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International Adventure Trips
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The Outdoor Program offers winter and summer international trips
between the semesters to help students get a better understanding
about the world we live in, developing connections and insights
to other cultures and environments around the world. These trips
are not designed as vacations but rather adventures in personal
transformation and making world travel a reality and not just a
dream. Typically a group consists of 7 to 12 cohort members of students,
faculty, alumni and the Outdoor Program Coordinator.
The trips focus on student involvement and the group's collaborative
effort to shape the itinerary and events of the trip. We usually
start with a trip plan with the idea that it will evolve as the
trip unfolds, allowing for the possibility of intuitive interaction
to shape and change the orientation of the trip. In this way students
learn how to travel and accept change on a continual basis, building
understanding and tolerance towards other cultures and ways of living.
Quite often it is the unplanned events on trips that become the
most memorable memories.
Students handle their own expenses so that they learn how to budget
for a trip and that overspending in one area will mean consequences
in another area. Each student is responsible for buying their own
plane ticket, food, in country transportation and any other expenses
while in country. The intent is to get away from the typical two
week "package" deal where you spend three to four times
more than you should and have everything handed to you on a silver
platter. These trips are not designed to be vacations, but rather
real world experiences that make the individuals actually think
about there actions.
We spend 6 weeks preparing for the trip, meeting regularly to discuss
geography, politics, culture and travel techniques used for the
regions we will be traveling. We will lay out a basic itinerary,
knowing that we must be flexible as a group to other opportunities
that may arise during our travels. We will read literature about
the region and share this with the group. Many of the students have
studied foreign languages and this gives them the opportunity to
use their language skills in practical situations.
Nepal,
Tibet & China Summer 2007
La
Ruta Maya Winter 2006 - 2007
East
Africa Summer 2006
Baja Seakayaking
Winter 2006
India
Himalayas Summer 2005
Patagonia
Winter 2004-2005
South-East
Asia Summer 2004
Peru, Bolivia & Chile Summer 2003
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