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Expeditions
Roaring Brook
expeditions are unique and varied. All 4/6 week campers go on trips. Canoe and backpacking trips are planned
to permit boys to return for years without repeating the routes they take, making for the most
extensive trip program for boys ages 9-16 in New England.
Backpacking
in the High Country
The Roaring Brook Backpacking Trip
Program includes mountains in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Boys participate in the selection of
routes and campsites while assisting in group goal setting. Boys are responsible for sharing the load,
but not for carrying more than one third of their body weight. Campers are grouped for these trips by
age and hiking ability.
Challenge on
the Rocks and Ropes
The Mountaineering Program
encompasses instruction in, rock climbing, rappelling and tyrolean traverse safety
procedures, equipment use and movement techniques. The program
emphasizes safety procedures, proper care and use of equipment,
climbing and rappelling techniques, and Tyrolean traverse techniques.
The program operates at the camp's own 35 foot cliff,
utilizing top roped permanent fixed anchors for safety.
The Roaring Brook Ropes Course
Program encompasses instruction for successful participation on a 16 element interconnected low and
high ropes course. Elements include: inclined log, postman's walk, Burma bridge, firecracker ladder,
ranger ladder, kitten crawl, swinging log, stump walk, jump for life, dingle dangle, bosun's chairs,
stump jump, hour glass, tension traverse, fidget ladder and hand over hand.
A double cable anchor system with mechanical belays ensures
camper's safety on the course.
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