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Northwest Suburban Council announces Okpik Cold Weather Camping Training For Troop Leaders, Senior Scouts, Troop Trainers Ages 14 & Up
This Train the Trainer program will provide you with the knowledge and materials to conduct winter camping training within your units. This program covers the skills and techniques that must be learned and the planning that must be done to ensure a successful, fun, and safe cold weather camping experience.
These include physical preparation, clothing, food and water, sanitation practices, first aid and emergency procedures, shelter and shelter building, methods of travel in snow, and making equipment.
Cold weather camping mistakes can be deadly. The skills learned in the Okpik Program will make cold weather camping an enjoyable, safe Scouting experience.
Captain Palmer and three of his classmates died of hypothermia on February
15, 1995, suffered during such an exercise in the Florida swamps on Elgin Air Force Base
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2008-2009 Okpik Schedule
Participants must attend all four sessions to successfully complete the course
Indoor Sessions Sunday Afternoons: Map to Christian Life Church
Session #1
TBA
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Location: Christian Life Church
400 E. Gregory Mount Prospect, IL 60056
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Session #2
TBA
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Location: Christian Life Church
400 E. Gregory Mount Prospect, IL 60056
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Session #3
TBA
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Location: Christian Life Church
400 E. Gregory Mount Prospect, IL 60056
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Session #4
TBA
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Location: Christian Life Church
400 E. Gregory Mount Prospect, IL 60056
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Outdoor Session (The Practical!)
Saturday, TBA
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Camp Lakota, Woodstock, IL |
All participants under 18 must fill out a Permission Slip
Please also fill out a Class 1 Medical Form
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Registration
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