Greenway Lakeside Potluck

Join us for a Lakeside Potluck at the historic Wadleigh State Park Boathouse on beautiful Kezar Lake in North Sutton, NH., Monday, July 8th at 5:30pm.

The evening will begin with a Potluck Supper starting at 5:30 pm. Meet other SRK Greenway members and join in the fun. All are welcome to join but please bring a dish to share and something to drink.


The Sunapee Ragged Kearsarge Greenway Board will hold a short meeting following the potluck. The Board Chair will lead this brief business meeting to provide a quick update on the current issues the SRK Board is working on.

Thru-Hiker Awards — Hikers who have completed all 75-miles of the SRK trail system are encouraged to fill out the Trail Completion Log and let us know so we can prepare and present you with a certificate at the meeting. There will be a short – but very official – awards ceremony to honor these dedicated hikers. If you can’t join us in person don’t fret, we will mail your certificate to you if we have an address.

Trail Completion Logs can be found on our website – follow this link to download a copy.

Kezar Hike — Following the Potluck, join other SRK members for a 3-mile hike around beautiful Kezar lake. If you have never walked around Kezar lake – this will be a great opportunity. It is a relatively flat 3-mile loop around Kezar lake with ample views of Kearsarge and the surrounding hills.

Details:
Monday, July 8th at 5:30pm
Wadleigh State Park is located at 78 Wadleigh State Park Road, North Sutton, NH.
There is ample parking in the State Park. The boathouse is near the shore with picnic tables and large bbq grills for everyone to share.
Rough Timing: Potluck to start around 5:30. Meeting at 6:30. Followed by hike around the lake.

2024 Wilderness First Aid Course recap

Every two years the SRK Greenway organizes a Wilderness First Aid course held at Colby-Sawyer College for community members to learn how to stay safe on their outdoor adventures and how to assist others when an accident or illness occurs in the backcountry. Last month, there were 44 students and two instructors that spent two full days learning and discussing how to help someone who is injured, ill, or suffering from an environmental challenge, such as hypothermia.  

It was a great weekend with a lot of real-world examples and field scenarios that gave students a chance to discuss and practice their new skills. The Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course is taught by instructors from SOLO based out of Conway, NH who specialize in wilderness emergency medicine courses. 

Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) was started 45 years ago by Dr. Frank Hubbell. In the early 1970’s, Hubbell came to the realization that there needed to be new methods developed in caring for the injured in remote places. There were too many injured skiers, climbers and hikers who were being rescued and brought to the Emergency Room — who could have greatly benefited from better emergency response. 

SOLO offers wilderness emergency medical courses — from the basic level to the very advanced.  The Wilderness First Aid course in New London was the most basic level that they offer. It was an intensive two day (16-hour) workshop that comes with a two-year certification. The course integrated both classroom lectures along with hands-on practical segments and testing. There was quite a bit of role playing and scenarios created where we were given the opportunity to be the “victim” as well as the “first responders”. All with the primary objective of giving us practice and learning from our mistakes.

Learning a system for dealing with a medical emergency in the backwoods is a pretty powerful tool. Thankfully emergencies don’t happen every day; but, when they do the more people that are trained to help the better.

For those of you who may have missed the course, or are looking for additional wilderness trainings, you can visit SOLO’s website at https://soloschools.com

SOLO Wilderness First Aid Course