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=== Outdoor education === Colgate makes use of its rural location by having a full outdoor education program. A base camp is located on campus and allows students to rent equipment for skiing, camping, and other outdoor events.<ref>{{cite book|others=Yale Daily News|title=The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2008: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want To Know |publisher=Macmillan|year=2007|pages=587|isbn=978-0-312-36689-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGhozfiwCHwC&q=colgate%20%22outdoor%20education%22&pg=PA587|author1=News, Yale Daily}}</ref> Each year, twelve to fifteen students are selected to become staffers for Outdoor Education. The training takes more than six months and includes a [[Wilderness First Responder]] certification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www4.colgate.edu/scene/july2005/outdoors.html|title=The great outdoors|last=Costello|first=Rebecca|date=July 2005|publisher=Colgate Scene|access-date=2009-08-20|archive-date=2010-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726102728/http://www4.colgate.edu/scene/july2005/outdoors.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Incoming first-year students are offered a week-long trip called Wilderness Adventure, where they spend a week backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, tree climbing, caving or rock climbing in the [[Adirondacks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colgate.edu/campus-life/sports-and-recreation/outdoor-education/wilderness-adventure|title=Wilderness Adventure|publisher=Colgate University|access-date=2014-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195241/http://www.colgate.edu/campus-life/sports-and-recreation/outdoor-education/wilderness-adventure|archive-date=2014-09-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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