Naked and Afraid - Program

[Tarrel]

I used to do an overnight survival exercise with our scouts. They were told to turn up at the hut with an empty backpack and a sleeping bag. We simulated an aircrash by piling a whole poad of survival gear in the middle of the floor (tarps, fire lighting gear, compasses, rope, hex tabs, some snacks, etc, etc). The patrols sat round the edge and took turns in retrieving one item each from the pile. They had to decide what. The catch was that the "aircraft" could "explode" at any time (indicated by a whistle), at which point they had to stop collecting and could only work with what they had.

We then hiked them 10 miles to a green field campsite, with navigation challenges en route. Every time they passed a challenge they were given a clue to e location of previously cached food. On arrival, they had to camp, shelter and feed themselves as best they could.

I remember one group prioritised grabbing all the chocolate biscuits, which they then proceeded to barter for more useful items with the other patrols (Only after the other patrols had carried the gear to the camp site). Not bad for a bunch of 12 year olds, huh?