By Shelley Mickelson Last summer I took a 24 day survival course at the Northwest Outward Bound School in Oregon. It ran from June 17—July 1, in the Three Sisters Wilderness area, a two hour bus ride east of Eugene, Oregon. The Three Sisters Wilderness area is untouched by man except for backpackers. No powered … [Read more…]
By Dave Sanko Another somewhat strenuous trip to be challenged by the Mini-School students is about to go out. The trip consists of a journey from Bemidji, on Bemidji Lake down the Mississippi to Anoka. The trip will consist of some 370 miles of river canoeing. The students and instructors will have to portage over … [Read more…]
Sept. 23-Oct. 1, 1975 By Ginny Reifenberger Students on the trip:Dan Zoellmer, Missy Cuigley, Kevin Schierman, Ginny Reifenberger, Andy Korn, Scott Thomson, Brett Otterson, Dave Sanko, Steve LePage, Doug Berg–instructor The route we did was called the Voyageur’s Highway. It was part of the route that the Voyageurs did once a year to bring supplies … [Read more…]
By K.C. Laughlin The trip was to go 1000 miles around the perimeter of the state. On the first day, we rode to North Branch, about 70-75 miles. We stayed in a church to treat sunburn and rest sore muscles. Then we went as far as Moose Lake the next day—we stayed in a park … [Read more…]
By Kay Nelson Mini-School’s adventurers are at it again! This time ten people are going to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area for ten days. The trip will be led by two fellow class mates who have experienced canoe trips before. They are Dorie Korman and Kevin Schierman. We will start out at the Portage Outfitters … [Read more…]
By Terry Politte We took a short three day all girl bike trip a couple of weeks ago. We started out on a nice day and we stayed at Sandune Park the first night. The second night we stayed at a church in North Branch. The next day we stayed with Walt Bromenschenkel and his … [Read more…]
By Leigh Farrell We expected the canyon trip to be the exact opposite of what it truly was, but, nevertheless, what it was will always be remembered, for the emotional part of the trip, not just the physical aspect, was completely endured, but not without the expected bitching to and fro. I, personally, will never … [Read more…]
By Kathy Seamans The Rum River trip was the second largest to go out. 15 daring students volunteered to go. The Staff members that went were Doug Berg, Randy Nelson, and Patti Fisher, a student teacher. The trip started on Nov. 12 and ended on Nov. 15. The staff and students put through quite an … [Read more…]
By Bill Jewell Among the Mini-School activities in the past years there have been backpacking trips, ski trips, rock climbing trips, bicycle trips, LSD trips, and more or less charity trips, such as the Rosebud trip to South Dakota to lend the reds a hand. But the most exciting of all is when Doug Berg … [Read more…]
By Dave Force Last fall, Mini-School took two field trips to Taylor’s Falls. These were for rock climbing, and were led by Mini-School’s John Eiden and Jerry Cox, a SWAS instructor. There were knot tying seminars before each trip. These were to get the students accustomed to using the ropes. They also showed us how … [Read more…]