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Survival Essentials

 

We’ve all heard stories of someone stranded, alone, in a remote wilderness. Some survive against almost impossible odds, while others meet a tragic fate. What choices make the difference between life and death? What is the first thing YOU would do?

Survival Essentials will help you answer these questions, and learn the life-saving wilderness skills you need to embark on outdoor adventures with confidence. Through this engaging, hands-on experience, you’ll explore the seven priorities of survival – the seven key elements to making it out alive.

Over the course of just two days and one night, you’ll learn the essentials of positive mental attitude, wilderness first aid, shelter, fire craft, signaling, water, and food. In the end, after “rescue,” you will have a solid foundation of wilderness survival skills and knowledge. Through hands-on experience, you’ll be ready to start and maintain a knee-high fire in the pouring rain or improvise an effective shelter using the most appropriate knots and lashings.

This course is a “modern” survival course.  We encourage proper equipment, preparedness, and practice so you always prevail should your adventure take an unexpected turn into a survival situation.

Survival Essentials – Women

Here’s a paradox: popular culture portrays women as weak and vulnerable, and yet they often fare better than men in survival scenarios. Learning critical skills to survive in the wilderness can unlock a new level of confidence in your abilities, and prepare you to defy society’s expectations anywhere – from remote backcountry travel to your workplace and relationships. This version of Survival Essentials is geared toward women and offers a unique opportunity to discover the potential for success that is already inside you, while learning practical survival skills. Through immersion in a realistic survival scenario, you’ll explore the seven priorities of survival – the seven key elements to making it out alive.

Over the course of just two days and one night, you’ll learn the essentials of positive mental attitude, wilderness first aid, shelter, fire craft, signaling, water, and food. In the end, after “rescue,” you will have a solid foundation of wilderness survival skills and knowledge. Through hands-on experience, you’ll be ready to start and maintain a knee-high fire in the pouring rain or improvise an effective shelter using the most appropriate knots and lashings.

This course is a “modern” survival course.  We encourage proper equipment, preparedness, and practice so you always prevail should your adventure take an unexpected turn into a survival situation.

Bushcraft Essentials

Bushcraft refers to the skills required for living in the backcountry. We focus on teaching you primitive shelters and fire, using tools, orienteering and using and creating your own gear. Mountain Shepherd’s approach to Bushcraft is centered around reducing your dependence on modern backpacking gear while increasing your ability to exist comfortably in a wilderness setting. While there is a distinct difference between survival and bushcraft, a solid foundation in these skills will enhance your ability for survival and help you to maintain a positive mental attitude if the situation was ever to arise.

Survival Essentials – Family Course

Any parent navigating parenthood will probably admit that the family unit can feel like a wilderness at times! While numerous parenting books attempt to help parents navigate this foreign land, many find that their children do not fit the simple molds found in such books. If you are looking for a unique way to bond with your children, and in turn strengthen your family, enroll your family today in this two day and one night camping experience. Over the course of your family wilderness adventure, you and your family will develop better camping skills through hands-on experiences. The seven priorities of survival will serve as the foundation upon which your adventure will rest, so you will explore positive mental attitude, wilderness first aid, shelter, fire craft, signaling, water, and food. Enroll today to begin to create a memory your children will keep close to their hearts.

 

Survival Quest (Formerly Rolling Thunder)

Looking for a real survival experience? Survival Quest is the course for you! This  advanced adult course is designed to put your skills to the psychological and physical stress experienced in a survival situation. Over the course of four days and three nights, you become a proficient global survivor. The course begins with hands-on learning of the seven priorities of survival, including positive mental attitude, wilderness first aid, shelter, fire craft, signaling, water, and food. The second day brings backpacking and camping skills, first aid scenarios, and land navigation, using only a map and compass. Day 3 takes you on an off-trail hike putting your newly learned land navigation skills to the test, and sets you up for a solo overnight experience to end  the course. After you are rescued, you will recognize that yes, you do possess the skills to survive! Upon return to civilization, you will find a new you – one that is stronger, and one that is much more confident. Register today to begin this ultimate, truly life changing adventure!

Wilderness First Aid

Safety always! This course is designed for the outdoor enthusiast, backpacker, dayhiker or wilderness survivalist who require or desire wilderness first aid knowledge and skills. Wilderness First Aid is an objectives-driven, skills-based course based on the ASHI Wilderness First Aid (WFA) program. The course utilizes didactic instructions and active participation to teach students foundational knowledge of the principles of first aid in a wilderness setting and application of that knowledge. Upon satisfactory completion of all requirements defined by ASHI for WFA certification, students will be issued documentation of certification.