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SURVIVAL SHELTER AND MORE
Little Bennett Regional Park, Clarksburg, MD
Saturday, March 8th

Survival shelter, with a side of navigation and fire-craft, & orienteering for dessert

No tent, no sleeping bag – no problem!  This class will give you new confidence to explore your home planet, armed with the know-how to improvise your most important survival necessity directly from the landscape.  Without shelter, for much of the year, you might not last a single night.

In addition to teaching the traditional debris hut structure, this course presents some invaluable innovations on that basic design, which make for a much better shelter: both easier to build and significantly warmer – including a simple way to make a door.   We will also practice some basic navigation techniques and, briefly: 5-minute fire, in the interest of preparing our dinner after class.

After class, participants will have the option to do night-orienteering individually or as a team.  I will not be instructing this - I will be out running it - but the Quantico Orienteering Club will be providing free instruction for beginners.  Learn more here.


11:00 – 12:00:








12:00 – 13:30:




13:30 – 16:30


16:30

17:00

17:15

17:15 – 18:00

18:00 – 19:00

19:00 – 22:00 



Meet & eat lunch. (lunch not provided, bring your own, and snacks if needed)

Some basic navigation & map reading.

Using a map to find likely shelter locations.

Principles of shelter construction.


Exploring & finding/evaluating good shelter locations with navigating/map reading.


Examining/gathering shelter materials.

Build shelter.

Head back to parking area.

Return to vehicles.

Go to campground.

5-minute 1-match fire, build a fire.

Campfire Dinner: hot beverages, cook your own hot dogs, smores... ($7 if not taking class)

Night-Orienteering with QOC.  (Not my event, I will be a participant)

Orienteering was developed as a military training exercise, and is now even an Olympic sport, which consists of speed navigation from control to control.  It's really fun!  The Quantico Orienteering Club (QOC) is a well-established club, that puts on great events.  They provide detailed maps and free beginner instruction; they loan out compasses free, and charge very reasonable prices.  I will not be instructing the orienteering – the QOC offers that free of charge to beginners.  I am planning to run a course solo.
Survival Shelter & More, + Dinner
$
55.00    
Survival Shelter & More
$
50.00    
Ultimate Explorer Day Camp
$
275.00    
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