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

Name: Expedition (Greenland Module) / Wild Camping Training (5 so far)
Start: 2025-06-06T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-08T13:00:00+01:00
Location: Ivybridge

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Turn W.

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

Details

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\

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.