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Land Recreational Activities Flashcards

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Also called mountain climbing, the sport of attaining, or attempting to attain, high points in mountainous regions, mainly for the pleasure of the climb

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Mountaineering

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The preferred term in Canada and the United States. The term walking is used in these regions for shorter, particularly urban walks

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Hiking

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Used in these regions for shorter, particularly urban walks

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Walking

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Mountaineering is also known as what

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Mountain climbing

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Hiking is the preferred term in what countries

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Canada and the United States

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How many people go hiking everyday in the United States

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20-50 millions

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Is an outdoor activity that involves staying the night/more than one night in a protective shelter out in nature

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Camping

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Founder of modern camping

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Thomas Hiram Holding

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You don’t always need a fancy gadget to tell you how hot or cold it is. During the spring and summer months, you can calculate the temperature by listening to a chirping what

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Crickets

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Has an amazing number of insects

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Canada

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Canada is home to approximately how many different species of insects

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56,000

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The world record for the longest ride in 3 hours and 55 minutes

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Gary Saavedra

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World record for the longest ride is how long

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3 hours and 55 minutes

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The first major surf contest was held all the way back in

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1928, California

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The longest wave ever recorded. It was classed as a mega-tsunami and happened in Lituya Bay, Alaska in 1958

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1738ft

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Where did the biggest wave ever recorded happened

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Lituya Bay, Alaska in 1958

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Is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer, uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore

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Surfing

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The oldest stroke in swimming

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Breaststroke

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An individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one’s entire body to move through water

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Swimming

20
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First woman to ascend solo and fly a parachute

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Jeanne Genevieve Labrosse

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Is a method of transiting from a high point in the atmosphere to the surface of Earth with the aid of gravity

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Parachuting

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Also known as parascending, paraskiing, or parakiting, is a recreational kiting activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle while attached to a specially designed canopy wing that resembles a parachute, known as a parasail wing

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parasailing

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