EdVenture Schedule |
ORIENTATION WEEKEND |
"Exploring Middle Earth"
Caving |
Goal is to develop proficiency in
- Personal safety and hazards in the cave environment
- Cave ecology and leave no trace
- Route-finding
- Technical caving
- Cave rescue
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"Experience H2O"
Basic Swift Water Rescue |
Goal is to develop proficiency in
- Personal safety in the swift water
- Rescue environment
- Understanding moving water dynamics
- Identifying hazards in the swift water environment
- Assessment of rescue options in a timely manner
- Rescue team structure
- Victim retrievals
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"Bushwacking for Dummies"
Basic Navigation |
Goal is to develop proficiency in
- Reading topographic maps
- Land navigation by map and compass
- Plotting latitude and longitude on topo maps
- Entering coordinates into a GPS receiver
- Use of a GPS receiver in land navigation
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"Rock-n-Rope"
Rockclimbing and Basic Systems |
Goal is to develop proficiency in
- Identifying the technical gear used in the vertical environment
- Knot tying
- Basic systems
- Rockclimbing
- Rappelling and ascending
- Basic vertical rescue
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SUSA Competitive
Snowboard USA
For information about this program, please check out our Snowboard USA page. |
SUSA Recreational
Snowboard USA
For information about this program, please check out our Snowboard USA page. |
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Winter Skills |
Goal is to develop proficiency in
- Gear selection and packing
- Trip planning
- Map and compass
- Routefinding
- Basic avalanche awareness
- Snow travel (snowshoes or skiis)
- Shelters
- Basic winter survival
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Wilderness First Aid |
Goal is to develop proficiency in
- Patient assessment and vital signs
- Splinting and spinal stabilization
- Packaging and transport in a backcountry environment
- SOAP format charting
- Providing first-aid level care with limited equipment and delayed
- Transport in extreme environments
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Wilderness Survival |
Goal is to develop proficiency in
- Staying positive to "stay alive"
- Situation assessment
- Survival priorities
- Identifying resources for survival
- Shelter building
- Plant identification & water
- Orienteering using resources
- Using the environment, not fighting with it
- Making it easier to be found
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"X-Course" |
Goal is to experience a little of each course during the five weeks including
- Rock Climbing
- Caving
- Skate Park tour of Greater Redding Area
- Surf Trip to Cresent City, CA
- Basic Swift Water Rescue
- Basic Vertical Rescue
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"Back to the Wild"
Wild Edibles |
Goal is to develop proficiency in
- Identification of edible plants
- Identification of poisonous plants
- Safe preparation for consumption
- Ssing the resources while respecting nature
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Closing Weekend
Annual Nawa Academy Olympics
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Please Note: Courses, dates and locations are subject to change at any time throughout the year.
This EdVenture list includes course offerings over a three year period. Not all listed courses are included in a single year.
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