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| Hiking up to our campsite/classroom for the weekend |
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| Our WSS classroom for the weekend. Fully equipped with camp fire and military parachute |
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| Let's learn about snakes. Big 'ole snakes that you WILL see while hiking the AT. |
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| Learning all about knives and carved our own tools for cooking, building shelter, stakes, pot holders, etc |
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| Cultivating water from the natural springs. In this simulation, we had to use condoms since "that's all we had in our survival kit that would hold extra water". (These can hold up to 5 liters of water by the way...) |
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| Water purification system. We took nasty, murky, muddy water in the mud pit next to Jono and purified it naturally into clean, clear drinking water |
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| Fire starting and what to use |
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| Vaseline and cotton balls... works like a charm |
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| Poor fella didn't pass class |
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| Natural foliage shelter |
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| Shelter for the night. Was larger than appears in photo. Two 55 gal trash bags duct taped together. Also learned how to tie various knots and set up different styles of shelter |
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| Under the parachute Saturday night. Very cool |
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| The Master Bathroom |
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| Nationally recognized botanist teaching about edible and medicinal plants. Jojo getting ready to eat the root of this one |
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| This plant can be used as a natural insect repellant... its poultice smells like a bath and body works scent! |
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| Shave the bark off with your fingernail and you get a "toothpick" flavored exactly like rootbeer. Can also be used for flavoring foods or water |
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| Animal tracking and capture |
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| Example first aid kit |
Ashley - good luck. It looks like you've prepared a TON. I have a tentative start date of 3/15, but with all the snow that is happening, I might push it back a bit. Best of luck and maybe I'll see you on the Trail!
ReplyDeleteThanks Krystal! Would be neat if we could start around the same date. Best of luck to you... I will look for ya! (I am on FB as well ashleynicole419@hotmail.com, maybe we can swap info)
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