Looking Upward At TL Storer
New Vertical Cave Creates New Heights
The Northern Nexus of Adventure is built on
the premise of providing Scouts and units
program opportunities you won’t get at any
other Scout Camp. This summer at TL Storer
a new six-story structure will open to provide
that level of program. Welcome to the vertical
caving challenge.
This new, unique and one-of-a-kind Cope
element challenges scouts in every way.
Patrols climb to the top on the outside of the
wall through a classic rock-climbing wall.
Once assembled atop the 55-foot structure
the patrol is instructed to "enter the cave." A
staff guide will go with them for safety purposes but the participants will need to work
together to repel, rope climb, explore caves,
find trapdoors, avoid dead ends and ultimately work their way down to the ground.
The structure has several sides where the
rest of the troop can view their progress from
the ground. Like all Cope elements this is
challenge by choice and there are several
"bail out" locations throughout the cave. The
excitement and challenge of the cave comes
from the teamwork, strategy and the use
their entire scout and climbing skills in a
real-world situation. For additional challenges the cave can be done in reverse, with the
repel down the outside, or done individually.