There has been an uptick in media coverage of wilderness survival this summer. It may be due to seasonal interest. After all, summer is when most people venture into the wild. You would expect a corresponding increase in stories about lost hikers, outdoor injuries, and outrageously stupid backcountry behavior.
I’ve written before about how to choose a wilderness survival class. This week, my own wilderness survival class received press coverage.
I teach a two-day wilderness survival class for California State Parks. The class is free for members of the general public. We offer the workshop free-of-charge as a public service. Students learn risk assessment, human psychology, and survival priorities. They build shelters, start fires, purify water, and signal for help. Students gain a practical foundation for more advanced classes with other competent instructors.
A reporter from the Santa Cruz Sentinel recently joined the second day of my workshop and wrote the following article. Bear in mind that not all the quotes are accurate. If you have experience with wilderness survival, you can see where certain quotes get garbled. But it could have been much worse! Here’s a link to the article. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Art of survival taught at Big Basin
The U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife asked me to teach the workshop to visitors at the Don Edwards wildlife refuge. I will most likely begin offering the class next spring. So if you want to know when these classes will be offered, join the Bushcraft Newsletter or visit the Upcoming Events Page.
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