Wilderness Training & Backpacking

$150

Class Overview 
Get outside, upgrade your outdoors skills, and grow your team of adventurous friends. We train you in everything from understanding outdoors apparrel for cold morning runs in the city, to planning and executing backpacking trips, to natural disaster preparedness. This class is for hikers, trail runners, backpackers, mountain bikers, urban adventurers, and the outdoor enthusiasts prepared for anything.

Whats Included
We supply all course materials. You bring snacks, water, warm clothing, and good shoes. (We will send a recommended packing list with your itinerary upon booking). We have very limited capacity for rides, but they can be arranged round trip from San Francisco to the trail heads for an addtional $20. We also help facilitate carpools for your trip date for those interested.

Itinerary
Classes start by meeting other adventurers, followed by a walk or hike on the trail to familiarize you with points of interest commonly found on most trails, like identifying poison oak, or signs of wildlife. We will take breaks on the trail to cover hands on equipment training, trip planning and logistics, and what to do when things go wrong.

Gear Review
You will work hands-on with everything from athletic clothing to satellite phones. We cover backpacking gear, GPS, water filtration, hiking packs, sleeping bags & pads, tents and other shelters, personal locator beacons, hydration packs and much more. We thuroughly test most equipment available on our expeditions. Even if you don't buy your own gear, knowing equipment and understanding how to use it will make you much more comfortable, and safe in the outdoors. After all, that is how we furless, slow, clawless humans survive the wild afterall- technology.

Planning & Survival
What can go wrong? Learn to plan and pack properly to 'always be prepared,' and the actions you can take to statistically improve your survival rate. This has less to do with MacGuyvering some Man vs Wild tricks, than it is planning, training, and understanding your best options.

Locations
Mt Tamalpais- North Bay: Trails are beautiful, but steep in some sections. Moderate exertion required.
Golden Gate Park- San Francisco: Trails are flat, scenic short and non-strenuous.
Los Altos Hills- South Bay: Trails are very scenic, short, and require little to moderate exertion.

2012 Calendar

3/10     Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)
3/11     Los Altos Hills (South Bay)
3/24     Mount Tam 8:30 AM (North Bay)
3/24     Mount Tam 1PM (North Bay)
3/25     Mount Tam (North Bay)

4/7       Los Altos (South Bay) 
4/21     Mount Tam (North Bay)

5/05     Los Altos Hills (South Bay)
5/06     Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)
5/27     Mount Tam (North Bay)

6/10     Los Altos Hills (South Bay)
7/07     Los Altos Hills (South Bay) 
8/11     Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)
9/01     Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)
10/06   Los Altos Hills (South Bay)