Level
2 Program
Session
2 is intended for the outdoors-person with a bit of knowledge who
wishes to increase his/her level of skill.
Persons with a basic degree of outdoor experience do not need to
take the Level 1 Program first.
-
10-15 participants: $1,200.00 per person, plus taxes
- 16-25 participants: $1,000.00 per person, plus taxes
We
will spend almost all of our time in the forest, returning to the
lodge only out of necessity.
Knowledge
gained in the session will include a variety of topics including
starting fires without matches, compass- and map-reading, building
shelters, hiking skills, survival priorities, food and water, and
first aid. These skills, first learned in the Level 1 Program, will
be refreshed and then studied and practised at a more indepth level.
The
emphasis will be on learning while enjoying as much time as possible
in the outdoors and gaining direct hands-on experience.
Dates
This
program is scheduled in 2008 from August 3 to 10.
Other
dates are certainly available! Please contact us to arrange.
Agenda
(flexible):
Sunday
-
Arrive in Toronto, shuttle to a wilderness lodge
- Orientation and tour of facility
- Settle into cabins
- Dinner at the lodge
- Evening nature lore and hiking program
- Evening campfire
Monday
To Wednesday
“THE
GREAT BACKPACKING- ADVENTURE”:
-
Breakfast at the lodge
- Wilderness Camping and Survival Skills Workshop
- Orienteering skills review
- Lunch at the lodge
- Pack backpacks and supplies
- Backpacking Trip: hike out into remote wilderness back-country!!:
Enjoy
3 days and 2 nights backpacking in the Algonquin and Crown
Lands Wilderness, learning camp skills and crafts, advanced
wilderness survival skills, nature lore skills, and cooking
primitively.
- Return to the lodge for dinner Wednesday evening.
- Time to reflect about the first trip into the back-country,
and to get ready for the second trip!
- (shower, prepared meals, sauna, and a good night’s rest)
Thursday
To Sunday
“THE
GREAT CANOE-SURVIVAL ADVENTURE”:
-
Light breakfast, pack canoes and survival gear
- Head into back-country wilderness for a great outdoor challenge,
3 days and 3 nights!!
- Prepare all meals over an open fire and campstoves.
- Spend one night in tents, 2 nights in bark lean-tos and wigwams,
and/or Voyageur canoe shelters
- Construct fire by firebow method (rubbing sticks), cook bannock,
forage for wild edibles and berries!
- Learn how to navigate in the remote wilderness using topographical
maps and a compass, and a G.P.S. unit.
Sunday
-
Canoe back to civilization
- Presentation of awards/certificates
- Enjoy a hot shower/sauna and delicious prepared meal
- Pack and shuttle to Toronto