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Andre
"The mountains can be reached in all seasons. They
offer a fighting challenge to heart, soul and mind, both
in summer and winter. If througout time the youth of the
nation accept the challenge the mountains offer, they will
keep alive in our people the spirit of adventure. That spirit
is a measure of the vitality of both nations and men. A
people who climb the ridges and sleep under the stars in
high mountain meadows, who enter the forest and scale peaks,
who explore glaciers and walk ridges buried deep in snow
-- these people will give their country some of the indomitable
spirit of the mountains."
-- William O. Douglas
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INSTRUCTORS:
Kristin Malone
Barb Miranda
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If I were to
change one thing in the world it would be...
The
destruction of the forests and the wars.
Andre:
Nickname: Hungry Bear
Adjectives: Exciting
and Brave
Two people who inspire you:
My little nephew, my cousin.
What is one thing you want to
do this week? Have a lot of fun and play a snowfight.
What is one thing you want
to accomplish in your life?
One thing I want to do in life is become
a ranger and keep the environment clean.
Favorite food: Mexican Food
Favorite movie: "How High"
Favorite place: Yosemite
Relevance
of the Sierra Nevadas:
The relevance of the Sierra Nevada’s
to California people is the history. The history ahs to do with
all of the state no only the people in the environment but everybody
in the world. Like in a video we saw , this has to do back in
the Civil War. The President, Mr. Lincoln signed a paper for
the preservation of the park. That’s pretty amazing. The
other part of the park is its beauty. Its nature amazes me.
When I went on the backpacking experience it was wonderful.
I loved it. But this park means a lot of things for the people
in the Central Valley. Yosemite Park has all the water that
goes to our towns and cities around the central valley. If this
park wouldn’t be more than the valley would have been
dead. There would be no water to drink, take a shower, or to
simply wash your hands. That why we people of California need
to take care of our environment and each wildlife park we have
in our state. If this park is destroyed then I won’t ever
have the opportunity to fulfill my dream to become a wildlife
ranger. So people please take care of the park and don’t
litter please keep the area clean for the sake of this state.
Thank you very much for letting me come on this experience.
 The
Spirit of Adventure:
The experience I had in this hike
were how to come into my senses and my “inner dorkness”.
It was a great experience when we collected the bugs and those
creatures in the water. The good things is that we counted how
many drops of I think it was sodium or something like that would
it take to clear the water. That was a great things to do. I
think that this quote is trying to tell you that to try new
things once in a while will let your spirit be free from the
others.
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