Mid-Atlantic Appalachians Backpacking & Environmental Service Leaders
Are you ready to take a journey that will change your life? You won't look at day-to-day drama the same way after you've reached the top of a high mountain. Joining the journey changes you. Your crew, your instructor, and your adventures will have a lasting impact on you as you rise to meet thrilling natural challenges in some of the country's wildest places.
____: Learn and practice wilderness, teamwork and leadership skills. Find connection with your crew-mates based on support and respect (and fun too), and in the thick of challenges, discover there is more in you than you know.
Value strengths and strengthen values: Uncover your unique character strengths, develop your leadership abilities and learn how to let compassion into everyday life by pushing your own limits and working alongside those of your age.
Show mastery: As you gain confidence in new skills, take on more decision-making responsibilities. Work together to achieve team goals, solve problems and succeed both as individuals and as a group.
What you'll learn: For high school students, the opportunities to carry more weight and make influential decisions with accompanying consequences fills the journey as you go through numerous trials and victories. It's all about independence.
After you come home, many of the character, leadership and service traits you uncovered on your journey stay with you, helping you plan and direct your daily life with more success.
START DATE: 07/06/2023
END DATE: 08/08/2023
AGE RANGE: 16-18
COST: $ 3,674 (Life insurance is optional.)
Apply now→