Quick Concept for Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces  Quick
Concept for Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces  Grabbing Your
Group's Attention (10 minutes)  Gather participants outside a
home or in a park. Ask them why we construct sidewalks. Focus
the resulting discussion on the need to provide durable surfaces
for travel by many people. Explain that concentrating activity
on one durable surface can help protect the surrounding land.
Define the concept of durability for the group (see the
Background on the Principles of Leave No Trace).  The Activity
Break the group into pairs and give each pair the following
assignment: Imagine you are looking for durable surfaces to
travel over or set up camp. Find five different surfaces in the
immediate area and rate them from one to five for durability,
one being the most durable surface and five being the least
durable surface. Give the group approximately 5 to 10 minutes to
explore the area.  The Discussion  Ask the group to name all the
durable surfaces they can iden