways, it is definitely a place that you will want to visit today and again over the next few days.
Revised 7/29/02.