outdoor

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Leanora Benkato

Sophomores and Juniors in the Outdoor Leadership Program hike from the WKU campus through Crume Park off Nashville Road in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday morning, to practice for an upcoming six-day camping trip. Photo by Leanora Benkato/ HERALD The Outdoor Leadership Program sets up temporary camp in Crume Nature Park off Nashville Road in Bowling Green, Ky., in preparation for an upcoming six-day camping trip. In pairs of two, the students set up camping stoves and cooked inventive meals from a mystery ingredient which had been assigned beforehand by Professor Steve Spencer and Associate Professor Tammie Stenger-Ramsey. The professors also demonstrated on-site hand washing and food disposal techniques as part of a leave-no-trace curriculum. Tuesday’s run-through is an important part of the course’s “see one, do one, teach one” curriculum as well as preparing the student’s to react in the field. “You never know what can happen once you get out there,” said Spencer, who has been an outdoors instructor for over 20 years.