Learn a New Survival Skill in this October 2018 FREE monthly outdoor challenge!
Reading this after October 2018? You can still sign up for the current monthly outdoor challenge in this post – or visit mountainmomandtots.com/challenge.
Learn A New Survival Skill
I firmly believe that feeling confident exploring outdoors requires three things – community, gear and information. Knowing how to make exploring outdoors more comfortable by having the right information makes a world of difference.
So when my Monthly Outdoor Challenge patrons chose Learn a New Survival Skill for the October 2018 monthly challenge I thought, “YES!”
This will be fun AND informational.
Your challenge for October 2018 is to:
Learn A New Survival Skill
What Survival Skills Do You Need to Learn?
Since everyone has a different level of comfort with roughing it outdoors, this challenge is flexible. Choose one of these outdoor survival skills or come up with your own.
- Learn how to start a fire (watch my How to Start the perfect campfire tutorial video here).
- Learn how to start a fire WITHOUT matches.
- Put together your own Hiking 10 Essentials kit (My patrons will get early access to the 10 essentials for families printable).
- Learn what to do if you or your child gets lost on a hike (I can help you with that one in the Helping Families Explore Outdoors facebook group during the month of October).
- Cook a meal completely outdoors.
- Gather edible native plants.
- Build an emergency shelter.
- Put together a family 72 hour emergency preparedness kit.
- Learn basic backcountry first aid.
- Practice cold weather survival techniques.
- Make your own solar oven
- Filter and treat water for drinking.
Monthly Outdoor Challenges
In case you don’t know what my monthly outdoor challenges are all about, here’s a quick run down.
Each month I host a different outdoor challenge. They all:
- Require you to get outside.
- Are something you can bring kids on.
- Cost little or nothing to complete.
- Are a little challenging. It is a challenge after all.
My Monthly Outdoor Challenges are completely FREE for participants.
Sign up and you’ll get outdoor inspiration delivered right to your inbox, tips to help you complete that month’s challenge, access to the FREE Helping Families Explore Outdoors facebook group, AND the opportunity to be featured on MountainMomandTots.com.
Plus there are awesome prizes! Once you complete the challenge if you want a 1 in 50 or better chance to win an exclusive gear prize, just sign up as a $3 or more per month Mountain Mom and Tots patron. In addition to becoming one of my favorite people in the world you get:
- eligibility for the monthly outdoor challenge prizes – you’re gonna LOVE the prize this month,
- a monthly kid-friendly outdoor printable,
- exclusive discounts on outdoor gear,
- the opportunity to choose upcoming monthly outdoor challenges,
- exclusive updates on my family’s 2018-2019 full-time, year-long RV road trip
The best part? Your chances of winning are always 1 in 50 or better! 1 in 50!
How it Works
My Monthly Outdoor Challenge is very simple. Here’s how it works:
- Sign up for my Monthly Outdoor Challenges in the box right after this list.
- You’ll receive weekly emails from me announcing the challenge and sharing exclusive tips and tricks to accomplish it.
- Post a photo of you completing the challenge in the Helping Families Explore Outdoors facebook group, on instagram or through email – susan@mountainmomandtots.com.
- Support MountainMomandTots.com on Patreon for just $3 per month.
- You’ll be entered to win an exclusive outdoor gear giveaway prize. Here’s the best part –your chances of winning will always be 1 in 50 or better.
Stansport $200 Gift Card
You are so going to love this month’s prize! If you Learn a New Survival Skill this October and sign up as a $3 per month Mountain Mom and Tots patron you’ll be eligible to win…
a $200 Gift Certificate for Stansport Gear!
I’m a big fan of Stansport. They provide outdoor gear for families at an affordable price.
Stansport has SO MANY awesome gear options for families like this camping set up – TENT, SLEEPING PADS, SLEEPING BAGS AND CAMP CHAIRS.
Plus every year they host a family camp out for underprivileged people in their community, helping to introduce a love of the outdoors to a whole new generation.
Need some emergency supplies? Check out their first aid kits and emergency preparedness tools.
They have camp chairs, hammocks, flashlights, lanterns, cookware – basically anything you need to get outdoors as a fam. And if you participate in this month’s outdoor challenge you can have a a chance to WIN.
Not just that, EVERYONE who signs up for this month’s outdoor challenge gets a 10% off Stansport coupon code right to their inbox. Just join the challenge here:
Psst…Sometimes I charge companies a sponsorship fee for these outdoor challenges. Instead of doing that with Stansport I asked for a really nice prize for all of you – a $200 gift certificate! But FYI, Some of these links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking those links I get a small commission at no extra cost to you.
September Biking with Kids Winner
Before I leave you to learn your new survival skill, I want to announce the winner of the September Biking with Kids challenge.
Congrats Tanei Henry! Way to up your family’s biking game in August.
New patron Tanei won a $299 Burley Bee child bike trailer! Congratulations!
For all the official monthly outdoor challenge rules read this fine print – That print is so fine!
See you in the outdoors,
~Mountain Mom
