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YCCC - Winter Seminar Series for Paddlers and outdoor enthusiasts!
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2010, 11:22:23 PM »
The Ottawa 'Y' Canoe Camping Club presents.....

Winter Seminar Series 2010

Learning for paddlers, backcountry campers and outdoor enthusiasts

www.yccc.ca
  
Seminar #1?Thinking outside the glass: Tetra Pak and Plastic Bottle Wine Tasting

You can't take bottles into most provincial parks, nor can you portage your wine bottles in and out ofcanoe trips but a glass of wine at the end of a hard day of paddling is such a treat. Join our very ownYCCC sommeliers who will guide us through a fleet of wines, you can taste, smell and figure outwhich Tetra Pak and Plastic Bottle Wines will be your best picks for next years paddling season.

Date: Tuesday February 9th, 2010
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: St. Martin?s, 2120 Prince Charles Rd, (Across from the Carlingwood Y)
Cost: This seminar cost $20. There are only 30 tickets available. To reserve your spot e-mail us at socialcanoe@gmail.com or call 613-722-3153

 
Seminar #2? What could possibly go wrong? Staying safe, using technology and conducting evacuations in wilderness settings

We think it could never happen to us, after all we are experienced paddlers and back country campers.Right!? What would you do if you got lost in the wild? How can you make sure you are using theexpensive technology you have invested works properly in an emergency? How can you quickly andeffectively get an injured friend out of the wilderness to medical care? The Search and Rescue Global 1(SAR G1) Team will tell us what to do when suddenly something does go wrong. Come prepared tolearn (or share your knowledge and experience) about: navigation and communications technologies;extraction procedures for medical emergencies; and search and rescue in Canada. SAR Global 1 willalso be recruiting f or its Spring Training program .

Date: Tuesday February 23rd, 2010
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: St. Martin?s, 2120 Prince Charles Rd, (Across from the Carlingwood Y)
Cost: Free but suggested donations of $3 to $5 per person to help us cover costs.

 

Seminar #3?Where the wild things are: Canoe Camping with your kids

Join Chantal Rogers, writer for Ottawa Outdoors, and her father Allen Macartney to learn how you canintroduce your kids to the great outdoors, and to the sport you love. However, with kids you need to beprepared. This daughter-father duo will teach you how to plan ahead, taking in all considerations forthe kids' safety, comfort and enjoyment, and ensure you will have a great time sharing the outdoorswith your kids. They will also help you to best document the trip with tips on taking fantastic photos.Please bring your kids to the seminar, they are welcome.

Date: Saturday March 6th, 2010
Time: 1pm to 3pm
Location: Metro Y, 180 Argyle St, Georgian Room (on the 2nd floor)
Cost: Free but accepting donations for the young people of Project Canoe (www.canoe.org)

 

Seminar #4?Borealis - a wilderness adventure movie by Frank Wolf

'Borealis' follows Frank Wolf and Taku Hokoyama as they canoe 3,100 km through the remote Borealforest of Manitoba and Ontario during the summer of 2007. Their 75-day odyssey provides the contextfor an intimate look into the current environmental and social issues facing the region and its people.Tightly shot action sequences, humour, and the voices of those who live on the frontlines of the Borealmake this a unique film in the adventure genre. Frank Wolf is a Canadian adventurer, filmmaker,photographer and writer with over a dozen years of experience. Frank and Taku?s Boreal trip was partof the Big Wild, a major partnership between MEC and CPAWS aimed at protecting at least 50% ofCanada?s wilderness

Date: Tuesday March 9th, 2010
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: Mountain Equipment Co-op, 366 Richmond Road
Cost: Free but accepting donations for ?the Big Wild?

 
 
Seminar #5?In the Land of the Big Otter

Naskapi Indians believed that a monster ("Big Otter") lived in a cave in Eaton Canyon on theCaniapiscau River.Help us solve the mystery of why this famous Eaton Canyon has disappeared from Canadian maps -conspiracy or saving ink?Club members Laco Kovac and Lynette Chubb will present their 2009 canoe expedition down therarely travelled Du Sable, Caniapiscau and Koksoak rivers to Kuujuaq, QC. Lynette and Lester alwayshave a few good stories & great pictures to go with them!

Date: Tuesday March 23rd, 2010
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: St. Martin?s, 2120 Prince Charles Rd, (Across from the Carlingwood Y)
Cost: This seminar is free although a suggested donation of $3 to $5 is recommended to help cover costs.

 
Seminar #6 - The Vachon River solo by Eric Leclair

A river in a territory of ice, rocks and lichens, the Vachon River offers a direct contact with the rawpower of elements. Still rarely canoed because of its difficulty of access and the extremely severeclimatic conditions, it presents an average slope of 0, 2 % which expresses itself by means of longtempestuous rapids and some falls and ledges.At the launch point, the time frame that is free of ice is only of 20 days. We have to understand that thisis permafrost territory and that the vegetation which manages to grow is rare and lean. This directlyaffects the river. Each time it rains, given that no vegetation retains the water, the water level quicklychanges. But watch out, the Vachon River is not a brook; it is a water way having a \"push\" equivalentto that of the Ashuapmushuan River! It is, without overstating, a playground which allows no error.

Date: Tuesday March 30, 2010
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: Metro Y, 180 Argyle St, Georgian Room (on the 2nd floor)
Cost: This seminar is free although a suggested donation of $3 to $5 is recommended to help cover costs.
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