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    Spring Basic Backpacking
    Feb 28-29, 2020
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    Winter Basic Backpacking
    TBD, 2020
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    Basic Backpacking

    Learn the skills you need to take your scouts into the wild with confidence.

     

    The course is organized around three components:

     

    1.  Classroom session focused on deep content (Friday evening / Saturday)

     

    2.  "In the field" map & compass day hike 

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    3.  Overnight backpacking trek with fellow classmates & a HAT Instructor

    Syllabus

    Adult Leadership
    Bear Management
    Clothing
    Low Impact Camping
    Mountain Medicine
    Places To Go
    Scout's Own
    Stoves
    Tents
    Camps & Parks Guide
    Backpacks
    Boots
    Food Planning
    Map & Compass
    Physical Conditioning
    Putting It All Together
    Sleeping Bags
    Ten Essentials
    Wilderness Survival
    HAT Awards
    John's Meadow, San Gorgonio Wilderness
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