Confidence Camp

This is today's big news for sure.

First, the photo. This is from 1996 in the Adirondacks. Do I look wet? I was soaked. We (Marie, Mathilda, and I) had hiked (more like crawled) over Lower Wolf Jaw that day in the aftermath of Hurricane Bertha. Marie was beyond miserable, and poor Mathilda was just hanging in there. I got our stove lit and made dinner. It was quite an "interesting" day. I wrote all about it in North Country Cache. This is at our "Falling Waters" campsite!

I used this picture today to promote what I've named Confidence Camp. This is a huge committment on my part, and as it turns out, on Cathy's part too since she has agreed to be my assistant.

I'll be leading a week-long session in May called Confidence Camp. The purpose is to help give participants confidence that if they misplace the trail or lose some important part of their gear, they will have the skills and confidence to find their way back to the trail or to some known feature such as a road, or, if this is not possible, to survive for at least 24 hours, and possibly more if necessary. This is not the course one needs to be turned loose in the wilds for a month with nothing but a knife. This is NOT designed to be a hardcore survival skills workshop.

I've been working on the curriculum since last summer. Marie and I cooked up the idea after reading When You Find My Body, the story of Geraldine Largay who lost her way on the Appalachian Trail and died, only 1/2 mile from the trail.

And today, I pushed the "post" button to promote it on Facebook. Response has been overwhelming.

It will be May 10-16. Contact me if you want the info packet.

In other news: I edited, I did errands and shopped, I went to bell choir, I walked. I may be tired!

Miles walked in 2026: 22

Ludington School Forest, various trails, 2.7 miles

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