A few of us spent Sportsball Weekend out in GJ in the mud and muck. Here's the skinny ........
I brought it to the Cruise Moab committee that it would be cool to have a level of advancement in the training we do with Bill. While the normal intro to trail leadership training is awesome for any level, it gets a bit repetitive for folks that have done it a few times.
So, to pilot the event, I selected a few folks that I knew had a very strong working knowledge of recovery and a couple of folks that were a on the newer side (but still had some hands on experience). The goal was to see if it was worth while to expand the program and to see if there was good benefit to it for more advanced folks.
We went to GJ this past weekend with our gloves and trucks and got dirty out in the muck with Bill.
We had some classroom training time going over various topics and gelled as a group.
Then we hit the trail and worked through some super classic and basic scenarios. After each one we had a little After Action Review (AAR) and discussed what went well and what we could have done better.
We headed back to the hotel and discussed matters of state in the hotel bar over screaming karaoke.
The next day we jumped onto the trail and discussed some advanced winching theory and discussed different pieces of recovery equipment. Coincidentally a Rav4 had gotten hung up on the trail, so we wrapped up the lunch discussion and went and recovered him. We all though it was staged by Bill lol, but it was indeed real life.
We ran through most of the typical scenarios that one comes across as a trail leader and discussed proper and efficient use of equipment.
I had a great time and learned a ton.
I think it was a total success and I hope the participants will chime in with their thoughts on how it went.
It was a very "hands on" weekend and I look forward to how we can incorporate it into our normal Cruise Moab training program.
Cheers!!
I brought it to the Cruise Moab committee that it would be cool to have a level of advancement in the training we do with Bill. While the normal intro to trail leadership training is awesome for any level, it gets a bit repetitive for folks that have done it a few times.
So, to pilot the event, I selected a few folks that I knew had a very strong working knowledge of recovery and a couple of folks that were a on the newer side (but still had some hands on experience). The goal was to see if it was worth while to expand the program and to see if there was good benefit to it for more advanced folks.
We went to GJ this past weekend with our gloves and trucks and got dirty out in the muck with Bill.
We had some classroom training time going over various topics and gelled as a group.
Then we hit the trail and worked through some super classic and basic scenarios. After each one we had a little After Action Review (AAR) and discussed what went well and what we could have done better.
We headed back to the hotel and discussed matters of state in the hotel bar over screaming karaoke.
The next day we jumped onto the trail and discussed some advanced winching theory and discussed different pieces of recovery equipment. Coincidentally a Rav4 had gotten hung up on the trail, so we wrapped up the lunch discussion and went and recovered him. We all though it was staged by Bill lol, but it was indeed real life.
We ran through most of the typical scenarios that one comes across as a trail leader and discussed proper and efficient use of equipment.
I had a great time and learned a ton.
I think it was a total success and I hope the participants will chime in with their thoughts on how it went.
It was a very "hands on" weekend and I look forward to how we can incorporate it into our normal Cruise Moab training program.
Cheers!!
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