..."I want to live deep and suck...the marrow of life" ..HD Thoreau
There are mantras we choose to live by, but our favorite is “struggle builds character, no struggle no character.” Doing hard stuff is important; it develops the aMCC (part of the brain where grit and resilience live. Thus, we’ve come up with “Man Up” Wilderness Survival Skills Camps to teach the art of getting comfortable being uncomfortable, the single most important trait for success.
Prior to the event, we will optimize your fitness. Our instructors will immerse you in the wilderness, off the grid in our hemispheres best exotic locations. We will teach key survival tactics that modern urban life has effectively rendered extinct. In addition to honing your basic outdoor and river skills, you will learn new ones: navigate with map, compass and ropes. “Macgyver” shelter, water, fire and food for a unique and challenging experience of a lifetime. So if life has become a little dull and soft around the edges, then you're ready to “Man Up” and "evolve" back to a stronger, tougher ancestral self, to better appreciative of the world we live.
**Participants must pass standardized fitness requirements in order to participate in treks