By combining physical and mental challenges with natural environments, participants derive benefits such as:
- Increased confidence and self-efficacy
- Encourages youth to believe in themselves, their abilities and their future
- Decreased anxiety and rumination
- Enhanced self-awareness
- Augmented resilience and distress tolerance
- Enhanced problem-solving skills, cognition and concentration
- Improved physical condition and motor skills
- Heightened mind-body connection
- Creates trust and co-operation
- Fosters the development of critical thinking skills