Why take a wilderness survival course, or a primitive living class? Everybody had their own reason for coming. I wanted the experience and to fill in the gaps of knowledge that I knew existed in my own learning. Joe lives roughly between New York and Boston and wanted to be able to survive in the wilderness in case of a bug-out situation. Same for Brian. Charley had never taken a class like this and when I told him I was going he said, “Cool! Where do I sign up?” The only real downside to the class was the black flies. If you live in the northeast you’re aware of these pesky swarms of little terrors. In the video you can see them swarming around us. Nothing that 100% Deet couldn’t handle though! I decided to take the three day Earth Living Class. Here’s the class description: (continue reading)