Experiential Exercise Wilderness Survival Group Behaviour

Experiential Exercise Wilderness Survival

You are a member of a hiking party. After reaching base camp on the first day, you decide to take a quick sunset hike by yourself. After hiking a few exhilarating miles, you decide to return to camp. On your way back, you soon realize that you are lost. You have shouted for help, to no avail. It is now dark. And getting cold.

Your Task
Without communicating with anyone else in your group, read the following scenarios and choose the best answer. Keep track of your answers on a sheet of paper. You have 10 minutes to answer the 10 questions.

1. The first thing you decide to do is to build a fire. However, you have no matches, so you use the bow-and-drill method. What is the …show more content…

4. Next, you decide to build a shelter for the evening. In selecting a site, what do you not have to consider? a. It must contain material to make the type of shelter you need b. It must be free from insects, reptiles, and poisonous plants. c. It must be large enough and level enough for you to lie down comfortably. d. It must be on a hill so you can signal rescuers and keep an eye on your surroundings.

6. In the shelter that you built, you notice a spider. You heard from a fellow hiker that black widow spiders populate the area. How do you identify a black widow spider? a. Its head and abdomen is black; its thorax is red. b. It is attracted to light. c. It runs away from light. d. It is a dark spider with a red or orange marking on the female's abdomen.

6. After getting some sleep, you notice that the night sky has cleared, and so you decide to try and find your way back to base camp. You believe you should travel north and can use North Star for navigation. How do you locate the North Star? a. Hold your right hand up as far as you can and look between your index and middle fingers. b. Find Sirius and look 60 degrees above it and to the right. c. Look for the Big Dipper and follow the line created by its cup end. d. Follow the line of Orion's belt.

7. You come across a fast-moving stream. What is the best way to cross it? a. Find a