Thursday, February 11, 2010

EVENT: SNOW SHELTER BUILDING!



Intensely Fun Event: Snow Shelter Building

WHEN: This Sunday February 14th at the Natural Resources Building. 9:00am-12:30pm.
**Meet at 9:00am behind the Natural Resources Building (We will make sure someone is there to open the door)**

WHAT: A Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Student, Bob Montgomery, will use his survival skills learned through his upbringings in a family of Polar Bears in the Arctic to show us the ways of Snow Cave Construction. Prepare for an expedition that will test every part of your body and soul!
Schedule: -1 hour to build snow mound - 1-2 hours to wait for it to settle - 1 hour to dig it out and finish it off.
During the wait time, we will head back inside to have some eats and watch 'Touching the Void' which is a film about two mountaineers who have a near fatal experience attempting to climb the 20,813 ft Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.


*WHAT TO BRING: 1) Warm Clothes 2) A Lunch 3) A shovel if you have one

Note: You don't have to be a dues paying member to participate! Should be a good time!
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” -Aldo Leopold