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SKU

700019-01

$158.00

Jungle Expedition Skills Course

Name: Jungle Expedition Skills Course
Brand: Vivobarefoot
SKU: 700019-01
Price: 158.00 USD

Jungle Expedition Skills Course

This online course will equip you to survive and thrive in one of the planet’s most challenging environments.

With Ben McNutt and Debs Nickolls of Wild Human

EXPLORE THE WORLD’S WILDEST ECOSYSTEM

Jungles are life. Nowhere else promises such entanglement, or such wild challenges and rewards. Whatever your adventure, our world-class guides will equip you with the planning, navigation, campcraft, and survival skills required to stay safe and thrive.

AT YOUR OWN PACE, ONLINE ON-DEMAND

WHAT YOU´LL GET FROM THIS COURSE

Over decades of apprenticeship and expeditions, Ben and Debs have built and refined world-class jungle expertise. This course distils everything they know into everything you need to survive and thrive in arguably the world’s most challenging ecosystem.

PLANNING

Travel with intention, plan effectively, and manage a range of jungle-specific risks.

KIT

Pack precisely (and only) what you need, from parang (jungle knife) to clothing and first-aid kit.

NAVIGATION

Navigate reliably with map, compass, classical techniques, GPS, and tracking skills.

CAMPCRAFT

Develop efficient and effective fire, shelter, and food systems.

SURVIVAL

Survive with minimal kit, learn water rescue and survival, and mitigate wildlife hazards from air, land, and water.

TRAVEL

Explore with proper river-crossing, swimming, and 4x4 skills.

Course structure

With three modules based on the three pillars of proper physical training, you’ll learn how to identify movement restrictions, restore natural mobility, develop full-body strength and train advanced calisthenics skills.

Module 1

Introduction

Meet your guides and understand jungle geography and weather systems.

Module 2

Planning

Consider how to travel intentionally, understand what and how to plan and pack, master risk assessment, and know how to mitigate physiological, heat, hydration, and flash-flood risks.

Module 3

Preparation - Tools, Equipment and Clothing

Learn safe, proper parang (jungle knife) use, master your sleeping, drinking, and cooking equipment, understand clothing management, and know how to care for your feet.

Module 4

Campcraft Skills

Learn how to reliably navigate by map, compass, and GPS, know what to do if you get lost, and master essential knots and jungle tracking.

Module 5

Trailcraft Skills

Understand how to build and maintain fire, manage food, and collect and store water safely.

Module 6

Wilderness Travel Techniques

Develop proper techniques for river crossings, swimming, and open-water survival, and establish the fundamentals of 4x4 travel.

Module 7

Bushcraft, Survival and Wildlife Hazards

Learn how to cook in bamboo, survive nights with minimal kit, and manage wildlife hazards ranging from mosquitos to snakes and crocs.

Meet the guides

BEN MCNUTT & DEBS NICKOLLS

Ben is a co-founder of Wild Human. He is a wilderness instructor, expedition leader, and one of the UK’s leading bushcraft and survival experts. He’s also a fine artist and a Vivobarefoot ambassador, helping to design our ESC range, built to thrive in the planet’s wildest places.

Debs, also a Wild Human co-founder, is a wilderness guide, expedition leader, and Mountain Leader with experience leading trips across all of the world’s extreme ecosystems. She is also passionate about the anthropology and art of bushcraft.

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