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Show College Plans Summer Hike Designed for physical educators educa-tors recreation leaders, and Utah State Agricultural college summer siicoi students, a unique two-week two-week camping and hiking trip into the heart of Wyoming's primitive windriver mountain area, has been scheduled for July 17-30, it was announced by H. B. (Hy) Hunsaker, associate professor . of physical education at USAC, who will direct the tour. Objectives of the hike, which is an innovation in summer school curriculum, is to train recreation leaders, physical educators and others in campcnaft and hiking, Professor Hunsaker explained. Registration for the hike must be completed by July 10 because the number of students to be accepted ac-cepted is limited. Any person 17 years of age or over is eligible to register for the coeducational hike, although students must have a medical certificate certifying they are in physical condition to make the trip. Two hours crodit wijl be given. For four days, beginning Monday, July 17, the hikers will study packs, campcraft, camp cooking, first aid and safety procedures in the classrooms. Equipment will be checked and menus planned before leaving. Hikers will need their own equipment including pack, sleeping sleep-ing bag, individual or double tent and eating kits. They must be responsible re-sponsible for their own food, although al-though the individual menus will be checked during the foi:r-day preparatory period. Packs will be limited to 35 pounds. Transportation by bus will be furnished to students regditered for the course. They will leave July 20 to the Berg Ranch near Pinedale, Wyo. First day's trek will be to lake Ethel then to Victory lake, Sequa lake, Barnes lake, for two days, George Lake, and back to the Berg ranch. Students will hike on the average of five miles each day. |