Our expedition and wild camping training weekend provides an excellent opportunity to develop your outdoor skills from a day hiker to a wild camper or expedition team member. During the training, participants can learn the camp craft, essential techniques for river crossing, how to cook, set up tents, call for help in a remote location and, very importantly, protect the fragile remote environments they are visiting. Our goal is not simply to give you a wild camping experience but to train you to become an environmentally conscious wild camper/ or a resilient expedition team member.

Attendees often feel they have been on a course due to our pre-weekend live interactive Zoom training. The lectures cover expedition preparation, nutrition and equipment. We also send a professional guide to meet your weekend group to help you buy the right clothes and equipment. If you are trying this for the first time, we can provide you a rucksack and sleeping bag at a small extra cost.

This training experience fosters self-reliance and prepares individuals for adventurous expeditions and wild camping excursions. It is rated GREEN on our traffic light system of rating events. You must be able to hike for 4 hours carrying 15 kilos on uneven ground. The Dartmoor June weekend also includes a Greenland Expedition module covering Musk ox behaviour and equipment you need in an Arctic summer environment, the Snowdonia June training and trekking( altitude, physical preparation and the Kyrgyzstan module (altitude, physical preparation, what to take) (this will be more strenuous but no wild camping)

Price: £330 per person.

# What you will learn

Basic skills

* How to pitch a tent
* How to choose a wild campsite
* How to efficiently pack an expedition backpack
* What equipment to take
* Camp craft
* How to cook in the wilderness
* How to be hygienic and environmentally conscious in the wild
* Wilderness Photography with your Smart Phone

Advanced skills

* Calling for help in a wild environment
* River crossings
* Deep water crossings (not in the March course)

Extra Summer Arctic Skills Module (June only)

* Musk ox behaviour behaviour
* Polar bear risk in Greenland
* Cold weather gear/ intro into cold weather illness
* Discussion on multi-day expedition events

Extra Trekking plus Kyrgyzstan Skills Module (June Snowdonia only)

* Altitude sickness
* Hiking on Scree
* Physical assessment on steep ground\
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**Itinerary**

Day One: Friday - Arrive
Arrive 6 pm-10 pm.
Meet and greet at a Campsite in Ivybridge in Dartmoor.
Decompress as you prepare your dinner by our campfire.
Day Two: Saturday - Workshops, then start the expedition
Expedition cooking seminar/ practice
Polar bear and Musk ox behaviour seminar (June only)
Expedition equipment check
Half-day hike
Calling for help in an emergency
How to choose/ set up a wild camp.
Water purification
Polar bear watch (June only)
Day Three: Sunday - River crossing day/back to Ivybridge
Emergency practice
River crossings Deep water crossings (not in March!)
Greenland equipment check (June only)
Signs of cold weather illness seminar
Lunch and Q&A - finish at 2 p.m.

# What is included?

* Friday night camp fees
* Tents cooker/ fuel
* Three Firepot dehydrated expedition meals - Sat breakfast and dinner,
* Emergency equipment
* Two half-day hikes
* Emergency call for help procedures
* Essential first aid kit advice
* Wild Camping lesson
* River crossing lesson
* Deep water crossing (not in March weekend)
* Expedition food preparation lesson
* Cookers/ fuel
* Pre-expedition Zoom seminars covering equipment/ nutrition
* A guide-led expedition shopping experience in London.

Extra module Greenland module in June
Polar bear risk lesson
Musk ox behaviour and safety
Greenland expedition-specific kit check.

# What is not included?

* Parking (small onsite fee for Saturday night or park locally for free)
* Backpack, sleeping bag/ sleeping bag liner (can be for £80)
* Alcoholic drinks
* Snacks
* Saturday and Sunday lunches
* Friday dinner (bring it, and you can cook it by our campfire!)
* Personal equipment, including waterproofs, boots

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Expedition (Greenland Module) / Wild Camping Training  (5 so far)

Ivybridge

# **Greenland Ice Cap Trek**

**July 28th- 3rd August**
**Price: £2145 per person**
Greenland is a wilderness adventure like no other. The Greenland ice cap trek will take a small team of adventurers to the edge of the northern ice cap. We will hike through the tundra, passing glaciers, moraines, erratics and kettle holes - vast lakes hollowed out by glacial melt. In this utterly wild environment, far from civilisation, your training will pay off as your pack feels light, and you can fully immerse yourself in the Arctic ecosystem. Greenland’s summertime fauna paints the whole landscape with swathes of rich colour, and you will be able to spot herds of reindeer, silky arctic foxes and fearsome musk oxen weighing almost half a tonne.
Our expedition training is a well-structured process. It will allow you to transition from a day hiker to a positive expedition team member. With our training and your drive, this expedition is challenging but a realistic undertaking. Being a skilled expedition team member fosters cooperation, enhances safety, and maximises success. Effective communication and support lead to a smoother journey and stronger camaraderie. You will improve the team’s resilience, and together, we will achieve a life experience that is impossible on your own.
As we explore deeper into the wilderness, your expedition skills come into play, and we will set up camp after three days near the Greenland ice cap. You will fall asleep listening to the incredible power of the ice cap as it splits and cracks, launching chunks of ice the size of houses onto the tundra below. This carving alone is an experience like no other and one that future generations may not have the privilege of enjoying.
Due to your training, you will enjoy being in a remote, delicate ecosystem on the frontline of climate change.this epic six-day trek through dramatic and rapidly changing arctic landscapes.

**DAY ONE** —HIKE FROM KANGERLUSSUAQ AIRPORT
AFTER A QUICK FINAL EQUIPMENT CHECK, WE LEAVE CIVILISATION BEHIND US AND BEGIN THE TREK TOWARDS CAMP 1 (THE INFAMOUS T-33 PLANE CRASH SITE).
DISTANCE: 8KM \| HEIGHT GAIN: 600M \| TOTAL HIKING TIME: 4 HOURS \(TIME DO NOT INCLUDE STOPS\)

**DAY TWO** — TOWARDS THE ICE CAP
TREK TO CAMP 2, SITUATED NEXT TO A LAKE OFFERING SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE ICE CAP.
DISTANCE: 16KM \| TOTAL HEIGHT GAIN: 350M \| TOTAL HIKING TIME: 6 hours

**DAY THREE**, — ICE CAP APPROACH
A SHORTER DAY: TREKKING TO CAMP 3, WHERE YOUR GUIDE WILL PROVIDE A WILDERNESS STRETCH CLASS TO EASE SORE MUSCLES.
DISTANCE: 10KM \| HEIGHT GAIN: 250M \| TOTAL HIKING TIME: 6 HOURS

**DAY FOUR,** — ICE CAP DAY
ARRIVE AT THIS INCREDIBLE WONDER OF THE ARCTIC WORLD AND SET UP CAMP AT ITS EDGE. THERE WILL BE MANY STOPS ON THIS DAY FOR PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BECOME LIFE MEMORIES.
DISTANCE: 15KM \| HEIGHT GAINED: 500M \| TOTAL TREKKING TIME: 6 HOURS \(NOT INCLUDING STOPS\)

**DAY FIVE**\- HIKE TO POINT 660
LEAVING OUR TENTS, WE WILL HIKE TO VARIOUS STUNNING POINTS OVERLOOKING THE GREENLAND ICE CAP. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO HIKE RIGHT UP TO THE ICE CAP AND STEP ONTO IT IF YOU WISH.
DISTANCE EASIER RECOVERY DAY- DEPENDING ON WEATHER AND TEAM

**DAY SIX** — CAMP BY THE GLACIER
START THE LONG TREK BACK TO KANGERLUSSUAQ VIA A DIFFERENT ROUTE, TAKING IN SOME OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE TRAIL ROUTES—A LONG DAY TO REACH CAMP 5 BUT A LITTLE EASIER UNDERFOOT.
DISTANCE: 20KM \| DESCENT: 175M \| TOTAL TREKKING TIME: 6 HOURS

**DAY SEVEN,** — EXTRACTION
WE WILL BE PICKED UP BY THE LOCAL GUIDES AND TAKEN FOR A FOUR-HOUR EXCURSION ONTO THE ICE CAP. WE WILL THEN RETURN TO A HOT SHOWER AND SHARE A ROOM IN BASIC BUT COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION.
DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY 7KM

Email Ian@turnwild.com or check out the website www.turnwild.com for further details or to set up a call with our Greenland guide.

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# **What is not included?**

**What is not included?**

* **All snacks on the trek (we will teach you how to make an expedition food planner on Zoom pre-expedition training sessions)**
* **All personal equipment, including sleeping bags, rucksacks, boots, eating utensils and clothing**
* **Expenses incurred in the unlikely event of an evacuation**
* **Expenses incurred after the expedition has finished in Kangerlussuaq**
* **Expenses incurred in getting to and from Kangerlussuaq airport at the start and finish.**
* **Comprehensive travel insurance covering remote evacuation and repatriation to the UK, trip cancellation and medical insurance**
* **Personal use of satellite communication equipment**
* **Greenland Training Weekend - if you have not attended a wild camping event with Turn Wild**
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