What is this?

Winter sports are fun, but they often carry more risks than 3-season activities. To help the MITOC community stay safe in cold wintry conditions, we run safety lectures to help prepare people for the risks they'll face outside. Normally this is only run as part of winter school in January, but we're hoping to help new active members of MITOC who will miss the January safety lectures to participate in these lectures to satisfy their requirements for this season.

Where and when?

The lecture will happen on Dec 7th, 6-10pm on MIT campus room 3-270. We intend to move through the material efficiently and may end early, but there is a chance the lectures will last the full time block.

Is this mandatory?

In order to participate with MITOC during winter conditions (which is often well into spring for the higher summits), you must have attended a delivery of the winter safety lectures. The "trip" will be broken into 2 parts: lecture and then a short quiz. You must attend the lecture and pass the quiz at the end.

Topics covered

• MITOC policies
• Clothing
• Basic gear
• Hiking
• Traction
• Gear rentals
• Weather
• and more!

TL;DR:

You need to have attended winter safety lectures to do outside winter activities with MITOC. This is your first opportunity for this season!