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Five Winds Training Workshop 2018

  • 15 Nov 2018
  • 6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Northern District Library (Yonge/Eglinton)

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Just in time for our ski/snowshoe season start, we urge all Five Winds members, bring a friend, anyone interested in backwoods safety and techniques, for skiing, hiking, snowshoeing to attend this safety training session.

Topics to be covered include:  

  • How to use your iPhone and Android phone navigation apps to figure out where you are even if you do not have cell signal.  How to forward your coordinate position via text message.
  • Planning and decision making process in the group and time management

  • How to reduce risk and best practices

  • What you should have in your backpack
  • Safe skiing and walking on ice
  • A brief overview of club safety info on our website

As this will be a short, information-packed session, we urge you to arrive at 6:15 pm

If you want to be on top of your skills have a look at the Five Winds  website safety related documents before our get together

(https://skifivewinds.wildapricot.org/Forms-&-Documents)

Please note no food or drink will be provided. 

 Date:  Thursday, November 15, 2018
 Location:

 Northern District Library
 40 Orchard View Blvd.
 (just off Yonge, north of Eglinton)

The Gwen Liu Meeting Room

 Time:  6:15-8:00 p.m.
 Cost:  $0.00

Please REGISTER  by November 8, 2018 so we can estimate how many people we should expect.   Space is filling up.

To Register:

1.  Login with your Member Account > Fill Out Form > Next > Confirm
2.  You will receive a confirming e-mail back.

Click here;  https://skifivewinds.wildapricot.org/event-3101824

Cancelling Your Registration

1.  Login and return to the Event
2.  Under the Register button, click Already registered
3.  Click the  Cancel Registration button.   You will receive an e-mail confirming the cancellation

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