The Overnighter Workshop

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Teaching Fundamental Outdoor Skills;

Developing Outdoor Competency; and 

Building Backcountry Confidence

                                                                                             

The Overnighter Workshop

                                                                                             

No one plans to stay out over night on a day hike, but could you?  Could you make it through the night with the gear in your day pack or even more challenging, with the resources that nature provides?

Fundamental knowledge and skills for any one who spends time in the backcountry.

Outdoor Enthusiasts

Guides and Outdoor Educators

Or, anyone who might provide rescue services.

Wilderness First Responders

Search and Rescue Teams

Helicopter Medical Teams

                                                                                             

The Bare Necessities

                                                                                             

  • Sorting Out the Bare Necessities
  • Fresh Water
  • Warm, Dry and A Place to Sleep
  • Oxygenated Blood Should Stay Inside the Body
  • Nutritional Prickly Pear Fruit
  • Community – Family and Friends, Photo by Joshua Sage
The Seven Bare Necessities: Calmness, Body Temperature, Nutrition, Community, Oxygen, Hydration and Sleep

Understanding, Prioritizing and Managing

the Bare Neccessities of Life,

by using

Fundamental Outdoor Knowledge and Skills

along with the

Tools and Materials That You Carry or Find in Nature

                                                                                             

Developing Fundamental

Knowledge and Skills

                                                                                             

  • Critiquing Survival Shelters
  • Water Treatment
  • A Quick Natural Shelter
  • Signalling practice
  • Map and Compass Navigation
  • Hand Drill Friction Fire
  • Catching Dinner
  • Sleeping in a Bivouac Shelter
  • Cowboy Campfire

First Aid

Fire Building

Shelter Construction

Water Procurement and Treatment

Food Collection (if necessary)

Navigation

Signaling

                                                                                             

Useful Tools and Materials

Carried or Found

                                                                                             

  • First Aid Kit
  • Trail Food
  • Self-made Emergency Kit
  • Navigation and Signaling Gear
  • Water Treatment Gear
Carried items are convenient and often save time in a critical situation.

  • Building a Hasty Natural Shelter
  • Friction Fire Encompasses Several Woodcraft Camping Skills. Photo by Terry Webb.
  • Hot-Rock Boiling Dinner in a Zucchini
  • Edible Plants
Items found in nature can be quite helpful for improving a persons comfort.

                                                                                             

The Overnight Daypack

                                                                                             

  • Shelter Making Gear
Flat Fabrics prove to be versatile and extremely functional when you find yourself facing an unexpected overnight in the backcountry.

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The Overnight Daypack that we discuss, slightly adjusts the gear that most people carry in their daypack.  With these simple gear adjustments your gear is readily adaptable from day hike purposes to overnight functionality.

                                                                                             

Organizing Your

Overnighter Workshop

                                                                                             

The Overnighter Workshop can be as short as four hours or as long as overnight, and of course the overnight version has some practical experience.  Since each workshop is individually designed for your organization or group, the rate for the workshop is based on various factors, which we discuss in the design process.  To start the conversation …

Get in touch with us.

Call us at 435-335-7710, or email us using our contact form.

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