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Offline Currahee

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Survival Weekend
« on: April 14, 2018, 09:45:59 PM »
Teaching basic wilderness survival.  You can get all the gear you want but if you want to depend on it, you need the skills.  And, I view wilderness survival as the root skill.  Homesteading, defensive tactics, etc all stem from it.  And separating a batch of kids from their cell phones for a few hours is priceless.

Water Purification... how to use a filter, make filters and other ways to get water


Fire without matches (or lighter) methods included fire steel and 9volt+steel wool




Improvised shelters, it's amazing what young mines will come up with given a tarp and paracord.






Of course I cheat  ;D


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Re: Survival Weekend
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2018, 11:04:57 PM »
Dayum, shoulda said something so I could join in on the festivities.

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Re: Survival Weekend
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2018, 09:46:16 AM »
Good Class and Nice write up!  :bravo:
One of the things i love about teaching like that - even if you have the spiffy filters and lighters and shelter, knowing how they work and why they work makes you use what you have more effectively.  Not to mention, how to improvise - its a skill that needs to be practiced.
several years ago, i used to work with a BSA troop - camping and hiking skills & various related merit badges. 
at a joint day camp - related to emergency preparedness in 1999;  I watched a person use a pump filter in muddy water - and she couldn't figure out why it wasn't putting out any water, it was just dripping.  She was a first time user.  I almost laughed out loud when a kid - she looked to be about 12 and the lady about 40- took the lady under her wing.  The lady looked grateful. 
I think i read it on this forum somewhere - skills trump gear and gear trumps style.

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Re: Survival Weekend
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2018, 03:25:26 PM »
 :thumbsUp:
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Re: Survival Weekend
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2018, 07:10:35 PM »
I like the one with a hammock under the rain tarp.
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