PURPOSE: This training is expected to help those who may feel uncomfortable about taking their Unit into new locations. Want to improve their navigation and route-finding skills. Want to consider orienteering as an activity for improving Scouts’ map and compass skills?

DATE: Seminar: Saturday, November 9, 2024 (Field trip: to be announced)

TIME: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Seminar: Camp Trask, 1100 N Canyon Blvd, Monrovia, CA 91016

COST: $30.00 by November 2, 2024. The Field trip will have an addition fee payable to the Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC).

REGISTRATION: For help with registration contact Hannibol Sullivan, Community Engagement Coordinator (SR) and HAT Advisor at Hannibol.Sullivan@scouting.org. Students need to email David Hensley at hensley.davidl@gmail.com to get homework and informaiton about what to bring to class.

EQUIPMENT: Compass.

MAXIMUM SIZE: 10 Students.

OVERVIEW: The seminar will begin with discussions of the tools of navigation and strategies for their utilization. There will be demonstrations of various types of maps and compasses. Topics will include route finding, collecting terrain features, the Global Positioning System (GPS), disoriented, avoidance of getting lost, and getting “un-lost”. The special problems and techniques associated with route finding on the snow and in desert terrain will be discussed. These activities will be followed by participant-led map-hikes which use the detailed orienteering map for Camp Trask. A field experience will be held, in association with the Los Angeles Orienteering Club, on a date to be announced. Participants will help officiate in an LAOC Orienteering meet. 

QUESTIONS: David Hensley, Course Director, at c: 602-405-1187; e-mail: hensley.davidL@gmail.com . Hike Aid 3, “Full Dimension High Adventure Training”, has a complete discussion of the training programs of the GLAAC-HAT. It may be downloaded from the Council High Adventure website at https://glaac-hat.org/HikeAids.html. Questions about any of them are to be directed to Michael Schlaifer; Vice ChairTraining: (213)247-8808 (C); e-mail, michael@schlaifer.com.