The Women's overnight hiking skills weekend is an immersive and holistic introduction into overnight hiking.
Are you excited about the idea of overnight hiking, but feel nervous about taking the leap from day hiking? Not sure what to pack?
Not sure that you'll feel safe? Join us and a group of likeminded women for a weekend of immersion into the beautiful Northern Rivers bushland, and learn everything you need to know to get started, and get out into our beautiful natural spaces on your own.
Taking place over 2 full days, you'll learn a broad range of skills that assist with ensuring your time in nature is an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
In a supportive environment, you will learn all about the necessary gear, how to stay safe, look after your body, and have a blast whilst overnight hiking.
The Women's Overnight Hiking Skills weekend is hosted by Rewild's Scott Poad and Empowered Natural Health's Stephanie Watts.
To ensure a truly holistic and complete experience, we'll be incorporating throughout the weekend a range of hiking related skills, bush craft, foraging, mindfulness activities and a optional sunrise yoga session.
What we'll cover over the weekend
Day 1 - Saturday
The morning is all about getting you ready and geared up with all the right equipment and knowledge to make your journey outdoors safe and enjoyable.
It will include;
Meet and greet
Route planning and research
Equipment essentials, what you need and how to pack it.
Risk management in the outdoors,
1st aid kits, emergency communications
How to deal with and treat all the bitey things - Snakes, leeches and ticks etc
After lunch (BYO) we'll get all packed up and head out from our base to our spectacular overnight campsite overlooking the Border Ranges.
The hike to camp is relatively short approx 2.5km but will take a couple of hrs as on route we'll be learning about;
Fitting your pack correctly
Basic navigation with map and compass and using apps on our phones
Water collection and filtration
Foraging for wild food
Once we arrive at camp we'll cover;
Campsite selection
Setting up camp
Stretching and guided meditation
Lighting and maintaining a fire (including using a flint and steel )
Hiking Nutrition, meal preparation, including dehydrating your own meals and cooking options.
We then see how this unfolds in a real world scenario as we prepare our own dehydrated meal.
Day 2 - Sunday
The emphasis of the 2nd day is building on the skills and deepening our knowledge of all the the topics covered on the previous day.
Upon awakening you'll be greeted with the smell of freshly brewed coffee or tea, you'll then have the opportunity to join Steph on a guided Yoga and breathwork session.
After breakfast we'll continue upskilling, you will learn;
Tips and tricks to make your journey easier and more enjoyable
Practical Snake bite management activity
How to manage personal hygiene on the trail
Revise and expand our navigation skills for the return hike
We'll have a riverside lunch on the return hike (4-5km)
Saturday 31st January 9.00am - Sunday 1st February 3.00pm
Tweed Valley, Northern NSW
2 hrs - Brisbane City
50 mins- Coolangatta Airport
50 mins - Byron Bay
Early bird = $495 + booking fee (strictly limited positions available)
Regular price $550 + booking fee
Zippay and Afterpay available
Bookings are essential.
Refunds - refunds are available up to 30 days prior to the event as stated in the Terms and Conditions.
No refunds or Transfers available within 30 days of the event.
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