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ROCK CLIMBING:
All grades, Beginner to Advanced. May through October
Climbing is great fun! It is an intimate dance with the rock and students excel at it. Life is good “on belay” (being attached to the rope and safety system): you can make mistakes and still feel safe. By going climbing with kids, we allow them to experience being “on belay,” and to experience providing support and taking responsibility for another being; both are concepts that extend into their everyday lives. Kroka fosters an environment where one wants to push their limits and everyone wants them to succeed as well, where the collective energy allows people to soar. We believe that it is equally, if not more important for students to learn how to belay their peers and trust being belayed by others, than for them to climb multiple routes. The success of climbing will bring joy and cooperation into the classroom environment. |
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STILL WATER PADDLING:
Grades 3 and up. Mid-April through October
Once acquainted with Kroka, and the boats, the group will embark on a multi-day river trip. Students can experience paddling kayaks and tandem canoes. Those who are ready can also try solo canoeing. We will float down the currents of the river, catch eddies, and practice ferrying. Time will be given to basic water safety and practice of swimming in moving water. We will set our camp in the woods or on sandbars. After gathering fire wood and doing camp work, there will be time for play and discovery. Days will end with craftwork, a campfire meal, a story and songs rhythmically in tune with the moving water of the river |
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SWIFT-WATER PADDLING:
Grades 6 and up. Mid-April through October
When the rapid appears around the corner, the real test will be in front of you; the river will give you grades and you will see why you need to study.
On a canoeing trip there are three layers of responsibility: responsibility for learning your own skills, responsibility for communicating with your partner (sometimes under stress), and responsibility for the group’s safety. After two miles of flat-water instruction and a “big rapid” test students are rewarded by four to six miles of swiftly moving water with fun and challenging, yet friendly, rapids. |
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WHITE WATER RIVER PADDLING:
Grades 7 and up. Mid-April through October
This is the next step in our white water progression, for groups that have gone swift water canoeing with Kroka. This day provides the opportunity to master eddy turns, peel outs and ferries, and to establish a close relationship with the river Goddess SAL (an acronym for speed, angle, lean); three techniques we use while teaching white water paddling. This trip opens up an amazing world of white water for the participating group. |
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WHITE WATER RAFTING:
Grades 6 and up. Lower level available for grades 2-5. Mid-April through October
All aboard! In rafting, students gain an understanding of the power of moving water and the right ways to work with it. Raft teams practice boat maneuvers, self-rescue and take turns in the guide’s position. Students continue for the final stretch on their own, putting their new skills to the test and polishing their teamwork and communication, while their instructor follows nearby in a canoe or kayak. There are four to eight people in each raft. Trips are held on class II and III white water. |
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ADVANCED WHITE WATER RAFTING:
Grades 8 and up. Mid-April through October
Groups who have completed a white water rafting trip and at least one of the canoeing trips are given an opportunity to raft challenging class III – IV white water. Here, a high degree of concentration is required and everyone needs to be able to work hard and be prepared to swim through rapids and self-rescue if they fall out of the boat. This is an unforgettably fun opportunity that must be earned through hard work on preparatory trips. |
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WINTER EXPEDITION:
Grades 6 and up. February and March
We will travel on snowshoes, following the way of frozen streams and lakes, until at last, we arrive at the heart of the wilderness, where we will create our bush camp. Here we have to set up a traditional winter canvas tent with a wood stove and make a floor out of fragrant balsam boughs. You will learn how to get the water from the frozen lake, find dry firewood in the middle of winter and learn the stories of the tracks in the snow.
With map and compass we will venture out on skis and snowshoes, we will build snow shelters and some of you may choose to spend a night in an igloo or quinzee. |
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