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Greg, how was the Winterfest?
- Thread starter HM
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Hi HM,
Thanks for asking. It was a lot of fun. I went up on Friday and set my camp up... a large parachute canopy overhead and a huge fire. Also put up my GP Medium tent (500 sq feet) for the other event participants to use. In all the event provided:
-Free snowshoe use with a guide
-Xcountry skiing
-Sledding
-Snowman building contest
-Food and hot chocolate
-Two-two hour survival presentations by me
My presentations revolved around...guess what...yeah you are right...the "five survival essentials". I had everything layed out and went over each. The two hour presentation was a good introduction to wilderness survival and each had about 50 onlookers. I covered:
1. Personal Protection
-Clothing (colder acronym)
-Shelter (options/multi-use items)
-Fire (demo of manmade and natural tinders/heat sources to include flint and steel, metal match, and bow and drill (my back would not let me do a complete bow and drill demo
))
2. Siganling (whistle, signal mirror, ground to air signal, etc.)
3. Sustenance (water and food Identification and procurement...everyone loved talking about slugs and maggots
)
4. Travel (with and without a map and compass)
5. Health (psych stress, environmental injury, traumatic injury)
I don't know if anyone from the forum made it or not. If they did they didn't introduce themselves
I'm thinking about offering a day long class that covers these issues and allows students to practice using a metal match, make signals, and immediate action shelters... Kind of a basic introduction to wilderness survival for the backcountry traveler
Thanks again for asking, HM... Best
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Greg Davenport
http://www.ssurvival.com
Are You Ready For The Challenge?
Are You Ready To Learn The Art Of Wilderness Survival?
Thanks for asking. It was a lot of fun. I went up on Friday and set my camp up... a large parachute canopy overhead and a huge fire. Also put up my GP Medium tent (500 sq feet) for the other event participants to use. In all the event provided:
-Free snowshoe use with a guide
-Xcountry skiing
-Sledding
-Snowman building contest
-Food and hot chocolate
-Two-two hour survival presentations by me
My presentations revolved around...guess what...yeah you are right...the "five survival essentials". I had everything layed out and went over each. The two hour presentation was a good introduction to wilderness survival and each had about 50 onlookers. I covered:
1. Personal Protection
-Clothing (colder acronym)
-Shelter (options/multi-use items)
-Fire (demo of manmade and natural tinders/heat sources to include flint and steel, metal match, and bow and drill (my back would not let me do a complete bow and drill demo
2. Siganling (whistle, signal mirror, ground to air signal, etc.)
3. Sustenance (water and food Identification and procurement...everyone loved talking about slugs and maggots
4. Travel (with and without a map and compass)
5. Health (psych stress, environmental injury, traumatic injury)
I don't know if anyone from the forum made it or not. If they did they didn't introduce themselves
I'm thinking about offering a day long class that covers these issues and allows students to practice using a metal match, make signals, and immediate action shelters... Kind of a basic introduction to wilderness survival for the backcountry traveler
Thanks again for asking, HM... Best
------------------
Greg Davenport
http://www.ssurvival.com
Are You Ready For The Challenge?
Are You Ready To Learn The Art Of Wilderness Survival?