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FIRE IGNITION
Learn How to Make Fire Off the Woodland Floor
AXECRAFT
Learn How to Fell a Tree and Sharpen Your Cutting Tools
SHELTER
Learn How to Make Primitive Shelters Like Debris Huts
FOOD
Learn How to Forage Off the Forest Floor and Trap Game
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WOMEN'S WILDERNESS SURVIVAL 201
3 DAYS/2 NIGHTS
Beginner/Moderate Level
$265.00
ABOUT
Women’s Wilderness Survival 201 is a course that caters towards long-term survival and bushcraft as we leave our preparedness from kit-based items to off the landscape. This class is directed towards women of all ages to encourage more female participation in the fields of bushcraft and primitive skills. Students from all skill levels are welcome and no experience is required. Whether you are a proclaimed survivalist, a weekend bushcrafter, a homesteader, an ultralight hiker, or just a general everyday woodswoman this class is designed to promote a sense of community through our shared love of nature.
Throughout the weekend we will learn to take care of our immediate needs in woodland living as we discuss self-aid, fire with friction, and primitive shelter building. Other topics will include various woodland craft, knots, navigation, and food procurement from primitive traps for woodland game and edible plants. This class is for participants who desire to both learn and grow, as well as how to develop a sense of resilience through self-reliance in both community and as individuals in the wild.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
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Learn how to properly use a knife, saw, and axe to avoid injury
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Learn how to safely fell a tree
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Make fire with various ignitions including off the landscape with a bow-drill
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Learn how to positively identify plants and trees that aid in fire and medicine as we go on a woodland walk to collect resources
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As a group, students will build a primitive shelter for long-term use
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Learn how to make cordage using fibers from the woodland floor
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Learn how to navigate by the sun and stars
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Learn how to make various primitive traps for woodland game
REQUIRED GEAR LIST
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Fixed Blade Knife with Sheath (4" min blade length)
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Folding Saw or Bucksaw
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Ferro Rod with Striker
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1x Lighter
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50’ Paracord
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1x Stainless Steel Container with an Enclosed Lid (Altoids tin will work fine)
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1 x 100% Cotton Bandana or Shemagh
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1 Roll of Jute Twine (100 ft min)
Recommended Gear for this Class
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
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Sleep System (Tent/Hammock)
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Headlamp with Spare Batteries
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Proper Clothing for Season and Weather
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Leather Gloves
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Cookware for personal meals
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water container
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food/snacks
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Hygiene items and Medications
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Notebooks and Pencils
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Combination Tool like a Leatherman or SAK
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Cargo Tape for Repair
FINE PRINT
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Instructor is Wilderness First Responder certified and a licensed HAM Radio operator (KE8WHY)
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Potable water is available on site and in the classroom
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Be prepared for All Weather as this class is in an outdoor setting
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No Meals are provided so students must bring their own food and snacks. A 90-minute lunch break is given should students wish to cook their meal or leave the property
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Portable Restrooms are within 100 meters of the classroom
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Students are not required to stay on site after class hours however it is encouraged to develop connections around a central fire
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Students can tent camp or hammock camp, however, space is limited for hammocks
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Firearms are not permitted in the classroom
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Alcohol and drug use are not permitted during class hours
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Students accept all liability for personal injury
— MARZ W.
Learned some new skills and made some new friends. If you can take a class with Jacks, do it!
— SARAH I.
Jacks took us under her wing and taught us survival skills and instilled in us that we can do hard things.
To dig deep and believe in ourselves.
— ROBIN C.
There was so much encouragement and camaraderie I hated to see the class end. I’ll definitely be taking more classes with Jacks.