I'm conducting a little informal research and would like to ask for your input.

How many of us have attended a survival school or class of some sort?

Not in the ETS definition.

Bud is trying to get a ham radio class up here.

Yes, a class in college.

The closest for me would be wilderness first aid classes.

Edited to add: Oh, and I guess I shouldn't discount Scouting as a kid ... something I've gotten back into as an adult allowing me to try and teach some of those skills to a new generation.

USAF SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape School) and water survival training (as well as 15 years of annual refresher training and a field exercise in the Nevada desert)

In the UK there are some organised retro camping i.e. Bushcraft courses, Hill Walking, orienteering courses, messing about on scaffolding etc but I wouldn't pay to attend any of them.

I believe that there are some courses in the US where folks get paid to attend some PT classes, Sunbathing on the beach, SCUBA, Swimming, Snorkeling and some messing about in boats and in the surf etc. You would have to pay quite an amount for the same out of bounds activities if vacationing in Cancun.

The US courses do seem to be a lot more glamorous but the instructors seem to be a lot more shouty!

Many USAF Survival Training sessions. But all a longtime ago.

Nomad

5 DOD SERE schools.

It never occurred to me when I was younger that I had to take a class -- when I was a kid I did a lot of hiking and camping, with my family and at summer camp. We were taught the basics of bushcraft and survival (staying warm, staying hydrated, staying found) during those hikes and campouts.

I know a lot more now and consequently have a greater cognizance of the depths of my ignorance. Going on a three day or longer survival school vacation will probably have to wait until my kids are a bit older.

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