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BSA High Adventure!
Okpik is an Official BSA High Adventure Program like Philmont or the National Jamboree. Okpik is also the official state-of-the-art training course designed to give adult Scouters and Junior Leaders confidence in taking a small group into a cold environment and supporting a year-round camping program. The course consists of three weekend expeditions with each outing building on the skills learned in the previous level.Cold-weather camping is any camping that takes place when the high temperature of the day is 50 degrees F or below. Okpik covers the skills and techniques that must be learned and the planning that must be done to ensure a safe, successful, and fun cold-weather camping experience. These include physical preparation, clothing, food and water, sanitation practices, first aid and emergency procedures, shelter and shelter building, methods of travel in snow, and making equipment.
Is YOUR Troop’s Program up to National BSA Standards?
Register at GNFC Today! (716) 891-4022
January 5-8, 2001
OKPIK EXPEDITION, Level 1
Stonehaven Cabin #2
Okpik 1 is prerequisite for Okpik 2 and Okpik 3
Cost $55 Includes training supplies, food, some equipment
February 2-4, 2001
OKPIK EXPEDITION, Level 2
Location To Be Announced (Where the snow is)
Snowshoeing and Wilderness Camping
Cost $75 Includes snowshoes, food and some equipment
February 17-19
OKPIK EXPEDITION, Level 3
Allegheny National Forest, PA
Snowshoeing and Wilderness Camping
Cost $85 Includes snowshoes, food and some equipment
Open to all Venture Crews, Scouters, and Scouts in good health, at least 1st Class, and age 13 by 1/1/2001.
For Details, Contact Tom Johnston
(Co-Author of "Winter Camping," BSA Fieldbook)
 | Email: TomWJ@Earthlink.Net |
| Snail Mail: Tom Johnston Boy Scout Okpik Training, NE 401 Maryvale Drive Buffalo, NY 14225 |
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Phone: (716) 891-4073 |
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