“Fantasic experience and highly recommended for anyone even just contemplating venturing out into the great outdoors. The information provided by guides Brian and Tanya can literally save your life!”
Bridgette B – TripAdvisor Review, February 2017

“Amazing staff who were incredible helpful and adjusted the course to fit everyone’s needs. Great experience, would recommend to anyone”
TripAdvisor Review – March 2017

Safety Survival and Self Rescue

(The SSASR System)

ASM brings wilderness survival into the 21st century with practical, up-to-date training designed for real-world conditions. If your survival plan involves rubbing two sticks together in a blizzard—you might already be in trouble.

Yes, we’ll teach a few classic bushcraft tricks. But more importantly, you’ll learn the critical, effective skills that actually keep you safe, alive, and make you easier to rescue.

This course will provide you with the necessary skills to:

• Prepare and equip yourself for safe wilderness travel and emergency situations
• Conduct a Survival Risk Assessment and ask the right questions before heading out
• Understand the real priorities of outdoor safety, survival, and self-rescue
• Navigate using map and compass, plus improvised techniques if gear fails
• Build rapid, effective shelters in minutes—not hours
• Light fires for warmth and signaling using multiple modern and traditional methods
• Find, collect, and purify water for survival
• Deliver basic wilderness first aid when it matters most
• Become an active participant in your own rescue (self-rescue techniques)
• Signal for help using both improvised tools and modern gear

With the right training, a few key skills, and some confidence, you can survive almost anywhere.

Course Prerequisites:

• A healthy sense of adventure!

• Basic outdoor walking fitness

What’s included:

• Survival Training provided by Australia’s most experienced adventure guides & Senior Instructors from The Australian School of Mountaineering

• Use of all equipment and other survival resources

• Delicious outdoor Lunch (Please advise if you have any 

• The SSASR System Notes / Template

• 20% off all Outdoor Equipment purchases in our Adventure Retail Store