Summer Camp Adventure for Girls in North Carolina

Adventure Trek I
Sunday, July 27 to Saturday August 9 $2300
Adventure Trek II
Sunday, July 27 to Saturday August 9 $2300

Girls Gear List Want to know what you’ll need to bring? Download this handy list!

Sample Schedule Want to know more? Check out this sample schedule (PDF).

Girls at Summer Camp Rock Climbing, Whitewater Kayaking, and Hiking

Outdoor Adventure

Adventure Trek is for girls ages 13 to 15 year old possessing a desire to build relationships and enhance outdoor skills in a wilderness environment. While the Trek includes the expected activities of camp during the first week, almost every night of the second week is spent back-country camping in beautiful wilderness areas in western North Carolina.

The Trek is led by experienced, professional instructors and is divided into three main segments:

  • backpacking
  • rock climbing
  • whitewater boating

Questions? Feel free to contact Drew Dekle, Program Coordinator and Head Guide at (706) 354-8060.

Professional Guides

Drew Dekle has worked as a professional wilderness guide for over 10 years. Drew has spent many years exploring wilderness areas throughout the U.S. including solo hike over the entire Appalachian Trail. Today, Drew is best known as an active southeastern rock climber and professional instructor with many notable and high profile ascents. He also holds and maintains a Wilderness First Responder (WMA) certification.

Drew teaches climbing to a broad range of ages and skill levels with two regional guide services: High Mountain Adventures and Granite Arches Climbing Services. Drew is also an avid whitewater kayaker and a gifted, patient instructor. Drew and his wife, Rabun, live in Athens, Georgia where he professionally remodels historic homes.

Reading a map on the Blue Ridge Mountains

Skills

In addition to an experience packed with fun and excitement with memories to last a lifetime, those who complete Adventure Trek will be wholly competent in the following areas:

Backpacking

  • Wilderness Ethics and "Leave no Trace" philosophy
  • Identification of many trees, and other flora including some edible plants
  • Forest History
  • Respect for the wilderness environment and other participants
  • Wilderness Navigation and extensive use of topographic maps, compass, and other alternative navigation and travel skills
  • Preparation for a wilderness trip, clothing, shelter, and food
  • Extensive practice in pitching shelter (backpacking tarps) and how to stay dry
  • Water Purification Techniques
  • Backcountry Cooking and use and maintenance of MSR Stoves

Rock Climbing

  • Safety checks for personal and partner climbing harness and tie-in knot
  • Knots: figure 8 retrace, figure 8 on bight, clove hitch, bowline, bowline on a bight, taught line hitch, trucker´s hitch, Prusick hitch
  • Safely belaying right or left handed
  • Climbing techniques including: smears, jambs, crimps, rest steps, laybacks, etc.
  • Rappelling and use of tyrolean traverse
  • Multi-pitch climbing technique (All lead climbing by professional guides)

Whitewater Kayaking

  • River Safety
  • Basic Strokes and Maneuvers
  • Bow Rescue (Boat assisted)
  • Self rescue (Eskimo Roll)
  • River Reading
  • River tactics: Eddy turns, peel-outs, ferries, running drops
  • Playboating Basics: Surfing, Stern Squirts, Enders, throwing ends, etc.
  • Swiftwater Rescue Basics and use of throw ropes

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