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very long during camp, each year athletes and counselors take an
after dinner hike near Anchorage. Some years, the hike ends with
the sound of a waterfall crashing to the ground. Others, it only stops
when one of the athletes takes out his guitar and begins to play for
the group. This is one of the best bonding experiences of camp,
where athletes and counselors intermingle and talk about their
experiences during the week. During the 2013 Camp Abilities
Alaska there was a second unique activity; athletes went to
H2Oasis, an indoor waterpark where they were able to enjoy a
wave pool, lazy river, and various water slides. For many of the
athletes, it was their first experience with a park like this.
Another unique aspect of Camp Abilities Alaska is that athletes
come from long distances across the state of Alaska, including
island towns of Kodiak and Wrangell as well as
native Alaskan
villages such as Barrow (on the northern border of the state),
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