Name: Fieldcraft – Wilderness Launch Course
Start: 2022-02-09T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2022-02-13T14:00:00-06:00
Location: War Eagle Base Camp

Become the Best Version of Yourself In Five Days

Learn wilderness survival skills in a controlled environment from some of the best Instructors in the industry. Then launch into the wilderness for three days to safely put your newfound skills to the test. You will come home a confident new man or woman.

Wilderness Launch Overview

Designed to quickly get you up to speed on some of the core fundamentals of wilderness survival, we then allow you immersion time to pressure test and commit your skills to memory.

During the first two days of this course, you’ll sleep under a tarp with a sleeping pad and sleeping bag in a controlled environment. You will learn wilderness skills including shelter, water, fire, basic traps, primitive weapons, knots, and first aid, etc.).

On the morning of the third day of this course, you will be issued small rations of bouillon cubes, rice, salt, and sugar for your immersion phase. Any additional food desired will have to be procured from the wild.

We’ll remove the safety net a bit and set you out on your own to practice your new skills. During your immersion phase over these three days and two nights, we’ll guide you to a location where you’ll operate on your own, choose a shelter location, set up and establish camp, and leverage your newfound skills to survive for the rest of the course.

However, we never fully remove the safety net in a training environment. Your Instructors will remain in the nearby area, periodically checking in on you to ensure your safety and to act as mentors throughout your immersion experience. In a nutshell, during the immersion phase you can choose as much or as little access to ask Instructors questions or get advice on how to approach a particular issue.

Some Students may have a high level of confidence, choosing to seek little interaction with Instructors during this time. Other Students may need a little more advice throughout the immersion phase. Either way is fine; our goal is simply to have you get some independent “dirt time” with us nearby as a safety net and knowledge source.

There is no better way to gain confidence in your ability to survive in the wilderness than to immerse yourself and put your skills to use!

Wilderness Launch Course Outcomes

Emerge from this experience with a newfound confidence in your ability to face an unexpected night (or nights) in the wilderness.

After you’ve completed the course on the final day, you can look forward to walking out of the wilderness to a welcoming, hot meal provided by the staff, followed by student discussions about lessons learned during the immersion phase. Lastly, you’ll receive your certificate of graduation from the Wilderness Launch Course!

Even though we always train with a safety net in place, expect to feel tired but exhilarated after long days filled with learning new skills and gaining hands-on experience.

We can simulate some of the stresses of a real survival situation by introducing fatigue coupled with whatever weather conditions Mother Nature deals us. Fatigue and stress is an important part of the learning process because it will allow you to see where you notice subtle changes in cognitive processing, dexterity, coordination, and decision-making. You should be mentally prepared to embrace this part of the experience as it’s critical to personal growth, discovering your limitations, and discovering creative ways to approach various situations and scenarios.

Immersion-phase Gear

Required Gear

Backpack or bag
Tarp (for shelter)
Sleeping pad
Space blanket
4 Large trash bags / liners (Clear plastic)
Paracord – 100 ft.
Cold weather clothing (heavy coat, bibs, thermal underwear, beanie, etc.)
Extra clothing – 2 pair each of socks, underwear, t-shirt / undershirt
Hat – (boonie hat, beanie, ball cap, etc.)
Water filter
Metal container / spork
Ferro rod w/ striker
Flashlight / headlamp
Gloves
Fixed-blade knife (you may bring multiple knives)
Folding saw (Silky, Corona, Fiskars, Bahco, etc.)
Rain gear
Fishing kit
Trapping wire
Small med kit (we will have a comprehensive medical kit on site as well)
Any medications that you may need to bring with you
Compass
Arkansas fishing/hunting license with trapping option
Cell phone w/ battery charger (solar battery)

Optional Gear

Recurve bow and arrows
Tarred bank line – 100 feet

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