Day Hiker and Long Hiker Emergency Survival Course

 

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This course is designed for Novice and Experienced Day and long-haul hikers that find themselves lost, late getting out of the woods, or hurt while enjoying time in the forest. You may be the world's best outdoorsman, boy scout, hunter, fisherman, tracker, or trapper. Still, the skills to SELF RESCUE are vastly different from being a WOODSMAN and surviving the night or a day or two when something goes sideways, and you need time to self-rescue or wait for rescue. 

 

What we Cover

 

• Check in on yourself. Check the EGO realize when you are truly at that decision-making moment. 

• Self Rescue or Call for Help

• Triangles of Survival

• Shelter

• Water

• Food

• MOVE 

• Signaling

• Emergency First Aid & (What should be in your KITS )

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Hiker Emergency Kit List

This kit list is just a starting point of suggestions you can modify for your personal approach. It is meant to fit in one large pocket or a small backpack or haversack that you may already be carrying. 

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• MilSpec Poncho

• Poncho Liner (OPTIONAL)

• Emergency/Casualty Blanket

• Roll of 1 mil painters drop cloth Clear to semi Clear

• Cordage Paracord and or Bank Line

• Four aluminum or poly tent stakes (Optional)

• Water Purification

• Military Metal Canteen cook set / Minimum Metal cook mug for boiling water

• Fixed Blade Knife (your hunting knife will be just fine if it is a fixed blade) 

• Backup Pocket knife with saw or pocket Saw (Optional)

• Fire Starter Kit

• One emergency meal (Minimum) 

• IFAK ( Individual First Aid Kit)