Intro
Trek Leader Course is a bootcamp style comprehensive outdoor leadership course. You will learn the skills required to become a confident trek leader.
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What is Trek Leader Course?
Trek Leader Course comprises of everything in the MOTHER course (Master of the Hills & ER). Additionally it trains you in team dynamics, decision making, four kinds of leadership including active followership, rescue, self rescue, contingency planning and organizing.
During the MOTHER Course, that is the initial 9 days of the course, you would’ve mastered route finding, map reading, navigation, rappelling, advanced rappelling, anchoring, belaying, Basic Life Support (BLS), Emergency Response (ER), trekking, backpacking, primitive camping, and basic astronomy.
Choose to stay 5 extra days and then you will have the option to graduate as a Trek Leader. Stay, food and local transportation will be provided.
For a list of Frequently asked questions on the MOTHER Course, please visit this FAQs page on Trek Leader Course.
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What is Included in Trek Leader Course?
- Full Canyoning Course (Level 1, 2, 3)
- Full Advanced Canyoning Course (Level 1, 2, 3)
- Basic Canyon Rescue
- Intro to Caving – 2 caving trips
- One Canyon trip
- One Backpacking trip
- Three Hiking trips
- Meteor Shower Watching (seasonal)
- Basic Astronomy
- Stay for 15 days
- Food for 15 days
- Local transportation
- All gear required – Helmets, Harness, Ropes, Descenders
Syllabus
| Day | Subjects / Contents / Syllabus |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | Orientation Course Expectation Setting 10 Essentials to be an Explorer ( 2 hrs) |
| Day 2 | Simple hike – H1 Simple Caving – C1 Route Recording Injury Prevention for outdoor sports |
| Day 3 | Rappelling, Belaying, Advanced Rappelling Intro to Knots |
| Day 4 | Theory Day ( Rest day after 2 hikes ) Theory T2 – Navigation, Map Reading Intro to adventure gear |
| Day 5 | Trek – H2 Intermediate Caving – C1 Theory T1 – How to prepare for a trek ( 2 hrs ) Route finding for Explorations |
| Day 6 | Anchor building |
| Day 7 | Wilderness First Aid – Basic Life Support 2 Days backpacking – Day 1 Basic Astronomy Basic Celestial Navigation – using Stars & Constellations |
| Day 8 | 2 Days backpacking – Day 2 Mastering the vertical world Tall rappels or an actual technical canyon |
| Day 9 | Evaluation – MOTHER Course Graduation ceremony – MOTHER Course |
| Day 10 | Expectation setting for Leader Course Advanced knots, hitches |
| Day 11 | Self Rescue Rigging for rescue Ascending ( Jumaring) |
| Day 12 | Leadership skills Planning, Situation Reaction & Active Followership |
| Day 13 | Various Belay techniques Lowering Tyrolean Traverse |
| Day 14 | Evaluation – Trip Leader Course Graduation ceremony – Trip Leader Course |
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