Survival Camp for Teenagers

Grub Time and Survivor Meals

Parents, you'll be happy to know that we serve healthy, mostly organic, filling, and satisfying savory meals for your teen. That is not to say they will eat familiar foods. After all, to fully experience living the wilderness way. Our food may not be like your normal fair.

A typical meal may include:

Breakfast Foods:

Fruits

Cornmeal

Eggs

Oatmeal

Sourdough Pancakes

Lunch Fare:

Boiled Eggs

Cheese

Fruits

PB & J Wraps

Gorp (a mix of dried fruits and nuts)

Veggies

Main Meals (Mostly prepared in a dutch oven):

Beans

Rice

Vegetables

Veggie Stir Fry

Dutch Oven Sourdough Bread

Hot Dogs

Bread on a Stick

Bison Stew

Home Made Biscuits

Treats & Snacks

Sweet Potato Pie

Fruits and Nuts

Dutch Oven Brownies

Optional Wilderness Meals:

Survivor Stew (A mix of below)

Landscape offerings

Foraged plants

Insects (pine bark beetles, ant larva, ants,)

Trappings

Grasshopper Topped Pizza

"The Experiential Learning Theory defines learning as “the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. Knowledge results from the combination of grasping and transforming experience”

Days alternate from In Camp Learning. To Field Training, hiking, swimming, wildlife tracking.

An example of a day at Camp:

Morning Round up 7-am

Reveille. Take a Walk to limber our bodies, buddy system, learn how to stay found. Get to know camp.

Morning Calisthenics

How's Everyone Doing? Discussion. Safety Talk with Students and Staff.

Breakfast - 45 minutes

Lecture and Demonstration (Skill(s) for the Day)

Bow drill construction-use

Carve with your knife

Best Practices

Safety

Create Your Bow Drill

Wood selection

Carving

Lunch

Start on next Skill/Project/Adventure

Fire Craft

Emergency Fire Craft Application and Safety

tree & plant tinder

cordage-fiber

Learn fire for all conditions

One-match fire

Construct a fire lay

Tinder

Plants and trees

Fire craft covers lots of information. Lessons and practice continues through the afternoon.

Dinner Break 1-1-1/2 hour

Evening  Community Time

Getting to know one another

Discussion of the days activities

Campfire stories

Safety concerns

9pm fall into exhausted sleep

You're the most Valuable Part of the Camp

We have taught more than 26 teen camps. From 1-week to 28-day wilderness immersions

This is a small group event, no more than 12 people per 14-Day Camp

Teen camp is based on helping and supporting one another

All students start with a common goal of learning survival, woodcraft, and nature awareness skills

It is our observation that teens quickly bond and support each other at camp

There are no stupid questions

No macho stuff, bullying, or rudeness

Everyone has an opportunity to get to know each other, and develop close bonds

Our students have come from various countries:  including Scotland, Denmark, and Tibet

But most who attend are from the U.S., California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina

Live Closer to the Earth and in Harmony with Nature

There is a sense of romance in nature, but if you've never been out in the wilderness before, it is common to be apprehensive. We have helped many people through the beginning discovery of wilderness exposure. We cover animal behavior, and how to keep yourself safe. Soon you will experience the peace and simplicity of the forest. Learning self-sufficiency in the outdoors will ease your fears and give you confidence.

Our training and experience will help you:

Lose the fear

Get strong

Be capable

Here are some Favorite Lessons from the Survival Camp Experience

Confidence.

How to make a fire without even matches.

All the different kinds of wild plants that can use for food or medicine.

How to make fire, rope, and even my own shelter from what’s available.

If I was alone in the wilderness, with a positive attitude, I know could survive.

I learned that everything I need to survive is already out there.

Parents

Our teen adventure is an investment in your child's health and well being. An opportunity for your child to reap the rich dividends of life lived with new friends and great outdoor experiences!

We enjoy a good staff to student ratio.

An experience that is best described as “awesome!”

Please contact us or fill out our online Teen Summer Camp Application today and give your child the gift that will keep on giving for a lifetime.

Requirements: health practitioner’s release

Duration: 14-days

Schedule: begins Sunday 4:00 pm – ends Saturday 12:00 pm (noon)

Accommodations: tent camping

Tent & sleeping pad provided

Food: yes

Location: Mt Shasta, California

Instructors and Staff: Mark Wienert, owner-founder and head instructor; Lifesong  Wilderness Adventures Staff – student volunteers chosen for their leadership qualities

Most teens who come to camp are independent in nature and are excited about being here. And are eager to participate and rough it in the great outdoors.

Teens who need extra attention, beyond what we are capable of offering, are better served in programs that are able to provide the support needed.

Please email Mark@lifesongadventures.com, if you wish to discuss whether or not your teen is a good fit.

Cell phones are a terrible distraction at camp.

These days many teens use their phones as adults do. For communication, social media, video’s, and photographs.

And coming off the addiction to cell phones is real and may cause some temporary unhappiness.

However, not having the pressure of a cell phone is freeing, remember those days? And allows your son or daughter to fully focus on camp and new friends.

So, if your son or daughter brings a cell phone to camp, the phone will be safely stored with me until the last day of camp where phones will be returned.

Phoning Home

I have a schedule for your son or daughter to call home. And parents please call me on my phone if needed. All contact information is provided at your registration. I may not pick up or answer right away as we are engaged in camp activity’s. But I will return your calls asap, of course!