Climbers Leave No Trace Awareness Workshop and Trainer Course

Dates:

April 3-4th 2010

Program Options include:

1 day Climbers LNT Awareness Workshop

2 day LNT Trainer Course

Location:

Meet at Asheville School, training to be held at Cedar Rock

Time:

9am Saturday to 6 pm for Workshop;

9 am Saturday to 5 pm Sunday for LNT Trainer Certification

Tuition :

$20 for Awareness Workshop, $65 for LNT Trainer Course

There will be a breakfast provided Saturday morning.  Also you will be provided with support materials for the course.

NOTE *Gear, food, and travel are not included in cost, though we will carpool as necessary to cut down on cost and impact.  Trainer course participants will be required to fully equip and feed themselves for a one-night backcountry experience.  This overnight will require you to provide your own camping equipment and food including 2 lunches, 1 dinner and 1 breakfast.  Camping equipment is available to rent if necessary.

A gear list will be provided upon enrollment.

Climbing the South Face

Climbers LNT Awareness Workshop

Land access is increasingly becoming an issue.  How can climbers help keep the cliffs open? All action begins with you, and this workshop is focused on presenting you with practical solutions for being a steward to the climbing resources.    You will learn ways of reducing impact at the cliff line, technical skills to increase safety while minimizing impact, and what the real impacts of climbers are today.  We will focus on the seven principles of Leave No Trace and ways to practice minimum impact travel and recreation.  Cost covers instruction and course materials, including LNT literature, stickers, and backcountry reference cards.

LNT Trainer Course

The Trainer Course will be an extension of the Climbers Awareness Workshop.  It will include a mandatory one-night backcountry experience.  After covering the seven Leave No Trace principles, we will focus on ways to effectively disseminate and teach the principles to others.  Participants will also be required to deliver one to two lessons on certain Leave No Trace principles.  The Trainer Course portion will focus on educational strategies and long-term advocacy.  Trainer Course graduates will be prepared to deliver LNT Awareness Workshops.  Cost includes instruction and course materials, the LNT Trainer Course packet, which includes backcountry plastic reference cards, skills and ethics booklets, and an LNT pocket guide.

Instructor:

Justin Doroshenko is a certified Leave No Trace Master Educator.  He has 10 years of outdoor education and instruction experience, including 6 years in climbing guiding and instruction for organizations such as NC State University, Georgia College & State University, and New River Mountain Guides.  He holds a Master’s degree in outdoor education administration and is a current Wilderness First Responder.