Wilderness Survival

Montana Wilderness School of the Bible doesn't take it's name lightly.
We are located way out in the Bob Marshal Wilderness.
Our third week of  "class" was spend outdoors, everything to live off of for 6 days packed on our backs, and in the wild.

Here is my journal of what everyday for my crew looked like... (for your own enjoyment, in your nice, warm and dry homes)


The night before leaving: utter chaos

        

Day 1: Off to Bighorn Lake we go!

(Taking a beak at Devil's Glen)

9.4.16 - 9pm

We left this morning at 8:45 from campus. Thankfully not as early at the Holland Lake group, that Elijah went on. They left at 4:30 this morning to drive to the trailhead.

Today was about an 8ish miles to our campsite for the night. We took it fairly slow with breaks every so often. We planned to set up camp around 2:30/3pm, but took a few wrong turns and trails. Good start to our adventure filled trip. We got here to camp around 4pm.

We set up tents, got firewood, a fire going, and hung the food bags in the trees.

It has been sprinkling on and off all day, and now is a steady rain.

It's hard to keep things organized and dry. Also this being only the first day is hard to think about.

But God is with us and will give us strength to pursue.

We were supposed to meet up with another hiking group for the night, but never found them.

We ate a warm dinner and did dishes (thankfully we're camped right next to the Dearborn river)

We made hot cocoa and talked at the fire. Now everyone is in their tents.

It has been a fun time already, and I'm sure it'll only get better.

9.4.16

This morning almost everyone woke up in soaking wet tents. It rained all night.

We packed up our things and headed out in the chilly day. Today was supposed to be our hardest day. We headed straight up the mountains, switchbacks for about 4 hours.

But getting up to the top was worth it. We really had some amazing views, and that was only the beginning!