Final Exams

Patagonia Year students are finishing their third section today with final written and practical exams to qualify as Wilderness First Responders. This WFR training is key to students’ preparedness for extended travel in the backcountry. It has been provided by Wilderness Medicine Insitute of NOLS and this training is tied directly to students’ recent in-field experience and upcoming wilderness travel sections. It will allow them to assess and effectively treat backcountry medical issues with confidence.

Tomorrow will have this group planning and making logistics preparations for their month-long mountain travel section: packing rations, selecting equipment, maps, etc. Mountain travel for this group will be conducted in remote areas not far from the small town of Cochrane in the Aisen Region of Chile.

Thanks to Mark Cornwell, WFR Instructor, for the photos.