3 Hours 20 Student Max Level: Beginner to Intermediate Price: $35
This comprehensive course covers the gear, challenges, and practical aspects of hiking long distances through multiple environments over extended time. What you need to have. What you need to do. And what you need to know
about essentials on lengthy trips, including preparation, clothing, sleep systems, packs, gear, and the things that will get you through the and physical and mental challenges and make it easier, (You’re on your own with the spiritual). Offering up to date, proven, tips & tricks every pilgrim should have in their toolbox for the Camino de Santiago.
The Camino de Santiago is a unique and wonderful trail of complexity. There is great information online about many aspects of it. It can actually be a bit overwhelming. This course breaks it down with simple commonsense explanations, detailed information and visuals, demos, Q&A, printed checklists and approaches it all with an easygoing but driven attitude to give you the confidence that you are prepared. We give details about the how-to’s and why-not’s that can be hard to find.
Surviving the Camino de Santiago. It’s not just for pilgrims. Any long-distance traveler using a backpack will benefit from this class.
This is the class the American Pilgrims on the Camino Southwest Chapter called "Awesome!" Even our multiple trek pilgrims learned a bunch!”
One of the most experienced in the APC group said, “Huh! I hadn’t thought of that” and later said, “Wow. Really? That’s awesome.”
Jonathan Mincks is a Wilderness First Responder, Naturalist and instructor of wilderness self-reliance at AHS Rescue & The Arizona Hiking Shack. He teaches modern wilderness survival, outdoor recreation, and emergency preparedness to those who work or play in the backcountry. His educational programs have garnered him praise from new enthusiasts and seasoned professionals alike.
Holding multiple certifications and distinctions in industry standards; e.g., Wilderness First Responder, Community Emergency Response Team training, Outfitting and Nature studies, Mincks is also a boondocks scholar* who has been exploring the backcountry since he was in diapers. His practical approach & experience are only rivaled by his infectious passion, broad knowledge and witty perspective on self-reliance that confounds the important nature of the subject. He turns survival into "serious fun" for those who work or play in the backcountry because, "in the end, it is a positive attitude that will prevail."
Mincks is also a go-to consultant on national and regional TV, news and media concerning outdoor recreation and safety and is renowned for his dynamic presentations. He has worked in the outdoor industry for over 20 years on trail crews, as a guide, outfitter, medic, educator, and outreach specialist.
*Boondocks Scholar. adjective. Possessing an outlook of being on a perpetual field trip. A lifelong student of the outdoors. One who continuously studies and practices what it takes to thrive in the backcountry.
"You teach is PSAR, Preventative Search and Rescue"
Members of the Central Arizona Mountain Rescue Association (CAMRA) Search and Rescue team after watching Mincks in action.
3 Hours 20 Student Max Level: Beginner to Intermediate Price: $35
This comprehensive course covers the gear, challenges, and practical aspects of hiking long distances through multiple environments over extended time. What you need to have. What you need to do. And what you need to know
about essentials on lengthy trips, including preparation, clothing, sleep systems, packs, gear, and the things that will get you through the and physical and mental challenges and make it easier, (You’re on your own with the spiritual). Offering up to date, proven, tips & tricks every pilgrim should have in their toolbox for the Camino de Santiago.
The Camino de Santiago is a unique and wonderful trail of complexity. There is great information online about many aspects of it. It can actually be a bit overwhelming. This course breaks it down with simple commonsense explanations, detailed information and visuals, demos, Q&A, printed checklists and approaches it all with an easygoing but driven attitude to give you the confidence that you are prepared. We give details about the how-to’s and why-not’s that can be hard to find.
Surviving the Camino de Santiago. It’s not just for pilgrims. Any long-distance traveler using a backpack will benefit from this class.
This is the class the American Pilgrims on the Camino Southwest Chapter called "Awesome!" Even our multiple trek pilgrims learned a bunch!”
One of the most experienced in the APC group said, “Huh! I hadn’t thought of that” and later said, “Wow. Really? That’s awesome.”
Jonathan Mincks is a Wilderness First Responder, Naturalist and instructor of wilderness self-reliance at AHS Rescue & The Arizona Hiking Shack. He teaches modern wilderness survival, outdoor recreation, and emergency preparedness to those who work or play in the backcountry. His educational programs have garnered him praise from new enthusiasts and seasoned professionals alike.
Holding multiple certifications and distinctions in industry standards; e.g., Wilderness First Responder, Community Emergency Response Team training, Outfitting and Nature studies, Mincks is also a boondocks scholar* who has been exploring the backcountry since he was in diapers. His practical approach & experience are only rivaled by his infectious passion, broad knowledge and witty perspective on self-reliance that confounds the important nature of the subject. He turns survival into "serious fun" for those who work or play in the backcountry because, "in the end, it is a positive attitude that will prevail."
Mincks is also a go-to consultant on national and regional TV, news and media concerning outdoor recreation and safety and is renowned for his dynamic presentations. He has worked in the outdoor industry for over 20 years on trail crews, as a guide, outfitter, medic, educator, and outreach specialist.
*Boondocks Scholar. adjective. Possessing an outlook of being on a perpetual field trip. A lifelong student of the outdoors. One who continuously studies and practices what it takes to thrive in the backcountry.
"You teach is PSAR, Preventative Search and Rescue"
Members of the Central Arizona Mountain Rescue Association (CAMRA) Search and Rescue team after watching Mincks in action.
