STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

         A.      Employ physical conditioning.

         B.      Review and determine safety considerations.

         C.      Compare and select proper apparel, footwear, and sleeping gear.

         D.      Understand food and cooking for wilderness travel.

         E.      Demonstrate how to construct a wilderness shelter.

         F.      Review various tools of navigation.

         G.      Understand wilderness weather and travel.

         H.      Employ wilderness first aid and safety.

         I.      Discuss the basic principles of the wilderness survival.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Wilderness preparation

         A.      Physical conditioning

         B.      A master plan

 II.     Wilderness gear, clothing, food, and shelter

         A.      Equipment

         B.      Clothing

         C.      Food and cooking

         D.      Wilderness shelters

 III.    Navigation, weather, travel

 IV.     Wilderness first aid and safety

         A.      First aid

 V.      Wilderness ethics and survival

         A.      Principles of the wilderness survival