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Event Name:

Beginning Back Packing Essentials

Address:

Cazenovia College campus & Gorge Trail in Caz
Cazenovia, NY

Event Date/Time:

Starts:	Sun Sep 5 2010 at 10:00 AM
Ends:	Sun Sep 5 2010 at 12:00 PM

Hosting Organization:

Cazenovia College OEL

Contact Name:

Sherri Benedict

Contact Email Address:

sjbenedict@cazenovia.edu

Contact Phone Number:

315.655.7288

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Event Cost:

$84.00

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Event Description:

Beginning Backpacking Essentials Sundays, Sept. 5 and 12, 10 a.m. – noon Sunday, Sept. 19, 9 a.m. – noon (rain date:Sunday, Sept. 29) Learn from expert backpacker and Cazenovia professor Bonnie Everhart! The class includes two 2-hour classroom sessions and a day hike with packs on the Cazenovia Gorge Trail. Classroom topics include pre-trip planning, what to wear, boots, gear selection (packs, tents, sleeping bags, filters, stoves, and more), food selection, basic wilderness first aid, leave no trace, what to pack, and more. Cost includes travel to the Gorge Trail. (3 classes)