Wilderness Skills - Olympia Mountaineers
Wilderness Skills - Olympia Mountaineers
Wilderness Skills - Olympia Mountaineers
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<strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Skills</strong><br />
<strong>Olympia</strong> <strong>Mountaineers</strong><br />
Introduction<br />
Overview<br />
Welcome to <strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> and the <strong>Olympia</strong> <strong>Mountaineers</strong>. This is an exciting event in the history of the<br />
outdoor training program of the <strong>Olympia</strong> Branch of The <strong>Mountaineers</strong>. You are the first students to take the<br />
<strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> Course, and we are as eager as you to get started on a successful new adventure. After<br />
decades of offering the best mountaineering and outdoor training programs in the South Sound area, the<br />
<strong>Olympia</strong> <strong>Mountaineers</strong> developed a new approach to offering our community courses and information for<br />
getting out into the wilderness, enjoying the alpine environment, reaching the summit of some of North<br />
America’s most revered mountains, or simply enjoying the trails in our local and state parks.<br />
In response to the demanding personal schedules and the growing diversity of interests of today’s outdoor<br />
enthusiast, the traditional course structure has been redesign into a series of shorter, subject matter specific<br />
modules. This “modular approach” offers in-demand classes (modules) that are available more often to<br />
provide easier access, reduced time commitment, greater flexibility and customer friendly training options.<br />
<strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> is the first course to be offered in the new modular approach.<br />
[NOTE: As a point of clarification, this text may refer to <strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> as a course or a module. As the first<br />
part of Basic Climbing or Alpine Scrambling it is a Module and as class in itself it is a Course. ]<br />
The <strong>Olympia</strong> <strong>Mountaineers</strong> created the new <strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> to provide both a quality introduction to hiking in<br />
the backcountry and a foundation for other mountaineering courses and activities of the club. This course is<br />
designed to meet the instructional needs of people with a wide range of interests, skills and aspirations. For<br />
some students this may be the only course needed to furnish them with the information, skills and selfconfidence<br />
to enjoy a life-time of safe, personally rewarding travel in the backcountry. For others, <strong>Wilderness</strong><br />
<strong>Skills</strong> will be the first of many adventures that includes a membership in The <strong>Mountaineers</strong>.<br />
<strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> Module Page 4 of 73<br />
<strong>Olympia</strong> <strong>Mountaineers</strong> - Hiking, Alpine Scrambling and Basic Climbing
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