Whether you are new to Outdoor Adventures, or an expert, this learning community will stimulate all. The opportunities on this floor will help participants to gain survival skills, leadership skills, and learn more about the environmental issues involved in outdoor adventure including the Leave no Trace theory.
The Outdoor Adventure learning community will give you an opportunity to attend both educational and social programs offered by the staff and leadership group with many of the suggestions from the actual residents themselves! Some of the events and programming that will be put on during the year may include outdoor camping and hiking trips, environmental issues programs, music and its importance to outdoor worship and celebration, and leadership skills.
Luke Keller¹ will serve as the Faculty Advisor for the program and will be part of the leadership group planning and implementing programs.
¹ Luke Keller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics (CNS 264). He is a
life-time camper, hiker, cyclist (including off-road mountain biking) with
20 years backcountry backpacking experience (all seasons),
17 years rock climbing experience, 7 years ice climbing experience (Colorado and New York), and
10 years mountaineering experience.
Luke's
formal training in Outdoor Adventuring includes a 5-day mountaineering and glacier travel training at the American Alpine Institute (May 1999), ascents of
Mt. Baker (10,778 ft., Washington State, USA),
Mt. Rainier (14,411 ft., Washington State, USA), Uncumpahgre Peak (14,309 ft., winter assent, Colorado, USA),
Mt. Marcy (winter assent, New York State, USA),
Cerro Toco (17,000 feet, Andes, Chile), and
Cerro Negro (16,000 feet, Andes, Chile). The two Chilean ascents were high-altitude deployments of weather stations as part of astronomical observatory
site surveys.
Luke's
Outdoor Education/Leadership experience includes stints as a
Rock Climbing Instructor at University of Texas at Austin (1997-1999) and at Cornell Outdoor Education (2001-2003). He has also served as a Nordic (x-country) Ski Instructor with Cornell Outdoor Education (2001-2003).
For further information, check out his faculty member website at
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/lkeller/. |
