fandomhigh | Wilderness Survival; Wednesday, Second Period [01/17].

While the weather was still pretty wintry, it didn't seem that bad to Gladio, but, ultimately, he decided he'd rather have the students focusing on the lessons on these early weeks rather than the cold, so it was another week in the danger shop on the same mountainside where they'd been last week to build their fires. And while it was hardly freezing, it was still a bit chilly. Didn't want anyone getting too comfortable, after all!

"Alright, guys," he said, "first things first, we're gonna review what we covered last week by having you all gather up some wood to get a fire or two going before we get into today's lesson. Pretty much that's going to be how most of these classes start, to the point where it should just become second nature when we get to a sight, to start getting that fire going, with maybe a few exceptions. But today's not one of 'em, so let's get some wood gathered and get some fire to work by."

Once that had been taken care of, then, it was onto the lesson of the day, which some more savvy students might be able to guess based on the amount of rope and tarps around them that week. "After knowing how to build a good campfire," Gladio said, "your next big important skill in wilderness survival is shelter, and, next week, we're going to go a little bit further into detail about different shelters for different conditions, but today, we're going to keep it simple, because there's an important skill to learn before you get too deep into shelters that'll be useful for a lot of other things across the board, and that's knowing how to tie a good knot.

"A good rope can help out in a lot of situations, from getting you through difficult terrain, making traps for wild animals, and one of the big ones is using them in making structures and shelters. So we're going to learn some of the most useful ones and spend a good deal of time practicing them until we're confident we've got it right, and then, we're going to use those knot skills to put up some basic tarp shelters. There's a lot of different styles of those, too, so we'll go over them once we get to it, but for now, we're going to start in with our knots. Now, who here's already got a pretty good handle on knots? This'll be good review, and as for those unfamiliar, our first one's going to be a clove hitch, which is probably the most versatile...."

Feeling a little tied up....

Hey, probably not many classes are going to start out with encouraging to light things on fire, so gather up some wood, chase away some of that chill, and then get ready to learn all about knots and basic tarp shelters! Gladio figures this is just review for some of you, but hopefully it's still pretty helpful and useful for those who might be more new to it1

There's plenty of rope available for you to practice your knots with, and, when you feel you've got that down, it's time to put at least a few of those knots into practice by putting up a type of tarp shelter! Teamwork and helping each other out is strongly encouraged, as well!

He's definitely there and he'll happily help out of you wanted to tie your tarp up really high!

Sign In - Wilderness Survival, 01/17.

Start Some Fires and Listen to the Lecture - Wilderness Survival, 01/17.

Class Activity: Knots and Tarps - Wilderness Survival, 01/17.

Talk to the Teacher - Wilderness Survival, 01/17.

OOC - Wilderness Survival, 01/17.