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High adventure, the Glossary

High adventure is a type of outdoor experience.^[1]

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Abseiling

Abseiling, also known as rappelling, is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope.

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An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a light utility vehicle (LUV), a quad bike or quad (if it has four wheels), as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, has a seat that is straddled by the operator, and has handlebars.

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Archery

Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. High adventure and Archery are Scoutcraft.

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Backpacking (hiking)

Backpacking is the outdoor recreation of carrying gear on one's back while hiking for more than a day. High adventure and Backpacking (hiking) are Scoutcraft.

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Camping

Camping is a form of outdoor recreation or outdoor education involving overnight stays with a basic temporary shelter such as a tent. High adventure and Camping are outdoor recreation and Scoutcraft.

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Canoeing

Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle.

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Caving

Caving, also known as spelunking (United States and Canada) and potholing (United Kingdom and Ireland), is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). High adventure and Caving are outdoor recreation.

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Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or other parts of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders) to small boulders. High adventure and Climbing are outdoor recreation.

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COPE (Boy Scouts of America)

Project COPE, which stands for Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience, is a program in the Boy Scouts of America that consists of tests to develop strength, agility, coordination, reasoning, mutual trust, and group problem-solving.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting.

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Extreme sport

Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk of injury or death.

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First aid

First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery until medical services arrive. High adventure and first aid are Scoutcraft.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Florida National High Adventure Sea Base

Sea Base, formerly known as Florida National High Adventure Sea Base, is a high adventure program base run by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in the Florida Keys.

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Geocaching

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called geocaches or caches, at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. High adventure and Geocaching are Scoutcraft.

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Hang gliding

Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider.

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. High adventure and Hiking are outdoor recreation and Scoutcraft.

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Hiking equipment

Hiking equipment is the equipment taken on outdoor walking trips.

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Historical reenactment

Historical reenactments (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in historic uniforms and follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period.

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Hot air ballooning

Hot air ballooning is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying hot air balloons.

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Hunting

Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. High adventure and Hunting are outdoor recreation.

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Kayaking

Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water.

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Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace, sometimes written as LNT, is a set of ethics promoting conservation of the outdoors. High adventure and Leave No Trace are Scoutcraft.

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Lifesaving

Lifesaving is the act involving rescue, resuscitation and first aid.

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This is a list of some long-distance footpaths used for walking and hiking.

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Living history

Living history is an activity that incorporates historical tools, activities and dress into an interactive presentation that seeks to give observers and participants a sense of stepping back in time.

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Motorboat

A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine.

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Mountain biking

Mountain biking (MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. High adventure and Mountaineering are outdoor recreation.

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Northern Tier High Adventure

Northern Tier High Adventure is a collection of high adventure bases run by the Boy Scouts of America in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of Minnesota, Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park and Canadian Crown Lands, Manitoba's Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, and points beyond.

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Order of the Arrow

The Order of the Arrow (OA), previously known as Wimachtendienk Wingolauchsik Witahemui (WWW) is the honor society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers.

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Orienteering

Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. High adventure and Orienteering are Scoutcraft.

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Outdoor education

Outdoor education is organized learning that takes place in the outdoors, typically during school camping trips.

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Outward Bound

Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organisations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt and Kurt Hahn in 1941.

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Paragliding

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.

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Personal watercraft

A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat.

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Philmont Scout Ranch

Philmont Scout Ranch is a ranch located in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States, near the village of Cimarron; it covers of wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the east side of the Cimarron Range of the Rocky Mountains.

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Powder Horn (Boy Scouts of America)

Powder Horn is a skills resource course for Venturing and Scouts BSA leaders and youth (age 14 and up) of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). High adventure and Powder Horn (Boy Scouts of America) are Scoutcraft.

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Rafting

Rafting and whitewater rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. High adventure and rafting are outdoor recreation.

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River trekking

River climbing, river trekking, river tracing or mountain stream climbing is a form of hiking or outdoor adventure activity, a traditional sport in Japan and popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and, in some ways, similar to canyoning or canyoneering.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls.

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Rogaining

Rogaining is an orienteering sport of long distance cross-country navigation, involving both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using a variety of map types.

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Ropes course

A ropes course is a challenging outdoor personal development and team building activity which usually consists of high elements, low elements, or some combination of the two.

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Sailing

Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.

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Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth social movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. High adventure and Scouting are outdoor recreation.

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Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. High adventure and Scuba diving are outdoor recreation.

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Search and rescue

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.

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Shooting sports

Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, rifles and shotguns) and bows/crossbows.

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Snorkeling

Snorkeling (British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming face down on or through a body of water while breathing the ambient air through a shaped tube called a snorkel, usually with swimming goggles or a diving mask, and swimfins.

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Space exploration

Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.

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Summit Bechtel Reserve

The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, often shortened as Summit Bechtel Reserve (SBR), located in Fayette and Raleigh counties, near Beckley, West Virginia, is one of four facilities managed by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

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Survival skills

Survival skills are techniques used to sustain life in any type of natural environment or built environment.

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Ten Essentials

The Ten Essentials are survival items that hiking and Scouting organizations recommend for safe travel in the backcountry.

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Thru-hiking

Thru-hiking, or through-hiking, is the act of hiking an established long-distance trail end-to-end continuously.

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Walking in the United Kingdom

Walking is one of the most popular outdoor recreational activities in the United Kingdom, and within England and Wales there is a comprehensive network of rights of way that permits access to the countryside. High adventure and Walking in the United Kingdom are outdoor recreation.

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Winter sports

Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice.

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Zip line

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_adventure

Also known as High-adventure.

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