About This Activity
Surviving in nature doesn’t have to be brutal and uncomfortable. In fact, it can be quite luxurious and fun, so long as you’ve got the skills. This camp focuses on the basics of bush craft—the art of minimalist/survival camping. Minimalist in this case doesn’t mean lack of resources, it means starting out with very little and capable of making nearly all. And yes, that does mean knife skills will be an essential practice in this camp, as a good knife is the basic tool of any bush crafter. Knife safety will be a core teaching and there will be plenty of opportunities to practice. Curriculum for this class is somewhat open ended, as one of the primary modes of operation for bush crafting is being responsive and adaptable to nature. If an unexpected opportunity presents itself (imagine a surprise rain storm, or animal sighting, or plant ally encounter), we’ll seize the moment! What we can say for sure: this camp will be as fun as it is informative, and students will leave with a few new camping tricks in their skill set. Students Will: -Learn and practice the basics of knife safety -Identify native plants and their uses for survival -Learn about water purification and collection -Practice the art of creative adaptability -Learn how to ethically harvest materials from nature -Explore basic navigation with the use of map and compass
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