Courses and Trips

Technical/Specialized Training

LEAVE NO TRACE, TRAINER COURSE. (LNTT)

Become a certified trainer for Leave No Trace outdoor ethics and skills. This is a 2-day course and includes an overnight (camping) Designed for those who lead others into the outdoors

WILDERNESS EMT MODULE (WEMT/SOLO)

(Prerequisite: Current EMT “street” certification) Take your emergency medical skills beyond “street” applications. Backcountry, wilderness and rural environments pose unique challenges for when the golden hour is just a dream. Five-day course (Mon-Fri) (Minimum of 12 students required). SOLO. Contact the Teamlink office for more information.

BACKCOUNTRY TRIP LEADERS COURSE (BTL)

Perhaps the true cornerstone of Teamlink/Shenandoah Mountain Guides, (and a course that we have provided to select clients for years) the BTL course consolidates our professional training segments and includes practical skill application over the course of a week in the Blue Ridge /Allegheny backcountry. The graduate of this course can be expected to be better prepared to handle many of the different issues that can arise as a backcountry trip leader. BTL is for adventure trip leaders, university outing club leaders, camp staff, scout leaders and those who enjoy (or want to more fully enjoy) the backcountry. (BTL graduates will have national and internationally recognized training and trainer certification)

BTL topics include:

Meal and menu planning
Gear selection maintenance and management
Land navigation
Applied fieldcraft
Emergency procedures, actions, and decision matrices
Leave No Trace ( International trainer certification)
Survival
Water acquisition and treatment issues and options
Land/Agency regulations
Risk management
Psychology of group leadership and dynamics
Wilderness First Aid*

(* SOLO Wilderness First Aid module is offered as an optional, but highly recommended, two-day (Sat-Sun) prelude/postlude to BTL.)

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