La Vida Center for Outdoor Education & Leadership
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Adventure Pursuits (GORP)

Challenge Course

Adventure Pursuits designs challenge course experiences and adventure learning opportunities for youth and young adult programs. Adventure Pursuits helps participants learn about themselves and their community groups through experiential and adventure learning. These experiences are ideal for groups desiring any of the following:

  • Team building
  • Leadership development
  • Spiritual formation
  • Interpersonal development
  • Personal growth and discovery

Team Building

WHAT ACTIVITIES DOES ADVENTURE PURSUITS OFFER?

Team Building/Challenge Course: Team Building provides fun and engaging ways for groups to get to know one another, learn how to work together and problem solve as a team. During the Challenge Course activities participants experience the power of encouragement and learn about facing challenges, testing limits, developing confidence and learning to trust. Read more...


Snowshoeing

Snowshoeing: A fun winter activity for groups that includes instruction on equipment use and techniques for snowshoeing while enjoying the beautiful wilderness areas around the north shore and the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Read more...


Kayaking

Kayaking: A day experience that will give participants a chance to explore various North Shore lakes or ocean bays while learning kayaking skills and developing a sense of wonder for the aquatic environment that surrounds us.


Canoeing

Canoeing: Participants will enjoy a day of paddling down local rivers and streams while learning what it takes to navigate a canoe with a partner.


Backpacking

Backpacking Trips: A multi-day experience that gives groups the chance to be in a serene location far from the distractions of everyday life.


WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN ADVENTURE PURSUITS?

Churches: youth groups, young adult groups, confirmation classes, and mission trip teams

Schools: public and private schools, individual classes or grade levels, middle or high school students, leadership development, and adventure classes

Clubs: non-profit groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, after-school programs, and youth sports teams

 

ADVENTURE PURSUITS FACILITATORS

Staff are trained, compassionate servant leaders who desire to make your experience fun and rewarding. Staff are Gordon students, graduates, and professionals on the North Shore.

Facilitators develop their group facilitation, recreation leadership, and challenge course skills with the La Vida Center. All staff receive intensive ropes course safety training and testing approved by the state of Massachusetts and there is a first responder on site during all activities.