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Show Paqe 10 The Tfumdcrbicd Monday March 4, 1985 v?rT'?r'r' f i. SHRIMP DINNER AND GET ONE FREE AT SULLIVAN'S Lfi TfiJADfi ROOM BOY ONE STEAK AND (SALAD BAR LIMIT 1 & COUPON PER TABLE LOUNGE) EXPIRES MAR. 1085 Students who enrolled in the survival class last fall found their final test to be a lesson in endurance. The class is offered again this spring for anyone who wants to learn the fine art of surviving in the wilderness. Survival class a learning experience by Wendy Barraclough j GET fl FREE MEDIUM SOFT ! DRINK WITH PURCHASE OF ! n SOFT FLOUR TflCO OFFER EXPIRES MARCH 1485 Announcing more Cheap Thrills! Students at SUSC can ski for only ONE-HAL- F PRICE at the New Mount Holly Ski Resort seventeen miles east of Beaver, Utah, off 1-- 15. On Tuesdays and Thursdays you can ski for off the regular lift ticket price one-ha- lf of $7.00. Simply present your student identification card at the ticket window. A Whole Mountain of Cheap Thrills! i Imagine yourself in the mountains. You and the other six people with you are out on a hike. All you have with you is three layers of clothing on your back, a book of matches, and a pocket knife. Soon you and your party realize you are lost, and no one remembers how to get back. Imagine yourself in a car with six of your buddies just out for a joy ride through the canyon. The car suddenly breaks down, and no one knows where you are; even you dont know where you are. Each of these situations can happen, and in each case few are prepared to spend the night in the mountains, let alone survive there. For most, if such situations did occur, panic, fear, and even death could occur. Unknown to most people in Cedar City, a situation similar to this did happen last November 16, 17, and 18. But this time it was planned, and the ouicome was neither panic or fear, but education, fun, and exhaustion. The Division of Continuing Education sponsored a survival class, instructed by Bill Sherratt worth two P.E. credits. The same class will be offered spring quarter. It consists of nine hours of lecture and a survival hike. Sherratt reconstructs fall quarters events: Before anyone could go, I instructed them to talk to a doctor if they were on any medication, set we could have that along. The class was also told they could not bring any food, could only wear three layers of clothing (no coats, just a light jacket), and they could bring a pocket knife, they would be out there with just the clothing on their backs and the few things in their pockets, said Sherratt. Linda Joseph did have to take medication, crackers, juice and a little jerkey, but she was pregnant and she said it was all for the baby. The party met on a Friday at 12:30 p.m. in front of the P.E. building. There, each student was put into a van and blindfolded so they wouldnt know where they were when they reached the destination. The base of Pine Valley Mountain was the site for the student survival. Once at the site, the hikers were helped out of the van, and made their way 1.5 miles up the mountain (500 ft. higher in altitudi ) before they were allowed to remove the blindfolds. The party hiked a few more miles before finding a suitable place for building shelters. The first thing we did was to find water, said camper Tracy Davis. In a survnnl situation, there are three steps one must think of: first, water, second, shelter, and finally, food, Sherratt said. A person can survive without food longer than he can without water or battling the elements. We were out there in shelters in weather. The first night was far from easy or comfortable for the party. After selecting a shelter site, the shelter had to be constructed from natural materials available in the area. The only tools to work with were pocket knives and matches. Night came faster than expected, and the shelter still wasnt completed. A fire was built and work on the shelter continued. They decided to finish in the morning, but during the night, light rain began to fall. No one slept well and the ground was wet and cold, so some of us decided to find a different spot, said Deraid Joseph. Around 4 a.m. we found an old tree and lit it on fire. After we got Prior to it going, we slept better, but not long. the trek, arrangements had been made with the Civil Air Patrol to look for a lost party betu'een Cedar and St. George. Saturday morning, a bonfire was ignited, and other skills were practiced to notify the plane of the stranded people. The rescue plane saw our signals, and about seven other planes reported us to the station too, said Sherratt. The shelter was completed and food was sought during the day. The students found there are edible things to prepare in the mountains (but thats not to say they taste good.) We found an old can and filled it with water, put some plastic in the water to kind of act as bowl for the stew, said Debbie Skinner. We then put in cattail, snake grass, yucka, and fish that we caught in the stream. We all tasted it, but only Mike ate it. We also found some old beer bottles, (filled them with sand and water to wash them out) and those W'ere our drinking containers, said Linda Joseph. Tracy Davis and Bill Sherratt also chewed pine gum. I think the most important thing during the whole excercise was that the group had a good attitude and high morale. They had the comradery to pull through, Sherratt said. Attitudes were the most important factor, said Skinner. The group as a whole did really well. Those who went were Mike and Debbie Skinner, Deraid and Linda Joseph, Tracy Davis and Jane Twitchel, said Sherratt. The class will be held again spring quarter. The cost will be $45.00 per student, and the trek will be in May. For more information, contact the 'Continuity Education office |