TA Loeffler's Adventures that Move

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:

Move up to Camp 3 at approx. 4,700 meters.  Check the weather here and here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
― Vincent van Gogh

Did you Know?

Based on its circumference, Mount Logan is the most massive mountain in the world.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day:  Crevasse Crumble

Materials Needed: 20 tennis balls, 20 marker cones (10 of each colour), 6 small soft balls or size 1 mini footballs.  Set up 10 cones with a tennis ball on each at either end of the hall, with a centre line which players must not cross and divide the group into 2 equal teams.  The objective of the game is to roll the soft balls to try and knock the tennis balls off the opposing teams cones. The game is continuous and is played until all balls are knocked off.

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:
Acclimatization day and load carry up through icefall to approx 4,700 meters. Return to Camp 2. Check the weather here and here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
― John Lennon

Did you Know?

Mount Logan has the largest base circumference of any mountain on earth.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day:  Mountaineers Tail

Outcome: Students will have to find creative ways to communicate with their fellow classmates, work as a team, and raise their energy levels.

Materials:  3 Bandanas or scarves

The activity will begin by defining the boundaries for the activity.  Divide the group into at least 3 teams.  Each team forms a train by holding on to each others’ shoulders. The person at the back of each line gets a “Mountaineers Tail” (bandana or scarf). The tail is tucked into their back pocket so it is sticking out. The object is for the head of the Mountaineer Train to grab the tail of another Mountaineer Train, while at the same time protecting its own tail.

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:  Rest day.  Check the weather here and here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
― Eleanor Roosevelt

Did you Know?

10% of the Yukon Territory is protected as parks. Some of these parks include Kluane National Park and Reserve, Ni’iinlii’njik (Fishing Branch) Park, Coal River Springs Territorial Park, and Tombstone National Park just to name a few.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day: Snow Person Tag

Select a group of students (4-5) to start as “Snow People”, they have the power to “snow” the other players by tagging them. Snow People must move around the space by walking only.  The other students must run to avoid them. When a player is tagged, that student is now a snow person. The game ends when everyone has become a snow person.

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:
Move up to Camp 2 at 4,100 meters.  Check the weather here and here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:

Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.
― Langston Hughes

Did you Know?
In December 2007, there was a population of 32,714 people that lived in Yukon Territory. Of these people, three-quarters lived in the capital city of White Horse.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day: Expedition Leader Says

On Mount Logan, your expedition leader is critical to the success of the expedition, therefore, listening to your leader is very important. Students are to scatter around the general area but close enough that they can hear the directions from the “Expedition Leader.” When “Expedition Leader Says” a command the students must do the action. For example, “Expedition Leader Says: Run around the general space”. However, to test the attention of your students, you may frame a question without the “Expedition Leader Says” framing to see who does the action. The object of the game is only move when the Expedition Leader says the command.

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:

Move up and carry loads to Camp Two/King Col at 4,100 meters. Return to Camp 1.  Check the weather here and here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
― Paulo Coelho

Did you Know?

The official bird of the Yukon is the raven, which was adopted in 1985.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day:  Everybody’s It Tag

Activity Description: Choose a wide open space with boundaries such as a gymnasium.  Have everyone spread out around the gym. When the game starts, everyone has to try and attempt to tag each other, without being tagged themselves.  If a person is tagged, they step outside the boundary, do 10 jumping jacks and then they can re-enter the game.  The game should last long enough to get everyone warmed-up.

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:
Move to Camp 1.  Check the weather here and here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:

Yes: I am a dreamer. For dreamers are ones who can only find their way by moonlight, and their punishment is that they sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
― Oscar Wilde

Did you Know?

Yukon Territory has been named “The Land of the Midnight Sun.”  This is because days there are completely sunlit during the summer and filled with darkness and the incredible Aurora Borealis (northern lights) in the winter months.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day:  Ravens and Grizzlies

Materials Needed:  A large number of pylons

Activity Description: Have the pylons spread out around the gym, roughly half should be stood up and the other half toppled over on the ground.  Split the class in half. One half will be ravens and the other half will be grizzly bears.  When the game starts, the ravens will go around making the pylons stand up, while the grizzlies will be going around pushing the pylons down.  After a while have the class switch roles and repeat.

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:
Carry loads and establish Camp 1 at approx. 3,300 meters. Descend back to base camp.  Check the weather here and here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:

You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.
― John Lennon

Did you Know?

Yukon is the most western territory in Canada, and borders with the United States of America’s state of Alaska.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day: Instant Cold!

Outcome: To educate students about the important role body movement plays in regulating your body temperature while walking across Nepal.

Materials: 30 tennis balls

Setup: Ensure all 30 balls are in adequate condition and can easily bounce.

Rules and procedures: Students can either work as an entire class or the educator may choose to divide the class in half depending on the number of students.

The teacher must select a designated playing area such as the basketball court or a volleyball court on a gymnasium floor.  This will be referred to as “the windward side” of the mountain.  Once the group gathers in “the windward side” of the mountain, the group scrambles to keep the tennis balls from coming to a complete stop.  If the tennis ball is seen to stop moving, the teacher must yell, “Cold Hikers, Cold Hikers, 1,2,3,4,5” and if they are able to complete the entire phrase, the game stops.  If the game stops, the teacher can restart the activity.

Throughout the activity the teacher will announce the weather conditions that are occurring on the windward side of the mountain.  This will allow the learners to make connections to material they are currently studying in science and geography classes!

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:
Fly to Base Camp on Quintina Sella Glacier.  Establish base camp at approx 2,800 meters.  Check the weather here and here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
― J.K. Rowling

Did you Know?

Mount Logan is part of the Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day: Hiking Boot Tag

Students will form groups of two.  You will begin by telling the students that when trekking to a mountain in Nepal, they will need to wear proper hiking boots!  Ask everyone to don an imaginary backpack and hiking boots. Students then stand back to back to their partners.  On “Go”, both partners spin around 180 degree and face one another.  At this time, they attempt to tag their partners “hiking boot” with their own “hiking boot”.  Be sure to remind students that hiking boots are quite strong and that it is important not to stamp too hard on their partners feet.  Students should play best 4 of 7 rounds or continue playing until the teacher acknowledges the conclusion of the activity.

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:

Arrive in Whitehorse and meet the climbing team. Full briefing, update on conditions and review gear. Afternoon drive to Kluane Lake. Sleep at 800 meters elevation.  Check the weather forecast here.

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
― H. Jackson Brown Jr

Did you Know?

10% of the Yukon Territory is protected as parks. Some of these parks include Kluane National Park and Reserve, Ni’iinlii’njik (Fishing Branch) Park, Coal River Springs Territorial Park, and Tombstone National Park just to name a few.

Find your Fit Activity of the Day:  Follow the Expedition Leader

It is important to be listening and following what your head expedition leader is saying to insure the safety of the entire team. This warm up will get students aware of their surroundings and listening to their group members.

Have a student volunteer to be the expedition leader. This student will be the leader and the rest of the class will follow them. The leader can do any kind of movement that they wish, some movements including running, hopping, crawling, rolling, etc., and the entire class must follow. Switch up the expedition leader after every couple minutes.