PEDS 205 Final Part 2 - Outdoor Ed, land ethics, skiing

Question 1

What is outdoor education and what makes it up?

Answer 1

Experiential process of learning by doing, takes place mostly outdoors. Emphasis on relationships between people and nature. Includes: Adventure ed, environmental ed, and place based ed

Question 2

Amount of body weight for a pack?

Answer 2

1/3 your weight

Question 3

Where should weight be in a pack?

Answer 3

Lower close to your back

Question 4

Responses to cold (3)

Answer 4

Shivering, vasoconstriction, cold diuresis

Question 5

Signs of severe hypothermia (3)

Answer 5

Stops shivering, core temp below 32, impaired cognitive function

Question 6

3 ways to treat water - and a con about each

Answer 6

1. Boil - must let cool, takes time
2. Chemical - takes 20-30 min
3. Filter - not built for virus’s

Question 7

What is a Land ethic?

Answer 7

an internalized set of rules that govern our relationship towards the land

Question 8

Define anthropocentric

Answer 8

Human centered, we are apart from nature, nature has infinite resources we can plunder.

Question 9

Define Biocentric

Answer 9

We are a part of nature, resources are finite, earth centered

Question 10

Another name for anthropocentric; give an example

Answer 10

Takers; European desscendents/western society

Question 11

Another name for biocentric; give an example

Answer 11

Leavers; first nations

Question 12

What is the controversy surrounding the duality of biocentricity and anthropocentricity?

Answer 12

A person’s veiws are changing and not always consistent so they may be in some regards biocentric (wanting to save the polar bears) but also anthropocentric in some veiws (wanting to exterminate rats cause of disease)

Question 13

2 points about takers

Answer 13

Exterminate competitors

Store their food

Question 14

2 points about leavers

Answer 14

world is not made for one species

mankind was not needed to bring order to earth

Question 15

What are the 7 LNT principles? Give examples of each from our trip

Answer 15

1. Plan ahead and be prepared - planned and prep food
2. Pack it in and pack it our - brought back garbage
3. Dispose of properly what you can’t pack out - use out houses
4. Travel and camp on durable surfaces - we walked and camped on paths
5. Leave what you find - we took pictures of our subjects instead of removing them
6. Minimize campfire impacts - used the fire pits
7. Respect wildlife and be considerate of others - Did not let Todd hunt rabbits, did not trample cross country ski tracks

Question 16

Describe the wilderness paradox

Answer 16

Wilderness is a recreation resource but wilderness is also supposed to be a pristine ecological reserve.

Question 17

What are the 2 outdoor ethics

Answer 17

Woodcraft and LNT

Question 18

Describe woodcraft

Answer 18

Making wilderness a home, masculine, using nature, minimal equipment

Question 19

Describe LNT

Answer 19

Be observant, leave nature untouched for others, gadgetry, challenge and self realization.

Question 20

What is the major issue with LNT

Answer 20

It actually leaves a trace because of the special equipment required to participate. The amount the must go into harvesting and manufacturing goods for consumers leaves a bigger foot print than expected.

Question 21

3 problems LNT

Answer 21

1. Conflicts with principles of ecology (not possible to LNT)
2. Separates humans from environment (museum effect)
3. Not connected to day to day living (shows wilderness as somewhere away from home)

Question 22

What is the “ski camber”

Answer 22

space between the bottom of the ski and the ground

Question 23

How do you determine what length of ski’s for a person

Answer 23

same height or a bit shorter; do not have longer skis

Question 24

Why use wax on skis?

Answer 24

Similar to that of the scales on a fish, was is used to increase friction to all for the ski to grab and pull on the snow in one direction and the glide in the other

Question 25

After applying wax to a ski what must you do?

Answer 25

rub it in and spread it with a cork

Question 26

Who did the LNT article?

Answer 26

Moskowitz and Ottey