NRRT 350 - Wilderness Leadership

Prerequisite

Must register for Lecture and Lab.

Description

Ever wonder how to navigate through timber to a rocky point above treeline? Are you willing to spend the night out under the stars in the company of others exploring the value of wilderness experiences?

The Wilderness Leadership course may be the right choice for you. The mountains of Colorado become the classroom for this exploration of wilderness leadership. Being safe and competent in the outdoors requires more than technical skills; it involves a deeper understanding of yourself and others in an adventure context.

Topics include: backpacking, Leave No Trace camping, teamwork, and emergency management; technical skills like rock climbing, mountaineering, wilderness first aid, and expedition planning; group dynamics, mountain safety and accident awareness.

Important Information

Sept. 24-25: Backpacking and Leave No Trace weekend; October 22: Rock Climbing Day Trip;

November 5: CSU Climbing Wall--Advanced Skills

Instructors

Patrick Rastall
(970) 491-7377
pat.rastall@colostate.edu

Patrick Rastall, Ph.D., is the director of Colorado State's Pingree Park Mountain Campus and an affiliate faculty member in the Warner College of Natural Resources. He has taught wilderness leadership courses since 1989 and has led over 20 international mountaineering climbing expeditions since 1977 including Denali in Alaska and Aconcagua in Argentina. Pat has climbed all but one of Colorado's 14ers and twice completed the Leadville 100 race.

Rodney Ley
(970) 491-0964
rodney.ley@colostate.edu

Rodney Ley, M.Ed., is the director of Colorado State's Outdoor Adventure Program. As an outdoor instructor since 1974 Rodney brings over 30 years of guiding, instructing, and leading in the outdoors to his teaching. Rodney has lead international mountaineering trips since 1991, most recently to the Everest region in Nepal (May 2008).