• Pre-trip planning and prerequisites.
• What to do and what not to do in emergency settings.
• Determining priorities in emergency settings.
• Establishing clear and concise plans that work.
• Hypothermia: prevention, recognition and treatment.
• Dealing with stress and fear.
• Fire skills for adverse conditions.
• Emergency shelter basics.
• Rescue signal devices.
• Water procurement and disinfection.
• Survival kits, clothing and equipment for multiple environments.
• Slides, DVD’s and survival equipment recommendations will supplement this training.

• Pre-trip planning and preparation
• Equipment, clothing and survival kits
• Hypothermia: prevention, recognition and treatment
• Determining priorities in an emergency
• Selecting a safe shelter site
• Emergency shelter basics
• Fire skills for adverse conditions
• Cooking with hot coals
• Rescue signal devices
• Water procurement

This course will expand on the skills covered in Wilderness Survival 1 as well as teach more advanced techniques. The following topics will be covered:

• Introduction to wild edibles
• Nature observation: one on one with your surroundings
• Knots and lashings
• Shelter Construction: the wickiup
• Throwing-stick construction and use
• Introduction to animal stalking
• Fire skills: wind screens and heat reflectors
• Rescue signaling: making yourself big
• Cooking method: rock frying and/or spit

This course will expand further on the skills previously covered and provide the participant with techniques for minimizing the equipment required for surviving in a wilderness setting. The following is a list of topics to be covered:

• Water procurement
• Shelter construction: debris huts
• Using “hot rocks” for warmth
• Cooking method: baking in a rock oven
• Navigating by sun and stars
• Fire by friction: bow and drill
• Rescue signaling: smoke generator

Join us for a memorable experience in the Mt Hood National Forest while you spend 6 days and 5 nights with your instructor learning all of the survival techniques covered in Wilderness Survival 1-3.

2010 Course Dates

Wilderness Survival Seminar
8am-11am – Indoors - $49

Dates/Locations
Sep 12 – Sandy, OR
Sep 25 – Sandy, OR
Sep 26 – Eugene, OR
Oct 2 – Medford, OR
Oct 3 – Klamath Falls, OR
Oct 9 – Bend, OR
Oct 10 – Umatilla, OR
Oct 16 – Leavenworth, WA
Oct 17 – Olympia, WA
Oct 23 – Pocatello, ID
Oct 24 – Boise, ID
Oct 30 – Kalispell, MT
Oct 31 – Spokane, WA
Nov 6 – Bozeman, MT
Nov 7 – Missoula, MT

Mt. Hood Area:
Wilderness Survival 1
September 19 - 20

Wilderness Survival 2
September 21 - 22

Wilderness Survival 3
September 23 - 24

Comprehensive Wilderness Survival
September 19 - 24

Instructor Certification for Wilderness Survival
October 12 - 14

2011 Course Dates:

Wilderness Survival Seminar
8am-11am – Indoors - $49

Dates/Locations
July 30 – Denver, CO
July 31 – Grand Junction, CO
Aug 6 – Sandy, OR
Aug 7 - Sandy, OR
Aug 13 – Eugene, OR
Aug 14 – Medford, OR
Aug 20 – Klamath Falls, OR
Aug 21 – Bend, OR
Aug 27 – La Grande, OR
Aug 28 – Umatilla, OR
Sep 10 – Leavenworth, WA
Sep 11 – Olympia, WA
Sep 17 – Pocatello, ID
Sep 18 – Boise, ID
Sep 24 – Kalispell, ID
Sep 25 – Spokane, WA
Oct 1 – Bozeman, MT
Oct 2 – Missoula, MT
Oct 8 – San Jose, CA
Oct 9 – Redding, CA
Oct 15 – Sandy, OR
Oct 16 – Eugene, OR
Oct 22 – Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 23 – St George, UT
Oct 29 – Phoenix, AZ
Oct 30 – Albuquerque, NM

Mt. Hood Area:
Wilderness Survival 1
May 14 - 15
July 16 - 17
September 17 - 18

Wilderness Survival 2
May 16 - 17
July 18 - 19
September 19 - 20

Wilderness Survival 3
May 18 - 19
July 20 - 21
September 21 - 22

Comprehensive Wilderness Survival
May 14 - 19
July 16 - 21
September 17 - 22

Instructor Certification for Wilderness Survival
August 12 - 14
October 14 - 16