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Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue
Group
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FTL Training Schedule - Fall 2003
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Wed. sessions will be held in
Thornton E303, starting at 1915; weekend sessions will begin in the
Treehouse Parking Lot at 0900 hrs, and will be on Saturday except for
weekends of home football games, in which case training will be on
Sunday.
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Bring field packs on ALL weekend
training sessions.
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Week
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Wednesday Session
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Weekend Session
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1
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Introduction to Officerships
Leading a Field Team
Briefing/Debriefing (Jan. 15)
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FTM Re-Testing
(Jan. 18)
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2
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Advanced Land Nav Theory (Jan. 22)
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Advanced Land Nav and FTLing at
Sugar Hollow (Jan. 25)
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3
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FTL Knots (Jan. 29)
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Intro to Vertical Rope Work: Rappelling
at 20 min cliffs (Feb. 1)
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4
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Ascend/Descend theory and demo
(Feb. 5)
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Ascend/Descend, location TBA (Feb.
8)
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5
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ELT /DFer and Dog Ops (Feb. 12)
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FTLing and training ELT, location
TBA (Feb. 15)
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6
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Semitech Review and Haul Systems
(Feb. 19)
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Semitech Review and Haul Systems
(Feb. 22)
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7
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Pegasus at C-Ville Airport (Feb.
26)
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No Training- Spring Break (Mar. 1)
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8
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No Training- Spring Break
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No Training- Spring Break
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9
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Map Problem (Mar. 12)
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Search SIM (Mar. 15)
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10
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Review (Mar. 19)
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Semitech Review (Mar. 22)
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11
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No Training (Mar. 26)
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5K and Ascend/Descend Review (Mar.
29)
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12
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FTL Knots Testing (Apr. 2)
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FTL Semitech Testing (Apr. 5)
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13
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No Training (Apr. 9)
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FTL A/D, leading a field team
Testing (Apr. 12)
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14
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Advanced Vertical Training:
Anchor systems (Apr. 16)
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FTL Re-Testing (Apr. 19)
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15
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Advanced Vertical Training: Solo
Rescue and Pick-offs theory (Apr. 23)
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Solo Rescue and Pick-offs (Apr.
26)
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16
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No Training (Apr. 30)
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How to Teach Vertical Classes (May
4)
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