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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 2, 1980, p. 21

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Canadian Outward Bound Program provides exciting holidays Black Sturgeon Lake Is Just south of Lake Nfptgon that inland tea of aland water hat tits tike a giant heart In the vast wilderness country of north western Ontario A gravel road winds north off the TransCanada High way at km miles northeast of Thunder Bay Ontario and after another to km miles of north woods scenery you arrive at Canadian Out ward Bound Wilderness School Bound founded during the Second World War HMD in Wales teach young men and women an awareness of their own abilities both as individuals or In groups has now grown to 30 such establishments throughout the world Specializing in mountain sea and wilderness aware ness programs Black Sturgeon is the wilderness school and complements the rock climbing camp near Kercmeos British Columbia in western Canada The area is particularly well suited for the various activities that make up the Outward Bound program Upon my arrival I was immediately to Join a while water canoeing and kayak class working out on the Black Sturgeon The Class I and II stretches of rapids ore ideal for teach prospective how to read and paddle fast water Students thai day were asked in turn what features Ihey noted such as eddies or standing waves and were then taught to plot courses through obstacles such as rocks sweepers and shallows by executing the proper strokes in conjunction with their partners They practised eddying in and eddying out and ferrying across fasi water while executing the draw pry and sweep strokes that make such possible This was a 10day special skills course white water canoeing and kayaking where students concentrate on a specific Interest The longer standard courses Incorporate a variety of skills and interests basic to wilderness travel and WE SERVICE ALL MAKES OF TVS STEREOS 24 HR IN HOME SERVICE 4593194 SAVE BRAMPTON COLOUR I SOUND NELSON ST W I- HILLS NURSERY SCHOOL OPIN House for REGISTRATION for September April St Johns 1mfeW Church For information contact All ExService Personnel and Their Dependents Are Invited to take advantage a free Legion Service MR J TRAVERSY Service Bureau Officer from Hamilton Will Be At CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH At TUESDAY APRIL 8th To give skilled advice on veterans benefits Anyone with questions on war disability pension war veterans allowance burnt out pension treatment or hospital care Is urged to call or write E HALE Branch Service Officer 7 Who win arrange an appointment allocated to rock As we trod our way through and around the huge talus rocks and low bush 1 caught glimpses of a rock face lowering dark and ominous in the soil sly rain Its called Bluffs A footpath so sleep in spots a rope is used lo assist climbers wind up lo the right of l lie main face and emerges atop sheer vertical wall overlooking ihe forested valley Resisting an urge to wrap myself around the nearest tree in a terror stricken embrace I allowed myself to be tied on with a climbing rope belayed so 1 could lean over the edge to observe and shoot The climbing class consist of six men and three women who were under the guidance and recti on of a jovial ram rock man named Collin Col Bolton Everyone seemed to be super organized and went about his or her appointed role with an air of self assurance and efficiency I was to learn later that Ihey had all started nine days ago on a very small rock climb hid gradually worked up In Ihis monster leach mountain rescue today After assigning each member of the class a specific function such as observer master and Ihc injured pal lent proceeded demonstrate a descent The victim was draped in a silling position on his shoulders and lowered down the feel to the talus rocks that sloped away from the base of the cliff Another method had the Injured climber trussed up and totally immobilized in a network of rope something like a pot roast and taken down horizontally with he rescuer guiding the patient with his arms while pushing off the wall with his feet Bolton with unanimous consent from the class graciously offered me the opportunity lo be taken down as an injured climber in ihis II seems that this is a mmon initial react on but students found with technical instruction acquired know how the and uncertain an replaced with an iling of m arid well being least Ihret of the students had taken the junior course in previous years liuiruttor the leghorn Bluffs well led for Bound program and he stales there arc more technically demanding rock formations a short distance north of their present location ft seems other than snow slopes parts of northwest ern Ontario offer climbers the same technical challenge to be found In Ihc mighty allowed In njl session of a standard was a rst fund lo gain from shoulder iruKht nlo the Bound program I- or complete information on Outward Bound ixptnincc it an Bound Wilderness School Suite Ave Toronto Ontario Cam da M4W telephone 3321 or general information Canada as a destina lion contact the Canadian Government Office 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