Below is a sample of the activities we use to create an individual experience.

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Talks and examples

• Bivouac and natural shelter types

• Fire dangers, types, siting and extinguishing

• Cooking methods and water purification

• Wood species, conditions and properties

• Plants for food, medicine and utility

Demonstrations

• Fire lighting by various methods

• Knife, axe and saw use

• Tracking and trapping

• Natural compasses

• Improvising tools and equipment

Sensory exercises

• Use of sight—static and peripheral

• Use of hearing—direction finding and filtering

• Left and right foot dominance

• Left and right eye dominance

• Use of touch

Practical skills

• Bivouac and shelter construction

• Fire making, management and cooking

• Trail blazing, navigation and body measurements

• Making vessels, string, hooks

• Tracking and finding animal signs

Nature awareness exercises

• Moving silently with and without sight

• Deer and human stalking

• Suppression of dominant senses

• Observation exercises

• Positive attitude and personal performance