Overnight Trip Essentials

A short course for anyone getting a group ready for an overnight trip in the bush. It covers clothing and layering, tents and shelter, sleeping warm, and gas stoves and fires, and finishes with packing the tents down.

14 videos 1 h 5 m 5 sections

Course contents

Clothing and layering

5 videos · 21 min

The layering concept and thermostat analogy 5:27 Teaching layering through experience, and choosing quick-dry over cotton 2:20 Building the layer wardrobe — base layers, insulation, and protecting your extremities 4:15 Neck, socks and footwear, through to warm pants and the outer shell 5:09 Teaching clients to manage their own layers, and matching kit to season and forecast 3:25

Tents and shelter

2 videos · 9 min

Tent arrangement and component walkthrough 4:24 Tent design trade-offs, and pitching flies and tarps at camp 4:19

Sleeping warm

2 videos · 9 min

Sleeping bag insulation, fit, baffles and construction 5:33 Sleeping mats and bivy bags 3:50

Cooking and fire

4 videos · 24 min

Gas stove safety checks 8:54 Choosing a fire site (leave-no-trace methods), and preparing the fire triangle and firewood 5:25 Building a fire — the criss-cross/log-cabin method, and alternative methods 6:28 Fire safety — boundaries, water access and lighting conditions 2:47

Breaking camp

1 video · 3 min

Packing down — poles and pegs 2:52