From a press release:
WCU partnering with Asheville’s Mountain Sports Festival to showcase recreation programming at the Southeast’s “Top Adventure College”
Cullowhee, N.C. — Western Carolina University will offer educational demonstrations and workshops covering everything from knot-tying and orienteering to campfire cooking at Asheville’s 15th annual Mountain Sports Festival, which will be held Friday, May 22, through Sunday, May 24, in the city’s Carrier Park.
WCU is a sponsor for the festival, which typically attracts 15,000 outdoor recreation enthusiasts to Asheville each spring to participate in a variety of events and enjoy gear demonstrations, music, food and craft beer.
WCU was recently named the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic’s “Top Adventure College” for the second year in a row by Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine as a result of academic programming that incorporates the great outdoors. That includes off-campus adventures organized by WCU’s Base Camp Cullowhee, which will offer family friendly rock climbing trips in conjunction with Mountain Sports Festival.
Registration is ongoing for Saturday and Sunday rock climbing excursions to Rumbling Bald at Chimney Rock State Park. The group will depart from the festival site at 10 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. Participants must be at least 14 years old, and the charge of $30 per person includes transportation, equipment and instruction, and permits for Chimney Rock State Park. Registration and more information is available by visiting basecamp.wcu.edu and clicking on “Events and Registration.”
Representatives from WCU’s Base Camp and the Parks and Recreation Management Program will be on hand to offer a series of mini-workshops at the university’s festival booth, and WCU’s nursing students and faculty will lend support at the first-aid tent.
Admission to the Mountain Sports Festival is free. More festival information is available at mountainsportsfestival.com.
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