Backcountry Touring Course Lecture 2
The Weather and Conditions Talk (This is one lecture about all the things that can ruin your day).
Contacts
Clint Lusk
Event Contact
- Tue, Feb 4, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 09:30 PM
- Tacoma Backcountry Tour Committee
- Tacoma
- iCal
Meeting place and time
Tacoma Program Center at 6:00 PM
Leader's notes
Winter health and safety, Emergency response, shelters, equipment repair, evacuation, and some Trip Planning
- What causes accidents
- Winter emergency trench shelter construction
- Avoiding hypothermia
- Treating hypothermia
- Frostbite treatment
- Nutrition and hydration
- Equipment repair: Building a repair kit & Demonstration of repairs
Location
Tacoma Program Center
2302 N 30th St, Tacoma, WA 98403
Classroom
Roster