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1)    Team Building / Leadership Training
Group activities

•    Indoor outdoor games for team building
•    Division of responsibilities
•    Budget Planning
Solo exercises
•    SOLO / Walkabout
Ropes course
•    Ropes course instructor certification
•    Lead multiple groups in ropes course challenge
Challenge adventures
Group/self evaluation
Crisis management

2)    Backcountry Basics

Wilderness Steward Program (10 days)
18 point curriculum

3)    Wilderness Medicine

W-EMT training through WMI (25 days)

4)    Rock Climbing                                                                             

Single pitch instructor training through the AMGA (10 days)

5)    Mountaineering

Orienteering and navigation
Weather forecasting and climatology
Expedition planning/ logistics
 
•    Team assessment
•    Budgeting
•    Route planning
•    Emergency pre-planning
•    Protocol
•    Execution

6)    Alpine

Equipment
Expedition Planning
•    Budgeting
•    Team assessment
•    Route Planning
•    Emergency pre-planning
•    Protocol
•    Execution
Ropes Specialist Technician certification (6 days)

7)    Desert

Desert Survival course                   (4 days)

8)    Lakes, Rivers and Seas

Whitewater Guide Certification  (12 days)
Whitewater Instructor certification (4 days)

9)    Search and Rescue

NASAR training
•    SARTECH II certification
Technical ropes rescue training
Swiftwater Rescue

11)    Commercial Outfitting

Hunter education (1 day)
Firearm Safety (1 day)
The Business of Outfitting

12)    Wilderness Survival Training

Tom Browne Jr. survival training

13)    Expedition aspects

 Documentation
•    Journaling
•    Photo/video
Fundraising/ Sponsorship
•    Community support
•    Grant writing
•    Corporate/private sponsorship  
Adventure Racing

14)    Community Service

The Philosophy of Service
Creating Partnerships
Maximizing Effect

 

                                                                                            
                   Curriculum Content_
1)    Team Building / Leadership Training
Group activities

•    Indoor outdoor games for team building
•    Division of responsibilities
•    Budget Planning
Solo exercises
•    SOLO / Walkabout
Ropes course
•    Ropes course instructor certification
•    Lead multiple groups in ropes course challenge
Challenge adventures
Group/self evaluation
Crisis management

2)    Backcountry Basics

Wilderness Steward Program (10 days)
18 point curriculum

3)    Wilderness Medicine

W-EMT training through WMI (25 days)

4)    Rock Climbing                                                                             

Single pitch instructor training through the AMGA (10 days)

5)    Mountaineering

Orienteering and navigation
Weather forecasting and climatology
Expedition planning/ logistics
 
•    Team assessment
•    Budgeting
•    Route planning
•    Emergency pre-planning
•    Protocol
•    Execution

6)    Alpine

Equipment
Expedition Planning
•    Budgeting
•    Team assessment
•    Route Planning
•    Emergency pre-planning
•    Protocol
•    Execution
Ropes Specialist Technician certification (6 days)

7)    Desert

Desert Survival course                   (4 days)

8)    Lakes, Rivers and Seas

Whitewater Guide Certification  (12 days)
Whitewater Instructor certification (4 days)

9)    Search and Rescue

NASAR training
•    SARTECH II certification
Technical ropes rescue training
Swiftwater Rescue

11)    Commercial Outfitting

Hunter education (1 day)
Firearm Safety (1 day)
The Business of Outfitting

12)    Wilderness Survival Training

Tom Browne Jr. survival training

13)    Expedition aspects

 Documentation
•    Journaling
•    Photo/video
Fundraising/ Sponsorship
•    Community support
•    Grant writing
•    Corporate/private sponsorship  
Adventure Racing

14)    Community Service

The Philosophy of Service
Creating Partnerships
Maximizing Effect

 

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