February 08, 2016

Why?

February 08, 2016/ Max King

For several years I've been wanting to put together a running camp for youth focused on trail running and the skills required to be self sufficient in the forest and mountains. Really just to be comfortable taking off on a trail with no particular destination in mind but with the knowledge not to get lost and to come back in one piece.

So, this year we're finally making it happen. A true trail running camp that doesn't just take you out for some guided trail runs but actually teaches you more than you ever thought you needed to know about being outdoors. You'll take away from this camp not only memories of great trail runs with new friends but skills in map reading and navigation to find your way back to your car, how our trails are made and maintained (through hundreds of hours of volunteer service and good trail building knowledge), and an appreciation for our forests as stewards of wilderness and trails from wherever you hail from.

If this sounds like it's going to be awesome, sign up, come out to Suttle Lake in June and hang out with us for the week.

Max and Kari

MAX KING TRAIL RUNNING CAMP

A trail running camp led by Max King in the Pacific Northwest focusing on trail running, trail stewardship, trail maintenance, map reading and navigation skills, nutrition, training and wilderness skills.

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We would like to acknowledge that we are using and running on Native lands in the areas we hold our camps. We are running on traditional Shasta, Kurok, Yurok, Modoc, Tolowa Dee-ni, Chetco, Tekelma, Klamath, Paiute, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Molalla, Wenatchi, Coast Salish, Nisenan, Washoe, and Yakama lands. The Native peoples were the original stewards of the land we now use and one of our camp goals is to connect our time on these lands to them so that we may gain a better understanding of the land and how to be good stewards of it in the future.

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