Wilderness Survival Skills Weekend for Adults

Location:  Amethyst Retreat Center 
              44 Buffalo Creek Road  
              Duncannon, PA  17020
Date:          July 11-12, 2020
Check-in:    9:00-9:45 AM Saturday
Instruction: 10:00 AM Sat– 3:00 PM Sun
Cost:          $175 per person
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       Commute or Camp on site for free!
Build, or expand, your primitive survival skills during this 2-day weekend intensive. Participants will learn skills of living in and with nature through hands-on experience, at our 144-acre haven, from highly qualified instructors who live this lifestyle.  
Learn to make fire without modern tools, build an emergency shelter using nature’s debris, purify water, cook on a fire, learn about wild edibles and medicinal plants, and more!
Whether you're a seasoned outdoors person, or a beginner day-hiker, these skills will raise your confidence, independence, ingenuity, and connectedness to the natural world.  
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For adults, 18+. Pre-registration is required. No walk-ins, please.

​To Register:
Download the Registration Form below. Fill it out, and either email it to NManchorov@yahoo.com, or mail it to Amethyst Retreat Center at the above address. Use the yellow Donate button at the bottom of this Page to make your payment, or mail a check with your registration.

Registration Form-Adult Camp
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FAQs-Adult Camp
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Jr Tracker & Wilderness Exploration Summer Camps

Location:  Amethyst Retreat Ctr                  44 Buffalo Creek Rd   
              Duncannon, PA 17020
 Dates: 
     WEEK 1 July 6-10, 2020
     WEEK 2 July 13-17, 2020
 

​Time:  9:00AM – 4:00PM
Cost:  $235 per student, per week

10% Discount if you sign up for both weeks! Ask about our scholarships!
WEEK 1: Students immerse themselves in nature! Over the course of this week, participants will learn ways to connect to their landscape through learning the survival skills of our ancestors. Through games, primitive crafting projects, hands-on exercises and demonstrations, they will find the importance of independence, ingenuity, awareness, teamwork, and communication. Skills covered will include friction fire, primitive shelter building, natural fiber and cordage making, tracking, basket making, camouflage, primitive cooking, bird language, wild edibles, and more. This program is designed not only to give students the tools to survive, but also to realize the beauty of living close to nature. For students ages 10-17.
WEEK 2: Advanced skills for kids! This week is designed to expand on our beginning course with advanced shelters; more long-term projects; bone and stone tool work; pottery; advanced tracking; advanced cooking techniques; heightened awareness exercises; harvesting edible, medicinal, and utilitarian plants; and much more. This program will take participants to the next level of their crafting and survival skills, as well as their understanding of nature and themselves. A big part this week will be to get the students to work together to overcome challenges by honing their ingenuity, communication, and leadership skills. For students ages 10-17.

Before and after child care is available for an additional fee for both weeks.

​To Register:
Download the Registration and Medical forms below. Either email completed forms to NManchorov@yahoo.com, or mail  to Amethyst Retreat Center at the Location address above. Use the yellow Donate button at the bottom of this Page to make your payment, or mail a check with your registration, made out to Amethyst Foundation. Pre-registration is required.

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Medical Form
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Scholarship Application
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FAQs-Childrens Camp
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Adult Wilderness Survival Skills Weekend (July 11th-12th)
Jr. Trackers Week 1 (July 6th-10th)
Jr. Trackers Week 2 (July 13th-17th)