Wilderness Basics Course (WBC)Syllabus Worksheet 2014 (12/16/13)

Wilderness Basics Course (WBC) Syllabus 2014
Dates
Class 1 –
Feb 4
Sat
Feb 8
Class 2 –
Feb 11
Class 3 –
Feb 18
Sat/Sun,
Feb 22 - 23
(1/31/14)
WBC Course Content by Class/Outing
6:30 – 7:10 Registration
7:10 – 7:15 WBC overview (Teresa)
7:15 – 7:20 Explain WBC reading and homework expectations (Alisse)
7:20 – 7:35 Staff Introductions – Name, city why you are with WBC (Teresa)
7:35 – 7:50 Student introductions – Name, City and what draws you to the outdoors (Alisse)
7:50 – 8:15 Conditioning (Dennis Dempsey and Bernie Thomas – Newbury Park Physical Therapy)
8:15 – 8:25 Basics of gear for hiking/backpacking – shopping, purchases, rentals, borrowing (Teresa)
8:25 – 8:35 Ten Essentials (John Hankins & Alisse)
8:35 – 8:50 Breakout on 10 essentials – Show and tell, Questions, Get to know each other (Car Pooling?)
8:50 – 8:55 Break
8:55 – 9:00 Basic nutrition, hydration, safety, LNT, outdoor ethics for day hike (Stephen Byrne)
9:00 – 9:15 Estimating endurance and choosing the right hike, understanding hike ratings. Conditioning
Hike Descriptions (Jim Duliakas)
9:15 – 9:30 Hike sign-ups and Questions for the Leader students sign up with
Conditioning Day Hikes at Satwiwa in Newbury Park, 10:00 am. Easy: 2.7 miles, 350 ft. elevation gain/loss
to Windmill. Moderate: 4.1 miles, 650 ft. elevation gain/loss, Creek Trail. Strenuous: 6.1 miles, 1,650 ft.
elevation gain/loss, Fossil Trail.
7:00 – 7:05 Debrief of Day Hike (staff)
7:05 – 7:30 Boots (Joey Duddridge, Mountain Air Sports)
7:30 – 7:50 Gear: tents (Teresa), sleeping bags (Alisse), pads (Tim Grant) - Overview
7:50 – 8:25 Check out the gear (topic assigned staff) – includes the break
8:25 – 8:30 Homework #1 Review
8:30 – 8:40 Descriptions of Car Camp and the Hikes (Hike Leaders)
8:40 – 9:30 Map Reading, small group breakouts (Marc Hertz - intro, Chrissy Magee – breakout oversight)
7:00 – 7:30 Clothing and layering (Dave Kanarek – Real Cheap Sports)
7:30 – 8:00 Basic Safety (Lora & Philip Clarke)
8:00 - 8:20 LNT (Mathew Dolkas – NOLS certified LNT presenter)
8:20 – 8:30 Break
8:30 – 8:35 Review Homework #2
8:35 – 9:15 Intro to Compass, small group breakouts (Chrissy, Marc and assigned leaders)
9:15 – 9:25 Planning for Car Camp (staff)
Car Camp - Sage Hill Group Camp – Workshops on Saturday. Day Hikes on Sunday: Easy: 5.6 miles, flat,
Gibraltar Trail from Red Rock. Moderate: 3.3 miles, 800 ft. elevation gain/loss, Aliso Loop Trail.
Strenuous: 8 miles, 1,800 ft. gain/loss, Aliso Trail to Nineteen Oaks Camp.
For the Students
First class Handout Packet.
Reading Assignments (RA) for
the next class: Chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 7, 8, 15: pgs 192 – 202, 16:
pgs 207 – 213, 226 (Following a
trail) – 231, 19.
Conditioning Day Hike sign-ups.
Homework #1
Bring the 10 essentials you
have...water, snacks, appropriate
clothing/shoes a must.
RA: Chapters 5, 10, 15: 202 –
206, 16: 213 – 226, 17, review
19: 261 – 262, 20: 269 – 272, 22:
289 – 300.
Handout packet.
Car Camp, Day Hike sign-ups.
Homework #2
RA: Chapters 6, 13: 177 – 182,
review 16: 223, 22: 286 – 289.
Handouts, Directions to Car
Camp. Final Day Hike sign-ups.
Homework #3
Bring pack/gear to next class or
we will provide for practice.
Coordinate gear/food. Much info
to be covered and fun too!
Please DO come. Campfire!
Class 4 –
Feb 25
Class 5 –
March 4
Sat /Sun
March 8 – 9
Class 6 –
March 11
Class 7 –
March 18
Sat & Sun
March 22 - 23
Class 8 –
March 25
7:00 – 7:05 Car Camp Debrief (staff)
7:05 – 7:40 Backpacking Stoves and Water Filtration (Carol Day – Professor Thomas Aquinas)
7:40 – 8:05 Local Hiking Places (Craig Carey – Author of local trips; Bryan Conant – Cartographer of local trails)
8:05 – 8:40 Backpack options and Packing a Backpack (Bruce Livingstone - Patagonia)
8:40 – 9:05 Small group breakout for practice packing a backpack, backpack displays – includes the break
9:05 – 9:10 Review Homework #3
9:10 - 9:30 Describe and show on topo map Backpack 1 trips (Backpack Leaders)
7:00 – 7:45 Weather (Kathy Hoxsie – NOAA)
7:45 – 8:15 Nutrition and Hydration (Suzanne Swedo – Author of outdoor books and an Outdoor guide)
8:15 – 8:25 Break and last call for Backpack 1 sign-up
8:25 – 8:30 Review Homework #4
8:30 – 9:05 Food and Cooking – (Alisse)
9:05 – 9:25 Small Group Planning for Backpack 1 (Backpack Leaders)
Backpack 1 – Easy: Oak Camp, 1.7 miles one way, 470 ft. gain/loss. Moderate: Middle Matilija Camp, 4
miles one way, 808 ft. gain/loss. Strenuous: Blue Canyon, 3.75 miles one way, 1,900 ft. gain/loss.
7:00 – 7:10 Debrief Backpack 1
7:10 – 9:10 Wilderness First Aid (Bill Slaughter, Ojai District Search and Rescue, Matt M.) – includes break
9:10 – 9:15 Review Homework #5
9:15 – 9:25 Describe and show on topo map Backpack 2 trips (Backpack Leaders)
7:00 – 7:30 Flora & Fauna (Heidi Anderson – LPNF Ranger)
7:30 - 7:55 LPNF conservation issues (Jim Hines – SC Conservation Chair)
7:55 – 8:02 Technology in the Backcountry (Cara Peden)
8:02 – 8:15 Geology of the Local Los Padres National Forest (Jim Danza)
8:15 – 8:25 Break
8:25 – 8:30 Review Homework #6
8:30 – 9:15 Navigation, Map and Compass – small group breakout (Chrissy, Marc, assigned leaders)
9:15 – 9:25 Backpack 2 sign-up and Leader/participant Planning (Backpack Leaders)
Backpack 2 – Easy: Potrero John, 2 miles one way, 600 ft. gain/loss. Moderate: Twin Forks, 3.3 miles one
way, 500 ft. gain/loss. Strenuous: Horn Canyon to Pines Camp, 2.5 miles one way, 1,780 ft. gain/loss.
7:00 – 7:15 Debrief Backpack 2, Take Home Test, Evaluations (Alisse, staff)
7:15 – 7:25 Leadership Opportunities with WBC and the SC (Teresa)
7:25 – 7:50 Trip Planning Overview (Nancy Mathison – International SC Trip Leader)
7:50 – 8:20 Trip Planning - breakouts to practice searching Web sites/plan a trip (Nancy & assigned leaders)
8:20 – 8:40 Reminder to get out, Resources, Graduation and WBC Certificate Ceremony (Teresa)
8:40 – 9:30 Introduction to tabling Environmental Organizations (Alisse)
Celebrate, visit and learn!
RA: Chapters 9, 12, 18, 20: 272
(Water treatment) – 280.
Handouts
Backpack 1 Trip descriptions and
sign-ups.
Homework #4
RA: Chapters 26, 27, 28.
Handouts
Final Backpack 1 sign-ups.
Turn in Evaluation of Speakers
and Outings from classes 1 – 3.
Homework #5
Check gear list, borrow/share to
be prepared. Have fun!
RA: Chapters 21, 29. Handouts
Backpack 2 Trip descriptions and
sign- ups. Homework #6.
Get final open book Exam.
RA: 11, 13, 14, review 22: 289 –
290, 31 (Chapters 23, 24, 25, 30
optional, if apply to future trips).
Handouts
Final Backpack 2 sign-ups.
Bring internet connective device
to next class if you have one.
Check gear list and be prepared!
Coordinate and share. Yeah!
Review Final Take Home Exam.
Turn in Evaluation of Speakers
and Outings from classes 4 – 8.
Certificates of Graduation
Congratulations!!
Enjoy the guest organizations!

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