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NRRT 280A2 - Backpacking Leadership

  • 1 credit
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Have you ever wanted to camp amoung the stars in a destination only accessible on foot? Curious about backpacking equipment and how to use it? Or how to travel safely in  remote locations? Join us for this backpacking course where we will develope the following backpacking skills: selection of proper clothing, packing a pack, appropriate choice of backpacking foods, safe travel techniques in a group, use of camp stoves, safety concerns while cooking, knowledge and treatment of environmental hazards, and low-impact camping techniques.

Important Information

This is a partial semester, 1 credit course with 3 weeks of online content followed by an overnight backpacking trip. Dates and times for online sessions would be May 15, 22nd, and 29th from 7-9pm each evening. The backpacking trip would be June 1st and 2nd. Field days are held near Fort Collins.

Instructors

Ethan Billingsley
Ethan Billingsley

9704914994 | ethan.billingsley@colostate.edu

Ethan Billingsley is an alumnus of Warner College – earning his B.S. in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism and his M.S. in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. He served as director of undergraduate programs in the college from 2008-2018. Additionally, he is an instructor for the Adventure Tourism graduate certificate program in HDNR.
Prior to joining CSU, Ethan worked as both an educator and guide in various capacities. He has led single and multi-day whitewater rafting trips for the last 20 years and is currently a certified raft guide in the state of Colorado. He has climbed all 58 of the Colorado’s 14,000ft mountains and led many CSU groups to those summits as well. He also spent 7 summers working in summer camps where he gained considerable experience in group dynamics and leadership. Additional experience has included work as a rock-climbing instructor, backpacking guide, and sea-kayaking naturalist. Ethan loves learning about the ecology of an area as much as he likes adventuring in it. In his free time, Ethan loves spending as much time as he can with his wife and two sons in the outdoors.