Walkabout Wilderness Survival Skills Expedition
Have
you have ever wanted to know what it might be like to relate to the
Earth without the conveniences of our modern world?
If so, this may be just the wilderness survival course for you!
During the 7-day Walkabout, you will be able to explore this realm with safe and highly experienced instructors who are skilled at creating challenges that are just within your grasp! The week-long walkabout about serves as a stepping-stone for those wanting to expand their connection with nature and build their wilderness living skills.
This wilderness survival skills course is designed to allow you to experience nature directly, and feel the freedom of walking across a landscape and learning to trust the earth to provide for all of your needs.
We’ll learn and apply wilderness survival skills as the opportunity and need arise...finding shelter and wild edible plants, learning navigation techniques and fire-making; this wilderness survival course gives you the opportunity to experience nature in an ancient and meaningful way.
You can also spend a week exploring the natural world
and learning outdoor survival skills in our NatureSkills Weeklong workshop.
Register for Walkabout Wilderness Survival Expedition
| Register Now | Ages Adult $985 Food and camping (primitive) provided. June 24-30, 2012, 3pm Sunday - 3pm Saturday East slope of Washington Cascade Mountains. Duvall and Airport shuttle available. NOTE: Please read the "More information" section below thoroughly before you register for this course. |
Meet Your Instructors
Lindsay
Huettman loves being a part of the Wilderness Awareness
School team in her roles as Outreach Coordinator and Anake Outdoor
School Instructor. Her primary passion is connecting humans to wilderness
through the use of native plants. This inspired her to complete a degree
at WWU in Ethnobotany
Stewardship Education. This can include anything from eating Hemlock
cambium and discussing its nutritional benefits, to making baskets out
of Cedar roots and dying them with lichens! Other passions include leading
wilderness survival, whitewater rafting and kayaking expeditions; writing
and playing music, and creating dynamic environmental education curriculum
for K-12. She has a background in organic farming, landscaping, horse
packing & training, homeschool support and is an avid plant dork
when it comes to biochemistry. Most of all she loves to sit in the woods
and watch the leaves uncurl each spring.
Richie Booth is an Instructor for the Thursday Coyotes (ages 10-12) and Friday Roots and Wings (ages 4-6) programs. He was born and raised in Yelm, WA. Spending his summers camping on the Deschutes River in Weyerhauser with his dad he developed a deep love for the forest. Working with youth at Camp Cispus during high school and college he realized his passion for working with kids. He has dedicated his life to reconnecting with nature through the practice of primitive skills, and helping both kids and adults to find their passions by sharing his with them.
More information...
A few things that you need to know if you are interested in this wilderness survival skills course….
This course is very challenging, both physically and mentally. As a participant, you must be prepared to push yourself beyond perceived physical, emotional, and mental boundaries while amongst the elements of nature. Through your own internal process you will have the opportunity to learn how to better flow with natural processes as you learn to rely upon nature’s bounty for food, water, and shelter.
We will cover various ancient wilderness survival skills such as making fire by friction, constructing primitive shelters, locating food and water by identifying of indicator species, and much more! Perhaps most importantly, you will learn to relax more while increasing your level of comfort, and we hope that you will carry this forward into a feeling of connection with your environment in the future. This shift is possible whatever your experience level, and comes as a result of seeing beyond your personal challenges to the abundance of nature as you learn to travel through various environments with a minimum of gear.
We will carry some gear, most of which consists of the clothing that we will be wearing. You will receive a required gear list upon registering for this course, and there will be an opportunity to modify what we actually carry with us prior to heading into the field and depending on the weather and other factors.
Due to the intense physical requirements of this expedition and the remote location, we require that all participants undergo a complete physical examination and submit a signed Physicians Medical Examination Form (included with your registration confirmation packet) to Wilderness Awareness School no later than 30 days prior to the start of this expedition. Fulfillment of this requirement will require you to make an appointment with your physician. We have instituted this requirement for your health and safety and for the quality experience of the group, and we appreciate your understanding.
We will spend a large portion of our time hiking over varied terrain, being aware of our surroundings and staying on the lookout for potential food, water and shelter resources. We will spend some time in camps along the way where skills will be taught and practiced. However, the emphasis of this course is on moving through our natural landscape. We will cover large distances over uneven ground, and will go without food and with limited water for extended periods of time.
If you have any concerns or questions about whether this wilderness survival course is a good one for you, or if you have any special needs that you would like to discuss prior to registering for this course, please feel free to contact us and we will be more than happy to talk with you. 425-788-1301.
