Hiker Safety
Should you ever hike alone?
No!
This is the number of national parks.
What is 59 parks.
What is the largest land animal found in connecticut?
What is the moose.
What star is the north star?
What is Polaris
This board member has recently gotten into sewing/embroidery.
Who is Diana.
What should you leave behind while hiking?
Nothing! Leave no trace.
This park is the only national park in the continental 48 states that is not accessible by car and can only be reached by boat or sea-plane.
What is Isle Royale.
What is the most common tree found in Connecticut?
What is the red maple.
What two inventions allowed sailors to determine their longitude?
What are the sextant and marine chronometer.
This board member like to read other peoples tarot cards.
Who is Coogan
What hiker should be leading your group?
What is the slowest hiker.
This is the largest national park.
What is the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
What are the seven most common skin irritating plants? name four.
Poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, stinging nettles, ragweed, wild parsnip, and giant hogweed.
How many satellites does a GPS need to accurately determine your location?
What is 4
This board member ended up in Canada on accident.
Who is Molly
When hiking who has the right of way?
The group moving uphill
This national park hosts the world's longest known cave system with over 400 miles explored.
What is Mammoth Park.
What five species of sharks are found in the long island sound? name two
What are the dusky shark, sandbar shark, sand tiger shark, smooth dogfish, and spiky dogfish.
What ancient civilization used crystals, or sunstones, for navigation?
Who are the Vikings.
This board member has gotten three flat tires in the past two semesters.
Who is Kalyna
There are ten essentials recommended by the National Parks Service to bring on every hike. Name six of the ten.
What are navigation, sun protection, insulation, illumination, first aid supplies, fire, repair kit/tools, nutrition, hydration, and emergency shelter.
This is the only national park located south of the Equator?
What is the National Park of American Samoa
What are the two types of venomous snakes in Connecticut?
The northern copperhead and timber rattlesnake
What constellation do people in the southern hemisphere use to navigate?
What is the Southern Cross.
This board member caught on fire in a restraunt.
Who is Natalie.