Camping and Learning Survival
Written by Alifia Afflatus (www.afflatuzz.blogspot.com)
Semarang, Saturday November 1st-2nd 2014)
Event was getting started on 01.00 Pm after some participants got into the camping location. Yes, the camping ground was at the forest of Penggaron, Semarang Regency, in the south side of Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. In waiting for more participants to get there, they built their tents. A tent was enough for a family. Actually, building tent on the sloping ground was not that easy as people imagined, it would be different if we build tent on the flat one.
Soon, the whole camping participants had arrived at the camping ground. And this event got started. But before readers would read the whole story, it is good to understand firstly what event is this.
This was a camping event and learning survival with PotTrack (a nature-lover family organization) and Survival Skills Indonesia (SSI). Participants had sleepover in a "5 Billion Starts Hotel" (plus with special beautiful moonlight) in a night, and did activities, especially learning survival with the expert survival instructor.
At the beginning, the chairperson of PotTrack, Fifi Sutanto-Darmadi opened the event, and followed by Michael Antony Ugiono, the instructor from Survival Skills Indonesia that introduce about himself, SSI and the members, and of course what is survival. People do survival when they need to survive, when the condition`s precarious and how people survive.
Now the introduction session was finished. Because of needing energies, they were snacking together. There were cakes, fruits and other kinds of food. Continued with learning about firecraft. Firecraft is the way of how to make fire. Because fire was absolutely useful in surviving ourselves. "Fire could be our true friend, but fire also could be dangerous." said the instructor. In this event, participants got to know, that fire was not something to afraid with. Because fire is a friend for anybody. See? Fire has so many functions. Fire cooks your foods, fire light up the world, fire was able to make wild animals become afraid and stay away. But fire also burns houses and forests, damage body desperately and the smoke was not good for breathing. We only need to aware.
Firstly, they`re asked to find firewoods and burning materials such as kapok. Kapok is certainly easier and faster to burn. Now firewoods had been collected. Participants sat on the ground and instructor explained them about how to make fire when someone`s doing survival. The survival tool to make fire was called fire starter. Each family tried to make the fire. Firstly trying to burn with kapok. Next, turn it off and try to burn without kapok. Definitely making fire without kapok was more difficult.
Some family turned the fire off. But, there was the biggest fire in the center of their camping ground. Sun was gonna set, move to other part of earth. It was the time to take a bath. Today`s activities 'produced' perspirations.
Not only fire, water is useful too. How to find water in the nature? One of the way to get it is by cutting the lower part of banana tree (25 cm) and wait for a minute. Banana tree produced water.
Night was suddenly appearing, the night sky colour passed trough the leaves. Dinner was prepared to serve to all tired participants. It seemed they really enjoyed the dinner whatever it was. Some of SSI members sang some songs so that tonight had not been quite.
Tonight, the whole participants would not sleep after the dinner. Before the sleeping time, they had time to do night-walk, walking in the night trough the trees and moonlight. Of course they`re briefed before going to walk. The instructor explained a lesson, that night and darkness, is not something to afraid with. Night and darkness is peaceful and they are actually our friends. Don`t be scared to darkness. You could see the moonlight and at night you breathe fresh air. How beautiful?
Participants would not be left walking in the dark without help and signs. Survival Skills Indonesia members put white ropes, this sign means they have to get that way. And there were also some woods cross sign, it means the area was forbidden that participants could be lost.
Next, when they came back to the camping area, they burned corn and tubers. Followed with learn about how to smoke flesh. For example, making smoke chicken. All they need are fire, branchs and twigs, and of course flesh to smoke. Making smoke flesh needs hours. The smoke chickens was left overnight when the participants slept in their tent (some of them were outside).
*Note: smoked beef is more durable. The smoke took the humidity and water of the beef. Water is able in damaging food. By taking the humidity and water, smoke helps beef become durable.
Sunday, November 2nd 2014...
Morning had came so beautifully, sun was back to shine the top of earth. Some participants (mostly kids) who had to get up were sitting on the ground, listening to the story from Mrs. Fifi Sutanto-Darmadi. Apparently she was bringing her book that told about survival stories. There was an inspirating stories for all of us.
Meet John Muir, an Scottish-American naturalist, author and early advocate of preserveration of wilderness in US. Muir was an awesome survivor who was 'crashed the storms nature made'.
Soon, it was the time to have breakfast...
Continued by the lesson about knife. Most of people get scared to knife. Knife is a sharp-dangerous tool. But don`t resist the fact that knife is useful in survival. Knife cuts down trunks, flesh human needed, and helps us in fighting. In this event, instructor introduced that knife is not bad, and knife is also survivor`s friend. The best knife is the one which has drop-point.
Besides knife, the instructor also introduced the survival tools, such as a tool to cut down wood, termal blanket, and etc.
Next, he teached about animal awareness. When you are in the wild area, animals must be in there with you. From the smallest one until the biggest one - from the tame one into the wild and dangerous one. Animals could stayed away when you close to them. But some of animals also might be choosing to fight you. So you need to learn about animal awareness.
Besides animal awareness, they also learned about signaling. Apparently, light and sound are important in signaling. We can use a tool (kind of tool and it`s like mirror) and also use whistle for signaling.
The next lesson: knots and hitches. Knots and hitches sometimes intricate. Because of the multifunctional uses, knots and hitches were totally important to learn. In survival, everybody needs rope for using knots and hitches.
So, what they learned in this event were Jungle Supplies, Firecraft, Shelters, Cooking, Signaling, Finding Direcion, Animal Awareness and knots and hitches. In survival, people also should learn to keep the good mental. Because somebody`s mental factorizates how he survives. There were important things to notice in survival: oxygen, shelter, food, water, and the most important: hope and love. When someone has hope and love, he would survive, indeed.
They realized, the smoke chickens were ready in there. So it`s a good time to try smoke chicken. It tastes delicious without any seasoning.
Before the event was closed, they got lunch time and the kid participants received certificate of learning the basic of survival lesson. Remember about the smoke chicken which is tasted delicous without any seasoning? That two days was also 'delicious', the chance to join camping and learning survival (with the expert) was worthy and precious. Because what? Because in life we should be able to survive.
* Thanks to:
PotTrack Keluarga Pecinta Alam
Survival Skills Indonesia
Semarang, Saturday November 1st-2nd 2014)
Event was getting started on 01.00 Pm after some participants got into the camping location. Yes, the camping ground was at the forest of Penggaron, Semarang Regency, in the south side of Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. In waiting for more participants to get there, they built their tents. A tent was enough for a family. Actually, building tent on the sloping ground was not that easy as people imagined, it would be different if we build tent on the flat one.
Soon, the whole camping participants had arrived at the camping ground. And this event got started. But before readers would read the whole story, it is good to understand firstly what event is this.
This was a camping event and learning survival with PotTrack (a nature-lover family organization) and Survival Skills Indonesia (SSI). Participants had sleepover in a "5 Billion Starts Hotel" (plus with special beautiful moonlight) in a night, and did activities, especially learning survival with the expert survival instructor.
At the beginning, the chairperson of PotTrack, Fifi Sutanto-Darmadi opened the event, and followed by Michael Antony Ugiono, the instructor from Survival Skills Indonesia that introduce about himself, SSI and the members, and of course what is survival. People do survival when they need to survive, when the condition`s precarious and how people survive.
Now the introduction session was finished. Because of needing energies, they were snacking together. There were cakes, fruits and other kinds of food. Continued with learning about firecraft. Firecraft is the way of how to make fire. Because fire was absolutely useful in surviving ourselves. "Fire could be our true friend, but fire also could be dangerous." said the instructor. In this event, participants got to know, that fire was not something to afraid with. Because fire is a friend for anybody. See? Fire has so many functions. Fire cooks your foods, fire light up the world, fire was able to make wild animals become afraid and stay away. But fire also burns houses and forests, damage body desperately and the smoke was not good for breathing. We only need to aware.
Firstly, they`re asked to find firewoods and burning materials such as kapok. Kapok is certainly easier and faster to burn. Now firewoods had been collected. Participants sat on the ground and instructor explained them about how to make fire when someone`s doing survival. The survival tool to make fire was called fire starter. Each family tried to make the fire. Firstly trying to burn with kapok. Next, turn it off and try to burn without kapok. Definitely making fire without kapok was more difficult.
Some family turned the fire off. But, there was the biggest fire in the center of their camping ground. Sun was gonna set, move to other part of earth. It was the time to take a bath. Today`s activities 'produced' perspirations.
Not only fire, water is useful too. How to find water in the nature? One of the way to get it is by cutting the lower part of banana tree (25 cm) and wait for a minute. Banana tree produced water.
Night was suddenly appearing, the night sky colour passed trough the leaves. Dinner was prepared to serve to all tired participants. It seemed they really enjoyed the dinner whatever it was. Some of SSI members sang some songs so that tonight had not been quite.
Tonight, the whole participants would not sleep after the dinner. Before the sleeping time, they had time to do night-walk, walking in the night trough the trees and moonlight. Of course they`re briefed before going to walk. The instructor explained a lesson, that night and darkness, is not something to afraid with. Night and darkness is peaceful and they are actually our friends. Don`t be scared to darkness. You could see the moonlight and at night you breathe fresh air. How beautiful?
Participants would not be left walking in the dark without help and signs. Survival Skills Indonesia members put white ropes, this sign means they have to get that way. And there were also some woods cross sign, it means the area was forbidden that participants could be lost.
Next, when they came back to the camping area, they burned corn and tubers. Followed with learn about how to smoke flesh. For example, making smoke chicken. All they need are fire, branchs and twigs, and of course flesh to smoke. Making smoke flesh needs hours. The smoke chickens was left overnight when the participants slept in their tent (some of them were outside).
*Note: smoked beef is more durable. The smoke took the humidity and water of the beef. Water is able in damaging food. By taking the humidity and water, smoke helps beef become durable.
Sunday, November 2nd 2014...
Morning had came so beautifully, sun was back to shine the top of earth. Some participants (mostly kids) who had to get up were sitting on the ground, listening to the story from Mrs. Fifi Sutanto-Darmadi. Apparently she was bringing her book that told about survival stories. There was an inspirating stories for all of us.
Meet John Muir, an Scottish-American naturalist, author and early advocate of preserveration of wilderness in US. Muir was an awesome survivor who was 'crashed the storms nature made'.
Soon, it was the time to have breakfast...
Continued by the lesson about knife. Most of people get scared to knife. Knife is a sharp-dangerous tool. But don`t resist the fact that knife is useful in survival. Knife cuts down trunks, flesh human needed, and helps us in fighting. In this event, instructor introduced that knife is not bad, and knife is also survivor`s friend. The best knife is the one which has drop-point.
Besides knife, the instructor also introduced the survival tools, such as a tool to cut down wood, termal blanket, and etc.
Next, he teached about animal awareness. When you are in the wild area, animals must be in there with you. From the smallest one until the biggest one - from the tame one into the wild and dangerous one. Animals could stayed away when you close to them. But some of animals also might be choosing to fight you. So you need to learn about animal awareness.
Besides animal awareness, they also learned about signaling. Apparently, light and sound are important in signaling. We can use a tool (kind of tool and it`s like mirror) and also use whistle for signaling.
The next lesson: knots and hitches. Knots and hitches sometimes intricate. Because of the multifunctional uses, knots and hitches were totally important to learn. In survival, everybody needs rope for using knots and hitches.
So, what they learned in this event were Jungle Supplies, Firecraft, Shelters, Cooking, Signaling, Finding Direcion, Animal Awareness and knots and hitches. In survival, people also should learn to keep the good mental. Because somebody`s mental factorizates how he survives. There were important things to notice in survival: oxygen, shelter, food, water, and the most important: hope and love. When someone has hope and love, he would survive, indeed.
They realized, the smoke chickens were ready in there. So it`s a good time to try smoke chicken. It tastes delicious without any seasoning.
Before the event was closed, they got lunch time and the kid participants received certificate of learning the basic of survival lesson. Remember about the smoke chicken which is tasted delicous without any seasoning? That two days was also 'delicious', the chance to join camping and learning survival (with the expert) was worthy and precious. Because what? Because in life we should be able to survive. * Thanks to:
PotTrack Keluarga Pecinta Alam
Survival Skills Indonesia
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