Wilderness

any wilderness trip. Modern GPS navigation systems are a great tool for finding your way, but, as with any device, they can fail, leaving you stranded without any means to navigate. It’s best to keep a handheld map and compass as a backup in your backpack. Study the terrain thoroughly to help you navigate your way through the wilderness using the topics explained. Our product is a board game. We decided to make the game to appeal to young children and teach them the importance of wilderness…

Over the last decade, wilderness therapy has improved its clinical sophistication and treatment modality. What once was referred to by critics as “hell camps” (Smith 1996) and connotated with numerous incidents where youth were either injured or died as a result of boot camp endeavors has since developed into a healthcare program backed with a growth of balance in the wild: challenges and nurturing, structure and safety, and humility in learning what’s inside and outside of one’s control. In…

what you set out to do, and it will enlighten you with a new perspective and see what a small part humanity plays in the world. Albert Einstein once said, "Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better." Another type of wilderness therapy is to wait until nighttime, drive to somewhere remote where there's less light pollution and then go outside and gaze upon the stars and known universe. You could even…

money. In Mark Spence’s piece, Dispossessing the Wilderness, we learned that the government set laws and regulations in order to remove the Indians from the Yellowstone National Park because many people viewed Indians as “savage” and “dangerous”. The government wants to preserve the image of a “wonderland” in the visitor’s eyes and also protect the nature from the Indians. What the government means by protecting the nature is that “wilderness preservation must become the ‘dominant idea’…

Wilderness Adventure Therapy Effects on the Mental Health of Youth Participants, written by mental health professionals Daniel Bowena, James Neilla, and Simon Crisp (2016), is an evaluation of 36 adolescents participating in a ten-week Wilderness Adventure Therapy (WAT) program in Australia. As young adults make up a large clinical population, many interventions are designed for younger children or adults, so this article begins by expressing the need for therapeutic interventions specifically…

There are some very exciting books coming out this Fall, and more than I have seen in a long time. This list just scratches the surface. I've already pre-ordered all the books listed below. You may want to consider checking them out! 1. Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown (September 12) The popular vulnerability researcher and TED speaker focuses on one of the biggest hurdles of our time: finding a sense of belonging. She challenges us to stand alone and stand out even when we feel intense…

Top Five Items for Wilderness Survival I have made a research using online sources, and listed five most essential items for wilderness survival. The items are; knife, source of heat (matches or lighter), compass, first-aid, and water bottle (water filtering). In the most of the sources, the knife is the most important item for survival. Knives can be useful in many ways, and it can increase the chance of survival in wilderness. Especially blade knives are even more useful. It can be used for…

The wilderness has always been a place of mystery and purity, a space uncharted and unfamiliar. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the wilderness acts as a place free from societal judgement, where characters can express their true personalities. Throughout the story forbidden meetings and revelations of truth take place in the forest, where people are free from the threat of prosecution by puritan beliefs. While the forest acts as this safe space, the town acts as its counterpart,…

We will start with Clayoquot Wilderness Resort as they have significant strengths including, being the only 5 star tent resort on Vancouver Island, with unique luxurious outdoor experiences. They also take pride in the environment and have special programs to educate their guests and still ensure they are having an amazing experience. Weaknesses for Clayoquot Wilderness Resort could include, seasonality, as the colder or rainy season might not make…

around a campfire in the mountains, after a day of backpacking, especially in the San Gorgonio Wilderness, drinking coffee and telling or listening to stories about all of our adventures we have had together. Yearly we got together to set our monthly backpacking schedule into the local mountains, and then a week in the Sierra, with our teenagers. Which of course, always includes The San Gorgonio Wilderness in the spring. It is rare to find so much compatibility in a group like ours, and…