Training
​Classes, private instruction, and public speaking

There are no prerequisites, no taking of one class before another, none of that. Select the class you'd like to attend, the class of your appeal, the class your schedule permits.

​Our Core Curriculum.
​It's in every class.

Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) - faith, the will to survive, fears, stressors. Wilderness First Aid - snakebite, bleeding, cold and heat injuries, dehydration, insect bites, stings. Shelter - emergency action shelters, knots, hitches, lashings. Fire - the fire triangle, tinder, kindling, and fuel, the ferro rod and steel, the Platform and Brace Method to start a fire, the teepee fire, the log cabin fire, cooking on a fire. Signaling - how to attract attention to yourself, the International Distress Signal, the mirror, the whistle. Water - viable sources of water, collecting water, purifying water, disinfecting water, filters. Food - foraging for plants, the berry rule, bugs (six legs or less) vs. plants. Short-term and long-term survival. Rule of 3's. Personal survival kit. And improvisation. ​

​Kindred Spirits
The class for kids ages 10-13.
Very similar to Survival 101 (see below).
Tuition: $200 per youth & adult combo.
Location: Madison, GA.
​Start time: Sat, 10 a.m.
End time: Sun, noon.
​Class size: 8 max (Four 2-person teams).
Adults, 18+.
​Ages 10-13 may attend with a parent or guardian.
Kindred Spirits ​GEAR LIST.

PLEASE NOTE: This particular class will not be found on the Schedule page. Because of the many commitments kids have, this class is very difficult to put together. If a group of adults can put together such a class - three OR four two-person teams - Byron will conduct a Kindred Spirits class.

​Survival 101
Our most popular class.
Tuition: $175.
Location: Madison, GA.
​Start time: Sat, 10 a.m.
End time: Sun, noon.
​Class size: 8 max.
Adults 18+.
​Teens, ages 14-17, may attend accompanied by
​a parent or guardian.
Survival 101 GEAR LIST.

Our CORE CURRICULUM, plus there will be several survival challenges during the class and a written test will be administered near the conclusion. A top scorer will be awarded bragging rights and awarded a suitable prize. Each student successfully completing the class will be awarded a Certificate of Completion. Bottled water will be provided; students bring their own food. Bathroom nearby at cabin.

Wild Wisdom
Tuition: $225.
Location: Madison, GA.
​Start time: Fri, 10 a.m.
End time: Sun, noon.
​Class size: 8 max.
Adults 18+.
Teens, ages 13-17, may attend accompanied by
​a parent or guardian.
​Wild Wisdom GEAR LIST.

Our CORE CURRICULUM, extra day and night, sling shots, and jerky making, plus there will be several survival challenges during the class and a written test will be administered near the conclusion. A top scorer will be awarded bragging rights and awarded a suitable prize. Each student successfully completing the class will be awarded a Certificate of Completion. Bottled water will be provided; students bring their own food. Bathroom nearby at cabin.

​Bare Bones
Tuition: $240 per person.
Location: Madison, GA.
​Start time: Fri, 10 a.m.
End time: Sun, noon.
​Class size: 8 max.
Adults, 18+.
Bare Bones ​GEAR LIST.

Our CORE CURRICULUM, extra day and night, fire-by-friction, traps and snares, and limited rations, plus there will be several survival challenges during the class and a written test will be administered near the conclusion. A top scorer will be awarded bragging rights and awarded a suitable prize. Each student successfully completing the class will be awarded a Certificate of Completion. Bottled water will be provided; students will not bring food. Rations will be provided - won't starve, might get hungry.

​Instructor Training (ITC)
Tuition: $495.
Location: Madison, GA.
​Start time: Mon, 10 a.m.
End time: Sat, 9 a.m.
Five days / five nights.
​Class size: 6 max.
Adults 18+.

Have you ever wanted to teach wilderness survival? Have you ever wanted to start your own survival school? This may well be the best and most affordable class to get your dream started. Survival skills and techniques, lesson plan creation, small group behavior, LLCs, permitting, insurance, teaching skills - the list goes on. Learn from an instructor with 30-years of wilderness teaching experience and two successful schools. If interested in attending a class like this, please EMAIL Byron.

Public Speaking.
​"Funny and knowledgeable." "Full of interesting stories." "He changed my life for the better in less than an hour."
Yep, for sure, Byron is full of stories, most of them true. Some stories elicit laughter; some will make folks lean in close. Some stories just plumb teach. If interested in having Byron as your group's guest speaker for forty-five bodacious minutes, please send him an EMAIL.