Outdoor Education Instructor Gifts

Orienteering 101

'Ok, Ok. We'll run through it one more time. The rabbit pops up, goes around the tree ....'

Bitchbark Canoe

"Now our contestant will try to guess which of you is the very last individual of your species."

'Any wilderness skills besides making smores?'

"Since global warming the Abominable Snowman is much less frightening than he used to be."

Man about dog parasailing: 'He's a water dog and a birder.'

Building a Shelter

Welcome to Everest! No Loitering.

Strange and exotic creatures that exist on other planets - and ones that exist here on earth.

The meaning of life is to avoid falling rocks

'Last chance to break my leg! I mean, ski this run!'

'Aren't these marshmallows just going to make us plumper for when the bears ultimately eat us?'

Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

'Remember, son, don't believe any thing you hear and only half of what you see.'

"Feeling that only you can prevent forest fires could be construed as delusions of grandeur."

Penguin kid to parents: 'Big deal! You're grounding me!'

"Delia, there is no such thing as the boogeyman. Now climate change … that is real."

Parrot Perch

Climate Change Report

'This is no time to start wondering whether you turned off the oven!

Cardboard, Paper and Comics.

Friends of the Earth

Student to teacher: 'Cuz history repeats itself better when we recycle.'

'I told you: The way down is faster.'

"Yes, I do know how to light a fire with two sticks... Provided one of them is a match."

Does it Rain at Camp?

Philosophy of Forestry: 'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Walt? Roger? Steve? Anyone?'

Stroke...stroke...stroke...stroke...stroke...

Scout Stuff.

'Try not to jerk when you come to the end of the rope.'

"So Dave - did you get lucky? Dave....? Dave...?"

"Sit still why I explain why exercise is important."

'Today we learned how to make knots!'