HAT: Basic Backpacking Awareness

The Basic Backpacking Course offered by the SFBAC’s High Adventure Team, is presented in the spring. Subject matter covers such items as:

• Trek Planning
• Leadership and Risk Management
• Wilderness Medicine
• Evacuation
• Food Planning and Preparation
• Wilderness Navigation
• No Trace Camping
• Equipment (Personal and Group)
• Weather
• Stoves and Fuels
• and several other specialty classes.

The Indoor Session will consist of classroom instruction with some hands on work. The Outdoor Session simulates a backpacking experience with exercises keyed to learn by doing. The exam is a “Take-Home” test and is given out at the end of the Indoor Session and collected at the beginning of the Outdoor Session.

For the indoor session participants are asked to bring a bag lunch for both Saturday and Sunday as there is limited time for the lunch break. Also, participants are asked to bring their backpacks (fully loaded) for the Sunday Indoor session.

The Indoor Session will be held at the Youth Leadership Training Center, 1001 Davis Street, San Leandro. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. with the course beginning at 8:00 a.m. The Outdoor Session will be at Rancho Los Mochos in Livermore. You are required to show up at Los Mochos on Friday evening of the 26th of March.

This course is a requirement to receive your HAT number.

A current Annual Health and Medical Record is required for this course.

Dates:

• Indoor Session: March 13-14, 2010 at YTLC in San Leandro
• Outdoor Session: March 26-28, 2010 at Rancho Los Mochos in Livermore

Cost: $65 prior to February 22 or $75 after or at the door (space permitting).

Registration: Watch here for 2011 registration 

For more information contact Vic Karpenko at viktor@pacbell.net