NOTE: Sign ups start on Tuesday, February 25th at 8 am. Concerned about what to do if you unexpectedly have to spend the night in the outdoors? What are the ten essentials and why do we need them? This course covers trip planning, essential equipment, clothing, Leave No Trace principles, weather, nutrition and wilderness survival techniques including fire, shelter, signaling & finding water.For more course information, see www.cmcboulder.org/bms/hiking1.html.Note that this course was formerly called "Hiking I: Basic Wilderness Survival".LECTURES:Tuesday, 3/4, 6:30pmTuesday, 3/11, 6:30pmTuesday, 3/18, 6:30pmThursday, 3/20, 6:30pmFIELD TRIPS:Saturday or Sunday, 3/22 or 3/23 If the course is full, please contact the BMS Chair at bms@cmcboulder.org to be put onto the wait list.SIGN-UP REQUIREMENTS: You must be a current CMC member to sign up for these courses. There will be no Orientation Night. Sign up at www.cmc.org starting on Tuesday, February 25th, at 8am. Please sign up for courses only if you are able to attend ALL of the lectures and the field trips. Sign up for courses only if you own, can borrow or purchase the equipment required to take part in the field trips. When you sign up for a course, be sure and check the prerequisites. If you sign up for a course and do not have the required prerequisites, you will have to drop out of the course and be refunded as per the Refund Policy below.REFUND POLICY: Please note that if you have to drop out of a course within 2 weeks of the 1st lecture and there is no wait list or nobody on the wait list is able to fill your space, there will be No Refunds ! To withdraw from a course, send an email to bms@cmcboulder.org. Thirty percent (30%) of the cost of the course will be withheld for refunds granted.