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Activity description
TransPyr 66 takes you to Cerdanya, in the heart of the Pyrénées Orientales, to introduce you to the ancient practices of bushcraft.
The Bushcraft arrives in Cerdanya! This magnificent natural region is situated to the east of the Pyrenees. It is shared equally between Spain and France. It is here that your mountain leader will take you on a Bushcraft survival course.
Bushcraft "or the art of the woods" can also be translated as "bushcraft". This corresponds to all the skills and techniques used in natural environments to live and not survive. The term originates from the great exploration of Africa by English adventurers.
Very popular in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, the Bushcraft has gained popularity in many parts of the world. In the northern hemisphere there are popular programs such as "man vs wild", which travels around the planet and attract more and more people to the practice of Bushcraft and survival in general.
Traditional Bushcraft, in this case, is a practice that mixes primitive or ancestral tools and techniques for a simpler and more original approach to nature. The material used is above all rustic and handcrafted using all the resources that nature has to offer!
The aim of this mountain workshop is to bring you knowledge with "tips and tricks" in a simple and friendly way, in a total respect of nature. It will give you autonomy in all situations, whatever the season and who knows, maybe one day you will be able to save your life in an extreme situation.
Bushcraft skills include: making fire, identifying edible wild plants, filtering water, hunting, fishing, using tools, working with wood, making ropes and much more. Each season in the mountains brings its own set of challenges. You and your guide will look for a solution adapted to the climatic conditions to eat, make fire, find water, etc.
You can choose between different options, each lasting half a day.
Your instructor will offer you a choice of different half-day workshops:
- Building a shelter: Construction of a shelter adapted to the local environment. Several possibilities and variants more or less efficient and/or quick, depending on the material and the time you will have in a survival situation. Quick method with Tarp (rain poncho or tarpaulin) + twine or forestry technique with branches + foliage (braided or not braided): TCHOUM. Improvement of comfort: waterproofing, insulation, windproofing, mattress...
- Making fire : Various methods will be taught to you to light a fire in the middle of nature, to make it safe, to maintain it : with fire-stone, solar, by friction...from A to Z; Various uses of fire : lighting (torches), heating (reflector), heating/cooking (Swedish candle, cooking tripod, oven...), etc... (Supplied equipment: flint, magnifying glass, etc.).
- Finding and filtering water: Man can only survive for about "3 days without drinking"; you will therefore take the necessary steps to know where to find water and how to purify and filter "doubtful" water in order to make it drinkable; Demonstration with straws or filtering pumps, production of water by condensation using plants, making a filter with the means at your disposal, other alternatives. (Material provided: filter straw, micro-pure...)
- Orientation : Map reading and orientation in varied terrain (forest, mountains...); Making and using a compass, method of locating the 4 directions (N/S/E/O) without a compass, orientation techniques and navigation in the field. (Equipment provided: compass, map, walkie-talkie).
- Finding food and taking care of oneself: Introduction to entomophagy, identification and use of toxic, medicinal, edible wild flowers..., preparation and wild cooking, tasting. (Equipment provided: gleaning bag, frying pan, barbecue grill, salt, pepper)
- Use of ropes/strings: Different types and materials of ropes; Explanation and use of knots to make practical or comfort objects (shelter, evacuation stretcher, heat-reflecting wall, etc.); Use of ropes to overcome obstacles, uphill, downhill, handrail, zip line, etc. (Equipment provided: rope and string).
- Make practical utensils in Bushcraft: Fork, spoon, wooden mug..., chair, table, tripod... etc... (Supplied equipment: Swiss Army knife, hatchet)
- To learn different trap concepts: Making light hunting / fishing weapons and dynamic traps for small or medium game* . (Material provided: string)
Special terms
After confirmation of your booking, the pro will contact you to find out which of the above-mentioned half-day workshops you would like to do.
For your comfort, each participant can take food or any other object that he or she feels is essential to his or her survival (within the limit of 3 "comfort objects" maximum).
- Outils
- Encadrement par un Accompagnateur en Montagne Diplômé d'État avec assurance RCPRO
- Transport sur le site
- Sac à dos
- Couteau de poche (style opinel)
- Gourde
- Pharmacie
- Gants + bonnet
- Crème solaire
- Vêtements chauds
- En-cas
