TREK is a tremendous leadership laboratory!
At Monticello College, TREK means wilderness excursions in which students learn to spend extended periods of time out of doors relying almost entirely on what nature provides.
TREK is a tremendous leadership laboratory. When faced with randomly chosen groups, varying conditions of weather, fatigue and risk; students overcome fears, learn to pay attention to detail, discover how to get along with others, and quickly adjust to changing conditions.
In the opening orientation semester, first year students will be taught the rudiments of living in the field and of survival theory—principles of relevant tools, orienteering, physiology, first aid, living in and off the land, field clothing and cover, weather, etc.
After training, they will begin going out, over the course of their stay on campus, in teams of three or four on easy acclimation wilderness excursions. All students will be issued standard Trek equipment that they will be responsible to maintain.
