General Policies
This must be held for all adventure trips lasting longer than 1 day to communicate pertinent trip information, inform participants of risk, attain paperwork, and build community
What is a Pre-Trip Meeting?
This must be covered at every pre-trip meeting to ensure participants are aware of inherent risks and potential dangers on a trip
What is the Accident Potential Model?
Participants must first be taught proper use (including body position) and then supervised while lighting these on trips.
What are stoves?
The three categories of leadership skills we give feedback for
What are human, technical, and educational skills?
A list of thought provoking questions to ask
What is pg. 132?
This article of clothing is required while hiking, backpacking, biking, climbing, walking to a climbing site, and near climbing sites.
What are closed-toed shoes?
The first step if a person or group is lost
What is collecting information?
The minimum number of water purification methods a trip must have access to on all backcountry trips
What is 2?
The bottom level of the Leadership Effectiveness Pyramid
What is Self Leadership?
The Leave No Trace Principles
What is pg. 29?
This can only be spent on trip-related expenses, including trip staff meals (not snacks), camping fees, trip supplies, and other emergency purchases.
What is SOFS?
The type of "Site" where there are known hazards, fixed and clearly defined boundaries, and instructors may challenge participants to the point of skill failure
What is a Stationary Site?
(At least) five things that must be covered during an Equipment & Belay Orientation on a rock climbing trip
What are harnesses, helmets, climbing ropes and knots, belaying, climbing commands, climbing demonstration, and student practice?
The style of feedback we strive to give, where you both care personally and challenge directly
What is Radical Candor?
Instructions on how to us the Garmin InReach
What is pg. 95?
The date before a trip a participant must cancel to receive a refund
What is at least one business day before the registration deadline? (in writing)
The daily check-in message that should be sent to On-Call Staff when there are no issues
What is "Checking in, all is well"?
The number of seconds (and miles) between lightning and thunder that requires the initiation of lightning protocol.
What is 30 seconds and 6 miles?
The two stages of Group Development that you have control over as an instructor
What is Forming and Adjourning?
The topics you need to cover during a paddle trip's "River School"
What is pg. 80?
The 4 things that must be carried in the field as part of the Risk Management Packet
What is the Risk Management Plan, trip roster with emergency contract information, relevant health history of participants, and other trip documents such as maps or permits?
The 2 ways we "release" risk to participants before a trip
What is by "transferring" (through release forms/waivers) and "communicating" (through information consent and pre-trip meeting)?
(At least) five things that must be covered before leaving on an Ice Cream Bike Ride?
What are bike terminology, ABC-Quick-Check, helmet use, riding in traffic, brake use, shifter use, and cycling hazards?
The style of Conditional Leadership where leaders and participants make joint decisions
What is Participating?
How to set up a Mountain Biking Pre-Ride Skills Session
What is pg. 90?