Wilderness Survival, Leader's Manual

This activity poses twelve situations that someone lost in awilderness might encounter--snakes, bears, an early snow, and otherpotentially life-threatening scenarios. Your team members makeindividual, then group decisions about how to survive eachsituation. These decisions are then compared with those provided byexpert naturalists. Your team will quickly see how they fared inmaking decisions together.

The Leader's Manual offers complete instructions for facilitatingthis simple activity, answers and rationale, plus discussionmaterial.

Timing: 1-1/2 hours

Audience: Work teams--4 to 9 team members may participate at onetime--several groups may be directed simultaneously When to Use Wilderness Survival.

Administration of Wilderness Survival.

Answers and Rationale.

Material for Discussion.

Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer is the author of Wilderness Survival, Leader's Manual, published by Wiley. This survival activity poses twelve situations that someone lost in a wilderness might encounter?snakes, bears, an early snow, and other potential life-threatening scenarios. Participants make individual, then group decisions about how to survive each situation. These decisions are compared with those of expert naturalists.The Leader's Manual offers complete instructions for facilitating the activity.There are many life-threatening encounters in this mythical wilderness. How well will your group work together to survive?Snakes, bears, an early snow--twelve wilderness scenarious sharpen the decision-making abilities of team members participating in this enthralling survival exercise. Individual and group solutions are compared to those of expert naturalists. This survival activity poses twelve situations that someone lost in a wilderness might encounter?snakes, bears, an early snow, and other potential life-threatening scenarios. Participants make individual, then group decisions about how to survive each situation. These decisions are compared with those of expert naturalists.
The Leader's Manual offers complete instructions for facilitating the activity.
There are many life-threatening encounters in this mythical wilderness. How well will your group work together to survive?

Snakes, bears, an early snow--twelve wilderness scenarious sharpen the decision-making abilities of team members participating in this enthralling survival exercise. Individual and group solutions are compared to those of expert naturalists.