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Welcome to Wilderness Basics Course!

Experience the remote beauty of the wilderness with intelligence and confidence

This comprehensive course will give you key information about:

  • Map reading
  • Equipment
  • Food selection and cooking
  • Sanitation
  • Compass use
  • Clothing selection
  • Physical conditioning
  • Lots more!
  • Participants are taught skills to safely enjoy the wilderness. These skills are taught in ten lectures and are practiced in overnight outings: Car Camp, Land Navigation, Mountain and/or Desert Backpack, and Snow Camp.
  • Our goal is to share our knowledge and skills in the safe enjoyment of wilderness areas and to convey a sense of responsibility for maintaining the purity and integrity of the wilderness environment.

Course Information

Thank you for your interest in enrolling in the 2012 WILDERNESS BASICS COURSE starting on January 24. We meet every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM until 9:30 PM for 10 weeks at...

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Equipment

Participants must supply their own equipment which may be rented from many sporting goods stores. Information about equipment will be covered in the course lectures.

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18 Years of Age

Persons 18 years of age and older are eligible to take this course.

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Which WBC?

This website describes and accepts online registration for the San Diego Wilderness Basics Course. We have a sister course that is held in Escondido that starts two weeks earlier. Find out more about the differences by clicking here, or go directly to the North County WBC website.