I’ve been selfemployed in our wilderness school for quite some time now. But the last course was special. We normally teach wilderness- and survival skills like how to build a weatherproof shelter, how to track animals, birdlanguage and art of mentoring. This time though I got to teach my favorite subject: lightweight backpacking!!! As expected I had a blast! Talking about and sharing my passion for 3 days is pretty cool. Themes covered were: Introduction in Lightweight Backpacking (background, history), Base Pack Weight, tips and tricks for going lighter, gear, orientation with maps and compass, treating water, different cook systems, sleep systems, knots, pitching tarps, LNT,… As pictures say more than a thousand words, here are some impressions:
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| Learning how to orientate with map and compass |
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| Trying out all different types of water treatment |
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| How to use Aquamira |
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| Testing the Sawyer squeeze |
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| Introducing and testing different stoves and fuels. When to take what? |
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| Can you find the wild boar? |
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| Making a lightweight alcohol stove |
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| Who says stoves can’t come in girly colors? Love this purple one Renate made!!! |
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| Knots |
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| The selfmade stoves worked out great! |
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| Knots and tarp in theory… are nothing without practice… |
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| Pitching a tarp for the first time |
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| Trying out different set ups |
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| Gear junkie? |
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| Checking the maps |
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I’ve been selfemployed in our wilderness school for quite some time now. But the last course was special. We normally teach wilderness- and survival skills like how to build a weatherproof shelter, how to track animals, birdlanguage and art of mentoring. This time though I got to teach my favorite subject: lightweight backpacking!!! As expected I had a blast! Talking about and sharing my passion for 3 days is pretty cool. Themes covered were: Introduction in Lightweight Backpacking (background, history), Base Pack Weight, tips and tricks for going lighter, gear, orientation with maps and compass, treating water, different cook systems, sleep systems, knots, pitching tarps, LNT,… As pictures say more than a thousand words, here are some impressions:
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Awesome Cat, looks like a good class!
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I definitely had a blast and we got great feedback from the participants :c)
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