Greetings! I have located only one course so far in the general time
frame of your query. However, I have emailed several other survival
course possibilities and am awaiting their responses for the dates you
requested, so please refrain from rating until I have received word
from them and posted it for your perusal.
The course closest to your date query (actually posted on a website)
is in mid-January and is offered by http://www.alssadventures.com/ and
they have skills courses and adventure courses. Their Winter
Wonderland course text reads as follows:
"Winter Wonderland
(Class limit: 10 students)
January 19-25, 2003 $990
Exposure to cold can kill within hours. Knowing what to do and how to
do it quickly can be a lifesaver. Challenge yourself by adapting to
old man winter under the beautiful, Mogollon Rim of north eastern
Arizona. We'll base camp in a historic, fully furnished 1898 log cabin
in the heart of Zane Grey country, the world renowned western author
of the 1920's. Discover what works to keep you warm and dry to
establish wintertime as your new comfort zone! Experience Cold Weather
Clothing Systems: choosing your clothing for fit and function, the
European layering method, insulation types, clothing material
properties, using "sock shoes," vapor barriers; How Cold Affects Your
Body: the physiology of heat loss and gain, short and long term heat
production methods, how your body produces heat; Building Shelter:
where, what, why and how to build winter shelters including quinzhee,
hole in the snow, snow trenches and super shelters; Making Fire: from
half matches, metal matches, magnesium, bow drills, natural tinder
bundles, techno tinders, fire lighting when everything's wet, fire on
snow, fire as a tool, fire safety and physics, doubling your fire's
heat; Getting Water: from snow and ice, preventing dehydration, water
disinfection methods, flavoring options, maximal hydration tips,
natural and human indicators, body water requirements in the cold;
Signaling for Rescue: getting attention using mirrors, ground to air,
sound and smoke; Defining Winter and Winter Ecology: selective
criteria for environmental adaptation to cold, the five vectors of
winter, winter plant identification, game patterns and identification;
Food and Nutrition as Energy: macro and micro nutrients, basal
metabolic rates for men and women, diet induced thermogenesis,
designing cold weather food packs; Winter Injuries: sun and cold
injuries, preventing frostbite, snowblindness, trench foot and
hypothermia; Properties and Uses for Snow, Winter Travel, Safe Knife
and Saw Use, Winter Survival Kits, and more! Two hot, hearty meals a
day are included. Come and join us around the fireplace for this
intimate look at the winter season!"
Because there is desert to snow-capped mountains in your desired area,
do you have a preference for either? I have found desert survival and
mountain survival. I welcome a clarification from you on this matter
so I will be certain of your preference as I search and send inquiries
to the schools.
It may be that because you request dates so close to Christmas you may
have to hire a personal guide. Would this be of interest to you? I
ask because it would probably increase the price and I want to be
certain your budget includes this possibility. (I have emailed
http://www.owa.com/ regarding info and prices for a personal guide on
the dates you requested.)
On a side note, I would guess you are familiar with Tom Brown, Jr., a
most heralded tracker and wilderness survivor. His school is located
in New Jersey, out of your area, but I think you may enjoy his website
at http://www.trackerschool.com/ - on the main page, there is a link
to "Join Our Tracker School Online Community it's open to anyone
interested in being a part of the Tracker Family" at the bottom of the
page. You may find additional information by joining that community
and querying members.
I will post the replies I receive as they come to my mail box, and I
thank you for your patience.
SEARCH TERMS and LINKS:
wilderness survival training winter arizona [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=wilderness+survival+training+winter+arizona
EQUIPPED TO SURVIVE (tm) - Survival Schools & Courses (a long list of
survival schools)
http://www.equipped.com/srvschol.htm
Survival Links - Wilderness survival schools Arizona
http://www.belt-buckle-knife.com/survival/links/wildernesssurvivalschoolsarizona.shtml
wilderness survival personal instructor california [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=wilderness+survival+personal+instructor+california
Wilderness School and realred Products and Services Index
http://www.earthway.net/index.html
winter wilderness adventure [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=winter+wilderness+adventure
Outpost Wilderness Adventure- Adventure Trips, Expeditions and ...
http://www.owa.com/ |
Request for Answer Clarification by
philip_lynx-ga
on
30 Sep 2002 13:28 PDT
Hi Journalist-ga,
you are definitively on the right track :-) with your answer, and I am
very much looking forward to the complete information that you are
gathering.
The hard window into which the course date must fit is 12/22 to 5/1.
In other words, courses must not begin earlier than the first, and
must not end later than the second date.
There is no firm preference of desert over mountains, etc. Since the
dates are very restrictive, we are going to take what we get, same is
true for regional limitations. ;-) So if the only available guide
would be in NJ, we would go there... It is important that the course
be practical, i.e. a teaching course, sitting in a log cabin for three
days, would not be 'it'.
A personal guide is of interest, depending on budget. I don't really
know their price. Are we talking >$200 per day? From the first links
that you posted I saw that some schools offer equipment. That is a
very good point, and necessary to us.
Yes, I have seen Tom Brown Jr.'s website, and find it very unfortunate
that we can not attend his courses due to time constraints...
Thank you for your efforts. I am looking forward to your pointer to a
concrete set of instructors or schools to conclude this question.
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Clarification of Answer by
journalist-ga
on
01 Oct 2002 21:34 PDT
Not done with, by any means, at least not on my end. : ) In this
question's answering, emails had to be sent to provide you with the
information and...we have a possibility! One of the emails was
answered this evening and I suggest you contact them. Here's the
info:
"Thanks for your interest in our survival programs. Yes, we currently
have our schedule open from December 26 & on.
"A couple of questions to help with determining course particulars:
"1.What specific scenario or environment are you interested in
obtaining skills for (generalized North American skills or specific-
such as desert or winter conditions)?
"2. Do you want to work on navigation skills along with survival and
be on the move each day or be in a wilderness basecamp working
strictly on survival skills with only short dayhikes from camp?
"For all of our one-on-one courses, we provide hands-on instruction in
the wilderness, all relevant gear, food (basic staples like rice,
oats, etc... to augment any foraged food), and a complimentary copy of
our book Practical Survival and a survival kit. In addition, we
conduct our courses in some of the finest canyon country in the
southwest. You will also walk away with a variety of handmade
primitive tools and wilderness skills that you can immediately apply
to your next outing.
"If you would like to discuss any of the above in greater detail or
have any questions, feel free to call us at 928-774-7522.
"Thanks again for your interest,
Tony Nester
Ancient Pathways, LLC
http://www.apathways.com"
I sent out about 15 emails to survival schools so you may choose to
close the question but I will continue to post the info as I received
it. I hope additional responses come, but at least we do have one
that meets your time frame! Any further clarifications, please don't
hesitate to ask.
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