This program is designed specifically for families with youngsters and for others with limited experience in the outdoors (though many experienced people have also benefited from taking this program and have given it high praise). The content applies to just about any endeavor that can take you into the natural world—hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, snowshoeing, skiing, rafting, or simply driving a car through a remote area.
The presentation is basically in lecture form. We use plenty of examples (true stories), hypotheticals (pretend stories), and hands-on demonstrations (building a simple shelter; how to use a flint-and-steel; we may even, time and the surroundings permitting, show you how to start a fire with a bow-drill).
We’ll share with you our list of essential survival items. These are items that you and ESPECIALLY YOUR CHILDREN should have with you whenever you venture into the wild—and by "wild" we mean any location that has more grass than your back yard and is farther than shouting distance from home, camp, or the parking lot, be it a forest preserve in DuPage County, the Canadian backcountry, or the Utah desert. The list of items is short. They are small and lightweight and all of them can easily fit into a fanny pack. Any one of them could turn a potential emergency survival situation into a brief detour, an interesting but not overly exciting adventure, or at worst a minor mishap. All together they could save your life.
We present these programs periodically either on our own or as requested by park districts, scout groups, YMCAs, schools, etc.
Whenever we are doing a workshop that is open to the public, you will see a notice of it here.
If you or a group to which you belong would be interested in having us present a workshop (two-hour), please contact us via email at natedpro@aol.com.
If you would like to see your park district, scout group, etc. sponsor a workshop, tell them to contact us.
Thanks,
Tim Cronin & Ron Nosek