Overview
Tougher challenges. Smaller Size. Dangerous Camp X: Wilderness survival will push your son to the limit.
See if your son has what it takes to build fires without matches, shelters without tarps, and catch fish without fishing poles. Compete to be the ultimate wilderness survivalist. Only one camper can be named Apex Survivor.
Why “Dangerous”?
Boys learn a lot from being outside. Dangerous Camp X: Wilderness Survival allows them to explore and push themselves in a safe way to understand and appreciate the wilderness.
Day 1: Fire Making
Learn to safely chop wood with a real axe. Use that wood to build a small safe fire without matches or a lighter, and instead use a magnifying glass.
Day 2: Raft Regatta
Learn to safely build a boat from wood and cardboard and test your vessel on the water (with a life jacket and proper supervision).
Day 3: Treasure Hunt
Explore a local forest preserve with your counselor, searching for clues. Use maps and a compass to make your way towards actual buried treasure.
Day 4: (Cooked) Sushi Day
Learn to properly and safely catch, cut, cook, and eat fish. (The eaten fish will be from the store).
Day 5: Mud Obstacle Course/Water Gun Battle
Get ready to get muddy. Plow through the trenches with your team to be the ultimate survivor.
Camp Leadership
- About:
Mr. Paul Fletcher ’20
Paul Fletcher graduated from Northridge Prep in 2020, Princeton in 2024, and is now second-year graduate student at the University of Notre Dame pursuing a master’s in Early Christian Studies. He has spent many of his summers working with children at a wilderness camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and he often passes the time on the ultimate frisbee field, in a whitewater kayak, in the library, or in the woods, exploring something or reading something else. You can reach out to him at [email protected].
Camp fee: $349
Session 1: June 15 - June 19
Hours: 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Entering Grades: 3, 4, 5
Enrollment cap: 20
Camp location: Northridge and Forest Preserves