Wilderness Travel Course
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The Wilderness Travel Course (also known as WTC) is a Sierra Club
program that teaches basic mountaineering skills to students. It is 41 years old.
The classes are held in the winter of every year. There are four class locations: Long Beach, Orange, West LA, and San Gabriel Valley. To graduate, a student must attend all 10 classes and six outings (four from the class and two separate outings.) The class teaches basic navigation, wilderness travel, gear selection, conditioning, safety, first aid, etc.
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...
program that teaches basic mountaineering skills to students. It is 41 years old.
The classes are held in the winter of every year. There are four class locations: Long Beach, Orange, West LA, and San Gabriel Valley. To graduate, a student must attend all 10 classes and six outings (four from the class and two separate outings.) The class teaches basic navigation, wilderness travel, gear selection, conditioning, safety, first aid, etc.