Wilderness Tours
This two-day Search and Rescue course offered an introduction to Search and Rescue procedures and situations. This was an introduction and insight into search and rescue programs (without certification) geared to orient and give us some tools so we, as guides, can assist full search and rescue teams should the need come up.
When part of your Outdoor Adventure college course says you have to do cross-country cycling next week, what do you think of? I think of something like the Tour de France. I was proven seriously wrong a few weeks ago when I had this very course.
While we were at our Wilderness Tours Training Center, we discussed the types of gear and what to wear in the wilderness for water survival. That night’s talk mainly centered around the argument between natural (cotton, wool, down, etc.) and synthetic (polyester, neoprene, nylon, etc.) fibres.
My first week at school was spent at the Wilderness Tours off-campus Training Facility learning the very basics of canoeing and whitewater raft guiding, surfing and flipping. We spent our time learning and challenging the river and ourselves as we stretched our comfort zone and learned many new skills.
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