DESERT SURVIVORS

TECHNICAL SEMINAR

JOIN OUR TRIP LEADERS FOR A DAY OF WORKSHOPS

ON ORGANIZING AND LEADING TRIPS!

[your own and/or Desert Survivors]

LEARN:

***  How to plan a trip, where to go, what to take

***  When First Aid is needed, where to get training

***  How to read a topographic map and orient yourself

***  How YOU may become a DESERT SURVIVORS TRIP LEADER!

The Seminar will be held the Lakeview Picnic Area in Tilden Park in the Berkeley Hills.  We’ll meet at the Picnic Area at 9:00 AM (sharp!) and begin promptly, following the schedule below.  Bring whatever you'll need for the sessions: maps, compass, pencil, notebook, First Aid kit, water bottle, hiking boots, sun protection, trip ideas, questions, answers & plenty of enthusiasm.  Also a potluck lunch & drinks to share, plus a $5 donation for the site. [Need a ride to the site? Call me.]

SCHEDULE: (15-minute break between sessions.)

 9:00  Welcome & introductions

 9:30  Hiking skills, supplies & planning                        Steve Tabor

10:45  Wilderness First Aid (& prevention!)                        Fred Parkinson

12:00  Potluck Lunch

 1:00  Maps & orienteering, demonstration                        Eric Sjogren

 2:30  Questions & answers

 3:30  Practical orienteering with map & compass on Briones Trails

                        [plus a longer optional hike, going to 6:00 pm or after]

CALL EARLY!  WE ARE LIMITED TO 45 participants!

You MUST call Steve Tabor to sign up: (510) 769-1706.

Lakeview Picnic Area

TILDEN PARK, BERKELEY

Saturday July 19, 2003