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Survival Educators

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Survival, disaster & safety presentations, workshops & gear

Seminars and courses designed and produced over the years

Seminars/Workshops/Courses


3M Club - Tartan Park, various survival courses, 1978, 1979, 1980, & 1982, including:

  • 3M Survival Field Workshop, Dec 2 & 3, 1978
  • 3M Life Support Survival Seminar, Club House, Dining Room #3, Oct 26, Nov 2 & 9, 1982


4-H, Shelton, WA. Survival Seminar, 6 hours, 35 students, 1967

America Camping Association,Outdoor Living Skills Workshop, ℅ St Paul Council of Camp Fire, Apr 8-10, 1983

Aviation Survival Workshops:

  • Seattle pilot group, 30 students, 1971
  • FAA and Paine Field Chapter of the Washington Pilots Association, Survival, 47 people, 1971
  • Washington Gliders Association brief, 40 students, 1971
  • Washington Glider’s Association, 58 people, 1972
  • Washington Pilots Association Annual Conference, Survival, 39 students, 1973
  • Seattle Flight Service, 22 students, Winter 1974
  • Seattle Flight Service, 25 students, Winter 1976
  • Washington State Aeronautics Commission, Flight Instructor Clinic, speaker, Aug 1976
  • Civil Air Patrol, Survival Workshop, 16 hours, 12 students, 1976
  • FAA Flight Instructor Clinic, Spokane, WA. Survival Education, Aug 3, 1976
  • 16th Annual International Aviation Snow Symposium - Cold Weather Survival presentation, Allentown, PA, April 23, 1982
  • Methow Valley Pilots, Twisp, WA - Along with CBP, taught a morning survival seminar to aviators, Feb 2010
  • Washington Aviation Association Conference & Trade Show - Survival Skills; & the Necessities of Life presentations and Shallow Water Egress Water Training - Feb 2010


Boy Scouts of America

  • Survival Workshop, Bellevue, WA, 4 hours course, 38 students, 1973
  • Boy Scouts of America Jamboree, Survival Education Section, 1973
  • Boy Scout Troop, Bellevue WA, Survival, 39 scouts, 1973


Boeing Management Association, Puget Sound 

  • Outdoor Survival, Everett, WA, Jul 12-15, 1971
  • Outdoor Survival, Everett, WA, Jul 7, 9, 14 & 15, 1971
  • Outdoor Survival, Everett, WA, Nov 26, 28, Dec 3 & 5, 1971
  • Outdoor Survival, Everett, WA, another course, dates missing, 1972
  • Outdoor Survival, Seattle, WA Apr 2, 9, 16 & 23, 1972
  • Snowshoeing, Everett, WA, Dec 12 & Field Trip Dec 16, 1972


Camp Fire Girls, Survival Workshop, 12 hours, Seattle, Winter 1973

Central Area Wilderness Program. Title 3, Outdoor Seminar for 27 troubled young adults, weeklong training, including a field overnight, Summer 1971

Church of the Latter Day Saints, Emergency Prepardness Fair, two session on Survival, Feb 1983

Courage Center, Survival: A State of Mind, October 13, 1980

Customs and Border Protection, Jacksonville, FL, Sea Scouts, April 2011

FFS&H Safety Meeting Program, Working in Cold Weather, Feb 1983

Highline Lake Park Reserve, Winter Survival, 12 hours, 20 people, Feb 1977

Eastern Mountain Sports Lob Pine, Map & Compass Workshop, 12 hours, 12 people, May 1977

Eddie Bauer - several presentations in Seattle, Minneapolis and San Francisco stores

  • Survival and Outdoor Living 15-Hour Course, Eddie Bauer Staff, Seattle, 1972
  • Survival and Outdoor Living 8-Hour Course, Eddie Bauer Staff, San Francisco, Jun 1974
  • Eddie Bauer Family Adventure Day, 1975
  • Wilderness Survival Class, Jun 23, 30, Jul 7 & 14, Overnight Jul 17-18, 1976
  • Backpacking Opportunities in Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. August 26, 1977
  • Backpacking Opportunities in Minnesota, Southdale store, Edina, August 26, 1977


Hibbing Girl Scout Council, Survival Course, 16 hour, 60 people, Jan 1977

Honeywell, Inc. Cross Country Skiing, Jan 10 and Field Trip Jan 15, 1983


Medtronic, Inc.

  • Outdoor Survival Workshop, 12 hours, 62 people, Nov 9, 16, 23 & 30, 1976
  • Outdoor Survival Workshop, Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, Overnight Dec 10 & 11, 1977


Ohio Lung Association, Winter Survival Course, including an overnight, Tar Hollow State Park, Feb 1982

Outdoor Survival Workshop, 12 hours, 30 people, Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, Overnight Dec 10 & 11, 1977

Minneapolis Health Department & Hennepin County Community Health Department, Minnesota Winter: The View From Outside, noon, Jan 25, 1983    

Midwest Mountaineering. Outdoor Recreation Salesperson Program to aprox 12 staff, 1980

Minnesota Outward Bound - Winter Survival Presentation, Circa 1982

Menogyn Minneapolis YMCA Wilderness Camp, Wilderness Medicine Seminar, Brooklyn Center Independent School District 286 & North Memorial Hospital, Apr 30, 1983

MRFAA (Minnesota Rescue and First Aid Association)

  • Outdoor Survival Workshop, 120 students, Nov 7 to 9, 1975
  • Outdoor Survival Workshop/Overnight Field Training (Fred Anderson Scout Camp, Houlton, WI/Stillwater, MN), 80 students/45 for field tng on Feb 6-8 & 14-15, 1976
  • Backpacking & Navigation Workshop, 32 students, June 11-13, 1976
  • Hunter’s Survival Clinic, Falcon Heights, MN, Sep 24, 25 & 26, 1976
  • Outdoor Survival Seminar & Field Experience Workshops, MRFAA, ISE & University of MN, Recreation, Park and Leisure Studies, 25 students, Apr/May 1977
  • Rescue Workshop, SAR Training Workshop, Oct 3-4, 1981


North Memorial Medical Center, Menogyn, etc. Wilderness Medicine Seminar, Keynote Speaker, Apr 30, 1983

REI (Recreation Equipment Incorporated) in Seattle & Minneapolis -several survival presentations and courses

  • REI, Survival Clinic, Seattle, store, 47 people, 1974 
  • REI, Survival Clinic, 53 students, Nov 1975
  • REI Winter Camping Workshop, Seattle, 25 students, Feb 18, 25, Mar 3, 10, & 17, Overnight Mar 13 & 14, 1976
  • Yes, There Is Light at the End of the Tunnel, 1977
  • Without a Trace, June 17, 7 pm. 1977


Minnesota Environmental Education Board (MEEB)

  • Facilitated MEEB’s Board Long Range Planning Meeting, Aug 15 & 16, 1980
  • Regional Environmental Educations Councils - Facilitated a team building session on Hazardous Waster, Mar 1981


FRIENDS and Wildernet, Outdoor Education Course Series, Minneapolis, MN

  • Minnesota Outdoors, Nov 19, 20 & Dec 3 & 10, 1980
  • Cross-Country Skiing, Dec 1 & 9, plus day-long field trip, 1980
  • Self-Reliance/Minimum Impact Workshop, Nov 29 & 30, all day sessions, 1980


Safety Developmental Labs/Safety Survival Rescue Equipment Company, survival course, 10 hour, 8 students, 1971

Seattle Metro - Water Quality Workers, Water Survival Course, 27 students, Apr 27, 1976

Survival Symposium

  • Survival, Olympia, WA, Aprox 170 attendees, 1972
  • Survival, Ft Lewis, WA, Aprox 160 attendees, 1973
  • Survival, Camp Murray, Aprox 170 attendee1974


Sierra Club Leadership Seminars, Cascade Chapter, Seattle, WA

  • Outdoor Leadership Training Workshop, May 12, 1984
  • Basic Outings Leadership Training Program, Jun 12, 1985


San Diego Mountain Rescue, Survival Seminar, May 13 & 14, 1974

Science Museum of Minnesota, Wilderness Workshops, St Paul, MN.

  • Wilderness Self-Reliance Workshop, Sep 30 & Oct 28, Optional Overnight Nov 1 & 2, 1980
  • Wildland Navigation Workshop, Oct 8 & 15, Field Trip Oct 18, 1980
  • Outdoor Survival Workshop, Apr 1981?
  • Wilderness Self-reliance Workshop, May 1981
  • Wilderness Navigation, May 1981


Survival and Flight Equipment (SAFE), Presentation at Desert Survival Seminar, Texas, Aug 1976

The Executive Group, Executive Survival & Wellness, - two separate day seminars, June 22 & 23, 1982

Worthington, MN. Five seminars to public, municipal EMS and law enforcement.

  • Cold Weather Survival, Noon to 1 pm; 2 to 3 pm; and 7-10 pm, Jan 27, 1982
  • Working in the Sub-Zero Environment, 8  am to noon, Jan 28, 1982