Backpacking
SUMMARY - A description of the Backpacking program at Timberlake, a boys summer camp.
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IMAGE CAPTION - Long hikes in to the wilds of Western North Carolina, topo maps, the Appalachian Trail, sleeping in a tent...who could ask for more?
IMAGE CAPTION - Campers get ready for backpacking trips in Camp Craft.
Wake up on a mountain top, watch the mist rise from the valley below, sit by a quiet evening campfire and listen to the babble of a mountain spring and the night sounds under a canopy of trees. See where the deer come for water, and possibly even the deer himself. Our North Carolina Mountains have some of the most beautiful trails in the world. Come and explore them with us.
Timberlake's backpacking program begins in camp as we teach how to safely have fun in the woods and then quickly moves out to overnight trips on the camp property and surrounding trails.
I am happy that I was fortunate enough to select a personal, family camp for Randy's first experience. Thanks for taking such good care of him. Lake Wales, Florida
IMAGE CAPTION - Craw-dads are fun to catch!
From here boys who would like to spend more time on the trail might find themselves boiling craw-dads on Curtis Creek, or playing behind the flow of Catawba Falls, or enjoying the view from the Seven Sisters across the North Fork Watershed.
Basic to all this is the ability to keep yourself safe and comfortable in the backcountry. Toward this end our campcraft program teaches basic skills necessary for any woodsman. Setting up a fly, wilderness first aid, campsite selection, basic orienteering, stove use and group skills are all fundamental to our program.
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