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

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\