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School in the Woods – Oakville

Intro to Wilderness Courses (Up to 63% Off). Four Options Available.

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  • Great Outdoors

In a Nutshell

Survival and bushcraft instructors teach people of all ages basic outdoor skills such as how to start a fire and administer first aid

The Fine Print

  • Expires Oct 17, 2012
  • Limit 2 per person, may buy multiple as gifts. Valid only for option purchased. 48hr cancellation notice required. Must use promotional value in 1 visit.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Thriving in the outdoors demands skills that many of us no longer have, such as building a fire or finding enough tree bark to feed your horse. Spark your instincts with this Groupon.

Choose from Four Options

$29 for a 4-hour Introduction to Wilderness course, held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on choice of the following Saturdays: July 21, August 18, September 15 or 22, October 20 or 27, or November 10 or 17 (a $79 value)

$149 for a 3-day City 2 Spruce beginners' wilderness course, with included transport to and from the campsite in Bracebridge (a $299 value). Choose from the following dates:

  • Friday, August 10—Sunday, August 12
  • Friday, September 7—Sunday, September 9
  • Friday, October 12—Sunday, October 14

School in the Woods

The biggest change Carl Chambers sees in his students is a surge in their self-confidence—a feeling that prompts many of them to say, "I never thought I could do that." Carl knows the feeling. His father passed when he was 8, leaving him as the youngest son of four with a mother who didn't have time for much discipline. He finally found the discipline he craved by enlisting with the British Army. By training to be a sniper and honing escape and evasion techniques, Carl learned to feel at home in the outdoors during deployments that took him from Kenya to Norway and many destinations in between. When a motorcycle accident led to his discharge in 2006, Carl moved to Canada, whose rugged wilderness had kindled his imagination since his first visit 7 years previous.

Today, Carl and his fellow instructors share this passion for the outdoors in wilderness courses that range from single-day workshops to immersive, multiday training camps. These courses acquaint both youth and adult students to basic outdoor and bushcraft skills—such as how to start a fire, build shelter, and whittle a log into a working telephone—as well as hone the expertise of experienced outdoorsmen. With this training, students have gone from having no outdoor experience to embarking on adventure trips in Greenland and the Yukon. As someone who also once suffered a disability due to a motorcycle accident, Carl also culls from his own experience to teach other individuals with disabilities how to enjoy the outdoors.

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  • Draw a circle of chalk on the ground.
  • One player adds some, but not all, of their marbles.
  • Another player adds a portion of their marbles.
  • The players shake hands to agree that "marbles" is about to be played.
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School in the Woods

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    Oakville

    23-775 Pacific Rd.
    Oakville, Ontario L6L 6M4
    (416) 839-7333
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