![]() ![]() ![]() “Our bread and butter has been teaching people skills they can use for a lifetime and providing them what they need to explore the outdoors,” he said. “We hope they see their first time as an Aggie as an opportunity to push themselves out of their comfort zone.”įor nine years until recently, Kurten directed Outdoor Adventures (OA), a campus program under Rec Sports that coordinates Venture Camp and other initiatives helping Aggies experience nature. “They talk about Aggie traditions while backpacking through New Mexico or canoeing down the Buffalo River,” said Jason Kurten ’98 ’09. But instead of a traditional summer camp, their experience is structured around a weeklong outdoor expedition. These hikers are incoming Texas A&M University freshmen participating in Venture Camp, an orientation program similar to Fish Camp. ![]() But unlike other nature trips, they’ll also talk about another special place where the terrain is decidedly flat, but where a spirit stands as tall as the imposing cliffs. After the hikers set up camp that night, their guides will tell them more about Gila, the first designated wilderness of its kind in the United States. A group of young hikers below gazes up in awe at the rocks, which jut like a massive fence outlining the water and its surrounding grassland. In New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, the hills roll and cut down abruptly into cliff faces falling into the riverbank. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |