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>Advance Wilderness First Aid ~ SOLO
This course provides essential information for developing first aid skills while in the wilderness. Students receive an Advaced Wilderness First Aid certification from SOLO and an American Heart Association Adult CPR certification.
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>Adventure Education #1
- Nick Montello
The Project Adventure Model-An interrelated and sequential approach to adventure education for the physical education class or any classroom environment. Students will learn cooperative warm ups, non-traditional games, trust activities, problem solving initiative, and will include involvement in a low ropes challenge course. (Held in the Spring Term)
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>Adventure Education #2
- Nick Montello
The Project Adventure Model-An interrelated and sequential approach to adventure education for the physical education class or any classroom environment. Students will review some cooperative warm ups, non-traditional games, trust activities and problem solving initiatives. Majority of the class will include involvement in low and high ropes challenge course and related material i.e. knot tying, belaying, safety, etc. (Held durring the Fall Term)
(Prerequisite: OER-1211in the Spring Term)
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>Backcountry Ski & Snowboard
This is a course for the skier or snowboarder who is ready to take their sport to the next level. Perhaps you are a skier who has mastered the harder Nordic trails, or a rider or alpine skier who can ride black diamonds without much worry. Or maybe you are someone who is sick of the crowds and scene associated with the ski industry and want to develop a closer participation with the winter landscape. If you fit into one of these categories then this class is focused on your mode of exploration. Through hands-on experience and engaging lecture and slide show, the student will be given the knowledge to leave the groomed trail and enter into the back country and all it has to offer. We will focus on wilderness touring and off-resort alpine environments. We will learn how to enter these intimidating landscapes with confidence, thus fostering an intimate relationship with the individual and the winter world. Knowledge will be transferable from rambling wilderness tours to heart pounding alpine descents. The class will end with an overnight back country excursion allowing for students to flex their new found knowledge in the Northeasts most pristine skiing prospects. This class will prepare you for a career in winter wilderness recreation or a lifetime of back country endeavors. Information is transferable to areas away from the east coast including the Northern Rockies and Alaskan tundra. Two trips will be available, an alpine trip for snowboarders and alpine skiers, and a wilderness ski touring trip.
Prerequisites: Ability to ski or snowboard at an advance level and access to equipment. Winter camping is highly recommended.
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>Camping & Orienteering Skills
- Steve Lulek & Dave Muller
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>Fly Fishing
This course introduces the student to the basics such as how to cast, fly selection what to expect, how to read water, trout behavior, how to dress, and trout identification. Basic fly tying techniques are covered. Equipment is provided, and students must be available for a few weekend day trips.
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>Ice Climbing
The student will be exposed to the equipment, climbing safety and basic techniques of ice climbing. The course requires the student to be available for at least two weekend days to be determined by the instructor.
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>Mountain Biking
- Detlef Hagge
This course will introduce the beginning mountain biker to basic skills related to riding mountain bikes. Skills include basic bike handling techniques on terrains of various difficulties. A study of basic bike mechanics is included. Mountain bikes can be provided by the instructor.
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>Outdoor Leadership
This course provides an in depth understanding of industry standard leadership practices in the field of outdoor recreation. Students will have the opportunity to apply the leadership skills and theories discussed throughout the course in a practical setting. A large focus will be directed towards program planning, environmental stewardship, expedition behavior and effective teaching styles.
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>Primative Survival Skills
The course is designed to investigate northeastern wilderness environments and the relation to the modern adventurer, minimalist, or nature enthusiast. The course will abandon the technical rhetoric of modern adventure and delve into the lost art of the self-sufficient backcountry wisdom. Included is the study of the psychology of wilderness living and survival, primitive fire building, wilderness food preparation, emergency hunting and trapping, edible plant gathering and preparing, cordage weaving, shelter construction, water purveying and filtration etc. The class will combine lecture with hands on instruction. The class requires a 3 day primitive skill walkabout in the remote regions of the Green Mountains and a 24 hour solo experience.
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>Rock Climbing #1
- Tim Grover (Fall) & Detlef Hagge (Spring)
This course is designed to introduce students to technical rock climbing. The instruction focuses on personal preparedness, equipment selection and use, knot-tying, belaying and rappelling techniques, climbing movement, safety practices, and ethics for climbing and the environment.
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>Rock Climbing #2
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>Outdoor Climbing & Repelling
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>Scuba - Open & Advanced
- Rich Morin
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>Telemark Skiing
- Detlef Hagge
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>White Water Rafting / Kayaking
- Douglas Azaert
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>Winter Mountaineering
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>Winter Rec. & Camping
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