December 2011
TWO DAYS OF WINTER SURVIVAL WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED: BEING SAFE WHILE YOU’RE HAVING WINTER FUN.
On December 17 & 18, the Montana Discovery Foundation, Helena National Forest, Lewis & Clark County Sheriff, The Base Camp, and Wilderness Arts Institute will sponsor a 2-day workshop for the public on Winter Survival skills. These workshops teach traditional and modern methods for travel and outdoor survival during the cold season. This will be the second year where we offer the option for spending the night in a shelter constructed during the first day of the class. If this weekend does not work with your schedule, David does offer additional classes around the state. Please visit his website for additional information and schedules: http://www.wildernessartsinstitute.com/.
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Click here for Registration materials. Your spot in the class will be reserved when MDF receives your form and fee.
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Class Description Dec. 2011:
Join instructor David Cronenwett for a weekend covering winter survival skills. The workshop will focus on the essential needs for short-term  survival in winter. Skills and concepts to be featured include:
- Defining survival situations
- Dressing for the cold
- Tool use and maintenance (knife, axe and saw)
- Fire making, using modern and primitive methods
- Shelter and sleeping options
- Emergency snow travel methods
- Knots and binding craft
- Subsistence options and survival kits
The courses will be limited to 20 students per day. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Students will spend the entire course outdoors and will work around an open fire, so please dress accordingly. Participants should also bring food, a cup for hot beverages, snowshoes (if snow conditions exist), a small notebook and a sturdy knife. High quality, inexpensive, Swedish knives will be available from the instructor for around $15. For those choosing to spend the night, a good sleeping bag and other appropriate gear (including 2 lunches, dinner and breakfast) is required. An equipment list will be provided once MDF receives your registration information.
Workshop participants will have a great time, and will come away with valuable, lifetime skills for enjoying Montana’s wild places in winter.
David has studied primitive living and wilderness skills as student and staff at Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) in Boulder, Utah and with master woodsman Mors Kochanski in Alberta, Canada. David has taught outdoor survival seminars for the University of Montana and other organizations throughout the region. He lives in Choteau, Montana.
For more information, contact:
Samsara Chapman
Montana Discovery Foundation
406.495.3718
samsarachapman[at]fs.fed.us
WHO: Montana Discovery Foundation, The Base Camp, Lewis & Clark County Sheriff, Helena National Forest, Wilderness Arts Institute
WHAT: Winter Survival Workshop
WHEN: December 17 & 18
WHERE: Near Cummings Cabin east of Lincoln
COST: $15 per person reservation fee (to be returned at the start of the class)
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