Training Day: Philadelphia

Philly Training

Standard -- High Def

The scene: Philadelphia, PA

Our task: navigate Center City, finding clues Daniel had placed for us.

Daniel had spent several nights in the city, planning an elaborate scavenger hunt for us. But what made this a "training activity" and not just a high-school youth group game, was that we were all given focus points that were more important than the hunt itself. Dan W, who loves exploring and meeting new people, was tasked to hold back, to be our anchor. Chris M was to be the initiator of conversations with strangers, to use his analytical skills, and to be the scout in clue-finding. Chris T was to keep us all on task and focused without being overbearing. My task was to purposefully get to know Dan W. and Chris M. better, which was hard to do, since Chris was often 10 feet in front of us, doing exactly what his job was.