MSC Above the Bushline Course
This course is set ‘above the bushline’, giving participants the skills and knowledge to travel safely and accurately in high country and be able to survive, by building or finding shelter, if caught out in bad weather.
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SOS Survival Training Overnight Course
It’s nice to know, that IF something should go wrong in the great outdoors (and there is plenty that can) – I have the survival …
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Outdoors First Aid Refresher
Knowing what to do when something goes wrong in the bush is extremely important – especially when it comes to First Aid.
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MSC Northern Regional Meeting
I was recently invited to attend the Mountain Safety Councils Northern Regional Annual Training and Meeting. I have recently become more involved in the MSC, first as a participant of a range of their courses, and now as the official photographer.
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Risk Management Course
This weekend I attended the Risk Management Course organised by the Mountain Safety Council.
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River Safety Course
For anyone spending any serious amount of time in the bush, learning to safely access and potentially cross rivers in their many shapes and forms is a valuable skill.
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Advanced Bushcraft
[box_green]The plan Advanced Bushcraft takes what you have learn’t in the Introductory and Intermediate Bushcraft Courses and gives you a great chance to test them …
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Intermediate Bushcraft
The Intermediate Bushcraft course is the followup to the Introduction to Bushcraft Course. Instead of staying in a hut, fly camping is encouraged. This particular course was held in the Mataitai Forest – park of the Hunua Ranges.
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Introduction to Bushcraft
In an effort to get out into the big wild world more, this past weekend was spent tramping through the Waitakeri ranges, getting covered in mud and water, earning some very sore shoulders and legs, and loving every moment of it.
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