Wilderness Specifics
Completion of Wilderness Essentials is a must, prior to registration of any Wilderness Specifics course.
Now is the time to consider what you want to learn next. Take any of the following courses in any order you choose. Upon completion you will receive your Certification.
Wilderness Specifics Courses:
Be Prepared is designed to promote optimal conditioning Physically, Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually. This course helps you prepare yourself to meet life’s daily and unpredictable challenges with certainty. We help you implement effective methods of discipline utilizing specific wilderness skills that are connected to each of these areas. When you go back home you will possess a solid foundation to powerfully begin the process of conditioning yourself for life in each of these 4 components.
Be Prepared (Always in a state of readiness)
Thursday – Saturday $444.00
STOP / First Aid is a great course for getting yourself back on track in life. The acronym S.T.O.P. means Stop, Think, Observe, and Plan. This is the first thing to do whenever you feel lost or stranded. First Aid will always become the first priority when injury presents itself. We teach you the process of how to deal effectively and powerfully with the “I AM LOST” scenario whether in the real wilderness or the concrete wilderness called civilization in order to ensure your survival is certain and comfortable.
STOP / First Aid (Get back on track / Get certified and trained)
Thursday – Saturday $444.00
Mental Clarity / Focus is the absolute most important process for controlling the only 4 things you really have any control over; your thoughts, words, feelings and your actions. We call this your “TWFA’S” and learning how to control, govern, and monitor these 4 areas of self is crucial for not just survival but it gives you the edge to learn how to be grateful, happy, and much more no matter what.
Mental Clarity / Focus (Fact based / Solution oriented)
Thursday – Saturday $444.00
Navigation / Signaling is a phenomenal course with a primary focus on learning to develop and trust your instincts. Even though we teach you basic orienteering with map and compass this course is designed to teach you what to do when you don’t have a map and compass. Ground to air signals are imperative and must be memorized, so come and have a great time in the wilderness while learning these life-saving skills.
Navigation / Signaling (Know where you are / Get Found)
Thursday – Saturday $444.00
Shelter Creation is a fun, down and dirty kind of class that is structured to assist you in the process of constructing, locating, an temporarily dwelling in an effective shelter. There are a few different methods of designing shelters, but the most important thing is keeping yourself insulated and protected from the harsh elements. Knowing how and where to find or construct shelter is an all empowering skill to learn because SHELTER is usually the first and foremost wilderness priority.
Shelter Creation (Stay protected from the harsh elements)
Thursday – Saturday $444.00
Water Quest is set up to help you the student know how to conserve, filter, locate and purify water. Water is the most sacred on the list, it is the life giving substance and you can’t usually go to long without it. Learning where to find it, how do conserve it, how to filter and purify it are some of the things you will learn about water. The key is to always stay hydrated.
Water Quest (Stay hydrated no matter what)
Thursday – Saturday $444.00
Fire Making has got to be the hottest course we offer. You will learn many ways of creating fire. We teach you flint and steel, bow and drill, battery and steel wool and other effective fire making skills. Fire has a spirit of it’s own and you must learn how to work with fire to get the results you want whether for companionship, warmth, cooking, making tools, or even for signaling. Come join us at the sacred fire circle and learn the temperaments of your inner fire.
Fire Making (Stay dry, warm and protected)
Thursday – Saturday $444.00
Food Gathering is all about the psychology of how unessential it is in the short term and how essential it is to prepare for the long term. It is all about the ability and discipline to know it is not an immediate necessity and how to focus effectively on the other essential skills. It is all about learning some basic traps and snares, and learning and how to choose the appropriate wild edibles for food and medicine for the short term and also for the long term.
Food Gathering (What you crave the most and need the least)
Thursday – Saturday $444.00