About the Course

This course will combine classroom lectures at Penn State with a seven-day, off-site backpacking experience in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and Maine. The lectures will cover all aspects of trail backpacking: the physiology and anatomy of backpacking, training principles for extended back-trail hiking, map and compass skills, journaling, environmental ethics, and travel logistics. A local one-day hike will help prepare the participants for the longer journey. The students will then travel to a hostel in Maine, where they will begin a backpacking journey that will include hiking, lodging at several locations, kayaking, and climbing a summit in the Presidential Range, which has some of the highest peaks in the Northeast.

Instructor

Dr. Robert Ricketts, Penn State Department of Kinesiology

Credits and Dates

Spring Semester 2010
KINES 001, Section 601 Backpacking I (3 credits)

Course Schedule

Lectures:
March 24 and 31, 2010 (6:00–9:00 p.m.)
April 7 and 14, 2010 (6:00–9:00 p.m.)

Local day hike:
April 10, 2010 (9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.)

Backpacking experience:
May 16–22, 2010

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