Wilderness Survival Course

Wilderness Survival Course

Weekend Wilderness Survival
Course Details
Dates: See Courses page for dates
Duration: Sat 9am - Sun 4pm
Location: Monroe, WA
Instructor: Jason Knight
Cost: $200
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Learn the most important wilderness survival skills: natural shelter construction, water purification, primitive fire making, and obtaining wild edible foods. This class is a combination of practical information, demonstrations, and hands-on experience with each of the skills.

Wilderness survival skills not only provide valuable tools that can be life-saving in the wilderness, but also teach concepts useful in the event of a natural disaster. Survival skills enhance our connection to nature and connect us with our ancestral roots. In this course, you gain the knowledge and experience to meet basic wilderness survival challenges.

In this course you will:

Build an emergency survival shelter
Make a bow drill fire making kit
Learn about animal tracking for survival
Identify and collect wild edible plants
Purify water using rock boiling
Cook food in a primitive steam pit
Make a survival trap and snare

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Instructor: Jason Knight has been teaching wilderness survival skills for over ten years. He is a wildlife biologist and an avid outdoorsperson. Jason has led expeditions in many wilderness areas across the United States and taught survival skills at colleges and a variety of outdoor schools.

"I really enjoyed all the hands-on training. It was an amazing experience. The course really made me aware of my environment and my abilities as a human."

-Carrie Lawshe, Survival Course participant

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