The standard teaches people who are new to the survival community the most important basic skills in a wilderness survival situation. Shelter, Water, Fire, Food, Tools! The survival standard is very comprehensive and covers a multitude of different subjects about wilderness survival with or without modern equipment. This class is very intensive and is almost entirely hands on with very little lecture time. Most of the five days will actually be spent doing physical work and you will practice building and using all the skills/items listed below. It is not recommended for children or people lacking physical fitness. Students will spend the entire 5 days living in our primitive camp! So you should be prepared to deal with inclement weather, bugs, animals, poison ivy, and other things that will add to your discomfort. Students are welcome to stay at hotels if being in the field 24/7 is to much, but it is not recommended as it will take away from a true wilderness experience. We will also cover many more things than are listed below. This course will teach you how to survive for indefinite amounts of time in almost any climate in the world.
Skills Sets Taught include:
-Building primitive shelters Hot and Cold weather; Modified Debris Hut/Swamp Bed
-Procuring water with primitive methods including: tapping trees and using plants to purify water, Sip Wells, solar purification, rock boiling, conservation of fluids, dew collection, as well as several modern methods for purifying water.
-Fire making techniques including: tinder prep, fire stacking methods, firesteel, primitive bow drill, creating an all night fire, and much more!
-Fishing methods including: primitive fishing traps, modern methods with limited tools, survival fishing techniques
-Primitive and Modern trapping: the use of conibear traps, modern/primitive snares, pauite deadfall, figure four deadfall, T-bar snare, etc.
-Primitive Hunting techniques includes: throwing stick, stalking, camo
-Tracking/ the student will be taught the basics of sign tracking for procuring food
-Tool construction/ we will cover several different ways you can utilize items from your environment to create tools, cordage, wood working implements, and much more
-Primitive Navigation Methods
-Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants/ throughout the course we will be learning the uses of different plants for edible, medicinal, and utilitarian uses!
Itinerary
Day 1- Students will build two primitive shelters.
Day 2- Comprehensive breakdown of several primitive and modern methods for water procurement
Day 3- Fire/we will be practicing primitive and modern fire making for the entire day.
Day 4- Food procurement methods/ students will construct primitive traps, make and practice using throwing sticks, tracking, wild edibles, and more!
Day 5- Cordage making, primitive tool construction, primitive navigation techniques, and more!
NOTE: Each student will receive either a certificate of completion or our a Official Sigma 3 Survival Basic Certification if you can pass the tests throughout the course. Check the requirements for more info on becoming certified!
Length: 5 days/4 nights
Location: Huntington, AR primitive camp
Cost: $295 for early registration; $345 for later registration
Details: Further details about the course will be sent to you upon registration!
Equipment Needed: Knife, outdoor clothing, boots, overnight camping gear, small backpack, and food. Check Recommended items list for more details!
Dates: June 13-17, 2012 ; Aug 1-5, 2012 ; November 3-7, 2012
Contact Us for more details or questions about the class.
