NCSS Intro to Camping
Adult Admission: $99.00
Minor Admission: $25.00
Date: September 2nd, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: NCSS, 17395 E 1825 Terrace, LaCygne, Kansas
The NCSS Intro to Camping Course will provide the basic fundamentals of camping for beginners in a hands on experience.
What you will learn:
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What to look for in gear selection on any budget
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Tips on preparing and choosing a camp location
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How to maximize confort and safety
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Tips and skills on staying warm and dry
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Campfire construction
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Cooking methods
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Fun camp activity ideas
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And many more topics
Following the course, NCSS will invite participants to join us around the campfire for a campfire story competition complete with prizes and s'mores. For those who want to try their new skills immediatly, participants are welcome to camp on site at NCSS untl noon on Sunday, September 3rd. Bring your own gear or choose one of the many styles of tents NCSS will have set up for demonstration purposes.
Wilderness Cooking Class
Admission: $125.00
Date: September 23rd, 2023
Time: 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: NCSS, 17395 E 1825 Terrace, LaCygne, Kansas
Turn your camping cook outs into gourmet melas with flavors from the wilderness in a full day bushcraft cooking workshop.
Join us at NCSS for a delicious experience in bushcraft cooking. Learn and participate in the creation of a gourmet meal over an open flame. Various bushcraft cooking methods will be demonstrated in the process including foraging for wild eddibles guarenteed to enhance the flavor of any meal. Come hungry - leave satisfied and prepared for your next cook out!
NCSS Advanced Fire
Adult Admission: $99.00
Minor Admission: $25.00
Date: October 7th, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Location: NCSS, 17395 E 1825 Terrace, LaCygne, Kansas
This NCSS course will focus on multiple fire making techniques to ensure participants gain the skills to make fire under any conditions with and without modern devices and accelerants. From firepit structures to primitive fire making techniques, this course will equip participants with knowledge and practice that can be applied to casual campfire construction and survival situations.
What you will learn:
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Various fire structures and placement to include Dakota Fire Holes, Rocket Stoves and Long Log Fires
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Maximizing heat from a fire
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Making tinder, kindling and accelerants from natural resources
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Making fire in wet conditions
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Maintaining fire in harsh conditions
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Primitive fire making techniques to include flint & steel and friction fires
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How to make char cloth
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Easy to find, everyday items that can aid in making fire
Lunch and Dinner will be provided.
This course will conclude with a fire making challenge with prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
Onsite camping available to those attending NCSS Advanced Water the following day.
NCSS Advanced Water
Adult Admission: $55.00
Minor Admission: $15.00
Date: October 8th, 2023
Time: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: NCSS, 17395 E 1825 Terrace, LaCygne, Kansas
This NCSS course will focus on multiple methods of procuring and purifying potable water in the wilderness.
What you will learn:
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Various methods of procuring water in the wilderness
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Various primitive methods of purifying water
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Pros and Cons of various modern water filters
Onsite camping available to those attending NCSS Advanced Fire the previous day.
24 Hr. Wilderness Survival
at Duckhorn Outdoors
Adult Admission: $120.00
Minor Admission: $65.00
Date: October 21st - 22nd, 2023
Time: Saturday, 12:00 PM to Sunday, 12:00 PM
Location: Duckhorn Outdoors
14243, 13633 NE County Rd, Urich, MO 64788
This NCSS course, in conjunction with Duckhorn Outdoors will focus on 4 basic fundamentals of Wilderness Survival.
24 Hr. Wilderness Survival Course Curriculum:
• Primitive Fire Making - to include flint and steel, ferro rod, and friction fires
• Water Purification Techniques - primitive and modern techniques
• Shelter Building - 3 minute emergency tarp shelter
• Wilderness Safety - prevention and reaction techniques
• Fun challenges and prizes!
Onsite camping will be available to those attending this event.
