why do wolderness / survival /camping schools not list what you need to bring up front?
May 27th, 2010 | by admin |I am an experienced back packer and hiker, and am looking to send my nephew to a camping skills school as a gift, I find it very frustrating when looking into schools or training camps that they don’t give an equipment list up front, as not only wpould it help to get ready, but also give a clue as to what the focus of there teachings will be. Any one have a clue as to why they don’t list things to bring?
One Response to “why do wolderness / survival /camping schools not list what you need to bring up front?”
By Ghost on May 27, 2010 | Reply
I don’t know where you’ve looked but BOSS – The Boulder Outdoor Survival School offers a general gear list here, and under each link is a little more information: http://www.boss-inc.com/08faq.html#Two17, but Tom Brown Jr’s tracking school says there are gear lists under each class section but I certainly can’t find them: http://www.trackerschool.com/faq_equipment.asp
I imagine if you called them they could give you a list and I would also suspect the reason they aren’t more specific is because to learn survival you’ll want as few pieces of gear as humanly possible, and one of the sites said they wanted to dissuade people from purchasing unnecessary and fancy gear for their classes, which is my answer to your question.