Just sharing a link I found today;
http://canadiansurvival.info/survival-resources/survival-schools.html
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
thanks for those links - 😉
I found this link. Very affordable once you get there. Could maybe get a bunch together share the cost.
http://www.primitiveskills.org/
Until you do what you believe in, you don't know if you believe in it or not.
Leo Tolstoy
The Boreal Wilderness Institute in Edmonton, Alberta is said to be one of the best. I've never been there so I can't say for sure.
Those who are unwilling to defend freedom, will become unfree.
Schools in general are great but don't discount your own capabilities.
- I've gone solo camping for 28 days in the woods (swamps) of temagami with only what I could carry on my back. *Edit (lesson learned: Bring more salt!)
- I've also been winter camping in -25c again with only what I could carry in my backpack. My partner in crime was a "wilderness survival instructor with the canadian forces for 10 years or so, and another friend. They were both out of their element. One quit early and the other froze my stove solid and got us lost WITH HIS GPS. I needed to help them along a fair amount. My only previous experience was reading on the web. ** EDIT (Lesson learned: experts are dangerous. Trust in yourself, it is not that hard but be careful. Mistakes in cold weather can kill.)
Schools in general are great but don't discount your own capabilities.
- I've gone solo camping for 28 days in the woods (swamps) of temagami with only what I could carry on my back.
- I've also been winter camping in -25c again with only what I could carry in my backpack. My partner in crime was a "wilderness survival instructor with the canadian forces for 10 years or so, and another friend. They were both out of their element. One quit early and the other froze my stove solid and got us lost WITH HIS GPS. I needed to help them along a fair amount. My only previous experience was reading on the web.
As they say "Knowledge is power". But unless you practice, you don't know what you're capable of. I do know what you mean about others being out of their element. For awhile my wife and I belonged to CASARA "Civil Air Search and Rescue Association". I was part of the ground support so we got lessons in wilderness survival. Our "instructor" on one excersize taught how to build a simple lean-to then went on to explain how to forage for food. Afterwards he had someone show up with a bunch of pizzas from town 30 miles away. That's when I realized our "instructor" wouldn't last 6 hours in the woods. I started researching on my own and never went back. I've practiced my skills quite often and I'm confident. I still can't start a fire with a bow drill though.
I've never had a problem using a map and compass but you give me a GPS and I can guarantee that I'll be lost within 5 minutes.
Those who are unwilling to defend freedom, will become unfree.
I still can't start a fire with a bow drill though.
LOL Me neither but I've only tried a couple of times. I've only ever used a flint in practice. I carry at least 4 Bic lighters and one pocket is just for collecting tinder along the way. Half my pockets have a couple of folded paper towels (so I'm not sniffling all the time, wiping runny nose on sleeve) and they're good for all kinds of stuff. Tinder, TP, hand wipes, sweat rag. I like those blue "shop towel" type of paper towels. Even if they get soaked they dry almost like new, tough enough for a dish cloth.