TOAP - The Outdoor Adventure Place

It's back, and it's awesome. TOAP, or The Outdoor Adventure Place, is one of the most popular spots at NOAC. Where else can you see people "walk on air" on a big rope swing, cross a monkey bridge, throw a tomahawk and climb a wall. There are lots of fun things to do at TOAP, and you can learn many things as well.

TOAP will once again be having a variety of demonstrations on Leave No Trace, High Adventure, camping, and alternative cooking methods. The fun doesn't stop there; the area will also be packed full with disability awareness activities, climbing walls, fly fishing and COPE elements. Some new things you need to come and check out include the TOAP portage trail obstacle course, Mountain Man Area and the pioneering area. But don't forget about the older fun things, like, Leave no trace and tomahawk throwing.

Best of all, TOAP has a plethora of prizes from a variety of vendors to be given away. Yes, you heard it right, lots and lots of prizes. The prizes range from water bottles to pocket knives, all the way up to backpacks and tents. Some lucky Arrowman will even win a sky box seat for the final 2004 NOAC show!

To be eligible for the prizes, you have to visit the TOAP area and drop off the prize coupon that you received at the beginning of the Conference.

After taking a walk around campus and finding my way to TOAP, I realized one thing: there is so much to do, and so little time to do it. While at TOAP, I observed Arrowmen climb walls, walk on a horizontal ladders and learn many new skills. Overall, TOAP is absolutely breathtaking. There is one true thing that TOAP has that no one else has- High Adventure!

So, while you're walking around Iowa State wondering what to do this week, be adventurous and visit TOAP. It's where it's at!!!

Revised 8/01/2004