CalESAR Outdoor Skills - Huddart Park, California, October 17-18, 2009

Launched: 10/19/2009

The first training course for CalESAR's main training season, this year had a whoppng TWENTY SEVEN new recruits. Weather behaved, the animals weren't aggressive, and all in all it was a nice weekend.


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Starting to
build camp
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What??!?
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How to raise
a canopy
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Up-see-daisy
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How about
that?
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Next one
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Alley oop
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Pop-ups are
easier!
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The camp
takes shape
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Fire skills
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Fire skills
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Radio skills
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Fred Managing
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Dave teaching
shelter building
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Shelters R Us
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Peter teaches
bear bagging
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Just the right
toss
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Another team
learns radios
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Fire
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Bear bagging
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Shelters
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Flameless
fire skills
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Flameless
fire skills
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Shelters
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Bear bagging
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Fire
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Radios
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Practicing
sparks
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Practicing
sparks
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One team leaves
for mock search
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The other team
heads out
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Management
lounges
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Group
Photo
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Starting
litter packaging
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Subject
Katie
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The tie-in
begins
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Lacing
continues
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Lacing
continues
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Getting
closer
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Almost
done
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Comfy?
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Can she
move?
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Ready...
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LIFT!
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Team advance!
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The column
advances