Master Field Training for Experienced Back-country Travelers Only. Application below. *Required*
Full Week Back-country Primitive Challenge & Guiding Mentorship with World-class Primitive Expedition Guide David Holladay.
What This Trip Is:
– A “clothes-on-your-back-only” expedition through the wilds of Southern Utah.
– A back-country master field-training course led by primitive skills legend David Holladay and others.
– For those looking to take their primitive living skills and back-country guiding experience to the next level. Learn to live and travel primitively from someone who has walked from Mexico to Utah through the wild while bringing nothing to eat, drink, or navigate with.
– Advance your skills in back-country risk-mitigation, traditional navigation, primitive living skills, expedition leadership, and physical/mental/emotional endurance in remote locations as a tribe.
Packing List: Your prior training, the clothes on your back, plus your mental, emotional,and physical fortitude. Nothing else.
No modern knives, water bottles, sleeping bags, no food. NO MODERN GEAR except clothing (which can also be primitive).
***Specifics on clothing parameters and trips logistics provided upon acceptance to course and completion of registration process.***
What This Trip Isn’t:
– This trip is not for the inexperienced/beginner. In simple terms, to qualify, you must already be (or be close to becoming) capable of operating outdoors in back-country situations at a self-sufficient level. Applications are reviewed by a panel of our back-country survival instructors for a yes/no on adequate skill-level for participation, with available spots then awarded on a “first-come, first-served” basis to those who qualify.
– This experience is not easy. It will be a physical,mental, and emotional challenge that will push personal boundaries of comfort and capability for many.
– This is not for travelers with serious limiting health conditions that exclude back-country travel with limited calories and rough conditions. Travelers should are physically capable of hiking 5 miles/day in rough terrain. Please ask if you have any questions. A Doctor’s approval may be required for final acceptance into the course.
If you are seeing this, it is likely that you have been invited and are qualified to attend.
However, as an alternative to this experience, if it is not yet right for your ability, our 5 Day High Desert Adventure here is another option for similar training fundamentals open to all skill-levels looking for back-country adventure.
Dates
Friday May 24th – Tuesday May 28th
Cost:
Insider Pricing: $700 / person. (Equiv public course price $1500)
*This is a specially arranged one-time course. Not likely to take place in this format/price again.
Approved applicants will be sent a payment link. Spots are then filled on a “first-come, first-served” basis from approved applicant pool until all 8 spots are gone.
Master Field Training Application Form
Acceptance to this trip is based on prior review by Expedition Lead Instructors as well as available spots remaining