OEAC 2020 Mountaineering:
Along with a wide range of mountaineering techniques, this course prepares students in map-reading and route finding, minimum-impact camping and first aid. Safety, judgment, leadership skills, and environmental ethics are stressed. While this course will focus on outdoor skills, expedition behavior will be part of the course curriculum. Students will learn to live and work closely with classmates. Tolerance for adversity and uncertainty, respect for others and the environment and a willingness to work hard will be critical to success. Students should expect ongoing verbal coaching and feedback throughout the course, as well as verbal performance summaries at the end of each section. This course may be repeated once in a different location. (1-5 lect.)
Major Topics
This course covers topics and skills necessary to effectively lead others while hiking, camping, and climbing in remote alpine settings.
Outcomes
In order to successfully complete this course, the student will:
1. Climbing steep snow, ice, and rock
2. Camp and travel techniques
3. Navigation with map and compass
4. Risk management techniques for alpine environments
5. Managing groups in mountainous terrain
6. Leave-no-trace techniques for mountainous terrain
7. Natural history and alpine ecology
8. Leadership and expedition behavior
9. Basic meteorology for the mountains