Preparing for Your 72-Hour Basic Survival Field Course

Booked your Basic Survival field course? Here is how to arrive ready, so you spend your 72 hours learning instead of struggling.

What to expect

• A walk-in primitive camp near Edmundston, New Brunswick.

• A 2–4 km walk-in carrying about 10 kg of personal gear, plus natural materials you collect.

• Our Educate, Demonstrate, Imitate method, at a pace set by the students.

• You build your own shelter, make fire, collect and purify water and sleep outdoors.

What to bring

• Your own food for 72 hours.

• Your 10 C's survival kit.

• Layered clothing, with no cotton base layer.

• Sturdy, broken-in boots and rain gear.

• A sleeping system rated for the season.

• Any personal medication.

The full gear list is on our Information page.

Get your legs ready

For four weeks before the course, walk 3–5 km with a 10 kg pack at least twice a week. Wear the boots you will bring: blisters are one of the most avoidable problems in the field.

Student tip: take the online Basic Survival course before you come. You arrive with the theory done, so more of your field time goes into practice.

Want to learn this hands-on? See our field courses in Edmundston, NB, or start today with our online courses.